THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1914.
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tvbltabed eterj evening teieepi Sunday, and
. tvery Sunday morning at The Journal Bollri
itt. Broadwar and Yamhill ta.. Portland. Or
k.Dtrad at Ibc poatofflca at Portland. Or., for
tranamlaaton tnrouzh tb tualla aa aeeood
claaa matter.
IKLJCPHONKS Main 7I7J; Home. A-OOM. All I
4partuunt reached by tneae norolirri.. Tall I
the operator wht department ron want. (
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Benjamin A Ketifnor Co.. Rrunawk-k Bldr..
, 223 Hfth Ave.. New York. 1218 People'
Uaa Bldff.. Chlcaeo.
MulMcriptlou Iwrnio tj mult or to nf au
iraea la the United Ktatea or Mexico;
DAILY.
One rear $3. (hi i one month f .30
SUNDAY. .
On rear 2..V I One month $ .25
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
One ; year $7 -SO I One month
I thtnk you will find that
people who honestly mean to
be true really contradict them
selves much more rarely than
those who try to bo "consist
ent." Holmes.
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VOUK lUTTfcK
HF: OreKoman says the price.
..of Oregon best creamery but
ter has been reduced to 30 ;
cents because of the importa
tion of Australian and New Zea
land butter.
II ThiH 1b a Baniple of the methods
rtof that paper. It explains why
fithat paper is universally distrusted.
JS The truth is that there have
J been no importations of butter
from either place this reason. In
$8tead of 30 cents, the wholesale
pric.e of best butter in Portland is
Jnow 3 1 to 3.'. cents. It is so
aihigh that there art; hundreds of
J din ins taiiles that cannot afford it.
in i lie uri'BUUiiiii m ruiu.- i 1
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rtieitency and d shonesty is what,
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.makes that paper so universally
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distrusted. ts shrieks about tar-i
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H ei. I
wwmys takes other than at campaign
'Ptlme. Thus, as pointed out by
jilhe Dallas Itemizer, the Oregonian I
weald editorially Mann y, r.nrj:
l. To the people who bear the prin
w'cipal burden of the Dingley duties a
5Pcent or two added to the cost of a
'pclr of shoes, a butter ladle, a tin
jleup. is :i pretty s rious matter. It
'"means the illffcrer.ee between u sur
"Iplus unfl a deficit in the family hud
1 mvt. In the last analysis, til- nro-
't;tlve tariff, us we now have it. ;
makes it harder for the whop girl, to i
t'live without selling lier virtue, and
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;"Cd ,oo7 hP chiidVen. At the other.
;plextreme. it adds to the supeiTiui i i-s
"Of the Pittsburg millionaire and swelta
iMthe revenue of Standard OH
And the Dingley duties were far
ness lavora.ne. ,,, ...e x
I Millionaire and to the revenues
iless favorable lo the "Pittsburg
Millionaire'' and to the "revenues
.of Standard Oil" than were the
Payne-Aldrlc h duties to which
i j;Oregoniau is clamoring for a
Oturn'
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A WORTHY C.AfSK
HERE is a call for subscrip-
T
tion to stock in the Remedial
Loan Association.
An Interview with Mr. Sell-
ing In this'issue recounts facts on
which the appeal is -based. The
ti present capital is $", 000. The
demand for loans by those who are (
ltrying to escape the clutches of:
loan sharks is so great that the as
.eociation is swamped with applica
itions for loans that cannot be met.
There are two great "reasons for
j) Portlanders to take stock in this '
frepieuuiu iiuiuhuhui iau enu'i inse.
First, it is a perfectly safe invest-
ment. It pays six per cent, and is
t(iytn the hands of men of stability
aTOand husinpRS eanar.it v. . Its manasrev
t t(ment is wise, prudent and effective. '
. .t .n a.. ..isL.tunuu iu
V llni Ait n linA rinntln f w n 4 Vi n i.
siuict.is inwi iirupie uvui mc k- ,
Hiortion 01 loan sharks, it emanci
'"Ijtates the weak from the usurious
v,S interest rate that is a worse bond-
age than penal servitude.
Mr. sellings interview in today s
Journal should be a powerful aP-,
peal to the sober sense and to the
better impulses of all Portlanders.
'dejlndeed, Mr. Selling s leadership in
"jine movement is a sufficient fact
on which to create complete con-
fl?Qnc In the undertaking.
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KKMSK OlR ESTIMATE
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ID it ever occur to caDtains
of finance and other bis
figures or business that they
may be misiaken in their e8 -
timate of Governor West? j estimate of cost before taking up
Has it ever occurred to them I , atter lth the forest service,
that, not one charge has ever been ! " is "nJlerstpod that the sug
made against his honesty or his ! gef ,n of h orester- Graves has been
capacity or his purpose? i o m SG1Zed UPn at Tacoma and
Did it ever occur to .them that
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luiuruiaiiun auoui uswaid
West
from
the Oregonian, which for
some unknown reason has never 1
treated him fairly? '
tor example, in its report of
the W'pBt mpPllnp- TnocHmi !
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the Oregonian says:
Every time he (West) would suc-
cecn , in directing a peculiarly nasty I
chirffA fit Mr lor.l l-i Via w.-v..t v-i'.i !
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Jout hta hand as if app?aiin for
.-rii'r..lr. ' 0 " ,l IV4V' "e"-
in voice.
Now -do -you think George Cham-
berlajn would have dme that?"
That-is not true.. Fancy Oswald
West, a fighter who never surren-
ders, 'appealing for sympathy" and
i"beseeching" somebody! The
statement is Its own contradiction,
IThev account continues:
The-:woriis "crook" and "criminal"
1-llKe terms, flowed freely through
t . . . . . ...
ini peecn, ami. he dia not hesitate to
iHPPiy mem to an wno nave in anv
way J opposed him or offended him
since. became governor
This also is false. It, is .wilful
misrepresentation. The address
was clean, more than "usually free
from personal abuse for a cam
paign speech, even though it was
gone of the strongest presentments
iot-Issues ever sputtered in Oregon.
I Why do not some of the gen
tlemen, of high degree get first-
, . - - -
hand information about Governor
all iirvnc thv havo tairn v,i.;,lldue lo Dr'nS
A GREAT
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N THIS page is a striking editorial from the Ashland Tidings, a
Republican newspaper.
It is an article with vision. It is a perfect analysis of the
political situation. After pointing out the widespread resent
ment of: Republicans in Oregon against the present standpat leader
ship in the party, the Tidings' editorial says:
Determined as they were that reactionary political methods should
cease, they (progressive Republicans) proposed to adopt a more practical
way. Instead of joining an apparently hopeless cause for the sake of a
name, they have elected to administer another rebuke by supporting pro
gressive Democrats, and this they are sure to do. Old party lines and
prejudices have vanished before this demand. They will have nothing less
than men who believe in progressive principles, and will act in harmony
with those ideas, whether the candidate is under the parly banner of
"Republican' "Progressive" or "Democratic." They are no lfJnger for a
name, they demand the substance. They are no less Republican than in
the past. They stick to the old tenets. They stand for all those prin
ciples that made for the glory of the party in the past. But they also
rlize that a highbinding band of political buccaneers has usurped con
trol of the Republican party and debased ard debauched Its principles.
The Journal has all along been insisting that there is a wide
spread revolt against the present standpat leadership of the party
of Lincoln in this state. The dose offered them to swallow is more
than they can stand.
There is Mr. Booth whose vote in the State Senate beat the di
rect primary bill.
There is Dr. Withycombe, who says "this nation made a mistake
when it defeated that great statesman, Taft," who talks about the
Oregon system as "our ne'w-fangled government," who says the di
rect primary costs too much and who joins an assembly every time"
he gets a chance because, "he says, an assembly is needed "to elimi
nate candidates."
There is "Pat" McArthur, who championed a bill in the legisla
ture to make the taking of Statement One a crime.
There is Mr. Huston who insists that the assembly is needed to
make the primary "workable" on the ground tha't the people don't
know enough to select candidates without advice. '
There is Mr. Geer, who went to Arizona to tell the Arizonans
that the Oregon system is rotten, and there 13 the Oregonian which
wrecked the party in 1910 by its notorious assembly, and which so
recently demanded that this country go to war with Mexico.
No wonder the progressive Republicans of this state feel them
selves absolved from all obligation to support such a leadership.
They helped to build up the Oregon system. They were In the great
struggle by which Statement One was preserved. They helped es
tablish the right of the people to vote on laws.
They helped enact the direct primary law after the vote of Mr.
Booth beat it in the legislature.
uuuuj utaL ii in tile icgioiaiuiciucii
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this sta4,e from conventionism and gove
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helped to drive out the shotgun politics,
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conventions, independent conventions,
conventions, independent conventions, rump conventions and the
other hermaphrodite conventions that disgraced and shamed the state.
They recognize in the present big candidates and campaign briga
diers a straight-out reactionary phalanx in complete control of the
party, attempting to seize the reins of government and expecting to
do the thing that always brought wreck and ruin to the party in
the past.
There is not a progressive Republican in Oregon who is under
the slightest obligation to follow a.leadership which is headed straight
for an order of things which the 'masses of this state have repeated
ly repudiated and which they will continue to repudiate.
West, and give him a chance to
v.- Ttv, i ,..1 v,;t, ..irr.o
jji - cLiumLtii w 1 1 iim inn tin
The Journal, will say this to
them: In all this state of Oregon,
there is not a man of
a man or more sa
gacious brain, not a man of stern
er integrity, not a man more deep
,y concerned jn servlng his state
nest purpose. In all this state,
there is not a man who has strug
gled more resolutely to protect
the interests of those who bear
the public burden.
Hundreds of men who think
themselves his enemies would
; QuicKiy revise tneir view of him
:if tne' would take the trouble to
i lparn his qualities and measure
llis genius
FO HESTER GRAVES' IDEA
I
T WOULD be a splendid move if
a local organization would take
up the suggestion made by
Chief Forester Graves that the
government advance to the coun
ties in which Ihero ara nsMnnal
forests a portion of the money that
would ultimately come to the coun
ties from the sale of timber in the
forests.
The idea seems feasible. It
would enable the counties to se
cure funds With which to hnllH
roads and increase the sales
of
timber by making it
more acces
sible. It would go a loag way in
popularizing the forest reserves.
For a concrete example take the
proposed road to Mount Hood and
around its base. An estimate could
be formed of the amount of money
; that will accrue to the counties of
j Multnomah. Clackamas and h
I River from timber sales within a
futnm noriH ai.ci
j credit, the government coald make
I an appropriation to be refunded as
! the sales were made
i Th ..,lti
- w in-j v o y j u iu x l uuce nave
I , . . illlJ,,i lor ine construc-
n or tne road.
' As, a Preliminary step it would
! be. adv,8able to have a survey and
i , . uu. pians are beinS
: IllftflP to hrlntr i
......q 1(, tu irtlllion.
ouldn't it be" well for Portland
i I
to give it consideration?
THE ARMOR PLATE RIDS
B
IDS on armor nlat fnr tbo
dreadnaughts California, Mis
sissippi and Idaho indicate a
saving of more than S1R0-
ouid hold!000 inr the awards of contracts. It
. Js conceded that this savinz i? at-
triDutabie directly to Spr-rptarv
iiii. .i. , J
a"lcls tureat to open competi-
tion to the world and to the move-
i ment for government manufacture
! of armor plate.
i Investigations to ascertain the
; cost snd preferable location of a
government plant for the manufac
Iture of armor plate will be started
! some time next month ConTP
' hna ihi..j i .' VuurPss
i " ."vi itcu Mil I ii ii n i ri' tnn .
estimated cost of a plant and it
j sufficient to produce annually 20-
A e i . -
.iu tons or armor Tin
will state in detail the esti
mated cost of necessary buildings,
machinery and accessories, an es
timate of the annual cost of main
tenance and operation, and an es
timate of the per ton cost of fin
ished armor plate.
Bi-is submitted on armor re
quirements of. the three new dread
i - v...-, mC uuee ue. ureaa-
naughts are being 4used as argu-
REVOLT
Their patriotism helped to rescue
government by bosses. They
Simon conventions, Mitchell
ments against a government plant.
The Philadelphia Ledger says one
important result will be indefinite
postponement of the project for
committing the government to the
manufacture of armor plate. Full
credit is given to Secretary Daniels
for having upset the combination
of armor plate manufacturers for
the maintenance of prices, but it
is urged that the private com
panies, in view of their recent bids,
should not be disturbed by a gov
ernment plant.
It may be an inopportune time
to put on the screws, but a large
proposition should not be eclipsed
by a small saving. If a mere
threat of wider competition or gov
ernment manufacture has saved the
United States $150,000 on three
battleships, what would a federal
armor plate plant save the tax
payers on a larger number of such
ships?
WHY CHANGE?
I
S THERE one sound reason for
defeating Sheriff Word for re
election?
Nobody charges that he has
been inefficient. Nobody accuses
him of incompetency? Nobody con
tends that he has failed to enforce
law. Nobody has brought forward
any sound reason for displacing I
him with an untried man whose
knowledge of the duties of the of
fice has all to be acquired, and
whose fitness is wholly a matter of
experiment.
When an official's capacity is
already proven, what is the use
of change? When he has made
good, why experiment in an office
of such vital consequence to the
community as that of sheriff?
There is no more important
function in government than en
forcement of law. It is the evas
ions and favoritism in applying law
that make trouble for the weak,
that give overlordship to the powl
erful and that bring sorrow to
women and children and the poor.
Tom Word is one of the most
faithful enforcers of the law that
ever held an office in any state or
in any country.
SlfELLS AXI ANTWERP
A'
NTWERP, recent prize of Ger
man guns, has been repeated
ly bombarded and otherwise
ntta butierea irom tne rav
ages of war. The kaiser's great
gurus have provedV that no fortifi
cations are impregnable, and Ant
werp's history goes to show that
a city's, natural commercial ad
vantages cannot be destroyed by
conquering army.
One of the first things history
contains about Antwerp is its de
struction by tha Northmen in 33C.
The. city was rebuilt and developed
its wealth until late in the fif
teenth century the trade of Bruges
was transferred to it by the Ger
man King Maximilian. The protec
tion of Lmperor-Charles V enabled
Antwerp to become perhaps , the
wealthiest city on the continent.
In the latter part of the six
teenth century thousands of indus
trious citizens were banished under
the persecutions of. the Duke of
Alva, ana in 1576 the Spanish sol
diers massacred 6000 citizens, pil
laged 'the ; town and burned the;
central part" of it. Eight hundred;
buildings "were destroyed' snd $10,
000,000 damage to property was
lone. .
Nine years later the city was
captured by the Duke Alexander
of Farma, losing much of its trade
to the Dutch, the peace of West
phalia completing the. destruction
of Antwerp's commerce. by closing
the Scheldt to seagoing ships. But
the collapse of'Austria's supremacy
gave Antwerp a new lease of life.
Napoleon I helped the city by con
structing a harbor and new quays.
From that time until 1863 the Bel
gian city did not recover from
war s calamities, Dut in that year
the right of levying duties on the
Scheldt was bought from Holland.
Since then Antwerp has steadily
progressed.
Whatever the fall of Antwerp
may mean politically, it is a prac
tical certainty, in view of history,
that the city's importance as a
commercial center will not be im
paired. A committee of lawyers recom
mends the rejection of the 'tide
land amendment. Is there any
known progressive legislation that
a committee of lawyers would not
oppose? Happily, there are some
lawyers who also have thoughts
about the rights of the people.
Three dead and one near death
was the price the other day ol
non-enforcement of the traffic or
dinances. Enforce tae traffic or
dinances and stop the killings.
Letters From the People
"mnnlctlona sent to The Journal for
pooUcation In this department should be writ
ten on onlj one side of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words In length and must be ac
compHDjed by the name aad address of the
sender If tie writer does not desire to
hare the name published, he should so state.)
"DiBTOssion Is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises eerything It touches. It
robs principles of all false aanctlty and
throws' them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness, It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and et up Its
own conclusions In their stead." Woodrow
W lLson.
Proportional Representation.
Portland, Oct. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal Misrepresentation has so
long been forced upon the people of
Oregon by a majority party with a
minority of the votes that even the
measure for adopting proportional rep
resentation is "misrepresented" by this
pame group of misrepresentative poli
tical monopolists.
So simple is the working of this
measure that in districts where but
one nominee for each party presents,
there need not be any knowledge ot
any change having been made in the
law of electing representatives, for
the voter to cast an entirely intelli
gent ballot for his party, unless he be
of a minority party who refrains from
nominating in his particular district,
in which case, on information given
him by his party, grange or union, he
may cast his vote for a candidate of
his own party in another district by
using stickers of writing the name of
the chosen candidate. No change is
made in single nominee districts.
Moreover, this measure is fair. It
provides that the 60 highest 0te3
given to representative candidates
over the entire state be chosen to rep
resent the people actual majority
rule. It is sure to give the best group
of legislators and the best legislation.
No district will fail of representation
on account of minority party repre
sentatives, because all such will be
chosen from districts having more
than one candidate. Districts with but
one nominee will not be contested by
minority parties and local representa
tion will not be disturbed by the
working of this measure.
In addition to greatly relieving the
burden placed on the initiative it will
give us more honest registration; be
cause, following the adoption of this
amendment, all political parties wili,
likely, be placed in the primaries for
making nominations by the next leg
islature. A very base and unfair
statutory law now exists and the same
is being used as a club against this
measure; that is, the refusal to allow
all parties the same privilege at the
primaries. This change would add al
most nothing to the cost of election-
and will abolish a corrupt practice
against -hich there is no law; . e..
false registration for participating in
primaries.
Proportional rf presentation w ill de
stroy the "solid 12" lawyer delegation
from Multnomah county, and this is
why the party now dominating the
legislature from this county fights
it. C. W. BARZEE.
In Dry McMinnville.
McMinnville. Or., Oct. 13. To the
Editor of The Journal The more the
'wets' write the more they reveal the
fact that not a single argument can
be made for the liquor traffic nor
against prohibition. W. J. Bishop
continually harps upon two claims
that prohibition does not prohibit and
that prohibition will rob us of our
personal liberty. If either of these
claims is true the other cannot possi
bly be true.
The fundamental purpose of all gov
ernment is to make it easier for men
to do right and harder for them to do
wrong. Neither the saloon nor the
private glass ever made it easier for
any man to do right or harder for
any man to do wrong. To remove the
saloon and stop the manufacture of
Intoxicants will make it easier for men
to do right; therefore it is the duty of
government to do these things. No
man has any rights that conflict
with this purpose of government.
As to the second point, that prohibi
tion does not prohibit, why continual
ly quote from an old report of doubt
ful authenticity concerning far off
Maine? Why does he not write about
conditions in our own town of Mc
Minnville? McMinnville is a dry town.
I have lived here for the last five
years and during that time I have
seen only one persons whom I knew
to be under the influece of liquor.
He is a pitiable man whose career
has been ruined by whisky and who
would gladly give half of his remain
ing life if he had the power to leave
intoxicants alone. A barber told me
that for every drunken man he sees
now he saw 20 in the days of the
saloon. This barber says he will vote
dry this fall for the first time in his
life. i
If the "wets" win only write more
often, the dry majority, will grow
faster. J. SHERMAN WALLACE.
The Home Tax Exemption.
Oregon City, Or., Oct. 12. To the
Editor of the Journal Will you or
your readers, or some of the mortgage
and diamond owners who are opposing
the $1500 homes tax exemption, kindly
and fully answer the following ques
tions? "
Fifteen hundred dollars invested in
a' mortgage is not- taxed in Oregon.
Why should not $1500. also be exempt
if It is invested, in farm buildings,
cows, teams, land clearings and or
chards with. which to make a living?
Fifteen hundred dollars spent for
diamonds and jewelry "in actual use"
is by law exempt from tax in Oregon.
' ' ' ' '
A FEW SMILES
When' one of the popular teachers
in the west side schools bad to deal
with a boy who
played "hookey,"
she failed to im
press hkn with the
evil of his ways.
"Don't you know
what becomes of
little boys who stay
away from school to
play ball" she asked.
Vessum," replied the lad DromDtlv.
'Some of "em gets to be good players !
and pitch in the bie leaeues." I
g leagues.
A ..--- , , t
Senator Money of Mississippi asked ,
an oia colored man
what breed of chick
ens he considered
best, and he replied:
"All kinds has
merits. De w'ite ones
is de easiest to find,
but de black ones is
de easiest to hide
after you gits 'em."
A young man who had recently as
sumed the managership of a popular
typewriting concern in a certain city
decided to visit
several of his new
customers and ob
tain their opinion
of the machine that
he might show the
company Just how he
was succeeding.
"How do you like
your new type
writer?" he asked the first customer
be visited.
"It's immense!" enthusiastically re
plied the man. "Really, I wonder how
I ever got along without it." !
"That's fine!" said the young fel- .
low. much pleased. "Would you be i
willing to give me a little testimonial
to that effect?"
"Why, certainly I will, said the
man, taking a seat at the machine.
"I'll do it gladly."
And rolling up his sleeves, he
pounded out the following:
"after Using thee automatig Back
action atype writ'er for thre emonthsl
and d Over. 1 puhesittattinggly pro
nounce it prono nee it to be al ad even
more tahn thee Manufacturs claim?
for it. During the time been in our
possessio e, i, th ree monthz! id has
more th an paid for for lt$slf in the
Saveing oF time an d labrr?'
john 1 Smith."
A Word of Commendation.
Oregon City, Or., Oct. 14. C. 8.
Jackson, Portland yQuite a number
of the members of Oregon State
Union, Farmers' Society of Equity,
have requested me to write you a
word of commendation for your
brave stand for the Homes Exemp
tion amendment. We believe it is
much better for Oregon and our na
tion to be composed of numerous
small -farm owners than a few own
ers and numerous tenants. This
measure will aid and encourage the
ownership of homes. You are de
serving of substantial support by
this class you are defending against
a very unjust tax system.
Yours truly,
P. W. MEREDITH.
Why should not $1500 spent for a
dwelling house and furniture "in actual
use" be exempt from tax?
The proposed $1500 homes tax ex
emption does not apply to corporations.
The great department stores will get
nothing from this, neither will the sky
scrapers nor the railroads, but the
little merchant may save something on
his taxes.
The mortgage tax law of Oregon
was repealed in 1S93, and mortgages
have not been taxed since then, in most
counties, including Clackamas and
Multnomah.
No one can Justly oppose allowing
the farmer and the little home owner
so small an exemption while so many
wealthy people and corporations are
exempt on their mortgages and dia
monds, not to mention the money on
which they never do pay tax.
W. S. U' REN.
From a Booth Employe.
Portland. Or., Oct. 14. To the Editot
of The Oregonian I notice the Orego
nian has an unlimited resource of
praise for R. A. Booth, both as a man 1
and as a benefactor of the working '
class, of whom he employs so many.
I think I know something of his
business methods and dealings with
his employes, as I worked for the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company abdut
five years, when Mr. Booth was gen-
eral manager of the company. The
highest wages I ever received wrile in
their employ was $2 per day. I was
running a planer, and that paid 25
cents per day more than the average
wage.
I admit Mr. Booth was a successful
manager for the stockholders of his
company. A large per centage of the
yard crews at Coburg, my home town,
were foreigner principally Swedes,
superintendent included; carrying on
an Orjegon industry with Swedish la
bor. I think the low wages paid by Mr.
Booth aided materially in building up
his vast fortune, of which he
occa-
sionally gives large sums for benev-
olent purposes, while a large percent-
age of the men in his employ do not
and cannot own a home.
A SUBSCRIBER.
(The Journal has the name and ad
dress of the writer of thio letter; but.
as he is a workingman, he desires that
his name be withheld from publication.
The Editor.)
The Woman Who Is for Party.
Portland. Or., Oct. 14. To the Editor
of The Journal T well rememher in
the recent Oregon campaign for "votes
for women." hearintr a woman cam-
paigner forcefully state that women these turbulent times we will give all
had a higher sense of honor than men;itr,e support we can to our pret-ident.
that women would never vote for party 1 who KO ablv know9 bow to pilot us
irrespective of candidates. She scored
heavily the men who were slaves to
party, and implored that the ballot b
given women to counteract this evil
voting.
Today women, through men's sense i tor of The Journal It has bcr-n the
of justice, have the coveted ballot, and ! great danger of the protective tariff,
we read in the Oregonian that Mrs. j that we could not see how much we
Duniway and others claim there is 'iwer paying to protect special privi
only one way for Republican women to ' '4ege. We knew that the cost of
vote, and that is "straight," regardless f every day necessaries was steadily
of fitness of candidates. j rising. Everything that we eat and
Then we further read that a woman j wear has been nearly doubled in price
has come from the east to defeat a i lince 1897. We were dimly conscious
senator who is guilty of only . one
thing he is a Democrat And some
Oregon women are glad to attempt to
defeat him regardless of the fact thai
he championed suffrage when it was behind the tariff wall,
not as popular as it is today. . The mode of taxation by tariff on
I call myself a Republican, but 1 j necessaries Is unfair. It taxes not
hope I stand for something better than j what we have, not according to our
the old time partisanship. Loyalty is ' ability to pay and the b-enefit derived
a good thing, if it is loyalty to prln- J through a stable government's protec
clple, and not to party; and because J t tion of property, but taxes what we
want to te loyal to the highest prin-
dples of womanhood, I must vote for
Senator Chamberlain at this time.
It sometimes looks as If men have
more respect for women than women
have for themselves. Such conduct as
this on the part of women will cer
tainly work a hardship to the women
in other states who are trying to se
cure the ballot. I can only hope these
women are extremists, and do not rep-
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHAXGE
Love for money is never platonlc.
Sooner or later the high flier must
pay up or come down.
s
Women with the most check do the
least blushing.
A man thinks he is misunderstood
because he doesn't know himself.
A good conversationalist lets up
3
Kvery woman enjoys doing charity
work rf some man will uut uu the
, money.
About the onlv difference In hn hia
is the difierence in their mothers'
. personal opinions.
A man's interest in a divorced wom
an never lets up until he discovers
why.
a
Earthly angels are all riirht hut
j there isn't much excitement in being
married to one.
Beyond a doubt, the telephone has
conferred more benefits upon man
kind than all the political orators
that ever talked through their hats.
The best suggestion that has so
far appeared is to call It the war of
the Aisne.
The French authorities constantly
use "satisfactory" to describe war
conditions from their standpoint. Can
it bo that the word suffers in trans
lation? A GREAT
From Ashland Tidings (Republican).
The rank and file of the Republican
parfcy in Oregon is progressive. Not
in the sense of leaving the old party,
but rather reforming it from within.
But progressive they are, first, last
and all the time. So much so. indeed,
that they prefer a progressive Demo
crat to a reactionary Republican.
This Republican sentiment was dem
onstrated beyond argument in the
election of Chamberlain, Lane and
Wej.. Notwltstanding the registered
vote of the state was overwhelmingly
Republican, these progressive Demo
crats secured a substantial majority
at the polls. Rather than an indorse
ment of democracy, it was a rebuke to
standpat Republicanism, and should
have been a lesson to Republican lead
ers. Such a lesson, indeed, as to re-
Strain standpat candidates from en
tering the race. So far it seems . the
lesson has been little regarded by old
! line Republican politicians. Still they
attempt to force their reactionary
ideas on Republican voters by putting
forward candidates out of harmony
with progressive Republican sentl-
ment. The rank and file of the party
will not stand for it Already they
j have indicated that beyond cavil. It
I was demonstrated throughout the na
I tion in the election of a Democratic
I congress, and in the party itself by
i the most serious party split that has
j occurred in the history of this coun
: try.
Those, who imagine that Roosevelt's
strength in the last 'election came en
tirely from his personal popularity
will find themselves disillusioned.
The people are for progressive ideas
and against the Cunnon type of
statesmanship, and they intend to
CHANCE TO INVEST YOUR SAVINGS
By John M. Oskison.
Early in September the city of New
York sold to a syndicate of banking
houses headed by J. P. Morgan & Co.
and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., an issue of
short term notes amounting to $100,
000,000. The city of New York is to pay 6
I Per cent interest on these notes, and
I the bankers who sell them to in
i vestors will not he allowed a com
mission of more than 2 per cent.
As it turned out, 124 out of the 127
banks which the managers of the
syndicate invited to take parts of th
issue accepted. To Morgan & Co. and
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. remained only
$1,386,000 of the whole issue.
With the issue in the hands of 124
! bankers, and with their commissions
j limited to 2 per cent, here is a definite
' and attractive investment for the one
' who has $1000 or more saved.
; There's no doubt, so far as human
1 foresight can determine, that the
1 notes put out by the city of New
; York to refundra big bond issue due
: 1
j ref!(,nt he rink anJ file of Oregon's
. ,mal m,rhnnH
NELLIE B. BROWNE.
A Senator's Qualifications.
Portland, Or.. Oct. 14. To the Editor
of The Journal I agree with the Ore
gonian, in its editorial of Octooer 12,
that we should choose a senator "be
cause of the principles he represents,
and the services he can render," and
that is why people of this state put
I aside party and vote for the man who
has every qualification that the Orego-
! nian could wish for, and then some,
j George E. Chamberlain has proved to
any fair minded person that he is the
right man in the right place.
The Oregonian is right again when
it states that the Democratic senators
are not there because the people par
ticularly wanted to elect Democrats;
but it is because the people in general
can see past their noses, and wanted
reliable men in Washington.
The Oregonian should not gauge the
people of this state, whether tr.ey are
Republicans or ofany other party, by
i its own small caliber. The most of us
know a diamond from a spade; and in
i,er lne rougn pmces..
LUCY I. COTTRKLL.
Evils of Protective Tariff.
Portland, Or., Oct. 14. To the Edi-
that protective tariff was responsible
in a great measure,
prices has flowed
This increase in
mainly into the
I coffers of vested interests intrenched
use daily. Tariff exactions are pro-
portional only to consumption. They
fall far more heavily on the farmer
and laborer than on the man of wealth.
The wealthiest American can eat
only three or four meals a day! A
poor man does not eat so much as a
rich man, but the difference is less
than the difference in their property
holdings." The direct income tax of
the present administration is far more
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Commissioner Palmer has announce1
that Baker will enjoy a $10,000 tax re
duction this year, owing to & $10,000
surplus derived through a multitude
of economies practiced last year.
A gold dredge In use at Rumpter l.i
powerful enough to handle boulders of
prodigious size The American men
tions one that was eight by four by
three feet in its dimensions.
"The city council," says the Weston
Leader, "has tackled a man's size iob
in financing the waterworks improve
ment, but when carried through an
planned it will redound to the council'
credit and that of the city."
North Bend Harbor: Now that ther
is a good deal being said about label
ing goods manufactured in this coun
try with the mark "Made in U. S. A.."
the movement suggests that it might
be a good thing to use a "Made on
Coos Bay" label.
W. C. Marsh has sold the Wallowa
Sun to Miss Lulu V". McNess, who his
for some years been employed on the
Sun. and of whom Mr. Nash testifies
that she is "well qualified to carry on
the work and to issue a bigger and
better Wallowa Sun than ever before."
Astoria's city park commission has
named the city park on Coxcomb hill
John Jacob Asior park, but will use all
its influence to retain the present name
of the hill itself, rejecting "Astor
Heights." When the park strip was
donated it was provided it should be
called ShivelyTjark for the donors, but
this name never stuck.
REVOLT
have it exemplified in government.
They are adopting practical, not sen
timental, methods to secure it. This
year few progressives registered un
der the new banner. There was no
need for it. Determined, as they
were, that reactionary political -methods
should cease, they proposed to
adopt a more practical way. Instead
of joining an apparently hopeless
cause, for the sake of a name, they
have elected to administer another
rebuke by supporting progressive Dem
ocrats, and this they are sure to do.
Old party lines and prejudices have
vanished before this demand. They
will have nothing less than men who
believe in progressive principles, and
will act in harmony with those ideas,
no matter whether the candidacy is
under the party banner of "Repub
lican," "Progressive" or "Democratic."
They are no longer for a name, they
demand the substance. They are no
less Republican than in the past.
They stick to the old tenets. They
stand for all those principles that
made for the glory of the party in
the past.
But they also realize that a high
binding band of political buccaneers
has usurped control of the Republican
party and debased and debauched its
principles, so that under its rule the
party stands not for the things that
made it great and powerful the
greatest good to the greatest number
but for favoritism and special priv
ilege. And they are determined that
one of two things shall transpire:
either that control shall be again
lodged with leaders in harmony with
its original principles or they will
support candidates who stand for
those principles wherever found.
in Europe are an absolutely safe in
vestment. If you can get them at all.
you will be sure of better than 5 per
cent on your money. I don't know
what banks have taken the issue, but
if you are interested it won't take you
ten minutes to find out whether of
not there are any of the notes on sale
in your city.
Ask the bank that you are best ac
quainted with to find out for you. It
seems to me such an opportunity as
ought "not to be overlooked. It will
not only enable you to better materi
ally the return you're getting on your
savings in the bank, but it will open
to you a field of investment which
you ought to be learning to cultivate
as an individual.
You ought to know that it is Just
this sort of an Investment the sav
ings banks make when your money
and that of your neighbors piles up
to a considerable amount. Learn to
make investments yourself in savings
bank securities.
Look up this last issue of notes of
New York ry.
just and less dangerous to thj people's
interests than is the protective tariff.
F. V. A.
The American Militant.
Portland, Or., Oct. 14. To the Edi
tor of The Journal While seeing
much Justification for the English
militant movement, certainly there Is
no cause for such ideas or activities
in the suffrage work in this coun
try. Suffrage has friends in all par
ties. How unwise to sacrifice the
friends in one party because certain
members in that party are opposed.
Were not the Republicans in power
for something like 50 years? Each
state that gained freedom had to
fight for it without help from tne
administration at Washington. Mr.
Taft was always kindly insistent that
women might black the boots of im
perialism. Mr. Roosevelt, who fa
vors woman suffrage, policed the
streets and barred the gates to his
summer home, while president, when
a deputation of prominent women
atked for an interview. Has not the
present administration given, women
more consideration?
At this critical time, retaliation or
reprisal r.as no place. The friends
of the people, of progress, of woman
suffrage, should be voted for, regard
less of party.
Mrs. Stubbs has allowed her enthu
iasm to overrule her judgment.
It do.es not seem probable that
Oregon Iwomen will attempt to defeat
Senator Chamberlain or any who have
befriended them in the past. If, how
ever, the reactionaries should win in
this state, should the women be con
demned as the cause? Are not the
"machine" candidates winning in the
majority of states? Possibly progress
i.as rushed to the end of the tether
Tith such impetus that it will be
jerked Tiack into greater darkness than
ever for a short time.
Work for your friends; forget your
enemies. TAXPAYER.
In Aiireiiation.
Portland. Oct. 14. To the Editor
of The Journal. On behalf of the
Portland Rotary -club I wish to extend
our sincere thanks for your coopera
tion in our efforts to get people of the
city to think of the advantages of uni
versal peace as contrasted with the
heroism of war. You have been un
stinting in your space,- and this Isar
ticularly appreciated, realizing the
pressure of war news for Bps oafffT"! f
we have accomplished anything1 in a
constructive way it was largely due
to youi cooperation and for this w
are deeply grateful.
J. C. ENGLISH, President.
IN EASIER DAYS
By FWjd Lockl;y,
"My father. i13Uah HIL died at
Santlara City, ldt far tn m the pres
ent site of JefffTon, in O-'tober. 185J."
said Mrs. Helens Hill Powell of this
"L, B. HtsUi), his business partner,
was appointed Jftdministrrytbr of his
estate. Mr. Hastings had come across
the plains the jme yearwe did, 184 7.
He closed up 4ie businefss by selling
the store In Portland, ajd also the
one at Sntiamlty. went into
partnership wl& F. Wi; Pettygrove.
They built a acfrooner n 1851, and
went to Puge.ijii Sound, t-where they
started the cry of Pol t Townsend.
Mrs. Captain Crag of titls city, is m.
daughter of L..:.B. Hastings.
"Daniel Lowsdale bovfht a half
interest in Poland fromt(F. W. Petty
grove for spmu-ileather h(. had on hand
at his tanyardfc As sooniks he bought
the interest iHthe Portend townstta
he began tryiiQ- to improve the town
and get new fvjtlers hei. He inter
ested Stephen 3. coffin of Oregon
City, who heebie an qual partner
with him In tjie townst'e. Thev di
vided their interest
of halves and-" ;KaVe a Ihird internxt
tO W.. V. ChOman fnr' hi u a.r.r-lt In
taking care 1$ their leal interests.
Ihey organirei a towrsite company.
-Mr. Coffin Wife
-retary .of the com-
pany.
MilWaukle -TWa e-.-.lt.Vi .. u. t
Portland. ThAf had luit th
Lot Whitcomb?
Portland woud have tf,' play second
Iludle ATf T lim. V..! ' . .
-- .... ""MUD a Huouru
of Milwaukie.,- The Lot fS'hitcomb was
running fronp Milwaukee m Vxinriu
and wouldn't: stop at Portland. Tbe
fold Hunter a sideWWl steamer,
the first oceangoing steamer ever to
dock at a Igrtland wf-arf. came up
from San Frftioisco. T,iey offered to
sell the confpollinir inlr.i-.-vt i i,
for $60,000. (Mr. Coffin Mr r.nn..
dale and Coltm-el Chapni in bought her.
w7jr ,,iu -j.j'uu casn'ind gave their
note for the balance. jThey at once
arranged to pt the ld Hunter on
the run betVpen Portland and San
r rancisco. . the Pacifhj Mail Steam
ship companjdesfring o build up St.
Helens, wheriithey had; acquired con
siderable property, wot'jted with Mil
waukle to lfn Portland, which they
iearea as a possible ri-al of St. Hel
ens. The Uti Whlteoinh nliH
Mllwaukie toi Oregon d)tv, Vancouver
and St. Hele When he Gold Hunt
er went on tjje Portland-San Francisco
run it brokejithe monoibiy of the Pa
cific Mail Stihiship colli pun v in build
ing up Portfead. hurt mt. Helens, the
town the P4fir- Mai; company had
picked ut fpe the mefj-opolis of Ore
gon. Some fibfires in t,?e tlold Hunter
were sold trj portland Residents aside
from the wirs of the! Portland town
site. The Pific Mail tteamship com
pany quletl fought few shares of
Gold Hunterfntock fror these Portland
owners and hen purchased the. 49 per
cent of thcbitock own(tl In San Fran
cisco. Thisjjave thenjf control. Thev
at once tooSjthe Oold Hunter off of
the Portlanirun andsent it to 'San
Francisco jjjiere it $as allowed to
stay at tfci dock nd accumulate
charges un it was fild for a trifle.
My stepfatr. Stephen Coffin, con
tinued to p0i on the tfold Hunter note
and on otheg bbligatiofs inclined when
he purchasqi: it. almost to tin day of
his death. VJt kept hjm poor all his
life. jU
"My motftfHr marrierj'Stephen B. of
fin on Marffi' .1, IS52. They were mar
ried in my i mother's frtus.. ,y K,ii'rr
Wilbur oil i-farch ?;SSL'. VI, p i.
ding was .pirate, no .pj,s pi -,t
except Mrj, j 'of flu'i) hildrn .n .
mother's chjjrc.n. I only 1J years
old and I CjrJ'd as if jny heart would
break. I ttjied to tttt some stranger
take my flier's plxjje. After thor
marriage vip; moved jjo hts home a'
Second and4.-!Jef fernonb utreets. 1 hud
no ocasio,;:sor i ryin for Mr. Cofl u
was not ois an excellent iitizey hot
he was goj4 to mot(' r and kindnr s.s
itself to wejf.f hlldren. ii He vies horn at
Bangor, Mo, in 187 .- ho he was 45
years old vhi-n he ma,-r;ed my mother
who was SJiyears oljj. He settled at
Oregon City' in lSli He hud four
children aS-'khome ."hen he married
mother. S-feihen )
fehen wii about eight or
nine years leijd. Ablgljl wan about mv
age and tirge an Ht-zeklah were
both older f&n J. Trer- were four of
Mr. Coffin! children nd four of
mother's cllren. You know the old
saying. 'Yon re childreifl and my i hildren
are fightin- l'lth ouj' children.' Well,
there wasijfj rmt h ; of that in our
household. Smother styw to it that we.
got along iS11 cably.j'
i"Mr. Coffih. my stepfather, was a
very publlcplrited jan. He Is Port
land's original good 'roads enthusiast.
He organiif a conjpany to build a
wagon roac jto Wasljjngton county so
the people liere woi)d trade in Port
land. He rrganlzed f boat line on the
WillametteHljiver tp-Vring the freight
rates dowijj It wa called the peo
ple's TrHtfjEportatfoflC company. Ha
gave Portlfjnjd its fir4t school bell and
church belfjj,! It is nill ringing out its
summons tm't welcome from the belfrv
of the TaylU- Street Methodist church.
He donatedjtjie publt,; market block be
tween Seiihp and Tyird and Clay and
Market straits to tlj city and he do
nated grouajifls for I he public school
in place oiifKking tiree prices -as they
sometimes J(j todayf: With Mr. Gas
ton, he h'ii'd tarthe Oregon -Central
rail'rol He dijj in Marc. 1882."
i
TheSlRagtime Muss
41-
.j Saturday.
We KhoulShot stii t-t old Saturn
As a hig!v moral pattern;
He behaved, if we heed rumor.
In an ujtfecomirig wav;
But I mafifis well eonfefs It
Sime I ba4 such cause to bk-fs It
He Kavtis. to my notion,
A most HliKhtf til day!
Now, I arf'ioi, knocking Sunday;
I refuse tJnu-ntion Monday
But SagSJday! With reverence
Of thatitejreat 'Jay I h.-a:i!
It heeds limine to defend 1t.
It has mitt to recommend it.
But print ipaiy I love it
Bei-ause-j-it ends the week!
'Tis in Itsjlijr a gay day.
And it ujoaUy is pay day.
It oftettn a holiday
And ns-rjy always half.
Then I hajf'l done with toiling.
With strh-ir.a; and with moiling.
And fe JjuKt Uke that prodigal
When t:tjy brought in the-cslf!
Sp m
The mo1 a man makes love to
woman th M more she admires another
man to wiijn she has to make Hive.
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