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THE BOY ASSASSIN.
A'
RCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDI-
'NAND was a representative
of national authority. Jlls
'J aB8a88lnation yesterday was
:a protest against that authority.
There is a growing number of
' snch tragedies. There is an in
' creasing disposition by misguided
persons to use - violence against
' those who reflect law and. govern
, ment. Several e.ulb assassinations
now occur within a year against
intervals of three or four or even
"ten years for a single killing for
merly. M
It was five , years between the
assassination of Daniel, Prince of
Montenegro, and the shooting of
President Lincoln. It was three
years between the killing of Mo
'hornet All, pasha of Turkey, and
the assassination of Alexander, czar
of Russia. It was eleven years
' from thei killing of Mayor Carter
Harrison of hlcago to the slaying
of Lord Cavendish, lord lieutenant
of Ireland. -.There were four assas
sinations of' noted personages in
1907, four in 1909 and three in
1913, including King George of
Greece and President Madero ' of
Mexico. C .
The newest assassin is a boy of
18. He had a fellow conspirator
of 21. Their imaginations -were
undoubtedly fired to the crime by
the utterances of older people who
counsel violence and resistance.
The growing tendency to preach
hostility to all authority is observ
able in every part of the " world.
. 'The onslaughts of unrestrained li
oense In fulminating against the
t representatives of authority, wheth
er a president-of the United States
or the governor of an old world
province, bring on their crop of
boy or -.men with concealed pis
tols or deadly dynamite. '
'There are no heroes among the
assassins. They are typified by
Guitteau and Czolgosz. They are
pretty much all alike. Weak of
mind, unbalanced, erratic and vio
lent, they symbolize no great cause.
The way to better government is
'not with a pistol. The way to
. greater human happiness is not by
abolishment of all government.
The real way to -j-evolutlon is
through the citizens conscience and
the ballot box.
.RENAISSANCE OF ROMANTICISM
SEX problems, feminism and
the underworld are to be re
tired from the pages of the
coming novel and are to be
replaced by stories of love and
adventure, says Justin Huntley
; McCarthy, the English author and
1 dramatist.
. Th world moves In cycles. Real
Ism follows romanticism and ro
' manticism follows realism. We are
how passing, according to Mr. Mc
Carthy, out of a cycle of realism
but the new romanticism will be
somewhat different from the old.
; It will be less -conventional and
more 'commonplace in detail. He-
' roea and heroines will be portrayed i
:, as more human. j
The circumstances of life are
stranger and more fanciful today
than ever before. Great forces are
being unchained . that appeal to
the imagination.
Jules Verne was a romanticist
and his brilliant fancy painted
things that are part of our lives
today, thest,jBwift and - enormous
. ocean steamers, moving cities In
'themselves, the. telephone, the wire
less telegraph and the flying
machine. '
The world is ready again for ro
- mance whose spirit is immortal.
Somewhere there is . waiting a
Dumas, a Stevenson -or, a Scott
who i again to guide the . current
of literature into the ; channel of
romanticism, out of the sordid
' real Into the noble ideal. '
REDUCING THE FIRE RISK
M'
MINNESOTA'S Supreme 3ourt
decided last week that the
owner, of an apartment house
who 'neglected - to keeD a
chute - clear of inflammable ma
terial was liable for the eath of
tenants. That tribunal affirmed
a substantial verdict, against the
. property owner because a tenant
, lost bis life In a fire originating
' in the chute. ' .'1 -
V The court has laid down. .a. work
ing principle which will hold land
" lords to -a stricter accountability
TRYING TO BLOCK THE
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HY the demand for President
bills? Why. the standpat "hard times" cry to, force him to
withdraw them? '
- If there had been a 'Woodrow Wilson , In the presidency '
back la the early 50's, there would 4have ' been no Civil war. lua
crowning genius for' constructive legislation and his power as I a
Statesman wouIdiAave solved the slavery issue, and the country would
havtf been sparedthe loss of nearly half a million brave men and bil
lions of money sacrificed In armed conflict.
' . . Addressing' himself vto great governmental .problems, he has within
a short year, driven through Congress a succession of legislative :
events - never equaled by any president ; in the history of the nation. -i.
But, In spite of his achievements, "here is clamor from Maine to Ore
gon and from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande for his trust
bills to;be withdrawn.
'They say his anti-trust legislation will hurt business. The slave
power used also to say that slavery agitation- would ".hurt business."
Do the trusts and their standpat allies in politics want the trust is-'
sue to go On unchecked until it winds up with the terrible conse
quences that were brought on by postponing and compromising the
slavery issue?' . :- ". . - v.- '.: ,
-Morgan and Rockefeller wrecked the New Haven, Flsk ruined the
Erie, Harriman despoiled the Alton, others bankrupted the .Rock ,
Island, the San Francisco and scores of other roads by -loading them
down with bogus securities from which the proceeds went to the dis
honest manipulators instead of to the needs and purposes of the roads.
Yet, because Woodrow Wilson wants his bill passed to prevent rail
road buccaneering, the country Is told that "it will "hurt business."
' Hundreds of letters are pouring in on the president from honest
business and honest people, .urging him to push his anti-trust hills.
The public conscience of , the United States knows that every bill how
urged by Woodrow', ViJson is an honest bill, that it is a con
structive bill and that it is a bill wholly designed 'for' the welfare of j;
this country, the welfare of honest business and the welfare of the '
American people. . Must the president back - down - for fear his bills
will "hurt business"? '
' Does anybody thlnk.lt was wrong "when the tea business of Bos
ton was "hurt" by the American patriots on a certain occasion.
Does anybody now think . Andrew Jackson was wrong in his fight
on the' old United States bank, which at the time was a serious
"hurt" to the banking business?
Though- Jjt seriously ''hurt business", does anybody think there
never should .have,beea legislation on the slavery issue?..
The railroads and their political allies whooped and thundered
against railroad regulation by the Interstate Commerce Law and pre-,
dieted that it would ruin the ' railroad business. Does anybody think .
we. did wrong in passing the measure and putting it into effect?
Though it was a serious blow to business at the time, does. any
body think the, American colonies should not have promulgated the
Declaration of Independence or written, the American constitution?
In his great work of pushing his anti-trust bills. President Wil
BOn 13 repeating the pert ormances of the great leaders and patriots
who put the big things into our national life and wrote the mag
ical history of this republic.
They had their an tia. and he .has hlsi '
for neglect. In that state, at least,
it is now established law that
heavy damages may be assessed
against property owners respon
sible for preventable fires. Insur
ance does not protect them against
loss by tenants. The owners are
custodians of lives and property
not listed in their - policies and
failure to adopt reasonable precau
tions may . be penalized in the
courts.
Great property loss by fire is not
Inevitable; much of khe loss of
life in burning structures Is avoid
able. We are annually burning up
the labor of millions on the altar
of carelessness. We are annually
sacrificing valuable lives because
of criminal neglect.
The Minnesota decision seems to
point, the "way for reform. The
time may not be far distant when
the courts will hold owners liable,
not only for injury to tenants,
but for loss to the community in
curred by- fighting preventable
fires. When that time comes the
fire risk will be reduced to a mini
mum. UNCLE "JOE"
T
O THOSE who have the mis
taken idea that former Speak
er Cannon is a "dead" one the
.sight . of him dancing the
tango on the roof of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing in
Washington a few days ago would
have been a revelation.
Several hundred young women
were on the recreation roof danc
ing to the alluring cadence of "Too
Much Mustard" when the former
congressman from Illinois appeared
with Director Ralph, says the news
paper account.
After watching a moment Uncle
Joe look a firmer grip on his
cigar with his teeth, put his arms
around the director's waist and
whirled away to the astonishment
of the young ladies who stopped
to admire the grace .and agility of
Uncle Joe as he ducked and dipped.
Unlike McFaddenv . of the old
song, his left foot was not crazy.
neither was his right foot lazy.
It is evident that Uncle Joe is
determined to be re-elected to Con
gress this year and will be if it
depends on , his ability to do the
"White House" dip or the "Lame
Duck" glide. v
LEARN OF ARGENTINE "
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HOSE Interested lh the hous
ing problem -in .large cities
may study with profit-the ex-
ample set by Buenos Aires.
probably the Inoat" cosmopolitan
city in South America. ; The city
has appropriated twenty-seven mil
lion dollars to build houses for
working people.
' These houses will be constructed
in a healthy, desirable nelghbor-i
hood and be made attractive. They
win be sold to worklngmen on the
installment plan, at ; cost plus inJ
terest. It is planned to build . at
first -ten thousand of these houses.
two : thousand eaeh . year for - five
years. . , North American Contract
ors and material 'manufacturers
will be asked to bid on the con
structipn.
Many are Inclined to regard the
South American republics asvsemi
barbaric but this discloses that the
Argentine republic, at least, is far
m . advance. 01 so-caiiea civilized
countries. The central idea is to
give workmen new homes, new am
bitions. new health, and an increase
of prosperity. .
It indicates - that the South
WILSON PROGRAM
Wilson to withdraw Ms trust
f
American Is ceasing to think , of
himself solely and is beginning to
be influenced by the claims of the
social whole.
He is proceeding on the con vie
tion that If aj city has money "to
build jails and prisons It has money
to build sanitary and attractive
homes for its workmen.
His examaple is deserving- of
serious consideration.
TELEPHONE RATES
DETAILED study of rates,
rules of practice and proceed
ings of the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph Company is to
A
be undertaken jointly by the Ore
gon Railroad' Commission and the
Washington Public - Service: Com
mission -for the purpose of secur
ing uniformity in the two. states.
There has never been in the
telephone business throughout the
country a uniform rate making
scheme. Several elements have
been taken into consideration; the
character of the population served;
the extent of the-population; the
valuation of the property in the
area to be served; the amount of
money In the banks showing
whether the community is pros
perous, or not and the area to be
served.
In studying the characteristics
of the inhabitants of a town or
city, companies in making rates
take into calculation even how the
streets are paved and whether or
not the residents plan flower gar
dens.
. Summing It all up one arrives at
the conclusion that it is merely
the old question of how much will
the traffic bear?
SUFFRAGE IN ILLINOIS
r
N ILLINOIS,' women have a lim
ited suffrage, that is they have
the right to tote for , municipal
officials and on matters affect
Ing public policy. Tn the municipal
elections last April one thousand
saloons in the state were voted
out of existence.
Following the election, the .Illi
nois Supreme Court rendered a de
cision affirming by a vote of four
to three the constitutionality of the
suffrage act.
It is now proposed by the liquor
Interests to secure the repeal of
the act by ttie next legislature
and 'a campaign to that end is be
ing made. The fight is brought on
at this time because of the fear
,thatthe anti-liquor interests "are
to turn their attention to the bar
rooms of Chicago next spring. If
they should win as decisive a vic
tory in Chicago as they did down
state last spring some 4000 saloons
will be closed
To repeal the suffrage act a two
thirds majority of the legislature
is necessary- All candidates who
do not wish to be opposed by the
liquor interests are ' asked to sign
two pledges one to vote for re-
Lpeal, ' the other to vote for an
amendment depriving women of
the 'right to vote on questions of
public policy In the event that a
sufficient number of votes: cannot
be secured to repeal the suffrage
law.
In districts where the candidates
refuse to pledge themselves the
liquor Interests will put their own
man in the field.
- Failing to secure the repeal of
the suffrage act, the accomplish
ment of which they are far from
certain . of. the liquor interests see
hope for 1 Chicago's saloons only in
the success of an amendment elimi
nating women from, participation
In voting on public policy questions.
A ' faint idea of ; the savins; to
producers through - the opening of
the upper Columbia river to navi
gation and the ' construction of
good roads from - the river to the
interior, is given in Sherman irfun
ty. The state is building a road
from' Biggs to Wasco, a-distance
of - ten miles,' at an approximate
cost of 30,000. It is estimated
that the wheat yield of Sherman
county this year will be three mil
lion bushels. ; Shippers estimate
that a saving of three cents per
bushel can be made in transport
ing the wheat to the ' river over
this road. This means a total
saving of $90,000 for this season's
crop. Even at one cent a bushel
the road would pay for itself in
one year.
The 'old saying that the worm
will turn finds verification In a
suit brought by a railroad in New
Jersey against & man whose team
collided with a locomotive. Dam
ages to' thet amount of 100 are
claimed because divers slats of the
cowcatcher were broken, the paint
on f he locomotive scratched and the
track strewn with litter. Not long
ago a French court awarded a cab
company damages as a result of a
collision Tvith a pedestrian. This
is probably what the lawyers would
call establishing a precedent.
The more legitimate an Industryfthe other asked who
or enterprise, the less it is injured
or aided by polities. .The greatest
beneficiaries of politics are those
who hold the privileges and enjoy
the favors of ' government, and
they are all on the backs of the
workers.
Letters From the People
(CommniUcatlona sent to The Journal for
pODUcatlon 111 this denartnunt iluinM K. writ.
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by the name and address of the
vauer iz me writer does . not desire to
u.yb iue same puDiufced, ne should ao state.)
"Discussion is the greatest ef aU reform
ers, it rationalises everything it touches. It
principles of au false sanctity and
mrows them back on their reasonableness. If
they hare ao - reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crashes them out of existence and seta up Its
wwa conclusions in their stead. r woodrow
Fears Effects of Prohibition.
Portland, Juna 27. To the Editor
of The Journal I am not a teetotaler.
nor was I ever under the Influence of
liquor in my life. I am a taxpayer.
and that is where my Interest centers
principally.. Thera are In round num
bers 800 saloons In Oregron, paying
over J600.000 a year In license alone.
Add to this . the rentals, taxes and
wages of men enough to conduct the
places, and does it not more than off
set the outlay of all the penal lnstl
tutlons of the state? My old state
of Kansas has been dry since 1880,
and from, government reports both
crime and Insanity have been on the
increase during the entire period. 2dis-
eourl, with its ever Increasing: popula
tion in cities like Kansas City and
St. Louis, has shown no increase In
crime or insanity.
This thinar aDDeala to me in. nlv one
way, and that is as a business proposi
tion. If we .iucceed in passing; the
proposed bill or a 41500 tax exemp-J
tion on personal property and Improve
ments and add to It all of the other
exemptions, now In force, ton the pay
ment or taxes onjtne lana, ai.d tne rur
ther sum of $600,000 above referred to
as saloon taxes, who Is going to pay
the expense of running our state and
municipal governments? If the mer
chants do it, our necessaries are go
ing to cost more. If the larger proper
ty owners do It, our rentals will bo
higher. It will affect tne cost or ev
erything from our food products to
the cost of salvation, which is sup
posed to be free. Is It not better to
have 800 saloons conducted under the
police surveillance, of our cities and
towns than to have five times that
number of speakeasies, blind pigs and
kitchen barrooms?
Go and live in dry Kansas, with its
law breaking element of bootlegrers.
and you will glory to the privilege or
being able to return and live In wet
Oregon. f THOMA3 it, jnj&usuiv
Unsightly Lots.
Portland, Or, Juna 87 To the Edi
tor of The Journal I have been read
ing in The Journal that the city is to
have a general clean up and that the
city engineer is to enforce the anti
weed law: also that the police are to
aid In this work. FDr the benefit of
these officials, I would suggest that
they take a walk south on Third street
from Yamhill and convince themselves
that they' are neglecting their duty. A
vacant, lot at Fourth and Yamhill is a
dumping ground for the public market,
and is overrun with weeds. I might
add that this lot is owned by capital
ists. The city owns a block at Third
and Market, and this property has been
en eyesore to the neighborhood for 10
years, to my knowledge. It is filled
with remnants of broken down wagons,
tin cans and other rubbish, and the
grass Is knee high in places. It was
presumed at one time that the much
needed auditorium would occupy this
block, but as that project has been
abandoned, why not convert this un
sightly block into a children's play
ground? It would be- a godsend to
the hundreds of children In this neigh
borhood. 1
, I should like to ask The Journal this
question: Why should taxpayers be
compelled to cut the grass on vacant
lots two miles from the heart, of the
cityT on unfrequented streets, when
property. belonging to the city and to
wealthy capitalists is exempt? .
I noticed a "cut the grass" sign fcn
a lot at Second and Salmon this week,
although it was not needed aa badly
as the previously mentioned localities.
Perhaps Mayor Alhea and the, city en
gineer will clean up city property first.
before they enforca the law in other
cases. A 1AXFAIER.
The Bible and Temperance.
' Portland. -June 24 To the Editor of
The Journal What profit is there in
attempting to either prove or disprove
by the Bible, the; wisdom of any poucy
In relation to social or economic con
ditions, that had no existence . when
the books of the Bible were written?
In .the days of the anti-slavery agi
tation, in an effort to stem tha rising
tide of Christian sentiment against tha
institution, the prrt-slavery advocates
were, searching the Bible for some
passage of scripture, or some Incident,
that might by any-possibility be con
strued as sanctioning or upholding
slavery, just as the anti-prohibitionists
are now doing in the interest of
the liquor traffic: and In denunciation
of their efforts the poet Whittier, In
A FEW SMILES
A little boy was sitting; on one of
the benches in Central Park, New
York, watching- people rids the don
keys. ' An exceeding
ly fat wotnan hired
a - donkey and was
about to mount when
aha saw the ' small
boy and said to him:
"Little boy, don't
you want 'me to hire
a donkey for your
"No, thank yon. - I'd rather sit hera
and laugh." '" '. iwt ':
The new play was In rehearsal and
a delegation of actors approached the
manager.' On being received the
spokesman said: "Sir;
we we have coma to
ask that a portion
of Mr. Brown's part
be cut out."
Wbs,fs all this
about? What do you
want to cut out?
asked the manager.
"Thapart where he as the disguised
count borrows 85. Everytima he
thinks any of us has any money he
calls a rehearsal."
"what tha wrangle about In Plunk-
ville?" ,
"Some of the com
munity want to
maintain m udholes
and swell their pri
vate fortunes by
hauling automobiles
out. i Others want, to
improve the high
ways, pinch 'em. for
speeding and apply 1 the proceeds to
publio Works of all kinds."
Two actors met oh Broadway. One
of them was In deep mourning, and
was dead.
My grandfather,"
was ti reply. "We
buried him yester
day." ;
The other actor
murmured sympathy,
Aiany at tha fu-
neral? -f
A gleam Of satisfaction broka
tne others gloomy, face.
My boy," he exclaimed, "we wer
turning -em away.
one of his poems, wrote the following
xiuea. waicn seem peculiarly applica
ble to the present situation:
"Foul shame and scorn be on ye all
Who turn th ttnnA tn rT
And- steal the Bible from tha Irrt
lo give u 10 in aevn."
The whole trend of the Bible, wher
ever tne subject is mentioned as
general moral question. Is In denuncia
tion of, or caution against. Indulgence
in strong drink; and to assert that it
aoes not prohibit the use of liquors or
denounce moderate drinking, Is simply
6S'"s tne question, or making a
farce of the whola matter. Tha use of
home made wines in connection with
daily meals, was then a very reneral
custom, as it Is today. In many of the
rural districts of central and southern
Europe, and If this were all we had to
contend with in the present, day, there
wouia not be so much demand for pro
hibltlon. .Many of their wines were
probably not fermented at all. and
their "strong drlnlC' so-called, was not
comparable with our modern distilled
liquors and fortified wines, and the
manufacture and sale was not. as now.
a huge organized and commercialized
business. i ,
Practically all the incidents and pas
sages cited In favor of the contention
of the wets, so far as i have noticed
tnem, where someone at some particu
lar time or tor some special reason
was advised or commanded to drink
wine or strong drink, have no special
significance as to the right or. wrong
of tha general drink habit.
G. J. GARRETSON.
The Bible's Prohibitions.
Portland, June 27. To the Editor of
The Journal As an llustration of the
common misapplication of scriptural
texts, let me refer to Colosslans 2:16,
cited by Mr. Goldapp In closing one
of his communications to Tha Journal.
"Let no man therefore Judge you in
meat or drink."
This sounds very antl-prohlMtion
when Isolated from the rest of tho
sentence, but a glance at the context
shows It has no application to the
drink habit, as a question of either
morals or dietetics. The meat and
drink referred to were those required
In observance of the Jewish ceremonial
law, and by which law, as tha apostle
was explaining, Christiana ware not to
be Judged as to their religious stand
ing.
Mr. Nlckerson In one of his letters
suggests wa have no right to prohibit
anything not specifically prohibited by
the Bible. But are wa not to prohibit
tha Indiscriminate sale and. use of
opium and its many kindred drugs, the
white slave traffic, and the many evils
that afflict modern society? Then we
should arevlse -our whole code of crlm
lnal procedure and show our good and
liberal Christian fellowship by simply
winking at these evils. Or does the
liquor traffic with its attendant Ills
stand In a class by itself. -
The writer Is by no means a stick
ler for biblical authority' on all ques
tions of modern civil policy, because
in the march of civilization new con
ditions are continually arising which
could not possibly ba foreseen In detail
by the wisest observers, and therefore
each succeeding generation must meet
these changing otmdltlons largely upon
Its own Initiative.
J. G. GARRETSON.
Branding.
Portland, June 25 To the Editor of
The Journal The plan to brand drunk
ards, of which Osborne Yates and
Ella M. Finney approve, seems to be a
joke with them and their kind. The
drunkard is not th one to be branded,
but the man who has caused him to be
one. Think what an honor it would
ba to the liquor element to he branded
with a red flag, tha sign of tha lives
they have ruined.
Yes, brand tha saloon element, the
hopgrower, tha saloonkeeper and every
ona who is responsible for the drunk
ard. Then we won't need talk of
"branding the drunkard."
" MARY LAUDER 3.
Invite Inspection of Crops. -
GervaisOr., June 27. To the Editor
of The Journal Come up the Willam
ette valley and see our beautiful fields
of hops. A prettier sight was never
seen. Nearly one half - the United
States' hop crop Is grown in Oregon.
Our frulf ana grain crops, second to
none, are largely used for liquor pur
poses.., WiU the voters stand back like
cowards, or accomplices and see pro
hibition cut it down, or will they- work
to sav it?
Ministers are not always wise. They
taught civil war, rebellion and witch
craft. Quoting K. ' W. Durkee: "It is
falsa to say prohibition is false to the
free fpirlt of Christianity." II. a
Harcourt admits $700,000,000 confisca
tion Is on record In San Francisco.
Multiply that three times for- the Pa
clfjo states, and their Curtis P. Coe
PERTINENT COMMENT
KMAl.l. CHANGE
Mr. Wilson' various auccesaaa eost-
tlvely irritate his opponents.
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Talk of a. "hakina- sods ' lohbv"
brings up th horrible vision of a hot
biscuit trust
Thera seam to bat several thlnra that
the trusts would cheerfully do rather
than submit to the curb.
Uncle Sam might do well to fill that
achting cup with lead before Sir
homas tries to lift It again. .
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Mlaa Edrtha TCa.vamvr. that Vitrafl
is said to ba engaged to tha duke of
Grafton, which seems appropriate. -
That old savin ir about aroma- farther
and faring worse deters nobody from
seeKing a vacation in a aistant . place.
Between tha crises brought on bv
fraduation and the natural influence of
una this Is Cupid's busy little month.
One objector to school vacations says
tbat "idleness ia tha curse or youtft
Youth, however, fearlessly replies:
fieaae pass tha curse." ,
Estimates dace tha cost of tha Brit
ish navy at $225,000,000 a year, and at
that the navy cannot keep tha militant
suriragettes- in suojecuon.
Every time there is a rainbow In tha
sky it looks as if Mma. Nature were
trying the latest fashion. These col
orful belts are Indeed fascinating:
Contributions to the government's
'conscience fund" usually coma in
comparatively small amounts, although
tnis may not indicate mat tne pos ro
bots oz large amounts nava no con
sciance.
9
Experienced vacationers aver fail
to buy a round trip ticket, realizing t
that there was never enough money in
the world to last through an ordinary
two weeks' outing and leave tha price
of the ride home.
HOW CHURCHES OF
From a Sermon by tha Rev. James A.-
McDonald. In Philadelphia XMorin
American. Tha churches of America have It In
their power to strike a new note in
the politics of the world and to influ
ence for all time the changing world
situation. In a very real Bense ana to
a degree at once alarming and inspir
ing, the future of tha world nations
depends on the loyalty of the Chris
tian churches to their, -world obliga
tions. We hear about changing China ana
the changing east. We hear about
changing America and tha changing
west. Not New Xork aiona or cnicago
or San Francisco or Winnipeg or Van
couver is the melting pot. Ho one
place and no one continent is tha
clash of ideals and tha conflict of civ
ilizations.
In the deeper things that touch tha
life and civilization and world respon
sibilities of this Nerth American con
tinent, Canada and tha United States
are bound together either for weal or
for woe. And tha churches of these
two nations, with their ona heritage
and one faith and one evangel and on
commission, have far too much in com
mon for you to be unconcerned or unin
fluenced while the churches of can-
ada are pressing forward to organlo
unity, or for Canadians to ba unim
pressed by these marvelous movements
in tha TJtaited States which are feder
ating the forces of American Christi
anity as if for ona world-wide cam
paign. It is the world-significance of thesa
forward and federating movements of
th American churches that makes tha
present hour pregnant with great
events and throbbing with Ufa Issues
waiting to ba releasedVx -
Tha supreme problem , in world pol
itics Is this: How are tha nations
alien in their instincts, diverse in their
history, antagonistic in their pur
poses, to learn to live together in ona
world community?
Diplomacy, with Its deceit and its
IN INVESTING DON'T BE IMPULSIVE!
By John M. Osklson.
If. you have $1000 In a savings bank
which is paying you interest at the
rate of 4 per cent a year, you may
rightly conclude that you ought to
have the $1000 Invested so that it will
bring you between 6- per cent and C
per cent a year.
It is a wise, reasonable conclusion.
But don't immediately rush to the sav
ings bank to draw the $1000 out and
turn it over to someone with a $1000
bond for sale on which your return
will be 6 per cent. Leave your $1009
In the savings bank until you are ab
solutely sure that you have found a
safe Investment; then draw it out at
the expiration ofan Interest period.
You. see, when y5u ara dealing with
a thing as speclfio as $1000 In a sav
ings bank, you don't have to gnesa
You -can figure exactly what it is cost
ing you to delay deciding upon an
Investment for six months or a year.
As between a return of 4 per cent
and one of per cent on $1000 for a
year there Is a difference of $20. Is It
says if it was 1000 times more they
would still continue to confiscate. It
insults Christianity to call that Chris
tian. "Demonocracy" would be a truer
name. "
Wa pity and respect the drunkara s
family, and class them among tne in
telligent. Tha drunkard brands him
self a drunkard. Wa test his pride.
If ba can't, or won't stop drinking, our
tiny tattoo lifts him up to tne true
dignity of a gentleman, perhaps to tha
presidential chair. Fashion paints on
the lady's cheek a Dira. ii pierces ner
ears for diamonds. Prohibition should
mark-its ears so that everyone wouia
know It stands for blind pigs; and so
we will know our enemies. Vote wet.
for enforced law, order and temper
ance. ELLA M. FINNEY.
The Ballot and the Saloon.
Sherwood. Or., June 28. To the Ed
itor of Tha Journal. There seems to
be a false Impression abroad regarding
tha question of woman suxrrage. Tne
greatest argument against It for years
was that women would . not use tha
ballot to advance tbe cause of purity
and Justice and that by Its use tha
bad class would seeklo uphold Uquor
and white slavery. It was only when
men awoke to tbe fact that the Uquor
Interests were greatly opposed that
they gave us the ballot. Is it not folly
to suppose that by voting against pro
hibition we "would retard tbe suffrage
movement? I have talked with many
men and all have spoken of their sur
prise and disappointment at the stand
Mrs. Duniway has taken. They cannot
understand why a wife and mother
should voice such 'sentiments. She
asks us to forget the "few drnkards
wives. Even men who like a glass
of Uquor will despise us If, we do riot
stand for our principles. Tha Prohi
bitionists may be accused of being fa
natics and vindictive, but It remains
for an advocate of liquor to - advise
the crime of mayhem as a restraint
on their boasted liberty. I would say
aim that no teacher can teach temper
ance and carry out the ' school law.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Josnnh's hlrh school bttfldmaT Is to
be Improved by the addition of a belfry,
at the cost of 978b.
Amonr tha Fourth of July attrac
tions at Sutherlin will ba a tennis tour
nament for tha championship of Doug
las county.
' Concrete drain curbs along either
side of th street, crosswalks to ba
raised and approaches built at each
and. and graveling and grading of tha
streets, are Improvements that Will
soon ba put In at Wallowa.
.
Tha public hall that Is near comple
tion at Molalla. tha Pioneer says, will
ba one of tha best in tha state outside
of tha large eities. Great preparations
are being made for tha opening ball,
on tha Fourth of July.
Employes of the city of Baker are
cutting weeds and trimming trees on
tha premises of negligent and contu
macious owners of lots, which expense
Is charged against tha property cleaned
up.
McMlnnville News Reporter: Fishing
for the delicacy so widely advertised
by the Portland restaurants and grills,
"Yamhill crawfish" is not so success
ful as in years past. It Is said tha
bass Is an enemy of tha crawfish and
that the former are propogating fast In
tha Yamhill river.
Pendleton East Oregonlan: A re
markable contrast between the old and
new way of cross country travel has
been furnished Pendletonians within
tha last 24 hours. Yesterday afternoon
an automobile equipped with a bed.
stove and entire camping and travel
iniroiiffit nasaed through en route -from
Chicago to California and this i after-
noon ia caravan or wur tot.
by mules and ; containing tha entire
worldly possessions of a family,
passed along the main streets. -
AMERICA CAN HELP
checkmatlngs. Is .not sufficient. Most
assuredly armies ana navies win not
avalL As with Individuals, so witn na
tions: the nations cannot live together
and be at peace unless. they ara of ona
mind. A world community armed to
tha teeth means hell. "
The necessity of International broth
erhood In the present world situation
sends us back to tha New Testament
and makes authoritative and urgent
the evangel of the Incarceration and
tha world mission of tha church.
The call of tha world Is sending tha
churches back- upon themselves to ra-
concelva their own mission, to revoice
their own evangel, to replan their own
nrosrram. Already American Christi
anity Is putting first things first Doc
trine and duties are finding their
true perspective. Tha things that axe
most surely believed among us ara
being seen to be the vital and supreme
thing which is for all the world.
It is not its dogmas. Its ceremonies
or Its historical Institutions. These ara
tha differences which mark off church
from church and age from age. Tha
vital and universal elements in Chris
tianity go deeper. They ara tha same
In all ares, the same in America as
in Judea. the same la the twentieth
century for Chinese as in tha first
century for the ciacipies en mi way
to Jerusalem.
The Master himself defined them;
the Christian Ideal; the great life; the
Christian standard of greatness; ser
vice to others; the Christian motive to
service, not self-interest, but love; and,
high over all. giving dynamlo and di
rection to ail. the matchless example
of the Christ who came not to be min
istered unto, but to minister and to
give his Ufa a ransom for many.
In the presence of that essential gos
pel there is neither east nor west,
neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor
free. Its ideal. Its standard, its mo
tive and its redemptive example
match the human heart and are tha
measure of tha world's need.
rolng to be worth $20 to you to take
a year (If necessary) in lnvestlgrtlng
the Investment you mean to make?
I'll answer this question for you:
It 1st One of the best experts in in
vestment I know has said this:
"In loaning or Investing money all
possible care should be taken to guard
against hasty or impulsive decision.
Every endeavor should be made to as
semble such rellab'e ' information as
will permit of the exercise of Intelli
gent Judgment,"
It is exactly the principle the ex
perts follow the men. whose whola
business Is to buy investments and
saU them at a profit. And these men
succeed.
If every handler of money used
IntelUgent judgment, what a finan
cial Arcadia we'd be living inl Of
course, tha amount of intelligence at
hand must vary with tha individual;
but everybody can avoid making hasty
choices of lpvestments. Usually, too,
everybody can get advice from ex
perienced investors which will be help
ful. We are required to teach the effect
of alcohol on tbe human system and
when wa do that we must teach pro
hibition (or total abstinence); noth
ing less will suffice. If wa teach it
in words,, to be consistent, we must
teach It in action, by vote.
DORA N. CROSBY.
The Asiatic Question.
Portland, Juna 27- To the Editor of
Tha Journal In his-speech at Oregon
City Dr. Wltbyeombe, candidate for
governor, said he regretted" that Pen-
noyer stirred up agitation against tba
Chinese, and described Pennoyer as
demagogue for stirring up anti-Chinese
sentiment. He said our people naa
made a great mistake In driving out
tha cheap Chinese labor and said that
tha Chinese "harmed nobody and did
their work weU."
Admitting thl to be true, I will ask
the candidate if be would take a con
tract to clear lands In Oregon for $1
to $20 per acre It allowed to employ
Chinese. "
He said the excitement of the times
was the work of agitators. Yes, at a
time such as worklngmen are experi
encing at the present time and on tha
eve of a state election. Unlike Dr.
Withycombe. Pennoyer took sides with
the worklngmen and it made him pop
ular and he was elected governor; an J
It was through this so-called agitation
that the Chinese exclusion act w
passed by congress, to protect tha
American workingman from cheap
coolie labor, ignorant of our ways and
laws. CHAS. D-HEIRRY.
. Unconscious H amor.
eioux city. Tribune: "wanted, a
young man of small capital and abU-
ity." . '
Hortonsvllle News: "Susie Bump
slipped on an icy spot Sunday and fell.1
Rogers Daily. Post: "On account of
moving will sell one good eow giving
milk and some corn."
Beloit' Dally press: "For sale
chickens, stone color, guaranteed to
i lay fresh eggs.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
Recently I spent a very pleasant day
with Dr. Owens-Adatr on her Grand-'
view farm soar Warrenton. After'
lunch wa drove all over the country, :
isi ting not only Grandvlew farm, but
also Sunnymead and Park, two nearby
farms, of which she la the owner-
"I own about BOO acres of land in
my three farms. said ' Dr. Owens-
Adair. "I have set aside a 20 acre
tract on that knoll for aa eugenlo in- '
striate," .
Tying our team at the foot of a :
steep hill, we climbed to where a 0
foot observatory had been built around
a huge spruce tree. There are six
platforms, from each of whlcht a dif- .
ferent view may b had of the sur
rounding country. Tom the upper
platformK$0 feet above the ground, ona
can see, not only the whole country .
around, but also the government forts,
lighthouses and the fleet of salmon
boats near the mouth of the Columbia,
and occasionally a trail of smoke from
soma coasting steamer bound to or" :
from Ran TTi-a .. ..
Whenever I come ur here and eae
this view. I think of a line in a poem
I ence read," she said. "It foes some
thing like this- , .
Fairest of lands that God has made.'
TTiere may be a mora beautiful
view than this, but If there is X do '
not know where it is."
Going back to the house, we went
seer the farm, looking at the three -
story barn that will accommodate 90
head of cattle. We went through the -
pioneer house, to be used by tha fam
ily that is to help with the farm
work, and then visited the old or
chard and gardens.
hls thing of belnor old la wr ;
largely a matter of mental attitude.",
she continued. "Do you see how well .
Drenareri this toil in ,.. rin
beds is? Do you sea how . well cared
for this half acre of vegetable garden
Is? I do every lick of work mvialf.
See how calloused my hands are from
the hoe. I am really 26 years younger
than my birthdays would lndlcat. f
have kept young 4y keeping my in
terest xrean, and by taking lots of "
exercise In tha open air. My mother -.
used to love flowers, and so I have
always kept In my garden some of the
old flowers that aha loved. You would
not think it to hear people talk about
what a dreadful creature I am In
working for the sterilisation blll-that
i love pictures and flowers and ara
full of sentiment"
' As we walked through the old fash
ioned garden she pointed out snar-
dragons and fox gloves, sweet Williams .
and bleeding hearts, phlox and great
hedges of sweet scented pinks, marl-
goias, sweet peas, baby's breath, holly
hocks and wonderfully fragrant mis
sion roses, lavender and buttercups. -honeysuckles,
licorice ferns and great
beds of nasturtiums, mignonette and .
quaint faced, old fashioned yeUow
pansies.
"I not only love flowers and grow
ing things, but I lova to work with
them. Nature is so responsive to In
telligent cooperation," she said.
"On July 24. 1884. I was married in
tha First Congregational church of .
Portland to Colonel Adair.
T retired in 1905 to taka ur mv life's
work the putting upon tha statute
books of Oregon a sterilixatlon bllL
At the last election $8,684 people voted
for this measure. I have spent thou- -sands
of dollars and much of my time
and effort toward the passage of such
a law. If tha people realised tha ever-
increasing burden of supporting the
progeny of the feeble minded, they
would certainly vote for sterilization;
if they realized .the misery that wnuM
be averted by the sterilization , of
criminal insane, there would be no
voice raised against such a proposal.
I have been pointed out as a bold.
coarse woman one without refine
ment or delicacy. And yet. though I
am very sensitive. I am willing to be
a martyr to the causa If I can aid In
the passage of something that I know
by bitter experience and through long
association with patients In tba ca
pacity of doctor, is greatly needed.
'When one reaches my are one
should have a sense of humor and tha
salt of wisdom. I ' am going to tell
you right now that the principal ben
efit of medicine is 'that your patient
has faith in the doctor that prescribes
It. I have cured more people by giv
ing them sugar and water and looking
wise than I have cured with medicine.
A certain class of people make a re
ligion of what has always been a fact
the dominance of mind over matter. .
No doctor could make a success If ha
went in a sick room with a long face.
If the patient has faith as large as a -mustard
seed and tha doctor will go'
In and give -him some harmless bitter1
medicine and jolly him up and say.
There Is nothing at all the matter,
with you; you will be all right In a,
few days,' nine times out of tea, his
patient will get weU.-
Pointed Paragraphs
Many rich man have nothing but
sympathy for tha poor.
If fish could talk anglers would
have to revise their yarns.
Lova Is a serious tb Ing the first
time a young man bumps Into it.
Usually a man gives away better
advice than he aver receives.
Most men would rather gat the
short end of an argument than keep
quiet.
at
Is It because a man doesn't know a
woman that he asks her to marry
him?
A popular man is one who doesn't
ray smart , things st the expense of
his friends. ' -
Brevity is tha soul of wit, but Just
tha same it doesn't tickle a man whan
he finds himself short.
4
If a girl thinks as much of a young
man as she does of herself, she has.
the disease called lova
Occasionally a bachelor marries be
cause ha Imagines divorce is lass ex
pensive than a breach of promise.
a
And yet it is Just as easy to praise
who m iicia"w w ,t tv tw mil ahuit
with him.
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