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PORTLAND.
TUESDAY. MAY
1905.
IT IS A n STAKE.
Mr. Albee. who seeks the Republican
nomination for the Mayoralty, is a very
estimable man. Should he obtain the
nomination, The Oregonian would sup
port him. But to large numbers of our
citizens his candidacy would not be
commended by certain appeals made
for hini among the churches (Protes
tant) of the city, of which the follow
ing, by Rov. A. W. Wilson, of the First
'Njjilted Presbyterian Church, is at once
an example and illustration:
What are you Christian Republican going
to do next Saturday? The only man who
asks your suffrage as a Christian man who
stand? 'or Christian principles. Is II. R. AJ
bee, and for him the Christian Republican
who will not repudiate his Chrlstlaulty must
vote next Saturday or fall to vote.
Such appeals The Oregonian cannot
but deem unwise. Is the Christian to
. .rule thu city? Is the. Christian Repub
lican to rrle it? Then is that Christian
Republican tp be Protestant or Cath
olic? Better leave these things out al
together. People who are not Chris
tians; people who are neither Protes
tant nor Catholic Christians; people
who are Jews or Rationalists, or Infl
dels ,as those are often called who do
not accept an "orthodox" faith, have
rights in our government, and a right
to assert theml Besides the general
code of morals, which must prevail in
government, is not Christian, it is not
Jewlsn. it is not Protestant or Catho
lie It cannot be monopolized; It Is uni
versal; it belongs to mankind.
Multitudes, therefore, will be repelled
"by the assumption that any creed or
section of Christendom has supreme au
thority in morals, or a monopoly of
morality. These all will vote against
any man .who may be nominated for
political and municipal office, on the
ground that he stands for-"Christian
principles." Moreover, the moment you
talk about Christian principles you
start the debate as to what they are,
among Christians themselves. This de
bate may not be public, it will probably
not -come Into the open; but it will be
carried on', in private intercourse and in
the forum of conscience, nevertheless
Better leave all terms that denote re
Uglons out of the political discussion.
For it cannot be too often repeated
that no religion has a monopoly of mor
als, private or public, social or political,
It is a mistake to drag religion or re
llgious belief into -political discussion
or to use In politics terms that imply
such method or Include such conse
Jiucnce. In politics we are not Chris
tians, either Catholic or Protestant; w
arc not Jews, nor Rationalists, nor Dls
senters, nor Arlans, nor Monophysites,
but simply members of a body politic
REVOKE THESE SALOON 'LICENSES.
It is evldant that the license commit
tee of the Common Council, in grant
ing a large number ot licenses to open
saloons in close proximity to the en
trance of the Lewis and Clark Fair
grounds, did an Inconsiderate thing.
If zeal to Increase the city revenues
was allowed to outrun the judgment of
the committee, to overshadow its civic
pride or to obscure Its moral sense, that
body should take counsel of popular
opinion, revoke these objectionable 11
censes, refund the money paid, and
thus do what can be done to correct
the mistake made in Issuing them.
Fanatical opposition to the liquor
traffic is one thing; prudence in the re
strlction of the number of saloons near
the entrance of a great Exposition is
quite another. It should take no argu
ment to convince the City Council of
this, or to ehow the license committee
of that body that a mistake which may
readily be corrected has been made in
issuing these licenses.
Multiplication of words upon this
subject, should not be necessary. The
public understands that, as -matters
now rest, something like thirty saloons
will be open for business within a few
blocks of the entrance of the -grounds
whn the. Lewis and Clark Fair is
opened, a month hence, unless the H
censes that Jiave been Issued for this
purpose arc revoked. Let civic pride
and an honest desire to serve the best
and hlgbeet interests of the city and th
Fair decide this matter promptly and
In accordance 'with public opinion that
has been -so freely expressed within the
past week. The presentment of the
case is simple; its moral is plain. To
admit the truth ot one is to acknowl
edge the force of the other.
CANNOT BE REVERSED.
We read In a paper of Eastern Oregon
that there are "scoundrels in all our
towns who are ready to allure girls
astray"; and' that "parents do not know
what perils surround their daughters
In these conditions." Both statements
are true. Society and government and
law should pursue such scoundrels to
the uttermost. But when it Is urged
that society and government and law-
must be looked to as the main defense
against these evils, and that the. burden
rests on the community rather than on
the parents, the reasoning is fallacious
and the result nothing.
Perhaps It will be asked if it Is really
true that "parents do not know what'
perils surround their daughters In these
conditions." No doubt In many cases
is. But why shouldn't they know?
And what right have such to be par
ents? The moral health and well-b'elng;
of the community must come through
the family. Very Inferior agents are
ociety and government. If parents
are ignorant or neglectful of duty, soci
ety cannot make up the deficit. Their
children, both sons and daughters the
latter especially will be liable to ruin.
Nevertheless, it is the duty of society
to extend to these parentless children
all the protection It can, and "to hunt
down relentlessly the monsters who be
tray or mislead them. -
But what The Oregonian wishes to
say once more Is 'this, namely, that If
parents are remiss, society and govern
ment canjiot be depended upon to do
their work. Government of the family
cannot be thrown upon society or upon
the state with hopes of success. Noth
ing can make up for lack of parental
responsibility; and it Is a serious ques
tion whether the evil consequences are
not increased by the suggestion to par
ents who are Ignorant, or thoughtless.
or Indifferent to their trust, that rem
edy may be found in appeal to society
and government. Society and govern
ment are In the final analysis simply
hat the family life of . the country
makes them. Neither the caupe, the
process nor the result can possibly be
reversed.
THE CZAIVS EASTER GUT.
Jn Holy Russia the ties between
church and empire have been of the
closest for 900 years. In early days the
people received or changed their faith
at the will or the Prince. Vladimir, In
A. D. 1000. received baptism at Kher
son from Greek priests as a sign of con-
erslon to Christianity. Returning to
his capital. Kief, he began by ordering
the idol Perun thrown into the Dnieper,
and followed It up by commanding the
entire population of the city to plunge
naked into the- river while the priests.
standing Tjy the Prince on the river
bank, read the baptismal service. Tra
dition. through the monkish annalist.
tells of the fruits of conversion for the
Prince, in that he ended wars, distrib
uted his revenues to churches and to
the poor, and eased the brutal punish
ments common to that age. Like
Prince, like people. Thence dates the
story of the orthodox Russian Church.
In the history of the same Prince ap
pears the "drujina," the band of war
riors surrounding their leader, devel
oped today in that bureaucracy whose
influence has grown with the centuries.
Russian Christianity was brought
from Constantinople, not from Rome,
and the division line between the two
forms stands today as hard and clear
as when, in its northern and western
expansion, the Russian power came in
conflict with the Roman Catholics of
Poland and Lithuania. It was easier to
conquer the peoples and to annex their
country than to extirpate their religious
faith. But the Iron hand of orthodoxy
attempted the impossible- The last
stage of the never-dying conflict Is
reached today In the May-day edict of
thq Czar.
Not satisfied with inspiring open war
with the faith of the Western Church
as a main part of the resistance of the
Polish people, the orthodox Russian
Church has held the same haughty and ;
unyielding front towards all and any
who claimed to exercise the right of
private judgment. Reformers have
been many, but their fate has been the
same. For priests and people, ortho
doxy and religion have been confound
ed, and orthodoxy, having Its visible
show in signs and symbols, fought for
them, the more bitterly for their triv
iality. When the Abbot Nikon, in the
reign of Czar Alexis, father of Peter
the Great, succeeded with the help of
his royal master in securing revision of
the ancient books of religion, he was
met by the textuallsts, who declared
that not a word, not a letter, but was
sacred and should not be touched. The
same conservatives insisted that to
shave "was a mortal sin; that seven, and
not five, wafers were essential in the
communion service, and that the faith
ful should die sooner than substitute
Iisus for Isus in the name of Christ.
In the Russian character, the aris
tocracy excepted, is a strange capacity
for suffering in defense of their ideals.
Once this enthusiasm is excited, with
some religious or seml-rellglous tenet
for its base, they go willingly, not
cheerfully, to death or evils on its be
half. On the other hand, there has
een no limit to the spirit of persecu
tion among the orthodox, which deems
no point of faith or ritual too small to
be enforced by the temporal on the de
mand of the spiritual arm, with no
sense of proportion of sin to punish
ment. The governing powers have
doubtless been sincere in their pursuit
of national unity through religious uni
formity. But the end has come at last
It has needed the compelling- powers of
outside crisis and internal unrest car
ried into the region of insurrection; to
enforce this surrender, for surrender it
is. It is a death blow to the haughty
Procurator of the Iloly synod and his
domination over outward acts of re
ligionbut what relief to Polish Cath
ollc, to Lutheran, to Stundist and Jew,
to dissenters of all types and grades, to
Mohammedan and Baddhlst. The. cage
Is broken and the birds let fly to all
quarters of the heavens.
The grandfather of the present Czar,
in his emancipation decree ot March.
1S6L set free nearly forty-six millions
of serfs from phj'slcal bondage, from
chains binding them to the crown, the
nobles, the church, and to the soil they
tilled.
Czar Nicholas II signalize this May
day of 195 by freeing- a number that
no wan can tell from as galling a bond
age. No rmd to bring Into array the
motives by which he ha eea fcoth led
and driven to tfete act. -If feeliae thre
by re-bound many of his people to his
throne and dynasty, time will tell. It Is
hard to believe that peasants in arms
for lands. Intellectuals ready to rise for
constitutional liberty, reservists herded
to the trains or the Par Eastern war.
sullen and mutinous, workmen striking
for rights to -more than starvation
wages, provinces rebelling against le
galized oppression that this sea, this
ocean of trouble, can be stilled by the
new decree. It would possibly have
availed more in an earlier century,
when national life was simpler, ran In
fewer channels, and when religious be
liefs and formularies counted more in
daily life. Doubtless it will be taken
for what It Is worth, hailed by many as
a real relief, but by all as in indica
tion of a yielding- spirit In Czar and
his surroundings, the end of which is
not yet in sight.
RAILROAD MONEY PLENTIFUL.
The alacrity with which foreign bank
ers subscribed thejbonde of the West
ern Pacific, and then begged for more,
indicates that there are some railroad
men in the country who can find money
with which to build a road where it Is
needed. The coming of the Western
Pacific will be a great boon to the Pa
cific Coast, and it is hardly within the
bounds ot reason to expect the line to
terminate at San Francisco without
forming a connection with the rich and
rapidly growing North Pacific States.
The coming of the Gould line to the Pa
cific Coast means that the day of rail
road competition is not yet at an end,
and the retirement of Mr. Gould from
the Union Pacific can hardly be Inter
preted as indicating anything else than
relinquishment of hope of effecting sat
isfactory connections for his Eastern
lines with the Harriman system.
The East has only recently begun to
grasp the wonderful possibilities for
trade in the Orient, and the marvelous
latent wealth of the Pacific Coast
States. Hill and Harriman, however,
seem to have had a pretty keen Insight
as to the value of this trade, and, prior
to the formation of Northern Securi
ties. It was apparent that they had di
vided the territory between them and
would develop It at their leisure. In
this division Portland and the Colum
bia River Basin got decidedly the
worst of the bargain. Mr. Harriman
had costly terminals at San Francisco,
and Mr. Hill was similarly equipped on
Puget Sound. Neither felt the necessity
of paying any attention to the interme
diate territory any further than that
Hill was to drain as much as possible
to Puget Sound, while Mr. Harriman
was to take similar action In the terri
tory lying south of a certain line.
This line, unfortunately for Portland,
seems to have been drawn by Mr. Hill,
and. for the past four years, -there has
been no more real competition between
the Hill roads and the Harriman roads
in this territory than there would have
been had the merger stood the test of
the courts. The Harriman policy of
backing down every time the Northern
roads put up a stiff bluff must have
been very repugnant to Mr. Gould, who
all of his life has been a fighter. He
undoubtedly realized that under the
Harriman regime the Gould roads In
the East were not getting the share
of the transcontinental and trans-Pa
clfic trade to which they were entitled,
and, seeing little or no hope for improv
ing the situation by a tie-up with Hill,
decided to come to the Coast over his
own rails. The development of Ore
gon's neglected regions by the Gould
systems will not, of course, be as sat
isfactory as would have been their de
velopment by the Harriman system
The Gould system. If it Is extended.
must enter the state from the south,
and, pending its arrival at Portland
and Puget Sound, much good traffic
will be diverted to California. With
the coming of a new road we shall also
witness a' renewal ot the aggressiveness
of the HIU roads. Reasoning from the
Hill policy In the past, this aggressive
ness will result In further encroach
ments In Portland territory by the lines
tributary to Puget Sound. All that
Gould will drain ajvay to the south be
fore he reaches Portland, and all that
Hill can drain away to the north, will
not retard or harm Portland as much
as she is being retarded and injured
by the present masterly inactivity of
the Harriman lines in Oregon.
With millions for betterments of the
trunk lines, improvements of terminal
facilities at San Francisco and branch
lines into mushroom mining districts.
there does not seem to be anything for
providing facilities for opening up Ore
gon to civilization. There was a time
when Portland, relying on the solemn
assurances of Mr. Harriman that he
would build to the Clearwater, to Cen
tral Oregon and to other isolated locali
ties, would have regarded his dethrone
ment with genuine regret. That time
has passed, and we must now look for
relief, not from Mr. Harriman or Mr.
"Hill, but to some Independent line, like
the Western Pacific.
Consolidation, monopoly and oppress
ive agreements are, ot course, always
possibilities, and they may be attempt
ed when the new line reaches the
Coast. There, is so much mone in the
world seeking investment, however,
that the desire to break into these
pools with independent lines will never
be entirely lacking. Growth of the
country and development of the Ori
ental trade may render it easier s
dozen years hence to float the bonds for
still another Pacific road than it was to
get those of the Western Pacific in the
hands of foreign buyers.
AGAIN THE HIGH SCHOOL "mATS.
It is said, on one side, that the
"frats," as developed in the High
School of this city, have as yet shown
no objectionable features. On the other
hand, some very objectionable features
have been plainly set out. Chief among
these latter, perhaps, is the clique or
ring that has been developed, that has
controlled class elections not by over'
whelming numbers, but by the tricks
and shifts employed by an organized
body against one that Is unorganized.
The question is whether it is wise to
foster within the student-body of the
public schools an element, the tendency
of which is unmistakably In this direc
tion, until such time as the class man
agement becomes an open scandal
which It will be Incumbent upon the
authorities to suppress, or to take the
matter in Its lnclplency and root it out.
In favor of this latter course Is a dec
laration of the wise man of antiquity,
to-wlt: "The prudent man foreseeth the
evil and hldeth himself, but the simple
pass on and are punished."
Professor Rigler is no doubt entirely-
honest Vo saying that he would scarce
ly have known of the existence of the
two fraternities and two sororities fa
cpnaectkm with the Portias High
Scheel, had not the papers called at
tentlon to the facts. The assumption is
that these societies axe se adt and
orderly as not to attract by their move
ments the attention of even the City
Superintendent.
Perhaps, however, there Is another
reason for this obliviousness to a very
patent condition of affairs In the High
School as a result of these secret socl-"
etles among stu'ents. It is sometimes
not convenient t. look too closely into
things that, as Mr. Rigler says, "may
stir up trouble" for the school authori
ties. Again the City Superintendent
has a wide area .e cover and he Is
physically unable to meet many of the
demands of bis position.
But, this aside, is not the dreaded
potency of these "frats" In the realm
of "trouble" a sufficient cause for eliminating-
them from the High School? Is
It not a fact that power without the
Judgment that comes only with matur
ity of mind, is a tiling to be avoided?
And is there any reason to suppose
that what "Doestlcks" denominated
"Youna Merika the Mighty" differs
materially In Portland from the effu
sive, headstrong, self-sufficient element
of this. type in other cities? Or that
students in the Portland public schools.
If permitted to take the bit In their
teeth, will not lead those who handle
the reins a swift and merry Jolt over
such Impediments as it will be neces
sary later on to place In the road, as a
check to their hilarity, frivolity and
assumption of superiority over their
classmates? Should we not rather be
reasonable about this matter, and ad
mit that children are children the
world over? Should we not" insist as
long as they are pupils of the free
schools they are not men and women,
but boys and girls? And that, in the
Interest of all concerned, they should
be Induced by such means as are neces
sary to postpone entrance into secret
societies until their public school days
are ended? If to take this stand Is to
"hunt trouble," Is It not the part of
wisdom to engage in this hunt early,
that the "trouble" may be more readily
handled?
The Seattle Times has an appreciative
editorial review of the hotels and res
taurants of Seattle, which it describes
with much enthusiasm and somewhat
pointed comparison with other cities, as
the finest to be found anywhere.
Everyone knows that Seattle has good
hotels, and everybody who has been
there knows that they charge good
prices. Butr as the Times says,, "we
mention these things simply to show
that iMhere should happen to be a rush
to the Lewis and Clark Fair, as we
hope there will be and they do not re
ceive the accommodations which they
had expected to receive because of in
creased numbers then all they need to
do is to come up to Seattle and be roy
ally entertained." We shall hope to
take good care ot all visitors, to the
end that they may go away with a
fine impression of Portland, hotels and
restaurants Included. If they go to Se
attic, we shall take the Times' word for
it that they will be well fed and well
housed. The thing that is really inter
esting about it all is that -Seattle is
sprucing up to get the Portland over
flow.
The Pacific, a church paper of San
Francisco, speaking of certain recent
events in Portland. Including The Ore-
gonian's criticism of Mr. Toy, because
he told publicly the wickedness of his
former life, says: "The Oregonian has
always been a law unto itself. Until
recently It has had the dally newspa
per field in Portland and largely
throughout Oregon. But another daily-
was started two or three years ago.
This, however, has not Improved The
Oregonian, for the new paper was at
once much more on the sensational line
and The Oregonian has been led to
cater somewhat to the element liking
that kind of a paper, and has accord
ingly deteriorated." This is highly In
teresting. Evidently the Pacific has a
fear that The Oregonian has been af
fected by a bad example and will try-
to follow it downward. We assure the
Pacific that It makes a mistake.
Nearly 22,000 Immigrants arrived in
New York last week, and the number
to arrive on steamers due this week is
25,000. All previous records In the im
migrant business have been broken sev
eral times this year, and when Jhe av
erage runs up in excess of S000 per day
at one port, the effect will, sooner or
later, be felt on industrial conditions
throughqut the country. Women and
children, of course, make up a consid
erable portion of the crowd now pour
ing in Irom the Old World, but in the
two weeks" "receipts" mentioned there
were enough ablebodicd men to fill
every position vacated by the strikers
In Chicago and leave some to spare for
other points. This heavy immigration
Is a more serious menace to the cause
of labor than all of the "Farleys" in
the country.
Leigh Hunt, formerly of Seattle, later
In Corea, is now in the Soudan, ex
ploiting the growth of cotton for a syn
dicate ot British manufacturers. He
reports great prospects of success. Mr.
Hunt is a man of singular energy. His
faculty ot impressing important people
with ideas ot what he can do is remark
able. Indeed v yet it did not appear here,
in former years, that he was likely to
be a man of achievement. His state
ment of the vast agricultural posslblll
ties of the Upper Nile region is re
celved with high credit by the London
press.
One way to avoid the presence of
saloons near or opposite the entrance
of the Fair would be to change the en
trance. Shifted to another place, the
objectionable features might be left be
hind. Perhaps a better and- more prac
ticable way would be to set up a high
wall at the present entrance, and hav
the street railways deliver withjn it all
passengers to and from the Fair
rounds. The Oresonian is not at
tempting to "run" the Fair, but
thinks it may take the liberty to make
suggestions.
Five persons were killed in one week
in New York by automobiles. The In
noccnt bystander has a tough time in
this world. He has no remedy but to
keep oft the streets, or go to Seattle,
where he can have his, soul saved for
13.50.
In Chicago an ordinance prohibits the
exposure of meats in the street in front
of butchers' and produce dealers' shops,
In New York, too, the same regulation
is enforced. Here is an example that
might well be followed in Portland.
If Mr. Cortelyow becomes president of
the Equitable, the Nation, will lose a
very good Feetsaaster-Geiieral and the
insurance eemp&ity will gain an execu
tive wh will cmxoe all difference,
If anybody can.
"NOTE ANDCOMENT. -
Cnlcago is America's Warsaw, ar
Warsaw ! Russia's Chicago, we are 'net
quite euro which.
Tne Astoria News thinks that "It is
fair to assume that thoughts that are
uppermost are first to find expression."
This Is vry probably true In the caae
of oral expression, but it Is a long- way
off as regards written expression. It it
were true one would conclude, for In
stance, that-half the editors irr America,
were lying awake o nights thinking
of trie best place In which to Inter the
bones of John Paul Jones, whereas
there is not one editor in a hundred
who knows more of Jones than a re
membrance of some phrase about we
have not yet begun to fight." Further
the News hints that the reprinting of
an article signifies complete acquies
cence In' Its statements. This is far
from being- so, but then the News is
probably joking and In Joklne most
everything is fair. So when this column
Is accused ot advocating cheap bou
quets -for the beautiful girls of Ore
gon, it Is beat merely to deny the alle
gation and to scorn the alligator met
aphorically, of course.
A sermon "full ot Western slang"
should be well worth hearing, and the
President's church-going at the Old
Blue Schoolhouae must have been a
memorable event.
Now that the forecast officials of the
Weather Bureau have reached such a
stage of accuracy that jokes at their
expense are beginning to disappear
from the comic sections of the press,
there is an innovation that .we should
like to suggest. Why should not the
fficJals be required to add a forecast
of the ball games in their districts?
There would be as much chance to
gue5s these correctly as there Is
about the weather, and such guesses
would be of deeper interest than those
dealing with rain and lrost. In the fu
ture we hope to see cards like this:
WEATHER AND BASEBALL FORECAST.
Publlfhed by Authority ot the Secretary o
Agriculture.
Tonight and Wednesday
Fair.
Portland, S: Seattle, 0.
We can't consistently wish Miss Mae
Wood success in her action for 'dam
ages against Secretary Locb and the
others. It is hard to sympathize with
anyone who spells her name that way.
Anyone who cats shod will agree
that the world owes a debt of srati
tude to Providence for leaving the
bones out of poached eggs.
Tne Seattle Times offers a prize for
the best sketch of the Washington
Girl. An umbrella figures prominently
In some of the drawings sent In by
compctitora, srf it may turn out that
the winning sketch will do as well for
the Gumshoe Girl.
Why will the shortest jfirls wear the widest
shoe knots? Boston Herald.
It Is refreshing to notice that Bos-
toniana now nnd then refrain from
mediating upon the mutability of hu
man affairs to worry over such apparr
ently simple yet really insoluble prob
lems as this. A careless shoestring has
attracted the attention of several ob
servers of note, but so far as memory
serve the sage of the Herald is the
first to point nut the phenomenon in
dicated In the above question. There
may be some recondite psychological
r c:iron for the association of the shorU
est girls and the widest shoe knots.
but we arc unable to aid Boston in
the search for It. There are no short
much less shortest girls in this land
of fresh air and sunshine.
An Illinois woman was injured re
cently by the explosion of a match
which she was uaing as a toothpick.
We cannot impress too strongly upon
our readers the Importance of putting
the noncxplosive end of the match In
their mouths when toothpicks are
scarce.
The Czar's Luck.
The Czar keeps all his -nrlndotvs closed, lest
bqmbs should, fall in there,-
Yet. thanks to the little Csarlets, he ' has
plenty ot trcsh heir.
Books.
How do the books come out in the Spring?
My! but the publishers don't do a .thing
There's Russian Coots
And cushln books.
And Action
That's affliction.
And story books
And cory books
And dry books
And fly books
And books to shun
At any "man,"
Cheap books and dear books.
Real books and near books.
Weighty books
And d rate-j- books.
Rig books, small book;, medium-sized books
books in one volume and books in ten vol
umes. biographies and hodge-podge.
Fen we need.
And none ire read.
"Physician, heal thyself couldn'
have been said to a Seattle man, be
cause Seattle hadn't been invented
then. ,
Bluebeard Hoch says he is satisfied
with his jury. W.e hope the Jury Is sat
lsfied with Hoch.
WEX. J,
Duat Menaced Foodstuffs.
Chicago Post.
The new "rendering" ordinance which
goes Into effect on May 1 specifically for
bids the exposure of meats In the street
In front of butchers' and market dealers'
shops. The prohibition includes sausages
and all kinds of game.
The strict enforcement of this ordinance
Will remove a menace to which the peo
pic of this city have been exposed for
years, but It does not cover the entire
matter of exposing articles Intended for
eating to the germ-laden dust of the ty'
streets. Candy and fruits still may be
carried and vended In the streets and ex'
posea uncovered street sianos.
It Is the purpose of the Council com
mlttcc on health to Investigate this mat
ter. In all probability the committee will
not need to spend much time in inquiry
to convince it that a city careful of the
health of Its Inhabitants should not con
tinue the practice of allowing anything
intended ror e&ung to oe Kept nncovrea
and unprotected irora the dust and dirt of
the street. ,
-There are some fruits, perhaps espe
cially those which cannoTbe eaten un
pccled that offer no particular menace
to health through ooen display; but fruits
that are largely eaten unpeeled peaches,
anBles. strawberries, eta ought toN be
.kept covered. Whether the restrictions
concerning meats are extended to all fruits
er net. they should be made to cover can
dr, which is bought and eaten chiefly by
chUirea, and wnicn. tnereiorc, nas pecu
liar ooBdrttinity to do harm.
Jn passing an ordinance torbtddlns the
exposure ot focdetuSf to dieeaseladen
dttet Chieage siapty will be foMewisg the
cxampte New York. We should have
feed such a" law years age.
PARLEY, PROFESSIONAL STRIKEBREAKER
latfsMle Sta4y et the SXaa Wke Is -CeadnctlBar Great Catanalsa
Asralaet OrsTwlxed Werkern et Chlcajre.-
Leroy Scott In World's Work.
A new business strike-breaking has
sprung Into being from the disputes be
tween capital and labor. Its creator Is
Mr. James Farley. He sat in a small
green office In New Tork during the re
cent strike there on the subway and ele
vated railroads, a bald-headed, broad-
shouldered youag man of 32. shouting or
ders into a telephone, listening to re
ports f lieutenants and responding with
quick commands. For the week the strike
lasted he was coramander-ln-chlef of an
army of 5000 strike-breakers, the sole
manager of a property worth $200,000,000,
responsible for the safety of 1.000,000 daily
passengers. And ten years ago he was a
detective making $20 a week.
He has a -long, lean head, serai-circled
by a fringe of brown and grey hair, big
cheek bones and a heavy chin. Remove
horseshoe set with diamond brilliants
from his tie. and his clothes might be
the lay garments of a clergyman. The
most striking quality of his personality is
his colorlessnese: a pale face, lustreless
grey eyes, a mechanical, Impersonal voice
and an almost languid manner. He talks
In a low, uninterested, nasal drawl, which
under very moderate excitement can
mount to a metallic, painfully distinct
shout suggesting how the rest Jit that
languid personality can become energetic
hen real business la. on hand.
Seated In his office, a cigar going alt
the while (fifty to sixty black Havanas
day are his allowance) he told me how
he had come to take up strike-breaking
professionally, and acquainted me with
tha details of his business. lie left home
he is an up-state New Yorker at 14. He
was first an attendant in the billiard room
of a hotel at Montlcello. New York, then
bartender, night clerk, day clerk, and it
IS Its manager. The hotel business was
too slow for him, and at the age the
college man first enters his university
ne became a detective In New York City.
In 1SS5 he was on the Brooklyn street car
strike In charge of fifteen special officers.
Later in the same year he was timekeeper
over aw strke-breaker3 in the street car
strike in Philadelphia. His experience on
these two strikes set him thinking. De
tective and employment agencies then
furnished workmen, each agencj; (half a
dozen might have supplied men on a
trlke) controlling Its own men. the com
pany exercising general management of
the situation. With all these heads the
result was chao3. Mr. Farley saw an un
exploited field his great chance. An ex
Dcrt strike-breaking general, having under
nis command an army of experienced
workmen whom he could throw Into the
positions vacated by the strikers such
a general could demand almost any fee
for taking entire .control of a strike and
breaking it.
t
tie saw nis career. lie would be a
strike general. He decided to specialize
on street car strikes, and he determined
to know his new business from the bot
tom up. He gave up detective work at
$4 a day and became a conductor on the
Atlantic avenue line In Brooklyn at $1.60
a. day. The Job mastered he became
motorman. then an oiler in the engine
house, then a fireman in the power house,
then an Inspector; and then he was taken
into the office. These shifts wcrc readily
maae, ror tne management was ac
quajntcd with his tiurpoEe. In two years
he felt he had completed his course in
the school of strike-breakjng; so he gnu
uated himself and began to Jook for
clients. He established a detective agency
and divided his time between private de
tective worn In which he is still en
aged, and helping to. break strikes. At
first he did nothing more than supply
small groups of strike-breakers. Then he
supplied larger groups, and began to gain
larger and larger share of the man
agement of strikes. Three years ago, at
tho street car strike in Providence. R. I.,
DOES IT PAY?
The Conclusion of an Observer 1$
That It Doesn't.
Arlington Record.
This ia the question asked by Americans
when any proposition' Is presented. Docs
it pay to hold a Federal or state office in
Oregon? From Joseph Lane and Delazon
Smith on down the line to the present In
cumbents, what Senator has Oregon had
that bettered his condition in any way
by being Senator? What Representative
In Congress has Oregon had tilat would
not have been better oft financially and
otherwise If he had not been a Congress
man? Tyhat Governor has Oregon had
who would not have been in better cir
cumstances financially had he given the
same time and attention to his private
affairs that he did to the state? The
same question might be asked in refer
ence to other state, district and county
offices, and the answer. If given, would
be conclusive that not one man in twenty
who has held office in Oregon has been
benefited thereby. The writer has been
personally acquainted with nearly every
man who has been sent to the United
States Senate or Congress from Oregon,
as well as everyone who has been Govr
ernor or other state officer, and many of
the Judges, District Attorneys, Sheriffs,
and Clerks, and cannot call to mind one
who was benefited by holding office, while
many good men before being officers were
complete wrecks after. There seems to
be something about office-holding that
disqualifies a man for the ordinary avo
cations of life, and when his term of
offleo expires he Is stranded. He sees men
busy all around him doing this and that,
hut he knows not what to do or where
to turn, and. like the drone among the
busy bees, is driven from the hive Into
oblivion or disgrace.
The Great Steel Bridge at Quebec.
Consul-General W. R. Holloway.
The steel bridge now under construction
over the St. Lawrence River, at Quebec,
is a remarkable structure. The weight
ot this bridge will be about 33,000 tons.
Its span of 1S00' feet across the entire
St. Xawrenco River at such a height as
not to Interfere with navigation, and will
be the longest In the world, the Forth
bridge in Scotland being 1710 feet long.
the Brooklyn bridge 1680 feet, and the
new East River bridge in New York 1600
feet. There have been manufactured by
tho Phoenix Bridge Company, Phoenix-
ville. Pa., to date, and partly shipped to
the site of the bridge, about 10,000 tons of
steel. It will take about two more years
to complete the struoture. The masonry
piers are entirely finished, and the tem
porary false works, of steel, are now in
place on the south shore, upon whlcn
erection will begin at the opening of
Spring this year. - The 1S0O feet of steel
bridge work between the piers will be
erected without any false work In the
river. The bridge Is to be SO feet wide
over all. carrying a double-track railroad.
a double-track trolley and highway, and
two sidewalks. Many novel features have
been adopted In. the design and manufac
ture of this bridge The total length of
the bridge will e 3300 feet; length of chan
nel span. 1500 feet; ship clear headway.
150 fe above highest tide; height of can
tilever towers, 30 feet above the river.
aiudslinglng Out of Season. ,
Oakland Enquirer.
The roudsllnglng of Mount Shasta
is entirely uncalled-fcr, as there Is po
campaign on in California.
Rumors Arc Afloat.
Tacema Daily News.1
Of the Japanese and Russian fleets
Hotting' appears to be fttloat. but a lot
of ' ruwors.. f
ho first attained his present rank as :a-
strike-breaking general with absolute
power, superior even to the -president-.of
the company. While the New York strike'
was on I happened to mention August
Belmont to one of his men. "Who the
Is Belmont?" he demanded putting
on a blank look. "Farley's runnln this
road."
He has been In thirty-five strikes and
has not lost one of them. When he Is
engaged to break a strike (usually weeks
or months before the strike begins, for
the company sees it coming; at tho time
ot the New York strike he was under
contract to manage one In San Francisco
expected May 1) he makes a study ot the
local situation, and decides upon his cam
paign. In the meantime he collects his
strike-breakers, and holds them In readi
ness near the city where trouble Is ex
pected. In the case of the New York
strike he held a large body of his men
In Philadelphia and threw them Into New
York the day before the strike began. The
union men stopped work at 3 o'clock in
the morning; his men began at 4. If he
cannot get together enough ot his reg
ulars (three-quarters of the New iork
strike-breakers, had never served under
hlra before) he advertises in the principal
cities for experienced street car men.
saying that they are wanted for a new
line soon to be opened. JIany of the men
employed In Western cities to break the
Now York strike did not know their des
tination or the real character of their
work till they reached Philadelphia.
e
Mr. Farley has 33,000 men enrolled, and
he keeps la communication with 7000 or
8000 of them. From twenty-five to 100 ap
plications are received every day. If the
experience is sufficient and the reference
proves satisfactory, a time for examina
tion Is set, and the applicant' appears be
fore him. If the applicant passes the ex
amination a very lax test If men ave
badly needed his name Is entered on Mr.
Farley's books, and he goes away to wait
till he is summoned. When the strike
is on a card is sent him. If he wants to
come he comes; If not, he stays at home.
If he comes he usually has the privilege
of retaining his job. . A number ot Mr.
Farley's best men have regular- positions
which, according to private agreement be
tween Mr. Farley and their employer?,
they are licensed to quit on "leave of ab
sence," and which are open to them on
their return.
Mr. Farley is now getting the financial
returns he dreamed ot when ho conceived
his new business. According to his usual
arrangement, the company pays him $5
a day for each man he furnishes, pays
the men's traveling expenses both ways,
and boards and lodges them during the
continuance of the strike. Mr. Farley pays
some of his men $2.50 per day, some $3,
and some $3.50. and some of his lieu
tenants and department superintendents
he has thirty or forty steadily employed
large annual salaries. The difference be
tween $5 a day per man and what he
pays the men represents Mr. Farley's
daily profits. He had about 5000 men on
the New York strike, three-quarters pf
.them at $2.50 a day. His Income for hand
ling that brief strike was equal to the
annual salary of President Roosevelt. Be
sides his earnings from the active man
agement of strikes, lie receive annual
fees from several companies as retainers
to manage their strikes In case they have
any.
Ho considers that in every strike he ha
managed the employers have been in the
right. "I've turned down more than one
case offered me because I thought the
men's demands wore just." He hastfo es
pecial dislike for unions. He regards them
as necessary. He baa .no especial like for
employers. The disagreements .between
the two give him his business opportunity..
Strike-breaking Is purely huslneps with
him. g
A POEM BY JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
New York Tribune.
Through the kindness of the comedian's
old friend. E. C. Benedict, the Tribune
is privileged to publish these lines by Jef
ferson on "Immortality." Read at tills
time the fable will seem to many persons
like a veritable message from beyond the
grave. Fanciful Invention and quaint
humor arc the obvious characteristics of
thiA unpretentious bit of verse, and it ex
presses a conviction that its author cher
ished, with steadfast faith, all his days.
Mr. Benedict writes:
"One day last Summer, when Mr. Jef
ferson and Mr. Cleveland were taking
luncheon on board the Oneida, in Buz
zard's Bay, the conversation drifted to
the subject of a future life. Mr. Jefferson
expressed himself as very grateful for
having had more than his share of the
joys of tuts life, and as being- prepared
to meet, at any moment, the common fate
of all. He said he had lately been 'scrib
bling some doggerel' on the subject, arid
he recited his lines to us. I asked him for
a copy of them, which he said he did not
possess, but he promised to send me one.
In February I reminded him of hi3 prom
ise, and received a signed copy ot the
verses, which he entitled 'Immortality.
It seems as though these lines construct
a beautiful bridge between faith and rea
son." Immortality?
By Joseph JeCcraon.
Ttro caterpillars crawllnjr on a leaf.
By some strange accident in- contact came-,
Thejr conversation, passing all belief.
-Was that same argmncnt. the very same.'
That has been "prood and conned" from tnn
to man. . -
Yea. ever since this tvond.rous world bt;an.
The utly creatures.
Deaf and dumb and blind,
Devoid ot features
That adorn mankind.
Were vain enough. In dull and wordy trife(
To speculate upon a future life. ' .
The first was optimistic, full of hope;
The second, quite dyspeptic, seemed "to mope.
Said number one, "I'm sure of our salva
tion." JEatd number two, "I'm sure of our damna
tion; Our uzly forms alone would seal oar fates
And bar our entrance throuzh the- solden
Sates.
Suppose Ahat death should taki us unawares,
How couIJ wo climb the golden stalraT ;
If maidens thun us as they para s by.
Would angels bid us welcome In- the sky?
I wonder what great crimes we . have com
mitted, That leave us ao forlorn and w unpltled.
Perhaps we've been ungrateful, unforgiving;
'Tis plain to me that life's not worth the
living." '
"Come, come, cheer up." the jovial worm rs-
plled.
"Let's take- a look -upon the other side;
Suppose we cannot fly like moths or miller.
Are we to blame for being, caterpillars?
Will that same God that doomed us crawl the
earth, '
A prey to every bird that's given birth.
Forgive our captor as he cata and' sinss;
And damn poor us because ine have noi wings?
It we can't skim the air like owl or btt
A wonh will turn 'for a that,' "
They argued through the Summer: Autumn
high.
The ugly things composed themselves to "lie;
And so to make their funeral quite complete.
Each wrapped him in his little wuvling-sheet.
The tangled web encompassed thea' full soon.
Each for his coftln made him a cocoon.
All through the Winter's drilling -blaxt they,
lay
Dead to the world, aye, dead as human cljjy
to. Spring conjee forth wjta all her warmth
and love;
She hrlnrs sweet Justice from the realm
above: ... '
She break the chrysalis, she resurrects the
dead: ' '
Two "oetterales uscepd. eaclrcliBg Jwr fcsi-
&n4 so' t&l.eWei elffef ever se '" ' '
A sign of taHMCttWty. -
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