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TI1K ROSK FESTIVAL
PORTLAND is in the midst of
the annual festival of roBes.
There are many strangers
within her gates. For each,
there is a mrtst hospitable welcome.
The city's dooiH are ajar. The
city's mood is one of open house
and a generous good fellowship.
' At the trains thore are' commit
tees from many locai organizations.
At the hotels, thre arf other com
mittees from Portland societies.
Thelr' mission is to make the ar
riving strangers welcome. With
roses and badges that designate
the visitors and signalize them as
entitled to a general' and. generous
attention, tho at raiders are made
to know that Portland is a hos
pitable entertainer and a well be
haved host. -.
At no other festival has Port
land been in bo democratic a mood.
Terhaps, tho change to a democratic
form of management of the Rose
Festival h:is helped. Perhaps, the
universal temper oi' the times is
one of good will among men.
In any event, credit tor a most
auspicious opening of this latest
festival la due to President Colt,
Manager Baker, the hoard of con
trol, and to every organization that
helped to fashion and participated
in the new plan of promoting the
annnal festival.
Nor must there be lack of credit
to the committees of local socie
ties, to the RosariniiH. , and to ever;
individual' In Portland who is ex
tending cordiality and good fel
low ship to the city's guests.
if there were no other features,
good will for and attention to our
guests will make the festival a
real festival.
TIIK II AKYK.HTKIt Till ST
T
iIIK Federal Supremo Court has
sustained the lower court in
ousting the harvester trust
from Missouri and has af
firmed the $25,0'00 fine, imposed
by the Missouri courts for a viola
tion of the state's anti-trust laws.
In connection with the trust
some Interesting figures are con
tained in the recent report to
stockholders of the International
Harvester Company of New Jersey.
According to this report the net
prollt for the season of 1913 was
$7,915,525 "of which $4,100,000
was paid out in stock dividends.
The remainder was placed in the
surplus fund whieh stood at $19,
60S, 797, December 31, 1913.
The total sales of machines, re
pairs and twine for the year 1913
to the trade in the United States
amounted to $66,699,000..
In its industrial accident fund
the company had a balance of
$458,526. Out of the funds of the
emplpyes benefit association there
were paid in, benefits $310,524.
The " capital stock of the com
pany is $70,000,000 of which $30,
000,000 Is preferred. stock, there
is .no bonded indebtedness.
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IN EUROPE
ACCORDING to cable advices
from Paris Senator Ribot has
" accepted the premiership and
has formed a new cabinet.
It is understood that the cabinet
favors the three year military ser
vice- law. n fact it is difficult
to see how any ministry which re
pudiated the measure could expect
to live. It is. perhaps, the most
popular of all the proposals of
President Poincare.
Tbe French national spirit -Is in
iavor or matting sacrmces to up
hold, honor and independence in
the face of heavily armed Germany.
The whole question is bound up
Jn that of .European peace. Russia
" Is credited with having increased
her army to an extent that has
alarmed Germany, who put a epe
. ciaT tax on her people to meet the
Russian advance.
France then took alarm at the
. German increase and accepted the
heavy blood-tax of a three year
term. If now Germany should
speed up again td offset the final
effort of the French what would
France do?
Russia will undoubtedly continjoe
. to strengthen her jforees and. every
time she cuts a day oft the time
required for her strength to be
felt on the eastern', frontier ' of
Germany, Germany-1 loses a day
from the time she exnecta to crush
France, , Germany may feel . her
financial strain so greatly that she i brightening of the whole sodden
may conclude that .' if r war must j social horizon and . an economic
come she Is ' readier now than she r change in ; the redaction of middle
will fever be again. ' Or she may de-j men of great importance.- -
cide, to give the screw another turn By urban dwellers It can be em
andj rapidly increase her army, VV i ployed in a score of ways from the
Such a step as this last would I building of Garden Cities to the
find France at the end of her re-j regulation of the theatre. :,
sources of defense. ' She has al- '. If it does not yet foreshadow all
ready called to her colors; men of S, the bright altruistic achievements
far inf erior physical condition to j contemplated In the Utopias of the
the. i German' recruit. So If Ger-Jlast, century it does not carry us
many 'makes another . increase
France might easily decide to fight
at once. - r -
In the meantime the burden of
increasing armament grows heavier
on the taxpayer of Europe.
LKASK THE" LAKES
0
REGON. has a " most valuable
natural resource in Abert
and Summer lakes.
Their waters contain de
posits of salt, soda and potash of
great value. Some estimates place
the gross value at $80,000,000.
The process of recovery of these
natural elements is extremely eco- J
nomical. Pipe lines could carry j
them in solution at but a fraction )
of the coat of railroad transpor- j
tation to" tide water, where refin
ing works would reduce them to
marketable products.
As example in recovery of the
soda content of these lakes it is j
estimated that the refined product
could be extracted at a cost of
$2. per ton. Practically all the
soda markets are supplied by man
ufactured soda which costs $7 to
$9. per ton to produce.
These valuable deposits were
yielded by nature for the use and j
comfort of mankind. They ought
not to be capitalized for the pri
vate profit of a few men. They
ought not to be put under private
monopoly and their natural wealth
be absorbed by a small group.
There 1s effort to secure con
trol of these deposits. Various
companies and capitalists are after
them. They makf what seem to
be glittering offers for their pur
chase. They desire to get them for
nominal sums and after capitaliz
ing tbe resource which was created
for all society, proceed to tax the
people unrestrictedly for the prod
ucts. It is the old plan under
which there is a constant shifting
of the burden by the few upon the
many, by the rich upon the poor.
There are experts who 5an ar
rive at a close calculation of tbe
value of these deposits; There is
a way to protect this natural re
source from diversion into private
pockets.
Let the men who want to de
velop the properties enter into a
proper contract with the state.
?he economies of the location are
such that first of all in the devel-!
opment there can be an eight-hour
day for labor. There can be bet
ter wages, than .thos usually paid
labor in that industry. There can
be a lower price to consumers for i
the product. There can be a prop- i
er royalty to the state under which
there will be a Just compensation
for the state's title.
Finally, there can be for the
men who are trying to secure con
trol, an adequate profit on the cap
ital and endeavor they apply In the
processes of development. It can
all be done without permitting pri
vate capitalization of the national
wealth that the Creator placed "in
nature for the benefit of all man
kind.
It is the business way of utiliz
ing these lakes and until there is
atich a solution, the lakes should I
remain in possession of the people,
COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY
A
PICTURESQUE phase in
American social history is
being commemorated this
week in the centennial cele
bration of the anniversary of New
Harmony, Indiana, the seat of
three communistic enterprises.
The brigfn'al 'settlement was by
the followers' of George Raap, a
native of Wurtenberg. Germanv.
ed by ideals of socialism and of ;
literal conformity to the precepts
of the Bible. The colony was for
a time a thrifty one holding 27,000
acres in common, with mills,
schools and a museum.
It was followed by a society
ld by Robert Owen in 1825.
To this organization succeeded
a family of societies which became
known as , the ten lost tribes of
communism and gradually disinte
grated, . ;
. After fifty years' existence as
the capital and epitom of cooper
ation in the United States, New
Harmony relapsed into the normal
and conservative community it
now is.
Among the speakers at the cele
bration was former President Taft,
who, in his address yesterday said:
The most notable experiment, that
of Robert Owen, failed as alllsocial-
ism must ran, because it found no
suDsutute ror the motive essential
to arouse and make constant ihuman
effort that is furnished', by the in
stitution or private property and the
shaping of a "reward by competition
and natural economic ad justmept.",
While communistic enterprises in
the United States have. been, fail
ures they have ha& their, effect In
directing attention to-the. ideals of
communal living. The steady tide
of cooperative activity, says the
Evening Post, of New York, in
which we find ourselves a century
after the founding of New Har
mony represents not at attempt at
social revolution nor: the superpos
ing of an ideal upon an unready
population, but a logical, steady
growth from below
In industry it
promises to justify John Stuart
Mill's hopes for tbe blurring of the
line between capital and labor.
la rural - affairs U offers a
Into, social dangers nor into a fool's
paradise.. --'v .
A NATIONAL OMEN
T
HE announcement that ; the
estimated American wheat
crop is to reach 900,000000
bushels has an important
bearing on national life.
The tide has ' apparently turned
in i the decline of the yield per
acre of American" wheat fields. The
estimated ;yield of winter wheat
for 1914 is 18.1 bushels against
16.5 per acre in 1913.
The larger, total for the country
is reflected this year in an. estimated
900 million bushels, against '753
millions in 1913 and 730 millions
in 1912. For several years befqre
that, the total did not touch the
700 million mark.
It unquestionably means that
the soil that had been depleted in
its fertility is being restored. It
means that tetter farm methods
are applied and a larger output
per acre secured. It also means
beyond doubt that every process on
American farms Is undergoing
change from haphazard and primi-
tive methods to enlightened en-
deavor, out of which better live
stock, better poultry, better book
keeping and better results are ob
tained. It is a part of th.e process
by which the colossal total of rQ
billion dollars worth of farm
products was produced in the
United States in 1913.
There is no 5 better "national
omen. Everybody depends for a
living on the soil. The great
manufacturing industries have
their place. Transportation plays
its great part in the general
scheme
But everything in the ultimate,
goes back to the soil. Mining is
of value but ore hodies play put.
l ne ricn deposits become - ex
hausted in -time. If taken care
i of, the soil never wears out. It
is the ricKest mine that was ever
worked. France is the banker na
tion of the world because she is
an agricultural nation. As James
J. Hill says, France was able to
say yes when England asked for
a loan of 175,000,000 because 8he
is a country of farmers.
The improvement of the soil is
our national safety valve. We are
multiplying in population far fast
er than we are multiplying our
farm products. Our consumption
is swiftly overtaking production.
and it is national defense when
; the broad acres of our farms are
In"easing the treasures that they
give to mankind.
CARRYING THE MAILS
T
HE bill regulating railway
compensation for carrying the
mails, which was prepared by
a commission headed by for
mer Senator Bourne of Oregon,
has been introduced in the House
of Representatives.
The bill marks a distinct de
parture from the present eysteni
by making the rates a matter of law
instead of departmental regulation
Congress is to fix the rates 6 defi-
nitely that they can not be modified
except by congressional action
Compensation is to be based ' on
space occupied instead of space and
weight. By doing away with the
quadrennial weighing of the mails
to determine average weight the
government will save about $400,-
000 a year.
"Under the present system the
railroads Teceive no extra compel
sation for excess growth of the
mail service during the four years
which follow the weighing. The
normal increase of the business is
about geven cent annum
Under the plan suggested in the
bill the railroads would receive
contemporaneous credit with their
performance of service. With this
plan in operation, the law specify
ing the rates, the possibility of dis
putes would be minimized. .
It has been a contention of the
railroads that they have been los
ing $15,000,000 -a year for some
time. The Postof fice Department
on the other hand declares they
have been overpaid $9,000,000.
The great transcontinental sys
tems are a unit in opposition to
the bill but It is urged in behalf
of the commission's measure that
it will equalize railway pay and
that the short roads which have
been the chief sufferers from un
derpayment will get their due,
while the transcontinental lines
will not suffer .an unreasonable re
duction.
Chairman Bourne estimates that
the proposed law will save the
government about $2,500,000 next
year, basing his estimate upon
what the railroads, presumably
would receive , under the last ap
propriation voted this service' by
Congress
After the invasion of the Mil
waukee Merchants' and Manufac
turers Association It can be easily
realized that the Wisconsin city
has many reasons for being fa
mous. Pinned under his overturned au-
i tomobile for - an- hour, with the
' motor in motion part of the time,
and with : gasoline from ' the
I machine trickling down on his
1 face. Judge A. S. Bennett's narrow
escape with his life on a '.country 1
road Sunday .( was ; almost miracu-1
lous. Ignition of. the gasoline
would have meant' a horrible fate,
and liow easy flames j could have
appeared is told in the plmost daily
narration of tragedies lof" the kind.
in the country. It is with' pro-;
found relief that Judge Bennett's5
many friends all over Oregon will
learn that he escaped with only
slight' injuries. ; . !'. ;
Letters From the; People
(Cotnmttnicatlona aunt to Th Jonroal for
publication in tbla department should be writ
ten oo only one aids of the- naner. abonid not
exceed 300 worda In leogtb and moat be v
wiupaumi oj ice eame ana aaareae or uie
aender. -If tbe writer doe not desire to
baTe the name pubUebed, be ahouJd eo atate.)
"Diar-ueaion J' the ere a teat of all reform
ers. It rattunallrea everything it toucbea. It
roba principles of " all false eanctlty nd
nronrs tnem back on tnelr reasonableness. . if
titer bare no reasonableness. It rutblesslr
crushes them oat of existence end sets np its
own conclusions in their ateaa. Woourow
w iison. I
. Stands by Key'a Song.
Portland, Or., June" 8. To the Editor'
of The Journal In Saturday's Journal
William H. Woodruff takes Issue with
me as to the rightful place "The Star-
Spangled Banner" holds in the minds
of the American people. I will con
cede to Mr. Woodruff that the words of
both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and
that little imitation, "America," were
composed by men born In this country.
But there have been and are ' men
born in this country who are not
American at heart, and the very people
who are trying with all their might
to relegate The Star-Spangled Ban
ner to the Scrap neap, and who extol
America," or "God Save the King," to
the highest pinnacle, . which it will
Anslomen, and I hope that Mr. Wood-lbootleggers for carrying this distilled
ruff is not one of those. "The Star
Spangled .Banner," composed by that
great American, Francis Scott Key,
who proved his patriotism by being a
prisoner on a British battleship during
tho bombardment of Fort McHenry,
shall and always will be the national
anthem of this glorious republic.
Mr. Woodruff is wrong again ln re
gard to the word "anthem." An an-f
them is a song or hymn of praise, as
defined by Webster and used by Milton,
an acknowledged master of the English
language. If Mr. Woodruff docs not
like "The Star-Spangled Banner," he
can have the consolation of singing
America,", or "God Save the King";
but he must try to reconcile himself
to the fact that a secretary of the navy
has issued a command to the officers
and men of the navy that "The Star-
Spangled Banner" must be recognized
as the national anthem, and that when
it is played or sung ihoy. if sitting,
must rise to their feet. So it Is not
"God Save the King" but
"The Star-Spangled Banner In triumpa
shall wave
O'er the land ot the free and the home
of the brave."
D. M. O'SULLIVAN.
Personal Liberty.
Oregon City, Or., June 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal It Is strange how
eager some people are to defend the
liquor business, which Is the worst of
all evils. "Personal liberty" is one of
their arguments. Personal liberty
should be extended as far as possible,
but when it goes so far that it injures
our fellow beings it must stop. There
are few cases, if any, where drinking
liquor will not do harm to some one.
People are dependent on one another;
therefore, thia must be - taken Into
consideration. 'Even, a hobo, who has
only himself to care for, must ' be fed
and sheltered by some one after the
saloonkeeper has all his money. Many
of the moderate drinkers are -ready to
condemn a tramp. But those who are
voting for the saloon help to put him
where he is. Among the tramps are
many first class men ln every respect
but for the drinking habit, for when
they can get liquor they will have it.
Of course, they were in the "I can take
a drink and leave it alone" class once.
But the most pitiful of all is when a
j-drunkard has a family. How many ar
there notthat spend their last cent for
booze and then stagger home to abuse
the family? What .does he car wheth
er there is bread in the house or not,
as' long as he can satisfy his thirst?
If he has a bottle with him, he likely
will give his children and teach them
to follow in his steps. Surely, there
must be a limit to personal liberty
when it goes this far.
Let us vote out the saloon. Prohi
bition has helped in other states, and
it will help in Oregon.
. -3 JOHN MOSTUL.
Ir. ITRen to the "Voters.
Oregon City, Or., June 9. To the
Editor of the Journal I wish to say.
ot those of my friends who support
me on other measures but are afraid
of the single tax, that I accept the I
vote of the people in 1912 on that ques- 1
tion. it i am elected governor I shall I
not support any single tax measure j
during my four years of office, nor
any greater exemption than tbe 91500
of dwelling house, livestock, machinery,
cuuaings, cost of clearing land, 'grow
ing orchards, etc., which la now pend
ing before the people. If the advo
cates of the single tax principle are
wise tney win allow the voters a rea
sonable period for study and reflection
before submitting the question again.
W. S. ITREN.
The Spark of Civilization.
Lents, Or., June 9. To the Editor of
The Journal Allow me space to com
ment on an article by E. W. Relhok of
Lacomb, Or., who- sees disaster In pro
hibition. He say that spark of civili
zation which we now possess would
vanish like mist before the sun. Mr.
Relhok says that ln 1912 the total
revenue derived from the liauor traf
fic In Oregon was $898,921. The as
sessed valuation of property was $890,
644.000. Abolish the liquor traffic and
our taxes would increase 1 mill on th
dollar. Then be gives' figuresi for New
York to show; an ' increase of 3 mills
on the dollar, j I have no figures at
hand to verify or dispute his compu
tation, so will -assume they are cor
rect. However, his argument is un
tenable because he assumes' that the
cost of administration of state or city
government will remain the . cams
when the distilleries and saloons are
eliminated, when it has been prac
tically demonstrated that the cost has
been materially reduced In dry towns.
I agree with Mr. Relhok that we could
not exist if taxes were mucht higher.
Hence, we want to eliminate the con
ditions which cause high taxation. If
as Mr. Relhok says our taxes' would
be increased 'by -the removal of, the
revenue now collected. It logically fol
lows that If we could only double our
consumption of liquor we could reduce
our taxes 3 mills on the dollar, and by
increasing the' consumption tha prob
lem of "high taxation, of which Mr.
Relhok complains,, would be solved.
It seems strange that the-United
States should 1 spend millions of dol
lars building school houses on th In
dian reservations and hiring teachers
to educate and civilize the Indian.
Why not build a brewery n each
reservation and let Its civilizing
liquid spread out over the land? And
then congress need not make an annual
approoriatioo bf $100,000 to orosecuui
A FEW I SMILES
"Well," mused : 6 -year-old Harry, as
he was being , buttoned . into a clean.
white suit, -this has
e1
Week, hasn't It, moth
er? Monday we went
to the too, Wednes
day 1 loat a tootb,
Thursday was Lily's .
birthday party, Fri-
day I wh Blclc, yes
terday X bad my hair
A small boy had been given a penny
with a hole In It. , He
spent it for a dough
nut. The salesman, in
due course, objected.
"See here, bub, this
penny has a hole in
It."
"So has the dough
nut,' -was the grin
ning reply..
' The magistrate had asked all of the
customary questions, about taking
"tnis man or "this woman" for a
lawful, wedded com
panion, and about
"promising to love,
honor and obey." The
ceremony was tin
iahad. The, couole r.
. i
t Th brldeeroom. s
western Kentuckian,
started to reach for
his wallet. Then he stopped.
"Squire." he said. "I got a proposi
tion to make to ye. I'll give you $!
now or I'll wait six months and give
you what I think my wife's worth
for a moment, "I; believe I'll take the
2 now." he said, i 1
3 1
civilizer on the reservation.
How foolish for Secretary Daniels I
to issue orders to suppress the use of I
intoxicating liquors on board our war-
ships, when, it is such a potent factor
in our civilization. Strange Indeed
that Mr. Relhok should be the first
man in Oregon to call attention to the
fact that we are indobted to the brew-
ery, distillery And saloon interests for
that spark of civilization," of which 1
we are justly proud
JOHN HUNTINGTON,
Mr. Frank Calls for Humanism.
Reedville. Or., June 9. To the Edl
tor of The Journal The champions of
search of passages they can apply ln
ueieiise oj mo nquor iramc iw.m-
tonishing to observe the way they use
Bible phrases in defense of a criminal
business. It'ts not up to us to reform
the personnel of the liquor traffic;
that is for them to do themselves. 1
Our fight ts not for the strong man I
who Is able to withstand temptation,
but for the submerged and weak. We I
have taken the stand President Wilson
took with Mexico. , His heart is wholly
with the submerged 85 per cent of the I
Mexican people. Our hearts are with
the weak and downtrodden, with the
drunkard and his family. The world
is crying out for. more humanism. We
must get above thoughts of material-
ism. i
Because I can rejoice in tha fact 1
that the liquor traffic has not settled
itself in my home. Is no reason why I
should close my eyes to Its work in I
the home of my neighbors. fohall I 1
boastfully expound the doctrine of self
restraint, wnna wie nuaouw oi an i
awful wrong i is going through, the
wona; enaii x we creau 10 myseu
at Deing aoie to snow my sons walking
free from the fetters of sin, and re
main deaf and blind to the condition
which puts ray brothers into the wrong
path? God Hnade the grape and the
hop. but agents of the devil made
liquors. When Christ made wine it
was made pure and fit to drink. He
mad wine to be taken, for the stom
ach s sake. Todaxlt is made for tho
pocketbook's sake, i O. E. FRANK.
A Former Teacher's Views.
Portland. June ft To Vi TTMi f e
.
The Journal Regarding the present think over the question of supplying
controversy between the board of di- cheap money to farmer borrowers. Ev
rectors of district No. 1 and a few ldently this piece of legislation will
married women who want to be re- be put over to another session of con
elected as teachers In nnr nn-hifo gress. Meanwhile I sugest that you
schools, "does any fair-minded person
think it would be Justifiable to elect
these women, or others,' who have able
bodied husbands, many of whom aru
principals, drawing good salaries, and
having no children, instead of .giving
the positions to unmarried women hav-
ing no other: means of supporting
themselves and. In many cases, others
dependent on them? The self-support-1
ing teacher is sura to take more inter-
est ln her work, because her very liv-1
ing depends on her doing satisfactory
worn, several or tne principals are
able to live on the salaries of their
wives, putting their own Into the bank.
'-'n tne otner nana, i Know of a girl
who lives with her widowed mother ln
Portland, who has had several years
or successtui experience. Who comes
mgniy recommenaea, ana yet is un-
aoie to secure a position in Portland.
although she needs the help In sup-
porting ner mower, j. tniruc it would
be more just to give- a position to such
a no .cot lucuuuueu,
iiiuuku ui. iiuiina.a ur mo uregoman
.Kll... J 1
From a. moral tsn.4ru-.4n I - ...
natural, nor is It in accordance with r the electric waves. Such receivers
the-,evident Intention of the Almighty, should be fitted up in the luggage van
for (the woman to be the provider. A immediately following the engine. Spe
woman's work Is to care for the home c11' transmission appliances are cot
and the children, and to study how necessary, as the telephone wires along
to make the best use of the husband's
earnings. A FORMER TEACHER.
A Laggard ln Love.
From London Answers.
Nathaniel was decidedly coy. Tet
Nathaniel was decidedly desirable in
the eyes of Matilda Mott; and she
ought to know, considering she had
walked up lanes and down lanes, sat on
sines, auu jumpea uncuts wun mxn I apparatus can' be usea to give me en
for the past nine years. j tfine driver due warning of ny danger.
Matilda could see the tenth year of
thelr unsatisfactory courtship ap-
proaching, and still nothing definite.
The unflattering remarks of the
family spurrea Aiamaa on to action.
Jessie Morgan s gettin married
come spring," she said to her swain
that Bight.
Oh, be sher he answered, trudging
aiong.
7Xes; ana my young sister Emma
and Luke Poyser be go In' to make a!
match of it." ;
"Be they, nowf!
"Folks do say as ow we're goln' to
be married soon.'' she ventured hesl-l
tatingly.
"Won't they look fules" when they
find we bain'tr chuckled the lagging cuffs of white water silk, and a little
one. - ' ' , ' ; - wirlta skull cap. Round his neck was
-j" 2 . ...... w a gold chain supporting the pectoral
Brakes Operated by "Wireless. cross, and on his right hand was a
From Continental Correspondence. large and antique ring. -It was an ap
The Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher parltlon of white. The pope's face and
Eisenbabnverwaltungen states that hands are pale, with the dead-white
Herr Birth, the Nuremberg schoolmas- paleness of paper, and the hair p ro
te r, whose nam became known by his trading from beneath his small white
Invention of a boat capable of being cap Is white as ashes, not silvery. lie
steered from a ; distance, has now walks very slowly with little steps, and
worked out a practical system for ap- his gait is the gait of a little child,
plying brakes: to trains by means of But his. manner Is not the manner of
electric waves. . For this purpose, an old man. It Is the manner of one In
transmission stations are fitted up in frail health. -When he pronounced the
railway stations or blockhouses, and papal benediction and afterward mads
PERTINENT COMMENT
SHALlt CHANGE -
A' man isn't necessarily honest be-
Poor-
Misfit kisses are the kind girls lav
ish oa each other.
-
If you think 'you can't do a thlmr
weil, you know the answer., y
Riches. have wtnga otherwise there
Opportunity knocks but once but
it s different with the human knocker.
Happy Is the man who can forget all
the mean things he knows about him
self.
After sizing un their husbands, we
.
don't blame soma women for being
i ona ox aogs
e
There's "no reason why lirhtnlner
shouldn't strike twice In the same
i place if it can find the place.
Did you ever think what la lot of
good you might have done had you be
gun yesterday Instead of waiting until
tomorrow?
"l irying to iur up iroUDie
in tnis old world, let us get busv and
'MU" wn aro m trouoie ana see
now much w BhaU enly the change.
CLEAR THE TRACK!
From the Boston Globe.
It Is the consensus of opinion of
"f" n "e unitea states is
entering on an era of, prosperity that
will completely overshadow even the
f6 Periods of business prosperity
Hjrgauy come to tnis country
since the Civil war. They assign many
sound reasons for this prediction
The first and the one which is the
most significant to many of them is
.unr -,, !,., ,,
we have g0n,9 lhrouh a season of
business depression for the first time
In our history without a panic. The
old time speculators who could always
scent a panic and make money out of
It are completely confused. They have
seen a financial state of affairs never
before known. They have seen the
banks full of money during a business
depression and no particular call for
the money on any. side.
f Vl&II . . T?.. A-. .I.-.. t.
$3o0,000,000 worth of securities . and
have seen these securities absorbed
and the gold sent to Europe without
any particular fuss. That would have
meant a panic in the stock market at
least a few years ago,
They have seen a tariff enacted low.
er than the Wilson tariff, and yet they
have seen raw wool, one of the best
tariff barometers there is. sell higher
than before
They have seen a delicate railroad
situation, that would have created a fi
nanclal panic at any time In-tho past,
studied and pondered over ln a way
that haS simply taken the breath'from
speculators. The people have refused
to become excited over it. They want
ju settled everywhere, but they want it
settled right.
Whv? Because the railroad Indus
try is not the one dominating Industry
0r the eountrv anv longer. While
financiers have been juggling railroads
the past 25 years business men have
been building up other great indus-
trial enterprises all over this land.
Thi is a bigger country than It ever
wag before. Its potential possibilities
are being more and more realized in
every direction. The farmers have be-
come scientists and the arid lands and
tha swamp lands are being reclaimed
everywhere and being made to yield ln
GOVERNMENT AID FOR
By John M. Osklson.
You're to be given more torn
to
find out just what It Is the land bank
People are trying to get.
I As agreed upon by the banking and
I currency committees of the senate and
I the house of representatives, the bill
I which must go over to the next ses
I sion makes these provisions:
I In each of the if reserve districts,
I a federal land bank, with a minimum
capital of $500,000, is to operate, its
I business to be confined to the lending
of money n first farm mortgages,
selling these mortgages and handling
bonds based on them.
These 13 banks are to have two
I classes of stock, limited to 6 per cent
return in dividends. Class A stock
j may be held by anybody, but class B
I stock is to be held only by members
r farm loan associations. These as
relations are neighborhood groups or
I mora than five farmers: and no farm-
er member may subscribe for more
than $25 of the land bank stock; he
j may borrow 20 times the amount of
I his stockholdings in tne iana pans
I the trains are supplied with receivers
tne ime win . v
cording. to the inventor, this appliance
1 1 .. - utt A AlaVtrllt V Afl1
r' JJT I ' tra,n. furthermore.
I kv means of a line contact, it makes
I it impossible, for a train to overrun: the
et0n signal. This latter safety appll-
ance has already been tested on the
electric railways of Prussia, Again,
by means of regular bell signals, the
1 in nrder to combine the two In a prac-
1 tici manner for railway requirements.
I the warning signal Is first given, and.
I hmiM the latter prove unavailing,, the
I automatic brake valve la applied 10
1 apmnfiN afterwards. By means of con-
I trolling signals in the transmission
I .t.tinna. tt la at once recorded whether
the annliance has acted in the required
i manner or not.
A Picture of Pins X.
Valentine Williams In London Daily
Mall.
Suddenly Plus X appeared in the
doorway, clad In white ln a cassock of
I white serge, with a short cape, broad
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON -i SIDELIGHTS
The lone Bulletin, which was recent
ly permitted to lapse, is now followed
by the lone Journal, with K. Wallace
Sears as- editor and publisher.
'
Pendleton ' Kast bregonlan: The oil
ing of the Wild Horse .highway has
long been advocated and the action of
the county court will be generally ap-
firoved. It is the only permanent road
n eastern Oregon and is something to
be proud of.
e
Important "building note In Seaside
Signal: "Work commenced .on the
brick work. of tho new city hall thisoften lies between the platform orator,
afternoon. The brick Is of a light or the writer, and his public
brown lint and is set in a black mortar p Another great stylist in a "different
that makes a very striking appearance i,w,. , , umiirin .
and when completed will be one of thai tJ "mrka L !"?n ln .h
most artistically constructed buildings Ha " " ,s a in certain
in beaspide." quarters Joseph Conrad Illustrates
with Woodrow Wilson tho Wonderful
Canyon City Eagle: Snow fell here I power of the1 simple word when
fn ,, inhS ULIir nV m? 11 J7,as Bro"Pd with master Intelligence, ms
four inches deep. On the low hills i . tore anri the. Instinct of thl iP.
it was gone by noon. Snow for this 1 Ior a"a tn instinct or the true
time is a most unusual thlnar n1 nnlv
in a long run of years does it appear
this late. No damage Is reported and
it is considered a fine thing for crops
generally.
The Shanlko Star's WaptnitlaVorre
spondeat writes: "Mrs. Charles Walk
er has started a new industry at her
home in Walkerville by raising grouse,
having secured some eggs from a wild
one's nest-and putting thero under a
setting hen. They hatched out fine
and seem to be well satisfied with
their new surroundings."
such abundance as was never known
before in the history of farming.
in the south malaria has been con
quered and the rich swamp lands are
no longer the terror they were. Irriga
tion and dry farming have brought
new prosperity to the west and south
west. Water power is being conducted
over wires hundreds of miles where
formerly it was all but wasted. The
oil lands and the mineral wealth have
burst the bounds of former monopolies
and opened up vaster possibilities than
ever berore. and tho inventive genius
of the American has never been idle-
New miracles are dally being wrought
by invention.
W'hy then have we had a business
depression in the face of these things?
blmpiy because a great many people
thought we ought to have it; we
should have it; and must have It; It
was due.
It was largely a mental state. There
was no real need of it, or for It. Busi
ness men see that more clearly now.
But many of them are more satisfied
apparently because we have had ? it.
And they have learned something.
They have learned that you cannot
have panics unlefes there Is ."tight
money" unless the reserve is tied up, r intentionally unkind contrasts, whose
as it was for the past 60 years tied J meHn!nr was only Intelligible to the .
up when It was most needed. This j elite of the boulevards and the salons,
business depression we have been ( Koosevelt. orstortcally. Is a roaring,
through has been valuable then ln that I turbulent mountain torrent the ava
it has demonstrated to all the people I lanchts; thoughtful William 1 1. Taft,
the wisdom of the present system of ereat ns h undoubtedly Is In many
a xiexibie currency. The old condi
tions have disappeared forever.
As A, W. Douglas of St. Louts said
at the Economic club a few nights
ago-, there has beeiv-a curious psycho
logical phenomenon during this business
depression the people the common
people have been optimistic through
it all. They left their money In the
banks. The common people had more
confidence than the so called flnan
clers, and when the common ' people j closest terms of intimacy with Tasso,
have confidence you can't have panics. I Tacitus, Homer a'iI Holinshed. sat
So now that the lesson has" been J urated with erudition sin ii m few pun.
learned, and that the greatest crops i lie men have ever absorbed, sits before
in the history of the country are In ' a typewriter lit his study at the White
sight. It Is up to everybody to forget ' House Knd dashes off short sentences.
wiw i little arems In tuneful phrase making
. . ... r .. . .
auu set auuaru tuo ii itbijv njr utuii
that has been simply standing still on
the tracks waiting for the engineers to
oil up for a long run.
BORROWING FARMERS
if his application is approved by his
association.
If not enough buyers of stock In the
banks, come forward to make up Its
minimum of $500,000 of capital, the
government is pledged to buy stock
enough to make up tbe deficit.
The provision of the bUl which
raised violent opposition on the part
of the president and the secretary of
the treasury was the one which re
quired the treasury department to
purchase from the 12 land banks bonds
based on first farm mortgage loans
to an amount not exceeding $50,000,000
a year and to hold such bonds, until
they matured.
Of course it was seen that a provis
ion of this kind amounted to the gov
ernment's lending to the farmers. It
amounted to class legislation. It guar
anteed a market for farm loan bonds
which might or might not be a nor
mal one based on their real value.
The point for you to decide between
now and the time this legislation
comes before .congress again for ac
tion is this: Do you think It is neces
sary in order to Insure money at a
fair price for farmer borrowers that
the government shall agree to lend in
case private Investors are not at
tracted? a little speech of encouragement to a
couple of women teachers In charge of
soma orphans, his voles, though low,
was firm and resonant.
As he turned to give the blessing the
sunshine pouring In through tb high
window threw his face in shadow so as
tn hide from me thit rrt,r rf Y m
but not the-expression of great gen-
tleness, which rests on his pale, frail
iace nice moonngni on trie mountains.
The benediction spoken the teachers
sent Into the seventh heaven of relig
ious fervor by the gracious words he
had found for them and their work,
Pius X turned once more and with his
gentle gait very slowly disappeared
down the adjacent gallery, a frail white
figure lna framework of purple and
scarlet and gold.
That Beautiful Curl.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Congressman John C. Floyd of Ar
kansas, told this one at a banquet In
demonstrating the ease with which
soma people fall for a flimflam:
Some time ago a young man named
Jones happened at a fair and was im
portuned by a pretty girl to buy some
thing at her booth.
"The only thing I want, pretty one."
was the gallant rejoinder of ' Jones, "is
a lock of yeur beautiful hair, and that,
I'm afraid, you will not sell me."
"Oh, won't I!" smiled the fair girl,
as she promptly snipped a curl from
her shapely head, wrapped It up and
handed it to him. "Five dollars,
please."
Being game,- Jones paid . ovef the
plunks, and then rambled away. Later
he met his friend Smith, and proudly
displayed the lovely purchase.
"Lock from the divine head of Miss
Marie," he explained, opening the pack
age. "Just paid five dollars for at at
the fair."
"Stungl" was the jolting comment
of Smith. "I know positively that h
didn't pay more than three dollars for
th whole wig."
MASTER OF PHRASES
From the New York World.
- From the New York World.
The most pleasing characteristic of I
our president, "Woodrow Wilson, la
without doubt his marvelous facility
In command of the graceful phrase. At
a stylist. President Wilson .has few. If
ny,. superiors among Ms contempora
ries. ' Itls not. In his case, as it has
been with others among trie great lead'
ers of men, merely an Immensity of
vocabulary. Number or mere variety
In words does not always assist in
crossing tne pons aslnorum
artist in phrase making; because the
simple word carries us through the
ears and the eyes of the crowd Into
the brains of the crowd, and men and
women whose thoughts are limited by ":
their knowledge of speech grasp fully
the meaning Intended. They -see pic
tures which they know well because
they are merely the words employed
in everyday speech, though given new
beauties by the master phrase maker.
Lincoln and-Garfield both possessed
this rare gift, though thev employed it
in widely different ways. With Lin
coln, as with Garfield, simplicity was
largely a matter more of compulsion
and of environment than of tempera,
tnent and true thrughtfulness.
We cast our minds broadly over th
field of the past in world politics inu
we can scarcely find one man of sim
ilar eminence, similar educational ad
vantages and similar opportunities wh
made the simple word the chosen chil
of his purpose as has Woodrow Wil
son. Certainly not Edmund Burke, j Ills
indictment of the French revolutiona
ries, his famous speech at the" trial of
Wrarren Hastings, are wonderful, but
he always avoided rsther than Im
proved acquaintance with the simple
word.
Assuredly not Gladstone. Th Eng
lish "Grand Old Man." whether "intox
icated with the exuberance of his own
verbosity," to quote his famous an
tagonist, Disraeli, or simply because
he followed previous patterns in the
British parliament. fairly . revelled
when his eagle eye seized npcm some
abstruse lexicographical waif or stray,
and his great voice flung it across the
speaker's table at his political foes.
The late Henri Bochefort, though ft
Frenchman like Victor Hugo, loved- the
little word, but with Rochefort the
little word became, as 1t were, a mod
est marguerite or violet, set ln a gold-
; embossed vase. He killed It with un-
ways, has seldom been groatest in hi,
speeches or writings, and It certainly
could not he said that he is always In
telligible to the masses.
Yet Taft. R.iosevelt. Rochefort, Glad
stone and Burke all lived closer to tbe
people, through force or environment,
than did Woodrow Wilson before as
suming eminence in office.
Wroodrow Wilson, doctor of philos-.
ophy, irsjrn'd j.infessi'r, master or a
most nisrvelot's vocabulary, on the
I ..I- .t. . ..I -.1- i-m- Will tirolw -
. , -
j ably live forever.
The Ragtime Muse
XcjjaHvc Delights.
Long time was I unhappy
And brooded o'er my hurts
For I was young and sappy .
That I had not my deserts.
But since reading good 8t. Francis
And old Hir Thomaa Browne,
I've recast all my fancies
I'm the happiest man In town! -
St. Francis found his pleasures.
And great ones, do not doubt.
In tliM ruck of worldly trasur:s
That he could do without!
Sir Thomas was most grateful
To every man he met.
That the man in manner fstetul
Did not slay him In a pel.
So I make no more blunders
And sigh no doleful sighs;
The world is full of wonders
And l of glad surprise.
And my smile is sweet, pacirie.
And forgotten are my hurt s
Fo-my woe would be terrific
If I had my deserts!
Light on Middle West History.
"From the Chicago Record Herald.
American history thus far has been
pretty nearly as New Egland has
chosen to have it. The down-east
writers have been enterprising and ar
ticulate, and their versions of matters
interesting to us nil have been widely
and rather pa.lvly accepted In many
section. . .
But the outh is now taking a hand.
Richmond of late yars has become a
enter of rarch snd writing, and re
ports about tin; rich and varied stores
.f mar.urf ?1pte now under examination
by th usslstant state librarian of Vir
ginia show that this section, in turn,
may come to be a power in the shap
ing of American history. Some 700.000
document have lately been deposited
in the library, the accumulation oi
i century and a half. Aside from thoae
bearing on local state history, the nioet
Important part or tne coiiciion wuuu
'feeem to be ""0 packages of letters, ac-i
. .. - t,ntitr,t nnnra end
CUUIHn, ' - W r -"
miscellaneous documents concerning
;orge Rorers Clarke and the Illinois
country, 1778-1783; aoe pieces per pack
age." Nothing of more interest to students
concerned with the opening of the
Ohio and Mississippi valleys has re
cently been brought to light. If th
Virginians develop ju ' ability to use
thr Instruments thus put into their
bands, modification of middle west
history may follow. In any event, the
people of "the Illinois country", will
enjoy a double perspective 'n the de
velopment of the national domain.
With the Virginian view correcting the
New England view, a sharper and clear-e-
vision like that provided by the
stereoptlcon Is likely to follow.
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