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r7 IHE MORNING OT1EGONTAN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1911. 12 POaVTlAXD. VUGOX tt.f l u Pe Or a, Pma I acxlttl hlM I rrltl7 IS . CBT HAIL) y R'tr. A . i i , t. i iun r ha :lr. if.itr tnrlu'Sad. ..... pi r. h iuttr. tnt y.mr n. w ............. C'jndar. yr..... U4 M")r, M CBT CAKJtlKR) Hw iiii ! atmee fT ti.r. mrin afdif r '! ck r'4 tee&i uiL fltaoip. ela r rrcr r- lu adOT'e rjl. Ol o'flee 44r ia f,i. UKl&.as tmv stal. ! i t i rm. I !: . 4 msu; i t a tun mi TUX mmiM TkTiT. Ea-P aidant RoowTflt will proba bly b ukl to testify la th steel trust Investigation, and Mr. J. P. Morgan also bee requested to leod hit Tpresenc to Ua commlUe bow seeking OTUlaaco la corroboration of th re in arkabl story to Id last week br John " Gate. Nod of th talent, bow vox. that any b called to throw light on thia subject cab hand! tb subject with that d. -Heat Unmi that was dis played br Judg Gry. What a fa mous end-n.an th distinguished Judg would Bikkc. Replying to th query of U Interlocutor as to "when Is a trass, sot a trust T b could readily answer: "When It Is a steel trust" and b could pro It. At least be ir.ad a very fair start In th direction of proving It when he appeared before the lnvestlT.:lng committee. When John W. Gate was selling barbed wire oa a small salary and lit tie dreaming that he would ever reach that financial eminence where he could "bet er a million. with th full knowle .re that h could mak good If bis bluff were called. It was customary In th steel trad to have steelmaker at th head of a steel snaking coCirn. This system was changed soon after th appearance of th stl trust. At th beginning Charles) it. Schwab, who was a steel maker, was placed la charge, and he was succeed'! by W. E. Corey, also a steelmaker. The green cloth of Mont Cart and th chorus girls of Broad way gav too much publicity to "Schwab and Corey, and they were re placed by a man who Itaowledg of steel manufacture was secured from a lawbook. As a matter of fact. It would seem that tha steel trust did not seed a man who could mak steel or sell steel. What It wanted, and what It got In th porson of Judg Gary, was a man who could frame up a trust that was warranted not to rip. tear or ravel when It was forced to undergo rough handling In the courts. That tb judge succeeded, or at least brieves that b succeeded, la quit apparent from his testimony be fore th Investigating committee. Th plea f Judge Gary la that th Steel Corporation cannot be regarded as a rwn opoiy !n restraint of trade for the 'reason that It represent only (0 per cent of th producing capacity of th country. Croat-questioning, however, revealed that th submerged 4 0 per cent fully understood that It was to r advantage to keep a cloe eye on th price and policies of th trust. As members of th steel trust were largely Interested In nearly all of thee subsidiary companies, th neces sity for vigilance In that direction Is easily understood. In the language of Judg Gary, "as th Steal Corporation owns th securities. If th conduct of a subsidiary company was antagonistic In any way. It would be only a ques t'nn of time when th administration of th subsidiary company would be changed." Judg Gary's "trustless trust" may be rather burdensome on th consumers, but th Ingenuity of , Its defender certainly challenges ad- ! miration. CAN VTC BOID Ol TKArtE? ' An Interee-tlng trad possibility of hi. Panama Canal Is suggested In a Parts cable In The Sunday Orrgonlan. Tte question Is asked: "Will the Pan ama Canal merely serve to strengthen the trade relations between outh America and Europe and shut out th fnrted States more htn EvcrT" P'enty of evidence has already ap peared to show that Europe Is mak ing preparations to handle business throuch the canal, and. according to th Parts cable, the general opinion a-oad Is that the I'nlted States larks a "iufnclent merchant marine to utilts fa own opportunities. To a certain extent the foreigners are Justified In their opinion, but they have no as suranc that there win not be a rhar.g when the vital necessity for more ship becomes fully apparent to the people who are paying the ex pense of building the canal. Nine-tenths of the commerce of th ' world todsy Is carried In economically comtrucred and economically operated Lw Mir n i li OffW Tt a 0k- I cheaply constructed tramp steamer I which can b purchased ready for op eration cy in people 01 any nation on earth except th United States. Th embargo which w thus place on our own commerce will prevent this coun try ever securing a merchant marine long a It Is permitted to remain. It ks possible, however, that th tre--nendout tmportanc of th Panama anal and th new business which It awaktn will serve to arouse pub- lmnt to such an extent thst a mand for equal shipping tthout competitor will iovemmeot to repeal our gation laws and admit for. o American registry. er f cheap water carrier utmost Importance) to th ast cities. By no other they secnr th benefits intended th canal should With cheap steamer op pectlv of flag or a her built, th Pacific Coast ta villi t th distributing point for ef th region tying west of th ky Mountain. Freight fan be -led frca th Atlantic seaboard .urh th canal to Portland er Pa- t Sound at such low rates that th Uresis will be forced to abandon ;v a-'.etnpt t erv that great rs na from th East. They will fled mach wior remunerative business the back haul from the Pacific ,Mt. If. however, the railroads. sadtrg In with th high protectan ts and ship subsidy boosters, can itlnus to delude th people wltb th err that ther Is an economio ad- V vantag !n carrying freight la 1500.000 ships, whil th foreigners are se curing ships of the same capacity and quality at a cost of about 1:00.000. they will enjoy at least a portion of that western business which other wise would go by the water route. It th light to buy cheap ships and operate them under the American flag Is given American citizens, the com pletion of the Panama Canal will wit ness a Ltrg number of new. steam shlp line running to all Pacific Coast ports. Big shippers and Importers under a free-ship law could defy th railroads by going Into th foreign markets and baying th ships neces sary for handling the business. If an American citizen ' could buy a ship as cheaply as a foreigner, he would hare no hesitancy about put ting his money In. It- Under a free ship law he could secure a vessel so cheap that It could. If necessary, be resold without much loss. Under the existing law the man who puts hit money In an American vessel is cer tain to lose heavily If he is forced to sell th craft In competition with forlgn-hulK vessels. 1 1 am CRT AND mvrxucHT. Mr. Blmon was not th xr.an, we hear now from several sources. But they do not t!l us who was th man. It la easy to b wis after th event. Illau un to anv I-told-rou-SO. Th Judgment of many men I perfect after It Is all over. But when th time Is lip for action they are timid, help less and dumb. Where was th man to beat Mr. Rushlight T Who was hT Why did not th Solomons and th Jeremiahs who are now showering the business men and ethers that brought out Mr. Simon with their unsought and fruit less ad Ties and reproaches hav some, thing to say when something worth while ought to have been said? Why not? Mr. Simon did not want to run again for Mayor. Nobody els would run nobody who stood a chance of election. All possible candidate were too busy, or wer too afraid. Mr. Simon consented to lead a forlorn hope because there was no other who bad the nerve or the will. It seemed to him and It seemed to others. In cluding The Oregonlan. that they, by their allenc or Inaction, or fears, nurht not thns taclttv to consent to th election of Mr. Rushlight, leaving him. his counselors, his allies ana nis followers to suppose that everything wa fhir nwn and thers waa DO for midable opposing fore to reckon with or to conciliate, then or nereaxier. Th men who stood with Mr. Simon fiMti nuki ba anolosies. They did what they could with clear conscience and with proper motive. They de served success. They would not nave deserved It If they had not striven for It, but had contented themselves with mere whining, groaning and back biting. TOO MA XT ITCTMBEH8. Everything appear green to th man who wears green spectacles. 8en- unr Mcfumber has been peering through highly-colored protectionist glasses for so long that it la naraiy to be expected that h can get a proper view of any subject. In accusing Mr. Rldder of falsehood, however. Senator McCumber permits his seal In the cause of protection not only to make pubilo exposure of his own unwarrant ed prejudice against reciprocity, but he also materially aids In bringing the Senate finance committee as a whole Into further disrepute. The Incident in Kirh Mr. Rldder was SO grossly Insulted by Senator McCumber at the final hearing before the Senate finance committee serves to show the charac ter of the Senatorial "old-man-of-the- sea" which the Republican party Sin bad has a-straddle of Its neck. t T?Mrir u the renresentative of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and naturally Interested In any legislation affecting the price, ap peared before the committee In good faith and presented evidence showing th rrut advantages that would fol low the adoption of the reciprocity n...nr This evidence, like that of other friends of reciprocity, was not the kind that the McCumhers were looking for. and the man who offered. It waa treated with the same courtesy ihi mirht be expected from a drunken Justice of police In badgering a witness In a frontier settlement. The most peculiar feature of this attitude of the McCumbers lies in tneir uner indifference to public sentiment. The testimony of Mr. Rldder was to a large ..ini a reiteration of facts that have been made public by official publica tions and by the newspapers. The advantages reflected by these facts were so plain and of such extent that any fair-minded man could ap preciate them. To reject them and .nivn th motives of those present ing them reveals the McCumbers In a very unfavorable light. If It wer tne ultra-protevtlonlst of the McCumber type alone who would suffer from the effects of their reprenensioie policy ind conduct, ther would be less cause for complaint. Unfortunately. o long a they are sai.tng unaer tne i?.nuhik-an Has the better element or the party will be made to suffer for heir misdeeds. Th sentiment of the American peo- i. .. h.trnimrlv In favor of th reciprocity bill. If th bill Is defeated tb Republican party will be punished for the betrayal of th peoples inter ests by the Republican leaders In the Senate. The American people are be coming weary of their Mc "umbers. Kxixtri-vr. Th death of Charles W. Noblott. which occurred Monday night at th home of his daughter, Mrs. M. 3. Moreland. In this city, marked th clos of a llf of fnur-ecore and ntn years, full slsty-flv of which wer passed In Oregon. Mr. Noblett lived for many year on th donation land claim entered by hlmeelf and wife near Needy. Clackamas County, about 1S. Ther hi children wer born and brought up. and there his wife died nearly a quarter or a century ago. The old Rock Creek graveyard, wherein so many of the rude fore fathers or that storied section sleep, will today open Its green bosom to re ceive the body of thl honored pio neer. Th old log church around which Its first graves were gathered I but a memory. The wild and riotous rerd ar of the native woods has given plac to th yellow-greeo of th wheat fields; th primitive homes of the early settlers widely separated and given to hospitality have been succeeded by th homes of a later generation. Name one familiar In that region Moreland and Klllen: Vincent and Kiser: ingalla and McCown; Gibson and Duniway; Elliott and Scott; Sttt il and Noblett ar heard bo mora ta these homes. Most of these name, however, ar carved upon leaning marble slabs crude and mossgrown In the old Rock Creek graveyard, thus mutely recording the finished work of men and women who did well their part in their day and generation and who left descendants to perpetuate their names and energies In the vari ous activities of life in other sections of the Pacific Northwest. Among the last of these to pass the border Into the land or shadows was C. W. Noblett. DIRECT LKGlSLATtOX RESCLTS. A lesson. It may be hoped, will be read in the results or ths vote Monday on the Initiative and referendum measures by those who seek to use the privilege or direct leglslstlon to fur ther their own political ends, gratify personal spite or to put Into effect hobbies and freaks In municipal or state government. Three of th measures defeated did not have behind their presentation a proper or wis inspiration. The "no- seat-no-iide ordinance was a gross abate of th power given th people. It could not possibly have accom plished Its professed purpose or giving th patrons or th street railway a better service. On th other hand, had It been adopted, a much greater Inconvenience would have been Im posed upon the public than that caused by any present lack or proper facilities for handling the crowds dur. lng the morning and evening rush hours. The local public servic commission measure was the result or envy on the part or Mr. Kellaher and other or th success or Mr. Msiarkey in secur ing the adoption of a state measure, that would give the adequate regula tion or public utilities that is partic ularly needed and desired In Port land. The local measure was unen forceable and Impracticable. Its draft ing indicated, too. a lack of study of the question Involved by the frame rs or else the subtle Influence of the pub lic utility companies upon those who hsd Its drafting In hand. The million-dollar paving plant scheme was visionary and was a de parture from true economy in city government The bond Issue proposed was exorbitantly large. The munici pal plant devised was wholly lacking In safeguards or the public purse. The defeat of these three measures shows that there existed a proper con ception In the mind of the public of the dangers or such carelessly pre pared or Improperly Inspired legisla tion and was a distinct rebuke to the men who fathered them. It la not a difficult matter to reason out the probable causes for th defeat of th other nine measure that are in th list of discard a Th disapproval of th three relief funds for city em ploye may reasonably be ascribed to the adverse sentiment against pensions created by the gross abuse of the Fed eral pension system. It presages, too, no doubt, what would happen In this section were the old-age pension plans now In favor In Europe to be presented In this country There Is a pronounced public senti ment against Increasing the salaries of public officials. The public, more over, finds It practically impossible to make distinction between the deserv ing increases and those that have the semblance of graft. Portland would be Justified and would no doubt profit in th long run by raising th salaries of the City Engineer and City Attor ney, but the voters have little or no conception of the duties devolving upon these officials, nor the worth of the services of thoroughly competent men In those positions. Hence the two measures were defeated. The - bond Issues for the South Portland bridge and the purchase of Council Crest were defeated, no doubt, because of their Inexpediency and as the result of an awakening to the dan gers of further Increasing the bonded Indebtedness of the city at this time. The anti-banner ordinance and the anti-boycott ordinance were aimed at a particular class. Union labor was organized strongly against both, and the former had th disapproval or the Taxpayers" League. Voter not direct ly affected by either ordinance had no particular Interest therein. Under such conditions an organised campaign for or against a given measure Is pretty sure to to successful. Of th eleven measures that were adopted, four, at least, were strongly supported by public sentiment, while as to two others there was little or no question raised concerning their merit. Under the first classification are the bond issues for the new City Jail, th municipal garbage system and public auditorium, and th ordinance regu lating billboards. The construction of a new City Jail, the establishment of a municipal garbage collection system and the regulation of billboards will correct rocognixed abuses of one form or another. Two or them ar In th Interests or health and hygiene. Th auditorium Is on of Portland's recog nised needs, and will probably pay for Itself Indirectly. The specific tax for street cleaning and sprinkling and the change In the method of paying for gulch fills had no opposition. Under their provisions cleaner street will be possible and the burdens lightened on property contig uous to tracts across which It Is neces sary to construct street fills costing mor than f IS, 000. Ther I doubtful merit In th ap proval of the two measures taxing gross receipts of gas and electric light ing companies. Their adoption was due to a feeling among the voters that the corporations ar not paying a fair proportion of th taxes, and to a mis taken notion that a gross earnings tax will com out or th pockets of the owners of the utility. In rect. the people have virtually taxed them selves, for they must give up in higher rates and poorer service what they re ceive In taxes. Particularly Is this true where ther Is adequate commis sion regulation such as Oregon confi dently expects to hav under the Ma Urkey act. The sewer pipe measure adopted is not of Vaat Importance, and the' chief objection to it Is that It complicates procedure without Insuring any better results or lower cost In sewer con struction. , In the opinion of The Oregonlan two grievous mistakes wer mad by the adoption of the waterfront amend, ment and the so-called "competitive paving amendment. The waterfront amendment Is ao far-reaching In Us prohibitions against the ase of streets leading to the waterfront or rallmay terminals that It creates a railway ter minal monopoly for the railroads now established In Portland that cannot be broken. In addition. It precludes the establishment of factories covering mor than on block within 2000 feet or the waterfront or 1000 feet of rail way terminals or depots. The meas ure would be more vicious had the public service commission amendment carried, ror In accordance with the lat. ter all existing permits to use streets that are revocable at the will or the Council would be canceled, while un der the waterfront amendment they could not be renewed. Existing fac tories having revocable permits to use unneeded streets at least are safe. The approval of the falsely styled "competitive" paving act is a back' ward step of no little consequence and evil portent. It takes from the prop erty-owners the right to select the kind of paving material that shall be used on the streets they pay for ana gives that privilege to the City Coun cil. It takes from the Mayor's aP' pointlve Executive Board the right to consider bids and award street lm provement contracts and gives that privilege also to the City Council. The Council Is not even bound to accept the lowest bid. Thus Is the only bar erected In the charter against the for mation of Council paving rings and Counollroanlc paving graft thrown down and destroyed. Probably the deceptive word "competitive" fooled many voters on this measure. Per' haps, too, the charge by the father of the act. Councilman Ellis, that tne paving companies had attempted to buy op the initiative petitions on this measure created some sentiment In its behalf. It seems to be Inconceivable to the average mind that the paving companies do not want to pay graft such as is invited by this amendment, and that their effort to prevent such things is not suspicious. The fact that two" of Ae most a desirable measures presented were ap proved by the voters Is not surprising in view of the fact that there wer twenty-three for their consideration covering a wide range of subjects and involved Issues. It Is not reasonable to suppose that the ordinary voter had the time or Inclination to give each measure the study necessary to give him a proper comprehension of its lm port. The growing Inclination to vote "no" when In doubt unquestionably was an Important factor in the general result. In spite of the mistakes made The Oregonlan sees In the returns a hopeful sign that the abuses of direct legislation privilege now so pro nounced In Oregon will ultimately cor rect themselves. If the tendency to defeat what Is unduly complicated or freakish or promoted for political or selfish Interests doe not effectually discourage the presentation of such measures the people in time will them' selves demand that Initiation of laws be made more difficult. Th Madero administration seems to be a case of "the same thing over and over again." Last Saturday and Kunriav twentv.ef eht onnonents of the new ruler were lined up and shot. The business or pastime of revolution or Insurrection seems to be so agreeable to many of the Mexicans that they have no apparent desire to abandon It when there come a change of govern ment. Six hundred rebels are said to be hanging around Tia Juana gather ing recruits and Drenaring to start a little government of their own. The task which confronts Madero Is not a small one. and If an unfortunate com bination of circumstances had forced the United States to Intervene In the "peppery land. It would have been still more difficult. If Madero will provide his turbulent people with spelling books and first readers, they will In a few years develop Into much more tractable subjects. Snoring Is a bad habit, but talking during sleep is fatal to domestic har mony. A local woman is suing for divorce because her husband men tions names of other women In his dreams. In this respect a deaf mute ha advantage above price. Colonel Sellers Kellaher and his million-dollar paving bluff and his politico-bunco local public service commission did not get far. Possibly we have seen the end of government by Kellaher and Rlesland. Meanwhile, through the blind per vertreness and arrogance of Colonel Sellers Kellaher, who put the referen dum on the Malarkey measure, we are not to have control of public utili ties for another year or two. Th public i not ready to give pen sions to anybody yet. The people have sorry reason to know to what proportions pension abuses may grow. Not everybody may have pension un less verybody pays them. In raising ministerial salaries from J150 to $500 a year, the Reformed Presbyterian Synod did the handsome thing when figured on a percentage basis, and that Is all that can be said of lt "Cessation of Work by 1E00 men in Vancouver, B. C sounds better than to say they are on strike. The Canuck gets mighty particular as he migrates westward. South Portland and Sellwood may console themselves by the reflection that bridges are a nuisance, anyway. What's the matter with that ferry? Edward Hani gun, who died in New Tork yesterday, created much clean and wholesome humor in his many years as actor and playwright. How many of the supporters of the regular Republican nominee will be for the regular Republican nominee next time? Th Senatorial committee to inves tigate Lorlmer has the appearance of being stacked for him, which Is no surprise. In the glad bright dawn of the morning after The Morning Oregonlan told the news, as It always does. Tom Lawson, accustomed as he la to frenzy, found the Rose Festival strenuous. When In doubt they voted "no," generally. In that way only lies safety. Many did not get home till morning after the blaxe of glory last night. We will not buy Council Crest jet -not for $360,000. Candidate Thomas Is thankful for a look In. Does anybody move to make It Bnnnl mous? PASSIXO OF AJf HOXORETJ PIOSKER gketck of Jasper G. 8t ream, a Graad Koade Vallrx Bnstaesa Man. PORTLAND. June 6. (To the Edi tor.) Jasper O. Stevens, who died at his borne in this city last Thursday morning, was one of the successful business men of Grand Ronde Valley whose passing at the age of 64 years Is what may be appropriately termed untimely. He was . comparatively young, bad applied himself to business affairs for JO years so faithfully that be bad amassed a comfortable fortune and bad retired to a home in Portland to enjoy the fruits of his labors. Be was especially happy in his domestic relations, having a devoted wife and two children, a boy who is attending the State University and a girl, Just In her teens, who is in high school. Jasper C Stevens waa born In S1I verton, Marlon Couhty, July 1, 1857, his father moving there In 1858. About 161 the elder Stevens located In Eu gene where Jasper attended the State University, being a member of lta first graduating class. In 1882 he moved to Cove. Union County where he opened a drugstore and for J5 years he fol lowed his business closely, earning a reputation for strict attention to his duties, to the exclusion of almos: every other consideration. During most )f this time he was tb Postmaster at that place and waa known to practic ally every man, woman and child in Grand Ronde Valley, and esteemed very highly. Be established a home on Irving street, this city, about five years ago, since when be has aiviaea his time between attending to his ai fairs in Union County and enjoying the change afforded by life in a large city. Be and his wife have taken sev eral auto trips over the Willamette Valley, to the Wallowa Valley and spent two months of the last Winter in Lower California. At the time of his death Mr. Stevens waa president of the State Bank at Cove, president of the bank at wai Iowa, Wallowa County, advice presi dent of the First National Bank at Union. He also bad large landed in terests In Grand Ronde Valley. His father, Mark Stevens, died at Cove In 1898. having been preceded to the other world by his wife. Frances (Clark) Stevens, by nine years. One of his sisters. Miss Nellie Stevens, was for several years one of the teachers In the public schools in Portland, and Is now the principal of the St. Johns school. For four years she was super intendent of schools for Union County. Another sister. Miss May, is a teacher of music in Portland. His only broth er. Earl, is living on a farm near Sherwood, a few miles west of Port land. On behalf of his immediate family and relatives, as well as his many friends In Cove, where r first made his acquaintance in the days long gone by, I desire to give this testimonial to Jasper G. Stevens worth as an up right cltlxen, whose conspicuous ex ample of the value of strict applica tion to business is worthy of emula tion by all men, and whose uniform kindness of disposition won him friends wherever he was known. The Cove,.where everybody called him "Jap," will miss him. perhaps more than any other man who could have been called away, but his wife and children, brother and sisters, have the happy consolation that he lived a well spent life, that he was active in de veloping business matters In his sphere, that he passed on with the re spect of all who knew him and that all bis acquaintances were his warm friends. T. T. GEER. ONE CENT POSTAGE IS IN SIGHT. Help Assured Frern Economy of the Present Postofflee Management. Washington (D. C). Post. For the first time in 30 years, ac cording to Postofflee Department fig ures, the Postofflee Department is self sustaining, and Postmaster General Bltchcock has returned to the Treas ury 11,000.000 that had been set aside from the public funds to defray the expenses of the department for the cur rent year. The department has a sur plus of $1,000,000, gained from Its own earnings, and a handsome surplus is looked for at the end of the fiscal year. The postal deficit at the end of the last fiscal year was $17,500,000. To change this Into a surplus Is a remark able piece of executive and adminis trative work, of which President Taft and Postmaster-General Hitchcock have reason to be proud. It la not a promise. but a performance, and as such it puts all other Government experts in econ omy and efficiency upon their mettle. Now that the postal service Is paying Its own way, why should not one-cent postage be Introduced? ' The depart ment makes money on first-class mall carriage, and the Immense Increase of business following one-cent postage would go far to keep first-class car riage profitable. At any rate, the de ficit would be Insignificant In com parison with the benefits derived by the public. Postmaster-General Hitchcock has al ready earned enduring credit for his administration of his department, but it would be a crowning achievement if one-cent postage could be established during his Incumbency. At the rate he Is now saving, this great Improvement could be made during this administra tion, without causing a deficit. Spanish Phrases aad Ideas. New Tork Times. Every reader of the Diaz resignation, as presented In the official English translation from the Spanish, must have been struck with the queerness of the phrase "permitting, though not admit ting, that I may be unwittingly culpa ble. ' As Spanish Is a language no less lucid than sonorous, the translator evidently made a bad choice when he lighted on "permitting" as an equivalent for what ever the Spanibh word may have been. What Dias apparently meant to say. and what he presumably did say was "Of course, if I have been unwittingly cul pable, which I do not admit. I am the worst Judge as to the reality of my culpability." 'That does not clear up all of the puzzle, since the conclusion Is not logical or necessary, but it helps little. The notable detail In the Corral resig nation is Its reference to the vice-presi dency as "so useful In the United States and so discredited in Latin countries. Senor Corral may be riftht about the Latin countries, but where did he get the Illusion that the office of Vice President is here of high utility or of nv snectal consideration? It ougnt to be. doubtless, but the lesson of experi ence is not to that effect- Tax for Street Cleaalag. PORTLAND. May SO. (To the Edi tor.) In your issue of today you give the report of the "Taxpayers' League" upon the different measures to oe vot ed upon In June. I note tnat tney recommena tne passage of the 1-mlll tax for street sprinkling and cleaning. ' I think the recommenaauon is as noor policy as the argument is dis ingenuous. The reason they give is that the cost has increased in eigni years from $140,000 to $300,000. But they make no mention of the fact that tne assessed value of Portland has also Increased. The Idea In the charter re striction of city taxes Is to make the council cut the garment according to the cloth. If this passes, what Is to stop a one tax levy for the police, then another for the lire department, tnen other for the engineering depart ment and so on down the line, and leave the regular s-mill tax to play with? TAXPAYER. VIOLENT conviction and learned though argumentative presenta tion of facts, aa he sees them, marks the appearance of Houston Stewart Chamberlain's new book, "The Founda tion of the Nineteenth Century," Just Issued In two volumes as a translation from the German by John Lees, with an introduction by Lord Redesdale. The book has aroused vehement praise In Germany among Germans of the Bismarck type, and Just as outspoken dislike in England because of Its cor dial approval of everything Teutonic Other critics bate the book because of Its Insistent abuse of one type of ec clesiasticism. and also because of its bitter attack on the Semitic race. The author's canvass Is a broad one, and he considers most matters of deep human Import from the time of Moses and Homer, downwards. All this is the more surprising when one remembers that the author Is by birth an Englishman, but he was edu cated on the continent where he be camf .to all Intents and purposes, Ger man. He wrote his book in German, and according to the preface In the English translation, 60,000 copies of the German editions have been sold. "Our whole civilization and culture. of today Is the work of one definite race of men, the Teutonic" Insists Mr. Chamberlain, and It is worth noting tnat "Teutonic nere mciuaea eiva and genuine Slavs. It Is remarkable that the author did not include In "Teutonic," the Chinese and Mongols. Why did he not do so, when he was digging at race-roots? It Is but nat ural that so fierce a hater should re joice at the destruction of Carthage by the Romans, and that he should hold that turning point from which our cul ture and Industrial civilization definite ly began to rise was the year ltOO. The semi-barbarian hordes that swept from the German forests long ago, are classed as "the lawful heirs of the Hellene and the Roman, blood of their blood and spirit of their spirit-" This "light giving" Teuton "came to conquer and make anew. We have only one thing to regret, that the Teuton did not destroy with more thoroughness, wherever his victorious arm penetrated, and that as a conse quence of his moderation the so-called Latinizing. that Is, the fusion with the chaos of peoples, once more gradu ally robbed wide districts of the one quickening Influence of pure blood and unbroken youthful vigor." Of the Germany of today, we are told that "the new world is specifically a Teutonic world. . . . What Is not Teutonic consists either of alien ele ments not yet exorcised, . . . or of alien "wares sailing under the Teutonic flag, and they will continue to sail thus until we send these pirate ships to the bottom. This work of Teutonlsm is beyond question the greatest that has hitherto been accomplished by man." This Is the manner In which Miss Mary Johnston, In her new novel "The r tii 1 iiT-Q Rtnnewall Jaok- son at the beginning of the Civil War: ... . . ' ... nanulini. An awkwara, inarucum-.c u - man, with strange notions about his i i.i. a .th.. matters, there was about him no breath of grace, romance, or pomp or war. e wa uugem., gainly. with large hands and feet, with 1 . .tlfr address. His discipline was of the sternest, his cen sure a thing to mane tne ooiucoi blench. A blunder, a slight negligence. j ; , j Ae ftpHor rinwn came reprimand, suspension, arrest, with an Iron certitude, a relentlessness quite like nature's. Apparently he was with. . , : .( TT find hut little out iratigiwiuuu. sense of humor, and no understanding of a Joke. He drank water and sucked lemons for dyspepsia, and fancied that th una of oeooer had caused a weak ness In his left leg. He rode a. raw- boned nag named kittle mrrei, u rled his saber In the oddest fashion, .nd said -oblike' Instead of 'oblique. He. found his greatest pleasure in going to the presoytenan v-nuigu on Sundays, and to prayer meetings through the week." , t.v thfnV ntinnt a storv for i 1": i mi J ........ - - t h.,Hii tn write" savs years, ucium - - Herbert Quick. "That is literally and absolutely true, x nu"1 wi & Co. for five years before I wrote a , m i . n'v.n t . m KAtlsned that wora oi it.- ' ' , I have the story well worked out In my mind, I sit oown at. my ijiichui.s machine and pound It off. That may be a prosaic way to go about it, but that Is the fact In the case. After I have made the first arait, men comco v..o editing and the rewriting." Mr. Quicks m . i .t 'rnrAfr nound and DOllSn Is quite line with the best tradition On Ul9 DUUJCV mi -C alna T t r SOfl. th VY 111 Itl LI I - author of "The Old Pance Master, formerly wrote his novels under the . xD.n'emln Kwlf t ' Be- sides his fiction he is the author of several philosophical wonts- n a. i-i0-n ttt i vf sl t v. where he received his M. A. with honors In philosophy. He lives in uonuuu. l..lisa nf Purls." bV Alice and Claude Askew, author of "The Shulamite." Is nearly reaay. ia will have an introduction giving a shert history of the Apaches in and about Paris. Zelle. the Apache girl. Is described as primitive and soulless, ..i r flnerer tins, without an atom of moral sensibility. . , l ju..' TTorA's a n op m Assistant ----- - - from a fellow who Is serving; a five years' term In the Eastern penitentiary. J -. j r.iu.. TV ell nrint it Managing t,ui" - with a footnote explaining the circum stance. It may wi" " other poets. Philadelphia Record. , .i flT,,,! vnn ndvine me to T - .itinnT The Publisher Tes. the smaller the better. The more scarce a boon is ai m five centuries m A , realize from lt Cleveland Plain Dealer. . j.,.tinn In Vi ! a Knnlc of in nis jnuuuu.iivu -. 7 . "t.mhfr!i of the Family. Bnori biui '--.. ... - 0wpn winter converses about his own affairs. Of the Beginning oi ui o- "Wrltinc has been a career no c , " . . constant pastime since the school paper; in nuweus r f.H mv literarv nil 1 MR ne wasij ii it. 1 t and pronounced It promising; a quick ening came irom pb son: a far stronger shove next from t .. Tinin Tales from the xno geiiiu - , , . Hills: during an unusually long and broad wandering through the Platte , , t-. t TJivpr RufTalo. Chev- vaiiey. w . . ........ - . - enne. Fort Washakie, Jackson s Hole and the Park, tne nnaj pusn miipou to be given by Prosper Merimee; I had the volume containing Carmen with me. After reading It In the Park I straightway invented a traveller's tale. This was written down after I got home I leit some goou tuiiipaiijr at a club dinner table one night to go off to a lonely library and begin It. A second followed, both were sent to Franklin Square and accepted by Mr. Allen Then I found my pretty faith fully kept Western diaries (they would now fill a shelf) to be a reservoir of suggestion and at times a source of despair; as. for instance, when I un earthed the following abbreviations: Be sure to remember Green-hides per pendicular sediment Tuesdays as a rule. Aware of Merimee's not highly expansive nature, I should hesitate, were he alive, to disclose my debt to his Carmen my favorite of all short stories, r Advertising Talks By William C Freenaa. Just about this time of year a goodly number of merchants decide that they will save money until the middle of September by not advertising. Year after year, for nearly twenty six years, one of the hardest parts of my work as an advertising man has been to convince the merchant who wants to stop advertising during the Summer months that he should never stop advertising. My average of success for each year has not been more than 40 per cent, and thart is really failure but the 40 per cent of doubting merchants who were persuaded to have faith ta the value of advertising in Summer, Fall, Winter and- Spring months, have been very successful, I am glad to say. A man came into my office the other day to talk with me about advertising fars daring the Summer months. He wanted me to conduct a campaign for him said he was convinced that It would pay that he belirved a cam paign advertising furs aU the year round would enable a reU.ller to sell fur garments at an average lower price, because he would do more business that the retailer would not be com pelled to sell at an enormous profit for" a short Winter season, thereby mini mizing the number of people that buy furs that he believed a big fur busi ness was possible if furs should be sold at a reasonable profit not at a profit of from $150 to $500 on each garment that costs the retailer from $100 up. What he wants to do can be done successfully, I think. No average retail business can afford to ever be out of the newspapers. In this busy world, we are so easily for gotten. We must keep ourselves be fore the public all of the time. We cannot afford to be overlooked. If we do not advertise all of the time we surely will be overlooked. Doot stop, Mr. Merchant. The Mark Cross Company a spe cialty business one year discontinued advertising during the Summer months, and Patrick Francis Murphy, the president, said: "Never again! When we resumed our advertising in the Fall It took us three months to get re acquainted with the readers of the newspapers. Now we advertise In the Summer as much as in any other season of the - year and as successfully." (To Be Continued.) j Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright, 1911, by George Matthews Adams.) When you shake hands with some people, you feel as though you had a toad In your hand. There are so many foolish people in the world that sometimes I mistrust myself. People are too much inclined to scream with horror every time they see a boy, and scream with admiration at the sight of a glrL Every Summer you hear people say, "It seems to me I never suffered so much from the heat before. When a man prefaces a statement with, "It is said," or "There Is a rumor to the effect," he is probably telling an untruth, and knows it. How contemptuously a loafer refers to an Industrious man as a miser! Some people pretend that they do not believe In advertising. Yet people ad vertise with almost every breath they draw. You can make almost any claim in history, and only one person in 10 can point out the mistake. You can interest any man by saying to him, "You work too hard." Every man who Is building a new house has a good deal to say about the "slowpokes" working on it. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan, June 7, 1861. The great drouth In California Is accompanied by clouds of grasshop pers which in some localities devour everything green. There was a flag-raising at "Cedar Land," Powells Valley, June 1. Speeches were made by James Stott. Rev. James 1m Wilson, Jacob Moore, John Williams and others. On the second Instant there was a flag-raising at John Days River. This Is the second Union dem onstration east of the mountains. Colonel W. H. Farrar is to be ora tor of the day on the Fourth of July in Portland. John McCraken will read the Declaration of Independence and Rev. T. H. Pearne will act as chap lain. The overland mail route is to go by way of Pikes Peak and Salt Lake City. Within a year it Is supposed that 10 carriages will run daily over the route. Velasquez at $11 Per 3Ionth. Harper's. Don Caspar do Guzman, Conde-Duque d'Olivarez, born In Borne In 1587, be came the first minister of Philip IV in 1621, was dismissed in 1643 after a ca reer of mismanagement, and died in exile two years later. A patron ef painters, it was through him that Ve lasquez at 24 became court painter to the young King at. 18.- In return Ve lasquez painted a number of portraits for his protector. The notable exam ple, which has recently been presented to the Hispanic Museum of New York, was painted when Velasquez was about 25 years old, shortly after he came to court- The canvas, measuring 51 by 85 inches, came from Captain Robert S. Holford. of London, in whose posses sion it hod long been held after having passed through the Baillie Sale In 1858. when It was sold for 598 10s, and the Scarisbrick Sale in 1861, when it sold for f 262 10s, very moderate sums com pared to the surprising figure said to have been paid for it recently. At the time it was painted Velasquez was re ceiving $11 a month for his services as court painter. So Swap In the Wind. .Indianapolis News. A Missourian from the Ozarks re cently went to the city to see the sights. He had never been in a large city before. He walked down the fctreet, looking in the windows and en joying himself hugely. At one place he saw a sign reading, "Woman's Ex change." The mountaineer hurried Into the store, which was filled with various specimens of feminine handicraft. "Is this the Woman's Exchange?" he asked. "it is." answered a very tall, very gaunt and very spinsterlike person be hind the counter. "Be you the woman?" and he eyed her keenly. "I guess I am." "Wal, I guess I'll keep Sal," he said apologetically, hurrying out.