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OFFICIAL. PAPER OP THE CITY OF
HOW TO AVOID HALF BAKED LEGISLATION.
AB IS ALWAYS THE CASE when n session of tha
legislature is near at hand there la much talk of
r.. ., i.t-iKintion for Multnomah county. Scores
of people are eager to try their handa
the city or county government and tnere la me usuaj sur
feit of half-baked ldeaa and 111 conslderad suggestion.
The perennial demand for an Increaae In county salaries is,
of course, much in erldence; some are clamoring for tha
creation of new county offices and some would enlarge
or curtail the scope of the offices already existent; county
roads, public schools, city and county taxea, the Port of
Portland and a do ten other things afford subjects for the
would-be political doctor. Unless past experience is be
lied, the coming seaaion will be productive of a great deal
of unwise legislation, with Portland and Multnomah county
' among the conspicuous sufferers from It.
This danger can be minimised by giving opportunity for
full public dlacusslon and consideration of all proposed
legislation relating especially to this city and county. If
such measures are definitely formulated in advance of the
session, their nature made known to the public and an
adequate opportunity given for debate as to their wisdom
and necessity, there will be much leas ground to fear the
results. At both of the sessions of last year, bills were In
troduced and passed which related only to this county but
of which the people of the county had not been given the
slightest previous information. The inevitable con
sequence is dissatisfaction and loss of confidence In the
county's representatives hi the legislature, and fre
quently the laws thus hastily passed have proved unwise
and undesirable.
There Is reason to expect that a number of changes In
the county government will be attempted at the coming
session. Strong pressure will be brought to bear by per
- sonal and political Interests to secure the passage of bills
of this character. Undoubtedly some changes can be made
with advantage, but If the methods pursued in thj past are
to be repeated, the result will be a crude patchwork of
little or no value.
If the Multnomah delegation would appoint a committee
to confer with the county officials and with the buslnesr
men of the city, some definite, homogeneous plan might be
evolved which would cure existing defects In the county
government and which would commend Itself to the com
munity. Such a procedure would have the Incidental ad
vantage of freeing the members of the delegation from
the Incessant Importunities of those who seek to mould
such legislation to their private ends. Certainly the peo
ple have a right to be taken into the counsels of those who
are, to represent them In the legislature.
DEMOCRACY AND THE
IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY stands anywhere on
the tariff question It must stand where Tllden stood,
in favor of a tariff for revenue only. And that Is
precisely where It stands according to Its selected spokes.
man, Senator Bailey of Texas, who opened the Democratic
campaign in Brooklyn last night. "Any law," he says,
"which levies a tax, not for the purpose of raising- revenue
to support the government, but for the purpose of com
pelling an American cltlsen to pay more for ther goods that
he must buy, Is a perversion of governmental power and a
downright robbery,"
There Is now very much more to be said upon this prop
osition than ever before in our history, for the reason that
the combinations called trusts, monopolizing as they do
production In various directions, charge whatever prices
they will, within the limit of the tariff duty, to the Ameri
can consumer. The consumer thus becomes the victim of
the government's beneficence. With the tariff wall as a
barrier to competition the domestic manufacturer simply
exploits the domestic consumer. The cost of living has
gone up altogether out' of proportion to the rise in wages.
So long as everything Is running- at a high pressure and
there la plenty of work at good or fair wages the effect
of thin unnatural coridltlon is not so severely felt. But the
moment slack times come, as -they are beginning to feel
them In the east and other sections of the country, the mo
ment men lose their employment and face the proposition
of supporting a family on a lessened Income, the burden
becomes almost unbearable. Then there comes' borne to
each One a full realisation of the force, of the arguments
against an Impenetrable tariff wail which Is used as a
means of exueting outrageous tribute from the hsjme con
sumer. But Senator Bailey makes plain that no matter how de
termined the Democratic party might be. If returned to
power, to bring the tarlfT dutlea down to a decent level It
would find great difficulty at the outset because of the
enormous increase In the cost of the government. A tariff
for revenue only, owing to this circumstance, would now
mean what In Tllden's time would have been esteemed a
high protective tariff, no shrewdly have the tariff ad
vocates hedged themselves In by extravagances In govern
mental administration.
'But this Is no longer an academic question. It Is a
Serious consideration that enters into the domestic econ
omy of every household In the country. The Republican
KUOWUMJS THEM ASTD NOW.
From the Baltimore News.
When George William Curtis, Carl
Schurx and other hitherto prominent
members of the Republican party re
fused In 184 In support the presidential
nominee of their party, nmi Theodore
Roosevelt found It necessary to issue a
loiK statement of his reaaons for sup
porting that nomine, the "mugwump"
Idea as well as the word first gained
prominence in this country. The idea
was assailed and tlie word became a
synonym for hypocrite. To be a "mug
wump" was to be a Pharisee, or, at best,
a transcendentallst or mental weakling.
The Idea was so preposterous that the
partisan press simply ridiculed and pit
ted the beings led astray by It: It was
considered too Insignificant to be tak'n
seriously until tbe polls were closed.
Rut two decades have worked wondera
The growth of the Independent idea,
both among newspapers and Individuals,
has been so widespread that it excites
little comment to read that hundreds of
the one and thousands of the other are
now supporting a party other than the
one they supported four or eight years
ago. No one drna of impeaching
either the sanity or the morality of Mr.
Oscar Straus because he has declared for
Roosevelt, or of Ambassador Choate's
brother because be Is working for Par
ker's election. Bolting the party for
reasons which appeal to the Intellect
and patriotism of the Independent voter
Is-ne longer sufficient to cover him with
derision. This fact is one of the most
significant of recent politics In this
country: It Is an accomplished fact
which no one Is pursuing any longe
with flouts and flings. The time may
ret some if Indeed, It has not already
wived whan tbe word "mugwump"
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party has elected to stand pat on the question; It will not
budge an Inch nor grant the least concession. It has
beaten down the advocates of the "Iowa idea" who favored
tariff reduction within reasonable limits and by the party
Itself. It assumes the responsibility for the trusts, which
are the direct outcome of the high tariff wall, and It
stands by them because of past favors and favors yet to
come. This Is one of fhe great Issues to be again threshed
out In this campaign and In our opinion the most Im
portant of them all.
WASHINGTON STATE POLITICS
at tinkering wttlfl
TARIFF.
THE
AVERY INTERESTING portion of this splendid
young state la that lying on the west slope of the
coast range of mountains, Including Clatsop, Til
lamook, the western end of Polk, Benton and Lane, the
northwestern portion of big Douglas, and all of Lincoln,
Coos and Curry counties.
These counties and parts of counties are exceedingly
rich in various kinds of resources or natural wealth. They
contain a vast amount of timber the largest and finest
accessible body of timber left In the United States. The
soil is rich, productive; when, as In the course of time
and the tide of events It must happen, the timber dis
appears, tens of thousands of small farmers will In this
region find comfortable sunset homes. There Is abund
ance of water. Brooks sins, purl, and murmur almost
everywhere. It rains a good deal along this coast region.
It Is true, but, after all. no more than it rains In the
course of a year at Boston, Mass., or Charleston, 8. C.
Winter what people In eastern states call winter Is ab
solutely unknown over on that sunset slope of America.
And there Is no excessive heat In summer either.
Tillamook county .to mention R now only Incidentally
Is already the greatest dairying county In Oregon. Lin'
coin Is also a fine dairying county, but produces grain,
hops and fruit besides. Go down to Coos timber,, coal,
rich' meadows, water power, deep soli, a good harbpr, an
ocean before, an empire behind peace, plenty and pros
perity on every hand but yet development of naturally
"great resources has been carried on only In a compara
tively small way.
We look for a very great development of these sea
facing counties in the next few years. And Portland ought
to have a large hand in that development. Portland can
handle their product, and supply them with their neces
saries, as well as San Francisco can. We need a greater
and better coast trade. All we have to do Is to go after it.
will recover Its original meaning of a
chief, a captain, and a leader of men.
outwits yotjwo soom
From the New Pork American.
A good story was being tojd In Tarry
town yesterday of how a Western Union
messenger boy got the better of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., In a financial deal over
a dollar.
Young Mr. Rockefeller lives at Poean
tlco Hills, three miles from the Tarry
town telegraph office. By hla order his
messages are telephoned from Tarry
town. In this way he saves delivery
charges. Yesterday hla telephone was
out of order, so a messenger boy was
sent with It The boy collected a dollar.
Mr. Rockefeller waa not at home at
the time. When he learned that hla
valet had paid the delivery charges he
was very Indignant, and drove to the
office to make a big kick.
"Why," said he. "I can get a man to
work nil day for 11. 2. The charges art
excessive."
Mr. Rockefeller did not get back the
dollar, but he left orders that sll mes
sages must be telephoned, with a big
"siust."
From the New York Tribune.
As an Illustration of the . Japanese
advance In the art of advertising, can
anything be more complete than this?
"Our wrapping-paper la as strong as the
hide of an elephant. Goods forwarded
with the speed of a cannon-ball. Our
silks and satins are as soft as the
cheeks of a pretty woman, as beautiful
as a rainbow Our parcels are packed
with as mucti'care as a young married
woman tsips of her husband."
JNO. V. CAR K OU.
Journal Building. Fifth and Tamhlll
PORTLAND
WASHINGTON Is undoubtedly a Republican
state, and wUl cast Its five electoral votes for
Roosevelt for president. But Washington peo
ple are not likely to be stampeded Into voting for the cor
porations' candidate, Mead, for governor. He is the pro
duct, the rather sickly and Ill-smelling product, of 10
years' corporate control of that state except when the
people rebelled and elected the late John R. Rogers gover
nor. He died while . In off loe, and McBride, an honest
but a narrow, impractical man, tried to fill his shoes, and
miserably failed.
The late Republican convention In that stats was dom
inated, as every Republican convention there always has
been, by the railroads. The railroads over there have
done an immense amount of good, have developed the state
of Washington, as nothing slse could; within their proper
limits they are necessary and most excellent enterprises:
but they have gone Into politics quite too much seek to
control everything In their own way.
Mead, the railroad candidate In the state of Washington,
will probably be beaten for governor. He certainly
should be beaten. Against him Is running a man of very
high character and ability, a man really fit to be president
of the United States. He used to be a Republican, It Is
true, and now he Is a Democrat; they are "throwing that
up against him;" but he changed his politics for very
good reasons, and does not owe and will not pay any
apology therefor to any man on earth vote as he pleases.
Mr. Turner, we think,- will carry eastern Washington by
a large majority; and we should not be surprised If he
carried western Washington also. That great, growing,
expanding, wonderfully resourceful young state cannot
afford to have a mere railroad tool for governor.
People are differentiating In their votes much more than
they did 20 years ago. Ferw voters In a city vote straight
any more.
Two years ago. In Oregon, a Democrat was elected gov
ernor, while last June the Republican plurality ran up, for.
supreme Judge, to 24,000. Again, right here In Mult
nomah county, with Teddy Roosevelt running for every
thing from constable up, if one. believed the Oregontan,
the voters threw overboard the two most Important local
Republican candidates. Tbe party lash Is weakly flung,
and falls Ineffectual, through thin air, these days. In 1900
McKlnley carried Washington by a plurality of 12,623
votes, while Rogers, (Democrat), carried the state by a
plurality of over 2,000 votes.
These be considerably Independent times, politically, es
pecially In local affairs. The people are beginning to take
politicians at their real worth. The voters are no longer
paying diamond prices for paste patriots.
COAST COUNTIES.
JOT TUTIO 1ST
From the Pendleton Bast Oregonlan.
The 1'matUla farmer wears a pad upon
hla back his gallus chafes his shoulder
'neath the weight of buckskin sack; his
wheat has gone to market and his purse
Is filled with pelf, and the pad beneath
his gallus keeps from blistering himself.
His pocket Is of buckskin to hold the
bulging store the yield was 47 and the
price waa 74. The weight of twenties
on one side makes him to walk In
curves. This "bumper crop" occasion la
trying on his nerves! The stocking 'neath
the pillow is sadly out of date It's filled
and running over, likewise It's bulging
mate. The tin can In the cellar has
long been flooded o'er, and still the
wheat receipts come In and still the
tfrlces soar! O, Umatilla farmer, with
pad upon your back, long may your
gallus blister you. dragged down by
weighty sack! Long may your wife's
old stocking be filled and running o'er!
long may the yield climb upward! long
may the prices soar! Just as you plow
with purpose. Just as you live for peace,
may yet your purse be heavy, your blis
ters still Increase! !
Mow to Or
From the Boston Transcript.
Barlow The Wiggins seem to get
along together wonderfully. I never
supposed they would, their tastes being
so dissimilar.
Catlan That'a Just the reason why
they do get along so well. He Is al
ways talking on literary suhjecta and
she talks of nothing hut her house
work. As neither knows anything
about wtiat the other Is speaking of
they never bars any disputes,
They'll all come back:
Don't forget th state fair.
Vote as' you . please.
Soon th wheat will come pouring lh.
The Pacific coast will feed the orient
FJ1 Paso "got there" and deserved to.
And still Hall hangs on so do (he
The Black Hand needs to be shaken
-Just right.
We want to go to Salt Lake occasion
ally anyway.
When Port Arthur does fall. It will
strike bottom.
An administration greased with Stand
ard Oil smells.
Perhaps the csarevlteh will be lucky,
and die young.
After all, the devil hasn't been so very
bad this summer.
They couldn't , corral Root He Is a
foxy political cay use. .
It Is no wonder that rattle-brained
people make th most noise.
Perhaps th Issue la: Why did Roose
velt surrender to the trusts T
There Is no state, after all like Ore
gon; no city quite equal to Portland.
Evidently the Republicans across the
creek In Washington state are perturbed.
The sultan will be good until he takes
a notion that he would like to see an
other warship in port.
But if Tom Watson keeps In the mid
dle of the road with his bazoo, what are
the automoblllsts going to doT
A man who has Just died wrote 1.000
novels. Let us be thankful that Marie
Corelll was not so Industrious.
If a man can't be president, but has a
farm and cattle, and a nice family; why,
he -can laifgh at th world, or, rather
with it anyway.
Opening the world's fair on Sunday
would be an act of bad faith any way
the management might figure It out
Atlanta Journal But burning a "nig
ger" to death .on Sunday by Georgia
Christians would be a very religious
act
TRUE CBOP MPOHTS.
Why They Are Demanded and Who
Could Punish Them.
From the Northwest Miller.
The reason of the last few weeks In
tbe course of th wheat market exposes
a weakness In th present system of
crop reporting which should be promptly
remedied by those who have In charge
the maintenance of commercial stand
ards and who are interested In conserv
ing the best .Interests of the legitimate
wheat and flour trad rather than those
of the rank speculators and plungers
who find their profit in manipulating
prices regardless of the disastrous ef
fect upon others whose capital la in
vested in legitimate business undertak
ings. In this particular Instance, which
Is a gross and palpable example of what
can be done by shrewd market Jugglers,
the responsibility lies obviously with
the Minneapolis chamber of commerce
which has It In its power to put an end
at once and forever to the trickery by
which these ends have been success
fully accomplished.
Irresponsible crop reporting thrives
because no public, recognised and lm
partial medium Is In' existence whereby
truthful and Impartial reports may be
obtained and properly disseminated.
It is within fhe province of the Min
neapolis chamber of commerce f5 pro
vide such a medium for the spring wheat
crop. The question of doing so depends
for an answer on whether the mere
market Jugglers and speculators are
stronger in its councils and of greater
Influence In Its organisation than the
millers, elevator owners and legitimate
traders who buy and sell grain and not
wind.
There are doubtless honest and con
scientious crop reporters and the North
western Miller doea not mean to reflect
In tbe slightest degree upon the Integ
rity of any of those who have made re
ports, thus far, upon the condition of the
spring wheat crop, whatever may be Its
opinion of their Judgment It does
maintain, however, that no crop es
timator, however sincere and straight
forward he may be, la or can be without
bias In the making up of his estimate,
who Is' employed by, Interested in, or
otherwise Identified with a firm or cor
poration which is engaged in option
trading either for Itself or Its customers.
In themselves, reports coming from
such. source are open to doubt and ques
tlon. They certainly cannot be deemed
absolutely Impartial. e
The Minneapolis chamber of commerce
Is In a position to devise a plan of crop
estimating and reporting which will be
adequate, reliable and above the sus
picion of duplicity. Such a report
would be worth almost millions of Qol
lara annually to the trading public and
it could be secured at a fraction Of the
expense which the members of the ex
change are now put' to In order to ascer
tain the facts and correct the many mis
statements which ar put Into circula
tion every, year by Interested parties
who use them as meana for market
Jugglery. For the last two weeks or
more, not only have the recognized crop
reporters and estimators been giving
their individual opinions on the con
dition of the spring wheat crop, but a
horde of speculators of the rankest kind,
bucket-shop proprietors and firms with
predilections for bucket-shop methods,
have been keeping the wires hot with
their prophecies of ruin and disaster to
the northwestern wheat crop.
Immensely valuable time has been lost
and the entire northwest has found Itself
In a condition of extreme danger, border
ing upon panic. Had the situation been
less sound, a general and genuine trade
collapse might well have resulted. As
It Is, the credit of the northwest has
been greatly Impaired In the east and It
will be months before the effect Is en
tirely overcome. '
With a competent executive officer In
charge, th work of this committee
could be conducted In suoh a way as to
Insure a thorough and complete knowl
edge of crop conditions, beginning with
th acreage and following with frequent
reports on the progress of the crop tint ft
harvest It might go still further and
complete absolutely reliable statistics of
yield and consumption of Wheat In the
northwest. This work could be well
done by an expenditure so moderate as
to be Inconsiderable, compared with th
large sums which are now expended an
nually by individual members In order
to ascertain tbe facts,
August It. We rejoined the boat at
o'clock before eh set out and then
passing by an Island and under a cliff
on th south, nearly two miles In extent
and composed of whit and blue earth.
camped at nine miles distance, on a
sandbar toward th north. Opposite to
this, on the south, la a smill creek
called Petit Arc or Little Bow, and a
ahort distance above It an old village
of the same name. This village, of
which nothing remains but the mc-und of
earth about four feet high surrounding
NEWFOUNDLAND'S TRADE
(By John H. Raftry, special corre
spondent of the Chicago Tribune, pub
lished simultaneously In Th Journal.)
St Johna, N. F., Aug. IS. The Island
of Newfoundland Is not a part of th
Dominion of Canada. Whan the va
rious British North American colonlea
federated Into the dominion Newfound
land waa besought to enter the federa
tion. But she steadfastly refused, and
now rests, a separate British colony, ly
ing off the eaatern coast of the do
minion. Little Newfoundland retains
Its right to frame its own tariff law In
conformity with Its own Interests.
The island is unanimously and keenly
In favor of reciprocal arrangements with
the United States. For th last five
years It haa built Its hopes upon the
final adoption of the Hay-Bond treaty
and now that hope for the ratification
of that pact la almost abandoned a feel
ing of resentment and hostility against
the United States is becoming gradually
apparent.
Sir Robert Bond, the most progressive
and liberal premier tbe Island has known,
had hla heart set upon the success of
that treaty, and now, admitting the im
probability of Its final acceptance by th
senate of the United Statea, his attitude
is one of calm and even cheerful resig
nation. He will not go so far as to hint
at retaliatory measures, nor will he ad
mit th prevalent Newfoundland belief
that in its past relations with the states
this colony has had all the worst of It
He doe not put It Just that way, but
he frankly subscribes to the popular be
lief that the United Statea has had She
advantage all along. Since Newfound
land buys but little either In New Eng
land or other American statea. It not
easy for the American public to under
stand Just what advantage would accrue
to them by admitting Newfoundland fish
free of duty, or what la to be gained at
last by suoh proposed compacts as the
Hay-Bond treaty.
Nobody In this queen Island pretends
that its people would buy heavily of
American products. Upon the 42,000
square miles of It, there are but 230,000
people, and only one city St Johns In
which live so.oon. The Interior is un
developed, almost unexplored, a wilder
ness of rugged cliffs, dense Jungles of
underbrush, many forests, and moun
tain rivers and lakes. The whole pop
ulation Is strung out about the coast, a
thin fringe of hardy fisher folk, whose
lives are as much a part of th sea as
Is the surf which foams forever upon
Its rocky margin.
For weeks the forests in a hundred
sections of the Island have been bias
ing day and night. Millions of dollars'
worth of lumber has been destroyed, and
the population along the coast Is not In
terested even slightly either as to the
origin of the fires or the awful ruin
being wrought So thoroughly maritime
are the people and the Institutions of
Newfoundland that the dwellers of the
coast will not so much as penetrate,
much less explore the Interior of their
own country. Mountain along tha rail
way are named Topsail, Gaff Topsail,
and For Topsail, and in all the broad
Island, the tenth largest In th world,
there Is not a settlement or town away
from tidewater.
A few desultory efforts have been
made to discover the mining possibilities
of the mountainous regions and It has
been shown that coal, copper. Iron, bar
lte, and gold are present In quantities
that might be made profitable. There
Is much good land, upland and timber,
that can be bought for 30 cents an acre,
and the government pays a bonus for tha
clearing of such holdings.
H it the natlvea simply will not be
come landsmen, and It Is probable that
the great growth and progress of New
foundland, if they ever come, must come
by emigration and the Induction of for
eign capital.
Great herds of caribou can be seen
any day from the car window. The In
land rivers and lakes teem with trout
and salmon. Grouse, ptarmigan, ducks,
geese, and smaller game abound, and
there are dosens of deep, long baya and
estuaries Indenting the coasl and pene
trating the Island from all sides.
But the two day nequjred to cross
Newfoundland In the train will not dis
close a herd of cattle, a flock of goats
or sheep, nor any of the evidences of
pioneer farming.
It Is net probable that these people
will ever become good customers of the
United States. ' But they wsnt to sell us
fish, they want free trade on this, their
only staple, and they have but one sure
compensation to offer, the right to take
or buy bait in Newfoundland waters.
For 14 years Newfoundland has ex
tended to the United States a privilege
which can be withdrawn st any time, but
In the acceptance and use of which the
New England fisherman has been en
abled to carry on his profitable trade.
This Is not more nor less than the bait
buying courtesies extended to tha
United States upon payment of a license
of 11. RO per ton of the capacity of the
vessels which come hither to get bait
There la no other place In the world
wher the right kind of bait In auf
flclent quantities can be had except in
the coast waters of Newfoundland. No
other country has enjoyed the same gen
erous treatment as that accorded by
Newfoundland to the United States In
this bait question.
citizens of St. John, especially those
members of parliament who have worked
long and earnestly to promote the Hay
Bond treaty, are laughing unpleasantly
at the attitude of Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts with regard to the pro
posed agreement He la quoted as hav
ing said that to take th tariff off New
foundland fish would destroy the fish
eries of Massachusetts.
What would happen If the baiting
privilege waa entirely withdrawn?"
asked Sir Robert Bond. "You could not
fish without bait and there is no bait
to be had elsewhere. Newfoundland con
trols the baiting waters of the fish busi
ness of two continents."
And he smiles a faraway, qulsslcal
amlle, and resumes:
'That would not b retaliation. Our
It waa built by a Maha chief named
Little Bow, wbo being displeased with
Blackbird, the late king, seceded with
200 followers and settled at this spot; it
Is now abandoned, as the two villages
have reunited sines the death of Black
bird. We have great quantities qf
grapda, and plums of three kinds; two of
a yellow color, distinguished by on of
the species being longer than the other,
and a third round and red; all have an
excellent flavor, particularly those of the
yellow kind.
people cannot be expected to go on yield
ing advantages to the statea which no
other British colony will yield. We must
have something In exchange for these
benefits which you have enjoyed at our
handa."
Other Newfoundlanders are not so
amiable In expressing their opinions of
the United States and its senate com
mittee. As S matter of fact, nothing could be
more effective In wiping the New En
gland fisheries out of existence than the
cutting off of Ita Newfoundland bait
All of the squid, caplln and herring used
for bait la caught In Newfoundland
waters and only there. Just why this
Is true hss pussled many a learned body
of scientific Inquirers. But It gives the
Island a club which It la now commenc
ing to awing threateningly at the United
States.
The Newfoundland fisherman, born to
the craft and with the singular advan
tage of ownership In the bait waters of
tbe Atlantic, haa yet been at a disad
vantage In competing with the fisher
men of other countries. Canada pays
a noble bounty to Its fishermen and so
does France, while the tariff wall of the
United StateS excludes all competition
from the outside world The right to
fish In Newfoundland waters Is of no
consideration unless the question of batt
be first considered. That therefore, la
the weapon which the Island must use
In securing for Itself such International
trade advantages as may be required.
There la no sentiment or argument
looking toward federation with Canada
from the Newfoundlander's point' of
view. Combination with the United
States, except by trsde treaties. Is equal -lv
remote frnjs the policies and wishes
of the people. There is but slight di
vergence In the governmental sugges
tions of the two parties, conservative
and liberal, fof they are as one on every
Important topic except the purely local
Issues. ftl
Many Canadians with whom I dis
cussed, the possible annexation of New
foundland with the dominion said that It
waa only a question of time; that
Canada must have the island, and that
the salvation of the latter roust rest
ultimately In federation.
If you wish to enrage a Newfound
lander auggeat federation. He can see
nothing to gain but everything to loe
in such an amalgamation, and ther
seems no doubt that th politician or
th party who would project such a plas
now would be quickly dismissed.
The fishery, which Includes whaling
and sealing, makes up the great bulk of
the Island's business, and the growth
of the Industry within the last three
-years Is largely attributable to the suc
cess of the whale and seal enterprises.
From Bell Island, alx miles off the
coast of Conception bay, there are
shipped annually about 3.000,000 tona
of high-grade Iron ore, most of which
"goes to Germany, and the balance
largely to the smelters or money in
Nova Scotia. i
The other Industries and resources of
Newfoundland are yet In infancy or
have not been developed at all. There
are a few lumber camps and a few saw
mills, four brick mills, small but pro
ductive farma along th coast two
small, half developed coal mines, and
that la about all that Newfoundland can
boast outside of her magnificent fish
ery. So far as the United States Is con
cerned, all business Interest In the Is
land must center In the fish question,
and although this may look small from
the Massachusetts or Washington end
of the perspective, yet It Involves the
one proposition that la vital to the fish
eries of New England I believe that
the repudiation of the Hay-Bond treaty
by tha senate will Invite awlft and cer
tain retaliation from th parliament
of Newfoundland. It Is, In prospect a
plain case of "no treaty for us, no bait
for you."
Premier Bond told me that there was
no harsh feeling In the growing demand
for the withdrawal of the bait privi
leges from American fishermen. He
does not threaten even that culmination,
but argues that It would be only a
reasonable change of attitude In the di
rection of self-defense. He expresses
the belief that the reciprocal plan pro
posed la of more vital Importance to the
Interests of the United Statea than to
Newfoundland, although he Is frank to
say that the latter would be greatly
benefited.
Both government and people are con
vinced that their chances of quickest
and most permanent growth lies along
the lines of the fishery, and Sir Rob
ert Bond and his ministry are waging
the most strenuous campaign of diplo
macy to the end that Newfoundland
shall conserve Its rights and push Its
privileges to whatever limits are re
quired for th getting of reciprocal ad
vantages from foreign countries.
The old French shore controversy has
Just been satisfactorily settled; a most
favorable understanding has been ar
rived at with the colonial department
of the Imperial government by which.
In case of need, the mother government
is to give Newfoundland the full and
ultimate benefit of whatever changes
or new methods there may be made In
the International trade treaties of
Britain.
The fishery of Newfoundland la now s
business of 110, 000,000 annually. It Is
believed that this can be Increased to
150,000,000 If reciprocity can be ar
ranged with the United States within
the next few years. To do business,
more business, with the United States,
that Is the chief desire of the New
foundler now, and It occupies the fore
moat place In the councils and conven
tions of the Island government
Belated Weddings.
Lady Jeune In London Opinion.
The love of Independence and the free
dom and pleasure of today make girls
less and less anxious .to marry before
they are past S and 20. Perhaps It Is
better that there should be that dis
inclination, for our modern life may
fit a woman better to marry late than
September?
It will rain next fall.
Think ef the variety of fingers that
will be picking hope soon.
We're all agreed on one thing: Ore
gon la the beat state in th union.
Did you ever, wherever you com from,
see nicer weather T Not "on your life."
Good country to work; eat; Bleep:
stsy home In; take a vacation In; any
thing can't be beat.
The new Gresham Oasette failed to
appear week before last but came out
last week with a sufficient explanation
Installation of Its new plant, scarcity
of help In its mechanical department,
etc. but la now fairly established and
founded and doubtless destined to a
prosperous and continuous career. The
people of eastern Multnomah oounty
need a strictly local paper, and Editor
Watson of the Oasette can supply that
need as well as any man la the county.
H la a practical man at th newspaper
business In every way, and The Journal
wishes him the success he Is well earn
ing. ' More news from Long Creek, pub
lished by the enterprising Monument
F.nterprlse: Miss Leah Fuglt, who will
complete a successful term of school
at Pasa creek this week, visited with
Miss Bertha Ballanoe last Friday even
ing. J. W. Caldwell Is making rapid
progress In putting up his large crop of
hay, the best raised on the Lee ranch In
several years. He estlmatea his crop at
160 to 1TB tona The spirit of Improve
ment seems to be rife In our midst and
our little town Is showing the effect.
Hardlsty & Son have repaired and
painted their livery bam and Dustln te
Shields are having one of their residence
properties repainted on Main street.
The latest Important happenings at
Monument. Grant oounty, aa recorded by
the Enterprise: An error appeared In
our last week's'" Issue announcing the
death of J. C. Welcome of Burns. It
should have been Frank Auamoth.
Misses Eppa and Lottie Wilson arrived
home Thursday from a trip to lone.
The girls also made a ahort visit on the
former's ranch. Frank Bayleaa drove
them over and back. Three race horses.
Miss Hunter, owned by B. L. Cross:
Surprise, owned by Henry Hawk, and
Dora M.. owned by Thomas Cain, all of
Spray, were In town Monday night on
their way to the Hamilton and Long
Creek races.
b or sotba
and Oddest Sov
ereign In the World.
(Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg in September
Century.)
There Is an empire on thta planet
which for strange originality might as
well be altuated In Mara It Is governed
by two emperors at the same time, and
withal Is not larger than the state of
Delaware. Both emperors reside In the
same city, each haa his own resplendent
court, enormous, revenues, armlea. Im
perial chancellors, government officers
and courts of Justice.
Only one of these emperors la known
to the outside world, and he only to a
slight extent The name and titles of
the leading one would easily fill a col
umn; his subjects. 1,000,000 In number,
call him the Susuhunan, and he himself
modestly signs himself Pakoe Bowono
X "Nail or th Universe, the Tenth."
In him his people venerate not only their
sovereign ruler, but also their religious
pontiff, placed so high above them that
none dare approach him upright or cover
him with a glance; hla state ministers,
and even his own brothers, crouch before
him with folded hands as If In prayer,
and with downoaat eyes. Yet he la a
powerless puppet In th hands of a
small European nation, and may not
even receive or dispatch a letter without
previously submitting It to the Javan
representative of the Dutch. He actual
ly rules hla empire, every square Inch
of It which he calls his personal prop
erty; yet he may not walk or ride out
side the palace gatea without the for
mer's permission. He keeps thousands
of troops at hla own expense, men with
modern swords and rifles, A masons with
ancient lances, bows and arrows; yet he
Is virtually a prisoner In his own pal
ace, the grounds of which cover nearly
a square mile, where there are hundreds
of buildings, the most sumptuous halls,
luxurious chambers and storerooms and
stables, with many thousands of at
tendants. Still he has no kitchen and
no cook, his own meals being sent to
him dally from outside. He is absolute
master over all hla people, who depend
for their livelihood entirely upon him;
yet he may not trust any of the men,
and surrounds himself . entirely with
women. Thousands of the latter are at
his beck and call; hundreds he calls his
more or leaa legitimate wives, who have
born him many sons; yet he has no
direct heir to the throne, which Is one
of the oldest and most eminent In Asia.
This curious personage la his majesty
the Emperor Surakarta.
From the Smart Set.
It being ascertained that there was
in the whole country a cltlsen In hiding
who had boasted In an Idle moment that
he had never applied for a pensMt, a
body of patriots started out In search of
him.
When finally apprehended, the man
appeared dogged and defiant
"I am the possessor," he declared, "of
a robust constitution, and none of my
ancestors, so far as I know, ever took
part in the war of the rebellion. Why
should I rob the public treasury?"
"And Is this," exclaimed the head of
the party, "your only excuse? Have you
no regard, sir, for the customs and tra
ditions of your sacred, land? Don't you
know that for years every lawyer and
every political party In the country,
from motives of pure patriotism, haa
labored to get every man, woman and
child on the pension list?"
The culprit hung his head in shame as
the full enormity of his offense burst
upon him.
"Now thst I recall the fact," he ob
served with a cunning smile, "my third
great-aunt on my mother's Bid had a
stepfather who caught the grip while
shingling a house on th outskirts of
the battle of Gettysburg."
"We thought as much," exclaimed the
crowd triumphantly, hurrying him on to
Washington.
Too Close so Mature.
From th Boston Transcript
A snort Hfe and an unhappy one can
be predicted for the strange new sect
of nature-worshipers that haa appeared
In a New Jersey town, where It startles
the Smug burghers by swimming every
half hour, by going Into the garden and
picking a tomato or an apple when hun
gry, bV eating no cooked food, by wear
ing aa few clothes as possible the exact
limit la not Stated and in general try
ing to live more closely to nature than
nature ever Intended.