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THE MORNING OBEG03SIAN. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1002.,
nmtm of rates
No Reason Given for Insur
ance Readjustments.
LOWER IN RESIDENCE DISTRICTS
Flre-FIgrhtins Facilities Belter Titan
lSvcr Before Xo Greater Hazard,
r and Yet Arbitrary- Advance
on "Water Front.
Local Insurance men are not Inclined
to talk much about the statement of in
surance matters presented in the letter
of Frederick V. Holman yesterday morn
ing. Generally they admit that they do
not know why the recent readjustment of
rates has been made in Portland. They
uo say, however, that it Is not all one
sided that while it may be true that
there is a material increase on the water
front iroperty, it is alto true that most
of the other property of the city, particu
larly in the residence districts, now have
rates materially lower than formerly.
One insurance agent estimated this reduc
tion at 10 per cent. But it is difficult to
summarize the changes for the reason
that they are not made at one time. They
come along from time to time, and there
is no occasion to take note of changed
rates until policies then in force expire.
But those who have been wideawake
have observed that a great many re
ratings have been made in the past few
months, and that there has been a not
able advance in the rates along the West
Side -water front, where there has been
absolutely no change In the wmditions
affecting insurance, either in tire charac
ter of business conducted on the premises
or in the means of fire protection. Even
some of the insurance agents admit that
this looks a little like an attempt to force
the city to provide a fireboat. On the oth
er hand, it is pointed out that when the
rates that have now been superseded
-were fixed Jn 1SS3 the city did have a
fireboat, the Veto, though it was far from
being what a machine ol the kind ought
to be.
In the year 1SS3, when the rates that
were recently changed were fixed, the fire
losses in Portland aggregated $319,092 20.
upon which the insurance companies paid
losses to the total of 5252,721 22. The face
of the Insurance Involved in these losses
-nas $680,750.
Last year the total fire loss in Portland
was 5254,704 19, on which the Insurance
companies paid ?1SG,306 24. The face of
the Insurance Involved in these losses
was 5240.315, and the value of the prop
erty involved In the fires was 55.3S1.C94.
Thus, at an average rate of 2 per cent,
the premium reqelved in 1883 on the -property
burned aggregated less than 6 per
cent of tho sum the companies paid in
losses, while In 1901 at the .same rate the
premium aggregated neatly 27 per cent of
the losses. This, of course, does not take
into consideration the premium received
on propertv that did not burn. In both
those years the insurance companies took
out of Portland many times more than
they disbursed here. But last year the
burned property went about 20 per cent
farther toward paying Its own losses than
In 1S83, and yet In the face of this record
the insurance rates are adjusted for an
advance.
The "losses from fires in Portland since
the paid fire department was established
have been for the years named as fol
lows: 1SS8 $319.002 2011803 5155.459 39
JSJM 4US.NU yUlEH oou.uo at
1SS5 S9.329 7311805 139.011 20
18SG 1)3.140 1G 1800 309.481 01
1887 81.713 72WS07 . 70.722 51
1868 i.1.347 70 1898 74,070 81
3880 37.780 23(1800 171.6S4 SO
1800 70.997 11900 73.809 93
1881 251.751) 8011901 254,704 19
1892 578.8S5 50
At the end of the year 1SS3 the ap
paratus in use in the Portland Fire de
partment consisted of four steam en
gines, with hose carriages, tenders, etc.,
l hook and ladder truck and 35C0 feet
of hose. Now there are seven steam fire
engines, four chemical engines, four hook
and ladder trucks, five extra hose outfits,
and 22,900 feet of hose. Two of the pres
ent engines are larger and more efficient
than any other city on the Pacific Coast
has. They are known as extra first-size
engines, and each will throw 1100 gallons
of water a minute.
At no point has there been a reduction
of efficiency In the water service since the
paid Fire Department was organized, and
at many points the water service has been
vastly increased. New and larger mains
have been laid on some of the street, to
say nothing of the higher pressure since
the introduction of Bull Run water. A
great many hydrants have been added
and none has been taken away. Several
cisterns have also been provided. Street
improvements have made it possible to
assemble a large fire-fighting force at any
given point In the business district in
much less time than ws required in 1883.
And there has been nothing to increase
the hazard on Front street or. the river
front. In one place where the rate has
been marked up from 52 25 to 57 50 there
has been no change in the line of business
or In the ownership of the property since
the rate was fixed in 1SS3.
J. C. Stone, Portland agent for the Pa
cific Coast Board of Fire Underwriters,
was yesterday atked fr a statement of
the reason for readjustment of insurance
rates in Portland, but he declined to dis
cuss the matter in any way. He said he
was merely acting for Alfred Stillman, of
San Francisco, who is secretary of the
executive commlttpe of the Board of Fire
Underwriters of the Pacific Coast, and
who Is the only man authorized to dis
ouss those matters. Mr. Stone said - he
did not know why the readjustment of
rates had been -made. That matter, he
said", was in the hands of the executive
committee of eight, and as a now com
mittee was appointed a shqrt time ago Mr.
Stone oould not give the names of the
present members.
"No man can tell what It costs to In
sure a given property against loss by fire,"
said an old-time insurance man yesterday. '
"The rate is necessarily arbitrarily fixed.
But It gives opportunity for. those who
stand in with the powers that fix rates
to get the benefit of favoritism, and thosfe
who do not stand in pay stiff rates."
The Insurance compact governs the rate
of insurance in Portland, though not all
the companies carrying risks here are
members of the union. The only way they
can avoid war. however, Is to charge the
union rates. The Pacific Coast insurance
combination is said to be the strongest
In the United States; that is, to hold Its
membors the strictest and to. suffer least
from outside independent action. Other
insurance compacts have frequent
troubles, but the Pacific Coast compact
seiaom loses its control of the field. In
1S91 rates -went to pieces in Oregon, but
it was not long before an understanding
was reached and the old rates were re
stored. A few months ago insurance men held
out the promise to a committee of the
Beard of Trade that if Portland should
provide a fireboat insurance rates on the
water front would be materially reduced.
The matter was discussed In the Board of
Trade and an elaborate motion favoring
the fireboat was passed, but that was the
end of it. Now, instead of a reduction on
the water front there is a sharp advance,
and without any adequate reason appear
ing. Some of the property-owners affect
ed will move for a fuller ventilation of
the matter.
Gambling: Stopped at Seattle.
SEATTLE, June 2L Chief of Police Sul
livan closed all public gambling last night.
acting under orders from Mayor Humes.
Both state that the action was taken be
cause of .the business men's complaint
against gambling running in the district
below Ycsler Way. Some of the gamblers
declare that the action Is inspired by po
litical motives, in view of the coming
county convention.
SHIP'S CARGO ON FIRE.
Thrilling Experience on British
Ship MonUbarns.
SAN FRANCISCoTjune 20. That the
British ship Monkbarns, which arrived
today, 149 days from Liverpool, ever
reached her destination is due to the gal
lant fight against fire made for four days
and nights by Captain McNeeley and his
crew. The Monkbarns left Liverpool Jan
uary 22. All went well until February 2L
when in the morning smoke was discov
ered coming from the ventilators leading
to the forehold. An Investigation revealed
the fact that the cargo was on fire. Near
ly all the cargo in the forward hold was
jettisoned before the fire was extin
guished. Little harm was done to the hull
of the ship. The cargo jettisoned, and In
which the fire started by spontaneous
combustion, it Is thought, consisted of
.oakum, felt and chemicals.
AXOTHEU LUMBER SCHOONER IX.
Ariel Arrived Up Yesterday Morning
Lizsle Vance Left Down.
Another four-masted schooner arrived
up the rivet yesterday morning to load
lumber for the Orient. This was the
American schooner Ariel, 6S7 tons, under
the command of Captain Anderson. The
Ariel arrived in Astoria last Saturday
evening quite unexpectedly, as It was
not known that she was coming here.
She had a fair passage from Honolulu to
Astoria, making the trip in 25 days. The
Ariel Is the second four-masted schooner
to arrive in Portland this week for a
lumber cargo.
The Ariel went direct to the Portland
Lumber & Manufacturing Company's
dock, where she commenced discharging
her ballast. She Is under charter of Eddy
Falk, and will take about '1.000,000 feet of
lumber to the Orient.
The Lizzie Vance finished loading at the
North Pacific Mills, and left down yes
terday with about 500,000 feet of lumber
on board. The Quito finished her deck
load of piling last evening, and is ready
to drop down stream. The Jacobsen has
finished discharging her ballast at the
Sand dock, and will move to Columbia
dock to load wheat. The Oceano will
probably move from Montgomery No. 2
early this morning to" Greenwich.
GIVEX UP AS LOST.
German Bark II. F. Glade "Will Be
Pouted Xext Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.-San Fran
ciscans who wagered 5150,000 on the safe
arrival of the German bark H. F. Glade
stand to lose all their money unless tho
long overdue vessel, arrives by next Wed
nesday. Information has come by cable
from London that Lloyd's will post the
Glade as missing. The Merchants' Ex
change here has crossed the bark from
the overdue list as no longer insurable.
The Glade sailed from here on October
19 last with wheat and barley for Europe,
and is out 243 days. Many local plungers
believed Its foul bottom was the cause
of delay, and ventured large amounts on
Its safe arrival.
Among; the Scalers.
A telegram from Hakodate to the Vic
toria Sealing Company announces the ar
rival there of the sealing schoonor Di
rector with 620 skins, says the Victoria
Colonist. No word has as yet been re
ceived from the other four Victoria
schooners, which went over to the Japan
coast.
It has been decided by the Sealing Com
pany that they cannot grant the demand
of the Indian hunters for an Increase in
wages, and the adjustments of the differ
ences between the Indians and scalers will
be left largely to the captains of the dif
ferent schooners.
Indian Scalers Demand Advance.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 21. Tho Vic
toria Sealers' Association has decided to
accede to the request of the Indian seal
hunters for an advance from 54 to ?G for
each skin taken by canoes sealing from
the company's schooners. Even at this
price the Indians are holding off, appar
ently having been frightened by tho
storms of last season and the loss of the
schooner Hatzic with an Indian crew.
Belgenland In Distress.
LONDON, June 20. An unconfirmed re
port is current here that the American
Line steamer Belgenland is returning to
Queenstown. She has not yet been sight
ed there, and it is supposed that the ves
sel may be returning to Liverpool. There
has been a heavy gale off Cork for 36
hours. The Belgenland left Queenstown
for Philadelphia.
Cntter Th,etis RcncbcH Nome.
SEATTLE. June 20. The revenue cut
ter Thetis, Captain M. J. Healy, arrived
at Nome June 7, according to advices re
ceived today. Her voyage North was
without Incident. She left the Bear at
Dutch Harbor. The latter is on her way
to Siberia.
Schooner Etarelca n Total Loss.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 0. The
Schooner Eureka, which went ashore last
night near Mussel Rock, will be a total
loss. The seams 'have opened and her
hold Is full of water.
Wales Coal for Xctv York.
NEW YORK, June 20. A cargo of bitu
minous coal Is on its way from Wales to
this city. It Is being brought here as an
experiment
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, June 20. Sailed Steamer Elmore,
for Tillamook. Arrived down at 1 P. M.
Schooner Lizzie Vance. Condition of the bar at
4 P. M.. smooth; wind northwest; weather
hazy.
San Pedro. June 19. Sailed Schooner Abble,
for Astoria.
Algoa Bay. June 16. Sailed British bark
Madagascar, for Portland.
Southampton, June 20. Sailed Columbia, for
New York, via Cherbourg.
San Francisco, June 20. Arrived Steamer
Eureka, from Seattle; steamer Aztec, from
Nanalmo; schooner Bender Brothers, from
Siuslaw River. Sailed Steamer Umatilla, for
Victoria; schooner John D. Tallant, for Port
Townscnd, steamer Edith, for Seattle.
Tacoma. June . 20. Arrived U. S. revenue
cutter Grant. cruising; schooner Endeavor,
from San Pedro: steamer Farallon, from Alas
ka. Sailed Steamer Queen, for Seattle; schoon
er Otella Pederson, for Whatcom.
Nagasaki, June 20. Arrived Queen Mary,
from Portland.
Seattle. June 20. Arrived Steamer Nome
City, from Nome; steamer Rainier, from San
Francisco; steamer Bonita. from San Fran
cisco. Sailed Steamer Farallon. for Skagway.
France's Heavy Handicap.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
.. The utter Inability of France to forget
Alsace-Lorraine seriously handicaps
France. The possibility of the ultimate
recovers' of the lost provinces is a factor
that no French statesman dare ignore.
A Russian alliance Is eagerly sought be
cause Russia may help in the recovery of
Alsace-Lorraine. When It becomes ap
parent that the Russian alliance tends
rather to preserve the "status quo" than
to disturb it. the Russian alliance loses
Its charm. The army must be supported
through thick and thin. Dreyfus must
be crushed. Innocent or guilty, because
the army Is needed to recover Alsace
Lorraine. France cannot set the example
of disarmament and substitute tome
reasonable militia system for its present
burdensome and dangerous standing
army because of Alsace-Lorraine. Alsace
Lorraine is like a millstone tied about the
neck of the French republic, constantly
crushing it down when it would rise and
holding it back when it would move for
ANOTHER FIGHT FOR IAND
MORE CONTESTS IX FAMOUS TILLA
MO OK ENTRIES.
Michigan TImberman Moves Against
the Same Parties as Hays, and
Alleges Fraud.
OREGON 'CITY, June 20. Additional
complications were introduced In the fa
mous Hays contest cases this afternoon
by the filing In. the United States Land
Office of junior contests against 37 timber
entries. Involving about GOOD acres of the
best-timber land in the state, and all of
which is situated in Tillamook County.
This makes the third contest filed against
these claims. The original contests were
filed by Charles E. Hays, who alleged that
the entries were fraudulent and made
with the purpose of defrauding the Gov
ernment. Later, G. O. Nolan, a brother
of Oak Nolan, one of the contestees in the
Kays cases, filed Junior contests against
the entries involved in the Hays cases.
Nolan alleged that the Hays contests were
speculative and fraudulent, and that Hays
was in collusion with the entxymen In the
cases for the purpose of defrauding the
Government.
The 37 contests Instituted this afternoon
were made by William J. Law, a Michi
gan tlmberman, who recently arrived on
the Coast. The contestant's representa
tive said today that these contests would
be vigorously prosecuted. The contest af
fidavits of Law are corroborated by Lena
Parker, of Bay City, Tillamook County,
and Wlillam L. Riesenberg, of Tillamook.
The latter Is one of the contestees in the
Hays cases. In his contest affidavit,
which is duplicated In each case. Law al
leges: That said entry was made colluslvely, fraud
ulently and speculatively, and was not In good
faith for the exclusive use and benefit of the
entryman.
That said entryman. so affiant Is informed
and believes, never went upon said land prior
to the date he made said timber land applica
tion, nor did he personally examine said land
prior to filing his timber land application there
for, as required by law.
That said entryman, on or before the date of
making- said application, conspired with one
Claude Thayer, Maurice Leach. Clark Hadley.
Charles E. Hays, G. O. Nolan and others
fraudulently to obtain title to the land and to
divide the proceeds of the sale of said land,
and that said application was made in pur
suance qt such conspiracy with said parties
above named.
That one Charls E. Hays and G. O. Nolan
have filed- a pretended contest or contests
against said timber land application; that said
contests of tho above-named parties so filed
are collusive and speculative, and that the
same were made in the interest of applicant
and Claude Thayer, Maurice Leach. Clark
Hadlcy, Charles E. Hays, G. O. Nolan and
others, who are co-conspirators In trying to
obtain title to the land, and that said contests
were made in the Interest of the above-named
parties and for the purpose of delay, and not
In good faith.
That said application Is Illegal, fraudulent
and void, together with the pretended contests
of Charles E. Hays and G. O. Nolan, all of
which operate to deprive this contestant of his
rights to make application for said tract of
land, and this the contestant Is ready to prove.
Thee is a well-defined rumor current
in land circles that all but six of the
contestees in the Hays and Nolan contests
have relinquished their entries. With this
rumor comes the report that both Con
testant Hayn and Junior Contestant Nolan
have .vlthdrawals of their contests ready
to file In the land office. This move would
have made the land vacant and subject
to entry. Then a selection as school In
demnity land or on forest reserve scrip
could have been made as soon as a price
was agreed upon. A similar line of action
has been pursued in a number of these
coses, but the contests filed this afternoon
put a direct block In. the way In 37 cases.
In one of the 37 contests the entry of
Frank Severance lp not contested by No
lan as junior contestant, as proof was
made on his claim and a certificate is
sued to him December 19, 1899, before tho
junior contests of Nolan were filed.
TURNER CAMP-MEETING OPENS.
Annual Gathering: of the Christian
Church, of Oregon.
TURNER, Or., June 20. The Oregon
Christian convention opened its annual
session here today at 10 A. M. Delegates
are in attendance from every part of the
state. Among those present are Charles
R. Scoville, D. D., LL. D., of Chicago,
who comes this year as chief speaker;
Rev. M. L. Rose, of Tacoma, Wash.; Rev.
J. D. McCallum, Dr. Dale, J. B. Lister,
corresponding secretary of the conventjon;
Dean E. C. Sanderson, of the Divinity
School of Eugene; Professor and Mrs.
George A. Wirtz; Rev. and Mrs. J. B.
Holmes, of , Albany; Rev. and Mrs. J.
S. O. Humbert, of Corvallls; Rev. and
Mrs. George C Rltchey, of Salem; Rev.
J. M. Hunter, Ashland; Rev. R. A. Cop
pie, Pendleton; Rev. and Mrs. Albyn Es
son; Mrs. J. M. Shaw, A. A. Kellogg, a.
Hunsaker, H. D. Ponnay, Miss Bessie
Ghormlcy, Rev. J. F. Ghormley and Rev.
B. B. Burton, all of Portland. The exer
cises opened today with an Inspiring song
service, lead by Professor George A.
Wirtz, who has organized a large .chorus
to sing every day during the convention.
Following this Rev. Albyn Esson delivered
an address before the Ministerial Associ
ation, which was well received and dis
cussed by several ministers, the discus
sion being led by Rev. George C. Rltchey,
of Salem. Dr. Charles R. Scoville deliv
ered a well-prepared and highly-appreciated
address at 11:30 A. M. on "Hebrew
Poetry." At 2:30 P. M. Rev. J. M. Hunt
er led the devotional exercises, which
were followed by an address on "Finances
and the Official Board," by Evangelist F.
F. Stephens, of Idaho. The subject was
discussed by Rev. J. B. Holmes and
others. At S Pi M. Dr. Scoville delivered
an address on "Miraculous Creation." The
following Is the programme for tomorrow
(Saturday):
Morning 9:30. song and praise. R. A.
Copple. Pendleton: 10. address, "Our Atti
tude Toward Our Religious Neighbors,"
D. C. Kellums, Eugene: discussion, led by
A. L. Piatt, McMlnnvllle; 11. sermon,
"Higher Criticism and Its Fruits." C. R.
Ecoville.
Afternoon 2:20, devotional, E. M. Pat
terson, Eugene; 2:45, address, "The
Preacher in His Study," B. B. Burton,
evangelist In Oregon; 3:30. question box,
J. S. McCallum. Eugene; 4, business, re
ports cf committees.
Evening 7:30, service of song; S. ser
mon. "Miraculous Redemption," C R.
Scoville.
Hundreds of delegates are on the
ground, and thousands will be in attend
ance tomorrow.
WATTERSON TO VISIT ASHLAND.
Famous Editor to Lecture at Chau
tauqua Assembly.
ASHLAND, June 20. The annual assem
bly of the Southern Oregon Chautauqua
Association will open at the Tabernacle
in this city, beginning July 9, and con
tinuing for 10 days. The principal speak
er will be Hon. Henry Watterson, the
editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
and Rev. Dr. Robert Mclntyre, of Chi
cago, will deliver two lectures during the
course. Among the other speakers will
be Charles Craig and wife, of Chicago.
The musical instructor will be Professor
Milton L. Lawrencr. of San Jose, Cal.,
while the Colonial Quartet, of San Fran
cisco, will also be heard. The readings
will .be under the supervision of Miss
Charlotte Graeber, of San Francisco.
Schools for Bible study, temperance, elo
cution and physical culture arc being ar
ranged. The assembly glvco every prom
ise of being the most successful In the
history of the institution.
DOINGS OF BOARD OF PHARMACY.
About Seventy Per Cent of Appli
cants Pass State Examination.
SALEM, Juno zti. L. W. Moody, secre
tary of the State Board of Pharmacy, has
filed in the Governor's office his annual
report for the period ending May 21, last.
The year's receipts from examination
fees, and reriewals, amounted to $929 -50.
Of that amount 147170 was disbursed in
expenses contracted by holding quarterly
meetings of the board. The secretary's,
salary of $300 being paid, left a balance
on hand of 5157 SO. During the year 40
candidates were examined, and 2S passed.
Thirty-seven were examined for registered
assistants, and of that class 24 reached
tho required grade.
The number of certificates Issued by the
board to date is 779 registered pharma
cists and 165 registered assistants.
Rent for State Stove Fonndrr.
The Loewenberg - Going Company, of
Portland, today paid Into the State Treas
ury $500 for rent of the foundry at the
State Penitentiary, for the quarter ending
Junf 30.
Astoria Brevities.
ASTORIA. Or., June 20. Today was the
warmest of the season, the thermometer
in the Weather Bureau office registering
SS deg. this afternoon, the highest it has
been for two years.
This morning, while there was scarcely
a breath of air stirring in the city, an east
erly gale was blowing at the head works
of the Astoria water system at Bear
Creek, -about seven miles away. Fences
were blown down, fruit trees destroyed
and the limbs of many of the larger trees
broken off. '
At, a meeting of the Carpenters Union
held last evening it was decided that
after July 1 the wages of carpenters In
Jhls city shall be $3 per day, to be paid
every Saturday night without fall.
The school census of the city has been
completed, and shows that, exclusive of
Chinese and Japanese, there are 2543 chil
dren of school age, while last year there
were 2480.
Lieutenant Byrd Resigns.
SALEM, June 20. Roy Byrd, who was
recently elected Second Lieutenant of
Company F, Fourth Regiment, O. N. G.tj
ot this city, has resigned, and a special'
examination will be held soon to supply
the vacancy. The selection of a succes
sor will be made before the date for hold
ing annual encampment, July 17-24. Cap
tain H. A. Kurtz and First Lieutenant L.
E. Judson have been notified that they
very creditably passed the examination
required of all newly elected commis
sioned officers of the State Guard. Ttfey
will soon receive their commissions.
Ballplayer Pete Do-rrllng a Hero.
SACRAMENTO, June 20. Patrolman
Duhaln, Alexander Stevens, Jim Mc
Grath and Pete Dowllng. .the baseball
player, all came near drowning ia the
river yesterday while taking a swim.
Stevens first got In trouble and Duhaln
went to his aid. They both went down,
and McGrath In trying to get them out
became exhausted and helpless. Dowllng
discovered the trouble and dashed into
the deep water and succeeded in dragging
his comrades onto a sand-bar. He was
the hero of the hour.
Elected to Willamette Faculty.
SALEM, Or., June 20. The Board of
Trustees of Willamette University has
filled the vacancy In the faculty occa
sioned by the resignation of Professor W.
P. Drew, professor In Latin and Greek, by
selecting Professor George A. Warfleld, A.
M-, of the Astoria High School, for the
place. Professor Warfleld is highly recom
mended, and his selection to fill the va
cancy gives great satisfaction.
, Woman Was Not Kidnaped.
ST. LOUIS. June 20. The woman en
route to Astoria, Or., supposed 'to have
been kidnaped the first of the week, was
released from the City Hospital today,
where she was confined as Insane. It
develops she was frightened by police
men, and thought they intended to kill
her.
Cornerstone of Hospital Laid.
PENDLETON, June 20. The cornerstone
of SL Anthony's Hospital, under the aus
pices of the Sisters of SL Francis, was
laid by Archbishop Christie this after
noon. When completed the structure will
cost about $75,000.
Play Ball at Ashland Sunday.
ASHLAND. June 20. The. baseball
grounds of the Ashland Athletic Club
have been Improved during the past week
and will reopen Sunday with a grand
game between the Jacksonville and Ash
land nines.
THE SYMATHETIC STRIKE
Reasons Why It Is Viewed With. MIs
srivinsr on All Bjands.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
It is a curious fact that the most fre
quent, extensive and violent strikes us
ually occur during periods of the highest
prosperity. It was when Jeshurun waxed
fat that ho kicked. When there Is work
for everybody at good wages, as now,
the workers naturally think it is their
best chance to secure better wages and
better terms. As in all such controversies
between wage-earners and their employ
ers, neither side is always entirely right
or entirely wrong. That there should be
some way of settling them without resort
to a strike is the most commonplace of
truisms, and yet all the wisdom of legis
lators, of statesmen and humanitarians
has been unable as yet to deviBe any
method of adjudicating such disputes
which is satisfactory to both sides.
The strike, though under existing con
ditions often necessary to the just rights
and interests of labor, is not a good way
to reach equitable results. For It is costly
to both sides; it is essentially one-sided,
and is often an appeal to force. But there
is no justification for tho sympathetic
strike. Take the case of the anthracite
miners. They ask for some advance in
wages and for limiting the day's work to
eight hours. But there are minor and
secondary items in their bill of complaint.
They insist on the recognition of their
union and that all contracts shall be
made with the union Instead of with the
individual workers.-' This is the central
issue of the contest. Over 145,000 miners
are Involved In the dispute, of whom a
large minority do not approve the strike
preferring peace with the comfortable
wagc-s they now have to a war. with no
wages at all. When so large a propor
tion of the strikers as 33 per cent was
opposed to the strike, it is a safe infer
ence that their grievances are not Intol
erable, and that. If there is ever any
justification of a sympathetic strike, there
is none in this instance.
The strike of the anthracite coal miners,
even if extended no farther, will entail
great pecuniary loss on the Immediate
parties to tho contest, while it "will great
ly damage a great many dependent and
related interests. The whole country will
suffer from the Increased cost both, of an
thracite and bituminous coal. But if they
should succeed in bringing about a sym
pathetic strike of the bituminous coal
miners, it would paralyze nearly all the
Industries and commerce of th'e country.
It would tie up furnaces, mills and fac
tories and railroads and throw millions
of wage-earners out of employment. The
losses thus inflicted on the country at
large would be Incalculable. That It
should be possible through the sympa
thetic strike thus to stop the wheels of
Industry and trade throughout the coun
try and inflict immeasurable disaster on
many millions having not the remotest
connection with the dispute Is simply
monstrous. A foreign foe, even if all the
broad land lay prostrate under the feet
of his invading armies, could not In a
year's campaign of conquest and devasta
tion Inflict a tithe of the damage on the
American people that would result from
the extinction of the steam-power of this
country for a few weeks. But even a
foreign foe. acting under the rules of
civilized war. -would spare all non-combatants
from the fury of his desolating
war. The sympathetic strike spares no
body, but wages an indiscriminate war
fareupon all within its reach, ia the full
knowledge that It victim have not tJje
remotest responsibility for or connection
with the grievances complained of and
are utterly powerless to remedy them.
In the absence of any effective means
of conciliation or of arbitration the strike,
we repeat, is often justifiable and even
necessary as a protection to the Interests
of labor; but the ' sympathetic strike
never. The latter has but one possible
use, and that is to arouse public sentiment
to the vital need of some means of ad
justing these controversies between capi
tal and labor on an equitable basis, and
at the same time of protecting the com
munity at large from being made suffer
ing parties to a conflict with which it has
no connection.
GOOD ACTING STILL EXTANT
Notwithstanding: Mr. Mansfield's
Modesty and Gloom.
Kansas City Star.
In a letter to the New York Herald, Mr.
Richard Mansfield, evidently In answer to
some of the press comments that have
been made on recent -disturbances In his
company, declares that the art of acting
is declining, and even expresses the fear
that It may disappear altogether. He
blames the press primarily fob what he
regards as the decadence of his profes
sion. He believes that In this country the
value of artistic accomplishments is neu
tralized by undue attention to qualities,
peculiarities or relations that excite pub
lic curiosity; that the standards of criti
cism are not so high as they should be,
and tha they are often false. For these
reasons, he avers, studious endeavor of
ten gives -way to personal exploitation,
and discipline in the ranks of young play
ers Is destroyed. He declares that the
shortcomings of 'conscientious and gen
erous producers may b"e traced almost
wholly to tho Impossibility of securing
competent artists to make up the casts.
While there Is a good deal of truth In
theso observations, Mr. Mansfield's view
is unnecessarily gloomy. The reasons for
such a view are apparent, however. Mr.
Mansfield, intentionally or unintentional
ly, has attracted more personal attention
than any other American actor from the
newspapers of this country. Whether or
not, ,in the earlier days of his career, he
sought advertisement through personal
eccentricities, those who know him are
well .a ware that he has. In recent times,
endeavored to confine newspaper com
mentsNto his art and his productions. He
has chafed under the flippancy of the
press. He has been driven almost to des
peration by some of the inventions of re
porters. When In Kansas City a short
while ago he was especially bitter In com
menting on a certain newspaper that had
a three-line head article on his -hotel ar
rangementsmost of which he declared to
be of the reporter's imagining a two-line
head account following about some disa
greement in his company, and last of all
a one-line head review of his first ap
pearance In Kansas City in a new play.
But such instances are rare. Mr. Mans
field cannot justly charge the American
press with Indifference to his acting or his
productions. He has fared well at the
hands of the critics, even If he has been
harassed hy the reporters'. If some of the
reviewers have been inclined to give de
scriptive, pleasant accounts "of. his presen
tations rather than closely critical anal
yses, the effect has been to promote his
interests. Newspapers should, in the end,
try to define and elevate the standards of
dramatic art, but one of the most essen
tial elements of any newspaper article Is
that it must be readable. Too much
hair-splitting Is wearisome, and if criti
cisms are not read they lose their value,
no matter how fine their substance.
Reviewers of plays give more latitude
to personal peculiarities In actors and
actresses than In times past. Some of the
things to which Mr. Mansfield objects in
others players could be applied to himself
by a strict adherence to dogmatic rules.
But critics have recognized the fact that
individuality of method, peculiarities of
reading and intonation and attractiveness
of personality are all qualities that may
help to distinguish one actor above those
of conventional and even more theoret
ically correct expression. Mr. living's
mannerisms have received much comment
and no little abuse, but In recent years
they have been accepted largely as an In
separable part of himself, and they are
not allowed to detract greatly from his
exceptional art as a character actor and
his genius as a producer. Joseph Jeffer
son, Mrs. Fiske, Sarah Bernhardt, Ellen
Terry, in fact, all the great ones, put
positive Individualities Into their work.
Mr. Mansfield to the contrary, acting Is
not In a deplorable decline. On the Amer
ican stage today one sees more natural
and more convincing expositions of char
acter and thought than ever before. The
tendency toward naturalism has made
some of the strlvers insipid, it Is true, but
the general average, In those lines of en
deavor worthy to be considered in a dis
cussion of acting as an art, is higher
than It was a generation ago.
President "Will Visit Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 20. President
Roosevelt has accepted the Invitation of
the Commercial Club and will visit Kan
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