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THK PRESIDENT OX TltUSTS.
In his remarks at Milwaukee on "The
Trusts" President Roosevelt succeeded
at least In showing how difficult the
subject Is to deal with through legisla
tion. 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