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Excepting the Japanese court and the Mikado's envoys, nobody knows what money indemnity will be demand ed, what cession of territory she will reaulre. nor what fortified cities she wishes changed to open ports. Even among those demands which Japan will be likely to make, it is Impossible to say, as yet. which- ones she thinks es sential and which she is prepared to forego. If the island empire proves un reasonable in her requirements, it will not be for lack of good advice from friendly newspapers nor of warnings from Russia. M. Sergius WJtte, being a diplomat, repudiates the interview in which he predicted the failure of the ne gotiations with such astonishing frank ness: but he does not repudiate the sen timents he then expressed. Clearly, if he gave his real opinions to the report ers, he has little hope of peace. But Russian diplomatists are not in the habit of giving reporters, or any body else, their real opinions. "What M. "WItte thinks of the outlook for peace is just as much of a secret now as be fore he was Interviewed. If he talked for any purpose besides concealment, it was to influence public opinion in America and to warn Japan not to ask too much. "Too much," In Wltte's es timation, has a double signification. It means terms which Russia would rather go on fighting than grant; it means also terms so excessive that Ataerican opinion would condemn them. In either case, the negotiations would fall. American condemnation of Japan's propositions would so encour age the war party In Russia that peace would be out of the question. Conces sions beyond a certain limit would be more disastrous to the Czar than any military losses the Japanese are likely to inflict M. "WItte probably wishes to urge his opponents not to propose con ditions which would make peace impos sible, and he does it in this indirect manner. Like all that can be said upon the subject now. this Is a guess and noth ing more; but it is reasonable. M. "Witte Is sincerely desirous of peace. He has steadily opposed the war from its be ginning. He knew then that Russia was in no condition to fight Japan, and he knows now that she is still less pre pared; while her enemy is stronger both upon land and sea than when the war broke- out. There seems to be little doubt that a statesman of "Wltte's cali ber will negotiate a treaty of peaec if he can. his country's circumstances being what they are; but he has a strong war party at home to reckon with, and, of course, he is aware that, beyond a certain limit of concession, Russia would lose less by fighting than by yielding. Hence his indirect warn ing to the Japanese to be moderate, and his appeal to American public opinion. Few in this country would think an indemnity covering the war expenses ot Japan an "unreasonable demand. Such a demand is usually based upon the possession of conquered territory, of which Japan holds little; still, she can probably convince Russia that it would be advisable to yield the point. Not withstanding a persistent belief to the contrary. Russia has enormous inter ests almost at the mercy of her enemy. Her cities, railroads and colonies in Central Asia represent half a century of lavish expenditure of men and money; they are of vastly greater strategic im portance than anything she has held upon the Japan Sea; and they cannot well be defended against an attack from the east. "With Japan in moral control of China, these possessions are extremely vulnerable. Russia can af ford to pay a heavy indemnity rather than risk losing them, and it is here. almost certainly, that Japan would strike her next blow. A naval expedl tion to the Baltic Is out of the question, -while the road to Merv Is open and easy. Again, It would be reasonable for Japan to demand .absolute control of the Asiatic coast from Port Arthur to the mouth of the-Amur, with free "navi gation of that river. This is essential to Japanese safety and national devel opment, while to Russia it is relatively unimportant. She has plenty of terri tory elsewhere, and her natural com mercial outlets are upon the Black Sea and the Bosphorus, not upon the Sea of Japan. Russia made a great strategic blunder when she gave up the fight for Constantinople and turned her energies eastward. Moreover, having abandoned her troublesome and useless possessions facing Japan. Russia will have little use for a naval force in the Pacific Demand to limit her Oriental fleet to a few small vessels she can grant without dishonor or much disadvantage. She has learned how useless such a fleet is for attack or defense, and ahe has enough to do for many years to restore her naval power at home. These, then, may well be the Japanese conditions of peace; a moderate Indem nity, control of the Asiatic coast Inclos ing the Japan Sea. and a very small Russian fleet In Eastern waters. By granting them Russia would lose noth ing that Is essential to her honor or greatness, while Japan would gain what is vital to her national existence. A SAMPLE LEAIC The Executive Board sks the City Council to appropriate $500 for the en tertainment of "fire chiefs" who are to visit thlB city next month. The Council committee on ways and means has the request under consideration,, purely as a matter of form, since it is not doubted that it will be granted. This is a sample of the leaks that are opened by official authority in the city treasury from time to time, and for which the public gets no return what ever. To be sure, the "entertainment" may be returned to our own fire chief when, for his own pleasure, he goes vis iting, by wining and dining and taking him about, but why should the taxpay ers of the city stand for such bills and outings? These men, each presumably worthy of his hire and able to pay his way, will come here, be paraded around the engine-houses, given more to eat and drink than Is good for them, pay our city and the fire department some com pliments, and depart hence, and a war rant for $500 to pay for their "enter tainment" will be drawn on the city treasury. Possibly at the very next meeting of our municipal governing body a request for 'an appropriation to meet some legitimate expense for the protection or convenience of the public will be disallowed on the basis of neces sary economy or lack of funds. Thus municipal economy becomes a byword and "graft" an accredited term in our official vocabulary. PORTLAND AND CHINESE BOYCOTT. On account of the rank discrimina tion practiced against Portland by the Harrlman lines, this city has had very little of the trade in cotton and Eastern manufactured goods, en route for the Orient. The division of Oriental traffic between the Hill lines on the north and the Pacific Mall on the south has forced this city to depend almost solely on the efforts of our own exporters to sup ply cargoes for the steamers leaving" this port for the Far East. This natur ally has been a "serious handicap as with a fair amount of cottgn and East ern merchandise to make, up a part of a cargo, the transportation company could give a much more frequent ser vice than is possible where all of the cargo must be picked up at or near the Pacific Coast port at which It is loaded. This discrimination against Portland has resulted in a large amount of busi ness being diverted to Puget Sound and San Francisco, the wheat and flour shipments from this port to California for the fiscal year Just closed, reaching an aggregate of more than 3,000.000 bushels. This wheat and flour could not have been required for food and home consumption in California, for during the period in which it was mov ing, San Francisco exported more than 1.000.000 barrels of flour and nearly 2.000.000 bushels of wheat. Much of it was sent south because the California millers, with vasty superior Oriental steamer service, are better prepared to handle the Oriental trade than our own millers who have such an Infrequent service that much of the time they are forced to depend on tramp, steamers. The refusal of the Harrlman lines to provide steamship facilities Is not re cent. The trouble began years ago and continued until a good portion of the flour trade from east of the Cascade Mountains has been weaned away from this port to Seattle and Tacoma, where so much Eastern freight Is handled that there was always a frequent service for the flour-shippers. Portland views with regret the pres ent Chinese boycott, which promises to cripple the trade between this Coasf and the Orient, but the situation pre sents no such alarming features for this port as it has for San Francisco and Puget Sound. This port never had enough of the cotton and Eastern freight trade to amount to anything, and will not feel Its loss at this time. Every power on earth that Is Interested In commercial development in the Ori ent will need lumber, and there is no other country that can supply that staple to such good advantage as the Pacific Northwest. It is thus5 reasona bly certain that our large and rapidly growing lumber trade will not suffer greatly through the boycott. For the Immediate present the Orientals are also very much In need of American flour. They have become accustomed to its use. and. despite the edicts of the Viceroys, it will continue to be used. .But even tnis traae has been in a measure Insecure for some time. The American millers have recognized the handwriting on the wall, and have known that the exploitation of the Manchurlan wheat fields must eventu ally have a serious effect on the de mand for American flour. Had the present struggle, the culmination of which will result In wonderful indus trial expansion In the Far East, been deferred a few years longer, the home consumption demands of the Americans would have increased to such an extent that the Oriental deihand would have been unnecessary. As matters now stand, it is needed, and its curtailment will affect both the wheatgrowlng and the milling Industry on this Coast The Orientals can secure their manufac tured goods and even their raw cotton through British and Gorman agencies, but the flour and lumber. or the pres ent at least, must come from the Pacific Coast These two commodities are about all that Portland has ever bandied In the Oriental markets, and we are, accord . lngly. In a much, better position to stand the strain of the boycott than our neighbors on th north and the south. It is hirhiv advantageous to have two big transportations systems like those of either Mr. Hill or Mr. Har riman pulling for a port, but Portland had no such assistance In the days when 'everything came easy for her rivals, and she will not suffer as much now that the Chinese boycott promises to knock out one of the main props of Seattle and San Francisco trade with the Far EasL A HUNT TO SECRETARY WILSON. It Is estimated that inoculation of the ground with Professor Moore's bacteria would increase fivefold the yield of every' field now planted to clover, beans, peas, alfalfa and similar crops. The Department of Agriculture has had pos session of the wonderful secret of pro ducing these bacteria on the large scale for many months, and demands for the substance from farmers have been nu merous. Nevertheless, very little, al most nothing, has been done to supply these demands. The energies of Secre tary "Wilson's department have been de voted In the meantime to the collection of those remarkable statistics of the wheat cotton and other crops with which he astonishes the country period ically. The money used to collect tab ulate and publish these worthless sta tistics would have Inoculated vast areas with Moore's bacteria. It Is generally useless to regret any waste of the public funds. Simple and obvious utility must so frequently give way to pompous folly that the public has become subdued to what seems un avoidable, and seldom complains. But this Is a case where silence Ls almost criminal. Secretary Wilson, if he had been the man for a great opportunity. would have turned all the resources of his department to the development of this beneficent discovery. Nothing that he has done or could have done is to be compared with It for a moment in im portance. Nevertheless he has allowed It to-be half forgotten while his graft ing subordinates have been collecting their ridiculous statistics. Surely some thing better than this might be made out of the Department of Agriculture. RAISING DETECTIVES PAY. The City Council, by a vote of eight to seven, has raised the pay of city de tectives from $90 to Jlli per month. What for? For standing In with confi dence men? For failure to pursue crooks, thieves, pickpockets or other malefactors with vigilance, unless they see something in It? For quarreling constantly among themselves? For treating their superiors with insolence and contempt? For constant refusal to subject themselves to discipline or re straint of any kind? It must have been for one or all of these things, for it could have been for nothing else. The Portland detective force Is, and has long been, in a disgraceful condi tion of disorganization and inefficiency. It is a very mild statement of the truth that the detectives do their duty when they feel like it They laugh at the charter provision which requires that they shall receive no compensation above their salary, and1 their whole the ory oX correct police practice is to look out for the "fat" things and let the lean ones take care of themselves. People who are unfortunate In having their houses broken Into, or in being held up by highwaymen,' or in having their property stolen, or who have otherwise- suffered from the depredations of law breakers, wonder why the police take. so little Interest in their cases and the malefactors are so rarely caught. The reason is that the detectives do not try. unless It happens to suit their pleasure and convenience, which In rarely does unless the crime ls peculiarly flagrant and a reputation ls to be made through newspaper notoriety, or some secret arrangement for remuneration Is effect ed. Besides the victim of some pick pocket's or burglar's or confidence man's or highwayman's operations. If he knows anything about the police sit uation In Portland. Ms loath to call with a complaint at the station, where he is liable to insult and humiliation by some obscene blackguard on the detective force. After the exposure made In the Police Court Tuesday of the close and har monious understanding between lead lng lights of the criminal world and the detective force of Portland, It seems strange that the City Council should seek to reward such detectives with larger pay. It has placed a premium on Insubordination, vulgarity. Idleness, Inefficiency and graft A SETTLEBS TRAGEDY. . A pitiful tragedy of the settler's home on the border was enacted near Tahoe, Idaho, a few days ago. The father and mother went out to drive 'In the cows in the evening, leaving three small chil dren, one an Infant at the house. The elder children built a Are In the yard, which spread to the light dwelling, and the babe was burned to death before the parents returned. Only people who realize nothing of the conditions of life that attend an attempt to hew a home out of the wilds, which taxes every energy of both hus band and wife and leaves the 'children that come early and often Into Its poor, shelter to shift for themselves, almost from birth, will censure parents for a tragedy of this kind. Of course, it may be said that means of starting a fire should not be left In the reach of young children, but In the humdrum details of life It ls possible and certainly not un pardonable to minimize the danger from this source and neglect to provide against it It is not for the hapless babe whose life went out in this horrible manner that pity urges its strongest claims. The sufferings of the child were brief; even terror at Its approaching doom was lacking, since he could comprehend nothing of bis peril. But the tolling parents, suddenly brought face to face with the awful tragedy that destroyed child and home, are entitled to the most sincere pity, and to such material as sistance as will enable them to provide another shelter, even If a poor one, for themselves and their remaining chll dren. before Winter sets In. A railroad manager, quoted by the Wall-Street Journal, declares that free passes to legislators and high public officials are necessary, for Ihese rea sons, viz: If every railroad corporation in the State of New York at noon today would cut oT every annual pass that it has Issued to people In public life and discontinue Its trip passe, be fore another year had passed there would not be a train running faster than 20 miles1 an hour, and It would cost one-third more for op erating expenses, and there would be a flood of municipal and state legislation enacted that would practically tie up the railroads; not that such leglclitloa la seeded, but It would le pasted and enforced because the passes were not Issued. Unquestionably this opinion Is based upon accurate and sound knowledge, gained from abundant experience with officials, and especially with members of the. Legislatures great numbers of I whom (though not all) use the position as "a private snap." Few of them ex pect to be returned, and what they can get out of the legislation of the session. out of the election of United States Sen ators, and out of the railroads, ls taken as a windfall as an accidental oppor tunity and only chance. One of the- most discouraging features and facts of our system Is that large numbers of the members of every Legislature make the most of their; opportunity for personal advantage. It Is the key to the success of many a distinguished politician. It opens to many a man the door to the United States Senate and Keeps mm i there. These things are not said under ' the impression or belief that there ls any remedy. They are facts, merely, of our political life verified, or verifiable, by every observer. The organ of the holy plutocracy of Portland, of Dr. Edgar P. Hill, and of various centers of self-righteousness here, tells us that Forty-nine days are entirely too short for a race meet. What Portland really neecs u a continuous performance, for surely there is nothing to equal the races for raWat the standards of this community. So we have here a variety of gam bling that Is not fostered sufficiently In this city. More of It Is wanted, to 'raise the standards of this commu nity." For several reasons. This is a "sin" to which numbers of our "best people" are much addicted. Again, since the racetracks are out In the sub urbs, the "meet" promotes collection of car fares mightily-, and "advertising" cars are run dally, to Induce people to go out there and bet their money. I.t seems to be highly moral to bet your money on horse races, but not on some other games. Let us have a "continuous performance" opened every day with prayer by the pastor. Before completion of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad the traffic be tween Portland and Astoria was all handled by one company, and one boat per day each way was sufficient to move It Now there are two steamboat companies on- the route, with three dally boats, and a third company Is coming into the field. Meanwhile (he railroad has built up and Is moving a freight and passenger traffic many times greater than that handled by the boats In the palmiest days of their mo nopoly. The advent of the railroad on the Lower Columbia has by no means ruined the steamboat business, nor will the time ever come when the route will be without steamers. In a speech at a dinner of railway men in Eastleigh last February. Lieu tenant Arthur Hamilton Lee. Civil leader, of the British Admiralty, was quoted as having said that in the dis tribution of her naval forces England had not so much need to keep her eyes on France and the Mediterranean as to look toward the North Sea. He advised that the fleet be so distributed as to enable the Admiralty promptly to deal with any danger that might arise In that direction. Recent occurrences put the seal of prudence. If not of prophecy, upon these words. It Is pretty, safe to say that England will be there when maneuvering for position begins., up north. The bicycle seems to be again coming into prominence. It Is stated that 50 wheels have been stolen In this city since July 1. and that a regularly or ganized band of thieves Is engaged In running off the silent steeds. The bicy cle has lost so much of its popularity that It was generally supposed to be hardly worth stealing, but the bunch- grass cayuse was suffering the same humiliation a few years ago. Now the cayuse ls In big demand at high prices, and bicycles are again being stolen. All of which proves that hobbies which are overriden get their second wind if they are permitted to stand still for a time. The Callfornlan who is in Portland looking for a site for a theater, to be conducted in connection with one In Los Angeles and one In Seattle, says he will build here unless real estate Is held at too high a figure. In proportion to the population, real estate Is available In this city at about one-half the price asked In Seattle, and one-third the price asked in Los Angeles. If that is all that stands between the Callfornlan and his proposed theater, he might as well get busy with his- plans and con tracts. There Is nothing of the "hold up" nature In present prices of Port land, real estate. A water-level rail line from Iowa to the Gulf of Mexico is the proposed scheme- of Chlcaro and other Western capitalists. Practical railroad men are behind the project and there Is said to be plenty of capital available. Water level routes are more In favor than ever before, and all over the United States railroads are spending millions in re ducing grades which were left before the merits of the water-level grade were fully appreciated. Object-lessons In this line of industrial economy are not missing In the Pacific Northwest By an error in pointing. The Orego nlan yesterday was made to say that of the population of Oregon 3.52 per cent live In Multnomah County. It should have read 35.2 per cent And, since emendatlonsE are In order, let us say that the article printed yesterday on the editorial page entitled "Uncle Joe and the Ice Pitcher" should have been credited to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Henry "Wattersori. who has Just re turned from Europe, is of the opinion that the European aristocracy is su perior to that of this country. Never theless, the valiant Southern Journalist has In the past mercilessly lampooned American heiresses who held the same opinion and backed It with their hand and fortune. Practical people, disposed to take things as they are in the official world, are not looking for the dawn of the mil lennium Just yet Hence the general surprise felt at a resolution to withhold the warrant for the salary of a munici pal servant until It ls shown that he Is making at least some effort to earn It The particular mosquito that propa gates -the yellow fever bites usually In daytime, seldom at night Looked at through the microscope, he Is dressed like a dandy: and It Is encouraging to know that be has gentlemanly Instincts and scorns to disturb humanity during its sleeping tours. OREGON OZONE Too Much for Johnson. "When the J. Rockford Johnsons came to see .the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair don't miss any of that name, please Mr. Johnson was one of the healthiest, heai-tlest and happiest citizens of Butte, Mont When they departed for the homeward Journey. J. Rockford was a total wrek, a worn out hulk of humanity; a desolate, drift' lng derelict upon the ocean of life. The story of his undoing is a study in pathos. Be It known that the J. Rockford Johnsons possessed of this world'? goods an abundant sufficiency for all practical purposes. They owned home which wasXone of the beauties of Butte. Their bank account ran Into four figures. Their Income was cal culated to make them take life easy. And that Is why J. Rockford now takes It so hard. If the Johnsons had lived in a Mary Ann cottage instead of a Queon Anno mansion, and If the wolf bad howled at their door every morning before break fast, they would be measurably happy yet; for Mrs. J. Rockford would not have found the opportunity to gratify a certain fad of hers and thereby shat ter the iron constitution (or copper, not forgetting Butte) of her husband- Mrs. Johnson, though a lovely lady. was a fiend of the genus Souvenir. The Johnsons had been so busy maklnc money and trying to make ornamental shrubbery grow In their front lawn that they had not attended any ot th big expositions. An exposition, kind and constant render. Is a thing you never will forget, because if you sea it you want It, and you will carry homa with you the groatcr portion of It as a souvenir collection. The exposition i tho seventh heaven of the souvenir fiend's delight The Johnsons spent one week at tha Fair. As recorded by J. Rockford in his diary, up to the moment when th pencil fell from his nerveless fingers, the week went thus: Monday This day opened bright and balmy; felt fine and dandy; went out to the Fair with Susanne with high anticipations. Susanne wanted to stop at one of those dinky little souvenir stands outside the gates and buy a souvenir to take home, but I told her that no doubt we could get one Inside. "Fine Idea!" she said; "then we can say we bought It at the Fair, can't we?" We bought tickets and went Inside: man In brown uniform yelled at us to buy a souvenir programme. "Buy a dozen," pleaded Susanne; "wo can send them to all the folks and keep one for ourselves: don't overlook any souvenir opportunities, Rockford." I bought a dozen. Next fellow had a table spread with blue-goggle glasses to keep tho sun from hurting the eyes. Susanna made me buy half-dozen pairs, for souvenirs. Passed under the colonnade and saw some fine, big buildings. Su sanne stopped at another table where Bouvenlr post cards were on sale; made me buy 30 dozen, so that we could write to all our friends and tell them we were doing the Fair. Finally got Into a big building filled with fruits and products, but Susanne caught sight of a young woman presiding over a souvenir coun ter. She began to balk Susanne did. Made me buy three steins, holding a quart each, for my den; two burnt leather pocketbooks, five clay Indians and a plaster bull pup weighinc; nlno pounds. Load getting heavy, but I managed to get a glimpse of the Lano "County apple exhibit before night ovar took us. Tuesday Left our souvenirs In ona of our rooms at the hotel and set out early for the Fair. Got past the souvenir-programme man and the bluo goggle merchant but entered a build ing full of Japanese curios. Wanted to look at the pretty girls behind the counters, but Susanne kept me busy buying souvenirs. "Jap things are all the go," she declared. Bought 17 Sat suma vases, nine sets of tea things. 14 sugar bowls and a hand-carved cabinet nearly as big as a rolltop desk; also three kimonas and a hand-painted dragbn. Went home and filled up the other room. Wednesday Was tired, and started out late. Got into the Fair about noon and struck the Forestry building. Was looking at a fine slice of polished fir from Curry County when Susanne es pied a souvenir stand. Made mo buy one dozen red cedar shingles with pic tures of Forestry building burnt on them, four assorted specimens of Coos Bay burrel maple and a cross-section of a myrtle tree, eight feet in diameter, for a table top. Hired a dray and rode to hotel on top of table top. Thursday Was able to get to Fair by 2 P. M. Struck the Manufactures building and wanted to know how hats were made while you wait but Susanne saw the souvenirs and pulled me along. Bought three pounds more of post cards with Portland pictures on them, one dozen Indian baskets In assorted sizes, and 58 pin trays aggregate weight, eight pounds. Also one plaster-cast bull pup to keep the other company. Also six gunmetal matclisafes and a burnt leather Indian Chief Dog-Eater. Hope he'll eat those two bull pups. Hired another dray. Friday Stayed In bed and thought Saturday Complained of stiffness In muscles and Susanne called In the house physician, who said I was suf fering from a dread disease now preva lent In Portland, called souvenlritls. Chief Dog-Eater and the pair of bull pups quite amiable. Sunday Back to Butte. Here ended the diary. As J. Rock ford was carried aboard the train, he murmured to 'the nurse in attendance: "After I recuperateJt'm going to come back to Portland and h-h-hlt the T-T-Trall." "Yes, dear," cooed Mrs. J. Rockford, "and I'll come along to take care of you; and. Rocky, dear, you know they have such lovely souvenir stands on the Trail!" Whereat J. Rockford's eyelld3 twitch ed feebly, and he managed to whisper, huskily. Just before he swooned away: "Won't you buy that Indian a toma hawk and turn him loose among our souvenirs before those bull pups grow upT ROBERTUS LOVE. Bad' Habits of tho Country. Salem Journal, X-Rays. The grasshopper chews tobacco, The quail sets out his pipe. The fish bawk Is so awful poor ' He has to hunt a "snipe." The rooster has his cocktail. The orchard seta plum fulL The onion squander every scent And the radish has a pulL Songs of the StatUTa." IMMIGRATION. The Immigration of the past fiscal year Into the United States has been unprece dented. The figures Just published show an Inflow for that period of 1,027,421. Never before has Immigration within a year passed or reached the million mark. The nearest approach to this previously was made In the fiscal year 1903, when S57.045 Immigrants arrived. The present figure further compares with 812,870 in 1304, 613, 743 In 1902, 223,293 In 1S9S, when the low record of recent years was made, and with 78S.992 In 1SS2, when the high record of all time previous to the present was established. During the decade of the 0s the average yearly immigration Into the United States was 520.000; during the next decade, which Included a long period of hard times Industrially, the average was only about 3S1,0OO. Since 169. with the recurrence of "boom" times, the av erage has been 713.7C0 a year. Since 1S20 the number of immigrants admitted to the country" reaches the re markable total of 22,932.903, and about one fifth of this total have come here within the past six years. This vast exodU3 has been contributed to by countries as fol lows: Great Britain 7.286,357 Germany 3.187.004 Italy 2.000,232 Austria (all since 1881) 1.071.431 Scandinavia 1.730.722 Russia 1,452.629 France 42S.S04 China (mostly between 1853 and 1SS3) 201.433 Switzerland 220.200 Netherlands 148.188 Japan (all since 1S93) SS.000 All other countries r 2.050.63S Ireland, of course, has been the heaviest contributor from Great Britain, with Eng land next and those countries led In the great movement of population wjstward. Then came Germany, whose emigration to the United States. wh,s Waviest In the early SO's. Now It Is the countries of Southern and Southwestern Europe which lead the procession. The arrivals- by principal countries of origin compare as follows for the last two fiscal years: 1905 1004. Austria-Hungary 275.69ft 177.130 France 10,168 9.40G German Empire 40.371) 48.380 Greece 10.515 11143 Italy 221.479 195.2C Norway 23,004. 28.808 Russian Empire, 1S4.S07 143.141 Sweden 28.301 27.763 England 64.782 38.626 Ireland .52,045 .16.142 Scotland , 16.877 11.002 Total Europe 974.20S 767.883 Total Asia 24.517 26.186 Alt other countries 28.306 18.731 Grand total 1.027.421 812.S70 All other countries. Including the West Indies, which sent 16,641 here the past fis cal year, Canada 2163. Mexico 2641. Aus tralasia 2001 and South America 2376. Some 30 Immigrants were entered last year from the Philippines. Nearly twothIrds of last year's Im migration came from Southern and Southeastern Europe, but aside from thosecountr!es the noteworthy feature of the list Is the suddenly Increased im migration from Ireland, England and Scotland. There was a time less than ten years ago when emigration from Eugland to the United States fell be low 10.600 a year, from Ireland below 30,300 anJ from Scotland below 2600. Indeed, England's present emigration of 64,732 to the United States In a sin gle year Is the largest of record since 18S9; Ireland's of about 53,000 has been but three times exceeded previously in 15 years, but prior to 1890 Ireland's outflow this way frequently rose above 70.000. and In 1SS3 reached 81.486. The present Scotch emigration of about 17, 000 has not been exceeded since 1889. and but four times previous to that year. i These comparisons are enough to show that the rush to the United State Is quite general, affecting nearly all European nations,, and recalling the days of 20 years ago for those coun tries which later fell backward In the movement. Germany seems to be least affected by the present revival. The present arrivals from there, while about double what they were from 1896 to 1901. are less the past year thun in the previous year, and are very small compared with the early '80s, when the yearly average from that country was almost 200.000, and In one year (18S2) roso to 250,630. We shall hear a great deal about the undesirable character of the bulk of the present Immigration the illiteracy, poverty and troublesome nature of the Incoming Italians, Hungarians and Rus sians; but where else should we look for that great extra supply of the hewers of wood and drawers of water made es sential for carrying along this era of Industrial prosperity? Perhaps the mat ter should be viewed with serious ap prehension, but, so far as the Italians and Hungarians are concerned. It Is to be said that work has called them here, that they will give no great trouble as long as work Is abundant, and that, when work is not to be had, they will be found at the steamship piers In thou sands seeking passage home for a tem porary or permanent vacation on the money earned anJ saved In America. Such ls the cheapness and abundance of ocean transportation that these peo ple come to think little of a trans-Atlantic journey; and these facilities have given rise to a large International tran sient labor supply which was absent from the Immigration of earlier years, and which is to be considered as a new and modifying element In the Immigra tion problem. Jeers- From Our "Sister Cities." - Pendleton East Oregonian. Portland now knows how Echo, Adams and Pilot Rock felt this season when the census returns came in. Each of these thrifty little places ex pected to have twice as many people registered as the enumerators found and so were disgusted and disappointed at the small poDulatlon credited to them. Portland has boasted 130,000 to 140,000 people, and now a look of utter distrust beclouds her face, when the returns read 110.SC0; she feels Just like Pilot Rock felt, or Adams or Echo Just as though she had lost something but didn't know what; she feels short. But the vim and activity In Portland make up for all deficiencies In the census returns. She makes business, noise and disturbanceenough for a city of 150,000, and that ls what counts. Echo didn't sit down and mourn because she had counted more noses than were to be found by the sleuth f a census enumerator. Neither will Portland. Treasury's Fans Stopped. Brooklyn Eagle. Secretary Shaw was notified on Monday of this week that the treasury deficit was $30,254,676. whereupon an order was at once Issued to cut out the use of the elec tric fans in the treasury building. Ot course, this order was not given with any hope of preventing further Inroads on the Federal tteasury. It was issued because the local appropriation for the use of the treasury department was practically ex hausted. An electrician went around the building and removed a carbon from every electric fan in all the rooms except those of the Secretary and the Assistant Sec retaries. So the clerks have been swelter ing In the humid heat ever since. "What a shame It ls.".said one fair wo man typist, as she mopped the perspira tion from her brow. "Here we are melting away for the lack ot a few dollars to keep the fans running, and we are within 20 or 20 feet of the vast vaults of the treas ury holding hundreds of millions of dot lars." ONE VIEW OF PORTLAND. World's Work (Lewis and Clark. Number). Portland is the oldest and (when you are outside of Seattle you may say) the largest of the Northwest cities. The characteristics of its peo ple are admirably shown by the Lewis and Clark Exposition. They decided. without much parley, to have a Fair to commemorate the expedition that opened all this new world to the American people; and they subscribed, a generous sum. The enterprise has from the beginning been managed with modesty, good sense and good taste, and It was opened without a dollar oi debt. They did not undortake to do "the biggest thing In the world." but they have done well what they set out to do. It Is a rich city, for three working; generations have been successful there. They had won financial Independence before the era of railroads began; and they have never looked to the East for help, with money or In other ways, as much as "most Western cities hava naturally done. They built their city and fixed their habits of thought when they could reach the rest of the world, only by water. These habits their neighbors some times call slow. You will hear Port land spoken of In some communities on the Coast as If it were as old aa Rome, but you will observe that these same persons speak of It as If It wero also as substantial as Rome. It has passed the boasting era. Its principal newspaper is the most Influential Jour nal on the Coast, and it does not feel the need of big headlines Neither does the city. When it advertises Itsalf It does the task handsomely by building; an attractive Fair. But It Is an active city. The com merce, the flour mills, the lumber mills, the trade, coastwise and across seas, the great jobbing houses, the very good hotels, the strong banks the facts and figures that tell the tale of these activities would fill long lines oC numerals far down a long page. Yet the life of the people does not seem as strenuous as we think that all life in the "West" must be. They have a social life that they cultivate and. enjoy with the ease of matured civil ization. They -have beautiful homes, and the commonest cottage will bloom with rambling roses to the roof. When a city has come to Its own has de veloped Its character, and as good a. character as Portland has It Is absurd. If not Impossible, to write about it. for its life Is very, like life in any other city. But It Is "Western for all this. 'Here Is a Commercial Club, a Chamber of Commerce and such organizations, all active. In the Western fashion. In making known the attractions and ad vantages of Portland and of Oregon. But If there are towns whose clubs and chambers fling broadcast charming; pamphlets that promise fortune, Port land ls too decorous to cry Its attrac tions loudly. But from many docu ments you learn of cattle ranch, sheep ranch, rich valleys, orchards, wheat, lumber It is a land of plenty. The bounty of it meets you everywhere. Everybody seems to live well. The people you meet, the clubs you are in vited to. the hotel at which you stay -all these give the Impression of a peo ple who live In a fertile land. Tho gardens of Walla Walla and of the Wil lamette Valley send a fruitful flavor over the region; and the waters are aa bountiful as the soil. And there are great clmnces here, too. That is the most Interesting fact that presents Itself A man who can win success can find a dozen ways to w'ln It here not easily, of course. The nrVian hllnrt wn WrtlftnCT t the next turn of the road Is passed except as she sits there for a few In all communities. For the many, open eyed opportunity Is here; and men help the newcomer to find It In New York. there are state soci eties the Ohio Society, the Pennsyl vania Society, the Virginians, and the like, and these indulge in local patriot Ism once a year each at a dinner; and then these country, folk In town go their ways for another year, provin cials become cosmopolites. In Port land also there are men from eycry state, and they, too. have societies. Perhaps they dine: but they also keep rooms where newcomers may make ac quaintances and get information and come to feel at home. Nature Is not only bountiful but beautiful here also. Up and down the Columbia River, from Astoria to Tho Dalles, are famous scenic wonders. It would be hard to find a more attractive panorama than the city and the river, and Mount Adams. Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens when the air Is clear, seen from the elevation behind the elty. The city itself, spread In the valley before you. shows Its solid qualities by well-built blocks. Its beautiful homes, trees, shrubbery, roses every where; In the distance the ships ar In the docks, and the chimney-stacks tell the story of Industry. This par ticular Summer the added spectacle of the Fair Is there, which Is made up of evidences of the bounty of the land of Oregon, of Washington, of Idaho In particular; and you are reminded by the foreign exhibits of your nearness to the Orient. Portland Is. In fact. a. city where the Yankee, without losInr the stuff that makes him successful, has been softened somewhat by this fertile slop& of the world that leans westward toward the East. School Bulldlnr in New York. Boston Herald. The superintendent of school build ings In New York. In his semi-annual report just Issued, sayp that 72 elementary schoold and five high schools are now In course of construction, while plans' are ready for 24 more buildings that will soon be under contract The buildings in process of construction will provide sit tings for 97,160 pupils, and the 24 buildings which are soon to be contracted for will provide sittings for nearly 20,000 more, a otal of 126.910 sittings, of which 60,000 will be ready for use before the end of the year. The cost to the city on tho general contracts already made will bo nearly 150.000,000. These figures give some idea of the vastness ot the school building operations in the metropolis, the new buildings under way and projected ac commodating several thousand more children than the whole number attend ing the Boston schools. Wanderer's Song. ' Clinton Scollard In the Outlook. There will be, when I come home, through the hill-gap In the west. The friendly smile of the sun on the fields that I love best; The red-topped clover here, and the white- whoiled daisy there. And the bloom of the wilding briar that attars the upland air; There will be blrd-mtrth sweet (mellower none may know!) The flute of the vlld woodthrush, the call of the vireo; Pleasant gossip of the leaves, and- from the dawn to the gloam The lyric laughter of brooks there will be when I coma home. There will be. when I come home, the kind. llness of the earth Ah, how I love it all. bounteous breadth and girth! The very sod will say tendril, fiber, and root "Here Is our foster-child, he of the wander ing foot. Welcome! welcome!" And. lo! I shall pausa at a gate ajar That the leantng lilacs shade, where ths honeysuckles are; I shall sea the open doer O farer over tha foam. The ease of this hunger ot heart there will be when I come home! 1