THE MORMXa' OKECOXTAy. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23. 1911.
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rier. naraaa order or personal check on
your lo-al tank, btampa. com or currency
ara at 10a senders rtaa. Give poato:ra
ad.1r.aa to foil, Including eonnty ax J ststa.
raatac Ratea ! to 14 paa. 1 cent; IB
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to paces, 4 eanta. Foreign pastas a
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The Secretary of the Interior re
jects the Cunningham coaI land claims
because he 1 opposed to Any policy
of private exploitation of the publlo
domain. Tet It'U noteworthy that
there has been no promotion of Indus
try, no development of agriculture, no
opening up of gold or sliver or other
mineral deposit, no manufacture of
hamber out of otherwise useless for
ests, no peopling of great states, ex
cept through private enterprise. What
part the Federal Oovernment has
flayed until very recent days In re
claiming the public domain from lt
primitive Isolation hi been by lib
eral Inducement to encourage private
persona In tilling the soli, digging gold,
mining coal and hewing hnm'i out of
the great woods. Now everything Is
changed. It la a crime for a man to
'take up a timber claim with the ulti
mate purpose of selling It to some
body: and If perchance. In common
with others, he seeks as an Investor to
buy and develop a coal quarry In
Alaska or anywhere, he will be
branded as a public malefactor, his
Calm will revert to the Oovernment
and his investment will be lost.
The Government has no plan of utll-
liing Its great resource. Its only policy
Is tn perpetuate primitive stagnation
through a bogus "conservation" that
discourages private Investment and re
bukes personal Initiative and thrlft
The public domain Is not for use or
cultivation or development: It Is a
mere political asset of the faddists and
theorists and dreamers who seek to
convince the public and have seen
their efforts crowned with a lamen
table succeed that the dedication of
Alaska, and the remaining lands, for
ests, water powers and mineral de
posits of the country, t Inertia And
Isolation Is above all things to be de
sired. For the Gugjrenhelms will get
them. If they are opened to oppor
tunity and civilisation.
The Cunningham claimants had no
chance to patent their claims. Here
wre thirty-two men. all of them rep
utable and all of them poaeesed of
means and capability, who had been
persuaded to go Into an undertaking
for the opening up of a great coal
measure In Alaska. It was a legiti
mate and meritorious project. It was
Impossible that a mine could have
been made out of a single claim; It
was Inevitable that all these Inter
ests, cr many of them, should some day
be consolidated so that the venture
could be made to succeed. Tet each
of these men separately and Individu
ally testified that there was no -Understanding
or contract among them
i. a-.:i to the GucKenhelms or to any
body or any arrangement beyond a
common subscription to a fund to
promote the general Interest. The
Secretary of the Interior Ignores all
this testimony and declares there was
a pool or combination among them
In defiance of law. The only basis
of knowledge or proof of consolidation
was the Secretary's assumption that
there must have been an understand
ing or arrangement, else these men.
being sagacious and sensible, would
never have gone Into such a project.
Thst 1 All. except some vague talk of
a proposed sale or arrangement to sell
to the Gugsenhelras.
Tet It 1 true that Cunningham and
his associates, realizing the difficulty
rt their undertaking, took no step
from the first without -consultation
with the Government, and without def
inite advice from Its agents. They
complied with the law. They pro
ceeded openly and carefully. They
ii rvtn rab-u'itfd to Invite crit
icism or objection or the chance of
failure. They anew a tnnr w
faith at all times. But a change of
administration came, and a general
public clamor for a reversal of pub
lie policy, and the Cunningham claim
ants are left to protect their losses
and their discomfiture, and Jhe Cun
rlng ham coal claims are returned to
the primeval wast.
Secretary Fisher deplores the situa
tion lt Alaska by saylr.g the Wws are
-not wise or practicable, but they
must be enforced." It Is a aad out
look for Alaska, and for all other
carts of the country that deepnd on
Government activity and considera
tion. The Government does nothing
except sit In the manger and cite and
.... . a!l earner who acProsh with
a definite proposaj to Inveert their time
aad moner.
SCHOOL axt Hr-iLnf
Among It cthar gooJ works the
P.ussetl 5g Foundation has published
a little pamphlet wnirn einioits m
tabular form the efforts some of our
c ttl are making to protect the health
of school children. It seem absurd
that a child should run serious risk of
rrtinlng hts health by going r school
"t prepare himself "for his Ufework."
but such hss been th ca..e in all our
rlt!s and It Is still the case In a large
number of them.
There are 1 cities, for example,
where the schoolhouse floors are swept
rr.lv once In three days. Between
white th pupils fill their lungs with
the accumulated dust and germs.
Icings are cheaper than Janitor serv
K e In those towns. Again, there are
ISf cltle. where the classroom win
dows are washed only once In five
month ar.d seven where they are
never washed. How doe that strike
tb imagination as a tamrle of civili
sation? It Is ciscourAglng to learn also
that almost half the cities reporting
to th Foundation still use the deadly
feather dur. an Implement of de
struction which. In the hands of a
vigarou Janitor. I more to be dreaded
thj plague, pestilence and war. Its
doom, 1 niy a quesUoa of time, but
would that It might be hastened In
some way.
Going fast are the blessed old days
when little boys and girls were herded
together In dirty, unventllated. miserably-warmed
rooms to "study their
lessons." The air was full of disease.
The wretched light ruined their eyes.
The habit of sitting all day on unsuit
able benches deformed their spines.
Tuberculosis feasted on their lungs.
More and more rapidly all this passes
away. The country has begun to
really that Its children are its most
valuable possession. more valuable
than cows or even pigs, and that It
pas heavily to protect them from
disease and deformity. The schools
are changing Into places where little
boys and girls can go without Injury
to their health and sometime It may
be contrived that useful knowledge
will be taught them. .But. even If that
never happens, it Is still a comfort to
know that the school has passed the
point where It could be called a pre
lude to death
BAMS OF THE 1M7 IIOLO-CP.
Mr. Burton J. Hendrlck. a traveling
wTlter for McClure's Magazine, came
to Oregon to Inspect the Initiative and
referendum at home. Possibly h
would hsve been wiser to stay away,
for In addition to unearthing a lot of
well-forgotten ancient history. Mr.
Ilendrick learned some thing that are
not ma. and other things that are only
partly so.
For example, the McClure writer,
after giving a graphic account of the
rreat legislative fiasco of 187. partici
pated In by Mr. Bourne and Mr.
ITRen. says the primary purpose of
the hold-up waa to defeat Senator
Mitchell, and the motive for the de
feat of Senator Mitchell was his oppo
sition to the Initiative and referendum.
Mr Hendrlck should try again.
Every one In Oregon whose memory,
. . i ..,.
dates back twenty years uu
Mr. Bourne cred nothing for the Inl-
i.ti.. Ml. mlehtv 'devotion to direct
legislation came long after, the exact
date of his conversion Doing iosi. n
.,.t.i K .u-artiinrd with exacti
tude Just when Mr. Bourne discovered
In the Initiative a good thing lor mm.
the public might easily be enlightened.
Mr l"Ten noedoubt had a drlinite
motive In Joining the hold-up enter
prise, so as to help out nis initiative
plan by smashing things up generally.
But the great body of Kepublicana
who aided In the hold-up were deter
mined at any cost to defeat Senator
xrtfKaii Waua he would not repu
diate free silver, and because the Re
publican party had repudiated It.
The Hendrlck version is aosura uu
untrue. Hack or the wnoie episoae oi
1J7 was the historic contest over sil
ver. The Initiative had nothing to-do
with It. except as TTRen saw his op
portunity to do something. Why can
not the professional writer on tne ini
tiative In Oregon state correctly facts
easy to ascertain and known to all?
Tirr ii sv wat or Tins transgressor
The Independence Enterprise Is
bold enough to advocate the with
drawal of the power to pardon con
victs from the hand of the Governor.
Independence, it may be observed, is
on the route followed by Convict Jess
Hal! In his recent sensational dash fur
a liberty even greater than the free
dom ' already granted by Governor
West.
Therefore It may te understood why
the Enterprise speaks with feeling
more feeling' perhaps than discretion.
Says also the Enterprise:
- priffiMra I "day ara ra-atrinr ao much
kind tr.atmant ao4 attention, an the Ora-
foo Var.lHTtlary la tmlnf aurh a d.
ahtxil iUc of ama.rn.nt by r.oa of
tne movtre-plctsra show and theater at
trmotlona that ban ban aatabllahed for
tba amoaamont, of convicts, that crime Is
a: moat ancourased. anil lha horror of "ba
bm.1 th bara" la no lonsr known.
YYbat do orach man aa Hall care now
muca OoT.rar w.t and the fctate of Ora
Ino try to tfflp thara to be hooorad rltl
s.na? They baa no honor, no manhood,
no ooocera for tba welfare of tba commu
nity. It Is the fashion to shod tears over
th poor convict, to humor him. to en
tertain him. to beguile the tedium of
his enforced confinement. But there
are no men In prison who should not
be there none who are not there ex
cept by their own overt act and for
open violation of law.
It Is well to reclaim men who are
not Irredeemable. It Is well to reward
men who by exemplary conduct and
wiling obedience under prison rules
show either repentance or a desire and
purpose to do better. But It Is not
well for authority to relax stern and
Just discipline or to apologize to tho
prisoners for keeping them In prison.
or to offer any teaching that the way
of th transgressor 1 not necessarily
hard.
TUB BOSS CAXAL DIOOER.
Of the succession of men who have
bad charge of the building of the Pan
ama CannL Colonel Goetbals. the pres
ent chlrf engineer and chairman of
the commission, bids fair to stay on
the Job- till tt la finished. He Is the
first man to whom the President hss
been willing to Intrust unlimited
XKaw'er. He directs every movement of
10.000 men employed on tne canai.
and In all disputes he is the court of
first and last resort. Under him the
other members of the commission
hare been pushed Into subordinate
positions. He Is depleted by Albert
Edwards In the Outlook as holding
court every Sunday to hear grievances
and administering Justice in the off
hand manner of the ancient monarch
who held court under an oak tree: a
tramping through th Culebra cut at
a pace which fags out any ordinary
man: aa working In his office till late
at night, stopping only to sleep and
awakening only to resume work; as
being surrounded by maps, blueprints
and nilnsr cabinets relating to every
conceivable one of the many details of
his great task; aa being, amid ail hi
endies work, always accessible. As
Mr. Edward say, the Colonel real
laas that It Is we. the people of the
United States, who are doing this canal
Job. Anv one of us who Is sufficiently
Interested to come down. and look It
over Is welcome."
Under Goethals the canal-diggers
have struck their gait-Wallace formed
the srreat general conception of the
Lwork to be done and piannsa it. out
being a civilian and used to getting
what he asked for. he weariea or nav
Ing his requisitions turned down, he
fromptly Quit when a lucrative posi.
Hon at home was offered. Shonts
started th work of organizing and
providing th machinery to dig the
canal, assembling an army of laborers
and housing and feeding them, bt
ven comsleted this work, rebuilt the
railroad as the first requisite to rapid
construction, and got construction well
nndar wav. All these men. being
clviUans, chafed at the restraint of
Government methods and returned to
more congenial tasks and clime.
Goethals, being aa Army engineer, was
familiar with Government methods
and knew ho-w to get what he wanted
under them. The majority of the
commission were also Army engineers
and therefore could work with him.
Being an Army engineer, he was not
disposed to quit, even if he could. He
found the men and machinery on the
ground and the plans made, and he
set to work to dig and ulld with the
determination to stay on the Job till it
was finished. To handle such a huge
machine, human and Inanimate, as he
I handling, to make it run smoothly
with no breakdowns, requires ability
as great In degree, though different in
kind, as that which planned tho work
and assembled the machinery. Goet
hals ha proved that he has that abil
ity by Increasing the amount of work,
done each month and by continually
setting forward the date on which the
canal will be finished.
Goeth&l is reaching after the title
of champion digger of the universe,
both In endurance and amount of
material dug, and, he Is likely to get It.
f.ET MTTT-KKS STARTED RIGHT.
T,ihii-tv vork Anna bv railroads and
commercial bodies has drawn thou
sand of settlers to Central Oregon but
George Palmer Putnam, makes a
strong point when he urges that this
work should be followed up bjr start
ing the now settler rignu mi
oUt .ikir-v tn settlement of a. new
country is the sending out of adverse
report by the disappointea ones wn
r -irh the first flock. Mr. Put
nam points out that the best way to
prevent this is to estaDiisn an agncm
tural experiment station in Central
Oregon In charge of experts who will
analyze aoll and advise settlers What
fo plant and what not to plant nave
. all th a time who will
save settlers from the costly Initial
blunders of a new country, mis nas
been done by the railroads In Mon
tana with success.
The soil of Central Oregon Is differ
trnm that f the Middle West
whence most of the settlers come. The
climate Is different, the seedtime and
harvest are different. The man who
tries to run' an Oregon farm exactly
on the Illinois plan Is doomed to iaw
.... ..-.it lum. the difference. It
ha cost the railroads and the public
bodies of Oregon money to bring every
settler to Oregon. That money and
more besides will be lost u mo set
tler falls through neglect to Inform
him how to start, for he will fall to
nnnna-n for the railroad to
haul and will become a "knocker" to
scare away others.
It would pay the state to establish
branch eiD.rlment station and It
would pay the Tallroads to help.
MORE T SUM RLE FOR rAcIPROCITV.
Th. reiertlon of the Root amend
ment by the Sonate leaves the reci
procity bill a It came from the House
and In fact as It wns formulated under
the President's direction. But its
trouble are not yet over. There are
storms and tempests aroun It, shoals
and quicksands on It lee. Mr. Root
amendment was about a innocuous
as any alteration con be. He proposed
that the Canadian provinces must
hnllsh their export dutie on pulp
wood before It should be admitted
free to the United State. This was
so reasonable that nobody could make
nv auhjttantlal objection to It. Even
Mr. Taft, who wants reciprocity ex
actly as he has formulated It or not
at all. made only a formal protest, ne
the Root amendment not for
what It wa In Itself, but for what It
mlrht oDen the way to. ftw that tnis
comparatively harmless amendment
has been definitely rejected, the path
Is clear for all sorts or ies inuoccui
project. The Republican party no
innr rules the Senate. A coalition
between the Insurgents and Democrats
has gained the upper hand and what
ever la done must be by their con
sent.
Th. nlan which they mean to begin
with la to attach the farmers' free list
and the wool revision to the reciproc
ity bill. These are Democratic meas
ures and In the House tney were Kepi
by themselves. It would seem as if
that method ought to suit the Senate
also, but It does not. The insurgent
senator feel especially interested In
the farmers' free list, while the Demo
crats care fully as much ror tne woot
revision; and among them all the sus
picion Is noticeable that if these bills
went to the President on their own
merits he might veto them. He woum
probably veto the wool revision be
cause he prefers to let schedule K
eJone until the tariff commission hus
reported upon it. A to the farmers'
free list, the Insurgent affect to fear
that he would veto It because they
want It. Reciprocity would not be
popular In the Insurgent states with
out this concession to the farmers.
The belief that the agreement favors
the manufacturers at the expense of
agriculture Is very common. In that
section, and It might cost the Senators
their aunts should they fall to fight
for compensating reductions. Knowing
that Mr. Taft does not love them, they
are unwilling to leave their fate In his
hands and therefore seek to stave off
Uie threatened veto by uniting the des
tinies of the farmers' free list with
those of reciprocity. We thus obtain
a passing glimpse of the part which
personal animosities sometimes play
In forming National pollcile.
If th Senate decide to tack the
free list and the wool revision to the
reciprocity bill the composite meas
ure must then -o back to the House
where It wlfl probably be accepted
without much hce-iutlon. How It will
fare in theYanii of the President Is
another question. It would be In
keeping with, his character to veto
the whole even though the very ob
ject for which he summoned the spe
clsl session would thus be sacrificed.
This would rejoice the standpatters,
while the Insurgent would shed no
tears over It. The only real friends
of reciprocity In Congress are to be
found among the Democrats, and the
president might be satisfied to let the
whole subject rest until the advent of
a Democrallo majority In the Senate.
No doubt his favorite measure might
fairly expect more kindly considera
tion in that environment than It ha
been receiving.
The true danger ahead of reciproc
ity then Is that the agreement may
be o loaded with other matter -that
th President will feel obliged to veto
It. Since these Impediments will be
attached with the connivance of the
Insurgents thelPs will be the blam
for the failure of this great and pro
gressive measure, If It falls. They un
derstand well enough that the country
would condemn their conduct, but
they have a card up their sleeve
which they think will win back the
confidence the may lose, or at any
rate make old stories forgotten In the
excitement of new events. This 1 a
general revision bill. The .talk in fa
vor of an overhauling of all the sched-
without a-aitini for the tariff
commission to report or for anything
: vrn-a Hajiv more ODen in the
Senate. No doubt the standpatters.
themselves would prerer tne iurmw
and hubbub of an old-fashioned tariff
orgy to the deadly precision of the
reciprocity bill. It Is the difference
between facjng a rifle In the hands of
Leatherstocklng and a shotgun at
forty rods.
The protected trust smile blandly
a the prospect of a general revision
brightens, for they are past masters
of the delicate Art of fishing in
troubled waters. Thus we arrive at
the amazing situation of a tacit coali
tion between the monopoly-hating In
surgents and the monopoly-loving
trusts. Misery makes no stranger
bedfellows than political expediency.
But what a fall from that state of
Immaculate righteousness in which
the Insurgents flapped their radiant
wings and dared the universe to ques
tion their motives. Now their mo
tives are very questionable indeed and
their conduct shrieks for apology. Mr.
La Follette has gained a position of
great power, almost the leadership, in
the Senate. Tne nrsi use no
likely to make of It is to subordinate
Important publio Interests to his per
sonal ambition. What worse did Mr.
Aldrlch ever do?
West Virginia Republicans are al
most a unit for the renomination of
President Taft, according to a canvass
made by the Washington Post. Reg
ulars and insurgent alike applaud his
stand for reciprocity and International
arbitraUon, his relentless prosecution
of the trusts and his careful avoidance
of trouble In Mexico. Melvin G.
Sperry. of Clarskburg, sums up the
onininn bv saving:
The Praaldant baa socompllahad mora with
leaa nolaa than snjr man oi on a"
Doubtful West Virginia, which
had long been a doubtful state,
gave Taft 6S per cent of Its vote
In 1908. That its Republicans are
still loyal to him in spite of that Dem
f 1910 is nroof that
he has gained strength with the party
as with the .whole people by his pol
icies. -
r.ratshlla there was to be found In
a school reader a learned explanation
of "how a fly walks on the ceiling." In
conjunction with this explanation the
rainbow tints of the fly' wings, the
delicate construction of his feet and
the luminous glint of his big, bright
eyes enlisted the admiration of pu
pils and the eloquence of teachers.
Now we hear of how the fly walks on
the food, and of the pestiferous germs
that he leaves in his dainty tracks.
Nothing is said about his rainbow
tinted wings nor his bright far-seeing
eye. Yet doubtless he Is the
Kama beautiful creature of yore. All
depends upon the scientist who shows
him up.
The rain of the past feav days has
n.AnPQ Kl tO fill PTTPTlt tO thS
relatively few farmers whose hay was
down, but not yet cured or nouseu.
Even these hope that the sun will
shine in time to reduce their losa to
the mlmlmum. As for- the nut-or-chardlsts,
dairyman, gardeners, hop
growers and grainralsers throughout
the Willamette Valley and in and out
upon the plains and valleys of East
ern Oregon and wasnington. ana m
k. nn.ii. tmvat and ITmDoua Valleys
tlnd In It the needed assurance of good
crops ana garnered aounaanco.
r i . ... kon. ii da1 hln eves tn lit.-
11. IIIU.l 11 m. .
1 . . . r. n. n as-anrtlnor the wild rosef
UO iUA . 1 w ... --oi
of Oregon that make the brambles gay
and fragrant m way ou
ha not observed the "bluersh tinge"
that these rosea take on before their
petals fall, ir tnere is anyimng
i..n it.airahlo in a "blue rose" Na
ture ever generous, nas given a sirui.s
enough hint of blue In the wild rose
to satisfy any one who cherishes this
whim
mi., j t V. -ii Vi . man as FlfO
X 1110 u i ' " -
Chief Campbell Is a high price to pay
for the lesson that oil tank In the
heart of the city are nuisances. If It
Is learned and heeaea tne sacrmco
in havA h.n iiraIpks. but hOW
much better It would be If Portland.
could be induced to apply tne teacn
lngs of experience gained by other
cities without waiting to go through
the sad reality in every instance,
It Is In the air and the old order Is
rhanrlnr. The progressives beat the
conservatives In the Corvallis city
election Monday. As a sample, they
carried the referendum vote on the
ordinance prohibiting dogs from run
ning at large.
A Georgia negro charged with the
,iiai rrima and taken to Atlanta for
safe "keeping, was hanged by a mob
yesterday. The Georgia Idea or Keep
ing a negro safe coincides with the
Western idea of making an Indian
"good." '
a !! for that Seattle anti-vaccin
ttoniat iwould serve a double purpose.
It would avert risk of his spreading
smallpox and restrict his assassina
tion proclivities to lilmseir ana pos
slbly his Jailers.
The best "monument" to the late
Chief Campbell appears In the sugges
tion of Mr. Hlmes to create an Irre
ducible relief and pension fund. That
Is the way "Dave" would have liked It.
"A growing rain." That's what the
farmers call it. A rerresning rain.
aa th. tanixens of the city. A wel
come rain say all. and every "ne is
duly pleased and happy,
The crop of that most prolific of
fruits, the loganberry. Is reported to
ahnrt Other berries, however, are
so plentiful they -will not be missed In
the Jam
Wanamaker's son-in-law has failed
with a million of debts, which the old
gentleman will probably liquidate for
the honor of the ramn.
a
Tha "hiu rose" at Pendleton is dls
appointing, for the simple reason that
a roae of that color is not. in ino
scheme of Nature.
Another Portland bank has doubled
Its capital, making It $1,000,000. The
Rose City Is the home or sane bank
ng. .
The Coburg angler who caught the
trout In five throws of the line is a
bristling sport
The final dividend of more than 8
per cent shows the Seattle Fair was
well handled
Elmer Dover, who cuts the notches
on the tally stick, ay Oregon is safe
for Taft,
Gleanings of the Day
r-mirtshir. bv mail across the Atlantic
between a German giTl and a German
immigrant was followed by a recogni
. i .k.a..-.). titiAtnTfltih at the first
meeting on the Baltimore pier and mar-
-! n ih. Rttii dir. Thus for once tne
raailtv was as rood as the photograpn.
jday experience uvihiimi j "
i M .11 ia InttdrK
had promised.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri, discov
ered a "strange, rambling plant on nis
form Ajid examined it thoroughly. He
has a beautiful case of poison ivy. It
Is not safe for politicians to examine
tr&nsre. ramblina: Dlants. for they might
prove poison to their ambitions. La Fol-
letta has been too friendly witn, a
strange, rambling plant named Bourne,
which ,1s likely to prove his undoing as
a Presidential possibility.
when aeRuseiT of nlans to dismember
the British Empire, John Redmond, the
Irish leader, retorts that Irishmen ma
much to build it ud as did English
men. Scotchmen and Welshmen, and they
are not prepared to. surrender tneir
share of It. With a few reminders of
great Irish genSrals, statesmen, authors.
poets, this ought to hold the unionists
for a while.
Having been "forbidden to be a trust.
the Standard Oil Company is studying
how to be a near-trust and how near
to being a trust the Supreme Court
will allow it to be without being un
reasonable. When a man handles millions of dol
lars of corporation funds, as Cooke did
at Cincinnati, for a salary of 190 a month.
the Big Four's combination of responsi
bility and remuneration would appear to
have been rather injudicious. Indianapolis-News.
The friction betwten a JP0
salary and a Jl.000,000 responsibility in
evitably produces a shortage aa flint
and steel produoe Are.
Representative Redfleld. of Brooklyn,
says American manufacturers are aban
doning protection as unnecessary and
are turning their attention to more
scientific management of their plants,
which protection has tended to retard.
He adds:
The protective tariff has simply enable
the American manufacturer to aoll at
auch hlsh prlcaa that they have not stud
led their own conditions cloaely. They
have relied on Oovernmen aupnort rather
than upon close business management. Its
effect haa bean to stimulate the develop
ment of plants until they are now so larga
that products must be sold abroad. In
this condition tha manufacturers no longer
want to pay tha high prlcaa necessary for
raw material under a protective tariff.
American labor, he said, was the cheap
est in the world, since no other labor
produced as much product in proportion
to wages.
In other words.'protection has enabled
the manufacturers to maks a profit un
der wasttful management. They know
they can do business on a profit with
out protection If they only reform their
methods, but they fear to be forced to
reform. They resemble the rich man's
son who Is ashamed of his dependence
on "the old man," but dislikes being
turned loose on his own resources to
make his own way. These long proces
sions of manufacturers to protest to com
mittees of Congress against tariff reduc
tion stand exposed not only as mendlr
cants but as spendthrifts. Jt is time
they were forced to practice the economy
they admit they neglect.
The Louisville Courier-Journal takes
a fall out of Senator Nelson In regard to
his anti-reciprocity speech, but closes
thus:
"If President Taft's ambition is to be
realized the only fault that will be
found with the result will be found by
persons who expect too much of reci
procity as a cheapentr of the cost of
living. Its effect will be good In many
respects, and evil in none, but It will
not create an era of free Irish pota
toes. It will not out the price of the
fruit of the hen to such proportions
that Amercians can afford to emulate
the example of the extravagant "young
lady from Venice' who 'used hard-boiled
eggs to play tennis.' "
If Mexico "should grant women suf
frage and Medero should count, them
out, Senora Madero is apt to start a
little revolution of her own. (
The American financial experts will
be able to teach Persia how to "trust
ify" her Industries.
A fund of $107,000 has been raised to
erect a tower at Princeton University
as a memorial to the late Grover Cleve
land,' the committee having started with
a limit of $100,000. Princeton honors
Cleveland as Its sage.
A new pocket map or Oregon has been
published by Rand, McNally Co., which
will be found of great value to persons
traveling about the-state as well as for
reference by others. It Is corrected up
to date and shows all new railroads,
stations and postoffices. It has a com
plete index, which identifies county
seats, money order, telegraph ana ex
press offices, as well as steamship land
ings, and shows population. County di
visions are clearly shown by coloring.
Lightning set fire to the steeple of
a church at Trenton, N. J.. Just as
some commencement exercises began
and put out all the lights. The audi
ence lighted matches, everbody saw
that everybody else was scared, and a
panicky rush for the doors began. Prin
cipal R. W. Swetland ordered the band
to play "The Stars and Stripes," the
music stopped the panic and the audi
ence helped the firemen to'put out the
flre.
LJeutens-nt-Oovernor Oglesby, of Illi
nois, must have been taking a few les
sons from "Uncle Joe." and the Insur
rection was successful In his case, also.
John D. Fpreckels says his father's
company leased a rival sugar refinery
and shut It down, adding that he was
advised by counsel that It was not a
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law. If a man selects his lawyer care
fully, he can get legal advice how to
commit almost any crime without vio
lating the law. . Lawyers act on the
theory that law Is made to evade, not
to obey, and that their business is to
advise men how to evsde it.
Chicago i burglars have taken to
hauling away their plunder in drays.
Four of them backed a dray up to the
front door of Max Kutchal's flavoring
extract concern. 1359 South Sangamon
street, early m the morning, and
while Kutchal watched their operations
from an upepr window, hauled away a
safe containing $125 and Jewelry worth
$90. The flavoring extract man ex
plained that his wife was sick and he
faared to make a disturbance lest It
might result fataljy to her.
IT is significant that John Galsworthy
the - author of really meritorious
novels, should rest under the handicap
that because he is a great novelist,
every new book he writes should be
heralded in advance as "great." In such
instances, readers naturally' expect too
much and are then disappointed. Mr.
Galsworthy's new story "The Patrl
cian," which has so far met with a large
Sale, does not show the author at his
best, in a busy season when so many
stories of surpassing excellence are
published.
One of the principal feminine charac
ters in "The Patrician" is thus de
scribed: In splta of being already launched into
high-caate life v.-hlch brlnga with It an
early knowledge of the world, she had still
some of the eagerness in- her face
makes children lovable. Tet she looked
negligently enough at tha citizens of BucK
landbury. being already a little conscious of
the strange mixture of sentiment peculiar to
her countrvmen in presence of herselfthat
curious expression on their faces resulting
from the continual attempt to look down
their noses while slanting their eyes upward.
Yes. she was already aliva to that mysteri
ous glance which had built the national
house and Insured it afterward foe to cyn-
, .1 1 1 1 an.-thiTlV WnCD. Or
Russian; parent of all the national virtues
end all the national vices; of Idea.ism and
muddleheadedness. of independence and
servilltv; fosterer of conduct murderer or
speculation; looking up. and looking down,
but never straight at anything; most high,
most deep, most queer, and ever bubbling
up from the essential Well of Emulation.
A vein of irony is detected In the
above portrayal, and for all that we
know Mr. Galsworthy may have Joined
the cohorts of Lloyd-George in poking
sly fun at the expense of an English
aristocracy that wears superior airs,
v. ,i ca nf m.r. aoofdnnt of birth. Mr.
Galsworthy 'shows several of his char
n.rutiiiii with their mixed an-
cAi-nnil-devll natures, and debating
whether they should De gooo or uau.
Some of these people are not even de
cent. The point may be made, however.
i . v. .iir ,. v v.. ana mai .ul.
Galsworthy in his work as a creative
novelist, merely depicts life as he sees
It. "The Patricians" deserves credit as
presenting eminently readable descrip-
In... nf .Ha h.flllT P3 f) I II M L U I til BVPlloij.
rhati Olaseow. who has written
euch successful novels as "The Voice
r . i TAnnlA' anrl "The 3ailie
Grdund," has discovered that the art
of poking quiet fun at mirnaso, in
stead of Idealizing it, tickles the fan
rsnrlor! The world, anyway
.o ,-mtA that marrlacre Is
civilization's best bulwark, and that
the happiness of happy husbands,
wives and children cannot be beaten
by any other condition on this planet,
-out tot onv orftth write a novel In
which the other side of the picture is
given, instantly tne oiase re-.ui,s v
lic awakes, yawns, and says: "Eh?
What's ,that?" Here Is one extract
from Ellen Glasgow's newest novel,
"The Miller of Old Church."
" 'Tis life, that's what It Is." commented
Solomon, heaving a sigh that burst a dui
in , hiha Mhlrt. "An what's mo'
man in, ii. iu.iua.i-
to throw himself Into the river from sheer
1 V, ... .flrrini7i an' tWO Wl'l'KS aTtT
th wnman had taken him. to fall out
with her because she d put too much short
BlllU in mm . j ..w..
"It's air love befo' marriage and all short-
enln' arterwaros, ooservea xeiay
with scorn.
One of the most active architects in
the city-planning movement is John
Nolen, of Cambridge, Mass. in tne
Fall his book will be publl-snea. "tie
planning Small Cities." an illuminating
studv of six typical American towns;
Roanoke, Va.; San Diego, Cal.; Mont
clalr, N. J.; Glen Ridge, N. J.; Reading,
Pa., and Madison, Wis.
A new volume of short stories by
Sudermann, entitled "The znaian iuy.
will shortly appear in Berlin.
Bouck White, author of the autobiog
raphy of the late Daniel Drew, has
written a book making an economic
intonirntatinn of Jesus Christ, entitled
"The Call of the Carpenter." The book
will be published in the early ran. une
critic says that for "unredeemed bad
taste this title would be hard to Deat.
a
The second group of 10 volumes in
Home University Library, to be ready
next month, will be made up of "The
Siflence of Wealth," by J. A. Hobson,
M. A. . "Health and Disease," by W.
Leslie Mackenzie. M. "Introduction
to Mathematics." by A. N. Whitehead.
D. So.; Evolution," by J. Arthur Thom
son. M. A., and Patrick Geddes, ar. A
"The Opening Up of Africa," by H. H
Johnston. I. Sc.; "Mediaeval Europe,'
by H. W. C. Davis, M. A.; "Crime and
Insanity," by C. A. Mercier, F. R C. S.;
"Mohammedanism, . by 1. H. Margou
outh, M. A.
Do Tou Get This One?: Ryter I
never send a manuscript out more than
12 times. Robbins Why not? Ryter
I'm afraid if I sent it out the 13th
time, it might come back. Exchange,
.
Reprints are announced of: "Keeping
Up With Lizzie, by Irving Bacheller
"Katrine," by Elinor Macartney Lane
and "The Spoilers," by Rex Beach.
One of the best repartees ever cred
ited to a habitual maker of happy
phrases was that made by the beloved
"Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" on
a certain social occasion.
. Goine to dine with a Boston neigh
bor. Dr. Holmes was met by her with
an apology:
"I could not get another -man. We
are four women, and you will have to
take us all in."
"Forewarned is four armed." he said
with a bow. Youth's Companion.
m
It is stated that "The Grain of Pust,"
-htnh a nn-o roii ehnrtlv after 'its au
thor's death a few months ago. is not.
Davia tiranam rnimps iasi uvn. i.
was entirely completed more than a
year before its publication, and no less
than four other compietea manuscripts
were left by him, the first of which is
to appear early tnis x aii.
The publication of Georsre Moore's
"Ave! Salve! Vale!" may he expected
In October. Many leading Irishmen in
nolitics and literature W . is. .leats,
George Russell. Lady Gregory, Sir
Horace Plunkett, Dr. Sigerson. William
O'Brien, Tim Healy and others are said
to figure in its pages without any at
tempt at disguise, though many of the
incidents in which they play a part are
Imaginary. Mr. Moore is also collaborat
ing with 6. L. Robinson on a dramatic
version of his -"Esther Waters."
Miss Jeannette Marks has resigned her
position on the faculty of Mount Holy
oke College, Massachusetts, in order to
be able to devote more time to her writ
ing. She has made Wales her field and
is Just finishing another novel with this
background. Her latest book, "The End
of a Song," seems to have .come into
the hands of a common sailor on board
an Atlantic liner who wrote to the au
thor from the forecastle as follows: "It
"was bliss to me to close my eyes on
that little cell and to see instead the
mountains andj brooks, the cottages and
gardens which give your story so beau
tiful and picturesque a setting."
m m
j July 28 will be published W. J. Locke's
I latest novel, "The Glory of Clementine,"
now running serially. The heroine is an
intellectual woman of 35. absorbed in
studies, neglectful of her personal ap-
pearance, and at first rather antagonistic
j to the hero of the story. In Clementine,
Mr. Locke is said to nave created an
original woman character with a far
stronger appeal to the sympathies of his
readers than he has heretofore succeeded
In doing.
Advertising Talks
Thi3 experience, which throws an
effective sidelight on the value of ad
vertising, Is related by a well-known
professional man of Portland.
'Some months ago I was summoned
suddenly to the East. I got notice one
morning, making it necessary for me
to leave the next evening. My family
was already In the East. I was put In
a dilemma as to what I should do
about ray house.
"I did not like the idea of leaving
it unoccupied for the two or three
months I was likely to be away. At
the same time I knew of no one, on
such short notice, who could take care
of It since I have no relatives resid
ing at the present time in Portland,
or friends of whom I could ask such
a favor. ,:
"I was telling of that difficulty to
friends at the Commercial Club after
my trunk was packed. 'Why don't you
put an ad in the papers offering to
rent your place furnished to respon
sible parties,' said one man, a doctor.
"The idea struck me favorably. I
went to The Oregonian business of
fice. It was then 10 o'clock. I wrote
out an ad which didn't seem to suit
me and I communicated that fact to
the advertising clerk in the office who
revised" it for me.. The ad read:
"For rent furnished Very desirable
modern house of eight rooms, on West
Side, to responsible couple: ?4o. Call
before 10 A. M. Phone .'
"Well it was Just a struggling
chance. I actually nailed In several of
the windows and called up a night
watching agency that night. o
"But the next morning I was called
out of my sleep at 6:30 o'clock. It
was a woman.
"She had read the ad in The Ore
gonian and wanted the house.
"Along about 7 o'clock the secpnd
call came. After that calls came thick
and fast. I made appointments with
the first two people that phoned me.
The first one arrived at 8 o'clock. I
was not impressed as the party had
no references. The second party tailed
at 8:30, rented the house and paid a
month's rent in advance.
"And when I returned after three
months I found my house had been
taken care of quite as well as if I had
been occupying it myself."
Plenty of people want exactly what
you have to offer and as many mora
have to offer exactly what you want.
The only difficulty is getting together.
That difficulty is iliminated by the
ad. Did you ever try it?
Country Town Sayings by Ed Hows
(Copyright. 1911. by George Matthew Adams)
I have much admiration for anyone
who is always wrougfct up about some
thing. The newspapers often say the people
demand a thing long before the people
have thought of it.
Give a boy a piece of chalk, and leave
him alone with his conscience in front
of a fence, and he will not wfite: "Praise
the Lord." He will write something
that the first man who comes along will
rub out.
When a man becomes convinced that
his friends will not help him, he sets
about helping himself, which is the
best way, after all.
Every man believes he lives among
the laziest lot of people tn the world.
A good many brickbats are thrown at
society by those who can't get in. -
The fact that a doctor has been sent
for heips some people.
In finding fault, few people avoid be
ing untruthful and unfair.
If you promise a boy a dime, give it
to him: don't expect him to wait days
and days. A boy waiting for a dime
coming to him suffers.
Much of that called "pure devilment"
is pure human nature.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian, June 28, 1861.
The California State Republican con
vention met in Sacramento on the IStli
of June. Leland Stanford, of Sacra
mento was nominated for Governor.
It is stated that ex-President Bu
chanan is afflicted with a dropsy
which promises to be fatal.
At noon yesterday the topmast of the
flagstaff erected on the Public Square
was successfully raised and placed in
proper position: and immediately after
the Stars and Stripes were unfurled to
the breeze arald the enthusiastic cheers
of a large number of citizens.
In the celebration of the Fourth in
this city the following will act as of
ficers of the day: President, Hon. G.
H. Williams; vice-presidents, T. A.
Frazer, Multnomah County; Dr. Wil
cox. Washington County; Hon. Aaron
Payne, Tamhill County; Dr. T. Barclay,
Clackamas County; M. Manson, Marion
County; W. C. Moody. Wasco County:
F. A. Lamont, Columbia County;
Sol Smith, Clat3op County; G. Hayden.
Clarke County, W. T. ; grand marshal.
Captain A. P. Ankeny; deputy. O. B.
Gibson; orator. Colonel W. H. Farrar;
reader of Declaration of Independence,
Colonel John McCracken; chaplain, Rev.
T. H. Pearne.
Landscape Architecture in Dollars.
New Tork World.
The most perfect example of land
scape architecture In the world is John
P. Rockefeller's estate in Pocantico
Hills., say SO members of the Architec
tural Ceagues of New York, who visited
Rockefeller's estate. The members
came out on the 3.40 train and were
taken to Pocantico Hills for dinner.
Mr. Rockefeller invited them to make
a complete Inspection of his grounds.
The league members agreed them
were more types of architecture on
the grounds than they had ever seen
in such a place. Thef also said th
garden showed endless attention and
admirable reserve in placing the fea
tures. Matrimony Brand Like Rheumatism.
Boston Transcript.
She I know some couples that quar
relled a good deal at first, but got
along pretty well later on.
He (cautiously) Oh, yes! Some peo
ple take matrimony like rheumatism
they get so tbey don't complsin much.
.4 Working Printer for 57 Tears.
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
John P. Ripper, a compositor in the
Columbia Daily News composing room,
started to learn the printing trade in
1854 at Chambersburg, Pa., and has
worked at his trade 67 years.
Then It Will Be Due.
Fllegende Blatter.
Tailor The overcoat suits you splen
didly, sir. Makes you look ten years
younger.
Customer Good. Then you can send
In the bill in 192L