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St. LouIk. Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company, S0C Olive street. Washington, D. C. P. D. Morrison, 2132 Pennsylvania avenue. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. J.TJXE 28. 1005. CO-OrERATlVE FEDERATION. Storms between capital and labor generally have their rise In what labor considers unfair distribution of profits. Under present plans labor gets Its wages, and capital the balance. Many attempts have been made to modify, even to reverse. hese conditions. When a satisfactory solution is reached, most persons expect that happy day to dawn when strikes shall be no more, when the laborer will work under an ap proach to civil service conditions, and when capital may rest content with a moderate return by way of dividend, and will sleep happily with knowledge that labor Is doing its best for the com mon good. Labor has other claims beside those based on a mere money return. Every observer knows that the factory work of the great city Is carried on amid surroundings of dirt, monotony, depres sion and unheal thfulness. The family of the worker lives, as a rule. In one of the streets near the factory, where an opposite row of houses shuts oft light and breezes, where air Is thick with smoke and dust, where green trees and flowers are far to find, where the children have no playground but the muddy t-troet. and church and saloon compete for the presence and Influence of the workman. The most recent and promising effort to redress all these evils, without ex ception. Is set forth In the papers de scribing the aims of the co-operative Christian Federation, which for two days past have been commented on in the papers of this city. It seems to have taken Mr. H. S. "Wallace eight years of continuous ef fort to frame, to modify and to secure recognition for his ideas, which In their present shape are indorsed by many leading authorities In the labor world. It was a long apprenticeship of strug gle and disappointment. The essence of the plan lies in elim ination of the stockholding and profit grabbing capitalist. The machinery is three-fold in function. It is the man with money, who Invests it in bonds se cured on the entire property of the en terprise and" receives a fixed, moder ate return (say 5 per cent), and, possi bly, in addition, a small shure in the ul timate profits: second, the managers, who are experts, and competent, receiv ing liberal but reasonable pay; third, the workers, who. as members of the Federation, receive current wages for their labor; certain social benefits, with residence in Federation model towns, and the entire residue of the profits, less a small reserve for investment in additions to Federation properties. Ob viously, it Is a preventive of strikes for who will strike against himself? Labor, through its trustees. Is to be its own employer. Very pretty, says an objector, but where is the security against uprisings of discontented labor, claiming man agement, control, or sale and distribu tion of the proceeds? Such things have w recced many co-operative devices in the -past. True enouch. but see how it Is proposed now to avoid them. Mem bership In this Federation Is based on the constitution, and on the contract to be signed by each Incomer. In both are clear and hard provisions, by which the rights of the memh. are confined to current waces. to social benefits while membership continues, and to a distributive share. ir capita. In the stated percentage, of nroflt. Vested rights and ownership in the properties of the Federation are directly dis claimed. Finally, the member contracts to be bound to all his fellows In adhe sion to the management and control of the properties by the trust for the Fed eration. Careful arbitration clauses are provided to forestall recourse to the courts. The "trust" is an original, and much praised feature. Co-operation has suf fered sadly for want of trained and able managers. Men from the ranks, unversed in business, uneducated in the theory and practice of management of .ffairs. have often been placed by their fellows, or have forced themseves into positions of control, and disaster has' followed too quickly. By constitution of this Federation and by contract with each member, a -trustee (the Federation trust). Is vested with title and- control of all the prop erties of the Federation. This compos ite trustee Is a small corporation of competent and successful business and professional men. who. for reasonable and defined pay, manage the proper ties and arrange the distribution of the profits of the entire enterprise as above detailed. The homes of the workers will be in factory and residence towns in West ern and Eastern Oregon, where beauty and bealthfulness of location and near ness to factory and store, garden, field and orchard will remove from factory life the huge drawbacks, so common now. The homes will be the property of the members so long as membership lasts paid for by deferred installment. The sums Invested are to be returned by the Federation to the worker when ever his membership may be deter mined. There Is no -system of paternal government provided. The people are to be free and equal, and fraternity Is to be the motto. Why. then, was Oregon chosen for this great and far-reaching experi ment? Because whoever meditates on this plan will detect that on the In herent worth of the possessions and property of the Federation rests its success. The capitalist's money is safe when resting on property of lncerasing, even of multiplying, value. The man agers' success results from the profit making power of the enterprises they direct. The workman's confidence and satisfaction In life will be lost unless he knows that his labor is bringing its due return. Oregonians who know the opportuni ties which their own state offers should be. and it is to be hoped will be, the last to doubt the wisdom of bringing here selected citizens, abundant capital, and capable management. Develop ment leagues and railroad literature are publishing invitations far and wide. The Fair Is one great invitation. Let us not then throw cold water on this Federation, because we are taken at our word and our invitations accepted. If irrigation is to be a tremendous suc cess, why. then, let these people Irri gate. If more railroads are needed, let us encourage them to build them. If timber lands are a mine of wealth to the syndicates, why not to be Federa tion? ,If woolen and flaxmllls are good enterprises, let tbem go ahead and es tablish them. It Is a great enterprise, too large, too vague, some will say. In Its greatness lies a chief prospect of Its success. Why? Because thus only will abundant capital come in, competent management be procurable, and enough people to "federate" come in on a scale large enough to try out the experiment fully and fairly to its destined end. ONK OR OTHER. Effort for taxation and legal control of municipal franchises and of opera tions under them will probably precede In this country serious efforts In the di rection of municipal ownership. Nat urally the people are not disposed to extreme or-radical measures. But they are determined that something like gen eral Justice shall be established and en forced. If owners of a single line of public utilities in Portland can take a profit of six millions of dollars in a short time out of the franchise, including the right of monopoly that inheres In It, then cer tainly the deduction Is necessary that something is due to the public for this extraordinary concession That some thing must be had through taxation of the property, including the franchise, or through reduction of fares, or through both. Denial of the logic and result is impossible. No one can yet see the whole range and force of the tremendous doctrine of ultlmates Involved in this situation. But equity will be reached through tax ation and control, including control of rates, on the one hand, or through pub lic ownership on the other. The Orego nian believes that most people at this time would prefer the former; but It be lieves also that if the former should fail they will be prepared for the latter. INJURIOUS CROP REPORTS. The Government figures on the wheat crop of 1904 in Oregon, Washington and Idaho were from 5,008,000 to 7,000.000 bushels in excess of the actual amount produced. On account of the heavy shipments of flour and wheat made East, the detailed figures will not be available until a few days after the close of the fiscal year. June 39. Enough Is known already, however, to prove conclusively that the crop fell many millions short of the Government esti mates. Exporters, millers, farmers and even the Washington State Grain In spector endeavored to have the error corrected, but the Agricultural Depart ment 6tuck to its figures, and they are now a part of the official records of the department. Taking these misleading figures for a basis, and with conditions much the same as at this time last year, the crop experts of the department fig ure out a yield larger than that -of a year ago. The State of Washington is credited with a possible yield of 34,900.000 bush els, and in commenting on these figures the Washington correspondent of the Seattle Post-lntelllgeneer says that "it is a good deal to expect that this year's yield In Washington will be as high as last year's, but If such proves to be the case there will be a combined Spring and Winter wheat crop for 1905 of more than 34.000.000 bushels. Commenting editorially on these figures, the Seattle paper says: In Portland there Is a staaetai: rule ertab lithed te underestimate the wheat crop of the Pacific Northwest and te deprecate any estimate which looks large, on the pretense that such an estimate has a tendency te bear the msiket- The amount eC grain raised In this state. whHe large rem local standpoints, la net such a te exerei?e any notable Influence en the werM'a markets. A large estimate has merely the local effect ef senate hither more tonni.ee reeking cargoes for Europe, which is net a bad thtar fer the BTalnjrrewer. provided there Is any move ment ef train for expert la that direction, as there was not last year; but as there U likely to be this year. There is no standing rule established in Portland for underestimating or overestimating the crop. There Ss no sentiment In business, least of all In a business where millions are handled, as in the case of the wheat trade. Port land exporters and millers, who handle more than two-thirds of the wheat crop of Washington, quite naturally object to misleading figures either way. When a crop Is overestimated It injures the farmer, first, because a large crop, ex cept under abnormal'- conditions in other markets, means lower prices, and, second, because shipowners, who keep very close watch of the situation, note, that there will be an increased demand for tonnage, and they demand higher rates. The export business, on account of the demands of the shipowners and the high prices in the East, has been at a standstill for the greater part of the season now drawing to a close, but even at this late day shipowners are harping on the big crop and are holding ud charter rates in the belief that there are from 5.000.000 to 7,009.009 bushels of wheat yet to come out of the three states. Here is the opinion of a Liver pool shipowner writing to a Portland broker under date of May 12: We regret that you are unable if do any bestae at 27s Cd, but are satMed that we wiM make money by bating oft. With the large carry-ever wMch yea mast have and a Uc crop ee-aing e-n yen wttt surely see mock higher freights. The Government figures on the Wash ington crop in ISM were 32.H8.000 bush els. The Oregonian. following a system which ten years' use had proved to be j fairly accurate for the gathering and 1 compilation of crop statistics, on Sep tember 3. 1904. estimated the crop at 27,650.0(8 bushels. State Grain Inspector Arrasmith later in the season, after ex tended investigation of the matter and having the advantage-of late Spring grain threshing returns, cut this esti mate down below 25.000,009 bushels, and a majority of the grain dealers In Port land and on Puget Sound agreed with him. The Oregonian believes that Mr. Arrasmlth's estimate is too low, but It also believes that the September esti mate of this paper was slightly hlgh. The official figures will be available within a few days, and they will not reach 27.000.000 bushels. Some day when common sense and business-like meth ods supplant the loose theoretical meth ods now employed by the Government In the compilation of crop statistics, there wMl be no overestimtalng or un derestimating of crops. One extreme is as bad as the other. HOW TO ENFORCE EXCLUSION. The great hardship of the Chinese ex clusion law is that It place the burden of proof on the applicant for admission to the United States, ana then arbi trarily denies him all possible opportu nity to furnish the proof. The Immi gration officers have assumed that the purpose of an exclusion law Is to ex clude, and therefore they have- invari ably shut out everybody who by any possible Interpretation could be held to come within the provisions of law. A perfect Illustration of present meth ods is found in an incident narrated In The Oregonian Monday: A Chlaeee merchant has been fceM at 5tmat twe weeks ekisic reaaaristtot) te the United States, taeesh he has lived 21 years at Puget Seund asd Is one ef Seattle- wealthiest Chi nese merchant. He has made six trips te and from China, each time returning te this country witheut meleetaUea and hindrance frem the customs offleers er the Inspectors. President Roosevelt declares that such Chinese must not be subjected to delay, annoyance or humiliation, and he plainly says that "no harshness In the administration of law will be tolerated." But the President suggests no specific changes In the method of enforcing the law. The exempt classes, subjects of China, are permitted to enter the United States, upon obtaining a certificate from their government, vised by a United States diplomatic or consular agent In China. The trouble has been that these certificates are carelessly and freely Issued and vised, though U?ey are unquestionably prima fade evidence of the holder's right to enter: but they are not accepted at face value by Immigra tion officers here. The President warns American diplomatic and consular agents In China to be more careful and immigration agents here to be more considerate. That is all. and It may be enough. But a better and simpler way would be to station United States officers in China who should passupon these certificates before any Chinese is allowed to embark, and to Instruct the customs officers here to accept these certificates without question. The trou ble would then end. REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN. The National Woman Suffrage Asso ciation, which will convene for a ses sion of ten days In this city tomorrow, has drawn here a large corps of Intelli gent, persistent and effective advocates of this principle. Miss Susan B. An thony, as becomes her years and labors in the cause, leads the band, among whom Is Rev. Anna Shaw, Alice Stone Blackwell. Carrie Chapman Catt, Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Ida Hus ted Harper. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others whose names are well known in connection with the suffrage move ment. Of local renown In the same cause are Abigail Scott Dunlway, Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe, Dr. Annke Jeffreys Myers. Dr. Mary A. Thompson, Lucia Faxon Additon, Sara A. Evans and others well known In club circles and in philanthropic and educational work. The pastors of many city churches are upon the programmes of the many ses sions for Invocations, addresses and benedictions, and the auditorium of the First Congregational Church will be the place of meeting. It is not necessary to agree with the idea underlying this convention and its presentment to the public In order that the intelligence and sincerity of those who carry Its message may be recog nized and the ability with which it Is urged respected. The fair and open hearing to which every citizen of the United States is entitled for his or her presentment of a great question Is given to the advocates of woman suffrage. Public ridicule, social ostracism, petty persecutions, no longer prevail against it. The body that carries its banner and wears its colors Is a representative body of men and women In current lit erature, in philanthropy and in some of the learned professions. As such their opinions are entitled to respect, and what many of them will have to say will be well worth hearing. SLANT OR VERTICAL? VERTICAL OR SLANT? Vertical writing was not In the be ginning very kindly received by public school teachers, and was seldom fully adopted by pupils. The effect. In very many Instances at least, was to spoil the "slant" penmanship that pupils had acquired through several grades In the grammar schools without developing the bold, stiff penmanship of the verti cal system. As a consequence, a multi tude of boys and girls went into the High Schools whose chirography was a broken-backed, disjointed cross between the two systems stilted, inartistic, il legible. There were exceptions to this rule, of course, since there are pupils In every school who conscientiously strive to keep up with the demands of the system: but this Is the rule as it worked out In the case of the majority of pupils who had reached the fourth or fifth grades in our grammar schools when the vertical system was adopted. But these In the main have passed on and out and the grotesque combination of the slant and the vertical Is not characteristic of the penmanship of pu pils of the Portland schools now. Over in Seattle, however, they have taken the back track on this line, and the pupils who have been taught the vertical system through the lower grades will now be compelled to come back to the slant 'system. Here It may be said that either system Is good enough by Itself the "slant" style be ing much the more graceful, the "ver tical" the more legible. But the cross between the two Is simply abominable. Hence the change back and forth from one system to the other Is reprehensible and should not be encouraged. However, the Text-Book Commission over in Washington has determined to "go back to slanL" The teachers. It is said, "approve." Of course teachers In the public schools In Seattle, as else where, are bound to approve the action of the school authorities on any ques tion or prepare to vacate their Jobs. The school book trust, of whatever spe cific name, has nothing to fear from objections coming from teachers. "Theirs not to reason why." They are merely expected to stumble on through any and all combinations forced upon them in decorous, even cringing, si lence. Hence the Seattle teachers ap proved the change1 "back to slant," and copybooks of a favored publisher will be unloaded upon the schools for them to follow next year, and the wrestle between "slant and vertical," as enact ed In the grammar schools of Portland a few years ago, will begin. Whether such action represents an idlosyncracy of educators, an under standing between educational authori ties and text-book publishers and com panies, or gives evidence merely of the restless spirit that insists upon adopt ing something new in text-books as often as opportunity presents Itself, can only be conjectured. But about one thing-there can be no mistake, and that is that the change reaches the pocket of every patron of the public schools in the district or state, as the case may be, fills every nook and corner of the homes of the common people with un used schoolbooks. and tends to confuse pupils and perplex teachers. "Slant" at one period, "vertical" at another, and again "slant." may mean nothing more than the expression of a whim of an officious pedagogue, but It Is a trouble some and expensive whim, to say the least. Little Joseph RIggs. whose life was crushed out by a car of the Consoli dated Railway Company on Monday, might, as the Coroner believes, have been saved if the car had been equipped with a proper fender. But It wasn't. The "kings of finance" had concentrat ed all their purpose and effort on sell ing out their franchise for six millions, but couldn't find money to make their cars safe for the public. Accidents, distressing accidents, will happen at times, in spite of all precaution. But here Is a case where the greed of spec ulators, more anxious to sell out and "take profits" than to provide for safety on the streets, bore Its frulL Of such cases there are many. Wouldn't part of that fine profit of six millions have been well expended if proper guards had been supplied for the cars? Fur ther: Is such proper guard ever to be supplied? Mr. Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama Canal work, has resigned. While he has made no public statement of the reason therefor. It Is rumored that his retirement was due to the pres ence of too much red tape In connec tion with the work. Mr. Wallace was paid a salary of 530.000 per year, and a man good enough to command a salary of such dimensions undoubtedly has sufficient ability to enable him to carry out extensive plans without too closely adhering to the rules and regulations which are so prominent a feature of all Government undertakings. The Pan ama Canal may yet have to be built by the same methods employed on the canal at the Cascades. That Is. by placing the construction In charge of responsible contractors who can push it through to completion unhampered by Government red tape. The murderous Yaqui Indians are re ported to have butchered at least twelve ranchers and a number of women and children In a raid along the San Miguel River. These raids have become very frequent, and. as they are always at tended by brutal tragedies. It would seem that it was about time for "Mex ico and the United States to unite on some effective plan for the extermina tion of the red devils. Their depreda tions have mostly been committed on the Mexican side of the line, but many of their victims have been American citizens, and not Infrequently they have crossed the line on their murder ous raids. Twentieth century civiliza tion loses some of Its luster when we read of such Indian massacres as that Just reported from Tucson. It sounds too much like the frontier stories of fifty years ago. Speaker Cannon is still keeping before the public, and from reports his recent sojourn In the West was one continual round of gaiety. His poker playing on the trip to Alaska supplied the Cana dian papers with several columns of "stuff." The application of ice water to cool his brow at the opening exercises at the Exposition filled the San Fran cisco newspaper men with delight, and now comes the story from Burlington stating that the venerable Congressman was running a foot race with a young woman on the depot platform. If Dr. Osier wishes an exception to prove the rule which he attempted to establish, he could not find a better subject than Speaker Cannon. The captain of the abandoned brig Tanner, with his crew, has turned up uninjured and is now endeavoring to regain possession of the vessel which he abandoned. The captain admits that he left the brig and landed on Van couver Island, but does not specify his reasons for so doing. As the west coast of that storm-beaten island has never been noted for lnvitlng'landlng places, it will require much explana tion on the part of the captain to con vince the public that he did not leave his ship because he was afraid to re main on board of her. Tanner was asked If the firm of Mitchell &. Tanner 'did not regularly re ceive a fee of 5500 a month from one cli ent. The court considered the question too remote. But the public is entitled to know that the client was the Southern Pacific Railroad. Secretary Taft doesn't think much of the Jury system. Much depend on what the Jury does. 0REG0NOZ0NE By Degree. No need to go to college To gather gobs of knowledge And win a mere A B. Become a politician. And reach a high position And get an T.T.. D. Frederic Remington's oil painting, enti tled. "On the Trail." Is reported as mys teriously missing from St, Louis, where It was on exhibition at the World's Fair. It is suggested that the searchers come to Portland and look for "On the Trail" cn the Trail. A Seattle paper claims that Seattle has Increased 130 per cent In population during the past five years, and now has 3)0.000 people. "In the next five years." accord ing to this easy adder, "at the same ratio, she will have 4CO.000; in ten years she will have SCO, COO; la 13 years she will have L6CO.CW." Why. ef course; and la 23 years, er by tSS. she will be the biggest city In the world, with 6.KO.0CO people; and In 50 years, er by 1533. Seattle wilt have 133. 200, CCO people, to say nothing of the dogs. This will be mere than twice as many people as there are In the United States; nearly as many as there are In Russia and the United States combined; and more than enough to make the whole State of Washington, from Spokane to Vancouver, and from Walla Walla td Soattle. one vast urban Immensity. If you are wise, buy a town lot la the wil derness ef Klickitat County before the prices advance; SO years from now It will be In fhe heart of Seattle, and you can sell It as a site for the new town hall; andNJs the value of course will Increase along with the Increase of population in Seattle, you will got about OT.fcO.OW.COJ.OOO. for It. and can by an airship, sail to the planet Jupiter, annex It for a Summer borne and be free of earthly worries. See Seattle swell! The Hesperian, a St. Louis quarterly re view, publishes an article captioned by the query. "What .s Henry James, JrT' Echo pauses to reply. "What?" The mnw question might be asked as to Robert Brown! but fer the harrowing howl that would go up from Boston. In Los An Kelts a woman has Just se cured a divorce frem a man who boasted te her that he had done but two days work In ten years, and if the Lord would forgive him fer that he would never do it again. It is scarcely necessary to state that the evidence adduced the fact that the man was a politician. B. W. Emerson recently came to Pert- land and wrote an article on the Lewis and Clark Exposition. But It was pub lished In Soattle instead of Boston. In announcing her engagement to a brother ef the man who saved her from drowning in the surf at Santa Barbara. last Summer. Mias Mary L. Bard, daugh ter ef a former Senator from California. has set a perilous precedent. Shall such leoaeclasm be permitted? Unmarried men of America, arise! Are you to submit tamely to such a condition ef things? Will you go about seeking whom you may save (in the Hue of Summer girls). only to be turned down in favor of your brother, who may be a handsomer man or a more ardent wooer? Is this the sort of reward that you are to receive for risking your precious life? Will you be contented to stand as mere "best man" at the altar, when the bride Is yours by all the sacred rights of romantic fiction from time Immemorial? Finally, are you to be considered as the preserver of your broth er's future wife, as well as your brother's keeper? AVH-LAM-ette. When Clark and Lewis first beheld The rlppHnr Willamette. The virgin ferest round them lay With ra-aay a snare Beset, Mlana Irrinr. in Leslie's Weekly. Fair and famous Minna Irving. Eastern bard of Leslie's Weekly, You're of censure scarce deserving. Hence we'll hand It to you meekly; With a sin that's quite besetting. You have wronged our loved Willamette; Now yeu shouldn't be forgetting, Portland's river rhymes with ! Truly, truly, 'tis a pity . Thus to criticise your rhyming. Since the bards of Gotham City Are supposed to do their chiming Quite 'correctly; but indeed, ma'am. When we find our bright Willamette Mispronounced, we feel you need, ma'am. To be teld It rhymes with ! We'll forgive you. Minna Irving. Bonny bard of Leslie's Weekly. And account you quite deserving. If you'll take It back as meekly ' As herein we have suggested: Anyhow, our swift Willamette Flpweth seaward unarrested Even poets may not dam it! ROBERTUS LOVE. Japs nnd Russians Compared. Exohange. Richard Henry Little, the war corre spondent of the Chicago Daily News, with the Russian army, was enabled, through his capture by the Japanese at Mukden. te make comparisons between the bellig erents which others had no chance to make. He write of his first morning's awakening among the Japanese: "There was a martial atmosphere around the camp, which was something I could never discover in a Russian camp. Being with the Russian army always seemed to me like being in a big rail road camp or lumber camp. The men never seemed to me like soldiers, but only like unskilled laborers, and the of fleers seemed merely the gang bosses and foreman. But with the Japanese I had always the realising sense that T was In a military camp and surrounded by sol diers. Although it was just daylight when we awoke, the officers with whom we had slept were almost all out of their beds. Stepping to the door I saw that they were with their companies, tak lng rellcaU and Inspecting their men or seeing that things were properly done The Russian officers never turned out of bed. except during a battle, until the sun was two or three hours high. All the company routine was left to the non commissioned officers. Transferred Charity. Puck. Mrs, Van Slummer. Little boy. how would you like to go on my Fresh Air Outlnc next week? Reddy McTurk. Outer sight, lady, but me brudder he needs fresh air morn'n me. He's a ticket chopper In de subway. Karroo! Indianapolis Star. In figuring on the fighting strength of J his country the fact must be .borne la mind that nearly 4. COO, 050 Irish have emi grated to our shores In the last half century. . . WHAT A CALff0RNL4N SAW. (Interview with -Hugh R. McNopte. Past President of California Native Sons. In Stockton Record.) Oregon Is a great state, much, greater than wa expected to find It. Portland is a great city, at least twice as large and influential as we ex pected to find It; the Exposition is pro nounced by those who have visited this character of fairs for 39 years the moat compact and best araaged World's Ex position, although on a ranch smaller scale than others. The finest single state exhibit, as well as the most ex pensive one. is the California building and exhibit. The California has the reputation of being the most hospitable host on the grounds;-the Governor and hi family reside right In the California, building and will be there meat et the Summer. At all functions given in the state building his wife is the hostess, aad Is making a splendid success ef it. The 11S California excursionists who went under the head of the California Promotion Committee were grandly received and royally entertained every -moment of the time we were la the state. Our trip began ia the nature of an ovatloa whea we crossed the Oregon line, and this lasted uatlt we returned to the state line agalc Oregon has some remarkable re sources. One county Umatilla. Coua ty produced In 1905. I per cent e the wheat of the entire United States; one sixth of ail the standing timber la the United States Is in Oregea; one county in Oregon Morrow County last year produced 1.300,000 bushels ef wheat and 3,900.000 pounds of weoL There are 17.900 acres of hops ia Multnomah County: the hop crop ef Oregon In 1305. it is estimated, will be worth 34.730,000. There are 32400 in the Qommereial and savings banks of Oregon for every man. woman and child la the state: that is to say. the commercial and sav ings banks have on deposit with thra an amount equal te 3?$1 per capita, The Fair ltsslt has these seeefct! features: First It is the most compact kt the matter of the araBgemeats ef bbIM lngs and grounds. Second It is the most beautMul in the world on account of the natural water and land setting. Third The Forestry buikliag erect ed by the State of Oregon Li pren ne ed the handsomest and meet genuine ) Exposition building ever erected. j Fourth The buildings and general J arrangements or. ine jxpesiiien are nearer completion at this time thaa any other exposition has been at the same date from the time ef the opes ing. Fifth The most notable exhibit 1 that conducted by tne Federal Govern ment. The Federal Government ia the first place gave 3425.000 outright te the Exposition management: thea agala they have expended 3 S09.000 in. iastaH ing the exhibit, which is preaeuBced one of the greatest ever installed by any nation at any exposition: there re corps of assistants and operators in the Federal building running p Into the hundreds, where a part ef the branch mint ef the United States at ( Philadelphia is being conducted in ' actually the same manner as It u b the original building in PhUadetpata. Another special feature of the Fed earl exhibit is the complete manufac ture ef modern ammunition and sntnf. and an exhibition of all the sizes and types of ordnance er guns frem the organization of the United States Gov ernment to the present day. The sum ef 3190.000 alone has been expended by the Government 1k mount ing and keeping exhibits in actual Hfe size and color and material ef the dif ferent departments of the United States Army and Navy, with the. exact clothing, regalia and insignia' worn by the respective branches and officers of these branches in daily and active life, as well as en the field of battle. The United States. In addition to ex pending this large sum ef money, has proporty ea exhibition valued at up wards of 34.000.000. Our trip to the Northwest, In my opinion, resulted 1r bringing more closely together the peoples of the two states and cementing the mere streagiy the existing ties. The California. Promo t lea Commit tee, at whose head is that splendid industrial captain. Rufus P. Jennings, has done a great deal In the last three years to promote the Interests of Cali fornia, and I believe no one thing that this committee ha.t undertake wttt have better results than' the week's trip spent in the Northwest with the people of Oregon and from all parjs of the world. Oar main surprises were: That Pert land was so large and beautiful a city: that the Exposition was so large and varied: that the products et Oregon were so many: that the population of Oregon was so small considering its area and possibilities: that 200 miles of Southern Oregon is mostly devoted j to the mining ef gold in the term ef , placer and gold quartz mining; that Oregon exceeds California 1b the beatt- , ty and variety of its roses; and finally that It didn't rain one drop ea ear 2000-mile trip, although 1200 ef these miles were traveled through the "Web foot State. Growth of Two Great Cities. Philadelphia. Ledger. It is predicted by the hopeful presea that the state census ef New York, about to be taken. wiH shew that Greater New York has a population of nearly 4.CCO.0CO. It is estimated that the pofwlatiea of the metropolis increases at ins rate ef about 3 per cent a year, addtag about 100.000 to the population annually. The population within the Umlts ef the county of London was 4&541 In KOt. Greater New York Is growing with great rapidity, and may overtake London eventually. It must be remembered, however, that the vast congeries of cities, towns and vil lager Included within what are known as the metropolitan and city police districta of the British metropolis had a pepuKtioa of ti.5SI.372 in 1301. and that the vepusatien included within these limits Increased 1.000.0CO In the tea years frem UB1 te VOL Heredity in Scouting- London Chronicle. It has been suggested that Major-General Baden-Powell's unrivaled skai as a cavalry scout forms quite a remarkable instance of heredity, seeing that he is de scended from Pocahontas, the American Indian Princess who has given her name to La Belle Sauvage Yard, ea Ludgate HQ1. and Hes buried at Deptferd. This principle of heredity ia further manifest in the hero of Mafekings features, which, in profile, have a distinct suggestion of the keen-eyed, aquiline-nosed redskin. There Is another 'Englishman who also derives from Princess Pocahontas and still more clearly betrays his Indian de scent. This Is Mr. Nash, the artist, ef Bedford Park, who for many years was a prominent contributor to the Graphic, and is now living In retirement at Yar mouth. Not Afraid of Tainted Money. Manhattan. (Kan.). Nationalist. We are not prepared te settle this, con troversy about "tainted money. but If any of eur subscribers are heading back their dollars fer 1SC5-4L thinking that we are likely to ask embarrassing questions as to whether they ever got a rebate, let it be understood that this home mission ary concern Is run entirely independent ef Dr. Washington Gladden. McGInty of Oregon? Denver Republican. Wonder If the Russian fleet has seen anything of our old friend MeGtntyi? PR0RESS0FPUBUC0MEFSHIP How a Conservative Journal tears the Movement. Frem the Independent. Our sympathies go out to those editanal writers ef the trust-owned daily press who have to earn their dally bread by writing: articles on the public ownership ef public utilities. As intelligent men they know that their prodsctioca are fool stuff orworse. We do not make the charge that these have been delib erately false. We say merely that If they hav not b-sen intentionally false, they have been remarkably Ignorant. Because it la entirely within, the range of possibility for the editorial writers. t zbow that the arguments which they have made use et in predicting znunldp disaster if the subways ef New YorV should be built and owned by the city if the street railways oi Chicago should be purchased by that municipality, if the gas weeks ef Philadelphia and of Boston should become pubUc properties! are sot based upon experience. The American correspondent ef the London MaX writes thea to his English readers: 20ajwr Dusa as declared that Chtoxe caa htahx th meeey wits -which te hey eat th eroeasies and reorxaaUs th whela vase st tem without the necessity tor terysx taev tmc K U beHaved Jilt s Sa absurdly cptt rsistie. asd tt ta prophesied t& Cnleaso be fore less say be jnaatesr nsder och a welsat of taxatioa tbst U cttlsesa wC rune she !jr when, they decided open na aeespal ownership. Te sack misleading argament the Lou den Municipal Journal makes this perti aeat and testing reply: This is exaetly t&e kis of tats writtrs and talked In oar own aouatry 10 and 12 years ace. New oar appoaeat ha Cor th most part jwjteaed ea te the "unfair eees petstiea wtta private enterprise arznsie-st. whtea iEflnences nobody execpt cempaay di rectors aad shareholders. Moaicspat tndlnz her?, so Ssr from addles: teth bur-lea oC she rates, relieve thenr. The New York press, however, as yet Is by bo raearw so UBScrupuleus to its deal Migs with, this Question as are the news papers ef seme ef eur smaller cities. In Bestea. fer example, aa erganJzatiee o citizens, i&elcdiag some ef the most sub stantial , bttstBess men ef the tews, has keea unable te get the results ef its in vestigathm of the pubnc service cor peratieas puelished la. the local news papers aad. would have been unable t reach the ptteUe at alt through, ordinary channels bad set the corrupt attgatiea. bee fearlessly expesed by the Sprktgneld Republican with a thoroughness that has spread eeasteraatieB, aad panic throasseur. the ranks ef the thieves aad tack news paper hsrefsBgs. There are. however, multiplying indica UoBs of aa awakening pubae conscience Fer the first time in. many years the de cent citiceaei ef Philadelphia have found the courage to say aad de something in eBpeslttea te the shameless cerrcptSoa last has relgnea insolently m taac cuy The vote ef the Councils t give over the gas supply te a private meBepoly f'T 75 years very nearly caused a rier, and there is reasoa te hope that whea Mayor Weaver vetoes, the measure it may be possible te preveat the censummatiea of the deal ever his opposition. Meanwhile, elsewhere than Ik the Uaited States the transfer ef great public utili ties te puMie ownership goes steadily for ward. The Italian raH-vrays are being takea ever by the state, and the munici pal railways ef London by the municipal ity. So thoroughly successful has muni cipal ownership proved In RngWind that it caa without reservatioa be said that the experimental stage there, as kx Aus tralia aad in New Zealand, has been passed. That the English-! peaking people ef the werkl are able to manage great easiness interests through, collective ac tion, as they are able to Trstinraln the Institutions of popular government. Is a demonstrated fact. It is Impossible to regard this prog ress with indifference. The future of democratic society depends upon It, What ever power controls the biggest economic iaterests and agencies wiK control the political interests and the lawmaking and administrative machinery. If great eco nomic Interests must be moaopottzed by a smaH group of business men. organized la private corporations, popular govern ment is a failure. The only workable form ef government becomes minority government, by an oligarchy er a dictator, more er less limited by potential popular level. If the people can collectively ow the great pueKe utilities, and eeaectivelv prescribe terms ef operation, the people can also maintain the reality ef popuiar or democratic government. The signs are many and premising that democracy ia destined fat this Mg struggle te wtn out. Canada's Northwest Police. The World Today. Readiness for duty in aay form has made the Reyal Northwest Mounted Pe ace what they are. the trusted guardians ef Hfe aad property In Western Canmfa. Their field is from the United Stat-s boundary te the Arctic Coast, and in this vast territory, a thousand miles frotrt south to north. SCO scarlet-coated men keep peace and order. Through any par, ef It. prairie, wilderness or weeds, a de fenseless woman may go alone aad hav 2 no fear. To make thus easy the traveler s way meant years of vigilant poHeing and even of Sghtin-g. Those were stirring times., when mounted poMce service had zest aad glory. Today there Is less glorv and mere hard work; for as the country Is settttBg farther north, the police, too. are moving up aaa widening their beats. Smugglers en the border, thieves on tha ranches, criminals in the settlements, Sres in the forests, to guard against these and ta represent the law lrr a. land that would easily be lawless, are their duties today: and to these have now been, added the carriage ef the mails ha the extreme north and the protection of ttti whale fisheries en the Arctic Coast. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police are uaieue. There Is no ether such system of public guardianship fat the world, nor are there bow In. any other country quit a the same conditions which caHed it into being. James II. Hyde's Langnage Fad. r-tJ New York Press. James H. Hyde, ef the nuitable Llfs Assurance Society, gees to greater lengths than Is generally known kt his effort to spread the French language fa America. French long has been the customary me dium of conversation between himself and his intimates, but he carries his fad Into the wider circles of his buemess. Not only dees be address his private secretaries, of whom, he has two. in French, but even where his correspondence is with persons who speak Ensiiaa only, he dictates his letters in French, and It Is necessary for the secretary to translate them before he can transcribe and. forward them to these to whom they are addressed. The Wearing: of the Green. D. A. McCarthy la the Xw Tora Son. Rerised. according' to the press dispatch which declares that blue Instead of green ia Ireland's tru ancient solar, i Ah. Paddy dear, aa did y hear The news that's sons abroad? The Msw la Ireland's color sure. The sreea la alt a firasd. No Btaa Sr. PatrieVs day- cas x The way he used to- do. It ia declared instead o" greea We alt rasas, wear the blu-s! Oh. I met wlea Napper Tandy As. he says te me: "Aathor. What bis bosthsona w ait. hare been This huadred years or morwt What fools wve bea to shed eur1 bEoed For Cairs e verdant hse. Whea all the whlis oar rizhtfsl r. Waa never green, bus bluer "Twas, bad esocsh. to bate to wear Old England's cruet red. Bat now we hare to etisnxe assis. An wear the btaa test-ad. So plsclc tha -hamrock ire ax -ear hat;, Tts. Sals instead, or true. An. wear no shamrock artec this Unless the same bo btaet