Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-13

fortunate poor are rushing In by
hundreds to swell the deposits of his
savings department. Ross and his
family are making tour of Europe.
He seems to flourish in spite of an
ocean of newspaper opprobrium and
worse than ali, is of low origin start
ing life as job printer. While 1t
would be hard to find any property
in his name. or that he even has
where to lay his head, he has the
confidence of a greater number of
people than even some of Us who
have hold of the lever that molds
the minds of the multitude. Ross
controls a great deal of advertising,
and It is distributed like the rain.
The closest search did not reveal
Joe Teal, as he has been all but OBJ
liberated from Portland society. AS
soon as it was apparent that he was
in the multi-plutocrat class he was
put on the blacklist, and his name
crat his control of great wealth
marks him as a dangerous man. Teal
is pleasant to meet. He seems to
be intelligent, and, but for the hated
incubus of his millions. could get
along fairly well. AS Ii Is he wears
the same haunted look that attaches
to persecution and the reputation OF
belonging to the class that thirst for
the life-blood of the submerged toll
ers. How such men as Teal can ex-
ist and hold up their heads and look
honest journalists in the face is one
of the mysteries OF city debauched
| by the acquisitions of heartless
horde of plutocrats, who are making
money hand over fist in advancing
real estate. and pushing Portland
trade to the confines of Mexico, Alas
ka and Asia. | did not meet Theo-
dore Wilcox, who is East with Ladd,
hut he is said to be the worst eX-
pansionist in the lot. | spent few
minutes with II. l.. Pittock, rated at
million and half, and F. w. Lead
better, who controls a million In his
own name. They have a hand in
many money-making enterprises. and
are recklessly seeking for more.
While not yet branded as plutocrats
of the vicious type, they are liable to
fall victims of this acrimonious dis
tinctlon any day. II is not believed
that they are positively dangerous to
society so long as Roosevelt is Presi-
dent, because we common people can
always rely on Teddy putting a time
ly spoke in the wheel of the un-
bridled aggressions and encroach-
ments of the hated rich. With
Roosevelt In the White House. the
commonwealth can never fall prey
to the far-reachlng tentacles Of men
like Leadbetter and Pittock.
While In their dangerous COM
pany / met Ted Piper, who has been
devotlng unnecessary space to me as
candidate for collector of customs.
lie is not known as suffering from
the bad smell attaching to the mill
lionaire class. but has at least twice
been misrepresented as belonging to
the circle that is so constantly be-
ing made more offensive to the
American people. When he left Sc
attle II was published on him that he
had sold his interests In the p. l. for
at least million. He humbly ac-
cepted $50 week job on an Ore
gon newspaper. But soon the furth-
er blot was cast on his reputation In
that fortunate investments in the
Texas oil fields had brought him
again into the invidious class OF
course. he Is not in himself danger
Gus man. and so long as we have
Teddy In the White House we need
not fear Teddy In the Tall Tower,
even though possessed of dangerous
accumulatlons OF the tainted. | must
apologize for mentioning the two
Teddies In one breath. but II is al
ways so easy to descend from the
sublime TO the ridiculous. The sec
ond Teddy was full of his most
genial pleasantries. lie said he had
Just met man who threatened "a
stop taking the oregonIan because II
devoted much editorial space to me-
"why do YOU pay so much attention
to that fellow Hofer? Can't you see
that's all he's after. to get you &c
even mention his name'"
or course, anyone should be su'
premely happy to be even noticed
or quoted. and | tried to express my