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All that makes men true,'
pure and godly goes with them
everywhere. All that makes
them false, , impure, wicked,.
abides with them. Kvery man
" goes to his own place. Golden
Rule.
ft.
the singleIitem plan
ONE of the new rules of the
house provides that each ap
prooriatton biust be embodied
in a separate' bill.
It is a Teal reform. It is a re
minder of the late campaign in
which Dr. C. J. Smith argued for
. the single item veto in order that
single Items in a blanket appro
priation bill could be vetoed by the
executive, a proposition that Dr.
"Wlthycombe early In the campaign
declared to( be "a sharp two-edged
sword."
; In 'the new rule, the house, so
far aa it can, adopts the lI gle-item
policy, by separating the appropri
ations Into single items, which
gives the executive opportunity to
reach each item with the veto.
Tbe plan does not, however,
'eliminate the necessity : for an
amendment to the constitution,
providing for the single-lteni veto.
The next house may not see if it
to abide by the single-item. plan.
No house has ever done it before.
The blanket appropriation bill has
been used many a time to carry un
worthy items through.
.... As governor, Chamberlain fought
the pjan, and vetoed one general
appropriation bill after the legis
lature refused his request that the
items be . segregated. Governor
West made the same fight, vetoing
one bill which carried more than
$1,000,000.
i The safe way for the future is
for the legislature to submit ,a
constitutional amendment, and. let
the people pass on the insue. A
resolution for such an amendment
failed in the senate at the 1913
session. If the people ever get a
chance to vote on such an amend
ment, It will pass by one of the
greatest majorities ever given by
: Popular vote in this state. ,
' The house In effect, by the new"
jrule indorsed the single item
plan. Why not make the reform
permanent by giving the people a
chance to pass a single-item
amendment that will write the re
form forever into the organic law
Of the commonwealth?
THE TEACHER - MOTHER
N
pEW YORK'S teacher-mother
controversy has been settled.
The state department of edu
cation, from which there is
no appe.l, has decided that a mar-
teacher may not be dismissed
because she absents herself from
the public schools to become a
mother.
The decision points out that a
rule providing that a woman teach
er's j position automatically became
vacant when she married had been
declared unconstitutional. Moth
erhood, It is held, is a natural
corollary of marriage, and the New
York City school board is told
'that It should give as favorable
consideration to an absence for
childbirth as is normally given to
absence for reasons of personal
convenience.
"It is difficult to conceive," says
the decision, "how a reasonable,
unwilling absence, due to natural,
unavoidable cause, could be con
strued as neglect of duty, and it
is difficult to understand why an
absence for this, most creditable so
cial (reason should be so treated."
'. This is sound sense. There can
be no valid reason for punishing
motherhood.
THE JITNEY BUS
F
.RESIDENT GRIFFITH of the
Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company says the Jit-
as a competitor of the streetcar.
He wants the jitney confined to ter
ritory not adequately served by the
.traction company - he represents.
- Portland wishes to be entirely fair
- with its streetcar company, but
there la serious question whether
a possible new economic factor
. should be ruthlessly suppressed be
fore ita possibilities are developed.
There is always an element of risk
in any investment, and Mr. Grif-
fith'a plea for public protection of
the streetcar. company's business
smacks somewhat or a demand
that), the people's representatives
make it their affair to free the
, streetcar from the necessity ' of
keeping pace with progress. '
It is hardly, possible that .Mr.
Griffith thinks Ht' the duty of the
City council to suppress the jitney
for the benefit of the streetcar.
tie speaks or tms aay oi "regn-
lated monopoly." ". It was only a
short time ago that Mr.. Griffith's
- company, went Into the United
States court to deny the council's
right of regulation, and the com-
pan jr ' won its contention." Six
streetcar tickets for a quarter are
not purchasable in Portland be
cause the council was. denied the
right of regulation. -
But the people' should do some
Independent ' thinking about the
Jitney bus.. As yet it ia nbt an es
tablished institution. There is a
possibility that it will last just
Ion jr "enough to impair streetcar
service -and then be withdrawn.
There is no doubt that the jitney
bus should be regulated, but ' not
in the Interest of the 'streecar
alone.. .' . ...
THE CENSUS BILL.
s
ENATOR DIMICK'S measure
for abandoning the state cen
sus passed the senate without
a dissenting vote.
The uselessness of the state enu
meration was . brought to public
notice by Secretary Olcott to the
Multnomah delegation December
28 in" a letter in which he stated
that the cost of taking the census
every ten years is anout $100,000.
Under present provisions,- the
county assessors make the enumer
ation, and blanks for the purpose
are supplied them bjrthe secretary
of state on or before May ,1. The
enumeration begins May 10, and
because of the fact that the date
falls so early this year, prompt
action by the legislature, alone
will save the heavy and useless
post to which the state has been
subjected every ten years since
1865, when the first state census
was taken. , -
In the past, copies of the census
have been kept in offices of the
county clerks and the orifgnal has
been on file In the office Of the
secretary of state, serving in real
ity little other purpose than to oc
cupy space. The wpnder is that the
system was not abandoned long
ago. . '
THE DACIA CASE
T
HE Hamburg-American steam
ship Dacia was sold recently
to American purchasers and
placed under American regis
try. She has; been loading cot
ton for Bremen at Port Arthur,
Texas, and her sailing has been
'delayed pending negotiations with
Great Britain as to the right of
the Dacia to fly the American flag.
The Dacia has been used as an
argument against the pending ship
purchase bill. England has held
that no ship of a Belligerent nation,
can be transferred to American
registry unless the sale was effect
ed sixty days before the war be
gan. Because of that position by
Great Britain it has been urged
that should the ship purchase bill
become a law the United States
could not with safety ' buy German
ships interned in American ports
and use them as part of a govern
ment owned merthant marine.
But, according to the New York
World, the British .embassy at
Washington has informed the gov
ernmnt that neither the Dacia
nor. her " cargo will be interfered
with. Another report Is that Eng
land has agreed to permit the
steamer to carry her cargo to -Rot
terdam.
If these reports are founded in
fact theydestroy the opposition's
big argument agaiifst the ship pur
chase bill. The country has been
told that President Wilson's plan
for furnishing .accommodations to
American commerce menaced the
country with war. We must not.
purchase German ships in American
ports because Great Britain said
wo should not.
The United States has not ad
mitted England's right to enforce
such a prohibition, and reports as
to the Dacia indicate that the
American contention will prevail.'.
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
A
WRITER in Harper's Weekly
Bays development of the mov
ing picture business during
the last eight years is a phe
nomenon which should lmnel I
Aladdin to turn over in his grave.
r in hia
It is without parallel or compari
son. Including all Its affiliations,
the movie industry is rated the fifth
largest in the country.
In 1914, up to December 1,
American manufacturers turned
out 10,000 separate reels of nega
tive films, from each of which an
average of 35 positive copies are
made for use in theatres. The
standard reel is 1000 feet long,
which makes 360,000,000 feet of
film, including both the originals
and copies. That is about 68,000
miles of motion pictures.
The cost ; of producing the ordi
nary sort of originals is placed at
1 2 a foot. I That fixes the cost of
the 10,000 negative reels at $20,
000,000. The 350,000,000 feet of
copies cost $17,000,000. making
$37,000,000 spent in the manufac
ture of ; films In eleven months.
But there; are special feature proj
ects on any one of which may be
spent as high as $300,000. so the
expenditures for films are above
rather than below the i estimate
It is estimated that there are
between 17,000 and 1 8,0 jO motion
picture theatres in . the United
States, to which more than 10,
000,000 people go daily. This fie
lure is supported by the' report of
a uieveiana commission to -the ef
fect that one sixth of the city's
population went to movie shows at
least once a day in 1913. Last
summer the national board of cen.
sorship estimated that in New York
city between 850,000 and 900,000
people one seventh of the popula
tion attended the motion picture
tneatres aaiiy.
Aamission receipts for eleven
months of 1914 are placed at ap
proximately $38,000,000 for .the en-
tire country. - Over f 500,000,'000
of actual capital has been invested
in the business of making and ex-t
hibiting films in the United States, j
Employes who earn their living in J
the movie industry number 250,
000.- '
The moving picture industry.
like the brewing business. Is , evl-i
dence that i big money can be made
in gathering in dimes and nickeia.
The ; cost of a' glass of beer is In
significant, but it is the millions
of glasses that support the brew
ing, industry. - Ten cents for an
evening's entertainment is a small
matter, but millions of dimes have
in eight short years built up the
country's fifth largest industry.
OREGON AND SPOILS
0
REGON ought not to be a
spoilsmen's state. The state
government ought not to be
a spoilsmen's government but
the people's government. Places
in the public service are not spoils
men's places but the people's "places.
State positions are not a private
snap but a public trust. The legis
lature can.' make no graver blunder
than - to . change laws in order to
make place; for henchmen. .
The -purpose of laws is not to
make asylum ; for place hunters.
but-to protect the public and safe
guard the ' common interest. If
the legislature enters into the "busi
ness, as Is said to be contemplated,
of mutilating statutes In order to
make spoils for spoilsmen, nothing
but odium.; and censure will result.
Some of the changes demanded
at Salem are not for "the good of
the service," but for the weaken
ing of the service. There are of
ficials in the departments whose
business it; is to apply the law.
and there : are private interests
which do not want the law. applied.
. It is a conflict between private
interests and the' people's interest,
and a handy way for the private
interests to rid themselves of legal
restrictions is to get officials in
charge who will be lax and easy
in the application of the law.
There will be no way to carry out.
programs of this kind in secret
or by tsubterfuge, for the f z cts
will stand out as clear as noonday
and be thoroughly understood by
the public. ' , .
The spoilsmen and those acting
for them are mistaken in imagining-
that the people want party
machines built up, or partisanship
to invade the public service at the
expense of efficiency or the proper
application of regulatory laws.
The proof that the people care lit
tle about Spoils and partisanship
.Is disclosed by the late election re
tarns. About 60,000 Republicans voted
for the . Democratic candidate for
senators About 30,000 or 35,000
Republicans voted for tho Demo
cratic candidate for governor. Sev
eral thousand Democrats voted
for the Republican nominee for
.governoiuw;;.i - '. -tV-sti '3
All these votes are a protest
against partisanship and the pro
gram urged by spoilsmen in the
grand parade at Salem. Republi
canism in Oregon will sustain a
heavy blow if the reported pro
grams are carried out.
HOW TO ACHIEVE
A"
NDREW CARNEGIE was re
cently asked how he made
hia money. . He . answered:
"The way I made my money
was by concentrating, doing one
thing at; a time and trying to do
it better and more efficiently than
any one else. The trouble with
most business men is that they
mix themselves up in too many
things. There's nothing in it."
The aistory of every successful
man can be summed up in the one
sentence: He knew one thing well.
Edison's life motto has been:
This one thing I know, electric
ity."
By confining himself to this one
thing he has been one of the
- . "".
o,,-tBaviors OI tne woria, wnne millions
of other men who scattered, their
efforts have accomplished little.
Henry Ward Beecher, one of the
great preachers of his age, had as
his slogan: "This one thing I do."
Goethe's rule for success was:
Whatever thou art be all there."
Only by turning all his energies
and interests- into one channel can
a man attain to success. '
ixdg -3, the Alarmist
S
ENATOR LODGE says that
"unarmed, unready and un
defended"., the .-. nation stands
an invitation to aggression
and attack. He warned the senate
that the ocean barrier which de
fended the country in 1776 and
in 1812 had been destroyed by
steam and electricity. He asserted
that not . only, the;, .regular army,
but - thet- militia, is inadequate, - in
sufficient, practically useless.
Accordingvto ' the Massachusetts
alarmist' the United States stands
in danger of. losing ' the Panama
Canal almost over -night.- That
waterway, he said,- is "miserably
and, most inadequately protected"
against being blown up and block
aded for months by agents or ships
of a hostile nation.
If Senator Lodge ia i.n authority
.on naval and military matters, if
he- is " right about the Panama
canal, there muct be something
wrong with Colonel Goethals,
heretofore supposed to know .some
thing about canals and their -protection,
with especial emphasis on
the Panama "canal. This' trained
army - officer . testified - the other
day before a- congressional com
mittee. - -
He was asked whether a Japan-
ese or a German fleet conld ; not i
seize the canal at any moment. !
Colonel Goethala thought not; i the i
fortifications - are ample. . But '
didn't he -want bigger guns? No,
those he has are big enough. There "
"was nothing' wrong down on the
isthmus. This quiet man who
works more than he talks was sat-f
isfled with the way things are
- . . '
euiug. tiis only, concern IS wnat j
may go on 4n the C'jlebra cut and J
he has dredges to take" care of
the slides as fast as they" occur.
Senator Lodge is a scared states
man. Colonel ' Goethals is a prac
tical soldier and; builder. As to
the canal, the country will prob
ably rely on the opinion of Goeth
als rather than on that of Lodge.
AMERICAN MERCY
A
DOZEN shiploads of Ameri
can food, clothing and. medi
cal' supplies have been deliv
ered for the relief of Belgian
war sufferers. Eight ships, all
carrying their full tonnage, are on
the ocean,, and twenty-three other
ships have- been chartered for fu
ture cargoes to be r sent before
March 10. . 1 .
It is estimated conservatively '
that the average value of eachj
cargo is $300 000 which shows '
that these forty-seven charters rep -
i'A'iAAnAA t n mc
, t. ' ' u
exhibition of nation-wide gener
osity as the people of the United
States are giving in their mission
of mercy.
LORDLY IDLERS
AND THEIR VICES
Under tho caption "Useless Aristo
crats" there appeared in the Ore
gonlan more than- seven years ago
(on October 26, 1907) an. editorial
which, on account of striking and
valuable observations on a topic of
permanent public concern, is here re
produced. OF THE. plutocrats, first families,
aristocracies, nobilities, and
the like, -which pervade or in
fest the world there is seldom a
dearth of news. What seems to
be lacking anent these favored be
ings Is good news. Whatever they
do, think or say is too likely to be
scandalous. Now some high and
mighty' magnate, like our own Mr.
Ryan of New York, is caught with
goods in his possession which
would hang him If they were cattle
ar-d he in Texas. Now some orna
ment of society and pillar of the
church sets a scheme going which
in meaner hands would be called
a bunco game or a gambling lay
out, with the chances all on one
side. Indecency, marital infidelity
and murder are common pastimes
of tfce "better classes" in American
society when they are not occupied,
with their high-priced lawyers. In
devising Ingenious varieties of
JhetVorJscreaming in hysterics be -
eauseomebody has dared to bring
their misdeeds to light The case
of the British aristocracy Is not
much better.
' .'
iTohn Bright says that their ti-
ties are held "by the spawn of the ,
corruDtion, blunders and wars of ,
the dark ages." They are con-
cerned with nothing so much as , ln nn. Did tijey ever utter a
their own privileges and vicious word of protest against the waste of
amusements. The so-called "upper human energy, year by year, in train
branch" of the British parliament if, mfXT
. j-.-j j i their fellow men? Is it not a fact that
is composed of decadent represent- either oC them wouid have esteemed it
atiVes of ancestors Who once, per -
haps, were more or less useful to
T,tT.Tr Tftrtnv the nnW
ible function of the lords is to
biock progressive legislation and
keep their seats firm on the backs
of the people. .And so the story
runs throughout the world. On
the continent of Europe, where
the aristocracies have . had the
molding of public opinion for ages,
perhaps they are even more vicious
and useless- than in England or
America. Here there still survives
from pioneer times a sentiment
that it is ' disgraceful for an able
bodied man to be absolutely indo
lent and devoted solely to the
gratification of his sensual pas
sions. In Europe, if such a senti
ment exists, it is very weak and
has but imperceptible Influence on
the conduct of the members of the
better classes of society. It is
rather creditable to a man in Aus
tria, Germany and Russia to have
run through a patrimony, and
shirked all occupation except the
ruin of women.
- .
Both in . America - and abroad
the aristocratic classes that is,
those who live upon the labor of
other people are what the biolo
gists call aborted types. The no
bles of Europe formerly'; busied
themselves in government and war
as .well as ;, in, robbery. Now gov
ernment is- in other hands, war is
waged by machinery and all there
is left for a noble to do Is to rob
his .humbler'; neighbors and spend
the proceeds upon-his vices. The
same junhappy lot has befallen bur
own5 aristocracy of wealth. Their
fathers were captains of Industry;
they conducted great enterprises,
led armies of workmen to develop
mines and build railroads, and
planned the strategy of world-wide
commercial campaigns. Now all
that is done" by hired servants.
The aristocrat himself knows-nothing
about how his money Is invest
ed, and cares less than he knows.
The income flows into his bank
account by virtue of processes
which are to him entirely mys
terious. He prides himself upon
his : ignorance of sordid business.
It is fit work for mercenary law
yers and paid servants, but not for
the delicate-handed patrician him '
self. He has become a parasite,
r - - ' -
So it Is with every aristocracy in
the modern world.f Absolved "from
all duties,, living only to; devour.
they are . mere stomachs adorned
with -a certain pomp of jewelry
and silken garments; Vice is their
sole refuge from boredom. It. is,l
it m - ' ' a - " a. t 1 J "
mereiore, noi asionjBaius i9,reuu
of - the latest performances of the
high-born nobles of Germany.' Hav
ing exhausted V all the natural . re
sources of : the senses they seek
tainted diversion-in what is' un
natural and abhorrent. The only
wonder is that . they are not worse
than they are. Very likely they
will be if we ' are. patient with
them. . Their decadent pastimes are
but a step pr two beyond- what we
know our own better classes per
mit themselves.. The ''Pittsburg mil
lionaires are not ' quite up to the
standard of Count Kuno von Xlolt
ke and Prince Zu Eulenberg, but
they are a close second, while the
late revered Stanford White could
probably , have supplied : useful
pointers to these noble Germans.
Time is all that is necessary to
make our " American aristocrats
le 8 adeDt 111 Practices as
heir European 1 exemplars. Indeed
they are llkely to s-rPass their
achersf becauf they have more
money to pay for ingenious vane-
ties of viofous invention, while the
i American intellect, is aaaiiuecijr
more acute than the German.
It is interesting to reflect upon
the docility of a world that en
dures the burden of these better
classes; though "stupidity" is per-j
haps an apter word than "docility"
to describe it. It is also interest
ing to inquire how long the en
durance will continue. Completely
pauperized, completely useless, rot
ten mentally and physically, exist
ing only to devour what others
produce, it is nothing but our re
spect for what we call vested rights ! about 25 cents; the little pocket bank
that jsaves them from being com:Jhould cost at wholesale not more
pelled to go to work. Since they Tked to pay ,2 for what
are doing all they can by their 1 costg the distributor about 40 cents,
conduct to destroy that respect, J I'm appealed to as One who wants to
one is almost forced to believe that learn how to save, how to he thrifty,
thev themselves nprcpivp what is 1 I ra afTaid " would bea bad begin
?J lemseives. Perceive, wnat 'Sfnjng to agree that the maker of this
evident to everybody else, that book about thrift and this toSr bank
their vested rights are their bane
and that honest work would
ha
-their salvation.
Letters From the Peopla
(Commtinleatlons sent to The Journal . for '
publication in tbia department nbould be writ
ten on only one side of the. taper, abould not
exceed 3UO word a n length and must be ac-
companiea oj toe name &na address oi tua
sender. It the writer does not desire to
have the name published. Le should so state.)
DInctiRFlon ia tho greatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes everything it touches. It robs
rot
Wei
principles of all fal?e nacctity and throws
back on their, reasonableness. If they haTe
no reasonsbl-nese. it rathlesolr crushe them
oat of existence and sets np its o n conclusions
in their stead." Wood row Wilsoa.
The Eliot-Schif f Contribution.
Portland, Jan. 18. To the Editor of
7"he Journal The controversy in the
Sunday Journal of January 10 between
Mr. Schiff and Br, Charles w; Eliot.
on the war Jn Rurane nH its n1ina-.
was very amusing. Each seemed to
admire . the other, but did not show
willingness to give up his own plea-
Why any importance should be at
tached to their personal views I can
not see. : Their pastrecords do not fit
them to be relied upon as directors of
the public in this conflict.' What was
their attitude while' Oermanv for 40
years was squandering untold millions
in armaments on land and sea? How
did they regard the expenditure of
Ian honor to banquet with the men of
j aiy nation whose whole lives have
been spent in teaching men to disre-
gard tbe injunction "Thou shalt not
kill" ? Can it,Jte recalled that a word
of encouragement was uttered by them
when the representatives of the work
ing class in Germany, England. France
and other countries denounced the
enormous outlay of money for .war
preparations? Did they, when tho
news came that the assembled prole
tarians in Berlin protested against the
war, censure the military authorities
for dispersing the crowds at the point
of the bayonet? When members of
parliament and the various legislatures
of Europe advised workingmen not to
fight, did they express themselves as
opposed to their being branded as
traitors and imprisoned? If they made
a record in favor of ending all war
preparations by any of these Christian
nations it has not come to my knowl
edge, and I therefore cannot" yield to
them the right to be depended upon as
directors In the paths of peace. If ln
their innocence; they imagine that the
war will end because of the activity of
any high browed tnterf erence, they are
doomed to disappointment. For hun
dreds of years nations have fought
each other, and when the horrors were
felt" the populace were taught to offer
hprayer to God to end war, and many
believed he would; .but the praying cit
izens of Portland have learned from
Rev. Dr. Loveland that It i useless to
pray, and. possibly, many believe It Is
true, so long as nations will continue
to learn war. It Is interesting, how
ever, to know that the men fighting ln
the trenches are agitating a ' new
alignment, polltfcally. as a means of
ending strife, and are, intending to fol
low the advice of the philosopher,
Marx, who urged, "Workingmen of the
world; unite.'V JOSEPH BARRETT.
learning Tradesv in Schools.
Portland. Jan. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal i-As your paper seems to
stand for a square deal I take this op
portunity to say a few words in regard
to the' public school fad of having the
children fool their time away dabbling
in trades that are legitimate trades.
Three years at least is required ' to
learn to be a shoemaker. How any
boy can learn to be a shoemaker ln the
little time he spends at lt In pub
lic school is beyond my comprehension.
I - talked with one . prof essor about It
and the best excuse he had was that4
it helps to keep the boys busy.
Well, if the teachers are put there
and paid large salaries only to keep
the ' children busy, , tha sooner the
school system is changed , the better
for. . the - children. ; taxpayers and all
concerned.' .When I went to school we
had teachers capable of keeping alt
hands busy without going .-outside the
regular course of books. Has the men
tal calibre of the teachers gone back
ward so far that we must resort to the
expedient cf fooling away our time
on just -keeping busy, without any real
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Two rig-tits always make a wrong
speaking of shoes. . .
Ths girl with the most cheek does
the least blushing. . . .
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A man never tires of attemntinK to
lower his record.
-Wall flowers are society girls who
have been nipped in tbe bud.
Too many sermons are -aimed at
pocketbooks instead of at hearts.-
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Nobody is entitled to wear a halo
Just because ha ha never been in iaiL
No matter how homely a minister Is
a woman always' says he has a good
face.
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j A few -months in school teaches
some cniiaren now little tneir parents
know.1' '
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It is easier for a girl to throw a
young man over than it is for her to
hit what she throws at.
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Tears are the weapons that a wife
uses whjn she wants to get from
hubby something she wants.
A fashion note says the European
war will Influence the style of ladies
dress this wintep. Does that mean
kilts, too?
Kvery man knows of a lot Of good
things he might have Invented if he
had only thought of them before the
other chap did. It
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Fortunate is the young man who
gets badly defeated in a political con
test. The chances are he will then
get discouraged and go to work.
Today American fathers are spend
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars
in order that their sons may go to
college and learn how to smoke a short
pipe and play the mandolin.
BOOK-TAUGHT THRIFT AND REAL THRIFT
By John M. Osklson.
I've been trying to figure out wheth
er Or not I would be getting value re
ceived If I accepted the offer of cer
tain thrift boosters to send me a book
and a pocket savings bank for $2. The
book contains 250 pages, and I think
it can be produced in quantity for
shall gather a profit on his sale to me
of 500 per cetU. Seems to me-1 should
be yielding to the very thriftless prac
tice which has prevailed too long In
. America.
i This appeal to me shows how well
I we have been trained by the" masu
I facturers and sellers. Their theory
Is, and has been, that when there is
a public demand tor something its
sellers have a right to charge for it
as much as the public -will pay, 'All
the traffic will bear" is the way the
railroads used to phrase it.
The Ragtime Muse
Fashion NTotes.
The reign of skimpiness is o'er.
The skirts are growing wide
And slender ankles seen before
Can now be tucked inside. " '
The sleeves unto the fingers reach.
The collar has returned.
And those who sneer and those who
4reach
Believe their lessons learned.
They know not woman if they fel
Her natural wish to please ,
Can be affected or her zeal
Be checked by things, like these.
She follows fashion and she will.
t For scoffs she cares no whit;
She falters only when the bill
Is sent with "Please remit."
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She-' may look foolishdoes she care?
She follows fashion while
Her dearest friends would never dare
-To let her see them smile.
She'll brave the cold half clad, indeed,
ln order to be slim.
And suffer,- if there be the need.
To charm some soulless "him."
The fashions come, the fastuons go;
For one thing are they meant
They frame the charms of woman so
She's always different.
benefit? If we really want to teach
boys trades let us send them to trade
schools at least lowf--enough to teach
them something that will be of bene
fit to them. A little knowledge of a
trade is almost worse than no knowl
edge at all. A SHOEMAKER.
The Taxed Mortgagor.
Portland, Jan. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal While no doubt there
are many laws in our state
which need fixing, none of them stands
out more prominently, in my estima
tion, than the laws governing our tax
ation system. At one time Oregon had
a mortgage tax law, wheh exempted
indebtedness. This law did not work
well, for the reason that the mort
gage was assessed where it was held,
instead of where the property covered
by the mortgage was located. Of
course, the loan companies moved their
headquarters out of the state, but kept
their agents in the state to make loans.
Yet the state received no taxes on
the mortgages, because they were held
in another state. The legislature, in
stead? of catching them by having the
mortgage assessed where the property
was located, repealed the law, thereby
throwing the burden entirely upon
the mortgagor. It seemed to me at
that time to be very unfair and unjust,
but when I would mention It, I was
told that it was' all right and that
bunch of lawmakers knew what they
were doing. So, being Just a common
farmer, like hundreds of others, X
went along paying taxes on what I
owed as well as on what I owned. I
could not see why it was just and
right, but I had so much, confidence
ln tbe Wisdom of those legislators
that I really thought it must be right,
regardless of my own opinion, else
they would not have fixed it that
way. -, " .. , -
Once upon a time there was a man
who was very ill. .The doctor was
called, but when he arrived the patient
had 'sunk Into a comatose state; the
doctor failing' to feel the pulsation of
the heart.. said: "My dear woman, sad
aa it may seem, must inform yoo
that-your husband is dead." The hus
band revived sufficiently to catch the
last four words of the sentence, raised
his hand to his head, and said: "I
am not dead."; .- But the trustful wife
unshaken in her - confidence . in the
doctor's Judgment, said: "Now, John,
lie down and he still for you know, the
doctor knows best." VV
Now, that is. what I hare been, doing
for, lo. these many years, thinking the
doctor knows best. - But now I have
decided to speak up and find out
if I jon dead. , -:
A farmer arrives in Oregon and
wishes to buy a farm. - He has only
$1000. He finds that with the present
- AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Hotel keepers of Baker have been
given until ianuary 21 by the local
authorities to equip their buildings
with -fire escapes.
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"Austria." remarks the Eugene Reg
ister, "has an archduke who is named
Kugene. Here's betting he distin
guishes himself,':
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All-embracing optimis'm character
ises the Coquille Sentinel's view of the
situation; lor it says: "Th business
outlook for 1,915 is excellent. Every
thing that is not now will soon be
on the up-grade."
The street committee of the Astoria
city council is reported to have out
lined a plan of extensive street
provetnent tor the preseat year
which Includes th hard-surfacing of
several thoroughfares and the. widen
ing and grading of others.
Gold Hill News: When you meet the
perpetual pessimist, hawking hfs.tale
of woe and hard times, gratis to-the
glad world, look him straight in the
gloomy eye and articulate: "S-u-g-a-r
b-e-e-t-s!" If that doe8n"t fetch him
out of the slough of despond, have no
more to do with him.
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Baker Herald: A good way to aid a
it is dedicated next month. The sis-
ters who are responsible for the build-)
ing have issued an invitation to lodges,
benevolent organizations and Individ
uals to furnish a room which will be
named after tne donor.
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In an invitation to homeseeklng
easterners the Condon . Globe says:
"There is plenty of room here, for
only two thirds of the deeded land in
Gilliam county is farmed, and in addi
tion to this there are at least 250,000
acres of government land in Gilliam.
It is true that much of. the govern
ment land is rough, .but there is left.
?pen to homestead much that is good
arm land."
No, real thrift practice means some -
thing else. It means getting for tho
Hrhllc... VAl. a WMlBAMMWl ...
icium
measured by the -cost of production,
We're learning this, too I dont havo
J.TU .I 1 ine Dr1 valu ln an
automob le offered In this country la a
-rJ f hinestly TOade .an4 6ld at
a modest advance over its cost to
ii mignt De possiDie that the book
orrerea 10 me zor witn the toy Dank
thrown in as a premium, would so ln-
crease my desire to be thrifty and my
w.iuwieusB i nieinoas uai j. eouia ai-
ford U pay much more for It.
It might but here, again, I hesi-
tate. Do I need a text book on thrift
and saving to start m on tha right
road or to keep mo there? I don't
think I need a book to tell me that
V? JTi,rt . '.8 dsirable the day-by-day
difficulties of making ends meet'is the j
best spur I can find. After I decide
that it is 'worth while to save and
prV,Ce ? J mlfht include that
a little home bank into which I can,
drop dimes or nickels would b worth
wyns-
Aii rignt, Dut wny pay rive times
what.it is worth?" No, real thrifi
is
learnea m more practical ways..
A FEW SMILES
An old colored man, charged withJ
stealing chickens, waa ii,ni ,
court and was incriminating himiri
when the judge j-
' You ought to
have a lawyer.
Where's your - law
yer?" "Ah . ain't got no
lawyer, jedge," said
the old man.
"Very well, then,"
said his honor. "I'll assign a lawyer
10 aeiena you." -
"Oh, no, suh; no, suh. Please don't
do dat," the darky begged.
"Why not?" asked the judge. "It
won't cost you anything. Why dorft
you want a lawyer?"
Well, jedge. Ahll tell you, suh,"
said the old man. waving his tattered
.old hat confidentially. "Hit's Jest dis
way. .Ah wan' tuh enjoy dem chick
ens mahse'f."
A senator from-a southern state al
ways has an abundance of
southern tales at his command.
good
Here
is one he tells of
some friends of his
who were visiting in
Savannah not" long
ago who chartered
an old broken-down
hack; driven by - a
negro. The old fel
low was a native,
and, of-1 course, was
on his Job in pointing out all the places
of Interest along the route. As tfcf?
Jogged ! along out In the suburb
Ta
squirrel appeared . in the road. That
was sufficient to arouse Intense inter
est in one of the party, "who inquired
anxiously: .
"Do you have any big game around
here?" -
"Yes, suh; indeed, Buh," replied the
darky; e has baseball." Harper's
Magazine.
J "How about ths sanitary conditions
at your hotel? Is
everything healthy?"
asKea j impson.
"Waal," said the !J
rural proprietor,
"nobody never keteh-
ed rrothin' at m
haouse what hadji'
been brought there
by some outsider. Judge,
inflated pricey of land, In order to
get a farm on which he can make
any money and support a family, he
must pay from 800 to $16,000. Now,
he decides to take! one at $12,000, pay
ing $4000 down arid giving a mort
gage for $8000, expecting to reduce
the debt year by ryear. But .the mo
ment he feives the mortgage be obligates-
himself to assume the-, burden
of taxation upon) the whole $12,000
farm, while in reality he only owns
one third of It. Still he is paying in
terest on $8000 of ', the purchase price,
while tbe man who) sold the farm may
loan the $4000 he received as first
payment on the farm to another man
and take a. mortgage and pay no taxes
at Jill, a -''.-' '
The doctors have-succeeded ln mak
ing their patients believe they were
dead, for a long time, but X do believe
they will yet. wake; up and show ani
mation by passing a measure exempt-?
"ing indebtedness where shown by the
records, and taxing- mortgages in the
county where the mortgaged property
is located. ; ,J, . P.. HUFFMAN. ;
Prom Baby Home Trustee.
Portland, Jan. 14. To the. Editor, of
The Journal At the annual meeting
of ' the' - trustees of - the Baby Home,
held last Monday, a vote of thanks
was extended to The Journal for the
beautiful notices you. -have given us
and kindly aid rendered during; the
year.
By order of the board of trustees of
the Baby Home. i - r - -r- , .
- t.. "IS AY CATS" ' -
By trad lockiay Spachd Staff Writer ft
-" Tba Joornal,
- In 1852 troops were sent to Port
Orford as Captain Tlchenori thought
there was the making of a seaport
there," said William H. Pack wood T of
Baker, the last surviving, delegate of
the state constitutional convention ot
1857. "Lieutenant Stanton sent out
Second Lieutenant Stoneman with
detail of seven men to ' explor
a route from the coast to the main
road running from the Wlllameto val
ley to the California mines. Lleuten.
ant Stoneman went from , th main
im-4camp of the troops on Woodward's
pi,i. . 7 .
Prairie to the Oregon-California road
at Grave's creek in three days, but In
coming back they became lost in tbi
mountains and wandered for days until
they were worn out and nearly starved.
Finally Lieutenant Stoneman asked
for a volunteer to go In search of tht
main camp. They were in the Jndtan
country and were Bhort of, ammuni
tion. : Martin Manly spoke up and
said, "Lieutenant, 111 go.' Tho lieuten
ant gave him part of his cartridges and
juamy took a good look around at tha
oee llne- Tha lieutenant eat . and
watched him as far .aa possible, and
, then got up and said, "Coma on men."
They followed Manly's course until
nightfall and camped.
"Manly's course put him -on th
headwaters of the south fork -of
the Coquille.. He followed the cours
of the river toward the : coast.
That night I. killed a , cub
bear and roasted and ate all he wanted.
Next morning at about 11 o'clock: h
reached Stanton's camp on Woodward's
Frairie. That afternoon Stoneman and
the others reached camp. Manly had
outtraveled them and got in six hoori
before they did. They wrere a hunghy,
ragged and almost naked crew, ThU
shoes were worn out and their cloth
ins torn into raen. Thev hurl hn nm
' 18 da vs.
bad traveled every day. They had losli
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an meir muies ana saddles and camp
outfit.
"Lieutenant Stanton became' very
wneasy after they were out 14 days,
He thought they had gone over on th
Rogue river side and had trouble with
the Indians. He sent Lieutenant ,Wil-
i llamson and myself to Port Orford itO
Lieutenant Wyinan. who was In com
mand there. . to send men, mules and
supplies back with ns. Lieutenant Wy,
man gave us all the men and supplies
, he could spare and we started for
( Stanton's camn. i
"At what we called Blackberry camp,
on the divide between Rises river and
Flora creek. - we met Stanton's whole
command, with "the lost men. Jaks
Soraers, an old settler of Port Orford.
later owned Blackberry camp, and may
yet. If he is still alive. That night
they told me about their trip and
showed me the gold quart. My bunklc,
RORS McKenna, told me where they
had found the ledge from which ths
rich specimens of gold quartz came.
"Two men usually apliced the':r bed-
ding and slept together. Kach trooper
was allowed one red blanket and on 9
horse blanket. We spread the tiijrsJ
blankets on th ground and used the
other two for covers. We used our
saddles for pillows. Men sleeping tn&
way .were called rbunkles.' . ' " " - ::
; "his ended hunting for a route from
Port Orford to th Oregon trail.
"The first tim T ever saw Lieuten
1 ant George' W, Stoneman was In' Br
noma. California, in 1850, at fn
daneo dance. Ho was a second HpVi
I tenant' of company C,- First United
States dragoons, and in full regicbentsl
uniform. He was. six feet. tallnd'a
fine dancer, and seemed to enjoy every
minute of the dance. Later, In 1SS2,
he wa. with our company, at Port Or
ford. He was very persistent and seit
confldent. as is ' proved byTiis 'trying
to lead his men wlien lost for 15 days
in the Rogue river mountains, before
giving the lead to any of the men
with him.
! "He was cheerful, rather abrupt in
manner and would pitch in- and Tie!n
pack our mules and never took a back
! seat in ramp or appeared to feel or
assume that-.ne was any oette tnaa
we were and' -was ever willing ,to take
pot luck. He wss born in New York
state ln 1822 and was graduated from
West Point in 18-16. - When the Civil
war broke out he was in Texas in com
mand of Fort Brown. General Twiggs,
his commanding officer, Instructed
him to mirrender to the. Confederate
forces. He refused to obey this com
mand' ,and escaped with all his 'troops
to the' north. He became chief of cav
alry In the army of the Potomac. He
led a daring cavalry raid toward Rich
mond. He and his troops were cap
tured in-Georgia and made prisoner
for. three months. Later he bad hl
revenge by. capturing, a force of Con
federate soldiers in- North Carolina.
He retired from the army in -1871,
settled in California, and In 1883 he
was elected governor of California. -
The Birth of Tradition.
From the Detroit News.
We In Detroit are privileged now to
t beholthe beginning of a Christinas
1 tradition. It La made P of the old
observances and new one., peculiar
ly metropolitan and modern. -
A decade ago Christmas was a home
holiday lh America, except for fes
tivities ln churches.' It has lost .one
of its ' hbme " significance, -and- has
gathered unto itself- a new' pnrposa.
Christmas he's become socialized, ;
Charity atitkis season is no inno
vation. But the spirit and method
of our charity are new; what for
merly was regarded - as charity now
has become a privilege and those
who 'enter fully Into the Joys of
Christmas spend a good part of their
imeansan energies . In helpfulness.
fhey Illumine the day for those wh
aweii in tne enaaows or poverty ana
misfortune arid, since ChrUftma is
the-children's own, they see to it that
childhood . is supplied ;with bright
takens for the present and .bright
memories for all, the years to come.
; The '' municipal .Christmas tree is 3.
monument to --the new ideal. Carol
singing, revival of an old mother
country ' custom, is established again
as a practice ln the very heart ot our
cities. From the. municipal Christ
mas tree radiates the light of a better
era, an era of good -will and brother
hood. , Today's children, will be , proud to
recall, half a century hence that they
saw tbe manifestations of a splendid
awakening. .-.--'. -: . . , .
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r Illustrated magazine; of quality.
Woman's' pages of : xfe - merit .
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