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ot brayln? IKstrange. ,
UTTLK AJlEUICriNti
1'
ITTLT3 AMKHICANS," i3 the
disna(loa applied by the
Orcgonian to tbos9 who be
lieve wltti President Wil-
non .'th at " thin nation should not
play the armed bully with other
nations . of the. world."; : ' i s
i "Moat, of ; s , are-'little j Ameri
caim." , '
The fields are cultivated, the
harvests gathered ..' and the nation
nourished by "little Americana."
The fuel and the metals of in
dustry arp digged from the" bowels
of the earth toy the hands of "little
Americans." " . ' T
The; -homes are fashioned and
..built from the forests a,ndcla8 i
and Btons by the toll t'f "little
rAmericans." . r
The' citied are built;, .and . the
comforts of civilization made pos-,
eLble by .the .work of "little Ameri- t
tans
, The nation is- sheltered, fed,
clothed anU enriched by .he sweat
bf "little Americans.", . ;
f -The battlen of the country are
bought and the victories won-, by
i,Httrt liVi'orl-'irio " ' ' r
'little Am'eri-vins.
uuu ivies i. . i . iulic
-. because ja.i Lincoln said, he made
So many of them. '.:.
Till! CASE OF. ASTORIA
, tsV EXPEHT teeUmony, it waa
: . showi! at the Astoria rate
13 hearing yesterday ; that to
; haul standard train- from
jpSppkane Hov.Tacoma costs $2471.
To haul' such a train 'from Spokane
itt Seattle 03ts $2430, 1 ad' that
Xo ; haul ;the j same train over the
j North" Bank from Spokane: to As
toria costs $735. V'
. . By the same testimony, 1 it was
shown tllat' - to ' haul a train from
Pasco to ..Astoria costs $348, ..and
ifrom Pasco , to Tacoma $1272. The
cost to tTacoma.Is 3.65 'times as
.. much as to Astoria.
X In the 'records of the Interstate
Commerce Commission are reama
''and reams .of-, railroad testimony
- showing that freight rates xshoul
sbe based on cost of haulv The enj
tire' argument 'upon which the rail-
road a are now basing their 4.e-:
' mands boifoje the Interstate Com
merce Commission for a five ( per
cent increase of ratek is that the
cost ot operating trains and ren
dering service-has increased
.;. The cocmpanies are without a
' shred of Argument tq stand on in
insisting that a-haul over the Caa-
. eade mbuntains- to Puget Sound
6hould fix the -rates, down ; grade
alotig the Columbia,, river, and that
. 'the tate to Astoria should be even
(.higher thjan to Puget Sound... -
The people.? the Columbia basin
'are ontitled to relief. -They ought
'not to bej r9nired to pay freight
rates based on an over-mountain
haul when 1 there is .a, down-hftl
" route. joverj: which lower, rates are
possible." ; "
I - They ought not ttf be required to
.pay ; for,, .wheat trains- x5n a 'cost
.basis of i$2430 .t Seattle wheu
f they ; can iget the train on.' a. cost
.basis of $735; to Astoria, and less
. to 1 Portland, v ; , -
THE CRAZE FOR -BIGNESS
HERE'. IBs : . general agreement
j that- the Claflin failure, ' one
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3-""v,i ""TP"""" n. : .""H1 "" ,
Of tbe -largest that has, eyer 1 a . growing - tendency to rush into
occurred in the United States, IcVrr with ail its delavR. ptthm
? - ;was the direct? result of BJg jBusi-
V.:- V The ."head of the concern i said
. . ; that j its New'! York "store became
"; V' 'unprofitable because - of the shift
f V Ing of business centers In that city,
but this' explanation is accepted by
( : many only as-evidence of lack Of
; Judgment; ;in not following busi
nes3 'to the new dry goods center.
- , V A; T. 'Stewart and the elder Claf
r ; ; ; iin - were aucceasf ul under ' the old
jV'v methods, i jatjd .both died leaving
; Vv great fortunes. But -the. younger
Claflin adbptedif 'modern'-methods
I ' arfd started a big business with all
. jts . ; musj a corporation was
formed,s. : ,? Preferred, :j second' ; pre
f erred and "common stock was Is
; iBued. and IJhirty stores. Yinstead of
',. one, ..were lillekj ;with , goods and
placed under superintendents.- .,
''I ThJbuiiness ,'grewi; beyond- the
i 'ibilltyof ;'any-'one man. or sefrof
men. to malnage..; Mr.Claflln's state
ment is ; evidence that losses sus
taised by the NewYork ptore were
?overloolted tnthe' hope Jlhat profits
' from th ; other '"establishments
would 'rer&'r ' them.. Bigness ' Vas
,'' '"."' THE CAMPAIGN
iHB calamity game has .been overplayed. ,.-:...-;
J , ' It was overplayed by the Oregon bankers. . It was - over--'JL"
pIayed by tke tandpat leaders. It waa overplayed by the
i . ' Oregon Ian. ' " '
The people understantL J ' Penros1 worked the scheme-In Pennsylvania.-
Foraker Is working It In Ohio, and Cannon la Illinois. All
thg old standpat fitiles are howling calamity as a means of coming
)ack; '.-' - " ' " ' -''"
i Tire clarion ncjtes ot disaster In Oregon are a bugle call to La
Follette -Republicans to come up and be Forakerized-, They . are a
enmmons to r5r3gresgive Republicans to come" up to the altar and be
Penroeized, '.They are an alluring bid to the Lincoln Republican :tp
walk' up to the branding stall to be Cannonlzed. They are a 4eter
mined effort to standpatize all the Republican masses and give the
party organization Into the hands of those who ruled with a rod of
Iron 4u'; Chicago in .1913.. ,
" Penrose worked tBe. game In Pennsylvania and got the nomina
tion .over his Oprogressive, Republican; opponent by - a two-to-one ma
jority! Hfg success is indisputable proof to Oregon-Republicans of
what troughthey Are being Jed to. ,It la evidence of the sinister
hands into which the party organisation 1b to be placed.
. ' The howl against Woodrow Wilson in Oregon - is a part .of the
great game lie has done the' exact things for which the insurgent
Republicans- appealed. . In the,- tariff, he did the things the Republi
can national 'platform of 1908 promised. '. In the currency; law, he
tbojpthe contrpl of money and credit out of Wall Street and placed
it tinder control of the-government. . '
In the income' tax,, he placed a ' larger burden of taxation upon the
rich - and lessened the taxation - on the middle classes and the poor.
The trde commission bill, "which has passed the house, proposes
.supervision, and. effective regulation of the trusts.- In the -railroad
securities bill, he proposes government regulation of the Issue of se
curities to prevent" stock1 watering.-
' In another bill," he proposes-to Jail' trust magnates who violate
the'Iaws of the "country. "In his Mexican policy, he has saved. the
.American people half a billion to 'a billion dollars and tens of-thousands
of American lives bv not yielding to the American mine-own-erii
and American oil and land owners in Mexico and sent an army of
invasion Into Mexico City. ' , -,.
" Tfra American people have waited long and T clamored long for
such legislation; 'The insurgent Republican. appealed for it through
out a decade pr more. The democratic Democrats Urged it a simi
lar period. The masses of the American people have petitioned and
'appealed for it.. ' - -:- ';
" Never before did the people of America get bo much that they
voted for, Never before have the promises made before election been
so faithfully kept after election. .
It is because an American president has at last secured, or nearly
secured, for the people the things for which they have long fought,
that- the calamity game has lost its effect. It is because an American
president's plans at last are the peoples' plans, that . the hard times
yell is perfectly comprehended by
rose, the artifice bf Foraker, the strategem of reaction, the plan, of
the cunning to lead progressive masses' into the camp of standpatism-
The game has been overplayed.
bankers in their demand for President Wilson to -drop his ani
"legislation: It was overplayed by the Detroit automobile Ips
turer vho advised a boycott of newspapers supporting Wilson. It
was overplayed by trustbrigadiers
with his trust bills. It was . overplayed by the railroads which flood
ed the White House with threats,
ous attacks
. ' ro)M .
Instead of halting anti-trust legislation, the campaign of calamity
has made it certain that,' Congress will pass all the president's meas
ures before it adjourns The calamity game has failed to deter the
president! and failed to, fool the people. v
built upon an insecure foundation,
and .the entire structure collapsed.
The Claflin ' failure . was not
caused by' any? attack ; upon bus!--ness,
but rather'by the adoption of
methods of the high "financiers. It
came because the chain, of . Claflin
stores were unable to-compete .with,
local merchants, having, less Capital
and .prestige, but equipped with the
ability to supervise every detaif of
their own business. r
' The .cumbersome system, of
stores, managed by employed men,
could. Pot compete with local estab
lishments owned, by their managers
and" managed by their 'owners..
COURTS OF CONCILIATION
HIEF JUSTICE WINSLOW of
. Wisconsin'' i Supreme Court
has declared in favor of less
litigation. In a recent ad'
dress he called attention to a pro
vision1. Jn Wisconsin's constitution
authorizing - courts - of conciliation
designed': for. settling disputes with
out; recourse .to , law.. . New (York;
Ohio and Indiana' have similai- con
stitutional provisions, but in ' none
. n . i ' . . . . i l , p
oi me - tuur uiatea lias - ice legis
laturd, passed an enabling law. -
.InVspJte"" of language of com
mand' in state constitutions, no leg
islature has' attemptedr to engraft
the principle of 'conciliatipn upon
the American system of juris
prudence. Ths fact is all the more
remarkabl in view of what has
been accomplished in European
countries. ' " Justice 'Winslo.w said;
- In Denmark courts o conciliation
Were established in 1798. and it ap-
pearcd that for .the three years before
that 'time there were 25,000 lawsuits,
while.tor the three years immediately
subsenuent to that Period lawsuits
dwindled- to 10,000. ' ' Out of about
226,000 cases brought before the courts
-of conciliation In Denmark from 1886
to 1899, aboui two thirds were set
tled, or abandoned
Lawsuits between neighbors, ex
pensive litigation growing out- of
disputes wmch never snould reacn
the courts, are a terrible drag on
the country's prosperity. There is
court with all its delays, expense
and vexations, whenever two men
disagree on the quality of a bushel
of potatoes. A large and growing
fraternity. . is waxing fat on this
wasteful practice; the taxpayers are
groaning under ' the burden of ex
pensive . courts to settle .such dis
putes,
,; Justice .Winslow has performed
a real service in calling attention
to the neglected, constitutional pro
visions of four states.; .:c;'.
IN. LOUISIANA
HE. people' of Louisiana'; are
greatly- Incensed because the
v new tariff laW cuts down the
i duty on: sugar and rice,
Threats' : are being ,made that the
stated will be turned over to the
apostles of high tariff. . " -
: f h Oiirao News sava Txultl-
ana's desertion, of the, Demifcratlc
party .would do no lharm. .to-that
party. On the contrary, 'the deser
tion: -would be to.he -rest of the
country a"sdr of guaranty that
th" Democratic promise of. tariff
reduction has been fulfilled' re-
of calamity
.
the people to be the ruse of Pen-
It was 'overplayed by the Oregon
anti-trust
lanufac-
who sent out circular ettier Te
appeals, petitions and miscellane-
gardless of political considerations.
If Louisiana's standpatism is of
the Pennsylvania brand, which sac
rifices everything to tariff duties
on commodities in which its own
citizens are interested, Louisiana's
place is not with the Democratic
party led by Woodrow Wilson, v
The American, housewife is now
saving $50,u0d, 000 annually :on her
sugar bill, and will eventually
save $150,000,00.0 a year, because
of the new tariff law. That money
formerly went into the pockets of
sugar parons. " Louisiana, : in de
manding a return to such condi
tions, is not speaking in behalf of
Democratic doctrine nor in the in
terest of the American people. .
RIGHTS OF PEDESTRIANS
P
ENNSYLVANIA'S Court of Ap
peals nas reiused a new trial
to a' rich - automobile owner
who' ran oyer i a woman . and
was convicted in a lower- court of
manslaughter. The- higher court
declared that pedestrians have the
right" of way at street crossings.
The decision is In line with, rul
ings by courts In other states and
its importance" attaches to the fact
that it establishes in Pennsylvania
the law that drivers of machines
must, go at a rate of speed and
use care necessary to avoid hitting
those. who are walking. The court
said:
A feelinsr of suDeriorltv Infivitahiv
leads to more or less disregard Of
me rignts or pedestrians. The chauf
feur and his master tend to view the
foot tassenger at a crossing. ' as an
Interloper ; who Interferes with . their
legitimate progress. This view of
the subject is - manifestly imperfect.
Streets must be crossed and there
must be a ; reasonable provision for
cressfng them in safety. We t must.
therefor recognize the intersection of
such crossing points. At such inter
sections the; pedestrian must have
the right of way, and the driver of
the vehicle must recognize this right
ax his risk. a ,
OUTLAWING THE REVOLVER,.
C
HICAGO has joined the list of
cities which are attempting to
save themselves , from the re
volver's menace. , An . ordi
nance,': .effective ; last week," pro-
vides that deadly weapons may not
be displayed for sale, -and that they
may not be. sold, traded or given
away except on4 permits issued, over
the chief of police's "signature. The
application for a permit must be
signed by two taxpayers.
The Illinois city has ' witnessed a
series of , crimes of violence in
which the revolver played a con?
spicuous part. . . Certain streets of
the city are deemed unsafe because
the vicious .who .haunt, them' go
armed. ; There is to be an effort to
make human life safer by confis
cating revolvers and - by. limiting
their sale.; . .. v
The ordinance, even ' though
strictly enforced, will not . prevent
shootings, but it will - reduce their
number. It will at least discourage
the use of firearms . by criminals
and potential criminals and the car
rying of weapons by people who
have no use for them. It is safe
to say that "few lawabidlng citizens
will take the'ttouble to obtain per
mits, and the.crlmina : class cannot
get permits. - . .
'Chicago is following' the dictates
of common prudence. It has been
found that laws against the carry
ing tf concealed weapons' are inef
fective. The flood of revolvers
which- has made almost countless
widows and orphans , should be
dammed at its source It would
be . better to prohibit he manufac
ture of revolvers, but until public
sentiment demands such a law effi
cient regulation of their sale, is im
perative. - . v
Letters From the People
. (CommanlcatJona tent to f be Journal tot
pnblfcatiua ia tbia eepaTtmejit bould be writ
ten on vtily one tld of the paper, abould not
exceed MM wrda ia leasts and mast b e
eomanied by the-outue and laddresa of the
ender. If the writer doeal But deairs to
bare the name published, be afrauld so state.)
"Diseusaion is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything it tout be. It
robs, principles of all fiilaa aa.uctltr and
throws them tact tta their reasonableness If
they ' bare ua reasons bleneaa H ruthlessly
crasbea them out of existeuce and sets up it
own conclusions ia tnir stead." Woodrow
WUSOB.N '
In Re. Dr. Littlefield..
Portland,' July 1, To the Editor: of
The Journal I have been considerably
amused by the varying-.reports, fur-1.
lusneu oy ine tnree aaaiy papers or t.ne
City, of. the address delivered by : "Or.
Littlefield before toe New Thought
convention last Friday evenine. If 1 1
had hot attended the lecture and been
an interested listener I urely could
have formed no idea of the gist of the
doctor's talk by reading the different
articles. . The .morning paper's story
was eo . outlandishly twisted and
stretched as to convey an entirely dif
ferent understanding thaiji that which
I received at the meeting. ; In every
instance were the doctor's words trans
formed, giving them an opposite mean
ing.; Things which ha said In a joking
way were given. as positive statements,
and his positive' statements were
either changed In their i meaning or
omitted entirely. Your evening con
temporary did a little better, having
the grace to say that the doctor "face
tiously" .remarked certain things, but
atill persisted in giving a wrong inter
pretation to his words. The Journal's
account, while not so extended, was a
fair presentation: of .the facts, so far a.s
It went, but did not give the full im
port of the address. . - .4
I am not a New .Thoughter, and do
not'look upon Dr. Llttlefleld's .ddrss
as being properlyvclassedj in' that line.
It could more properly bej called a sci
entific demonstration, but If' its effect
upon the entire audience vas as varied
as it seems to.have been pn the report
ers, I would say it was a case of cast-
ling pearis belo swine, iro those
wno
have used a microscope just a little bit
the doctor's illustrations were not so
extraordinarily baffling, although his
claim of ' having . discovered the secret
of life might startle a trifle.
Though Dr. Littlefield did not claim
to be able to produce' f ish and crabs
for his breakfast, though he did not
claim to 'have demonstrated the truth
of the Darwinian theory, though be
stated positively that the creation of
man would require a laboratory as
large as the Universe and a mind equal
to his understanding of the one that
was divine-r-he presented sufficient
evidence of the things Which he did
claim as to entitle him to at least a
fair hearing and an opportunity to
demonstrate his theory under condi
tions that would leave ho doubt of
their genuineness. .
It I were a scientist with a reputa
tion sufficient to- make it worth the
doctor's while and a desiri to know the
truth, I would visit him in, his labora
tory arid ask him -to "show me!" if I
were a Christian who didlnot uriquali'"
fiedly accept the Biblical jstory of cre
ation. I would go-over to Seattle and
sea if my doubts could not be set at
rest: If I were an evolutionist who had
any regard for his words, I would
prove that he was .wrong or rprever
keep silence; if I were the proprietor
of a newspaper who esired to give
the publio the very latest thrill, I
xvnnlrl Henri a. comoeteht. i unDreludieed
man over there and .request a demon
stration that' would either plaee Dr.
Littlefield before the world as a great
discoverer, or as an honored member
of the society recently organized by
Dra. Cook and Frieamanni
"While the discovery of the beginning
and way of life Is of no more vital in
terest to ns of the common herd than
was the finding of the North Pole, it
would 'accomplish -a good purpose by
setting at rest a lot or useless contro
Vrsy. v CHAS. 15. SHORT.
; Dr. Withycombe's Vtteranceil
'".".': Discussed.' '-'V
Oregon -City. Or, ' June: 80. To the
Editor of Tho Journal In your issue
of date June" 26, I find a letter from
Dr. James Withycombe. in which he
attempts to "repair the breaches he
made la his political fence- when he
spoke- atf tho M. Ev church, here. Dr
Withycombe did eay It was a mistake
to; drive tho Chinese out Of Clackamas
county. Now, Dr. Withycpmbe did Jot
realize : that thg. people .of Clackamas
county are quite able to look after
their own business along this line, and
the major part of them would sooner
have uncleared land and-Angora goats
grubbing .around than the wily China
man. Some of the millworkers also
feel better without Chinamen around
them,-; The! Chinaman,on 'his standard
of living made it mighty hard for the
decent white Citizen to exist
Dr.. Withycombe also said the Chi
nese, were, excluded because of agita
tion by a rabble" of "pebpl$ roused to
action., by a demagogue by ' name r. of
Pennoyer," afterward governor - of the
state. -Dr. ..WIthyeombe states in, your
paper that he ; is now very much op
posed to Chinese labor. To be con
sistent, . Dr. . Wlthycomba should still
favor Chinese immigration as Clacka
mas county has a large, amount of un
cleared land'now,
Dr. Withyconrbe speaks of .the1 great
gain- to the country in the .clearing of
zarm lands in Oregon. Private monop
oly of the credit Qf this -country is
the curse of the farmer,! hinders bis
progress, drives him pffvthe farm or
puts: him on a standard of living not
much better than the Chinaman..
S. . M'DONALD. 1
I ;1 .. -.,.; U.:i''
"The Brewers' Boycott." .
."Portland, 'Or.; June 80. To the Ed
Itor cf .Tne Journal Of course every
citizen of " Oregon . should vote - con
acientiously . for what he believes . to
be best for the greatest number when
he votes on the question of making
the state dry next fajl Hence I'wouid
like to ' ask a- little further ' informa
tion. -- 5 '
We are - told that " If Oregon goes
dry . the hop buyers will boycott Ore
gon hops and that the gre'at'826,000,000
industry will be ruined." The dealers
say - to ths growers, no matter how
hard you may work, to save the state
wet, if ths people Vote it dry you have
got; to suffer and you. may "Just as
well understand it now. - In-.. all other
cases of threatened boycott I have
ever Known the threat has aroused re
sentment, and if the action demanded
was taken it was taken sulkily. But
we read pa the other hand that the
hop growers are holding meetings all
A FEW SMILES
''Sam. 1 MPdgrstana th a schism
M 4. JVU vw.-
the jocular man to
his jolorcd : aervant.
' "Kain't bep less'n
somebody den mad
us a presejit ,o - it,
'cause we dne. spent
all ouah. 'money fob
a new ohgan.'
' TUnid Youth What do I have to pay
for a. marriage license?
facetious Clerk
Well, you get It on
the installment plan.
Timid Youth
How's that?
Facetious Clerk
Two dollars down
and moet of. your
salary each week for
the rest of your life.
' Pat, somewhat the worse "for liquor,
going home through a park one even
ine, .ran into a trf
"Sure, sir, but I
teg pardon. I .did
not see you, sir,"
said he. He ran
.against a second.
Taking off. his hat
he again - apologized.
He ran against a
third, then a fourth".
Begorra," said he as he staggered
to a seat. "I'll Just sit down and let
the- gintlemea ipass. It's just a pa-
rade."
over , the state and 'telling the prohi
bitionists and others how bad . they
are to even think of allowing these
brewers and hop . buyers to boycott
them. Tor . the crime of the people In
voting dry.. iNo matter how sincerely
you may beireve the entire liquor busi
ness' is bad : for the state and dangerous-
for your own children, you are
very bad, very unneiehborlv. if vouL
o not Bave- tho hop business from
tnese Doycotters. ei repeat. I never
saw 'boycotters treated that way be
fore. . HORACE ADDIS.
Prohibition and Wages.
Portland. July 1, To the .Editor of
The Journal The wages that laborers
receive are ' supposed to represent a
share of the value of the wealth-produced
by the efforts of labor. This
share varies greatly, much la accord
ance with the supply of labor and the
demand for it. ,The same holds true in
rentals. If a great number of build
ings are for rent, some owners will
be more anxious to rent than others,
and vcill lower their rents; as a conse
quence rentals in general will drop.
On the other hand, when demand ex
ceeds supply, landlords raise rents.
Anyone who wishes to see , wages
rise will do "everything be can to put
tne laborer in a position whereby1 ha
will not have to accept the first work
offered him. ' Any institution ths prod
uct of which tends to place the la
borer in a condition that will neces
sitate his hiring out at the first op
portunity that avails is a menace to
the working class. For this reason, if
no other. I maintain that the liquor
traffic works great harm to the labor
ing class. For example, consider the
lumberjack, coming to town with his
summer's wages in his pocket. Wheth
er or not he' should go into a saloon
Isn't the point. The fact is he does
go. and whils there spends his money
or gets into a condition that permits
others to rob him. 'By the tim he has
sobered up his money is all gone. He
mustreither. go to work at any' wages
offered, or else become a- vagrant. Sit
uated thus, he is in a fair way of ac
cepting workat. less than the going
wages, fThis applies not only to the
lumberjacK,, Dut to anyone in financial
stress due to ths liquor traffic, s
To repeat: The liquor traffic is a
menace to the working man.. It is one
of the obstacles that keep him from
demanding and obtaining his share of
the wealth he produces. Those who
are in favor of bettering the condition
of the toiling masses and of giving to
them a mors equitable share of ths
wealth they produce should vote for
prohibition. Those who desire to keep
the masses in the mire, in ignorance
and squalor, should vote to retain the
liquor traffic W. V. CHAPMAN.
Pleads for Home Patronage."
Oswego. Or.. June 29. To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me again to
call attention to the crying needs of
unemployed men and women. I-jliave
stated before in your papr that here
in the town of Oswego, seven miles
from Portland; there is a cement fac
tory that cannot or willnot start op
erations to give employment to ths Idle
here and elsewhere, and now the' Ore
gon Iron & Steel company -has posted
a notice -which informs, the little crew
of men that it will close down indef
initely. Why?- Because the company
is not getting -its share of home
patronage.. I have been informed, that
an eastern firm had a cast, iron pipe in
the Ross Festival parade and that the
city water board sends thousands of
dollars back east, while this plant must
close down and its. employes go ; else
where. Think of It. The only? cast
iron pipe mill on the Pacific coast, and
Portland alone could keep it jgoing
for years ,to ' come If the city fvould
buy at home. Let the water board, or
whoever has the handling of the Water
affairs, take notice and. visit Oswego
foundry and see pipe of: all sizes 'wait
ing for sale. ARTHUR M'VET.
: Questions -About Saloohsj - ,
Portland, July 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Inconsistency . seeijis to
be our' great failing. I "wouldlike to
have an honest answer to each oi tne
following" questions:- " '
Why are the. saloons closed on elec
tion day? -, ' - I
; - If It is to insure order snd; effi
ciency, why not be consistent and kee?
them closed? I
Why are saloons closed at time's of
rioting and serious disturbance?.'
If Ella M. Finney is right, why not
have them wide open," as that,, accord
ing to t-er, would insure order? (
She tells us that nearly half of the
hops in the United States are grown in
Oregon. Will she also tell us how
much of the crop is -used in Oregon
and what portion of "the hopfields
would be . affected by a dry ; Ore
gon? We - want figures. .
KNUTE Et- SWENSON.
De-cries Dr. Llttlefleld's Claims. ,
'Portland, July -1 To the Editor -of
The Journal I have head, - in The
Journal, Dr. Llttlefleld's bombast, or
heresy, about producing life. The paly
lire man ever has or may produce is
under certain conditions, ""after his
kind." . Men . may produce, . or rather,
bring together, the medium in which
certain - forms of life would flourish,
but the life must be transplanted there,
either adventitiously er by design. Men
can not create life in any dead matter
not even microbes, i v.' - .
,1. suppose this -theory is to bolster
up the Biblical version of the creation.
; " " P.- W. .B. -
K ,.,.;', .-4 ,,;.,,-
- West '.in Role of. Nurse,
- ' Fronr the Eugene Guard. ' t
Oswald West. . governor .of .Orea-ort.
I acted as general nurse for four days
I Z- L I
PERTINENT COMMENT
KMALli CHANGS '
Young men who think - they can
play tennis should beware of the rrnw-
fcti of.- the giri with ths sunburned
nose. , ..... --
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Some peopl keep right on 'eating
fat meats in tK is weather and then
they wonder- why they feel uncomfor
table. .T -.,(. . .
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There "is always some 'consolation
for the plain person. - Suppose be were
a -member of. congress iu the heated
season! - .: . ...', -.
a
. It is emphatically denied that the
marching song of the Independent
Workers of ths World U "Tarry In
Tarry town."" .
.. ... . . , - . (.
Although a pitching machine - for
baseball has been invented, it may be
many a year before the fanning ma
chine will, be devised. .. . . . V : ' -, :
- MeinwhU it is well t remember
that business conditions were not al
together satisfactory when ths Wilson
administration took hold. -
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On the strength of that $700,000,000
oil - lands decision in their favor the
interested railroads might go out and
treat themselves to pink iOa cream.
a
There ' being no bleachers wherein
the fans may eat peanuts and root for
the home boat, yachting is not likely
to' become a great national pastime,
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By a simple slide of the typewriter
the supreme court- can turn out enough
history in five minutes 'to keep ,the
experts busy explaining for months
and years.
'. ' 1
Another guaranty of peace is af
forded "by the fact that Texas isi so
busy choosing a successor to Governor
Colquitt that it has ' no time to or
ganize an army and make war on-Mexico.
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Consulting- the summer resort fold
ers to find ths best place to pass a
vacation is a complicated process
without the further complication . that
comes from having to- consult also
one's bank balance.
. - a
Kiokapoo Indians have been com
pelled to flee from Mexico rnto the
united states. Many ot us naa oeen
wandering where those patent medi
cine venders bad been keeping, them
selves these many years.
"FULL SPEED AHEAD"
Prom ths Springfield Republican. j
The Democratic congress will stand
better in the public estimation by far if
it maKes the most oi us opportunity ia
carry out the administration program,
whils it has the power. If it turns tail
and runs in a condition of terror be
cause opponents are trying to frighten
it from its task by crying business de
pression, so much the worse tor it. The
Republican hopes that congress will
remain in session until ths Democratic
poUcy for the- further regulation of
monopoly is worked out in ths form, of
law; and the conservation bills should
be included in ths program. If it takes
all summer, let it be all summer.
- There is nothing novel or unexpected
in the legislation which has passed the
house and which is now pending in the
senate. As much as the tariff law and
the Income tax it was .clearly fore
shadowed by the presidential campaign
of 1912. Scarcely any subject was
more prominent lh the campaign dis
cussion than that of the trusts. .All
parties professeda purpose to destroy
private monopoly; they differed in
their methods How thoroughly com
mitted they all were appeared In the
fact tbaVthe Democratic bills recently
passedby the house, exposed to criti
cisnafas they were from various view
points, received Republican and; Pro
gressive votes. The trade commission
bill was favored in principle in the Re
publican and Progressive platforms;
and the railroad securities bill has vir
tually no party opposition In he coun
try today. -If there is any n:; in elec
tion returns, even the J sections of
the Clayton bill werv overwhelmingly
approyed and demanded by the voters
in 1912.
In a broad way, the bills embody the
present consensus of publio opinion.
The bulk of ths people want private
monopoly destroyed; but they are not
ready, because they are not convinced.
to accept the socialistic solution of the
problem. There is sure to be agitation
of this issue for years to come, and
business must put up with it for the
simple reason that we are necessarily
in for a period Of more or less experi
mentation 4n determining the correct
relations between government and all
enterprises having monopolistic tend
encies. The utterly artificial, the pal
pably forced, the viciously immoral and
flagrantly unfair methods Used to es
tablish so many of the great monopo
listic Industrial combinations in - the
past have left an immense number of
citizens still wedded to their old faith
in competition; and their demand is
that before we go toward socialism an
other Inch the competitive principle
shall have as fair and thorough a try
out as law and government can give it.
7
LET WOMEN KNOW ABOUT MAKING MONEY
By John M. Osklson. ;
; You and your family are living in
a city where a large proportion of , the
work which used to fall, .upon tbe wo
men is "taken off their hands by the
cooperative machinery, of city living.
As . a result your wife and your
growing daughters have ceased to" be
economic factors to .a - large extent.
They have largely cdfcsed to be pro
ducers. Instead your women folks have be
come money spenders to the limit of
the family's resources. -People are be
ginning to call tKera names; the charge
of extravagance is made against them.
Said a judge in the Detroit, domestic
relations court recently: &
"I find that 28 per cent of the esses
which, come before me are due, to ex
travagance on the part of the wives,
and In 49 per cent of the eases where
trouble is due to both wife and hus
band the extravagance of. the wife Is
the principal trouble. f - -
But merely protesting against the
habit of spending recklessly won't cure
the women of your family. -I think
there is a better ways.:.; , -'w.
for the 19-month-eld baby of Mrs. T.
a. Wing of -. 126S Willamette street
according to word received BY her hus
band.' storemaster in the Oregon Power
company plant, today, . Mrs. , Wing left
Eugene a week ago Monday vf or the
home of. her parents in Milwaukee, Wis.
On the train out of Portland sat a
man in the seat across the aisle who
showed a marked interest in her baby.
The baby did not resent the attention,
and the two became friends, ;
Al Missoula,-- Mont., Mrs. Wing
handed him a dfme and asked him to
run' out and buy some graham crackers.
Just as --the train pulled out he rushed
back breathless, almost missing the
train, but without the crackers. H
tried tbe next several towns until
he got tbe crackers. He did not seem
to mind 'being a -messenger boy; ' so
Mrs. .Wing sent him for other - things
from timo to time, -
On the second day Mrs, Wing hand
AND NEWS" IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
There is talk at Brownsville of a
city park site purchase. Ths council
is said to be ready to act on 'any defi
nite proposition that may bs put ajv A
sit is in the market, at 4800.
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Sport ' Item . in Wbeeler Reporter:
"Grandpa Wheeler is still a good shot.
The other day he tried hi hand at tn
rifle range and made an excellent
score, j- He is 90 years old and doesn t
wear glasses, which la better than
many a younger chap can say for him
self." ...--! . ,' ' '
Ncwberg Enterprise: O. P. Rippey
of Dundee says that the iron work of
the Dundee bridge which collapsed a
tew weeks ago was a part of a, bridge
across ths W illametts which collapsed
a number Of years sgoi that it floated
down the river and lodged and was
bought by ths Yamhill eounty commis
sioners. ... ": :,,-,-. w
:-,. : -. ; -: ';- --;--.y.
There is in progress at Tfllamook a
campaign to recruit ths volunteer fire
company to ths point of fully manning
the apparatus now in possession, or to
about SO members, to which end tempt
ing inducements are held out-v Ths
Herald predicts "the very best volun
teer organisation In ths state-' of
Oregon." ' '-
Canyon City Eagle: Land f firings-
have been on fche increase this -spring
and summer. It was presumed a good
many years aero that all of tbeyaoant
lands in the county had been entered
but such does not seem to be ths case.
The filings are not limited to any par
ticular portion of the county but ars
just a "sprinkling over what la left. .
Tribute to the Bandon spirlC In' Co
quille Sentinel: "No one need , have
any fears thst Bandon will not rtss
from the ashes a more substantial and
tt more prospfyrous city than ever.
People who wllftvot to tax themselves
to sustain a public library right on the
h .!. of aiich a calamity as the Bandon
fire certainly have the right kind ot
eturf in them." -
,
Sisters and surrounding school dis
tricts on the -west side of ths Des
chutes elver will be invited to join
Redmond and other districts to form
a union high school district, according
to plais outlined by ths Redmond com
mercial club. The proposed district
will contain $1,750,000 in property and
will be approximately 22 toy 84 mUes
in area. " - -
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The pending bills attempt to meet that
demand. - ' '..
tt business men, big and little, would
see In the situation no rest from agi
tation so long as great bodies of yotera
remain unconvinced,- one' way or ths
other, by the teaching of experience,
they would Join in demanding the en
actment of the pending measures at
the earliesti possible moment consistent
with careful and unequivocal, legisla
tion. But the legislation should be
pushed through without their aid, 1ft
their opposition is implacable. Let Us
have something done. Postponement
can bring no relief from political war.
fare over the trust question, but the ac
tual Inauguration of a definite policy
in practice must bring results In a few
years which would enlighten the peo
ple and guide them toward a solution
that should be fairly permanent.
The complaint that this kind of law
making will disturb business is doubt
less true. But business is already dis
turbed. It has been disturbed for
years. The panic of 1907 and the en
suing severe depression in trade undeiH
President Roosevelt were more is
turbmg elements than one often sees.
President Taft was bitterly reproached
by the so-called big Interests for dis
turbing business by his suits tor the
dissolution of trusts. The, Roosevelt
and Taft administrations never got be
yond lawsuits. "What we want now is
a distinct trial, under laws as. favor
able as possible to the test, of the com
petitive principle In large business op
erations; arid with such laws provided
immediately, the -country could settle
down for three years of genuine rest
from further legislation along: these
lines.- For this administration : would
not reopen the question, having ac
complished Its task, while no political
changes as the result of the next au
tumn elections could make mors legis
lation possible la the next congress.
The second half of ths Wilson ad
ministration should be ? a period . of
freedom from legislative "harassment"
of business such as we have not ex
perienced in years, in case the presi
dent is permitted to carry through his
program at this session. By the time
the presidential campaign of 1918 had
opened, the people would have learned
enough by experience of the .'Demo
cratic tariff law. the 'Democratic In
come tax, the Democratic bank and
currency law, the Democratic laws for
the regulation of monopoly, to form
somethin besides a. snap judgment
concerning thewa, and it must bs to' the
verdict of 1916," rather than the ver
dict of 1914, that the administration
itself must appeal If a. fairly mature
and intelligent opinion of its work is
to be recorded, j . j ? i
As soon as your girl get old enough
to understand the value of a. dollar
make them vrealize that svery dollar
they spend means that 829 has been at
work for a year to produce it. Put
them at some sort of productive work
(inside the home, if it can be , found
there, and outside if it can't) long
enough for them to understand just
what it means to earn money. Then
when they become the spending mem
ber of ayiother man's family they'll
know how to handle dollars In order to
get 100 cents of value out of each one.
Perhaps your wife is past the point
of learning about money .and how it
Is earned but X don't think so., . Try,
at any rate, to visualize for her the
outlay which must be mads - betore
you or your Investments may legiti
mately ask for. a dollar of reward.
Help her to-figure Just what, a 20 per
cent saving": "on grocery . bills through
the year and this saving can . usually
be effected merely by paying cash)
will amount to.
Get your womenfolk interested In
the process of making money, and
their enthusiasm for spending It will
wane. . - ...
ed him the baby while she wet Into
the ' diner for breakfast, and from then
on be cared for the youngster at each
meal While the mother was gone.
'By: .the way,1 asked; the j mother,
just as the train was reaching Milwau
kee, "whs re axe you from?" -
"OX I live ia Salem, Oregon," he1
added, and he banded ber his card. -
"Oswald West.. It read.
Then he seized tip the baby; "Mrs.
Wing's baggage - and everything - ha
could get into his arms as tbe train
pulled into Milwaukee station, and
helped the Eugene, woman, off the cars.
Mrs. Wing Introduced him to her parents-
who were waiting at the station
to meet her. As the train pulled out,
he waved good-bye to Baby" Wing. -'
"1 have - read all . about Governor
West and his par den reform la the pa
pers" writes Mrs. Wing's mother from
Milwaukee, t'but I had nevsr expected
to meet him."
IN EARLIER DAYS
:-...- By Fred Lockley.
5 All his life, at any rate ever sine J
be was 18 years old, my father looked
forward to freeing the slaves," said L
Salmon Brown, the only surviving sou '
ZLz- ohr": BroWn of Haroer's Ferry.
rlLfl0? rif ever ni '
In 1847 he started a commission house '"
to sort , grade and sell wool. H. be lieved
it would free the wool growers -:
from the exactions of the wool "buy- :
ers and alsuA furnish him money to
carry ou his work for the colored race.
The wool warehouse was -located in
Springfield, Mass., in the. upper part
of . the old John L. King warehouse.
The wool buyers and the -woolen mill
men-, greatly resented my father and
Colonel Perkins introducing new meth- '
ot-., for in a short while the firm of
Herkins :& Brown were handling ths
bulk of the fine wools raised in Penn
sylvania and Ohio. The horizontal
tariff o wool in 1849 broke my father
up." Saxony wool had been selling at '
5 cents a pound, on. which my father
had advanced one half the price when
the wool was delivered. In other words,
he had advanced 12 cents more on ea-h -pound
than he could get. He had -made
t0,000 in the preceding thres
years. -He lost all of this, Sam Law
rence and - other wool men cam up
from Lowell to buy -his wool; so did
Musgrave, s. wool , man from York
shire, but now located in Northamp
ton, Mass. My father tried to sell th .
Wool in Massachusetts, but owing to '
the; combine of the-wool men to . break
the firm up, be was unable to sell it
aijd. shipped--at to- England. The
Massachusetts woolen-mlli men from
Lawrence and Lowell went to Enaland
Knd' bought 1 nd shipped it back to
t tie United States. I had been working
for. my father in the sorting mill, but
When .the business was broken up I
went back to Ohio. '
' "Father went to Ohio and ran soms
farms for Colonel Perkins. " In 1863
father took five first prizes on the "
sheep; and cattle he exhibited at the
state fair in Cleveland. X remember
that state fair very distinctly. 1 was
16 years old. ," The two tilings I re- -member
best are that Daniel WeosTsr
delivered what was said to bs a very
fine oration, and that I rode the pre
mium bull around the big track before
nearly 40,000? people. This bull was
my particular, charge. He had a ring
in his nose, and I can remember as
though.it were yesterday how the peo
ple cheered as I rode him around the
parade ground. This was long, before
the automobile and flying machines -. -had
been thought of, so great atten
tion was given to the raising of blood
ed horses and other stockr My father's
brother,, who lived In Kentucky, had
come out from the blue -grass district
with some fine blooded horses. There,
were also over 40 'Morgan horses on '
the track, for! in" those days racing
was one of tbs particular attractions
ot a fair. , William B. Ladd, a Quaker
and a great friend of father's, was
president of the fair.
- "Two years later my brothers, Owen
and Fred, went to Kinase with some
blooded stock. This stock was' ths
property of my brothers, John, Jason,
Owen and Fred. They wintered on the
Illinois river with Edmund Lusk, an
old steamboat man, who was the broth
er of their mother. Father was vary
fond of blooded horses, and the year
that. I was born 1826 he bred racing
horses In Franklin, Ohio. In those days
there was a celebrated stallion called
County Piper, and another called John -McDonald.
Father planned to raise
race horses, but gave It up on account
oi his stern views about gambling, for
at that time large sums of money
Changed hands on the races. .
' "Oerrltt Smith, on the anniversary
of the West India emancipation - act;
on August 1,-1848, offered to give
100,000 acres of wild land a -the.
Adirondack to the fres slaves, t lis
gave 40 acre: to every negro' who,
would settle on the tract and work It
Unfortunately, the negroes .who tried
it out were city negroes, and, being '
unused to farm work, they failed. In .
April, 1848, my father visited Oer
rltt Smith, and after talking ths mat
ter over he agreed to settle at North
Elba and direct the work and asslst
these colored men. We moved from
Springfield to North Elba in 1848. My
father is burled a few yards from ths
log house he built there In 1860, and
in which he lived. When he went to
North Elba, Owen. Watson and myself
drovs to our new home some -Devon
cattle which father had bought In Con-
necticut. Shortly after we had gone
toNorth Elba father discovered that
an unscrupulous land surveyor had
located ths negroes on land that did -not
correspond with ths deeds Issued
by Qerrltt 'Smith, so bespent a lot
of his time locating the lines proper
ly and helping the negro families get
started with their farms." , ,
The Ragtime Muse
Faithful Lover.
Of all the girls that Y have known
And you know how girls vary), .
rve lost my faithful f heart alons. j
Unto my charming-Maryl .
I ioved her as a littls tot. '
And then 1 called her" "Maile;,,
Her proper name. I .have forgot
My memory, grow hazy.
I loved her as we older grew, -
Twas then I called her Maybelle:"
X thought that we should marry, too,
: As soon as we ;wsre abie.
But fate, alasl forced us apart
Fats is a cruel lady;
Another Mary won my hoarn - ?
.- Although X called her "Maldee. ;
To Mary Smith and Jones' and Brown
And others in succession
My Mary-loving heart bowed down.
And found renewed sxpresslon.
I've lost of Marys quite a score;
Of love I am not wary.
But ever, as I said before,
I've faithful been to Mary.
Pointed Paragraphs
A good . book Is an . excellent mind
tonic,-
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Beauty Isshature's temporary jgift. to'
the. fair sex... .. i
. It may be to a man's credit to for- -get
a lot that he knows. - . '
Abuse is doubly painful when Its
point is barbed with wit. -
A 'married man never fully realizes
the responsibility he has on his bands
until he has to walk the floor half
the night with fussy infant , ; -
The Sunday Joiirnal
Tha Great Home Newspaper,
...:. - consists of ,
Fire news sections replets with
f Illustrated features," :. . - .
Illuetrated - magazine of quality.
Woman's section of rare merit.
Pictorial news supplement. ' ;
Superb' comic sectloa. ' ,
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