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GAMBLING.
A certain obloquy te conveyed by the
epithet "gambler." Even the verb "to
gamble" 1 not without implications of
In. though a man, or woman even,
Mar EuaMe now and than without he.
tap gambler: J tret as one may dis
creetly sip of the Intoxicating cup
without being a tippler, much less a
drunkard. Of late years it has been
Blrenuowatjr heM. by shrill if not high
authority, that the sin of drunkenness
ra Implicitly commuted by Mrs.
Gamp when, as her custom was, she
merely "tecbad her Hp" to the spout
the teapot, where, for decency's sake,
be kept her beverage. The mdral ob
Jnil:y of tee first drop Is the same as
that of a quart bottle. Shall we also
say that the guilt of a man who drops
a nickel In the slot of a gambling ma
chine, or who buys a chance at a
church lottery, te as sreat as that of
Messrs. Rmua, Ryan. Frlck and Heinze,
who. as Che fttepalcbes say. won and
lost fMtM hi a game of poker on the
Kaiser Wllbelm der Grosse the other
day?
Are we uH sure that even these
men were guilty of a moral delin
quency? Let us dtettaguish between
that darling: of the gods, Mr. Ream,
who won. and the other three, less dear
to the blatter powers evidently, who
lost. In the ftrst place. Messrs. Ryan,
Frlck and Hetnae ventured upon the
cards their own money and not some
body's; els, precisely ma Mr. Rockefeller
gave his own ?lM.t0l to the sacred
cause of foreign missions. And they
were quite as well able to spare their
stakes tn the Jackpot as the beatified
oll-ylobbler was to spare his benefac
tion. They neither endangered their
biiFlneas. robbed employers nor de
prived lhelr families of comforts.
But tber gratified unholy passions?
Let us see. They did not gratify their
avarice, at any jwte. This passion,
which Is Indeed unholy, they rather
chastened audi mortified; against their
will, perhaps; still, to mortify one's
avarice is an excellent thing, and it Is
hard to blame a man for doing good,
even If he does it unwillingly. A man's
intentions, good or bad. equally elude
the Jurisdiction of our moral judgment.
If the road to hell is paved with good
tntetutora. the road to heaven is paved
with bad one. Thousands of sinners
have been converted as the direct con
sequence of some heinous misdeed.
"Judge not" Is the warning of Dr.
Lyman ASsboit to Washington Gladden
whn be lmpsachee the sanctitude of
Rockefeller's motives In his abundant
gning: "let the oily philanthropist
have the benefit of the doubt." By all
means: and likewise let Ryan, Frlck
and Heinse have the benefit of the
doubt. Who can disprove that they sat
rtown to this famous poker game in
tending to lose their money and thus
contribute to the sal ration of their
tm!s? It Is at least as likely as that
Rockefeller gave his $100,000 from any
real deeire to save the heathen. And,
slnce.lt te our duty under all circum
stances, according to Dr. Lyman Ab
bott and his astonishing school, to
trlnk the bfest we possibly can of our
fellow -men. we shall take it to be the
fiu-t that Ryan. YYick and Heinze, feel
ing that tbelr unholy passion of avarice
vkas beoomtag too arrogant, went Into
tiietr poker same with Mr. Ream for
the sole purpose of chastising It. An J
that tbey succeeded nobody can deny.
This being the case, consider what
would have been the moral situation of
Mr. Ream had he declined to play with
thHn It Is exactly the situation of the
American Board's prudontial commit
tee had tbey refused Rockefeller's gift
o; the heathon. That Is, Mr. Ream, and
the committee also, would have been In
the strange and unenviable position of
denying to sinners the opportunity .to
mortify themselves for their misdeeds.
And precisely as it was the committee's
undoubted duty to accept the drippings
from the kerosene barrel to light the
heathen tt heaven, so it was Mr.
Roast's dutyio sit Into this poker game.
But that was not his reason for sit
ting in. He wanted tb do up Messrs.
Hyan. Frick and -Heinze. He cared
nothing for their aouls. Be careful
now.v How do you know he did not?
Remember Dr. Lyman Abbott's .pre
cious admonition.' Judge not. Think
the best you possibly can of Mr. Ream,
not the worst. It is our moral duty,'
therefore, to believe that he went Into
this gaafe with the clear and single
purpose, not of winning his opponents
money, but of saving ttieir souls. How
beautiful Is charity and how broad her
mantle when We know the art of
stretching it.
DISCITOJXNATXXG AGAINST PORTLAND.
The International Association of Sall-ing-Shlp
Owners, composed of foreign
ers, most of whom limit their knowledge
of ships and freights to the returns
made by the annual balance-sheet, con
tinues to discriminate against Portland.
This discrimination, first levied against
the port two years ago, was the result of
monumental Ignorance and stupidity on
the part of a few theoretical geniuses
who seemed to have control of the
workings of the organization with the
high-sounding name. In far-off London
they got togethermd fixed up a sched
ule which they decided must be ob
served by Pacific Coast charterers.
This schedule called for a minimum
rate of 22s 6d per ton on grain from
San Francisco, 2Cs 3d from Puget Sound
and 27s Gd from Portland. The method
by which these figures were arrived at
was ingenious.
At that time San Francisco harbor
was crowded with idle tonnage for
which there was no demand. With no
business available for the ships of the
International Association, the 22s 6d
rate could not seriously affect the mar
ket either favorably or adversely. There
was less Idle tonnage on Puget Sound
than In San Francisco, and accordingly
the minimum from the Northern port
was raised to 26s 3d. In Portland every
ship that arrived found business await
ing her, and in spite of the lack of
grain business north and south of the
Columbia River, the exporters of this
city continued to keep the tonnage on
spot well cleaned up. For this reason
the foreigners proceeded, by demanding
a rate of 27s 6d, to penalize Portland
for doing the business. Notwithstand
ing this discrimination in rates, Port
land's wheat exports last season were
greater than those of Puget Sound and
San Francisco combined.
Ships received better dispatch, and
port expenses were lower, thanjrom
the other ports. There were none of the
old-time delays at the mouth of the
river, and no sailor abuses In brief,
there was nothing In any manner war
ranting discrimination being made
against the port, except the offense that
there was a greater demand for sailing
ships from this port than from the oth
ers. Portland paid the association rate
for a few ships last year, but, on ac
count of so much wheat going Bast,
was enabled to secure most of the :on
nage needed from owners who were not
tied up in the association and were ac
cordingly free to conduct their busi
ness on business principles. This year
there will be a much greaetr demand
than ever for tonnage from Portland,
a smaller demand than ever from San
Francisco, and a very good demand
from Puget Sound. But. sticking to
the old rule, these shipowners can tee
no change In conditions sufficient to
warrant them In exercising a little com
mon sense and abolishing the rank dis
crimination. The up-to-date shipowners have for
years ben gradually abandoning th$
sailing vessels and going into steam.
These steamship owners are men of
much higher intelligence and a much
better knowledge of the shipping busi
ness than the ancient fogies of the.Sall-Ing-Ship
Owners' Association, an& as a
result exporters are chartering steam
tonnage for Portland, loading at exact
ly the same rate as is demanded from
San Francisco or Puget Sound. Bach
of the three big ports on the Pacific
Coast possesses certain features of ex
cellence not enjoyed by the oUiers, but
In the aggregate they are on practically
even terms, and for years It has been
possible to charter steam tonnage at
exactly the same rate for ' Portland,
Puget Sound or San Francisco. The
Salllng-Shlp Owners' Association has
had plentj' of Idle tonnage on hand for
the past two years, and If they wish to
get it Into service they would do well
to cut out the ridiculous discrimination
which they are making against Port
land. AGAIN THE BIRTH-RATE.
Statisticians are still busy with the
birth-rate of the country, the steady
decrease in which is shown by figures
that are regarded as conclusive, though,
truth to tell, neither the public school
records nor the swarming alleys of the
cities verify them. Not only is the
birth-rate decreasing as regards chil
dren born of American parents through
out the land, but in Oregon, we are told.
It is especially and even phenomenally
low.
There are those among us who do
not credit this statement, Professor
Walter F. Wilcox, of Cornell Univer
sity, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Ask genial Dan McAllen, for example,
what he has found In his quest for
material for the great baby show that
Is soon to take place at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition. He will say that the
state literally swarms with babies
babies as fine as any the sun ever
shone upon; babies that, both as to
quantity and quality, would pass mus
ter before a commission appointed by
President Roosevelt and of which Al
exander Dowie was chairman. "Ba
bies?" quoth Mr. McAllen, "why, bless
your heart, there are thousands of
them; the birth-rate maj' be decreas
ing in some places, but not here, not
here."
"The birth-rate decreasing?" repeats
the weary mother of six, eight or ten
children, looking from the group in her
own doory&rd across thetreet, where
from a dozen to twenty-flye children
are noisily disporting In the Summer
twilight. ""Well, all I have to say is
that there are no signs of it in this
neighborhood." "The birth-rate de
creasing?" echoes the City School Su
perintendent, softly. "I do not know
about that. The pressure upon our
educational facilities Is greater each
year." So runs the testimony, and s'et
opposed to it Is the stubborn fact that
the birth-rate in Oregon is compara
tlvelj', and, as some ivould have It, dis
gracefully, menacingly low.
What then? May we not as Intelll
wnt, thrifty people. look about us and
sSs if, as a commonwealth, we have
anything to regret in this matter? it is
not the number of children who are
born, but the- number that reach ma
turity, that count in the Intellectual
and, material development of a state.
The old graveyards of .New England,
as well as those of the Middle West,
are thickly strewn with the tiny graves.
Of ten, twelve or fifteen children born
to one hardworking man and tolrworn
xvoman In those ' days, fully one-half,
often two-thirds, were consigned o
graves scarcely "a span long." The
women in those days were fecund and
submissive; the men, thoughtless, par-,.
haps selfish Svorshlpers at the' shrine of
Nature. Children were born and died
and Providence was supposed to ordain
and sanction both the birth and death
rate,. It is different now; and we should
not marvel thereat. Still less should
we. because of the change, look with
apprehension toward the future, fear
ing depopulation or the ascendency of
alien races. Americans In enterprise,
Americans In energy. Americans in 'In
telligence, there is little to fear Jn a
decreasing birth-rate. , There are still
enough of children born; still too many
die in infancy or early maturity. While
the birth-rate has decreased, the term
of life has been lengthened. This Is
progress, and we can stand a good deal
more of It, not only without detriment
to the state and Nation, but to their
ultimate profit.
GOVERNOR FOLK OX ARBITRATION.
Governor Folk on Labor day ad
dressed a large assembly at Jefferson
City, taking arbitration between em
ployer and employe as his chief topic
After reference to the great organiza
tions of capital which prevent, in these
days, personal acquaintance between
the two classes, the speaker added that
"arbitration should supply the elements
of Justice which were formerly given
by personal contact and mutual sym
pathy." Further, "arbitration is neces
sary for the protection of society." And
again, "the bast Interests of the public
demand that all disagreements between
capital and labor be submitted to. and
decided amicably by. Arbitration in
stead of being- fought out by tests of
endurance and force." If ihee words
were intended to show the way to
what is called compulsory arbitration
(and it is hard to construa, them other
wise), it may be pointed out that there
Is a wide gap between arbitration
based on contract between employer
and employe, and arbitration Imposed
on all alike by the supreme power of
the hvw. Only in view of such compul
sory arbitration could It be possible to
require "all disagreements" to be so
settled.
For the 'wider extension of arbitra
tion, as one of the freely adopted
clauses- of contraots governing rela
tions of employer and eniptoye, all
classes, both sexes, will labor, by word
and deed. We would suggest that a
wider acquaintance with good Ameri
cans outside of Missouri, say In the
Pacific Northwest, may Induce Gover
nor Folk to modify his views as to the
functions of good men and good women.
May not "good men" pray for, and
"good women" hope for the era of
universal peace and good will? We all
recognize the invasion of each sex on
the privileges of the other as now an
accomplished fact. Therefore we ob
ject to the exclusion of the women
from hope and of the men from prayer.
The aim should surely be united effort,
from which sex should not exclude.
But to return to our text. Arbitration
by contract, the settlement in this
fashion of stated and classified differ
ences, this we can agree to further by
all possible means. To enact compul
sory arbitration of all disputes seems
as far from a logical outcome of present-day
relations of employer and em
ployed as to set out to compel refer
ence by nations of all quarrels The
Hague Tribunal. No nation would
agree to it, and they would fight sooner
than have such an international law
imposed on them. .
With Governor Folk's recital of im
proved conditions in trade and factory
labor as resulting from the recognition
by society and by legislation of the
union and its influence no Issue need
be Joined. But his historical basis for
his comparison is singularly inapt. He
will probably recognize, as he studies
his words once again, that no parallel
is possible between an imaginary Eng
lish farm laborer in the eighteenth cen
tury and the American factory worker
of the twentieth century. His facts are
as far off as his argument. The food
and shelter of the farm laborer in Eng
lish villages raised the soldiery who
fought in the great French war. The
thatched cottage was as warm and
comfortable a dwelling as any wooden
box house on our' prairies. Such cot
tages either passed as freeholds from
one generation to the. next, or, if the
property of the landowner, were rented
perpetually at nominal rates, with, no
thought of a possible eviction.
If Governor Folk desires a true pic
ture, let him draw the handicraftsman
of fifty or fortj years ago. crowded
from well-paid work by the Introduc
tion of steam-drivon machines. Let
him sketch the steady extinction of the
small town and village industry, and
the enforced concentration of Ite work
ers in the streets and lanes of the dark
and dirty factory town. Let him show
us the gradual lowering of factor'
wages by the Incoming of thousands of
European workers, unoducated. unor
ganised, strangers in a strange and
often hostile land. Under such condi
tions did labor unions starL In the
chaos of humanity, sullen, lawless, well
nigh despairing, the early labor lead
ers had to find, to organize, to control,
their constituencies. Of course the
work Is not yot perfected. How should
it be in these short years? Their first
aim was to discipline mobs Into armies,
and instill obedience to officers. This
great feat they have accomplished.
Now, in their expressed anxiety to set
tlet to harmonize, to arbitrate, their
surcly-to-be-expected differences with
employers who. also, belong to the
new and emerging era of Industry let
them have, not only hopes and prayers,
but serious and well-thought-out effort
to elevate the condition of the laborer,
not only In raised wages, but by edu
cating -both him and, his family, and by
Instilling the holy and never-to-be-sat-isfled
ambition for a healthy, happy and
cultivated life-
A Spokane dispatch tells of a wheat
pool formed by a number of Central
Washington farmers, who control in the
aggregate between l.OOd.OM and 2,090.000
bushels of wheat They are pledged to
hold this wheat until December 1. un
less the whole amount can be sold prior
to that date at 75 cents per bushel. The
farmers engaged In this deal probably
regard speculating in futures as Ille
gitimate, but no wheat-pit gambler who
ever bought a Decomber future In Sep
tember ever took as long a chance as
these farmers are taking. The wheat
pit man Is buying December wheat to
sell at an advance over present prices,
but he is not carrying any of the actual
stuff on which. Insurance, Interest on
the money Invested and warehouse
charges would accumulate. There are
a great many methods, for speculating
in futures, but the Central Washlng-
ton farmers have chosen the one In
which the element of chance Is much
stronger against them than it Is against
the Chicago speculators, who also'' be
lieve that wheat will be higher In De
cember than It now Is.
The sole object of The Oregonian, in
speaking of Mr. La lid's newspaper, has
bean to fix the responsibility for its ex
istence and publication.' This has been
done. The Oregonian cares nothing
about those persons whom Mr. Ladd
from time to time may hire to "pipe"
for his organ, and behind whom he has
tried to hide his own responsibility.
Mr. Ladd will learn that the plutocratic
instinct, supposing It may make the
newspaper - an auxiliary of Its own
subtle, secret, and oppressive schemes,
never yet has succeeded In the news
paper business. Journalism, since It
addresses the public. Is largely affected
by a public interest. The public has a
right to know who Is behind every pub
lic Journal, so it may Judge of that
Journal's purposes. They who supply
the money for the newspaper are the
movers In it, and necessarily they con
trol and direct Its course. The object
of The Oregonian has been to unmask
the attempt here. This It has done. It
is not to be led off into a controversy
with others than principals. The peo
ple of Oregon have much knowledge
of the Ladd methods, do not like them,
and will be more and more on their
guard against them.
We have no doubt the motives of
Rev. Mr. Palmer were of the highest
and besL He says so In a letter to
day, and we believe him. He Is merely
sensitive under comment intended to
be facetious. Possibly he feels that he
and his companions placed themselves
In an equivocal position by going to
"The Palm." In any event, he need
look foe no indorsement by Portland
Protestant churches, or at least by all
of them. Else why do we find them re
fusing to go and preach the word at
the Exposition on Sunday? They say
the Trail is a wicked place and they will
have none of It. Rev. Mr. Palmer says
"The Palm" Is a wicked place, and, his
mission being to save the unrogenerate,
if he can, he goes there arid sings his
songs and preaches his sermon. Rev.
Mr. Palmer would better keep his evan
gelistic crew away from Portland. They
might be tempted to go down on the
Trail, and' he would simply be making
a. lot of trouble for himself.
It was hoped and expected that Mr.
J. J. Kadderly would present in due
form to the Board of Fire Commis
sioners his charges against David
Campbell, Chief of the Portland Fire
Department, regarding the manage
ment of the late disastrous fire on the
East Side. If Portland has an ineffi
cient fire chief, the public should know
It, and above all the Board of Fire
Commissioners should know it- If half
that Mr. Kadderly alleged in regard to
the management of the fire in question
is true, neither Chief Campbell nor his
assistant knows how to dispose of fire
apparatus so that a quick blaze may
be successfully fought. In neglecting
or refusing to push them to an offi
cial investigation, the charges of Mr.
Kadderly fall to the ground and Chief
Campbell stands vindicated before the
public.
The long-continued dry weather is.
causing much trouble for the steam
boatmen on the upper reaches of the
Willamette and Columbia Rivers, but
incidentally it is enabling the engineers
to make a more accurate survey of the
river channels than has ever before
been possible. With all of the worst
obstructions revealed by low water and
others defined clearly enough to admit
of very accurate charts from which
future improvements can be made,
some good will result from the condi
tion which is so unpleasant for steam
boatmen. Even at Its lowest stage the
Upper Columbia carries a sufficient vol
ume of water to float pretty good-slsed
steamboats, but it Is necessary that tills
water be confined in a-channel of mod
erate width, from which rocks and bars
have been removed.
The joint agencies of the Transconti
nental Passenger Association have val
idated more than 76,000 Eastern tickets
since the Lewis and fclark Exposition
rates were put In force. In April. These
figures, which do not Include the travel
originating on the Pacific Coast, prove
the excellence of the advertising given
the big show, and the railroads are en
titled to much credit for the most ef
fective aid they have given in bring
ing about such a satisfactory result.
The crowds have been so much In ex
cess of expectations that there are nat
urally some complaints over the man
ner In which they have been handled,
but with all of the roads coming to the
Coast using every available piece of
rolHng stock, early censure for over
crpwded cars and belated trains Is soft
ened somewhat.
Undoubtedly the Northern Pacific is
pushing In a working force at several
points along the north bank of the Co
lumbia River. More activity Is shown
In the present attempt than In any for
mer one; yet it remains to be seen
whether the work Is really to be pushed
through or whether it Is part of the ma
neuvers of one. company against an
other for right of way. For consider
able distances alpngthe north bank of
the river a right of way Is held by the
O. R. & N. Co. This company may be
expected to get active, too, along that
line. What is desired by the whole
couritry Is the construction of the road.
Perhaps this may be the result of the
rivalry of the opposing parties. But In
fact they are probably trying- to block'
each other.
Oregon, through the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, has entertained many Gov
ernors this season. Governors Repub
lican. Governors Democratic, Governors
from the East, West, North and South,
and each a man- of private worth and
public spirit, who did honor In his
coming to his commonwealth and to
ours This week comes not "a" Gov
ernor, but "the" Governor Governor
Folk, of Missouri, who brings with him
an incipient Presidential boom -and
rides at hia own expense, scorning lor
himself or any member of, his staff the
subtle courtesy of a railroad pass.
Welcome to Governor Folk.
The police fall back on the theory of
"accident" in the Van Dran case. Of
course. They didn't, or couldn't, catch
the murderer, and they had to square
themselves somehow.
Governor Folk may not know much
about Oregon, but Oregon knows all
about Missouri. But we hope to show
the Governor before he concludes his
visit .
0REG0NJ3Z0NE
Some men are bora with silver spoons
in their mouths, some acquire spoons by
purchase or peculation, and some have
souvenir spoons thrust upon them.
Because his speech at an old settlers'
picnic was preceded on the programme
by a vaudeville performance. Senator
Burkett, of Nebraska, refused to speak.
The Senator declared that oratory could
not stoop to follow a "stunt." Let us not
cavil.
When a man gets so hlfalutin in busi
ness that he has his name Incorporated,
he is almost as high a flyer as an aero
naut It is time for Governor Jeff Davis, of
Arkansas, to take in his horns. The other
day at a barbecue he complained that
Attorney-General Rogers, who Is a can
didate for Governor, had threatened to
kill him. Mr. Rogers spoke next, re
marking to the Governor: "Why, I can
take a corncob with a lightning-bug on
the end of It and make you Junp Into the
Arkansas River!" The Governor merely
sneered; but the point to this little Inci
dent Is that all Southerners would do
well to adopt the suggestion of Mr.
Rogers-in place of their present style of
firearm.
Next Saturday is to be Baby Day at
the Exposition. Prizes are offered for
the superior baby in various classes, no
tably one for the worst-behaved baby.
Now, ladies, don't all come forward at
once, -for that prize. Even If you should
win, you would call the Judge a horrid
old thing.
" In the whirligig of time and events
strange things come to the surface. Let
us take note that the Bev. John Snyder,
formerly pastor of a church In St Louis
and now pastor of a church near Boston.
Is traveling In company with "Billy"
Brady, who used to be prizefight man
ager for Messrs. Jim Corbett and Jim
Jeffries, and who now has a dozen theat
rical enterprises on the road. Twenty
years ago a preacher who dared to at
tend a theatrical performance was pub
licly disgraced. Brother Snyder Is new
going about with "Billy" Brady as a sort
of side partner, seeing that his play, "As
Ye Sow," Is properly put on by "Billy,"
who no doubt will be able to pull off the
performance In a manner highly satis
factory to the Rev. John. The next whirl
of the gig will bring the preachers out In
the footllght glare as stage villains, no
doubt
To cure himself of fatness and other
Ills, Dr. WJ McGee of the United States
Bureau of Ethnology has spent the Sum
mer In the hottest place he could find on
earth. He camped out at TInaJas Altas,
or High Tanks, on the Arizona desert,
where he procured his water supply by
scooping the water from a hole in the
rock-bottom of a canyon that collects the
one rain of the season. Dr. McGee lost
45 pounds as a result of his Summer
sweat High Tanks must be a fine place
for recuperation, though Its name would
not Indicate that It Is conducive to the
reduction of flesh. "Dr. McGee. by the
way. Is Internationally noted for the
peculiarity of his name. When a printer
makes his name read W. J. McGee, In
stead of WJ McGee. the printer will hear
from the doctor by the next mall. Dr.
McGee says that hts parents named him
WJ. and nothing else, and he sees no
valid reason for printing periods after
the letters or for separating them with
a space In all the many learned Gov
ernment publications issued by the famed
ethnologist, his name is printed WJ Mc
Gee. It Is a tradition in Washington.
D. C., that a compositor who once put
periods In -the name saw his career come
to a sudden full stop.
A. L. Sedlnger, of Bates County, Mis
souri, writes thus to Column's Rural
World, the well-known agricultural paper
of St Louis:
I would like to learn all the drawbacks of
Jackson County, Oregon, especially the Rogue
River Valley. Two ot your subscribers say
they have lived there. I would like an an
swer from thetn through the Rural TVorld. I
am th Inkier about moving to that section,
and ehould I learn beforehand that the coun
try "will not suit roe. wilt save both time and
money.
Amongst the drawbacks of Jackson
County, as compiled hastily and excitedly
since the perusal of Mr. Sedlnger's un
usual request are the following:
First Jackson County Is about 3000
miles from Podunk, Ind., the center of
population In the United' States.
Second It contains a portion ' of the
Rogue River, which Is a bad stream, as
you can see by its name.
Third Two men and a boy died last
year In Jackson County.
Fourth Jackson County Is named for
Andrew Jackson, the man who promul
gated the proposition, "To the victors
belong the spoils."
Fifth Jackson County has not furnish
ed any Presidents of the United States.
Otherwise Jackson County may be
marked "O. K."
"ROBERTUS LOVE.
How Ho Saved a Little Gin.
Minneapolis Tribune."
"Jim was a good negro," says Repre
sentative Moon, of Tennessee, "but he
loved gin better than he did his Maker,
and he would not pay a debt if there was
any earthly way to get out of it One
day Jim went to the store, armed with a
gallon Jug. and asked for a quart of gin,
telling the merchant that he was prepared
to settle. The fluid was put in, and then
It was discovered that Jim bad no money.
Forthwith the merchant poured the quart
back in the measure, while Jim picked
up his Jug and walked out smiling.
"He had put In about a quart of water,
and of course, he had just about that
much gin and water In the -Jug. The gro
cer's gin In his' barrel was a little weaker,
but Jim's quart was strong enough to
bridge over on.
,ay. j
In Temptation's W
Washington (D. C.) Evening Star.
"This is the first time you have been to
prayer meeting .in a long time," said the
pastor of a colored congregation.
"I had to come," replied Mr. Erasmus
Pinkley. "I needs strength'nln. 1'se got
a job whitewashing a chicken-coop an
bulldln a fence around a watermelon
patch."
The Hcsult.
Albany Herald.
Portland theaters announce these plays:
"Trilby," "A Broken Heart" "A Wicked
Woman." "A Deserted Bride," "Harriet's
Honeymoon," "Escaped From the Ha
rem," "Queen of the Highway." From
which It might appear that the recent
visit of Miss Anthony and the Rev. Miss
Shaw Is having some effect
Speaking of "Bald Heads.
v Howard (Kan.) Courant
A bald head ia not necessarily the
sign of brains or talent Hanch Glov
er's head Is as destitute of hair as a.
peeled onion and his skull is so hard,
and his head so empty that he should'
wear a husher In his plug hat to keep
It from clan kins; when ha puts It stu
FOLK ON ARBITRATION.
Governor Folk in Labor Day Speech.
When one reads of the condition of
the wage earner a hundred years ago
he can but be Impressed with the won
derful lmnrovement In lil nltimtlnri
today. In the eighteenth century In
jc.auu tauut cr never am
wheaten bread; and tea and sugar
were only for the rich. His rented
hovel, with thatched roof and battered
walls afforded him a miserable shelter.
His wages were so meager, that he
had no chance of betterfng bis condi
tion. His children were shut out from
any broader view of life through edu
cation. There were few public schools,
and those only In certain towns. Now
( every man that works can. have a
home of his own; his children can re
ceive an education -without cost, and
his wages are such as to allow him all
the necessary comforts that his nature
demands.
Organisation has been largely In
strumental in the great Improvements
in the condition of the wage earner.
Through it there has been established
and maintained an equitable scale of
wages. The Interests of the working:
man have been protected, and his
rights defended and lessons of good
will and Justice have been Incul
cated among men. There should
not be contentment with what has
been accomplished In bringing about
a better and higher condition of soci
ety.tThere is needed more mutual sym
pathy between all classes and condi
tions of men. Let there be more con
fidence between the men who earn and
the men who pay the wages. Let them
learn to respect the rights of each
other more. The son of the wage
earner may become a capitalist, and
the son of the capitalist may become a
wage earner. Labor without capital
would be unemployed, and capital
without labor would be useless. Each
Is necessary to the other. What hurts
one will injure the other.
Whatever his station In life may be,
it should be the ambition of every
man, whether employer or employe, to
be worthy of the proud title of "an
American citizen." In the latter day
civillzation corporations of labor are
as necessary as corporations of capi
tal. Each has rights the other should
respect and rights which the Govern
ment should protect Since the begin
ning of civilization men have dis
agreed and disputed about their rights.
This will always be so as long as hu
man nature controls. One cannot al
ways be right and the other always
be wrong. , '
I believe that (the principles of arbi
tration properly and fairly entered
Into will result In benefit to all classes.
In the old days when there were no
great Organizations of capital, the
employer came In personal contact
with the employe and their difficulties
could be amicably settled face to face.
Now when we have great corporations
employing thousands of persons there
can be no personal acquaintance be
tween employer and employe, arbitra
tion should supply the elements of jus
tice which were formerly given by
personal contact and mutual sympathy.
Arbitration is not only a benefit to the
employers and employes; but it is nec
essary for the protection of society. In
the settlement of differences between
labor and capital, society Is doubly
Interested, for the whole people are
disturbed by them. The best Interests
of the public demand that all disagree
ments between capital and labor be
submitted to and decided amicably by
arbitration Instead of being fought out
by tests of endurance and force. Not
only will disputes between labor and
capital be eventually thus disposed of.
but the time when the nations will
submit their differences to an interna
tional court of arbitration seems
nearer now than ever before.
President Roosevelt is entitled to
the thanks of all lovers of humanity in
causing the peaceful settlement of the
Russo-Japanese War. The principles
leading up to this peace conference es
tablished a precedent, will lead to ar
bitration of all difficulties among the
nations, and in bringing about that
universal peace and good will on earth
that all good men hope for and all
good women pray for.
Mr. Cleveland's Income.
Harper's Weekly.
Mr. Cleveland's Income from his invest
ments is between JS00O and $10,000, to
which he adds an average of about $3000
by writing occasional essays for publica
tion. Some years ago Mr. Cleveland had I50CO
to spare, and" Mr. Benedict obtained for
him the right to subscribe for the stock
of a projected trust company. The
knowledge that the ex-President was to
become one of their shareholders Inspired
the promoters with a brilliant Idea. After
consultation, they sought Mr. Benedict
and through him offered Mr. Cleveland
the presidency of the company, at a sal
ary of $50,000 a year. It was a legitimate
undertaking, backed by reputable men",
but Mr. Cleveland somewhat reluctantly
decllned, on the ground that he was un
acquainted with the details of the busi
ness, and that the condition of his health
would not permit of the severe applica
tion requisite to effective service. Again
he was urged to accept with the assur
ance that his duties would be nominal,
his mere official connection 'with the com
pany being considered sufficient recom
pense for his remuneration.
Mr. Cleveland replied simply that that
would seem to him too much like selling
the use of his name, which, of course, he
could not do. That closed the Incident
A Southwestern Type.
Boston Herald.
Temple Houston, youngest son of Gen
eral Sam Houston, who may be called
the creator of the republic of Texas, has
recently died In Oklahoma. Temple
Houston was one of the strange, ab
normal characters that achieve notori
ety on the frontier. He did not like
to be referred to as the son of Sam
Houston, preferring to have a reputation
of his own, and he won it He was ab
normal In his physical proportions, in
his mental traits and in his notions of
becoming attire. He had talent, "5. con
siderable -acquaintance with books, a
love for liquor and for tabasco sauce,
and was a compound of feminine sensi
tiveness and brawling habits. By profes
sion he was a lawyer, and a successful
one In the courts of the Southwest He
had been a Senator In Texas, and was a
fervid. Imaginative orator. His courage
was unquestioned, and he had killed his
man in a saloon fight He was one of
those the true tale of whose lives seems
stranger than fiction. He died when 45
years old of a stomach trouble caused by
Intemperance.
How About Portland DetectivesZ-
Springneld (Mass.) Union.
There Is such a revival of detective
stories that It would seem possible for
the New York police to absorb enough
clews to run down at least an occa
sional burglar, especially one of those
who boldly remoye safes in broad day
light Stealing a red-hot stove Is not
so much of a Joke in New York as it
was.
Reformed Saloons.
, Brooklyn Eagle.
The lesson of the Subway Tavern ex
periment is that saloons are not .half so
much in need of reform as people Svho
have never been in them supposed they
were.
ThVCook First.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Tax Assessor Who Is "the head of
this house?
Mr, Henpeck-My wife. . This is the
cook's day off-.
VHERE IS THEJEST HOTEL
London Saturday Review.
If one excepts the Schwelzer Hot at
Lucerne, which cannot be approached by
any rival In any country, the average
English hotel Is more luxuriously and
tastefully furnished than the average
foreign hotel. But unfortunately one
cannot lunch off saddlebag lounges and
dine on alabaster pillars. The food
supplied by the palaces, which line the
coasts of our island is abominably bad.
Some people there are. no doubt, who
are accustomed to good cooking in their
own homes, but who feel It a matter of
patriotism to put Up with the garbage
which Is served up under pretentious
names; they think of the British fnn as
a national institution which must keep
it3 tail up in the presence of foreigners.
But why do the foreigners, who have
nonsuch motives to sustain their mar
tyrdom, suffer the ordinary hotel- man
ager and his menus? Well, the number
of French -and German visitors in our
seaside hotels Is small, and being in a.
minority in a country whose brutallty
they are honestly afraid of they do not
like to make a row.
The American tourists stick to the
large towns, which absorb the best food
In the country. The majority of the
guests in the holiday hotels are drawn
from the rich shopkeeper class. s
Abroad It is a very different story.
Everybody in and about a foreign hotel,
from the head waiter down to the under
cocks, takes an Interest and a pride in
his business. Ih a British hotel the
servants seem ashamed of being eaught
ministering to the creature comforts
of others, and even the Germans and
Italians catch over here the surly, listless
air of English cooks and waters. How
sweet is the salle a manger of the foreign
hotel, with its parquet floor, its long
French windows, and Its faint odor of
fried butter and vanilla.
France 13 the country of culinary ex
tremes; there the cooking Is either
very good or very bad. The Idea that
the humblest French inn will produce
an appetizing dish Is a myth. We have
had some of the most nauseous as well
as some of the most exquisite meals In
France; and outside the large towns a
French hotel, unless It is in the way
of receiving English and American vis
itors, will have sanitary arrangements
such as those described by Arthur
Young in the eighteenth century.
Of the hotels in the United States it
only remains to be said that they are
four times as expensive as British hotels
and in every point 'except that of service
four times as good. The dollar goes al
most exactly as far as the shilling. That
Is to say. you pay eight dollars, I. e.,
34 shillings, for a room on the fourth,
floor of an American hotel, accommoda
tion for which you would pay eight shill
ings a day for In this countryJ
Attendance in the shape of getting
your bell answered, hot water brought
or boots cleaned. Is simply non-existent
in an American hotal. But In cities
like New York, Chicago, Boston and
even remote towns like Denver, the
cooking of the food of a restaurant and
the quality of the food are as good as you
would get In Paris. The linen and
the sanitary arrangements of American
hotels leave nothing to be desired.
Unquestionably, the worst hotels Iir
the world are those In the Bast. In In
dia, at Singapore, Hongkong, and
Shanghai.
Having run over nearly the whole
world, we arc of opinion that the best
hotel In which the fastidious 'traveler
can hang up his hat Is the Oriental
Palace at Yokohama.
Metropolitan Cynicism.
Harper's Woekly.
New England, speaking through Its
recognized mouthpieces, tho Springfield
Republican and Boston Transcript is
justly proud of the fact that Colonel
Jacob L. Greene, for 25 years presi
dent of the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company, with 65 millions
of assets, died leaving an estate of only
$55,000. Such an example. Indicative
of the highest probity, is surely worthy
of particular mention at this particular
time. We wonder-' how much environ
ment had to do with it Colonel
Greene was quite like Mr. Alexander in
many respects. Supose their places
had been reversed. Would Colonel
Greene, in New York, have felt any
sense of wrong- In participating' to a
small degree In undcrwritings? On tho
other hand, would Mr. Alexander, in
Hartford, have ever thought of doing
such a thing? In our opinion, neither
was ever for an Instant consclonsly
dishonest. The simple fact Is that the
standard is higher In New England
than in New York. It Is bad form,
in Springfield particularly, to do things
that would be regarded as mere evi
dences of creditable smartness in this
wicked town, and even with apolo
gies to the Transcript in Boston. The
bigness of a community, rendering in
consequential social disapproval, and
swelling- the don't-glve-a-damn-what
people-think spirit, has a most de
pressing effect upon the ethics of hu
man living;
Laundry Work in London.
Boston Herald.
JA. number of French laundercrs have
boen visiting London to examine the;
steam laundries In that great city. But
why should Paris take lessons In laundry
work from London? Judging solely by
the class of work done at hotels. Paris
Is far ahead of London in the handling of
linen. In fact. London laundries are re
garded by most American tourists as
much below the standard set in our coun
try. Clothing comes back yellow and In
many cases limp, with a high polish that
Is extremely distasteful to those who pre
fer the domestic finish. All London laun
dries may not be guilty of this kind of
work, but those doing the washing for at
least three large hotels are very far from
satisfactory, nothing like as good as one
finds In Paris. The price, too. for hotel
work in London Is higher than that
charged on the other side of the channel.
We shall be surprised if Parisians are not
disappointed at anything their Iaunderer3
learn In the English city.
Emmett Stood Pat.
Prinevllle Review.
Emmett Holman Is back from his jaunt
to Portland. He was up before the grand
jurv but knows nothing about what that
body was driving at. Heney asked all
sorts of fool questions, but ho couldn't
get anything out of Emmett In the end.
seeing he was only wasting Government
funds. Heney discharged him.
Adulteration Days.
Puck.
I came to a shop where the counters were
bending,
"With foodstuffs and meats In array, never
ending:
With, salads, preserves and fruits of. tho
" fairest. k
With candles and. nuts . and xordlals the
rarest.
I thought I should buy from that wonderful
store, C
When a voice bellowed out that I'd oft heard
before:
"Adulteration! Beware, adulteration!"
I came to a room and I sat at a tablr.
All burdened with foods like the feast of a
fabler
I ate of them all. but this was tna greetlns:
"Beware oi tho alum and: adds you'ro
eating." j
I tasted the vines and again came ths-
volco: w -
"The wines are but drugs though theyraay
seem choice. ' .
Adulteration! Beware, adulteration!" " v.
I came to a land where the walls were all
gleaming- - '
"With Jasper and pearl, and rivers w,ere
streaming: ' 1
Rich rivers of honey were pouring and.
gushing.
And rivers ot milk were flowing and rush
ing; ' ,
I . said I shall drink. It will, cost sa. rid
money. ' , .
But a seraph said, pointing to milk aadtt
honey:
"Adulteration! Beware, adulters.tioalM'