The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-31

rhs time has come when even the
great Oregonian will appreciate this
fact: That you can't expect even
country" newspapers TO stand IN
with your pet ideas and fat results
after you spend All your time 10 scath.
ing criticism Of everything from the
lowest 70 the highest. from the U. s.
senate. the president and all other rep
resentative men down TO the lowest
lofice-hOlder. from the felds OF philoso
nhy 10 the mesmerism Of religion. In
years Of reading the great morning
daily II seems nothing has escaped lts
rebuke Upon every pretext, upon ev-
cry occasion. daily. the columns are
| free IN handing out advice and criti-
citing all nations. classes and walks.
Busy picking the beams out Of The
brothers eye. II ls blind TO the mote in
its own eye until. alas Il gets a 500
900 Fhow on its hands. then Il sudden
ly sees that there never was a beam IN
the other fellows eye. on course not
You are all right. Come and get In the
bandwagon. But alas too and again,
the sting Of unmerited censure accu.
mulating these years carries q sharp
remembrance. and. indeed. we have
no taste nor appetite Every paper In
Oregon is willing and ready TO help q
fair for Oregon Even these country
papers and the country press" which |
the great Oregonian Is so everlastlngly |
pleased TO never fail 10 mention. have
some sense Of duty 10 the state and |
appreciate public benefit Put up a |
show for Oregon. and then the "coun.
try" papers will likely respond. The
country press" Is evidently weary Of
being basted on the solar-plexus all
the year around until Portland gets an
exposition and then being invited I'm
10 ice cream land pay for Il by way Of
l jokel. The day has now come when
ne country press means more than
heretofore The country" papers are
needed 10 boost The word country
las suddenly changed ~ OregOnian
zed meaning Of back numbers" and
inhabitants OF Oregon 10
he backbone" Of oxpositiOns and the
0urce OF the necessary stun" 10
make an exposition 90. You caa mark
hese words IN big red ink (the color ,
he signers Of the Initiative and refer. '
ndum petition we're TO have their I
ames printed in) that the country =
Ireas and people" viii stand In rela.
lon 20 this fair before Portland gets Z
through with ~. as a dog 10 his tail. =
When the farmers refuse 10 respond, a
hen the tail will not wag very loud. I.
While. " In the past any disposition OF !,
lirness had been shown. and a little Ii
'ss calling Of names. and making ne q
sel how much Of the backwOods order
10 were when We already knew Il.
Rings might be different There has
been enough emigration
ON the "c0nntry" towns 10 the city
Portland 10 keep alive the.o one lone
park OF civilization which exists In
regOn outside of Portland. for which
= are thankful Would II not be ad.
lntaeeous 10 call for a meeting Of ye n
iltorH 20 look over the situation7 n
ortland In putting up nearly all the II
Ioney for this fair NO the Oregonian h
lys, hut she does not say where al n
iat money Is going 10 be spent We I,
re led 10 presume Il Will probably be II
bent outside OF Portland. among the \
alley towns and Eastern Oregon. IA
ow? CUMMIN T. o. SENSES. "a
Salem. July 20. 1903 OF