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PAGE FOUR. DAILY EAST OREQONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1904. I mil .KHliiiH AN' INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. 'Publlalipd eferjr afternoon (except Sunday) t Pendleton, Oregon, by the EAST OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. SOIISCUIPTIOS' ItATKS. Dally, .one year by mall $3.00 pa ly, atx months by mall 2.B0 -". mrec montns Dy mall 1.38 Dally, one montu by mall oo Hally. per month by carrlar C5 Weekly, one year by mall l.BO neeiiy, six montna by mall 7fi ueeaiy. four months by mall BO ?riu Mteeniy, one year by mall .... 2.00 heml.Weekly, six months by mall 1.00 heml-W eekly, three months by mail . .CO Member tlon. Scrlpps-McKao News Assocla ...T'!e r:ast Oregonlau Is on sale at 11. II, it Htan,,s' t Hotel I'ortlaml, u "u'ti i rrnuis, i-orunnu, uregon. San Francisco Murium Jftfi Chlcapo Bureau, noo Security llulldlnjr. W ashlnBton, I). C, Bureau, 001 14th Telephone, Main 11. Entered at I'endleton postofflce as second' class matter. Sierras and eternal tents Of snow that Hashed o'er bat tlements Of mountains!' Jly land of the sun. Am I not true? Have I not done All things for thine, for thee alone, O sunland, sealand, thnu mine own? Prom other loves and other lands, As true, perhaps, ns strong of hands, Have I not turned to thee and thine, O sunland of the plain and pine. And sung thy scenes, surpass ing shies. Till Europe lifted up her face And marveled at thy matchless grace With eager and Inquiring oyes? lie my reward some little pjaco To pitch my tent, some tree and vine Where I may sit above the sea And drink the sun as drinking wine, And dream, or sing some song of thee, Or days to climb to Shasta's dome Again, and be with gods at home: Salute my mountains clouded Hood, Saint Helens in Its sea of wood Where sweeps the Oregon, and where White storms are in the feath ered fir. Joaquin Miyer. miner tills Stinintr avstnm 'nt merclallsm? Every man locks his secrets from the other. Every Industry secludes Itself and treats every other industry as If It were a thing to bo suspected. The whole system Is rounded on self. The wholo plan is narrow and gloomy and degenerating. Mistrust, suspicion, a feeling of repulsion' against your fellows, underlies tho business world. Tho preachers nro the only men who dare trust each other, and this In raro Instances. The pulpits bravely condescend to open tho arms of com panionshlp and good fellowship to each other,, but tho pows still hold each others at arm's length. .More rreedom and confidence and plain, trusting, common sonso are needed. It would mako men broader, better, bigger. It would widen the vision and elovato tho Ideal nnd make this planet more like a homo of think Ing, trusting men, than like a haunt of hunted animals. (let acquainted with your kind, Touch shoulders with tho other fellow. Preachers can stand In each other's pulpits, see who attends the other fel low's church, count the other fellow's Sunday morning collection, and go home broader, more capable men by The Intelligent Use ' of Immense Wealth a. Moro business men should exchange pulpits. Gloomy business secrets crowd sun shine out of too many hearts Get together oftener. SIlx more. Grow. CONFIDENCE IS LACKING. "Two preachers of Pendleton ex changed pulpits last Sunday morning, tor tho purpose of getting better ac pualnted with the people and to make each other's congregations know by oxperlenco that the horns were not sprouting on the Baptist nor tho cloven hoof developing on the Presby terian. In fact, they wanted to widen their own vision and strengthen the attach ments that bind them to humankind. Ono of the best ways to do these things Is to look into tho faces of now people and view the problems of the day from another man's placo of vantage. There are no guarded secrets in the -preacher's business that prevent an -exchange of pulpits for a Sunday morning service. They can exchange courtesies wllit perfect abandon, for their work is all done for humanity and not for self. There are no tricks In that trade, no skeletons In'thoso closets, so they can exchange places and everybody concerned Is bettered Ujy the change. Dut imagine two merchants ox -changing courtesies of this kind to get better acaualnted. Think of two bar bers saying to each other: "You hold down my chair for an hour and I'll hold down yours." Imagine two loading butchers shak ing off their selflshness for an hour and suggesting that thoy count eacn other's Income and take noto of each other's customers for the busy period some morning. Picture to yourself that miracle -which would bo wrought should two of tho most pious grocers In town daro to trust each other with the koy to tho front door and tho combination to tho safo with tho added privilege of knowing -for a surety, who ore tho star customers of each other and how much cash each other banks for the day. Did you over think of this Ohlneso wall of business selfishness that , stands between tho leading men of every community? Did you over shudder to think of the lack of con fidence, tho absence of sympathy, tho ' tutor lack of companionship that marks 20th century business methods Those who are Interested In econ omy In county finances and In Just assessments, are Invited to read the brief remarks of Judge Hartman and Assessor C. P. Strain, nt tho Pilot Rock democratic meeting Monday night, published In today's East Or egonlan. This Is a refreshing and clear cut statement of fncts and fig ures which It will pay any taxpayer to read. The record of the county court during the past four years under Judge Hartman's direction. one that the people of this county may well bo proud of. It will bo tho best of economy to continue this samo policy for four years more, in order to get entirely out of debt. Judge Hartman is now in touch with tho situation, has studied and planned to reduce the county indebtedness and no new man, however honest or ca pable, could take up his unfinished work and carry It to completion. is a plain business question, and the taxpayers must concede the practical benefits to be derived from another term of Hartman's policy. Where dol lore and cents are being hewn off the edges of the county debt as thoy aro under Judge Hartman, is it economy to change? Is it business to institute a now administration? Head Judge Hartmun's statements and remember them on election day. A writer In tho current number of Munsoy telU of Mrs. Georgo GouM adorning herself with a million dollars worth of Jewels. And this does not exhaust her display. "This Is not half of her stock," ho says. "She has sev eral tiaras and collars; sho baa a won- ueriui bird of paradise set with dla HUNGRY HEART8. Somo hearts go hungry through tho world, And novor find the lovo thoy seek; Somo lips with prldo and scorn are curled To hide tho pain thoy may not spcau; rlrthno ,1 . I . .... ""vo, i,i iiiuHn W in inimrl, rn, nnna from money-getting ancestors livlne Tllu)f oycs mny flft8n tho mutli may iuu ui louy aim ostentation, over bo stow a serious thought on tho oternal fitness or things. Thoy cannqt think It the wise ordlnanco of naturo that thoy are provided with overy luxury, and hired retainers to minister to smile, The voice In giddy mirth may thrll), Yet underneath tho hardened mask, Tho famished heart Is hungering still. monds, rubles, emoralds nnd sap- 'every want, while the Inreer sham of Som3 know their doom ; thoy walk Other live towns In Eastern Oregon nro preparing for their agricultural fairs next fall, where tho resources of the different counties will be collected and exhibited and tho people will be privileged to mingle in a free, clean, enjoyable entertainment for a week, becoming better acquainted with each other and with each other's products. Owing to the lethargy of tho legfsla ture, Umatilla does not enjoy nn as rlcultural fair district and eonse quently must be content wfth a street carnival. Tho members of the legls laturo from this county should not stoo until another agricultural fair district. Including Morrow and Uma tllla counties, Is organized, on similar lines to tho Eastern Oregon district, Including, Baker, Union and Grant counties, with an alternatfng county fair each year, with stato aid, to start It off. This section of tho state may Justly claim a share of tho public ben efits and amusements. Tho state fair at Salem never falls to get Its supply of stato patronage. Why not mako Umatilla county a part of the stato fair circuit, holding ono week at Pen dleton and ono week nt Salem, or hold ing tho stato fair at these cities al ternating years? This county Is In tho heart of Eastern Oregon, and Is entitled to such recognition. Although II. Melmann Is looked up on as a speculator and an adventurer by the people of Pendleton, yot If- ho can furnish cheaper light and electric power than Is now enjoyed ho should bo welcomed, whatever his eccentric characteristics may bo. Thero Is al ways room for competition whoro there Is monopoly. Tho namo of P. B. Holbrook has appeared as editor of tho Oregon Ir rigator from the time It was establish ed two months ago until nftor tho campaign started. It Is a republican Danor. supporting tho .Morrow county republican tlckot and la controlled by Mr. Holbrook, although ho has a fore man nnd business manager In charge. Mr. Holbrook has no claim on dem ocrats, whatovor, as Ills papor Is flelitlng the democrats in Morrow pnires, with which on occasion sho aecorates her corsage, and she has 50 costly rings, of which she wears a fow at a tlmo, In varying combina tions." Such a story of lavish ex travagance prompts tho reader to ox Claim, with Artemus Ward, "this Is 2 mutch." Writers on socialism toll ns that In socloty where ono person has ox cess and another lacks for necessaries the method of distributing 1h nt fault. and King Lear suggests a ready rem- "Take physic. Pomiil Kxnose thy self to feel ns wretches feel, that thou mayst snake tho silimrllnv In thrmi. and show tho heavens more Just." Mrs. Gould Is said to bo a verv ostl. raablo lady, devoted to her husband, careful In the training of her child ren and domestic in her tastes. So my consuro does not Ho against her. nut does not such n manifestation convict our social system of Inade quacy? The first business of tho stnte is to see that lustlcn Is done. Its professed purpose is to nward fair dealing between man and man; tho strong and unscrupulous members can take caro of themselves, therefore protection Is needed for the weaker. But the complaint wo hoar on nil sides Is, that this Is not n poor man's government. Mr. Dooloy expresses tho defect in our social organization very strikingly. "Congress," he says, tninns it is sailing tho s i n n stnte: but that ship In state carries no steer- ago passengers. The real ship in stato nas gone into tho domestic trade and Is carrying provisions, d'yo mlndo?" Social reformers do not place Im plicit trust In law, or expect a fair award to all from Its oxact enforce ment. "The letter kllleth," says St. Paul, "but tho spirit maketh alive." And the most effective remedy from the Inequality of condition and wide spread suffering that results, would bo found In tho monetary conscience of each favored individual. Can man or woman live in ono of tho modern palaces, that aro now built for private residences, at tho cost of millions, and not feel that ho or sho Is constructively responsible for tho wretched, unsanitary tenements In which thousands of our follow creat ures are compelled to exist? Gibbon tells us: "In the commonwealths of Athens and Homo the modest sim plicity or private houses announced tho equal condition of freedom, whilst tho sovereignty of the people was represented In tho majestic edifices designed for tho public use." What lesson does this convoy? In the descending ages has starry- eyed Freedom changed her attributes? If simplicity or living among those pagan nations was an outward and visible sign of correct public rulo, aro wo to accept heaped-up wealth, lavish display, and an equipoise of wretch edness and Insufficiency as a modern and improved "condition of freedom?" I often wonder if tho nouveaux their follow bolnes nrn dniitpfl n fnlrt cnanco in the battlo of life, and go to wiuir graves tno victims of defeat and (iisiniieritaiice. Misnop l'otter. himself a multi-mil. llonalre, in a recent Yale lecture, be stows sage reflection on this matter. ho says; "One of the most dangerous foes of ino nigiior life of our modern commit nity is tho tomptatlon to luxury. It corrupts not only the rich who yield io it, tint the poor who witness It. As enervatlnc character. nH do handling morals, as threatening tholr way With lovel steps nnd steadfast oyes. Nor strive with fato; nor ween: nor pray; WJillo thero aro others not so wise. Are mocKeu uy pnanioms overmore, Alio, jureti uy seomings of delight. Go blindly on, but in their hands Tlioy hold but bitter dust and blight.. We see them gaze with wistful oyes, Wo mark the signs on fading cheok: AVo hear tho smothered sob of sighs. Anil noto tho griefs thoy do not speal nay, as destroying- tho purity of tho I For them, no might redresses wrong, family nnd tho Integrity of the Indi vidua, there is no othor single Inllu once that can surpass It If there Is any mat can equal It. ino question must needR come homo to every man and woman among us: -ir i navo wealth, how far am I warranted In Indulging this craze, in leoumg tins passion, whether In my self or others, or in using great ox pcndlturo In whatever form to nro mote tho creation of a standard by which no good end Is to be served nnd overy bad and base passion In named nnd stimulated? I have entered on a large subject. out do not proiioso to take up much or your space. The Inequality of for tune has been subject of anlmadver slon and reproach from the dawn of recorded history, and nerhans our so clal arrangements can be shaped by no such perfect rulo that all can share alike. No oyo with pity Is Impoarled: O, misconstrued and suffering long! O, hearts that hunger through the world.' For such life's arid desert holds No fountain shnde, no date-grove fair, No gush of water, clear and cold But sandy reaches, wide and baro. Tho foot may fall, tho soul may faint. And weight to earth tho weary frame, Yet still thoy mako no weak com plaint, Thoy speak no word of grief or blame. O, eager oyes that gaze nfar O, arms that clasp but ompty air. Not all unmarked your sorrows pass Not all unpltled your despair! Smile, patient lips go proudly dumb When life's frail tent at last Is furled, Buildi, SASH, DOO Mart.. ..j r number Yd Alta Street, 0pp. 11 Iff nil tnllot n r tl.nt I 11.!.. and in this country an unfairness of P""r Btortoua recoraponiio ylioll come, distribution has gone to extremes ' llcar tllnt ImnSor H,rouh tht Rtrlhutlon has gone to extremes.' What shall wo adopt as a remedy? Tho English find great relief In the law of "Limited partnership," a method whereby tho omployo Is nil mltted to partial ownership, and tho profits of tho business aro shared with him In proportion to his holding, The substitution of co-operation for our present system of private compe tltlon would bo yet moro effective, as the inducement to so many dishonest resorts In business would thereby also bo removed'. The keenest wits have been engaged upon this nrob lem for countless ages, but tho solu tion has not yot been reached. Bastlal, a noted French economist of tho last century, gives us this word of hope: "The Divine Intelligence." he says, "which Infused harmony Into the movements of tho celestial bodies, has also the power to adjust tho Inter nal mechanism of our social life." A happy resort! Statesmanship has failed, and reform societies do not make satisfactory headway. How would It do for Divine Intelligence to ileal with the trusts and withhold children of tender age from textile factories North and South? And when this consummation Is reached, those of us who remain upon the re generated earth and behold the great work, will exclaim with tho ancient prophet, "What hath God wrought!" FBEDEIUC I.OCTCLEY, Sit. world! Selected. You might mako a visit to your poor kin fashionable by calling It "slum work. THE WHOLESOME CRESCENT ill Egg and Phosphate BAKING POWDER BETTER THAN THE OLD-TIME CHEAM OF TAUT AH POWDERS. county and will very likely contrib ute to tho defeat of the party In that county, as they have no party organ thero since Mr. Holbrook's paper sac rificed tho democratic principles Tor a chance nt tho land office patronage. He has no claim on Irrigators of Uma tilla county because he has held them aloof and refused to Join their asso ciation to assist In the general devel opment of Irrigation in tho state. SIBERIAN ROAD DISTANCES. It appears from tho report of Unit ed States Consul Warner of Lelpslc, Germany, who has been making a study of tho trans-Siberian railway. that tho loop around the southern end of Lake Baikal Is by no means as nearly finished as was stated some months ago. Mr. Warner says that only 44 miles of tho line have been completed, leaving 11C miles yet to be construct ed over a very difficult "section of country. Many months must elapse, accord ing to tho best authorities, beforo the present terminals or tno roau win oo connected. In the meanwhile tho slow ferries across tho lake will bo used, thus making the transportation of troops and pasengers moro ardu ous and less swift than If tho route were nn all-rail ono. In his report Consul Warner also gives some figures as to distances on tho trans-Siberian ranroau. rneso figures, ho says, are official, and as thoy vary somewhat from previous reports they may mako Interesting rending. The consul says that tno icngtn oi tho road from tho uusso-Blberlan frontier to Irkutsk Is 2078 miles. Jt Is 974-34 mllos from MIssovak, on tho west shoro of Lake uaucai, to mo Manchurlan railway. By tho Ohl neso Eastern railway from Manchuria via Harbin to Vladivostok Is 1485-93 miles. After tho loon around Lako Baikal has boen finished travelers from tho Siberian frontier to Vladivostok must rover a distance of 4670 miles. Through tkeso figures an Idea may bo gained of Russia's troop transporta tion problem. And It must bo romombored tjiat tho road over which tho troops travel ta built of light rails and very poorly equipped with rolling stock. Cantaloupo nnd fried sausago mot at breakfast lliis year. Fancy Clover Leaf Creamery Batter 55c pet Roll at Out Store Despam & Clark Nonrcan haveftWell-Balanced Constitution withou taking BEECHAM'S PILLS All people subject to Bilious attack's, or who suffer from Stomachic dis orders, should never be without a box of BEECHAM'S PILLS. Their gigantic success and genuine worth are known all over the world, and the proof of their excellence lies in the fact that they are generally adopted as the Family Medicine after the first trial. 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