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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1905)
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Omaha Barkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnam Mageath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnam; Mc Laughlln Bros.. 240 South 14th. Sacramento, CaL Sacramento News Co., Z3 K. street. Salt Lake Salt Lake New Co.. 77 West tecona street South. Lobs' Bfnch-B. E. Amos. can x ran Cisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 748 market -street; Goldsmith Bros.. .236 Sutter; i-ee. i-aiace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. SO Ellis; N, Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mr. ket and Kearney streets; Hotel St. Francis News Stand; Foster & Orear, Ferry News (stand. St. Louis, Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company, 800 Olive street. Washington, D. C. P. D. Morrison, 2132 Pennsylvania avenue. PORTLAND. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1005, A TALK TO REPUBLICANS. The Oregonian cannot think there are many Republicans who, under the plea tnat there are no nolltics In a. oltv election," will commit the Illogical act of voting for the Democratic candi date for Mayor. Dr. Lane Is a Demo crat. nrnfMsdo n lu a Ttnm, . t running for Maj-or as a Democrat, and xne cuy, it ne should be elected, will nave a Democratic Mayor. Will not Republicans see that it is high .time to make an-end of electing democrats to the highest offices in state, city and county? We have been ooasting here the strongest Republican state on the Pacific: yet the main of fices of the state and of the leading county in it have been given to the Democrats, and now It is proposed to give mem the city government' also. We think Republicans will consider. oeiore they do this last thing. George a. Williams is a man for whom every Republican may Droudlv vote. Age has not withered him, nor impaired his powers. He has honored the state and the city; his name is known throughout the country as that of no other citizen of Oregon Is known. .tie nas upheld the cause of the Repub llcan parly, from his earlv manhond with a vigor, force and ability that no otner man of Oregon has matched, and few anywhere. His career has hcon honorable as great. This is the last time his name will come before the nub 11c. It is the last thing he asks of his fellow-citisens. He did not seek this nomination; he asked the support of no man for it. In the remilar wnv. through the free voice of his party, the nomination came to him. He Is enti tled to the support of all Renublleans. It is a mater of deeper consequence. too, tnan anything in It that relates to him. Is the Republican party of Ore gon to surrender the state to the Dem ocr&ts.? It has gone no .little way In that direction already. Here, now, is the most important office in the stae, the' office of greatest influence and power In politics and in affairs, which It Is proposed by some Republicans (we carnot think. hm numerous) to. sur render also. Sucu thing ought not to lightly done. There is for it. In fa' no adequate reason. The criticisms upon Judge Williams are of tj;-.4ai character. They proceed mainly ftrnt.- a temperamental disposi tion to find fault. Th, work ofthe city iiover will b utidi by any Mayor T&ith mere painntakl; jr labor than It bis bean a'nded t by him. Con- rasL the i.dltiori the dtv thro years ago with its condition today, it Is immensely better every way, materi ally and morally. The present Mayor lias "worked at administration" as no predecessor ever did. He has given his whole time and effort to it; and though fault may be found, the city never will have a better administration. Fault-finding is always easy, with per sons of fault-finding disposition. If Republicans expect their party to maintain an effective- existence in Port land and Oregon, they should not con tinue to vote Democrats into the high est places in the state. THE VULGAR HERD. Some days ago The Oregonian said that in every contest between privilege and plutocracy on one side, and the proletariat on the other, it was with Ihe proletariat. A clump of the sons ,nd daughters of privilege, who have leen "educated" at schools of the four, hundred, here and there, at a cost of three or four thousand dollars a year each, but never had heard of the prole tariat, wondered what that might .mean. They went to the dictionaries. But the dictionaries. In English, give only approximate Information. Tet that in formation startled them. The found that the proletarian was a rlow creature who had many children living- in poverty, supporting them selves by their labor Ill-clad and hun gry, and struggling for existence. It was awful Indeed. Why, these crea tures weren't in "society" at alL They spoke only the language of the street or .of the workshop. What a vulgar herd! But they who know, the proletarians know they are a mighty good lot of people. They know that the entire hope of the world, from generation to generation, is in the "vulgar herd.' xne proletarians are the common people specifically, they who rear chil dren. In the Roman commonwealth, according to a law of Servius Tulllus, persons who had little property or none. yet served the state in lieu of taxpay ing, were called by this name. Hence It became a designation of the common people. The radical signification of the word is "progeny," especially of human beings. The proletary, then, is a man who would And eome favor In the eyes of President Roosevelt, as well as in those of The Oregonian. Our upstart aristocrats and autocrats and pluto crats, given over to selfishness and self- Indulgence, don't want to be bothered with children. But the proletariat has eome excuse for existence, nevertheless. GEORGE IC WILLIAMS. Xothlng could be more appropriate or Impressive than the speech delivered by Mayor Williams yesterday at the Ex position grounds, for the City of Port' land. It was eloquent, energetic; it was conceived In the true spirit of the occasion, and every one who heard It was proud that the city had a Mayor who could respond for It so lmpres sively on this most important occasion in its history. The Mayor's speech in the evening, though delivered In an informal way. was as forcible and appropriate. Here is a .man whose Intellectual power, long known and recognized as the first in Oregon, is still fresh and vigorous, There Is but one such man. On what petty notion or prejudice can any citi zen afford to vote against him? Every citizen ought to be proud to vote for him. TRIUMPH Of THE FAIR. The day was Ideal,, the crowd was large, the enthusiasm and Interest were great, and the attractions were alto gether satisfactory at the first day of me Lewis and Clark Exposition. The Fair was In a condition of preparedness surprising to experienced visitors at other fairs. The grounds were In per feet condition. The buildings were com pleted. The exhibits were mainly in place, although there is something yet to be done with them. Altogether the spectacle was satisfying, and the great enterprise was fairly launched on Its prosperous career. Portland now confronts nearly five months of a continuous festival season. It is certain that we shall have an im mense number of visitors from all parts of the United States and the world. It Is Important that they know that this Is an enterprise in whose success every citizen takes pride. Boom the Fair. Support Its management Take an in terest in all its activities and displays. Go as often as you possibly can. Give the glad hand to the exhibitors from other states. Put up a smiling front to all who come. If you feel disposed to complain about anything whatever, re tire prayerfully to your closet, nut It in writing, and file It away for reference at some convenient date after October 1S- -tAFc things.are done, all may be sure mat the Exposition will score an unparalleled success. INDUSTRY AND ITS PARASITES. The modern Industrial svstem hn been evolved' somewhat slowiv. Its various stages covering a period of about three centuries. It began .In England with the breaking up of medi eval conditions under Queen Elizabeth. and it has accomplished results . that may well be called prodigious. It has made the world smaller by bringing Its remote places together, and larger by the expansion of the general and indi vidual interests of mankind. It has not only beautified homes; it has In the modern sense created them. It has combatted disease, raised the tenure of human life, brought within reach of the poorest if intelligent and' energetic the possibilities of culture and the1 re alization of comfort and prosperity incidentally, the system has devel oped phases that contribute to human greed. Specifically, it has permitted social parasites who live on the con centrated energy of others without giv ing adequate returns, to spring up and flourish in every large community. From it as a side Issue the "big gam bler" has sprang and the fraudulent promoter, who gets something for nothing, and waxes fat and "exclusive," has been evolved. These are serious evils, but they do not obscure the general good that has resulted from the modern industrial system. The magnitude of the achieve ment as witnessed in the comfort and culture that have come to the masses on the middle plain of life affords as surance that the evils incident to the system will eventually be solved with out radical change In the established order. The system will. In due time, purge Itself without serious disturbance of Its equilibrium. OCEAN TONNAGE PLENTI TV L. Wherever ocean traffic originates and there Is a sufficient depth of water to float ships, there will be found abun dance of tonnage for handling the busi ness that offers. This Indisputable and ever-present fact is the rock on which all ship-subsidy arguments spilt. It was never more apparent than at the present time, when the world's markets are open to Americans on the most fa vorable terms ever known. For months the British people have been protesting against the low rates which American shippers are s-ranted hv Britlsh lines running to South America. A recent Issue ot the London Times contained an exhaustive review of the situation, in which it was shown that merchandise was being carried from New York to Melbourne at from 37s 6d to 30s per ton less than the chanre ex acted for the same classes of goods from London or Liverpool to Australia, while American exports for Xew Zea land were receiving a freight-rate pref erence over those from England of from s 6d to 30s per ton. According to the Times, the famous White Star line, pride of the British merchant marine, has carried American freight across the Atlantic and trans shipped It to Australia as low as 25 shillings per ton. a rate that has never been obtainable out of a British port. This discrimination is not spasmodic or temporary, but has been In exist ence for months, and In more than twenty years there has never been an interruption in the service between Xew "lork, Australia, South America, and South Africa. The Pacific Mall, whose millionaire owners have been making quite a strong pull for the ship subsidy, .predicted that, unless they were permitted to continue their mo nopoly of the Panama. Canal traffic, , there would be no vessels in that trade. But almost simultaneously with the announcement that the railroad would be strictly Impartial In handling the traffic offering comes the Hamburg- American line with announcement that It would Immediately establish a line from Xew York to Colon, connecting with the railroad to the Pacific, where It will again connect with steamers for the west coast of South America. This will give the Xew York mer chants access to the trade of the west coast of South America by a much shorter route than Is possible from Eu rope, and It will be secured without the aid of a subsidy, which might render possible formation of a shipping combine with attendant higher rates. Similar evidence of an oversupply of tonnage is noticeable In other parts of the world. The British and German lines are at It hammer and tongs for trade of the Indian ports, and freight Is being carried from Europe to Bom bay. Madras. Calcutta and Colombo as low as S shillings per ton for Iron and 10 shillings for cotton. A new line of British steamers Is to be established between Xew Orleans and South American ports, and plans are being perfected for establishment of a Japanese line between Portland and the Orient. Everywhere throughout the world where there Is business that can be worked by American shippers there will be found tonnage In practically un limited quantities, willing to handle It at remarkably low rates. THE OPENING DAY. Once again Oregon belled all the prophecies of evIL- Sunshine of the brightest, and a few white clouds, made an Ideal first of June, and set off the unequaled .surroundings of the Fair. To the same key all" the ceremonial. speeches, were attuned congratulation. nopeiuiness,. . -confidence breathed- through every utterance. Our visitors gave us of their, best, one and alL i.ne occasion Inspired them how could It be otherwise? The VIce-PrcsU aent quoted, and adopted, the words of President McKinley In the- Buffalo speech, that one Exposition after an other marked, .as nothing else, stages of the Nation's advance. The germinal idea, brought across the Atlantic, had taken root on the Atlantic seaboard. aavancea. then to the Middle States, and now found its last possible ground on tne verge of the Pacific In this dls play, which the Xatlon. and the world outside, were gathering to examine and enjoy. Two strains were prominent In one speech after another. The first was congratulation to the people of Ore gon, and specially to the citizens of fortland. In the successful completion of their bold and arduous enterprise. With this there was apparent obvious -National pride in the courage which attempted, the energy which made m-ac tlcable. the foresight and skill which had brought to a happy climax so great an undertaking in this youthful and only partially developed state. iut me second motive. In one ad- arcss alter another, was this: Honor to the two explorers and their com rades of the long, toilsome Journey nonor to their Indian guide. Honor to the great President, who foresaw, and pianneo to provide for, the future spread of this Xatlon over the Western half of this wide continent. But above all. honor to the homeseeklng and nomeouilding pioneers. Without them exploration would have been In vain. Without them the first claim of owner ship from discovery must have faded and disappeared. Without them an other nation, another government, an other Immigration, would have entered to dispute the rights of the United States. Without them and their marking out or tne road of empire, without the slow procession of their ox teams across desert and through mountain pass, the Oregon Country would have remained the home only of the trapper and fur- lrader. They it was who made the set tlement, hewed the cabin, plowed the Held, planted the orchard, built school and church. Above all, they It was who. Inspired with love of country and raitn in Its Institutions, came together in tnelr scanty numbers, to lay In law and Its sanctions the foundations on which these states of the Pacific Tiave built their constitutions and erected the fabric of their civilization. What a Justification for their bold and self-reliant purposes was mani fested, as speaker after speaker, renre- sentatlves of sister states to the far east of Oregon, chief men in the coun ells of the Xatlon. took us to witness or the marvelous opportunities now open in the widening out of field and farm, the opening -of the treasures of mine and forest, the assumption of a due share In the supplying of this great Xatlon of eighty million souls. Spe cially they claimed for us the markets of the Orient. AH this, not only In the recently acquired possessions of the American people, but in the teeming nations only, now being awakened to their needs of what Oregon can supply. Truly, this Is for the Pacific Coast a day of recognition. For long years we have been telling our tales and making our offers to deaf or to preoccupied ears. For fear of absolute unbelief we have halved our numbers, and cut down the yields of farm and orchard, or range and ranch, of mines and fish eries. A German proverb says: "Trust one eye better than two ears." For us the day of ears has passed, the day of eyes is here. . INEQUALITIES OF PENALTY. An example of the Inequalities of penalty Is cited In the case of a man who was recently sent to the peniten tiary by a Judge In one of the West ern States, five years for stealing a rifle, while a man who had stolen $75, C00 by appropriating a trust fund to his own use was "sent up" for two years and a half. The criminal In the first Instance was merely a petty thief a low, vulgar fellow who "took little things"; ihe latter was an "embezzler." a gentleman of excellent social stand ing and education. The theory upon which this Inequality of sentence was based was probably so thinks the Sat urday Evening Post that the "respect able thief would feel the disgrace more keenly than his cheap fellow thief. Against the sturdy form of Justice which is represented by the decree, "Let the punishment fit the crime." this theory is in open revolt. To take Into consideration the "superior sensibili ties" of the "gentleman thief" is to assess a quality that does not exist. Superior sensibilities of the type that shrink from exposure of crime, but not from Its perpetration, are. In quantity, so meager, and in quality despicable, that they are not worthy of ordinary still less of Judicial appraisement. Men in close touch, officially, with hu man life inside of prison walls in this state and ejje.where account Judicial in.-1 equality In pronouncing penalty as a powerful factor In turning' the lesser criminal Into the greater.. The lad who serves a first term of Ave vm for stealing a pair of shoes takes note of this Inequality, of penalty, as wit nessed in the lighter sentence passed upon the "gentleman thief." whose stealings have reached well up into .the tnousands of dollars, and, scoffing at the pretensions of Justice, finds In centive to continue In the role of a law breaker. His attempt to be "great" in criminal achievement is thwarted by iacK ot innuence. Judgment and oppor tunlty. and the man who has learned bis lesson In the Inequalities of Den alty and the hatred and defiance that It has engendered becomes practically a lire-timer' through repeated viola tlon of law. In the view of the journal above quoted, there should be a graduated scale for penalties, descending excent In cases of habitual criminals as the offender descends In mentaL moral, so cial and educational standing, adding: "When a man whom Xature and cir cumstance have given every advantage falls, he must be either a madman or a monster. To prate about his sensi bilities Is to put a "premium on crime and on anarchy.' This may be an extreme view, but it nas in it the essence of Justice which holds that of him who possesses ten talents more should be required than or him who has but one. Two days after the battle of Corean Straits, the Japanese announced with sententious brevity that their casual ties would probably reach 200. Xow the statement comes that the losses may aggregate 500. Simultaneously the To kio government takes the world at large Into Its confidence and publishes a complete list of its naval losses since the war began. Including the sinking oi ir.e Dattieshlp Xashlraa. May 15. 1001 more than a year ago a protected cruiser, and several torpedo and gun- Doats. Tl)Is little Incident Is Illustrat lve of Japanese methods. The disaster to the Yashlma was repeatedly denied on official authority. The world has been permitted to know nothing except what the Japanese permitted it to know. Correspondents have been prac tically expelled from the army, and excluded entirely from the naw. At Toklo the censorship has been very rigid throughout. Perhaps when the whole story Is told If It ever Is told we shall learn some things that will in dlcate that the progress of the war has not been so entirely one-sided. Vice-President Fairbanks says he is glad to be -here." Speaker Cannon Is "glad to be In Oregon." Representative Tawncy, who helped get the Govern ment appropriation for the Fair, Is "glad he did it." Let everybody be glad that our distinguished visitors are glad. We could have opened the great Exposition without the presence of the Vice-President, but we are glad we didn t have to. We would have sur vived the stress and excitements of the opening day, without sight of the cheerful countenance of the handsome Speaker, but we are glad that Provi dence and a thoughtful Xatlonal Ad ministration provided otherwise. We might have unfurled our flags to the breeze and opened, the gates without our valuable friend, Mr. Tawney, but we are glad that he helped to make the great day complete. So they are glad. and we are glad. What Is left to be desired? Charles J. Bonaparte, who Is to suc ceed Paul Morton as Secretary of the Xavy, Is a man with a record that ex tends beyond his state as politician, lawyer, financier and civil service re former. He Is a man of strenuous life persistent and positive. A worker rather than a talker, a man of action rather than a man of words. His name. If tradition were to be consulted, would be more Imposing as Secretary of War than a3 Secretary of the Xavy, but It would not cam' more responsibility In one case than in the other. The Xavy as a growing power requires as Its head a broad-minded, progressive man. A man of narrow mold, wedded to prece dent, could not comprehend the duties of the position or keep up with its In creasing demands. In this case It may be assumed with perfect confidence that the President "knows his man." King Alfonso makes a brave show of fearlessness. The ordeal through which he passed In Paris Wednesday was a severe one. but the young King refused to be moved by the danger that It dis closed, sent a reassuring message to his mother, and carried out the pro gramme that had been arranged for his entertainment, apparently without fear. President Loubet will, no doubt, be re lieved when his royal guest departs. Responsibility for the safety of .the King Imposes a strain from which the most generous host would be glad to be relieved. Rojestvensky is a brave man. He faced certain death without flinching. He fought to the last. He was obliged to change his flagship five times. He was badly wounded, and he quit only when his hurts were too much for him. Let him at least have the meed of praise due to a man who did his duty. Xo victor crowned with laurel ever did more. The Lane campaign has fallen Into a pitiful state when It must resort to lying and malicious circulars to attack the Republican candidate for Mayor. Whatever the people of Portland decide to do next Monday, they ought to be permitted to preserve meanwhile their traditional feeling of respect, kindness and veneration for George H. Williams. Candidate Lane's supporters And It necessarj- to deny that they will co operate with Sheriff Word In keeping the lid on the town. Evervbodv is wary of the Municipal Association's support. But If Lane Isn't for a closed town, what Is he for? And If he Isn't for an open town, what Is he for? Fairbanks may be only Vice-Presi dent; but he Is, all the same, the real thing". That is the reason he had such a hearty reception yesterday. Besides, the people of the Xatlon have lately got into the habit of doing the handsome thing by their Vice-Presidents. Fortunately, the bomb thrown at King Alfonso missed Its mark. We are able to offer an authoritative opinion that It takes marksmanship to hit a Spaniard. Xow that it Is all over-and Admiral Togo will soon start for home, no doubt Admiral Dewey would be able to give him eom adsiraMc advice. OREGON 'OZONE The .absence of a- loag-crawn-out open ing ode was the most coma-readable feat ure of the altogether excellent ceremonies attending the starting of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. For the Chicago expo sition a lady poet manufactured an ode of skyscraper style, IS stories and a roof. with ornamental cornices. Doubtless it was built according to ppeclflcaUons. for It Is understood that the managers of that exposition let the oce out on contract, just as they let out the building of the Palace of Fine Arts and the Machinery Hall. Twelve years have passed. What has become of the Chicago ode? It has dltnppeared utterly, from roof to cellar. and the world wots not of It. In 1STS Philadelphia held a centennial exposition. and there was an ode. A poet wrote It a real poet, a man. and his- name was John Greenleaf Whlttler. Mayor George H. Williams, of Portland, in his delightful address at the Lewis and Clark opening exercises yesterday, quoted about halt of this splendid poem, beginning: "Our fathers God, from out whose hand The centuries drop like grains ot sand." That was a one-story ode, but It was- long enough: it lives. It breathes, It is bright with Divine power, it is immortal. Whlttler possessed a fine sense of the eternal fitness of things. Including expos! tlon odes. Hereafter let lis- hop that ex positions. It they must have odes, will confine the flight of the poet to one story, or at the most to one story and a balcony, and perhaps the ode will survive. The undersigned, in his zeal to write the unofficial opening ode for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, contributed to this column yesterday what he considered the best ode on record, because it was the briefest. It ran thus: "Ready. Teddy!" That was all and that was enough. But. unfortunately, there was an Item immediately following It which related to Rojestvensky's dispatch to the Czar. and an engagement resulted between the two. The up?hot was that the ode lost Its head, Rojestvensky's dispatch lost Its meaning, and the reader lost time In try ing to separate the pair of. masterpieces. However, that ode turns out not to "be the shortest poem on record, though It is two- thirds shorter than the late Charles A. Dana's famous poem: "We'll be happy yet. You bet!" When President Roosevelt read the ode by telepathic telegraphy, he immediately touched the button that started the Ex position, and wired The Oregonian his re sponse, which must take rank as the very shortest poetic flight on record. In an swer to "Ready, Teddy!" he sent by wlre- Icks telepathy this remarkable produc tion: "Done, Sen!" If the shade of Daniel Webster heard what "Uncle Jce" Cannon said' In his speech at the Exposition yesterday about the lack of wisdom displayed by the Massachusetts heavyweight cham pion - statesman in regard to the Oregon question, the mighty ghost of the great departed Is likely to wish that his corporeal entity had con fined Itself to assisting his namesake In the manufacture of spelling-books and dictionaries. When Webster declared that the Oregon country was fit only for the growing of sagebrush and the dwell ing place of savages and beasts, ha showed that even a. prophet with honor in his own country has no metallic cinch on the approval of posterity. Hints to Hog-Ralscrs. (Adapted from an agricultural Journal.) Pig? should not be weaned until corn Is ripe. Mud baths always Improve the health of a hog. He who makes two hogs to grow where only one grew before Is a benefactor to the race. Street-car hogs do not thrive well In single-seat buggies; they must have room to expand. Pasture your young hogs on clover, so that you can work out the "Plga In Clover" puzzle. Razorback hogs should not be used for mowing hay or sawing stove wood with out frequent honing. Poland-China hogs make the most suit able mantelpiece ornaments. Catch your hog before killing. Xevcr shoot a fat hog with buckshot, as It might make the gravy too thick. Hit the Trail! The camels are coming Hit the Trail! The drummers are drumming Hit the Trail! The spielers are spielings With forcible feeling Hit the Trail! Advice to Exposition Visitors. Don't hit the Trail too hard; It Is built over the lake, and you might fall through the floor. Check your babies; the infant incubators will get them If you don't Watch Out Don't Insult the camels in the Streets of Cairo by telling them to get a hump on themselves. Be careful not to pull the lion's tall; If you do he wilt make an awful roar about It. When you buy a souvenir gold dollar and nay J2 for It, don't accuse the Gov ernment of short-changing you. You pay Jl for the dollar and U for the souvenir. The gold you get for nothing. Fishing with dynamite In the Govern ment's fish tanks Is not permissible; use bent pin hooks. ROBERTUS LOVE. The Itullnjr Passion. Exchange. The ruling passion is often very strong In death. A Senator from Ten nessee discovered this some years ago. Among his constituents .was a certain man who came to him regularly twice a year for the purpose of obtaining a pass to Baltimore. The man and his family had served the Senator when he was first making his way up the ladder of politics, and as a result pt this he always obliged him, and had. moreover, a soft place In his heart for the man. He obtained for him a do- sltlon In one ot the- departments at Washington: but this did not seem to be enough, for regularly at the end of each six months he applied for his ticket to Baltimore. One day he sick ened and was reported to be dyinir. The Senator, very much grieved. Im mediately called upon him. Joe. he said, leaning over and speaking very softly. "Is there any- in.ng x can ao ior your The sick man looked up with a. flash of recognition, and Instantlv renlA in a whisper: "Yes. Senator; pltase'eet me a sass to Baltimore" . HOWS THIS FOR A BALMY CLIMATE? Am Ewtcra VWter'. IFrcsmIoN ot tke ReW River Valley em Fci r M Wilni 1m Fruit, GraSa, YeretaMes am Graw. D. TL McGlnnls, in Indiana Farmer. I am writing this from the town of Medford. Jackson County. Southern Ore gon, 23 miles south of Portland. Or., on the Southern Pacific Railway. It is the 23d of February, but I cannot realize the fact by the looks of this country. In fact I am pinching myself hard to convince me that it Is not mid-May or nearly June, for am I not this blessed day at a place as far north as Southern Wisconsin, and yet the warm Summer sky, the hot sun. the advanced state of vegetation of this chosen spot of comfort and happiness, the Rogue River Valley of Oregon, make me forget that this Is by the almanac a real Winter month. I have walked over the town and enjoyed the flowers and green grass of the yards. 1 have walked out In the country to the orchards And farms. I have talked with th,e farmers and fruit growers, and am truly filled with amaze ment at what I see. A mile south of the town I stopped at the farm of the Ear hard brothers. They are big. husky farmer boys, with as line a farm as ever eye looked upon. Their Winter wheat was already Ave or six inches high.' their comfortable home bore every evidence of mrxii. .bui wnat drew my attention was thrWh .tint . through, that covered the house, ran along from tree to tree In the yard, and must nave oeen over loo feet long. This mam moth vine 13 the only one they have, and Its yearly yield Is over SCO pounds of luscious grapes. Such Is the wonderfully prolific nature of this soli and climate that I find It hard to grasp the wonders that I see In fruit, grain, vegetables and grass. . They tell. me here that they can always tell an Eastern man by the big heavy coat ne lugs around for the first day or two after hls-arrlval. I knew before I came that the climate was mild, but did not realize that it verged upon the semi-tropical, but I "see every evidence of that fact, incredible as it may look. I find the deli cate plants and flowers of the semi-tropics actually growing here In the open air. and fiourlshng, too. X drove to the Britt farm, about seven miles west ot Medford. yesterday, to see the plants and flowers which Mr. Brltt has gathered together from the ends of the earth, he being an old settler and having a taste that way. What was my pleasure to see numbers of great fig trees; actually with, figs yet clinging to them, for I plucked them from the trees myself. Hero the flg tree was a real tree. 10 or 15 feet high. A fan palm was growing right out in the front yard, and it was at least 33 feet high. English walnuts. Japan persimmons and almond trees were all around, while I Inspected a lusty California fig tree that was. 42 years old from Its setting, and at least four feet through and SO feet high. I was. shown a peach tree set out In 1S5S that had never missed a crop in all that time. Mr. Britt told me the only trouble was that It had to be carefully thinned of Its fruit every year or it would tear Itself to pieces bearing so much heavy fruit. A mile east I stopped my team to ac tually go among and enjoy the cloud of blossoms in an almond orchard lately bought by a lady from Iowa. The almond Is something like a glorified peach tree. Its blossoms are exquisite and the trees are very hardy In this climate, one being over IS Inches in diameter and more like a forest tree than a fruit tree. The great variety of fruits here must make it a housewife's paradise. A bareheaded babo was on the porch, and while I was talking SHAW'S TARIFF POLICY. Trifling With a Serious Problem. Washington Post (Ind.). With due respect to Mr. Shaw and the great place he has filled with consummate ability and pronounced success. It is yet pertinent to remark that his conception of maximum and minimum Is a trifling with question soon to be paramount, and with the people, who are grimly resolved to examine the whole thing. Forturiately. we have a President chosen for the man he Is. and not for the party he belongs to. He seems to realize that truth at least, he acts upon it. Counsel of Foolishness. Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.) Perhaps it Is a matter of Indifference to us whether Britain goes back to a pro tective policy or not. But Mr. Secretary Shaw seems not to think so. It Is ob viously to his mind a matter of grave con cern. And then he proceeds to advise steps which would only Increase the dan ger. It is the counsel of foolishness. X6 tariff revision on the plan of maximum and minimum rates is to be considered which starts with the present Tetaliatlon- provoking duties as a minimum. An Absurd Theory. Hartford Times (Dem.). The trouble with statesmen of the Shaw size Is that they all believe that the peo ple of the United States would be better off If we bought nothing whatever from foreign peoples. These men think that trade for us consists wholly In selling things "for cash." and that we Americans have rights In this respect which are not enjoyed by any other nation. This absurd theory "3 occasionally proclaimed openly by the Iowa school of public men. In which Shaw and Wilson are theleaders. Xot a "Square Deal." Providence (R. I.) Journal (Ind. Rep.). Roughly stated, the Shaw policy Is to clap extra duties on me goods of any country whose duties on our goods are not satisfactory to us. What effect this would have toward making the objectionable for eign duties more acceptable could hardly be known until after a little practical experience. But some of the effects which we ourselves might feel can be readily foreseen. And they are not pleasant ef fects that harmonize well with the funda mental principles of protection to - home Industry; they are not effects that accord with the conception of a "square deal." Commercial Peace Is Desired. Boston Heald (Dem.). We should not in this way Injure our trade with England or with any other country. This would .be in exact harmony with the last speech of President McKin ley at Buffalo, it would be a policy of conciliation In place of what Secretary Shaw Is urging, a policy of war. If through our aggressive tariff action In the past we have led foreign governments to be unduly aggressive on their aide, so that It seems not improbable that our for eign trade will suffer severe damage, the best course for us to pursue as a means of correcting the wrongs which we first committed and which have led " the way for wrongs on the part of others. Is to set the world an example in reasonable ness and moderation by adopting a policy leading toward conciliation and not con flict; toward commercial peace and not commercial war. Xot a Logical Position. Philadelphia Record (Dem.). Whether Secretary Shaw's own mind be obscure or whether he seeks to confuse the minds of others, his assertions con cerning the German tariff are altogether misleading. Hence the want of logic In his advice to meet the German tariff, by authorizing the President of the United States to raise the DIngley duties when ever any other government does 'not allow our exports the lowest rates-. The new German tariff -contains maximum and mlfisuia schedules. The maximum Tatea to It the mother, who is from Iowa, came ,.ut of,the house. I said: "How do you like this warmth and sunshine?" She replied: "Oh. this is heaven.' 1 would not for worlds go back East." This Rogue River alley is a big country, and It Is a mass of line farms in" alfalfa, orchards and wheat, and I have had the pleasure of seeing Just as good dent corn, as sound and thoroughly matured as at the old Illi nois home. The Summers are. so long here that corn Is a decided success, and It Is a paying crop, for It goes 30 to 40 bush els per acre, and Is never less than 4a cents per bushel. While it Is raised, it is not extensively so. for the reason that alfalfa and fruit bring very much larger profits to the farmers here. v ' Some wheat Is six Inches high, some Is just being sown. They sow wheat here most any time they get ready. The farm ers are all at work in the fields, but it is In fruit and alfalfa that this country is making those Immense profits that, though an actual fact, appear almost unl believable to an Eastern man. Alfalfa Is already several Inches high and growing fast. It Is cut three times a year without any Irrigation, and four times when irri fated. for here "the rainfall Is all of 27 necessary, is Degmmng to Ce practiced be- cause It makes the crops still larger than they otherwise would be. Alfalfa land here brings the farmer about six tons per acre per year, and a money price of about $40 per acre per year. It Is paying much better than that mis year, as alfalfa hay Is now selling at $10 to $11 per ton here in Medford. Here in this vale of mildness and sun shine Is the home of the Spltzenberg and the Xewtown Pippin apple. These are the big money-makers here. Hundreds, yes. thousands, of acres of orchards cov er thi3 valley and Its encircling foothills, and more aro being set out every Spring And I have nothing to show these or chardlsts In the manner ot handling their orchards. I have never seen such system anywhere, or orchards ,in such perfect thrift and condition. In all my travels Over this valley of verdure, I have not seen one neglected orchard. It Is perfec tion In orchard management. With apple ripening Autumn, buyers from London, New York and Chicago come to compete for these apples of Hesperides. and the competition is keen. London wants the golden Xewtown Pippins, and Xew York the Spltzenberg. The Xewtowns have sold for as high as $2.50 per box right at the tree. This would be the equivalent ot $5 per barrel, as there are 50 pounds In a box and 100 pounds In a barrel. The Spltzs. , bring a hardly less price. Of course, the profits are away up in the hundreds of dollars per acre, as much profit from ono acre here in apples as you would get oft a 40-acre field of heavy wheat in Minne sota or Dakota. The Southern Pacific fostera the fruit Industry by a rate of 23 cents per hundred for fruit In car lots to Portland and 23 cents on all vegetables. And do you think this is out- of tha world? Hardly, The farmer here has his rural mall delivery, he talks by phono with Portland, San Francisco or Los An geles, and here over this wide valley any where and everywhere Is a network of electric wires from the big water at Tolo. so that the farmer has electric lights in his bam and houses, and electric power on his farm for pumping, grinding and every other need, and at a cost which is simply absurd in its cheapness, for water power Is all over this country, and it is cheap power In thi3 mild, climate, where lco never bothers the turbines. are Imposed on the imports of alL coun tries that have not relations of, reciproc ity with Germany. When any country lowers Its tariff rates on German goods it is allowed, therefore, the minimum rates of the German tariff, which are lower, moreover, than the DIngley duties. There Is no question here, then, of tariff war fare. Germany treats this country the same as all others, and offers our com modities the same minimum rates on like terms of reciprocity. Electrically Pure Water.- Country Calendar. One Mr. Chipman alleges that he ' has discovered a method of treating water with electricity, which destroys bac teria, throws down minerals held in solution, and clears out vegetable and mineral matter held in suspension producing water that is pure after the Freacix standard. Others have, done this, but not so simply and cheaply. The current from a house-lighting cir cuit does the work, and at a cost ot one and one-eighth cents for-each thou sand gallons. You touch the button and turn the faucet, that is all: or you put a cent in the slot and get. water enough for five persons for four Jays. Mr." Chipman presents a very'respecta ble array of expert approval of his ' method. The Destroyers. Budyard Klpllnjc. The strength o twice three thousand hors- That seek the single goal; The line that holds the rending course, The hate that swings the whole: The stripped hulls, slinking through the gloom. At gaze and gone again The Brides of Death that wait the groom The Choosers of the Slain! OfCshope where sea and skyline blend In rain, the daylight dies; The- sullen, shouldering- swells attend '. - Night and our sacrifice. Adown the stricken capes no flare No mark on sjIt or bar - Girdled and desperate we dare The blindfold game of war. Nearer the up-flung beams that spell The council of our foes; Clearer the barking guns that tell - Their scattered flank to close. Sheer to the trap they crowd their way"- i From ports for this unbarred. ... Quiet, and count our laden prey The convoy and her guard! On shoal with stearce a foot below, "Where rock and Islet throng, Hidden and hushed we watch them thro- Their Anxious lights along. Not .here. not. here your danger.. lies - - (Stare hard. O hocded eyne!) Save where the dazed rock-pigeons rise. The lit Clio's give do sign. Therefore to break the rest ye seek. The Narow Seas to clear Bark to the syren's whimpering shriek The driven death Is here! Look to your Tan a league away What midnight terror stays The bulk that checks against the spray Her crackling tops ablaze? Hit. and hard hit! The blow went home. The muffled, knocking stroke - " The steam that overruns the foam The foam that thins to smoke The smoke that clokes the deep aboil The deep that choke's her throes Till, streaked with ash and sleeked with" oft, The lukewarm whirlpools close! A. shadow down the sickened wave Lone since her slaver fledt . . But hear their clattering quick-flres rivfc Astern, aheam. ahead I Panic that shells the drifting spar . Loud waste with none to check Mad fear that rakes a scornful star-- Or .sweeps a consort's deck! Now. while their silly smoke hangs thick, ' Now ere their wits they And. Lay In and lance thenv to the quick '" Our gallled whales are blind! Good luck fo those that see the end, -i Good-bye to those-that drown For each his chance as chance shall send And God for all! Shut down! The strength of twice three thousand horse That serve the one command; The hand that heaves the headlong force. The bate that backs the hand: The doom-bolt In the- darkness freed. . The mine that splits the main;,., . Tb -white-hot wake. -"the 'wllde-rlig speed' The Choosers of tne sins: -