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PORTLAJ.D, TUESDAY, JAX. 27, 190.1.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Inasmuch as a bill has been Intro
duced In the Legislature of Oregon,
framed on the assumption that the As
sociated ifress has a monopoly of news,
yet is a common carrier and therefore
subject to regulation by law requiring It
to furnish Its news to any and all on
equal terms, it Is as well that a state
ment be made for correction of the
error that lies In this assumption. The
I Associated Press is- neither a monopoly
nor a public or common carrier. It Is
an association formed by a considerable
number of the newspapers of the coun
try for the purpose of collecting- news
and distribution of the news among Its
membera It sells no news; it owns no
telegraph or telephone lines; It has no
capital stock; It expressly declares In
its by-laws that it is "not to 'make a
profit, nor to make or declare dividends,
and Is not to engage in the business of
selling intelligence nor traffic In the
same."
Further, "the members of this associ
ation-are certain persons who, owning or
representing newspapers, are united in
a mutual and co-operajtive organization
lor tne collection and Interchange with
greater economy and efficiency of In
telligence for publication in the news
papers owned or represented bv them."
As they have no means of carrying
news, they cannot be public or common
carriers, but hire this service from the
-eiegrapn companies. In- some cases
they pay a word rate for the transmis
sion; in other cases they hire wires from
tne companies; but the rates thev nav
in all cases are open to all others. The
telegraph companies will carry for all.
or will let wires to all, at the same rates
pam by the Associated Press or its
members; and at this moment there are
dwvu uLuci- iiLcsa associations in active
operation in the United States, on pre
cisely equal terms with the Associated
JtTess, as to transmission of newa
The Associated Press, then, is merely
a ciud composed of owners or repre
.eotatives of several hundred newspa
pers. it has no privileges of any de
scription; it asks nothing, has nothing,
from Government, State or National; It
has no public franchise, no legislative
favors of any kind, no right of eminent
domain; and as it has been granted no
privileges or franchises and asks none.
it cannot be subject to such conditions
as pertain to companies that have these
rights and privileges and therefore may
De reguiatea Dy Jaw.
Such an act as has been
in the Legislature of Oregon, to comnel
this private association, this club of
newspaper owners, to admit to nnrtici
pation In the benefits of the news "thpv
nave collected all persons who may de
sire sucn participation, would have no
v-moiiy; couia not De enforced. Every
eituidii. niut impresses with a
public use the corporation whose
business is that of a' common car
rier Is absent, as every element that
constitutes monopoly or would sustain
monopoly, is wanting also. Members of
the Legislature have only to look into
the subject to see that Senator Pierce's
bill is framed on the wholly mistaken
assumption that the Associated Press is
a common, carrier and vender of news;
that it has usurped certain privileges or
has them through favor of l AW nr
through absence of legal regulation. It
is merely a club, that has no favors from
Government or law, therefore is not im
pressed with a public use and no more
is subject to Interference or regulation
by the state, or to compulsion to share
with others the facilities it has created,
than any other club or association of
persons united for any private purpose,
yet having nothing and asking nothing
from the state, would be. Once more
the Associated Press is neither a com
mon carrier nor a vender of newa It
owns no telegraph or-telephone lines,
doesn't sell news, but. Is merely an as
sociation for exchange of news among
its own members, has no exclusive right
to collect news, and has no terms for
transmission of news that are not open
to all others. It has, therefore, not a
single element of monopoly and no char
acter subject to regulation by such acts
aa that proposed in the Legislature of
Oregon.
This- matter already has been sub
jected to judicial examination. The Su
preme Court of the State of Missouri
has declared that the business of the
Associated Press Is "not impressed with
a public use"; for the Associated Press
"has been granted no privileges, asks
none, and cannot therefore be burdened
with condition such as pertain to com
mon carriers and the like." This case
arose under demand of the SL Louis
Star for publication in its columns of
news collected by the Associated Press.
The demand was denied by the court
the opinion being unanimous.
A case passed upon by the Supreme
Court of Illinois is sometimes cited in
support of the opposite doctrine. But
the present Associated Press is cot the
Associated Press of that day. -It Is or
ganized on a basis wholly different. The
Associated Press of the State of Illinois
long ago ceased to exist. It had a by
law which tended to restrict competi
tion, because it forbade members to
purchase news from any other source,
and It had the right to use the power of
eminent domain as to telegraph and
telephone lines. It was held that these
features tended to create a monopoly,
and subjected the association to regula
tion and control by the state. But there
are none of these features, or their con
sequences. In the organization of the
present Associated Press. It Is purely a
club organization, whose operation is
impressed with no public use. It claims
no privileges and has nothing whatever
from the state. As well might a man
try to force his way by law Into the Ar
lington Club, of Portland, or the Man
hattan Club, of New York.
INSTRUCT THE SENATOR.
The Oregon Legislature should declare
again, as Is Its wont. In favor of direct
popular election of United States Sena
tors; and it should follow up this per
functory declaration by a joint resolu
tion, separate or combined with the
other, calling upon the Senator to be
elected at this session to vote for an
amendment to the Federal Constitution
to that end. This is the only way In
which this reform can be reached. The
Senate is opposed to the change now.
The states can jchange the favoring mi
nority Into a majority by Instructing
the Senators. This instruction has been
given this "Winter in the case of Colo
rado and Illinois. The Pacific Coast
States, where the change Is popular,
should follow suit.
Local government Is more Important
than National government. It touches
the individual at more and more vital
points. It involves direct taxation, it
affects the peace and order, honesty and
decency of the community In which he
lives, works and raises his family. It is
a monstrous Injustice that local govern
ment, state, county and munielnal.
should be paralyzed, as it often is, while
tne energies of the Legislature are ab
sorbed in a vain attempt to settle a con
test for a single seat in the Contrive,
tot tne united Siatea Perhaps this is
the most compelling argument of all for
tne popular election of Senators. It is
uncertain to what extent the reform
will take Senatorial elections out of con
trol of bosses, who dominate state enn
ventions as much as they do Letrisln
tures. It Is uncertain whether our pres
ent school of mere money-baiT9 will not
oe replaced by eauallv roe-rpttnhio
demagoguea But there is no possible
aoubt that escape of the Legislatures
from the malign influence of Senatorial
campaigns will release those bodies for
tne exercise of normal functions. To
this end alone the reform will bo worth
the trouble of the chancre.
To us another attractive view of tho
subject has always been that we should
in this amendment to the Constitution
laa into step with the evolution of r.r..
reseniative government which nuts
more power with the reonle as timo
goes on, and leaves less In the hands of
intermediary safeguards and checks
which had some justification in the
epoch of the French Revolution, but
wnicn our American history has power
fully discredited. Just as the judiciary is
more and more elective and less and
less appointive; just as the people in
stead of the electoral collet?- lect tho
President; just as the Australian ballot
ana registry laws strengthen the polit
ical resources of the populace and
weaKen tne coercive powers of the
bosses, while they lmnrove the oualltv
of the electorate; just as direct primar
ies and declarations of political conven
tions widen the scope of popular opinion
and leave less latitude to IndJvIflnola
however forceful just so the popular
election or benators will circumscribe
tne rule of the machine and facilitate
tne advance of public sentiment to su
preme control.
Time has set the seal of unmistakable
disapproval upon the distrust In which
tne common people were held by Hamil
ton and Justified the hoDes of Jefferson
The answer to Lord Macaulay's gloomy
picture or American socialism is in Her
bert Spencer's faith in education tm
has shown us that our institutions are
in greater danger from the claa than
from the masses; from the abuses of
corporate wealth and arrogance thnn
from the rabble that was once our grav
est iear. bcnoiarsnlp has shown us that
the causes of bloody revolutions He not
in the unreason of the mob hut in t-hn
provocations of unwise and unrighteous
ruiera to give the people their say In
the government is better than to deny
mem, ana tnus to raise up a mutiny
that will destroy the Governmonf
On high grounds of principle, there
fore, as well as on -considerations of ex
pediency near at hand, may Legislatures
everywhere be asked to further this ad
ditional step In enlargement of popular
power. To reach this result it Is neces
sary and only necessary to convert the
United States Senate from a hostile to a
friendly camp. It will not take long if
Senators elected this Winter and next
ore positively instructed to favor the
desired Constitutional amendment.
SODXD AXD TI3IELY CODXSEL.
Dr. Hutchinson, of the United States
Bureau of Animal Industry, gives the
farmers of Western Oregon good coun
sel when he urges them to paj' more at
tention to the "finishing" of their ani
mals for market. And it Is a word
spoken in time, for the habit of mnnv
farmers is ruinously deficient with re
spect to this Important Incident of the
business. Indeed, it is not too much to
say that not one stockman in three un
dertakes in any systematic or thorough
way to prepare his animals for the
block. The loss under this loos hnhit
Is great, for the best cart of the nroflf
In animal husbandry comes from c rent
ing the condition which makes the value
or tne fat animal over the value of the
lean one.
Dr. Hutchinson speaks with particular
reference to hogs, which, he declares,
come into this market by the carload
with their value only partially devel
oped, both in point of weight and qual
ity. He points out the onnortunitv for
economical production of the foods best
suited for making animal crowth and
the profit in feeding wheat as a means
or llnlsning pork. He emphasizes
point which has recently been discussed
in The Oregonlan's columns, namely,
the superiority of Orecon tiork over
Mississippi Valley pork, due to the dif
ferences in the elements contained In
the stock foods of the two rerions. T71
views accord practically with those of
ur. witnycombe In that he holds the
best Oregon pork equal to that of
any other country and superior to that
of the Mississippi Valley In Its propor
tion of lean meat In just the rieht re
lation to fat. Com. the stanle stock
food of the Middle West, is a great fat-
maker, and is the best possible foun
dation for hog fat for all purposes
where gross weight and lard-making
quality are desired. But where nork is
desired for all-round purposes and par
ticularly for first-class markets, a con
siderable proportion of lean meat is a
necessity. It is this quality In the Ca
nadian stock foods which gives to Cana
dian animal products their great favor
In the most select markets in the East.
Dr. Hutchinson might have gone fur
ther and pointed out the practical folly
of which so many farmers of Western
Oregon are guilty, namely, of selling
their yearling beef calves to buyers
from east of the mountains when they
might better retain for themselves the
profit to be gained by holding these
animals until beef age and then suit
ably preparing them for the block. Un
der the selling practice the career of a
beef steer 3 years old is one of curious
changes. He lives the better part of a
year in his native pasturea a year and a
half on the range or In the feeding
grounds of the Eastern Oregon stock
man, while the few last weeks of his
life are spent as a "feeder" In some
"finishing" yard near some of the great
markets either Kansas City, Omaha or
ban i?ranclsco. There la of course
much waste In this long circuit, and a
waste wholly unnecessary. There is no
reason why the farmer of Western Ore
gon, the original owner, should not have
the profit which has accrued to the sev
eral persons who in turn have owned
and had to. do with the development of
the animal
TAKE A L.OOIC AHEAD.
The Multnomah delegation hesitates
at tfte proposal of $400,000 in hnnfls to
rebuild the Morrison-street bridge; and
well It may. Increase of taxation must
stop somewhere. Comolaisant as the
spirit of the people Is, there is a limit.
and it has about been reached. There
will be a day of reckoning for these lib
eral appropriations, and the protest will
De Ditter.
The Lewis and Clark Centennial and
Portland fireboat bills have already
passed the Legislature. The Port of
Portland will collect its maximum tax
and wants to fund its $300,000 Indebted
ness. The school tax Is levied, heavy at
4.0 mills. Judge Webster wants to fund
the county's floating debt and pay it off
oy a levy at so much a year. The in
tormation bureau wants a tax, the
County Superintendent wants hia salarv
raised, and the Portland Library wants
its tax extended over the county.
On top of all these things comes the
inescapable city levy. There will doubt
less be the limit of 1 mills for lirht
ing; 2& mills for Are protection; 1 4-5
mills for police; mill for street repairs
lyaeiamg approximately 531,000), with
5i5,000 which under the new charter
accrues to the street fund from the tax
on vehicles; 1-5 mill for the public li
brary; mill for parks; and annroxi
mately 2 mills for our bonded indebt
edness, interest on which is nearly $125,
000 a year; to say nothing of the burden
indirectly carried through water rates
in tne shape of $2,900,000 on Bull Run
water.
Not but that all or nearly all these
objects appeal successfully to the sym
pathy and the judgment of rrood clti
zena Judge Webster Is within prudence
ana justice m desiring to keep the
county on a cash basis, including the
speedy annihilation of its floating debt;
Superintendent Robinson's efficiency is
seriously curtailed br the
his reduced salary, and surely nobody
wants to namper the work of the com
mon schools either in citv Or country
districts; the work of the Port of Port
land Commission on the river is a neces
sity whose imperlousness is reeoimlAH
by all, and the drydock is a crying need
or tne port; the fireboat has lone- hppn
a costly absentee In the city's scheme of
fire protection, which no one wants to
see Impaired; attention to immigration
Is one of the features of Greater nrpnn
which cannot be neglected; our parks
ana streets cannot be suffered to de
enne witnout serious menace to th
city's welfare, our library we are proud
or, in its building, equipment and man
agement, and our debts must h
viaea ror with religious scruDulousru?i
And yet a stop must be made some
where, and when the Multnomah nio.
gatlon says that stop should come at
tne Morrison-street bridge it is difficult
to muster the resolution to nr. mf
additional debt of some $400,000 in the
interests of progress. We must have a
new nrldge as soon as possible, It is
true; out is It possible now. within ar,v
reasonaoie view of the possible? Our
people are in an unnrecpflpntoiiiv
ful mood; but such a mood Is hot apt
to last long. It will not last ft n hour !
tne face of financial disturbance, whose
coming no one can avert. In case of a
depression In values and decline in
iraae, me protest certain to nrio
against these hlch taxes would h aim.
ply tremendoua
The political aspect of this nniM
if no other, should interest thon -who
are concerned in It. The' new adminis
tration Is In harmonious political nmiin-
tion with the delegation to the Lectin
ture, and with the authors of the char
ter bill and the commission that framed
the charter. There are those who
appropriations today, yet who would be
tne nrst to cry extravagance for polit
ical advantage at the first favorahi
opportunity,. The Ins should have eaual
acumen with the outs.
CAIIP O RXI A AT ST. LOUIS AXD
rORTLAXD.
Events in California have tenrioti
discredit appropriations by the state for
participation in expositions. A wrong
beginning was made years aco In tho
sense that an elaborate and highly-paid
and wholly useless official staff was
erected to direct the administration
This mistake was repeated in connec
tion with the Paris Exposition, when
there was created and paid out. of th
state appropriation a group of political
commissioners, each drawine a salary
of $500 per month, with "expenses" on a
fashionable basis. With all this super-
nuous sumptuoslty In the matter of or
ganization, the exhibit was a failure
so much of a failure that the Southern
Pacific Company, in order to main
tain the credit of California with
Its European stock and bondholders, or
ganized a special exhibit and set it un
in Paris at Its own expense. So marked
was the contrast between this private
exhibit, made at a cost of about $40,000,
and the official exhibit, at a cost si
times greater, that there was universal
disgust and a general determination
that the folly of an "official" exhibit
should never be repeated; and it was
in obedience to this sentiment that th
state arranged with the State Board of
Trade another name for the Southern
Pacific's exhibition bureau for repre
sentation at the Buffalo Exposition, two
years ago.
The Legislature has note imrler rnn
slderatlon several proposals In connec
tion with California's representation at
the St. Louis 'Exposition. They range
all the way from $50,000 to $500,000; and
there Is manifest a disposition to dunll
cate the grand official flourish which
marked California's representation at
Chicago and at Paris. The new Gov
ernor, Pardee, has put his foot down
upon this project, declaring for what he
calls a "practical exhibit," which ex
perts assume can be made for about
$200,000, with everything on a generous
cwue. ut there are those who think
this far too much and nnlnt to th sue
cess of th tw.T ll,fl . : ,
-hth JSL South,frn at Paris,
tit.n, wun no char ere to meet In the
which, with no charge to meet In the
way of transportation bills, cost less
man one-fourth of this sum; and there
is a movement on foot to contract with
the Southern Pacific bureau to make
tne exposition under the nominal su
pervision of a state commission an
pointed to do the social ar.tl cermonlnl
honors what the more critical part of
the press calls drawing-room stunts
Involved in state representation. There
is as yet no indication of what the out
come will be.
This matter is one of practical Inter
est with us, since It Is the wish of the
.uewis and Clark Fair managers that
arrangements shall be made bv wh5cli
the California exhibit at St. Louis shall
in Its entirety be brought horp tho foi
lowing year. It is believed that by this
means we can get from California an
exhibit which that state could hardly
be expected to make for our fair alone,
and at comparatively light cost. The
California Legislature is to be asked, so
we are told, at its present session to
make arrangements for transferring the
St. Louis exhibit to Portland, and for
maintaining It here during 1905.
The Cuban Radical Party, which pro
poses to disregard the Piatt amend
ment establishing the relationship
between the island and the United
States, and to play the mischief in other
cnaracterlstic Spanish-American ways,
would do well to calm its enthusiasms
ana hold a tight rein upon Its conduct
Under all the circumstances, thf "com.
plete independence" of Cuha Is fl thine
as Impracticable as the independence of
sKJum jarouna. -The United States to
day is pledged to the social order of
uoa as much as it was when it took up
arms to maintain It: and since its' re
sponsibility is a fixed thincr. It cannot
consent to abandon some measure o
contingent authority. It was to guard
against ine activity of just such hot
heads as the membership of the Rad
ical Party that the Piatt amendment
was insisted upon; and the persistent
activity or thesf same distempered poll
ticians affords 'the best possible argu
ment for Its maintenance. Behind the
o-rtiharo.it x. .
........ UJC
t, . tne radical
art!" there IS. Of Course, o rfocilro. -for
the confusions of a "revolution." in
wnicn, according to Spanish-American
-i -r . .. . . .
practice, many things may come to the
man of fighting spirit. But therTm
ho IvlS! , 7? u .
be no revolution in Cuba. And if there
shall be anything in the way of an at
tempt to make one. its active men win
very soon learn that thev have some
thing more vital somethinr verv much
quicker on the trigger than a Spanish
regime to deal with.
In the bill before the Legislature for
fatate Board of Health provision
snouid pe made for a skilled veterlnar
lan as one of Its members. . The Inti
mate relation between man and the do
mestlc animals would sueecst this nnrt
when It Is considered that human health
is largely dependent on the health of
the creatures that supply the food on
our tables, the importance of having
upon sucn a ooard one who. knows ani
mals is apparent. Not only is it eason
tlal to detect the fact of disease, but the
conditions that produce it must be rec
UKiuzen jinn corrector! onri thnn 1
. , I i wi
back to a considerabfe extent in our
milk and meat supplies. There is quite
as much need of sanitary supervision of
our food-producing animals as of the
people A veterinarian who two,,
knows his" bi2Se W ZlV BhlV
knows h s business, not merely one who
,UUV-.IUI "urbe occasionally, should
-T . ,
me must ssrviceaoie memoer of a
proper State Board of Health.
The following table of the five irrent
staple exports in 1901 and 1902 goes far
to explain the decline In our export
trade last year:
1002. 1001
Decrease.
Bread-
stuffs
?187,3SO.O0O $207,025,000
$80,545,000
CatUe
and
hoirs .
23,048,000 25,412.000 12,304.000
Provi
sions .
104.630.000
200.113.000
180.014.000
300.417,000
24.378.000
10.304.000
Cotton ..
Mineral
oils ...
.. 60.0S8.000 71.400,000 4.C11.000
Totals
$732,703,000 $SC4.207.000 $132,102,000
As the total exports for 1902 were onlv
$104,000,000 less than in 1901. it is clear
that there must have been a gain of
$28,000,000 in the exports of other manu
factures, and of mining, forestry and
fishery products. As a matter of fact,
most of the gain was in manufactures
other than mineral oil and packing
products.
The sharp pinch to which the striklnsr
coal miners and -their families were re
duced by months of idleness is not re
fleeted In the salaries which their lead
ers have all alonsr enjoyed. These, ni
arles have been further Increased by the
United Mlneworkers Convention at In
dianapolis. Hereafter President Mitch
ell will be paid $3000 per annum, and W.
i in ue puiu .u.u per annum, ana w. I
Wilson rAfin-.troci.r
Vice-President Lewis each $2500. while
t-.o.,io t i. .n-A ' ..
members of tho auditing and executive
committee will receive $4 per day each
The laborer is worthv of hl hire hut tt
Is noticeable, here as elsewhere, that a
big surplus In the treasury of the organ-
- " e.""- i
izatlon is an Incentive to a demand for
an increase In official salaries.
It Is pleasing to Portland neoole to
know that Captain W. C. Langfitt,
united states -Engineers, Is to remain
here in charge of the Government im
provements on the Willamette and
Lower Columbia Rivers. His acquaint
ance with the details of these works and
their industrial and historical sitrnifl-
cance, together with his efficiency as an
engineer officer, gains for him confi
dence of the community to a degree
which no new man could enioy at once.
And then Captain Langfitt and his fam
ily have established social relations here
that Portland people will be glad to
have continue. His transfer at this
time would be cause for general regret.
The Oregonlan hears the sutreestion
that the new county which the Lerh
lature Is cutting off from Crook be
named In honor of Dr. McLoujrhlln.
Certainly Oregon oucrht In the name of
a county or In some other notable and
permanent way to emphasize the re
spect which all men feel for the memory
or one who, by common consent, was
the most distinguished of all Oretron's
pioneers. Those who are advocating the
new county project have no doubt their
own reasons for the name they have
proposed; but possibly they will' be glad
to have the suggested name above
quoted.
HOME TIES IN AMERICA.
Kansas City Star.
In one of his recent magazine articles.
Minister Wu, ex-Chinese Minister to the
United States, made some Interesting com
parisons between the home life of Amer
ica ana mat oi uninn. n nun nnn
! Question Mr Wll's aflmlmtlnn fnr Amor.
lea and most of the Institutions nnri char
oi us peopie; Dut ne is also
Intensely patriotic, and he has continu.
ously upheld the dignity and the honor of
th riviiimtinn ho mnrootc ti,.
acteristics of Its people; but he is also
the civilization he renreswits. Thnrnfnro
nis comparisons may bo regarded as com
naratlvelv Imnartlnl.
Mr. Vu believes that the domestic Ufa
In China Is based on a finer regard for
home ties than Is the home estnhHsh
ment in this country. In China the ob
ligations of the children In natural Im
pulse, in traditional usage and in civil
law are greater and more binding than
in tne united btates. They do not cease
wnen ine cnuurcn have reached thelKma
Jorlty or when thev have -set tin rstnh
lishments of their own. They cover fully
ine care oi tne parents as lone as the lat
ter maV live. Thi hnmn rolntlnruchln aa
piciureu Dy mis representative of China,
Is very beautiful In its tvnfrnl
In America, he nolnts out. thf snn
hts way when he becomes of age, and the
aaugnter severs her home connection when
she marries. Of course, this eencral dis
position Of Children of America n n.n r
ents Is qualtned. but It Is the rule, the
lenaency, that has engaged the attention
and called for the dlsannrovnl of tho
Chinese critic.
It Is to be feared that there In a ills
agreeable amount Of truth in the ob
at-Tvuiion. in inis country rnmiiioc nro
eadly broken and scattered, and the com
ponenc parts uecome . deplorably inde
pendent, oftentimes. It must bo mn
icssed. it cannot be said that parents
in tneir declining years are not, as a
rule, well provided for, according to the
means of the children, but how often nr
they denied the love, the affection and
thO ClOSe association Of their chllrlron ntnl
srandchlldren ilk thev cmw niii in vnira
ana ree&ie in frame. There are parents
vt. muuc auu buuu lines, iuo wno are
better off and happier when left much
to memseives than ir tnev hocame fnc
tors in the homes of their children, for
incomnatlhllltv often creon Into L-lnrfr,l
hloodr h r Ame; ;n hnme , M
made more beautiful, more helpful ana
elevating If the family relations were
more fltronelv nreserved.
Of course, there Is a very plausible ex
planation for the tendency of American
iamuies to scatter. The nation Is young.
The days of the original pioneer are over.
but nloneerintr still noes on. There is al
ways "new country" to invite the young
ana venturesome from the older settle
...v.... ...... I,., "'" niuie
attractive to those who .ire stnrttnir nut
ments, rsew and fertile lands are more
for tnomcolt.oc thnn V.tV.1..
. .o UiU ui-
ltrrto1 fnrma Mon. nnA rr-nmtr ltnr.
..v. .c.... t.iu.Yn.s tin
"iV- ''lv-"'"u" uc" luuuwmaiu
to those of limited means, than do the
I n ilsp anrt nnri nantnr n
. " ""O" v-.n.o ui lvijjuictiiu.i.
American Individuality, which Is regarded
I aa nna nf tho otrnnrrocf olamanto nf Vo.
tlonal strength, asserts itself, and the
I - ... .n . . .
sun oi a successful, iamer ana tne uaugn-
ter r, a f ,uccessfu mother are ambitious
to make distinct places for themselves, to
erect separate social establishments and
to enmmnn the nmimtion of their foi.
low-men.
Tt Is onlte ronsnnrihln to hellevo how.
ever, that with the more general develop
ment of the countryt the more settled
condition of industrial and business af
1U1IO, IIIU 1U1KLT UL'KIUU Vi. IJtil lUilUUUUy
that will enter into the enterprises of
tnat win enter into tne enterprises or t! - "-i-"ct, or., gams a reputa
father and son, there will be a greater ? fr, charity by taking from the poor
j j, ... i i i in.. I ana givlncr to the Hh.
endurance of the family business institu
tion and the family association. At pres
ent the home life of the Jewish people
of this eountrv Is In some resnects su
perlor to that of, other Americans; it Is
mnro nrlnejlve more lovni to Ifraelr. iYlin
Ister Wu, in taking his departure for
home, after a long service in this country,
has left a word of counsel, In the Xorm
" ' O
of a passing observati6n. that is both
tlmelv and nertlnent.
The Bible In Kansas Schools.
"Vow TTnrlr rTommorelnl ArlvorHsor
Judge Hazcn, of Kansas, has ruled that
tho Bible Is literature which may be read
in public schools. In Topeka the teachers
. ... . : . - . .
m public schools. In Topeka the teachers
of the public school read from the Bible
as well as from the poets or story writers
in the opening morning exercises. This
custom was assailed in the courts by an
InfltJel of the town, who declared that
he anted no reliSlous instruction for his
children. The decision of Judge Hazen
was to the effect that reading from the
TMhlo no n HtraTv nr nratnrlenl OTrlcn
pniiM not he rnnstrteren" n In violation of
the prohibition in the constitution acalnst
rellglous dogmas or creeds. The mere fact I
tnit tne uiDie was tne Dasis or a religious
cvotnm nntnnnn It si a o volnahln or? I
system did not taboo it as a valuable ad
Innet tn n llhernl erhientlnn. The nnrrmr
view taken by tho prosecution would bar
from our schools and colleges much of the
best that has ever been known In litera
ture. Homer, for example, who taught
polytheism; or the Latin authora who
mncpn rmm inis in Hinpism: nr rne wnrQ
of Buddha, Confucius, Mahomet, and the
next to endless chain of doctrinarians
w..ose literarv products must be studied
by every eager scholar. Tho Constitution
gion along educational lines. It pledged
JV131 UlllG4iUillCl- Xll UtUlUUIILC JL TVll-
the American people, simply, that no re
ligion would ever be forced upon them by
the nowers of the Government nnd thnt
btlief in creed or dogma would never be
made a requisite to any of the rights of
citizenship
Will Be n Harmless Measure.
Jvew York Bvenlncr Post.
tXTneinlnfton nmrlea Jicree that rho nut.
look for anti-trust legislation comes down
to about this: A law of- some kind must
bo passed, for the President himself has
said It; but it must be a "mild" law, for
tVio Qonnto will normlt nn ritVinr- The
nnlo nrnhlem Ik therefore, how to har-
monlzo the two demands; and It Is not
difficult to see that the "mild' opponents
of trusts, like the meek, will Inherit the
earth. Mr. Roosevelt's position Is simply
mat ne must uve auiucuunB. iuv uuais
want but little legislation nere Deiow. Dut
want that little mild: tho upshot will
probably be a measure which will rear
as .gently as a sucking dove.
Una Revived Race Prejudice
WnjiQtnn Post.
171 C iresiaent seems uueny uuuuie iu
comprehend common-sense requirements
nf cnoini tiPiiro. Annarentlv he delixhts
in offending Southern people. No man
since the war has done more to revive
race prejudice. And the pity of It all Is
that he is doing the negro the greatest
harm oy provoKing a ievenau -wpiriiuuii
from which the thougntiui negro leaaers
wnicn wie uiuubu.-i ucu i-u.-.a
were beginning to aiver. me anenuon oi
Vio rnoo TTe tvlll he indirectly resOOnSlble I
.iiu iui;-. -- JM -..
1-n.Wlorc n-hlnh mnv mnw nut of
tho friction nis pugn-tiuus tum-e ii
caused.
The South on Tillman.
tri. Tiiimnns will eet vou if vou don't watch
... -niltlmorf American.
"We don't know -what you think about It, but
We tninK x-Ulior uon-iea was ngu. wiicu uu
called Jlra Tillman a cowara. Atlanta Isews.
Mississippi has jailed some of her lynchers.
k-. .Via rmtH lonlrn tn hr nnil tn Ronth
Carolina for such vindication as the law may
anora. sJoCiwauui 4iic -iuic-uuiuu auu
All that r!A 41 tn- f C TT onnn" !. o tn av
about the Tillman-Gonzales trouble is that an
olllcer oi mo suuc snouia never so armcu.
Wnndtr If Governor ilcSweenev alwavs Drac-
tlces what he preaches? "Vfo have our doubts
on this score. Chattanoocra News. i
If It was Jim Tillman's Idea to destroy his
enemy without lncurrlnc: any risk for himself.
thrnwlnr n hnmh At 'Rrtltnr rSnnnTp mtcht
have done just as well as using a brace of
pistols, and the act would have been quite as
courageous. Atlanta Journal.
Thpo Tlllmnnfl jinwar tn hnvn tromo rfoef-n
to imitate the chivalry of .the ante-war South.
hut thev ehlhlt nnlv n prn mnrontlnn of Ha
vices with no power to exemplify Its virtues or
io annreciate tn ripiirnte rnrarri -for i)n de
cencies ot life that gavo It distinction. Nash-
viuo .enn.; .banner.
OLD TIMES AND NEW.
Baltimore Sun.
The Bible lesson ofi Mr. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., last Sunday was a practical one
and of absorbing Interest. It dealt with
riches and what we shall trive un -when
took for his text the call of Simon called.
.feter, and Andrew, his brother, and of
the sons of Zebedee. and commfcnded these
me sons or zeneaee. ana commended taese
early disciples highly for the alacrity with
which they gave up their nets and their
hn.nt whinh mora nne0iMv thai-
boat. Which were nosslhlv their entire
possessions, and followed the Master. Mr.
xiucKeieiier, nowovcr, was careful to im
press on his class the fact that we In this
day and Generation nre not cnllerl nn tn
surrender all that we have when we Join
me cnurcn. Incidentally he mentioned
the case of the rich VOlinp mnn whn lront
mo commanuments rmthfniiv onH than
asked the Saviour what more ho could do,
evidently expecting to be ai?sured that he
had reached the climax of goodness. But
to his dismay the Master told him that if
no wuuiu do nerient he should coil oil
he had and give It to the poor and then
come and follow him. But the vountr
man went away sorrowful fnr hn. m.-o
itocKerellcr, had great possessions.
After he had COno the Saviour wnwrlrnl
upon the difficulties which beset the rich
man on nis roau to heaven.
ilr. Rockefeller did not refer
last reflection, but contented hi
with warning his class not to Interpret the
ounpiures -too literally. Times have
changed and we must apply the rules ot
me U03DC1 to ourseivwi nx tnev n mnAi
lied by existing conditions. When Christ
saia mat ir we wish to be perfect we must
givo us all and follow htm ho ri? r.nt
mean that, but evidently meant something
ciac. mure is Jir. .KOcKeieiier, who Is
perfect, and he not nniv hnMa nn tn nn
he has. but adds a cent or two to the nrina
per gallon of coal- oil and Is getting more
ie nine, .out even If we are not re
quired tO trlve Un our rlehea "Tr Ttnnlrn
feller said. we.
something, and each one must decide for
iiiHiieu wnat ne shall give up. He might
have cited thn onoo. nr , . . i
.- Ji. my UUJ3 ul me
hoarding school, when their teacher invlt-
v mum lo give up something during
-L-ent. The dav before thnt coiomn Aon
beSn he distributed slips of paper and
invi Veach 7 7 Uc on Hn fh
no , J 1 JZZ? l? "te .n..a slIP the
""1, "Vi"""1" tO deny
slip were collected Xl
word "hash" urns writtori "Ip.?5
resara to Mr. Rockefeller's suggestion.
e can at least trlve n h.h
The young Bible teacher Is entirely cor-
- ... umio nave ciiHnjtea
nroco f Ge was first Promulgated" If
cm -i..r. : " iHtniucu men
oui.on. cauea eter, and Andrew, his
Th7flw , Vave ftad no nQts t0 ave.
U s Industry on the Sea of Galilee
-..w ..omiig iuuusiry on the Sea of Galilee
I WOUld have heon nnr,nH i . .
Innri" tVi , . J s "UlCate
i "-u nvio nuuiu nave neen nwnori h,r
I A. trilct nrl "T , . , J
, "'a .tcier una Anarew would have
'"us, wun pernaps an onDor-
tunity to buy stock in the comnanV it
mnrlfet nr n Tk. . . . .
- ------- j. nt- amp WniCh WHS 1ISO1
oy tne sons of Zebedee would have been
the DOSSOScilon rf T T -i r . . . . 114
cmbine. Every Federal Court in Pniilifi
I WOTIIrl . . . ..
I "w" "c tervea injunction unnn tho
"pi es to restrain them from carrying
principles of the Sermon on thf
Mount and from making any more such
attacks upon nronertv y e fiUcn
indeed, times have rVio,i i. .
: T, "Ci "ie ricn young man had de
parted in sorrow. Robin Hood gained a
reputation for ehnrltv n .vw,fcri . .
and fHvinn. tun J J UUU15 me rich
now m, ,m,"e; t0 th0 Poor. And
I " V J iu inu Door. Am
fr rockefeller, Sr., gains a renuta
---.... oiij. nines, maeed have
changed. But notwithstanding the cnanie
0c.cur !? aome that one of tta thiSS
4.1.- 7 444iS1IL give, un WnnM ho
I LIIR I .1 H ITlfT Ort.r.4 - . . - "
neeesqttioo n C , z we dIfltress and
.Ji"?, f J? PP.1.8 ? demand an ex-
somc extent the w V iu "S-and.tq,
' "lc hvor.
Variant Arithmetical Methods.
St. Paul Plnnxo. TJ
The Washington rn0t n
delef77n rn e Hawaii's new
trinntn CS3 at f20-m to each
trin of in -v.vw ior each
o 000 a vear T 'f tmsr and comInS. or
s50-'i Tht" lnaadltion to his salary of
" " " would make a total of $13,000
,',,,,', umonunateiy for this rather
f??"0! announcement, however, the
Jf vat. cents Per.mile. figured up
nIy ff00, Instead of $40,000. so that tire
" " - ailS upon the Treasury of
I uCie Sam amOUnt to Onlv fflrtftfl all tnIA
I even here Is SOmothlnir of tomnt.flJ
fr aspiring American politicians to mi-
srate to the Philippines, address them-
b worn oi so Americanizing the
Inhabitants thnt tVioro n.lll T .
- ireuuwuinr ne
Inhabitants that there will bo no objec
tion tO COnferrinc linnn them 4U i..
vtoca ui outiejiGou in rne Amorfnn-. ttj
ana then getting themselves elected to
Congress and the right to draw about $7500
In mileage. There is mmtont nnn..i..M
In the Islands to afford 30 or 40 Congres-
-uiisuiuencies oi the present size
and there are Senatorshins to heinni,o-i
after also. A lot of politicians nut-ht to
be willing to do civilizing work with a
membership In Coneress and n-. rv.
in sight!
TIie Prince of Dinprleyites.
Springfield Republican.
It is well that Mr. Dolll ver flrour out tVm
Senator from Rhode Island, for in the
remarkable discussion of Tuesday tho Na
tion for the first time natv clenrlv ro
vealed the chief and most uncompromis
ing enemy of a modified tariff policy, and
of the only reclnrocitv which i -nHthir.
the scope of practical statesmanship. That
enemy is neison w. Aldrlch. He is now
in OUtSPOKen. not COVert. nnnnsltlnn to
one of tho leading policies of the Repub
lican Administration, as embodied in tho
Kasson treaties.
What Docs Ioiva Think of It?
Hartford Times.
We have the chairman of the nnmmlttnn
on finance dlsnntlnir a utntemont nf fnct
by the Senator from Iowa and calling the
Iowa Republican idea "the greed of the
agricultural Interests." We wonder how
me iowa ana omer western KepuDiicans
will like that phrase, "the greed of the
mrrlciittural Interectu " A TV A1Hrloh't
bitterness was undoubtedly representative
or the general reeling that prevails among
the worshipers of what Senator "Vest calls
tne sacrea white eiepnant.
The Pace Thnt Ivillti.
"Phlladelnhia Tnnuirer.
"Rhorles. "Rarnnto ami Belt wero the ereat
diamond kings of the world, and among
ncnest men. ine iwo loriner ure
aead, and the last is thought to De dying,
onA nil ivoro tt-oII unrler FX There nre
' some kinds of strenuous lifo which are
entirely too expensive.
A Mother's LonRlnp.
--t ii r cvi.rr- tn Cht-co Tot
When bedtime comes and dally cares depart.
lieiore J. Dress my coucxi. iu aucmc ul iiio
night 1
I seek my darling's room, the thought within
ray heart,
"I'd' like to tuck my boy In bed tonight."
The moonllKht slanting o'er his empty bed
Unrigs tnousnt. a mouier s love can never
speak.
How often by IU beams I've watched his
sleep In dread,
And stoojed to feel his breath upon my
cheek. .
So soft and still his breathing came and went.
Ills race so wniie ana poaceiui on trie pll-
lnw lav.
My mother fears were roused as over him I
Lest God that night had taken him away.
Wo see our children grow, with mingled joy
We wish them to be men 'tis natural and
rltrht
And yet we sigh for times that may not come
again
The hour' -we tucked our darllnra in nt
nlsht,
NOTE AND COMMENT.
There still seems to be a chance for
Mr. Buttlnsky up at Olympla.
The one thing certain about the Port
land climate Is that the next day will b
different.
A woman's private photograph of her
self is the photograph that she wishes she
looked like.
What makes matters worse is the fact
that those who are fighting the coal com
bine are being given time to cool off.
The man who dodges taxes in Venezuela
these days cm dodge all the shells that
those German gunboats throw at him.
General Miles Is beginning to como this
way now; and the President will have a
chance to get his mind off the Indianola
affair.
There Is food for thought In tha fact
that tho vote by which the Missouri Leg
islature declined to Investigate itself was
unanimous.
The subjugation of the Indian has cost $S45.
000.000 and his education $240,000.000. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
And yet there are a whole lot of In
dians who are not satisfied.
In jest and In earnest a great deal ha3
been said about Andrew Carnegie, but
e think that in the end he will be able
to crawl through that needle's eye, If he
has to.
A Kansas City man has compos od a pretty
song entitled. "My Own United States."
Kansas City Star.
What we need now Is an Impresario
who can induce J. Pierpont Morgan and
John D. Rockefeller to sincr it.
Having had rain on Saturday, and tho
sun on Sunday, and snow yesterday, tho
Portland people will look out of their
windows with interest this mornins: to
discover what the weather man is going
to hand us next.
The Frenchman who had an idea that
ho could kill himself and then come back
to life has accomplished the first part of
the problem, but the second Is thus far a
failure. Perhaps he changed his mind
and did not want to come back.
Senator Tillman has introduced a bill In
Congress appropriating $oO,000 to build a
monument to the late and mighty Bob
Toombs. It Is a pity that we have no
reciprocity treaty which will permit Mr.
Toombs to return the compliment.
Mr. "Vest becomes an alumnus of tho
United States Senate, with all tho hon
ors that come from distinguished service.
There are a good many things about his
party that we do not like, and there are
a great many things about Mr. Vest that
we ao. Aiay ne live to enjoy a long and
well-earned rest from public duty!
Nothing but praise is due the publishers
of the Oregon Fishorman for tho annual
issue of their publication, which is just
out. It Is one ot the best examples of
trade journalism ever printed In Portland.
and Is equaled only by- the anniversary
number of the Pacific Miner, also just
issued.
There seems to be some difficulty In the
securing of a subject for debate between
tho Eastern and Western collesres. be
cause none so far submitted was suffl-
clenUyNatlonal In character. How would
this do: 'istnerterepaoTielrror tu inu-
tion called up oftener than sho Is called
down?"
In a recent contest for suggesting the
best way to make $5 grow, the prize was
awarded to a man who advised that the
amount bo invested In eggs for hatching.
He cited, among other things, the case of
a boy who exchanged a penny for an egg,
and this grew, successively, Into a hen,
six chickens, a pig, a calf and a pony.
with bridle and saddle.
While Ohio admits, according to the an
nouncement made boastfully in the Cin
cinnati World, that she Is the mother of
six Presidents, there is nothing said as
regards her maternity In the matter of
Consuls. Cabinet Secretaries, Ambassa
dors, Ministers, heads of departments,
departmental clerks, and others who are,
and have been, serving their country.
General Grant always yielded In a sort
of whimsical way to hl3 wife's domination
of himself and his affairs. The "family"
ran the household as It pleased, without
much referenco to General Grant's pre
dilections. Once at the railway station in
Galena he called the attention of a friend
to a truckload of trunks ready for ship
ment East. "Do you see that pile?" ho
asked. "That is the Grant baggage. .Do
you see that little black valise away up
on top? That s mine.
A London paper quotes tho following
answers to examination questions, given
by small boys: "John Wesley was a great
sea captain. He beat the Dutch at Water
loo, and by degrees rose to be Duko of
Wellington. Ho was burled near Nelson,
In the Poets' corner at Westminster Ab
bey." Asked to name six animals peculiar
to tho Arctic regions, a boy replied:
Three bears and three seals." "The Sub
lime Porte Is a very fine old wine." "Tho
Possessive Case Is' the case when some
body has got yours and won't givo it to
you." "The plural of. a penny 13 two
pence. In the sentence. I saw the goat
butt the man,' 'butt Is a conjunction, be
cause it shows the connection between tha
goat and the man." "Mushrooms always
grow In damp places, and 'so they look
Hko umbrellas." "The difference between
water and air is that air can bo made
wetter, but water cannot."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHS RS
No. gentle reader. Ida M. Tarbell Is not
an alumnus ot umcago university. sioux uity
(Iowa) Journal.
The Weston - Herald announces that It will
not be published next week. Does this mean
that tho editor has not sworn off? Toledo
Blade.
It Is now said that the Governor's salary In
Kansas Is Inadequate. Then our artvlco to
Governor Bailey, elect, Is: "Don't marry."
St. Louis Star.
TtnnspU Sjicta hris not h4An to -
press any opinion on the profit-sharing Idea
that so many large corporations are advanc
ing. Washington Star.
Th( elrl who -wrnf nnetrv oofnro efco Vlltoi?
herself Is an Improvement on the man who
always kills his sweetheart before he shoots
himself. The women do these things better.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
As lone as Snerlr von Ofornhort- ho olni-n
Of Germany's Interests at Waahlnc-ten nearefut
relations with the United States may be ex-
peciea. as nis American wife will keep him
In order. Pittsbunr Times.
Regarding that New York woman who has
Just sued a friend for $2000 damages for
alienating her dos's affections, we will con
tribute the powder and shot If some one else
will furnish the gun. Syracuse Herald.
If England Is jealous of Kaiser Wllhelm for
presenting a statue of Frederick the Great to
the United States. It should send to Washing
ton a statue of George- III. President Roose
velt might return the' courtesy by sending a
statue of a Hessian soldier to Windsor. An
elegant embossed copy of the Monroe Doc
trine would be a beautiful and appropriate
gift for all European monarchs. St. Louis
Republic. .