THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SATURDAY EVENING; APRIL 11, 1914.
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A fool may have his coat
embroidered, but It will always
t a fool's coat. Rlvarol.
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,IN THE NORTH
unap who are rendering aid I
T
- .notorial WAV tO trie rOrl- I
In a material way tu
I land-Alaska steamship line
land-Alaska Steamship ne
on n find warrant for their ac-I
tion 'fa the Lockley letters from
Alaska tor The. Journal.
The" information as to resources j
and possibilities Is confirmatory oi
the prophecies that a huge com
merce is to develop in the Arctic.
It confirms the forecast of the
future of the territory made by
R-rrfitarv Lane of the interior de
partment It confirms the accounts
by Major Morrow made in Port-
Und after his survey of the terri-
tOry as a government engineer.
Though the business of Alaska
.1 ,4 fie-ufoo, an-
is now estimated at figures - ap-
proxlmating $100,000,000 annual-
ly, the country is, as yet, in almost
ntHmltlv ataen&tion It has only
primitive stagnation, ii "
the rudest means of transportation.
Its time will not come unui iu
buildlnK of the government rail-
. " Thm hii ha thft
roads begins. That will be the
signal for an activity scarcely seen
before in a new country in the his-
lory of the world. It will attract
people and capital with unusual
stimulus because the ownership
of the transportation lines by gov-
ernment will mean that the vast
f Via racrlnn will hA On
i couui n.o w l . r" v .....
a footing of equality for all kinds
and conditions or men.
People from all parts of the
United States already have their
eyes on the coming development,
When the railroad building begins
there will be a rush of young men
into the territory, heside which
the stampede at the original dis-
covery of gold will be insignificant,
' If Portland doesnt get a splen-
did share or this coming commerce
it will be her own fault. Port-
land is as accessible as any other
United States port. If she doesn't
take her portion of the new trade,
other cities will. If the present
steamship enterprise falls, after
having been put on foot, Portland
will become the laughing Btock of
the Coast.
sidy" by the United States as
GOLF PHILOSOPHY "odious," because every large na-
1 1 tion in the world, except the
THE opening of the golf sea- United States, grants such subsi-
son ln the east has revived Jin dies to Its shipping,
interminable discussion that 5 it will not create "greater
reminds one of the old dis- confidence in the Democratic
pute between the disciples of Arius party" to abandon free tolls after
and Athanasiu8. There are the that party promised free tolls in
name abstractions and hair split- the Baltimore platform, a platform
ting distinctions that bring distrac- which said "our pledges are made
tion to family and friends. to be kept when in office, as well
The subject of the ratiocination as relied upon during the cam-
of pragmatist and intuitlonist is paign."
this; "Is the enforced rest of win- 6 Free tolls has nothing to do
ter good for your game?" with continuing "monopolistic con-
If there is one thing that an en- trol," because there is no monopo-
thusiast of the game made famous llstlc control of American ships,
by Andrew Carnegie and John D. By giving little owners a chance to
Rockefeller loves to do, it is to survive in the trade, free tolls
philosophize. would exert an influence to pre-
Those who with "brahssie" lift vent "monopolistic control."
the "bahll ovah the bunkah" are Meanwhile, a Canadian or Brit
dlvided into two large schools, lsh ship operating out of Vancou
One contends that it is a splendid yer can carry British Columbia
thing to abandon the links for lumber to Gulf and Atlantic ports
three mnoths in winter. Look at for $3.10 a thousand less than
nature, they say. After her rest American lumber is carried in
slfe comes out all the brighter, re- American coastwise ships. That is
freshed and Inspirited. Why tot to say, even with the free tolls,
the golfer? Pacific Coast sawmills would be'
The rival school maintains that at a disadvantage against Canadian
golf, like the law, is a Jealous mis- mills In the American trade, a dis
tress and must be wooed every day advantage that they can only meet
In the year. by greater efficiency in manufac
If not muscles grow soft and ture. It is an industry that is
- flabby, the eye loses its cunning now -struggling against tremendous
ana nays are required- to recover
a form that delights the caddie. 1
Here in Oregon where the game
can be played all te year around
. the discission only excites an acad-
eralc Interest. Where the doctors
disagree it would be foolish for
the layman to diagnose. He will
have to leave the matter in the
twlllght zone, realizing that nn
. ,
narm can come rrom the victory
01 euner scnooi ana that ln the
nd nothing can detract from the
glory ot golf.
TERRIFIC" DEMAND
r
N A letter to the American So
ciety for Thrift, Senator Clapp
Miunewia Kioonuij predicts
a revolt among the people
" u6 ciumcm expeuui- icamuuiiy or using the Blrming
tures and increasing taxation. He ham, Chester, Salem and other
would like to prevent It, but he swift cruisers as carriers of imail
muitasti tuab u uues uoi Know
how to proceed to check the rising,
muddy, swollen, stream of appro-
priawuan. 1 ueurcucauy, says tne
senator, everybody favors retrench-
uiui, avuu cwiivm;, uui iu prac -
tice everybody wants money for
om "meritorious"" local scheme,
Aurj uajiuauu lor appropriations is
tV. ..x. uv uvuw; nu(. iu
. aautuca uto uwu cibuui. ,
. commenting-on senator uiapp's The proposal raises -an Inter
letter the Chicago Record-Herald I estins:' issue tt
ays political scientists have often
.u.wvv " tsMuuu u
uivau v -wuufciuB juwi to citizens
lne meanln6 Ot UDerai appropria-
tlonB and converting them to
II ' a m . - M
omy m public affairs. Politicians
nave always preferred indirect tax-,co
haye to kep unjer the dlrect
.
Chaos and committee rivalry in
appropriations spell waste and ex-!
travagance. The "terrific" demand '
Mg often a demand from politicians J
I and committees rather than from j
a formidable element of the zonula
tion. A scientific buds-fit would cut
sua stasa in many aireouons ana
pernsps its rramers would marvel
i.
at the disappearance of the "ter
rifle" demand from the people.
HIS ARGUMENTS FOR TOLLS
IA
CORRESPONDENT,
writing
on free tolls, says:
Your paper ha been so fair.
lust arid lmnarttnl on nil mm.
tlons of public concern that
it la with feelings of regret that I
find myself unable to agree with Its
DOSitlon on tha Panama tnlla nn.t.
tlon. After reading the treaties and
" io.in.mi, tviuiurrmg ijjw
arsrumanta anrt data. T am mhiIkoaiI
that the president Is right and will
eventually obtain other legislation
that i will prow bw to our
down ,n metory tne bestt and
wisest act of his administration
Here are some of the benefits 1
can see that will soon result from this
action:
1 Amicable and early settlement
of our bitter and long standing dif
ficulties with the Kepubltc of Co
lombia, ..
2 Restoring and elevating our lost
prestige and standing as a nation of
the highest . honor among all other
e'of the World's
Panama-Pacific Fair at San Francisco.
in 1915.
Free our country from the pdlum
of fatherlDg. an ,nmrect bsidy and
granting a special privilege to a few
at the expense of the many In viola-
tlon of treaty rights and obligations,
6-Create greater confidence In the
Democratlo party and ln lt, funda.
mental policy of "Equal rights tor
all. special privileges to none."
6 Enactment of laws freeing our
Bhlps andhlpplnjr lnterest8 from m0.
nonoiistlc control and enabling our
shippers to ship on any craft which
they can procure at the best bargain,
1 Free tolls has nothing to do
with the Colombia affair. That
dispute is to be settled by payment
by this country of $25,000,000 to
Colombia.
i
2 Free tolls has nothing to do
with "our prestige as a nation."
If we have to buy prestige by giv-
ing up our canal, we would better
keep the canal.
3 It would be going some if, in
order to insure, "the success of the
Panama exposition" we must give
away our rights in a canal for
which we paid $400,000,000.
4 Free tolls would not be
"granting special privilege to the
few at the expense of the many,"
but would open wide the benefits
of the canal, free and fair, to the
use of all coastwise shipping,
whether it be a big steamer owned
by a rich company or a little
schooner owned by i the captain and
members of his crew. No other
nation could point to any sub-
oaas, and for the sake of the
workers engaged In it, to say noth-
ing of the owners, The Journal
would like to see the business
have free tolls to aid in the un-
equal struggle,
It means bread and butter for
thousands, and bread and butter is
a much more important consldera-
tion than tha i- . v
I uuaiua CiAUUBlUDD
I ana world prestige.
THE WEEK'S PLAN
s
ENATOR WEEK8 of Massa
chusetts 'has submitted a res
olution in the senate looking
toward use of second ina
cruisers of the navy as commercial
carriers. Tne secretary of th
I navy Is reanenti tn - v.
passengers and ' freight between
Atlantic ports in the United States
and South American ports on the
I racinc
It is proposed that these res
1 m use tne Panama canal thos
forming the nuclena of n 1.
jean merchant marine which will af-
iora mis country a small measure
vi uireui ieaeiii irom the STeat
1 waterway.
j nobody disputes that the United
oi.ai.B owns me canal, though no-
I oouy
y ow 'what a, day may bring
ionn. men since iub uuneu
econ-.States own the canal, who will
, i. .' - fM. if " AL. -- "TYa- la,
pay tne toiis on tnese snips ana
wnom win tne tons oe paiai..
Since, In paying tolls on its own
ships the government will take the
money oat of Its pocket and put
it back Into the .same, pocket, it
cannot pay tolls. Yet, under a
strict construction of the treaty s s
those opposed to free tolls arpue
it, the United States would be
compelled to pay the United States,
tolls for the passage of Its own
warships through the canal, a
thing impossible to do.
PORTLAND'S MOSQUITO FLEET
I
T IS not the big ships and dis
tant trade alone that make for
development of a city and its
back country.
The cargo of a 350 ton schooner
that went ashore near one of the
ports of Oregon last year was
valued at more than $17,000. She
made three trips a month out of
Portland, which means that1 her
trade ln outbound cargo annually
was about $600,000.
The tonnage of the mosquito
fleet and the issue of business for
it, Is of very great importance to
Portland. It is a class of vessels
in which the average man has own
ership? It Is transportation re
duced to the minimum of econ
omy. Its total in a years business
under proper encouragement in
Portland -would rise to. an enor
mous aggregate.
It is well for Portland to make
every endeavor for the big ships
and distant trade. It is also a
splendid program to render every
encouragement to and build up a
big fleet of mosquito ships.
CHOOSE EFFICIENT MEN
A
STINGING Indictment of leg
islative methods ln the mat
ter of appropriations Is con
tained in an article by E. D.
Cowen in the Spokesman-Review.
One of the most exasperating prob
lems of state finance according to
Mr. Cowen is the growing ten
dency of legislatures to overappro
priate the estimated resources of
the general fund and thereby run
up overdrafts. By the time the
Washington legislature meets next
January it is estimated that these
overdrafts will reach the large
sum of $1,000,000. These must be
carried by the permanent school
fund and other cash funds at the
command of the state treasurer
under an Interest rate of 3 per
cent. This condition, Mr, Cowen
says, is due primarily and directly
to legislative extravagance and
want of foresight. The state equal
izing board, he adds, has no mind
reading apparatus with which the
appropriation trading designs of
legislators can be estimated.
The whole tone of the article
is against , the present sectional,
haphazard pork barrel, system of
making appropriations and advo
cates a fixed and scientifically es
timated budget with legislators
pledged to observe its limitations.
This matter of legislative re
form Is, after all, a consideration
Of the human element. To insure
good and efficient legislation It
Is of first Importance to send re
sponsible and efficient men to
the legislature.
EVERYTHING USEFUL
P
ROVISION has been made ln
the agricultural appropriation
bill now under consideration
by the Senate committee fcr
an appropriation of f 15,0 (to to
be expended by the University of
Idaho under the direction of' the
Secretary of Agriculture to con
tinue the investigation of new
methods to utilize the stumps on
logged-ef f lands In the manufac
ture of creosote, denatured alco
hol and other by-products that
now go to waste.
Experiments thus far have
shown that the stumps, if properly
handled, . can more than pay for
the cost of clearing the land.
Further experiments, however are
necessary to work out- a single
method of handling which can
be used by farmer and lumber
man. When this has been found
the problem of the logged off
lands of Oregon and Washington
will be in a fair way of solution.
tr, saia senator worKs, "we
are to surrender our rights and
sovereignty over the canal, and
make this sacrifice, the president
alone will be responsible." The
president will not alone be respon
sible. He will, in fact, have little
of the responsibility. The legis
lative branch is - Independent, or
ought to be. The president cannot
legislate. He ' cannot even vote
for a bill. .The house, which has
passed the repeal bill, has Its fuil
share of the .responsibility. If the
senate wants to, it can stop the
whole business any day.
The figures aa to banks, banking
capital, and population related to
the regional banks show the hul
labaloo over the committee's selec
tions to have been on very small
pretext. TJhe regional Institutions
seem to have been mapped where
the people and the business are,
The fuss raised would have ap
peared Just the same If the selec
tions had been different. There
would have been a row, no matter
how the regfbnal Institutions might
have been distributed,
Less ; than half the .registered
women of Chicago voted in Tues
day's election. . It is not the kind
of showing to provide ' argument
for equal suffrage. - . The primary
electloa returns . in , Oregon next
month ought to show a better re-1
suit, and doubtless will. 3
(Communication cent " to The Journal for
publication la this department asonld be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahonld not
exceed 800 words In lenstn and mut be ac
companied by the name and address of the
aender. It the writer doea not desire to
have the same published, he should so state.)
"Discussion Is toe greatest of all reform
ere.- It rationalises ererytbing it touches. It
robs principles of aU tfalae sanctity and
throws them back on tbelr reasonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crashes them out of existence and sets tip Its
own conclusions in their stead." Wood row
Wilson.
For Belief of WHUng-'Workers.
V Oregon City, April 8. To the Editor
of The JournalThe editorial page of
last Sunday's Journal was one of the
best r ever aw In a daily paper. I am
thinking especially of the articles on
"Labor" and "Tempering, the Wind."
The quotations from the speeches of
Secretary Bedfield, President Eliot,
Winston Churchill, and by Mr. Jackson
of The Journal, are all on the right
line. The truth of the latters state
ment that "a -country Is not well gov
erned ln which those who do the most.
have the least" cannot be denied.
But what shall be said of the gov
ernment in a country where there are
many willing workers part of the
time, and some willing workers all of
the time, who not only have nothing,
but who cannot even have an opportu
nity 4o work to make the comforts
that every man should have. The gen
eralities quoted from the above
speeches are magnificent, but what we
want now ln Oregon Is the working
plan to make them a" part of the law.
The state must so provide that no man
shall be Idle for want of opportunity,
and at the same time make it Impossi
ble for any man to be a "social thief"
ln the sense of getting the products
of other men's labor without giving' ln
return an equal value of his own labor.
Is there any better plan for Immediate
relief than my proposal to have the
state' furnish employment building
public roads at reasonable wages, to
every citizen who needs the work? If
so, what Is the better plan? Is there
any better method of getting the money
to pay for this employment and road
building than by a graduated Inherit
ance tax on estates above $50,000 ln
value? If so, what is the better
method? Other kinds of work can ba
provided as experience proves them
practicable. Other and probably bet
ter methods of providing the money
to pay will doubtless be devised ln
time to come. But what Oregon wants
now Is a practical plan to be used this
year.
Oregon must abolish the three gang
scheme of building railroads and doing
other work. which means one crew
working, one crew coming and another
crew going. We must aDoiish tne pos
sibility of grafting Insurance agents
In short, we must not surrer tne un
employment disgrace of the past win
ter to be repeated again next winter.
It should not again be said that women
and children are hungry in Oregon be
cause there Is no work for the hus
bands and fathers. W. S. ITREN.
Weyerhaeuser and Fels.
Portland. April 8. To the Editor of
Th Journal Last Monday The Jour
nal had a dispatch from Salem saying
the late' Frederick Weyerhaeuser had
450,000 acres of timber land in Ore
gon, worth 118,000,000. and thac his
heirs would not pay any Inheritance
tax on this land.
The pending sur ta3f. If It passes.
will make- his corporation pay about
153,875 per year for the 'privilege or
excluding labor from this natural op
portunity, which should supply the
wants or our cniiaren even unto tne
third and fourth generation of those
that are yet unborn.
Last week Mr. Weyerhaeuser thought
he needed all this 450,000 acres of tim
ber land In Oregon, and no doubt many
others thought he needed it, but do any
of them think that be needs It this
week? If It can do him no good this
week, could It have done him any real
good last week?
Mr. Weyernaeuser owned about tne
same area of land ln Washington, and
perhaps half as much In Idaho, where
he had W. E. Borah acting as his law
yer when he was scooping it In. He
had much timber land ln California,
and ln about all the other states that
had any timber that was obtainable.
This man Weyerhaeuser was like ail
men of his class. He had an halluci
nation that made him think he would
be happy If he owned all the timber
ln the United States; it was an evil
disease. We have newspapers here
in Oregon that thought this poor old
German needed all this land, and so
they took his money and printed lies
about Joseph Fels.
Weyerhaeuser and Fels have both
passed on to their reward. One tried
to shut up the source or laDor and tne
other tried to pen up the opportunity
to labor. Which, think you, was
neighbor to him who works with, his
hands?
"What is their wisdom, clear and deepT
That as men sow they surely reap
That every thought, that every deed.
Is sown into the soul ror seea.
ii. L. WAUWUN.
Denounces Certain Candidates.
Lents, Or., April 8. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice a list of busi
ness candidates for the 12 positions as
representatives of this county. Some
are good men and may be elected.
Nothing was said concerning one state
senator, one Joint senator and one Joint
representative. Are the aspirants for
these three positions acceptable as
self nominated?. I think of one who
aspires to be state senator, who for
the past three sessions dealt out mil
lions of our money, directly caused
the high state levy and defied our
governor to veto by attaching Illegiti
mate Items to regular appropriations.
And this one should not be reelected.
Could some business man not be named
and elected, irrespective of party? This
man will again Juggle the cards and
be chairman of the same ways and
means committee Jn the senate, where
his brother-in-law last year toed the
mark to his bidding. I say, cut out all
three of these ex-members and give us
a real economist. TAXPAYER.
Rights at Primaries'.
Bay City, Or4 April 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal---1 have registered
as an Independent. Am I entitled to a
vote at the primaries? . In other words,
must a man be a Democrat or Repub
lican ln order to vote for his choice of
candidates? WALTER D. WOOD..
You cannot vote at the primaries,
for the reason that there Is no "Inde
pendent" party, and hence no Inde
pendent" ticket. At the general elec
tion you can vote, but not before.
Temptations Discussed- -"
" Reedville. Or, April 9. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Mr. Lnscott of
Silverton, must remember that the li
quor is after the boy, not the boy after
the liquor. In view of this fact It be
eomea the duty of society to look after
the liquor, the -real cause of the boy's
downfall?- The serpent in the garden
had much to do in causing Adam to
eat of .the forbidden -fruit The ser
pent tempted, , and our first parents
fell. Just the same as the saloon is
ptat wmca tested in Edin wa conZ
tempting the unwary today. The ser-
Letters From the People
1
A FEW SMILES
- A New York physician who has re
cently transferred his activities to the
Hub tells of a Bostonian who, like most
or his townsmen, is
is a jurist ln the
matter of : English,
and who had occas
ion not long ago to
consult the afore
said doctor. !
After ascertain
ment of symptoms,
the physician - said:
"What you need more than anything
else Is a tonic ln the shape of fresh
air."
Whereupon the Hubbite waxed sar
castic and inquired:
"Before we proceed further would
you mind telling me what is the shape
of fresh aid." Uppincotfs.
When a fellow Is traveling a long
distance, all by himself, he gets lone
some and has a hankering to talk to
anybody who looks
the least bit com
panionable. T o u
know bow that is?
Well, other peo
ple feel that way.
too. So, why do
you . get mad when
some total stran
ger bores you?
Wouldn't you like to bore some other
total stranger? Well, then!
In the smoking room of an east
bound Pullman the other evening there
were two men one of them grouchy,
tne otner one receptive. After smok
Ing two indifferent cigars, the latter
said to the rormer:
"How far are you going?"
"Buffalo," acknowledged the other
one, taken off his guard.
is mat bo.' wen, Burraio is a
great town. I have a cousin living
tnere ana I've been there myself sev
eral times. The last time was during
the Pan-American exposition, 12 years
ago and over. Er what are you going
to ao in Burraio?"
"Change cars.'
Pat How much
do yes weigh, Mike?
Mike Ol weigh
1?5 pounds.
Pat You must V
got weighed with
your coat on,
Mike An' Ol did
not Ol held It in
me arms all the
time. Magazine of Fun,
demned to crawl into the dust and be
forever the object of man's undying
hatred. This serpent was a represen
tative of the devil. The serpent In the
form of the liquor traffic Is in the
same . business, debauching mankind.
ruining homes and filling Jails, alms
houses and asylums. It Is not to be
spared from the doom which an en
lightened public sentiment is about to
pronounce upon It. The fact that some
interests will suffer through its de
struction Is not going to save it. We
can not long afford to keep on feeding
this legalized outlaw with the youth
and the virtue of our homes that the
liquor Interests may live In ease and
ln comfort.
Let us think not of our own inter
ests, which who knows? might not
always be unselfish. Let us think of
the fallen brother, and of the boys and
the girls, and place their welfare above
all the vast accumulated riches of the
liquor traffic. Our true worth in this
world depends not upon what we can
accumulate, but upon our attitude to
ward our fellowman. It depends upon
unselfishness and self sacrifice.
O. E. FRANK.
Compensation Plea Decried.
Sherlock, Wash.. April 9. To the
Editor of The Journal I have read
many of the letters ln The Journal, on
the saloons and the hopgrowers. It Is
too bad about the man that has a
hopfleld; that he cannot put It in grain
or fruit. : Who ever heard of anyone
so unjust as the hopgrowers and their
sympathisers? Copperfleld wu a so
loon town and all were saloonmen that
controlled It. The saloons and Cop
perfleld were not run by th church,
but the saloonmen would like to slur
the church and try to persuade the
young boys that the church people are
meddling with tbelr business and that
It is the church's duty to dodge the
saloons and preach to the church alone.
Christ said he came to save those who
were lost, and the Bible says he Is ac
cursed who putteth the bottle to his
neighbor's Hps.
I am very much surprised to read
Mrs. Dunlway's articles. I would like
to know If she is a mother. If she
has no sons and daughters, we ask her
to remember our dear children, who
have the temptation of the saloon.
I can't see how any thinking woman
can stay at home on election day, or
fall to vote to put the serpent out.
. In the south the government did not
make good to the people who lost their
slaves. In putting the saloon out of
business we will not destroy farms and
houses, as was done In the south.
And there was not any cry about pay,
but we went to work with a will and
built up our homes and fenced our
farms, and today the south is a pros
perous and happy country. The people
see that the saloon Is another slave
menace and they will put it out with
their votes. So I think the hopgrowers
can take heart. M. T.
Hops and Economics.
Portland. April 10. To the Editor
of The Journal Having read Mrs.
Grove's letter ln The Journal of April
2, I note her very pertinent question:
"Is It (the beer Industry) an Indus
try of moral and Intellectual attain
ment?" I desire to add "or. economic
soundness?"
In asking for the elimination of the
liquor traffic are we striking at a de
sirable industry? I say no; the entire
liquor industry . is economic waste.
How is this?
What is that on which prosperity in
the commercial world depends? It Is
the purchasing power of the ceo Die.
and this depends on the earning power
of the people. No industry then can
be desirable that helps decrease earn
ing power, and thus purchasing power.
Grant that the liquor Industry gives
employment to a large number of peo
ple, and creates a demand for mater
ial, but wnere does it stand ln com
parlson with other Industries? It cur
chases lees material, employs fewer
men and i pays lower wages than any
other Industry with which It may be
equitably comparea. it pays only eight
per cent for labor while the general run
of Industries pays 20 per cent.
The United States department of
labor states that "72 per cent of agrl
culturlsts, ,79 per cent of manufactur
ers, 80 per cent of tradesmen, and 90
per cent lot railroad ornctals dlscrim
inate against men who drink," Why?
Because I it decreases efficiency, in
creases liability to accident, and thus
decreases earning power,- and ln turn
purchasing power.
But the hop Industry gives employ
ment to imany men. women and chii
dren, and we hear wails from the hop
growers. I It is true that for a short
time fn the fall, men, women and chil
dren get (employment picking hops, but
the hop Industry! in Its last analysis.
Is econofnic waste. Inasmuch as the
product of the hop fields goes to the
brewery.
Br
ana inasmuch as experience.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SHALL CHANGS
Great gardening weather lately.
Bv the! wav. how lonar Rill finlur hu
been silent. '
Mary is a Garden that lorm hMuti.
fully the year round.
Now there Is to ba a fir" nVvn-
tion day." Just one?
The senata wu VTnhsnn'B rdnlra Ku
Hobson was not Alabama's choice.
. -
Some would like to wear rnntmiirlc.
on their Easter hats; others wouldn't.
Not one person in 10.000 In Oreenn
ever heard of some candidates for high
offices, j
A nartv "rallv" ! annlin - if
slonally, but alas, a "rally" Isn't what
n uHeu to DC.
A big number. 8.792.380. Wlat. mi.
crobes? ; No. worse: Chinese esrsrs. Let
me viunese eat mem.,
HOW : that so-far ha.rarion hnv
CaUKht So Dianv flies hl Mrlv wnnM
uo an interesting story.
V
Shouldn't the ex Dream comrjanfM an.
join uncie uam xrom soliciting busl
hess for bis parcel post?
If beggars were choosers. nollM,
:
magistrates would be men of very few
words and short sentences.
Go to church, go to church, go to
church, Sunday; then be good, then be
good then be good, Monday.
One would suppose that the Orego
nian wouldn't have the nerve to men
tion wool for a year or two.
Even non-church people will be
pleased that the Taylor street and
Grace Methodist churches hava come
to an amicable agreement and will
unite their forces. They will make a
great church.
THE PITH OF THE
From the Atlanta Journal:
"If peace could once more be estab
lished ln Mexico," says the Literary
Digest, "it would seem that the long
needed measures of land reform might
follow; for, nearly every leader or
party professes a belief in its neces
sity and a willingness to bring It
about." Huerta has promised to dis
tribute some 10,000,000 acres of gov
ernment land among the people; that,
however, Is of little Importance, since
all omens indicate that he will soon
pass from the stage. Villa has de
clared that "every man ln the republic
who wishes it shall be given a little
piece of land for his own"; and, what
is more to the point. Villa has actually
carried his policy into effect in certain
districts that have fallen under his
sway. His chief, and the prime leader
of the constitutionalist cause. General
Carranza, is likewise pledged to land
reforms and, there is reason to believe,
is entirely sincere in his purpose. Za
pata, a revolutionist captain ln south
ern Mexico, is said to have parceled
Into small farms for the people much
of the territory he controls. It is
evident, then, that all factions in the
Mexican turmoil recognize the' supreme
lmporatnce of the land question.
Other factors, to be sure, have en
tered largely Into the country's long
series of revolutions the personal
ambition of adventurers, the schemes
of financial interests and the lack of
self control and foresight among the
Illiterate masses. Yet, beneath all
these uprisings, beneath the long dec
ades of strife and petty war. the land
problem has lain fundamental. Erne
terlo de la Garza, formerly a member
of the Mexican congress, who is now
in the United States, declares: "We
must solve the agrarian problem, allot
ting lands to the Indians, whose sole
ambition and supreme happiness ln
life is to reach the state of small land
owners, unable as they are to succeed
in any other field. To be a small land
owner Is, in their belief, to attain the
greatest well being."
A recent writer on Mexican condi
tions says, ln the same connection:
LIFE INSURANCE
By John M. Osklson.
Regarded strictly as an Investment,
life Insurance yields low returns, of
course. If you know anything about
investment, and if you have the abil
ity to save a part of your Income reg
ularly for Investment you can get
better returns than the insurance com
panies can afford to offer.
That Is, If you buy insurance poli
cies merely as Investments. But life
insurance is very legitimately consid
ered as a serai - Investment. More
than that, it Is one of the most excel
lent incentives for, saving we have
devised.
One of the big companies recently
put out a circular which made me
realize one of the semi-Investment
possibilities of life insurance.
It explained one or tne three alter
natives offered . the beneficiary of a
policy. -This was to leave the sum
due under the policy with the company
to be paid out ln annual Installments
over a definite number of years. For
instance, if a thousand dollars were
due on a policy the company would pay
out annually something over 885.25 for
science, police reports and many other
lines of investigation have proven over
and over again that beer drinking de
creases : the earning and purchasing
power of a multitude of people.
"But tne money spent ior oeer is pui,
Into circulation." Yes, but It gives the
purchaser no equivalent; It produces
an army of nonproducers, and the
sober producing citizen is taxed for
their support. The farmer may make
well on the crop -raised for the brew
ery, but he will lose by the reduction
In demand for all other farm products,
due to reduced purchasing power.
Anyone thinking the beer industry
one to be developed would do well to
send for the congressional record, Jan
nuary 9, 1901, and read a speech-by
Senator i Galllnger, full of facts gath
ered from the most reliable sources
and touching every phase of beer
drinking. Read the chapter on "The
Public Cost of Liquor" in "Social Wel
fare and the Liquor Traffic." by War
ner Look up the United States Statis
tical Abstract (1912).- Theconcluslon
must be reached that from- an eco
nomic as well as moral standpoint the
entire brewing Industry is undesirable.
' L. H. A.
Faith in Wilson.
Portland, April 10. To the Editor of
The Journal To some It Is beyond
comprehension that any man could
have such absolute trust in a president
as has the average supporter of Wil
son. I was at one time bitterly op
posed t Wilson's views on the tolls
question; but after a little reflection
and calm debate with myself. I have
come toi the conclusion that our great
president would never go back on all
his past utterances, writings and
deeds, no matter ' wfiat the conse
mianr.es.: I have such trust ln hlra
that I know he has some great remedy
lq reserve for the rlls hea about to
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Between March 20 arid April Miss
Liszle Cornelius. Marion county school
Supervisor, organised 25 Industrial
clubs among the pupils of rural
schools.
Grants Pass east side property own
ers have organized an Improvement
club for street, sidewalk and other im- i
r, vol . r., i
.
Medford authorities have ' made an
example of a 16-year-old lad who
smoked cigaretes and cut corners on
his bicycle. He will pay his fine on
the installment plan dollar down,
dollar a week.
Stone from a local quarry, plumbed
and squared by a local monument
maker and dealer, will be used as the
corner stone for tha new Y. M. C. A.
building at La Grande, work on which
Is to commence at once. .
.
Baker, the Democrat claims. Is
among the first of the counties of the
state to make payments on state taxes.
A payment of $50,000 has been made
and the balance of the amount owing.
192,713. will be made shortly.
j -c
Declaring the grates In the Main
street sidewalks to be a public nuis
ance and a menace to public health.
Dr. I. U. Temple, city physician, of
Pendleton, in bis quarterly report
urges the city council to abolish them.
a
It is the claim of the Register that
tha spread .of the campaign against
the housefly "adds one more Item 'to
the long list of 'Eugene first' suc
cesses." "Eugene was the first city
ln Oregon," says the Register, "to
begin an organized fight against the
fly. The campaign last year attracted
wide attention and this year has
spread all over the state, ln almost
every case the methods originated in
Eugene being followed. The cities are
abandoning swatting as Ineffective, and
are destroying breeding places."
MEXICAN PROBLEM
"The underlying trouble is the abject
dependence and poverty to which the
vast majority are reduced by the con
centration ot land ownership ln a few
vast estates, imperfectly cultivated for
the enrichment of the owners and the
impoverishment of the workers. The
acquisition of the great haciendas and
their division and distribution into
small lodgings, without absolute con
fiscation, Is a difficult problem for a
country in the condition of Mexico; but
there are considerable government
lands with which a beginning could be
made, with a view to extending trans
fers of possession through official, ac
tion." Regarded ln the light of such testi
mony, the revolutions that have torn
Mexico, and particularly the one now
in progress, appear to be more than
idle strife between political factions;
they are at bottom the struggle of a
people for economic as well as human
rights. Other elements, to be sure, are
present, elements of brutal hate; of
personal envies and barbaric passions.
so that it Is often impossible to distin
guish between picaroon and hero. But
in time to come the student of these
conditions will doubtless be able to
trace some tangled thread of purpose
running through the years of tumult
and blood. ,
Certain it la that any Mexican gov
ernment which Is to endure must take
large account of the land problem,
must see to It that the cry of the mil
lions for an opportunity to earn their
dally bread in freedom Is answered.
Whether such a government is to be
established any. time soon Is a matter
ot surmise. Yet, there is reason to
hope that if the Constitutionalists es
cape the pitfall of dissension among
themselves, they will stand a fair
chance of meeting the country's needs
and restoring order.
It may be that Villa and Carranza
will fall apart, and start anew the
wearisome, costly game of war. But
It is possible that their better Judg
ment will prevail and that they will
tand together for the country's paci
fication. In that event, much good
i may be expected from them.
AS AN.1NVESTMENT
20 years, the something over being
represented by what the sum they held
could earn in excess of the Sper cent
guaranteed (at current rates this some
thing over would decrease yearly from
813.09 to 89c). At current prices paid
by the company the beneficlaity of a
81000 policy would get from 3;78.34 to
866.14 a year for 20 years.
Suppose, now, the young man of 20
took out an endowment policy of $10,
000, premiums to be paid ln 26 years,
and the policy to become payable ln 30
years. For the normal young man this
would not -prove too heavy a load to
carry (around $300 a year).
At the age of E0 this man would
have due him 810,000, plus a consider
able accumulation due to' the fact that
his premiums have earned more than
enough to pay the face value. Prob
ably he'd have 812,000 due him.
Now let him stipulate that this be
paid out as income over the next 2d
years; he'd get from $940 to $794 a
year until the age of 70; a mighty help
ln warding off the grip of poverty ln
old age.
In such aspects life Insurance Is a
real investment.
put upon the American people by
charging them tolls on the ships they
send through the canal.
To all of us it is clear, to gain the
confidence of our European neighbors,
that we grant the president his latest
request. We also know without this
confidence that Bryan will never be
able to bring about world peace, a step
nearer to a bigger civilization, so dear
to the heart of every civilized being.
But w would all say this would not
be enough to pay for the Injustice of
charging the American ships tolls,
were we sure nothing would be done
to break thestrangle hold that the
railroads have upon our country.
Can any man who has read President
Wilson's waitings, or who "knows any
thing about' Bryan, really believe that
either of these men would play so
readily into the hands of their lifelong
enemies? Be undeceived. But clear
the atmosphere of our foreign trou
bles and you will see how quickly the
president will give these evils hie at
tention. -
The Republicans, and no others, are
the ones to blame for all this mlxup In
our foreign relations. Tbelr past
diplomacy has been to satisfy the
"Jingo press" of America, no matter
how much they offend those outside of
the United States. ' -
Should the Republican press like to
take a lesson ln real diplomacy, let It
watch this administration untangle
the tangled skein that its predecessors
have tangled for it, and - briny this
country back to a good, strong, sound
foreign policy, with everyone our
friend. STANLEY CHARETTE,
Longer the Better.
From Puck.
"I - took a long walk yesterday,"
said Boreman, as he collapsed into a
seat at Busyman a desk;
"Take another, old man," suggested
jpusymanj iru ao u sour good."
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"In 1865 I was freighting between
the Susanviile country and - Sliver
City." said Cy Mulkey, miner, stock
man. Indian fighter, ( ex-sheriff and
pioneer Oregonian. "After I bad de
livered my freight at Silver City I
Went to Boise CitV. hra. T found
profitable work ln freighting into the
Boise basin mines.
Just ' as I was
preparing to contln
ue m v trln to Mon
tana, I learned that the government
wanted two comDaniea ot aaldiara
moved from Boise barracks to Fort
Hall at the mouth of Ross fork en
Snake river.
"As this was oh my way to Mon
tana, I took the contract of freighting
their supplies and material. I went
from Boise by way of Camas prairie
and Lost river to the Snake river. I
made my last camp before reaching
Fort Hall at Gibson's ferry on Snake
river, 16 miles from where I was to
deliver my freight. After taking cars
or my stock and getting my fire
built, it was nearly dusk. I thought
I would look around before dark.
"Near my camp I found two men
hanging on a tree Just a few steps
back from the road. They looked
rather ghastly with their faces con-"
torted and "their eyes bulging out.
swaying there In the twilight. I found
a card pinned to each of them on
which was written 'Hung for passing
bogus gold dust.
"From Fort Hall I went up Snake
river .to Eagle Point, where I got a
load of grain to haul for the Welle
Fargo Stage company to Deer Lodge.
Mont. Just before I reached Deer
Lodge a rich gold strike was made 40
miles from there on Reynolds creek,
a branch of the Hell Gate river. Naxt
spring I located a road house and .
stock ranch on Hell Gate river, where
the trail turned off for the new
mining camp on Reynolds, creek. I
put ln some hard work building a. toll
road from my place into the mines.
"For the next three months my
place was a regular mint. I got 88
for a meal, 60 cents for a drink of
whiskey, and $1 toll for each man
passing over the road. My toll alone
averaged over (100 a day. I. got good
prices for hay, so that my stock
ranch brought ln over 8600 a month.
Miners who came with their pack
horses or on horseback to the mines
would bring their horses to my ranch
to be pastured, as there was no feed
for stock in the mines. Though I trull t
this road on the Hell Gate, river 48
years ago, it is still known as Mu
key's road."
Cotton Bales for Armor Plates..
From the Tacoma Tribune.
"Old Hickory" Jackson achieved
fama down New Orleans way a little
more than 100 year a ago by stopping
British cannon balls with breastworks
built of cotton bal!. Now his .method
is to be improved upon or enlarged,
and armor plate for the protection , of
our battleships is to be made of cot
ton. This, at least. Is the problem which
Secretary Daniels, of the navy , depart
ment, has under advisement. Colonel
Marcellus E. Thornton, of North Caro
lina, disturbed- by Secretary DanleU'
troubles with the armor plate trust,
announces that be has invented a plan
for making armor plate from cotton
which would be superior to any metal
armor that can be devised. It only
now remains for him to exhibit sample
of his product and for Secretary Dan
iels to open an armor plate factory
somewhere near the cotton fields ot
the south, to put the navy department
ln a position to bid defiance to the
steel trust and all its subsidiaries.
Why should not the navy depart'
ment make armor plate of cotton?
Powerful "explosives, which impel ar
mor piercing projectiles, are merely
cotton treated with the proper acid..
Cellulose, which Is the base of tie cot
ton fiber. Is used to stuff the hulls of
warships, and it is the material of
which printing paper is made. If they
can make car wheels of paper, there la
certainly genius enough in North Caro
lina to make armor plate of jcottotr.
When this is done, homeopathy will
one more be vindicated, for the projes-.
tile. Impelled by a cotton product, will
be halted in Its mad career and made
harmless by a wall of properly treated
cotton. Slmilla slmillbus curantur.
Xot Figured, Just Decided.
Recently, in a Justice court in the
state of Kansas, some wheat In the
stack had been attached, and it be
came necessary, through an order of
the court, to have the same
threshed.
One of the workmen among the
threshers put In a voucher for $11.
B'Vl..k BAMA n.lMl., . &. I W .
court.
The court questioned the workmav
concerning his labor, and asked him
how much he charged per day for his
labor. The laborer replied: "Three
dollars." a
The court then asked him how many
clays he worked, and the workman re
plied: "Two days."
The court then asked the laborer
how he figured the bill at $11, since he
only worked '-two dayq at $3 per day.
The witness replied: "I didn't fig
ure it; I Just decided on it."
A Boon to the Clnb.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mrs. G. We ought to have a most
interesting year with our card club.
Mrs. 8. That so?
Mrs. O. Yes. Three of last year's
members are suing for divorce.
The Ragtime Muse
Display of Will Power.
I will not sing .
A song of spring.
Though that's the customary thing
On days like these
. When birds and bees
Go drifting down the balmy breeze.
Dame Nature, she
Must plainly see
That she cannot unsattle me.
Her subtle charm
Can work no harm . .
To stern resolve and starwart arm I
Her soft appeal
Perhaps I feel, - - ...
But to my duty I am leal.
Though it may irk, . .T
I'll sing a song
I'll do my work
No one can say that X will shlrkt
To yield were wrong;
Of steady toll by heroes strong.
Of spring, in fine, -
This verse of mine
Shall not contain a single line!
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