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PORTLAND, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1002.
MISLEADING CHOP FIGURES.
The statistics of the Agricultural De
partment on the wheat yield of Oregon,
"Washington and Idaho are by far the
most ridiculous, useless and misleading
of any that have ever been made pub
lic by the Government. The unrelia
bility Of the department's figures has
been the subject of much sharp criti
cism in the East, but It Is hardly possi
ble that the yield of any other group
of states could have been o grossly
overestimated as that of the three men
tioned. The Government's figures on
the final out-turn of the 1901 wheat
crop in these states were made at a
time when the bulk of the wheat had
'been shipped, and when that still re
maining was practically all in sight.
In spite of these advantages for cor
rect estimates, the final figures show tbi
amount over 10,000,000 bushels in excess
of the actual wheat "grown in the three
states. That the crop had been largely
overestimated by the. Agricultural De
partment was pretty generally under
stood by North Pacific operators, but it
remained for the Bureau of Statistics of
the Treasury Department to set forth.
tha a-rrn-r In ltc strnTnr!t llirht-
According to the' figures (not est!-"
mates) of the bureau, the total exports 1
from these three states for the fiscal
year ending June 30 amounted (flour In
cluded) to 35,071,484 bushels. In addi
tion to this, 1,550,761 bushels had been
cent coastwise, as wheat and flour to
San Francisco, and 1.C91.640 bushels
went East and south by rail, making" a
total of 38,313,885 bushels. ''The most
liberal possible allowance for feed, seed
and reseeding would not exceed 9,500,000
bushels (if the Government's acreage
figures were used It would be less-).
This makes a total of 47,813,885 bushels,
and the stocks of 2,696,956 bushels on
hand at tidewater and in warehouses
and farmers' hands" In the Interior June
80 make a grand total of 50.510,841 bush
els. From this must be deducted 2,748,
000 bushels carried over from the 1900
crop, leaving the actual 1901 crop, if
the figures of the Bureau of Statistics
are correct, 47,813,885 bushels.
These figures tally quite accurately
with those of men in the trade -who
have agents scattered throughout the
country and have every facility for se
curing accurate data regarding the out
put. The figures of the Bureau of Sta
tistics also agree with those of the Custom-Houses
in the states from which
the exports were made. Yet, with all
of this data available, and every facil
ity for securing knowledge of stocks
on hand, etc, the Agricultural Depart
ment puts out the following figures as
the wheat yield for 1901: Oregon, 17,
158,065 bushels; Washington. 34.518,968
bushels; Idaho, 6,241,216 bushels; total,
57,918,249 bushels, or over 10.000,000 bush
els more than the actual out-turn of the
three states.
When misrepresentation of this kind
Is made by local pests for well-understood
reasons, the effect is not serious
and the large surplus which never be
comes visible is disposed of as chicken
feed or in fictitious shipments. From
the Government, however, wheatgrow
ers and wheatshlppers are entitled to
more accuracy. The addition of 10,000,
000 bushels of wheat to a crop that was
olready a record-breaker would create
an additional demand for 100 ships a
situation to advance rates perhaps sev
eral cents per bushel. Shipowners took
advantage of the Government's wild fig
ures last Fall, and on the strength of
the enormous crop which the Govern
ment was promising they succeeded In
holding rates up to fancy figures until
well past the turn of the year, when the
bottom began to show in the wheat bins.
The Agricultural Department is In a
position to prove a valuable aid to the
farming and commercial interests of
this country, but the circulation of such i
worthless statistics as it has given out
regarding the 1901 wheat crop In Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho offsets Its
usefulness in other directions. Its fig
ures for these states, as shown by actual
shipments and stocks on hand, are fully
20 per cent too high. If the errors have
been as glaring in other states of the
Union, the 1901 wheat crop of the United
States was nearly 150,000,000 bushels
smaller than the Government has stated
it to be. Other states, however, demand
and receive more attention than is ac
corded the North Pacific States, and a
10,000,000-bushel error In a 47,000,000
biishel territory adjacent to the Chicago
wheat pit would cause such a disturb
ance that there would bo an Instant
revision of Hgures.
The policy of the Harriman lines In
the direction of settling Oregon Is bound
to yield good fruit and local Interest
and co-operation will vastly increase
the benefits of the movement The aim
Is to bring wholesome Immigration Into
the state. If we shall receive these peo
ple as worthy of citizenship and neigh
borly IntereBt. instead of as interlopers
'and prey to all sorts of sordid practice.
we shall do much to make them satis
fied and helpful members of the com
munity. A. narrow, stingy, weazen pol
icy on the part of citizens or corpora
tions will damn any state. Enlightened
self-interest dictates that we aid in
making our advantages known among
desirable people who want better
homes and that we give them welcome
when they come. Western Oregon has
shown in the past week a desire to help
the movement, and with such help Ore
gon Is sure to take on new growth.
CAPITAL'S EYE ON OREGON.
There is every reason to believe that
present operations looking to the devel
opment of the Coos Bay country are In
good faith, and. moreover, - that there
is some.thing more substantial than
mere good intentions behind them.
Somebody commanding ample capital
has evidently come to the conclusion
that Oregon Is a good field for it, and
has started on a well-matured plan to
open new country and to provide all
facilities necessary for handling the new
business. Whether it be the Gould rail
roads or interests represented by Bank
er Moffatt, of Denver, or Standard Oil
people, or W. A. Clark, or somebody
else seeking profitable Investments on
a large scale, there is hardly room to
doubt that a serious purpose Is behind
these operations and that Oregon will
be materially benefited by them.
As progress is made, indications point
more and more to Independent support
for the new Oregon project. If it were
the Goulds seeking merely a Pacific out
let for their railroad system, there
would hardly be so close attention to
the local industrial details. If It were
W. A. Clark seeking a place for his
burdensome income, local features
would probably wholly obscure trans
continental considerations, for he would
not care for a road to Portland and
Coos Bay to compete with Mb expensive
line to Lea Angeles and San Pedro. As
It Is, no secret is made of the fact that
considerable care will be taken to serve
the local lumbering Interests. They
will be best served, however, by direct
connection with Inter-mountain and
Eastern markets. And the same line
that will give Coos Bay and Umpqua
Valley lumber direct access to the Ne
vada, Utah and Colorado market will
carry Coos Bay coal for fuel east of
the Cascades. There would be no call
to worry for traffic, for such a railroad,
without ven considering the "possibili
ties of transshipment between water
and rail at Coos Bay wharves. The
harbor possibilities at Coos Bay give
special significance to this railroad en
terprise. But this appears to be a many-sided
development plan, involving not only
railroad construction and harbor Im
provement,, but extensive lumbering
and perhaps banking also, as the or
ganization of a trust company In Port
land, might ba construed to mean.
These are hardly acts of irresponsible
speculators, particularly :slnce consid
erable expenditures have already been
made and there la no lack of funds to
meet bills promptly. The entire move
ment bears the Impress of conscious
strength. It asks no favors, pays its
way. it does not reel called upon to
take the public Into its confidence until
operations snau De wen unuer way.
But the wisdom of those who have em
barked on this field of Industry com
mands respect and gives assurance of
success.
It is time that aggregations of East
ern capital should be reaching into Ore
gon, for" profitable employment. Capital
for the industrial development of the
state will find a welcome here and
every opportunity for legitimate profit.
Lack of money has long held Oregon
In fetters. If accumulated capital has
at last got its eye on the great re
sources and trade possibilities of the
state, it is cause for rejoicing. Liberal
treatment should be accorded the new
comers. They will wake not only Coos
Bay, but Portland, also, to new life and
,tnejgy, and enable us to catch up with
destiny.
THE CROWNING OP EDWARD VII
Again the date has been set for the
coronation of King Edward, and the Im
posing ceremony, shorn somewhat of its
originally Intended grandeur, will take
place in Westminster Abbey on the 9th
of August a date scarcely three weeks
hence. The splendid ceremony will please
rather than dazzle the British people,
who see in it the symbol of past power
and opportunity for the expression of
present jubilation for which the nation
has abundant cause. The coronation of
Nicholas of Russia a few years ago
meant as much as the crowning of any
one of his long line of ancestors, as It
placed the insignia of imperialism upon
the brow of a ruler who stands for the
substance as well as for the display of
Kingship. The coronation of Edward
means much less than this, since he is
a constitutional monarch whose crown
is hardly more than a symbol of author
ity. The great pageant stands for the
advancement of the English people
for Its present and future, not for its
past Clouds gather upon the National
horizon, it is true, but other clouds have
recently vanished, o that when the
crown- of Great Britain is placed upon
Edward's head he will stand as the rep
resentative or figure-head of a great na
tion, at peace with all the world.
It Is easy to see that Britain's gravest
problems are now the problems of
trade, Industry and of socialism. These
are shown in the dogmatism of trades-
unionism, which, with the unreason and
unrest that are begotten by it among
English workingmen, has crippled man
ufactures In many lines and allowed
the United States and Germany to forge
ahead, destroying British trade suprem
acy. The statement that England can
not long compete In the world's markets
because labor unions are in control and
will not permit her manufacturers to
underbid her rivals Is a familiar one,
the truth of which it Is not difficult to
verify. This Is without doubt the grav
est problem that confronts the British
people today. It Is socialistic In Its
tendencies and is conspicuous by Its ex
aggerated Idea of the worklngmen's
rights and a lack of understanding of
trade conditions, upon the prosperity of
which the wider Industrial life of the
nation depends.
The growth and greatness of England
have expanded under her colonization
policy, wisely engineered since her
statesmen learned the lesson of the
American Revolution. To maintain
these the home problem, which is fast
assuming the status of "imperialism vs.
socialism," must be worked out care
fully and along progressive, economic
lines. It Is to the restoration of the in-
J dustrlal prestige of England that the
statesmen In the reign of Edward VII
must address themselves, and that
speedily, logically and intelligently, if
the crown soon to be placed upon the
King's brow is to be symbolic of a
peaceful, prosperous reign. In which the
element of discontent is a. subjective
force, held in check so adroitly and
managed without offensive show of au
thority. The hand of the King in all of this
will not be felt It Is his province to
represent a stable form of government
on its spectacular side. The Balfours
and Chamberlains of the realm aretthe
rulers of its destinies. Edward VII is
its titular King, and he has brought to
the throne dignity and honor in orderly
succession, and of these his crown will
be the symbol.
OUR TRADE "WITH JAPAN.
Mr. Frederic Emory, chief of the Na
tional Bureau of Foreign Commerce for
the Department of state, made public
a few days ago an Interesting summary
of the trade, relations between the
United States and Japan, compiled from
the returns of last year. A feature of
especial interest Is the showing made in
this report of the inability of cheap
labor to compete "with machinery. This
Is made plain by the fact that hitherto
the greater part of the exports of Japan
have consisted of raw materials, while
the largest Item of manufactured goods
has been cotton yarn, which is shipped
almost exclusively to China a country
noted, like Japan, for Its cheap labor.
One of the most hopeful features of
the situation in Japan today, as she
struggles toward the goal of Western
civilization. Is the recognition of this
fact by her educational classes. Prom
inent business men have brought to the
attention of statesmen, and the latter
are now considering the question of a
policy which Includes hand labor, ma
chinery and the Introduction or foreign
capital, and this agitation may reason
ably be expected to bring about in the
near future changes that will be bene
ficial to our foreign trade with Japan
as well as to the domestic economies of
that nation.
First, a 'growing market for machinery-
Will be opened In that country, and
since self-interest is a responsive ele
ment In all commerce, our statistician
finds that the United States may easily
become first in supplying this demand.
We already lead In the exports of elec
tric light apparatus, mining and paper
making machinery, watch movements,
watch cases and bicycles to Japan. In
weaving and spinning machinery, fire
engines and pumps, tools and Imple
ments of farmers and mechanics, sew
ing machines and photographic appa
ratus, we hold second place. Japanese
railway officials express a preference
for the American railway locomotive,
and the United States sends about two
thirds of the iron rails imported to
Japan and the same proportion of the
nails, having won this last trade from
Germany, which five years ago con
trolled the market We also sent the
largest valuation of Iron pipes and
tubes to Japan last year, Great Britain
having until that time been the heaviest
Importer.
It is held by Mr. Emory that, as the
people of Japan come to accept and act
upon the doctrine of the substitution
of machinery for hand labor, which Is
now being taught by her most thought
ful citizens, the demand for machinery
of all kinds will increase, and if the
United States is sufficiently alert to her
own interests and opportunities, we
shall gain a full share of the increased
trade of that country. The possibilities
In this direction are practically bound
less. The awakening needs of a popu
lous empire are behind It. The eager
ness of an Imitative people will con
tribute to the rapidity of its movement.
The need of foreign capital is the im
portant economic question in conjunc
tion with this Industrial and mechan
ical change, and this will be enlisted
when the old laws which forbid the
alien ownership of land in the empire,
which have come down to the present
from Its hermit days, are abrogated.
This change Is now being urged, and
when It is accomplished Japan will offer
an excellent field for foreign capital
which capitalists of the United States
will do well to enter promptly, that they
may have the advantage that accrues
from being first on the ground. Al
ready our commerce with Japan, Includ
ing Imports and exports, Is greater than
that enjoyed with her by any other
nation. It will only be through lack of
vigilance in the great world of Interna
tional traffic, If we should lose this pre
cedence In the future.
SOMETHING OUT OP THE ORDINARY
Mr. Samuel Cooper, of Philadelphia,
a lawyer of local prominence, delivered
an address before the Pennsylvania Bar
Association recently. In which he took
strong grounds against a breach of
promise of marriage or alienation of the
affections being made actionable at law.
Both practical and sentimental consid
erations are urged in support of his
position, many of which have appealed
to the sensibility of high-minded per
sons in the community as often as ac
tion for damages from either of the
causes named has been brought before
the courts.
Mr. Cooper asserts that no court or
Jury Is competent to decide whether or
not any man or woman Is justified in
breaking a promise of marriage. He
contends, further, that If one party to
the engagement be sincere in the belief
that It should be broken, that fact
ought, for the sake of both, and ulti
mately for the good of society, to gov
ern In the matter. Regarding suit for
alienation of the affections, Mr. Cooper
asserts that it Is never brought against
the person who may fairly be assumed
to have been the most guilty. If the
husband or wife prove faithless, the
contention under the law is not that
he qr she is responsible, but the third
person, who has shared his or her guilt
This appears to Mr. Cooper as bald In
justice. He contends. In reference to
such cases, that no court or jury Is com
petent to fix the degree of guilt or de
cide the amount of damages sustained.
He asserts further that the woman who
"will go Into court and expose her dead
courtship to the public gaze," or the
husband who sues for alienation of af
fections, desecrates marriage by bring-.
ing it into public contempt, and proves
that he or she Is unfit to be i party
to it
TheEe conclusions will meet the In
dorsement of modest, sensitive women
and honorable men In every community.
But the fact remains that there are oth
ersmen and women who place a sordid
value upon love and domestic tranquil
lity, and who find recompense for the
loss of either In exemplary damages.
This Is, Indeed, the basis of the law
under which action in such cases is
brought Mr. Cooper points out that
when breach-of-promlse suits we're first
brought In England, between ,200 and
300 years ago; the right to recover was
finally confirmed only wnen actual pe
cuniary loss had been sustained by the
plaintiff. Under the Roman law no ac
tion could be brought for either cause,
and in the countries of Continental Eu
rope damages when assessed In such
cases follow closely the pecuniary loss
sustained. In this country such action
rests almost solely upon the sentimental
basis. Juries are called upon to assess
the Injuries sustained by wounded af
fection, public or juivate humiliation
and disappointed hopea If they are
able to fix this at half the valuation
placed thereon by the plaintiff, the lat
ter usually considers that airing her
troubles, Including the publication of
her love letters, has been a paying In
vestment. The lawyer's fees In such cases aro
usually what the laity calls "fat," hence
it is not at all probable that Mr..
Cooper's brethren of the profession will.
In any considerable numbers, join him
In the plea that breach of promise to
marry and alienation of affections be
stricken from the causes for which suits
for damages may be brought. Besides,
there are those who think money and
notoriety an equivalent for losses of this
kind, and why should sentiment, albeit
cast in a more lofty mold, seek to de
prive them of this full and complete
recompense?
The threo constituent systems of the
so-called merger the Great Northern,
the Northern Pacific and the Burling
ton all show a marvelous increase In
gross earnings for the year ending June
30, 1302 n28.5S7.000 this year against
$108,979,000 last year an increase of
$19,608,000, or IS per cent. It appears
from the summary that the increase on
the Great Northern was nearly 28 per
cent, on the Northern Pacific 25 per cent
and on the Burlington 7 per cent. Thet
earnings of all three will be greatly
Increased by their joint traffic arrange
ments, and the net earnings of the Bur
lington will undoubtedly show a -very
decided Increase after a year's opera
tion under the Great Northern methods
of handling freight. When the Burling
ton purchase was made, doubts were
Expressed In some qunrters whether
mui roaa coum De reneu on to proauce
net earnings sufficient at all times to
pay the 4 per cent on the $200,000,000
guaranteed by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific. Even with no in
crease in its business, the Burlington,
operated on Great Northern methods,
will yield much larger- net earnings
than heretofore, and the St. Paul Pio
neer Press points out that the increase
in Its gross earnings during the past
year Is likely to dissipate any fears of
ts earning capacity under the new re
gime. Prices, according to "Dun" and "Brad
street's," were higher on the first of
this month than a year earlier, but the
different methods of computation em
ployed by these two authorities give
very different estimates of the amount
of the change. "Dun" makes the In
crease from 91.509 to 101.910. "Brad
street's" makes it only from 83.951 to
85.3S0. "Dun's" figures for July 1 are
a little higher than for June 1, but not
so high as the figures for May 1, which
were the highest In the record of four
teen years. "Bradstreet's" figures for
July are slightly lower than those for
June as well as May, and the May fig
ures were exceeded In October, 1900. and
very slightly In December of. the same
year. The May figures were exceeded
through most of 1899 and 1900. Compar
ing present prices with those of a year
ago, "Bradstreet's" finds 65 commodi
ties higher, 25 lower and 15 unchanged.
"Dun" finds a general "advance of 11
per cent, which is almost entirely in
domestic food. Breadstuff's rose 38 per
cent and meats 23 per cent, while dairy
and garden products also advanced
slightly. Imported food, especially cof
fee and sugar, declined, while other
changes were comparatively small."
As a center for livestock Interests,
Portland holds advantages that .are
hardly found elsewhere In this country.
But they avail her little. Why should
livestock by the tralnload pass through
Portland to markets north and south
while Portland is at the same time im
porting trainloads of packing-house
products? Livestock can be delivered
In Portland cheaper than to other mar
kets through Portland. Portland pack
ers have the advantage of a local cus
tom' that gives them a material 'gain
on all animals slaughtered here, as well
as the double transcontinental freight
charge, to protect them. One of the fin
est grazing countries in the world drains
directly through Portland. A vast ex
port demand lies at our .door. All
kinds of packing-house products can be
advantageously marketed from this
center. There are cattle enough now
available. Most of the hogs remain to
be grown, but the capacity of the coun
try to produce them Is unquestioned.
More packing-houses and. better stock
yards are a necessity for. the develop
ment of the stockgrowlng and meat
packing Industry in the Northwest. And
the conditions will warrant an Immedi
ate move on that line.
Retribution follows closely upon the
attempts of those who are ignorant of
Nature's balancing" processes and at
tempt to reorganize them by law. A
few years ago the Legislature of Penn
sylvania, beset by the poultry farmers,
passed a law. providing a bounty for
killing hen hawks. A few years later
the farmers bewailed the Increase of
field mice and besought state aid for
their extermination. The hawks hadj
been practically exterminated, but
the mice, ' upon which they fed
almost exclusively, with occasion
ally a chicken by way of va
riety, multiplied unchecked. The sheep
Interests of Eastern Oregon have been
successful In securing a bounty for coy
ote scalps; as a result, rabbits are mul
tiplying, to the great' detriment of grain
interests. At this point It may be well
to Remark that favoritism In legislation
Is forbidden by the spirit of our insti
tutions and the letter of our law, wheth
er the recipients of such favor represent
one Industry or another.
.The New York Journal of Commerce
points out that the Mexican dollar In
the Philippines was worth about 50
cents in gold in the latter part of 1S00.
About April 1, 1902, it was worth 45.2
cents; on May 1 It was worth 40 cents,
and on July I it was worth 4L5 cents.
Such wide and rapid fluctuations mean
uncertainty and obstruction to com
merce that can only be removed by
removing the cause Congress, after It
assembles, cannot too quickly pass the
House measure putting tbe Philippine
currency on the gold basis, like that of
other civilized countries, if It wants the
foreign trade of the Philippines to pros
THE ONLY HAND THAT SMITES YOU
San Francisco Bulletin.
Environment and Heredity, as fetishes,
are two repressive devils. A belief In
their unlimited power governs the lives
of an enormous number of people. On all
sides you hear the expression, "Oh, Jones
couldn't help being a criminal. He In
herited a criminal disposition"; or "His
environment made him what he was"; or
"Smith succeeded In life because he was
surrounded by wealth and elevating In
fluences"; or "Smith couldn't help going
to the bad, owing to his evil companions
and to the fact that his. father was a
thief and a drunkard,"
This is fatalism diluted with pessimism.
That such statements are often true is not
denied. Millions of people arc made or
marred by their environment; millions are
ruled by their belief in the almighty
power of the chains of heredity. These
are facts, just as it is a fact that millions
of people once believed In the power of
so-called witches; but the fact that people
believed In witchcraft did not prove the
wltchos possessed occult evil power. It
proved merely that people were Ignorant
and credulous. The witches possessed
no power over tholr alleged victims ex
cepting what the fearful victims put into
the witches by their credulity. In other
words, it was the panic induced by their
own beliefs and fears which Injured tne
people.
The power of a man's mind over his
body whother exorcised intelligently
through consciously directed will, or un
consciously through blind credulity or
faith or fear Is unlimited. A man may,
through the power of cither Imagination
or will, give himself a pain In any por
tion of the body, and by the same mearts
take It away again; he may so believe in
his own power as to make success cer
tain, or he may pin all his faith to tne
disabilities transmitted to him by an
undesirable ancestry, and so distrust his
own untried power as to make failure
Inevitable. The evil effects of heredlty
He more In the imagination than In ne
cessity. We Inherit tendencies, not hard
and fast conditions; and these tenden
cies we may overcome by the exercise of
a determined will. Heredity unquestion
ably has much to do with fashioning the
physical body, as every breeder of live
stock knows. But in the realm of mlna,
heredity and environment have little or
no power over you. excepting what your
own faith In them puts into them.
The man Who believes he is ruled by
heredlty is ruled merely by his own be
lief. The Zulu who believes his destiny is
governed by a snakeskln stuffed with
dried grass and pebbles Is on the same
plane. His faith makes him ill. and hla
faith makes him well again. A drunken
father and a weak mother may transmit
to the child a tendency to the use of
stimulants, which tendency will be
strengthened by his early environment
But as soon as the child's mind develops
and he begins to exercise his individual
will and choice. It becomes his to choose
whether he will foster and develop this
evil tendency, or whether he will step
aside from it and build a strong, unham-.
pered Individuality, all his own. In-a poor'
country family of Ix children, al) with
similar weak hereditary tendencies and
with identical early environments, we
have seen three of them weakly submit
to these Influences and become as their
parents were; two, of more determined
wills, threw off the yoke and made of
themselves strongly individualized men,
wholly different from their weak brothers
who had resigned themselves fo their
"fate"; while the sixth, at flrs't' handi
capped by the same, heredity and environ
ment, cut loose from It all and through
the power of a determined will won suc
cess and fame almost world-wide. He
manufactured himself as he went along,
and this Is precisely what every human
being can and should do.
"Kismet It Is Fate!" cries the Moham
medan, and ceases to cry. The result Is
s"cen In the lack of Oriental progress iind
greatness. The Western mind, If but halt
awake to the truth, says: "I am master
of, my fate I control my stars." "When
he falls, he does not blame it on blind
fate or heredity, but on his own lack of
continuity or of development or of will
power. We finally get just what we per
sistently expect. If we expect to be ruled
by our ancestors we will make slaves ot
ourselves- Even Epicurus said, "A strict
belief In Fate is the worst slavery. Im
posing on our necks an everlasting tyrant
whom we are to stand In awe of night and
day." And a. belief in the crushing power
of heredity Is a belief In Fate. Fate and
heredity and environment stand aside for
the determined man or woman. "Give me
a chance." whines the vacillating youth
who believes that the world is against
him, "and I will show you what I can
do." But give him a dozen chances and
he would never be quite ready. What he
needs flrat of all Is a belief In his own
unlimited, unconquerable power. Then he
will 'not ask to be given anything not
even a chance. He will make chances.
Hear the mighty Napoleon cry, with
truth. "By heaven, I make opportunities!"
If blind Fate steers our boat while we do
tho rowing, the fault Is our own. We
paralyze his arm and let all the blood out
of him the moment we cease to believe
in him. You havp unlimited possibilities
for becoming anything you choose to
make yourself; but at the present moment
you have no more power than you believe
you have. Opposition comes to you only
to try your mettle and to give you
strength. This may shock your self-complacency
and your desire to be pitied when
the world looks dark to you, but ponder
the wise saying of the sage, Pythagoras:
"The hand that smites thee Is thine own."
No truer, more helpful sentence was ever
uttered.
"Smeared a Blot."
New York Journal.
By refusing reciprocity to Cuba after
setting her free. Congress smeared a blot
across the record of ono of the grandest
acts on the part of a nation In history.
The Panama lint of Omar.
New Tork Sun.
Before the lingering days of "Winter died
Methought a voice inside the hatter's cried:
"When all our Summer stock la spread 'with
in "Why stand the dubious purchasers outside?"
And while they lingered one, who stood before
The window, shouted: "Let me In the door!
I'll put my money In a Panama.
E'en though for throe years I can buy no
more."
Now the warm days, reviving old desires,
lo own a Panama each fport aspires;
So hies he to hla uncle with his watch
To raise the price that stylish garb requires.
Some for tho glories of this world; a few
Sigh for the hopes of Paradise to view.
Ah! take them all; I only ask. for mine.
To own a. Panama of faultless hue.
As by the hatter's door I stood agape
I saw a Panama of matchless shape, t
I had to have It, though I knew full well
"When my wife saw It I'd be In a scrape.
Nay, my beloved, wipe away those tears.
Extravagant It seems, but have no fears.
Now I can buy you moro and better hats.
A Panama like mine will last ten years.
I often think I never looked so well
As sine I put me on this headgear swell.
But. too, I wondr why those hatters wear
One half so costly as the stuff they selL
But that linoleum lid, whose tender braid
Dally on Broadway Is displayed
Ah! handle It full gently, for who knows
In what fierce thunderstorm 'twill come, un
xnado? Strange. Is It not. that of the myriads who
Before us passed the hatter's portals through
Not one will tell the" truth of what It cost.
But multiplies the cost at least by two?
Except when Ananias homeward goes
The sum It costs then shrinks It never grows
But never let hlra think he's fooled his wife;
She knows about It all she knows, she knows.
Ah! chilly Autumn, with thy wind and rain.
Haste not thy coming. Must I beg In vain?
A scant two months I've worn my Panama.
I can't afford to buy eo soon again.
ONE LAW FOR ALL.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Henceforth all tourists entering this
country by way of New York, whether
they be titled or untitled, distinguished or
plain, will be compelled to answer the
same questions that arc put to steerage
passengers.
This Is In compliance with a law which
was passed In 1SS3. when Chester A. Ar
thur was President, but which has been
observed In the breach ever since. An or
der from the Treasury Department now
makes It necessary that the Immigration
officers shall enforce It In spirit and In
letter.
The inspectors who board tho Incoming
steamers will be expected not to know
any class differences among passengers.
They must be no respecters of persons.
There are certain questions to be asked,
and they must be answered satlsfactorlly
beforc tho person interrogated can leave
the ship.
Some of these questions are intended
only for people of a certain class, but that
no discrimination may be apparent, all the
questions must be propounded, whether
the boarding inspector is convinced from
the title, the standing, the address or j
cioining ot tne passenger mat tney are
unnecessary or not
If It Is the Hon. Joseph ChamberUin
who Is making one of his periodical visits
to our shores, he will be asked if he can
read and write and whether he has money
enough with him to carry him beyond the
port of debarkation, or to his friends. If It
is the Archbishop of Canterbury, he will be
asked If ho has any vicious habits, and if
so. how many, and what he Is doing to
get over them.
If It is Itudyird Kipling, or J. M. Bar
rie. or Edmond Rostand, he will be asked
If he has had any schooling, and if he Is
capable of making his -own living. Should
It happen to be the Duke of Marlborough,
he will be asked If ho was ever In jail; if
so, for how long, and to please give the
particulars of his last conviction.
Some of the most cultured and chirmlng
of. our trans-Atlantic sisters will be ex
pected to tell the boarding officers wheth
er they are white or colored, if they have
any visible mans of support, if they left
their happy homes In Europe to better
ftieir condition. and whether they have
been trained for domestic service.
Now, there are objections In certain
quarters to these questions, and one or
two have peremptorily refused to answer
them on the ground that they are offen
sive. But this attitude Is not justifiable.
The law Is fOr all. and sensible people will
not hesitate to comply with It cheerfully,
particularly since compliance with it will
smooth and hasten their trip down the
gangway.
Lord Rosebery and the Irish. Ques
tion. New York Times'.
Of course it is Inconceivable that the
Earl of Rosebery, cither In his possible
capacity as the leader of a reunited
and reorganized Liberal party or as a
student of history, should deliberately
take an American audience further into
"his confidence than he has his hearers In
Manchester. Liverpool, London and other
British political centers. But for the
very reason that he presupposes great
Ignorance on the part ot Americans of
certain phases of the" Irish question, his
article on that subject in the current
number of Collier's Weekly Is well worth
a careful examination. It Is nothing less
than the outline of a plank in the plat
form for Liberal Imperialism, which ad
vocates the Liberal administration and
execution of matters of legislation and
acta of government created by Lord
Salisbury and his Tory and Unionist
colleagues.
Lord Rosebery Is not prepared and
will never be prepared to grant an inde
pendent Parliament to Ireland. It Is not
mere fiscal and legislative autonomy
that the Irish leaders aTe after, but ab
solute separation. Moreover, the writer,
taking Illustrations from Austria and
Hungary. Russia and Finland, and Swe
den and Norway, shows that dual gov
ernment is not a success between hetero
geneous peoples. But what, according
to Lord Rosebery, makes Anglo-Irish
dual government impossible? What is
the Irish question?
It In the Internal Incompatibility that exists
between a slow, conscientious. Protestant Anglo-Saxon
race and a quick-witted Celtic Ro
man Catholic race, with different alms, differ
ent churches, and last, and not least, a differ
ent sense of humor.
There you have It It explains how Mr..
Gladstone's bills of ISSo and 1893 now'
He burled, how the dissolution of the
alliance between the Irish and the Lib
eral party Is declared permanent, and
how the Conservative government by es
tablishing home rule on the county gov
ernment basis, has really taken the only
course compatible with the Integrity of
the United Kingdom.
In short. Lord Rosebery's message is
writ large In imperialistic characters. It
Is creditable to his breadth of mind, but
what basis It affords for an opposition
policy it is not easy to see.
PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT.
A monument to the late J. Sterling Mor
ton Is to be erected at Nebraska City and
the Intention Is to dedicate It on Arbor Day,
an anniversary founded by Mr. Morton.
The largest private collection of cacti In the
United States la owned by Mrs. Ida Balmer
Camp, of Caro, Mich. It contains many va
rieties not found elsewhere In this country.
Horace White, editor of the New York
Evcnlns Post, has been made a trustee of,
Belolt College. He graduated from that In
stitution, soon afterward going to Chicago
to engage In newspaper work.
For seven hours one day recently the State
of New York was without an executive head.
Governor Odell and Senator Ellsworth. Presi
dent pro tern., being In the Weat, Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff la Europe and Speaker
Nixon In Ohio.
It was noticed when John D. Rockefeller
was bidding his eon good-bye at the steamer
dock In New York a few days ago. that the
Standard Oil man looked careworn, wrinkled
and aged to an extent not generally dreamed
of by those who only see him occasionally.
D. H. McAbee, State Factory Inspector of
Indiana. Is urging that a law be enacted
requiring architects to pass an examination
In ventilation appliances. He says that most
of the schoolhouses In the state have no
ventilation except through the windows,
which Is whojly unsatisfactory.
The next Peymaster-General of the Navy
will be John Nlnlger Sreel. of Minnesota,
at present Fleet Paymaster of the European
station, on the flagship Illinois. Speel la 40
years old. a nephew of Alexander Ramsey, of
Minnesota. ex-Secretary of War, and has an
excellent record In the service, which he en
tered in 1375.
General "William C. Otis says he will not
be a candidate for Governor of Alabama.
In which office he served pne term, beginning
in ISOo, when he had reluctantly resigned
his seat In Congress to make the run on the
Importunity of his party friends. He says
now that If he ever again runs for an office
it will be for that of United States Senator.
Buffalo Bill and Senator "William A. Clark,
theMontana copper king, are great friends.
When they first became acquainted Clark waa
peddllnjr clocks and Cody was carrying out
his contract to furnish buffalo meat for la
borers, who were building the Kansas Pa
cific Railway. In a year and a half Cody
JtHled over 4000 of the animals and earned
the sobriquet by which he Is now known.
The leaders In the last session of Congress
were mostly men who have served a number
of terms. Senator Hoar has served 23 years:
Piatt and Hawley. 27 and 23 respectively;
Aldrlch, 27; GaHlnger, 15; Allison. 37; Fryo
and Hall. 33 and 31. In the House Cannon
and Hitt have seen 14 and 10 terms respect
ively; Speaker Henderson. 10; Grosnor, 8:
Grow and Bingham. 10 and 12; Dalzell, &
Ex-Governor Pattl?on. who is once mere
the choice of Pennsylvania Democrats for
Governor, Is a Democrat of the old school,
utterly opposed to parade ot every kind. At
the Harrlsburg convention ot 1S00, the year
when He was elected. It was determined to
give him. a royal reception on his arrival
In the city. A splendid carriage and horses
were waiting him when his train pulled in
during a rain storm. Pattlson looked the rig
over and sold: "That's too rieh for me to
ride In; take It away. I'm going to walk
up under this dollar umbrella."
KOTE AND COMMENT. -
Fair site, fair sites everywhere, nor any
site to choose.
At all events, Seattle has got San Fran
cisco going on a crime story.
The Guardsmen are having a delight
fully cool outing- at Albany.-
Tracy seems to be holding out about
as well as any of the Nation's enemies.
The first duty of the next Congress will
be to adopt the Marquis of Queensberry
rules.
J. P. Morgan never played -poker. Do
thou likewise, young man, and make
Jl.OCO.OOQ.OOO by your savings.
Secretary Root is to sail for Europe
soon, and General Miles will open ari of
his mall that hasn't a foreign stamp on It
Wu Ting Fang Is keeping remarkably
stlll. Was he on any ot the tickets as a
candidate for Vice-President at the last
election?
Alfred Austin will put his next corona
tion ode on lea and keep the key of the
refrigerator in his pockets till after the
coronation.
David B. Hill went all the way to
Oyster Bay and then didn't see President
Roosevoit Probably the President heard
him coming.
Kitchener is said to object to being a
hero, but his refusal to take his share of
the prize money is not on tile with the
archives in the British Museum.
Perhaps King Edward has set an early
date for the coronation because he doesn't
want J. P. Morgan to merge the crown
with that of the Kaiser, and cut down
expenses by abolishing one of the offices.
Senator KIttredge. of South Dakota,
takes pride in never saying more thin
"Yes" or "No" to newspaper men. One
day recently a correspondent interviewed
him, but was unable to get more than the
monosyllables named in reply. Finally
he asked: "What is the largest city in
South Dakota?" The Senator looked his
surprise as he answered: "Sioux Falls."
The correspondent bowed and left Meet
ing a friend a few moments later he said:
"I have all you fellows beaten now. I
have just added the words 'Sioux Falls
to Senator Kittredge's vocabulary."
They say in London that Lord Kitchen
er's unwillingness to be the central figure
of a big military display on his return to
London is quite characteristic of the man.
To him, warfare Is a business, and the
spectacular side of It makes no appeal
whatever to his imagination. When he
came back from the Soudan, after crush
ing the Khalifa and had received his peer
age and a grant of $150,000, he was enter
tained at dinner by merchants and busi
ness men of London. When it came his
turn to speak, he said. In a simple, off
hand way, something like this: "Gentle
men, I am very much obliged for the com
plimentary things that you have said to
me. You say that you are anxious to
show your good will. Very well. Tell mo
how I can invest this 30,000 so as to get
8 per cent on it."
The introduction of ping pong has
brought on a boom In lawn tennis. For
a year or two past, tennis has been In the
background, put there by the more popu
lar golf and cycling. With the Increasing
popularity of these two games, tennis re
ceded untir It was so far out of sight a3
to be considered almost entirely out of the
category of popular games. By partici
pating In the Indoor game of ping pong,
people who never knew the game of ten
nis before have developed an Interest in
It, and now, as they take their departuro
for the country, they wish to continue the
delights of the game by playing out of
doors. Manufacturers of sporting goods
report increased sales in tennis goods,
and the tennis courts of the city parks
are filled on every bright day with enthu
siasts, while crowds stand around waiting
for a chance to play.
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS
Face Value. "Her face Is her fortune."
"WelL she wouldn't be very rich If she wer
two-faced." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mistress (to newly engaged cook) And now,
what shall we call you 7 Cook Well, mum,
me name Is Bertha, but me friends all calls
me Birdie. Tlt-Blts.
It Has Become Necessary. The Governess
I know French and German Mrs. Uptodate
That Is not sufficient. I want some one who
can teach my children Scotch. Town and
Definitions. "What Is ability?" "Abil
ity Is that to which a man owes his own suc
cess." "And what Is luck?" "Luck Is that
to which all others owe their success." Chica
go Evening Post,
The Blessings of Wealth. Gladys It must ba
awful nice to have money enough to be char
itable. Ethel Yes; then one doesn't need to
be . charitable to make folks think one has
money. Puck.
Pretty Loud. "This necktie." said the sales
man, "speaks for Itself." "Speaks for Itself?"
repeated the customer, as he took In the loud
ness ot the design: "I say that It positively
yells!" Baltimore Herald.
The Fat One And that over there is your
hog-pen? The Tall One Well, we did call It
that once, but since prosperity has been flyla'
around In sech large chunks, we refer to It
as a. community of Interests. Life.
Friendship's Tribute. The Youth I think
Bessie BlUus Is as pretty as she can be.
Don't you? The Maiden Oh. yes; It eh
could think of any way to make herself pret
tier you can bet she'd try It. Chicago Trib
une. To Have and to Hold. Tess Jack told me hi
was going to propose to a girl I know last
night. Jess Yes, and he'll never do It again.
Tess Why. who was the girl? Jess I, and I
accepted him. Philadelphia Press.
Deserved No Sympathy. Mrs. Slmpythlze I
am so sorry that your dear uncle, whom you
loved so much. Is dead. Mrs. Cutowt Oh. you
needn't be: he didn't leave us a cent after all
the times we had him at our house for din
ner. too. Ohio State Journal.
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To the Cnckoo.
William Wordsworth.
0 blithe new-comert I have heard,
1 hear thee and rejoice;
0 Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird.
Or but a winder lng voice?
While I am lying on the grass
Thy twofold shout I hear:
From hill to hill It seems to pasg.
At once far off and near. """
Though babbling only to the vale
Of sunshine and of flowers.
Thou brlngest unto me a tale
Of visionary hours.
Thrice welcome darling of the Spring!
Even yet thou art to me
No bird, but an Invisible thing;
A voice, a mystery:
The same whom In my school-boy daym
1 llsten'd to; that cry
Which made me look a. thousand ways
In bush, and tree, and sky.
To seek thee did I often rove
Through woods and on tho green;
And thou wert still a hope, a love;
Still long'd for. never seen!
And I can listen to thee yet;
Can llo upon the plain
And listen, till I do beget
That golden time again.
O blessed bird! the earth we paca
Again appears to be
An unsubstantial, faery place.
That Is fit home for ttow!