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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1911)
n . TITE MOtlXiyG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1011. ' ' - (T(jf (Dmrtmtmi: rOTtD. OKEGO. fi-ar. at Pacr'an. Orsak. roalerrlee as "H Ma-l-r. . l4Uulut lltui la-Tar-.: ta Af aa. BT MAIL) DarTT.guit4artaelaeecI.aaa Tr r,a-;r in.1 lnrlucl-4. Ml (a.atbe .... " I -:t. f4i Ur tra asor.ths... x-3 Le: r. -n lar lnl i44. aae anaata...... -I? l. I. ri.ull 4 jaar. It r. w:-houl S jacUy. a awo"a. ..... 1 y nm S -a -T. t r. r. oo:lil.... I- I .t. lui-dAjr. c kmU.-.... -'?? -:- " .fj Sue.!, eae .ar. I a Aa4 araaklg. 7' ... BT CAKKtSBl D-tr. fror'ar ta-loct.4. rear a-:r I ir 4.T iscltaaad. naoata..... M Sia (-oetorrvee n rdar. 9-rmm ctdar ar raaal r lacal (aak. Stafrpe. eoia corra- ara at tba e-aSer a r.aa- Gl poeta.f.eaj aiMraai la fu.L tn-lu4.a eamntr eaa atate. r- Ralw-l to l rf. : 14 ta Z c . I cata; 'O l ( rasaa. t caste: to a . 4 casta. aaeta 44a rate. gavMaeai B ilaeaa Offlrae TT Ceaa-Ia-N Yr. I raae.a. ull'lla. CU aaa-. p'-e-r 41.B c V4KTLAMX MOMOtl. aTSE IT. - BKTA.X rot rUAffiWTf Th sensation created by Mr. tr)in'( epa attack on th Hous Democrat who voted for tax on wool a "hypocrite" who are tryf C to "AldrUhUe" th Jrra.crtlc part hxm not yet subsided. W cannot think." rrmirks the Indianapolis New, "that he U deliberately plotting ' th d'feat cf the party ondrr any leadership but hi own." Then why lhlr.lt U? For that sentiment to hi,, h th News give guarded, though D'4:t:. utterance, la disturbing the mlnil of mar. r Ivmocrat. Hr. llryAn has row made a deTtnfte, breach tseen Mmlf and S.ilier Clark. ho ha hereifore bea rUiaxed a a clue Miittt.-al and -r"nal frlrnd of the Cmnmnnir. The Shaker h biM'hirs" p-rm!:te.l hlmwlf to be rrferred 10 In the Houe a the next I'rflOent (p.lbl't: and hi care and d;p:umcy tn hi attitude toard the (Treat tr)in problem what (hall be done with liryan? hare not ruaptJ comment, but llrjran haa wiped nlm et the elate. Mr. Bonn d e not like Harmon: and hU commendation of Wcnxlrow WiUon on one or two orcaelona haa been rainfullr perfunrtory. Now W llon hJ cn on record In deferme of the Iemorrtlc Hoiu-e; and be jwUI o on the liryan Index, If he Is ant a.ra4y ttere. Xioea no Drnocr! eult Pryan (e IiryanT It looks that war. It le perfectly certain that since MS no Democrat but Bonn baa ro eTei Itryan'a unqualified endorse ment. Fryaa baa been the Demo rratle pmphet and solce. He has made the platforms. The Indianapolis News U mistaken when It says It Is "not within his province to decide definitely what Is and what Is not Iemocratlc. He baa decided here tofore. If the Iemocrattc platforms are not Democratic, what la Le mocracy. Mr. Vrfu Is restless. He Is dlasat fled. Ho says so. He wtll make or break the next Democratic Presi dential nominee. The iH-mocrats who seek to Isnore or reproach him are sure to have a much awakenln. LOBBTtT SAlUtiED Ot T. The opposition to the reciprocity bill looked formidable until Senator fctone smoked out a firm of lobbyists as the men behind N. J. Uexhelder and then smoked out half a dozen fat trusts as be Irs; behind the lobbyists. Thus th wboie opposition was dis credited. The people who favor reci procity were not heard, except a few representatives of well-organised In dustries which are Intarested as con sumers In the free admission, of Can adian products. The (Treat mass of the people Is Interested and Is in favor of reciprocity, but the Individual Irterret of each person It too small. The people are too unorganized to pay f.r lobby in on their behalf. Thus Congressional commltteea only hear the case cf the selfish, organized few and base their judgments on a one sided statement of the case. This is essentially unjust to the public at Urge and Is rank favoritism to the ro:ecteJ Interests. President Taft has gone the right way hout gettfrg tariff facts. He causes the Tr rT Board to send Its trained men about the country to collect the neces sary Inrormatlon concerning a par ticular Industry. These men get their f v.-t from all sources, on all sides and collate them In Intelligible shape. They may take a little longer about It than a comml'.tre would take to question a string of manufacturers, but one can feel reasonably sure that their re ports f.ate facts without color. Representative I'nderwood. replying to a que(-!on as to why he hsd not waited until the TartSt Board report ed on the wool Industry before Intro ducing his wool tariff, said with wild exxxrratton that the Hoard was too doer and he might have ha J to wait ten esrs. More probably he was afraid the Board might not report fact to Justify the bill which he had reeolved to introduce in the Interest cf harmony. rosrtatmi -uuoad katea I: shoulj be remembered. In read ing comparative statements of rail road freight rates. su h as those of Prutsla and certain Eastern Stale, t&at the totals for the two countries are not likely to represent the same tfcirg. In ail European rour.trtea the fc:i-cUe freight which pays high rates. Is Included In the aggregate, whtie la the I'nited Slatea It Is car ried on passenger or other express trains and natures only In the traffic cf the empress companies This In creases the general average rote per ton In Europe and reduces It In the Vrtted Hates. Another deceptive factor tn the cal culation Is the difference In length of hauL Although the American ttcures only relate to five contiguous states, they probably Include a large volume .f trslftc which wss hsulcd far be yond the boundaries of those states. As the terminal charges f.-r a short haul in each country would be the aame as for a long hut and would be apportioned per ton per mile, the average rate In the Crlted States, which has a larger proportion ef long hauls wou:d be smaller thsn In Prus sia, which h( a smallsr proportion. Frusta, like all the rest of Ger many, has a well-developed system of . arals ar.d navigable rivers and pro vides for keeping them In use. This Is done by requiring that heavy, bulky freight paying a low rate should be carried by water, leaving the railroads, with their higher operating expense aa compared with steamer and canal boats, to carry the less bulky, hlfher claes freltrht. Th-.:. In order t make fair com parison. It la necessary" to eliminate from the rmsel-in totals the bu.lnes which would be carried by express In America; make allowance for the lorcer hauls of the United States; and add to the Pru.-In rirares. or deduct from the American, the heavy freiitht which in Pruse-ta Is carried by water and In the Vnited Elates by rail. Th capital Investment In European railroads Is not much heavier than In rh I'ntferf StsteA. Not onlV Were ' 1 1 K n pMinlr..1 tn be more heavily and permanently con structed than those of the fntted S'.ates. but they had to pay far more for rlht of way. Most of the Amir icao railroads untij recent years sot their rlitht of way free, very many of them were irtven lare auoslcUe and all those extending- from the Missouri P.lver to the Pacltlc except the Great Northern and Western Paclilc were riven liberal land rrants. A comparison of American and European freight rates Is not a proper basts for determining- the reasonable ness of either rates. Cost cf construc tion, employes' wssrea, and other oper atlr.ir costs, density of trafllc and a dosea other factors eater Into reason able rate maklr.:. The comparison makes Interesting- read Ins; and that Is all. MlATl TURKAT TO AfEMrO. Cfcina threatens to apply to Mexico the lesson she learned during the Boxer rebeUlon In 100. The proudest nation in the Orient, whose subjects consider suicide the last resort to wlpa out an Insult, then had to submit to seeing her capital occupied, her pal aces plundered and to send a special embassy to Berlin to apologise for the murder of the German ambas- . . iiH ittilr mn anTloUated army and a rawvy which was a Joke, she made a brave but rutue resistance. flnce then a new China has arisen with a responsible Cabinet, an Imperial assembly, the nucleus of a modern army and navy and popular autonomy In the provinces. She has not only applied the lesson of democratic gov ernment learned In America and Europe; she has taken a leaf out of the Caucasian's book In dealing with a nation which allows her subjects to be murdered and robbed. She ac companies a demand on Mexico for compensation for the massacre at Torreon with a threat to send a cruiser to some Mexican port and exact payment. Mexico haa only five third-class cruisers and two de stroyers, but may be a match for the Chinese. unlse the Utter have hired some flrst-claaa gunnera who can shoot (trultfht. This Is China's first attempt to as sert herself outslo her own borders since the rejuvenation of the Empire brgan. It will be Interesting to watch the outcome. If China acta with auch energy when the process of modernizing haa Just begun, what may be expected when the army Is re organized by German o Ulcers and her navy is Duiitr roMMtciMit. The usual advice given to graduat ing classes admits of profitable amendment In at Jeast one direction. It seems unwise to t '1 the eager young people, as most commence ment speakers do. that between the life of the college "whlcS they are so brilliantly leaving and that of the ma ture world which they ara eo modest ly entering there U a great gulf died. Claws are too often given to underatand that In parting from the dear old college they are leaving all Joy behind and beginning a career which Is nothing but gloom and strug gle. Life is spoken of as a battle In which only the qualities of the good soldier count. To attain success, which Is held up to them aa the one desirable thing on earth, they must be prepared to pay the price for It, to eacrince th gaiety of their col leg days, to becora gtrenuous, hard and Intense, to- forget that ther Is such a thing as friendship and let th Ideal of kindly Interchange of good office lapse from their expecta tions. They are leaving the world of high sentiment and entering the world of business, where sentiment Is but a sorry appendage. Business la busi ness. In his latest book of essays. Charles Zeublln Improves an opportunity to hurl a few fiery darta at tbt good old saving that business Is business. Of course Its obvious Intent Is to Im press upon us that business is not charltv. or frtendj-hlp. or lore, or even virtue. It la nothing more nor less than the bar raking together of pro fit Zeublln thlr.ks that the motto exhibits a poverty-stricken state of the Imagination in those -who make use of It. lnc In reality business Is not business by any manner of n'n On th contrary. It Is th ladder whereon th world climbs to art and beauty. Business Is the slime In the bottom of a pond whence lille send up their stalks and flowers. It l an unworthy means to a highly desirable end A fur.dsmental mistake Is made by those who lay the emphasis on what It Is for the moment and upon the gurface. forgetting the conse quences which flow from It and for whkh alone It Is worth while to do business. Who could consent to con sum hi life digging tor dollars If It were not for the consolation of knowing that the miserable bits of metal mean in truth books and music and picture and lor.g Summer day under shsdy groves? w proclaim the faith that it Is a tragic falsehood to make college boys and girls believe that in "real life." as It Is fatuoudy called, they must f .rego the high ard holy sentiment they have been taught to cherish dur ing the four years of their college course. Kather they ought to be told that thoee sentiments are endurlngly true. Just as applicable to the work-a-day world as to the little commu nity of the college. The world needs such sentiments roor than It needs anything else. They are the salt which It were ruinous to lose, for then what would be left In commerce and Industry but cold and- unyielding cruelty? . . The orator sins. nay. be commit th unpardonabl sin. who warns gradu ating youth that th exalted ldeala of their book and professore were ail very well In college but now that rewl llf ta to be faced they must b laid aside a so much glittering rub bish. Par nobler I It to encourage the young soldiers to lift the banner of their Meals as high as they can and wave It boldly In the face of a sordid world. Ule aa It Is conducted may not present a very favorable en vironment for unselfishness, friendship and th love of beauty but, thank Utaveo. llf need not alwaya remain th poor, miserable ' apology that It Is. It ran be changed and bettarad. The beasts that perish must accept the world as It Is given to them. All they can do Is to live In the environ ment which surrounds them. If It is suitable they survive and flourish. If it Is unsuitable they go under. But It Is not so with man. and especially not so with college graduates. If they have gained anything whatever from their education It I powers over their environment, the ability to mould It to their Ideal. Poor and miserably weak Is that education w hlch urges a man to cringe to the mean conditions of life as he finds it. which makes him a slave to conditions and falls to till him with th true estimate of the power of the human will Inspired by lofty am bition. The human wtll backed by developing Intelligence has made man master of the living world. It is rap idly making him master of the natural forces. There Is nothing he cannot do, no problems he cannot solve. He . who undertakes to set limits to the achievements of his race shows nothing more than his own cowardly folly. The worst advice In the world to college youths la to keep thflr yes fixed on the past, to dread the future with Its Inevitable changes, to forget the shining mountains of hope and faith and walk all their live in th dark vale of avaric and self-seeking. Life has great problem waiting to be solved and It to waiting for some college graduate to solve them. The world expect soma day to beeom pre cisely such a place as th poet have dreamed of and the saints hav died to make real. The only way to bring this about is for college graduates to cling to their Ideals like the Spartan youth to his shield, and If they find life an unsuitable environment for them, to fight valiantly- to make it suitable. Night cannot b changed to day by hiding the sun. DIsfDMTITIMI NEW S I ROM EIMOM TON. Some kind single-tax friend has sent to The Oregonlan a newspaper repro duction of an article originally pub lished In the American Magazine and dealing with taxation In the Province of Alberta, and In th City of Edmon ton. We have heretofore noted one or two Joyful references to this article by Portland slngle-taxers and there for infer that It put forth accepted single-tax doctrine. It Is with some surprise therefore that we note that the author. Mr. Albert Jay Nock, seems to find fault with this Edmon ton system which, he says, exempts Improvements and lays the whole realty assessment against the capital value of land. Mr. Nock first aver that till plan taxe vacant land Into use. Th Port land organization tells us the same thing. W are also led to believe from their literature that single tax will ef fectually end land speculation; thai it will compel every lot owner to Improve his property because It will prov too costly to hold it In nonrevenue-pro-ducing condition; that thereby indus trial activity and prosperity will b promoted or made certain. And yet Mr. Nock discover a weakness In th single tax system at Edmonton right In this strong arm of the scheme. He tells us that in Edmonton single tax dcra not prevent speculation, in va cant lands. In hi Illuminating article he recall th experience of a Mr. O'Meara. Mr. O'Meara. It seems, had an option on an Edmoaton lot for 35.000. He de cided not to purchase bacaus he esti mated that the, profits on resale later would be consumed by the land tax. We have it on the authority of thl in teresting ingle-tax article, though, that Mr. O'Meara would hav been safe, for three months later the lot sold for 155.000 or 120.000 more than Mr. O'Meara' option. Mr. Nock com ments In thl wise: The weakness of Ertmos ton's stem (and the asms la trua of Alberta's provincial aa l.mi la ataown In loltlng the market valua of that lot. which la not centrally located, go up l.-o.ouo In three monlha whan there vas nothing autiatanUal to JuaUfy such an '"liumonton. br maybe a little tretchln. baa 3UOOO population. fha covera n aoo tlons of land, oaarly balf a township. Tha Hudson's Hajr holding helps lrely. of toura.. No the point la that U Mi. U jlvart ha.l bouM this lot. thare la not near popuialloa anouzh or bualneaa enouill In Kmonton to Juatlfy hla malting any pres ent us of It i say. in the way of putting up a hutldlngl that would bo commenaurate with th. prtc. of hi. land valuation far and away ahead of the Pr"' In other worua, a-'.v-v 't "- time ar.a ao.ow lowaji " ' a'-- time, ar.d lii.OOO looks farthar still. rthsr 111. Plsconcertlng neiws this, from a sin gle-tax community. There are varying theories as to the cause for the recent rapid growth and development of Alberta. Nearly every ingle-tax enthusiast aver that single tax I the Impelling force. Just a one In a while some rattlepate ascribe Oregon' growth to the adoption of di rect legislation. Other person believe th pioneering or mlgatory spirit ha caused the flow of people northward. Ther ar tlll other theories, most of which ar highly creditabl to the pro ductive quality of the oiI and th healthful and Invigorating character of the climate. If we should concede, v. .,- that alnele tax Is responsible I for the rapid growth of Edmonton. w mignt a wen cwhb .o tax la it own undoing. Rapid land development and rapid growth of cltle promote land (peculation. If single tax causes rapid land and city development Single tax likewise pro motes speculation. We should dislike though, to rely on the stability of any growth that Is forced through or en couraged regardless of the law of sup ply and demand. It Is bound to halt suddenly. From this It might, be in ferred that Edmonton land specula tors will soon have a horrible example ta hold up to. Intending speculators of the futur. and that alngla tax will ultimately discourage speculation. Po Ibly. But In that event single tax fails frnafly to prove Its other alleged virtue of promoting use of vacant land. The two qualities claimed for the ytem will not work together. Single tax cannot promote develop ment and discourage speculation in vacant lands at the same time. The two ar wedded and always will be wedded unless) socialism step In and divorce them by establishing govern ment ownership of everything. Per haps socialism Is :r. Nock's remedy for the weakness he points out In the single tax scheme. Unfortunately, he disclose th disease but offers no cur. In any event ocialls.m or ome kindred fantasy will undoubtedly be brought forth as the cure-all for in dustrial and governmental evils if Ore gon is ever Induced to demonstrate the fallacy of single tax. Not only did many Seattle people attend the Ros Festival but the Se attle Times sent a special correspond ent to Portland to describe th Seattle float In th parade on Thursday- While the opportunity wa taken to boost ths Seattle Golden Potlatch. this friendly spirit on the part of Se attle Is gratifying and. If It continues, will Incline Portland to reciprocate. The announcement of th death of Mrs. Ernest Oldendorff, "which oc curred in Butte, Mont, on May 31. will recall to many minds events in th gracious Ufa that was lived In this city for a full quarter of a century of its (low development and neighborly amenities. The Portland of Mrs. OldendorfTs pride the Portland of the pioneer era la now sacred to' memory. Like most of those who knew and loved It, In It village days it la of the past. But like them it had Its day and place in th world a long day of nelghborllnes and slow but substantial growth and an envied place in the commerce and possibili ties of the Western world. Together the early city and those who made it what It was and laid the foundation of what It Is. have passed. Peace to their memory. The Seattle Time Is gratified to discover a kinder spirit in Portland toward Seattle, as expressed In a re cent editorial article in Th Oregonlan designed to show that all the North west cities- have common interest and common alms and tha prosperity or adversity of one la th concern of all. "A good work could be accom plished by The Oregonlan and the citi zens of Portland." remarks the Times, "if in some way they could discourage the unfair and contemptible course of other publications In continually and maliciously attacking Seattle." The Oregonlan severely reprobates the atti tude of such of Its contemporaries as continually and maliciously attack Se attle. It ha a similar feeling about papers that continually and maliciously attack Portland. Attorney-General Wlckersham's pe tition for an injunction against the clearance of vessel owned by mem bers of the Atlantic steamship pool has created in the mtnds of New York editors fear of an embargo on all for eign commerce, of great liners al lowing "like painted ships upon a painted ocean." of Importers and ex porters blaming "the act of God" for failure to keep their contracts. All of this would draw tear If It were probable, but it is not. The courts have not shown any disposition to take snap Judgment against the trusts and even the Standard OH Company is given ample time to discover how It can comply with the law. Hearst claims a new recruit for hla plan of trust regulation In the person of E. H. Gary, head of the steel trust. He gay that complete governmental control of the trusts, which Mr. Gary now advocates, wa first proposed by Hearst and that, therefore, Mr. Gary Is as radical as he. Truly, time brings strange changes. We may yet live to see this aa the Independence League ticket; Hearst and Gary or Gary and Hearst. But a few years ago there wa some slight mention of complete control of corporation In everal long and earneat message of President Roosevelt. He may dispute Hearst's claim to discovery of the idea. Southern progress has taken another step. A Federal Judge an. ex-Confederate and a Democrat, at that haa rebuked a lawyer for referring to negroes In court as "niggers" and has insisted upon his designating them cor rectly. The mental attitude of the white I expressed In Just such term as "niggers." Contempt on the part of the whites will keep alive hatred on the part of the blacks and will keep alive the race feud. The New Tork Democratic platform has been lost and the Legislature is not trying to find it. It pledged the party to direct primaries, ratification of the income tax amendment, popu lar election of United States Senators, extension of registration, reduced pub lic, expenditures. None of these prom ises has been kept and there is no ap parent intention of keeping any of them. That is a sampl of Tammany The young farmer In Josephine County who thought he had secured a mail-order wife was disappointed, for she backed out and returned to the East after sizing up the situation. Next time. It Is to be hoped, the young man will consider the Oregon damsel, the best on earth, and make choice nearer horn. In Clackamas County the other day a postmaster got a simple fine for thrashing an ordinary citizen, but If it had been the other way It la likely the majesty of Federal law would have been Invoked to punish the offender. Carrie Nation thought h had a mission -and followed It. In thl re spect she wa no different from the rest of the world all mor or less crazy except In th success she gained In notoriety. Another Innocent bystander ha been killed In a labor riot- After awhile the Innocent bystander will realize the danger tn excessive curi osity and hike at th first alarm. The opinlona of leading authorities that Reno divorces are Illegal will have little effect on those who have remar ried. They belong to the trial mar riage crowd anyway. Th opinion of Architect Foulke la of value when he say Portland is the busiest city on the Coast, for Mr. Foulke la a San Franciscan and know whereof he speaks. Not to rub it In, but as an "I-told-you-so" reminder, where would have been all these sightseers under a no-seat-no-ride law ? Possibly, as that Boston woman thinks, songs "will cure the drink habit, but a big club should b used In beating time. Watch the refulgent ray radiate from the Oregon delegation at Sena torial rollcall today. That there' little In a name Is shown by th marital trouble of the Love family. The "rare day in June" la eclipsed by the rare week In Portland. It Is tlm to shake the wrinkle from the bathing suit. Battling Nelson will figure in the sans Fourth. Th wild sea wave ar calling. WHAT ABOCT CROWDING OP CARS1 Writer Talnka Cosapaar Shoal Take " Mere- Heed of Dtaeoateat PORTLAND, June 10. (To the Editor.) Now that the no-seat-no-fare ordinance has been voted down It may be in order to ask. What Is the streetcar company going to doT The ordinance was a war measure, and it may be doubted that it was proposed as a permanent regula ! tion. People voted it down because too j many have to get to their work at a I fixed time, seat or no seat. But does I anybody think the matter Is really set - tied? The policy of side-seating th new cars will keep the question alive. That poitcy means fever seats ana more standing room, and is an open challenge to the people in that respect. In other respects it touches more potently the deeper springs of human action. When a side-seated car commences to fill. peo ple naturally do not crowd close together when they are strangers. It Is not good form. Why, the law forbids you te even speak to a lady on the streets, to say nothing about hugging her in publlc But. thanks to the lack of consideration on the part of the host of the gathering, a process of readjustment and crowding closer and closer together now begins as the car fills. The more considerate watch every person who comes in to see If there Is a vacant place, while others with stolid Indifference monopolize more room than la necessary. Crowding, the annoyance of continual movement and the existence of unoccupied space cause bad feeling on the part of those who have to stand. When the seats are fairly filled the men prefer the extreme front end of the car, the front platform or remain on the rear platform or. the rear end of the car. It is curious to watch the reluc tance to go to the straps. For ladles it Is humiliating when men remain seated. Laborers of refinement, despite their garb, are sensitive about their working clothes In dressy company. Some do not reach the straps, and to all it is a discomfort to hold the hand and arm above the head for any length of time. But beneath and through it all is the ever present trouble of forcibly compelling people to mix close togeth er who otherwise do not mix. In spite of the War of the Rebellion and all talk about democracy and equality, this trouble Is well Illustrated in the South. While the streetcar company In Portland may avoid putting on jlm erow cars yet it is a little bit foolish to shut the eyes to such things. It Is not only a matter of breh tainted by whisky, tobacco or other cause, nor does the chief trouble lie in any tangi ble odors even from negroes. The thing is more intangible and subtle. We lauRh at the rigid caste ' distinc tions of India only to obey the same law In different forms In our cliques and circles more or less exclusive- We may account for it by the claim that the human aura or subtler portion of the many-sided human being extends beyond the contour of the physical body, or we may not try to account for it at all, but ignore it we cannot. Not even as a cold, business proposi tion is it or can it be Ignored. From almost every point of view the ide seatlng of the new cars is a poor busi ness proposition as well as a challenge to the public. Cross-seating crowds people sufficiently close. It Is not the occasional and acci dental crowding that people object to. As a matter of fact, people ar very patient and very good-natured In such cases, but when it comes to open de fiance or a definite policy to profit by their discomforts it Is an entirely dif ferent question. It I not true what crowds cannot bo handled in rush hours. They are handled In case of large gatherings and, as the city grows larger and larger, crowds will be handled here as elsewhere. But It is true is that It will cut down the net profit and the officials are naturally anxious that this should not bo done. However, thanks to the publicity given to the matter, the public Is well aware that there Is a liberal amount of wa ter in th stock of the company. True, it Is an aggravating fact that this water was distributed among certain citizens of the "better class" and that ths present stockholders paid good money for It. but the point is that the people are not concerned about that They are entitled to the service and the water should be made to yield to give it. Candidly, is It policy to pursue a wrong course too stubbornly? Such things as our own illustrious Carnegie getting away with 10.000,000 over night are educating the people. Many things are hidden In the capacious folds of the holy garb called capital and people are Just beginning to search for the treasures. A PATKO.n. Tht. atraetcar natron and others in the same mood would do well to direct r their shafts at Colonel Sellers irnr T?en Riesland. et al., through whose obstinacy and political ambi tion w are deprived for nearly two year longer of adequate atate regula tion of street railway service and of abatement of the nuisances discussed in the foregoing communication. DEACO.V MORRIS STATES VIEW Position In Pendleton Baptist Cbareh Controversy Is Given. nuvmrrov fir. June 10. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan of June 7 and 8 appear certain amcies in ence to some differences existing be- - - d . cmr,v and the various member of the First Baptist Church of this city. I have no comment to make on either article, except the lat ter part of the one .in tne isauo ui 8. Therein occurs the following: "Aside from Deacon Penland no mem ber of the church has been found who , j, ,n .. .o-ainst the Dastor. DM a woiu . J a - Deacon Edwards cannot be reached. but It Is known ne noiu. views a Deacon Penland. All other are apparently in sympathy with the minister and are trying to persuade him to withdraw his resignation. Personally. I think no member of the church has anything against the pastor- I wish, however, to be excepted from th "all other" who are in sym pathy, or apparent sympathy, with him. Had any particular effort been made it would have been a compara tively easy matter to reach Deacon Morris; hi view would have been found to coincide with those of Ed wards and Penland. I am not inviting any controversy by this short statement, but merely wish to correct any erroneous impres sions that might prevail as to my own personal views on account of the state ment referred to. Other members of the church. I presume, have nerve enough to speak for themselves. If they deem It necessary, provided their sym pathies and Inclinations have been In correctly stated. I am not using any persuasion to Induce the pastor to withdraw his resignation and remain as might possibly be inferred. In my humble opinion. Pastor Storey's days of useful service in the First Baptist Church of Pendleton came to an end many weeks ago. A polite invitation was handed him some weeks ago by the board of deacons to step down and out- Had he complied therewith much of the succeeding unpleasantness would havs been avoided. J. H- MORRIS. Deacon. Aaaitorlnxa Site Snsrarested. PORTLAND. Or, June 11. (To the Editor.) Now. after th people have voted $600,000 for the building of the Auditorium, I would suggest as the best suited site for such purpose the Hawthorne Avenue Park, corner at Hawthorne avenue and East Twelfth street. It Is in the center of the city and easily reached by all cars, having much larger area than-any other block in the city. CITIZEN. Timely Tales of the Day The truth of the old adage that "lit tle pitchers have big ears." was quaint ly demonstrated recently by a small girl, aged six years, out at Good Samar itan Hospital, where h had been spending much of her time for the rea son that her mother was under treat ment there. A number of visitors were gathered around the bed where the lit tle girl's mother lay, and all were chat ting pleasantly, when the rumble of an ambulance was heard below, and pres ently a nurse came in and remarked that a new case had Just come ln. "It's a man who was run over by an automobile," said she. "Ten chances to on he was drunk, said the six-year-old. The mystery of how a young woman lost part of her wearing apparel when attending a moving-picture show is explained by Charles A. Keating, man ager of the Masonic, theater in Wal lace, Idaho, who is visiting the city. The young woman in question, with her escort, went into the Wallace play house when the lights were on and sat immediately in front of a friend, who noticed a small white thread protrud ing from the seam of her waist. Un obstrusively, she waited until the lights were turned off and then picked the thread and gave It a pull. To her amazement the thread was much longer than she had surmised, but ae she had started, she kept pulling. Thoughts of a spool of thread placed within the young woman's waist aa a Joke crossed her mind, but this did npt daunt the girl pulling the thread. She tugged and pulled and had a double handful of the white thread In her hands, but still the end was not In sight- She kept at her work for sev eral minutes and finally did eucceed in getting the end of the thread. She found she had quite a good sized bundle of the light rope in her hands, which she carefully dropped under her seat. Then she watched the play. The following day she met her friend at the postofflce and asked her how she had enjoyed the play. "Why, I had a fine time, but do you know that somehow when I was in the theater I lost my whole union sultr ctriot n-isolnilne aboard ship, which today characterizes the attitude of sailor toward officers, was not always In vogue on vessels that constituted the old American merchant marine. v-i- i i sixoham vhn lnnks after the affairs of the Yellow Stack line. tells a story of a period in wnicu figured In deepwater matters on the At'antic coast and rose from a denizen of the foc's'le to the holder of mas ter's papers. "I was on a vessel, one of the Kino, that could show her heele to the best of them, but the first mate 'came in through the cabin-window.' or In other words obtained his rise largely through having relatives In the company. Be ing decorated with plenty of gold braid, brass buttons and good clothes that went with the berth those days, be cause passengers were usually carried, the mate always showed particular at tention to women travelers. One bright day everything aloft was in shape, the mate was pacing the quarterdeck with an attractive girl clinging to his arm. Wishing to show that he had authority he turned, as he paried near the wheel, and directing his attention to the man holding the spokes, said: " 'How's she heading?' " "Southeast by south; half south, said the sailor." " la that the way you answer an of ficer r " Tfep." " -Get away from the wheel then and . . - v, .. whll vnti nnrfl the deck let uiw no as though you were an officer on watch. and 111 show you a iew ruuuncuw the position," directed the mate. "The sailor, nothing loath to escape a trick, followed Instructions. He paced the deck as though he was the owner, cast his weather eye aloft from time to time and In general aped a mate to perfection. Stopping after a short walk he carefully filled his pipe, lighted it and gazing aft bawled at the top of his voice: " "How's she headinT to which the mate replied: " 'Southeast by eouth; half south. Sir. " "Good enough; keep her that way, . . j . v. ill-,- c n a lAnvinsr tha dis comfited mate to attend to th wheel he headed for the forecastle. One of the best stories told by John F. Stevens Is of a prominent New York banker whom ne neia in msn - rr L. I V, 1, - mA Vila Wif W6r6 taken over the Great Northern to show what had become of their money wmcu m.x had invested in the road. Days passed , i a ij- i,l .nrt nnlv emDtV alter len-viugs du - - freight trains were met. The financier became disconsolate ana lost, trau His wife, however, went into estacies over the scenery and was constantly calling to her husband to look at this and that piece ol scenery aa " o- i Ch mtii14 hres.lt Out With: "Oh. Jake, Just come and look at the beautiful scenery. But Jake did not care to look, and hia ,.i a in hort. 1erky sen tences which disclosed his agony over his Investment. The general officer - - i- -v, r. .( thA train, notinff w iiu uau that something should be done to clear up the bad opinion oi mo buimi. n.iv on to Seattle to hold every freight train for 48 hours, and then shoot all freight through on a eingle train to meet the special. After going through the Stampede r. . i. - in-o-.v f.Bivit train ever as- r txa a uia wwe&-". - - o - - sembled on the Great Northern was met- The freight conductor came aboard the special in accordance with . hi. wnv bills and yj 1 uti 3 fc' 1 J there was' a good bunch of them. These were turned over to tne mniter, he fingered them over with delight, for they usually caiiea ror irom iv i unn - ntA. .Tii.r than his wife dis covered a new piece of scenery and she called his attention to It. ik c.h.i " TilAlmM the banker that's not the kind of scenery that looks good to me. It is this kind of . that onnal tn vnnr mtoa." And here he fingered over the way bills Wltn a smile as uroau cl uis a tiu would stand. From that on he was satisfied with his investment. He never i jirAratir and as va.rs rolled around he never regretted having loaded up on ureat ruruteru owen.. THE ROSES' ALMS. A clump of neglected roses Lifted their beautiful cheeks As If to answer my query Of the why of their few brief weeks? The gardens of queens these flowers Would have right royally graced Why, then, in the unkempt hedgerow Should their fragrance grow to waste? When a wee, wild-eyed child I saw That had, from the depths of the slums Stolen out In search of these blossoms That were for the time her chums. A lone rose she snached to her breast, ' Then fled like a fleet young deer; While the petals fell from her hand There dropped from my eyes a tear. Henceforth, why, exquisite roses, A rambling like wild be found I leave to the mind that knoweth When a sparrow falls to the ground. Maria Tohlll. Advertising Talks Br Wllllam.'C Freeman. About 10 months ago I was called Into a conference to discuss an adver tising campaign for Llndt Chocolat a Swiss eating chocolate that retails for 11.00 per pound. The managers of the company want ed to know what could be done with an expenditure of ,10,000 a year for a period of three years. It was decided to employ a Compo site Saleamant made up of five sea. a pa pers a very good salesman, because he had an opportunity to talk to. sev eral hundred thousand families three times each week. The advertising started, and within a few months the returns indicated that Lindt Chocolat was on sale In 8 per cent of the stores conducted by the re liable distributors in Greater New Tork a really marvelous result for so short a. campaign. But then the advertlaln; was good, and ran regularly, and the article It self made good. As the campaign progressed, the ap propriation was Increased, which was Justified by the increasing sales. This always happens when good advertising is employed to sell a good article. When the second year's campaign starts, more newspapers will be added to the list, and a still larger appro priation will be made, entirely Justi fied by the results from this small, initiative campaign. A national distribution of the prod uct will be next In order, and there won't be any doubt about lta success, because it Is being gone at In an In telligent manner. This Is another demonstration of what newspaper advertising does fos the manufacturer it sella his product to the dealer and . the public at ths same time. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1611, by George Matthew Adams.) If the Lord and the Devil should run for President, Hon. Devil would make quite a race. If you practice high ideals modestly and quietly, word that you are a high Ideal man will get around without your mentioning it. Tou might hear some strange things, were it not for the fear that you would tell. The man who does not amount to much himself, always expects a great deal of others. Success does not always mean happi ness; but it always means a large num ber of active enemies. If a man dies without life Insurance, his wife may not print a card In the newspapers, to complain, but she won t like it. When a man succeeds, he does It in spite of everybody, and not with the as sistance of anybody. Tou probably waste half your time. There's reform work for you. - It Isn't an evidence that there Is less business because you are getting less. Tour competitor may be getting more. The really Important lessons of life are taught as universally as the alphabet, and are almost aa simple. I Half a Century Ago I From The Oregonlan, June 12, 1861. Governor Wallace of Washington Territory arrived on the Cortex yester day We notice that he is In the field as a candidate for Delegate to Con gress. We have a letter from William Bar low, Esq., of Clackamas County, sug gesting that a company of troops be raised in Oregon to be attached to one of the regiments to be raised In Cali fornia for operations on the frontiers. We do not want our citizen soldiers to leave our state and Washington Terri tory. We may need them here. We have some 36,000 Indiaas in the state and territory which may require our military attention; and we have the Mormons near us who, under the doc trine of Joe Lane in the Senate, have a right to secede from our Government and set up for themselves as an inde pendent nation. They hold the opin ion that they are to rule the world, and they may be silly enough to raise a secession standard. We-want our men to remain at home; at any rate, all those who are opposed to secession and true to their country's flag. The flags of The Oregonlan and Time offices and of the Franklin book store were raised half-mast yesterday In re spect to the late Colonel Ellsworth, who was foully murdered by a seces sionist at Alexandria. The river Is still rising. Merchant have been compelled to take their goods out of their cellars on Front street. Wells on the first bench are In a good stage. ' Southwest Information. HILLSBORO, Or, June 7. (To the Editor.) I wish you would kindly answer these questions through the columns of The Oregonian: Who can I write to and where. In the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to get information about the climate, land, crops they raise there and what land that is irrigated is worth an acre in the mountains or foothills? SUBSCRIBER. Letters addressed to the secretary of the Commercial Club in each of the leading cities of the states concerning which information is desired will un doubtedly elicit replies. Almost a Country Trip. Washington (D. C). Star. "I thought you were going to take a day off and enjoy a trip into the coun try?" "Had to give it up," the man with a cheerful disposition replied. "But we did the next Best thing. We got some hard boiled eggs and some canned goods and ate them in the back yard. Poll Tax. ARROW. Or., June o. (To the Ed itor.)' Please tell me if the poll tax law is still in force in Lake County. A SUBSCRIBER. Poll tax cannot legally be collected In any county In Oregon. Information as to Patents. CORVALLIS. Or., June 10. To the Editor.) Please tell where I can get full information as to making applica tion for a patent. E. D. 8. Write to Commissioner of Patent. Washington, D. C