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Y have been told by the organ of plutocracy in Portland, which, of course, should have exclusive informa tion on such a subject, that the Port land Consolidated Railway system is to be sold soon on a capitalization of six million dollars. That may be so. This organ of capitalism and plutoc racy is the organ of the owners of the railway; and they doubtless would be "willing, and even eager, to unload the railway, get their money or bonds, and let the buyers find shelter from the coming storm. , The coming storm? Is it "hot known that the. .people are to take, possession of and to operate "public utilities." In the interest of all the people? What has begun at Chicago, at San Fran cisco and other . cities, will surely ap pear at Portland. Now, here is a city railway system which we arc told is capitalized at $6,000,000. and probably will be sold for that sum. But its tracks and cars and all Its material could be duplicated for 52.000,000. and probably have not cost nearly that amount. The other $4,000, 000. or two-thirds of the sum which these exploiters claim what is It? What is the basis of it? It is based on the right of the people of Portland to travel their own streets. Our "first families" have capitalized this right, which hasn't cost' them a dime, at $4,000,000. and now are to un load the property for $6,000,000 that is, $2,000,000 for the ' actual and visible property, and $4,000,000 capitalized on the right of the people of Portland to the use of their own streets. Of course this is not to be called frenzied finance. It is only cold-blooded finance. Now one, of these days the people of Portland will take it Into their heads to, recover their own streets, for their own use and profit. The right of emi nent domain is a-liigh right. It belongs to the whole -people though corpora tions sometimes are permitted to in voke it "But if, or when, a. whole people, from whom It originates, and to whom it belongs, wish to recover it, -they are going to do IL The,- time is at hand when exploitation for private gain of these utili ties that belong to the whole people is to come to ah end. In this case the people of Portland will under stand that they are to pay big divi dends on a capitalization of $6,000,000, two-thirds of which is fictitious, for the privilege of -using their own' streets to travel on. The reigning families of Portland, the plutocratic syndicate, the banking combine, usurped the streets, got "franchises" for which they didn't pay a dollar, and now want to "realize" on the fiction. And. what Is specially significant, is the fact that these persons lay claim to high civic virtue and to superior moral virtue. They tell you daily through their organ of plutocracy that they arc champions of the Tilgh principle that the affairs of "the city should be con ducted on a. basis .fr6m which special interests must be wholly excluded. Towards petty offenses and petty vices, here and there, -they are implacable: for they are operating in terms of mil lions of dollars for their private enrich raent. and the public Is the victim. Further, our promoters have been trying to "manage" the Common Coun. cil and other branches of the city gov ernment, and have stopped or inter fered with construction of bridges here and there In the city in order to "pro tect their interests"; have appropriated more than- one-half the Morrison-street bridge to their own uses,- and have blockaded the space so that no one else can use it, even to turn out on. Great thing to capitalize the streets of a city for millions of dollars and expect the people to pay Interest on the bonds, Great thing to "work the city" for all It is worth. In the name of; purity, un selfishness and reform. These. opera tions. in millions,' based on public utili ties. In jeturn for which nothing is paid, are Tilghly respectable, of course: and a roar ahout a trifling matter of a sewer, or something.-or about some in dividual's personal ana private- mora is, Is expected to condone themall. The Lord j protect us from all these Pharisees, df .Shylock's tribe!1 To "operations" such as these is to be attributed the Tapid advance of the doctrines of socialism throughout the country, xnese mgn-ciass ana emi nently respectable operators have been endeavoring:" to thrust their hands, and have -thrust their hands, as far as they possibly could, during' years past, into the various operations and functions of the City of Portland. They pretend, to be protectors and defenders of the public. in.trifllng matters of dally adminlstrationvand life, in order that they may speculate to the extent of millions on assets that Belong" to the public. All this Is in tfie coming city election, and v.ill appear, in various forms and attempted disguises, In fu ture elections. These operators, now- having partial control of the city gov-. ernment, are eager to obtain entire control of It all under most sanctimo nious seeming, with profession-of de votion to the Interests of the dear peo ple laying pretensions to morality, and even to religion under contribution to further the-objects they have in view. All this is teaching the people rapidly that the operators, promoters and spec ulators, who are making millions on "franchises" and pocketing the money, while professing devotion to high ideals of morality and citizenship.' and even to a lofty altruism; are properly to be watched and curbed In every attempt they make. Also, that there Is no rea son why such as these should be per mitted to make millions out of the public, for use or for sale .of the utili ties and opportunities that. belong to the public already. Talk about morality in municipal affairs! Here it is,' or" here is the field of it, in highest degree. What are petty steals, compared to these vast usurpations and exploitations? PEACE THAT MAY BE DISTURBED. Wall street has been informed that there has been a complete restoration of peace and harmony between the Hill and the Harriman lines. One of the factors In. the restoration of peace was the admission of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St Paul to Northern Pacific territory. As the Milwaukee road comes into this territory under a sat lsfactory working agreement with both the Hill and the Harriman lines, the competition will naturally be of a much milder nature than would have been In evidence had the road pushed through to the Coast over its own- rails, But the enlargement of the Milwau kee's business In this territory will help some. No small portion of the in difference of the Hill and Harriman lines "to opening new territory In the North Pacific has been due to the fact that the territory already developed was supplying a traffic which at certain seasons of the year taxed the capacity of the roads to handle It. The Milwaukee, if It pursues an ag gressive policy In this territory, may ease the strain on the Harriman and Hill lines to such an extent that It will become necessary to uncover some new pockets In this undeveloped gold mine on which Hill and Harriman have been resting for so long. A business that is eminently satisfactory for two lines may be Insufficient for three lines, even with one of them using the tracks of the others. One of Harriman's repre sentatives Js quoted in a N.ew York dispatch as saying, that Van intelligent and common-sense policy Is to "be fol lowed hereafter." This will be such a striking deviation from the Harriman policy of the past that It will be wel comed all the way from Huntington to Ashland not to mention the Clear water, Central Oregon and the Wal Iowa. It is noteworthy in connection with the Wall-street settlement of railroad difficulties in the ' Pacific Northwest that the plans of Mr. Gould are not con sldered. When Mr. Gould and Mr. Harriman reached the parting of the ways, several weeks ago. the former withdrew from the Harriman proper ties, but it has not yet been announced that he has abandoned his plans for reaching the Coast On the contrary work on his Western Pacific Is already under way. and there Is an excellent prospect of the line having a feeder in Oregon and Washington. Railroad kings can cut up and parcel out terrl torj among themselves, but, unless the partition and division is satlsfac tory to other railroad kings, there always the possibility of these others entering the field. The Harriman and Hill interests have practically unlim ited millions -at their command, but George J. Gould and the select coterie of millionaires who buy and build rail roads with him also have plenty of money. If there Is a (.raffle anywhere in the United States tha offers good returns on the investment It must be properly taken care of by. the lines serving that particular territory, or other lines will wedge in and divlde'it "vvitbthe-origlnal developers of the .field. As we hav learned to our displeasure, the needed, and inevitable competition may be slow in coming, but It cannot be- shut out forever. There are other railroad kings and millionaires who are just as anx lous to have their money bringing in good returns as Mr. Harriman and Mr. Hill are- The remarkable earnings of the railway systems controlled by these two magnates are very alluring com pared with some of the attenuated div ldends where roads are more plentiful and rates lower. For these reasons, ac tual. healthy competition, though long delayed, must eventually reach us. EFFECTS Ol T1CE SYMPATHETIC STRUCK It appears by the dispatches that-, the Chicago strike has entered on yet an other stage. It commenced with what might be called the legitimate strike of the garment-workers against Mont gomery Ward & Co. for higher wages and for a closed shop. So far so good Those workers were within their rights in demanding higher wages and even in declining to work side by slue with those not members of their union. The next stage was the taking up of the garment-workers' .strike by the union teamsters, and the refusal to deliver goods to Montgomery Ward & Co. This was the letting out of water. The teamsters assumed to prevent, by Influence first,-by abuse second, by violence third, by enlisting mob allies fourth, by waging a war of Intimida tlon, mobbing and murder fifth, the working by any other men", or set of rcen. at the teaming business, which they " had. voluntarily, arbitrarily themselves laid down. The next stage was the appearance of tfc Employers' Association on the scene, and enlistment of nonunion -drlv ers. with armed escorts of privately en listed, guards. .Next was boycotting by the teamsters, ana aneir iw;ie od, of all bueineee-hou&ee receiving or ar ran trine, for deliveries" ef roods bv non union drivers or" employes. The reply as orders by employers in various lines of business, who were still using union drivers, to deliver goods at all destinations, boycotted or not It was -answered by the spread of the strike and boycott In various directions, nota bly to express companies. In open breach of contract between express companies and both unions, and lndl- ldual ment these employes leave their ork and Join the striking" forces. Leaving out all embellishments, mak ing no side comments, the above seems to be an unvarnished and succinct re cital up to date. Now comes the new matter -on which opinions differ. From all directions rises an appeal to end the strike. With docility, and willingness to be led. with self-abnegation, which. Is one of the pathetic features, of this and of all modern strikes, these thou sands of men delegate decision to a ery few. leaders In their organization. No soldiers could be more , willing to obey their officers' commands. Tes; say these leaders, we will call the strike off if all strikers are reinstated in their arlous employments. A trifle or two, like the discharge of nonunion strike breakers, as they are contemptuously styled, and the substitution of closed for open industries and shops, may be passed by for the moment. But on the main question, the re-employment of the strikers en masse, the answer I comes sternly back from the. express! companies, first of all: "We will not reinstate the strikers, or any of them who. in breach of corporate and Indi vidual contracts with, us, and without corporate' or personal grounds of quar rel with us In any matter regarding our relations with them, arbitrarily quit their, work." So the strike continues and extends. On whose shoulders lies the blame? The consequences, we all see, the -.accumulating misery, the nfountlng crime, shame to the city, em broilment of class after class, the very school -children, taking their early- les sons In disobedience to law. History is being made of It all, and the records can never be expunged. But whose Is the blame? Is a condition imaginable between employer and employed where in, at a moment's notice, one party to the contract of employment, without cause within - the corners of the con tract, without consultation, warning or Contractual ground of complaint stated. defies all bonds and breaks all -relations short off? To prevent sudden and reasonless discharge, civil service rules are made. The Nation applauds. The example la set and spreads. Great corporations, either expressly or by implication, adopt the plan. It becomes a common ground that the hired man, woman or child shall not. while giving good and honest service, be arbitrarily dis charged. Any breach of this writen or unwritten law is denounced, and right ly so. How about the other side? The express companies of Chicago say. The man or body of men by whom the con tract with us Is wantonly broken we will not re-employ. Are they wrong?- As it stands today, ground for amica ble settlement is hard to see. It bears all appearance of a fight to a finish, PERSONAL LIBERTY AT STAKE. The 'Warfare now on. between the longshoremen and the sailors on -Puget Sound affords union labor of the stren uous type an excellent opportunity to see. itself as1 others see it, Thc work oi a. tongsnoreman is not sKilled labor, and that of a sailor requires but little more skiii. borae longsnoremen are better aborers than others, and some snuors are moulded from very raw ma terial In much less time than Is re quired for others to "learn the ropes.' There is nothing in the work performed by longshoremen that cannot be learned, and learned quickly, by the sailor; and. on the other hand, if the environment is right, the average long shoreman will develop Into a sailor In a very few days. The two factions are accordingly on practically even terms in demanding employment cither as sailors or longshoremen, so nearly even in fact, that since the present trouble began the longshoremen have guaran teed to supply sailors wher.e needed and the sailors in turn have offered to make up any deficiency in the supply of long shoremen. With both factions good union men. and each capable of doing the work of the other, extreme difficulty will be en countered 'In drawing the line. The union longshoreman who attempts to take work away from a union" sailor, In the eyes of the latter must become one of those detestable "scabs" against whom both factions have, in the past, fought hard. As for the union sailor who has crept over the longshoreman's "dead line" of employment he, of course, is also a "scab." Each of these factions, viewed from the standpoint of the other. Is in exactly the same posl tlon as the nonunion men who are be ing maimed and murdered in Chicago for no other reason than that they are exercising the God-given right to earn a livelihood for themselves and those dependent on them. The Chicago men are being slugged and shot because they have no union cards. The Puget Sound f men are being stabbed and drowned because their union cards do hot correspond with those of their an tagonlsts. The underlying principle Involved i the same on Belllngham Bay as it is In Chicago- It Is not a question of unionism or nonunlonigm, for in Chi cago we find the conflict ostensibly be tween capital and labor, while op Pu get Sound -it" Is between two classes of labor, both factions bearing the union label. The real point at issue Is the fundamental principle of personal lib erty. and the right of the Individual to sell his labor at any price he may see fit to 'place upon It The longshoremen on Puget Sound had a perfect right to refuse to work with the. sailors in load ingx vessels; the teamsters in Chicago had the same right to decline to deliver goods to certain business houses. Their judgment in both cases might be qu.es tioned. but there was no questioning their rights In the premises But the nonunion teamsters in Chicago, like the union sailors on Puget Sound, also hav rights, and are also entitled to consid eratlon. Their rights are just as sa cred and just as much entitled to pro tection as are those of the ifnlon team sters and the union longshoremen. Peaceful -settlement of such -a ques tion Is an impossibility so long as free dom and equal rights for all have no meaning whatever. The Chicago strike was a failure from the start, because the principle at stake was so antago nlstic to American liberty that the peo pie revolted and refused to bow to the will of the teamsters. Intimidation lawlessness and violence followed as matter of course, there being 310 .other netfeod-.'fey wkick a m4 .coUapse of the strike could, be prevented. But right win triumph Iri the end. There is no law which prevents a sailor from engaging In longshoremen's work, there Is no law which prevents the longshore man from performing the duty of a salJor; there Is no law that prevents a union teamster from abandoning his work, and there is no law which pre vents a nonunion teamster from tak ing It up. ' AH of these people have the right to labor or not to labor, as they see fit .None of them haTe the right to pre vent the others from laboring where, when or at what wage they choose. This Is a free country, and law and orr der. liberty and equality, must prevail, or our boasted superiority over the des potic monarchies of the Old World will be meaningless. Antwerp was not a very good seaport when her citizens first began the "work of Improving the harbor, but the money was well spent, and the port has since .grown so rapidly that the good work Is being continued. A bill has been submitted to the Belgian Par liament providing for harbor works which will cost $40,000,000. In addition to this the bill provides for com plete reorganization of the defenses of the port at a cost of $21,600,000. All of the money that has ever been expended on the Port of Portland looks decidedly Insignificant In comparison with such enormous sums as these, but the coun try tributary to Portland is more than ten times as large as that tributary to Antwerp, and some day Portland will be made a better port than Ant werp with one-tenth the expenditure made on the Belgian metropolis. River and harbor Improvement is not yet understood in this country as it Is In the Old World, but its value will some day be appreciated. Admiral HojestvensX?4s sakMo be in disgrace at St Petersburg. L.ike Gen eral Kuropatkin. he has not been able to win the victories expected In the Far East with the odds against him. These odds are by no means confined to the superior advantages possessed by the Japanese in patriotism, num bers and proximity to the base of sup plies, though these elements had to be reckoned with. The preponderating force against them has consisted in the inadequate commissary system and the official rottenness that literally perme ates the army and navy of the Czar. General and Admiral who can win victories in Manchuria and the China Sea against these odds will be a great man in his station. For such com manders the perplexed and distracted Emperor of Russia Is looking. If he finds them. Oyama and Togo may be overwhelmed by 'the heavy forces, that are being marshaled against them. The attempts of an unfortunate wheat "bull" in St Louis to depreci ate the value of Oregon wheat by claiming that It was Inferior to a cor responding grad,e of Illinois wheat have come to naught Suit was brought by this speculator' to prevent delivery of the Ocegon wheat on contracts which he had made, and the courts have de cided against him. The State Grain Inspectors and the Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission both passed on the quality of the Oregon wheat, and the court, finding nothing wrong with the grading, compelled the man who bought contract wheat to ac copt the Oregon red. This decision will be eminently satisfactory to Oregon and Washington wheatgrowers, al though It Is not surprising. ' Wheat that is good enough for Oregonians is good enough for any speculator thatr ever went "long" or "short" on a mar ket The showing, both numerical and financial, of the year's work that has been made by the Oregon State Grange, now in session at Forest Grove, Is grat ifylng, not only to the members of that organization, but to the agricultural population of the state in general and to the business community as well, That Is to say, the interests of farmers and-of- their vocation are the interests of the entire state, and growth in these lines is distinctly the growth of the state, and is so recognized. Specific ally, we are told, the condition of the order is the best that it has shown In its history in Oregon. With ninety-two lodges and a membership of 5493; with money In the treasury" and specific- plans for work: with attractive social features and acknowledged possibilities of political and educational influence. it is a power for usefulness In the state that may be profitably reckoned with. The forces that make for the pioneer reunion are even more busy than usual in preparing for the annual event. larger number of pioneers than has ever before met in this city is expected hero on June 15. and "no effort will be spared to make the occasion a pleasant one. A distinct departure from the usual programme Is promised. There will be no long, tiresome addresses, but merely an informal meeting or recep tion and banquet, to which the plonee badge will be the passport Old friend ships will be renewed and a "good visit" so dear to the hearts of those who were custodians and generous at moners of the hospitality of pioneer times will be enjoyed by the" gray haired state-builders. The new ar rangement cannot fall to be pleasing to those for whom the reunion planned and the banquet spread. Scoured wool has sold very close to SO cents In Boston, and there are predlc tlons-that It will go much higher. The wen-maintained strength of the market Is reflected in local prices for the un scoured article. These prices are hov erlng so close around 25 cents, that prosperity is more rampant In the sheep districts of Oregon, than It has ever been before. Wool, wheat and hops have within the past year placed more Oregon men In circumstances ranging from comfortable to wealthy than any corresponding period in the his tory of the state. If the City of Portland shall elect D Lane for Mayor, It Is quite likely that we shall be Informed from Interested quarters that the people rose in revolt against the Republican .candidate be cause of the Republican National Ad ministration's activity in prosecution of the land-fraud cases. 1 . The professional lobbyist Is having trouble In Ohio. There Is nothing for him to io but to turn politician. The Ohio politician never has "trouble, ex cept with -other Ohio politicians. Philadelphia is hot now asleep; 'it is very much awake. - Juae-l-is-feae iay,- " OREGON OZONE r ' t Taints. Tainted money. Tainted minds, ' Tainted things of i. Many kinds: ' Tainted, bodies) Tainted breath, . Tainted life and Tainted death: Tainted plcturesr , Tainted, paint: -.Everything is ' .Full of taint! ' ' Tainted boodle. Tainted books, 'Tainted, Christians, . .Tainted crooks; Tainted glory, Tainted 'glare, .t '-Tainted light and Tainted air: Is there any Thing that ain't Fullof many f Kinds of "taint? ' Tainted churches. Tainted schools, Tainted fairies, Tainted fools; Tainted' follies, Tainted freaks. Tainted rivers. Tainted creeks; And a-Fridays, " - If you wish) You can feast on Tainted fish! , A Rare Ben Jonson -has been dead and ulICa .n .rwHiuicr Auoey lur ouv y ears, qui me worm not yet nas learned to spell his name. "Let It be remem bered that Mr. Jonson. being strictly British, dropped his "h." (Dear Mr. Compositor: Kindly refrain from call ing him Ben Johnson again, as you did esterday in this column, and when we meet personally the undersigned will buy a mint julef) for the foreman If you will indicate where the mint grows.) In the Evening Telegram yesterday- special dispatch from Eugene. Or., was neaded Anderson In Eucene Field Now if it had read "Eugene Field In Anderson.:' we should nave ... . . . . . 1 Known that the dead live again. Three hundred and ninety-nine poets throughout the United States are now In sackcloth and ashes. Sot one of them, could hit the Trail hard enough to win the prize of $100 offered for the best ballad on the Trail. Still, it is some cofisolatlon to be a member of the Four Hundred, and the otr s should congratulate Mr. John' Malcolm Gra ham, No". 1. A Portland-court has bcen asked to dehne a hotel.' That is easy. A hotel s u. place where you stop when you can t get , home, wnere you pay fojir ous ior your uinner and two bits for the privilege of eating It without being held in' contempt of the waiter. A Song 0 Sunshine. Let us sing a son o cheer! Sing a song o sunshine! Since the days are mostly clear. Why-should people shun shine? Sing a ?ong o' sunny days! Sing a song o' Springtime! Life Is full of joyous lays;. Every time Is sing-time. So we'll sing a song o' cheer! Let's forget tho dumber time When the Winter leaf Is seer: Sing a song o Summertime! corner uavenport. cartoonist, ex- champion wrestler with the tenor drum In the Sllverton Brass Band, came back to Oregon yesterday. If you never heard nlm tell. In his lecture, the story of f.he Sllverton band, you have cut ten years off your life. To Homer Davenport. An.l so you've come back. home again, to rest yourself a spell, And meet the folks you used to know, and hear the fellows tell bout the times you tried to till the Oregonldn soil, . Before your soul was lured away by dreams of worldly spoil? We're glad to see you. Homer! You've been somewhat a roamer. And you have gathered gear, I guess, to hold youiquite a while; But, say, with all your triumphs, now. with fame throughout the land, I'll bet a ten you've never been as happy (don't you- smile!) As 'when back here In Sllverton you strutted with the band Now weren't those tho happy days. when you and Jimmy Smith AnJ Geor and Mack and Richies Yes, and half their kin and klth- Jolncd in and organized the band, with melody to spare. v Ana tossed the Suvertonians some music in the air? Well, now, I dare to reckon Those days arise and beckon" And call you back a score of years, with ump-ta-ump-ta-um AnJ tar-ra-ra-ra-boom-de-ay a-throb- blng up the street! Say, don't you want to go - again 'and grah tho tenor drum And thrash the Innards out of it.and beat, and beat, and beat? No matter what the laurels we acquire along mo way, It takes us back to boyhood when the band begins to play If we've belonged to one ourself and felt the throb and thrill. The tootsy trombone's sob and throb, the fifc' ecstatic trill! , And how It callsa fellow That dripping, slp'plng, mellow. Delirious delight that flowed from out the first corilcX! Oh," let's go down to Sllverton, for don't you. hear tne jays .A-chatter In the cottonwoods? The hills are gleaming yet! "Lei's go anQ DCiit the oomp-.ty-oomp there's nothing else that pays: . ROBERTUS LOVE. Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Post. It "makes most any man feel honest not , v,. . nniui.o It't Hill hart for a girl not to have arr Innocent look If-she d.n;tneoef1- There would be a whole lot of tnoney In Inventing something that would make money unnecessary. A woman likes to contradict you whea ane ought not sq you won't be surprised that she doesn't when she ought to. Tt.A. 1. e-hf dlffM-ericc between be- There V" .d'""n ing a bachelor and having all his money left over at the end of the month to buy the girl he llkee J2 worth of flowers and being raarried to her and borrowing car are from her two weeks .before "ey ery pay day- - . -. . . - a V . FOLLIES FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY Increantaff Sesdtincss eC Devices to Celebrate the National Holiday Children Sxieed to Daajter ef I.eckJT FrljfhtfHl Lesses af Lite and 1.1 rait. Ladles Home Journal. iV about five weeks we shall reach an other Fourth of July, and the Journal earnestly wishes that parents might give a. Httle forethought to the present : method of celebrating the day. Why must we go on. year after year, and make the day practically a day of terror Jnd, what is uuiiuieij- worse,, a aay 01 aeam ana casualties? Each year a longer list of killing, maiming and burning confronts us. TaKe such a single list as this, sum ming up one year's deaths and Injuries: Died of lockjaw caused by injuries...... 40ft Died from other Injuries 1 GO Totally blinded 10 .Number who lost one eye 73 Amw and legs lost......... 34- Number who lost ft users 174 dumber otherwise Injured.... 3670 Total number of casualties In the U. 5... 4449 Where l& the sense In this sort of thing? It is perfectly proper that the young should want to celebrate the annlvcrsary of the nation's Independence, and there is- no need that this pleasure should be denied them. But Is It necessary to sac rifice' sight, limb, hand and life to incul cate a spirit of patriotism in the youth of our land? Xo patriotism is worth the snap of a finger that Is taught in noise and frenzy. "yet each Fourth of July we go on. either directly assisting our children in this barbarous celebra tion of ffte day. or allowing them to handle the deadly explosives which with each season are being manufactured with the single Idea of making a greater amount of noise, and. of course, a corresponding amount of personal danger. Firecrackers has ocefi substituted for gunpowder in their manufacture anything for noise. and anything, apparently, to increase rather than lessen danger. And this year will. In all likelihood, be no exception to the .intensification of this noise and dan ger element. 1 The greatest -elemir.ts of danger have been f&untf fb" He in these three explosives: First The toy pistol, which shoots blank cartridges; Second The toy cannon; Third The giant firecracker, or the "cannon-cracker," as it is called. The blank cartridge used in the average toy pistol is made of a mixture of paw- der, clay and earth, and In this comblna- Jfon nas. , bcen found what ,s cal,ed the ?T.: ' ne Pikoi h luiuuuticu mat ii 15 easy 01 ais- charee whli thv nhii u lnino i ir, ticularly easy to respond to a child's strength. In the wadding, and In the powder used In the toy cannon, the fatal FOR THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. Woman's Artistic Hand Discernible In a Municipality's Advancement. Brooklyn Eagle. Kansas City is being Improved artis tically and estheticaUy along three dis tinct lines. Chief of all is the large sys tem of Barks and boulevards laid out In the northeast, .southeast arid the west parts of the city. Connecting with these parks is a system of boulevards that makes it possible to traverse the best res idence districts and touch at all the parks without once leaving the boulevards. All of the boulevards are tree-lined on each side, and under the direction of the city forester the trees are guarded with zeal ous care. A part of the park system is the Paseo; extending from Independence avenue to Eighteenth street, a distance of 11 blocks, and during thq Summer months It Is a: veritable garden of sunken flower beds for live blocks, a .good-sized lake for one bock and a pergola that Is nearly hidden by luxuriant shrubbery. All this com-- bines to make the Paseo one of the most attractive features of the park system. The flower beds arc flanked on -either side by a 123-foot driveway. The women of Kansas City have Inter ested themselves in helping make the town beautiful, and through the agency of the "Women's Auxiliary to the Manu facturers' Association each year they con duct a home gardening contest to which all pupils in the public schools are eli gible. Early In the year thousands of packages of flower seed are given to the school children, and prizes are offered for the most attractive front yards and back yards. A committee of women" make tho rounds and decide the awards. More than 600") children entered this year's contest. The flower seed and jirizes are given to the "Women's Auxiliary by the Manufac turers' Association. Another organization of women the Parliamentary" Club has taken up the work of beautifying Kansas City. These women have begun a crusade against billboards. They have driven the billboard from the boulevard. rpw they ask that it be eliminated from other lo calities, especially In the neighborhood of churches and schools. ' They aso want its height reduced. At a recent meeting of the Council they secured the passage of an ordinance driving billboards from the tops of buildings. The Kansas -City Com mercial Club has for Its motto "Make Kansas City a good place to live In." The women have added an amendment: 'Make Kansas City a beautiful place to live In," and success is crowning their efforts. Japanese Soldiers Not So Fine. Eleanor Franklin In Leslie's. Splendid as it Is. the Japanese army is a haphazard atiair irem a spectacular standpoint. I believe they are supposed to be the finest soldiers on earth, these IKtle men, but they seem to care nothing at all abou$ how they look. There Is no finer sight to oe seen tnan a pericctiy uniformed and perfectly trained regiment of marching soldiers. As fine man they move to the sound of fife and- drum, and the measured swing of their bodies In nar rowing perspective holds one fascinated. hypnotized, as by tho undulations of the body of a gigantic dragon. Isot so a Japa nese regiment. True, they have a drum corps every few yards, but no two flfers ever play the same tune in the same time, and It they did It would have no et J tect on the soldiers, who , do not I seem to recognize rhythm, and are not 'troubled the least bit In the world about "keeping step." Shuffle shuffle, shufnc-shufile! Klttie-cattle could mark better time than they, and I am possessed by a constant desire to shout 'ILeft right! left right!" to them as they go jogging along. 1 Instead of. the even undulations as of the waves of the sea. In the motion of the marching of a Jap anese regiment there Is a chopplness as of troubled waters after a severe gale when the wind, has been blowing every which way at once. '" Out of AVork. Arthur Guiterman in New York Times. Heartsick" an hopeless, jostled" by the mob, TramDln the Davement looklnx for a Job! Here I'm a-driftin. -weary through an' through, Seekln employment any thin' to do! Youngsters and old uns hurry up an' down. Each on bis errand through this busy town. Each on nn errana. inma mv"B No one is Idllri'-sayin' only me. Poverty's nothln'J Hunger aih't so bad: jgis" aad loathln'-lhat's what drives y Longin for action, cravln for yer part; jjoathin yer bondage, eatln' lap yer heart, Bhj. strong, as able, nothla of & sj Mrk, If I was cattle some one"d find me work! Some one 'ud.drhe me. slngle-hltch. or span. Ji. cattle !-Plty I'm a. man! " 1 was caue' y im r caBt be useles! Eensethia' must be wrone s'a road whlnin'? Yes. ru move, along-? ii'eartselt'aV.hopees9, jostled by the mob, Trarepla" the pave meat leefcia fr a Jab.- germ is- also found, and likewise the paper which envelopes the giant-cracker. It Is through this locXjaw germ that the largest aumber of deaths occur, and the death is a. fearful one. - . . . For it must not bo forgotten If, indeed, the fact Is known that the toxin of the lockjaw germ Is declared by scientists to be the most dangerous poisonous sub stance ever discovered. So poisonous is this germ that, even with the speediest and most skillful application of anti-toxin Injections, and the exercise of the keenest medical knowledge extant, there were only seven recoveries out of 413 cases last year. Nor is It possible to know when the germ has entered into the system of a child, since It requires several days for the poison to multiply itself and the first spasm to become manifest. Then the victim begins to complain of a slight stiffness fn tha neck, a tightening of the jaws.or feels a difficultly In swallowing. Then 'comes the rigidity of the muscles, spreading all through the nervous system, until the little one finally gets happy re lief from its fearful agonies in the final death-convulsions. It is to this danger of one of the most horrible and agonizing deaths imanginable that every parent exposes his child by al lowing it to handle the three Infernal explosive? mentioned above Nor is the father himself. If he handles and "sets oft'' these explosives, tess liable to danger, since of the deaths resulting from lock jaw reported after the last Fourth a goodly percentage were those pf grown people who had acted as "masters of cere monies" for the edification of their fam ilies In home-displays of fireworks. The slightest wound, the merest abrasion of the skin, was found to have been a suffi cient opening for the fearful germ in which to lodga. Itself. If we are so wedded to our Idea of making noise on the Fourth, if we feel that we cannot express our so-called patriotism in. any other way than by a method which shtfws such an utter disregard for others and among those others we must not forget the aged, the sick, the young mothers, and above all the mothers-to-be at 'least let us, for Heaven's sake, be rational and not turn a holiday Into a season of mourning In our own families by exposing our children to one of the most frightful deaths known to medical science. Is It too much to ask that parents shall, this coming Fourth, absolutely prohibit to themselves and their children the toy pistol, the toy cannon, and the cannon firecracker? That, at least, would be a step in the direction of ordinary sanfty. and a step farther away from a day now chiefly known as a day of homicide and a disturbance of the peace. THAT PANAMA DECISION. Have- Xo Heal Grievance. Xcw York ."World. This of course is not the real griev ance o' the stand-patters. It is the horrible object lesson which sears their souls. If the Government will not sub mit to DingleylzeJ extortion why must Us citizens submit? This question will be asked with perplexing frequency, and the answer Is obviously destructive of the stand-patters peace of mind. It seems -to be destroying their common sense too. First of All the Canal. Philadelphia Inquirer. AVe doubt not there will be a great outcry when It Is learned that with the consent 'of the President the Panama Canal Commission Is to purchase sup plies in the open markets of the world Instead of exclusively in this country, as had been generally expected. . . . We want the canul. we want Ameri cans to get the money, if itfcan be reasonably accomplished, but, most of all, we want the canal. Blow for Secretary Taft. New York Globe. Secretary" Taft is clearly deriving a considerable amount of unholy joy from the Jar that he has given the tariff "stand patters" in regard to the pur chase of machinery and supplies for the construction of tne Panama Canal. His. order, approved by the President, to make such purchases in the open mar ket at the lowest prices, has gone far to convince the "'stand-patters' that he is a "free-trader" In disguise and probably a traitor to his country". Hard Blow to Withstand... Washington Post. The policy of excessive protection successfully withstood all the logic of John G. Carlisle and all the eloquence of William L. Wilson, but can It with stand the blow dealt It by the Repub lican 'administration in buying abroad ships and material required for the construction of the Panama Canul? Could Grover Cleveland have done more to discredit the present exorbitant tariff duties tnan Mr. Roosevelt has done in exempting the Government from their exactions? Certainly, he did not do as much to that end when he was President, either term by the Mills bill of 18SS or the Wilson bill of 139-1. - Xo Argument Against It. , New York Tribune. There appears to be really no con siderable argument against such a sys tem of purchase. The principle of. the protective tariff in fidelity to which we yield precedence to none can not be effectively invoked against it, for the reason that protection Is intended to preserve the home market for the home producer, and the Panama Canal Is not a home market. The canal zonq is not a part of the United States, and the canal which we are constructing there Is not to be a domestic institu tion, such as, let us say, the Erie Canal or one of the Pacific railroads. The canal will be owned by -this coun try, and will be operated and controlled by this country. We trust that In time It will also be used by this country more than by any 'other. But, never theless. It will be in a foreign land, and It will be. by the most sacred guar antees open impartially for Interna tional apd universal use. We can not see, then, that It is properly to be re garded as under the' rule of the protec tive system. The Doom of Dingleyism. New York Times, May 17. Has President Roosevelt resolved, late but firmly, to become the Richard Cobden of the Dingley act? Certainly Cobden, matchless popular orator that he was. and strong in the perfect sin cerity of his purpose, never dealt the British corn laws a more terrible blow than Mr. Roosevelt has dealt the Ding ley law by directing the Isthmian Canal Commissloriera to buy ships, material and supplies wherever they can find them cheapest In the markets of the world. It Is time for the beneficiaries of the high tariff to take heed about their protected Interests, for his Is a very leviathan of tariff reform that the -President has unloosed. It is more than reform--lt is rebellion, the most astonishing ever recorded in the chron icles of the world, the rebellion of Gov ernment against its own laws. It Is repudiations. It fa virtual nullification. It is a destructive assault by" the most powerful source upon the citadel of protection. Does anybody suppose, that a tariff policy which is too extortionate and outrageous for the Governments business will long be put up with by those wao carry or jBrtvat'buslBcs? ,