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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 188.
THE RACE QUESTION IN OUR AFFAIRS.
Race antipathy is founded chiefly on
color. It is persistent Insuperable. The
social Instinct of the white races an
other term for a principle implanted in
them for their own preservation sets
barriers against lntercouse between the
white and colored races, on a common
plane. With this Instinct or principle
it is useless ,tq argue. It will not be
argued -vviti it is the oasis 01 the
opposition the admission of Chinese
Into
The
pj United States.
le negro was admitted Into the
United States because he came as J
slave. His color was a badge of his In
ferlbrity, and was the Justification of
his enslavement. He was an inferior
being. He was a chattel. If now there
were but few negroes In the United
States and It were proposed to admit
more, there -would be even louder 'pro
test than is made against admission of
Chinese. But we have eight millions of
negroes in the united States. They
constitute one-tenth of our population.
We must establish a basis upon which
we may deal with them on principles
of Justice, with regard to their rights
of person and of property. But it is
and forever will be Impossible to re
move the social barrier which race and
color establish. And this condition es
tablishes other barriers, as In politics
and business. There are, indeed, race
antipathies and prejudices of grave
character between different branches of
the white race; but none that are In
3noe"raTMo Members of the various
branches of the white race may not
like each other often. Indeed usually
do not But English and Irish and
Scotch, Germans, French, Scandinavl
ans, Poles, Slavs, Jews, Italians and
Spaniards all of us. in progress of
time, thrown together, fall In with each
other, and the material is wrought Into
a common mass all the better because
of the variant constituent elements that
have made It up. The Influence of race
on race Is, therefore, one of the capital
facts In the history of mankind-. To
descend from a large generalization to
a particular incident the reason why
the progress of Oregon during a very
r .long period was so slow, was this.
chiefly, that the people, who first occu
pled the country were almost wholly
homogeneous; and, until the railroads
came, distance cut off accessions of
new material to the first population.
There was lack of the necessary forces
of differentiation
But the Chinese could not have sup
plied these forces, nor could the negro,
Had either of these races come In large
numbers, there would have been no af
filiation between them and the whites,
The race barrier was Insuperable; and
the race barrier is mainly the color
line. Had the conditions in our Pacific
States, when the settlement began, been
such that our predecessors could hav
Imported Chinese-as slaves,' we should
now have conditions here similar to
thoee that exist in the social and Indus
trial order of our Southern States
where the negro, though powerful in
numbers, has no sort of standing In the
political, social and business life of the
community. Slavery could not have
continued: but social conditions, based
on race distinctions, accentuated and
emphasized by color, would have grown
to what they are in our states where
the negroes are very numerous.
"We have gained greatly, and still are
gr.lnlng. not merely in numbers, but In
ibe forces that go to isake up a great
civilization, by admission into our
country of multitudes of people from
Europe, representing -various "branches
and natloas of the wake race. Our
first eettlers In the United States were
almost U of common kin. In 130 our
population alMttt ten Mllltess. lv
was mainly of Xgl-Stxn origin, and
nearly all C-j Gran4c race.
It' wh ty Jiwhimwb for greatest
variety t dvHteed aeUvHy. Stace ISM
lmmta.-atl trofit auiay otmtria itujaod she k oppw to a circa tJftx- the
ln nriurlnr In. with Increasing flood I
eAnon-hof ifitammtiui nn njr!rvA ir I
another, bat on the -whole growing from
one decade to another till now the
stream of Immigration Is more powerful
than we have ever known It. Of the
twenty-three millions that have en
tered our country from the Old World
since 1820, about fifteen millions belong-
to various branches and elements of
the Teutonic or Germanic race, and the
remainder to the different branches of
the Latin, Slav. Polish. Hungarian and
other races kindred to them. During
recent years these last have been com-
Ins In larger numbers supplying an
element that Is Introducing new
thought, new methods, new activities.
Into our National life. The children of
all these, passing through our public
schools, become Americans. They speak
English; they fall in with the Ideas of
the country; they Intermarry with all
the rest- But where you find the one
great race barrier the color line the loC
process stops. It is the basis of the
one insuperable distinction of classes.
All other distinctions, in our country,
may gradually melt Into each other.
This never can be melted Into the rest
There Is an instinct here though few
attempt to define it that shows why
were is so strong opposition In our
country to immigration of Asiatics. The
opposition Is specially strong In our
Pacific States, where there has been
more contact and. more expert
ence than elsewhere, with the
oriental races, it is not - that our
people would harm members of these
races, or treat them with harshness or
injustice; but they are unwilling to ad
mlt them here and will nof except un
der closest restrictions as to numbers
and character. Our working classes
feel bat they are specially exposed, in
the social and labor scale, to the pres
sure of the races that would compete
with them In -ways that would reduce
their Importance in the body politic and
social; and they are moved by all
their natural Instincts, and resolved
through the conclusions of their
Judgment and reason, not to be put
in ims position 01 aisaavanjage ana
humiliation,
xne race question, mere-
fore. Is the gist of the immigration
question and of the labor question. Our
country, has many millions of Africans.
It is our own fault. "We brought their
ancestors and have bred them here.
"We must take care of them, or give
them all possible opportunity for them
selves. But we should not -wish we do
not wish to aggravate these difficulties
by admission of millions from the races
of Asia.
A SHORT VINDICATION.
The Dalles Chronicle Is greatly ag
grieved over the manner In which the
land trials have been carried on at
Portland and the results thus far. Here
is part of Its plaint:
The Jury convicted Senahjr Mitchell. Not
roan in Oregon believes he had a fair and
Impartial -trial. Many believe he was guilty
of a violation of the statute. Whether
guilty as charged or Innocent, he was deprived
of the kind of a trial which everr American
citizen believe he himself entitled to and
without which none are -safe, namely, a trial
before sn unprejudiced Jury. The Individual
Jurors who sat In the Mitchell case ld they
were unprejudiced, and If they bsd not read
the Oregonlan the year prior to the trial.
they may have been: otherwise they could
not have been entirely free from prejudice.
Not good, for several reasons; these
first:
The Oregonlan, when the accusation
against Senator Mitchell was first made.
discredited utterly the ability of Attor
ney Heney to prove It, and said so re
peatedly. It was not till the state
ments of Tanner and Robertson came.
and Mr. Mitchell's letter to Tanner,
sent through Robertson, was given to
the public, that The Oregonlan could
see that the prosecutor had any case
could not shut Its eyes to those revela
tions and their consequences. It said
so, plainly, uut oeyona this it was
wholly silent It had no editorial com
ment whatever. Nor has it said any
thing since the trial. For it was certain
that nothing it might say could aggra
vale or mitigate the penalty or force
of the fall. It could have said much.
but has said nothing. No homily it
could write on Mr. Mitchell or his ca
reer could have added In the least de
gree to the lmpresslvenesa of the les
son; but any such thing from The Ore
gonlan, from first to last, -would have
been deemed unseemly or ungenerous.
by many minds. The political death of
Mr. Mitchell was the verdict of the
Jury- The Oregonlan did not "hew the
head off," nor has it "hacked the
limbs."
To this answer, grave and serious,
may be added another, slightly face
tious, perhaps, or sarcastic. The Ore
gonlan could not plead guilty to the
accusation of The Dalles paper, that the
result was brought about by news
paper Interference, chiefly through The
Oregonlan. For this paper of The
Dalles has heen one of the most vehe
ment and persistent, of all, in the as
sertion during year past, that "The
Oregonlan has no influence." Then "let
it go at. that,"
A QUESTION OF VERACITY. NOT OF
TRUTH.
For sneakinsr nlainlv about her nastor
and repeating words which she asserts
that he snoke In reirard to an orthodox
tenet of the creed of his and her church.
a well-known woman of Vancouver,
Wash., was recently haled before a
committee of the church, as provided In
the book of discipline, convicted of ly
ing,, and expelled from the communion
of the saints.
Now no one is bound to believe In the
blood atonement of Jesus, but any one
who -doubts this cardinal point of or
thodox belief should withdraw from a
church that makes It a requirement of
membership, decently and In order.
without waiting to be kicked out by
the elect, who scorn to do their own
thinking.
This remark mayor may not apply to
the preacher or to the expelled member
in -this instance, according to the way in
which the evidence is read and Inter
preted. But it applies to many others.
both of the ministry and laity, who.
when they outgrow a dogma that they.
perhaps only last year, conceived to be
a vital truth, suck to tne cnurcn or-
ganlzatlon and make trouble for thoee
of less inquiring mind.
Such dissenters are out of place in the
church. Why they should remain In It
and argue, and tattle and contend, until
they are kicked out with unholy clamor
and furious denunciation, passes (he
comprehension of self-respecting people!
who believe in spiritual and mental
growth. ad are not ashaaaed to own It,
Of course K is unchurehly to charac
terize a grayer meeting as a "circus,
a the convicted &r4 expelled lay mem-
ber in this ctee Is said to have done.
and whck sfee te not 4env havhg
done. If this -was fcr cdl etJa,
pious order, the open course or mae-
nendent action lav before her. She
could. If so constrained of conscience.
have denounced the clown and his
methods in open meeting, where he
himself furnished the evidence to sus
tain her charge, withdrawn from the
show. later' asked In a quiet, dignified
way for her card of withdrawal, and
thus saved the community a church
scandal and herself the unpleasant no
toriety of being publicly branded as a
liar by the hot Iron of ecclesiastical
wrath.
Converts-to orthodox religion are not
made in this way, nor are churches
honored nor beliefs thus verified. . It
merely serves jlo show to what extent
of un-Ch'rlstlan fury and Intolerance
people are driven who put God on the
defensive through their creeds and con
stitute themselves the champions of his
power and his truth. The question In
the case cited is one of veracity, not
truth a statement of "you did" and
T didn't," hurled back and forth with
most un-Cbristlan spirit. Or perhaps it
may be more properly designated as
"sound and fury, signifying nothing."
THE PLEA OF THE ri RATES.
Had Governor La Follette made the
same remark a few years ago which he
made at Galesburg the other daj he
would have been numbered thenceforth
among Incendiary anarchists. "I should
like." said the Governor, "to have a
hand in hanging Stuyvesant Fish." The
Nation does not shudder; It merely
wonders why Mr. La Follette should
limit his sanguinary Impulse to Stuy
vesant Fish out of the great multitude
who are ripe for the halter. Indeed, a
very audible sigh of regret ascends
from the American people that the bel
ligerent reformer cannot proceed from
the wish to Its fulfillment. Neverthe
less. Stuyvesant Fish Is a great man
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is something
more than a great lady. He is presi
dent of the Illinois Central Railroad.
and she has declined to be the wife of
the President of the United States. To
H RnrA cSfl Aflln without rkplnir
Mkedf but it is the feeling of the heart.
.rp rf,mimh.r. that counts, not
the external circumstance.
Later, and at a Chautauqua Assem
bly, too. where Incendiary utterances
must fall upon the timidly correct con
gregations, one would suppose, like a
band of pirates upon a nunnery, Mr.
La Follette -violently denounced that
pillar of the church, the college and
society, John D. Rockefeller. It Is
added in the account that what he said
was appauded. Trifling in themselves.
such facts as these are far from trivial
when they must be taken as symptoms
of a profound ethical revolution in the
Nation. They are the surface wavelets
which - tell something of a deep dls
turbance In the ocean of society. It Is
not unlikely that the American people
are feeling Just now the Initial stirrings
of a tremendous revival. Not a re
vival of ecclesiasticism. or of any kind
of fetich worship, but of vital and effi
cient righteousness. That this Is com
Ing there are many signs. The endur
ing popularity of Theodore Roosevelt.
who Is a righteous man in the sense
of Matthew Arnold and the Hebrew
prophets. Is one sign. It is another,
most ominous for evildoers In high
places, that the wrath of the people
against them does, not burn Itself out.
The -public does not weary of the con
tinuous flood of exposure and denuncla
tlon In the newspapers. As people
waken to the meaning of It, they are
fascinated and enraged. They are
stricken with the wholesome, old-fash
loned conviction of sin, not in the
grafters only, but in themselves. A
whole nation is crying "Lord, be mere!
ful unto us miserable sinners." The
belief Is coming home to all of us that
caimic luuay una an nuom man. ae
wouiu oe si 1 11 less succespiui man no
was in Athens two thousand years ago.
The Nation sickens of its moral filth.
How will it fare with pillars of society
like Fish and Rockefeller in that day
of wrath which seems to be at hand?
No sane person looks for a bloody, and.
possibly, richly deserved, ' retribution
upon these men; but there is going to
be a fearful coming to Judgment of
some sort. What can they say In their
defense? They can- say, for one thing.
that they are symptoms, rather than
causes, of the National disease. Rocke
feller can successfully plead In reply to
Miss Tarbell. for example, who indicts
him again in the August McClure's,
that he has not made the Nation dis
honest; but, rather, that the dishonesty
of the Nation gave him his opportunity
to achieve his bad eminence In piracy.
He was born into corruption, and, like
the iarvae of certain Insects, he found
It uniquely adapted to his nature, and
throve in it. Not one of his schemes
could have been manned or executed in
a community with sound moral Ideals.
All of them must have failed In a coun
try where adequate laws- were faith
fully enforced. Mr. Rockefeller found
the law neither adequate to cover the
conditions of modern commerce, nor en
forced when its antiquated rules did
apply. For every principle of law he
found a method of evasion with as
good, or better, standing in the courts.
He has used the law as an apparatus
r Plunder; but he found law and law
I jers rcuuj
to his hand. He created
neither of them. Nor has he ever failed
to find plenty of helpers in all his pred
atory undertakings.
With the soul of a miser and the in
tellect of a Bacon, Mr. Rockefeller was
born at a time when lax morals and In
adequate laws Invited avarice to plun
der. He accepted tne invitation witn
determined zeal, and for many years he
spent all his energy. Jn devouring his
abundant and easy prey. A student of
the evolution of Mr. Rockefeller would
naturally call this the larva, or grub.
period of his life. The student would
also expect to see him emerge from this
lowly estate, as all grubs do, and soar
above the earth as a winged creature.
Mr. Rockefeller, and all his genus, try
very hard to complete their evolution
and show themselves as something of a
finer nature than mere devourers. No
one enjoys the hatred of his kind. In
these men the hunger for approbation
even overcomes their avarice, and.
without forsaking their evil ways, they
I PY enormous sums to buy the praise.
or, at least, the silence, of thoee who
lead public opinion. They find both the
praise and the silence for sale: but they
find also that In this matter public opin
ion will not be led. It moves more and
more strongly toward condemnation
and begins to repudiate the leaders
who would, as It thinks, mleCcad. These
criminals, who have ae long defied the
law and deepieed the "rules ef manly
fair dealing, and who now wjefc t
po&e as phhaatJtrotot8 andbnefactcs
of human Ky. har nethteg from the
great jmblte hvt mttn aad satire. They
jriay vltimatily bear tupsHilng wrsc
Impatient of hypocrl-y. Bat. whatever
may befall, they arc entitled to plead
that the Nation which now condemns
them tempted them to commit their
misdeeds by Its own inadequate laws,
pliant Judiciary and lax morals.
The plea for the institution of drink
ing fountains at suitable and conven
ient places throughout the city is a
timely one. and one that might well
engage the attention and enlist the aid
of practical citizens. Dogs with lolling
tongues, horses with expanded nostrils,
birds drinking from noisome pools at
the curb left by rhe "passing sprinkling
tank, make dumb appeal for places to
drink, while pedestrians on our streets,
and especially strangers within our
gates, feel the need, every hour of the
day. of- places where 'they can get a
drink of pure, wholesome water. The
Oregonlan agrees with Mr. Shanahan
that It would be well to take steps at
, once to erect Inexpensive Iron fountains
at suitable points in the city, from
which man and beast may quench
their thirst. Portland has certainly
passed the village stage, wherein foun
tains thus placed, as was the case in
several Instances some years ago, would
be allowed to fall Into a disgraceful
state of disrepair or be broken and de
faced by Idlers Intent upon mischief.
Let us have the fountains and then let
orderly citizens assist the police In pro
tecting them from vandalism and the
water supply from needless waste.
Tuma desert. In the southwest corner
of sun-blistered, semi-arid Arizona.
presents Ideal possibilities for Irriga
tion. Hot o hot that Its coolest
breath Is scorching: dry so dry that its
dampest breath is parching, the soJ of
Yuma is still said to be wonderfully
suited to agriculture. The waters of
the Colorado River, running to waste
through this region, suggest the means
whereby this desert land may be made
to riot in abundance and "laugh into
plenty." The hot season tlere is longer
than anywhere else In the United
States. Irrigation, it Is claimed, will
turn this fact to account in a multi
plication of crops each season the out
put of which will be In bulk enormous.
and In variety all that the agriculturist
can desire. For these reasons, chiefly,
the Government has engaged In an un
dertaking the cost of which will be
J3.000.000. whereby the waters of the
Colorado River will be turned to ac
count In transforming the desert Into a
garden.
The compensation of President Mor
ton, of the Equitable, has been fixed at
the modest sum of JSO.000 per year.
This is Just ten times the amount re
ceived by Secretary Morton as Cabinet
officer, which goes to show that the
policy-holders of the Equitable appreci
ate the services of a good man tenfold
more than the Government does. Pres
ident Morton says he has Inaugurated
reforms which will result In a saving
In salaries alone of J500.000 per year.
It was not especially hard to do. By
the simple process of cutting off the
Alexander, Hyde, Depew and slmflar
salaries, the half-million mark was
speedily reached. However, It was
never done, and never even contem
plated, until Morton took hold, so that
likely enough It will be found that the
new president's services are cheap at
fSO.000 per annum.
Portland's fleet of excursion steam
ers is inadequate for the crowds of
visitor who wish to see the matchless
scenery along the Columbia and Wil
lamette Rivers, so two flyers are com
ing from Puget Sound. Naturally there
will be competition for business. Speed
Is one of the attractions of travel, but
I 41.1. m. . 1-
the eense that engines are tested to the
straining point. On a pleasure trip live
minutes more or less is nothing. Pas
sengers on rival Doats like to see a
race, and most of them have little
thought of danger. Owners should
forbid masters and engineers to race at
full speed. Navigable waters of Oregon
and Washington have been singularly
free from accident Involving human
life. Ilet the good record be kept up.
Horror at the act of wanton cruelty
perpetrated upon a dog by one Henry
Harvey, of Multnomah County, as de
tailed In the letter of W. T. Shanahan.
published in The Oregonlan yesterday.
Is succeeded by astonishment at the
light penalty Imposed by Justice Seton
upon the perpetrator. The case, ac
cording to Secretary Shanahan. of the
Oregon Humane Society, surpasses in
cruelty any that has been brought be
fore the society In the thirty years of
its existence, yet the human brute who
Inflicted the torture upon the animal
escaped with the paltry fine of 525! Mr.
Shanahan Is Justified In denouncing the
verdict in this case as an outrage to
the sensibilities of a humane commu
nity. The full penalty of the law 60
days in the County Jail and a fine of
$100t-1s all too mild in an extreme case.
of which this is chief in our annals.
Interesting is the rumor that Emperor !
William will combine navies with the
Czar to bluff England. In this game.
as with the great American game, the
man with the biggest hand won't "layl
down." King Edward stilL holds four
aces and is sitting behind a tall stack
of blue chips. .
Congressman Williamson's nephew, to
avoid court summons. Is doing big
stunts In Eastern Lane County, closely
pursued by Deputy Marshals. Why
wasn't he practical by Joining the bunco
men in Portland, whom officers of the
law are unable to find?
While the country will rejoice to know
that Dr. Roosevelt and his youngsters
had the skill to cook their own break
fast In camp, it would like to have a
hint as to the quality of the meal, to
say nothing of details of the menu.
No significance attaches to the fact
that M. Wltte took passage for the.
United States In the steamship Kaiser 1
Wllhelm dor Grosee. Maybe he Is trav
eling-on a pass.
The Acting Chief or Police is con
vinced that Portland Is not overrun
with thieves and other criminals." Cer
tainly. His detectives tell him so.
They know. .
Commander Peary Is-oft. Tor the
next fortee mowths he wH4 be the one
American Mt competed te read atoriea
f pvbMc and .private graft.
Bryan's IilMle Jake.
If the iMaaefctrt ytttartM, tot im
ifct
the ttt T M. EMsttr tW te
ihsac feed ta. a
OREGON OZONE
A- Yarn From Tap.
fAdrices from Tp. in the Carolina Is
lands, say that the contest over the million
dollar estate of Klng CKeefe. of the
Islands, has been compromised, the estate
being divided equally between, the American
and native widows oC the dectased mon
arch.) Have you heard the yarn from Yap?
King 0Kcef was quite a chap,
In his day:
What with women and with wines
In the far-off Carolines.
He was" gay.
1
Once a lady from the States
He annexed, although of mates
One he had.
There In Yap a native (like
Jimmy Bludso, late of Pike),
Which was bad.
Then he dled-this King O'Keefe:
Woe! alas! his reign was brief.
So he croaked:
But he left a million (psha'w!).
In securing which the law .
"Was Invoked.
'II el I can widow (No. 1)
Said she wouldn't be outdone
By a Yap
Lady with a kink of hair -
And a thlcklsh Up, so there
Was a scrap.
But at last the widows said,
"Gimme half." each one. Instead
Of It all;
So they compromised, and each
Now may Summer at the beach
-Until Fall.
King O'Keefe, as I hav.e sald
Was a gay one but he's dead.
Poor old chap!
'Tls a tearful tale, and sad.
Though the story's not so bad
For a Yap.
A Montana paper prints a chunk of
doggerel entitled "Miles Keogh's Horse."
with the explanation that It is "one of
John Hay's popular poems." It Is tan
gled up with crippled feet and reeks with
vaudeville gallery sentiment. That John
Hay never perpetrated such stuff is a
foregone conclusion. "Why slander a man
when he Is dead? There should be a pub
lic inspector of the literary remains of
poets, J.o protect noble reputations. The
hand that wrote "Jim Bludso," who "had
one wife at Natchez-under-the-hill, and
another one here In Pike," and "who
held her nozzle agin the bank 'till the
last soul got ashore," never stooped to
this baseness:
"And a regimental formation
Of the Seventh Cavalry,
Comanche draped in mourning and led
By a trooper of Company I," etc
A. W. Gregory, son of a late Governor
of Rhode Island, offers a reward of 53CCO
for the return of hla vermiform appendix.
which be lost somewhere between the
Nebraska state line and Denver, on his
way out to Portland. There are plenty
of us who would be glad to lose our ap
pendix. It we could do It without a sur
gical operation. Mr. Gregory had his in a
Jewel box and seems to have left, It on
the train. The gentleman probably goes
upon the theory that an appendix In the
band Is worth two hundred In the ab
domen.
Surgical Slang:.
The Physician What are you bellow-
Ing about now?
The Patient I'm afraid I've got appen
did tls; there's an awful pain In the re
gion of my appendix.
The Physician Aw. cut It out!
Yuba Damme'd.
(There' is talk of damming the Yuba
River at the point known as the Nar
rows. Sacramento Wednesday Press.)
Now If they dam the Yuba,
It's sure to be as slow
As progress down In Cuba;
For Yuba Jammed, you know,
Can never be o rapid
As this, you say. Is vapid?
Well confound It!
"Where the Line Is Drawn.
"Look here," said the Easterner In
Portland, "this thing of calling a sa
loon a cafe Is new to me. Now, where
do you draw the line between a real
saloon and a cafe?"
'At Ankeny . street.
promptly re
plied the Portlander.
As -Shakespeare Says.
All persons in office, and particularly
those connected with expositions
which are of few days and full of
trouble should take half a day oft now
and then to reflect upon the wise re
mark of Shakespeare, to-wlt:
Man, proud man.
Trntf! In a little BRIEF anthoritv.
Plays euch fantastic .tricks befora high
heaven
As make the angels weep.
To Be a Boy Again. .
Oh. to be a boy again! -Fresh
and fair and free as then
Freckles on my face and- nose;
Bruises on my shins 2nd toes:
What a'joy
Just to be a barefoot boy!
Oh. to be a little tyke.
Chasing lizards up the pike.
Rolling corn-silks f or a smoke.
Making friends with poison-oak!
Just to be
Limber-legged, and climb a tree!
Ah, to be a careless brat;
Wlth a ten-cent straw J or hat.
And a shirt, of muslin check
Minus b'ntto'n at the aeck!
Just to wear
Clothes for comfort let 'cm tear!
Oh, to be a boy. and swim
In the creek, with Jee and Jim!
Holdyour"breath and take a dive
Good ind-long. till sake alive!;
Jim and-Joe
Hold THEIR breath aaa trailer "Oh!
ROBERTUS LOVE.
Prohibition a Farce.
Springfield ReaubHcaa,
Maine's Liquor Law Xnferceet Com
mlseion is busy geisg tnm cewaty te
county stlrriag up things. The resait i
the arrest of many.l'tqaor dealers aaaltse
imposition of many Iteea. The eat come
of all Ihie activity l llkety te be a streag
aeatimeet eallittg tar the reraiaitaatoa t
the Deoele ef the who) MMettea ef the
prohibitory poHey. The spctale of bav-
a camaWMipa to m the weric wrnea
the 9fcerMa are P&M to perform ht act
generally nmM. The -ultimate reaaK
may be that Maine wal eame te the leoal-
eatMA law. wMca prerana la waHMi
of. ttmaa aoaam-rtia Mtch a- twee
tflK .IMpaaC-Og
RECORD YEAR IN FOREIGN EXPORTS
FHrarcn tor the Aaaaal Period Eadlajc Jaae 30, 1995, Reach the Sts-
Bead sua Tetal ef $1 5184238 Irajerts Abe Increase, Reading:
WASHINGTON. July 27. The foreign
commerce of the United States In the
fiscal year Just ended exceeds that of
any preceding year, having been 52,-
625.970,332. In comparison with 52,451,-
914,642 in 1904, the previous record
year.
An analysis of the statistics of for
eign commerce during the year ending
June 30, 1905, Just prepared by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor
through Its Bureau of Statistics, shows
that both Imports and exports made
new high records. Imports having ex
ceeded by 592,000.030 the total recorded
In 1903, and exports having for the first
time surpassed the figures of 1901. In
1903 Imports first passed the billion
dollar limit, with & total of 51.025.719.
237; In 1904 they again fell below
Sl.OOO.COO.OOO In value, being 5991,
0S7.371. and for the year Just
ended are 51.117,507.500. Exports
first rose above 51.000.000.000 In
value during the fiscal year 1S92. but
fell below that limit In the following
year, and so remained until 1S97, wnen
the total was 51.050,993.558. In 1S93 the
total exports were $1,231,432,330: in
1930. 51.39. 1S3.0S2; in 1901, 51.437,764.
991. a total which was not again
equaled until 1905. when the figures
stood at 51.51S.462.833, not only sur
passing the record made In 1901, but for
the first time in the history of our com
merce -passing the 51,500,000,000 limit.
An unusual feature of the statistics
of the fiscal year 1903 Is the very small
Increase in customs revenue, despite
the very great increase in dutiable Im
ports. The year's Imports were valued
at 51.117.507.500. as against $991,087,371
In the preceding year, an Increase of
$125,420,129. The Imports of dutiable
merchandise 'during 1905 were valued
at 3600.071.238. as against $536,957,131
In 190-1, an Increase of 563.114,107. De
spite this fact, however, the customs
revenue derived from the largely In
creased dutiable Imports of 1905 Is less
tnan Jl.00rf.000 in excess of that de
rived from the Imports of 1904,
being $262,060,515 for 1905. as
gainst 3261.274.563 for 1904. This
decrease in customs revenue Is In
part due to the admission of Cuban
products., especially sugar and tobacco,
at a reduction of 20 per cent from the
regular tariff rates, under the reciproc
ity treaty of December 27, 1903, and in
part to the unusually large amount of
dutiable merchandise remaining In
warehouseat the end of the year upon
which duty had not been paid, as well
as to several other causes which can
not be fully stated until complete details
of the year's imports are available.
Details of commerce for the 12
months are not In all cases available.
but a careful examination ot the com
plete figures for the 11 months affords
an opportunity to determine the arti
WILD LIFEJN OREGON,
A Keepsake.
Grass Valley Journal. '
Clyde Harris and wife captured a large
rattlesnake on Saturday and brought it
to Kent In a half-gallon glass Jar and
preserved Itin alcohol for a keepsake.
The Lady, the Dog and the Bear.
Pitner Corr. Tillamook Herald.
Mrs. F. M. Lent while going over the
hill lo Round Prairie met a bear In the
road and fearing her revolver she had
with her would only cripple him she eet
her little dog on him and ran him Into
the woods passing on In safety.
Mrs. Wood and Mr. Porcupine.
Athena Press.
Thr lm one ' oorcuplne leas In the
world, thanks to the steady nerve and
true aim of a woman, jars, nenry -u.
Wood. Mr. Porcupine was iaia low
in death by two shots from a revolver
fired by Mrs. Wood, both shots taking
effect.
Shot a Bear From Up a Tree.
Canyonville Corr. Roseburg Review. -Sam
R- Perdue, while out prospecting
near Perdue this week, came in close
contact with a large black bear. Hav
ing his rifle, he shot and. wounaea tne
animal, and then the bear made a ngnt.
Sam ran up a tree with the hear in close
pursuit. After reaching a place of safety
Sam fired the second shot, which killed
the bear.
Panther Terrifies Neighborhood.
Spray Courier.
A. B. Stanley, who came In from Lone
Rock yesterday evening, reports that the
oeoDle of Lost Valley, six miles trom
Lone Rock., are greatly stirred up over
the presence of a large panther that la
roaming at will through that neighbor
hood and that many of the settiera nave
temporarilji' abandoned their homes. .Many
calves and sheep of the neighborhood
have been slain by the ferocious animal.
The panther is said to be a very large
one and nobody teems willing tov attempt
his capture.
. The Good Old Times.
Henry Watterson In the Louisville Cour
ier-Journal.
I take no stock In the lamentation of
the sentimentalists about what tney
call the srood old times." There Is a
deal of stuff and nonsense trolled of on
this text. Every man over fifty who Is
not precisely a boor Is described as "a
gentleman of the old school." We need
but turn to the English- satirists from
Fielding to Thackeray to learn that all
the essential Ingredients of vanity
Fair had their existence one or two
hundred years ago. In the proportion
that there were more nature and
coarser fibre there were livelier doings.
In proportion that there were fewer
dramatis persona e upon the stage there
was better play for the Individual-
confess that I like a little blood in
mUlnd. Sincerity even In wickedness
has a flavor oulte Its own. But he who
falls to see the world as It Is and ra
fuses to take It as he finds It falls In
evltzhly betwixt the three-legged stool
of a very false philosophy and the
high-backed chair of a very Ill-Judged
perversity with consequences some
times serious and always humiliating.
Not In His Line.
Boston Herald:
An ex-president of the Bos ten & Maine
Railroad, . who was well known both for
his clerical style of dress and his pic-
tsresque profanity, happened to be stop
ping at-a hotel in Plymouth. J. H., which
was also headquarters for quite a nam
her of Metsedist ratakrters attending their
aaaaal conference. It was on the first
day ef the conference, and many of the
clergymen were strangers to each other.
The elerlcal-leeklng railroad president
entered the dtatng-roem wHfe the party of
Twlnintnn. ,and the head waiter, selecting
aim as the most fmpsetBg- aad dtgaified of
the jtumher. gave him a seat at .the head
ef tfee table.
A memehUry sHease fen cm the arty;
tha tk-fc minister at Ms rfgac, aata-essang
Mm, saidr "BrsOter. wal ask fied's
Mssswc ea th Jed
Flsehuc a hmd basic oC so ear and
Mmlac.iMurd Mm.
as
as rm T ! aaart hsar
cles In which the principal" Increases c.
decreases occur. '
. On the Import side the largest la
creases occur In the classes "manufav:
'urers' materials, wholly or partially
manufactured. In which the figures
will bo about 370.000.000 In advance of
those for the preceding- year, and In
"luxuries and other articles ot volun
tary use." which seem likely to bo
more than $15,000,000 in excess of the
figures of 1904. "Articles of food and,
anlmals"have Increased by over $45,000,
000, and "manufactured articles ready
for consumption" have fallen off about
$4,000,000, as compared with 1904. These
figures Indicate the Increasing ability
of the United States to supply its man
ufactores and its growing reliance
upon other countries for certain of its
food products and materials for use
In the manufacturing Industries. Tills
view Is strengthened by an examina
tion of the statistics of articles Im
ported. On the export side there Is a decrease
of over 353.000.000 In agricultural pro
ducts, but this Is more than offset by
a large increase In exports of manu
factures. The less Important classes,
products of the forests and the fish
eries, show a slight net decrease as
compared with 1904.
The articles showings the largest in
creases In exportation during the It
months of 1905 for which details are
available are: Corn, an Increase of $16.
000.000. as compared with tho corres
ponding period of 1904: copper manu
factures, an increase of 325.000.030.
about one-third being in exports to
China, where large amounts of copper
are In demand for coinage purposes:
cotton manufactures, an Increase of
322.00J.000, principally in exports of
cotton cloth to China; raw cotton. n
Increase of 35000.000 (during the 12
months): iron and steel manufactures,
an Increase of 323,003.000. Exports from
the United States of wheat, during tho
fiscal year Just ended, have been even
lower than the year before. In the
twe foremost European grain markets,
the British and the German, the lead
ing position has been taken by wheat
of Russian and Argentine origin,
wheat imports from the United States
showing unusually low "figures for the
period under consideration.
Tne following table shows the com
merce of -the United States at decen
nial periods from 1S00 to 1900. and an
nually from 1900 down to date:
Total Imports.
.$ 01.252.768
. 83.400.000
74.430.000
62.720.93S
0S.238.70a
. 173.309.328
. 333.616.119
. 435.038.40S
. 667.954.746
. 789.310.409
. S40.941.184
. 823.172.165
. 903.320.048
. 1.025.719.237
. 991.087.371
. 1.117.507.300
Total exports.
3 70.97l.7S0
66.757.970
69.691.869
71.670,733
123,668.932
144.375.72
333,576,037
392.771.763
833.63S.63S
S57.S2S.6S4
1.304.4S3.0S2
1.4S7.764.001
1.381.719.401
1.420.141:670
1.460.S27.271
1.51S.462J333
1800
1810
1S20
1830
1840
1S30
1860
1S70
1830
1890
1800....
1S01
1902
1003....
1004
1903
THE HEN.
Dalas (Tex.) News.
An elated Kansan says of the Kansas
hens:
The hens of this state have educated thou
sands upon thousands of boya and slrls. The
University at Lawrence and the Agricultural
College at Manhattan are filled with student
whose expenses are paid by what mother
brings In her apron from tho henyard. The
poultry products of this country have amount
ed . to -more than the total output ot all the
sold mines that have ever been discovered
since the world began. The henhouses of this
country yield bigger dividends every year than
all the gold mines In the world. In Kansas
alone they yield enough to pay all ot the.
state and city taxca and leave a comfortable
balance. The product last year was 23 per
cent more than was paid to school teachers
and superintendent. It was more than three
times as much as was paid for school 4lte.
buildings, furniture, rentals, Tepalrs, librar
ies, apparatus, fuel, lights and Incidentals.
The poultry yards came within 14. per cent of
paying the entire cost of education In Kansas
last year. Yes. It Is a. big- story.
The orator adds: "Prices -were not
high last year, but the surplus from
the henyards not including all the cg?s
and chickens thai -were used at home
was within 2 per cent of the total
value ot all the cows owned on the
great catle ranges of Colorado, New
Mexico and Utah: more than the value
of all the cattle in Oklahoma, -with the
swine of Colorado, Montana, Nevada
and Wyoming added. The sales of eggs
and poultry In "Kansas last year were
more than the value of all the sheep in
the six New England States and New
York included; nearly as much as all
the sheep In Texas; and Texas Is the
second sheep state in the Union."
This Is good as far as it -goes: nut it
stops short, leaving out the Texas hen.
She Is equal to the Kansas hen. fcne
is a diverslficatlonist and an educator
from 'way back. There are In Texas
thousands of men and women who
might engage In the poultry business
and greatly better their financial con
dition and standing In society. The
speech of the Kansas orator will an
quite as -well In Texas. The hen Is a
reliable and generous helpmeet.
The Danger of Mixed Drinks.
New York Sun.
To the Editor of the Sun: Sir: Why
all this controversy over mixing drinks?
Let me settle it at once and forever.
Wine on beer, beer on wine; whisky, beer,
wine on top. In the middle or underneath
mix 'em any way you please, the result
Is always the same- . ,
Feel frisky, eh? Makes you feel like
hell, and that's all there is to It., I know,
for I've been trying for a week to find
out by practical experience.
KATZENJAMMER.
Toronto, July 16.
To the Editor of the Sun: Sir: The sen
sible man's version:
"Wine on beer, or beer on wine?
"Why argue? Nose of that for mine.
Beer on beer and wine on wine.
The morning after, feeling fine.
Old Advice Laugh and Grow Fat
Cleveland Leader.
Mental worries are fatal to hearty
laughter. The man who broods over real
or Imaginary Ills seldom laughs. Thafi.
the reason worry makes people lose flesh.
And the moral to all this is, don't worry.
Join the frivoltles of the silly season. Go
to farces, to vaudeville, bump the bumps
and shoot the chutes. .Get Into crowds tkat
laugh and join In their laughter.. It is
easier 'to laugh heartily In a crowd than
alone. Never mind the heat you won't
notice It when you laugh.. And you won't
get too fat you. will acquire the amoun
that Is necessary to serfsct health. Yon
cannot be beapy unless you are healthy
and you can set be healthy unless you are
happy.
CeurteoHS Miss Smith.
Maafetee Times.
I wish to stats through the columas ot
your paper that the. .persons who claimed
to have seen Hade .pictures made by bh
or at my p&ee oTbusiness are- both liars:
and blackmaHera. Aad the trath is net
In them, as I would not maka -Hh J4c
tarss. It only originated from a Wet that
is a dfsgraee to mankind. And olytltt I
coastder the car beneath me I wewrtd ser
tamhr borsewma Mm. as he deserts. It
Is such as he whs'- es masts a seeds te
lwavc tawa who wujd se'a- erestt to
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