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men.
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of fame.
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fight for a plot
Whereon the number cannot
try tbo cans.
Which Is not tomb enough
To hide the slain.
Shakespeare.
2
CHAMBERLAIN'S FRIENDS
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN'S
friends are becoming urgent
for him to return to Oregon
and take up his campaign
Letters from all parte of the state
are asking him to visit localities
and make speeches in the Interest
of his candidacy.
To all of these letters, Senator
Chamberlain is pleading bis per
onal. conviction that it ia of the
ttmost importance for him to stay
on the job at Washington and sup
port the president in whatever
emergency measures that may arise
Incident to the world war, and to
render the administration aid in
dealing with the extraordinary
economic conditions resultant in
this country from the war. Some
time ago, he declared that, while
He did not want to be defeated, the
Interests of the state and country
were of more importance than are
his own political fortunes, and that
be did not propose to sacrifice the
one for the other.
He la right. Nor should his
friends be disappointed at his de
cision to stay on the Job. When
they . come to think of it, they.
should aid him in. remaining at
his post by making his campaign
for him.
In remaining at Washington
Senator Chamberlain is standing
by President Wilson who said in
a recent letter to Congressman
Doremus:
But In view of the unlooked-for
International situation, our duty has
taken on an unexpected aspect. Every
patriotic mask ought now to "stay on
bin Job" until the crisis is passed
and ought to stay where his Job
can best be done.
Under the circumstances, his
friends should make Senator Cham
berlain's campaign their campaign.
TAXES ftREf HIGHN(X 5
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S SHOWN by public documents in this series of articles, taxes
are high because the. Oregon legislature made them mgn..
Yesterday, The Journal told a part of the story of the great
strunla to. break un the nrinrinr Ktea.1. ) That steal extended
Over "a period of 2& rears, and several nrivala fortunes were made.
oat of It, besides the, large sums contributed by the graft to corrupt
yuuwa ana perpetuate us power ior-.pieeaing tue up- ...
Yesterday; The Journal showed . bow tally sheets recently printed
at 'the state printing-, office cost only f 19 5.12. , but would hare cost
$1468.29 under the old. system. : It showed how the press work on
the recent state pamphlet cost only 21249, but would have cost more
thaa glWftnnder, the ,old systen. . ; "
It showed that, for the Quarter endinz June 30. last, the cost of
all stater printing was 9418.4l. hnt under the old system It would
have cost 111,271.35. That is to say, under the flat salary system
now in vogue, the saving is at the rate of $31,411 a year.
Yesterday. The Journal printed a veto message in which Gover
nor West stopped a bill by which the printing steal proposed to de
stroy the flat salary Bill and restore the power of the long-time
printing graft. The House machine passed the bill over the veto, but
the senate sustained the governor and the forces behind the print
ing steal were finally overthrown. It was the last fight In long
years of struggle to which honest men had vainly striven to break
the power of the printing graft. ,
There is another striking chapter in that great fight It wa3
enacted in the 1911 legislature,and Governor West and the House
were the chief actors.
The bill of Senator Miller of Linn had passed the Senate and
gone to the House. It repealed the old fee system and put the
printer on the present flat salary.
In the House the printing forces were strongly entrenched. It
was there that they made their. stand, and February 17, in the
closing dayif of the session, the measure was Indefinitely postponed
by an overwhelming vote.
Thee, the unexpected happened. The same evening there icame a
message from the governor, which is found on page 832 ofWie 1911
House Journal. It is as follows: . '
This House thla afternoon refused to pass a measure which would,
have placed the state printer upon a. flat salary, and which; it is esti
mated, would have saved the taxpayers of this state $30,000 or $40,000
per annum. .
Thia was a moat fair and just bill, and was so drawn that It did
not affect the present Incumbent, who, it is claimed by many, should re-.,
ceive the benefit of the fee system at least until the end of his term.
, This legislature has broken the record for appropriations, having ap--propriated
nearly twice as much as any legislature in the history of the
state, thus throwing additional burdens upon the long-suffering taxpayers..
I know that our state Is growing and that if we keep step with the
march of progress, appropriations must increase with each succeeding sea-,
alon f the legislature! and thereshould be no complaint at any such le
gitimate increase SO long as additional sources of revenue are provided,
and the taxpayers thus saved from undue burden a This legislature, how
ever, has provided no new sources of revenue, nor has it attempted to
offset extravagant appropriations in certain quarters by using the prun
ing . hook on extravagant and useless offices in others.
It would appear from the outside that the floodgates had been opened
through which money could pour out, but no effort seems to have been
made to dam thia flow. County fairs, district fairs, county officials, dis
trict officios, all. have been provided for with lavish hands. It seems
to me that the. time has come to call a halt. The pruning knits must be
used. Some of these measures may be meritorious, but unless this House
shows a disposition to stop leaks where it finds them. It will develop upon
ma to use my unaided discretion in protecting the people of the stats from
undue extravagance.
I respectfully present these suggestions for your consideration. Os
wald West, Governor.
This fiery message threw consternation into the body. C. A..
Bigelow, now city commissioner of Portland, -an earnest advocate of
the flat salary bill, seized upon the occasion and led a fight for
reconsideration of the measure. He moved reconsideration on Febru
ary 18, but wns beaten on roll call by a vote of-33 to 22. The same
day, he renewed the attempt, and amid intense excitement through
out the state house, Bigelow 's motion was adopted. The measure
was then put on its final passage, and the legislation which is now
saying taxpayers at the rate of. over $30,000 a year became a reality.
What might not have happened to the Oregon taxpayers if West
had been a "harmonious" governor?
j government deposits. M. "McAdoo jerimor If necessary. This will give it
' says the banks have It largely Ini to U ''ho want it for medicinal pur-
their "power to restore full confl-t X 8T 1d wu et pure article at
n- i r 4 no half leas cost than we have It bow,
dence in the future. i 'and get nothing hut a mess of poison
New York has . a,, department drugs to erase the poor devil who
store .education association, which : "rinks the vtie stuff. The-distribu-
has also? issued a 'caution against 5 ? muJ,bJJ nd, throu8rh
m.w vr i. Pst. Thia would Increase the stamp
boarding... New York women are revenue millions of dollars. Also it
told; ; "Don't hoard ; either., money would prevent the saloons from xnak
or supplies. --.Buy; as usual within ln millions of ' barrels of drugged
your .means, and payyour debt j wklch
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF?
promptly.
, Hoarding Is an arch enemy of
civilization. It has no relation to
thrift, the Ability to save. Secre
tary McAdoo points out the evils
which hoarding by banks brings
about. The New York merchants
have shown how hoarding by shop
pers may upset values and cause
general distress. n
Secretary McAdoo ia right and
the New TTork merchants are right.
It has - - been - demonstrated time
and again that hoarding has played
the biggest part in precipitating
hard times. - i
SMALL CHANGE
A man isn't necessarily square when
he's cornered.
" Marriage "used to be a lottery; now
it's a game of skill.
But even if you are able to convince
a fool, what's-the use?
amount to enough In one year to run
our government.
This law would stop all saloon busi
ness, which , is the curse of the wage
earner. There will be no more vile
stuff manufactured In the back room,
. W. J. GARRISON.
Letters From the People
Oommnlotlon seat to Thm Jonnal for
publication ia ttiU dprtBtnt should be writ-
a onlr eea aide of th paper, sboold not
exceed 800 wordk la tength and must be ae.
eompaBied by tle name and addresa of the
aeader. If the writer doea not desire to
save the name pobliihed, he should so state.)
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"DlSCDBSiOB ia tha ritM nt all iwfavm.
era. It rationalises eTerything It touches. , It
H-iucipea or iu taise sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence sod set ud its
own conclusions ia their sttad." WooOrew
n USOA.
The Vicious Beast.
Chitwood. Or.. Sept 21. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Supposing a per
son owned or kept a dog, knowing that
dog was vicious, having seen it bite
different parties, and knowing it was
not safe for persons to pass by the
place, nearly every one being afraid of
the dor. what could, be done with the
keeper of such a dog? P. M. P.
Bectlon 2X14. Lord's Ores-on Laws:
ir any person, being tha owner or hav
Ing the control of any dangerous or vi
clous animal, knowing such animal to
be dangerous' or vicious, shall wilfully
or negligently permit or suffer the
same to be at large in any neighbor
hood, or on any public highway, such
person, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by fine not less than $10,
nor more than 950. j
Uqoor and Crop Figures.
Portland. Sept. 33. To the Editor, of
The Journal Ella M. Finney lit her
letter of September 1 juggles figures
In quita a ludicrous manner. She fears
overproduction. I agree with her that
under the regime of the wets, overpro
duction of wrecked homes, paupers.
Jails, . i drunkards and criminals has
been appalling. The drys intend i to
eliminate the above, at least, f or the"
rising generation. I ouote late eta
tistics from reliable sources: Three
million paupers are in our nation. Ore
gon sends nut annually for llauor.
t9.SOO.000, or more than double the
value of the hop crop, which is only
J4,ioo,ooo. Oreson farm crops equal
43,000,000, hops Included: domestic
animals, poultry and bees. $5,J35.J00;
wool iz,448.0v4 minerals. IM0O,ooo.
Bams year. 1110.- dry Kansas had:
Farm crops. tll3,Ss6,0d0; doroestia an
imals, poultry and bees, 35Z,877,S4;
minerals, coal included. J9,3I.0E
Hops seem Insignificant; in fact, w,
can easily dispense with them and re
duce the cost of living by raising more
actual foodstuffs. The matron of, the
Oregon industrial school for girls says
in part: "The one thing that makes
more girls go wrong than anything
else is the hopflelda" Everything
connected with the boose traffic la a
blight and curse. Prohibition most
certainly will save our boys and girls,
even though it may not snatch every
brand from the burning. I urge the
hopgrowers to osase aiding the brewer
in produclng-drunkards, paupers and
criminals, and to become a producer
of something useful to mankind.
Vote dry for Mollie, home and the
babies! A. J. MARTIN.
A bee hive -' for political
nugai (in a ioug tan wane.
buuers
e .:
How soma. naonle delicht la nouriac
ice water on your enthusiasm I - ,
Many a ma who tries to make
money merely succeeds in u mailing
trouble. - i ;
-.-.-..Mi.
K m eould aea euraalvea as others
see us few would spend any money for
pnoiogTapns,
Maklnar blacuita mav b no handi-
eao to a man's political aspirations.
preyjaea iney are gooa oiacuiis.
Thia ia a funnr world. The rlrl who
writes pretty poetry is likely to be so
ugly that it pains the eyes to, look at
Baluchistan Is srolnar to have elec
trio lights. Ever less and less
wanes the : sum total of the worlds
mystery ana romance.
Believers' in portents will insist that
the reappearance this summer of the
army worm,- and of the locust with
the "W on its wings. Is responsible
for ail the dire happenings over
water.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Boston has lowered its streetcar
steps, but by the time this reform be
comes general the chances are the
styles will' change and women will be
wearing loose skirts cut short at the
knees.
The addition of a commercial course
to the high school studies -seems to be
very popular witn trie pupils at sea
side, the Signal says, as most or tbetn
uie taking the new course. -
The new O. A. C gym is practically
completed. The Oasette Times reports
tnat only one man remains ax worn.
and he is merely looking after a few
things tnat nave been slow in reacn
Ing their destination..
The tamale wasron must go from
the streets of Baker, according to an
announcement of Mayor C. La. Palmer
at a recent meeting of the city comml-
aioo, sua me iaie ox me popcorn bjhi
peanut vender is In doubt.
The wearinft of uniforms by the po
lice will be one of the issues at the
Salem city primaries and election in
November and December. "At present,"
says the Statesman, "a policeman in
Salem looks like any of us ordinary cit
isens." ,
-Every school In the county, con
sisting of six ln the city and St out
side," says the Astoria Budget. "Is
now noiaing sessions ana eacn win
continue not leas than six months.
while the majority will be in session
ror nme or 10 montns. a spienaio
corps of teachers is said to have been
employed and the indications for suc
cessful terms ar moat encouraging."
Describing In technical astronomical
language the Delavan comet, the Rose
burg Review's celestial expert says:
"The- comet Is somewhat different
from those viewed ln former years and
is very clear. The tall ia sticking
straight uo in the air while the tiny
orb Is headed over a course laid almost
due southwest toward the big, bright
first magnitude star Arcturus. the
high candlepower chap ln th constel
lation Bootes."
TOIORADO'S MINE OWNERS
A REPRESENT ATIVEtae-the
Colorado mine owners told
President Wilson that the
operators object to the gov
ernment plan for settlement of
their difficulties with the miners.
The operators are unwilling to en
ter into a three years truce or
to agree to accept as final, arbi
trament of all grievances by a
federal commission.
Tbe operators say that such a
commission Would practically put
the entire control of their business
into the commission's hands. They
are standing firm upon their con
ception of property rights.
it is not tne settlement of a
labor struggle in Colorado that
primarily interests President Wil
son, but the settlement of a civil
war. Hadv that state been able
to put down the insurrection, the
reaerai government would new
have nothing to say. But in view
of the fact that United States sol
diers were required to establish
order, the president is Justified in
insisting upon peace terms which
will bring established peace.
Federal troops cannot be Kept
In Colorado indefinitely. The mine
owners should make an active co-operative
effort with the labor
leaders to remove the causes of
violence. That effort is feeble and
faltering when property rights are
held to be superior to uman
rights or to the right of govern
ment itself to guard against civil
war.
ization's purpose Is pot to wreak
vengeance, but to work reform.
It is no safeguard of society when
"murderer" Is sent to prison
and allowed to always remain a
murderer.
Judge Dover speaks the truth
when he asys that, in spite of mur
der, the penitentiary is no place
for all legal murderers. He main
tains that it is dangerous for so
ciety to go on thia way much longer.
The handicap ia found in the law,
which does not discriminate, which
does not fix responsibility.
VQUTH8 BKLOW NOIWtAX
TUDGE DEVER of Chicago, the
I other day, sentenced William
Rahn, 17 years old, to the
J Btate reformatory for man
slaughter. Young Rahn is what
science calls a "moron.
Tbe testimony was that Rahn'
responsibility was. that of a child
ten years old, but Illinois' laws
made testimony to that effect in
aumis8aDie in the trial court. The
N Illinois law recognized only the
'legal crimes of manslaughter or
. murder, and the Jury in Judge
Dover's court had only two al
ternatives. r- There is genuine horror of the
slayer, "but there is also a growing
norror or a judicial' system which
Saloons' and Taxation.
Portland, Sept. 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Bishop in his letter
of September IS quotes a part of a sen
tence from one of my letters, and pro
ceeds to twist It Into an admission that
prohibition Increases taxation, well
knowing the' same was only an Ironical
reference., to his oft-repeated assertion
that It ia necessary to maintain the sa
loon licenses aa greatly relieving the
people of the burden of taxation. There
is little of either pleasure or profit in.
discussion ; where opponents resort to
subterfuge, evasion or misinterpreta
tion. The state-derives no revenue what-,
ever -from the liquor business as such.
Where a municipality derives any eon
siderable -porMtm- sf its revenue from
licenses, whether of saloons or other
upon thousands of them left the ibualnas,-lf that foKna.f , taxation' 19
party to vote for Mr. Roosevelt bahdoned?end the expenses of adntinv
ITS UP TO THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
Judge Dever said: During
Rahn's whole life he never had a
chance. His mental equipment,
or the lack of it, is no more his
fault than if he were born de
formed. Nothing has ever been
done to remedy his defects. This
slaying is the result."
and to vote for Mr. Wilson because
of those policies. Mr. Taftf. only
got 34,673 votes in Oregon, or
less than 30 per cent of the vote
of the state.
Not a great many people believe
with Dr. Withycombe that "the
American nation made a great mis
take when it turned down that
great statesman, Taft"
CHILDREN OF POLLY
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AN UNUSUAL VIEW
T
HERE continues to be much
comment about Dr. Withy
combe's declaration respect
ing Mr. Taft.
It took place at the Moser Conv-
mercial Club dinner, when Dr.
Withycombe was flanked on the
right and left by his friends of
the triple-plated standpat brand.
Of Lincoln Republicans, there were
but few present.
I believe the American nation
made a great mistake when it
turned down that great statesman,
Taft," thundered the doctor. It
is widely said that to declare that
Mr. Taft in the White House now
would be far better than for Mr.
Wilson to be in the White House
is an extraordinary claim.
Pour years of Mr. Taft all but
ruined his party. He became its
leader with the party invincible;
he retired with its lines broken
and its regiments shatter ed . What
would have happened to it if Mr.
Taft had served an eight year
term instead of a four year term?
The split in the party was caused
by the breaking away of the Lin
coln Republicans. They did not
like Mr. Taft's policies. They did
not like Ballinger and his plan of
Guggenheiming Alaska. They pre
fer the policy embodied In the
Chamberlain act tor an Alaska
railroad that will forever prevent
Alaska ahd Its treasures from be
ing Guggenheimed.
The Lincoln Republicans of the
nation did not like Mr. Taft's hos
tility to, the initiative and refer
endum, as displayed in his tight oh
ins uaianoma constitution and
in his veto of the Arlsona consti
tution, and In -denunciations f tn
condemns the incompetent with the I Pla In many speeches.
competent Judge Dever .said I They did not like It becanR iWr 1
mere snouia be some place where I ait lought La Follette, Cummins
..such youths could be treated sci
entifically. Judge Dever ! is right.
The penitentiary of today Is
no place for the William Rahns.
If law demands that they , be sent
there, the people should .demand
that punishment of ,the incompe
tent should have some relation to
reform of the', wron?dcT
NE of the most hopeful ten
dencies of the present day
is the Increasing considera
tion given to -the claims of
the "unmarried" mother and her
child. It was made manifest the
other day when Judge McGinn;
granted a divorce to a common
law wife. While' such wives have
no legal standing in Oregon, Judge
McGinn ordered that a decree of
divorce should be entered for the
sake of the child.
Whatever the attitude of society
toward the man and woman in
volved the child of an indiscretion
should not be maimed and crushed.
Yet it is being done every day. The
child has no claim to its father's
name and no share in any inherit
ance which might come from tbe
paternal side.
The burden ' of its support is
thrown on the mother. This- is a
great injustice and has its seat In
that theory of the law which was
conceived at a time when women
were regarded as property and
when there Was no equality of the
sexes before the law. '
It is now being recognized that
the child is the strongest force in
life and Its right to live is weigh
ing on the conscience of the' world.
Even in Russia, which Is not re
garded as a leader; in civilization,
the duma. has recently passed a
law making the father responsible
for the expenses of the child's
birth. He must also keep the "un
married" mother until such time
as she is fit to earn, her own living.
In Denmark the father supports
the child up to the age of 18. He
also provides tor the mother one
month before and one month after
the hirth of the child. j
In Hungary the state boards out
the child if the mother is com
pelled to work, but at any time she
lstratlon remain the3same, the deficient
oy; must be made-up by some other
form of 'taxation ; But that would not
necessarily Imply any general increase
ln the tax burden. -In the final analy
sis the general public, foots the ; tax
bills, no matter how distributed in the
first instance.
I desire to ask Mr. Bishop, or any
other of the anti-prohibition corre
spondents, two questions: First, aside
from the expense of enforcing the law
against those who persist in Us viola
tion, how does prohibition Increase tax
ation? Second, should a majority of
the electors of Oregon vote for a gen
eral system of liquor licenses, and pro
hibitionists generally should as- per
sistently refuse to abide by the law,
as the liquor men now do by the pro
hibitory laws, and should resort to the
Carry Nation method of dealing with
saloons, thus producing endless social
discord and litigation, would you con
sider such disorderly conditions as a
legitimate result of the license system,
and approve of their citation ln argu
ment against the policy of licensing
saloons? , J. Q. QARRETSON.
The Second Coming.
Portland. Sept. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal- The battle of Armaged
don is still In progress the combat
between spirit and matter, of t. th
against temporal power, robes and
crowns. Now Babylon, that great city,
"is-fallen, is fallen and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul sptrlfRev.. H:J. "And
the merchants of the earth shall weep
and mourn over her, for no man buyeth
their merchandise any more." -Rev.,
18:11. "And the great city was divid
ed into three parts, and the cities -of
the nations fell." Rev M 1:1. Proba
bly the three divisions are commercial,
ecclesiastical and monarchic.
The prophet Nabum visloned the
time of the -and when "The chariots
shall rage In the streets and Jostle one
against - another in the broad ways;
they shell ' seem like torches; they
shall run like the lightnings." N
The(e seems much evidence that nia
terial history 'is neaHng the end r 2,
PeU 3:10-13. Matt., 24. "Seeing, then,
that aU - these-- 4hlngs.- shalI. be dis
solved," how will the saloons and much
spoils of gold and vof - stiver, benefit
those who are fishtiog for them. f
, The jnlnlsters, the people, -who- wall
the ; coming at t Christ, how Vlll' thef
know him? At Christ's first coming
ho was denied and., crucified because
he came without worldly power or
place. NOW that he comes not in the
flesh but lh spirit and in truth, will
they receive him? Never was there
such need of that presence to cast
out demons, heal the suffering and af
flicted of the earth and destroy the
malicious mind which seems to govern
mortals. NELLY a. ZEHRUNG.
From the Detroit News.
President Wilson has ordered the
withdrawal of tbe forces of the United
States from Vera Cms. It is not to
bo assumed that Mexico is now ab
solutely at peace or that her diffi
cult problems have boon solved. A
crop of weeds Is not to be conquers
by ono resort to the hoe. The conse
quences that follow centuries of op
pression . and generations of misrule
and Strictly class government cannot
be eradicated In one generation. The
Withdrawal has been made In order to
give .the new government that is to
be erected upon the ruins of the past
the best possible opportunity and all
the prestige. It can achieve.
Carranza, and -his associates still
face the task of reorganizing a re
publican,' form of government in Mex
ico. They can best succeed when
given a free hand. The people of
Mexico, considered as a mass, are
eager for liberty ln Its larger politi
cal sense, but the majority of them
are Illiterate and desperately poor.
Such a condition always tends to the
promotion of class government, but
restraints, at. the hands of a stronger
nation, even though calculated to
promote that very end. usually serve
to defeat the main purpose.
We have had a striking example In
our own reconstruction period when
It was plainly to be seen that the
white population of the south was
determined to prevent the. colored
population of ex-slaves from enjoying
political equality and equal parttcjpa
tion in governmental affairs. To
protect the colored population from
disfranchisement and Intimidation
federal troops wer placed in, charge
of tbe polls. As a consequence many
of. the people .who ware best fitted; to
govern did not vote. State govern
ments were set up with legislative
bodies composed largely of men with I
no experience. Sojourners from the
north went south to direct the Inex
perienced offlciala Having no respon
sibility to the mass of the population.
the carpetbaggers entered upon a
period of misrule and publio plunder
that was disgraceful.
In 1877 President Rutherford B.
Hayes declared the plan a failure and
withdrew all restraints upon free gov
ernment. After 10 years of interreg
num the rehabilitation of the south
was at last actually begun. The south
ern people had been ready to accept
the Issue of the war with patient ,
resignation, but the disastrous recon-
structlon experience made them 'very ,
bitter and for a time Irreconcilable.
"Whether Carranza or some other
popular leader of Mexico Is pushed
forward to assume the head of the
government, it is .far better to let tha
Mexicans decide for themselves with
out the slightest show of restraint.
While Vera Crus would be occupied
by troops and guarded by warships of
the United States, whoever would be
come president would appear to ewe
his office to the grace of the Unltad
States and would be regarded as prac
tically a satrap of this government.
This wodld humiliate the Incumbent
of the office and prejudice him ln the
eyes of the Mexican people. The
United States forces are withdrawn
without levying tribute or demanding
any cession of territory as a reward
for their service, or indemnity for
their sacrifice of blood and treasure.
This again proves that we are a
friendly nation which does not covet
either territory or dominion over the
weaker American states.
SAVING AND INVESTING 10 PER CENT
War Featuresnd
Photographs Hold
First Race in -
THE SUNDAY
JOURNALMAGAZINE
. for
NEXT SUNDAY
THE SUNDCYJOURNAL,
in its magazine and news sec
tions for next Sunday, will offer
the newest and best photo
graphs from the war zone; the
most timely feature articles
bearing on the war, and the lat
est news dispatches telling of
the developments of the several
military campaigns.
Four pages of photographs,
recently received, tell the story
01 me Dartieiieia more ettec- t
tively than words. With char-
vidian; ingenuity, nc camera
men have succeeded in record
ing military activities, in most
graphic fashion.
Men are shown recruiting
and drilling; they are seen
marching away to war. The re
turn of the wounded and the
destroyed property are shown
as the inevitable result of armed
strife.. The photographs of the
wreckage left in the wake of the
armies in Belgium afford-visual
proof of the colossal magnitude
of the conflict.
An interesting illustrated ar
ticle develops the fact that each
man killed in battle cons s na
tion $3677, declaring that IS
billion human lives have been
lost in battle since the beginning
of authentic history, and thai
comparatively recent wars have
cost 40 billion dollars.
Colonel George Pope, veteran
manufacturer, in an exhaustive
interview with Edward Mar
shall, says that the United
States is the only nation with
out excuse for business pessim
ism, and urges that fears be
allayed in the effort to seize the
new trade opportunities that
offer.
As a magazine fiction feature,
another installment of Louis
Joseph Vance's thrilling tale
"The Trey O Hearts." is of
fered. The fsct that motion
pictures, covering each install
ment, arc released simultane
ously with the publication of the
tory. gives added interett to
all readers.
Other illustrated magazine
features that will interest and
amuse are a full pae reproduc
tion of a photorrrh tckn
along Columbia Slough by Lyla
E. Lewis, and a comic itr.p by
Cartoonist J. E. Murphy.
The five news sections for
next Sunday will contain tVie
usual wealth of good things
complementing the news of the
day.
Reasons, for Prohibition.
Forest Grove, Or., Sept. 31. To the
Editor of The Journal Some say pro
hibition prohibits. Others say it does and wjne, usually drink tea. coffee or
Opposes Tea and Coffee.
Ballston, Or., Sept. 11. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I have been ex
pecting a greater number of prohibi
tionists to join me in uie crusaae i
against the evils of coffee and tea
drinking but so 'far only one has
deemed tbe evil of sufficient Import
ance ,to reply. Mr. Garrettson thinks
I am trying to sidetrack alcoholic pro
hibition, in proving the greater evil of
coffee drinking. Mrs. Beldin thinks I
am against all drinks, not only beef,
wins, whisky, coffee and tea,, but
everything else that contains poison
or anything detrimental to the human
body. Those who drink whisky, beer
not. Here is a contradiction of state
ments. enly one of which can be true.
and to be true must be In harmony
with reason. From this standpoint we
canvass the statements of the liquor in
terest, that there Is more liquor sold
ln dry territory than there is , In wet.
If this is true, reason would conclude
that the dealer would be in favor of
prohibition. But we find he invariably
takes the opposite position
anything else that pleases their
taste and gives them pleasure. They
are not limited to any one class of
poisons but are willing to take a
chance on. alL Prohibitionists who
drink tea and coffee are not real pro
hibitionists. They want to retain their
own "pet poisons" but keep the other
fellow from getting his. Coffee and
tea give them pleasure, so keep them.
By John M. Oskison.
A certain great corporation ln this
country (which employs about 45,000
workers) has made a demonstration
that a certain theory of mine is sound ;
that is, that the average Intelligent
worker can save 19 per Cent of his
earnings and Invest his savings
This corporation wanted to find a
way to bind Its best employes closer
to the company. Aiier iuuruuK
study, it made this offer to every
body drawing as mucn as -u a wee.
from it:
Stock in the corporation would oe
sold to such "workers at market price
to the amount of 10 per cent of the
worker's vaarlv Day. The stock was
to be paid for within one year. Upon
taking the stock the worxer wouia o?
given a check amounting to a bonus
of per cent on his year's salary
he could use the check or not in help
ing to pay for the stock.
In case the worxer aia not use nis
check to cut down the : instalment
payments to 7 per cent of his salary.
Again, we hear the liquor interest t but banish all other drinks; drink my
poison or noinins is lucir ium. uu
is particularly noticeable in rural and
prohibitionist communitlea
C A. BALJU
say that prohibition increases drunken.
neas, crime and disease; that it' in
creases taxes, depreciates property,
hurts business. Injures the laboring
man and drives out capital. If this
bo true, the people under prohibition
certainly know it quite aa well as i
others, and as they are the injured
party they would certainly repeal the
law, aa they have the power to do so.
But we find that the longer they try it
the better .they like it. Oklahoma
adopted the law by a majority of 7000,
and three years afterward, when the
liquor ' interest called another election,
the people kept the state dry by a
majority of 28,000, and the women
were not allowed aj vote either, i It
would be unreasonable . tp conclude
that the people benefited by tbe law
would oppose it, and the people In
jured by It would favor It ln Increas
ing numbers. Thse facts are suffi
cient to offset any Statistics or other
statements to the contrary that. ; the
liquor interest might make- f
I lived 20 years under local proniDi
New Use for the Aeroplane.
: Portland, Sept 22 To the Editor of
The Journal When we read of the
work of the aeroplanes in Europe of
directing the operations of troops on
the battefields by picking out the en
emy's positions, and then of such disas
ters as the Francis H. Leggett, and
how the wreckage' floated northward
ln a mass for hours, bearing survivors.
the thought suggests itself that if
aeroplanes can do such good work
scouting for war purposes, why not an
aeroplane and an experienced aviator
connected with each life-saving . sta
tion, who could at a tlm like the
above disaster sail out over the ocean
locate tbe wreck, the set of the wreck
age and tbe possible survivors," and
direct the operations of the life-savers
with a great degree of efficiency? This
would be great work in a most worthy
ion m Texas, ana years unaer axaie.cause la tnf.re any good reason why
prohibition in Oklahoma, and from hls.t may not be done? The aam signals
standpoint X know that the statements , ttmtiA far .TnP to the risrht." "Fir to
of tbe liquor interest are untrue.
W. B. PRUETT.
Uncle Sam as Distiller.
McMinnvllIe, Or.,. Sept. 23. To the sweep of a seething sea
used for "Fire to the right," "Fire to
he left," "A Uttle short." "Now you
have it," "PUmp it to 'em." ; etc
could be used iu directing a boat to a
farmer lad clinging to two ties in the
may resume the child's support. jKdltor of The Journal The wets ind
be strictly legal but it is. in line
with humanism and modern prog
Not all heroes are made on battle
fields, and how much greater the hero
who seeks to save a life than he who
directs another to-take one!
i .. , ... -. . , . Q. Q. HUOHSON.
and all the other Republican in
surgents, a fight in which he took
federal patronage from them as
or their
progressive
ideas.
Mr. Taft is an. amiable and es
timable citizen. But the Lincoln
Republicans bitterly disagreed with
js, policies - In Oregon, thousands
THE HOARDERS
S
ECRETART M'ADOO has con
demned the., hoarding ot
money by banks for the- pur
pose of building up their re
serves. The treasury department's
head wants the money used In le
gitimate ' enterprises. t ,
- National banks which : hoard
money and fail to loan on reason
able terms for the' benefit' of ; the
business community. win lose their
should work together to settle this
llauor business, so It will benefit; all
engaged in a legitimate business and.
also help our government to raise an ; :
huni1ne of reveniM. . My rem-1 i lOP tJKt SalOOIITUiCOme.
edy Is this: Petition congress j! - to , Portland r., Sept. 14 To the Ed 1-
pass a law ror J;he united states , tor or roe Journal lar. tusnop states
government . to take ' over the dis- that the bop Industry has brought Into
tilling of all spirituous liquors, es-1 Oregon in the last 24 years, 264,009.-
tabllsn government s distilleries ' In 000. - I deny the correctness . of the
every' state and have general distribute ' statement.' The Oregon Almanac states
Ing depots to supply the people; and t that the hop crop for ltll. at a teaxU
for every family of two an allowance ; mum estimate, was $420.SSO. - Multiply
of on quart of spirituous liquor for j
each month, and increase the amount
In accordance with the slae of the fam
ily, and I mean this : for ; voters who
are t heads of f amilies . and not P f of
aliens. : To the actual cost of the dis
tilling of a gallon of llauor, Which - is
about t 5 cents, add a revenue of 2,2&,
this by 14, and you have 210,880,000.
Let us see something of what whis
key : has cost - Oregon for ' the last 24
years. There were about 415 saloons
irf Portland the first of last January.
and, I shall be liberal enough to base
my calculations on the entire state
of Oregon having averaged 416 saloons
there would be deducted every month
from one of his weekly pay envelopes
one-twelfth of the price of the stock.
But, of course, the stock paid divi
dends S per cent whioh were cred-
ited. !
Here Is S. demonstration on a large
scale ot the saving and Investing club
Idea. It is not necessary that you
should be employed by this or a simi
lar liberal-minded corporation ln
order to take advantage of the lda.
All that you and a group of your .
friends need to do Is to make up your I
minds to save 10 per cent of your
earnings and invest the savings regu
larly. You will find ln your group enough
Intelligence to choose good invest
ments. When your group meets to
consider what investments ought to I
be made there's no- doubt that the I
deciding vote will be cast In favor of
the sate investment. BO don't worry
about that.
The great advantage of the group
Idea of saving and investing will or
that It will help you to savs the 10
per cent.
THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL, complete in f.vc news
sections, magazine and pic
torial supplement and comic
is 5 cents the copy every
where. TheSundayJournal
HOO'S HOO
By John V. Carey.
for the past 24 years. I will De
charitable enough to give Oregon
credit for having as good and pros
perous- saloons as any part of the
country, and the saloon defenders have
stated in these columns tiiat the sa-
loon is an economic waste.1
Statistics show that the average sa
loon takes In gross receipts to the
amount of 18500 each year. Multiply
this by 415, and then multiply the re
sult by 24, and you have a gross
receipt for the 24 years of f M.fSO.OOO.
Then double this amount for extra
court cost, police cost and taxation,
and you have tl6,22O,0OO. The In
terest on this amount at 7 per cent
would annually equal 1,1,000, or
over twice the hop crop.
What does the Anti-Saloon league
produce to help the national and clvio
governments? There are over 6000
public school teachers ln Oregon, draw
ing salaries equal to $2,0,000. Kit
what value are they to Oregon and
the nation?' They, like th Anti-Saloon
league workers, help the people acquire
knowledge and enlightenment. It Is
not the Anti-Saloon league the whiskey
gang is fighting, but It is the light
and knowledge that whiskey Is a
-curse. i ;-
I have Uved la three states that
were under the prohibition law, and
I deny emphatically that th consump
tion of whiskey is increased ; where the
law Is complied with,-but. that liquor
consumption has decreased 'to 20 per
cent and even-more. 1 know that pro
hibition laws do reduce taxes where
enforced, and It is' maliciously falsa
to state that wet. states . excel dry
states of like climatic and geographi
cal location. ? W. 8. HQLLI&.
A question of Authority.
Portland. Or., Sept. 22. To the Edi
tor f The Journal. I Hatfield,
M. D., in an attempt to belittle the
value of the authority-' quoted by me
in opposition to prohibition has made
statements ' whico are erroneous- and
misleading. The committee of bO, for
the Investigation of the liquor; - prob
lem, was organized in 1893, but the
work from wblcbVI quoted was- first
published In September,-, 1B0&.' -after
more. than! IS years of careful invest!,
cation. ' Its . reports are not ; anti
quated. The Anti-Saloon.-league, in
its 1914 year book, quotes from them.
and it acknowledges tbe extensive j li
the relative phases of the liquor prob
lem In this country.' Having lived
for years under prohibition, 1 know
that the facts stated by the committee
ln 1905 are demonstrable facts to
day. The attempt, through legisla
tion, to prohibit the sale and consump
tion of liquor In every form and man
ner Is like attacking the effect of a
disease and not Its 'cause. The physi
cian who is called in to diagnose a
case of illness must acquaint himself
with .the constitution of his patient
and the cause of the Illness, as well
as the illness itself. Now, intoxication
is not tho whiskey's, the wine's or
the beer's fault, but th man's fault.
The real cause of the trouble Is
defect in man's character,
r. The pro- ! with much affulHtnr am thn'na
hibltionists appear to be blind to this nnui old xinn?
By John W. Carey.
Who steers the mighty -Ship ot
State In far away Japan, and shlhea
tloh's
Who's not w iiiuili on looks (s:-
cut) and yet. forsooth, is there and
fact. They lsrnora mtn'i Baal hlntnr, i
and his present constitution, and
tltV flaaira t ,dmfnlt., m -mbm.-
dy unsuitable to his constitution, and ver on "' -
as a consequence it does not make 4 e ha,r?
the patient better, but very Often wbo nds the ultimatum forth to
worse. The study of the legislative , kaiser and the czar, to say un!e.i
aspects' shows how Inadequate, if not i they toe tb mark he'll loose the dot;
worse. Is mere statutory prohibition j of war .'
how it falls to touch any spring of Who's four score yt-ar, or neany
evil. , , j that, but dotes upon a -rap and Ion?
, Ths open saloon may be far from 1 to make Japan to cut mart? ice upon
being an enviable part of our socia 'the map?
life, but let us hope that the good i . Who'd show the world that aao
sense of the electorate of Oregon may Jepan, inougn any or stae. oy gad. is
y. th fair Kt!.. from h- h-f.,l . lty Well suppled with saild?
influences of prohibition and Its con
comitant evils.-. INNE RVB. -
Secretary O. T. T. 8.
That Count Okunm lad.
Questions Mrs. Duniway. .
Woodland. Wash., Sept. 22. To the
Editor of The Journal We have seen
the liquor traffics work responsible
for three fourths of the crimes, misery
ana acain oi ins country.- wny aoes
Mrs. Dbniway so earnestly plead - for
the life of this gory, merciless mons
ter, which stalks like death through
out this nation? .'Why hasn't Mrs.
Duniway made som use of her 41
years' work In Oregon toward reform
ing that Institution which she Is now
so -desperately fighting for? To most
of us the' saloon is an. ever present
menace which can not have our sup
port. Had those people -who 'so vigor
ously defend it now, only, done, some
thing in the past toward patting the
business on a plane of respectability
there would notnow be a nation wide
agitation. against it. - -Now It simply is
a Question of th kilnan a, k. hn
quirles of the committee to be the j and tbe girl. Which should the voters
nearest to an official, investigation of protect next November? O. B. FRANK.
1 he Ragtime Musa
Affinities.
They met Upon the seashore
That's exactly where thy met, .
For though they both wore bathing
suits
They neither one got wet, : .
Sut tney ogled each the other. .'
Then he took her by. the hand. " i
A not. fsVHi la t lvs lis sVSk as nl r asr n' : -
a V - a -s tin wsaa -ww aa-m fis i SSI ask
Uhey tangoed on the ntuiUL - v
1ka skaa W . A -..t JiV. ..J' U
a aivsa -ww inn WW- uouu Mw' Uatt J 111 la
He led the irl away 5
auu DiiuiiiL not uoki KTio roil mm v;-
-Then, these words he did say: i : ;;
-s vr -' s sevs - t
Our tftttn are Just th name; ; :
I 1AVS uiil SVAfss Y lnva vmtl
. Pray tell mawhat'f your nametTr
Oh. theft hs avtv ntA him -. ,
"Yes. dear. 111 be your.wifet. . ivs
t a vou lira n. hrmrhrari. r t K ,
But we'll tango through life."
Jkix mei mey tww wrre od .
Oh. bans the old meal ticket j . -t.
. When'-you are having f unl - . ' -