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THE MORNING OKEGONIAIf, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903. Entered at the Poetofflce at Portland. Or as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. INVAR I A3 LT IN ADVANCE. (By Mall or Express.) Iily and Sunday, per year $t.00 Daily and Sunday, ill months - . . - 5.00 Daily and Sunday, three months 2.55 Dally and Sunday, per month... & Sally without Sunday, per year "-50 Dally without Sunday, six months - 3.90 Dally without Sunday. thre months .... Dally without Sunday, per month 05 Sunday, per year 00 Sunday, elx months I-00 Sunday, three months 00 BY CARRIER. Daily -without Sunday, per week J' Dally per week. Sunday Included ---0 THE WEEKLY OREGONIAN. (Issued 'Every Thursday.) "Weekly, per year '- "Weekly, six months "Weekly, three months 60 HOW TO REMIT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C. Beckwlth Special Aeency New Tork: Rooms 43-50 Tribune building. 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Phoenix, Arlr. The Berryhill News Co. Sacramento, Cal. Sacramento News Co., 429 K street. Salt Lake Salt Lake News Co., 77 "West Eecond street South. Santa Barbara, Cal. S. Smith. San Diegro, Cal. J. Dillard. San Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co.. 745 Market street: Foster & Crear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter; L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. "W. Pitts. 1O0S Market; Frank Scott. SO Ellis; N. "Wheatley. 83 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. St. Louis. Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company. S06 Olive street. Washington, D. C. Ebblt House News Etand. PORTLAND. MONDAY, FEB. 27, 1905. t' FORESIGHT IN NAVAL MATTERS. It is evident from the tone of Satur day's debate Jn the Senate that certain Senators are. for one reason or another, strongly opposed to the naval appro priation bill, not because its provisions nre regarded as excessive, but on the broader ground that to possess a strong navy is the mark of a bully among nations. Singularly enough the Sena tors who oppose the building of an effi cient fleet are loud in their declama tions in favor of the Monroe Doctrine, . which in the last resort jests solely upon the United States Navy. When the Interests of a European nation point towards Tin infraction of the Monroe- Doctrine, consideration for Ameri ca's feelings will not prevent that na tion from pursing the course that seems to its advantage. Battleships are the only arguments that will convince such a power that this American principle should be respected. With the entrance of America upon the stage of interna tional affairs, an efficient navy has be come a prime consideration. Monroe ism has its privileges, but it bas also Its responsibilities. To discharge these responsibilities, a navy is necessary. Oversea possessions are u source of weakness, If there is no fleet to insure their safety. Of America's need for an jefflclent navy there can be no doubt On the score of economy, something might be said for congressional opposi tion to the naval programme, were the Nation assured that such opposition is not prompted by the desire to have snore funds available for the pork bar rel. Already the Naval Board has seen its scouts and torpedo craft sacrificed. The House cut the proposed three bat tleships down to two, and now the Sen ate seems inclined to lessen the num ber to one. Such action would be false economy. Battleships are not built in a. dy. The Idaho and the Mississippi, 13,000-ton battleships, authorized in March. 1903, will not be ready to meet a hostile ship for nearly two years. To keep a navy efficient, it is absolutely essential that a definite battleship pro gramme be laid down and faithfully followed. The American Navy is at present the finest fighting force of its . size. The French is superior in strength, on paper, but American naval men would not fear the outcome in the event of war between the two coun tries" Spain's fleet was superior to that of this country, on paper; Russia's su perior to Japan's. Where are the Span ish and the Russian fleets today? The American Navy Is now an un usually homogeneous force. There is no deadwood on the list of fighting ships, such as there is in the British fleet, even since Admiral Fisher recent ly purged it of thirteen battleships, fif teen large and thirty-four small cruis ers, which had figured as" efficient fight ing vessels. Should considerations of private advantage, or mistaken ideas of the superfluity of men-of-war, cause Congress to cut short the battleship programme, the American Navy will lose its position as the most efficient afloat. A navy cannot remain station ary; it must advance or fall back. The gap of a year or two in building will require the costlier efforts of years to make good, and in the meantime the Nation will be dependent upon obso lescent ships. Our fleet is now more modern and better equipped for service than is Japan's; is it to be relegated into the class with Russia's? "Killed by its friends" very aptly de scribes the fate of many a meritorious measure that comes before Legislatures in this and. other spates. The friends mean well, and the efforts they put forth are designed to promote the proj ect they support, but because of their prejudiced view they go to extremes and lose, all for which they ask. It was this overzealousness and want of good judgment that brought final defeat to the Kuykendall fraternal insurance bill, which doubtless had many very worthy features. The purpose o'f the bill was to define and regulate frater nal insurance societies so as to protect the public against unsafe enterprises of this kind. The bill introduced was that which had the indorsement of the National Fraternal Congress, and though It was vigorously opposed by some of the younger fraternal organi sations, its enactment would p"robably have been, productive of good to patrons of this class of insurance. Among other things, the bill in its original form pro vided that all property of fraternal in surance societies used for lodge pur poses shall be exempt from taxation. Not satisfied with this liberal exemp tion, the friends of the bill amended J the section upon this subject so as to exempt all property, whether used for lodge purposes or not This was mani festly unfair to taxpayers in general, and because of this unreasonable ex emption Governor Chamberlain vetoed the bill. The extremist is not generally an effective worker in any cause. PREPARING FOR A STRUGGLE. The- greatest combinations of capital the world ever saw are now massing j their forces for the coming Titanic struggle for the carrying trade of the Pacific. The possibilities for develop ment in this new commercial field are so great that it is difficult to overesti- 1 mate the volume of business to be han dled as soon as the present Oriental war Is over. Pending the completion of the Panama Canal, this wonderful stream of traffic flowing East and West must nearly all pass through the ports of Oregon, Washington, California and British Columbia. It -Is to maintain their present hold on this traffic after the, canal is completed that far-seeing railroad men are now perfecting their plans for moving freight at the lowest possible cost. In these preparations there Is a strik ing difference in the methods of E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill, the -two figures overshadowing all others en gaged in the business. Mr. Hill, with unbounded faith In the future of the traffic, has built the largest freight-carrying vessels afloat- Mr. Harriman, having demonstrated by experience that the fleets of the world were at his disposal at low rates whenever he land ed his freight at tidewater, is bending all of his energies to perfecting the organization of his land forces, so that he can move freight across the conti nent at thesmallest possible cost per ton per mile. New York dispatches in yes terday's Oregonian again call attention to the rampant speculation induced by a renewal of the rumors of an ocean-to-ocean line to be formed by the amal-. gamation of the Union Pacific. Chicago & Northwestern and New Tork Cen tral. Every move by Harriman, the greatest railroad man of the age, has been with a view to cutting down the expense of .moving freight. He has spent more than 5150.000.000 in Improving the phys ical condition of the Harriman system, and, with the limit of "economizing" apparently reached In that direction; he is now devoting his energies to ac quisition of connecting lines. By amal gamating the properties mentioned, the saving in salaries alone would be Im mense, and In every direction main tenance and operation of the -three properties under one head would be much more economical than under three. This advantage was fully appre ciated by Mr. Hill when he set out to secure the Burlington and the Baltimore & Ohio as connections for his Great Northern, and it is now practically a certainty that, long before the Panama Canal is completed, we shall see all roads with Pacific . Coast terminals hauling freight from the Atlantic to the Pacific oyer their own lines. There will of course be keen competition and rivalry between these lines, but the real great struggle for supremacy in the Oriental trade will not come until the canal is completed and the roads are forced to meet competition by the water route. It will be many years before they will face this crisis, but they all know that it is coming, and they all know that, If the traffic Is to continue in the channels through which it now flows, there must be no waste of energy, no "lost motion" or no extra men on the salary list. American railroad men lead the world in their profession, and when the cli max Is reached, and theory regarding the transcontinental trans-Pacific trade gives way to practice, there will prob ably be new limits established for eco nomical transportation of freight by land. When that freight reaches tide water on the Pacific, it will be avail able for transportation over the water end of the haul to the Far East by ships of all nations. With such competition on the sea, and such wonderful organ! zation and equipment on the land, it is highly probable that a large portion of the trade between the Atlantic States and the Middle West will continue to find its way to and from the Far East by the rail and water route, In prefer ence to the all-water route. TAC05IA OR OLYMPIA. Aside from the railway commission bill, the most vital Issue before the Legislature of Washington has been capital removal. The agitation has now reached entirely technical grounds. The Legislature adopted a resolution to sub mit the question to the people, and the constitutional lawyers from Tacoma, fearing a veto by the Governor, a'd vance the highly interesting theory that the Governor has no power to approve or disapprove a mere resolution: it is a question between the Legislature and the people. Governor Mead is also a profound student of the constitution, and he is besides a most zealous cham pion of the ' executive prerogative Therefore he will either sign or veto. Tacoma fears he will . veto; Olympia that he will not. He is no artful dodg er. It will transpire today whether the Governor Is a friend of Olympia, or Ta coma, or of the constitution, or the people. He cannot be the friend of all Olympia has been the seat of Govern ment for fifty years. It has been at various times disturbed by threat of removal. In the early days Vancouver was a persistent competitor, and in 1859 all but succeeded in wresting the capital from Olympia. Later Vancou ver actually succeeded in getting a bill In its favor through the Territorial Leg islature, but It 'was defeated In the courts. The question then slumbered until statehood In 1889, when Olympia barely failed of a majority over several competitors, having 10,000- more votes than . North Yakima. At a subsequent election it had an easy victory. Tradition and sentiment have a power ful influence In such matters; and the taxpayer, too, is likely to consult the Interests of his pocket. The exigencies of politics in Washington and the rival ries of cities are likely to prove great factors In Olympiads favor stronger than the champions of Tacoma appear to realize. It is undeniably true that Olympia is Inconveniently located. It is true that the legislators are poorly quartered. It appears to be true that the capitol is a disappointment. It is true that the town provides few facili ties for entertainment and recreation for visiting legislators. It Is true, in short, that the town Is far from an ideal location, and that Tacoma has much to commend it to the favorable consideration of neoDle who have busi ness at the seat of government. But ' what of it? It will take a two-thirds vote to re move to Tacoma. Where will it get them? Tacoma was led to believe early in the fight that It would be strongly supported by Seattle.' But there ap pears to be a revulsion In King County. One of Its Important newspapers openly advocates retention at Olympia. An other. Is apparently working to defeat the project. The Chamber of Com merce there has rescinded a resolution favoring Tacoma. Eastern Washing ton is indifferent. The Columbia River appears not to be greatly concerned. In the final analysis, the taxpayer Is sure to make his influence felt, and if removal involves an Increased burden of taxation he Is likely to say no. In view of all these considerations, and of the further consideration, to which he cannot be insensible, that Governor Mead must live in Olympia in any event for several years. The Oregonian thinks it likely that he will veto the bill. , TENDENCIES IN EDUCATION. A bill was passed at the recent ses sion of the Oregon Legislature requir ing the payment of a fee of $20 per year to the Agricultural Experiment Station at Corvallis for each brand of commercial fertilizer offered fpr sale in this state.- The measure made It the duty of the director of the station to seize, confiscate and sell any fertilizers found in this state in violation of the law, and because it was thus sought to place upon the director duties that properly belong to a Sheriff or Consta ble. Governor Chamberlain vetoed the bill. In his veto message the Governor expressed the opinion that "the tend ency of the educational institutions of this state Is to branch out into other fields than thoe originally intended to be occupied by them," and this tend ency he does not see fit to encourage. While it Is probably true that the bill for the regulation of the sale of fertilizers was not wisely drawn" In all Its details, and the veto was perhaps proper, the Governor's criticism of the tendency of the educational institutions is scarcely warranted by changes that have taken place. The tendency of the time is to make all education more practical to train the young men and women for useful service as soon as possible after the completion of their studies In school. The efforts of the educational leaders have been, so far as changes have taken place, to show the practical value of higher education to the people of the state. The tend ency Is to get away from old ideas and old practices whenever It appears that greater good can be accomplished by branching out into other fields. In this connection there might be mentioned the work of one professor at the Uni versity of Oregon, who spent two Sum mers at hydrographic work and has the reports of surveys of the McKen- zle and Santiam Rivers to show for It. At almost nominal expense definite and reliable information was procured showing the available water power in those two streams. Another professor at the same institution has recently prepared and published a review of recent road legislation in the various states, the purpose being to place be fore the people of this state, In concise form, the newest ideas in road. laws. The pamphlet came out too late to be of service to the Legislature of 1905. but It will be of great service to the many residents of Oregon who arc tak Ing an active Interest In the good roads movement. There is in these two instances a very strong evidence of the tendency of the educational institutions to branch out, and who will say that a Summer spent reading the future of Oregon in the rocky streams of the Cascades is less valuable than the same time spent in reading the past of Egypt In the an cient ruins In the Valley of the Nile? The Agricultural College Is also branching out and Is not content to teach its boys and girls the best meth ods that have been discovered up to the present time. The efforts go farther than this, and the professors conduct experiments for the purpose of making new discoveries. They do not confine their teaching to the students in school but go out among the farmers and dc liver lectures and informal talks wher ever meetings can be held. The tend ency to branch out Is one that needs judicious direction, but it should not be limited by an effort to keep the edu cational Institutions within the fields originally intended to be occupied by them. THE FOUNDATIONS OF A CITr. We use the term "city" in many senses. As the place where by virtue of roads meeting, of currents of com merce crossing, of space for the crowd ed buildings, of possibility of defense In the olden days, of easy supply of life's necessaries in the modern days. men settle and build. And to this col lection of dwellings, shops, stores, fac tories, churches and schools, the name city Is given. Every city has. Its own visage and complexion, wonderfully permanent in general features. Before many years have passed the "city" has another significance. It has gained a character of Its own and subtly and silently Infuses its character Into its Inhabitants. History Is full of exam pies, from Italy to the Low Countries from Buda Pesth to Boston. Even in this new world of change and stress the cities mark and Inspire the citizens well nigh as trulyas the citizens of the current generation control, but very sel dom radically change, the city. Not only is it the fact that his speech "bewray eth him," but the personality of the man identifies him as belonging to the city of his birth or adoption. With this second stage in the life of the cltj'i when it has an Identity of its own, distinguishing it from all others, springs civic pride in the citizen. Not the place of a passing stay, but a home. He Is, to the limit of his powers responsible for the .city because it Is his, The advantages of city life have begun to bring its burdens. The very' essence of the word citizen betokens both of these. Citizens are, or should be. if they are to live up to the name, gentle- mannered, polite, cultivated, active minded, alive to the finger-tips, people of affairs, alert, sympathetic to thel fellows, patriotic to city and nation. Burdens of citizenship, what are they? Duty of service, first. On good citizens devolve care3 of public af fairs and interests. Personal and fam ily life must not suffice to fill their dally round. Not shut into their own homes, the healthfulness and comfort of all the city's homes become their charge. It Is not enough that they prosper, obstacles they must remove. If only they can, from their fellows' path. The education of their own children to fill the duties as well as to enjoy the pleasures of what life shall bring to them Is not secured unless the children of the city are at well cared for. It may be that the good citizen feels no restraint in himself complying with law. but the regulations and ordinances. of the city must, through his agency, so apply that no other man's rights to a peaceable and orderly life are taken from him. It has been the custom from the earliest days for the civic pride we spoke of to find an outlet in the spend ing of the citizens' private fortunes in the ennobling and beautifying of his city. Every great city of the world bears witness. Such outlay finds its re ward in the sacrifice made now, and the knowledge, that the citizens of the future record the names and keep the memory of the benefactor green. Let us bear In mind, then, the many-sidedness of city life. For every man's work there Is room and dsmand. Have good cheer for those who care for the streets and byways, parks and gardens who are seeing to the cleaning and beautl- fying of the outside of the city. Sus tain those who bear the burden of the law and order of the city, demanding honest service, but not hastening to believe evil of such. Support citizens trying to foster good will and mutual help among various trades and classes in Jhe community. But above all try not to throw off on to other men's shoulders the burden you are yourself asked to help in lifting. Portland is but at the beginning of her life as a great city. She is yet young enough to receive the impress of and to follow the lines set by her leading citizens of today. Let it be hoped that none of them will lose cour age in the work of cleansing and build ing up, looking well ahead In what they do. It Is better to have no slums to combat than to wage ever so success ful a battle In after years. For to the city Is due to a very great degree the uplifting or the downward swaying of the lines of her people. The essence of the whole matter is that, with us alt- attending to the city's work, even to paying the city's dues and taxes, must not be a matter of law and compulsion but of spending and being spent for the city's good. Senator Foster has secured the adop tion of an amendment to the river and harbor bill appropriating $13S,000 for dredging out the, middle waterway in Tacoma harbor. The "middle water way" in Tacoma harbor Is an enlarge ment of Commencement Bay, which was made to Increase the value of a large area of tldelands owned by the North ern Pacific Railroad and the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, of which Senator Foster Is the head. Tacoma is to be congratulated on securing im provements of this kind with Govern ment money. Over In Portland, we are obliged to tax our own property-owners for such Improvements. Not only that, but we are subject to the sneers of the Tacoma press whenever our dredging fund runs low. and a ship grounds in one of these artificial chan nels. Apparently Senator Foster was misjudged when he was rejected be cause he was without influence at Washington. The ease with which the very drastic railroad commission bill passed the House at Olympia Saturday Is suscepti ble of 'but f.wo Interpretations. One is that the railroads and their friends in the House were convinced that the Senate would put the bill to sleep with Its predecessors. The other is that they regarded Its extraordinary provisions as being so clearly unconstitutional that It was easier to defeat It In the courts than in the Legislature. There were quite a number of votes for the bill in the House that would have been cast against it if the members had be"- lleved It would become a law In the shape it passed the House. Sincerity- seems to be conspicuous for Its ab sence at Olympia on at least three great questions which have come Before the Legislature, to wit: U. S. Senatorshlp. capital removal, and the railroad com mission bill. The Seattle Post-IntelUgencer patro nizingly remarks: "Tacoma, despite Its origin, has become a thriving and grow ing city, with prospects of further growth ahead of It." The Tacoma Ledger gracefully acknowledges the compliment as follows: "Thanks; Ta coma is not ashamed of its origin, though the fact has given periodical pain to Seattle for nearly thirty-two years." This neighborly exchange of opinions lends some color to the Tumor that Seattle passed the quickly rescind ed Chamber of Commerce resolutions recommending capital removal to Ta coma simply for the purpose of draw ing Tacoma Into range of the Olympia brickbats, which are now flying around the ears of the City of Destiny. A curious fact In connection with charitable enterprises is disclosed In the annual reports of London charities supported by voluntary subscriptions During the last year the sum of $34,493,- 650 was contributed to the institutions listed in the Directory of Metropolitan Charities. Of this amount home and foreign missions got $13,135,107. Next came the various homes, orphanages, reformatories, and so forth, with 57,020.116. Hospitals got 55,886,450. Thus in London, with Its hundreds of thou sands of unfortunates, considerably more than a third of the sum subscribed by the charitable Went for missionary- Work, and a large part of that work done In foreign lands. Towels and soap are articles that are becoming Increasingly popular in China, according to a report just made by Cbnsul Anderson. The Chinese in sist upon both towels and soap being of the cheapest, and strongly-scented. bright-colored toilet soap of bad qua! ity is highly popular. It Is Interesting to learn that most of the soap used comes from Japan, where It Is manu factured and wrapped In bogus Euro pean labels. If the bribery charges against a mem ber of the Port of Portland Commission are proven, it may explain the frantic efforts some able citizens make to get on otherwise non-remunerative "com missions," where, to all outward ap pearances, there is no salary- attached and much hard work required. Evidently Swayne will not be Im peached; but he ha3 given the country a very useful illustration of what a Federal Judge ought not to be and do. Dr. Osier's remarks have failed to popularize hari-kari among the BO-year-olds NOTE AX1 COMMENT. A Chicago man committed suicide in a vaudeville house. As he had just sat through an illustrated song, one would have thought the worst of the poor fel low's troubles were over. George Washington was robbed of all his imposing dignity by the Chicago Trib une, which gave a picture of our first President "as he would have looked in modern garb." Take away the wig. and what remains? English judges would lose their reputations for knowledge and im partiality if the wig-wearing custom were abandoned over there. Whether a man is an assassin or a hero depends entirely upon which side you favor. Senator Clark recently missed a train while trying to got a piece of chewing gum from a refractory slot machine. Probably our.Senators get so much accus tomed to chewing the rag that they must have something to keep their jaws going, even on a railroad journey. To be really in the fashion, young men In the East must wear shoe laces of the fame color as the cravat. This appears to signify that the farther East, the big ger fools there arc. "F. A. G.," who contributes occasionally to the Kobe Chronicle, notes that women who play golf In Japan have trials that are unknown on links at home. The lit tle Japanese caddies pick up moat of their English from the players they fol low, and recently one of them, by way of sympathizing with an Englishwoman who had mado a bad stroke, called out to her, "D bad luck, missus! Next time you hit thing like h ." A Chicago clubwoman would kill nil de fective children, and Dr. Osier would kill' off everybody at the age of CO. Nothing will satisfy these reformers but a world In which persons are 25 years of .age at birth, and remain at that age for ten years, when they all die. It is sad nws that the cougar of Council Crest has been chivvied out of his re treat with hounds. We had been hoping that the beastie would remain until the Fair opened, when It might have been roped by some of the Eastern Oregon boys. Kuronatkln and Oyama keep shelling each other sort of playing a game of shell-out. When Russian or Polish students don't approve of tho Government's course, they give up their studies. To realize the ex tent of this sacrifice. Imagine American students In similar circumstances giving up football. Don't call thoso blots on the landscape by a pet diminutive: call them Wllllam boards. A store in Washington announces that It will bar from its show windows the artificial legs commonly used for display ing the latest styles In hosiery. Nobody will care If the same rule is adopted everywhere; there are always the street car steps. Terry McGovern is appearing at a New York theater in a special McGovern drama. One of the ingenious plans adopt ed by the villain Is to fill Terry's medicine ball with dynamite! But one of the train ing-camp crowd throws the ball out of the window, just for a lark, and bang! goes the whole landscape. some extraordinary oratorical blunders hav been printed recently, but this gem. iound ay tne -New lork Sun In a speech by Bourke Cockran, outshines most of them: When Bonaparte reached Milan the note or imperialism was sounded which wrapped jyurope in a rone or fire and carnage. Portland has a winning team this year; but then every burg has one at this stage of the game. M. Guyot. apropos of unfortunate er rors. said to a New York Sun reporter: "Once, In my youth, I made an unfor tunate error that I shall never forget I had a friend, a young man who was violently In love. His sweetheart lived in Marseilles, and she used to write to him tlce a week. She wrote beautiful letters, full of the most poetical sentiments. He read to me passages from them as they arrived. "Voll, this sort of thing went on for some six months. Twice a week a letter would come from Marcelle that was the young girl s name and from each letter I would hear the choicest portions. I be came a great aamirer ot ini3 young woman whom I had never seen. "Then I was called away for a year. heard nothing from my friend, but the news of his marriage reached me, and was heartily pleased. "On my return to Pans, my friend's house was the first I visited. He recieved me joyously. 'i must present you to my wife,' he said. "And a beautiful woman came forward with a gracious smile and took my hand " 'You are not like a stranger to me, I said. 'Your husband has read mo so many passages from his dear Marcclle's letters that ' raragn me. monsieur, the young woman said coldly. 'My name is Louise.' WEX. J. STANDARD OIL PROFITS. Immense Sum Distributed to Its Stockholders. New York Press. In the 23 years of Its existence the btanoard .Oil Company has paid 5196.- 0G5.000 In dividends on- its $100,000,000 of stock. This $436,065,000 Is consider ably more than one-fifth of all the money gold, silver and paper In the United States. The $496,065,000 hitherto distributed does not represent the total profits of the oil trust. What its surplus and undivided profits are no one outside of the innermost hierarchy- of the oil kings know. Nor is there any means of knowing how mucn Is spent each year In lobbying and In Influencing legislation. In crushing competition and strengthening the grip of the trust on Its monopoly By far the larger part of the Stand ard .Oil profits have been accumulated in the last nine and a quarter years, Prior to 1S96 the total dividends paid amounted to less than $130,000,000 Since that date the profits have been on such a scale that the total is as founding. 18S2 1SS3 .. 184 1885 1SSG 16S7 1SSS S.SHO.OOOHSns 5 .11.000.000 4.500.0COMSS7 3.7.000.000 4,uOo.ocoisas 30.ooo.coo T.STo.ceo isao nn.ooo.ooo 7.500.000 1900 4S.000.000 8.COO.C00 tUOl 4g.000.000 10.350.000I1D02 45.000,000 111 CPA rfVWVirwilf i ATA Ann lOOV. iUV.WVIl ItfVU. T,UUU,V 1600 lo.sOo.ooojiOM no.ooo.oco 1S8D. ibi io.5C-o.cw looo nr?t 1SW 12,0O0.0 quarter).. 15.000.000 1803 i2.yn.t:ooi 1HM. 12.000.CUO' Total... 1SW 17000,l00l' WHY?" Wall Street Journal. Recent developments of Importance to the financial and industrial situation, are summarized as follows: Election. Roosevelt's majority after he had brousht ' suit against Northern Securities Company and forced a settlement of the coal strike. 2.323,000. Vote for Debs. Socialistic candidate. 380.055. Railroads. Recommended by the Presi dent that the powers of the lntrrsta,te Commerce Com mission be increased so as to regulate railroad rates. Bill to establish this regula tion passed by the House of Representatives with only 17 negative votes. Beef Trust. The unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of tho United States declaring that the beef trust U a combina tion in restraint of trade and clvlng a wider meaning to th term "interstate com- meree." Investigation of the beet trust by the bureau of cer- N poration!: special Federal grand Jury drawn in Chi cago to Investigate bee trust's affairs. StandonlVoiI. An investigation of the Standard Oil Company ordered by Tresident Roosevelt especi ally in relation to the dispute withv the Kansas producers; this, investigation to be con ducted by the' Bureau of Cor poration!:. The State of Kansas to erect an independent oil refinery under state control. U. S. Steel House, of Representatives or Corporation. ders an investigation of United States Steel Corporation. Inmirance Recommended by the Com CoiuponieR. missloner of Corporations that life insurance companies b brought under Federal super vision. Mutualization of the Equi table Life Assurance Society. Trust Recommended by the Secretary Companies, of the Treasury that trust companies of large capitaliza tion be incorporated under Federal law. Recommended by the Bank Superintendent of New Tork that trust companies be com peted to maintain larger re serve and to make more fre quent reports to the bank de partment, and bills have been Introduced to provide for thete things. Banks. Various recommendations by the Bank Superintendent of New Tork, the bills Introduced to carry out the same, to com pel directors actually to di rect and to prevent the trans fer of control to other Inter ests without notification to and Investigation by the banking department. Interstate Recommended ky Commis- Companle. sloner Garfield of the Bureau of Corporation? that all com panies transacting an Inter state business be compelled to obtain federal franchises and In order to obtain these fran chises to satisfy certain re quirements as to organization and publicity. Organization Bills introduced Into the of Companies. House of Representatives and Into the New Tork State Sen ate to safeguard the interests of Investors In any organtza tion of companies and prevent certain evils which have de veloped In the promotion of new corporations and In the consolidation of old ones. Electric Traction. Governor Herrick. of Ohio, recommends that the business of Interurban electric railways should bo regulated and con trolled by the state. Municipal Gas. The authorities of the City of New York propose the es tablishment of a municipal gas plant. Merchants Association com plains that gas sold at $1 per thousand feet yields a profit to companies of 100 per cent. and a law Is proposed to duce the price. Telephones. " Crusade against telephone rharsres In the City of New York: proposed legislation reduce them. A Senate reso lution for a legislative Investi gation of telephone situation. Ontlon Bill introduced In tha United Trading. States Senate to prevent trad Ing In options and futures la cotton, wheat and other com 'modltlcs In any part of the United States. Taxation of The State Legislature pro Stock Sales, poses to tax transactions In stocks at the rate of 32 per hundred shares. Income Tax. State Senate of Missouri pro poses constitutional amend ment for taxation of incomes of more than $5000 a year. Tarlfr Reform "A widespread sentiment in favor of the revision of tariff so as to remove us inequamie. President Roosevelt Is under stood to favor such revision. Is there any explanation that will ac count broadly for all these phenomena In a nation and a period .of abounding prosperity? Tho air seems charged with the electricity of discontent with certain existing conditions. Why? The Study of Greek. Sir Swire Smith in Liverpool Speech "You will have noted that a controver ay has been going on for some time as to the importance of tho teaching of Greek in nnp old Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. I do not think that you and need to be seriously concerned about this question. I am reminded of the mlschiev ous schoolboy at Eton who wrote on the door of the -classical professor. This roati l(an to nowhere-' When the professor saw the inscription he wrote underneath It. 'Nevertheless, a good road on wnicn to take exercise' surely a terse and wltty nnswpr. "But the answer reminds me of another story of a wealthy manufac turer, and one of the pioneers of the wool Industrv of Bradford. He had contracted some ailment, and he called In his medical man, who prescribed that ho should get some dumbbells and take vigorous gym nastlc exercises. 'But, asked the patient, would not exercise In my factory do just as well for me?' 'Quite as well,' replied the doctor. And this rich manufacturer rnuld be seen Dersplrlng among his work TTiAn naeklne the bales of pieces and loadlnsr them on to the wagons. He raid bo "didn't believe in doing; work that didn't brins something in." Your technl cal instruction, like Greek, will give you good exercise, and yet, unlike Greek, will bring somthlng In." Reasons for Laughter. Birmingham (England) Post. When the young mistress of the house entered the kitchen she carried herself with great dignity. She had come to call the cook to account. "Mary," she said, "I must insist that you keep better hours, and that you have less company in' the kitchen at night Last night I was. kept awake because of the uproarious laughter of one of your women friends. , "Yis. mum. I know." Mary replied cheerfully, "but abe couldn't help it, was telling her how you tried to make cake yesterday morning." The Boom Strikes Pioneer. Pioneer Cor. Vancouver Columbian. Pioneer is waking- up. Ther is talk of a store on the corner. ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE. No Danger; He's There. Albany Democrat.. Frank C. Bafcer should fail to reach Washington by March 4. what would become of the Inaugural serv ices? Terrible Predicament for a Heifer. Pleasant Valley Cor. Tillamook Herald. Charles Desmond lost a J-year-ma heifer the other day by it getting in a hole on her back. Strange Disease Makes Its Debut. Pleasant Valley Cor. Tillamook Herald. Mrs. Charles Desmond has an attacK of newralgia in her face, which is no pleasant companion. Scandalous! Arlington Appeal. Jt citizen of Hood River ha3 been hav ing his beer -shipped in boxes labeled "crackers. The drayman dropped a Box last week and the truth leaked out. Not a Case for the Doctor. Ellcnsburg Capital. If nr. Vil1tmj has n careworn look these days it is not entirely due to f 1 1 - f -r- Tl'll1i-ra. o a hundred chicks, just turned out by her incubator. Up to Eric to Explain. Pioneer Cor. Vancouver Columbian. Queer sounds were beard at Bjur3 gate after singing school the other night. Some say it sounded like two plapks coming together. How about that Eric? Hard Task of a Fire Bell. Forest Grove Times. That the fire bell Is loud' enough to rouse people all over town was shown at the La Course fire but it is a llttla slow in bringing them out at 4 o'clock In the morning. Society in Pleasant Valley. Pleasant Valley Cor. Tillamook Herald. lr. may seem that the people of this place are not very sociable, but they are. there arc a number of calls made among- the neighbors, but we deem It of little importance to the readers. X Holocaust That Didn't Come Off. Lewisville Cor. Vancouver Columbian. You bet Petite Is glad It rained as last Friday evening as he and his fam ily were sitting in the house some of the little ones noticed a spark of firo falling- to the ground when, upon inves tigation, fire was discovered on the roof. It only got a slight start, so didn't do much damage. A Rip Van Winkle Gun. Coquille Herald. Grandpa Panter, of the lower river, brought to town last week a Winches ter rifle recently found where he had lost the gun over 23 years ago. He was in tho woods and set the weapon In the hollow of a large cedar tree, a.nd was unable to find the tree afterwards, al though lie had taken many hunts for it. The gun was considerably rusted but was In better condition than one would have thought it would be under the circumstances. Love's Dream After the Ball. Condon Globe. The Milton Eagle tells of a. .young man and his girl, of that town, who, re turning from a dance In the early morn ing hours, fell asleep in the buggy and the quiet old horse wandered onto the railroad track and stopped to rest. A train came along, the engineer whis tled, but the buggy did not move. The train was finally stopped, barely in time to prevent an accident, and when the trainmen went forward to lnvestigat they found tho couple sleeping peace fully and the lines fastened securely around the whip socket. Troubles of a Correspondent. Beaver Cor. Tillamook Herald. A correspondent cannot write every thing that occurs. There are some who would like to see all the things that have transpired during the meet ings commented on but. M I should so far forget myself as to disturb a meet ing I would wish the mantle of charity thrown over me and I will do as I would wish to be done by. There are rights that should be respected, guar anteed to by the blood oVur fathers, and when they are trampled on. no one has a right to cry "be patient." when patience has almost ceased to be a virtue. MIKE DONOVAN'S VrSIT. How the Boxer Was Entertained at White House. New York Globe. President Roosevelt enjoyed so greatly the visit of "Professor" "Mike" Donovan, the boxing instructor at the New York Athletic Club, that hp requested "Mike" to make another visit. The athletic club willingly gave "Mike" a few days' leava of absence and he went to Washington again last week. He put on .the gloves several times with President Roosevelt, and after they had . finished the last of their friendly bouts, the President cordi ally thanked "Mike," saying that bis in structions had been of great value, and . that the exercise had done him lot3 ow good. He then invited "Mike" to Mtend the reception to be given that evening to the Army and Navy- "Mlke" returned to tho athletic club yesterday and told in his own graphic manner of the Invitation and of his ap pearing at the reception. "Tho President asked me to come to the reception, and, of course, I felt that it would be a. great honor to attend a reception of President Roosevelt's. But I said to him that I would be glad to come, but I had no clothes with me. Then the President said. 'Oh, don't let that worry you, "Mike." I guess I can fix you out with a suit that will do,' So the President actually sent for some dress suits, and I tried one or two on. He is a good deal bigger man that I, and, when I showed him how the clothes fitted, he grabbed tha slack and asked me if I could not take it in a little. I said. 'Mr. President, I never can do that; I could no more fill out your clothes than I- could fill out your office.' I- saw he really wanted me to attend the reception, and so there was nothing for me to do but to go out and hire a suit that would fit me, and that I did. "That evening I appeared at the White House, and the Marshal of the District, who was master of ceremonies, seeing me, asked me right away for my card. 'Card?' I said. 'I have no card. I am well acquainted with the President, and he is a friend of mine. He has invited me by word of mouth. I don't need any card.' So he let me In, and I took my place at the end of a long line, and I could not help feeling proud that I had been asked by the President to attend that reception. By and by I edged nearer and the President saw me coming, and he smiled his way. When I got up to him he took my hand like an old friend, and he said to me very cordially: 'Mike, I am glad to see you, and you are looking fine In those clothes.' The crowd pressed behind, ao I had to pass along, but he greeted me sincerely and kindly, and I tell you I went out of the White House feeling sure that President Roosevelt is the best Democrat In the United States." Some time in the Spring Professor Don ovan is to go again to Washington, to give the, President a few more lessons in bo- L'fng.