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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER, 8, 1906.
W. L DOUGLAS H
PDRTLANDVIS1T0R
Ex-Governor of Bay State and
Multi-Millionaire Manufac
turer Discusses Tariff.
IS EXPONENT OF REVISION
Says Xbat People of United States
Would Save $30,000,000 Annu
ally on Shoes if Duty Were
Taken Off Leather.
W. . Douglas, of Brockton, Mass.. shoe
' manufacturer and ex -Governor of Massa
chusetts, in company with his wife, is a
guest at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Doug
las looks just like his picture, which is
the trademark of his advertisements seen
every day in thousands of newspapers and
magazines and upon the bill boards. Mr.
; and Mrs. Douglas are making a pleasure
tour of the West and will remain several
days here, as they are delighted with
Portland.
How are you, Mr. Douglas?" was the
.greeting received by Mr, Douglas from.
Nathaniel K. Clarke, clerk, when he
, walked Into the Hotel Portland. Mr.
' Dougla3 was not surprised in the least
and acknowledged the courtesy in a matter-of-fact
way. Mr. Clarke never saw
-the wealthy shoe manufacturer before,
. but he recognized him immediately from
'the picture.
It Is said that wherever Mr. Douglas
goes In this country he Is immediately
recognized. At practically every hotel he
enters, he Is known on sight, so it is
said that In the United States that he
cannot be a stranger among men. The
picture of Mr. Douglas, which adorns
each and every one of his advertisements,
was taken about 15 years ago.
Mr. Douglas has changed but little since
then. "When the photograph was made
'his hair was dark, but now It is white.
But his bald spot, which runs along the
entire top of his head, and the general
contour and features of his face are the
came.
Politics Xot His Business.
"W. It. Douglas is truly a captain of in
dustry. Besides he is a politician, an ear
nest patriot and a humanitarian. He is
jiot the type of politician who makes it
a business, and what experience he has
had in politics resulted from an unselfish
desire to serve the people and the coun
try at large.
The fact that he is a Democrat and
Massachusetts is overwhelmingly Re
publican, and that there is a natural
prejudice among the classes against
most men who have accumulated vast
wealth, did not prevent him from being
elected Governor of his home state in
3 904. There is a normal Republican
majority of about 60,000 in Massachu
setts, yet he was elected by a plural
ity of 35,000 votes, and was the only
Democrat that year to be successful on
a state ticket. If he had been a man
of moderate circumstances his victory
would have been less remarkable. His
term of office expired last year, but he
did not care to run again.
One of the reasons why Mr. Dougla
carried his state is that he is consid
ered by the workingmen a9 a tried
and true friend. He la the most dem
ocratic of men. His employes are said
to cherish a deep affection for him, and
to them he seems more like a friend
than an employer. When at home at
Brockton, where are located his fac
tories, he visits the men at their work
and they go to him when In trouble.
It is said that around the factories at
the noon hour it is no uncommon sight
to see Mr- Douglas sitting- about,
smoking and talking -with his men in
his free and easy way, as though he
was one of them. It is said he knows
personally the vast majority of his
.4000 employes who work in his Im
mense shoe factories.
When he was but 8 years of age he
left home and began to earn a liveli
hood by driving nails In shoes. He
drifted away from the shoe business
but once, when, as a young man, he
went to Colorado, but he returned to
the East, and at Brockton, in 1876, he
opened up a small shoe shop, of which
he was the proprietor, employer and
employe. Now he Is a multi-millionaire,
employs 4000 persons at his fac
tories, which turn out more than 15.000
pairs of shoes daily, and besides has
T8 retail stores scattered throughout
the United States.
Tarif Benefits Only Trusts.
"While one of the largest manufac
turers in the country, Mr. Douglas is a
strong advocate of tariff revision. He
declares that the tariff does not pro
tect the manufacturing industry as a
whole, and that a few of the gigantic
trusts are the only ones that profit
from it. He is president of the Busi
ness Men's Tariff Reform League,
which is a National organization, and
which Is fighting for the principle im
plied In its name.
"Although there are 300 or more trusts
in the United States today, there i9 no
hoe trust," laughed Mr. Douglas last
night when seen at the Hotel Portland.
"But the shoe manufacturers are almost
as one in favoring tariff revision. We
lon't need to be protected, as we can
' undersell the shoe manufacturers of for
eign countries despite their pauper labor.
"Take the shoe industry, for instance,
in relation to tariff reform. The shoe
manufacturers of the United States now
sell about $9,000,000 of their- product to
foreign countries. If it were not' for the
tariff our exports could be increased to
1 5100.000,000 with but little difficulty. The
!rea.aon is that now there Is a 15 per cent
iduty on hides and a 20 per cent duty on
isole leather. This fosters the leather
-trust and keeps up the price of leather,
j which we must have. This consequently
' keeps up. the price of shoes.
"The trust sells leather 10 per cent
( cheaper to foreign countries than it does
; to us. Therefore we are practically shut
. out of the foreign markets. The duty on
! choes would not affect us If it were re
i moved. The manufacturers of this coun-
try can manufacture better shoes for less
' cost than can be done in Europe. We
'; .don't need to be protected. If there were
no tariff on hides and sole leather the
1 reople of the United States would save
i JJO, 000,000 annually on shoes."
I GAME WON BY SCHILERS
Defeat Trunkmakers by a Score of
6 to 1.
The reorganized Schiller team, under
the management of Eddie Davey, who
Eucceeded Gardner in the control of
the ropemakers. yesterday demon
strated that It had a slight inkling
of the knowledge of the ball-playing
art by trimming the trunkmakers' nine
by a score of 6 to 1.
The game "was devoid of any espe
cial features in the playing line, ex
cept for the clever work of Joe Fay
and Joe Stutt. and the fact that the
Schiller aggregation produced an old
Portland favorite of the fans. This
worthy was none other than "Whis
pering" Phil Nadeau, who is 'still as
fat and chubby as ever, and who has
been playing splendid ball in the
Southern League during the past two
seasons. Phil was given hearty ap
plause whenever he appeared to advan
tage either at bat or In the field.
Another notable entry among the
Schiller starters was Carl Druhot. the
clever young Portland twirler, who
demonstrated his playing ability by
making good with the St. Louis Na
tional League team. Collie, as he is
more familiarly known locally, was
stationed in the left garden for the
Schiller bunch, and distinguished him
self by dropping a fly that Joe Fay
should have been allowed to take. The
youngster was applauded just the
same, in spite of his error, and was
easily the most popular player pres
ent during the matinee.
"Big Leaguer" Alec Oliver had the
fans going for a short period with his
phenomenal pantomine of how a ball
should not be caught. This stunt is
peculiar to Oliver alone, and should
any other member of the profession
attempt to emulate the new method
of not catching the ball his job would
not be worth 30 cents. As it was,
Oliver cut out the new system of
playing in time to retrieve the honors
for the Schillers and his name is still
decorating the prospective line-up of
that team for another season.
Manager Davey, whose baseball
knowledge dates baok to the days
when Tom Parrott was a kid in swad
dling clothes, and who was something
of a diamond star at that period, was
slated to play second base for the rope
consumers, but owing to an attack of
cold feet he refused to don a uniform,
and one Bobby Burns, 6o called on ac
count of his resemblance to Napoleon
Bonaparte, or some other Irish hero,
was called upon in the aftermath of
the game to display his elegant shape
in the uniform designed for Davey and
cavort around to the third sack. Burns
is an old-time ball player and dis
played more than extraordinary tal
ent in showing the fans how easy It
is to muff a fly at short range. He
managed to get away with his play
ing ability to the satisfaction of the
management, however, and was sub
jected to no inconvenience in the way
of receiving stale egg donations from
his many friends in the grandstand.
In spite of the numerous errors rec
orded back of Dr. Johnson, the Schil
ler team had not the slightest trouble
in winning, for as soon as the trunk
makers would become dangerous they
would steady down and there was
nothing doing in the scoring line. The
game ended with the score 6 to 1 in
favor of the "roperinos."
"Doc" Anderson displayed his usual
quitting tactics and failed to show
up as the official umpire of the occa
sion, and Ed Rankin performed the
service in his stead. The vast assem
blage was greatly Clssappointed at
not getting the benefit of the untm
peachable knowledge of. umpiring pos
sessed by the physician.
DOTY, PERE, IS SURPRISED
Father Did Not Think His Son would
Jilt Lady.
Dr. Herbert E. Doty, who was arrested
at Kansas City. Kan., presumably on
charges preferred against him by the
mother of a St. Louis girl whom he jilted,
was raised in Portland. He Is 38 years
of age and the son of D. P. Doty, section
foreman of the Portland Railway Com
pany, of 2SS Prescott avenue. He left
Portland to go East in 1900.
"I cannot understand why Herbert re
fused to marry Miss Allen, as he has
written me several times that it was his
intention of making her his wife," said
the father yesterday. "I did not know
that there had been trouble until I read
it in the newspapers.
"Only the ISth of last month I received
a letter from my son, in which he stated
that he intended to marry Miss Allen
within a short time. That was the last I
heard from him. From the tone of his
letters I obtained the impression that he
was really In love with her and that it
was not a case of mere infatuation. Be
lieving this, it is easy to understand how
surprised I ,was when 1 read in The Ore
gonlan about his failure to .appear when
everything had been arranged for the
wedding at the young lady's home at St.
Louis, and which was followed by his
arrest.
"Herbert is a level-headed young man,
and this makes me wonder all the more.
If he were capable of being easily in
fluenced it would be different, but I know
that his intentions were serious."
For about six years Dr. Doty was con
ductor on the Alblna line of the old City
& Suburban. Before leaving for the East
he worked as salesman for the Pacific
Coast Biscuit Company. He acquired his
knowledge of medicine at St. Joseph, Mo.,
where he was employed In a drugstore,
attending school during his spare hours.'
When he graduated last February he went
to Kansas City, Kan., where he opened
up an office.
HOOD RIVER FRTJIT FAIR.
O. R. N. Makes Reduced Rate to Rood
River.
From October 11 to 13 the Hood River
biennial fruit fair and Oregon Irrigation
Association meeting will be, held at Hood
River, and for this occasion the O. R. &
N. will make a round-trip rate- from Port
land of $2.55. Tickets may be secured at
the citv ticket office, corner Third and
Washington Streets.
PARK AT MT. TABOR
City Officials Favor Purchase
of Scenic Summit.
PROPOSED AREA 124 ACRES
targe Reservoir Site, Such a Mayor
Lane Says Portland Will Some
Day Need, Would Be
Included.
Sentiment in favor of the city ac
quiring Mount Tabor as a reservoir
site and for park purposes is grow
ing. Mayor Lane and many of the
other public officials are inclined to
favor the idea and it has received the
hearty Indorsement of some of them.
Mayor Lane thinks that perhaps the
proposition will be submitted to a
vote of the people at the June munici
pal election.
W00DST0CK PUSH CLUB WORKS ACTIVELY F0F BETTERMENT OF SUBURB
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C. Ben Klesland, President.
The Woodstock Push Club, recently organized with C. Ben Rlesland as president, has undertaken the general betterment
of that whole suburb, including Woodstock, Ivan hoe, Lexington and Tremont Park, in the matter of improved roads, better
car service and free mail delivery. It has a large and active membership, made up of the leading citizens of that district. Meet
ings are held in Woodstock Hall every second and fourth Saturday nights of each month. The club inaugurated and ia enforc
ing the stock law. It is also working for an extension of the present electric car line eastward, with good prospects of
success. At present it has undertaken to secure free mall delivery for the district southeast of the present Portland free mall
delivery. Part of the territory Interested Is Inside of Portland and part outside, and for that reason city free mail delivery
will be asked for. The club has out a petition for Bull Bun water which Is being largely Blgned. A vigorous campaign in all
lines of Improvement will be Inaugurated, and next Friday night, October 12. a general mass meeting will be held in Wood
stock Hall, at which time the Questions of free mail delivery, annexation to Portland, street-car service and other matters will
be considered.
"It is my opinion that the initiative
may be invoked to decide whether the
city shall acquire the tract for a res
ervoir and for a park," said he yes
terday. "It is only a question of time
before we shall need another reservoir,
as the city is growing, which means
increased consumption of water. From
what I know I think it probable that
the summit of Mount
Tabor
' the
most suitable site for a reservoir. Be
sides the city is offered the opportuni
ty of securing a beautiful park. As
yet, however, I have not made an ex
tended investigation."
An option on 14 acres near the sum
mit of Mount Tabor has been secured
by Frank J. Perkins, which is valued
at $20,000. Mr. Perkins has acted un
der his own initiative with a view of
turning the option over to the city
should a purchase be decided upon.
Together with the reservoir site the
proposed park area embraces 124 acres.
No option has been secured on the
land separate from the proposed site
of the reservoir. Most of the land is
owned by individuals, who acquired It
for speculative purposes. The area
embraced by the proposed park limits
does not Interfere with any person's
home holdings.
The reservoir site upon which an
option has been secured and which is
owned by Mrs. Harriet Clark, is situ
ated about 100 feet below the sum
mit of the mountain. Mount Tabor is
645 feet in heighth. It is proposed to
construct a reservoir with a capacity
of about 140,000,000 gallons. The great
advantage urged is the extreme
heighth of the mountain above sea
level. Borings taken have shown that
the site is underlaid with cement grav
el for 128 feet down.
Mount Tabor is admittedly one of
the great scenic points about Port-la-n.
About a dozen years ago the
old City and Suburban Railway Com
pany coivternplatedbuilding a line to
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loop the mountain and surveys were
made. The line run came within about
75 feet of the summit.
Among those who are taking an ac
tive Interest In the project are Coun
cilmen Wallace. Kellaher, Vaughn.
Wills and Menefee, and Dr. C. H. Raf
fety, a member of the Water Board.
They made a trip to the top of Mount
Tabor last Sunday afternoon and re
turned greatly pleased with the pro
posed site. All of them agreed on the
advisability of the 'municipality se
curing a site for the reservoir there
and tne sentiment was general in get
ting sufficient additional land to pro
vide another park for the city.
The owners of the land which it is
planned to create into a park are H.
L. Plttock, 15 acres; Smith place, 27
acres; Hosford lots. 9.41 acres: Bel
mont villa, 3 acres; Mount Tabor Park,
13.55 acres; Belmont Park, 42.04 acres;
Mrs. Harriet Clark, 14 acres.
WHAT ADVANTAGES WOULD BE
William G. Oberteuffer Describes
Possibilities of Mount Tabor Park.
PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 6 (To the
Editor.) A People's Park is very much
needed. By a. People's Park I mean one
without the signs "keep off the grass."
one where the people of the city can
"keep on the grass," one where organiza
tions, lodges, schools, etc., can meet and
enjoy a day out of doors, on the grass
under trees and in the sun-light and where
everyone can feel that the People's Park
is In part theirs.
A People's Park in the Eastern cities
"WW KVftW
Oscar T. Olson, Secretary.
is a people's playground for old and
young, where can be found a baseball
field, croquet grounds, post and arches set
up ready for use: lawn tennis grounds,
posts set up and lines marked out ready
for the net and players and tables and
benched properly placed in shady, cool
places for those who come to stay all day
to use in eating lunch or late dinner or
supper.
Have the taxpayers of Portland such a
park?
The proposition to give to the people of
Portland such a park on Mount Tabor Hill
and Incidentally to put a reservoir there
will be appreciated by thousands who
have come out from town to picnic on
this hill in the last six or eight years and
by thousands who will come out if the
People's Park is established. The cost,
after purchase, to keep in proper condi
tion and by- proper condition I mean, all
underbrush cut down, trees trimmed to
12 feet, all papers and rubbish collected
and burned daily would be very small.
The present Smith house on the sum
mit would serve as a residence for the
caretaker and a place of public comfort,
where women and children, or anyone in
distress could be well cared for till the
necessary help should arrive.
A People' s Park, to my mind, must not
be a show place for strangers but a
place where men, women and children
can have fun. play games, and feel
thoroughly at home. "Ring around the
rosie," "clap in clap out" and "hunt the
slipper" are games not dead yet and with
a lot of little children, played on a green
grass field, are as much fun to them now
as to the writer and reader 40 years ago,
and why should not the little children
by little children I mean children up to
12 years old of Portland today have Just
such a playground, out of harm's way
and out of the dust and dirt of the city,
while older children and grown up people
would have just such a place to go to
for a day's outing as they have not got
now. Two car lines reach the place and
transfer from all parts of the city. Let
us have by all means a People's Park.
WUiAM G. OBERTEUFFER.
BIDS FOR
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Japanese Would Dominate
Ocean's Merchant Marine,
Says H. B. Miller.
WILL BE MANUFACTURERS
Commerce of United States in Far
East in Danger but on the
Whole America Has
Nothing to Fear.
Although Japan is making wonderful
commercial strides, and will soon control
the merchant marine of the Pacific and
the manufacturing of the Orient, the TJnl-
I. O. Royce, Treasurer.
ted States has nothing to fear from the
industrial development of the England of
the West, according to H. B. Miller, Con-sul-General
at Yokohama, who is at the
Hotel Portland. Mr. Miller is an Oregon
man, and his home is at Eugene. Ha,
believes that while a big hole will be
torn in some lineg of trade from this
country to the Orient, in others there will
be an increase, and as a whole the com
merce from this country across the Pa
cific, will continue to grow.
Mr. Miller will spend a good part of a
60-day leave of absence picking apples at
his farms near Granfs Pass. Or. rather,
he will superintend the gathering of the
fruit crop and arrange his business af
fairs. He will leave for Grant's Pass to
day, and after he has visited bis farms
near there will go to Eugene. He will
return to Portland before leaving for
Japan. This Is the first time he has been
in this country for two years. His wife
and daughters are at Yokohama, but he
has two sons in school in California whom
he will visit on this trip.
"Japan will be the merchant marine
master of the Pacific," declared Mr. Mil
ler at the Hotel Portland la6t night. "The
progress made by Japan in a commercial
way during the next ten years will be a
greater surprise to the other nations than
the strength and power exhibited by the
little country during the late war.
Will Be Formidable Competitor.
"Japan is building up a great Industrial
system, and will snatch much trade from
other countries. It is doing it already,
and its development is but in its Infancy.
I believe that some of our lines of com
merce will be seriously affected by the
competition of Japan, and yet as a whole
I do not think this country will suffer.
The losses will be offset and probably
overrun by gains in other lines of trade.
"For maritime supremacy, Japan al
ready is giving England a hard rub. This
will have no immediate effect upon us.
J
APAN
PACIFIC
RE
In the manufacture of cotton yarns Japan
i9 taking more trade away from the Brit
ish. The cotton yarns formerly sold In
China from India now come from Japan.
Of course, not exclusively. But when
Japan begins the extensive manufacture
of rough cotton goods, we shall most as
suredly feel It. And the Japanese are
preparing to undertake this.
"Our exports of flour to the Orient will
also probably be affected by the competi
tion of Japan. Flour mills are being es
tablished, but it would be hard to predict
how serious an aspect this competition
may assume.
"As Japan continues to reach out for
more commerce, the other nations will be
gin to realize the keen competition they
have to face. The corporations of Eng
land. Germany, the United States and of
other countries in competing with the
Japanese will find that they are not com
peting with an individual or a set o In
dividuals, but a whole nation.
Government Controls Industries.
"The government is back of and prac
tically controls every great industry or
enterprise in Japan. Consequently, the
companies of other countries have to com
pete with the government. If one indus
try fails to prosper, the government will
see that special concessions are made,
such as low rate on transportation lines
and low rates of interest on borrowed
money, until it does get on its feet.
"In Japan there is no individualism.
The Japanese don't think as individuals,
but as groups. To them their country Is
everything, and after their country come
themselves. The Japanese who saves
money or who is striving for an educa
tion is doing it primarily for the benefit
of his country. Each Japanese is a part
of a great machine. In this country it is
the individual first. A white man will
generally look out for himself first of ail.
This concentration of power is one of the
things that is making the Japanese such
a factor in the competition for the world s
commerce." 1
"The credit of the whole country has
Improved immeasurably. Not alone of the
nation is this true, but also of its in
dustrial affairs. Money is being secured
at a much lower rate of interest. Before
the war, the Japanese people had to pay
12 per cent for their loans, while now
they are getting all the money they want
for from 5 to 9 per cent.
New System Organized.
"Outstanding loans are being taken
up at the lower rates and the govern
ment has organized a new system for
the purpose of securing money to be used
In developing its industrial resources.
The government borrows the money and
stands good for It and then arranges to
place it wherever needed through the In
dustrial Bank of Japan. In this way.
lighting plants, waterworks, street rail
ways and all sorts of municipal enter
prises are readily financed, whereas the
separate communities might find great
difficulty in raising the money on their
own responsibility."
Mr. Miller called attention to the Mit
sui Company, which is a buying and
selling organization designed to eliminate
the foreign jobber. This company has
agents in all parts of the world and
makes purchases of whatever the Japa
nese Government or private industries re
quire. It has just sent an agent to Okla
homa for the purpose of buying cotton,
instead of dealing through local brokers.
American Trade Growing.
Mr. Miller Is confident that the com
mercial relations between Japan and the
United States are bound to increase with
proper encouragement. He ' says that
those Americans who make the biggest
success in Japan are the ones who have
agents on the scene of action and who
make permanent connections In the coun
try. Representatives should be experts,
according to Mr. Miller, for the Japanese
mind is very inquisitive and wants minute
information. The biggest industry of the
day in that country is the development of
natural waterpower, Mr. Miller notes, and
he says there are many chances in this
and kindred lines for Americans there
who understand the business.
"If the United States wants to keep
pace in a commercial way." Mr. Miller
remarked, "It should provide the consu
lar office' at Yakahama and Shanghai
with commercial attaches for the pur
pose of studying the industrial develop
ments. Germany and England have ex
cellent facilities for studying commer
cial progress. Our statistical libraries
and clerical help do not begin to com
pare with theirs."
DR. WISE AT THE Y. M. C. A.
Departing Kabbi of Temple Beth Is
rael Delivers Address.
The feature of the Sunday afternoon
service at the Y. M. C. A. was a sermon,
delivered by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, the de
parting rabbi of Temple - Beth Israel.
While the religions of Dr. Wise and that
of the Y. M. C. A. are cardinally dif
ferent, yet the rabbi carefully avoided the
differences of creed and preached a ser
mon entitled "The Pillars of the Re
public." "I am glad to give my last Sunday in
this city to the Y. M. C. A., because I
realize the universal spirit that charac
terizes the association. There are three
pillars on which the entire structure of
this republic depends: The church, the
school, the home. The church, which
should, but in many cases unhappily
does not, stand for brotherhood and jus
tice, is first. It has been said and per
haps it is true, that the church is the
cause of the loss of religion, the church
Is a bulwark against religion. Ana it Is
Proposed Site of
City Reservoir and Park
on Mount Tabor.
TUMORS CONQUERED
SERIOUS CFERATIOaS AVOIDED.
Unqualified Success of Lydla E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound in the
Case of Mrs. Fannie D. Fox.
Oneof the greatest triumphs of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the conquering oi woman's dread en
emy, Tunror.
The growth of a tumor is so sly that
frequently its presence is not suspected
until it is far advanced.
So-called "wandering' pains" may
come from its early stages, or the
presence of danger may be made mani
fest by profuse monthly periods, accom
panied by unusual pain, from the
abdomen through the groin and thighs.
If you have mysterious pains, if there
are indications of inflammation or dis
placement, Kecure a bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound right
away and begin its use.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., will
give you her advice if you will write
her about yourself. She is the daughter-in-law
of Lydia E. Pinkham and
for twenty-five yearshas been advising
sick women free of charge.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" I take the liberty to congratulate you on
the success I have had with your wonderful
medicine. Eighteen months ago my periods
stopped. Shortly after I felt so bad' that
I submitted to a thorough examination by a
physician and was told that I had a tumor
and would have to undergo an operation.
" Soon after I read one of your advertise
ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound a" trial. After
taking five bottles as directed the tumor is
entirely gone. I have been examined by a
physician and he says I have no signs of a
tumor now. It has also brought my periods
around once more, and I am entirely
well." Fannie D. Fox, 7 Chestnut Street;
also true that the forces of evil always
combine and stand together while the
army of righteousness Is always scat
tered and cannot gain the victory.
"Another of the mainstays of this Re
public la the public school; this, an in
stitution preeminently democratic, that
puts the Son of the rich man on the Earn
level as the son of the poor man. But
the system of private schools Is a sys
tem I deplore. It is a barrier to the
spirit of democracy, and I will venture
to say that in thirty years if this system
continues, the rich man's son will not
know his brother of the poorer class."
THIEVES MAKE HAUL.
Pockets Picked on Council Crest
Electric Car.
Taking advantage of the crowded
cars of Portlanderfi who made an ex
cursion to Council Crest yesterday,
pickpockets relieved two men of their
purses containing $122.75 and one gold
watch and chain. The theft occurred
during the afternoon.
James J. Turner missed his puree,
containing $95 in gold and $5 in green
backs, and W. M. Devits lost his wal
let with $22.75 in cash and a check on
Ladd Tilton's bank for $2.75. Be
sides this the pickpockets took the
latter's gold watch and chain. Both
robberies were committed on a Coun
cil Crest car, between 3:30 and 4
o'clock.
Both men reported their losses to
the polico headquarters and Captain
Bruin took charge of the cases. Bruin
declared last night that he thinks a
band of professional pickpockets ar
rived in the city to "work" Portland,
and that from the nature of the rob
beries committed yesterday the crooks
will probably attempt to pick pockets
today.
There Is no doubt In the minds of
police officials that the work yesterday
was the work of professional crooks.
Th's Is confirmed by rumors received
from Seattle that two professional
pickpockets, well known to the police
west of Missouri, were on their way
to Portland to reap a rich harvest
here, profiting by the absence of de
tectives who know them by sight, re
fering to the sleuths who were de
posed by the executive board some
time ago.
Although Captain Bruin declared he
would take all steps to apprehend the
crooks, he expects that it will be very
hard to detect the criminals. If they
are professionals, as their work is dona
so quickly and dexterously that the
person whose pocket is picked knows
nothing of it at the time. A favorita
custom of the crooks Is to follow a
person who obtained some money from
some bank to a crowded car or an ele
vator an.l then pick his pocket. Cap
tain Bruin asks everybody to bs on
their guard against the thieves.
COD LIVER OIL.
It almost makes you
sick to think of it, but it
isn't nearly as bad as it
used to be. The improved
method of refining it
makes it much easier to
take, and when made into
Scott's Emulsion almost
every one can take it.
Most children like it and
all children that are not
robust are benefited by it.
When the doctor says
"Take cod liver oil," he
generally means Scott's
Emulsion; ask him if he
doesn't. They know it is
more easily digested and
better than the plain oil.
SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Teal Street. Nw YOik.