THE OREGON PAII.Y JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE . 18. &
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When You Go Away
Have "The Journal sent to,
your Summer address.
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May I -govern my P8'ons
wltn absolute sway.
And grow wiser and better as
my strength wears 'away
By gentle decay. - i
Pope.
N ITS hounding of men, the Oregonian supplied two regulation
examples Sunday. - ;-; ::" '-'- ; ' . :..jr
It made an unfair, unreasonable, unjust attack on Dr. 0. J,
Smith, Democratic nominee for governor. It made no charge. It
merely slurred and insinuated. There 8 nQ charge it can make.- The
nominee is too clean a man for the Oregonian to find anything to
charge him with. .' - s
It can only insinuate and slur. It can only resort to the tactics
of the slanderer. It can only indulge in cheap baekbiting.
In the same issue, the (Jregonian attacked Governor West. It has
now pursued him for more than three and one half years. It hounds
him because he has gone east for a vacation. It says: , V r
Ha went east three months ago to deliver an address on prison re
form, or on some such errand. He pretended he had business for the
state, but he tad no real state business requiring his presence there. Nor has
h now. We suspect that the real object of his present Journey
Is some new and sensational pose in the spotlight,
Here is an' implied charge that the governor of Oregon Is a faker.
that he misrepresents the facts, that he goes east on false pretenses,
that the things be does are with sinister motives, and Jhat he is ut
terly unworthy of confidence.
.It 'is a sample of the persecution of Governor West which the
Oregonian has wantonly carried on ever since he was elected. It Is ,
the same kind of malevolence with which the Oregonian hounded
PQQr old John H- Mitchell. It followed him to, the.g.'ave and bullied
him as he lay in his coffin.
Whatever may be private judgment as to .Governor West, nobody'
can point to one. taint in his public life. Not one man in the state'
accuses him of dishonesty. Nobody charges him with wrong-doing.
give return on atocjfc already of
The paper says;
burglar about to be sentenced
wm asked whether he had -any thing
to say Jn his own" behalf. - "Yes, my
lord he replied, "thought X took
money from one savings bank. X Im
mediately deposited ' it In another.
Which Is about- as -much economic
Justification as there is for the situ
ation In Southern ' Alberta. " Even If
the territory prove as rich In oil as
is hoped, the purchasers ' ef stock
In scores of near-fake and over-capital
ixed companies stand to lose enor
mously In their craze.
Here Is evidence on high Can
adian " authority of the wildcat
character of the oil shares which
people are ' urged to buy. Glit
tering advertisements-with roseate
descriptions of great profits to be
made are placed before ' servant
girls, breadwinners, toi'ers. and
workers In the hope Of selling them
shares of stock in exchange for
their slender savings.
That is why Oregon has a Blue
Sky law. It is a law to protect the
unwary against schemers. It is
a law with a principle that ought
to be protected and maintained
both for civic and moral -reasons.
Though offered "advertisements
A FEW SMILES
By his vetoes at the 1911 legislative session he saved taxpayers I boosting the Canadian oil stocks.
$613,874. In the same way at the 1913 session, he raised the total
savings to more than a million. But for the senate, and house
machines, he would have largely increased thev191S savings.
Throughout his administration, he has defended the common
school fund. He has tried to save the swamp lands from spolia
tion, lie has been a leader for state irrigation, lie has done all he
could to secure law enforcement.,
There may be room in some matters to question Governor West's
judgment.
TUB PIO.NHEB8
. . - a ri ......... t n Da lUnH
(Is the remnant band of trie
T brave men and women who
redeemed Oregon from the
wild.
They came, and they dwelt amru
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tAonAfi Ana BiLuaLiouB vuiv LI
Bv V S W ,
. JX LabaIa r r rvi n t ft
kturoy men anu "' " he seeks no offic makes no difference. It iroes on with lt hrntal
f he V?' HZ" " IITZ nd Persecution as though it were mere pastime? . "
In doing so; there is no public aim that it is trying to serve
There is no constructive purpose that it is trying to forward. There
is nothing but a private grudge against West just as there was a pri
vate grudge against Mitchell.
In the same way, the Oregonian began its persecution of Dr
The Journal has steadily, refused
them .because it does not" want to
he a party to the wildcat Canadian
speculation.
tetters From the People
(Conmnnlcatloiii sent WTbe Journal for
its lurking perTIs, Its isolation and
its farfluns distances was a cru
cible under whose test only the
fctrona could survive.
The blue smoke that curled
above the Indian tepee was signal
No man la Infallihlf Rut there i on room tn nneatinn I Pb4icatHi in ") dapaitmtnt ibould be writ
-? . r- - - - " v - " lies en onl m, Ma tK. .i.Anli ..,
his worthiness of purpose, his integrity, or his absolute - desire to jwrdi in length d jput be c-
faithfully and efficiently serve the people of the state. X? if Veft" 3. ""e.? th4
For this, the Oregonian calumniates him. It strives to put him w '""" B lou state,
in the outlaw class. Its malignity is boundless. Even the fact that 'Plloa if the sreatwt of n rform-
,i ratioDBtizca ercryiuiag it tooraaa. 11
rebi prlociplca of all (1 aanetity ad
thrawi tbem back en their r? uoniblrnatf. If
thay hare no reaaonablenasa, it rutb.lesaly
truabea them out of exUteuce and eats up ita
awn coacluaioos iu their itead." Wotxjrpaj
Wilaoa.
One day Jones burst a button from
his aerse coat, and en leaving far the
office on thf. following morning be
aasea jttUe s brtdls
If she' wouldn t re
pair' the damage
4 u r I n ( the day.'
Little bridle, of
course. sweetly,
promised. ;
"Where are you.
Harnr T' called : th
young wife on hearing hubby rambling
around the house that evening. -"What
are you looking for?"
I am looking; for my blue serge
coat, answered Harry, "pid you sew
on that button?"
"No, dear,"' came the startling; re-
Joinder of wifey. -I oouldn't find the
button, so l sewed up the buttonhole."
fit
Teacher A
Willie got stung
lady divided a pie
among her four chil
drenJohn, Mary,
Jane, and Willie.
John got one halt vif
the pie, Mary one
fourth, and Jane one
sixth. W ha t did
Willie set?
Bright Boy Huh!
-Judge.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
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Besides belnar no less renowned than
those of war, the victories of peace cost
me taxpayer a great aeai less. -a
To vary " the monotony, those on
Whom the work palls might swat the
vicious dogs and mussle the flies. .
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It was bound to come, following the
reports of agricultural prosperity
automobile bandits have robbed a farm
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One of the consolations of being- a
congressman now is the high quality of
ball being played by the Washington
team. - .
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Militant suffragettes of England
must have an Idea that the great light
which beats about th throne is the
llmelighj. - .
Those who have tears to shed over
the b:'i"nfa depression are hurrying
to shed them before that bumper wheat
crop is harvested.
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When the weather bureau gets past
the point where it merely report
weather and takes to creating it. then
!;fe will be worth living.
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Mr, Relhok's Questions,
Reedv4He, Or.. June J7.-To the Edi
tor of The Journal a W, Relhak
deems that his two questions on the
liquor business remain unanswered.
Perhaps it Is because the answers take
uw" over ground so familiar that the
- . their dangers It WaS ti-ii fi uwunius- uuu uu-'"e) 111 iuuu iu miavn uiiii vv iu.
I peril illumined in history by the makes no charge whatever
.tv.io ireanherv and wanton ,Dr- Smith ia beyond open attack. He Is an untainted man. His
.iitrherv in the Whitman niassa-1 character ia without weakness, his reputation without blemish and-! questions have been ignored. He tells
ere and one whose imminent reau- nuic . wtiuuui nar. ah me ue nag nvep. as an nonoraqie
' ties and ever present menace the citizen, a kind neighbor, and a patriotic man.
later dwellers in Oregon cannot -His horizon is broad, his purpose pure, his aim the development
realize or understand. and betterment of Oregon.
Out of the privations and safrt- Why pursue such a mn? Is h the only candidate who had
flees and trials of these frontiers- campaign expenses In the late election, or in other elections? Hov
Little Francis was not to be fooled
twice.
The heavy black clouds' bad' massed
in the at and west,
the Ushtnlng was
flashing fiercely be
tween the heavy in
cessant rolling of the
thunder.
Francis was ter
ribly frightened, find
his fond mother had
gathered her young hopeful and tried
logically to oalm his fears
"Don't ha nfaniri riarlina? There's
nothing to fear. Qod sends the thun-
aerbtorm to clear th air, water ne
flowers, and make It cooler for ua
Now, don't cry, . dear; It won't harm
you, and everything will be better
when it's over,"
The little fellow listened Intently,
and as his mother finished he looked
up at her gravely and said: "No. tip,
mother, you talk exactly the way you
did last week when you took me to
the dentist to have the tooth pulled."
Why not riv the college gradoatea
a chance to run the world according to
their theories? They could not do much
worse thap has been done.
Possibly one reason why circuses do
not pay as well as they did can be
found in the fart that the summer re
sorts have cribbed so many of ' thoJ
circus adjectives.
Solomon's line. "How beautiful are
thy feet, with shoes. O prince s daueh
ter.' indicates' that even in the wise
man's day the feet were made to fit
the shoes rather than the snoes tne
feet.
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It is predicted that this will be a
record breaking month for June Wed
dingb. and, consequently, it will be a
record breaking month for the sale of
out glass pickle dishes and silver nut
sets.
OREGON SIDELIGHT
Fort Rock correspondence Silver
Lake Leader: "There are so many peo
ple coming In looking for land you can
hardly meet any but strangers.
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At the annual school meeting at
Qresham an informal vote on the
question of establishing a domestic
science course resulted n an expres
sion almost unanimously favorable. -
"Falls Citv." says the News, "has
the finest water In the state, and there
Is nothing more conducive to health,
happiness and long life than good wa
ter, and men tnai no t ait tne goes
things, either."
Cottacre Grove housewives and busi
ness men have testified, the Leader
raourts. that a a result 01 tne swat
ting campaign, "there Is not now one
fly In town where there used to be
hundreds of them at this season,
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Speaking of the Pioneers reunion.
Colonel Wood of tne Leader says
Weston ts entitled to toas a few bou
quets at ltlf "for providing one of
the best annual entertainments In this
part of the state at a cost of a few
hundred dollars.
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Fossil Journal: John Stephens has
thrf mail contract from Fossil to
I'jurnn at 11200. The oast four years
he has had the Fossil-Antelope line,
about twice the distance, at -1950 the
great Increase In pay being due to par
cel post.
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George Forty of Port Orford Is pre
paring for hin anoual sea lion cam
paign. The Tribune calls him the
niot expert nd experienced se lion
hunter-alonK the coast, with two er
three helpers killing several hundred
lions each season, from which he real
izes from $ to 8 apiece.
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McMinnvllle News-Reporteri Mc-
Mlnnville should have an organised
hunch of "live, ones" like the Salem
Cherrlans who visited us here this
afternoon. Also, like the "Jolly Radi
ators" of Eugene. Who will be "chief"
among us and start the ball rolling
toward the formation oi an organise
tlon of that character?
HOUSTON GETS A PLAIN STATEMENT
TRUSTS AT BAY
of an incident in Los Angeles, when
the city, in order to meet an expense,
raised the saloon license 150. Who
pays for It all. In the end? It may be
true that the quantity of the drink has
not fallen off, but what about the
quality? The consumer evidently must
root the bill. The toiler who passes
men, militant men and women were j much nipney is the Oregonian's private candidate for senator going Ibis, hard; earned coin over the bar pays
created. The adversities and neces- to spencer how mucn nave oiner candidates for senator and candU
sities of that crude life among the dates for governor spent? Did anybody ever see the Oregonian raise
pines and prairies, along the trails the issue before?
and timber among tne wolves and Why was Dr. Smith singled out among sixteen candidates fo gov-
the wigwams .made character ana ernor before the primaries a.a the only man to be attacked! Why
capacity that were impressed upon! only Smith when the Oregonian knew that there were candidates in
the commonwealth that these fore- the field at the same time that were putrul?
runners of a new civilisation con- Let the people ef Oregon take nonce, now and here, of this
structed. hounding of Dr, Smith by the Oregonian.
There should ever be reverence Let theqi thinB over Its hounding of Mitchell, Us hounding of
and respect for the bent forms and! West, and let them fairly and squarely ask. themselves what they
whitened locks. Their names, tneiri think about it.
years, and all their thoughts and
TUB "l'NLOADKI" REVOLVER
aims were history iu the making a similar system, its purpose being
and a great commonwealth in the tQ provide incentive for equipping
building. ; factories with Bafety devices.'
The casualty companies have
been making a futile fight against
. . I wrtrlzmen'a cnmnpnsfltlnn laws.
HUBEin UIL.MUK;, iour. years .
old. is dead at Wilkeson, They are here to stay They are
Washington, a victim of the designed ta benefit the employer
"unloaded" revolver. His as wel1 as the workman, to make
eight-year-old brother watched " POMiWo that every dollar paid
over the body for hours awaiting iy ,,u,,w' DU" e"
return of the parents from Tacoma. channels of compensation rather
The two boys had been left at Jhan ic,to, agents- commissions, at
home with an instrument of death torneys fees cpurt costs and big
salaries jo omciais oi me casualty
companies.
in the house.
The story is not exceptional.
The father and mother found it
necessary to charge Stanley, the
older boy, with his brdther's tre
while the parents were away. Stan-
. ley left the house a few moments,
and when he returned ..ittle Hu-
FltflTS OF SPECULATION
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.NE of the moat serious as
sessment problems in the
West is the undervalua
tion of vacant land held
;bert's body was lying on the floor or speculation." Such was the
with a revolver Dy its siae. Btan declaration in Portland Tuesday of
ley kept lonely vigil by the bed Professor Bullock, head of the de-
on which he had placed tne noay. partment of Economics in' Harvard
The pistol was of .32 calibre, and university. He added:
the rather said ne did not know it T know of no other way to dis
was loaded. I courage speculation in vacant land.
Parents are indeed unfortunate Th Ume i rapidly approaching when
the city expense, as far as the saloon
gqes. M'ny nqt nut the burden of
tax upon ehoujders more able to bear
it nyert the stream of money that
flows into the liquor man's coffers, into
the more legitimate channels of trade,
and you will make conditions better.
The man who is in the habit of wast
ing his day's wage in booze will spend
ft with his grocer or clothier, and why
shouldn't the merchant so favored be
ready and willing to share tho burden
of taxes required to meet city expenses?
The men engaged in the manufaa?
ture or sale of liquor who will be
thrown out of work by the destruction
taxation of vacant lands as a means of tb Huuor traffic win leava the
of preventing the crasy and fren- fno?? 'L&ZT. ZZZ
Sied speculative conditions pointed counter and the cheap 'boarding house
out by Mr, gelling. To prevent the of our cities attract and bold a certain
land from being" boosted beyond cIM or men. if they were wiped out,
Ita real value, Dr. Bulloek would. heftb,uienv
In th. oHiaa - .i.. V' healthful environments and - become.
" uuu ui iu i oetter tcuiens, u, f r RANK,
uueaiuBu increment laKen ior pur
poses of government.
Dr, Bullock Is eminent in the
field of economics and taxation.
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"Divine Origin" Discussed.
Hillsboro. June 1. To the Editor
of The Journal rWhilo by no means
a prohibitionist I am rather ef the
opinion that many of th articles by
Mrs. Duniway saver rather more of
contention than of argument. In one.
HE Ore eon SnnrAma fnniii particularly, she intimates that any
holds that th tt i.i.i, a"emP to arbitrarily restrict the use
noiasmat tne state legisla-le alcohol is rathe flying in the
hmo iias no aumorjiy to en-1 race of Providence, because forsooth.
aci laws rixing pensions for a,cnoi is a product or divine origin.
POLICE PENSION'S
police in the City of Portland.
decision says:
ue much, to ftttemnt tn. Una ih rjroot
Chemist up on their side of anv con-
xne act or 1913 is an attemnt tn troversy, he it Bible, bossier or boose.
amend by indirection the chapter nt 1 1 an old story.
me wity or f ortiand and to compel ln same extent, the Lord made
said city to aive Its nolica fom. 1 opium, English sparrows, lottery tick.
under stated conditions, pensions eoual I eta. and etandpat Republicans.
k.l, . . I ml. a . , , .
w saiary how paiq them. I ""; wmuiwh le-mers in, moqeru
This act In its entirety la purely I medleal ecience agree that alcohol Is
municipal. Every provision of It always Injurious and never really ben
relates to municipal and not to state ! flclal ln its offset upon the human
matters. it provides far oensiona system. Evidence that it is a force
and relief for city officers, and pro-. moral uplift is also extremely scat-
vu4js ior payment or pensions and I ru-s. xui in mra. jjqn.way s. comr
relief from city revenues. No oerson 1 munications we read that whiskey.
portion of tne unearned Increment , outsiqe tne city J.s any interest in it. WWW a is UQt on
when it is necessary for them to ,v,aBj , n im.H ri iA.q must It alwavs. in fact. E.m-rt dowed with "sentience" and cannot
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leave small children alone at home, be taken for the support of govero
Rnt tho chlMrpn ir tn ho nltijtd I mnt. So far as I am concerned. I
wh.n tKy r lft with a rivnlwr W to Sanction that now,
In th hnn Thv mlsrht na wall Nearly three yars ago, Ben Sell
ktv. - vim hi Mr a Mrnniiiinn ing pointed out in an Interview that
ior in that event they would be the then stress of business condl-
equipped with, at least, a natural on 1B romana was que u
Instinct of fear to assist in saving nmnons oi mouey ihju uy m ou
thair 1lva lOtS. tie SQQweQ tnai OU many ut
VaaiTws I.- . a A 1 I
There is no reason or excuse for tneae ,0"' 8Ul KpByiD5
the revolver in home or hip pocket, a monthly iMtallment on the pur-
Th irnn itcalf la n monon. mnro Chase price, and that the flOW Of
thretonlntr than Wlar or a. thif money into the pockets of land
sassin 9r devouring animal. Loaded Peculator, exerted a depressing in
or unloaded, it is a nuisanco. Tt Huanco on business.
servos no .rood mimosa: It con. More than a year ago, tiy jciiers
tributes larsrelv to avoidable an- made the same assertion in an ad
gulsh and woe. Why should it dress oerore a ppqy oi pusmesa
be tolerated? wen in Portland, . wis one oi tne
pricea we pay ror tne. speculation
LOWER CASUALTY RATES into which the masses of the peo
pie are drawn through glittering
EW YORK has a recently-en- promises and glib representations
acted worKmen s compensa-lof profits to he made on land in-
tion law. Tne state commis- vestments
sion last Thursday announced in Portland, meanwhile, most of
insurance rates, placing them be- this property is out of productive
tween eight and nine per cent lower use. Money is tied up in it, and
in an cases tnan tnose or tne stock there are no returns for the own
and mutual companies. Thousands rg. Most of these who bought ex-
of applications have been received pected to sell; hut three yeara ago
irom employers ior permission, to or more the over-capitalized land
provide compensation at the lowest I encountered bad markets, and the
possible cost. I resulting reaction made it lmpos-
It is probable that New York' Bible for the buyers to convert their
experience wm tie tne same as the purchases Into cash and profits, i
experience or oiner states wnicn Speculation boosted the price too
have similar laws. It la too early hlh. Tho iota cost eo, much that
for ngures on now mucn tne Em-1 only a limited few could or can
plre state's injured workmen will afford to buy and build on them.
save because of the law, but it is The humbler owners who bought
signiticant tnat tne rates charged to sell, can neither sell nor afford
employers have been substantially to tjuild,
reaucea. iT. Tha net reault la that hnlldlnor
New rora s commission an-its discouraged and checked. Fewer
nouuees'a system by which large workers have employment. Stae-
mployera may be placed in a sepa- nation In the labor market has re-
i iv i" Miiremw vur-isuitea rrom ma BTjecuiation. its
posea, rocelvlnf the advantages of I high prices, boosted land valueB
ineir own loss rates in the com-1 and halleen husiness.
putatlon of dlTldends. ' Ohio has 1 The Bullock Ulan preno.es full
ie5iaiaiion ior tne state leg- Man, also the work of th Infinite
islature to pass a measure provid- hand, is endowed with more or less
Ing pensions for Portland police. reMnf therefore, let him nereis his
If there is one fhing more than Br the same token, any attempt to
another that would seem to be onset laws which wiu interfere with
none of a legislature's husiness it th Inherent right of widows, orphans
is the question ef whether Port, lV
land should or should not pension rubber plantations In Timbucte. or
Its police. There could scarcely ba I ".PPla orchards nearer hem, ts pot only
more absurd act than the sneo- interference with their personal lib.
tacie,Qi a member from Curry or not qed make the men who made th
Harney voting Portland city taxes stock certificates, as well as the men
into a pension fund -for Portland wno maq ine BOOaT m,,x
emnlovPB . ' c- WELiS.
Nobody will ever know." hut it is
highly probable that foxy legiala.
From an Undecided Voter,
Woodbum. Or.. June ia.-r.To the
tive candidates, as a means of se-1 Editor of The Journal I have been
rnrinv nniin. i i. . . I reading the
: ujjpor - ior meir I am a new voter, and would like to
Letters'
UOminaUOn or election. nromlSArl ask those nersona who ara ureina- kit
Inside members f the police that mothers to vot for prohibition, a
tho pension would he nravlriiul tv Won: . .Why not lve high, license.
looMtl .?:?r , ne(1 by nd local option strictly enforced, of
ctruuaniy m carry-1 course-a trial? Where L lived ts
iflg out tne pledge, tha law was I the east we had both for 2 years
passed, affording a luminous ex- i.tepTw wer weU
S TTl T I a r W - mm a l.L V . - 1 " - - r--y a
tures in uregon. for less thaa 11668
Veteran policemen. s a mwiH I 14 my b tru that the enly way
for AfflclotiT oniM i . . . - to clean up the saloon is to eater-
ror ernclent service, should have minate tt. but I have seen local op-
a pension. But tha at ara. locrlc- I tlnn arlva It a trnnA rnnrlnr T K1tva
lature is not the place to get it. I in temperance and doubt If this state
too many foreign-born voters. Per
haps if the temperance women stopped
abusing- th man behind tha bar, and
WILD-CAT COMPANIES
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ANADIAN FINANCE, rjuhliahaxl I really, truly, condemned the man in
t rant oi ii aoa ane iu wue, ii mnm
Is raising any drunkards, it might
at Winnipeg, says that oil
companies in the Calgary dis fceip.
trict are offering the nnhlle I Oregon seems to he holding- her ewn
shares amounting to 50,o00.000. "..J,?f tov.i.mp,rnc TST ..weU
Other comnanlei with n,,tit,- "Uhout wrehlbtUon eerApUoaUons.
. corapa m wlth authorijed Ther are six votere eur faratty.
capitalization of $150,000,00 fre Oa the saloon euestton we don't knew
rormea or forming. The total stock I wnr wf r, at. .v. juhwmum.
?rASa" Attitude.
S)UWU,af,U,VVU.UOU.f Y-tlcn rit- Tuna Y
Canada ia passing through an tor of Th Journal 4 do not blame
Oii-Etock craze. ' The Winninee na-1 Mr. Frank, for desiring to keen- the
per says shares are being traded Bibl out of th prohibition eoptro-
in at from onp-tnth nf naV. versy. sino that book la generally it,
paraJ m ccpted ball Qhrtstlan race, aa the
times par and over. According to source from which all just laws er
experience in oil districts else- danveL its prohlblUons, pajrtlouUriy
wham 9Kn Ana . -mii. .- v these of tho New Testament, ara aen.
drilled la tie CalrarT wlly OCta4 without question y
rmea ihe qaiajary tjlstrtel 9 Cbrtatn-a aaUona Om arerid, -
.the manufacture or sale of alcoholic
Iinuora had been placed under th ban
by th founders of the Christian re
ligion, or if we were taught by the
Bible that it was a sin to drink, there
would be no prohibition question to
d$y, any moie than there Is over laws
tor prevent theft and other things
clearly forbidden. Prohibition Is -an
attempted addition to the "Thou shalt
not" commands of the Bible, and an
attempted subtraction from the right
cf Ir dividual Judgment strongly em-
pTia.stsed by the founders of Christianity.
The prohibition propaganda as car
ried on in the UnKed states today is
absolutely hostile to the Ire spirit
of Christianity as laid down by the
writers of the New Testament. Yet
the leaders of this movement unhesi
tatingly condemn every man or woman
who opposes them as un-Christian, and
then either beg the question or grow
facetious when the untenable charac
ter of their position ts shown by the
Elble.
Men oppose prohibition because they
believe it .to be immoral, un.-Chrlstian,
detrimental to character. Inexcusable
in ethics and Impractical in operation,
yet Mr. Frank, whe is an avowed pro?
hibitionlst himself, pretends to speak
ior tne opponents or tnat doctrine
when he says the only argument In
favor, of the liquor traffic is financial. I
If he does not place the dollar above
human welfare, what right has he to
accuse men who differ with him, of
doing so? This constant claim of the
prohibition writers that those who
oppose them are on a lower moral
plane than themselves betrays a monu
mental gall. y. W. NICXERSQN.
Mrs. Finney Exhorts Opponents.
Gervals. Or., June 17. To the Editor
of The Journal--Pid you see our farm
ers' Tamilies rolling into Portland In
cartloads and carloads and in automo
biles galore our city and country
people blending at the carnival of
roses? Did you evr seea nicf crowd?
That was our sober Oregon-aU sober
but a few on Kelley Butte. Then why
ruin financially the finest lot of people
under th sun. for a few weak drunk
ards? Wouldn't It b far more sensible
to enrorce the laws? Fashion paints
on th lady's ehek a bird; law can
tattoo on the drunkard' hand a tiny
flag and po one dare then siv him
drink.
Our nob.1 writers are true patriots.
trying to save the country. Kill our
Industry and you kill your own. Com
up the valley and see our beautiful
fields of production. If you vote dry,
you destroy them and you are the
greatest robber the world ever knew.
Prohibition Is a terrible calamity,
worse than war. Tou should vote wet,
to save yourself, your neighbor and
your country, for enforced law, order
and' temperance. ELLA M. FINNET.
Hints From Southern City.
Portland, Jun 11. To th Editor of
Th Journal Mr wife and I recently
returned from nearly a year amid all
the delight of which Los Angeles pan
boast, and can truly say w think Or
egon superior In th more Important
conditions which affect the comfort
and happiness of life. However, they
have some items of progress I am sure
we could adopt with profit.
Fpr Instance, last fall a citizen of
Los Angeles received the "privilege"
of buying the garbage of the city at
a "goad" price per ton. on his offer
and agreement to put up at bis own ax-
pens a 100,009 Incinerator. Perhaps
it will partially explain this strange
action t stat that also In Rochester,
N, Y.. a contractor buys th garbage,
comes with trucks Into your bask yard.
through deeo snow if necessary, after
It, and is wrathy if h finds any one
selling his garbage to a farmer. Why?
Because his incinerator makes it into
the buttons w all have on our clothes,
Another instance: Two of th best
papers on th Pacific coast, Th Los
Angeles Tribune and Express, find It
profitable to refuse all liquor adver
tisements., and at that, er because ef
that, js'ell their papers for one cent. For
my part, I would willingly pay the
highest price for a paper without the
dangerous menace ef a liquor adver
tisement in it. - Further, I believe that
if California beats Oregon In obtaining
a stat Prohibition law, tb actios ef
those Los Angeles papers will be the
deciding factor.
, X JEALOUS SOX OF OREGON.
Samuel TJansiger in The Publla
Co-operation of a Yry unwelcome
kind will be forced on Houston's land
speculators should - they carry out
their threat to Invoke? the courts
against the Houston system of taxa
tion. H. F. Ring of TlQuston, one of
the ablest and best known of Texas
lawyers, will join their efforts and
add to their plea for full taxation of
all Improvements, full taxation of all
Other property. Including bank depos
its, money loaned, stocks of merchants
and manufacturers, and household
goods. Mr. Ring has addressed a
letter" to th mayor and council call
ing attention to the fact that these
forms of property are escaping taxa
tion. Mr. Ring is already known as
an authority on the principles of
taxation and has done much to clarify
that subject. His letter to the Hous
ton council Is a plain statement of the
case from a different viewpoint than
bJs previous writings, and In a differ
ent form.
Mr. Ring takes th position f one
who Insists on strict enforcement of
all existing tax laws. Since bank de
posits and money loaned by banks are
pot taxed in Houston, he calls atten
tion te the state laws requiring their
taxation. He declares absurd "tha
vaporipgs of single tax cranks to the
effect that systematic effort to tax
credits money lons amounts to
double taxation, since the land given
as security Is also taxed as well as
the money loaned on It, and that the
whole burden of such taxation in the
long run falls upon the borrower in
increased rates of Interest." He fur
ther ridicules "the .most brasen claim
of al made by these pestiferous mal
contents, that a tax on any kind of
property produced by human industry
Increases Its cost," In advocating
taxation of merchants and manufac
turers he declares exemption of them
to be inexcusable, even though "It Is
greatly to the Interest of tho city of
Houston to encourage the coming
here of manufactories and wholesale
and retail merchants." Ha urges the
enforcement of law for taxation f
household goods, suggesting that tt
can be done through 'a house to house
visitation by properly authorised city
officials, at a comparatively trifling
expense." As to taxation of bank
deposits he argues, "few people so
fortunate as to have money In bank
on the first day of January of any
year would object to the payment of
one per cent or two per cent Of It for
the support of the city government."
The strongest objection he has to urge
against the Houston system Is that
the exemption of Improvements Is a
discrimination In favor of small home
stead owners and pf renters and Is
"Injurious to the vacant lot Industry."
"Tax discriminations favoring the
rich are bad enough." he says, "but
those which favor th poor r Intolerable."
Mr. Ring's letter makes clear the
dilemma in which the Houston plan ef
taxation, has placed monopolistic In
terests. If allowed t continue un
molested, the example will surely
spread. If overthrown by the courts
the city will be compelled to strictly
enforce to the letter all the provisions
of the general property tax. Th re
sult of this with all duo respect to
Mr. Ring's statement to the contrary
must be a tremendous, loss to the
city, and will bring on such a storm
of popular dissatisfaction as must
lead to Institution of a far more
radical system . than now prevails in
Houston. The objectors organisation
Is playing with fire.
PRICE OF TWO HALF PINTS A DAY
By John M. Osklson.
It fell to the lot of old Samuel
Smiles, whose book,-"Thrift," is one
of my treasures, to tell the story of a
Manchester workingman who received
a vivid and efficient lesson in saving
from his, wife.
Tha airl he married knew that he
was a drinking man. though be never
drank to excess. On their wedding
day she asked him to allow her out
of his wages the price or two nair
plnts of al a day- He winced, but
mad no protest; though he'd have
preferred a teetotaler for a wife, he
couldn't very well deny her request..
After the raarrlag the wire said
nothing about her man's drinking,
though she did try by various arm to
make her home and herself more at
tractive than the public house and
the companions he met there. She
did fairly well, too. A year after the
wedding John suddenly rememrerea
that he had meant to treat his wife
and himself to a short' holiday.
But he had no money. He confessed
his plight to his wife, and he promised
to save for -next year. He was very
regretful; his wife then said: '
"Wtmldst like to go, John? .ni stand
treat." e
"Thou stand treat! Hast got a for
tune, wench?" John was sarcastic.
"Nay," said the wife, "but I've gotten
the two half-pints o ale." Bh lifted
a prick in the hearth and drew out
her 166 three-pencea and put them in
his hands. John looked at them until
h understood what they represented
ana tnen exclaimed:
"Hafsn't thee had thy share, missus?
Then I'll ha' no morel" And he was
strong enough to keep his word. As
ior tne sequel, Bamuel wrote:
"The wife's little capital ws the
nucleus of a series of frugal Invest
ments that ultimately swelled out Into
a shop, a factory, warehouses, a coun
try teat, and a carriage.
If marriage Is really a partnership (ss
it ougnt to oe), tne wife can certainly
help to make the need for thrift con
crete; oy ner example, the money-earn
ing partner can leara to put late prac
tice th theory that something ought
to be saved out of every dollar that
comes In saved, and then put te work.
V "From the Seattle Sun.
Mor or less efofrt Is being made to
poke fun at what opposition organs .
are terming "Wilson's psychological '
depression. But Mr. Wilson would be
a fool, which nobody will say that he
Is, If he Ignored the element of psy
chology In matters of trls kind.
it is in am group of newspapers
now belli Hng th efforts of the ad
ministration that In th real panic of
oroognt on oy the very practices
that Wilson Is seeking; te end tvore
heard shouting. -All this country
needs is confidence." Psychology.
awrm tm no aouot or the widespread
ffort being made to force the belief
on the country that there is hope for
Immense prosperity In allowing the
railroads t Increase the rates. Apol
ogist for such a program will say "it
'xaclly r!nt u ort of artl-
v-.a,. prosperity, at tn beat but for
Heaven's sake,, give us any kind of
prosperity for a change! It congreas
go home and quit disturbing business '
,.?rnt th rat 'ncrease and make
a Httl money!"
But for years th country has been
demanding that business affairs
rather, -whaf is usually termed "big
bus ness" b placea on f ,
ducted in the open Instead of in the
7 Vnd. now thVa method of bring,
ing about this charge ha. been arrived
at. there should be no halting of the
WrVLt opponents of th anti-trust
.Km r worlt,tS on broad lines.
irVi"' ifV 'niepdous leverage
r power. The country should b gratr-
lufflV.'.8 CVef "u"v ha, V brain '
sufficiently clear not to be confused by
the nature of the attack and th oour
ag to pueh through the program In
the face of the outcry raised against IU
. 1 have f"Stten the coercion
exerted by "big business" in lltf. It
;!i!iei!t,y, ha" Wn ld that It never
Souh, done",n- This la true, un
doubtedly, as far as the mass of voter
is concerned, but th coercion now
rS.'.'mn011 ,n" eongresa hss a
very similar appearance.
Klizabeth Frr.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
ir Ralph Brlsoo could revisit, with
his remarkable allv mii iIZ.TJ
th scene, of their former grandeur, no
JT A'0" ,nany rnllllone. who have
w.c msiortc walk down Fleet
y,ou,d b more surprised. The
Old Bailey, a. the clerk of Newgate
Th? lh ha" a,mpl' appard.
The criminal court and the grlra prison
beside it have been literally swept
S!y' 1X1 plac of lhm her has
arisen the present court, the like ef
weargian Judge would never
have dreamed of conceiving for such
J haa Ukn a "tury to
effect the change, but It has been ef-
t!. . . w,,h th wtmost completeness.
? i r'"uU du mainly to th ef-
P, ' ' ?rm Praon. the Quakeress.
iJixaoeth Fry.
isewgate. a Elisabeth Fry first saw .:
it, haa been described hv a fa ,.
nees ia on comprehensive If scarcely
original sentence, as "hell upon earth."
.nvnipt io describe Its horrors
would be to wrestle with superlstlves.
The much maligned Bastille was a Par
adise besld It. It was at once the
worst constructed, worst managed and
most Infamous of the great prisons of
.P- t walls there wss
u"1"" aiscipnne, decency nor com
mon humanity. Th riii,n .fii,..
sis were herded Indiscriminately In Its
w,ards with the moat lnnocit flrM of
fenders, and the ino.it ln,lnifi,.on ,. r
offenses was sufficient n
of them to the gallows. The governor
Jived on the misery of these wretch.
Those who could pay - were stripped
with the mercilessneaa of a Kallee plr.
-v, wt wno couia not incontinently
lt'w. ini oroinarv tortur th.
fears and Igooraao of tha
prt sonars on gunday morning from th
puipit pi tne cnapei, and in the eve
ning joined In the worst debauches of -the
oondemned cell.
feuch, tn the restrained linruit.
was Newgate when EUsaketh Krv
came, saw and conquered It. To at
tempt to teu the story of her victory
would be to writ tha hinrraniv Af
the woman. Two Quaker friends, who
had seen the horrors of the place.
Pleaded w(th her to make the attempt.
She came, a cultured lady, Jnto th
midst of the misery, obscenity and vice,
and the cleansing of the Augean eta-
uia was accompusned. Not only did
she reform Newgate, she wrought the
reformation ef th criminal cod so
mat it was no more posalble to hear In
th Old Bailey those hideous sentence -upon
the petty thief and the forger.
She had, of eourae, splendid helpers,
notably her brother-in-law, Thomas
ruweu oution. anq sir Bamuel Rom
Illy. The glory of the attempt like th
glory of th success must, none the
less, InevlUbly remain hers. The cm-
press of the Old Bailey when Ralph
Briscoe was clerk would certainly have
been "Moll Cutpurae." Tudiv thora
has been placed in the new Old Bailey
the statue of Elisabeth Frv.
an even 100 automobiles, all filled with
people who, as near as I could. tell
from such glimpses as their speed
would permit, wer reasonably well
dressed and fed.
Thereupon I- returned home and set
it down ga my honest conviction that
hard times no longer mean lack of car
fare, pinched cheeks and eld clothes,
but that times are pretty tight when
only f 00 automobiles pass a given
point in 90 minutes. Yea, times are
hard. It must be the fault of Wilson
and Bryan. ROBERT O. DUNCAN.
W. B. My automobile is for sal.
Ther Isn't room in th street for It.
X don't think ther will be until the
Republicans get baek In offte.
R. O. P.
The Ragtime Muse
Hard Tiroes,' Ttfutt?
Portland, June 18. Te th Editor of
Th . Journal Possibly no man allv
hates to reverse his expressed opinion
more than L but I will have te modify
my, statement; about hard times. I
now hold that times are not only hard,
but are adamant and. also tough.
Last Sunday, there was some sort of
entertainment at the Country eroh
ground motorcycle races, believe.
Well, I wanted to cross Sandy boule
vard, near my, residence, but found It
a swirling ; stream of automobiles,
geing toward, the rae. track. Hot be?
Ing able to eroaa th trta I counted
Automobile tor la Ktautta.ua uuicd
Sacramental Wine.
Nehalem, Or.. Jun 14. Tbr has
never been a prohibitory law drafted,
so far as I knew, which does not per
mit the sale of liquor fpr sacramental
purpose. VTt -ungodly folks cannot
have It, but the godly can. Now, I
would like to have gome one explain
this te me:
Alcoholic liquors are said, by the
Prohibitionists, to b poisons. If so,
does this, poisonous drink Injur th
qon-church member any mor than the
church member? Will It kill th In
fidel and not th Christian? Does this
or any atber poison discriminate be
tween th godly and th ungodly? If
there la no redeeming feature in alco
holic beverages, why permit them In
th church? Is it anjr better for my
bqy or girl to drink wine la th church
than at my home?
If th Prohibitionist wants to re
serve to himsel-the privilege of drink
ing, why not put It in the law that
way, and the party would be the most
popular one in the country. This res
ervation appears to mo to be a little
selfish. I can drink, because I made
th law and left a loophole for myself;
but you cannot drink, because you do
nt do and vote as L If liquor ts such
a eursej why not leave that little Joker,
"for sacramental purposes." out?
AM J. COTTON.
Short Cut.
I DAD'S DILEMMA.
Sometimes the future scares ma stiff
With my small daughter on my knee;
She is so darlnar and so mmt
Who will take care of her like me?
Th world is hard on womankind: 1
I darkly scan each direful twist
Of man-made cruelty and wrong-
I am a rabid feminist!
Sometime my freckled son and hair
nnas timo ia linrar at m mim
And stagger m with question marks.
"-is nig eye eeriqus ana wid.
I see Delilah ,after him.
I se youth's towered palae fall.
The worsen run things, anywayl
Pshaw I'm no feminist at alL
IL HEROISM.
With high delight
I sing a wight
Of this prosaic, modern, time;
A valiant chap.
Who yet. may ha o.
Will mov soma bard t vers sub
lime.
Ten times a day
This hero may
Bisk life and limb, quit unafraid
isut not ror ram
is h so gam-
He does it in th cours of trad.
t
The motor's speed.
The snorting steed.
The snger of th traffic ep.
The rushing truck -But
-prove his pluck;
They intervene he will net stopl
The thinr called death '
Ia his life's breath:
Tie part of each day's work and
pian: !
From dangers h
Is never fre--T-he
ordinary city man.
For experiments with del ear
planes a French inventor mounted th
wings and tall of a crow on s wlr
fram. -.
The Oregon Wonderland.
From the Canby Irrigator.
W understand that tha Ram Vaa.
tival wm even mor successful this
yr than vfr before a4 that Is
saying a great deal This annual event
advertises Oregon better than almost
anything else we can, think ef unless
it would be more prosperity than other
sections enjoy. Thousands ef paapl
come from all parts of th United
States each year to witness this event
and go home with wonderful stories
of what they saw. We know because
w have, lived in the east for a num
ber of years and know with what
greediness n easterner devours stories
of the "peculiar" things that happen
In the west. We have been "thought"
a liar many times when we told about
catcning smelt ;n a bird cage. Baek
there they still think that w eaten
them with a hook -th same as any
other fish. Thos from th east g
back after a trip to eur coast with
thousand such stne asxi giv many
other people a great deslr te corn
her themselves. They begin to think
that w hav a sort of "wonderland'
out here, and we have If w stopped
to realise It. We suppose thst If we
lived In heaven for a few years we
would begin to lose sight of Its many
advantages. That seems t b humas
nature and likely always will b.
Will Have Many Reminders. -Hs
(in their new home) Do yS
know, I can hardly believe that wl
are really and truly married.
8b Olanc ever the bills, dealt
and you'll have ae dubt whatever.
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