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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1914.
"T" II C ; , I f I IDM A -1 wnIcl1 Ses market over wharves
i in ii j i ana oocks. tn mida an tnev win
; ax ixdkpkxdent newspapkk. Be Increased by the deepening of
c."a jacksqm '....i .......robusaeiir water-on the Columbia bar and
ratii.4 .t mifi enpi hm4T " opening of the channel in the Co-
. Bomiitc it t Jooroi Boii4- lumbla and by canalizing the
. Broadway anJ Yamhill t.. Portland. Or. ,
I. stretches of the upper rivers.
tniMtDiMioa through tb oii seeo There are men In this town or
u mtT. Portland, and in the state as well,
telephones Mia 7iT5t Home. A-6M1. aii who, in order to get a few paltry
rlnZUr?"nV dollars as tribute from so-called
oKKijN.4ivKKTit! KKPKEUisNTATi v capital and monopoly something
Bnlmti A Kantnor Co.. Brunswick Bide
- 825 flftb A., Ns-r Vork 1218 People's
. tun., . i niciajo.
tMjbwrluUuu term b mall or u auy a
rM la tb Uolted Htates or atesteo:
' DAILY.
Um I tar fs.oo I On aootb.
- ' SUNDAY.
ON Jta $2.50 I On mwitb.
UAILT AND HUNUAX. ...
One years.. ...7 40 I Oar month -e3
.$ .50
for nothing would deny to the
public, . benefits worth millions to
industry, enterprise,, production and
constructive effort.
The Journal, with all the fervor
..$ .23 I and sincerity. behind a Just cause,
advises both women and men to
support these measures and make
them the sovereign law of this
state.
To act with a purpose in what
raises man above the brutes.
Leasing:
LIGHTNING CHANGES
"THEY ARE MISTAKEN
J
UNK 20, in a public address in
Portland, Dr. Withycombe de
clared that the 1 single-item
Veto "is a two-edged sword"
IHERE are strong men behind ami "dangerous."
the bill tp revive the assem- June 25. in an address before
blr. . There are respectable hundreds of people at Brownsville,
, men in the movement for that Dr. Withycombe declared the sin-
measure. There are honest men gje item veto "would give the
among the forces who, are trying governor power to do anything he
to put the bill over. liked," that with it the governor
It is the support of such men "could' run the legislature" and
for the measure that is cause for that it "is a sharp two-edged
wide concern. It is their support sword." N
that lends strength to the bill and October 13. at Ashland, Dr.
raises a question as to whether Withycombe declared "I am in
or not sufficient interest will be favor of the single-item veto."
taken by friends of the direct pri- October 17, in the Oregonian, he
mary to insure defeat of the as- declared, "I shall continue to be
setnbly bill. for the single-Item veto."
However honest, or' respectable October 18, he declared in the
or strong these men are, they are Oregonian, I was the first man
mistaken. They are, misled by the in Oregon to favor the single
Charges made against the direct item' veto."
primary -such as that by Dr. Withy- These are impressive facts. For
combe, that it "costs too much" four months, Dr. Withycombe was
and that an assembly is needed a strong opponent, of the single-
is reported that even cotton ex- scheme that there .-shall-be dlsap-
ports show satisfactory figures. ' polntment.
The fact Is that our foreign
trade Is recovering la spite of dis
couragements. The improvement
is being felt In various lines of
business throughout the country.
The forward movement has reached
Portland. It is not a time for
apathy. The wise business man
will prepare for great business ac
tivity in the near future.
CHAMBERLAIN
s
to eliminate candidates
Thsy ( have forgotten what con-
ve'ntionlsm is. They have forgot
ten the shotgun politics, the bos
sism and the bedlam of the con
vention days
item veto, and he then changed his
mind and declared in favor of It.
To this record of vacillation, Dr.
Withycombe adds the information
that before he opposed it, he was
in favor of it, having been, he
They overlook the great faot of' "the first man in Oregon to
what would happen if this bill for"""' ,
reviving the assembly should pass. "l
That. great fact is that the assembly a pu Question within a com-
and the direct primary could not " Pr.uu,
long exist contemporaneously. One
or the other would have to go, and.
traordinary record of indecision
and irresolution. To be subject to
ENATOR CHAMBERLAIN
ought to be re-elected.
Because he is the man who
secured passage Of the Alaska
railroad law, which, so far as the
Pacific Coast is concerned, is one
of the greatest measures that ever
passed Congress. It is a measure
that forever frees the' great coal
deposits of the Matanuska and
Bering river t'.istricta from peril
of monopolization by brigadiers of
finance. It, with the coal land
leasing bill, Is an everlasting guar
antee that the people of the Pacific
Coast will have Alaska coal for
heat in their homes, for the fur-
Oregon's response to the appeal
in behalf ef Europe's war-swept
people has beeh extraordinary. A
procession of Portland people, each
carrying bundles, has filed in and
out of The Journal office. Another
rprocesslon of express and parcel
post messengers carrying the of
ferings of other Oregon cities and
towns has also paid tribute to the
great, unselfish spirit which has
responded to the call for cheer In
lands made desolate by conflict.
The Christmas Ship is the out
growth of a great idea. The load
ing of this ship Is evidence of the
readiness with which Americans
respond to an unselfish appeal.
Nothing finer, better or more rep
resentative of the true Christmas
spirit can occur anywhere, at any
time, than the people's determina
tion to be represented in the cargo
that will go to Europe to assuage,
as far as possible the horrors of
war.
People who have their Christmas
offerings in are Indeed fortunate.
There is no question about the
gifts reaching their destinatlbn.
Gifts brought tomorrow will place
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
O. Henry always retained the whim
sical sense of humor which made htm
quickly famous. One time he called
on the cashier of
a New York pub
lishing house, after
vainly writing sev
eral times for. a
check which had
been promised as
an advance on his
royalties.
I'm sorry," explained the cashier.
''but Mr. Blank, who signs the checks,
is laid up with a sprained ankle."
"But, my dear sir," expostulated the
author, "does he sign them with his
feet?"
jAn Englishman, meeting an Irish
man, greeted him
thus:
"Arc you good at
measurement?"
"I am that," said
Pat.
'Then can you
tell me how many
sheets I can get
out of a yard?'
"Well," replied Pat, "that depends
on whose yard you get into."
naces of their industry and for mo
tive power for their commerce, the givers in the same category. But
those who are late will be entitled
without paying extortionate tribute
to coal barons.
The Chamberlain bill for an
Alaska railroad, when once , its
great benefits to . the people of
Oregon are- understood, will take
rank as one of the great construc
tive measures of the period.
Senator Chamberlain ought to
be re-elected.
Because he has made good in
every position in which he has
ever been placed by the people of
Oregon. He is tried and true.
He was a splendid governor and
he is a splendid senator.
Senator Chamberlain ought to
be re-elected.
Because Woodrow Wilson is
anxious for his return to the, sen
ate. In a letter to Senator Owen,
September -80, President Wilson
said: "I want to say to you again
how sincerely I hope for the re
election of Senator Chamberlain."
The re-election of Senator Cham
berlain would be a vote of confi-
to sympathy.. They will not par
ticipate in the joyous" consciousness
of having done something, how
ever small, to" bring cheer on a
day when everybody is entitled to
cheer to a people plunged into
despair through no fault of their
own.
"This story of yours is all right,"
said the editor, "but your description
of the hero's automobile is simply im
possible. IT there
Was an automobile
made as perfect
as the one you" de
scribe, I'd,, buy one
tomorrow. Where
in the world did
you get your idea?"
"That was easy."
eplied the author. "I got my friend
Bragley to describe his new car."
Magazine of Fun.
Letters From the People
(Communications Mat to Tbe Journal (or
publication Id this department should be writ
ten on only one aide of tbe paper, should not
ezeeed 800 word In length and mast be ac
companied by tbe name and address of tbe
sender. If tbe writer does not desire to
bare tbe name published, be should so state.)
"Discussion Is tbe greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything It touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on -their reasonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crashes them oat of existence and set up its
own conclusions la their stead." Woodrow
Wllsoa.
Tho Judge, on the Stump.
Linnton, Or., Oct. 19. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I notice by the
papers that last Friday evening two
of our circuit ludares. Kavanaueh and
dence in the great peace policy and Morrow, attended, a- partisan meeting,
by claptrap and flapdoodle, a strong "uch 8WJftly , changing views. , and
demand ' would arise for abandon
ment of the direct primary. .Dr.
Withycombe's claim that the di
rect primary "costs too much
to remain of one mind for such
short periods of time; are traits not
often sought by those who want
a man in a great position like the
would then be used with double governorship of Oregon, where
effect.
great affairs are to be adminis-
Th. nolltlriana and th enne- lereu- wiiere semsn interests nave
atera hav had nothing an stiKfv- to be combatted, where the forces
lnr in a Inn timn an thia now as- lIla- cau Ior Dig appropriations OI
sembly movement. Nothing would Public money have to be resisted,
b mr.r RatlRfvinc to ihm than and where a clear head, a firm
to have the adsemblv bill oasa. "ana ana a Bteaaiasi purpose are
. 'But can the people of Oregon a inoispensapie requirements
afford it? Are they reader to ad-
constructive endeavors of Wood-
row Wilson
T
; mlt that they cannot select "proper
5 candidates without being advised,
f and that the assembly is needed to
THE WOMEN'S VOTE
advise them?
328 AND 330
H
EAVY support of Dr. Smith
by women voters Is one of
the conspicuous features of
,this campaign.
That vote went heavily for him
HE waterfront measures on m iae primaries, it is a vote mat
the ballot, NoS. 328 and 330 has apparently increased in its
Yes, propose to free the trend to Dr. bmitd ever since his
Port of Portland and all nomination
i other, ports in this state from the There is unmistakable evidence
domination, control and capitaliza- of evolution in Oregon toward civic
tion of private interest, and by uplift, home protection and the
majority vote of a free people, re- cleansing of conditions. It is
store to the state, public property largely led by women, but it is
tljat. was legislated away without shared In by men. Even those
reason, right or rhyme. men whom the world is wont to
Tbe passage of these measures call rough, have, by hundreds, con-
will not take away from individu- eluded that humanity is better
als or corporations access to, and served and mankind better fed and
use of their private holdings, or clothed when we turn our faces
f Interfere in the least degree with toward the sun and work for
j meir individual control 01 tnese progress
properties. The purpose of the As Dr. Smith said in his ad
measure is to restore the unused dress to the Albany women
M 1 A. A. A. I . I
lyieeuuiB iu puoocBoiuu, ucvci We all know that women have
to be again sold or capitalized for already been the moat effective in
profit, pelf, power or privilege, but fluence in the home, the .school and
,,,T i i,.i t the church. The women have a wide
to be used in lessening transpor- fl.M fnr th4lr ir, m,r nr
tallon evils, in making trade freer democracy in helping to more firmly
-tna proportionately reducing " the establish civic, state and national
chat Of rlivln. while increasing th r,n-eousneBS- n worK along the
. . . lines of material things, while wo
ieei ui waSeB auu earnings 01 men have lriStinctlvfi vision of th.
workers ana producers. needs of humanity.
In the latter facts, you have the Probably Dr. Smith's position
reason why these measures are on law enforcement is one of the
fought by interested parties, a cer- great factors in attracting the wo
tain ktnd of capitalists, so-called, men's vote. The women have
and by a certain kind of lawyers come to know that the fruits of
who, like-flies, are always on the! lax enforcement of the law are
side wbere 'the sugar is. grafting officials, gunmen, more
Byi confirming to the-state that oppression for the oppressed, more
part of tthe , foreshore not - earned poverty for the poor and more sor
by use,. 'improvement and occii- row and more tears for widows
- pancy, , the; water of capitalization and orphans.
based upon . monopoly will be
squeezed, oat of waterfront lands
now fled- up and held out of use.
By-that-process, the tribute wrung
from producers, workers and
traders, through monopolization of
natural rights' and natural wealth,
CONVICT LABOR
HE highway commissioner of
Washington reports that con
vict labor on roads is more
expensive than free labor.
The experience of Washington is
far different from? that of other
states, notably the Carolinas, where
nearly all the road work is done
by convicts. In these states it has
been found, from an economic
standpoint that the convict labor
is the cheaper. '
In Colorado where convict labor
has been used in road construction
for several years, the work done
compares favorably with that done i
by contract and has cost from 50
to 75 percent less.
Experience has shown that to
get the best results from convict
labor it should be employed in
large camps. With small camps
the overhead expense is too great
for profit.
Another consideration is the per
sonality of the man who is in
charge of a convict gang. If he is In
sympathy with hz work he can
get good results from his prisoners,
otherwise he cannot.
Another element is that of prop
er direction or engineering. Bet
ter results could have been accom
plished at Shell Rock In. this state
two years ago had there been a
more definite plan to work on.
Then there is the humanitarian
phase of the question. Roadmak
ing offers the convict an oppor
tunity to become self supporting
and to retain the physical vigor
necessary to his well being.
Confining the question to that
of economy the test made in Wash
ington is not conclusive in the
face of results achieved elsewhere.
furnished the fireworks, indulged in
oldtime political oratory and exhorted
all to "vote it straight from senator
to dog catcher," as in the good old
days. Press reports recorded the fact
that Judge Kavanaugh appeared In
place of C. U. Gantenbein, .who is a
candidate for circuit Judge. Wily
Gantenbein! He knew better, and gen
erously permitted Kavanaugh to be
the "goat,"
Take it all in all. it wag a very ed
ifying spectacle indeed, and reflects
great credit upon our Jocal bench. It
may be that these two dignitaries feel
more at home and better fitted for the
role of campaign orators at unim.
portant political gatherings than on
the bench. And yet it is offensive to
the sense of fitness of the average
citizen to have circuit Judges .whose
oince at least is digniried, even
though the. incumbent may not be
acting the part of political whippers-
in. Many of -us remember liow two
years ago Morrow was the Republican
irogressive candidate with a most
pronounced nonpartisan predisposi
tion. Judge Kavanaugh has repeated
ly and eloquently declared in favor of
a nonpartisan Judiciary whenever the
time and place so to declare seemed
opportune It Is a .safe guess that two
years from now he will be out as a
candidate for reelection, proclaiming
that anything short of absolute non-
partisanship with respect to the Ju
dietary would be abhorrent to his soul.
at least auring tne campaign.
These well meaning but credulous
gentlemen have permitted themselves
to be led astray. They Drobablv
thought they were invited to speak
because of some great message they
naa to aenver to a thirsting and ex
pectant public. Alas, it is not true. It
was tne prestige of the Judicial office
or wnicnvttiey are transient lnr.um
bents that was usfeul to astute nol.
iticians. And so I charge them to take
the advice of an humble citizen and
taxpayer, who wishes them no harm
L,et tnem go back to their Judicial dti
ties and stay there. The "boys" prob-
auiy win not vote er straight" any
how, unless perhaps coerced tn rtn
so by a mandamus or something of
mi sun. INUIMf AKTISAN.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
r
N THE JOURNAL E. L. Thomp
son, president of the Portland
Woolen Mills, says business is
good and of a much more sub-
cannot be diverted in large vol- stantlal character than he had been
um to rVrivatef nockrfa led to expect. This local mahuf ac-
This IsfWhy the measures are so tur,ng concern is -running night
atrenoouBiy. opposed by the big r"u ua' "Iuera mat tax us
brigadiers, and It is reason enough -pij.
for, the little fellows to be just as Mr- Thompson is strongly opti
alive to their own Interests and mistlc as to general business con-
rignts, and vote yes on these aitlon8' Hls company has already
measures. bcul a man east to purcnase addi-
Every worker, producer men of uonai macninery, new buildings
Industry nd enterprise should are being Planned, and thfere is
support these measures. Those to &n aggressive campaign in
who "live off of others, who live 1 preparation ror still greater busi
off of privilege. monoDOlv and loess. A Portland banker says:
i over capitalization, pr those who , VL nouc constant improvement
live by theit wits, should oppose " "l uitYJl'
orcbardlst, .-wool grower, cattle hVc aU th money needed to move
grower every-man who produces "1 Xt 7. De no further
... f , . -v,v.uv.a need of government help in this sep.
something of value and does not tion.
expect something for nothing, There has been a notable recov
should vote' for. these measures. ery In the nation's export t
Th passage of these measures The upturn became marked in th
will increase the ralne of every middle of September, and it has
bushel of grain "grown in the continued since. Europe is de
Northwest. It will Increase the manding our grain, our horses and
vatnA nf vr halo nf hnni hnr rf mnlno ..ii
, wl , u ,u'M vui yiwisiuus ana a. long
: apples. Ud jot every dther product J list of . manufactured v articles. It
AN AMERICAN INVENTION
T
HE recent exploits of sub
marines recalls that the fath
er of submarine warfare was
an American, David Bushnell,
a native of Connecticut.
He entered Yale College in 1771
and according to his biographers
took high rank in mathematics.
In his freshman year he projected
a submarine boat, tht first capable
of locomotion of which there is
any authentic record.
After graduation he constructed
a submarine vessel which was
taken to New York harbor to at
tack a British man of war com
manded by Lord Howe, admiral of
the British fleet in the harbor.
The - attack, was not a success,
owin to the fact that the oper
ator was not sufficiently skilled.
Latef Bushnell floated a machine
guided by a line against some Brit
ish shipping near New London. It
was designed to destroy the frigate
Cerberus. This it failed to do but
it demolished the next ship, killing
several of Its crew. This is said
to have, been the first successful
use of torpedoes in-history.
S
THE CHRIST3IAS SHIP 7
0FAR as. Oregon is concerned.
the Christmas Ship will .sail
tomorrow. Kind hearted peo
ple who wish to assist in dis
pelling the gloom in Europe on
Christ's natal day must be on time.
Oregon's Santa Claus consignment
will go forward as per schedule,
for delay at this end might- mean
disappointment at - the other and
it Is not In the Christmas Ship
Booth-Kelly Employes.
Springfield. Or., Oct. 19. To the
cuiiur oi xne journal Having read
lutcresi- me letters ox J B. S
of.Corvallis and the defense of A. C
Dixon and M. J. Skinner for the Root-h.
Kelly Lumber company, I desire to
aaa a wora or testimony. Am sorry
I can't gratify Mr. Dixon's desir to
know who we are who dare to raise
our pens to tell the people of the
state wno are not familiar with, the
fact some of the truth about this
great corporation or our state. But
when we read In the Oregonian about
this and that grea mill closinsr for
an hour while our would be senator
expounds to tne lumberjacks (assem
bled under direction of the sunerln
tendent) how his heart goes out to
them and the great good he has dona
them and wants to continue to do for
them as senator, It behooves the com
mon workingman, who knows this
great corporation and its history, and
whose bread and butter for his family
depend- on the lumber industry, to
keep that knowledge under his hat
or be very discreet about what ha
says or writes. Mr. Dixon knows only
too weu mere is a reason.
However; what I write will be fa.
miliar, not only to Mr. Dixon and
Mr. Booth, but to most every man
who has followed the woods and mlllJ
of Lane, county. I entered the em- 1
ploy of the company early in ISOfl.
Wages were $1.76 per iay at the
commencement of the year, but some
of the mills raised to $2. The Booth
Kelly company seemed determined to
hold wages down, so about February
or the first of March arrangement was
made for the shipment of a carload
of raw Swedes from Chicago.. , The
move proved a disastrous failure, so
rar as accomplishing tne desired ef
fect was concerned. About one half
the total number jumped of t the car
at Portland, the remainder arriving
in Kugene, and were sent to th . dif
ferent mills. In two weeks not one
of them remained on the Coburg yard.
All resources failing, they had to
grant a raise to J 2, and a short time
thereafter to $2.25. This was grant
ed . only after all other mills had
raised wages. ,' J-
During the summer of ?190, the
Southern -Pacific railroad started three
large mills at Marcola arid established
a minimum wage of $2.50. The wrlt-
1 er, with many others from the Bootnv
SMALL CHANGE
v
Having nothing to say doesn't keep
some people from talking.
Why is it that a big woman always
takes a small man seriously?
One kind of progressive is a
afflicted with the speed erase.
man
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The pipe line that Is to afford fir
protection to South Baker is near
completion.
IN EARLIER DAS t
By Fred Luckley. T:
William K. Kilborne was ti?e -fifth
treasurer of Oregon. W. H. Wilsjn,
tne ratner of Mrs. J. K. Gill, who
Perhaps a rolling stone gathers no
moss because it isn't on the level.
Life may be a grind, but grinding
sharpens things.
A man mav be lonesome because
other mn are particular about their
associates.
But the young fool is not excusable
on the ground that there is no fool
like an old fool.
The average married man consid
ers his wife's relatives, about as im
portant as empty tomato cans.
If one half of a mn's schemes
turned out according to his prelim
inary figures he would have nothing
to do but spend his money.-
Velour hats are"$2 higher this year
than last. . Here is another argument
for the "wear cotton" movement.
;
There are the 'military-experts and
there are the plain people who do, not
know anything abouthe war, either.
As autumn continues to display its
large supply of weather, men begin to
wonder why more women do not have
pneumonl'i.
t4 - -j . ... a . .
iew uys ago alter aaptolong
residence in Portland,: wa first
treasurer. He was ' elected $u May
2, 184S. at. ChamnoeK. it a .n mcoi.
Harrisburg has reopened actively mg of the clt liens, who haig assem
the campaign for a bridge ovrti'e I bled to organise a provislotVl rfov-
WllUmatf A financing tllan Will be ! . '
put up to the county court in De-
Albany's public library is now
opened, as a reading room, on Sun
days, and la well patronized.
cember.
Nimrwd Price, 92 years old, is said
k. linn r-ountv'R oldest voter.
though Mrs. Milton naie is
second. She will be 93 on Kovenmer
4. She Is a pioneer oi o.
A campaign in the hands of the
e-onoriil committee of the Eugene Cof
fee club to raise sufficient funds to,
clear the club irom an inaeoieon,
is now in progress.
Astoria Budget: N. J. Judah has
resigned his position as editor of the
Astorian. to accept me appuiumieiii
as Inspector in the customs service.
Mr. Judah has been identified with
newspaper circles in Astoria for a
number of years, and has made an en
viable reputation.
"These . heavy rains,"- says the
GrantJ Pass Courier, "are not the best
thing in the world for the ripening
grapes now being harvested, but they
make the placer miner smile.- They
mean that the stream of nuggea and
bricks will soon be finding its way
into . the local channels of trade." '
FREDERICK NIETZSCHE'S DREAM
Kelly ranks, joined the pilgrimage to
Marcola.
While arranging for a Job with the
Southern Pacific superintendent, I in
xormed him I could not commence
work for a few days, as I was work
ing for Booth-Kelly, and would have
to return and give three days notice
Of my intention to quit.
But here let me say a word about
this private law of this great philan
thropist, made in the interest of
workingmen, of course, although the
Oregonian has made no mention of
this law of Mr. Booth's company. In
every logging camp and mill belong-
ng to the company was one or more
conspicuous notices which read some
thing like this:
'Notice Is hereby given that any
employe desiring to leave the service
of this company will be required to
give three days' notice to the fore
man. Anyone quitting without notice
will be required to wait until the
next regular pay day to get their
money."
This law or rule was as fixed -and
irrevocably as the ancient decrees of
the Medes and Persians, which "alter
eth not" At least, so far as the
lumberjack was concerned. But it
did not Interfere with the foreman's
right to send a man down the road
on a moment's notice.
A serious look came over the super
intendent's face as he said: "I am
sorry you told me that, for now I
can't even promise you a job. Since
we began operations here there has
been a constant wail coming up from
the Booth-Kelly people that we were
hiring all their best metiy, So in the
interest of peace we have agreed to
hire none of their employes knowing
ly. That assurance, however, has not
stopped the protests. So we have re
quested them to prepare a branding
iron and brand all men who belong
to them with the letters B.-K, on the
left hip. When they have bad time
to comply we expect to make an ex
amination of every applicant and
those who do not bear the stamp we
will not hesitate to hire."
We note what J. B. S. says about
securing signatures in a camp or in
a lumber yard. We were in the yard
at Coburg when the. news came of
the great fire at San Francisco. On
the second day the foreman made the
rounds of every man and asked him
to sign for one day's wagea to help
the sufferers of San Francisco. About
75 per cent bigned. Of thOBe who
failed to respond, not a man was on i
the Job In two weeks, nut tnose wuo
signed a day's work were gratified
to read a few days later the name
of the Booth-Kelly Lumber company
heading the list of subscriptions to
the relief fund from Eugene. It was
a nice check, indeed, .but not one
word did we notice that most of that
splendid subscription came from the
day laborers in the yards, mills and
logging camps of that company.
J. B. S. is right. When a boss of
the Booth-Kelly company puts a pa
per up to an employe to sign he had
better write it down unless he knows
where there is another job. And if
he is told how to vete he had better
vote that way until he gets behind
the walls of the voting booth; and
then keep it to himself.
LUMBERJACK.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pretend you are a second Rip Van
Winkle, and that you fell into another
20-year sleep in the Catskllls, just be
fore the great European war of 1911
broke out. Then pretend that you
awakened in 1934 and hied yourself to
New York.
Of course, things would be greatly
changed. What you might possibly
notice most, however, just as Rip no
ticed, would be the absence of the once
familiar Stars and Stripes floating in
the breezes sweeping through Broad
way and past the Flatlron building.
A new flag, with odd insignia, might
fun and unfurl -before you. Your
rust eaten memory might grope back
vainly for a country existing in the
misty past which, might have owned
Just such a flag. But the effort is
futile.
As you fare along Riverside drive,
you might note the houses of the rich
and powerful had either been torn
down or had been converted Into solid,
substantial administration buildings,
buzzing with men hurrying in and out
of the executive offices.
the idealf surpassing Uself, she need
for creating a higher, stronger and
more dominant race a race of leaders,
to whom he gave the name of Buper-m-en.
Nietzsche believed the time was
coming when humanity would produco
this superior type of man, and he be
lieved tiie time was coming when this
superior type of man would rule the
world.
Frederich Nietzsche predicted i ar
as far back as 1S70, though he called
it a war ior the dominion of the world.
It would be a war that would come
early In the twentieth century.
He was succeeded by Phip .Fos
ter, who was elected at die first
general election ever held Ins Oregon,
on May 14, 1844. F. Arm'atiner, who
was elected by the provisiortkl legis
lature, served abcut one ea resign
ing in March, 1846. Captai J. H.
Couch was appointed - to srve out
his term, and was eftcttd fori the suc
ceeding term by te legislature, which
met In December. 1846. Wjftliam K.
Kllbourne was apoplntcd oijj October
1$, 1847. and served till February 13,
1849, when he was reelected ' by the
legislature." and scrveii tiU September
27. 184. XV. K. Kllbourne, fliko Cap
tain J. H. Couch, was a 1 mariner,
having commanded the briV Henry.
Mr. Kiluourna, with Jamrf Taylor,
who succeeded him as treasurer, were
members of the Oregon dCxchange
company, which coined the rBeavcr"
money. Firty-Tive thousand dollars
in $5 and $10 gold pieoes wfire issued
by this private mint at Oregon City.
The other members of the Cffegon Ex
change company wer JeqL,'e Aber
uthy. Theophtlus Magrudr. W. H.
Wilson, Oregon's first Veasurer;
Noyes Smith, W. H. Rectorand J- G.
Campbell. Gold dust rose f from. $12
an ounce to $18 an ounre s soon as
the mint bfgan operations md estab
lished the market value ojk'11 dunt
Prior to the coining of tie Beaver"
money gold or sijver coir were so
scarce that $10 in silver mny would
buy an ounce of gold dust.; The pro
visional legislature had paUsed a bill ,
to establish a mint and ha4j appointed
as officers the treasurer f Oregon.?
James" Taylor, as director; i Thomas P.
Powers, mint treasurer; W. Jl. Wilson,
melter and coiner, and George Li
Curry, assayer. As coining money
by a state was a violation of the
United States constitution' Governor
KfuW.W&.Zk. would ffi
With brain whirling, just as old
Rip's did, you timidly approach a gray
haired stranger Beated on that broad
stone ledge that girdles Orant's tomb
and begin hesitatingly to question him.
As you listen, it might gradually dawn
on you that the brilliant prophecy of a
certain German philosopher, whose
works you studied while in college,
had become crystalized into truth,
white and shining. r
You might find there is no more
United States of America. Instead
you might find the war of 1914 had
spread until it Involved the whole
world. And you might learn that ut
Of the ashes of a smoking universe
there rose a small group of big brained,
masterful geniuses whose powerful
hands had grasped the reins of all the
nations of the world, and were guiding
them according' to their own sweet
will. Your old German philosopher was
correct in his predictions.
wipe out completely all boundary lines.
all national customs and racial char
acteristics, all national vanities and
culture. The world would remain a
shattered, devastated, though fallow,
universe.
The end of the confict Nietzsche
held, would be the signal for the super,
men to launch themselves into the field
and build up out of the ruins a solid,
unified world empire, under a power
ful central government, with them
selves as leaders. Their sway would
extend over all nations. They would
be the lords of the earth.
The only doubt that assailed thai
stop to It, so a private company, com
posed of some of the officials appoint
ed by the legislature, w jnt ahead
with the coining of the and $10
gold pieces. .
James Taylor, who carr.e to Ore
gon In '1845, settling io Oaf top county.
serVed as territorial treairer from
September 2", 1849, to JJnuary 21.
1851. when Judge L. A. Rice of
Umpqua county was -elect jd by the
legislature. On December,, 16, 1851.
he was succeeded by John D. Boone,
a Methodist minister Jtf Salem.
"Uncle" Fred Wraymire of JPolk. coun
ty, a member of the coaiHtitutlonal
The philosopher was Frederick Wil.
helm Nietzsche, who was born In 1814,
and who died in 1900. His phllospohy
might be expressed in few words.
He regarded humanity as divided
into two great classes, the masses and
their leaders, in much the same rela
tionship as the czar of Russia and the
serfs. For Nietzsche there would al
ways be the mob, brainless and vacil
lating, and the certain gifted few who
acted as leaders and directed the mob.
For the German there was always just
these two classes, the leaders and the
led. .
Moreover, for mankind he held up
great thinker was whether any super-1 convention in 1857, was ;the watch
men would be bred early enough in dog of the convention. H(. succeeded.
the new century sufficiently powerful I after a strenuous fight, f;in keeping
to wrest the government from the
rulers and autocrats who held it at
that time.
the salaries of the stage- officials
down. The Governor wa(i allowed a
salary of $1500 a year. gThe secre
tary of state was allowed S1800. and
His question remains. Has the twen-1 the state treasurer, $8f0 yc-ar. An
tieth century thus far been able to i effort to raise the salary & the trean
train or rear a sort of caste of pre-1 urer was defeated through the vigi
enUnent spirts who will be able to!ance 0f uticle Fred ' W'Vmlrefc who
grasp the central power? fc- I eajd-
One part of Nietzsche's prophecy has "Eight hundred is plerty for tlie
come true. But only Europe is at war treasurer. He don't havejto do any-
mue." "i""' " . J' i ihinsr hut keen the mone-J safe."
John D. Boon, who was 4 Democrat,
was elected by the legislature in 1851,
was reelected on Januatty 27, 1853.
and January 19. 1854. amO served till
January 24. 1855, when is-
leash. Will the United States and the
South American countries be a .-awn
into the vortex also?
And are these supermen lurking in
the personalities of Kmpsror William,
the czar of all the Russians, or some
American?
Will one or all of these men twist
NOW'S TIME TO ISSUE "BABY BONDS"
Recommendations as to Saloon.
Portland, Oct. 19. To tbe Editor of
Tbe Journal Why blame the saloon
keeper? He is Just the same as any
other business man. He is following
the business for a profit. He is only
the agent of the government, to col
lect the money for the government.
He has to pay $800 a year license and
$25 government license. He has to
pay 60 per cent more rent than any
other business. He has to pay $1.10
tax on every gallon of whiskey and $1
tax on every barrel of beer he sells,
and besides a lot of other expenses.
He has to comply with all kinds of
laws and is forced to close a great!
deal of the time. All this expense has j
to come out of the consumer before
he has anything for himself. In order
to make a success, he has to adulter
ate his liquor and encourage the treat
ing bbit and rob his customers, to
pay it about all to tbe government.
The .government is to blame for all
the evils of the- saloon business, and
net tbe saloonkeeper.
Remedy? Let the government get out
of the saloon business and stop the
manufacturing of this poison, and as
he government has made so many dol
lars out of the business, it should pay
the saloonkeeper at least SO cents on
the dollar for his fixture and dam
ages to his business, and give him a
chance to make an honest living.
J. LANDIGAN.
' .
A. Farmer's Protest.
: Redmond, Or., Oct. 19. To tbe Edi
tor of Tbe Journal I am a farmer re
siding near the town ot Redmotad. Oc
casionally I kill a hog or other animal
and sell the meat to my neighbors, or
in the town of Redmond. There has
been no pretense that- the butchering
was not neatly done, and the. meat
clean, healthy and In good condition,
but someone reported me to the state
dairy .and food commissioner, who
wrote toe as follows:
t "Portland Or., Sept.' 'la, 1H4. Mr.
E. Atkinson. Redmond. Oregon. Dear
Sir: It has come to our attention that
you Shave been making it a practice
In the past to slaughter animals and
distribute the meat from these ani
mals to the public; therefore X wish
By John M. Oskison.
American corporations have sold in
Europe during the last few years
something like $5,000,000,000 of securi
ties. Our b&nds have gone over there
by the hundred millions every year;
they've gone because European Invest
ors would pay . more than American
buyers.
To attract European capital, many
of our big corporations have made
their bond issues available in pieces
an small as $100 and sometimes $50.
Over there the total capital owned in
such small lots has been big big
enough to appeal to the greatest bor
rowers. In the United States, meanwhile,
very few of the good issues of bonds
have been available In small pieces.
"Baby bonds" have been something
of a Joke among bond sellers, and the
buyer of a good one has usually had
to pay a bigger price proportionally
for it than he would have to pay for
a thousand-dollar piece.
In spite of wars, our -corporations
will have to go on borrowing money
in very large sums. The European
supply ot capital will be radically re
duced. Isn't It time for our financial
January 24. 1855, when was suc
ceeded by Nat Lane, the won of Gen-,
eral Joseph L,ane, Oregonft first trr-
the wheel of fate to suit themselves!'';":;"' State Senator Harry Lane
and sway the progress of the universe ! t . , .m L,,
from a world throne? Or will some fD ton l c
great unknown rise and assume the ! when J",Dt ?L" 'fh,,"
leadership in much the same way nsiwca" re,,e?.?a hJ "le l2 "'"n" rl
x-u, ,ih I 1S57 and 1859, thus becoming Oregon
lerriiury mm ii irdnu z- 3"- wc taiai.
treasurer of the state of ijOregon. In
1858, tickets were nomiryted by the
three political parties, tif Democratic,
Progressive Democratic and Republi
ean paitles. - John D. Boone, the Dem
ocratic candidate for treasurer, re
ceived 5876 votes, J. 8. Htamley 3531,
and E. L. Applegate, thrl Republican
candidate, 690. With te exception
of one year. Rev. J. D. loone served
continuously as treeur from De
cember 16, 1851. to September 8, 1862.
V
his taskof shooting down redcapped
madmen in the streets of Paris with
his artillery to ascend triumphantly by
way of the pyramids, Marengo and
Jena to the greatest honor France
would bestow upon him?
One wonders. The future alone
either crowns the prophet with laurel
leaves or coldly declares he lies.
geniuses to start a campaign to draw
out the savings of the American small
owner of capital?
Why shouldn't I with $100 of capital
have a chance to buy a piece of "a j
ccutiijr million wiu iciuiu jiic iiuui v
The Ragtime luse
Sonnets of Autumn,
r X
to 6 per cent, instead of being com- A prey to passing winds fie hammock
peiied to put my hundred in a savings
bank where from 3 to 4 per cent la
the return?
I predict that the supply of "baby
bonds" will vastly Increase in this
country. Behind them you will find
the credit of our best corporations
and the good name of some of our best
investment banking houses.
n-a v
Unoccupied; the weathsi- has grown
cold p
And Grace and Arthur seefj out warmer
ways v. M .
When either longs the Tethers hand
to hold. p. .
How often from its dept-js has coma
the cry i .
- In Grace's shrill soprajo: "Arthur,
quit!"
So for our thrifty savers of . small i Or through Its meshes vndered sigh
sums the war in Europe is going to
have at least one good effect. They
will find themselves courted by bor
rowers in the way the French small
creditors have been courted ' by bor
rowers from all over the world.
Small owners of capital ought to
have a wider choice than the savings
bank or the highly touted stock of
get-rich-quick concerns that put out
their securities In small denomina
tions. They will soon be in a position
to choose rather freely among good
bonds in $100 pieces.
to inform you that In compliance with
the laTand therules and regulations
of the state of Oregon, that" if you
"tend to operate -in his way in th.
future It will be necessary that you
must provide and equip a sanitary
Saughfer-house that will fulfill the
requfrements of the law. Will , you
kindly advise m if at the Prent
time you have a regula ' "Jn
olace or If you intend to engage In
such business during the coming sea-
"Thanking you for this Information,
I am, Yourf truly. J. D. Mlckle, Dairy
and Food Commissioner.
I have referred the matter to an at
torney and after a . careful study of
the law I am satisfied that the com
missioner is assuming an authority
he does not POeBs a power nowhere
eiven him by the law; and that his
alleged rules relating to the slaughter
of animals are without any force or
right and that the public ought to be
informed of bis attempt to enforce
them.
E. ATKINSON.
Mr. Coo Denies a Rnmor.
McMinnvllle, Or.. Oct. 19. To the
Editor of The Journal Some time ago
t a, tola that a report had been cir
culated in the hop field, of Yamhill
countV to the effect that Curtis P.
rve prohibition icandldat for con
gress bad said, "No decent woman
would go into the hop fields." This
is so foreign to anything which I would
UDDOsa Mr. Coe would say that I
asked him about it and hava his re
ply. Mr. Coe says:
"I never made such a remark, nor
any statement on which such a remark
could be truthfully based- I have too
high a regard for womanhood to speak
lightly of women, and I certainly
would not accuse them of indecency In
doing what the custom of the people
for many years has regarded as proper.
Only now are people generally awaking
to the fact that there, is a close inti
macy between the liquor business and
the hop industry, and the liquor ele-
ment is responsible for the clear cut I
identification. I have talked of insti- -
tutions and conditions; never of indi
viduals." Mr. Coe is a cultured gentleman,
worthy of tbe hearty support of our
whole community, county and district
in his race for congress. No one who
really knows him would for a.moment
think him responsible for such a state- ;
ment as waes reported, out some who
are not personally acquainted with him
fnr ulsrh
-Or girlish giggles caused by Arthurs
wit. s
Here, swathed in pillow. Harold's
manly length "
Has softly rested from the summer
heat, :? ,
The only tax upon Ills splendid
strength , '
To saunter forth wherw it was time
to eat ;f
Now all are gone; the sriow will soon
be here. H '
We'll take the hammocfi down until
next year. y
II. f
The steam coil's cold andgfather starts
to seek
The luckless Janitor h!le mother
pleads: ' ,,.
"Don't hurt him. dearee?., he was ill
But father vows he wlj do frightful
deeds; fti
He'll smite and rend, he fills her as h
leaves. .
"Mark me!" roar father; "we will
have some heat ,
Or know the reason Listening,
mother grieve" ? . .
And each child, aippretjenslve, keeps
Waiting the sound of batle Soon the
maid, 2'
Awed bv the si lenceg comes with
1 "The dinner's ready, pa am; I am
afraid pi
It won t stand heatli shall . I
might be kept from voting for him by Lo. father enters; smllfjs replace his
this falsehood. J. E. TODD. ULiT -.-i.t XA-a
low down." a
it
Harper's Weekly for Chamberlain.
Portland, Oct. 21. To the Editor of
The Journal. Harper's Weekly of Oc-
A coin in the" slot mapjhine has been
invented for checking uHbrel las. canes
tober 17 reviews the senatorial situ-I or small packages In ptblic places
ation as it may be affected by the
coming election, and has this to aay:
"Locking at It from a Progressive
point of view, there is no reason why
Thomas should not be supported by
progressives of all parties in Colo
rado, or Newlands in Nevada, or
Chamberlain In Oregon."
That Harper's Weekly la wholly
non-partisan In this matter is shown
by the fact that It Is opposing Sulli
van, Democrat, in Illinois, and Pen
should be borne in mind that Har-1
. i . ,1, . , . i
per s is now egneu uy iivrman xiap-
good. who for many years has been
in the front ranks of those who have
been working to restore popular gov
ernment in this country. L. L H.
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