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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, Dec. 7, 1001.
THE STATE WILL HELP.
One of the most gratifying incidents
of the Lewis and Clark Centennial work
now in hand is the continuous expres
sion from persons- outside the City of
Portland who desire to subscribe to the
fund. Not only are contributions pour
Ins in, but urgent requests are coming
that the work of solicitation be organ
ized at once and on broad lines. One
enthusiast in distant Malheur County
writes:
If the stave Is worked with the same system
and tact used In canvassing Portland, the sub
fccription will, as President Krugcr said, "stag
ger humanity." "Work the State of Oregon
county by county. Everybody will give some
only one share,, perhaps, but everyone some
thing. Now 4s the time to strike, when the
whole population is enthusiastic If Portland
raises $500,000. the state at large will give
$500,000 more, and then, with the appropria
tions from the Pacific Coast and Rocky Moun
tain State Legislatures, we can ask Congress
for $3,000,000. and get It.
The Malheur man and others like him
all over the state will be glad to know
that the work outside the state is re
ceiving full attention. It is Chairman
Corbett's idea that Portland's subscrip
tion should be practically closed up be
fore the appeal to the rest of the state
goes out. This will come about at once;
and then the outside work will begin.
It is proposed, also, to do it systemat
ically and thoroughly. The canvass
will be methodically organized through
the central committee at Portland and
auxiliary committees in the various
towns and counties. There promises to
be a good deal of friendly rivalry be
tween different communities for the
honor of high rank in this great public
enterprise.
The Centennial is universally recog
nized throughout the Oregon Country
as the opportunity for which we have
long been waiting to make known to
the rest of the world this great North
Pacific region, from the California line
to Point Barrow and from the plains
of the Platte to the ocean. This oppor
tunity Is being embraced with an alac
rity which surprises even the partici
pants. The country will get a tremen
dous advertisement all over the world,
and the best of it is the goods are all
true to description.
CIRCUITOUS AXD UNPREPOSSESSING
The course of the Northern Pacific
in the matter of the Weldler franchise
has been from the first and now con
tinues to be far from satisfactory. It
acts more like an Indian spy than like
a powerful concern of some $200,000,000
rating, anxious to do business on busi
ness principles.
The Northern Pacific has always
complained that Portland is prejudiced
against it. Doubtless some moderate
measure of loyalty is due Oregon Navi
gation for its peculiar relationship, his
torical and present, to the city; but
this loyalty, if It exists, has never
passed to inordinate lengths. It has
been kept in control. It has never de
scended to persecution of the Northern
Pacific.
In this franchise matter, for example,
the city has shut its eyes to ordinary
business prudence and has virtually
given the Northern Pacific carte
blanche to do what It pleases on the
water front. Glowing pictures have
been drawn In its behalf of what It
would do if the "Weldler franchise were
granted, and then when asked If these
representations were authorized, it has
disclaimed them. The privileges de
sired are to be given In exchange for
improvements the Northern Pacific spe
cifically declares itself not to have in
mind. It will make no promises, It
has no plans, it wants the whole thing,
and then, so please you, it will make
up Its mind or maybe it won't make up
its mind. This, it is needless to say, is
not business. It is child's play.
Portland wants the Northern Pacific
to enjoy the largest possible facilities
here. "We want it to do all the freight
and passenger business It can, all and a
great deal more, probably, than It ever
will. In the city's commercial and mer
cantile organization the Northern Pa
cific has its particular allies and cham
pions, just as the Oregon road has, and
the Southern Pacific also. It has al
ways had a fair show here, in the press
and with the public. The Oregonlan
has "played up" every bit of news and
promises that could be wormed out of
the road's officials, from President Mel
len down; it has always encouraged lib
eral treatment of the road, it has ad
vocated the Weldler franchise, and for
three days It has been telegraphing all
over creation trying to get the slightest
particle of evidence that the road actu
ally means to spend one cent of the
thousands and hundreds of thousands
that have been dangled before the City
Council and ;Board of Public Works for
months by persons who do and at the
eame time do not represent the North
ern Pacific
The Northern Pacific wants to come
down the Columbia to Portland; It
wants to build Immense grain ware
houses here and handle Inland Empire
wheat. "Well, why doesn't it come, why
doesn't it build, why doesn't It handle?
Either the Northern Pacific Is going
to do what has been intimated for it,
or else somebody has been making a
monkey of George Weldler, the Council
and the Board of Public "Works. And if
the road actually means to do some
thing here, why ehould it be so reluc
tant to have It known?
XEW TREATY AND OLD.
says In the old Hay-Pauncefote
It
.treaty that the thing is done by Queen
Victoria and the United States, and it
says in the new one that it Is done by
the United States and Edward, "of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the British Dominion
beyond the seas. King, and Emperor of
India." That is the most striking and
suggestive change in the agreement's
text, and perhaps it Is as important as
any. Our noble Senate has roared' so
loud and thundered in the Index, but
the issue Is not portentous, other than
that the British Hon has been humbled
that Is to say, paper balls have been
thrown at him with every outward sym
bol of tremendous statesmanship, and,
also, the canal has been set farther Into
the future by a space of some twenty
two months.
The uninformed that is, the unpreju
dicedreader could find very little, If
anything, in the changes made from
the old to the new form, upon which
grave significance could be laid. We
printed the original treaty February 7,
1900, the Senate amendments March 10.
1900, and the new treaty December C,
190L All three versions can be com
pared by the curious. We shall indi
cate the changes other than merely
verbal and adventitious. The new
treaty Specifically abrogates the Clay
tor.rBulwer convention, which the old
did not. The. neutralization rules are
adopted by the United States alone. In
stead of by both signatory powers.
There is an added clause requiring traf
fic "conditions and charges" to be
"just and equitable." To the section
inhibiting blockade has been added the
clause: "The United States, however,
shall be at liberty to maintain such
military police along the canal as may
be necessary to protect It against law
lessness and disorder." The old treaty
said, "No fortifications shall be erected
commanding the canal or the waters
adjacent," and this has been stricken
out. This article, numbered IV, Is new:
It Is agreed that no change of territorial sov
ereignty or of International relations of the
country or countries traversed by the before
mentioned canal shall affect the general prin
ciple of neutralization or the obligation of tho
hli;h contracting parties under the present
treaty.
The verbal victory for the Senate Is
In the removal of the Inhibition on fort
resses, and in the modified acceptance
of the Senate amendment. The victory
In each case is more apparent than real.
As to fortifications, the foreign relations
committee, at whose Instance the
amendment was made, expressly dis
credited fortifications in the report sub
mitted with the amendment. "The real
danger to the canal from the absence of
fortifications Is so slight and improba
ble," it said, "that its discussion ap
pears to be "unessential la an
other place the committee, arguing
against fortifications, said: "To make
the canal a battle-ground Is necessarily
to expose it to destruction, and the erec
tion of fortresses for its protection will
Invite hostilities in its locality." As for
the "defense" amendment, its incorpo
ration is very incomplete, thus:
SENATE AMEND- NEW TREATY.
MENT. The United States.
None . . . shall np-j however, sliatl be at
ply to measures whlchllberty to maintain
the United States mayjsuch military police
find It necessary to along the canal as may
take for securing by be necessary to protect
Its own forces the de-jlt against lawlessness
fense of tho Interests and disorder,
of the United State
nnd the maintenance
of public order.
We have abandoned our agreement
not to fortlfj- a thing that we don't
want to do anyhow. We can preserve
order along the canal, and where Is the
British diplomat who could keep us
from doing that? Tweedledum is no
more, and Tweedledee reigns in his
stead.
XO LOSS OF TRADE.
Sir Christopher Furness. one of the
largest shipowners and shipbuilders in
England, has secured an interest in a
large shipyard to be started In this
country He gives as his reason for so
doing that shipbuilding In America has
now reached ' a degree of perfection
where It Is possible to turn out a ship
at an American yard for less money
than it can be built for abroad. This
advantage in favor of America is large
ly due to the fact that steel can be pro
ducted so much cheaper in this country
than In Europe. Regarding the mat
ter of wages. Sir Christopher states
that labor Is actually cheaper Is this
country than in Europe; for, while
wages paid In both countries for skilled
labor In shipbuilding work are the sime,
the American workmen put in longer
hours and do more work for the money
they receive. This is undoubtedly the
reason why the Standard Oil Company,
James J. Hill, the Pacific Mail, John D.
Spreckels and other enormously rich
corporations and individuals have
placed their recent orders for ships with
American builders. So numerous have
these orders become that all of the large
shipyards in the country are rushed to
their capacity with work, some of them
having orders ahead as far as the end
of 1903.
The mammoth sailing ships built at
the Bath yards for the Standard Oil
Company, the big trans-Pacific liners
building for the Great Northern and the
Pacific Mall, the Spreckels Australian
liners, are all for the foreign trade, and
would accordingly .have been construct
ed at foreign yards, and fly alien flags,
were It possible for money to be made
or saved by the operation. Yet with all
of this unparalleled prosperity in the
shipbuilding business, and with all of
the advantages of cheap raw material,
and as cheap labor as that of the handi
capped foreign builder, the millionaire
subsidy-hunters, through their official
organs, continue to send up plaints for
help, and. like blind beggars holding a
tin cup, solicit alms from the producers.
The Philadelphia Press, one of the most
ardent advocates of the subsidy graft,
would have us believe that this coun
try Is losing a vast amount of foreign
trade through lack of American ton
nage with which to handle IL The
Press says:
There are vast markets open to us In South
America and elsewhere whenever we put our
merennm marine in tne rorelgn trade on an
equality with that of other nations, so that
our people can take advantage of those mar- J
kets on something like equal terms with the
European nations.
"We know something about these mat
ters out here on the-Pacific Coast Our
foreign trade Is growing faster than
ever before, and nothing but "transpor
tation cinch," which the subsidy bill
will give to a few millionaires, -will
check it. The South American and Cen
tral American carrying trade out of
Pacific Coast ports was until a few
years ago in the hands of the late C
P. Huntington, and he taxed the traffic
to the limit. Oregon and Washington
producers were shut out of those mar
kets entirely so long as Huntington's
American steamers had control of It.
Then came a period of low freights all
over the world, and British shipowners
were selling steamers and ships for any
old price that was offered. Germany,
not suffering from the handicap which
prevents America buying wherever she
finds anything she wants, picked up all
of the tonnage that was offering at bar
gain prices, and placed a lot of it In
the Pacific trade.
Pacific Coast producers were let into
"the vast markets of South America"
on a freight rate about one-half the
amount charged by Huntington, and
this saving all went to the producers.
Before the foreigners let the Oregon
and Washington producers Into that
field, a local rate to San Francisco was
tacked on to everything shipped from
the North to the Central American and
South American ports. Now the Ger
man steamers "come North and take
100-ton lots of produce from Seattle, Ta
coma and Everett and absorb the local
rate from Portland. The handful of
stockholders In the Pacific Mall are
losing the enormous profits they made
while stifling the traffic, but these
profits are not all going to the German
shipowner. He has merely taken them
away from the millionaires and dis
tributed them among the producers.
The Press and all the rest of the sub
sidy shouters need show no alarm over
any neglect of the "vast markets that
are open to us" anywhere on earth.
The American drummer can be found
In every country on the globe at the
present time, and the very least of his
troubles Is to find transportation facili
ties for his wares after he has sold
them. Within the past thirty days
Portland has dispatched flour, wheat,
lumber, beer, paper, cottcn and other
commodities to Europe, China, Japan,
Australia, South Africa; South America
and Central America. This has gone
forward on American, British, German,
Austrian, Danish, Norwegian, Italian
and French vessels, and the producer
ssecured the benefit of all this competi
tion In carrying.
DEAR OLD TRINITY.
With the unveiling of the Fulton me
morial In Trinity churchyard Thursday
another welcome shrine has been added
to perhaps the one spot on Manhattan
Island where the meditative most love
to linger. Not only Is Fulton there, but
crowds of Illustrious names, such as are
typified by Alexander Hamilton in
statesmanship, Lawrence in statesman
ship, John Jacob Astor In trade and
Western expansion. There, at the head
of Wall street, and looking solemnly
down on Its feverish life, stands old
Trinity, and long may It stand, as a
silent but eloquent reminder of the deep
and abiding things of life, of treasures
where no thieves break in and steal, of
the vanity of ambition, of the transitory
character of all things earthly.
What so forcibly as the grave reminds
us of the great and gone? It is at
Mount Vernon that the birth-throes of
independence come most vividly before
us; nowhere else as at Springfield do
we realize the awful tragedy of the
Civil War. There is something in the
knowledge ' that at our very feet He
the ashes of one who did great things,
and once occupied the world with his
name and bis achievements that
presses down the beholder and makes
the roaring activities even of Broadway,
the greatness even of New York, seem
small and unreal and hardly worth the
trouble of attaining. "This, too, must
pass away." Mayor Low, with his busy
head full of plans for the greatest city
In the New World; Mr. Morgan down
there at Broad street, balancing be
tween hundreds of millions here and
hundreds of millions there; paupers and
princes changing places on the floor of
the Stock Exchange yet a few years
and all these brains of power and wiil3
of Iron will come down to a quiet place
In some such churchyard as old Trin
ity's, so forgotten that none but the
casual visitor sees the brown edifice or
the Iron railing or the blank spot In
miles of swarming hives of trade.
Trinity will move some day, no doubt.
So firm a rock can leng withstand the
beating waves of business and thrifty
investment, but it is only a question
of time. Generations now perhaps un
born will lose the family pride and fond
recollections that now preserve such
shrines from demolition and such sa
cred bones from the vandal hands of
progress. It Is a symbol, alasU of the
pervasive and devastating touch of the
worldly life on the nobler aspirations
of the spirit. Every heart has Its Trin
ity, of softening memories, solemn
warning, graves of lost hopes, spires
pointing to heaven. Too seldom it copes
successfully with the cares of the world
and the deceltfulness of riches. Too
often its voice Is unheard, its presence
unseen. Not to the rich, bat to the poor
in spirit, was promised the kingdom of
God.
The Russian Government Is making
most strenuous efforts to relieve the
actual necessities af tens of thousands
of its famine-stricken subjects In the
eastern and southeastern provinces.
There has been an allotment made of
thirty-six pounds of flour per month
to each starving person in twelve prov
inces. This will keep starvation at bay,
but as the wretched people must live
by bread 'alone, It will not more than
relieve the sharpest pangs of hunger.
The demand will cover a period of fully
half a year, and, together with the seed
supply that will be necessary In the
Spring, will aggregate an enormous
bulk In breadstuffs and grain and make
the Prussian Government the greatest
almoner In history, not even excepting
that of Great Britain in its dealings
with the famine-stricken population of
British India.
The Oregon Sugar Company, of La
Grande, has sold 3000 tons of beet pulp
to a Grand Ronde Valley farmer, who
will place It upon the market in due
time in the1 form of mutton. As a
"by-product" of the sugar Industry,
mutton may not be now, but It certainly
will be sweet and wholesome. The deal
represents a shrewd combination of ag
riculture, manufacture and stockrais
Ing. The avoidance of waste is one of
the problems that intelligence is called
upon to solve in modem Industrial vn.
cations, and. to the extent that It Is
solved successfully, prosperity will be
the rule, and want the exception. Par
simony of the type that saves on ham
rinds and potato peelings and "goes
without" has given place to the wise
economy of prosperity which allows
nothing to go to waste that can be con
verted into a marketable product for
which civilization has created a demand.
The wastrel Is not more In favor with
prudence than he was In former years
when pinching parsimony was the rule
if a saving was to be effected. The
economist simply operates on a larger
scale, whereby he saves time, trans
forms materials and revels In abundance.
The financial strength of the country,
as shown by the condition of the vari
ous banking institutions In the report
o the Controller of the Currency, Is
most gratifying. The authorized capi
tal stock of the 4279 National banks
amounted October 31 to $663,221,195, a
net increase during the year of $30,721,
SOQ. Perhaps the most interesting feat
ure of the Controller's report is the
comparative exhibit showing the rela
tive increase of the savings fund in
banks which make a specialty of such
deposits. It proves not only that the
workingmen of the United States have
had a year of grand opportunities, but
that they have Improved these indus
triously and handled their earnings
with economy and thrift. Comparing
the volume of business of the savings
institutions of various kinds in the
United States with those of European
countries, a3 shown In deposits, this
country, as for years past, leads all
others In the volume of savings made
by the industrial classes. The deposits
in these Institutions reach the enor
mous total of $2,310,660,000. Germany
comes next in the savings deposits list
with a total of $1,900,000,000 to the credit
of the thrift of its people. The report
bears out the facts accumulated from
various other sources, which prove the
abounding prosperity of the people of
the United States.
The suggestion that Portland be made
a "rose city" by the time of the Lewis
and Clark Exposition is one that com
mends Itself to all lovers of the beauti
ful. Only the most ordinary knowledge
of floriculture, supplemented by Indi
vidual effort and personal pride In the
appearance of our city, will be required
to carry It out. Such Instruction In the
selection 'and cultivation of roses as is
necessary to become a successful rose
grower has already been promised by
Mr. F. V. Holman, one of the most en
thusiastic and successful amateur rose
growers of the city. This will be given
In The Sunday Oregonlan tomorrow.
The proposition to make Portland a
"rose.clty" will then be before the peo
ple. That it will receive favorable con
sideration cannot be doubted. Climate,
soil, location, all combine to favor the
suggestion. Free instruction lrf'the sim
ple art of rosegrowing is guaranteed.
It cannot for a moment be supposed
that our citizens, whether householders
or tenants, will be found wanting in the
diligence, enterprise and Industry nec
essary to do the rest.
According to Dr. Walker Lewis,
"Georgia Methodism assesses 4 cents a
member for the education of the young
and seems satisfied." Comparisons are
odious, but, disregarding this fact, Dr.
Lewis continues: "It spends more upon
tobacco before breakfast than it gives
to education in a twelvemonth." Con
tinuing in the same strain, he asks
these pertinent questions:
Do our people know that one negro college
for boys and girls In Atlanta has more endow
ment than Emory and Mercer and the univer
sity? Do they really know that another Insti
tution In Atlanta for colored girls Is better
equipped for teaching than Is any college for
white girls Ir. the state? Do they really know
and consider that the negro colleges In Georgia
can buy all the property of other colleges of
the commonwtalth, and leave a balance that
more than equals the endowment of Emory or
of Mercer?
These questions are declared to repre
sent facts, and should throw the per
sons to whom they are addressed the
400.000 Methodists and Baptists of the
State of Georgia into a mood pro
foundly meditative.
The marriage soon to take place of
the young widow of the 'late Phil D.
Armour, Jr., and Patrick A. Valentine,
second In the great Interests of Armour
& Co., will serve to consolidate vast
financial interests that would be dis
persed by the marriage of Mrs. Armour
outside of the firm. Naturally, there Is
great satisfaction to all concerned over
the approaching wedding, which will
take place soon after the holidays. The
desire to retain great wealth in the fam
ily is perhaps natural, though there Is
an unsupported idea or tradition that
republican institutions are opposed to
such procedure. The theory that this
idea represents Is frequently boasted,
but it is seldom reduced to practice by
normal human beings.
Perhaps it would be as well for the
court of inquiry to find against Schley.
Nothing could do more to create a
Congressional investigation that would
bring out the facts. The defendants In
this case are the Navy Department's
conspirators, and they have never been
arraigned. When they are, they need
expect no aid from President Roose
velt. It Is hard to arrange for the hobos
to break rock, and, of course, it would
be harder to put them at work on the
streets. But other places Improve their
streets In this way. It Is a pity that
such a vacancy of passable streets and
such an exportable surplus of gentle
men of leisure should exist together
with no way to adjust the difficulty.
When Lewis and Clark were In this
country they could hardly get enough
to Hven. The subscriptions to the
Centennial fund are an Index to the
progress of 100 yeara
The relations between Chile and Ar
gentina are strained, but as the na
tions are not seriously engaged in diplo
macy. It Is thought, the affair can be
smoothed over. ,
The Portland Library reports 334 full
members and a student affiliation of
502. What sort of a popular Institution
Is this for a city of 100.000 people?
If Aguinaldo comes to this country,
he will see the real thing he ran up
against. He will then have less cause
for surprise than ever.
Football has resigned In favor of basket-ball,
with as many persons think
a decided gain in the character of Win
ter sports.
Principles are eternal, else the Popu
list party would still be living.
Miss Stone's many deaths explain how
Aguinaldo had so many Uvea
PORTLAND FOR AN OPEN RIVER
' i
Dalles Chronicle.
If the citizens of Portland, were ever
Justly chargeable with Indifference to the
improvement of tho Upper Columbia that
time has surely passed. let us hope, for
ever. Any accusation of present indif
ference, as was recently made at Boise,
must have been made In Ignorance of
all that the Portland business men,
through their Chamber of Commerce,
have recently attempted on behalf of
an open river. The Chronicle recently
received from that body a neat booklet
containing an elaborate account of Its
Past and Future Work, addressed to the
"business men. manufacturers and property-owners
of Portland," and containing
one of the strongest pleas we have ever
read for ."the opening of the Upper Co
lumbia and Snake Rivers to the farthest
point inland to which boats may ascend."
This object Is mentioned as one of the
"foremost among the subjects that must
have the constant attention" of the as
sociation. It Is declared that "the material wel
fare of every resident of 245,000 square
miles of territory drained by the Co
lumbia demands an open river to the In
terior in order that the products of the
Inland Empire may be hauled from the
food-producing fields to tidewater at
the lowest possible cost of transport,"
and that to bring about this desired ob
ject the business men of Portland must
unite in their own behalf and join hands
with the producers and merchants of
tho Inland Empire." As enforcing the
importance of this demand, attention is
called to the fact that since the open
ing of the Columbia River to The Dalles
railroad rates between this city and
Portland have been reduced In some
classes 50 per cent, and in one class over
70 per cent, while the river tariffs, as
compared with previous rail tariffs, have
been reduced still more.
Accompanying this booklet was a cir
cular letter signed by the president, vice
president and secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, as well as five members of
the leading business houses of Portland.
Among other questions relating to Port
land, to Oregon, to the lower river and
to the mouth of the Columbia, the Chron
icle is asked: "Are you in favor of
opening the Upper Columbia and Snake
Rivers to free navigation so as to give
the products of the Inland Empire an
-outlet through the natural gateway at
the mouth of the Columbia?" And fol
lowing this question Is tho statement:
"The Chamber of Commerce Is, and is
urging the Government, to take prompt
action."
In the light of these facts, and of the
further fact that Portland's great paper
is doing yeoman service along the same
lines, let no man henceforth accuse Port
land of Indifference on the question of
an open river.
The Chronicle only adds on Its own
behalf that it Is in full and hearty sym
pathy with every line and syllable in
both the booklet and the circular letter.
NO FAVORS TO FOREIGNERS
Chicago Tribune.
Governor-elect Cummins, of Iowa, is cor
rect in his statement that there Is one
trade policy on the part of American
manufacturers which the people will not
tolerate as a permanent policy. That Is
the selling abroad at a less price than at
home goods the manufacture of which In
this country is encouraged and protected
by tariff, duties.
That some such goods are sold abroad
more cheaply than at home has been
shown to be the case through the Investi
gations of the Industrial Commission.
There are many manufacturers who do
not hesitate to admit and to defend the
favors shown by them to foreign custom
ers. They say that by these lower prlrta
alone can trade be secured in new quar
ters or surpluses which cannot be market
ed at home'be disposed of.
Mr. Cummins has no quarrel with these
arguments, the force of which will be gen
erally admitted. He admits that lower
prices to establish! trade or to get rid of
unexpected surpluses are justifiable, but
he protests energetically against lower
prices to foreign consumers as a perma
nent policy. The protest is timely because
there are indications that it is the settled
policy of some manufacturers to charge
higher prices at home in order that with
out losing money they may be able to ac
cept less Tor their products when sent
abroad.
Thero are manufacturers who have an
assured and long-established foreign mar
ket for their goods who still charge less
for them abroad than at home. There are
other manufacturers who could Increase
materially their sales st home and have
no surpluses if they would lower prices a
little, but who prefer to check the home
demand by higher prices and thus have
surplus stocks to market abroad.
During these days of prosperity when
homo consumers are able to buy freely,
whatever may be the cost of goods, the
discrepancy between the domestic and for
eign prices of many home-made products
does not strike them so forcibly as it will
when they are less able to buy than they
are now. When that time comes, as it
must some day, then the manufacturers
who have made it their permanent policy
to sell dear at home and sell cheap abroad
need expect no favors from the people.
Subsidy IJ111 Abandoned.
Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Opposition to
the ship subsidy bill has developed to
such an extent in the last CO days that.
In the opinion of many persons supposed
to be posted, no determined effort will be
made at this session of Congress to pass
the measure. In fact, there Is a rumor
current tonight that a conference was re
cently held between the active promoters
of the subsidy scheme at which it was
practically decided to abandon the whole
project for the present. The situation was
carefully gone over, and It W03 posi
tively decided, it Is said, that it would
be impossible to put the subsldv scheme
before the people as a Republican party
measure.
It Is said that, at a conference a week
or so ago, which was attended by C.
A. Grlscom, Senator Frye and others, it
was tacitly decided that the bill. In Its
original shape, could not be passed. It
was reported to the conference that Presi
dent Roosevelt would have a paragraph
on the upbuilding of the merchant marine,
but could not be Induced to Insert in his
message any real Indorsement of the ship
subsidy scheme. It was admitted at the
conference thatxthe subsidy idea could
no longer become a caucus measure.
Hence It was decided that any general
campaign for the passage of the bill
would have to be abandoned, and. If
it comes up at all. It will be In the shape
of an Individual measure submitted on Its
merits.
It Is said the conference considered the
feasibility of abandoning- the original
Idea entirely, allowing the Mississippi Val
ley members to Introduce their bill for
a subsidy based solely on actual freight
carried without regard to time, and thn
pass a separate bill carrying a large
bonus for transporting the trans-Atlantic
and trans-Pacific mail. This latter scheme
would be exclusively profitable to the
American line in the East and the Pacific
Mall Company In the West, which were
the two corporations Intended to be bene
fited by the original ship subsidy scheme.
t
Football In Jnpnn.
Cassell's Little Folks.
Among the many things that Japan bor
rowed from China was football, said to
have been introduced as early as the mid
dle of the seventh century. The Emperor
Toba II was an expert player, and got
up a club at his palace. Considering how
averse most Orientals are to hard work
and rigorous exercise, it may be supposed
that the game was vory different from
either "Rugger" or "Socker." Neverthe
less, the Japanese form seems to have
been popular, and we may trace the be
ginnings of professionalism to an Emperor
and his court, of whom it Js told that In
a time of poverty they earned a little ex-
1 tra monev bv teachlncr the art of football.
AMUSEMENTS.
It was long ago prophesied of William
Collier that he was destined to become the
leading comedian of America, and now
that he has been seen in Portland In his
latest and greatest play It can hardly be
denied that the prophecy Is nearly, per
haps quite fulfilled. "On the Qulef was
given before a crowded house at the
Marquam last night by Mr. Collier and
an excellent supjorting company. The
comedian had not been on the stage 10
minutes before it was apparent that he
was suited even better than in "Mr.
Smooth." and as the comedy unfolded it
was easy to see why New Yorkers want
ed six months of it at a stretch.
Mr. Collier's part is that of Robert
RIdgeway, who marries a girl on the
quiet because her family insists on his
returning to Yale and giving an earnest
of his intention to behave himself before
they will loosen their grasp on the $10,
OOO.COO which comprises her fortune. He
returns to Yale, and starts to serve out
the four years sentence "with nothing
allowed for good conduct," but things
begin to happen. His brother-in-law,
the Duke of Carbondale, whose sense of
humor Is of the jolly order, doubts his
wife's affection, and to prove her pro
poses to RIdgeway the brilliant experi
ment of breakfasting with a couple of
music hall girls and having the Duchess
drop in on them. While this breakfast
is In course of preparation tho secretly
married Mrs. RIdgeway, a friend of hers,
the music-hall girls, a bookmaker, the
clergyman who performed the secret mar
riage, Ridgeway's father and his wife's
brother all drift In separately and in
groups, and the situations arising are del
icate, not to say awkward. The whole
matter is finally adjusted on board Ridge
way's yacht Coryphee; the marriage is
made public to avoid the scandal of Mrs.
RIdgeway being found In company with
a man who is not known as her husband;
the Duke learns that his wife loves him.
and the bookmaker, whose motives have
been those of blackmail, gives up the
game.
In every scene Mr. Collier's work Is a
study. Never smiling when he is saying
the most overwhelmingly funny things,
never speaking louder than Is necessary,
never excited, but at times ludicrously
overcome with terror at the troubles he
has brought about his ears, he has made
the part one that Is so nearly identical
with his own character that he doesn't
need to strain for a single effect. He
never plays to the audience, his attention
being always directed to the others In
the plaji, and there is not a thing that
he docs that Is not artistic. In the more
serious passages, a few of which are
dropped In here and there to give the
audience a pause in their laughter, he is
as much at home as In the comedy, his
little love passages with his wife being
deligthful.
Mr. Collier certainly could have had no
more complimentary reception in any
theater. The audience came right up to
every bait that was cast upon the waters
in the form of a joke, they laughed In
dustriously and Incessantly, and they
hurled call after call at every falling cur
tain. The company Is large, and notably good,
Cranley Douglass as the Duke of Carbon
dale, was a charmingly chuckle-headed
Englishman, and beside doing some splen
did work on his own account made an
admirable foil to the keen and quick
witted RIdgeway. John Saville as Judge
RIdgeway, Robert's father, gave a fine
flavor to all the scenes In which he par
ticipated, George A. Wright did some ex
cellent work as the rector, M. L. Heck
ert, well-remembered as a member of Mr.
Collier's earlier companies, was a funny
bookmaker, George II. Roberts was the
only faithful portrayer of a newspaper
man ever seen on a, Portland stage, and
Sachiro Oida, a funny little Jap, made a
hit of his own.
Louise Allen as Agnes Colt, Helena Col
lier as Phoebe RIdgeway, Myrtle May as
the Duchess of Carbondale, and Laura
Palmer and Olive Madison as music hall
girls, were all good.
The play Is elaborately mounted. The
first scene Is In a conservatory whose
glass walls and trailing vines are beauti
fully reproduced, the second Is a hand
some dining apartment, and the third,
tho cabin upper deck and lower mainsail
of a schooner yacht, is as fine a thing of
Its kind as has ever been taken on the
road.
Although Augustus Thomas wrote the
play it is apparent that much of the busi
ness, many of the lines and n great deal
of detail has been added by Mr. Collier,
and aside from his acting the play does
him credit In the completeness of Its pro
duction. It will be repeated this after
noon and tonight.
MATINEES TODAY.
Afternoon Attraction nt All Three
Thesterx.
At the Marquam this afternoon William
Collier will give his production of "On
the Quiet." which was so well received
last evening. Special matinoepriccs will
prevail.
"A Wi3e Woman." a comedy with spe
cialty divertisements, will be the attrac
tion at Cordray's.
At the Baker the Wilbur-KIrwin Opera
Company will sing "The Mikado," which
will be given for the last time tonight.
COMING ATTIt ACTIONS.
nir.elc PattI Tronliatlour.s
at
Cordraj:'.
Black PattI, who is without doubt at
the head. of colored vocalists, will come
to Cordray's Theater Sunday nnd all next
week with her cnpany of Troubadours.
Including a large number of singers and
dancers. It was 'Black PattI who first
took a colored organization on the road,
and her company has always enjoyed the
reputation of being the best of Its kind.
This year It is said to be better than
ever, having been greatly strengthened by
the addition of new talent. The com
pany carries Its own scenery, and the cos
tuming Is said to be very elaborate. The
chorus Is composed of octoroon girls,
all of whom can sing.
"The Two Vngnliondi" nt the linker.
The offering at the Baker Theater Sun
day matinee and evening will be the
funny and tuneful "Two Vagabonds." It
will bo followed later in the week by
"Fra DIavalo" and "Phiaforo." Living
pictures will be shown between the acts
all this week, as well as other specialties.
The Grlinths nt the Mnrtiunm.
The sale of seats for Griffith, the
Hypnotist, opened yesterday morning. Mr.
Grimth will be the attraction at the Mar
quam Grand Theater for one week, com.
m?ncing Monday, December 9. The
Griffiths are one of the few companies
In thi3 peculiar line that present hypno
tism as it Is known to and recognized
by the scientific world today. Both are
graduates of the school of Nancy, and
their experience In this country, as welt
as abroad, has taught them how to take
advantage of the little details that one
must be familiar with. In order to give
a performance that is Instructive and up
to date.
Support T.h Pledged.
Joseph Herald.
We arc In receipt of a letter from the
Portland Chamber of Commerce appealing
for aid for a 40-foot channel at the mouth
of the Columbia, a 20-foot channel from
Portland to Astoria, in the opening of the
upper Columbia and Snake Rivers to free
navigation and in advertising Oregon's re
sources. In all these things we are very
much interested and shall give them our
hearty support.
Good Word From Seattle.
Seattle Ranch and Range.
Our hats off to Portland! She started
out to raise SXX).000 for the Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition, and already
J5OJ.C00 has been put In the pot. This
makes that Jieo.CCO raised In Seattle last
year for the battle-ship look like a sack
or Deanuts.
, NOTE AND COMMENT.
Today's weather: Same as yesterday,
only more so.
W. R. Hearst Is still nobly bearing mar
tyrdom in Jail by proxy.
Speaking of the Lewis and Clark Fair,
now Is the time to subscribe.
The nebula of Perseus is moving
strangely. Perhaps J. P. has got an agent
up there centralizing it.
Our old friend Sol looked In on us a few
minutes yesterday, but hurriedly departed
to look for his umbrella.
Miss Stone's symptoms were favorable
yesterday. She is - evidently recovering
rapidly from her recent death.
After such an attraction as the court
of Inquiry, Congress can hardly expect
to play to any business in Washington.
The prevalence of monocles in English
society is explained by the difficulty of
seeing the jokes In Punch with the naked
eye.
The most Insignificant-looking man In
the Reichstag has raised the greatest
commotion. Insignificance, It appears, is
onlyskln deep.
Admiral Schley's claim to the proui title
of hero has been confirmed by the Court
of Inquiry, which has martyred him ac
cording to expectations.
Salem has a poet who is described by a
local paper as being greater than Burns.
But the Sweet Singer of the Santlam is
still left to make the pace.
The Women's Nationnl Indian Associa
tion of Boston has settled the Indian
question. Now some one ought to reward
them by showing them an Indian.
Washington, Dec. 6. Dear Santa Claus:
Please send nle a new typewriter. Tho
message put mine out of business. Hope
fully. TEDDY.
A subscriber moves that the poetry pub
lished in this column be made more defi
nite and certain. Will she use her Influ
ence to get us a more liberal license?
Tho flowers that bloom in the Spring, tra, la.
Have all of them faded away.
And the po--les that are lingering, tra. la.
In the windows of florists' shop-, bring, tra la,
Ten dollars for one small bouijuet.
Mrs. Bonine's trial now gets only half a
stick In the news reports. People who are
looking for fame will have to hunt it with
something more startling than mere mur
der. A press dispatch says a negro coach wag
smashed in Arkansas Thursday. If ne
groes will mix up in football games, they
must expect to be treated just like white
players.
There was once a little boy,
And he ate a little pie.
And he s'ept the whole night long. long, long,
And thus ho gave the doctor's words
Defiantly the lie.
Which &ame was very wrong, wrong, wrong.
Vasslll Vorestchagin has painted a pic
ture of Roosevelt at Son Juan Hill. There
cannot be much room for Roosevelt on tha
canvas If the painter's name appears
thereon.
The Porto RIcan Legislature Is going to
convene on New Year's day. We had
hoped that Porto Rico would swear off
such follies as Legislatures on that glad
occasion.
WAKTED-GIKL FOR GENERAL HOUSE
work In family of lfl. Must do washing nnd
Ironing. Xo nights out or afternoons off. Mo
company. Wages, 30 cents a week. Apply
early and avoIl the rush. Address House
wife, General Delivery.
The trust railroads should post notices
where their tracks enter Minnesota, as
follows:
: STATE LINE. :
: LOOK OUT FOR THE :
: GOVERNOR! :
De possum still am smllln.
An de 'simmon hangin" high.
An' de juicy watahmllllon
Will be rip'nln" by an" by.
De chlckln atni cacklin'.
An' It fills me with delight.
To think how I will git him
When dere comes a reel dahk night.
But dcy've done abolish rag-time.
An' It mak me sad. fo" soon
Life won't be wuf de llvin'
Fo' cle po" ragtlmeles3 'coon.
It Is our benign purpose to print soon in
this column an original poem entitled
"Beautiful Snow." but its publication de
pends entirely upon the conduct of our
carping critics. If they stay on their
good behavior and limit themselves to
three or four letters of protest a day, they
shall have the poem. Otherwise It will
be printed on blotting-paper and distrib
uted only among our loving friends.
Rivers Must lie Opened.
Joseph Herald.
The urgency for the Improvement of the
Upper Columbia and Snake Rivers is so
patent that the question does not admit
of argument. Free navigation on these
two Important highways is absolutely es
sential for the upbuilding of the tributary
country. Just so long as the rivers are
closed, the development of the country
will be slow. Once the rivers are opened,
once there Is through connection with tho
tide-water ports, the development will be
tremendous for all the forces that go to
make up a great forward movement are
hero awaiting the signal, as It were, ta
go ahend. At the present time the Colum
bia Is navigable from Its mouth to Dalles
City, by way of the Cascades Locks and
Canal, a distance of ISO miles. Between
Dalles City and Celilo the river Is obstruct
ed for 13 miles. Between Celilo and the
foot of Priest Rapids, a distance of 19$
miles, the river is navigable under favor
able conditions. The Snake Is navigable
from Rlparla to Lewlston, a distance ol
73 miles, and under favorable conditions,
from Rlparla to It.s mouth, a distance ol
67 miles.. With some improvement, the
cost of which would be justified by the
area that would be served, and Its Indus
tries, the Columbia could be made freely
navigable from Dalles City to the foot ol
Priest Rapids, a distance of 210 miles, and
the Snake for the 140 miles of lt3 course
from Its mouth to Lewlston. This would
add 350 miles to the navigable waters of
the Columbia and its tributaries. It would
open a natural trade route for all ot
Northern Oregon, all of Southern Wash
ington, and the greater part of Eastern
Washington, and nearly all of Westerr
ITitho, particularly the rich Lewlston region.
Son jr.
Robert Loveman, In the Atlantic Monthly.
I follow Seng
Unto the utmost East I follow Song.
Song dawns with day. It dreams with dusk,
It Hghtf) the happy stars upon their way.
it calms the wild, weird fears that throng;
I follow Song.
I follow Song.
There youth and love go laughing, hand in
hand;
There sorrow. Joy. and hope and tears.
Are of one gentle, weepln.g sister band.
Sent to illumine man's Impassioned years;
I follow Song.
I follow Song.
0 Death, made dear by sweetest melody.
Come thou at noon or night, I go
Fondly to thy embrace, so thou wilt show
Unto my soul the Soul of Poetry;
1 follow Song.