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DxlILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1000.
CAPITAL JOURNAL'S EDITORIAL PAGE...
HOFER BROS . , Pfcfaher and Proprietors
THE JOURNAL STANDS FOR PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT, GOOD
GOVERNMENT, AND NO DEGRADED LAliOIt.
BUSINESS DOES NOT OBSTRUCT.
Thoro Is such thing ns being too fastidious about obstructing tho sido
walks with buslnoss.
A Portland buslnoss man ilctnonds that Front street merchants RE
ALLOWED GREATER FREEDOM IN USING THE SIDEWALKS TO D1S
PLAY WARES.
Tho Salem business man who Is paying high rent ought to have more
eldowalk privileges.
Tho cry that no wares bo displayed on tho sidewalks, and no boxes,
bales or morchandlso bo allowed on tho walks Is not sound.
Nothing elves a city so much appoaranco of llfo as crowded sldowolks,
THRONGED WITH RUSY SHOPPEHS, AND CONGESTED WITH TRAF
FIC. Occasionally somo lady will get her Bkirts against a fishbox. Or somo
ovor-fastldlous pcdbstrlau will stop on a banana.
Society pcoplo sauntering ulono tho business streets may find a lot of
bales and boxes across their pathway,
But all thoso llttlo annoyances aro indlcatlco of life, activity and tho
bUBinoss ontorprlso that gives employment to jabor.
Lot us not bo too sonstttvo. Let uo give tho buslnoss man a chanco to
soil his wurcB whothor it bo dry goods, fish or nowspapors.
Duslnoss builds up tho growth of tho city. It novor obstructs. WE
NEED MORE EVIDENCES OF RUSINESS AND LIFE ON THE STREETS.
Tho retail district of Droadway, Now YLork. for a mllo is jammed and
"obstructed" with traffic, with sldowalks piled and stacked with wares.
Wo aro not yot greater than Oreator Now York.
o
PORTLAND'S ENORMOUS LEVY.
valuation of
In tho past Portlund property has boon nssossod at a
about forty por cent.
Ono Slglor as county assessor of Multnomah county, has boon abio to
ralso tlm assessments to about 100 por cont or mnrkot value
This was dono on tho theory that levlos would onhc bo one-half or
two-fifths ns much as under tho old forty per cont valuation.
Now thnt valuations tiro Increased ono hundred and fifty per cont tho
lovy la actually to bo raised on top of that. A MILLION DOLLARS IN
ROUND NUMBERS WILL RE TAKEN OUT OF TAX PAYERS FOR THE
CITY GOVERNMENT ALONE.
Of courso, thnt will not bo dono In Salem whoro proporty has bcon
nsscsnod at a cash valuation, following tho 8lglor oxnmplo. Tax levies
In Salem jand Marlon county should bo reduced about ono-hnlf at louat.
Merchants whona stocks aro assessed at two to thrco tlmc3 former
flguros will not stand to havo tho Bamo levies us in tho past.
Hut it Booms tho levies aro to bo higher at Portland In splto of tho
ralHO of vnluutlotiB. THERE WILL RE MORE DIRECT TAXATION
THAN EVER HEFORE
Tho CapltuI Journal bolloveo that ntato, city and county taxes Bhould
lio raised inoro from Indirect Bourcos, nnd that Ib right.
The Slulor plan of raised valuations Is all right If lovlos can bo kopt
down. It Is beautiful In thoory RUT IN FACT IT WILL NOT WORK.
I'nrtlimil'u iiiifirmmia low nn rillamt vnlnnt Inna will lin n lllnnlc fiVD to
tho dovolopmont of that city. Tho people aro entitled to tho lowest tax' ""J l.owor f public sentiment."
lovy on record with present high valuations.
laturo tho flat salary roform was Anally enacted and, goes into offect
January first of this coming year, h v
This roform 'could not bo mado to apply to tho statue printer until tho
constitution was amended, and last Juno that was brought about for
tho boIo purpose of reaching tho state printer.
That amendment was especially aopted TO STOP THE STATE PRINT
ING GRAFT artd was unanimously voted for by tho tax payers, and has
been proclaimed by tho governor aspart of tho constitution.
Now In spito of the slowly accomplished roform, and lri splto of tho
amendment of tho constitution to put tho stato printer on a flat salary, It
Is proposed to havo tho old system of mulcting tho stato continue.
It Ib argued that tho stata printer-elect, Mr. Dunlway, was at great ex
ponsO In his campaign, and ought to be given a chanco to Bet up a now
printing plant in tho stato hoUso and continue on tho old plan.
Tho CapltuI Journal stands not alono in demanding that tho peoplo
bo given what thoy voted for, WHAT WAS PRO.MISED THEM RY THE
PARTY AND THE CANDIDATE.
Tho press of tho state Is demanding that tho law bo put Into effect,
and that tho stato printer bo placed on a flat salary.
Tho Capital Journal has shown how, if tho stato would not farm out
tho supremo court reports, tho ofllco could bo mado solf-sustalnlng, and
that Is really what should bo done.. .It should not cost tho pcoplo a dol
lar of taxes.
Tho Dakor Cty Horald under head "Stop Stato Graft" has tho follow
ing editerial: , '
"Somo editors In tho state, evidently 'on tho inside,' aro attempting to
show that it would bo unprofitable for tho state to own Its public printing
plant and that raonoy would not bo saved by putting tho head of that de
partment on a flat salary. To do this thoy aro using tho flguros In the
bills prepared by tho Capital Typographical union to bo introduced at
tho noxt OBsombly, providing for thoso two reforms. '
THIS ATTACK UPON THE RILLS IS SI3IPLY JUGGLING OF
FIGURES as those used In tho bills aro moroly tontatlvo. Tho people
Bhould not bo led away from the main objects of tho proposed legislation
by this trickery.
"Tho general appropriation for printing Is cited to provo thnt tho ox
ponso of tho ofllco Is not largo. The fact is that .asldo from this, an
amount equal to Its total Is expended for printing each year, from tho
public funds, by tho stato Institutions. Tho report of Secretary of State
Dunbar for tho past two years shows conclusively that tho stato printer
during tho paBt two years has been paid FULLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT
shown In tho gonoral appropriation.
"Stato Prlntor-olect Dunlway mado his campaign on n flat salary plank
Ho ndvanced mnny arguments in its fnvor 'boforo' ho was olcctod. IIo Is
allont now but his -friends nro not. Thoy nro working, as thoy novor
worked boforo, against tho bills which, If pnsscd, will placo him upon a
flat salary.
"IF WILLIS DUNIWAY IS TO PROVE THAT HE IS AN HONEST MAN
AND THAT THE THINGS THAT HE SAID IN THE CAMPAIGN WERE
NOT LIES ho must now doclaro hlmsolf for n flat salary and furthermore
miiBt show by slncoro and earnest work thnt ho will do nil In his powor
to havo tho stato printing ofllco purged of graft and ho hlmsolf placed
upon a flat salary.
"It Ib vory probablo that somo chango will havo to bo made In tho
bills prepared by tho Salem union. Thoy mny not moot nil rcqulro
monts RUT IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY HONEST MAN IN THE
STATE OF OREGON to mako It his biislnoss to seo thnt thoy aro not
hnckod and Juggled so that when thoy aro passod thoy will provo worth
loss. This is too often tho enso and it should bo stopped by tho might
J Holiday I
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TIlIC IC a r'.rl..- r
... ,, m piiiuie or a
gentleman fully fkted out
by his holiday presents
from our stock.
IT'S ALL OFF NOW
And everything ve have will be sold at prices to suit
your after-Christmas pocket book.
G. W. Johnson & Co.
causo thoy aro not unloaded and re
turned within a reasonable tlmo.
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OIJEY THE CONSTITUTION.
That wise provision of tho Oregoucnustttutlou that tho legislator shall
not hold other ofllcos Bhould bo hotter enforced.
Tho dopnrtmontH of tho state government should bo rigidly kopt sopa
rato. Lot tho aovorolgn law-making powor bs kopt UNDEFILEI) WITH
PROFESSIONAL OFFICIALISM'.
Deltoid tho umhnrrnHBiuent of Hon. Milt MUlor. who Is Stnto Sonntor,
Stato Unlvorclty (logout and Stata Taxtbook Commissioner.
County otllolnls should not be glvon state ofllcos to fill by appointment.
A number of tlmos imiinhoi-H of the stato Aupromo bench havo boon made
rogonta of olntn Institutions. WHY NOT TAKE MORE RUSINESS MEN?
Thoro la no such HcaroltV of material and no xuch lack of ablo men
thnt nny eltlzou Bhould bo called upon to hold two or more ofllcos. It
Ib not keeping Bopnrato tho departments at govornmont.
Lot us got away from tho tondoncy to eronto A CENTRALIZED OFI-'L
OlALIHM THAT IS GREATER THAN THE PEOPLE, and stand for the
strict adhorouco to. the lettor and tho spirit of tho constitution,
Tho more eloarcut and dlroct nnd soparnto and Individual ouch public
ofllco can bo made tho hotter. No memhor of tho letslslaturo Bhould be
ololglblo to appointment during his term of ofllco.
Aa It Is men go to tho legislature TO CREATE OFFICE THAT THEY
MAY RE APPOINTED TO THEM, n temptation being hold out to loud
tho people with ofllcos nnd commissions by thoso who nro to bo tho bono
flclark'H. o
THE TREND AWAY FROM THE FARM.
Really It looks as If Mr. Dunlway could not afford to stultify hlniBolf
nnd PUT THE REPURLICAN PARTV IN THIS STATE ON THE DE
FENSIVE by doing anything olso than uccoptlng such salary as tho logls
lnturo may enact.
Wo bolloyo that la what ho will do ns an honost man when tho law Is
framod and put through tho loglsluturo. Tho people havo a right to ox
poet that of him and will ho disappointed If they get anything else.
o
carols. Tho decorating committee
consisted of Dr. Corn. Mrs. Tir
Frequently, It Is snld. forolgn cars Smith, Nettle Woods and Nclllo Pa
nro virtually confiscated by roads torson. Tho decorations wero ap.
which got them into possession nnd proprlnto, and in hnrmonv a-m,
keep thorn In uso for local sorvlco. XmaB times. After being ontcrtnlncd
Tho surprising statement was recent- for something over an hour in nn
ly mado by a high ofllclal of ono of appropriate oxorclso, "Old Santa"
tho largest and best equipped ays- climbed down tho chlmnoy with care,
tomB that 80 por cont of Its cars and in a short tlmo tho woll-loadcd
was thon beyond Us control on tho treo besan to tnko on ti moro natur
lino -ol other roads. al appoaranco, as ono by ono the
Tho prnctico of allowing a car Presents camo off. Each member
londed on ono lino to go through to nnd ofllcor wero woll remembered,
destination , however dlstnnt. has Mrs. Dr. Smith's class received an
bcon so gonornl, and tho commercial Invitation to her homo on Thursday
need for such movomont Ib so obvious ovonlng for n holiday ontortnlnmcnt,
and urgent, that a curtailment of this gotten up In nn attractive way
Interchange results In widespread with Christmas greetings,
hardship and complaint. Moreovor, ' Dr. Thompson, pastor, and Mrs
It .appears to bo Impossible for any G. B. Cornelius, superintendent,
rond to at onco 3ccuro an adoquato! worn cmh romombered in beautiful
THE RIIILE AS LITERATURE.
but
tho
the
Tho tlmo has como to atrlko nn effect I vo blow to stop tho drift of our
young mn nway from tho farms nnd towards tho cities,
A now proaldont of tho 8tato Agricultural College Is to bo choson and
It would appear that tho tlmo had como tp RECONSTRUCT THAT INSTI
TUTION A LITTLE ON THE RIGHT LINES.
It Bums ridiculous to tin outsider for thnt collogo nnd the stnto univer
sity to buth carry on schools of pharmacy nnd engineering and mining
' engineering mid boiuo other branchos within titty miles of each othor.
It would seem a though tho Stato Agricultural Collogo should teach
ONLY THOSE STUDIES THAT ARE NECESSARY ADJUNCTS to tho
science of prurtul applied agriculture,
Tho education of tho farmer at tho farmers college should not bo such
da wll take more of tho young mon and young womon away from tho
farm hut audi na will keep moro of thorn on tho farm,
Tho president of tho Institution wro Is soon to bo choson Bhould bo n,
' representative of agriculture and not of political or tho legal or other
learned profession.
Thoro nro plenty of thoroughly practical nnd educated men who are
capable of making :v first class col' ego president, whoso whole lives havo
been connoctod with agriculture
Wkr Hltould tho regents go OUTSIDE OF THE CALLING THEY WISH
TO FURTHER DIGNIFY AND KNNOHLE and drag In a man who has
not been engaged In agriculture to put him nt tho head of a farmers col
lego? Tho constant danger to tho Institution Is that of filling It up with tho
thooretlcnl cluea who hold degrees hut who havo NO PRACTICAL
KNOWLKIK1E OF OR SYMPATHY WITH THE PURPOSES OF Sqi
XKTIPIO FARMING. !
It is probably Impertinent and uaoloss to mako thoso suggestions to tho
rogonta of tho Stato Agricultural Collogo, but It appears to an unsophis
ticated outsider ua If thoy had somo relevancy to tho situation. Thoro
la too much duplicating of oducatlonul work nt present.
Not of many books la It poaslblo to uttor tho two contradictory
truthful BtntomuntB which wo find In ourront oxchnnge rogardlng
niblc.
"Nobody roads tho Dlblo," says thp Provldonco Bulletin, while
I.oulsvlllo Courlor-Jourual says: "Tho annual roport of tho Amorlcnn
Dlblo socloty show thnt THE RIIILE IS STILL THE 'REST SELLER.'"
This book Is ofton Ignored by porsons who nssumo tho possession of
good tasto In lltornturo, although It Is still bought and road by the
masses.
It Is "smart" to bo Ignornnt of the Bible, and tho numbor of "odu
catod" porsons who could pass oven a superficial examination In Its
most Interesting nnrrutlvos is probably loss today than It was holf n cen
tury ago.
This fact has led Profossor William Lyon Pholps to ndvocato In tho
Ynlo Alumni Wookly that a fair knowlodgo of tho Dlblo bo mado a ro
(lutslto for entrnnco to collogo.
"It Is cortnlnly unfortunnto," ho sajs, "that tho host book over wrltton
Bhould bo so llttlo knowu, and that tho frequent roforoncos to It In prac
tically evory English nuthor should bo moanlngloss."
THIS IS COMMON' SENSE.
Tho Dlblo dosorves to bo rond as lltaraturo, qulto Indepondtnly of Its
vnluo as n body of rollglous teaching. Speaklug of Professor Pholps'
proposal to mnko It a collogo ontranco requirement, tho Now York Tlmos
snys:
"Its Influonco Is, of courso, direct and dominant ovor all our litera
ture; its otylo, whothor narrative, doscrlptlvo, pootlcal, dramatic, argu
mentative, or oratorical, has beon tho supromo modol for tho Llncolns.
tho Durkos. tho Cokes, for tho Carlylea, tho Addlsons. tho Swifts, tho
Dofoos, nnd It overshadowed Milton and Shakospoaro.
"Tho products of tho ontlro rango of EugllBh lltoraturo and history
mny bo consldorod only as corollaries to its mighty argumont. How
profund must bo tho ultlmato Ignorauco of these to students who havo
not approached thorn through tho noblo nnd simple mnstor medium!"
Similar uttorancos might bo multiplied from hundreds of writers' not
especially rollgtous.
No Btudont of lltoraturo can afford to neglect tho stores of human In
terest and imnglnatiVo beauty contalued n tho wlrld's greatest classic.
PLAIN FACTS ADOPT STATE PRINTING.-
for sis
It should bo iroujomborcd that a campaign has boon waged
'years to placo all state omclals-ou flat salaries,
That reform was contended fpr by this Capital Journal alono at first,
hut toe thq Past four years is HACKED UY TUB . ENTIRE STATU
But (e jtt e ridicule awi broken prowl aad delays in the ieU-
Cr Shortage.
Tho Inability of shippers to pro-
euro cars for tho movomont of tholr
trafllo Is tho subject of numerous and
grievous complaints which como to
tho commlsslou from all parts of the
country. A car Tajnluo provalls which
brings distress in almost every sec
tion, nnd In somo localities amounts
to a calamity. Tho extraordinary
prosperity which evorywhoro abounds
with tho high prices obtainable for
all clasios of commodities have so
Btlmulatod xroductlon .as to yield a
volume of transportation buslnoss
which far exceeds In tho aggregate
pto carrying capacity of tho rail
roads. Iu a word tho development
of private Industry has-of lato boon
much luoro. rapid than tho Increase
of railway equipment.
Tho condition now existing
nddltlon to Its rolling stock, becanso
wo nro told that overy car and loco
motlvo building estnbllshmont is
working to tho limit of its enpnetty
nnd that ordors nlncod now can not
bo filled much under a yoar.
Whatovor tho causo or howovor
dlfllcult to fix responsibility, tho un
questioned fact Is that tho railroads
can not or do not movo tho ontlro
volu mo of trnfllo offorod. nnd that
shippers aro Bufforlng to a dogroo al
most unbonrablo In many cases be
cause thoy can not get transporta
tion for tholr trafllc. Tho railways.
to uso a common slmllo, nro, tho nr
torlos through which tho commercial
lite of tho nation circulates, but whon
this circulation becomes Impeded bo
cati3o tho channols nro chokod up or
suujoctod to abnormnl prossuro the
necessary arid early result is an im
pairment of. commercial vigor which
Is felt In ovory 8phoro of business
activity. A situation of such ernv-
lty calls for ovory romody thnt can
bo usofuUy applied.
Tho commission Is without au
thority undor any existing law to
deal effectively with this condition
Tlln m.l.M.-
-..- bi uiinK jmwer oi congress
has not boon exorcised to control the
pnysical operations of Interstnto rail
roads, asldo from tho safety
nnnllnnnn tAmil.A A.. -..a
ww ". uiitums, uunor as re
spects tno movement of trains or the
supply of equipment. Novortholoss,
tho commission, without waiting for
lurwter authority, haa commenced
an investigation of this subject with
a view to ascertaining its causes, tho
luumuoM in dirroront partB of tho
gifts. Tho pastor received a gold
headed umbrella, and tho superln
tondent n Blblo. They expressed
tholr high appreciation of tho same
Tho good-night song and tho Invoca
tion closed tho "hnppy Christmas
times."
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Tako LAXATIVE DROMO Quinins
TablQts, Druggsta refund money If
it falls to cure. E. W. ukw
country, and tho remedies thnt . i.islKnaturo on each box. 2c
if.j ... "" - " - '
"H.'uuu, ounor voluntarily hv th
Raker Roy Says the Jnps Have Us
Foul.
(Dakor City Democrat.)
Ono of Baker City's boys. Arthur
J. Lowell, formerly connected with
tho postofllco bore, recently In the
po3tnl sorvlco In tho Philippine Isl
ands, yesterday rotttrned homo from
Manila aftor n Journoy nearly round
tho world. Mr. Lowell says ho Is glad
to got back amongst old friends and
sconos. Asked pbout tho Japanese
situation ho said:
"Tho1 troublo over tho Japanese
school matter and consequent discus
sion aroso after I left tho Islands.
But from what I know, I thing it U
safe to say tho Japs do not want war
If thoy did wo could not prevent
thorn from takins tho Philippines as
woll as tho Hawaiian islands. It U
only a quostlon whether they want
to do it or not. I bollovo tho esti
mates in tho public press as to prob
abilities and results aro about right.
Probably thoro will be no war and
If thoro is wo may havo to tako some
medicine before wo win. as wo even
tually will."
o
carriers or by tho
sultablo enactmonts.
o
compulsion of
quantities of grnln require 1m
modlnto shipment, and In tho south
west and trans-Mlsslsslppl region.' tiv
wnoro inousanas and tons of thou
sands of live animals aro denied
..iu muium iu mo consuming mar
kets, may Justly bo rogardod as
alarming; while throughout tho mld
dlo woat.and Atlantic seaboard the
shortngo of cars for manufactured
articles and miscellaneous morchan
dlso haa becomo a matter of sorlous
.concern. In somo cases It is slmnlv
a lack of cars, iu othora insuflioiont
tracks and motivo powor, In still
others' whoHy Inadequato freight
yards, and terminal facilities.
Tho largor roads, which havo been
Inoroaslug their equipment, as their
managora claim, as rapidly as R
could bo procured, aro Iu many cas.es
roiuslng to furnish cara for loading
la tho Nwtkwef Ww ?argeto polnta beyond their own rails, be-
Christnuis nt Turner.
Tho Presbyterian church was filled
on Christmas eve with an apprecia
tive and enthusiastic audlon xn.
Lllo Cornelius was chairman of tho
Xmas ceremonies.- Tho exercises bo
Kan by tho Blnglng of "Glad Xmas,"
after which Miss Cornelius intro
duced Dr. Thompson, who delivered
a short, entertaining -and well-ro-colved
address to our boys and girls.
Tho doctor also presented all, little
and big children, with neat cards,
containing the pastor's greeting
Mrs. Conn tralnod tho boys and girls
for this Christmas occasion. AP
tho children roflepted groat credit
pon the trainer. The exer
cises were beautiful and received
much applause. The music was un
der the direction of Elmer Manglo,
SdMNTTorn- Anua
Z, r.l YUeK W elIstcned with
delight to tho rendering of tho Xmu
FOR
BOY
There is uo present moro prac
tical or helpfiil than a Saving
Bank Rook with his name written
ou its first page.
In using It he -will receive bU
first lessons In business practice
and bo encouraged to save money.
You can open an account f
Mm by making a deposit of os
dollar.
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