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THE OREGOtf DAILY JOURNAL, FU XI-Ar4 L, THURSDAY EVEMIWO, MflKCri Z6, 1914. i H THE JOURNAL t AN INDEPENDENT KEWSPAPEtt , . j , . Publisher fublUhed ovary evening eeept Rnndav) nd 1 vorv Hnn4a mornlnr at The Jfttwnal Build- 4 Inf, Broadway and Yamhill .. Prtlnl. W. i tutored at thai poatoffloe at porUaod. or., tm trananjIaaioB i through the mails second rm matter. S . . - XJCLKPHONEH Mato 71TS; Hoo. A-f dapartmonta reached by tbeae onmbera. Ten - the operator wbat depart ment y on want. -iTORfcJOW ADVKRTIHINO ttC P kVKSE N TATIVE nJamln..A Kantimr Co.. Brunswick Bid., 2a Fifth' Ave.. New Vorki 1218 Toople a Waa Bid.. Cblran. Hobaiptln terma br ma 11 o to any dress Is the United State" or twi- ' : DAILY . ,.$5.ou I Ono month .. .....13.50 I OB mnntat S8 nurv i v n flnNDAT. t) year 7.80 I Ona month....... -P Op year. v. i ioao Men's thoughts are much ac cording to their inclinations. ' Bacon. THE BAKER CLEANUP iIUNGS have changed at Baker, The sheriff and district at torney have learned about CoDDerfield. The sending of Colonel Laweon to the scene by 'finvernor West seems to have In terested those officers in enforcing the law. Every saloonman in Copperfield ;has been Indicted by the Baker grand Jury. Mayor Stewart was Indicted. He was. a Baloon owner. Wiegand vas Indicted. He was another saloon man. He was also a councilman. 1 ! ! Tony .Warner was Indicted.' He tyas the mayor's partner in a sa Joon. He was also a councilman. William Woodbury was indicted. He was the mayor's bartender. Whether the , saloon "swamper". !wh6 was also a councilman, was Jndlcted, is not clear. - But everybody was indicted. J. VJ. Burns, a councilman, was In dicted on a charge of giving liquor to inlnorB. Baker county never experienced uch a cleanup. The sheriff and iilstrlct attorney were never before ko activ never before so right eous. ', A hotel man at Richmond was Indicted -on a charge of bootleg ging. The cleanup wave struck 1 Kagle. And it thundered in on 1'lne Valley. In all there were 25 Indictments. Never was there a change so spectacular. Only three short months ago, the district attorney Jnd sheriff were telegraphing to iJovernor West to show them the evidence. And to snow them the law. They could find neither, ac cording to their telegraphic cor respondence. 1 Hut the presence of Colonel Lawson at Copperfield helped -them . find it. ' It helped them find out thelT WHO GOVERNS THE UNITED STATES? COMMEND ! an American canal on American soil to the American people. President U. 8. .Grant. ! The policy of this country la a canal under American, control. The United Statsss cannot conaeat to nrmdn this eoatroi to any ' European power. President Butaerford B. Hayes, i " . We have built a canal. It ia an American canal, on American soil, and we supposed It wag chiefly, for the American people,, in short, the . kind of canal commended by President Grant. . Our right to control It Is disputed. Great Britain says we hare not the right of free tolls, that we hare not the right to grant sub sidy equivalent to free tolls, that we have no -right to grant free tolls to the .shipping of the Republic of Panama, that we had no fight to make a treaty granting free tolls to Panama, that we have no fight to give our president discretion In fixing tolls on American ships and that it Is doubtful if we have a right to forbid passage of railroad-owned ships through the canal. j Though Great Britain exercises all these powers in her control of the Suez canal, and though she did not contribute one penny to the construction of the .Panama canal, she demands that we abandon, our claim of free tolls and the other functions to which she has made objection. ... ' , i ObedIerit to the British protest, the American Congress, it Is de clared, is about to repeal the clauses' In the Panama act to which Great Britain objects. ' In August, 1912, the Congress of the United States construed ,the Hay-Bauncefote treaty. It officially put upon the treaty the in terpretationr asserted by the United States. It was forced to make that interpretation' by the protests of Great Britain, and it I made it. And its interpretation was that the United State has the right of free tolls on home ships in home trade. Both houses were agreed, and they, wrote their interpretation in the Panama act, and It was a strictly American Interpretation. Every member of President Taft's cabinet agreed with the principle therein asserted and President Taft proudly signed the bill. He said: I am confident that the United States has the power to relieve' from the payment of tolls, any part of our shipping that Congress deems wise. We own the canal. It ia our money that built it We have the right to charge tolls for its use. William Howard Taft construed the treaty in the same way that Congress construed it. He construed It in the sama way that it was construed by two members of President Wilson's cabinet, Redfield and Wilson, who, as members of the house voted for free tolls. He construed it as Presi dent Roosevelt, in wnose administration the treaty was negotiated, construes it. Mr. Roosevelt said: I think we have the right to free bona fide coastwise trafflo from tolls. I think that this does not Interfere with the rights of any other nation, because no ships but our own can engage in coaatwlae traffic, so that .there is no discrimination against other ahlps When we relieve the coastwise traffic from tolls. This is not all President Roosevelt said. We quote again: In all history, I do not believe you can find another instance where as great and expensive a work as the Panama canal, undertaken not uy a private corporation, but by a nation, has ever been as generously put ,at the service of all tlie nations of mankind. In a provision under the British treaty of 1815, It was provided t-at: No higher or other duties or charges shall be imposed in any ports of the United States upon British vessels other than those payable In the same ports by vessels of " the United States. The supreme court of the United States construed this provision In a decision in 1904 In exact harmony with Congress and Taft and Roosevelt as to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Speaking for the court, Justice White, now chief justice, Bald: Neither the exemption of coastwise steam vessels from pilotage re sulting from the law of the United States nor any lawful exemption of coastwise vessels created by state law concerns vessels in the foreign trade, and therefore any such exemption does not operate to produce a discrimination against British vessels engaged in such; trade. But in spite of all this vast array of authorities in favor of free tolls Democratic Jeaders in Congress are heading a fight to repeal free tolls and surrender to the British nation, , a surrender that will be In defiance of the warning of President Hayes, that, "The United States cannot consent to surrender this control to any European power." The repeal of free tolls would be notice to Christendom that we are no longer sovereign as to the canal. If we repeal the tolls exemption, we yield a principle we cannot reassert. ,i If we grant by repeal that free tolls is untenable, the right to reassert free tolls is abandoned and can never again be put for- A FEW SMILES But the officers of Baker count) formerly said they couldn't find evidence of lawlessness in Copper- tija nvu eiu. xue wuivuueuw " t, I L"tle Mmie'a father and frand- JUSt - secured are unanswerable j father were Republicans; and, as elec- nroor that the evidence was find-1 uon arew near, they spoke of thes n o n e n t a wun l n- creasing' warmth, never heeding Mil- lle'a attentive era and wondering ayes. Ona night, however, as j PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF J7 SMAXl CUAXtiK j OREGON 81iEUGHTa able just the same. ; The Copper field saloons have been out of business ever since Colonel Law son got there, and the present in dictments are necessarily - on of fenses committed before his ar preparing for she whisperea 'Oh, mamma, I At the Alisky Hall meetine last don't dare to ato upstairs. I'm afraid Everybody can't, or won't, ret rich quick. Poor Mias Mexico; tha ViUa(in) a till pursues her. Better a March v thrmue" mai'd . March than a waa bed. in a frightened vpice: NotMng- ia so good or valuable as what ona can't get. night, a united and vigorous pro- there's a Democrat under the ted test waa -voiced against repeal of free tolls in a vote with every-per-1 impressionist school. He had Just It must be said for acts as well as talks. a As Villa that he Fred Hromlv was an artist of tha I ,. a rule, a man who dreams .VtRil had lust Ending gold won't; yet he might. of If the Dem- son present standing ocratic k majority In peals free tolls, it will be an ir reparable party blunder. Letters From the People given the last touches congress re- ?nd "ue canvas when into the studio. "This la the land-l scape I wanted you to suggest a title for. dear," said he, stand ing aside and proud- purple fComnaaieatSona acct tn Tha Journal for pcblkcatloo In tbla department shenid be writ ten a only ona aid pt tha paper, aboald not exceed SOO.worda In jensta and moat be ac companied by the nam and address of tba sender. If too writer 6oea not dealro to save tao nam published, no abould ao atata.) to a mm im n I ' I VJV III Some Ulsteritesmay not be quite as fierce as they seem, even if they are 1I1DU, o o Now the drumming of th nhunnti is heard attain . numerouaiv in tha cuuniryiiaa. a It is llkelv to haDTUXI thKt nm thing goes wrong with the man who goes wrong. a a A. nice DrencrtAi- ran nanmA an in finite amount of fancy for fact, and a njr wun it. ly surveying his work. "Why not call it "HomeT aaid she, after a reflective look. "Home'? Why?" "Because there's no nlace like it." . . I she replied meekly, as becomes a wife T mn a seeking blankets In "Dlacnaalon ta tha greatest ot aU reform- I wno is entlrelv without the finer feel- t .d,ngl:lfB' says a dispatch. That a. It ratlonalUea Terxtmng it tontbea. It j T". fiJ.W ,tnouJ F. , "ittf. horrible climate. - ... . ' ' ' . I Next, let's ask England to define. a scnooimaster. wishing to impress land limit for tin "iff. iih.rt ' upon his class the great population I pursuit of happiness of China, said: "Th cotiulation of I China Is so great wnata ail tills hlrher priced wool that two Chinamen and. ?m5LUer steel importations under era. rob principles of all falsa aaoctitr and tbrows tbem back on tbeir roaaonabieneea. If tboy haa ao reaaonableneaa. It ruthlesaly cmanes taem oat ot existence acl seta up 1U awa conclnalona ta tnair stood." Woodrow WUaoa. The Cnrrency Law. Albany, Or, March 84. To the Ed itor of The Journal Please answer the following questions In your paper: What ia the purpose of the new cur rency law lately passed by congress? How does it accomplish this pur pose? M. D. S. The mam purpose was to take the I was flushed and he was puffing f uri- control of the nation's currency out ouslv. of the hands of a group of financiers "What ia the matter?" Inquired the of New York city and place the con- schoolmaster with- alarm. . "What on trol in the hands of the national -gov- earth are you doing. Tommy?" eminent. Thi ia to be accomplished "Killing Chinamen, air," waa the Dy tne establishing of not less than answer. eight nor more than 12 "regional li ?n i 1 m die every time you take a breath." This information made a deep im pression upon his young 'pupils, par ticularly one small bov at the foot of the class. His face awful well! 'Democratic free trade"? Well, If this country must have the great ' navy on earxn, lei ttie rich pay for it. If this be Socialism or some other dreadful ism, make the most of IN EARLIERftoAYS By Fred Locley. Phil Guthardt. who has a small ranch northeast ot Myrtle Point, intends to try spineless cactus as a forage crop this season. o o Marshfleld women who are oromot- ing the public playgrounds cause hava made provisional selection of a alt that is aaid to be central- and satisfactory. Enterprise is to be beautified with trees planted along the streets ot the reaiaence aistrict ana furnished by tne city council, wnion also furmeties a man to direct the planting. By way of rjatronizlns- homit indus tries the Molaila council has refrained from issuing an order for wholesale sidewalk construction, until the roads get dry enough to permit the hauling of lumber from mills of the vicinage. a After mature consideration of ways and means for protecting the peace and property of the citizena of Florence, the .fiiot says, the city council decided to keep the town lighted all night long and hire a watchman. a a Fly swatting scores for the week ending March 21, as reported in the Medford Sun: Valentine Bingler, 758; Ruth Smith, 450; Warren Conrad. 374; Benjamin Mulkey Jr., 858; Naomi Cop page, 179; Earl Mullammeix, 57. a a Division of the La Grande Commer cial club directorate into three dis tinct committees which have for their aim obtaining added manufacturing In stitutions for l.a Grande, subdivision of valley farms and publicity, has been accomplished. a Eugene Register: That bobcats and cougars are setting scarce and th the deer are Increasing Is the statement of George Moody, of McKenaie Bridge. The 'wildcats and cougars up to a year or so ago had been slaughtering the deer by the thousands, but tne In . creased bounty has had a good effect. In' talking of his experiences while with Commodore Terrj when .Japan waa opened to western ctillls'aUon, Wil liam Hardy, a pioneer rel4ent of Port land, said: . . .". - "On June 18, 1853, j sailed from Pert Lloyd n Peel Island for Wbampa, ' On the 2d of July. 1861, the Susque hanna, the Mississippi Hd the sloops or. war Plymouth and Saratoga sailed ror Japan. Two days later. w cele- in rourtn or tny by firing a . salute of 17 guns, and the crews were -excused from all extra dty. "On the 7th of July w.aighted Japan and were soon anchored, the Bay of XOddo. We anrhnriul lit. -ft T?nn. ine ria 8hip was awn boarded by two officials from UragnVwho notified vummoaore not to: anchor. Our ye""e, were the tirsf ybrelgn vessels v , "au "vr Penetrate so cloae to i eddo. Our tntcrnrl, nM ib. .t.n. , anese officials that Cojapnodore Perry had a letter for th t THE "HOUSTON PLAN" re serve banks," to serve as depositories for the "member banks." and also to become each a local or "regional" cen ter of credit, to take the place of the single grand center, which was New York city. An additional supply of ourrency in time of stress is also pro vided, to be based on "commercial pa per." This new system serves the the evil Influence of the liquor traffic,! and will vote to stop its sale in quan tities less than one gallon, but will never support prohibition in its pres ent form. G. L. PAXTON. Of official electrlfier, a duty stimu lator, a law enforcer. ; For their latent results, Sheriff Hand and District Attorney God Win merit commendation. Tfieir Work is belated, but Is it creditable. ; ine ract mat they do It now, js proof that they should have done it before. If the governor had the evidence on which to act, they could and should have had that evidence and have acted them selves three months ago. ', There is a moral in the .sequel. The officers were not doing their duty three months ago. They are doing it now. Governor WeoVs action at Cop perfield brought results.' Land Taxes in Other Lands. Portland, Or., March 26. To the Edl great and beneficent purpose of mak- I tor of The Journal In South Australia I folders going into detail. The "Houston Plan" of taxation has excited Interest In all parts of the country. The author of the "plan," who la well known in Portland, write about it as follows: Houston, Texas, March 15. To the Editor of The Journal Replying to your letter asking for further infor mation in reference to the Houston plan of taxation, it affords me great pleasure to do so as far as I can with in the llmlta of a letter, which I will supplement, however, with d a letter for th 1?r,i-n. Tan.n v f v. ., c. ivni me Dresirient mates. Th ing currency most abundant when most needed, Instead of, as under the old system, scarcest when most need ed. The history of this measure as It was developing was fully recorded in the daily press dispatches and was elucidated with uncommon minuteness and clearness in editorial columns. A review of the files of any metropoli tan daily will provide full enlightenment recently the town Of Thebarton. after The city of Houston decided that it five years of exemption from taxation i was going to become the money center of improvements, voted over two to one I Texas; it therefore announced that of the actual taxpayers alone (no ten- uia not receive casn upon its as- ants or nontaxpayers voting) in favor eessnient rolls for the purpose of taxa- of continuing the system. In addition -lon- wa result the bank deposits every candidate who opposed the new bav increased 17,000,000 in two years, system was defeated'at the same elec- Tne city of Houston decided that it tlon needed more buildings and better bulld- This is called land value taxation togs, so it announced that it would re- there, as it is recosfnized by both oono- 1mr lne owners or buildings to as nents and advocates that it is not the single tax. The latter would not only I abolish all other taxes, but a single lone of taxing land values, but would cover into the public treasuries the entire annual land value of all lands. &ti a private letter recently received To Help the Blind. Portland, March 26. To the Editor of The Journal Some short time ago Mayor Albee stated that people who had cane chairs needing repairing would confer a benefit on blind people from a prominent real estate dealer of was a good thing for people to have wiiu tumu wo ik, uy giving sucn worn this city. I am assured that after a nousenoia lurmiure, pieniy ox it ana sess them at only 25 per cent of their reproductive cost; as a result in two years the building industry has In creased over 50 per cent per annum. The city decided that it was impos sible to assess household furniture equitably, and It also thought that It .official duties. It acted as a sortL wrd with the 8lightest chance of success under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. There is a mighty difference between our position as to free tolls now and what it would be if by repeal, as a result of British protest, we shall acknowledge the principle contended for, by Great Britain. By our own consent to abandon it as a result of that pro test, we surrender for all time before the world our right to free tolls. By such a surrender we practically bind ourselves and our pos terity to a non-American policy of charging tolls on our home shlpj through our home canal in our home trade. They say our adopted policy of free tolls as approved by the sen ate, the house, the presideAt, the supreme court, ex-President Roose velt, Richard Olney, Hannis Taylor, many eminent British authorities and by the Democratic and Progressive platforms Is national dis honor. What is a greater national dishonor than to abjectly sur render free tolls, abandon an essential part of our control of our canal to a foreign power, and forever bind ourselves and our pos terity to the principle that, though we built and own the canal, i a chief control of it is in Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary. If any such Interpretation as is now put forward had been urged at the time the treaty waa before the American senate for ratifica tion, the treaty would have been buried under the' oblivion of the Indignation of 90,000,000 Americans. No senate would eve have ratified it. No secretary of state would have negotiated it. No American president would have signed It. No nation in the world would have ratified a treaty under conditions such as the United States is now asked to accept. It is argued by those who take the British view, that the re- Then why are Ameri can lumbermen in the great South and West pleading for free tolls? Why are American apple growers, American stockmen and American farmers appealing for free tolls? Why are Pacific Coast wool grow- ' 1 . . r r.. nmn. a ,4 t t .w .l t. 11. . - eris, nup giuyvcio uuu n uii biuch lucoumg wuu uie American Congress to continue to be an American Congress and listen to the advice of President Hayes, who said, "the United States cannot con sent to surrender this control to any European power"? If it is the ship owners who will get all the benefit, who pros pers from dredging rivers, harbors and channels, in lighting danger- to the school. This has been turned over now to the superintendent Of schools, and yesterday, Mr. Thomas, the school clerk, informed me that they would be only too pleased to have peo ple give this work to the blind, and he sent Mr. Myers (blind), who has charge of this department In the Trades school, to see us, as we had some little work. Mr. Myers seemed much pleased to get this, and says they need work of this nature, as they have many blind people who can do such re pairing of cane chairs, , making the seats new, and they will come to of fices or houses and get the chairs. This is not begging, but is something that We might all help on. with chairs, etc., which need repairing, and on which careful investigation of the applica tion of the principle throughout Alber ta, no one was found who condemned the new system. In Edmonton, all the real estate dealers are proud of it, and every city and town throughout the commonwealth is reaching out after more as fast as possible. They call it single tax up there, although In faot it is only a small and reason able application of tha principle to local revenue raising. No politician or property owner, business man or farm- er, but is satisfied with what steps have been taken. Indeed, it is expected that a "surtax" will be enacted shortly I that will levy in addition a special or graduated tax upon idle lands. These facts are worth careful con- the finest grade, so it decided to ex empt household furniture from taxa tion entirely. The city of Houston was deslroua of reducing the rate of interest so that those who had money and who loaned it to those who had none would not In crease the rate of interest because of a tax upon this loan, so it announced that there would be no tax upon credits. notes, mortrages, bonds or stocks, and as a result the man who has no money can borrow It In Houston at a fair rate of interest. The city decided that it was becom ing too difficult for those who wanted homes to secure them on account of the high price of land, so it announced that it would tax land at Its fair value for use; as a result the owners of va cant land have been improving it and thus increasing the number of build ings in our midst. Others who have printed I large tracts of land are getting in the mood to sell it at a fair price, all of which will tend to develop our city and acomplish laturally a more ewn dis tribution of wealth in contradiction to tha ideas of certain people who want to distribute the wealth arbitrarily and by forca. One half dozen cities in Texas have followed our example, with slight mod ifications, none of them, however, go ing as f ar as we have, because of our constitutional prohibitions. We simply saw the benefit and we proceeded to do it. After two years' experiment no one has seen fit to Invoke the law and interfere with our laudable proposition. To do so would mean to at onee de stroy the progress of our city, deplete our banks of much of their deposits and enormously reduce the value of our real estate. It it strange, exceedingly strange, to my mind, that the great mass of peo ple have so long been blind to a meth od of taxation which will be truly ben eficial to -the country at large. If my reply is not sufficiently full, don't hesitate to communicate with me further, and I will take the time to reply. J. J. PASTORIZA. Finance and Tax Commissioner. SALARIED MAN'S THREE-YEAR RECORD those unrortunate enougn 10 d onna deration by every citizen. Exemp can not only make something, but also tion Of improvements from taxation can get some good employment, to keep must coine sooner or ater in Oregon. tnem busy in sucn lines. a ALFRED D. CRIDQE. Any communication sent to tne v By John M. Osklson. This is frankly the story of an ex ceptional man. He ia a salaried man who has increased a little saving of 845 by Judicious trading to 13000 in three years. He was married in 1904, when his pay was $76 a month. By November, 1910, he was getting $135 a month; at that date bis bank account amounted i will receive auuuuuu, aim nnj unuS i -v.- nst inn-..,.,. . . h.-lr will nrvnla n VtAnafft ! . out. ui im, " - "- party political standpoint. Our repre- confine, the wofk or request to chairs only. GEORGE TAYLOR. WHO 18 ItKSPOXSlllLE? 0 REGON is not the only state that; is struggling under the burden of high taxes. The shoulders of other states are r,s uu iUWe i8 a .gen-. mltted-tolls would all go to the ship owners eral cry for relief. To meet the! u c,.,u -nr.. cost of its legislative appropriations the state of Washington will re quire this year a total tax col- Trades school. Eleventh and Davis Democratic National Committeeman I to Just $45 sickness tn his family had streets, telephone Main 548, or to the pnpli.n nr.., .v.- l-cHtir-1 it to that sum. office of the superintendent of schools, I f th- JournalXne ' poBltlon or nal He and his wife then determined to court house, telephone Marshall 5060; llonal committeeman from Oreaon la begin a systematic aavimg campaign; Dy culling rnuivany iiir-n unus penses, they began to put aside from S35 to $75 a month. Their accumu lations they began to Invest in lot in the outskirts of the city In which the man worked. He first borrowed $50 to make up an initial payment of $100 on a lot. In 18 months he had paid altogether $1030 on the lot; then he sold his equity in the ldt for $1200 cash. - Two days later ' he paid down this $1200 toward the purchase of a $2800 lot; five months later he sold his equity iu it for $1600. With his sav ings he then had $1850, and he then made first payments on two lots. One of these he sold again in a few days at a proflt'of $200. Three other trades followed, and Advocates a Gallon Law. Madras. Or.. March 23. To the Edi tor of The Journal That there is great evil in the liquor trafflo no one j sentatlve (and I write aa an inter ested Democrat) will sit with and have a voice in the deliberations of. a representative body of men of high social, business and political stard ing in the nation. AS a Democrat, favoring Democratic principles, ana party supremacy lection of $:58,000,000 or a tax of $37.41 for every man, woman and! Child in the state. , ; In some quarters there is a dis- i position to blame progressive and humane legislation Tor the rapid -growth of taxation, but this is not borne out by the facts and is dis- , proved by the fact that taxes have! - mounted excessively in states that have not enacted progressive leg- Islation. The chief causes must be soueht elsewhere!. The Bureau of Mu nicipal Research attributes the , greater nart nf tho Inwuio t burden to the Inefficiency of the . public .aprviee. For $1 lost to a city, state or nation through graft 1 0 lg loBt through inerf icieney. This fs the conclusion reached by that board. - Primarily the responsibility Tan be traced to lack of public interest anl scrutiny and until peoile can be aroiraed to a foreetful what Is everybody's business is nobody's, little can be hoped for In the way of reform and relief. Taxes will continue to climb "until the taxpayer makes It his business to hold them down.. - v. ; j At present, public officials and people alike are continually devls , ing. wavs to spend the public money. Some men cet public , ot . fice by promising ta fviM ai !f schemes that r-ali fn in " a-v aivrr A pendltures. Commissions, inspect ors and experts are appointed with ,ont number. Not Infrequently .."those who. howl loudest-; at tax paying lime, are the first to sug . gost new lines of expenditure and , quickest to condemn the official who. hesitates or opposes, - can dispute. The evil grows out of aDove mamoui success, i object to the improper use ot liquor. Then why any federal tf fleer-older aa national allow it to be used improperly? I be- committeeman. The rumor Is current lieve there are many answers to this that a determined effort will be made question. Among the most important to write the name of an officeholder is revenue the love of money. ' Shift now absent from the state upon the the taxes from a direct to an indirect Democratic ballot. This should not be source and make the boose fighter done. pay the bulk of the taxes. If there 1 have not the honor of a perioral were no revenue to raise and no taxes acquaintance with Hon. W. K. Canon to pay there would be no traffic in r Medford, whose, friends have an- whiskey in a single city In the land, nounced his candidacy, but I have so The verv fact that no one la allowed nauch Interest in the welfare of th to sell whiskey without a license is Pty tnat 1 nav mA& diligent In when he checked up his achievements in November, 1913, he found himself with a checking and savings account of $300 and property which he could sell at any time for $2700. Let me quote a comment he made at the time the searcher after thrift stories found him: "A man does not need to deprive himself of the comforts of life to ac complish -what I did. We have lived comfortably, and I've given my mother from $5 to $100 a month during that time. I own a motor boat, and we spent three months last summer at the lakes." This man Is exceptional, of course. Most of us would not be mo uniformly successful in trading in city lots. Yet if we stuck to our determination to save something out of our salaries and use our very best Judgment and energy in putting the savings to work we would learn to make money aside from what some employer thought our services worth in his business. Perhaps you don't think so, but this man showed himself the exceptional man most .clearly by actually carry ing through a plan to save something regularly out of his salary. That Is the hardest step to take toward finan cial independence for the man who re ceives a weekly pay envelope. sufficient proof that it Is looked upon by the people of any city where whis key is sold as being & business pro position, regardless of Its evil effects. Is there any law compelling a city The Ragtime Muse ous places along the coast, in charting the waterB used by com merce? If it Is only the ship owners who will benefit, why has this ' to iS8Ue a Permlt to anyone to sell nation, exclusive of the Panama canal spent 625,000,0OJ on rivers j SSSL yet rm.ts' Irl and harbors of the United States in the past 40 years? The logic j granted. I 'believe such a system is of the ship owners' argument is that the United States, on all rivers I wrong, but I don't believe there is and harbors that it Improves should charge tolls, because the owners of steamboats and steamships will get all the benefit. The argu ment Is the voice of the owners o.f the five transcontinental rail roads In the United States, and the American stockholders In the Canadian Pacific railroad. . Free tolls would be a reward offered in stimulation of American ship building and a bonus for rehabilitation of an American mer chant marine. Returning from a 20,000 mile trip around South Amer ica, a party of American business men made a public statement de claring that though in almost every port they saw the flags of every nation, they did not get one glimpse of an American flag flying from the masthead of an American ship. An official of the Port ! of London stated some time ago that rio .vessel flying the American flag had been seen on the Thames in a whole yean When President Roosevelt sent our battleship : fleet around the world, what Christendom beheld was an American war fleet accom panied by a fleet of foreign vessels flying foreign flags acting as colliers. "We had not enough American vessels available to carry coat for our battle fleet out on warlike parade around the - 'world. What would we do for colliers for our war fleet in time of war? ' It costs $8000 to $13,000 a year more to operate an American vessel than a foreign vessel .because of American navigation laws and American shipping regulations. These regulations have driven our ships from the sea. Free tolls would stimulate American ship building and American coastwise navigation, because, huge volumes Of traffic now, moved ;by rail would be moved by American ships. With Democratic leaders in Congress trying to force a repeal of tbe Panama act at the behest of Great Britain, how prophetic are the words of Thomas Jefferson, who said: . That the marketing "of our products will be at the mercy df any nation which haa possessed itself exclusively of the means of carrying them, and our- politics may bo Influenced by those who eonunand our commerce. - -. ' ; " , - i .. - r ' ' :: . .;" ... . - '-. What is the .proposed abandonment of free tolls by an American Congress but exercise of the" Influence , Jefferson feared from "those who command our commerce"? y any evil in whiskey any more than there is in the many cereals from Which whiskey is made and which Our daily bread is also mado. I love the taste of whiskey and woull not live In any land where I could not get it. There are those who advocate pro hibition of the manufacture-and sale of whiskey. I have always been and am still of the opinion that those who are loudest In proclaiming thit doctrine are. not the most sincere be lievers after all, since qjiry regarding his fitness JC have found that Mr. Cannon Jias alV the personal and mental atta.n ments which would reflect credit upon fur party in this state if he become its representative . in the national tody. His party loyalty and actlvitv for party success, while such as to warrant an appointment to federal of fice, has been such as to entitle him to at least the reward of this non salaried office. He has been a resi i ii in - i Ann rEiBiau from aenl or "e?,.n r?r .MVlbeF ot yer And guns and tea and pyramids. nado I1"" Ullucr vieveianaa saminmratlon. And yarn and Kangaroos, isexveo. as unuea Bt&tcs marsnai in aig I And clocks and gems ana iar ana wia.e, native state or Wisconsin. I And rubber doois ana goais, Liberal Education. "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things That should amuse a Carpenter, Like cabbages and kings. And fountain pens and motor cars, And potter wasps and cheese. And cuttle xisn ana iiquia air, And lager beer and tleaa. "And flies and floes and dynamite, And Persian rugs ana screws. Mr. Canon has filed his declaration And Pin nd 1ao ?d fiBh .and f,,a8 i .... . . , ... I n mi urma anil motor boats and petition and his nam a will appear tpon tne Da not. tr It VYSE. and germs and motor boats- Of many things the Walrus talked Intelligently, too Exhausting entertainingly Each subject, old and new. Not yet the Carpenter suspects. Not vet an Oyster know. That he got all his learning from The films at picture shows. Methods of the Oregonian. From the Athena Press. One would naturally suppose the big, overgrown Portland Oregonian to be too dignified and resourcerui to re sort to deception and misrepresenta tion on issues political or otherwise. But. to the contrary, the big Portland morning paper Btudiously contrives to color every act and movement of the WHann a dm In lit traction in- it foHT1 cable welfare committee they slow down the effort and desire to Impugn the true i motives of the federal government, with the hope that-dissension and dis satisfaction may grow and a reversal of sentiment seize the masses before results for which the party in, power Is striving, are achieved. But the . Testimony of a Laundry Girl. Portland, March 26. To the Editor of The Journal I am a laundry girl. nrn-,ih',(in. wooing in a laundry In this city, a places restraint on all alike, whether ladJr cam through our laundry Tues- they be engaged in the whiskey traf-1 utt- saia oe one or the fio or not. If such people would bellabor welfare committee. She went to satisfied with a law which fVirhiria 1 the office and one of the bosses ac- any city, town or commonwealth to I companied her through the plant He grant a permit to anyone, drug atoree 1 neVer ,eI1 ner onca while i saw her. ; not excepted, to sell Whiskey or in- nBl may tniaxs we girls toxicants In any form in quantities would dare tell our troubles to her leas than one gallon, and attach a pen- while the boss was with her, she is alty of not less than five nor more ,eft- We would get canned Just as tnaa twenty years in the penitentiary, I BOOn sue went out, ir we did. I believe they will have found a rem-J Jut soon as anyone enters the edy for at least the greater- portion I laundry that they think Is from the of the-vils growing out of the mis-1 welfare committee they slo use oi liquor, - l mangles ana come around and Josh Prohibition has failed and has coma I with ub girls, and if we dared talk far short of a remedy. Those clamor- ny other time we would get ours, ing for, prohibition claim that If theyj If you are one of the committee, can get proniDiuon they will hav come in tnrougn the emDloven ' on. stopped the evil effect Of whiskv. I trance and talk to the eirls bef oro tha The question is, Can they stop one evil J bosses know it, and see the mangle 1 Oregonian doe not stop at Washing- wnuoui .. urooucmg anotaer . even l in luur speea. op lore iner oret a c-hanno I tnn it to (rat n it " nkar" greater? Another question: In a free to "low them down, and see how the! branding iron across the political eoumry, wnere the Inajority rules, girls have to work to keep up. - rixon of the state. It has turned its wouia a law long remain on the stat-l if you are one of the committee you I mud.-slinglng guns on Dr. Smith and ute books prohibiting all people from have business In there. Make It your Ms pursuing a studied course of vltu- vue un oi wmsney wno merely wished I business to come wnen the bosses don't to satisfy their own desires without j know you are coming, and ask the girls Infringing on .the rights of others? -1 1 no : questions while the ' bosses - are don't believe in saloons any more than I around, for we dare not I the prohibitionists do; I am bitter! jrl truthfully.. If we did our Jobs would opposed to Uio license system and to) be gone. A LAUNDRT QIRU the nomination and election of Dr. Smith. A plain Inconsistency is seen in this accusation, for the Oregonian knows, or should know, that the polit ical affiliations of the game board are for the moat part Republican. George Kelly is a Republican and Is cam paign manager for R. A Booth; Mr. Finley, superintendent of the biolog ical department, is a Republican; Mr. Clanton, superintendent of hatcheries. Is a Republican; Mr. Evans, state game warden, is a Republican; Mr Opsund, state fish warden, is a Repub- j llcan. So, it will be seen if the com-! mission favors his election. Dr. Smith should feel highly compliment ed, for the commission Is Republican, But tiiere is no semblance of a "ma chine" and the Oregonian, when con tending there Is one, is employing Its usual Jaundiced stunt. Worked for Hocial Justice. When Congressman Robert G. "Bremner of New Jersey died at Bal timore on February & there passed away an enthusiastic fighter for soc ial Justice who realized that only through the single tax can social jus tice be obtained. Even during the last month of tils lif. while suffer ing from cancer, he did not relax in r. his efforts in behalf of the cause. As a 'member of the District of Co lumbia committee, lie" ably assisted the work of. Henry George Jr., in pushing his plan ot more Just taxa tion for the city of Washington. While on his dthbd h worked on a speech he intended to deliver. Nothing ls than death itself could stop him. Ills place Is secure among those who have lived to make men free. ftt: the United Officials told th onm. modora he would havek to go to Na gasaki to deliver hlal'lttr rntn. . modore Perry refuseHV -to rn Trio night there was conlv!rnh plta. ment ashore. We couldt hear the gung and see rockets ascending vin the air and hear the tolling of ithe bells. The Japs seemed to be as e'xHted as a hive nornets that had been poked with a stick. - i Next day the eovornnr nt ITnn visited the Susquehanri.! but Commo dore Perry refused to teoelve him and auowed one of his captains to con duct the negotiations. Commodore Per ry had 13 cutters survey the bay for the next four or five ays, while all of the ships kept up double guard duty. ' It looked for awhile a If we were going to have trouble. The decks were cleared, the guns weredouble shotted and the racks of smalljirms were got ten out ready tor Insta'use. "In every way possle the Japan ese officials tried to yrevent the de livery of Commodore: Perry's letter from the president of the United States to the emperor of Japan. Final ly they consented amL;laamed July 14. 1S5S, tor the Interview .They selected Uori-Hama, about a rnHe from Uraga as the place for the interview. The Plymouth and Saratoga; anchored at Uraga, as they were sailing vessels and could not get Into rjorl-ilama. The Mississippi and Rusojfteharina, being steamers, went down tfca bay to Oori Hama. The Mississippi iand Saratoga ran out their guns, whtoh were double shotted, to protect they landine nartv. "The signal was runfuo to man the boats ready for landing! jTho first cut ter was from the Mlsisippl. It led the procession and w'- In command of Captain Bueha non. sfirThts boat was followed by another containing Major Zetlner of the marlneand these two boats were followed 14 ili other gut ters. Our boat, the coigmodore's barge, was tha last of the procession, and as Commodore Perry Itft his flag ship i , . x i . . me wiutrr vrsiirii if a vtijiiim a, auivo 01 13 guns. There werre about 300, all told. In the landing Sirty.j including the marines, the sallies and officers and the members of -She two bands. We formed In single le on each side of the landing facing ehe water. Captain Frank Bughanon .was the first to land. He vfs followed hy Major Zellner, and thejj-were followed by the marines and bli-jacket". 'Then came the Commodore' ibarge- In which were two pages, George Boyle and C McClaney. The pageM carried a box wrapped in cloth of j-aiiet In wlil-T was the president's igtter signed by President Fillmore anal Edward Ever ett, secretary of stat Following the pages were two six?fjpt negro sailors, heavily armed. Tlu-tR.rresrocs seemed to astonish the JapVjbeyond expres sion. Commodore Perjjy. knowing thst the Japanese were a fecial 1 people, had oombed the fleet toget "the. biggest and most powerful locking men as a bodyguard. Michael Mooley and Chan. Saundera. both of whtri were over six feet high, stood at atlentlon. one car rying the commodortirf pennant, and the other the United folates flag. "At the word, Of command the body guard and the flag bjjkrers started to march toward the reception house. The reception house hadi-;been built ex pressly for the; purpose. It was of bamboo, covered wlthftitlk. Following the commodore came ?Jhe members of the crew of the cotfenodore's barge. Charles McClaney. n4 of the pages, was a cousin of Capafin Modaney in command of the Po-tirnawtan. When we entered the reception house, . we aw a sort of a tljVone or raised steps. Commodore jftPerry and his suite walked up the middle of the aisle and took their flats. Two Jap anese officials were Vr represen tatives of the emporerpto receive Pres ident Fillmore's lettt After intro ductions had been Exchanged Com mf.dore Perry called vSHie pages, Who, with the two negro guards, marched up. They placed thej document in a harrtsome box ; the t Japanese had brought for the pu-rtose. and after further saluatlons ay4 leave taking we went back to the hip. "We departed for ?e ships In the same order , we hadscome, the last to leave the shore bIng the commo dore. I happened to p standing near the commodore wherAMr. Prouman. the Dutch interpretetf said to Com modore Perry: "Thei'l Japanese offi cials have Just kskedrif you are com ing back with all foi of your ships.' Ccmmodore Perry al-j Tell them that I am coming back wtttel.2 ships. peration and misrepresentation against the Democratic candidate for gover nor. ; la the reorganisation of the fish and game commission, the Port land paper makes the "discovery" that It Is to be a machine to being about Fame on Percentage. From the Kansas City Journal. "Let one man stand at my right hand, Horauus quotn. quoin n. "Let one abide by my left side And keep the bridge with me." "Associates will find me square; I'm so In all my fights. We'll hold the bridge and later share The moving picture ngnta. It takes a woman to conceal the things she doesn't know, but a man's Ignorance is always cropping out, - Pointed Paragraphs Folka who say the igtht thing at ths right time arenas poijjlar as they ar arce. , . r--. 5 I .; How a man dos h2 to make love to a woman who wewsii spectacles ail the time. Si " - Our funny languacfS A man feel" put out when be dlscers that he lis been taken in. Amone- contrary nfln Is the rhau who would refuse toftke whiskey ir the doctor prescribed ! ' m In looking back ovrf our past live Can we see on ;smgl8j; pnianv5 mint worry, made things ar ;better7 - . it 5U SUNDAY FEATURES ' " 1 jg., The Sanday Journal Magarfne offers these ccfmpeliing tea . tares for wopen readers each Sunday: patterns for tlie home dress maker. Sagg cations for gtb Beedlaa Bints on home economy. Talks on health nd beauty, Sunday ipurnal sine , t-3 . ... . a