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THE MORNING QREQONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1S03. he v&$oxtimx Entered at tne Postofflce at Portland. Oregon, as teeond-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br. Mall (postage prepaid In advance) Daily, with Sunday, per month ?0.6j Dally, Sunday excepted, per year Dally, with Sunday, per year Sunday, per year J" The Weekly, per .year.. A-rn The Weekly, 3 months Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday excepted.ljSo Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lncluded.Oc POSTAGE RATES. W to i4fpapTPerr..r.:.7.r... le 16 to 30-page paper 2 in 44-nnrn naaer Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should bo addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name of any individual. Jtters relating to adver tising, subscription, , or to any business matter bould be addressed simply. "The Oregonlan. The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to it without solici tation. Mo stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Eastern Business Office. 43, 44. 45, 47, 48. 49 Tribune Bulldlnir. New York City; 510-11-12 Tribune Building. Chicago: the S. C. Beckwlth Special Agency. Eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by L. E. Lee. Pal ace Hotel news stand: Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter .street: F. W. Pitts. 1003 Market street; J. K. Cooper Co.. 740 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear, Ferry news etand; Frank Scott, 80 Ellis street, and N. . Wheatley, 813 Mission street. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 250 South Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 205 South Spring street. For sale in Kansas City. ilo.. by Rlcksecker Cigar Co., Ninth and Walnut streets. For sale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn etreef. Charles MacDonald. 63 Washington street, and the Auditorium Annex news stand. For sale In Minneapolis by M. J. Kavanagh. 60 South Third street. For sale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros., 1612 Farnam street: Megeath Stationery Co., 1303 Farnant street; McLaughlin Bros., 210 -S. 14th street. For sale in Ogden by W. G. Kind. 114 2Uh street: James H. CrockwelL 212 25th street; F. R. Godard and C. H. Myers. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 West Second South street. For sale In Washington, D. C, by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale In Denver. Colo., bv Hamilton & Xendrlck. D06-912 Seventeenth street: Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co., Fifteenth and Lawrence streets. -4 YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature. 75; minimum temperature, 00: pre cipitation, 0. TODAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy and oc casionally threatening; cooler; westerly winds. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. 10. SO DICTATION OR INTERFERENCE. Employers must be free to employ their work people at wages mutually satisfactory. without interference or dictation on the part of individuals or organisations not directly parties to such contracts. In these words does the National As sociation -of Manufacturers record its Minn tn thf xi'nllrlner deleerate and www. ....... Vr o I his propensity to butt in where lie has not been invited, and where he has no concern. It Is easy for the fair-minded man to sympathize with this declara tion. Nothing can be more galling to an independent, self-respecting business man, who is capable of running his own business If let alone, than to nave a committee or a business agent, with whom he neither has nor desires an ac quaintance, intrude Itself upon the rela tions between himself and his employes. He Js apt to tell them that he has no business with them, and they have no business with him. If he gets mad, he Is excusable. If he puts them off his premises, they have no right to com plain. This Is all perfectly satisfactory, with possibly one trifling detail. It should be explained, perhaps, in what way the National Association of Manufacturers, Its president, Mr. Parry, or its pro. moter, Colonel Kahlo, become parties to a -contract concerning wages' be tween, for example, the Inman-PoXilsen Company and its hands. If the honest man's gorge rises at the presence here of the president of the National Cigar- makers or International Bartenders, how Is It to remain unmoved at the proposal of somebody from New York City or Detroit to organize the manu facturers of Portland into a branch of the National union, with annual dues, chapel rules and all the other parapher nalia of Industrial organization? In other words, the manufacturers de clare that what is sauce for the goose is poison for the gander. There is no objection, they say, to labor organiza tions as such. It is only when they un dertake to better their condition that organized worklhgmen are to be con demned. And, inasmuch as unions that try to. get wages raised or protect each other from injury are pronounced lm proper, we shall expect to see the Na tional Manufacturers' Association re rain from any concerted action op posed to higher wages or In mutual pro tectlon of Its membership. Its members will pay $50 a year merely for social and spiritual edification, for the promotion of Sunday school picnics and the study or Browning. GOVERNMENT OWXERSHIP. Charles Francis Adams, who as Mas sachusetts' Railroad Commissioner thirty years ago advised the state to purchase and operate a railroad for the restraining effect It might have on pri vate monopoly, has written a letter condemning public ownership in un measured terms. Mr. Adams is a whim sical man, .and turns intellectual and industrial somersaults with great neat. nesB and dispatch. English municipal tramways, in the matter of service. charges, etc., are preferred to private tramways in England. "What is called municipal trading in England Is extend ing rapidly in face of. the most strenu ous opposition of private monopoly in terests. Toronto is a good illustration of successful experiment in the matter of municipal ownership. Municipal governments now build and maintain roadways and streets, and why should they not build and maintain street rail- ways? It would seem entirely lust either that the public should build and maintain both roads and street rail- ways or turn over both to private con struction and maintenance. There is no reason why government cannot conduct public business as effi ciently as a railway corporation, -whose business is run by salaried agents. There are kinds of business that natur ally drift through public regulation and control to public ownership. In the matter of our postoffice business It Is undeniable that It costs a good deal of money, but it Is better for the public to pay the deficit out of its own pocket than to have the postoffice business per formed by a private corporation that would make It pay a dividend by pinch ing and vexing the public. So in the matter of the anthracite coal mining monopoly; if these mines were owned ana operaiea oy tne uovernment, a prime necessity of fuel would not be "held up" In production far into Win ter because of a labor quarrel. Private ownership that dejeinrcs a dividend bv pinching and persecuting the public Is of no advantage to the public The public would rather run their mails at a loss, and their coal mines at a loss, than suffer the pains and penalties that might be Imposed by the private car riage of the mails or the private owner- snip or a coal mining monopoly.' The general public might as well pay a defi cit as to submit to perennial extortion. CHAMBERLAIN HAS A FUTURE. Mr. Chamberlain retires, but not with discredit. He has taken the manly course, the logical and the wise. The whirligig of time will bring him up again, mayhap as a greater even than Secretary for the Colonies. "What he has done is only an Indication of what he can do. It Is not to the derogation of Mr. Chamberlain's achievement that his po sition is essentially wrong and unpop ular. To be one of these unfortunate things is sufficient to damn most un dertakings. But to be both and yet make such Impression as Mr. Chamber lain has made upon his political envi ronment, hostile to him and his theo ries, is to demonstrate an order of abil ity which must be reckoned with. Why Mr. Chamberlain Is wrong, It Is unnecessary to repeat. His agitation is not economic, but political. He seeks to solidify the empire by cultivating the colonies. Now the vitality of an organ ism's outlying members depends upon the vigor of the center of power. To get the circulation into the hands and feet -we stimulate the heart; and the heart of the British Empire Is Great Britain. There it is that power must dwell If the empire Is to cohere. It Is fatal to fortify the colonies and enfeeble the seat of authority. Everything that"! adds to the greatness of the colonies at the expense of the United Kingdom hastens the day, not of greater Imperial strength, but of dissolution. The great er Britain is, the closer will the colonies cling, the feebler she grows, . whether from political dissension, military de cline, overtaxation or Industrial de pression, the brighter will grow the dreams of Independence for Australia, for Canada, for South Africa- Is It possible that, after all, Mr. Chamberlain Is shrewdly Interpreting a feeling throughout Great Britain that British" power is waning, and that something must be done to rehabilitate Its ancient prestige? Is it all imaginh. tlon or something tangible, which impels commissions of inquiry Into the Inroads made upon British trade and produc tlon by France, by Germany, by the United States? And if the unrest and dread cannot be explained away, what else can they signify but that British ascendency is seriously menaced? Certainly it Is anything but reassur ing that the only considerable political enterprise proposed for amelioration of British industry and conservation of 4 British power Is one so transparently a forlorn hope as the employment of some or other form of protection. Certain it is that almost every day we see some British association or other handiner down its opinion on the cause of Brit ish difficulties and the remedy for Brit ish decline. If these difficulties are as conceived, and if this decline Is real. then the sun of the British Empire has departed a hair's breadth from the zenith toward the "West. Then the long and solemn journey has begun that will end some day as did the story of Nine veh, of Tyre, of Venice and of Spain, Then we may be sure that in the wild Teachings after some path to vanishing greatness, some deliverer from the com ing darkness, the nation will some time turn to the man who goes out today, a vanquished bu not discredited Secre tary for the Colonies. "What we are to look for now is an enfeebled and embarrassed administra tion, and most probably a Liberal vie tory next year. But a Liberal victory will not alter circumstances or allay the dread of industrial competition abroad and industrial weakness at home. Mr. Chamberlain, possibly, is not, after all, a cause, but only a symp tom. THE BALKAN WAR. CLOUD. The Sultan Is reported to have Issued an irade directing the fortifications of Adrianople, Chataldja, the Bosphorus and Erzeroum to be put In order. This order implies that Turkey expects war ultimately with Bulgaria and Russia. Adrianople Is on the railway from the. Bulgarian frontier to Constantinople, a little more than one hundred miles from that city. An advance from Bulgaria toward Constantinople would be obliged to take Adrianople, which is a large city, for it could not afford to leave such a city and its garrison In the hands of the Turks occupying the railway. Adrianople would have to be taken before a Russian army landing at Midia, on the Black Sea, could attack the Turkish lines with advantage. Chataldja, on the railway, twenty-five miles west of Constantinople, is the first of the advanced line of the de fenses of Constantinople that stretches irom xerKos, on tne -tsiacK sea, to a point on the Sea of Marmora. whether the Russian Black Sea squadron could force a passage through the Bosphorus to Constantinople, or into the Sea of Marmora, is doubtful unless the batteries are manned by for eign artillerists. The fortifying of Erzeroum is to provide against a Rus sian Invasion of Armenia, These prep arations mean that intervention in the affairs of Macedonia on the part of Russia and Bulgaria will be resisted by the Sultan. The common sense solu tion of the present situation in Macedo nia and Bulgaria would be the per emptory extinction by the powers of Europe of the Sultan's rule in any of the Balkan states. But there Is no hope of this common-sense solution, be cause all the powers are so selfishly jealous of each other that they cannot agree upon a course of action, and be cause they cannot agree probably the Turks will be permitted to "pacify" "Macedonia about as a butcher pacifies a lamb by cutting its throat Mace- donia will obtain the tranquillity of death, for the Sultan will "create a solitude and call it peace." Europe has not greatly changed in Its inhuman selfishness since Russia, Prussia and Austria divided the gar ments of the kingdom of Poland among them. The powers would expel Turkey from Europe tomorrow If they could agree upon a working plan of cam paign. What to do with these Balkan provinces and hbw to arrange for their future government without offending Russia or Austria or Italy or Germany would be difficult questions to answer. Neither Great Britain nor France prob ably would be contumacious; France seeks no territory in that quarter, and would be willing to see Russia have her way in regard to Slav peoples of the Balkan states; Great Britain has no quarrel with Russia In Europe, whatever may "be the hostile prospect hi Nrrth China. Germany J.s disposed to resist the encroachmeAts of Russia, and for this reason would be likely to favor the Sultan as long as public sentl- ment in his own country will permit It. Turkey in Europe is a good buffer against Russia's advance, but If Tur key In Europe became, chiefly political dependencies of Russia, Austria would join hands with Germany to resist the practical occupation of the Balkan states by Russia, and Italy would help them. The present situation ought to be solved by the expulsion of the Turkish government from Europe, and the crea tion of a great confederacy of Balkan states from the Gulf of Salonica to the Black Sea. Albania Is Inhabited by a race of robbers who are Mohammedan in religion. Italy should be given Al bania, with the understanding that these robbers were not expected to change their religion; they would be obliged to abandon their brigandage or endure expatriation. The Albanians should be treated as the British gov ernment, after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, treated the Highland clans in Scot land. They destroyed the tribal or clan government. They forbade the wearing of the distinctive Highland dress, and they disarmed the mo3t, turbulent clans.' In other words, the Highlander was henceforth governed by municipal law and British statutes, and not by the authority ofhis hereditary chief. The Albanian, who is, like the old-time Scotch - Highlander, a . mountaineer, flghteV, and brigand,'-needs the same kind of stern discipline to fit him for civilization. Turkey never dared apply coercive measures to Albania, but Italy would enjoy pacifying Albania with a club. THINGS MIGHT" BE "WORSE. "We shall certainly not admit that the trusts are slowly but surely disinte grating and losing their power, or that the cost of living Is on the decrease. That would be too much of a jolt. As Mr. Chamberlain would say, the coun try Is not ready, for It, And yet there are some facts which are Irreconcilable with any other con clusion. For example, -in the State of New Jersey, where the trust thrives, as on its native heath, no fewer than for ty-four corporations have been placed in the hands of receivers since the first of the year." The authorized capital of these fortyfour corporations aggre gates $80,340,000. Their liabilities are $17,27233.51, and their assets are esti mated at $1,564,684.28. But there is little doubt that this is an overestimatlon, because land and personal property, In some Instances, are entered among the assets at a -valuation ridiculously large. The state authorities are' loth to admit that the corporation business is falling off, but it Is, markedly. Nineteen hun dred and one was the banner year. Fil ing fees in the office of the Corporation Clerk for the twelve months beginning the new century amounted to $887,439.87. The following year they fell to $465,- 089.33. Up to September 1, this year, they have amounted to $228,892.62. There has been a gradual decline since the month of May. In that month the fees amounted to $58,208.65. Last month they amounted to only $10,626.25. From Its miscellaneous corporation tax New Jersey last year received $1,968,208.37. New Jersey's corporation business is of vital importance to her, and it is with keen regret that the state officers notice a marked shrinkage In the Income from that source. On" the other hand, Dun's Review gives it out cold that the cost of living is on the decrease. Its latest investiga tion shows that prices of commodiies, proportioned to consumption, decreased during July and are lower than they were a year ago. The figures are as follows: Aug:. 1, 1003. July 1, 1003. $17,473 0.203 13.083 0.188 17.13G 16.544 10.705 Aug. 1, 1002. Breadstuffs S17.375 $10,983 Meats 8.077 11,607 Dairy and garden..... 11,800 11.31 Other Roods ,2G0 Clothing 17.177 8.821 15.582 16.233 Metals 10,459 Miscellaneous 1C.S07 10,526 Totals $07,891 $99.65 $100,177 The decline in prices for -July was 1.5, and 2 2 for the year. It Is but natural to assume that tne prices win show a further decline for some monr..-. ... Is lower than at any time since the trust put the clinches on the market In November, 190L The abundant corn crop promises to keep meat prices down for the coming year at least. Clothing is higher, owing to the Increased cost of raw materials, but in almost every other line the cost of living Is reduced, and the wage-earner has an opportu nlty to realize -something upon the ad vance In wages, which has been almost universal within the last year. A re ductlon of 2.2 per cent in thecost of living Is not, it is true, any great achievement, but It Is In the right di rection. Reports, show that railway trainmen have had their wages in creased almost 20 per cent within the last two years, and skilled workmen in every line have secured advances run .ning from 5 to 15 per cent, so that the laborer, as the Washington Post figures it out, is receiving his share of the gen eral nrosDerltv of the country. If the grasp of the trusts is weaken ing and the cost of living is decreasing, one might argue plausibly that the way to help the common people Is to smash the trusts. On the other hand. Senator Beverldge. might hold that the trusts are the cause of the reduced prices. A wise Democrat, of course, would deny both propositions in their entirety. It would be necessary for him to shudder at the increasing menace of the trusts and the higher and higher cost of liv ing. . Perhaps one reason for the hard lines upon which some of the trusts seem to have fallen may be found in the better wages labor Is .receiv ing and the lower prices on staple prod ucts. These are probably due more to the good old law of supply and demand than to Republican wisdom In provid lng good crops, or to the linguistic activity of Mr. Bryan. One trust that stands in sore need of a few hard swats Is the packers' combination, for which Secretary Martin, of the Livestock As sociation, seems to be girding on his spurs and lariat. Oregon wishes him good luck, and will Join in the yell of victory as soon as it is in order. A NEEDED LESSON. hopgrowers of Oregon The hopgrowers of Oregon have learned that a few bales of moldy hops will cause the entire product of their yards to be graded down. They, there fore, issue orders to their pickers to skip any moldy hills that may be the rows, and put only the clean hops in the boxes. The exactions of trade are strict in this matter as they should be and effectually prr ventmy attempt to smuggle In an Inferior grade where the contract calls for clean hops. If the same rule could be made, or was made. to apply to the small potatoes that are placed In the bottom of the sack, the wormy apples, peaches and pears and Inferior berries that? form the lower, or perhaps .the, middle, . layer of fruit in j boxes, It would quickly improve the iiuallty of. fruit offered in our local markets. This Is not suggested as a matter of moral reform, but as a material benefit Jo all concerned. No one is made hon est by compulsion, but vendors can be made to observe the simple regulations of honesty by a cIose.gradlng of the stock that they place In market. The revolt two or three years ago of con- 'pumers against stained, moldy, dlrfcy berry-boxes that had seen from two to five seasons' serviqe in the berry patch and crate was speedily effective; as a rule, berries have been brought to mar ket this season In fresh, clean boxes and have borne a correspondingly good price. ' But the small potatoes; of which there seems to have been a good .many to the hill this year, are still sold on the recommendation of the half peck of fine ones that are placed In the top of the sack, while scrubby pears, green peaches and scabby apples are smug gled upon the buyer, on the fair promise of the fine-looking fruit at the top of the box. This practice applies so gen erally to the products placed In our local markets that, in order really to enjoy the best that the state produces, our people must go asjar East as Den ver, and possibly, on to Chicago. The time is ripe for a revolt of consumers in this city, who, under present condi tions, pay first-class prices for second rrade prodifcts and sort out and cast away that which Is unfit to eat as they are preparing them for the table. The remedy Is In their own hands. The retail grocer who finds inferior articles returned to him will speedily pass the hint on to the commission merchant, and he to the packer and shippers, with the result that culls from the orchard and vegetable garden will be fed to stock and the -people who pay for first- class' produce will get It. As a rule, those who will not be imposed upon do not have to be. Hopbuyers have dem onstrated this fact fully; so also have heatbuyers, and those who handle fruit In carload lots In farther markets. Local buyers can do the same If they will. SPORT AND SPORTSMAN. "Is it not strange," says the Milwau kee Sentinel, "that a language so com prehensive as the English does not con tain one single word that can aptly ap ply to one who, possessed of a love for sports, still retains his standing as a citizen, a man, and his own self-re spect?" It would be strange if no such word existed, but while the term sports man remains in the tongue therfe is no need to lament over an imaginary' de ficiency. There can be no higher praise than to sa.y that a man is a sportsman. It signifies that he "plays the game" in all circumstances, and will never trans gress the written or unwritten laws that should govern his actions, whether, he play the game of war or of love, of commerce or of science. The Seritinel regrets that the simple word "sport", should be synonymous with "tough," and that its application to' a self-respecting man is an insult. 'Sport" In this application is a bastard word, and may very fittingly be left to those equally well described as "tough," the term sportsman being reserved for those worthy of It "Sport," illegitimate as it Is, was not in Its handicapped youth applied to the classes It now designates. It was meant to replace the word sportsman, but with the inevitable tendency to degrade words In their associations, It was' dragged into the colloquial mire. The same misfortune has overtaken many other words. "Gentleman," "defamed," as Tennyson says, "by every charlatan and soiled by all Ignoble use." no longer slgnmes anything more than a person of the male sex, and it is curious to note In this connection that "man" and'gentleman" are changing places The movement Is due to some extent, of course, to a consideration for the feelings of others. Thus a shopgirl has become a saleslady, and a negro Is colored gentleman. Words have their ups and downs, just like the people that use them. The aristocrat of the Century Dictionary may In a few decades be branded as slang, and some of the words that Dr. Johnson scorned are used today by per sons of the finest taste. We cannot prevent the movement, but we can at least prevent the true-blue "sportsman' from being confounded with the flashy "sport" The Polk County exhibit at the State Fair was justly admired, not only for the varied and .excellent products of which It was comprised, but for the taste, care and industry shown In Its collection and arrangement? Mrs. F. A. Wolf and her daughter, Miss Belle Wolf, who col lected and arranged the exhibit, were entitled to and received many compll ments' for their work, besides the sub stantlal first premium In the county competitive exhibit of $350. The success of Mrs. Wolf, by the way, shows the value of experience In collecting and arranging an exhibit For the past thirty years, It is said, she has been an attendant upon and worker In the State Fair. This, means that she has seen from year to year tfie very best that the state has had to offer, or, more strictly speaking, the best that has been offered for exhibition and competition She has, moreover, developed great In dustry In drumming up agricultural products for exhibition and fine taste in' arranging them. It may not be out of place to say here that one woman thus equipped with knowledge and ex perience would be of greater value on a board of fair managers than half dozen women or. men who, with the best intentions in the world, hav everything about fairs to learn. Among the Clouds, In closing the Mount Washington season with .Its last number, makes personal appeal every reader. In whatever state he may reside, "to urge upon his Representa tlve In Congress the Importance speedy action on the bill to establish forest reserve in the White Mountains. saying: Nothing- velse can save the forests on the north slopo of the Presidential range from destruction. If the bill does not pass this "Winter, the most beautiful parts of th range will be disfigured, to remain"- so for years. Evidence of a public demand for the bill will so far toward securing Its speedy report. Let the lovers of our mountains watch the progress of the bill and press with all their earnestness for Its Immediate passage. If they would preserve our scenic beauties Intact. Let the appeal come from even state, that Congress may know it Is not a sectional matter, but one In which the people of the whole country are Interested. New Zealand, for such a small hen in the world's farmyard, cackles very loudly over her legislative eggs. Sir Thomas Llpton may be considered as almost a naturalized citizen, now that he has had appendicitis- SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Attached to Nobody. Walla "Walla. Union. One would imagine that the Portland Oregonlan is quite attached to Secretary Hitchcock. Still, there Is no accounting for tastes. Not Incredible, but n ScRrvy.L.Ie. Tacoma News. Portland being on the Columbia River route, takes courage from. the. growth of commerce at New Orleans. It is almost incredible, but true, that the Portland In fluence has been exerted against the im provement of the upper Columbia whlle Congress has been urged to expend every' available cent between Portland and the sea. AH Other Conflicts Faded. Pilot Rock Record. The Mayor of Portland Is In hot water, as every other Mayor of that city in re cent years has been, hlayor "Williams in his younger days took! an Important part in the reconstruction of the South after the war of the rebellion, but he found all this as child's play as compared with 'the settlement of the gambling problem and social evil which persistently and brazenly defy- the laws enacted for their suppression or municipal control. Good Way Not to Get On. Bend Bulletin. Why does Congressman Williamson, lam- bast Secretary Hitchcock on his forest re serve policy and then express surprisa that his recommendations for land - office or other appointments receive no attention? Congressman Williamson would not grant many favors to a man who should ridi cule him. It is true that our statesmen should be made of sterner stuff, but they are not. If this forest reserve policy Is a pet hobby of the Administration, as is alleged, the hostile criticism of Con gressmen will not win the appointments that are so precious. Strictly on the Fence Astoria Astorian. The Oregonlan is experiencing some dif ficulty since the Knowles episode In main taining neutral ground between the Ore gon delegation and the Administration. The observing reader discovers between the lines a secret gratification over a lit tle difference of opinion between the Pres ident and the Oregon delegation which re sulted in the appointment to an Eastern Oregon land office a man not recom mended. The Oregonlan Is filling its col umns with comment on the affair and et dare3 not takes sides openly. The Oregonlan is in a very peculiar political position just now. Trcnnon in a Teacher. Tacoma Ledger. Yesterday a teacher was heard to in struct one of her pupils to call Mount Tacoma, "Mount Rainier." While It would be easy to make a technical de fense for the teacher, It would be fair to tell pupils the truth about It Mount Ta coma was Mount Tacoma for generations before Vancouver chose- to name It after one "Regnler," the title having since de generated to the Seattle form. Olympia hag a lodge of Good Templars organized In the '50a. It Is Tacoma lodge. The designation was chosen In honofof Mount Tacoma. By a trick that was both small and scurvy! Seattle made the authorities at Washington. D. C, think that "Rain ier" was the choice of the people. It Is not the choice of the people of Tacoma, and they never will give, countenance to tho counterfeit The True Villain Found at Last. Deschutes Echo. Special Agent Greene, who has frcquent- ljbeen a visitor at this place, has be come a hero. He has met and conquered the Oregon Congressional delegation. Tho latter foolishly recommended an Oregon lan for appointment as Register of the Land Office at La Grande. Greene didn't Jike the man proposed and recommended a candidate of his own, who was appoint ed. Greene Is the highest type of the busybody. He Is entirely Incapable of see ing both sides of any question. Some people in this vicinity believe that he Is responsible for the reserve policy of the Interior Department in this region. It Is supposed that the Inspector had a heart- to-heart talk with some cattlemen. If the Oregon delegation to Congress does not at least reach for the hair of Mr. Greene it is no good. Don't Walt Too Long. Walla Walla Union. A year is not so very much after all to advertise a National fair In, and It be hooves the Lewis and Clark promoters to hurry. Practically no effortx has yet been made to rouse interest in the Fair back East, and now, when an inquiry of any kind comes from east of the Rockies to the Fair management it stirs up won der that the fame of the Exposition should have reached so far. The Louisiana Pur chase Exposition -has had already nearly f two years' aavertising, ana tnis m aaai tion to the fact that Missouri and St Louis are bywords all over the United States, while Oregon and Portland are comparatively unknown quantities. It will be necessary back East to educate the masses where Portland is before any ade quate idea of the magnitude of a fair she might hold could be imparted. Sure Proof of Hlfili Chnracter. Cottage Grove Nugget. It woujd seem from present indications that Secretary Hitchcock is determined to thrust upon the State of Oregon every in sult within his power, simply because of some petty differences existing between, himself and Hon. Binger Hermann. .Not only has he used his personal influence to prevent the appointment of Land Office officials recommended by both Senators and Representatives, but seems determined to make the people angry by throwing Into the forest reserve the best lands In the state. Already he has succeeded In plac ing about one-fifth the area of the state in the reserve, and for no other reason than that he has been informed that the citizens of the state do not want It Just why an officer should use his high official position In the manner that Secretary Hitchcock is using his Is more than the average citizen can understand. When such men as Mitchell, Fulton and Her mann recommend a man for office there is reason to believe he Is worthy, regardless of Hitchcock or any other man. Fecandity of: the DourIux Fir. Roseburg Plaindealer. We of Oregon, who have lived on the western slope of the Cascade Range for over 40 years, have seen forests spring up and completely cover tho ground within that time. We have seen the yellow fir attain a thickness of 24 inches in les3 time than that We have seen fields con sumed by the forest, and what was once plow land Is now a jungle. We have seen land logged 20 years ago. We see that land today more heavily timbered than before. The Bureau, of Forestry says: "We are looking far Into the future. We are taking steps now that will benefit Oregon in the distant future. The people don't understand." That is the whole trouble. We are subject to the dreams of a theorist, a man with a long pipe and a little lamp. There is nothing practical in their theory. If they were men of experl ence, men close to nature, who understood her laws and teachings, they would know that a tree reaches its ago limit just the same as an animal, and that when that limit is reached the tree dies of old age and falls, to rot on the ground. They would Lnow that the old fir growth in Western Oregon has attained to Its full size, and much of it is dying of old age. They would know that it is the part of wisdom to have that old timber removed and give the young growth a better chance to thrive. They would know that the old, decayed 'timber off the ground is a lire trap for the standing timber; and they would know many other things that they never heard of. OUT WITH CHAMBERLAIN. S. B. H. In New York Commercial. I 'suppose there were plenty of people. who, like myself, felt long ago something like a tnrlii wnen tney reaa tne woru "Chancellor of the Exchequer"; and when they knew that behind this mystic title there was the Intensely interesting per sonality of Gladstone or of Disraeli. Nobody could profess to be similarly moved at the mention of the title now. Gladstone lent to the great office the bril liancy of stupendous financial genius; Disraeli gave It the even greater glamor of one of the most romantic careers in the great volume of successful and daz zling adventurers. Mr. Ritchie is simply a "city" man of business who deals with the budget of an empire with the same so brietv of manner and of phrase as If he were presiding over the annual meeting 01 me union name And yet Ritchie is an Interesting per sonality lifter his own fashion. In- some respects. Indeed, he la one ot tne potent influences of the House of Commons; arid this Is the more remarkable because it la difficult to say what it is exactly that gives him influence. He s not a, gooa ntuiv Via ta n Viarf nnp.iker: he lujs no commanding knowledge. Up to the time ha entered Parliament he was Scotch jute merchant, and possibly he has never been a half a month in his life outside the narrow bounds of these Isles. Nor has he any advantage of birth or family connection. He is one of the few exceptions in the present government of a man who is .entirely outside of the social ranks of tha Cecils or the other great houses. Nor is Ritchie's position to bH attrlbuted to personal popularity among his own political frlend3 and associates. Indeed, there is a section of the younger Tories, which, I believe, pretty cordially detests him; he Is regarded as an inter loner on sacred oreserves. And yet there he Is, holding one of tho three or four great offices in the govern ment; stepping from one great position to another: and now In charge of the finance of the nation. This is but a small part of his record as a Minister. Few people outside the House of Commons know it. for Mr. Ritchie Is not a man to attract public attention; but there Is no man In the House who has passed so many and such large measures. It was Ritchie who created the London County Council; It was Ritchie who amended the factories act; it was Ritchie who passed the licens ing act which has recently produced so much turmoil among the publicans. All these measures were highly contentious; affected powerful interests; were vigorous ly opposed; and not a single one of them had a clause that did not bristle with dif ficulties. And yet Mr. Ritchie carried them through. It Is this success in carry Ing measures which accounts for the dis- like of him in certain quarters in his own party. He Is regarded as a wolf In sheep's clothlnK: In other words, as a Radical anxious and successfully carrying Radical legislation, while a Minister in a Con servative srovernment I must say at once that I do not believe there Is the least ground for charging Mr. Ritchie with radicalism; he belongs. It is true, to tha democratic section ot the Tdrj party, but he Is not in the least a Radical. The reasons of his success are that he Is very adroit watches how things are going with consummate skill, knows when to be pliant and wneiwrr do od stinate. and has great force of character. It Is this force of character which baffles his enemies, and enables him to withstand many attacks. The broad shoulders; the raw-boned strength, .the features massive and pronounced, the heavy and virile stride, and the quiet self-control all these things mark the typical Scotchman. In deed, that sums It up; Mr. Ritchie Is a success because he 13 so tnorougniy Scotch. What to Tax. "Mew York. Times Mr. Chamberlain is having his wsrk laid .out for him when he opens his campaign for preferential duties In Scotland next month. The canny Scot is looKing preiiy closely at the, specific Industries to he affected by the radical changes proposea by tho Colonial Secretary and will not be content with vague generalities. An annlvsls of the Imports of the United Kingdom, published in Free Trade, the or gan of the anti-Chamberlain section of his own party, is receiving special atten tion. It gives the following results Per cent of total. 1. Fnnfl 44. S 2. Liquor v 3. Raw materials for use in Industry a rvurioiv mnnnfnctured materials for 1.5 use In Industry 3.4 ,5. "Whollyi manufactured materials ana .plant for uso In Industry 8.0 Ttnmotlo nnnllnnres and nersonaL 'necessaries T. T.iixnrles ................. 5.4 Miscellaneous .... - Total 100.0 Here it will be seen that about So per cent of all the imports are either food products or materials In various stages for use In Industry. Scotland is essential ly an . exporting country. It people will not patiently submit to a tax on either the food on which depends the cost 01 livinrr and hence the rate of wages or on materials of manufacture. When Mr. Chamberlain comes to talk to them he will be forced to nam explicitly the basis of his proposed taxes and to show what advantages jfhe people of Scotland can expect to derive from the system that will more than these taxes. balance the burden of A Hint for Hitchcock. Kansas Journal. Mr. Hitchcock ought not to treat his suspected employes with too much tender consideration. He should not allow them to handle moneys, properties, and keep on rendering decisions until the doors of the penitentiary close upon them or they are forced out of office. Where he has not the power of removal, as in the case of the Dawes Commission, he should be prompt to recommend to his chief the suspension and In some cases, perhaps, the arrest dur ing investigation of all members against whom the nroof of venality is strong and the presumption great. THE CLEVELAND BOOM. Tho Indorsement of Cleveland by the Chi cago Chronicle may mark the beginning of a formidable anti-Bryan spntimcnt tnrougn the "West, which might end Bryanlsm before the meeting of the Democratic National convention hut for the two-thirds rule of that body. Pittsburg Gazette. The Chicago Chronicle declares that Gro ver Cleveland, If nominated, would poll every Democratic vote In the country. We don't believe It. But that he would poll more votes. Democrats. Independents and disaffected Republicans, than any other Democrat named for the nomination Is un doubtedly true, and the popular recognition of this truUi may result In his nomination, desDlte thet reluctance of politicians, who would prefer a standard-bearer who would yield more readily to their Influence. Troy (X. T.) Press. The Chronicle Is the first metropolitan ally In the V.'est to Join the Cleveland move ment, and It Is highly significant. Illinois Is one of the doubtful states over which the two nartles flght strenuously in every cam palgn, and Its part In the Democratic con vention will be exceedingly influential. With a big paper like the Chronicle waging flght for Grover Cleveland all the Demo cratic forces In the state will be put to work either with or against the Cleveland forces and a general hot time may be ex pected before the Issue Is fairly settled. Atlantic Journal. Mr. Cleveland Is not a destructionlst. He has the courage of all his convictions, but not one of them Is wild-eyed. He does not Include among the list of criminals the men who have carried American brands Into all the markets of the world. He Is the antith esis of the peerless leader William Jennings Bryan. Should he be for the fourth time nominated for the Presidency ho would not undertake to perform any mtraclos. Inci dentally, he would permit spectacularlsm to go by default. Many enterprises which would have otherwise been carried forward are being held In abeyance for gpod and sufficient reasons. Tho election of Grovor Cleveland would reassure, the world of busl- ns Rrooklv" Easle. K0TE AND COMMENT. Everf a Chinese hates to pay graft to the wrong man. Curtlss Jett Is beginning to learn that the law Is serious. Where Rockefeller scores over the plumb ers is that he never strikes. Charity and-the tinkling cymbal are not unallied at the Qrittenton Home. Dentist Davis probably sighs "for a gas that Would insure painless divorce. The Cactus remains in a desert, unre lieved. even by the green of a faro table. Although the Eagles' convention is over, the Irrigation Congress keeps up the good work. The , electrical' -workers may find amuse ment In Indorsing Hearst, but they know hqw to switch. Joe Chamberlain will probably need the uU output or the family factories to nail all the compaign lies. I The girl returning from a vacation doesn't know whether to be sorry it's over or glad that she's back. "I always said that one head was better than two," said Mrs. Cabbage, of Colfax, as sho applied for a divorce. Nevada is so thickly populated with In dustrious citizens that it can well afford to dispense with the thriftless Chinese of Tonopah. It would be asking too much of Mabel Hlte to love such a piker as Ellis Ham lin, who was able, to make $20,000 last three weeks. Ten thousand more, of their compatriots having been massacred the Bulgarians have grown so impatient that it will not require much to provoke them into taking retaliatory measures. "Isn't that grand!" exclaimed tho Mu sical Enthusiast as the great organist thundered out the "Pilgrim's Chorus." "Oh, it's not an altogether unpleasant noise," responded the Coldly Critical Friend. We always thought says the editor of the Clackamas Chronicle, that the men framing the Declaration of Independence had plenty of horse sense. When they put in that piece about the pursuit of liberty they knew no one ever catches up with 1, and the chase keeps them from bothering the Government' too much. The ordnance survey map of England is just being completed, after 11S years' work. at a ccst of $2,500,000 In the last ten years. Every tree, fire plug, and so focth. Is shown in the map, and even the number of steps to each house is shown. The government should now enact a law mak ing it illegal for a householder to alter the appearance of his property, otherwise themap will be out of date in 21 hours. There are modes and modes in beginning newspaper stories. Sporting Life of Lon don, in telling of the big race for the Prince of Wales' Plate and Danny Maher's return to the track, begins thuo: St Boreas-was bending his bow this morn ing to a high tension, and the north wind whispering round the towers of the Minster packed away tho rain clouds, allowing a gleam or two of sunshine to enhance ,the yel lows, crimsons, grays and scarlets and royal blues of the Autumn sunflower, phlox, Mi chaelmas daisies, and geraniums and lobelias that b'loom In the old-fashioned gardens of the old-fashioned city. More Clinmberlnin Correspondence. The following correspondence has been obtained with great effort by The Oregon- lan's representative in London: My Dear Balfour The country will have nothing to do with the preferential tariff. However much you and I may regret the blunders of the people, however clearly wo may see that I would lead them in the right direction, in a country where voting is allowed It is not practicable to disre gard the wishes of the people. I have ,,jj . J .m lUKreiuie uctiutu. m u.itu once begin to educate the people. Yours very sincerely, JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. SIv Dear Chamberlain I have no set tled convictions as to the advisability of answering your letter, and do so from a sense of courtesy. As to the effect of your resignation my mind is open, al though, as you have severed your con nection with the government I am com pelled to accept it. It is indeed a phe nomenal occurrence that you should leave the Cabinet because you think my posi tion is not sufficiently advanced, and that Ritchie should separate from me because 1 am too radical. What am I to make of this? My mind is open to conviction either way. I believe when you are talk ing to me that your views are right, but strive as I may I can obtain no settled convictions on the matter. Yours very sincerely. A. J. BALFOUR. P. S. May I say with whatgratitlcati;n I learn that Austen Chamberlain is to re main in the Cabinet? I can hardly bear to Imagine the government without an eyeglass. ( A. J. B. PLEASANTRIES OF PAUAGRAPHEKS He You're getting your hat ruined. She- Well. It's an old hat. and I do hate to wet my new umbrella. Detroit Free Press. Naggsby How did the contest In optimism result last night? Waggsby Gaggster won tho prize by laughing most heartily at one of his own Jokes. Baltimore American. First Explorer We must hurry back. Sec ond Explorer But the North Pole Is ours If we keep on. "But If we don't get back new. we'll be too late for the "lecture season. ' Life. Ida Charley Lighter has gone so far out In the suri that I fear he will drown. May On. he'll keep afloat. Ida But he hasn't a lire- preserver, .nay ?0, Dut ne nas a curit-uivcu cigarette In his mouth. Boston post. "Oh, you needn't talk," said the Indignant wife. "What would you De toaay ir it wcro not for my money? Answer tnat, win ycui" "Tnat's an easy one," replied the heartless wretch. "I'd be a bachelor.' Cincinnati iriD- une. My husband doesn't gamble now. as he used to." "Reformed, has he? Yes, he doesn t go to the racetrack at all any more. His worst dissipation now Is swimming. I thlnK. At any rate, he says he only goes to the poolrooms. ' Philadelphia Press. 'Br'er Williams," said Brother Dickey, "jcu all time talkln 'bout wantln' ter go ter glery In a chariot of lire. How'd you like ter try It in de middle cr August?" "Br'er DiJf, ' replied Brother Williams, "w'en I made d.r.i remarks we wuz deep In December, en as white snow wuz all over de groun'l" Atlanta Constitution. Our airship having attained an unusual alti tude, we arc both Interested and ent-rtalncd by the strange sounds floating to us from tne circumambient other. presume," says one of the strancers, who hns all along bored us by his attempt at being witty, "1 presume that faint ding-donging we hear is rrom the gougs of the milk wagons hurrying down the n liky way." "No," t-ays the captain rather gruff ly. "That's Saturn's rings." Judse. "Yes. sir; before we accept your donation we want to ask you a serious question." "uo ahead. What Is it?" "We want to know hew you acquired It." "Acquired what?" "Ycur money." "But whnt Difference does that make?" "It makes Just this difference. It you acaulrcd It by what la Known as ques tionable means. It Isn't nearly large enough. If It was made In a legitimate pursuit it la tTnnnt." Cleveland Plain Dealer.