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APRIL 1, 1905.
XATGRE'S PRODIGALITY ABUSED.
The prodigality of Nature is one o
the most wonderful features of the
great mystery of life. In all animal or
vegetable life there is originally a sur
plus. In all lands we And forests so
dense that some of the trees, plants or
shrubs are stunted and destroyed by
the close and heavy growth of others
of their kind. In the reproduction of
their species many creatures of the ani
mal, insect and sh -world display a
fecundity that Is simply marvelous, and
that, -were it not for the delicate pro
cess of elimination established by the
same agency, would be alarming. But
all of the prodigality of Nature and her
marvelous system of replenishing the
waste that is ever going on fails to
make good the enormous losses caused
by the ruthless vandalism of man. The
commercial crime of killing the goose
that laid the golden egg is still being
committed right here under our eyes
w ith a reckless disregard for posterity's
interests or the perpetuity of a goose
family that will lay golden eggs.
The generation now here has wit
nessed the extinction of the sturgeon in
ur rivers and the" buffalo from our
Fplains. It has seen the vast forests of
the Middle West and Northwest disap
pear and the generation, now c6ming
on will see the forests of the Pacific
Northwest meet a similar fate. Here
on the Columbia River we have wit
nessed the rise and fall of the samon in
dustry. Puget Sound has had much the
same experience, and now the hand
writing on the wall is before the Alaska
salmon-fishers. All natural enemies of
the salmon were created at about the
same time as the royal fish itself, but
their depredations were so compara
tively inconsequential that, when the
white man came, the waters of the Co
lumbia and Puget Sound were teeming
with this, finest specimen of the fish
family. Tlje destruction of thousands
and hundreds of thousands of salmon
when canneries were choked with of
ferings in the early '80s is not yet for
gotten, nor is the ruthless waste of vast
numbers of small fish picked up by the
wheels and by small-mesh nets before
there Were restrictions regarding the
operation of these implements- of de
struction.
The development of the hatchery idea
in a slight measure stayed the work of
extermination, but much of the advan
tage gained by this aid from the hatch
eries was offset by reckless disregard
for the law. In season and out of sea
son, right under the eyes of the Fish
"Warden, salmon have been taken from
river in such numbers that there
was not enough left to reach the
spawning grouhus to make ip any kind
of a favorable showing. "What was for
merly known as the "July rim" has
been practically exterminated, the num
ber taken last season being so small
as to be hardly recognizable. Experi
tnce on Puget Sound has been similar,
although the industry has been favored
somewhat by the efforts of the Cana
dian government to maintain hatch
fries dn the Fraser, the fish hatched on
this stream, on their return at matur
ity, contributing to the supply available
for the Puget Sound canneries. As the
field for operations became limited on
Puget Sound and the Columbia, the
manners began developing that of Alas
ka; and the first men to enter that
territory found a virgin field in every
way as atractlve as the Columbia had
been years before.
f The Alaska, canneries are still making
good returns, although there was a de
crease of nearly $2,500,000 In the value
of the output for 1904 as compared with
that for 1903. But the inevitable result
which follows taking more fish from a
stream than are replaced in it by nat
ural or artificial propagation Is begin
ning to show. Howard M. Kutchin,
special agent of the Department of La
bor and Commerce, has just made an
exhaustive report -on the situation In
A'aska, in which he states that the
"hatchery operations, except in a few
instances, areso trivial and" valueless
as to bp unworthy of consideration. The
orjoectation that the Government will
-engags in this important work has en
couraged most of the packers to not
even observe perfunctorily the regula
tion, and many of the smaller ones feel
that the pecuniary burden .would be in
supportable." Such was the hatchery situation on
the Columbia a dozen years ago, and
the indifference of the fishermen to the
warning that should have been con
veyed by the decreasing catch is re
sponsible for the extinction of the July
run, as well as later-runs, doomed to
meet the same fate unless there is more
rigid enforcement of law and increase
in the output of the hatcheries. Alaska
fishermen will do well to profit by the
mistakes -that have been made, farther
south. Failing to do so, the industry
that has yielded more than the mines
of the territory will soon dwindle Into
insignificance.
MEETING ONE'S NEIGHBORS.
Between the part of the city wherein
the saloons are clustered, and the parts
wherein, saloons are not to be found
there is but little intercourse. The
imaginary "deadline" is almost as ef
fectual a barrier as the magic circle
drawn by a wizard to imprison some
mortal wight, and the spectacle of two
contiguous communities pursuing aloof
ly their separate ways is thus presented
in the City of Portland, as in all others.
The people of one district tread streets
that are lit up by the flare from in
numerable halls of dazzling light and
are encumbered by the wagons that
enable one to dine frugally "a la cart";
the people of the other districts go
home along quiet streets that are a joy,
more or less, to members of the Civic
Improvement Association: Now and
then a collection of musicians ventures
from the other side of the dead line
and makes a brief tour of the business
districts with, a view to advertising the
musical and dramatic attractions of
fered at one of the North-End amuse
ment places. Beyond this there is prac
tically no exchange of visits, and a la
mentable state of Ignorance concerning
North End life and manners exists
among the church members and Sun
day school pupils of the city.
Something has been done tb remedy
this state of affairs. Headed by a
band, large numbers of men and
women and of boys and girls on Thurs
day night crossed the imaginary line
which had hitherto held them back as
surely as a barbed-wire fence, and pa
raded past the "houses that Incline
unto death." -Youth is curious about
such matters, and the opportunity of
gratifying curiosity was not to be let
slip. The North End, Inspeoted thus,
was a disappointment. It was the same
as the heart of the city, except that
the saloons were bigger and more be
tinselled, and windows and transoms
glowed red instead of white. 'Not such
a bad place, the North End; indeed,
more attractive at night, from the out
side, than the more sombre parts of
town.
So it is that today many boys and
girls have been below the deadline,
and most of them, it is probable, are
disappointed. Something more wicked
than electric lights was to have been
expected. The boys and girls have seen
the people of the North End, and the
people of the North End have seen the
processionists, and neither side has
seen much to wonde at in the other.
Both classes are human. Now that
good relations have been established,
they may see more of each other.
THE rXTIXATIVE.
The reserved power of the people is
now proposed to be brought Into action
in several measures through what is
called "the initiative," or "the referen
dum." A substitution of direct for rep
resentative government is thus to be
effected. Few persons when voting
for the necessary constitutional amend
ment recognized how serious was the
issue involved. -Now, however, we are
face to face with theories carried Snto
actual practice.
If 5 per cent of the legal voters con
sider the interests of the people will
be served by reversing an act of the
Legislative Assembly the referendum
is invoked. So the voters at the next
general election may be .called on to
say by a majoritj- if the recent gen
eral appropriation act shall, as a
whole, be either adopted or rejected.
If rejected no act can take Its place,
'in all or in part, mntil the next legis
lative assembly meets. No modification
is possible by this action; it is all or
none.
The initiative is another weapon in
reserve in the people's arinory. Lret
us see how it is proposed to use it at
this time. It is now a matter of pop
ular .conviction, and was so long before
the last Legislative Assembly met, that
lands within the scope of the grants
of the railroads and wagon-road com
panies in Oregon had either escaped
taxation or had been insufficiently
taxed for many years past. It was
broadly stated that the taxes on such
lands "for thirty or forty years past,"
and on a basis of value to be there
after ascertained and set, could be
collected if only a law wore passed.
Bring forth the initiative, is the com
mand. Some exceedingly adroit law
yer Is called on to devise a law which
can be kept within the bounds of the
Constitution, and shall not be knocked
out by the first court that passes on it
as ex post faqto legislation. He does
his best, and his production Is to be
copied-into, the petitions and submitted,
first to S pe cent of the legal voters
for their signature, and then to, the
voters at the next general election. So
plain an appeal to the current wind
of doctrine that the corporations should
be taxed, and taxed hard, will come to
the average voter, and he will think he
sees the way open to shoot to kill. It
is true thatnhe law regarding the ini
tiative passed In the session of 1903 al
lows a pamphlet stmpoptlng the law,
and one in opposition to it, to be bound
up by the Secretary of State with the
copy of the law to be by him provided
for each elector. Possibly these may
be read by some voters, probably not
by manj of them. Then this law is to
come to be voted on at the general
election as a whole no correction or
modification possible and it Is to pass
by an affirmative majority of the votes
cast on it. But it has also been said
that buyers of lands from the state
have avoided proper taxation by hold
ing their deeds unrecorded. This doubt
less is true, and if so, is an abuse that
should be ended in the quickest time
possible. It Is suggesteH. however, that
room can be found for this in the Initi
ative bill about back taxes, and thai
such taxes or past years can be so
made collectible from present owners.
So this device is to go in with the other
to be voted on by the people.
The only advantage of the initiative,
if It Js 'successfully used on this meas
ure, is that -the lan wiH come into
force as soon as the Governor can. issue
his proclamation as to the result of
the ejection, and by so long in ad
vance of the meeting of the next Leg
islature. The objections are, first, that
the voters must swallow the law whole
or reject it all, and without debate.
The much more serious objection is
that a measure of this order does not
partake of the nature of "an emer
gency, but should take Its regular and
approved course through the two
houses of our Representative Assembly
with submission to the Governor for
his approval or veto as constitutional
ways have long required. Short cuts
are dangerous. A reserve should be
but sparingly and cautiously used.
DEPARTURE OF THE NINETEENTH
INFANTRY.
The embarkation of the Nineteenth
Infantry today on the transport Bu
ford for the 'Philippines will be an
event of great local interest. The boys
in khaki have been much in evidence
about the city for the pastfew days.
Whllethere is a lurking sympathy
in the hearts of many, if not most peo
ple, lor the soldier destined to more
or less hardship and certain discomfort
in what is still regarded as a foreign
land, sympathy of the sturdier sort Is
not enlisted for the soldier who deserts
in order to escape the legitimate re
quirements of miiitary service. It
might be wished, instead, that all of
the young soldiers upon whom this re
quirement has fallen might take the
allotment in a. manly way, with the true
spirit of soldierly obedience and by In
telligent care of his body amid strange
and perhaps trying surroundings com
plete his term of enlistment In good
heart and with credit to his country
and to his own manhood.
The term of enlistment is short as
compared with the years of the-average
human life, and beyond it lie op
portunities for usefulness and enjoy
ment to those who take up its duties
sturdily and discharge them manfully,
while the deserter is in a sense a mor
bid man through life, pursued by fear.
If not overtaken by punishment.
The departure of the "Second Oregon"
seven years ago will be remembered In
this connection by many still young
men who belonged to the regiment,
shared the discomforts of the passage
from San Francisco to Manila, on &
hastily equipped, poorly provisioned
transport and endured the hardships
of a very trying campaign against the
rebellious Filipinos. There were those
who came not back with the regiment,
young men who went In the Springtime
of life to honored graves. But these
were few, relatively speaking, and it
is not probable that one of them would
rather have lived as a deserter than
died as a soldier.! Certainly not one of
the survivors regrets his experience in
the Philippines, or the yielding to the
patriotic impulse that drew him
thither.
Hard service is not the worst fate
that can. come to a man in the morn
ing of his life. It is the steel against
which the flint of duty often strikes,
generathig thereby the fire of purpose,
without which life is a. tame and rela
tively useless thing.
So to the young soldiers of the Nine
teenth Infantry, many of whom gp
out from American homes, followed by
the affection of parents and the solici
tude of friends, The Oregonlan sends
greeting and good cheer. May the voy
age of the good ship Buford be safe and
speedy and her living freight be dis
embarked in the. strange port to which
It is destined, full of hope and health
and courage.
RUSSIA AND FINLAND.
The Russian government has been
driven to concede two points in Fin
land's contention for the restoration of
her ancient Tights. One of these rep
resents the rarest of all of the griev
ances of the Finnish people against
the broken faith of Russia compulsory
military service of the empire beyond
the limits of Finland. In lieu of this,
however, that province will have to pay
a contribution to the imperial treasury
of $2,000,000 in the same way as the
Mussulmans of the Caucasus pay $240,
000 Instead of furnishing their quota
of troops, the arrangement to last
three years. Ardently as the Finns
desire freedom from what is to them
foreign military service, they are not
prepared to accept it upon these terms.
"All or nothing" seems likely to be the
answer of the Finnish Diet to the
grudged and heavily laden concessions
of the Czar.
Russia, can at any time repudiate a
promise without deigning to give an
excuse. The Japanese government
found this out early in its diplomatic
experience with that country. The
same thing was brought painfully -and
appallingly home to the Finnish peo
ple when the promises of past rulers
of Russia, which Nicholas ratified upon
his accession, were ruthlessly broken
and their constitutional liberties were
taken away. The Finnish Diet can
therefore be excused If it sees In this
pretended concession a scheme to tide
over the conscription levies nextmonth,
0 be set aside at will when the empire
is at peace abroad and able by its ac
customed methods to compel peace at
home.
WORK FOR INDIANS.
The industrial feature of the Gov
ernment's Indian policy has met with
many discouragements and reverses.
In theory, for many years past, reserva
tion Indians have been taught to work
on their lands by men hired by the
Government for that purpose. But, as
is well lenown. they have learned littlo,
even in the simpler arts of agricul
ture. They are indeed about as thrift
less, shiftless anad lazy a set of peo
ple as ever mocked civilization and In
dustry with their worthle3sness. Be
tween the spoils system in politics in
the Indian service that has foisted
broken-down hacks who knew nothing
whatever of the. matters in hand, and
the Inherent laziness of the Indians
themselves, the way to their industrial
advancement has been sadly blocked.
These two elements in conjunction
have made the Government's Indian
policy halt long on the threshold of
achievement.' Something, to be sure,
has been accomplished, but practical
results have been meager indeed, com
pared with the enormous outlay in
money by the Government and the
glowing promise of many fine-spun
theories.
Ivt last, however, the Government,
through its agents in the Indian ser
vice, has found work which it is be
lieved the Indians may do acceptably.
In several sections of the . arid states
and territories large irrigation works
are now or are soon to be under con
struction by the Government. It has
"been found that Jndlans can dig ditches
JiitCfiPtJ? nXier a llUa necessary
seasoning of their muscles. They can
also be made useful in road-bullding,-much
labor in which is required in
connection with the construction of Ir
rigation works. This work will not,
of course, be permanent. But for sev
eral years there will be plenty of op
portunity In these lines for a number
of Indians to demonstrate thebr. earn
ing power and general usefulness. Al
ready In the work under construction
In the Milk River country, in Montana,
a number of Indians are employed, and
in that soon to be begun in the Kla
math , Basin others will be given a
chance. By the time the work Is done
and the land becomes available for
agricultural purposes, It Is believed
that the Indians who have in the mean
time become accustomed to work and
wages will make capable farm hands.
"White labor in those seotions is scarce.
Thus far there are no "ditch-diggers"
or "road-builders," or "farm hands" or
ganizations to, interfere with the em
ploying power on the basis of race or
color. The plan has therefore nothing
at present to contend against, except
the Inherent and stubborn disinclina
tion of Indians to work.
Now that the coming. Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition haS
brought into theMimelight of publicity
the recprd of two brave explorers,
many thousand men and women
throughout the country seek distinction
by a claim to blood ties with the path
finders.. Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, in col
lecting historical facts on which she
based her latest book, "The Conquest,"
learned all there was to know about
the families of Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark. In a letter to The Sun
day Oregonlan, to he published tomor
row, Mrs. Dye by the statement of two
facts shatters false ancestry from a
multitude of pretenders.
Japan's merchant fleet has been in
creased during the period of the war,
according to olficlal tables now Issued.
Six steamers weTo sunk by the Rus
sians, six were lost at sen, and seven
teen were sunk in the various efforts
to block the entrance to Port Arthur,
three vessels making a total tonnage
of 67,730. Foreign purchases added
fifty-three steamers to the merchant
navy, and five were built at home, giv
ing a total tonnage of 1-M.25S. In ad
dition to this, twenty-three large
steamers were captured by the Japan
ese warships before February, and the
number is still being increased.
In Portland, as elsewhere, the sea
son for choicest roses is short, though
we have certain varieties that bear
from June to December. Other flowers
are In demand throughout the Sum
mer for the garden, the t living-room
and the dining table. Complying" with
a request from the Civic Improvement
Board. George Often, a practical florist,
has written an article on annuals
which will be published in The Sun
day Oregonian tomorrow. It deals only
with flowers that are easily cultivated
and that are certain tc yield rich re
sults. Already European statesmen are dis
cussing the probable course o Japan
and Great Britain when the war shall
come to an end. A coalition against
Japan would be offset by the aid of the
British fleet, if the present agreement
should develop into a" permanent alli
ance between the two countries. To
gether, Japan and Britain could be su
preme in Southern and Eastern A3ia.
Separated, two European navies could
bottle up the Japanese and Russia
could probably take India.
It is perhaps not important whether
Portland has a good baseball team or
not, but It will be gratifying, all the
same, if it shall have one. Portland
has won the first two games of the
baseball season against Los Angeles,
and appears to have demonstrated that
her ballplayers are "all the goods."
There is no species of Insanity so com
mon as the baseball craze, and none
quite so delectable. The cranks, there
fore, are in for a happy season.
The publication Cliarltles devotes
some space In its last issue to three
laws passed by the last Oregon Legis
lature the juvenile court, probation of
prisoners and indeterminate sentence
and gives an adequate review of each.
It adds:
It is somewhat remarkable that Oregon
should have succeeded in passing- at one
session three such progressive laws. -They
did not go through without some momontum
generated by public sentiment and a lorce
lul croup of citizens.
JCew York's latest sensation is af
forded by a young French girl who
"loops the gap" in an automobile, the
machine flying nearly fifty feet
through the air, striking the platform
upside down and righting itself on the
upward slope. The performance occu
pies four seconds, but the chance of
seeing a horrible death makes up for
the brevity of the thrill.
hThe Nineteenth Infantry goes away
with the good-will of all Portland and
the Northwest. Its officers are gentle
men and soldiers and the rank and file
are all Americans, which is another
way of saying that they are also gen
tlemen and soldiers. May the Nine
teenth have a safe voyage, good health,
much glory and a speedy return.
A dispatch from Harbin says the
Japanese are testing the Russians'
strength. Probably the correspondent
mount that they are testing the Rus
sians' weakness.
The crusade has done much to Intro
duce the North End to the notice of
many men, women, boys and girls
whose .knowledge heretofore was only
hearsay.
From Monte Carlo Itself writes Henry
Watterson: "If we must gamble, give
us the horserace." Isn't roulette un
certain enough for Colonel Watterson?
"Prominent citizens" in St. Peters
burg are mentioned for assassination;
in Portland they are mentioned for
Mayor.
For every "head of the conspirators"
the Russian government captures, a
dozen spring up.
Professor Meany and Ezra' Meeker
will at least agree 'that Chief Leschi
was hanged.
Santo Domingo Is much agitated by
the prospect of tranquility.
Perhaps Xa Aneies is luring us on.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Captain Malley, of the Fourteenth In
fantry, tell3 several stories of the Irish
man as soldier. One illustrates the man
ner ifi which "Kelly and Burke and
Shea" are to be found In every fight, no
mattor where or between whom it Is
fought. A number of American oflicers
at Cavite were watching the arrival of
a body o Spanish prisoners of war, tat
tered and hungry-looking. One man sud
denly stepped from the Spaniards ranks
and, saluting an American officer, said in
the strongest brogue, "Any chance of get
ting a job in your army; I think- it's
about all up with this wan."
Another is of a captain who had just
got a new company. Looking down the
muster roll he saw the names run
O'Brien, Maloney, Murphy, Sullivan,
O'Flaherty and so on. "Is every man
in this 'company Irish?" said the captain
to the sergeant. "There's wan Swede
but he doosn't have much to say," wa3
the response. '
Another story illustrates , the cheerful
way in which the Irish soldier takes
things as they come. A detachment was
on the march in Idaho in wet weather.
The country was full of gullies, in each
of which ran a stream of muddy water.
After wading through a dozen of these,
a man turned to a comrade In the middle
of a wider stream than usual: "Did you
ever cros3 water on a bridge?" he
asked.
Both men and women should be inter
ested in the following edicts of fashion,
compiled by tho Intcr-Ocean from the
decisions of those great organizations
which mot in Chicago on tho same night.
As some of them conflict with one an
other, tho reader will have to go by the
authority hQ -thinks has most weight.
White THE color Xgr 1005.
The S'shape, hour-glass, figure has. arrived.
Be a strap-hanger to develop yodr figure.
"Rubber" to set, a beautiftil, rounded neck.
Suspenders for women will be the rage.
Sleep In your corsets to mold your form. -Miss
Elizabeth White, at Dressmakers' Pro
tective Association.
Almond blue Is THE color for 1005.
The wasp-llko figure Is the proper thing.
Plain colored hosjery and buttoned shoes
for correct dressers. ;
Away with the pompadour or eyebrow
drooped hair.
Baro arms, no matter how ugly, are the
tad.
White Or red ties never are worn by men
who are .good dressers. lime. Baker at Na
tional Drcasmakert Association.
Gray evening dress Is proper; o are red
neckties.
Pegtopped trousers have had their day.
The corsct-llke coat, with oxceaslvo drap
ery, is here.
Mdon.shaped pockets and braided vests
are correct. Chicago Merchant Tailors Pro
tective Association.
"We are curious to meet one of Cliicago's
"good dressers" in "the corset-like coat
with excessive drapery."
Prune crop damaged, says rumor.
April 1, says the calendar.
"No presonts accepted." was the notice
givon guests invited to a Tecont wedding
lnnXew York. What was the object In
being married then?
Revelations of an International Spy.
chapter v.
1 THE FATAL ERROR.
By "Q. T."
(Synopsis of previous chapters: Monsieur
"Q. T." receives a massage from the Grand
Duke Twlrlyvltch, summoning him to St.
Petersburg. The hand which thrust the
message through the roof 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 shoul
der, shows that she knows tho famous agent,
and Is about to disclose a secret, when the
gate of the palace opens nnd the Czar ap
pears. A bomb is thrown, and after the
smoke clears away Monsieur "Q. T." sees his
former landlady, who Is also. It appears,
tho Czar's trusted friend and agent of the
peace party.)
"Monsieur Q. T.," said the Czar, speak
with with such force and deliberation
that each word seemed to fall upon the
silence like a drop of "dam chowder on
a restaurant floor,
"You
must
end
the
war."
Tho Czar then entorcd tho palace.
"I must end the war," I exclaimed.
"You hoard what Nicky said," rejoined
Olga, She afways called the Czar
"Nicky," despite tho expressed objections
of the Czarina.
"Yes," said I, "but how am I to end
the war?"
"I should think a man that could beat
me out of five weeks' room rent could
do a little thing like that," rejoined Olga.
"All right," I said. "Tell the Czar and
Twlrlyvltch that the war will be ended
in six weeks, and by me."
Turning on my heei, I left Olga before
she -could again touch upon a distasteful
subject.
At the 'corner I ran-slap Into Maxim
Gorky. "Have you read my latest book?"
he asked.
Occasionally I am truthful. "No," I
answered.
"Hore It is," said' the author, thrusting
tho volume into my hand. It bore the
title, 'Drivcllings from the Delirious
Doad."
The moans of ending the war was in
my hand.
(To be continued.)
"I see that an interview with you ap
ncars in Note and Comment this morn
ing," said a friend to John Manning yes
terday. "That wasn't an interview," declared
Manning, "that was a joke!"
And then he saw that his denial was
superfluous.
WEX. J.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chleego News.
Many a poor bootblack shines in society.
Absence of dough is apt to make bakers
crusty. 4
Laws may be repealed, but it'? different
with oranges. y
A man is? apt to take affront if request
ed to take a back sent.
A solf-posseFscd woman Is one who
failed to acquire a husband.
Microbes seem to have scn enough
to" pass up tobacco and whisky.
A man may be fast asleep and too slow
to get out of his way when awake.
If a married man thinks he Is tho head
of the hcus that's all that is neeessnry.
Nearly overy man you meet knows a
sure remedy for a cold, but he never .tries
It on himself.
You will never know how small some
great mon "are unless you have occasion
to ro to them for a favor.
When the right young man calls on a
pretty girl the old man doesn't hnvo to
squander any of his hard-earned coin for
a patent gas-saver.
S And She Isj
Atchison Globe.
A school teacher considers she is broad
if she admits there arc good people, In
the yorld who use bad grammar.
-
Midnight's Terror.
Atchison Globe.
One of the' most terrible things in tho
worlttt Croup in the house and 'no goose
grease. '' "
. VJAISTEJ) MOKEY."
The Hartford Times has some excellent
remarks on this subject, which recently
has been brought ' into general debate
through the offer hy John D. Roekefeller
of a large sum to the American Board of
Foreign Mission?, and hesitation of cer
tain members of the board to accept it.
The gist of the article by the Times Is
that if the members of the boards and
others, who are so deeply impressed with
a sense of Rockefeller's misdeeds, will
pursue their investigations they will find
that no small diflloulty confronts those
who would determine when money offered
for public objects is tainted money,and
when It Is clean money. Take the case
of the millions so generously dispensed
for the spread of Christianity by Miss
Helen Gould. Can anybody who objects
to tainted money accept a dollar of it?
Not if we have remembered directly the
methods by which Jay Gould laid The
foundation of the great fortune which has
been so abundantly increased by his
shrewd and thrifty pons. Take the Carne
gie millions which go to help on so many
worthy objects. We have always under
stood that Mr. Andrew Carnegie wae quite
as earnest a stickler as Mr. Rockefeller
for lower railroad rates for his products
than were enjoyed 'by his rivals.
It is known also that the men who
formed tho steel corporaton and paid Mr.
Carnegie 50.000,000 fpr his steel works
only did so when they found that the
canny Scotchman was going to duplicate
plants in which they were largely inter
ested, and probably destroy their busi
ness. They bought him out to get rid of
him as a competitor. Is not the Carnegie
money tainted? We fear It is no cleaner
In the sight of the Lord than Mr. kocke
foller's money. And there are rich men
and rich families in almo& every com
munity whose fortune are "tainted" in
similar ways. There arc in Portland for
tunes whose beginning would not bear
examination better than many of the rest.
The Hartford paper expresses the fur
ther fear that the outcome of the agita
tion about the quality of Rockefeller's
accumulations may not be helpful to the
general cause of religion, in the first
place Mr. Rookofeller is a devoted mem
bar of the Baptint Church. This is a
very largo communion, composed of most
excellent people, who are, we believe,
quite up to the moral level of the mem
bers of other Christian denominations in
this country. We have yet to hoar any
intlmation from any Baptist source of
any doubt about the acceptability of Mr.
Rockefeller's gifts for pious objects.
Some of .the leading Baptist' clergymen
have already gone so far ns to -express
satisfaction with the tumult among the
Congregatlonalists In Boston about the
Rockefeller gift to the American board,
on the ground that It will tend to Induce
the Standard Oil millionaire to confine his
gifts for religious work to denominations
which do not raise any question as to
the propriety of accepting what he offers.
In view of Mr. Rockefeller's high stand
ing In thewBaptist organization they nat
urally resent as an Insult the suggestion
that Mr. Rockefeller gives to other de
nominations in order to buy support and
Indorsement of business mothods that are
un-Christian and illegal. But if the agita
tion must go on we shall venture to hope
that a good many of the clergymen, who
are so sure that Mr. Rockefeller's money
is unworthy of being applied to sacred
objects, may ascertain whether what is
really troubling them Is not the way that
Mr. Rockefeller got his wealth, but the
fact that he has .got so much of it.
Pull Out "The Push."
Roseburg Plaindealor.
The standard demanded by Prealdont
Roosevelt to qualify for a Federal ap
pointment in Oregon should be fully ac
cepted by the Republican leaders of this
state. The crowd that' wants the Federal
appointments now pending in Oregon con
tains tho names of come excellent men
and a whole lot of poor ones. The Plain
dealer believes the time has come when
superior qualifications, honesty and strict
Integrity should be taken into more seri
ous consideration In making such ap
pointments. The drunkard, the gambler,
tho slot-machine fiend or the man other
wise careless and reckless In his conduct
should receive little consideration at the
hands of the delegation. Neither does the
party owe a man anything who merely
worked his position in tho Legislature to
get some club over the delegation. Too
many men are holding Federal office all
over.'the country whoso positions are due
mor6 to pull and push and graft than to
any relation they occupy toward the
masses of the peoplo or to any superior
qualifications which they may possess.
It Is time a higher standard was estab
lished in Oregon politics. ,
"Bad Examples" Not Good.
Albany Herald.
Tho Oregonlan is having trouble tgaln
with tho theologians. This time it is on
account of a revivalist reformed from
some previous condition farther than
average from the mark, and The Ore
gonlan criticised the taste and wisdom
of tho appearance of this particular ex
horter as such. One grows weary
of the brand of oxhorter who boasts that
he was a sinner above other sinner, and
implying that he is now a light ns bright
or brlgh'r than other lights. To come
out of the dust is a worthy thing, if the
coming be to a better habit of living, but
no law, human or divine, requires con
stant working over the old experience.
Decent present living does more good in
an hour than years in a library full of
bad examples.
Japan and Her Foreign Trade.
Detailed figures of Japan's foreign trade
for 1004 up to December 1 show a sur
prisingly small effect from the war. WTien
the returns are analyzed It appears that
Japan's foreign trade has remained prac
tically stationary. The lnorease of pre
cious years Is not shown, but at the same
time there Is no sign of retrogression.
One cause of this somewhat unexpected
showing is unquestionably the fact that
for the greater part of the time. Interrupt
ed only by the raids of the Vladivostok
cruisers. Japan has held undisputed com-mnnd-bf
the sea. This has given confi
dence to merchants and encouraged trade.
Will Vanish. A
Indianapolis Star.
The last semblance of friendship be
tween Willfam J. Bryan and Thomas
Watson will .vanish when thoy get into
a row over the circulation figures of
their rival papers.
Poor Fellow. ,
Atchison" Globe.
An Atchison man Is so small compared
with his wife that he is called a hue-bandettc.-
The Jewel.
New Tork Times.
She was very red of feature
And we didn't know her name.
Yet with rapture wild we hailed Ker
When the Kew Girl came.
She was rather shyon cooking:
And she couldn't iron a shirt,
And she spoke a foreign language
In a way extremely pert.
Not a reference she save w.
Naught of sweeping could she do.
And she sat up with admirers
Till tho clock was striking twe.
Yet you'll understand our feelings
And the rapture of the same,
Eor wp bad a little daughter
When the Nev Girl came.
T0T. GOOD PREACHING;
There s a More Excellent Way Than
the "Shocking Example."
Walla Walla Union.
Down in Portland there Is a big revua!
on. which is participated m by preachers
of all shades of belief and educatoa. Or a
of them, "a reformed sport." is telling
In public the mean things he used to
do before he "got religion." It our opin
ion it would be more seemly, would pro
duce a better impression on the minds of
all if the "reformed sport." who te r
deavorlng to lead men. away frm evil.
for that matter if all preachers, whether
"straight goods." or the "bawled" art:,
cle, would confine their public tttleran-e
to depicting the be&uties and joys of a
pure, virtuous life, rather than to
tompts to harrow up the saute f th-i-hearexs
by vivid descriptions ef the ba
lives they have led. A man wh canno;
by his word pictures make virtue attrac
tive to old and young without comparing
it to the vice he has wallowed in Is n-''
the best leader of men. "Follow my tea-v.
ings. not my example." wag tb 0ft xi
pented utterance to his congregation
the prenchor who would fall from gra?
and get drunk.
Human nature is peculiar. When mn
are told that certain things are bad. ad
particularly if their badnosa is vfrckUy 4
scribed by one who bos been bad. tb"
are very apt to desire to try if Uk corjl
tiona will produce like rcsalts in thr
"I want to see the folly of It. to.-
what the boy said to his father when b
parent, after refusing the 'bey perrafcT"
to attend daneng school. addd, l hv
aeon the folly of it."
New York's Intellectual Jews
New York Observer.
The Hebrews of New York, the at
mass of them living down on the sc
Side in the tenement crowded tcgrpr.
working fiercely for bread, often dr
terriblft condition, are kenly lateHewa!
Every Hebrew child goes to the jbH.
school. That is why the schools fw
York are overcrowded; for If a In
proportion of Hebrew children att4srf
school than the proportion of other nre
the schools woukl not b full. TheH
brews have 161 schools in Nw Yarj t
take the children in the afteriKHMi jfcK
they come out of the public school nd
teach them to read and write Hl"w.
and to understand their religion.
synagogue is a club where the eMetperc
spend much of their time debating; rear
questions. The Educational AtltanrcKHn.
pany (Hebrew) bos a huge phtnt tMcwt
a quarter of u. million dollars, down the
East-Side tenement roskn. aitedpvitH
educational classes, club, leetures. Jhra
ries. all day and half the night, mnxa
erable other clubs ami rhtsses deep all
questions. Male Hebrew immigrantfe-. e;i
tho poorest and th most sordid wncer?.
are gatliered into Hebrew night sjifc
whore they are taught to read anwiite
English. The text-book Is the constl'i
of the United StRtes. They have h st
of daily and weekly papers of thoiriwn.
Walking through th Kaat-SMg Greets,
in the tenement region, one ohservj with
admiration the magnificent head t the
long-coated, long-be&rded. often rwxy
maiu heads of the typical Intellertvi. Cal
vinistlc type. Their children are ttKfrtgbt
est in the public schools, and. wever
poor the parent, mutltudos of thei pres
on through the high school, the ponnal.
the college, and crowd the nrrsltl
They are rapidly becoming a majority
among the teachers of the fe York
schools, and very good teaah tJwf
make. These are the people of th
word! They are filled with Wgl, the
love light: ;
Commended by Good Seise.
1
Roseburg Plalndcaler. ,
Been use The Oregonian critloied the
propriety of tho subject "Frori Sport
ing Life to Preaching." selected by
Rev. D. S. Toy. one of the Portland
evangelists, on which to discoicse. if
being an exposition of his orfc pnsr
follies, strong resolution? were massed
by the various Portland churche con
demning The Oregonlan Tuesday even
ing. An extract from The Oregvnian
editorial follows: "But isn't silence
about such a life better than exposition
or exploitation of it for sensational
purposes? Is It edifying; an k. b
oonduclvo to the cause of truth and
virtue, for one like Brother Toy to tell
how bad he had neon?" The Oregon -ian's
questions seem pertinent. tlraeW
and to the point, and there are a
great majiy people enjoyinp: the repu
tation of possessing good, sound hors
sense, who will heartily eommand it
criticism of the rather sensational Rev.
Toy.
Tax on Automobiles.
Springfield tMass.) Republican.
A bill providing for a tax of J- pe
horsepower on all automobiles b
10-horsepower has been favorably re
ported in the New York Senate. Freight
carriers are exempt. It Is estlmatM
that thi6 tax would yield at loat -000
the first year, with the prospect of
a steady increase toward $l.tM.9e
eventually. The receipts are te s In'
a state highway improvement funl
The justice of such a tax is hardly open
to question. The touring car automo
bile is first and foremost a Inxur
and the extent to which the drivers of
such machines have everywhere
"hogged the road" will moke the Im
position of such a tax more than wel
come to the humble users of the high
ways. New York's example wouM
seem worth imitation.
Good Man for Governor.
Irrigon Irrigator.
Hon. E. L. Smith, of Hood River. Is
being urged to enter the race s candi
date for Governor, but seems unwilling
to do so. The Irrigator is of the opin
ion that no bettor selection could be
made by the voters than Mr. Smith, and
ha ought to be made to see that It I
to the interest of Oregon that he allow
the use of his name. Thre 1s no Bn
in the state who would be snror of
election, if nominated, than the genial
president of our associated develop
ment leagues.
Ruth.
Japan Waekly Mall.
When Rath, the pride of MeaVa w imatef
ba?e.
To Bethlehem came. th twIHcht h hr hair
And 1r her face the sunrise, whe might shar
Her morning walk afteld. hr gleaotag ):,
Her friendship tru. her han that kaw at
wrong.
Found never evening httf, nwr )ahr hag.
Wen Id I might wal hesM ifcec. gentl
nath."
Th- seul sereRF, thy heart ef Mime-it truth.
Treading with bueyant step thy -Hltts of
Teuth!
In Life's wMe field thy haad Its s4e doO
Behind the sturdy reapers, and when es
Calls all to reet'Bo richer shall he sefi.
Upon no human arm dost then depend,
guffleiont If thy shining Lord atn
Thy brother and thy lover and thy firlead.
No gentl- Hps thy childhood's efcMk c.v
reused,
No pillow thine of woman's tender beaat.
Cnmethered and uailstcred and maMasc
With what rude kill''a boyish haad majf gals
I dried thy tears and soothed thy ehfldtsb
pain
And waked thy smile te sunshine after rata.
In girlhood's charm, 1r woman's grace
arrayed.
With what large wealth the eft hast eer
paid The meager loan, the Insufficient aid!
That filial part which lay beyond my hands
Far wandered over seas and ewer ktade
Thtou madest thine own. and met Hs high
demands.
God give thee peace and jey and leva and
rest.
Till, in his shining presence. weleme gnevt
And 'faithful servant thou shall stand cea
fescedl .