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ing, with probably occasional light rain; winds
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PORTLAND, MONDAY,
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PE3KUAKV 3.
HOW MUCH OF THIS?
A well-known taxpayer of this city,
received notice from the City Treasur
er recently, that there remained un
paid, on a piece of her real estate, a
city tax, levied about ten years ago.
She went to see the Treasurer, but could
get no Information, further than, the
cool assertion that the tax had not
teen paid which she knew was not
true. But after looking a long time
through her papers at home, she found
the tax receipt; and then she recalled
the circumstance, as it had occurred.
The lots had been assessed to one who
never had dwned them, though they
had been assessed to her during many
years previously: but she, knowing the
tax was due, paid it and took a re
ceipt, on which she had the facts noted
by the Tax Collector. Had she not
found this receipt she would have been
compelled to pay again. The natural
question in her mind was, that since
this tax was returned as delinquent,
what had become of the money that she
had paid?
And there is a larger question, name
ly: How much of this sort of thing has
been going on during past years in this
city and county, and how much of
the delinquent tax, for payment of
which the small property-owner is now
pestered, has been paid already and
what has become of the money, since
owners, in great numbers, who are
morally certain they have paid, because
they always pay, are now notified that
there Is a delinquent tax against them?
It will be said, no doubt, that mis
takes will occur in the assessment. Yes;
but wnat has become of the money
that was paid? Who got away with
it? There are innumerable signs that
this business for years has been rot
ten to the bottom. Claims for
delinquent taxes turn up in the
most unexpected places. It is
certain, in some casfts and morally
certain in many more, that these taxes
have been paid. But they who can't
put their hands or. their old tax re
ceipts of years past, find a "damnable
Iteration' In the call to tax-paying.
Through these wrong assessments,
whether accidental or intentional, and
through failure to enter money paid,
asln this case, as large a door as
anybody could desire might be opened
upon profitable irregularities. It Is
clear that the public business has been
done in the most slipshod way not
to say worse.
Another. interesting inquiry would be,
what relation may have existed be
tween transactions of this color and
the heavy defaults of some years ago?
A new set of officials for city and coun
ty wouldn't do this community any
harm. One single influence, with its
organized dynasty, has prevailed too
long long enough, at least, to entitle It
to a vacation.
DBSIUAHI.E II IT PROBABLY HOPE
LESS. While the election laws are under
discussion it is a good time to remark
that we have a proposed Constitution
al amendment to be voted upon the
coming June. It is the proposal for the
Initiative and referendum; and though
the subject is one which possesses for
most persons only a faint and fictitious
Interest, every proposal of this character
should get attention enough from the
voter so that he can vote upon It, in
formed of its purposes and probable
effects.
The project Is in the form of an
amendment to the first section of the
fourth article of the Oregon Constitu
tion, and it offers to reserve to the
people "power to propose laws and
amendments to the Constitution and to
enact or reject the same at the polls.
Independent of the Legislative Assem
bly," and also to reserve "power at their
own option to approve or reject at the
polls, any act of the Legislative As
sembly." We have here two proposals one is
the "initiative," or power to originate
legislation; and the other is the "refer
endum," or power to pass upon legis
lation. Eight per cent of the voters,
takJng.as a basis the latest popular vote
for Supreme Judge, may lodge a pro
posed law with the Secretary of State.
Then this act must be submitted to the
people at the next election, and if ap
proved by a majority (not of the whole
vote but of the votes cast thereon), it
must be promulgated as a law, without
any intervention on the part of the
Legislature.
The referendum may be secured In the
way of petition, as with the initiative,
or in the present method of submission
by Legislative enactment, as we had,
for example, for free bridges, and as
we are to have In June for the new
charter. The referendum can be se
cured by an S per cent petition filed
ninety days after the Legislature that
passed the act in question has ad
journed. With the general principle and purpose
of this measure The Oregonian Is in full
accord, and it will not complain if the
amendment is adopted. The Oregonian
has long ceased to have Impatience with
any undertaking that has for its ob
ject to curtail the power of political
bosses and secure for the people greater
facility in expression of their will and
greater facility in compelling its recog
nition. It is readily conceivable that
obnoxious measures rushed through a
Legislature by pressure of partisan ma
chines might be benelicently set aside
through the operation of the referen
dum, while reforms that party disci
pline could defeat in the Legislature
might be achieved by the initiative.
Yet It is also recognized that the
amendment is almost certain of de
feat, owing to the failuYe such propos
als always make In an effort to arouse
popular Interest. In practice, moreover,
the beneficial results of the proposals
would be problematical. A measure
that can command S per cent of the
popular vote will never lack for some
one to introduce it at Salem, and oc
casions when enough Interest can be
aroused to secure a reversal of legis
lative enactment will be rare Indeed.
The true and invincible remedy for bad
laws and for failure to enact good laws,
is good men in otfice. If we can ever
get our Legislature chosen without ref
erence to Senatorial ambitions, men
may be elected with a view to their fit
ness for making laws under which we
have to live and try to do business.
A TARIFF KKFOUM-TOMOnilOW.
Few newspaper readers have memor
ies so treacherous that they cannot re
call the protests made against the tar
iff agitation upon which the Democrats
entered at the opening of the Fifty-third
Congress, in December, 1S93. We have
particularly in mind the throes of an
ticipatory anguish with which was
seized the American Economist, of
Philadelphia, organ of the American
Protective Tariff League. It was, the
Economist submitted, a most Inoppor
tune time to thrust tariff agitation upon
the country. Confidence was destroyed,
business at a standstill, manufacturing
paralyzed. Surely of all times this
was an hour when the prostrate indus
tries of the country should be spared
the menace of changes in the tariff.
Times have changed, and as an inci
dent of improved conditions we are
favored with a copy of the American
Economist for January 24, 1902, In which
appears this appeal, in the proceedings
of the league:
Whereas. At a time when the entire civilized
world is fixing its attention upon the extraor
dinary condition of prosperity prevailing In
the Vnited States as a direct result of the
economic policy for which this organization
stands, and when our foreign and domotic
commerce and trade have increased to a de
gree far beyond previous human experience In
this or any other country. Be it
Resolved. That the American Protective Tar
iff League earnestly protests against the In
sidious attack upon the principle and policy
of protection to American labor and industry
that have made themselves manifest in a
marked and unusual degree within the past
year. If there ever wa& a time when the
principle and policy of protection had Justly
earned public confidence and approval, and had
demonstrated Its value as an agency for the
highest material welfare of the country, that
time Is now.
There you have it. Don't touch the
tariff in good times. Awhile ago It
was, don't touch the tariff In bad times.
When, let us ask, would these thlck-and-thin
advocates of high tariff, these
worshipers at the shrine of protection,
suggest that at length the proper time
had come for a revision of the tariff?
There Is no time. The tariff must be
revised, but not now. Tomorrow.
The Republican leaders all confess
that there are noteworthy inequalities
and injustices In the Dingley law.
passed five years ago under widely dif
ferent conditions of manufacturing and
trade. But they say this is not the
time. We must attend to this business,
we must do right, but not today. Some
other time. Some more convenient pea
son. When tomorrow comes.
These pleas for delay, these fears that
prolonged tariff agitation will injure
business, are false. The Payne tariff
bill was framed In one day and passed
in two. This is as good a time as we
shall ever have to revise the tariff;
better than any other, because Its in
iquities grow with procrastination. The
real reason the Republican leaders put
off tariff reform is that they can re
fuss nothing to the protected trusts.
HOMELY DUTY FIRST.
One thing should be brought home fre
quently and forcefully to our people
Portland cannot discharge her duty to
herself or to the tributary country by
setting on the banks of the Willamette
and taking toll of passing commerce.
She may do this If she will, she may
throw away or neglect her great op
portunities, she may leave to others
the struggle that means vigor and
progress, she may rest upon the North
west as a load to be carried rather than
a bouyant, strengthening, helpful In
fluence; but if so she will fall miserably
to do her duty and will deserve the fate
that will be certain to overtake her.
Portland will not be found thus negli
gent and reckless. But she does need
to be -stirred to a realizing sense of the
obligation resting upon her as a leader,
the leader. In affairs of the Pacific
Northwest. Her pesition is one of the
greatest potential influence, but she
must use her powers, must press her
advantages to the point of practical re
alization, or she will decay, perish from
inanition.
We are prone to think that little In
the way of Industrial development can
be accomplished without investment of
large capital, capital so large that it
is beyond local means. Here is a
great mistake. We are too much given
to thinking In millions and billions In
these latter years, forgetful of the fact
that those ponderous figures are but the
sums of multitudes of smaller things.
A million dollars will build as many
miles of railroad today as It Tlid a de
cade ago, as many lumber mills, more
efficient smelters. Portland commands
mans more millions of money than it
did ten years ago. About $25,000,000
are deposited In its banks. Why should
we wait for capitalists, for large enter
prises to come to us? Why should we
fold our hands and gaze afar and strain
for help that we do not need?
Of course, it would be poor policy for
Portland to alienate friends. Large
railroads or other industrial Interests
are not to be repelled as unwelcome fac-
tors In the development of Oregon and
the Columbia Valley. Let them come
and assure them fair treatmenL But it
is a great mistake for us to sleep until
j 'they come and wake us. They will
not come until there Is something to
come for. When we use our power for
home development there will be plenty
of capital coming hither for investment,
great transportation combinations will
strive to serve this field, we shall reap a
harvest of abiding prosperity from the
sowing of wholesome effort In independ
ence and good faith.
Waiting and appealing to outsiders to
come and save us will result in paraly
sis. We can and must save ourselves,
and we will do so. Home development
by home energy and money will do
It. The larger organization of our in
dustrial and social forces will follow
the discharge of our full duty to our
selves and to the great region of which
Portland is the commercial capital.
This homely service comes first. Oth
ers will not do it for us. 'When it is
done we shall not need to fret about
subsequent matters.
NEWSPAPERS IX SCHOOL.
We printed an Interesting story the
other day about 'a schoolhouse In the
Willamette Valley where copies of The
Oregonian are pasted on the walls and
where the newspaper Is a regular ob
ject of study. It is an example that
might be followed with profit in many
educational institutions.
To speak with severe but needed
plainness, our pedagogical machines
are bringing up swarms of children In
most disgraceful ignorance of 'the
things they most need to know. To this
rule there are honorable exceptions, but
the average child knows more about
Paul Revcre's ride or King Philip's
Avar than he knows about the storm
ing of San Juan or the newly-elected
President of Cuba. New England
myths and legends bear some such re
lation to the events of 1S03 to 1001 as the
knowledge of Sanskrit bears to an
accurate and serviceable acquaintance
with our English tongue. The history
that is making nowadays Is of vast
significance. The rise of the Cuban
Republic, the war in South Africa, the
disturbances in China, the contest be
tween Great Britain and Russia for con
trol of the Persian Gulf and surround
ing territory, the troubles of Japan, the
affairs of the Philippines, the contro
versy between Argentina and Chile
are all matters which the pupils should
study and seek Information about in the
dally papers.
Many of our teachers, like members
of all professions, are content to work
along In the old ruts and never learn
anything new. The reason why chil
dren do not get instruction about cur
rent history is that their teachers are
Ignorant. They know more about Cyrus
Field than about Marconi; more about
Balboa and Magellan than about the
Isthmian canal negotiations; more about
President Tyler than about President
Roosevelt.
The dependence, after all, must be
placed upon the man behind the text
book. The teacher who is alert and In
touch with affairs will find time and
opportunity to get these necessary
things into the child's understanding
and fastened upon his interest. There
Is always something in the morning
paper of interest to every child of
school years. If he can early be trained
to go to it for instruction and entertain
ment, his after life will be insured a
charm of usefulness and pleasure that
may otherwise forever remain to him
a closed book.
GROWTH OF OUR WHEAT TRADE.
Wonderful, indeed, are the propor
tions of the wheat and flour trade out
of Oregon and Washington ports, com
pared with the same business a few
years ago. It Is just past a third of a
century since the first foreign cargo
of wheat was dispatched from a North
Pacific port, and not two decades have
passed since the first small shipments
of flour sought a market in the Orient.
For the first few years, the Willamette
Valley supplied practically all of the
cargoes that were shipped from the
Columbia River, and it was nearly ten
years after the first cargoes were
cleared from Portland before the State
of Washington cut much of a figure In
the business, with Its famous Walla
Walla wheat. The completion of the
Northern Pacific Railroad to Puget
Sound less than twenty years ago,
opened up a" vast country through Cen
tral and Eastern Washington, and it is
from this country that Puget Sound's
big grain trade has been secured.
The total shipments of wheat (flour
included) from Portland and Puget
Sound for the first seven months have
reached the enormous total of 22,038,000
bushels. Of this amount 9.2D2.000
bushels of wheat and 511,499 barrels of
flour were shipped from Portland, and
7.33S.3S4 bushels of wheat and 746,659
barrels of flour from Puget Sound.
These figures break all previous rec
ords from either port, and refute the
statement frequently heard that "Port
land Is losing her wheat trade." The
flour shipments from this port have suf
fered somewhat on account of Insuffi
cient facilities, but the only actual loss
to Portland, aside from the prestige, is
the slight disbursements for loading it
on board steamers, as the Puget Sound
lines have absorbed the local rate from
points In Portland territory, and the
money paid for the flour Is spent In
this city or state. All of this enormous
gain made by Portland has been in
country that was untouched when the
Willamette Valley was giving Portland
her first prestige as a shipping port.
The wheat business of the Valley has
gradually given way to diversified
farming, and has dwindled to a point
where the shipment of a Valley cargo
Is something unusual, and out of the
enormous totals for the present season,
Valley wheat amounts to but little over
250.000 bushels. That the wheat busi
ness of the port shows a heavy gain In
spite of the loss of the Willamette Val
ley as a factor In the business, is fur
ther proof that the Portland exporters
have been reaching out Into new fields
for trade. The loss, if loss it may be
termed, of the Willamette Valley has
been more than offset by the remark
able progress made in diversified farm
ing. Out of the Valley last year was
taken over , 10,000.000 pounds of hops,
and Portland dealers handled over 700
carloads of dried prunes, the greater
portion of which came from the Wil
lamette Valley. Hundreds of carloads
of green fruit, trainloads of live stock,
and vast quantities of butter, eggs and
poultry are now coming out of that
territory, which had to import all of
these costly necessities and luxuries,
when it was engaged exclusively in
wheat-growing.
Diversified farming in this state is
becoming more general and more profit
able each year, but It will be many
j years yet before the limit of wheat pro-
duction will be reached jn Portland ter
ritory. There is less new land adapted
to wheat directly tributary to this port
than there Is tributary to the Puget
Sound ports, but the area that Is ad-
mlrably adapted to fruit, dairying and
small farming after wheat is aban
doned as unprofitable. Is vastly greater
In this territory than in that on which
the Puget Sound cities can draw. For
this reason, Portland can view with
pleasure the steady growth of her wheat
business, knowing that when the limit
has been reached, the fruitgrower,
dairyman and small farmer, who have
followed in the wake of the wheat
grower, will be placing In circulation a
larger amount of money than now
comes from the wheat business, even
in its present mammoth proportions.
The question of an increase in teach
ers' salaries will no doubt receive the
careful consideration of the members
of the School Board, and the pro rata
of Increase, since it seems to be decided
that an increase will be allowed, justly
apportioned. The suggestion made at
the taxpayers' meeting, that the sal
aries In the primary grades, being the
lowest, and the work of the teachers
therein the more exacting and arduous,
receive the first consideration, is one
worthy of attention. The taxpayers, as
the Initiative, have, as proven1 by their
vote, full confidence in the School Board
In the capacity of referendum, and
there is every reason to believe that this
confidence will be justified by results.
Patrons of the schools generally feel,
however, that the question of para
mount importance at this time in re
gard to the schools is the building, and
not the salary, question. If pupils have
not proper seating accommodations,
ventilation, light, and what in old-fashioned
phrase .is termed "elbow room,"
much of the teacher's work is lost in
the confusion and discomfort resulting.
It is the building committee of the
board, therefore, and not the committee
to whom the adjustment of salaries is
referred, that has the most difficult task
to perform, since the clamor for more
room seems to come from almost every
quarter of the district, and $40,000 is
not a large sum with which to meet it.
There are local politicians, we are
told, who are deeply concerned for the
safety of the gold standard. Some, or
most of them, it was hard enough years
ago to work up to the support of the
gold standard. The Oregonian put in
about fifteen years on that work. It
finally got the help of numbers who
drifted in because they had nowhere
else to go. It proved a winning cause,
and they were carried Into office and
into places of consideration in the Re
publican party, upon It. But now
they are full of alarm; The Oregonian
they fear has deserted the gold stand
ard, and free coinage of silver will, af
ter all, carry the day, unless these peo
ple can again proclaim the gold stand
ard for a cry, as a means of controlling
the party and winning the offices. Men
who wavered, who didn't sse the im
portance of the gold standard when it
was an issue; who wanted to keep an
anchor to windward In the silver sea;
are terribly concerned now, when the
gold standard is firmly fixed as the
roots of Mount Hood. The gold stand
ard will be disputed no more, and there
are no more politics in it now than
eggs in ancient birds'-nests.
The cancellation of usurious contracts
in the interest of people who are strug
gling to secure homes, and who in point
of fact have paid in full princinal. lecral
I Interest and something more on the
fund borrowed to the party of the first
part the building and loan associations
appears, from evidence adduced in
many cases to be just and equitable.
Of course, no man should agree to pay
usurious interest, or. to subscribe to any
contract the full purport and possibili
ties of which he does not understand.
But It is well to remember that the law
in regard to usury is framed to protect
the unsophisticated from the sharp
practices of those who have made the
methods of loan associations and kin
dred money-mnking schemes a close
and careful study. No one can be
greatly wronged when the borrower has
paid to the lender the principal and
legal Interest accruing from a loan.
Business methods that are not conduct
ed upon this basis are at best but ques
tionable enterprises, which the tyro in
finance would do well to avoid, in his
earnest desire to turn his labor into
property, or, more specifically, into a
home.
Among the Army retirements that
will take place during the yenr are
Major-Generals Otis, Brooke and Whea
ton, Surgeon-General Sternberg, Colonel
Guenther, Fourth Artillery; - Colonel
Hooton, Seventh Infantry; Colonel
Auman, Twenty-fifth Infantry, and Col
onel Spurgln, Fourth Infantry. The
age retirements last year were 25 in
all; the age retirements this year will
be 22; in 1903 there will be 32. and in
1904 there will be 41, as the list stands
at present.
The Department of State has been
notified, through Minister Buck, of To
kio, thnt the Central Sanitary Council
has resolved not to permit the practice
of homeopathy in Japan. This is pru
dence or prejudice, according to the
special or particular school of medicine
to which one belongs, or In the practice
of which he has confidence. Briefly
stated, it Is "all owing to the way you
look at it."
If Admiral Sampson's friends could
let him rest, the public, as well as the
stricken man, would have cause for
gratitude. A brave and loyal man, who
served his country long and faithfully,
his work is now done. The attempt to
revise hi3 record or to embellish it with
reflected glory Is to be deplored. As It
stands, it is instinct with loyalty and
efficiency. Let that suffice.
At present the shipping entered at
Hamburg is just over one-half of that
entered Into London; that of Antwerp is
44.5 per cent; that of Rotterdam Is 41.1
per cent. In 1S90 the proportion of the
shipping of Hamburg to that of London
was only 39 6 per cent; that of Antwerp
34.4 per cent, and that of Rotterdam
22.2 per cent. These are all river ports.
The wife of Admiral Schley is a
woman of discretion. She tells the
Admiral he Is talking too much, and
she pulls him down. Here Is "the per
fect woman, nobly planned, to warn, to
comfort and command." Here Is a
helpmate, who also is a helpmeet for a
too talkative man.
It is edifying to find the newspapers
of Louisiana making a stiff fight
against protective tariff In general, but
putting up an equally stiff fight for
protection of sugar. The tariff is a
local question.
Judge Taffs is the proper answer to
President Schurman. Talk of Philip
pine independence is premature.
A MENACE TO APPLE INTERESTS
The Oregonian has -received from W. X.
AVhltr vhnlpsnlt frtilt riorrhnnt of 10
Jay street, Xew York, copies of German play-goers at the Baker Theater yesur
markct catalogues, which indicate tnat j day. and. judging by the enthusiastic
considerable quantities of Oregon apples welcome which two crowded housts ix
arrlving at German ports In January were tended it. It is destined to become a pop
condemned by the official Inspectors ol 'ar amusement feature In Portland. At
fruits and not permitted to be sold. In I both matinee ar.d evening performances
one case CO) boxes alleged to have beer. ' the house was lil!cd to the doors, and
"grown by Weeks & Orr." of Medford. j with representative thtatir-xc.rs.
were denied admission to the German Mr. Baker promi-ed a good show, ar.d his
markets, and In another a shipment num- has it. In the programme are all' aorta
ber of cars not speclfied-"pr.cked by T. ; ' 1th?ss In the way of enicrtaiimuni
t -n-.... , .v. 11 . .. . ' aiMl they really -entertain. The "turr.
R. Whitman, of the same district Was . are br,ht c.c-2n dnfl orlgInal TOOgt or
thrown out. In each case the fault found , thcrn wou:d be eas?ny the feature of a
with the fruit was that It was Infected 'Ajood spcc.ajtv-comedy.
with San Joss scale. This rejected fruit,
so Mr. White writes, was sent to Eng
land, where, there being no inspection,
'it was turned in upon the market.
The loss to a shipper or two growing
out of these Incidents Is a small thing,
so small that the matter would not be
worth mentioning If there were not con
nected with It a general reflection upon
tho rtumrtor nn,l nn-norMnl ronumtlCn
" - " " .-..---.
01 uregon appies. mis is. inueea, seriuus
The Oregon apple now stands In all mar-
kets at the top of the list. It finds first colored crayon on an easel, while the or
sate in all competitions at prices paid for chestra plays slow music. He so pleased
no other product. High quality, fre-dom I th spectators that he was recalled, ana
, , , ' . , , , . . . added several sketches to his list,
from Infections and careful packing have . hriht ..,, Bvf..h la nrrthtn,i
made for the output of our orchards a
reputation which Is yielding us a multi
tude of advantages and which. If there
shall be no change In the conditions, must
soon multiply our orchards and add vastly
to our general Income from foreign
sources. "But everything depends upon
keeping up our standards. It will not
take many incidents like that reported
above to raise a doubt about the Oregon
product which will work steadily against
us and soon destroy the advantage we
now enjoy.
It would be unfair to assume without
Investigation that the Medford people
named In Mr. White's letter were lnten-
tlonally at Vault in the cases reported.
Pncclhlr ii-nn nrnhnMi thn ohlnmonf.!
were made In perfect good faith; but good
faith does not excuse a serious ofCense
against a great and growing productive
industry. Nobody has a right to send
Into the markets where our reputation
stands high, any goods which by any
chance can damage that reputation. It is
as Gnsy to Inspect apples before they
leave Medford as after they arrive at
Hamburg, and far more Important for tho
Interests of Oregon; and It Is the duty or
every shipper to know precisely the char
acter of the goods he Is sending out.
There Is no fair excuse for carelessness
In a matter of such importance.
The apple-growers, it would seem, as
the persons In direct Interest, ought to
establish a system of Inspection adequate
to the general protection. It might be
done upon a basis of moderate cost, ana
this cost would be returned ten fold to
each grower In the form of higher prices
for his product. We regard some system
of Inspection as an absolute and pressing
necessity. Without it the high reputa
tion which has been -made for our fruit
will not stand, for there will always be
unscrupulous or careless persons, willing
to make an Illegitimate profit by loading
off bad goods under false pretenses. If
the apple men of Oregon have anything
like a due and proper regard for their in
terests they will undertake and without
delay to safeguard the reputation they
have built up in the general markets.
JEWELS OF AMERICAN "WOMEN.
Thirty - four N'nmcN Rcprenentlnr
GcniM of .52iI3O,00O Value.
AInslee's Magazine.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. third.
fre-
quently wore 7t0,000 worth of jewels at
an ordinary reception, and Mrs. W. IC
Vanderbllt fully 550.000 at a mere gar
den party. Pearl necklaces alone worth
$70,000 to ?1CO.OOO arc not uncommon, one
that cost ?32O,O00 being occasionally seen,
and more than one woman has $1,000,000
In gems from which to choose. Let me
tabulate the value, of the jewelry owned
by comparatively a small number of New
York's society women:
Mrs. William Astor ,
Mrs. John Jacob Aator ,
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt. Sr...
Mrs. 'William K. Vanderbllt. Jr
Mrs. O. II. I'. Belmont
$1,500,000
I.U0O.O09
l.Oon.OoO
l'fSo'tKiO
Mrs. John . Mackay....
1,000.000
Mrs. Pradley-Martln
830.000
soo.ooo
soo.tmo
Mrs. Perry Belmont
Mr. Herman Oslrlchs..'
Mrs. Orme Wilson ,
Mrs. Ogden Goelet
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay
Mrs. Levi P. Morton ,
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt
Mrs. James A. Burden ,
Mrs. William Starr Miller
Mrs. Frederick Vandsrhilt
Mrs. Geon?e Vanderbllt ,
Mrs. "W. Seward Webb
Mrs. William D. Sloane
Mrs. Elliot F. Shenard
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
Mr?. George Jay Gould ,
Mrs. Charles M. Oelrlchs
Mrs. Philip Uhlnelander
Mrs. Charles T. Ycrkes
Mrs. II. McKay Twombly
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Mrs. Krnesto FahbrI
Mrs". David Hennen Morris
Mrs. Edwin Gould
Mrs. Oliver Harrlman. Jr
Mrs. CornelluE Vanderbllt. Jr....
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
bOO.OOO
800.000
750.000
750.0O0
750.000
75.O0O
700.000
C5O.00O
000.000
550,000
550.000
500.000
500.000
300.000
500,000
500.000
G00.U00
500.000
500.000
i.'tOO.OUO
300.010
soy.wo
aoo.ouo
250.00O
200.000
Total , . .$22,230,000
Here arc. the names of only 3! women,
chosen almost at random, whose pre
cious stones and jewelry arc valued at
522.2G0.OQ0. It can easily be shown that
the figures are not unreasonable. The
average annual Importation of precious
stones Into the United States has for a
long time been about $15,000,000. Thus,
during only the pas,t 10 years we have
received $150,000,000 in gems. Mr. Leopold
Stern, the diamond Importer, Informed
me that of this amount one-half Is held
by dealers throughout the country, and
that of the remainder fully two-thirds
have been sold to families and Individ
uals In New York. Thl3 means that in
the past 10 years New Yorkers have
bought $50,000,000 worth of precious stones,
this sum not Including the cost of their
setting. Mr. George F. Kunz, the gem
expert of the Tiffany Company, says
that In the entire country the diamonds
alone arc valued at $c00.0i"0.000, and that
of this amount $170,000,000 worth are
owned In New York.
"Supported by tbe Government."
Salt Lake Tribune.
Senator Dubois refers to General
Wheaton snectingly as a charity boy sent
to West Point, and since supported by
the Government. We had supposed from
his career that the Senator regarded
this state of being supported as the high
est form of existence.
Oxnanl'x Prayer.
Joseph B. Gilder In Xew York Times.
God of our Fathers, known of old.
Lord of our hlsh-bullt tariff wall.
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over free and thrall
Be with up yt. lest wc forbear
To strip the Cuban, hide and hair.
s
Hearlnu his cries to heaven sent
When Spain with tire and sword pursued.
Our pulsrant aid we- gladly lent
And smote the oppressor where he stood.
But now the Cuban kicks beshrew him!
Because our duty's to undo him.
Why then was Weyler driven out?
For what did Fish and Capron die?
Was Cuba saved O painful doubt
In pity for her mliKry?
She liked protection then. I trow; ,
Why should she rail against it now?
God of our Father", known of old.
Lord of our Chinese tariff wall.
B;i;ath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over free and thrall
Be with us yet, lest wc forbear
1 To strip tbe Cuban, hide and hair.
AMCSD1ENTS.
Vaudeville. In Its most pleaslng.and en
tertaining form, was intioduccd to local
The Norwoods, comedy acrobats, start
the bill. lhe;r remarkable fcatb on the
bars have been unecpialtd In Portland,
and their eccentric make-up and manner
of doing their stunts arouse plenty of
Interest. All of the star feats of the stage
athlete are in their list, ard they do
every one of them without any apparent
effort. Reouble Sim.", tramp cartoonist,
who follows the Norwoods, beglrs his
i - Tt rf 'rL ntirnmm. Vi-- olrxvl n rt .
f "V " "'.' "-'- " . 'fai4, - " I
iCai song in a catcny tasnicn, ana nun
turns to
hard work, wh.ch consists of
drawing all sorts of queer figures with
by Weston and Herbert, the former tak
ing the part of a:i old farmer, in wh!cii
he proves himself as clever a character
actor as has ever been seen here. The skit
Is full of bright lines, and brittle? with an
aniinnancc o; new joKes. The trani malc ;
it h'sr hit hnWW 10...,. t ti, ..m-
graminc. wlnn it appears in a muslcil act
- i. ..... ..i. .... . .... ....... ... ...v j.-
which Is. Avttiout question, the cleverest
and snappiest which has been -cn .n
Portland this reason Both mtmbtrs or
the team are accomplished musicians, aitrt
tl.eir selections are of a character which
please every one in the house.
Coleman and Mcxls. rille and- pistol
shots, old some things with firearms
which most nop!e would believe impos
sible. Breaking two swlnjtintr balls as
they c?me ct,he7- emptying the maga
. . " '" " ""!" "llu u"
woman's breast, shooting balls from each
others heads, and lighting matches he'd
in the hand with a rifle ball, are some of
their most difficult feats, but their shots
are so many and varied that It would be
Impossible to enumerate all of them In n
limited space.
Perhars the best thing on the bill is the
Paloma Ladles Quartette, composed or
four young women, each of whom Is an
artist. Tholr voices are perfectly suited
tobne another, and two of thorn-. the so
prano and contralto, are phenomenal.
Their selections are just the kind to tit
llght all sorts of people who love good
mtlslc. Five encores to'd of the impres
sion they made on the house.
The act of Topping, mlndreader, was
not up to Mr. Baker's expectations, and
was promptly closed Ipf-t evening, due al
lowance for poor condition having been
made by allowing him to go on after an
Indifferent performance in the afternoon.
Altogether the show is the best of its
kind ever given In Portland at popular
prices, and will undoubtedly fill the the
ater all the week.
"FOn HER SAKE." AT CORDRAY'S.
Rnrsinri Melodrama Eiithu.sc n
"Stunillnp-Room Only" Audience.
The S. R. O. sign was out early at
Cordray's last night. The bill was Car
penter's "For Her Sake," a scenic melo
drama, of Rus3ia and Siberia, and the
production was far ahead of that of last
year, both as regards company and scen
ery. The latter Is unusually sumptuous
and beautiful, every act being mounted
elaborately, while one or two of the stage
pictures have not been equaled in the
theater.
The story of the play Is one of the
kind which arouses plenty of "hearty
Interest" and keeps it from the rise of the
first curtain to the fall of the last. The
fortunes of Prince A'ladimlr AValanoff, a
captain in the Russian army who falls in
love with a serf girl. Olga Petoskl. form a
theme around which the dramatist has
woven a scries o" adventures calculated
to turn an ordinary person's hair white
in a single act. A former servant in
WalanofT's family Is made governor of
a Siberian penal colony, and the Prince,
because of his love for the girl. Is sent
thither, as is also the girl. Both endure
privations which arc well nigh unen
durable, and the servant, glorying In his
triumph, piles oppression on oppression,
till thev are readv to tllo rnther than
' bcar his Persecutions. A ray of hope
nuiiius inrouK" iiie,sooni nn me v.iiiiv.
however, and is heightened oy an Eng
lish Lord and an American girl, who con
tribute a needful thread of comedy, and
snap their fingers In the villlan's face
with inspiring independence.
The last act occurs In a sulphur mine
In Siberia. Vladimir, driven to despera
tion, rises superior to his oppressors and
throws them about the stage, but
they, in his absence, burn the back of
an old servant of his with a red hot
iron, to force him to reveal a secret.
Just as the Governor is about to lash
the girl Into compliance with his will,
a Russian general arrives and puts him
out of office, the burned servant gets
up and shoot him. his accomplices are
tfelzcd, and the Prince and Olga are at
last united, at the end of a course of
true love which has run anything but
smooth.
Walwln Woods makes a fiery Prince,
and does some excellent work in one or
two scenes. Jessie Cunnington is a. good
Olga. Billy Marble, one of the oldest
timers on the boards is a fine figure of a
Russian General: Milllcent Evans, a
dainty comedienne with an exceedingly
pretty face, typifies the American girl
as she should be tjplfieJ-: Elwln Stevens
Is good as a serf: Ella Marble plays the
part of a Russian princess acceptably,
and the remainder of the company is
all that Is necessnry-
The house was enthusiastic. The hero
and heroine were cheered whenever they
triumphed over their oppressors, and the
vllllans, of whom there were two. were
violently hissed whenever they had the
temerity to look toward the gallery.
The play will run all -the week,
will without doubt prove one of
season's record breakers.
and
the
Why We Sbn.ll Keep Them.
Brooklyn Eagle. Ind. Dem.
But we shall keep the Philippines, not
merely because we realize that in their
productiveness It will be selfishly wise to
do eo, but because to the sober sense of
the American people the annexation has
baen justified In Its promise of moral re
sults. Wcare not to sit back contented.y.
allowing the rest of the world to push civ
ilization into the darkened corners of the
earth. The Philippines need civilization.
"There Go the Ships."
(Psalms civ:2G.)
There go the ships o'er liquid knolls and hol
lows. I know not whither bound, nor whence, nor
why:
Afar a white U shines, a smoke-scarf fol
lows. Printing a slender cloud along the ky.
Far fields bequeathed the sails; the coala lay
hidden
Through countless ycara within the earth's
dark cavca; .
Both waited long the Imperious call, unbidden.
Yet ready for their summons to the waves.
The sea itself is fed from distant fountains;
Its servant shir- move only by the power
Caught in the spindle's woof or chained in
mountains.
Biding in patience some predestined hour.
There go the ships, the siiar.t ships, I love
them!
The sight of them Is peace and faith and
cheer;
With winds behind and bluest skies above
them.
Their buoyant flight brings all my harbors
near. ,
Meredith Nicholson in Indianapolis News.
TvT0TE A7CD COMMENT.
The snow still continues to linger In
the lap of Winter.
Perhaps If Prince Henry likes thla
country his brother will buy It for him.
The Dowager Empress seems to be- anx
ious to be called the Senator Teller of
China.
The past week In Parliament was very
dull. Have the Irish members becoma
absentees?
If Mrs. Schley keeps on advising her
husband when to stop talking, he may
bo President yet.
3oth Carnegie and Rockefeller are get
ting rid of money almost half as fast as
th.y arc making It.
Automobiles are to be installed in Yel
lowstone Park. Thus the primeval forest
Is presrved as Nature left It.
Governor Taft believes that the Fili
pinos can be pacified. He Is getting care-
less of his reputation In Boston.
Miss Stone has not decided yet whether
she will go on the stage or run for the
Presidency after she has been released.
As long as the Interior 'Department is
enforcing civilization, why not make a
regulation prohibiting the college yell.
Just at present It seems to -be a diffi
cult matter to make Presidential ap-
, . . ... . ... . . ,.,.
polntmcnts without consulting the Pres
idem.
King Edward saw "Sherlock Holmes"
the other night, but the report neglects
to state 'whether or not he hissed the
vllllan.
As ?.IarconI stands 'to make about $10.
OOO.OCO on his Invention, he will not need
to hunt very far to. find a substitute for
the Indianapolis girl.
The Emperor's brother will have to be
a mighty good Yellow if he expects to
keep the pace set for visiting foreigners
by Sir Thomas Lipton.
If Commissioner Jones will just allow
the different tribes of Indians to cut each
others hair, he will have no difficulty
in accomplishing his desires.
There was just one case before the re
cent sc'ss'on of the Cumberland Quarter
I Sessions Court. In England, the other
day. that of an old woman who was
charged with stealing sixpence. But no
departure was made from the regular pro
cedure. A grand jury. "36 common jury
men, an array of constables and clerks,
a bench of justices, under the presidency
of the Right. Hon. James Lowther, Mem
ber of Parliament, dealt with the matter.
A Flemish artist has produced what la
said to be the smallest painting In tho
world. It Is a picture of a miller mount
ing the stairs of his mill and carrying a
sack of grain on his back. The mill Is
depicted as standing near a terrace. Closo
at hand are a horse and cart, with a few
groups of peasants- Idling In the road near
by. All this is painted on the smooth side
of a grain of ordinary white corn. It Is
necessary to examine it under a micro
scope, and it is drawn with perfect ac
curacy. There Is an old suburban inn near Phil
adelphia kept by a Quaker who, amid the
Incongruous surroundings of his bar, still
clings to the plain language of his faith.
Occasionally he even dispenses liquid re
freshments with his own hands, and It
seems queer to hear his mild voice ask
ing, "What will thee have?" The other
day there was a crowd In the bar, and
one of the men had already been Imbibing
too freely. Nevertheless, he lined up at
the bar with the others, and loudly called
for whisky. The old man looked at him
severely, and remarked: "James, doesn't
thec think thee has had enough of the
strong 6tuff? Thee had better take a
'parilla." There was -no appeal, -and James
j drank a glass of sarsaparilla.
Spanish annals declare that between
1CG0 and 1700 the Tapaya mines in Mexico
produced $SO.OCO,000, and that after that
the Indian slaves employed in them mur
dered the Spanish owners and the mines
were lost. On old Spanish maps they
appear in Northwestern Mexico, about
50 leagues from the sea. and near the
town of Dos Pllates. They have now
been rediscovered, explorers who have
returned from Clantegulta reporting that
I they have found the old stone smelters
and other works belonging to them, with
all the holes In the ground still In good
running order. As a bails to float a new
company on the "find" Is not so bad, but
it might be worth more If the Spaniards
had not taken so much out of It.
A Russian officer, hunting through soma
old family papers, came on what seemed,
to him evidence that certain Russian
families, now cxUrfCt, and -80me monks
of the monaster-bf Potchajowska, not
far from Kleff. during- the Napoleonic
wars, buried in that institution a sum of
Sl.OOo'oOO. to keep It out of "Bony's"
clutches. Included among the papers was
a diagram showing exactly where the
treasure was deposited. The officer Is
quite sure It Is there yet, and has gona
to Kleff and made a bargain with the
present generation of monks In the insti
tution to give them two-thirds when It
turns up. The bishop has not yet given
his sanction to the enterprise, but Is be
ing labored with to that end. and may
be fool enough to countenance it, In which,
case the diocese would be better off under
the direction of a less credulous and im
aginative prelate.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Teacher What Is the mcanlnu of to de
capitate; Willie? Willie To head off. ma'am.
Yonkers Statesman.
Glad When He Stop3. "I admire that pian
ist's finish. Don't you?" "Yes: but I always
dread his beginning." Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
Hosfsa What, going already, professor?
And must you take your dear little wife away
with you? Professor Indeed, madam. I am
sorry to say I must. Tlt-Blts.
Correct to the Last. "Anyhow." chuckled
the somewhat fastidious horse-thief, as the
regulators adjusted the noose about his neck.
"It isn't a ready-made tie." Chicago Tribune.
Dollivcr "Make It thy business to know
thyself." -ays Cervantes. Denning Yes; but
It doesn't follow that a man should tell all ha
knows about himself. Boston Transcript.
Edith Mamma, didn't the missionary say
savages don't wear any clothes? Mother
Yes, dearie. Edith Then why did papa put
a button in the missionary box? San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Letting Him Down Easy. She Now, dear,
break the. news of our engagement gently to
papa. He 5low shall I start In? She Oh!
You might begin by saying that I have Just
died I Puck.
The Wallflower. "Cho'.ly Chalk Isn't a bit of
ujv." sneered the girl who .danced. "Indeed
he in. then." said the hostess: "he has been
sitting there hidlnz the tear in the sofa all
the evening." Chicago Dally News.
Teacher Home one has been throwing paper
behind my back. James, tfo you know who
it is? James (who is 'the culprit himself)
Yes. sir. but I hardly like to tell. Teacher
A ve'ry honorable feeling. James, you mmjr
sit down TU-BIU.