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PORTLAND. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1905.
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SHIP SUBSIDY BILL POSTPONED.
For the present effort in Congress for
the ship subsidy bill has been complete
ly superseded by the demand for reg
ulation of the railroads. For ship sub
sidy there is an earnest group, that
would give this subject preference over
all others. But this group hasn't power
to carry forward Its purposes, against
any earnest demand for attention to
another subject; so now it must give
way. It reluctantly admits that it can
do nothing this session. But let it not
be supposed that we are taking final
leave of this bill. It will reappear.
It Is -well enough, therefore, to keep
In mind what this scheme is. The pre
vailing note in It Is subsidy, pure and
simple, its main feature being payment
of five dollars per gross ton to all ves
sels now registered or that hereafter
may be registered In the United States,
which may have engaged. In the foreign
trade for one year, with proportion
ately smaller amounts for periods of
nine months and six months. In pro
fessed or alleged return for this sub
sidy the vessels receiving It may be
taken by the Government for the Na
tional defense, or for any public service.
upon the payment of a fair compensa
tion; they shall carry malls whenever
the Postmaster-General requests it;
one-sixth of their crews shall be citi
zens of the United States, and all or
dlnary repairs or overhauling must be
made in the United States, even in
cases where drydocking Is necessary,
..provided a drydock of sufficient capa
city is within 500 miles of the location
of the ship. There are provisions also
that after a certain number of 3'ears a
fixed proportion of the crews shall be
enrolled as naval volunteers, and that
no ship is to receive a subsidy for a
longer period than ten years. Besides,
there are' provisions for the payment of
mall subsidies to steamers for the pur
pose of establishing regular routes to
countries not now reached directly, and
it is provided that no portion of these
mail .subsidies can go to any one of the
five contract ocean mall lines already
established. It Js proposed to levy an
increased tax on all tonnage entering
the United States from foreign ports.
but?in the case of American ships to
pay back to them 80 per cent of It, pro
vided certain requirements are fulfilled
regarding the carrying of boy appren
tlces on such a voyage. Joined with
these plana for helping our merchants
to increase the number of their ships
is another for the establishment or a
naval reserve by paying officers and
men employed in our merchant marine
and deep-sea fisheries an annual re
taining fee varying In amount from
$100 down' to $15, and by requiring ship
owners to have a certain proportion of
such naval volunteers among the crewa
of their vessels while receiving a sub
sidy for Balling in the foreign trade.
This scheme "would cost the United
States a lot of money, and the more
effective it might be the more it "would
cost There is no probability that it
would reduce the cost of ocean trans
port; and if it should, it -would only re
quire subsidies greater still, to make
up. the difference or loss. The com
plaint now is that freight rates are too
low to afford any profit to American
shipowners; hence the need of subsidy.
It Is a contradictory argument.
throughout One corollary is presented
that has plausibility, namely, that we
need a merchant marine as a school for
seamen for the Navy, and shall not be
able to develop and maintain an ef
fective naval force, unless -we bring up
seamen for it Of course this -argument
has no weight -with those who think
tnere is no good reason why -we should
have a large Navy.
The Oregonlan prints today a long
communication from Representative
Smith, of Josephine, notwithstanding
large demands on its space, to permit
the best possible argument to be made
for a. State Railroad Commission. The
former commission was abolished be
cause it was Inefficient and impotent
First the Governor appointed and the
commission did nothing; then the Leg
islature elected a commission, which,
according to Mr. Smith's statement
was about to accomplish something
when a succeeding Legislature elected
another commission which did nothing.
Mr. Smith appears to recognize the fact
that politics and railroad influence de-
stroyed the usefulness -of former com
missions, and now he, proposes to have
one elected by the people. Still politics,
The Oregonlan cannot see that he will
do .any thing by his new arrangement
except to provide three fat Jobs for
three more office-hunters.
RUSSIA'S HUMTIXATIOX.'
The people of Russia clamor loudly
for peace. To them conquest In the
Far East Is nothing; the need and the
opportunity to meet pressing necessi
ties at home are everything. Pride of
empire, patriotism such as opposes the
effort of Russia in Manchuria, are swal
lowed up in the great slough of abject
wretchedness in which the masses are
struggling. It is apparent that peace
abroad can alone restore peace at home.
Th. rjwir. wispr for all hli wMknesa
than his uncles, the formidable Grand
Dukes, sees this, it is said, and is not
only ready, but anxious, to make peace
with Japan. .
In support of the wisdom of this con
tention the press of Russia unmuzzled
at last speaks encouragingly. To let
the war party down easy, as we would
say, it is pointed out that conditions
which could, not be foreseen at the be
ginning of the conflict have arisen,
making it practically Impossible to push
the war to a successful termination at
this time. The valor of the Russian
soldiers is unquestioned, now as ever.
Strong in endurance, brave in battle.
unquestioning in obedience, they have
maintained the honor of their country
even in defeat " They 'have attempted
-what under the circumstances has
proved impossible, and, through Intense
suffering and discouragement, un-
cheered by a single substantial victory.
they have failed.
The world looks on and sees that the
cause of this failure is not to be -at
tributed solely to the activity and per
sistence of the Japanese army. It sees
Japan feeding and clothing her soldiers
honestly and -with the purpose of mak
ing them efficient; treating them hy-
gienically when sick and scientifically
and promptly when wounded. It ob
serves a singleness of purpose inspired
by patriotism In all branches of the
Japanese government that extends to
the lowliest subject of the Empire.
Over against this stands a Russian
commissariat ruled by peculation and
utter disregard of the needs of the
army in the field, fortress and camp; a
hospital service -wholly Inadequate to
the demands that press upon it, and
sanitary -conditions that -destroy or ren
der unfit for service -whole regiments.
No wonder the cry for peace is heard
throughout the realm of the Czar, or
that he, seeing the utter impossibility
of bringing the war with Japan to a
termination that will reflect honor
upon Russia, Inclines a -willing ear to
the demand.
Rotten to the core is the Russian sys
tem of government civil, ecclesiastical.
military and naval. Extravagance
rules in high places, grinding pars!
mony in Jow, and dishonesty all along
the line between. Disguise these facts
and seek to soothe the wounded pride of
empire as it may, by urging unfortu
nate conditions at home as the cause
of its failure in Manchuria, it is still
patent to all the world that the vaunt
ed power of Russia is a great, unwieldy
bulk drained of efficiency by a system
that has been outdated by civilization.
of the ability to deliver a telling blow
upon an alert, progressive adversary.
THE FOREST RESERVES.
Official publication has Just been
made of the transfer of the care and
administration of the forest reserves
from the Department of the Interior to
the Department of Agriculture. By a
circular dated February 1, 1905, Secre
tary Wilson haB defined the principles
to govern henceforth. The first aim he
states to be the permanence of the re
sources of the reserves. He names as
these water, wood and forage. But the
conservation of these Is to be made as
far as possible consistent with the use
of the resources of the reserves in
question. The first party In interest to
enjoy these resource s is to be the home
builder, who is to be the first charge of
the administration by the Governmen
of the reserves. Obviously, therefore
in future the interests of the individual
worker and home-maker are to be pre
ferred to those of the wealthy stockman
or corporation. This Is as it should be,
and Is notice of another stage In carry
ing out President Roosevelt's desire
and intention that every man shall
have his equal chance.
The circular is stated to be based on
the Congressional act approved Febru
ary 1, 1905, making the transfer of con
trol of the reserves. The third section
directs that the forest supervisors and
rangers shall be chosen, when practica
ble, from qualified citizens of the states
containing the reserves. By an order
signed December 17, 1904, civil service
rules were made applicable in the for
est reserve department By the fourth
section of the act rights of way in and
across the reserves for construction and
maintenance of dams, reservoirs, water
plants, ditches, flumes, pipes, tunnels
and canals are granted to citizens of
the 'United States for "municipal or
mining purposes, and for milling and
reduction of ores."
It Is matter for remark that such
beneficial use of water should not have
been extended to those desiring to d
velop power for motive or manufactur
ing purposes. In view of the published
resources of the Santlam and McKen
zle water systems In abundant water
power (all included in the Cascade re
serve). It may be asked if it be too late
to provide for extension of the privilege
in question for these last-named pur
poses? This matter may probably be
of urgent importance to. the citizens of
Oregon in the near future.
NEW JERSEY, HOME OF CORPORATIONS.
Happy little state! Where gentlemen
of large means send their little office
boys and other hangers on to lay the
foundations of the enterprises which
are to overshadow the states; where the
air is so salubrious for the incubation
and growth of corporations that It has
become a kln'd of Santa Barbara for
the weaklings; where the kindly state
shelters them from the hard life they
might be exposed to in more scrupulous
and difficult headquarters such Is New
Jersey. So the Northern Securities;
Company and the United States Steel.
Corporation and the Shipbuilding Trust
and many other Innocents which had
as little to do with New Jersey as with
Oregon there have found nests for
themselves. Why?
The chief points are that, once born
In New Jersey, the corporations can go
where they please to do their business,
and have all the directors they wish,
regardless of residence. A modest of
fice is kept in the home of their birth,
and there they can at light expense
maintain their organization, holdLlhese
quiet meeungB wncre proxies represent
the stockholders and are voted strictly.
according to instructions, and jio ques
tions asked. No heavy continuing tax
ation is imposed, but from the immense
number of corporations, ach paying a
little, enough comes in to p"a$' the
greater part of all the state expenses.
maintain the charitable and educational
institutions, and keep up and develop
a road system, which embraces, we are
proudly told, one-third of the macad
amized roads in the United States.
It is perhaps not generally known
that there Is as much diversity be
tween the laws governing the forma
tion and life of corporations in the vari
ous states as In the divorce laws. Some
require all the directors to be resi
dents, some one-half or less, varieties
of regulation as to annual and other
meetings, and a wide range in fees re
quired and taxes to be paid are found.
Oregon is on the side of the easy ones
as to formation, the moderate ones as
to fees and taxation. If a suggestion
in The Oregonlan a week or two ago
were taken ud, and a commission
named by the Legislature now in ses
sion, to present to the next Legislature
report on such laws as should be
amended or passed regarding common
carriers, it would be well to extend lis
functions to cover the field of the crea
tion, management and taxation of cor
porations generally. With the devel
opment now In the air of the manu
facturing, mining, colonizing, fishing.
wood and stone working, hrlck and pot
tery making, and other resources of the
state, abundant use will -be made of the
powers for creating and managing cor
porations for such purposes. In view
of the growing tendency of corpora
tions everywhere to escape restraint
and regulation, and of the difficulty of
bringing them to time after their
strength has been developed by use and
immunity, the path of wisdom would
seem to be to study, to define and to
limit their powers in advance. One
field that needs most careful study Is
that of local control of corporations op
erating in Oregon but which have a
distant birthplace.
SILKEN DEARS IN HOMESPUN.
If Americans have one great fault it
is that of Impetuosity. They fly from
one extreme to another, and run the
fad of the moment into the ground, as
the saying is. Some time ago the
"strenuous life" was the battlecry of
the people. Today it is the "simple
life," and American society is deter
mined to be quiet if it has to raise Cain
In the attempt A few recent enter
tainments in New York show how slm
pllcity has become the fashion in cir
cles where unlimited wealth might
tempt to extravagance. Mrs. Stuyve
sant Fish gave a roof-garden party.
James Stillman gave a modest dance
and James Hazen Hyde a small enter
talnmcnt of sorts. These names have
a golden ring.
Mrs. Fish engaged the "Lady Teazle"
company to amuse herNguests, and her
guests and her chorus girls vied with
one another in staring. There was
nothing to mar this quiet little enter
tainment, except the hateful notoriety
consequent upon Lillian Russell's re
fusal to appear, and the $2500 paid the
managers of the "Lady Teazle" com
pany was well invested. Simplicity,
even rusticity, marked the Stillman
dance. The dining-room was converted
Into a small forest, and here a "picnic
supper" was served. Real trees and
real grass, as the theatrical advertise
ments say, were employed to hide the
walls and to carpet the floor. A stream
of real water nothing ostentatious,
such as champagne trickled through
the room over real stones not dhv
monds, hut simple gravel. As no ac
tresses were Invited to this Forest of
Arden entertainment none had the op
portunlty of refusing, to attend.
Mr. Hyde, doubtless out of deference
to his younger friends, gave an "Efght
eenth Century Costume Fete." He
himself, however, avoided the ostenta
tion of either eighteenth century cos
tume or the gaudy evening dress of
modernity, by wearing the uniform of
the New York Coaching Club, "with
black knee breeches, black ellk stock
ings and pumps." The ballet corps of
the Metropolitan Opera-House ap
p eared, and then Madame Rejane and
several members of the company pre
sented a comedietta written for the oc
casion. - Everything was entirely In
harmony with the doctrines of -the slm
pie life, even the decorations repre
senting the gardens of Versailles. But
after supper things became a little live
Her. After supper one Is ready to be
Jocund with the fruitful grape.
Madame Rejane, whose art Is so dell
cate that the critics have had to drag
in the French word nuance to hint of
its fine gradations, also, It appears,
excels In the more robust requirements
of the stage. Anyway, as the story
goes, the gifted Parlslenne forsook the
smiling Thalia for her looser-Jointed
sister, Terpsichore. To be out with It,
Madame Rejane skipped up on a table
and danced an ecstatic cancan. We
greatly fear that Pastor Wagner would
not commend this embroidery of the
homespun life, hut youth must have its
way, especially after supper. The only
event to be feared Is that simplicity
will be so overdone that It will become
in Itself ostentation. There is the pride
that apes humility.
IK MEMORY OF MISS WIIXARD.
The New York Mall notes that among
the statues in the old Hall of Repre
sentatives at Washington now a stat
uary hall the figure of one woman will,
after March 17 of this year, keep com
pany with thy figures of the great men
of the several states that have been
and will yet be placed there. Each
state In the Union has the privilege of
placing there at its own expense, sub
ject to the ultimate approval of Con
gress, statues of two of its greatest
men. It is among these that this soli
tary figure of Miss Frances E. Wlllard
will stand, serene In the simple maj
esty of womanly purity and conscien
tious purpose.
It is not necessary to Indorse the
methods whereby Miss Wlllard sought
to purge the land of drunkenness in
order to admire the traits of character
for which her name" stands. Patience,
persistence, faith In human nature, love
of home, sympathy for the oppressed of
her sex these were the well-springs of
Miss Willard's endeavor. The State of
Illinois stands sponsor for this innova
tion in thex personnel, so to speak, of
Statuary Hall, though Miss Wlllard
was born in New Tork. In the view of
the Journal quoted:
Politics and war hare monopolized too long
the niches wherein the effigies of the Nation's
great have stood. The works of- social moral
ity and virtue, of life and growth, deserve to
be commemorated as well as those of pure
statecraft and those of death and destruction.
And the part which women are now playing
In the moral upbuilding of America certainly
entitles them to the honor of this great
woman's Inclusion In any such, hall of fame.
If this view Is Indorsed by any con
siderable number of citizens of the sev
eral states -that still lack their quota
lri furnishing the "Hall of Fame," we
mayr well believe that the statue of-
FrancesJWillard will not be left alone
to represent woman's- endeavor In the
niches occupied by the "Nation's
great."
The intense cold that prevailed dur
ing the first week in February in East
ern Montana did not result as It was
feared would be the case, In heavy loss
of stock. A few years ago a tempera
ture sinking in some places to 52 de
grees below zero would have swept the
ranges of every Jiving thing, and. abat
ing, would have left the gulches piled
and the plains strewn with" carcasses.
Now, however, the ranges are practi
cally swept of stock by prudence and
thrift (and let us hope humanity has a
hand in the clearing), in advance -of the
storms of the two last months of Win
ter, with the result that the loss is
nominal. Chance -for many years played
an important part in stockraising on
the great ranges of the Interior, from
Nebraska to the Cascade Mountains.
Little or no provision was made for
feeding and sheltering the Winter con
tingent of herds and flocks that was left
after the Fall selling, and as a result
at least once In five years thousands
upon thousands of animals perished
miserably. Stockmen have in late
years, however, got their commercial
second sight, and the loss from s"tress
of weather is now relatively small any
season, and never utterly disastrous.
The National Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals put In some excel
lent work In behalf of plains cattle and
sheep some years ago, but It is proba
ble that pecuniary interests took the
lead in effecting such change in condi
tions in the care of stock as has been
noted.
The State Senate has on its calendar
the Newell bill to provide for the trans
portation of insane asylum patients. It
had been made a special order for last
Tuesday at 3 P. M., but for some rea
son it was not considered at that time.
This is the measure that proposes to
take from Sheriffs conveyance of pa
tients to the Salem asylum and place it
In the hands of experienced attendants.
It passed the House by an overwhelm
ing vote, and it should not be defeated
in the Senate, either by open opposition
or by failure to act The Senate com
mittee on medicine, of which Senator
Coe is chairman, has made a favorable
recommendation. No doubt Senator
Coe, who understands perfectly the rea
sons why politicians and others Inter
ested in the graft do not want the New
ell bill to pass, will urge speedy action.
"President Roosevelt has not only
stolen our thunder, but .our lightning
as well," remarked Mr.. Bryan when
discussing proposed freight-rate legis
lation. But It was lightning and thun
der that Mr. Bryan did not Invoke dur
ing tne last campaign, and never
thought of. Nor did the Democratic
party. True, it was one of the "de
mands" "of the Democratic platform.
but It was lost In that pitiful recital
of the Nation's woes. The Issue was
distinctly made by the President after
the election. The entire agitation has
been carried on since then. The House
has now passed the Esch-Townsend bill
and the Democrats were forced to sup
port It Now It is up to the Senate, and
It seems likely to pass there. We have
now a President who addresses himself
to real abuses, and does things.
untnas ancient civilization nas ap
parently left human nature there much
as it is in newer countries, and even in
the somewhat, dull pages of a Consular
report one may find Instances. In say
ing that there is a strorig demand for
very cheap ribbons, Consul Anderson
adds that "in this line almost anything
which will enable the Chinese woman
to make a show of finery at a low price
can be sold profitably." Referring to
the increasing demand for porcelaln-
llned wash basins,, the report says that
such -utensils "may be used Indiscrim
inately for washing a face or a vegeta
ble, but they are popular," and If put
down in China at a low price their sale
would be enormous." Another demand
noted is that for cheap 'pictures to dec
orate the homes of the people.
The late epidemic of smallpox at Bill
ings, Mont, caused the health authori
ties of Dawson County to Issue an ar
bitrary rule In regard to vaccination.
This rule requires all persons resident
In the county, permanently or tempor
arily, to be vaccinated or show a cer
tificate that they have been success
fully vaccinated within two years. It
Is not probable that a rule so sweeping
In, Its requirements can be successfully
applied, but Its promulgation shows the
faith of the board of health, Just
emerged from a bitter contest with
smallpox, in the value of vaccination
in combating the disease.
An Eastern W. C. T U. branch Is
about to begin a crusade against all
kinds of slang. Among the expressions
to be classed as "swear words" are "By
gosh!" "Oh, fudge!" "Rubber!" and
"Knocker!" The "gosh" and "fudge"
part of the list may be cheerfully rec
ommended for elimination, but it
would be robbing the language of two
excellent words to kill "rubber" and
"knocker." So useful have these words
become that one is inclined, to wonder
how Shakespeare managed to give
Beatrice so much to say without dis
covering their modern application.
Attorney-General Moody, acting, no
doubt, under direction of the President,
has Issued an order that United States
Attorneys and Marshals shall take no
hand In directing the affalrspf Statf
Legislatures. One more Impertinent In
terference by the National Administra
tion with our local statesmen.
Thinking persons are much distressed
over the lack of capable younger men
to take the places of the great Na
tional leaders of the present genera
tion. Not that such a lack lsevldent
in the vocations of politics or business.
but there is an utter dearth of capable
cotillion leaders in New York.
We are to have flat salaries for state
officers after January 1, 1907. We have
had flat salaries since the constitution
was adopted in 1S57, but the trouble has
toeen that the state ofllcers have
thought they were not enough. The
new salaries will do till the state offi
cers want more.
The recent agitation for increase in
teachers pay has had one specific
result The salary of the City Super
intendent has been Increased from $3000
to 54000.
John L. Sullivan has such a bad cold
that he has lost his voice. Fortunate
ly he has retired, from the ring.
Recent peace taut snows mat Russia.
i Is not SO BW.eet on, the bitter end;
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The abandonment of our land-fraud.
cases would be regretted by several per
sons, among them being the paragrapher
of the Washington Post.
One question we arc sorry Adam didn't
take the opportunity of setting at rest
while he was in Eden: Was the beet cre
ated with any idea of its being eaten as a
vegetable?
If we were a dramatist wc should end
all our plays about the middle of the last
act and then have the curtain dropped a
few minutes too soon. These devices
would prevent the last scene of the play
from being rendered inaudible by the shuf
fling of anticipatory feet and the ru3tljng
of hats and wraps. 1
The Beef Trust packs most everything
but juries.
A Chicago woman thought she had a
divine call to burn herself. Most of us
are content to leave that to a personage
who is anything but divine.
St. Petersburg papers think that Rus
sia has not lost any prestige. It Is rather
hard to lose something you haven't got
Another uncharted reef has been "dis
covered. This one cost a 10.00-ton French
cruiser.
The Senate has passed a bill authorizing
the acceptance of the Goldsborough. Re
member the Goldsborough?
Ambassador Porter wants $35,000 to
search for the bones o John Paul Jones.
That's a lot of money for a skeleton that
isn't even guaranteed.
Excellent! The Czar is reported to in
tend sending a Grand Duke to the front
The further in front he puts the Duke the
more every one will be pleased.
Borelli's comet has hove in sight again. (
The giddy thing scoots around the sun
every eight years or so, without any
ascertainable purpose, except that of
keeping on the move.
Portland now has a "locktwlster." The
police hope to make him a lockstepper.
City Detective Green, of Denver, voted
5S7. times In one precinct He must bo
the original long green.
"John L." may open a saloon, in Port
land. Told you the Development Leaguo
would bring results.
Irrigation is said to be lowering tho
temperature of Egypt. Yet the same
thing Increases a man's temperature.
At an evening party slven by the Grand
Duke Alexis, the Grand Duke Vladimir,
overjoyed at his success in having Quelled
the disorder In St. Petersburg, became in
toxicated and danced a Cakewalk. M. Pobied-
onoatseff. the Procurator of the Holy Synod,
said that he felt 20 years younger, and that
it should havo been done 20 yeara ago. New-
York Evening Sun.
Nice, genial fellow that Vladimir, and
what a dear old priest is the other man
with tho lone name.
Ice cream Is the latest haunt of the
microbe. Boll your Ice cream.
In a recent trial In a London court an
old man. summoned as a witness, wa3
unablo to tell the namo of the street or
number of the house In which he lived.
To the judge, who expressed his surprise.
the witness replied: "I didn't know thero
was any need to know, as long as I could
find my was home." There Is a sensible
man. what is mo use ot ouraemng tne
memory with uninteresting and non-es
sential details? Take life easy and don't
worry over dry names or numbers. Lot
the memory busy Itself with love songs
or something that will "pleasure the ear,"
and away with the multiplication table
and the price of beef.
Beating Hearts.
An eel has two soparato hearts. One
beats 60, the other 100 times a minute.
When Mr. Man
And sweet Miss Girl,
With both their hearts
In a fluttering whirl.
To the altar go.
And the preacher's done.
Two hearts, they say.
Now beat as one.
But when Mr. Eol
And slim Miss Eel
Tho thud of deep S
Affection feel.
And leave tho life
Of single rue.
Four hearts, it's clear,
Must beat as two.
Tho Fairbanks News, which cheers the
Alaskans of that bustling town, has
issued a good special edition devoted to
the growth of mining and business in
general in the district The News also
takes tho opportunity to tell something
of Its own growth, and refers to its pet
machine as follows:
The Mergentbakr linotype that puts read
ing matter Into print faster than the speed!
est operator of a typewriter can put letters
on a sheet of paper, is the pride of the shop.
It Is the most famous machino of its kind,
having a varied history. Besides the double
distinction of being the most northerly lo
cated Mergenthaier in tho world and having
been the one upon which the world's rec
ord for speed was made, more money has
been paid for No. 5801 than for a"hy other
linotype made. To date Its cost has been
$14,000. The greater part of this was
freight charges, as tho machine was brought
in over 500 miles of trail to Dawson, and
then shipped at great cxpenso to Fairbanks
by river steamer.
It was quite unnecessary, however, for
tho News to say In so many words that
It had a linotype, for a little higher up
the column occurs this:
. . . This Is
sue contains forty columnsscmfwypy
umns, divided among the various de
partments. llaybe you think this Isn't a hard life,
Read this from the Cleveland Leader and
learn: -
Sunday editor Why did you fire the joke-
WTltcr?
Managing editor He got scooped.
Sunday editor Why. how's that?
Managing editor Neglected to write a Joke
about the recent appointment of a Phila
delphia man to the auperlntendency of tho
dead letter office. All the other papers in tho
country had one. s
If It had been a Tacoma man wc might
not have been so remiss.
WEX J.
Our Envious Critics.
Tacoma News'.
Senator Mitchell has been indicted thrco
times and then Indorsed by the Oregon
Legislature.
Washington Post.
Senator Mitchell probably wants it un
derstood that his explanationsvas intend
ed to cover a multitude of indictments
On the Proposal to Erect a Statue to
Shakespeare In London.
(Alfred Austin. Poet Laureate of England, In
inaepenaent.)
Why should we lodge In marble or.In bronze
Spirits more vast than earth, or sea, or eky
Wiser the silent worshiper who coca
Their page for Wisdom that will never die,
Unto the favorites ot the passing hour
Erect a statuo and unveil the bust.
Whereon contemptuous Time will slowly ataower
Oblivion's refuse and neglectful dust
Need no memento to transmit their name;
Throned on their thoughts and high Imaginings,
Thev are- the lords, not servitors, ot Fame.
I jialse pedestals to perishable stun;
J Gcds for themselves are monument enough. ,
A CORELESS APPLE.
Oregon's finest fruit is threatened with
eclipse in the shape of a newly-produced
coreless apple. This new apple, whlch is
both coreless and seedless, has been in
troduced by an old fruit raiser, a Mr.
Spencer, from whom the new fruit takes
Its name, who has been experimenting
for some 12 years to obtain this result
The coreless apple," as described by a
famous horticultural authority in the
Nineteenth Century Magazine for Decem
ber, is the product of a blossomiess tree.
The new tree bears a stamen and a very
small quantity of pollen, but there is no
blossom, properly speaking. Cold, there
fore, does not affect the mm, ana tne
aonle erowcr has little to fear from late
Spring frosts, which oftentimes do seri
ous damage In apple orchards. .Being ae-
vold of blossoms, it Is claimed, mat mo
fruit nffprs nn etTfietlve hldinc Place in
which the codlin moth may lay its eggs.
The producer ofthe new apple claims au-
solute immunity from the codlin mom.
but this Is Questioned by experts, wno
assert that codlin moth eggs are often
times deposited on the skin of young
fruit. But the fact remains that no moth
has yet appeared In the orchard In which
the new fruit Is crown, and there being
nothing In the way of perfume or flower
to attract the moth. It is hoped that it
will bo practically Immune.
The color of the new apple Is red,
dotted with yellow on the skin. As with
the seedless orange, so with the seedless
apple, a sllshtly hardened substance
makes its appearance at the navel end,
This it is hoped to obliterate by culture,
The originator of the coreless apple states
that the further "we set away from the
original five trees the larger and better
the fruits become In every way.' as tne
results of tests. It has been Impossible
for coreless aDDlc trees to bear fruits
that have seeds in them; that is, of their
own accord. Still, when grown In the
vicinity of ordinary apple trees, with their
branches Interlocked with each other, a
small percentage of the coreless trees
have sometimes produced two or thrco
oonAn thinrli vvtr Insf n ant to bo
foun(1' nCarthe skin as in the center of
the fruit A seed has been iouna wiuiin
onc-olchth of an inch of the rind. These
fortuitous seeds owe their origin to tho
transference of the oollen from the mos
f th sslv anDle trees to the
stigma of the coreIes3 apple tree.
The flavor of the coreless apple is be
yond question, but there is some doubt
about its size. Specimens thus iar se
cured are below the size of the standard
commercial varieties, although the fact
that the fruit is coreless gives to a rela
tively small apple an amount of pulp
equal to many apples which find favor in
the markets. There are now 2QQQ coreless
apple trees available for propagation to
supply tho orchards of the world. It Is
estimated that by 1906 2,500.000 trees win
bo put upon the market There seems no
doubt about the demand. While even In
tho experimental stage, and before the
discovery found its way Into perfection
hundreds and even thousands of demands
came to the discoverer for young trees
The aDDcarancc ot one single variety of
seedless apple cannot seriously affect tho
commercial applegrowers of the. world, it
tho Introducer ot the new fruit can dc
veloo seedless forms of the various lead
ing apples of commerce and he claims
that he can do It tnen the coming of tno
coreless apple may In due course disor
rranlze tho apple industry. Apple culturo
continues to be tho backbono of tho fruit
Industry- In tho United States there arc
200.000.000 apple trees in bearing, from
which 250,000,000 bushels ot fruit are an
nually harvested. At the present time the
applo consumption of the United States
is 80 pounds per head of the population
per year. Since the apple i3 grown more
successfully in this country than else
where It has an enormous value as an ex
port crop. Tho annual Imports in Great
Britain alone range between 4,500,000 and
5,000,000 hundredweight in addition to an
apple-tree census of 20,000,000 In the Brit
ish Islands alone.
It Is noted In connection with tho devel
ppment of the coreless applo that In 1S63
Abbe D. Dupuy. professor of natural his
tory at Auch, drew attention to the Bon
Chretien d Auch pear, which at Auch pro
duccd fruits without seeds, though when
removed to another locality the seed3
reappeared In the fruit in the usual way
But the coreless applo remains seedless
in any soil. It Is predicted that this new
apple will produco as great a sensation
when brought before the public as the
seedless orango did 20 years ago.
STRAIGHT GOODS ON PURE ENGLISH
""Indianapolis News.
Tho announcement that Senator Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania, has Introduced
bill for the preservation of the English
language is sure a not one ngnt on tne
bat Tho general impression, at least on
our beat was that when It came to hand
ing out tho English language in a man
ner that was dead right wo were pretty-
fly guys. "Not only tho preservation, but
the amplification of the English language
has always been the long suit of tho
American people, and no matter how fast
new bunches or it were sprung, we are
always dead next in a minute. What
tho Senator's game is we can't see from
here, but wo can give him a quiet tip
that we're for the English language from
soda to hock, and that if wo can give
him a lift at this graft he won't find
any of U3 with cold feet That la. of
course, if It's a straight deal and he
really wants to do the right thing by tho
lingo that we are all so proud of. But if
It's anything else ho wants to keep his
eye peeled. We've a hunch that any man
who tries to monkey with our mother
tongue for political purposes is going to
get In the neck all he has got coming to
him. We of Indiana, where, perhaps, in
politics and literature, we use as much
English languago per capita as in any
other neck of wood3 In the country, cer
tainly won't stand for anything that gives
the language the heavy end of the log.
If thero Is anything we are touchy about
It is our English, and whether It is being
used for the hot air of political gabfest.
or the perfectly lovely resolutions of tho
Local Council of Women, we want It kept
straight and used without any marks on
the deck, and It will never lack for a
gang of husky guys to see that it doesn't
get the worst of it Us for English, pure
and undented and oodles of it
She Was Surprised.
Now York Sun.
The truth of this story is vouched
for by the victim:
"Where Is that old blue coat I
knocked around in last Summer?" he
asked his wife. She was not quick to
offer an explanation.
"It was here only yesterday," re
marked the husband. "I know it was."
"Yes," said the wife with a touch ot
anger. "1 know it was. I Just got
clck and tired of seeing that coat and
a lot of other old stuff lying around
cluttering things up, and I sold It this
morning."
"You sold It! Sold the coat tho old
blue coat?"
"Yes. I ;fibld It And I don't want
you to go around moping about it"
"Dear. I didn't want the coat but
tomorrow is your birthday and I had
hidden a ring and a nice yellow bill In
the Inside pocket I wanted to sur
prise you and I couldn't think of a
better hiding place."
The victim says that what happened
after that is nobody's business.
Mutations of Time.
New York Sun.
The chief trouble that we discern in
our philosophic scrutiny of Colonel
Bryan Is that he Is too conservative.
But a few years since and Colonel
Bryan was the limit of radicalism and
the very Ideal of unre3t Things havo
changed wondrously, oven marvelous
ly. But we do not say that Colonel
Bryan has changed at alL
RUSSIA. DEEENDED.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
I have had my attention called to an
editorial In your issue of December 25 in
which you make an article in the Slovak
Dally tho occasion for a discussion ot tne
industrial outbreaks in Russia which I
think does much Injustice. You say: "It
Is stated that the Czar had promised to
give tho people constitutional rights as
rapidly as ho can." and that "the Slavs
In this country who reply on such Infor
mation will be woefully mislead." The
truth is that tho American people as a
whole were misled by tho talcs of ex
traordinary slaughter and widespread
revolution manufactured in England ana
disseminated in that country, and this
In accordance with the settled policy of
tho English government and English
press to injure Russia whenever they can.
The facts now coming to light expose the
ridiculous character of these exaggera
tions, but to a writer familiar with tho
conditions it was evident at the start that
they were the work of the British anti-
Russian press agencies.
.
If upon the occasion of a strike at Chi
cago or Homestead and the shooting of a
few rioters by deputy sheriffs or militia
tho press of Europe were to announce that
a revolution had broken out In this coun
try, Americans would justly consider
that it had made itself ridiculous. The
occurrences in Russia no more constitute
revolution than did the shooting ot
strikers at Latimer a few years ago or
the disorders of last year in Colorado.
Utah and other places, and tho people-
of Russia, as a whole, are no more apt
to participate in a revolution than ai-e
the people of this country. The Russians
are satisfied with their government ana
what it Is doing for them, and the agi
tation is carried on by the foreign cle
ment, who havo a motive which, as it
becomes better and better understood by
the people, lessens the chances of any
revolution taking place. This foreign cle
ment 13 filled with socialistic and an
archistic Ideas which are entirely con
trary to the Russian as to the whole Sla
vonic spirit.
The agitation for a constitutional gov
ernment in Russia Is conducted by He
brew, Polish and English agitators, who
believe that under it they would enjoy
unlimited opportunities for fleecing the
Russian peasants out of thoir holdings of
land, against which fleecing the auto
cratic government now protects them.
The great mas3 of the Russian population
was freed from serfdom less than two
generations ago and given land upon
which to live. It has been impossible in
the time which has since elapsed to edu
cate them and make shrewd business peo
ple of them, and their government has
refused to allow them to fall victims
through their simplicity to the sharks
who are hungry for chances to devour
them. If theso sharks had been given
the opportunity they wish for all the
lands which were given the peasants at
the time of their liberation would now be
In tho possession of these persons. But a
few cases of the shark arriving with his
pack on his back ono week and own
ing half the village the next were enough
to show the government what was neces
sary for the protection ot Its people',, and
they will be protected until under a con
stitution they shall some day decide that
such protection is no longer necessary.
That Russia will some time bo gov
erned under a constitution is a reason
able certainty of the future, but tha
people are not ready for it now.
Upon the occasion of the birth of his
son last August corporal punishment
was totally abolished throughout tha
empire except that provision was mads
for its occasional employment on some
rare occasions in the army. At the
same time the payment of certain dnes.
upon the transfer of property which
had prevailed for generations was also
abolished. The political prisoners were
all liberated excepting thoso who were
charged with murder. The "govern
ment also at the same time undertook
to provide education for all tho or
phan children of its officers and sol
diers who might perish in war. Prac
tically complete religious liberty haa
been granted. The liberty of the press
has been greatly extended. Tho school
system is being extended so rapidly
that It will not be long until educa
tion has become as general and as tree
as in this country. The education ot
the people is ono ot tho chief cares of
the government, and by doing all it
can to promote it thoro Is no reason
to doubt that It Is hastening the tim
when constitutional government must
replace the autocracy and that it
knows it
Russians enjoy under tho autocracy
more liberty than do the subjects of
many so-oalled constitutional govern
ments. Russian Poland remains Pol
ish. The Poles enjoy religious liberty.
?tThey havo their language and it is
b niscd In the schools and In their courts.
In German Poland the strength of tha
government is constantly exorted to
Germanize the Poles and to supplant
them with Germans In the possession
of tho land. Tho people of Finland
have never suffered any such persecu
tion at tha hands of the Russians as
havo the Slavs of Hungary from tho
Magyar rulers of their country or tha
Bohemians and Russians In Austria. If
the experience of tho Slavs of Austria-
Hungary and of tho Poles of Germany
13 any criterion by whicn to juage. me
people of these sections or tno empire
have reason to congratulate mem-
selves that they are ruled by a Rus
sian autocrat instead of by a Russian
Parliament P. "V. Rovnlanek. editor
Slovak Daily; Pittsburg, Feb. 3, ISO.
Monkeying With Monkeys.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
We shall watch with some interest
the cxperienca of the California man
who is going to try to teach monkeys
to pick prunes. We remember the"1
story of the Georgian in the old
slavery days who imported some mon
keys to pick cotton; Ho reasoned that
they would do tho work much cheaper
than tho negroes could, but when ha
found that It required all the time of
two negroes to keop one monkey at
work he saw his mistake. The Call
fornlan may have tho samo experience.
Patriotism.
(Translated in Saturday Review from Rus
sian of Lermontov.)
I love my country, though in such strange
fashion
No reasons of the mind must rule this pas
sion. Her dear blood purchased glory,
The calm that best her haughty trust be
seems. Her dark and ancient day of hallowed
story:
Tls none of these that prompts my happier
dreams.
I love her steppe (I know not why It is)
Better, the steppe and the cold silences;
Forests that wave illimitable and free:
And river floods big brimming like a sea.
And. oh. a sleigh that posts
Along a byway track and unaware
You meet a tardy beam that pricks tha
proof
Shadow of night (tho spirit of hearth and
roof
Far out upon the air!)
The trembling Arc some 3fretched. hovel
boasts!
Give me the smoke of stubbleHelds alightl
A caravan of nomad wains that winds ..
Across the enormous ""weald;
And on tho hill. In the dun fallowfleld.
A pair of stems, two birches glistening
white!
I take such Joy as many men know not.
To see a barnfloor heaped, a straw" thatched
cot,
A window and the carven shutterblinds.
Some dewey holiday evening I'll sit by
To watch them dance, long hours, nor tire
not I
Of the trampling and the whistling; how
it glad3
The heart to hear their talk; these tipsy
lads! ' -V