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Newspaper Page Text8 THE MOENiyG OEEGOJN1AK, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1903. ha regxratcm Xeterefl at the PostoSSce at Portlesd. Oregw. at second-class saatter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION .BATBS. Sr Hail (DOitairr nrcnaJd. la advance Dally, "Rith Sunder, per jnonth $0.S5 Dally. Sunday excepted, per year 7.50 Dolly. Trtth Sunday, per year. . 0.&0 Sunday, per year .. 2.00 The "Weekly, per year........ 1.50 The "Weekly, 3 months................-.. -GO to City Subscribers PHr. per week, delivered. Sunday excepted .15c Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday Included. 30a POSTAGE HATES. United Flint Pnrf f mtlA Vtmi! 10 to 14-page pa per.... .. ...-lc If 1 to 28-page paper.. ........... ..... foreign rales doable. Xews or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan. sot to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to adverting-, cubscrlpttcn or to any business matter cnowa b addressed ElmDlv "The Oregonlan." The 'Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories zrom Individuals, and cannot undertake- to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. To stamps should be Inclosed lor xnis purpose. Eastern Business Office. 43. 44. 45. 47. 48. 49 Tribune bulldinr. New Tork City; 510-11-12 Tnbune building. Chicago; the S. C. Beckwim bpeciai Agency, Eastern representative. For sale In Ean Francisco by I E. Lee. Pal ace Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 233 Butter street; P. "W. Pitts. 1O0S Market street: X. K. Cooper Co.. 748 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear. Ferry biwi stand; Frank Bcott. 60 Ellis street, and r Wheatley. 813 Mission street. For sale In Los Angeles by B. Ff Gardner, 259 South Spring street, and Oliver & Halae. W5 South Spring street. For sale in Kansas City. Mo., by Rlcksecker Clear Co.. Ninth and "Walnut streets. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 17 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald, 1.3 Washington street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros., 1612 Farnam street: Mrgeath Stationery Co., 130S Farnam street. For sale In Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 25th Btreet; Jas. H. Crockwell. 242 25th street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 west Second South street. For sale In "Washington. D. C. by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., by Hamilton It Kendrlck. TOO-312 Seventeenth street; Louth an & Jackson Book and Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TO DATS "WEATHER Fair; winds shitting to southerly. YESTERDAY'S "WEATHER Maximum tern perature, 06; minimum temperature, 34; pre cipitation, none. aPORTLAXD, SATURDAY, MARCH 21. TTO REASOX FOR. A VETO. The veto of the Lewis and Clark ap propriation bill by Governor McBrlde would be a direct elap at a majority of the members of the Legislature of -the state- of "Washington. It would also place the Governor in a very pe- culiar light. In his message to the legislature read January 12th the Gov ernor "Used the following words: An Exposition Is in contemplation to he held st Portland, Or., In 1905, commemorative of the Lewis and Clark expedition. If this state la to take part an appropriation should be made for that purpose at this session of tha Legislature. While the fact that it follows so closely upon the St. Louis Exposition may les sen Its value, viewed from a practical stand point, yet sentiment naturally inclines one in Its favor. The management expects the Leg' lslature of Oregon to appropriate $500,000, and that other states, especially those upon the Pa cific Coast, will be adequately represented. Probably you will be In possession of sufficient Information before the close of the session to enable you to determlna the proper course jd pursue. There is no string attached to this recommendation. The language is un equivocal where the Governor states that "If this state is to take part, an appropriation should be made for that purpose at this session, of the Legishv ture." This statement would convict the Governor of insincerity If he now at tempts to excuse a veto on the grounds that the St- Imis exhibit can be re turned io time to form the nucleus of a creditable exhibit. The "Washington Legislature in both houses included 135 members. These men, by an over whelming majority, determined ;that "the proper course to pursue" was to make an appropriation of $50,000, which was one-half of the amount recom mended by the commissioners appointed by the late Governor Rogers. In nul lifying the action of this large body of men, many of whom in point of Intel ligence and judgment were the equals of the Governor, the chief executive has assumed a power that ill becomes him at this time. Governor McBrlde is the head and most of the body, of a political faction which has stirred "up no end of strife in 4he Republican party of the state of "Washington. The course of legislation and the repeated defeats of the pet schemes of the Governor have demon strated that this faction Is distasteful to the people of the state. It is de cidedly in the minority, and no minor ity, or, what Is still worse, no single representative of a minority, should thwart the wishes of a large majority, as the Governor would do if he vetoes' this appropriation which the repre sentatives of the people demanded in such unmistakable terms. "Washing ton is a great state, entirely too great to be run by one man. The interests of the state are to a large extent Identi cal with, those of Oregon, and anything that is undertaken on such an enor mous scale us the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial is c6mparatlvely as valuable to "Washington as it is to Oregon. This fact is understood and appre ciated by the men who have built up the state of "Washington, and the at tempt of the politicians headed by the Governor to interfere in a matter which should have no part in politics will some day recoil on their own heads. Governor McBrlde, by vetoing this bill, will administer a slight rebuff to Sen ators Ed Hamilton and Rands, and to Representative Megler, who were large ly responsible for the sentiment that enabled the bill to pass by such a big majority. The cheap revenge thus se cured, however, will hardly suffice for the loss of respect of & large number of patriotic "Washingtonlans, who place state pride and public spirit above petty politics. The power of association through childish years is witnessed in what Is known as the Harpel case In Thurston County, "Washington. It presents a boy of 15 years, brought up to hard toil, evi dently seasoned with kindness, who preferred to remain on a small farm with, his father and stepmother rather than to enjoy the comforts of wealth and the privileges of a liberal educa tion in the home of his own mother and "wealths stepfather. Here is a lad who has dreamed few vain dreams. The scenes of childhood and early youth, even In their bare simplicity, have a charm for him. The face of his step mother, associated no doubt with many acts of kindness; the simple surround ings that continued to moke all he had ever known of home; his father, from whom he had never been separated, rep resented to him the realities of life as he had known them. Elegant sur roundings, fine clothes, the possibilities of an education, a mother whom since Ills earliest childhood he bad cot known, could not outweigh in value to -wnat ne had known of life. Called, upon to make a cfceice, this lad decided to remain a poor boy on a little farm. Perhaps he showed ki this a lack of worldly wisdom, but who shall say that he has not chosen the better Dart? Love of home, affection for those who shared with him such comforts as they possessed, loyalty to his lather, who seems to have done his best for him, even though that best was pitifully small these are outcropplncs of a na ture that Is instinct with simple no bility. The mother of such a son may well desire his return to her. Her wish to give him a good home and oppor tunities for education Is laudable, but it Is evident that she? reckoned without knowledge of her boy's nature when she supposed that she could thus bridge a chasm created by a separation of years. And, after all, the country needs contented farmers and laborers aulte as much as It needs men, so called "edu cated" men. THE POLlCr OP GERMANY. The declaration of Chancellor von Bu low that the German government has the strongest desire for friendly rela tions with America will be accepted without hesitation by all intelligent persons. There seems not the slightest ground for the assumption of a few Am erican "jingoes" that either Germany or Great Britain entertained any thought of acquisition of territory In the recent Venezuela difficulty. The association of ureat Britain with Germany In the proceeding against Venezuela was suf Hclent guarantee that both powers were acting in perfect good faith In limiting their coercive measures to pressure sufficient to collect their debts and ob tain redress for .outrages upon -their suDjects in Venezuela. Tha German Chancellor speaks with great contempt and ridicule of the Am erican "yellow kid" Dress that attrib uted to Germany an intention to make conquests through violation of the ter. rltorial integrity of Brazil and other bouth American republics. It is true that in Southern Brazil there are some 400.000 of so-called Germans, many of wnom are really Swiss. Austrians and Poles, but these Immigrants are no more disposed to found a German colony in Brazil than the Germans in Milwaukee are disposed to try to Germanize the whole State of Wisconsin. Brazil has 18,000,000 of people; there is no danger mat 400,000 European Immigrants -will at any near date obtain control of the government These Germans In South America, of course, perpetuate the ancient customs of the Fatherland in their South American homes, but they are not in love with the home govern ment of Germany or with Its methods or colonial policy. They could not cre ate a German colony In Brazil if thev would, and they would not if they could. j.ne universal conscription in Germany has greatly helped to stimulate emlera.- tion from that country and the color of absolutism that always pervades anv government that rests unon a stand ing army Of 500.000 men makes the Fatherland what Stephen A. Douglas said hie Vermont birthplace was, viz.: an excellent state to emlcrrate from as early as possible. Our Ger man-American population todav in cludes thousands of persons who found the German government Intolerable compared with our own, and who In event of war with any power of Con tinental Europe would follow the flair of their adopted country even If Ger many should happen to be our foe. The German government has not the slight est interest to serve by wrangling with the United States, has not the lightest intention of encroaching upon the ter ritorial integrity of South America for the good and sufficient reason that "the game would not be worth the candle." Germany's true sphere of action iie in Asia Minor and possibly in China. Cer tainly the hardest colonial nut in Christendom to crack would be the conquest of any portion of South Amer ica in defiance of the opposition of the United States, backed as we would be by Great Britain. The German govern ment estimates at its true worth th absurd "Jingoism" of our "yellow kid" newspapers, for the German govern ment Toiows that there are nlwirv nf "jingoes" in Germany who never lose an opportunity to beat the dust out of an American or Englishman of straw- Intelligent Americans believe h Kaiser speaks the truth when he says mat aoove all thimrs he deir in fceep the peace of Europe so long- as he can nave peace with honor, and his ac tions ana -policy have proved his sin cerity since he became Emperor. Be cause the policy of Germany has boon for peace Germany is able to say today mat tne unebund Is no lonerer abso lutely necessary. The damrer of anv attempts at a war of revengs for Sedan on me part of France is over. Franco like Germany only desires' to be let alone. The frontiers of both countries have been so strongly fortified; the armies of both countries have been placed in a state of such efficiency pnrt mobility that under the present condi tions of modern warfare successful in vasion on either side could hardly be ac- compiisneci. The alliance of France nnrt Russia has made the work of keeping tne peace or .Europe less difficult for Germany, for the face of the Czar, of nis great master of finance, M. De Witte, is firmly set in favor of un broken peace for Russia for many years to come, The relations of Italy, one of the members of the DrJebund. with France have become exceedingly cordial and there Is no reason to apprehend any violation of the peace of Europe outside of the Balkan province of Tur key- So far as the United States is concerned there is no ground for as suming that Germany has any hostile feeling toward Its people and govern ment. It Is true that under the new German tariff our American export trade to Germany will be sure to suffer unless through & reciprocity treaty some reduction in the German schedule is made. Our Senate refused to enact a policy of reciprocity toward France and would probably refuse reclnroeitv , to Germany tomorrow, and the new Ger- man tariff when It has- been In force long eaough seriously to Impair the volume of our food exports to Germany will very likely lead to some more or leas serious diplomatic discontent and discord between the two governments, but out of the discontent there is no danger of war, for war has become the last resort of enlightened nations. War costs too muh and it seldom settles anything right. Germany Is not "In a fighting mood; neither is England, nor Russia, nor the United States, so that we cbj afford to accept the peaceful as surances of the German Chancellor as entirely sincere. Germany and Great Britain behaved In perfect good faith in the matter of Venezuela. They an nounced their programme; our gov ernment approved It and the allies did not exceed It. The new German tariff, will be sure to reduce our food export .trade, but we" have only ourselves to blame for this, for our Senate Is dis posed to strangle every reciprocity treaty at birth and the new German tariff is merely a justifiable effort ttf enact a policy of retaliation; it simply says: "The American tariff hog shall not be permitted to root up Germany's trade with impunity." X.ET DETAILS BE GIYEX. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer de vote? nearly a column In an attempt to explain some misleading figures which it printed regarding the foreign maritime commerce of Puget Sound and of Portland. The term "misleading" is used advisedly, for the figures In a way were correct As the P.-L says, "The Oregonlan does not attempt to dispute the correctness of these fig ures." The objection made by The Ore gonlan, and it still holds good, was that a proper explanation of the Im mense figures given on Puget Sound's maritime commerce with foreign coun tries did not accompany the figures. The P.-L placed the foreign tonnage en tering Portland for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1902, at 65.000 tons, when as a matter of fact during the period mentioned 176 vessels of 328,005 tons net register came to Portland from for eign ports. The individual tonnage of each of these vessels, the ports from which they came, and ,all other details are on record at the custom-houses at Astoria and Portland, and at the Mer chants Exchange in this city. It is unnecessary to print them in .detail at this time, but if the P.-L will present a detailed list of the foreign vessels which were used In piling up that 1, 221,390 tons on Puget Sound. The Or egonlan will gladly supply the names, tonnage and other particulars of the 176 foreign vessels which came to Port land in the twelve months ending June 30, 1902. The Oregonlan contended that much of the tonnage engaged In the foreign trade to Puget Sound consisted of steamers running back and forth be tween Vancouver and Victoria. This the P.-L does not dispute; In fact, it admits that not only were these steam ers included, but "during the last fiscal year the number of sailing ves sels in the foreign trade which entered Puget Sound was 363, rather fdouble the number of vessels of every description which entered both of the Columbia ports." These figures would Indicate that the number of ore barges, sloops, schooners and freight scows plying across the straits in the foreign trade was nearly equal to the steamer traf fic on the same route. They 6ut quite a figure in swelling the totals, but from a commercial standpoint lack the weight carried by Portland's foreign maritime commerce. HEREDITARY SOLDIERSHIP. The other day the President appointed the nephew of General Longstreet, the great Confederate soldier, to a naval cadetship. This practice followed by the Presidents of the United States of selecting their appointees to the Army and Navy from the ranks of the sons or near relatives of distinguished Amer ican soldiers Is an excellent m fnr- if perpetuates sound fighting blood in both arms or tne service. The Army Regis ter" today bears the names of some rep resentative of nearly every great of ficer. Union or Confederate, who rose to distinction in the Civil "War. The Union Army Is represented in the Army Register by sons or grandsons or other relatives of Grant, Sheridan, Fremont, Schofield, Ord. Howard. Pone Sirmne Getty, Ayres, Wright, Humphreys! Reynolds, Baird, "Walcutt, Stanley, lie- lernana. Augur, Palmer, Hunt, Gar rard and Barn urn, while the Confed erate army Is represented by the names of Longstreet. Lee. Hill. W Heeler Johnston, Cheatham, Stuart, Butler, Cabell, Pickett, Armistead, Jenkins! Echols, Lawton, Scales, Gordon, Ha good, Nichols. Pegram. Wilcox. Walker and other Confederate soldiers of no less valor, though of less rank and distinc tion. The excellence of this policy lies in the fact that It stocks the military and naval academy with the finest miiiinn. blood of both sections as revealed by a long ana destructive war. If the ashes of the fathers glow In the children's fires. It may be expected that the lineal descendant of a soldier of high repute will add to his natural sense of mili tary pride In his profession a stroiur de sire to' maintain the reputation of the ramiiy for valor and ability. There are names on our Army and Navy list today that have always been repre sented in the patriotic annals of the country. "When Admiral Self rid ere die last year he left a son behind him on the retired list and one on the active list of the Navy. The son of Major General Worth, of Mexican War fame. Is on our retired list today, from wonnflq received before Santiago. Major Capron and his son, Captain Capron, both faced the same enemy in Cuba. The son fell in battle, the father died of disease. The names of Anderson. Alexander Casey and Porter are seldom absent rrom our Army or Navy lists. The gallant General Guy V. Henrv the son or an Army officer, and there have been many Instances, where the son brought to West Point the high repu tation of a soldierly father to Justify the highest hopes' for the boy's future distinction. In the British army the flzhtlnir final ity of its Tegiments was improved when. after l46, regiments were recruited from the Scottish Highlands, some of which were led by their hereditary chiefs. The Colonel of the Cameron Highlanders, whose death at Wateri in so eloquently described in "Chllde Har old," was the hereditary chief of the clan, and one of his last acts was to bid the pipers strike up "Lochaber No More," the dying soldier's farewell to his castle and his clan. These Highland regiments absorbed the best fiehtkie blood of the clans that had fought each other fiercely in the Jacobite rising of 1745: the Camerons. the McDonalds the Gordons, the Stuarts and the Campbells after cuuoden vied with each other In valor in the British army service, for the Jacobite cause was lost, the clan organization was broken up; so that at Tlconderoga, at Quebec, at MInden, at Alexandria, at Quatre Bras, it was "Highlanders shoulder to shoulder." The old quarrels of the clans were ex tinct forever in common service under the English flag. So today the old-time memory of the battle between North and South has lost all its bitterness, for the sons and grandsons of the soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies are equally represented in the Army of the Nation. The ancient quarrel Is ex tinct, and even as the sons and grand sons of the Jacobite Highlanders, who were crushed by Kins' George's army at Callodeo, found themselves fighting fax. King George's army a lew years later, so the sons and grandsons of the Con federate army are today become part of our regular Army and Navy; the- an cient quarrel is extinct for all time; the best fighting families of both sections stand up today and are counted as equally strenuous supporters of the flag of the Nation. Whether of Union or Confederate ancestors, the officers of pur regular Army stand up "like High landers shoulder to shoulder" for the American flag. The blood of both sec tions has been shed under Its folds In Cuba, the Philippines and China, and it la a wise public policy that seeks to perpetuate the names and memories of our best fighting stock of both sections In the future history of the Army and Navy of the United States. The mem ory of these stout ancestors makes them. Immortal figures in the military family of our National Army, since "to live In hearts we leave behind Is not to die." The members of the French nobility, old or young, man, woman and child, faced the guillotine with firmness when low-bred ruffians died like cravens. The nobility had too much pride of family to betray fear, while the vulgar male factor had nothing to sustain him but his natural nerve and brute courage, that generally falls cheap men in the hour of certain death by the ax or cord of the executioner. Professional pride and pride of an cestry join hands to make our West Point graduate the best possible Army officer in war or peace,. The -Cuban, reciprocity treaty when reported to the Senate of the last Con gress contained no provision for the approval of Congress or the House. Mr. Cullom Of the foreign relations com mittee contended that the approval of the House was not necessary and not in accord with the Constitution giving to the President and the Senate full power to negotiate and ratify treaties, and the Senate approved of the position of Mr. Cullom. But the Cuban treaty that has just been ratified by the Sen ate contains a stipulation that the House or Congress muBt approve to give It effect. The question whether the President and Senate can arrange a scheme of reciprocity in trade solely on their constitutional rights to negotiate and ratify, treaties has never been au thoritatively determined, but the Pres ident and Senate have rarely If ever exercised this right The reciprocity treaties with Canada in- 1854; with Hawaii In 1876, and with Mexico in 1883 provided that they should not take ef fect, so far as the United States was concerned, until the laws necessary for carrying them out were enacted by "Congress," which, was equivalent to stipulating for approval by the House. The decision of "the Senate that trea ties which directly or indirectly affect the revenues ought to be approved by the House Is a sound conclusion, for otherwise the Senate and the President might put. in force treaties In gross vio lation of all the policy of the Govern ment as decreed by the people through their representatives In the House. It cannot be fairly assumed that the Con Btitutlpn Intended to confer on the Presi dent and Senate any such revolutionary A little more' than $64,000 is the esti mated cost of the site selected for the drydock, just abbVe the town of St. Johns. The amount to be paid for the site itself is. 514,000; and the cost of preparing it is estimated at something over $50,000. which will hardly -be- les and may be a great deal more. It is the "usual thing for these public under takings to run into excessive cost; but doubtless the Port of Portland Com mission has acted upon its most care ful Judgment. Not Improbably, how ever, continual dredging will be neces sary to keep the approaches to the dock open. It is all an experiment, and probably would be so whatever site might have been chosen. In these mat ters expert skill is of little value; for the expert skill is based on other condi tions than those that exist here. We shall find out after a while a long while but at great cost Meantime, what, with bridges, ferries, libraries, schools, harbor Improvement, drydock, county .expenses, state expenses, muni cipal expenses,- and everybody trying to get on a public payroll, already twice as large as necessary, the tax-gatherer will be our chief of men, In tne recent vote on the amendments to the constitution of New Hampshire the proposal to grant woman suffrage was beaten by a majority of 2 to L This Is nearly as severe a defeat as that encountered in . Massachusetts in 1S95. This woman suffrage amendment was regularly prepared by the New Hampshire constitutional convention and ample time for discussion and agitation was allowed. Rhode Island voted down woman suffrage a few years ago. East of the Mississippi wo man suffrage has no standing and even in the trans-Mississippi region the "children are not crying for It." A clear and true noteIs sounded in the communication of S. A. D. Gurley anent the portage railway bill, pub lished in another column. Eastern Or egon demands an open river; Western Oregon will not oppose it. Let the ref erendum be invoked if the Baker City clique, by hook or crook, can get the necessary signatures. Unlike the Lewi! and Clark appropriation, a few months' delay will not work serious injury. There Is nothing to fear from the vo ters of Oregon, except resentment over the useless expense of counting the vote. An open Columbia River will not be turned down. It Is unfortunate that Eastern Ore gon was given no representation on the committee appointed under a resolution of the Legislature for the purpose of receiving and entertaining President Roosevelt. The fourteen members of the Joint committee are distributed among the following counties: Clacka mas, one; Lane, two; Washington, two; Tillamook, one; Josephine, one; Jack son, one; Coos, one; Lincoln, one; Yam hill, one; Marlon, one; Linn, one; Mult nomah, one. The failure to name an Eastern Oregon man on the committee was undoubtedly an oversight. The truth of the statement that schoolgirls are being injured phj-slcally by the strenuous basket-ball contests in which many of them engage can scarce ly be doubted. Parental supervision and authority should come. in and tem per these contest or forbid the practice. New Hampshire's vote on the amend ments to the state constitution shows' that woman suffrage was beaten by an overwhelming vote. The amendment requiring that every voter shall be able to read the English language end be able to write was adopted. . . OdR TJtADE, V1T3 tCUBA; ' . Baslaess Rchbohs far the RatiScatlon aaa Eaactmeat of Reciprocity. Letter in New York Sua. In view of the pending Cuban reciprocity treaty, to the ratification of which the United States Is practically and morally pledged, it ts of Interest to note in detail the features of our last year's commerce with the deserving island, and also the totals each way for the past three years. Imports from Cuba have been as follows: $31,747,229 1S01 46.963,511 l2 4Si619,5S8 The 1202 Import consisted mainly of: Increase overl90L Bananas $$,279 $12547 Leaf tobacco (22,283,582 pounds) 9.736.2SS 52S.430 Mahogany (7,768,000 feet) 457,601 240,223 Decrease from 1501. Raw sugar (1.7S7.90S.029 pounds) $29,571,355 $ 97.2S9 Copper 82,921 42,331 The decrease In the sugar import, while not large, is a timely warning of further and much larjrer decreases which Cuba will suffer from unless we offer her an en couraging market; in other words, unless we perform the unwritten, though not less binding pledge which formed the basis of the success which attended the official mission to Cuba of Senator Piatt, of Connecticut- Cuba did her part then by fix ing the Cuban constitution as we wanted it and by since giving us tw6 coaling sta tions. On what Just grounds can we refuse or further delay to perform our share of the bargain? The exports to Cuba have been as fol lows: 500 $26,934,524 S01 27.007.024 23,0S1,623 Wherein arose this decrease of $3,925,401 in one year? The following figures tell: Decrease ; 1902. from 1901. Books, maps and printed matter. $' 75,167 $ 23,157 Corn 27,533 13.747 Wheat flour 2,069.876 13,246 Bicycles 12.320 2,025 Cars and carriages 457,217 26,007 CoaL. anthracite 46,471 23,399 Cotton cloth, 3,530.775 yds 2OS.029 71,079 Cotton, other manufac tures Of i58,313 4.791 Fruits and-nuts 4 83,713 8,345 Hops ....i : 2.513 322 Builders' hardware 332,500 56,828 Steam engines 125,730 15S.059 Typewriting machines.... 33.9S2 4,400 Leather, unmanufactured CS.348 9.C09 Turpentine, spirits of.... 30,154 17,572 Oils, refined 191,910 44.298 Oil, cotton seed 37,549 1,541 Paper and manufactures Of 237,995 16.664 Beef products 16,281 1,420 Hog products 1,201.323 355.339 Lard 2,197,928 237,761 Dairy products 41,217 7,755 Tobacco, manufactures of 137,339 25,334 Furniture 261.6S3 66.54S Increase Over 190L Agricultural implements.$ 340.514 $156,704 Oats 234,425 16,635 Coal, bituminous t. ....... 1,012,795 79.445 Electrical machinery 26.736 4.400 Sewing machines 97.355 15,786 Rosin and tar 28,576 5.9S1 Mineral oils, crude 257.4S1 - 104,431 Seeds ' 5.700 925 Wood, unmanufactured.. 1,029,494 146,216 Our corn failure in 1901 accounts for the falling off In corn, beef products, hog products and lard, but why the heavy falling off in refined oils, cotton cloths, builders' hardware, steam engines, paper and other manufactures? Are we losing our grip on Cuba's trade, and the island only SO miles away? It looks that way, with a falling off of nearly $4,000,000 two years running. If so, what Is the remedy? Is it not the reci procity treaty which Is ours for the ask ing? "As we only produce, all told one-eighth of the sugar we consume (600,000.000 pounds out of 4.700,000,000 pounds), and as all Eu rope is pressing Its manufactures on Cuba, do we not need the offered reciprocal trade arrangements as badly as does Cuba? There is really no sentiment about it other than our implied promises. It's pure busi ness. We must buy sugar and we must sell our manufactures. As It is now, we are buying sugar paying unnecessary duty, increasing the profits of the very few to the detriment of the very many consumers and factory wage-earners. Cuba is our customer naturally, and her want3 are increasing. Will it pay us to go. on letting her trade slip through our fingers at the rate of $4,000,000 yearly, plus the increase which would otherwise be ours? - Sew York a Capaclons Receiver. Los Angeles Times. New York wants a ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, but it .is dol lars to doughnuts thit New York will want the country to pay for it. When it comes to "putting up" for things wanted, by New York, we notice that New York is hilariously in favor of reaping tho fruits of the people's sowing It was so with the Grant monument, Jwith the foun dation for the statue of Liberty on Bed loe'a Island, and with about every other thing that New York has clamored for in the past 50 years. New York Is rich enough to build a ship canal, if she wants it, and we would suggest that Gotham get at the job as soon as may be cdnvenlent. The people of the United States are a trifle weary of building things for New York. That city Is great on projecting and suggesting, but in the matter of pay ing the price is as backward as an ordi nary Eastern Spring. "Put up," New York, and look pleasant. Hlndta Oceeltlat and Senator Spooncr Springfield Union. "Why," eald the narrator, "I almost be lieve that Dr. Sarak could smash a bot tle by simply concentrating his mind utjon It." "That's nothing," said Senator Spoon er, blandly. "I've known .men to think of a bottle and break a dollar." Hymn of the Vaudoi. Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Remans. For the strength oi the hills re bless thee. Our God, our fathers' God! ,Thou hast made, thy children mighty By the touch of the mountain sod. Thou hast fixed our ark of refuge, "Where the spoiler's foot ne'er trod; For the strength of the hills we bless thee. Our God, our fathers' Godl We are watchers of a -beacon Whose lights must never die; We are guardians of an- altar 'Midst the silence of the sky: The rocks yield founts of courage. Struck forth as br thy rod; , For the strength of the hills we' bless thee. Our God, our fathers' God! For the dark resounding caverns. Where thy still small voice Is heard; .For the strong pines of the forests, That by thy breath are stirred; For the storms on whose free pinions " Thy spirit walks abroad;" For the strength of tha hills W6 bless thee. Our God, our fathers' God! The royal eagle darteth On his quarry from tho heights. And the stag that knows no master Seeks there his wild delights; But we, for thy communion. Have sought the mountain sod; For the strength of the hills we bless thee. Our God. our fathers' Godl The banner of the chieftain. Far, far below us waves; Th war-horse of the spearman Cannot reach our lofty caves: The dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode; - For the strength of the hills we bless thee. Our God, our fathers' Godl ' For the shadow of thy presence, Round our camp- of rock outspread; For tho stern defiles of battle. Bearing record of our dead; -For tthese snows and for the torrents. For the free hearts burial sod; , - For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, oar fathers Godl SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Tie Pretest. Arlington Record. A move Is on foot In Albany to have 'the appropriation for the Lewis and Clark Centennial submitted- to the people by the referendum. Every and all such moves should be discouraged- Every man arid woman In Oregon should pull off his coat and' go to work to make the Fair a success and a grand success. Mossback ism has done more to retard the pro gress of Oregon than any other one thing. We hope everybody will throw cold water on this referendum scheme of the mosabacks. Ia the. First District. Woodburn Independent, Binger BTermann would undoubtedly represent Oregon in the lower branch of Congress, in many particulars, in a very able manner, but it would be decidedly impolitic to even nominate him. Mr. Hermann was not literally kicked out of the United State Land office, but received such a strong hint that he resigned. He knew he had to go, and every politician in Oregon1 knows the same thing. With this knowledge, it cannot be possible that the Republicans of this Congressional district will seek to nominate a man who, if elected, would be guided by revengeful feelings and ally himself with the anti Roosevelt Republicans. The Republicans of this district should not take up Her mann's fight and begin it with a slap at the Administration. Tho nomination of Hermann for Congressman could be re garded la no other light than a3 a slap at President Roosevelt For Dinger Hermann. Florence West. In discussing the merits of the various candidates for tho seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Thomas H. Tongue, the name that is received with the greatest favor is that of Binger Her mann. In this portion of the district ilr. Hermann is almost unanimously the first choice of the Republicans and we have heard many Democrats express them selves in favor of him for that office. The people remember Mr. Hermann's hard and faithful work in their behalf In the past and are anxious to see him re turned to his old place In the National legislature. There is a very stronjr feel Ing throughout the district in his favor and we are of the opinion that when the time for holding the convention arrives it will be found that Mr. Hermann is by far the strongest man whose name has been used In connection with that offlce. : "Washington's Anti-Gambling; Law. Pacific Journal. One of the wonders of the ElgSth Wash ington .uegisiaturo is the passage of the anti-gambling law. Why Senators will break up such nefarious practices, in which they, to a large extent, are very oiten round napplly engaged, is a Drob- lem for speculation- Gamblers through out tne state are not worrying themselves to any great extent concerning the pas sage or tne new law, claiming It will be impossible to secure a conviction under the statute. They are, no doubt, in the same frame of mind as many of the Sen ators and Representatives. w "Was It Revenge? Walla Walla Statesman. . It is now plain that it was not from any virtuous motives that the Republican Legislature passed the byi making gamb ling a felony. It was done to punish the gamblers for having won much of the money earned by many of the members of the Legislature in the Senatorial con test and in trafficking with legislation and for- the failure of the "sure thing" men to come up with the proper amount of boodle to insure the defeat of the bill. So Encouragement. Blue Mountain Eagle. The people of Oregon do not want to vote on the $600,000 appropriation for. the 1905 Fair and no encouragement should be given to those persons who are agi tating the matter of a referendum. In the State of "Washington. Morning Olympian. The Oregonlan pronounces It a very good Legislature "its work on the whole will averajre well ud with that of it predecessors," and The Oregonlan is not only a competent Judge, but Is wholly without bias. The Telegraph. Habit. New York Press. Many men have the telegraphing habit; as others have the telephoning habit. They send a- "wire" with and without provoca tion. Even where time-saving is not an object, and a letter would do much more good, they call for a blank and scratch off 20 or 40 words. " There Is a young lawyer here whose career has been greatly ac celerated by a judicious employment of tho telegraph. In some way he always manages to receive two or three messages wherever he happens to be In a hotel, theater, museum, church, opera-house or Jail. When he crosses the ocean next month on a big liner he will have half a dozen marconigrapns a day by wireless. He is confident of the success of keeping himself in the public eye, no matter what the cost. Last Sunday he received a mes sage In church, and, quietly rising to his fullest stature to give the congregation opportunity to view him. he stalked out, satisfied that he had made an Indelible Impression. The message consisted of five words: "Read Reflections of a Barrister." Early Birds and Early ."Worms. Pittsburg Gazette. The case of the. early candidate sug gests the early worm, rather than the early bird. He is certain to be pecked at when ha appears. This is the experience with which Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, is now meeting. He is the first candidate to be pushed to the front for the Democratic nomination in 1904, and his claims are already a target for criticism. As a candidate of the reorgan Izers, the Bryan ban falls heavily upon Judge Parker, and it threatens any can didate the Democratic party may select, unless Bryan is allowed to name. him. Ulmon Items. Miller County (Mo.) Autogram. Beginning, at tho Reed boys They- claim to keep tha latest styles, They sell their goods by the piece, also by the piles. But there Is Ernest Clark, He ls not far behind the rest; If you will examine close you win find he keeps the best. There's Uncle Moses Richardson "With always something to say. And If you'll call at Ernest Clark's you'll find him every day. There's Bass & Keyes, the blacksmiths The boys are always, on the "go"; One at the anvil and one at the "blow." There Is Mr. Fred "Williams, Doing "biz" for Uncle Sam; And If you'd Ilka a lunch to eat he keeps the potted ham. Next comes Jehu Burton. Who owns a little mill. He grinds a little now and then, until he gets his fill. He saws a little lumber. BUt being Justice of the Peace, He shuts off steam In one to give the other relief. ' ' ' ' There's our little doctor. Ready to go whether you have the money or no. There's Uncle BUly Coburn, . Llvlns Just a little up the street. He -looks after the drummers and .gives plenty to eat. - - . ! Thl Is about the occnpatlon Of the Ulmon people crew; But when we meet at the' church house It's -"Howdy, howdy dot" . ? NOTE, AND COMMENT. From Indications the Mississippi "Volley "does not need any- of the $11,000,000 that Congress authorized for Irrigation. It's about time the Buffalo authorities wefe ordering Sir A. Conah Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes to the. scene of the Burdick mystery, if they" want help. A Portland, Me., man recently shot a street-car motorman for ringing a gong in front of his residence. Some of the Northrup-street residents would be glad to have that man's courage. A well-known authority say.; that the coal supply in tho United States will not last 60 years. That won't make any dif ference The poor consumer will have been finished long before that. So there is a National Hay Association, and It is making trouble for the rail roads. We guess they're all represented now. It must be that sour dough and stubbed toes have their respective Na tional associations by this time. The Minneapolis Tribune has discovered that ex-Mayor Ames does not belong to the honorable and somewhat exclusive family to which the name he assumes, would assign him. He belongs to the Eames family, which is much more numer ous and not so particular as to its rec ord and standing. Many of the Eames ea have changed their names to Ames, much to the disgust of those who are truly Ames. That was a righteous judgment by the Lexington. Ky., Judge. Corporation di rectors who vote to declare excessive divi dends which have not been earned are morally as guilty of embezzlement as it they had taken the money out of the cash drawer and used it without author ity. This decision, if upheld, will go far to correct one of the worst abuses in con nection with the multitude of mushroom corporations of tho day. Professor J. G. Jordan, of Bates College, was recently asked to analyze some so called "beer" confiscated by a Sheriff in Maine. His report was as follows: "I should say that It was composed of the rinsings from a sour-molasses barrel, the suds obtained in washing a barroom floor, and all of the moldy grain the liquid would absorb. It Is only 2.73 per cent alcohol, but a man ought to be prose cuted for. selling such stuff." Tho following note of a Chicago divorce court for March 11 gives a new flavor to a class of news that is much In need of variety: An envelope full of whiskers was handed Judge Dunna In court this morning by tha at torney for W. E. Stelnbach, who has filed a cro3s-bllr for divorce agalnstEva Stelnbach. His Honor was Informed that tho whiskers, roots and all, were extracted from tho chin of Mr. Stelnbach by his copartner la matrimony. If this showing does not bring a de cree for the plaintiff .the Judge should be investigated for prejudice against whiskers. Recently a stranger entered a cathedral In Sicily and begged, to be allowed to play the organ. With some reluctance the or ganist allowed the stranger to play, and soon the cathedral was filled with superb harmonies. Gradually the cathedral filled with curious people attracted by the music, such as they had never head. When the stranger had finished the cathedral organist aaked the stranger's name. He was Abbe Perosi, the young priest-composer, whose opera "Leo" was performed at the Vatican at the close of the pope's jubilee. A new musket, which' is a composite of the Krag-Jorgensen and Mauser, and likely to be- adopted by $he Government, Is said to be the deadliest small arm In modern warfare. The knife bayonet of the Krag-Jorgensen is replaced by a rod bayonet. The velocity of the bullet of the old Springfield gun, used In the clos ing days of the Civil War, and as the standard arm until the adoption of the Krag-Jorgensen a- few years before the outbreak of the Spanish War, is between ISOO and 1400 feet a second. The velocity of the Krag-Jorgensen is 2000 feet a second, and in the hew rifle speed is increased to 2300 feet. The recent death of 'James Cralgie on the Isle of Man serves to recall the great est prizefight In history, the memorable battle at Farnborough, on April 17, I860, between Tom Sayers, champion of Eng land, and Jack Heenan. Mr. Cralgie was one of Bayers' backers, putting up a part of the stake of flOOO, for which the battle was fought- At the ringside were many of England's most notable men, including Lord Palmerston. The battle ended in a draw and a free fight, and the pugilists had to be smuggled away from the police. The disgraceful ending of the fight marked the beginning of the decline of the sport as a- "gentleman's game." The following Intimation to couples de sirous of entering Into the blissful state of matrimony has just been published In Berlin. It is Interesting, inasmuch as it throws light upon the influence exerted by certain seasons of the year and days of the week on the number of marriages: Attention. Is hereby called to tho clrcumstanca that the number of marriages contracted be tween the end of March and the middle of April Is so great that the civic officials find it Increasingly difficult to meet the wishes of be trothed persons as to the wedding day. The latter are extremely prone to select Saturdays. So much so, Indeed, that It Is not always pos sible for the officials to transact all the busi ness which Is fixed for that day. It is neces sary, at least In Berlin, for tho officials in question to consult the Interested parties with a view to distributing the marriages more evenly over the week days, in order to avoid conges tion of business. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS He -What Is your favorite stone? She Oh, this Is so sudden! Harvard Lampoon. Cholly My horse never shies at anything. She "Well, he's used to seeing you, Cholly. Judge. Ascum Twins at your house, eh? I'll bet they're pretty boisterous. Nupop Partly so. One of them Is glrlcterous. Philadelphia Press. "What can I preach about next Sunday that will please the entire congregation?" asked the new minister. "Preach about the evils of riches," replied the old deacon. "There Isn't a member Of the congregation that Is worth over ?2000." Chicago Dally News. "Did you give that woman two good eggs for her 5 cents?" asked the corner grocer Of tha new boy. "I did, sir." "You're- discharged. Tou should have sold her two- bum eggs, so that she'd come pack to kick and give me a chance to sell her a porterhouse steak." Bal timore News. Tha old gentleman steadily regarded him. "Well." ho sa'ld, "it Is evident that my daugh ter did not pick you out for your personal at tractions. Hence I must conclude that ycu have some practical points that are of value. Take her. my boy, she's yours." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "George," said Mrs. Ferguson, "the people next door to us sent over again, this morning for some" "I haven't any time to talk abput the people next door," broke In Mr. Ferguson. "I'm not asking you to talk about them," sha rejoined, with firmly set Hps, 'Til do the talk ing." Chicago Tribune. "At what time does- the 0:20 train get in?" asked the commercial traveler Jocularly, of the ticket agent at Hexham's Corners. "About noon." replied the official. And It proved that there was more truth than humor In hla reply, the said train having a habit of being about three hours late. Detroit Free Press.