Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-17

session tf the conference. He asks If It
is righttogo off into Iowa to sell Oregon
land to innocent strangers. at tue rate of
$4,000 and 5000 per acre, when by the
slightest effort you can inform yourself
OF the fact that better land and more
convenient can be had fer 5000 per
acre? This depends altogether on
whether you are selling your own land
or are working scheme in the cause of
higher education. 1t is just as honest,
however, and much safer to operate
such a scheme abroad than at home.
Again he asks, if church or school
succeeds in paying its debts and build
ing up permanent endowment fund
by unloading upon innocent purchasers
several thousand lots at five times their
actual value, would the taint of this
fraud attach only to the inception of
the school or church, or would it run
through its entire history, and could
the fraud be condoned in any way ex-
cept by returning to the victims the
original amount of their inves ment
with accrued interest? What do the
Dean of the Theological Department
and the text books in Moral Science
say upon this point? Everybody
knows how the Fathers of Oregon
Methodism would answer this ques-
ton, but some of the Sons of Oregon
Methodism are apparently go COM
pleteiy absorbed in the study of Calvin
and Arminius and Tscbendorf, that
they have no time to devote to the
practice and inculcation of the precepts
of common honesty. viii the church
inquire whether fraud is being prac-
ticed or will 1t silently sanction it in
the interest of harmony and general
good will? The Oregon State Bar As
sOciation has recently severely dealt
with several delinquent attorneys
charged with offenses that are trivial
in comparison. The chances are that
white winged peace will spread its
wings over the next conference as
usual, aud the sale Of lots will go on.
Portland University asks the support of
the pubic. 1t is due to its good name
that it purge itself Of these charges of
fraud, and as no man desires to ally
himself with an institution without
future it is proper that the public
should know whether or not that
future is precarious. Is it true, as
charged, that Portland University IS
over $500, 900 in debt? II not, what is
its debt? Is ii true that 1t has TO pay
an annual interest charge of nearly
so, 900? 1t is true that its hundreds of
installment notes, are, after the man
ner of installment notes generally,
worth less than 25 cents on the dol.
lar? Why is IL that no detailed and spe-
cifc statement, showing Its assets and
liabilities. such as any reputable busi-
ness firm or bank doing business with
the public would give, can be obtained?
Why should the liabilities be con-
cealed and the annual report Of the
institution deal 80 largely In gen.
eraitiek? OF course all these queries
will be brushed aside as emanatinR
from an enemy OF the school aud
the church. If they are impertinent IL
is proper they should be ignored. II,
however, they concern the public II IL
proper that they should be fully and
honestly answered. Father Waller
would never have grown eloquent over
a trunk full Of installment notes while
carefully covering up an indebtedness
Of over 100000. Father Leslie was
not reyered for any talent he may have
had for writing Hash advertisements "
wild cat property Father Wilbur
never ln his whole life eguslled the
psrfoTmsDoe Of one Of our latter Day
ministers by nlskipg over $4,000 IN q
single yeaT a. commissions taken out
Of The FIST instalmsnis paid on lols
sold AZ I've times their actual value
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