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Ell- vein In Tkmi... fnlp l TTsmlltOTl & Idrick, B06-012 Seventeenth street; Louthac rackson Book & Stationery Co.. .neenu. I Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Ills streets. 3DAYS WEATHER Partly cloudy, with bably showers. 2STERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem- Lture. CI dep.; minimum temperature. 4 I; precipitation, .05 inch. VTLAXT), 3IOXDAT, MAT IS. 190.1 LRRIMAX'S LATEST fixesse. ir. Harrlman has returned to ew bk. He states that he has recovered his illness, and this statement is Iroborated by his physicians. He states that he will leave for Eli te May 26. It may be suspected that lis going: to Europe for the purpose ilsing funds for extending the Co- ibla Southern. This is an error, for Columbia Southern extension could I constructed with a few days' earn- Es of Mr. Harriman's O. R, & 3J. prop- Kr during the dull season. "When the Iple of Portland became sufficiently used to their Interests to Induce T. rilcox to go East and seek the aid Harrlman in constructing a road Central Oregon, they received as- lances that the railroad magnate lid grant this small flavor to a com- iwealth from which he was exacting (much. The wealth of the region to ich tliis extension was asked has not n a secret to either Portland or the asportation men ivho are interested draining everything possible from ithern Oregon to San Francisco, Lee, there was nothing on the ex- imental order in the building of the d. lubsequent happenings, however. re demonstrated pretty clearly that I giving out the impression that he 2nded to build into Central Oregon Harriman was only sparring for ;. To be clear about the matter, Harrlman will help Portland Into It new field of trade Just as he has ?ed her to secure a share of the Insport service, as he helped her Into Big Bend and into the Clearwater mtry, and as he Increased the Ori- al service from this port in keeping th that of San Franoisco. The ntti le of Mr. Harrlman toward this city, Iparaphrase the late Mr. Vanderbllt, 'Portland be d d." In no other way It easy to account for his Indifference rard a community and a state from ich he is exacting such large dhi- ids, unless he Is- In that class known Itho parlance o the street as "quit Es the Clearwater matter he showed of the elements of cowardice, and every advantage In his favor 2ked down and permitted the Xorth- Paclflc to divert the trade of that section from its natural channels carry it over the mountains to ret Sound. With the Oriental traffic. y the faintest show of competition the lines on the north and south been attempted. Pacific Coast trade the Orient has trebled, within the it three years, but Mr. Harriman's land line has not shared in the in- fase. "Within the past two j-ears Mr. riman has secured for his Oriental out of San Francisco four of the rgest steamers ever brought into the Iciflc trade. Mr. Hill has added the mster freighters Shawmut, Tremont X.yra to his Seattle line, and the Irthern Pacific has made similar in- feases in their equipment. No lm- jvements or additions have been Lde to the Portland line in that time, thousands of tons of freight have in diverted from this port to Puget id and San Francisco simply be- lse the service here was Inadequate. San Francisco Mr. Harriman ex- sssed his confidence In securing for it port the transport business to the IWppines, but if he said anything jut assisting the Port of Portland securing any portion' of It, the state- kit escaped the newspapers. In addition to this apparently studied jlect of Portland and Oregon Mr. riman now appears in the role of dog In the manger. He is secretly atlng the portage railroad, which, if lpleted, will give the Columbia ithern an outlet to. Portland inde- ident of the Harrlman line. In other trds, he will not build the road him- f, neither will he permit any other ipany to build it if he can prevent Local representatives of the O. JL N. have stated that they are not lid of the competition of the port- rallroad, as they can meet any rate it may be made. This Is undoubted- correct. Mr. Harrlman. with his i-hfll or water-level haul through Cascades to tidewater, can land bight "at ship's tackle" with a profit a rate that would bankrupt both of Hill's railroads, that are obliged lift it over the mountains and drop down again. Is it not possible, then, it Hill ana Meiim, who bluffed Har- lan out of the Clearwater country It of the Big Bend country and out the Oriental business north of San icisco have now forced him to use err effort to defeat the portage road. WW. aos toa tsffl northern roads more than it can ever injure the O. "R. &. X.? Their rates will- be governed entirely by the rates made on the water level route, or they will secure no part of the traffic thatxan be diverted in this direction. Eventually Mr. Harriman may learn that Portland Is on the map. The worm slow In turning, but It will turn some , day. and when it does Mr. Harrlman will discover that ways and means for reducing freight Tates from the inte rior are obtalnAble by other methods than a portagej road. A remarkably skillful force of local O. B, & N. offi- If. V . . nave sxavea oa this reduction for many years, their success being phe nomenal when it is.consldered that evi dence of the Harriman obedience to the mandates of Hill And Mellen and con tinual discrimination In favor of San Francisco has been so often flaunted in the face of! Portland. On his return from "Europe Mr. Harrlman may find something doing" where he least ex pected it. ' THE PLATFORM AXD THE 3IAX. No ghost need come from the crave or prophet from his temple to tear away the veil of mystery that enshrouds the tariff views of Senators Allison and Aldrlch, makers of tariffs. We are not required to believe that Allison will alienate United States Steel or Aldrich quarrel with Standard Oil, but that each will go as far as he can with safety o placate the tariff-reform sen timent in the Republican party must be accepted by all who reflect upon Re publican treatment of the money ques tion. The Idea is to get yotes gold vote, silver vote, greenback vote, any old vote, but votes. And the Repub lican effort of 1904 will be to formulate an appeal that will promise protection to the trusts and promise tariff revision to the reformers. There is an excellent model for our platform-makers in the Et Louis utterance of 1896 relative to the gold standard. That specious con glomeration of Inconsistent and dishon est phrases long will stand as' a pattern for the AMsonlan school of statesman ship. is'ow we have It that President Roost velt is for the Iowa idea, and then, again, we have it that he is with the stand-patters. It does not greatly sig nify, for Presidents do not write plat forms, much less tariff laws. In that select coterie composed of the finance committee of the Senate and the ways and means committee of the House no President Is regarded more cordially than with mere sufferance. Nothing availed Cleveland's Insistence upon tariff reform, nothing McKlnley's pleas for Cuba, Porto Rico and reciprocity, nothing Roosevelt's request for a tariff commlssjpn or efforts to carry on the policies bequeathed by his predecessor. "We must have something In next 3"ears platform, of course, to satisfy Cummins and i)olllver. This I5 quite to Allison's mind. No considerable fac tion of public sentiment shall be with out Its own peculiar plank. To go no farther back than 1900, we can find sops thrown to the protected trusts and to anti-trust; protection and reciprocity; restriction of Immigration; child-labor laws; labor insurance; the anti-contract labor agitators; ship subsidies; pen sions; civil service; the negro voter; good roads; rural free delivery; free homes; irrigation; admission of terri tories; tax reduction; open, door In China; i)epartment of Commerce and Consular reform. Nobody need go with out' his plank In the platform. If you don't see what you want, ask for it. The present lesson of these and next year's platform vagaries is that the cute maneuverings of phrasemongers do not. after all, greatly signify. There will be a man at the' head of the Re publican column in 1904 who will be his own platform. How cleverly Allison and Hanna balance between trusts and fair trade will be more than ever neg ligible in the campaign where Theodore Roosevelt runs as the people's man. In him the masses have confidence, wheth er the thing In hand be money or tar iff, public lands or new dependencies. A man of action rather than of specious phrase, a man of serious purpose rather than of adroit manipulation, In him the battle will be dominated by the personal equation. Against him no forced alli ance of Eastern plutocracy and "West ern Bryanlsm need hope to prevail. TRADE IS INCREASING. Portland bank clearings continue to break all previous records, and for the week ending Saturday were over $460, 000 greater than on the corresponding week last year, $900,000 greater than for the same week In 1901, $1,400,000 greater than Jn 1900, and $1,800,000 more than for the corresponding week in 1899. Thep fisrures show that Portland has nrr.frroK5f.rl far enough beyond the "swaddling clothes" era to take care of herself, eMfen under the somewhat ad verse circumstances attending on a labor strike. They would also indicate that we may have given ourselves need alarm over the Importance of the strike as affecting general trade. The strikers themselves are not earning anything, but they are spending about as much as they would be If they were employed, and seem to be, financially equipped to continue a life of ease for an nflpflnlte oeriod. The several thousand dollars which we contributed daily to the laundries is mostly saved, or where the housewire herself does not return to earlier cus toms, a little extra money is added to thp. etinond of the servant girl. The innrtwri who oromlsed to paint the houpe "Just as soon as the weather turrs pood in the Spring," Is now fortl fle 1 with an excuse which enables him t.i K.-m his money in his pocket The te- :mt cannot retaliate y building his own home, as he had intended to do, bu like the landlord, he, too, can hang oi. o his money, so that there Is no stra.u produced on the financial situa te, vr.m this cause. The sawmills are si. r wded to the limit with orders for lu: , , - to be shipped to clues and towns wi. r the builders build and the palnt- cr3 r ilnL 'and they are not sunering Their workmen also seem satisfied, and ire nJdlng -their dally per capita wage to th circulating medium. Thus, while th t-rikJ may be driving away spme caj-it 1 tnafc would come here, it Is not seriously affecting that already en sac: l and a great many people who in t - -tn.fcuilrL but have been "Struck ut," are using their money for the Tu-hnR of school ana timber lanas. which inay In the long run prove as profitable, as, owning a home. The satisfactory condition of trade for th -oast week, as outlined by the bar.k clearings, was not due to any features of special Interest, although the buvlnir of Spring goods continues ouitp hawL . There has been a firmer feeling ;ln the grain markets, due to the strength abroad and In the East This ie rint reflected to its fullest extent locally ior the reason that there Is a scarcity ati-X"fiaa otrtaiaablt at reasonable rates. "Wool is steady. with an upward tendency, and shearing Is well under way in most sections. The hop market Is more active for both old and new crop. Contracting for the" new crop, which has previously been rather light seems to have started In again, and it is probable that there will be the usual number of these agreements made before picking time. (The berry season is at hand, and while but few Oregon strawberries reached the mar ket last week, the outlook is favorable for a very large crop and good prices. The fruit crop, compared with wool. wheat, salmon and lumber, Js not ,a large factor in trade as yet, but it Is rapidly increasing In Importance, and In the aggregate places a considerable sum of money In circulation. The sal mon run last week was lighter than for- the first week in May, but was not so small as to cause any apprehension, and the excellent prices paid by the canneries and coldrstorage houses off sets In a measure the falllng-off In the catch. The lumber trade, as previously stated. Is breaking all records, and as the output is practically all sold outside of "the state, the money received is all added to that already In circulation In stead of being a part of it as is the case when it is sold to local consumers. Strikes are not pleasant In any com munity, but so long as Portland's busi ness continues to show a substantial increase week after week, we win grad ually forget that we have a strike. SEVERAL DEMOCRATIO OPPORTU- NITIES. From the uniformly lucid and, fre quently sound Brooklyn Eagle conies the information that a great opportu nity confronts the Democratic party on the currency question. Many things are Imperfect in our financial system, many things are mischievous, many things are false In principle and pernicious In prac tice, etc., many things are all wrong. With a view to their correction, the Eagle's thought turns fondly to the Democratic party. Thither for refuge and reform it would fly, as to a shelter from the tempest, as to rivers of water in a dry place, as to the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. A day off and a reflective mood might combine to extend the Eagle's diagnosis and prescription over a much wider range than was Indicated by the spur of the moment Are there not many other things in the governmental world which lend themselves readily to Demo cratic opportunity? Take the tariff question. The inequalities and absurd ities of the Dingley rates are not less apparent and obtrusive than those of the currency. "Who can deny the trans parent obviousness of Democratic op portunity here? Then take postal re form, and public land reform, and army reform, and no end of things that need' reforming. "Who can cast an unpreju diced eye over the political field and not be impressed, and even oppressed, by the splendor and expanslvencss of Democratic opportunity? But there you are. And there you rest Opportunities are growing up every day within easy reach of the Democratic party, not coyly waiting to be seen and embraced, but rushing at it like Venus upon Adonis. But they bud and bloom and come to. maturity and pass off the stage from senile decay, and still the grand old Democratic party stands there, deaf, dumb and blind, atrophied, palsied, knock-kneed and bowlegged, footless to run, handless to clasp. Eligible opportunities knock at the door and there Is no response. The opportunity for tariff reform came in 18S4, and it resulted In the election of Harrison In 1888. The opportunity for financial reform came In 1892, and It Is sued In the protective 'Wilson tariff of perfidious and dishonorable memory. It is better, perhaps, that Opportunity should stand uninvited and unrecog nized before the Democratic door. It is safer so, the country thinks. Vox pop ull, etc How true it Is that the Democratic party Is the party of opportunity! Its opportunity Is .always there to seize and use would make It no longer oppor tunity. How true It Is that the Demo cratic party Is the party of great prom ise. Its promise is always there to perform would destroy the promise by fulfillment Let It continue the party of perpetual promise. Anticipation Is often better than realization, anyhow; and but for its miraculous power of sus tenance there would be but one party, and that the Republican. How true It is that the Democratic party is the party of the future never of the pres ent! How true It is that the Democratic party Is the party of destiny always In the dim and distant destiny,-never at the polls on election day. It gives one a fresher hold on optimism and a firmer faith in the benevolent purposes of crea tion to reflect upon the Inscrutable de cree under whose terms the Democratic party passes up opportunity upon every occasion, and clings to destiny and promise and the future. "When Satan comes into power, if he ever does, his first act will be to undo the bandages from the Democratic party's eyes and give it the wisdom to recognize an op portunity on sight "JOE" HOOKER. In 1S96 the Massachusetts Legislature appropriated $50,000 for the erection of an equestrian statue of Major-General Joseph Hooker, United States Army, who succeeded General Burns lde in January, 1863, as commander of the Army of the Potomac This statue will be unveiled on the Statehouse grounds at Boston, June 25 next General Hooker was the only man from Massa chusetts who commanded an Independ ent army In the Civil "War. unless we except General iankB, who nominally commanded the'forces of the Depart ment of the Gulf during the Red River campaign and at Port Hudson. He was born at Hadley, November 13, 1814; was graduated from "West Point in 1837; was a Captain in the Mexican "War. He re signed five years after theMexlcan "War, and at the outbreak of the Civil "War lived in California. He was made Brig adler-General of Volunteers In 1S61; was promoted to Major"-General of Volun teers for his services before Richmond in the Peninsular campaign of 1862; commanded our right wing at Antletam, where he was wounded, September 17, 1S62. He was defeated by Lee In the great battle of Chahcellorsvllle, and was relieved, from command of the Army o the Potomac June 27, 1863, by General Meade. General Hooker afterward command ed the Twentieth Army Corps, under Sherman, during the Atlanta cam paign, but was relieved from command at his own request when General Sher man appointed General tHoward to the command of the Army of the Tennessee on the death of General McPherson. He was a Brigadier-General In the regular Army, at th close of the war, a rank given hlm.f or his gallantry at Antletam. General Hooker died In 1879. The exercises .at the dedication of the Hooker statue on- Tune 25 will exceed any military display ever made in Mas sachusetts. The number of men In line Will exceed 25,000. Thp Navy will be represented, and a brigade of regulars will be present The Society of Califor nia Pioneers wilf be represented, who were associated with General Hooker on the Pacific Coast -before the Civil "War. A great-grandson of General Hooker, a boy of 12, whose h(jme is in Chicago, and whose name.-Is Joseph Hooker, will release the' draperies' from the statue. - General Hooker for a time before the Civil "War lived In Oregon, and was a well-known visitor to Portland. He was an intimate frtendiofUnlted States Sen ator Nesmlth, vwho corresponded with Hooker during' his entire military ca reer. This correspondence and other material suitable for the. preparation of a military memoir of Geiferal Hooker was placed Wy. Senator Nesmlth in the hands, l the late Judge McArthur, of uns city, wno, at the time of his death was engaged in he work, of- getting It in proper shape fpr publication. General Hooker was a man of fine military accomplishments and com manding personal appearance, but after his retirement from the regular Army In 1853 his habits becameso intemperate as greatly to Injure him in the esteem of his friends. His 'career in the Civil "War was brilliant as a corps commander. He was untruthfully charged with being under the Influence, of liquor at Chan cellorsville, but' Gearal Couch, who was next Jrt command,' and was with General Hooker personally during, the whole campaign, stated under his own name that General Hooker did not drink a drop during the movement In his anxiety to avoid all -possible criticism. General Couch made this statement in answer to the Rev. Dr. Talmage's dec laration from his pulpit that General Hooker's Intoxication lost us the battle of Chancellorsville. The old residents of 'Portland knew Harney, Grant Sheridan, McClellan, Stevens, Pickett, David A Russell, Howard, Gibbon, and they knew "Joe" Hooker In the old days between his exit from the regular Army and the out break of the Civil War in 1861. General Hooker was In his 47th year when the Civil "War broke out, and to him It was a godsend, for It restored him to the military profession, for which he had been trained at West Point in which, he had distinguished himself, and which he left after some fifteen years service, only to sink Into obscurity In civil life. "Without the Civil War the names of Grant, Sherman and Hooker would not be historic In the annals of either civil or military life, for they were all out of the Army In 1861, with no chance to re turn to It and with small prospect of success In civil life. General Isaac L Stevens, of Washington Territory, was out of the Army, too; but he had a tal ent for public life and business not pos sessed by Grant, Sherman or Hooker, and without the Civil War General Ste vens would have been sure of further success In the field of politics or busi ness. But for his death In battle in 1862 Stevens might have been the vic torious leader of the Army of the Po tomac instead of Grant " Civilians who hope to be appointed Second Lieutenants in the Army will have their chance this year, for" even after the graduating class at West Point and the enlisted men candidates have been provided for, there will be upward of threescore vacancies to be filled. The New Tork Sun points out that there are already 17 vacancies In the corps of engineers, 25 In the cavalry, 14 in the artillery and 86 in the Infantry, with a graduating class of 93, not count ing the foreign cadet -who will not be commissioned In our Army. Besides, these 142 places there are 17 vacancies in the Pay Department 2 in the Judge-Advocate-General's Department, and 11 In the Signal Corps. The Signal Corps vacancies, when filled, may or may not create places In the line to be filled by promotion, and so to cause an equal number of places among the Second Lieutenants of the lino; but even If they do not, the chances for civilians will be good. Illinois recently enacted a law abolish ing the contract system and confining labor of convicts to the making of goods needed in the various public institutions of the state and municipalities. The new law takes effect July 1 of next year. This plan, known aB the state-use sys tem, was adopted by New Tork six years ago, and by Massachusetts four years ago, but In neither state has it been given sufficient trial to establish Its superiority and assure Jts general adoption. This system provides useful employments or "prisoners, and It pre vents such labor from coming Into ap preciable competition with free labor. Organized labor offered no objection to the enactment of the law, which passed the Illinois Legislature by a unanimous vote. This system Introduces useful labor Into the prisons, and compels such variety of labor that the prison becomes an industrial school where many trades are taught and practiced. Somebody stepped on Grover Cleve land's foot In the excitement of exit after the baseball game with the Unl verslty of Pennsylvania, on the 9th Inst Mr. Cleveland didn't like It and said so loudly enough for many around, him to hear it The college boys who stepped upon Mr. Cleveland In their downward rush from the seats were Pennsylvania students, who wore heavy shoes. The Princeton students, of course, do not step upon Mr. Cleveland's feet for he is Included among their local divinities, and to step upon him would be like a Hindoo worshiper trampling upon, the feet of the god of his fathers. The Pennsylvania college boys can plead no excuse for their conduct except that pleaded by the commercial traveler when he was rebuked by a girl fromv Chicago for stepping on her feet: . "My God, madam, a man must put his feet somewhere!" . . Charles Francis Adams planTof en forced Investigation and publicity for ending and preventing strikes is being tried in" Lowell, Mass., without effect. lve results thus1 far. The State Board of "Arbitration "forced its way Jntpthe cotton-mill controversy, heard' both- sides and reported that the merits' of the case , favored: the mills rather thin the strikers. This was JwojwSekB or so a-.l t-ll. l. " - . UU, UUIr LUC ABCLm Wl. ' One Important reform" that -ther new city government has overlooked le .the enlargement of the fire-limits. Business la steadily moving foward he hills. While the western limit Is large enough north and, south of the business center, the area in the center i&ould' not be jopea tolfram4MtJMlaa CHANGE fQR DEMOCRATIC ACTIVITY- Brooklyn Eagle. The crudities of our financial system, or, rather, want of system, are again forcing themselves upon public attention. Congress has. met and adjourned without taking the matter Into remedial consid eration. The truth Is that financial sys tems are not made by Congress or any other body of men. The grow. With the right kind of attention" they grow better; with the wrong kind of attention they grow worse. , It is a pity -that one of the saddest and bloodiest tragedies In the his tory of the 'race Is not better understood. There are only two accounts of the French Revolution which are generally read and.belleved. One is a work of fric tion, with no pretense to historic ac curacy. The other Is a prose epic writ ten by a literary crank, and not closer to the" real facts than the loves of Aeneas, and Dido are to the history of Rome.' While the lurid details of this convulsion iend themselves very readily to poetic treatment the underlying causes are the hardest kind of prose fact The leading speculative commodity of the time was grain. Of this Franco was the leading producer. The United States, having gained their independence and es ttabllshed a stable government appeared In- this market as a factor of unlimited possibilities. In addition a series of bril liant inventions had so revolutionized manufacturing methods as to put a profit upon the use of capital with which or dinary Investments could not compete. France was In the grasp of speculators, who controlled Its paper circulation. Had M. Neckar been a statesman and patriot instead of a politician, he would have seen and have endeavored to steer his country away from and not into the gulf yawning before It But no; each' Secre tary of the Treasury wanted to put the public debt on a lower rate of Interest than any of his predecessors. The fallacy at the root of all their cal culations was that they were trying by means of French paper to satisfy the de mands of foreign countries for capital. All their available credit was sacrificed in this effort Land, the Income of which was somewhat less than 100 francs on a valuation of 2000 francs in real money, was token from the crown, the nobility and the church, and put behind the cur rency at a valuation of 3000 francs for 100 francs' income. . This could not be done In real money, and could be done In paper only; hence it did not benefit the real sit uation one particle. As a consequence, the inflation spread from the speculative to the investment market and finally Into the labor market The laborers, having to buy on a basis of inflated values, but be ing paid on a basis of real values, were called anarchists, were put Into the army, where they would be under the control of their officers, and a foreign war was pro voked to keep them employed. Here was the beginning of the end. Having stretched credit to the breaking point In a time of peace, there was no margin left to fall back upon in a time of war. Should the King, the nobility and the clergy be restored, they would reclaim their land. The first step in forc ing the circulation of paper, therefore, was to exterminate land claimants. Hence the French people, rather than submit to national dismemberment forced thet circulation of their paper and sealed the title to the land by soaking the dust of Paris with the best blood of France. When our ancestors incorporated into the United States Constitution the restriction upon bills of credit they sup posed that they had settled that matter for all time. Prior to 1860 the government Issued no demand paper. On December 31, 1861, the United States Treasury suspend ed, specie payments. A majority of the Democratic party regarding their local institutions as of more importance than the perpetuity of the general government rose In arms to force their ylews upon the rest of the people,, while the official organ of the Republican party was shriek ing "Tear down the flaunting lie." The '-'flaunting lie" still flaunts, the American people having spent $3,000,000,000 and shot over 1,000,000 men "on the spot" to maintain Its supremacy. The same people have with equal determination re cently crushed at the ballot box twd deadly attempts upon the National credit And they would certainly force tho cir culation of their Government paper, with all which that implies, should such a course ever become necessary to main tain our National "existence, but they are confronted by no such dreadful emer gency. We are on the crest of a wave of great prosperity, and Government paper could be retired without a shock or Jar to any business Interest Now that we have resumed specie payments, and have established a standard of full value, what party will take up the retirement of useless paper? It should be called not a circulating medium, but a menace. In one respect only Is It worthy of absolute reliance it can be depended upon as a contributor to disturbance whenever in dustxial things unfortunately go wrong. Never was there, and never will there be a better time for getting rid of what Is by courtesy called a system, for such e change of financial base as will guarem tee security rather than inspire misgiv ings. Has the term constructive ceased to be applicable to the Democratic party? The right man is usually found in the right place at the right time, and the time Is ripe for him. Incidentally the door ot Democratic opportunity appears to be wide open. Irony of the Tar iff In the Philippines. Kansas City Star. Another instance of the peculiar work lags of the tariff system appears from a remark made by Judge lde, a member of the Philippine Commission. "I should say that" the greatest help Congress can give us," he said, "will be to relieve us from the heavy burdens Imposed by the Dingley tariff on the exports from the islands- to the united states. At the last session the report by Judge Tatt of the destitution in the Philippines impelled Congress in its generosity to appropriate $3,000,000 for the relief of the people. But Its philanthropic disposition did not go so far as to remove the tariff restrictions which hamper the- islands' development The protected Interests saw tovthat They were willing that the tax. payers contribute to the relief of the destitute, but they took care that the Filipinos should not get the chance to help themselves by trading freely with theUnited States. To the Islanders Gov ernor Taft had held out the hope of free trade at the- end of two years. But his efforts to persuade Congress to make, good his assurances were blocked by the pro tecteid Interests. A slight reduction from the Dingley schedule was granted, but that was the limit or concessions allowed. This, country presents to the world, the curious spectacle-Df a nitlpn willing to give money to its wards, but .refusing to allow- them tho chance to earn it The power of the protested Industries forces the nation 'to cripple Its dependencies and jthen graciously permits it to give them aims. . Aaeker Astlism Geae Glimmering-. New. Tork Evening Post On. May 1 the Evening Post stated that General Leonard Wood had' Inspired an article in the North American Review for February, 1900, written by Lieutenant James E. Rtfhde, and attacking Wood's predecessor. General Brooke: It'was'&dd ed that there were In the manuscript In terlineations in the handwriting of Gen era! Wood. In making this assertion, we depended nqt alone upon xur Havana cor respondent, nthom we had every reason to think truth worthy, but also upon an ex plicit statement made to us by one in authority . in the office 01 the Review. But we now find that we were uninten tionally misinformed, and that the article in question was not interlined by General Wood. We accordingly withdraw the charge unqualifiedly, with sincere apolo gies to General wood. It Is not neces sexy to add that our' Havana corresoend jsot oam to fee-web with this date. . THE NEW YORK SITUATION New Tork Commercial. Thousands- of Idle mechanics are. walk ing the. streets of New Tork these days, lounging or dozing In the parks or gossip ing in saloons, while over 530,000.000 In cash Is tied up in uncompleted buildings whose owners or contractors are suffering irre parable loss through this stoDpage of work and the putting off of the time wheq the structures would yield revenues. It is estimated that by Monday next ar least 100,000 persons, all told, will be di rect losers and sufferers- from this present paralysis of Industry within' our munici pal limits. Of the idle mechanics the .great bulk are well-dressed and prosper ous-looking men, with, money a-plenty m their pockets, and ail about them work fairly crying to be done. This situation Is an absolutely abnormal one the demand for all kinds or moor, both skilled and unskilled, never in the whole history of the city so great as now. the prevailing wages never bo high; and still a great army of men actually turning their backs on work and wages and frit tering away their valuable time In idle ness. They are simply smitten with tne strike fever, a disease that tradesunlons and labor leaders sow the seeds of and then most industriously cultivate and spread. In most instances these idlers have no grievance, no "demand" ungrant- ed. They are simply bedevilled by the poisonous, pernicious notions that social istic demagogues have been fostering among them for years. Many of them ac tually gloat triumphantly at the manifes tations of their so-called "power" In this hold-up of Industry a condition of mind that Is as unnatural and unhealthful as it is despicable. Take the case of the carpenters, for in stance. They have not the shadow of a grievance against the owners, the build ers or the operators. It is simply and plainly a fight among themselves. The union carpenters deny the right of outsid ers to earn a dally wage with them or one as high as theirs and they then pro ceed delberately and maliciously to pre vent nonunion carpenters from working by cutting off all materials from the build. ers. "These carpenters," said a leading building-loan operator, "can have no pos sible grievance. Every demand they have made has been granted rather than check the tide In its flow; but rather than ac cord other carpenters rights equal with their own, they have brought about an absolute demoralization in the trade." And he sounds this warning to them: It seems to me that an Instant's reflec tion would convince these union men that they are cuttlnj? their own throats. They must realize that a building boom comes but once in every ten years. Its duration depends on the financial state of the country or on the labor question. capital is timid ana every incident 01 this kind causes it to shut its nurse. When these men do recover their senses and announce themselves willing to work, they will find there Is not so much work. Instead of the $4.50 and $5 a.day they are getting now, they will have to accept a reduction and many of them will get no chance at all. In short, these union carpenters have plotted deliberately to bring about Sj sit uation in which they-wIH inevitably be the greatest sufferers. They cannot stand prosperity. They are blinded to their own Interests, misguided by irresponsible lead ers who fatten on their weaknesses. The present situation is only the legitimate fruit of the policies of organized labor through a score of years. Had the em ployers and capitalists In every branch of industry perfected a decade ago an or ganization like labor's today, such a sit uation as this would have been impossible. It is not too late to begin the applica tion of the remedy. ' Tho Assault "Upon General Wood. New Tork Commercial Advertiser. It Is apparent that General Wood has been very little harmed by the unfounded and spiteful efforts that have been made to injure film. Even the newspapers which sympathize at times with the "an tis," and at other times quite ready to take a low view of things connected with the Administration at Washington, have not been able to join to this attempt to break down a man simply because he has been serving his country ably and credit ably in a time of trial. Thus the Bos ton Herald remarks of the withdrawal of the most contemptible of the charges against General Wood: To those who know General Wood this out come ot the persistent attacks on his charac ter as a gentleman and & soldier has been con fidently anticipated from the start. It would be Interesting to know the real motives which have prompted them. They are not far to seek, we fancy. A similar view 13 expressed by the Bos ton Transcript which suggests the fol lowing" as among some of the causes for the assault: General Wood's appointment (to Cuba) was deeply offensive to a considerable element of the Army, who have not to this day forgiven him for beginning his military career as a sur geon, and to politicians who had marked Cuba for their bailiwick; There are politicians to day who would rejoice at an opportunity to break down General Wood's prestige. Telepathy and Electricity. Christian Register. Two professors of Harvard University, Messrs. John Trowbridge and William James, are at odds over the question of telepathy. It is evident that between the two professors has arisen a very hot question. Writing as a physicist to the New Tork Nation, Professor Trowbridge denied that there is any anology between" telepathy and wireless telegraphy or other phenomena of that kind. He said that by the scientific method he found no evidence for telepathy:-there is no scien tific resemblance between the methods of lnoulry adopted by science and psychical research. Speaking of those who abandon accurate experiment and begin to philos ophize, Mr. Trowbridge says that the death knell of their scientific career Is rung. Professor James replies, "Heaven forbid that the death knell of my col league's scientific career should be rung yet; but he has described to a dot his own contribution to psychics and philos ophy In this article." While Professor James will not assert that telepathy has been placed In an Invulnerable position, he contends that Professor Trowbridge, in attacking it, has departed from the methods of science and shown himself ignorant of the evidence which has been accumulated. My Ship From Spain. H. G. Leslie, In Youth's Companion. O captain, on whose wrinkled cheeks Are marks of storm and beating gale, H&ve you not seen on distant seas, Somewhere, a glimpse of stranger sail Perchance when evening shadows fell. And misty clouds presaged the night. Uplifted, on some crested wave. Then slipping slowly from the sight? My ship should have a sheen of gold. And silken sails like bridal train; And bear a perfume, faintly sweet. Of roses on the hills of Spain. Touth promised me long years- ago This ship would sometime come to me. And bear its lade ot wealth and fame From distant lands beyond the sea. It has not come, I know not why. It may have sought this port In. vain. And in some unknown harbor lie. And idly fret its rusting chain. Meanwhile, I've beat the anvil's face, ' And felt the heated furnace blast. And wealth, of. brawn and honest toll Into life's circling currents cast I've climbed the headland morn and eve. To scan the dark horizon line. To catch a glimpse far, far at sea. Of this belated ship of mine. Full threescore years have, fled away. And still I patient watch and wait; My whitening hair and feeble steps Sug&ect that it may come too late. Tr what is wealth to hl:a who dle, Or feasor Jn' the hour of pain? The LeOra ior tiw 1U of years : NOTE AND COMMENT 3" What is home without a missing will ano a $5,000,000 inheritance? One laundry opens up today. No danger that it will have to shut down for want of trade. The members of the Baptist Church! still seem to be getting wilder about their music. No. gentle reader, a 'prizefighting club' Is not called a box factory, but a finish ing school. - Judging from the score of the carpentery painter baseball game, several new strikes were declared yesterday. No. Mr. Pipe Dreamer, not even your many years of constant practice will get you a Job as a pipe organist Portland played an errorless ball game yesterday, and now the players are ex plaining how they happened to do It Letson Balllet is among the few who -have not been hauled up by Postmaster General Payne about the' postal frauds. Contrary to the report, the resident of the North End who had a fight with his neighbor over a water pall did not kick . the bucket A man 67 years of age died in San Francisco the other day who started in as a messenger boy. Ho was doubtless a long time getting there. The streets of the Holy City are said to be paved with pure gold. It Is hoped they are better taken care of than are the thoroughfares of this city. Possibly when the President gets to Se attle and Tacoma he will travel as he did in the Tosemlte. and let the Sound people know he still has some say in the matter. Maybe Teddy will wonder why so many of us are wearing flannel shirts instead of. white collars. Just tell hhn wo are doing the rough-rider act, and he will be sat isfied. President Thodore Roosevelt lectured a small boy yesterday for calling hira "Teddy." If he intends to keep this up on everybody who desires to call him by his popular cognomen, he will have to do a good deal of talking. Henry Watterson was at one time trav eling from Baltimore to Washington with a friend of his, the half-breed Boudinot a well-known lobbyist ot Washington. The car lurched In roundlns a curve, and threw Boudinot Into the lap 'of a lady Who sat opposite. "I see Boundlnot" said Watterson, looking up, "that you are a Laplander." "No," replied Boundl not quickly, "I am a Paw-knee." Joseph GIrouard, of Spencer, Mass., an nounced recently that he woufd clve re ceipts In full to all his debtors who ap plied, provided they were unable to meat their obligations. "No matter whether it is $10 or $100 or 51000," he declared, "any man who says he cannot pay It shall have a receipt I want to feel kind ly toward all the people and not have them burdened with any debts to me." But It has turned out that no man owed him a single cent The violinist Kubelik, who Is to marry the Countess Marianne Czaky, has a greater readiness of wit than he Is usu-. ally credited with. He had played one afternoon at a women's reception and afterward he stood, rather 111 at ease. In a corner, silent A young girl, approach ing him, said: "Pardon me, sir, but your handkerchief la hanging out of your' pocket" "Thank you," sold Kubelik, "thank you for this warning. Tou know the company better than I do." The visit of the President to .this city has been the Inspiration for no end of poetry, good, bad and Indifferent We have minted many verses of this noetry. and herewith submit a few more, of what quality, the reader may judge for himself: When "Teddy" comes to Portland To -see this West and Northland, May Sunshine favor Portland. May light on all be shed. Especially on "Ted," In him may each one see "When "Teddy" comes to Portland. He's labor's union man, Let none be under ban. When "Teddy" comes to Portland Tou federated trades Just quit your foolish raids. Till "Teddy's" gone from Portland. Tr lhi -pt-inVn In thA PflrV "Were put there In the dark For "Teddy" while In Portland, They will not stay there long. So stop your weird-like song Till "Teddy" goes from Portland.- .. Donft air dirty linen. ,t Whilst other towns are grinning And making fun ot Portland. And don't foul Portland's nest But glre its fledglings rest Till "Teddy's" gone from Portland. That hotel dinner few Pay "twenty each" for stew When. "Teddy" dines in Portland. Give those old sports a chance, They can no longer dance. But loyal they are to Portland. If all cannot agree, Agree to disagree ' Till "Teddy" goes from Portland.- Use bridle and a check. Or take It in the neck "When "Teddy" speaks ot Portland. TEDDY-MUS. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGBAPHERS "Little boy, does your mother know you spend your money playing craps?" "Well; I guess yes. It's de way I supports de fambly." Life. Patience Did you say she came from fight--lag stock? Patrice Tes: her mother and -fa-' ther were both members of church choirs la their early days. Tonkers Statesman. "He i-as been mentioned as a candidate for office very frquently." "Tes," answered Farm er Corntossel; "the only trouble Is that every time anybody mentions him the other fellers . laugh." Washington Star. Securing the Local Color. The imaginative artist who piotures President Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland at a St. Louis breakfast la evening dress would, probably have them. eating pie with knives In Chicago. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Doctor," said the shrewd-looking man, "how many feet of gas does It take to kill & man?" "That's rather a queer question," said the doctor. "Why do you wish to know?" "One of the guests of my hotel used enough of it to kill himself, and I want to send in & proper bill to his executors." Philadelphia Press. Indulgent Father (dining In. restaurant) I presume. Horace, while you were attending' that foreign medical college you formed the foolish and reprehensible habit of drinking beer? Son Why, yes, father: I Just had to drink it occasionally. All the other students did. Indulgent Father Walter, two beers! Chicago Tribune. . "What does your husband 4hlnk of these peo ple who go In so much for symbols?'" asked Mrs. Oldcastle, as she took a seat Is the Btagr nlflcent library. "Well, I don't know "exactly," replied her hostess, "but it always seesaed to me as though Jolah kind ot lHcM th darteet' btt, or else that faora they jwll la a4 et so fast you can hardly m to se th player's ha4 xo'CUocco Jleoerd-HeraU.