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A
THK fITY HALL RECALL
THEY say it is difficult 'to get
men to consent to become
I candidatea ia the proposed re
call of the mayor and Com
missioners Dieck and Brewster.
Naturally. It is a recall with
out a reason. It I, a program for
which there is fro Justification.
If carried out. it will be a move
ment that will become odious.
Nothing nan been done to af
ford pretext for a recall of the
three officials. There ia no accusa
tion that either is guilty of wrong
doing in office. There is no
hint of dishonesty, or misfeasr
nnf-P or bad faith. There Is no
suggestion of crookedness, or in
competency, or other of the thingB
that would warrant -a resort to the
recall.
Each oH the three has done and
is doing all he can to serve Port
land and her people. Coming into
office at a time when there was a
complete change In the system,
they faced unusual duties and re
sponslMHtles. New paths had to
to be trod and new machinery be
applied in administering the af
fairs of the city. The very new
lusH of the situation made their
work arduous and their responsi
bilities most exacting.
It wouldn't be fair to these offi
cials to push the recall. It wouldn't
be Just, in the midst of all this
governmental change to seize upon
petty pretexts or no pretexts and
attempt to drive them out of of
fice. It woula be the rankest in
justice to attack them before they
have had a fair chance to prove
their powers, and thrust them from
the offices to which they were
chosen by the people in a free bal-
lot, ana aa open couiwi,
la thera wflndnr that Self-re-1"1
spectlng men refuse to become, re
rail candidates 'against them? The
very Injustice of the thing would
bring odium upon the recall 'can
didates, drive thousands of voters
to the present officials and- throw
the recall into disrepute.
A thunderous resentment will be
aroused In Portland If the proposed
recall be persisted in and the peo
ple be forced to pay the bill In
added taxes. Taxes are already
high enough In this town without
spending an additional 116,000 or
more on an unjustifiable and
foolish recall election that is
doomed in advance to overwhelm
ing failure.
If recall candidates are finally
found, they will probably make the
race more from consumfng, itch for
office than conceren for the public
welfare.
THE COLOMBIAN TREAT!
""a AULT iis being found with two
u proposals in the pending
JL treaty with Colombia. It Is
' said to contain an award of
J25.000.000 and an apology to the
South American republic for the
part the United States played in
establishing the Panama republic
and thus securing title to the canal
zone.
Much is being said about our
difficulties in dealing with Colom
bia, and the course taken with re
gard to Panama Is being Justified
by the claim that an attempt was
made to hold-up the United States
It is reasonably well established
that such an attempt was made.
but the fact remains that Colom
bia's constitution forbade the ne
gotiation of a treaty which would
cede territory to another nation.
That prohibition in Colombia's
fundamental law was., overcome by
the Panama revolution. The United
States made the Panama republic
possible, and Panama's constitution
permitted sale of the canal zone
to the United States. We got what
we wanted by preventing Colombia
from maintaining sovereignty over
her own territory.
' At the present time, with Araeri
ran marines on Mexican soil,
query which looms large in Latin
American minds is whether the
United States has abandoned its
declared policy of - non-aggrandize
ment. A former president is cred
ited with saying, "1 took Panama.'
If such was the case, an apology
and an indemnity are the very least
that the United States can offer,
in view of the fact that the canal
zone must remain American terrl
tory.. .
It is Imperative that we do every
thing possible to convince the peo
ple of Central and South -America
of our. unselfish motives below, the
. Rio Grande. Fortunately, we have
a president who is not intent upon
''.taking' Mexico. It is a time
for agatu declaring ourselves.
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Even an apology to Colombia,
which some; people look upon aa
humiliating, may prove to be,, a
source of national strength. ' .
NOT YET CIVILIZED
N TH B desperate occurrences In
Colorado, there Is proof that
we are not yet civilized.
Bloody scenes like that at
Ludlow should have no place on
American soli. An army of strikers i
fought a battle with an army of
militiamen, while women and chil
dren were suffocated In the smoke
of a burning camp. They are
ecenes of violence as 'tragic and as
brutal as the worst occurrences in
Mexico, iver which we boast a
haughty superiority of enlighten
ment.
j The controversy Involves the is
sues usual to mining strikes, in
cluding recognition of the union.
They are the same issues that were
fought out in the copper mines of
Northern Michigan, where 15,00
workers were recently beaten after
a strike that extended over months
and that was attended by scenes of
distress and violence. There the
operators were more than mere
mine owners. They were the coun
ty government, the law and the
military forces.
The strikers were almost en
tirely of foreign birth, brought
into this country by the operators
as a means of keeping wages at the
lowest possible level. For 15 years
there had been no change in waged
or living conditions, and when the
workers sought better things, they
were so crushed and beaten that
after months of distress, turbu
lence and bloodshed, they were
glad to sue for peace.
In Colorado, on much the same
isBues, the controversy has al nost
assumed the proportion of civil
war. The mining region is an
armed camp. The operators, In
addition to the state militia, have
a private army of salaried depu
ties. The strikers in turn are
fully armed and are meeting force
with force. They are mostly for
eigners whom the stern terms and
relentless exactions of the oper
ators have dehumanized until they
know no law and are reckless of
civil authority. Their desperate
resistance is the whirlwind the op
erators are reaping from the seed.
they have sown fn Importing cheap
pauper labor into the country for
the sake of Increased profits.
John D. Rockefeller owns forty
per cent of the stock in the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron company, which
is the principal mining concern in
volved in the strike, and his son
is one of the board of directors.
: What is our civilization when
such men already so rich that they
cannot accurately compute their
wealth, are allowed to enter a
state, hire private armies, control
.
e government and make war in
order to extract . a few more pen
nies per day out of the workers in
their mines?
THE HART BRIBE CHARGE
T
HAT there was no foundation
for the charge by County Com
missioner Hart that attempt
was made to bribe him in
Interstate Bridge contract, is
the
finding made by the Multnomah
county grand jury. The report
says:
Aftr a careful and searching In
vestigation, we have found no evi
dence which convinces us that any
bribe or offer, directly or Indirectly, to
any member of the Interstate Brldeo
Commission has been made. After !
careful consideration of the evidence
pffcred. wa have failed to find testi
mony to corroborate Mr. Hart, and we
are Inclined to think this charge orig
inated largely in the mind of Mr. Hart.
Commissioner Hart says the re
port at this time "Is a political
move." .
But the question Is, should Mult
nomah county have commissioners
whom contractors will surmise to
be purchasable?
And again, should Multnomah
county have a commissioner who
makes a charge that there, was at
tempt to bribe him, a charge which
a grand Jury declares to have been
a fake?
THE SWEDISH ELECTIONS
R
ETURNS from the Swedish
elections indicate that the
cause of militarism has made
substantial gains. Liberal
membership ln the new parliament
has been reduced from 101 to 73;
the Conservatives elected 81 mem
bers as compared With 65 ln the
previous parliament, ana tne so-
iloltota .InilnJ 1 t! 3
with 64.
In 1911 a wave of liberalism
swept over Sweden: Mr. Staaf, a
man of marked abllitv and hlo-h
man or maritea ability and high
character, became prime minister,
and he appointed a commission to
look into the- question of national
defense. That commission has not
reported, but two propositions grew
out of its investigations
Mr. Staaf proposed to raise reve
nues for making existing defenses
efficient by placing a graduated tax
on the incomes of larger proper
ties. He also proposed" to defer
lengthening the term of service in
the army until the country could
pass upon the question at a general
election.
King QuBtaf precipitated a crisis
on the latter proposal, the Staaf
ministry resigned, and when oppo
sition to the king's program proved
jrtrong enough to prevent legisla
tion, parliament1 wasj. dissolved for
an appeal to the country.
Russia Is the bogey which is
alarming Sweden. The Czar's gov
ernment is suspected of military
plans which might involve Scandi
navia 'in a European, conflict .in
which Sweden would be the ransom
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of peace. . jKlng Gustaf took the
initiative against bis former min
isters. Thj Conservatives, angered
by the threatened graduated tax
on big lneofnes. demanded that the
period of military service should
be extendeet'at once, and the king
associated himself with their de
mand. 1
It was & critical election for
royalty in Sweden, but the result
is Indication that the Swedish peo-
pj0 are impressed by arguments for
greater expenditures on national
defense.
A LUCKLESS HOME
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B
LANCHE KIME has brought
proceedings in the superior
court! at Walla Walla to
have I her mother declared a
habitual drunkard. She moves for
similar proceedings against her
stepfather, j who, with the mother,
are alleged! to be squandering their
earnings and neglecting their home
and children.
It is a wretched status in a
home, when a daughter is driven
to the desperate alternative In
voked by Miss Kime. There is no
measure tof the depths of degrada
tion In. a home that is the scene ot
parents 4n, Intoxication and chil
dren ki distress and consternation.
Every child is by every moral
principle entitled to good birth and
decent rearjing.
But what is the chance, what the
outlook, what the' hope for the
innocents, fin this luckless Walla
Walla home?
INCOJfcES OP FARMERS
B
ULLEtlNS Issued by the de
partment of agriculture deal
with jlncomes of farmers. It
was fehown that the average
farmer's Income is small when
measured in cash returns. A study
of several hundred farms In the
middle west showed that the re
tired farmer realizes only about
3 per cent on his investment.
The average labor income ot a
farmer is a little over $400, but
the tenant! farmer's labor income
is somewhat larger.
The bulletins attribute small re
turns on capital and low labor in
comes of farmers to various causes.
Chief among them are unscientific
methods of cultivation, high cost
rf transportation, bad roads, in
efficient organization of dlstribu
tion, unused capital and neglect of
resources, j
The Chicago Record-Herald, dis
cussing the bulletins, says the
moral to be drawn from facts dis
closed, is nbt that farming does not
pay, but that it requires efficiency
and method. More agricultural ed
ucation, rfral credit, cooperation
in marketing products, better roads
and utilization of all resources are
necessary ' io . progress and larger
profits. . f ..... .
There is; sound logic in the Chi
cago paper?s argument. Prosperity
comes out lot the soil, but it will
not stand neglect. A killing frost
is a calamity to the farmer, but
it may. belno more destructive of
profits than are bad roads. The
time has passed when rural life
was allowed to. take cafe of itself.
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE
A
DAY or a week, or a month
Is not a test of the possibili
ties lot the Alaska steamer
line.
Forces tire gathering all over
Portland fior Increase of Its busl-
ness. Alaskan orders are reaching
our factories that never reached
them before. As these products
thus to hie manufactured become
finished, and as constantly Increas
ing calls for supplies go on, there
will be more 4 traffic than present
ships can jcarry.
A luckyfact 18 that the younger
business men and professional men
are adding their strength to the
program, i The work of the clubs
and committees ln making senti
ment is of great value.
The line is the present para
mount issue in Portland. It is an
Issue of whether or not Portland
will annex a part of one of the
richest regions on the globe.
1 MEALERS
A
MILWAUKEE landlady has
coined :a word which is so
expressive that the wonder
to ill was not in the diction
ary long kgo. In advertising her
place of accommodation she says
rhe Is prepared to care for "Room
ers andMiealers."
The Milwaukee News, comment-
i lne'on the new word: savs:
What a host of people that little
i word meaiflrs calls to mind. Think of
I tt,e hachelqr who eats everywhere and
j yon Think f th nrer -who
' :ias left a good home in the country to
come to the city and become a mealer
ThinK of 5 the thousands of clerks,
salesmen, bookkeepers and others who
are roomers and mealers.
Down South landladies advertise
for "Sleeppers," meaning thereby
they havei sleeping accommodations.
In the course of time it is quite
probable j the old familiar sign
"Board and Lodging" will be uni
versally idisplaced by that of
"Mealers nd Sleepers."
Gentlemen of soft muscles and
tender hands at work today on
Multnomah county roads are not
likely to rjead a go-to-church move
ment tomorrow. Many of them
will , be, laid up for repairs, sur
rounded by arnica, witchhazel,
&melling j salts, sticking plaster,
rheumatic; cures, poultices and pink
pills. j '
'Alaska 1 is buying almost every
kind of thing Portland makes or
sells. - Every dollar's worth that
country puys that we make is
more work ' for - worker; more
moner for circulation, and indirect
ly a benefit to every establish-
m ti t art A avawv rtAPBAn In Osv 1 v -t
T, . . 'r
If we onco get a true concept of ,
wum me onaeru traae means, -..
every ; man and woman, in Port
land will be a booster for the
Portland-Alaska steamship line.
The picks and shovels of the
Portlanders at work on the Colum
bia highway today have a more
agreeable sound than the rifle
shots as unseen foes pick oft
American blue jackets and -marines
at Vera Cruz. Yet it is not im
possible that the chastening of
Mexico may have to, come from
rifles and artillery.
Under the circumstances. If there
is a recall election on city offi
cials, the recall candidates ought
to pay the 115,000 to $20,000 it
will cost.
Huerta says again that be will
protect all foreigners in Mexico.
But all his promises are not worth
a hill of beans.
Letters From the People
(Coremanieattona aent to Tba Journal for
pobUcatlon. in tbia department abould b writ
ten on only one aide of tba paper, abould not
xcaed 800 worda ia length od moat b ac
companied bj the nam and addraaa of tb
sender. It tb writer does oot dealr to
bare tb nam yubliabed. be abould ao etate.)
"Discaaaton la tbe craateat of an 'reform
rs. It ratlonaliaee everything It touches. It
robs ' principle of all fala aabctitr and
throws them back on their reasonableness. It
they bav ao reaaonablenesa, it ruthlessly
cruabes them out of extstenc and seta up Its
own conclusions In their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Asks Mr. Linscott Questions.
Portland. April 25. To the,Editoi
of The Journal Since E. A. Linscott
has not accepted my challenge to meet
m in public discussion of the prohi
bition question, but still writes anti
prohibition letters in your columns, I
itan only hope to "come back" at him
by tbe same route. I trust few peo
ple will take seriously any statement
of a-person who says that it is as
wrong to prohibit the, people from us
ing liquor as it would be to compel
them to use it; yet many think very
superficially. Under bis logic, our
pure food laws, sanitation laws and
market inspecticttiaws, affecting all
foodstuffs that ninscrupulous dealers
would sell and consumers would buy
because of reduced cost regardless of
the danger to themselves, would all be
unjust and wrong. Prohibiting the
use of.habdt forming drugs would be
as wrong as compelling the us of
them.
Our wet friends must remember that
the drys put liquor in tbe above noted
class of 'unwholesome matter, and the
only way the wets can win a fair-
minded person - is by showing them
that liquor is not unwholesome and
demoralizing to tbe individual and to
society. If Mr. Linscott wants to
tackle that task, let him begin by
answering the following questions:
Why do many of the greatest railroad
systems and other corporations re
quire total abstinence of their em
ployes? Why do brewers' conventions
have to pass resolutions declaring their
business legitimate? . Why has the
United States supreme court declared
the sale
of liquor unconstitutional '
(Crowley vs. Christensen, 137 U. S. 86,
and Mugler vs. Kansas, 128 TJ. S. 205)?
Why do all standard magazines and
hundreds of daily papers bar liquor 1
ads? Why do 65 lodges bar saloon
men? Why do life Insurance com
panies prefer abstainers, and even give
them a lower rate? Why do labor
leaders denounce the traffic and its
patronage? Why did Lincoln pro
nounce it worse than slavery? What
student of science" or sociology de
fends -it? If blind' pigs are undesir
able, why don't the liquor men help
to exterminate them by voting for of
ficials who oppose them?
Absolute, nation-wide prohibition is
the goal. I've hardly touched the
edge. C. A. REICHEN.
Prohibition aa a Solution.
Newberg, Or., April 24. To the Edi
tor of The Journal No doubt Edwin
Linscott of Silverton does not wish to
uphold sin or evil. He realizes that
there are evils to be remedied.
Prohibition Is the one remedy which
is in any measure a success in re
straining the demoralizing liquor
traffic; yet he condemns and would
abolish this .sole remedy. Too many
are willing to criticise governmental
machinery, but can suggest none bet
ter. I would like to ask. "How snany
honest and upright citizens have fallen
as the result of prohibition. I admit
that possibly there may be two stand
ards of honesty and uprightness. Did
God give the liberty that the Prohibi
tionists are trying to destroy? "When
you tell a man xhat he cannot drink-f
you are taking away bis personal lib-:
erty'. Is an argument used by the
wets. You are not taking away his
personal liberty If you teUT him he
must hot commit suicide;' neither are
you taking away a man's personal lib
erty when you tell him that he must
not rob. But when a man drinks he
ia bolhv committing suicide and rob
bing. He 'murders his soul, his mind
and his morals. He spends money that
rightfully should go to his family's
needs and comforts.
The blind pig argument is as old
as prohibition itself, and it is 10 times
as illogical as prohibition is logical.
How much better it is to have' the
liquor sold secretly than openly. The
man who runs a blind pig does not
dare sell to one tenth the people that
he would otherwise. .If he does his
business is forfeited and he has a fine
chance of seeing the inside of a court.
Prohibition is not so much to save
the ones that have already fallen as
to prevent more 'from falling. The
boys of our country are at our mercy;
we can curse them or bless them.
Their habits are not yet formed and
it is easier to prevent th, forming of
a habit than to break one already
formed. ,
. As for grafting officials getting rich
at the expense of the people, that de
pends entirely upon tbe people them
selves. Where the people take an in
terest in the government and the of
ficials whom they elect, the officers
will do their duty. H. B. SAT.
More Anti-Liqnor Testimony
Portland. April 25. To the Editor
of The Journal I beg to submit add-; ot Tbe Journal F. J. Engeiske of Ban
tional testimony by eminent author!- ! don, comparing the enurch and the sa-
ties on -th effects of drink:
"Almighty God! If it be thy will
that man should suffer, whatever
seemetb good in thy sight impos upon
me. Let the bread of affliction be
given to me to eat. Take from me the
friends of my confidence. Let the
cold hut of poverty be my dwelling
place and the wasting hand of disease
inflict Its painful torments. Let tae
sow in the whirlwind and reap ln the
storm. Let those have me in derision
who are younger than L Let the pass
ing away of . mr welfare be like the
fleeting of a clotid and the shouts of
my enemies- like the rushing of waters.
A FEW SMILES
Ex-Mayor Shank, of Indianapolis,
dKUMiII( xhm hlgh c0t of Uvb,
said
"It's the consum
er's fault, after all.
The consumer
should make laws to
protect himself
against rapacity.
Judging: from pres
ent conditions, tb
consumer's ideas
seem a goad deal .
lik ta bride's.
"A husband, a ,few weeks after ths
honeymoon, cam horn a,nd said in
dtsolat accents:
" "My lov. I'm heartbroktn, ' My
salary has been cut down 16 per cent.'
"'Oh, that's nothing!' cried tha
young bride, cheerily. 'Cheap Co.
are advertising perfectly lovely things
cut down 25 per Sent'."
A couple of Boston physicians were
swapping stories of their odd experi
ences, when one told the following:
"I called upon an
Irish patient -of mine
to se a new baby.
I found the Infant
all battered u P
black and blue in
spots. 'What's t-ie
matter with him?" I
asked the mother.
" 'Nawthin: much.
Te se, he was chris
and While his daddy
said the parent.
tened ylsterdsy.
was holdin' him the o'clock whistle
blew'."
"Man, you're a perfect fool!''
growUd the officer, as, red in the face,
h strode to O'Grady. the new recruit.
"You're spoiling all
our shooting rec
ords." "I'm doing my
best, sorr," came the
hurt reply.
Bang, bang! went
the reports of the
rifles.
"Now, look here,
my man; get down and do your seven
rounds on No. 7 target, and there'll be
trouble for you if there is no im
provement!" Inwardly reviling the wild moment
that had prompted him to enlist,
O'Grady lay down to his task.
Apoplectic of feature, the officer
blustered up to him again.
"What target did you aim for?" he
yelled.
"No. 7, sorr, as you said."
"But you've hit No. 8 every time!"
shrieked the other.
"Surel" hotly retorted O'Orady, ould
Oireland rising within him, "An what
does it matter? In war time I might
aim for a private and hit a gineral!"
When I anticipate .good let evil annoy
me. vytsn I look for light, let dark
ness come upon me. Do all this, but
save me, merciful God! save me from
the fate of a drunkard!" Talmage.
"Some of the domestic evils of
drunkenness are bouses without win
dows, gardens without fences, fields
without tillage, barns without roofs,
children without clothing, principles,
morals or manners." Franklin.
"Call things by their right names.
Glass of brandy and water!
That is the current, but not the appro
priate, name; ask for a glass of liquid
fire and distilled damnation!" Robert
Hall.
"The habit of using ardent spirits
by men ln office has occasioned more
injury to the public, and more trouble
io me, than all other causes. Were I
to commence my administration again,
the first question I would ask re-
specting a candidate for office would
be, "Does he use ardent spirits?'
Jefferson.
"Tbe rum fiend would like to go and
hand up a skeleton in your beautiful
house so that, when you opened the
front door to go in, you .would see it in
the hall; and, when you sat down at
your table you would see It banging
from the wall; and, when you opened
your bedroom you rvould find It
Btretcbed upon your pillow; and. wak
ing at night, feel Its cold hand pass
ing over your face and pinching at
your heart. There is no home so beau
tiful but It may be devastated by the
awful curse." Talmage.
About 1 per cent of the Oregon hop
crop Is consumed ln Oregon, and state
wide prohibition would not affect the
market value of the product. This
State has less than 1,000,000 of the
nearly 200,000,000 population of the
nation, and so far as I am concerned
I am perfectly willing the other 99
000,000 shall take all we raise and
drink the juices if foolish enough to
do it. So far as the growth of hops Is
concerned, the farmers of the state
would never know the difference if
not a hop was consumed within Its
borders. Ninety-nine per cent of the
crop goes east, anyway.
H. S. HARCOURT.
Blind Pigs.
TVirtlanA & nrll 9K Tn tVt V1! tr
of Th6 journalAgain Mr. Linscott of
Silverton comes forward with a plea
for the saloons. I wonder how be
hatches up so many schemes to make
us Prohibitionists see what awful lib
erty destroying creatures we are.
Tes, Indeed, it is a poor rule that
won't work both ways, and we who
don't need saloons to make u happy
are tired of paying out money to re
strict, regulate, or watch the saloons
and the people who bang around them.
which would be 10 times worse, than a
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the wets may not drink if they please
and can get liquor, but we do say it
isn't fair tQ make us pay fpr the priv
ilege of keeping a thing that has be
come a nuisance, in any residence com
munity. If Mr. Linscott went to church and
asked God to make the drys drink, and
It did them as much good as It has
done the wets harm, I wouldn't object,
but anyone knows a thing as harmful
as liquor has been, can not find a hid
ing place behind any such comparison
as that.
Prohibition has been enforced from
the time of Moses to the present day.
and the world has been better. Most
of the ills of life came from disobey
ing laws prohibiting certain acts. Mur
der Is prohibited, but I judge there Is
less murder than If there was no law
against It.-
Prohibition does prohibit.
READER.
Letting Alone.
Portland. April 25. To the Editor
loon, says: "Take care of your affairs
(church) and they (saloon) will con
duet their own."
The business of the saloon is to sell
liquor, and ln order to sell It must
constantly be creating an appetite for
it. The saloon lets no one alone. We
all know how It left the boys of Cop-
i perfield alone. Did It let the school
children of Chicago alone, when It was
giving them candy containing alcohol?
Does it let even the unborn child
alone? . M. Henri Schmidt, deputy' ox
Vosges, France, in a recently published
article, shows the largest percentage
of still births occurs in regions where
PERTINENT. COMMENT
SMALL CHAXUE
Get busy and dust off your con
science. . ,
Has anybody swatted any flies
lately?
One of the uncertainties who will
be governor.
It is the early chicken that catches
tbe big price. -
Better not get hold of Mexico so
that we an t let go.
Going to church only on Sunday
won't do much good.
The late Francisco I. Madero cer
tainly started something.
m m
Close records through the season
increases inteTestlnthe ball games-
Many a man Tiasn't the perception to
recognize vpportumty wnen ne sees it
ttvery man who enlists for war
thinks he will be, one of the lucky ones,
a .
"business nnsK in the wool mar
ket," is the morning paper's market re-
pori.
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The Monroe doctrine ia makina- the
white man a burden heavy for Amer
icans. '
There is no lack in Portland of young
women fit to be 'queen of the Rose
Festival. .
All people may well join with the
Quakers In praying that war may be
averted.
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"Mexico awaits with tranquility,"
says Huerta. He has a queer idea of
"tranquility."
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If old man Winters hadn't left some
property, he would not have left be
hind any relatives, or friends, either.
THE SPANIARD AS ft
' From the New York Commercial.
Expulnion of hundreds of Spanish
subjects from Chihuahua and Torreon,
the two largest Mexican cities ln the
hands of the rebols, proves the fatuity
of tbe assumption that the Mexicans
are entitled to the same rights aa are
enjoyed by civilized nations while en
gaged ln warfare. The latest conspicu
ous case of nations of the first rank
engaged in war was that of the Russo
Japanese fight for upremacy in Man
churia. It appears to be assumed in some
quarters that tbe hatred of Spaniards
is peculiar only to the rebels of the
north. This assumption is erroneous.
Spaniards are no more popular in the
south than they are. ln the north of
Mexico, but southern Mexicans are at
present under better control of the
government than their northern broth
ers. It is a peculiar fact that al
though nearly 400 years have elapsed
since Cortex conquered Mexico and
during the intervening period the as
similation of Mexico by the Spaniard
has been almost complete, the sub
jects of Spain are the most hated of all
foreigners. The Mexican fears the
American because hej-ecognizes his su
periority; he hates the Spaniard, not
because he is afraid of him, but be
cause he is a Spaniard.
Spanish is the language of Mexico,
native Indian dialects survive only in
a few remote districts. The religion is
the religion of the entire people, from
the lowly peon to the proud aristocrat
In whose veins flows almost pure Span-
WHO OWN RAILROADS
By John M. Osklson.
In his last report to the stockholders
President Rea of the Pennsylvania
railroad said:
"No serious consideration is at pres
ent given to the investors who have
furnished the capital for all the rail
roads, and thereby provided th most
substantial foundations for the past
and present progress of the country
and without the prosperity of the rail
roads the country cannot prosper."
At the same time President Rea
reported that the number of stock
holders in th Pennsylvania railroad
had increased to 89,313.
The Pennsylvania controls nearly
12,000 miles of line. If the stockhold
ers of all the country's roads are at
well distributed then about 2,000,000
persons hold the ownership of the rail
roads of the United States. More than
half as many more have loaned money
the greatest amount of absinthe and
alcohol is consumed. Medicinal sci
ence has proved that the child con
ceived during a period of even moder
ate Indulgence in alcoholic beverages
Is frequently defective.
Were the victims , of the numerous
wrecks on land and sea that have been
due to alcoholic Indulgence, let alone?
No, they paid tbe penalty by Injury or
death. The recent removal of alco
holic beverages from thenavy shows
that those in authority nave realized
what a menace.lt is to efficiency ln all
occupations. The times demand clear
heads and steady nerves.
Mr. Engeiske says, "Close up the sa
loons, and that means thousands of
dollars short, and the tax payers will
have to make It op." It has been re
peatedly demonstrated that we can well
afford to dispense with the-revenue de
rived from the saloon. Leaving out
the moral phase of the question, we
y morft,t(x care for the product of
the saloon , (drunkards, criminals, de-
1 rectives, etc.,) than ail tne revenue ae-
f rtved f rom that source. There is not
one good thing to" be said ln Its favor.
Has anyone ever known one person to
be Injured by being a stranger to all
that the saloon stands for? But who
can walk tbe streets of any city where
alcohol is sold, without seeing some
pdor soul who has been Injured by this
legalized outlaw, tbe saloon?
PHYSICIAN.
Earlier Days at Forest Grove.
Albany, Or April 21. To the Editor
of The Journal Fred Lockleys story
of the experiences of Rev. C. II. Mat
toon, Baptist minister, greatly inter
ested me, especially that part relating
to the winter that of 1S51-62 spent
at Forest Grove by Rev. Mr. Mattoon.
I well remember him and bis arith
metic and the then house where he
taught school. -Squirrel Mouth" John,
son, or. as we often called him. "Uncle
Jimmy" Johnson, had four sons, my
schoolmates in the winter of 1849-50,
In the old log church and schoolhouse.
the embryo Tualatin academy. The
names of these boys were' Elison, Lo
gan, Tolaver and George. Logan and
I were great chums, he the oldest by
some years, and In playing "dare,"
something like what Is now called
"black man," we would' stand all the
rest of the boys and usually won out.
After the winter of 1851-62 the John
son boys, especially Logan, again at
tended Tualatin academy. Logan start-
I ed the first saddle and harness
shop
in Forest Grove. I have lost all track
of the boys. If still living I would b
pleased to bear from them, particu
larly Logan."
Referring again to Mattoon's arith
metic. I. give from memory the last
example in it, and I think It is sub-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baker is proceeding with Fourth of
July plans based on a two days' sea
son of celebrating. ,
Hiltsboro's Carnegie library plans,
which have been accepted on behalf ot
the donor, call for a building 40x62
feet, of brick, one story in height, and
to cost $10,000.
Forest Grove is to know dogs on the
streets no more, "unless to drive stock ;
n-. I 1 1 . rw I
iQr. x lie uraiiiance paaseo nii j,uvn-
day, Imposes the penalty of $5 to S60
fine.
The Roseburg Review proclaims the
superiority ot the Douglas county
strawberry ovet th California produpt ;
fwTh. f?r.t cr.?r6f
Portland market.
x-n:mi7 rauroaa wnile tney wer con--
"Salem bears the distinction." says ! tructln their road between Pasoe
the Statesman, "of having the onlv nd Tacoma. While working on the
Mexican war veteran in Marion county, Mexican Central railroad for A." A.
and one of the few in the whole state Robinson, 1 was introduced to I'rcsi-bvW.-vrv
l?tlrJ!? 1Ji7vBrwI.r,u RmS dent Porft-i 'or several years
tLXhnlhtl UDCle BmyjI0W"S, Poyl by Indent Dtaf a-
, , I confidential advisor at a good salary.
John R. Crymes. of the American M,yf'ork, coais n ferreting out
Sunday school union, working in Wal- ! customs frauds and other confidential
Iowa county, has visited Alder, Reavis, matters.
Pratt, Crow Creek Pass and O. K. "At the commencement of the rvo
Gulch Sunday schools, and has organ- i luiion against Dius the magazines, and
iiea a eioie scnooi i juower luviue,
20 miles east of Joseph. "No religious
rstherlng." says the Knternrise Record
Chieftain, "has ever been held ln the
Lower Divide district bsfor.
The Dalles Chronicle: Dean Bolton
has in his possession several pieces of
wood that were included ln the con
struction of the first wagon made in
Oregon. His father, A. D. Bolton, had
the wagon, made ln Oregon City in
1862, and he brought it with him when
he removed to a ranch near The Dalles
in 1859. Mr. Bolton will present to tne
Business Men's association a part of
the old relic for display purposes.
FACTOR IN MEXICO
ish blood. Spanish customs prevail
everywhere and the bull fight, national
sport of Spain, also is the nationaKcount of the well known and well es-
game of Mexico. But for all that the
Mexican hates the Spaniard as he hates
no other foreigner.
There are about 100.000 Spaniards in
Mexico and they have established
themselves permanently ln the life of
the people, relinquishing all but their
nationality. Spanish merchants do the
bulk of the retail business of Mexico.
They are located in every town and
city of any Importance and have a
monopoly of the liquor and groceries
business all over the country. Thou
sands of them control haciendas or
ranches, and the majority of the textilei
mills of Mexico are owned by them.
Yet in spit of tha fact that they are
an Integral part of modern Mexico It
is a safe assumption that 89 out of
every 100 Mexicans would rejoice If
the expulsion policy of Villa were ex
tended to every part of the country.
The hatred of the Mexican for the
Spaniard is due largely to the fact that
the Spaniard is one of his hardest task
masters. Employing labor in large
numbers, he is ruthless ln his subju
gation of the hapless Mexican. He
grinds him down to the lowest en
durable condition. In the 400 years in
which he has been the dominant in
fluence lit the country he has done
nothing to elevate the people be con
quered ln the sixteenth century. . The
Mexican peon and laborer realizes this
in his dumb brute way and be hates the
Spaniard for it.
OF UNITED STATES?
to the roads they ar bond and note
owners.
So w may infer that about 3,600,
000 persons, men and women, are di
rectly interested in the ownership and
financial soundness of the railroads.
About one American ln six among
those who ar maintaining families
are depending in some measur upon
Income derived from railroad stock
or bonds.
Mr. Rea says that these owners
hav not been given serious considera
tion by the law making and rate
fixing bodies; his report contains a
very strong plea for fair play.
Mr. and Mrs. Average American
own our railroads. These owners are
the greatest users of th railroads.
They are certainly willing t pay a
fair rate for such use. Just as soon
a it is determined .what a fair rate
is. I am sure that It will be allowed.
stantlally correct as to articles, ani
mals, etc. It might amuse your young
readers to work it out As I remem
ber, it was aa follows:
"Between Sing Sing and Tarrytown
I met my worthy friend, John Brown;
And seven daughters riding nags.
And every on had twenty bags.
And every bag had twenty cats, .
And every cat had forty rats.
Besides a brood of fifty kittens.
All but the nags were wearing mittens.
MltUns. kittens, rats, cats, nags, bags.
Browns
How many were met between the
towns?"
CTRU8 H. WALKER.
The Fight for Life.
Reedville. Or., April 23. To the
Editor of The Journal Friends of
liquor tell us that the church should
leave the liquor question alone; that
the liquor business will attend to Its
own business, and for the church to do
the same thing. We are proud to say
that in spite of all the Imperfections
found in the church, as well as in any
other institution controlled by such im
perfect creations as a human being, it
is found doing Us. full duty a far as
the liquor business Is concerned. In
fact, so effectively Is the church at
tending to its own business that Its
heel is crushing the form of this "pol.
sonous reptile," which in Its frantic
struggle for existence is most venom
ously striking back. It is a noticeable
fact that nothing dies without a strug
gle of some kind. It will a'lso be no
ticed that evil things perish most mis
erably.
The liquor traffic, like the
rattlesnake, in Its dying struggle.
strikes -vmost venomously the thing
which smites it: The best Indorse
ment the church can get for its work
comes In the form of a cry of mingled
hate and despair from th camps of i
the liquor traffic. The grape and can
ister of truth and light are driving th
enemy from cover. Let us proceed
with the battle. O. E. FRANK.
Chides Democratic Party.
Lakeside, Or., April 20. To tha Ed-1
itor of The Journal If the Democrats
don't change their ways they will go
out of power and some other party
-will take, their place. The party that
will throw open all reserve land and
fire the whole of the forest reserve
force Vid make the pensions all the
same and homesteads the same and
protect all United States citizen ev
erywhere in the world, isbe party for
us. The Democrats did come into
power only with our help, and If they
don't change their ways In a hurry we
will change our ways and vote for some
other party. C B. BAKER.
In some cases fecallers become a
municipal nuisance, .
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
T C TI . ..j.i T..M A..
ln h i,.i.l4I. n.A -r
was born on February 13. 1857. in
Missouri." said Mr Hurst, "1 cam
to Oregon in November, 18. 14ft
Portland 30 years ago. I lived in
Portland 12 y?ara prior to that time.
While I was working on a ranch I usci
to send in occasional items . to the '
Portland Dally News. One day I re
ceived a letter from Mr. Cole, tit
manager, asking me to come in and "eo
11 1 1 1 1
He offeree me a Job aa reporter.
1 was so green I didn't know what a
reporter was. In any event I took th
job. Later Colonel Hamilton, one of
the owners of the Salt Lake Tribune.
came to Portland and took hold of the
papel.t x woTked for nlm for mWnUe .
1 .look "P urveying and 4-ail-
road work. 1 worked on the Northern
newstianrra c-iv.. .,., -ru. ,n h
xaci mat the standard Oil. company
had financed the revolution in ex
change for valuable rubber and oil con
cessions. As I happen to have some
knowledge along those lines you will"
b Interested in learning the facta. The
American company has been exploited '"
to th tune of .millions of dollars in
vested In Mexican rubber plantations.
Millions of , ubber trees have been
planted. The Mexican government be
lieving the industry might prove prof-
ltable levied an export tax on rubber.
The total amount of tax ever collected
from the exportation of rubber from "
rubber trees planted and grown In
Mexico amounted to 75 cents. It seems
I incredible that men of ordinary intel
ligence would put tiieir money in aa
enterprise predoomed to failure n ao-
tabllshed fact that rubber cannot be
:
I
profitably grown at a greater distance
than 100 miles either north or south
of tha equator. r
"The Goodyear Rubber company has
spent large sums In experimenting
and -they have definitely determined
that rubber cannot be grown in paying 4
quantities outside of this 200 mile sone r
of which th equator is th center.
This being the case certainly Uie
Htandard oil or any other .company ,
would not want rubber concessions. As :
far as the oil lands are concerned they ;
wr already largely owned by th " ;
Pierson Oil company of London, Do- -han
of l..os Angeles, th Inter Ocean
Oil company of New York City and
th Standard Oil company. In addl-
tion to this there are about 810.000,000
worth of oil lands privately owned.
"The oil company could have more
profitably purchased "the oil land rath
er than to have financed the revolu
tion. .
, i"What do 1 think of the war situa- i
tion? Well, there Is a lot of talK
about it taking yars to subdue the j-;
rebel bands, I do not think there is
much In this. Diaz was able to wip
out guerrilla warfare in a year. So can -we.
He transferred soldiers from one. V
district to another where they had no
friends or relations and wher there
was no inducement for them not to)
hunt down the brigands. Many of th
Mexicans would welcome th United
States taking oyer Ca Job of trail
quillzing their country. They are so
torn by factions they need a big '
brother to help them out."
Strange Coincidence.
From Philadelphia Telegraph.
Here is one that was told by Con
gressman William M. Calder, -of Brook
lyn, when the conversation turned t
strange coincidences.
Papa was sitting in the library one
evening some time since when his
beautiful daughter happily rushed into
the room, dropped upon his knee and
put her arms around his neck,
"Papa, dear,'' she blushfully cooed,
"Harold was just here to see me. He
wants me to marry him."
"He does, does h?" was th prompt
and practical response of papa.
"What's hi Income?"
"I don't know, papa," she said, and
then thoughtfully added, "What a
strange coincidence!"
"What do you mean by a strange
coincidence, marl?" asked dad.
"Harold," answered Marl. "akd
me the same question about your IS-'
come."
While Days Grow Longer.
Life is growing full of Joy,
People aren't so surly;
Getting up does not annoy
Six is not so early.
Now the sun shows torn respect
For his earthly neighbor.
Warms our path with heat direct.
Lights our way to labor,
Nature's working for us, too;
Everything is blooming.
Chickens cackle all day through.
Garden stuff Is looming.
In the lake th fishes bit.
Get caught just to .pleas us;
Really, they are most polite
And refuse, to tease us.
Everybody wears a smile.
No one seems to hurry;
That convenient "after while" i
Haves a world of worry.
This is "take it easy" time.
Though Its Joys may vary;
To be troubled Is a crime,
L.oafing's necessary.
Pointed Paragraphs
Men who pose as judges of human
nature get a good many hard bumps.
Some women can amllw In the fare
of adversity Just as if they meant It.
If a baby is homely the mother is
t willing to admit that it looks like her
husband.
II
j The Ragtime Muse
Many a girl catches the man she.
wants by pretending to .desire some :
man she doesn't want.
It's all right to pray for the things
you want, but it is advisable to do a
little hustling for the things you must '
have.
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