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Rumor Is a pipe
Blown by surmises. Jealousies,
conjecture ;
And of no easy and ao plain
atop
That the blunt monster with
uncounted heads,
The still-discordant wavering
multitude.
Can play upon It.
Shakespeare.
THE MIKMING
THEY say that. In a deep for
est in Eastern Siberia, there"
has been found the remains
of a balloon on which Sala
mon Andree sailed away and never
returned.
Like the scrawl found inside a
bottle in tie sands of the sea
beach, like the life buoy or bat
tered boat cast up by the surf
and on which there is the name of
a lost ship, like the found hand
kerchief or glove of a Dorothy Ar
nold from whom no tidings ever
came buck, this possible discovery
of the balloon that carried Andree
- and his two companions out of
civilization, fires the imagination
of a world that has waited seven
teen years for news from the in
trepid explorer.
Whether or not the present re
port 1b authentic is to be deter
mined by investigation. There
have been oilier reports, among
them the utory in 1910 that the
Andree balloon had alighted in
the far north in British America,
that its occupants had been slain
by the natives, and that metal
parts of the , great gas bag were in
use by the uncivilized residents of
the region. After more than four
years, there has been no confirma
tion of the report, and in the gen
eral mind. It has gone into the
discard.
But some . day, somewhere and
in sonip way, in (he great silence
of the Northland there will be an
unlocking of the Worst of Andree
and his mates. .
The -mystic North gave up the
secret of how Sir John Franklin,
with his crews In the Erebus and
Terror.- were lost, and after more
than fourteen years, even named
the day on which the daring
Franklin died. The party balled
from Liverpool in 18 45, and after
many expeditions from l.oth Eng
land and America had searched in
vain. It was not until 1859 that a
searching party sent out by Lady
Franklin unlocked the mystery.
Articles belonging to the lost ex
plorers were found at Ross Cairn
and Point Victory. There was
even round it record which told of
-the clath of Sir John Frankliu,
June II. is 17. As r.final climax
lu wresting the secret from the icy
seas. Lieutenant Sehwatka, an Ore
gon man. actually found the bodies
or the Frankliu party in the expe
dition of 1878-80.
To Solve the fate of Franklin
and recover the bodies required
thirty-five years, and In some sim
ilar way there will some time come
authentic tidings of what befell
t he luck less Andree.
THK ltK.1, CAUSE
AN EXTRAORDINARY analysis
or business conditions was re
cently niado by Samuel Un
termeyer of New York, extra
ordinary in that Mr. I'ntermeycr is
a great corporation lawyer and ex
traordinary In that he goes to the
' root of thiUKS.
' The difficulty in getting money
for railroad and other great in
vestments, he Baid, is to be found
in the lawlessness and corruption
la tbe management of our great
corporations and the destruction of
the confidence of our home and
foreign investors, following the ex
posures of a few or tbe many in
stances that characterize the con
duct of corporate affairs.
, Mr. Unterraeyer expanded his
diagnosis with unqualified denun
elation of the methods of big busi
ness as disclosed in the N,ew Haven
rase and predicted that If other
railroads were investigated the
revelations would be as startling.
: iThe remedy for all this, he as
serted, lay in the restoration of
confidence. Legislation which will
insure the proper control of cor-
. poratlons is needed to quiet public
distrust. The only criticism which
f he had to. make of pending trust
' bills was that they are not strong
- enough. v-
A , moat essential part of any
comprehensive program for corpor
. ate reform he declared to be . the
: Mil te require the incorporation of
; stock exchanges 1 tad .to put them
: under Federal supervision. Exist
Jng legal machinery, he. said, does
not assure responsibility and pun
COMING BACK
A"
N EXPONENT of Republicanism
The New York Tribune, itself standpat to the core, protests
against the nomination of Penrose for senator In Pennsylvania.
It eays: '
The Republican party is in a minority. It went two years ago to the
most rushing defeat it ever suffered under the leadership of men whose
ideas and methods it had. outgrown. More than half it members deserted
It because they were tired of bossism and standpatism. What will It
benefit the Republican party to recall to power the Incompetents and
reactionaries who wrecked the Taft administration? The success of Pen
rose in Pennsylvania through the cowardly acquiescence of respectable
Republicans, will prompt other exiles to clamor for recognition.
There is not the slightest doubt that the forces of reaction will
attempt to gather strength from Opposition to the Wilson adminis
tration for the purpose of regaining control of Republicanism. In
Pennsylvania,, Penrose howled, calamity to the manufacturers whose
special privileges were cut away by the new tariff. He capitalized
their dissatisfaction into support of himself, and defeated the pro
gressive Republican, who was his competitor in the Republican" pri
maries, by a majority of 160,000. This man against whom the
Tribune brings such an Indictment, swept his Progressive competitor,
off the map by a vote of three to one. '
By the same tactics Foraker is trying to win the Republican
nomination for senator in Ohio, and Cannon the nomination for con
gress in his old district in lllinoig. By the same tactics, the exiles
la other states are clamoring for return to power, which means that
they will capitalize dissatisfaction, unrest, and opposition to Wil
son's progressive program as a means of regaining reactionary con
trol of the Republican party.
It seems Incredible that after the destruction of Taft, standgatism
would be so bold and uncompromising. It is, however, only a re
manifestation of the reckless courage with which the Barnes-Root-Penrose
forces met the Roosevelt issue at and after the Chicago
convention in 1912. No bolder game was ever played In the history
of American politics.
In 1912 the reactionaries of republicanism In the face of the
overwhelming verdict in primary states against them, grimly opposed
progress! veism among the masses of the party, in utter disregard of
the fact that such a course foreshadowed almost certain defeat at
the polls. They refused to surrender although the primaries showed
that the Republican macses favored progresslveism by two or' three
to one. "
They looked upon progresslveism as populism.' They still view
the aspirations of the people for a voice in government, as. reflected
In the Wilson administration, as populistic and an assault upon the
rights' and special privileges of select business. If bold then, they
will be bolder now, because they know that to a certain extent they
can fool people with cheap and deceptive assaults upon the party
in power.
It means that there is a great struggle going on. not only with
in the Republican 'party but between the forces of reaction and pro
gresslveism throughout the nation. - ,
; Such a conflict in 1912 reduced the Republican party to a rem
nant. Its shattered regiments were able to carry but two states,
and took only third place at the polls. Men who stood -with the
party for a generation broke away and voted the Democratic or Pro
gressive tickets. ' v
After such a result, it would seem that standpatism would be less
aggressive and less compromising. But it is not. The rewards that
come to powerful interests through the reactionary txmtroV ef gov
ernment are a great stake to play for. It gives reckless courage
and undaunted purpose to those who are its beneficiaries.
If anybody doubts what its purpose is, there is" Penrose. There
is Foraker. There is Cannon. .
The grand march of the field marshals of reaction Is on. The
brigadiers are coining back from exile.
ishment for the misdeeds of big
business and the enactment of the
pending bills properly strengthened
will help accomplish that result.
A fraction of the many hundreds
of millions which have been con
fiscated can still be recovered by
the defrauded share-holders if they
will band togehter to enforce res
titution and protection for the fu
ture, he predicted.
In the meantime, said he:
We can do our share toward reas
suring; the civilized world that we
are not a nation of freebooters and
that we have sufficient capacity for
self government left to end the cor
ruption and lawlessness of high
finance.
HINDU IMMIGRATION
T
HE East India Immigration
question is again acute in
British Columbia. There re
cently arrived at Vancouver
five hundred Hindus who have
been refused landing by the do
minion authorities.
Tlu: Hindus demand the right
to land as British citizens, and In
I lie controversy is involved domin
ion and imperial interests. Out of
the incident may come a final set
tlement of an Issue which has
been postponed since 1 1 0 7 when
immigration from India began on
a large scale- The Indian govern
ment undertook to discourage the
movement and an Order-in-Counc.il
in Canada excluded any newcomer
who arrived otherwise than bv a
continuous Journey.
This was an Indirect way of ex
eluding the Hindus as there was
no direct steamship communica
tion with India.
Later this order was annulled by
ChTef Justice Hunter as ' "ultra
vires" and to secure time for con
isideration, Canada temporarily bus
pended all labor immigration into
British Columbia.
Now that the matter has again
been brought to an issue it will
be interestins to watch its settle
ment or evasion.
It hardly seems possible, though.
that the most rabid imperialist
will abandon a policy of Canada
for the white man for a theory of
empire.
NO CITY OF MOURNING
w
K ARE house cleaning for
Rose Festival week. We
are repairing the streets
for the visitors.
What about the for sale signs?
What about the for rent cards
prominent' on many a Portland res
idence?
Is it well to give the visitors the
impression that most of Portland
Is for sale, and the rest for rent?
What's the good of a Rose Festival
if the coming guests are to get the
impression after a ride about-the
city that a large part of Portland
wants to sell out and go some
where else?
Portland's for sale signs belie
her. She Is a rich, growing and
potential city. She Is prosperous
and expanding-. She will probably
do more general business in 1914
than she ever did before.
But her for sale signs depict her
as a city of mourning. They adver
tise her population as ready to
head for Pike's Peak or some other
spot just as ' soon as a sale can
be effected. With one of these
FROM EXILE
ever sinee the days of Greeley,
signs grinning at him as he turns
every corner the average Rose
Festival visitor is likely to get the
creeps and at once vote Portland
a dead town.
Why send out glittering litera
ture inviting the homeseeker to a
town that bristles with for sale
signs like a graveyard with tomb
stones? Why summon the sur
rounding people to come to Port
land and be happy at the Rose Fes
tival when they c;nnot be happy
with fofeale posters constantly re
minding them of former t great
ness, of ghosts, of yesterdays,
of morgues, and of dead things?
Cannot the for sale and for
rent signs on spick and span Port
land homes be taken down for one
brief week?
A BOY'S LIFE
1'
F YOU have left your books
at home, go back and get
them," said Miss Edith Scott,
school teacher, Rutherford.
New Jersey, to William Holmes,
thirteen.
The boy trudged back home,
walked upstairs to his room. Then
his mother heard a shot. She hur
ried upstairs and found the boy
oead. On the floor lay an old pis
tol. The bullet entered the child's
right temple and emerged near the
right ere. The mother thinks it
was an accident.
May be it was an accident. May
be not. In the mind of the sen
sitive, unthinking child, the teach
er's words may have aroused an
uncontrollable impulse, and a
childhood suicide have been the
product. Such things have oc
curred before and may transpire
again.
- But whether accident or not, the
result is the same. The old pistol
was in the room upstairs. It took
the boy's life. That was what it
was made for.
IN THE PHILIPPINES
M
ANY and great are the
changes coming "over the
Philippines under American
occupation. B. Finley John
son, associate justice of the su
preme court of the islands, who is
on a visit to Portland, 13 quoted
as saying:
Neyer in the history' of the archi
pelago have property -and life been
more secure and never has Justice
been so equitably administered.
When the occupation begin there
were from 60,000 to" 80,000 wild
mountaineers, but today,, says Mr
Johnson, head hunting and tribal
wars are practically at an end.
It will be recalled that some
time ago when the Wilson admin
istration succeeded and. Commis
sioner Dean C. Worcester was re
called the latter made charges that
slavery was common among the
tribesmen;
Five committees were appointed
by the Philippine Assembly to in
vestigate the charges of the super
seded commissioner. '
The reports of these committees
do not sustain Mr. Worcester.
They assert that most of the names
of non-Christians alleged as sold
in Mr. Worcester's , report do not
exist and those which do exist pre
sent no indication of being reared
as slates or even peons.
, In the regions Inhabited by
Moros ' and other non-Christian
tribes there have been some cases
of sale of human beings, the par
ties to which hare been prosecuted.
Yet the relation of these alleged
slaves, says the report, has In no
way been . of such a kind as the
African slavery in the United
States. . There have been a few
domestic servants who served with
out pay but were considered as
members of the family and often
assisted to establish their own
homes. " ' . . .
American tourists 'spend $108,-
000,000 yearly motoring' and sight
seeing In Europe and other foreign
lands notwithstanding the most
beautiful scenery in the world is
In the Pacific - Northwest This
will be more generally realized
when the Columbia River and the
Pacific- Highways are completed.
Discovery has been made that
the Oregon Workmen's Compensa
tion law makes no provision for
those who work in beauty shops.
Probably the blue sky law would
apply. At any rate it is suggested
that the hazard comes in not for
the employe, but for those who are
patrons.
Letters From the People
4 Communism Hons tent te Tbe Journal tut
pnbUcaUoB la this department aboiild be writ
tea OD only OB alda nt tha nam ahtmld nut
icced BOO 'word to leoxib and must b ac
companied bjr tbe oam and addlv of the
eoda. If tb write doe not dealr lo
" e name pabljahed. be aboald no atate.)
"Discussion fa tbe gmreet et all reform
era. it ratlonaUsea every tbing It touches. It
rob principles of all false sanctity d
tbrowa them back on tbelr reasonableness. It
tbey bar do reasonableness. It ruthlessly
erasbes tbem cut of existence cd sU bb Ite
ewa conclusions la tbelr stead." Woudrew
The Bible on Strong Drink. .
Portland, May 28. To the Editor of
Ths Journal Osborne Yates' Bible Is
minus It subject-index and concord
ance, or the texts which he quoted in
substance only, were resurrected from
the memory of some bygone day when
he read or heard them.
There is one text which a liquor
house in Portland used not long ago as
an advertisement, causing comment It
ia in Paul's first letter to Timothy,
chapter 6, verse 23: "Be no longer a
drinker of water, but use a little wine
for thy stomach's sake and thine often
infirmities." This was before the mod
ern brews and distillations were in
vented. Christ turned .water into wine
at a wedding feast, but no one is fool
ish enough to contend that it was. a
kind that would cause men to make
fools of themselves.
The scriptures do distinctly com
mand abstinence from wine and strong
drink. This is easily found if one will
remember that "abstain" is not the
only word with a prohibitory meaning.
The scriptures are: To the priests in
temple service. Lev. 10:9; to the Naz
arites, in Num. 6:3; to tbe mother of
Samson, in Judges 13:14. and to John
the Baptist, in Luke 1:15. Christ, who
"never interfered with the laws and
customs of his day," according to. Mr
Yates, interfered rather strenuously
with some customs, but came "not to
destroy the law or the prophets." He
added to the warnings of those men of
God, notably Luke, 21:34. In Isaiah,
5:11-14 and 22, and Proverbs. 20:1.
and 31:3-7, the prophet and the king
sketch the evils o strong drink. Paul,
who, before the scientists discovered
that alcohol is a narcotic poison, ad
vised young Timothy as I have quotej,
gave some good advice to the Romans
in Romans, 13:13, to some Greeks In
Kphesians, 6:18, and in other letters
condemned drunkenness.
Two good examples of abstinence are
found in Jer. ST., ajid Daniel, 1:8-17.
The teachings of Christ are mani
fest in accord with the two greatest
commandments MUt. 22:36-40). and
who but a booze advocate will attempt
to twist these into the Justification of
the present day saloon and the devil
ish power behind it! If Mr." Yates
went to -Sunday school last Sunday and
studied the uniform lesson of the In
ternational association, he read in
Luke, 17:1: "And he (Christ) said
unto his disciples: "It is Impossible,
but that occasions of stumbling should
come; but woe untd him, through
whom they come." Then read the fol
lowing verse.. Compare this with what
Paul says in Romans, 14:21. In the
face of the' record of the ages as to
the effect of alcoholic drink, there is
not a living person who can Inject
boose into his or her system, or advo
cate such, and truthfully contend that
he or she is not living the "stumbling
block life." Liquor may become neces
sary to the sot, but woe to the oni
who Invites the man of tomorrow to
follow in his footsteps.
Finally, to the dispenser: llabakkuk,
2:15, "Woe unto him that glveth his
neighboridrlnk, to thee that addest
thy vendnJ. and maketh him drunken
also that thou mayest look on thetr
nakedness." There are two kinds of
nakedness that of the brothel, a child
of the liquor traffic, and that of the
fallen man of strength and his out
raged family.
These scripture quotations are from
the American Standard Version.
R. M. SPEELMAN.
Takes Drink, but Is Pro-Dry.
Portland. May 27. To the Editor of
The Journal I have no scruples
against taking a drink, and I do so
when I- feel like it Liquor has never
hurt me personally, perhaps because
I am one of thOBe "strong willed" fel
lows Mrs. Duniway lauds; but If any
slight self denial on my part will make
t;ie life of a single little child bright
er, then I'm, glad to make the denial,
and that's why I'm going to help vote
Oregon dry. The fact Is, it will not
be one Oregon child that will be made
happier,, but thousands of them. 'Any
woman who advocates the present day
saloon' system is either at variance
with her sex or she lives on some JilM
top and' has no realization of the mi
asma in the valley. Let her go out
for awhile and study social conditions,
and If she has a heart and a con
science she will soon know there is
only one way to apply the golden rule
in, t.iis matter, and. that Is by voting
dry.
There is only one argument against
prohibition worthy of consideration.
and that is tnat it may work a hard
ship financially upon some people.
Why don't the wets come out! frankly
and say uiat tney value a dollar mora
than they do a home? Wets can prate
all they want to about more booe
being sold in dry, territory. If 'that
were true, they would all want the
double benefit of increased consump
tion ana no license fee. My business
has caused me to roam about the dry
towns of Oregon a bit and I never
could find a stray glass of beer.
"Personal liberty!" Yes, we will
all' be manacled -.slaves if we cun't get
a drink when we want it. '.I've never
felt like rushing Into print because I
can't get a dose of cocaine without a
doctor's permit nop- because I can't
emoke and spit on the street car.
. . -$- -
A FEW SMILES
The conversation i was about the
bright saying of the rising genera
tion, and Congressman George F. Bur-
gees of Texas was re- " I
minded of an incident
that happened in a
public school.
One day the teach
er was instructing a
class of youngsters
In geography, and. to
this end she told them
to close their books while- she asked
a few questions about the lesson. .
"Johnny." said she. beginning with
a bright faced youngster, "what is the i
name of the principal river in Egypt?"
"The. Nile." was the easy reJolnert
of Johnny
That's right." returned the teacher,
encouragingly. "Now. please give me
me name oi me rsues smaller iriou-
taries."
"Juveniles." Miss Mary," answered
Johnny. i
. .
Mr. Black swore off
Mrs. Black-
(and poor Mrs. Brown
lis heartbroken.
Mrs flrea-n. Or-
(clous sakes! Why?
r-4o
.wo wl.j i
pons of a mahogany
I
buffet Puck
"My son's got a fine, job." said old ,
Bill Smith. "He's saving money fast '
"What is he doing?"
"He's a night
printer sir," Bill an
swered. "Oh, a fine
Job. He work at
night yid saves his
lodgin'srand then he
sleeps, all day and
saves his food."
Someone says they will be making us
men stop smoking next. Well, if any
one will show me that tobacco makes
a man kick hia wife and children out
into the rain to sleep. I'll vote to have
that prohibited if I get a chance. I've
a neighbor who makes a practice of
KiCKing his family out. rain or shine.
every payday, because he has a Jag on
as regular as the pay caeck comes.
"By their fruits ye shall know
them," is a pretty good rule to apply
in testing a thing. When I apply this
test to the well seasoned product that .
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n.o oaiuvuKeeper turns out it doesn't hopes, undoubtedly, are the same which
look good to me I encouraged us to undertake the work
vote dry, Ella M. Finney, M-f lof international sympathy born of the
Duniway and Mr. Saloonkeeper, an 1 desire that civilization in America be
give the hungry, care-old children and j not interrupted by war."
heartbroken wives of your state a while the incidents of the day are
cjance, even though it may flatten belne discussed. While arguments are
some pocketbooks a little. ( De)ng developed around new hints and
11. R. DAVIS. i suggestions and various questions of
' detail, U Is Imperative that we should
The Saloon and Altruism. keep this great dorumatlng thought in
Oregon City, May 28. To the Editor j mind. If evy- there was a case in
of The Journal There are many let- ' which the methods of pettifoging al
ters in Th Journal anln.t nrnhihi I to'rneys were a nauseating offense this
ters in me Journal against prohibi- - j ,8 Rea, difficulties must
tion, and every one of them has one or j be m'et nothing that Is fundamental
more weak spots. I cannot but be- 1 can possibly be ignored, but a cackling
lieve that nearly every one Is written over difficulties and an insistence on
by self-interested parties, or by par- ; the impossibility of solving certain
ties paid for their services by the sa- problems is not proof of shrewd prac
loon interests. In the Journal of Mav ' ticabtlity and superior common sense.
22 one letter says: "We assert that It introduces a wholly- false note. It
the saloon is one of the most altruistic Is false to the practical purpose of the
institutions of American birth." Think conference as well as to its spirit
of it: "Altruistic" (devotion to others
or to humanity, the opposite of selfish- Pile anomaly upon anomaly, logic
ness). How can any s&ne person that j upon logic, and the overshadowing ln
has ever been around saloons maka fluenee is that of an inspiring inter-
such an assertion? s A person is very :
soon snubbed If he even sits around in ' hearts and stir the imagination oi men
a saloon, unless h patronises the- bar. j as few things have in the world's his
and let a man that has been drinking i tory. If the situation is unprece
and has lost all his money come Into a dented, so much the better. History is
saloon, and if there is no hope of get- full of bad precedents as regards the
vr.ti win ' retationa between nations and the es-
soon se how much friendship is shown
to him. He will get kicked out. I
once knew a man that had spent a
small fortune In the saloons, and after
v. n u.. a v.- w.j
haustcd his credit, he told me he met
on the sidewalk one day the saloon
keeper that he had spent the most of
his money with, and the saloonkeeper,
richly clad and gold 'headed cane,
and with head in the air, and
he would nat look at his old cus
tomer but passed hlni by like a dosr.
This man said to me, "This made me
think what a fool 1 had been, to allow
a business of that kind to rob me of
ull m r mmiev " A nrl tben when it wa t
too late, he said
I never will drink
another drop of liatior." And he did
not. "The saloon, the most altruist!"
institution in the wo
world!" Think of it!
K HIC1NBOTHAM.
UKORGK
I liusual : Views on Liquor.
Portland, May 27 To the Editor of
The Journal Concerning the Question
of prohibition I wmjld say that patri
otic citizens are willing to sacrifice
their lives for their country". Citizens
who believe liquors are a detriment to
the nation will vote dry, even though
their lives are cut short on account of
not being able to procure it when
reeded es medicine. For if the good
of the individual stands In the way
of the good of the nation, so much
the worse for the individual.
This talk of personal liberty is all
bunk. An individual has no liberties;
that interfere with the public rights,
and every man ia his brother's keeper.
and what anybody does, is everybody's
business.
Personally, I would either have pro
hibition, or take the internal revenue
off and let all make and sell it who
wished. We should either get on the
sea or shore: the great danger lies
where the sea and the snore meet.
. I believe if liquor were running in
thestreet gutters the people would
not drink so much as they do now, and tn clearly an accomplice witn iawneu
It would certainly kill the treating ' ness. - K- t"KANK
habit. : P. W. BR1TTS. I
Says Traffic Is Lawless.
Reedville. Or., May 27. To tbe Ed
itor of The Journal The liquor traf
fic not only tries to put to nought the
prohibitory law in dry territory, but
it tramples upon the laws regulating
it in the wet territory. What would A.
S. Ruth do repeal those laws and let
the liquor men run the country? In
a town In Nebraska they passed an
ordinance compelling saloons to re
move curtains from their window..
They removed tiem, but in placa of
the curtains tbey put In a false par
tition to bar the view. Clearly an
evasion of the spirit of - th law.
Legitimate business needs no con
cealment from the : public eye,. Any
thing carried on as a business be
hind darkened windows is not Just
right. A mother and a wife pleading
with a saloonkeeper not to sell a son
or husband any liquor generally is
told to mind her own affairs, as the
saloonkeeper pays license and will seH
to whomever he pleases. When a busi
ness is conducted Jn such, a manner
that it becomes a public offence it
Is high time, to kill It out. When a
business begdna to place the burden
of sorrow and suffering upon defense
less women and children. It is high!
tune for American manhood and wom
anhood to assert themselves with suf
ficient force to throttle the business.
Prohibition, or no prohibition, the
liquor traffic always is found violat
ing laws. If a person through the
use of liquor commits .crime, we hav
la right to forbid him to ak it If
I the liquor traffic does not live within
I th bounds of decency and the law, we
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PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGS
Xo bft bappy 8aUsfactorily, be and
do good.
a
And not a bie wool man utterly
I "mined" yet
! There will be a great abundance oi
rcees as usual.
Biessfuf, approaching June; not an
election in it
X7A . . I V. A. . Dm,....), a,....,,.
in' inZ
auaiences.
How much, can Roosevelt revive the
F regressive party?
Very young things are the chief Joy
of 8ms old Peop'e. .
Make Uie Columbia highway a fine
one, while aoout it.
.
Few would object to some warm
ra,ns before Festival week.
If all the Smiths vote for Smith
they will help considerably.
The objectors to taxes are not all
persons who pay -more than they
sr.OUId.
There could be but one Rose Fes-
lt,vaI ouepn. though all the contestants
queen, th
fully fit.
were
I The June brides will if possible be
f" i than ever: may there be more
of them, and all be happy ev.er after.
The stores, shops and saloons may
not ne aulte as busy as at some times.
but the reason is a good one; ride
out. In the country and notice how busy
tn rural workers are.
Perhaps the newly nominated mem
bers ot the . legislature are beginning
to think that reducing taxes will not
oe so easy as tney seemed to con-
siaer before tne primaries.
The infinitely numerous members of
the animal kingdom have their Phy
sical feelings, or course; but may they
not also have their prejudices and
passions, loves and hates, retrograda
iionar and reforms, even their religions,
much the same as we humans?
AN INSPIRING INTERNATIONAL DRAMA
Fr'omHhe Chicago Record-Herald.
" Your "hopes," said Ambassador Da
n.m. 1m vf oi1ilaa n-f wclrnm, tr the
representatives of Mexico and the
united States at Niagara Falls, "your
national drama that should warm the
tablishment of a new one such as is
j now outlined would .bring a tra n of
many blessings. The twists of logic,
j the fear of Inconsistencies w 11 amount
1 to nomine if the objoct indicated can
i be attained, since that is of surpass-
WHEN "MONEY IS EASY, BUT CREDIT NOT"
By John M. Oskison.
Does it seem a contradiction to Vou
when a prominent financier says that
"money is easy, but credit is not?" I
confess that at first I did not see the
logic of such a statement a state
ment made to describe conditions
! Which have marked the first quarter of
n, v, 1914
I This man meant that throughout tne
1 country there was plenty of money
! available lor investment and short-
time lOiins, but that the owners or tne
money have been extra careful In let
tin H iro on loans, and timid about
exchanging It for securities except of
the higheAt grade.
Merchants who wanted loans to en
large their business have; been fre
quently disappointed; big corporations
that needed money to extend their
operations have not been abl to get
nearlv ss much aa they wanted; new
companies have had to wait for a more
optimistic spirit to come upon money
owners before starting in; and the
banks have tightened their P"rs,
strings against borrowers who couldn t
show unquestioned soundness in the
matter of assets, or who seemed to
want to borrow more than their state
ments warranted.
Meanwhile, of course, the great Vol
ume of dividends and Interest pgy-
have a Hgtit to crush It Tie people
still rule, and if a majority of the peo-
' nt vntn liquor out or Oregon ha
i November it will be put out and any
j person knowing of any violation i
.such law who does not report the ract
Inhibition, or Prohibition.
Tortland, May 2.-To the F.dltor of
The Journal The merits and demerits
of prohibition are being arranged,
spelling school fashion, until one side
or the other is spelled down. The
word itself implies force or compul
sion, which always stirs up a rebel
lious instinct, and naturally so, as
force is not the'element best calculated
to bring forth the highest phases of
human cha'fecter and is subversive of
individuality.
Did man understand that there is a
way of living that knows no regret,
no pain of remorse, no sting of sensed
degradation, no loss of power, of abil
ity, of respectability, he would seek
that way. If he knew that by sustain
ing his health, by maintaining Integ
rity of habits, by living every bour. as
he really does, in the sight of men and
women from whom he cannot hide any
act or deed, who are morally because
spiritually capable of Judging his ex
act value as a cosmic factor; if be
knew he was simply prolonging and
intensifying his unhapptness and de
creasing his efficiency, adding misery
to this life, extending the time ana
multiplying tbe difficulties attendant
upon, development In spirit life, he
would not be found in the ranks of
those whom a class 6f would-be re
formess seek to force under the yoke
of prohibition that cannot accomplish
the real reformation that these ideal
ists suppose it capable of.
The trials ot prohibition have proved
its inadequacy to prohibit. This - Is
because of its unnaturalness. It ls of
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
-Ph. annual flatskanie rOS ShOW
will be given, under the auspices of
the Presbyterian Ladies aio. ra
urday. June 13.
w
Randnn'a Commercial club is distrib
uting 5000 copies of a 12 page folder
illustrative of Bandon and th sur
rounding country.
w
The Fort Rock correspondent of the
8llver Lake Leader says settlers are
raDtdlv taktnor ud the lands recently
opened la that district and in a short
time very mtie oi any miia wm ot
left
Investigation of Condon hotels hav
ing shown inadequate fire protection,
IMstriet Attorney Weinke has ordered
the proprietors to equip each room
with l half inch matiila rope with
knots a foot apart, and that it must
reach from the room to the ground.
Newport correspondence Toledo
Leader: Some complaint is made about
the people destroying the beautfrul
rhododendron bushes that are so at
tractive to the people who come to the
sea shore. To prevent this wanton de
struction - of the bushes the Newport
Commercial club appointed a commit
tee to prevent, if possible, this destruc
tion. The lfallas Observer thus describes a
rare zoological specimen: "Mrs. James
Mayors is the possessor of a snow
white squirrel, captured in the woods
near Rock Creek by Mr. Mayors, and
is the only specimen of its kind ever
seen in this locality, and probably in
the state. The animal is slightly
larger than a chipmuck, and has pink
eyes that are pronounced pretty.
' Hopeful view expressed by the Her
mlston Herald: "If anyone doubts our
getting just as good railroad service
after the cut-off is built as now. Just
watch the trains for a week. See the
great quantity of freight handled every
ilav. Notice the large amount of ex
press both incoming and outgoing.
Count the passengers that get off or
on. No company is going to overlook
such a volume of business. Railroad
men have said all Hermiston will lose
is the through trains, which never
stop here anyway."
lng Importance. Let us have an ami
cable settlement with pacification and
there will be a "definite triumph of
civilization over war in this hemis
phere, not a fleeting triumph but. tri
umph for all time. That is the ideal
that this conference at Niagara Falls
may make a reality.
The mediators from Brazil, Argenti
na and Chile personily three powerful.
progressive- nations that have had the'r
baptism of blood and that are now de
veloping as it Is hoped Mexico may
develop. Manifestly they are deeply
Impressed by their mission, are pre
pared to go far beyond the precedents,
are heartened by splendid visions.
They are not meeting .to divide the
spoils of conquest after a devastating
war, as has been done so often, but
they are meeting to repel war, to es
tablish both domestic peace and Inter
national peace upon everlasting foun-
dations. The countries thev represent
and the United States and Mexico may
give an example of arbitration that
will set a new standard for the world.
Out of this conference may come a
policy that will release two continents
from the menace of war and greatly
reduce its burdens.
As the quibblers. the logicians who
crvllt hairs the exnerts in technicali
ties, revel in their complications if'
should be the will of the two conti
nents that whatever has been said and
whatever has been dono "the work of
international sympathy born of the de -
sire that civilization In America be not
interrupted by war" shall be carried
through to Just such a glorious conclu-
elon. For all the-nations concerned
Ambassador Da Gama has spoken the
fitting word.
ments have continuf-d month after
month; the savings banks are full of
money; and. In New York, borrowers
of money f"r use from day to day,
who offer first class security, have
been paying anywhere from 2 percent
to 4 per cent they have found money
"eay." '
For the Investor a time like tlila
.. J.riM. . ...... T f , 1.1,., 0nt t
Ui I ri o a 'til ill! rj l linn' ... v v ,.. . , . . .
list of the sound corporations which f was produced they would
are in n-ed of further financing ami Wltl'"1' hirmli.il anyone. Mr.
which are "living from hand .!'""!'" th-m he would have
mouth." He will find that their se- I aklast prepaid lor them but m,
curities (stocks and bonds) ere sell- ! ,8j no nioi.ey. as he uev er kept any st
t liiitiii m d c-ikii it I air t 1 1 at ii n kiA I t Is1 (iin
lng at a price under their normal
value.
You see, the price of a corps-ration's
stock depends a good deal on the out
look for the future as well an upon
the statement It Is able to make at
the time. In a period when credit Is
difficult and operations are curtailed
.... .. .'
many stockholders get discouraged
and sell; the price of stock goes down.
irn credit becomes -mv" Hia
outlook for the business Is brighter.
buyers are attracted, and the price
of the stock goes up again. ,
Such movements are logical and
Inevitable; you may profit by taking
advantage of them. But confine your
study absolutely to the sound busi
nesses. the genus of obstructive activities
known as "the antagonisms of blind
force."
What then shall be done? Develop
the highest and best. Lead rather
than coerce. Disdain the cultivation
of the evil by constantly harping upon
It. Increase the good by emphasizing
It; enlarge opportunities for doing and
being good; cultivate association, the
nobler with the lesser; try the real
things of life: draw out the best; help
those beggared In heart and in under
standing; be a brother's keeper, not
to compel, but to draw out; offer
human sympathy instead of Pharisai
cal condemnation, tjeek tie ral ideal
ism; the old one of force has too long
been in practice. So Phall a true re
form come that will Inhibit Instead of
prohibit, for all good must come from
within. MARY ALICE CONG DON.
The Ragtime Muse-
It's Always the Way.
Mary Kniith and Johnny Jones,
in a country town remote.
Vowed with soulful sighs and moans,
Kach did on the other dote.
Went to church on Sunday morn.
Then strolled through the cemetery.
Danced, were giddy, gay, forlorn.
- Till John up and married Mary.
Reginald De Puyster Hcadds
bought fair Susie Bullion's heart;
Both of them had wealthy dads.
So they both went in for art,
Art's a splendid subfrfuge
For young folks with love's dream
woozy.
Opportunities are hug
Reggie up and married Susie.
Jjoesn't matter where you are.
Doesn't matter what you do
Politics or trade or war.
Art and all the others, too;
Everything has but one use.
Kach one burden has to carry;
Life is Just a lam excuse
For young folks to up and marry.
IN EARLIER DAYS
Bjr Fred Locfcler.
"Some people could travel around -the
world and never have anything
happen. Others can hardly go ft day's iS
Journey without meeting an adven
ture," said Alonso Perkins, who, with I
his wife, Samantha Jenkins Perkins,
lives In Karit Portland. "I don't Know r
that 1 have ever hunted adventures,
but adventures have seemed to hunt
me.
"While a soldier in the Mexican war
I became lost from my command whils
cut hunting, and was taken In by a
Catholic priest. While his ' guest 1
was out fishing on a lake nearby and
rescued a young woman from drown-7
lng. 1 baled out the boat, and we
started for her home at the other,end
of .he lake. Soon we came lit- sight of
one of the old style southern man
sions, located in a grove of live oak
and pecan trees. Inez Consoles, the
younn woman I had rescued from
drowning, said as we approached tbe
shore: Here comes father." 1 beached
the boat and helped Ines out. Her
father was evidently greatly surprised
to see his daughter dripping wet and a
stranger In the uniform of the United
States equally wet. -He turned to his
daughter and said. 'Daughter, what
has happened?1
"She introduced nie to her father and
explained how I had happened to be
on band so opportunely when her boat,
overturned. 1 explained that 1 was '
waiting for the arrival at the ford
across the Ttio Grand of the second
detachment or General Wool's army,
so I could rejoin the troops. Mr. Con- .
sales inslstea that I make my home
with them until the arrival of the
troops. tie as a man of striking
appearance. He had gray hair, a
strong face and was possibly 60 years
old. He was one of the most affable
and courteous men I ever met. As a
matter of form I declined the Invita
tion, but my refusal was a haif-heartad
one. and when Inez added, her Invita
tion to that of her father, 1 accepted
their hospitality.
"Ines was taken in charge by the
housekeeper, while her father took me
to the guest room and opening a closet
told m to make my own choice of
clothes to replace my wet uniform. I
soon rejoined Mr. Consoles. He told
ni briefly about himself and daugh
ter. He was of Spanish blood and bad
been raised in New Orleans. His wife
had been dead for some years, ines
was hia only child. He had come to
Texas some years before and purchased
2000 acres of land, on whleh h was
raising corn, cotton, onions,' cattle and
sheep. He employed an overseer and
the labor on the place was dons by
peons. He had a splendid team and a
carriage of English make, so every day
Inez and myself explored trie country
round her home.
"She had no use for the Mexicans,
and as she had no companions, she was
wild to go to New Orleans, Baltimore
Or some other American city. One
evening Mr. Oonzoles told me he would
move If he could dispose of his prop
erty, as conditions were so unsettled'
he fell it unsafe to remain where they
.were, lie ld the country wus overrun
by bands of guerillas, who' pillaged,
ravished and murdered the defenselens
settler st
"I had been there about 10 days
when word came to Mr. Oonzoles that
the second column of Wool's army
would be at the crossing of the Klo
Grande within two days While 1 was
anxious to lejoin the army, I did not
welcome the thought of leaving Inez.
It seemed as If .ill the rest f the
world didn't amount to much without
ilier. and 1 hat, -I to look forward, to. not
seeing her nni being with her. 1 told
j her I would have to ko nrxt day. 1
askd her if she cared if I went. Hllc
oidn't sny much, but sh.- didn't nee-i
j to. i knew from the way she looked
she cared a great d-:il.
1 left next day, but in a manner
wholly unexpected. Next morning ss
we were at breakfast we heard the
clatter of hoofs and a body of 60 or 80
horsemen galloped up the roadway and
halted in front of the house. The lead
er called out in Hpanisli for the master
of the house. Without a tn-inor of
fear, Mr. Oonzoles stcped out.' Inez
slaved near the open loor out of sight
and repeated In ICngllsh to me the con
versation, which ws In mlsh. The
leader said they wanted t'Ueir bresk-
! fast, and after that if a liberal sum
j V" '. ....,
jditlon of the country. The servants
were told to prepare breaklast, which
they did. After they had eaten the
leader said: M'tilcss you produce 11000
we will take you along and hold you
for ransom.'
"Mr. Oonzoles toj them he hsd no
' ..r....... u t Knn. a At -j lm,al frnm Iha
" - . , ,
"der. his turn seued Mr Oonzoles
; und myself, tied our hands tightly
behind our backs and stood with guns
ready to shoot If we attempted to
realist. lneK begged me not to offer
any resistance. The guerillas -sent
through the house thoroughly, taking
all of the silverware and Jewelry and
as much provisions as they could
carry. Then thev went to the stable
flnd picked out six of the best horses
and two saddles.
"My last glimpse of Inei was see
ing two of the servants carrying her
jn. hhe had fainted when she saw
us led out to be taken away. With
cur arms tied behind us and a rope
fastened around our necks, ws were
lied Hay by the horsemen. We trav
eled all day. About sunset, we cams
to a cluster of adobe huts surrounded
by a thbk wall about six feet high
with a wldo entrance having a heavy
ate. We entered and our arms, which
had long been numb, were untied. i
wan so completely exhausted that I
refused the food brought me and threw
myself on the floor and -was soon
asle.'-p.
Might Help Some. .
. In an Arkansas hotel in one of the
smaller towns a new colored cla-rk
stood behind the desk. A traveling
man entered and registered.
'.Sam. give tne a call for o'clock,"
lie ordered.
The clerk ran his eye down the call
sheet and saw that all the spares In
that column were taken. "Ah is sure
sorry, boss," he explained, "but all ds
o'clock calls done been taken. Ah
can glv. you ft! a call for 7 o'clock.-
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