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W m fiwor the Jasterstate Coaaissioa to de teratae wht rate, rrstatioa or arac-tw-r theuid to sajawtiiaol' for aay ex isting rate fr tbe traaprtatoa of rfeeas or property b railways dolag ir iocsta le baiaamr aad to require such bMtttsea ta bn aa wparafrlve with a tatrty dar-&r . c ia case review, vam saxty dajw ftr wcMtoe Aay order, a to its Justaess. ( wwHoai' aad sawfuaacs-s. to be rcttcwaaO a at Carraat Oaurt of tbe t'aild tatas bawsag juct dictioa Th bill tkHM Hwpd a virtual reversal i tae aiatiaa af sbc carrier aad tsw aaop j tr. 4K os aay coatroriy over t. far da iwiasiaii'i ' would x the Ira wins m the iw4)was the rice f aaaaat. wiKw hr.afl the bp ler has hast m par tbe rate to pet Ms c-eV. wash rlsa to make .appeal aad ae far nwovcry. wbsrb for Mm was a-1 1 1 aislj m liat'ineblr coadltlna. The 14f4ur MIL tatroaaeod a tbe Mc agar some winaHlmrian of :beoe pradrtaa. aad askas mare fe- al csadltiaaa far a atrial rc'iew af ah that saay arts aader tbe act. It jat taat Ufioa ioratal aampteaat. the tetorae Cammnroe CemisMoa aaar aae pawnor ta declare aad order i fee saibtlaen f sueh rate as M deems jot aad roasaasMe Che order to take efff -. w-Mala 4xr 43- The carrier . aot afcd w-itl cbe rate docrwd. mar aatpeal ta tto Caart af Casnmraee av ta acdr reviewed b trfbuaal K'aaV ta review Is tbe taart ay xuipaad sbc asdar om r4 flawed at, ri-aatrinc tbe carrier la fur ptttt baad awr cfar paymuat af aK damage lagnrd by iartpi irs la eaase MVn s the appsat From this tbe Hapbara baa proceeds iv partacistairs far Its lafarviaiat If It traamrs a law u a Ml aroatc a Court 4T Canaorc. ta cearfrt of five Ctrcutt Judge She Uattod Statas TMs court is raird ta bald four regular aieas each year la Wsaamagtoa. aad H tt gtvee oxrfasnc Jumdactloa ostr ae Brought to k from the Interstate tosmnerar OoBtmissioa. The Chief Jus tice ef tbe Supreme Court of the Fai led States Is to designate, ob the first of each year, the fire Circuit Judges who arc to ceastttut the Court of omrof rre and the Pretideat as author- iwd to appear an additional Circuit JsSga for cars of the dirtrict so drawn spea. Appeals can be faken from the decisions ef the Ceurt of Commerce only to the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States. Tbe present Interstate Commerce Commission is abolished and a new ee sb mi sales is created, to com- prise aeves Commissi oner, at a. salary mt each per year, with their terms f oSoe helnsT tea years. For proper enforcement the President is author ized to appoint an Assistant Attorn ey- Ceaeral One ef the main features of this hHt. as ouuBftruunea rrom tne cooper Qoaries blM. Is chat it is designed espe cially u meet the objections which have bees raised ax&Inst the proposal l rii'e the commission arbitrary pow er to fix rales To plaee this power in the hand of a judicial tribunal Is felt to be Beeessary for obviatlon of ebj'ec tieas that wouM be made, and might be brM ffood en Constitutional jcroundM. Tbis. too. is la aecord with the rectus -meadatioa of the Precideht. who said Is his leeoHt roesaace: -"hiie I am of the opisloa that at preaeat it would be uadesirabie. tf It were aot mtprac tWable. Jlaally to viotbe the eoauaLs, sloa with general authority to fix rail road rates. 1 do believe that as a fair feeiwity to shippers, the cemmi5sion showta be vested with tbe power, where 4. ssvea rate has beea chaJlenaed aad after fuO heartosr found to be unreas avbte. to deride, subjeet to judielal nk. what baH be a reasonable rate to take Its piae. f.VUAV AND THK S FAIK. Tbe Lewis aad Clark maaagemeat aas decided for an open Sunday during tbe Fair: bet U is aot to be understood that K H be aa open Sunday in any objectionable r offensive sense net in jtay way what is eommealy kaowa as "wide ojx-a." There has been mt de m&ad from strict sectariaas that the gtes of tbe Fair shall be closed Sun days, aad that aM activities of what soever aatttre shall eeie. It has net beea spprtd by aay coasiderable oatimt. ta tbe churches or ia the eomnmnky at large: but there has been a eemmoB desire that the Fair should be placed oa much the same basis as our jrtibav parks. So it will be Tbe exhibit buHdiags wMl be open; but what might be called the "circus" features of die Expedition wMt be shut down Tbe grounds, the water, the art gal leries. aH the varied and wonderful beauties of tbe Fair, will be accessible im visiters as oa ether days; but the Trail -u-Mt be closed. It wilt aot be dif ferent in essence from any present Sun day la these pre-ExpoitlOB days, when large aumbore of pVepie make it their practice to vleit the grounds and in- sfrtct tbe site aad Ms developing mar v4s. No grat objection has been made to this poMey. and it may be assumed that Ha Milauance wilt be satisfac tory to the greaty body of the public, rtiprvsealiag all hades of opinion and mM varieties ef personal conduct. So we may aM be pleased that we are to fevr ura an open Suaday as Is rational aad moral Sunday. It may be supposed that widespread aaawuacomeat that the Fair gates are to be pea very day wltl attract gen era I a treaties and do atueh to swell the alleadaace. Methods of Suaday ob rorvaaee oa the Pacific Coast are dif ferent from Kastera aad KngHrh metb ode Here we have no Saturday hoH day. but oar worklag people our artl sans, our clerks aad all persons who dnpead for a a veil hood en their daily wage are occupied with their labor foe six days Oa tbe seventh they rest or they sock reereatiea. for the most part laasremt aad healthful. So we find that waste wa Suaday moraings our churches arc atlAd. wa Suaday afternoons and eveaiags oar theaters are crowded as a ether day; that cars and river boat are packed with people seeking outings; the parks attract large num bers of mea. womea aad chlMreH; every avoatte of diversion and recreation is sought Barroom visiters are. however. scarcer thaa oa aay ether day. It wouM. thea. be strange Indeed if an other rule were to be invoked in Port land for the Fair thaa has been fol lowed here universally la our dally life, without detriment to morals or indeed to reMgiea. ttliO IS UKNKIr-XTUO OR IXJL'RKD? The Orcgoaian is informed by a cor respoadeat that there are IS! students la tbe State Normal School at Mon mouth, of whom seven eame from out- 4de the state. These figures would ap poar to justify entirely the statement mi The Oregenlan as to the limited range of influence and educational im portance of the four institutions in Oregon. Sixty-four of the 194 students came from Polk County, with 10,000 or 12.000 inhabitants, while sixteen are from Multnomah, with 140.000 inhabi tants. Of bow much value, then. Is the Meameuth school to the most impor tant tchoot center in Oregon, where tbare Is greater demand for trained teachers, aad better pay for them, than ia aay other city or county? However. Tbe Oregenlan thinks that the best edu catleaal Interests ef the state would be served If the entire Normal School funds were to be devoted to the Mon mouth School (if it could be constitu tionally done), or one similar institu ttea ia an equally suitable location. The Oregenlan would like to have a candid expression from the trustees and fac ulty of tbe Monmouth school as to the w-idm and economy of making appro prlatleas for Drala. Weston and Ash land: aad it would be glad to know. too. If tbe state's attempts to buHd up these aehoeis have helped or Injured Mon mouth? Of course Monmouth has suffered. aad k will continue to suffer until this aormal sobool business can be put on a reasonable basisa basis upon which shaN be built a school that has for its sole purpose the proper pedagogic equipment of public schoolteachers. Tbe state has at Corvallls an Agricul twaJ CeMege which is doing good work. It has a a attoadance of pupils from all over Oregon that approximates 500. aad H has a faculty of special instruc tors la aH lines who arc not greatly handicapped on the one hand by lack of funds nor on the other by the con stant pret-eiytiag of students to any competing agricultural college. It is true that K has a considerable endow meat from the United States Govern meat, but that Is aside from tbe main point, which is that here is one Instltu- tiea devoted to eae branch of work upon which all the energies and pur poses of the state in this particular de partmeat of education are concentra ted. What would have happened at Corvallia If an agricultural college had been started at, say. McMlnnville. an other at Grant's Pass and a third at Pendleton? It Is proper to say that The Ore genlan, in its discussion of the nor mal school question, does not Advocate the retention of Monmouth, as against Drain. Westoa ud Ashland. It Jsa no fads or fancies about any one school. It has yfed Monmouth for illustration because it is- the original Normal School and. It thinks, the largest in point of attendance. "What it has to say is that If there should be one normal school at some central point, the situation from the standpoint of economy and educational efficiency would be might ily Improved. RAILROAD STATISTICS. Follow some statistics of the railroads of the United States. In any presenta tion the results are stupendous. Using tbe latest report of the Interstate Com merce Commission we find that the ag gregate single-track railroad mileage in fbe United States is 207.977; but if we take all tracks into consideration It Is The rolling stock comprises 4S.S71 locomotives and 1.753.3S9 cars, of which 38.140 are used in passenger serv ice. This trackage and property are owned by about 2000 different roads. capitalized for 312.599,990,258. and bur dened with $6,444,431,226 of funded debts. They keep on their payrolls 1.312.537 employes, or 639 to every lln- eal mile, who receive In the aggregate 3773,321.415 annually In wages. During the past year the roads of the United States carried 694.S91.S35 passengers 425.14 204 miles for J42L70I.592: and 638.- $80,658 tons of freight 17321.278.993 miles for 11,338.020.026. The total re ceipts. If we Include Income from vari ous sources, with gross earnings, were $2,106,534,387, out of which were paid among other sums 2166,176,586 In divi dends and 31,257.538,852 for operating ex penses. The gross earnings average about J925S per mile. The aggregate number of persons reported as killed was 9S40, and the aggregate number of persons reported as Injured was 76,553, making1 a total that perhaps exceeds the casualties of the Japanese at Port Arthur Of the fatal accidents 3306 were sustained by employes, 355 by pas sengers, 879 by persons unclasslnedAand 5000 by persons trespassing on the prop erty of the companies. The number of injuries sustained by employes during the year was 90.481, by passengers S231, and by other persons 7S4L The fact that over half of the persons killed were trespassers Is a point of great sig nificance to the credit of the railroads and shows one of the caures for the long list of accidents. Th American people In general are more careless and reckless than the managers of the rail reads. They are Impatient of delays. and by habit and temperament they try to reach tholr destinations with the least possible loss of time. They take big risks of life, limb and property. They are exacting in their demands as to speed, and hence they often force railroad managers to transgress those rules for safety which are patlently submltted to by the traveling public in other countries. INQUIRY FIRST, LEGISLATION AFTER- ( WARDS. In the multitude of subjects before the two houses at Salem many have but local and temporary weight. If a mistake is made it may mean at the worst the needless spending of some thousands of dollars of the state's money. Other matters of vital moment must be or should be considered. Among them stand out two which touch our social life and the development of both National and state life on every hand topics in the magazines, topics at Washington. In Stale Legislatures, and at all social gatherings of business men. Ask any one what these arc and ten to one the same answer Is returned. And it I?, the trusts and the railroads Each draws existence and power from some state constitution, because on the right of the Individual state to create the artificial citizen, called a corpora tion. the huge structures rest which now overshadow and dominate the land. Obviously two questions rise be fore every State Legislature how to guard in future from endowing new creations with inherent powers which may react so disastrously on the state which Is the source of their being; sec ondly. how far to go In legislating to ward the control and restraint of these creations, without crippling the benefl cent side of their actions, and without trespassing outside the lines of the Fed eral Constitution, to which all owe wll ling obedience. The first of the two questions seems comparati-ely easy. Reasoning and ex perience agree that publicity of all con tracts which are to govern the Intended corporation Is a most effective protec tion for the intending stockholder. It Is sometimes argued, though with hesi tation, that, since one of the main In dueements to becoming a member of a corporation rather than of a partner ship is that the risk Is thereby limited to the amount of capital stock sub scribed for. It would be reasonable for the state to require from all such cor porations. future and existing, an an nual statement of their condition. To that extent those who are or may be their creditors would he guarded Whether this rule should be of general application or not, it may be suggested that where corporations are developing state or municipal franchise and gain lng profit thereby, it -would be reason able to require from them an annual publication of the results of their work lng. The Nation is surely Intending to take steps of some such nature 'respect Inc all such corporations as may be reached under the elastic heading of in terstate commerce. To the states gen erally and to Oregon in particular falls the dutv of advancing steadily though warily on this same path. To strength en, to clarify, to codify the laws gov .ernlng the creation and the working of corporations in general, is no light task but it should be done. How far such legislation can extend to existing corporations, without trenching on their vested rights. Is a still more difficult but still more necessary inquiry. Now as to transportation companies. The line of the power of the state over companies which were formed within Its boundaries, operate there and extend their service over Its borders into In terstate commerce. Is perhaps not en tlrely clear. What Is plain Is that the state should, within Its powers, follow the lines laid down by the Federal Government for regulation and re stratnt. And therefore before acting the state should be both informed and advised. Some idea of the intricacy of the whole great questions of rates, through transportation and discrimination has doubtless been gained by those who have taken part during the past week In the conferences with Messrs. Stubbs, Campbell and Hannaford, tbe end of which Is not yet. One thing sure Is that Oregon is not now so organized as to be able. If she desires, to dispute the findings or avoid the consequences of the action of those gentlemen. Nor can any legislation now in sight at Salem open any, vista, of success In these directions. But probably the shortest -way In. the end. certainly the safest, would be for this Legislature to select a small" commission for inquiry and advice. Three or five competent men could be chosen who would erve without pay, and who could by a report published before the next Legislature meets advise and instruct the state, how best to protect Its -citizens from cor porate exaction or oppression -without clogging the wheels of progress. Be it remembered that corporate life is here to stay, that It is a natural evolution from the business development of the nineteenth century. To try to suppress It would be both a crime and an impossibility. The majign Influence of the lobby has greatly disturbed- 'Governor Folk, of Missouri; but It does hot at all appear that his order that "professional lobby ists" should stay awaylrom Jefferson City has received serious consideration from anybody. The Missouri Legisla ture, whether or not left to its jown '7 ' u, u 7 , nH Senatorshlp. and evident y Is In need warrant In law, anyway, 'has a Gover nor to order a lobbyist away from the state capital? "What right has he to assume that any citizen who goes there to advocate or oppose any measure Is not Inspired by laudable purposes? And even. If the lobbyist Is In the pay of a corporation or an organization, society or person interested in any particular bill, how can He be denied the right to be heara; uovernor roiK. nas evi dently assumed that the Legislature needs a guardian. Governor McBride, of Washington, once took much the same ground; but where Is McBride now? In the lobby at Olympla Fishermen formulate a request that the season during which both Spring and .Fall salmon may be taken should be extended by the Legislatures of both states Oregon and Washington. Sal mon are disappearing fast now. Ex tension of the fishing season will cause them to disappear faster. In fact the laws of both states should forbid any salmon to 'be taken during the next two years, or better" still, four years. Then, with active propagation meanwhile, the salmon might be restored. But It Is evident that salmon are to be exterml nated. The greed of today will cut off the resource of tomorrow. For It is murderous greed, purely, that would ask extension of the fishing season when salmon, even under present con ditions, are disappearing so fast. Bet ter perhaps destroy them all at once and have a quick end of It. One of the greatest perhaps the very greatest of all the abuses In our state affairs has Its roots in departure from the Injunction of the constitution as to the location of all public institutions at the capital of the state. This viola tion of the constitution is the basis of most of the "log-rolling." one session after another, in legislation How can an end be put to this business? Would a constitutional convention be a rem edy? The present practice costs the state every two years more than a con stitutipnal convention would cost it. The practice is wasteful and corrupt ing. to the last, degree. Who can deny that the system that is based on ought to be upset? How Is It to be done? It is apparently not everywhere un derstood that a -constitution framed y a convention must be submitted to the people for adoption or rejection. Fur thermore. any particular clause may be submitted separately at the same time, Thus, If a constitutional convention were to be held In Oregon, its method doubtless would be t6 frame a new or ganic law in its entirety; then ques tlonsor principles, which If Incorporated In the main document might subject the whole to special attack, would go be fore the people to be Included or re jected. as they might decide. This is a perfect application of the principle of the referendum. Has the initiative and referendum be come so sacred and sanctified that. It can't go back to the people? Are the people never to be trusted to make an other constitution? Is Initiative and referendum now, like-Saturn, to devour Its own offspring? In order to prescrv Initiative and referendum Is the very fundamental principle of It to be de nled? Consult your Roman satirist- "Nec propter vitum vlvcndi perdere causas. It will be a surprise to many to learn that the Y. M. C. A. of Portland has 1600 members, and that It carries for ward 100 different lines of work, educa tlonal, religious, athletic, and so on. It is altogether the most Important local or ganlzatlon for the mental, spiritual and bodily Improvement of young men, and It Is gratifying to know that Its prog ress Is so satisfactory and its prospects so excellent. The bill for an act to create the office of Bee Inspector is defective unless has an emergency clause. The act should go Into effect at once and con tain a provision for the appointment of a sufficient corps of Sting Extractors. This is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. Two of Oregon's State Senators ex press their willingness to support a bill making It a felony for any person to take a. - -woman under tb,e age of 2 years Into a saloon. Here Is a chance for a real reform.' for this is a measure which could be passed -without opposi tion and. which would put a stop to a growing "evil. A strong Judiciary committee that has the courage to report adversely upon freak bills Is a very valuable part of a State Legislature. Some good measures may be killed In this way, but the chances are that the majorlty-of those summarily disposed of are bills of lit tle merit. or are really vicious. The Legislature may reorganize the Port of Portland Commission. That seems to be one of the cardinal missions of each succeeding Legislature. When shall; we have a Legislature that -will let the Port of Portland alone? It is a delicate subject to reopen, but really It Is gratifying to observe that while Seattle got the Senatorshlp Ta coma has still on hand one barrel of good red apples and Spokane its fa mous corkscrew. Brother Isaiah Hezekiab Amos, prophet of prohibition, says he would rather have a monarchy than the pres ent Legislature, No doubt, no doubt, if Brother Hezeklah could be the monarch. NOTE AND COMMENT. Among tbe subjects of sermons an nounced for this week In Portland are the Interesting ones of The Bed Too Short and the Covering Too Narrow," The Girl "Who Fell Out of Bed" and Does the - Devil Dancer The latter question Is presumably to be answered In the -affirmative: How else could the poor fellow keep warm? The Lafayette (Ind.) Call has an Inter esting article on polo In Its relation to gum-chewing. Most of the players in Lafayette apd all the spectators chew gum during a polo game. It appears, and the Call thinks that the spread of polo ill cause the establishment, of several gum factories In Indiana. A familiar story about the printing of the Ten Commandments in a Missouri paper Is going the rounds again. Several ministers are said to have noticed the pub- ucuuuu ttuu lu uac tuunu uwkutttt. .Ma terial in the commandments. An exchange predicts wide publicity for the publication. the other papers having found that there Is no copyright. Apropos of the whlpplng-post for wife- beaters'. Rosalie M. Cody writes in the New York Sun: whipping pott tor the brute who will malm tVtth hi torturing blows a woman's Irimt; And shall Justice demand of him no toll Who lashes with words her quivering tout? The Jersey City Board of Education is trying to summon up enough courage to issue aa order regulating the length of teachers skirts. The members think that long skirts stir up too many microbes from their lair on the school floors, but they feel leary of provoking a rebellion bv issuing a sumptuary law. Of the revival which Is. still In full swing In Wales, a correspondent of the London Express says: "Go Into a shop for a cigar the shopman Is humming a hymn. Take your ticket at a station the booking agent is engaged in sacred song. As you waiK along tne streets ou meet children trooping of to school. They are singing hymns." Parisian tailors are struggling to invent an appropriate and striking uniform for the President of France. Here Is a chance for some American tailor to make his name Immortal by designing a uniform that will be adopted by the President. The Monday Music Club, the Saturday Afternoon Cub. the Research Club, the Junto Club," the Mothers' Club, the The saurus Club, the Elocutionists Club and the Dirty Face Crowd, all are referred to in an issue of the Emporia (Kan.) Ga zette, says an exchange. An Atchison woman, says the Globe, feels she fills the requirement of being her husband's helpmeet. She gets up In the morning and builds the fires, gets breakfast and, after doing up the dishes. and straightening the house, she goes to her husband's store and works there without eating a midday meal, until 5 P. M., when she goes home, brings In all the wood, and water, starts the fires, gets dinner, washes up the dishes, and as his eyes are poor, reads the paper aloud to him in the evening. Sundays she does all her husband's darning, and attends to her own sewing, besides doing her regular routine of housework. Miss Violet made a rapid tour of the European continent and found little to Impress her, cither favorably or other wise, says the Youths Companion. "You say you saw all you wanted to of-1 Italy," said a friend, on Miss "Violet's re turn to her native heath In Kansas. "What did you think of the lazzaronl?" "Don't talk to me about It." said Miss Violet, briskly. "I'd rather have a good dish of plain American macaroni baked with cheese any time!" WEX. J. THE MARCH OF BUSINESS. Goes Steadily Up Fifth Avenue, and Society Retreats. From New Tork Letter to Philadelphia Public Ledger. The encroachment of trade upon the residence section of Fifth avenue, below the park Is proceeding with such ranld and irresistible force that within five years there probably will not be a home left In the famous avenue south of the plaza. Starting at Washington Square years ago, the upward march of business has reached Fifty-first street, where "so ciety Is making Its last stand. There are a few residences left below this point. but apparently they are doomed by the real estate boom that Is sweeping along the avenue. Within the last "few weeks several purchases of Fifth-avenue prop erty In the vicinity of the Waldorf-As toria at prices which show an, amazing advance in values have been made by merchant princes who intend to erect Immense department stores on the sites. The purchase last week for 31,100,000 for the site of the New York Club, at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street Instances the great demand for Fifth-avenue prop erty. The building of the St. Regis Hotel at Fifth avenue and Fifty-fifth street was the entering wedge for the uprooting of homes In the few blocks below the park that had been preserved as a residence section. Tremendous efforts were made to prevent this Invasion, but they were futile. A construction company has pur chased a site opposite Sherry's' and Del monico's. at Fifty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, and will erect a skyscraper office building there, with an all-night bank on th orotind floor. But what has startled more than any- thin else the society people who. are re- slsting the advance Is a report that a real estate syndicate with millions behind It Is seeking- to buy the Vanderbllt twin man sion, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-first street, and erect on the site a 20-story office building that will be the largest structure north of Wall street. Whether or not this proves true. It "seems a cer tainty that fashionable dwellers on this part of Fifth avenue must soon seek homes elseTThere. The Fighting Parson. Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, tells of a good old Methodist minister in his state In the pioneer days who was a "muscular Christian." "One day," says the Senator, "after the parson had found It necessary to administer fistic punishment to several young toughs who persisted in disturb ing the meeting at one of the churches which he served, one of his flock, noted as something of a hard hitter himself, got up In meeting and said: "'It Is a solemn duty of this here congregation to stand by Parson John son. He does not seek trouble, but he will not show the white .feather when trouble Is forced In his way. I believe that, unrestrained by divine grace. Parson Johnson can whip any man In Kentucky, us pray.'" The Lord Is with him. Let We Export Prunes. Los Angeles Times. The United States now produces about 110,000.000 pounds of prunes annually. Of this supply the American people gladly and with much good to them selves consume 100.000.000 pounds. The balance is sent abroad to flit up foreign- era with peace and good will. UNITED STATES BONDS. United States bands pay a Tower rate of Interest and at the same time command a higher premium than any other govern ment securities In the world. The quota tion "on British consols, which pay 2U per cent, is S3 7-10; French rentes, which pay 3 per cent, sell on the Paris Bourse at 9S.15. German Imperial 3s are at 89Vi. Meanwhile United States 2s are dealt In at 10i?i. Russia and Japan are at war a circumstance which usually exercises bearish Influence. The Russian 4s sell at 904, and the Japanese 4a at 7S. The high- eat government securities at the present time, those Of the United States excepted. are Chinese gold 5s, which have slowly risen to i02i. Tnougn united States securities are relatively high when compared with the government bonds of other nations, they are lower than they have been, for some years, and about 2 per cent lower than ,ney 'were thIs day months. la Fall of 1903 they sold as high as 111. They j have declined at a time when railroad 1 and other investment bond issues ia the United States have risen, but the causes of this decline cast no reflection on the credit of the government, which remains the best In the world. Not only the rock-ribbed confidence In their reliability as an investment has. held up me price oi unuea a iai.es oonas ana i enabled the" Government of the republic to fund Its debt at a lower interest rate than other nations are able to secure. Artificial conditions, growing out of the currency system and the banking sltua tion. have been important factors In creating a demand for this class of se curlttes which has taken them out of the category of -ordinary Investments.- Toward the end of 1903 3150,000,000 of money belonging to the National Treasury was on deposit with National banks. The keen desire of banks to be designated as National depositories led them to secure Government deposits in the face of almost certain loss upon the bonds which they bought at what they knew to be an ab normally high price. They counted the prestige as counterbalancing a loss of profits. The withdrawal of Government deposits for the Panama Canal payments and other purposes and the decision of Secretary Shaw to accept other securl ties under certain conditions, released large blocks of Government bonds, and the natural sequence was a reduction of the price to- a more nearly normal level. The bonds are still bolstered by the cir cumstance that they are the security which must be pledged with the Comp troller of the Currency for National bank Issues. The funded debt of the United States stood as follows at the opening of the year: per cent consols of 1930 S&i2.800,UfiO 3 per cent Spanish war lean 1B03 1018 77.1U.360 4 per cent consols of 1907 156,303.950 4 per cent oonds of 1325 116.483.9CO Of the J342.909.950 of consols of 1930, there were on the 14th of this month pledged to secure National bank circulation $123,- 823,500. the Government bonds of other Is sues so pledged amounting to only 511.- 151.740. It Is figured that at the present price of s there Is a profit of more than 1 per cent for the banks In taking out circu lation. For some time past the establish ment of new National banks has pro gressed at the average rate of one for every day In the year. The existing Na tional banks have not taken out all the circulation to which they are entitled under the law. but could, if they desired. swell the amount of their circulation to the vicinity of J770.000.000. At the pres ent premium, tne income from a z per cent Government bond Is approximately 1.79 per- cent. TO SHOOT IN TEXAS. The President to Go on the Warpath Agalnst Jack-Rabbits. St. Louis. The Republic says that Presi dent Roosevelt has arranged to hunt jack- rabbits in Texas some time between March 25 and April 5. He will attend wedding In New York on March 18, and al most Immediately afterward, accompanied by Secretary Loeb, he will take a special train for St, Louis, where he will be met bv Cecil Lyon, a wealthy lumberman of Sherman. Tex., and W. S. Simpson, of Dallas, Tex. Mr. Simpson was a mem ber of the Rough Riders, and was in the charge at San Juan Hill. The party will go dlreotly to Texas, and the President will visit Houston and Dallas, and" at tend the Rough Riders' reunion at San Antonio. He will then be taken to region east of Houston, known as the "BIS Thicket," which abounds in jack- rabbits and other game. There the Pres ident will spend several days In hunting. Some Foreign Notes. An .ngusn newspaper comments on the difference between the Russian Gen eral s "Great Czar, forgive," and the English General s T regret to report," In announcing a disaster. Two books by the late Professor E. A. Freeman have just been Issued ' by the Macmillan Company, "Western Europe In the Fifth Century." and "Western Europe In the Eighth Century and On ward." These substantial volumes are the outgrowth of courses of lectures at Oxford. The Duke of Devonshire possesses, as an heirloom, Claude Lorraine's "Book of Truth." which Is said to be one of the rarest and most valuable volumes in Europe. It is worth six times as much as the "Mazarln" Bible, the most costly book that the British Museum can boast. The former Duke refused an offer of J100.000 for It. It is worth noting that the London Times doesn't attempt to predict the future In Russia. It feels that there are "factors with which we are at pres ent unacquainted." That Is one of the truths about the land of the Czar that deserves to be recognized. Who under stands .all the factors and the strength of each one well enough to forecast the I future of such an empire? I The ground on which St. Petersburg- stands was won by Peter I from Sweden. In 1703, and was at once chosen by him as the site for his new capital, and ho took energetic measures to hasten its building. Thousands of peasants were ordered from the rural districts. A scarcity of masons was met by an order forbidding the erection of stone build ings anywhere else in the Empire, and all owners of over BOO serfs were obliged to spend the Winter months In the city and to build a home there. How to Pronounce Jlu-Jitsu. Many readers have no doubt strug gled over the pronunciation of the Jap anese physical training system, "jiu- jitsu." the correct form of which is a3 if spelled "jew-Jlts." It was months ago that It was proposed to adopt the system at the Naval Academy, and though the proposition lingered, it was bound to come, and a Japanese in structor has been secured to teach-it to the midshipmen. Another system of physical training in Japan is ken-jltsu. two-handed sword play, and it is prob able that this may be made a feature of the training system at the Naval academy. Still another is known as botori. a game in which two sides try I to drag down a pole that their oppo nents have planted. Our Poverty-Stricken Language. Toronto Globe. We are In the habit of borrowing words and expressions from the French, on the plea that that language has more delicate shades of distinction In meaning. And yet It is an actual fact that tbe English lan- 1 guage contains four times as many words I as the irencn. FATHER GOPON' NEW YORK Christian Brlnton. the art critic, who spent many years In Rus sia as a student and as an observer of the social conditions, gives a graphic pic ture of Father Gopon. He said: "Though Father George Gopon has just come before the public eye, In the world of Russia his personality -has been felt as an ever Increasing force for many years. I have seen him and heard him speak many times, and I can say truly I never felt a personal influence more sin gularly magnetic than his in all my life. "The early career of this priest is shrouded more or less in mystery. He was born In Poltava in 1S33 and is the son of a poor peasant family When he was able to toddle about he was assigned to the care of pigs and geese. As a boy he went much among the peasant people of his home country, and before he reached his teens his phenomenal mental ability began to show itself. I have heard, and I believe It, that when he was a boy of 8 he began to discourse on tne material condition of the peasantry, and this lad soon Was looked upon by all' his elders with a feeing of awe and reverence. Somehow hia relatives managed to send him to the ben schools in Poltava. "As a youth he exhibltbed such promise that friends determined to send him Into the nrlesthood. All the while he was . . ..j ,nttniiiiv dis -''I's j7., ;TV try. While he was studying for tne priesthood at a .seminary he gave voice to such radical views that he was ex pelled before being graduated. He finally managed, however, to be admitted to the priesthood under the general limita tions, "which did not permit him to havo a general pastorate. "When I first saw Father Gopon he was a man of about 30 years of age. He had the face of a mystic one of those classic molds of feature we are led to expect . as characteristic of prophets and great leaders of men. "Once you have looked upon a face such as Father Gopon's it can never leavo your. memory'- The features are general, neither sharp nor blunt. They are large, however, but large in proportion, with the hlgfi, bulky forehead of the great thinker. When I first saw him he was addressing a meeting of worklngmcn. He began in a low, mumbling voice, vibrant with power and force. Before he had com pleted his first phrase you could feel the magnetic spark entering your soul that would hold you until the last syllable fell from his Hps. Those, worklngmen whose cause he has made his life's effort sat and listened to him with glowing eyes and beating pulses, and their passions rose with his. In many ways he is a bom agitator. "Though he is not unusually tall, he has commanding figure and great, broad shoulders the most expressive shoulders I have ever seen on an orator's body.. Whan worked up to a violent pitch these shoul ders would roll and shake with his emo tions, and by some strange Influence the shoulders of his hearers would work like wise. "His eyes also are the eyes of the mys tic large, dreamy and rolling when he is excited. When he fixes them upon you you can feel them go right through you. Though there can be no doubt of his sincerity of purpose. I believe he has been greedy of his popularity since he has begun to urge himself forward as a friend and champion of the artisan and worklngman. "His hold over them long has been a source of fear and alarm to the nobles. for his hand stretches out oyer the entire empire. I have heard him talk in Mos cow and St. Petersburg, and in both places he is followed and worshiped blindly. So great an' influence has he obtained over the Russian people that none of those in power have dared to harm him. And their fear of him has increased from year to year. v ere be not a n?nqf ?uch dominant will and such mighty inft'uence over the mind? of his followers, he. would have been a member of the Siberian chain gang many years ago. But they have feared him and always will fear him. "It Is not at all strange he escaped in the frightful .massacre Sunday. No sol dier would wittingly fire upon a priest or upon one who held in his hand a crucifix or an Icon. Then this man is beginning to have an ever-increasing Influence over the soldiery' and this Is the greatest fear of the Russian government, for he may soon gain the same tremendous power aa a leader with the troops. "He has written a number of pamphlets which have been widely disseminated; throughout the empire. These are printed over the border and sent through hia agents to every province In Russia. They have had as powerful an Influence on the minds of his followers as his speeches, and the Russian government has sought In vain to suppress them." Billy Mason on Cleveland. " Washington Post. Ex-Senator Billy Mason, of Chicago, proved an orator of rare persuasion in the Missouri campaign. So effective was ha that Representative Tawney, the director of the speakers bureau at Chicago, kepC him on the go in a determined struggle to carry that state for Roosevelt. Mason had instructions to be careful how he spoke of Democracy, because ther crusade In Missouri was necessarily for the votes of men who had been affiliated with that party, but he was allowed to give Grover Cleveland hail Columbia. So his speeches at some stage Included re marks about like this: "Fellow citizens, I wouldn't for the world say anything unkind about Grover Cleveland's personal appearance. You know I couldn't well do that, for soma people have claimed to see a strong re semblance between his features and Az ure and mine. "Whether that be true or not, my fel low-citizens, I want to assure you of ono thing: I never had to back up to a floor to knock." That never failed to put him en rapport with a Missouri audience, and he followed It with serious and telling criticism of Democratic policies. He "Worked" the Doctor. Troy (N. J.) Times. "The meanest man I ever knew," said Representative Ryan, of Buffalo, "was a chap who came to the house of a doc tor, who isx trying to 'build up a prac tice on the East Side in Buffalo, one night during the Christmas holidays. It was snowing and very cold. 'Doctor, he said, 'what are your terms?' 'One dollar for an office visit and two dollars for a call,' tho doctor replied. 'Have you a horse? 'Yes.' 'Well, hitch up and I'll go along with you. I need you out In West Seneca. The doctor had his horse brought around, and the man got in the buggy with him. They drove about four miles out into the country. 'Here's the place. said the man, as they reached a farmhouse. Then he handed the doc for two dollars. 'You needn't go in, he said. A liveryman wanted to charge me Ave dollars to bring me out here, but I thought I would rather give you two. " No Bitter Memory. Philadelphia Press. "Now. if you would only go' to church," the evangelist exhorted. "Why don't you?" "Well er yer see, boss." stammered the hobo. "I hope you have no feeling against Ua church, my man "O! no, I ain't got no grudge agin it Mine wuz a home weddin." The Tides of Love. Philadelphia Press. Flo was fond of Ebenezer "Eh." for short, she called her beau Talk of "tides ot love!" Great Caesart You -should sec 'em Eb and k'lo.