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PORTIai.NI), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.
THE RAILROAD PASS EVIL.
"When Governor Folk started for
Ptattettd with all his Missouri colonels,
he ttrtd the newspapers that he would
Hay his fare. The public applauded,
aikd the independent young Governor
sXHtgiu a round-trip ticket, journeyed
aorwse the continent, attended byhis
'hrHH&nt and smiling: staff, launched
. Wealthy Presidential boom, and got
teak to Jefferson City a -poorer but
happier' man. It was a fine example
Dar the Executive of a great state to
sat for the benefit of his official house
soM. It was also profitable for the
raitrosate. The colonels all had to pay
tfeotr -way. too. It costs something
to be a Missouri colonel. But then no
ootifet it is worth all it cost.
The action of Governor Folk is an
Illustration of another movement of
the titn 06. An anti-pass crusade is on
im nwy states. In Nebraska, Go
eraer "Mickey has sternly reprehended
4le railroads for corrupting public offi
cteis by their insidious pass system;
both parties havo placed them
selves on record, in eloquent resolu
tions, denouncing the evil. Governor
Ht&Mty. of Indiana, who is something
of a reformer himself, and who recent
ly fttsttttosed the Stale Auditor from
oGkce because he had gambled away the
IMtbltc money at Tom Taggart's French
IAck Springs, has d.ug up a statute pro
hibtttag office-holders from riding on
passes. In Kansas it has been discov
oroa that there is a statute prohibiting
raOrofcds from granting special privi
leges to any person. The Attorney
General of Wisconsin has gone to the
extreme of Interpreting the anti-pass
tew so that even editors who happen to
be state officers may not travel on
newspaper mileage. Over in Washlng-
ton. the new law creating the Rail
road. Commissioners contains severe
provisions against issuance of passes
to anyone, eo that the railroads, which
obey some laws with great alacrity and
dWoorfulness, have canceled all passes,
aoi refuse now to Issue gratuitous
transportation. Here in Oregon we are
too busy trying to cultivate the favor
able consideration of the railroads on
any terms to worry them just now with
anti-pass legislation, but we may get
around' to it.
But do the railroads object to it? The
pass evil has attained great propor
tions, and has passed entirely' beyond
the power of the railroads to eontrol
-without the aid of an active public sen
timent that finds expression in some
omdent law. The question of how
far the railroads are responsible for the
presoat situation need not be entered
Into; but that -they are the victims of
persistent and wholesale blackmail
from legislators and other public offi
cWs, and from shippers and newspa
pers, is very well known. Anyone -who
nas attended a session of any State
Legislature knows that railroad passes
arc distributed in 'great quantities for
the purpose of promoting favor
able legislation, and more especially to
prevent adverse legislation. The atti
tude of some Legislators toward a rail
road is -well Illustrated in the incident
of the Populist statesman, over In
Washington, vho unfortunately lost.
his annual. II was found by an enemy,
and. a fac-simlle printed conspicuously
in a Tacoma newspaper. The Ingenious
explanation of the Legislator -was that
"he could find no better way to get
even with a railroad corporation than
t refuse to pay fare over its lines!"
Almost -without exception, the average
citizen will procure and use a railroad
.pass -if he can get It; and until his will
ingness and anxiety to accept falors
from a railroad' are corrected, we may
scarcely expect that the practice of
public officials will be improved.
JEfce last' Issue, of The Xation con
tains an editorial on "primary reform,"
in nvhich it is asserted that Wisconsin
Is the only state that has abolished all
conventions. This is scarcely true, for
Oregon has practically abolished all
conventions as that term is generally
understood. Wihlle there Is nothing In
thfc Oregon law that prohibits dele
gates from meeting, discussing polit
ical questions, aooptirig resolirU'ons and'
even Indorsing -candidates, yet such
conventions have. been, rendered Im
practicable, for the reason that only
those candidates nominated at the di
rect primary can use the nariie of
cither, of -the.'JeaoJRStepoUtJcaK-partles
Jn the officialallot. Oregon, has abol
ished" the polrtJcal'" Convention "by de
priving J of itssmostmpprtajat power J
that of selecting party candidates.
Wisconsin politicians are dissatisfied
with the direct primary law in that
state, as evidenced by the fact that a
meeting has been called for the purpose
of deciding what candidates the adher.
ents of one of the Republican factions
will support at the primary. In other
words, Wisconsin will try the pre-prl-
mary caucus plan. Whether this move
is a wise one will depend upon results.
for. In politics, nothing succeeds like
success. Perhaps Oregdn may get a
few pointers from Wisconsin's ex$erl
fence.
.OREGON'S TRIUMPHANT STOCKMEN.
The various features of interest in
the Lewis and Clark Exposition have
proved such an uninterrupted series of
successes that It seems difficult to
single out for special praise any one of
the "events" of the great Fair. The
attendance .-for the past week, and the
Interest shown In the wonderful dis
play of livestock, however, quite clearly
give that remarkable exhibition the
Tight to something more than ordinary
mention. The. livestock show, with Its
.miles of stalls and pens, containing
thousands of animals which have been
'bred In the purple," is a revelation
even to the stockmen themselves. The
latter are assembled here from all
parts of the United States where high-
grade stock is bred. They brought
with them some of the choicest blue'
bloods of the animal world, the result
ant product of years and generations
of scientific breeding and development.
The revelation to the owners of these
royal animals came when they found
them entered against Oregon-bred
stock, carrying the same strains of
blood, which, with the aid of the finest
climatic conditions on earth, had pro
duced more perfect animals than their
ancestors which had developed In less
favored regions. To quote from Mr.
Crouch, of Indiana, one of the prin
cipal exhibitors:
Breeders of the East and Middle West had
no .Idea of the Northwest country until now.
and we are simply amazed that such a mag.
nlflcent climate for livestock exists of which
we knew sa little, comparatively speaking.
"We knew that Oregon, Washington. Idaho
and California people are appreciative of
good stock and have been raising the stand
ard for several years past, but did not ap
preciate that conditions are so much superior
to othor sections.
But the surprise over the highly sat
isfactory Tesiilts achieved by the Ore
gon breeders is not all confined to the
stockmen from east of the Rocky
Mountains, for the exhibit of stock bred
In our own favored land is bewildering
in its excellence to thousands of people
who have resided practically all their
lives in this state, or In those adiolnlne.
We all knew, in a vague manner, that
Oregon stockmen had been lraproxing
the quality of their animals, but the
rapidity with which they have forged
to the front, was so much greater than
was generally understood that direct
knowledge of it all, as revealed by a
visit to the stock show, came as a
most pleasant surprise to fully 90 per
cent or the visitors.
The ability of man to improve on the
works of Nature has never been more
clearly demonstrated than In the evo
lution of domestic animals. '"The long
white horns of the cattle," which "rose
like flakes of foam on the adverse cur
rents of ocean," gave action and color
to the pictures of old life on the range;
but the heav beefy, slow-moving,
rapidly-growing shorthorn and his kin
dred breeds of the present day, put
more money Into the pockets of the
breeders than could possibly be re
turned by the picturesque long-horn of
the old days. The old range horse was
gifted with wonderful endurance, and
for his Inches and pounds was a won
der In his way; but the breeder, by
skillful crossing and dex'elopment, has.
without losing that strain of endur
ance, secured an animal that is larger,
more powerful and more speedy. These
added merits, of course, command
higher prices, and they are secured
with a hardly perceptible increase In
the cost of producing the animal. The
same wonders have been worked in
the evolution of the sheep and hogs.
This remarkable change, so speedily
wrought, is of course primarily due to
the enterprise and business sagacltj' of
the breeders; but it has been hastened
by the enormous demand for stock.
created by the Klondike gold excite
ment and the Spanish and Boer wars.
Such heavy drafts were made on both
the horsemen and the cattlemen of the
Pacific Northwest, while these events
were on, that the ranges were cleared
of practically everything. Irrespective
of quality or breeding. This left a clear
field for the breeder to begin anew
with the best blood that was obtain
able, and as observation had taught
him that the cost of prbduplng a good
animal was no greater than that of
producing a scrub, the latter was re
placed with something better. The re
sults show that Oregon breeders have
taken the offspring of Eastern animals,
and, with our unrivaled climate, water
and grass, have produced animals
much superior to their ancestors, .bred
In less favored regions.
This Is an advertisement of the high
est conceivable value to Oregon. The
stock show now on at the Exposition
grounds has brought together the larg
est number of animals ever assembled
at a similar gathering anywhere In the
United States and, with Oregon making
almost a clean sweep of first prizes, In
the lace of such strong competition.
our prestige as one of the greatest
stock-raising, states in the Union Is
more than assured. It Is not detracting
in tne slightest from the praise due
the Exposition management and the
individual stock-owners who have
helped to make the affair a success to
state that the untiring efforts of Super
intendent M. D. Wisdom have been a
prime factor in making the stock show
the biggest and most Important feature
of the Exposition.
MB. LYTLE'S NEW ENTERPRISE.
Pleasing indeed is the announcement
that E. E. Lytle has become interested
In the Tlllamook-Nehalem railroad en
terprise. It would require much study,
research and compilation to determine
the number of nroiects for a railroad
between Portland and the Nehalem and
Tillamook country that have been
sprung on the public in the past forty
years. Few, If any of them, however,
will inspire in the minds of the people
the same degree of confidence that will
4)e felt when it is assured that a rail
road-builder of the exoerlence and re
sponsibility of Mr. Lytle has taken
hold of the project That the road.
under the management of Mr. Lytle,
can be pushed through to early com
pletion and a financial success, will
never be doubted by anyone at all fa
miliar with the country traversed or
with Mr. Lytle himself.
When Mr. Lytle beran work n th
Columbia Southern, -he was obliged to
build many miles of expensively-constructed
road up a canyon before
reaching traffic of -any kind, and far
ther south on the line are some exten
slve stretches of "scab" land, from
which no traffic Is obtainable. This
handicap failed to stop Lytle. or to
prevent his making a financial success
of the roadt and Incidentally opening
up for Portland a new trade field of
large dimensions. That he can repeat
his Columbia Southern success In the
Nehalem-Tlllamook field is a certainty,
for the reason that there Is not a mile
or a fraction of a mile of the route to
be traversed that is not extremely rich
In natural resources. With his experi
ence, capital and prestige, Mr. Lytle
can do more towards opening up this
long-neglected field to Industrial ex
ploitation than any man who has ever
attempted the work. It Is needless to
state that Portland will do everything
possible to assist him In the 'under
takjng.
RUSSIA'S NEWEST "REFORM."
The right of assembly for the discus
6lon of political and economic ques
tlons Is the latest message from Rus
sla's bureaucracy to the long-suffering
people of that empire. The world, as
usual, applauds this additional testi
mony on the part of the Imperial gov
ernment, as an Indication of a tendency
to reform that marks a great constitu
tional development In the national life
of Holy Russia. The world, however,
forgets that this is not the first effort
of Imperial intentions In high-sounding
phraseology of the great and good
things In store for the millions of sub
jects of the White Czar. Indeed, a
casual glance of the most Important
"reform" announcements made In re
cent years by the governing bureau
cracy, in the name of the Autocrat of
all the Russlas, will soon reveal how
the promises of one day are utterly re
pudiated on the next. No one knows
this as well as the people of Russia,
who treat these proposed bureaucratic
reforms as ordinary deceptions, by
which it Is expected to check the revo
lutionary activity at home and the
universal indignation at Russia's bar
barous medievalism which of late years
has become so well known In foreign
lands.
Like all other Russian "reforms,"
this scheme Is hedged about with a
thousand and one exceptions, provisos,
regulations, restrictions, etc. by which
the hierarchy and monarchy are to
maintain the grim power of autocracy
In the hands of his most sacred maj
esty. Under such 'circumstances, the
carnival of crime against the rights of
society will continue as in the days of
yore, and priestcraft and statecraft
will continue to encroach on the In
alienable rights of mankind according
to the true nature of their alliance.
To show the justice of this view on
Russian "reform," one need but recall
the series of deceptions beginning with
the celebrated peace manifesto of Nich
olas II. as announced to the powers by
Muravieff on August 22, 1S9S, by which
the Czar's government only contrived
to keep from the world Us preparations
for the conquest of Manchuria. From
the time the war broke out on Febru
ary 8, 1904, a series of high-sounding
Imperial manifestos was announced.
Among these were: The freedom of
the press, a national assembly, freedom
of worship, immunity from the arbi
trary acts of officials, and finally the
freedom of assembly. Not only were
these framed In such a manner as to
preserve the autocracy in its full rigor,
but the same pandemonium still reigns
throughout the empire, and these great
and good things still remain a dead
letter.
The truth of the matter is that the
reigning bureaucracy does not propose
to grant anything that would gve the
people their just rights. The reason for
this stubborn resistance, on the part
of the Czar's government, to the spirit
of modern civilization. Is plain enough.
In his recent book on "Russia as It
Really Is," Carl Joubert, who spent
nine long years In that land, says:
From the Baltic to the Tenltel the whole
country 1 corrupt. From the Governor to
the Uryadnlk. every man has his price and Is
anxious to be offered It. The government,
the synod, the army, the beach, are putrid
with corruption.
Herein. Is the actual reason why no
real reform can be expected from the
Despotism of the North. Whatever re
lief, therefore, the people of Russia
may obtain they will have to fight for.
Only a general upheaval will restore
to them the rights to which mankind
in Its very nature Is entitled. Were the
Czar a wise and strong man, he would
choose the support of the people rather
than that of the governing combine,
and thus avert what will undoubtedly
prove, before long, one of the greatest
catastrophes that has ever overtaken
any people anywhere.
THE. LATE COLONEL JUDSON.
Portland and all that vast territory
tributary to this city by way of the
O. R. & X. lines suffered a distinct loss
in the death of Colonel Judson. late
Industrial agent for the Harrlman sys
tem. Colonel Judson was a salaried
man, working for a corporation run on
strictly business principles, which are
usually, in fact almost Invariably, sep
arate and apart from philanthropy.
But Colonel Judson was something
more than a wage-earner following a
certain line of work and duty simply
because he was paid for It- There Is
unquestionable truth In the statement
that the man who makes two blades of
grass grow where only one has grown
before is a public benefactor. The
dead industrial agent not only made
grasses grow where none had grown
before, but he threw into this work of
transforming desert wastes into smil
ing fields of plenty, an energy and a
love for the work which has a value,
and which produces results that cannot
be reckoned In dollars and cents.
The O. R. & N. Company paid Colonel
Judson a good salary, and after he had
returned labor, research and effort far
In. excess of the value of that salary.
he still labored on unceasingly. Drift
ing around that sea of wheatflelds In
the Inland Empire, plodding across the
dry plains of Eastern Oregon, on the
crowded streets of the city, on railroad
trains, wherever. In fact, there was the
slightest opportunlty for him to ex
change ideas or add to his store of
knowledge, the Colonel rode his hobby,
which was to Improve the lot and In
crease the profits of the farmer. Unlike
hobbles ridden by men of less Intelli
gence than Colonel Judson, every fea
ture of his work was productive of
good to mankind.
It might be complimentary to Colonel
Judson to make the customary state
ment that he had passed on to a better
world, but, to those who knew him
best, this would hardly be in accord
ance with the facts, for It was a happy
world in which he dwelt on earth. He
found in the world from which he has
Just departed, keen delight In the pur
suit or his chosen calling and In help
ing his fellowman. For him. kind
Nature "played on a harp of a thou-
sand strings" whenever he went -afield.
and In the crowded city there were
always bright lights and. sweet music
which others of less cheerful mind saw
not and heard not. He will be missed
by a wide circle of friends all over the
three states, but the work which he
has performed In the Industrial devel
opment of the dry regions east of the
Cascade Mountains will prove a lasting
monument to his memory.
Down in Georgia an Issue of tremen
dous Importance has been Injected
into the campaign now being directed
by Hoke Smith and Clark Howell for
the nomination for Governor of that
state did Hoke Smith while Secretary
of. the Interior under President Cleve
land appoint negroes to office? This
burning question has furnished fuel for
rival Atlanta newspapers controlled by
tne candidates, and seems to have
warmed the whole state. The Constl
tutlon exploits Howell's charge that
Smith appointed two sons of a negro
bishop to places In the Interior De
partment at higher salary than was
paid to a clerk who Is the son of a
Confederate veteran. Smith replies
with some acerbity through the Jour
nal that the negro boys were already In
the department "under the civil service
blanket" when he took charge. He ad
mits, however, that he did appoint ne
groes to "menial positions" only. And
now Smith's vindication or the opposite
seems to hang on the disposal of the
charge that he actually recognized ne
groes as human beings.
The old Concord- stage furnishes an
admirable plan for an Ideal political
band-wagon. It Is provided with an
automatic coupler, so that when the
horses run wild and overturn the ve
hide, the unruly steeds are released,
permitting them to race to their own
destruction without dragging all on
board after them. What a splendid
arrangement It would be If the occu
pants of the political band-wagon could
know that at the critical moment the
leaders that are bearing them to disas
ter would be cut loose in time to avert
at least a part of the calamity. The
trouble with band-wagons now In use
Is that when the horses that pull them
along get on a rampage those who
have been enjoying the ride are gea
erally compelled to share In the cdtas
trophe. It Is easier to get Into a stage
or a band-wagon than It Is to get out
unharmed after the trouble begins.
It may be doubted whether In any
other section of the country there
would be such unusual Interest In a
fine livestock show as has been dis
played the past week In the splendid
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair.
Soil and climate of the Pacific North
west lend themselves to the profitable
raising of the best breeds of horses.
cattle, sheep and swine. Our farmers
have the Intelligence and the means
to avail themselves of the best strains
the world produces in order to Improve
their herds. Not the least gratifying
oi tne great exhibition Is the first-class
display from our own farms. Portland.
above all other cities on the Pacific
Coast, Is a natural center for the live
stock Industry. It must be a source
of satisfaction to the Eastern as well
as the breeders at home to note the
interest shown by city folk in this dis
play. So far has the season advanced with
favorable weather that crop estimates
of the country may be accepted almost
with certainty. This Is the bumper
year for com. the oroo in siirht beinr
over 2,700,000,000 bushels an Increase of
250,000,000 bushels over last year. Wheat
promises 150,000.000 bushels over 1904.
oats 35,000,000 bushels, and rye 2,500,000
bushels, while there will be a silent
falling off In barley and potatoes. The
great corn harvest means that after
abundant feed for cattle and hogs, our
farmers will have a surnlus for exnort
In connection with the unprecedented
harvest, the Boston Herald noints out
the announced intention of the govern
ments of Continental Europe to keep
out these products and demands pro
tection of our export trade throutrh a
tariff revision.
The sugar-beet crop in the vlclintr of
La Grande is unusually heavy. This Is
due partly to an Increase In the acreage
planted and partly to the very favor
able season for beetgrowlne. The esti
mated yield is between 25,000 and 30,000
tons, the aggregate being sufficient to
keep the beet-sugar factory at La
Grande lnoperat!on for many months.
The beet-sugar Industry there has
passed Its experimental stage and be
come well established as one of the
permanent and profitable Industries of
the state.
Salem newspapers are parading the
fact that gambling Is going on In viola
tion of state law and tHat the city has
no effective ordinances on the subject.
Yet they also assert that the old educa
tional center is an Ideal place for par
ents to send their children during the
formative period of their lives. Is it
the Intention to convey to prospective
students the Idea that they can work
their way through school by gambling
nights and mornings?
When it can, the Army washes its
dirty linen decently and quietly. The
Berry court-martial is being held behind
closed doors. It took the Taggart case,
which was not a court-martial, to show
how easily an Army scandal may attain
National proportions.
Bishop Potter's Subway Tavern was
condemned the other day by resolution
of the Brooklyn Women's Christian
Temperance Union. Several weeks be
fore. It was condemned by men who
drank, which was far more effective.
Some of the leading stand-patters
are beginning-to feel like lone steers
on the range with a stampede coming
their way. It looks as though they
must Join In the rush or be lost In the
cloud of dust.
The Methodists at Albany adopted no
resolutions denouncing tainted money,
but they adopted other resolutions.
Five days more, and then Portland
Day.
Make it 100.000.
'Twas a Dream:
Meggenaorfer Blatter.
Landlady (to student lodger) Do
you know, I dreamed last night that
you paid all the rent you owed me.
Student Is that so? Then 111 kindly
trouble you for the receipt.
Not a Wife's Idea.
Exchange.
Howell A man is considered Inno
cent until he Is proved guilty.
Powell Single man, aren't you?
OMEGCWOZONE
"After Calm Reflection.
Do not sadden. Dr. Gladden,
'Cause the cash Is somewhat tainted.
I have called It "filthy lucre"
Ever since we've been acquainted.
The Adaptable Chain.
Uncle Tom Dass a moughty big watch
chain yo carry. Rastus; 'pears t me mo1
lak a dog chain.
Rastus Diss hyah am a dog chain,
Unc' Tom.
Uncle Tom Den wha' fo yo use it fo
a watch chain, boy?
Rastus Why, kaze ah tuck It fom a
watch dog, sho.
College English.
On the main entrance gate to the
grounds of the University of California,
at Berkeley, Is posted this placard:
THE OCCIDENT MAGAZINE.
4-B1TS FOR THE REMAINDER.
OF THE TERM.
SUBSCRIBE AT THE CO-OP.
Never Touched Her.
News dispatches have told of a woman
who, in a fit of pique, locked herself in
a room and fired four shots, none of
which touched her. Very few women are
good markswomen.
But to the Other Fellow.
The maxim. "It is never too late to
mend," does not apply to the umbrella
that has disappeared.
A Contradiction.
It Is said that oil and water will not
mix; and yet Mr. Rockefeller Is a Bap
tlst.
Foolish Filosofy.
Cats with nine lives and musical talent
shduld practice economy: they may need
them all at once some night on the back
fence.
Attending the Fair.
Though the Uth of October
Marks the closing of the Fair,
If we keep sedate and sober
We may still attend the fair
(paying their way to the theater, buying
them chocolate creams and otherwise at
tending them.)
Lyrics of Appreciation.
I.
Let us honor Burbank,
Luther of reform
As to fruits that fatten
And to buds that charm.
IL
Hurrah for Andrew Carnegie!
He surely Is a dandy.
For thosa who read while others run
He's truly handy Andy!
IIL
Teddy Is a Rider Rough.
A Rider Rough is Teddy;
He is always up to snuff
And so he's rough and ready.
Prolonged Proverbs.
There Is no excellence without great
labor and sometimes not with It.
He who hesitates Is lost but he soon
finds It out.
Look before you leap you may be about
to Jump over a good thing.
Sufficient unto the day Is the evil there
ofand usually enough left over for to
morrow.
The early bird catches the worm
which should be a warning to the worm
not to get up so confounded early.
Time and tide wait for no man and of
course they wait for no woman, for it
takes her too long to .dress.
Honesty in the best policy and a still
better principle.
A man Is known by the company he
keeps not necessarily by the company he
works for.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
THE KAISER AT CLOSE RANGE
Interesting; Personal Characteristics
of Germany's Unique Huler.
Fritz Morris In Success.
I have seen the Emperor of Germany at
close range several times, and. without
hesitation. I can say that he is one of the
most nervous of mortals. He shifts from
one foot to the other, paces two or three
steps backward, forward or sldewise,
shakes hands with this one. speaks to
that one. returns a salute, always mov
ing-, constantly doing and never for a
moment ceasing to give pent-up energy
vent In one way or another. He rises
early and is in his office, arranging af
fairs of state, when most of the other
sovereigns of the world are. still in bed
that is to say he Is customarily at work
by 6 o'clock. He finds such early habits
absolutely necessary If he Is dally to ac
complish the task which he sets himself.
for. on an average, besides signing In
numerable documents, every one of which
he reads himself, and holding countless
conferences with ministers and chiefs of
departments, it Is estimated that he either
writes himself or uictates an average of
twenty letters a day.
It has always been a habit of the Kaiser
to do what has to be done, and to do it
at once. Even on the morning of his
marriage he appeared at the barracks at
Potsdam at 6 o clock to give a medal to
a Sergeant-Major. He was then simply
Prince William, but to the oirtcers, who
were astonished to see him at such a
moment, he said: "I am only doing my
duty" Later, as Emperor, he has said:
"It Is not necessary that I live, but It Is
essential that I work."
Once on his way to catch a train, and
having an hour to spare, he stopped to
chat with the Austrian Ambassador. Sud
denly he exclaimed: "Horrors! I am late.
Pray connect your telephone with my
castle that I may bid my wife goodbye."
Triey called up the castle, but the Em
press was not there. Presently a carriage
arove up to the Embassy and out Jumped
the Empress. She threw her arms around
the Emperor's neck, kissed him repeatedly.
men turned to the Ambassador and said:
"I beg Austria-Hungary's pardon for In
terrupting state business."
He loves to call his children hia "little
company," always takes their photographs
witn mm when he travels, and when he
returns he always calls upon them to as
semble, and unpacks with his own hands
a boxful of presents for them.
Judged by His Drinks.
Smart Set.
Senior nartner We hail bsr. -hv
that young bookkeeper's books exam
ined. He took 12 drinks between here
and home yesterday.
Junior partner How do you know?
"I was with him. He was treating
me.
Tainted Finance.
Puck.
A curate somewhat of a saint
Sought funds his small chapel to paint,
And with every donation
Went this conversation:
"I hope It ain't tainted?"
"It ain't"
Hammocks as Landmarks.
Smart Set.
Madre I'll bet there are no vnnntr
men at the hotel.
Dolly How can you tell so soon?
"All the hammocks art wuns
such light places.'-
LETTERS ON TOPICS OF INTEREST
Make Pertlaad Day at the Fair Alio a Hoary W. Corbett Day Dismissal of
Consuls in Orient Land AggregatieR Points Free School Books "
SALEM, Or., Sept. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) No doubt the people of Oregon
generally, as far as possible, will unite
with those of the Rose City In making
Portland day at the Exposition the
banner one of the Summer, and since
this will be an especially appropriate
occasion upon which to do honor to the
memory of Hon. H. W. Corbett, allow
me to make the suggestion that the
programme for that day Include some
recognition of his great service to the
undertaking when the latter was hav
Ing what appeared to be Insurmount
able difficulties in getting upon Its
ieec.
Everybody remembers that when the
people of Portland decided to raise
$300,000, If possible, by subscrlntlon. as
a beginning for the movement and as
a guarantee to the State Legislature of
Portland's good faith when that body
was asked for a direct appropriation of
j&uo.qoo, iir. corbett immediately re
sponded with a subscription of $30,000.
one-tenth of the entire amount. And
it Is also remembered that, though the
proposed amount of Portland's sub
scription was greatly- exceeded within
a day or two, there was a oerlod fol
lowing when for months It seemed that
the popular enthusiasm had entirely
disappeared, and but for the persistent
insistence of Mr. Corbett, the Exposi
tion would doubtless have been aban
doned. Mr. Corbett was a member of
the first State Commission and Its
president, as he was of the Lewis and
Clark Corporation at the time of his
death, and was unfortunately taken
away oerore tne results of his jrener
ous efforts had ripened Into tangible
these circumstances, it was to
oe regretted that, in all the excellent
speeches made upon the opening day of
th Exposition, his name was not once
mentioned of course by oversight
ana ior uc reasons given It would seem
to De a plain duty of the management
to give some special recognition of his
Invaluable services to the Fair in the
uncertain days of Its inciplency, as well
as a remembrance of one of Portland's
most eminent and successful pioneer
business men. Mr. Corbett went to
your city when It had fewer than 500
people, and of all Its energetic busi
ness men, past and present, it will be
generally conceded that durlnjr the
more than 50 years of abtlve life there.
ne ma more man any other toward Its
upouuaing and rapid growth.
T. T. GEER.
ASKS FOR A CORBETT DAY.
But for Him There Wouldn't Prob
ably Have Been a Fair.
PORTLAND. Sent. ZLCTn HftT.
Before It Is ton 1.at T triVi tr
a. v-omeix aay at tne Fair. But for him.
mere wouia prooaoiy nave been no fair.
It has been a. ncrM VwunnH nit vnA.
tation. Let us honor Henry W. Corbett's
memory wun a aay set aside for that
purpose.
PIONEER.
MR. PIERCE NOT TO BLAME
No Consuls In Orient Dismissed at
His Instigation.
PORTLAND. SeDt- 22. (To th TOitr.l
In your news columns of this
issue, x noticed a dispatch from your
waamngton correspondent which In part,
at least, is unjust to Third Assistant
Secretary of State H. H. D. Plrr TVi
statement that his investigation of the
consular service in the Orient nnii
years ago resulted In the dismissal of sev
eral Consuls whose strong friends have
amce maae it disagreeable to the Admin
istration, is clearly exaggerated.
I was In business In the Drfont a
time of the investigation, and knnw tchot
was done, together with the results that
developed publicly. Not one Consul was
dismissed through Mr. Pierce's Inquiries,
so far as any Dosslble nrnof croon. T-h
inquiry was made a year and a half ago.
since wnen two oriental Consuls have
been let out. The first was stationed at
Canton, but he was not dbmiwH until
after the Insular government at Manila
naa captured tnree or four persons op
eratlnsr the "undsr-errounfl
Chinese coolies between Canton and Arn-
11a, and they had directly and positively
implicate" tne canton Consul. As I un
derstand, his dismissal was demanded by
the Taft administration of the Insular
government, and upon what would seem
to the public, ample cause for Immediate
discharge. John Goodenow was dismissed
as Consul-General at Shanghai aftr
Pierce's visit to that port, but action In
tnis caso was not taken until a New
Jersey Congressman had demanded in
Investigation of numerous charges made
against Goodenow for outratronj
corrupt conduct
These are the only two afflelaL tumrt
out of the service since the special in
quiry. Air. .Fierce no doubt gave the Ad
ministration at Washington Information
for Its guidance in retrarrl to th nHrt-.
Consuls, but no act was taken directly
rpon such report until additional and
what must seem ample evidence for
dismissal had been furnished f mm nthar
sources to corroborate whatever Mr.
Fierce had said. If there was such out
side evidence. It cannot be said In fair
ness that any backers of fTftniti r
charging the Third Assistant Secretary
of State with sole responsibility In having
v-onauis reraovea. i tftlnk there Is no
One In this COUntrv or th OHnf -nnn.
sesslng all facts regarding the conduct
of the two Consuls dismissed, who will
not assert that the Administration did
wisely when letting them go. and that If
Mr. Pierce renorted aralnat thm h
should be cordially praised for hla deed,
ratner man dc criticised at this time.
I make this reauest In n. -ilmnls niHt
Of Justice, that Mr. Pierce mav not h
wronged for whatever he might have done
in neiplng the commercial interests of
our country. J. H. BROWN.
LAND AGGREGATION PERILS
Civil Monopolists and "First Fami
lies" by New Taxation.
MILWAUKD3. Or.. Sent. 18. fTo th
Editor.) The difficulty with the owners
of large tracts of land within the irriga
tion oisincts or the Government, has
again called attention to the evil effects
of private holding of land for speculation.
So long as It Is profitable to buy land
and wait until the energy of others
makes It valuable, there will be a ten
dency In that direction; and If a con
trary tendency can be created, either by
legislation or by changed methods of busi
ness. It seems reasonable to suppose that
such a contrary tendency would be bene
ficial. If a law were passed providing that
real estate, owned by one person to the
extent of ten acres within an Incorpor
ated town, 40 acres within three miles of
an Incorporated town, and 220 acres dis
tant more than three miles from an incor
porated town, should be taxed at a rate
only one-half of the general rata of taxa
tion, then a tendency would be created
operating to subdivide holdings of land.
And If by statute it should further be en
acted that so much of such land. In one
tract, as Is the actual homestead of the
owner during the major portion of the
year, shall be taxed at one-fourth of the
general rate, there would be a strong
incentive for men to own their own
homes. The general rate of taxation
would necessarily be raised.
Tne in results of the present marked
tendenscy toward aggregation, are not
confined to remote districts. William M.
Laoa owns the Crystal Spring Farm, ad- j
Joining and partly within the city limlt3
of Portland, east of Sellwood, about S00
acres, and this tract, so far as the pur
poses of civilization are concerned, might
as well be an Impassable swamp, since
practically no one lives thereSn and per
sons residing beyond It have a two-mile
drive to get around the place when com
ing to Portland. No children live there
who attend schools, and no persons re
side there who require roads and streets.
Street car lines cannot profitably be ex
tended through this unproductive tract
There are other similar holdings In and
near Portland.
There Is very grave danger that this
kind of exploitation of land will be mucn
extended. A number of companies. Na
tional in scope, are actively soliciting in
vestment in their bonds and stocks, prom
ising large profits through purchasing
suburban lands and holding for a rise.
These companies I believe a realty com
pany, with an agency in this city, is one
get out attractive literature, calling
especial attention to the Astor fortune.
The remedy proposed, unless some
insuperable objections can be urged
against it. would seem to be practicable,
as the persons benefited, the owners of
homes, are politically the most powerful
portion of our people. Certain objections
to the plan can be overcome, by local as
sessment agreements, In the case, for In
stance, of Irrigation enterprises, forest
lands, etc. BEN HIWIN.
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.
Adoption of Law Urged When Legis
lature Meets.
PORTLAND, Sept- 20. (To the Editor.)
Having recently removed with my family
from Nebraska to Oregon, I was aston
ished to find that with all the advantages
and advancement of this delightful state,
that no free school-book law had yet been
enacted. Having come from a state where
a free text-book law has been in success
ful operation for many years, I cannot re
sist the temptation to speak of its ad
vantages and economy. I do not under
stand why somo statesman or legislator
has not made himself famous by having
enacted such legislation as a free text
book law has only to be known to be ap
preciated. First I,et me say that it costs less to
buy books and supplies for the entire
school in quantities, than for the Individ
ual to buy them.
Second By the adoption of a uniform
series of books, there is never any Jangle
over the kind of books used, and there is
always a supply of the kind and quantity
of books to enable both teacher and pupil
to do the best work possible. In this way
the child of poor parents has as many
books and -as good ones as the child of the
rich, and no child Is Induced to play
truant for want of proper books.
Third The system of free text books or
books bought by the school districts are
paid for by the rich as well as the poor.
Under the present system, the wealthy
landowner, often a childless nonresident,
does not contribute to the school-book
fund, while the parents of large families,
often of the poorer classes, are prevented
from giving their children a needed edu
cation because of a lack of funds with
which to buy books. Then, too; a com
pulsory school law or attendance law can
easily be enforced and It should be
where books and supplies are furnished,
that cannot now be done on account of
the plausible excuse, "no books."
This new system I advocate does not
increase the expense but really decreases
It, and at the same time compels the
wealthy, the childless, the bachelor and
the nonresident property-owner to pay his
Just share of the expense by equitable
taxation. It lightens the burden or tne
poor who are usually the parents of the
larger families, and it also tends to help
to educate that portion of the rising
generation that need It most, the children
of the poorer classes.
The free school-book law is so univers
ally admired, not only In Nebraska, but In
every state where It has been adopted.
that it seems to me that the matter need
only be brought to the attention of the
voters and the legislators to have en
acted, at the next session of the Oregon
Legislature, a free text-book law. If the
newspapers and public will take the mat
ter up, much needed and beneficial legis
lation will certainly follow.
If there Is any good reason why this
law should not go into effect in this state
I would like to see the reason discussed
through the columns of this paper. Hav
ing been connected with a board of educa
tion In Nebraska and having resigned
such position to take up my residence in
your state I shall be pleased to give any
further possible information on the sub
Ject. W. S. RAKER.
PORTLAND GETS THERE."
Yell and 3Iotto for Rose City a
the Fair.
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept- 21. (To the
Edltor.)r-SeveraI suggestions have been
made for Portland's motto at the Fair,
such as "Watch Tacoma Grow," but
nothing short or snappy enough has ap
peared yet. I suggest: "Portland Gets.
There." and distributed in the same way
as Tacoma. Your editorial, "Make It the
Day of Days." is all right, but we need
a yell and badge wlthi "Portland Gets
There." J. B. FROST.
Miss Roosevelt Took a Plunge
Kansas City Times.
The transport Sheridan, which arrived
at Honolulu recently from Manila, brings
a story of Miss Alice Roosevelt, the Pres
ident's daughter, that shows her In art
interesting and daring role. She jumped;
into the swimming tank on the deck on
the steamship Manchuria with her clothes
on, because of a dare she was the first to
propose. It was a hot morning tne ca
after the Manchuria had left Nagasaki
for Manila. Miss Roosevelt stood neac
the tank, hat off. but with a pretty silken
parasol to protect her from the sun's rays.
She was wearing a dainty white sille
waist and a cream-colored skirt, also of
silk. On her feet were slippers of tan.
"Congressman Longworth. ' she re
marked, according to the story brought by
the Sheridan. ir you win taKo a piunge.
.dressed as you are. I will follow suit-"
Longworth hesitated, shrugging hlsj
shoulders.
"Well, If you don't dare, I do," said Miss
Alice, and before others could Interfere
she had tossed aside xne parasol ana
leaped Into the tank with a merry laugh
and a loud splash.
'Don't you take a dare." she shouted
back, as she rose to the surface, ana
Longworth, encouraged by the precedent.
nlunared In after ner ana neiped ner to in
steps. Both were a sight to behold as they;
climbed out of the tank in wet, close
clinging and ruined Summer garments.
The Water-Lily.
Minna Irvins In tipplncott's.
A fair young maiden chose to wed
A man both bent and otd;
She did not love his silver hairs, ,
But loved his yellow gold.
But soon of silks and jewels tired.
And pining to be free.
She wept In silence all day long
Above her 'broidery.
She left her nacklaces and rings
Beside her bridal gown.
Sut took a bag of heavy coin
To weigh her body down.
The moon waa shining on the laka, -
All black and still it spread .
"With scarce a ripple in the reeds
It closed above her head.
But when the Summer came agala,
From oozy depths below.
Upon a cold and colling stem
Arose a bud of snow.
Like waxen fingers reaching up
It opened, and behold!
Xevealed the lily's creamy, heart
Hair jtulL of. gleaming gold, ,
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