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" " your Summer address.
Caesar was no ready to for- "
give that even Cicero, who wai ..
by no means a constant frlenu ...
to htm, relates, as a singular
proof of his noble heart,. that '
he never used to forget any-"
thing except the wrong' done -to
him. Indeed, to pardon is
a most beautiful rvenge; but
to forget ' is still more . beau.
tlful.- Petrarch. ;
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Til K PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
as-alUKSIDENT WILSON is right.
IJ His speech to the. Virginia
I editors yesterday, which apr
wars on this page, is a won
derful presentation of the case of
business. It watf the speech of an
honest and farighted man. It is
clear, direct, aud convincing. In
it. the, president takes the country
into his coniidence. There has
hen agitation in this country
ajjalnst the methods of Big Busi
ness for teh years. The - New
Haven Railroad monstrosity shows
why. The methods applied to it
' by Morgan and Rockefeller stag
gered the country and proved that
remedies must be applied. They
showed that the people have been,
right all these ten years in de
manding remedies.
; As the president says, business
Institutions that have been dishon
est are affrighted with fear of what
kind of. resentment the crooked
things they have done may awaken
in the public. They are in dread
of the reckoning.
' But, there is no reason for hon
est business to be alarmed. .It is
not honest business that the new
tniBt bills are to deal with. It is
dishonest business, like the New
lltiucn and to n n d rd a nf Klmilar in
stances, and who in this country
rlna nnr want dishonest business
made honest?
.' The cry of the crooks who have
been wrecking railroads and plun
dering' the people is "hard times."
They are joined in it by .politicians
for political purposes. It is a cry
that can always do damage. Confi-i
dence and credit are the life blood
. of bu6inens, and confidence and
credit can be talked away, as the
New York World sajB, as easily
as a woman's reputation.
' So far as honest business Is con
cerned it haB been many years
, since it was confronted with so lit-
lin uiict-'riaiuiy. ivuu wa uuw
what to expect under the tariff.
. It knows that the new currency
law makes honest business perfectly
RBfiiro an far ua credit In rnnrprnpii.
It knows that Wall Street cannot
again produce a banking panic.
- As President Wilson says, the
) proposals for trust legislation are
In no sense radical. They have the
sanction of men who understand
this country and its business.
The president Is net- running
amuck. He is not playing the
demagogue. He is not conducting
a government of denunciation. He
Is not fanning the flames of un-
rest or popular passion. He is not
y bullying -business, legitimate or il
legitimate. In a careful, conserva
tive process, he is quietly and
sanely applying remedies for cor
recting evil and wicked methods,
and he is doing it as the friend
of business and as the friend of
the American people.
v WRECKING --;A RAIIiROAD
WfO BETTER illustration of the
l imperative need of an . ef
I 1 ficient law regulating the Is
suance of railroad securities
could be found than a recent an
nouncement by the bondholders'
and stockholders' committee of the
Rock Island" railroad. They pro
pose to reorganize the Rock Island
lines "by "Wiping out $357,000,000
of watered stock. .
1 ' Before that railroad became the
prey of exploiters it was prosper
ous, ltd stock was selling at $168
a share when the building of a
watery, structure:. above it was be
gun. The Rock Island was wrecked
by the holding company , scheme,
and last Friday, when the -plan of
reorganization Was announced, the
common stock of the final holding
company sold at 2 W and the pre
ferred ' stock at 3. ,-'
It is now proposed to eliminate
' the two holding companies and re
' turn . to the ; fundamental . railroad
property,: the Chicago, Rock Island
" & Pacific Railway Company. A
member of one 'of the reorganizing
committees Bald the plan Is an en
tirely .new . method , of financing.
but it is significant that hard
headed business men see no. salva
tion for the Rock Island property
jexcept , through placing the com
pany 0n a clean -basis of worth,
dollar for dollar. .
It Is admitted that the' Rock'lsl
and was not wrecked by legislation, i
It was wrecked by men who saw inrcrete Illustration of the same sort
it an opportunity to use .control for
tie Issuance of securities, not for
the benefit of the road itself or its
patrons, -. but. for the aggrandize
ment of greed,, through stock-jobbing
schemes which had not , even
remote relation to the,-rallroad bus-
; It .Is td" prevent; recurrence of
ruch financial wrecks that regula
tion - of the-; Issuanceof "railroad ser
curl ties by the,-. Interstate Com
merce Commission' Is proposed in
President? Wilson's bill before Con
gress. . The ' purpose- Is . to' protect
legitimate" Investors- In stocks and
bonds and' to ' prevent " further
wrecking of American railroads by
the exploiters.
, The Rock Island's "history Is a
terrible - tragedy not only In the
railroad world,' but., also in the
lives of many people who put their
savings into the exploiters'-, hopper.
There should be an ' end to such
things.
TIJE PROTOCOL
HE signing of the protocol by
the American and Huerta. en
voys is V first great step to
wards peace in Mexico.
The capture of Zacatecas and
San . Luis Potosl by Villa's vic
torious army is another. Con
fronted with the . certainty that
Constitutionalist regiments will
soon enter Mexico City unless ar
ticles of peace be agreed to with
the rebels, Huerta and his ad
visers are in no position to be ex
acting in terms or backward in
consenting to what is already or
dained as inevitable.
With the great moral force of
the United States and the A. B. C.
mediators exerted for peace on the
Constitutionalists, it is ifet im
probable - that Carranza and Villa,
even with the capture of Mexico
City in full view, may consent to
the program for a provisional gov
ernment and a constitutional elec
tion, especially since the Washing
ton government demands that the
provisional president shall be of
Constitutionalist leanings. If they
do, the Mexican, problem, with Its
complexities and incongruities Is
at 'the threshold of a solution, not
by the bloody arbitrament of war,
but on a basis of peace and honor
for the United , States, the mediat
ing nations and for all concerned.
It is, of course, too early to ac
cept the success of mediation as
achieved. Agreement by the Huerta
and Constitutionalist representa
tives may not be reached. Flushed
with ,their new triumphs in the
field, possibly made drunk by the
war spirit, the Constitutionalists
may prefer a march on . Mexico
City to such' terms as the Huerta
envoys may concede. Against this
are the ' confidence and faith the
rebels have in the purpose and
power of the Washington govern
ment, and the moral suasion that
the A. B. C. mediators should be
able to exercige for an agreement
and an honorable peace.
In" any event, enough has been
gained at Niagara to throw a new
and splendid atmosphere of amity
over all the nations of the West
ern Hemisphere.
The suspicion and distrust' with
which Central and South Ameri
can nations have always regarded
the great republic has been swept
away by the ideals which have
been held up in President Wilson's
policy as the true relation between
the governments of this hemis
phere.
Our procedure with our torn
and bleeding neighbor beyond the
Rio Grande has not been with can-
fjion and colonels and conflict and
carnage and destruction and blood
and dead men, but on lines In gen-
tie consonance with the teachings i
of the great Carpenter of Nazareth.
SUGAR AND THE TARIFF
RECENTLY published state
ment shows the effect of the
25 per cent reduction in the
duty on sugar. Since the
new rates went into effect refiners
selling price has averaged 3.819
cents per pound, as compared with
an average price for the last ten
years of 4.4 cents per pound. The
statement says:
A saving of .581 cent per pound is
being effected by the reduced duty.
.which figured on the amount of
sugar consumed In the United States
last year, namely, 3,743,139 long tons,
or 8.384,631,360 pounds,-would be equal
to $48,714,108. The .real benefit to
the consumer will come in 1916, af
ter which a further saving of some
$100,000,000 per year will be effected.
There was a time when cham
pions of prohibitive tariff duties
solemnly asserted that the foreign
er paid the tax. That, claim is no
longer made, but an equally falla
cious argument is put forward. It
runs something like this: ., When
we put on a high tariff, we don't
make prices any higher to the con
sumer, but, we enable manufactur
ers to pay higher wages; when we
reduce the. tariff the .manufacturer
is compelled either to shut up shop
or; to reduce wages:
-i-M...iuua.a.aNv,s re r
guimug . tu uuueisiuuu me ia.ru i;
they now realize; that - prohibitive
duties are demanded, not for thn
benefit of , labor or consumer, but
to swell the profits of capital by
limiting competition. And. the Con
sumer pays - these excess profits,
none of which goes Into the pock
ets of' labor. ' ':
,.. The statement ; showing the di
rect; relation between; sugar tariff
duties and prices Is valuable. The
American housewife is now saving
nonrlv, tan flftft nnft voo nd
will eventually save $150,000,000
which. formerly went into the pock-
ets of augar baronsl' The state-
ment Is valuable because It Is con-
of thing which Is going on in many
directions.
LIKE PRIVATE BUSINESS
HAVE often .wondered why
the same principles which we
have all found it necessary
to apply in our private af
I
fairs ; cannot be applied to the pub
lic's affairs," said Dr. C J. Smith
in an address before the Park Rose
Improvement club. -
ij'Many a practical farmer and
many a practical business man in
Oregon is thinking the same thing.
U Js the f thought that comes to
every . man . .who, like Dr. Smith,
has, had, by hard knocks, to make
Ills .own r. way In the world. Dr.
Smith said:
. When, . at the beginning:, of a busi
ness year, I come to consider my
personal wants and the Improvements
I would like to make. I find myself
compelled to discriminate.-
T ra nnrt
this year build this barn or fence
that field, because my means will not
permit me to do everything at once.
But ' the state's business is run on
an entirely different plan.' - Ninety
men - come to - the legislature, each
charged with getting a certain ap
propriation for his particular ' dis
trict. Members do not realize that
the general public cannot stand all
these demands at once. The result
all of the demands are pushed
through and the next year we have
a tax levy which makes us all won
der where the end Is to be. .
It is an accurate analysis. It
Is a clear ' explanation of why the
state's business is not conducted
like a private business. An inves
tigation of the record of almost
any legislature will prove that Dr.
Smith is right.
The power to see what can be
afforded and what cannot be af
forded at the state capital is a
splendid quality to have in the
governor's office. A strictly busi
ness administration by a business
man, such as Dr. Smith has proven
himself to be, is also an advan
tageous combination to have in the
executive chair.
It is a good way to arrange for
the state's business to be done on
the same lines as private business.
INLAND WATERWAYS
T
HE steamboat Je Fowler, car
rying a party or tourists, re;
cently made the river trip
from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
to St. Paul, Minnesota, a distance
of 1940 miles. It was the first
trip by a boat ever made, over that
route In forty years and It re-established
the fact that the Missis
sippi river system still exists for
traffic.
When railway building began to
boom river traffic suffered a? de
cline. Cincinnati suddenly stood
still in its development and the peo
ple of that city sought to keep
pace with Cleveland and Chicago,
lake ports, by promoting a rail
road. The Detroit News says:
The people: of Cincinnati made a
desperate struggle to regain the . su
premacy ef their city by entering
into the railway building competition.
In 1869 the city started the enter
prise which brought about the build
ing of the Cincinnati Southern Rail
way over a route of 338 miles to
Chattanooga, including an expensive !
bridge across the Ohio. This road
was operated by the city until the j
ran or 1881, when it was leased to
1 !iiT..-,l -VTw f rT
the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas
Pacific Railway and became known
as the Queen & Crescent. The cost of
this venture was about $28,000,000,
but it failed to accomplish the
restoration of Cincinnati's commer
cial importance.
Cincinnati failed to re-establish
herself as the Queen City of the
West because her natural advan
tages of water transportation were
ignored. Chicago and Cleveland
forged -ahead because they mado
use of the great lakes. Even an
Investment of $28,000,000 in a
railroad availed Cincinnati little.
For a generation railroad con
struction has nlaftod out Inland wn.
terways in contempt. Traffic has
been diverted from natural to un
natural routes. But recently there
has been a wonderful recovery of
appreciation of the real worth of
navigable rivers.
Our Inland waterways .are the
people's natural regulators of rates
and accommodations afforded traf
fic. Cincinnati failed in; its effort
to retain supremacy through the
building of a railroad. That city's
experience is a lesson for all com
munities on the Columbia river.
That waterway was designed foi
use; it must be used if progress is
to keep pace with opportunity.
WHAT DOEST THOU HERE?
I
T IS now possible to talk over
a telephone wire from San
Francisco to New York.
In the light of the electrical
development of the past few years
It does not seem Impossible that
men will converse .with each other
from different ends of the globe,
without tne aid of wires, some day.
Vho knows but that which we call
mental telepathy is but wireless
telephony and that one day it will
be .within the power of any. one to
project his thought to another per
son, though the-world is between.
When the telephone was first
I - -s "lOMms two questions l win endeavor to
brought into use it opened awon- do so. First, he says my statement
derfnl new world to man
He who
heard the-first voice on the wire
must have recalled that passage in
Holy Writ:
And a great and strong wind rent
the mountains and brake in pieces the
rocks before the Lord; but the -Lord
Was not In 'the wind; and after the
wind an earthquake, but the Lord
was not in the earthquake;, and after
the earthquake a f Ire but the Lord
was not in the fire; and after the
nre a still small voice. And It was
SO When KlHfth heard It h mnr,
his face in his mantle and went out
aniS stood at the entering In of the
I cave; and behold there came a voice
unto him and said: What doest thou
here?
.Science Is constantly dispelling
J the darkness and revealing new
worlds that have been waiting
through the ages . for man to - at
tain the wisdom ' to ' see them and
bring them, to his aid in gaining
dominion over the heavens and
the earth. . ,
GIVE ALL A DAY
F THE creation of special day
of observance and- holidays con
tinues there will soon come a
time when every, day Is a holi
day and every school boy' will be
satisfied. Not many -years ago
there was only- Christmas, : New
Years,' Washington's Birthday and
the Fourth., of July. Now there is
Mother's Day, Mckinley Day, Lin
coln Day and about fifty others
celebrated in the various states, of
the union. : :
It has been proposed that there
shall be a Father's Day. In this
connection a philosopher in Nef
York state has suggested that a
day should be set apart In which to
give special recognition to each
member of the family. He recom
mends the following calendar and
flower appropriate to each:
January 19, Brother's Day; daisy.
February 3. Sister's Day; orchid.
March 10,-Grandpa's Day; Sweet Wil
liam. April 12, Grandma's Day; Mignonette.
June 13, Uncle's Day; Thyme.
July 21. Maiden Aunt's J3ay; Bleeding
Wert J
August 6, Cousin's Day"; Dandelion.
October 30, Baby's Day; Milkweed.
November 4. Household Pet's Day;
- catnip and dog f enneL
We may have to revise" our cal
-enaar. According to a news
item from Philadelphia, Curator
Jordan of Independence Hall has.
In looking over the old records,
made the discovery that the Dec
laration of Independence was pro
mulgated July 8 Instead of July 4
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to The Journal for
publication la this deDartment ahoaM ha writ.
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed 800 words in length and must be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. It the writer does not desire to
nave ine name published, ha should so state.)
"DiscnsaioB Is the areateat of an reform.
ers. : It ratlonaUzes everything It toacnes. It
robs principles of aU false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
xney nare no reasonableness, . It ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and sets up' Its
own conclusions In their stead." Woodrow
wuson.
Arraigns Liquor Interests.
Reedvllle, Or., June 25. To the Ed
itor of The Journal The great trou
ble with people is that you can't awake
them to the realization of the fact that
there is an ever present menace against
humanity In th liquor traffic. Not
until its shadows strike close home do
we take notice. Our neighbor may
have a member in his family who is
going to ruin through liquor. The
question arises, Is it our business to
care? I think we should care,
- The drunkard needs no flag tattooed
on his hand. Excessive use of liquor
has branded his face. Neither the lm
becile stare of the drunkard nor the
tiny flag tattooed on the hand will
keep the unscrupulous hand of the ea
loon man off his money
The liquor men ; may organize to
fight prohibition, but why don't they
organize to place their business upon
a plane of respectability? Naturally
the. liquor traffic is found fighting its
foes without, but what about its great
est foe, within?
Let them revel in fancied security
but the hand Is surely writing their
doom. They call upon their foes to re
form them, and not to destroy. They
ask for more regulations, when the
. . , 3 . 3 i
Elate is uireauy gruu.iiin& uoucr a uur-
den of laws which are practically
worthless as far as the saloon goes.
The liquor traffic has never been
founJ to make one attempt to cooper
ate with the law. The people's choice,
therefore, will be that It must be elim
inated. O. E. FRANK.
Sir. Bryan's Detractors.
Lents, June 25. To the Editor of
The Journal In its attack upon the
Democratic administration the Re
publican press has centered Its crit
icism upon "grape juice" diplomacy
and its author, Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan believes that the Mex
icans are an unfortunate, oppressed
people. He holds . that it is more
worthy of the American nation to
teach them than, to shoot them, and
he thinks the principle of nationality
more sacred than the desire of selfish
American husiness Wen for commercial
aggrandizement In Mexico. In . short,
he places men before money.
As to Colombia, Mr. Bryan did the
right thing In proposing to make
amends to her for a theft of her ter
ritory. It is mainly due to the sel
fish dishonesty of our government In
the past that the South American re
publics look on us with hatred and
Jealousy. By conciliating Colombia
and by adopting, a patient policy to
wards Mexico Mr. Bryan has done
much to promote good feeling among
the American republics. .
"Grape juice" diplomacy is an inno
vation. It is an attempt to combine
policy with principle in international
affairs. Like all reforms, It is de
cried and laughed at by the opponents
of its originator. But like all good
reforms, it probably will succeed. All
lovers of true democracy- sincerely
hope that it may succeed. It It does,
Mr. Bryan will have accomplished
much towards securing world peace
the dream of humanists from time im
memorial. HAROLD BURNETT.
; Mr. Huntington Answers.
Lents, June 24. To the Editor of
The Journal -E. W. Relhok ln his
letter of June 13 says I did not at
tempt to answer his questions. That
is true. I only 'attempted to comment
on that part, of his letter . In which he
Intimated that the liquor Interest was
responsible for our advanced civiliza
tion, for h said it would -vanish If the
liquor Interest were removed. How
ever, as be has asked ms to answer
that the administration of a dry stats
or city costs less than a wet one, is
not true. He says that when Salem
went dry taxes went up three mills
and when Albany went dry taxes went
up one and one-half mills. Hs says
that doesn't sound as If It were cheaper
to De dry. . -
I live In Portland. In February,
1918, I paid S 9.66 taxes on my home.
In February, 1 9 1 4, I paid $19.41 on the
same home and the same valuation ex
actly and it wasn't very dry In Portland,
either. Taxes were more than doubled.
and the liquor interests don't blame
the drys for It, either. Now If condi
tions wers tne same in Baiem and Al
bany as In Portland, taxes would -have
gone up six mills if they had not gone
dry, according to Mr. Relhok's" own
argument.'.
It Is a shame, he says, that when we
need money we fall back on the saloon
A FEW SMILES
At a luncheon given In his honor at
a local club recently .Cyril Scott told
the following, which, came under his
personal o b r v ac
tion in . bis study of
court rooms: , r
An old offender.
deemed Incorrigible,
was on trial for i as
sault with Intent to
kllL WMle summing
up, the Judge. In an
attempt to soften the effect, of the
sentence that ha felt compelled to lm
ii a Vr '
Lf t4 no ?tl?tAi:?K& not be 'such I
.t.cwuBt asuiut wig yuauuci, uui i
was reaiiy sorry -xor mm ana wisnea i
he could befrin1 Tiimr that it atrtnallv I
hurt him very much to be obliged to I
tell th ' culnrlt thar he must sfo to I
J?-?ZV2Li-2 W
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Asked if he had anything to say, the I
condemned man replied: I
"I am glad to know that you have 1
nAfhinff airains mo iArathmt
very nice but it seem, to me that
you are awfully "eyeless with other I
peoples time, i i
The railway train I
had put in a tango I
nlnvlner machine,. . I
"Are . wa running
On eastern Or Cen-I
tral timer' asked a
passenger. - I
Neither," replied I
lly; "ragtime."
"Does your mother allow you to have
two pieces or pie, w inter" asicea ms
hostess.
"No, ma'am."
"Well, do you think
she would like you to
have two pieces
here?"
"Oh, she wouldn't
care!' said Willie,
confidently. "This
Isn't her pie." Judge,
The Ragtime Muse
Solar Fancies.
The sun in the sky
Mounts ever so high.
Breathing flame;
bhoots his deadly darts or nre
Down through roof. tree, dome and
spire.
Taking aim
At mankind, who nearly boll
And they quarrel at their toll
Ana iney Bay tnat not in uoyie
Is the game!
Oh, 'tis only In our work
That the heat stroke dangers lurk;
For the sun.
Shining down on farm and shop.
Causes workingmen to drop
One by one. 1
But on sports well, let it shine I
It is joyous and benign
And Its influence is fine
For the fun! j
So let toil and strife and woe
Come with winter's ice and snow.
As they should; ;
Labor then no one deplores
For one cannot play outdoors
If one would;
But in summer, careless, free
From the bitter grind would be.
Go a-playinsr, full of glee
If we could!
man to orovlda it Th ainn
does not provide the money. The con-
Burner rtavs the freieht. I
Question No. 2: How will we raise
that $900,000 which the liquor Interest
supplies now, If Oregon goes dry? It
is estimated that a man has to con-1
sume $100 worth of booze to contribute I
VI of revenue. That means we must I
consume 190.400,000 worth of booze to (
get that $900,000 of revenue. Instead I
of putting that $90,000,000 over the I
bar of a saloon, I would lew a tax I
sufficient to raise it, and . keep the
otner s 1,000,000 m the homes to buy
food and clothing. I would remove the
saloon, then the man who comes to
Portland from the woods with $600 in
his pocket today would not be relieved
of it tomorrow by the saloon man and
the next day be at the Gipsy Smith
tabernacle among the unemployed
mvuaanua iacmg siarvauon.
J. HUNTINGTON.
Mrs. Duniway Defines Issues.
Portland, June 23. To the Editor of
The Journal I am In receipt of calls,
letters and telephone messages al-
most dally, from women In whose In-
terest I have toiled and struggled for
. . ,, . :
over 40 years. In an attempt to se-
ure the ballot for them as a tool by
which they might in time, be able to I
elevate themselves above the condl-
tlon of servitude, without salary,
through which, alone they may become
rnwds0 f
drunkards. That many wives and
mothers are today living In squalor,
unuer Buujreuan to conditions tney
never dreamed of when they took upon
themselves the vows of "love, honor
and. obey." Is a fact patent to many a
discriminating observer who has
1arnd lvV- l,l .V-,.
, " '"
"r u " ieaa
women into poverty.
These words are not written In con-
damnation of any husband who rises,
0
or has risen, above the laws inherited I miiiea evii a very ciear program, dis
from barbario ages, who by industrv closed as far as possible In a general
and frugality assists his wife to se- program, in Its particulars as well as
cure a competence. But they are of- ln itB feneral features. And the ad
fered for the woman who blames in- niinlstration proceeded to carry out
toxicants (Insensate in themselves)
for her failure to maintain her ritrht -
ful status as a wife and mother in a
home where her dally toil, while
mothering and raising her family,
snouid insure her suitable compensa
tion. To lay the blame on "booze.1
insieau 01 me woruuessness of &
husband who falls to provide for his
family; or to seek the use of the!
ballot to hide away temptations, with -
oul wuicu no aon or any
hod. 1, to 1 beg "the whoTe quesonmaD-
ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAT.
To Pay for the Tariff.
Portland. June 25. To the Editor of
Ths Journal The Oregonian makes a
great effort ln its Monday issue to
shunt the present stagnation ln busi -
ness over to "the Dresent adminiitra.
tlon, because of the tariff, the Phillo-
nine and Mexican lmbroslla. and th.
hold-up whereby ons of the three rail-
road subdivisions ln ths country Is not
permitted to advance Its freight rate
to guarantee a rats increase of $50.-
000.000 annually. f
Not one of these matters affv. th.
nrennnt business status in anv )rru
It is a subterfuge i to hide the more 1
momentous and exigent policies of thef
moniedl interests for' which ths Ore-
gonian is pliant spokesman and apolo
gist.
Thomas Lawson in the Sunday Jour.
nal criva the ritrht answer, nnttin.- th
wam where It belongs arainat th.
K.nV.n and Mllroad nurMlu in tlia
country, who ars craftily behind a sin-
ister campaign against the government.
using contemptible methods, recently!
exposed by senator j-a roiiette and ttw
president, --. "-""f0-
a deaiarnad and craftv vlllainv whioh
vou ably denounced in your Sunday
edition. I . . .
We are assuming to save $50.000.
000 to the people ln our revised tariff.
PERTINENT COMMENT
tUIAL&i CHANGE
However, if England had carried off
the baseball championship that would
have been different.
f .
John Bull might learn something to
Ms advantage by studying the way the
suffrage question Is handled over here.
In calling justice a mere "game"
Judge Dunne of California must have
meant that the game was "blind man's
bluff."
oaa place to live in li it would snovel
on the snow.
People who are complaining that the
0081 of living has not gone down seem
to have forgotten the once plutocratic
lvui now Droietarian earsr.
a
Peering deep into the tenebrous
gloom of oblivion one discerns the shad-
owy lorm or cnanceiior uay or syra-
wh bou' u m-
Forsrettfhr politics for awhile. ttie
citizens or tnis country would ao wen
to read the nresident's tribute to the
flag and then sing what they know of
America.
.Another hard feature has been added
7 tv,. trnriitlnnnl flhrnuinl luck'
in the demand of a puritanical genera
tlon that ha prove all his picturesque
assertions.
k.CI ICUU WUglCBBUiCU CIQ B.U W W
anxious about th condition of their
rx-tlitir.nl fni,i n t hnmf but thev need
not worry if they have been doing
tneir auty in wasmngton.
CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM FOR BUSINESS
Washington, D. C., June 26. Proph
esying a business revival unprece
dented in the history of America once
the administration's anti-trust pro
gram is enacted Into law, President
Wilson, In an address delivered yes
terday in the White House Deiore
a delegation of Virginia editors and
Intended for a. nation wide audience,
discussed the constitutional freedom
for business in full as follows:
I think is is appropriate. In receiv
ing you, to say just a word or two in
assistance of your judgment about the
existing conditions. You are largely
..V mi
responsible for the state of public
opinion. You furnish the publlo with
Information, and In your editorials
you furnish It with the Interpretation
of that Information. We are in -the
presence of a business situation which
is variously interpreted. .
"Here In Washington, through the
bureau of commerce and other instru
mentalities that are at our disposal,
and through a correspondence which
comes in to us from all parts of the
nation, we are perhaps in a position to
judge of the actual condition of busi
ness better than those can judge who
are at any other single point in the
country; and I want to say to you that
as a matter of fact the signs of a very
strong business revival are becoming
more and more evident from day to
day.
"I want to suggest this to you: Busi
ness has been in a feverish and appre
hensive condition in this country for
more man iu years; I win not stop to
Plnt out the time at which it began
uo pprenenaive, uui auring more
than 10 yr business has been tna
object of sharp criticism In the United
States, a criticism growing In volume
ana growing in particularity; ana as
natural consequence as the volume
or criticism has increased business has
been trrowlng more and more anxioua.
Business men have acted as soma men
do who fear they will have to undergo
an operation and who are not sure that
when they get on the table the oper-
ation will not be a capital operation,
I "As a matter of fact, as the dlagno-
sis has progressed it has become more
and more evident that no capital op-
eration was necessary; that at the
most a minor operation was neces-
sary to remove admitted distemper and
evils. The treatment Is to be const!-
tutlonal rather than surelcal. affactln
, nKlfa it? lit srist 1 1 wiIaK Vat..
ViAan tilll-tf 111 17Yi,a nn all Vaitai I
admitted that there are rrocesse of
I business br have been processes of
I business In this country which ought
to be corrected, but the correction has
been postponed and in proportion to
lne , T V. . m
creased the fever of apprehension,
I
"There is nothing more fatal to busi
ness than to be kept guessing from
month to month and from year to year.
whether something serious Is going to
hPPn ,t( u, or not n vht in par-
i1hCIUn1gardoSe.BO,Tt S mVble"
the. proPecU of Hn0 of bur.
ness unless you know what the year
is going to bring rorth. Nothing is
more unfair, nothing has been declared
by business men to be more harmful
1 1 . " ' 10 Keep tnem auessing.
,llTb1. e8ln w,ent on. he. air was
1 "'A 'r
years and more. Then came an admln-
istratlon which for the first time had
I a definite program of constructive cor
I rectlon, not of destructive correction.
but f constructive correction of ad-
lDls program.
I "First" there wan the tariff, and busl
ne8s "-bivered. 'We don't like to go
the water looks cold.' But when the
tariff had been passed It was found
BOSWELUS REPORT
By John M. Osklson.
1 James Boswell drank eagerly of the
wisdom poured out by Dr. Johnson on
fl1 '.ubJevCtV on ?M ,d thrt"
, ""'"l" i
epcan. lyuu- rjww wui a aeoi-narassca
llf wa" h!!)
I lsoswu na handed on ln his won-
I derful "life" of Johnson some of the
I Desl tnrirt talks l vs read. To Bos-
wel1 ne -
I "Whatever, you have, spend less
frugality is not .only tne basis . of
1 Quiet but of beneficence. Get" as much
Peace of mind as you can, and keep
with,n your Income, and you won't
g0 far wrong."
AO oarrisier namea oimpson, ur .
I Johnson wrote
I "Small debts are like small shot
I they are rattling on every side and
can scarcely be escaped without a
'und. Great debts are like cannon,
OI 1000 no,8 DUl 111119 oanger. iou
- 1 D1U'1- """""" preparea w ais
charge petty debts that you may have
leisure, with security, to struggle with
i tho rest.'
Again Dr. Johnson wrote to Bos-
I Well:
"Do not accustom, yourself to con-
But note how anxious the Oregonian
i and lts sllles pray for a freight ad
vance of $53,000,000 for one of ths
three rsllroad systems, which If per
I mitted must equally be . given to eacn
lof,the other two. Thus One freight
- 1 increase of $150,000,000 Imposed
against the people, as against a sal-
AND 'NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
nri.v . .-..i .. .fft.l
ance ana si, teacoers empioyea in am
city schools; Eugene s expenoiture in I
Bit 02 r0""1 w ""'I
j . . I
Baker's new publlo library Is five I
VaAra old and In that time has tTOWnltA
from 000 volume to 754. Tha an-J
nlversary was celebrated by UmJlT i
hnnltlAra laaa Raturdav nivtit I
I
X m thai result of a membershln eon- 1
memoers. iai nun cainuma ur
B. Gould won over J. A. Kastes' team
with SS members to it.
.-
Appeal to loyal Salemltes, In the
Statesman: "The summer resorts are
chirking up. Pretty rood summer re-
2n? mair -f,. "tm mfuSiSl
will remain at home till after the
Cherry Fair and the Chautauqua.-
.
Marshfleld Record: .This newspaper
wants to see the Grants Pass-Crescent
. . . . i a . n I
City rmiiroaa compie.ea in m. succs0xui i
way because, if It in, it will prove to I
that they are not shadow-chasing when I but In those daya the word 'heredl
ihey.v?!an. efc rom Roseburg to tary was an unknown word; It was
I Condon Times:, -The railroad com-
for a. stuffv old thins: desisned bv Mr. I
Noah when he built the ark. Our nice I
k!? ?lCh ?S.Bh?3.an.. t il
Heppner line. Perhaps the changa Is I
only temporary, ana tne company may I
sena up -a nice new car in in near iu- i
ture.
that the readjustment was possible
without any serious disturbance what-
eTf.r- ,'n. men 8ad' T1"1 n of
rouei. v eiii ws are giaa 10 gei mat i
oemna us and it wasn't bad after an.-1
Then came th .currency reform. I
You remember with what resistance, I
With What criticism. With What SVB- I
tcmatic holding back, a large body of I
canKers in tnis country met Ui pro- I
posais or that reform, and you know I
now, immediately after its passage, I
they recognized Its benefit and its I
beneficence, and moreover since the I
passage of that reform bankers
throughout the United States have
been congratulating themselves that
it was possible to carry out this srreat
reform uDon sensible and solid llnea.
. "Then w advanced to tha, trust t-o-
gram, and again the tarns dread, the
same hesitation, the aamei urgency
that th thinor ahnuld ha, rmttnnnmA It
will not be postponed; It will not be
postponed, because we ar the friends
of business. We know what ws are
doing; we purpose to" do it under ad-
ty,- - a .
enou.h to obtain th- ad-lc of man
--u v a-flbv w-it as ivi luuaii
who understand the business of tha
. i . . .
mi ... J , SHU - M.UU i r Uin III- UlUl
is going to be exactly what the effect
of the currency reform was. a sens,
of relief and of seourlty.
"Because when the program is fln -
Ished. it is finished; the interrogation
points are rubbed off the slate; busl-
ness is given its constitution of free-
dom and bidden go forward under that
coMiuuuon. Alia just so soon as it
gets that leave and freedom thers will
bs a boom of business in- this country
sucn as we have never witnessed In
the United States.
I, as a friend of business and a
servant of the country, would .not dare
stop In this program and bring on
another long- period of agitation. Agl-
tatlon longer continued would bs fatal
to the business of this country, and If
this program Is delayed there will
come agitation with every letter in the
word a capital letter. The choice is a
sober and sensible program now com-
pleted or months upon months of
additional conjecture and danger. I.
for one, could not ask this country to
excuse a policy which subjected busl-
ness to longer continued sgltstion and
uncertainty; and, therefore, I am sure
that it is beginning to be evident to
the whole press of this country and
a constructive program Is at last not
only to be proposed, but completed, and
that when It 1. completed business can
successrui adjustment.
. T. . '
"I cannot g-t rest If you send me to
bed wondering what Is going to hap -
pen to me ln the morning; but If you
neiia mo to urn nuuwinR- wmi ,no I Portland He drove the stocic over
course of business is to be tomorrow I ,,,. , Portland we loaded our
morning. I can rest. How much better
is cenun juiuw iu ma men iDfBgeu
in nusinessT
"It Is a matter of conscience as well
ss a matter of large publlo policy to
uo wnai vjiib congreai i am now cer -
tain is going to do, finish the pro-
gram. And I do not think that It is
going to take a very long time. I be-
lieve that the temper of those engaged
in this great thing is admirable, that
the various elements, sometimes In an-
tagonlsm, ln the congress of the United
States are drawing together and that
we shall witness an early statesman-
like result for which we shall all hiv.
abundant reason to be thankful."
In the course of the day ths presl- wool and making quilts ana oiqer
dent had received a letter signed by household equipment. We were mar
Champ Clark of the house and all the ried on March 4. 1854. I was Just
n.nivrall nran.(lv,a . If I- over 14 Vears Old. I Started hOUBS-
sourl, pledging him their support in
hl rammlrn trrr antl-tmat 1r1l.tn
and promising they would remain In
. "
Washington until the program was fin-
lshed. He replied expressing thanks
i - i. . i -
" '
OF JOHNSON ON DEBT
eider debt only as an Inconvenience;
ii. . cuamiif. 11 it d
flrmt Cre DOt to 68 ln ny KUtn'"
debt.1
I liks that distinction Johnson made
between the rattling, worrying, snd
mounding hail of small debts and tha
less dangerous booming of the cannon
of biz debt. d own rr r1(frr V
bearing bills 'of $5 or $10 mill make
life miserable, though you can continue
to live amvtv ln rltv hn& x.Ki
burden Is staggering in slse. Thus
my family's share of the debt bnrdn
of Vca Vorlr ltv ai nA mtm t. tm ahnil I
$1300. yet it does not seem to be one of
the things worth worrying about. But
if I owed $1300 to a dozen or so trades-
nen of New Tork city X know that
should realize very soon what It means
to "sink into the quagmires of debt."
Most of the bigger debts ars In
curred only after careful consideration
of the chances of repayment; you in
cur them In the reasonable hop that
you will not only be able to repay, but
also, to make something out of ths use
of ths borrowed sum. Ths little debts
pile up with astonishing persistency
and you know that no permanent profit
has come from what they represent.
Keep clear of ths small debts.
vage of $50,000,000 in ths tariff. Is
the psnacea offered us by the Ore-
gonias clientele as naturally the tar
iff reduction must be put ifi opposi
tion to ths freight Increase against the
whole population. This Is a fine Hi
lustration of monopoly methods.
CHAS. CHURCH,
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"CandidatM for office whose chief-
w wu Swu aMAv
ana gooa nanasnaJters can no longer
leotad since women have taken a .
hand in the election and election of
officials." declared Dr. Owena-Adalr
m. i
.f,,r,"
" --
rantOn. - .
'"Women are tha principal suffsrare
1 mm Kt lawa t i- k
uu Luflir uiuiuun who bti ruinm
- .
b' wk vicious men. whose moral
stamina has been sapped by liquor
sold to them with the consent and
by the approval of our government.
"In the '80s I spent over $5000 for
the abolition of tha liquor traffic X
hoP to live to see the day when it.
,lkl -i. ... K- f,. ,
BlT,.wl" i-,, rto otth!
past. In 1S8J X delivered my first
S2-nrtwTl ThA JI?
Lrance" Ui?r wa ftt th. nd P
-u iywmieu wm
state superintendent of hereditary
It was In the appendix of Web-
who t evila muit ha andurad. If
they would get in and work a Uttle
" cou,d cul'd Plac. of balng .
. J
T v - ,
" . x " uu
If there la a determination to do
a thing, and you will bend every en
ergy toward accomplishing your pur
pose, you can do it.
When I was a girl X was a born
tomboy. Diana, my sister, was Just
my opposite. Diana was married
when she was y 14 years old to John
Hobsoa. Her daughter married sx-
Senator C W. .Fulton.
-w. settled on Clatson Plains, in
th wlntar orIS4X. Out chine Tar -
education in thoa jlava u ntt
slim. Mr mother tievtr learned ta
rmA r lt. and T did not laar-n
until after mv first boy was born.
When I was 12 years Id a teacher
named Beaufort came Into our dls-
trict. I do not believe I havs ever
loved anyone before or sines as X
loved him. He boarded at our house.
I Hs only taught a short term, so X did -
I not have a chance to learn much rtad- .
I ing or writing; but hs taught me to
be thoughtful, unselfish and consider
I ate of others' Interests. He taught
I me how to lump, now to use tne lasso
I and all about the ears of a horse, and -
I tnese were ins tmngs tnat x carto
I most about.
"la those days nons of the man or
young fellows had any use for a man
who w" ne&t- JJt teacher was
exceedingly careful of his dress. They
joked him about being unable to work
i . , - . . . .
ll ne nnaiiy saia mat- ns couia aig
TZnSP.ZZ
I Clatsoo Plains. They all thought this
1 . VI (--11 K tAA
r ,nV a nnraT of 1100 which thev
i?1. P"?J v' v!,- -.t.!!
raised, and then hs bet his watch and
all of his other possessions against'
I V..... - - . V, sn.V a- nn .in TK tf
1 .,, hu.h.i. of nnt.
toes tha m0Bt thAt anyons hsd dug
and 8tacked In a day. so hs said hs
wouid Aig that amount in it hours,
On what is now Joslah West's farm.
which was then owned by Mr. Jswett,
I thpr was a bir notato field. Wora
I went all over Clatsop Plains about
I the bet, so everyone within s day or
I two's travel was there. He laid aside
I his Spanish scarf, his coat snd vest
and boots, and put on Indian xnoeea-
sins, and stepped Into the potato
field. Hs had eut the handle of his
hoe off until It wss only two or thres
feet long. Straddling the rows of
potatoes, with his hoe be began dig-
1 a-ing them, Hs never missed a mo-
I tion. Hs seemed to work almost lias
I clockwork. Long before his 10 hours
were up ns ihaa nis bo ousneis oi
potatoes dug and stacked. This was
the first time that ths people In Clst-
"Op Plains had ever seen potatoes dug
wrtn a short bandied hoe. Within a
wnn no one u t. ...
other way. When my teacher left my
ntr,r bro.J MVT
lied at the ages of 1J or 1$. My
sister Diana, who was called ths
"ciatsVp" PUin. was no!
.-t .,-. r-n f inss. father decided
to leave his 40 acres on Clatsop
!-,., .. .. too .mall a. nlare.
1 .. m, nm. for his cattle.
He bulu a Urge scow snd we went t
I nn..M.iona in two warons. Ws
i gtartra out Tor KOSCDUrg. In woavc 1
now South Portland ths roads
I throua-h the heavy timber were sl-
j most lmpsssable. X was 1$ years old,
1 end a natural nor se woman, suia n-
I derstood stork, so my brother Flam
end I had charge of driving tne
horses and cattle. Father took op a.
claim on the banks of the Umpque
liver. Just opposite Aaron Rofl
place, or ln what is now called West
Roseburg. He built a ferry, which hs
operated, carrying travelers to and
from Roseburg. Daring the winter of
I 18S1. I became engaged to LA oranos
I Hill. I put In a busy winter caraing
keeping with four quilts, four sheets.
I four pillow cases, four towels, two
I . . . , i . n-1 1 A -- t.
I xaDiecioine i- 1
om V"Zmi i'Vt-J.Jd life on
U" u. tn"r.J?ad. 't't' Vf 1
i t latann fiains aim u cruia in
I . . . . . 1. .... wh h
pocKCL,. aula iv n ,vi., " ......
went to Roseburg, hs was worth
$20,000. When I was married moth
ers never told their daughters any-
m.A t th.v hannanaA to sat a
v.,t.i huahnnd. aa manv of them did.
)t waB considered a saa aispensatio
I of Providence, and they let It go at
that." . ;
Pointed Paragraphs
I Kind words snd bsld heads never
I dye.
I
I Never say die. Expire sounds more
I classy.
I Silence Is the wisest srgument ef
Ian ignorant man.
I
1 1 Dreaming sweet dreams comes ss
I natural to a girl as a fly to a bald
1 head.
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Illustrated featurex
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