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attacked with more effect at hen ex
tremities than at her vitals; as the war
in the Crimea and the present, war with
Japan, in contrast with Napoleons
movement on Moscow, -clearly proves.
Russia cannot defend her extremities,
though at times she employs and wastes
her utmost energies on the effort; but
her vitals, at immense distance from
an enemy, are almost free from the
hurt or danger of. attack.
agers receive their legacies wiinout i rate results in -placing gpoa nour irom
question. Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Rockefel- the Minneapolis mills In the Oriental
ler, and their like, are seeking to be markets on an even basis 'with the
thehiOwnexecutors. I Portland or Puget Sound manufactured
The'moral of the whole Inquiry is to article, an accounting will be demanded
urge that -the same rules of conscience 1 in snort oraer.
fo, . From Sporting J-u-e to jdffTOntSt -ouid De saVed when the which must be paid by the Minneapolis J Mrs. Chadwlck's autobiography will
" Such is the public an- jistribution of the smaller fortune was miller for freight from the mill to the soon be on the bookstalls. Will you be
ONE'S MORAL NAKEDNESS.
"Rev. Daniel S. Toy will tell the story
of his life.
"PrAnrhlntr.
nouncement, Brother Toy, probably.
has been a very vile, immoral and
wicked man. Such confession, unhap
pily, is included In his statement, or at
least is to be Inferred from it.
But isn't silence about such a life
better than exposition or exploitation of
It, for sensational purposes? Is It edi
hold In public as in ' private matters;
that the time for each man to be gov
erned by those rules is when he is
brought face to face with the necessity
of action In the affairs of the day's
work. Such decisions would surely pre
vent the enormous fortunes which give
rise to these Inquiries. But all kinds
of doubts and questions, .trials and
NOTE AND COMMENT.
"And Summer brags on every tree."
Did you ever hear of such a thing! A
London newspaper man describes Rus
sia's gold store of $325,000,000 as "a
supremely, uninteresting, tedious and
depressing spectacle." Uninteresting,
perhaps, and tedious, but depressing!
Tidewater mills can now secure their
wheat supplies at a freight rate of $2.75
to $3.50 pes' ton, and ocean tonnage is
available for Janan nort At 24.25 to 35
per ton. This gives the Pacific Coast Peer"
miuer a. minimum ireigm rate oi u We would not mlnd Detting. that vcry
a maximum oi 3.&u per ton oeiween llttlo oiinoslHon to th r,rrmr.l tax on
me ucai prouueer ana me urieuuu cofree has developed in Battle Creek.
consumer, comparea. witn ice iv riiie
in hand. i
THE NEW PROHIBITION PARTY.
Our interesting contemporary, the
New Voice, discloses that there is trou
ble between the Prohibition party and
consumer, exclusive 'of the cost from
the wheat producer to the mill. This
shows a comfortable percentage in fa
vor of the Coat miller when all other
conditions are equal. These other con
ditions, of course, are not equal dur
ing the present abnormal season, when
the Orientals are demanding a cheaper
flour than can be manufactured from
mentioned?
Constant Reader No. You have con
fused photographs of evangelists in
characteristic attitudes with pictures
of Jimmy Britt doing phantom spar
ring.
tlnianizing School Teachers
Hevr the XafiHeace of the Chicago Federation Is Be lag Gradually
Extended to Every Town. 1 the Land.
(The followinx extracts are from, an article
on "UnionlxinB the Schoolteachers.'"- David
Swine Bicker, in "Jhe "World Today for April.
The- editors of the magazine state that the arti
cla has been declared impartial and trustworthy
by Miss Haley, president or the National
Teachers Federation, and by & prominent rep
resentative ot the Chicaso Board of Education.)
the Anti-Saloon League. The New
fvine. can It be conducive to the cause I yoice, long the champion of Independ-
of truth and virtue, for one like Brother 3nU party action, preaches the doctrine the high-priced wheat of the Pacific I the National Dressmakers' Association. I dreds of teachers responded hurriedly to
THE movement to unionize the Chicago
teachers, like all other movements,
was born of a condition. Its immediate oc
casion was -the poverty of the Chicago
School Board, which prevented that body
from paying adequate wages to the
teachers. -The seeds of organization were
sown In Chicago as early as 1892, when
me nicago Tcacners' Club was- organ
ized by Catharine Goggin, who realized
that in united effort lav th toncyip
Miss Elizabeth White, president of I single hope of winning better pay. Hur
Toy to tell how bad he has been?
Again, wouldn't It be more in accord
with the dignity of human nature if
such an one should enter into his closet
and. shut his door, and refrain, even for
revival purposes, from exposure of his
past life, lnlts monstrous moral naked
ness
Most people are decent people and
of co-operation. It does "not distinctly Coast when through the Suez says that the very best way for women tes Goggin'a call and rallied around her
aenue its amcnaea policy, uui u, rceius
to car straps. So after this, when you
see all the seats on a Washington car oc-
to desire toSoln hands with anything
or anybody against the saloon. The
New Voice has had much trouble in
convincing Its faithful Tollowers that
co-operation is the proper thing. For
example, we find that Chairman Bol
ster, of the Iowa Prohibition party, has
9. Inn thA oxmii h -pnoiflr I tn Imnrnvo tho?- fli-iirac I V.t- -hanoHnt- I 4U1- XUQ ICiWiers Were aSKea lO COU
AVAUVVUA UlgUU UiUU UiJ
been in the past.
moral people. They have an invinci- resigned because, he says, "our reve
. . ' . i i " 1 j I t,i. ntf ant Vl n "Atitl
ble repugnance to exhorters who under
take to preach virtue and morality and
religion by telling how bad they them
selves have been
The Oregonlan is afnewspaper of the
old fashion. It doubts seriously wheth
er the best preachers of morality and
virtue are those n'ho admit they have
been dissolute, but profess reformation.
Doubtless It is a great thing for a
woman who has led an evil life to aban
don It. But she can't pcoclalm herself
advantageously as a reformer. Your
revival preacher who has "reformed''
Is much in the same case, yuiet re
pentance and works meet for -repent
ance are better, every way.
There are situations in which modest
stillnefs and humility are especially be- Individual or agent that hates the liquor -aU animate nature cannot be fitly
j j , .... . - t .i I tffln" T c- inct a lit Ho mrnrl:lnir tn I . . . 5.
coming, and Impressive, too. Brother
Toy doubtless knows why he ought to
repent and what he has to repent of
But he needn't tell it; and it will not
help the cause of virtue, if he should..
PORTLAND, TUESDAY. MARCH 28, 1803.
THE EASTERN WORLD.
It has been the fashion of a class of
English writers, following Klnglake, to
assume that England was duped and
tricked by France Into the war with
Russia known to history as the Cri
mean. War, and that this war was bar
ren of results of a positive nature. In
asmuch as It only delayed or post
poned, at enormous cost, the fall of
Turkey, a doomed and outworn power.
But It did more. It has been the key
to the history of the" Eastern Hemi
sphere yer since, and it affords an ex-
jjjttuunuji ur yuiue iu me situation 10
day, as between Russia and Japan.
xnat war, ana the conditions en
forced when it was concluded by the
treaty of peace, have prevented the de
velopment of Russia as a naval power.
through the Black Sea and the Medl
terranean. Had Russia been able to
develop such power Japan now would
be at her mercy. England would not
be predominant in Egypt, and would
not have control of her short route to
India and to the Orient. .
By the treaty of Paris (at the close
of the Crimean War) it was provided
and enforced that Russia should not
maintain naval armaments and arse
nals In the Black Sea. It is true that
at the end of fourteen years from the
signature of this treaty the downfall of
the French Empire enabled Russia to
declare that she would no longer be
bound by- this humiliating condition
She may now build and maintain war
ships In the Black Sea and arsenals
there, but they are of no service to her;
because of the understanding main
tained between Great Britain and Tur
key that Russian warships shall not
be allowed to pass out of the Black Sea
into the Mediterranean. This under
standing depends, of course, as all such
things must, on ability to enforce It.
But It la observed that no Russian war
vessels are passing out of the Black
Sea to reinforce the Russian squadrons
sent for operations against Japan. Even
an unarmed Russian vessel, designed
for war service, intending to receive
her armament after she passed out, was
arrested by a British cruiser. Russia
Temalns "bottled up" In the Black Sea.
England protects -herself by protecting
Turkey, and she protects herself by
protecting Japan.
And now it Is hinted that Japan is to
take up her part of this game, or of a
similar one." Holding now, through her
success in war. the whip hand over
Russia, she may make t a condition
of peace that Russia shall not increase
her navy; for if Russia were allowed
to create a powerful navy she might
renew the war with Japan, under
conditions that would place the lat
ter at a great disadvantage. Here
may be a suggestion to Japan direct
from England; or it may be merely an
analogy" derived from the conditions or
restrictions under which Russia was
placed at the close of the Crimean War.
It is clear, at least, that England Is
unwilling that Russia shall build up a
powerful navy, with freedom of the
seas. It is evident, also, that Japan
is unwilling; and further limitation
upon the naval power of Russia is
likely to be one of the consequences of
the coming peace. England Is the nat
ural ally of every country that checks
Russia.
Enormously great and powerful, to
outward appearance, Russia neverthe
less Is weak; for a conglomeration of
various peoples and races .having noth
ing in common but the rule of a cen
tral despotism, cannot be a nation of
rreatand sustained power. It lacks the
support of national spirit, in Important
crises; it breaks down in its financial
system, which Is necessarily crude and
corruptly administered; and failure of
finances carries down amy and" navy
and everything else with it. The con
ditlons that forced the peace, under the
treaty of Paris, after the fall of Sebas
topol. are substantially present and are
forcing peace now. Napoleon, but for
his haste, and rashness, could hay
broken Russia In 1512. Llke every
ather imperfect organlEm, she Is slug
clsh. slow and inert, and she can be
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFTS.
Dr. Washington Gladden, general
counselor of Congregational Churches
of the United States, proposes to refuse
Mr. Rockefeller's gift of $100,000 toward
the missionary funds. This is on the
ground that the morf'eyMs tainted by
reason of its source in the Standard Oil
iniquities. Says Dr. Gladden: "I hope
they are not mean enough to take his
money and then turn around and fight
him. I hope they are not so faithless to
their obligations as to take his money
and shut nhelr mouths or become his
apologists." "They" are doubtless the
board of trustees or managers of the
missionary funds.
This is so far-reaching and wide an
Inquiry that it demands a little consid
eratlon. The first question is what de
gree of Iniquity In amassing, so'affects
the subsequent use of a fortune as to
disqualify moral or religious men from
accepting a gift of a portion of It for
moral orrellgious purposes? Some of
us may think that the Carnegie, Ar
mour, J. P. Morgan, Lawson, E. H.
Harriman, or a dozen other wealthy
people's millions would have to stand
side by side with Mr. Rockefeller's at
the Judgment seat of popular opinion,
If this test is to prevail. This popular
opinion at the present time is excited,
eager to judge and condemn, and under
strong Influences of the monthly and
dally press. Why stop at the million
aires? The same rules should apply
nues have been cut off," and the "Anti-
Saloon League has organized to check
the growth of the Prohibition party.'
A gentle correspondent of the New
Voice from Tonkers, N. T., says that
the Anti-Saloon League is working "for
the devil and hell on earth." To this
Editor Wooley mildly demurs, and then
he goes on to give a full statement of
the purposes of the Anti-Saloon League
from Superintendent P. A. Baker, who
declares that the League "does not
hesitate to cross party lines and sup
port at the polls the candidate of any
party ticket who Is against the saloon";
and again he says, "It bolts conven
tions, puts principle above party, and
absolutely refuses to quarrel wl.h any
It is interesting to note that the
horses slain In war are honored In
Jaijan for their service and their sacri
fice, just as the soldier dead are hon
ored, with memorial eulogy and mili
tary obsequies. The great Temple, MI-
yagl, was the scene recently of grand
funeral observances for the horses slain
In the present warlhe Buddhist priests
reading prayers and conducting solemn
services in which the sentiments of
gratitude, patriotism and humanity
were blended. Whatever we, in pur
material Western view, may think of
these obsequies, the sentiments ex
pressed must command our admira
tion. The faithful servant, even though
a horse, commends qimsell to the grat
itude of those whom he dies to serve.
If this gratitude is -not felt, so much
the worse In ah ethical sense for those
who fall to respond to the sentiment.
A people that acknowledges kinship
cupied by men while tne women are
stanig up, don't write a letter to The
Oregonlan on the "decay of chivalry.'
Jabez.
There was a young boxer named 'White,
Who came over to 'Frisco to fight; -
Weeks after a hit
From Jamea Edward Britt,
He woke, and asked. "Where did I llghtr
A simple little problem has floored
the entire staff of the Vancouver, B. C,
World. Here It. is:
If the third of 9 was 4. how much would
the fauAh of 20 be?
Simple as A B C. If the third of 9
was 4, the fourth ot 20 would be. of
course, would be it must be the
fourth of 20 must then be If the third
of 9 was 4. then the fourth of 20 would
be tho Fourth of July we mean of
20 would be -well, it would be some-
date expenses Incurred by the printing
and circulating of petitions' for higher
pay. The Chicago Teachers Federation
was the outgrowth of this petition move
ment.. The purposes of tho organization
were to secure better pay and- adequate
pension laws. The School Board had
displayed no desire tb help -the teachers
to get either. In June. 1897. the first oe-
tltion for an increase in salary .was pre
sented formally to the Board of Educa
tion. It was disregarded. In December
a seebnd petition was presented, and, as
a result, In March of the next ytar the
teachers were granted an advance. It
was not much, but it was something.
In the Fall of the same year, 1S9S, the
report prepared by the Harrison. Educa
tional Commission was completed, and the
teachers obtained newspaper reports of
tne advance sheets of portions of It.
These sheets contained the Information
that under the existing tax levy it would
be impossible to maintain the recently
adopted salary schedule. In this report also
thing, and we won't spoil the problem for I made the 'suggestion that for the
traffic" It Is Just a little surprising to
find the New Voice Indorsing this rad-.
ical doctrine; but so it does, and does
more. It prints prominently a commu
nication from one Elisha Kent Kane in
which -he outlines a scheme of useful
termed a "pagan people."
tne children by -giving the answer.
But wo don't think much of the World's
men. whom this simple little question
causes to sing
Reader of riddles, whisper low.
How ar we to knowT
It's a strange thing that no success
ful men are "conceited." When a con-
thls litlcatlon $535,000 of back taaes for
the year 1S0O was paid to the Treasurer of
Cook County in July. 1002.
To this tax fiftht is due. according to
Miss Haley, the alliance of pedagogy and
labor, the affiliation of the Chicago Teach
ers' FederatiQn with the Chicago ueaera-
tion of Labor, une- mere xact iuat me
teachers had battled with the corpora
tions and that corporate Interests were
arrayed against them caused the hand ot
organized labor to be outstretched to
them In the spirit of fraternal sympatny.
In all future fights the teachers beljeved
the same, forces would be lined up against
them. They felt that unless tney coma
get behind them as powerful a force as
that which was arrayed against tnem. a
force standing for the same principles as
they, only defeat lay In store tor tncra.
In this way things went along- peace
fully with the federation pulling one way
and the board the other way. until the
teachers organization. In black and white.
ioldjy puthseir on record as opposing
the- promotional examination system as
estaou8nes oy tne ooara, wmcn utiu uuuj
conceives to "be an ideal merit system.
Their declaration that all teachers against
whom no charges of Inefficiency or uniit
ness have been proved should be advanced
year after year until the highest grade i3
reached, aroused the anti-federation mem
bers ot the board to activity. Rev. R. A.
White, a school trustee, in a sermon
threw down tho gauntlet to the - teach
ers by bitterly denouncing their ' organ
ization as an injury to the schools, and
urging upon the board the necessity of
resorting to drastic measures to crush- It.
This sermon brought the federation and
the board sword to sword. ... On a
test vote, the anti-federation faction was
found to be In the minority. The Teachers'
Federation controlled a majority ot the
votes. It was whispered that one of the
trustees had been compelled to go over
to the federation by a threat of political
annihilation: it was whispered that an
other board member had been in
duced to absent himself ' from the
meetinsr. This left the vote ten
betterment of the schools all sultablefifto nine against the antl-federationlst3.
. i i j t . , "P'y-.-.. il. .1 7 A.hf In .V.. C, nnl
Aliens ire pouring Into this country
by tens of thousands every week. In
the face of this tremendous flood of
nixi, m iVii. PrnWWHnn nartv that sepm"! bUriiuui . . woma oe weu ior tne teacners to enust
? jA?n?ljd OUr lane' OUJ- laTO' our "ed man succeeds, he. is said to be the sympathies of organized labor. Acting
to define Editor Woole s great plan of custom of labo -d of ,. dIasat. marked by magnificent egotism. on this surecstlon. Miss Haler. -with the
means should be used to Increase the
proportion of men teachers In the upper
grades, and that "It it be found neces
sary'to the securing of this end. higher
salaries ba provided for men than for
women in these grades. At once the
teachers were aroused. ... It was
suggested to Margaret Haley that it
would be well for the teachers to enlist
co-operation. 'I believe that the Pro
hibltlon party," he says, "should estab
llsh a policy of deferring its nomlna
tlons until after those of the other lead
ing parties have been made; that early
In each campaign nominees ot other
parties should be solicited for a public
exposition of their position." "I regret
that as yet I have met with little appro
bation within our party," he adds. Once
a Prohibitionist always a Prohibition
1st generally. "No woffder that Editor
Wooley seems to regard himself as a
heretic, having fallen into violent con
troversy with such true-blue Prohibi
tionists as Oliver W. Stewart, who
hates the saloon and all Its works, but
who hates Editor Wo61ey and all his
works more.
From these illuminating sidelights
on the antagonism between the Antl
Saloon League and the Prohibition par
ty we begin to understand what is the
matter in Portland. Long ago our sus
picions were aroused that all was not
well among the avowed foes of the sa
loon. Prohibitionists set a trap for the
local optionlsts, alias the Anti-Saloon
Leaguers, and they fell into It. After
the election they squealed. A few days
ago the Mayoralty candidate of the Mu
nicipal Association said that the saloon
is legitimate business, if properly reg
ulated, which created much anguish of
spirit among brother Amos and his co
horts. If Brother Amos has looked with
customs of labor and of living; dissat
isfied, many of them rebellious, and all
of them requiring a full and strict term
of probation preparatory to becoming
good citizens of a republic. It is Impera
tive that our naturalization laws be
revised, and, pending this revision, that
the present, laws be rigidly and intelli
gently 'enforced. This is a simple de
mand of the first law of Nature self-
preservation. This Isnot the call of
alarm, but of prudence of the type com
mended by the wfse man In the declara
tion, "A prudent man-foreseeth the evil
and hldeth himself; but the simple pass
on and are punished.'
A recent- thaw In New Tork caused
four different buildings to fall In. The
New York brand seems even worse than
jerry-building.
Colonel Henri Watterson continues
aid of Thomas I. Kldd, secured a hearing
before the Chicago Federation of Labor.
Before .that body she made her maiden
public speech- She was received with
great enthusiasm. Then began the bitter
fight on the "Harper Bill"; then began
the famous tax fight; then began the
his career, through Spain. The following I struggle to overthrow "one-man power."
At the next session of Congress, Com-
mlssIoner-Ceneral of Immigration Sar
gent will ask for an appropriation for
the establishment, pn Ellis Island, of
a display of the resources of the differ
ent states. Mr. Sargent's action was
prompted by the (record-breaking in
rush of Immigrants from Europe. Near
ly every state fn the West has a prac
tically unlimited field for the efforts of
the better classes of these aliens, and, by
diverting them from the congested la
bor centers of the Eastern cities, a
good service will be performed for both
city and country. Oregon could make
a most attractive showing for the new
' arrivals at Ellis Island.
description of Andalusian dancers from
one of his letter causes the grave
Philadelphia Ledger to remark that it's
about time he, came home: "They melt
and die away in the langour of the
music, and, presto, a shimmer of white
tulle, a flash of red satin and black
eyes they are gojje.'
A new subsUtute for nickel, called "Patrick
metal," to belnc placed upon the English mar-
ket. The featureof this metal Is that it is
silver-white risht through. Scientific Amer
ican.
a policy carried out by Superintendent E.
Benjamin Andrews; then was first, raised
tne cry "snacKiea tsy the book trust";
then was first raised the cry that the
teachers were being secretly and unfairly
marked by the principals; then began
what the -Teasers' Federation- has been
pleased to call its "fight for freedom and
democracy in the schools." Then also
for the first time the federation demanded
tnat tne teachers be given the right to
express themselvs regarding the selection'
of text-books and on all educational
questions, including the curriculum, meth
ods of discipline and teaching, with the
But the factional flsrht in the School
board, which is plainly a fight for con
Mrol. has only just begun. This question
naturally arises: Should such a resolution
as was framed by the minority be adopt
ed by the board, what would be the im
mediate result would the federation with
draw from the labor union, would Its
leaders 'proceed in the courts to enjoin
the board or would they striko? It is a
moral certainty that the teachers would
not withdraw from the labor union. And
Is there any other contingency which
might arise to cause the unionized teach
ers to take up the most dreaded weapon
of the labot union? This question can
not be definitely answered, as the opinion
Is too diversified. . . . Certain members
of the Board of Education do not regard
a strike of the teachers as an Improbable
occurrence- Neither do some of the labor
leaders. One of them said he other,,day
Jhat should the engineers' or janitors
union call a strike, the teachers' union
would be expected to lend all possible as
sistance.
It is announced from Washington that
throughout, or there Is no logic fn them. aDDroval upon the assiduous labors of the President will not appoint "Gas'
.Every one men must stana reaay to Brother Tufts and Brother McAllister, aooicks to a roreign mission, ine ais
answer, when he proposes to do any- ne has managed to keep that Interest- patch conveying this Information gives
thing in the line of public service, or mg fact from the public gaze. Wher a number of reasons why the diplomatic
cnanty. "wnence aid mis money come; i -prohibitionists fall out the honest sa- appointment win oe wiinneia. iiost
loonkeeper gets his dues and perhaps
a little moie.
Ever see a Pat that wasn't white r,Snt or making recommendations directly
right through? " oupennxenaent ana saara or iidu-
i ""V" o' bu uiese questions tnrougn
Now It is said the Russian fleets are I representative councils of tho teachers.
to return home. The announcement is a recommenaauon to tms errect was con
likely to paralyze all the- fishing fleets ll1"5 report-,but T?s
committee for the Legislature and ap
pended to the report. Although it had
taken a year of tireless labor to con
struct the report, and In spite of the fact
that in it were incorporated ideas held by
educators of the first tank n all sections
of the country, from Eliot, of Harvard,
and Butler, of Columbia, to Jordan, of
Leland Stanford, the organized teachers
defeated the bill which was appended to
the report.
did it, or any part of it, arise from
evasion, breach or non-observance of
any public law or rule of private mor
als?" Who are we, and who'au; the
accusers, to venture on judgmentbased
on casuistry, but leading to public ac
cusation and condemnation? If the rals
ing of these questions now leads to
searchings of heart, let us hope that
purification of the ways of getting
money will result, rather than the frus
tratlng of attempts to put to best uses
that which has been piled up. Suppose
one is In possession of a fortune gained
or added to by sharp practices, which
lie within the law, but which He outside
the lines of strict morality. Suppose
that the idea of restriction to all who
nave suffered has been fully considered
but abandoned as utterly lmpractlca
ble. Suppose such an one feels bur
dened with that wealth and anxious
that the money at least should be
turned to account for noble purposes.
What shall he do with It? ,That ques
tion needs no answer. The difficulty
which these trustees of the missionary
fund feel would be lightened If they
would reconsider their own position. It
is Mr. Rockefeller, not they, who is the
favored party, under obligation, when
the proposed gift is turned over to them
He is the man seeking to disburden
himself, feeling the need to distribute,
acting, as there is no reason to doubt.
under the biddings of his private, per
sonal conscience, which probably is
strung in a far different key from the
public conscience, or no conscience,
which he has carried with him In the
servlccof Standard Oil.
These gentlemen hold an open bag
lor general contributions toward an
excellent end. To receive and to ad
minister conscientiously the funds en
trusted to them ends' their functions.
The man who has obtained the money,
not they, Is responsible for the sins of
or entajlcd In the obtaining.
To put the matter broadly: If one
has stolen money, then It 'is not his
either to have or to give away. But to
deny a man the use of his entire for
tune because he Is supposed to have
stolen a part of It is to pass beyond
the limits either of Jaw or morality.
UNXATCKAI. TRADE CONDITIONS.
Minneapolis millers are continuing to
make considerable noise about their in
creasing Oriental flour trade, and a su
perflclal glance at the situation might
create the impression that there is a
degree of permanence to this new busi
ness. Examination of the conditions
which are responsible for this seem
ingly unnatural condition of trade, how
ever, does not warrant the belief that
It can be maintained beyond the period
when the wheat market gets back on a
normal basis. As has been stated in
The Oregonlan, the Minneapolis millers
are delivering flour In the Orient at
lower prices than can be met by the Pa
of them had previously been given to
the public in the terse language of
Thomas Lawson. One very Important
reason, not mentioned, is a slight con
sideration for the feelings of the for
eigners. If Mr. Addicks still hankers
for the glare of the limelight, he might
follow Lawson's example, and write a
book on Frenzied Finance in Delaware
Politics.
A get-rlch-qdick concern In Philadel
phia, known as the "Provident Invest
ment Company," has failed, with lia
bilities of $5,000,000. The "sweet-faced
girl," as the dispatches describe the
acting manager, has fled the country
with $1,000,000 of the plunder. It has
developed, since the crash, that the de
funct company never possessed assets
of a tangible nature. As the headquar-
. - , . . . z. , I on
cine uoasi mmere. cut inio uour is a t.. fn ...,. foP th(, hunco men.
very cornjnon graae, ine coeapesi, in Quaker Cltv seems to have a slicht
lead over the Manhattan borough, quite
appropriately -termed "Tapville-on-the-
Hudson.'
fact, that has ever been sent across the
Pacific under the name of flour.- It will
attract no buyers In the better class of
trade such as has made the rapidly in
creasing market for Oregon and Wash
ington flours, and it is being used to
feed Russian prisoners, because It Is the
cheapest kind of prdvender that can be
found for that purpose.
The Northern roads, which have been
criticised for the low rate made to en
able the Minneapolis millers to Teach
the market for their off-grade flours,
defend their, action by citing the low
rates to the Orient frorn New Tork by
way of the Suez. They contend that the
cheap flour, which in no way competes
with the select product of the Pacific
Coast, was offered them at Minneapolis
on a $10 rate through to.Japan, the rate
being exactly the same that estab
lished by the lines which would carry it
by rail, lake and Suez rute to the Far
East. As their refusal to handle it at
the $10 rate would not have stopped the
business or thrown It to the Pacific
Coast mHlers, It was accepted in order
that It might be sent through the Puget
-Sound ports on their own steamers
This is a freight movement that had
been predicted as one of the probabili
ties after the completion of the Panama
Another bomb has done its deadly
work in Russia. The Warsaw Chief of
Police, a cruel, relentless persecutor of
the people. Is the victim. The temper
of the Russian "people is Indicative of
furthereffort in this line. Members of
the Imperial family imprisoned In their
palaces regard the situation with dls
may. Like the -man wno has taxen a
dog by the ears, they are afraid either
to hold on or to let go, certain that In
either event disaster will come to them.
on the route of the return.
looks as if the Salvation-Sift bout
will have to be decided on points.
A volunteer fireman in Bayonne, N.
J., used to set buildings afire, so that
he could help put out the blaze. To
such lengths will a desire for work lead
us, If not checked decisively at an early
age.
Revelations -of -an International Spy.
I THE FATAL ERROR.
Br "Q. T." . .
(Synopsis of previous chapter Monsieur "Q.
T." receives a message from the Grand Duke
Twiriyvltcb, summoning: htm .to St. Peters
burg. The hand which thrust the message
through the root of his hansom cab proves to
be artificial, and Monsieur "Q. T." .keeps It
In his pocket. As he Is about to enter the
Winter Palace a heavily veiled woman lays
her hand upon his shoulder and says:)
CHAPTER II. .
"What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here?" I muttered.
"Yes," she answered," what are yon
Ldoing here?"
"What am I doing here?" I repeated.
"Youare here for some purpose," she
said.
Tes," said I, clutching at the straw.
'l am here for a purpose."
T knew It," returned the veiled
woman, o am i. i am here ior
purpose," she hissed through clenched
teeth. "Q. T., I know you."
mou Know merr j. saia, noarseiy.
T know you," came from her Hps
with diabolical distinctness.
"You know me," said I, reeling under
the brow. "Who are you, then?"
"Who am I?" responded the woman.
"Yes, who are you?"
She whispered a word in my ear.
The street swam before my eyes.
It was she! And she had my secret!
"You won't '
"Nothing can stop me," she answered.
"Where is that "
- At this moment tho gates of the
Winter Palace swung open. '
(To be continued.)
WEX. J.
, Then followed action on the part of the
School Board which brought the salary
fight to a focus. . . . The teachers were
In effect returned to the schedule which
had been in force for 20 years. The fed
eratlonists began an investigation. They
were told that Inadequacy of school reve
nues had been the cause of the cut. They
learned that thl3 shortage of funds, to a
large measure, was due to the failure of
the taxing officials to enforce the tax
laws. When these facts were presented to
the federation that body delegated Miss
Goggin and Miss Haley to begin action
in the courts against the public officers
charged with the duty of assessing cor
porations, and a writ of mandamus was
obtained from the Supreme Court cf the
state commanding the State Board of
Equalization to return and assess accord
ing to the law five public utility corpora
tions for the year 1900. As a result of
Since the radical change In membership
was made and Margaret Haley became Its
actual leader, the National Federation
has grown to enormous proportions. In
many small towns every teacher Is Inside
the "organization." Their membership Is
kept a close secret Ior the reason that
were It known, the local school boards,
fearful of the effects of the- organization,
would resort, to drastic measures to
stamp out the evil before It bad rooted.
The teachers in every section of the
country reachpd by" locomotive or rural
Jetter carrier are being organized, not
collectively, not in groups, but Individ
dally. In every "organized" or partially
organized town the federation has Its
correspondents, just as the Chicago fed
eration has Its correspondents in every
Chlcago school. It 13 the duty of these
correspondents to keep -the central' office
constantly Informed in regard to local
conditions.
If a teacher In a North Dakota town
Is being discriminated against, the federa
tion will go into that town and wage war
against the discriminating school board.
It will send Its forces Into town meetings.
cltycounclls and state Legislatures all
over the country, and fight fqr the teach
ers' rights and for democratic educational
legislation. Miss Haley went to New
Jersey and helped the teachers of that
tate In their recent fight for better con-
LdrUons; she has made two trips to Wis
consin to aid the teachers ot tne .Badger
State in their fight against nontaxpaylng
corporations. v v
The National Federation meets annually
at the same time and place that the Na
tional Educational Association meets. One
of Its crime purposes at the present time
-U to wedge Itself into a position of power
In this conservative body. At present it
Is constructing channels everywhere,
through labor unions, through women's
clubs, through every agency of agitation.
ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE.v
Checking' Up on IVJr. Smith.
Early Correspondence Wasco News.
Al Smith Is a frequent visitor to Wa3CO,
(especially on Sunday).
In the Spring, the Younq Man's
'vFancy, Etc.
Balkton Correspondence Dallas Itemlzer.
Wavna Eransftn has hen snfferiner from
palpitation of the heart and a. certain
young lady has the same disease?
Rousseau, the alleged dynamiter, de
fends himself by saying that he left an
infernal machine on the Cupard dock.
merely to show how easy it would be to
blow up a trans-Atlantic linen. The
court might explain a heavy sentence
by telling Rousseau, it was merely to
show him how easily It could be done.
CanaL American shippers through the
Therefore that money which Issaid to t Middle West and along the Atlantic
nave oeen stolen must oe, euner oy
legal decision or by formal accusation
earmarked or Identified, bucn money
comes within the old Roman test.
"olet," it stinks. That fund, however,
is supposed to be returnable to the real,
legitimate owner, by virtue of the Iden
tificatlon. If not. It must fall Into the
mass of the property of .the temporary
seaboard have worked long and ear
nestly to secure construction of the
canal In order that tbey might reach
the markets of the Far East without
paying for the expensive rail haul across
the continent. The transcontinental
railroads are not yet facing the com-,
petition of the Panama Canal, b.ut In
the establishment hi this rate on cheap
How They Do It In Klickitat'.
Blckleton Newsr
The ignoramus and bowling hyena that
tries to run the Sentinel Is still turning
his venemous ionguo loose on the editor
of the News, but every person In the
county knows his small nature and are
acquainted with his idiotic sayings and
doings, and it fc needless to say that
each article of his lands mm aeeper m
the mire and shows him up to ridicule,
but he has not sense enough to beat -a
retreat but such is the way of .some
fools. He lets a hyena howl out
of him about us going Into private mat
ters. Ye gods, the audacity of some
fools! Is his mind so weak that he has
already forgotten who started this con
troversy. We gave him an tne cnance
in the world not to set personal, but he
still tiers tats In this the only way he
Chief Ifco Shirt has arrived at Chicago can conduct an argument, his mind being
on his way to Washington. If the dis- too weak to do otherwise tnan get. me.o,
Come Now, Tacklesoni TeM About It.
Canby Correspondence Aurora Borealis.
Mr. Tackleson is figuring on going to
Portland on business In a few days. We
are all wondering what he has in view
and what attracts him to- Portland so
often.
Mean Man's Pre-Nuptial Precaution-
La Center Correspondence Vancouver Co
lumbian.
Some time ago our barber guaranteed
to produce a new growth of hair on the
bald pate of Lester Bonner or no pay.
He refused to accept the offer, and now
wp understand all about it- Look out
for tho broom stick, Less. It will hurt
all the worse.
Sakhalin, which was formerly ex
changed by Japan for the Kuriles', is
likely to be the scene of a battle at an
early date. The possession of Sakhalin,
with Formosa on the south, would give
the "Island Empire" a symmetrical ap
pearance, if nothing else.
tingulshed "Umatlllan Is living up to
his name, he Is liable to become the
prey of pneumonia.
possessor, which Is to be by him dealt ilour they show quite, clearly what their
with as the law, or his o-n will and
ionsclence, shall determine.
He is consequentlj free to use. to give
away, or to destroy, all or any part of
it Persons who deal with him in any
capacity are not required to sit Ip
judgment on his methods or history
Whei such an one dies, the great stat
ute of limitations passes, and nospUals,
charities, or missions.- and their man-
attitude will be when the American
canal Is completed.. So long as the
roads are disposed to act fairly with
the Pacific Coast miners, to whom the
Oriental flour trade belongs by right of
'discovery as well as geographical loca
tion, they will not be very severely
censured, for -making" rates which will
divert freight from the Suez route and
pass It through Pacific ports. If that
7
Mrs. Chadwlck's promised autobiog
raphy may not possess much literary
quality. but it should long remain the
standard work on how to get rich
quick.
The" Oregonlan wjl be glad to see
anybody build a steamboat, or several
steamboats, on the Upper Columbia.
But who is going to do it?
Exit
Beck.
.Mrs, Chadwlck; enter Sophia
and we have decided to give you a -taste
of vour own medicine, and we stana
readv to back up every assertion we make
In any shape or manner you .prefer.
A - 11
"Merely Mislaid.
Houston Post.
"Doctor.'.' said the man who several
weeks before bad been operated on Tor
appendicitis, 'Tm all right except for a
heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach
and a sllzht metallic rattling when i
walk."
"There!" exclaimed the M. D., slapping
his thigh, "I kptw that case of surgical
instruments wouhi turn up eventually.
Will vou nay me for them and keep them.
or shall I remove them? The cost will
be about the same.'
-Breaking the Chinook Record.
Chinook Observer.
Tom Erickson's ady goose has broken
all records in the egg line. She has
laid 21 eggs In 20 days and Is still laying.
Tom. who is a student of Macbeth, calls
her Macduff because sha is laying on.
About 15 eggs is an average setting, but
this lady goose challenges all other lady
geese to do half as. well as she will. Bring
on your geese
God Bless Our Home.
Kelso Journal.
A resfdent of Oatrander played quite
jokq on a deputy assessor one day this
week. This 'year only personal property
.is being assessed and wlten the assessor
called he was treated very kindly and
on opening his assessment roll asked for
a- list of the property- The Ostranderite
with a wave ot his hand covering the
room, said: "There Is all "my personal
property-" The assessor noticed several
children, but asked that he enumerate,
them. "Why," he says, "there are ten
bays -awT six girls." The old man Is cer
tainly not worrying- over the part he Is
taking In the prevention of race suicide.
"AMERICAN ESGL1SB."
T. P.s Weekly.
American is by no mean3 always a
degredation of English, as many sup
pose. In some respects the "new"
country is more conservative than the
"old" one. It retains forms which we
have forgotten. "Gotten," for exanmle.
When the professor says he has gotfen
a cold, one is -hack In the times, of
James I., when "He hath holpen his'
servant Israel" was colloquial, and
longs tp ask a wife across the break
fast table if she will be holpen a sec
ond time to bacon. But the preserva
tion of the subjunctive mood is th
most remarkable instance of American
conservatism. Herejs one instance from
the telegraphic note 'of a reporter sent
to write up a lynching" case; "The
crowd demanded that he prorolse not
to send the negroes to .Savannah." Is
there a reporter on any English pro
vincial paper witH such a reverence
for the delicacies of language when in
a hurry with the wire? On this side wa
hav- almost dropped the subjunctive;
It ljves in the "new" country. Many
fine old -words live in thefr- fine old
significance across the Atlantic, jos
tling the new ones. As an instance of
the jostling I -may mention the two
gjrls from Kansas City who were com-
ing up the stairway to the sun-deck
of an Atlantic liner. "Hurry up!" said
the one behind, shoving-. There was a
friendly struggle. From my deck chair
I lazily remarked- that there was, a
feud brewing. "Well," said the girl
in front," "If anyone tries tp boss me
I get spunky." She was talking Eng
lish literature and American slang in a
breath.
But America has: developed some .finfi
swift, short and effective expressions
of Its own to atone for the unnecessary
length of Its "elevatoy." The railway
train Is "the Cars." the permanent' way
is the "track." and the nonalcoholic
beverages you take on the way .are
"soft drinks." For the Latin "pave
ment" is substituted the English "side
walk." and a splendid triumph of brev
ity comes with "grip," which Is the
bag in which you carry your Right's
kit on the "cars." The two people who
invented tho one a "lift" and the. other
a "grip". should be one in language and
love.
' , Both Speculations.
New York Telegram
Mrs. Grouchy I do wish that you would
stop speculating on the stock exchange.
It's onlya'game of chance,
Mr. Groucbyr-Sjo is marriage. Do. yoo
want to stop being-married? . , j