Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal"
CHARLES H. FISHEB,
Editor and Manager.
ffATI'KDA V . EVKMNfi.
August 21, Ilil.'i.
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Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
L. B. BAHNEH,
President
CIIA.S. If. FISHEB.
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TUP: BUSINESS SITUATION
Dun's Commercial Review sums up business conditions
for the past week as follows:
Overshadowing several significant developments of
the week, the Government crop report is the strongest
single factor operating for sustained business progress.
Practical assurance of agricultural success was the one
thing needed to make the future secure, and important
undertakings will be prosecuted with increased vigor now,
that bountiful harvests are officially promised. Prosper
ous conditions on the farms are essential to national wel
fare, and in this connection the prospect of a record yield
of wheat and a large output of corn and other cerealsj
loaves little to be desired. Owing to the war, the products'
of the soil will be sold at unusually remunerative prices,!
and a vast amount of new wealth will be created here at aj
lime when enormous losses are being experienced in
Europe. Never before were there such opportunities for
the expansion of American enterprise as exist at present
and, in contrast to the pessimism of a few months ami,
confidence is now expressed in virtually every quarter.)
It is no longer the question as to whether business ini-l
proves, but rather as to what extent the revival of activity!
lias become general. In some directions, notably in build-1
ing lines, concrete evidence of recovery from past drpres-'
tdon is still lacking, but in its broader aspects the com-
niercial and industrial situation reflects decided better-!
rnent. This fact is confirmed by various of the statistical
barometers, such as figures of bank clearings, failures,!
pig iron production and commodity prices, one of the few!
important causes for disappointment being found in the!
returns of railroad earnings. Numerous difficulties have!
Iiest't the transporting interests, but obstacles are grad-j
iially surmounted ami while the decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission does not meet expectations, the1
granting of some increase in freight rates is slightly help-:
ful to the western roads. A reduction of ll,:!!;t'in the
number of idle cars during July is also moderately en-i
couraging, but the movement of wheat continues much'
below normal and there is considerably more side-tracked'
equipment than was the case a year ago. In addition to
the crop estimates and the railroad rale decision, the'
Klatcment of unfilled steel tonnage and the large importa-,
lion of gold and securities attracted general attention. In'
regard to the report of the leading iron and steel pro
ducer, it merely emphasized the prosperous condition of
the great basic industry, but the financial development
was quite novel and wholly unexpected. The arrival here
from London by way of Canada of Sltt.fiOO.OOO of the
precious metal and an indeliinite amount of securities
indicates that measures are being taken to correct the'
abnormal situation in foreign exchange. Strange to say,
however, knowledge of this fact did not prevent a de
cline in demand sterling to the unheard of level of I Til
while sight bills on Paris also fell sharply to a new low
record.
It is common for the popular mind to accept a good
natured, easy manner for kindness. The fact is such
manner is proof of the reverse.
A man of real kindness in his nature is apt to be
rendered irritable in his effort to remedy or alleviate the
many woes and right the many wrongs that beset his
path.
Old Samuel Johnson, for instance, had the hide of a
bear and the heart of a baby. There have been many
such; for a knowledge of and a sympathy for those who
suffer arouse a just indignation against the wrong-doer
and make the true humanitarian uncompromising and
combative. !
The good-natured man is the one who selfishly avoids
all trouble and, finding that it is easier to go through life
in harmony with all, is prolific of smiles and kind words
and is unsparing of good deeds only when such can be
done without offense to others or sacrifice of comfort to
himself.
The amiable man who has no views with which to
offend, no positive characteristics to antagonize others,
no high ideals for which to sacrifice his support, may,
hold public office as long as he likes, in ordinary tmes.
Hut he can never be a leader of men, or a master of con-1
ditions, and he fades away in time of stress or peril.
Let the student look back over the brief list of men
whom we regard as our eminent statesmen, and note the
positive character of each, and how little any one of them
was possessed of the weak amiability that is supposed to
be popular.
STATE NEWS t
,
Album Herald: If H. (Val, a farmer
living t'iv-, mile east of I rabtrce, had
-town in his home equipped for the
burning of coal, he wouldn't have to
u.e any wood. While diguing a well
v. eral days aim. Mr. Heal struck a
vein uf eoal 10 illehes ill thickness, Tllc
"-tnke" was made l feet below the
lirf:iee. Chipping off several large
chunks, he tested the coal as to in
burning ipialities, ,'tiul found that it wn
all riiiht. T!.i eoal is very brittle and
-ott, and h:is a little slate in it.
Kuseburg Review: Believing that
iii.'irkerahle copper can l,e obtained from
mines in southern liouglas county, Caul
A i row. a specialist in ore extraction,
and William L. I.uxton. an engineer,
hoth arrivals here recently from Butte,
Mont., left this morning for Doe creek,
where they will make an examination
of several claims belonging to O. A. Iu
vis. The ,,,-u hae an option on the
premises and in the event the cxamiini
ti'iti ,roves favorable, it is their inten
tion to commence uperating the claims
at once.
Pulgaria has driven a hard bargain with the allies but
seems to have received her price and is about to enter the
war against Oermany and Austria. The Bulgarians evi
dently remember their neighbors, including Greece
and Serbia, combined forces after the war with Turkey
and by virtue of an overwhelming force compelled them
to give up the territory wrung from the Moslem empire.
It is Bulgaria now that is holding the key to the situation
and she is making the most of it for which no one can
blame her.
A discerning editor in the East has discovered this
essentia difference between the United States and Ger
many: That when the German government doesn't like
what the newspapers say, it suppresses them; and that
when the American newspapers don't like what the gov
ernment does, they suppress it.
A careful survey of the German submarine war shows
that when Great Britain's loss reaches f per cent of her
vessels, the merchant marines of Denmark, Norway and
Sweden will have totally disappeared, is the way the New
York Evening Post figures it out.
Those Mexican bandits are accommodating anyway.
They always quiet down when something of real import
happens and break out with unvarying regularity when
front page stories are not forthcoming elsewhere.
Massachusetts has six living ox-governors, but then
the chief executive is chosen every year and it has given
an opportunity for every "prominent" man to hold the
ofliee, or at least be a candidate for it.
1 While the mountains are becoming
cry dry this hot weather and the dan
ger of forest fires is greatly increased,
the forest officials, '' says the Sampler
American, ''have confidence in their
pl"ndid system of fire lookout sta
tions, ,in, Hlmost certain discovery of a
fire before it gains headway. ' This
gives th.., i n feeling that thev will be
able to cop,, with any fire that is apt
to start."
I-.i lirundc (ibsener: Officials hope
to stop petty thievery of chickens, etc.,
bv removing ."niunei.s who occupy, per
manently during tin- summer, vacant
Ira ts of lund near the city bv living
in tents. IVn.ile parsing through the
valley who use conv eliieut sn,ts for
camping will not In- molested, but per
sons of (iicti(inahle character who
make their abode for weeks at a t-.tne
on vacant spots within and without
the citv limits, will have t, ,ut
for their bills of fare hereafter.
Taking n tip ,, twn building from
I'ortland practice, the Astoriau re-1
marks: "Portland is eliminating the
square street corner. Atoria will do
well to keep this in mind when im
proving her streets. There is no rcri-'
son in th,. world why a street corner
should be soutire, ami there arc inanv
wliv it shouldn't.
Tillamook Herald: The led weather
win, !, has prevailed of t,. 1;, Pnuso,i .
lnrge crowds to go to the benc hes. At
times every accommodation at the dif
tcrcnt resorts has been taken. MMv
'""n,u I'" ne in bv auto. In
fad. we believe there h:,s bee,, greater
""to travel ii,t Tillamook county this
year thai, during anv provoim venr in
its itory.
i An automobile having readied Salt
1 reek Springs, it is rensonablv safe, In
""' "I"' "" of 'he Eugene Regstcr to
Msert tli-,, ..it ...... . . . , '
'Hie II l.tltll. IWl, ,,
to II Ml. 1. 11.. I '
Street Car Men's
Excursion
To
NEWPORT
Sunday, August 22nd
Salem Street Car men will have an Excursion to Newport next Sunday
August 22.
You are Invited to go! ..Street Car men will appreciate your patronage.
Salem Street Car Man's Band
and
Orpheus Male Chorus
will furnish music and entertainment.
Specal Train leaves Salem, Southern Pacific Depot at G:30 a. hi., arriv
ing Newport noon.
liotumiiig, special leaves Newport at 6:00 p. in.
Newport is delightful and you will have six hours by the sea.
ROUND TRIP FARE $2.50
Secure Tickets
From any Street Car Man.
From Street Car Office, inr. Front Street.
From Ticket Agent S. P. I'epot
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
John M. Scott, General Passjnger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
like, ready nioncv to the auto man.
I.l ih
.... ,-., ,., i.juh. conn
"''I'' to automobile travel.
,N",i"-' -lablishing f still .,
o'her garage, the K;,st Hregonian ex
, even g.-u-.ges for a
10,01
1 matillii coiintv
citv tinder
niii-t look
Next year bt-ing a leap year, the Fourth of July falls
mi it,..., i rlU... i n ... 1 1 . . . . y
.... .i.,! ilu mum- who was looking ahead for an-
01 ner uiree tiavs vacation wi ;..)!
trie .Seattle Argus.
i.v u
appointed, says
The Russians have saved their
CROWTU OK "AI'TOMOlill.ISM"
The t'endh'ton Tribune evidently fears that this niav
si Min become a government of aiilo'niobilists for auiomo
liilisbs. Reciting the fact that there are over 1M0O0 auto
inoblen registered in Oreguii, the Tribune says:
"Now, to further encourage the automobilist :uid
autoinobilism, Simon Rensoii. tin- four million dollar lum
ber king, whom I'ortland papers enshrine among the
.saints, and who because of his wealth ami I'ortland dona
tions, has been selected as the "most valuable citi.en of
the state" for San Francisco Kxposition purposes, Is at
the head of a scheme to bond the state tor ten million
dollars more for sti-eal!ed good roads.
"Oregon has about T.'.d.DOO people, perhaps one-third
or them adults. Out of the total adult population less
than 10 per cent are in the automobile class. U is becom
ing a problem a to whether or not the state government
.should exist solely tor so small a number. It is true tint
they are people of wealth ami intluence, and perhaps their
pleasure ought to be fUst considered in the expenditure
or money, but there is a growing doubt about it in the
minds ol the common herd. l!v and h there ntav be in
explosion." '
army in their retreat
on Harsaw-itiai is. they dnhit lose ver 85.000 in a
bunch at any one place. And the c.ar has more men than
anything else.
The Russians lack munitions am
'hey may also be running short of p;
men ueieais.
U 1
I'lS!
; possible that
'le excuses for
Marry Thaw got his name in the pa;- yesterdav for
,h" 111 three weeks. There is' In.pj foi ' him yet.
There is one rumor that never boo, for denial
thai ol prospectne peace m Mexico.
Rig ci ops ami good prices ought to : ; prosperity in
the Willamette valley this fall. pu'siuuj in
niertm Z-"f'"V ll tho ?lvuiish'
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established ISO
P'taI $300,000.00
Trttuact a general banking business
Safely Deposit Doves
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PAINLESS DENTIST
30.1 State Street
SALKM. ORE.
A QUESTION OF
INTEREST TO EVERY
EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAE AGO TODAY
Allie ami (iermaus buttle on
-' mile ti nut from chtirlcroi
to Niiuiur.
lieniiuu trn,ii shatter French
ioIv.iiic,. ,.sl 0l' Viwyei
Ulotllltllills.
lius-ia iiiiitinuej Hdvnnce on
'"'''" : 1 ' ' uud Austriiin burners.
!'"" ' duy buttle nn the bunks
of the liiiiiu ends in defeat of
Ausi nans bv Serbs, who look
niunv prisoners.
Ilrn-sels' tieusiirer refuses
(;eriii;in demand for $(I,U .
lion.
I r.-in li (loops are driven out
of l.oii.-iin,. and buttle at Mill
haiiscu U eNpected.
1'ul.v is reported to have de
cided on general tnobilization.
SISTER PASSES AWAY
imst five years deceased was a tenclier
ut the academy, until last full when
she wan obliged to give up her work.
She went south hoping u chungo uf
climate would benefit her heultli, re
turning only a few weeks ago with no
improvement.
Tuberculosis is said o have lieo
the direct cause of her death. Sister
Claudia was about 24 years of af;c.
She was well known in this vicinity,
and held in high esteem. As tin in
structor her qualifications were nliove
the average and she always performed
her duties with a cheerfulness charac
teristic of a true christian spirit.
Mt. Angel Tribune.
A FRANKFURTER SANDWICH
lister eiinnli,,, daughter of Mr. and
111... l,eo. av dic.l TI I
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Zurich, July 22. (By Hail.) Copies
of the Frankfurter Volksstinime re
ceived here contain this advertisement:
I sell slightly worn suits made to
measure.
GOD
only knows how cheap. New suits, over
coats, dining jackets, dress coats, frock
coats, mackintoshes', and trousers am
also to bo had so much reduced in
price Hint someone almost ought to
TUNIS!!
" but during the war I am selling at.
alto
ogether exceptionally low prices. All
On,.,.,
the'veXL"1'" ""''"ylfor we will have nothing to do with
A'"' ""'"fry. For the1 ENGLISH.
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What Should Re Done
and How Much It Will
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