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Woodrow Wilson la Governor-elect of New Jersey. li la a shining exam pie of the scholar tn politics, though thrrt are precloua few scholastic poll tli-Una like him. He la a Democrat, which ia no reproach to htm. since he la sane, safe, conservative and pru dntly and Intelligently ssfrowlvf II la regarded by inany aa the hop of the New Democracy. which merely another name for the Old Democracy, for lor.jc years obscured and eclipsed by the iiryan vogue. Governor-elect Wilson, at the K'D tucky conference of Governor, sound ed a keynote against the New Nation atlxm. He did not say so. but that la what It waa. He appeared to put In word a the. decided sentiment of the ether Governor. It-publlcan and Democratic. They will Insist that the Federal Government do not usurp and override the elate In affair, of com mon concern, such aa conservation. It 1st well. The outlook for the New National lam la not altogether hopeful. There are. too many Western State that. through motive of self-prestrvatlon and the Instinct of standing up for their own. have other views. There Is a lot of new Democratic- Governors, and Legislatures In the East and Mid dle Weat. There la to he a Demo cratic House of Congress. The R publicans are divided on the subject. The New Nationalism Is perilously near the rocks. We state an obvious condition, not In term of rejoicing or exultation, but with due apprecia tion of certain signs and portents. The only Democrats unreservedly nd openly for the New Nationalism re In Oregon. But are they real Democrats? THE SHORT MMKlnX. Not very much legislation Is ever carried through In the "short session of an expiring Congress. It lost only from the first Monday In December to the 4th of March, and usually most of Its time la occupied with appropria tion bills. Naturally money matters take precedence over everything else. and If there Is not room for other af fair they must wait. The coming hort session will have more than the ordinary deterrents to activity. Many of the Republican members must give up their seats to Democrats after March 4. These unfortunate can hardly be expected to Initiate any bold and far-reaching measures of states manship. In fact. Congressmen of the older type are not much In the habit of doing anything except obey orders and Just now the disruption of tho Cannon organization leaves them Ilka an army without a general. It la conceded that there will be a good deal of maneuvering this Winter over the revision of tho House rules. The men who wish to take the com mittee appointments nway from the Speaker will not relax their efforts. They may work quietly, but they will be busy and their planning and plot ting will help divert attention from legislation. There are conjectures that a do-nothing policy may be fol lowed throughout the next two years. President Taft. it Is said, will not call n extra seseion in the Spring to revise the tariff. On the other hand, the Democratic House, when It meets a year from now. will pass no bills which might shed credit on a Repub lican Administration. Prophecies of this ort are not very convincing. It is hardly fair to assume that either the President or the Iemocratte House Is utterly neglectful of the pub lie welfare. If Mr. Taft dms not call an extra session ho will have some better reason for It thnn reluctance to give the Democrats a chance to net. Nor la It at all likely that Congress will sit Idle until 1ll The new mem ber know that they are on trial. Their future depends on their accomplishing something and they will not let the opportunity slip If they can help It. Some beneficial legislation may be enacted even at the short session this Winter. Mr. Taft Is not satisfied with the feeble and tentative structure of hl tariff commission. Although It waa Instituted to gnther Information about tho tariff. It ha no power to aubpena witnesses or compel people to answer questions. It may not even use Information detrimental to the over protected trusts which has been gath ered by the Bureau of Corporation. The truth Is that Congress gave the tariff commission Just as little author ity as it could without actually r ftis irg to create It. Since the President depends upon the commission to tske the lead In future revisions of the schedules. It stands to reason that he would like to see It better provided with funds and power. There Is some likelihood that his wish, may be grati fied this Winter. 'Whether any of the schedule will be revised Is an Inter esting subject for prognostication. Mr. Taft said In his noted Winona speech that the m-ool schedule of the Aldrlch tariff lacked something of that perfection which he beheld every where else In that Instrument. Per haps he will ask Congress to lower the extortionate duties on woolen fab rics this Winter In accordance with what he has declared to be Just. But even If he doe. It wonld be unsafe to assume that the tax wi'.l be abated, for until March 4 the standpatters' will control Congress. Rumors are afloat that the duties on paper and wood pulp may also be re duced, but no doubt the principal basis for the prophecy Is the dej-l-e that It may come true. The best way to avoid disappointment Is to hope for nothing from the short session. Then every blessing It may vouchsafe will be doubly bright. There Is much that Congreaa might do If It -would. It might even establish the long-desired parcels post, and by some miracle per haps It will. aVIUC CPI.S. The discussions In the mass meeting of the Multnomah Bur Association, while profound and Interesting, have not ahrd a very brilliant light on the dark and mysterious passages In the new judiciary amendment. All the comfort gained is In the hope implied that the Legislature may make some thing sensible out of the provisions providing for reconstruction of the judicial system and that the Supremo Court may so construe the amend ment that It will cause the least pos sible harm In appellate procedure. Had Judge Pipe added one word to his comment and said that the amendment Is "a sample of the devastating hand of the (wide-open) Inltiailve and referendum," we could heartily agree with him. In this amendment waa prevented to the vot er at large a measure having a mean ing on which law) era cannot agree. What the laity thought of It I shown In the vote recorded In the election. Of lll.OOu voters who expressed a choice on candidate for Governor, approximately 14.009 failed to express an opinion on the Judiciary amend ment. The only conclusion to be reached I that 14 (IftA voter decided to "pas It up" because they knew nothlrg about It. Thirty-nine thou sand voter expressed disapproval of the amendment, but It happened that 45.000 voters thought the measure had merit. Thus an Indefinite, and by some learned men held to be harmful, amendment I written Into the fundamental law of the state by vote of is per cent of the electorate. Forty-five thousand voters wanted tho amendment adopted and 71.000 either did not want It or feared or neglected to express an opinion. MR. ArsTU'l PI -AN. What President Atwell, of the State Horticultural Boolety, propose amounts to a federation of the local fruitgrowers' associations. The pur pose of the federation Is to solve tho problem of marketing fruit. Without conjoint action fruit Is shipped to markets which do not at the moment need It. A glut follows. Prices fall nd the senseless cry of overproduc tion la raised. To remedy this mis taken practice, put the entire direc tion of shipments In the hands of a central exchange composed of local delegates, sas Mr. Atwell. Let this exchange say when and where every car of fruit shall proceed. . This is eminently round and practi cal. With reference to the market there should be no individual fruit growers. There should be only tho central body which represents them all. To this growers must come, and come soon, if they would rescue tho business from the d'saster of over stocked markets and ruinous prices. To almost every problem of country life and work the key Is "organiza tion."" Complete organization means complete success, -isolated effort, as sad experience proves only too well. means failure. The Isolated associa tion Is only one degree less feeble than the Isolated individual. Jl'IKUMG AFPI.tS. Several hundred boxes of very su perior apples were lined up In Port land yesterday to be "Judged." This delicate task fell to H. E. Van Doman, a cultured, practical man of science who has devoted hi life to pomology. HI judicial estimate carries with it a sort of Governmental stamp, for he Is one of Uncle Sam's recognized ex perts. Furthermore, Mr. Van Deman has had much experience In passing upon the relative merits of favorite n the apple kingdom. His verdict will be accepted. Under the rulea of the game, you can't appeal. Still It may be asked In all sincer ity whether this Judge or any other udge of an apple show applied the supreme test. A farmer once boasted a neighbor that he could always tell by the teeth whether a chicken was tender. "A chicken ha no teeth," wh the derisive comment. "I know it." came the rejoinder, "but I have." One must grant that form, color. freedom from Imperfection, manner of packing, uniformity or size and general reputation are contributing features of the evidence. But all of them are externals. How dare any urist declare this apple or that to be best or second best until, like the udge of chickens, ho haa put It to he dental test? MORE rWIPU! I -OR ORW.ON. The meeting of the Oregon Devel opment League at Salem this week a the most Important affair of its Ind ever held in Oregon. It brought ogether. from every locality In the state, representative men "who are en- aged in exploiting the resources of Oregon for the purpose of attracting settlers. Throughout the discussions he keynote of co-operation struck no discordant sound. There was unani mous sentiment that the exploitation ork of the future should be carried on with a view to giving all localities In the state equal opportunities In pre senting their merits to the hnme- ekor. There will be complete elim ination of the reprehensible practice f "knocking" one portion of the state In tho belief that it 1 an aid to some other portion. The numerous speeches made and papers read at the meeting Isclesed very satisfactory results from he publicity work already performed. nd also outlined an elaborate pro tamine for the future. Introducing President Howard Elli ott, of the Northern Pacific Railroad. President Wilcox, of the Development League, quite truthfully stated that he railroads had expended more money for publicity work than all other organizations combined. Mr. lllott In his speech supplemented this by the statement that since coming Into the Pacific Northwest the North ern Pacific had expended In bringing o the attention of the world the ad vantage of tho country more than i.000.000. An equally satisfactory howing could probably be made by he Harrlman lines, which for the past four year have been exceptlon- lly lavish in their appropriations for dvertising the resources of this coun try. Now that It has been demonstrated beyond question that the greatest need f the Northwest i more people, and also that the railroads are spending millions to get them here and more millions to open up new territory on htch they may be located, there hould be the most harmonious co loration between the people and the railroads. The Development League in its Salem session showed clearly that it had perfected admirable plans for the most satisfactory distribution of these new settler. With the railroads spreading the gospel of Oregon opportunities and turning the newcomers over to the various branches of the Development League, there should be due apprecia tion of their efforts and every encour aiji'mrnt offered them to extend branches and new lines wherever they are needed. Oregon Is on the eve of a tremendous economic change, and the railroads are easily the most po tent factors In that change. They should be treated with the utmost fairness and liberality. SOME REVISION NH1WAKT. Before issuing his annual report on the crops of Oregon. State Labor Com missioner Hoff would do well to en gage In some careful revision of the advance sheet. We are Informed therein that Oregon this year pro duced 615.034 bushel of corn which, sold at an average of 90 cents per bushel, while the wheat yield of 10,993. 659 bushel sold at J16.394.S00. or about 83 rents per bushel. Any state where fifty-six pounds of corn will command more than sixty pounds of wheat should certainly prove very attractive to the corngrower of the Middle West. Unfortunately, we can hardly hope to attract Immigration on these figures if the Middle Western fanners stop to think It over. Only a mild knowledge of market prices, freight rates and mathematics Is necessary to show them that there has not been a single day this year when the best grade of Eastern corn could not be delivered anywhere In the Oregon corn belt at several cents lea than 90 cents per bushel. The price per bushel given on Oregon wheat might he a fair average of Its value at tidewater market, but the yield Is a few million bushel too high. Mr. Hoffs report segregates the yields and acreage of wheat to a nicety, beginning with 718 acres on which the yield was live bushels per acre and ranging up to 19.173 acres averaging forty bushels per acre. It Is regretahle that the correspondents who could determine so accurately the yields of each field arrived at a grand total that was about 4.000.000 bushels too high. It is also a hard slam on Oregon wheat w hen it Is made to show a valu ation of less than 85 cents per bushel while corn Is stated to be worth 90 cents per bushel. In Chicago, which Is a representative market for both v beat end corn, wheat sold yestcrJny at 90 rent per bushel and corn at 44 cent per bushel. If the remainder of Mr. holt's agricultural statistics aro similar to those mentioned, his book needs considerable revision. CONI-1'MXG Ri-TOKTS FROM MEXICO. The Mexican government seems to be making slow headway in putting down the rebellion. Up to date the prevailing policy, or rather the pre valllng practice, seems to have been that which General Buller in the Boer war termed in his dispatches as "lur ing them on." Untortunately for the Diaz dynasty, the renegades seem to be coming right along as though they meant business and did not need any "luring." Thus far most of the news thnt trickle out of the country has the appearance of originating in the camp of the revolutionists, but It la somewhat noteworthy that the strict censorship by the Mexican government Is seldom lifted even to permit news of Mexican victories to escape. This silence would indicate that Madero and the fifty-two different varieties of Indians who are said to be Included in the ranks of the revolutionists may be making nearly as much headway as they are claiming. The Dlax government, however, i so firmly Intrenched and so well equipped with machinery for putting down re bellion that the ultimate result can hardly he different from that of the many uprisings of the past. The Mex ican are good fighters and as a rule posses much greater courage than their saddle-colored cousin In the fighting zone farther south. Ptit they have displayed had Judgment in their hatred for the United States and have In no manner endeavored to seek favor cf the one country on earth that could come to their assistance if the present revolutionary zephyr should develop Into a cyclone. The United State has great finan cial Interest in Mexico and is on rea sonably food terms with the Mexican government, but If the uprising as sumes tho proportions the rebel press agents assert It will, this country may feel called en to take some action. The rebels have torn down and trampled the American flag, and In other ways expressed their contempt for the United Fttite. whose only offense has been too much leniency. For the present the attitude of the United f-tates will be strictly neutral, but an objection that will be heard will be en tered if American Interest In Mexico nre seriously affected. I-I.rMS A- ROOSEVELT. The Colonel Is said to he In recep tive mood regarding "third term" for 191?. Taste of political plums, evi dently, is like that of the lotus makes one prone to forget promises and duties and decorums. It may be of Interest now to read anew the announcement President Roosevelt made on election night. 1904. when he was re-elected by large majority, that "under no cir cumstances" would he accept another nomination: I am deeply sensible of the honor dons ma by the American people In thua expressing their eonll'lenre In what I have don and have tried to do. 1 appreciate to tha full the solamn responsibility this confidence Im poses on me and I shall do all that tn my power lies not to forfeit It. On the fourth of March next I shall have served thre and na-half years and this three and one-half yenrs constitutes my first tarm. The wise custom which limits tha Presi dent to two terms regards tha substance and not the form and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination. , 1 That was six year ago. Several of Roosevelt's advisers, chief of them Secretary of State Hay, tried vainly to dissuade him from making the declaration. Times and circumstances change, and Roosevelt could fairly say that no such announcement as this, voluntar ily made by himself, can reasonably blnd all his future actions. A great many persons would attack his rec ord for "inconsistency." but that is neither a profound nor a winning ar gument. "Consistency" Is the conten tion usually of petty brains that lack abiding principles and strong reasons of their own to stand on. The real questions confronting Roosevelt's third term are: Can he unite the warring faction of the Re publican party? Will he repudiate the "rabid radicalism" of his Western speeches and win again the confidence of the properly conservative elements of the country? Is not the Repub lican party destined for a period of drubbing and defeat on account of protective tariff failures and quarrels of its politicians? Is the "wise cus tom" so deemed hitherto "which limits the President to two terms" to be continued In the political polity of the Nation? The truth seems plain that Roose velt would have been a "bigger man" today had he held himself aloof from recent political dissensions: also that he cannot make himself a bigger man by either seeking or winning the Pres idency again. In view of the Increasing use of the water route between the Atlantic and Pacific ports, it 1 hardly probable that the railroads Intend any advance of consequence in rates. The decision in the Spokane case made necessary a complete revision of all rates and the problem of a general readjust ment on an equitable basis Is not easy of solution. Spokane and all Interior point, under the new order, lost the advantage of the old "blanket" rates which enabled them to ship freight from Atlantic Coast points through Chicago to the Went at no increase over the Chicago rate. This change, of course, was to the advantage o the shippers who make use of the water route, and eventually will re sult in much Spokane and other In terlor freight being routed through the coast port. The most difficult part of the problem now confronting the railroad is how to protect their Coast business against water competition and at the same time work out a schedule which will show proper respect for the long and short haul provisions of the law-. The consistent gain In building op. erations heretofore shown by building permits throughout the year Is still in evidence. November figure were far In excess of November. 1909. With a whole month of the calendar year re mainlng, permits for 1910 have al ready broken last year's record for the twelvemonth by more than $2,000,000 The best feature of this record-break Ing activity in the building line is in the fact that for every business block or for every residence there is a ten ant in waiting. .New residents are coming into the city and state In greater numbers than ever before In our history. There will be no slack ening of consequence in the building movement so long aa the city and state have so much to offer the new comers, whether they are here on business or pleasure. "In all solemnity," declared 600 or more Episcopal and Nonconformist ministers of English and Irish churches In a public letter, "we now declare that home rule will bring Ire land, not peace, but the sword. If an Irish Parliament is set up. the Unionists of the south, allied with the men of Ulster, will not acknowledge its authority. They will neither obey Its decrees nor pay Its taxes." That sounds familiar. We heard something like it In Oregon during the late pro hlbltlon campaign, when criticism was made that the law could not he enforced. But the prohibition ora tors (mostly preachers) said It was high treason to declare In advance any law could not be enforced. The preachers of England appear to have another view. Battling Nelson, the "Durable Dane, who has fought perhaps as many hard fights a any of the examples of debasement who for a stipulated sum temporarily become animals and punch and claw each other. Is about the latest of his kind to fail to "come back." In a contest at San Fran Cisco, last Saturday with an opponent bearing the suggestive name of Owen Moran, the durability of the Dane was so Inconsequential that he was put to sleep In the eleventh round. Now that It ha been demonstrated to Mr. Nel son that he is a "has-been," he will probably follow the example of his illustrious predecessors In the squared circle and start a saloon or become something more respectable than an animal for the amusement of the mob. ' Viewed sentimentally, one year's imprisonment of an Oregon City loafer for refusing to support his wife and infant child has elements of right eous punishment. On the practical side, his earning power the next twelve months seems to have been seriously curtailed and Clackamas County Is In for considerable expense to feed him. Here Is a social and economical problem that can't be solved offhand. Nebraska has reversed a political fashion which of late has been fol lowed far and wide. We refer to the rage for electing a Democratic Gov ernor to pull with, or against, a Re publican Legislature. Oregon knows how It works. In Nebraska they have harnessed a Republican Governor with a Democratic Legislature. Will the team pull any better than ours? The project of tapping afarp Lake to irrigate the farms around Goldendale makes one tremble a little for Crater Lake, which "would be eminently use ful In the same way. The two lakes are similarly situated. Crater Lake is in a National park, but what Is the constitution or the law when there is money to be made by eluding them? Within the next three days more can be accomplished In the way of Christmas shopping than In any other three ,days before Christmas. Oregon Is now trying to find out what It put into the constitution when it voted for the judicial amendment three weeks ago. Dr. Cook admits that he was prob ably insane. Many folk will be in clined to take this charitable view and let it go at that. Bad as the divorce evil Is in Port land. It Is less objectionable than the growing evil of indiscriminate marital shooting. New Tork City will build a drydock 1000 feet long, evidently in anticipa tion of the 1000-foot steamer yet to be launched. Two year hence initiative measures may be investigated more closely than they were last month. These are progressive times. Here ia the January freshet a month ahead. Aa to Christmas shopping, do It 110 ARE DRAWN AS JURORS Chief Criminal Case to Be Hoard in December That of Mrs. Kersh. The names of 110 jurors who will do duty at the December term of the Cir cuit Court have been drawn from Uie Jury list by County Clerk Fields, and served with subpenas by Sheriff Stev ens deputies. The December docket is crowded with civil' cases, but the criminal case ahout which more interest hangs than any other is that in which Mrs. Carrie Kersh is charged with the murder of William A. Johnson. She will be tried next Thursday. She was tried late in the October term, but the juiy dis agreed, so that a new trial is ncces sa ry. The December jury list is as follows: Charles Ackley. A. Anderson. C H. Ander son. T. P. Arnnian. .lamia Anderson. Charles R. Archerd. M. Arndt. W. O. Ash. C. M. Anderson. C. V. Anderson, O. Akerbon. J. W. Alstock. H. .Vf. Adams. Char!s Ashpole, John Anderson. "W. A. Adamsun, J. 1 Ber nard. ' c. s. Brown. L- BaJer. I'ondon R. Bean. F. U Botuford. C. R. Rln-k, VV. V. B-nson. H. P. Brnadman. Isaac M. Bates, H. I'. Brandes. George A. Boose. I. A. Brown. R. R. Brennan. J. A. Brant. H. Blanrhard. S. A. Baker. H. I.'. Browne. .1. K. Oollgan. Charles H. Chirk. E. H. Clary, H. C Coleman. Charles Carter. C. E. Cline. Richard Cnnnll. F. H. criown. A. J. Derby shire. T. B. Tiark. A. Eckern. William East man. E. I. Ferris. F. O. Flsnbeck. T. O. bar rel. Charles B. Frazler. John Glehlscn. Wil liam Griffith. Joseph Goodman. C. II. Glelm. F. W. Goodrich. . F. Hanson. James D. Hart. Fred Hesse. .1. Hidden. G. N. Howell. C. W. Helmer. Michael H-nriksen. Frank HalJock. William .losop. John Kins. James Keeney. J. B. I.aber. o. E. Lewis, c. H. I.ibhy, E. B. Lauirhlln. J. V. Mllllltan. John Miller, Sumner Newell. M- A. Older. S. D. Oitden. Elsworlh Plckel. Albert E. Patch. J. F. Rait. Fred W. Richter. Charles L. Ross. J. C. Stevens. S. B. Stewart. I Stelnhause, Samuel Salvator. E. C. shevlin. V. V. Sha rer. VV. G. Smith. A. -V. Smith. William Spencer. A. G. Sherman. H. Serr. .1. C. Schmidt. V. G. Shipley. W. B. Stewart. J. s Toombs. D. G. Tomaslnf, R. A. Vausrhn. Frank Villa. F. W Whalen. A. G. West, S. B. Welser. H. A. Whltnev. W. M. Whldden. c. Weisrant. Georre Whltraker. C M. Will. Floyd VVlckersbam. A. F. Wheeler, Charles E. Toung. F. C. Young. G. Zlppel. UNDUE INFLUENCE CHARGED Son Declares Father's Will Cuts Him Off Unjustly. Alleging that Edmund B. Gaze and his wife. Mrs. Jane E. Gaze, used un due Influence upon Paul Barbeau Valle to induce him to make a will giving them all his property except 5, P. Bareau Valle, Jr., a son, filed a peti tion in the County Court yesterday asking that the will be set aside, and that Gaze be removed as the executor. The instrument purporting to be the will was tiled December 2, 1909. Valle, who appears through his guardian, T. M. Dye, says the will never was signed by either his father of by witnesses. He says further that his father was at the time weak in body and mind, hav ing been mentally Incapacitated by In toxicating liquor. His father was liv ing in Gaze's house, he says, and was under Gaze's Influence. Gaze was ap pointed executor to act without giving bonds. The son was cut off with only $rk Judge Cleeton has set 9:30 A. M. De cember 15 as the time for hearing both sides. FAIR PRISONER ONLY SMILES Mrs. Nora Ratblou Is In Court Ac ensed of Larceny. Mrs. Nora Rathlon, indicted under the name of C. Collins for alleged lar ceny, was arraigned before Presiding Circuit Judge Cleiand yesterday after noon. She was in the custody of Ma tron Cameron, of the County Jail. She appeared perfectly composed, and laughed and chatted with Mrs. Cameron before the court was called to order. She will enter her plea Friday. The IndlctmeAt charges that on November 21 she stole clothing worth about $65 from Nettie Johnson. Joseph Phillips, George Nickett. F. B. Leonard and Tim Lane were also ar raigned and will plead Friday. Phil lips and Nickett are alleged to have robbed George H. Judge, October 10, of his watch and chain, and $22 in cash. Leonard Is accused of polygamy for the alleged marrying of Daisy W. Haney when he had another wife. Tim Lane is charged with having put his wife, Emma Lane, in a house in the underworld. PIAXO DEALERS GET JCDGJIEST Winner of Puzzle Must Pay Balance on Instrument Selected. Bush & Lane, piano dealers, recovered J42B from C. M. Kagy bw the verdict of a Jury returned In Judge Kavanaugh's department of the Circuit Court yester day morning. This was the entire amount sued for. The Jury allowed Whitfield & Cohen, attorneys for the plaintiff, $10 fees, although they asked for $75. The piano company sued through the Associated Creditor's Adjustment Com pany for the recovery of a balance al leged to be due on a piano, the pur chase price being $625. Kagy had a credit slip for $100. which he had se cured for solving a puzzle, and which he turned in as part payment with $100 cash. He was to pay $15 a 'month, but his wife was dissatisfied wttli the pur chase, and attempted to rescind it. The piano was never delivered to Kagy. be ing retained on the company's premises. Owners of Steamer Sued. Victor Olson, a bollermaker's helper, brought suit in the Circuit Court yes terday against the Western Transpor tation & ATowing Company for the re covery of 523o, because four of his ribs were broken when he was at work on the steamer Georgle Burton. Olson was employed last June by the Port land Boiler Works, and on June 14 was repairing a boiler on the Georgie Burton. He had occasion to go aft, he says, and in the darkness fell over a gang plank, which had been placed directly across the passage way. He says the vessel was not properly light ed, although this Is required by the harbormaster's rulea Gas Burner Firm Sued for $4329. The name of the Camcbell Automatic Safety Gas Burner Company was again taken Into court yesterday when A. J. Quackenbush brought suit against L. C. Hammer and H. G. Luker for the re covery of $4329 commission for the sale of stock. He says ne ottered in Decem ber, 1909. to sell stock for the company for a commission of 10 per cent and sold $43,290 worth. Expecting Too Much. Chicago Tribune. It was a cold, raw day, but the Never- sweats and the Fearnoughts were playing game of ball on the prairie, just the same. The pitcher for the Neversweats, his fingers half frozen, failed dismally In getting the balls over the plate. Aw, said me captain, i thought ye wtis one o' dese cold weather pitchers." I am. said the slab artist, blowing on his benumbed digits to warm them. but I aln t an ice pitcher, blame ye! ' Time to Finish Goaalp. Yonkers Statesman. She stopped talking to her companion long enough "to Inquire: "Conductor, wnat street is tnisr "Fiftieth street, ma'am." was the reply. "Good gracious! I wanted to get off at Forty-second street!" Yes, ma'am; we 11 be back there In two hours 1" SVSPICIO?!" OBSESSES PIXCHOT. Coarse Show Fear of Treachery en Part of President Taft. Springfield Republican. It is necessary to regard Mr. Pinchot's latest performance as a brilliant illus tration of that deeply suspicious mental attitude which first generated and then nurtured to a robust growth his unfor tunate differences with President Taft upon the subject of conservation. Mr. Taft came to the Presidency a "blown-ln-the-bott!e" Rooseveltlan. yet Mr. PInchot 'never could trust him with the one sacred cause. The Cunningham claims brought on the rupture between the President and the ex-Forester: and It is reserved, perhaps, for the future historian to prove from private corre spondence, which may be Inaccessible to the public for many yeears. that had there been no break between these two men there would have been no break between President Taft and his dis tinguished predecessor. Mr. Roosevelt might have found it possible to throw the whole weight of his influence on the side of the President, after his re turn from Africa, had it not been for -Will's" final treatment of Gifford. Great men are human, in spite of what ever may be said, and these little per sonn.1 matters often play the very deuce with the course of history. The Cunningham claimants have never got the lanes they were after. Even Mr. Balllnger, who has become the devil Incarnate in Mr. PInchot s lexicon, always deferred plo protests against issuing patents in tneir ravor. For more than a year we have had no shadow of doubt that, whatever action the officials of the Land Office and the Interior Department might conclude to be legitimate and desirable, the Cun ningham claims would never be set tied during the life of this Administra tion without a careful review of the case by William If. Taft. It did not seem necessary to write to the Presi dent warning him that he must not let the Cunningham claims slip thsnugh without a judicial study of their legal ity all by himself. It was simply in conceivable that, after all the uproar caused by those claims since Glavis made his original protest early In 1908, the President could fall to consider them his personal business. Doubtless nine out of ten people In the country took that view of Mr. Taft s probable concern in a matter now affecting his Administration so severelj-. But Mr. Pinchot was more suspicious than ever. He no longer had the slight est confidence in President Taft. He felt sure, apparently, that In case Sec retary Baliinger's department should pronounce the Cunningham claims valid the Chief Magistrate would affix hi signature to the patents without a per sonal review of the questions involved, as seen in the light of the voluminous testimony taken by the Congressional investigating committee. Hence the letter to the President signed by the brothers Pinchot. requesting that they be permitted to file a brief In opposi tion to the granting of the land patents which, they assumed, would soon be perfected by the Land Office. One must Infer from their letter that they be lieved themselves to be strangling a conspiracy to rush fraudulent land claims past an easy-going Executive, who was not to be trusted to toll ,eboriously and painfully to the bot tom of things. The outcome has been delicious, and this is said with no prejudice what ever against conservation, a cause which has been given a great deal of the most cordial support in these col umns. The brothers Pinchot have learned: First That, as far back as June 1. Secretary Ballinger himself recom mended to the President, that no definite or final action be allowed con cerning the Cunningham clalme except with the full knowledge of the Chief Magistrate. Second That on June 8 an executive order to that effect was issued. Third That the President has in tended to make a careful review of the case before allowing the Government's final action to be taken. Fourth That Secretary Ballinger had already drafted a recommendation to the President that Congress be asked to transfer the case to the United States Court of Claims for final determina tion. The brothers Pinchot have learned these facts, and they ought to be de lighted to discover in the man person ally conducted by Mr. Roosevelt Into the Presidency such a patriotic and even anxious concern for the public welfare, -it may be, however, that they are still suspicious; for one Is forced to admit that the President adopted one of Secretary Baliinger's own sugges tions in undertaking to become in reality instead of nominally responsible for the final disposition of the Cun ningham claims. Anything Mr.' Bal linger is concerned in Is, of course, Im mediately enveloped In a dubious, even sinister, atmosphere. Just how the more .famous Mr. Pinchot will deal with this aspect of the question we cannot Imagine, but the chances are that he entertains a lurking fear of treachery. No Piano Market In China. Consular Reports. Consul-General S. S. Knabenshue learns, at Tientsin, that the only foreign music the Chinese masses have ever shown any interest in Is the skirling of the bagpipes of the Cameron Highlanders, when the'y were in garrison there a couple of years ago. He therefore advises an Ohio piano concern that the market for their instru ments is practically confined to foreign residents. Some few instruments have been sold to wealthy Chinese, but simply as pieces of furniture, there being no teachers of ' instrumental music for Chi nese ladles and no demand for them. Again, the Attack on Santa. Rochester Post-Express. Miss Lotta Clark, of Boston, would abolish Santa Claus. She declares that It Is wrong to deceive the children by such a fairy tale, and suggests the sub stitution of Benjamin Franklin for the children's patron saint. What a sugges tion! Ben Franklin was a great man, hut If he had been a billion times greater he could not have measured up to Santa Claus. And what on earth did Ben nave to do with Christmas that he should supplant old St. Nick? What did he ever do that he should be regarded as the children's particular friend? Miss Clark, no doubt. Is an estimable woman, but she Is unfortunate. If she were married and had children of her own it is not likely that she would be agitating for the abo lition of Santa Claus. First Sailor Missionary Honored. London Dally News. ' Next month there is to be unveiled in Ruskin Park a tablet to the memory of Captain James Wilson, who command ed the Duff, the first missionary ship in history, which was sent out In August, 17H6. by the London Missionary society. Wilson was the son ot a Newcastle col lier, and after going to sea served as a soldier in the American war. Then he went to India as captain of a vessel and served under the East India Company. Taken a prisoner by the French, he swam across a river full of alligators and he was captured by Hyder All's soldiers, who stripped him, drove him 500 miles barefoot and wounded and then thrust him into a dungeon, loaded with Irons. When he was set free he was almost a skeleton. Ho Aaalstance Needed. Princeton Tiger. As the train neared the city the col ored porter approached the jovial-faced gentleman, saying, with a smile. "Shall ah brush yo' off. sah?" "No." he replied, "I prefer to get off In the usual manner." MEDFORD AND WATER RATES How May Inland City Get Adequate Benefit Therefrom. MEDFORD. Or., Nov. 2S. (To the Edi tor.) It is never wise for a layman to become Involved in a controversy with the editor of a newspaper, and the writer is not courting a controversy. But the Ore gonlan says: "The Medford writer will agree, of course, that the railroad is en titled to a fair return a reasonable profit on any haul, whether to Medford or to the seaboard." The writer does so agree. The railroad is entitled to a reasonable profit for the service it renders. But it is not justified in accepting goods for delivery at a figure less than a reasonable profit, and the writer assumes that the railroad company does not transport goods from Portland to 9an Francisco at a figure less than a reasonable profit. And if it does it is certainly not jus tified in charging the interior point, as Medford is, twice or three times a reason able profit in order to recoup itself for the losses it sustains in meeting water competition. Because we have the mis fortune of having no water competition is no reason whj' we should be robbed in our freight charges that terminal points with water competition can be favored. Why does a railroad company want traffic that returns no revenue to it? If $100 per car from Portland to San Francisco returns no profit to the South ern Pacific, why does it want the traffic? And if it returns a reasonable profit to tho comapny, then $50 per car for the same class of goods from Portland to Medford will certainly return to the com- nnnv a ronnnnnhln rtrnfit. Rut everv one here is aware of the fact that the com pany charges Medford twice or three times as much for bringing a car from Portland to Medford as It does for carry ing the same carload of goods from Port land to San Francisco. Why? Because it can. Because it has no competition not because the rate charged Is necessary to return a reasonable profit. We are not claiming that Portland-San Francisco trade Is charged too little; but we do Insist that we are charged too much. Water competition, should, perhaps, be the basis for rates; but this basis should always be reasonable margin of profit to the carrier, and the inland point should have the benefit of this basis of rate making, and if It does not get it. can It be said that the inland point is getting a square deal in the rate charge? GUS NEWBURY. Mr. Newbury appears to be convinced now that water competition should be and must be the basis of railroad rates. He wants Medford to get the benefit of it. TPiere can be no valid objection to Medford getting whatever benefit it can get out of that controlling factor in rate making. TIME FOR BAR TO GET BUSY Legislative Committee to Draft New Judiciary Law Is Suggested. PORTLAND, Nov. 30. (To the Edi tor.) A seance was held by the County Bar Tuesday evening. Several me diums there tried to materialize spirits from the vasty deeps of the common law and judicial interpretations. Object was to effect communication witn ine departed shades of a number of lately deceased methods of practice and pro cedure supposed to be In the realms beyond, where the initiative troubleth, not and all is peace and cobwebs. The manifestations, were not wholly satis factory. A number of incredulous present threatened exposes and a call for the police. They refused to get Into the inner circle which insisted that what was said was meant and what was meant was said. They per sisted in the role of truth seekers. Finally, a large, burly medium arose and declared that he had the only and sure communication with the spirits of Oregon City and could hand out the real dope, for which he was d glad. The other mediums opined, that the pirlts had started a suit in the high and last court of the Initiative and it was the duty of those present to have appeared for the defense. This they had neglected to do and had suffered a default Judgment. Now they must see what effect the judgment and the execution would produQif. The conclu sion reached was that the spirits were not dangerous if properly appeased by suitable sacrifices and burning of in cense up to midnight hours. It occurs to the writer that some body is surely going to get busy with an elaborate bill in the next Legisla ture, providing for a Judicial system and for practice and procedure under the new amendment to the constitution. Shall the bar suffer another default? If not, It should get to work at once and perform its duty by assisting the Legislature with a reasonable, fair and carefully studied bill which will legis latively settle and interpret many ques tions now confessedly In the air. Nobody has said anything about the Judicial system of cities, which, under another amendment, do their own leg islating. How does that stand? The probate business of this county should be separated from county business and many other things determined. It is suggested that the worthy president and officers of the County Bar 'at once appoint a large enough Legislative committee to parcel out the work of framing the bill referred to and that it tet busv immediatelv. There Is nn time to lose on so important a matter. ROBERT C. WRIGHT. How an Old Hunter Cooks Wild Docks. PORTLAND, Nov. 28. (To the Editor.) Many persons imagine a wild duck should only be roasted or baked; where as that is the poorest and most unsatis factory method of all. Nine times out of 10 a baked wild duck comes to the table dry and shrunken till there Is nothing but the flavor and a little meat on the breast and thighs left. A better way Is to joint two or three ducks (three to five if they are teal or butter ducks), into small pieces, put in a pot with pickled pork, sliced short, and one good-sized onion to the duck. Salt to suit the taste, and set on a slow fire where they should stew gently four hours, never less than three. After this has cooked down to a sort of brown pot roast, the whole will be found succulent. Juicy and tender. Try It The less water used in dressing ducks and all wild game the better. POT-SHOT. Who Is Really People's Power League f PORTLAND. Nov. 30. (To the Editor.) The Oregonian of November 26 begins an editorial which ought to interest land owners thus: "From U'Ren's People's Power League comes the word that the single tax on land is to be presented in Multnomah County next election for . enactment by the initiative in pursuance of law. just enacted, abolishing the rule of uniformity and equality of taxation throughout the state. . This (single) tax is to exempt land improvements, manu facturing plants and personal property generally." The writer does not believe the initia tive is consistent with the constitution of the United States which, with the consent of the State of Oregon, is the security of land ownership. The public should know who are the secret People's Power League. JOHN MINTO. Buried General Came Back. New York Press. When Napoleon was shinnying back to his own side from Moscow's awful hospitalities, General Ornano's head was grazed by a bullet while he was hippy hopprying in a charge on the Russians. The general fell from his steed. His orderly could find no sign of life In him, so bu-ied the General under a bank of snow and forthwith announced the death to Napoleon. Two hours later General Ornr.no showed up to the Emperor very mm h alive and kicking. Years after wa -d the old General was one of the pallbearers of the orderly who had burled hi.xi In the snow.