THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 29. 1914.
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It
boasts, and begs,
It begs an alms of hornac.
from th. throng".
And oft th. throng denies Its
charity. Young.
WAR?
LET It be hoped that humanl
tarianism and Justice may
stay the menacing mailed hand.
There could be no greater
crime against mankind than the
general war which the chancellor
ies of Europe seem on the verge
. of precipitating.'
Every great nation in Europe is
mobilizing troops, is concentrating
warships and is feverish with war
preparations. Austria Is In the
very act of invading Servia, and
Berria Is as actively preparing a
defense. Germany Is hurrying
'troops to the Russian frontier;
Russia is mobilizing fourteen army
corps along her southwestern bor
der: France is throwing regiments
along Alsace and Lorraine; Great
Britain is hurrying supplies on
board her warships, and every
war chest on the continent is wide
open with preparedness for what
would be the most gigantic con
flict in history.
Yet, there Is no cause for war,
There is no excuse for the butchers
and the butchery. There is not a
sbred of reason nor the scintilla
of a pretext for the men and boys
of all Europe to be dragged and
driven like cattle into this awful
shambles.
If there is to be war it will be
. a war out of which the chancel
lories hope somehow or somewhere
to gain territorial extension. Each
government Is seeking for more
peoples to subjugate, more peoples
to exploit, more peoples from whom
to collect trtbiite. It will be a
conflict plotted by selfish and
conscienceless chancellors, diplo
mats and despots, and paid for by
crucified peoples, with their prop
erty, their limbs and their lives.
It will be no war for the estab
lishment of a great principle; no
war for beating back savage
hordes; no war to" prevent, bar
barism from submerging civiliza
tion; no war declared for estab
lishing the principle of self gov
ernment; no war for emancipating
a race of slaves; no war for driv
ing a tyrant out of Cuba; no war
for expelling a murderous Huerta
-from a military throne he estab
lished on the ruins of a constitu
tion. It is Incredible that this colossal
murder of mankind can come to
pass in this Christian era. It
: seems Impossible that 'this cruel
butchery of millions can be accom
plished In this civilization It
seems out of reason that, for the
mere ambitions of selfish diplo
mats and rulers, European fields
are to be devastated, property to
be destroyed, provinces to be laid
waste, governments to be bank
rupted and every country on the
continent to be put on crutches.
In contrast with this awful con
templation, what a relief Is the
beautiful peace policy of the pres
, cnt great president of the United:
States! His example before the
nations is almost certain to yet
tay the coming of this awful
tragedy.
CONSTITUTIONAL
THE attempt to break down the
Oregon Blue Sky law in the
federal courf has failed.
With Judges Bean and Gil
bert assenting. Judge Wolverton,
In an. opinion Monday, declares the
law constitutional. Oregon ought
, never to take a backward step in
, wis Blue Sky legislation. The
principle of it is unassailable.
Its purpose is to make dishonest
business .honest. On that prin
clple there can be no disagreement
among, honest people.
' . Innumerable crimes of cunning
; have i been committed , in Oregon
j through the medium of the cor-
poration which the state author-
lzet to do business. Fake com
panies have , been . promoted, tjie
hares sold to unsuspecting peo
pie. and In the end It was. dlscov
" ered that there were no assets and
that shareholders were victimized.
Because not properly regulated,
: the corporation, has been the cloak
'of scoundrels, the asylum of
" crooks, and the working tool of
, " outright swindlers.
The state has no right to char
i ter. a bogus bankrupt business or
. . ganlzatlon to go- out and; pluck the
; . unwary. It has no right to license
i bdslnesa 'pirates, ai It has tfone
; hundreds of times, to. open an of-
FOR THE PEOPLE
B'
ELtW, The Journal submits certain testimony for the considera
tion of the people of the Columbia basin. ' .
It is testimony on a subject vital to this region. It Is tes
timony from : men whose; experience ' and position make their
statements authoritative. With the rivers and harbors hill , under
attack and. threatened with defeat at Washington. It-is testimony of
character and from sources that are Impressive.
In 1905 a great banquet was given E. H.. Harrlman In the . city
o Portland. On this occasion W. W. Cotton, then, as now, the
head of the law department of the Harrlman system, among other
things said;
Vl havealwaya talked on. thing, and that la the Columbia river bar.
It Is going to b. referred to by anather speaker, ut I feel that if you
furnished a thirty-foot channel out of the Columbia river, there will be a
water level grade extending from th. city of Portland to the east for
nearly 1000 miles. Mr. Harrlman has furnished th. brains and theT;bH-;
Hon. for th. Improvement of these lines, but brains and billions expended .
on any other railroad lino in th. United, States would not gain ' th. facili
ties which are furnished by th. O. R. & N. Co.. th. O. S. U and th. U.
P, They came to Portland and here they are bottled up. You must open
that bottle that is your duty.
' W. D. Fenton, then, as now, the head of the law department of
the Southern Pacific system, said: - .
Either we go to Puget Sound r we go out of th. mouth of th. Co
lumbia. IX you will give us a thirty-foot channel we will bring the busi
ness, of the great Columbia basin to Portland for distribution and make
this th. greatest Jobbing and distributing center in th. Northwest. - If
you don't do that we will go to Puget Bound,: not because w-want to
go.Jbut because the mouth of the river must be opened. Such matters
as this may as. well bo understood first as last.
One year later there was another great banquet at which James
J. Hill was the guest of honor. It was in celebration of the begin
ning of the construction, of the North Bank road. On that occasion,
speaking of the Columbia River route, James J. Hill, president of
the -Great Northern Railway Company, said: .
I Nature made th. pass; water follows the line of least resistance,
and so does commerce. With water it. is some physical obstruction, but
with commerce it Is dollars and cents. A thousand tons of freight can roll
down the bank of your river cheaper than we can take it over the tops
of the mountains.
On the same occasion Howard Elliott, the president of the North
ern Pacific, said: 1 -. -
We hope within a .year after we build -the North Bank Ldne w. will
find no decrease In the number of trains that are passed over the Cascade
mountains, but that we shall also have a train over the North Bank Lin.
into Portland every thirty minutes. " - r :
The Journal submits these impressive utterances to the people of
the Inland Empire, the people of Portland and the people of the
Columbia River basin for their consideration.
flee, .begin operations without as
sets, and proceed to victimize those
whose native wit is not keen
enough to see beyond the glitter
ing literature, the glided traps and
the oily tongued palaver of pol
ished and polite sharpers.
The system has been tolerated
so long that many men think it le
gitimate. It has actually pro
ceeded to the point in which the
corporate organization is resorted
to as a medium for doing things
that would otherwise send men to
the penitentiary. A blue Sky law
is needed as a corrective, because
all business, so far as law can
make it, should be honest.
There are many honest corpora
tions. Most of them are honest.
More than anybody else, the hon
est corporations ought to, for their
own good repute, be Interested in
making every corporation honest.
SUPERFLUOUS NOISES
A'
N INDIVIDUAL havlrfg an ex
tremely nervous tempera
ment, who Is by force of
circumstances compelled to
dwell in an apartment house,
wants to know if there is any
way, short of murder, of sup
pressing the healthy infant who
cries all night or the musical
genius that manipulates a pianola
until after midnight. Unfortunate
ly there Is not.
If he moves into the suburbs he
will be kept awake by a talking
machine or by a tango party at
the neighbors'. Then there is the
Cranking of motor cars and the
noise of leave taking, howling dogs
and drunken revelers, heavy
freight trains and squeaking trol
leys.
About the only place where his
slumbers will not be disturbed is
back In the woods, far from civil
ization. There is a gleam of hope though
In the far distant future when the
"back to the home" movement is
in full swing. A few years back
the man who protested against
nocturnal noise3 was termed a
crank, a busybody. It is not so
today. He is sympathized with
and means are gradually being
taken to insure him an untroubled
slumber. Milk wagon drivers and
garbage collectors are being forced
to go about their business more
quietly and even some apartment
houses are placing restrictions on
crying babes and limiting the
hours of the amateur musicians.
Joy riders are gradually being
killed off and tango parties grow
ing more quiet.
Even in the industrial world it
is being learned that noise costs
money. The din of machinery
causes employes to misunderstand
orders and directions and this re
sults In confusion, los3 of time and
expensive mistakes. ,
He who hastens the coming" of
the noiseless age Is Indeed a pub
lic benefactor.
THE ANTI-DRUG CRUSADE
P'
T A XTCf - . .
uruno ura ueiue maae ror a.
conference next fall between
representatives ..from ; every
part of the country to tro-
mote the anti-drug crusade. It is
asserted that 80 . per cent of the
450.000 pounds of opium Imported
Into the Unte States annually
is used illegitimately. Equally
startling statements are made con
cerning other habit forming drugs.
it is ume tnat
that ' TTnffart
- f States as a nation take ud. the dm?
problem and seriously undertake
lta solution, luere la a hill
before congress, but it 4ioes not
satisfy backers . of the present
movement, who insist that exemp
tion of physicians, druggists and
veterinarians from governmental
supervision In the distribution of
drugs does not meet the necessi
ties of the situation,
t The United States was party to
the movement looking toward sup
pression" ot international traffic in
drugs, but there this country a a
TO CONSIDER
nation stopped. There has been
no adequate legislation for sup
pression of the traffic between
States. Now York has a new law
enacted to minimize the drug evil,
but the traffic is nation-wide, mak
ing it practically lmpossble for the
separate states to BOlve the prob
lem by themselves.
The anti-drug conference next
fall may succeed in bringing the
matter . squarely before congress.
What Is needed Is enforcement of
national regulations permitting the
Importation of a sufficient quantity
of habit-forming drugs to meet all
legitimate needs and prohibition of
Importation or manufacture of any
in excess of that amount.
THE CAILLAUX ACQUITTAL
hr
HERE Is a reasonable limit
jbeyond -which newspapers
should not go in the pursuit
fof public men.
This Is the meaning of the Cail
laux acquittal. It is the French
Jury's rebuke to 'the newspaper
that printed the love letter as a
means of damaging Joseph Call
la ux politically, .
The letter was private and per
sonal. It did not concern France.
It had chiefly to do with the man
and the woman. .
Granting that the affair between
them was clandestine, unjustifiable
and wrong, the letter was still per
sonal and private, and not a fit
weapon for the newspaper to use
in its ,warfare on Caillaux.
Such, at 4east, is - the practical
finding of the French Jury. On
no pther theory could it acquit
Madame Caillaux than thatthe
provocation was great, and the
shooting of Calmette a Justifiable
homicide.
Of course, Madame Caillaux is t
a woman. She is a beautiful wo
man. The Jury, was witness to her
sorrows while in court. , These
weighed with the men who held
her fate in-their hands, but even
these considerations would not
have turned the scale In her favor,
but for the brutal and Inexcusable
publication of a love letter to dam
age a public man.
There Is a great heart In the
human family. It beats true and
loyal to mankind in every land. It
forgives ; and forgets whenever
it can. It forgot and forgave
Madame Caillaux because the man
she shot was malignantly and mer
cilessly cruel.
PREPARING FOR BUSINESS "
ET ready for the opening
of the Panama eanal."
This is the slogan through
out the Mississippi valley
from
Cities
8t. Paul to New Orleans,
are working out river -im
provements and endeavoring to re
vive river traffic Inland ports are
preparing to capture Increased
trade.
Business men are looking to
waterways for relief from the con
gestion and delays of rail traffic.
A notable example of the "pre
parations for the opening of the
canal is at Davenport, Iowa.. Here
Is under construction a ' modern j
vertical wall river terminal with1
the most modern mechanical equip
ment for the economical handling
of river freight. r v '
For the past three years Daven
port, through a levee commission
created by the Iowa, legislature,
has been -working ; on the project
which -will cost nearly one mil
lion dollars. The improvement has
already reclaimed about ; fifteen
acres of land valued at $350,000.
Eventually 151 acres will be re
claimed. This will more than pay
for the entire terminal.
The ' people of . Davenport - are
proceeding oh the theory that un
less river . cities build terminals
where freight can W be handled
cheaply and expeditiously - the
money : spent in deepening the
channel and providing aids to nav
igation will be largely wasted
They contend that if modern ter-
mlnala fare constructed there ; will '
be plenty of capital to build barges
and put them in commission.
. 7 v'J i! ! Congressman Flnly H. Gray of In-
closely the general plans of t hedUaa gaJd in the lobDy of a wasnlng-
suceessful - canal .and river ter.-,ton hotel the other night that you
mlnala in Germany - where enor
mous tonnages are carried on
streams of less depth than the
Mississippi. :
The terminal .will be served b7
a belt line railway connecting with
the industrial section of the city.
No ground in the Industrial sec
tion, composed largely of the re
claimed land, will be sold but. the
city will give long term leases to
manufacturers and shippers.
Letters From the People
(Comnranicatione Bent to Tha Journal for
publication la tnia department alxrald be writ
ten on only one aid of tbe paper, abould t
exceed 800 word in- length and mut be ac
companied by the name and addrasa of tha
aender. If the writer doee not -desire to
have tha name pubilebed. be ahouid ao atate.)
"Disco aalon !a the greatest of an reform
era. - It rationalises everything It toucnea. It
robe principles of all faUe aancUty and
thro we then back on their reasonableness. If
they bare no reaaonableneaa, it ruthleaaly
crushes them out of existence and acta np lti
own concluaiona in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson. .
Tillamook Tidelands Case.
Banks. Or., July 27. To the Editor
of Th. Journal There appears In the
Tillamook Herald of July 21 a paid ad
vertisement notifying the public that
the Bayocean company, of Tillamook
has sued for an injunction against one
Axel Anderson restraining him from
"using in any manner whatsoever th.
plaintiffs' wharf or trespassing upon
his tide lands."
The complaint recites that said com
pany is the owner of a large portion
of Bayocean Park, and Is engaged in
improving the same, and leasing It to
persons rrequentlng the place for busi
ness or pleasure; that they have paved
thje streets, dug a channel through
said tide lands to Sturgeon channel
in Tillamook bay, and erected a wharf
at their own expense, etc..
It appears that the Bayocean com
pany also owns the dock at Garibaldi
and their boats carried th. mails for
the person having the contract; that
Anderson bid for and secured this
contract; that the Bayocean company
attempted through their business rela
tions with Peterson's bondsman, to
force him to withdraw his bid and,
after his securing the contract, placed
a charge of $25 per month against the
Bayocean and Garibaldi docks, which
otherwise ar free docks.
They now seek to enjoin Anderson
altogether from the use of the docks
and, as Anderson asserts, there is no
place that he can construct one, the
Bayocean people claiming all tho tide
lands.
This Is a parallel case with the case
of the Corvallis & Eastern vs. Ben
son, in which th Southern Pacific
company seeks to restrain the state
from interfering wlth their alleged
ownership of aU thetide lands in
Lincoln county; with tho publio dock
case, and Involves the right of the
publio to use tho . foreshore or banks
of navigable waters for landings. At
It Is essentially a public or common
right and hence Inalienable, It would
seem that it Is time for Oregon to
buckle down and secure it The wharf.
age or landing right has lmmemorially
been regarded as an essential part of
the public right of navigation. That
In great public terminals increased
wharfage facilities are necessary Is
not a reason for abdicating that right
to private Interests but only an added
reason , that lt should be maintained.
When we get public officials serving
the public instead of private Interests
it will be maintained without trouble.
Suits are also pending in New. York
over the right of abutting owners to
fence up certain popular beach resorts.
That the question Is cropping out in
litigation all over the country is proof
that It is a general or public Interest.
The way to stop this abuse is to
stop it. Oregon sooner or later will
have to stop it, so she might as well
pass the initiative measures for that
purpose pending, and congress would
do well to pass my bill, introduced by
Senator Lane.
A strange thing about the Bayocean
suit Is that only by the way of a paid
advertisement did it get publicity, but
then the same question has for many
years been suppressed in
Portland,
and gets only partial recognition yet.
J. B. ZIEULJEli.
Mr. Bishop to Sir. Hutton.
Portland, July 28. To the Editor of
Th Journal I have read with con
siderable interest the -column and a
half statement by R. P. Hutton In
your valued Sunday edition. The
Anti-Saloon league through Mr. Hut
ton evidently think the committee of
one hundred made a mistake In argee
lng with me that It was a business
proposition, and would rather continue
emotional appeals founded . on belief,
not facts. The thinking men and wo
men who believe In, efficient self con
trol and the qualities- that make for
strong character and for tbe attain
ment of the highest Ideals, are Imme
diately classed as boozers and as
standing In with the so called booze
element. In fact, I expect to hear the
Word "booze" yellod from every house
top before election. Arguments used
by thinking . people to preserve busi
ness and the state are misleading and
questionable when used by those who
hold opinions contrary to thejr own
beliefs, but are quite respectable when
applied ' under the saving grace ot
statewld prohibition.
Can H. P. Hutton deny that ho la
paid a salary to manage the Anti
Saloon league, or, if not, that ho Is a
paid agitator, as my letter states?
Can he deny that he came to our
beautiful atate to '' run a campaign
which I choose to call destruction,
under the name of statewide' prohibi
tion? -If ho can, why the paragraph
in Sunday's Journal, page 6, first
column, as follows:' "This method of
campaign was followed in West Vir
ginia where I assisted (meaning H.
P. Hutton) In this work." Jle ad
mits in this paragraph that he is for
eign and his ideas are foreign, a I
stated, i
Vote against prohibition and follow
the- Chamber of Commerce, Oregon's
business heads, who voted close to
five to one against. W.J. BISHOP.
, Kansas. , . .
Portland, Or., July 29. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In regard to Kan
sas, pleas allow me to quote from a
speech of Governor Stubba of Kansas,
delivered In Chicago. March 27, 1910:
"I am anxious to know whether the
good people of Chicago are willing to
credit the statements of a combina
tion of brewers and 'saloonkeepers who
are spending hundreds of thousands
of dollars to poison public opinion
and debauch the law. In preference to
the statements of those who are stand
lng up for the American homo, work
ing and pleading for decency in public
life and making effort to build up a
great state on the foundation of a
wholesome morality. . .
"Here In Chicago and throughout
the United States. the brewers, distil
lers and' saloonkeepers, their attor
neys and' retainers, are telling in post-
rs. pamphlets and speeches, that pro-
A FEW SMILES
can't loss the young
sters when it comes
to making a good
guess, even If they
don't . hit th mark.
In proof the . state
ment ho told this
story:
"Some tlm. ago th.
teacher in a public school was giving
a talk on classic - mythology. Little
Willie was not very attentive, and
'when it came to the Questioning part
of the game he was lost in the wilder
ness. " Willie.' said th. teacher, closing
th. book and looking Impressively at
th. youngster, 'can you tail mo who
Cyclops wasr
"Tea, ma'am,' was th. prompt an
swer of Willie. 'He was tho feller
what wroto th. cyclopedia."
Joseph H. Choate and Chauncey Do.
pew were Invited to a dinner. Mr.
Choate was to opeak. and It fell ot tho
lot of Mr. Depew to
Introduce him, which
ho did thus:
"Gentlemen. per
mit mo to introduce
Ambassador Choate,
America's most In
veterate after dinner
speaker. All you
need to do to get a speech out of Mr.
Choate Is to open his mouth, drop in
a dinner, and up cornea your speech."
Mr. Choate thanked tho senator for
his compliment, and then said: "Mr.
Depew says If you open my mouth
and drop in a dinner up will come a
speech, but I warn you that If you
open your mouths and drop in one of
Senator Depew'a speeches up will come
your dinners."
"Boy, watch my horse till I come
back!" called a man to a boy loung
ing around tho station, as he hastened
to bid farewell to
a departing friend.
"Sure!" said the boy,
taking tho reins.
Just then the loco
motive whistled and
the horse, rearing,
started full speed up
the road.
The boy stared after tho fleeing ani
mal and, as the owner appeared, ex
claimed with relief:
"It's a good thing you came now,
sir, for I couldn't have watched him
much longer."
hlbltlon increases crime In Kansas;
that It is making perjurers and hypo
crites; that it has ruined public credit,
caused intolerable taxation, destroyed
Industries and discouraged develop
ment; efflmlnated the people and re
duced them to pauperism; 'upset social
relations; and so on through a long
list of statements equally false and
absurd. These charges are true or
they are not true. They are based on
facts, or are utterly without founda
tion. , , (
"On my honor as a man, and upon
my word as tbe chief executive of
nearly 2.000,000 sovereign people, I
say to you they are Infamously con
ceived and maliciously false!"
- Will Oregon allow herself to be
fooled by the same tactics practiced
in this state? MRS. a L. PRATT.
Last AVords.
Portland, Or, July 29. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Please tell me,
through The Journal, what -wer the
last words of Robert G. Ingersoll, and
of Voltaire. SUBSCRIBER.
Inger soli's last words were, "Oh,
better," spoken in response to his
wife's question, "How do you feel
now?" The close of Voltaire's life is
sketched In the Encyclopedia Britan-
nica as follows, the sentences being
selected from the midst of other mat
ter which tdoes not affect that quoted:
"Age and 'fatigue made him seriously
111. and a confessor was sent for. But
he recovered, and scoffed at himself,
as usual. About the middle of May
(1778) he became very 111. On the
30th of May the priests were once
more sent for. He was. however. In
a state of half-lnsensiblllty and petu
lantly motioned them away, dying in
the course of the night. - Tho legends
about his death In a Stat of terror
and despair are certainly false; but it
must bo regarded as -singular and un
fortunate that he who had more than
once gone out of his way to conform
ostentatiously and with his tongue In
his cheek, should have neglected or
missed this last opportunity." In F.
R. Marvin's compilation entitled, "The
Last Words of Distinguished Men and
AVomen." it is said Voltaire's last
words were: "Adieu, my dear Marand;
I am dying." Marand was his valet
Appeals to Liquor Supporters.
Beaverton, Or., July 27. To tho
Editor of The Journal Of people who
vote for, liquor, I would ask: When
you see a man staggering along tho
street or when you see a man who
ha died of drunkenness, can you say
with pride that you voted for th very
thing that made him what no ist Ana
when you see his children hungry and
half clothed because he has spent his
money for the liquor that you voted
for, and when you think of a broken
hearted father and mother who have
tried to rear their children right, but
have seen them go wrong through
your vote and influence, bow do you
feel about it? Do you not feel
ashamed? If so. why not vote 'for
something you will never have any
cause to be ashamed of? We all know
It Is sin, and the only thing you can
say In Us favor is the money ther Is
In it; and there is not enough money
in Oregon to make Bin right.
- MRS. M. WILLIAMS.
- The Oregonian.
Portland, Or., July 27. To the Edi
tor of The Journal After reading
The Journal's editorial, "Mr. Booth's
Timber," I hasten to congratulate Tbe
Journal upon Its stand against the
reprehensible conduct of - tbe. Orego
nian, and upon tbe excellence of Its
editorial.
The lambasting you administer is
well deserved by the self appointed
mouthpiece of commercialized politics.
It is the most unscrupulous newspaper
in existence. No one - stands high
enough In the estimation of the people
to escape Its calumny. Were its bias
cut from party cloth we might take
tho charitable view and attribute It to
the ardor ot conviction, but it 18 not
a party organ. It is not even partisan;
cares nothing for the relation of can
didate to party success; It can't lead
and won't follow. Tho very best that
can bo said for it Is to designate it
as a "political bushwhacker." Yet
that doesn't exactly describe it; better
call it a "fence."
Yet, I don't see that we Democrats
could do better than to lend it such
aid as It "may require, for surely It
has done much toward putting Oregon
In the Democratlo column. And re
gardlng its championship of Mr. Booth.
I don't think Senator Chamberlaia
could have mad a hotter arrangement
Insuring his reelection than tho Oro-
wrw
PERTINENT COMMENT
; ftMALL CHANGE -
When a man gets fresh be'e spoil,
lng for a fight. - . '.
Better an ounce of did than a pound
of going to da
Every man has a hobby and every
woman two or three.
Absence makes a man's heart grow
fonder of his wife's folks.
Lov. brings tho parson In. but only
common sense will keep tho divorce
Judge out
a a
If you want to see a small boy slop
over with Ingratitude present him with
a manicur set.
' Tho man who Is too busv to be a
friend is apt to find his friends too
Dusy wnen no needs tnera.
A regular woman never waits until
tomorrow to blow In the money her
husband handed her yesterday.
a
In Kansas City, they are trying to
abolish the public penholder. Tho next
move will bo for individual blotter.
By skipping out of Mexico City while
the nightingales were singing our old
friend Vio Huerta gavoa very clever
exhibition of the safety first move
ment.
a
What has become of tho old fash-
loned mother who thought her small
son was destined to become a great
musician because he could get a tune
out of a mouth organ?
a
One of th. motor Journals says "the
poor man's automobile is bound to
come." Oh, yes, and when it does
come he will be poorer than ever pay
ing for Urea and fractures.
AUSTRIA HUNGARY
From a bulletin ot the National Geo-
graphic Society.
Austria-Hungary, toward which the
eyea of tho world are now turned, Is a
land of strange contrasts.
In spite of Its Important position,
both geographically and politically,
but few people realise exactly what
they mean when they speak of Austria
Hungary, and to many tho words Aus
tria and Hungary seem Interchangeable
terms for the' same country. What,
then, la. Austria; what 1b Hungary, and
why are they always bracketed to
gether? Tha Austrian empire Is a constitu
tional monarchy formed of three king
doms. Bohemia, Galicla and Dalmatla;
two archduchies, Uppen and Lower
Austria, and a collection of duchies,
countshlps and margraves of princely
rank; all of them united In the person
of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The
adjacent and entirely Independent king
dom of Hungary, in addtlon to Hun
gary proper. Includes Croatia, Slavonla
and Transylvania, countries formerly
Independent, but now, through Inter
marriage, conquest and Inheritance, all
possessions ot the Apostolic king of
Hungary, who happens by a purely hls
torlo chance to be also sovereign of the
empire of Austria. Tbe possession of
a unifying link in the person of their
common ruler has led to the Ausgieicn.
or "compromise." whereby the two
countries, for mutual convenience, have
agreed to Join forces in maintaining
Joint dlplomatio and naval and mili
tary services. Beyond this the two
countries are entirely Independent,
each having lta own constitution, legis
lature and administration.
No country In Europe, except only
Hungary, contains within lta borders
so many diverse nations and tongues
as the Austrian empire. Each of the
three great ethnic stocks of Europe Is
Represented tho Latin, tho German
and tho Slav, with the latter predom
inating, as to It belong 15.000,000 out
of the 26,000,000 people Inhabiting the
empire. The Hungarian, or more prop-
$1000 INVESTMENT
By John M. Osklson..
What follows Is not theory, but
fact. I'm not advocating profit-sharing
for workers through the purchase
of stock In the employing companies. -
John Smith was working for a suc
cessful manufacturing company; he
was making $1,000 a year $19 , a
week. That company wanted to "do
something" for its workers. Its first
step was to declare a "wage divi
dend" equal to the earnings made for
stockholders; next it of ered stock in
the company to the workers, to be
paid for on the Instalment plan.
John Smith bought a thousand dol
lars' worth of the stock when it was
paying 7 per cent, annually in divi
dends. He paid $25 down on It. At
tho end of his first year he got a
"wage dividend" of 16 per cent., or
$160, and a dividend on his stock of
$70. These he applied on the purchase
of stock; also, under his contract, he
had to apply $40. more of savings to
ward the purchase. On his debt to the
company for what was still due on
stock he paid Interest at tho rate of
a per cent.
At tho end of his first year John
gonian has made for him by bringing
Mr. Booth forward.
Certainly, tho Oregonian resents the
oft impeachment contained in tho Al
bany Democrat's question, "Where Did
Mr. Booth Get His Timber?" To ques
tion one of tho Oregonlan's private
candidates Is nothing short of crimi
nality: but I submit that It is aa
pertinent and proper to ask a eandl
ate where he acquired his money as
it la to ask where he got his reputa
tion. ,
:- But what gets my Angora most of
all ts the Oregonlan's owl-like serious
ness. It really believes It cuts-aome
political ice; that Its opinion creates
votes; that people regard it as the
leader, when as a matter Of fact Its
very statement is scrutinized, and,
falling of verification, is promptly
voted down, lest a Senegambian
emerge from the. woodpile after elec
tion. But let's keep the old lady around
she's a vote maker for the Democrats
ROBERT G. DUNCAN.
The Values of Coins.
Portland, July 28. To th Editor ot
The JournalI have a United . State
penny of 18S0. Would like to know
what it is worth, or If it is worth any
thing. Please answer in The Journal.
M. DONOHUE.
I The Journal does not answer ques
tions relating to tbe values of coins.
Better Business All tbye Time,
From the Indianapolis News.
Henry Ford, the multi-millionaire
automobile manufacturer, whoso rise
in the business world is one of tho
most remarkable achievements - of
American genius and whose $10,000,000
profit sharing plan has made him a
national character, recently visited the
White House and had a conference
with President Wilson.
-Here is what Mr. Ford Bald About
present business conditions: 1 be
lieve, and I think practically, every
pther business 'man believesj that
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON . SIDELIGHTS
Burns' fire laddies are putting a new '
gasoline fire engine through lis trial
P"8" .
"Baker's support of a losing base
ball team." aavi tho Herald. hao em
phasised the fact that Baker Is the.
best baseball city in oregon.-
It has been definitely decided by the
a, uaka WvK wa,a j i
directors that the Rodeo shall be heldi"re.
again this
is fall aa a feature of tbe Was-I
ty fair, on September 23. ti !
I
co coun
and 25
Tho Eugene Register thinks that In
voking the referendum on th new
nam for Skinner Butt Is hardly nec
essary, and that "Rivervlew" would
Just as well be permitted to die a
natural death.
.
Tho La Grande-Observer, having
heard that the steamer Mtssourlan is
on her way through the Panama canal
with a cargo lor Oregon, remarks:
This is In keeping with early day '.
commerce. Most or Oregon s wagon
trains carried Mlesourians."
- Port Orford Tribune: Last Sunday
about noon a doe and fawn wandered
into town on Oreson street near the
John Fromm residence. After dodging
several automobiles . they returned to
their native haunts. The fawn was a
little, fellow and could have easily been
caught for a pet.
- a
Gardiner Courier: The ridges and
hills to the north and northeast of
Smith river must have been in the
earlier days ranges of numerous herds
of elk. Every few days wo hear of
elk horns and elk heads being found,
sometimes in pairs and at other times
single. While It is said that a few
elk still range between Smith river and
the Sluslaw, they are very seldom
seen.
A STRANGE REALM
erly, the Magyar, is perhaps tho keen- I
est patriot In Europe, and bo man l reels i
his enthusiasm by seeking to Impose 1
his language and customs upon his Sla
vonic fellow citizens with a persist
ence that neither opposition nor pas
sive resistance can diminish.
. In these lands, so mixed in nation
ality and language, there is no less a
variety of religion; Roman Catholics
preponderate, but Greek Orthodox,
Unlat Greeks, Lutherans, Calvin! a ts.
Jews and even Armenian Gregorian,
are found within their border. Th
customs-union between Austria and
Hungary has rendered' these countries
a commercial unit; but, roughly speak
ing, Hungary Is th agricultural and
pastoral country, while Austria is in
dustrial. Hungary is also the richest
country tn Europe in mineral deposits,
the range of which Is singularly Wide.
Austria Is, after Switzerland, tho most
mountainous region in Europe, more
than four-fifth of her vast territory
being over 600 feet above sea-level.
Mountain climbing Is tho great na
tional game, like baseball In the Unit
ed States. Old, young, middle-aged,
all take a keen interest In it. Even
Emperor Francis Joseph is an enthu
siastic mountaineer at more than 80
years of age. In his time he has
scaled most of tho great peaks of his
country.
Vienna, th Imperial ?lty, the cap
ital of Austria, owns her own electric
and gas light, street railways and om
nibuses, ice manufacturing plant, ware
houses, stock yards, brewery, wine cel
lar, all the pawnshops and even the
undertaking establishments. Budapest,
th capital of Hungary, formerly two
cities, Buda and Pest, Ifl Paris, Vi
enna and London In one, a combina
tion of the gayetiea of tha capitals of
the world, with a little distinctive
Hungarian paprika spice thrown In.
Even In the remotest corners . of
Austria-Hungary th strong arm of the
law is ever present, th river stretches
and the back country being policed by
a heavily armed constabulary.
PAID IN FOUR YEARS
Smith still owed $775 on bis $1,000 of
stock; had he been compelled to sell
then, he'd have got $265 for his Inter
estremember he'd put in only $65
of his actual savings.
Using the same system, tho second
year saw John Smith's debt reduced
to $487; the third year's end saw the
debt down to $232; and in the fourth
year John Smith had to put in only
$9 of his own savings to finish paying
for the stock.
It's a plan that any thrifty worker
can follow In some modified form. In i
most first-class corporations that em-!
ploy a great many workers there ia
some "man of financial training and
experience who can be called upon to
work out a saving and investing plan.
What tho workers buy, so long an
It is sound and safe. Is not the Im
portant point. What John1 Smith's"
case does Illustrate is that tho aver
age worker can and will become an
investor when he sees clearly the
profits which com from wise Invest
ment. It Is up to the-thrift workers and
the company managers to come to
gether in a campaign to encourage
tho John Smiths.
most of the evils aimed at' In the
president's program exist and ought
to bo obviated. I am convinced that
It would be for tho best interests of
tho country to pass the anti-trust
legislation. I think it would have a
settling effect and would aid In bring
ing on the extra prosperity to which
tho country la entitled. I hope con
gross will finish tho work before It
adjourns.
"There Is absolutely nothing wrong
with business. Tbo only trouble is
that aome peopl seem peaalmiatic. If
overyon would only cheer up and at
tend to his business, this calamity
talk would stop Immediately.
"My own business Is ( pr cent
better) than it was last year!"
Mr. Ford also told the president that
ho saw no evidence of any sort of
buvicess depression, psychologically
or otherwise, and that n hiB opinion
bustnesM was getting' better all the
time. . - : -
The Ragtime Mus3-
Don't Overlook Her,
Th summer maid now trippeth swift
From out her boudoir's portals;
She 1 the summer's greatest gift
To earth's perspiring mortals.
Her gown; It bulketh less than that
She dared to wear last season;
It weighs in ounces sixteen flat.
Yet to object were treason.
She cares not for the booming urf.
Nor yet for tennis playing;
She scorns tho sight of golfing turf
No sport urg she's obeying.
A walk along th curving beach
Is all her exercising; :
She pays no heed to those who preach
The good of early rising.
Not her tho arym. where basketball
- is p ia yea Dy maias or sinew; , ,
She prizeth rowing -not at air. .
Nor would a' bowls continue; ' V '
And yet, when from the hills or" shore
Trip maids with men's hearts laden, j
Sh ha by far tbo highest cor j
The languorous summer maiden, ' - I
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Locklry.
Recently I visited Dr. J. R. Card well
at his home at 183 Bancroft street. Dr.
ICardwell is recoverm- from a vita
injury received some months ago whea
he was struck down by a streetcar ne"ir
his home.
Tell me something- about
your boyhood and about Portland
years
g or more ago when you cam.
I said. "When I was II years
old," said Dr Cardwoii -i
-Jt . J:,' , , 1 n
""Sea in giving lessons in the 8pen-
cerian system of penmanship My
charge was II. SO for 12 leesons. onl ,
while tho work was pleanunt. It was
not very profitable,
"In th summer of 1149 my father
secured a position for me with Dr. G.
T. Shirley, who was a fine Jeweler anl
worker In gold and other metal, aa
well as being a fine mechanic, lie ha 1
taken up dentlatry, and li offered mo
P'ce in his dental office. I myself
was something- of a mechanic, and
dental Instruments In those days wer.;
aimost an unknown quantity, I had to
maae my own instrument.
"After a year and a half's work with;
Dr. Shirley hav me a diploma, tes
tifying to the fact that I was of goot
moral character and could do any kin 1
of dental work required.
"Securing a supply of gold foil, gold
plate, tin foil and pivot teeth, I went
to the village of Decatur. 111. I wast'
the first dentist to locate there, and I
soon bad enough work to keep me busv.
In those days I was a good fluto.
player, and a great man to have a gool
time.
"To go back a bit, I am the -oldest
of nine children. There his always a
new baby at our house, and mother
.needed my help ao 1 was pretty muc i
I of a home boy. I was kept so con
istantly at home helping my mother t
Ithat I did not mingle much la the play
and sports of the other boys. My fatl.-
er was a southerner, and a plndid
specimen physically. My grand father.
Ferrino Card well, was noted athlete.
aiy more or leas secluded life led th
boys to believe that I was tied t
mother's apron strings, was a mtifc
BOD and wouldn't fleht. M fath.r ba '
lng a Virginian, had all of the south'
erner'a love for the code of honor. . t
can remember htm saying to me. '1
haul A lis anhamitil tn rail, a rn, rt
If you are Insulted, fight, even If you ,
know you are going to be whipped.
Whatever you do. don't be a coward.'
"In any event, when I begun goinff
out among the boys I had plenty of
fighting ott my hands, and I soon '
learned to fight, and fight hard. One-evening-
when I was a young man, I
was greatly attracted by a young wo
man who seemed perfectly willing to
accept my attention. i asked this
young lady If 1 might accompany ber
home, and ah accepted my escort. It
seem, though, I did not know it at th .
time, that ah had come with a young
fellow named Jack Murphy. He was
furious, and as he was supposed to b
on of the best fighters In town, hi
sent word that he was going to whip
me within an Inch of tny life on sight.
I have always been passionately fond .
of flowers. Next dsy 1 stopped at Mrs.
Prathefs house to cut some flower.
She was away, but had told me to help
myself while she was gone. Murphy,
who saw jne, hurried across the street
and ordered me off the plaee. I tolT"
him that Mrs. Prather had given me
permission to cut whatever flowers I '
wished. He answered. 'You are - a
liar.' Ills word and my blow wer
most simultaneous, jl knocked mm
down several times, and as he became -very
abusive. I caught him with m.r
lert Band arounu mo tnroai ana rorcra
him back against the wall. I had been
cutting rosea with a small pehknir
and had transferred it to my left hand.
When I caught him by the throat I
was still grasping the penknife in my'
left hand, and without my knowledge
I A an .,1... In hi. IhPrtlt t
helped him to hla home, but within an
hour I was arrested by the sheriff.
The sheriff, who was a friend of mine;
refused to take me to Jail, so w spent
the night together in the hotel. Next
day I pleaded self defense before tho
Justice of the peace and u fined $5.
A ,iv.l-U .v .... v . . , " .
fine was remitted and the ras dis
missed.
"In 1852 I arrived In "Portland by
ox team from the east, poseesaed a
case of Instruments, some dental ma
terial and a S franc piee, which wa s
my total capital. Dr. E. II. Orlffin
was tbe only dentist in Portland In
those days, and though he declared
I was too "bovieh looking" to be much
of a dentist, nevertheless 1 soon had
good Dractlce.
"About a year arter i ram nrc.
that was In the fall of 1853. Dr. E. II.
Griffin left Portland and located on a
ranch near Albany. Tn 185J Dr. J. G.
Glenn came out to Portland, locating
In Dayton, where he practiced dentln
try. Dr. Dunning and Dr. A. a. Phil
lips also soon came out to Oregon and
engaged In the practice of dentistry.
"In those day all false teeth were
mounted on plates of gold. We usual
ly hammered out $10 or $20 gold pieces.
and occasionally gold Slug, as ic
was considerable w.ofk to hammer oot
the gold piece to th required thick-,
ness, I purchased rollers which had
been used to make the Beaver money
at Oregon City, and .for years I used
these for rolling my plates. .
"I used to make annual trip to Cor
vallis Eugene and Roseburg. I kept
this up until 1668. Although I. am 84
years old. I hope still to be back la
tli harness as soon as-1 have recov.
rd from mv recent Injury."
Ilru-tt wavrina, "'
: From London Tld-Bits.
' "Now. Jamea." fald the Joiner to
his apprentice, "I am going out. ! I
don't expect I shall be long, and you
tan be Dlanlng uu that 10 by 8 beam
till I come back,"
Hut., alas! misfortune overtook th
Joiner He slipped at me mmora or
the sJf-eet. sprained his ankle, and, had
to bJ taken home.
Th next day. toward evening, he
hobl.i-d into his workshop, and wa
conf Hted by an enormous pile Of
shavf ngit. James waa Invisible. .
"Jim!" he oaliea.
" .m m far-Aff echo
rhera are your'
own here under the shaving!"
V-wby what are you up tor.
Tanlng that beam up. xou toid
to keep at It till you came back.
If you'd kept away any longer
re'd have been none left." '
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