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In coun tries that sympathize with Japan rather than with Russia, and have admiration for the splendid fight which Japan thus far has made, there is very serious apprehension, because of the perilous situation in which loss of her command of the sea would place Japan. It would cut her armies on the continent off from their own country, and would place Japan at the mercy of Russia, unless other nations should interfere to prevent the execution of a vengeance that would mean her virtual annihila tion. Other nations, we said; but Great Britain is the only nation that could be at all expected to interpose. Russia's naval armament In the China Sea Is considerably greater than that of Japan. It is greater In vessels and men and guns; but the question whether its fighting force is greater is one that can be settled only by the test. The Japanese fleet -Rill have need of all the superior qualities of strategy, dar ing, celerity, gunnery, skill in the use of torpedoes and every other weapon which it has been supposed to possess.' Acci dental circumstances too conditions known to men as fortune or even as luck may play large part In this mo mentous affair. But skill, judgment. quickness and courage remain the qual ities that will tell; and on these Japan bases her hope of emerging triumphant ly from her present supreme peril. For all Japan knows that her existence is at stake on this battle, and her fleet Is prepared to fight with this knowledge of what is expected of it. COAL AS A FACTOR. What coal will do for industrial growth needs no remark. It falls under every one's observation. An immense proportion of the recent development of our Southern States rests on coal before the Civil War un known. There was nothing of any con sequence in coal production in the South in 1860. Since the war Its growth has been enormous. This may be made plain by the following figures from the Manufacturers' Record, a trade paper of ijauimore, wnicn prints taoies snowing growth of coal production (in tons) in several Southern States, viz: 1870. 1880. 1800 Virginia 61.000 43.000 784.000 West Virginia 608.000 1.820.000 7,384.000 Tennessee 133,400 495,000 2.169.C00 Kentucky WO.fiOO 946,200 2,701.400 Alabama 11,000 323.000 4.090.400 1000. 1004. Virginia 2.393,704 3.500.000 West Virginia ..............22.647.200 30,500,000 Tennessee 3.509.500 4.750,000 Kentucky ....... .-... : 5,328.900 7,095,000 Alabama 8,394,200 11,252,000 The growth Is prodigious. Not only is the "coal crop" great In itself, but It Is also the source and support of other immense Industries. It is plain and manifest that the South, which yields raw material in abundance of the most important articles of use, being the possessor of this vast store of coal, is destined to be one of the most Im portant manufacturing regions on the globe, and only awaits money and. en terprise for the development of its enor mous natural wealth to become an in dustrial wonder of the world. And, since coal is In this day the great source of material power. It Is ap parent that a chief need of our Pacific States is development of coal supply. Herein, as The Oregonlan has often re marked, is one of the directions in which our energies In these Pacific States ought to be employed. Portland and Oregon have made and are making fine progress in all development, ex-, cept that of coal. This lags; and it holds back everything else. But the coal is In these states, and we must get at it. ' Has Admiral Togo been governed by an excess of prudence in delaying the great sea fight that must come in the China Sea? Has the fear that he might lose some of the vessels that constitute the relatively small naval force of Japan caused him to remain in rendez vous until the fleets of his formidable. adversary effected a conjunction that makes the naval power opposed to him to "all appearances overwhelming? Ib he. In obedience to a rush order from Tokio, steaming: now to defeat and dis aster? Or will he by wiles yet undis closed and resources made quickly available be able to save his fleet and inflict vital injury upon that of- Ro- jestvensky? The world awaits with In tense interest the answer that it Is be lieved -will be given by the greatest sea fight In" modern times within a few days. THE EXPOSITION TO DATE. People in Portland are never tired. nnce the Athenians or ow, of hearing and seeing some new thing about the Exposition. The city Is large enough to undertake and carry through a big en terprise, and small enough for a com mon impulse of interest to run through the whole community. One thing all are proud of Is that the foresight of the management Is justified ty the pre paredness of buildings and the forward condition of installation of the exhibits. so that It could be officially stated 'that on June j. tne aoors win De openea on a completed Exposition. What was made impossible by the gigantic scale at St. Louis is made possible by the more moderate undertaking at Port land. What is shown more clearly day by day Is that our sister states have adopted the Exposition as their own. This, though hoped for, was hardly ex pected. California and "Washington spare neither money, skill nor effort to show the world how bountiful Is Dame Nature on the Pacific Slope. But the display of the products of studios, workshops and factories will astonish fully as much as the outcome of one short century of conversion from sav agery of forest and wilderness to fruit ful field and smiling homes. Old World arts and Industries have been receiving the newest of New World develop ments. As time passes and comparison between the various structures is pos sible, our Forestry building retains its pre-eminence. Nothing like it has been seen. All instructed observers will no tice the reproduction of the ancient Doric pillar of the Grecian temple of the earliest architecture in the forms of the splendid tree trunks from the for ests of the Columbia upholding the massive architecture. The dim and cool interior of the building, with its sense of subdued coloring, size and space, suggests the vaults of a huge cathedral of the woodbuilders of old. Whatever the fate, of other structures, the For estry building must surely never be de stroyed. So each day adds to the scope of the display, and, as the litter and strew of construction disappear and the natural beauties of the site stand more clearly out, the sense of pride and satisfaction grows, and more and more Invitations go lorth far and wide. Come and see. OUTLINES OF AN INDIAN POLICY. Francis E. Leupp, United States Com missioner of Indian Affairs, outines in a clear, comprehensive way, in a recent number of the Outlook, the Indian pol icy of the Government as he sees and tries to administer it. In brief, it Is the policy of individualism as applied to the treatment of Indians the effort to de velop the initiative In these people and to throw them upon their own resources in making and maintaining homes and in the accumulation and care of iirop- erty. Mr. Deupp starts -out with the as-. sertion that the commonest mistake made fcy the Well-wishers of the Indian is the assumption that "he is simply a white man with a red skin; the next commonest is that, because he is a non-Caucasian, he is to be indiscrimi nately classed with other n on -Caucas ians the negro, for example." Common observation of the manner of dealing with the Indian readily at tests the truth of this statement The result of these mistakes, especially the first one. Is seen in the degeneracy of the Indian from the standard of sturdy, independent savagery to a low grade of civilization, if that can be called civili zation in any sense of the term that supplants such native characteristics as are in a degree admirable, by vices that are in every way abominable, and leaves its subject neither a savage nor a civilized man, but a nondescript, who has no place in the economy of Nature. To the end that the Indian may not be further demoralized by the policy that has developed above all things else the pauper instinct and contributed to his native indolence and irresponsibility Mr. Leupp says we must reckon with several facts. The first of these is that nothing can be done to change the In dlan who lias already passed middle life. In this It must be conceded that he Is not unlike other men. Fixity of habit is not a racial trait, but one alto gether human. The very quality of steadfastness, which when well applied is admirable in all men, will keep him an Indian of the old school to the end. With the younger adults, continues Mr. Leupp. we can do something here and ther(?t tut our maln hope Hes with the voumflli ceneration who ar still monK. urably plastic. This was the theory so strenuously urged by Captain M. C. Wilkinson, the first superintendent of what Is now the Chemawa Indian Industrial School Optomist though he was, he felt that the blanket Indian of the smoky, mal odorous tepee, who had passed from a boyhood of idleness through the early years of manhood in increased Indo lence, and on Into middle life in sodden laziness, content with what this condi tion brought him, could not be made to appreciate even the commonest of what are known to civilization as the "con quests of life." Everything depends upon an early beginning and the devei opment of character. In the words of Mr. Leupp, "efforts must be directed to educating rather than instructing In dians. Learning is a secondary consid eration. When we get to that our duty is to adapt it to the Indian's immediate needs." 'He estimates that of the 30,000 or 40, 000 Indian children of school age in the United States at least three-fourths will settle in that part of the West which is still styled the frontier. -Most of these will try to. draw a, living out of the soil; a less part will enter the general labor market as lumbermen, ditchers miners, railroad hands, etc. "If any one can show me," adds Mr. "Leupp, "what advantage will come to this large body of manual workers from being able to reel off the names of the mountains in Asia or to extract the cube root of 123456789, I shall be deeply grateful." Here we have a distinct note, of utili tarianism injected into the eternal song of Indian elevation and reconstruction Proceeding In this strain, Mr. Leupp says: To my notion, the ordinary Indian boy better equipped for his life truggle on frontier ranch when he can read the elmpl English of the local netvipaper. can writ a short letter. Intelligible though maybe HI spelled, and knows enough of figures to dis cover whether the storekeeper Is cheating him. Beyond these scholastic accomplish ment his time could be put to its best use by learning how to. repair a broken harness, haw to straighten a sprung tire on his wagon wheel, how to fasten a loose horseshoe with out breaking the hooft and how to do the hundred other bits of handy tinkering which are so necessary to the farmer who lives thirty miles from a town. The girl who has learned only the rudiments of reading, writing and ciphering, but knows also how to make and mend her clothing, to wash and Iron, and to cook her husband's dinner, will be worth vastly more as mistress of a log cabin than one who has given years of study to the ornamental branches alone. This training accomplished, the only chance In Industrial life for the Indian, as well as for the white boy, is to set him to the task of taking care of him- self. Many individuals unable to keep up the pace may fall by the wayside and be trodden under foot. This Is the case withlhe strugglers of every race. It is the stern, uncompromising law of the survival of the fittest. Deeply as we deplore this possibility, we must not let it blind us to our duty to the race as a whole. TRADE WITH THE FIHUPPINES. Complete trade statistics from our de pendencies across the Paaclfic are a lit tle slow In coming to hand, but the Government has just received the com plete figures on the foreign commerce of the Philippines for the ten months ending October 31, 1904. The Imports for that period reached a total of $25, 418,189, compared with $29,320,156 for the same period in 1903, and $27,618,014 in 1902. Exports -were valued at $24,700,5S7 compared with $26,101,405 for the corre sponding period in 1903, and $22,056,595 in 1902. Hemp exceeds In value all other products exported from the Islands. the total for the ten months reaching a valuation' of $17,633,310, of which the United States received 47.499 I tons, valued at $8,443,524, while to the United Kingdom were shipped 47.513 toales,valued at $7,793,113. The value of the Imports into the islands from the United States Was $4,363,683, and the exports to the United States were valued at $9,394,050, a loss of something over $1,000,000 compared with the same period In 1903. The United TCine-dnm cwms to hiivA th KtmnroEt Tini nn ttn rnne trade with the Philippines for imports frnm tViof m.-rt t $1,614,765. although the United States made a slight gain over the same period in 1903 by shipping to the amount of $245,000. The most significant feature in con nection with these Philippine trade sta tistics lies in the statement regarding the nationality of the vessels which handled the exports and imports. Brit ish vessels, of course, led all others in the trade, Spain second, with Germany close third and America fourth. It will be another year before the com merce between the Philippines and American ports will be at the mercy of the American shipowner, but the figures regarding the carrying trade to and from the islands last year are suffi ciently alarming to demand immediate effort to prevent extension of the coast wise privilege to vessels plying to and from the Philippines. As previously mentioned, the import and export trade between the Philip pines and the United States for the ten months ending October 31, 1904, amount ed to $13,757,733. Of this amount, im ports to the value of $2,283,326 and ex ports valued at $2,064,317 were carried In American bottoms, all of the remainder being carried by foreign vessels, -which, I If the present law Is not repealed, will next year be barred from the trade. Everyone at all familiar with the ship- ping Industry knows that there Is an insufficient number of American vessels now in commission tohand!e the trade J as satisfactorily and economically as it is handled by the foreign ships. Great difficulty 1 experienced on this coast in securing American ships to carry freight to Manila as cheaply as it would be taken by the foreigners, and yet. with the Government favoring Ameri can vessels, they handled less than one- third of the traffic between the islands and this country during the period last year. These figures foreshadow what was predicted when the nefarious measure placing the Philippines under the coast- wise laws was passed that is, the for- eign ships will continue to carry the bulk of the trade to and from the Islands, but instead of carrying it to this country, they will take it to coun tries to which all flags look alike so long as they fly over ships that offer a prompt and economical conveyance of freight to and from the Philippines or any other port. The act of Congress which extended the coastwise naviga tion laws to the Philippines should have been entitled "An act to restrict the trade of the United States with the Philippines." CHANGE IX STOCKRAISING METHODS. Men representing the livestock Inter ests of the great range districts foresee In the near future a radical change in stockgrowing methods. While the free- range system, unuer conditions of sparse settlement, has been immensely profltable to a few, it is held, with rea- son, that the restricted range, under conditions of intelligent fencing, a pro- tected pasturage and forage crops grown under irrigation, will be equally profitable to the many. The difference will lie In wjder distribution of wealth through the medium of the stock Indus- try, carried on by those who are known to the trade as "small' stockgrowers." The great ranges have, been repeated ly overstocked by Eastern capital, with a result in many instances, of enormous loss to investors. If the. effect of this overstocking had stopped here, it would not have been serious, but the worst effect of this policy (or of method. which lacked intelligent policy) was the keeping out of small stockmen and farmers. Nothing of permanent value was left to the country by the old pro cess. On the contrary, the effect was to drain a vast region of Its chief asset by utterly exhausting its wealth of pas turage and leaving it more specifically a "wilderness" than it was before. Following this destructive policy, cat- tleraislng on a smaller scale has been Introduced. The aggregate in output has not suffered, but the Industry has yielded its profits to a much larger number of men. Pastures have b'een fenced and protected by the "rest sys tem" required in plant life as well as In animate Nature; alfalfa and other forage crops have been grown for Win ter feeding; and, best of all, homes have sprung up over wide areas where, under the old system, the shanty of the herder and the corral at the shipping point were the only signs of human habitation. At a late convention of the Stock- growers' -Association - in Miles City, Mont, a case in evidence; of the. success of the new method of fencing and for age over the "free range," against which hot contention still exists in por tions of our own state, was cited, wherein a well-known sheepralser was running . 30,000 sheep on the same ground upon which his predecessors failed with 4000. In explanation the speaker simply said "alfalfa and man-J agement did it" Of course "management" without "alfalfa" would not be able to score a success of this kind, and alfalfa be comes a possibility upon the semi-arid lands only through irrigation, Hence the stockman's hope under the changed conditions that are pressing upon his business is in irrigation and in personal holdings of land, the grazing of which he can control. - i The homebullding spirit will press I forward indeed is pressing forward In I sunDort of this hone and' plan. .The time will no doubt come when the small stockraiser will be to the livestock In dustry what the small farmer is to ag riculture. The term "small" in this con- nectlpn Is. of course Jf" but it means the springing up of homes and schoolhouses over a wide region that has heretofore been given over to herds and flocks and their homeless, half-savage caretakers. It means also a diffusion Instead of a concentration of wealth through the stock industry. and eventualy an end to the disgraceful warfare waged between rival elements I upon the open ranges. The St. Paul Globe Is to die. It was started in opposition to the Pioneer Press, by special Interests that thought they -wanted a newspaper to promote, support ana iurtner uieir own various scnemes. sucn ventures into newspa- perdom have been very common. But after a career of twenty-three years, during which It has sunk a, great deal ot money, the Globe Is now to glVe up t-he ghost. Such Is the fate, soon or late, of every effort to establish a news paper as an auxiliary of the schemes of capitalists, or to make a public journal successful on any basis other than re gard for the distinct purposes of jour nalism. Such efforts are still continued, I nere and there, but they are less fre- auent than formerly, and after a while will Drobablv cease altogether. 'As the tail of the kite of capitalistic syndicates, th npwsnanpr npvpr siicrpedfi. Monev I may be at command In abundance, but invariably It is found that money can't make such newspaper "go." Possibly, even probably, the newspa per men of Washington who were in want of story, have laid too much stress on the notion that John Barrett, Minister to Panama, was out of favor with the Administration, and would be recalled. Barrett has ever been a fa vorite with the President, and when he went to Panama he well knew what the President wished to do. As an effective agent of the Administration's Panama policy, his superior could not easily be found. Barrett has quick perception. strong resolution, and has acted throughout with the one purpose of pre serving conditions that would keep the peace and maintain the rights of the United States upon the Isthmus. It seems probable that the newspaper cor respondents were in need of a story and that conjecture has supplied it. It is as well to wait for further advices. A momentous question has been set- tied for another year. Mrs. Donald Mc- Lean, of New York, has been chosen president of the National Solcety of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her chief competitor In a spirited con- test was Mrs. Sternberg, 'wife of ex- Surgeon-General Sternberg, who on the final ballot polled 322 votes to 362 for her successful rival. In evidence of the statement that women have learned to control their feelings and not "show temper" in the face of opposition and defeat may be cited the fact that the victorious candidate in this election gave a largely attended reception in the evening following her triumph, at which I harmony aiyl general good feeling pre- I vailed. .1 I Amonjr the interesting allegations made In connection with the Equitable scandal is the statement that Chauncey I Depew has been on the society's I payroll for thirty years at $25 000 per vpar Thirtv time $. 000 iq S750 000 which, with 6 per cent interest, would amount to about $1,000,000. If the Sen ator were to be called on to make resti tution of $1,000,000, It might occur to j,im that a directorship In the Equitable Is not such a cinch after all. He might be required to show what service he has rendered for that great sum. Is it be cause he is a "peach"? Or a United States Senator? Or otherwise useful to other directors in th'eir schemes? Quite possibly Patrolman Carlson hit William Edelman, the park loafer. harder than was necessarj. It is not the business of a policeman to be gen tle. But what was Edelman doing with a pistol, and who can justify him for trying to kill the policeman? Perhaps the weapon was not loaded, as Edel- man's friends say. But what of It' Carlson was under no obligation to ask. nor to assume that Edelman had any purpose but to shoot. If the author- itles discipline Carlson, it will be most encouraging for idlers with pistols who desire not to be disturbed while sleeping on the grass. One Portland woman, not lacking in pride or good taste, believes with Ed- h'ard AtkInson- th! noted economist. that a woman can dress on $65 a year. Mpre than that, she knows It, because she has done It. Her opinion, as well as half a dozen others, will be published In The Sunday Oregonlan tomorrow. Easter falls this year within two days of as late a date as it Is possible for it ever to fall. There is an infallible rule for' findlng Easter. Take the 21st of March, the vernal equinox, as the start- ing point. Easter then will be the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 21st of March. Wisconsin has driven out the cigar ette, and now proposes to tax the bachelor. There is nothing left for the bachelor but to come to Oregon, where he can smoke himself to death. Wisconsin has passed a law which forbids all sale of cigarettes within the state. Why not tobacco in all forms? We may all be interested, to know just what will be the style of Council man Rumelin's plea in abatement. Evidently it is a long time "between bears for Mr. Roosevelt NOTE ANDCOMMENT. What? Roosevelt a guest of honor at the Iroquois Club of Chicago! Has the millcnium rally come? Will St. Peter dine with Satan? Jimmy Hyde seems "to have hold of tfle hot end of the poker. And now Jawn Gates scalp alorn3 Armour's belt. Maybe after a while these trade highwaymen wjll learn to respect their chief: one wav for steam railroads to pro- tect themselves from, electric lines is to Mohlerize their local- trains. f Johann BluebeaYd Hooh. wants a Ger- man jury. Wonder If a few months hence He will ask that the -rope be of German manufacture? That Front-street bridge is a never- ending source of surprises. Next! - '"What would ' tho surgeons Jo," ki1l 1, tt,. i-c... "I tho 1 jorlty of persons hud' their appendices ' . . retuuveu nunc mey were in ijciicui. i nealthr Tney would clip coupons from bonus bought -with the fees and patient- ly wait for the minority. . F. Augustus Heinzc. of Butte, gets another "top of column next to live reading matter" position by a court vie- tory over other pirates. Afer a few days at Monte Carlo, Mr. Hay "felt stronger" but the amount Is not stated. Lillian Russell says that the Sunday theater Is immoral. Well, after 30 years. sh oujrnt to fcnow. A Chicago university professor says it would be better for the country if the Rocky Mountains ran cast and west in stead of north and south. Respectfully referred to the - Interstate Commerce Commission. An exchange remarks: Some people seem to think that, instead of "James H. Hyde and associates." It ought to be written "James H. Hyde and accom puces. About a year ago Dr. Gray lost a wallet cnnuuninjr a large sum ot money, says ino oaraen uuy rieraia. He offered a liberal reward for Its return, but the party who found It thought tho whole thing was better than the reward. The other day the doctor entered his coal- house, and the first thing he saw was his wallet, and protruding from the end was a card bearing the inscription: "Doc tor, please fill this prescription again." The Rev. Henry C. McCook. pastor emeritus of one of the oldest and most fashionable churches In Philadelphia. tell3 of a Scotchman who left the Presbyterian Church and became an Independent. The deserter was taken to task by the Pres byterian minister. "Sandy." began the minister, "I'm jorry to find that you have changed your re ligious Inclinations. 'A rolling stone gath ers no moss, Sandy." "Ay, minister, I ken," responded Sandy, "but canna ye tell me what guld th moss Is to th' stane?" The late Baron de HIrsch, the Jewish financier, was dining, at a German noble man s nouse in company wun a certain Prince, who made no secret of his ven- omous antipathy to the Jews. Courtesy proved no barrier to the outflow of his spleen. Remarking upon a tour he had made in Turkey, he said he had been favorably impressed with two of its customs: "All Jews and dogs that are .caught are Immediately killed." The Baron; with smiling sang froid. Im mediately relieved the scandalized con sternation of the other guests with bland rejoinder: "How fortunate you and I don't live there." The poet-lauroate of the HoldenvJlle Tribuno breaks forth into song to the praise of Theodore Roosevelt: Hello, Ted. old boy. we greet you with joy: we're glad that you're In the great west; throughout, tne wnoie land wo II sive you a hand of friendship, and all that is best Indian Territory s pride Is at a high 1 t,de when your name is heard on the plain land of the fair God, where wild I beasts have trod, Is the place for you to remain. Your life is a hope to massos who grope in labor's rough tumbles out here; hence we fondly bring to you everything that harbors on thoughts that are dear. We'll give you the bear, soul, body and hair; chase and kill and eat and be glad; we'll give you the woods and deliver the goods), and frolic that you never had. We'll make your life blest with joys of the West; we'll loan you our homes for shelter; we'll gve you our money. Indian Territory's honey, and boasts that roam helter-skelter. There's nothing too high for him who Is nigh to the heart and home of his kin; to us you're a man whose glories will span climes where others have never been. Chape down the rabbit as though 'twere a habit; chase down the wo1v.es and coy- otos free: chase down the bea3ts nnd live on feasts; chase down the worry with glee. And when you leave you'll then believe that we're all that we claim to be a people of thrift, who push and who lift the blisses that thrive on life's sea. At Gibraltar. G. E. Woodberry: I. England. I stand on thy imperial ground. Not all a stranser; as thy bugles blow. I feel within my blood old battles flow- I The blood whose ancient founts in thee are found Still surging against the Christian bound Wld& Warn presses; well Its people know Thy heights that watch them wandering below: I think how Lucknow heard their gathering ound. I turn, and meet the cruel, turaaned face. .England, 'tis sweet to be so much thy son! I tfce conqueror in my blood and race: Last night Trafalgar awed me, and today Gibraltar wakened: hark thy evening gun " Startles the desert over Afrlcai Thou are the rock of empire, set mld-aeas Between the East and West, that God has built; Advance thy Itomah borders where thou wilt. While run thy armies true with his decrees Law. Justice, liberty great gifts are thcae; "Watch that they spread where English blood is spilt. Lest, mixed and sullied with his country's ruilt. The soldier's life-stream flow, and Heaven dis clease i Two sworda there are: one naked, apt to smite. Thy blade of war; and. battle-storied, one Rejoices in the sheath, and hides from llzht. American I am; would wars were donet Now westward, look, my country bids good- nisht- Peace to the world from porta without a gun! CONFESSIONS OF A YELLOW JOURNALIST All the World's a Fake, sad Mea. and Women Are Merely Faker, la -tie Axiom Followed by SensatlonalVPrens. , (Public Opinion -Is printing a series of ar ticles from a prominent writer on a widely circulated newspaper, describing the methods of the yellow press. The Incidents he gives are said to be correct in every detail. Follow ing are extracts from the first installment:) Two or three years more than 20 have gone since what Is known today as yellow journalism was projected. It has passed through many stages. It has been laughed at. It has been scoffed at. It has been regretted, it has been excoriated, it has been damned. The scheme which directs this journal ism was conceived at a psychological mo ment in the evolution of the great centers of population in this country, especially New York, when what are called the pa- Ders of the old school were no longer able to mold public opinion. These papers real- Ized that their force and power were on the wane, but tradition ruled with them. They had ideals and they had policies, and fifv onuM nnt- ht-ine tomsPIWR tn fOIlOW where they had led so long, . , , Journalisrn saw that he raust take them. sciVes seriously. Ridicule was the first weapon with which the older establlsh- ments In tho newspaper craft attacked tnen, and the.. Darried it with an assumed seriousness which, with time and the growth of the power which circulation has put in their hands, has become an essen tial part of their life. Soon after the first step it was realized that the news of every day would not meet the requirements of the new depart ure, which made It necessary to print something different from other papers. The aristocracy of the "ICO" could not be made to marry and give In marriage to order, neither could they be made to buy titles for their daughters nor possess themselves of line jewels and gowns, nor even play the different parts in the com edy of the divorce court. This condition had to be met. and it was met by the making of news. That was the dawning of the day of the fake story. The cxhaustless harvest of Inaccuracy, misrepresentation of facts, and the en largement of the most inconsequential events into matters of seeming import. wnicn mam me reports oi news, w suu . then. The sowers knew their ground; J masses of the American people exaggera tion; they understood the temperament of the ordinary American, whose elastic perspective Is pleased to apprehend only that which strikes upon his ear as being abnormal or remarkable; they grasped his good-heartedness, his vanity the romance of him. v In the beginning the perversion of facta was not different from what it Is today, except that mechanical skill and scien tific genius and a little art have made tho process a more rapid operation which permits of greater variations. Typesetting machines, the typewriter, the telephone, the Increase in telegraphic and cable fa cilities, the camera all these have come to play their part in the scheme, as they have in every phase of human activity. but the- principlo of the yellow system Is unchanged. All the world's a fake and men and women merely fakers, Is the paraphrased axiom which haunts our omces. Looking out unon the world from this point of view, we workers in the yellow houses of the craft become cynical. Our vision Is distorted or clouded by the shadow of the business office, which forever keeps re peating. "Do not offend v a class. Steer clear of advertisers. Keep your eye on the circulation." It is then that we real- pTJTr nnmATirtXT OC DA IF WAVC o 1 A 1 C UCOtt. 1 1UH ui hhiliihio Chicago Evening Post. At a time when a number of enthusi asts are striving to convert the Amer ican people to the belief that munici palities and the State should own and operate all public utilities: when oven our own administration has acquired pos session of an important railway line and is reported as preparing to compete with the transcontinental roads as a commer cial rival on a large scale, and when there is a strong public sentiment hostile to the methods heretofore employed by th private corporations engaged in transpor tation, the rsports of 'the strike of JW.- 000 railway employes on the railways of Italy have an interest to our people greater than that of any other foreign news of the day. A large part of the railways of Italy are owned and operated by the state, c...,r.o. rii Tiac traveled in Italv has had experience with the objectionable features of these state-operated roads. While no sen-Ice In that couniry ap proaches In comfort, regularity and speed the sen-Ice of moat American railway?. those lines that are under State control are particularly unsatisfactory. Baggage -ost or damaged frequently, and there are many cases of absolute looting of luggage by railway employes. It Is pos sible that citizens of Italy may be able to obtain redress, but a foreigner never. What would be the use of suing the Gov ernment? And now trh railway employes have aken offense at the action of the Govern- mcnt in introducing and mipportlng bill In Parliament that will enable tho railway department to have a reason able amount of control over the roads and their workmen. Without going into the question whether the bill Is necessary or not.-It is sufficient to note that this strike has come up on a clearly political ...,ilnn namaK- tho attitude of the GOV- crnment toward a bill pending before tho Chamber of Deputies. I It offers a valuable contribution to tne discussion concerning the operation of public utilities by the State or munici pality, especially in this country, where the rule of the majority controls the law making power. The Italian railway strike shows that wherever the state enters Into the commercial field the men who are engaged In doing that class of work are given a double amount of Influence. As voters they form a compact alliance that might be capable of determining the choice of President: as workmen they have the power to disorganize the busi ness of the country" in case their de mands for 'specially favorable legislation should be refused. The people of this country may as well face the situation that. Is now Impend ing. A considerable oody of hungry "outs" are anxious to get in. They failed eight years ago owing to theories they promulgated that alarmed the sound -business sense of the people. They failed again four years back because they had learned nothing and had no living reason for seeking the support of their country men Last fall they planned a humiliat ing defeat for their own leader In order that they might secure control of their party machinery for the campaign of 1903 and resuscitate some of the dead crazes of 1895, Suddenly an accident, a combination of curely local causes in Chicago, has given them what they have long sought a new craze with which to humbug voters and straightway we find the free silver luna tics of 1S96 again In the saddle, striving to. herd the Democratic masses Into the municipal-operation corral. . They haven't the candor to call them selves State Socialists. They do not dare to c6me out boldly for the full flower of State Socialism. But every vote or voice In favor of municipal or State operation will hasten the day when individual en terprlse and ambition will be chloro- f6rmed and put to sleep. That Is the di rect tendency of the public operation of public utilities ize that we are simply part and parcel .of a commercial Institution, and we think of a clerk behind a counter, offering the goods of his employer for sale, and we say to ourselves, "What difference does it make? I am not to blame. It's the peo ple on the outside." But one cannot afford to drift into this line of thought often. When one of us begins to moralize, except in so far as the needs of a story require, he becomes useless for yellow newspapers. There Is something In a yellow news paper office which we call human Interest. Philosophers write of it as the scheme of human emotions, but whatever phrase one may choose to express the idea, the one demand of the yellow newspaper bus iness Is that we shall play upon that scale and no other. Man and woman, woman and man and here Is the basis of all working material. The day provides" the variations of treatment., and when it fails to do'so. the process becomes a process of mechanics. Here is an instance of the rule of hu man interest. The return of the Bald win Antarctic expedition a few months more than a year ago we told In a stlck-two-Inches of type, and in the same is sue we used more than a page to tell the story of the sordid murder of a factory girl in a town more than 100 miles distant from New York. The law of "making good" is an inex orable one within the yellow realm. It is invoked in every phase of the production of columns not filled with advertising. It grips the beginner with a force which, with his enthusiasm, often carries him beyond bounds, to do things which in calm moments make him blush to con template. Yciing men and young women are sent by city editors on assignments which the editors themselves know to be Impossible, but with the Injunction. "Don't come back without it." meaning the story, "and pictures." I remember the Incident of a boy but a few days In an office, whose eyes did not see things as they really were, who waj sent to report a burglary. The yellow news asset of the crime lay in the fact that it had been committed in a "'fash ionable locality." and that a young so cletv woman, who lived ODPOSlte thf ohc . hmt!8. hj,,, tn11 ti, nollce that sr.- tnougnt she 'had seen the burglar. SH repeated this statement to the cub re porter, and added that possibly she might be able to Identify the housebreaker That boy had bec told when leaving the office to bring back a picture of the young woman. She refused to give him one. He returned to his office with a story which related graphically how the young wom an had seen the burglar emerging from her neighbor's home; how she knew on the Instant that he must be a burglar: how she had rushed from her own home calling for the police: how she hcJ caught the criminal and grappled with him and been knocked down, "rendered uncon scious." and then, to cap this remarkable tale, its author presented to his city edi tor the young woman's picture in a leath er case which belonged on a table in the front room of her home. She had re ceived the cub there. There was no reas oning as to the probability of what the reporter said. "That's good work." said the city edi tor. But I called that-Jad aside and told him that he was a likely candidate for a state institution. I accused him of hav ing stolen the photograph, and asked him why he had done It. "I would have been fired if I hadn't." And that is the snirlt of the game. Get a thing bv honest means it you can. but if von can't well, get it anyway- But get it! SALARIES OF STATE EMPLOYES Woodburn Independent. The statement that the effect of the threatened referendum upon the general appropriation la already being felt by the employes of the state Institutions. that those desiring to realize upon their vouchers at the present time must con sent to a discount of 15 per cent and ac cept S3 cents on the dollar has or should have no bearing upon the question in hand. In fact, it is foreign to the sub ject. It Is. possibly, an effect, but not of the substance Men who accepted positions In the state offices did so In the full knowledge that the referendum brake was liable to be applied during their In cumbency or that a legislative body would fall to organize. If they are dis satisfied with the present pecuniary con ditions attached to their work, they have the privilege of resigning and seeking private sen-ice which pays dollar for j dollar. There Is. doubtless, a sufficient. f number of capable men who will fill their places and not growl at the peo ple seeking to teach a legislative body a wholesome lesson, save money to the taxpayers and break up the normal school ring. In Prohibition Missouri. Kansas City .Star. It is one of the Ironies of circum stances that bibulous citizens of:' Kan sas City in rum-soaked Missouri have to emigrate to Kansas City In prohi bition Kansas now when they wish to slake their thirst on the Sabbath day. The new Police Commissioners in the larger Kansas City have decided tn enforce the closing of the saloons on Sunday, and last Sunday was the first day that the order went Into effect. It Is asserted that there was a con tinuous stream of thirsty people coming across Into Kansas, and that the saloons in the lesser Kan?as City did an extremely flourishing business. For 20 year the officials of the clty on the Kansas side have deplored thn fact that they are unable to enforce prohibition because of helr proxim ity to Kansas City. Mo. Only a street divides them, and it has been- easy for the thirsty populace of the Kansas town to step across, into Missouri and drink to their heart's content. Now the temperance people of Kan sas City, Mo., deplore their proximity to prohibition Kansas, because It keeps them from having an absolutely "dry" Sabbath. Governor Folk's new Police Board Is said to have absolutely closed the saloons on the Missouri side last Sun day, despite the fact that the Mayor did .not give the movement his hearty approval. If this can be accom plished on the Missouri side, would it not be possible for the officials on the Kansas side In a much smaller city to enforce prohibition to a degree at least, if they were so disposed? Setting Him Right. Catholic Standard. "J don't know whether you've no ticed It." said Bragg; "I don't know why It should be. but I can't, help re marking how much the girls always make of me." "How careles you are becoming in your speech." said Knox; "you left a word out of that sentence." "Eh? What's that?" "The word 'fun' after 'much. " Unsupported Statement. Kansas City Journal. "I did not make this world," says Franklin MacVeagh. Does Mr. Mac Veagh really expect the country to reverse its opinion on a mere unsup ported statement like that? A Correction. Brooklyn Eagle. No. gentle reader. Mr. Roosevelt is not the author Of "Wild Animals I Have Refused to Meet." The rial composer of that volume is the in ventor of a popular insect powder.