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QUESTION OF EQUITY
N PASSING upon the application
of Eastern railroad lor au
thority to Increase freight rates
fiv ner cent the Interstate
Commerce Commission has a dual
:duty to discharge. It must pro
ject the public from extortion and
'discrimination and on the other
ihand it must see that the railroads
Ishall receive sufficient revenue to
!pay fair dividends upon the capital
Invested. The issue is to be deter
mined not by the technicalities of
-law but according to the principles
j "-of equity. When the government
Assumes the right to regulate raies
"And service it also takes upon it
self the burden of protecting hon
st Investments.
He who comes into a court of
'equity must come with clean hands
nd he who seeks equity must do
equity. The railroads carried on
ja nation wide campaign to create
a sentiment that would force the
commission to grant their request
for advanced rates.
J Newspapers amenable to influ
ence appealed to the sympathies
jand fears of the public. They
;were aided and abetted with in
terviews from leaders of Big Busi
ness and resolutions from commer
cial organizations. It was pro
claimed that the Increase of rates
;was the price of prosperity.
When the Interstate Commerce
Commission entered upon the
pending hearing, it indicated its
Intention to assist the railroads in
finding additional income and it
pointed out that the railroads
rnlght collect vast sums fairly due
for services which are now per
formed free for favored shippers.
.These sums In the aggregate ap
proximate the Increase In rates
requested. In a word the commis
sion uncovered - a huge system of
rebates and discrimination just as
oad as the old and condemned one
of "secret refunds" and "rate
schedule Jokersi" The commission
found that the railroads are favor
ing large shippers with free switch
ing service to and from private
hidings, ferriage, and lighterage
transportation from warehouse to
freight yard, saving cartage ex
pense, holding loaded cars as long
as ten days without charge, loading
and unloading without additional
cost and even making actual cash
payments to shippers for loading,
unloading and carting their own
feoods.
... The revenues wasted in this
manner of rebating reaches an
enormous total. On ten cars at
Chicago the cost of free service
was per cent or, tne revenue
derived. In June, last year, one
half of all the cars received at a
?ew York Central station on Man
hattan were unloaded at the car
Tiers' expense. Special switching
service on private sidings at Phila
delphia costs the railroads from
3 to $4 a car. It is estimated
that 40,000 cars a day are handled
free of charge throughout the
country.
-. The testimony being brought
.out In the hearing before the In
terstate Commerce Commission
Shows that the railroads are not
fiolng equity and that they have
not : come into court with clean
hands.
WHO GOVERNS THE UNITED STATES?
NSWERING the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce in Its re
quest to him to oppose the repeal of free tolls, Senator Lane
of Oregon says:
preiHont wiinr haits assured ma oerBonaily that, from his
study of the question and perusal of state documents, ha, has been com
pelled to conclude, much against his personal preference In the matter, that
this' government Is under solemn obligation to permit English vessels to
usa the canal on the same terms as our own.
It is claimed by some that the senator's language means that he
will vote for the' repeal MIL
It does not mean as much as that. Senator Lane has always been
an Independent thinker. He has never played his life role as some
body's "man." It is not likely that he is going to be against free
tolls now merely because President Wilson is against free tolls.
Nobody has a higher respect for Woodrow Wilson than does The
Journal. He is a' chief magistrate pre-eminent. He is working out
many glorious reforms in this republic. He is one of the foremost
statesmen of his time.
It Is no disloyalty to President Wilson to differ with him on the
tolls issue. This is not an era when the king can do no wrong.
That was the old doctrine of divine right. A president, no matter
how eminent and patriotic, is merely human. He Is not above the
possibility of being mistaken.
The United States is a free country because we have the right
I to differ with the man at the head of the nation. If we had not
I assumed the right to differ with our chief ruler in 1776, there would
be no United States. If the people of the United States ever stop
doing their own thinking and allow one man or a. few men to think
for them, we will cease to be self governing.
' In opposing the repeal bill. The Journal is aiding President Wil
son. If the United States senate defeats the repeal bill. It will save
President Wilson from grefct future embarrassment. If Senator
Lane can supply the voteato beat the repeal bill in the senate, he
will render the president an incomparable service.
The repeal of free tolls would inject into the congressional cam
paign ' an issue that will tremendously handicap the Democrats. It
would give the Republicans a rallying point on which to stand a
most excellent chance of capturing the next House. That would at
once stop the reform that Woodrow Wilson Is working out for this
country.
For a little while, it Is easy to explain to men, who do not know,
that Great Britain's ships have equal rights in the canal with our
own.
That cannot be done for long. There is no way to explain that
we built the canal, that we paid for it, that we must keep It up at
a cost of several millions a year, and that, with all that, -it is as
much Great Britain's canal as It Is ours.
The masses of the American people will never accept such a
contention, and it is folly to try to make them accept it. It Is not
human nature for them, to accept It. There Is not a people in the
world who would accept it. Nor is there a governing head In the
world outside of the United States that would ask them to ac
cept it.
Suppose Great Britain had built the canal. Suppose the British
people had spent $400,000,000 in its construction. Does anybody
believe for one minute that the United States would be permitted
to tell Great Britain that British ships could not be given free tolls
through the canal in her own home trade, or In any other trade?
Does anybody think Great Britain would for one minute tolerate
any dictation from us as to what she should or should not do with
her canal?
Under the treaty of 1815, Great Britain is doing today exactly
the thing she Is refusing to let the United States do at Panama.
That treaty provides that no higher or other duties or charges shall
be Imposed upon vessels of the United States In British ports than
those placed in the same ports on British vessels. - But today, the
port charge at Bristol, England for an American ship entering or
departing is 5 6 cents per ton. For British ships in the coastwise trade
It is 20 cents per ton. r
At Liverpool the harbor rate is 38 cents per ton for American
ships; for British coastwise ships, it Is nine cents per ton. The
jauguago ui iuo u caij ui isia is eveu mruuger man me nay-t
Pauncefote treaty, yet Great Britain Is favoring her coastwise ships
in exactly the way that she refuses to permit the United States to fa
vor our coastwise ships, through our canal.
By and by, if the senate completes the repeal of free tolls begun
by the house, all these things will become known to the masses of
the American people.' The Republicans and the Progressives will
make It very, clear to them at campaign time.
President Taft has already told them that we have the right un
der the treaty to free toils. He said:
I am confident that the United States has the power to relieve from
payment or tolls any part or our snipping that Congress deems wise. We
own the can&L It Is our money that built it.
Theodore Roosevelt has told them that we have the right to
free tolls. He said:
steamboat as security for payment
of the note. '
In court, the defendant said that
Ulrich told him that It would be
necessary to splits the fee between
the arresting officers and others
who had .newspaper Influence. Ul
rich says the $500 note was re
quired to cover the possible cost '
of an appeal to the .supreme court. ;
As a result of the trial, the defend
ant was fined $100.
It is such business that plays a
large part in bringlpg odium upon
the. bar. It throws suspicion on
the courts. It casts shadows over
the police. It ought to be stopped,
and stopped ' forever. Judge Stev
enson has done much to clean up
the police court. He Is entitled to
great credit for what has been
achieved. He can do much now
by pressing this case before some
authority by which It will be prop
erly dealt with.
A FEW SMILES
The rivalry between Seattle and
Tacoma which began when the lat
ter wanted to call the mountain
Mount, Tacoma Instead of Rainier,
is still existent. Ex-Mayor HI Gill
of Seattle, who was recalled, came
back. Ex-Mayor Fawcett of Ta
coma, who was also recalled, is
on his way to "come back," having
passed the primary gate.
Louis W. Hill is one railroad
man who has the correct Idea
about good roads. He says "good
roads make easy travel, make
more farmers and better farming.
ine inevitable result Is better busi
ness for everybody and the rail
roads first of all."
A Dublin gentleman was spending
his vacation with some friends In the
west of Ireland. As he was being
driven to his desti
nation he noticed a
4 bog that promised
m e,wu nuwwus a p;
asKea nis jarvey r
there were any snipe
in it. "Shnipe. is it,
sor? Did ye say
shnipe? Shu re. if ye
went into that bog
widout a gun they'd ate yez!"
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHAXGB
One day three Germans who had
just come over to this country were
walking along a country road. They
anew only a ifew
words of English
apiece. One could
say "We three,": the
other could say j'For
60 cents," and I the
other "The sooner
the better." Present
ly t"hey saw a jman
lying by the roadside
and they stopped to look' at him.
"While they were standing there an
officer of the law approached and ad
dressing the first German Bald:
"Who killed that man?"
"We three," answered the first Ger
man, j
"What did you do it for?" the of
ficer inquired of the second German.
"For 50 cents,"! was the answer.
"Don't you know you will be hanged
for that7" was asked of the third,
and he answered:
"The sooner the better."
Letters From the People
publication In this department ahould be wrlt
2 m ,ida of tb Pper. aboald not
exceed 800 worda in length and must be ac
companied by the name and addreae ot the
eender If the writer doea not deatre to
nare the name published, he aboald so aute.)
"Dlseuasion la the aMtMt rf all Mfft,m
Itrationaliaea everything it tonchea. It
robe princlplee of all false sanctity and
tnro-we them back on their reasonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence end sets up its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
nuson.
A Jarvey was driving with an Eng
lish visitor on a bitterly cold day in
December through the wilds of Conne-
mara. They became
quite sociable on the
way, and the native,
in a burst of confi
dence, pointed out a
shebeen where the
"best potheen in Con
naught" might be
obtained. The Eng
lishman, o n 1 v too
giaa to get an opportunity of warm
ing himself, offered refreshment.
wnicn oner was: readilv accented.
"Tis a very cold day In these parts.
zui, oDservea tne tourist. "Tis, your
xionor,- repnea Fat. He raised his
glass, and the contents speedily van
ished. "And there's truth in the old
sayin , ho suggestively added, smack
lng his lips, "wan swallow nlver made
til
Baby bye, here's a fly; let us swat
him. you and L
A selfish life, however rich or note!
one may become, is a dismal, deplora
ble failure.
However many costly new things a
candidate favors, he Is also In favor
of lower taxes.
No matter what cities they chose,
the regional bank commissioners
would have been criticised.
Isn't it remarkable that even San
Francisco was chosen as one of the
egionai bank cities?
There is yet time for candidates who
cannot possibly resist the Importunate
solicitations or tneir inenas.
Maybe the bridge bonds will he held
nconstltutlonal. but It is to be re
membered that there is much less Judi
cial unconstitutionality than tnere was
lew years ago.
T fa a Tn V. I t m. V. will
make a suggestion to Wallace Mc
Cain ant similar to that made by Candi
date Woodrow Wilson to Colonel
George Harvey.
Villa seems to have taken Torreon
but Huerta knows how far it is. and
what sort or country, between there
and Mexico City; so will continue to
eat, drink and be merry.
Fact Is. the people demand many
fhinea that cost a srreat deal or money.
Yet with legislation and admlnlstra-
ion in the hands of competent, unsel
fish men. no doubt taxes could be re
duced much.
9 m
Representative Hobson spent weeks
in Alabama campaigning for the sen
atorship; Representative Underwood
stayed in Wasmngton attending to nis
duties. Underwood won by a big ma
jority. .
m
Rut raw wool has not for several
years had the advantages of the tariff
protection that the law purported to
give it. It has lona; been the goat ol
tariff agitation. Oregonian. But when
Senator Chamberlain made the same
statement, and proved it, the Orego
nian sneered and jeered at him, and
asserted that only the tariff prevented
the total "ruin" or the wool industry
in Oregon.
ALWAY8 YOUNG
OHN BURROUGHS, the natur
alist and author, who recently
celebrated his seventy-seventh
birthday, said: "I never felt
better in my life."
Z Like Peter Pan Mr.. Burroughs
has resolved never to grow old but
to keep "the eternal child tarry
ing" in his heart.
' - The true birthday of a man or
a woman is not marked by a date
but is defined by an experience.
In a rare old book i it is written
".marvel not that I sktd unto you,
ye must be born again." Those
who grow old are those whose
hearts are shriveled and small,
who feed on malice and false tes
timony. Like misers, their last
thought at night and their first
care in the morning are of self.
.They seek no contact with their
neighbor. Jealous and suspicious,
they live alone and bemoan the ap
proach of age.
' How different are the lives of
those who are always young,
x think we nave tne right to rree 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 coastwise traffic, so
that there is no discrimination against other ships when we relieve the
coastwise traffic from tolls.
In 1912, the. Senate of the United States construed the treaty as
giving us the right to free tolls. The House construed It the same
way. Every living man who had a chief part in ratifying the
treaty declares that it was understood at the time that we have the
tight of free tolls.
The supreme court or the united States, under the treaty of
1815, has decided the principle and on the side of free tolls. Rich
ard Olney, one of the greatest living authorities on international
law, the man who wrote the ringing Venezuela message, and one
of the greatest Democrats of all time, declares we have the right of
free tolls.
Senator Lodge, the man who reported the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
to the American senate for ratification, declares that It was under
stood when the agreement was ratified that we had the right of free
tolls. President Wilson, according to Senator Lane, recommended
the repeal "much against his personal preference."
In his time. President Grant said in a message to Congress:
x commend an American canai on American soil for the American
peopie.
President Hayes said to Congress in a message:
ine poncy i tnis country is a canal under American control. The
unueo. states cannot consent to surrender this control to any European
yvwer. ...
Thomas Jefferson, one of the greatest statesmen of all time, said:
That the marketing of our product will be at the mercy of any na
tion wnicn uaa possessed itaeix exclusively of the means of nirnrln?
them, and our politics may be Influenced by those who command our
commerce.
Great Britain, In commanding the repeal of free tolls on a canal
built by us through our own territory at a cost of $400,000,000
Beemsron tne pomr. or controlling "our politics."
Justice White, the Democratic chief Justice of the United States
supreme court, said in a decision on the treaty of 1815:
Neither the exemption of coastwise steam vessels from pilotage re-
BumnK irum a iu.tr 01 we umna otaies nor any lawful exemption of
coastwise vessels created oy state law concerns vessels In the foreign
vi auc, auiu me, tiuu vj iiwiiywai uevs nm uperaxe xo produce
auoruninatioa against wain Tssseis ngagsd la such trade.
tiere is a long line or eminent Democratic, as well as other
authority, on the side of free tolls. Along with It Is the admission
vi vi it; a. v- ciiuuu uoiocii m no uuie oi protest mat, if con
fined to bona fide coastwise trade, the right of the United States to
free tolls is conceded. If the Democrats repeal '- free tolls, they will
repudiate a iree tons pians in a national platform in which they
oeciarea:
Our pledges are made to be kept when In office, as well as relied upon
uuiuiK tne campaign.
i no utsuiwraui in iu eeuaus tu rentier resident WllSOn no
higher service than by beating the repeal bill. They can render the
Democratic party no more effective service than standing by the
L warning of Thomas Jefferson and preventing "our politics" from be
ing influenced by those who command our commerce."
Domestic Relations Court.
Portland, April 9. To the Editor of
The Journal Referrlno: to the editor
ial in The Journal of April 1 under
the -caption "Menace of Divorce," it
occurs to me that you may be inter
ested in knowing that we are now
working on a bill to be submitted to
the next legislature to create a do
mestic relations court, modeled after
the Chicago court, carrying that desig
nation. I am Informed that this court
I is really branch eight of the municipal
court of Chicago and has been desig
nated the court of domestic relations
by the newspapers.
In the report of this court for the
year from December 4, 1911, to No
vember 80, 1912, I find this significant
paragraph: "The court would fall In
Uts work If It were not for the generous
ana constant support of many philan
thropic organizations, whose assistance
has enabled the court to achieve a
large measure of success."
I have written to the six organiza
tions mentioned specifically In this re
port, for a brief history of their work
In connection with this court and as
soon as I receive replies shall take up
the task of acquainting our own
various philanthropic organizations
with the ground covered by them, pre
paratory to launching the work of this
court successfully, upon the passage
of the bill.
It Is estimated that 60 per cent of
the families who had separated and
were brought Into this court in Chicago
during the year were Induced tot rees
tablish the home. This entire report
Is intensely interesting and an article
in the American Magazine for January
by Ida M. Tarbell also indicates some
thing of the work we hope to see ac
complished in Oregon within the next
few years.
Judge Oatens. of this city, has given
me all the assistance possible so far
and as soon as I get the bill In shape
ior criticism it will be submitted to
him as well as to the judges of the
other departments for, their criticism
and suggestion.
MRS, C WINTERS ROSS.
a
saloon; all without the slightest effort
to learn why the demoralizing trade
exists. He does not suspect that profit
Is the heart and soul of the traffic In
liquor. i
In spite of the fact that the prohibi-
xion crusaae is essentially a fake move
ment, it embraces one teaching, that
is In harmony with the spirit of the
times the doctrlno of confiscation ap
plied to property that has been stolen
from the public The prohibitionist
proposes to take away without com
pensation the property of the distiller,
the ealoon man and the hop grower by
a method as effectual as pointing a
gun ana commanding them to dijr up
And upon what ground does he base
his contentions? Simply, that the sa.
loons have killed, robbed and ruined
so many people that they have for
felted all right to consideration by the
state. It follows that every man or
woman Interested directly or Indirect
ly in the liquor trafflo should have his
or her property confiscated.
"We will follow the above line of
reasoning a little further. Railroads,
steel mills and factories of various
kinds ar killing, robbing, maiming
and ruining more men, women and
children every syear than the liquor
people have ever dreamed of; there
fore. It follows, logically enough, that
these Industrial pirates should have
their property confiscated by the gov
eminent; it would then bo used by the
government In the Interest of the peo
ple.
If Henry Dubb goes to the polls and
votes to deprive the saloon man, the
distiller and the hop grower of prop
erty without compensation, he may 1
time become capable of thinking, and
vote to deprive exploiters of the peo
pie's property. However, it may be.
Henry, by voting to relieve the liquor
Interests of their property, is thereby
estopped from denying the righteous
ness of the doctrine of confiscation
when applied to pirates of commerce.
LOWELL. M. SHOEMAKER.
are on earth to serve and to help,
to comfort and to uplift, to give
ana to receive.
4 For them the calendar has no
terror. They believe:
The - glory ' born of roodnesa neuer
. 1 dies: . -
And Its flag Is not half masted in
; the skies.
-As year is added to ;year and
they become more wise and see
more deeply they are less prone to
censure and more inclined to a pro-
They l found compassion thatwould en
fold the world In
comfort and peace.
the arms , of
AN EXTORTIONATE !FEE
HATEVER may be the facts.
the alleged extortion of an
" exorbitant fee . from River
man Amos In the Portland
municipal court Bhould be probed.
Amos was accused of disorderly
From Ella M. Finney.
Gervals, Or., April 8, To the Edi
tor of - The Journal The John Day
lady uses dlplojnacy, forgetting that
ne who Is not with me Is against me."
I am a daughter of Mrs. Duniway's
republic. She has a right to remem
ber me. I have not criticised her:
others did until I felt sorry for her.
If Methuselah still lived, he would
be too smart to be a prohibitionist.
"Be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess," "says Paul. Jesus was not a
prohibitionist. The Jews were and are
a temperate people, without the word
"prohibit." How Is that? George
Washington, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
and Bryan are temperate. In Lincoln's
day prohibition was not the fad. If
it had been, the southern portion would
be slaveholders. Prohibitionists are
among our "finest hoppickers. The big.
fat brewers are our commercial cous
ins. I hope they will give us a high
price for our hops. The Los Angeles
chamber of commerce went on record
against prohibition because It would
cost growers 150,000,000 a year. How
about our Oregon and Washington
growers and their labor? These must
vote wet.
Human slavery, white slavery and
murder 'are separate evils. For the
sick and the dying, morphine is a god
send.. Cocaine stops our yells at the
dentist's. The misuse of these is hor
rible; like liquor, they must be con
trolled, but not abolished.
The judges referred to were our
Judges ' for enforced law and order.
Counting Oregon counties and the stars
on our flag, I estimate our United
States Judges 2067, all fine fellows
and good' Judges (of whiskey as well
as law), necessarily temperate. We
admired the W. C. T. U. for Its monu
mental generality and temperance.
The lofty looked down and the lowly
looked up to It. It spurned our gen
erosity when prohibition tnade.lt tot
ter. A 1.360.440.000 world power can
conduct ana at the Suggestion of 1 Pit Kansas and Sweden in the shade
OREGON SlDELlGHTa
(VnM.rahi. street Improvement at
Bayocean is contemplated this season.
The Tillamook Herald s correspondent
says it is thought three or mure uu
of pavement will be put down.
Wasco county's largest tax collec
tion afiTrrefi-a.ta for a single day tma
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"The second year 1 was at Deep
Hole Springs." said Cy Mulkey, "I
found a meadow 30 miles from Deep
Hole and 12 miles from the main
road. There was a small spring near
by, and as I had more demand for
hay than X could furnish, I concluded
to locate this meadow and build an-
year was 163.638.93, on March j other station. I called it the Granite
compared with the largest day last
year of 139.824.77. on March 4.
ThM itM rlfl ransre west of Mc-
Minnville has been reurveyed, and is
being put in shape for spring target
practice for UcMinnvllle's company of
tne U. N. v j. tteguiar praciico wm
begin -May 1.
a m
niirinir Msrch hut .42 of an Inch
of rain fell at Medford. which is 2.86
inches below the normal, 'rnis maxes
the deficiency from the first of the
climatic year 10.71 inches, but a wet
and cool April is in forecast.
Miya Sannomoya, a young Japanese
girl, was awarded the W. C. T. U. sil
ver medal for the best temperance
recitation given at last Friday night's
contest at the Christian church in
Klamath Kails. She met five competi
Eugene Guard: The city owes Its
neoDle entertainment as well as protec
tion and administration, and every city
of anv size now recoirnlzes it as an
obligation to provide a number of
public band concerts each week in the
public parks for the people.
"It la a matter of general comment,
says the Pendleton East Oregonian,
that Pendleton is a very wealthy
farming town and proof of the fact
Is furnished in the volume of our bank
deposits and in the number of local
automobiles. Beyond doubt this is
the greatest auto center in eastern
Oregon, and well-to-do farmers are the
rule, not the exception, here."
Coqullle Sentinel: Every piece of
literature hereafter sent out by our
Commercial club or in any other way
to advertise this section should carry
the statement that the difference be
tween the average temperature-of the
three winter months and the thre
summer months is only 11 degrees. To
those who are tired of bitter cold and
zero weather, or of summer heats and
torrid days, this fact will alike appeal.
THE FIGHT FOR A PESTLESS WORLD
From a Bulletin of the National
Geographlo Society.
"When we see Naples, in the seven
teenth century, as helpless as a new
born babe in the grip of a plague dur
ing 'which 380,000 souls perished in
six months; when we see Constanti
nople, in 1812, with 144,000 deaths;
when we see London, In the days of the
great plague, with 70,000 of its popula
tion carried off; when we go back to
China and behold a few short years in
the fourteenth century with a 'black
death mortality record of 13,000,000
eouls, and to Europe, in the great
scourge of 1347-1850, and see 25,000,000
people dying; when we come on down
the years and see the untold millions
who have died from the numerous
pestilences which have Inflicted death
upon mankind; then, and not till then,
can we begin to appreciate what the
patient man of the microscope has
wrought in humanity's behalf," writes
William Joseph Showalter, in an article
on "Redeeming the Tropics," sent to
the National Geographlo society. The
writer paints a glorious picture of the
future, when the tropics, freed of rav
lEhing diseases, will be taking their
part In the sustenance and develop
ment of the world.
Porto Rico, Brazil, Italy, India, the
Philippines and many other tropical
countries have been redeemed from
their various scourges.
Challenge to Mr. Li n scot t.
Portland, April 9. To the Editor of
The Journal As The Journal is grant
ing its space to the discussion of th
subject of prohibition, I would like to
reply to E. A. Llnscott's letter In last
Sunday's Journal.
To intimate that the liquor trafflo is
necessary to prosperity and the gen
eral welfare of society Is an Insult to
us who- don't drink, and we will retal
late next November. Mr. Llnscott'
illustration of the boy and the forbid
den apple makes me laugh. My folks
raised five boys and three girls, and
there were many' prohibitions In force
all the time, and we are a credit to
the policy; that Is, there are no I. W.
W.'s, anarchists nor parasites in the
family, as there are under a "personal
liberty" system. How does Mr. Lins
cott explain that a panic would fol
low prohibition in Oregon? Our in
dustrial system needs the revolution
izing that prohibition would bring
about. His ' statements are based on
no facts whatever. He says from a
scientific viewpoint prohibition is a
fanatical whim. I say that from a
scientific viewpoint anything short of
enforced prohibition is insanity. But
what's the good of these statements
unless substantiated by proof? If Mr.
Llnscott believes as e says he-will
be anxious, in person or by represen
tative, to meet opponents in public
discussion and submit proof for proof
on a scale for which these columns are
limited. I challenge him to public de
bate, on religious and sentimental
ground only, or on scientific and eco
nomic grounds only.
C. A. REICHEN.
"How can the mind conceive of the
terrible toll epidemic diseases would
take today, with our world wide com
merce, with our metropolitan and cos
mopolitan cities, and with the constant
commingling of the people of all lands,
were It not for preventive measures?"
continues Mr. Showalter. "For hun
dreds of years man stood helpless and
appalled In the face of the onset of
great epidemics. He saw millions of
his fellow beings visited with deaths
more horrible than ever torture cham
ber could Invent, but not knowing
whence the affliction came or whither
it went. He surmised and guessed,
and finally saw a certain relation be
tween dirt and disease, and gradually
the elimination of dirt checked the
ravages of some epidemio diseases."
The writer then reviews the results
of the discovery of the part taken by
the mosquito in the carrying of yellow
and malarial fever germs, the fleas
on rats and ground squirrels In the
transmission of bubonic plague; the
tsetse fly in the. carrying of Bleeping
sickness, and more recently the body
louse as the typhus agent. The ordi
nary house fly has been christened the
"typhoid fly." . Typhoid vaccination
and the purification of the water sup
plies are described. Panama, Cuba,
"The fundamental principles of the
fight are expressively laid down in
simple terms like these: No mos
quitoes, no malaria, no yellow fever,
no dengue. No fleas, no bubonic
plague; no lice, no typhus; no tsetse
fly, no Bleeping sickness; no ticks, no
spotted fever.' Not only does sanitary
science open up the .tropics for man
himself, but for his domestic animals
aa well. In the generations to come,
there can be no doubt that with a
sanitary science that is broad enough
to reach both man and beast, the great
plains of the highlands In the tropics
Will be converted Into vast cattle
ranches, where cattle can be brought
to the stock cattle stage and then
shipped to the temperate climates for
feeding and finishing, thus adding to
the world's meat supply to the extent
of billions of pounds.
"The discoveries that have brought
about this era of control of tropical
diseases have a deeper significance
than would appear upon the surface.
Here, indeed, lies the hone of the
world's future food supply. Mean- and ray men will not harm them
while, with the restrictions Imposed
by disease removed, tides of Immigra
tion might set Into the tropics, popu
lating them with people who would
cease to be a drain upon the food sup
plies of the temperate zones and be
come, on the contrary, contributors
thereto. Tropical swamps may be
drained, tropical deserts Irrigated,
tropical Jungles tamed, and millions
of acres of the richest land on earth
added to the productive areas which
feed and clothe the world. N
"And what benefit these times must
bring to the racel New blood In the
tropics is needed. The Buns of cen
turies have burned out much of the
initiative, the easy methods of gaining
a livelihood have taken out much of
the thrift, and the lazy ways of the
tropics have eliminated much of the
natural love of cleanliness of the peo
ple." The National Geographic society has
taken a prominent part In these dis
ease destroying campaigns. The micro
photographs of the deadly house fly,
which this organization scattered
broadcast a few years ago, gave the
first Impetus to the fly swatting fights
that have since been waged all over
the world.
SELLING BONDS DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC
Public Defender Geneste, Lawyer
E. D. Ulrich was employed to take
the case. Geneste and Ulrich oc
cupy adjoining offices and their
business cards read. "Ulrich A
Geneste."
Before proceeding with the
case, Ulrich had been paid $250
Vote wet, every one of you, for en
forced law, order and temperance.
ELLA M. FINNEY.
Prohibition and Socialism.
Kennewick. Wash., April 8.To the
Editor of The Journal The average
prohibitionist is a sort of modern Don
Quixote, who spurs his steed against
divers windmills in the firm belief
that they are giants. Therefore one
4ct 'nnf siimrlaftl to rm htm nerfnrminar
In cash, had been given the de- wild gyrations and stabbing viciously
fpndant's note for linn anrl n I at the liquor trarric, while he utters
ienaanis note lor s&oo and a ,oud crlea t0 h,gn heaven and pro.
Dill OI Bale On the defendant 8 I M11ncM awful anathemas aeainst the
Clothing Expenses.
Portland, Or., April 9. To the Ed
itor of The Journal In Monday's
Journal William H. Baker takes issue
with me on the statement that $15.60
is as much as I usually expend for
clothes in a year. Mr. Baker misap
prehends. I used "clothes' advisedly.
During the past five years I have
bought four suits of clothes at a total
cost' of $55, and one raincoat at $10t
also about six pairs of working pants
at an average cost of $2 per pair; total
cost for clothing for five years, $78.
My clothing now on hand is sufficient
for at least another year, which is
more than I had -five years ago
There is a shop In Portland where
you may purchase clothes, but noth
ing else. They do not carry hats,
shoes, suspenders, underwear or fur
nishings. They keep only "clothes."
WILLIAM EL WOODRUFF.
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Fly Swatting No Idle Fad.
Woodbifrn, Or.. April 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I would like to
say a word to the farmers who ridi
cule the "fly fad" aa some call it. Yes
terday in Salem I (heard a man say
that the war on the fly was a fad. Just
something for idle folks to talk about.
By John M. Oskison.
In March the Third Avenue Railway
company, of New York, opened bids for
$4,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds, 'ine
president of the company offered the
bonds directly to the public; they were"
taken at a price to yield the buyers
over 5 per cent; more than 50 bids ag
gregating $18,872,000 were received,
and the smallest allotment to a bidder
(a rich brewer, who was presumably
buying bonds ' to keep for an Invest
ment) was a block or 140.000.
Two points were made in connection
with this sale; it is possible to sell di
rectly to bond buyers when the cor
poration putting out the bonds is well
known; and It is not possible to sen
directly to the ultimate investors in
this way.
Said the president Of the Third Ave
nue company after the sale:
"We got , a better price than we
could have obtained from underwrit
ers." !
So the sale was a success from the
company's angle. But it was a fail
ure insofar as it appealed to real in
vestors, since all of the issue except
the $40,000 went to dealers and their
bidding was regulated by the price of
some $15,790,000 bonds of the same Is
sue, which is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
Bond men say that it will take a
long time to train even the wisest
investors to enter the bidding for
bonds with a reasonable hope of being
successful; in this case, practically all
of the small bidders ignored both the
market price of the bonds and also a
stipulation of the public service com
mission wmcn autnorizea tne com
pany to issue the bonds), that the
bonds were not to be sold below a cer
tain figure.
Opportunities like this will come up
again. I Bhall be Interested to watch
the development of knowledge among
investors of what bonds offered In
this way are really worth. Municipali
ties very generally use this method of
marketing, and more and more indi
vidual buyers are learning to bid for
municipal securities wisely. I believe
it Is a logical development that the
public service corporations are follow
ing the lead of the cities. Investors
ought to know more about public serv
ice securities.
Creek station.
"As soon as I got through haying
at Deep Hole I took my men and out
fit to the new meadow to put up hay
there, locating my men In the center
of the tract, where they could watch
for the approach of Indians. I had
five men and I insisted that they aU
ways go well armed, in the center of
the meadow we dug a pit 14 feet
square and 8 feet depp. We bankml
the dirt around the pit's mouth "for
additional protection, and In one corner
we sunk a well and struck water. I
safe from- attack. They couldn't be
starved out and they had plenty of
water.
urn m. nati vim ermine crp
camp fixed up lij rood shape I went ;
back to Deep Hole. I was very anx- -ious
to make a peace treaty with the -.
Indians, and I told the men under 110
circumstances to shoot any Indians
unless attacked. Jn other worilx, I
didn't want my men to-be the aggres
sors. A few days after I left one of
my men was out near tjie edge of the
meadow shooting jack rabbits. Sud
denly he came face to face with an
Indian. Both stopped, but neither
raised his gun. The Indian had a
Jack rabbit, which he gave to my man.
After some talk, the redskin went
with my man into camp. Next day
the Indian came back, bringing two
more Indians with him. My haying
crew fixed them up a dinner, much to
thelr pleasure. The third day seven
Indians came, all but one of them hav
ing bows and arrows. The men did
not know what to do. They didn't like
the looks of things very well, so one
of the number waited until after dark
and catne to Deep Hole station to tell
ine about the matter.
"I took a man from my place, and
all three of us rode back to the Gran
ite Creek station. The grans on one
side of the meadow was high enough
to iu..e our horses, and we tied them
out of sight. I had en idea the In
dians would come in force that day,
so I had the regular crew of five men
mow the grass near the fit, while I
and the man I had brought with -me
stayed hidden in the pit. About 8
o'clock in the morning the Indians be
gan coming In aught in small parties,
four or five In a bunch. There were
27 of them, most of them being armed
with bowa and arrows, though a few
of them had guns.
"When they were about. 100 yards
from the pit and were walking slowly,
I and the extra man Jumped out of the
pit and I walked right up to the In
dians. I could see that they were
dumfounded. They didn't know how
many extra men were In the pit. They
knew that only five men had been
there the nipht before, and yet here
were two extra men. How many more
there were the Indians had no means
of knowing. Walking up to the chief.
I took his gun. Going down the line. I
secured the bows and arrows of the
others. The chief was afraid to make
any protest, for he figured that- I
would not do a thing of this kind un
less we had reinforcements In the pit.
"I had the man with me take th
bows and arrows and throw them in.
the pit. I told the Indians to remain
where they were, saying to the chief:
'Have your men stay where they are
4 Oil
and I will go to one side and have a
talk.' He wanted two of his men to
come with him. I consented to thin
and I and my man, with the chief and
two of his men, went about half way
to the nit. where we Bat down and held
a council. I told the chief that I had
come into the country to stay; that
I meant no harm to the Indians, and
that I would prefer to live peaceably
with them. He said he. was willing
to live at peace with the white men.
but every time a white man row an
Indian he shot him.
. "I told the chief to gather together
all of his people and we would decide
on a time to hold a council I would
have as many freighters and other
white men as possible meet them and
we would talk the matter over.. I told
him the Indians had stolen seven of
my horses, which they must return. I
also told him that If he came to my
Btatlon at Deep Hole I would be re
sponsible for the safety of himself smd
the Indians. He promised to send
some runners Into the mountains and
bring down all of his people, including
the women and children, and we' would
hold a big peace talk. I put the guns
and the bows and arrows which I had
taken from the Indians In my wagon
and had my haying crew of flv ride
in the wagon. The other man and
myself rode on horseback. Just behind
the wagon, while the Indians followed
us.
"About 100 yards from Granite Creek
I had the Indians stop while I sent the
men in the wagon, oh to the house with
the guns and bows and arrows. I
then invited the cfilef with two of his
men to come to the house. I gave
them flour, bacon, sugar and tea and
told them to camp near the water. I
told them I was not going to watch
them, and that if they wanted to stay
they could do so. They stayed and
next morning we rode in to my Deep'
Hole station for a peace council.'
and a dozen men, all farmers, agreed
with him. They said; the papers were
giving too much space to fads of all
kinds.
I have seen many fads since the
"blue glass cure," most of them fool
ish and a few vicious, notably the
craze for petting prostitutes and con
victs, which has resulted in making
our state a Mecca for criminals from
all over North America. But this fly
campaign is not a fad. It is clean
liness. I have been: a farmer's wife
foj 30 years and have prided myaelf
on selling clean butter. I have bad
few flies .in the house, though there
was that hateful manure pile near tho"
mllk shed, and In fly time It has
been the usual thing to have the milk
pail brought In with a lot of flies
roosting on the rim. My husband said
it was no use to try to keep flies away
from the stable. But last summer he
removed the refuse every day. and the
flies went with if. to a field a rrme
away Farmets should not poke fun
at the fly killer, but should clean up
and give the fly no jquarter,- for this
summer, and see the results.
i MRS. E.1 V. READING.
Pointed Paragraphs
The Ragtime Muse
A stylish coat on a man's back en
ables him to put on a bold front.
.
Few men get far enough up the lad
der of fame to make them dizzy.
What you think you deserve and I
what others think you deserve alas! :
i
It is said that the truth will out !
and it seems to be always out of some I
people. ' 1
Women are beginning to think of !
Easter millinery. Such thinking costs
money.
Why does the average man think he
Is the only one in a hurry when he
gets mixed up in a crowd?
.
Our idea of a sensible man is one
who has little to say about wbat he
lias done, and nothing at all about
wbat he's going to do.
He's the Boss.
L the master in my house, H
Wield the sceptre, wear the crown.
Each child, quiet as a mouse.
Trembles when it sees me frown.
Wife goes by with quiet tread,
That her lord she may not fret;
r.. ...-.ir.l.n murh thov rl ra
ili J 1 ci "ul... -- --
But I've not made any, yet: ;.
Well, of course, no crown I wear
Just a figure, that, of speech, -
Like the frown, I should not care '
That my words their ears' should
reach.
I'm the master; yes, of course.
But my rights I shan't assert;
It might lead to a divorce.
Which my feelings much would hurt.
So I let the youngsters do ' ' .
Nearly anything they please... '
And my wife? Well she may, tooj
Freedom with my wife agrees..
But I'm master. Just the same: '
Me the thought of power thrills.
But 111 not misuse the same,
For I merely pay the bills!
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