THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1914.
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Because thou lt spotted
many nation.. H eremnant
Of the people shall spoil the,
because of men bloody and for
th violence of the land, of the
city and of all that dwel
therein. Habakkuk It 8.
THE AS8KMBLY BILL
1
as-
T SEEMS Incredible that the
..mt.i van can. nass.
Yet nobody knows what
might happen. There might be
a giip. Many ot those wuo pu-ii-i-
or. it will secretly d t-
The brigadiers who were leaders
la assemblylsm before, still believe
ih. nlan. Some Of tnem pru
hv changed, but they
haven't Their claims that they;
are agalns'tlt are merely for public
on m riHnn TheT will secretly
vvuduijwv ease A
vote tot the assembly bill and,
wherever they can, secretly Induce
their friends to vote for it
i addition, there are thousands
nr newcomers In the state who do
not know the conditions that pre
.niiri before the Oregon syBtem
was adopted. They know nothing
-of tthe rup conventions. Simon
conventions. RJItchel.l convenuou.,
conventions. Independent
conventions and the other depths
nf disgrace Into which corrupt poi
Hies descended before the Oregon
syBtem went Into effect. Being
uninformed on. these things, they
might easily be led Into support of
the assembly bill.
In any event, every friend of the
direct primary should be on guard
and alert. This attempt' will have
to be fought Just as was the at
tempt at assemblylsm In 1910. -
The mere fact that the backers
of the bill have sufficient confi
dence in their strength to come out
boldly before the people and sub
mit their measure Is convincing
proof that the people' must be on
their guard.
The fight will be no child's play.
Every friend of the direct primary
in this state must be vigilant, or
we may all lose the incomparable
F
WHY TAXES ARE HIGH-NO. 9
OINTED explanation of .why taxes are high in this state la found
in the following: . - ' ; , . u-
We, the undersigned members of the Oregon State Senate heaeby
. .a. . z AtA mfftees of the jrovernor. ir any.
1f neceselty shall arise therefor, and will remain In session to consider and
dispose of aald vetoed messages. , ? - .
This extraordinary agreement waa.enierea mw BJ memuaD
the Senate and House at the 19 IS session. It is an agreement with
out parallel or precedent in Oregon legislative history. .
Outside of the , legislative machine which dominated that ses
sion, nobody knows Just how many members of either house signed
this agreement. It has been variously conjectured at about twenty
In the Senate and 'about forty to the House. It is an example of the
enterprises and activities the machine , was engaged in at the 19 IS
session.
One of the main ends for which this agreement was made was to
pass a number of bills raising salaries of officials in various counties.
In all, there were twenty-one such bills. All were vetoed by Gover
nor West. Nineteen of them were passed over the veto. The Im
mediate consequence was the addition ot many thousands of dollars
to the public taxes.
The agreement to adjourn was carried out to the letter, and af
ter an Interim of five days, the legislators returned to Salem. A
secret caucus was held by the machine members. Senator Joseph
and Senator Kellaher walked into the caucus room, and became the
objects of a strong protest. Speeches were made in which it was
made clear to them that their presence was objectionable to the cau
cuses, and, after a time, the two unwelcome senators withdrew.
The salary raises affected all kinds of officials. The opposition
of Governor West was based on protests filed with him by citizens
nf th wMintlfts involved. Of the twenty-one vetoes that he applied
tn h. wn. hnwfivflr. onlv two were effective. Nineteen' of the bills
were Dassed in spite of his vetoes. -
, Most remarkable was the passage in the Senate of a bill raising
the aalarv of the Clackamas county school superintendent from $1000
to $1600 over the protest of . Senator Dimick, himself the senator
from Clackamas. He was willing to allow an increase of $1200, but
the machine took the matter out of his hands and boosted it to $1600.
Another instance is even more remarkable. So eager was the
machine to pass salary raises that it passed two blll3 raising the same
salary. One of these bills is found on page 770 and the other on
page 773, 1913 session laws. Both bills raise the salary of the
county school superintendent of Columbia county.
Both bills were passed by both houses, and both passed over the
governor's veto, and both were passed by the machine over the veto
as a result of 'the remarkable agreement by the machine, which is:
Wo. the undersigned members of the Oregon State Senate, hereby
neree with each other that we will remain In session for a period of fire
davB after the forty (40) days' period shall have elapsed for the purpose
of considering the veto messages of the governor. If any. If necessity shall
.arise therefor, and will remain In session to consider and dispose of aald
vetoed messages. -- -
columns along the line of war
sympathies, which is , partly guess
work, we discover a total of 87$,
648 presumably hoping the allies
may win and 711,605, entertaining
a similar wish for Germany and
Austria.
Chicago may be taken as typical
of most Urge American cities. The
census shows what a great melting
pot of "nations the United States
is. It also-emphasizes the appeal
of. President Wilson to observe a
strict neutrality in 'act and speech.
If the hatreds and jealousies In
herited from European ancestry
were allowed to enter the melting
pot it-would soon boil over.
Letters From the People
(CommoolcitloiM eat to The Jooraal for
pobllcado in this department should be writ
ten on only one side of tba inner, abonld not
exceed SOO word la length and moat be ae
companled by tbe name aad addreaa of the
aender. If tba writer doe not dealre to
bare the saia published, be ihould so atate.)
"Diaeoaataa la' the area teat of an reform'
era. It ratioitaUaes TerytblDf It touches. It
roba principles of all false sanctity and
$5.05"; hospital SS cents par week. Ha
baa 8.2 left. Now for a common
laborer this is exceptional, for thar4
are a lot of men who do not get over
$2 per day. Aad than again tma
bunkboasa charge, r 11 vanttira to say
that bunkhouse in wendUng naa paia
for Itself over and over again.
Mr. Booth and Mr. DUon are great
believers in organization; that is. in
organisation of the lumber interests.
He has employed around his- different
c&mpi a group of stool plegons who
"turn in" any of, the "hands" who
ever suggest organization of the work
era. In th camps fallera. backers;
et&. work under that severest of ex
ploiting systems, the bonus system.
Any working man who would vote for
such a mean, severe and critical ex
ploiter ought to be made, together
with all of his kind, to slave for Booth
forever ami ever. X bate and despise
hypocrisy., I admire for his courage
alone, however such a man as II. O.
Otis of Los Angeles, but one who ap
proaches you with an outer conceal
ment and withholds from you a decent
wage, a decent living, X despise.
J. B. S.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
The Columbia County Recall.
The Dalles, Or.. Oct. 2. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In Wednesday's
Journal appeared an item from Co
lumbia. PAllTltV In' Whlfk a o amr,n
throws them back on their raasooableoeaa. If ia mada that th nnnntir omir wo
they hare no reaaonableneaa. It ruthlessly "1,??, r " T , c?un,ty court was
crasbea them oat of existence and aet np Its recalled for not following the state
own conclusions la their stead." Weodrow Highway commission's survevs and
WllSOn. I ntans tnr th, rVlllimHIa Vlirkn, Thot
D.M:. r jm I - - "'J "K"
iuor&ct umi urwers I or the county Justice. The recall petl-
Lents, Or Oct. 3. To the Editor J tions were got out and started on their
of The 'Journal In The Journal of J way by men who made the failure of
September 27, a Hawthorne avenue tha court to follow the state highway
grocer writes that he thinks there engineer's survey an excuse and it
ought not to be anything more com- was only an excuse for a recall. But
lng from the city to benefit the pro
ducers 'who use the Yamhill nubile
market, because of the. extreme prices !
changed for their produce. He Quotes
their prices on potatoes at $1.50 per
sack, while he was charging only
the main body of voters voted for the
recall because there was general dis
satisfaction over the county caused by
high road taxes, and too small a por
tion of the taxes being returned to
local roads, nearly all from some sec-
BMAIili CHANGE
I i
;" If s generally better to be a small
success than a big failure. .
It isn't always the winner who
wears a winning smile.
Style is one of the principal Ingre
dients in a dressmaker's bill.
A woman Is never popular with a
man who knows less than aha does.
Fortunate Is the woman who Is too
busy to have that kind of a tongue.
Don't hide your light under a bush
el; use a reflector and make the moat
of It.".
-. e
In most cases the milk of human
Undntss - yields more buttermilk than
butter.
t
. He is a wise candidate who sticks to
nis regular job until he gets into
a a
Some people's idea of a bargain is a
SO cent article marked down to 4
It serves a man right" if he marries
a suffragette and has to take in white
washing to support her:
There are lots of good people on
earth, end there are a lot more about
six feet below the crust,
A ragtime philosopher says that some
men are Inclined to blow out their
brains because . they haven't any.
Almost any man may work himself
up to a high degree of popularity with
ueisiiugri oy istung up nis resi
dence on an uninhabited island in mid-ocean.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Eugene Guard: High school teachers
report that since the superintendent
IN EAlIlER DAYS
li .Jd Lockley.
Co down orTf Front treet and you
Will IM An Klwt btmv Krk y t t oVt j A a-A
of schools condemned the wearing ofan .,., - - ,K-
earrings aa relics from Zululand. that f, xnaa 'f00 A you pa88 t5e
me earrings about the school have ais-' gray nors ana its gray haired
mv .i'v''' 8id; "They hurt;aPlw will looltUt you speculatively to
" you-arejioosung ior an express
wagon. The drf ver is Adam McNamee,
who came to Portland in the spring of '
l4f when Portland consisted of six
or seven house 'and one store We sat
on the curbing, together a few days ,
ago, and he. toldSme of Portland's early
days. "When I was going on nine years
old." he seid.-Vmy father. Job Mo-
preas stage to that of the power press ls,mM. went ; 46 the gold mines in
with everything to match. It was ! California. That was in the spring of
founded by George H. Baxter. The 11849. In 1849 Portland waa a. town
d pubuahea La Chea-iof womon hiMr. aimn. ii
the men folk had gone to the mines. .
My father had' good luck and mad
money there, v He bought a stock of
s
The directors of the Ptiblie Market
association at Roseburg have elected
W. J. Clark of Looking Glass president
of the association, end W. Bradford,
secretary and treasurer. The Roseburg-
Review quotes the retiring of
ficers as reporting affairs la splendid
condition.
i- .
The Creswell Chronicle rejoicingly
observes its fifth' birthday, having
grown in half a decade from the hand
present editor an
ter aland.
publishes is Ches-
We have many fine resorts in Ore
gon.' says the North Bend Harbor, "in
cluding springs, mineral water, moun
tains and ocean beaches. It would be
liquors In San Francisco and shipped
It UD to Portland Ha rittiO nn a in.
.timVff,r!ihi?Kil"-t?Md Coo5 ,oon OJ ont . between YamhlU and
county to advertise their resorts and
get some or that hundred million which
will be spent in this country Instead of
Europe, during the next year."
Salem correspondents ef Portland
papers having spoken in ftlgb praise
of the Morrow county exhibit at the
state fair, the Heppner Gazette-Times
admonishes its readers "not to be so
modest in future but to give more at
tention to getting up creditable ex
hibits for both the county and atate
fairs," closing with: "In the line ot
products raised in this county we
should not be afraid to go up against
the world."
THE HOARDING BANKERS
81.35. I suppose he thought other tions being diverted to the Columbia
grocers were doing the same, for he highway, and it was the effort of the
seemed to be quite positive that the court to save some of the taxes, at
farmers were asking a whole lot more least, for the local roads that got
for their potatoes than the grocers, or them into disfavor with those who
even wholesale men. started the recall.
' Now, I know positively of three The greatest mistake the court made
grocery men on that date that were was in hitching up with the state
charging $1.75, $1.85 and $2 per sack I highway commission, for the commis-
ana can give tne names if necessary, 1 sion made promises, through its speak-
and probably the potatoes were not so
good as those sold in the public mar
ket. , I am a producer, and have sold
considerable "in the public market, and
while I do not claim perfection, either
era, sent into the county prior to the
vote on the road bonds, which it has
no authority to fulfill.
If the newly elected court .succeeds
In getting into office and undertakes
to carry out the plans and surveys
and work, and hoe, and Btand he
hind counters, and run machines,
and operate stores and banks and
mills, but that they haven't sense
enough to pick out candidates for
office without the assistance of
Mr. Huston and Mr. Geer and
Ralph Williams and "Pat" Mc
Arthur. As a corporation lawyer who
sees things from the viewpoint of
the corporations, Mr. Huston's
thoughts of things are different
from the average man's thoughts
of things. He cannot be a sup-
! porter of Senator Chamberlain be
cause Senator Chamberlain was
defending the Oregon system when
Mr. Huston was trying to pull
down the Oregon system.
But Mr. Huston's attack on Sen-
ator Chambefllin is of value, in
m tchirh the citizen of that it illuminates the situation
Oregon haa the right to go to the ; It shows tbe people of this state
Fallot box and directly exercise an
Influence , on public affairs.
for the farmers or the management.
for both have to learn the ways of I of the state hitrhwav commission, it
one hest adant-! to th immediate tnese tngs, yen will say that so far will put the county Into debt from
no iuu uiAimeciucub ia ujuwrucu, jl i ai.uvv.uuv to s4,uuv,uuu, evna me voters
think tbe men deserve great credit for I of the county won't do a thing to that
future.
In undertaking to capitalize its I their patience and fairness under very j new court.
scenic assets. Portland is but fol- lns lrcumf for, when,- "
towing a movement that Is gen- 10o small booths and keeping every-
eral throughout the United States one in a good humor, it is sonre stunt,
and one that has been greatly and let anyone who has a grouch at
stimulated by the interruption of pullic marke 3ust f, 1 ha,v
Ar.a .,4 , I ln luit few public markets.
ncc vu amupo both m the east and on the Pacific
Dy war.
I am very well acquainted with con
ditions In the county, having lived
there for 10 years and was a deputy
assessor there last spring, 1914.
H. C. WOOD.
Every community that has any
thing in the -way of natural inter
est is joining in the, "See America
First" cry and is making prepara
tion to get a share of the tourist
business.
In natural attractions there Is
no spot that can compare or com
pete with Oregon.
War and Liquor Traffic.
Pnrtlgrul O. 9 Tn tVia
coast, and have found none better I frv. i,,.r mi. vr ninn.. mate demands of business and for
Tnlonl. T T" till T I " J w....--, . .
uau a wa wn.i i a aa.
From the Lincoln Star. "
Nothing quite so remarkable and
encouraging has ever occurred In the
history of the government's relations
to the banks of the country aa the
recent brusque notification to the
bankers of the land by the secretary
of the treasury that they have no ex
cuse for hoarding money at this time,
and that they must quit It. on pain
of the government's displeasure
That the secretary of the treasury
Is right no novice can question. Only
the banker may do that. There is no
reason why banks should now be
hoarding money. The government has
recently turned over to them 8300,000,
000 of the people's money, the pur
pose being to help in a revival of
business and Industry and confidence,
especially In view of the prostration
In Europe created by the war.
Secretary McAdoo has declared that
be will immediately withdraw all gov
ernment deposits from banks found
hoarding money and exacting exces
sive rates of interest, and will rede-
poelt them in such banks as can show
that their funds are being loaned at
reasonable rates to meet the legitl-
R. D. KIT.T.
the liquor traf flee is Justifiable be
cause of being an economic necessity.
She claims that it creates a demand
for more land products and gives em-
tbose who otherwiss
The same thing can
That stupendous
BUS SURRENDER
THE flflOO EXEMPTION
THE US00 exemption' would take
taxes ' off the moderately well
to do and pile them on the poor
on one hand and the rich on
the other. Oregonian.
The Oregonian knows better.
The first thing the $1500 exemp
tion does is to repeal the present j
law, which exempts all housenoia
furniture. There are mansions in
Portland in which furniture was
taxed on $10,000, or $12,000, or i
$14,000. before the present law
went into effect, but on which
nothing is paid now. It is the ex
emption lw which the. Oregonian
warit retained because It is a law
from which the very rich get splen
did benefits.
That law is repealed byj the
$1500 exemption, and every tax
payer, whether rich or poor, is
given the right to $1500 exemp
tion on "dwelling house, household
furniture, livestock, machinery, or
chard, trees, vines, bushes, shrubs,
nursery stock, merchandise, build
ings and other'' improvements."
Why misrepresent thiB bill?
Why not state the facta as they
are and let the people adopt. or re
ject the measure on its merits?
that the old reactionaries are rising
and are going to try to seize the
government.
Booth, who voted against the
primary bill; Wlthycombe, who
still thinks there ought to be an
assembly to "eliminate" candi
dates; McArthur, who championed
the Bean-Brooke bill to make
Statement One a crime; Geer, who
went to Arizona to tell the people
to avoid the Oregon system as
they would the plague, and Hus
ton,' who thinks the people don't
know enough to select fit candi
dates. . Such is the phalanx.
Such is the ticket and such Its
managing men.
MR. IIUBTON'8 ATTACK
H"
GOOD ROADS
T
ECAUSE he feared he couldn't
make the business go, a
Portland business man ended
his struggle with a revolver.
It was wrong, but who will con
demn? H It was weakness to sur
render, but who will criticise?
The man was weary of It all.
Good Enough for HJm.
Portland. Or- Sept. 16. To the Edi
tor of The Journal At this time, when ployment to
the enemy have imtiorted toeoDle from would be idle
all parts of the country to stand on I he said of war.
our street corners and run down Sena- folly now being enacted in Europe Is
tor Chamberlain; when he is being giving employment to about 8,000,000
opposed by the lady from Illinois and men actually in the field, and to many
the rest of the politicians who prob- more in the background. The liquor
ably wouldn't even speak to a com- business Is no less destructive or de
mon person except to try and get his moralising than this war, for its rav
vote, and who probably never have ages are incessant. Her remedy for
known Senator Chamberlain except over-production and unemployment is,
that he .has stood between them and to say the least, in my judgment, a
their graft; it might be a good time foolish one. The solution of these
to let the voters know what kind of problems is to be fdund in a lust dis
a man Chamberlain is.- We all know tributibn of commodities and not in a
his record spotless and flawless. But barbaric destruction of life If it were
I am glad that I ever met him, man possible for the landless each to till a
who will be ftuur friend whether he piece of land, their consuming power
gets your vots or not would - be greatly increased, and if
Years ago I was a conductor on tne I other millions who are employed by
moving the crops of the country to
the markets,
It startles ona to hear the hankers
of the land accused thus openly of
"hoarding" money, for most of us
recall how the people have for years
been lectured by the banks for doing
that very thing. When th people
hoard money It goes hard with the
banker, and when the bankers hoard
money It goes hard with the people
When ath people disclose a lack of
oonfldeons the bread and butter of the
banker, Ts well as that of the rest of
us who have non to hoard, depends
upon our united ability to restore con
fidence. When the banker boards
money, he being presumably so much
more liberally qualified to know
whether there is any reasonable cause
for lack of confidence, the psychologi
cal effect is just se much more depressive.
ana mere lay the revolver. There manv times and no matter how busy. . of part of their labor should receive
lay the revolver, and it tempted J or tired, or worried he was, he always j the full product of their toil, their
mm to" put an end to the fight
Ten thousand lives a year is the
annual toll the revolver lays on the
people of the United States.
OUR PLACE IN THE SUN
0
R. GEER, who went to Art
zona to tell the people there
that the Oregon system was
worse than poison, smote
Senator Chamberlain Thursday.
Mr, S.fB. Huston, the most out
spoken enemy in this state of the
Oregon system, smote Senator
Chamberlain ' Friday. What .a
splendid pair to stand np before
people as the bone and sinew, the
inspiration and the lifeblood of the
opposition to Senator Chamber
lain! Mr. Huston is perhaps as fierce
and uncompromising a hater of
popular rule as is John Rockefel
ler. -He is the essence of reaction.
When in -1910 the first effort to
overthrow popular government was
on, Mr. ! Huston was. In the front
; rank. .
He was a delegate to the Mult
nomah 'county assembly. He was
the candidate of the corporations
for chairman of that assembly. He
received 298 votes and was beaten
by Mr. Stapleton, the candidate of
the advisory ' committee.
7 Mr, Huston made a keynote
speech, .in which' "he said the as
" sembly was needed to make the
primaryj system .'"workable." He
did not say so. but what he meant
waa-that the people do not know
enough to select officials and. that
an assembly ' of high-brows is
needed to "advise" them. He did
. not say laobut what he meant" was
that " the- common peopled-have
sense enough. to plough. and plant
HE state of Oregon haa made
considerable progress this
year in the improvement of
its highways. Several of the
counties have assumed a bonded
indebtedness to undertake the con
struction, of important roads.
There is a great responsibility rest
ing upon those having road im
provement in charge. It is in
cumbent upon them to see that the
money is' economically expended
and that a dollar's worth of road
is obtained for every dollar spent.
As a general principle tie tax
payer does not object to the dis
bursement of a large sum of money
provided full value for It is received.
The people have realized the eco
nomical value of . good roads and
they will be very much disappoint
ed if they do not secure them. If
county courts should fritter away
the money in playing politics there
will be a great reaction in the
good roads movement.
They should be held to a strict
accountability by the voters who
should always be on guard.
had a kind word for me and my work consuming power, too, would be great
mates. No distant stare in his make- ly augmented, and there would be no
up. But best I remember one night need of such inhuman expedients as
when I was 111 and hardly able to war and the liquor traffic,
hold the Job down; he went out on a The adoption in November of the
late car and noticed I was ill. Tha bill to establish a department of in-
then governor of the state went home, j dustry and publlo works in the state :
Duiit a lire ana preparea sometnmg i to give employment to tne unem
bot. and with it and other medicines, I ployed would be a step In the right
NE hope growing out Of the 1 met my car next trip. I say a man I direction.
pending great war is that tnat 13 g000- enough ror me to i vote dry and for tne "right to work"
vote ior, ana i can bibo assure any- i Dili. w. xi. ouAua.
one that is halting between two opin
ions that Senator Chamberlain would
meet you and treat you as he did me.
L. S. LYON,
0S Willis boulevard.
While this "bawling out" by the
secretary of tle treasury Is ostensibly
directed at a few banks in the south.
it may be recognized as a warning to
bankers everywhere. The difficulty
experienced by the state of Tennessee
in disposing of a $400,000 Mssne of
state bonds seems to have provided
the secretary with the key for his
drastic warning.
Tennessee has been having trouble
with its bonds for several years, and
seems to afford an extreme case.
Nebraska owned a large block of the
bonds of that state as an Investment
of its school fund and had trouble In
converting them into other securities,
owing to political conditions that then
prevailed in Tennessee, the state being
over bonded and embarrassed by po
litical rivalries so that it had trouble
in maintaining its credit However,
Secretary McAdoo, presumably being
fully aware of conditions prevailing
in that state, did not hesitate to de
clare that if the banks down there did
not take care of the bonds, he would
himself undertake to find banks that
would do so.
It is not for th layman who knows
little of finance to say whether tbe
secretary is right in his attitude, but
it is encouraging to observe that it is
this time the banker, instead of tbe
government er the people, that is
under fire. It is so unusual that its
novelty, seems to give it merit. Here
tofore the bankers have seemed to
command the government in all mat
ters involving their processes. It has
not been for the government to say
what the bankers should do. They
have been in the habit of telling the
government what it should do.
Considerable complaint has been
noted of late in the metropolitan press
that the bankers have not been lending-
to business the encouragement
that the public had a right to expect
from them. Some comparisons have
been made between the conduct of
American bankers in the midst of
peace at home and the European bank
ers In the midst ef war, and these
comparisons, made by newspaper
writers on finance in the big money
centers, even in New Tork, havs
shown the American banker to a dis
advantage with respect to liberality.
it will lead to a new reor
ganization of the world's af
fairs in which will be eliminated
the false doctrine that nations
must make' .their way by brute
force and that the strong shall
crush the weak. So long as this
CAPITAXIZE BIT. HOOD
T
HE Ad club, which has en
listed in the movement to
capitalize Oregon scenery, is
proceeding ina practical way
towards the construction of a high-vl
way to Mt. Hood.
Preliminary steps have, been
taken, first to have a survey made
and 'second to secure legislation
which will enable Multnomah coun
ty to construct the highway
through Clackamas county. . As
Portland will be the direct bene
ficiary of a highway to the moun
tain it seems eminently proper that
the construction should be borne
by It. 'It Is not anticipated that
Clackamas county will interpose
any objection to its doing bo
The progressiveness of the Ad
club is shown in its advocacy of
a. road 24 feet wide with a 'grad
lent not to exceed five per . cent
This is the standard Bet by the
An Enterprise Disowned.
Minneapolis, Minn.; Sept. SO. To the
Editor of The Journal Information
has reached us that a Dr. K. R. Waite,
representing a book selling and cor
respondence course commercial enter-
in Minne-
A Battle Prayer Suggestion.
Portland. Oct. S. To the Editor of I prise, with headauartera
doctrine holds there can be no jus-I The Journal Recently there .was pub- 1 apolis, has been making: the statement
tice and so long asv there is no j listed In The Journal a sort of form that this undertaking is officially con-
UStice there ran h no nAi-manont or Prayer o oe usa m me near iu- ncuccu wiui, ot Hucugoaa Dy, u
usuce mere can De no permanent t f t Aimiht, to interfere University of Minnesota.
peace. wlth tne ciana 0f klnes and rulers of The tpublic should be warned that
A Significant development is the 1 nations and bring about a term of representations of this kind axe abso-
constant appeal of the warring na-fP63-06 Ml1 have no more wars. Now-if lutely false. The University of Min-
tions to the public opinion of the tlnue wny not bave a form 80metnlns indirectly, with any commercial edu
United States, like this for those en traced in battle: I cational agency. It haa no arenta nr
This Is a recognition of the exeat I "O most high, most gracious God of I representatives in the field and it em-
moral leadership we have attained battles we do beseech of thee to give to phatieally denounces any attempt to
in .tt.mnUi,- . us the victory. Smite our enemies for use the name and prestige of th la
in attempting, to Bet up ine pnn- tny ervants. Send down" fire and stitutlon to aid a commercial enter
Ciple that the greatness of a na- brimstone on the- heads of our ene- prise. GEORGE E. VINCENT,
tionaoes not depend UTon its com-1 mles. Pour out thy wrath on their I President of the University of Mln-
manro if a ai-m ja an ii. I heads. . Send pestilences and plagues I nesota.
out upon its practice 01 eequaiuy tneIr wivea and tnejr children, we be- Eminent Voices Aeainst Saloon.
ana justice, seech, of thee. We know, oh God, our I Portland. Oct. 3. To the Kflito f
Under ereater orovocation thanrcause is just, -end we ask of thee to I The Journal it is not nMin t
caused the European cataclysm we pSrfiyM LJ? "VTier-thelr heap aU the crW p the "paid
, . . I sinews. Destroy their sight, so we I agitator" Thr aM h-a ,a
nave avoiaea war witn Mexico ana can slay them without InJurT to our-1 .i7. "'LTCTlZ
are with patience and sacrifice en- selves. Be with us now in the hour cause. I emote from my readinar ef th
deavoring to restore peace and or- J ot need, and we will give thee all tbe J past few days.
der in that distracted land. pnuse. ""s xor v-nrist Oregon's Episcopal bishop-elect says:'
tv a .nfranrhi?6rl Pnha an w ' , ' " j "in ere is no more damning mnuence
vve. enirancnisea cuDa ana re- end. Amen and amen.- i tn. .nmninnihr tv th ,.
THEODORE C. WILSON. 1 f.lz1 Hnuor traffic hr-alrfno-
The Booth Lu ruber Camps. j tfty 0f tne nation and the integrity of
Ul their inhabitant urn rosriv t I wrraui ur, uct. 4. 10 uimiot inn ?"""'"' nueii. Ana wnue
ui tneir lnnamtants are ready to of journal Of course it is not some may differ as to the great ad-
FINANCIAL GHOST FROM A SHADY PAST
By John M. OsWson.
In this land of the free there's noth
ing to prevent such a blsarre financial
development as occurred recently
when George Graham Rice sent out
circulars of greeting to a list of old
customers, which said:
"I have opened business for deal
ings in listed and unlisted stocks. The
major purpose is to bring buyer and
seUer together at a time when public
markets are suspended and informal
markets are required to enable those
who are In distress to liquidate their
securities and in order to help those
who have funds to take advantage of
the situation and purchase siocas i
important concessions."
The author of this circular, up to
three years ago, had a. wonderful
career as a bucket-shop financier,
promoter of gold mines and general
get-rlcft-iuiclt artist He became the
guiding bead of a big brokerage firm
operating almost next door to the
v. vo,v stock Exchange; It was
here that his spectacular methods at
tracted the attention or 10a uD.
States authorities. ,.
There was a swift raid one day, tne
firm was busted; and George Graham
Rlee and some sf ma associates w
"stored her to her own people.
We purchased the Philippines
and are holding them in trust yn-l
assume self government.
As a further evidence of a sin
cere desire for the. good will of all
presumed that tbe question of severity I vance which may come with the fran
of exploitation of the workingmen em- chise of election to women, of this I
ployed by the . Booth-Kelly Lumber lam absolutely certain: when the fran-
HIB nailOHS we nave Blgnea treat- I n Rnnth trot IL" htun Uhnnlitar tn shnnldpr thosa -nrhrt h...
ies providing for arbitration of I you and his defenders. I wonder If I suffered . the greatest injustice and
differences. I Mr. Booth ev.er knew that at WendUng I misery and wretchedness because of
We are meeting our responsi-1 thera " a big, bleak, barn appearing J the liquor traffic, women native-born
DUllieS - as a WOria POWer -U ronmn with mattresses and iron ha Uilncated. and votine Dracticallv aa
spirit of unselfishness. Ifor which one paya at the rate of 124 (unit for the suppression of the liquor
Our achievements are substan-1 cntB per night? i wonder aiso if he l traffic
tial ones and account in no small
degree for
the world
opinion.
r THB MEMTJTG POT
! knows that all of their cooks are hired Theodore Roosevelt says: "The
tne respect that all I bonus plan; that is, their pay gradu? j field against woman suffrage, because
Is showing to ourlated according to how much they I they regard the entry of woman into
could cheat the stomachs of the work- the rights or citisensnlp as a danger
ers? Upon the trip from WendUng to to dominance of liquor in polities,
the farther campa one passes a group which they have been trying more and
of shacks that would even be a dis- more to establish. I saw this tn Mleh-
mcii to the coal eamna of West Vlr- I lean, where every saloon was head-
HE recent school census Oficrlnla 29 years ago. "One would think quarters for the fight against woman
rfcas- atm-ra . nnnni.tA I .iih an monent of th Y. M- C A. I mif f raee.
of two TQtlllon and one half aa"1 Cairtstianity would certainly. in-J The editor of the Ladies' Home Jour-
Ol IWO XUllUOn M OM Mill . imK- ,hAt thcr. la an I nal an vh! "Tt Is essentiallv a wnm.
people ; Of these less than I f1ATv at least nrovide decent shacks tan's question, for from every eeov
one third, or 752,111, are native for "bis hired hands" to live In. And nomlc, social and moral standpoint It
born Whites whose parents - were these are the bunkhonses. That they is the woman who has suffered from
r " " vT4 t . sre miserable in the extreme can be the saloon. The saloon must go Is
also born in this country. More JJ by . anyone wno has been the slogan, and it calls to arms every
than one third, or 876,288, were forced to live in one. woman in America."
born abroad,, while there are 754,- Above mil. how. about the pay?. ! Ask anyone who is honestly striving
K?n whrtAA narents were forelzn wiU take the eommon laborers: Their to help the down and out; ask Gov-
670 wnose parents were xoreign aboT- $2 5 J() hour ernor West, for instance, and hell tell
UUl 11.
Taylor streetai i)He called it the "Ohio
House' He raw it for three or four
years and made: lots of money. Monty
was plentiful 'gin the early fifties.
Everybody ha gold, dust, and the
miners were free spenders. Father
charged two bits a drink. A man
named Dick White started a saloon
next door. He cut the price to 10 cents ;
a drink. Father had an idea be could
get hold of -ull the dimes In circulation
and put Whitr out of business. He
got all the dimes he could, but more
kept tuminar un. Father riaantaari
fttma. TI a . Y. W j J . ... k.a J I
saved up. a, few hundred of them, in
the' river to put them out of circula
tion, but therUseemed te be as many
as ever left. After that he put them
in a bowl under the counter, apd
whenever he had a bowl full he would .
throw them 'to, the boys In the street.
There used to he some wild scrambling
when father played 'snatch grab' with
his bowl of Umes. I used to go In
the saloon and see the cash drawer
full of gold and sliver. I remember I
used to Ilka best the eight-aided SO
dollar gold slugs. They were plentiful
in those days;; Borne of the five and
ten-dollar gold coins had a picture ot
a beaver on them. They were mads ia
uregon City, , .
"My father's saloon used to be the
rallying place for all the ship captains
and river men, About every so often
Captain Fl avail would go on a tear.
When he dldj he would almost wreck
the saloon. He would always coma
around later3 and pay for whatever
damage he had done. Sometimes my
father would! charge him 1200 for
breakage. if
"Mother felt so bad about father ;
being in the saloon business that after
a few years' he sold the saloon and
went into the pump business. Ha
bored logs out for wooden pumps. Ws
used to btri : a two and one-fourth
inch hole in the log, and ws got a dol
lar a foot for the pump. A man here
decided to hut in a city water system.
Father took , the contract to furnlsfe
wooden plpk at 25 cents a foot. We
bored a twV and one-fourth inch hole
in the logsj I was a good husky lt
y ear-old boy s so I helped bore them.
The pipes were put down along First
street We furnished several thousand
feet of log . pipe.
"Herman Leonard who, though more
than 90 years old. is still to be seen
on the streets here on sunny days,
bought up the city water system. He
and Henry tifeen were partners. They
owned the : atar system and along
about '59 'Yfjiy put in a gas works.
The- brought in Iron pipes for the
gas and alio for the water pipes so
that put our leg water pipes out ef
business, father then took up the
sidewalk contracting, business. He
butlt board, and plank walks. My
mother died on September 1, 1871, and
father died a month later on October
1. '78. r
"I have fheen driving an express
wagon ever .since 1X7. Yes, a few of
the old timers are still here. Hiram
TerwilligerfBtill lives on his father's
claim tn South Portland. He has been
here for 'nearly 70 years. 'Jimmy
Kin'g is her yet. He came about '47.
Henry Hill domes back to Portland oc
casionally. 4HIs sister. Mrs. William
Powell, still! lives here. Her mother,
who wassjV widow, married Stephen
Coffin. Mtrf Ellen Starr, who used te
ba Kllen Clnar. T 1 v-ph nut In (h. Vf
After the trial had Tabor district. Mrs. Cartwright is
tne government ; still here.1 Them sr. a fAW n
had spent 'about $50,000 in the prose- I here, whotewent to school to Dr. Ralph
cution. Rice and one other pleaded I Wilcox, Portland's first school teacher,
guilty and were sent to prison. i As I drive aU over Portland delivering
Now Rice is out. having served his trunks, suitcases and other things, I
term, and he is among the first to ! can hardly ibelieve that the Portland of
see the opportunity for buying good j today was Ipncn the little settlement
stocks from people who have to sell of six or even bouses I knew as
to avoid bankruptcy and selling them boy."
to lliruiy vwuera ui i-apii&u j
Under our financial system. Rice '
Is a logical member of our business
and banking community. He Is the .
pawnbroker type, the sort of shark I
owners of securities have to go to in j
times of stress.
Under our system no one Is going
to blame the reputable bankers for
refusing to lend on securities; their
defense, that they must look first to
the solvency of their banks at a crisis
time, is perfect
But if we really mean to make a
bid for the financial leadership of the
world (and now is the time to do It)
our financial powers ought to be able
to take care of necessitous holders of
good securities. They ought to- be
able to put. the pawnbroklng specu
lator out of business very promptly.
Rice and his kind are a disgrace to
Amerio&Q finance!
President Wilson said some time
ago that the hard times complained
of wehe psychological. The evident
aim of his administration has been to
restore popular confidence in prevail
ing conditions and opportunities. Per
haps this outspoken declaration by
the' secretary ot the treasury Is a step
in pursuance of that policy.
nut on trial.
lasted months and
HOO'S HQO
By: John W, Carey.;
ly, and yeu can't ever expect to rem
edy conditions unm jou -
cause." Ask the man who for years
has been superintendent oiu,,
Resort' of Portland, and he will tell
you- "If you honestly want to better
the condition of the man ow"
and out, the way you can do It quick
est. Is to remove uj B".-
Charges Wets With SHsqnotlng.
a rw 3 To the Editor of
The JournaWn yesterday's Journal I
observe an advertisement mw
for by "The Taxpayers' and Wage Earn
ers' Leagua." and which la headed with
a picture which I suppose will answer
as well aa any 10 poi "
but underneath it follow 100 or more
words whieh nohody but the cheekiest
and most desperate of wets would
have ventured to invent, uuuer
Revered Leader."
Now I am not a party Prohibition
ist, but I for one am unwilling to see
one who is reslly revered by the peo
ple, and who. has been dead almost
half a century, besmirched by those
who would pot have dared to make
such charges while he was living.
E. O. DARLING.
Trt Hon. Hunirry Seven. -
Portland, Oct. . To Hon. Editor
Journal Newspaper Cousin Nogi
snuggest that Hon. Booth, or some
ih., iik hlrh minded, tender hearted
magnate, take cash out of bank and
buy uniforms and toot-horns for Gus
umcr'K "hunarv seven." Then them
honorable afso-raas can stand around
on street comers and play sweet tunes
forget that other honorable "hungry
seven" whieh used to toot close har
mony on streets for bat pass are gone
back to Germany and held there by
honorable war. If hon. Moser's "hun
gry seven" play such sweet serenade
in front of Oregonian office and for
hon. Jessie Stubbs perhapsly they
won't hare to wotk so hard doing
vaudeville stunts to get hand-out-feed
at Republican bank w eta If not.
why not, 'I ask to know?
HASHIMURA TOGA,
By la L IL
The Ragtime Muse
pay is never aoovs s.so per tv nours. i emor uD kvho, uu nou icn on wtc ' " r- -
Say one gets - in a f ull week, which J yos in his' own original way: "It's like OF Doc Tekthycombe harmony
In Pancake Time.
Let others strike their lyres in praise
Of lovers' vows or furious war;
Such themes a sane bard must abhor.
And so deny to them hisays.
I sing tn praise ef luscious eates
That are of batter made compact:
That la, they are before the fact
That givhs them varied grades and
weights.
I sing the lordly buckwheat cake.
Its chosen comrades, too, I sing,
Bausage and syrup, everything
What good ones mother ued to make!
The waffle, too, a golden brown
Of quaint eublstlcal design
n,uprvfii and haa a verse of mrne
Twould counteract misfortune's frown!
Tt.. nnhia e-tiddle cake of corn.
The flannel caae t sing uiem ootq;
iu eat tnem X am nuiuinj main.
They quite redeem a wintry morn.
But of all cakes the flapjack I
Esteem the greatest and the best.
For north and south and east and
west
Who gamely undertakes the job in
Wilson's cabinet that makes him, ex
officio, the human tabouret?
Who'll be accused of throwing down
your well -known Uncle 8araT (Ex-
. .. .. . . .-T .1.-1 .
niDlt a: jjcimjuoiup ran vr iuai vi
Wlckershajjn),
Who'll' fee accursed by capital If he
la ,k.a 14a vamaa a nvt -allat
foraooth, ; demagogue and other pleas
ant namee? .
Who'll ( e condemned by . com men
folks as ; bowing to tbe kale unless
some man- of means each day he sends
In chains to Jail?
sympaejy? : That new attorney gen-
eral ne T Watt Gregory, -
EtateA. highway commission as the . Arranging these figures in two means $lS-o. Board and room are I boose that causes all the trouble near-1 People hearing such lovely sounds will plain people for the
flapjack cry!
Thd Sunday, Journal
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