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The climax of life come '
every day end every hour,
when you deny yourself for
Another and that other does
not even know it Algernon
Blackwood.
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PREPAKR
GREAT, crops have been taken
from the fields and meadows
and , orchards;' of Oregon.
Much of the great market of
Europe ' for fruit has been; tem
porarily harmed by ; the warr but
for almost every product there are
splendid prices. There has been
no time when Oregon farmers
j, faced a more splendid prosperity
f" or a. more promising future.
A stimulating effect from all
' this prosperity will pass to "a cer-r
.' effi- -rtnt throneh all activities.
?; Wn wnrM war in which Btunen-
" doua wealth . is being destroyed
every day, will . ca6t its shadow
' throughout the lworld. Its ulti
mate effect will be stimulating to
American business, but before the
climax of tha& influence .Is readied,
. a depressing - effect for a few
months is. certain to exist in. this
. country. That influence, indeed,
Is already on.
For a number of years, there
has been an annual winter army
of unemployed throughout the
1 Un Red. States, It was: marked in
1908 when many factories were
closed and thousands of workmen
thrown out of employment. The
following year statements were
"'published in the public press to
.' the effect that half a million men
were , out of work in New York
v.;alone...;
Three years ago, the presence t
of an unemployed host estimated
, at 7000 to 10,000 appeared during
; . the winter season in Portland, and
;' jefief measures' were Inaugurated
i by the. then Mayor Rushlight. The
f unemployed of the succeeding year
and of last winter are " still re-
membered. v
?' It may be certainly assumed that
U there will be eimilar conditions' -in
U every city in the United States the
.coming winter. It is a problem
that has' already reached the at
ftentlon of the federal government,
and throughout the past summer
' an Industrial commission has been
. holding hearings and taking tes
, , timony in various cities of the
I country. ; ";
' : ' In every American city" there
f should be ample, efficient and
'prompt provisions for such con-
dIUons as may arise. If it is a
' problem! that must be met, it
should be met Intelligently and
-i. with a sufficient organization It
!. should be met, not in a spirit of
? mere charity, but of business and
r?:' human helpfulness.
; I There is not space In. this article
V to discuss ways and means or pro-
pose plans. All that is here in-
tendeTKs to remind Portland of
?: the usual winter conditions and to
:- suggest that heads of the city and
Of, tne state and others of prominence-
should convert a prpblem
into a policy. 1 '
HOLD THE PORT
SWIFT growth of the candi
dacy of Dr. ti .J, Smith., in
popular favor is , resulting
from thei character nf
fcampaignf
As a candidate, he is of guber
natorial stature. His speeches are
an lappeal to public JatelHgence.
His ceurse has been kindly, direct
andj dignified.
i : , Hie has directed his addresses
to the real issues of state govern-
1 ment. They have given full and
K 'ree: consideration to the political
; questions that the state must grap-
2 ple. H Hiy campaign has been of
r that-aeemly modesty and quiet
dignity that well becomes the high
position for which he has been
- nominated and on which he will
i reflect credit, if elected. . . .
v ! There are policies with which'
.' the office of governor are directly
. concerned and It Is to discussion of
. i J1hese policies that Dr.' Smith has
.: directly and vigorously addressed,
v himself. In .his insistence that
' .'"the state business should be con
: ducted like private business," and
that "there should be first ascer
; talned what thef' state can afford
to spend, and. then keep the ex
penditure within that Jimit the
same as in private business,". Dr.
Smith : has sounded Jthe keynote tto
the real, solution: of the pressing
problem of high taxes. , f
; j Itts a program to appeal to the
'; sober Judgment and calm hitelli-
. acuvcj vi every ousmess man,
i iTr - farmer, ' every - worker, every
i .tpayer, c every I rent payer and
j r every man and - every womap in
the state. . .
! t s His insistence that the governor
' . should. be independent .of the leg-
islature and that he should hold
:r himself accountable to the people
instead. of, the legislature. Is doc
trine and policy xaa sound as ada-
.... . - -. . , .
f. : I nt.r X i - r . - t. -...
raani ana as imperishable as a
principle. .
t Vt. Smith campaign has al
ready, demonstrated that he' has
his own mind and knows his own
mind. It I has demonstrated that
if elected goTernorJje will be gov
ernor, and '"be tK governor.
has demonstrated that with
Dr. Smith as goyeVnor, , popular
government . will continue' trium
phant In Oregon, and the state be
saved from gangsters, and reaction
aries, from .the profit chasers, the
privilege hunters and pelf seekers,
and from political grafters and all
such, organized for no other pur
pose than to prey upon the people.
If Dr. Smith, is elected, the peo
ple will still hold the fort.
THE STtTBBS MADNESS
T
HE attempt of Mrs. Stubbs of
Illinois to 'force Oregon wo
men to beat Senator Cham
berlain Is repudiated by the
president of the National American
Woman's Suffrage Association.
The -letter of President Anna
Shaw to Senator Chamberlain was
published in yesterday's '.Journal.
Miss Shaw offers her services to
Senator Chamberlain if desired to
counteract, the work of Mrs. .Stubbs
and her backers. She says:
I wish to state that if there t
anything we can do as an associa
tion or which I can do personally, to
counteract the Influence of this very
active though , small body of women,
if you will inform me, I shall be
very j-lad to act under your direc
tions. ; Many of the women of Ore-g-oji
are well known to me, and what
ever Influence I have in that state
will be used to counteract any effort
on the part of the militant suffra
Klsts of Washing-ton to .oppose your
election, simply because you are a
member of the democratic party.
The attitude maintained by the Na
tional Suffrage Association has al
ways been one of absolute non-partisanship,
and while we would be very
triad to defeat any man either In the
Senate or in the House who has been
persistent and aggressively opposed to
woman suffrage, we will never use any
influence' we possess to defeat those
who have been our friends. I wish
to say to you personally. Senator
Chamberlain, that I remember very
well the service yon rendered us
during the, campaign 'in 1906, and If
there is anything I can do to be of
service td you in the present situa
tion, you have only to command me.
More than 200,000 women are
represented in the National Asso
ciation. They are the women who
are doing the real work for -suffrage.
Some of them have devoted
their" lives to the cause.
There coujd not be a more com
plete repudiation of the Stubbs
madness. No more effective blow
could be struck for suffrage than
is the firm and fair stand taken by
President Shaw.
Men in non-suffrage states will
watch this fight in Oregon. If the
Stubbs people line up Oregon wo
men against Senator Chamberlain
and beat- him In the face of hla
long suDDort of suffraee. how can
men be expected to support suf-
, . x
frage in non-suffrage states?
If-men In those states are shown
that women. , aftr their o-or
ballot, are likely to turn on those
who got them the ballot, suffrage
advocates will become scarce.
ITALY BEING DRIVEN
I
TALT is being slowly forced to
intervene in the European war
by the march of events. There
is a growing popular sentiment
among all classes In favor of Join
ing the Allies.
While the Italian people natur
ally sympathize with the French
and English the prime force im
pelling them to go to their assist
ance is a desire to be revenged on
Austria and to recover the Italian
speaking provinces on the Adriatic
Foreshadowing early . military
action is the entrance of the Ital
ian! government into the American
market for the immediate deliv
ery of v over $5,000,000 worth of
army regulation shoes, military ac
coutrements, horses, saddles, mules,
leather f belts and . knapsacks for
soldiers. ,
' The number of pairs of Shoes
required is placed at 500,000.
Should Germany and Austria
win they will be formidable enV
rales. Not only would all hope of
regaining her former provinces be
lost but Italy's whole position on
the Adriatic and the north coast of
Africa be endangered. By Joining
the Allies at a time when her in
tervention might turn the balance,
Italy-would, ifo . the event of suc
cess, no doubt, be permitted to as
sume dominance onthe Adriatic
A ZEPPELIN BASE
I
T IS surmised that om nf fh
purposes of the German at
tack on Antwerp is to secure a
base for the operation of a Zer-
pelin fleet of airships over Eng
land. Thus far In the war the Zep
pelins have not. figured very much
and their value as an 'instrument
of warfare has not been ' deter
mined. ; It is possible that they
have- been held back to meet a
particular state of conditions. '
That 'they have extraordinary
cruising range was shown last May
when one met the test of a thirty
six hours', continuous flight. While
some severe winds were encoun-
tcreu ma snip nacr no difficulty
at any time in holding its course
The same craft established the al
titude record for dirigibles by ris
ing to a height of ten thousand
feet.. :- ,...i;'.'t-,:-A
It is claimed that the-'Iatest Zep
pelins can ascend three thousand
five hundred feet In half the time
it takes an aeroplane to climb a
similar distance. The great -weakness
of the Zeppelins is their ina
bility to land save near a shed and
the necessity of having hundreds
of . men; to hold ' on to the guide
ropes and get them into their har
bors. "They can, however, rest on
the water if the sea la smooth.
There seems no question of their
having the range to fly all over
England and drop . explosives if
unmolested by aeroplanes or aerial
runs.
NEW F ANGLED GOVERNMENT
r
N HIS speech to a few admirers
at the Moser banquet. Dr.
WIthycombe exclaimed:; But
under all this new-fangled gov
ernment we hear so much about
lately" the taxes are $9 per capital
V- Bnt it wasn't the direct primary,
nor' the" initiative and referendum,
nor the direct election of senator
that made taxes high. They did
not all combined, increase taxes 15
cents per capita, and it is amazing
that Dr. WIthycombe should charge
them with the increase in taxes.
They are our "new-fangled gov
ernment" as Dr. WIthycombe calls
it, but they are the implements of
government with which the people
have been ; able to defend them
selves. They are forms and tools
with which the citizen at the bal
lot box is able to play his part in
the -conduct of public affairs and
really insure government of the
people, by the people and for the
people, instead of government of
the tricksters, by the tricksters and
for the tricksters.
The same charge that the "new
fangled government" is respon
sible for high taxes is also made
by the,Oregonran. In many recent
editorials it has made that accu
sation . even more directly than it
Is made by Dr. WIthycombe. Its
right on- these new forms of gov
ernment has always been bitter. A
sample utterance of its hostility ,1s
Its editorial" in advocacy of the for
mer assembly In which it said:
Republicans of Oregon Intend to
repudiate Statement One. They In
tend to suggest In assembly or con
vention candidates for the primary,
and will put the knife to each and
all who subscribe to Statement One.
On June 22 last, the Oregonian
declared that the initiative bill for
reviving the assembly and which
will be, on the November ballot
"Is politically premature," and
"politically premature" means that
it was proposed too soon. It means
that the bill should have been kept
in the background until there is
a more favorable opportunity for
putting it over.
At La Grande, before he stopped
discussing political issues. Dr.
WIthycombe advocated a change
In the primary, but did not ex
plain what the change should be.
The La Grande Observer said of
his speech: . - .
But ' he (Dr. WIthycombe) did.
have the grit to call .attention to
the heavy expense now incurred in
noiaing primary elections and In
sisted that the people owe It to them-
Selves form som pJ - of -elim-
rating the tremendous cost. What
uhe plan should be. he dwnot ad-
vise. . -
Dr; Withy combe's thought about
new-fangled government" is like
the Oregonlan's thoueht about
new-fangled government."
But both are mistaken. As The
Journal Is showing in a series of
articles, it' is not the initiative and
referendum, the direct primary and
direct election of senator, but the
Oregon legislature that has made
taxes high in Oregon.
BIRTH REGISTRATION
A'
TTENTION. is called to the
great Infant mortality in the
United States by Miss Julia
C. Lathrop, head of the fed
children's bureau, who es
era!
timates that in the ten years
from 1900 to 1910 more than
2,500,000 of the babies born
in this country died before one
year and that many deaths were !
preventaote. ine , ngures are
alarming and emphasize the need
of applying the best, methods of
the growing science of sanitation.
. iiss Lathrop laments the imper
fect birth registration. She insists
that if the registration were com
plete it would, aid in preventing in
fant mortality; by giving notice to
the health officer and the visiting
nurse.
The community Is thus enabled
to send to a family in adverse cir
cumstances a knowledge of hygiene
and sanitation which may save the
life of a child. In her report Miss
Lathrop said: "When we have
adequate birth and deat registra
tion all over the country the pub
lic health officers can watch the
Infant; mortality rate as the
weather man watches his barome
ter." Aside from Its use as a health
barometer a complete registration
of births is very, essential in the en
forcement of child labor and com
pulsory education laws. ,. If there
is no public record of the children
these laws cannot' be Justly en
forced, f " -
HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT
0
NE development of the war
is to disclose '- that there Is
a city, in ' Galicla the name
of which Is spelled Przemvsl.
Readers of the war .bulletins have
been designating it "that town'
and passing on. This is no longer
necessary,. It is an easy word to
pronounce when yon know how.
' According to a correspondent of
The Journal the consonants r and
a in the-. Polish language: taken to
gether' 'have for all practical pur
poses the sound of ch as in the
French -word "charmont" -uf
Put the consonant , j ' lhv front of
this and you will get the same
Sound as the 'psch inthe German
word psrhoor.t ? ' ,
r.The ; vowel Kef 1 always has' the
sound of e in pen. Pronounce the'
y" as in any and the s as sh. . The
1 Is barely heard and can be ig
nrtrnri , .
Hence i the word ; Is pronounced
"Pschem-ish.
It doesn't look the part.
An' Interesting statement
"as
been issued by the Illinois
Railroad showing the loss
by the carelessness i of em
ior the. last fiscal year th
pany's loss amounted to on
lion dollars. Wrecks cost $105",000,
while the expense on freight pack
ages lost amounted to $175,000.
Rough handling of trains In yarns
caused a loss of $153,000 and the
loading of defective . cars without
Instructions," $170,000.
(CommcmlemttOBa aent to The Journal for
SibUcatloa ia this department ahonld be writ
11 ? id "t the paper, shoo Id not
exceed 800 worda la leacth and ranst be ac
companied by the name a ad addresa of toe
ebder. If ti writer does not desire . to
bav the aasM pabliabed, be aboald ao atAte.)
'DicoB8km Is the i cxeateat of all reform--
It ratloaaUsea everytbiog it tonchea. It
robs prioelplea of AU falae aancUty and
throws them back oa their reasoaableoeea. If
tbey . bare no reaaoaAbleBeaa, it ratbleaaly
eraabea tbem oat of existence and act ap its
own cooclosioBa ia j their atead." vVooflrow
n llaoB.
In Prohibition Sallna,
Vancouver, Wash Sept. 30. To the
Editor f The Journal There was a
statement printed a few days ago In
a' Vancouver paper which mayYhave
come under the notice of many of
your readers. This gave the nuWber
of arrests for drunkenness in SeUina,
Kan, , comparing , the rate, according
to population, with wet cities in dif
ferent states of ! much greater size,
showing that Salina had a larger
number of arrests than the wet cities
named. I sent the clipping to City
Cleric Charles E. Banker of Salina,
asking him for information. He
promptly replied, saying:
"The clipping was correct, but the
figures had been Juggled to suit the
parties, who do not know, or wish to
ignore, conditions back of them. The
city of Salina does not tolerate drunk
enness in any form and a man show
ing indication of being under the In
fluence of liquor is promptly arrested
and taken off the streets, while in wet
cities such men are not.
"A study of the annual report shows
that practically half of the drunks ar
rested in Salina! during the year were
arrested in June, July and August. A
study of the police records shows that
nearly ail of these were transients,
being drunks drifting in with the har
vest season from other With
them come the bootleggers from Mis
souri and other j whiskey states and it
generally takes the officers two or
three months to clean out this inrush
of transient bums. Then Salina takes
the blame-while the rest of the year
the percentage is only t.S per thou
sand. "This gtatement applies ef course to
liquor states and not to other cities
in Kansas. '
Trior to 1905 the city of Saltna
licensed joints, receiving 50 per
month for each one. At that there
was a general clean, up. of the city.
Business men claimed that the city
would go bankrupt. At that time Sa
lina did not have a foot , of paved
streets. At this date we have over 13
miles of first class paving and a $40,.
000 city building and a paid fire department-
with i. all .modern appliances,
and taxes are no -higher than they
were under the Joint system. I think
1 know the sentiment of the people of
Salina, and it is safe to .say they
wouiu never consent to go back to th
joint system." i
Mr. Banker has been for 15 years aa
official in the city government of Sa
lina. HAKNA M. MCORKXJE.
Admonishing the G. O. P.
Portland. Sept. 60. To the Editor of
The Journal Fot all effects there
are causes. For all results there are
reasons. These sayings are aa true
of politics in Oregon as of any fact
in natural philosophy. If people In
tend to vote Democratic, why do they
register as Republicans? I believe I
can answer that j question by telling
why I have voted Democratic more
than for my own party (in name) dur
ing the past 12 years. I did register
as a Republican iuntn the last twr
times (when 1 registered Progressive),
because my principles have been and
are Republican. I have voted Demo
cratic because the so called Republican
party of Oregon has not made out tn
be the kind of Republican party I have
believed in and believed I belonged to
until 12 years ago; when It decided to
rurnisn such an example that it caused
me to vote for a man for governor who
was not accused of paying $15,000, or
anyJther Price for his nomination.
Thatnnan wa George E. Chamberlain.
I considered him a satisfactory gov
ernor, and voted for him for reelection.
I also voted for him for Unlfed States
senator, for two reasons: I considered
him fit, and 1 considered his Repub
lican opponent unfit for the place. I
expect to vote for him this year be
cause I am convin&d he la the fittest
man running for fche place., He has
made good. -I am atill a Republican in
principle. . If thef Republican party
will clean itself djump Its rotten ma
chine Into the Junk heap, where it
should be; throw olit the old i guard of
rotten candidates;, encourage clean,
honorable and ableimen to run for of
fice, I will gladly Support It again.
They must put away the Idea that
they can fool all the people again, of
even half of them again soon say
within 2Q years or so. during which
time, if they win lie low and not give
themselves away, a young' and callow
crop of voters will come of age, that
may be easily persuaded to believe
most any old thing from the Hps of a
shrewd and magnetic spellbinder The
G. O. P. must quit attacking the direct
irHrnary, direct legislation and the
referendum: ; It. must give up - this
idea of reestablishing. the convention
system with' all its old tm rotten
ness, for Oregon will tolerate it never
again.
Iam-BtJn Republican, but if the
G. O. P. ever gets my vot min it
I must clean itself and stay clean..
. w.t.mwCT wilt VVIUj VOTE
DEMOCRATIC AGAIN THIS TEAbZ
The Eforcenent of liaw."
Reedville. Pr Sept. 29. To the
Editor of The Journal Mr. Bishop in
his letter of September 25 tells us
how the liquor Interests in Portland.
Maine, are able to get their goods to
the people j contrary to the spirit of
the law, and yet takes the surprising
stand that the people of Oregon should
keep their hands Off the throat of this
legalised, self confessed .outlaw and
let it live.,- He .tells how certain of
ficials in Maine close their eyes to
illegal - liquor selling, and - puts that
up as an argument against prohibition.
It doesn tv matter how many laws art
written upon. our statute books Ibut it
Is -veryitoportant that I we g offi
cials in power to "enforce the ' laws.
Though I have iway8 been a Re
publican. I jWUl support C. J. Smith,
becausehe is more in harmony-with
- 1 " ' !
j Letters From the People
A FEW MILES
tearing down a three atory brick build-
line.
the building . taking n
on the bricks and
'narrow wooden rhtit
to cue grouna, some
80 feet below, where
the other was picking
them up and ; piling
them. When this
latter colored .man was stooping over
to pick up a - brick the former acci
dentally let one fall, striking him di
rectly on the head. Instead of its
killing him. he merely looked up, with
out rising, and said;
"What you' doin tnar, you mutt?
Tou make me bite my tongue."
A youth in chopping wood with a
hatchet one day was so unfortunate
as to graze the" thumb of his left hand.
with which he was
steadying the piece
of kindling he was
splitting. Ruefully
gasing at - the in
jured member he re
marked: "Be gorra,
it was a good thing
that I didn't hav
hold" of the
or I'd hav
e handle with both bands
cut it off for sure."
A certain old gentleman is rather
fond of a good story, and at a .dinner
the other night he told his favorite.
It concerned, an
old professor whose
absent - mindedness
was a great trial to
his wife. One even
ing they were dining
out at a friend's
house, and the pro
fessor, forgot himself
as usual. Leaning across the tabl. v.
remarked, sadly, to his wife. "The soup
Is a failure again, my dear."
the present administration, and stands
strong for law enforcement. The in
different attitude of officials toward
liquor law violations as told by Mr.
Bishop is Impossible in Oregon, with
the recall weapon in the hands of the
people and a man like West or Smith
in the governor's chair. It la up to
the people now to elect the proper of
ficials, so that when Oregon goes dry
it will be kept dry. The fact that the
liquor traffic is always so Persistent
in violating the law 1 no reason why
the people should let down the bara
and let it flaunt its lawlessness; in the
face of the people. Let 'the people of
Oregon show, th people of Maine that
we can put down the liquor saloon and
keep It down.
Register and vote for the most
valuable asset a county has its boys
and girls. , O. E. FRANK.
Ella L Finney, Asks Questions.'
Gervais, Or, Sept. 29. To the Kdi
tor of The Journal In reply to John
Insley. I will turn the tables and say
v. fW.a Woman wh gave everything
she had to the church, and the church
let her ..-die poor. - Liquor is. for the in
direct, maintenance of existence, a ne
cessity because It controls supply and
demand. It creates saloons and makes
them a necessity; thus linked, the sa
loon keeps the church. The church
took first from the saloon, then from
the woman, and let her die poor.
Which is worse your church or her
saloon? Let me say to A. J. Martini
Ministers taught polygamy, it be
came a church. It injured the church.
Ministers teach prohibition. It turns
people away from the church. Witch
craft was led by ministers. All are
tho abuse and not the use of personal
liberty. -. , ;
-.To R MVC. Brown: Because a min
ister poisoned his sweetheart, was the
church to blame? Because murder is
,i wmuuueu in a ooctors or a lawyer's
J office to the office, or the profession.
m Diatuei .Because wrong Is done In
a saloon, is production to blame? If
a man is murdered in bed, is the bed
to blame? If the penitentiary is not
conducted right, is it the law or the
penitentiary that does wrong? Would
it not be absurd to ignore the law and
kick the prison wills? Prohibition is
just aa silly, for instead of enforcing
saloon, laws it Is trying to kick the
world upside down.
To Pisgah Mother: Don't you know
that for the regulation and mainte
nance of production, liquor production
Is a positive necessity; that the farm
er's success in all lines depends on Its
balance; that your very existence de
pends on your protection of the farm
er's diversified products; that the
144.600,000 bushels of grain used for
liquor, if cut off, would leave a sur
plus? Yet you would add to this sun
plus more grain grown from our hop
yards. ' Can't you see I tell the truth
about overproduction and financial
ruin? Tou say it would solve the high
cost of living, i It is between the farm
er and the consumer the high cost of
living Is soaring. An Investigation
has proved that the middleman gets
9 per cent profit and the farmer but
40 per cent on all be grows. If the
drunkard won uphft. himself, brand
him an enforced gentleman. Do not
sey we stand for-lawlessness and
drunkenness, or that we' are less sym
pathetic for the drunkard's family than
you. We vote wet to save production,
for Just, law, and to save the Country
from prohibition.
ELLA M. FINNEY.
f- The -Committee of Fifty.
Hood River, "t)r Sept. 28. To tha
Editori of The Journal In Saturday's
Journal W. J. Bishop refers to the
committee of fifty, and I would like
to ask him who appointed this com
mittee? . I read one of their books
last winter a report of one of the
bub-committdes. The book stated
that these 60 men were appointed be
cause they were disinterested and un
biased, but failed to state who ap
pointed them. Further on in this
book I found this committee bitterly
assailing : the law that requires to be
taught in the public schools the physi
cal effects of alcohol and nar
cotics, and I thought it strange that
unbiased men should object to such
instruction, Then I remembered read
ing, soma 10, years ago, - in the Con
gressional Record, a discussion be
tween Mrs. Mary H. Hunt and a sub
committee of the committee, of fifty,
who were endeavoring to indue con
gress to repeal this law. This law
originated with JtneW. C.T. U- and
It took ; them five years to' get it
through congress, "and - they did not
propose to lose their prize. So Mrs.
Hunt appeared before the senate com
mittee in its behajf, and won. If Mr.
Bishop or someone else will tell me
by whom this committee was appoint
ed, X possibly could better understand
its position on this and ' otlrer ques
tions. w a- W. B. PRTJETT,
j ' v . ; Money Lending. ,
f Portland, Or., Sept. Z0. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The banks are not
boarding their money, but are lending
It to money lenders; thus the people
get it Indirectly from the banks. When
you approach a bank -for a loan, you
are told they do not loan 'just now.
but refer' you to John Doe, with of-ficea-.in
the Flatiron building. You
possibly call, . and he . tells you- he
wants 5 pervcent commission on the
first $5000, besides the regular rate of
PERTIN EIMT COM M ENT
SMALL CHANGE
himself f my h1J maa who htSpm
manTrmeV lB
yooneyk.6""6' " let
J?ft mJ" th-t sets in the first kick
usually wins the scrap.
a
No man is so Illiterate that be can
not teach others omething7
hH2l 1wht woman thinks sh
believes because she believes it.
-
A man's house Is his castle until
he puts it m his wife's name
A woman'av worse may be more than
pockets extract from her husband's
A1ItUe, br,e?, authority or a few
2 ,a,ppl,?s . wlU pu" a aiaU
up to the limit.
The shapely girl isn't ashamed to
let people know how well she can fill
a pair of silk hose.
a
When a girl looks miserable even a
wise man can't tell whether it is be
cause of a broken heart or an aching
corn.
a
And sometimes after marrying a man
she once considered a good catch ' a
woman would like to take him off the
hook and throw him back.
THE TRADE COMMISSION LAW
From the Tacoma " Tribune.
President Wilson has signed the
bill providing for the creation of an
Interstate Trade commission, which is
to have powers over business And In
dustrial concerns similar to those now
exercised by "the Interstate Commerce
commission over railroads and other
common carriers. The measure is now
a law and the remarkable feature of
the situation is that it is being very
generally approved, even by the big
corporations whose agents in congress
made such determined political opposi
tion to its enactment.
In all the preliminary consideration
and discussion of .the measure Presi
dent Wilson tried to make it plain that
it was not the purpose of the proposed
law to tear and rend the business In
terests of the country, but only to
protect honest business against con
cerns that were operating in violation
of ail rules of fair trade and fair play.
The measure as finally agreed upon 'by
both branches of congress is generally
admitted to- meet a demand and to be
so drawn that it will help, instead of
nurung, legitimate business enter
prise. The law is framed on the ap
parent assumption that the men en
gaged in Interstate trade are honest
and law abiding citizens and desire to
obey the law If they know what it la.
The attemnt to define "unfair t-nm.
petition" was abandoned and it is left
to the judgment of the commission and
BUY AT DISCOUNT,
By John M. Oskison.
From a lettersent out by a Arm of
dealers in securities after the r was
on. these words are taken. They, are
calm and logical comment on the situ
ation facing America:
Thinking Americans realize that we
are buying the securities Europe wants
to sell at a discount, while we will
sell the goods Europe needs at a pre
mium. '. The securities coming to os .are
largely our choicest investments that
for: years have been1 selected by the
foremost bankers of the world.
They are being gold from necessity,
not of free will, to procure gold. They
will appeal to the investing power of
the strongest capitalists of this coun
try. In fact, the only criticism of the
closing of the New York Stock ex
change comes from many men of
means who stood anxious to buy these
prime American securities at 75 cents
on the dollar.
"As the idea becomes dearer that
the depression is due to nothing In
herent in domestic affairs, the forces
Interest. Of course, our honorable
bankers deny any affiliation.
When the banks refuse to loan to
the people, the people, by withdrawing
their patronage, could fight them at
their own game.
Congress should pass a law prohibit
ing banks from loaning money to
known lenders, to relend, they making
capital out of the people's own money.
The banks should be the only ones to
act between the man that1 has money
to lend and the borrower.
If Mr. McAdOO could "be informed of
their underhand methods, he would
do something--' to stop the oppression
(T R, BERTUNO.
Portland Mined CoaL
St. Johns, Or, Oct. 1. To the Editor
of The Journal As The Journal has
always ibeen an earnest and consistent
advocate ,of trade' extensiqn I trust a
short communication at this time, catl
ing attention to a needed change and
to an opportunity, ' will find favor.
Congress has just passed arts act'
providing for the opening of the vast
Alaska coal deposits, under, a leas
ing system. I think under the act the
royalty is about 2 cents per ton. Port
land should not purchase coal at sec
ond hand. Portland needs cheaper coal
for manufacturing nurDoses. With
the Panama canal opened, there should
be a great Increase in the number of
ships seeking trade and anchorage
here. They will all need coal- They
should not be compelled to go. to
British Columbia for it. To overlook
this bet and to permit present dis
advantageous coaling conditions to
continue will be suicidal- Why not
an all Portland-Alaska coal company
to open and to operate mines for Port
land's protection and Portland's in
terests? ' Portland-Alaska mined -coal, and
the coal brought to Portland on Port
land owned snips, should be th
slogan. IX C. LEWIS.
A juetion of Neutrality,
Portland. .Or Sept. 30. To ;tSST Edi
tor of The Journal An article pub
lished in the Oregonian of September
28, and taken from the New. York
World, purports "To be the opinion of
some -40 anonymous officers of the
United States concerning the outcome
of the war in Europe. Did these offi
cers, though remaining anonymous, not
violate the command of President Wil
son, laid upon every official-at. the
beginning of the war?
LOYAL AMERICAN-
This Husband Cries "Hurrah."
Portland, Or, Oct. 1. To the Editor
Of The Journal Why is Mr. Devoe
so alarmed at 'the prospect of women
wearing' trousers? He seems to be of
the class that has been railing against
the present mode, or in fact any mode,
of women's dress; doesn't like the
styles, but has absolutely no sugiges
'tions to offer. ,. There, was one line in
the article which should make every
married man rise up and call Fannie
AN D N EWSIN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Petition a are soon to be. circulated
in the seven or eight school distrkjts
nearest Gresham in the interest of a
union high school.
; -
Hermiston Herald: After 10 years, la
old wooden buildings, the iamrinn
service -has announced, by the author
izing of a new office building, that
Hermi&ton is to be permanent bard
quarters for reclamation work In HM
part of the state.
a e
Tuesday, October , is good roads 1
u7 a iufw. xt is tno oay setecred
for 1000 helpful hands to asiaemble
with pick and shovel for a day's work
on the road to Coxcomb hill. Those
who are unable to appear in person
are expected to employ a substitute.
Gresham Outlook: The fair man
agement la to be congratulated on its
success this year In securing a better
class of amusement along the Vur
row. The animal show is certainly
much more to be desired than a lot
of fake affairs and cheay minstrels
whose principal asset la a howling
ticket seller behind a red stand.
Herbert Hi Matthews, principal of
the consolidated school at AXsua, is un
dertaking to publish a weekly paper as1
an adjunct to his school. It is to be
a community paper, and tit news will
be community uewi, not school news
exclusively. It -.will be supported by
subscriptions and advertising, and the
principal and hiatoudant assistant
declare they already Sije their way to
make It .self-sustaining.
the courts to decide whether specific
acts in specific Instances can equitably
be described as coming within the pro
hibitions of the ace A decree of the
commission, however, that any person,
partnership or corporation, is compet
ing unfairly is not effective until it
has been Indorsed by the circuit court
of appeals. The rights of ail parties
to any controversy are amply protect
ed and the way for redress is opened,
without the necessity of appealing to
the attorney general to prosecute un
der the anti-trust act - The small busi
ness man who is being crushed by an
unscrupulous rival should welcome the
plan proposed.
Besides providing a way for settling
a large number of commercial disputes
of ithis kind, the bill also authorises
thi commission to assist business men
smlpected of violating the anti-trust
laws in reorganlzinc their hiiin, n
sudh a way as to conform to the stat
us
er the new law Is put into fun
operation, experience' may show that
some changes are needed to adjust It
to ail conditions, but as the law now
stands It provides methods for finding
out just what may and what may not
be legally done, and that is just wtfat
honest business men have long de
sired. This method is so plain that it
may be taken for granted, in the fu
ture, that the concern which rails at
the law doea not desire ' to conduct
its business in a lawful manner.
SELL AT PREMIUM
of would-be buyers- will Increase
against the time when our '.markets
resume normal functions."
No . one can tell as this is" written
when'4 the markets will be opeA-. It is
safe to say that it won't be long; and
when you are once more free to buy
and sell, you are going to have one of
the few opportunities that come in an
average lifetime to do som Judicious
buying.
Meanwhile. thr f Mm,wmt,M
to study - the actual value and the
market history of some of tbe best
lines of securities which are largely
for have been largely) held In Europe.
This is the time to make up your mind
as to what they are worth and arrange
to have your orders executed aa soon as'
the exchanges open for business again.
I believe that for a short time after
the exchanges open prices of good
American securities will go up fast;
then they will recede; and to 'keep
.them to a reasonable level a great
many level-headed owners of capital
will have to show their faith in .them
by their buying orders.
Harley thrice biassed: "She could get
into and out of fhem With the facility
of a quick charifce artist." Hurrah!
No more struggling for an hour with
a million hooks and eyes! The third
degree buttoning your wife up the
back!
I beseech you, Mr. Editor, to put
all the power of your magnificent pa
per behind this movement to have
these clothes adopted, and earn the
everlasting gratitude of the long suf
fering husband. S. O. C
A Kamsan's Figure.
Portland. Oct. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal Since reading the fine
communications recently published
from Kansas, filled with statistics
proving the' 'great good which prohi
bition has brought to that State, I
have been fortunate ' in securing still
another statement. Which. I wish the
people to .read. I met at Seaside's
man just from Parsons, Kaa, Whose
business has placed , hirn in. coatact
nrl.U .11 1 . i. . ,
-riiu an aaenv, DV LIIHl III KDOWI
whereof he speaks. He gave me these
figures:
Population, 1,600,000; bank deposits
over $220,000,030 and constantly, in
creasing; probably one-third of the
poorhouses without inmates, and 16
per cent of county jails; at least 10
per cent of the. 105 counties in the
state have no representatives in the
penitentiary; in illiteracy, Kansas has
next to smallest percentage of any
state In the Union. The prohibition
law is as well enforced as any other
law on the statute books.
N. E. DE SPAIN.
The Ragtime Muse
Quaint Customs.
When cherries bloom in old Japaa
The sentimental populace,
The woman, child and eke the maa, .
Make holiday all o'er the place.
The-radiant blossoms they admire
With ahs and oh a and. pjaises high;
.And here oUr sentiment takes fire
With the advent of cherry pie!
In merry England when the May
Comes in its lovely pink and greea, .
Old folk and young are truly gay
- And crown some beauteous damsel
- - queen,
And then all dance upon the sward.'.
, Perhaps we- might essay the same,
But at that season we're on guard
To see. the earliest baseball game.
. .
Ah. poesy and sentiment.
And customs old and fine and quaint.
To Us by elder people's lent,
They still survive, thouahsomewhat
faint. '
We celebrate the seasons four. -
'In our own way and never fail.
You'll find that every little store
Has its own "season's bargain sale."
A Heated' Conversation. -
-From Judge. - y
"Maud," I cried, resolved to chance her,
"There are words 1 burn to say!"
Then she made this cryptic answer, !
"All right, Charlie; blaze away.- j
jN EAFlllER DAYS
By F ed Lockley.
Xa 1871 a ?ate supreme coart la
f was afcnod. prior to this
tlmo the circu j Judges acted as as
ociata Justice ; of the supreme court.
In UTS Governor- w. w. Thayer ap
PoUitad Jameson. Kelly, p. p. Prim :
and Reuben Patrick Boise to the Su
preme bench, i j . ,
J. K. Keily ieryed aa chief Justice
from 117$ to s. Judge Kelly was
born in Peisylvania on Febru-,
ry 1. in , i In the fall of
1861 be becarr: law partner of AJ I
Lovejoy at Oi;tgon City. With, R. T.
Boise and DavH R. Biaelow lie waa am
f the coram' tsiooers who compiled
xne oooe.of Oitpon adopted by the leg
islature fin 183. i Ha vu twl
dent of the ltslatlve council, as the
senate was cJled In the territorial
daya In 1255 'ne was lieutenant colonel
oi voionei j.-jW. Neamlth's regiment .
which served through the Yakima In-'
dian warv In 86 he ran on the Demo-
cratle ticket fr! governor and was jie
feated by nfjrrow margin by George
L Woods, tn 1 1870 he was elected
United States! senator, serving from
March 4. 1871, to March. 4. 1877.
From 1880 1882 William P, Lord
was chief ju) tice, the associate Jus
tices being Jji p. Watson and J. B.
Waldo Judt? Lord was born in Del
aware, in 18,.! in 1882 he became
captain of a troop of cavalry, was pro
moted to majsr and was assigned to
the staff of jeneral Lew Wallace as
Judge advocafa At the clfoe of the
t-ivj war he. became lieutenant In
the regular Lrmy. He was stationed
at the Preaijlo in, 1886 and later at
Steilacoom. yash. From there he was
sent- to Alaka, when that territory
was taken ovf from Russia. '
He reslgne fromUhe army and set
tled at Saleu;4 taking -up the practice
of law. In 180 he was elected to the
supreme ben. bj He was reelected in
1882 and als in 188$. In 1894 he was
elected goveyor. ;i
In- 1881 Ef-ard B. Watson became
chief justice.; He was born In Iowa ia -'
1844 and can?. With his parents across -the
plains ii 1853. In 1872 be Vti
elected count T Judge., of Jackson eoua
ty. ,He wai ; elected to the supreme
bench in 1$8 i .
John Brecf enridge Waldo was chief ?
justice fromj 1884 to 188S. Judge Wal
do was bortfln the Waldo Hills, eas
of Salem, o&Qctbber 6, 1844. He at
tended Willamette university at Sa
lem, graduating m 18C3: He studied
with Judge . C. Pratt at San Fran- !
cisco. Thlsts the same Judge Pratt "
who was associate justice of the su-
preme court wheo Oregon was a ter- i
ritory. He am to Portland in 1$70,
becoming a 4aw partner of Judge Or- '
lando HumaSoD.' He was elected to the
supreme benth in 1880. Judge Waldo
was succeeded as chief justice by . W.
P. Lord, wio served from 1888 to.
1888. Hi i . '
From 18$,:'i to 1890 W.W. Thayer :
was chief justice. Judge Thayer was
born in Nej f : York state on JMy'16.
ia.57 I i a i - . - .--i .
;tling at Ct-jvallls. In, 1878 he Was
elected gove rnor of Oregon. ,'.
t Reuben St Btrahan served m.
Justice . froS i 1890 to 1892. He was
born in-KeiStocky on January J. 183S.
-.. uicjuii, seining at
, Corvallis. t jTe was a criminal lawyer
and he claimed that no criminal he de
fended - wai -convicted. After retiring
from the Vnch he practiced law in
, PorUand tJ ibis death in 1895.- ' r
in ia3 B--oert S. Bean txrum r-hif
justice. lfi is a native son . of jre-
, son. rte wis born In Yamhill county'
on Novembl r. 28, 1854, In 1878 be-was
graduated from Monmouth -college,
i After wort ine- a vr .- , .,
ter he be in the study of law and
was admif led to the bar in 1878.
After practicing law for a year he de
cided to g to . the .state university at
j Lugene. Hej was a member of the:
first graduating class in 1878, In 1890
,he Was elected justice of the supreme ' ,
i court. 'HefWa later appointed United
States district judge.
Frank A Moore, who became chief
Justice in 896. has the distinction of
havino- ber'in on th, . r.... . . . i.
longer tha any other Judge. He was
elected ln:l 892 and has been on the -bench
conlriuouMly for the past - 32 !
. : " w ww... ,tt un iKO-i
VCmber 5.L1844.- Prior tn ... -
j preme jud' e heuaught school in lowa,.
worked 44 rarpentry, was rount;i
school siiUerintendent arid practiced
law at St.' Helens.
j From lWgl to 1900 Charles H Wol
verton vseF'-ed as chief Justice. He I
jwas bornlin, Io May If, 1851, and
came wlt his parents to Oregon in
i 1868. He -was graduated from the col
i lge atbnmouth in 1872. He was
umiiieo o ine nar in 1S74 and locat5.
ed in Albany. He was' elected to the
supreme bench in 1894. He served till
1895, wb4&b became United fltate
district iflg. Thomas G. Halley of s
Pendletovj was appointed - to fill his
unexpired-term. j
In. I0.the legislature Increased the
supreme vurt from three to five Ju'-,
tices,- WGpdson 8," Slater and W. R.
King beiicjr given the two new places.-
to th mirrnw court. Governor West
s appoint!! Justices' -C. I. McNary and "
; W. M. Rfijnsey. The. present court-con.
. slsts of fShief Justice Thorna A.-Wc-
i Bride. Amociat . Iurlira iirank " A :
ijJoore. H;.: J. Bean, George If. Burnett, J
(Robert EakJn,WiHiam M. Ramsey and
Charles 11 MeNary. .
fHOO'S HQO
3y John W. Carey.
)
f9i 8J0R8'
Who L. ules Constantinople - as - the
Sultan fff the Turks and o'er the Em.
pi re Ottoman i hailed as All the
Works?'; i - -
Who seems to be the mark de luxe
for every blasted king thai has a mind
to doff tils lid and toes it in the ring?7
Who Notices that after every Euro
pean, strap his own domain takes up
less spice and less upon the map? -.
Whor neighbors all for real estate
have firm hand appetites? The resi
due at Hast reports was two or three
goon v tea)
Who; nay not have a. home at all in
Europe f busy hive when Mars gets
througj h his present Job? Mohammed
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