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THE MORXINtx OKJEGU-M, TUJKSJJa.X, JAJ 115, lyw. Entered at the Postofflce at Portland. Or., as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. 1KVAHIABLT IN ADVANCE. C3 (By Mall or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months f.00 Sir months Three months ;'r One month - fu Delivered by carrier, per year.. v.wj Delivered by carrier, per month Less time, per week - - - 0f Sunday, one year - - - T'rn Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday)... l-BU Sunday and Weekly, one year .- " HOW TO ItEailT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency arc at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C. Beckvdth Special Agency New Tork. rooms 43-50. Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, rostofflce SCews Co., 178 Dearborn street. Denver Hamilton & Kendrlck. 90C-912 Seventeenth street; Pratt Book Store. 1-14 Fifteenth street. Goldfield, Nev. Guy Marsh. Kansas City, Mo. 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During tflie latter part of the nine teenth century England and France -were more active than any other Euro pean powers in exploiting Northern Af rica. A French engineer dug the Suez Canal, though England managed to get a majority of the stock -and has held control of it. Both nations were inter ested in Egypt for a while, but England finally assumed the lull management, promising first, last and always to withdraw some time or other. The 4ime never came, of course, and Egypt avas a bone of contention between France and England for many years. Meantime the French established them selves in Algiers, conquering the coun try, driving the wild tribes back into the desert, "building railroads and ad ministering civilized Justce. Morocco is a savage country quite as iwild as it was in the days of Jugurtha, whom Sulla captured after long war fare and murdered at Rome. It joins lAlgiers on the west, opposite Gibraltar, and folds around Sahara on the Atlan tic side. The Moroccan tribes have perpetually hanssed French operations in Algiers, much as our . frontier In dians have always done what they could to stay the advance of civiliza tion. A sort of despot, called a Sultan, makes a pretense of ruling them, but his authority is shadowy. When one -of the chiefs captured the American citizen PerdScarls, the Sultan was pow erless to rescue him. The foreign com merce of Morocco, small at best, is anainly with England. Her 'English . ibusiness foots up some $9,000,000 annu ally. Germany comes next with $2,400. 000. and then France with, perhaps. 51,200,000. For all these figures, the in terest of France in Morocco is pre dominant. She has long desired to police the country and control its foreign rela tlons, and. soon after Edward's acces sion. England agreed to her doing so. France in return giving up all preten tions to Egypt. Spain and Italy agreed 4o this -arrangement, which was mani festly just. The United States ac knowledged its justice by appealing to iFrance to rescue Perdicaris. By this act. indeed, we recognized. France as in control of Morocco, and became in some sense a party to her agreement with England. The Emperor William of Germany, In his character of dictator to Europe, felt his prestige impaired by an interna tional agreement to which he was not a party. The commerce of his country with Morocco gave him a plausible ex cuse to interfere. He visited Tangier, made one of his flamboyant speeches asserting that no arrangement of Mo roccan affairs was valid which ignored his interests, and thus placed himself In flat defiance of France and England. War over the matter may have threat ened at one time, though probably not. France yielded so far as to agree to n international conference, which has been duly called, and its sessions begin today at Algeclras, across the -bay from Gibraltar, In Spain. In this conference the United States is to take part Many thoughtful peo ple look upon this action of ours with forebodings, as if, by sending a repre sentative to Algeciras, we had aban doned our 'wise historic policy of not interfering with European affairs. As a matter of fact, that policy, so much lauded, has always been more imagin ary than real. We have meddled with European affairs ever since we became a Nation, and European powers have meddled with ours. The Monroe Doc trine itself was a direct interference with Spain. We fought England in 1812 to enforce a doctrine of interna tional law. We have constantly bick ered with Turkey. We were parties to the Congo and. Llberian agreements and to The Hague conference. We or dered the French out of Mexico. We interfered potently in the Russo-Japanese War. Different European na tions have arbitrated between us and England, to say nothing of Mexico. We joined with Europe to settle the Boxer troubles. In fact, it is nonsense to talk of our not Interfering with European affairs We never have abstained from it, and we never can. As for Northern Africa, we are in a peculiar sense interested there. As early as 1801 we sent a fleet to suppress piracy and make com merce safe in those ports and were en gaged in more or less open war with the so-called Barbary States up to 1815, when Decatur decisively defeated the Dey of Algiers and made him relin quish forever his claim to tribute. We are thus -the historic -champions of "the opea door" in Northern Africa, as we are In Japan and China. The position which we asserted by force of arms a century ago and have maintained ever since, it would be unworthy of our Na tional dignity to abandon now. On purely historical grounds no nation is so -well entitled to a place in the Alge ciras conference as the United' States. To the desire of France to police Mo rocco we have tacitly acceded in the Perdicaris case. From that position our representative is not likely to re cede without good reasons, but, per haps, his main interest In the confer ence .will pertain to safeguards for com mercial freedom, whoever may control the country. In the question of polit ical supremacy our interest is slight? al though, of course, America would pre fer to see Morocco under. civilized gov ernment rather than abandoned to un controlled savagery. Whether law and order are enforced by a French force or by an international police matters little to us; our only real concern is for the security of life and .property. PLUTOCRATIC CAS. The men behind the Portland Gas Company are the men behind the pluto cratic organ. Gas is their business. They furnish the same cheap quality of gas through their meters as through their alleged newspaper. Four direc tors of the gas company are directors of the newspaper. All this explains perfectly why the organ is hurried to the defense of the gas monopoly, as It defends or promotes every other game of grab and greed that its owners and their allies play. It Is a large under taking, for It includes nearly every job, scheme or plot framed up to give the first families the best of it and the tax payers and other plain citizens the worst of it. Woe to the corporation or concern in Portland these gentlemen do not control, or somehow get a rake-off from. Then we have a virtuous and prolonged newspaper assertion of the rights of the people and energetic and lying exposition of the wrongs inflicted by such corporations or concerns. Thus we find the reason, the whole reason, for the present vicious attack on the City Council. It is not desirable that the Council Investigate the gas graft, because the facts might come to light. Therefore the gas organ Indorses the scheme to have the Mayor name his own committee to make the inquiry. But it is not the Mayor's business. It is the Council's business; and the Coun cil will, of course, not be diverted from Its proper purpose by inspired attacks from the gas organ. The Council has done a very good job In showing up the Civil Service fraud. It can. if It will and It will do even better in expos ing the gas fraud. , A JUST REBUKE. One of the sensible things left to the credit of the Oregon Development League and the Oregon Press Associa tion is the forceful protest against the term "Webfoot, "as applied In facetious vein to the State of Oregon and that of "mossbacks" as applied In the spirit of alleged "fun" to Oregonlans. The people of Oregon are themselves to blame for these designations, though perhaps In the outset they did not In tend to cast a slur upon their state, its climate or its people by accepting them. These terms have, in the light of truth and civilization, become a reproach, and, instead of rebuking their utter ance and the slur that the words Im ply, too many of our people have echoed them, or joined In the laugh to which they have too often given rise. It Is high time that these terms wore discontinued, and the misrepresenta tions of Oregon climate and energy for which they stand be rebuked by loyal Oregonlans. In Western Wash ington, where the rainfall Is at least as great as In the Willamette Valley, the people spcak proudly of their state as the "Evergreen State," and they have no sobriquet of scorn to bestow upon its citizens. Oregon has been singularly lacking in what may be termed family pride In this respect, and In the stupid reitera tion of stale Jokes about the climate. It Is silly enough when a Californlan bumptious and self-satlefled declares that it rains thirteen months of the year In Oregon; but we can accredit this exaggerated speech to his Ignor ance and his intense desire to be funny at our expense, and let it pass. But when Oregonlans accost each other on an unusually stormy, disagreeable morning with the-words, "This Is Ore gon weather," or "pregon is herself again." and similar remarks reflecting unjustly upon the climate of Oregon, they betray a disloyalty which de serves rebuke and of which they should be ashamed. State pride should forbid such expressions, even If truth were not disregarded, as it is, in making them. Let Oregonlans refrain from these be littling expressions. State pride Is closely allied to family pride, and they who disregard the promptings of the one or the other make a blunder of which decency and self-respect are ashamed. A QUESTION Or MEDICAL ETHICS. The subject of medical ethics is ab struse and difficult. Few laymen even attempt to understand It. Like the non-Euclidian geometry, where every straight line comes together at the ends in a round hoop, It is past the compre hension of all but the specially gifted. Cynics have remarked of the whys and wherefores of medical ethics that they were like the logic of Hegel's meta physics. "Nobody understands It but I and der Hebe Gott," moaned the great philosopher. Why, for example, should the doctors habitually say of a very sick man, whose condition excites public anxiety, that "he is In no danger." or "Improv ing," or "no 'worse," when day after day he is steadily and Inevitably sink ing to his death? They must know very early in the case that the danger is serious, otherwise the science of med icine Is little more than a delusion. Certainly they must know It when the patient, like Marshall Field, has al ready passed the allotted limit of hu man life and his malady is pneumonia that disease so fatal to the aged. Yet In the case of the venerable and philan thropic merchant, Just as in Garfield's and McKinley's, the attending physi cians have systematically issued state ments which had all the effect of de liberate deception. Why should they do this? , In the case of a late widely-known citizen of Portland, the attending phy sician promptly informed the public that "he was in grave danger." Was not this better than to hold out hopes of recovery which could not be re alized? Who is benefited by deception in such cases? Not the family and friends of the patient, for they are held in a prolonged suspense which In no way ameliorates. the. stroke of destiny and weakens their power te ear it. The most sorrowful certainty Is prefer able to suspense when there Is no sound hope of a favorable termination of the disease. It is a dubious kindness even to the patient to conceal his fate from him, but that .point need not be argued now. The truth might be told to the public without informing the patient. If it were thought best to de ceive him. It is customary In these cases to speak of the "brutal truth" and of de ception as kindly or merciful; but is not such lack of candor akin jto cowardice rather than charity? Is It not the high est kindness to let a man know his fate so that he may prepare to meet it with all his earthly problems solved and his mind composed to eternal Issues? Have not the public a right to the exact truth concerning those whom they love and honor? What manliness or real com fort lies in the shrinking from the pain ful fact ' to seek a delusive refuge in evasion? THE MISMANAGED TRANSFORT SERVICE The exhaustive report of the General Staff of the Army on the transport ser vice was launched at a most opportune time for the ship-subsidy grafters. Overlooking the self-evident fact that, had the Army known anything about ships and shipping, most of the colossal blunders in connection with the service during the Spanish War would have been averted, It is still not clear that the suggestions made for Improve ment of the service are the best. The report sets forth that foreign shipping could not be drawn upon in time of war because of the neutrality laws, and yet it would be difficult to find a ten-year-old Pacific Coast boy possessed of av erage intelligence who does not know that a big fleet of foreign vessels was bought and chartered during the war with Spain, regardless of any alleged conflict with the neutrality laws. The neutrality laws were not changed to fit the case then, and they have not been changed since, and no difficulty whatever was encountered in securing all of the ships needed. They were se cured so easily, in fact, that a number of philanthropic brokers who sold most of the marine gold bricks to the gullible Army Department retired with great fortunes long before the war closed. The special committee of the General Staff which complied the report states that, "so far as concerns the Interests of mil itary transports, any subvention, sub sidy or other assistance rendered by the United States to the American mer chant marine will produce the great est return for the money expended if the legislation is so framed as to require or strongly encourage the construction of such ships of the two sizes named, and with the proportions and arrangements described In this report." It can never be made clear to a free born American citizen who -Is desirous of buying as much with his dollar as the foreigner buy? with a similar amount of money why we should not be permitted to buy our ships in the cheapest market. All of our competi tors in the carrying trade are granted this privilege, and this alone accounts for the greater part of their prestige on the high seas. Mr. Frank Waterhouse, of Seattle, vice-president of the Boston Steamship Company, of Seattle, which is endeavoring to get a strangle hold on the carrying trade between the Pacific Northwest and the Philippines, Is quot ed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in an interview as follows: Vessels under foreign flaps can be bulk a ad operated frf) r cent cheaper than those e-f the United State. Under these circumstances It Is not hard to understand why hip are built abroad.. When Congress enacts Una which trill protect the American shipbuilders then our fleet will retain its oW-tlrne supremacy but not till then. Now If Congress, Instead of listening to the supplications of the subsidy beg gars, will repeal existing laws and give American capital a chance at these ships which "can be built and operated 50 per cent cheaper than those of the United States." we shall in short order have a fleet of sufficient size to enable all of the troops that we care to move in time of war to go forward on Amer ican ships. Instead of feeding our mer chant marine subsidy pap. why not cut off some of its bonds and swaddling clothes and give the stunted industry a chance to grow In an honest, legitimate manner similar to that practiced by England and Germany? IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS. It is said that Senator Dillingham, of the committee on Immigration, is about to bring In a bill much less stringent than the restrictions which President Roosevelt and Commissioner Sargent have urged as necessary for the protec tion of the Nation from the evils of an undesirable foreign population. This is supposed to be the result of pressure that has been brought to bear by the steamship companies against Interfer ence with their business. Commenting upon this matter, the Brooklyn Eagle says: The evil of our Immigration arc 1m due to Its bulk than to It? quality. The fact that a million foreigners came In last year, and that more than that number are expected this year, would not be a source of dancer if the whole of this number was made up of able bodied men and women, anxious to work and to make, a place for themselves In tbla coun try. That kind of immigration is desirable rather than otherwise. The trouble cornea from the numbers who do not and cannot work, but who make, a quick passage from Ellis Island to our ho glials and our prisons. In one respect there has been Im provement In the quality of Immigrants that have been assisted to this country from the Old World. Great care has been taken to. exclude troublesome criminals, but the records of the alms houses and insane asylums contiguous to the ports of debarkation show that the proportion of the helpless and men tally unsound has not diminished. In the region of New York City, for ex ample, nearly half the defectives thus supported were born abroad. Against the Injustice of imposing this burden upon the people of the United States there should be a protest loud enough to drown the plaint of steam ship companies made upon the basis of "Interference in business." Senator Dillingham should be brought to recog nize -the steady flow of the diseased and helpless, the coming of whom swells the receipts of the steamship compa nies and relieves their home govern ments from the burden of their care. This phase of the immigration problem is monstrously unjust, and the new law should emphasize provisions for the ex clusion of these classes. Let steamship companies fill their steerages with able-bodied foreigners who wish to come here, but a check mate should be called upon the play of f orelgn.officlals looking for a move to discard their own burdens, and upon steamship companies looking for pas sengers regardless of the. physical and mental disunities of those whom they drum up. Contiautag its strictures on this phase of the question, the paper above quoted concludes: Inspection abroad has been lax. and there la much evftlence that the regulations have been corruptly evaded. If the flow of the de fective could be stopped the objection to the round would be confined to the labor unions. Weeding out the applicant for asylum rather than restriction of number!" Is the work be fore Congress. Tom Lawson is out with an opinion on the recent demand made by Jacob Schiff for a more elastic currency. The language of the opinion Is strictly Law sonlan, and is accordingly picturesque to the last degree, the only plain ex pression used being that "there Is plenty of money for all legitimate pur poses." This statement strikes the av erage reader as being somewhat at variance with Mr. Lawson's previous announcement that he expected to pay 600 per cent for call mondy. Perhaps, however, the money secured at such exorbitant rates was not used for "le gitimate purposes." Reviewing the Laweon career -from its Inception, there appear frequent incidents which might excite the belief that the frenzied finan cier was not very much better than some of the vultures with whom he fell out over a division of the spoils. Eugene is to have a new building erected especially for the Young Men's Christian Association. This will be a structure of which that city may well be proud. The Y. M. C. A- Is an or ganization which makes little of creed and doctrine, and much of right living. It stands as a positive force in draw ing young men into paths of hononand usefulness: It lessens temptation by providing places in which men may spend their time profitably, instead of drifting Into places of entertainment whose influence is evil. The Young Men's Christian Associations and the Young People's Christian Endeavor So cieties have done much to break down those barriers which keep the churches apart, and in time perhaps the whole Christian world will be united in what should be the common effort. Some people have a very peculiar Idea as to what constitutes "fun." It Is bad enough when this peculiarity is worked out In alleged witticisms, the object of which is to make the victim ridiculous. But when It takes the form of a prac tical joke, calculated to alarm and hu miliate a friend or his family the limit of courtesy Is left far behind. An ex ample of this was shown In this city a few days ago when a messenger boy was sent to a residence to which he had not been called. A vendor called to de liver unordered ice cream, at the same house, a doctor was sent thither post haste to find that his services were not required, and a clergyman presented himself to perform a marriage service for which no one was waiting. How funny! Let us all laugh. Mr. Tufts, a Montana millionaire, has just been found guilty of perjury, which he seemed- to regard as necessary in swearing away the wife whom he had married when he was a poor cow puncher. The case was tried in Chi cago, and when his wife heard of It she came on and secured the Indictment and conviction. The penalty Is one to fourteen years In the penitentiary, and the Incident might serve to point a way In which some other millionaires' wives who have been put aside for some thing younger might get even. The steam schooner W. H. Kruger Is a total wreck on the California coast and the steamer DIrlgo was towed Into San Francisco yesterday In a helpless condition. The City of Puebla will be obliged to pay heavy salvage, and the Jean Baptlste, In trouble off the Colum bia. Is also down for a claim of a few thousands. If this expensive record is maintained until Spring, the year 1906 will prove a record-breaker for the devastation it will make In the profits of the underwriters. Murderer Ivens, of Chicago, confesses that he murdered Mrs. Holllster. and does It with the most complete noncha lance. "It is the Intention of the po lice," says an Associated Press dis patch, "to push the case against Ivens." That is advisable. It would not look well even for Chicago policemen to let such a fellow go. The way to avoid the trouble of pushing a prosecution Is never to arrest a murderer a method that the Chicago police long ago dis covered. The coal miners will confer with the mlneowners In New York in the" near future for the purpose of- securing readjustment of the wage schedule. The railroad and coal mine Interests will be represented by President Baer, of the Reading Railroad. If the experi ence of the past is still fresh in his memory, Mr. Baer will hardly claim any concessions from the miners on the ground of ownership through "divine right." After Richards, it will be the Good nough building. We do not suspect that the Goodnough building has been let alone heretofore because It 19 the home of Portland's pious newspaper organ. Certainly It will be the Good nough building. Mayor Dunne responds to the protest about lawless conditions in Chicago by saying the "city needs more policemen." That sounds familiar. But the real need of Chicago, as of some other places, is not more policemen; it Is bet ter police work. We may support the German conten tion In Morocco;' but that matter of the tariff remains between us and Ger many. But possibly we have seen Em peror WHhelm beforehand. What Is a little thing like a tariff between friends? No doubt the reason Arizona .and New Mexico do not want to be joined to gether In the holy bonds of statehood is that each thinks the other unfit. But If the rest of us can stand It, they should. .Mr. Balfour has already had safe seats offered him. says a London dis patch. After he has taken his pick the Czar of more or less of all Russia might appreciate a second choice. It would be interesting to know Lin coln Steffen's private opinion as to the first allegiance of Senators who are framing up to blackball Apostle SmooL Yet there are ministers who have found a muzzled pulpit a distinct though possibly unrecognized blessing. We haven't heard of any one who op poses state Inspection of private banks but a few private bankers. Why? THE SILVER LINING. Here Is an extract from yesterday's Associated Press report of the arrival of the Oregonlans at Sacramento: Although the rain fell In torrents through out the entire trip, it did not In any way dampen the. ardor of The Oregonlans. who claimed It made them feel at home, and they found no fault because they were not wel comed by one of California sunny daysc Now, wouldn't that dry your webfeet? The man who wrote the heads topped the woman's column by "Incidents In So ciety." The paper printed It "Indecen cies,' and It made a hit. A friend of ours lost control of his automobile the other day again the Sher iff attached It. i A man Is considered innocent until he is proved guilty. In the eyes of the law. In the eyes of his wife the opposite Is the case. Now alt speak up at once and dis agree. Town Topic says that if you are look ing for trouble, the easiest way to get it is to advertise for a stenographer. Saying the wrong "thing Is misfortune. But trying to explain it Is disaster. There seems to be an'epldemlc of qualm among bankers and brokers of a certain class. Each day the uncovered track of some man recreant to trust Is discovered. Blessed is he who is custodian of his own money alone, and. In extremity, there may be sufficient solace In Pat's remark to his wife after thelc house had burned down: "Bridget, darling, never mind: now we have no house to bother us at all. at all." a Marshall Field was a great business man. Is not one of America's crowning glories her great business men? Is this country going to be known In the corri dors of time by the high type of business man that she has developed? The late W. C. Whitney was first a fine young Harvard collegian of wealth; and In succession a successful lawyer, a brilliant politician, a prince of eoclety. a dashing sport, an able and honored Cabinet officer, a dis- tingulshed statesman: but higher than all else was his standing as a ouainess man of the large and commanding sort. In his home In New York, surrounded by art and refinement that was necessary to his very being, the last years of his life were lonely, for dear ones had died, but he was serenely a victor In life's business, a generous, broad-gauged American. Does a life like that of Field, or one like Whit ney's teach a lesson? Think. Field went from farm boy to millionaire. Whltney went from millionaire to something bet ter. Nothing pleases the comic weeklies so much as jumping on the comic supple ments of the dallies. Let them alone. They are both endeavoring to fill a long filled want. Thomas A. Edison says that It is only a matter of time when an express train can be run from New York to Buffalo with two bushels of coal. According to that, about 10 cents worth of coal will keep a poor family warm all Winter. Hurry up. Wizard, and show us how. Music and music-makers constitute a theme for thought. Calve is now stirring them locally to their depths Just now. The anticipation of again hearing her matchless voice, by some psychological induction is causing every maker of music in town swell up in Importance. The per sons of real Importance are those who pay $3 each for the privilege of hearing the diva. a Superintendent Kilburn declares that banking competition Is excessive and dan gerous, and adds that interest allowance is an evil. Oh! modern business and the pace that kills! We ought to hear some thing from Edgar Saltus about now. a The suggestion to run a life insurance company as a pure philanthropy is the best one yet divulged. Of course, it Is so' practicable. The task of running all ras cals out has not yet been wholly com pleted. But in other respects we are doing quite well. a What Is this "simple life" that we hear so much about? Apparently It seems chiefly to consist in caustically criticising everybody who doesn't happen to live on exactly the same income and In exactly the same way that the critic chooses, or is compelled to live. If this is so, then the "simple life" affords a new subject of conversation and so contributes to the variety and Interest of life. a a When we fall, our pride supports us. When we succeed. It frequently betrays There is a dispute about the reason, but there can be no dispute about the fact, that stimulants liquors, tea. coffee and tobacco produce a more powerful effect upon Americans than upon any other peo ple on earth. The probabilities are that the conditions of universally quickened in telligence In America as distinguished from the widespread soddenness among other peoples, are responsible. How Is it with you? Do you get drunk easy? Or can you stand a good deal of booze? a a The four Netz girls, of Pittsburg, arc credited with SOCO converts In four weeks as the result of a unique 20th century revival. a a Imagined rhymes: Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow; She took the lamb to Pittsburg one day And now just look at the darn thing! a a a ' The Colonels of the Blue Grass State will need a diagram to explain why the captain of the bark" EXTward Mayberry was compelled to stand off a mutinous crew In order to preserve"".hls last bottle of water. a , a The three Americans who murdered two countrymen in Mexico in pursuance of a conspiracy to defraud the New York Life Company will be sent to the salt mines Instead of being shot. The fact that they were trying to rob an Insurance company probably appealed to Mexican notions of Justice. a a a The city dads could not properly object, however, to allowing Captain Bruin to co-operate with them In probing the gas graft. The Philippine Islander professes an expert knowledge of hold-up methods. a a The Mount Holyoke College girl who can do 100 yards In 10 2-5 seconds, clear the bar at 5 feet 5 inches, also claims that she can throw a baseball like a man.' That makes Hlssourlans of us all. , a a a The woman who claims to have been drugged and robbed of J) by two Pull man car porters at Kalama. has Just cause for complaint. She was rightfully enti tled to the custoaary three swipes with a whlskferoam and the usual pleasant sraile. LiVESTOCK.ABUSE IN CARS. President William O. Stillman of Al. bany, N. Y.. of the American Humane Association, a federation of societies and individuals for the prevention of cruelty, and especially cruelty, to children and animals, has addressed a letter to Presi dent Roosevelt protesting against the abuse of livestock, which must result should certain Congressional bills become laws. Extracts from President Stlllman's letter follows: There haa recently been referred to the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, of the House of Representatives, three bills, II. R. 47. 15 and 440. These seek to extend the time limit during which livestock may be transported without food, water or rest from 2S hours to 33, 86 and 40 hours. This as sociation, on behalf of hundreds of anti-cruelty societies and thousands of humane Individu als throughout this country, desires to enter Its moat earnest protest against any such ex tension of the legal period-of starvation, suf fering and exhaustion for these unfortunate animals designed for human consumption. On the contrary. In the Interest of humanity and for the protection of the public health, we claim that the time limit should rather be cut down to 4 hours, as Is now the case In some states, and that livestock should be given the right of way over dead freight throughout the country. Thta last would be a move In the right direction and enable stock trains to get through. In most instances, readily within the present time limit. Legislation to this end will doubtless be presented. ... The promoters of these bill, which seek to amend a law which has stood on the Federal statute books for over 32 years, are apparently actuated by considerations of self interest. ThU association has no interest other than the good of the defenseless brutes and our fellow-clusenrf. Hon. James Wilson. Secretary of Agricul ture, wrote me under date of December 23 last. that. In his opinion, "the 2S-hour law, with due diligence on the part of the rail roads, can be executed east of the meridian of Omaha." Mr. Wilson made a very careful personal examination throughout the cattle shlpplne Western regions. The point was raited by him that the semi-wild cattle wast of Omaha would suffer greater .cruelty if loaded and unloaded than It kept on the cars a few hours longer. This La precisely the- point which we wish to meet. The present law, sections 43S6 and 43SS of the .revised statutes, provides two methods of relief for livestock in transporta tion: First, that stock shall not be transport ed longer than 28 hours without a five nours stop for food, drink and rest. Second, that (to quote the Federal statute) "where animals are carried In cars ... In which they can and do have proper food, water and space, and opportunity to rest, the provisions m regard to their being: unloaded shall not apply." Sec retary Wilson's requirements can therefore be amply met. The present law Is entirely ade quate. There are in the United State thou sands of improved stock cars which meet the demands of the law and entirely obviate the necessity for having livestock unloaded on the expiration of the 23-hour limit In the case of semi-wild stock. Let the railroads tumlsh improved stock cars and the whole problem wltl be solved. Let the Government Insist upon reasonable transportation charges for these Improved stock cars and all of tie shipper will be amply protected. The question of railroad rates in this case is a most Important one. ... I do not understand that anyone is claiming- that the 28-hour limit should be extended In the eastern part of the United States. Is it wise "or Just to sanction such special legis lation for special railroads, or sections of the country, particularly when such legislation in volves questions of Inhumanity and conditions revolting to the public conscience? More Im proved cattle cars would settle the whole question without an appeal to Congress. In their last analysis these proposed amend ments are simply a question of railroad eco nomics. Is Congress and the Executive to be forced to do the cheese-paring for these rail road corporations to mve them the expense of providing proper cans? Are poor dumb beasta to be made to suffer unutterable agonies In order to swell the dividends for these com panies? This Is the question, and the only question, when the plainly apparent facts of the case are Impartially examined. I trust that you will give this matter, should it ever reach your executive attention, the most serious consideration and exert your offlclai influence, at the proper time and place. In behalf of Justice to .dumb brutes. "Coal Oil Johnny." Harper's Weekly. Just as the year went out the papers reported that "Coal Oil Johnny" was dying .on a farm In Pennsylvania. In possession of the necessaries of life, but no more, and with his faithful wife nt his bedside as his only companion. Everybody knows about "Coal Oil Johnny." He had the misfortune to grow up in the Pennsylvania oil re gion before persons of superior dis cernment had protected the folks ot that locality from the hazard of sudden subjection to the trials of fortuitous wealth. Johnny was never taught so much as to read and write. At 21, in 1S62, he came in. most unexpectedly, to a petroleum fortune of about $3,000. 000. How he spent it all In seven months Is part of the recorded history of the American people. His last 40 years, the papers say, have been spent In regret because of his earlier folly. Poor Johnny! He knew no better. Worse men than he. since his day, have spent more money In worse ways. And he had still, at last news, the companionship of a faithful wife! That could hardly have happened to him, except by a miracle, unless he had got rid of those millions. Poverty is a severe strain on the matrimonial prosperity of persons not used to pov erty, and sudden riches are very apt to upset the domestic equilibrium ct persons who are not used to money. Whatever turns one's habits of life upside down strains all established re lations. Strong characters will keep stanch through all vicissitudes, and disciplined and resourceful folk will adapt themselves to changes better than people of less training. But as far as concerns domestic happiness the most fortunte adjustment seems to be a moderate and steady progress as years Increase towards easier pecu niary conditions. It is probably pleas ant to have money to spend in one'a old age. In youth there are many other available forms of entertain ment. Premium or Paraguay Beaux. Exchange. There are 1.S40.2SO more men than wom en In the United States, and the same pro portion prevails In almost every other country. The only exception Is In Para guay, where there are more than twice as many women as men. This Is due to the fact that some years ago. In a pol itical revolution and a war with Brazil and the Argentine Republic, the men were almost exterminated. Another Lie Nailed. Setr (Mo.) Times. The person or persons who circulated the report that the Times would take no more wood on subscription is a falsifier of the worst sort. -We want oak. elm, hickory, walnut, ash. sycamore, pecan, basswood. pine, mahogany any old kind. Will even take stumps, roots or fence rails. The Joy of Giving. There are loyal hearts, there are spirits oravr. Ther nr, 4nu! hftf n r xmrm nnA , ... Then give to the world the best you have adu iae oeai win come oacx to yoti. Give love, and love to your life will flaw, A strength in your utmost need. Have faith, and a score of hearts will show Their faith in your word and deed. Give truth and your gift will be paid in kind. And honor will honor meet: And mlle that Is sweet will surely find A. snalle that la Jast -as sweet. For life Is the mirror to king- and slave. "Tis last what we are and do. Thea give, to the world the best you have am tae. belt win eeme back to you. DANGERS OF jiYATER" GAS. Medical Times (New York). Illuminating gas has become of very general use, especially among the poor. It Is now not only the poor man's light, but it warms his home, and It cooks his food as well. It Is, therefore, nearly cause for wonder that comparatively few deaths are attributable to the careless use of it. Formerly the danger was not so great, for it was "coal gas," and the character istic odor was a danger signal. But tha modern water gas," which has so large ly replaced It. with Its larger content of carbon monoxide, and its comparative lack of odor. Is far more dangerous. Leff mann (Journal A. M. A. June 3) finds that carbolic acid and Illuminating gas !VG r?:),1ilced' In Philadelphia at least, the suicides and accidental poisonings, the arsenic and laudanum of the Civil ttar period. A very small percentage of carbon monoxide-less than one-half .a grain to 100 c.c of blood-can render use less Its hemoglobin; so that a sleeper can easily absorb a fatal amount of modern water gas without being aroused. Ga9 cooking stoves are used generally only in warm weather, when there Is good, nat ural ventilation; but their burners are seldom furnished with a collar to regu late the air supply, and the combustion is tncrefore liable to be Irregular, and deleterious gases are given out. There Is often serious leakage from the tubing unless the best material Is used The stopock on the heater 'is esoeclally ob jectionable, being the one most convenient to u?e: and when used the leakage through the tube can go on unchecked. LeRTmann advises that the sale of Inferior tubing be prevented: that there should be no stopcocks on heaters unless they are connected to house mains by metal pipes with tight Joints and such construction as will prevent tho rubber tube, even when of the best quality., remaining in free connection with the house main when the gas Is not lighted. Heaters should be so constructed as to give a large radiator effect with a given gas con sumption; and they should be placed only where the products of combustion can es cape freely from the chimney. AH burn ers on the Bunsen principle should be provided with collars to regulate the air supply, and purchasers should be Instruct ed In their use. THINGS DOING IX OREGOX How a Sucker Tried to Get Salmon. Tpledo Leader. Hans Peterson, the jeweler, was taklnc a boat ride Sunday on the Olalla. when he spied a fine steelhead salmon swimming near the surface. The sight of salmon always excites Hans, and makes him hungry. Having no gun. net or fishing tackle, he Jumped overboard and tried to catch the fish, but scored a miss. Al though It was a pleasant day. the water was very wet. Man's Greatest Friend Is Koch. Harbor Corr. Gold Beach Globe -e had a dandy time at Koch's Christ mas night. There was a pretty good crowd, considering the weather. It rained like -. Koch had lots of grub and some or us nadn t had a square meal for a month. and Oh. Lord! how we did eat. and there was lots left. Koch Is all rlchf ive us another. Koch. Con Desmond Shows Up Prohibition. Tillamook Herald. Con Desmond was over yesterday from Netarts on one of his benders. To see him coming up the street and then think of the success of prohibition and look at six Inches of mud on Main street proves the success of the prohibition law as re gards Tillamook or anywhere else. . Satisfying the Editorial Thirst. Shaniko Republican. "Billle" Relnhart paid us a very pleas ant visit this week. "Blllie" Is straight goods and a yard wide. His Blllie Taylor whisky is also straight, and I know It Like Johnny Cool, "Blllie" believes In adl vertlslng. What the Young Lady Took. Brockway Corr. Roseburg News. Two of Brockway's young men went to the dance at Myrtle Creek and report a fine time. One of the boys stated that he thought he was going to lose his partner, as Myrtle Creek's young women took his eye. Politics and Morals. New Tork Evening Sun. Dr. Wise, the famous rabbi of Port land. Or.. Is right. Speaking of a sermon preached In this city, he contends that the platform on which Mr. Jerome was elected was not "political" at all. He says: "The election of Mr. Jerome was not a matter of politics, but of morals. He was not only a candidate for a political posi tion, but the Inspiring and fearless leader of a revolt against the tyranny of bosses and grafters, which revolt looked to the restoration to the people of the civic rights and liberties plundered by the po litical gangs. The Hebrew prophets were politicians In the sense In which Mr. Je rome Is, furtherers of civic and national righteousness. As a Jewish minister, I claim the right to follow the example of the Hebrew prophets and stand and bat tle In New York as I have stood and battled In Portland for civic righteous ness." In the matter of party politics the pul pit ought to refrain. But when a man stands for the outraged morality of the community. Irrespective of party, the pul pit would forget all its traditions If it re mained silent. Mr. Jerome was the Prophet Amos of the campaign. An Apostrophe to the Hop. Moro Observer. Tou will never know the trouble and pleasure of life until you raise hoss. They are a bother and a vexation to the spirit ot man while they live, but bring Joy and contentment to the soul of man when they die at hog-kllllng time. The American hog, however. Is the dad blamedcst. split-hoofed. Iong-snouted busybody animal we ever saw. He can. make ayfelIow madder than other ani mals that Infest the premises. He will always squeal and muddy your pants when he knows you are trying to feed him. He will get In your garden through a knothole and destroy enough produce In three minutes to feed your wife and chil dren for three months. He will pay no attention to a wide-open gate where you want him to go through, but will shovel out several cubic yards of dirt to make a hole into a place you don't want him to go. He Is the biggest nuisance and most profitable on the farm. NEWSPAPER WAIFS. Church "Are you acquainted with Flat bush?" Gotham "Oh. yes: why. we sleep in adjoining pews." Tonkers Statesman. "Bobble, why do you blame all the naughty things you do onto your little brother?" "Why not? Mamma says he's too small to punish." Life. "They say there's a fool born every min ute." "But that isn't the worst of It: there are a whole lot of fools that were all right when they were born." Betroit Free Press. Pat "Th rich are gettln richer." Mike Tis: but they give more to th' poor than iver befoor." Pat Thrue! A Judge will give a poor man six months now where he used to only give him tin days." Judge. Mrs. Goode (a clergyman's wife) "My hus band always says a short prayer before each meal." The New Cook (Indignantly) "Well, he needn't take slch precautions phwile I'm at th range; I'm no cookln' ichool gradooatel" Puck. "I admit," said the merchant, who had ad vertised for an assistant, "that your ex perience in business might make you a valuable man. But the salary you ask is a good deal of money Just for your experi ence." "Well." replied the man. who had seen, better days, "1 assure you I'm offerlag my experience to you far less than It cast rae."r-PhlladeIphla Press.