THE 'OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; . SATURDAY EVENING. ; JULY 18. 1914.
THE JOURNAL
Afi INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
C. B. JALKBON
Publisher
fuhllabtd Trjr evening (except Sunday) and
every Sunday morning at The Joarnal Baud
lng, Broadway a ad YamhlU at. Portland, Or.
Kntered at Us poatofflc at Portland, Or., lor
traoamlMkjL, Uirvufc-h th mail . second
claaa tuatter.
smaller ones, - who cannot afford visualize the potential value of
to send .their own men into the the soil. It also directs attention
field." . ; " ' , to . the fact that Oklahoma, like
It is significant thaj "captains many- other -states which are seek-
of Industry" are coming to realize Ing settlers, has good land ; which
that all Americans must go up or may -be bought at a reasonable
down together. Our foreign trade price. Thirty dollar land la pos-
nas prospered," but , it' Is finding ,sible to many desirable settlers
difficulty In following the pace of who are debarred from soil quoted
XEMtHHOKes Mam TJ73; Hom, A-flosi. All Germany, where the policy is to! at high prices. -
tT'oZ, da"i!f,VfcutU make ' German 'A goods, whether States which are getting the
' iouKiUN advertising hb t bks kn t ATi v it I made by big ' or little business, I cream of farmers are, states which
iMnjarou Kmtoor Co- Bic"; known ; throughout the world. I have good land at moderate prices.
' ' t.a Lid".? cb'gag ; The Foreign Trade Council is Of (course nobody could purchase
'" snbacrivtton term, by bu or any ad- only another illustration that even 20 .cents worth of $30 .land In
la, u CuitJJ .if1f : big. business itself is aware that Oklahoma, but the writer's tllus-
On rear. 5.ow on 'DOBtV,....t JO prosperity for . all means greater tratlon of prices and possibilities
V Oo yar
Many New Tork swollen-'fortunes
were made by levying tribute upon
the producing sections 2 of - the
United States. ? " Little wealth is
created la. the nation's metropolis.
The big. bulk is created In fac
tories, on farms, through toll.
The very fact that the Incomes
from New York traffic on the coun
try's production are so great that
they ay half the income tax, is
unanswerable proof ; that there
should be an income tax.
A FEW SMILES
'On year
" 92o i j prosperity Hor each industry. It serves to call attention to larger
'daily and SUNDAY M g proof that the biggest monOpo- tracts, making them attractive to
r.,......7.5otoP. nes the country-haa will nrosDer men with a little money and lots
When You Go Away
Have The Journal sent to
your Summer address.
lies the country " has. will t prosper
by boosting rather than pushing of Industry.
their smaller -competitors.
TAXING THE POOR
A STREETCAR INCIDENT
S'
1
Blessed Is the man -who,
having nothing to say, ab-,
stains from giving wordy evi
dence or the tact. George
Eliot.
F, AS the Oregonlan says, the
$1600 exemption will be an
added burden on rent-payers,
why is the Oregonlan against it?
Why are the big. interests that
HE was 70, If a day.
On her arm as she entered
the- streetcar was a market
basket. She was somebody's
mother and she seemed frail as the Oregonlan represents against
she leaned for support against the it? Why are big holders of Idle
end of the car, for there waa no land against It?
vacant seat.
Letters From the People
(CommanlcaUona aent to Tha Journal for
publication in thla department afaould b writ
tan on only on tide of Ua paper,-should taot
exceed 800 word in length and moat b ao
was really cross
when eh returned
from Florida.
"I understand." he
said, "that you
. naaBed Yourself off
'Diwuraion U th rreatert of all refonn. . a yrt&Oir while
roba prlnciplea of all false sanctity and
compamed' by tn name and addreaa of the
cendas. If tha miter does not deaire to
bar th nam publianed, b abould a atate.)
Jones What a puffball Burlson's
got to be since he bought ,that" farm
I upstate! wny, ev-l "Tb American a team Blow 1b mak
lenr z7' the grin-1 inr good la Jutland." It can make good
the of rice wearing a . Aw
rw no tat ft for a DlaCttrery that New Tork hao nearly
prVL Ior half of the income tax to pay niar have
watca harm. - eome beaxtna- oo the quUon why boy
Smith Tee; n iaTe the farm. . '
ezelalned ahout that
nmatd ta me. It Tb toeleaa shoe, sans atocklnara. la
wSi ki .u.rJ'of lait year's croo-1 , hIonahl novelty, but the ohiropo
waa hta "re of laat yeara wi" can tell you why It wiU not he
i generally worn.
Mrs. Brigga le bo sood looking that I The recent Mexican election was de
Mf. Brlg-RB seldom finds It In hla I dared void, a Recount of the Ught
heart to he angry with her, out " . v
Mfai aJiwaaaatai w yvawH
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALti CHANGE
tbrowa tbem jMck on tbeir reaaonableneca. It
tbey bT Bo. ceaaonableneaat -It rutbleaelr
ernahea tbem oat of exiatene and acta up Ita
own eobclualooa la tbelr ttead." Woodrow
WUaon.
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Testimonial to A. F. Flegcl.
Columbua, Ohio, July . To tn Edi
tor of The Journal Receiving papera
occasionally from relatives and friends
Hit Albany. Pnrtlnnrl and alaWhcr In
When did the favored interests, I your state. I see in a recent copy of
Two men sat near en on eh Inland the big Corporations and the The Journal that A. F. Flegel. a
BORAH SHOULD AID
touch her garments if they had franchise holders and the Oregon!
tried. There were' other' men In Ian suddenly become -so wonder-
tha mi hut tha vansrahla wrvman'j I fllllv rnnPArnCil In tha wplfftro nf
XTkws irom wMumswi attire was of the coarae materials rent-payers?
I VI re P k mi l of the poor, and not a man stirred. At present, partly by law and
JJ river and harbor bill. jjid anyh0dy ever notice that a partly by trostom, there is exemp-
Strange as it may eem, WeJ1 dreSsed well app0inted youth- tion of nearly all money, accounts.
Senator Borah of iaaho is a, mam ful. woman never' has to wait lor notes, mortgages, city, county and
barrier. He is holding up tn ft geat ln a Btreetcar? Did any- district and government bonds and
measure as a strategem to enrorce body ever notIco how quick men warrants, and all household furni-
action before Congress adjourns are tQ hop Up and bQW Buch turQ fixtures Rothes, diamonds;
on his homestead bill. men Into seats In a crowded car? jewelry and similar nersonal nron-
... .1 J 1 I 1- " - Mi
ll 13 lli-UIO?U UWtfUtuuu I yv. j
1 a
" , t JV- T ho,w DI1 Anybody ever notice , that y actual use.
better balanced river and harbor m&Q a Bn gir, wnogQ in the case of household furnl-
hlll nas apDearea w vaiu0h;. i v v,.i, ., v . .t .v- , ira..
has the unqualified indorsement ften h homeward iournev Portland eieht cases of Memntioni testifying to the distinct loss the
Portland attorney, haa been nominated
on the Democratic ticket for the Port
land district to represent lta people
ln congress, and as under such' prem
ises It would likely he at least acoep
able to them to know the opinion en
tertained of him by his employer and
his business associates generally dur
ing the last several years of hla tele
graph and railroad station agenoy serv
ice, of his young manhood, and just
previous to hla departure from Ohio,
his native state, for the then to him
unseen "Splendid and outstretching
west, the writer, under whom, as
superintendent of telegraph, Columbus,
Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway, Mr.
Flegel served as stated during the
you were away. How
about it?"
She admitted It.
PRECOX SIDELIGHTS
Creawell haa entered uroa its beau
ttfying atag with the adoption of a
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
i
It is gratifying to aee that some of
the suffering heads of Big Business
still nave money eneugh td pay their
fare to Washington.
"Algebra sends irls to ruin." says
N. E. A. orator. Ttiia at least will di
vide the responsibility with the high
cost of living and the low rate of
wages.
.
Improvements are eonatantlv. balnr
made la aeroplanes, and there are In-
Several weeks ago, while In Salem,
I dropped Into a aeoond-hand store to
street grading. siJewam ana parking xook over iom old book. Among
scheme - . , . them I found many volumes from th
Eagle Valley 4s trying to give Its j UbrarT Judge R. p. Bolae. As I
?rreaisc Harvest -nome ieanvaa next:
all. and the Baker Herald testifies that'
"what Sagle VaUy tries to do. It does,
so we mar be assured of a great
vent."
The Owl heartily indorses the de
cision of the Beavertoa scbool board
"to get a higher priced man to super
Intend the deatinle of the school chil
dren of thla vicinity, and pay 11000 per
year."
- Not only excessive speed but also ex
cessive and unnecessary copping and
chugging are under the ban at The
uaue. ana Chief or roue nuns an
t - Mr. 1 dications that safety ln railroad travel
V- Hfi 18 increasing, but a canoe tips over
ly did It orr jut 8 easily this year as it did a
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olnlM . day's hard work, is com, that alone total $89,500,
Denawr oul"" " Knt pelled to stand while many a dap- One Is for $10,000, another
rectly Interested. The present bill . loll ,n tMmtaJT t1 n nnft ori,v Ihl.
carries improvements for tbe Co- Me Beat? JIG'.SOo' and another S 14 000
As this article was saying, the I These were taxed in 1912, but by
lumbia far along the Idaho border.
t tha mrtntK of th river flL" VU1" aruoie was saying, mese were iaiea m iiz, dui oy
U i1!1!!,!. r.not nn 11 pE fr&u old lady with the basket reason of the furniture exemption
Z T o li in0 n th- Rnai,,. I. leaned against the end of the car are not taxed now.
arrhea for Bupp0rt' but not a man BtlrreL ThiB 18 the of exemption
t miiHnn and an ad- YounS men. tbere were, to be sure, the Oregonlan is clamoring,, for.
MtLSU 100 oil) with a com- but a JJW 'eet aWft but the clotn "s voloe is the voice of the rent-
ditional M.IOO'00 S.Ari in of th eentle-faced old woman pavers, but Its hand is tho hand
, i.i,,mi.i, Dn A InwAf Willam- . . ""'"'"S vj v,uuv nvi tu Ul
&nntnLto&. ief l- f , - f .WO.000 mansion.
' 1525 000 for Celilo $20 000 for ;Sho only ot a Beat h&a a Tne Oregonian's plan of exemp-
" the Columbia from 'celilo to the member of her own sex arose and tion is a pure -discrlmlnaUon
1 month of th Snake and $10 000 vuw -v kiiace. abu me s" mo torn, yaysr ana against
Trom t mouth othe Snake t feful smile that played among all other people except the unusu-
' TMtfahiir t andlne the wrtnklsg and the cordial ally rich. The proposed change
in T nrvi for a "thanlc y" that fell from the from the Oregonian's plan to a
in addition It PWrtdw for a ftged u were a hundred U500 exemption for rich man
!W, ZL ,C.ibJa,'l0m times the sacrifice of the seat, or poor man alike, for the me-
vwthegr
every day; well aa for the owner of . a Port-
i WnBt whinetr.n. TcaRt, ot dresa ould make such' a law can. make it. an exemption
"You ought to be ashamed of your
self," said Brlggs, "but 1 suppose y)u
are not."
"Of course I am not,
Brlggs serenely. T only
Johnny's account. I wanted him to century ago,
have a good time, and he bad It. xou I -
have no idea how kind ail the men were I ' The Arapahoe Indiana are making
him - I read v for thalr sun dancn taut tha af .
aaur win no i maite aa mucn or a sur
as it aia last year. bca.u or th iin.
rinvin of tha Trntrai nrnvaa tHt th I avoidable absence Of a Certain athnolo.
woman vote is against this great evlL 1 at ho ba trouble with his larynx.
The bst of our men are with them.
Every political, party will be repre
sented in the vote for Oregon dry, and
thla vote will repreaent the beat edu
catora and the most substantial busi
ness men those who think not alone
nounoes that all finda may as well
prepare for rigid compliance.
Noting progress, the Port Rock
Times says: "The mall that left Fort
land on Tuesday evening at 7 p. ar
rived In Fort Bock Wednesday aftar
noon at 4 p m. This is coming
through in 21 hours, quite a. difference
from three to five days as it was a few
years ago. .
Euerene Resiater: The oeonle of
Goodpasture island are building- a cable
suspension loot bridge
stream,
lone and
low water. It will cost 1260. The
posts on each bank are 25 feet long, 10
inches ln diameter at the small end
and set seven feet ln cement.
SOMEWHAT INCONGRUVIAL
"Savoyard" in the Atlanta Journal.
I hav baen ' about this eaniial
of their own interests but of those of for mor. a third of a oentury.
me oiner ieuowor me young ana and j never knew of. an adminlstra
the tempted, the weak and the Uon -0 viciously and unscrupulously
thoughtlesa, who need our protection, assailed by the opposition as that of
PHJEBB HAMMER. Wnndrnw Wilson. Tha , Democrats
trafifjtrt Tl. Ti Havt with Mmnaratlval
Discusses Location of EvU. distinguished courtesy. The assaults
operating, traffic and accounting de
partments of the line felt In his leav
ing-; this ln hla personality, his abili
ties, his forCefulnees, Judgment and
character. He was a "stalwart of the
stalwarts" in body, mind, performance
and his spirit of lofty but cordial man-1
lines s. Som may differ with him on
some features of his political .opin
ions, but none need harbor a doubt ot
hla unselfish sincerity ln them, or that
he will "hew to the line," "without fear
or favor," ln the performance of hla
duties ln congress, as he deems right,
from time to time, as they come up
for action.
Mr. Flegel was born and grew up
under those humble, restrictive condi
tions usually deemed unfortunate,
though they constituted that meta
phorio "cradle" ln which "the mill boy
of the slashes." "the rati splitter" and
other great charaotera were "rocked,"
and without which they likely would
ing the river for navigation, lrrl-
: gatlon and power purposes, a pro-
i er;
1 Co'
TcJTLFitooF& dlfference. only In the big. but favoring all alike.
Smw5 Lin rlifl It ln the very Httle affairs of life! It is true tha
jlumbla basin.. Completed proj- . f, fc nf .1RAA fA .
ply constitute one species of the many
kindly disciplines of the earthly life by
which ,the Merciful Creator, ln his
goodness, "tries as by fire," develops
and otherwise chisels the characters
of the children of men to make them
more worthy of Immortality.
To see him voluntarily sever his
business connection with our line, when
conditions for his advancement were
favorable, and, empty handed, set bis
face along -that pathway said -to be
blazed for -"empire's lordly tread," was
to his fellows at the time Indeed im
pressive. But hold! For besides the
possession of the personality, abilities
and experience already outlined, and
the encouragement of Greeley's In
spiring advice, ho, better than all, car
ried In hla heart the image and "hope
deferred" promise of a comely young
school teacher whom he met in an ob
scure aubvalley of tne Hook-hooking,
carried there by his duties a girl in
every way worthy to be the life com
panion of any man, and he ln due time
returned for her, and tha writer knows,
and will say, that she has "made good
the promise of youth." and he hoDes
rectly concerned in the pending driVe and care fot a machine. comfort
0 ar- o awwuii ...Aw vi ca riuiuui,ui wut esauu&zi
from tne shores of the Willamette, may
take ner place as such at the capital
of the nation. Very truly yours.
DANIEL. HOSMER OARS.
that the' exemption
ects at the mouth of the river, at L " ' " fT Tni -Ll JJ- J- v ! p.f . rr
! Cascades and at Celilo with a great tZSTf", VL' " uu aica I " 'I ,u ina" an
plan for a survey ap.d completed the - streetcars for only a week. eaual exempdon will mean to a
' ffi'tS bo? CBEATIXG A JOB But how much better . it would
f th Cnlnmhia 4 rr.nl -t,t,t . . . bd All the millionaires If gll
'cerned, a measure of momentous
importance. .
It ought to havethe support of
MIS3 RUTH TIMME of Chi- the humble people had little homes
cago created a job for her- painted white, with a patch of
self. She found automo- grass in the yard and hooks on
b I ling interesting RhnUv. v i tv. ui i ...
Senator. Borah. Its provisions wIllH iearned how t6 Btart t" " ""5" w.lin
hasten th dav whn th nrortnrra v ' r"lFCfc luo-UUUI auu eome KHa
of h u r.;ito will havA a nw ontL"L,: X. " "m mu6lcal Instrument for the fam-
. oaioi r . uum lu attji luh manmnm iv - n. ...
and water com petitionee .the sea. of enjoyment el a minimum of presiding iti il? lSW S3
Every interest in Idaho is dl- danger. She nuaHf1d h-rfi(if o .JT ,u" efoia an
i - j - v. -1 vuuuiuu m goou snoes ami
rlvr and harhor hill And Ron at nr I -an mi 3 " . uuuihui
- w - i iiiiHM i l iniiH wan nninv Dpma a i . l - a .. - . - .
nn..h n,.rh tn. h i 1 . 7 . .7 ... ... uuur or iruaging oil to school.
rr.rr w tnmKing while studying the The Journal is for th tlKfift v.
automobile. She knew that lots emption because it will ericourago
Portland, July 18. To the Editor of Ion Qrover Cleveland were less malls
The Journal The agitation Over the nant than those aimed at the man now
llQuor Question seems to be about president. If they would confine
equally divided between quoting Scrip- themselves to the truth, it would Ut-
" . Anr tie matter, but they resort to all sorts
ture, voting wet or dry at the coming . j d sUnde'r
viwuwu, avuia a. vk vat va. I t.,, .... .. . ,... ,uk
oohoL The devU behind it all. whomTtheM gentry. They voted against the
we are trying to put out of commls- income tax and they are striving to
eion, oiscreteiy keeps himself ln the HSlvert publio attention from the faot
background, smiling serenely at the Every one of 'em Is a henchman of
turmoil he has caused. monopoly, fetching and carrying for
If the elimination of aloohollo liquors Plutoorata who have controlled the
1. th. solution for doing away with the 2?.?Jl&
Republican party levied an Income tai
creation, including mant during the great war of 1861-66. but
Alcohollo liquors are inanimate crea- Vn pe cm' that party repealed
" ' 1 . . t Jr. . . IT- the act. The Democratlo party gained
power and responsibility, possessing owr ,n im JSP! "ih,
much good with no harmful acUvlty rtcl1 n lDcom ? which a RepubU
wh.n .hti. k., . can supreme court promptly declared
vicious factor for evil when placed in unconstitutional. More completely
the hands of avarice, lechery and in- thn during the civil war the Repub-
Ahrlatlan that ahamafnllv ahnaa rnt llcatt party Was in power from the
only these creatures, but every good in retirement ,of Cleveland till the ad-1
creauon. Aiconoi, or cue muasr uquors i - -- -- - - - -of
beer and wine, when pure, are legit- income .tax. . But public opinion
imsita rnmmodlUti or trail, for losit-1 xorceo irom mem a reiucwai aneui
looked at his angular signature on the
fly leaf, so full of force and character,
I could almost see the tall, spare form
ot Judge Boise as I had seen him for .
a score of yars at Salem. For many '
year I lived la Highland, a suburb of : ,
Salem, and pasd th borne of Judge
Boise la North Salem at least twlee "
each day, so we became well aoquafSt-'
ed. H lived In a large old-fasaloned
house on Mill creek. Just beyond Lis- -
coin Wade's "brick store." His beuo
la atill standing and it Is said to be
the oldest house In Salam. It was oa
of th old "Methodist mission.' bouooa,
the dressed lumber for it having beoa
brought around the Horn. -
Judge Boise died on the aftornooa
pt April 10, 1817, at his home la Cv-
lem at the ag of g? years.
Judge Boise waa a New Englandcr.
having been born at Blandford, Maoa..
on June 19, 1818. II was ot French
Huguenot descent He was named for
his father, rtcuban Unla Hla rnnlhnr
ThedgViii fins; tt:s!j'.
38 feet above the water at i !?kf n relative of General la-
(uwau oa revolutionary war
fame.
In 18(8 Judce Bolaa racaivad hta di
ploma from Williams college. Shortly I
"eraiier ne came "out west" to Mlo
sourl, where he tauxht schooL Um
I studied law with his uncle. Patrick
I Boise, of the firm of Boise A Blair, at
- -aa-, -w w aiiiu vi uui a v sk a7 taAi r. sm.1.
sprints like a tiger and holds on like Weatfleld. Mass., and was admitted to
a bulldog and this congress will have br in 187. in his uncle's office
terastay here until the Wilson, pro-' aieo " a law student was a young
gram is vitalized and the law of the I teacher. Asahel Bush. After being ad
land. Then there will be two years mlUed to the bar these two fellow stu-
to try it out. If it shall Drove sue- dents decided to come to Oregon and
cessful, there will be nothing politi- tr their luck In a nw country. They
cal ln the country but the Democratlo
party: If it falls. Theodore Roosevelt
will be "Everyman himself." That la
all there is to it so far as the Demo
cratic policy is concerned.
But the fiercest aasaulta are aimed
delayed their going for a year or two,
during which time Mr. Boiae went to
Checopee, Wis., where he put out hla
shingle and spent two years. Within
a few years they were both in Oregoa
ana running ror ornce on the um
ticket Mr. Boise for supreme judge
at Wilatftfe Mexican policy. And no nd "p: Bu,n ,or "ut Printer. The
national honor could be gathered from o"owis great rusn or goia
a war with that weak, torn, distracted "J1"er" v-aiiiornia, aar. uoise punea
never have been heard of; conditions I lmatl. UBa ln their time and' niac. to a constitutional amendment "author
which, as the writer is convinced, aim- wnen so utilised they can flow as lslng an income tax. though the beat
freely and harmlessly as water, so far lawyers in the land declared that sucit
as their power and responsibility for an amendment was not necessary. Had
creating vice and orime are concerned, hot the Republicans been bitterly hos
To prohibit the useful features of tile to imposing on wealth a fair share
alcohollo liquors for the purpose 1 of of the publio burdens the amendment
eliminating their civil activity that would have been in force before Mc
only exlsta under agitation of abuse, is Klnley died and the Income tax levied
like takng a knife from a child and before Roosevelt was warm In his
giving It a rasor to play with to pre- seat,
vent the child from cutting Itself. . .
The Initiative power and responsi- Before the session closes Wilson will
bllity for both "good and evil are ln the have extorted -from a reluctant Demo
people, and not in their commodities, oratlo congress such amendments to
If the people cannot be educated to the anti-trust laws as will take from
make proper use of their creatures and high finance the power to duplicate
have possession of them, they will not such capers and shines as were seen
be educated to give up their vice by in the wreck of the New Haven, of
being dispossessed of their creature. Chicago and Alton, of Frisco, and
Do away. with the evil in the crea- other hlrh-toned robberies practiced
ture man and the evil of the creature hv Bie Business. Of course the hench-
commodity will disappear like magic men of monopoly in congress are en-
country, so no national dishonor can
arise from a resort to even extraor
dinary means to avoid such a war. If
it were a nation of our slxe and class
Wilson is the very man to throw down
the gage or pick up the gauntlet, but
the strong should flVve patience
with the weak. The Jingoes would
have ua a bully and some of 'em in
sist that we ehall not only carry fire
and sword Into Mexico but that we
must rob her of the best part of her
fair domain. That waa considered all
right centuriea ago when the scale of
Justice was ever inclined to th sword
of Brennus.
Wilson is striving to get out of
Mexico without a war, and If every
American citizen had upheld his
hands, this good day the Mexican
question would be composed and com
parative tranquility established la that
unhappy land. Talk about , copper
heads! They are the Jingoes in con
gress who seek to embarras and ham
per and thwart a prealdent of their
own country in hi a oeaungs with a
It too.
TUB WAY TO IMMUIflTl
people owned machines, but the'DOor to set aurh homo-
were unable to keep chauffeurs, its faith
Tha Trior, 4 ,v.h ji I. . .
ON THE authority of Sir Wil- " 1,,m",ra eve mat not an the rich will be
Ham Osier nearly every one cares for the car, and when against he measure,
i. tnWrniar a.. r.asr he ,8 busy at the office the auto-
.ii.i i ... . I mobile is idle for tho wnnt of BCTirfrv tiTrvn rrwr. .
viuea ancient uaui uuo tare? I .... . . , - - - - i mikm vw.mx .-mus
, yuuiiiieu anver. hib cnuaren
could not use It except during his
a-arillnir tnhArniNloda Thia hOUrs Of leisure.
i era thn hn hn h 1 Tne young woman decided to
1 of the disease to their bodies but beC..mf an "automobile house-
A
REMONSTRANCE has been
filed against the hard sur
facing of the Riverside drive.
It is estimated though that
Personal Liberty.
Portland, Or., Juiy 15. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Can anyone point
out a single law or ordinance, or a
social custom even, whose enforcement
will not curtail . somebody's personal
liberty? The primary impulse toward
established government is the coopera
tion of the many ln restraining the
erroneous tendencies' of the few,
. Q. SMALL.
raged. Of course they are calamity
howlers, of course they are base slan
derers.
Well, there's this about It Wilson
up stakes and started for the Paclflo
coast by way of the Isthmus of Pan
ama. In Vol. I, No. 4. of the Oregonlan
of Portland, which Is the Issue for
December 28, 1860, among the adver
tisements la the following announce
ment: "Law Notice Reuben P. Boise,
Attorney-at-L&w." His address waa
given as being in the rear of the print
ing office on the corner of Front and
Morrison streets, Portland.
On November II, 1851. Mr. Bolae was
elected to fill the unezplred term of
Alexander Campbell as school director
ln Portland. Rev. Horace Lyman waa"
the school oommlssioner of Washinc-
ton county, ln which Portland wag
then located.
Thla same year, 131, Judge Boise
was appointed by Judge O. C. Pratt a ;
district attorney. He was later elected
by the territorial legislature as prose
cuting attorney for the First and Sec
ond districts.
On June 87. 1844. the provisional
government of Oregon had declared .
the laws of Iowa to be the law of the
foreign pawn. The Jingoes of sixteen .,,... .i . r
y,erB n McKlnley. Tney a.laed on tn, Uw. of Iow M
Of course there were a few heroes. there happenea to bt so far M t,y
moaUy naval, developed in the scrim- kn.w hu. on- boolr f Uw, th.
mage that can hardly be dlgnifled by whol, of Or,gon ,nd wa, 4 eopy
the name of war. and one akirmlah of tne ,ututa uws of Iowa urritory.
which neither Grant nor Le would Th. Mt ot contre, ot August 14.
have-considered of-moment enough to i84S organizing the territory ot 6r
report to Washington or Richmond. , moTt Contmu the laws of the provis-
are in a certain sense immune
'The, second class are those in
Assails Prohibitionists,
McMinnville, Or July 16. To the
Editor of The Journal I have read
with a great deal of Interest the letters
of that grand old lady, Mrs. Duniway,
and some of the answers written by
our friends on the nrohibltlon aid.
most of which reek with nersona.H ties I Br John M. Osklson.
and vindictlveness against anybody ln Bald the vice president ot the United
particular who differs with them. The States the other day:
prohibitionists seem to think that pro- "in 1850 we had a republic iffcere
hibltion is a personal issue, when for labor was satisfied, where respect for
a matter of fact it is a business pro- religion and reverence for law and
position pure and simple. On-ena order and a sincere attachment to the
side Is an organisation of business constitution were strong. In that year
men trying to protect their business tQ proportion of annual wealth ereat-
against outside interference and on ed tn tne country by the Joint efforts
the other the An ti-saloon league, an of labor capital was one quarter
organization of paid agitators who t , th quarters to capital.
ueem nave no ousines in particular -Now thtt proportion has changed to
lJKiVlfJS less than oni fifth to labor and more
taa r."u?cll P6CT?; t to capltaL Tril. dl
Jti .r"lv .rr, Ti, kJT" proportion, to my mind, has much to
about prohibiUon ln inaivldual town- I . ; "r,,,
ishlDa municlpallUes and counties, and At the same time James J. Hill
graduated a president-of th United
Btates.
They have called Mr. Wilson all
sorts of names. Jones, of Washing
ton, gave as fine an exhibition of dls
rustinir hypocrisy as ever was ordered.
when, protesting respect for the pres
ident, he had read into the record
sourrllous aspersions of'himt but the
senate, even Republicans, rebuked Mr.
Jones, and If his hide is not rhlnorce
roslan, he felt it.
TO LABOR ONE-FIFTH; CAPITAL TWO-FIFTHS
maid," and she advertised, jottetr no more yian fifteen per cent of
ln her services. Family and the property owners affected have
whom the disease is active enougX frlenda laughed at her, but within signed, the remonstrance. It re-
to produce symptoms. The third iew nPurs aiier tne advertise- u"" nuj-gne per cent to stop
'class embraces those in whom the ment aPPeared offers of employ- the improvement.
, disease has made such headway ment beSan to come. She was A remonstrance was also filed
, that no cure can be promised. the Person lots of peoplo . were ln the tsase of the Improvement of
In reply to the question what for she secured all the Base Line road but it did not
i shall be done by mankind to free tbe easagements she .could fjjl, have the - requisite, number of
j the world' from tuberculosis? Dr. ukInS children.ridlng In other peo- signers.
I Osier said: pie's automobiles. Back of these remonstrances is
!: The enemy has been tracked to its Miss Timme created a job for a fight between paving companies.
very stronghold which is defended herself, a new trade for women. Their field of .activity has been
1 bid ho?ingPan? f he vdld " by thinking, by prepar- transferred from the city to ths
ers have living wages, when the lnS-nerself-for the job, by telling county and some of them are m
i hous becomes the home,, when the People of somethings they lacked, Ploying methods used in city cam-
; I..UUU wii ui woh it bow ana oy not being afraid to h paigns.
Many property owners were . in
I millions in the first group - practi-1 malv There is a significant les-1 ducedt to sign the remonstrances
. j v w.w i dvu mi mo person out oi a joo l " r u uvH u misrepresentation by
Auuuuaui ioou. reasonaoio leis- m tnis young woman's experiment, suck tongued" fellows," as one
' ure, sanitary homes and temperate There is: always a job for the in- farmer put It. i .
, living will nov only resist 'the ad- lUative who creates It Specious letters ' were sent mt
vance of-the great white .plague . but the senders concealed their
I7u Hai ug suwwtniuuBUM vooumuiu,!) ur liAAD iiaenuty .unaer the cloalr or
i of all other plagues. . "Prortv Ovnpr1. nnmn,!)..
. WRITER in the Oklahoma Under the W th r,T,; .
warmer Statesman says there missloners are required to do8la
To? ,af thousands Uate'the type of pavement to. oe
of acres of land In that sUte Used before bids can bo asked. -
prohibit and confiscate, ar limit to tha
rule of ' actual neoesslty, the use of nlP" municlpallUes and counties, and
OUI, FOREIGN TRADE
A
yri HB foreign trade.; convention
. I held ln Washington in May J which can' be bought at S30 an
I nas resulted in the organiza- acre or Iobs. It means that at thl
- tion of a Foreign Trade Coua- price quoted "a person can buy a
. clL r It is composed of leading piece twelve .feet "square for ten
' ma nnfa.pt n rpra anil ha nVora initlunt.
- HUM I VCU19
Its , object : is the , systematic push-1 ' The
CHEAP AND UNFAIR
B
ECAUSE New York pays half
the income tax the Sun of
that city complains that . the
law is a sectional measure.
New Yorkers "may pay half the
many things which society haa ad
Judged harmful or dangerous; why
should a different rule apply to the
liquor 'traff lot. If the verdict of the
electors la for the retention 'of the
saloon In wet territory, that wish must
be respected until publio sentiment
changes. But if the verdict Is for
statewide prohibition, "what will the
harvest bej?" WlU-the liquor interests
respect and uphold the law? Have
they ever done so? Whence this an
archistio cry. that "the law can't be
enforced" this persistent reference to
the "bootlegger" and "blind pig." of
which - the liquor rnea affect such
righteous horror? Who sustains and
encourages them? Certainly not the
Prohibitionists. They axe th efflores
cence of lawlessness, and we have
tmany of them right her in Portland.
wnere about too saloons ar running
wide open all day and half the night,
except Sundays. Why?- Because the
present law assumes . to place some
slight restrictions upon the liquor busi
ness. Is the persistent, violation of
laws a valid Argument against their
enactment or . an excuse for their re
peal? Shall we repeal ' the criminal
statutes we already hav because they
are persistently violated, and require
extra 'detectives and - police to ferret
out and prosecute their violators? Hap
py, - Indeed, the community requiring
no restrictive laws and no criminal
prosecutors. -
But we are still some distance from
Utopia, though gradually approaching;
and the general elimination of the
liquor evil will bring us a good days
Journey nearer. J. G. GARRETSON.
says
by that means gradually extend' lta that the cost of labor to the manufac-
dominions over toe state, and finally turera oi mis country m very nisn. -
the entire nation, with its vast loss says that certain standard articles can
to our government and the American be made in Europe, then pay a duty
people. The extent and importance, of of 60 per cent of their cost, and be
this industry may- be gathered from shipped to thla- country and sold
statistics of 1907-8, which show during cheaper than our people, can make
that year the sum total paid by brew- them.
era, xnalsters and distillers Into the Mr. Hill is backed up by other rail
producing sources of the United States wwm manae-era. hv emDlovers of areat
was $600,000,000, with investments of numbers of working people all over
over $4,000,000,000. I note .the pub- th country. They contend that labor
llAletr na WrVl 'MT1alSlf,nllv ? fSjfHstf. I .
rr. -rr," ;vv h. setting too mucn.
ml ajtaociation in 1810 bv reason of
enough money, la now publicity man fTop vine could be seen in any-directlon
for th committee of One Hundred, so- from anyone of them. If the indivtd
called; which goes to show that wet or ual farmer has found it to his in
dry, it is a buein proposition, and terest to plow up his hops and plant
money is the object. Certain business his land to other crops, the probability
men temperately inclined allow their is that the whol hop region will not
names to be used, one paid orgahlxa-I suffer greatly if compelled to do so.
tion runs -the campaign, and back oft If there were no otner reason zor
, Both Mr. Marshall and Mr. Rill are 1
right. In thla country th rewards of
capital shrewdly employed have in- j
creased very fast faster than the'
wage and salary rates of the workers.
In th same period the actual wages
and salaries paid to our millions of
workers have gone up; they Have far
outstripped the pay of European work
ers." And for both capital and th
workers th list of desirable posses
sions has increased faster than the
power of purchase.
. For you and me. that is th tragedy
Our desires for th good things, the
pleasant things, the fashionable things,
the things that glitter, hay been, stim
ulated. How we want them! And out
income isn't big enough to go more
than part way ln gratifying our de
sires. ,
Capital, in opening new fields, has
stimulated the desire to own what It
factories turn out; . our lmpuls to
spend has been over-encouraged.
It is time to enroll In th-ranks of
those whose first desire" is to live
within their income. For both capital
and labor this is a necessary step ln
the oomlng readjustment.
Tho MPald Agitator." I
- Lents. "July, 15,--To the Editor ' of
The Journal It Is 'certainly very
writer claim tha thi
! ing of American commerce abroad. amount of land will produce more
United 8tates Steel . Carnoratlon. I a vmt. m , . 1 n. -at . r ! til r, rrTirTi" Vv . vtuci90
vi , : aacaifcwia) oi, aUSUUlCO tunusal IUB IUVU iiBW lom-ipaia agliaiurs. . 1 no na DiUITt that
and the . membership includes of a garden 12 by . 24 feet 20 ers take It In, and the Sun's com-' mor m(& sacrificing band of men
names of men well known through- cents' worthwhich furnishes al- plaint is that they are entitled to t nifr'r
tht fatIon' Th outstanding most everything but ; bread and sympathy because, the government ! They roVn vor toomotnV
; fact of this new. organizaUon is meat for a family of three. . An- claims a share of the profits. .The I and lathers who deslre.th best condl-
that it. Is cooperative. Its, efforts other piece, a-half acre, furnishes argument Ht similar to that often 1 Uon for their, chUdres and; their
; will not .be Jn: behalf ; ot : the-big the entire living, except bread itnd ised brfmen who5 rent houses. flfiJJ'i
corporations alon One of te meat, for a family of twelve--. V They pay the taxes. hnt;the money ?li?r
members said: r The chief mis- ; .The article has a double value, comes from tenants. 7i.r . who are upholding the. whisky in ter-
slon of the council will" be . to de- It illustrates what a little1 thrift- V New York Jhas so iong! collected st and the open saloon. Everyone, be-
velop foreign trade for all mana- and 1 industry--will VaccojnplishIn its toU Irom the country that the Serc.
facturers, and especially, for the husbanding the . family income; It habit has become established. j ar paid for their influ.no. But
it the Anti-saloon league.
W. J. BISHOP.
Curtis V7 Coo Defends Figures.
putting the hop yards out of commis
sion than the disgraceful things which
are commonly reported year after year.
whec men and women, boys and snria.
soldier's widow almost 75 years Id,
Ha has certainly proved that - he IS
a friend of the . soldiers and X hope
they will all remember what he ha
done for . me and will not forget at
the next election to place him back
ln tbe house of representative for
another term.
MRS, RACHEL. X HOLLOWAT.
. . ... . . . . . . Tneai. n l& i .a v w ua. " .... ...w. m .
MCMinnTHie, wr, juiy n.rv ins I in.f hh anil hnaated
Editor of TheJour-La.t Saturday
A. S. Ruth quoted from two Of my
articles. Insinuating a discrepancy ln
my use of figures. If Mr. Ruth will
look again he will se that X definitely
stated that th more than $1,000,000
given in th firat article waa "appro
priation for two yeara,
would be well worth while.
CUBTIS P. COEL
ls Grateful to . Sir. Laff erty.
Portland, July It. To the Editor of
and the later I Th Journal Through the columns of
quotation of $1,000,000.00 wa annual The journal, which IS th soldier's
expenditure, as h states. MtnA, I wish to tell them what our
The supposedly good authority" re- .
f erred to. is the text book ln geography present repreaentatlve. Honorable , A.
adopted' for Oregon for five more W. Lavff rty, accomplished for m.
years. The same diagram, which does X am a soldier's widow.' My hus-
not list hops as a leading crop, al band, Jacob A. Hollows y, served . as
though clover seed at $1,000,000 is first and second lieutenants in com-
given, may be found, in. the Oregon paBy b. ninety-eighth O. V. X. through
Almanac, page 80. In the aam"pmph- ths Civil War, and my son Edwin C.
let, page sa, wtiu i um oup p H oneway, in company Eight, O. V. i
is stated as $4,140,000, Instead of -over McKlnlys own," in the Spanish
$5,000,000 as Mr. Ruth reports. But American war and died in service,
bv comoarison with th total value of is,... mv hnhnr )aath t rr t
farm producU given, page JO, t wiilj.-r month pension until I was-forced
be seen that hops produc a littl! & lt oraer s advantage
more than S per cent of the valu. . . Spanish-American war . act
Considering ' in jarg xorsign mmv L7J:ti-- ma 111 tt montrf ' Vor
r0lmlLrThll10Xi ien lfngrayVr.$1X trte ZZ Z
tT '?,7ilSI aiun ators and represenutlves to have an
statement found on page it. une 10: b. eonereaa srrantin- m
Tfo other industry can compare with J, ?mZLVlfu xtn
the hop industry for putting foreign T.SXt f ahi
a.n.m Atroniatinn" Representative. Lafferty saw the Just-
DurinW the past week, while travel- nesa of mr Claim and. through hla
. ,Xi. tSiv .t in h. n. untiring efforts he succeeded where
terest of my candidacy for congress I others had failed, and had a- special
from the first district, I aaw four hmi passed atjhls present session of
large hop" bouses m th midst . of I congres iraoum bj auunua.
fields of clover and .grain, and not a I Can yu guee what this meana to a
The Ragtime Muse
Short Cats.
I. FOILED.
Consider, please, the 111 at eas
Whom superstition grips.
The folk who gasp when from their
grasp
The salt container aMps.
Ot omens 111 a, thousand still
At every corner lurk;
But, Joy to tell, few lack a spell
To counteract their work. ,
At least, thereV on who would f not
shun
Th things from which he shrinks. 7
Who think be should, by knocking
. wood.
Make out to 'foil tho'linx."
May- rest secure; to make him sur
lie
lonal government ln force until they
should be altered or repealed.
Thomas Nslson and William Strong,
Whigs, one appointed by President Fill
more, the other by President -Taylor.
and O. C. Pratt, a holdover appoint
ment of President Polk, were the three
Judges of th district courts, and ac
cording to the law at that time thy
composed the supreme court of Ore
gon. Judges Kelson and Strong sided to
gether and convened at Oregon City to
! hold a session ot the supreme court,
j holding that to be the capital of Ore
gon, while Judge Pratt, holding stiara
to be the capital, convened there. '
Judges Nelson and Strong promulgated
an opinion that tb act of th legisla
tive assembly ot February 1. ItSI,
fixing Salem aa the capital of Oregon
territory, waa void. Judge Pratt came
back with an opinion in which he held
that th opinion of th two ether
Judga was void, as It was not mede
at Salem, the seat of government.
Congress, in a Joint resolution passed
May 4. 1852. upheld Judge Pratt.
Judges Nelson aud Strong retaliated
with an opinion to the effect that tbe
act of the Oregon legislative astembly
adopting the revised statutes of Iowa
as th Uw of Oregon was invalid.
Judge "Pratt took the opposite view
point. This resulted In grt con
fusion, as In Judg Nelson's Judicial,
district, which smbraced Clackamas.
Marion and Linn and in Judge Strong
district, which Included Clatsop county
and th territory north" of th Colum
bia, th Iowa cod or ibis, aoopica or
the Oregon provisional government,
waa held to b tb law, whil in Judg
Prett's district, which was composed
of Polk, Benton. Yamhill and Wash
ington counties, the "Chapman . code."
or the revised cod of Iowa statutes of
1$43. was th law.
In thj district of the two former
Judges the lawyers must abide by the
law in th "Little Blue Book.- whil
ln Judge Pratt's district the only lew
as sef forth In the "Big Blue Book.
To settle the controversy the Oregoa
legislature took Marlon and Linn coun
ties away from Judg Nelson and
turned them over to Judge Pratt Both
Judres tried to hold court In the dis
puted counties, oar. as jm nua
his court St Balro and Albany a week
before Judge Nelson arrived. - Judg
Kxiaon found pon his arrival . th
eases were all disposed of. Judge Nel
son retired In disgust and was suc
ceeded by George H. Williams.
So mnch confusion : existed as to
whether a man should be trld by the
"Llttl U1U rtcwa. ur ujr anas otai
Blue Book" that tbe legllsture of 1$S3
. ... ....Ml., tV.ra. Mm.
mlssloflers to prepare a code of laws
to be submitted to the sext legisla
ture. The legislative assembly elected
as tha code commissioners Jroes Ka
Kelly of Ctarkatna coun, Rubn P.
Bols ot Polk county and Daniel R,
Bigelow of Thflrston county. , .
need but crook his arm.
A ganr misnap ne sun mar-rap
His bead and kp. from harml
II-SWINBURNESQUB. '
Fry, weet batterakes, in your pan,
. Swat. neat cake for our teeth to
try;
Fry,, light flakes, just a bard as you
can ... . . .
Her is one twisted and drawn andwry,
Here a one ahapd after no known
. plan,
Her is one's corner curled up and dry
gome fry light as a p&tm leaf fan.
Some fry soft a a rhubarb pie;
All for a gladness or wo ln man .
.Fry.. .
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