THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 23. 1914.
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There never was any party,
faction, sect or cabal whatso
evtr, in which the moat Ignor
ant wera not the moat violent;
for a bee ia not a busier ani
mal than a blockhead. Pope.
A GREAT ABSURDITY
-a
CVEUY city, town and hamlet
in the Columbia basin should
r be aroused over the hearing
In the Astoria rate case to be-
in in Portland next Monday
There ought to be representatives
from every locality and delegates
from every farmers organization
torsive testimony.
There is violation of evey law
of transportation in the present
rate arrangement. In spite f the
.known law thaj cost of hauil is a
most important factor in fixing
rates, that law is absolutely over
looked in the present rates
Thus, a locomotive will haul but
' eight loaded cars from the coium
blaj basin over the mountains to
Puoet Sound points, and will haul
one hundred cars down the Colum
bia to Portland and Astoria. It is
! an enormous difference in the cost
of haul, but the freight rates are
cents a ton higher to Astoria
than to Tacoma and Seattle. It
Is a 'discrimination in violation of
very . traffic maxim, natural or
" moral.
The Increased charge caused by
dragging loaded cars of wheat over
' the Cascade mountains to Puget
'Sound has to be paid by the pro
ducers of the Columbia basin. If,
Instead of being artificially fixed
by man, the rates were regulated
by the cost of haul, the charge
down the Columbia! would be far
lower, and the producers of the
region would get the benefit.
It Is a perfectly clear issue. It
isfan Issue over which there can be
no misunderstanding., For year
and years, the people of the great
producing areas of the Columbia
basin have been paying excessive
grain rates, and the whole in
LINCOLN REPUBLICANISM
HE republicanism of Abraham Lincoln did not hesitate to regu
late big financial corporations. A great bill supported, and signed .
; by President Lincoln , provided for drastic regulation of the na
tional banks of the United States, ' HOW strange that leaders
wearing the badge of republicanism and, professing the republicanism
of Lincoln should now be - fighting President Wilson's bills for- su
pervising trusts and for regulating the issue of railroad securities!
. - The : republicanism of Lincoln was " a people's republicanism. It J
was a republicanism with a heart for mankind. Lincoln himself said
God loved the common people for be made so many of them. '
l-:f Lincoln insisted in his time as president, that' the people should
be protected against dishonest banking and dishonest bankers. .The
bill he approved and signed as president permits no watering of bank
stock. . : ;H ; ; v"e'; : - j'::r' 7 -'v ";i 1 V-N
It provides strict supervision and every national . bank in the
United States is investigated by a federal bank examiner twice a year.
If a national bank is found to be crooked,T)r unsound, or dishonest,
the government at once puts It out of business. If an official is
found violating the law, he is convicted and sent to the penitentiary.
That was Lincoln republicanism.
But here is a" vociferous demand throughout the United States by
standpat leaders that there must be no supervision by a government
trade .'commission of the btg trusts as proposed by President Wilson.
Tiiey demand that there shall be no regulation by the government of
the issue of railroad, securities, and demand that President Wilson
shall back down from his insistence that his bill for that purpose be
passed. They demand that President Wilson's bill to jail trust mag
nates when they violate the law, shall be withdrawn. , " .
If there had been lawless trusts and . conscienceless stock water
ing by railroads In Lincoln's tlme.there is not the slightest doubt
about what his attitude would have been. He would hate demanded
supervision and regulation by government, just as he demanded su
pervision and regulation by government" of the national banks. -
There is not the Slightest doubt that if Abraham Lincoln were
president today, he would be demanding passage of bills similar to
those President Wilson is urging upon" Congress. Standpat leaders to
day are misrepresenting Lincoln republicanism. They have dragged
Lincoln's party away' from its ancient moorings. They are dragging
it away from the Republican masses; most of whom are Lincoln Re
publicans still. '." ; ":
The true place for those who believe In the principles of Lincoln
is behind Woodrow Wilson in his great' fight for the kind of govern
ment Abraham Lincoln 'stood for.
Why should the capitalization of banks be regulated and the cap
italization of railroads not be regulated?
Why should the national banks be supervised by government and
dishonest trusts not be supervised -by government?
world's sympathy goes out to the
Georgians, . who ' have suffered
much, even though they have been
blamed for many faults. .
An attempt: is on in the ' United
States to force progressive Repub
licans to admit the error of their
ways, after which standpatlsm will
be thrust down their throats that
is If they .do not resist.," Reaction
was never so bold, and standpatlsm thought it misht have been-Judga.
never so aggressive as now. wny
else is it clamoring for President) A western newspaper man tells of
Wdcnn Kt, 4... ik 1.1. ineno vos eauaa, wiw mora or
"li .... I less aucceaa. a paper In an Iowa town.
auu-irusi iegisiauoni, y I That ha was a-rrriT- .
what dlsoouraa-ed by
Near Vienna Saturday, a mill- tha lack of interest
tary aeroplane and a dirigible bal- ""w """i"r"J"
loon , crashed together in mid-air KkT; noiic which5 one
wun a loss of nine lives. Recently I afternoon ' appeared
near; Paris, two military aeroplanes on -the editorial page
eration. By the canal route the
same vessels will make the jour
ney In about 20 days. On a basis
of 65 dayB for the longer "route,
the difference in time will be 45
days, which multiplied by $500
per day, for operating costs-only,
gives $22,500, representing each
ship's actual saving on each oner
way trip.
Mr. Mansfield points out that if
Canadian ships can make the trip
by Way of the canal In 20 days,
they will be able to make two
tripsJ-by"that route to one around
Cape Horn, which will greatly in-1
crease the earning capacity of the
vessels. Caaadians expect a large
increase in . their shipping business
to eastern markets, and the ocean
carrying companies are preparing
to handle the increase anticipated
by the opening of the new all
water route.
of dressing the . skunk skin and
removing any lingering odor has
been Improyed year by year. Mean
while the fur has been gaining
popularity, principally because of
the extreme scarcity of Russian
sable. Therefore ? let- us not de
spise the lowly- skunk, whose am
bition is to "be unmolested while it
steals a few chickens.
MORE "DRY" TERRITORY
A'
JUSTICE A "GAME"
S
DR. WITHYCOMBE'S CANDOR
LL or portions of fifteen
northern Minnesota counties
have been made "dry" by a
decision of the United States
Supreme Court. . That tribunal de
cided last week that under a treaty
creased cost to them caused by by which the Chippewa Indians
fixing the rates on a mountain ceded their reservation to the
haul, goes to benefit -middlemen United States in 1855 prohibition
living on the shores of Puget against the sale of liquor is still
Sound. effective.
it Is an absurdity that ought to I ' Some of these counties are now
end. I thickly populated, with no resident
i Indians. But the Supreme Court
held that the admission of Minne
sota as a state did Tint renen.1 the
T wiitixyuaiHjj, is io De treatv, The decision is hailed by
I 1 cowmenaea ior ms iranKnesa. the urohthitionlst erftat vlr.
He believes in a party as- to for thev ooint out that other
aemoiy ior reconimeuums territory covered hv almUar trat.
canuiuaiea to me voiera, ana ne leB take8 iu mogt of the central
aoes noi nesnaie to say so. ne nd aonthprn rortlft et thm .tt
thought the assembly a proper pro- including the larger part of Min-
ceuure wuen u ws a canuiaaie i neapolis.
xor governor in me wepuDucan The finding may be In the na
state asseniDjy in txu. ana ne ture of a victory for prohibiUon,
IUJUB.S ou tsuu. I but It 1b tint rnrlnolvo V.r
He. Is by no means alone In his though it extends the "dry" area.
view, mere are mouBanas in ure- there is. Question whether exten
gon who have always distrusted the sion by such a means will accom,-
airect primary. mere are otber plish much. Experience goes to
tnousanas wno are still convinced I show that torohlbition. to he
mat me principle of the assembly i fective, must be backed by the
as piannea in iiu was an excel-1 peODle themselves. Northern Min
lent means of eliminating objec-I nesota may be "dry" officiailv hut
A I . a t a x m .. I . '
wouauie canaiaates. ro inese are it Drobablv will not h Aw soitini
to oe aaaea stui otner thousands ly unless the people make It so.
wno nave cnangea tneir
minds
from opposition to approval of the
assembly since the great struggle
over the issue in 1910. All over
the state, there are newspapers
censuring the direct primary now
that have always fought for it In
OUR SKUNK INDUSTRY
A FEW SMILES
She (to husband.' who baa armful
of . bunaies; uooa
heavensi - Jack!
What are all those
thin?: -
Be Well I
couldn't remember
the thine you told
me to-set so I got
all. the i things J
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
-Burg-lara . ; entered 1 r
our house last night.
met headron in a similarly fatal
collision. It seems strange that inlTo tha everiaatin ahama of thaVom
all the vast expanse of the sky, I munlty, for those whose welfare we
there is not sufficient snace for the hv labored, be it said, they got
, I KAk(ata. M
c- tCIAHj CHANQg
"Aviatrlx" la aucb a nice word that
the aport ought to become most popu
lar among young; women.
, a "- ;:
Every time there la an electrical
storm the old fashioned lightning; rod
agent thinks of the glorious past.
a a .
Victor Herbert aays that this Is rap
idly becoming a musical nation. And,
Victor might add. a dancing nation.
'
EuroPa Is now so busy with Its Bal
kan troubles that It has no time to
frame up a scorching criticism of our
Mexican policy.
Even yet a senatorial candidate
might distinguish himself by 'doing his
electioneering among the farmers from
an aeroplane.
By auotlna? a few nolo terms tha am
bitious young mau can aat away im
pressively with a profound Ignorance
ox poio in tne average crowd.
maneuvers of the air craft.
They may file the recall -peti
tions.- But after that, what?- :
! nothing." Harper's Magazine.
Letters From the People
Deacba . Skinner Well, our pastor
received a call to a
church in Oshkosh
and says,: he'll go
there.
-i Deacon Grabber
Huh! That's what
comes o' raising
his salary last year.
He's saved up enough
for railroad tickets.
(Communleatknia an
publication in tMa department ahould be writ,
ten on only one aide of tne paper, ahould sot
exceed 30O words in length and moat be ac
companied by tne name and tddrtit' of tne
aenuer. If tha rit,r rin ni mIm , 1 jt -. - T-i-.k.vm
bas the nam, pubued. h. .noma - sute.) dlnner. wi,, talking ibout a certain
"Diacoaaion ia tbe areateat of all reform- I antiquated railroad.
era. It rattonallzea everything it touches. It I "It's manager," he
i-J"1?. mJ2 .f1' "etity and gaid, seems almost as
tbey bars no reaaonableneaa. it rnthleaalr I aosuru KM tne lar-
cruKhea them ont of existence and seta ap Ira mer.
own eonciuaions. an tneir ateaa." wouurow i A rarmar uvea
Wilson. . .
va mm avusja ygfavaai-a"
Mrs. Duniway Issues an Appeal. JYiI
Portland, June 22. To the Editor throuarri tha. di.triet.
oi -xne journal Letters are reaching I There was 6na train a day and It
me almost daily xrora my disappointed I stopped at the farmers station on slg-
sisters or perhaps X should say I naU
m a . .M - . I : '
aaugniers, aa almost ail or me writers
-Tt 3c?w
are younger than I all of whom ex
press concern that the activity of Im
ported prohibition agltatora - will
arouse such organised opposition to
their enfranchisement as made It lm-
The farmer one day set the signal
and the train drew up. But be did
not climb aboard.
" "Well, get on! shouted the con
ductor. "Get on, can't yer
Excuse me,' said tha farmer. 1
possible to win the ballot In Oregon, fn'.. rOUl W&nJ
WnfiViincrfArt TaUn 4-411 T am- V-a.l'' . mm w w s.vjk uviv
acknowledged mother of the 'suffrage 1 1' HT'T:'. ".L,1:
mAVmsnt In thu, atataa hai iwt. " " ftr'm
- ---f - I Tua vlt,
showinsr men that women, aa voters.
were not Intending to make laws to I them? "What he la looking for Is the
PEAKING before a San Fran
Cisco church society, JudgeB
Dunne and Crothers of that
city said justice- has degener
ated into a game. It is a game
to be umpired, not with respect to
the fundamentals of right and
wrong, but according to technical
points raised by attorneys.
Judge Crothers placed the blame
largely upon inexpert lawyers. It
may be true that attorneys not ex
perienced in the law are respon
sible for many rulings which" the
ordinary person classes as tech'
meal, yet if these two California
urists are correct in their, state
ment that justice has degenerated
into a game, a large share of . the
fault lies with the judges them
selves.
One great trouble with the courts
is that they have drifted into a
habit of placing the technically
right above the morally wrong.
Precedent governs to an extent that
threatens the courts.' Because of
precedent it is possible for a canny
objection filed by a technical law
yer to grow into a large "principle"
of law. The objection, innocent
looking enough at its Inception,
grows by accretion until It be
comes a bar to justice itself.
If justice is a game. Its umpires
could profitably study the rules of
most sports. There the general
tendency is to simplify the rules
so that the best man will be re
turned winner. Among sportsmen
the man who wins on a technl
cality is not recognized as cham
pion. Why should a judge be less
efficient than the. referee of a prise
fight?
deprive them (the men) of their per
sonal liberties.
""We; are being overrun with im
ported ' prohibition orators," writes a
friend from Nevada, "and they are alt
boasting that Anna 8 haw, the great
leader of the National Woman Suf
single dime or nickel of the temperate
drinker, of course. He would make a
good living off that sort of custom
ers.
Naturally, too, he will be watchful
of the men : Just ready to become
drunkards, and when his booze gets
f rage association, is the head lecturer j them over the line, he will hasten to
of the W. C. T. U.. and that all men direct them to the nearest tattooer.
need to do is to vote for woman suf-I Perhaps some :; wives who watch
fraire to make Nevada, drv " Another I their husbands come home later, un
letter is from Montana, where another steadier and with less money left each
equal suffrage campaign is pending, week, will long for the happy day
where the conditions are r similar to hen he can be tattooed with the tiny
those of Nevada, whose writer says: s- nd h can forever rest assured
"Our learal voters are watehin Ore- that saloonkeeper will dare to
eon. Waahineton and Idaho, where a I him another drink.'
prohibiUon war Is In action, and 1 n "P we, should think Of.
have It from good authority that the ihouh' . Thi 18 ,ra"r h,ard on Uncl
success ot our suffrage campaign de- f1?110 m iB hi" s'snature, and
pends entirely upon the conservative hat on a man hand would say
votes of women in states where men "".V" "'
ha riv.n worn tha Miiint -jr.nrtv." y. not the only one responsible.
While I sincerely regret the reign 1 woul fnly, 8U"t1OM improve
of terror of a social character that nn' ? Pla: That would be to
prompts such wrUera to withhold their J00 he na .n iJ0110 mt
names from puhUcktion, I cannot, In " tltro A t. w-t"?
view of the persecution I have borne ;
In the past from the fanaticism of pro- - "7" T
hibition arftators. blama them for Mr. Relhok's Questions.
avoiding a similar ordeal. If t were! Eagle Creek, Or., June 1. To the
not for the physical infirmities of my Editor of The Journal Replying to E.
eightieth year, I would gladly heed J W; Relhok's two questions, "How wlU
thr Macedonian crir for Personal helD. we raise the $900,000 which is at pres-
but there is one avenue yet open to nt -paid into the public treasury by
m. thanks, to the liberty and iuatlce I the liquor traffic, of Oregon annually?"
loving spirit of the Oregon press andjand "w11 we care for the unem-
OKBOON SIDELIGHTS
With a S00.000.000 bushel cron of
wneat in prospect, uncle earn may
presently think it about time to ret
pick to tne xuti pouna ioax ox oreaa.
a a
Senator Lewis la'aald ta hiva shad
tne James ' part of his name. How
ever, tne possibilities of -Jim" are no
more dreadful than "Ham." if thereto!
tay ms motive.
a a
ReoorK. of Biota. Intriarua and at
tempted Aaaaainatlon in tha Citv . of
Mexico Indicate that General Huerta
oas iia neauiy ior tne millions ne is
said to have acquired.
a
Ia a man nacaaaarilv bias whn ha
will refuse to strain his neck In order
to iook at an terODlana fliaht. but will
display symptoms of eagerness and ex
citement over a dog rightT
The Register proudly exclaims that
when It conies to putting ugene on
the map. the Radiators ana in sani
tary Oirla have little to learn, .
Talent is making preparations for
a Fourth of July celebration, and as
one attraction will have a greased out
law pig, that la asua to be th wuoest
swine la Oregon. .
a . a ;
The Juntura Times has called upon
its readers for a plebiscite on the
Question of a new county to be formed
rom territory In western Malheur and
eastern Harney.
a
The Jackson county court has signed
a contract for the services of M. P.
Henderson ot the University of Wis
consin as plant pathologist, to succeed
Professor P. J. O'Oara-
a a -
Lane county will pay approximately
$6000 more In salariea for school teach
ers next year than during the school
year Just closed. The average month
ly Balary, city and county, la 15.
a a
Fossil having had constructed a
new reservoir, is now having the old
cne put in order. Thia will give the
city a total water capacity of S25.000
gallons, and rire protection, the Jour
nal says, "surpassed by no town of Its
size in the state."
a a
Dor story In Rosebura- Review
"Rosebura has a dog which, from all
appearances, actually enjoys moving
pictures. This canine belongs to
George Slooer. Each night that Mr.
Sloper attends one of these shows
"UdV his ralturui pet, is on band.
The dog occuplea a seat the same as
his master. Although having no defi
nite way of knowing. Mr. ISloper be
lieves the dog enjoys the pictures as
well aa the average person In attend
ance at the shows.".
"THE FOUNDATIONS OF CONFIDENCE"
. From the Omaha World Herald.
The Springfield Republican calls at
tention to "one very Important cause
of the unsatisfactory buslnesa condi
tion wnich cannot be hidden by any
amount of denunciation of politics
and demagogism." It Is a cause
which Colonel Roosevelt did not men-
tion when he heaped blame on the
Democratic administration at "Wash
ington, it is a cause seldom If ever
alluded to by politicians and business
men who charge "hostile" and "threat
ening" legislation with the responsi
bility for business distress. "Corpor
ate finance and and corporate man
agement In; this country." says the
Republican, bluntly, "are directly re
sponsible for very much of the public
distrust and lack of confidence which
mak a forward movement In- Ameri
can business so hesitant at this time."
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
. And tne Republican summons as a
convincing witness the "Railway Age
Gazette," a very conservative publi
cation that no one could accuse of un
friendliness to the large financial and
corporate interests. The Gasette
speaks out in meeting In this candid
fashion: -
"The New Haven Is not the only
railway that has been Mellenised. and
such revelations as have been made
regarding the financial management
of some reads are enough to shake
public confidence In railroad man
agement in this country. The situa
tion Is worse than that. They are
enough to shake the foundatlona of
the confidence of the people of this
and other countries In the financial
management of all kinds of business
concerns In America, for the men dl
rectly vesponslble for the mismanage'
ment of railroads are as largely In
terested ; and as potent in manufac
turing, mining and other industries
as they are in the railroad business.
"The great danger is that the dis
closures regarding the conduct of the
Mellens, the Yoakum a and the rest of
their like wlu cause the passage of
more radical legislation than the con
dltlons Justify. If excessively dras
tic legislation shall be passed, we
trust that there will be no hypocriti
cal walling from. Wall street about
ignorant publlo hostility toward rail
ways and about the public being mis
led by demagogs. The buccaneers In
Wall atreet and the fools and cowards
in Wall street, who let the buccaneers
work their wills, are the chief authors
of such legislation. It Is a toss-up
whether the demagogs or the high
binders of finance are doing the more
to bring all the details of business
under the regulation of public offi
cials. Eugene V. Debs, Morris Hill
quit and Upton Sinclair think that
they are the real leaders of the so
cialist movement In this country. They
take themselves too seriously. The
real leaders of socialism in this coun.
try are such men as Charles S. Mel
len, B. F. Yoakum and the directors
of the New Haven. Frisco and other
roads, who are too crooked, cowardly,
indolent or incapable to perform the
duties ef their positions."
"If people are looking for bottom
causes of present business conditions,"
remarks tha Republican, "they should
not overlook elements ef that char
acter." '
Who can gainsay It? Who can won
der if those hundreds of thousands Of
people who save their money and are
anxious to Invest It safely and profit
ably are timorous when they read
about the "buccaneer" management of
large corporation properties? Per
haps, if the truth were known, they
are even more afraid of dishonest
managers who plunder the corpora
tions than they are of the "radical"
lawmakers wno want to take Steps to
Insure their honest management.
During' the Cayuse war I was with
a scouting party sent out to locate
the Indiana" said Sot, Durbln. a plo-
ner of H4S, -who lives at Salem.
Bill SUllwell. Nate Olney. IsJah
Matbeny. tayself and about 2d mora ::
composed this scouting party.
- "vim (viu uuria toward immi
grant Springs when we ran across a '
party of Indians with their squaws. '
They started off at their best speed
and some of our men began shooting
at them. Bill SUllwell and 1 took i .
after one of the Indians, Bill and I
were well mounted. The Indian had'
a good horse, too. We ran the Indian '
about a quarter of a mile as hard as
we could go, but being afraid he would
lead -us into ambush I stopped and -hollered
to Bill Stlllweil to come on
back. Ha wouldn't do IV thousrh. and -
ran the Indian right Into the Indian
camp. r -
T rode back to where we were V
camped and told the others that a big
party or Indiana were camped nearby. -We
concluded that Bill had been killed "
or captured, so we fell back to rejoin
our troops and to report having come
In touch with Indians. -
vs e took up a canyon., and when .;
we had gone a mile or so the Indians
were on all sides of us rolling rocks. .
down on us. We traveled all night
down the Deschutes and arrived at our
main camp about daylight. We re- '
ported meeting the Indians and hav
ing lost Bill Stllwell. . ;
"Col. Gllllsm ordered the troops to
move forward against the Indians. ,
As we were about ready to' move BUI
Stlllweil. with his long Missouri gun '
over his shoulder, torne Into camp.
He wss given a bite 4t eat and fur
nished with s new horse, and we
Started back to , Emigrant Springe.
He told me he ran right Into a the
Indian camp and the Indians chased
him. He got back to whertour scout
ing party had been, but we were gone.
He started down the Deschutes ' for -th
main camp. .He found, the only
way to get away was to abandon his -horse
and take' to the rough rocky
ridges, where the Indian horses could
not follow. The Indians dismounted
and came after him afoot. - but Bill
could travel faster with his shoes over
the rough lava rock than the Indians
could in their moccasins, so he fa-caped.
"Our whole party started for Buck
Hollow, where the Indlsns were. Gil
liam divided his command so that part
of them would strike Buck Hollow,
and the others go down tha canyon. .
where the. two parties would Join later.
"Pretty soon our party ran across
the Indians. They met- us on the
canyon side. We counted off the men
to hold the horses, and the rest of us
went afoot up the hill. The' Indians
held their ground for awhile. They
were above us, and shooting with the.- '
old Hudson - Bay muskeia, .thry over
shot us. They had but few lead bullets.
They had gotten the endsate rods ,
from abandonel emigrant wagons, and
filing them into pieces about an inch
long, used them for bullets. These
bullets, made out ot the end. ate rods,
made ah awful funny sound, as they
came bussing and whining over our
heads. -
"One of our men waa shot In the hip.
We killed a few Indians and captured
a lot or their horses and stock. The
Indiana were mostly Deschutes, Cay-
uses and John Days.
J
WHEN INVESTORS GO TO SCHOOL
THE GEORGIANS
R
iliE despised skunk annually
brings about $3,000,000 to
trappers of the United States.
It stands second In Import
the past. The Journal has seen noanc nly to the mdskrat among
condition to warrant the chance of our fur-bearing animals. These
sentiment, but is perfectly frank toj'1?01"68 taken from a bulletin re
admit that such a change has taken ceny issued by the department
place. Strength will be ivn the or agriculture, go to show that
view by the definite stand taken bv I nothing was ever created in vain
Dr. Withycombe. He is no noliti- Aitnougn bkuuk iur is not very
cal .weathercock, blown hither, and I Popular in America, Europeans
yon. by every wind, and his hon-lfaTr if because it wears well and
est expression of his opinion as-the! ha8 a lustre which makes It rival
gubernatorial nominee of a great I ltle Kussian sable' in appearance.
party, wllljive weight and charac-1 The value of a single animal 'b
ter to thevview, and add to tha I "'a ranged from 25 cents to $5.50
popularity of the idea. ' in December, 113, and usually
I runs higher.
CANADA AND THE CANAIi I Liondon is a great market for
American skunk skins', in isrr
RIT1SH COLUMBIA ports ex-1 the exportation V that city were.
peci u gain material aavan-1 18.000 skins, while In lflii over
tages because of the Panama I 2,000,000 were exported. The
canal. Consul General Mans- above facts will Interest tha firm.
ueia - at Vancouver aava in -Trada am Kt tM tn .
. ' - bw, wwb.Hicivvio a'iUUUVr BUtlC"
and Consular Tteporta that the J ment in the bulletin which may
; oara oi iraae ot mat city nas stir the imagination of milady.
compietea investigations as to tne I It is officially stated that while
comparative cost of carrying cargo I only a small percentage of skunk
mrougn tne canai , ana- around skins are now. dressed and made un
Bouth America. , lin this country, we have received
It is shown "by the" report that I in years past a laree number nf
6n the basis of the present canal J them back after they were made up
von rate a steamer oi tne average i abroad. "Many American ladles
size will have to pay $3000 to I who " would scorn to wear a iknn V
ei.uuu ior- passage tnrougntnei sun nave been proud of their Im-
waterway.- ; , ' I ported black; marten or Alaska
i .mer. instead steamers new mate I sable, wnich was merely the A mart.
the run from Vancouver ,to New! can skunk - fur more attractively
? a a ' a a aa I - . ' "
, xors in 6d to u days, under a 1 labeled."
daUv cost of $500 to $500 for op
B
However, it is said, the process
USSIA is about to dispossess
the Georgians, who for un
counted years have lived on
the southern slopes of the
Caucasus range. They must aban
don their homes to make room for
,100,000 Russian soldiers, who will
use the Georgian .towns for bar
racks and the fields for training
camps.
The Georgians are to be scat
tered and lost as a race. Russia
nas aecreea. tne ena or a peo
ple who trace their ancestry in
tradition back' to the great-grand
sou of Japheth, son of Noah, and
who fought 2000 years for inde
pendence. , '
The Georgian race, which rep
resents the oldest elements of civ
ilization in the Caucasus. Is distin
guished by excellent mental qual
ities and Is especially, noted for
personal courage and a passionate
love of music; Georgian : women
have been world-famous for their
beauty and Georgian men for their
fine athletic bodies.
Christianity Was brought to this
little country early in the fourth
century by missionaries of Con
stantlne the Great. The people be
come fanatical in their allegiance
to the. Greek church, and it was
this fanaticism that led to -the
downfall ot their kingdom. The
Persians began a war upon, them
in the eighteenth century and when.
the v aid of Russia's "Christian
army was - asked against the . infi
dels it was 1 given and Russia an
nexed Georgia. Since 1801 what
were once a prou,d, ; free people
have been subjects of the. Czar, 'j-
Now the Czar proposes to scat
ter them like the dead ! leaves of
autumn. It may not be an event
ot paramount Importance, -tmt the
By John M. Osklson.
Assume that you are one of the
of Oregon's manly men who gave us ployed, who are deprived of their live- j country's thrifty ones; you lay by a
the ballot, and that is an opportunity j Uhood by prohibition T" I wish to say:! certain amount of money every year.
to aDDeal to my enfranchised daugh- " lllUUI "uw ueing auiu mm uumuuu tavnUuS juur .ut
ters to consider the situation in Mon- a "nount ln ess of the expense it plus confronts you. -tana
and Nevada, where, by sidestep- adds sovernment through Increasing Suppose you acknowledge to your
plng the present prohibition craxe now crlme; lawlessness, etc.. and that ex- self that you knew nothing about the
nmntne ramoant here, vou may neip I - ----. . ouc, ,u. v.w.u,
ruoiung reiujJdUl uwt, Ju J .F u-orfl nth,, ,THIUI nf trncrnriont i ... , U. ' What kana
US. fT a8 wMch wouid othwlse "have to be con- youTott; get good InstructionT "
.i, .rJc I tributed by society at large, through a Kecently I received the literature of
With yourselves. I trrtiv fair- and annnhla. tax it I i.-.t !,. ,.v.. ,
ABIGAIL. SCOTT DUNIWAY. I . . .- .nh " I T" XTS " , t ZlZ
. . ... ... .
i-tMi in a rvririHnnn I w cuui,uuw mH in tne outline oi ins course ior
Automobiles in a Comparison. t DBlieve thft nauor traffic is supposed i,.rv invtnr. rot Kft.
Portland, June 22. To the Editor Of I to be contributing this disproportion-1 in that outline I found 37 headings.
The Journal Reading Onlooker s I ate share to the expenses of govern-! constituting so many "lessons" for the
"hard times" letter ia Friday'a Journal I ment, though I myself do not know -tudent. The list began with a discus
left me undecided as to whether he was I whether it is oriot It is as unfair, I, ion of miscellaneous forms of lnvest-
a dealer m snoes or preaa; out. no one jr so, as we snouid legislate that ment. went Into the history of lnvest-
could make a mistake about his party ri.halred people, or fat men should ment securities, took up mortgages, life
affiliations. He is plainly a Prohibl- pay double tax rates, and It la. If true, Inisurance. stock, and markets, short-
tionist. His discovery that the auto- hut on more example of the way ln term note and corporation paper,
mobile has caused the "present deplor- which wealth baa been contriving to -Tjaranteed securities '
able conditions" and the fact, that he make poverty beat- the tax burdens There wera six lessons on bonds
blames the machine, not tne man, i these many centuries.' For all taxes 1 ,Quir,- th.m ,,n in . m.n-mi av and
classes rum as a .u on oommoaiues are smixea to tne con- then gttlng down to specific Issues; i cial edubation?
tha wool Prohibitionist. He has dls-1 lumtr. Labor la the srreat consumer. I
covered the cause, and of course he The land tax, the income taxi and
does not blame the man who Joy rides the inheritance tax are the only taxes ln the evil. If that is so, then
and commits other . offenses against which the economists say are not 1 us stop the war on the white slave
tociety; that wouldn't be consistent shifted to consumers. Tha working traae ana just cnarge mem a Aign
with prohibition. The remedy is to man pays all other taxes in" the last license.
abolish : the automobile. It doesn't analysis, but these taxes come out of Some say the foreigner would not
matter that men and women who can the share of production secured by the stand for prohibition. Who Is running
afford it enjoy their automobile rldo capitalist, and he cannot wiggle out of this country, anyway? If the foreign-
and never travel too fast; neither does them. er does not like our laws, let him go
it matter that the machine is vary , I am Inclined to think that the liquor back wrier ne oeiongs. we can get
necessary to others; some unquestlon- traffic does add to the expenses of along without him. F. H. USHIJR.
ably do spend money on automobiles government all that it contributes In
and gasoline when they cannot afford taxes, and more also; but, if not. let us Branding Drunkards.
it. and without doubt the automobile i eitner eliminate it or treat it rainy. I Portland. June 20. To the Editor of
has broken up several homes and! The answer to the other question no I -rt,- im.i t . rr. ih vn m.
caused many heartaches, therefore pro- j one can make him understand unless t.. u- t.ttoo a drunkard. Dut
hibit its manufacture and sale. If 98 he digs It Out of bis own mind. If half Fi""'y- if V?" - lni k-'J-ii
per -cent of the men ''who use auto-1 tne people should turn gamblers. evf-I" " " " "
mobiles keep strictly wthln the rules denUy but half as much goods ce-uld I It won't be- shown- enough on the
of decency and good citizenship, that! be produced; and so, with the percent-1 hand; let it be en the forehead or
makes no -, difference; the Z per cent I age of the people Who do not labor. Yet I cheek, so all. can see w wnat aeptns oi
must be-saved from themselves. The I the same auestlon would be asked, and j degradation, the wearer has reduced
fact that the' srohlbltion of the manu-lis asked in less Intelligent countries t himself. Cain was marked aa a mur-
facture and sale of automobllesvwould when It is proposed to close gambling derer; let the sot be branded, it
ruin thousands of families and throw business and resorts. , may be that the very idea of such deg-
hundreds of thousandSout of work As a matter of fact, luxuries ot radatioh will have the moral effect of
and bring distress and. misery in Its other aorta will replace the offerings reforming him to temperance, to avoid
wake, makes no difference; a few have of the gin palace to the extent which the shame that would be brought on
abused the use of a good thing, and It the drinker's Income will afford them, his family for all timer" It would be
must go. Down with the urse. Even after, more fully supplying himself, and even worse than, drunkenness to them,
if the 2 per cent go up in balloons and dependents with necessariea, than . Hop raising Is a legitimate industry,
Joy ride still worse, we will have the could be the cause before. and helps support many a prohibition-
satisfaction of passing prohibitory CHESTER L. CHAMBERS. 1st; and it is pot the cause of drunken-
legVsl&tlOn. - D. H. P. ROBINSON. ; ness, as they would make it out to be.
" Observations on Prohibition. Let them fight for enforcement of the
- The tattooed Hand. . Houlton, Or, June !. To the Edl- Hquor laws,, the manufacture of pure
. Portland. June 22. To the Editor tor of The Journal The -liquor busl- wines and foods, enforce high license,
of Th Journal That little flag to be ness Is one of the most debasing and nd hve local option laws, and they
tattooed, on the drunkard's hand Is it is a shame that our boys and will do more to right a wrong than the
the cutfst idea yet for removing the girls have to be .reared In the midst way tney ar ooing. Let them &o
Uttle drawbacks of the liquor traf- f such environments. It is esti- cats temperance, and have it taught In
fic. It is just' about jterfeov if it mated that $2.000.00.0aa is spent each th achoois. churches and homes, and
can be worked. Let us uke our imag- rear in the United States for booze, their cause will then "'JPP1
inatlon, now, , and try and picture the How -ranch more sensible it would.be t Osborne YATES,
men lining up to have their bands If that vast .amount were spent for """ .
tattooed r a goodry line, aven ln sober feed and clothing. No Tears for the . Dying.
Portland, extending far down the Antis aay no one has the right to (From-the Detroit News.)
street, each . man with his certificate I say What a man shall eat or drink, but I - There has never been any excuse
of drunkardship, like a graduate's di-) society has arifht. When a man makes I for the existence of express companies,
plom a. Occasionally one breaks out! a publlo nuisance of anything society I The express enterprise is the. out-
of line and gets a place nearer the has the right Ho stop 1C It Is con-1 growth of a demand for fast freight
tattooer ln his eagerness to be on the tended that the liquor traffic is a service, a special service which should
drink immune list. ; :. legitimate business, and that- people (have been furnished by the railroads
! now, imagine again. Fancy the! cannot uve without it. iz that is so, I at slightly increased rates over reg
earnest faced aaloonist. carefully ex-1 then let . us throw away all licenses I ular service.
amining the hands of each customer, I and Import duUean and let averyone I In the early days of the growth of
ere he supplies - him. Na man can I make it that wants to. But we all I transportation, certain railroad heads
stiok bis hand into bis pocket, or put know the tree by its fruits, and the I recognized this need and planned to
It behind him or into a sling;, and tool fruits ot the saloon are evil; therefore I give the needed service. But at about
him. See him make the rounds of I it must CO, and go it will. I that time new ideas of high finance
that bunch of men -waiting to treat, Let us all wake up. and put the 1 la railroading began to keep pace
with the solicitude Of a fatherl : traf f lc out of existence. I with the new Ideaav-aan the giving of
wnat rares ne ror aouars from I - some people say . mm license win I service. - A few 6T vthe chosen saw
nine lessons followed, showing how to
analyse and compare railroad, traction.
lighting, gas, water, telephone, Indus
trial and Irrigation, real estate and
steamship securities.
A lesson was devoted to choosing
the most desirable securities among
the classes"'dl8cussed, one on choosing
the best corporation out of a class.
Municipal bonds, savings bank invest
ments and government bonds were all
taken up; then followed four lessons on
watching investments and the markets.
Defaults snd reorganisations were tak
en up, and also ""crises and depres
sions," and the course ended with a
general review.
This is a first rate list of subjects
for the Investor to study. If he cares
seriously to make himself familiar
with the science. I don't imagine that
subjects like these are highly exciting
to the average man. They are not for
light reading. Still, I do Orlnk more
men with surplus dollars to handle
ought to give some such course a try.
why let the bankers monopolise rinan-
"New troops were coming up ithe
river all the time to Join CoL Glllram,
so he decided to start for the Uma
tllla country. Our troops had not gone
very far before we ran into the In
dians. There were more Cayuse In
dians opposed to us than we had
troops, but we pressed steadily for
ward In spite of the Indiana-firing at
us from rocks and hiding places.
Lieut. Chas. McKay killed Gray Kagle .
and shot Five Crows In- the arm,
shattering the .bone. We killed eight
of the Cayuse Indians and wounded .
five, and we .hd five - of our men
woundedT including Lleut.-Col. Waters,
Green McDonald, of Linn- county;
Jason Wheeler, of Albany, who was
shot through the fleshy part , of the -
thighs, and .two other men. The In
dians retreated, and early next morn
ing we started out to Overtake them.
We got to the Umatilla river that
night, the night of the I5th of Feb
ruary. The Indians were eampeo not
very far from ua. we could hear tneir
tom-toms and their war dancing all
nig he .
Stlccas and other Cayuse Chiefs
sent in word to Col. Gilliam offering
to make peace and deliver the mur
derers of Dr. Whitman and the others
killed at the Whitman ma-nacre. We
had peace commissioners with us, but
not hearing from McBean or Father
Brouillet, to whom Col. ttlluam naa
written, the commissioners decided not
to have any talk with the Indians
until thev reached Walla Walla. On
the night of- the Zitb we reached the
Walla Walla river."
that by organizing a distinct corpora
tion to render the added service, the
profits could be kept In fewer bands.
SO' the express companies were born
to live so long as the public would
tolerate the parasitical growth on the
railroad business. There was never a
time when the railroads couldn't have
performed the functions assumed by
the express companies, but so long
as the publlo waa willing, the insiders
reaped the benefits. -
The establishment of a government
parcel post was the one thing needed
to put a stop to the express hold
up. It was a competition which is
practically amounting to confiscation.
Ordinarily one might feel some
qualms when be beard the wail of a
fellow man whose bread had been
taken from his mouth by confisca
tion. No such sentiment rises In the
American breast at the prediction of
express officials that the time is near
at hand when all express companies
will go out of business.
They bad no business in tne nrst
place that ahould not have been at
tended to . either by the railroads or
the people.
Mexico's First Constitution.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
In September, 1812. a congress of
Mexican revolutionists, meeting' In the
city of Cbilpanclngo. In the state of
Guerrero, drew up the first constitu
tion of Mexico. By this instrument
the suffrage waa extended to every
male inhabitant of Mexico over 1
years of age, the liberty of the press
waa gxiaranteeo, a noYeminrai -wim
distinct iudiclal. executive and legls
lative departments, was established,
personal taxation was abolished, and
taxation on capital put in its stead,
and the .initiative waa made a regular
Instrument of government.
Th men who drew up this censtlto
tion represented the peons Of Mexico,
whom we have been taught to regard
aa hopelessly Incapable of self-govern
ment. It failed not because of the po
litical, Incapacity of the peons, but be
cause a huge- army sent across . the
ocean by the king of Spain to aid the
neoole'a oDoressors crushed out in a
ea of blood one of the most heroic
revolutions recorded in history, -
The Ragtime Musa
Honeymoon B ligations.
Oh, shall It be the mountains.
Or shall It be the sea.
Or do you choose In foreign' lands .. ..
1. . . hall -
I do nbi care for mountains.
The sea I much. too wei.
In foreign lands. there are oemanas
Ot speecn mat can o wti.
Then shall we seek a city
That wa have never seen.
Or ele some pleasant village .
And mere romp on iua
Nay, noisy Is the city.
A vlliatce is too sun.
But anywhere else you may care .
To go, my love, wiii. .
Then let us take the trolley
And see a picture enow.
And for the flat save money
Wall need a lot. TOO know.
Oh. mention not the trolley i-
The movies wiaae me weep.
I've been misled; i will not wed
A man who la so cheap!
Popular Science.
The eggs of the ostrich are bow in
cubated successfully.
Artificial limbs were used lh Egypt.
as early as 700 B- C,
The strength or tne tnoiviouai nairs- :
Is increased by frequent cutting, but'
not their number. - - . , ;
One Mississippi river scheme-proposed
to prevent the recurring floods
of that stream contemplates a Job of
exesvating BOO times larger than that,
of the Panama cansL.
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