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PORTLAND. MONDAY. JUNE 26. 1805.
THE PLIGHT, Or RUSSIA.
It seem6 doubtful whether another
great battle In Manchuria can be avert
ed. Talk of truce, with view to peace,
comes to no definite statement. Japan
is not disposed to forego any advan
tage which the military situation seems
to offer her; Russia Ls governed by an
aristocracy, merely a class of privilege,
to whom the sacrifice of armies recruit
ed from the common people is nothing.
They care -not. as Hamlet says, for "the
imminent death of twenty thousand
jrien. that for a fantasy or trick of fame
go-to their graves like beds. Russia,
therefore, is in no haste to make peace.
But Russia misunderstands her posi
tion. It is due to her ignorance. Her
climate, her vast distances, his own
daring, which tempted the fate that
overwhelmed him, gave her victory over
the greatest man of the modern world.
The ruling 'lasses in Russia believe
that since Napoleon could not overcome
her. fhe is invincible in all circum
stances. They do not allow for the
changes in the modern world.
Japan keeps abreast of this move
ment; Russia lags behind It. At every
priint Japan has command of all the fa
cilities afforded by the highest Intelli
gence of the modern world. Russia
sticks in the old.ftits. it "because she
has no support-frCm democratic Intelli
gence 'and ambition. She tram pi as all
these energies down. She expends her
energies in. massacre of the population
of Lodz, whose crime Is that they seek
freedom. Russia hold? down with her
armed legions the forces of democracy
that would make her the greatest state
of the Eastern World.
And the pitiful appeal of her states
men, like the groat De Wltte, to the
sympathy and support of the progress
ive world., on the assumption that the
Japanese are an "inferior race." and
their triunmph "would endanger mod
ern civilization! "In the first place. If
this inferior race can whip the world. It
is entitled to the "victory and the world
will be the hotter for it. Next observa
tion I that RussIr doesn't represent the
modern world, but the mediaeval world.
This is the reason why Japan Is win
ding her victories.
Assumption of the inferiority of the
Japanese and her belief in it have been
the bane of Russia -from the beginning
of thlj conflict. It was on that assump
tion that Russia pushed into Manchuria
and occupied Port Arthur. Agatn, when
Japan protested, when Japan insisted
that Russia must not continue her mili
tary occupation. Russia, under the de
lusion that she was dealing with an In
terior race, treated the remonstrances
of Japan with contempt. So. the armies
and- rravler of Russia, believing that
they were engaging with aw inferior
people, have gone to their 'doom; and
there ls more to follow. The greatest
of misconceptions is in the -underrating
of one's adversary' .,
Russia cannot meet modern armies
and the modern spirit with antiquated
armies and the 'mediaeval spirit. She
has yet to learn the lesson that all real
strength for a nation is- in the spirit of
lis people. This, of all facts the great
est in the - modern world. Russian oli
garchy ignores". Before she can make
any foreign war with hope of suocose.
Russia must make concession? to the
democratic spirit at home. That Mill
Je: a kt. of hereditary aristocrats out
of a job. 'But it win be the salvation
of Russia. It may take a century v
two to effect the transformation. But
it will come.
We may have reason to suspect that
old-line life Insurance is too high: but
w e are also beginning to learn that fra
ternal insurance is or has been too low.
Thus twents years ago a man at a cer
tain age could secure insurance in the
Royal Arcanum at a yearly rate of ?6.4
the 51000. plus a rcnalt sum for "council
dues." That was vers' cheap. Seven
years ago. however, his assessments
were increased te stilt leaving the
cost low. Now it Is proposed w in
crease his charger to JIT. 16. which ap
proximates t the companies .rates. If
"Ha sheuld, live seventeen years kacr.
moreover, he would find his- assess
ments amounting- to 161.32 a year, or
much more than they would be If he
had Insured In a "regular" company.
Naturally, the man who carries Insur
ance both in the companies and In a
fraternal order Is In a quandary- Shall
he quit the companies beoause they are
too high, or the orders because they are ,
too low? Perhaps he will be lucky to j
die before he has to settle the question, i
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FItANCinSEb AND NO FRANCHISES.
You will never find the organ of the
"plutocratic combine" of Portland ar- j
guing for taxation of the great muni
cipal franchises- under control of its
owners.- They didn't start and don't '
maintain their organ for any such pur
pose as that. About the only thing It
can think of that ought to be taxed is
the alleged franchise of one of the news
associations of the country. Only one
of them, for itself is interested In an
other. There are several. The Oregonlan
takes the report of two. In connection
with other newspapers In various places
it has s peel I combination service, of
groat extent; and besides. It operates
a special service of ka own and for
It pelf alone, amounting to thousands
of words dally.
This service, whether for The Ore
gonlan alone, by its private special ef
fort, for The Oregonlan in connection
with one other or more newspapers, or
for The Oregonlan through press asso
ciations that serve many journals, has
nothing whatever In It 111 the nature
of "franchise." Individuals and asso
ciations collect news and hire the tele
graphs and telephones and mails to
carry it. All other persons have pre
cisely the same opportunities, the same
rightB, the same rates. Hence no news
paper can be a monopoly, no presp as
sociation can be a monopoly. None is,
none ever war.
The industry of gathering and send
ing news, by methods open to all on
equal terms. Is no "franchise," Is no
"property." There is nothing of that
nature In it. It is a fleM free for all.
"Undoubtedly they who enter It may be
required to pay an occupation tax. But
that is all. If The Oregonlan should
construct telegraph arid telephone line?,
they would be subject to taxation, of
course; but it is not The Oregonlan's
present intention to do so. To call the
right to collect and to write news and
to hire its transmission, a "-franchise"
Is extreme absurdity. It is a "fetch,"
merely, to divert attention from the
taxation of real franchises, got by con
cessions' from the state, and worth mil
lions, even in so small a city as Port
land. The Oregonlan expects ao pay tax on
all Its property, and ever has done so.
But it has no franchises, and l doesn't
expect to pay tax on the industry It
employs In collection of news, whether
done singly and for itself alone, or in
connection with others, for mutual ex
change. We tax property, in this coun
try, and franchises are property; and
municipal franchises in particular are
to be taxed, because they are the most
valuable kind of property, created by
concessions or grants made by state or
city, and In the nature of thing? usually
are monopolies. But to capitalize the
Industry of the newspaper In gathering
news, call It a property, pretend It a
"franchise" and set a valuation upon It
for taxation an industry open to every
person and one that has no concession
of any kind from the public Is ridicu
lous. But It Is not ridiculous to pro
pose to tax a municipal franchise,
granted without compensation to the
city, which occupies the leading public
streets and has just been sold for .lx
millions of dollars. That is a fran
chise, and It Is a taxable property.
IGNORANCE REGARDING FOREIGN
TRADE.
With so many other magazines mak
ing a specialty of romance and fiction,
the Booklovers has heretofore printed
but little of this light reading. In the
June number, however, Harold Bolce
has a number of Interview with some
distinguished Government officials
which savor so strongly of both ro
mance and fiction that they might not
inappropriately be classed with those
subjects, although they are on the topic
of foreign trade. Secretary Shaw has
much to ay about our neglect of for
eign trade opportunities, and drags in
his ship-eubsidy hobby in the following
style:
If w ever set r lefittlmaie vtoare t the
tra of South America. Oeeontca an4 SMrtci
Africa, we will fcave tm tjo after ft and se
ta American pMp. We need never expect '
3m4 tw ware M market in ovr neighbor?'
conveyance and fare h well ai te w)w onus
the coftve"&ac and has rtmMar ware to ell.
This bit of fiction is amusing, following
so closely as it does the report of a spe
cial representative of the British gov
ernment on the same topic. The Britisher
proved by verified figures, which were
primed in all of the loading trade pa
pers and also in American Consular re
ports, tnat American snippers were
sending their wares to "South America.
Oceanica and South Africa" in British
vessels for lower freight rates than
were granted European exporters to the
same countrier. There Is no sentiment
in business, and! the man who owns the
ship very seldom has any interest in
the cargo. Just at present, and in fact
for the past five years, there has been
such a surplus- of tonnage available at
American ports and such close compe
tition for our freight, that rates to the
countries mentioned have been much
lower than from Europe. The eager
ness of the foreign shipowner to han
dle the American business even at cut
rates, is . reflected in the advertising
column? of the New Tork Journal of
Commerce.
These advertisements show no less
than sixteen different steamship lines
from New York for South 'America,
South Africa and Australia. The equip
ment of these lines includes some of
j the finest freighter? afloat, and a large
J number of passenger steamers. So far
j as Australia te concerned, there is an
j American Hne running out of San Fran-,
j jelsco. and It is never obliged to refuse
freight for want of room. Pacific Coast
shlppers have lese business with South
American poris than is Handled from
" New Tork. but there is plenty of ton
nage available for carrsing it at low
rates. If Secretary Shaw knows any-
! thing about foreign trade, he failed to
make It clear in his interview with Mr.
Bolce.
Another eminent foreign-trade expert
who contributed to the Booklovers ar
ticle was Dr. John Franklin Crowell.
secretary of the economic division of
the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science. Something great
might be expected from puch an Impos
ing title, but about all that the emi
nent doctor has bo offar Is that "we
have no foreign trade poMcy" and that
Germany ls afraid to "put the United
LStatcs at a permanent disadvantage."
There is a smattering of truth In the
statement that we have no foreign trade
policy, but Dr. John Franklin Crowell
will not have long to wait to learn that
there will be no fear on the part of
Germany to enforx a retaliatory tariff J
discrimination against American trad
ers. This we have invited, and, until
the Invitation is withdrawn, and we sue
for commercial peace, our German trade
will shrink.
Mr. Bolce also interviewed the prin-
cipal disturber of foreign trade. Mr.
Victor H. Metcalf. head of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor,
whose administration of the Immigra
tion laws has brought us into very
serious commercial difficulty with
China. Some explanation of the atti
tude of Mr. Metcalf at a time when !
we are In the gravest danger of losing
our Oriental trade. Is found in his state-
rs thai "r anufac-
tared goods to distant countries are
really very, rmall." jand that "Amerl-
cans have failed to advise themselves
as to the vast onDOrtunltv abroad." and :
that "the popular conception of our
foreign trade status abroad is an erro
neous one." The latter statement is
open to question, but there is no ques
tion as to what will happen unless the
Government officials learn more about
foreign trade than is disclosed In such
Interviews.
THE RURAL POST SERVICE.
There is a growing money deficit in
the work of the PostoJSce Department,
due mainly to the rapid extension of ru
ral delivery. It should be said that there
could be no deficit In any branch of the
public service from better cause. Our
people In the rural districts are entitled
to a service so essential to their posi
tion;, for directly and indirectly they
hav.e ever borne a large part of the
burdens of National administration, but
have not hitherto been able to get their
proper share of the conveniences and
general benefits from It that the cities
have obtained. Nor Indeed will they
yet. But the rural mail service supplies
to them some part of the deficiency and
to an extent restores a balance that has
been heavily against them.
Rapid as has been the growth, of the
rural mall service, it is by no means
yet fully established. In almost every
state there are localities yet unsupplied.
This Is especially ro In the West and
South. Doubtless there are sparse, set
tlements, scattered and remote, which
will yet have to wait a long time for
this service. There must be one hun
dred heads of families for a standard
route of 21 miles. But It Is only a
question of time when house-to-house
delivers of mail will .be universal; for
it is an accommodation in line with our
general system of education, and such
deficit as may arise wilt be charged to
a cause which citizens believe entitled
to .support of the country.
By latest reports there are 3S.9S2 rural
routes, serving about 2.17.00 families.
The report of the present fiscal year,
soon to appear, will undoubtedly show
a very considerable Increase over this
number. Illinois leads the country, with
nearly 3000 routes. The service began
in 1S37. with an experimental appropria
tion of $10,009. For the next fiscal year
to end June 3. IMS the appropriation
Is ?25.S2S.W0. But could money be ex
pended for better purpose? It should
be observed, however, that there is In
come as well as outlay; for the serv
ice largely increases the revenues of
the department. The whole deficit of
the department last year was JS.SM.OOO-'
a sum only about one-third the total J
cost of he rural service.
There has been astonishing growth of
the business of the Poftofilcc during re
cent years. Free deliver' and rural
delivers greatly stimulate the use of the
malls. Every function of society and
of business adds increasing tribute. The
growth of the revenues is at the rate
of about 10. per cent per annum, and
of expenditure In recent years rather
more. But it may safely be said that
It Is one branch of the public, service
that never wHl be curtailed and will be
Increased always, from year to year.
THE BRIBEGIVER.
The professional lobbyist has taken a
prominent place on the Index Expur
gatorious of the American people. He
must go. He has been driven out of
Missouri hy Governor Folk; he has had
an unpleasant time in Illinois with Gov
ernor Deneen; and he is not wanted in
Wisconsin, where Governor-Senator La
Follette rules with a dictator's power.
Now Governor Herrick. of Ohio, who is
not a reformer, joins the movement.
At Cedar Point, O.. several days since,
he had this to say:
Lobbying ls a deadly ftoiron ta the well
prlRt; of legislation. It is rfsiMe. ! Use
nvita. for the tow estimate In which oar law
making; bodies ar held hf many throughout
the entire cooMry. The srfelenal tobhy
irt i a criminal. By that I mean the man
who ofTtrs a fixed brute to promote or restrict
legislation. Hln sreat crime Hes m the de
strwctlo at the lank ta the koneity of our
cftlxeaa and the boeraUy of mankind. We.
must do more than arreK: we must exter
minate the proteiolOMl tohfcy.
There Is a species of lobbying to
which no objection can be offered,
and that is the open and straight
forward advocacy of or opposition
to any given legislation by the rep
resentatives of any interest that mas
be affected. But the lobbyists upon
whom mans influential and experienced
aubltc men now make war are those
who bs Improper influences, by corrup
tion, bs bribery, direct or indirect, or
by ans other questionable or subtle
means, seek to promote legislation for
their friends and employers, or to de
feat other legislation aimed at tqem.
Every Legislature has Its lobby. It Is
safe always to say that one-half Its,
members have no proper business at
the state capital.
But why stop at the lobbyist? Whs
not get at his empkser? If the Repub
lic has an enemy R Is the corporation
or individual who hires the lobbjist to
buy. debauch, cajole or coerce a legis
lator Into dotng that which he should
not do and would nor otherwise do. The
bribegiver Is as bad or worse than the
bribetaker. The mischief begins with
him. He should first of all be held ac-
; countable. He is usually too smooth
' and cowardly and respectable to work
in the open. He works through agents,
some in and others out of the Legisla
ture, and whenever there Is an explo
sion he Ls safe under cover. He rarely
is seen by a Legislature. His hirelings
must stand the brunt of ans exposure.
Yet his hands are as dirty as his crea
ture's, and his character worse, for he
incite? others to wrongdoing, and em
ploys ans means he can except such
means as would bring him Into the
light to play on the weaknesses and
vanities and need?, and wreck the char
acter of the men who make' our laws,
and who if let alone would go home
with clear conscience and good name
Perhaps we shall some day go to the
fnnntain-head'of all this rottenness, and
drag its authors forth into the glare of
publicity for the contempt which they
deserve. 3ut we seem not yet to be
ready, for we have not yet got to that
point where we refuse to respect and
honor the successful bribegiver.
That there ls a public sentiment In
Philadelphia has been lately well es
tablished. The city has been emanci
pated. But the so-called reformers did
not do it. The Mayor, a Republican
machine Mayor, was- the chief Instru
ment. The 'political bosses have uncon
ditionally surrendered. The Councils will
do the people's bidding. The gas lease
has been withdrawn, and the corrupt
trolley franchises will be repeaed. Of
the results accomplished the Public
Ledger says:
j The city ha emerged from darkness la
' d has taken iu place la the lead
Ksra ;vl?i
xr , rxareple la civic patrtotura. Integrity
' and persistence in the right. The municipal
I severnwent has been recovered to the centre!
,ne ciuxec. The corrupt cenrHmtora are
I ejected. The reign of graft Is at aa end. Tae
emancipated Councils gladly consent M re
Vcl the popular will. The highways have
been rescued from the rrasp f speculator
and w be made .accessible to honest and
prefltable enterprise. The pubrtc service will
be redeemed, and thoee who have prMtKuted
It te their own creed will not only be cast
out. but will be made to pay the Just penalty
f their crime. Above all. the people win
be enfranchised, and never air a In will they
b brought into subjectlen te the corrupt
tyranny they have shaken off.
Mr. Joe Dlener. ex-commercial trav
eler and prospective convict, can bear
testimony to the oft-repeated state
ment that this ls a pretty small world
after all. He sold his line of hardware
samples to a second-hand dealer in
Portland, twenty months ago, and de
parted for British Columbia. From
there the detectives traced him across
the Pacific, through Japan. China. In
dia. Those far-away -lands failed to
shelter him. and .he worked his way
back through the Suez to Paris, to Ger
many and London. Even among the
teeming millions of the European capi
tals he could not shake off the Ameri
can detectives, so he crossed the Atlan
tic to Boston, leaving there as soon as
discovered for Savannah, where he was
taken ill and captured while in the hos
pital. If Mr. Diener ever repeats the
offense for which he was .arrested, he
will probably surrender as soon as he
learns that detectives are on his trail,
as he must fully realize that it Is a
loss of time endeavoring to dodge them.
The belief that Uncle Sam desires
plenty of waterfront with his real es
tate purchases is spreading. Having
taken In the Island of Cuba, the Phil
ippines. Hawaii. Guam, and others of
minor Importance, we are credited with
dickering for the Saghallens In the Far
North. Now comes the confidential
agent of Colombia with an offer to sell
the Gallpagos Islands to the United
States. There is no apparent reason
why the United States should buy up
these Islands that arc lying on the In
ternational bargain-counter, but their
respective owners need the money, and
apparently think this is the best mar
ket In the world for the disposition of
island property. The Colombians expect
a premium for the Gallpagos Islands,
because the United States gobbled up
Panama without placating all of the
Colombian soreheads. In this a disap
pointment awaits the sellers.
The Government has chartered the
American steamship City of Savannah
to run between New Tork and Panama
for three months, with the option of
purchase at the expiration of that
period. A New York paper, in noting
the transaction, says: "Being an ex
pensive boat to run because of her con-
sumption of coal and comparatively
small cargo space, she has been laid up
most of the time since her purchase
four s'cara ago." These qualifications
for Government service will be recog
nized Immediately. If Uncfe Sam ever
purchased a craft that was not too ex
pensive to run or otherwise unqualified
for straight commercial purposes, it has
escaped the attention of the maritime
world. The Government fleet of steam
er?, exclusive of. those built to order. Is.
with a few exceptions, a rare old col
lection of gold bricks.
And now comes the report that the
CorvallLs & Eastern Railroad will ex
tend its line through Central Oregon by
the cast and west route. Out of all
this "smoke that is being raised over the
Central Oregon railroad proposition
there should come some fire. We now
have, according to rumor, four different
lines the Northern Pacific, O. R. &. N..
the Gould line and the Hammond lln
all contemplating entering the new
field. Mr. Hammond, who has been
vers successful with both the Corvallls
& Eastern and the Astoria & Colum
bia River Railroad, has vers compre
henslve data regarding the field which
it is reported he will next invade, and
the extension across the state would be
a very Important link in his system.
The electric cars have no advantage
over the trains pulled bs steam loco
motives when two attempt to pass each
other on the same track. The feat was
attempted near Connellsville, Pa.. Sat
urcay afternoon, and two men were
killed and fifteen Injured. The electric
block signal ss'stem was In use where
the disaster occurred, proving that there
are times when all of the safeguards
which thelngenults of man can throw
around rapid transit are futile. Some
one was to blame for the accident, just
as there is for nearly all of the acd
dents which take place on railroads or
electric lines, but the fixing of respon
sibllits Is generalls a most difficult
matter.
It Is certain that the excess of Gov
ernment expenditures over Income for
the current fiscal year will aggregate
about $30,000,000. Secretary Shaw's op
tlmlstic prediction that the deficit would
melt awas with the warm weather Is
pot to.be justified. The next Congress
will find that it must take fiscal legis
lation seriously In hand. There seems
no way. at least there is no present In
clination. to cut down expenditures.
What. then, is to be done? It is evi
dent that we must revise the tariff or
Impose Internal revenue tax on some
things not now taxed. The problem is
simple enough when we decide that It
must be solved.
Some rortiana automomusts report
that they went from Lebanon to Salem
forty-three miles. In a little over two
hours. The report of the same Journey
from the farmers along the road is yet
to come In.
Eastern papers just at hand are full
of sweltering accounts of Summer heat.
The maximum temperature in Portland
Saturdas was. 64; minimum 55. There
is nothing more to aas. -
0REG0NOZONE
"Wassles."
Waggles? Whs, just a deg a common
cur; '
Came to our house, nobody knew from
.where.
And settled down; he seemed to take to.
us.
We took him In an onery-looklng cuss
As ever yeu beheld; his hair unkempt.
His hide from baths no doubt since birth
exempt;
And s'et he was a cheerful sort of brute
.-he
Was gentle, which 'made up for lack of
beauts.
Wife said she wouldn't keep him: but the
kid
Begged, -Mamma, let him stay!" and
mamma did.
"But s'ou must keep him out of doors,"
she said;
So Waggles get a pallet III the shed.
The neighbors called, and when they
spted the cur
They grinned and Joked, ha-had, and
asked us. "Where
On earth did yeu folks find a dog ao
ugly?"
But Waggles wagged his tall and lay
there snusly.
Snapping at files that came his way; and
thus
We grew to love 'that onery-looklng cuss.
Yes. grew to love him, 'most aa much aa
some
Love children, for you couldn't call him
dumb;
His bark was tike a voice now mild and
.merry.
Now sharp and shrill, and his vocabulary
We learned to kno. particularly did
That pride and promise of our house
the kid.
When Waggles had been ours about a
Sear,
The laughing stock of strangers far and
near
Who chanced to see him. but the pride
and pard
Of little Bobble monarch of the yard
He found a chance to vindicate his name
And show us that a beaatle can be game
Without a pedigree The house that
das .
Caught fire, with all the family away
But Waggles and his chum the little
chap
Upstairs asleep his after-dinner nap.
After awhile a hell of smoke and flame
Burst through the roof and then the fire
men came.
With trucks a-clatter and the engine's
kud
Whl3tle and puff; and while the eurious
crowd
Gathered across the street to watch the
scene.
The gallant firemen handled the machine
And turned the water on. "No use to
try ,
Saving the house." the Chief said; "It's
goodbye
To this one no one in it. anyhow;
But keep the flames confined so, lively.
now!"
Then suddenly from out the shed there
cam?
An ugly dog and Waggles was his name!
He whined and whimpered at the fire
men's feet.
And barked Hke mad. The crowd across
the street
Laughed, when the foreman, Blake, of
No. 2.
Yelled "Scoot, you brute! we'll turn the
hose en yeu!
But wqen thes- broke a window to turn
in
The water. Waggles, with a ghastly grin.
Showing his shins teeth. leaped through
and ran
Straight up the stairs, braver than ans
roan!
Two minutes later, through
the
smoke
and flame. f
. i
brave
Down the .doomed stairway
old
Waggles oame.
A glorious marts'r In a fiery sheath.
Dragging the bos the frock caught in his
teeth!
The boy? Well. I'm the bos or was. at
least.
Seme years ago, before my size increased:
And Waggles? Whs (there's something
in my throat!)
Old Waggles, whs, yeu see. his woolly
coat
Caught fire and while the doctors worked
with me '
He slunk awas and died. So now
yeu see
Why I'm in love with dogs; and If I had
A poet's pen I tell sou I'd be glad
To write a glorious, living epitaph
For Waggles and I'm sure you wouldn't
laugh!
ROBERTUS LOVEL
THE HIGHEST BUILDING.
It ls to Be Erected on Madison
Sqnarc, New York.
Ftt
SletrofMHtan Lite Insurance Company.... JfV
tVafthiiiston monument 555
City Halt. Philadelphia 537
Celeme cathedral..... 312
PyramM of Chepa 479
St. NVebota" CtMirch. Hamburr 473
Straibarg cathedral
Rosen cathedral
rew lorK. Tne Metropolitan Life In
surance Company will erect on the site
of Dr. Parkhurst's church, at Madison
avenue and Twents'-fourth street, the tall
est building in the world. It will be 3
feet In height five feet higher than the
Washington Monument. The site of the
-Metropolitan's tall tower has a frontage
of T5 feet on Madison avenue and 130 feet
on Twenty-fourth street.
Preliminary sketches have already been
drawn for the tower by the architects of
the building. Napoleon Le Brun & Son.
although the company will not take pos
session of the site until Dr. Parkhurst's
congregation Is ready to move Into Its
new edifice.
Mr. Edison's Watch.
World's Work.
To Mr. Edison time Is so valuable that
he does not waste It even by taking
account of It. Time to him Is only the
chance to get things done; and no mat
ter how long It takes, they must be got
done. In his office safe there is care
fully locked awas a J2TC0 Swiss watch,
given him bs a European scientific
society. It Is never used. He buys
stem-winder costing a dollar and a
half, breaks the chain ring off. squirts
oil under the cap of the stem, thrusts
it- Into his trousers pocket and never
looks at it. When It gets too clogged
with dirt to run. he lays It on a labo
ratory table, hits it with a hammer
and buys another.
Shocking.
Puck.
Mre. Gramercy. You look awfully
worried, my dear girl.
Mrs. Pa,rk. It's all on account of my
stupid maid. She let me go out witn
Fldo. when I was wearing the gown
that harmonizes with Babette. -
JEWISH RACE IN THE UNITED STATES
Next ThaaVajctvUgr Day, the SSOth Anniversary ef Arrtvnl la
Canatry of First Jewish Refuse e Will Be Celebrated.
Sacramento Union.
A committee of 17 has beea appointed in
New Terk to arrange for the proper com
memoratie? of the 250th anniversary of
the settlement of the Jews In the United
States. The annlversars of their actual
landing will occur September 24. 190a. The
first official grant from the Dutch West
India Company permitting them te live la
ahe New Nether toads was signed April 25
ICoo. and this event was celebrated by a
banquet on the evening of April 23 last.
- It is proposed to arrange a National
celebration next Thanksgiving day, aad
all the Jews of the United States wllV be
asked to participate. The plan is to hold
religious services simultaneously la every
synagogue in. the country, to give thanks
to God for the blessings enjoyed In this
country by the Jewish people, and to erect ,
some appropriate memorial as an ac
knowledgment of these blessings. The
money to ay tor it Is to be raised by
public subscription among the Jews ot
the United States, aad committees will be
appointed in every cits, town and village
where Jews are living. The form of this
memorial has not as yet been decided
upon. Numerous suggestions have been
made and are now under consideration
bs the committee of IT. It Is desired to
make it a perpetual token of gratitude
and thanksgiving from the Jewish people
to the American Republic. It may be a
monument; it may be an educational fund.
or some institution of charity may be
founded for the benefit of the entire
world.
The committee consists of Jacob H.
'Schiff. chairman; Dr. Cyrus Adler. Sam
uel Grcenbaum, David Guggenheim. Pro
fessor Jacob H. Hollander. Max J. Koh-
ler. Edward . Lauterbach. Adolph Lew-
lsohn. Lewis Marshall. Dr. Perelra
Mendes. N. Taylor Phillips. Simon W.
Rosendale. William Solamon. Isaae N. Sel-
igman. Louis Stem. Oscar S. Strauss and
Mayer Sulzberger.
According to Philip Cowen. editor of
the American Hebrew, there are altogeth
er 1C0,0X Jews In the United States, of
whom nearly SW.OCO mas be found wtthtn
the limits of Greater New York, and that
number has Increased from 1CO.00O during
the last 20 years.
In the southern part of New York Clt
on the East Side, between the Bowery and
the river, are not less than 400.C0O Jews;
In another In the northern part of the
cits, west of Eighth avenue and above
Ninetieth street, are 125.000; In a settle
ment in the Bronx are S0.O0O; In Williams
burg. 6O.0CO. and on Long Island, in East
New York, there Is a community of T9.&0O
people known as Brownvllle, of whom' 50
per cent are Jew. For a mile in, one
direction and a half-mile in the other
every building Is occupied by Jews, mostly
of Russian origin.
The first Jews to arrive in New York
were refugees from religious oppression
In Portugal, and thes came by way of
Brazil and the West Indies, where thes
had sought an asylum in vain. The par
ty numbered 2X As some of them had no
money to pas their passage their baggage
was seized and sold at auction, and two
of the leaders were imprisoned as host
ages pending the payment. They behaved
well and prospered, and rapidly attracted
others of their race, but they were sub
jected to much humiliation. They were
not permitted to own land; they were
prohibited from selling goods at retail;
thes were not allowed to build a syna
gogue, and were refused the privileges of
the cemeteries. However, when one of
WHAT WE SPEND ABROAD.
Every year Americans spend abroad a
constantly increasing sum of mones", sass
Henry C. Nicholas in Public Opinion. Be
fore leaving for Europe the tourist pur
chases a letter ot credit covering the sam
which he expects to spend while abroad.
These letters of credit are purchased
main's from Wall-street bankers, and
give a foundation to work upon In esti
mating the amount of money annually
spent abroad on vacations. Experts on
foreign exchange agree that for the last
five sears an average of more than $100.-
C00.O a s'car has been spent bs American
tourists abroad. Present indications are
that fullj 1SO.O00 cabin passengers will
cross the Atlantic eastward this year, and
the cost of the vacations of these 150.000
tourists will amount to not less than $150.-
CCO.00O, or an average of about J100O apiece.
It Is an amount equal to the whole as
sessed value of propert- In Oregon.
Of this amount J37.500.CO0 represents pas
sage mones paid Into the treasuries of the
various steamship lines. This figure Is
based on an estimated average of $250 a.
round trip for each cabin passenger. Ac
cording to well-informed steamship offi
cial?, this estimate is. if anything, too
conservative. Fulls one-half ot the pas
sengers crossing the Atlantic in the first
cabin pas more than that one way. while
many pas many times that amount. The
average, however, would be about $250 for
each cabin passenger, or a total of $3T.50O.
Cf for the laO.OPO passengers who will go
to Europe this year. According to foreign
exchange experts, the average tourist
spends abroad three times the cost of his
round-trip ticket across the Atlantic. This
would give an average expenditure abroad
per tourist of $T50. which Is declared to be
well within the mark. This would indi
cate that the IsO.OCo tourists who will go
to Europe this Summer will spend abroad
a total of $112,300,000. Add the passenger
fares across the Atlantic, and you have a
grand total of $150,000,000. representing
what the annual European vacation of
Uncle Sam's citizens will cost this country
thls year.
He Was "Fresh."
When the President alighted at Red
Hill. Va., the other das, when he went
over to see his wife's new cottage, he
noticed that an elderlj- woman was
about to board the train, and. with his
usual courtess. he rushed forward to
assist her. That done, he grasped her
hand and gave It an "executive shake."
This was going too far. and the woman,
snatching her hand away and eying
him wrathfulls. exclaimed: "Young
roan. I don't know who you are. and I
don't care a cent; but I must say you
are the freshest somebody I've ever
seen In these parts." The President
tells this as a good Joke on himself.
The Virginia country people, however,
will soon get used to his breeziness of
manner.
The Grandstand Fan at Sea.
Chicago Tribune.
The wind blew a gale from the north
east, and the ship rolled dlsmaMy In the
waves.
You'll feel better when you get used
to It." remarked the sympathetic friend
to the pale young woman In the steamer
chair.
"I wouldn't mind It if It were just plain
pitching." ahe said, with a wan smile.
"Its the the curves that knock me out."
The Same Effect and Cheaper.
Washington Star.
"Aren't you going to the seashore?"
"No." answered the busy man. "I
hire three handorgan grinders and a
popcorn man to assemble under my
window aach evening, and I And that
the Impression ia much the same."
This
their number died, Gaveraor. Stusvesant
laid out a separate burial ground in a
district then outside the elty limits, but
sow la the center of the lower East Side.
The refusal of the Dutch to permit the
i Jews to engage ia retail trade has baa a
powerful influence upon the commercial
development of New York City because
It drove them into the Importing, export
ing and wholesale busines; which they
have practically monopolized for the last
centurj- It you win take a streetcar up
or down Broadway you will notice that
nearly alt the signa In the wholesale dis
trict bear Jewish names, and thes also
control a large number of the big depart
ment stores. Altman. Saks. Stern Broth
ers and Blumesdale are all Jews; Arnold,
of Arnold & Constable, comes of Jewlsa
stock; Macys' great store Is owned by
Straus Brothers: Simpson, Crawford &
am1 '. ";Ttn)I ,w T
might mention are all Jews. Although
the members of the first colony had their
baggage seized to pay their passage, the
properts holdings of the Jews of New-
York are now estimated to SSTO.COO.OCO. and
their wholesale trade test year was esti
mated at J55O.O0O.CCO In New York Clty
alane. N
It is an Interesting fact that John. Jacob
Astor learned his trade from Hayman
Levy, a Jewish fur dealer, who employed
him In 1T35 to beat furs for a dollar a day,
and. as Louis Marshall has observed,
"this constitutes no blot on the Astor
family escutcheon!"
Until 1SI2 nearly all the Jews In New
York were of Spanish and Portuguese
origin. Then Jews of German origin be
gan to come In. having been driven oat by
the Napoleonic wars. As late as 1SS2 the
majority In the ghettos were Jews of Ger
man origin, but the restrictive edicts of
Alexander III banished from Russia a
great army, which took refuge ia New
York. Now it Is estimated that two
thirds or more of the Jewish population
of this cits are ot Russian origin.
Jews have held many Important posi
tions ia our National, state and munici
pal governments. Several Jews have been
president ot the Board of Aldermen of
New York; there are always three or
four in the State Legislature and in the
Congressional delegation from this city
Julias M- Meyer, the present Attorney
General of New York, is a Jew. They
"have been as successful In the profes
sions as In trade, and' it is asserted in
Jewish publications that at lease 33 per
cent of the lawyers of the City of New
Yerk belong to that race. They have
been equalls prominent In education.
You would be Interested to look over the
list of teachers In the public schools in
New York, and the catalogue of students
In the Normal Schools, which show a
large proportion of Jewish names. Tie
Irish only surpass them In this respect.
Joseph Pulitzer and Adolph Lewisohn
have given large sums to Columbia Uni
versity, and Annie Nathan Meyer was
one of the tounaer? ot Barnard College,
the woman's department of that Institu
tion. The assessed valuation of Jewish
educational and charitable institutions irt
New York is $6,516,500.
A majority of the New York theaters
are owned or controlled by Jews. Hein
rlch CoareW. manager of the Metropoli
tan Opera Houee, and his predecessors.
Maurice Grau and Strakoseh. were Jews.
Opera was Introduced Into New York by
Lorenzo da Ponte. a Jew. Walter JJam
rssch and his brother Frank, the lead
ing Instructors, and the majority of the
piano and singing teachers In the city
belong to the Jewish race and several of
the most successful composers. The
mother of John Howard Payne, author
pf "Home, Sweet Home." wao a Jewess.
1 have frequently ' heard it asserted thai
Theodore Roosevelt and even George
Washington had a strain ot Jewish blood
In their veins.
ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE
Strange Diversion of Two Misses.
Tower Cor. Castle Rock Advocate.
Miss Huntington and Miss Shafer
went horseback riding for pleasure the
other das.
Takin-r His Ease Over Rubber. Tires.
Siimrnervllle Cor. Elgin Recorder.
John Tuttle rs uow riding around In
a new rubber-tired buggy. That Is what
we call enjoying life, which is quite
right, for John has worked hard the
greater part of his life.
Chance to Annex Slasher and Milker
Ctoverdale Cor. Tillamook Herald.
Fred Brlords is a ruslter. At present
he is milking cows for Jack Jenkins
and slashing for Charles Raj. Some
young lady would do well to launch
out upon life's sea with Fred. Don t
you think so. Fred?
Journalism's Heavs Fall.
Echo News.
Our Bunghole correspondent has
taken to the tall timber. We have a
short note from Him in waich he states
that he has moved from where he used
to live for reasons best known to him
self, tnat he has rented a well and that
Barkus Is on watch.
Why Vol Take Sure Remedya Wife
Toledo Cor. Chehalis Bee-Nugget.
Jchn Scales, of Washougal. was here
over Sunday visiting his best girl. John
makes frequent trips here and judging
from apearances the proposition is a
serious case with him. and he must
soon take something to kill the love
germ or he will be beyond all hopes.
Two of a Kind.
Birmingham (Ala.) News
Thes are going to have an airship con
test at the Portland Exposition. On the
Trail the hot-air contest Is a continuous
performance. ' "
Leuis and Clark Exposition.
Minna Irvin?. In Leslie's Weekly.
When Clark and Lewis first beheld
The rlpplln-f Willamette.
The virgin forest round them lay
With, many a snare beset.
Before them roso Mount Helen's mows.
Untrodden, cold and pale. -The
only path was her and there '
A narrow Indian traiL
Still aeaward rolls the Willamette
With water bright and clear.'"
SUI1 folded In eternal, snows
The mountain peaks appear;
But now a splendid city rears
Its roofo to meet the mom. ,
And writes Its name around the world '
In timber, wheat and corn.
But Otexon does not forget
The pair who biased the war. .
And mapped her future greatness out
She honprs them today.
In sleamlnr copper, too. ahe. casta
The forest queen of old .
Who guided through the wilderness
Those men of Iron mould.
In memory of the cabin heme.
tnth floor of beaten earth.
And walls of rudely plastered clay. "
Where Portland had Its birth. . .
She builds a palace of the iczs. ,. t
From leafy ,giants hewn.
Great trees that for a thousand 'years
Hare swelled the tempest's tuns.
A century of patient toll 1
Has realized tne dreams
That led the eturdy pioneers
O'er .mountains, woods aad streams;
And Oregon, the opulent, . ..
The wonder ot the Weyt.- .
.On this, her natal day. Invites
'The world to ba har guest. 1
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