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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.- THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY U, J915.
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THE JOURNAL
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.T..1.EPHOXK8-M.111 tits; Home A-3i. juiimercial bodies The Journal sug
jr witmeuu mciiK ir twa- unmuert-jfi gotg that recognition be given to
r th T" wh.f rt-nt : the. Columbia. Highway, which will
. $MYl&l.e&AZY. by (hat time have reached a stage
i , 2 Ktffk.T... Ntw York, van PteitoJ Df completion that will: warrant its
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tfrvm la ibe Lulled i-ttfn or Mexlro:
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i Think. of thy brother no ill.
but' throw a veil over-bin failing.--lxng
fellow.
TUB
GALLANT SJLOXS
T
hk
legislature
niighe have!
don worse. !
- Instead of one. it might i
have authorized two stenos-I
rapherst for each member. Or i ;
jnight have given thpiu three
ftpioce. ; Under the growing prece
dents, some future legislature may
; - . . , . I. u. . th e
RiTu-i.yr u..n ... -. "
i!1!..?1!" 2 J'"'
who will t ii aun: 1 1 1 1 1 1 .. w iu.n-;
with his arduous- efforts as a
law !
ma n vi. j
; It was in vain that protests for .
against the clerk-hire extravagance.
Jit was in vain that Governor
Withycombe, in his message point
ed out that a saving of 120.000
rould be effected. It was in vain
that Mr. Huston. Mr. Eaton. Speak
er Selling, Mr. Littlefield and j
others argued In the houe yester-j
day for a reduced cost for stenog
raphers, i
In the galleries dozens of pairs'
of eyes, black, blue. ray. hazel j
. and brown eyes. looked t'own on ',
the debaters, and beamed approv
ingly when the gallant ones thun-J
dered against a reduction of theb(ljlt frOIU the conipensation fund,
stenographic force. On the other
hand, there were chilly stares and
cold, killing glances when the re
formers declared that economy,
should begin atf home with (a les
sened tOHt for clerk hire which
totaled $33,932.95 at the 1913
session.
Because a man suddenly leaps
into fame as a newly-elected legis
lator, It need not be supposed that j
he loses his susceptibility, and like f
Adam with Eve, a majority of the
house bit the apple and the
stenographers won.
, Yas. It might have been worse,
and the taxpayer knows it. As
he sighs at the thought of one
sweK, young stenographer for each j
mmber. lie remembers that U
nugiu nave oeen two- a-ptec, or
.thre apiece, or even half a dozen
apiece.
Meanwhile, the solons have voted
that it is better to be gay and .gal-
hint than to be economical.
THE COST
U
NT1L the Vast, few months we
looked upen the Civil war as
11. ri-emenimis Rtnieeip. nut 1
th fiiri7. nf fiftv vpara rn !
sinW Ititr inlnlficancf. romnarprt
with the present-day records of
men shot down by trie million,
wounded, by the million, taken pris
oner, by the million.
The Civil war lasted four. years
; and comprised about 2000 battles.
The total number of deaths on the
Northern side aggregated 356.435.
There were 67,058 Union soldiers
actually killed on the battlefield;
43,012 died of wounds; 199,720
died of disease. The dead, from
other causes, such; as accidents
and imprisonment, totaled 40,645.
The Confederate losses raised the
total o above half a million.
. It Is estimated that on January
I, l91o. there were 6,000r000
men killed, wounded or missing in
- Europe. It was a monthly toll of !
1, 200,000. The estimate of the
total number of dead is 1,000,000
, men. j Think of it. One million
dead as the result of five months'
war. j compared with 500,000
' American dead after four years of
war! I
, The cost in money is placed at
, J7.000.000.000, which Is $1,400,
000,000 a month. The monthly
extenditures of fighting Europe
were j nearly four times the entire
rost of the Panama canal. Eng
land's share was $225,000,000 a
month, or within $128,000,000 of
the canal's cost. ' There are other
losses due to paralyzed Industry
and stagnant commerce, ruined
Belgium ,md devastated northern
France , But these figure's are not
.': knowni
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A JOINT CELEBRATION'
T
(HE fact should not be over
looked that the Celilo canal
will be opened to traffic next
April. This will be an event
of thei utmost Importance to Port
land and the Columbia river basin
and , it should be celebrated in a
fitting manner. Preparations to
do so should be inaugurated at
oncej Thv time in, which to. get
ready is short.
The present river and harbor
bill carries an. appropriation of
. $85,000 to Complete the canal.
While every one hopes the appro
priation wilfbe made avallablcthe
work I is far enough along to jus
tify a formal-celebration. . )
Linked to the ; development of
river transportation ani supple-
: mentlng it Is . highway improve
ment.! To get a full fruition from
o ie- viver It Is necessary to
have roads as feeders for the- col j
lection and distribution of freight j
A baae. for. a. road. svcteraJs. found:
in the Columbia Highway f rom ,
which will; radiate
branch, roads
to:, shipping, points.
In connection,
h the fofmal celebration of the
coinP,"on of the canal which will
doubtless soon be taken up by com- '
A Joint celebration would be
most appropriate, as one project
dovetails 'into the other..
THE FIGHT -OX
A
FIGHT is already on at
Salem for what is equiva
lent to an overthrow of the
workmen's compensation 'law.
is proposed to substitute for
It
preseut provisions the principle of
the Michigan system. In effect, it
is a plan to make the Oregon law
an appendage of the casualty com
panies. It fs said" that a firm of Port
land lawyers has been retained at
large cost to carry on a campaign
for the change. Advantage is to
be" taken of the fact that minor.
; changes m ist be made to render
, the present system self sustaining.
iaad all the wiles of lobbying and
all the forces '.hat can be requi
sitioned are to be invoked in the
attempt
aru.e to
to restore casualty Insur
its former pi act, of power
and profit in the state. It is a
fight, that legislators will have to
face, and no individual member
should make a move until he has
carefully investigated all sides of
the issue,
A prominent 'eature of the ques
tion hf yhether the fund for work
men's compensation shall be loaned
in Oregor. for the development of
Oregon, or whether it shall be
sent away to casualty organizations
in distant states to. build up indus
tries and enrich people there. At
Amity, Oregon, there is a handw
some school building wnicn was
and the interest is flowing into the
OTegon compensation fund for the
future relief of those injured in
industrial accidents in Oregon. At
Rainier, a similar school building
is being financed by the Oregon
fund with similar benefits for Ore
gon workers. It is a home sys
tem, a system that pays no profits
! or fees to go-betweens ana tnat
keeps all the money in Oregon for
Oregon purposes.
The casualty companies desire
to break down this system and in
stead of having the money handled
by the state for Oregon people, to
i have it paid ovr to them to be
manipulated with great profit to
themselves
in distant states for
purposes entirely foreign to Ore-
j gon aml 0reg(m people,
fU;fore the legislators became a
party to such a program, they
i8hotl 11 the returns of the
1 Rm,.iaK rpfprondum PiPction .hid
; la Oregon. November 4, 1913,
when the present compensation
law was up for adoption or re
jection by the people.' After a
campaign in which Its merits were
t 1 , . .
discussed, the measure
sept the state by
an overwhelm-
inajumy ui wuro
than two
and a half " to one.. It carried
every county In the state. In some
counties, the majority was three
and four to one. vIn Multnomah
county, it was three to one and in
Hood River four to one.
In the face of such figures, in
the present fight, the legislators
have impressive facts for thought
ful consideration.
MADE IX AMERICA
P
1TTSBURG S "Made in Amerf-
ca" exhibit at the Carnegie
Institute had to be abandoned.
Manufacturers refused to dis
play, their goods because they did 1
inot want it. known that their p:-d-
ucts were made in this country.
I They said there is a "popular
though erroneous impression that
European manufactures are su
perior." The- fact, disclosed at Pittsburg,
is that a considerable proportion
of so-called "imported" goods is
American made. These manufac
tures are given foreign labels to
catch the eye and tickle the con
ceit of American buyers and the
strange thing is that the deception
Las promoted sales.
The Portland Manufacturers' As
sociation is furthering a campaign
for greater use of Oregon-made
goods in Oregon. Members of this
association claim that manufac
tures of tMis state are, at least,
equal in quality to goods made in
any other state, but Oregon peo
ple have not yet seen the necessity
of supporting their own industries
whenever they meet price and qual
ity competition.
The failure of Pittsburg's "Made
in America" exhibit points r. moral.
National manufacturers have
teen forced to eliminate the label
"U. S." to meet a prejudice roateA
in ignorance and watered by
inougntiessness. The fact is that
many Americans have been paying
for th . foreign labeL . . They, have
been getting good goods, but they
have been getting them in spite of
a lack of ordinary Intelligence in
selecting. The foreign label was
placed on American goods for the
especial benefit of such people.
Portland manufacturers have
not attempted . to catch Portland
trade' in that manner. They Btlll
rely on Portland's ability to think.
They should be able to retain their
confidence that ultimately people
whose welfare is to . be found in
thia city wilt act upon the theory
that anything made ,. In i Portland
and bought In Portland gives ad-
ditional Impetus to. the city' prog.
teas ami to the greater prosperity
of: everybody in, it, I-
TWO 1USCOMMEXDATIOXS
P
; HIS message to the legis
lature, : Governor Withycombe
said:. ' ,' ' ' .. v? yr.
Therefore, you are earnestly
urged to provide the gfavernor-r-or
Whatever official upon whom may
be placed the xespoBslbllitywrth the
means of, properly enforclag the Pro
hibition laws. To perform; this dwty
adequately, in my opinion. It will be
necessary tQ amend, tbje constUvstton,
authorizing him to remove delin-;
qu.ent officers.
Section 19 of Article VII of the
Oreeron constitution, provides
that
"public officers shall not be im
peached; but incompetency, corrup
tion, malfeasance or- delinquency, in
office may be tried in the same. man
ner as criminal offenses, and judg
ment may be, given of dismissal from
office. ." "
In other words, if officers are re?
miss in their dutues say a fjheriff in
enforcirwg prohibition be can be
reached only through criminal pro
cedure, and oCten by the time the
tedious cure is. effected the ill has
become historic. To, mend this situa
tion I recommend referring te the
people a constitutional amendment
which would change the. section quoted
above so as to conform with Section
1 of Article X of the constitution of
the state of New Toark, which pro
vides that the. governor may remove
any sheriff or district attorney within
the terms for which he is elected,
giving such officer a copy of the
charges against him and an , oppor
tunity fio be heard.
In his message to the same legis
lature. Governor West said:
If the governor is to be charged
with the enforcement o the law he
should be fully provided witnj the
means of performing that duty.
Among other things, he should' be
given, free from, any red tape re-i
strictions, the power ' to remows and
appoint successors to district attor
neys, sherirrs and Constables, whom
he may find refusing or failing to en
force the law, or otherwise perform
the duties of their office.
Both recommendations are the
same. Both follow the same
recommendation,, made by Gover
nor West to the 1913 legislature,
which so amended a bill carrying
the provisions that its effective
ness was destroyed with the result
that Governor Withycombe now
asks to- be given the power that the
then governor was denied. The
governor Is under oath to enforce
the laws. Except by the course
followed by' Governor West; he
caunot enTorce them if district at
torneys and sheriffs pursue their
frequent habit of enforcing spme
laws and not enforcing others as
best suits their fancy. The case of
Coppe? field is in the" record.
THIS SUFFRAGE VOTE
T
HE proposed woman suffrage
amendment to the federal
constitution was defeated in
the house of representatives
by a vote of 174 to 204. A two
thirds affirmative vote was neces
sary to pass the resolution; it lost
by a majority of 3 0, with 57 rep
resentatives not voting.
While the resolution was killed
by an' unexpected - majority, the
cause of woman suffrage sustained,
no defeat. The vote itself is indi-
cation that suffrage for women has
not yet reached the dignity of a na
tional issue with prospect of suc
cess in the near future. The vote
has value in lndieatfng that suc
cess depends upon continuance of
the fight within states, where the
suffragists have already
made
notable progress.
President Wilson told a delega
tion of Democratic women that
changes of this sort ought to be
brought about by the various
states acting independently in ac
cordance with the views of their
own people. It is not as though
the suffragists had no alternative.
They are not in the position of wo
men in Great Britain, where the
vote can come only through action
by parliament.
in one way tne vote in con
gress was a disappointment to the
the suffragists. They did not
expect a two thirds affirmative
vote, but neither did they expect a
majority against the resolution,
especially in view of the fact that
Senator , Chamberlain's resolution
was defeated last March by a
vote of only 35 to 34. There was
actually a majority affirmative
vote in the senate,, but not the
necessary two thirds.
IT COSTS MONEY
I
N HIS' farewell message to the
state legislature former Gover
nor West concisely and compre
hensively summed nn tha high
way situation. He said that his
experience as a' member of the
highway commission taught him
three things; first, good roads are
our greatest need and no material
development can come without
them; second, many favor better
roads hut few. are willing to pay
for them; third, he who undertakes
the construction of roads gets
damned for the cost, but no credit
for his effort. !
. The. same conditions develop, in
air public" work The pioneer is
crucified and does not receive his
meed of praise until long-after he
has passed from mundane scenes.
It would be a fine thing 1 if
roads could be built, according to
every Individual's Idea without ex
pense, but unfortunately they cost
money in their construction and
maintenance. ; ;
If built on proper lines with a
view to permanency the added bur
den of original cost Is more than
counterbalanced by the reduction
of the upkeep charge.
, One of the .most expressive epi
grams of a noted good roads ad
vocate is "It takes brains to build
roads,", I follows that the bet-I
ter the braina employed tha. Toet-r
111 a. a . , .
ler wm oe ine roaas.
One element of cost in highway
improvement Is y the amount paid
out for- engineering. ' This is an es
sential charge and one that makes
for' economy in the end. !
Ib railroad construction many
preliminary lines are run before
thQ permanent one s selected. It
should be the same with a high'
way. The ground should be thor
oughly studied and cuts and fills
be figured out n order to deter
mine a location that is the most
economical and one that is to he
unchanged in years to come.
In the erection of large struc
tures architects do a great amount
of preliminary work which is seem
ingly thrown away but which in
reality is absolutely necessary. It
is the game in all the affairs of
life involving building vor the
future.
This all costs time and money
hut it is the only way by which
permanent results can be achieved.
It is only through honest engineer
ing work that the cost of road
construction and maintenance can
be ascertained. It is not possible
to do so under the old system to
which many wish to return.
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
South American Market
Misconceptions.
By CHARWia M, PEPPEH
Former Foreign Trade Advisor to
the State Department, Author
of "Panama to Pata
gonia," Etc.
Charles M. Pepper was formerly a
trade expert in the service of the
United States department of state.
He was United States delegate to
Pan-American conference at Mexico
City, 1901; St. Louis exposition com
missioner to Cuba, 1802; special Pan
American Railway commissioner. 1903;
foreign trade commissioner, depart
ment of commerce 'and labor, J906
1909; commercial advisor of state de
partment, 1909-1913; Canadian reci
procity . commissioner for state de
partment, 1910-1911.
SOME popular
misco n c e p
tiona about
South American
trade persists,
V but others have
m been e 1 e a r e d
a w 'a y in the
js wnicn iqi-
lowed the dis
covery that the
European bellig
erents were like
ly to lose valuable commerce. One
of these misconceptions was that
the South Americans could be per
suaded into buying what they did
not want. It was apparent that the
South American merchants knew
the peculiarities and the require
ments of their customers.
The textile mills of the United
Mates were not ready to take ad
vantage of the market conditions
resulting from European belliger
ency because they had been going
along under the misconception that
iV. r- al .
me douid American consumer
could be persuaded into buying
their products, though these were
not suited to his requirements
Argentina buys annually $40,000,
000 of cotton textiles. The United
6 ates SuPP"eB less than $500,000
or mis amount. The nrooortion
will not be materially increased un
til the cotton mills of the United
States provide the kind of cotton
goods that the people of Argentina
want.
nm. ii m . .
i" spirit oi inquiry has re
sulted in clearing away a wide
spread misconception ' for which
professional exploiters of the com
mercial possibilities of the South
era continent were responsible. It
has shown that, outside of textiles,
a large class of manufacturers
were not trying to sell the South
Americans what they did not want;
were not sending them drummers
who did not speak their language;
were not forwarding, with under
paid postage, catalogs and price
lists in English, and were not los
ing business because of ignorance
of packing. . -
It has developed that in the sale"
of mineral oils, lumber,, iron and
steel products, electrical apparatus,
sewing machines, office appliances,
and several other lines, manufac
turers in tho United ' States have
studied the requirements of the
market, and after years of prepara
tion are doing a good business.
' Mills in the United States which
a few years ago secured large or
ders for steel rails in Argentina
obtained these orders because they
manufactured the kind of rails that
were wanted on the Argentine rail
ways. The car foundries that de
veloped a satisfactory business in
railway equipment in Chili did It
because they supplied the kind of
equipment' that was suitable for
the Chilian railways. The locomo
tive companies which furnished en
gines to Brazil obtained the orders
because they built-the locomotives
that were best adapted to the Bra
zilian railways, i
A lock manufacturing' concern
sent an expert to South America
to study the manner in j which,
houses were built there. He knew
carpentry. When he came hack
to the United States his company
began 'manufacturing , locks and
keys which suited the doors that
the people of South America put
on their houses, and their business
structures. . A heavy, trade was the
result,' add the misconception that
all hardware- manufacturers intha
1 ifc::Ssssst:':'""".
UDilA
Unites) gtitss shoTt-sighted waa
,refute($.
ah ak
A misconception which is still
widely held, hut whteh U yielding
ta the light, is that the United
States commerce with. South Ameri
ca Is relatively small because we
do not practice the basic principle
of international trad, and buy as
well as sell. -A passing glance at
officii! statistics should, entirely
dispel this misconception. The bal
ance of trade with most of the
South American countries always
has been largely in their favor,
Brazil, for example, sells to the
United States twice as much as
she buys from vs. Argentina was
the only Important exception, and
an equilibrium is now being estab
lished in our commerce with that
progressive . nation.
One reason, for the relatively
small purchase by South American
countries was that the great ma
jority of manufacturers in the
United States had misconceived the
value of the market; and had
'therefore not i sought to cultivate
it. . They also . had misconceived
the opportunity for what is known
as small lines. The fact . that
Germany's 5175,086,000 sales to
South America were largely of
small lines is the evidence on this
point.
Discovery ' that with the restora
tion of normal world trade condi
tions the billion-dollar purchase of
South America gradually will rise
to $1,500,000,000 should further
stimulate the spirit of Inquiry as
to the means of increasing the par
ticipation of the United States in!
that market, -oopyrijiit. wis.
Letters From the People
(Communications test ts Toe Jeunid far
pobUcation in tbla department ahouid fe writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahoald not
exceed 300 words i length and tsoat be ac
companied by tbf name and aadreas ef the
sender. It the writer does not, dealre to
have tbe name published, he should a state.)
"Dlacattlon ia tba rreatest of aU reformers.
It rationalises evenrthina It touches. It robs
principles of all fslse sanctity and t tannics them
bach on their reaaenablenoaa. It the hare
no Masonablneas. it rathlossl ernah them
out of existence and seta up its sn eaaelsaions
in uev siena," wooarow wiuou
Denying Reports.
Portland, Jan. 13,-r-To the Editor of
The Journal Evidently as a result of
my fight, through the press, against
the double telephone trust in this city,
a raise report is being circulated to
the effect that I am employed by the
Pacific Telephone company for the
purpose of creating public sentiment
against competition in the telephone
business with the ultimate purpose of
forcing the Home Telephone company
Out of business. ,
Another false report ia being circu
lated to the effect that I am employed
by the Home Telephone company foi
the purpose of creating public senti
ment in favor of consolidation of the
telephone systems, whereby the Home
eompany would sell its system to the
Pacific company.
I .will pay (50 to the first person
who will prove that I am employed by
either teiepnon company.
Another false report is being circu
lated to the effect that Z am fighting
the Home telephone eompany because
I was discharged by that company. I
am pleased to admit that I waa dis
charged by both telephone companies,
insofar as I hae a nice letter of clear
ance from each company, each letter
composed in such manner as to cause
me to believe I was honorably dis
charged in good standing. I entertain
no personal grievance toward either
company. Each company treated me as
Well as I care to be treated.
My fight ia thia cause is for one
manual service, Individual line tele
phone syetem. Such system, supported
directly and indirectly by all the peo
pie, will provide good, complete and
convenient service at a cost 40 per cent
less than is now being paid for poor.
incomplete, inconvenient service fur
nished by costly imaginary competi
tion. Personnel ef ownership is not
considered. .
Should anyone, in or out of the tele
phone business, care to offer expres
sion on this subject, I hope he will be
fair enough to com Into the open by
letter through the press or by public
address. Other papers are hereby au
thorized to publish this article for
their readers. . ED. WORD.
A Convict's Pennies.
. Hood River, Or.. Jan. 11. To the
Editor ef The Journal In the Interest
of Christmas charity and brotherly
love will you kindly publish tbe fel
lowing "big" little "piece'V from Eu
gene Debs to Inmate S756, who sent
12 of money saved at 16 cents per day.
to gladden a little child's heart:
"My dear brother: I send you my
greetings with my heart in it. You
may be a convict, but you are my
brother, and when your message came
to me I was touched to tears. There
Is more religion of Jesus Christ in the
spirit you breathe out to the world
from behind prison bars than In all
the orthodox sermons ever published
You love the little children, even as
he did. and you are in prison, while he
was crucified. You had the misfortune
to be born into a society not yef civi
lised. The society that sent you to
prison devours Its own offspring. It
ia this Christian society's homeless.
neglected babes to whom you, one of
Its convicts, feel moved to send the
pennies coined from your blood and
agony. What a sermon and what
rebuke! If you ought to be in the
Penitentiary. I know of not one who
la fit to be out."
A FRIEtfD OF LITTLE CHILDREN.
Oregon Paving Blocks.
Houlton. Or.. Jan 12. To the Edl
tor of The Journal. Perhaps a word
from Houlton would not come amiss
lust new. while there is so much agl
tatlon in favor of using Oregon made
goods and Oregon mads products. ;
notice some correspondence in the col
umns of Portland papers pertaining
to. paving blocks brick and wood. If
I am correctly Informed, paving brick
sufficiently hard to aland the strain
for street paving has to be imported.
If , that ia a fact, then btick as
home, or Oregon product, is out of tbe
race. As between wood and atone
paving blocks, for durability, there im
carcely. room for comparison
It may not be known to your par
ing contractors that rignt around
Houlton, Or., there is fine . basalt
enough right next to the top of the
ground, to make paving blocks to pave
several such cities as rortlaod. and
we would hardly miss them, and this
atone makes the most durable paving
blocks. We have many Quarries here,
and many hundreds of thousands of
blocks already made and waiting for
purchasers.
Now, while we are -pu.'ling' , for
heme products, I would Invite your
councils, committee and contractors
to investigate. Z think by consulting
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMAU CHANGE
Often a full purs goes with an
empty head, -
Onlv a foolish man will kick him
self when he Is down.
v
The beat wav to set out of a titht
place is to sober up.
W 9 .
If a man marries a widow It's be
cause she originated the thought.
A lovers' quarrel and a small boys'
trousers arc soonpatched up.
We would hava more ideal cities but
for the scarcity ef ideal citizens.
A self made, man is as proud of the
outeome as he is of his income tax.
The statement that whale meat is
good to eat may be true, but it sounds
like a rish story.
What a lovely collection of pessi
mists we would be if we could see
ourselves as others see us!
A woman doesn t object to a min i
past as much as she does to his pres
ent 13 some otner lemaie.
And manv a man's so-called dieni
tied silence is due to the lamentable
fact that he does not know what to
y.
Churches would be better attehde-I
and more prosperous were it not for the
fact that there are so many people
who in religion are merely innocent
bystanders.
When the young man went to fathe.
t ask his daughWfs hand in marriage,
he said: "I am working hard to get
ahead," and father -replied. "Thats
what yq most. need. When you get
one, come back and talk to me.
"DEFERRED" CHARGES
Py John M. Oskison.
One reason corporations have not
teen looked upon with menaiy ee
is that they have adopted financing
methods that we don't approve.
You and I have been taught to be
lieve that we'd better do wunout
a
to
be
thina- unless we have the money
nav for it. To us
that seems
to
safe and sane thrift doctrine.
But when corporations pocame -
- j ...tk aw kl a v-l '
merous they aoopicu
they decided not te wait, unm mo
could pay for what they wanted it
thev could borrow money with which
tc make the purcnas. i v
load upon themselves ueici m
charges." .
Certain charges or xnis
.cfA a t-A iniTiTipa . v ii"cii it
proved without the shadow of a doubt
that What Will De earneu pj V ,v
r is more man me i "
loan, borrowing is jusuneu.
otherwise. .
So intelligent thrut praqiuo .
home and the tarnuy can uc
by tbe same test, ii yuuio Z X
into debt to buy a nome, .r".
be able to demonstrate mathematical
ly that by borrowing money to ou a
M. Reid or Q. Danigen or iiounun, in
formation might be obtainea.
PnrthArmort. Houlton. being only
..28 mileS from Portland on the line of
the S.. P. & S. railway, rreigni rate-
are light and transportation easy. Be
sides, rortiand Dusiness imerwio
should take into consideration that the
many blockmakers who operate in the
auarries there spend a great aeai or
money in your city. This "You tickle
me and 1 11 tickle you" -plan surely is
worthy of investigation. - Duve
there are fewer blocks in a yard than
there are e brick, and, being about
the same price per thousana. tne stone
blocks are hence the cheapest, to say
nothing of their superior duramiity.
HAM ti.AU JLZ.an.AtN,
Oswald West's Public Services.
Portland, Jan. 12. To the Editor pt
a. al
The Journal After rpur years v
stsenuous life and service as governor
of Oregon, Oswald west resumes tne
tasks ef a private cltisen, carrying
with him the love, confidence and es
teem of every honest man, woman and
child in this state.
During the past four years, while
governor or this state, u-swaia neok
has been outrageously cartooned and
constantly and wilfully misrepresented
by an unfriendly section of the press.
He has been lied about and vilified by
his enemies, and hated and denounced
by favor-seeking politicians. Every
professional thief and law Meaner,
every saloon bum and red ngnt pro
moter, every seeker for spoils, has
these past four years sought his ruin
and eagerly joined in an sffort to
Krinr such a result about: yet he has
withstood and overcome these assaults
and obstacles and emerges from it all
with a liarht heart and eiean nana,
and as a cittaen and Democrat whom
the people of Oregon win nonor aim
respect more and more as the years go
by and they become better Informed
as te the great services he has ren
dered this state as its chief executive.
The long list or nis exceptionally
meritorious ' achievements estaousnes
the fact that the administration gi
Governor West stands preeminent in
point of remedial legislation over that
of any other in the history of Oregon.
Kverv man ana woman in ureguu
should carefully read bis last message
to the legislature, and should then con.
tinue to keep in touch with it by read
ing his reports of its doings from day
0 . . . a rttm, TaII aaM a 1
to day in tne columns ui
Now here's to you. Oswald west.
Always doing wn .r"
runm the arravel. up the pen.
Working for your fellow men.
Wh 'Em crefully : let us kjw
Ti rood or Da. a, wnsiw v v-
WATCHFUL OBSERVER.
The Partner's Help.
Battle Ground, Wash., Jan. 11. To
th. Ertttor of The Journal. An offi
cial hi a-h in the U. S. department of
-..i.itiin ia auoted as follows: It
the farmers will apply the methods of
-i-ttir- agriculture they can save
h omintrv 15.000.000 a day. Our
problem is now to teach the farmer to
apply what we have learned through
our research work. If we now apply
tbe knowledge, the yield of every
state can he doubled in tbe next de
cade."
A more : senseless propaganda than
the above can hardly be imagined.
Tf it can be shown that by
doubling yields farmers can in
...aa thr srofits. they may well
be expected to strive for such an ob
iet- but experience shows that any
nAaa in Croos is met with d
creased prices 'and Increased handling
expense to such an extent as to wipe
out profits .and in many cases create
a distinct loss. The incentive of farm
activity, as welt as other, is profit.
lakinar that element, farmers can
not be expected to nor will they fall
in line on any such proposition as
above utimed. The $5,000,000 may
be - saved as claimed, but some one
ether than the farmer, who' ls asked
An tha saving, expects to get it. A
few farmers may profit by increased
crops, but as a country-wide economic
oolicv. it la a delusion and a snare
for the tiller of the soil.- Government
crop statistics bear out. this assertion
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
To the Aiedfnrd Sun it "begins to
look like a beet sugar factory U going
to come, whether or no," . -
a
Th Lake county court baa made
provisions for a farm expert, appropri
ating I150Q for that purpose.
Polk countvi the Dallas ! Observer
thinks, should pride itself on having
the model one room rural school houss
of the United States.
Klamath . Falls Herald: Wesley OJ
Smith, editor of the Herald, is now
in Halem a a member of tho legisla
ture. Any telephone inquiries for hin,
therefore, should be sent through
"long distance."
Ohio people at Eugene have formed
an Ohio society of 34 charter members
and many more in prospect. Officer
are; L. Q. Beckwith, president; J. W.
Zimmerman, vice president; A. K
Meek, secretary; Mrs. A. W. Tldd,
treasurer.
The East Oregonian figures that
Pendleton's recently installed gravity
water system will' effect a, saving of
$15,500 a year. Including fir insurance
premium reduction to oe, creaitea
thereto, which sum is 11600 more than
the yearly interest to be paid on the
watefbonds.
mm.
Canyon City Eagle: Borne kind
hearted gentleman scattered poison tn
town and killed the editor s doa. We
do pot wish this gentleman, any bad
luck, but we hope that when he dies
every worthless cur that has died in
the last 2000 vears will set up a howl
for iov and then oroceed to run blm
through the labyriathlan corridors of
the hot place, snapping at his heels at
every Jump, and then howl, oara ana
growl in his ears through all eternity
home you will in tbe end save more
in rent than the cost of the land
and house, repays and taxes and m
surance-
Yeu have no business to place any
"deferred charge" upon your individ
ual resources or those of your family
that those who come after you will
not cheerfully pay because they rec
ognise it is a just charge. The test
ought to be:
"If I should die tomorrow, would
my heirs psefer to go on meeting
these charges rather than to allow
them to be defaulted?" It is when
the answer, of either the individual
or. a new board of corporation direc
tors, is in the negative that we see
the unwisdom of much borrowing in
anticipation of benefits or earnings.
If you are honest, "deferred charges"
have to be met: and if you have had
much experience you will know thac
it isn't often that the future pans
out as well as you think it will.
About three out of five pleasure auto
mobiles bought on credit fail to bring
their owners such a new store of en
ergy as to enable them to make more
money to meet the installment pay
ments - on the cars with no extra
strain.
A FEW SMILES
Tramp If you'll gimme a meal.
mum. I'll promise to turn over a new
leaf.
Mrs Subbuhi
Never mind about s
new leaf; take the
rak and turn ovet
those eld leaves on
the lawn. Then re
member that ont
a-ood turn deserves
another, and keep ea till you ge
into a pile.
The Johnsons had an old hen which
insisted upon neglecting her comfort
I W . I able nest to lay
fTa I daily egg in the coal
4K6) I cellar
a m . . a
"i cant t n t n a.
fretted Mrs. Johnson,
one hen insists upon using the coal
cellar." ' v
"Why, that's easy, mother, ex
claimed -Joe in astonishment. "I s pose
she's seen the sign, 'New is the time
to lay in your coal.' "
A southern lawyer tells this story:
"The other day an old colored man
to me in my yard.
where there was a
pile of rubbish.
" 'Morning, John,'
I said.
" 'Morning. Mars
Tom; don't you want
that rubbish hauled!
away?-
"'What'll you yeu take? I asked.
"'Dollah a load, 'n I think it'll take
ies about two loads.'
"Til give you 75 cents a load,' I
told him.
" 'You remember me, do yeu, Marse
Tom?
" 'Why sure, John.'
'Well, you remember when I was
up for shootln' craps and you pleaded
me guilty in police court V
"'Sure,' I said.
"'An you charged me $18. an I
never said a dog-gone word?"
"John hauled the rubbish at $1 a
load, and he made three loads of it." .
perfectly, that small crops are invari
ably worth more than large crops.
Our agricultural institutions have
done and are doing good -work but Out
great need Is a scientific marketing
system. Let the powers that be ad
dress themselves , to tbe task of pro
viding such a system -nd show the
farmer where be can get $2 where he
got only f 1 before, and; scientific agri
culture will then come into its own.
Farmers will eventually see that
any real help in, their problems must
originate and be fostered by them
selves. Beneficiaries of the present
system cannot be expected to give
their support to any proposition that
does not first take care of tbem, bene
fit to the farming class being only in
cidental. True cooperation Is the only true
remedy; it has been so found la prac
tically all special crop districts and
sooner or later it win be extended to
the general crop farmers. Self-protection
will compel , it, if self-interest
does not seek it. A FARMER.
A Question-of Nationality.
Heppner, Or., Jan. . To the Editbr
Of The Journal. - Kindly decide what
country would protect a child bom on
the high seas of Irish parents, if the
ship was flying tbe Stars and Stripes,
bound for the United States. What
would be the child's nationality T
A READER.
The child's parents being subjects
of Great Britain, so would the child
be a suVJect. Assuming that a ship
on the high seas flying the flag of the
United States is constructively a por
tion ef the soil of the United States,
the child would be only of the aarae
status as If born within the actual
territorial limits of this country. He
would be an alien, a, subject of Great
Britain," until naturalised either by his
own act or as a consequence of. his
parents' natuTelixaUon.1
t them
e as she and her small
son, Joe, together
tS-Zd hunted for that par
, , , T. ticular egg. "why this
I - 7aV a I
mm
"tM &glY pATg''
ay TrM Lockl. mfljf,
- Jeoraal. f -
William il pack wood, wbe 'while a
enlisted soldier, marched from For
Leavenworth to 6anFrncfsc in 1?
and was one of the few who did no
desert to to to the mines, -is a plonee
of Coos county.' While en route wit
his eompany of the Ftret Dragoon
from San Francisco tQ Pott O'fprd, i
January, lS2, their vessel, the Lir
coin, was wrecked at the mouth c
Coos bay. In speaking of his exper
ences at that time he scys:
"On our first day in cae after th
wreck aU hands got to work and mad
matters as comfcrtable as possible b
putting up tents made from eails. Tb
Indians brought us an abundance. c
fish' of all kinds, for which we gav
them hardtack or pilot bread.'
"The first move our commanding e1
ficer, Lieutenant Stanton, made was" t
take a trip up the beach to the mout
of the Umpqua river. He ordered 8t'
aeant Hill tn d?ai! lx man tn aaraJ
aim on the trip. Oeorge H, Abbo
came to me and said a derail was to t
made of six men to go with the llet
tenant, lie said the lieutenant ' hs
tbe reputation of being a hard one 1
keep up with, and he wanted me 1
volunteer to go In place of being d
tailed. He waid that-Dawes, Ryan, Ca;
tie and myself and one other ma,
would volunteer, and he would ask tl
lieutenant to accent us i as eseor
George iad. "We will ahowjlMm ha h
some beys be will not run away fro'
or learye behind.' The lieutenant te'
sergeant Hill to accept the volunte
detail, We left camp taming
blanket apiece and one day's ration
we started, and bovkwood, - a your,
man who had a cargo of liquor ta W
wrecked schooner, went with us up
Ten Mile creek. We waded through
and went on up to Umpqua and stay
all night. Next day wa started bee
and kept together until we passed Tt
Mile creek, about eight miles froi
camp. We began to lead out and i
crease our pace, and we soon ha
quite a lead of the lleutnaat ai
Lockwood. We were, scattered ei
singly, walking fant. When' we wei
nearly a mile ahead we could see tt
lieutenant and Lockwood harrying
catch us. Failing to gain on us, th
began to hoot their- revoivr. V
kept right on as though we did n
hear them. s '
'We got into cemp and were near!
through dinner when sergeant Hi
called u a and ordered us e report
Lieutenant Stanton. He was waltlr
for us to report. In a tew minute
with Abbott lending. ,e matched up i
report. The lieutenant had a pecuui
cast in one eye that seemed When loolj
ing at you to telegraph his feeltn
e could see that his eye was doir
business. As soon as we formed
line Abbott saluted and reported 1
detail aU present. The lisutena
Hood and looked us all over, and f laa
ly he said; 'Men, 1 did not take yc
up to Umpqua to see how fast c
ooMld 'ome uaci;. bat to taj who rn
Now go to your quarters. I do n
know how the lieutenant viewed
He had the reputation of always lea
li'g, and to find a bunch of men tht
could walk away from him was new
him. He used the words 'stay wit
mc." in.ttcd of come with me.' t s h
always been the vase before.
"1 was a little afraid that we mis
have 'queereT ourselves tvlth the He
tenant. It was the rsver"'., howev
of what we expect.!, lie was u got
sport. The lieutenant always order
Abbott and myself out on scoutlt
or express service, and ne never four
us wanting. As for me, 1 can say
never have had a better friend thi
Lieutenant Stanton,
"We settled down to rr-utint at Can
'Castaway. One of the firat moves v
made was to haul the what boi
across the sand hills and launch it
Coos bay, nearly opposite where En
plre City now stands. There was
that time several Indian, villages
that side of the-bay. The lleutena
sent a detail of men over across Sout
Slough and had them out trail, v
what we called the Seven Devils. Tl
country was very brushy and it W
slow work. After the trail was. con
pleted to where It took the beach lit
above where Randolph now la, son
men were sent to Port Orford. Boo
horses and mules had been shipped
Port Orford by steamers from ' St
Francisco for our company. A- nun
bar of pack mufiaa were sent UP tl
beach from Port, Orrord ana over tl
trail we had cut. The mules ewe
South Slough and Coos Hay. Wit
these mules we packed Our traps at
ome suoDlies and broke camp
Camp Castaway about May 9, .lit
We camped on a gulch in the 8evi
Devils. 1 remember that from the fa
that m is9 our rifle regiment, thr
years before, on May 10, broks can!
at Camp Bummer, out irom r,
Leavenaworth five miles,, and start
on the long tramp for Oregon. At
now on May 10 we were in the Sev
Devils oni the Oregon coast, lookir
out on the Pacific ocean. During that
three years what changes had o
curred. Here In this small eomtnar
were -practically all that was left
the rifle regiment of over 1000 me
and we had been transferred te eon
pany C, First U. 8. Dragoens, and Ot
own officers of the rifle regiment we)
sent on recruiting service."
The Ragtime Muss
Ilondeau of the Wise Bachelor,
There Is In tact an essence fit -,
Th.t ,.an Iti.lf nulla Willi aCflUlt '
In whatsoever doubtful case f
Ill-chosen methods rung tne race
Though fools may bead t not a whl
Where beauty's beacon is not lit
And you indulge your mood a bit.
Consider what a wondrous grace ;
There is in: tacu f - i
Aye! Ere you loose your shaft of w
To make however true a hit :i
Against uncomllness of face.
' Find first if fortune takes its placf
And, if it does, how much of it a.: !
There is intact! - j
Jarred Him. .
From the Kansas City Journal. :
"Wimmen ain't got no sens of tb
proprieties." S
"How now?" - i
"You know that bulldog I got tn
wife?" :
Yes."
"She wants to name it Flfi." . ,
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