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THE OREGON
DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1C21.
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JUGGLINO TAXES
rpHERB is great trouble In Wash
tA ington over the tax bill. There
'is trouble because some of the lead
ers are attempting to find a way in
(which taxes can be removed from'
?ia man m MraArttlAn . ' l,inl
( w. -1
.means and placed on the man of I
Ismail means without permitting the
jnan ox smau means to Know iu xo
Jdate, the way has not been found.
I The reason there is effort to nut
ilhe taxes op .the masses Is because J
Haxes have to-be ?collected from 1
someuooy 11 unemployment istoi
-.be overcome and normal conditions
.restored, it is necessary that capital
Uhat has been withdrawn from pro-
idnctlve enternrises be i" returned
rthereto. It is the theory of those in,
;power at Washington that the way
' to get capital back to work la to re-
tmove the taxes on capital and permit
large profits to accrue without inter
ference by the government. Then,
tthe theory follows, capital will go
.back to work, unemployment will
(disappear and the United States will
";be. back to normal. y
In ; the meantime, however, (the
.government Is spending about 15,
000,001,000 every year. That money
3ias to jCome from somewhere. If
'HhVtaxes are removed from the peo-
rpi of large means, from the big cor
poratlona and the rich, the amount
.. : ..
;utaen irom utm now.nas to oe se
fCured somewhere else. There is only
) one other place it can come from
.the masses. If taxes remain the
tsame and the rich are relieved of
i"r ouroen. inetr ouraen nun in
turn do loaaea onto tne man ana
?amy or smau income, xnat is pre- One of them said that If she wel
jclsely what the tax experts in Wash- comed an U f o'clock rearing hour
-vn . W woom
vletting the small man find it out.
In carrying out the policy, the ex-
icess profits tax and the surtaxes on
juw"""" t-y prw
tpvaasa uat m excess pronis tax nei
i"i"w v" suwuisjo waptuu vo oi
v.av w n(N nit., vmu uwt
there ia no limit to the profits to be
made and. no taxes to be paid. The
surtax on Incomes Is slated for re
duction so that people of large ln-
teemea ;wiH put their money back to
work: Under the same conditions.
But, instead of "encouraging"
capital V go to work, why not force
It 't .work. The work logman is
forced to work tor his income," The
man oa a salary, has to work tor his.
The farmer has to work tor his. But
here the principle is set up at Wash
ington that capital has to be favored;
has to be persuaded; -has to be bribed
to go' to work by r relieving, it from
payment of its share of .the cost of
government..
: Unearned income, or. income do -
rived without effort on the part of
the owner, should be taxed In greater
proportion than earned Income, or
that derived from the toil of the la -
boring man, the salaried man; the!
farmer, the business man or the pro -
fessfonal man. -Moreover, the f irst
principle of taxation is that. taxes
should be collected from those who
can afford to pay. . But Instead of
placing heavier tax; burdens on idle
capital and on tax-exempt securities
.than 4ar capital at work, and en
couraging capital by that means to
go; back into ..the channels of com
merce and Industry, It is proposed to
relieve capital of what it is now pay
ing in taxes and shift the burden to
almost its entirety, to the man who
earns his Income and the man- who
can least 'atford.toay UZlt4
i. The attempt Is a violation of all
principles of taxation, and all tenets
cf good government. It is taxation
and government la the . interest of
Blx Business. . .. - r.
-The Communists attempt on the
III of Ambassador Herrlcte and their
hostile demonstration t before ' the
American le ration to Paris yesterday
Is example of the vicious' Intolerance
ortheaa tlmea. -For murder in
America!' two foreign r -Communists
were convicted in an, Ameriae court.
as. was- proper. ' It was. in retaliation
that the' bomb' was sent to Ambas
sador Herrlek. The " tmreason and
madness" of the "proposed 'rerenge Is
the product of a world turned topey
turvy by that organised wholesale
massacre which wr call war.
; LAPSING BACK
rpHERE has been a riot of automo-A"-
bile accidents in Portland and
the Oregon country during the last
few weeks.. It aeami that there to
no end to the collisions, the mutila
tions, ; and the killings- One day a
child la killed. Then, perhaps,' It Is
a pedestrian. .. Then a woman or two.
or a man forfeits a life In a crscd of
hnrtling cars. ? They are . killed on
dry pavementa wet pavements.
in' collisions and out of them, on
motorcycles, on foot, and on coaster
wagons, j- ; " ' ' ' ' - '
Few, indeed, are the so-called un-
avoidable accidents. Most of them
are caused by carelessness and speed.
many by pedestrians, and scores by
failure to have control of machine.
Too many drivers rip. down streets
at high speed on dry pavements. Too
masy fail to fake wet pavements into
consideration. Too " many worry
about right of way rather than a
possible collision Too many look
in another direction until too late.
Too many fall to realise that a child
is irresponsible and that other peo
ple make mistakes. . It is the purpose
of too many - automobile operators
to. do, all they can without having
an accident, instead of doing all they
can to avoid It. It IS the purpose
of too many to be in a r08itlon , to
say that it wasn't their fault after
ward instead of preventing the col
lision ; before.
Xast year, Portland was the safest
city in the United States in the mat
ter of collisions.. The reason for the
safety was widespread agitation
against accidents' and strict law en
forcement. Apparently people are
lapsing back Into recklessness 'and
carelessness. The result Is shown
in -nine deaths since September 1,
and the serious injuries that may yet
take their toll.
If the drivers will not regulate
' . . ...
mem selves me omy way tett to euro
the killings .is for
police officials i
and courts to take a firmer hand.
More thorough investigations of ac
cidents, more convictions of care
lessness and recklessness, more jail
sentences and more revocations of
licenses will qulckly-reduoe the car
page.
r Philadelphia Is going to get a
drum and boom" for the . success of
the Sesquicentennial in 112 6. j With
nothing so far actually accomplished.
exposition plans propose a large con
tributing membership and an appeal
to congress, first for approval, and,
second, for an appropriation. The
Philadelphia fair promoters frankly
admit that the congressional ap
propriation Is vital to their success.
THE OLD FASHIONED JUDGE
ABOUT the least popular Justice In
these United States ia tha Rroalr.
lyn magistrate who had the temerity,
the audacity and the undiluted nerve
to say right out from his benoh that
a girl of 22 ought to begirt bed by
11 O'CIOCK. ' ,
Horrors! ' What next!
Happily, however,, the girls left no
necessity for. hypothetical assump-
tions as to the way they regard the
1 jadiciel -dictum. They spoke for
i themselves.
BBr wouid be compelled to abandon
theaters, parties and dances.
Another became more personal
I "The magistrate is crazy." said she.
i wiw an tne assurance or an auenrst
tesurying in a murder trial.
a society matron : cuncnea tne
point, ine young people must nave
I their - good times, even If their
pleasures, keep them up after X
o'ciock," sne sunmmea eruditely.
Usually supreme court Justices re
serve to themselves the prerogative of
reversing a subordinate magistrate
j But in this case, it is quite evident
that the Jurist is .reversed and rep
runanded by his. fair defendants.
Once the theory was that early to
bed and early to rise made one
healthy, wealthy and wise. Now it
Is clearly understood that; beauty
sleep comes in the morning and If
one went to .bed too early one
j wouldn't be able to sleep late.
PORTLANDS CHINATOWN
1 -..: , :: : i
1 TT SEEM3 that about all that ever,
1 comes out of Portland's China-
I town la trouble. .
1 First there Is a raid. in which nm
biers are arrested.- Next come Chi-
j neae who are selling drugs, Then a
I airf dlannneara in l.hvrinthi.n
passages of the OrientaJ. Then
comes a tone war with1 ahoetinaa.
f sometimes, orwhltes. Undoubtedly,
bribery and other crimes of various
magnitude are accompaniments ef
the riot of law violations In the Chi
nese' quarter. : " '".-
There are scores of law-abiding
Chinese. Some are good .citixena.
But pracUcsHy all the reports that
come to, public attention from the
Oriental district are reports" of
bauchery, law violaUon, drugs, plots
and. lost lives. ;c;.k;"-.'.'
Chndren do not take the lurid oath
by choice. Boys do not become drug
assets because it is ytheir desire,
Girls do not forfeit Uvea of respect
ability and virtu because ; they set
their hearts on .such a' course.
Neither young men nor young women
go down toto Chinatown nor any
where else for' drugs and debauch
ery unless : they have first been
taught to go, unless they have, been
lured way from a life of Christian
ity. A city fringed and clustered
with dives and debauchery is a city
threatened with decadence.;
."When was Chinatown cleaned up T
When was there a thorough house
cleaning In that section T When
was crime ever stopped there? . lOay
after day there are arrests. The po
lice department picks, picks, picks,
at ; Chinatown.7 But there has not
been, at least to recent years, an at
tempt to clean Chinatown that could
be considered even a near-success. -
2TlrV a ..; thoroughgoing '' house-
Cleaning might be tried. If that
fails to protect the children and
adults of Portland from the excesses
and outlawry in . the Oriental quar
ter, other and. more effective means
can be found.
:T, There Is quite a discussion as to
when Ui "saturation point will be
reached fa the sale of automobiles.
That time will come when every in
dividual has a machine. We are en
tering the second era of individual
transportation. . The first was when
everybody: walked. ' -
AN OLD MAN'S VISION
5 WAS an old man. The col
umns of thousands of marchers
with banners aloft were swinging
by. aitt was the great peace celebra
tion by worklhgmen' and others In
Berlin. ;:" ::: ?' '
; TFor us old oneV murmured ihe
old man, "there has not come much
change after all; but these. wHJ see a
new world.. " "These" were the
throngs of young men and women
who made up most of the great pa
rade. On the banners were slogans
like these;
Peace. No more war. Justice and
freedom. The abolition of militarism.
Reconciliation and lasting peace. War
against hatred. No more war toys.
World peace, and progress. No more
war, taxea
At the Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion at St. Louis, two great paintings
were displayed. One portrayed the
famous warriors of history. Alex
ander was there. Caesar was there.
Hannibal was there. Napoleon was
there. And on either side of this
sinister group lay in endless rows
the sheeted dead of war.
The other picture expressed the
appeal of millions of dead for the
end of war. There were hands,
myriads of hands, humanity's hands,
stretching upward toward the sky-
gnarled hands of labor and withered
hands of age, eager hands of youth
and helpless hands of babes, rugged
hands of men and delicate hands of
women hands bf aspiration, stretch
ing toward the sky In mute appeal
for endless peace.
The lords of war have too ' long
ridden amdng the corpses of count
less dead. The cruel nails of war
have too long pierced the bleeding
hands and feet of crucified mankind.
In the waving banners and the
numbers and the cries of the Berlin
marchers, the old man thought he
saw "a hew world," a world un-
bruised by the crashv and smash of
conflict, unbled by the ceaseless and
countless collections of war taxea
What a crime against mankind if
the arms conference shall fall!
Idleness . can
any ideal. .
break down ' almost
A RAILROAD STRIKE T
0N.
TOP . of Its former defiance
of the railroad labor board, the
Pennsylvania yesterday denied the
Jurisdiction of the board la Inter
vening between the road and Us
employes in certain matters.
The attorney of the road was
asked by a member of the board this
question: I. -: i
What difference ,de you see In the
culpability, of a railroad in refusing to
obev a decision of the board authorised
by an act of congress and the culpability
oi tne unions in calling a a truce 7
- In the Pennsylvania's attitude we
have the, key to-the mood of the
railroad owners. Their thought - is
that the labor board was created for
the employes to obey not for the
roads to obey. Their acceptance of
the S400.000.000 a year from the'
original 'wage, cut and of the other
millions from, revislonj of working
rules is to the record, t But there is
no record of a reduction of freight
rates to correspond. ;
The roads; present" proposal 4s to
cut employes' wages another 10 per
cent. After saving $300,000,000 that
way they say they , will cut . freight
rates,-, giving the publlo the benefit
of the $200,000,000.- Perhaps. But
they didn't do that with the , 2
per cent cut. If they do cut - rates
to save the public $200,000,000. their
business will Increase and they will
make more money. The employes
will make lessv---.-- '-.r' :
This is not only a plan to make
labor .bear the whole ; cost to the
roads of lower ; freight rates. It Is
a plan also tosave to the roads the
profits from wage cuts' already in
effect without sharing a dollar with
the public In lower rates. . ;
-T The employes are not fooled.
They said in the beginning that it
was not the original , wage cut but
later, wage cuts that alarmed them.
Three and a half months after'the
original went A the '-.-j companies1 an
nounce : that. they "are going to ask
for a turthek wage.-eut. -'r?i y-'
-The employes know that the pres
ent Is a crisis In their lives. Beneath
all the controversy Is their absolute
knowledge that what the roads are
after l"te throw aside all these
modern railroad labor beards for
mediation of disputes and go back
to the Industrial autocracy cf 40
years ago. That if the great issue
with, which tha brotherhoods know
they are confronted, and to meet
which they have chosen the desper
ate alternative of a strike. " . . v-.. "
The strike Is wholly unlikely. The
roads are not to the controversy with
clean hands.VX'Wltih . the Impartial
labor board j-eady deal fairly be
tween roads and employes,: the roads
will have ultimately to accept a just
settlement, ' and tof any such settle
ment If will be found that the em
ployes will agree:
' The man who carries an umbrella
under his arm "with the point stick
ing backward is careless of the rights
and safety of others.
STRIKE HISTORY
IN AMERICA
Analysis Discloses'' an Amasingly
Large Number of Strikes Sicca 179C,
with ' Proportionate Property ' and
- Wage Lom and I a Sad Loss in -
Lives SUtlstlcs Covering the c
Principal Labor 5 Troubles
- . Since iX884l : : '
v' '' i-' -By MUton (A;liller . .
Now that the country is threatened
with a general railroad strike,, it is in
tereating to look batik war tha biatory
of this country 'and I review tne 'strikes
that have taken place since the forma
tion of the American republic. In doing
so .we find some - Interesting; and start
ling facta. .
. According to . Ellis' history of this
country, there were, f between 1796 and
1820, 1491 strikes. "Between IS 81 and
1886. inclusive, therePWefe 3900 strikes,
involving 1.223.203 men. The money loss
ran into millions.- In i the year 188$ there
were ISOO strlkea -
Taking it by years,, we find that in
1884 there was the Gould railroad strike,
involving the .-Southwestern Kail road
system. It forced the road Into the
hands of receivers and . made a loss to
the employes of overt $16,000,000. They
lost the strike as welL The monetary
loss to the community and the railroad
company was incalculable. The strikers
seised the cities of St. Louis. Sedalia,
Kansas City, Fort Worth and Little
Rock and stopped all trains. A special
committee of thehoese of representa
tives was appointed to examine into the
Btrlki . I .
In 18S9 occurred the-'great Homestead
strike, in the steel mills at Homestead,
Pa Detectives were aired by the steel
company to protect their mills and they
were brought to the miala on boats. They
were met by armed strikers and before
the disorder was calmed over 20 were
killed, hundreds injured on both sides.
the governor was forced to order out
2000 troops, and the loss to the strikers
and owners totaled over 26,000,000, to
which was added the expense to the
state of about half a: million and the
expense of the trials resulting from the
fighting. - i . .. .
The same year the street ear strike
occurred in New York city, involving
6000 men, who lost the strike, in, addi
tion to wages totaling; about 11,707,000.
In 1890 came the strike at Chicaro tor
an eight hour day, with 26,000 men out
of work ; that of the builders at Boston,
with 2000 .men striking; of .2000 null
hands at Indianapolis and of 1601 cigar-
workers at, Bwghamtonj, N. T.
The Couer d'Alene miners' strike In
Idaho occurred in 1892, involving 8000
men. Non-union workers were imported
and fighting ensued ia which several
vM-a killed, mine were Idvnamlted. mar
tial- law declared and EOOO troops sent
to the scene ef disorder.
In 1292 also occurred i tne switchmen's
strike in New York. Although but 700
men were out, freight cars were burned
with their contents, passenger cars nred,
trains derailed and i their engines
wrecked, and the governor finally called
out a total of 8000 troops to quell tne
trouble.
The Tennessee coal miners' strike oc
curred in 1291 and 1892.- It was caused
because of the use of convict, labor. In
1191 1000 men were Involved and in 1892
8000 men. - The troops were ordered out,
$15,000 worth: of company property was
burned, the strikers released some of
the convicts, and fi eh tins ensued be
tween the miners and troops, in which
a number of soldiers were killed.
In 1898 occurred a general strike of
aU trades in New Orleans, putting 15,
000 men out. of work and causing a loss
to all concerned of about $6,000,000.
a I
In 1294 came the coal' miners' strike,
nation-wide, In which 128,000 men went
out There was fighting and dynamiting
and many lives were lost, the troops
being called out in Pennsylvania. Many
industries were forced to shut down on'
account of the lack of coal, and the
total loss is estimated at $25,000,000. .
The Pullman strike, which was nation-wide,
involving about 2000 men. oc
curred In 1894. A boycott was declared
on aU railway man hauling PuUmana
Trains were wrecked, there were riots
at numerous points, and men were Killed
and beaten. Food prices in Chicago were
Increased and famine Impended. The
mails were stopped, and at this point
tha United States government inter
vened and sent regular troops. A troop
train was ditched in California.
In 1895 . came the Brooklyn- trolley
tribe, where S000 men were called out
The money loss to the men was about
1750.000. to the state 2275.000. and to the
comnanies was Incalculable. Sixty-five
hundred state troops were called out
before the strike was setueo.
Letters From the People
. Cofamtmieatioaa sent te ! Tha loaraal for
BebUeaOas in thia department ihoeld ba written
oa only one aide of the paper; should not ea4
809 word ia leatta. and mart be oared by the
writer, wheat mail addraae ia nut suae bo
pear tha eoetrifeattoa.
: THE FARMER'S HARD CASE
A Review of Acts and Conditions That
Have Brought Him Low.
-Sherwood, Oct 18. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read tm journal
from Its first iaaua. Apparently you
have on your staff one Hyman H.
Cohen. - On October 14 he starts out
with: "Old Man Supply and Demand'
the old gag of those that try to de
stroy the products of labor. We knew
supply and demand are fn evidence. We
have the supply, and all Europe and
6,000,000 Idle men are demanding It We
have the wheat,, the wool, the beef and
the spuds that Cohen prates about and
yet we are demanding I shoes, clothes,
farmlne- tools and everything from the
factories. . It is safe to say that not
one farmer in 10 has had a new emit
of clothes In three years and his Sunday
shoes consist of one pair worn seven
days of the week. Soma time ago Mr.
Cohen made a trip through Eastern and
Central Oregon, and after this advised
the, farmers that it was not business
for them to hold their grain, as it inter
fered with good business. He also re
ferred to the loss sustained, but. made
no pefarence to the broken exchange of
European, money, that made all Europe
subjects . of charity; also our idle men.
After his Eastern trip he also predicted
better times, as there were- big crops
in the Interior, and that they had' been
raised cheap, which I knew to be true,
having made two trips . through that
country this summer, and I know where
one man, with the help cz his wife and
two children, e-ne four years old, the
other one and one half years old. put
up 100 tons of hay without expending
one cent for labor. Now that Is cheaper
thaa they raised cotton with slave labor,
as they had the negro to board. - -
I cannot understand why our great
papers for many of the editors know
fail to give 'the cause of this great de
pression. ' A year ago all three Portland
papers were publishing letters -on. front
pages from the bajtkera. teninar- why we
could not let Europe have any more
credit until they made . more money,
How were , they to make mora money If
they had nothing to eat. and no raw
material to manufacturer - There Is in
Washington today a body of men, sin
cere and honest, trying to solve unem
ployment, and there is no help except
from those . that have the ' money and
those people do not deal In labor. To
day the only ones that need labor are
the farmers, and . they cannot pay. AU
farms are in bad condition, as i there
have been no improvements for them in
the past Gve years. : Fences are down,
buildings un pain ted. shingles loose and
no money to replace them. ,4 :
Yon--have a great deal to say about
Newberry.; Now, why don't you say
something about the 'effects? Tell us
tne date of the election, and the date the
injunction was served on 'the federal
farm bureau loan banks, and bring along
to the breaking of European exchange.
Even if the farm loan bank had been left
the farmer would, la a way, have passed
through with some hopes for the future,
but- the two years- of absolute money
rule .have so - impoverished the farmer
mat ft win take years to put him in
as gooa snaps as be was In 1914.
"... ,'.v - C L. Morse.
TO 'LOVERS OF OPERA '
Testimony of an Enthusiast Concerning
roruana upera Association,
Portland. Oct.. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal The Portland Opera asso
elation Is an organisation of great value
to the Intellectual life of our city and Is
deserving - of generous support frorr
everyone who believes in the uplifting
influence of good music, whether an
Opera fan or not The chorus, under
the able direction of Mr. Corrucini, has
developed an esprit fle corps unusual in
amateur organisations of the kind, com
prising 'as it does some very fine solo
voices.-', --f.- .
The music of Verdi's ! opera. "The
Masked BaU," is delighttuily tuneful
and the harmonies are somewhat more
complex than In his older operas, best
known of which is "II Trovatore." The
story concerns the betrayal of his friend
Renato, by. Richard, governor of Boston,
in the year seventeen and somethlnr
through love of tha rot-mar's wife. The
original story was woven, about inci
dents based upon actual court life 1
Italy,, a favorite theme with aU operatic
composers of that, period. - But despite
the incongruity of -transferring the
Italian atmosphere to America., which
was occasioned by political opposition,
the action is as true today as it was
when first produced, if not-more In ac
cord with the trend of events. Scandal
is always a. dangerous if ' piquant sub
ject and In the present Instance Rich
ard pays a rather severe penalty for
his Illicit love affair.
After all, apart from the musical
values of operatic production, movie fans
will find much to interest them in the
colorful costumes and the dramatic in
terest of a atory that Is perennial. The
individual roles are well sustained by
local singers of exceptional talent to
gether with TJmberto Sorrentino of New
York, whom the writer had the pleasure
of seeing In operatic tableaux. Mr, Sor
rentino, besides being a fine pantomim.
1st 'possesses a voice that ia said to be
unusually beautiful. I last heard. "The
Masked BaU" With Caruso as Richard.
in New York some years ago; and I can
heartily commend it as one of the finest
of the Verdi operas. An Opera "Fan."
SLOGANS OF YESTERYEAR
With Some Remarks Concerning the
Way They Have Panned Out
Portland, Oct 18. To the Editor of
The Journal As I was sitting in my
lonely room tonight thinking how I was
going to get by this winter, and being
out of work at this writing, and trying
to recall some reason why the high cost
of living still continues and- the wages
are going, going, gone flown' so rap
idly, and not much work starting
up, and in the midst of it all
was looking over some old , scraps
of paper that one will accumulate
in the course -of time, and behold, I ran
onto some of the campaign slogans and
began to look them over. . Some of them
go something like this :
"Cut the comedy ; elect Harding.'
Have . we had anything but comedy
since 7
"Restore the reign, of common sense.'
Have you seen any flying around T
"Harding and home rule for Araer
lea," Isn't he catering to Lloyd George,
the same as he accused Wilson of doing?
He is coming on the president's special
invitation.
"Be wise, pard ; keep on guard. Play
your card and vote for Harding." Ques
tion 1 The cards' were played, all right
but did they turn the right trump?
The H. C L.wUl never-fall till we
answer Harding's call." -The call was
answered. Where Is the fall InEC Lt
Did they mean wages? ...
- "Harding. No league, no war, no hen."
Question; Ask the worklngman - if be
has seen, anything else but hell? And
the dear leader himself has already
talked war.
"Harding and Coolldge; that's the
stuff. Whoever says' no, Just treat, them
. O -" V W vjs.u.v.. Ill, t. fu, UWIV
bunch has been treated rough, with the
exception- of the moneyed men and rail
roads. They hTVe been helped to a sec
ond neiping. . .. . w?;
f "Hard times go ' out when , 'Harding
comes in." He evidently has not got In
yet for the hard times are still here.
- Now. Mr. Editor, if you can give me
any light on this state of affairs brought
about by the dear people responding so
nooiy to tne call, put out by our dear
General Daugherty, X would be pleased
to hear from you or anyone else that
can give us any relief. W. J. B,
THE WORKER'S WAGE '
"Get AH You Can and Let Your Em-
w - pwyer Worry," Is the Advice.
Rainier, Oct 16. To the Editor of
The -Journal I notice an article In The
Journal signed "Observer." whose writer
claims to be a union man, stating that
wages should never be over $5 a day. It
to easy enough to see that he belongs to
a craft union, as about all they think
ef Is cut wages. Did "Observer" ever
stop to think that the working class and
the employing class have nqthing in
common? : It is the worker's duty to
get as big' wages as possible and pay
no attention to the employers jhowllns
bard times. As long as they get sym
pathy rrom us workers tney are going
to keep us In slavery. You hire out to
a man to do a Job. and when you get
through with It you get your money
and he thinks no more about you. It
is Just like throwing away an old pair
of shoes. "Observer" says he has been a
union - man : for -SO . years , and , a
scabbed. -1 dost know what , his trade
to. but if he never scabbed he has been
Idle the larger part ef his time.- Say,
for Instance, he Is a carpenter, and the
sawmill workers go on strike. If he uses
lumber cut by scabs, what to he? An In
jury to one is an injury to all. -Why
not get aQ we produce, instead of giving
the larger part of it to someone who
never does a day's work? Take the
togger," for ; instance. The majority of
the camps produce on - an average
2000 feet to the man at S5 a day. How
many days would a man have to work
to buy 2000 feet of logs? -
i am for Industrial democracy. '
A Header,
COMMENT AND
.; . y , SMALL CHANGE
""ffi Vi- -'' :: naaajBBSwstawaW . '.'. "
1 There are no multlbilUonalres as yet.
But rive tha billionaires time rlvs
them time. .'
- JThle to Finaegan weatber. if yea want
a. name for it, and GUory be I it is
for the most part "on agin. - -
j '-,: vn, ;---.e-" e: e t. . ;
! Now that Dr. Bramfield has been dls-
poeea 01, wny not, start a erunpai
pairn
ittfue
against tne people who dorrs
weir eneesesi ,
4- . . ' . " ' '
rstar Saves The Dalles Police Chief,
says headline. And yet people still are
found from time to time who doubt the
eternal astrological truths.
- -iV-..vv;,,: . . . .. -;,;:
"sHow becurdled life would become If
tne Diue-wnite nuid - we had at the
"Dirty Dish" yesterday were the only
"milk of human kindness.' . .
'Yank soldiers on the Rhine are not
cat- e penmctea u marry tne pittmp
fraulelna who throng about them. Huh 1
augm as wau pe .cTuif in uermany
I Maybe the ' brotherhoods and ' the
executives - could aaree on - the bum
proposition which : united the governors
et aoru uarouna ana outn Carolina.
1 A well known colyumist in these United
States to amusing - himself by- calling
51 wmutMt.
axnaliei.
Uke it this w. k. c. just .as likely as not
wiU retaliate by shortening it to. MQam,l
? New Salvation . Army song, published
ia the war Cry. ia entitled -It's Won-
i derful. This New Wine." On the same
page are tne companion songs, - "Joy,
Wonderful Joy ' "Come, Ye Trifling
Sinners1 and "Breathe Upon Ma" Mr.
wis vena must, anow or uus at once.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL'
Random Observations Aboijt Town
C C Berkeley, manager of the Bald
win Sheep and Land, company at' Hay
Creek, is a Portland visitor. Charley's
main business In life 'to to pull three-
pound trout out of . the tumultuous and
ice-cold waters of the Deschutes and
other streams within 80 miles of his
home ranch. : On the aide, he raises prise
winning cattle and blue ribbon sheep.
.
E. W. Tucker, cashier of the Pacific
National bank, and C H. Coffin, presi
dent of the Boise City National bank,
are registered' st the Multnomah. They
aoe enroute home from Loe Angeles.
H. R. Hoefler, one time hobo and
traveler on the rods and In eidedoor
Pullmans, now owner of a restaurant
and a candy store at Astoria., to trans
acting business In Portland. -
Bend people visiting in Portland In
clude Ralph Lucas, B. P. Royce, auto
mobile dealer ; City Recorder Rose Farn
ham, D. E. Hunter, banker, and Dr. John
Beasen.
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Miss Dilly Hodges, long time official
at Prmevllle, and Mrs. Frances Smith,
also of Crook county's county seat are
at be Imperial.
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X B. Cornett Shorthorn breeder from
Shedd, is transacting business In Port
land, - .
d B. MeNaught-3rrigtor from Irrigon
and Hermiston, is at the Imperial.
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. J.1 D. Frank of The Dalles is a guest
of the Imperial.
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Al O. Woodruff of Burns Is a Port
land, visitor. '
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J, A Churchill is In Portland from
Salem on business.
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Mr. and Mrs. C L. Beckley of Rose-
burg are Portland visitors.
A R. Nichols of Corvallis is at the
Imperial.
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F. W. Herri n of Ashland Is transact
tag business In Portland. " '
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R. C Yerex of Bend is a guest of
the Imperial.
a a 1
R. D. Hines is up from Medford and Is
at the Imperial.
I OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL , MAN
Br Fred
( Interestin rncidenta in the career of the1
newly appointed head ef tha aoldian' hosM at
Soaetmr aaa bar ralaiad by Mr. Loekley. The
namtiTe eadraeea taa tons trek of a lam
family rrom tha Kiddle West to Orecoa in
1851, and tvriewe toe -Seta Birer Inaiaa ear
ot the middle '90a.)
George W. Riddle of Riddle, In Doug
las county, newly appointed commandant
of the soldiers' home at Roseburg,- will
take charge November L Judge Riddle
saw service In the Rogue River war
and also In the First Oregon cavalry
during the Civil war. He was born on
a farm on the Sangamon river, 10 miles
from Springfield, 11L, December 14. 1821.
His father, William B. Riddle, was a
native of Kentucky, and divided his time
between his farm and working at .the
forge. In 1242 a neighbor, Isaac Con
stant crossed the plains to Oregon. In
1850, with a saddle horse and a pack
horse, he returned to dispose of his farm
en the Sangamon bottom. His stories of
the fortuity and beauty ef the Willam
ette valley, fired the imaginations of his
neighbors, many of - whom determined
te go to the land of promise beyond the
Rocktoa '
e e e
y Selling their farm that winter and se
curing oxen and ether equipment the
Riddle family started In April. 1W1. for
Oregon. The party consisted ef Mr. and
Mra Riddle, their eldest daughter, a
widow, Arnecia Chapman, with her baby
son John ; Tss belle, who was 16 ; William
H.. 18; George, 11! Abner, ; John
7 1 Anna, 4. and Stilley, the baby, who
was 2. Luolnda McGlll, Mrs. Riddle's
half-sister, and Anna Hall, an 11-year-old
cousin Of the Riddle children, also
came with them. ' Three young men.
Newt ' and George Bramsoa and Jack
Mlddleton. came along te help drive the
wagons, for weir board. The Riddles
started with three wagons drawn bv
Xoxen and a large omnibus drawn by four
norses, and la addition they brought
along 40 head of loose cattle. Stephen
Hussy and his family, Sam Tokum and
family and "Sandy Yokum. aU neigh
bors, were also of the party. .
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-Driving - to Kanesvuie, new called
Counci-?31uffs, they watted te be Joined
by other emigrants, eo as to form a large
party for protection from the Indiana
The , first night out a : party ef whits
men dressed as Indians stole some ef
the cattle. A day or two later a party
ef Indians tried to make them pay for
using en - Indian bridge of poles and
willows across a stream. The Indian
chief presented a testimonial of charac
ter to impress them with his Importance,
which read: The bearer claims te be
an Omaha chief. He is a rascal and a
bluffer. Don't give him anything. Go
ahead." The party waved, the chief
and his followers out of the way and
went ahead, the chief wondering mean
while what Was wrongwtth his "big
medicine - writing." which was supposed
to. Impress the white men with his Im
portance, , -,
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- Stampeding A buffalo, high water,
violent rainstorms, muddy roads, mos
quitoes, buffalo gnats, bad water, stam
peding ex teams, dry camps and ether
annoyances kept the trip from being one
of unalloyed pleasure, thoojli pleasures
there were and experiences ti. at made
NEWS IN BRIEF
: SIDELIGHTS I
Who earea'who won the world series?
The victories of Astoria's football teams
are what count with ua Astoria Budget-
-
Ten eaa trust some mewu but .the man
Who save his word la as rood as hii
bond isn't one of them. Mediord Mail-
UTwuae. .-
After eonsTiea baa cot through trying
to revive American business, it will be
e a w w WMUii rvw
necessary to do soi
gtasa Roseburga j
to do something to revive con
xsewa-tie view.
- By the time the Arbuckle ease reaches
the trial stage, the chief witnesses should
be able to remember very little of what
they knew la . the beginnings Medford
uarioa.
Some Crane people are - displeased
when their name goes Into the paper
without the prefix of "Mr." But Warren
O. Harding at the White House doesn't
nun. ireae American.
... : ".:: :-.'..-. . .'. O ; :
Congress Is talking about adjournment
again, out of deference t the disarma
ment conference or something. Congress
to usually at its best when it comes to
adjournment.' -Aoain 7 vcngcrai.
The body of a murdered woman la Se
attle was Identified by the toil-worn
hands. That ia mora than could be said
of most of the women who are getting
themselves murdered or -are murdering
someone else ornate, Eugene Register.
-Walnut harvest to now en In tha or
chards east of town. This is a coming
industry . and very lew people realise
the value and imnortance of this cron. It
is something worth boosting and will
mean more eacn year to our community.
Amity Standard.
J.'F. Reddy of Medford, ex-chief of
ponce or Spokane, mlninr neomoter.
railroad man. community booster and
wen known physician of Southern Ore
gon, is. taking in the sights of the me
tropolis and Is sojourning at the Impe
rial. . .
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Mrs. E. H. Flagg ef Warrenton Was a
recent visitor at PrinevMe. Her son
ueorge owns a paper at PrineviUe and
ner ausoand, E. U. Flagg, owns a paper
at Warrenton. Mrs. Flagg Is spending
a few days In Portland as the guest of
ner daughter. -
a.
Klamath Falls residents visiting in
Portland include Captain J. W. Sie
mens, pioneer banker of Klamath county.
K. C tiroes beck and Ed Bloomlngcamp.
a
I Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Burnside of Haines
are visiting their daughter, Mra George
Morin, in Portland.
o
F. 12. Gales of Grants Pass, .tock
grower, mining expert and fruit man.
is registered at the Imperial. -.
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Mra N. F. Reed and Mra. H. C
Smith of Burns are spending a day or
so in Portland. -
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H. H. DeArmond of Bend Is making
one of his frequent visits to the me
tropolis. 1
J. A. Muner ef Prtneville is a Port
land visitor.
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Ruth Montgomery of Eugene Is
Portland visitor.
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E. W. Ward of Pendleton Is transact
ing business in Portland.
R J. Morris of Pendleton Is at the
Hotel" Hoytr -t- '?--7
e, e e .
Harry A Withers of Burns Is
guest ef the Hotel Hoyt
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Carl L. Allya of Lexington Is . a
Portland visitor.
a . a a
F. M. Hummer of Newberg is taking
to the sights Of Portland.
' ) . a a
' 3. J. Blew of La Pine b.as moved to
poruaao, ror we winter..
a a a j
F. W. Murphy of Bend Is transacting
business in Portland.
AND IMPRESSIONS
Lockley
lifelong friendships. .They reached In
dependence Rock, the halfway point Of
their journey across the plains, on July
4. At Soda Springs, on' Bear river, the
Hussys. Yokuras and Bran soma kept to
the northern trail by way of the Snake
and Columbia rivers, while the Riddles,
with Cornelius Hill, took the southern
route, by way of Winnemucca, the Hum
boldt river and across the "desert" to
Surprise valley. Goose lake and from
where the city of Klamath Falls now 4a
across the mountains by the Green
Spring Mountain road to where the city
of Ashland was later - located. They
passed through the Rogue River valley
shortly , before gold was discovered on
Rich ' creek, near where ' the town ef
Jacksonville now standa They arrived
at . Canyonville September .80. At that
time it had but one house, the home of
Joseph Knott who had taken : up - the
site .of, fjanyonvilla -that-summer. He
sold his claim the next year, moving to
what Is now Suthertin. Not long there
after ha moved te Portland and started
Knott's steam ferry, across the Willam
ette.' The Rlddlee took up a "claim on
Cowj creek, known as the Glenbroek
farm, the first donation land claim to
be taken In the Cow Creek valley.
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, During the winter ef 1854-65 George
Riddle ' attended Wilbur academy, . at
Wilbur. The academy building was the
first frame house built in' Southern Ore
gon Young Riddle while attending the
academy worked -for" his board at the
home of a man named CHnkenbeerdJ
Sarah Tibbits, a sister of Mra Blnger
Hermann, was else, working for her
board in this family, doing the cooking,
while George did the chorea In the
summer ef 1224 the senior Riddle moved
to Roseburg te start a blacksmith shop
and to make Plowa He became a part
ner of John D. Boweu and soon they
had six men at work. .
' a a a . ' i
In; 1255 the . whites killed a band of
Peaceful Indians on Butte creek, near
Rogue river. This slaughter of defense
less squaws, old men and papooses led
to' the Rogue River Indian war. Forty
white men from jacksonvUl j were re
sponsible for the murder of these In
dians. - The white settlers were 'very
indignant for these' Indians .were on
their own reservation and were Inof
fensive. " The Indians were killed Octo
ber T. 1255. Twe days later the ether
Indians atarted en the warpath and more
than 80 white settlers were killed. Young
Riddle, then 16, Joined Lieutenant jsam
Bun ton's company.. At the close of hos
tilities the Indians were - removed to
the' ' Si lets '" reservation. During - the
fighting aU 'adult, males' of the Cow
Creek Indians bad been killed..
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- In 1861 Mr.- Riddle became a member
of Company-. C. First Oregon ' cavalry,
where he did good, service. Later he be
came county Judge of Douglas county.
Like .many of the white men familiar
from first-hand knowledge . with the
facts, he believed that . had ' we . treated
the Indians fairly there would have been
no war between the- whites and Indians
In 1855-5S. .but when' the aggressions
ef the whites made war inevitable" he
shouldered bis gun and did his part In
tr.r:.-r it to a successful conclusion.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Bappeni&ca to Brief Tana lor to
. - . -. - aaaoar. . : .. -..r '
r v OREGON. - ; V? !'
AccOrdinr to renorta rWm TT"rlSnwr- '
the 875 acre ef hops in that- vtdnu.y -
aUi bring more than tlQ,0oe. -
At a Sale ef nurrrait lawn halA tMt-
cenUy from the McArthur Stauff herd.
mues west of (Salem, the average -
price of cows was 835.. t
In tha last ltM - . ine
768. has been added to Oregon's common v
scnooi fund through the escheating of -unclaimed
bank deposits. .
A ahlnment of 1.05K tst OhinAnV aih - -
mon eggs from the McKensie river hss - v.
rrivea at tne state hatchery en the
Klatakanlne river, near Olney. . .
By a. vote of S4 ta U )) Raalda ' I
school i distriot last Saturday decided o
issue $71,000 in bonds for the purpose of
erecting a new school building.
qt Astoria and a gradudto . of Oregon -Agricultural
college, has been appoint- :
etf county agent ,of Josephine county. -
Tne Kings Food Prnnticta Miniuvi t--
threatens to remove its plant from The
Dalles unless Wasco county can pro
duce more fruit for Its consurapUoo i "
Mra Lucinda Tosler. born In Wanton .
county ee years ago, is dead at her home
in prtngfiel). She was a daughter of -George
and Kitty .Belknap, who came to
Aeoordlna' to a 1rTaftaw fllSif Issitawl tS '
the forest MrvlcA. there eai 'a ,tal
of 45 fires in the Cascade national forest
ourinw wm aaaaon. za or which were '
.used 4y careless campers.
The Deschutes Raclamatlnn n Trt. .
" H vwnayany, on or ui OlQeSt UT1- 4
sauon projects in Kastern Oregon.
waters several uaiMiaA ,ir.. ,t - aa-.
of only 60 cents an acre a year. T .
m A. campaign has begun te raise an en-'
dowraenffund of $500,000 for Pacific .
university at Forest Grove, of whL-h
sunt $100,000 will be raised by popular
nu-2iiuva in waaninsTorr county, s
Mrs. A. C. Barrett nf Riim mtrH S7
sustained a broken collar bone and seri
ous internal Injuries when a buggy: in
wnicn sne was riding on a Eugene street
was struck by an automobile driven toy :
Mrs. A. C Yatea
Chlorinatlon of tha ilf wata t "
Dalles is recommended by Dr. 'Strieker;
eecretary of the stote board ef health,
who characterised the water supply that
feeds the first city reservoir as a dia-
rrace 10 ci vuiaation .
WASHINGTON 1
While at work In tha woods naae ITwar.
ett Oscar Haraldsan, SO. was Instantly
wnen a log rouea over mm.
Work win he atartMl an Im Tan-
Kennewick bridge November 1. and It la
expected the structure will be completed
"J oepvemoer a. imi, .1
Tha tamnorarv nantnnn hrlM bmm
the WUhkeh river at Aberdeen to prao
tically completed and wiU be opened for 1
traffic in the next few daya . . ' ;l
Walla Walla eountv In 1411 nmenMul
8400 tons of alfalfa hay from 1400 acre
of land. The price this year Is 6540, in
contrast with $10 a ton in 1820. - i
A Search nf tha steamahln Vavatana
State, which arrived at Seattle last week,
revealed 80 five-tael tins of opium hld
aen in various parts or the ship.
Officials ef tha Paclfto fitova a Rtamtv.
lng company at Taooma, which was re
cently destroyed bv fire, cauainar a lnaa
of 850.000, announce that the Plant will
uw reouiiii.a-. autce. -
Frank D. Howard. 6, a contractor
and builder at Seattle for many years,
is dead in that city as the result of an
automobile accident in which he was in-r
lured test Januarv.
Mrs. Jerome Lasslter. In the upper
Puyallup valley, near Orting. raised a
fine crop of sweet potatoes this year,
the quality and flavor surpassing those
grown in the Southern states. t
Chester Keiser. a rancher nesr Hunts
vllle, was seriously injured, his right
arm being almost torn from the socket
when a mule team he was driving be
came frightened and ran awsy.
Notwithstanding the drop In the wheat
market it to estimated that more than
800,000 bushels of Walla WaUa county
wheat were sold during the past 10 days'
at prices ranging from 85 to M cento.
Stepswere taken at a meeting ef the
Walla Walla Commercial dub Saturday
to finance to the end the shippers' fight
against the proposal of the railroads to
have a back haul rate charged to inter
mountain cjyes.
The "Jack-knife" drawbridge which
connects Bay City with Ludlow Island
swung high into the air Saturday and
toppled over Into the river, carrying
away part of the trestle. The loss' is ,
estimated at $10,000.
'. IDAHO .
a H. Vassal7 of Marble Front hunting
on the Salmon river last week, killed
three bears in one afternoon.
From a 4-year-old Poland China sow,
for which be paid 8400. A. L. Wilson of
Nam pa has. realised $3000 from the sale
of piga
At the dispersion sale of the Arrow-,
rock Dairy farm at Kuna last week 45 s
aw ntf aaaKtrAu1 Ua aawaVtei Am leata eeitra
and heifers brought an average price .
Of $24742. .
Idaho's share of the $1,000,000,006 agri-,
cultural relief fund of the war finance
corporation wiU be made available to
Idaho farmers by a "state agency" with
offices in Boise.
Application has been made for per-'
mission to construct a power line from
Richfield to Shoshone. 17 milea con
necting with the lines ef the Idaho Power
company, me line wiu carry a maxi
mum of 44,000 volta
Because the state law provides that
such bonds must not be sold for less
than face value, the Minidoka highway '
district has been enjoined from selling
$148,000 bonds to a Denver concern at
84 cents en the dollar.
L. G. Perry of Wendell has sold a
2-year-old Guernsey cow. Alice HascL.
to Mrs. Minnie Miller of the Thousand
Springs farm for 21000. This is the
second purebred Guernsey cow Mrs.
Miller has paid $1000 for. 1
What I Ukm Best .
In Th9 Journal
MRS. R. ET. HARRIS, -402
Everett street The make-up.
. The Journal Is a clean paper .
"Sound speech that cannot
be condemned."
MRS. F. B. FINCH. 80
Union ; avenue The editor!
' els. Fred Lockley's articles.
The accessibility of news mat- '
ter. : s
Ia BROSY, 20$ Ross street
The attitude toward labor. :
the most important' factor In i
the production of wealth. The :
editorial . sympathy for the ;
army of the unemployed. -
R. H. O'NEIL, 1221 Grand
avenud north Its editorial
depth and breadth. .The
Journal is the only- real pa
per In Portland. : -
J. M., CUSTARD, Ridge
field. Wash I like The "
Journal because tt is clean
' and fair and tries to give u.-
- everybody a square deal. I
- like the editorials against the
revolver.'' , ?
MRS. NELLIE LEONARD. '
- I?f Nehalera street The edl-
- torials," -Fred Lockley's arti,
cles and the society section. .
' East- sTwentieth ? street The
editorials and Fred Lockley's
artlclea - - - -'
What is your opinion ? Include
name and address.