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While The OregorJan Is of the opinion that the President does not at tach due Importance to the fact that protection. In certain ways, greatly fa vors some of the trusts, end even denies that it Is so, still It must be apparent that the country could not and would not stand drastic legislation against masses of capital, by which alone great enterprises necessary to modern prog ress can be supported. It Is Impossible to set any limits by law to accumulations of capital, and not reasonable to suppose that all can be rich, or even that many can be rich. If all the men and women of the world were obliged, as we say, to work for a living, using that term In Its popular sense, the world would be sent back very quickly to a much lower civiliza tion, if not soon to savage life. While the social life of the people Is not bo simple as it once was, the generality earn more and live better than ever be fore, and' have more of the comforts of life. A few prosper greatly, and these ore not always the men of highest char acter. Good fortune does not come only to the Just, cr bad fortune only to the unjust, and this gives rise oftentimes to the spirit of envy and Jealousy and hatred In the breasts of those who, though they may be doing fairly well themselves, yet see others who are no more deserving doing far better. Law, it should always be unnecessary to say, cannot reach this condition. It cannot, or ought not, to take from one man and give to another. In the protective sys tem, however, there is an element of this kind; and It ought to be possible to eliminate It. The duty on Iron ond steel Inures chiefly to the benefit of the eteel trust; and It is preposterous to claim that this combination of fourteen hundred mill ions of dollars, which pays a large divi dend on tills vastly inflated sum, needs the fostering care of protection. It no more needs It than did the coal barons, whose "protection" the late Congress, under stress qf the demand for coal and the extortionate prices for It, cut off. Al ready coal is becoming cheap and will be cheaper; and the greedy coal masters will probably have trouble in getting a "protective" duty again. Stoppage of rebates on transportation will cut off one great abuse by which the trusts have prospered. The President Is Justified in his claim for the efficiency of this reform. Fearlessly enforced. It will cut the connection between the great combinations employed in production of trust-made goods and the other great combinations engaged In railway trans portation. Rebates granted by the rail roads to great shippers have probably done more to build up great manufac turing trusts and to destroy their small er competitors than all other causes put together. Every state seems friendly to every great trust within Its own borders, and It Is next to impossible to Induce the State Legislatures to do anything for their control though the trusts are merely the creatures of the states. There Is need of supervision and con trol, but under our system of govern ment there are peculiar difficulties in the way of exercising such supervision end control. National legislation of complete adequacy Is nearly) impossible, owing to limited power of Congress, while as a matter of practical experi ence state action has proved entirely In sufficient The American people desire to find and will And some right method' of control, and the legislation already tentatively enacted will doubtless lead to more. And yet the people do not want measures so drastic as to bury themselves In the crash of a common disaster. The State of Indiana yerterday pre sented on Shlloh battlefield to the United States Government twenty two monuments erected In honor of the twenty-two Indiana regiments which participated in. that great battle, the first really great battle fought be tween the troops of the North and the South, measured by the numbers en gaged, the fierceness of the fighting, the length pf the contest and the severity of the losses. In the battle of Sunday, April 6. ISC, the Confederates, commanded by General Albert Sydney Johnston, assaulted the Union lines defended by some 57,000 men, with about 50,000, and drove the Federals out of their camps, both suffering and Inflicting- great loss. The Federal Army was reinforced by J0.000 men under General Buell, and the next day forced the Confederates under Beauregard to retire and reoccupltd Its camps. The lowts In killed and woucd- I ed were, on the Union ride, 1715 killed and 7SS2 wouode-J, besides 4000 prisoners; The total Confederate lots was 10,639 In killed, wounded and missies. But few Confederate prisoners were taken, so that the Ipasea In killed and -wounded were about equal. General Lew Wal lace la probably correct In hto view that General Sherman, who commanded la the absence of Grant, was Inexcusably surprised by the enemy. There was no fighting previous to Shlloh that equaled It. Bull Run was a fight between raw troops 1 raw, as General Joe Johnston eajw. that If the Federal Army- had not fallen Into a causeless panic his own army would have fled. Fort Donelson was a happy success, but not a severe test of military quality; but Shlloh re vealed to the South and the North that each had a foeman worthy of Its best eteeU THB PEOPLE'S MAX. The revolt of machine politicians against Roosevelt Is apparent. Our Eastern advices make It perfectly clear that the outspoken attempt here In Oregon to send a hcstlle delegation to the next Republican National Conven tion will be duplicated in other states. Our local expression of the machine re sentment, though taking the form of protest against an alleged anti-Semitic prejudice of the President, may after all be only part of a concerted scheme to get rid. If possible, of a President who is his own man, and acquire one who will do the bidding of the bosses In the various states. Roosevelt Is not the politician's man. His methods are not machine methods, his advisjrs are not the grindstone-turners. He has offend ed the politicians Just as Cleveland of fended them. He confronts the came opposition that McKicley confronted in 1836, when ever- big Republican boss but Hanna went to St Louis with a knife In his boot for the Ohio candi date. The President has other hostile crit ics, as far as posrible removed from the machines, and even more Implacable. They are the mugwumps, as we used to call them; the Ideologists, as Napo leon called those of his day; the inde pendents, as they call themselves. Roosevelt Is not good enough party man for the bosses, but he is entirely too good a party man for the independ ents. They are not Republicans at all. but In reality dilettantlsts of Re publican antecedents and Gold Dem ocrats. It would be very near the truth to say that, except for Bryanlsm's attacks on money, prop erty and business, the Democratic party would today have the support of Harper's Weekly, the New York Times, New York Evening Post Springfield Republican, Brooklyn Eagle. New York Herald, New York World, Boston Her ald, Kansas City Star, Chicago News, Chicago Record-Herald, Washington Post Washington Star, Philadelphia Ledger and Times, Philadelphia Bul letin and many others Journals of lesser fame but great Influence In their re spective fields. As to the tariff, these papers are Democratic It is transpar ently Impossible for Mr. Roosevelt as a Republican President, to occupy the Democratic position. But It Is equally clear that his defenses of protection can find no favor In the so-called "Independ ent" eyes. But the independents are not the peo ple any more than the bosses are. Their antagonism Is possibly a source of strength equal to that afforded by the hostility of the machines. The average man doesn't warm up to the scholar In politics. A clean shirt and whole gloves are not more fatal to popularity than are Irrefragable evidences of accurate knowledge and refined feelings. Cleve land the Sheriff was an entirely differ ent "proposition" from Cleveland the Princeton sage. It is quite certain that Thomas B. Reed knew too much, and It was Mr. McKlnley's invincible as tuteness that kept him from acquiring or at least from displaying any Intelli gence above the common run of the horn jv handed and the plain-faced. Mr. Roosevelt apparently comprehends this supreme equipment for public life. As the rejected stone of the political and the cultivated builders, he will attest to the masses his fitness for "the head of the corner." For Roosevelt is the people's man. He is out now on a tour which Is hooted at by the bosses and reprobated by the mugwumps. But he Is not going to hurt the average voter's feelings by coming to see him In a democratic way as his equal at all points. And probably it is all for the best This is not the college professor's country any more than it is the rich man's country. The Govern ment belongs to the people as a whole, to the vast majority, by whatever test of material, intellectual or moral excel lence they are rated. This is not ideal ism, but It Is Justice. Above all. It is representative democracy. Give the people, then, their due. Otherwise they will take it anyhow. Till: KEEXE-lIAnRIMAX DEC1SIOX. Mr. Harriman. who controls both the Southern and the Union Pacific Rail way systems, has costly plans for the development of the Ogden route across the continent which, though geograph ically the shortest cut between the East and the West, has of late years suf fered In competition with Its Northern and Southern rivals. His Idea is to re duce the mileage by the cutting out of curves and .detours, to reduce the grades by tunneling the principal moun tain ranges particularly the Sierra Ne vada where the road enters California to solidify the roadbed and by every other available, expedient to put the route in condition for heavy trains and fast time. To accomplish all this will Involve the expenditure of a vast amount of money; and it is Mr. Hani man's declared policy to put the whole earnings of" the system during the next few years Into work. Mr. Keene, himself presumably a large holder of Southern Pacific stock, and the representative of other large stockholders, has opposed the Harriman policy. Now, while the Southern Pacific system is making money, Keene and his associates want dividends. Their claim Is that the Improvements which Mr. Harriman has planned are designed In their effects rather for the advantage of the Union Pacific, which connects with the Southern Pacific at Ogden. than for the company which roust do the work and pay the bills. They have protested against a. course which they character ize as "milking" the Southern Pacific for the aggrandizement of the Union Pacific The reply of Mr. Harriman and his partisans to these charges a reply which has convinced the court was that the betterments planned for the Southern Pacific line west from Og den are necessary on Its own account and that the employment of company funds in this -work is legitimate and Justifiable. At bottom, probably, the trouble was THE MORNING based upon the desire of Keene and his associate of the stock board for. a, pollct calculated to give trading value to Southern Pacific eeenrmea. The stock of a railroad which does not pay divi dends Is cot in demand, and It makes a poor basis for such activities es make up the business life of operators of the Keene type. They know nothing and care nothing about building up a' prop erty or for Its successful "operation. That is the railroad business, which is a very different thing from the business of the stock exchange; and it answers not at all the purpose for which they became holders of Southern Pacific stock. San Francisco, as the terminus of the Southern Pacific line, has been much Interested In he decision be tween Harriman and Keene, and will be gratified over the contest which gives the victory to the former. The policy of Harriman is for her advantage, because whatever tends to Increase the efficiency and develop the business of the Ogden route must unfailingly con tribute to her commercial Importance. By the same token there Is small rea son why the cities north and south of San Francisco should be pleased, since their Interest is In the diversion rather than in the consentration of transcon tinental traffic DISCOUNTING THE FTTTITRE. In perhaps no other branch of com merce Is the future discounted so much as In the grain markets. Yesterday the official figures on world's shipments for last week were posted as 10,677,000 bush els, compared with 7,161,000 bushels for the previous week. The "quantities on passage" increased from 29,360,000 bush els for the previous week to 37,010,000 buchels last week. Thus apparently came Into sight 11,000,000 bushels more wheat than was shown up from these two sources a week ago, and the only bullish figures In sight to offset these enormous Increases were those of the American "visible," which showed a de crease of 1,333,000 bushels. Ordinarily this array of weakness might be expect ed to cause lower prices In the wheat market, and yet Chicago, the greatest wheat market in the world, clo:ed the day three-eights of a cent higher than on Saturday. These statistics, collected and complied by the big exchanges of the world for official records, were not available col lectively or accurately until yesterday, and yet individually enough "leaked" out regarding same of them last week to discount effectually any Influence they might have on prices. The Argen tine was the easiest to "get a line on," and as far back as last Wednesday ru mors of big shipments came over the cables leading up from ths Southern Hemisphere. Many of the big wheat Arms of the Old World have representa tives there, and the situation was tipped off far enough in advance to assure the big operators on both sides of the At lantic that shipments would be run well up toward 4,000,000 bushels for the week The condition regarding Russia was similar, and though her contribution to the 10,677,000 bushels making up the week's shipments was more than double that pf the week previous, its effect had been discounted in the market reports printed in the daily papers throughout last week. So keen Is this rivalry for Inside In formation with which to forecast the fu ture that the successful grain operator can no longer wait until something hap pens before taking action on a trade, but instead must learn what Is going to happen several days, or at least hours; before It actually happens. This is not exactly an age of miracles, and accord ingly errors of Judgment sometimes make these forecasts of the market very expensive matters for the men who place their faith in them, but the prac tice of acting on advance Information has become so general that operators who do not follow It are nearly always found with the rear guard. Another Illustration of discounting the future in the grain trade Is always be fore us In the matter of chartering ves sels for handling wheat In this branch of the business It is a matter of neces sity, absolute and unavoidable, for the tonnage required to move the grain crops of Oregon and Washington must be drawn from remote quarters of the globe. The successful exporter must not only secure the best possible Infor mation as to the acreage and condition of the growing crop In his own country, but he must secure similar information regarding the crops of other countries whose exporters may be competitors in the market for tonnage as well as wheat He must also learn how much of the idle tonnage In the Orient may be diverted to the rice ports (knowledge of the condition of the rice crop is nec essary in connection with this), how much of It will go across to the nitrate ports, to Java for sugar, to New Cale donia for ore. All of this Information in accurate form Is available several months hence, and it is then too late for It to be of any assistance or value to either the exporter or the man whose wheat he handles. ELECTIUC AXD STAXDARD RAIL ROADS. There Is an Interesting situation at Los Angeles in relation to the business of local passenger transportation. The city, as everybody knows. Is the center of a district in which there are many smaller towns or cities within & radius of twenty miles or more; and. due to the climate, the large number of visitors and to other local conditions. It has come to be the center of a great pas senger transport business. To & visitor, the whole population appears to be con stantly on the cars; and that there Is some basis for this presumption is ex hibited by the fact that the gross re ceipts cf the Los Angeles street-car sys tem aggregate upwards of 39000 per day; this In a city scarcely larger than Portland. Until very recently the passenger transportation business between Los Angeles and its surrounding group of tributary communities was in the hands of the gweral railroads the Southern Pacific afcd the Santa Fe, particularly the latter, which has branches every where. But within the past two or three years there has been developed an elec tric railway system of wonderful pro portions. Mr. H. E. Huntington, who, through the will of his uncle, the late Collls P. Huntington, has come to be a man of enormous wealth, has made this system his special hobby, and has been pouring his millions into It with unlim ited confidence in the success of electric transportation in competition with standard railroad transportation. Al ready the results are Justifying his the ory. Mr. Huntington's cars connecting Los Angeles with its near-by towns go crowded, while tha regular trains go empty. The electric route unfailingly takes lhe passengers; for, by Its regu larity. Its ease of access at every street OREGON! AN, TUESDAY, crossing; and other advantages, it pats the steam car st a. disadvantage. At Lob Angeles, as everywhere where the electric road has been brought Into com petition with the standard road la the matter of passenger transportation, the latter has all but been put oat of busi ness. Within the past fortnight application has. been made to the City Council of Loa Angeles by persons who do cot name their backers for a series of elec tric lines, with the purpose, rather os tentatiously presented, of paralleling the Huntington roads;, and a special bid for favor Is made in the form of a pledge, to be guarded In the proposed franchises, of a three-cent fare. Nat urally, such a proposal -vastly Interests the people who pay car rates; and' In the nature of things, the franchise would have been granted. In spite cf the fact that the city Is already badly cut up with car-tracks. But it Is charged, with every appearance of Its being true, that the bidders for the franchises are agents of the standard roads which have recently suffered so much from competition; that they have no inten tion to put their proposals through, but wish to obtain and bold the franchises as a club over Mr. Huntington, with the hope of bringing him to "reasonable policies" respecting their rival inter ests. On this basis, there is In progress at Los Angeles a fight which promises to make a vote In the City Council, in combination with an easy conscience, a valuable personal asset. The general Interest In this matter Is Its exposition of the relative advantage of electric over standard roads In the matter of traffic when they operate In the same field. By this experience at Los Angeles. It is demonstrated beyond a doubt that where the competition Is direct the standard road ma' as well withdraw its trains. The fact la of the greatest Importance In this and In every country where the local transport sys tem has yet practically to be created, -and where facilities are at hand for generating electric power cheaply. There Is no feature of the Improve ment now in progress in Portland that Is more promising than that which Is providing homes of the better class In the suburban districts for a, multitude of workers. Following this In importance Is the movement toward building up a wholesale and manufacturing district on the East Side within easy reach of these homes. The dilapidated condition of that portion of Union avenue. East Stark street and East Water street that In the palmy days of the old Stark- street ferry constituted the business por tion of East Portland, has long been an Index of blighted Industrial and trade conditions. These, until recently, have shown not the least prospect of recov ecry. Now, however, the pulse of enter prise has begun to throb in this long neglected district and the impulse of a new business life Is promised. A "Rose City" is desirable, end a clean city Is essential. But a city that Is en terprising along commercial and indus trial lines that extend from workshops and manufacturing plants to home and schoolhouses is what counts In clearing house returns and in solid, substantial growth, as well as In the accruing bene fits of an advancing civilization. The man who makes two blades cf grass grow where one grew before has long held an honored place In the eco nomics of civilization. The principle in volved Is capable of wide expansion. An example of this is witnessed tn the multiplication of the "evergreen black berry," to which reference was made by Mr. Klllin in a letter published a few days ago. With very little encourage ment cn the part of the landholder doz ens of these blackberry bushes can be made to grow where but one grew be fore, especially if a moist soil invites such propagation. These bushes are covered with savage briars, which make It necessary for the habitual pick er of the berries to be clad In denim and buckskin, end the fruit, to be palatable, must not be overripe. But a more ram pant grower and a more prolific bearer than this blackberry bush imported, as Mr. Klllin Informs us, from Tennessee never made an aggressive stand for it self In any neighborhood. If It can be made to serve the purposes of a local Industry, so much the better. A sublime, and at the same time, a pitiful, exhibition of mother love and hope, and the unreascn that comes from the excess of both, was witnessed In Thurston County, Washington, recently. A lad died suddenly from an acute at tack of rheumatism. The usual evi dences of death were lacking for some days, and the mother worked constantly over the Inanimate body, hoping to re store the life that had fled, for a period of three weeks, before she gave up and consented to burial. Those Who hare learned in homes ot faith The truth to flesh, and sense unknown. That Life Is erer lord ot Death, And Love can never lose Us dwrf may well pause In compassion before one who resists so persistently the de cree of nature, as did this faithful, pa tient, heartbroken mother. Eternal vigilance on the part of property-owners Is the price of properly con structed streets and sewers. The Cot tonwood trees that have lately been sacrificed as sewer-obstructors have fallen martyrs to faulty sewer construc tion that left In open Joints and broken sections an Invitation to thirsty rootlets to come In and take a drink. What with slovenly workmen and careless In spectors there are few sewers in the suburban districts that would bear to be uncovered to the gaze of the taxpay ers. The latter should enter protest. while the work Is being done, and be fore all evidences of faulty construction and careless Inspection Is buried under from five to twelve or more feet of earth. The statement that a number of citi zens ot Baker County have become In fected by "lumpy law" from eating the meat of cattle that were suffering from the disease when slaughtered Is revolt ing. Indorsement of the declaration of Dr. Woods Hutchinson, State Health Officer, that upon proper inspection all cattle found to be afflicted with this dis ease should be killed. Is easy In the pres ence of this statement This Is" the safest and best way to stamp out a dis tressing disease among cattle and Its disgusting menace, to human beings, and It should be rigidly pursued, even though the decimation or extinction of the herds of the entire section affected were to follow the execution of the order. The labor union that demands a mini mum wage for its members, regardless of their skill or quickness. Is sagacious. If not strictly fair. How about the mas ter mechanics' union, that Insists upon a maximum wage upon the same condi tions? Are not sagacity and .fairness also Its leading characteristics? APRIL 7, 193. SPIRIT OF TIE NORTHWEST PRESS Anlceny la All, Rlsbt. Walla, Walla Argus. Senator Ankeny Is not as much of a figure-head as his enemies prophesied. The Senator is unassuming, but he evidently has . big reserve fund ot the quiet but forceful qualities ot leadership. Pernicious Activity- of Land Asrentss. Stayton Mail. Hundreds of landseekers are traveling up and down the Willamette Valley In search ot locations, and almost .every place they stop the land agents are so numerous and determined that many re turn home disgusted. If what we hear Is true, the average land agent down the Valley Is a nuisance that should be sup pressed. The Shyness ot Georwe C. Albany Democrat There are strange things about politics. For Instance: George C Brownell Is os tensibly a candidate tot Congress with C-uckamas County at his back, but he really is not a candidate for Congress at alt but for United States District At torney. Running for Congress is Just a part of the game of running for United States District Attorney. Having elected Mr. Fulton United States Senator he will probably get the latter. Mortality Amonc Sheen Denied. Grant County News. It seems that Beker City is, or aspires to be, the news center of Grant County. Reports to the effect that thousands ot sheep are starving to death were re cently sent to The Orcgonlan. and much of the loss iras said to be in this county. Inquiry failed to locate a single case In which sheep are dying for lack of food. 'Such losses as do occur are the natural dying off of the old pelters, and this Is caused by lack ot teeth. For the Benefit of the Uninitiated. Baker City Democrat The Eastern Oregon gold field is now the victim of Eastern fake companies which are preying on the unsuspecting and selling stock In mythical claims, making, the good reputation ot this district -tho lever by which they can gull the pub lic How long this swindle can go on without the doors of the penitentiary swinging open to receive these nothing less than robbers remains to be seen. Cer tainly the Government authorities are lax in their duty or else there is a nigger in the woodpile somewhere. Still Joined to Its Idols. Eugene Guard. The attention of the gold standard press is called to. the tact that President Diaz, of Mexico, says his country is generally prosperous, notwithstanding the' rapid and continuous depreciation of the value of silver. Mexico's chief product That will make the editor ot The Oregonlan feel bad. 'How can it be that a silver-using coun try is prosperous, even with Its greatest Industry legislated against by every Im portant country In the world? Surely Mexico should be In financial straits, in the depths of despair, if the fine theory of these people is correct that there is but one money metal one metallic god fit to be worshipped and that gold! From Western to Eastern Oregon, Albanji Herald. What Is the matter with Eastern Ore gon, any way? Last Spring their Repub lican representatives were at the State Convention asking for- an Eastern .Oregon man for Governor. They were given the man they asked for and Immediately be gan to fight him. They were at the re cent Legislature asking for an appropri ation for a portage railroad from The Dalles to Ceillo Falls In the Columbia and got that and now they are howling about It being a graft. While we doubt the wisdom In the state making such an appropriation, yet we would like to see' our brethren on the other side of the mountains consistent in their actions. Tbelr actions over there have very much the appearance of revenge and retilia tlon rather than a spirit, of progress and for the development of that part ot the state. Semitic Theory Discredited. Arlington Record. Ex-Senator Joseph Simon Is making himself more ridiculous, it possible, than he has -heretofore been by trying to make the people believe that President Roose velt played .him false in not nominating George Steel for the Oregon City Land OlSce. The facts as they come out show very conclusively that Mr. Simon sulked and played the baby because he could not be the whole thing after Senator Mitchell was elected. He showed himself like the child that wanted two big red apples that Its mother had. and when the mother gave one to the little brother and one to him, became so incensed that he threw away the one she gave him. But the meanest and most contemptible insinuation he makes Is that he had no influence with the President because he Is a Jew. While It is true that the Jews followed Simon's lead in opposition to Furnish for Governor in our state election, with a tew exceptions, it Illy becomes Mr. Simon to make this Insinu ation against President Roosevelt Chiefly Questions ot Spoils. Western Leader. Whatever the merits of Senator Simon's quarrel with the President, it is evi dent that the breach In the Republican party of Oregon Is still wide and deep. It Is also evident that Mr. Simon is Just about at the bottom of the chasm, in so far as the Administration is concerned. A man of political prowess in bis own bailiwick, he was nevertheless a Llllpu tian at Washington, and could only watch in envy while his big colleague plucked the plums of patronage from the Federal tree. It is no longer a question of prin ciple, but ot spoils, that divides the Re publican party In this state, and the Mitchell wing is dominant through' the far superior Influence of this astute and able Senator at Washington. For the rest. It Is difficult to believe that if even the President felt fatly Justified in ignor ing Simon, he would deliberately violate a political pledge made to the disgruntled Senator. Time will no doubt prore the truth or falsity of Simon's serious and open chorgis In this particular. The Letter-Wrlttntr System. Joseph, Or., Herald. In a letter to the editor of the Herald, received this week. Senator Charles Will lam Fulton, of Oregon, now attending the extra session of the United States Sen ate, among other things says: "To tell you the exact truth. I have not had time to size up the situation and determine whether or not I like the sensation ot being United States' Senator, or Indeed, whether there is any appreciable sensa tion connected with the postlon, for I have been so busy that I have hardly had time to think, and I have no doubt that the work that I have been doing will bear evidence of the fact that I have not thought However, I can assure you of one'lact that when I meet you again In Oregon or elsewhere, I will be ready to take a drink the same as usual (at your expense), for you know a United States Senator is not supposed to pay for any thing he drinks himself. That Is the only difference I can see In the situation. I expect to return to Oregon Im mediately on the adjournment ot this special session, which. I am told, may last a month, although It may terminate within ten days. So there you have it I am sure I don't know when it will be. but I am anxious to get back to my busi ness.' Senator Fulton will make one ot the most useful Senators Oregon has ever sent tothe Nation's Upper House. Being, known 'as Senator Mitchell's warm per sonal friend will start him well on his way of greatness and valuable service to Oregon and our country. THE PASSING OF SCHWAB. Kansas City Star. Incidentally,, the election of Henry C Fries; to the presidency of the United States Steel Corporation, which seems to ha-re been authorized by J. FIerpont Mor gan, will br anything but pleasing to An drew Carnegie, who Is -a Schwab man. Frick detests Carnegie more heartily than Carnegie dislikes Frick. To discover the real nature of a. philanthropist It is neces sary to have business dealings with him. This Is the way that Frick detected Car. negle, though he succeeded In thwarting the scheme ot the Scotch altruist to pinch him. Schwab's finish, might have been fore told almost from the beginning. His sud den fortune made him footlsn and ridicu lous. 'It caused him to become a plunger at Monte Carlo and to Indulge In all sorts of absurd extravagances in Europe which proclaimed the parvenu. The United States Steel Corporation was un reasonable enough to expect that Schwab could be raised In a few years from a humble station to opulence and power and at the same time conduct himself as if he were to the manner born. That was to require an Impossibility, though for that matter Schwab has been quite as modest and" self-contained as Andrew Carnegie, who, in his way. fairly reeks with van ity and ostentation. Schwab is to be let out ot the presi dency of the United States Steel Corpora tion because he has not lent to the Job the dignity which the steel magnates say ought to attach to the greatest corpora tion on earth. Dignity, under certain con. dltions. becomes a vital requirement It often comes in handy as a veneer to cover over defects and blemishes which would be unsUhtly without concealment It Is quite necessary to make as greedy and rapacious an institution as the United States Steel Corporation "impressive." and there is where Schwab has fallen down. Who Are Protected. Louisville Courier-JournaL Mr. Edward Atkinson has been figur ing on the tariff question, end has given the result In the Quarterly Journal of Economics. His conclusions are interest ing, and he gives tariff data to Justify them. In U01 there were 23,071.117 persons engaged In gainful pursuits in the United States. Of these, according to Mr. Atkin son, there are 26,077.82 who are not sub ject to foreign competition and not af fected by the tariff except that they pay enhanced prices caused by protection. There is a second class not subject to foreign competition, but whose Indus tries would be promoted by the removal of duties, and these number 2,306,3o. JOt those who might be disastrously affected by the sudden removal of all duties whatever there are 600,000. Of these some 30O.0GO are engaged In agricultural pur suits, and yet a majority of the farmers of the country are somehow made to be lieve that their prosperity Is wholly de pendent upon the existence of a protect ive tariff. As nobody proposes to dlfspense with all tho duties at once. It Is not at all ap parent that even two-thirds ot a million of people out of more than 23,000,000 would be in the least hurt by a reduction ot the tariff to a revenue basis. In other words, the present high level ot tariff rates is maintained by a gigantic confi dence game of which the majority of the people are the unconscious victims. It Is now up to the minions of monopoly to do some figuring. The Cabinet and the Senate. Boston Herald. It seems that Chauncey M. Depew is not the only Senator who has been offered Cabinet positions. Mr. Spooner has bad two of these places put at his disposal elnco he came to the Senate the second time. He says so in his biography fur nished the .Congressional Directory. This Is hardly a case of self-vaunting on the part of Mr. Spooner. as the acceptance of the places would hive lessened rather than added to his distinction as a public man with the country. We Judge from what Mr. Depew and Mr. Spooner have said that men like to be offered Cabinet positions, even if they do not accept them. First and last elso, there have been able men In the Cabinet perhaps as able men as in the Senate itself. A good share of the great Senators, like Webster. Cal houn, Seward, Chase and Sherman, have also, been Cabinet officers: yet we think no man has left the Senate for that 'posi tion in recent years without subsequent ly regretting the couse he hid taken. Writing; Up Winnipeg. Winnipeg Telegram. Eugene D. White, special correspondent or Toe oregonlan. Portland, Or.. Is writ ing a series of articles for his paper deal ing with the Canadian West He reports an enormous intlux ol settlers into Oregon. To Keep Winnipeg bumble, he states that from S0CO to 5000 new buildings are going up in 'ortiana this year. Still consider able interest has been aroused in this country, and to satisfy it. The Oregonlan is arranging the series by descriptive let ters. Mr. White is at present working in s innipeg. Anti-Saloon Victories. Cleveland Leader. Some notable "dry" victories are be ing won in towns which have largo manu facturing Interests and many foreign-born voters from countries In which the use of alcoholic liquors Is almost universal. It is not uncommon to find men who have used much strong drink willing and eager to help vote saloons out of the town where they live. Two Kinds of Polygamy. Boston Globe. What is the difference between having four wives and being an outright polyga mlst and having had four divorces and taken a new wife each time? The one practice is called polygamy, and the other "marriage infelicity," or what you will. How much difference is there In prin ciple? The Ballad of the Moskrnt and the Mink. James Montacue In New Tork Journal. Oh, there once was a mink that was wont to sUnk With a stealthy step to tho river's brink. And cock one eye at a narrow chink In the crisp and crystal Ice; For a bit muakrat that was sleek and fat In the slimy oose ot tho bottom sat. And the mink had oft reflected that Hot muakrat stew was nice. And so one day, so the Indiana say, tVhen the rnuskrat looked the other way, The wily mink sllnped la the drink tVlth the pious aim to prey. But the rnuskrat knew a thing or two. As even muskrats often do. And without a word of fond adieu He hied himself away. Of course, you know that the average mink Is built like a Summer sausage link. With little space behind his face For the us of his fleeting breath: While a rnuskrat. not so long and slim. Has lungs enough Inside ot him Beneath the rippling tide to swim UnUl he starves to death. Now you well might think that our friend the mink Would have tipped himself the warning wink -When he saw tho pudgy- rnuskrat sink To the portals of his lair And turned about In his foamy track. Like a prudent mink, and hurried back To some adjacent surface crack For a fresh Invoice of air. This crossed his mind. In point of fact. But lack ot tact delayed the act. Till a second rat and a whale at that Came forth tn take a swim: He grabbed for this one. but alas. For greed so negligently crass. Too much carbonic add gas Asphyxiated hts- Xow, the moral here Is distinct and clear In your element you need not fear To blare away at a thing all day. For you know right where you are: But when on fun or pleasure bent Tou get outside your element, Juzt stop and think, of the luckls mis' Or you're apt to go toe tar. SOTB AXD COMMENT. TTae. expected unexpected ban hitmen? .In Macedonia. If the new comic weekly to be started In New Tork will bar the Irish iv wul soon become famous. It la said that In Quincy. Mass.. there Is a family ot 11 boys, all tcmslclin i-h neighbors are to be pitied. It seems very remarkable that Mr. Oevelacd can't take a little trip without driving William J. Bryan to double leads. There seems to be one feature about the Browns that la good. No matter how many games they lose, they never go any further down the "list ot averages. Teddy will probably"have ample oppor tunity to shake hands with so many large families on his trip that lie will wish he had never said anything about race suicide. Back in Iowa, the last election re sulted in the Democrats setting thrp Mayors out of 22. The editor of the Com moner doesn't need to go far from home to get in the enemy's country. The report comes from Los Amreiea that a man has replaced his watch dogs with geese. If we remember riehtlv. the Ro mans used this sort of protection very successfully against the Gauls several cen turies ago. Stanklsentx Szezlentlnskl is the name ot a man who filed a petition In Chicago the other day to change his appellation. He did not express any preference as to his new name. He ought to take plain John Smith tor a while and rest up. It Is announced that a New York de partment store will publish a magazine for the benefit of the many employes. Every department will be represented ia the publication, and the editorial staff will be composed ot one clerk from each floor. -ihere will be special articles on-the con ducting ot successful business, and a "so. dety column." The latest cure for anemia is to go up in a balloon. If you come down olive you get welt The proper thing is to have a tame balloon In your back yard and go up In it otter breakfast each morn ing for a couple ot hours. It is claimed that -half a dozen ascents are equal to three months In a health resort because of the pure air breathed in the higher atmosphere. The newspapers of Charleston (S. C) have been quick to contrast the Presi dent's appointment of Crura In that city with his action toward Postmaster Vlck. "The President evidently thinks," says the Evening Post (Dem.), "the people ot Wilson, N. C. are entitled to better con sideration than the people of this com munity. He has removed an efficient col ored r""" from the office ot Postmaster and put a wmte man In the office there, as he should have done, on the solo ground that the negro was ob-sctionable to the people, though he has prepared some academic excuse for his conduct on other reasoning." Tom Allen, whose death was announced yesterday, was the only prizefighter on record who ever lost the world's cham pionship and afterward regained it At one of the recent big contests, it was stated that no fighter had ever lost the title and then won it again, but this was an error, for Allen was the man that diu It He won his laurels In the days of bare fist fighting, and after he re gained bis title he retired from the ring with it. He lost the championship to Jem Mace in May, 1STO, and when he de feated Mike McCool, three years later, he was the world's heavyweight champion again. Tho Charleston News and Courier and the Washington Post have raised, be tween them, a new National issue: Is the American eagle, the "Bird of Freedom," a male or a female. The former declares that "Old Abe," Wisconsin's famous war eagle, and an accepted type of the species, hadn't been In Madison for six months after his return from the South when, one fine morning "he" hopped Into the Jani tor's easy chair and laid an egg. Woman suffrage, co-education, the leadership ot either sex in National affairs and head ship In the American household all would seem to depend on the question, is our eagle a hen? Lacking other issues, the next Democratic National convention will be expected to declare itself on this. The Strennona Bnslness Man. Pittsburg Dispatch. Certain New Tork newspapers have late ly been printing the personal views of business "Napoleons" with the view to teaching the young American Idea how to shoot a million. One "successful" mag nate, who has acquired o fortune that takes seven figures to indicate, says he turned the trick by devoting himself wholly to business nothing but business. "I dropped all my old friends and made no new ones." he says. "I cut out all social functions and never entertained myself. I didn't have time." This successful young man he Is only 20 theq goes on to tell In detail bow, step by step, he dried up all the founts of human kindness in his heart and at each arid crater planted a new foundation stone tor his great for tune. PLBASASTRIES OF FAItAGItAFIIEKS TVould-Be Artist Did you get anything for your last poem? Ditto Poet-Tes. I got many happy returns. Harvard Lampoon. Tho Landlady -Which part of the chicken do your prefer, Mr. LanksT The Boarder Either halt win do, thank you, Mrs. Hungerford. Puck. t Scene at an Art Exhibition. He "Well, how do you like Brown's picture? She That oner Why. I thought It was yours! Very bad. Isn't ItT Punch. First Lawyer These people are kicking .be cause we don't settle the estate. Second Law yerAs if we didn't need the money as much as they! Life. Beyond the Average. "Tour brother Is Quito an enthusiast, la he not!" "Tes. Quite. I've known him to cling obstinately to a fad for a whole month." Brooklyn Life. "Isn't It out of their line for the wholesale dry goods houses to go Into the book bust, nessr "Not at all. Most books nowadays can be classed as dry goods." Town and Coun try. "Hen-ember." said the optimist, "every day!! be Sunday, by and by." "Tes." groaned the pessimist, "and 111 bet there'll be morning and evening services right along, too." Chi cago Record-Herald. -1 think auntie Is very Inconsistent.' said the fearfully bright boy. "Whyr" asked hts mother. "Because she called mo a young heathen, but she never makes the other chil dren save 'up their pennies and send them to me." Washington Star. "I am fixing up a surprise for John, but I am afraid that If he stays around the house he will discover me." "That's all right. Tou lust tie a towel around your head and ask him ir he can't stay at home today and help you take up the carpets." Baltimore News. Tell roe what people read and I will tell you what they are." said the sclf-confesea philosopher. "Welt there's my wife." rejoined the dyspeptic party. "She's forever reading cook books. Now. what Is she!" "Why, a cook, of course," replied the philosophy dis penser. -That's where the spokes rattle in your wheels." said the other. "She only- tMnV she la." Chicago Dally titw