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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1801.
IT HAS "NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE."
If a man is an ass, the probability is
that he was born that way, and it Isn't
his fault. Be kind, therefore, to those
of little understanding. The possibility
is that they are doing as well as they
can.
A new man, of whose antecedents
Oregon seems to know nothing, Is writ
ing In the Astorian. He tells us that
the argument that Oregon should give
a heavy Republican majority because
Oregon's election is the first to be held
in the country and such result would be
encouraging in other states, and thereby
be of great assistance to the party in
the coming National election. Is "highly
ridiculous." Also that "there Is noth
ing of National significance in the Ore
gon election," because "the people are
called upon merely to choose good men,
and if the nominees of the Republicans
in the various counties are deserving of
support The Oregonlan is disgracing
them by setting up the plea for sup
port of the ticket on the ground that a
rousing majority would help President
Roosevelt."
This reasoning Introduces a new type
of paranoiac. Of course the nominees
of the Republican party are worthy of
support, and will be supported because
they are worthy. But over and above
this, it will be a great advantage to the
Republican party of the country, and
to President Roosevelt, if the Repub
licans of Oregon will take the pains to
get the full vote out, and produce the
largest possible1 majority. Should the
majority fall low, the result everywhere
would be taken as a bad omen for the
President and for the party; and there
can be no more than one man In Ore
gon, of any party, who doesn't know It
President Roosevelt is a party man,
votes the ticket of his party, and sus
tains his party in all proper ways, to
the extent of his power. The notion
that it would be of no assistance to him,
or no gratification to him, to hear of a
great Republican majority in Oregon In
June, because "this election has no Na
tional significance," has the originality
and brilliance of mud.
If President Roosevelt lived in Ore
gon he would come home to this elec
tion and vote the ticket, straight
through. He is that kind of man. For
an indication of his quality, take this
from his book, "American Ideals":
We have a right to ask that those with whom
we associate, and those for whom we vote,
shall be themselves good Americans in heart
and eplrlt, but If they are really good Amer
icans in heart and spirit, that Is all we have
any right to consider In regard to them. All
that can rlshtly be askod of one's political
associates Is that they shall be honest men.
good Americans, and substantially In accord
as regards their political ideas.
On these principles all Republicans
should come out on election day and
vote their party ticket. For this elec
tion HAS "National significance."
LET DECEPTION BE EXTOSED.
Some things are really marvels of dis
ingenuous and uncandld dullness. Here
now is Rev. G. L. Tufts, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, telling us
that the league, in its support of the'
(misnamed) local option" bill, Is not
striving for prohibition! That Is not
the object at all. The league's ralson
d'etre is probably botanical study, or
something of that kind.
"We maintain," says Mr. Tufts, "that
not a single saloon will be closed as a
result of the vote In June." Are we
then to suppose that Mr. Tufts and his
league are working without aim or pur
pose? But It Is simply a scheme of de
ception. The country precincts that want pro
hibition have it now. The law prohibits
for them, by -compelling the person who
wants a license to get a petition signed
by a majority of the actual voters of his
precinct Under the proposed law pro
hibition would be weaker in the country
precincts than now. For many would
vote secretly for a saloon who would
not openly put their names to a petition
for one.
The main object, then, is not avowed.
It Is subtle, secret deceptive. The main
object is to enable the country pre
cincts, which have no saloons, never
had any, do not want any, to force
prohibition on the county towns.
Thus, in the name of local option, the
county towns are to be deprived of lo
cal option by the vote of the rural pre
cincts. The prohibitionists, all of whom are
supporting the scheme, know this well
enough; and that is the reason why
they are supporting it It is not honest
on .their part, to disavow the Intent and
purpose of the act they propose.
Enact this hill, and the prohibition
war "will begin between the rural pre
cincts and the towns. In every county.
It Is Intended to take away from the
towns their right of local option, by the
country vote. If the people of Oregon:
want prohibition 'they should vote for
this bUL If not, a vote against It is a
vote against the prohibition which it
Intends." In any event, let shams, de
ceptions, subterfuges and falsities be
thrown out
CUBA AND OUR SUGAR PROBLEM.
The Department of Agriculture's an
nual report on the sugar-beet crop
comes out almost simultaneously with
the announcement of Cuba's gain in
trade under reciprocity. It is possible,
therefore, to set the increaes in beet
production over against the Oxnard
protest that reciprocity with Cuba
would ruin the industry. The Depart
ment shows that the number of sugar
beet factories has grown from 23 In 1903
to 36 In 1904, with output In proportion.
Meanwhile Cuba sold us In three months
'under reciprocity $23,000,000 as against
512,000,000 last year. The gain was
mostly in sugar and tobacco, and -was
expected.
When we remember that Hawaiian
sugar came In free without appreciable
effect on beet sugar, there Is little
ground to fear that Cuban sugar under
the moderate reduction of 20 per cent
from DIngley rates would seriously af
fect our domestic production today
with our largely Increased market The
difficulties with beet sugar in this coun
try are not those of the tariff, but are
principally the labor problem and the
precarlousness of supply. Our farmers
do not relish the menial labor of beet
culture, and factories cannot operate
to the best advantage unless their raw
product Is steadily available about up
to the capacity of the plant At the La
Grande (Oregon) factory and environs
Japanese help has been satisfactorily
Imported, and where these people can
be had it will doubtless solve the labor
problem.
T,he sugar situation ' In the United
States Is easy of apprehension and
measurably steadfast That is, our im
ports do not vary greatly from 4,000,000,
000 pounds a year. Put into tons, we
consume annually some 2,500,000 tons, of
which all but 500,000 we Import Our
cane product Is stationary at 292,000
tons In 1901, 296.000 in 1902, and 293,000
in 1903. Maple sugar has stood at about
5000 tons for ten years. The growth of
beet sugar has been uniform under all
tariff laws, and not likely In any rea
sonable prospect to be an important
factor in the market The steady rise
of this Industry is as follows, In tons:-
1SS8 1.C4011S06 40.000
1SSQ 2.400I1S97 39.C84
1890 2.800 189S 31.453
1891 0.400 1S99 02,820
1892 12.000 1900 82,730
1893 1C.000 1901 124,859
1S94 20.443J1902 146.520
1S95 20,000; 1903 247,563
Even with its rapid growth, our beet
sugar Is seen, therefore, to supply today
only one-tenth of the domestic demand;
and while these 247,000 tons have been
growing up from nothing, our National
consumption of sugar has increased
over 1,000,000 tons a year and from 56 to
71 pounds per capita. "We -have also
absorbed from 300,000 to 350,000 tons a
year from Hawaii, 65.000 to 85,000 from
Porto Rico and 30,000 tons from the
Philippines. Our sales to Cuba have
increased under reciprocity from $5,000,
00Q to $6,000,000 for the three months re
ported on by Secretary Cortelyou's ex
perts. That is, the balance of trade
against us In Cuba's favor has grown
from $6,700,000 to $16,700,000. A poor,
debtor nation, as Cuba is, she must ex
pect for a long time to support a "fa
vorable balance of trade" as the price
of getting out of debt The more pros
perous she is, the better for our produc
ers who sell to her, and we -can help her
along, It appears, without serious Injury
to either our sugar of our tobacco. The
action of President Roosevelt in obtain
ing this act of justice to Cuba will be
one of the things history will hold
greatly to his credit.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT PUZZLE.
The May Government crop report
which for the past fortnight has been
worked to the limit in an attempt to
bull the wheat market, is, like most
of Its predecessors, fully as useful and
Important as the fifth wheel on a
wagon. Out of the bewildering maze of
percentages, acreage figures and proph
ecies tangible results which may mean
something or anything are as difficult
or impossible to secure as Is the cor
rect solution of the problem regarding
the age of Ann. According to this May
report, which has cost the Government
a vast sum of money, the average con
dition of Winter wheat on May 1 was
75.6, as compared with 92.C on a corre
sponding date last year, and an aver
age of 84.2 for the past ten years.
Granting for the sake of argument that
these percentages mean something. It
would be Interesting to find a starting
point or a base from which to work
them. This key to the mystery has
never been Intrusted to the public
A condition of 75.6 per cent cannot
mean the Indication of 75.6 per cent of
a normal crop, for according to the de
partment's own figures the average for
the past ten years on May 1 was 84.2
per cent. Neither can it mean 75.6 per
cent of the largest croD on record, for
when we produced the record crop in
1901 the condition given by the May re
port for that year was lower by four
points than the second best preceding
record. To illustrate how utterly value-
i laea Ho fnv nrnn rannyt hta haan iVT-
any light on the probable out-turn for
the season, it is unnecessary to go far
ther back than the past two seasons.
The crop of 1902 was, with one excep
tion, the largest on record, amounting",
according to the Government figures, to
670.000.000 bushels; and yet the May re
port for that year gave the condition at
76.4, or one-tenth of a point lower than
the May condition Just announced.
These fantastic percentages went still
farther on their misleading course in
1902; for on June 1 the condition was
announced as 76.1, and on July 1, more
than six weeks after harvesting returns
had been coming in, the best that the
Government report could show was a
condition of 77; and yet from these
small percentages came the second
largest crop on record. Last year the
condition on May 1 was given as 92.6
per cent On June 1 it had declined to
S2.2 per cent, and on July 1 to 78.8 per
cent and the final out-turn was but
638.000,000 bushels.
Summarizing the Government per
centages and figures for the two years,
we find that a 76.4 per cent May condi
tion in 1902 indicated a final out-turn of
670,000,000 bushels, while a 92.6 per cent
condition In 1903 showed a final out-turn
of but 63S.000.000 bushels. Estimating
from these figures, it would be fair to
presume that the 76.5 condition In May,
1901, would indicate a crop slightly
larger than that of 1902. This may be
what the Government was trying to
arrive at but if so the combination was
not unlike that of the clock which, by
striking four, with one 'hand at seven
and the other at 8, informed Its owner
that it was 3:30.
In the Pacific Northwest the Govern
ment percentages are equally ridicu
lous. Wheat conditions In Oregon and
Washington on May 1 were generally
recognized by the beat crop experts in
the Pacific Northwest as 20 to 25 per
cent better than on a corresponding
date last year, but all the improvement
the Government can find is a condition
for Oregon of 9S compared with 88 last
May and 96 In May, 1902. Washington Is
credited with a condition of 98 com
pared with 89 last May and 77 in 1902.
The value of these comparisons can be
understood when it Is stated that condi
tions In Oregon and Washington were
as nearly Identical In 1902 as they are
this year, although the Government
placed the Washington condition at 19
points lower than those of Oregon.
EFFICD3NCT OF AMERICAN LABOR.
Some people believe that the Indus
trial progress of the United States Is
primarily due to the policy of protec
tion. Others are persuaded that our
success in manufactures Is accom
plished rather In spite than by reason
of our high tariffs. Perhaps neither of
these contentions is wholly right but
if one of them is right, or if both are
wrong, there Is no possibility of with
drawing the protective tariff from our
industrial system. No one would think
of explaining British manufactures
without reference to free raw materials;
and no one can explain American man
ufactures without reference to protec
tion. The results are here, and with protec
tion In force; and when we compare our
Industrial efficiency with those of other
nations, the showing Is certainly not
such as to encourage another such po
litical venture as was made in 192.
One great advantage our manufactur
ers have In foreign trade is the home
market, which affords them the basis of
lucrative effort, so that surplus can be
sent abroad at nominal added cost The
result of this and other elements of the
problem In operation Is that the Amer
ican worker Is more effective than his
European rivals. A useful comparison
on this head is supplied In the Engi
neering Magazine for May by Mr. Will
lam J. Clark, manager of foreign trade
for one of the large American electric
companies.
The point Mr. Clark makes Is thai
labor is more efficient here than abroad.
Through examination of the latest sta
tistics he shows that; in the total value
of manufactures, In the value of prod
uct per wage-earner, in the value per
capita of population, in the total horse
power used in manufactures, and in the
horsepower per wage-earner, the United
States stands far ahead of any other
country. In other words, by every test
of efficiency the machinery and mechan
ics of this country possess an unques
tioned and very pronounced superior
ity. The table following is compiled
from Mr. Clark's table, and shows the
value of manufactures, the value per
wage-earner and the horsepower per
wage-earner for some of the chief coun
tries in 1900:
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8 c pc 1,3
a MO 2n
COUNTRIES. g"" p5 &
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United States $13,004.400.143152,450 2.15
United Kingdom .... 5.000.000.000 556 0.33
Germany - 4,600.000,000 460 0.31
France 3.450.000.000 690 0.30
Australia ... 500.CO0.000 900 0.80
Canada 800. 000.000 1.455 1.36
To claim that this remarkable show
ing in American superiority results
from the protective tariff would be ab
surd. Tet it must be admitted that the
various policies of our Government, In
cluding money, tariff, taxation, Internal
improvements, military and naval af
fairs, etc., bear directly on the ability
of labor to earn and to collect Its earn
ings and to retain Its earnings unim
paired. So far as Governmental poli
cies affect labor's prosperity, there is
not one of them, enforced by Repub
lican ascendance, but would be menaced
by Democratic success In November or
by a reduced Republican majority In
Oregon in June.
JAPAN'S CLOCKWORK CAMPAIGN.
"War," says a military writer, "has
no rules, but many principles." The
epigram embodies a truth, although the
philosophy of war might be further sim
plified by reducing the many principles
to two Prepare, and Strike Home. It
is upon these basic principles that the
Japanese have acted throughout tWe
war. They have completed their prep
arations in patience, and when they
have struck they have struck home.
As at the Yalu, so at Kinchou. Patient
when patience is required, and Impetu
ous when action demands it, the Japan
ese are conducting a clockwork cam
paign and showing to the world that
the blaze which swept over the Chinese
stubble in '95 will shrivel stouter oppo
sition. As to Japanese preparedness,
no comment is necessary. Their steady
progress ov'er vast territories is suffi
cient proof. As to their dash, the Chi
nese war showed that. Three columns,
closing on Ping Yang from different
points at the same moment, sweep into
the fortified town with irresistible fury.
Thirty-one days after the second army
is landed on the Liao Tung Peninsula
It surges up and over Port Arthur the
Impregnable. In the present war a
more stubborn foe than the Chinese is
driven from the Yalu, and the Japanese
soldiers swarm up Nan Shan Hill in the
face of artJHery and rifle fire, with what
loss is not yet known, but certainly
heavy.
A year or two ago, when columns of
British soldiers were advancing against
and recoiling from hills held by a hand
ful of Boers, we heard that there could
never.agaln be a General foolish enough
to have his men exterminated by mak
ing a frontal attack. We also heard
that' the bayonet, the traditional arm of
the British infantry, was a useless in
cumbrance. We were told that armies
attacking a strong position must out
number the defenders ten to one. The
bayonet was used at the Yalu, Kuroki
did not shrink from a frontal attack,
nor did the General commanding at
Kinchou, where 50,000 Japanese, it is
estimated, dislodged 20,000 Russians
from a position of natural strength, for
tified and provided with modern artil
lery. War has no rules, and few prin
ciples. The Japanese have no aban
doned Splonkops, nor do they cross Tu
gelas for the purpose of recrossing them
tomorrow.
Kinchou is within twenty-five miles
of Port Arthur, and the Japanese will
soon have the fortress invested in earn
est There can be no doubt that they
will capture It or' force the defenders
to capitulate after a siege. In any
event. Port Arthur is now safely iso
lated. The Japanese can proceed with
their main plan of campaign. They are
said to be fortifying Feng Wang Cheng,
the admirably situated headquarters
that fell to them like a ripe pjum.
Many observers believe that Kurokl's
intention is to cut off Kuropatkin's re
treat by getting a force north, of Muk
den, while inducing the main Russian
body to remain at Liao Yang by affect
ed Inability to move forward from Feng
Wang Cheng. Such a move would be In
keeping with the grand scale on which
the Japanese strategy has been con
ceived, and if Kuroki can force a de
cisive battle at Liao Tang he Is likely
to give Russian power In the Far East
its coup de grace, as the Japanese
forces are being augmented from Taku
shan. C. Edgar Kennedy, of Oregon City,
because his wife objects to his brother
as an inmate of their home, has asked
for a writing of divorcement. He cites
in connection with his family grievance
that though she ran his brother out his
wife did not object when her own
brother spent five months in their home.
All of which simply goes to show that
blood Is thicker than water, and fur
ther that men do well who set up their
own homes Instead of hanging 'round
the homes qf relatives, in which, for
many good and sufficient reasons, their
presence, as a steady thing, is not de
sired. A woman who does her own
housework can hardly be blamed rf she
objects to the added labor of caring for
her husband's brother, while the man
who earns the living may find just
cause for protesting against boarding
without recompense the brother of his
"wife. It may be added, however, that
people of proper self-respect usually
settle differences of this kind without
appealing to the courts.
What is Rudyard Kipling's place In
the literature of today? How many of
his readers and admirers are able to
make correct answer? Haldane Mac
Fall, an English critic of fine taste,
calls him the poet of the soldier, the
sailor, the frontiersman and all others
of adventurous blood; declares him to
be Britain's most original and vigorous
artist, and a very master of the moods
and emotions of men. But Mr. MacFall
sees also the faults of Kipling, whose
strength and weakness are most charm
ingly set forth in a pen and ink portrait
to be published in The Sunday Orego
nlan tomorrow. It commends Itself to
every one who has read Kipling in
poetry or prose.
For the benefit of those who from
short residence in Oregon or other cause
are not acquainted with the nominees
for Sheriff, The Oregonlan would say
that Mr. Stott, the Republican nominee,
is a man of experience In public affairs,
of reputable life and considerable prop
erty interests in every way deserving
of confidence as the administrator of
this important office. His principal
competitor is not a taxpayer and has
been away from Portland so much
within recent years that he can only
constructively be called a resident here.
We know of no good reason why Mr.
Stott should not receive the support of
every substantial and reputable citizen.
Evidently the Japanese have lost
heavily in the Tecent battles. But,
if they are victorious, it makes
little difference how many men they
lose. What is surprising Is the dls
lodgment of the Russians from forti
fied positions, by the vigor and persist
ence of Japanese attack. If the Rus
sians can't hold the positions they have
occupied, and fortified, thev can't hold
( any. So far, the world will judge that
mere is not the fighting force and the
steadfast spirit there was In the Rus
sians in the Napoleonic wars and in the
Crimea. But this war Is young yet
Tourists from all quarters! passing
through Portland unite in saying that
it is one of the most beautiful, active,
decent orderly and attractive cities
they ever have seen. Their 'surprise
and pleasure are great. But if you
listen to the voice from the tombs at
Twelfth and Alder, and that of Its pro
moters, you will hear something very
different, and very doleful sounding
like the pessimistic phrase of the
Norsk poet-philosopher, "At ban hal,
ay tenk."
Seattle advices report that the steam
ship men of the Elliott Bay metropolis
are very much worried over a shortage
of labor at Nome this Summer. Per
haps the anxiety of the steamship men
would have been more effective had
they not explained that the steamships
were all departing with steerage apart
ments very scantily filled. This leaves
the public in doubt as to whether it will
be Nome or the steamship men who will
suffer by this scarcity of labor.
What" the Democratic party was, and
what is could do for the country, was
shown during that night of horror from
1893 to 1897. Do you want any more of
that? Are not these present conditions
something better, and good enough?
Set the policy of one party against the
other, during many years past Then
which has been; the better? And which,
from past experience and present con
ditions, promises better now?
What would you think of the man
who professes political principles, and
yet refuses to employ the means
through which only they can be carried
into effect? In other words, what of
the man who professes to be a Repub
lican, on the policies of the present
time, and yet doesn't vote the Repub
lican ticket through and through
when in every particular It is just as
good as the other?
No murder case, presenting so many
mysterious conditions, was ever tried In
Oregon as that which has been going
on during the past week in Wasco
County. In a way, it baffles all experi
ence. Yet it Is not possible to believe
that Williams Is not guilty. It is mor
ally certain, and that Is the basis or
principle on which the jury decided.
Defamation of Portland, lying about
Portland, warning people to keep away
from Portland carried on through the
vicious babble of men who draw their
support from Portland Is going to stop.
Set that down for certain. The time Is
not distant when it will cease to be
profitable to those who carry it on.
Why has The Oregonlan been at such
pains to expose the so-called local op
tion bill, which in reality is a bill for
prohibition? Because it detests shams,
j subterfuges, deceits and humbugs.
OREGON'S MESSAGE.
Viewed From the Standpoint of East-
ern Oregon.
Pendleton Tribune.
With wool at the prevailing high
prices there should be no question about
the loyalty of the sheepmen to the Re
publican party. To save themselves a
shudder from the thought that the
Democrats would some day perpetrate
the Wilson act again they shouldvote
the Republican ticket in every spot, and
if the law permitted should travel all
election day from polling place to poll
ing place and vote 'er straight every
time.
It's up to the sheepmen to do all thoy,
can in local, state and National cam
paigns for the party of protection.
They should help to send a report ring
ing over the Rockies and across the
plains and prairies to the people of the
Middle and Eastern states that Ore
gon has gone Republican from grazing
range to metropolis. They should as
sist in rolling up increased majorities
for every county and state nominee In
Oregon by voting straight and urging
others to do so.
The greatest assistance any state can
give Roosevelt and the National cam
paign is delegated to Oregon by reason
of a June election. It gives this state
a great opportunity to strengthen pub
lic sentiment throughout the Union for
Republican principles. It is the first
test applied during the year, the only
test and the responsibility thu3 left to
Oregon Republicans should not be cast
aside for personal and petty prefer
ences for any candidate on the opposite
ticket The Tribune believes that any
man who belongs to the greatest party
in all history la too proud to show such
a weakness.
Oregon wants to show no superficial
strength. It doesn't want any falling
off in general results. It doesn't want
the same general weakness in all the
counties. It doesn't want a decreased
Republican representation In the Leg
islature nor an Increased Democratlo
representation. It doesn't want a fall
ing off in the total number of county
officers elected or a decrease in coun
ty majorities.
To speak right, Oregon Republicans
desire to say to the country that "We
havo swelled the majorities in every
county; we have elected more Republi
cans than we did last year and we de
clare that the sentiment of the people
is stronger than ever for Roosevelt and
his administration."
WILL HEAR NO MORE APPEALS
President and Moody Will Back Up
Annapolis Medical Board.
WASHINGTON, May 27. Several mat
ters of importance were considered at the
Cabinet meeting today. It was decided, on
the suggestion of Secretary Moody, that
hereafter neither the President nor the
Navy Department would entertain ap
peals from applicants for admission to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis from, the
decision of the Medical Examining Board.
Heretofore, it has been a practice of such
applicants as were declared by the Med
ical Board to be physically disqualified to
carry their cases to the President or the
Navy Department in the hope of having
the decision of the board overrrled.
Secretary presented some of the reasons
for bringing to the United States of a dele
gation of between 40 and 50 high-class
educated Filipinos. The better class of
Filipinos felt that in the exhibit of na
tives at the St Louis Exposition the pop
ulation of the islands was not represented
fairly, as the Filipinos at the Fair were
composed largely of representatives of the
wild and uncivilized tribes.
Secretary Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, reported the discovery of an
"ant in Guatemala with which it is hoped
to eradicate the boll weevil.
After a conference with Dr. B. T. Gal
loway, chief of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the
entomological division, and other ex
perts. Secretary Wilson today had a
special bulletin on the subject printed.
Among other things, this bulletin says:
"Although cotton seems to be espe
cially adapted to attract the ant by
means ofits numerous nectaries, the
insect is, not like some of its class,
confined to a single plant or to a sin
gle kind of prey. It attracts and de
stroys insects of every kind, including
the hemlpetera and even centipedes. On
the other hand, It does not do the least
injury to the cotton or to any other
plant so far as has been ascertained.
The farmer has a new and practical
reason to consider the ant"
CRAMP ON AID TO SHIPPING.
Noted Builder Says Differential
Duties Will Revive Commerce.
PB3LADELPHIA, May 27. The closing
session of the Merchant Marine Commis
sion was held today In the rooms of the
Board of Trade. Edwin S. Cramp, vice
president of the Cramp Shipbuilding Com
pany, declared himself in favor of differ
ential duties as a means of reviving com-,
merce. He said that would probably be of
greater benefit than discriminating boun
ties. The former would be more lasting
and permanent though naturally of a
slower growth. These views were Incor
porated In a statement filed with the
commission.
Mr. Cramp said that the superior skill
that was credited to American workmen
at their high rate of wages was not sup
ported by facts. He admitted that foreign
processes of making steel were better
than ours and added: "Their iron is poor.
It was the mean quality of the Iron used
abroad that led to the introduction of
steel plates by shipbuilders. The Iron was
known In America as 'pot metal,' and Is
so fragile that a boat cannot go through
the ice without the plates being shorn
as If they were made of paper."
FILES CHARGES AGAINST LEMLY
Seaman Asserts That Noted Naval Of
ficer Is Guilty of Falsehood.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-George F.
Ormsby, attorney for John Smith, former
ly a seaman In the United States Navy,
today filed with the Secretary of the
Navy formal charges against Judge Advocate-General
Lemly and asked that the
officer be tried by the general court-martial
on charges of "falsehood and culpable
inefficiency In the performance of duty."
The charge gr.ows out of the case of
Smith, now before the Supreme Court on
appeal of the United States from, a judg
ment In the Court of Claims. Mr. Ormsby
contends that in moving for an advance
of the case on the court docket Captain
Lemly has made false representations to
induce the Secretary of the Navy to sign
a certain letter in connection with the
motion to advance the case, the alleged
false representations being made, he
charges, to influence the court against his
client
The application of Mr. Ormsby that the
Judge Advocate-General of the Navy be
courtmartlaled will not be granted by
Secretary Moody.
Assigned to Duty at Valdes.
WASHINGTON, May 27. Lieutenant T.
G. Emmons, retired, has been assigned
to special duty at Valdes, Alaska, where
be will study the natives of that region
and gather information for the Bureau of
Ethnology.
v COME TO VIEW AMERICA.
Filipinos Sent by Government Arrlva
In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. The
steamer Siberia, which .arrived today
from the Orient via, Manila and Hono
lulu, carried a number of prominent
people, notable among them being 50
Filipinos chosen as a board of observa
tion by the Philippine Commissioners.
They will visit the St Louis Exposition
and also Inspect many parts of the
country, the object of their trip being
chiefly educational. The party includes
Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera. Benito
Legarde and Joseph R. De Lururlga.,
members of the Philippine Commission;
Chief Justice Arellano and others as
well known. These representatives of
the native population of the islands
were met down the bay by a dolega
tlon of leading citizens on the Govern
ment tug Slocum. Among tho party
were United States Senators Perkins
and Bard, and members of the princi
pal commercial organizations of the
city who extended a cordial welcome to
tho visitors.
Other passengers on the Siberia were
Governor Carter, of Hawaii, and Sir
Francis Treves, the eminent English
surgeon, who performed the operation
for appendicitis on King Edward. After
going to Washington, Governor Carter
will attend the Republican National
Convention at Chicago.
The steamer also brought the por
trait of the Empress Dowager of
China, which Is to be shown at the St
Louis Exposition. It was painted by
Kate Augusta Carl, an American, and
is being conveyed in royal state. The
accompanying guards of honor number
about 100 persons, headed by Major
Domo Shen Nigh Hu. He has several
secretaries, each with ten attendants.
The picture, with the haggage of its
custodians, was passed by the Custom
House authorities without inspection,
in accordance with instructions re
ceived from Washington.
The visiting Filipinos' are in charge
of Arthur W. Ferguson, ex-Socretary
for the Philippine Islands. The ex
penses of the party are being paid
from an appropriation of $75,000 passed
by the Philippine Government for the
purpose. Tho Merchants' Association
of San Francisco will entertain the
party at a banquet tomorrow night,
and on Tuesday they will spend the
day on the bay visiting points of in
terest They will leave here for the
East on June 1.
The first stop will be at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., where one day will be
spent Cincinnati will be the next stop,
and two days 'will be devoted to sight
seeing there. The party will pass
through St. Louis, stopping there two
hours only, on its way to Washington.
Four days will be spent at the Na
tional Capital.
From Washington, the programme of
the visitors Is subject to change, but
they intend to go from there to Phila
delphia for one day, thence to West
Point N. Y., to attend the commence
ment exercises at the Military Acad
emy in the second week in June. New
York will be visited next, and from
there the, party will go to Boston,
Lynn, Mass., etc., spending altogether
one week In New England, Niagara
Fallsr Detroit and Chicago in the order
named, and St Louis will be reached on
July 8 or 9.
After seeing the Exposition, the vis
itors will continue their way through
the West, returning to the islands the
latter part of August
The steamer Siberia, on which the
party arrived, brought also J2.500.000
in gold from Japan.
CONSCRIPTION AS ONLY MEANS
British Commission Reports on Way
to Raise Home-Defense Army.
LONDON, May 27. The report of the
royal commission on the volunteer militia
forces practically recommends conscrip
tion as the only means of providing a
home defense army adequate for the pro
tection of the country in the absence or
partial absence of the regular troops. The
commissioners are of the opinion that the
principles adopted by all the other great
European states must be largely adopted
by Great Britain, and that it is the duty
of every able-bodied citizen to be trained
for national defense. They point out that
the necessary training would Involve a
period of continuous service with the col
ors, under an Instruction body of specially
educated and highly trained officers, and
they consider that one year of such con
tinuous training would suffice with a few
weeks' attendance at the maneuvers for
a year or two afterward. The commis
sioners estimate that such a scheme would
provide about 350,000 trained men annually
at a cost probably less than that of the
present military system.
SATOLLI OFF FOR AMERICA.
Prelate Not Coming on Mission, but
Merely for Pleasure Trip.
ROME, May 27. Cardinal Satolli left
here today on a visit to America. Car
dinal Satolli is accompanied by his
cousin. Father Ercole; his private secre
tary, Father Marucchi, and a second sec
retary. Father Luigi. There were gath
ered at the railway station to bid him
good-bye many high prelates and digni
taries. Count Santucci, Cardinal Sa
tolll's apostolic agent and Mgr. Kennedy,
rector of the American College in Rome,
were also present Cardinal Satolli re
peated that he was not charged with any
mission, adding:
"I am going, attracted to the United
States by pleasant remembrances of my
sojourn there. I have many good friends
in America, so that I anticipate great
pleasure In revisiting the noble country
where I pursued such an important part
of my career, and where the people give
the whole world such an example of fra
ternity, all harmonizing without distinc
tion of religion."
NEARLY 700 MEN WERE LOST.
Official Figures on Hatsuse and Yo
shino Disasters.
TOKIO, May 28, 10 A. M. Revised fig
ures show that 61 noncommissioned offi
cers and 378 bluejackets were killed and
drowned, seven officers, 13 noncommis
sioned officers and 50 bluejackets slightly
wounded, and 12 bluejackets seriously
wounded in the sinking of the Japanese
battleship Hatsuse by a mine off Port
Arthur on May 15.
Two hundred and thirty-five noncom
missioned officers and men lost their lives
on the cruiser Yoshino, which was rammed
and sunk by the cruiser Kasaga on the
same day that the Hatsuse was blown
up. The Navy Department has not yet
reeclved a detailed report of the two dis
asters. Soon No Ban on Aerial Torpedoes.
WASHINGTON. May 27. The attention
of the military and naval experts here,
who have been closely following develop
ments in the war, has been attracted to
the fact that on July 29 the prohibition Im
posed by The Hague Conference upon
the discharge of aerial torpedoes from
balloons or flying machines will expire by
limitation. Consequently, a new field is
nqw open to the inventor of flying ma
chines and dirigible balloons, which may
now enter the field 6t warfare without
violating the rules of war.
Russia Buys Ships In England.
LONDON, May 27. A cruiser now ap
proaching completion at a private yard in
England has been sold to a French agent
representing Russia. Russia also recently
purchased in England a number of fast
cargo -vessels, which will be altered so as
to enable them to be used as transports.
NOTE ANDC0MMENT.
"Mush and certified, please."
No more baseball in the streets! Wen
may the kids ask what the streets are
for.
Presumably milk and certified milk will
bear the same relation to one another
as fresh eggs and warranted fresh eggs.
The "original Holy Roller" is said to be
In custody at Oregon City. The trouble
Is that the original wasn't locked up be
fore any copies were made.
It Is quite refreshing to hear of churches
uniting, as the Presbyterian and . the
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches havo
done. The usual thing Is dls-unltlng.
From three to four hundred men are
reported to haunt the municipal employ
ment office in Seattle lna vain search for
jobs. What do the guys expect after
the unofficial census has been taken?
"He also criticised Judge Parker's
silence."
That Is the concluding sentence in &
report of Bryan's latest speech.
V(e are all fond of criticising that which
we cannot comprehend.
A Magistrate in North London recently
decided that a man going to the dentist's
Is justified in getting drunk only In tho
case of a dentist that does not provide
gas. "Painless" methods have made loss
progress In England than hero, but if a
person may legally get a Jag on in the
effort to acquire Dutch courage every
man arrested for drunkenness will have
a ready excuse.
When we read that a crowd of Ignorant
Londoners has spoiled the pleasure of a
princess by following her in open-mouthed
wonder, we lay another offense at the
door of the ill-bred English, and depre
ciate their snobbery. When Miss Roose
velt is almost crushed against the wheels
of her carriage by a seething mob of
women and men In St Louis, it makes us
rub our eyes and wonder if It will ever
be necessary to establish an official order
of princesses In this country for tho dis
traction of the crowd.
Advertising for a wife is usually con
sidered a modern method of putting one's
head into the noose, but such is not the
case. A man named Corder advertised
for an "affectionate wife" in 1S27, and re
ceived So replies to his few lines in a
London paper. He married one of the
women that answered his ad, and was
living with her when he was arrested for
the murder of a girl whose body had been
discovered buried in a barn. The case
aroused great Interest, being known as
the Red Barn. Mystery. Corder was
hanged before a great crowd, and the
hangman's rope was In great demand at
$5 an inch.
Women are frequently accused of wear
ing things sent to them "on suspicion,"
but It is not often that one is caught,
as was the case In an Incident reported by
the New York papers. A woman had a
costly hat sent home on trial. She wore
It at a fashionable wedding and returned
it the .next day, saying it did not suit
The milliner was not without experience,
and bluntly asked, "Didn't you wear this
hat at the Blank wedding yesterday?"
Surprised, the woman owned up, but
asked how the milliner guessed. That
wily person quietly shook a couple of
stray grains of rice out of the folds of
lace on the bat
The great luncheon, which was to be
the principal achievement of the Board
of Lady Managers at St Louis, was a
splendid success If the number of guests
that appeared is an indication. Seven
hundred invitations were sent out, and at
the appointed hour 2700 women were as
sembled at the hall, ready for the first
scramble at the tables. Invited guests
and those that thought they should have
been Invited were hopelessfy mixed up
in the jam, and the crowd waited for
hours in the hope of getting In on the
grub. The Board of Lady Managers
should rejoice that their hospitality Is so
much appreciated by visitors.
It is nearly time we had a local option
law on Ice cream soda. Numbers of girls
are depleting their pocketbooks or some
other person's and spoiling their diges
tions by over-indulgence in this drink,
which is becoming a serious menace to
the future of the Nation. The homes of
the future are being attacked in. their
most vulnerable spot, and If the mothers
of the next generation are to stop rock
ing the cradle every few minutes while
they rush out to swallow another tumbler
ful of the noxious compound, how is the
world likely to be ruled! Let us then
fight for local option as the only prac
ticable means of saving the Nation's
homes from ruin.
When the farmer espied a little boy In
dustriously collecting apples from the
topmost branches of his best tree, says
the Kansas City Independent he stole
back to the farmhouse and took down a
stuffed image of Pongo, his greatly
mourned sheepdog, from the cupboard,
and in a few minutes the stuffed dog
had been placed at the foot of the tree.
The farmer then proceeded with the
business of the farm, and the men won
dered why every now and then he
chuckled to himself.
An hour went by and the farmer was
once more at the foot of the tree.
"Hullo, there!" he cried. "What are
ye doing up my tree, eh?"
The boy was pale and quivering with
fright, but he had not altogether lost his
presence of mind."
"P-please, sir," he shivered, "that
great big dog down there," pointing to
the well-preserved Pongo, "he chased me,
he did, all over your meadow, an I had
to climb this tree to get out of his way!"
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
She Is ma-riage a failure? He No; they
don't make failure nowadays they take bank
ruptcy. Butte IntPx Mountain.
"Is the new man a good speller?" "I Bhould
say he let Why. he used to edit the unclaimed
letter list In a Russian vlllace." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Enthusiastic mediocrity often passes for tal
ent. A hot sausage is not more nutritious
than a cold sausage, but it Is more highly
thought of. Puck.
"Did Alkali Ike make the tenderfoot eat his
words?" "No; the tenderfoot turned out to
be one of those fellows who would rather fight
than eat-" Chicago Journal.
"My wife Is trying to get into society."
"Ah! I suppose It keeps her busy." "Yea,
but not as busy as It keeps me trying not to
get Into debt." Philadelphia Press.
Paw (finishing up a story) And so I washed
my hands of the whole business. Xlttle Willie
(Interestedly) Did somebody send you Trom. the
tabe to do it, paw? Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Philosopher. "Do you eee any humor in
this life?" "Well, comparatively yea. That
Is, there is more humor in it than there la in
getting out of It, so' I conclude, it must be a
Joke. Though sometimes. X must confess, X
laugh when I really do not see the point."
Detroit Free Press,