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i lO TTTE MORNING OREGOIAN. THURSDAY, . JUNE 23, 1910. ' . ' POR1XAJTO. OREGON. ' t ' Entered at Portland, Oregon, Fostofflce as 3econd-class Matter. bubscrlptlon Rates Invariably In Advance.. r tBT MAIL). i fly. Sunday Included, one year. 8-2 t. Sunday included, six months 4-25 -ally. Sunday included, three montbl... 2.2a i)ally. Sunday Included, one month -J5 fjally. without Sunday, one year J 2 al;y. without Sunday, six months 3.25 iJally, without Sunday, three months.... without Sunday, one month .?0 Weekly, one year.... l.sO Sunday, one year.... 2.50 fcunday and weekly, one year 3.50 ' (By Carrier). Pally. Sunday Included, one year 22 fJally, Sunday Included, one month. ?5 ilOW to Kmit-Anif Tznmtnmfm noMT Or- fier, expresa order or peraonal check tn your jlocal bank. (Stamps, coin or currency are at the aender'a risk. Give postofnee address In lull. Including county and state. Postage Katea 10 to 11 pages. 1 cent; 18 10 28 pages. 2 cents: 80 to 40 pages, 3 cents; 10 to no pages, 4 cents. Foreign postage tioubls ru. Eastern Business Office The S. C. Bock vith Special Agency New York, rooms 48 f Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510 P12 Trlbuno building. PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE S3, 1910. . A DEMOCRATIC OPPOBTl'SITJ. !! Eastern students of current politics think they discern a great opportunity for the New York Democrats created py the retirement of Governor Hughes io the Supremo Court. Nobody be grudges him his preferment, of course, but there is a widespread feeling that he has left behind him no competent successor to carry on his work, none In the Republican party at least. It Is not like the state of things in Pales tine when Elijah went up to heaven in the chariot of fire, for there stood pSlisha ready to receive the mantle he let fall. In New York there seems to be no Republican Elisha and news papers like the Springfield Republican have turned to seek for one among he Democrats. The need is indeed tirgent according to all accounts. To borrow another Scriptural illustra- tion, the sow has returned to her wallow. The Legislature of New York, the county committees and all the rest of the Republican machinery have re Verted to those smutty hands from, which Governor Hughes fought so long to rescue it. His proposed re forms are scouted. His ideals are ridiculed in the house of those who ought to befriend them. The whole political sky is overcast and the at mosphere is fetjd. It is an extremity which ought to be a Democratic opportunity. Whether t will or not is- another question. It Is. not worth while to repeat that the party of Bryan and Parker enjoys an unlimited capacity for making blun- fers. It never cuts hay while the sun nines, but waits for a smart shower to set its scythes going. When it rains porridge the Democratic bowls are always bottom side up. If a kindly providence forces success upon the Democrats in spite of their obstinate asinlnity, they are pretty certain so to conduct themselves as to draw all the consequences of failure from it. Still in New York at this auspicious mo ment they really have begun to display some of the elementary symptoms of sanity. For one thing, they have dis carded from the headship of the state committee the malodorous Oonners '. and replaced him with a respectable gentleman, John A. Dix. Perhaps the most that can be said for Mr. Dix Is that he is respectable, but the change is great for all that. It indicates the initiation of a work of grace which may end heaven knows where. Per haps it will break up the alliance be tween the Democrats and the houses of ill-fame. It may end in the eman cipation of the party from the domi nance of -Tammany thuggism. Bril liant indeed is the prospect which hope begins to display. No doubt the Democrats might elect the Governor of New York next Fall if they could but find a worthy candi dldate. They have plenty of material such as it is, but most of the men who stand ready for preferment in the Democratic party fall into one or the other of two classes. Some of them have been seeking office on the reactionary side so long that the pub - lie sickens at the sound of their names. Not to be impolite, one may mention Judge Alton B. Parker as belonging to that type. The others have been seek- ing office on the radical side so long that again their names nauseate the public. Of course the classical ex ample of this group is Mr. Bryan, but there are others. What is needed is a man who is displeasing to neither he conservatives nor the radicals and whd has not worn out his welcome with the people. The Democrats have such men, incredible as it may sound to eay so. The fact is that the party in cludes here and there individuals of exceptionally high character and un limited devotion to the public welfare. They are Democrats not for office and not because of heredity predilections, but because they see no other refuge from the tendencies which seem to prevail in the country. They are not Democrats in Mr. Bryan's sense, much . less in Judge Parker's sense. They are as out of place in the partv as the angel Gabriel would be in Hades, but there they are, and there they are likely to stay until some new party appears more suitable ' to their char acters. Some papers think they have discovered such a man in Thomas M. Osborne, of Auburn, New York. He is little known, to fame, at least in this part of the world, but Governor Lughes thought enough of him to make him a member of the Public Service Commission, and he thought enough of himself to resign when he had finished his part of its work. The conservative Sprlngfteld Re publican pushes Mr. Osborne forward as an excellent Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. This . seems to show that in spite of 'his deep radicalism the conservatives see some thing in him to like and trust. Per haps it is his honesty. It may be sheer admiration of his ability and courage ous truthfulness. However that may be, it is some such man as Mr. Os borne that the Democrats must put out as their candidate for President next time if they wish to carry the country. A "wheel horse" will not do A raving numbskull will be still worse .for them. Unless a man is found who possesses the almost Impossible capao- ity to please both the reactionaries and the progressives, we shall behold a numerous exodus to the socialist fold on the one hand and to the Republican on the other, while the Democratic candidate will be left in the desolate loneliness which Judge Parker en Joyed in 1896. Oyster Bay is somewhat excited over a rumor that Miss Ethel Roosevelt is engaged -to be married to James Thomas Williams, a Washington news paperman. Corroborative evidence is noted in the fact that the young lady addressed the man as "James." This evidence, however, is far from con vincing, for, unless Miss Ethel has abandoned some of the more pro nounced Roosevelt characteristics, she would certainly have greeted him as "Jim," or possibly "Jlmmle." There is also the possibility that there is nothing to the affair except a plan to keep the Roosevelt name on the first page. The Colonel has ceased killing wild animals and directing the political affairs of the Old World. Theodore, Jr., is married, Kermit is no longer mentioned, and the cigarette-smoking of Alice no longer excites comment. What.t then, should be more natural than that Miss Ethel should get in training to fill the vol J that must fol low the withdrawal from the first page of the other members of the family? POLITICAL KESCETCOE JfO LOSGER. Only place In our National Govern ment where states can be equal in strength and power is in the United States Senate. Each state there has two spokesmen. Yet a state, to hold its own in that body, must ' have spokesmen of keen statesmanship, large personal influence, tireless indus try and skillful' speech, inspired by sound principles of government and political sincerity. States of small population, like Ore gon, are afforded opportunity to cope with other commonwealths, like New York and Pennsylvania, through their representation in the United Staes Senate. The union of states was orig inally effected through this concession of the more powerful commonwealths to the weaker ones. In the House of Representatives the states of large population wield their full political strength. Only in exceptional cases are small commonwealths important in that body, as when a small state is represente 1 by some l-re .mineni gen. ius of leadership. All of which goes to show Oregon's need of strong membership in the Sen ate. The membership should be such as would make Oregon the peer of other commonwealths in legislation and in National utterance. The peo ple of this state feel the lack of this kind of representation. Their method of choosing Senators has been hap hazard, hurly-burly and non-deliberative. Hereafter they will endeavor to use reasoning Intelligence and party organization in selection of their Sena tors. The means to this desirable ... a Is party assembly. That will reclaim Oregon from political desuetude. NEW YORK AND OREGON. Ex-President Roosevelt is indignant over an effort to have it appear that he is opposed to the direct primary reforms advocated by Governor Hughes. "It looks as if someone was crowding the membership of the An anias Club," he says. Colonel Roosevelt, of -course, sym pathizes with and supports Governor Hughes In his war with the New York political machines; both Republican and Democratic. The New York Leg islature Is now in special session, and it has been addressed by Governor Hughes, who demands enactment of a reasonable direct primary law. The Governor says in his message: I recommend for your consideration the amendment of the law relating to the pri maries, making suitable provision for direct nomination of candidates for public office and in connection therewith provisions for parties and party management. Governor Hughes favors a scheme of preferred nominations by party committees, all for submission to the referendum of the primary. Ex-President Roosevelt makes it clear in his usual emphatic style that he is with Governor Hughes. Neither desires that there shall be a primary law which disrupts and disintegrates party, makes impotent all effort at party management and pronounces "unlawful" and "unconstitutional" every attempt at party guidance. They want a direct primary that will permit the members of a party to control their own affairs, and not turn them over to the opposition. Governor Hughes and ex-President Roosevelt would adopt in New York substantially the plan of party organ ization and management advocates of assembly are striving to. adopt in Ore gon. WORLD'S WHEAT PROSPECTS. This is the open season for crop scares. From all over the world they come whizzing into the markets wher ever grain is sold. It is only in the good old U. S. A., however, that the crop scare reaches Its highest degree of perfection and cuts its widest swath. With the Chicago market already sev eral cents a bushel above a parity with the European markets, the appearance of a crop scare a few days ago started It on a hysterical flight upward. It did not pause until a gain of nearly 10' cents' a bushel was scored. Yester day rain fell, reason returned and the market declined nearly 3 cents. it must decline still further or Liverpool must advance. Otherwise we must find a market for the entire crop in this country. Our prices are higher than those of any other country on earth; the consuming markets of the old world buy where they can boy the cheapest. We have never 3-et been-able, even with the smallest crop produced since wheat-growing became a prominent industry, to consume all of the crop at home; the surplus has always had to find a market in the old world. The high prices which have prevailed for the past two years have increased pro duction and curtailed consumption in this country, as well as elsewhere, and there is no good reason for believing that we can use at home all of the wheat that will be' harvested this year. In such circumstances it is difficult to see where the Americans are justified in forcing prices above a parity with the foreign markets. The season has now drifted around to a point where the foreign buyer can get a fairly ac curate line on the possible available supplies for the coming year. From all accounts, Russia, after shipping 200,000,000 bushels- in ten months, is again coming to the front with another record-breaker. As re cent as June 5 the Odessa correspond ent of the Liverpool Corn' Trade News cabled his paper that there was a rec ord crop in view, and: "If there is a continuation of present conditions, then the 'comet' year will be spoken of for the next two or three decades for its perfect crops." He also noted that the crop was about three weeks more forwardthan usual, which would bring it on the market in amplef time to head off any possible early market that the American crop might .reach in Europe. Prospects in India, Argentina and Australia are favorable for as good, and possibly a better crop than last year. The crop in France is only fair, and In Germany wheat prospects are good, but rye is poor. Canada will have a vast Increase in acreage, and, even with only fairly favorable cli matic conditions, the output will un doubtedly exceed that of last year. Unless there Is a change in world-wide conditions, the outlook is not favorable for high prices in this country, even with periodical crop scares keeping the market excited. ' FALSE-OATH I'OIJTICH. Clearest of all proofs In Oregon of Democratic perjury in registration and meddling with Republican primaries is comparison of registration with the Presidential vote in 1908. Taft re ceived 24,000 votes less than the -Republican registration and Bryan polled 6000 votes more than the Democratic registration. The enrollment of Re publicans, including the invaders from the Democratic party, was 86,396; that of Democratic was only 32,262. The Taft vote was 62,530 and the Bryan vote 38,049. Here then is positive test of Demo cratic mendacity. The Republican registration contained many thousands of Democratic liars, who held up their right hand and swore falsely, by the most solemn oath, that they were sub scribing .heir party membership in ac cordance with truth and conscience. These false-oath Democrats meddled in Republican primaries, heaping up strife and bitterness among Republi can factions and swaying nominations, all the time. -wearing the guise of truthful men. But when election day arrived they changed back into their old shape and voted their Democratic party ticket, with a laugh in their sleeve. . Of similar sort was the du plicity of Satan, who "squat like a toad, close to the ear of Eve," when trying his beguiling arts in the Gar den of Eden, but leaped back into his real self from a touch of the Angel Ithuriel's spear. The angel must have touched Democrats the same -way on election day. These figures of registration and election vote furnish complete demon stration of the false-oath style of poli tics that thrives under the free-for-all primary law. This style of politics pleases and satisfies LTRen and Bourne and Chamberlain and Brownr ell and a retinue of. Federal office seekers. But- it does not please nor satisfy right-thinking, upright citizens, who like straightforward politics. "Jackpot" politics, as now in Illi nois, corrupts the morals of but a few citizens. But this false-oath politics in Oregon makes hardened liars of thousands and puts premium on per jury. The new registration, now un der way, shows the evil to be spread ing worse than ever. FOOD RATHER THAN FORESTS. New York and other old Eastern States desire to put to use again the large expanse of acres within their borders, that have been exhausted by agriculture and are now abandoned or neglected. The Chamber of Commerce of New York City has undertaken a campaign to this end, with co-operation of railroads and of agricultural departments of state and Federal Gov ernments. But why not turn these lands over to Pinchot's Forestry Service and let the officials thereof plant trees for forests and wilderness? The whole State of New York was once densely forested, and no doubt trees would grow there again as thickly as they did before. Officials could mark off large areas for reserves, depopulate farms that were needed, to fill out corners and let wild beasts roam and breed again. Per haps one-fourth or one-third the area of the State of New York could thus be depopulated and turned to timber crop for posterity's uses. All the fine spun theories of . Pinchotism could there have free play. Stream waters could be taken away from private owners and added to the works of con servation. . But of course nothing of this kind will be done. It is not even thought of. Instead, the talk is that of renew ing the exhausted lands for production of food. As to the Far' West, Eastern folk say, however,- that forests are more necessary than food. So they cause vast areas in the Far West to be fenced off for eternal wilderness. This is a fine opportunity for New York State and the States of New Eng land to vindicate their notions of con servation. It is too bad that they will allow the opportunity to go by. - RAILROAD EARNINGS. Heavy increases in gross earnings, which are far out of proportion to the gains in net earnings, are the most conspicuous features of the returns on railroad business for April, as well as for the first ten months of the cur rent fiscal year. The -New York Fi nancial Chronicle presents figures cov ering 690 companies operating 229,000 miles of road, or about 96 per cent of the mileage of the country. Summar ized, these reports show that while the railroads increased their gross earn ings $27,164,098 over April, 1909, the net returns were but $3,578,548 greater than the corresponding month last year. Taking the roads separately, there are many cases where" the in crease" In expenses has wiped out all of the increase in gross earnings and left an actual decrease in net. For instance, the Northern Pacific, with an increase of $905,294 in gross earnings, was obliged to report a de crease of $204,919 in net earnings as compared with a year ago. The Southern Pacific showed .-. . gain of $964,408 in gross and a decrease of $12,574 in net. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe increased its expenses to such an extent that a gain of. $1,327, 392 in gross was transformed into a loss of $482,304 in net. That this nn- favorable situation is not of a spas modic nature is shown by the figures for the entire ten months, as well as those for April. It is, of course, very encouraging to note that business is increasing so rapidly that there are heavy Increases shown in gross earn ings, for, sooner or later, there will come a readjustment that will remove the present discrepancy between the increases in gross and net earnings. The extent to which the' Pacific Northwest is participating In this in creased business movement reflected in railroad earnings is shown in the fig ures for some of the local roads. The O. R. & N., for instance, with gross earnings of $1,228,725 for the month of April, showed a gain of $350,873 over April, 1909. This gain In gross was, however, cut down to but $41,952 gain in net. The Astoria & Columbia RlveY line made the best showing of any of the roads in this vicinity, for with gross earnings of $64,638, a gain of $16,955 over last year. It was able to show a net gain of $16,830. For the ten months the gross earnings of this road increased more than $105,000 and its net earnings more than $41,000. The O. R. & N. for the ten months showed an increase of $1,777,206 In gross and $203,845 in net. The Spo kane & Inland for April showed a de crease of $10,000 in net and an in crease of $10,000 in gross, but for the ten months a gain of $320,000 In gross showed a net Increase of $260,000, or practically double the amount of net gain for the same period in the pre ceding year. These statements are interesting at this time, when there are murmurings of a possible business depression. So long as the railroads can show such handsome increases in gross earnings, general trade must be in a healthy condition and it will not be difficult to find some means by which a fair and equitable adjustment, of the in creased expenses of the roads can be met either by an Increase in rates or otherwise. The project of a boulevard from Medford to Crater Lake has the active and enthusiastic support of a body of citizens in Southern Oregon who usually .succeed in whatever they set out to accomplish. The scenic won ders and beauties of Crater Lake are famous, but unfortunately they are practically inaccessible to the average tourist and sightseer. It has long been planned to build a boulevard into Crater Lake Park from Medford, and it' was thought, when the recent State Legislature appropriated $100,000 for that purpose, that cherished dream was In a fair way of fulfillment. But an unpoetic court interfered and de clared the appropriation act unconsti tutional, so that the boulevard, if built, cannot be a state-supported enterprise. That Is to say, not officially. But actually it is possible for Oregon and Portland to show that it is not un aware of the remarkable possession it has in Crater Lake and its surround ings. It can be done by making It practicable to build the road. Med ford has subscribed $30,000 of the necessary $100,000, and it Is probable that Jackson. County, and other coun ties, too, will give - something more. Portland is solicited by Medford to join that enterprising city and South ern Oregon in this picturesque enter prise. The response no doubt will be liberal. A Chicago dispatch announces the purchase by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad of 800 acres of land which will be used as the largest freight-yard terminals In Chicago. These freight yards will be fifteen miles from the union passenger sta tion in Chicago and are made neces sary by congestion of traffic nearer in and also by the extravagant prices which must be paid for land. Provid ing facilities for the economical and expeditious handling of freight traffic has proved a problem for every rail road that enters a big city before it is possible to estimate the growth of the place. As Portland's railroad growth has just begun, no inconvenience is yet noticeable, but a few years hence the freight yards for this city will be sev eral miles down the river, over at Van couver or along the peninsula. It will be many years before it becomes nec essary to go fifteen miles from the union passenger station, but consider able switching of Portland business is already done in the Vancouver yards, more than six miles away. Representative Poindexter, or Wash ington, is said to have a "grouch" because President Taft has failed to appoint to office some of the men rec ommended by Poindexter. This Is quite natural. ' Mr. Poindexter, in his studied attempts to belittle and harass President Taft, and in his opposition to everything favored by the President, of course assumed that the President would be so worried over the Poindex ter opposition that he would give the Washington insurgent anything in the iy of appointments that he might choose to ask. In this country, however, it has never been customary for the attacked party to strengthen the hands of an adversary who is using foul means as well as fair in his fighting efforts. According to the statement of Charles Harris, director of the free employment bureau of the State of Kansas, 20,000 harvest hands will be needed there about June 20. Eighteen thousand were needed last year, and the increase is due to greater harvests. The calculations of Director Harris are based on reports from all over the state. Here s proof of .prosperity that needs no buttressing. What is true of Kansas is practically true of the remainder of the country. The promise of the harvest has rarely been better. Upon ' the wealth ob tained from the soil the prosperity of the Nation is based. So long as we have these abundant crops, we need not fear hard times. ' To relieve congestion at Chicago, the Milwaukee road has just bought a sec tion of land fifteen miles out for freight terminals. The same condi tions must prevail sooner or later in Portland. So the Hill and the Harri man lines will do well to prepare for the' future. Now is the time to buy. . The successful voyage of the largest lumber raft ever assembled, from the Columbia River to San Diego, speaks volumes for the good behavior of the Pacific Ocean and the strength of the cables that held together 7,000,000 feet of Oregon fir. Millionaire Crlmmins, of Newj York, believes flowers are a necessity of life. He is right. Life would not bt worth the living in Portland without the roses and other blooms that are within reach of the poorest. What could Abraham Lincoln have accomplished without party organiza tion? If that great man were living, what, brethren, do you suppose his at titude wouid be toward an assembly of Oregon Republicans? The two stars cannot be added to the flag this coming Fourth, and per haps not on the next, but they will yet shine on the blue field of the union. - "The person who sent over the story that I and my wife had separated is a scoundrel," says Nat Goodwin. Too bad. It was a bit premature. . This "fair and warmer" that we have been having in the forecasts the past week is not conducive to straw hats and peekaboo lingerie. Just as we expected. Honors won only the other day by Curtiss, Rolls and Hamilton snatched away by a Ger man at one fell swoop. The world is not growing wickeder. There are more ways of uncovering evil deeds, that Is all. For one day at least. Count Zeppe lin is the uncrowned king of the air. HOMESTEAD-LAW-BCIIT NATION. Yet Now, Older State Nullify It and Obstruct Western Progress. Tacoma Tribune. That there are too many people in the cities and not enough in the coun try seems to be the belief of all the savants who are telling the people the cause of the high cost of living. One of the reasons why people have kept in the cities, making such a hand-to-mouth living as they can, is because conditions are such that it Is a good deal of a venture to start out and be come a farmer. More than four-fifths of the available public land in the United States has been barred from the settler by con servation policies, leaving the settler the opportunity of going to Western Canada and there taking up land in a country nearer the North Pole than many people like to hazard. Oklahoma, the last country settled before Pinchot got his reserve plans working, - grew from a land of strag gling savages, herded by Indian agents, to a state of as much population and wealth in three years as Oregon had gained in 50, and then did not stop. That was practically the last of the homestead land. Here in the West what land was not already in Indian reserves was made into forest reserves, and now, when President Taft is mak ing great display of opening for settle ment of some 2,000,000 acres of this land which has been wrongfully and Illegally withheld from setlement of the people who are entitled to it. the 2,000,000 acres is hardly a fringe on the edge of the vast areas that are still locked up. The Republican party is the heir of the Freesoil party, the party that brought through the homestead -laws and the land laws which have settled the West, beginning when Ohio was the "West." In those days there was a party that did not want the people to have a chance to secure homes in the public domain, but the plan was to parcel the public domain out in vast grants and estates, creating a feudal system, like that now urged by Pinchot. It required . some vigorous work on the part of the predecessors of the Republican party to overcome this In terest and to inaugurate the system of land laws under which the entire country west of the 13 original states has been settled. When the "Northwest Territory", was organized. Including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, the homestead laws were fairly well start ed. Then any man could buy Govern ment land for $1.25 an acre. Not so long afterwards the law was still fur ther advanced so that any citizen might take up 160 acres as a home stead, and the country has largely been settled under that law. Now, when New England and the rest of the East have had the benefit of the land laws they seek to hamper and delay the settlement of the West, envi ous and jealous because some settler is getting a homestead . from which they see no chance to profit. If the land could only be turned over to a bureau, with themselves in charge of the bureau, so they would have a chance to make an honest penny. It would suit: but to have all this West ern land actually taken up and made into homes by these rude settlers hurts their sensitive souls. They want the land conserved for the whole people until they see some chance to get in. PREPARING- FOR A 364-DAY YEAR Movement on Foot to Modify the Pres ent Calendar. Rome Correspondence. On account of works realized tending to the simplification of the Gregorian calendar, I interrogated today a prelate very intimate in the Roman curacy. The prelate told me with a certain re serve that the Pontificate' has expressed Intentions of submitting to the consid eration of the powers the idea of the simplification of the. calendar In use in all Catholic and Protestant countries, in such a manner that the year will .come to have 364 days, commencing al ways on Monday. Easter will thus come to be immoveably fixed on the 7th of April, and New Year's day will be a day apart. That is. New Year's day will be like the 29th of February in leap years. , Apropos of this affair, which nobody yet discusses, it is worth while to men .tion the work being done by the per manent committee of the international congresses of the chambers of commerce and the associations of commerce and industries sitting In Brussels, who have already published the subjects which will be submitted to discussion and ap probation in the next sessions at Lon don. The prelate mentioned ended by saying that the clergy In general had not mani fested opposition to the proposed modi fication of the calendar. Sensible School Dress. Omaha Bee. Something ought to be done to dis courage this foolish and unwise habit many school girls have of trying to outdo each other in the matter of dress. Some of them look as if they might be gowned for an elaborate social func tion, and the attention devoted to dress cannot help but detract from their learning, to say nothing of the unhappy and uncomfortable contrast it sets up against children unable to match them. It goes without saying that the teachers cannot handle this problem unless they have the co-operation of the parents; but an effort should be made In cities where this silly habit prevails and that means most cities to overcome It. Over-dressing of chil dren is pernicious in its influence. Children in school even those in the high schools where this custom is most common are there for mental training and discipline, to obtain the funda mentals for character building, and they cannot get them If they have an idea that they are there for dress parade. The Greater Hoax. Providence Journal. Senator Dolliver's attack upon the present tariff does not lose in effective ness by reason of its wit. When he says that-there were two great hoaxes last year "the discovery of the North Pole by Dr. Cook and the revision of the tariff downward by Senator Al drich" he makes a comparison which everyone can appreciate. Of the two the tariff act was the greater hoax. Dr. Cook is already almost forgotten, while Senator Aldrich's masterpiece re minds us of its existence every day. x KIIniinatlnK Capital Letters. ' Christian Science Monitor. )a correspondent of a )new )york paper says there is no more necessity for two kinds of letters capital and small ones than there is for two dif ferent kinds of figures or punctuation marks. )he says that by using a ) as a "capitalizer" one size of type will do and that it will greatly simplify read ing, writing and typewriting, and be a conservation of time and thought in many ways. )however, there will be many, no doubt, who will not consider his "no capitals" idea a capital idea. No Art In Conversation. Kansas City Star. The art of conversation? There ain't no such thing. What is more, it may be doubted whether there ever has been except in the case of a few gifted souls who were always tempted like Macau lay to do the monologue stunt. Same In Oreg-on. Houston (Tex.) Post. "Those who have wearied of the very name of Pinchot" begins an editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. As they say in Richmond, that's us. GROWTH OF NATION'S POPULATION The United States Gaining Faster Than Any Other . Country. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Just as the figures of the population of the United States are being revised and verified preliminary to publication, France published its vital statistics, which give the number of its inhabitants at the end of 1909. In that year there were 770.000 births in France, as compared with 792, 000 In 1908, showing a falling off which is arousing some concern among her statesmen. France's present popula tion is about 39,000,000. Since 1851 France's inhabitants' have Increased only 3,000,000, while those of the region comprised in the present empire of Germany have grown to the extent of 30,000.000. Ger many's population in 1910 is approxi mately 64.000,000, exclusive of all its colonies. When the figures are burnished a month or two hence It will probably be found that the population of the United States has expanded to 90,000.000 at least. As In all the great civilized countries, the natural increase in population the excess of births over deaths is diminishing, pro portionately, here. The United States is growing faster than any other great coun try, but a large part of the increase is through immigration. The ratio of growth which two-thirds of a century ago was about 35 per cent in a decade has now been reduced to 20 per cent. Immigration in the past 10 years was far larger than ever before in-that length of time, but, through the cheapening and quickening of the ocean transit, emigration to Eu rope from us has also been greater than in the past, and the exodus to Canada, which has assumed rather startling fig ures, made Its advent in the decade which Is now closing. Of the great countries of the worlH the United States heads the list in popula tion, except in the case of Russia, which is still many millions ahead of us, but In wealth and In. the volume and variety of our activities, we are Immeasurably in advance of Russia. Next to the United States In population is Germany, with 64.000,000; and after her conje the United Kingdom, with 43,000,000; Austria-Hungary. 42,000,000; France, 39.000,000; Italy, 33.000,000, and Spain, 19,000.000. Japan's population Is about 47,000,000. China has about 400.000.000, or Is popularly believed to have that many, but as no count has ever been made except in a few of the cities, the estimates for the empire are only guesses. In wealth the United States with its score of $120,000,000,000 of real and personal property, equals its two near est rivals combined, which are the United Kingdom andtjermany. The story which Census Director Durand's figures will tell a few weeks .hence will be read with in terest all over the world. VISION OF CHAIRMAN MACK. Bryan May. Be a Candidate Once More, but In the Year 1018. Philade'phia Press. The Hon Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has a cheerful, hopeful, and encourag ing spirit, with a good word for every body everybody who is a Democrat. His utterances on the Democratic sit uation throughout the land are always interesting, and sometimes profitable. Present political conditions fill the Democratic chairman with expectations that his party will elect the next Pres ident, and he speculates a little about probable candidates, but without mak ing a nomination. So far it appears the only candidates now in sight are Mayor Gaynor, of New York; Governor Harmon of Ohio, and ex-Governor Folk of Missouri. The National chairman gives each of these a certificate of avallablity, making no discrimination or personal distinction whatsoever, as becomes an impart'al party chairman. But the most Important statement he mattes is about Colonel Bryan. Plenty of Domocrats are much afraid Colonel Bryan Intends to resume the business of running for President two years hence. Mr. Mack Is not torn and dis tracted by any such 'fear. He hardly expects Colonel Bryan to be a candidate' next time, but Colonel Bryan, he points out, is still a young man and may be' a candidate once more in 1916. The vision of the prophet does not reach beyond that date, but it is enough. We have no doubt a large proportion of the party earnestly hopes that Colonel Bryan will adhere to the chairman's idea so far as the next campaign is concerned. If it is Colonel Bryan's idea to step aside every other time and let some one else try his hand at it, it is a shrewd one. -Nothing was lost to the prestige of Colonel Bryan when he left the field clear for Judge Parker and the conserv ative end of the Democracy six years ago. A diversion of that sort is oc casionally necessary-to give the party a full understanding of the many merits and advantages Colonel Bryan possesses as a candidate so many Democrats there are who do not always appreciate them. v Pointers for Divorcees. New York Evening Sun. It is surely an excellent idea to take the Jeffries-Johnson argument to Reno, and let them talk it out before the exceptionally interesting population of that favored town, besides all the vis itors who would come. It Is probable" that all the exiled ladies would want to see the scrap, and the attractions of the gallery would be much enhanced by all the Incidental millinery. The demonstration of how two men can fight it out together would be especial ly Interesting to the feminine quitters: they might get a point or two for their future ventures. Victory in Defeat. Boston Herald, June 17. ' The perpetual lesson of Bunker Hill day, which is celebrated locally today, is that seeming defeat is often actual victory. The swiftly - summoned and loosely unorganized forces which the New England colonists opposed to the British "regulars, disclosed a spirit, a quality of courage, an accuracy of marksmanship, and fighting possibili ties that prophesied the capitulation at Yorktown. But George III and his ad visers failed to see it; and the fight went on. and world-history has been differently written in consequence. To Make the Fund Available. Nashville American. The Carnegie hero commission com plains that there are not enough heroes for the funds that have accumulated. If the funds were turned into funeral expenses instead of medals, the more deserving might be rewarded. More Roosevelt lan Lock, Springfield Republican Mr. Hearst's acrid abuse of Mr. Roosevelt the past few weeks attracts some slight attention, but what is its real significance? Does it mean more than an another instalment of the Koseveltlan luck? r Democratic Bliss. Houston (Tex.) Post. The next time we go to Augusta we shall have our mail forwarded to the general delivery. Oh, for the bliss of looking into the face of a Democratic postmaster once-more! Pointed Paragraphs. New York Press. A man's idiocies look like real gonius to his mother. You will always have money If you save half of your earnings. The thicker the letter a woman writes the less there is In It Anyway, the man who boasts of his abil ity as & liar isn't a hypocrite. You may have noticed that a multitude of friends come to visit those who live on Easy street. When you see a drunken man on a welsh ing; machine the chances are that he wants to aanaxlaOxi how noticeable hi load It. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE An absent-minded German professor at tached to a university in Washington discovered the other day that he had left his umbrella somewhere. As he bad visited three stores, he' thought it must be in one of them, so he started back and called at all three in turn. "No umbrella has been round here." the professor was told in the first store. The German shrugged his shoulders) and -went out. At the next store the same response was made: whereupon the professor shrugged his shoulders once more, and went to the third establishment. There he found his umbrella awaiting him. "I must say," said he to his family, on returning home, "they were more honest at the last place than at the other stores." Lippincott's. - Having been shown the speaking tube and had its uses explained, Flynn, the new porter, blew a mighty blast in It. Hearing the whistle. Mr. Hobart came to the tube and inquired: "What's wanted down there?" "Tis Ol, Paddy Flynn. Ar' ye th' . boss?" "I am," said Mr. Hobart. "Well, thin," yelled Flynn. "shtiek yer head out av th' second shtory windy whoile Oil shtep out on th' soidwalk. Ol want to talk t' ye!" . Mark Twain, as an example of uncon scious humor, used to quote a Hartford woman who said one day in the late Spring: "My husband is the dearest fellow. " 'Jim,' I said to him this morning, 'are you very hard up just now?" " 'I certainly am hard up." he. replied soberly. 'This high cost of living is ter rible. I don't know what I'm going to do.' " 'Then, Jim,' said I. 'I'll give up all thought of going to the country for July and August this year.' , "But the dear fellow's face changed, and he said: " "Indeed, then, you won't, darling. I ' thought you wanted to buy a hat with an aigrette or some such foolishness. No, no. my darling Jim can always find the money to let his dear little wife go to the country.' " Washington Star. "The girl graduate," said Mrs. TIIHe Treherne Cooke, the Atlanta lawyer. In a commencement address, "errs in treat ing man selfishly. Man remembers such treatment, and later on he avenges It. "A young girl is proud of her power over him, and she abuses this power too often. I know a beautiful Atlanta girl, for instance. A cotton broker is devoted to her. Yet, when the parlor maid told her the other afternoon that this cotton broker was at the door, she said: " "Ask bim in the drawing-room, Jane, and then, as soon as he has laid his box of chocolates down, tell him I've gone out. " fit. Louis Globe-Democrat. Good Way to Cook Trout. June Outing. Build your fire and let it burn until you have a good bed of hot stones and ashes. Have your trout, cleaned and washed, ready at hand on anything convenient. Pluck an armful of balsam twigs. Rake out your fire, leaving a base of hot stones and ashes. Upon this base lay balsam twigs till you have a layer from six to ten inches thick. Now put your trout in a row upon this layer, and cover with another layer of equal thickness; over all lay ashes and hot stones. Then smoke your pipe for, say, 20 minutes. -r When at last you gently remove the'. coverings, you will think at first that the trout have not been cooked at all. There they lie, in all their moist beauty, colored as when they first came to your basket. But be careful how you handle them, or they will fall apart, so tender are they. Steamed through and through by the heated essence of the balsam, they give out a faint aromatic redolence that adds a subtle perfection to the flavor. Railroad Wages at the Highest. Railway World. The wages of railroad employes are at a higher level than ever before, both actually and as compared with revenues and expenses. A table compiled from the official figures of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows that tho average salary of the employes rose from $607 a year In 1905 to $721 a year in 1908. It shows that an average of $623 per thousand dollars of total ex penditure went to the worker in 1908. as against only $572 In 1905. The rail roads received $39 of net earnings for each thousand dollars of capital In 1908, as against $44 in 1905. They received $143 of .gross earnings for each thou sand dollars of capital in 1908. as against $150 in 1905. There was no re duction in the wage rate on the rail roads of the country after the panic of 1907. Later Particulars. Chicago Tribune. Macduff was laying on lustily. "I don't allow any man to swear at me," he exclaimed. For at that time there had been no court decision to the effect that the word used by Macbeth was not profane. One Redeeming Feature. Lippincott's. "Well," said one, in discussing base ball matters. "I don t envy the umpire. Look at the abuse he gets, and it's no cinch of a job." "Oh, I don't know," replied his Irish friend. "Just t'ink o' the hours." Disease, Not Crime. Houston Post. When we think of a good man lika President Taft being a Republican we are almost persuaded that Republican ism is more of a disease than it is a crime. Important Correction. Concordia (Kan.) Blade. A typographical error in the Epiphany, Church notice Saturday night made Whit Sunday read Whist Sunday, and the Blade wishes to correct the mis take. The Other point of View. Seattle Argus. Governor Gillett may be right on points of law, but he has failed to take Into consideration bow badly that nigger needs to have his head punched. CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS. Knleker "Savings banks are reducing the rate of interest." Bocker "Fine : The more we make the less we get." Juoge. First Church Lady "She!. a social worker I am told." Second Church Lady -Yes. She has worked at every social wo ever gave." St. Louis Star. Quackly "By the by. have you got $10 P.bout you that you don't need for a few davs?" smackly "I have but I might need it some time." Chicago Dally News. "What, Harold! you wish to break our engagement? But why?" "On account of your past." "My past? - What's wrong with my past?" "It's too lone- Cleve land Leader. "Did you ever sell your vote?" Raked one member of a suspected Legislature. "No.' replied the other. "1 let it out to a syndi cate, took an Interest In the business, ana draw dividends on it." Washington Star. "Did you hear what happened at Bagleys today?" "No; what was It?" "He took down an old pistol he had had sl.out the house for years and playfully snapped the trigger at his wire. thinking it wasn t loaded." "Good Heavens!" "Well, it wasn't." Baltimore American. "Do you suppose," asked the stranger In Washington, "it would be possible for me to see the President?" "Easiest -thing in the world." replied the man who lived there. VQo over to the Union Depot and wait around a little while. He win eitner oe starting away or getting hack from, some where," Chicago Record-Herald. n t s