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I'ORTLAXD. TUESDAY, APRIL, 21.
THE GIIOUVD OF THE PHOTEST.
Nature, In her orderly moods, does
nothing In excess. "Ne quid nlmls" Is
as clearly her motto as It Is the phil
osophy of human action. In healthy
conditions there Is growth and there Is
change; but It Is in a regular, moderate
and orderly way. Society must "get
ahead." It cannot get ahead on a basis
whereon all are on a level. The com
munity where all men are on a level;
where no man Is more successful than
another, no man no richer than
another, will be. Inevitably, a com
munity stagnant. Idle, at best semi-
barbarous and on the verge of starva
tion. -
But, while all this Is so on the one
hand, on the other hand It Is not good,
nor can It come to good, to have great
part of the wealth of the country and
'the power that goes with it concen
trated in a few hands. "Nothing to ex
cess" Is the safest of rules. The great
objection, to the trust and to the merger
is that they make a few- persons enor
mously rich, and concentrate power
over the Industry, the capital and the
general welfare of the country In the
hands of the few and, at the rate at
which the process is movingof the
very few. It cannot be good for a
country, for a great country like ours,
that a few score persons shall be the
masters of Its Industrial forces and the
great body of the people their depend.
ents. Hence the protest against the
trust and the merger.
Doubtless they who desire to make
themselves the autocrats of this sys
tem and to perpetuate their power are
sincere in their estimate of themselves
and of their own good Intentions. They
believe, we may suppose, that the be
nevolent paternalism which they seek
to establish will be good for the body
of the people: Just as the Holy Alliance,
under the leadership of the Czar of
Russia, after the fall of Napoleon, pro
posed, on benevolent principles, to re
lieve the people of the .trouble of po
litical agitation and of government, and
to leave them no duty but that of sub
missive subjects. And yet that pro
posal was not accepted as the" gospel
of affairs in the political world; nor win
the proposal of the magnates of our
trusts and mergers be accepted as the
gospel of affairs in the social and In
dustrlal world.
The protest against the trust and the
merger Is a protest against a new feu
dalism, dependence and serfdom, lien
like Bockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan and
31111 may think, perhaps sincerely, that
it would be better for the masses of
the people to accept without question
and be content in the positions they
would assign them; but that is not the
-way It Is going in the Industrial and
social world, any more than In the po
litical. Everybody knows that in the
nature of things some men must be
richer than others, and that all prog
ress is both a result and a cause of
inequality of conditions. But they be
lieve, too, that there is positive danger
and evil In enormous combination of
wealth and in concentration of the di
rection of it In a few hands; and that
they who have had the favor of the Gov.
eminent to establish corporations and
to build up corporate power should not
be permitted to combine the forces
thus created through corporations to
establish a universal monopoly and
maintain It, subjecting the industrial
operations of the whole people to their
rule or will. Power like this is greater
than all the power of absolute Kings.
Between man's material condition and
his living spirit there Is Intimate re
lation; and the power that can control
the former will ere long control the
latter.
It is the firm hope of the people that
the check given to combination and
merger In the recent suits at St. Paul
will prove the first step of a necessary
and salutary restraint. Government by
the people becomes a mockery and
farce. If somo twenty Morgans, -Hills
and Cnrnegies, or a less number, are
allowed to control the means and op
erations through which and mainly, for
-which government exists. In an Indus
trial age they who control the indus
trial forces of a country are its Kings
and they contrc the life of a people
who by combination and merger, under
corporate powers, get control of the
means whereby they live. It Is a subtle
and Insidious, yet most effective, usurp
ation.
If the flaxgrowlng Industry finally
proves to be the great success that Is
now predicted for It, the Willamette
Valley will be under no small obliga
tions to the Oregon women's Flax
fiber Association. The members of
that organization expended much time
and money In desaoastmtiEg the qual
ity of the fiber that can be produced In
this state. Their demonstration was
complete, so tar as the quality of the
product was concerned, but It remains
to be seen -whether the manufacture of
flax products can be profitably conduct
ed In this state. Mr. Eugene Bosse,
wHo Is raisins flax for fiber at Balctn,
found last year that he could not se
cure a sufficient number of persons to
pull his crop. Oregon children enjoy
reaching up to pick hops from the Tine.
but their backs would not endure the
work of pulling flax. Yet the pulling
of the crop Is one of the necessary pro
cesses, and unless the problem of se
curing labor can be solved, a serious
obstacle has been encountered.
AX ACTIVE COMMISSION.
The Child Labor Commission has
begun Its work In a manner that prom
ises a careful and thorough supervision
of the matter with which, under the
new law covering this question, it is
called upon to deal. It is a well-established
fact that what is everybody's
business is nobody's business, and In
no other field of rrobllc endeavor Is
this maxim more fully verified than in
that of so-called reform legislation.
Take, for example, our temperance
laws. The lawmakers of past years
have been importuned by ardent friends
of temperance) to pass laws fixing the
responsibility for drunkenness In cer
tain cases upon the more responsible
party to the' transaction the venders
of liquor. The Jaws asked for have
been cheerfully given, and yet it is
a matter of common knowledge that
in many saloons minors drink at their
will, habitual drunkards do not find It
difficult, not to say impossible, to pro
cure drink, and even very small boys
have been found drunk upon the streets
without any effort having been made
to secure the apprehension and convic
tion of the dealers who gave or sold
them drink.
This looks as if our temperance friends
bad expended all of their enthusiasm
and righteous indignation in getting the
laws forbidding the gift or sale of in
toxicants to lrresponslbles of the
classes named, and had complacently
retired upon their laurels. Indeed, the
lesson that reformers have been the
slowest to learn Is the simple one based
upon the self-evident fact that no law.
however salutary, will enforce itself.
The champions of the child-labor law
are proving notable exceptions to this
rule. The result will be that this very
salutary law will be enforced in the
spirit of Justice and humanity In which
its passage was urged and secured. Its
provisions are plain, and It is the pur
pose of the commission to keep them
before the public to the end that they
will not be violated through ignorance.
Vigilance is the price exacted for the
enforcement of all laws of a reforma
tory nature. The chief stumbling-blocks
in the path of the child-labor law are
parental avarice, carelessness and du
pliclty. In the present stage of the in
dustrial life of this state employers are
not likely to seek to evade It, The
point where child labor can be used ex
tensively and with any considerable
profit has not yet been reached. Hence
this law and the full and fair promise
of its enforcement come at this period
In our industrial development as safe
assurances tit a wise application of the
ounce of prevention, which is better
than the pound of cure.
CLIMATE AXD JfATIOXAL. GIIOWTK.
Ben Butler was wont to Insist-that all
the great races of the world dwelt In
the temperate zone; that tropical cli
mates had never produced great races
or great men. This statement is doubt
less too sweeping so far as individuals
are concerned, for Hannibal was a child
of North Africa, Mohammed a son of
Arabia, Hyder Alt a native of Southern
India, and Toussalnt L Overture of
San Domingo. It Is probably true, how
ever, that the great peoples of the
world have flourished In the temperate
zone of Europe and America. The ex
tremes of heat and cold, for obvious
reasons, do not favor the growth of a
great state. A tropical climate Is ener
vating to the body, is not attractive as
a place of residence to men who can
do better, and an extremely cold cli
mate makes the maturity of grain, fruit
and vegetables difficult, if not Impos
sible, and by its severity Is not attract
ive to men who are not compelled to
endure It. How far the influence of
climate may affect the growth of a
great state Is naturally suggested for
discussion by the exceedingly sanguine
views expressed of the future rapid
growth of the Canadian Dominion.
Intelligent men who have lived many
years in both Canada and the United
States ore not only confident in Can
ada's complete commercial Independ
ence, but go so far as to claim that
before many years Canada will become
& dangerous rival of the United States
in the markets of the world. Canada
has already made American cheese take
a second place and put her own In the
first by the excellence of her product:
Canadian bacon commands the highest
price In the English markets, and Can
ada feels confident that in the matter
of wheat, and even flour, she will In a
few years surpass America In the su
periority of her product. Omitting
Alaska from the possessions of both
countries. Canada has &00.000 square
miles more of land available than the
United States. Northwest Canada,
within the last twenty years, has be
come accessible and available land
through the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, and Its reputation for agricul
tural fertility Is becoming attractive
to a considerable number of emigrants
from Minnesota and the Dakotas. The
official record reports that wheat lands
in Northwest Canada yield from 62 to
67 bushels to the acre, while In Min
nesota the average yield is but IT bush
els. -Barley yields from 59 to 68 bushels
to the acre, oats from 130 to 117 bushels
to the acre, peas from 68 to 66 bushels
to the acre, fodder corn from 24 to 36
tons to the acre.
The Canadian district that is now at
tracting American immigration lies
north of North Dakota, Minnesota and
Montana, and comprises the Provinces
of Manitoba, Asilnabola, Alberta, and
Saskatchewan, with an area of 375,009
square miles, and if Athabasca be In
eluded, where good crops are raised In
the Peace River VaUey. it wlU add 104,-
600 square miles. Much of this great
district is good agricultural land. The,
coU is rich, the Summer is warm, and
in the mountain district the severity of
the weather is -tempered by the warm
breezes of the Pacific. This territory
raised for export in 1902 60.000.000 bush
els of wheat, to say nothing of oats,
barley, flax, etc. By means of a ship
canal from the foot of Lake Huron, by
way of the Ottawa River, to the St.
Lawrence River at Montreal, and
thence by Lake Cham plain, through the
proposed Richelieu Cans, to the Hud
bob River, 1G00 miles win be caved over
the present, routes, and by her' acces
sibility to the, waters of the Great
Lakes, the St, Lawrence and its tribu
taries Canada ought to become In the
near future a great transporter and ex
porter of food products.
The leading prophets of Canada's
coming greatness, like Erastus Wtman,
an American merchant of Canadian
birth, point out that Canada possesses
a vast element of wealth in her great
forests of paper-pulp wood; that with
her ample water power she Is perfectly
equipped to prepare the pulp for manu
facture. This pulp area extends from
the Interior of Labrador, Newfoundland
and Nora Scotia west and northwest
to Alaska, from the SL Lawrence Val
ley and the prairie sections almost to
the Arctic circle. This pulp area, which
is estimated to contain. 450,000,000 of
acres. Is practically inexhaustible as a
source of future revenue for Cans da.
The mineral wealth of Canada Is Iron,
copper, lead, - nickel, coal, petroleum.
salt, mica and slate. In coal Canada
has rich mines, capable of great devel
opment, at tidewater. In Nova Scotia
orj the Atlantic and on Vancouver
Island on the Pacific These facts
strongly fortify the conclusion of the
Canadian statesmen that Canada will
ultimately prove a formidable rival to
the United States as a competitor in the
markets of the world, but it must not
be forgotten that there Is no part of
the United States, save Alaska, which
has not been considered in this com
parison, which is not Included in the
temperate zone.
The productivity of the United States
is not limited by any extremity of heat
or cold. Accepting as sound the view
that any climate where a good crop of
wheat 'can be regularly harvested is not
too cold to Invite an Immigration of
sturdy agriculturists, the United States
has the best of Canada, for It is admit
ted that the country north of the Peace
River Valley in Athabasca Is not fit for
remunerative agriculture. There is no
large part of the United States, from
the Canada line to the Gulf of Mexico,
from Maine to Oregon, of which It can
be said that It is Incapable of remuner
ative development owing to the sever
ity of the climate. Even our old-time
American Desert is only fertile arid
land that irrigation makes luxuriantly
productive. And this fact will make it
impossible for Canada, great as she Is
destined to become, to overtake the
United States. Canada is limited by
climate in her development,' while the
United States is not thus restricted. A
few thousand Americans will be at
tracted by Canada's cheap wheat lands.
but the vast majority of European im
migration will settle In the United
States. The South will be filled up with
immigrants from Southern Italy; the
North win retain the immigration from
Northern Europe. Little of it will go
to Canada so long as we have any
cheap acres to occupy. The climate of
Canada will repel the natives of South
era Europe: the climate of our Southern
States will attract them.
CL.EVEX.AXD FOR. PRESIDENT.
The antipathy to Roosevelt which
comes to the surface of the financial
world ever and anon is much more a
matter of news to Democrats than to
Republicans. It is of no great moment
how cordially the President Is disliked
by rich free-traders in the Democratic
party. The interesting thing is wheth
er these men can get a nominee to their
minds on the Democratic ticket next
year.
Certainly It would be a dramatic epi
sode If Miss Democracy should appear
on the ballroom floor leaning on the
arm of Mr. Wall Street. Certainly It
would be a fight for your money If
Grover Cleveland should be the Demo
cratic nominee against Theodore Roose
velt; If the plutocrats so sedulously
alienated from the Democracy by the
Joint efforts of Colonel Bryan and
Chairman Hanna should come back to
sit at the head of the feast.
Cleveland Is In reality a promising
candidate, provided only his friends
could 'subordinate the now dominant
Bryan. The thing is not Impossible, as
is readily suggested by the favorable
acclaim with which Cleveland's recent
Tuskegee meeting speech has been re
ceived in the South. The Influence of
the South in Democratic councils Is
tremendous; and while its pre-eminence
nt National conventions is not equal to
that in Congress and the electoral col
lege, the votes of a few Northern dele
gations like those of New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio, added to the South
ern votes, would do the business. The
third-term tradition will hardly He
against a man who has been out of the
Presidency for eight years, and Cleve
land Is evidently more vigorous at 66
than most men at 70. The elder Har
rison was inaugurated at 6S, and five
of the Presidents were over 60 at the
beginning of their terms.
Cleveland, as the candidate of the
conservatives and money kings, op
posing Roosevelt as the man of the
common people, would be a spectacle
of unusual Interest. On the one hand,
there would be an Imposing procession
of those who have voted for McKlnley
on the money question, returning in a
body to the Democratic camp, and on
the other hand there would be a lively
commotion in the labor and socialistic
ranks, where Bryan was popular, but
where Cleveland could never be en
dured.
Who would be elected Is far from
clear. We should have a formidable
bolt from Bryan, that's certain; but
Cleveland would not lose much by this
In the South if he were regularly chosen
and by the aid of Southern votes. It
would not greatly signify whether the
Populists of the West voted for Cleve
land or for Roosevelt or with Bryan;
Inasmuch as the Cleveland election. If
It should occur, would be brought about
by the Solid South and a few Northern
states like Ngw Tork. Indiana
and Illinois. These states would bo
close; for. while such forces as Tam
many would restrain from Bryan the
Democratic masses which might other
wise go with him. the discontent with
Cleveland felt In rural New York, In
diana and Ohio would be very great,
especially as the lines were drawn with
Cleveland as the candidate of the hated
plutocracy.
We should Incline to the view that
such a contest, bitter, and perhaps de
structive of one or both of the old par
ties, would result favorably to Roose
velt; and for the reason that while
property and Intelligence, on tariff and
labor considerations, might go over to
Cleveland in great numbers, the Bryan
tte schism In the party would beat htm.
If Bryan's Influence on his party could
be eliminated, there would probably be
enough preference for Cleveland, as to
currency reform, tariff reform and the
rights of property, to elect him, with
the opposition divided between Bryan
and Roosevelt. But that malign Influ
ence cannot bs eliminated. The effects
of that, wild debauch of 136? have not
yet worn away. Mr. Bryan will bare
to be much older and feebler than he Is
today before a Democratic President
can-be elected in spite of hbnl
The names of the Army officers first
to serve on the general staff under the
new-law providing for Its organisation
were published early In the present
month. The criticism that has followed
their announcement seems to sustain
the vigorous opposition with -which the
suggestion of the measure was met by
The .'commanding General of. Ihe Army
and by others, who feared that tt might
simply mean an Increase of power in
the Adjutant-General's department.
with corresponding weakness In that
of the Quartermaster. This- fear was
partially allayed by the promulgation
of rules for the government of the se
lection of officers of the staff service,
but it has been aroused again by the
announcement of the list of appointees.
forty-two in number. In which the
Quartermaster's department has but a
single representative. This, In the face
of the recent lesson -of the Spanish War,
is, to say tne least, surprising. Every
body will remember how men and sup
plies Tiled up at Tampa in the Spring
of 1898, owing to the lack of experi
enced Quartermasters- The one thing
needed for prompt mnitary action In
an emergency Is expert Judgment In the
purchase and movement of supplies, and.
this our Array equipment , woefully
lacked when, put to a practical test. In
view of this fact, it Is surprising that
the Quartermaster's department re
ceived such slight recognition in the
appointment of the general staff, while
the Adjutant-General's office was given
six of the first ten officers appointed.
There are ten staff departments, so that
if Corbln's department had been given
only Its Just quota there would be but
one instead of six members from the
body that is supposed to perform only
the clerical duties of the Army. How
ever, since the rules governing the se
lection of staff officers forbid the board
to receive political or, personal indorse
ments, and direct it to consider only
the merits of the candidates, the coun
try is bound to believe that merit, and
not favoritism, controlled these ap
pointments, though the large prepon
derance of merit, in the Adjutant-Gen
eral's department does seem & little
strange.
Judge Sherwood, of Missouri, pre
sents an able argument In support of
his contention that the initiative and
referendum amendment is in violation
of that section of the Federal Constitu
tion which guarantees to each state a
republican form of government. Our
old friend TTRen replies that the laws
of the state are stUl made by'represen-
tatlves of the people, and that the ref
erendum serves merely as a limitation
which precludes the Legislature from
misrepresenting the people. From
present Indications, all attempts 'to
proceed under the initiative and refer
endum have been abandoned, and it is
likely that our Supreme Court wUl not
have an opportunity to pass upon the
validity of the amendment until some
Legislature passes a law that Is rad
ically wrong. When the amendment
was before the people In the last cam
palgn, it was not discussed In all Its
bearings, -but was considered only as a
means of placing a restraining band,
upon an unwise Legislature. It was
not even suggested that desirable legis
lation might be endangered for a- time
by the filing of a referendum petition
which would tie up an act of the Leg
islature for eighteen months. If good
Judgment shall 'be used In exercising
the referendum power, the amendment
will still have the popular approval evi
denced by the large vote by which It
was adopted: but If the amendment
should be used as a means of hamper
ing legislation which will be finally sus
tained by a vote of the people, it will
not be long before there will be a cry
for Its repeal. There was no act passed
by the last Legislature which a ma
jority of the people desire to vote down.
It is therefore pleasing to know that
there are not 5 per cent of the people
who are willing to subject the state to
the expense and 'annoyance of needless
ly submitting an act to a popular vote.
The State Board of Horticulture will
have strong popular support In any of
Its efforts to enforce the cleaning of in
fested fruit trees. Failure to spray
orchards Is due to a careless neglect
rather than to malicious Intent to evade
the law and endanger the property of
others. All that is needed is a vigor
ous Commissioner who will hunt out
the orchards that are diseased and say
to the owner: "You must spray, and
do it now." Putting off until tomorrow
should not be tolerated by the Horticul
tural Commissioners. Now Is the ac
cepted time, now Is the day of extermi
nation. A Board of Horticulture that
will cleanse the orchards throughout
the length and breadth of the Willam
ette Valley will go down in Oregon in
dustrlal history as a commission that
filled a long-felt want. In the newer
sections of the state orchards are
better cared for, but If reports
are true, there is need of heroic reme
dies in the destruction of fruit pests
In the Valley. There Is a time for all
things, and therefore' a time for spray
ing. Let us hope that the Board of
Horticulture will see that the spraying
Is done at the proper time and In the
proper manner.
All honor to the young people who
forego the pleasure of an evening at the
theater or who- deny themselves many
luxuries of life In order that they may
save money with which to pay' for a
cottage in which to make their home.
The tendency toward living in flats or
"rooms' Is fast making this appear to
be a "homeless" nation. How can
family be raised in a flat? When new
ly married couples begin their wedded
life by settling down in homes of thelr
own there will be less reason for com
plaint of small families and the problem
of race suicide will be solved.
Some of the hopgrowers up the Val
ley are alarmed over the prospect of an
injury to the growing crop from the
ravages of a worm that attacks the
roots. It will now be In order for the
"bears" to assert that these stories are
colored for the purpose of bracing up
the falling prices of the crop of 1301.
If the smaller towns of the state, such
as Salem, Eugene, Albany, etc, have
not quite the bustle and noise of Port
land, they can console themselves by
reflecting that their building booms are
not hindered by differences between
employer and employe.
What with "gilt-edged baseball" and
the gypsy camp, there was no lack of
attractions in this city last Sunday. It
was a case In which seekers after
amusement paid their money and took
their choice.
TRIGGS AND ROMEO.
New Tork Sun.
To men of stood llTer. life Is full of
frspplnrsies- To us It is. and long has
been, one of the greatest ol tnese leumuea
In ralAr amateurs to Professor Oscar
LoveU Trigg, a true museum piece and
the choicest treasure in Dr. Harper's col
lection. We cannot boast of having dis
covered Ttirrs. for he -was born great.
discovered himself early and has a Just
appreciation of the -value of this discov
ery. But in our bumble way we have
helped communicate him to the -world.
asalated In his effusion And collusion ana
beckoned reverent millions to his shrine.
Wo have Joyed to see him perform three
heroic labors, tiz.: .
1 -Knock out" old Whlttler and Xocsfel-
tow.
1. 'Do up"" the hyma writers.
8. Xaae Ms baby at the end of a year ot
solemn conroltaUoa.
But these achievements are only the
bright beginning of a long- course of hal
cyon and vociferous proceedings. As yet.
Professor Triggs is but la the. bud. He
came near blossoming tne otner aay, ana.
the English, drama would, have bjosspmed
with him. A firm which Is to produce
Romeo and Juliet" offered him T0O a
week to be the "advance agent" of the
show and to "work cp enthusiasm by lec
turing." Professor Triggs was compelled
to decline the offer, but the terms of his
refusal show that it is not absolute and
that "some day," as the melodramas cry,
he win Illuminate Shakespeare, dramatic
literature and the -public mind:
"I rexret my Inability at this time to take
ad van tore" of this oeDortnnlty. tor the plan
proposed seems .to me to be an excellent one.
I would recard It, tram my point ot new, as
aa educational opportunity. It would (-ratify
me to be able to present my views en
drama, on 8haxespeare, and. on this particu
lar play, to ac-tlence that would cather to
gether from a serious Interest la the drama
Itself- This would be a form of "university
extension' not hitherto tried, and which
should be attended with sood educational re
sultssuch as I would desire and such also
s X assume you would desire."
The nan Is worn off the phrase "univer
sity extension." What Professor Triggs
proposes and the country hungers for Is
Tiiggs extension. He must not give up
to Chicago what was meant for mankind.
His views on any subject are impressive;
but on Shakespeare they would be as
authoritative and final as it Is his genius
to be. As we have watched him swatting
Whlttler and Longfellow, we have felt
like yelling.
IVhat, art thou drawn a mens these heartless
hinds r
The Drofessor should take a man more
nearly of his size. The Shakespeare le
gem should be allowed to delude no more.
Professor Triggs can be depended upon
to reduce this man Shakespeare to his
natural proportions, club the sawdust out
or that wax Sgger ot literature ana
preach to eager multitudes the superior
ity of the modem playwrights, with all
the modern Improvements. The so-called
poetry and imagination visible In this
Stratford charlatan's plays must be torn
out, deracinated, the fellow would call it.
In his fustian etyle. If these plays .are
to be put upon the stage, they must be
rewritten; and Professor Triggs is the
destined rewriter. atnender and reviser.
The sapless old-fashioned rhetoric must
be cut down. The fresh and natural con-
temDorarv tonsrue: nure and Trlggslan.
must be nubstltuted. For example, who
can read with patience these tinsel lines?
Madam, an hour before the worshipped sun
Peered forth the colden window of the east,
A troubled mind drare me to walk abroad."
This must be translated Into Triggslan,
somewhat like this:
'Say. lady, aa hour before sun-up I was
feellnc wormy and took a wane around the
block."
Here Is more Shakesperian rubbish
"O. she doth teach the torches to bum bright!
Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night.
As a rich jewel In an Ethiopia ear."
How much more forcible In clear, con
cise Triggslan:
"Say. she"s a peach! A bird!"
Hear "Pop" Capulet drivel:
"Go to, go a.
Tou are a saucy boy."
In the Oscar dialect this is this:
"Come off, kid! Tou" re too fresh."
Compare the dropsical hlfalutln.
Right's candles are burnt out. and Jocund
day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's tope.'
with this time-saving Triggsian version:
"I bear the milkman."
The downfall of Shakespeare is only a
matter of time and Trices. Carnegie
ought to endow Triggs. Oscar Hammer-
stein ought to dramatize xnggs. inggs
is the hope, and soon will be the pride.
of the stage. He. ought to have not less
than 17030 a week tor 53 weeas a year.
Senator Dietrich's Philippine Policy,
New York Journal of Commerce.
The Dietrich plan for helping the Phil
ippines by preventing the development of
the sugar ana to Dacca roausuies ana
stimulating the production of tropical ar
ticles like coffee. India rutter, cocoa, eta,
that are not produced In the United
States, by means of admitting those from
the islands free while Imposing a duty
uron them when coming from other
sources of supply, has a plausible look to
devout believers in tne protection oi
evervthlncr at anr Drlce. but It Is a delu
slon and a snare. The way to treat the
Philippines is to give them every advan
tage of their natural resources ana ca
nacltles and not to tax the consumers of
this country to confer a bounty upon
them while suppressing tne industries
from which they can make the most.
Why should all the people of the-country.
for Instance, nay a duty upon conee irom
Java, Braiil and Central America, and
raise the price of that from the Philip
pines to the same level, to subsidize mat
particular Industry when the people can
do .better with something else? Why
should tbey raise the cost of an Important
raw material like rubber to develop Its
production at one spot when It can be got
to better advantage somewhere else, and
that spot neeas noimng out irecuum ana
the introdctlon ot enterprise and labor to
develop on Its own natural lines? The
Dietrich plan is a compound ot protection
and subsidy that contains the pernicious
fallacies of both.
Harvest of Political Chicanery
New York Evening Post
So dees a disgrace as that which befell
M. Cavalgnac yesterday at Paris has
rarely been the lot or an ex-Minister ana
the bearer or a great name. Tne accuser
was the eloquent Socialist Jaures. and.
afterward. Cavalgnac's old chief. ex
Premier Brisson. It was shown by Jaures
that Cavalgnac as Minister of War. had
received, after the Zola trial, a letter
from General Pcllleux of the Genera:
Staff, In which that officer had offered his
resignation because he bad found himself
"the dupe of those without honor." and
because his superiors bad made him "work
upon forgeries." Here was a formal con
fession of that policy of falsification
which the Etat Majeur had long adopted
In its own defense. What M. Cavalgnac.
Minister of War. did. all the world knows.
He continued his role of bluff defender
of the army, and resolutly sought to stifle
the scandal that has at last overtaken
him. By what casuistry and pleading ot
the raison d'etat. Cavalgnac made himself
the ally of the Merders and of similar
a rear filth, we do not know. It Is a nasty
business at best, and only to be recalled
because, in the case of Jaures, it has
shown the value or an idealist in politics;
while In general It has strikingly proved
that the meaner political crimes Invari
ably return to plague their Inventors.
Pessimism In tbe Sunny South.
Roanoke fVaO Times.
Glory Is but a transient dream that
gives color to a sleep bespangled .with
Illusions ot greatness: a mirage, glitter
ing, but unsubstantial, hovering,' above
the oasis in the desert of life ai whose
fountain many a weary traveler wouId:
quench his burning thirst that he may
press on to grander ccignta.
ADVICE TO THE ."STRONG MEN."
Chicago Tribune
The New York Times asks if It would
not be wise for the "strong men," like J.
Plerpont. Morgan and J. J. Hill, "to ad
mit frankly that the Government and peo
ple are after all greater and stronger
than the corporations their sovereignty
create.' Doubtless it would be wiser. It
is true, as the Times says, that "by pro
voking- continual litigation they perpetu
ate conditions of uncertainty and finan
cial disturbance which they themselves
loudly deplore." This week's flurry la the
stock market is du exclusively to the
failure ot anrattempt to get around the
.provisions of b. law which clashes with
the Ideas ot certain men regarding tne
proper management of railroads In which
they are interested.
Unfortunately, the "strong man." un
less he has had political experience, sel
dom knows how to yield, gracefully to the
will of a majority when he tninics tne
majority Is not so wise as he is. The
stronjr man in the world or finance or
trade has been educated by his successes
to be tenacious of his opinions. Intolerant
of the position, and contemptuous or tne
views ot those who have not had his
training and his good fortune. Such a
man beueves he knows best. Laws which
run counter to his theories cf political
economy or railroad management are nul
lified by him whenever he can find law
yers shrewd enough to do it- '
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions
of the majority" Is the duty of all men.
unless moral Issues are Involved. Time
has vindicated the men who violated the
.fugitive slave law. When the question Is
whether a corporation which exists by
virtue ot a statute is greater than the
people who allowed it to be organized, the
man who endeavors to defeat the will of
the majority need look for no vindica
tion. Instead of entering upon an un
equal contest he should submit to the will
of the majority and confine his efforts to
endeavors to convert the majority to nls
way of thinking. It may be galling for
Mr. Morgan and other men who have a
low opinion of the wisdom of popular
majorities and of a public sentiment. ad
verse to railroad combinations, wmcn
they think la unenlightened, to obey an
obnoxious law which embodies the wishes
of the people, but it will be wise to do
so. The part or Ajax aerying tne ugnt
nlng" Is a spectacular but not a success
ful one.
PRESIDENTS AND M0NARCHS
Chleasro Inter Ocean.
Professor Hasse. of Lelpstc Is regarded
by his countrymen as an entirely serious
person. It is safe to assume. In fact, that
he always thinks and speaks from the
German viewpoint with the utmost grav
ity UDon all nubile Questions and occa
sions. If he did not he would hardly be
n, German university Drofessor.
Yet Professor Hasse. when the
Reichstag on Thursday was discussing the
Venezuelan adventure, declared that the
result of the government's conduct was
"to Increase America's reputation while
ours sinks." A laree share of the blame
for such depression he ascribed to Baron
Speck von Sternberg, German Ambassa
dor to Washington, or whom ne saia:
The behavior or Ambassador Sternberg- has
been such that the United States ought to pay
his salary. I bare no words la which to char
acterize bis action. He even ventured to place
the President on the same plane with the Em
peror!
Professor Hasse and those Europeans
who think as he does will doubtless re
gard' the statement as "Yankee Impu
dence." yet it is tne soua ract mat tne
American people regard It as no com
pliment to have their President de
scribed as the equal of Emperor William.
And Emperor William Is about the only
monarch now whom they would not be
offended to have placed on tbe same
plane with their Presldent
Tbat Is the American viewpoint. Jus
tified to the American mind by the fact
that European monarchs do not now, and.
as a class; never have, compared either
In statesman!?, ablllty-or In personal rec
titude with American Presidents.
There have been 2 American Presidents,
and no royal house in Europe can show
their equals as either statesmen or men.
No Democrats From the North-
Chicago Chronicle CD em.)
In tho United States Senate which will
meet next December the Democrats will
have only six members from Northern
States--two each from Colorado and Mon
tana, and one each -from Idaho and Ne
vada.. And these are not Democrats.
They are the surviving progeny of po
litical miscegenation a system which be
gan when cranks and freaks of all par
ties came Into possession ot the Demo
cratic National organization in 1S3S. They
repudiated the safe and sound Democratic
platform of 1S32 founded on all the pre
ceding Democratic platforms, varying In
terms only as the progress ot events and
changes in the National condition re
quired. In 1S33, following tho Democratic vic
tory on the platform of the previous year,
there were 11 Democratic Senators irom
Northern States. There were two Demo
cratic Senators from New York, two from
New Jersey, two from Indiana, two from
Wisconsin, one from Illinois, ona from
Ohio and some from other Norther States.
This number Is now reduced to six. And
these six were all Republicans in 1833.
None of them now represents the Demo
cratic party In Its Integrity and in the
traditional Democratic faith. They came
over and are left on Democratic hands
as the waits, the flotsam and Jetsam of
the wild political tempest of seven or
eight years ago, but which now has par
tially or mostly subsided.
Jfo Illch Tariff Wanted There.
Winnipeg Tribune.
A movement Is on foot to urgo upon
the Dominion Government the placing
of a duty on cream separators. About
00.000 worth of cream separators or their
main part was Imported Into Canada list
year. A duty of say 30 per cent would
mean that the farmers and dairymen of
Canada would pay a tax ot J1W.C0O a year
on the separators they buy. Prices In
Canada would go up Just the amount
of the duty. And for what? Merely to
enable two or three Canadian factories
to make a big profit.
The Frauds In tbe Postal Service.
Pittsburg Leader.
The duty of the Postmaster General.
now that tno naicea tacts are before him,
is plain. He must cleanse his Depart
ment with an unsparing hand and, by
tho severity of the lesson administered
to his offending subordinates, prevent ef
fectually the possibility of a recurrence
of the evils at present undergoing- ex
posure. Let It be shown in this Instance.
at an events, mat tne power or politicians
to protect unworthy servants of the Gov
ernment can no longer prevail.
LenrninK in, Spite of Himself.
Indlmapolls News.
The President admits that the tariff Is
not sacrea ana mat cnanges In the sched.
ules are sometimes necessary to. meet the
Nation's shifting needs, which is addi
tional proof that sometimes we progress
in spite of our most strenuous efforts to
the contrary.
In April.
B. Richardson.
In April month, ot smiles and tears,
A little time you came , to star.
The sunlauzhed out as if 'twere May,
The fields put on their best array.
And the cuckoo cried to listening ears.
In April month of smiles and tears.
And you with rptrit brave and gay.
Who smile through sorrow and laugh down
fears
"With your tender face and your wilful way.
And your mood that changes every day.
And every change the more endears.
Like April month of smiles and tears.
' Our heart were sad and skies were Cray,
And"the rain fell fast, when you went away
In April month of smiles and tears.
K0TE AND COMMENT; .
What it the ballplayers should striker
Today we have the Browns, not the
blues.
We will have a chance to see for our
selves this afternoon.
Jack Marshall win find out today" what
It feels like to be a conquered hero.
The only thlnir that could knock out
James J. Cor belt would-be a phonograph
running overtime.
It has been decided to shed a Uttle. Illum
ination on the quarrel of the gas com
panies in San Francisco.
Great storms are announced from Ger
many. This time It Is not the press that
is on the rampage, but the weather.
The city government would like to
know how to get mora money. That la
a question a whole lot of us would like
to know. too.
A man named Slim was yesterday
lynched In Wyoming -for murdering an
other man. He had that sort of a chance
from the first.
Every day some doctor announcer that
he has discovered the cause of cancers.
The public is more generally Interested
In cures than causes.
The gentleman who tried to imitate
Tracy in California Is no doubt now hav
ing an opportunity to swap yarns with
the Oregon outlaw between blasts.
Countess Russell, who married Prince
-Athrobald Stuart de Modena, has discov
ered that her husband Is not a prince at
till, but a footman. It seems he Is to be
of some use after all.
Heports from Paris state that Santos-
Dumont la busy building a big balloon
shed which will house at least three ot
his airships. He has purchased 12,000
square meters of land facing the Seine
at Neullly. Just opposite the Island of
Puteaux, where ,1s situated the famous
Summer club for Parisian sportsmen. M.
Dumont lives In ,the Champs Elysees and
goes about the dty on a tiny electric
American runabout. His new balloon
wlU be the tenth that he has built, and
as M. Dumont Is of the opinion that No.
9 waa much too heavy No. 10 will be. of
a much lighter design. Experts say that
No. 10 will be a beautiful toy but not a
machine to conquer the air.
Dr. JTatton was delivering a lecture re
cently In his course on ethics at tho
Princeton Theological Seminary and ex
perienced much annoyance because some
of the students ate peanuts instead of
attending to him. Finally he administered
this rebuke: "Gentlemen, I have delayed
starting the most Important part of to
day's lecture, hoping that the stock of
peanuts would be consumed and a rest
ful quiet be restored. As the quantity
seems ample to meet the demands and
the supply appears inexhaueltble. I feel
constrained to request that your appetites
be restrained until the conclusion ot the
lecture. I would be greatly pleased if
In the future anyone wishing to conduct
a 5 o'clock tea in the classroom would
confine the refreshments to sponge cake."
Prominent among tho King of Portu
gal's varied tastes Is an English passion
for sports of all kinds and it is knpwa
that once when Jhike of Braganza he
entered the ring to face a bull -with
points unbated"; that is to say, not
padded, as Is generally the case In Portu
gal as distinguished from Spain. One
of the ladies of the court had dared the
Duke to face a bun with lte homs un
guarded and so he entered the arena In
the Spanish manner Incognito, though
everyone knew who the bold banderlllo
was. Unfortunately the Duke slipped- and
fell, but, starting up before the bull
could charge again, he ran for the bar
ricade and cleared It at a bound Just a
moment or two before the Infuriated ani
mal splintered the woodwork with its
horns.
Limerick Competition So. 14,368.
Our Invitation to send In stray limericks
has been accepted by at least one person
In the state. Probably the soothing, balmy
Spring was too much for him. and ha
succumbed to the poetic microbe. We
append his remarks:
An editor asks for some rhymes.
Tbe kind that he pars for in dimes.
But d a It Cathlamet.
And the River Willamette
Caa only be used a few times.
A Gardener's Burial.
Andrew J. Johnson, forestry expert.
whose burial will take place at Astoria
today, was a true son of Nature. A bot
anist, wedded to his calling, he was rich
in flowers and trees, and though ot a
kindly, social disposition, he was at home
In the solitudes and -mads its plant-Hie
familiar friends. The following fragment
picked up among the flotsam and Jltsam
of current literature is published as a
tribute from a nameless source to a mart
who loved all growing things:
This Is the grave prepared; set down the biers
Mother, -a faithful son we bring thee here
In loving ease to lie beneath thy breast.
Which many a year with toying toll he drest,
His was the eldest craft, the simple skill.
That Adam piled, ere good was known by ill:
Tbe throstle's song at dawn his spirit toned;
He set his seeds In hope, he grafted, pruned.
Weeded and mowd, and with a true son's care
Wrought thee & mantle of embroidery rare.
The snow-drop and the Winter aconite
Came at his call ere frosts had ceasd to bite;
He bade the crocus name aa with a charm;
The nestling violets bloom'd. and teard no
harm.
Knowing that for tbelr saies a champion
meek
Did bloodless battle with the weather bleak:
But when tbe wealthier months with largness
came
His blazoned beds put heraldry to shame.
And on the Summer air such perfume cast
As Saba or the Spice Isles ne'er surpast.
The birds all lov'd him. for he would not
shoot
Even the winged thieves that stole hla fruit:
And ha lov'd them-the little fearless wren. (
The red-breast, curious In the ways of, men,
The pilgrim swallow and the dearer guest
That sets beneath our eaves her plastered nest;
The merry white-throat bursting with his song.
Fluttered within Mi reach and fearM no wrong.
And the mute fly-catcher forgot her dread.
And took her prey beside his stooping head.
Receive them. Mother Earth, his work is done;
Blameless he lived, and did offense to none;
BUmeless he died, forbidding us to throw
Flowers In his grave, because he lov'd them so
He would not have them stifle underground.
But bloom among the grasses on his mound.
We, that have loved, must leave him.
Mother, keep
A faithful watch about him in his sleep.
Vain Courtesy.
New York Sun.
De Stj-le What did that. Polite Man do
after they got him strapped Into the elec
tric chair?
Gunbusta He wanted.to get up and of
fer a lady his seat.
How the Jeies Differ.
New York Press.
When a man reckons up how much tt
costs him to live hotflgues- on how much,
is jeftl or clothes ufhen a woman bail
figured" up what her, clothes cost she esti
mates what is left to live on.