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PORTLAND, WED XEJS DAY, JUXD 10.
THE COMMENT OX THE PRESIDENT.
It has been surprising to see how
closely the press of the United States
has followed the lour of President
Roosevelt, how fully it has printed his
speeches, and how carefully it has
noted the significance of his many ut
terances. In their editorial comment
most of the newspapers have marked
the fact .that the President adapted his
remarks to each particular situation.
He showed in this a. tact and breadth
of view that surprised the country.
It is not asserted that Mr. Roosevelt
is either an extraordinary thinker or
an -extraordinary orator. Into the phil
osophy of social and political life he
does not penetrate so deeply as the
thinkers for all time; and if he did he
would not find such multitude of ap
preciative hearers. But he hits ad
mirably the general level of intelli
gence and the sense of civic duty.
There is nothing in his speeches of
oracular commonplace or of solemn
dullness.
President Roosevelt is in many ways
a man of an ordinary type. Tet he
has a way of putting things that ap
peals with great force to the plain peo
ple. He has a way peculiarly his own.
And peculiarity is always notable, espe
cially when there is manifest through it
a character of sturdy devotion to at
tractive ideals. Again, a characteristic
contrary to the usual course or to a
well-defined rule, if a sound and hon
est judgment lie manifestly at the
basis of it, arouses Interest and af
fords a ready topic for thought and
discussion.
It is in his perfectly natural and un
studied character that President Roose
velt appears to so great advantage be
fore the vast body of the people. He
doesn't try to catch attention by
phrase-tnaklng. You will ,find in his
utterances no innocuous desuetude, no
prepared phrases on crowns of thorns
and crosses of gold. His talk goes
straight to the heart of matters that
relate to public policy, to formation of
character for the duties of citizenship,
to maintenance of practical as distin
guished from visionary ideals. It is
readily seen that his judgments are
formed on knowledge of the history of
the country and on wide range of ob
servation and experience. He is a
practical politician, yet insists on clean
and honorable politics, and is no mere
idealoglst or transcendental reformer.
No phenomenbn of the politics of our
time is so remarkable as his enormous
popularity. It may be that this popular
ity was not increased by his recent tour.
for Jt was great already; but certainly
this extended tour was an occasion for
manifestation of it to an extent that
has had few, if any, parallels in our
history. The secret of It is his nearness
to the people and the power he has, ap
parently without consciousness of it, of
showlng'how clearly and fully the gen
eral mind of the country Is reflected in
his own.
THE BOYCOTT HUN" MAD.
The extent to which the boycott run
-mad may go has lately been witnessed
in the strike of cemetery-workers near
Ban Francisco, Three union gravedig
gers were discharged for reasons not
given, and their -fellow-labors of the
Cemetery-Workers' Union determined
that there should be no burials In Cy
press-Lawn cemetery and no cremations
Jn the crematorium connected there
with until these men were taken back.
Following this declaration acts dis
tressing to persons suffering from be
reavement and disgraceful to San
Mateo County, in which the cemetery is
located, have been committed. A few
days ago a hearse followed by mourn
ers was turned back by these boycot
ters, armed with spades, grewsome in
signia of their calling, and later an
open grave that had been dug by the
superintendent himself was flooded
from a hydrant clese at hand before
the hearse reached It bearing the body.
And to complete the outrage oil was
put in the furnace flues of the crema
torium, and upon an attempt to start
the fires for the purpose of cremating
a. body an. explosion occurred from
which the two men employed in the
work narrowly escaped death.
Just and self-respecting union men
everywhere will condemn these out
rageous acts, but unionism can only
purge Itself of the disgrace attached
to them by denouncing the boycott as
at all times unworthy of American
citizens.' Narrow, presumptuous, tyran
nlcal, the spirit that prompts it should
be censured and its operation discoun
tenanced by al fair-minded men in
the ranks of organized labor, and es
peclally by the leaders who assume to
J2peak for the men In the ranks. It is
ixha tsheerestTQOckery" Jtcc taYoker-the..
boycott in the name of liberty and of
right. The lengths to which it has
been pushed In this instance, and only
in a lesser degree in many others, show
how readily. In the hands of ignorant
and vengeful men, it may bring dis
grace upon the cause of labor, which it
impudently espouses. It is not more
Incumbent upon honorable and worthy
pensioners to discountenance pension
frauds than It is upon fair-minded men
who are in authority In labor organiza
tions to denounce and renounce the
boycott. The abuse suffered in- both
cases reflects discredit upon worthy
and honorable organizations.
HIGHER WAGES AND LESS PAY.
What would Aristotle say to the log
ical powers- of the worktngman who
jacks up wages to a high notch and
then complains at advance of rents?
Thus: The workingmen ask and re
ceive an increase of from ?3 to $4 a day.
The 52000 house costs $3000. The owner
has to get ?1S0 a year Interest Instead
of $120. He puts the "rent up from $16
to $35. If the man that rents the hoyse
Is a journeyman carpenter, he can
stand the arrangement; but If not, he Is
out and injured.
But! Meanwhile the painter and
plumber and blacksmith and barber
and all the rest of them get increases.
The result is Increased cost all along
the line. Nominally, the laborer gets
.higher wages. Practically, it costs him
more at every turn in the road.
"Oh, but we are all better oft with
high prices than with low." Not all,
perhaps, but undoubtedly one class Is.
That Is the class that charges com
missions on the work that other men
do, and the money that other men in
vest. Mr. J. P. Morgan, for example,
will put much "more in the kitty at
high prices than at low prices. His
inflated valuations will pass muster
more easily. Underwriting will flour
ish. That part of the community which
pats the producer on the back the while
he abstracts his percentage from the
producer's pocket will rejoice in high
wages and high prices.
But not too high. For there comes a
point in high wages where owners will
not build; where stocks will not be or
dered; where Investors will betake
themselves to safe-deposit vaults; where
Mr. Morgan will be put out of business
because there Is no business for his
hand ' to be put into and then drawn
out of with increment in Its grasp.
Business will stand a certain amount
of increase In wages cost. The fresh
burden will be passed on from the pay
roll to the selling price. If the plumber
charges you 70 cents an hour for the
services of a defective youth and car
fare both ways, you can get it out of
him In due time when he has to pay
union prices for shaving the back of his
neck and a minimum scale for hauling
slabwood to his elegantly appointed
furnace. But there is a limit. The
same business that can stand a raise of
50 cents a day can't stand one of $2 a
day. The more wages you get, the
more what you buy will cost. , And
when the limit is reached, then look out
for breakers on the port bow!
BUILD THE OAKAL.
The proposed river improvement at
The Dalles and Cellio has again swung
round to the continuous canal; ope of
the first methods suggested for over
coming the obstructions In the Colum
bia River. The Harts plan, which has
been discarded, has never "been very
enthusiastically considered by men
who were familiar, with the portion of
the river that was to be changed or
controlled by a submerged dam. At
the -point where it was proposed to lo
cate the dam, the mighty volume of
water which has been gathering force
for hundreds of miles is hurled through
a narrow chasm with a velocity and
force practically Irresistible. Had an
attempt been made to carry out this
plan, failure and abandonment would
have been certain, and the removal of
the obstructions would be as far In the
future as ever, while another approprl
ation of many thousands spent in a
futile effort would be charged up
against the project
Experienced engineers who have ex
amlned the obstructions have with but
few exceptions agreed that there are
but two plans worthy of consideration
a boat railway or a continuous canal.
The latter, on account of Its perma-
nency, has always been a favorite, in
spite of the fact that the cost was usu
ally regarded as prohibitive. Now that
the engineers have made a recom
mendation In its favor. It is to be
hoped that there will be the least pos
sible delay in the commencement of
preliminary work, and that It will be
rushed to completion. The plan is per
fectly feasible, the improvement is
needed, and the Government can well
afford to extend the relief desired. The
opening of-the Columbia River by the
Government would settle for all time
the question of rates from the Inland
Empire to the sea. The O. R. & N.
has provided a fine track and good
service between Portland and interior
points, and its rates under existing
circumstances are perhaps not exorbi
tant But the time Is rapidly approach
ing when the business of the Colum
bla River Basin will be doubled and
trebled, and the rates now in effect on
a smaller volume of traffic will be too
high.
The railroad may meet these changed
conditions, and it may not. If it stilly
retains its present prestige with the
only water-level route by which the
products of the interior can reach the
sea, there will be no great Incentive
for a change from its present policy.
This policy, through the timidity of
Mr. Harriman, Tesults in large quanti
ties of grain and other products being
taken from the banks of the Columbia
River and' Its tributaries and hauled
over a high range of mountains to
Puget Sound. Unnatural trade condi
tions of this character can never exist
with an open river from Lewlston to
the sea. The track and right of way
of the O. R. & N. Co. are exclusively
for the use of Mr. Harriman or some
other road with which he may choose
to make a trackage agreement. Tha
track and right of way on the Colum-;
bla River is as free as the water Itself,
and the wood scow and freight barge
have equal rights with the palatial
steamers that operate thereon, and
whenever the inland producers think
they are being Imposed on in the way
of high freight rates it will require but
a very small expenditure for them to
build barges and float their own prod
ucts to market. -
Enemies of Columbia River improve
ments have frequently made 'the charge
that the cost 'of the proposed canal
would be greater than was warranted
by the expected results. Such charges.
rjo longer have the merit that they
might have possessed when, the canal
project was, first discussed. The won
derf ul - growth, -iarth e .volume p
ness with points east of the Cascade
Mountains, and the possibilities for
still greater development, are argu
ments too powerful to be overlooked
in considering the canal. Aside from
the demands of Increasing thousands
of dwellers east and west of this great
barrier In Nature's highway to the sea.
the Government has a large investment
to protect. Many millions have been
spent in building a canal and locks at
the Cascades, and the returns from this
Investment In the way of general good
will be insignificant until the system
is completed with a similar Improve
ment above The Dalles. With the sin
gle exception of Cushman, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho have Con
gressional representation that Is unani
mously in favor of an open river, and
under such circumstances the prospect
for a canal abound The Dalles and Ce
lilo obstructions is brighter than ever.
EVERY TUB ON ITS OWN BOTTOM.
Collapse of the"Bullding Trades Coun
cil in New York City Is an event whose
significance should not be lost upon
Portland employers and employes, com
ing as it does on the heels of a parallel
phenomenon here. There is an Inher
ent weakness in all such artificial com
binations, and their disruption Is a
thing to be expected, and even pro
moted.
The difficulty with associations com
bining various disconnected trades Is
so well equipped to handle specific
problems as the members of the trade
most directly concerned. And this Is
Just as true of masters as of men. Lo
cally, for example, the master paint
ers and master carpenters undoubtedly
did each other more harm than good
by their mutual operations in each
other's behalf. Another time the boss
carpenters will be tempted to let the
boss painters carry their own burdens.
In New Tork as well as in Portland
the Building Trades Council has suc
ceeded only in getting Itself disliked
by its constituent unions. The inde
fensibility of the sympathetic strike Is
intensified by its Impotence; for it
makes the general public mad and In
flicts hardships upon trades that have
no grievance. Nothing has so power
fully contributed to the. weakness of
central -trades councils as the unhappy
experience of unions that walk out to
avenge some other union's grievance,
only to hurt themselves and do the suf
ferer no good whatever.
It is better for the employers of one
trade to deal exclusively with the em
ployes In that trade. The conditions of
the work are different, and If the mas
ters and men in -that trade can agree,
they should resent the Interference of
outside masters and men. This is the
experience of the contented and pros
perous unions. They are able to attend
to their own needs. They don't ask ad
vice or .help to run their business, and
they don't want, to incur responsibility
for other unions. This disposition to
resent the interference of other trades
in matters which do not concern them
except remotely Is rapidly growing in
all the more intelligent fields of organ
ized labor. In the printing fraternity
It is very marked; and our local brick
layers, laundry-drivers, and even the
carpenters, In a limited way, have this
season given noteworthy evidence of
increasing spirit and .sense. The union
that cuts loose from the building trades
and keeps Its contract with Its own.
masters' association is on the high road
to peace and prosperity. It will find Its
employers soon becoming its best
friends. And just so with the masters.
They will be much better off when they
are known to be their own masters, and
not subject to some other association
of employers. The union or the mas
ters' association that can't manage its
affairs properly has no business to call
on outsiders for help at a sacrifice when
it gets itself into a hole.
A PLEA AGAINST HOME WORK.
"Home work," that bugbear of pa
trons of the public schools, has been
reduced to the minimum in connection
with the grade work of the schools in
this city. It was for years a most
grievous burden, and one which was
never carried with the grace of pa
tlence, although its exactions were met
often with the combined energy of the
family and many a session of discontent
around the evening lamp.
Those of us who have carried and
finally shaken off this load can under
stand the chafing with which it is still
borne In other cities. In Philadelphia,
for example, the burden still presses
heavily. Indignant protest is heard
from, parents, pathetic whimperings
from children and grave warnings from
physicians against the abuse of . edu
cational authority. Prominent physi
cians have Joined with the clergymen
of the city in a petition to the Board of
Education to reduce the course In the
High School by at least half the amount
of home study required. Supplement
ary to this petition Is the statement
that four students in the girls' High
School have died, within the year as a
result of overstudy. The petition con
demns the number of studies prescribed
as excessive, while many of them are
declared to be practically useless to the
young woman who expects and hopes
to lead a woman's life in the home.
A few years ago Mrs. Lew Wallace
contributed to the Ladies Home Jour
nal a strong article upon this subject.
Under the head, "The Slaughter of the
Innocents," she showed how children
girls especially were being fed through
the school machine, coming out at the
end of the school course with racked
nerves, periodical headaches and other
troubles, which later rendered them
querulous invalids, unfit for the duties
of life. The presentment was a strong
one, reinforced by many examples and
Incidents showing how utterly useless
and cruel was the strain which "gradu
ating" Imposed, not only upon the girls
themselves, but upon hundreds of fam
Hies financially unable to bear 1L It
created much comment, but It was not
followed by modification of the abuses
charged. Whether the vigorous stand
that the people and press of Phila
delphia are now taking against this
cramming process will be more sue
cessful remains to be seen.
Ellhu Root Is named as a probable
candidate for the Governorship of New
Tork on the Republican ticket next
year. When Mr. Root entered the
Cabinet of President McKinley in 1899
he was known to the country as
lawyer of the first rank In the bar of
New Tork City, and the record made
by him as Secretary of War has greatly
Increased his reDutation. When he en
tered the Cabinet he was simply a dis
tinguished lawyer, but today he is re
garded as a man of marvelous execu
tive and organizing ability, the great
est War Secretary since Stanton. No
man stands higher in the Republican
iJualJjOartyXodaa
rr as &ta,taman, -and he-
would make a very strong candidate
for the Governorship of New Tork.
The "independents," who are "anti-imperialists,"
do not like him as well as
they did before he became head of the
War Office, but they have never Im
peached his public integrity or ability.,
and as against any candidate that the
New York Democracy Is likely to nomi
nate they would support him. for his
views on the subject of National ex
pansion would not disqualify him for
excellent administration of the affairs
of the great State of New Tork. Should
Mr. Root be elected Governor of New
Tork, he would be in line for the Presi
dential nomination In 1008. As against
Root, Governor Odell would have small
National claims to support, for Root
has made a profound impression
through his ability upon Congress and
upon the whole country. Measured by
his great legal acquirements and his
proved executive and administrative
ability, Mr. Root Is one of the best
equipped statesmen In his party.
Pope Leo, In our judgment. Is too
shrewd a statesman to decline to re
ceive a visit from President Loubet, of
France. A refusal to receive President
Loubet, following the visit of the King
of Great Britain, upon the plea that he
rules a Catholic country, would be used
by the Socialists and other antl-Catho-
lics In the French Parliament as a "pre
text for the repeal of the Concordat.and
kindred hostile legislation. Pope Leo
has thus far not interfered in the quar
rel between the religious associations
and the French government, but his
refusal to receive President Loubet
would be regarded as an expression of
his official resentment for the expulsion
of those religious schools from France.
The pope is too sagacfous a man to
afford any pretext for a needless quar
rel with the government of the French
Republic, whose population is over
whelmingly Catholic and whose Catho
lic hierarchy is at present supported
and protected by French law. The
vast majority of France is Roman
Catholic in religion, but republican in
political opinions. The pope will re
gard the visit of the President of
France as a tribute of respect for him
as the great spiritual sovereign of the
French people.
The grain markets of the world are
today eagerly awaiting the appearance
of the American Government crop re
port. With a surplus of moisture in
some sections, and not enough in oth
ers, scorching heat following unseason
able cold and a generally topsy-turvy
condition of climatic Influences, the
trade has been all at sea for the past
few days. It is pretty generally ex-
pected that the report on wheat and
corn will show a marked decline from
the high rating of last month, but the
exact extent of this decline is the feat
ure of uncertainty that is causing bulls
and bears alike some uneasiness. Chi
cago, which ought to have Inside infor
mation on the matter, Is predicting a
decline of seven points from the May
report on Winter wheat, and a slight
Improvement on Spring wheat. If all
of the weather reports that are wafted
westward by wire can be credited, the
Winter wheat decline will be nearer
twelve than seven points. The crop of
from 00,000,000 to 1,000,000.000 bushels
of wheat which some of the wheat ex
perts were predicting a few weeks ago
has shrunk alarmingly already, and will
be still further curtailed before It is in
the bins.
The admonition of ,the late Colonel
Muncey to "keep your eye on Pasco"
followed a number of similar catch-
phrases -into obscurity several years
ago, but according to recent advices it
may soon be doing duty again. Irriga
tion is the elixir of life which some of
the successors of Colonel Muncey are
seeking to Inject Into that desolate land
of the jackrabbit and sagebrush, and
if they succeed In getting water on the
soil In the vicinity of that forlorn sta
tion on the Northern Pacific, some of
the radiant dreams of the booming
Colonel are sure to be realized. The
soil is said to respond readily when
ever water is applied, and if the big
surplus which annually goes to waste
on the lower reaches of the Columbia
and In the basements of Portland stores
can only be stored up and applied to
Pasco and other dry regions, the des
ert will not only blossom like the rose,
but there will be less "deserting" along
Front street while the June rise is on.
The terrible hardships that befell
stock in transit on account of the May
blizzard are recorded in the loss of 25
per cent of a shipment of 1925 head of
2-year-old cattle en route from El Paso,
Tex., to Asslnabola, Canada. The stock
was unloaded at Chinook, Mont., May
21, In the bitter storm then prevailing,
and about one-fourth of them weak
ened by crowding and fasting perished
miserably before their Journey was re
sumed three days later. Now that the
dog has passed as a' means of trans
portation in Alaska, and range horses.
wild, terrified, weak from hunger and
parched with thirst, are no longer
turned Into a commercial product,
range cattle, crowded in stock cars
and carried long distances, may be said
to be the most utterly wretched dumb
creatures In existence. Legislation has
done something for them, but much yet
remains to be done for mercy's sake be
fore their condition In transit is what
It should and might be.
Dean Holgate, of the Northwestern
University, is evidently a believer In
the strenuous life. In a speech to the
students of Evanston at commence
ment he said: "Tou are going out in
the world to work. There will be no
union to tell you not to work more than
eight hours a day. Tou will come near
er working eighteen hours out of the
twenty-four. Some of you will get
burled in your work. But keep at It,
remembering the responsibility resting
upon you to do good work, and you will
have your reward." The gospel of jvork
is here fully recognized and honored.
Not the man who regulates his work-
ins: hour3 by the clock, but he who
measures them by the requirements of
his vocation and- his ability, will mount
the ladder of achievement.
It is the strangest sort of breach-of-
promlse case that is on trial in Judge
Bellineer's court. There would be a
short way out of it if the defendant
would marrv the plaintiff. As a wife
she would, have less standing than she
now has as a suitor in court whatever
her wrones may have been. He could
abuse her, mistreat her, make life a
burden to her, all within the law, till
she might be glad to quit him. If that
were his desire. The law Is very far
-enrniio to the husband's "nreroza-
tives." But there Is likely to be trouble
fnr him when a woman srets him into
cpurt bforebe-is hwfcwfuhkukfjid
N0RDICA, DE RESZKE, AND DDSS
New York Evening Post.
Since Pattl was in America, last the
Madison Square Garden has not looked
upon such famous singers as were neara
there last nightMme. Nordlea, greatest
of living dramatic sopranos, and Edouard
de Reszke, greatest of living basses. Nor
has the place ever looked on so vast a
concert audience; about $17,000 was said
to have been taken in at tho box office.
Prices were three times as high as they
will be for the rest of the summer, be
ginning tonight, yet every seat was taken.
There was considerable delay at tho
start, and the audience was, beginning to
get impatient, when, lo and behold, the
conductor at last made his entrance on
a gondola! Yes; on a gondola. Mr. Dues
is nothing If not original; no other con
ductor had ever before done that. Rich
ard Wagner's body, after his death in
Venice, was carried In a gondola to the
special train sent by tha King of Ba-
aria; not long before his death he once
went in a gondola to a concert hall to
conduct his symphony In C mltior; but
neither he nor any other musician ever
rode In -a gondola right up to his desk.
as the great and only Duss did last night,
and as he probably will do every night
during the season of summer music, of
which he appears to be the only champion
this summer. All success to him! He has
a very good orchestra that of the Metro
politan Opera House with the immortal
Nahan Franko as concert master, and it
need not be said once more that he Is
a conductor who combines with musical
knowledge and intelligence plenty of ani
mation and pantomimic talent to satis
fy the most exacting summer audience.
The orchestral programme. It must bo
admitted, was on this occasion a side
show. It was the fame of the soloists
that attracted tho extraordinarily largo
audience. But the orchestra did Its share
of the work well, and several extras wero
called for beside the regular numbers,
which comprised the "William Tell"
overture, a movement from Tschaikow-
sky's Pathetic symphony, the Blue Dan
ube Waltz, a new march by Duss. "The
Fair Debutante," the introduction to
'Lohengrin." act 3; the sextet from "Lu
cia," the Hallelujah chorus from the
"Messiah," the Mascagnl Intermezzo, and
America." In several of tho numbers
the volume of song was swelled by the
voices of Tali Esen Morgan's chorus.
The first of the soloists to .arrive was
Edouard de Reszke. . He came over the
bridge which leads 'across the "Grand
Canal," with Its gondolas, to the "is
land," where the $3 seats were, and then
up to the conductor s place, his march
being accompanied by cordial applause.
He was down on the programme for only
one song Faure s "The Palms," but of
course, the aur.lence wanted more, so he
added the Mehlsto serenade from B.er
Hoz's "Faust," and Tschaikowsky's pop
ular "Don Juan's Serenade.' He was in
excellent voice, and his superb voice filled
the vast spaces of the auditorium.
In the middle of the second part came
Mme. Nordlca on a gondola and every
body got up to see. her gilding along the
canal. There was a great deal of ap
plause, but It was nothing to the vol
ume of enthusiastic plaudits ana snouts
that filled the air after she had sung the
Rossini "Inflammatus" and the "Star
Spangled Banner." She received $1750 for
those 10 or 15 minutes of singing, but she
deserved it: for there is no other living
vocalist whose voice is so beautiful, and
who can sing a high C so thrillingly.
The freshness and purity of her voice
were simply amazing, in view of the fact
that she bad Just returned from a most
fatiguing tour of 33 concerts In one
month. In nearly as many cities, as far
west as Omaha and as far north as
Montreal.
At tonight s concert aime. maconaa ana
Mr. Franko will be the soloists. Tables
will be placed on the Island elsewhere for
refreshments, and the audience will have
more time than it had last night to watch
the eondoliers and the really beautiful
scenic background. Including the Saint
Mark's Place with the Campanile, the
Grand Canal, with moving clouds over
head, and beyond it the picturesque San
Giorgio Maggiore.
They- All Had a. Chance.
New York World (Dcm.).
Sneaking of success, one of Theodore
Wlnthrop's characters said: "Some men
grab their chances, some chuck away
their chances ana some just let ineir
chances slide."
The following able lawyers have held
the offlco of Attorney-General since the
Sherman anti-trust law was passed In
1SS0:
Under President Harrison W. H- H.
Miller.
Under Cleveland Richard Olney, Jud-
son Harmon.
Under McKinley Joseph McKenna,
John W. Griggs.
Under McKinley and Roosevelt Philan
der C. Knox.
All these men had an equal chance to
win credit for the Administration and
personal distinction by securing an en
forcement of the plain law against com
petition killing and the traffic restraining
trusts. Mr. Knox is the only one wno
Improved his opportunity or, to put it
idiomatically, ''grabbed his chance. Ana
his action is the more conspicuous and
creditable because it was not generally
expected of him.
German. Complaint Against America.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The German Industrial League is about
to 'make formal complaint that German
imports into the United States are ap
praised too high; that in consequence of
this excessive duties are collected here, to
tho great disadvantage of German export
ers. The allegation Is that the American
market value of th'e goods Is tiken as the
basis for Imposition of the duty, and that
this valuation la often excessive and un
just. The league has, therefore, addressed
circulars to exporters throughout Ger
many, Inviting reports respecting the ac
tion taken by American customs authori
ties. These reports will be compiled and
presented to the German Government and
they may become the subject of diploma
Ic correspondence. The circular repre
sents that great damage Is inflicted on
European trade by American methods of
appraisement.
The Doctor's .Orders.
What to Eat.
He had been ordered to drink water an
hour before breakfast for a week and then
report to the prescribing doctor. "I'm no
better, doctor," he said.
"Did you drink water an hour before
breakfast, as I ordered?" asked the phy
sician.
"Lor, no. doctor; I tried It, but ten
minutes of the drinking was all I could
stand."
Perhaps It was the same person who
was ordered to eat raw oysters as an ap
petizer. "It's no use, doctor," he said.
"Why, the other night I ate 200 of them.
and I hadn't any better appetite than
when I began."
The "Breakfast Food" Family.
London Tit-Bits.
John Spratt will eat so fat.
Nor will he touch the lean.
He com to eat any meat;
He lives upon Foodlne. ,
But Mrs. Spratt will none' of that;
Foodlne ahe can not eat.
Her special wish -is for a dish
Of Expurgated Wheat.
To William Spratt that food Is fiat
On which his mater dotes.
His favorite feed his special oed
Is Eala. Heapa Oats.
But Sister JM can't see how Will
Can touch such tasteless food.
As breakfast fare It can't compare.
She says, with Shredded Wood. ' ' -
Now, none of these Iander please-r; , '
He feeds upon Bath Mitts;
While Sister Jane improves her brain
With Cero-Grapo-Grlts.
lorcur&us votes for Father's Oats; .
Prog gin a appeals to May; t &
The iunlor John sufesfeU lirT
;
VafBf yte Han -
A STUMP TO READ EHERS0&
New York Sua.
The Rev. John. White Chadwtck would
make tho Emersonian commemoration
memorable by Inducing the Emersonians,
genuine or spurious, to "read Emereon
through, right straight through," in the
course of the year. "I stump all who love
Emerson to do it," cries, Mr. Chadwlck
with a homely heartiness which almost
disarms us. But prod him we must, for he
dares to attack a vast modern institution,
the clearing-house of thought, the ex
change, the elevator and warehouse of lit
erature, tha "class" and "club." He dares
to assert that Emerson classes, Browning
clubs. Shakespeare classes, Dante clubs.
Markham reading circles and so on, while
doing good to those whom they benefit.
'are miserable substitutes for tne writers
criticised in their native simplicity and
Strength." N
We call around us the innumerable
happy millions, especially of women and
"young perrons," wno neet tne time care
lessly by hearing or reading papera
upon all ancient and most moaern au
thors. Why. the meanest little namiet
has a club that is capable of discussing
Women in Greek Tragedy," "The aiaa-
ness ot Tasso." "xne iteai veitro oi
Dante." "Mollere Compared with G. Ber
nard Shaw." "Milton, Shelley, Keats ana
Madison Caweln " "The Sonnet from Its
Origin to the Aguinaldlan Sequences of
William Lloyd Garrison," "From Michael
Wigglesworth to Robert Grant: a Century
of Puritan Literature." "Ario3to, Cer
vantes and Arlo Bates,'" "Heslod, Theo
critus. Blon. Moschus. William Barnes,
Bloodgvod Cutter and Sambo Bowles; an
Attempt to Trace the Course of Pastoral
Song Through the Centuries," "Plato and
Bronson Alcott." "Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Ralph Waldo Trine: a Study in New
Thought," "Symbolism in Maeterlinck
and Hawthorne," "Ibsen, Tolstoi and
Frank Sanborn;" and so forth without
end. Nobody has- time to read anything
but papers. Much Is done, as Mr. Chad
wlck admits, and the consumption of tea,
little cakes, chicken salads and choco
lates must have a stimulating lpfluence
upon trade.
Wo can't understand why Mr. Chadwlck
should want and ask people to read Emer
son. It is much nicer and easier and saves
time to read about Emerson. We know
personally or by reputation more than
one eminent "critic," who will write pretty
things abut Mr. Emerson next Spring
and get fat checks In consideration of the
same; and yet those critics don t have to
read Emerson in order to write about
him any more than. they have to know or
do know Italian, Greek or Latin to write
about Dante. Homer and Lucretius.
For our own part, we read nothing but
Indiana books. Only a small segment of
the infinite circle of literature, but it con
tents us; and we read them not because
we have to but becauso we love to. We
are modest and don't strive for inipos
Elbillties. Non omne spossumus omnia
only Professor Harry Thurston Peck can
read and write everything. Let him. We
don't envy the encyclopaedia.
As to Emerson and all other non-Indl-
anian authors, by not reading them you
keep your mind Impartial. By joining an
Emerson club or reading ; circle, you can
eet all the information necessary. Mr,
Chadwlck has no adequate notion of the
literary information which percolates
"club circles'' in Higganum, Conn., for
example, or Hokokus. N. J., or Sleepy
Eye, Minn. In the unimproved Infancy of
the world, when books were few and val
uable, the art of reading was treasured
because It was rare; What Is the object
of reading now? What is the use of read
ing when you can get somebody to read
a paper, criticism, summary or "apprecla
tion" 'to you? Reading Is "played out.'
The number of books published doesn't
indicate that this- is a reading age. This
Is a generation of skippers and of readers
- by proxy; a wise generation. Besides, pon
der the saying of a distinguished Hoosler,
one of our own flock: "Read Emerson?
Not a bit of It. I'm afraid of spoiling my
style."
9Ir. Roosevelt at Portland.
From "The Independent," New York.
It will be remembered that ex-Senator
Simon, of Oregon, asserted, not long ago
that the President had discriminated
against him In the matter of appoint
ments because he was a Jew. Mr. Roose
velt appears to hayo had this in mind
when he said in his speech at Salem:
Fundamentally in this country we are free
from the dreadful curse of religious hatred and
persecution which has worked so much evil In
times past In the world at large. We realize
that a corner-stone In the building of this Gov
ernment must he not only religious toleration
before the law, but a genuine religious tolera
tion among ourselves. We In America are to
be held thrice blessed that the chance for anl
mosity between Jew and Gentile or betwen
Christian sects has become Infinitesimal to the
vanishing point.
And at tho banquet In Portland the
President sent for Rabbi Wise and kept
him by his side during the greater part
of the evening. Mr. Simon's charges ap
pear to have caused no political defection
among the Republican Hebrews of the
Northwest.
Pailosopny In Epigrams.
Chicago Chronicle.
The amazing travels of the President of
the United States are so near an end for
the time being that It is desirable to epit
omize the net results of his counsel as set
forth in his various speeches.
Thus, .on the subject of our relations
with foreign nations; ,
"Speak easy, but carry a big stick."
Thus,, also, with reference to the deslra
billty of maintaining a great navy:
"Never draw unless you intend
shoot."
Thus, furthermore, on the vexed Issue
between capital and labor:
"Ask for a square deal."
, Are these the utterances of a man who
thoroughly understands tho West and its
people or of one who has formed his est!
mate of Western character from the comic
weeklies of New York?
Chicago Opera-Hosie Was Raffled.
Chicago Chronicle.
The death of U. H. Crosby In East
Brewster, Mass, recalls to the older resi
dents of Chlcago-the Crosby Opera-House,
a world-famous structure that was de
stroyed by the great fire. This playhouse
was erected Jn 1SW on Washington, be
tween State and Dearborn streets. It had
seating capacity for 3000 persons. In 1S66
Mr. Crosby, who had become impoverished
in building the playhouse decided to raffle
it and 25,000 tickets at $5 each were sold.
A. H. Lee, of Prairie du Rocher, Ran
dolph County, Illinois, was the winner
of the property. He sold it back to Mr.
Crosby for $200,000 and it was remodeled
and was ready for reopening when the
great conflagration swept It out of exist
ence. .
X Cannot Sin? the Old Songs.
By CUiIbeL
I cannot sing the old songs
I sung long years ago.
For heart and yptce would .fail me
' And foolish tears would flow;
For bygone hours come o'er my heart
With each familiar strain.
X cannot sing the old songs
Or dream those dreams again.
I cannot sing the old songs
Or dream those dreams again.
I cannot sing the old songs.
Their charm Is sad andj.deep.
Their melodies would waken
OJd sorrows from- theh- sleep.
And though air nnforgotten sUII
And sadly sweet they be,
I cannot sine the old song
They are too dear - to me,
I cannot sing the old songs.
They are too dear to me.
X eannot sing the old songs, .
For visions come again
Of golden dreams departed
And years of, weary pain:
Perhaps when earthly fetters
Have set my spirit .freey, ;
jyiy velee may know the .old songs
" " Far ah eternity. v tju
3Ar "ore" may kbbit isc rvmt
For all ieraitr
NOTE AND COMMENT ; ,
A long one with a straw In it, plefse.
W
Tho lawyers now have a chance to sea
Ijow It feels. r
As. .the thermometer goes up, the liquid
refreshments go down.
It will -be noticed that the soda-water
man Isnot complaining of the heat.
Walt till next week, and then Oregon
Will show Kansas what a flood really is.
The good old Summer time would be all
right If wo could sleep in the refrig
erator.
Mr. Hinna has discovered that he Is
just a small side show In the great Re
publican three-ring circus.
The Police Department, having arrested
two men. will now proceed to discover
that they have the wrong ones.
William Winter, dean of New York dra
matic critics, said recently ot Jefferson's
Rip: "The secret of its supremacy Is not
obscure. It has bewitched the world for
the simple reason that it has successfully
applied the method of poetic treatment to
common things. That Is easily done
when you happen to be able to do It but
you will not accomplish It unless you. well
born with tho faculty of the poet.
King Alfonso XIII, of Spain, is getting
on in years. A few days ago he completed
his 17th year. This youthful majesty has
many titles, among them being King of
Jerusalem, which is also borne by the
Austrian Emperor. The other royalties
who had birthdays in the latter part of
May were the Czar of Russia, who
years old, and Prince Rupert, ot Bavi.
whom the legitimists delight to calltao
Prince of Wales.
Louis Hasselrlis, tho Danish sculptor.
will make the statue which Is to com
memorate the SOOth anniversary of the
first printed edition ot "Hamlet." Danish
scholars and literati took the lead in the
movement for a monument to Shakes
peare, which wll be erected in or near
Blslnore. Queen Alexandra of England, a
Dane by birth, has taken a deep interest
in the project and other royalties, in
cluding her parents, are also giving aid.
Although nearly three months will
elapse before the time shall arrive for tho
retirement of General Miles great Interest
already is being manifested as to what
he will say In the final order which Will
be issued as his farewell address to his
professipnal associates. It i3 confidently
expected that the friction which at times
has developed between him and other high
officials, civil and military, will result in
some pointed comment on a situation
which must have been vexatious to tha
General and of which he has often been
regarded as the victim.
Police Commissioner Greene of New
York does not regard it as desirable that
patrolmen should get too well acquainted
with each other and with the residents on
their respective beats. Accordingly he has
decided to try the experiment ot frequtnt
and systematic shifts. He took one jire-
clnct in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn
for his experiment and if he finds it wors
well he will, it Is presumed, extend the
plan to all the precincts. Each patrolman
will be shifted every two weeks, not to
the next beat, but to the next but one, '
so that one beat will always Intervene be
tween the one he leaves and the now one.
La Figaro, of Paris, states that i&i'
members of the Jockey .Club ef that city
have a serious affair to settle with
Leopold IT, of Belgium, on his next visit
to the French capital, which will occur
toward the end of the present month. It
seems that when the King was last there.
In February, he dined at the club off a
"canard aux navets," which he pro
nounced to be the finest he had ever eaten,
and the next day the chef of the club dis
appeared. It was later learned that he
had been kidnaped by the Belgian mon
arch and is now in charge of the royal
kitchens at Lachen. Then the Jockey
Club met and resolved some disagreeable
things about the old royal roue, with mora
to come. i
Russell Sage Is going to move from tho
modest little house in Fifth avenue, New
York, where he has lived for 42 years. He
can no longer "stand for" his neighbors.
First some one put a candy store next
door to him. Then another store was es
tablished on the other side. At the rear ot
the candy store Is an Immense fan de
signed to cool the Ice cream parlor. This
fan Is right next to three of the windows
of his dining-room. The noise it makes is
deafening. On the Forty-second-street
side there Is a smoking parlor and as Mrs.
Sage detests the smell of tobacco she is
compelled to keep her windows closed. So
they are going to move to the now de
serted mansion of the late Charles Broad
way Rouss. On one side lives Henry
Clews, on the other D. Ogden Mills.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
"Rich publisher thatl'J Tes, he owns two
racehorses and Ave authors I" Atlanta Con
stitution. Miss Splash Oh, Isn't he a dear? Mr.
Bash Well, he always struck me as more or
less of a goat. Harvard Lampoon.
Eustacia What an Intellectual looking group
of men! Are they United States Senators?
Edmanla Senators! That's our ping-pong club.
Life.
Jones This talk about Friday being unlucky
is all nonsense, ily wife accepted me on a
Friday. Smith But bow about your wife?
Judge.
"Smithers always buys his cigars by the
box, he says." "HumphI I thought he bought
them by tha bale." Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. Tess Gracious! I must be getting awfully
old and homely. Jess Yes? Tess Yes. Four
girls I know are going to- be married have
asked me to be their bridesmaid. Philadelphia.
Press.
Tess I don't know why she should be so
proud just becase she's got an automobile.
Jess Oh. it's natural enough. Pride always
goes before a fall, you know. Philadelphia
Press.
London Bobby Whltechapel is over that way.
sir. but it's a dangerous neighborhood. Per
sonally Conducted Tourist Oh. I ain't afeerd.
Why, bless your soul, 1'ye Been through Chi
cago! Puck.
Jones Wonder what made Mrs. Sutton look
so heated when she picked up that photograph
from -her husband's office desk? Jaynes Good
reason for becoming heated. It was one of
his old flames, you know. Boston Transcript.
"Don't you think that prices are regulated
by the law ot supply and demond?" "No, X
don't," answered Senator Sorghum, indignant
ly. "If there was any such law aa" that, the
trusts would have had It repealed Ions'" ago."
Washington Star.
"Times ain't what they used to he," said
Farmer Corntossel. "In the days gone by
it used to be a disgrace to be arrested." "Isn't
It now?" "I dunno. 'Pears to me Ilka It's
the only way to get your name in the paper
along with the millionaires that own fast
horses and big automobiles." Washington
Star.
"Xour financial rating Is satisfactory," said
Mrs. DeSwlm to, the applicant for her daugh
ter's hand in matrimony, "but I'm not eo sura
as to your lineage." "Oh. I've got Une
age from way back." rejoined the young
man. "I've, bad a father and mother, two
sets of grandparents, four sets of great-grandparents,
eight sets' oi r:"' C!tige silx;
VjNewx,.