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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAN D, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1914.
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TUB TIMBEIt ISSUK
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R. BOOTH'S timber la an issue
in this campaign.
The government or tne
United States has made it an
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the title of a publication issued b
Cnmrnlsaioner Davies, of the bureau
of corporations, department of com
merce.
' It Is a pamphlet of 264 pages
with tnanB. This official report,
made to President Wilson, says that
In western Oregon five private own
r have 36 per cent of the timber.
Pares 173 to 175 of this report
savs the Southern Pacific, thr
' Weyerhausers and the Booth-Kelly
- company together own 2,7b,uuu
' acres n f timber in Oregon, it is
'further stated in this report that
Ahe Booth-Kelly company and Its
Rallied (iompanlles. California & Ore
gon Land company ana uregon
Land & Livestock company, own
324.000 acres of timber in this
tate. The report says:
It should bel noted that a large pro
portion f the stock of the Booth
Kelly Lumber company Is now owned
by individuals closely affiliated (in
other companies) with tho Weyer
hausers. (See page 58.)
H. E. IIuntihKton, a director. In the
Southern Pacific company, is a direc
tor in one of tjhe Hammond companies.
Also the Hammond Interests are con-
. nected with the Booth-KellyLnmber
' company Interests through an import
ant common stockholder. tfcee page
V 69.)
These statements were aeniea Dy
Mr. Booth after Governor West
-read them from the official report
at the West-Booth meeting. Pos
sibly the reason for the denial is
.contained in the report. It says:
That a substantial control of the
!land situation and of transportation
throughout a large timber region.
-GIVES A FAR REACHING POWER
;OVER THE INDUSTRIAL PKVRLOP-
MENT OK THE TERRITORY HARD
LY .NEEDS ARGUMENT. (See page
1S2.)
Moreover, those who exercise eco
nomic control in this fashion, ARE
LIKELY TO SEEK ALSO POLITICAL
CONTROL IN ORDER TO MAKE
THEIR POSITION MORE SECURE.
: (See page 183.)
Mr. Booth is a candidate for
United States senator. He is backed
In his candidacy by every timber
baron within reach. An official re
port by a high public officer to the
i president of the United States de
. clares that great holders of timber
"are likely to seek also political
control In order to make their posi
..Ltlon more secure."
Never were t,he words of an offi
cial report more clearly exemplified
than in the candidacy of Mr. Booth.
The great timber holders seek to
, "make their position more secure.'
And the senator about to be
- elected from Oregon is certain tc
have something to say in the fed
eral senate about what Is to be
done with the great timber land
holding In the Oregon and Califor
u nia land grant, wjjen the United
States supreme court declares It
forfeited.
THE ENTERING WEDGE
NE argument advanced in favor of the Fallot bill to revive tH
assembly la a clahn that it is needed to preserve party. Thus
on page 88 of the state paniphlet, the backersof the bill declare:
Political sratherinrs for such rjuroose (for conference and dis
cussion), whether under the name Of convention or any other name, are in
dispensable to the perpetuity of party, hence should be combined with and
made a part of the primary system.
This is also the contention of Dr. Withycombe. The Klamath
Falls Northwestern says Dr. Withycombe said in a speech at Klamath
Falls, October 11:
It has been charged that I am opposed to the Direct Primary. I am
not opposed to the Direct Primary, but I dO believe it should be supple
mented by something whereby political parties should not be destroyed.
Political parties- have built up th!streat country. I believe in the Direct
Primary in a modified form.
The) two contentions are the same. -The hackers of the assembly
bill claim a change is needed to protect party and Dr. Withycombe
claims a change is needed to protect party.
But here is the trouble; Not very long after the assembly is
added to the direct primary, the cry will be raised, and with much
force, that the two combined are too expensive. It will be charged,
and with sound argument, that there ia no need for both.
That will be the entering wedge. A powerful appeal will then
be made for abolishing the direct primary. It will be argued that the
assembly selection of candidates can as well be voted for in the gen
eral election as in the direct primary and that therefore- the direct
primary can be laid aside. With that great wedge once inserted, no
body knows how soon enough Bentimerit could be created to lay the
direct primary in a quiet little grave under a weeping willow tree.
Never would anything happen so satisfying to the little Boss
Tweeds in Oregon. Nothing would ever happen that would be so
satisfying to all the old convention war horses, so satisfying to all
the politicians, so satisfying to those who play for profit, pelf, power
and privilege through the inside workings of government.
It was Boss Tweed who said, "if I can nominate the candidates,
I don't care who elects them."
The assembly is the place for the Boss Tweeds, not the people, to
nominate the candidates, and every little Boss Tweed in Oregon
knows it.
A governor favorable to the assembly would greatly aid the program.
goods and yarnt from the United
States. The report, however, state
that Japanese products are growing
in favor, the reason given being
that Japanese enterprise is forging
ahead of American apathy in cap
turing the Philippine trade.
The figures have especial value
at this time, indicating, as they do,
that the Filipinos are rapidly be
coming a commercial people. Even
the imperialists will probably ad
mit that use of iron and steel, ce
ment and machinery, is a fair indi
cation Of a people's ability to take
care of themselves.
Letters From the Peopla
edding machine and mathema
ticians, it can with the assistance of
Mr. Booth, produce one of the most
readable stories on campaign ex
penditures this state has read in
a long time.
How about the great office force,
the field force, the campaign man
agers and hangers-on at the Booth
headquarters, and how about the
mails flooded with literature and
how about all these long trips, and
how about the union labor men
hired to work for Mr. Booth in
union labor ranks and how about
the attempt to hire the Ashland
Tidingsto support Dr. Withycombe?
If the Oregonian is going to give
us information on campaign ex
penditures, let us have real and full
Information. If it cannot find out
all the facts, The Journal can
assist it.
THE TIDKLAXn MEASURES
T
HE Marshfield Record says the
waterfront amendment, No
328 Yes, strikes at the very
life of all industry on Coos
Bay. The Record says:
It is an absolute certainty that
the waterfront constitutional amend
ment Xo. 328. and its companion bill
No. 330 on the ballot, proposed for
(Communications sent to Tbe Journal for
?ubacatKn In this department should on wni
en on only one Bide of the paper, should not
exceed 3W words iu lengtu and must be t.-
romnaniert br tbe name aud address ot the
sender. It the waiter does not desire to
have the same published, bw should ao title.)
"Discussion is tbe greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalizes everything It touches. It
robs principles of all false (ihiictity nd
ihrowg them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reatouableoegs, it ruthlessly
crushes them out of exuueixe and set up its
own conclusions la tbeir Btead." Woodrow
Wilson.
A FEW SMILES
This little Incident has been told
of Thomaa Bone, "th sallora missionary."
"Seeing him ap
proaching one day,
one of a group of
sailors announced
his Intention of
having some fun.'
He stepped for
ward and removed
his hat, revealing
a perfectly smooth
crown, and asked:
"'Can you tell me why my head is
bo bald while all my companions have
plenty of hair?"
" 'I don't know, was the smiling
reply, 'unless the reason given me
the other day by a farmer would
apply, that an empty barn la not
worth shingling." National Food
Magazine.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
A ROMANCELESS YiAR 1
SMALL CHANGE
Barber's supply conversation at cot
rates.
It takes a capable wife to yank the
conceit out of a man.
Courtship is the frying pan and
matrimony is the fire.
governor left the place with great
respect for him.
That is why the old reactionary
war horses who flanked Mr. Booth
on the platform lost their winsome
smiles as the discussion went on,
and it is why the little pink ele
phant which answers to the name
of Gus, got lost in the jungle.
THE IMPULSE TO SHOOT
A
POLK county farmer killed
his best friend the other
night. The friend entered
the farmer's house and pre
tended to be a burglar. He paid
dearly for what ke thought was
a Jest. He was shot In his tracks
shot by his friend.
It was a terrible tragedy in that
farm home, an utterly useless kill
ing, another human sacrifice to the
Impulse to shoot. The Impulse to
shoot is one great danger of handy
firearms. It accounts for many
killing was without premeditation
awfulness of which is realized the
moment the trigger is pulled.
Nobody will condemn the farmer
who killed his friend, because the
killing was without premeditation
or vicious design. His impulse was
to protect his home from looting
"In Place of the Brewery."
Portland, Oct. 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Hearing o much about
the empty buildings there will be in
Portland after we get prohibition, I
am minded to write again how it was
in Oklahoma City after the saloons
went out. Two of my lady friends, de
siring to see how it was, themselves
drove around the streets one day to
see the ruin that had come. To their
surprise and everybody's delight there
were no blights upon the landscape
that could be attributed to prohibi
tion. Only one building was empty,
and that was filled in a few days.
Several that had been occupied with
saloons held moving picture shows,
one was a wijon rrpair shop, at an-
Wither place a florist was doing a good
business. Wolf & Sons, wholesale
liquor dealers, had a new sign, which
read, "Wolf & Sons, Wholesale Tai
lors," and the newly completed New
State brewery was converted into a
;ol(i storage plant in short order. We
thought the liquor element was asleep
and did not still have an eye to some
legitimate business, but many of the
men employed had their Jobs spoken
for beforehand.
To that New State brewery Uncle
Sam sent a federal officer to pour out
the beer in the brewery vats, that
could not be shipped out or sold, of
which there were 28,000 barrels, and
it was quickly filled with vegetables,
effgs and other things to eat. In lieu
of the saloons and brewery (ts em
ployers of men, there came two meat
packing plants, employing hundreds of
men. The cost of these plants amount
ed to $5,000,000 or $6,000,000, and I
happened to know that in the) case of
one plant at least letters tcame asking
about prohibition, as the writers did
not want to move to a liquor stats with
their men exposed to drink.
I wonder what big industry Is com
ing to Portland after prohibition
comes, as come it will.
NEAL B. INMAN.
The Customer -These grand opera
phonograph r e c -ords
are no good.
I can't get anything
out of half of them.
The Ssalesman
"They are our fin
es t achievement.
You never can tell
when these records
will sing. They're so temperamental."
Love that feeds on
soon starves to death.
beauty
ilone
Oculist (pointing to his test card)
Can you read these letters?
Patient No, . doc
tor. Oculist Well,
then, these?
Patient No, doc
tor. Oculist (im-pa-tiently
pointing to
the largest letters)
"Well, these, then?
Patient No, doctor.
Oculist Why, hang it all, how is
that possible?
Patient Because I never learned to
read.
I ry' TZACO '
Few men are wise enough to render
one little word sufficient.
.
A man may be slow and sure, but
it is different with his watch.
When- some men fail to make a hit
tney try to fix the responsibility on
the hammer.
-
Biy1.an(?. DV the horny banded sons
?i toil ,wl11 "et w!se and walk all over
the walking delegate.
x3iessea is tne man jvho expects
nothing but advice from his relatives.
vi luai. to uuui an ne 11 get.
A woman's idea of economy is to
iraae some old thing she needs for
some new thing she lias no earthiy
ine more friends a man thinks he
ao wie greater win De ins disappoint
nient If he trien tn nrnva it hv mi
them to the financial test. '
Statistics --showinEr thn lnrtioa vnt
more carefully hau the men will
probably give great vogue to the ex
pression: "who s careless now 7"
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Illeh school students a.t Bandon
have about completed .the raising of a
fund of $1000 to build a school gymnasium.
The Baker vostoffio ihoin that
September business increased 18.7 per
cent over a year ago and 32 per cent in
io years.
m m
Woodburn reoDlo are considerinr
with some enthusiasm a proposition
looking to a six days' Chautauqua sea
son next year.
The deer herd in Astoria's publio
Pfcrk has grown to a number in excess
of capacity for proper ca&, and sur-
i
Brgene has an ordinance that puts a
license iee or tin a aay upon a pea
dler who "cries' his wares on the
streets, which is $10 above the non
vocal peaaier a fee.
The Pendleton Commercial club on
checking up the "Happy Canyon" ac
counts lias found that the total net
balance from the entertainment this
year was $907.65. The balance has been
placed in a sinking fund.
A fire house with tower and gong 4s
going up at Condon. The department
members, with a carpenter assisting,
are doing the work, all gratis. A lum
ber company and a hardware firm con
tributed the building materials. The
Times says: . "Never in the history of
the town has there been better fire
protection and it would be no wonder
if the insurance companies brought
down their rates in consequence."
A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
A Dry Argues Against License.
but no one answered. Being pretty
well acquainted and following the cus
tom of the country, I went in. On a
bed lay two men and on the floor
another, sleeping' a drunken sleep. By
the side of the bed stood two quart
bottles, empty. I picked one up. On
it was pasted a piece of paper about
four inches ions and two Wide. It
had printing on it. I began to read
it. I can't remember the exact word
ign, but it was a plea for votes
against prohibition. It said to wotfk
and fight and vote against it, and
'preserve your personal liberty.
"Ye gods!"
"I looked at the three sprawling
victims and wondered how much 'per
sonal liberty' they were enjoying at
that moment.
"I read on. It stated that if tem
perance were enforced by law it would
breed generations of weaklings. I
wondered then whether or not a good
foundation was in the making for
about three generations of idiots; for
they were young men, these three.
"I finished reading and set the bot
tle down. The things printed on the
little paper on the outside of the bot
tle seemed pitiably weak compared
with the arguments that the contents
From the New York World.
..... The Wor,d tr"sts that Mr. Bryan is right when he predicts that the
Wilson administration "is to receive in the nation a vote of confidence."
This is the most important issue in the campaign, and such a vote of
i.uimcuve ui me prebiaeni can come only tnrougft the election of a Demo
cratic house of representatives.
It is unfortunate that a president rced in the position that Mr. Wilson
has been placed by circumstances is obliged to make his appeal for public
support through the medium of partisanship; but there is no other method
known to American politics by which the people can signify their confidence
and faith in a. chief magistrate.
.We believe that Mr. Wilson has proved himself one of the greatest
presidents in American history, and that his administration has marked a
new era in American politics. We believe, also that he is entitled to a congress
that is in avowed sympathy with his principles and policies of government.
anu we oeueve especially mar. ne aeserves tne unyielding support of the
American people" in this great world crisis. That support can come only
through the triumph of the Democratic party in the fall elections.
A Democratic defeat would be the defeat of President Wilson. It would
be so interpreted throughout the world. Such a defeat would greatly weaken
the president's influence abroad. It would likewise impair the power of the
United States when the time comes for the restoration of peace. Issues of
vital importance to civilization are in the president's hands, but these issues
will be torn from his hands unless the American people prove that his ideals
are their ideals and that his purposes are their purposes. A president of the
United States who had been repudiated at the polls could not be expected to
wield much influence in London and Berlin and Paris and St. Petersburg,
Vienna and Tokio.
In this campaign President Wilson represents much more than the
Democratic party. He represents democracy itself. He is today the most
commanding representative of democracy among all the leaders of the
nations, and the confidence that the American people express in him on
election day will be a measure of the confidence they express in the efficacy
Oi xneir own uisiuuuuhs. j
The president is not playing politics with the grave questions with
which he is dealing. The American people in turn should not play politics
with the president.
adoption at the next election, wm i py a supposed burglar. But there
deprive the state of authority to selH waa no burglar. The gun's "pro-
OUR CRAZY GOVERNOR
D
R. WITHYCOMBE Bays Gov
ernor West is Insane, and that
the governor ough to be in
the mad house. Tfle Oregon-
Ian saya the governor is crazy.
f Dr. WIthycombe's thoughts aje
the same as the Oregonian's
thoughts. They are alike in their
conclusions.
But what makes them think Gov
. ernor West insane?
It he crazy because he Vetoed
appropriation bills totaling $613,
874 at the 1911 session?
Is he crazy because he .broke
down the power of the state print
. Ing steal, which had defied all ef
fort to overthrow It for 25 years?
-' Do Hf. Withycombe and the Ore
conian think him crazv hecausa
Governor West, with all the power
of his office, resisted the raids of
the legislative machine on the
state treasury at the 1913 session?
. Do they think him crazy because
by use of the veto, he prevented
the 1913 legislature from increas
ing the number of circuit Judges
'from 20 to 31 at an increased cost
to the taxpayers of $44,000 a year?
" If these things are insanity, let
.It be hoped that in the coming
election we may get another crazy
governor.
A REAL STORY
H'
ERE Is the Oregonian hinting
around about the campaign
eendltures of Dr. C.
Smith.
.' If It wants something real in
campaign expenditures, why not.
take np and comment on the case
of Mr. Booth?
In. the interest of his candidacy,
Mr. Booth has been . traveling np
and down this state since away
back in the, good old winter time.
If , the Oregonian will get out its
anv tidelands or any submerged lands
on tne navigaoie streams anu uajo
of Oregon. The state is confronted
ita, the prospect that all industrial
evelonment requiring access to the
water will speedily' come to an end.
This dire prediction is supported
by the contention that the state
land board will not be permitted to
uthorize the use of tidelands for
booming, fishing or any other indus
trial development purpose. The
best answer to such a statement is
the language of initiative measure
30 "Yes. It will be impossible to
ell tidelands, but they may be
leased. This initiative measure,
which any court in the land would
regard as supplemental, to and ex
planatory of the constitutional
amendment, says:
That the corporate authorities
of a city or town lying upon
any navigable stream or oiner ime
water may with the acquiesence of
the state land board of the state of
Oregon, or its legal successor in of-
ice. lease, for the purpose of con
structing privately owned wharves,
docks, piers, basins, slips, water ter
minals or. other structures of a like
kind, any of the land described ' in
section 1 of this act not required for
municipal wharves, etc.
This provision effectually dis
poses of tne Kecord s contention
that tidelands would be withdrawn
from use In the development of
Oregon's lumbering and other in
dustries requiring proximity to the
water. The two ballot measures,
nstead of striking at the life of
Industry, offer guaranties of devel
opment. They should pass in the
interest of a greater Oregon.
tection" brought only sorrow and
vain regrets.
The gun has its legitimate uses,
but in view of its misuse in homes,
on the streets, everywhere that peo
ple gather, the gun can be consid
ered nothing less than a public
menace. Undoubtedly, the sorrow
ing Pofk county farmer would now
prefer to see a real burglar ransack
his home than to again respond to
the impulse to shoot.
I
WHY BE FOOLISH?
W
HY this foolish effort by the
Oregonian to make the pub
lic believe the West-Booth
meeting was packed by
West partisans?
That meeting began as a Booth
meeting. Mr. Booth pursued Gov
ernor West all over Oregon, to se
cure that meeting. Governor West
tried to avoid it, but Mr. Booth and
his managers drove him into an
acceptance,
The meeting opened with far
more enthusiasm for Mr. Booth
than for the governor. The Booth
applause was double in volume and
noise and duration that of the West
applause
And when Governor West arose
at the conclusion of Mr. Booth's
speech to reply, the audience
wouldn't let him proceed. The cat
calls and hisses and talk from the
audience drowned him out. Not
until Mr. . Booth arose and gener
ously asked his friends to be quiet
was the governor able to get
hearing.
The change that came in the
mood of the meeting was the re-
suit of the West speech. Men may
try to think differently, but their
thoughts cannot change tbe fact
perusal of what Governor West said
explains wf y hundreds in that au-
A SIDELIGHT
N the literature of the war an in
teresting discussion is now going
on as to which makes the better
soldier, the large man or the
small one. In behalf of the small
man it is urged that he is more ac
tive, requires less food and can en
ure more hardship; that consider
ing everything he Is better adapted to
the exigencies of modern warfare
than is his larger brother. Itisclaimed
that a man weighing 140 pounds,
for example, requir s one-fifth less
food than a man weighing 170
pounds to undergo a given amount
of physical exertion.
In the old days it is admitted
that great physical strength was de
manded of the soldier but the need
of this has been greatly eliminated
by the application of mechanical
appliances in handling large guns,
etc. What is needed today is ac-
tlvity and rapid movement, nervous
force rather than physical power.
Another interesting statement Is
that the city bred man makes a better
soldier than the country bred. He
is more accustomed to Irregular
hours and meals aid being used to
noise and excitement can stand bet
ter the nervous strain of battle.
All this discussion, whatever its
merit, at least ministers to the
pride of the little man and recalls
the query of Zacariah "who hath
despised the day of small things?"
Corvallis, Or., -Oct. 22. To the Kdi- had put up. It was an eloquent ser
tor of The Journal. I have been read- mon preached against Itself,
ing with disgust some of the argu- "i have seen hundreds of men. I
ments published in The Journal and suppose, just as drunk, but I always
elsewhere, favoring saloons and the passed it up with a sort of an 'Isch
liquor traffic. There are two kinds ga bibble' air. But this time there
of people in this world, the strong were two arguments and the 'personal
and the weak. Every crime that is liberty side was beaten for all time
committed is caused by moral and in my mind."
mental weakness. Every good deed is it is worth while to think bit
By John M. Osklson.
A Chicago correspondent has put
some interesting questions to me, and
has made some comment on the near
future of our financial history that T
think is worth printing.
"Will there be just as much actual
money in existence after the European
war as there was before?" 1
Ye.3 except, of course, when cities
are destroyed and houses burned a cer
tain amount of currency is also burned
and some gold is no doubt irretrievably
u wiwn imnrnv. , ntTt rnlng the protective tariff. The lost. What will be radically resincieu
if we wish to improve our condition. , i - tim. will be not actual
aiuiuuiru iu va e - . ,
caused by moral and mental strength
There are good and bad deeds, but not
good or bad peope; rather they are
strong and weak ones.
What is the greatest of all producers
after reading this extract.
E. S. MUCKLBT,
HOW LONG BEFORE WE PULL OUT?
The Protective Tariff,
ot moral mental and nhvaical wk- 1 "cie in uiutu c--Lt'
lnSS,,5lVE f1 WJfort on the part of Republican papers
hZrn thl it mT,t h , fimVli to confuse the public at this time con
being the case, it must be eliminated I . -nv.l
History is full of sinister warning
to the nation that would through self-
present depression is
i Democratic tampering with tariff and money.
but credit the faith of him
Ishness sacr if Ice the i very foundation bi business. There is much cheap who has money to lend tnai wno
isnness sacniice me very xounuauon . 5 . ,,,t irfn win at some future time
imnn wtiirh it Is built th hmlnanml l" uuul ,,u c66, uycn mini -- ,
brawn of its subiects for the acoulr- walls and empty dinner pails.
ing of Wealth. worm Dusiness was mucn ae-
As to. prohibition not prohibiting, pressed even oerore tne European war.
Bosh! Did our law, makers say, "Oh. o now is the business of Canada and
there's no use making a law against th South American republics. Has
murder, because there will always be h Wilson administration and re-
someone who wants to kill someone vision of the tariff clouded the for-
else, and if you don't give him a II- tunes of the whole world? Of course
cense to, he'll get down in some eel- the idea is absurd, but blustering Re-
lar or out in a dark alley and do it publican enocomists would have us
any way, and we might just as well believe it so.
have the money to erect a monument A sane view of the protective tariff
or a tombstone with"? Did thev? No! Is put forth by David Starr Jordan, a
Are we going to say "There is no use man above partizan politics and noted I
making a law prohibiting the sale of for his devotion to the scientific ideals
liquor for there will always be some of adherence to the truth, be It bio
people who will want to sell it any- logical or economic. He says:
way, and if we don t give them a li- "We need not deny that tariff pro-
cense to, they will get down in some teetlon has diversified our industries.
cellar or in some dark alley and do encouraged the use of natural advan
it anyway, and we might as well have tages, and it may have Increased ths
the money? aggregate of national wealth.
We're going to smash Bacchus. It "It does all this because Its mala
may not be this fall or next year, but function is to transfer money into the
we're going' to do it. rockets of the man of enterprise. There
BOB PARRISH. are no other pockets from which to
taka It Ravfl those of the common man.
West vs. Booth. To promote the wealth of the wealthy
Portland, Oct 26. To the Editor of is a most commendable thing in na-
The Journal Poor Booth! He is tional finance. It is in the hands of
'down" now, and will be "out" as soon the rich that publio wealth accumu-
as the votes to be cast on Tuesday of I lates most rapidly. Wealth flows into
next week are counted; and he deserves their hands, even witnout tne aid or
such a fate. How wretched the show- privilege, but every special privilege
ing Booth made for himself in the de- helps.
bate of last week! How foolish of him "The last 15 years have enabled the
to butt his head against a stone wall beneficiaries of the tariff, through
in this way, as he surely did! How trusts and other similar agencies, to
short-sighted of his political advisers get steadily a firmer strangle hold on
to put him up against a sure fall-down! the ultimate consumer; that ia, tho
I am one who could not get into the people generally. In this way they
theatre when the debate' took place. I have not only maintained high prices.
have lust read the speeches made then, but made them still higher. To do one
is to have power to ao the other.
get something which be can exchange
for money and so repay a loan.
"The German government before
going to war was supposed to have an
enormous war fund. Was it in the
form of interest bearing securities, or
was the actual money held. In the form
The war fund of. Germany or of any
other country Is provided to pay the
bills during the war, and securities
wouldn't do. Actual money, most of
it h' Jid, is provided.
"Could It have been possible that
the selling tf American stocks and
bonds held In Germany before the war
was for the account of the German
government?"
So; It is not the government's func
tion to own such securities as were
turned back for sale to Americans
the stocks and bonds of cities, of rail
roads, of manufacturing corporations. I
"Those stocks and bonds owned in
Europe which were sold back to
America, and which will be sold in
greater amount as soon as opportunity
offers again, will not go -lo the Ameri
can farmer very largely; they will go
to the very people who must buy what
the farmer produces. So we shall have
to wait until those securities are ab
sorbed before the farmer can realize
on his expected property and so start
the cycle of prosperity for all our
people. That will mean time for us to
get out. of the bole."
It will.
trom tha Baltimore Stafis
has found comparatively littl.- bf it
in the somewhat laconic accou Is of
the fighting brought by the cat ss,u
the daily newspapers. Therqi . i the
impressiveness of unprjLi: ented
masses of men at grips On ta, fight
ing lines, the amazing moffilJJ.y at
tained by the Germans by i m ins cs
their unexampled motor :equ( frnent,
and the baffling use of f igbresl which
the mind is hardly prepared) tol, grasp.
But there Is little .of that ;da.Ta and
none of the: Individual herolsrifi save'
in an occasional refugee's st'y, of
which the popular Impression i?f war
is made. And yet there 1 jore of
the romantic element in ?thii war
than in any other the worf4 .has
seen, it is the romance i ln which
J ules Verne reveled, on 'which the
e dime novel and the penny jWeekly
- persist. ' i i
We are told, for Instance, at the
first sight of the German f Bvance
had from French soil waS!Rlne of
aeroplanes, covering a frof jt ten
miles long and flying higfe, spoking
for ambuscades and obsetvfe'g the
strength of the enemy. Bene'th arid
a little to the rear of thelfl0Ea ad
vanced a line or a score ot rfaored
motor cars, mounting ragil f irers,
before whose impervious s$ft;j front
the French cavalry could cjo nothing
but retire. The average itrmyll boy
can visualize that pioturi .without -effort,
for he has read at tout it
in imaginary campaigns ln.jis lur
idly covered and luridly Written fav
orite weekly. But the, 4afjlt, In
whose youth the dime -still
drew its material from thE fBtitlous
wild west, finds something i tw un
der the sun In this presit lion of
the advance guard of a moieta army.
It is the same wth tfie :',Gruson
turret a steel beehive' topplis a hill
and breathing death frorniaiaDalr of
big guns and with the Kpu-Jp mor
tars and the "busy Berthiis.y which
lift these beehives out of Mfc jlr hills
and reduce them to serap-5 irj n, kill
ing a hundred end fifty mlnsfas was
done in at least ne instanfe jt Liep.e
with a single explosive sbfl. well
placed. War knew nothing. ike thU
beforfe the year nlneteen-dro-teen!
Our war pictures of thop st show
us long lines of men I j fvanoinsr
through the rolling smokeftm their
own guns, a few hundred :jgafs apart,
while artillery is plainly pdijicernible
on the hills, belching cjn4er and
grape in plain view of Hhl enemy.
Tomorrow's war pictures fit' draw
ings and the "movies," If rjere are
to be any, of this war wll how us
deep trenches in the plain Ith men
running through them in Jtf ) or fir
ing over their parapets, ni jiio sign
of the enemy at whlcr?" ttev aim.
while there will be no svg?i jstlon of
artillery unless we areshfj,v'" the war
pictures rrom behind a htf, f (here the
guns are trained and fifed iwith no
glimpse of the foe only . tt j, battery
commander, half a mile cr;nf jre away,
at the end of a field telepW'e line or
a "buzier," seeing the tage
The romance of waf hai passed into
the realm of mechanics. !ft?j prelimi
naries alone retain the p. of the
cavalry, the ordered maril V columns
of the infantry, the panojilji.that once
was war's. The bayonetSc arge is a
dash from a trench, careful worked
up to the nearest pOssibl point to
the enemy's line; and thej'lKttle front
today moves forward In sSs3, Jons,' feel
ingHts way veritably ItHqugh the
ground, not over it. Joc'Ts mathe
matical mind may be imrWe. ed, but it
is hardly likely that Jimfri'-'s suscep
tible, potential hero's ha jt will be
stirred to palpitation, bv ie stories,
of this war. i W
And here, perhaps, is sltf, the germ
which may bring, at om 4stnt day,
that 'universal peace whU?hj lately has
proved to be such a chimr. War has
lost its ancient savor for that
reason, may be doomed. pi
, r
of the law," is so absurd It makes me
smile to think of it. I have known him
since he was a schoolboy, over 40
years, and I surely would keep out oC
his court, if I could, if I were guilty
of a crime. But if I were weak and
defenseless, but Innocent, I would as
lief have "Henry" try me" as any Judge
I know and I know several. He is
well stocked with common sense, as
well as law a good combination for a
judge. J- M, BLOSSOM.
Adulterated Liquors.
Salem, Or.. Oct. 23. To the Editor
of The Journal One phase ,of the
liquor question has not been well pre
sented, so far; that is, the adultera
tion by retail dealers. The citizens
of Lincoln, Neb., purchased a quan
tity of liquor from 12 of the princi
pal saloons of that city and submitted
them- to the analysis of the profes
sor of chemistry in the University of
Nebraska. The specimens Included
whiskey, pOTt wine, brandy, gin, An
gelica wine bourbon whiskey and
common whiskey. The main Ingredi
ents of these were found to be sugar
of lead, potash, strychnine, strontia,
benzine, logwood and alcohol. The pro
fessor gave the different amounts of
these ingredients, and said: "In many
and reei sad in consequence. 1 am a is 10 nave power w ao mo omer. u i the is strychnine
Republican, and have been standing not my purpose to discuss tne unti ' Ti. ...h n',,,rt tn kill a man if
Dy iiootn tnrougn tnicK ana tmn. j. question iuimcr ium w moist mak raratelv from any
wcic . a - i -
ine
went witn mm to tne last ditcn tnai irom eeiy cw eoou guv- ,u ,,a Bt one dose.
aeoate. governor west -put it over- rumwii mo ovow i'""sot T" - nf suear of lead. In n
Booth at every turn. I quit now. and In -protection' are violations Of the waiSkey was ther.
shall work for Senator Chamberlain American principle of 'equality before "P",eb" Vg Ber cent. Most sam
from this time on. Booth nas been tuo aw. "u uyvueu vo mo peopie a --- nTllv 15 th,
shown to be so utterly unworthy that I interests. . it. v. a.
I cannot do otherwise. Booth was on I - ,
the defensive from first to last-v He Out of Court.
never took the offensive for a single Hood River, Or., Oct. 26. To the Ed
minute. He couldn't, ia fact. Gov- I ltor of The Journal The article In The
ernor West "landed" so often, so hard i Journal of October 15 about Judge
it
F
PHILIPPINE COMMERCE
IGURES 6howing the Philip
pines' trade for the last fiscal
year are Interesting. The
archipelago's total commerce
for -12 months was In excess of
$107,000,000, the imports amount
ing to $56,011,570 and the exports
to $51,238,048.
Imports showed a gain, but ex
ports fell off slightly, the figures
in both instances, however, being
pronounced fairly satisfactory. Bet
ter conditions in the islands are in
dicated by the statement that the
Import traffic would have been
much larger if It had not been for
the increased production, of rice at
home, thus reducing the buying of
that commodity abroad.
There was a marked increase In
imports of structural iron and steel,
of rails, of--cement and machinery.
Last year the Philippines took a
large part of their $8,000,000
worth of cotton cloth Imports and
and so truthfully that Booth was kept Henry E.'McGllm throwing a cas out
busy dodging and ducking and side- of court is very Interesting and also
stepping. His efforts in -these direc- instructive. It reminds me of lines la
tions were feeble enough, goodness Whittler's poem. "The Reformer":
knows. "The outworn rite, the old abuse, the
Booth may have convinced himself, pious fraud transparent grown The
at that debate, that he Is a suitable Sood hi,d captive in the use of wrong
fn rrnited states senator, out no " "" m
ona else was so convinced. He lp un
fit for the office he seeks and should
be defeated.
REGRETFUL REPUBLICAN.
These wait their doom
that great law which makes th past
time, serve today, and fresher life the
the world shall draw from their de
cay .
Everyone who Is posted in court oro-
, -r it m .....f- cwure nu w m u, iwucu ensng would
Personal Liberty Arguments. w.,coma tt of s.h ,
Portland, Oct. 23. To the Editor of mon people. If not to the legal tro-
The Journal The following Is an ex- J fesslon, for too many times a case Is
tract from a letter written to his I decided "according to th law and tha
mother living here by a young man J evidence" produced in court, and not
who Is homesteadlng in Oregon. Aft- in accordance with truth and justice.
er hearing it read over, ine pnone x But your newspaper, ana others, have
insisted that rt should be given to the I r,0lnted out this fact time and a rain.
voters. For justifiable reasons his Judge McGinn Is not th first judge
name Is withheld- x personally, voucn to "call aown" a prosecuting attorney.
for the accuracy ana genuineness w i trying to get nis man," right or
the picture so cleverly orawn. nei wrong, in order to secure glory, popu
writes: laxity, money or something sis than
"Today I ran into a powerrui argu- i jusuce.
i went to a l ine iaea oi j uage AJ.cumn
. - , i ii i. A wi.AfcvM. - - w. -
dience who vent to condemn the large Quantities ot cotton knit house (no matter where) and knocked. I lends aid and comfort to all violators
pies had only 15 per cent, while In
good whiskey tne aniuum
60 per cent. Most of the whiskey could
be manufactured for SO cents per gal
lon. The port wine was a curiosity.
It contained sugar of lead, potash and
soda carbonates in large qusmuuM,
logwood and nine per cent alcohol.
The Angelica wine was made from
sugar of lead, strontia, Brazil wood
and 12 per cent alcohol.
There is no reason to suppose that
tha liquors sold generally are any bet
ter than those examined as above. Is
not tbe adulteration of liquors the rea
son why those who drink, them are so
crazed that they can commit a crime
while under its Influence, without
knowledge of what they were doing?
And is It not a crime" to license and
make lawful tho sale of that which
Incapacitates the user for the ordinary
and responsible duties of life?
A. J, COOK.
If 1st stands good against the prohibit
ing' of liquor, which has ruined mil
lion's of lives, why not against . all
these other laws?
There probably will be blind pigs,
but It is easier to. -watch and keep a
blind pig out of the wheat than one
with his eyes open, ready to bolt in
at the first chance.
W. J. Bishop appeals against the
"robbery of "personal liberty. Would
that I might forget the so-called "per
sonal liberty" of one man near my
eastern home several years ago, who
weekly came home drunk and beat his
wife and two little boys in his frenzy,
until the wife would often come to our
home after midnight for protection. It
seems I can almost hear her screams
yet. when one morning she found him
frozen to death in the snow where he
had fallen In a drunken stupor the
night before. Death robbed him of his
"personal liberty" but far better would
It have been had this been done by
the vot of the people.
MRS. LAURA DOTSON.
The Ragtime Hse
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Remarks on "Foolish Laws."
Portland. Oct. 23. To the Editor of
Tho Journal One of the advertise
ments against prohibition reads. "Taft
says, "any law that cannot be enforced
fa fnniiah law" I have been wonder-
inr i hava tho curfew law; the
law against speeding, the law prohibit
ing minors from using tobacco, and
others. True, they are good laws, but
frequently violated ana not enforced.
Punishing Personal Liberty.
McMinnvllle, Or.. Oct- 23. To tho
Editor of The Journal Ella M. Finney
again and again praises "personal lib
erty." and then before another para
graph has been completed speaks of
punishing a man for "violating per
sonal liberty." To acknowledge that
personal liberty can be violated defeats
all arguments shs or W. J." Bishop can
base thereon. It was personal liberty
that actuated the slayers of our mar
tyred presidents Booth, Gulteau aiM
others. Civ., . L.;rty, which Is all the
liberty we '; u, brought tho assassins
to justice. Kxereise of personal lib
erty makes criminals; civil liberty pro
tects. Mr. Bishop continues to try to bo
cloud the Issue by declaring that the
present campaign is to deprive tbe
drinker of his booze. It is not; but
suppose it were would tbe state bo
doing a greater injustice to its citizens
than the railroads do to their employes
by "Rule G," or than the saloonkeepers
do to their bartenders in requiring that
they be total abstainers? Tho citizen
owes his first allegiance to the state.
Tho government has every right to re
strict or forbid what will make Its
citizens less efficient. If railroads and
saloonkeepers find It necessary to de
mand total abstinence, why shall not
tho state follow their example?
Tho present issue continues to bo:
Shall Oregon go out of partnership
with the booze business. Its crime. Its
waste, its degradation? Or. It may bo
expressed: Shall Oregon refuse to let
a few cities and few counties pile up
a multitude of delinquents and depend
ents, and cause a monstrous burden of
crime, all to be supported by the
state? The answer to theso questions,
which will be riven by every citizen
who places first things firs, .is "333
X Yes." CURTIS P. COE.
Good Old Tifjf, .
Them old days that use$t-! be!
Them's the days that wfy me.
For some chap comes cc-kin' round
Wheezin' with a mourni 'sound,
Tellln' forty different wt Ja
'Bout the lost but goodj lyl days.
Ain't np doubt but they SttHs good;
But lefs have it undeff ti-vd
We ain't llvln' In 'em' now? "
And I'll tell you, anyhotf '
Just today its hard to Ife l.
If you're llvln' clean an Weet.
Still we're bound to hatjej .my friend.
Croakers with us till thj j id.
Guess when finally theget corns
wnat s called tne mineral ;jm.
come one win De nur iq m.
Dumps s-gioomin In hlsqts.
And wun voice a-drippta 'woe.
He will say. "I'll let yofi yiow
Like them old times ustKTjto bo!
Telegram for PYohlhjn -and
Withycombfjt.
From tho Salem maL
Tho Portland Eveninga'i Jlegram has
I turned -dry," following gh'j dictates of
its editorial conscience, jji'-wo may d
lleve a leading editorkil announcing
its. conversion. Funny. -Ihigh, no one
ever before suspected ?hfc paper of
having a conscience erSaiurthing that
resembled one. In l its wagging,
wiggling career as tho r5l of the big
Oregonian dog It never Rs) ned to have
an honest, sincere thougjhS i or ever at-
tempted to perform- a? t Jsrvico that
would redound to the gcjoj 4of tho peo
ple or tho state. It heLsjJjieen unfair. -inconsistent,
and the t jpporter of
every crooked politiciaV;who sought
Its aid, and of every m'iked Job bo
tried to put across in legislature
or elsewhere. jj '-H
Even now The Telegas' i's espousal
of the prohibition, Blgh;s -arality issue
looks like a Job to he& ilertain poll- ,
ticlans who are more ancfi.sus for "dry"
votes than they are fora jlry state. It u
ls supporting Witbyconlbfj for govern
or, and every man aud fwijman in Ore
gon with a glimmer orgprcucai sense
knows that every radically "wet" vote .
In Oregon will be cast Sjff wlthycombo
for governor and the Telegram knows
It, too. The "dry- Tejefcram whoops
it Up for Booth and WjjUcOTnbe, and
the "wet" Oregonian r" for Booth .
and Withycombe in jjtr. J . effort to
catch tho voters coming 1-nd going.
And in Iho background : 3here are the .
shattered, decrepit remiiai n of thoold
political guard who anj rflalting a last
determined effort to SHo Abraham .
Lirtcoln a liar when hosd, "you can't
fool all tho people. allgVs time."
Moral: Tho difference '-between the
Oregonian and tho Tileifam is that -tho
Oregonian isn't PK.ytMT tho hypo- ;
ciite la this Instance, y
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If your name appfacs, in either
telephone book cjgll4 either of
these numbers anj Siend your
message to buyers rih 4, sellers in
all parts of Oregour!
Don't be bashful- 11 up and
tell your troubles inj a Journal
Want Ad. That is Ifest known
way of solving trju ile.
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