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r THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, ln r . . . . . 1 PORTLAND, OREGON. ' Entered at Portland. Oregon, Foatofflce aa Eecond-Claaa Matter. Subscription Ratea Invariably In Advance. (BY MAIL.) pally. Sunday Included, ona year $8.00 aally, Sunday Included, alx months..... 4.25 Dally, Sunday Included, three month!. .. 2.25 Daily, Sunday Included, one month. ... .73 Daily, without Sunday, one year 6.00 Dally, without Sunday, six months 3.25 Dally, without Sunday, three months... 1.75 Daliy. without Sunday, one month. ..... .60 tVeekly. --one year 1.60 unday, one year 2.60 teunday and Weekly, one year 8.60 (BY CARRIER.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year 9.00 Dally, Sunday included, one month.... .75 How to Remit Send Postotllce -money order, express order or personal check on your local bank, stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give postotllce ' address In full, including county and state. rostace Bates 10 to 14 pages, 1 cent; 16 to 2tt pages. 2 cents; SO to 40 pages, 8 cents; 0 to 00 pages. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rate. Eastern Business Offices Verre & Conk . lln New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago, Steger building. J-ORTXAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, 1811. THREE POSEK3 rRAXKXY AN'SWEBJiD. The Oregonian has received from "'A Subscriber" the following letter: Why. in your opinion, did President Taft 'D sign the Payne-Aldrich bill (made ap parently by tariff experts of one wing of one .2arty only) without a tariff commission's ielpT Why (2) did he in his Winona speech term It "the best tat Iff bill ever," etc? Why (3) after the November elections, and since, did he adopt such a complete change of front 7 It mar be assumed from the spirit end manner of the questions that the correspondent desires a categorical reply, and it shall be given. In our (opinion (1), President Taft signed the tariff bill because he thought it an improvement over the existing tariff and because there was no tariff commission help available or in sight; X2) he was mistaken; and (3) he changed front in response" to the gen eral demand of the country, made manifest In the elections, that theie be e scientific revision of tHe tariff. If the correspondent thought that he was putting a series of posers to The Oregonian, it may be hoped that lie will see that The Oregonian has sought to answer them frankly and plainly. It had not agreed with the early tariff policy of the Taft Admin istration, and It has not hesitated to make clear Its opinion of the ancient Congressional method of logroll, trade, exchange, give-and-take and eell-out In the making of tariffs. But It ought to be recalled by all persons who desire to be fair that the Presi dent was elected on a platform that promised protection to American In dustries and that the tariff Is the chief resource of the Government for revenue. A tariff that would meet the growing necessities of the Govern ment for more and more Income and At the same time respond to the pub lic sentiment for real revision, remov ing the inequities of the Dingley act, protecting the producer and lighten ing the burden on the consumer, was the problem, that confronted the Pres ident and Congress in 1909. The first named function of the tariff has been admirably and successfully dis charged by the Payne -Aldrich act, for a threatened deficit has been averted and the obligations of the Government promptly and completely met. We suppose that it Is a reason able Interpretation of the President's Winona speech to say that he had in mind the revenue-producing quali ties of the new tariff act when he ald that It was the best ever made; and in that sense it doubtless was and is. But that It was a failure In being a revision downward Is also true; and there the President made an error. It may have been a tariff that. In his opinion, ought to have pleased the country; but that it did not he has had abundant opportunity to learn. Now he has set about to retrieve that obvious blunder by making a tariff baaed on known conditions and de termined facta Is there anyone who will say that a tariff policy that in ;Vites an absolute demonstration by experts of Its practicability as a pro tective measure and as a revenue maker is not correct assuming that the country wants both a protective tariff and a revenue tariff? The Oregonian would like to have this correspondent, or any other, de fine the ideal tariff. What are its necessary functions? What will it accomplish? What Is Its necessary relation to the producer and the con sumer, the manufacturer and the laborer, foreign products and domes tic products? How would he go about the business of making a tariff? Undoubtedly we shall hear that he would make such a tariff if he Is a Republican as would equalize the cost of production at home and abroad, with a reasonable profit for American industry; or if he is a Democrat as would give the Govern ment sufficient revenue for its needs, with incidental protection. There is, or there would seem to be, a vital difference in thosetwo theories of tariff-building; but In practice the making of a tariff by Democrats and Republicans has been reduced to the same thrifty principle of looking out for the interest, political and indus trial, of every state and every section. All tariffs have distinctly recognized the great fact that protection is large ly a local question, and every Senator' and every Representative, Democrat and Republican, was and Is cheerful about the sacrifice to the demands of the tariff reformers of the indus tries of 'every other state than his own. It Is a billion-dollar Government. There must be a billion dollars in annual income, in round numbers. The internal revenue tax, the corpor ation tax, the Income tax (if there shall be one) and the other Incidental taxes and receipts of the Government provide now only a minor part of the billion dollars, and cannot be made to produce much more. Ultimately the American citizen must be made to produce the billion dollars, and the tax measure that he feels the least will be the most successful;- but he will pay it just the same. If we are to have a tariff for revenue only, with free sugar, free coffee, free toa and all other great staples free, It will be an ignominious failure as an income producer, in our opinion, unless the tariff on other articles is made uni formly as high as the dreams of the most rabid protectionist might have suggested. How long would a reve nue tariff that taxes tea, coffee and sugar last? How long would the po litical party last that proposed It? How can there be a. real tariff for revenue that produces revenue without it? Meanwhile, we await from anyone a better or sounder plan of tariff framing than President Taft now proposes and the Democrats and in- ( surrents in effect repudiate and will I carry out. If he has the opportunity. as he has the will and the purpose. FOB VINDICATION OF THE LAW. The grand Jury has much to do and the District Attorney is a busy man. a very busy man. But it would ap pear to be worth their Joint whiles to take cognizance of a recent painful mislnterDretation of the law in the Portland Police Court, through which a mock and a joke were made of trie marriage relation and a couple ac- cused by a husband of adultery was turned loose, without even an investi gation of the charges. - Several useful things might be ac complished by grand Jury inquiry into this case. . In the first instance, the facts might be fully developed and the truth vindicated. A serious charge against a man and woman might be proved or disproved. The rights of a husband to protect his home and family might be established if his accusations are found to be true; or he could properly be burdened with shame and humiliation if they are falsV The District Attorney's office ought to be exculpated from any pos sible suspicion that it was or is too complaisant over the ruling of the Muncipal Judge. There should be a trial ' In a court of record to deter mine whether the law means what It says when it gives to one injured spouse and to him or her only the right to prosecute for adultery, and that It does not mean what a petty Judge says it means when he rules In effect that neither husband nor wife may prosecute for adultery, and of course nobody else can. We may assume that the District Attorney, being made of that stern stuff which insists that the law shall triumph and truth shall prevail, has already thought of the various aspects of this notorious case; and will in due time and in proper form lay them be fore the grand Jury. . AWAITING RESULTS. .The police changes are reported to have created "great consternation" in the department. Naturally. But It will be a little more helpful and con soling to the public if they shall be found to have caused "great conster nation" among the lawless and dis- orderly elements which have hereto fore regarded with great outward calm the ostentatious efforts of the authorities to discipline and restrain them. It Is a decided police shake up. It can do no harm. We hope that it will do much good. The Oregonian will not say that It is skeptical or .Indifferent about this business. It merely wants to be shown. It awaits results with pre cisely tie same desire that there be results that the public feels and dis plays. It wants the saloons strictly regulated. It wants the disorderly house eliminated or at least put under the official ban. It wants the unde sirables put in Jail or made to go to work. It wants gambling aboiisnea It wants to see the partnership be tween the police and the vicious ele ment dissolved. It wants likewise to see the partnership between the sa loon many saloons and the disor derly house severed. It abhors graft. It despises the false pretense that the laws cannot be enforced. The laws can be and should be enforced. Mayor Rushlight, Chief of Police Slover and Police Commission er Coffey have the clubs to enforce them. The Oregonian heartily wishes them well In any effort to do their duty. THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MARRIAGE. Public interest In anything which concerns tne marriage relation is always lively. Now and then some event happens which excites it almost to a passion. The engagement be tween Colonel Astor and the youthful Miss Force is of this character. Every body is half compelled to talk about the bride's beauty and her tender years, while we near mucn concern ing the bridegroom's wealth, his age and his previous adventures In matri mony. The recent notorious decision of a Portland Judge which virtually removes the legal disadvantages of Immorality is another occurrence of the sort that stimulates people to comment on the rights and duties of the state. What Is the precise Inter est of the community in marriage? How much legal regulation is proper and practical? Is marriage an Indis soluble contract or are divorces per missible? These are some of the many questions which are heard in current discussions of the marriage relation. We do not intend to try to answer all of them or Indeed to answer any of them completely. Huge volumes have 1 been written about these mat ters without exhausting the possibili ties of discussion. To touch rather cursorily upon one or two points is all that we have In mlnd. So far as the Interest of the community in the marriage relation is concerned we suppose that it arises mainly from the fact that children are likely to be born. Instability of the family threat ens to throw the burden, of supporting children upon the public. It also en tails difficulties about the inheritance of property. . The wife's, infidelity in particular would complicate property rights beyond all hope of untangling them if the law did not Intervene with hard and fast rules. The hus band's excesses are not so disastrous In this respect and that is no doubt why society has agreed, to visit the sin of the woman more relentlessly than the man's. In primitive society nascent morality springs from the necessity of keeping property rights intact. In later ages, when property has accumulated In vast, often in su perabundant, masses we are prone to forget its supreme Importance to the aboriginal man when he begins . to emerge Into civilization. The simple faot that without accumulated prop erty civilization is impossible ought to help us think clearly upon this -point. No doubt the. origin of the belief that marriage Is a sacrament may be found In the reverence of semi-civilized man for property. The wife is at that social stage the husband's chattel and Just as the Ten Com mandments make It a sin to steal any article which can be owned, so most emphatically It is a sin to steal a wife or even to take any liberties with her. The belief that marriage is a sacrament is widely held and en titled to all respect. .We are not ad vancing any opinions as to its truth or falsity, but Its origin Is a matter of secular history and may be dis cussed wkhout offense to anybody. Those who do not look upon mar riage as a sacrament admit the desir ability of divorce' under restrictions more or less severe. Some would grant divorces upon almost any com plaint of either party. Others would refuse to annul the marriage contract for any reason except the so-called "scriptural" one. But however wide ly men differ la this particular, the opinion is held almost unanimously that there ought to 'be one and the same divorce law throughout the Union. The only vital question is how to secure It. Those who demand divorce legislation from Congress for get that the Federal . Constitution gives the National Government ,no authority whatever over the subject It Is left wholly to the several states so that In order to secure . uniform legislation we must either amend the Constitution or Induce the states to adopt the same laws. Which alterna tive Is the more difficult It would be hard to decide. Very likely it will be a long time before anything is ac compllshed by one method or the other. In the meantime the muddle will continue about as it Is. The question to what extent the law ought to regulate marriage is one which may be more fruitfully dis cussed than the vexed subject or di vorce. In fact, many observers be lieve that the best way to atack the divorce evil is by surrounding mar riage with proper precautions. To their minds it is more profitable to prevent the evil by timely interven tion, than to deal with its symptoms after they- have become virulent. There is a decided popular inclination toward' laws which wift prevent the union of undesirable - couples. In creasing familiarity with the princi ples of biology has impressed intelli gent persons with the social lncon veniences of marriages where either one of the parties suffers from con genital deformity or carries in his blood the taint of Insanity or crime, The result of wedlock for such per sons Is nothing less than the perpetu ation of their bad qualities. r These truths are becoming pretty well understood and consequently there is a genuine, though limited. demand for legislation which will In some way forbid marriage except to pesons who are sound of mind and body.v As yet any law of this sort would probably be deemed extreme by a majority of mankind, but the growth of the opposite opinion is one of the social phenomena of our day -and in time it may win the victory. When that happens, if it ever does, the world will have taken the first and most Important step on the road that leads to a better race physically and mentally. A NEW KIND OF PARSONAGE. The "cottage for the teacher" which an enterprising school district in Walla Walla County, Washington, has erected will excite some surprise in minds which are slow to move for ward, but it may be an excellent thing for all that. If the schoolhouse is to be -the social center of the commun ity, there must be somebody at hand to look after It. The building must be cared for to some extent, lest the windows he broken and. desks marred. But that is a minor matter. No doubt the parents of the children would see to It that they behaved themselves whether the teacher were present or not. His principal Uuty Would be to direct the exercises of the afternoon and evening gatherings. The teacher will plan the pro grammes, suggest interesting ' games, devise suitable ways of spending- the time pleasantly and profitably. In order for him to do all this with the least expenditure of time and energy he ought to dwell on the schoolhouse grounds. Just as It is desirable for the pastor of a church to live not far away from the center of his charge. The tendency is to make the coun try school resemble somewhat the "Institutional church" which has flourished in many cities. Education is still to be the central thought, of course, but it will be a new kind of education and it will be surrounded with a new set of associations. Su perintendent "Alderman has struck he keynote of the new movement for Oregon in his latest report which every friend of children ought to study. Education with Mr. Alderman means the development of the human being on all sides. It includes play as well as work and is to be sought In the activities of life quite as much as in books; The new school will not be a place of books and nothing else. It will be alive in many different directions. All the more then is it essential that the master, or mistress, be there at all times to overlook whaj is going on, to prepare for what is to come, to direct, to inspire. When the school- day Includes sixteen hours instead of six it will consume the whole of the teacher's time. WHERE GROWS TUB ALIMONY. "Mamma, where does this alimony grow that papa is going to send you?" was the pertinent question asked a few days ago by a tiny girl who had Just lost her father through the di vorce court. . The little maiden thought alimony was some sort of a fruit, and indeed It Is the fruit of discord, the fruit of mesalliance, the fruit of mattero- money, mistaken for matrimony. In the year 1887 there were 27,419 divorces granted in the United States, 268 of them in Oregon. The rate for the Nation was about 330 to the mil lion of population; the rate for Oregon was 60 per cent above that. In 1907 the number had grown to 72,062 in the Nation and 1026 in Oregon. So It ia evident that Oregon has nothing to brag about when it comes to the ease and celerity of divorce' proceedings. Indeed, matrimonial bonds are sev ered In this state for . many offenses that would not be considered good grounds for separation in many of the states New York, for example, where unfaithfulness to the marriage vows is the only cause, aside from insanity and murder. These figures relate to ' marriages performed by the civil authorities and clergymen 'Of the various Protestant denominations only, and not to those solemnized in the Roman Catholic Church, which-does not recognize di vorce save in extreme cases, and then the separation must : emanate from Rome. It has long been contended by close students of the question that our di vorce laws are so lax that any mar ried man or woman with a couple of hundred dollars can get a legal separ ation on the most trivial grounds, such as incompatibility of temper. Many divorces are the result of collusion between the parties. As a rule the man allows the woman to .take the initiative by charging him with a statutory offense, which is proven by a hired detective, ''perhaps two : or three of them. What we need is a set of laws uni form for the various states. As it is now, a couple may be debarred from ' having the knot untied where they re. side; but they can select any one of twenty or more states, 'Oregon, for ex ample, where citizenship can easily be acquired, and the divorce quickly fol lows. The parties then leave, as a rule, for the home closed for the oc casion. After all, there would be but little to decry In these easy divorce proceed ings were It not for the children of the parties, like the little maid Inquir ing about alimony. So far as the man and woman are concerned, their sep aration would , mean very little to so ciety in general, but in very many cases a great hardship is wrought upon the Innocent children. . And it is for these that a united effort should be made to have our divorce laws more nulform and less susceptible to collusion and fraud. A new Invention of destruction Is no - sooner made than military men Invent the means of -destroying it. The perfection . of a gun which will hft an airship with a cone-like shower of shot at a range of seven miles is the latest thing in this direction. But aviators are con fident' that the odds are ' greatly in their favor in case, while flying, they .sholud have : to fight a battle with guns on land. They can soar, dip, glide, turn and make many evolutions which will bewilder the marksman The difficulty of . elevating a gun to hit an airship is' also great. So far. aviators are in greater danger from failure of their own mechanism, nervousness or sudden Illness than from the fire of guns on the earth. The- early prospect of the expend! ture of 14,000,000 on the Umatilla project promises that Oregon will soon come Into" her -own,' With the south Jetty of the"' Columbia River and the Celilo canal near completion, with work on Klamath irrigation un der way. with improvement of the long-neglected Coast harbors begun and with construction of Government locks at Oregon City soon to begin, Oregon is securing pretty fair atten tion from Uncle Sam. Much of this work is -fcelng done at the Joint ex pense of state and Nation, proving that Uncle Sam helps those who help themselves. There is faint historical Interest In the news that Lionel De Jersey Har vard will enter Harvard University this Fall. He descends not from the founder, but from his cousin. Of the original John Harvard very little is known. There is a bulky volume about him, hut it is a tissue of guesswork. worse even than the lives of Shakes-, peare in this respect. - The glory or the name depends upon the gift to the 'university thus far. Lionel may possibly add -to-.lts. Juster.- It would be a flnethlng .for him to do arid only moderately difficult. . After' all the', talk .that has been heard about hard drinking . at the Army posts It is a "little surprising to learn from -General.Fred.;.Grant's re port that only church members and railroad employes, are more temper ate than the' soldiers.. Railroad em ployes ; do. noV. drink , because they would be discharged ' If . they did. Church" members abstain from princi ple." Soldiers are temperate; we-opine, because they are Well fed, comfortably clad and duly exercised. ' Herein, we discern three great lessons for the pro hibitionists. - - : v. i , r--.r , ; It is not asking hopgrowers to share to an unreasonable extent their good fortune in the high price of hops -when hoppickers ask an- advanced In the picking price of cent a pound. All the talk about "holding growers up" is nonsense when the demand for increased pay is so moderate as that. The difference between 10-cent and 45-cent hops will stand the raise and still leave-a comfortable margin of profit to the grower. The laborer In these prosperous fields is worthy of his hire. If it is proper for the Government to plant fish spawn in private streams why should It not plaqt trees on pri vate lands? New York thinks it should, or, at any rate, that trees may properly be given to landowners to plant. Its generosity extends to 11,- 000,000 specimens this year, enough to make quite a grove if they live, but it is a question whether even at that rate planting can keep pace with fire. A Los Angeles judge decides that message projected into the air by the wireless method is the property of any pereon who may pick it up This may prove the beginning of a new code of laws governing the air. Commissioner of Education Claxton thinks there is solution of the child- labor problem in giving each a piece of land to cultivate. The plan might succeed until the ,"old man" took the crop to town and kept the money. Once upon a time Colonel Hofer, the stormy petrel of Oregon Journal Ism and politics, was successful in his endeavors to end a drouth. Why not invoke his aid to put out these forest fires? .When the leader of the federated employes of the Harrlman lines says: "Who wants to strike? Nobody if he can help it," there is good reason to hope that a strike will e averted. The duck season opens today. Hunting water fowl is safe pursuit of sane pleasure. ' A man cannot kill his friend by mistake, though at times he would like to do so. Iowa women drummed out of town two Mormon elders yesterday. The Mormon missionary Is ' a fearsome creature to the married woman. It is a safe prediction that the cen ter of: population -will travel westward much more than thirty-nine miles be fore the next census. .' ' Nobody should complain of ' speed ers on' Portland' Heights. - Speeding up thereis contributing to premedi tated suicide, j - . The Seattle strike Is a family row, and; like all domestic strife, is unfor tunate for both sides. Heavy rains In the region of Phil adelphia are needed to make the Del aware navigable. ;- President Taft will run ahead - of his Coast schedule. That is a good omen. A Presidential tour makes a vaca tion trip for secret service men. Aviation is the keynote of woman's fashions, both In style and price. "Gleanings, of the Day Writing of the Senate's attitude on the arbitration to the New York Even ing Post. A. E. Pillsbury, of Boston, says: v "Much prerogative hath made these Senators mad. A more ancient. Illustri ous, and powerful Senate than ours died of prerogative the other day." The dove season has opened, says the Lexington, Ky., World. But there are practically no doves. We recall when there were flocks of doves in every hempfield, and anyone, though not an expert shot, could bag 30 or 40 .In an afternoon. We doubt today if there is a flock of 100 doves in the state. In a few years the dove will be as rare as the carrier pigeon, flocks of which once abounded the sky. The streams that once abounded with fish are now barren, and in some counties officers of the law, sworn to enforce the law, are known to be guilty of violating the law prohibiting the seining and dyna mlting of streams. Current European estimates place the amount of money spent there by Amer lean travelers this season at above (100,000,000, says the Springfield Re publican. Still there is the suggestion of some economy in this figure. It has frequently been much exceeded in re. cent years, according to estimates as reliable as the above. After reciting the facts brought out at the Wiley Inquiry, the Indianapolis News says Such are some of the difficulties that have been put in the way of this faithful servant of the public - He baa been hammered in every way possible, overruled, humiliated, and mads the victim of false charges. His bureau has been stripped of practically all Its authority. , The whole effort has been to find a way to avoid enforcing the law. We have had boards created among them the xtemsen ooara ol tne Roosevelt adminis tration and the food and drug Inspection board, the manifest function of which was to hold Wiley In check. Now that the truth has come out, the people will see more clearly than ever that Dr. Wiley Is the one man at Washington on whom they can rely in tnis ngm lor pure food and drugs. Representative Norris, of Nebraska, tells this story and credits it to Adam Bede, late a representative from Mlnne sota There were two Mormon children who went away to school. The professor first asked them their names and when they gave, them he remarked "Why, the names being the same, you must be sisters." "Yes, we are sisters," they replied. And when they gave their ages, their ages being exactly the same, the pro fessor again said: Why you .must be twins!" les, we are twins," answered the little children "on our father's slde" Grewsome evidence of the vast sun bers of buffalo that up to the middle of the eighteenth' century 'roamed the great plains and uplands of the contl nent, was until a few years ago fur nished by the bones of the animals, tons upon tons of which whitened the ranges. The "buffalo chips" that fur nished fuel for immigrants throughout the ox-team era were in further evi dence of the multitude of these great shaggy beasts that roamed these vast areas at will, each herd eroverned hv rules mat none were allowed to break. but all joining in the mighty surging stampede when menaced by a com mon danger. Thus every vestige of the abounding animal life represented by tne Dunaio Has vanished from the "Great American Desert" that stretched across the school atlas of three quarters of a century ago. Even the skulls of these wild herds no longer gleam In the sun. The last one of them has been gathered, reduoed to fertilizer and distributed over the wheat fields of the Inland Empire. Two young women from New Orleans have been to New York and have ex pressed their candid opinion of the lat ter city to the Sun. Do you want to know what I think of New York?" said Miss X. "Well, am terribly disappointed. I had been dreaming for years of making this visit and now I almost wish I hadn't come." Yes," said Mrs. Y. "It is awful. It's dirty here and the people are not nice at all, and every body stares so.' Why," took up Miss X, "we Just walked out the front door the other day- and around to the back entrance and we were spoken to several times In the one block we walked on Broadway, Broadway Is an impossible street, and nobody you see looks nice. Then every body seems to speak with some sort of accent. "What have you seen In the city?" the reporter ventured "Well, friends have taken us around to see what they call the sights of the city." Miss X. mentioned a lot of the places where no New York resident ever goes. "You see," she went on, "we wanted to see some of the society peo pie and compare them with the folks down home. But the people we have seen seem to do nothing but drink and smoke cigarettes. Even ; the women smoke in some of the places, too. It is horrible. I saw a pretty young girl puffing away on one Just as naturally as If she had smoked all her life." "Have 1 you seen the Metropolitan Museum?" , "No, but we have been In Central Park, and such a dirty -place 1 have never-seen. We were disappointed, be cause we had heard so much about It But what we cannot understand is that the people we see everywhere about look so unrefined. Why,, you never see people like that in New Orleans. "We--wont to Atlantic City the other day and spent the day. Before we left home. we ordered pretty black bathing suits, with red stripes on the skirts, and red ties and red shoes, but we did not even take them out down there, be cause the women on the beach were so Immodest and ran along the boardwalk as unconcerned as If they had been wearing street dress. You see, down with us women are very modest and don't get about much. Perhaps we are narrow. One thing we cannot under stand is why nobody seems to go to bed. Ten o'clock is bedtime in New Or leans, but here it seems that the even ing Is only beginning at that hour. No, we haven't been to Coney Island or to the. theater. We are going to a mati nee tomorrow. We find that we Just have to see what we can see in the day time and let it go at that. liut you can say we just don't like New York at all. It's not half as nice a place as New Orleans." . "No, indeed," echoed Mrs. Y. Then they went to, take in the trip to China town. '. An electric alarm is the latest tea kettle adjunct in Germany. The steam from the spout when the water boils melts a lump of sugar which had held apart the poles of a tiny battery. Their contact rings a bell. Writer Foresees Sacrifice of Religions . Liberty aa Result of Federation. - PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 30. (To the editor.) I was very much impressed with the editorial in The Oregonian of August 29, on "Church Unity." I con aider this a matter of great importance in more ways than one, and if you would klndlv allow me to say a few words regarding It, I will feel very grateful. First of all, let me candidly say that this proposed federation has for its main tenet the Sunday rest day. This is where its Influence will be felt. Whether or not the various denomina tions connected with this movement set aside all dosrmas and doctrinal points, they will inevitably decide in favor of thetSunday rest day. They must meet it. It is the very center of their ac tlvities. They must have some strong doctrine upon which they will agree as a body, and Sunday affords this oppor tunlty. The spirit of unionism is abroad and is pervading many fields -1 of social activity which is good in many ways, but beware, that in our de sire for centralized power, we do no overlook vital principles of truth which have been recognized since the days of Nimrod. Such a federation as this can only result in a postasy and despotism. When- this federation Is formed "it will not only be National In Its scope, but also international. It will be the greatest federation that the world has ever seen. The civil power will be forced to enact more stringent Sunday laws according to the will of thl power. This in itself would be con trary to the glorious principles of re llglous liberty as outlined in the Con stitutlon of the United States, and- which have made this Nation the cham plon of true reform. This movement Is directly opposed to the plain and lm mutable word of God, which emphat lcally declares in no unmistakable terms: "Associate yourselves, O ye peo. pie, and ye shall be broken in pieces and give ear. all ye of far countries gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken In pieces." Isaiah vlil:9. A noticeable feature of this move, ment Is the seemingly disinterested at tltude of the Church of Rome. Th papacy will never step down from her pinnacle of. supreme authority in re llglous matters. The various denom-t lnatlons must come to her tor recog nltlon. The man on the Tiber will have something to say regarding this fed eratlon when the time cornea The ul tlmate result of such a concerted movement would be nothing short of a union between church and state, and consequently all that follow in its wake. The terrible scenes of the Dark Ages would be repeated; for. if this movement should succeed In its efforts to have the Sunday enforced, who can tell what next It will demand? Why not demand that people throughout the world pray so many times a day? It would be no more unreasonable than commanding all to rest on the first day . of the week. May God, In hi mercy, keep us from such a time as this! - I fancy I hear the people of old, building the Tower of Babel, when they said: "Let us build us a city and tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." Then, again, I fancy I hear these modern religion lsts clamoring for power, saying "Let us proclaim to all the Inhabitants of earth that they must rest on the first day of the week, regardless of their opinion, lest we lose our prestige as religious body." GEORGE S. WORK. Brad's Bit o' Verse Tne - xnocker drifted into town on grievous mischief bent; he took his tongs and hammer down and at the job he went. "Oh, yes, this climate's pretty fair, and I enjoy the breeze; but there's a dampness in the air that's bound to bring disease. I'm going into business here, but things look mighty glum; It seems to me most plain and clear this town Is on the bum; the taxes are too awful high; you're growing too blamed fast; there'll be a panic by and by. these good times cannot last." And so the knocker settled down, and filled our souls with gloom; he nearly wrecked the good old town with tales of woe and doom; no enterprise that came our way looked good to that old bloat; his hammer sounded night and day he nearly got our goat; a hundred boosters good and strong were kept upon the rack to neutralize his doleful song, his waitings dour and black; until at last we raised a purse and took our flint locks down and ordered him to take his hearse unto a rival town. They say that all men have a right to life and liberty; but when I view- the hammer's blight I beg to disagree; the gibbet and the guillotine, soft eggs and flinty rocks are coming to the man, I ween, who nothing does but knocks. ' (Copyright, 1911, by W. D. Meng.) Rmahllsht'a Policy Condemned. PORTLAND, Aug. 29. (To the Editor.) Certain it is that the policy pursued by Mayor Rushlight In police affairs needs some explanation. Behold the Mayor of this city dismissing Tom Cole man, a police officer, less than a month ago on the charge of drunkenness and ncompetency and Just a flay or so ago dismissing all charges against him and putting him back on the police force. This Is about the limit when it comes to police regulation. And yet; need we be surprised? Not in the least. Such an act Is. but in keeping with the May or's policy anyway. His attempt to re form was but a mere sham and any man of affairs must certainly know it. All the attempts of Rushlight to put an end to gambling and the social vice have fallen flat and he never intended to put a stop to those evils. However, they are enough to fool some people ana lead them to believe that he fully in tends to end vice in this city. Nonsense! The Mayor never Intended to stop gambling or the social evil. They are flourishing in every part of the city with the full consent of the Mayor and police force. Verily, there is much to what Barnum said: "The people like to be fooled." C. A. WAINRIGHT. Cruelty to Chickens. CANYONVILLE, Or., Aug. 27. (To the Editor.) I would like to call at tention to- a sin a crime that is com mitted every Autumn and that could so easily be prevented. Growers and nippers of poultry, employ men and boys to prepare the fowls for market; paying for the work at so much per head. And this Is the way it is usually one: The beak of the fowl la pried pen and a knife blade jabbed some where Inside the poor creature's head. and the feathers quickly removed. sually while the fowl Is alive. Often the poor things live hours before death comes to their relief. If purchasers of dressed poultry will ask for and accept only those fowls that have had their heads cut clean from their bodies before they were plucked, this great sin would ' stop. .We so dread suffering for our selves. Why then Inflict it needlessly on dumb creatures? Let us not forget our Master's teaching, "Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy." MRS. ROSE BUTRICK. Personal Progresa Sole Aim. ' New York Sun.' No faction of any political party has ever been more thoroughly discredited than the Republican "Progressives." Each has confessed by his conduct that the only progresslveness he cherishes Is that which he believes may result in his own personal benefit. Advertising Talks By William C. Freeman. The lttr. George Wood Anderson, chaplain of the St. Louis Advertising Club, made a stirring address on "Ad vertiatng and Human Nature" at the Boston convention. Dr. Anderson is a great orator. He makes the aimpleat words sound like grand opera. If he is as effective in preaching the gospel to his congrega tion as he was in defining to several hundred men and women the great power of the human appeal in adver tising, then there must ba a tre mendous amount of good work dona by his flock. Men and women cannot sit under oratory from a sincere man' without being Impelled by it to do the best that lies in them. Dr. Anderson is a sin cere man. If he could preach the aoe pel of honest advertising; from every platform in the United States, it would be a great help to the cause. The St. Louis Advertising; Club must get tremendous inspiration from this man. The club Is to be congratulated, too, for the thought that prompted a chaplain. It is the regimental Idea, and a good one, too. A band of fight ers for an honest cause needs the coun sel and example of a good chaplain. But Just a few thoughts from Dr. Anderdson's speech, and the lesson Is taught: "Write from the heart always. Write to be believed. Write to be regarded as sincere. "Never put a dishonest thought on paper. Think of the responsibility of a printed lie. Do not imitate, for an lmli tatlon is a thief and a liar. Be orig inal as often as It is possible to be. "Be human try to understand na ture. Be charitable In thought and In act. Think of the good things In life. Paint the rose without the thorn. Love music and laughter. "Just be a human being writing to other human beings, and then you have human nature In advertising." (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright, lull, by George MaLthew Adtmu . Unless a man amounts to a good deal, he shouldn't say he has done his best. Do a clever thing, and so many imi tators will spring up that your clever ness will soon be forgotten, unless you are very clever Indeed. Most men who pass a fresh paint sign touch it to see 'f someone hasn't care lessly left the sign hang since yes terday. Some people say their prayers by knocking on wood. If women had money, how well they could get along without the men. Too much business worries a man al most as much as lack of It. When you hear a smart saying by a child. It is a sign that the child has a smart mother, and that she made it up. In spite of tne frightful manner In which they are imposed upon, women live longer than men. As a rule you will not have much trouble having your way. If you are right. ' The position a man gets away -from home is never as good as his folks at home say it is. There are all sorts of men: a man has turned up who complains that aer- nfons are not long enough. Fables in Slang -AND- SherlockHolmes IN THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN George Ade's Newest Fables in Slang The 1911 series, opens in the magazine section this coming Sunday. The first fable, "The Logical Finish of the Progressive Speed Maniac," shows the noted funny man at his best. A new fable by Mr. Ade will appear each week for some months to come. Progeny of Cannibals Make Laws An unusual study in so ciology, recountiug the dev-elop-mcnt to high spheres of useful ness of men whose grandfathers were savage man-eaters. Sherlock Holmes The famous sleuth takes up the perplexing mysteries of the resident patient and solves a most complex puzzle -in criminology. Complete, with illustrations, in Sunday s issue. "Wasps, of the Navy An i!lus trated page article on the trim but formidable little torpedo-boat destroyers that lately visited Portland harbor. Humble Wives Embarrass No bles European nobles who have taken morganatic wives, or who have married beneath their plane, find such matrimonial ventures trying in many ways. Half page, illustrated. Jack o 'Lantern Bogieman Special music feature as sung by Elizabeth Murray in "Madame Sherry." Snapshots A page of camera stories of people and events fig uring in the world's recent news. Funny Men Ten minutes of wholesome fun provided by the country's best newspaper humor ists. The Man Wlio Sold His Head The whimsical tale of a man who disposed of his cranium to sci ence. Complete. Are Women's Feet Growing? Shoe manufacturers say so, and they no longer make small shoes such as were in demand for wom en 20 years ago. Widow Wise meets her double, Sambo gets mixed up with an os trich, and Mr. Twee Deedle pro vides a bugland adventure.