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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MARCH 13.
A MIGHTY FORCE.
Of all the monetary forces In the
country the greatest and steadiest is
that exerted by the insurance compa
nies. Life Insurance, in particular, has
become an immense interest. The num
ber of persons Interested directly In life
policies and securities is very great; of
those Indirectly Interested the number
la beyond calculation. It is not too
much to say that here was the greatest
of all the influences that stood against
Bryanlsm in 18SG and again in 1900. Life
assurance wanted good money, of stable
value. All the Interests of fire assur
ance the assuring and assured stood
Instinctively on the same side. But for
these forces there Is little probability
that the gold standard In the United
States would have survived the as
saults that were made upon It.
Sixty-seven leading life assurance
companies of the United States hold se
curities of all kinds that aggregate more
than one billion five hundred million
dollars. Inconceivably vast as this sum
Is, their written policies exceed It This
mighty force Is naturally on the side
of stable conditions In finance-and In
dustry. It wants no disturbing policy
In monetary and industrial affairs, no
dollars of Inferior or questionable value.
A writer In Success for March says:
"Of course, the bulk of the money held
by ao Insurance company has to be In
vested1; that Is to say, every dollar not
needed for running expenses and for the
prompt payment of claims. It is like a
fairy tale of finance when one reads
what use is made of the millions on
millions paid to Insurance companies."
These mighty forces, acting together
for safety of polioy-holders and for pro
tection, of the securities In which not
only multitudes of private Individuals
but industrial and commercial enter
prises of every kind are vitally con
cerned, assure to the country a stabil
ity in Its financial and business affairs
which once was unattainable. Their
greatest triumph thus far has been the
defeat of the assault through the silver
craze of some years ago on the money
standard of the country. Insurance pol
icies and securities are written in terms
of the dollar, and they who have Inter
est in the dollar want to know that
when the dollar Is named it is to be the
real thing. Mr. Bryan doubtless would
denounce this mighty force as "capital
istic" and "monopolistic." But in one
way or another insurance includes al
most everybody who does business, or
has investments in anything; and stead
iness and security are the results at
tained. The veterans preference bill, passed
by the late Congress, through the ef
forts of General Grosvenor, gives ex
soldlers and sailors of the Civil War
preferences for appointment and reten
tion la the civil service. It was vigor
ously opposed as detrimental to the
Government's service, as the veterans of
the Civil War are by a vast majority
cow over 60 years of age. This bill,
which was Indorsed by the G. A. R-,
probably will not have much practical
effect, for without It the veterans who
are still vigorous and competent In mind
and body do not often plead in vain
for. recognition of their past service In
the Union Arm and not many veter
ans who are, superannuated in mind and
body will find themselves any better off
for the passage of this bill. The Gov
ernment in practice will not prefer for
employment a superannuated veteran.
An attempt was made to include the
veterans of the Spanish War among the
beneficiaries of this act, but was voted
down. These "veterans" of the Spanish
War need not despair, however, for
within ten years they will be permitted
to feed upon the body politic as pension
ers, and will be included In the protec
tion of preference acts. The time will
cot soon come when there will cot be a
large and Increasing army of "veter
ans" of some description putting up a
"poor mouth" to our paternal Govern
ment. The British War Office has abolished
the use of the lance in the British Army.
All cavalry in future will be armed
with carbines and swords, but the car
' bice will be the principal weapon. The
British War Office has finally been con
verted by the object-lesson of the Boer
War to a, conclusion that might have
been learned from our Civil War. When
our Civil War began both sides be
lieved in the saber as an effective
weapon for cavalry but a year of work
in the field found both sldes trusting
chiefly to the carbine and the'revolver
and fighting the so-called cavalry as
mounted riflemen. When General For
rest, & very daring trooper, led a charge
he trusted to hi revolvers rather than
to his saber, and the Southern mounted
men generally used the revolver at close
quarters rather than the saber. The
Northern men stuck to the saber longer
than the Southern men because they
were not so handy with the revolver as
the Southern men, but inthe last year
of the war both sides fought as mount
ed riflemen and saber wounds were
comparatively unknown. Our regular
cavalry charged infantry jn the old
style at Williamsburg and Gaines Hill,
but they were repulsed so badly that
the experiment was not repeated. At
Plaotersvllle, Ala., a battalion of the
Seventeenth Indiana Cavalry armed with
sabers charged Forrest's escort armed
with repeating carbines, and the car
bines proved too much for the sabers,
A Captain Taylor rode at Forrest, who
used only his pistols, warding and firing.
Forrest received several cuts, but killed
his antagonist.
SENATORIAL AND DEMOCRATIC.
The fitness of the Cubans for self-government
is established by evidence from
an unimpeachable quarter the official
circles of Havana itself. As already re
ported In the dispatches, the Cuban reci
procity treaty has been ratified In the
Cuban Senate, by a vote of 16 to 5, and
there is accordingly no obstacle now In
Its way but similar action by the extra
session at Washington. Especial atten
tion, however, is sought to be directed
to the attitude of Senor Sanguilly, the
leader of the Senate opposition to the
treaty. The Senator voted for the
treaty, but said:
My opposition has been designed chiefly to
draw out whatever could be advanced in sup
port of the treaty, and the arguments of Senor
Bustemente, as put forward in the Senate yes
terday, have convinced me that the country
will be more prosperous with reciprocity than
without it. but. nevertheless, my attitude of
opposition and disapproval of the acts of the
executive department of the Government forbid
my voting yes.
The contentions of the antis in our
own Senate, who tremble every time
they think of the Incorporation of Span
ish halfbreeds Into "our civilization,"
are thus set at naught by a reflection of
their own procedure. Senor Sanguilly
has acted most faithfully the part of
our Democratic Senators, who oppose
everything that Is for the country's
good. His frankness they have not, for
if they had they would reproduce his
declarations. Then we should have from
Senator Carmack, of Tennessee, for ex
ample, this remark In the Congressional
Record, he having risen to a question of
the highest privilege:
I believe in expansion; I believe in the gold
standard; I believe in a sound and facile bank
ing currency; I believe in an adequate Navy
and a well-equipped and well-trained Army; I
am satisfied that under Republican policies the
country will be more prosperous than without
them. My attitude of opposition has been as
sumed for the purpose of bringing out the un
answerable points in favor of the majority's
proposals. They are adequate, and I am satis
fled, but my steady hostility to the Government
and the Administration forbids my voting In
favor of any of these necessary and proper
measures.
Thus auspiciously has Senor Sanguilly
entered upon the Senatorial and the
Democratic road. In time he will work,
himself clear of his weaknesses, and
while he may mentally approve the
policies of reason and progress, he will
Senatorially and Democratically refrain
from the acknowledgment. His c rude
ness is painful to the gaze of us who
view in Carmack, Tillman and Turner
the full flower of Seoatocracy. It Is to
be feared that In his untutored state he
loves his country too well to sacrifice it
on the altar of partisan buncombe.
TAXATION OF MORTGAGES.
It Is a surprising fact that a bill for
taxing mortgages has made its appear
ance before the Legislature of the State
of New Tork at each session for the past
three years, with the result, according
to the New York Evening Post, "of
deadening the market for real estate,
putting a check upon building opera
tions, Impeding the Investment of capi
tal and putting fresh obstacles in the
way of borrowera" That so great a
state as New York, the first In concen
trated wealth, intelligence and diversity
pf business in the Union, should be an
nually threatened with mortgage taxa
tion Is remarkable.
Mortgage taxation is improper be
cause it is unjust taxation. Land in
New York pays S2 per cent of the taxes
in the Empire State, and Governor Odell
In his last annual message said: "The
experience of other commonwealths has
demonstrated beyond any question of
doubt that the tax upon mortgages must
be paid by the borrower, and therefore
to that extent it becomes double taxa
tion." In Massachusetts under the law
only one tax Is levied on the' land, leav
ing the mortgagor and the mortgagee
free to average between themselves how
the tax shall be paid, which is settled in
the contract of loan. The borrower
agrees to pay all taxes and he gets his
loan at a correspondingly lower rate of
Interest, and as a consequence the rate
of interest on mortgages is about one
half per cent lower in Boston than it Is
In New York on the same class of prop
erey. The law of Colorado provides that
mortgaged land and the mortgage itself
shall be "assessed as a unit, and as one
and the same, and as of one value, and
as the value of said property so mort
gaged, pledged or otherwise conveyed
only; and any such notes, mortgages,
deeds of trust, contract or conveyance
shall not be otherwise returned or as
sessed." ' The legal status In California
is cow the same as that of Massachu
setts and Colorado.
The mortgage tax bill now before the
New York Legislature exempts mort
gages held by life insurance companies,
savings banks and building and loan
associations. The obvious effect of these
exemptions, the Pest says, Is "to prompt
the mortgagors to transfer their borrow
ings from the non-exempt to the ex
empted class of lenders, and confer
upon the latter a monopoly, to the ex
tent of their available capital."
The woman who makes the mistake of
attempting to prove her superiority to
man and to the well-bred, of her own
sex through an exhibition of selfishness
and impudence is to be found at almost
any hour of the day In the County
Courthouse these busy, taxpaylng days
cot in line waiting her turn at the
window, but pushing her way to the
front in advance of those who have been
patiently or at least honestly waiting
their turn to be served. Of course, there
is nothing to do in such a' case but to
let the bumptious person have her way
and go her way, except it may be to
pity her lor the ill-bred creature that
she is. It is women of this type who
demand, with a bold stare, men's seats
in the street-cars and. take them with
out the courtesy of "thank you"; who,
when they have seats, spread their
skirts over as much space as possible,
regardless of a tired working girl hold
ing on to a strap, or of the parcel-laden
woman, the woman with a child In her
arms, or even the elderly woman sway
ing back and forth and anxiously look
ing f or a chasee to sit down. The pity
of it all is that it is the woman of por
cine lnstipcts, who always "gets there,"
that is taken as a type of her sex in
matter of simple justice and courtesy by
writers who assume to know all about
feminine human nature. That such
women are the exception rather than
the rule has often been demonstrated,
but never more thoroughly than in the
last few days in the Sheriffs office,
where the majority of taxpaylng women
have stood in line quietly and without
pretense to special privilege, while the
few have pushed forward and given in
their tax statements over the heads of
those who preceded them. Critics who
will take the trouble to use their eyes
beforo their pencils will do justice to
womankind, even while citing these ex
ceptions to the rules of fairness and
courtesy that are so plainly in evidence
upon occasion.
FOR MAVS TIMELY RESCUE.
Among the revolutionary discoveries
of President Harper, of Chicago's great
university, none is more profound or
full of promise than his latest on the
subject of coeducation, as reported in
yesterday's dispatches. We quote:
When thrown together In a new environment
on entrance to the university, boys and girls
becomei conscious of differences before unno
ticed, and the personal element creeps in too
strongly for the best work. In the secondary
school this Is not the case, for the reason that
the boys and girls there have been growing up
together and do not notice that one group ma
tures earlier than the other.
If this pedagogic utterance should
meet the eye of any individual of the
hapless masculine gender, he will not
heed to be reminded of the undeniable
if melancholy truth upon which it Is
based. Who that has ever safely passed
the perilous mark of 20 does not recall
with mln.;led pain and mortification the
airs of superiority with which the so
called gentler sex of corresponding
years Is wont to- surround Itself? Who
as an observer at any age has not noted
how disadvantageously the masculine
self-cons3lousness and awkwardness
conducts Itself in the presence of femi
nine poise and wisdom of equal years?
It Is not surprising, therefore, to come
across an authoritative announcement
that this disparity Interferes with the,
best results In the classroom; and the'
service Dr. Harper has thus rendered
the bolder and inferior sex calls for
grateful acknowledgment from the very
considerable portion of the population
directly or remotely Interested. All
men and boys should join In suitable
resolutions to Dr. Harper for his prompt
rush to their rescue.
There is another aspect of this matter
which may as well have attention here,
and that is the bearing of "mixed" In
struction upon matrimony, and incident
ally upon the perpetuation of the spe
cies. The University of Michigan has
recently supplied some damning charges
against the commingling of the sexes
in the classroom. It Is shown that out
of 1835 women who have been graduated
at Ann Arbor since the establishment
of coeducation, only 533, or less than SO
per cent, have married. Of the gradu
ates of ten years' standing, less than
one-half have married. So it would
seem that while the mingling of young
men and women in college life now and
thee leads to a hasty match, or one at
too earjy an age, its general effect is to
lessen the inclination toward matri
mony. The explanation offered for this un
toward phenomenon is not so distin
guished by gallantry as the Chicago
doctrine just noticed. It is accounted to
He In the wearing off, through too fre
quent contact, of the glamour which In
the eyes of most young men enevlops
the maiden. Seeing her only occasion
ally, his imagination clothes her with
captivating qualities. He falls in love,
ofttimes, not with a real creature, but
with an ideal. Being kept at a certain
distance, he has an enchanted view of
her and of her -kind. In school, store
or factory, on the contrary, he Is
brought into such close and frequent as
sociation, and under circumstances so
unfavorable to romance, that the glam
our wears off, the ideal descends to the
commonplace, the angel of his dreams
Is found to be Just a plain, ordinary girl,
good in the main, no doubt, but the pos
sessor of a lot of human Imperfections
which Cupid, in circumstances where
frequent propinquity Is impossible, is
very apt to cover up.
If this Ann Arbor expositor had gone
a little deeper Into his theme, we fancy
that he would have become wiser as
well as more gentlemanly. Are there
co foibles in the so-called sterner sex
which distant Imagination is fain to
suppress but which close acquaintance
discovers in all their hldeousness? If
the divorce court Is any Index to the
disilluslonments of matrimony, it would
seem that man Is the oftener found
wanting in the day of trlaL The less
the trusting Ingenue sees of her possible
lord and master the fewer inklings she
will get of his Infirmity of purpose, his
brutality, his selfishness, his general
false-alarmatlveness as a protector,
guide, philosopher and friend.
It Is an auspicious day for mere man,
therefore, when he Is promised escape
from the precarious paths of coeduca
tion. Away from the depressing superi
ority of his more clever slstej. he can
grow Into maturity with confidence and
even pride in his own powers and prop
erties. Secure from the too close Inspec
tion of sharp feminine eyes, he may re
gain bis former status. And instead of
the sad humbug which the new woman
has discovered him to be, he may once
more appear to an unwary world In the
guise that trusting woman once Im
puted to him, such as Adam Bede, John
Halifax, Bertie Cecil and Mr. Roches
ter. Two professors of the Berlin Univer
sity have recently declared that the
Monroe Doctrine ought not to be toler-i
ated by Germany a moment longer than
political and naval considerations make
It expedient to do so. These German
professors admit, however, that the
Monroe Doctrine cannot be successfully
defled by Germany so long as Great
Britain's friendship supports this utter
ance of the United States with the Im
plied co-operation of the British fleet,
and they advocate an alliance between
Great Britain and Germany. But Great
Britain could not afford such an alliance
for such a purpose, for war with the
United States would mean probably the
loss of Canada, and by cutting off Great
Britain's food supplies the United States
could starve Great Britain into a peace,
for Germany could not feed England.
Great Britain knows which side her
bread is buttered on, and she would
never exchange our friendship in peace
and war for ac alliance with Germany.
Furthermore, we are the third naval
power in the world, and we are certain
to maintain that position against Ger
many for the future. Europe will have
to accept the Monroe Doctrine, becauss
Europe cannot help enduring a situa
tion she cannot cure. The South Amer
ican Republics would never permit the
foundation ef Surope&n states xhl their
soil, even if the- United States did not
forbid it, but with the United States
for an ally South America need not fear
Europe as a colonizer and conqueror.
The Wisconsin Legislature has re
quested the Governor to Issue invita
tions to the Governors of other states
to appoint delegates to & convention to
be held at Atlanta. July A, to discuss the
race question. The joint resolution
adopted by the Wisconsin Legislature
includes the following;.
The people of the South, equally with those of
the North, desire good government and are ear
nestly striving to secure It. The race problem
is for us as well as for them. It relates Itself
to the highest welfare of the people of the
whole country, and whether we will or not we
must share the burden it Imposes.
Considering that the present system of
negro disfranchisement is not accompa
nied by any reduction of Southern rep
resentation in Congress, it certainly
looks as If the North had some Interest
In the "race problem," which will not be
settled until it is settled right.
Modern science teaches that there Is
no epidemic without a carrying princi
ple. When, therefore, we speak, of an
epidemic of fires, and are made pain
fully aware that there Is one In prog
ress. It is well to search for the under
lying cause. This, it Is believed, exists
In incendiarism, and that with proper
vigilance and some discernment of the
"Sherlock Holmes" order on the part of
our detectives the incendiaries could be
caught In the present temper of the
people It is scarcely -cecessary to add
that, if caught in applying the torchor
tracked down afterward, Incendiaries
would be sent for a long term of years
where their efforts In starting fires
would be limited to furnaces in the Peni
tentiary" stove foundry, or perhaps for
an Indefinite period where, according to
tradition, fires do not have to be started,
but rage continuously.
There Is some talk of purchase of the
site of the late Victoria dock for 575,000
for a drydock. Would it not be doubt
ful policy to pay so much for a site,
when by going below the city on either
side of the river a few miles as good
a site might be purchased for one-third
of the money, or less? Almost any
point on the Willamette River within
ten or a dozen miles would be just as
convenient for this dock for the city as
any point near the center of the city.
Money is not so abundant as to justify
needless expenditure In this or any other
matter. However, the matter is in the
hands of the Port of Portland Commis
sion, composed of men upon whose In
telligence and judgment the people have
the right to rely.
The baseball war of the coming sea
son Is, we are told, going to be a lively
one and hotly contested. Whether or
not the people will flock to the stand
ards of the contestants In numbers suffi
cient to pay for the munitions of war
remains to be seen. Without doubt
strife of this kind can be pushed to the
point of a heavy public tax, the returns
from which are purely imaginary.
However, there is no compulsion In the
matter, and those who squander their
money on a baseball war will simply
have less to squander on some other
and perhaps more objectionable fad. In
the meantime, players and managers
will have a chance to earn the salaries
that the public stands for, and to collect
If they can.
The fact that 700 men out of five cav
alry and infantry regiments and sixty
artillerymen recently expressed a desire
to remain In the Philippines when or
dered home Is a clear refutation pf the
old-time assertion that a white man
cannot live comfortably or healthfully
In the tropical climate of these islands.
The climate and the environment must
have considerable attractions to capti
vate nearly 800 American soldiers so
strongly that they prefer to remain
rather than to return home. Doubtless
reckless living Is more dangerous in the
tropics than in the temperate zones, but
American officers of sound constitutions
who live temperately find the climate of
Luzon both healthful and agreeable.
According to the annual report of the
Columbia Southern Railroad for last
year, the surplus was 530,111.90. This,
for seventy miles of track with capital
ization of $300,000, is a most favorable
showing this much net out of gross
earnings amounting to only $151,000.
While the average relation of surplus to
gross earnings from operation on the
railroads of the United States Is about 8
per cent, the Columbia Southern cleans
up about 20 per cent. Fifty-five per
cent of Its gross goes to pay operating
expenses; the average for the United
States is 65 per cent. There is nothing
in this statement to make investors
timid about taking hold of Oregon rail
roads. Since the State of Massachusetts
adopted a few years ago the policy of
roadbullding as an object-lesson for
local communities, it has expended be
tween 54,000,000 and $5,000,000 on this
work. The mileage of state road thus
built has been more than duplicated by
towns and counties which have taken
the lesson to heart and made a perma
nent investment for their citizens In this
Improvement. For several years the
annual appropriation for this purpose
has averaged 1500,000, and this is the
amount decided upon by the legislative
committee on roads and bridges for the
current year.
At Albany, some wide-awake men are
taking up the question of holding a live
stock fair early in June. This is the
proper spirit. No section in the United
States is so admirably adapted to the
breeding of fine stock as is the Willam
ette "Valley, and no Industry, year in
and year out, good times and bad, is
more profitable. Every county seat In
Western Oregon could have an exhibit
annually of some specialty In the stock
breeding line without interfering with
the others, and each one must, In the
end, result in enlarged income to the In
telligent owner of 'fertile acres.
Senator Vest's Opinions.
Boston Transcript.
Washington. Senator Vest, of Missouri,
who retired on Wednesday, after 24 years
of service In the Senate, Is quoted as say
in that if the present condition of affairs
throughout the country can be maintained
until the Fall of 1S04. Democratic success
in the Presidential election is Impossible.
The prosperity Issue, he believes, will
hold his opponents In power as long as
prosperity lasts. The trusts, he says,
have been Irritated by the legislation of
the last session, but not enraged, and that
they would rather have the Republican
party In control than the Democrats on
any terms. He also expresses some doubts
as to whether the Democrats will "get
together" by 1304. Mr. Bryan, he pre
dicts, will be an aggressive factor in the
next Democratic National convention. It
Is plain reading between the lines that
this veteran, Democrat does not regard his
party's outlook a very promising.
LAPSES OF RECENT FICTION.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
While the conventional novel of the
period opens with the conventional refer
ence to the time of the day or the weath
er, it U a noticeable fact that our later
writers of Action seem, as if by one ac
cord, to shrink from mentioning the rus
set glow.
Of course, some excuse maybe found
for this In the fact that Mrs. E. D. E. X.
Southworth. Edna Lyall, the Duchess,
Oulda, Henry James, and even William
Dean Howells somewhat overworked both
the russet and the slow, but, on the other
hand, the old-fashioned novel-reader must
feel disappointment when he glances at
the first chapters of romances in these
days and finds nothing that is russet In
tne opening sentence. There was warmth
In the beginning of the novel of-the old
school which almost Invariably ran:
It was eventide. The russet glow of the. sink
ing sun bathed the woodland and meadow In
subdued rolden tints. A solitary horseman,
etc
The new school rings the changes upon
all the other conditions of the convention
al opening, save this alone. For example,
Edna Kenton, In "What Manner of Man,"
begins:
It was a clear midsummer day. High noon
was making havoc of subdued light and shade
in Thayer's studio, and his sitter, who had been
there since 9 o'clock, was growing momentarily
more impatient.
Francis Lynde. in "The Master of Ap
pleby," avoids mention even of the sun
set, let alone the russet glow, and strikes
out in this fashion:
The Summer day was all but spent when
Richard Jennifer, riding express, brought me
Captain Falronnet's challenge.
Now, Mrs. Southworth, or any of the
distinguished romanticists mentioned
above, would have put this in entirely dif
ferent language. For example:
The sun was slowly declining In the West.
The lengthening , shadows betokened that an
other day would sooti have passed Into the
unfathomable heretofore. A sunset glow was
tlnrine the follaee that fringed the landscape.
It was then, when nature was hushed In sweet
tranquillity, that a solitary horseman, whom I
recognized as Richard Jennifer, brought me a
challenge to mortal combat from Captain Fal
connet. But the styles have changed. Mrs. Wil
frid Ward comes nearer the Ideal when
she opens "The Light Behind" with:
'It was too early In the Spring for the heat to
appear natural, but It was all the more de
lightful from the sense of unreality it conveyed,
as if life were being converted unexpectedly
into the atmosphere of childhood or of a fairy
tale. 8
One does not look for a russet glow
when It is too early in the Spring, and
perhaps the omission of any mention of it
in Mrs. Ward's romance Is excusable, and
all the more so since the state of the
weather is carefully recorded, but for
a meterologlcal opening perhaps the in
troductory lines of Basil King's "In the
Garden of Charity" show improvement:
It had been an August storm, windy and
warm. The fishermen had been In the habit
of expecting It about the middje of the month,
and when It had come and gone they said:
"The back of the Summer Is broken."
Rather more meteorological still is Jus
tus Miles Forman In his beginning of
"The Journey's End":
Out on deck It was raining, and the wind
had risen with -the sea until it tore shrieking
past the open companlonway amldshlp3, and
brought up the boom and rush of waters under
the bow. There was a misty circle of lights,
and the deck planks shone dlspirltlngly where
the glow from the electrics fell upon them.
Here we have a glow, but it Js electric,
not russet, and hence does not quite fill
the want. Only in the sixth of a lot of
new novels picked up at random do we
find anything that comes nearer the ex
pectations of the true lover of weather
Action. The Hon. Mrs. Walter R. D.
Forbes (nee Farwell) opens up her novel
"Unofficial" In this almost but not quite
satisfactory manner:
The sun was sinking slowly toward the moun
tains. And as It sank an ever-deepening red
light stole through the mellow rays, which Bhed
a golden (alas! not a russet!) glow upon the
distant snows, and flung Itself in restless prod
igality upon the vivid crimson and yellow of
the trees that clustered thickly upon the nearer
hills.
There, If in the next edition Lady
Forbes (nee Farwell) will strike out "gold
en" and Insert "russet," she will have
filled an aching void In the weather Action
of the period.
Cariosities ol United States Steel.
New York Journal of Commerce.
There are Indications from time to time
of a lack of confidence In the securities of
corporations of huge capitalization, which
may have effect upon the organization of
such combinations hereafter. The most
conspicuous illustration at the moment is
to be found In the United States Steel
Corporation, which is riding a wave of
prosperity that has nothing to check its
course yet in sight It seemed like an
anomaly for a 7 per cent preferred stock
in such a prosperous concern to be sell
ing upder SQ and a common stock upon
which 4 per cent Is actually paid going
below 40. But now 5 per cent gold bonds,
a lien upon all the huge earnings prior to
the claims of shares of either kind, put
upon the market at 95. begin at once' to
sell down to 83 In advance of their is
sue. This seems to be due to a disposi
tion to dispose of the right to bonds and
acquire more of the convertible preferred,
stock at the low price, which betokens a
tendency of the two forms of security to
come to the same level. As one bears
Interest at 5 per cent and the other gives
promise of cumulative dlvldenda at 7 per
cent. It does not Indicate great confidence
in the enduring investment value of a cap
ital so vastly expanded and engaged In an
industry liable to such ups and downs as
Iron and steel, which. In the language of
Mr. Carnegie, is either a prince or a
pauper, and Is sometimes one and some
times the other.
Dubious Triumph of Hannn.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Though Senator Hanna is very useful
as an organizer, some of his acts as head
of the Republican National organization
would be very emphatically repudiated
by SO per cent of the party if the rank
and file had a chance to express their
opinion. The compromise in Delaware,
by which the chief tool of Addicks was
eleyated to the United States Senate, and
the way opened for the election of Ad
dicks himself a short time hence, la un
derstood to have been Hanna's. work, just
as was the recognition of Addicks as
chairman of the Delaware delegation to
the last Republican National convention.
Roosevelt's idea that a clean, honest
Democrat Is preferable to a dirty Repub
lican seems to find no acceptance with
Hanna, The latter's apparent willingness
to mix with and recognize anything and
everything bearing a party label Is about
as offensive as the freebootlng policy of
Quay.
Dividends Yet to Come.
Boston Transcript.
. It will be impossible for the railroads of
the United States to handle the growing
freight and passenger business of the
country properly until they are provided
with more equipment, and this equipment
they must provide regardless of dividends.
There are indications that this will be the
policy of the Immediate future. The gross
earnings of the railroads of the United
States Increased enormously last year, but
the dividends decreased because a larger
amount was put into the roads them
selves, to come back in dividends in the
future. Only under euch a policy-, stead
ily pursued, can the public Interests be
taken care of properly.
The Lookcr-Oa.
Boston Transcript.
In one of the Western cities, recently
an Egyptian had a quarrel with some
Syrians. He was arrested, by an Irish
policeman: was tried before a German
Judge, and was defended by a Hebrew
lawyer. The native American probably
figured somewhere in the mess as a Iook-er-on-
CARNEGIE AS A WORLD DICTATOR
Kansas City Star.
Harper's Weekly is greatly Interested in
the fact that Andrew Carnegie volunteered
to advance 534Q.WO without security to
enable Venezuela to satisfy Germany's
preliminary claim. "It is evident," It says,
"that Mr. Carnegie might have averted
tne blockade (t the three biocKaomg pow
ers would have specified the sums which
they would be willing to accept, and If
President Castro would have consented
to accept Mr. Carnegie's kind offices."
Thus the millionaire might have "saved a
good many lives."
This latest offer by Mr. Carnegie recalls
to Harper's Weekly his earlier proposition
to buy the Philippines from the United
States for $20,000,00) In order to make
them Independent. Such a man, this
periodical reflects, might do much for his
country. For Instance, had be been living
in 1776 he might have furnished tho funds
for the Revolution. "No doubt," the
Weekly goe3 on to say, "the Rothschilds
have long been recognised as political fac
tors. They are not nhllanthroDists. how
ever; they lend money. Mr. Carnegie
gives it."
This is a peculiar comment. Harper's
Weekly seems to see no Impropriety not
to speak of effrontery in the attentat of
a private citizen to dictate in National
and international affairs on the strength
of his enormous wealth. Mr. Carnegie has
so long been accustomed to seeing Con
gress do his bidding In'rsnect to tariff
duties that it doubtless seems to him quite
natural to come out frankly and make
terms' with the Nation. But there are
limits to public toleration. The tariff
question la so complex that, the country
is sometimes confused as to just what
the protective duties mean. Now that Mr.
Carnegie has come out in the open there
is no mistaking his position. He is posing
as an international figure as the arbiter
of tho destinies of nations.
It is difficult to understand such egotism.
Mr. Carnegie has tried to purchase a
change in the National pclicy of the
United States for $20,000,000. He has at
tempted to buy off Germany in Venezuela.
What is to urevent his offerinsr America
a cash bonus to abandon the Monroe Doc
trine? Why should he hesitate to make
a liberal offer for the Louisiana Purchase
district In order that he mizht proclaim
himself Emperor? Really, Mr. Carnegie
might furnish cause for indignation were
he not so absurd and Inflated beyond all
of the limts of sane- judgment by the"
money with which the Government has
permitted him to enrich himself by legal
ized robbery.
KIFLING'S NEW POEM.
"The Settler" Makes a Strong Appeal
for South African Conciliation.
Rudyard Kipling has made another remark
able appeal to the public sentiment of England
In a poem entitled "The Settler." Its theme
Is the reconstruction of South Africa, especial
ly as affected by the recent visit of Chamber
lain to tho scenes of the late war. Mr. Kip
ling quotes as text for his verses the closing
words of the Colonial Secretary on his depart
ure from Cape Town: "I leave this shore more
convinced than ever that the forces the natural
forces that are drawing you together are more
potent than those evil Influences which would
tend to separate you. . . . Above all. South
Africa needs the best capacities of all of its
children."
Four of the principal stanras of "The Set
tler" are as follows:
(Copyright. 1903, by Rudyard Kipling.)
Here where my fresh-turned furrows run and
the deep soli glistens red,
I will repair the wrong that was done to the
living and the dead;
Here where the senseless bullet fell, and the
barren shrapnel burst,
I will plant a tree. I will dig a well, against
the heat and the thirst.
Here in a large and a sunlit land, where no
wrong bites to the bone,
I will lay my hand in my neighbor's hand, and
together we will atone
For the set folly and the red breach and the
black waste of It all;
Giving and taking counsel each over the cattle-
KraaL ,
Earth where we rode to slay or be slain .our
love shall redeem unto life';
We will gather and lead to her lips again the
waters of ancient strife
From the far and the fiercely-guarded streams
and the pools where we lay In wait.
Till the corn cover our evil dreams, and the
young corn our hate.
Here In the wastes and the troughs of the
plains where the healing stillness lies.
And the vast benignant sky restrains, and the
long days make wise
Bless to our use the rain and the sun and the
blind seed In its bed.
That we may repair the wrong that was done
to the living and the dead!
The entire poem appears In Collier's "Weekly
under date of March 7, Collier's having made
arrangements with Mr. Kipling to publish ex
clusively In America all his poems on political
and timely topics that are printed In the Lon
don Times.
Comhicrclal Conrtesies.
Chicago Tribune. '
Whether or not the ethics of business
has improved, it Is certain that the man
ners of business are much more polished
than they used to be. The disobliging
dealer Is now seldom encountered, and It
is commonly understood in commercial
circles that politeness pays. One even en
counters something better than mere po
liteness; one meets with the kind of cour
tesy that is supposed to be found only in
drawing-rooms, but which in reality may
go with the selling of dry goods as well
as the dispensing of afternoon tea. To
press a customer too much is considered
as rude as the forcing of unwished dishes
upon dinner guests, and to decline to ac
cept returned goods is as bad as to refuse
to take back words carelessly spoken.
Dealers who practice these high cour
tesies have an enviable reputation among
shoppers, for it is universally acknowl
edged that In shopping an accommodating
salesman or saleswoman is "half the bat
tle." Of course commercial generosity of
this order Is bound to be imposed upon,
and if salespeople were but possessed of
the literary gift there would be some in
teresting confessions from behind the
counter. Yet. on the whole, this spirit of
accommodation and courtesy not only
pays but It greatly assists the develop
ment of that rare and fine old art, the art
of living.
Not Sectional Hatred.
Philadelphia Record.
Ten days ago a negro shot and wounded
a white man In a certain town and es
caped. The white residents of the town
ordered all the negroes to leave, which
they failed to do, and the white residents
attacked the negroes shacks with ropes
and poles and demolished them. The ne
groes picked up their belongings and
boarded a freight train. It happens that
the town where this occurred is not in
Mississippi, but in Pennsylvania.
My; Rival.
London Punch.
I'm most dissatisfied with Dick
I don't suppose he'll ever know It
His conduct cuts me to the quick.
And yet I'd rather die than show it.
My maiden meditations are
Disordered by one constant riddle:
"Why should I to a motor car
Flay second fiddle?
In vain I toss my curls to show
The sweetest pair of turquoise earrings;
His thoughts are wandering, I know,
"With silencers and friction gearings.
If I could find some magic drug
To change me to a carburetter.
A cylinder cr sparkling plug.
He'd like me better.
And when I sing of tears the rest
Entreat for more and praise my brilliance,
But Dick returns with cheery zest
To themes of rubber and resilience.
"When rosy dusk to moonlight melts.
And all nave vanished save the lovers,
Is it a time to talk of belts
And outer covers?
My amber voile came home today,
I'm really too upset to wear It.
My heart is sore, yet, strange to say.
Day after day I grin and bear It.
He doesn't worry if I'm stiff.
Or if I .snub or talk above him;
I'd break it off tomorrow If
X didn't love him.
KOTE AND COMMENT.
These Northwestern Legislatures have
the virtue of adjourning comparatively
early anyway. Here is a hint that the ef
fete East might take with profit.
Mayor Humes announces that he will
stay in Seattle and face the music Well,
what else can he do? The grand jury dis
covered him before he had a chance to
get away.
Idaho is sure to attract attention in
this - Congress. One of her Senators Is
the biggest man in the upper house, the
other the most shifty politician there, and
her Represenatlve. who is not yet out of
college, Is the youngest member of that
body.
William H. Crane, the actor, Is respon
sible for the following Standard Oil ver
sion of the doxology:
Praise John, from whom oil blessings flow,
Praise him oil creatures here below.
Praise him above, ye heavenly host.
Praise William, too. but John the most.
Mavar Artlipp, the G-year-old son of
Seymour Artlipp, a canal-boat captain,
surprised the surgeons at Bellevue Hos
pital, New York City, last week by
watching them amputate hl3 right leg be
low the knee. He refused to take an an
esthetic, because, he said, "It can't hurt
worse than it does now, and I want to see
you when you cut it off."
Maybe some of those men who have be
come too modest to urge personally their
claims for the Congressional nomination
are fairly well content to assist In par
celing out beforehand the offices that
would be a part of the political assets of
the Congressman. A Congressman with,
out political assets Is pretty likely to be
under obligations to somebody.
Sober second-thought won at Olympla
In the case of the appropriation for the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. And we
trust there will be still another thought
on the matter two years hence. Washing
ton now stands as she ought, at the head
of the friends of this great enterprise for
commemorating a historic event of . the
utmost Importance to the Pacific North
west. Noticing a large cobra with a small por
tion of a snake's tall hanging out of its
mouth, a correspondent of the Ceylon. Ob
server killed the reptile. During its death
struggles 'the cobra disgorged three
fourths of a ratsnake. The correspondent
hauled out the rest, and, on taking meas
urements, found the cobra to be 4 feet 8
Inches long and the ratsnake it had tried
to swallow 5 feet 2 Inches.
The two Joneses, Jdhn P., of Nevada,
and James K., of Arkansas, have gone
out of tho Senate, leaving that body with
out a representative bearing the honored
name of Jones, for the first time since
1S72. There is no Smith In the Senate now,
but this is made up by the suralus of
Clarks. There are three in the Senate,
ono from Montana, one from Wyoming
and the third took, the seat of the deposed
James K. Jones. '
Pupils In Michigan must hereafter go di
rectly home after the close of school. The
Supreme Court of the state has declared
that such a rule Is valid and may be en
forced by the principal. Furthermore, if
a principal sees fit he may enter a store
and order the children he finds there to
leave and go home, and the owner of the
store cannot get damages on the ground
that the principal has driven away trade
and Injured the business of his store.
The old Roman U, shaped like a V, Is
used in the name of the new Muncle, Ind.,
public library, as It appears graven on
the stone front. But Indianans are up
in arms and swear they will not stand for
any such nonsense. "Mvncie Pvbllc Li
brary," Indeed! The architect has de
clared that to change the lettering would
hopelessly mar the beauty of the struc
ture, but still the people howl about this
effete profanation of the culture of the
Wabash.
Salvador, the smallest but most thickly
populated of the Central American "re
publics," has been an Independent nation
since 1839, and for some time before that
it was a state in a self-governing fed
eration. Apparently it has learned some
thing, for It has just managed to effect
a peaceful transfer of Its Presidency
from the. General whose term of offlce
had expired to the General who had been
elected to succeed him. This has not hap
pned before, it Is reported, for .an even 50
years, and the citizens of Salvador are
much delighted by their attainment to so
lofty a level of political virtue.
The concern of President Roosevelt.
President Eliot and Dr. Shrady lest the
race be committing slow suicide In the
United States seems to have struck home
with considerable force in the case of Mr.
Blumie. who has introduced in the Penn
sylvania Legislature a bill Which proposes
to encourage large families by offering
not only gold medals but cash to the
mothers of such families women who
have been legally divorced or who are
separated from their husbands being ex
cepted. It should be stated in this con
nection that Mr. Blumie is the fond and
proud parent of H, and thus Is five and a
half times more enthusiastic in his admi
ration of the President's attitude than
the average person who has only two olive
branches.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAFHERS
Algy So you asked old Jones for bis daugh
ter's hand? "What did he say? Ferdy-He said.
"Take her. and let me be happy." Puck.
"De Gall Is what you might call cheeky, eh?"
"Cheeky? That fellow has so much cheek that
they charge him double for a shave l" Judge.
Maid Wbere'd ye get th' valentine. Katie?
Cook To look at the skewer tru de heart I'd
say it come from de butcher. Brooklyn Life.
Ascum-I wonder what Is the meaning of "Sis
Transit Gloria Mundi." Dumley-I hardly
know but the first two words sound as If It
might have something to do with an ambu
itii PhlladelDhla Press.
Judse-You say that Squlggs Is an unthlnk
Ing carlless Individual? Fudge-I should say
so' "Why that man actually admits that he
hasn't picked out the man who is sure to be
elected Mayor.-Baltlmore Herald.
Playwright My new play was brought out
last night. At the close of the first act there
were lond and persistent calls for-the author.
Simpleton Tou don't say. To think they couU
be to vindictive as that. Boston Transcript.
Miss Jones (to Mr. Brown, who has survived
three wives) They must get klnd o? mixed up
in heaven with so many Mrs. Browns about.
Mr. Brown Oh. no, 1 calculate not. Tou see.
now, they're all different shades of brown.
Life!
Instructor (of class in physlology)-Wbat do
you know concerning the sebaceous follicles?
Boy at Foot of Class (making a wild guess)
Sebaceous Follicles is the name of the new
Senator from the State of Washington. Chi
cago Tribune.
"I don't believe that man ever deceived any
body In his life." said the enthusiastic friend.
"And yet." said Senator Sorghum, "you want
me to give hlra employment. You don't sup
pose I have tlmeto teach him the rudiments of
the business, do you?" Washington Star.
"Ah! darling." said the Count de Spaghetti
to tho heiress whose prospect had Just become
deceased; "let me bear your sorrows?" "Bear
my sorrows? Tes, yes. Count!" she exclaimed,
apprehensively, "but share your borrows, nev
er, never!" Baltimore News.