THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10,. 1915
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Henjamtn & Keutnor Co.. Branswtck Bids.,
Fifth ae.. New : Xore, . 12 - People's
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tlfies;. compulsory reporting of ao' to respond to a call to arms when
cidents by owners or drivers, and they are needed by their country
more rigid enforcement of traffic ; These men are to report to head
orainances. j quarters four times a year and to
New York recognizes the fact pay .23 cents" annually to defray
that it is the reckless automobile rth cost of keeping the records.;
driver,; who must be reached, and
it is to the credit of automobile
Whatever may be thought about
the necessity- of an American re-
Subacription terina '.it uall or to amr adr
-deaa- In 4b Coiled Stntee or Mexlcot
DAILY "'
One year ....... $5. 00 Oce montb. M
SUNDAY '
One rear. ...... $2.00 i One mouth. ..... S3
DAILY AND SDNDAI
One year .... ....S7.SU I One mootb-....-. -69
Common sens is, of all
kinds, the most uncommon. It
implies (food judgment, sound
"discretion, and true and prac
tical wisdom applied to com
mon life. Tryon Kdwards.
owners generally that they are serve army, there can be no two
fining to submit to regulations m ways of thinking about the meth-
oraer mat the comparatively lew -0d of organizing it. Any military
may be either brought to their measures undertaken! in this coun-
senses or excluded from the streets, try should ;be under direction of
s the nation itself. An American
JOHN H. MITCH ELIi Legion organized and controlled
: tby private individuals would be
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ine . laminar nsme ui iu , The men ; behind thls movement
late senator Mucnen, or ; 5ay their purpose is to make a rec
grave and displayed conspicuously 8uited to mIlitary service. If such
cruet cartoon on me .nrst t Apnpri , riftSirahi it Khr,nld h
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JITNEY REGULATION
W
HY should we all be so in
dignant over tjie fact that
a puny competitor has ap
peared to challenge the
page of a recent issue of the Phila
delphia North American.
' Even an unrelenting nemy of
the dead senator would regret if
mot resent the picture. The pur
pose of the cartoon 'is to throw
fear Into Pennsylvania state sen
ators who appear as attorneys for
corporations before ,the public ser
vice commission. The figure pt
the former Oregon senator appears
along with that of former Senator
Joseph R. Burton, of Kansas, who
streetcar company?
Why is the city hall so stirred was convicted criminally for prac-
up lest the receipts of the street- ticing before the postofflce de
car business suffer, loss of a few partment while a senator of the
nickels through jitney competition? ! United States.
- Who is busied with the. issue of! There was so much persecution
whether or not the Jitneys -are suf-fof Senator Mitchell while he was
kept by, the government itself,
The country does not want an
organized lobby for use In forcing
the United States into militarism
with all its evils.
STILL ELUCIDATING
A"
fering- from the streetcar competi
tion? Are the jitneys in; the out
law class, a sort of pestilence
alive, that, more than nine years
after his death, his name is enti
tled to the charitable consideration
which we are unable bo far to get of mankind. At least, for the rea
rid of? I eon that he never was clad in pris
on stripes, there is no need for
A very, very busy agent of one
of the city, commissioners has as
certained, he says, i that the gross
receipts of. the average jitney in criminal
an eight-hour day are $2.57, and. No man suffered more from the
that the jitneys, are cutting down , pangs and tortures of persecution.
GAIN the spoilsmen's law has
been elucidated. Never was
there so much explaining.
Moser has explained. Day
has explained. Thompson has ex
plained. The Oregonian does noth
ing but explain. In Its latest elu
cidatlon, the Oregonian answers
The Journal's four questions. Its
answers are long, and can be given
but in part. Here they are:
Question Why did the Senate
stand ready to beat the compensa
tion bill if' the House refused to
pass the spoilsmen's bill?
Answer. -"There was ho spoils-
him to be dragged from his last j men's bill."
sleep to be exploited, as a noted
the receipts of the streetcar com
pany 866" per day. In the midst
of his busy investigations and cal
culations on the harm to the
streetcar business, did he ever fig
ure out how much the army of
The offense of which he was con
victed wa3 more the prodvet of a
day and a system than of a real
lack of moral standard. Others a
hundred fold more guilty waxed
rich from the processes of: that
; the unemployed is increased by the j time and system, and have Ion
absorption of public money by pub-
lie employes who engage in un
necessary and foolish enterprises?
There is no use of so much hys
teria over the jitneys. They will
not kill off the streetcar company.
They will not bring about a re
duction of the streetcar service.
They have already forced a far
better service. They will not throw
ctreetcar employes out of employ
ment. They are making more em
ployment for them by forcing the
use of more cars.
aieanwhile, if $2.57 is the daily
average revenue per jitney, the
unemployed men who have en
tered into the jitney business as a
means of survival witi presently
find a more remunerative employ
enjoyed the fruits without ever
being called to a reckoning in the
courts or at the bar of public
opinion. .
For his shortcoming. Senator
Mitchell paid the forfeit with his
life. His closing years were filled
vith wounds and anguish.
In death, the whisperings of men
should at least be as merciful to
him as are the Winter blasts.
THE MEANING OP CELILO
N
EV things will come to pass
when the Celilo canal is
opened. Walla Walla is
preparing to build a paved
highway, a distance of 3 4 miles,
to Wallula, the nearest shipping
ment, and the great economic law : point on the Columbia river., ' The
of survival of the fit will supply ' walla waua commercial ciud nas
most of the regulation necessary j published figures claiming that the
for the jitney business. saving in freight which can be
made by trucking grain by auto
j to steamboats on the river will
i pay for the road in a single year.
IGIIWAY traffic in Mult-1 The Walla Walla papers print the
nomah county has become so ' following as the findings of the
heavy that the macadam Commercial club:
road, which was the best 1 Figures prepared" by the Corn-
type of highway before the advent : mercial club in support of the pro
of ihe automobile and auto truck, j Sart ?he
will no longer sustain the burden shipper, either through rates to be
placed upon it. The growing cost secured "by truck hauling or by rc
if nnlfAPn la horrminp- arrasglva i duction of rates forced from the rail-
A PRESSING DEMAND
H'
that.it is better economy to hard j lt ls estimated
surface the main highways. While hauled to the river for 75
freight
That is to say, a spoilsmen's
bill is not a spoilsmen's bill. A
bill so drastic that it wipes out
the definite term of every appoint
ive official and gives the appoint
ing power the right to remove all
appointees and supersede them
with new appointees, is "not a
spoilsmen's bill. Senator Moser
says it is not a spoilsmen's bill,
but a "step forward."
Question W7hy was the spoils
men's bill kept out 'of reach of
the people by attaching the emer
gency clause to it?
Answer. "Because a necessity
existed."
And the "necessity" was the
Senate machine's desire to get
present public employes out so as
to make room for getting other
appointees in. That was the main
purpose of programmed consolida
tions. By re-arranging the com
missions, provision was to be made
in each case for a change of of
ficials. It was in reality the crea
tion of spoils for spoilsmen,
brought about in such a way as to
hide the real purpose under a
bogus cry of economy.
Thus, the consolidation of the
state highway -engineer with the
state engineer, which was actually
made, doesn't save a cent,, and, in
fact, kills efficiency. But it cre
ates a job to be filled by appoint
ment. It Is . example of how the
consolidation talk was a big bogus
scheme of so-called economy, the
real purpose of which was to get j
rid of public officials who refused i
to be subservient to contractors
r
and other special interests and
make room for officials wanted for
its own purposes by the machine
. I That was the "necessity." The
cents a honest House recognized the game,
moval at any time or anywhere on
any pretext. It is a system that
would make Tammany wild with
envy. .; ; :-
W00DR0W WILSON'S
TWO YEARS' RECORD
R
the original cost is heavy the sav
ing in maintenance is large. Low
first cost means high maintenance
cost. High first cost means small
maintenance cost.
A bond Issue of one million and
a quarter dollars to pave approxi
mately seventy miles of the prin
cipal roads of the county will, on I
the present assessed valuation, cost
the individual taxpayer for the
bond period of ten years, fifty-six
cents per year. .
. It is important that main trav
eled ' roads be permanently im
proved as soon as possible. When
this is done the improvement of
lateral roads or feeders will come
easily and naturally until every
thoroughfare in the county has
heen improved.
- Portland is, per capita, one of
the richest cities in the world.
It is entitled to a system of trunk
roads that will give a respectable
appearance to its environments.
COST OF RECKLESSNESS
E
IGHTEEN persons were killed
by automobiles last month in
New. York City. Eight were
killed in February. 1914.
The trolley-car's toll in lives last
(month was only five, half as much
as a .year ago.
f These figures, given out by the
National " Highways Protective So
ciety, are being used as an argument
for the licensing of all drivers of
motor, cars. A bill has been pre
pared for submission to the legis
lature.and an effort will be made
to secure its enactment Into law.
- An -analysis of New York's au
tomobile death record for last year
shows that more than two-thirds
Of tTio accidents occurred at cross
' tngs i or corners, and that fully
eighty per cent were the fault of
operators 1 in turning corners at
high speed ; without any. warning
to the pedestrian. Most of the ac
cidents which occurred in the cen
ter of streets could not have been
avoided by the automobile drivers,
the victims, practically all chil
dren, running directly in the path
of moving ci.rs.
A citizens' committee has recom
mended, , in addition to the li
censing of all drive rs, the revoca
tion of license for a month, a
year- or. totally, if the offense jus-
ton, as against $1.60, the present
rate. From Wallula to Astoria the
rate' by water will be $1.25 a ton,
while now It is $3.65, making a total
saving of $1.65 a ton. The road pro
posed is to be built With a five-inch
concrete base, asphalt top and be 18
feet in width.
The wheat raisers and business
men off Walla Walla are thoroughly
in earnest over the proposed road.
The open river offers tremendous ad
vantages over the present freight
rates and the saving to the what
raisers In Walla Walla valley alone
In a single season would probably
pay for the road.
Kennewick, by popular vote, has
created a port district for erecting
and maintaining public ware
houses, docks and terminals, and
Pasco is preparing to take the same
action. The Kennewick Courier
Reporter says of the preparations
on the upper Columbia:
We do riot know wnat the future
of the river traffic will be, but we
do know that every live and wide
awake community from Astoria to
Lewiston Is getting ready to reap to
the fullest the benefits of this new
and cheap means' 'Ot transportation.
All this mfs a new meaning for
Portland. When Vancouver, Gol
dendale, Pasco, Kennewick, Walla
Walla, Lewiston, and other Wash
ington and Idaho cities become pe
cuniarily interested In the Columbia
Tiver, there will be a new and
strong interest by Washington and
Idaho delegations at Washington
in the further Improvement of the
great waterway with which the
interests of Portland are so closely
allied. ;
It also means that there is go-
Ups to be a future great com
merce on tne river, and that Port
land for once, must be alert and
active or. survive to behold this
commerce passing by her gates to
other and more . aggressive pojnts
down the river. ?
THE AMERICAN LEGION
G'
EXERAL WOOD, commanding
the eastern department of
the army, denies that he has
had ; any official connection
with the i American Legion move
ment to raise reservists. No other
statement: from General Wood
could have been expected,
Promoters of this movement
hope "ta crystallize sentiment for
military preparedness. They have
organized! in an effort to secure
the- names ;of 3 00,000 men willing
t refused to be a party to it, and
then the spoilsmen's bill was
hatched out as the real "necessity
and kept out of the reach of the
people by the emergency clause.
Question. Why did the Senate
bosses demand, the spoilsmen's bill
even at the personal sacrifice by
the governor of signing the bill
after he promised the grange that
he would veto emergency clause
bills unnecessary "for the immedi
ate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety?"
Answer. There were no men
In the Senate who could be truth
fully termed bosses. Governor
Withycombe . did not violate his
pledge because an emergency In
fact existed."
The Senate bosses . were not
bosses. They were leaders. Sen
ator Day was not a doss. He was
a leader. Senator Moser was not
a boss. He was a leader. Nobody
was a boss. All were leaders in
the noble cause of a greater Ore
gon. Governor Withycombe did not
violate his pledge because an
emergency existed.. It was an
emergency like that under which
a new judgeship was created for
Lake county, th,e bill for which
carried the semergency clause de
claring that the measure should go
into effect as soon as signed by
the governor "for the immediate
preservation of the public peace,
health and . safety." If supplied
with circuit judges In the same
ratio to population as "Lake county
is supplied by this great emergency
measure, Multnomah county would
have more than fifty circuit
judges. '
Question. - - If the spoilsmen's
bill is suoh. a masterpiece of legis
lation, why is every civilized gov
ernment in the world, Oregon ex
cepted, extending and perfecting
civip service as a means of getting
rid of spoilsmen and spoils?
Answer.- ?'The tendency of civil
service extension is not toward in
clusion of heads of state depart
ments, who solely are affected by
the Moser law; It is represented
by the short ballot movement." "
The Moser law is the spoils
men's law. It is not a "short bal
lot" measure but a short shrift
measure. ; Jt subjects - every ap
pointee on the state payroll to re-1 new era
From World's Work.
IGHTLT or wrongly, the Ameri
can , people have Interpreted cer
tain passage In President Wil
son's Indianapolis speech as an an
nouncement that he is definitely a
candidate for a second term. Prob
ably the average American needed no
authoritative assurance of this kind.
If any president, judged simply on
the basis of achievements, seemed
destined to a renominatlon, Presi
dent Wilson is certainly that man.
The Democratic party selected him. In
1912, as the one possible candidate
upon whom its several discordant
elements could unite; so far Mr. Wil
son has succeeded In holding the or
ganization "together.
Mr. Wilson, it may safely be as
sumed, will be renominated. What
claims can he establish to reelection
Is he stronger or weaker than he
was three years ago?' Has the at
tritlon of the presidential office
worn him down so that he now
V
stands revealed a somewhat less ef
fectlve figure than he appeared when
fresh from his struggles with the
bosses of New Jersey? His most
caustic critics would hardly accuse
him of this. Mr. Wilson, as presi
dent, is merely a continuation of
Mr. Wilson as governor.. Aside from
definite legislative achievements
tariff laws, currency reforms, trade
commissions Mr. Wilson . has intro
duced one definite idea into American
political life. Because of his career,
American politics can .never be pre
cisely the same thing that it was
before. This one Idea is that of party
leadership.
When he left Princeton university
tj become governor of New Jersey
he entered upon that office Vith one
outstanding determination. That was
that the voters, by electing him.
had appointed him the leader of their
party. Until then certain unofficial
persons, who skulked about the legis
lative chamber, had performed this
service. But Mr. Wilson brushed
them aside, and, in the full light of
publicity, led the Democratic party
himself. He led in framing the leg
islative program and in assisting it
through the legislature; he even went
so far 8js to attend the party caucu
and Join in its deliberations. In
Washington. Mr. Wilson transferred
this procedure to the national admin
istration. The leadership of the
Democratic party, with its conflicting
interests and personal ambitions, nat
urally strained this political idea to
its completest test; the fact that Mr,
Wilson has succeeded -abundantly at
tests the forcefulness of his own
character and his immense political
skill. The plan is a sound one and
makes for political morality. Irre
sponsible bossism has never affected
the central government as it has the
state organizations; at times, how
ever a lack of cooperation between
the president and congress and a
lack of leadership have given an Ir
responsible and aimless character to
the government. , No president has
seen so clearly as Mr. Wilson the
way to check any such tendency. We
have had presidents who wavered
and conciliated; we have had presi
dents who stormed and blustered; we
have seldom had a man who took the
responsibility so steadily and who
followed so straight and decisive
course.
This, then, is President Wilson's
great contribution to our political
philosophy and practice. -All sue
ceeding presidents are bound to shape
their conception of their office on
these lines. The theory and morality
back of the Wilson Idea , are simple
enough. He holds his title of lead
ership' not from a political conven
tion or from political bosses or cor
porate Influence he holds . it from
the people who elected him. He is
the one man In public life .whom
the voters of forty-eight states elect;
the one man, that is, who represents
the nation. By accepting this trust,
and using the legitimate powers of
his office to realize the popular as
pirations in legislation, Mr. Wilson
establishes a high claim to popular
regard. He has given the office a
new and high dignity; he has shown
that it possesses greater power for
usefulness than we had imagined;
and .certainly no president can have
succeeded more completely' than that.
It is because Mr. Wilson has as
serted this leadership that he ' has
succeeded so well. The Democratic
party has regenerated eur currency
system. The organization that failed.
under the vigorous sledge hammer
blows of Cleveland, to cariy out its
historic purpose; of reforming the
tariff, has made that purpose a real
ity under the skilful political pilotage
of Mr. Wilson. The baffling prob
lem of controlling great corporations
lias been helped toward a solution.
The president, like his Democratic
predecessor Cleveland iias - intro
duced an unusual standard of Ideal
Ism into- public life. Mr. 'Cleveland
refused to take advantage- of the
weakness of Hawaii and ordered
hauled down the American flag that
' revolution had raised, o Similarly
Mr. Wilson has refused to profit by
the distracted condition '.of ; Mexico
to rob a people of Its liberty. The
great European convulsion has given
him an opportunity' to practise this
idealism on a, greater scale, and the
president la rising to this occasion.
In two .years he has . unquestionably
become .the dominating figure In the
country. . .. .
r.iade the: presidency as near to re
sponsible leadership as our form of
government allows. What has this
leadership accomplished In . legisla
tion? : ;
. It ls now just two years since the
present administration and, the Demo
cratic party came into completa con
trol of the government. . It is a fair
time to tal.e stock of Its achieve
ments. ;
The Underwood tariff ls an honest
fulfillment , of the promises of the
Democratic party. In Its pasage
there was none of ' the Illegitimate
influence of particular " Industries
upon the schedules affecting them
which disgraced previous tariff acts.
i The old fashioned Washington lobby
Is as extinct as the dodo. The effect
of this tariff on industry is difficult
to decipher because even , if times
were normal there has hardly been
time to get any clear results. The
country in general has accepted the
act with approval. It fulfilled a
Democratic promise of half a cen
tury and a promise made and broken
by the preceding administration.
The Income tax which was passed
with the tariff is a big step toward
direct taxation and, therefore, toward
the public's understanding . of what
it pays. Of the main purpose and
principles of the act there -Is little
complaint. A certain number of
people object to the exemption of
Incomes less than $300& and many
complain of the regulations under
which the tax is collected.
The federal reserve act is the first
Important constructive legislation in
finance since the Civil war, and is
in itself sufficient to make the Wil
son administration a notable one In
the history of the country. The ad
mirable selection of members of the
federal reserve board and its energy
since formation have made the bene
fits of the act Immediately effective.
The third major promise made be
fore election was met by the passage
of the Clayton anti-trust measure.
The prohibition off Interlocking di
rectorates is one which the common
law and common morals should long
ago have effected. The creation of
the federal trade commission; -should
help greatly to simplify and ex
pedite the enforcement of the Sher
man act, to the great benefit of pro
ducer and consumer alike.
In dealing with Mexico the presi
dent has not gotten Mexico out of
trouble nor ourselves In it. The ef
fectiveness of our administration in
the Philippines has been diminished.
On the other hand our relations
with South America have :been much
improved.
The deficiencies of the army and
navy which this administration in
herited have not been greatly les
sened. The navy got one more oat
tleshlp than usual last year -b-ut
seems to have lost in morale. The
army has made some Improvement in
equipment but nothing very far
reaching has been accomplished.
'
This two-xear record, with all its
deficiencies, contains more wise, far
seeing and constructive statesman
ship than any two years in this gen
eration. If, as some believe, grant
ing the legislation ls good, there has
been too much of lt, the fault H3
not so much with Mr. Wilson as with
his amiable predecessor. " Most of
these measures were long overdue.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
.f
Even men who cay but little talk
100 much
;
A genius is a man who seldom makes
good at iu
TrVinj
g to dodge work tires
men than hard labor.
i
more
Haste makes ' some people waste a
lot. of other people's time.
Hatred Is often the result of know
ing but one side of a person.
The less a man thinks of his neigh
bor the more he admires himself. ;
.
Most women are born leaders and
most men are born followers thereof.
i : .
It is easier to break the Will of a
dead man than the will of a live wo
man. ; '
!
The thing's that come to those who
wait are apt to be stale ,by the time
they arrive. ;
.
There is rio need of a child labor law
to keep children from working too
much at home. " ' ; . ,
;
Sometimes a man longs foiv tomor
row, because he is ashamed of what
he didn't do today. - j
As a rule, a man never has so little
to do that he can't persuade himself
that he is overworked.
. . j
Unless you have more dollars- than
sense' do not expect others to consider
your troubles interesting. i
;
It pleases the average man more to
have a woman tell him that he is. the
first man she ever loved than to havtf
her tell him the truth.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Grants Pass Courier relates the
adventure of Earl Johnson, who. with
a ."2 caliber special rifle, killed three
bears In a bunch, which he. encountered
on the, lower Rogue. V
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Stanfieid's council has authorized
the platting of a city cemetery and the
establishing of a nursery to constitute
a supply for municipal tree planting.
The black locust is the favored tree.
The North school "Carnival of Na
tions" at Corvallis , Saturday night
brought about $100 for the piano fund.
Seven hundred visitors were counted,
and it is estimated that more than
200 were turned away.
A concert, dance and vaudeville
show jhas 1aeen announced by the Ba
ker concert band to take place March
22. the proceeds' to be applied to the
band's fund for the San: 1'rancisco fair
trip. . - i ;
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'Concluding an editorial article on
the build-it-now proposition, the Baker
Democrat asks: "Why not set
things going just now, and save kick
ing yourself In a year or two becaue
you were asleep during the year 1915?"
Lakeview Examiner: i The editor of
the Merrill Record :now threatens to
go to Klamath Falls and start a news
paper . because the county court gave
the county printing to the Evening
Herald. You women work In miracul
ous ways your vengeance to perform.
i ...
tir, - rr-tnr-A Trihiine! For attrac
tive scenery and for sports and pleas-,1
ure trips or various kuhi, uj
in the state can offer more induce
ments to the tourist than Port Orford.
Her agate picking, clam digging, mus
sel gathering, fishing lake stream
or deep sea hunting and scenic beau
ties are unsurpassed, and will bring
hundreds of people here when fully
known and appreciated. 1 - .
SIGNS POINT IN MANY DIRECTIONS
By,fJ6hn M. Oskison.
Lately the Pennsylvania railroad
put out a large issue of long term
bonds paying per cent interest on
par; before the general public had any
chance to buy they were selling above
103. The bayer's return on an invest
ment in these bonds would be Just a
little over 4 per cent.
Here ls striking confirmation of the
testimony of our big city banks that
there is more money on hand than can
be profitably used.
As predicted in m these articles, the
end of 1914 saw 'the wiping out of
America's great Indebtedness to Eu
rope and before the year ended we
actually got back some $4,000,000 in
gold.
Business failures in December, 1914,
were greater in number than in the
same month the year before, but losses
were considerably Jighter, a great
many of December's failures being diie
to -temporary financial embarrassment.
When confidence is restored they will
be solvent again. -
If our farmers were to sell all their
farm products their last year's in
come would be $11,000,000,000. Here
is evidence that there's money to
spend In abundance. And we'll spend
it, never fear! "
If we cooperate to put oir ample
capital into factories and Industries
that will help to take care of a per
manent home demand, rather than into
providing for the temporary war needs
of the nations of Europe, our new pros
perity will last. It ls said that even
now.'whlle the war is In progress, we
are importing every day $2,000,300
worth of goods we can supply for our
selves. "We have an abundance of reason,"
says a banker in close touch with
business "for believing: that general
business will Increase materially dur
ing the current year." You and I
ought to share it,- and our money ought
to be more profitably employed.
Available figures show that busi
ness is still below normal; yet as the
months pass we can see an increasing
rate of convalescence. ' The lever l
gone and the patient is getting back
his strength. j
T7 Tx 1
OREGON COUNTiYS,
"W LARLY DAYS"
By fred LocaUy. Spactat Stjuf Writar ol
n JouroaL
Letters From the People
real estate sharks and commferciat
bodies. . And what do they find when
they have been here a'Tew days? Widespread-
destitution and poverty, as bad
or worse than in the eastern cjties. i
Uet gentlemen cease talking scenery
and roads exclusively and center their
efforts on building factories and open
ing up the resources of then state,
thereby giving employment to the poor
devil with a family so that he can get
tor his labor a little of the wealth
that lays hidden away in the banks Of
our city. A few factories that would .
employ" a thousand men wouw oe oi
more benefit to the people of our city
in one year than the silk stockiug
crowd .would be in a decade.
JAMES SALI'ON.
A FEW SMILES
Gloom' (In restaurs
ed 15 minutes for
his soup Walter,
have you ever -been
to the zoo?
Waiter No, sir.
Gloom Well, you
ought" to go. You'd
enjoy watching , the
tortoises whiz past.
"TV liT
(Communications Bent to Toe Journal for
publication in tbia department should be writ
ten on only one side vt the paier. should not
exceed kJ words in length aud muat.be ac
companied by the name and address of toe
cenaer. 11 tne writer does not desire to Cut
the name published, he should so state.)
"Dticnsslon ls the greatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes everything lt touches. It robs
rluclples o( all false tuucUty and throws them
buck on their reasonableness. Jt they hT
no reasonableness, it ruiulesaly crushes them
out of existeuce and sets up lis own cunclusioua
it tbelr stead. Woourow vvilsoa.
Prohibition's Date.
Eagle Point. Or., March 6. To the
Editor of The Journal have been a
constant reader of The Journal jfor the
past nine or 10 years and greatly ap
preciate your candor and the fairness
with which you treat all questions
submitted to you. I see the statement
made in the New Republic, Oregon
Edition, of March 5, 1915, credited to
Elisha A. Baker, that the prohibition
law enacted by the last legislature and
signed-by the 'governor February 27,
1915, will go into effect, and be the
law of Oregon in 90 days from the
time of the adjournment of the legis
lature. ls( that statement correct?
Also, where can I get a copy of the
aforesaid law. H. C. A.
A IMea for Womankind.
Portland, March 8. To the Editor of
The Journal A news Item upon which
my, eye has fallen opens thus:- "The
legislature In session just ended ap
pears to have frowned upon certain
measures desired by the ladles of the
state. The ladies -voiced their dis
pleasure.' I have undertaken to voice my own
ideas on the subject, in verse, for your
letter column:
i
Oh wiy, in this fair nation :
-ifhould woman have to, plead .
Por righteous legislation
That her lovelines be freed.
Prom woe and desolation.
To resume her natural place,
Where ordered by creation,
J As mothers of the race? j
To beautify the home and be j
s From sweatshop freed at last, j
The cry of nature wills that she
? Win back the place she lost.
Must womanhood forever toil .
a. a tvrant's ereed?
At pauper Wage our souls recoil.
; Sweet woman must be freed.
For we hear the voice of Nature
Calling through the years:
fO man, she is thy sister.
Go wipe away the tears.
Remember her who loved ithee
When in thy Infant days;
Recall thy tender years and see
Her pleading now for these.
i GEORGE H. SANDS.
"My dear," said a business man to
his wife as he was starting for the
office, "don't expect me home early
v 11 I tonight, as I will
m 1 have : to dictate 28
letters."
"All right " was
the response; "but
Wish i you wouldn't
work so hard.'
lie left his office
at the usual hour,
went to his cliib, and sat down at the
card table with three others.
"Just a moment, you fellows, before
we deal the cards. I v,e got to keep
my word with my wife! One of you
must take down what I dictate: 'A, b,
c. 'd e, f, g, h. 1, J. k, 1, m. n, o, p,
q, r,- s." t. u, v, w, x, y, x.' There,
those letters are off my mind
Mike (going down a- ladder) r-Hold
on, Pat. Don t yez
come on the ladder
till Oi'm down. It's
ould and cracked.
Pat (getting on) :
Arra, be aisy. It
would serve the boss
right if he had to
buy a new one.
the constitutional amendment takes
effect; that is, not . until January 1,
tib. me Anti-baloon league, Port
land, will furnish a copy of the act.J
The president has inaugurated . a
In Washington. . He has
Californian's Reproof Seconded. -
Portland, March 9. To the Editor of
The Journal In yesterday's Journal
appeared a letter from a Californlan,
who, with ot.iers. visited Portland.
looking over the field, intending. If
found promising, to make investments
here, "but after sizingMip the businesj
men and capitalists of Portland, re
turned to their home state with a
poor opinion of business as .conducted
here in the Rose City, by business men
in their efforts to build up a city.
Many others who reside in Portland
are of the same, opinion as the man
from California. Though " they havt
great value, it yet takes something
more than scenery, Rose Festivals and
tourists to : build up a city. The rich
men of Portland, and there are plenty
of them, rather prefer to hold their
wealth and let George, from abroad,
do the building up act, while they sit
in their dens, like a spider in its web,
watching and hoping for a chance to
pluck the newcomer, Instead of giving
him hearty support both morally and
financially.! It is a well known fact
that men with means who are look
ing for a place to invest give a wide
berth to any city that baa plenty of
men of wealth who are not willing to
Invest some Of that wealth in the-upbuilding
of their own city. The papers
of -Portland report what vast amounts
of money : are hidden away in the
vaults of the banks of the city., Tu
the .majority of the people of Oregon,
it might a well be five miles deep
in the Pacific ocean, as long as kept
from circulation among the people.
Many people from the eastern and mid
dle states have been brought here- by
the rosy and misleading .reports of I
The Woman in Public Office.
- Salem, Or., March . To the Editor
of The Journal I ask The Journal to
convev an i appreciation i
i.-ot,Vin Clarke. Representative Mar-
The law does not take effect until ! lan ! Towne and Commissioner Pern
Hobbs. from a BucKeye sister. ;
When I had a poem entitled Battle
Hymn of Woman" published in an Ohio
paper during the woman suffrage agi
tation there, the editor said the sen tf-.
ment was fine, but I would find that
when woman took an active part in
politics, held office and.J voted we
should find thelm swayed by the same
interests as were the majority of male
legislators, f I now point with pride
trinmnh to mv sisters of Oregon
and claim that I am vindicated. How
I thrilled when I heard Miss Clarke a
firm "aye" or "nay" that might, al
ways with the small minority, but on
the side of justice and for the welfare
of the people. It remained for a woman.
Miss Towne, to introduced the con
spiracy bill, i which, if passed, would
have saved the1 state a great deal-of
money, prevented the grafter from rob
bing the people. .compelled honest con
tracts and work, and Would have re
moved the Incentive for the passage of
the Moser bill. But the men didn't
want that bill! How often do we see
an official with a snug salary saying.
"I will give p my position If It Will
help you to i pass the worklngman's
compensation act?" or any other bill,
for that matter! He has bis position;
and his main object is to cling to It;
also to the salary!- i
"For the sake of the maimed, the
orphan, the widow, I will resign, if It
will i cause you to pass the Scheubel
bill.'' I am glad that Fern Hobbs con
sidered the welfare of the people, of
greater moment than her position ana
The Ragtime Muse
My Affinity.
Phe's plump and fair ;
With golden hair , !
' And face serene, and sunny.
She's worth to. me ' i
A lot, you see-' i
fche helps me earn my money.
Her costume new t
Of Belgian blue,
Her real lace cuffs and collar
Enchant me so, - .
Because 1 know
' They'll cost me not a dollar!
She's gracious, sweet. ;
And always neat
In gowns or simple dresses;
She's never pert i
She does not flirt I
' Or cause me sharp distresses.
This maid to me i
Would perfect be i
If she wre only slimmer!
Her weight's a tax e l
She's made of wax
And I'm a window trimmer!
of humanity come before all selfish in
terests. - . . ' ' L:
Let's have more women legislators.
Let's have a woman In the governor's
chair next time! "t
MRS. CLARK GILBERT.
The Spoilsmen's Kill.
Salem, Or., March 6.-To the Editor
of The' Journal Since the emergency
clause to the spoilsmen's bill ls uncon-i
stltutional, how ls If. this clause does
not invalidate, the bill?: Has such a
case ever 'been before the courts? .
' L. D. RATLIFFi ,j
Later The United States supreme
court has Just decided l against- the
'emergency under conditions very elmf-i
lar to this.. Now why not put this bill
up jto the court?' - : It.
A Challenge.
Gresham, Or., March IO.t-T the
Editor of The Journal I hereby chal
lenge John F.. Logan and John Manning
to a friendly fight, and L. W. O'Rourck,
thrown in, with Judges Kavanaugh,
Chief Justice Thomas A. McBrido,
in a recent talk to the students of
Willamette university at Sal;iiv aald:
"The history of the 1'oundlpg pf the
Methodist mission. In 1832. its strug
gles, discouragements, and 'triumphs,
have been the theme of many histor
ians. It was the first attempt at real
civilization in Oregon. It is true that
Americans founded the trading post
at Astoria, ' but this post was sub
sequently, abandoned; and when Jason
Lee and )hls associates arrived they
found the Hudson's Bay company In
control of the country and trade with
the savage. Civilisation was not the
object of this great corporation. In
fact, the filling of the country with a
civilized agricultural community would
have been directly contrary to Its In
terests by driving out the fur bearing
animals and thereby rendering .more
costly and difficult to obtain '..the
peltries from which U derived Its
profits. The Interest, therefore, of the
company was rather In perpetuating
savagery than iti promoting civiliza
tion. Upon this sci-ne and amid these
surroundings appeared Jason Lee and
his associates, primarily as mission
aries to Christianity and to civlllae the
Indian; and . also with the purpose,
never lost eight ot, to lay the founda
tion of an American community upon.
Oregon's virgin soil.
"It has been generally stated tlat'
the first attempt to found a civil gov
ernment was made at Champoeg on
May 2, 1843, but this is not wholly
true. As early as 1839 the little band
of missionaries to who.se efforts we
owe this present splendid . institution,
had with the acquiescence of the ftsw
American Bettlers and from sheer force
of necessity, appointed magistrates to
administer the law and protect life and
property. The Necessity 'arose in tiita
wise. The treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, made follow
ing the .war of 1812, provided for the
Joint occupation of the Oregon country,
but made no provision for Its govern
ment. The Hudson's Bay company by
its charter was authorized to try end
punish its employes for offenses .by
them, and James Douglas was ftp
pointed 9, Justice of the' peace' at Van
couver, and tried such offenses as were
committed by employes' and Indlann.
But it was not to be expected that
Americans would submit to bo tried
by these officials, and .they did not, so
the missionaries, assuming to act for
themselves and lh other American
settlers, established a court, appointed
magistrates, and proceeded to mete
out crude Justice to offenders arid lit
igants. Rev. David Leslie was the
first magistrate, and to show how ex
tensive -his Jurisdiction was, lt is re
corded that in 1839 one Thomas Hub
bard, long afterwards a respected citl-
sen of this county, shot and killed a
man who was attempting to burglar
ize his house in the nighttime. lis
was brought before the preacher Judge
who empanne'ed a jury, tried the de
fendant and acquitted him the flrt
trial by Jury west-of the Rocky moun
tains. So lt ls not going too far to
say that the founders of this Inntitu
tlon first instituted civil government
and trial by Jury In Oregon. And
among the half forgotten ' facts of
history let us remember that liev.
David Leslie, Methodist missionary,
was the first Judge and held the fifpt
American court in Oregon. There J
no detailed accoiuU of his official net1',
and the records of his court. If he
kept any, have disappeared.
"I have often wondered what Die
amateur jurist would, have done hud
the Jury convicted the defendant of
murder. There were no Jails or r""1--tentlaries.
and the magistrates would
have been under the necessity of de
vising a punishment to fit the t-rlmo.
Later in the unorganized portions of
the state during early mining -times I
have seen miners' .courts which m ttled
disputes as to the Vlght to mining
ground and have even sf-en purli arj
impromptu court try a case of hornlf
clde, wjhereby T the accuspd was senj.
tenced to death and actually execute'I,
the whole proceeding being conducted
with all the solemnity befitting a rpg
ular court of Justice with all the fair
ness of a regularly constituted court.!'
End of Skyrocket Finance. J
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
One definite and positive good whiifh
the country has secured by recent
legislation Is that there can never, )
another Rot k Inland. No future "Dan"
Reld and Judge Moore can, through the
Jugglery of two holding companies,
pijrchnse $75,000,000 of one railroad
ftock with $75,000.000-bonds end $H0,
000.000 of stock of the two paper com
panies. I
The era of . euch pyramiding hum
gone. The age -or floating scores et;
millions or watered siocK upon a gtjin
lRt nubile hun riiiHsod. The real crlma
of Rock Inland is that while the I in
siders are never fooled afterward' by
their own overcapitalizations, tha In
nni'inr siiitMfriera Tare fooled. The old
Chicago and Roclt Iland Railway jw if
a paying property, but when saddled
with a mountain of securities; lt
couldn't carry the interest load, j
Rivalries of such groups of finan
ciers as' the Harrlmans and the Rfldn
led to the wildest orgies of holding
companies, with secret underwriting
and bond issues sold to themselves, e
In the case of the Alton. They led,
as In the Instance of the Union Paclfl'-,
to actually fooling a Federal courjt by
transferring 300,000 sharps of iftook
tff an Individual director In ord4r to
prove that the railroad company lt.. If
lid not own a control or a paraiui
line. Mr. Reld may testify irntren
slvely in figures of nine nunifralH, but
the thousands who lnught Jtork Is
land's almost worthless nharesl will
never get bacn tneir nwiicy. inm.
unfortunately, li&e th days of sucti
pyramiding, is gone forever.
ivfipn You Look nt lour n.
Henry Churchill King In th DlkiefUor
'I'm only tellinjr you mm. wrne
Sony, one. "wnen rirei yu-wn mi
vour son's face, every failing of Jour
own will rie up to haunt you, btfiune
ou will wish for nothing on ;J(1 s
earth so much as that tlwt.l"y wliwlt,
have a fair show in life and he m bet
ter man than you. You will ;tlian
eaven for every good thing you know
f in your blood and In your wffe'H,
nd you .will regret every' meainnoHH,
every weakness, that he nmy Inherit, -more
than you knew it was in you to
regret anything." f
Salary. It as really raised her to s t Davis and McGinn as referees, with the
higher position In the eyes of honest
and unbiased people. .
It goes to prove my contention that
women will not let position, or "good
business policies,", blind her to what is
right. She has a larger outlook on
life, i Woman realizes that the ; beet
protection for br children is the pro-
understanding that , the whipped party
pays the lines. ic AUAM8
Addfc AVanted.
t'J'he writer who signed the initials
"A. Z." to' a letter printed in thene
columns Monday will greatly oblige
Thft 'Journal tf he will send his full
tectlon of all children; for the interests name and address, to the editor.
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