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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. 'APRIL 7, 1900.
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THE AUTHOR OF "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
, (Copyright. 1000, by Eeymour Eaton.)
THE OREOONIAN'S HOMESTUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
BIOGRAPHICAL
STUDIES FOR GIRLS
VIII. JAE ACSTE.
BT CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JORDAN.
(1775-1817.)
The life of Jane Austen was Just the
life which she depicts wtlh such finish In
her books tranqu1 and singularly void of
lnddenL She was wonderfully beloved by
little children became of her delightful 1 y b.corne a literary Mecca, her desk
facility of Improvising Indefinitely the long, 'a 8hrJne to whIch nny a dsvotw WOuld
enchanting stories so trannl.aUy demand- . journcy. Th,. workll of thg artst jn Ben.
ed by Interested childhood. Alone with Uencf.fl been likened, because of their
these simple-hearted hearers, the gentle fl(Jemy. to tho minutiae of life, to the
eaurwt inou.gea meir tame iur uic .-
never appear in her realistic, tranquil
books.
The unruffled calm of the Stevenson rec
tory, where Jane Austen was born In 1773,
lent Itself easily to the life depicted In
"Pride and Prejudice" and Sense and
Sensibility." The threads of her childish
experiences and diversions were Inter
woven, she sold, into her uneventful tales
"as the bird uses the odd bits of wool
or moss In the hedgerows near to weave
Into the tiny fabric of Its nest." Her
first literary Impulses were started by the
amateur barnstorming In which all the
family Indulged. Jane wrote the plays
and hatched the plots for this home-act-.lng
under the supervision of the kindly
vicar, who afterward encouraged his
,daughter to take the short step from ama
teur effort to more mature work. Next
to homespun play-acting the great event
of the year was something quite far re
moved from barn theatricals namely, the
visit of the bishop, a portly ,creaturo In
.hobnailed shoes and shovel bat. Reallstlo
little Jane, thinking that the saintly per
sonage descended straight from paradise,
enco asked him politely how all the folks
.were In heaven, and was amazed to find
that she had brewed a tempest In a tea
pot She was so devoted to her sister Cas
Bandra that when this beloved elder sister
was sent to school, little Jane, three years
her Junior, and too young to study, trudged
along by her side, enduring tho long,
wearlfomcneaj of an ISth century school,
merely that they might not be separated.
Mrs. Austen Justified this preceding by
'declaring that such was their devotion
ithat if Cassandra were to be beheaded
Jane would plead to be behaded too. It
'.was not long, however, before Jane was
abreast of her older sister and her broth
ers, too, both physically and mentally, de
claring when her brothers were preparing
for college that she knew all the things
that they knew, besides all the things
she knew herself.
A cousin whose husband hnd been guil
lotined during the French revolution
taught them conversational French, and
tho good rector supplied all their college
studies. Ko mention is made In the fam
ily annals of any especial Interest attach
ing to this cousin because of her troub
lous life In France, and Jane Austen's
novels give no hint of the revolutionary
throes that were agitating England. Amer
ica and France. She never traveled 200
miles from home, and wisely refrained
from mirroring any life but that with
which she was well acquainted.
Jane Austen and her sister were espe
cially fond of the mild gayeties of the
neighborhood. And she records with glee
taking part in every dance at a country
ball long after she and her sister. In order
to avoid the tyranny of fashionable head
dressing, had adopted the prevailing style
of wearing old lady's caps, and she fur
thermore states that, like Catherine nor
land in "Northanger Abbey," "her spirits
danced within her as she danced in her
chair all the way home." Tall, graceful,
gay, absolutely amiable, she was greatly
beloved in the family circle, where she
was an expert housekeeper, an accom
plished needlewoman and "especially great
in satln-stltch," whatever that may be.
She wrote her books so naturally In the
family sitting-room at the family desk
that she led her relatives to believe that
novel-writing was Just about the easiest
thing In the world. It certainly argues
much for the fine equilibrium of her
nerves, that she could write, amid the
hubbub of the family circle, novels whose
finish "George Eliot, the most painstaking
of authors, has pronounced "flawless," and
which Macaulay said were "worth all
Dickens and Pliny put together."
It Is almost pathetic to read of the
struggles undergone by the Rev. George
Austen In his efforts to pass impartial
Judgment upon his daughter's sketches of
the simple folk around. He realized with
delight her fine sense of discrimination, he
chuckled over her sub-satirical humor, and
he rejoiced when her delicate Irony rtopped
short on the threshold of cynicism, but
then, he was her father, and he was judg
ing her paternally and not comparatively,
and that would never do. So he con
scientiously set himself a six months'
course of novel reading, emerging there
from more deeply rooted than ever In his
original conviction. He accordingly wrote
to a skeptical publisher assuring him that
he posseesed the manuscript of a volume
superior to anything from the quills of
Miss Burney anil Miss Edgeworth, and,
therefore, not to be parted with lightly.
The worthy publisher replied In a manner
which seems to have founded a precedent
among modern editors, that he declined
the responsibility of taking so precious a
document frcm the hands of Its owner.
So Jane and Cassandra laughed at their
father's discomfiture and stowed "Pride
and Prejudice" In a corner of the garret,
where It stayed cozlly for 11 years. Before
Its publication (1S13) the loving father had
passed away, never suspecting that pos
terity would verify his verdict and call
him a seer.
Jane, who was but 20 years when she
wrote "Pride and Prejudice" for the fam
ily diversion, met all literary reverses
with her habitual serenity, culminating in
positive glee over the unique fate of
"Northanger Abbey." This novel 1 real
ly a well-sustained parody upon the hlgh
fiown romances of the day. Jan: Austen
could no more portray a swaggering, mys
terious villain than could the gentle An
gelica Kauffman. so she held up his cari
cature wriggling upon the point of her
quill for the amusement of posterity. Such
heroic treatment was hardly comprehen
sible to the sentimental tas e of the day.
The venturous publisher who had paid 10
for this playful satire thought It so un
promising that he consigned It to pigeon
hole oblivion for many years. "Sense and
Sensibility." "Pride and Prijud'cs" and
"Emma" had meanwhl'e been working
, 'their way into the nffect'ons of the cul-
tured few, so that Jane's brother wrote to
tho dlsplrl ed publisher offering to repur
chase "Northanger Abby." So the edi
tor gladly so'd his bargain back to the
original owner at the or'glnal price, and
ntvtr knew until the book wis publshcd
a few years nfter the author's death what
a ntlze he had let slip through his fin
gers. Although never lionized, bcause her
works were published anonymously, owing
to the fact that in thess days a woman
b;ok-wilter was supposed to hae over
stcppol the I mltatlons of hr sex. Jane
Austen's nearest approach to distinction
lay ln.the curlaus courtisy shown her by
the Prince Regent. He had one virtue,
which even Thacke-ay rrlgvt hae admit
ted: namely, he kept a s;t of Miss Aus
tcnts woiks in each of h s residence. It
doubt'ess afforded him relief to happen
on an atmosph ro untainted by social
sycophancy. When It came to his knowl
edge, theiefo-e, that h"s favorite author
nas In London nurs'ng her brother, he
s?nt his chaplain to wait upon her. to ln
i:ehcr to Carlton Horsr, and to give hsr
permission to dedicate her nsxt novel to
him. She nccordlij ly dedicated "Emma"
to her cons!dea-e pation, nt the same time
l iidcu"ng pjllfly the chap'aln's hint that
"an historical romance Illustrative of the
august house of Copc-urg would Just now
be very Interesting." "I could not sit
(Sown to write a. se lous romance," replied
Jane Austen, "undtr any other motive j The position of the Papal Hierarchy, m
than to save my I-r. and if it were In- our own day respecting some of the lead
dispensable for me to ke:p It up and never lng secret societies. In so far as It la ludl
relax Into laughter at raypelf "or at other j crous. Ik similar to their position In the
people. I am sure I shou'd b; hanged be- 17th century respecting the theory Of the
fore I had finished the first chapter. No,
T .. 41 I . ..J i. . ). .(i TkT r
I must ke?p to my own style, and go on
In my own way."
At the ate of 42 her tranaull life, unself.
!i.h to th lnt. rams lo an end. She misted
,V9V rntlrelr content wl h the, docbtful i
reception which had been accorded to her i
rffnrf nov.'r lmaclnlne- that her home
detaIlf d work of ,he Dutch genre paint
era; but tho comparison is not entirely
satisfactory. For. while Miss Austen's pic
tures of her humdrum, unelcctric. untele
graphlc neighborhood were qulto as faith
ful as those of the Dutch artists, they
lacked comp'etely the coarseness which
frequently disfigured their canvases. Af
ter all, her own comparison is the best.
In which she alludes to her work as the
"little bit of Ivory on which I work with
so fine a brush as to produce little effect
after much labor." These dignified minia
tures of the common-place were restful
because of the striking absence of any
I striving for effect. "While her early death
was. In many wajs, greatly to be de
plored, still, from the very narrowness of
her range. It was probably better for her
reputation that she did not too frequently
ring the changes upon her limited theme.
Among Jane Austen's favorite authors
was Sir Walter Scott; she would, there
fore, have found difficulty In comprehend
ing the high praise of George Henry
Lewes, who declared that he would rather
have written "Pride and Prejud.ce" than
all of the Wavcrley novels. Perhaps even
more precious to her would have been the
encomiums of the author of Waverley
hlmpelf. who exclaimed after reading
"Pride and Prejudice" for the third time:
"That young lady had a talent for de
scribing the Involvements, feelings and
characters of ordinary life which is to me,
themest wonderful I have ever met with.
The big bow-wow I can da myself like
any one going, but the exquisite touch
which renders common things and charac
ters interesting fiom the truth of the de
scription and the sentiment is denied roe.
What a pity so gifted a creature died so
young!"
DOGMA UNCHANGEABLE.
Church's Opposition to the Earth's
Movement and Secret Societies.
PORTLAND. April 5. (To the Editor.)
I notice that In the reply of Mr. Joseph
Schell, in your Issue of the 3d Inst., the
writer carefully refrains from directly
contradicting the statements of my let
ter, but contents himself with attempting
to escape their effect by suggesting that
there are those "who recognize as dogma
and moral everything except dogma and
moral Itself." I am fairly familiar with
most of tho positions of the apologists. In
their attempt to excuse the church for
condemning "the error and the heresy
of the movement of the earth," but the
Implied position of your correspondent
that tho church was not dealing with
"dogmn and moral" Is new. Indeed, in
the light of the original documents copied
carefully from the Vatican Manuscripts,
and published by eminent Catholic schol
ars, his position Is, If possible, more In
teresting than ever.
When. In 1C16, the Holy Congregation
held In the presence of Pope Paul V, sol
emnly rendered Its decree that "the doc
trine of the double motion of tho earth
about Its axis and about the- sun Is false,
and entirely contrary to Holy Scripture,"
and condemning "all writings which af
firm the movement of the earth"; when
the Papacy prefixed to the Index, upon
which the condemnations were Inscribed.
Its usual papal bull, giving Its monitions
the most solemn papal sanction: and
when, in 1C64, Pope Alexander- VII pre
fixed to the index of that year contain
ing the condemnation of "all books which
nfflrra thft mntlnn of fhi rflrth " n TviTHll
bull, signed by himself, binding the con-
ients of the Index upon the conscience of
the faithful, and confirming and approving
In express terms, finally, decisively and
Infallibly, the condemnation of "all books
teaching the movement of the earth and
the stability of the sun," may It not be
said that the church was dealing with
"dogma and moral"?
A further examination of the decree of
the Holy Congregation, declared In 1C16
In the presence of Paul V, shows that the
proposition that "the sun Is tho center
about which the earth revolves" was con
demned as "absurd, false In theology, and
heretical, becaus! abrolutely contrary to
Holy Scripture." If this was not "dogma"
what In the name of common-sense, was
It? If such a theory was "heretical." will
Mr. Schell say that it had nothing to do
with morals?
For an honest statement of the true po
sition of the church as to questions of
astronomy in the ICth and 17th centuries,
see The Pontifical Decrees Against the
Doctrine of the Earth's 'Movement" a
book by a Roman Catholic clergyman In
England, Rev. T"ather TV. W. Roberts.
(London. 1SS5.) Father Roberts shows that
Pope Alexander VII in 1C61. by his bul'
"Sp:culatores Domn-s Israel" attached
to the Index, condemning "all books which
affirm the motion of the earth." ("Llbrl
omncs qui affirmant tellurls motutn") had
absolutely pledged the papal Infallibility
against the earth's movement The full
text of the bull Is at pages 132-123, See al
so an essay by the late eminent Catholic
scientist St George Mlvnrt published In
the "Nineteenth Century' fpr July, 1SSS,
JAAE ACSTEJf.
In which ht acknowledges father Iloberta' I
position to be Impregnable. And declaring
Virtually that the Almighty al!6wed Pope
and Church to fall Into complete error
regarding the movement of the earth. In
order to teach them that science lies out
side their province! It might be remarked
that Dr. Mlrart recently stated that
8crlpture criticism" Is a question for
science alone.
mnlMi
movement of the earth. On April JO, 1SS4,
Leo XIII. the present Pope. Issued an
encyclical letter In which he divides the
human race "Into two diverse and adverse
classes" ("In parties duas dlversa ad-
versasaUe") "the Kingdom Of God on
earth namely, the true Church of Jesus
Christ." and "the realm of Satan." All
who are not members of the former be
long to the latter, so, that there Is no al
ternative between being a good Catholic
or a worshiper of the -Devil. His Holiness
then proceeds to show that the headquar
ters of Satanism are the lodges of Free-
masons, a .fact, he adds, fully recog
nized by his "predecessors. wh6 have never
ceased to expose and denounce the dia
bolical character and grorsly wicked alms
of these arch-enemies of the Christian
faith. As Is said' by Professor E. P. Ev
ans in the March number of "Popular
Science Monthly": "The detailed descrip
tion of the organization of this order. Its
devilish purposes, and the horrible crimes
committed In order to accomplish them
are very queer reading In an official doc
ument emanating from an Infallible eccle
siastical authority nt the close of the 19th
century."
But It Is not only Freemasons who are
thus exposed. On August 20, ISM, Leo
XIII published a decree of the Inquisition,
putting under the ban "Odd Fellows. Sons
of Temperance, and Knights of Pythias,"
as "synagogues of Satan," and excluding
them from the sacraments of the church
Now, the amusing part of this contro
versy is that Mr. Schell claims that the
dogma of the Catholic church does not
and cannot change, and that "the Pope
as such is Infallible, independent of any
and all outside Influences." No one will
dispute his right to hold such an opinion
If ho sees fit. but such credulity In this
day of grace Is apt to cause a smile.
H. K. SARGENT.
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CHINESE COTTON SPINNING.
Their Competition Does Jfot Threat
en American Industries.
WASHINGTON. April L Senator Nel
son, of Minnesota, recently received from
Hon. John Goodnow, United States Consul-General
at Shanghai, China, a clear
and ercnclse letter sotting forth the facts
with regard to the manufacture of cotton
goods at Hankow. China. Mr. Goodnow's
letter was Instigated by a letter of Senator
Pettlgrew to the Southern cotton spinners.
In which he said:
"You may not realize the. magnitude of
Oriental competition. A large, modern
cotton mill, making yarn as good as you
make at Charlotte (not as good, perhaps,
as the best you make), operated by Chi
nese laborers alone, is located at Hankow.
China. This mill has 34.000 spindles and
i 700 looms In operation. The average wages
paid all the men engineers, weavers, spin
ners and carders Is tl 75 a month In our
money, and they board themselves. Not
a single person other than native Chinese
Is employed In the mill. There are eight
or 10 such mills In Shanghai, and more
are being built"
Consul Goodnow. on his own behalf, says
that tho facts about cotton manufactures
In China are these:
"The mill in Hankow mentioned has dis
continued weaving cloth, as It could not
meet the competition of foreign piece
goods. The looms are being taken out and
are being replaced by spindles. In Shang
hai there arc now running 750 looms. It
Is claimed that these are now (but ' ily
very recently) making a coame sheeting
nt a profit
"But the cost of making this sheeting Is
fully as much as tho manufacture of the
samo grade of cloth costs in America. In
stead of wages averaging 1 75 per month,
the cheapest coolie laborer receives IS
Mexican (t3 gold) per month: carders and
spinners receive 123 to 130 Mexican (112 to
115 gold) per month: engineers and weav
ers receive 20 to W) Mexican (J10 to $30
gold) per month. Wages have risen ver7
fast In the treaty ports, with the building
of mills and the establishment of the (or
I ! business, and are maintained nt the
higher level.
"The labor, however. Is less effective
than the American labor. The American
weavers accomplish two to three times
and American spinners nt least four time
the results attained by corresponding
Chlneso workmen In the same time.
"Two of the mill In Shanghai are now
run entirely by Chinese: two have a for
eign supervising engineer, and five have
foreigners for the managers and heads
of dppartments and supervisory places.
"The yarn manufactured at this point
find at Hankow goes to the province of
Szechuen. nrd 1 made there Into cloth on
hand looms In the villages and houses of
the consumers. Only the coarse grades of
cotton varn nr mnde, nnd the higher
price of raw Chinese cotton as the de
mnnd hns increased and the competition
of Indian and Japanese ynrn have caused
i1sm mills to run at a loss to the pres
ent t.m. x
"The entrnn "p doi!nntpr tho mar
ket In Northern China nnd now chnllonv
lie for trade In Central China are from
America.
"We ran control this market so loi"
in we have m eoual ntrnr Into nil
Phirm. esrcl",V ns frlecht lln from
Aeriiv o Chlri nr Tn'tl-id: nrd
-h the NIrominin "nnl ! built no oth
er than Aiuprteah cotton goods need ap
ply In China."
'VAFWTNRTOV. Anrll B. The amount
nf brds dpr1ted In th Treasury to
dn fo- -rhangc for the new t per cents
is $z,!e2,rao.
IN SOUTHERN LUZON
BRISK WORK OF AMERICANS IX TUB
CASIAIUSES.
Major Case's Lncld Account Hnnd-to-
Iland Conflict With Uolo-Men
Deliverance of Prisoners.
NUEVA CACERES, Province of Ca
marlnes Sur. Feb. 26. The expedition of
the American troops against the Provinces
of North and South Camarlnes. under
Brigadier-General J. M. Bell, sailed from
Manila Bay on the 15th Inst. It was
composed of the Forty-fifth Infantry, Col
onel Dorst; two battalions of the For
tieth Infantry. Colonel Godwin: two light
battery guns, a mounted detachment from
the Thirty-seventh and 50 engineers.
The transports, seven In number, con
voyej by the gunboat Marietta, proceeded
rabidly down the west coast of Luzon,
and. passing through the Straits of San
Bemadlno. turned northward, arriving at
the Bay of Albay at dusk of the 17th.
After assembling a number of email
boats for landing purposes, the fleet once
more turned northward on the 19th, and
at dusk of that date hove to off the en
trance to San M'rucl Bay.
The plan of attack comprised three col
umnsthe first to land 'at the southwest
comer of the bay, the Second at the south
east, while the third, held In reserve
until the others had secured their posi
tions, would then force the passage oMhe
Vlcol River.
Nueva Carceres, the point of attack, lies
11 miles up this river from the boy. Is the
capital or the province and a city of
15.000 inhabitants.
Just at daybreak of the 20th. the fleet
entered the bay and steamed to the al
lotted stations, where the small boat
were quickly filled and towed by launches
as near shore as possible. Mnjor' Mc
Namce, with his battalion of the Fortieth,
effected the landing at Barcelonetta with
out opposition, and. hastily forming,
moved forward tow -j Llbmanan under
command or Colonel uodwm. A native
was Impressed to take a pacific message
to the town, but he soon returned with
a defiant answer, and the news that a
large force of Insurgents was waiting.
Lino of battle was formed, and the
troops, deploying from a strip of woods
Into an open rice field, were met by a
storm of- bullets from tho outskirts or
the town, a half mile distant, while a
swarm of bolo-men, hidden In the growing
rice, sprang up almost under the feet
of the advancing line to fight with fatal
istic fury untH'kllled by bullet or bayonet
Field Stubbornly Contested.
Each foot of this field was stubbornly
contested, but as the line reached their
outlying lntrenchments, the Insurgents
broke and fled In the greatest confusion,
leaving O dead, 11 wounded and some 20
prisoners In our possession. Our own
losses were eight enlisted men and ono
officer. Lieutenant Gallcher. wounded.
Lieutenant Gallcher has since died of his
wound.
The second column, consisting of one
battalion of the Forty-fifth, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Parker, and Major Case's
battalion of the Fortieth, were forcing a
landing at Calabanga. The Insurgents had
constructed an elnborate system of trench
es confronting the bay. and as the beats
came within range, they were met by
considerable resistance. The most for
midable part of the Insurgent defense was.
however, a bed of mud, left by tho re
ceding tide, through which the troops
struggled, waist deep, for 200 yards. Once
ashore, the line was reformed, and pushed
forward toward Calabanga. the Forty
fifth forming the advance nnd the Fortieth
the reserve. The Insurgent position was
well chosen, and they possessed one piece
of artillery, but their resistance was
comparaUvely slight and they soon fled,
with a reported. Iosr of six killed and 11
wounded.
Both battalions blvouaced at this town
for the night the troops being exhausted
by their struggle through the mud and
rice fields.
Cnptnred Ihnrsrent Casta.
In a brief reconnoissance. Company M.
of the Fortieth, captured the Insurgent
strong box, containing 32100.
On the morning of the 21st leaving two
companies of the Fortieth at Calabanga.
the column pushed on to Carolina without
opposition, capturing the Insurgent arsenal
and powder factory, together with ono gun
and carriage, a large quantity of sulphur,
saltpeter and charcoal, and a large por
tion of the Insurgent records. Including
muster rolls, ordnance returns and general
and special orders.
After a short rest the Forty-fifth moved
on to Palestina, reaching that point at
nightfall. The movement had been en
tirely successful, and these two battal
ions held every available Toad to Mount
Isarog, the natural Insurgent stronghold.
The plan of attack was now for a com
bined concentration of the different col
umns, but the Insurgents, after their se
vere lesson at Llbmanan and Calabanga,
evacuated the city and fled southward to
the mountains, and the advance became a
race for first possession of the city. The
gunboat Paragua arrived first, followed
almost Immediately by the battalions of
Lieutenant-Colonel Parker and Major Case
and Inter In the day by the remainder of
the troops.
Strong reconnolterlng parties have been
sent In all directions, but fighting seems' to
be over In this province.
Escaped Spanish Prisoner.
Escaped Spanish prisoners are strag
gling Into our lines, singly and In small
groups. Their condition Is pitiable.
Starved, beaten, sick, many of them abso
lutely nnked, dirty and unkempt, their Joy
ni deliverance is uncontrollable. They
beg for & rifle and ask permission to go
with our troops to wipe out ther scores
of abuse and Insult The natives are also
returning to their homes and occupa
tions, and, under direction of the Provost
Marshal, the city Is being cleaned and po
liced. The Vlcols. natives of this southern
peninsula, differ from the Tngals In
form, language and habits, and their in
surrection was organized and controlled
by Tngal forces, who came from the Ma
nila provinces. Nominally, they had somo
8000 enlisted men, but only Tagals had
rifles, th Vlcols carrying boles, spears
and bows. Their ordnance returns show
770 rifles, Mauser and Remington, and this
probably represents their actual lighting
strength.
Xntlve ORlclnlK Captared.
'March 1 Colonel Dorst's command, mov
ing to the southward, has Just sent In the
Civil Governor of the province, with his
aides, and also some 50 Spanish prisoners
and 21 friars, recovered during a running
fight near Baao and Yrlga.
The military chief, a brigadier-general,
serds a bombastic letter to the chief or
the American forces, stating his willing
ness to tle before surrendering the troops
In his command.
The chiefs and principal civil officers of
this city and province voluntarily sur
rendered themselves., and. xlving their pa
role, are allowed their liberty, with per
mission to go to Manila on government
transportation. J. F. C.
Flrtt Haelnll of the Season.
The employes of the Noon Bag Com
pany will play their first game of baseball
this season with the Ramblers tomorrow
on the old Portland field, at 10 A. M.
sharp. A good game Is promised. The
line-up will be as follows: '
Noon Bair Co.
Ramblers.
Clark
Norman
...... J D..
....2b...
..3b...
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s. s...
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Marten ...
Williams .
Hume .. .
Knabner .
McClusky
Wilson ....
Johnson ..
Betraln ...
Vandelevaur
...... Burton
Harkln
J. Smith
... Johnston
. Thompon
....C. Smith
..... Zanella
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" Through This Seaiilon.
WASHINGTON'. April 1. Although it
Is clearly apparent that the committee
of coinage, weights and measures does
not intend to report any hills for new
assay offices, especially at this session.
persistent efforts are being made by oev
eral sections to have euch bills favorably
considered. Members who have Introduced
these bills admit that their chances of
success are slight, but their cfTorts are
nono the less persistent. Representative
Tongue, at a recent meeting of the com
mittee, appeared and'made a. statement In
support of his bill for an assay office at
Portland. He based his argument large
ly upon articles that have appeared In
The Orcgonlan from time to time, and
statements furnished by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Tongue pointed out to the com
mittee that Portland was the city where
,. mnv mlnani nqtllrlllv rnPntr!lt
ed. Ho said that they purchased their j
supplies there, deposited their gold there,
If they were making local deposits, or
shipped from that point. He said that If
an assay office were established at that
nnit ihnt thi. miners of tho state would
almost to a man take their gold direct to
the assay office. He said that Portland
was near the mines, because of the rail
road lines reaching Portland from the
southwestern and southeastern sectlona
of the state, and that almost every mine
was within 20 miles at least of one of
theso 'reads.
He cited the figures showing the grow
ing eold production of Oregon, and point
ed out that the estimates made by the
Director of tho Mint and by the Portland
nimir of Commerce varied widely.
Director Roberts explained this by saying j Hiurar(i Bros., 10no feet lumber; Johnson
that the estimate of the Chamber of & Co 1000 fect. gtmut & Co.. 1X feet:
Commerce was probably made ""up on j e stone, 1500 feet: Proctor & Beers, 10CO
statements of the output furnished by the j feet It Is proposed to build a 25-foot an
ceveral mlneowners. while the estimate of npx In the rear of tho haiIt Whlch will
tho department was based on figures con- nbout ,iOUblo the capacity of the building.
ndentlally supplied by smelters and as- - , .
savers, to whom the gold had been turned
over after being mined. He said that the
department estimates were generally be-
low those of state or private insuiuuons.
Mr. Tongue showed that the great In-
crease in the number of stampu had been
out of nil proportion to the small In-
crease In the gold product as snown Dy
So treasury statement.
One member of the committee called
attention to the fact that there was a
bill pending for" the establishment of an
assay office at Baker City, and asked Mr.
Tongue what he had to say or tnau a
replied that that was noi mo oui. oui u
measure introduced by his colleague. He
said that he regarded an assay office at
Baker City as absolutely worthless; that
such an office would not bo accessible t(
tho Southern Oregon mines, especially
those In the southwestern portion of tho
state, and would be of no assistance to
miners In other portions of the state. He
was asked why he did not leave the Port
land offico to Representative Moody, as
Portland was In Moody's district. Ho re
plied that as he had Introduced the Port
land bill In the last Congress, he thought
It but right that he should do so again In
tho present Congress. He said that when
ho had introduced tho Portland jtll Mr.
Moody felt compelled to put In the Baker
City bin. in tne mieresis oi a pan. oi mj
constituents. But he ridiculed th,e Idea or
an assay office at such a small, out-of-
the-way place as uaKer uiy.
He then turned to the gold that would
reach Portland from Alaska, nnd said
that Portland was as near, or about ns
near the Cape Nome gold fields as Puset
Sound, and would come In for a large
sbare of that gold during the coming sea
son. He said that thre were steamship .
lines running from Portland to Alaska
nowf. and that their number would be in
creased this Summer. When pressed, he
was forced to admit that on tho grounds
of his argument. It would be a wise pol
icy to establish an assay office at some
point In Alaska, but said he was not
representing Alarka.
Attention was called to the fact that
a company has been organized and capi
tal raised for erecting a smelter nt Port
land. This, he said, was another ar
gument In favor of erecting a Government
assay office at Portland. Before drop
ping the question. Mr. Tongue said that
Oregon sent $20 to the East for every dol
lar of the East that goes to Oregon, and
attempted to show that the West needed
building up. Several members, of the
1 committee said that this argument would
probably prove detrimental to the PorJ-
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land bill as well as the Baker City and
Tacoma mint bill, as It showed that tne
trade waa In the wrong. aifeciion am
that the conditions In Oregon would have
to be Improved greatly to cut down this
percentage before an assay office in" the
Interest of Oregon miners could be estab
lished. Director of the Mint Roberts, who was
present during the hearing, said that he
had had no reason for changing his po
sition against the further erection of as
siy offices in the United States. He said
that possibly 110.000 or $12,000 would estab
lish an office at Portland, but the ex
pense of running the Institution, the coct
of maintenance and the shipment of bul
lion, was what he objected to. He said
he would not discriminate between Port
land and Baker City as locations for an
office In Oregon. He was asked what
policy had been pursued In establishing
the other small assay offices, and cited
as an Instance the assay office at Dead
wood. 'That, you see, was established
on account of the mines In tho Black
Hills. It was established to accommo
date the gold from that one locality, and
was never expected to be a central point
for the shipment of gold from a vast en
circling country."
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip had very
Httlo to say on this question, but when
discussing the question of gold from Alas
ka several times Intimated that It would
go to the Sound. Mr. Tongue asked If he
meant to dlstlnsulsh between the Sound
and Portland, and he said not: that he
meant the entire Pacific Northwest. Both
he and Mr. Roberts favor Tacoma as tho
locaiion ior u .. ......... " """ "";
stltutlon Is to bo established, as hboe
all other points suggested, but they are
not hearty In support of even that propo-
I siiKm.
Flennant Home Xote.
J. B. Lent has been very low with pneu
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Mr. Radferd. who was 111 with the grip,
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The G. A. R. Post and Woman's Relief
Corps will soon commence Improving and
enlarging their hall at Pleasant Home.
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stantial donations of lumber for these im-
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