THE OREGON ; DAILY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, ..SEPTEMBER 29,; 1916.,
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t WOOD BOW WILSON.
"Millions for -dofxiM-. font not a cpnt for
tribute.' CHARLKS C. i'l.N'CKNET.
' "Labor la not a commodity. It In a
fotftt of coopem t Ion ; and if I cart make a
nan believe In me, that 1 am Just, know
wat I want, knovr iliat I want to Khare
the prnflra of auo-raa with bltn. I can Kt
trn time aa nuicli out of him as if be
I thought I were hl antagoiiiat. Aud hi
labor Ih cheap at any price.
"That la the human Hide of It. and the
Iranian alile extenda In thla conception Oiat
tha lahnrltis; man ) a partner of Uia cm
ployer. If be ta a more tool of hla em-'
, ployer, be In ouly ecrvlcrahJe aa the tool.
Hie etitlnmlaam ilor-s not gn Into It. 11
. dnea not plan bow the work ahall lie bettpr
done. He '! not I'mk upon the ap-ct
of the biifliipsa or enterprise as a whole
.and wiali to cooperate the adTanlage if hla
bralna and hla Intention to the success of
It aa a whole." Woodrow Wilson.
SEEKING (JOOI) MEN
i HE statement is that President
"Wilson is especially interested
In securing the fairest, ablest
and best prepared men possl-
: 5 Die for the new tariff commission,
' ind that a.is,...A V. .1 1 . J .
"'.J seeking most carefully and exhaus
tively for men whose breadth of
vision and habits of mind will cause
then to have consideration for
v ( every district and every enterprise
Jin the country.
, That Is exactly what Is deslra
a ble in a tariff commission.. The
, I president, it is said, is convinced
3 that a fit commission will qulikly
X prove to the American people the
S soundness of his plan for remov-
; mg me tanrr rrom poutics and
3 making it the scientific, practical
land businesslike system that it is
"in other nations.
,w 1 For example, there are 4000
v I dutiable articles in the present
" J American tariff, That congress
,". J men and senators, busied with leg
. Jislation where tens of thousands
of tills are yearly presented, can
ahave the faintest chance to acquire
.Seven fragmentary knowledge of
, what duty should bo on each of
J these 4000 articles is obviously
Impossible. Only experts whose
Thole" time is devoted to the task
and to whom every avenue of in-
formation Is wide open, can give
I Intelligent analysis and eane ac-
tlon In tariff maklngi
J Yet, for more than a century
pve have been making haphazard
tariffs, fixing schedules on the
.sayso of clamorous Interests,
tknowiifg little or nothing of, tho
Subject, and adjusting duties helter
r.fkelter on thevemrteome of political
: ; campaigns anl partisan elections.
VNo wonder tat under this Bystem,
? 87 per cent of tlje farmers of the
iTJnlted States are renters. These
- ifarmers were not as alert in the
' tcorridors of congress as were the
,Bhrewd manufacturers, and In on
: ! sequence the farm lands have been
'swiftly passing Into the hands of
landlords and the soil of America
ia faBt coming to be tilled by a
trace of tenants. A tariff commls-
Ulon will have for Its "aim, not a
thigh tariff or a low tariff but a
purpose to apply Just such a tariff
. Jaa will ald every, enterprise in
America to reach Its- higheBt proa
vperlty, and to make all America aa
prosperous as tariff can make It.
tit by a high tariff all along the
IUne that prosperity for all lndus
, 'tries : and endeavors can best be
' J attained, a high tariff la what the
- 'commission. will stand for. "
j : The plan is so businesslike, so
' jsafe, bo sound and so sane that it
: .ought to have been put into effect
f .generations ago.
JiVA feature of President "Wilson's
tpurpose In aelecting.a commission
la that he intends to name at least
one member of especial training
and Interest in American farm vcon
Editions and problems.
J v What is . the use of worrying
;about ' the barbers : boosting . the
-Trice of haircuts to fifty cents?
iWe jcan all wear our hair .like
Buffalo 'Bill and have our wives
trim, the edges.. ' o."
SURGEONS AND SERUMS
rHERJS la nothing unusual in
- the - account of the surgical
operation, by which fragments
of bone -Were - removed - from
William iUdall'a. brain tat Ban
Francisco hospital. The brain, is
now almost' as submissive to' -surgery
as any other -part the hu
man system. The ; skull can be
opened, like a cocoannt shell,
iragment oi bone or an abscess re
moved - and the aperture "closed
again without ' any extraordinary
risk-to the patient: V-- '
There is 'anf account III medical
literature of a mau who drove an
iron crowbar up through' his skull
and brain, by prematurely shooting
off a' charge of blasting' powder.
Surgeons got hold of . him without
much delay. . His brain was 1
washed; the bits of stone and bone
fished out, the wound sewed up
and in a short time he made a
happy recovery. Surgery can al
most work miracles, but its won
ders have grown commonplace be
cause they are so familiar.
The startling things In current
medicine are connected with the
autogenous- serums. We are only
beginning to .learn what these can
accomplish. ' "
Considering the ratio of its ex
pense to its earnings the Portland
Dock commission was very wise in
nnrlnff (ta hurt eft r sIatati thonsa.nd
dollars and deciding not to Impost'
any needless or additional burdens
on its treasury.
TO BETTER OUR FARMS
T
HE JOURNAL has already
called attention to the suc
cessful manufacture of lime
dust for farm use by the state
authorities of Illinois. A letter
from the warden of the southern
Illinois penitentiary, where the
plant is situated, gives interesting
particulars about the business. The
manufactory is operated, of course,'
by tne prisoners, as a similar one
should be in Oregon. There is
neither economy nor good sense in i
keeping state prisoners Idle. It is .
bad for their health, bad for their i
morals, had for their minds and
expensive to the community.
By practicing sound business
methods the southern Illinois peni
tentiary produces lime dust which
can be sold in bulk to farmers in !
carload lots at 60 cents a ton, free
on board at the local station. It
can also be obtained in 100 pound
sacks at a little higher price. Even
then it only costs a dollar a ton.
Freight rates are correspondingly
moderate. The railroads of Illi
nois, taking a broad view of the
commercial advantages Bure to flow
from highly developed'5 agriculture, J
have cooperated with the state
authorities to place lime within
the farmers' reach. For lime
shipped , less than 50 miles the'
charge, is 25 -cents a ton. Hence
within that limit the total charge
for balk lime in carload lots is ,
85 cents a ton, which is so low that i
the farmers can apply It freely to
their land and secure the benefits j
which always flow from its use.
For shipments outside the 50 mile
limit the rate increases half a cent
a mile to the toa.
The chancres are that the rail
roads of Oregon would adopt the j
same liberal policy as those of 1111-1
nois if the subject were properly I
presented to them. It is not to j
their interest to see our agriculture '
languish for want of an essential
element of fertility. Nor is there
any sound reason why Oregon j
should not employ its convicts to !
operate a lime grinding mill.
Our lime deposits are not so
abundant nor so accessible as those
of Illinois, but that should not de
ter us from developing them on the
most advantageous plan. The dif
ficulties, in the way of cheap lime
here simply furnish the best of rea
sons why the state should vigor
ously take hold of the problem.
The market man tells us that
"butter is going up in th morn
ing." Isn't that a peculiar direc
tion for butter to take during the
time when hot cakes are rampant
on a warm plate couchant?
FAITH IN THE "PEOPUB1
A'
S A service to" popular govern
ment In America, The -Jour-
i nal is accepting contributions
to. a Woodrow Wilson cam
paign fund.
Events have made this campaign
a . campaign in -which popular gov
ernment itself is on trial and ih
which people who want . popular
government are on trial. Not since
Lincoln has the survival of what
Lincoln called "government of the
people by the people and for the
people" been so emphatically at
stake.
. Thus, every progressive enact
ment brought about by President
Wilson is under attack by his op
ponents. There Is not a single one
of them that, on some pretext or
another, is not being assailed - by
Mr. Hughes himself. Even Presi
dent Wilson's efforts to keep- this
country out of industrial civil war
by preventing the railroad Btrike is
Lattacked by Mr. Hughes. More -to
the point, for his successful strag
gle to keep this country at peace
with the world," President. Wilson
is strongly denounced by Mr.
Hughes as "weak and vacillating."
With Mr: Hughes attacking
everything; President Wilson has
done, from child labor legislation
to legislation for j restoring the
American merchant marine so
farmers will not have to give one
bushel, of wheat to get., another
carried to Europe, there, can be no
other issue than that popular and
peaceful government Is on trial and
that , the lovers 61 popular and
peaceful 'government in- America
are themselves on .trial. ;
This is not a Democratic cam
paign or a Republican campaign.
It Is a popular government cam
paign., and a reactionary campaign.
The "struggle on the ' one" "hand is
the effort of those who oppose: pop
ular government to pull down what
has been done, and on the other
hand Is the effort of those who
want popular - government to save
and safeguard what President "Wil
son has done.
Popular government la mainly in
the keeping of middle class and
other plain people. Those whb
profit by having advantages and
special favors from government are
against It, now and forever.
It is on the heart throbs of, those
who want universal justice and'(
equal uyyuriuuuy iur au mai mw
campaign of president Wilson
rests. It is from that source that
the dollars must come for distrib
utlng literature, providing for pub
lic meetings and taking care of the
other unavoidable expenses of the
campaign. '
President ; Wilson haa looked to
the people for backing and has
gone to them on the stump when
ever the reactionaries in congress
threatened to sidetrack or reject
the progressive and popular-government
enactments he sought at their
bands. Obviously he must now look
to tbe people to take care of his
campaign.
The generous response already
made to the Wilson fund by men
and women in all walks of life is
evidence that the president's faith
in his countrymen is not in vain.
UNTHINKABLE
IT SEEMS unthinkable that Mr.
Hughes and his supporters
would so unhesitatingly take the
side of the railroads In the lat
ter's dispute with their employes.
To take the side of the railroad
presidents is to take sides against
the switchmen and freight train
men who were working 12 to 16
hours a day, toilers who were com
pelled sometimes to remain on duty
all day without being allowed time
off to eat lunch.
To take the side ck the railroads
is to take sides against the Ameri-i
can people who were about to be
plunged Into the horrors4 of such
an industrial war as the worlJ
never, saw. ,
To take the side of the roads is
to Insist that, though' the roads
earned net last year the $1,176.
805,001 no part pf that stupen
dous sum ia merited by the switch
men and freight trainmen over
whose long hours the dispute arose,
and that the men should be 'com
pelled to toil 12 to 16 hours per
day if the railroad chiefs so de
sired, regardless of the menace of
that policy to the safety of the
traveling public
Bearing in mind that this was a
controversy strictly between the
roads -and their employes, that it
was a controversy in which neither
aide made any demand whatever
of the "president and' "congress," that
it was strictly a labor dispute be
tween employer" and employe, it is
all the more unthinkable that Mr.
Hughes and his advisers should
espouse the side of the railroads
in an effort to make the magnates
secure in the more than a billion
dollar earnings collected from the
American people last year.
It was not to intervene in be
half of one side or 'the other of
this private controversy between
the roads and their employes that
President Wilson and congress took
part In the controversy. It was
to save the American people from
the horrors of the civil war that
tife country then faced.
The president and congress could
have held ' aloof and let matters
take their course. They could, liko
President Cleveland, have allowed
the strike to be called, allowed
blood to be shed, allowed millions
of property to be destroyed, al
lowed all perishable crops to have
rotted, and then called out troops
to restore order. .
Or, like President Roosevelt In
the great coal strike, they could
have allowed the deplorable con
flict to have gone on five long,
dreary months until all the pros
perity had T)een driven from the
country, and then, proposed terms
of settlement.
But President Wilson and con
gress acted in another way. They
held .that though it was a private
controversy between the roads and
their employes on account of the
long hours put in by switchmen
.and freight trainmen, the effect,, if
the strike were not averted, would
be to bring a frightful catastropho
upon the American people and that
the' power of the government
should be used to prevent it, if
possible.
That is what was -done. In the
action taken, a commission is to
investigate the effect of the appli
cation of the eight-hour principle
to the hours of Bwitchmen and
freight trainmen and report, to the
end' that Justice ahall be done all
parties. What could be fairer to
roads and employes? Since the
roads netted profits of more than
1000 million dollars last year, it is
unthinkable' that shortened hours
for a small "part of their employes
should so enrage Mr. Hughes and
his supporters.
COLLEGE BACHELORS
YALE and Harvard graduates
. are not disposed to ruth pre
maturely Into matrimony, a
, Mr. Phillips of Harvard, who
haa, paid some attention to the
facta In. the case, finds that about
one-fourth. , of. them never .' take
wives to ; their Dosomav Another
fourth -remain 'chadless if ther do
marry. The ordinary-college' man's
family,.' according: to -Mr. 'Phillips,
has but two children if it has any.
College ' men are as "intelligent
as any of ns. "If they do pot marry
It must . be that they believe or
think they believe that under 'cur:'!
rent conditions, they will find life
more agreeable in bachelorhood.
Since most of us try to make life
as pleasant as we can for ourselves,
few are in a position to cast stones
at them.
Yet, If the facts revealed as to
Harvard and Yale graduates are
general, it is an important discov
ery, worthy of further and fuller
investigation. .
If college men find undesirable
that sacred relation which is the
sound theory of life, is it the other
sex or ' education that is respon
sible? Letters From the People
Conmunlcatiooa eent to The Journal for
publication in this department ehould be writ
ten oa only one aide of tbe paper, ahould not
exceed 8UO words In Wagtb. and moat be ac
companied by tne naaue and addrese of tbe
eendel. If tne writer doea not desire to bare
tbe name published be abould ao state.
"Dlecnaalon la the greatest of all reformers.
It rationalises eTerythlng H touches. It roba.
principles of all falae aanctltr and throwa tbem
back on their reaaonsblenea. If tbey bave no
reasonableness. It ruuileasly crushes them out
of existence and seta up lta own conclusions la
tnelr stead." Woodrow WUson.
"The "Great Awakening."
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 24. To tha
Editor of The Journal 'The great
awakening," so often alluded to, in
connection with the great war, Is
something of which we all speak; yet
I feel that it would be difficult for
any of us to explain what ia meant
by it.
If the common conception of this
awakening be that after the war enUa
we will more fully realize our deplora
ble social condition, then the awaken
ing may be deemed problematic. The
European war was not needed to drive
home the fact that our working people
were idle, that their children were
crying for- food, and that those who
were working were underpaid.- Even
though mlllons of men le sacrificed in
this great conflict, from their slaugh
ter we of the United States cannot
learn how to deal with our slum
problem, our vice problem, or our vice
leprofiy problem. Our social troubles
can be righted only through American
ballots. European bullets will never
right them, nor yet teach us how to
right them. We of the United States
may have apy measure for which we
choose to ask. but it can be had only
through the ballot box. And all and
any benefits that we desire, be they
spiritual or temporal, must come, and
can come, only through legislative
enactment. It is prohibition and not
prayer that rids the nation of the
curse of intemperance. It is federal
laws and not hymns that prevent the
Importation of opium. It is white
clave laws rather than sermons that
check commercial vice.
We today have reached the, point
where souls can be saved only by act
of congress. The obsolete method of
soul saving through individual conver
sion is ineffective. If the American
people could be taught to vote intel
ligently Christ's kingdom could be es
tablished in Washington, D. C.. within
four years. AMERICAN.
Hughes and the German Vote.
Linnton, Sept. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal The New York World un
erringly hits the bullaeye of the cam
paign when it reiterates: "Can the
kaiser defeat the president f Thla is
the real issue which Hughes hopes to
obscure by crying, "Wolf! Wolf!"
Hughes knows that, without the Ger
man vote, he has absolutely no chance
of election. The German press knows
it. and boasts of it proudly. The New
Yorker Htrold chuckllngly admits that
President Wilson Is satisfactory to a
majority of real Americans, but gloat
ingly .claims the. balance of power
which it says wiir defeat Wilson, when
It says of the Maine election:
"If Mr. Wilson had chosen to be
truly neutral, the usual German Demo
crat vote would have been cast for
him, and be might have been elected
after all. In fact, his case would not
be absolutely hopeless, even if Maine
went against him. It should be re
membered that the majority is not so
overwhelming that aHughes landslide
qa.n be considered a certainty.
"But, With the German-Americans
against the president, the pivotal states
are now certain to roU up large major
ities against him. InBhort, Maine her
self is of no Importance. The doubtful
states will do it, and there the German-Americans
will show their hands."
No I Maine counts for nothing!. But
Just wait until the Potsdamer crowd
gets a chance to "show their hands!"
They will save Hughes I The Lincoln
Neb.)" JTreie Presse says:
"Out of 28 dally and 238 weekly Ger
man Democratic newspapers that are
published in this country, not one sup
ports Mr. Wilson's candidacy.
Well, let us thank God for that! Bo
much In Mr. Wilson's favor. This Is
the acid test of Americanism, and the
Wilson brand assays 100 per cent un
satisfactory to Berlin. The Germans
say: "Maine does -not point tha way.
Berlin points the way." Every last
Hughes supporter is a "frelwilUge
volunteer soldier under the Hughes-Hohenzollern-Huerta-Hyphenate
- ban
ner of vengeance. "Got strafe Wilson!
Long live the kaiser!"
M. W. M ALONE.
Newspapers Cannot Collect.
Hood River, Or., Sept. 19. To the
Editor Of The Journal Please advise
It newspaper publishers, who send their
publications to a person without au
thority, can collect for subscription.
W. E. C.
Section 7585, L. O. L. Wherever
any' person, company, or corporation
owning or controlling any newspaper
or periodical of any kind, or whenever
any editor or proprietor of such news
paper or periodical shall mail or send
any such newspaper or periodical to
any person or persons in this state
without first receiving an order for
said newspaper or periodical , from
such person or persons to whom said
newspaper or periodical Is mailed or
sent, it shall be deemed to be a gift,
and no debt or obligation shall accrue
against such person or persons, wheth
er said newspaper or periodical ia re
ceived by the person or persons to
whom it is sent or not
Soft Drinks and AlcohoL
Portland. Sept. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal I wish to call to the spe
cial attention of the prohibition agita
tors an article appearing in the Literary
Digest of September 23, on page- 72,
entitled "Soft and ,Hard Drinks,"
which states: "Even the syrups used
to flavor soda water contain chemi
cally appreciable quantities (of alco
hol)". "The laws of some prohibition
states define as alcohollo beverages
all those containing 4 per cent or more
of .alcohol, which would place the
lighter -. grades of ' beer In the aoft'
class.! "In the American Journal of
Pharmacy, C, H. Lowail, a Philadel
phia ehemlst,-shows that even so staid
and sober a anna-as-aomemade root
beer may contain a very, considerable
percentage of alcohol," and "even In
bread making, where .. yeast . Is used,
alcohol ,1s present to- an. appreciable
i iXi:?5
extent" - and "the u'niermentad srapa
Juice of the market: always contains
small amounts of alcohol" and "It Is
very difficult to get away from alcohul
entirely." . "Juicy fruit U likely to
eoataln minute amounts. Vinegar
sometimes contains several per cent.
Preserves Or canned fruits contain it,
and there are numerous other products
which unavoidably and necessarily con
tain It." "The foregoing facts may
come as a surprise to many who have special convenience of gentlemen who
looked upon homemade root beer as a are lit up.
strictly temperance drink. With beer ; Anions; Mr. Hug-hes personal likes
averaging 4 per cent, it becomes ap- and dislikes there should now be care
parent that three bottles of home fully catalogued his liking for cross
Drewea root beer which have tteen aj..
lowed to stand for 10 days or over
are equivalent to one bottle of ordi
nary brewed beer."
PAUL DORSAL.
The Prohibition Issue.
Newport. Or.. SeDt 26. To the Edi
tor of-The Journal t have read with i
considerable Interest the letter of A. I
JOhnaon .n ,.8t Sunday's Journal. In j
"V u" wwn w emer inio in.
ccmbat as between the two presidential
candidates he mentions, but I would
present a few thoughts on a great
national Issue entirely outside of any
talk they make.t
State and national prohibition of the
beverage liquor traffic Is the greatest
political problem of this 1916 cam
paign. I quote one sentence from Mr John
son's letter: "Two-men of the highest
personal character are candidates for
the office of president"
Admitted, but they and their parties
refuse to consider the great liquor
problem and they dare not discuss it
from the public platform, notwith
standing their high "personal" char
acter. .
The American Brewers Review was
right when it said: "The challenge has
been sounded. - The death grapple has
begun. Prohibition Is no longer a lo
cal issue. The last stage has been
leached. Prohibition (to the trade) is
a national danger. For the brewer,
there can be, from now on, only two
parties, viz: Prohibition and anti-prohibition."
The gentlemen refered to by Mr.
Johnson as candidates for the office
of president are simply two heads of
the great anti-prohibition party
Mr. Hanly is the head of the Na -
tional Prohibition party, whtch Is the
only national danger- to the liquor
business, teferred to by the American
Brewers Review.
No matter how perfect a candidate's
"personal" character may be he can
never get higher, "politically," - than
the party platform he stands on. Wo
have some good state temperance lawa
forbidding the sale of liquor on Sun
days, to minors, to drunks and on
legal holidays," but the national con
vention of tbe Republican party years
ago allowed a millionaire brewer of
Chicago, secretary of the United States
Brewers' association, who was neither
a member of the platform committee
nor a delegate to the convention, to
write a plank in its platform pledging
the party's protection to the trade, de
claring that its purpose was meant to
be (as explained by its author "the
discountenancing of all so-called tem
perance and Sunday laws."
New comes Hughes, candidate of the
Republican party for president, with
this publio statement: "I should pro
tect human lire, human safety, hu-
man comfort, I should protect
women. I should protect children. If
we take a long look ahead we cannot
afford to trifle with the future of the
race.
Noble words. But he did not dare to
say that he or his party would pro
tect human life, human comfort, hu
man safety from humanity's greatest
enemy.
Neither did he da r w
or his party should protect starving
women and children and ruined hmo.
from the demon of rum
And, neither did he dare to say that
he and his party would dissolve part
nership with the rum demon and cease
"trifling with the future of the race."
E. W. DURKEE.
The Long Drag."
Lents, Or., Sept 25. To the Editor
of The Journal Why the shortage of
cars?
The long drag; that is the reason.
If the Southern Pacific Railway com
pany would get the cars over the road,
and not leave them on the sidings from
one to four or five days and then some,
much of the. shortage could be avoided.
But no, they cannot have a train that
could make time; they must have the
long drag.
For Instance, the company sends out
what we call the "Woodburn Turn
around." The train Is set out there for
other trains to pick up, one or two
cars at a time. If a train happens to
get up Aurora hill without "doubling,"
why, that will not do, so cars enough
must be picked up to make a good drag
tp Albany. There they pick up a few
more to make a good drag to Junction
City. There is no crew at Junction
City to go south, so the train la held
up from 12 to 24 hours longer.
The crew from the north has rest:
is called to go south; so off they start
with all they can drag- aa far as Drain.
There they reduce If they have only
ona .helper, but If they get two, they
pick up a drag and sometimes double
Rice hill with three engines. Now on
to Roseburg. The same thing happen
there, and so on . all the way to Cali
fornia, and If the conductor is a few
pounds shy in his tonnage it is 10
days for him.
If Mr. Sproule would get the ears
over the road, I am sure the people
would unload them. The trouble Is the
long drag. ONE WHO KNOWS.
A Golden Age for Oregon.
Clackamas. Or., Sept 27. To the
Editor of The Journal. We want to
help all-we can and In helping to help
ourselves by buying things that are
made in Oregon.
We must not forget -the laws, along
with other things. Let us make good
laws In Oregon the very best In the
whole world and the people of Oregon
can go down Into history as the great
est and wisest people the world has
ever had.
Whatever we do in Oregon, each and
all of us must be bettered if we make
good laws, laws under which children
can gTow to manhood and womanhood
and develop the best that is In each
individual. Let us have such laws In
Oregon that every man and woman can
say, "I am glad I live in Oregon." .Then
we can all be ourselves, . and when the
Great Judge comes to call us we can
say, "Take me as I am. My work will
tell." MRS. VIOLA BURR.
Shutting in the Very Poor.
Portland, Or, Sept. 26. To the Edi
tor of The Journal As a physician who
haa worked In the hospitals and clinics
that drain the tenement house alum
district. in New York city's "east aide."
one who haa seen the misery,, squalor'
and lack of air, sunshine, ventilation
and water, I am constrained to draw
a "deadly" parallel between the 'state
ments of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Roose
velt concerning their comparison of the
number of Americans killed in Mexico
and the number of Americans killed in
oosa-war with Spain.' There were more
annual deaths among tha poor residents
of this district after the vetoing of the
Coney Island fare reduction bill by
Governor ..Hughe than the combined
totalsvof deaths of Americans in the
Spanish war and In Mexico. ,
I Anyone who has seen this district
during the - day or night la the hot
PERTINENT COMMENT
SAIAXJa CHANGE
After the battle is over the Somma
will be Somme Quiet. -v
The invention of the Illuminated
keyhole Is announced. . It ia for the
country sporia
The troubles In Uexlco mlarht have
been settled quite a while ago if Fred
Fun s ton had only had the Bagbag on
the border instead of the Rio Grande,
which isn't swimmable,- you under
stand. -
In England, where so many women
workers have taken to wearing- trous
f"', mom are wondering whether they
JJU ever .obackto jUrtj. Noneed
ter m 8lcirU. And tnt!y do. Women
know men think so. 8o that settles
that.
Has anyone on The Pacific coast ever
thought of transplanting hither the so
called summer grape, that grows wild
in. the wooded belts of the middle
west? True, there is little to it but its
taste, but what a taste! And what a
chance for a Burbanking stunt! and
for a grapevine awing after all's said
and done!
Having successfully changed Web
foot to Beaver, and having tried to
transmute Bull Run and Yamhill into
something else, let the namesmiths of
Oregon, now become interested in the
prune. What other fruit so delicious
and wholesome and beautiful has to
bear perpetual contumely Just because
it happens to have tbe name it haa?
IPs a- shame, and boarding houses
ought to be torn down If they don't
have prunes on the table, instead of
being fleered If they do.
THE AVERTED
Theo. H. Price in Commerce and Fi
nance, Sept. 6.
There will be no railway strike.
Opinions may differ aoout the method
by which It was averted but nearly
i every one is relieved that the country
1 18 lo e sparea a coniiict one day or
! which would have cost many times the
aggregate annual increase In wages
demanded by the trainmen. In any
case the public will probably pay the
bill and from the low standpoint of
dollars and cents the settlement Is
about the beat that could have been
made.
Even those who criticize It admit
that there was no way to compel the
men to accept arbitration.
In the coal strike of 1902 it was the
railroads who refused to arbitrate.
The miners had been out five months
before President Roosevelt was able to
persuade the operators to submit the
question to a commission as the un
ions had proposed. In the end the men
got nearly everything they demanded
and the price of coal was advanced.
The intervening distress was great.
If in October, 1903, Mr. Roosevelt
had not exerted the coercive pressure
of his high office to end the deadlock
the succeeding winter would have been
one of terrible misery.
Five months of - unemployment for
both labor and capital were necessary
! horn-. iatt-
lBr,,n the nrlndnle of arbitration that
; it has recently Insisted upon as a mat
ter or right.
Those who prefer that the president
and congress should have allowed a
stoppage of all the railroads for even
a week that the men might be forced
to accept a principle which the rail
roads themselves denied in the last
i reat 8trlKB ar . elcm to thel.r
i choice. They are In a very small ml-
( nority. The principle of compulsory
arbitration has not yet been estab
lished by law. Until it Is legally rec
ognised a deadlock between master
and men must either be fought out or
ended by some emergency legislation
like that which haa Just been enacted.
We admit that It Is a choice between
two evils but the president and con
gress seem to have selected the lesser
one.
spell, with its reeking, fly-Infested
swill and garbage cans on the side
walks and its filthy streets and un
ventilated, overcrowded tenements, can
understand why It Is a terrible thing
to refuse those people a cheap outing
and veto their small bits of God's air.
PHYSICIAN.
The Keeper of Cows.
Portland, Sept. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal In regard to the pastur
ing of cows on vacant lots, isn't there
a law against maintaining over two
cows in the corporate limits of the
town? There is a party in my neigh
borhood who has five, I know. Several
complaints have gons in in regard to
thorn, but they have not abated th
nuisance. He has not a sanitary ta
Ki. and when he brlnirs thera In off
the vacant property, hs turns them all
loose at once, to th terror of the
housewife who has nic rose buahes
in her yard. HENRY SMITH.
It is required that any resident of
the city of Portland who desires to
keep more than two cows within the
city limits shall apply to the council
for a permit to ao bq.j
More About Buttons.
Portland, Sept. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal I am a stndent of human
nature, also student of physiognomy,
and I bav found by close study of
men I do not know personally, and
of those I am personally acquainted
with, that about eight of every 10 I
meet, who wear the Hughes button,
are away down in tneir neariu, op
posed to the eight hour law and the
p.httd labor law.
Let union men who. don't believe
the writer , of this, just stuay me
men, and they will b convincea or
the fact. Let them watch their mer
chant and employer of men, and I am
aura thev will be convinced that they
are not In favor of reducing the hours
of their employes.
Mr. Hughes has stated in his
speeches that he is In favor of wiping
all laws from the statute book that
President Wilson has made. So If he
is true to his word th eight hour
and child labor laws must go. -
Let labor men and women rely on
the button proposition, and they are
sure to win. MR. BUTTON.
A "Deserving Republican."
From the Independence Monitor.
If ever the Republican party reigns
and a king of tbelr ktnd sits upon the
throne, a soft front seat should be
given the esteemed editor of the Leb
anon Criterion.. lie has earned it and
the much-needed rest that should be
the reward of those who meekly fol
low, they are not particular whera Ha
can play every instrument in th band,
with or wltlyfut notes, and while at
times the notpe he makes must weary
hi audience and hla harmony often
la without reason still he has never
wearied, never faltered and never
questioned th pedigre of any of
those for whom be has played, shouted
or sung. If Republicans ar .grateful,
they will invite him to rid when the
glad day cornea ' ; -, - ,
v ' - IfS) Bltterentv Row.
From th Detroit News. --Until
ths automobile cam in, what
a soft day Monday must hav bean for
keepers of vital statistic.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
That Powers is now a city- half the
slse of Coquille, the Sentinel says, ap
pears to be indicated by the faot that
200 pupils were enrolled In the Pow
ers schools the first day of the term.
Seven teachers are employed.
The library of the University of Ore
gon now contains 65,115 books, of
which 2377 have been added since
June L The beginnings of wnat are
intended to be substantial law and
architectural libraries have been made
this year.
The Dallas city council has in con
templation the macadamisatlon of sev
eral streets next Beason, and la making
arrangements with Falls City for the
purchase of a half Interest In the mu
nicipal quarry at that place, tho sup
ply from which Is said to be inex
haustible. The prospect as viewed by the Al
banv Democrat: "Good times are re
ported generally. Even in Oregon
there has been a decided change for
tbe baitfer. due to fine crops and hied
prices for them. Past the danger
place in reference to cropn, muni m
which have been Bavea. peopie isenur
ally are optimistic about the future,
with predictions of a splendid busi
ness winter.
In the midst of an editorial article
devoted to high praise of the Clatsop
county fair, the Astorlan pauses to in
flict such faithful wounds as a friend
always may; arid thus it says: "Clat
sop county is a wonderful county In
all things but enthusiasm. It Is woe
fully lacking there. It la only Buch
occasions as that of the fair- Just
closed that the people really loosen up
and realize that they nave somerning
to crow over and Indeed they have.
And then it resumes with high praise
for those responsible for tne excellent
exhibition.
RAILWAY STRIKE
When a house ia burning the legal
right to use 'the water required to
quench tha fire la not usually con
sidered.
The exact application of a principle
Is rarely If ever possible in human
affairs anyway.
Theoretically a straight line has
neither breadth nor depth. Length is
its only dimension but none of us
can draw a line that Is absolutely
straight and unless it has some
breadth and depth it Is invisible and
useless in the demarcation of our
rights.
So it Is with the principles of hu
man lustice. A breadth of view and a
depth of sympathy are necessary In
their application If they are to be use
ful. This Is especially true In the
case of tthe newly evolved theory that
society has a right to compel men to
arbitrate the wages they shall accept
and pay.
That this theory will ultimately ho
recognized by both employers and em
ployes we. have little doubt but educa
tion and discussion will be required
to secure Us universal acceptance.
Only recently the streetcar com
panies in New York declined to arbi
trate the demands of their employes
and 14 years ago the anthracite coal
operators took the same position.
With these precedents before them
it Is not surprising that the trainmen
should have refused to relinquish the
advantage of their position In the re
cent controversy.
They have carried their point but
they have at the same time uncon
sciously rendered a great service In
tht they have focused the attention
of the people upon the necessity for
some law that will provide for and
compel the arblrtatlon of disputes be
tween labor and capital.
The intelligent enaotmenfc of suah a
law wlU require much time and
thought.
Neither could have been had In the
embroilment of a great railway strike.
To avert It was the Important thing.
This has been dona Now we can pro
ceed deliberately to take measures
which will prevent tne recurrence of
such a situation.
Business Never Better.
The article below appeared in the
American Lumberman. It Is by C.
Crane, of C. Crane & Co., of Cincinnati.
Crane & Co.. Is one of the largest lum
ber firms in the United States.
It is with pleasure I report that we
have had a very pleasant and success
ful business. I do not think wo have
ever had any better; there are no
clouds In the sky that we can see un
less Mr. Hughes and his associates
rats soma What I understand was
very well expressed In the New York
World th other day wher they said
Mr. Hughes was governor for three
years and could not control that New
York bunch who are now backing him.
What will he do if he is elected presi
dent 7 Can he control them? Not
My understanding from bankers and
business men I met In New York who
were so strong for Roosevelt wa that
they did not want th tariff taken out
of politics; they wanted to manipulate
it. , ThS biggest thing I gathered from
different conversations while In New
York was that they wanted one tdg
bank In New York so they could ma
nipulate it That would pretty nearly
ruin this country, In my opinion. There
haa surely been an understanding be
tween Hughes and Roosevelt, and if
Mr. Hughes should be Successful there
is no telling what would become of
our business. Money is so cheap, and
plentiful In this country now that they
want to throttle the policy of our pres
ent government by condemning the 12
regional banks scattered through ths
west and to manipulate the tariff to
suit their Interests, which are only 10
or 12. This we cannot stand.
With the present administration
backed by the people we cannot see
a cloud in the sky or how on could
rise. Our country is becoming filled
with money and .that Is going to be
on of the cheapest commodities this
country will have for years to come;
consequently business is bound to be
good. Tho tariff In th hands of a
commission and th regional banks
scattered over the country ar bound
to insure a stabl financial system;
as Mark Hanna said, "When I find a
man managing my affairs and doing
well I let him alone; it is only when
he la not doing well that I Interfere."
Is this not a good tlm to let well
enough alon7
In any event, hardwood timber Is
getting scare and prices ar bound
to be good for those who have It
ready for market when a man wants
it Men will buy in smaller quanti
ties In the future but they will want
prompt delivery, and those in posi
tion to furnish it promptly will al
ways do well.
W believe) th general publio will
b .wis to th situation and ; retain
Mr. Wilson as president. He Is a very
abl 'man, both as . a statesman and
business man, and I do not believe
I hav ever seen a better combina
tion. ? ,
Making . Amends. . :
From the Philadelphia Ledger. '
Richard Strauaa' . new opera, "The
Woman Without a Shadow." la prob
ably conceived a an act of penitence
for tha .many operas that b wrote
in which his woman heroines all had
a. past, and a shadowy r shady one'
at that. '"" i
Rag; Tatf and Bohuil
Stories From Everywnsrs
ITn tfcla , . . . -
.ljrr In puliosopkleal obsarmtoS
rr, lk",e quotations Tfrom anyoreV
ror. at toa editor's appralasLI ,
yyB ARE not at all enthusiastic oval
f lis A nAlanf Ha.aa.
of Golf. Nor do we know muoh about
the relation or r.m.. l.rz.V:, r
ments. if any. But the other dav. a
th. p , '1? th6 ContM Which '
th! Pn h'Ppers wrestlsd .With
thLf1 ??d rallroad trafflo men, w
thought the game could not be In.
jured any and probably could.be im
proved if the following Portland pe
fink. induced to gambol on the
Tlr?1'i M' Clubb' cashier of 'the
Imperial hotel.
Forest Q. Driver, the mall carrier.
s.i ail of W1mate Iron A
Steel Works.
JJarry K. Bunker, the engineer
Pl o7yTrTutl1.ree,1 UaChr " tb 'm
Wiiiiam l: Plajrfalr. the druggist,
aldo Bogle, the barber. .
Hugh Wynne, the laborer.
In the RaUroaxUess Interior.
RECENTLY a rortlndmah was vis-
iting Bill Hanley.. "the King of
Eastern Oregon.- After riding for
several hours to an outlying part 6t
the range the visitor, who had let his
watch run down. said. "What time
"rave you got?" Bin Hanley squinted
for a moment at the sun and said.
'It's about a quarter to 12." "That'a
sun time," said the Portlander. "What
time Is it by railroad time?" "Well,
here In Harney county we are about
as far from a railroad as from ths
sun, so I guess It dont cut much fig
ure which you go by," responded th
Sage of Harney county.
Poor Little Sonny Boyl
From the Medford Sun.
Ronny Austin, the wert known col
ored youth, went to sleep in the Star
theatre Saturday night, and when h
woke up It was 3 a. in. In the mean
time hla father haj hunted high and
low for htm. and finally, tired out,
went home to bed. When Sonny awok
'.io began to yell at the top of his voice,
which attracted the attention of Ser
geant Pat Mego, who unlocked the the
atre door and let the frightened llttls
hoy go home.
Peswveo": a Monument.
From Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
"And what Is that mounment over,
there?" asked a young lady from Boa
ton who was exploring the wild and
v.oolly west and seriously studying It.
"That there monument." said tbe na
tive, "marks the last resting place of
Three-Fingered' Jim Nugent. He was
the best sheriff this county ever had,
and" he died with his hoots on."
"Iear me!" exclaimed the visitor.
"How very uncomfortable!"
Who,lndeed?
From the Amity Standard.
This office was the recipient this
week or some rino pcac.ies and some
ripe strawberries. C. M. Trotter raised
them on his place, and he haa our
thanks. Who wouldn't like to La a
country editor?
Uncle Jeff Snow Hays:
I alius did like to bear ona of these
preachers who starts In and says all
hla sermon In the text and furst para
graph. A feller don't feel ao guilty
when he wakes up. Some folks do
love a serHp that ain't nope of their
business and that Is fur enough sway
from 'cm so there la no danger-to' tholr
own hides.
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