The Oregon daily journal., June 21, 1914, Page 37, Image 37

SECTION FIVE
SOCIETY CLUBS MUSIC
PARENT - TEACHER NEWS
EIGHT PAGES
SOCIAL SERVICE NEWS
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PORTLAND, OREG6n, SUND AY . MORNING, : JUNE 21, 1914.
NATION'S UNIMPAIRED RESOURCES ARE v
: SUFFICIENT TO INSURE PROSPERITY; PLAN
OF El
C0N1IC
DISTRIBUTION
PROVED
BAD
Thomas Lawsoti Declares Faith in Country's f- Natural
C. Wealth land Predicts Business Progress .at Record
Speed Once Confidence Has Replaced "Uncertainty. .-
ERA v OF SWOLLEN FORTUNES CALLED MISLEADING
Author of "Frenzied Finance," Now an Oregon Visitor, De
clares People Dazzled by the Spectacle of Great
' Wealth, Have Failed to See Remedy. -
By Fred Locklex
"A Orover Cleveland used to say, 'It
In a condition, and not a theory, that
confront us.' " said Thomas B. Law
con, at Cottage Farm, near Hood River,
recently, "ifou cannot persuade the
American People today that the depres
sion we are experiencing la merely a
theory. It Is a condition to all of
us, and a very serious one to many.
We are all groping through the fog and
trying; to find a way out. I know to
day -what the trouble Is and I know
the remedy. Until we find and apply
this remedy there will be hell to pay
,1 have rot been saying much; I am
working. Results Is what I am after.
Benator Owen and 1 are pulling to
gether 'on the stock exchange bill.
"The trouble with most people Is
they do not get a broad view. They
lalk with their own little clique, and
they do not understand the attitude of
the other felloW In the least. Take
the typical b.-jfuker for example. He
may know wijut the other bankerj
- his fellow clmi members think and
believe, but what does he know of
the lew of the ditch digger or the
railroad brukeman, or somebody else
mhoKf vote counts for just as much as
I.ik Joes?
"While coming west a few days ago
I received three telegrams on the train
taking me to stop over for an import
ant conference. I was unable to do
thta. but I got oat of the train a
I'ccaLHlo to meet the man who sent
the legrams. T found he was a
braTman. I was "rv sorry I could
r.or atop over anil discuss the situation
with hltn. I said up until 2 o'clock
in the morning talking with the con
ductor of our train. All my life I have
been trying to get the other man's
viewpoint and to do this I have talked
with all sorts and conditions of men.
I believe I am a pretty good judge of
human nature and know what thu
people are thinking about.
'Forty-five year ago I got my first
Job as an office boy. I was 12 years
old at the time. ( have discovered
there is only a hair line between the
brakeman and the president of tho
'road, the messenger oy and tho head
of the company. Carl Gray used to bo
an engino wiper; today be is a railroad
president.
"Today it seems as if everyone is
puzzled with the problem of existence.
It Is a -big problem, and we are here
so nhort a time we can only tackle It
from one angle. When you get to know
men In the top layer men like Eraer
sbn, Bismarck, Lincoln and Gladstone
you find they had problems which
worried them. We find' they were
puzzled alKO. The rest of us tackle
smaller problems, and our problems
ar just as confusing and just as hard
to solve as were their problems. To
day there are mai.y serious, earnest
men who are trying to solve the pres
ent problem, and wno refuse to be led
by their pockets or their self-interests.
"The reason the demagogue gets bis
following is because he aska the public
what It wants, and then he gives it a
plausible argument that it can readily
follow. Where we fall down is lu
trying to handle all the problems of
the universe. There'ougnt to be a col
lesje which would take a man of 20,
find out his inclination, and then edu
cate him along his particular line.
The Age of the Specialist.
"People say to me, 'What, are you
still working on frenzied finance?"
Just as though that is a problem that
. you could take up and settle In a few
minutes and go on to some new prob
lem. Today in the day of the special
ist. You do not go to the old family
doctor,when you have eye trouble, ear
trouble, throat trouble, toothache or
appendicitis. You ko to a man who Is
a specialist In his particular line. They
' ask me to give my opinion of the
Tanama canal. I tell them to go to
the Panama specialist, for my specialty
la the financial problem,
"Joseph Pulitzer was one of thi
wisest men I have ever known. In
1894 I went to Loiidon for an hour's
interview with .hlin. The sugar trust
was then a hund.Td million dollar
trust. Within a few years it had be
come a billion find a' half dollar trust,
and then It was that I wrote 'Frenzied
Finance.' The whole public sat up
and took notice in 1894 over the $100,
ooo.ooo trust, but they aid not turn a
hair when 10 years 'later they were
told of the II. 500,000,000 trust. When
went to Pulitzer I was in the dollar
business, and I had been digging away
at the financial problem for years, so
I believed I knew something about It
From a physical standpoint I believe
I was 100 per cent qualified to tackle
the probleYn; I believe you could mark
me down as 100 per cent qualified In
ambition to solve the problem.
found that Pulitzer, wise as he was,
was unable to propose any remedy or
give me any answer to my questions
as to the regulation of these vast
trusts.
"One thing that has helped m to
wards the study of this problem is
the fact that I have been free- handed
In a pocketwise way for the past 26
years. Many a poor devUwho knows
more than I do, cannot talk for it
would coot him his job or lose him his
money. After more than 30 years'
study of this problem and talking about
It people begin to think that I am a bug
, chasing shades or hopping over rain
bowa.
. "The present condition is not sec
tional; It is nation-wide. I find that
the thinkers In Oregon are more con
. fused this year than they were last.
In the east they are much more con
, fused than they were a year ago; they
. are much more . confused than when
' the Democrat went Into office. The
is ?e
1 - American . nation . today
Pery much
perturbed; about the cause of the pres
ent depression, and it Is confused about
the future. Both the Democrats and
the Republicans are marking time and
not knowing what to do. They do not
know how to explain our present condi
tion. I am absolutely unbiased In ex
pressing my opinion, for I am a life
long Republican, yet a great admirer
and believer in Wilson. I believe In
what be Is working for, and I believe
in his ability to accomplish things for
the future. These problems have been
brewing for 20 years, and for 20 years
it has been inevitable that we must
come to the day of reckoning. I be
lieve my actions prove that I am the
strongest sort of admirer of Roose
velt. "The American people have been rid
ing for a fall; they have been going
full tilt at a stone wall too high to be
Jumped, too deep to dig under, and
too thick to be thrown over'with tho
force of their Impact; The people have
been brought to the realization of -this
stone wall by picking themselves up
pretty well battered from the contact.
"The American people have had great
prosperity; they have seen come out
of this prosperity bo many tremend'
ously large fortunes fortunes that
carried with them almost unlimited
power fortunes that have given them
the power to make other fortunes, and
to override the laws of the lan, and
to escape just punishment when caught
with the goods. The people have be
ccme 'dazzled first and then dazed in
watching these fortune m the mak
ing. Through the dazzle arid the daze
we can see the cause of the present
unrest. The American people have
been sitting back and habiting them
selves to this magic fortune-making.
It has become an old story. It was
all well enough, and " there was no
trouble so long as the American peo
ple were satisfied to look on at the
magicians at their work; and the
American people were satisfied and
had no complaint to make until they
began to pay the price; until they be
gan to learn that. they were paying
the price, and until they began ' to
clearly comprehend that It would be
Impossible for them to continue to
pay the price in the future and have
enough left for themselves to barely
exist.
ranlty Scheme of Distribution.
"About 12 or IS years ago the peo
ple began to realize that something
was radically wrong; that the ninety
nine millions were getting a smaller
and smaller share of the results of
the nation's tremendous prosperity, and
that the favored million was getting
more and more. It was at this psy
chological moment, some Id or 12
years ago, that the 'peculiar critter
afterwards classified as a 'muckraker,
began to ' educate the ninety-nine
millions to the conditions. At first !
big business made light of his'attacks;
at first the muckraker made only a
small ripple In the placid waters of
the national life, but tho tiny circle
began ever increasing until It covered
the whole land from Canada to the
gulf, and from Boston to the Pacific.
"The net result of the people's work
the work of the ninety-nine million.
for this year is going to be a tre
mendous surplus more than enough
to satisfy everyone, and to keep pros
perity hurdling through the land If
this surplus should be fairly and equit
ably distributed among those who pro
duced It, among those who, by every
law of nature, are entitled to it This
was the message that the muckraker
in always -simple, though often lurid
wording, got before the American peo
ple, and he followed It up by point
ing to where the accumulated wealth,
which should have gone to the people,
had really gone to the million, in
stead of the ninety-nine million. As
a matter of fact, ho showed how the
bulk of it had gone to the one hundred
thousand out of the million, and how
about ten thousand of this one hundred
thousand had shrewdly gotten most
of It. The muckrakers began to ding
into the minds of the fast awaken
ing people the methods and the tricks
by which the ten thousand and some
of the one hundred thousand and a
few of the million, had j taken from
them without giving any quid pro quo
for the. uncountable wealth which had
come from the effort of all the people.
So this is the cause of It; this is the
reason for the unrest the awakening
of the people to the fact that they are
being short-changed and not getting a
square deal. The ntnety-nlne million
have awakened to the fact that there
is nothing the matter with the nation;
that there is nothing the, matter with
the way people are handling the na
tion's wonderful resources; but there
is everything the matter with the way
a ravored rew ravored m the sense
that they have contrived to compel
the people and the nation to favor
them, have found a way by trick and
chicanery and crime yes, red, raw
crime -to take from the people's hon
estly produced wealth whatever por
tion they decide to take, even if It is
all of It. This Is the cause of the
present depression. The American
people have at last awakened to the
fact that there has grown up in this
country a favored clasa favored far
more than any monarchical or royal
class in the old world. The Ameri
can people have at last discovered and
have begun to realize that we have
class and mass here In the United
States; they have begun to realize that
they are In one class, and the few who
have robbed them are In smother class;
they have -begun to realize that -wjb
na.v come to cms aisuacuons not
withstanding our proud boast of equal
ity and freedom. We have our ruling
class here In America, and it is im
material what you call it, whether you
give it the name of the capitalistic
class, or whether; you call It "dollar
royalty." The people today fully un
derstand that there Is a class which
has ruled them in the past years. Is
undertaking . to - rule them at present
and presumes to rule them In the fu
ture.. -I Ji;
"The thinkers of the Republican, the
thinkers of the Democratic party, the
thinkers of the Progressive party, re
alize the existence of this class, and
they know that-the people themselves
have at last awakened to realization
of this class condition. It is this
realization - among the thinkers that
makes them all the more confused and
more uncertain -than "ever before, for
they know they will have "to find a
remedy If we expect to continue as a
republic
"Everywhere today, in the city. In
the village, on the farm, in the mines,
the question is being discussed, by the
top class and the poor devils under
neath and by the countless In-betweens
what is the remedy, what has the fu
ture in store for us.
"You can see that it Is & big ques
tion; you can see that there must be
a remedy, and realizing this and not
knowing the remedy has caused the
present uncertainty, misgivings and
fear.
"There is nothing whatever the mat
ter with the . nation as a nation; its
machinery Is all in perfect gear; our
resources are unimpaired; our crops
are going to be record-breakers, and
we are ready to whirl ahead at record
speed at any time the public gives the
word; that is, as soon as confidence
replaces the present uncertainty, mis
givings and fear.
"There is nothing the matter with
the American people. Our homes are
in order; we have no contagion or pes
tilence; our business machinery is
geared to a perfect nicety so that we
can give a world-wide demonstration
of prosperity. Nature is smiling. She
Is more she Is uproariously laughing
with harvests in every nook and corner
of the land.
"There is no reason why happiness,
health and peace should not prevail
throughout the land, barring the lit
tle Mexican speck, which is a speck
that cannot possibly grow beyond
speckhood whatever way things go the
other Bide of the Rio Grande, and yet
everywhere health, happiness and
peace axe clouded and menaced by the
misgivings and fear, which shadows,
paradoxical as it may appear, are ger
minated and generated out of our very
prosperity.
"You want to make no mistake about
this class condition; you do not want
to think it is the Idle vaporings of at.
alarmist; you want to make ho mistake
about the bitterness of the class feel
ing. Change in Conditions Imperative.
"Unless we make a change, the con
ditions which we are now facing will
be apt to culminate in scenes such as
were witnessed in the French Com
mune. When I talked that doctrine. 10
years ago the American people smiled
tolerantly and said that we, in this
country, could never come to a con
dition such as the one which erupted
In so much French blood and in such
destruction of French wealth.
"Unless the Americans get busy now
with a practical remedy, we will wit
ness scenes that will make the French
Commune resemble a parlor charade
by comparison with the blazing forth
of class hatred in this country. When
I go among my Wall street and Dol
lar Royal associates, they make no
bones of gritting their teeth and giv
ing a good imitation of a jungle tiger
as they Bay, 'we will sacrifice our last
dollar before we will give in to the
anarchistic friends of labor or the de
mands of the administ iUion at Wash
ington." My labor Hader friends grind
their teeth and snarl as they say, we
will see the thieving millionaires in
hell before we will allow them to
saddle us and ride us again, even
though' we starve and our wives and
children go on the streets as the price
of resistance.' When I talk to my
friends In Congress and to the polltl
cal leaders, they throw up their hands
and say, 'My God, can It be possible in
this country that there can be such
bitterness 7 Yes, we are facing a con
dition and not a theory, and the bit',
terness Is outcropping- everywhere.
"The Lawrences of New England,
tho Patersons of New Jersey, the dyna
miters of Indiana and California, the
tent massacres in Colorado, are reali
ties and not the fulminations of mad
muckrakers. In Colorado today we
are seeing conditions which are more
brutal than those of the French Com
mune, and anyone who denies it is
skewgeed in his mentality. Had
a few years ago dared to shadowgraph
the picture which George Creel so viv
idly holds up to our view In the pages
of one of the current magazines.
would have been indicted and sent to
a madhouse. Yes, class hatred today
is a tangible factor in our American
affairs? No matter how bad the dis
ease, it is better to go to a good diag
nostician and learn what the trouble
Is, then you are on the road toward a
cure.
"It seems to one familiar with the
firing line almost ridiculous that the
remedy should not stand, iortn so an
could see It. As 1 came across the
country a week ago I observed how
everywhere nature has favored us; it
did not seem possible that tne Dene
f iciaries of nature s bounty could be
at war with themselves. All the way
across the continent nature stood upon
her hind heels Joyously waving both
hands to any and all to come rorth and
reaD. So It Is all over the land; na
ture has provided everything that the
health of man needs for existence, to
be had almost for the taking. Every
one knows that there is enough and
to spare, for all, provided that nature s
bounties were fairly, honestly and
eaultablv distributed: yet wnen it
comes to the method of distribution.
and of making laws to enforce such a
method, the result Is the present con
fusion, misgivings ana fear,
i - The Gist of the Problem.
"Here Is about the way I size It up: J
The Deople know they have been-rob
bed; the few who have robbed them
know thev have tne loot.
"The manv who have en robbed
swear by the eternal that they will
abate no effort until they are satisfied
that thev are to be protected from
further pillaging.
"The few who have the loot awear
still more luridly that they will 'not
allow business to be resumed except
along lines that" will insure them the
retention of their accumulated . loot:
and here we have the present dead
lock which, to the man on the road.
is identified as the -present business
depression.
"The present administration has in
reality done but little to force either
side to give way. All thinking men
-realize that business cannot be done
without capital and without labor., and
that to do business 'at the maximum
of its natural possibilities, it must be
done with labor and capltat working
hand In hand. Whether laws- can be
put on to the statute books at Wash
ington to compel labor and capital to
go hand In hand is the question; but
.vtraSJW J I ib-eonard Lleahable Kemgeratcwrs
Are Constructed With Ten Sep
arate and Distinct Walls That
Keep the Heat Out and the Cold in
(.Continued on Last Page, This Section)
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Tfie Leonard Lasts
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The life of an ordinary refrigerator
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years alter otner reirigerators nave
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useless.
aside as unhealthy and
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mUU (See Cut Above)
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