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cram have Installed a private telephone ex
chance. Main "070. If anyone desires to
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call Main 7070. The operator responds,
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WHY THEY FIGHT STATEHOOD.
If V is true that Arizona and New
Mexico object to joint statehood, -why
is .It forced on them? It is doubtful
if 'in the entire history of the United
States any territory has bben required
to ibecome a state against its will. On
the other hand, it is clear that the
Federal Government has a right to
inuke what conditions it wishes to ny
territorial applicant, and, if they are
not satisfactory, the territory can re
main a territory a condition not whol
ly intolerable or unique. Why. then,
are Arizona nd New Mexico being ap
parently forced into the Union on
terms obnoxious to the dominant po
litical and corporate influences of the
two territories, if not to the mass of
the .people?
, The reason in the first instance is a
profound belief on the part of Con
gress that the greut body of citizens
in Arizona and New -Mexico want state
hood on any reasonable terms, and
that the fight against it Is inspired
large-ly by the politicians, who are after
office and patronage, Federal and state
and by the corporations, which have
long evaded the payment of just taxes
It is impossible longer to put off Okla
homa, and, if Arizona and New Mexico,
the last territories except Alaska, re
main out of the Union, they will be
more than ever exposed to the machi
nations of either a Republican or Dem
ocratlc majority in Congress which
wants to get four new Senators. The
desire of the Republican majority now
to complete the statehood business.
and the belief that the mass ot the peo
Tile are ready and willing for state
hood, despite the assertions of politl
cians and the intrigues of railroad and
mining companies, are, then, the rea
sons why Congress will probably pass
the Beveridge-Hamilton bill.
If Arizona and New Mexico are actu
ally opposed to joint statehood, they
are not without a remedy. Under the
' organic act, there will be a statehood
convention, which will submit a con
stitution. If the ipeople want to remain
separate territories, they may reject
the constitution. Nothing could be shn
pier or easier.
WHO'S TO BE REFORMED NEXT?
So long as the police raided the vice
haunts of the vulgar, polite society ap
plauded and thought reform very fine
indeed, and shuddered at the knowledge
of so much ravening and wickedness.
But when the (police turned from the
vice-haunts of the poor and lowly to
those of the rich and highly respected,
as in "Richards' "hotel," what a dif
ference and what a breeze and what a
rage!
All of which bears out -the truth of
the aphorism oft repeated- in Sabbath-
day devotions: "Reform is a fine thing,
so long as the other fellow is repro
bate."
A short space back, the saloonkeeper
who sold liquor after 1 A. M. was rep
robate. To his sinful tribe was added
the brother who ran & gambling-house
Then followed the restaurant man who
kept closed boxes, and even the mem
bers of a gentleman's -poker club.-
All these raids helped to uplift the
vulgar who had no -money for pew rent
gentlemen and ladles who could spend
hut a. few cents for social recreation in
ia shabby saloon or a dingy restaurant
or a humble lodging-house, while their
more elevated brothers and 6isters
could fling dollars for the same sport,
behind gilded doors and embroidered
screens and in "hotels."
"Who could have dreamed that polite
society the wearers .of dazzling "'dia
monds and swishing silks, who spurn
their humble sisters of a dingier place
and the fat, sleek voluptuaries that
spurn their brethren in the lowly
haunts of high society's victims w.ould
join the reprobate? No wonder soclety
shook to Its very rpots. No wonder the
sons of respectability fled to neighbor
ing cities until the storm should pass.
Reform is reaching close to home
The highly-respected rich see that the
lowly poor are not to be reformed alone.
JLet It be hoped that reform, reaching
out to such terrible' limits,-will 'not
shrink Irack afraid. Mayor Xane has
sent his police to the haunts of them
who cried reform loudest and voted for
him hardest. They have influence. We
shall sec.
THE GOOD OF ALL OREGON.
The Astorlan is greatly offended be
cause The Oregonlan recently reprint
ed, with some evidence of approval,
certain, severe comment of that jour
nal on the sloth and indifference of the
people of Astoria toward various mat
ters of (public concern. Obviously, the
Astorlan did not expect to be read out
side of Astoria an expectation that is
ordinarily well-founded but in Its pur
suit of information about all sorts of
things that affect Oregon, The Orego
nlan is impelled occasionally to read
even the Astorlan. The (particular
grievance of the Astorlan against The
Oregonlan just now is that it cares
nothing for Oregon except as the state
contributes to the welfare of Portland,
and that It is "always and forever
after the advantages that lie within
one hundred miles of Portland; never
a word of encouragement, never a line
of generous expression of any sort to
wards the lesser towns. "Its loyalty to
Portland is all right It should never
forget that duty, and it never, does."
Wo reproduce the latter two sentences
mainly that they may be read at home.
The Oregonlan prints more matter
designed for the benefit of Oregon and
the exploitation and advertisement of
her resources than all other newspa
pers combined. It Is not alone loyal
to Portland; it is loyal to Oregon, and
to the great Northwest, of which it has
been no small part during more than
fifty years. It Is not possible for Ore
gon to grow unless Portland' grows; it
is not possible for Portland to grow
unless Oregon grows. Their interests
are mutual, their fortunes for good or
III common. How are we going to get
along here in Portland and realize the
splendid destiny which all believe Is
marked out, unless there Is develop
ment of the farm and fruit lands of
Oregon and productive industry in the
towns? How are they to get along
unless there Is a market for their prod
ucts and their wares?
When The Oregonian says that it
has neglected no opportunity to pro
mote, so far as It can, every material
interest of Oregon, and every part of It,
it but states for Itself a fact that is
within the general knowledge, and that
Is freely testified to by unbiased news
papers elsewhere. The newspapers of
Klamath and Malheur Counties know
what The Oregonlan has done for the
great irrigation projects designed by
the Government for those localities;
and they will not say that the concern
of Portland in these enterprises Is self
ish, or even immediate. There is here
a universal desire that the plans of
the Government, hundreds of miles
from Portland, but largely In Oregon,
be carried out on the largest possible
scale, so that Oregon might get ail the
benefit. But we do not need to go so
far from Portland to get a testimonial
for The Oregonian. The Dallas Ob
server, Just wt hand, says among other
pleasant things:
In tfce development of Oresen. The Or-
conlan. ha had, and will continue to have.
an important jrt. The paper has teng beM
In a position to accomplish beneficial rcntitt
for the date In which It Is published, and R
has made pood use oC its opportunities.
Portland and The Oregonlan 'Wish As
toria well so well that they are remit
ting no effort, sparing no expense.
shiuklng no burden, to secure the deep
ening of the channel at the entrance of
the Columiba River.
SAN . FRANCISCO IN 3913.
Taking time by the
forelock. Cali
fornia has undertaken to embody In
action plans discussed at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition for a Pacific Ocean
Exposition at San Francisco In 1913.
A bill to this end was Introduced In
Congress by Mr. Kahn, of California,
on January 6, referred to the Houee
committee on industrial arts and ex
positions, and ordered printed.
The purpose is an exhibition of arts,
industries, manufactures and products
of the soil, mine, forest and sea. The
plan is to include both National and
International co-operation. The agency
is a California corporation, to be called
the "Pacific Ocean Exposition Com
pany," acting In harmony with a Na
tional commission of nine members, to
be appointed by the President of the
United States. The finances are to be
supplied by a sum of $5,000,000, to b'e
raised by the exposition company, and,
conditionally thereon, by a sum of
$5,000,000 from the National Treasury.
The term of the Exposition 'is to begin
when the buildings are thrown open,
not later than the 1st of May, i?13,
and to close not later than the 1st of
February thereafter. The United
States Government Is also to spend not
over $250,000 in a. Government building,
wherein shall be shown all that was
so attractive in the Government build
ing on Guild's Lake.
These are the dry ibones', the skeleton
of the project. How they will be cov
ered, vivified and beautified by every
thing that Californlans can devise and
carry out time alone can show.
The amount of expenditure projected
is assuredly great. But the grand
scale on which the whole affair is
planned may Justify it. And it Is no
immediate demand, but seven years
hence. Even at its present rate of
progress, who can forecast the popula
tion, wealth and plane of -progress of
the states of the Pacific in 1913? New
railroads and faster trains will have
brought East and West closer together.
The enlarged and still growing com
mence of the -Pacific will have multiplied
the outgoing and incoming trade with
China and Japan. Who can estimate
what soil, mine, forest and sea will
then have to show? The ever-accelcr-atlng
ratio of growth of wealth on this
Western Coast will have stimulated
development in ail the arts of peace.
Men -will have had more to spend on
the amenities and luxuries of life, and
wjin me uem3iia w in ..nave come a
larger growth and higher standard in
the n'OTk of the artist and the archl
tect.
From expositions in the past various
-pictures are stored in memory. From
Chicago one may have carried the rev
elation of the White City, pinnacle and
dome glittering in early sunlight, as
the cloud and fog of the lake slowly
rose and -were dissipated, wreath by
wreath, in the morning air. From Buf
falo the picture may be of the tri
umph of light, as Hhe electric lamps
fringed and marked the outline of the
'buildings In tint and color. , From St.
Louis the remembrance may be of the
great avenue of cascade and rapid wa
ters, where the buildings stood ranged
in 6tately mas6es. From our own fairy
land, framed in green hills, overlooked
by 'snowipeaks, reflected in the quiet
J l&ke, wkere each successive hour had
its own special charm, memory's port
folio is yet full. -"For
San Francisco, rich and splen
did, seated on her hills, wlth the blue
waters of the bay in front, and the
dim distance of the Pacific marking
her western view, whose Imagination
can venture to give form and outline
to what she surely will have to offer
to the procession, the never-ending
procession, of her guests?
SinrOVNERS' DISCRIMINATION COSTLY.
The British ship King David has
made her last port, and her staunch
steel hull is grinding to pieces on the
rock-bound shores of Vancouver Is
land. The property loss Is only about
5100,000. and the loss of life is con
fined to eight men. This is much less
distressing from either a financial or a
humane standpoint than the wreck of
the Pass of Melfort, which occurred a
few weeks earlier, or that of the La
morna two years ago. In those wrecks
the property loss was nearly $300,000,
and not a soul was left to tell the tale.
These three -wrecks, involving a loss of
approximately $400,000 and the sacrifice
of more than sixty lives, were all ships
bound to or from.Puget Sound, and all
havq occurred since the International
Association of Sallingship Owners put
Into effect the outrageous Is 3d dis
crimination against the port of Port
land. Of course. In these days of Idw
freights, shipping property is at a dis
count, and the mercenary owners of
these three diJps may have preferred to
trend them to a port where the chances
for their being wrecked are better than
they are at the safe entrance to the
Columbia River. The Insurance com
panies will foot the bills, and, as for
the .sixty men who were lost well.
England has a million unemployed on
her hands. If the fate of these three
association ships was anything un
usual, there would be less cause for un
favorable comment at this time. But
it is not unusual, for there is hardly a
nook or Inlet in the entire west coast
of Vancouver Island which docs not
contain grim reminders of the loss of
some fine vessel bound for or from
Puget Sound, and at every settlement
along that coast are numerous graves
of men "wflio lost their lives by ship
wreck. These are facts too well known
and understood to admit of argument,
and they are known, or should be
known, to the members of that remark
able organization known as the Inter
national Association of Sallingship
Owners.
That association is discriminating
against Portland, and we should like to
know why such discrimination Is made.
If the entrance to Puget Sound offers
superior facilities for unloading depre
ciated shipping property on the Insur
ance companies. It may be the part of
wisdom for the owners to send them
there, although it Is rather severe on
the widows, orphans and other rela
tives of the crews. Viewing the dis
crimination from this standpoint, it.
becomes quite clear that It Is all right
for the owners, so long as the under
writers are willing to foot the bills.
But there is another phase of the mat
ter of "discrimination wherein the in
surance man is not Involved. That
the delay to -which ships are subjected
on account of bad weather. Inability to
get crews and. poor lug service. The
British ship Travancore, which com
pleted her cargo on Puget Sound De
cember 27 was unable to get to sea
before January 3. The Scottish Moors
was held up over a week after complet
ing cargo, and half a dozen other ves
sels of the grain fleet were detained
cither by stormy weather or bv in
ability to secure crews. Perhaps the
most notk-able case of the difficulty
encountered by the fleet' was that of
the French "bark David d'Anglers,
which engaged a Puget Sound tug to
low her round from the Columbia to
Puget Sound.
Despite the fact that loaded vessels
were passing in and out of the Colum
bia River, the Puget Sound tug failed
to get out or the storm-swopt straits in
time to reach her tow until one dav
before the charter expired.. Through
failure of the vessel to reach Puget
Sound on time, the vessel lost her char
ter, and will now be obliged to sail for
Australia in ballast, the stupid, un
businesslike rules of the association
preventing her from accepting busi
ness at anything less than association
rates. The David d'Anglers is a
French vessel, and. by reason of her
bounty graft, can pay a profit on the
voyage in ballast. Perhaps, if the
expensive delay she encountered had
been suffered by an association ship
flying the British or German flag, the
owner might have experienced a
change of heart regarding which of the
North Pacific ports was entitled to a
differential.
SALEM ELECTRIC ROAD ASSURED.
Doubtless many residents of the Wil
lamette Valley have looked upon the
proposed Portland-Salem electric line
as a "paper" railroad, such as has been
constructed In many parts of the state
in the last few years. The men an
nounced to be backers for the road
resided in the East, and were not even
known to the people of Oregon. So
many times have residents of the Val
ley been disappointed ln projects of a
somewhat similar kind that there
would have been no surprise If this
road had turned out to be merely a
promoter's unsuccessful scheme.
But developments have occasioned
surprise of a different kind. Without
unnecessary noise or public announce
ment, the Eastern capitalists have
quietly but steadily pursued their
work, buying light and 'power plants,
securing rights of way. purchasing
rails, tics and construction trains and
letting contracts. Actual railway con
struction was commenced and contin
uously pushed forward as rapidly as
conditions would permit. Now" definite
announcement is made that there is
plenty of money back of the project,
and that the work will go ahead with
out delay, so that Portland people may
ride on electric cars when they go to
Salem tovIslt ;the State Fair next Sep
tember. This Is a kind of news that will be
Pleasing to the residents of the Valley
all the way from Portland to Salem,
and as much, farther south as the road
may be built. This is the kind of rail
road, building that will be gratifying
to people who have felt the need of an
electric line in competition with the
steam railroad. The knowledge that
this road wlll be built will stimulate
Interest in Valley real estate, and the
construction of the road will follow
with its attendant increased Immigra
tion. Wherever the electric line goes,
the large farms will be cut up into
smaller tracts, more thoroughly culti
vated and made to support a much
larger number of families than hereto
fore. . . f 7
For a cart-of iUdenxth the tisgi road
will follow rather closely the line of the
Southern Pacific, and the only advan
tage to the residents ot the territory
traversed will be better service or lower
rates, and perhaps both. For a larger
-portion of the distance, however, the
road will traverse territory at some dis
tance fom the Southern Pacific, and
will afford close and ever-ready means
of transporting produce to market. The
electric road will thus make small farm
ing and truck gardening more profita
ble In a region that has been given al
most entirely to gralngrowlng. The
Willamette Valley Is to be congratu
lated upon Its good fortune In having
Eastern capital thus engaged in devel
oping its resources and later in adver
tising Its advantages.
Mighty interests are battling for su
premacy In the railroad field In the Pa
cific Northwest. Harrlman, Hill and
Gould, backed by more millions than
have ever before been at the control
of a similar-number of men, are plac
ing orders for construction and oper
ating equipment on a wholesale scale
that is the wonder of the Industrial
world. Yet all their expenditures and
appropriations .for construction and
equipment ar a mere -bagatelle com
pered with the vast sums which they
are reported to be squandering on Se
attle tidclands. When the Milwaukee
& St. Paul first announced Its Intention
of coming to the Pacific Coast, the Se
attle papers announced the sales of so
many large tracts of tldckinds that It
was feared that there would be nothing
left for any other line. These fears
were groundless, however, for. since re
newal of the Hill and Harrlman activ
ity, not a day passes but we hejr of
large sales of Seattle tidclands to both
of the battling giants. In the aggre
gate these sales must easily approach
many million acres, and, if the prices
paid are as large as some of the Seat
tle railroad stories, the money consid
eration must be larger than the Na
tional debt.
Alaska is a vast country, cnormously
rich in natural . resources, which, de
spite the many millions they have
contributed to the world's -wealth, are
as yet but little moVe than touched.
Copper, coal, marble. Iron, not to
mention the vast deposits of more val
uable metals, abound in quantities that
are simply bewildering In their Im
mensity. Prodigal riches ot this kind
will not remain untouched or unde
veloped very long. What little has
been done has been sufficient to make
Seattle one of the best cities on the
Pacific Coast. There Is plenty of op
portunity in the Increasing development
of this wonderful storehouse of nature's
riches for Portland, as well as for Sc
attle. Tacoma and the British Colum
bia ports, to handle a large business.
The time to make a move for. this In
creasing business thnt is to follow the
exploitation of the country's resources
is not after It has drifted into grooves
from which It cannot easily be
changed, but now. while Alaska is beg
ging for relief from the transportation
and commercial handicap under which
she labors.
It is reported from Washington that
the Philippine bill, which passed the
House a few days ago, will be laid to
rest by the Senate. Seven mcmbprs of
the Senate committee on the Philip
pines are reported to be opposed to
the bill, leaving but five In favor of it
Of the seven opposing Senators, three
are szid to be Democrats, an align
ment which will destroy the value of
the affair for political capital. Accord
Ing to Washington advices. If the bill
Is rejected by the Senate it will be due
to -opposition of the beet-sugar men.
Its rejection would also confirm popu
lar belief that the sugar trust Is pretty
firmly intrenched In the United States
Senate, and Is not particular whether
Its puppets wear the Republican or the
Democratic brand, so long as they vote
In accordance with the wishes of their
owners.
The mills of the gods grind slowly.
and the mills of justice in the United
States Government seem to be keyed
up to about the same pitch. Other
wise that visionary old nuisance. Colo
nel Sellers Sheldon Jackson, of Alaska
reindeer fame, would have been retired
long ago. Dr. Jackson has spent more
money on his reindeer experiment than
would have been necessary to keep the
Alaska Indians on porterhouse steaks
for a generation, and has accomplished
absolutely nothing. It Is now an
nounced that he will follow Governor
Brady Into retirement, and it is need
less to add that the growth and pros
perity of Alaska will not suffer In the
slightest.
Announcement is made that the Illi
nois Steel Company will build a model
city In Indiana, and will name It Core-,
In honor of the president of the steel
trust. The plans for the model town,
as outlined by the dispatches, call for a
modern, up-to-date city, but It Is diffi
cult to Imagine a "moder city being
named In honor of the unspeakable
Corey.
The fact that the Constitutional Dem
ocrats of Russia succeeded In organiz
ing their first convention without even
a rough house should call forth on em
phatic refusal of the right hand of fel
lowship from Tammany Hall and Sen
ator Tillman.
In one masterly sentence of 232 words.
Mayor Lane sums up his indictment
against Tom Richards and his hotel.
If Richards is convicted, and gets a
sentence equally long, it will take his
breath away, too.
The rumor that Boss Rqef, of San
Francisco, is trying to break into Seat
tle politics need cause the respectable
element of the latter city no great
alarm. There Isn't much left to steal.
It is an old subject, much harped
on of late, but It Is never too. late or
too early to mention It spray. Winter
spraying Is -what exterminates San
Jose scale, and exterminate It we must.
The sage who penned the saying 'Vis
wise as a serpent and as harmless as
a dove" would have noted an excep
tion or two had He foreseen the genesis
of the Portland stool pigeon.
There Is a trilling difference of 5230,000
In Shakespeare's estimate of the value
of a name and the figure set by ilrs.
James Brown-Potter No. 1.
The Xew York Jurors who were com
pelled to read "and hear read extracts
from "Town Topics" surely earned
their per diem.
- As: yet, Dowie has not'eafteii hLg In
tentkm to ake restitution. . "'
THE SILVER LINING.
Between masked bandits before 1 A. M.
and unasked policeman after that hour,
the lot of the Portland rumseller Is not
a happy one.
Finding themselves unablo to 'stop the
carnival of highway robbery, the Portland
police have adopted the Missouri plan, so
popular" In Seattle. "You've got to ahow
me Is all the comfort the victim gets
when he appears to report the crime.
It Is a pity that International etiquette
prevents France from stepping over into
the Venezuelan backyard and applying a
shingle soundly to the anatomy of a cer
tain Insignificant Individual known as
Castro.
a
The reckless way In which King Edward
consumes six-Inch cigars would Indicate
that his lift? 13 covered by a fire-insurance
policy. The court physicians might In
dulge the royal patient's whim by turning
the hose on him.
As a bear-hunter. Ambassador Meyer
seems In a fair way to class with Pres
ident Roostivclt and the Mikado.
The Warsaw correspondent appears to
be writing under a Berlin date these days.
Convincing proof ot Sam Jones claim to
originality hv the fact that he harped on
the moral delinquencies of "Portland peo
ple for two hours the other night and"
never mentioned the police department.
Country newspaper Ed Mossback
was seen driving Sunday. He had a
fine new horse and a pretty girl.
Metropolitan dally Mrs. Van Der
Nest was observed driving In the park
ycsterJay. It was noted that her lap
dog wore a coat of soft green leather,
a departure from the ruby velvet
which has been ?o popular.
Urban and suburban human -nature
scorn to be sbqut the same, only they
talk differently.
Krhcst Crosby thinks thnt the third
great President is overdue and wc
ought to be on the alert for him. Wash
ington and Lincoln are the first two.
Who shall be the third?
The eternal triangle a girl, a man and
another man.
Ambrose Biercc doesn't like dogs. In
Hackcttsburg. N. J., they have declared
war o;i all dogs and Mr. Biercc softly
whispers his approval:
Let the sood work begun at Hacketttown
go on until the entire plague f 'hewtters. d.3
appofnters. Eravy-hounie, ilr!oIner5. mangier?.
bedrasBlers. Hck-and.stpanlel. early fras
rants, ?kyoollc. Insultcnr. dalmnatlons. jrreat
scots and miscellaneous afflictions are a mem
ory, a tradition of an unalntly past, a family
rkeleton that tre shall blush to disclose. Let
the llzht kindled In the Jarsey village spread
to the remotet confines ot the universe and
over Into Sew Tork.
There was a young fellow nanicd Syd,
lio Klcd a Klrl on the. eye 1yd,.
Said she to the lad.
"Your aim's mighty bad.
You should practice awhile so he dyd
Denver Post.
Junior partner Tour caller looked
like a Russian.
Senior partner He was.
WhHt was his name?"
I don't know; ho sent in his card,
but the orticeboy carelessly broke It
off about a foot from the end."
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3'rlncc Leopold of Battenbcrjr -was In
Cairo. Egypt, recently and was given a
dinner by Prince D'Arcnbcrtr. presi
dent of the Suez canal. The dining hall
waa arranged to look like a room in
the ancient palace of Luxor. A dim,
bluish light prevailed, all the attend
ants wen In the costumes or ancient
Egypt, and through the repast the fa
miliar figures of Egyptian gods and
goddcsr.es. Kings and Queens were
seen dimly gliding- about In the sha
dows, evoking memories of the land
In which the guests found themselves.
Weird music on Instruments resera
bliug-thoce used by the ancient Egyp
tlans was given.
The Village Station.
American Homes and Gardens
Coming Into the suburban village by the
steam railroad, one's Introduction to It
IS IDC Station. This should hp mndo rV
tractive both In its architecture and in
Its sardenlnrr surrounding, hut it shniiT
not have a commanding situation In re
spect to the town. It is partly In protest
against tne tmngs that the railroad ex
emplifies and stands for that the town
is populated. The railroad Is a convenl
ence that must be made use of. and w
may soften all we cau its points of con
tact with the town, but even f lt stt
touch will leave a scar that should not
be emphasized. In a suburb, at any rate;
uirect ways ot communication from va
rious parts -of the town should fnon tn
the station: but the Ideal would be to
nave them center In the concourse radl
ant with flowering shrubs, behind a bank
of which the little station would be half
hidden. The vista down the various
streets would not then suctMt hum;
noise and dust; but a pleasant trystlng-
piace. a little parK where babies might
oeorougnt to meet their fathers return
ing, from work in the city.
Art and Uncle Joe Cannon.
tVHHara J. I-arcpton In Sfew TorJc Sun.
Vncle Joe of Illinois
Is a pure, artistic Joy;
Born In North Carolina, he
! tarheel yet, by icee.
Though he's Uved In Illlnol.
Since he was a little boy.
Grew up there, and cot his start
Fifty years aro In Art, '
Flklnp round and pulling wires
la tne spirit tbat inspires
Great success In lesat tricks.
;
statesmanship and politics.
Couldn't help 1t: in the air
Of the waving cornfields, there.
Was the essence of the Thing
Which has taught him corn will bring
Twice as much in hogs, and so
Tasselled bloom, to Uncle Joe.
Changes into bristles, and
He can only understand
What Is beautiful to be
Cora fed pork utility.
Art for Art's sake !', to him.
Something vague, unreal and dim
Far away from what he knows.
As the Upas from the rose.
Sculptured stone and flgurtd brass.
Gold and sliver, wondrous glas. f
Bare ceramics, pictured thought '
Into form and color wrought;
Phidias and Praxiteles, - .
Angelo and all of these
What are they to Uncle Joe? ,,
Neither corn nor hogs, you kixow.
Tarheel of the tarheels. he
Stands for hts own policy.
And. as statesman, labors to
Carry all his measures through.
"Put a tariff on them things."
Uncle Joe says, as he sllnss
Scorn unlimited at what
Are to htm but works of rot:
"Let'a protect oar home made Art
Till we give our folks a. start.
Then, by gravy, we kin show
Them old masters how to hoe;
They may think they know a. heap.
But we'll show 'em they're asleep.
We have got it In the raw.
And we only need some law
That wilt boom our Art supply
Till our prices are as 'high
As what theirs Is. Then our roods
Will chase their trade mark's to the, woe t".
Bloom and brtitles beauty Wo W I '
Art to -uncle Joe must bow.
STATE BANKS IN IDAHO. - i
Boise Statesman.
In Oregon there Is quite an agitation in
favor of a state banking law under which
the state can exercise effective supervis
ion over state banking institutions. Over
the line In Washington the people arc be
wailing the fact that their bill on the
subject was defeated at the last session of
the Legislature.
In this connection it is pointed out by
the newspapers of Washington that Ida
ho has a splendid law and that the Wash
ington law would have been substantially
the same had the bill been carried
through.
It Is Interesting to find that this state
is looked upon as having set an example
for the other Northwestern common-
wealths. We got the law only after long
agitation, but it Is shown we have made
greater progress on the subject than our
neighbors.
There is no doubt that our law Is work
ing well, making our banking system far
more substantial than It was before there
was no such supervision. The people know
the state ha3 Its hand on the throttle, and
that gives them added faith in the state
Institutions engaged in the banking busi
ness. Indeed, these have taken very high
rank, especially since the law went Into
effect.
While state supervision cannot be so
good as that exercised by the National
Government banks, It can accomplish
much, and one of the benefits derived
from It Is in this added confidence in the
state banks. These are benefited very
directly, while their depositors aro given
an added measure of protection, the ex
tent of which cannot be measured. Thre
may be banks doing business In a dan
gerous manner, but the supervision exer
cised undrr the new law minimizes such
dangers and thus Is a very direct benefit
to the people and to the state.
While it is customary In somo quarters
to denounce banks. It remains true that
they are of very great value in developing
the country. They afford facilities that
cannot be enjoyed without them and con
tribute a great dear toward the progress
of every community where they havo been
established. It Is therefore highly desir
able to encourage the expansion of the
business, and this Is one of the results of
r good banking law, since It encourages
the people to patronize such Institutions.
HOW TO SUCCEED IX BUSINESS
Great Merchant Tells Young 3rcn
How to Get Along.
Letter by Marshall Field.
Rlchc3 are of less Importance to man
than character, which' will enable him to
win the respect and honor of his fcllow
men. young man should carefully consider
what his natural bent or inclination Is,
be it business or profession.
The trouble with most young men is
that they do not learn anything thorough
ly, and are apt to do the work committed
to them In a careless" manner.
Xext to the selection of an occupation
Is that of companions. To any young man
I would say. Seek at the start'to cultUmte
the acquaintances of those only whose
contact and influence will kindle hlsb
purposes, as Ireard the building up of a
sterling character one of the fundamental
principles of true success.
The ability to restrain appetite, pas
sions, tongu nnd temper, to be their mas
ter, and not their slave in a word, abso
lute self-control Is also of first Import
ance. Economy is one of tho most essential
elements ot success, yet most wretchedly
disregarded. Too few realize that In order
to acquire dollars one must take care ot
the nickels. Careful saving and careful
spending Invariably promote success.
As a rule, the young man of high prin
ciples and fair ability, who saves his
money and keeps his habits good, becomes
valuable In any concern.
The haste to become rich at the expense
of character prevails to an alarming ex
tent, and cannot be too severely d
nounced. Merchants who keep their business well
In band, sell for cash and pay for goods
at short time, taking advantage of all
cash discounts, keep good habits and give
strict attention to business, very rarely
fall.
Pcrsonnl Power.
Outing.
First, that there are possibilities of
physical development far beyond the
present achievements; and, second, that
there are certain very simple methods by
which these possibilities may In every
case be attained. The first object of
physical methods should be to straighten
and expand the body. The world may, In
a broad, general way, be divided Into two
great classes the erect and the Inerect.
the strong and the weak. The epoch
makers, tho Cromwells. Luthers, Napo
leons. Wellingtons. Washingtons and
Webstcrs, who have been men marked by
a straight spine and a broad, high, deep
chest. The mastered millions, the de
feated ones, have been the inerect. Lord
Nelson and Richard III were exceptions.
"Whooping It or Cough?
, Atchison Globe.
A. woman we know Is inclined to exag-
"grate. She says she has had the-
TThooping cough ten times, and the
neighbors say this means that she had
the whooping cough once and whooped
ten times.
The Deacon's Golden Wedding.
1. A. Long In Hlllsboro Argus.
"Jes listen for a minute
An' I'll tell you all about
That famous golden weddln
Sue an I have flggered out
. Twus fifty years next Sunday
Since wc started married life.
An it ain't no ue denyln
That we've had our share of strife.
But then, I guess I reckon
That we've been quite happy, too
A mlchty clever woman
Is the girl that 1 call Sue!
As ol times we were talkln'
Settin' by the fireplace lite, '
" uoiuen wcuum sunaay uue.
An so we talked about It:
Then agreed to sellybratc.
An ask the nelrhbors over
Xex Sunday nlte at elrnt.
Sue's got the mincemeat cootln'
An the frosted cake Is done;
The currant wine Is bubblhV H
Like It t&ffed to see the fun
An Sue, Wie's tn a pucker.
Jes like fifty years aro,
Gcttln ready fer the 'caston
Thinks Ucae passes dreadful slow!
I know we both are aje-ln',
Tet we're ankshus as can be
To have ihat sellybrashun
Satisfy betfe. Sue an' me-
.
So. Sue Is la a. flutter.
While the kitchen's In a mix
But' I'm about a happy
As I wus in Flfty.SIx!
Then when the crowd's thro eatin c
An the violin's In tune
Til play thesa somo of breakdowns
Aa wind up with ol" 'Zip- Coon..
Sue'll follaw.wlth a ballad.".
An -yeu bet. Sue can .sing "
I.-rtiVnk. that-goMee w44ia'. jj "
Wln-'f Jm1- ajfcoai Uc ts4ej."
GROUPS OF iMENWHO CONTROL.
Twentieth Century.
The control of the Immense Interests
transportation, finance and industrial
which center In Wall street, includes 11
groups. These are distinct because of the
meinoas ot meir worK. and because of tho
properties in trhfch they operate.
These 11 constitute distinct groups, and
though interrelated in a thousand ways,
act Independently. When, however, it
comes to political control and National
legislation, they move with rhythmic
tread. They may bo roughly classified as
follows:
1. J. Plerpont Morgan, with his chief
lieutenant. Mr. Perkins, and a group ot
bank presidents, trust officers and rail
road heads, as supports. The Vanderbilt
Interests are in practical harmony with
this group.
2. John D. Rockefeller, having as his
lieutenants Messrs. Rogers, William
Rockefeller and Stillman, each exercising
control over a host of official's at the head
or banks and industrial corporations: and
the astute lawyers who are at their in
stant beck and call.
3. Belmont inferior In organization and
intellectuality to tho preceding groups,
but with the Rothschilds standing ever
in the background, representing unlimited
capital for any enterprise.
4. Thomas F. Ryan, with the heads of
the great corporations he controls as hfct
business lieutenants; and supported also
by his political allies. Murphy, the leadcra
of Tammany. Grover Cleveland, and cer
tain men prominent in tho Rcpubllcaa
iurccs.
5. James J. Hill, with his control of tha
Northwest, working out his plans, not aa
speculative, but as Industrial successes.
6. Cassatt and the Pennsylvania rail
way group-Otr. Schiff, the financial man
ager; including also the big banking firms
of Philadelphia and New York, who find
profit in tho connection.
7. Edward H. Harrlman. having Friclc
as counsel and Odeil as political lieuten
antcontrolling the central continental
Southwestern and Southern Pacific Coast
lines of transportation.
S. George Gould, with resident Jeffcry
head of the Rio Grande system, as his
chief lieutenant; working mainly alons
lines of railway development, and having
the support of the great fortunes of the
Gould family.
9. Messrs. Moore. Rcid and I.codK, "tho
Rock Island crowd." with Speyer p& the
financial ally; a minor Influence barely
preserving its independence of the larger
forces, but undoubtedly to be reckoned
with as an independent hulk sailing the
financial seas.
10. The Industrial group Messrs. West
lnghouse. In control of his extensive olre
trical and manufacturing interests, tho
Guggenhcims. and the vast Industries of
the smelter trust: Schwab, of tho Beth
lehem Steel Company, and certain other
men of high vitality who huvo to be
counted.
11. The independents, who for conven
ience may be called the marauders Law
son. Gates, Keene, etc
No attempt Is made here to more titan
broadly indicate the cleavage lines by
whjch the financial world Is separated.
No attempted analysis of these group
hos been put in print, except in a frag
mentary way. It should, therefore, h
found Interesting Jo the general public to
keep these divisions in mind If they are
to understand the various operations
which are reported in the press from day
to day.
THINGS UOIXG IN THE COUNTKY
Gone. but. Not Forgotten.
Riverside L'orr. Burns News.
Oscar Newell's father hus returned
home, his son, "Pink." accompanied him
And now, some of the girls in thos parts
are all cast down.
Butch Fails to Slaughter Em.
Bicklcton News.
Ed Quinn hired a team and buggy 'last
Monday afternoon and drove out of town
In a southerly direction, saying ho was
going to bring a couple of girls in for tho
dance, but ho came back alone. What
was the trouble, "Butch"?
Strange Doctrine and Its Results.
Albany Democrat.
The oldest men who have registered s
far In Albany are ex-Sheriff J. K. Charl
ton, aged's?; S. M. Pennington. SI. and E.
C. McClain, SO. all old-time Democrats,
who have lived sober. Christian lives,
conducive to longevity and happiness.
Stormy Outlook for the Itcancrs. '
Laidlaw Chronicle.
J. P. Haley has formally announced him
self as .official town bouncer. Mr. Haley
contends that mankind is divided into two
classes, the leaners and the lifters. Ii
wishes It distinctly understood that he be
longs to the latter class and is prepared
to lift leanera upon short notice.
Helping Out the Honeymoon.
Laidlaw Chronicle.
The bridal party had scarcely been
lodged in the Hotel Royal when their Iden
tity became known, or at lca,st suspected.
The boys at once made a collection of tin
pans, cowbells and a couple of guns and
proceeded to make nisht hideous with
noise. The "martial air played by the cow
bell band, the relative position of the gun
ners and the band, and the regularity of
the tiring led the citizens to believe that
an armed force was attacking Colonel
Thorp's outbuilding, and that the Colo
nel was gallantly defending his property.
Ha'pennies in A-astraTIa.
London Chronicle.
Half pennies are very scarce in Aus
tralia, so mch so that an attempt once
made in Melbourne to run a half-pn-ney
evening paper soon failed because
people had not the coin wherewith to
purchase It. And If half-pence are
rare, farthings are curiosities. A
shrewd Melbourne shopkeeper has im
ported some thousands of bright, new
King Edward farthings, and he Is re
ported to be doing a roaring trade.
They ars piled up in heaps In his wdn-
dows and attract gaping crowds.
He Should Have "Waited.
New York Evening Sun..
Bingcr Hermann took the oath as a
Representative In Congress from Oregon
in the House yesterday, though he is
under Indictment and about to be tried
for conspiring to defraud'the Government.
It would have been more decent, more
respectful to the National Legislature
and his pwn constituents, if he had waited
to sec what would be the outcome of
his misunderstanding with the law.
'newspaper waifs.
"Do you think the widow will break his
win" "Won't be necessary, bne did that
long before sha became a wIdow."-PhHa-delphls.
Ledger. .
The crand iury that Indicted me-." said
the graft-wasrs'y prejudiced "How
wm U preJudleear "By the evidence, of
course." Washington Star. . .
"Vren't the acoustic properties of the
opera-house magnificent? '-They certainly
are You can hear every word that's said
by the Blank's party four boxes away."
Brooklyn Life.
Tommy Pop. what Is a hypochondriac?
Tommy's Pop A hypochondriac, my son, is
a man who begins to get worried when he
finds there is nothing the matter with him.
Philadelphia Record.
"I see that young" John D. Rockefeller has
adopted for his motto the two simple word.
Aim high.' " "i las he? But don't most peo
ple carry their pockctbooks below their belts?"
Chicago- Record-Herald.
Hlx I don't believe half our rich men know
when they are weir off. Iilx Where did' you
, Rtt that Ides,? Hlx At the courthouse. ,1
was down there this raornlns looking over
the Ux Hts.-Chiggo Dally New?, v
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