THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1916
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lr WOODROW WII.SON.
Zeal for he public good is
the characteristic of a man of
honor and a centlcman. and
must take the pieare f plfas
urea, profits, and ll other pri
vate grat If teat ions. Steele.
TAXED TO DEATH
jTf HEN will we ease up a lit
WJ tie in the tax exactions
V V that we pile up on raanu
5 facluring production?
We claim we want factorios.
rre tell about the advantage of
having them. But the most we do
to get them is to tax them. We
puke them pay a property tax,
which includes city tax, school
tax, state tax, militia tax, educa
tional tax. port 'tax, and other
clnds of tax. We require of them
In addition, a corporation tax, an
)ncome tax, war tax . and a tax
fvr factory inspection.
'After the establishment has
tald its property tax like other
fconcerns and individuals pay, spe
cial taxes like corporation tax and
factory inspection tax are as
sessed. The factory inspection tax
t at high figures, and was ap
jarently provided In some era
when it was thought that the way
.0 build up a manufacturing in
i us try was to tax it.
-If we want industries in Port
arid, if we desire factories that
.'rill employ labor and convert raw
:nater!al into finished product, we
.nhonld at least be reasonable in
application of the taxing power.
Xew Orleans built up a great sys
etn of industries in a sensatlonal
7 short time by untaxing the
factories altogether for a period
of ten years. In Oregon we could
encourage manuiaciunng ir we
Would only relieve it merelv of
Iome of the special taxes.
. If nothing else la possible, th
Sxtortionate figures of the special
actory inspection tax could ne
ither reduced or abolished, and
eneral property instead of spe
cial property be required to carry
the burden.
Newport people are asking the
government engineers to recom
mend a survey of Yaquiaa bar and
larbor with a view to further im
provement. They offer to pay one
lilt the cost of the survey. Their
proposal to help themselves sficmli
4 nils t cooperation rrom the gov
ernment What is more, the big
timber Interests, the lumbering,
tjhe . dairying, the fishing industry
1'nd other Interests entitle their
arbor to consideration.
FADS AVD FANCIES.
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f
HE New York Herald Is mat
ing a terrible outcry against
the public school system be
cause it does not teach pu
pils to read, write, cipher and spell.
Th poor little things, Bays this
treat daily, have their head3
Scrammed full of fads and fancies
Worthless in real life." From
ine other 'remarks which the
Herald makes we are given to un
derstand what It means by "real
. lifV for the ordinary American
. youth. It is a clerical position
it some store or office,
a Th Herald complains that the
proprietors of stores and offices
ffiAYe to dig down in their own
pockets, and pay for the education
ct their employes which the pub-
ITO schools fail to Impart."
.Q This Is saddening but there is
historical precedent for it. Em
lloyera have always paid for the
education of their help. Formerly
fiey-did it under the apprentice
eystem.- Now they are obliged to
tike: the raw product of the pub
lib schools and lick it into shape.
We dar say they can afford to do
to. ; Business ought to be able
to pay lor its human as well as
to mechanical outfit.
- T It la not the purpose of the
publlQ schools to provide adept
eerrants for business men. Their
purpose is something much higher
tt-an that. 1 ia to provide good
citizens for the United States. A
tood. citizen can . hardly ' gt along
trithout tome-of those "fads and
fancies" .which, the Herald de-
nouflces so bitterly. As a citizen
it is more important for him to
know a little history than a little
arithmetic. It is more important
for him to know how to think than
how to spell.
The o-dlnary human being can
not learn English spelling no mat
ter how well and persistently he
is taught. We may as well ac
knowledge the truth and be done
v.ith it. Snelliner Is ro romnlicated.
so difficult, so lawless a.n.1 irra
tional that it surpasses the powers
of all but a few exceptional brains
to commit it to memory. The
business mpn who Kcold because
their clerks cannot spell are usual
ly tarred with the tame stick.
Thev want the schools to work:
miracles on others which no earth
ly power could work on them
selves.
Whether city property can be
taxed for county road purposes (
or not is to be tested out in the j
courts by Mayor Klrkpatrick of
Dailas. The question has already1
be-en decided in the affirmative in ;
Multnomah county on the theory
that IT the country is not built;
up city property will not be worth
much.
ANNEX NOItTII HANK PORTS'
PrCET SOl'ND interests shorn i;
withdraw theiv objections to;
surrender of ports on the !
north bank of the Columbia
river to the Portland customs dis
trict. Pupet sound has nothing in
common with the north bank
towns, it is openly hostile to the
Columbia commerce.
The inconvenience caused Co
lumbia commerce by retention of
the north bank towns in the
sound district Is grist for Seat
tle's mill. That is why objections
urred by PugH sound should not
have wiMpht nt Washington. The?
are selfish and unreasonable ob
jections. As fop to the nine Washington
ports that seek union with the i
Portland district, there Is a pro
posal to put in an inspector at
Knappton. Why create a new of
fice at $1000 a year merely to
satisfy the vanity of the Seattlo
district? Are there not enough
offices on the United States pay
rolls now', created, not for real
service but to maintain a nglins
and unnatural system?
The report of the efficiency
board stated that there is too lit
tle shipping from the nine north
bank ports to Justify their transfer
from the sound to the Portland
district.
If the shipments are too ln
sipnificants to Justify the transfer,
are they not too Insignificant for
the sound to contend against the
change?
If they are too Insignificant to
justify the change, are they not
tco Insignificant to create a new
government Job at $1000 a year
when the change would save the
money?
We cannot give our expatriates
titles but we can give them oppor
tunity to pay a more generou3
tax on their incomes for a national
preparedness in defense of their
American property.
PI SH THE FERRIS RILL
THE Ferris waterpower bill
which has passed the bouse
of representatives and gone
on to the senate is one of
the most important measures ever
before congress. It affects the
disposition of 30,000,000 horse
power still remaining unappro
priated t.n the public domain.
The Jull provides that the power
sites may be leised to private cor
porations for a trm of ."0 years
with the risht of renewal if every
thing Is satisfactory.
But under the Ferris bill the
United States government retains
the ownership of the Bites. It
does not alienate the fee 6lmple.
This Just provision makes it im
possible for the power companies
to capitalize the value of the right,
as they always do when they pro
cure absolute title. On the value
fo capi.alized they compel the
public to pay extortionate rates.
This practice has the full sanction
of the United States Bupreme court.
Hence if the public ever expects
to get reasonable rates for elec
tricity generated by waterpower:
the fee title to the sites must be
retained in the public. This the
Ferris bill does while it gives every
reasonable opportunity for de
velopment and UEe.
The New York "Nation," com
menting upon the Ferri3 bill. Bays
"It hag been opposed by the west
ern states," and that "the western
states" have made certain objec
tions to its provisions. This hard
ly givea a correct account of the
matter. "The western states"
have not opposed the Ferris bill.
On the contrary the people who
constitute th6se states are largely
in favor of this bill or some other
tat will protect the public rights.
A showy and noisy element lu
the western states has opposed the
Ferris bill but it does not express
the views of the great public.
What it does express Is the view
of certain greedy trust magnates,
their political hangers-on and a
minority of honest but misin
formed people. The arguments
which this element advances
against the national ownership of
waterpowers are Justly character
ized by the "Nation" as "ludi
crous." The grabbers know per
fectly well that their arguments
are ludicrous but they hope to be
fog the l&sue with them' and stave
off action till some favorable mo
ment comes for their schemes.
A few facts demonstrate pretty
clearly why these sentry are
shrieking: for state ownership. Out
of 1,140,000 horsepower generated
by water on the lands of eight
states they have already grabbed
1,030.000 horsepower and th.i
grabbing has been done "by large
corporations." Evidence is con
stantly coming to light that these
"large corporations" are really
one big corporation operating un
der a vaTety of aliases and dis
guises, following in this respect
the illustrious example of the !
Standard Oil company. ,
Moreover, with few exceptions
most valuable power sites have
teen disposed of In perpetuity,
and those sites can never be re
covered. Little or no provision
has been made for public control
and for the protection of the peo
ple against extortionate rates.
Worst of all. every one of these
gifts can and will be capitalized
at fanciful values and upon this
valuation the people will be ob
l!ped to pay dividends. Their gen
erous rifts to the big corporation
will thus be made a means of op
pressing them.
There is one point in the Ferris
bill to which senators who care
for the public welfare shoulfl pay
particular attention. A 50 years'
lease may be capitalized Just as
well as the absolute ownership,
ar : upon this lease, granted freely
by the public, the public under the
supreme court decision may be
compelled to pay dividends. This
matter should be shrewdly looked
after. Corporations renting water
powers from the government
should be forbidden by law to
compute dividend upon the
capitalized value of their leases.
Substitutes for leather are be
ing found and by a strange chance
6ome of these substitutes are made
into shoe soles as is disclosed this
slushy weather.
AMERICANS FIRST
"J1
HERE are certain thing3
we who work may possess
which not all the gold of
the world can buy; among
them are honor, self-respect and
loyalty."
Those words were used by T.
V. O'Connor, head of the long
shoremen's union. In publicly com
menting on the enormous bribe
offered him and other labor lead
ers as Inducements to them to tie
up shipping along the Atlantic
coast and cripple American ex
port traJe.
Confirmation of these proffered
bribes by persons acting unoffi
cially or otherwise In the Interest
of foreign governments, has come
from many sources. Samuel Gom
pers himself, as president of tho
American Federation of Labor, has
publicly authenticated the charges.
In these matters, the leading
figures in American organized la
bor Btand out conspicuously In
public esteem. Under tremendous
temptatl n, they have proven their
title to "honor, self-respect and
loyalty," and demonstrated that
there are as good Americans In
side a worker's blue shirt as in
the broadcloth of affluence.
The war to date has cost 26
billions in actual money. That is
six billion more than the total
investment in American railroads
and seven billion more than tho
entire Investment in American
manufacturing industry. And
there is in addition the loss in
dead and mutilated and maimed
What a priceless blessing It is to
us that America has remained li.
peace!
NEVER MORE AUSPICIOUS
THESE are prosperity days for
the Oregon farmer.
Not only has he rosy pro
spects for the coming crop
of wheat and other cereals but
he Is today finding sale for his
remaining holdings of the lflj
crop at war prices.
On the Portland Merchants Ex
change buyers have been vigor
ously bidding $1.15 a bushel for
bluestem with none willing to
Bell below $1.18.
Not only is the price of wheat
reaching new high records almost
every day, but for oats, barley and
hay the bids of buyers are much
beyond the normal.
The hog raiser is also coming
In for his share of the prosperity,
for prices are showing a very
Etrong trend at recent advances.
For finished stock of light weight
as high as $7.50 per hundred
pounds was paid thia week and
there is a demand for more of
the same Quality at as good a
price. m
The apple grower finds himself
in far better position than he ex
pected. Instead of the season
closing with profits on the wrong
side of the ledger, the average
prices obtained have been fairly
profitable.
Even the hop grower ia In
clined to look with more favor
upon affairs generally. Recentlv
there has been renewed activity
in his branch of trade and prices
have shown a corresponding ad
vance. The potato grower and the
onion grower are in very good
condition financially with prices
advancing rapidly in both lines
and the entire country bidding for
supplies.
Wool growers have hardly face-l
so favorable an outlook in a gen
eration. Buyers are already of
fering to contract at prices two
cents above last year's favorable
market. For ' the choicest grade,
this would yield a figure of about
30 cents. But growers, realising
that every condition for high
prices is in their favor, are mak
ing no contracts, expecting better
bids at shearing time.
To the farming interests as a
whole, the horizon never looked
more auspicious.
One form of preparedness is to
cultivate better conditions of liv
ing. NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
The ttory of a man who prn to th door
nd jot It r1n oin wntlr Old Mr. Opportuni
ty cowing up tli front walk, 1 told In
No. .10 of ttia terlr of t'ortUnd accca torle.
'Hie Ltro of the Uwy maQofai'turea sate and
other contrlTanre that l for their object
the eoarlcg of treature or the Mfefuardlns
of wx-iety. The year of bla eutarprl bar
l-n few. hut It lunvm ha been great, with
1 turner aura bly greater In proafect.
AND aafea are made In Portland.
Not merely chipped to th;a
city "knocked down," but ac
tually made here from the chcapeat
grades to the very beat, six or seven
feet high and broad and deep In pro
portion. They are made In tha Paclflo Coai-t
Safe and Vault company's own build
in;, 130x430 feet In slxe, two stories
and of brlclt, as nearly fireproof as
possible.
It Is due to the enterprise of
George F. Heusner. well known busi
ness man, that Portland has this
meritorious Industry, arid although it
Is but fl'e years since It opened Its
factory. It has an average output of
3100.000 a year.
The factory building and office 19
located In the suburb of Kenton,
risht in a nest of other manufactur
ing institutions, with railroad facili
ties at Its doors, and with plenty of
room for expansion, which it will
need from time to time.
AU, PORTLAND CAPITAL.
Kvery dollar Invested in this most
substantial enterprise Is Portland
caplt.il. the greater proportion of It
Mr. Heusner's own money. diving
much thought to the proposition, hi
discerned the necessity of such a
plant In this city. He realized that
Portland and the tributary region are
ceographlcally separated from the
safe manufacturing enterprises of the
east, and that as this Is a section be
ing rapidly settled by newcomers, new
business concerns would spring up
and, of necessity, these must pro
cure, at the beginning of their ca
reer, tha very thing he would have
for sale. And he realized that new
business structures of th up-to-data
class would contain many vaults for
the accommodations of tenants, and
that counties and cities soon would
be discarding cells of the cheap pio
neer prisons, supplanting them with
modern makes, which would be an
other Important source of patronage.
A WESTERN ENTERPP.ISE.
Much of Mr. Heusner's. time Is
spent at his city office In the Yeon
building. He Is too busy to spare
much of it to the factory office, but
his manager. Warren Keelerr hasn't
a "blue" hair in his head nor a streak
of that color In his vocabulary
when speaking of the company's past
business and Its present future pros
pects. "We make both heavy and light
wall fireproof safea." he aald to Thi
Journal, "and the quality of our work
and our prices enable us to competa
with any f actory In America. Therj
Is nothing strange about this, of
course. Our material Is procured 'n
the same market, from which all safe
makers buy their supplies. It Is re
ceived by us in the same condition
they receive theirs. Our factory, as
you may discern. Is equipped as per
fectly as that of any In the country.
Our machine shop, foundry, black
smith shop, plating plant, cabinet
phrp. etc., arajfibaolutely up-to-date.
In this respect we are second to none.
Our force of experienced safe and
vault builders are the product of the
hleprst factories on the continent.
They have no superiors anywhere,
and though we are not as large as
some of the older ones In the thlckl
populated districts, we are capable of
producing, and we can and do pro
duce, a safe or a vault which will
stand up with any of them, no mat
ter who are their makers or from
whence they come. Our steel vault
linings and prison cells are likewise
unexcelled. In this line we likewise
invite comparison, and to my mind
there Is no question but Mr. Heusner
and his few associates have laid
sure foundation for one of tha great
business successes of the North Piv
ciflo coast."
COVER THE COAST TERRITORY.
Asked If th company specialised
on any particular make of safes and
vaults, Mr. Keeler said:
"We specialize on everything. Thtit
Is to say, we make special .efforts to
produce the best possible to make,
realizing we have a reputation to
create In loc&lltlea new to us, and to
maintain where we are known? Some
how for some reason humanity Is
prone to look with suspicion upon
newly organized Industries, distrust
ing their product, when, as a matter
of fact, the opposite ought to ob
tain, for if ever one would try to ex
cel it Is at the beginning. There
might be some excuse for careless
ness after a reputation ia one
achieved, but wisdom would repel and
rebuke the smallest relaxation of ef
fort to present to the trade tho very
best article human hands and genius
can produce, when that reputation Is
passing through its formative period.
"A, noted Portland physician. In the
habit of Joining every frsternal in
surance organization that came along,
once declared the reason he did so
waa because 'they are best and
strongest in their inTancy. Th.y
have bad no death losses to Impair
their treasury. Get Into them walls
they ar young-, and tf thy grow
weak with age, take hold of another
infant.' I often hve bad this doo
tor'a advice in mind, hoisfc nt Ad
mitting that our concern ever will
b satisfied with anyriaj not the
beat and moat aubatAnUaVgosalble to
make. But reason tetXfa that it
would be fatal to this i ins enter
prise to let Inferior at
kind pass from Its poe
of the business man, be
ea of any
pn to tha.
merchant
mercna.ni
or banker. Naturally
eal with a
critical, discerning claa
a
would be
the essence of bustnei
to attempt, to trespaa
credulity, even were one
oollahnesa
Upon their
p Inclined
which we are not and f" r will be.
Our own good name of
splendid city never wll
smirched by us."
The company covers
Oregon, Washington, C
hat of our
thua be-
I
s states of
fornla, Ida
vada, Utah
territory for
ho, western Montana?
and Alaska considerabli
a concern so young.
The company employs;
on an aver-
age, 36 persons, and has a. payroll of
335,000 a year, but Mr. Keeler says
that with the return o prosperity,
now on Its westward j rney, these
figures will be at least doubled. Hs
Is not visionary, eithei He Is a
level-headed business man. And
thinks some moments before
a peaks.
he
he
Letters From the People
(Communication nt to Th Journal for
publication In this department ahonld be writ
ten on only on aide of to paper, anould not
exreed 300 words In lengtb and must b ao
coutpaoJed br the name and address of tb
sender. If the writer d not dealr to have
Uie nam published, b should so stale.)
"Dlirussloo Is the greatest of all reformer,
It rstlniislli.-s everything It touches. It rob
principles of all false Muctitj and throw. tbm
back on their reasonableness. If tbej bate no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crusbe them out
of existence and sets up lw own conclusions
In their stead." Woodro Wilson.
Andrew Jackson and Pro taction.
Ilwaco, Wash. Jan. :2. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Many articles ap
pear opposing the Republican princi
ple of tariff protection. I would call
attention to history which records the
fact that our country never has been
In control of Democrats denying the
unconstitutionality of tariff protec
tion, but that it has seen hard times.
We have had Uuchanan, Democratic
hurd times; Cleveland and now Wilson,
Democratic hard times.
One of the main lssu'a between
Democrats and Republicans today is
the tariff question. The democrats
declare such a policy is unconstitu
tional. The Republicans declare it
both lep-al and beneficial, In their
present position ot the tariff the Dem
ocrats have departed from the teach
ings of thei;
ir patron saint, Jackson,
still have Jackson clubs
While they still haveJafk!
and invoke his name, they do not fol
low his ideas. Jackson as a radical
protective tariff man, and took a firm
position thereon. On April 26. 1824,
he wrote a letter to Dr. Coleman,
which was published litthe Raleigh,
(N. C.) Star. This letter' appears on
page 402 of "American -tesmen," by
A. W. Young, 1858, and following are
extracts: .
"So far as the tariff lM-before us
embraces the design ofr V Jterlng and
protecting and preserving jvlthln our
selves the means of ara A.ial defense
and Independence, parti larly In a
state of war. I would Ivocate and
support It" - . . This t ff I mean
a Judicious one possess, more fanci
ful than real danger. '
"Draw from agriculture this super
abundant labor, employ l In mechan
ism and manufactures, t eseby creat
ing a home market frr 'our bread
stuffs and distributing. bor to the
most profitable account; ,nd benefits
to the country will resi.' ,'V
"You will at once give - home mar
ket for more breadstuff han all Eu
rope now furnishes us. . n short, air,
we have been too long subject to the
policy of the British merchants. It Is
time that we should become a little
more Americanized; Instead of
feeding the paupera an-. laborers of
England, feed our own; lr elae in a
short time, by contlnulm our present
policy (Our country then was, as
- . . .... 1 , 1. - v. . t
all ivaviik, uuuer VllH IUIIIIVI VI I11CI1
with non-protection ideas) "we ehadl
all be rendered pauperis ourselves.
These aro my opinions, -generally, on
the subject, and believing them cor
rect, and calculated to further the
prosperity and happlnesa of mylTh, n1v ,hln. , n,. rt
country, I declare to you. 1 would not',, snock whlch wln our bu8l.
barter them for any office that -could ! nei Inen an1 merjhfints from the
be gtvan me. r deen sleery of contentment, to a real-
J aenou.l - m.iv. . i jaw 1UIIUW me
Idea of non-protection
naUl Sll OS
rendered pauperH oursisej t Alrt
under our present Democratic non
tectlon rule, mure fulurel have
eady,
pro-
e oc-
curred In the Ui-ited
any other time in its
dently Jackson knew
$.itea thi
"iVjtory.
' t ha
than at
Evl
waa talking about, and oar
crats had better read '
son before they use his
WALTE1
ent Demo-
ttle Jack
et
HA.BERO.
Sunday It.
Portland, Jan. :!. '
of The Journal The
some of the reasons' w.
Rest Day league, reprssss
ber of prominent buslr
organizations, advocate
the common rest day ft
the Editor
iiowing ar
the Weekly
tin- num-
and other
Sunday as
all line of
bualness which can ato tor on day
of th week:
Because It Is th American rest
day. and the legal rest day of all
civilized nations. Our slogan 1
"America for American Institutions
Alt the state of our Union excent
Arizona have enacted Sunday closing
laws.
Because Sunday Is a tion-Judlclal
day, so held by the f common law of
England and America. To change
the day to Friday, as suggested by
T. R. Coon In Tuesday a Journal,
would cause great corffVslon to the
whole code of Jurisprudence. It would cal passage as ravorlng prepared
put Oregon out of geatvkwlth th ma- ness, echoing Roosevelt' method,
chlnery of the clvlllze,rrXorld- Sun- show to what extreme th advocate
day contracts, as a general rule of . of fore ar driven to Justify their
law, are held illegal. I doctrine on moral grounds. Anything
Because the convenience, of business I can be bolstered up with a Bible
and labor require the fv day to be text, provided we Ignore the spiritual
observed by alL It la the advan- Implication, as. "Th letter of th
tae of stores to he o the same Word killeth, but th spirit maketh
day of the week that
open. The brick maso
carrier must observe
of rest. The proprietol
of rest even more thafl
the employe, for his mil
down with th whole
of the business. But t
hanks are
tnd the hod
i same day
.leeda a day
Ihe clerk or
1 weighted
esponsibllity
e only prao-
tlcal way for the mere ant and the
grocer and .the butcher to obtain
a day of rest is to na a law re
quiring all In the same line of bual
ness to clos on one and tb same
day of each week. Nd . sane reaso-f
can be given why th common Ameri
can rest day shouM not be the rule
In Oregon. If some stores are open
th law of competition requires alt
in that locality to remain rrpen doing lowers- supernormal powers, as he
seven days of work fr six days of promised, they took courage and In
profit. The right of ejth to rest de-' augurated a cooperative community
mand a law for alL ', akin to modern socialism. "And thy
Because th vast mj Jorlty of elM- j sold . alL their (superfluous) good
sns prefer Bandar as-their rest day. I and gav them to tha poor, bat ther
lit matter not whethejH'b for aw
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CUAAGK
Have you dona what you can for
war-strleken Jewa In Kurope?
Why don't preparednaaa advocates
ot something to prevent the groundhog-
becoming scared at hl shadow?
llere'a hoPinar those Portland hltrh
,chool studenta who graduated lst
nlKnt aj,0 gou1 lu aciiOol of
hard knocks.
President Wilson has started his
verbal shelling of the wooda. and It
la evident he plans Mumething more
than a campaign of "nibbling."
The Ford peace tribunal, having de-
ClduT to la&rn th r a 1 1 rt V.irtne' m
war before attempting to atop It, haa
mapped out a life Job for lis members.
T. R. advises hov emits nntr to
bo neutral between right and wrong.
But suppose some of them should
think wrong what the colonel thinks
la right?
President Wilson wants a tariff com
mission to gather facta rather than to
follow and particular theory of fiscal
policy. Now watch some of ti e tariff
commission advocates climb the fence.
Wonder what department of agricul
ture experts who say Willamette val
ley i mx riore la the Peat Known any
where In the United States would have
t. say about flax "experts" at Ore
gon's state capital.
Dr. Foster of Reed college, who eays
newspaper critics of r-resldent Wil
son's foreign policies are often actu
i a ted by base partisanship, must have
an Intimate acquaintance with news-
WOULD TRADE PASTURE FOR COW
From the Salem Journal.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
says there Is a gigantic water power
trust. He also says that 42 per cent
of the total water power of the United
States is In Oregon, Washington and
j California,
Nearly half of this ner rent Is In
' "ariy riair or mm. ?r cnl "n
Oregon, which Is credited with all the
way from 3,000.000 to 6.000,000 horse
i rower. It la nruuratd that Secretary
Houston knew what he was talking
about, and had evidence of the exist
ence of such a trust, else he had not
made the assertion.
However, it matters little whether
there is such a trut-t now or not, for
If there Is not. It will be but a abort
time until there Is. There la too much
money at stake In the water power to
. be overlooked by the exploiter for any
I great length of tlrrve.
The bent evidence that there la such
a trust is the fact that a hard fight
I is being made by someone to have the
! bars taken down and the water of the
coast turned over to the exploiters who
talk so glibly about conserving our
resources ty using them, who want all
government control taken away from
the lands so they can get at the water
without let or hindrance.
Whence, 'and why this sudden Inter
est In the water powers of the west
when Just now there is no use to
which the power could be applied?
It is not manufacturing companies
that desire to utilise the water that
are making such an effort to secure
the water power. Who than 1 It and
what is It wanted for?
The answer ia eaayl It ia wanted
try exploiter who by getting control
cial or religious or other reason. Th
wageearner wants to be at home the
day the children are out f school
and th wife Is at leisure and their
friends are off duty. If some -of
them, perchance, freely and of their
own accord, attend a religious erv
Ice. that la nothing arainst the pub
lic welfare. The bill guards tne equal
rights of the Seventh- Day worship
pers. It' a square deal to all.
Q. L. TUFTS.
Portland's Trade OryportunitJea.
Portland, Jan. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal In my opinion the city
of Portland has quit aufflclent claim
to beauty and attractiveness to war
rant their being brought to the atten
tion nf cue trimnAm In tha. Mmmt mrA
I aCross the seaa. without resorting to
: false s.atements as to climate, and the
j renderlnK of a true till will do far
more prman8nt good to our city than
j BUch ab6urd suggegtlon a the need
' . eBn- In .Tantiarv. n. In f.rt .n.
. ' " ' '
month of the year. Geographically
situated as we are, anyone would at
once realize such claim a beyond
reason.
There Is nothing the matter with
Portland, climatically or otherwise.
,,,( e lh n-nnH.rfnl
commercial
I ....Ihllll Sam l,-in at th-, A nnr
Kw-. . . . w-. - ....p, ... ....... v. - . .
After u lontr resilience In the orient.
I waa shocked and surprised to find,
upon my return, that so little ts
known of the business opportunities
In China and farther east, for with the
exception of one or two large firms
engaped in the export trade, Portland
Is doing little or nothlDK in a business
way with either the orient or South
America, and unless something 1 done
very soon we shall have the satisfac
tion of seeing Seattle and San Fran
cisco actively engaged commercially
with these countries while Portland
I bleeps t,n, occasionally waking up to
Plnl IO our 'lm'e.
hci in uusiresM men or lortiana
get behind our chamb;.- of commerce,
hold up It band, listen to It and act
upon it advle. After repeated chat
with several secretaries of bureaus, I
sun convinced they are fully alive to
the situation. Let Portland business
men investigate conditions for them
selves, and establish trad relation
and a rt earn ship line to oriental porta
nd Bouth America,
he people of th
east will sit up and take notice, with
out invitation. II. E. CLOL'GIL
The Bible and PreparednrtM.
Portland, Jan. 26. To th Editor of
The: Journal The vartoff letter In
th pre of thlt city quoting Blbli-
alive. no tnose reading the book
In the liteml sens find ample materi-
al to Justify the most fiendish vlo-
lence In the name of peace.
Professing Christians. however,
should confine themselves to the
teachings of Christ, where I challenge
anyone to cite a pasaag arguing vio
lence as a means of peace. That hi
. was th message of paacs founded on
altruism. Justice and toleration, is
a truism; and that th social and co
nomlo teachings of Christ was co
operation, thus guaranteeing peace, s
seen io the remarkable action of hit
disciple after Pentecost, when, hav
ing received proof of hi continued
; existence by hi inspiring In hi fol-
themlva had Tr7thiac ia oonv
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The paving of the fair grounda road
and the establishing of a public bath
ing beach are paramo jbi questions
now at tSalem.
The linker Democrat asserts that
the winter thus far has caused no
loes of stock in Baker county, and
none U anticipated. All owners are
well supplied with feed.
The Lebanon Farmer' Cooperative
Exchange has been Incorporated, with
the staled objects "to buy and sell,
store, manufacture and transport agri
cultural products and farm supplies.
Farmers of Umatilla and Morrow
counties are reported by the Echo
News to be succeeding well In poison
ing rabbits, under the cooperative plan
of providing a 3S0u fund by each
county cooperating, and the state of
Oregon.
New bylaws providing U,at the name
Eugene Commercial dub will be
changed to Eugene Chamber of Com
merce, and systematizing the opera
tions of the chamber by a division of
the body Into tune bureau, have been
adopted by the club.
'The sea gulls." says the Gardiner
Courier, "are living upon the small,
unfortunate birds that attempt to fiy
across the river and, through weak
ness, happen to fall into the water.
The unfortunate bird no more than
touches the water before it is pounced
upon by a pull coming from some
direction, and apparently the gull swal
lows the bird alive. It would be hard
to estimate the number of birds which
have fallen Into the river and thu
been devoured by the rapacious gulls.
of the state's vast water powera can
with little or no cost to themselves
turn them over to capitalists as an
Investment, worth In the not very re
mote future untold wealth. They have
no practical use for these powers, no
business that requires their use, no
Intention of doing anything witn them
except to sell them and put countless
thousands of dollars in their pockets.
True, these powers are going to
waste now; for the only way to con
serve water power lk to use it, and
when It Is not used It Is dead waste.
Will It be any different when the ex
ploiters get possession of them? Will
these now wasting waters be put
to any useful work? Will there
btt mills built or factories? Are
there any aurh factories now awaiting
permission to utilize these water pow
ers? None that anyone has heard of.
The power now going to watte be
longa to the jeople. once the exploit
era get the ownership of It, It will go
to waste. Just the same until some
manufacturing Industry want to use
It, when the exploiter will get in hltt
work and levy unholy toll on those
who would put It at work.
The water power should be available
for those who have use for It In some
tangible industry, and the law fhould
provide for Its use by such without
unnecessary annoyance, on the pay
ment of a reasonable compensation
for It.
The people own the water powers
now; when they turn them over to
those who are so anxious to have them
put at work, they will find they have
traded their pasture for a cow.
mon." There Is no possible need of
war preparations when men demon
strate their faith in human nature
by cooperating socially and economi
cally. Christ, asked to use violence to
right himself, replied, "I came not
to destroy men's lives," while "do
unto others as ye would that others
do unto you" can hardly be twisted
to mean that we would welcome "pre
paredneas" by others, as this Implies
suspicion, hate and fear. And as the
soldier Is the basis of "preparedness,'
w must consider the New Testament's
view on this: "And the soldiers like
wise demanded of him (John) say
ing, what shall we do?" John an
swered: "Do violence to no mar,
neither accuse any one falsely, and
b content with your wages." It
obvious that a wooden man would
answer the purpose were no violence
to be practiced, while were no coun
try accused of being the enemy of
their country, "preparedness" would
be unnecessary; and it logically fol
lows that a man who does no useful
service to mankind, his. wages are
ample, no matter how small, and he
should be content.
The historian Oulzot says: "For
800 years from the commencement of
the Christian era, a Christian was
never known to fight; when a soldier
became a Christian, he abandoned his
profession of war."
IOUIfl IION8TEIV.
IMnafes With Paatorn.
Portland. Or.. Jan. 26. To the Editor
of The Journal Our country la safe.
For have not Dr. Eoveland, Dr. A. A.
Morrison and Senator Chamberlain
passionately declared that they and
their scions would fight In the defense
of our country? We shall, no doubt,
see them all in a few days in soldiers'
uniform diligently drilling In prepara
tion to repel the coming onslaught.
Although these warlike ministers of
the gospel have expressed their con
tempt for us. a number of us pa
cificists would be overjoyed to hear
a discourse by Dr. Loveland, assisted
by Dr. Morrison, on how tbey dis
covered that Jesus Christ waa the god
of war and not the prince of peace,
S. RAXfrORTHf.
The One Ned of 1910.
From the Boston Herald.
Cannot something b don to stop
this trr1ble war. with Its threat to
the civil! rat ion of the western world?
And. then, cannot something be don
to organise th nations so that their
disputes can be aettled In some other
way? Here Is an opportunity In
statermanhip compared with which
the discoveries in surgery nd sani
tation arid the inventions In mechanics
and applied science pal into Insignifi
cance. The world has found a way
to get along without rtllglous wars,
and without the duel, both of which
were long explained a sure to persist
a long as human nature remained.
In other words, th world has brought
to pass change) In what we had been
accustomed to regard as Inherent In
our fallible human nature. We muat
bring to pas a change in the settling
of the dispute of nations tf w would
have our civilisation endure.
An Optimistic Christian.
Lyman Abbott In th Outlok.
I believe, then, that w ar not
drifting away from th Christ life, but
voyaging toward It; that th ag busy
In doing Christian work Is more Chris
tian thsn th ag busy In framing
Christian creeds or retiring from th
world to meditate on Christian truth.
Ther Is less worship of fear and more
service of love. We reverence symbols
less and spiritual realities mora Our
creeds are shorter and perhaps vaguer,
but our faith la more vital. Fewer men
ar meditating on th will of Ood, bat
mar ar doing bla will. Fewer man
ar meditating on Immortality bat
more ar 11 ring tha llf that rsallr U. .
Tn0nce oven
PY TLX.X l.AMDt
For Your Scrnp nook.
Thia strange will l said t hav
bten left by a young lawyer who died
reveral years ago In the ward for th
Insane In the almshouse of Cook coun
ty, Jilinois. The will was found In
his coat- On a resolution of -h Chi
cago Bar association, the document
was sent to probatu and wa spread
on the records of Cook county.'
I. diaries LounsterTj, beinp or u.nd sod
disposing mind and un-mor). .lu hrrytijF make
and publish tola, uiy laxt will and fftument.
In ottier, as Justly uy be. to lu lbutr my
Interest In lb wurld aiuucg thus s.',-r-dlng
Hit:
That part of mj lutereai which U ki."n la
law and reevgu iied la tb sheep lj.S .1 toI
Uinos as my prorty. being liniwislifcrsi.ie snd
of nu account, I make no dirlrlbutiun of this
In my will. VI j rlaht to lire, bvtiig but a
Ufa (state, is Dot at my dlfpuMl. but. the
thing excepted, all else In th world I ikiw
proceed to dense and bequeath. .
Item: 1 glre to good lather and mothers.
In trust fur their children, sll good llttl
w.rds of praise snd encouragement and all
quslnt pet names and endearments, and I
ibs; go aald parrots to use thcui justly, but
generously, ss lb need of tblr children shall
icijiilr.
Item: I leT to children lnclualrelj, but
oi.lv tr th term nt their rhlhthood. all and
er fiw er of Ut field and blossom of tb
,ih tb right to ply sujuug Ibeiu
' ii .iMdli.g i., the custouiS 'f children.
sri.,i K u.pai st the uini time agsuist Lbis
jl an. i t ... .i u And I dots to .iiildrn tb
",,th "' 'br bio-'La and Ui gulden sand
b nioili i l.o u!ci iii.-re.if. and lb odor of
the .!...i it,t ,ii. U.i-rein. and tb wb.lt
ckm'ls that f:i i,'.fcU i.r.r tb giant treea.
Ami 1 Irni.. i,.,. linijr,,, u,, Jong, tang
ds to b merry m s t. uti-and ya, and tb
nisht ar.j u.e i,a,. Misy Way to
'""l'f st. hm hj'.j.-.-i. m-trrtheles. to Uie
rights hereinsf.er ..n to hrrs
Item I ,!.,.. l. ,.,, ),,iiiy'. alt th use
ful. Idle fitl.b., sii i.-ussnt waters 'wber une
n.ay siui, all sn...nUj bills vMr on msy
cosnt. sud sll stii-sii.s awl ;.-n.ls wher ou
may fish, nr whet-, uhen riiui w luter corn,
one my skate, to I...I.I t!.c sum fur tb prUd
of Uielr boyhood, si.. I all nienuows with closer
bluanuuis and bulteri lies thereof; the wood
with their appurtenances, the squirrels snd tb
birds, the c boe and strsnge noUe and all
distant places wbldi may be Tlsllaut. together
with tne advantage there (iiind- And 1 gi
to said boys each his own place at the f ire -aide
at niyht. with all pictures that may t
seen in the burning- i,l. to eii)-y nltbout let
or hindrance, and IU-.H.t any Incurubranc ur
ca r.
item: To bwers I derise their Imaginary
world, with whatever they msy need ss th
stsrs of the sa. the re.1 ro-es by the wsll.
tb bloom of Ui haw churns, u.s sweet strains
of music and aufbt r! that they may desire
to flgur to each other lb laslibk'h and
bejiuty of their .e.
Item: 'io j. unn rnn. Jointly. I demise and
N-.urath ail bomter.xua ini litsplrmg apM-ts f
rivalry, su.l I give ui Uiem the dlsdslu of
weakness and uudatinled cnfidrnc In their
inn ireng!l.. Though they are mile, I Inn
t.i IL.-Mi the power to make laatlig friendht.
.in. ir o4ft;ig companions, ami to ttteni.
i . iilvt-i . 1 g.ts sli merry Mi.fc-a sd grai
(l...riiM-s to with lusty viii-,-.
lien.. Alio lo Ib who hie U longer chll-
rir-.. ic j'uiba lovers I leuvs niiirj. and
t-e. leth t0 ibrm th yoluui .f the iMms "f
I'miu ami Shskespeure snd of other iMstts. If
there te others, lo the en.1 thai they may ttv
the i.,.i daje over ajram. freel and fully,
witio.t tithe or diminution.
Item lu our lured one with Snowy
crown 1 bequeath the happiness of old age,
the ho s and gratitude of iht-lr children until
tbey fall asleep.
On Way That Tim, Which Is laid
to B Money, Is Dissipated.
,K. N. 8. In Itrolt Times
"N'um ber, pleeeeseee."
"Main 2-'i2."
"M -a 1 Q t hreee-ee-ee t uooxaKJ
Oiree. e. .-. eeee tv-."K..'K.i '
"1 will ring thetu a siiln. '
"I will rlnn tbem a gsai "
"I will ru.g theiu a gtlh."
"I will r'.rs them a gain."
"II at your ba:n br and I
will rlua tb" m a icaln."
"Vain ci:;2--
"kl a -I -ii tl.reeeee'e-ee t wooooooo.
tbreeeetceccc tw moo. .o "
'l"b l!h is bis teei net 'eeeoet."
Till I
leap year. Nui
yon dear old
I'lStirietle spirit
girls Juet lump
whenever n
Hioves. 1 hp ni
CLl.-b yon. so .
anna ail piailu.ed otit tu
ui.ii t fjll and bust y'mr
belts Houlton Herald.
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