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THE DAILY JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 2,
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WHAT OREGON NEEDS.
Oregon docs not need an exposition
or Eastern Immigration lmlf ho much
nH a putting In onlor of Itn state gov
ernment. The oxponltlon will help
Portland a great" deal, and Oregon
nomrv
Tho1 transportation syiullcinto has n
Kreater IntcreRt In filling Oregon with
people than the people who are now
here, or than the state government
Itself, Anpthor 100,000 pooplo In
WcHtorn or KaHtcrn Oregon will double
rnllroacl earnings, hut solvo no prob
lem oN govornment.
Tho nddltlonnl jrapuiatlon mtiRt be
hauled here, with Ha IioIoiikIiikh. Af
ter Its IncrcaBo of transportation oarn-
Ingn has swelled the oarnlngs of tho
corporation, tho products of these poo
plo must be hauled. A constant chain
of Intercourse between tho Hnst and
the West will he stimulated,
What Orogon needs morn than any
other one tiling Is tho establishment
of n better business system In Its
state government a reconstruction of
Its rovonuo system along snne nnd
healthy lines. Hy this we do not moan
a reconstruction of tho state constitu
tion, but an honest application nnd In
telligent Interpretation of tho consti
tution 6rcgon now Iuih,
Tho statu Is well supplied with law
yers and polltlolans, who will sny a
now constitution Is needed. Hut they
aro mostly of tho olass who clamor for
a nostrum to euro tho abuses which
they do not rofiiBo to practice. What
guaranty havo the people that a now
constitution will he adheied to any
better than the old?
Let tho constitution tlnkerors pro
pose wholesomo amendments to the
fundamental law of the stnte, and the
people can readily adopt them. Hut It
will bo found that those who clamor
for a now constitution aro not ani
mated by a desire to retrench present
powers of spoliation, but to onlnrgo
them.
What Orogon needs first of all Is an
Injeatlou or plain business principles
Into its stato government-- obedience
of tho terms or the prwsnt state con
stitution ovary hired servant of the
commonwealth on a stated, Mxed sal
nry, and no other foe, peniulsltes.
emoluments or aides whatever.
That Is tho plain meaning and In
tent and exact language of the present
constitution. If we cannot get the pol
Hlclans and in 11 mi Kern of polities to
llvo up to that, how can wo curb their
rnpaulty with a new constitution,
which would probably enlarge their
grafts on the people?
Nuxt ufter adoption of a lint salary
law, nnd forcing thu pnymeiit of nil
fees and earnings of each olllce Into
tho state treasury. Oregon should
adopt a new way or inlsliig a large
portion of Its state taxes. Think or n
stnto levying a 12-mlll tax on nil prop
- orty.
It Is true that llvo mills of the 12
mills stnte tax are for public schools.
Hut It Is oMUally trim that no other
'ntaf levies anywhere near n ISMnlll
. tax lor state nnd school purposes.
Vhnt Is the uso or trying to Hy with
wings or nu exposition and tin expen
sive Immigration bureau when such a
weight Ib fastened nrmnul the neck
of tho stnte as a 18-mlll tax? Oregon
must fly with her own wings or a bet
ter state government. (Jet rid of the
12-mlll tax millstone.
How will It ever be got rid of un
lass It Is attacked within the state
Itself, hy Its own people. Its own pre,
Its own lawmakers? Necessity of a re
pentnut and ashamed feeling must
precede a reformation
lly a light ll'it salary bill and nun
Ing, nil foes for general revenue a
change could be effected of fo.0mi n
year to the good This has been
proven by Tho Journal figures, and
an not be successfully disputed.
Kvory Item In those figures wns
bnokod up by section of law, by dnto of
net, by page or stntute book. Tho
tnhulntlon or nil acts giving fees nnd
salaries and peniulsltes wns olflclnl.
nnd absolutely correct. The work wns
performed by a recognized authority
on annotation of Inws.
The first step to get taxes down Is
to oult paying about four or live sal
aries to several state officials. It Is n
social, moral and business Injustice to
pny any mnn $50,000 to $75,000 for n
term of four years. It corrupts and
demoralizes the whole stnto government.
The Hat saint y law should be passed
be brought against Governor (Jeer If
he calls a special session for this pur
pose. Oregon needs this rrorm. oh,
so badly' Hesldtm It Is solemnly
promised In the party platforms.
This reform will be brought about
even If Governor Ooer does not act.
The people have boon well Informed
about the great need of It. They hove
Dcen made familiar with the facts.
It cannot be Jeered or thlmble-rlgged
away.
Governor Chamberlain will tnke up
this fight wherever Governor Geer
leaves It. He will push It vigorously,
conscientiously and everlastingly.
With his ability ns an advocate of the
people's cause he will make It count.
While Gov. Chamberlain would be
at a special session
the foundation right. That will put
the state housekeeping on an honest
basis of respecting oaths nnd obeying
the constitution.
At the regulnr session the next step
should be taken, and that Is an ouunlly
Imperative lefnrm Increasing Indi
rect taxes and relieving the proporty
tnx At present 08 per cent of nil
tnxos are directly against property.
Ways must he found to rnlse at lcnst
$200,000 of revenues from taxes other
than on rent estate and persounl prop
erty. O'.her states do this and Ore
gon tan do it. Oregon people arc us
smiirt ns the people of other stntes
and some of her pnliticlnns arc too
smnrt for the people.
The present two per cent tnx on the
gloss eninlngs oi liisuinnee eotnpnnles
now yields nearly forty thousand dol
lars per annum Other corporations
enjoy franchise nnd business privi
leges In Oiogou that are now taxed
little or not at all. A tax on the gross
onrnlugs of such will easily yield
$SE00,0(Hi to $300,(100 pur annum, and in
crease annually.
Much Inws could he framed hy a
committee created nt the special ses
sion and be ready for action nt the
regular session. The secretnry of
stnte could assist tbe committee ns he
has recommended such laws and
knows Just what other states nre do
lug In this line. Much a law Is nu Im
perative necessity If state taxes are to
be reduced.
The opportunity Is given Governor
Geer to convene the legislature In
special session uud take the first steps
toward putting a better older of stnte
government before the people. The
facts aie mi plain, the need Is mi great,
that this duty Is Incumbent umu the
governor.
He bus the ability to place the facts
befoie the legislature In a tteuchiint
manner mid wilte a stnte paper that
will mark the liiauguiatloii of a new
era to the taxpayer.
Hon. Tllmon Kuril of Hnleni has said
In a public speech that with tint sat
in lee. all fees going Into the trasur,
and direct legislation put Into opera
tion, state taxes would be leduced one
hair In four years.
What grimier legacy could Governor
Geer leave to the people on retiring
from olllce than to lighten the burden
of government llfty per cent?
A siieclal committee to devise the
needed leveuue laws could hne the
hills nil lead)' for wc sense at the teg
ular session. That Is the only way
to have surh liMirtant matters pro
perly hulked after. That Is the way
the liiiHrlHiit revision of the school
laws whs brought about.
If Hat salnrle ami a new revenue
system nre not piovlded In this man
tier four eers of the ptewent unjust
ami unbusinesslike system will lie con
tinued uud the ItepultlliHli paity will It
held iesHUislhle Ifctes it deelie to
face this lecoid? Is It Just to Itself in
to ItepublU'Hiis
The i barge of slf-sMng cannot
That will lay nggioslsvoly ror what all know Is right, day
failure of the Republican governor to
act will leave his party on tho defen
sive. They will have to defend need
less contlnunnce of n had system and
high taxes caused by It.
The leadership of the people rests
In Geer nnd Chamberlain. The people
know what is right. The development
of the state along right lines are in
their hands
H they do not tnke ndvantage of the
opportunity to serve the great needs
of this commonwealth the people will
find other means to accomplish the re
sult The capacity for self-government
Is In the people nnd Is constant
ly growing grenter. Men come and
go but the splilt of progress lives forever.
CECIL RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
Governors of the different states and
territories ore receiving from the de
partment of stnte nt Washington a re
ipntst for an opinion with regard to the
method by which qualifications of can
didates for the Cecil Rhodes scholai
ships at Oxford are to be asccitiilncd
nnd as to the examinations.
Under the terms of the will Oregon
gets two scholarships of $l.5oo per
year each, this being the portion of
each stnte and terr.tory of the United
States Hnch scholarship Is for thiee
years, but not more than one npiwdul
tiiHiit shall be made In any one year.
It Is hoped that students can be elect
ed In time to go Into residence at
Oxford In l!i()S.
The provisions or the will establish
ing the scholarshiim give Interesting
suggestions ns to iiinllllcatlous or
students, which have been published
In this paper
WHAT ARE OUR LIMITATIONS
Much Is being wiltteu these days
about It being the duty or each person
to nsceitnln his or her limitations and
then live accordingly to live up or
down to them, as the ense may be.
Having guessed, detei mined or oth
erwise ascertained your minimum di
mensions so ( ailed limitations you
nre to be very ciueful not to exced
them not to get out or your prnpei
Held, to live within your ambition.
The theory of figuring out your own
siunlluess and then adjusting jour as
plintlons to the estimate you have
placed on yourself Is not exactly an
Inspiring process- It Is the very op
HHlte- the aitotheosla of iteoslmlsn
tlon Are there any limitations upon the
Indlvhliisl but thoee he forms In the
retina of his own mind? Are we small
or greet except as we picture ourselves
mentally?
Ileie Is SI link p re's ides of the
pioblem of human limitations, where
he makes Caseins say
.TIs not In our stars but In ourselves
That we are underlings
GreatHess of the IndlWdiml must be
founded umi an Ideal, an aspiration.
land ran never tie rewrhed 1 h search
after our socalled llmlistlons
CORN CORNERED.
The following, from the New York
American, Is a very nttrnctlve discus
sion of the corner which was effected
In Chicago last week by tho Gates' and
other multi-millionaires,
millionaires.
Whan the world wns not bo gentle
and clvllled as It Is, a man who cor
nered the food supply, or who put up
the price or grain, or created an nrtl
flclal scarcity In the markets, was
nailed by the ears to the church door
and the people were encouraged to
gather ami add to the culprit's appre
ciation of the enormity of IiIb offense
by remarks that they considered per
tlnent to the occasion.
Hut even had he lived In that ruder
Mr. John W. Gates would not
have been in danger as to his ears,
for though he attempted to corner
corn and ran the price up so high, that
all thu corn In the country sought Chi
(ago as a market, the price of break
fast cereal and the Hour for muffins
has nut seilously changed.
There have been many years when
the corn crop was shorter thnn It was
Inst year, or will be In 1002, and corn
did not go to 90
The Gates movement Is simply n co
loss n I gamble, and whether It wins
$1.01)0,001) for him or losos a million or
two really makes no grave difference
to Mr. Gates. He has plenty more mil
lions. Tho particular moral to be drawn
from the torn episode Is that a game
In which the Oa'.os make thu limit and
deal the cords is no pastime ror the
ordinary citizen who works ror his
money and husbands It ns a provision
ror his old age, or ror his wife and
children.
H the Gates' pool lost money In the
deal It amounts to little more than a
changing or figures on a hankers
books; but the losses or the small
gambler, who trailed after tho mag
nates, are real. Ills Investment Is
gone; he played with real money, and
not with counters, and tho rockettlng
ami collaiMie of corn menus In his case
that the little house that was to have
been built will have to wait with a
great probability that It may nevei k
uii, that the Imy will not have the ex
trn year's schooling, anil Hint the girl
must lenru a trade, and prepare to
hear her strength of the burden when
the time comes.
That Is the horror and pathos or
these spectacular movements on
'change.
The uigument that no man gambles
In corn unless he wants to, might be
iwpinlly well applied to raro or rou
lette, hut the law foilihls the mainte
nance of these games
There are hiiiiu tieople who think
that a miHlllleutlou of the ancient cus
tom hs comers In grain, suited to the
changed condition or things, might not
be so had
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And guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded.
Fanning Mill Prices
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Special for jjrain only 15 00
bpecial for grain and (lax $16 00
Special for clover and timothy 17 00
No. 1 Centennial for grain only 117 50
No. 2 Centennial for grain only $20 00
No. 1 Centennial for grain and flax 18 75
No. 2 Centennial for grain and tlax $21 50
No 1 Centennial for grjam, clover, timothy - -$20 00
No. 2 Centennial for grain, clover, timothy. . $22 50
8 PEERLESS tanning mills $22 50
WESTERN, complete with two hurdles and
sieves for grain, tlax and timothy $22 503
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F F CARY. -I
In (ieriiisny all lallionds must cur
ry one mall car free. If other cars are
needed to irHnspoit tho malls, the gov
ernment pays a small rate, which
barely reprenents the cost of hauling
the cars.
The e.piess company curries a -'
pound package the same distance e
ory day for 305 a year.
In other words the government
lys liiNNi for carrying Sno pounds
of mall matter 2o miles every day for
Austria's rules are practically the R 'ear ' addition to paying an enor-
hme as those of Germany. mous rental ror the cars. Kx press
The llrtttsh parliament, like our own 8Ur twta ,h ,Mm,e ll,lRnf,e
national congress, consists largely of .."T ,hkmI for im R Mr-
,., u..,i i... ... -ii.,.,.. ... "n me laiimau company and the
"j me minimus. um ..
y.. tumiwiiy mage a good profit
on the transaction.
n lit) Imin n'
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Costs too much i"i
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP .
The United States government ys
every year to the lallrouds JitS.otHUMM)
ror car i') lug the malls, and ror the use
of cars.
In Prance, where tlie government
controls all the railroads, and owns
many of them, and will eventually own
all the railroads, they carry the mall
free In return for their grants of right
of way.
In KwlUtfTland the railroads receive
nothing for carrying the malls. The
company that got permission to build
a railroad had to carry the mall free
In exchange for the privilege with
this exception. If the tallrcmd actu
ally earned less than SVfc per cent, a
ear. the goreraHieiit imld a reason
able prli ror mall service. The Swiss.
more wise than we. have now made all
lallrotuU government property
pays
pure
men owned uy the
they have some shame over there, and
although the Uritlsh mall service
Includes the parcel post and does the
work ol our ex or ess comnsnira th
government pays to the railroads ror!mt'n, fur ,9" to earnings.
all its carrying.. Including this enor- n l"Kni. the railroads earn a
maua parcel express business. lMw!,B,n 'Hun over 2 rents per mile
than one-ninth of the amount which
me i-nneci states government
the railroads ror carrying or
.nail matter
If you want to know how the rail
roads rob the government, through the
connivance of senators, congressmen
.nd others Innuent-ed by the railroad
lo hy. study these ngures which com
pare the charges for transporting the
government mall matter and express
matter to a New York Central station,
2o miles from New York
For carrying Sis pounds ht day or
Hoors Manual gives the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company's own state
lier passenger. Un freight It earns a
little less than one-third of a rent ier
mile per ton.
The government, however, pay. all
me railroads Including the Pennsyl
vanla. an average of tn per mile
Craftsman.
I'nder the decision of Judge Jack
on of Weat Virginia in the ,.
gainst the striking min,n frw.
speech is a thing of the past In that
"al.t Kx
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Slxtcon-yenrold Kentucky hoy hn
gone insane f:om outing Ice-c-icnm
That's what Kentueklnns net tm in
dulglnr in "soft stuff."
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Concord. N. H moichnnts give tbeh
clerks a hair holiday ench week, nml
they haven't a clerks union, olthci
Perhaps they could spare govern I halt
days a weok and not miss the time
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WHAT'S THE USE COMPLAININ"
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mall matter, at J5o a mile per annum fl.. M. Sobc ,, , , l , ,
the railroad is authorised ,., charge1 d,v ,e ,,?, ,,,,,'; ''T" a"'1
iliMSi a """ 'ai Mnda on
Ur.w.i i.t , !, lU.B(, )rt (h
t Horace Mann In .Medrord Incinlrei
Too much or the summer sun
Too much of winter ralnln':
But day hy day
We walk the wny;
What'a the uso complnlnln'?
Tim much aliiMln' for the song -
Uttle grace for gninin';
Too much toll
On sea and soil;
What's the uee coinplaluln ?
Too much tears an' doubts an' leai-
Hut there's a rest remalnln'.
Kaith has love,
nd heaven's above;
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II yon have any llngstlug doubtr si to (lis mpulrlty ol Studvbsksr W
out they would be diiptllml at onco II joti ic the olait nl trtdn Ihst buyi tbs
Btudebakcr, laying oiois moiuy (or them thsu (or auy el the others. Tho (sot is
R the others were si good they would bring ths mui prife. Another er just In
and already supplying tho hsrvsit trsds with eompUlf n&suni, sud with header
Ijosri, or other grsn at ussdetl. Cll sud mo the reason why Studebakars are
better.
Ohio Ensilage Cutters and
Blowers.
Tho standard cutter ol the country, The colters and Mowsri we laid lait
Mon have given the best istUlsctlou, Tbe new outteri are eisotly ths (suie,
and tho .lowers are Improved, in that the duohsrue de rite (row a poiut kich
or up, so that lu slowing up there It uo tendency to ohv, at the cut (odder (tilt
dlroctly on the ( blade. Thu it the wwt Hwer(nl blewer msd. Tho espsoity
of tho No, 13 sutler it twelve t-ni an haur. Call and Intpedt thm oodi. You
will dud they are all we elaim (or thorn.
These are Busy Days
Our trsdeon all linei ol hatvestini; machinery and supplies it keeping ut on
the jump slmmt day and night There li a big demand (or everything ol the tort
litis sm snd our lines of goods sre the heat that's to be had feveral who
hae gone Into Hie Held wuh old hinders have thrown thrm niide and 'pbontd in
orders lor Mrt'oriimkt We ran tllU tupply you (rom Salem or (rom Portland.
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THE CHOICE OF EXPEMS
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Tribune bteyclit are today recoguued at tecond to no b.cyols la the world.
Their iMperwr it net uiJ at any price We are itill telliac Tribunes, and wilt
eeallaue to ha ml the ai out till October at we dkl Utt tenon, ill niodelt in ttock
ready to deliver, soma ol the IWl styles. Pltnty o( tecoad-hand wheels,
both Udict sud (tent', in grod riding condition, umirtet ol all tortt, popular
price. CttU.de i pouadt for Mo.
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l.re U the plow w,.,, ,,. ,...,.., J V VTTe.a
Birdsell f.invpr u,,itn
The eWwt o4 all Ihs hi Un oe ih UlJtIo
w' or "t (or eatalogutt and
WIGGINS' IMPLvBMBNT HOUSB
J Successor to E. M, Croisan and E. F. Parkhurst
SLi'ty, Street
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