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Till ROSEBUDS.
I
NEVER seed nothing that couia
nor can
Jest H all the good irom me
heart of a man
tJV th hands of a little child.
John Hay.
Nothing in the Rose Festival or
In any festival ever surpasses in
Rosebud Wade. No military pa
geant with all its reflection of
power bo stirs the emotions as did
tbe thousands ot nine uuiuu
buds in their childhood innocence
as ' they moved and drilled and
marched in yesterday's pageant.
No crowds j of people could feel
'. more .deeply the sense of ; pent
emotion or be more completely lost
in a sacred admiration of living
beauty than were the tens of thou
sands who looked on at yesterday's
march of the children.
The sight recalled the message
of Him whose thought was
Never shalt thou the heavens
Save as a little child thou be.
see,
A HOPEFUL SIGN.
T
HE day of the battleship is
about over, says Admiral Sir
Percy Scott, a foremost Brit
ish naval authority. The mon
ster
dreadnought that floats on
the surface of the ocean must give
way ' to the small submarine that
swims under the water.
"' Airships, aeroplanes and subma
rines will constitute the fighting
fleets of the future, in his opin
ion, 'and he even goes so far as
to say thattbe- English government
js wasting money if it devotes an
other penny to battleship construc
tion. t
Wlth the opinion of Sir Percy
as a precedent it is probable that
lesser lights in naval warfare will
now , come forward and express
themselves without fear of being
considered disloyal to the theories
of their- pro'feBslon
There must' be a limit placed
soon upon the size and cost of bat
tleships and big guns. The two
battleship lately provided for by
congress are to cost no less than
fourteen million dollars each. The
Mississippi and Idaho, built six
years ago at a cost of six million
dollars each! are now so anti
quated, according to the navy de
partment, as to be unfit for , the
first line of battle and they' are
to be sold If a buyer can be found.
tf th price of battleships has
more than doubled in the past six
years, what will it be six years
hence? - .-, , ; A -
It is a hopeful sign - when naval
experts begin to raise doubts as to
the- efficiency of dreadnoughts. It
will hasten the passing of a sur
vival of primitive ages and bring
quicker relief to tho overburdened
taxpayer.'
PH1M1T1NK HOME RtTIE
"P. EPRBSENTATlVe JONES,
1 v chairman of the committee on
insular affairs, has prepared
a bill looking toward home
rule for the Philippines. It is said
1 to be an administration measure.
; President Wilson's second step to
; ward fulfillment of the pledge that
the Filipinos will ultimately have
. Independence.
: The bill provides for a Filipino
! senate and house of representa
Uves, to be elected by the natives,
but over whose acts the American
. governor general will have a power
I of veto. The United States also re-
tains, in full, treaty and tariff
, making functions. If the measure
; becomes a law, local self-govern'
j ment will be. virtually complete.
, Washington dispatches are evl
- dsnce that the Wilson administra
. tion is moving cautiously. The
1 Jones bill sets no date for the be
; ginning of complete native sover
efgnty in the islands. The Filip-
- lnos are to be put upon att indefi
nlte period of probation," during
. which they are to be given every
facility and encouragement to dem
; onstrate their capacity for self
' government. -
i It is probable that another hue
' and enr" will be raised against this
measure, just as there was strong
1 protest when President Wilson
; gave the natives a majority on the
i Insular commission.;.' But capacity
for sell government can be devel
oped only . through experience, and
the Jones bill proposes to give the
v natives opportunity ' for acquiring
the ability to govern, themselves.
They must have - that opportunity
unless the United States proposes
to hold the islands as dependen
cies Indefinitely.
THE GREAT CONFLICT.
T
HERE is a new tyranny of the
many over the few.
Such was the declaration of
a speaker yesterday at the
New York state Bankers' Conven
tion. He says there are too many
faker-guided mobs, and too many
demagogues marching through this
sham-ridden land emitting cries
"he has more money than you."
It is the voice of reaction. It is
the; warwhoop of the standpatter,
it is the protest of bourbonism
against the progressive legislation
of the Wilson administration.
Penrose rode into a new nomi
nation on it in. Pennsylvania. For
aker is preaching t In Ohio. Can
non is giving vent to it in Illi
nois. Standpat leaders are clamor
ing along the same line in Oregon.
There is no way to disguise the
facts. There is a wider gulf be
tween opposing schools of thought
in j this country. It is unbridg
eable. It is a yawning gulf of
abysmal depths.
On one side is standpatlsm. Its
purpose Is reflected In the utter
ance of this man who says there
is a new tyranny of the many over
the few in this country. It is an
tagonistic to the wave of insur
gency that grew up in the Repub
lican party. It hates the radical
ism of the Progressive party. It
is bitterly opposed to the progress-
iveism of Woodrow Wilson's ad
ministration. It despises what it
calls the tyranny of the many over
the few. It wants the few, as for
merly, to go on governing the
many.
On the other side of this deep
and wide gulf are the honest
masses. They are the plain folk.
They are the yeomanry of the na
tion. They are the workers, the
men and women who toil and spin
They want equal privileges before
the law. They oppose special fa
vors by the government for the
few.
Woodrow Wilson's administra
tion has given them an Income tax.
It :1s a tax which the standpat
crowd calls the "new tryanny of
the many over the few.'
The present administration has
passed a tariff which untaxes the
shelter, food and clothing of the
masses, and takes away the special
favors of government which the
Tew long enjoyed. It is legisla
tion denounced by the standpat
regime as "the nw tyranny of the
many over the few."
The administration passed a cur
rency bill which takes control of
money and credit out of Wall
street and gives it to the people.
It is denounced as the "new tyr
anny of the many over the few."
-The administration . Is pushing
bills to restrain trusts from plun
dering the people, a bill to pre
vent railroads from issuing wat
ered stock, a bill to send trust
magnates convicted of lawlessness
to the penitentiary. These bills
are also the "new tyranny of the
many over the few."
There is no way to misunder
stand the issue. Standpatlsm is
one thing and progressiveism Is
another. They are Irreconcilable.
The disputes between them is the
one great overshadowing conflict
in this nation.
THE LJTTJ,E THINGS
T
HE Biblical injunction to the
sluggard to consider the ant
and her ways and be wise
has been paraphrased by-
Thomas A. Edison to read "Oo to
the bee and learn to fly.
Catching a bee one day In his
garden, Edison was impressed with
the rapid beating of its wings in
Its effort to gain freedom.
Making a calculataion he found
that the bee can raise 7000 times
nis own weignt by wing beats num-!
bering more than 200 to a minute.
This gave him an .idea towards
the simplification of the flying
machine. .
He is now planning an electric
battery of extreme lightness which
will enable the wings of a machine
to beat with incredible velocity.
It Is from these little things that
our utilization of the great forces
of nature has come. Firrintv
followed the flying of a kite, the
locomotive emerged from tti
kitchen kettle and the law of grav
ity was evolved from the falline
of an apple.
The ordinary mind pays no at
tention to . the apparently trivial
things of daily life but the seeing
eye and the thinking brain deducts
from them great general laws.
The successful man or woman is
the one with capacity for observing
and applying the little things
around and about.
THE CHALLENGER
r
F SIR THOMAS LIPTON does
not carry away "America's Cup"
this year it will not be because
ne nas railed to build a good
challenger.
Yachting experts pronounce the
Shamrock IV the hest racing yacht
yet turned out In Great Britain.
4 With good luck she should give
tne American defender a tussle for
sailing honors. ,
In her preliminary try-onts she
has shown ability to carry sail in
good hard streaks of wind. In
spite, of her tremendous rig she
has much surplus power. It" Is
thought her best hold will be In
a ; breeze of ten knots or better
with smooth water.
The yacht's rig- Is very simple,
Her deck. Is' a long, clear platform
having no unnecessary structures.
A tiny steering wheel in the little
cockpit allows her skipper to con
trol the vessel with ease as the
position gives him a full view.
In very light winds, it Is pre
dicted ; that the - challenger will
not be lively enough, to save her
allowance. She will not shine as
a drifter.
May the forecast of the experts
be realized in a worthy race for the
cup, for Sir Thomas, In the par
lance of the hour, is a "dead game
sport." -
RESISTING THE CHANGE
S
TRONG r competition is to be
offered the workmen's com
pensation system in Oregon
by casualty companies.
Naturally. In 1912 there -went
out of Oregon' for casualty insur
ance the j great sum of 1683,141.72.
The figures are from the report
of the state insurance -commissioner,
j
For the same year, the casualty
companies paid back In Iobsos only
$414,228.23. There was left to
the companies a balance of Oregon
money of $268,814.49. It went as
commissions to agents," big salar
ies for officials and profits to stock
holders. ;
Of the $414,226.23, an estima
ted more than one-half went to
lawyers as fees and in payment of
the costs of litigation. That is to
eay, the casualty companies and
lawyers got over $475,000 of the
money sent out of Oregon as pre
miums - on casualty insurance in
1912.
It was a rich prize. The system
meant glittering profits and easy
money. ! The companies and the
lawyers got more than double the
sum that the injured and maimed
and slain workers got, In spite of
the fact that it was on the injuries
and death of the workers that the
traffic was based. It was a thrifty
business that the companies natu
rally regret to lose.
wnen, inererore, tnere is pre
sented a simple system in which
workmen's compensation becomes
an issue solely between the state,
the employer and the employe,
when it is so planned that settle
ment for injuries shall be carried
on without the intervention of cas
u a 1 1 y companies, lawyers and
courts. It is natural that there
should he resistance to the change.
But the new plan is the better.
There is no way to repeal the facts
The immense profits casualty com
panies and lawyers got out of the
old system were masterly in econ
omy and unforgiveable waste.
A COMING PROBUSM
S
PEAKING of the immigration
to come to Oregon when the
Panama eanal routes are in
full operation. Dr. C. J. Smith.
Democratic candidate for governor,
said at Grants Pass:
What are we to do with these
people? What are we to do for them?
We must tpanh th,m ftur K -... m
j find them good schools, prepare them
ror their part in our civiliration by
giving them useful vocational train
ing. We must provide them with
church facilities, give them moral
tone, inspire in them civic righteous
ness and above ail, teach them the
love of country and duties of citizen
ship. The " inauguration of the new
trade routes will bring new respon
sibilities upon Oregon. To the
questions of "what are we to do
With these people, and what are
we to do for them," there is no
saner answer than that given by
Dr. Smith.
His emphasis of the common
school as one great step in the
problem is irrefutable doctrine. It
comes from the fact that Dr. Smith
has been, throughout his career,
a devoted exponent of the common
6chools as the great factor in hu
manizing mankind.
His professional work brought
him into intimate contact with all
kinds of homes. By the firesides
of those he professionally visited.
he learned to know the innnr Hf
of the race
The needs of children and the
hopes of men were laid bare In the
family secrets. The confidences
and" inner purposes of homes were
given into his keeping. The neces
sities, failures and the discourage
ments of the human derelicts and
the disappointments, and mistakes
of the more fortunate were laid
at hia feet.
They are experiences that have
given him the compelling knowl
edge of the Important part com
mon school training plays in the
affairs of men, and that make him
always and everywhere a pleader
for adequate school facilities for
the immigrant's child, the stranger's
child and the poor man's child.
"WHEN IT IS WORK'
D
R. CHARLES P. STEINMETZ,
the electrical expert wast
asked one dnv whnt W eita 1th Bible controversy was opened ex
aSKea one flay What he di9- terisively by Mr. Speelmon, to which
liked most
jus answer, was
"Work.
He went on to say, however, that
while he spent eighteeh hours in
his laboratory every day, he gave
only one hour to work. The re
maining seventeen hours were only
play. For seventeen hours' he did
what he wanted to do and for one
hour did that which was irksome.
In this there is a soun'd philoso
phy. It consists in finding the oc
cupation which will give full, and
free self expression. Tne work in
doing that which you want to do
Is only play. It is only work when
you are "trying to put a right hand
foot into a left hand shoe."
It cost Senator Boies Penrose
$14,640 In his recent contest fnr
nomination by the Republicans of
Pennsylvania. The principal item 1
$7191, was for advertising and
printing. One would think he.
Otierht 'Tinr tiava naado mnf ll arl.i
vertisement. Anyhow, he probably
got off cheaper than he did before i
the days of the direct primary.
One of the most nleasant fea-1 a
tures of the Rose Festival is the
center at Sixth and Yamhill streets.
Here has been made a beautiful
garden of roses and otherflowers
- i r
under a .canopy of festoons of
evergreens. Different sections of
the city have on competitive ex
hibition their rarest plants. It Is
a delight to the eye and an Inspira
tion to the soul.
The Benson McNary see-saw Is
again in motion and today Benson
ib uigu. j. uuiui iu w it. may ne o
McNary. The discovery of an error
In the Multnomah county figures
leads to yie reflection -that some
man in tne past may have served
in office though not elected.
After all is said and done, the
human rosebud is the fairest rose
bud of all.
Letters From the People
(Commnnlcattona unt Tho Jnnrnll for
publication In thl department should be writ
ten on only one elde of the paper, ahoold . not
exceed SOU words in lonirth mil mnmt tm ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If the writer doea not dealre to
hare the name published, he should so state.)
i
"Discussion is the teres test of all reform
ers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It
robs principles of all falae sanctltr and
throws them back o their reasonableneaa. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and sets ud its
own conclusions la their stead." Weodrow
W uaon.
The American Woman.
Portland, Or., June 12. To the Edi
tor of The Journal An article ap
peared In a recent Issue of The Journal
in which Max Nordau. the , famous
sociologist. Is credited with making
some very disparaging criticisms of
American women. What a pity that
the class of American women who go
abroad should make such an Impres
sion upon the scholars of Europe, com
pelling them to say with regard to
them that they are "known chiefly
by the fact that they buy clothes and
pay for them, and that their qualities
of mind create about them no atmos
phere of culture, which attracts within
its circle men who think."
If this criticism is Just, It were bet
ter for this privileged class to stay at
home and cultivate its brains, mean
while using its money to sen& over to
the old world a few of the really repre
sentative women of the country, the
women whose work deals with the fun
damental structure of American soci
etf. And these are found in the great
middle class, who axe tolling and build
ing quietly In the public schools, the
Sunday schools and churches, the bus!
ness houses, the literary clubs, the
public welfare associations and the
homes of the nation. Among this class
are thousands of women who think for
themselves and record the product of
their thought In the trend of a social
progress that ls world wide; and these
women stand forever In opposition to
the frivolities, the vulgarities and the
reckless habits of a multitude of their
sex, who thus misrepresent them in
Europe and are known only by their
wardrobes, their personal beauty and
their lack or true culture.
A TRAVELER.
Remarks on Dry Salem.
Salem, Or., June 11- To the Editor
of The Journal Following the usual
logic of the antis, why would not those
"Fof Sale" signs In Portland be an
argument against the saloons? Port
land has so many of these Institutions
that almost any general condition
might be attributed' to them. I am
sure if Portland were under prohibi
tion and these conditions prevailed we
should hear a general "calamity" cry.
As( for Salem, we have here a few
"For Sale" signs, but this is more
than overbalanced by the building that
is going on. I live in one of the out
lying districts and never, since I cam a
here, in March, has the sound of the
hammer stopped in this district. There
are nine new houses within a few
blocks not shacks, but good, modern
homes. If prohibition has cost Salem
anything In dollars nd cents, It is
worth It. When did we ever get some
thing worth while for nothing? Our
street lights and our paving are cost
ly, but we would not go back to old
conditions.
How is prohibition Enforced T Just
as well as any other law. We are not
asking for the militia Just yet, aa we
might If we had the saloons. Our po
lice matron says conditions are very
much better; that where she used
often to pick up drunken girls, she
does so no longer. There is not bo
much prostitution. This ls the same
police matron whom the saloon ele
ment tried bo hard to get rid of a
year ago.
Some do send to Portland for their
drinks, but not all. Many have found
that, with the saloons removed, they
can get along very well. 1 should not
wonder If the grocers even Bold more
coffee than before.
1 will close with the following quo
tation from the Bible: "Blessed art
thou, O land, when thy king ls a son
of nobles ' and thy princes eat for
strength and not for drunkenness. It
ls not for kings. O Lemuel, it Is not
for kings to drink wine; nor for
princes, strong drink; lest they drink
and foraret the law, and pervert the
ana pervert me
Justice due to any that Is afflicted.'
MRS. M. A. COOPER,
The Bible Factor.
Portland, June 12. To the Editor of
The Journal rO. E. Frank complains
because the opponents of Prohibition
quote the scriptures and accuses them
of "going through the Bible in searh
of passages they can apply in defense
of . the liquor traffic.:' . . If. he follows
' the letters n Tne Journal, he knows
Mr. Qoldapp has partially replied and
has shown that Mr. Speelmon's cita
tions eoutd not be twisted into coni
rnands favorable either to teetotallsm
or to .Prohibition, J .The attempt was
first made by the Prohibitionists to
show that the Bible was favorable to
their cause. ' The Opponents of Prohi
bition, using their own texts, have
shown that nothing In the Bible can be
construed as commanding total absti
nence or favoring the doctrine of Pro
hibition. Unable to put up any defense
to back "their original attempt to put
the Bible o the side of Prohibition
that would appeal, to any thinking per
son, they now proceed to accuse their
opponents or using the Bible In defense
of what they are pleased to call "a
criminal business," ignoring the fact
that the opponents of Prohibition have
only refuted their claims. .
If Mr. Frank can take the Bible and
show that it forbids the drinking of
wine or strong drink, then he may have
a right to. use the expression "a or ini
tial business," but until he can show
that lt Is either a tsln or a crime to
A FEW SMILES
" .tr r fnl .Thrrh a
tuckv strike, set op a country noma
Dear -xjenver, wnere i
she lived in style. One
day, while she was!
snowing some or neriunui sne can arxora it.
old time friends about
the place, they came
to the poultry yard.
"W hat beautiful
chickens!" the visi-
"All prise fowl."
the hostess.
, haughtily explained
Do they lay every day?" was the
next question. i
Oh, they could, of course, but In I
our position it Is not necessary foj
tnem to do so.'
An admiring constituent gave Con
gressman LfCarfl of Smith Parolln I
01 inose vest pocKet eaitvon nui-
putian Mexican
dogs to take home
to the children. Ler '
gare pronounced. ',
Leg-ree by the
way was leading ,
the dog along by
a cotton string ;
when a Houth Caro
ollna mountaineer
stopped him.
"Are it a regular
dog?" the
roan I
asked.
"Yes, it's a Ch Well, I can't pro
nounce the name of it." said Legare,
"but it's some kind of a Mexican
do."
"Just a pup," I reckon?"
: "No,- it s full grown.
"Well," opined the mountaineer,
"that's the least dog I ever een at
one time."
"He ls the most tender hearted man
I ever saw."
"Kind to animals V
"I should say so
sisted on sleeping In
the coal bin he Im
mediately ordered a
ton of soft coal."
drink liquor, neither he nor anyone else
has a right to say that Its manufac
ture or sale ls "a criminal business."
for if It is not a sin or crime to take
a drink It certainly cannot be a sin or
crime to sell a drink. I T. BEXEN.
Owners of Dogs Aroused.
Forest Grove, Or., June 11. To the
Editor of The Journal One month ago
the council of this city passed an ordi
nance prohibiting owners from permit-
ting dog. to be at large except on a
leash, and making the owners chain
dogs in their yards.
curing tne past momn many oogs
have been caught and killed, as many
i n wJ 'u-
?2Y'f7Xrr JLf i
the family cat lu-lh,
owners could not afford to chain their whether lt ha declined or not; In
pets, as the council voted to make the wnat way( lt ftas cnanged; whether it
fine from $5 to $50. ia of any real effect in "mouldis pub-
Several dog owners started a petition He opinion; these questions are de
asking the council to annul the ordl- bated without arriving at any clear
nance and put a muzzling ordinance result. Granting that the press doea
in its place, for the summer months not always initiate, it has at least a
only. Tuesday 'night this ordinance wonderful function in passing on the
was submitted to the council, with over ideas and aspirations which find lodg
200 names, and was laid on the table ment In the minds of the men and wo
in the least possible time. The dog men about lt. This fact was noted as
owners are conferring on what to do far back as De Tocqueville. who said
r.ext. The legality of the ordinance of the American newt-papers of his
may be tested. day: "When many organs of the press
Boycotting the business men on the adopt the same line of conduct, their
council has been proposed, and the 1 influence. In the long run. Becomes ir
recall has been discussed. I resistible; and public opinion, power
The dog owners also find lt neces
sary to go after the inhuman way In
which dogs that are caught are treated
and disposed of.
Many of the women who own dogs
have sworn that they will igladly take
the two
ys in jail rather than pay the
fine of to $50
C. F. RICHARDSON.
Appeals to the Law of Love.
Portland. June 12. To the Kditor
of The Journal 1 seriously doubt If speech, let me say that Mr. Williams
anyone, except possibly the heir to ought to know whereof he speaks. In
the habit, ever took a glass of liquor 1886 he became a member of the old
without boasting. In "his own mind at banking firm of John L. Williams A
least, of the power to "take lt or leave Sons of Richmond, Va. He organized
it alone." Some have succeeded In the Seaboard Air Line railway, and
maintaining the habit of "moderate" was president of the Bank of Rich
drinking, only to leave to their chil- mond, as well as of the Georgia and
dren the heritage of a thirst for booze Fiorina Roadway, beside, he has had
arid, a drunken end to their miserable share In the direction -of various
existence. Others have fallen as vie-
imis or me naDii aiong wim ineir cnii-
dren, while still others have died in
their debauchery before someone was
unfortunate enough to become the de
scendant of a drunkard.
Granted that the Bible is technically
silent on Prohibition or other current
issues, every man from Cain to the
present moment Is constituted his
"brother's keeper," and the law of love,
which is the law of the Bible, demands
that he shall remove from him such
aids to self destruction as Is the liquor
traffic. Suppose It has remained for
the present generation to perform this
Job; it ls not. to the credit of the pre
ceding geueratioiis that they did not
do lt. There is no excuse for Its ex
istence; so why tolerate It!
- . R. M. BPEELMON.
Not Suffering, Thank You.
From the Weston Leader.
We have no "hard times" at Wes -
ton. psychological or otherwise. The
community moves along serenely, well
knowlne- that It will continue to
be
elotherl nnfl fWl rAirnrrllesa nf th
metaphorical wolves that howl In the
city slums.
This ls one distinct advantage of
country life. While the brilliance snd
gaiety of the metropolis are not for
us. neither is its gaunt destitution. We
know of no household In the' Weston
community where there is any un-
certainty as te whether another meal
will be set ujoon-the table. Growls
llke the following rrom the Sunday
i nrnnlArk nnni', nn tnAonln. tKo
"Tne workman who ' can get no
work; the merchant who can sell no
goods; the farmer who can eke out el
bare living, or even less, ' from the
products of the soil and of his own
hard toil; the professional man who
cannot collect his bills; the proprietor
who finds his rents cut In two; all
these will find it difficult to believe
that the empty dinner pall and the
empty pocketbook are purely psychol
ogical assumptions."
Our farmers have practically every
thing they want including automo
biles. They do not depend upon po
litical conditions for a livelihood, but
upon their broad acres and the tatter
never .fall. Our merchants and pro
fessional men are making no com
plaints. In fact, some of Weston's
leading establishments are doing a re
markable volume of business. Another
bumper crop will soon be ripening un
der a summer sun, and
stream
gold will flow into local circulation,
i
Times may be hard elsewhere. But
they will not be made any easier by
the mournful tones Of -the Republican
organs, some of which would doubt-
less prefer a panto to another Demo-
cratia victory. .
However, the Oregonlan Is not hope-
lessly pessimistic. It cheers up in a
later Issue. Its editorial stafT having
possibly recovered from a fit of indl-
gestlon. . Weare glad to peruse such
cheerful remarks as the following, and
to know that the Joys are chasing the
Glooms from out of the Tall Tower:
"There is every prospect that next
PERTINENT COMMENT
SiLlLL CHANGE
Good Judgment usually shows un thj
aay alter.
A woman should never get married
A rich father Is o'ten a young man's
excuse for being worthless.
We feej sorry for the average man
who gets what be deserves.
If & man amounts to anything, he
doesn't have to boast of his ancestors.
Economy is the name of a Pennsyl
vania town but it is not a summer re
sort. If a man expects to convince his
wife that he is,a genius, he must get
hllKV rilirlnv th nnurtahin
Many a woman has got her husband
Into a bad scrape by using his razor to
sharpen a lead pencil.
Whenever a widow and a widower
begin to discuss matrimony. the
chances are that the argument will re
sult in a tie.
It sometimes happens that a woman
marries a man to reform, him If she
ls unable to get a man who doesn't
na rciurnung.
JACOB RIIS,
From New York Evening Post
In most of the obituary and appre
ciative articles about the late Jacob
Riis, his long connection with news
paper work is given but slight men
tion. 'We are. told of his books, filled
with a fine humanity ' and inspiring
nationl sentiment as they are; we are
reminded of his wide activity as a lec-
tuw and organizer; but the fact that
r , ,,.
slurred over. Tet it was his work in
that capacity which not only meant
to him bread and butter, but gave him
his first insight into those human
needs, and those civic and social
wrongs, upon which he was so fruit-
fully to spend his life's energy. More
over, it was as a writer for a dally
newspaper that' he first got the ear
of the public: and by means of faith
ful and moving accounts of the things
which he Baw in slums and tenements
that he aroused sympathy and won
aid In the movements in which his
large and warm heart was enlisted.
Mr. Riis' life thus suggests an as
pect of the Influence of the press, and
andon7,t worte'r. In 'the Held of
newspaper reporting, which Is seldom
dwelt upon, but which ls well worth
considering. There are endless dis
..,,. .Knnt th nnwer of the nress.'
A PICTURE OF
By John M. Osklson.
tt tne bankers of North Carolina
John Skelton Williams, comptroller of
the currency, made a speech recently.
It was devoted largely to the picturing
of New York as the country's citadel
of the money power."
Before quoting anything from nis
nther railways, banks and trust com-
I nanles
Well Mr. Williams said or New
York:
"It Is the walled city from which
the barons have levied tribute on a
territory and population vaster than
any lord or king of the middle sge
dreamed of. yt sometimes using
methods ruthless and savage as those
of the fiercest of the robber nobles."
He illustrated his meaning by polnt-
fall nature with her abundant crops
will set the ball of business rolling.
When she does, everybody will give it
nush. Then the difficulty win De.
not to keep It rolling, but to prevent It
from rolling too fast"
Uprising Against Pastorira.
From Reedy s Mirror.
The Houston system of taxation, In-
1 ...mrated bT Tax Commissioner Pas
tor, under whJoh land ls assessed
, - ... lu. tmorovements
r - --- j- -;- . - ,
I J5 Per Cent
and no account taken of
household furniture. Jewels, paintings,
pianos and money on deposit, has
aroused a few land speculators. These
have formed an organization of some
I6 or 30 members, who are giving an
exhibition of that old moving picture
lne tajj wagging the dog.
Despite the opposition of the. few
BpeCUators. more than 10.000 Houston
taxpayers have signed their 114 a-
mont at an increased value on
their land, and have thus expressed
themselves as satisfied that their land
ls valued at a fair price, their Im
provements 8MK only 25 rents on
the dollar, while their household furni
ture and cash in bank are exempt from
tax. And the Houston tax rate Is
ll.sr..
Thus, the rebellion against "Pas
torlza taxation." as the Houston spec
ulators call It, Is not likely to call for
interference by the Texas militia.
Houston is a better city In which to
live and do business than It was when
men were taxed heavily for making
improvements.
tVial for Tour Thousand Years.
A. T. Shurick. in Engineering.
The- I'nite'd States geological survey
is authority for the statement that Our
rlglnal -onl reserve contained over
S07 billion Short tons 20ou pounds
of coal, about one-third of which Is
nfleff doubtful value, due either to the
character or the seems or to their
I a-reat denth from the surface. To
the first of the current yar it is estl-
mated that the gross extraction has
trifle less than three billion
tons.
The United Htetes ls now producing
coal at the rate of half a billion tons
per annum, having rirst crossed that
figure in 1910; although the output for
the year following failed to reach this
record by some four million tons, th
return for ISIS showed that we have
passed it so completely that nothing
but severest depression will ever
cause the production to fall below It
again. The most significant. In fart
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHT
Lane county's health officer report
40 births in the county In May, and
11 deaths.
The Corvallis library which
opened May 28. the Oasette Times an
nounces, has about 1200 books avail
able. Work Is now In progress on Klamath
Falls" new city hall, which is to cost
136.600 and is to bo completed by Jan
nary 1. next.
Hood River's council has Invested
in a road oiling machine, believing a
large saving can thus be mads as
compared with the same work under
the contract system.
The. Kucrene Register observes that
thousrh the weather man seems to be
hankering for a little more winter,
even at that, heavy underwear ls pref-
I erable to cyclones.
Salem Statesman: The Salem Cher
rians deserve a daily vote of thanks
from the people or tne capnat city
Here are a lot of fine young fellows
largely leading business men, who are
continually giving up tneir time ror
the good of the whole city; not that
alone, but each one spending a good
deal of money, for uniforms, traveling
expenses, etc. Every Salem roan who
ls not a Cherrlan himself should make
it a point to personally thank every
Cherrlan he meets for being so un-
selish ana public spirited.
REPORTER
fully assailed from the same side,
eventually yields to the attack."
The point ls as seen In the case of
men like Jacob Riis, that this kind of
newspaper iteration along moral lines,
and in matters of social reform. Insen
sibly produces a great effect. And the
opening thus given to a man anxious
to put the Tacts before his fellows, and
to win their aid in bettering conditions
that haunt him In hia sleep, ls. obvi
ously most attractive. It ls easily
conceivable that the unknown reporter.
day by day getting before the readers
of his paper the remediable Ills of the
"other half." may quietly accomplish
more for his kind than all the edito
rial writing that can be done.
We do not know whether Mr. Riis In
his later years thought of himself as a
newspaper man. He had so many out
side calls upon his pen and his time
that lt would 4spt be strange If he felt
himself drawn apart from active Jour
nalism, even before his health began to
fail. But lt Is certain that he would
have agreed with anybody who magni
fied the office of a reporter, as he him
self had exemplified Its possibilities.
He would not have kicked down the
ladder by which he rose. There are
many other newspaper workers today
who labor In his spirit. They welcome
the chance which the columns of the
press give tnem to disseminate tne
facts, as appeallngly a they can. In
regard to persistent wrongs. Industrial
or social, and to bring about a com
mon sentiment in favor of reform by
law. Jacob Riis was, of course, an ex
ceptional man. A vigorous mind went
with his kind heart. He bad great In
dustry, marked tenacity, and a pen
that could strongly express what he
strongly felt. But he was, after all.
a newspaper reporter; and his career
shows what may be made of a calling
often held up to ridicule, on the stage
and In novels, often caused to appear
unworthy and dishonorable, but really
capable of honest and telling work for
a man's day and generation.
NEW YORK
lng out that most of the railways of
the south are controlled by New York.
Through this control the vast collec
tions of the roads from the shippers
and oassensrers are sent to the great
city and "when North Carolina needs
money to move his cotton crop her
banks must call on New York for
money which should be In their
vaults" 1
All over the country similar com-
plaint arises. iS'early all the Insurance
business ls centered in New York;
more railway mileage is controlled bv
" ' ' 7 . r ... .i
N k.7 JJT.J ror. control
combined; more and I more t""'
Of the pub le Utility mni;
(through holding comranies) Is
lng from lal groups of capital
the New York bank controlled groups.
Mr. Williams sees in the new bank-
lng law. which establishes 12 reserve
banking centers, the beginning of
movement to free the country from
the grip of the New York money be-
rons. If their powar has" been so
great and so ruthlessly exerted as he
nay and Mr. Williams ought to know
the average man win do giaa to bus
It broken.
almost alarming, feature about our
production statistics ls the enormous
rapidity at which the output is In
creasing. Based on the production a
half a ceatury ago. the coal tonnage
las doubled each decade, up to and
Including 1910.
The Ragtime Muse
Inspiration.
When Mary Jane refused him
Young Harry went to war ;
With courage lt Infused him
For deeds mild men abhor.
So he bui-ame a hero;
The reason thus is plain:
In patriotism, sero.
He would "show Mary Janet"
He wan a mollycoddle:
He knew she knew that same.
And so he strove to toddle
lp lofty heights of fame.
He did not care for glory.
He did not care for gain.
He braved the battle gory
Just to "show Mary 'Jane.
So when men of achievement
Tell why they are worth walla,
I think of one bereavement
And smile a knowing smile.
The truth they are denying,
Itut they deny In vain;
I know they have been trying
To "show" some Mary Jsee!
Peace Without Honor.
From the Louisville Times.
Merit O'Nall says that while diplo
mats are exercising, their "good of
fices" In the Mexican Imbroglio, while
the department of state la pondering
as tot whether it is to be peace of war,
while the debating society and the pul
pit and the corner grocery are offer
ing advice, Uncle Epb. for 'many years
doorkeeper at the Louisville r hotel,
comes forward with a suggestion of ai
way out- wun nonor ana without war.
T'mla'Eph was a bit puxsled a few
days ato. He sought Information from
"de boss."
"Kunnel," he began, "what's all dls
talk 'bout wahT Is we gwine to hab
a wah? Home of dese here bellboys
been guying me shout de wan, but I
don't believe dem."
The colonef replied: "Yes. Uncle Eph,
It looks like we are going to have war
with Mexico."
"What fer. Kunnel T'
"Wen, Uncle Eph. they have In
sulted our flag."
"Is dat all?"
"Yes, that's all. but -"Well.
Kunnel. why don't w erlt an
nudder flag?"
IN EARLIER DAYS
17 Fred Lockley.
Mrs. j. w. Munson of Warrenton,
near Astoria, Is a survivor of the
Whitman massacre. Recently we eat
in her sitting room, and while the rain '
pattered on the roof she told me of
her girlhood days in Clatsop county.
"My maiden name was Sarah Sophia
Kimball." said Mrs. Munson. "X was
born ia La, Porte county, Indiana, on
March 25. 1841, My father was a New
Torker, while my mother was born In
Vermont' Tbey , went from Vermont
to Michigan and from there to In
diana. 7 In those days there was a
great deal of malaria In Indiana on ac
count of the stagnant water. Later
they drained the swamps; and now It
Is a fine corn district, and there Is but .
little sickness. Mother used to be glv- '
lng calomel or quinine to the children,
and taking It heJelf. a good part of '
the time. Father used to say the -reason
the hogs didn't get -fat In that
county was because they shook all
their fat off. They ud to stand
around and shake with the chills. just
like people.
"My parents finally derided to ro to
a country where It wouldn't take all
they could make to pay for quinine
and calomel; so father sold the farm "
for $1500. and we started for Oregon.
We had two wagons and three yoke of ?
oxer to each wagon. My two brothers
roue on horseback and drove the cows.
A week after starting one of our cows
naa a cair. We carried It In the back
of the wagon for awhile. We had
fresh milk and fresh butter, as well aa
buttermilk, all the way across the
plains. Mother had an old style dash
churn, which she'f avtened In the back
end of the wagon. She would pour the
milk in before we started in Hie morn
ing, and that evening when we made
camp we would have fresh butter.
"There were seven of us children
when we started. My oldest brother.
Owen, was 14 years old. He drove one -of
the teams. He swam the Snake
river with the loose stock and stood
around in his wet clothes. He died a
few days later. Mother and Nathan,
my younger brother, took turns drlv-
lng his wagon after his death. Father
dug a grave by th side of the road
and; burled him. His coffin was a
blanket.
"My'slster Clarissa died on the
Sweetwater. - We had passed lore of
graves where the wolves had dug the
graves open, and the bones were scat
tered about. We had also seen graves
that had been opened by the Indians
to get the clothes worn by the dead.
So to prevent the wolves or the In
dians from disturbing my sister's'
body, father dug a grave in the middle
! of the road and,
In the absence of
rocks, he put poles all over the body .
to keep the wolves from scratching
open the grave. He corralled the oxen .
over the grave, so It would be all
j tramped solid, and there would be no
'" if?n earm to snow tne In
dians the grave.
"We stopped at Dr. Marcus Whit
man's misMlon near Walla Walla. Dr.
Whitman hired my father tn do some
canientr and mill work; so ire de
cided to spond the winter with them.
A few days later, on Nov. 29. 1847. the
Indians, made frantic by the fact thst
so many of their children were dying
from the measles and dysentery, and
being- told bv Jor LpwIs. a half-breed,
Indian, that Dr. Whitman was polaon
lng them to get their land, the Indians
killed most of the white people of the
mission. My father was xhot through
the arm. but he stayed hidden until
I the evening of the following day. At
dusk he aturled to crawl from. Mill
'Creek to the house where the survivois
, of the massacre were gathered. Aa lie '
'trawled over the fence an Indian saw
! him. phot at him, and my fattier fell
j outside the f enee dead.
Before ftsrtlnc on our ttlp father
; had fhanned the lltO he had retelved
: for the farm, into $5 gold pieces. He
I made three leather money belts. sn
j put $500 in each belt. He. rny mother
I "id my oldest slrter aeb wore one' of
I these heltnw lille crossing the plains.
j 1 burled the money when we
ilded to stay with Pr. Whitman all
winter. The Indians. ho h-.l heard
ot our money, ram to mother and
said they had fmind uo money on
tlhf body, and demanded that she
produce the money. She told them all
J the money was on father when he was
K1,,ed n(i tat some of the Indians
haVB KMIjred It. They tried,
w,, hut p,.rrB fo f,r1 w,1ch Indian
; ,1JU, v ook w)(h u- wnn w
j wer rBt.u,d ani purchased from the
Indians ly the Hudson Bay company,
. XVe w,.,lt u. ,,1 to Oregon City,
i jnn .tewett. a widower lth seven
t r,Ulren. came ud from flatsop county
( to Oregon City to marry one of the
j, lows of the Whitman massacre.
He met my mother. She had five chil
dren, the youngest. M.lna. being only
three months old. Mr. Jewett and my
mother ere married at once, and
mother and us children came dowa to
Clatsop county. My etep-father had
some land near Seaside and (40 seres
on Clatsop Plains. Jos I ah West bought
the 640 acre farm after Mr. Jewett's
death for $2500. or a little less than
$4 an arre. Mr. West still lives on
the old plarr.
"On March IT. 1I5, Jut a week be
fore my eighteenth birthday. I Was
married to faptaln J. W. Munson St
Oystervllle," Wash. Joel, my husband,
was 40 years old st -that time. He
Was bom on Christmas Pay, lilt. In
New York state. lie owned and
operated oyster beds on ' Phoalwater
Bay for some yeais. tn 1SC5 he was
appointed llshthouae keeper at the
Cape Hancock light, .now called Fort
Can by. We were there for 13 years.
He rescued 23 persons from drowning
white we were at Cape Hancock. He
saved 11 of tho passengers and crew
from the wreck of the bark W. B.
Hcranton. For three years after he
resigned as lighthouse keeper we lived
at Astoria. In 1M0 he was appointed
lighthouse keeper at the Point Adams
light, where we stayed for the next 1
years. He resigned In October, 11ft.
and the station was discontinued two
months later.
"I have lived near the mouth of the
Columbia since IMS. over years-.
It is wonderful the change thst has -occurred
" Oregon. In Astoria and In
shipping in that time."
He Will Rfwlgn.
Chicago Tribune.
"If uaglii. didn't you tell me you
were going to resign your Job as trav
eling man for H pot cash Co. nxt
JsnuaryT"
"I think I did. Hnoodie. tut I've just
had a confidential talk with the bo.s -himself
and I find er I'm going to
i r"n " MlurM'r-
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