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THE XO&NING tiSBGOXlAX; MQXDAtrAPKtt -t, 'iW.v Entered at the Postorflce at Fortlaad. Or., as Second-Class Matter. subsckittiox kaxhb. kt xkvariabi.t ix advance, (By Mai! -or Express.) pXXVT. BCNDAT INCMJDBD. Twefvi saeaths.. ..JR.& Six month .- 4.28 Three months 2-36 One month -7S Delivered by carrier, per yetr S.00 Delivered by carrier, per month .TS lsg time, per week........... .......... -W Sunday, one year........ S-SO Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday)... fitiBday and en year......... HOW TO XEMTT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, cols or curreacy are at the sender's rlek. KAHTT.KN' BUSISOSSS OFFICE. The 8. C. Beclcwith Special Areaer New Xork, rooms 43-39. Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms C10-512 Tribune buUdlar. Km OK SALT: CUeaco Auditorium Annex; Porto iflce Nmtb Cc., 178 Dearborn street. St. raal, sUbb. N. St. Marie Commercial EUtlOB. 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SO Ellis; Sr. TVheatley Movable News Stand. craer Market and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear. Ferry News Stand. Wasbbacton, D. C Ebbltt House, Penn sylvania avenue. PORTLAND. MONDAT. ArRXIi B. 1908. REPRESENTATIVE norpnitEVfi ERROR Representative 'Humphrey, of Seattle, has become so greatly, excited over the awful consequences to follow failure of the ship-subsidy graft that he has be come somewhat careless with the truth. He is quoted in a Washington dispatch as informing President Roosevelt of the existence of a Brltlsh-French-Gcr-man shipping trust that now fixes rates between Pacific Coast ports and Liver poo! and that has recently doubled the rate on wheat. The Representative from SeVttle gravely assures the Presi dent that, unless the subsidy law is enacted, "Pacific Coast exporters ship ping to Liverpool will remain at the mercy of thl trust." These exagger ated statements made by Mr. Hum' phrey are confirmatory of the old adage that "a little learning Is a dangerous thing."- There is a shipping trust. which fixes rates on wheat from Pacific Coast ports. It came into existence in June. 3903, after a long period of low ocean freight rates, and established minimum rate from Portland, Puget Sound and San Francleco. This rate of 27s 6d from Portland. 26s 3d from Pugct Sound, and 226 6d from San Francisco, Instead of being "doubled." has never been changed to the extent of one farthing in the nearly three years of Us existence, although ships not In the trust have accepted lower rates than those named. The minimum rate named by the trust, and the rate which has since remained in effect, is so near the dead line between profit and low, that hun dreds of h!ps have remained idle in various parts of the world in preference to accepting Pacific Coast wheat car- goesat such a figure. Shipping has In creased so rapidly and economy of construction and operation has become so near a science, that the "wheat ship trust" Is powerless to advance rates, and, until there Is a decrease In amount of tonnage or a marked Increase in world's business, the trust will "re main at the mercy" of the American producers who supply the traffic and desire no restrictions that will prevent them from drawing on the fleets' of the world for tonnage. Japan's control of the Oriental com mcrce of the Pacific is another of the bogle men which Representative Humphrey, of Seattle, used In his en deavor to frighten the President into support of the subsidy graft. He stated that the Japanese already have an option on six ships of the Pacific Mall, and can buy them if the subsidy bill Jr defeated. lHe also said tho Japanese are trying to get the Hill ships on Pugct Sound. The natural Inference drawn from Mr. Humphrey's- solicitude over these ships is that it would be a calamity for Japan to eecure them. It Is not clear that any bad results would follow. The Japanese would operate the ships at less cost than the Ameri cans, and there would be an attendant reduction in freight rates. The Hill ships carry the products of a hundred 'farms on a single trip. The lower rate would- accordingly benefit one hundred farmers instead of one shipowner, un fortunately for the theory of Mr. Humphrey, "the Japanese will not buy the Hill liners. They can do better. Having no euoh antiquated and idiotic rc-Ktrlutlons on their shipping laws as now hamper American capitalists who seek cheap. ships, the Japanese will o out Into the open market and buy much cheaper ships than those which Mr. H11I was compelled to build" in this country in order to eecure American registry for them. This privilege of buying cheap ships, which Is denied Americans, is the pre eminent nd overshadowing advantage eirjsyea by the foreigners with whom we., come In competition on the high .seae. The original cost of the ship has a. axe-a'-laterest charge against It tintll the d of its career. It may be sent to a,' fereiga port where a crew, pro visions, coal and general equipment can be secured on even terms with the foreigners, but the disadvantage of greater cost can never be overcome. If the Govenusent must make up deficit for shipowners, the guardians of our Xatlonal finances should at least insist that the first cost of' the vessel be reduced to meet that of the ships with which we must compete. Mr. Humphrey will hardly succeed in-stam pesteg President .Roosevelt to the sub slay graft with so veak an argument as he is now using. The HM rail r sad lines have asked ache other transcontinental roads to continue the Jos let rates all Sumater. and -there Is a strong probaWHty .that the rates will remain unchanged. These low rates will be of taeetlabe. r alue to the Pacific North we Ft, not only for the purpose of enabling: intending: settlers to oome out and loot over the country, but .also to bring: west a large number of men in search of employ ment. With so many Industrial enter prises under "way In Orgon, Wash ington and Idaho, the .demand for labor Is so great that, unless the ranks are greatly Increased, the farmers and orcbardists -will later In the reason suffer great' loss through Xheh- inability to secure, help. The Pacific Northwest Is in a condition to absorb an immense new population of all classes, and the man who arrives without a dollar but with a -willingness to work, will not be disappointed at the reception given him. THE DEMOCRATS. The Oregonlan hears that it has no right to ask Democratic candidates for the Legislature how .they stand on public franchises and private banks. But it doesn't hear so from the candi dates themselves. They haven't said it. But they will be given the chance to say to the people that it is none of The Oregonian's business what they do when they get to the Legislature. if they ever do. The protest on their behalf is by the newspaper mouthpiece of the plutocrats, who will seek to do through the Democratic party what It now appears hopeless for them to try to do through the Republican party. It is hopeless. Indeed. If public pledges are kept, and they will be, unless the peculiar blandishments and attractive favors which the franchise-grabbers and the banking trust know well how to bestow shall be potent at Salem. The successful Republican candidates, whoever they shall be, cannot hope to escape the persistent importunities of the plutocrats to "stand in." But the franchise and banking gang will take no chances. They will have everything arranged beforehand, it they can; and. If they cannot, they will support that ticket, qr those individual candidates, who are likely to do them the least harm. So we understand the reason why there is such obvious agitation in the camp of the plujtocracy because The Oregonlan purposes to ask the Democratic Legislate candidates a few questions. The Democratic bosses intend that the Democratic candidates shall serve theends"of the plutocracy. If an arrangement to their mutual advan tage can be made. There Is hope always imong the astute Democratic mana gers that there will be an irreparable schism in the ranks of the Republicans after the primaries; and that a profit able deal may then be made with the disappointed faction. In this instance it appears highly probable that the de featcd Republican faction will "be tho plutocratic crowd. The Democratic candidates are meanwhile to do noth ing but shout for Statement No, 3, which is safe ground, and are to maintain prudent and suggestive silence op franchises and banks. Any other course will embarrass future ne gotiations. There can be no deal after ward If the plutocrats are to be offend ed. For that reason the franchise monopolists and the banking trust aro striving to control the Democratic par ty through their organ, which some times pretends to be Democratic and Its owners permit It to be as Demo cratic as it can be, so long as no vested interest is harmed and no scheme of local high finance touched while they will spare no effort to "Job" the Repub llcan primaries and work through their own slate. If they can make up one out of the available material. But the Democratic candidates them selves have not bepn heard from, except one, who has written to The Oregonlan, subscribing to the policies as to fran chlses and banks It has been actively supporting. Others will doubtless take the same position; at least, they will not fall to take it through want of op portunity. The Democratic machine would restrain them. The plutocrats. who seek to bag and own them, would restrain them. And their alleged organ would restrain them. The public under stands perfectly why. The Democratic ticket Is to be held in reserve by the Democratic machine for whatever use may be required of it by the Reigning Powers after the primaries. BURYING THE HATCHET. Seattle advices announce that the Hlll-Harrlman controversy over the railroad situation at Seattle has been practically settled, and that Mr. HarrI man will probably gain entrance to the city without the necessity of forcing his way over too many Northern Pa cific or Great Northern tracks. Settle ment of this fierce contest. It is said. will not occasion any great amount of surprise, nor will It establish a prece dent. It will simply be repetition of much of the same kind of railroad his tory that has marked the operations of our friends, the "common carriers," In the past. When It was officially an nounced that Mr. Hill would build down the north bank of the Columbia to Portland, there immediately ap peared Indications that Mr. -Harrlman was most energetically placing ot staoles in the way of the new project. Simultaneously with announcement of Mr. Harrlman's determination to build to Puget Sound appeared evidence that Mr. Hill's able lieutenants were sitting tip nights and working overtime In order, to prevent Mr. Harrlman secur ing easy access to the city. In both cases the obstructionists have been much more successful than the people of Seattle or Portland could have wished for. The Hill road has been delayed in reaching Portland, and the Harrlman people are still in doubt as to the exact route by which they are to reach their hlgh-prlced'termlnal pur chases in Seattle. Both parties to the contest have of course denied tho im putation that they were engaged in that popular pastime known as "bluf fing, or that they were in any way interfering with, the plana of the other fellow. At the same time many mil Hons -were spent la securing real estate and rights of way at strategic points which would hardly have been .spent had there been an .amicable under standing earlier in the game. Perhaps the most peculiar feature, of all these bitter and expensive contests. of which the one under d if case Son is by no means an exception, is the fact that, in the end, each of the contest ants gives and takes about what was asked and offered In the beginning; Railroads ooa trolling practically un limited capital, &&d in pAseesslon pf political as well as financial power, not infrequently Indulge Ih squabbles which place In jeoparcr the prosperity of tke csmmuaKles; but It Is only a quesUsa f ttee until the force ot public sentiment rights Use wrong that has been dene. The discriminating policy of the Nsrthern Facile twenty years ag-a muK v-p Tacoroa at te ex pens ttf ftsattte, fewt nwi niwt rwt or profit resulted from such a -policy. and today Seattle has far outstripped the rival which for years was such ft well-fed protege, of the railroads. There is, of course, a world of truth In the axiom that competition is the life of trade, and there is a possibility thax-1 the Pacific Northwest might be the gainer if the fight between Hill and Haxriman was prolonged Indefinitely. It must not be forgotten, however. that the business of this territory Is developing and Increasing so rapidly that present railroad facilities are total ly inadequate to handle it. and so long as such a condition exists, there will be disposition on part. of the railroads to increase their facilities in every direction. With more business than both systems combined can handle. there V no great occasion for fighting over a possible unequal division of traf fic of the future. The alleged burying of the hatchet by Messrs. HarrJmon and Hill -does not necessarily mean that legitimate competition between the two contestants will cease. Because they have decided to refrain from squander ing their money like drunken sailors In securing property which neither of them actually needed. Is no indication that they will not give the North Pacific ports proper facilities for handling tbe- rapidly developing business of the country. COINO AHEAD WITH IRRIGATION. Announcement from authoritative sources that contracts will oon be let for the construction of a dam In the Umatilla Irrigation tract for storage of water for irrigation gives assurance ihat tho Government Is going ahead with its reclamation project In that section of the state. The enterprise. though small in comparison with some of -the others that have been under taken. Is of vast Importance not only to that Immediate locality, but to Port land and the entire state. An area of 20,000 acres, now unproductive, will be made as valuable as any agricultural lands on the Coast, the low altitude making this a more promising field for Irrigation jvork than most ot the projects that have been approved. Though any one settler may own as much as 160 acres of land In the re clamation tract. It Is thought by Irriga tion experts that ten acres will be enough for one man to care for under a system of intensified agriculture. If there should be, on an average, one family on each twenty acres, and as many more families In the towns which will grow up in the tract, a dense pop ulation of thrifty and prosperous peo ple will soon be permanently estab lished on the plains that are now the habitation of jack-rabbits and coyotes. Tho storage reservoir will be formed by the construction of a dam ninety feet high and 4000 feet lonjcr. with ca. pa city in the artificial lake thus made for 50.000 acre-feet of 'water. A feed canal twenty-five miles long will con duct the water of the sorlnR- floods from Umatilla River to the reservoir. where It will be held until needed In Summer, when It will be conveyed in numerous canals to the 'fields to be Irrigated. The tract to Joe Irrigated lies south and east of the town of Umatilla and north of the town of Echo, on tho line of the O. R.- & N. railway in Umatilla County. XESTIXG THE PRIMARY LAW. The direct primary law is at leat giving the people a pretty fair ac quaintance with the candidates- before they are nominated. The candidates are traveling over the state, are circu lating pamphlets setting forth their qualifications, and arc advertising their merits in the newspapers. They arc subject to full and free discussion and inquiry, and have their records, public and private, open for Investigation. Under the old system, the people fre quently knew little of the candidates before they were nominated. A man of questionable fitness for the office might sometimes be nominated, and, after being nominated, ride Into ofllce on the strength of his party majority. Under the direct primary law It will take a pretty clean man to go through two popular campaigns without the dis closure of some stain upon his record. A man who can win in two campaigns ought to make a satisfactory official, but whether he will or not. and whether the direct primary will result In avoidance of mistakes parties "have made In the past, remains to be seen. If stronger tickets can be put up, by either party or both parties, there will be some return for the expense of a double election. We are now putting the direct pri mary law to the test of experience. It is fortunate that our courts have not had occasion to knock out the law on technicalities, for the people would not be satisfied until It had been tried upon Its merits. It it prove unsatisfactory there will be no need of a court decision to remove It from the statute books. BISHOP MORKI5. There lies upon an honored bier in this city today the venerable form of a man whoso name has been loved and re vered In Oregon for more than a third of a century. Benjamin Wlstar -Morris, Bishop of the episcopal Diocese of Ore gon, passed from a long life of useful ness, covering the entire period from youth to hoary age, painlessly, like a tired child, to dreamless rest, at his home in this city Saturday night. Few men were more widely known through out the state than was Bishop Morris. An ardent churchman. loyal but gener ous In his views, his personality was gentleness Itself, even while his author ity among his own was everywhere un questioned. Always ready with good words; energetic through long years of active supervision of the affairs of his diocese in good works; an . efficient rather than a brilliant man; -earnest rather than dogmatical, he was here to do his duty as he yaw it as the church commanded and he did It. Thousands who knew his spiritual cheer during his long administration of the affairs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Pacific Northwest will breathe tender sigh or drop a sympathetic tear to his memory. Bishop Morris was a forceful man in the practical affairs of life, as well as an. earnest man In the spiritual minis tratlons of his calling. His baslness perceptions were good, and brought him sad his church prosperity and prepertj. Ever on the alert fsr the material in terests of the churete. he settled, in -its own hoB, by wise trccUes. many a little bacd t cntirclMnea. Far several years, owing to the payafcal limitations of advanced age, he m lived in com paratlve retire hi wit, directing' from his home work that In ther Tears be bad directed in the ftaM. As a factsr In "the envelopment of Ovegsn alc whs"' may he term-eel fetgfeer lines. BMwf Karris will he tea remembered ad revered, lite lift- her. covered nearly four decades of htetory maklng years. He took cognisance ef the development of the state and aided It In a large and Hfeeral spirit. He came to ss in the full strength of ma ture manhood, lived and worked among us as a man lives and works who has set himself to a purpose, and at the age of nearly eighty-seven years passed to his well-earned rest. The monthly report of the Superin tendent ot Defective Touth at Van couver discloses two facts one de plorable, the other .gratifying. The first Is the large number who through their Infirmities become Inmates of this Institution; the other is the provision that has been made by the common wealth of Washington for the care. treatment and Instruction of these de fectives. Of those thus designated, the feebje-mlnded are the most pitiable. With all avenues of intelligence and usefulness practically closed. It be comes the duty of the state simply to maintain them in such physical com fort as kindness and humanity can suggest. The blind and deaf, on the contrary, are susceptible to a degree of instruction that will render them under favorable conditions self-supporting, and thus in time the state will be relieved of their maintenance. The state Is wise that makes adequate provision for Us defective children. From the standpoint of humanity, such provision Li necessary. The segrega tion of the feeble-minded from other defective classes, and their withdrawal from contact wlththe world, are du ties that no state can ignore and be fairly alive to Its own material wel fare, or to Its place In civilization. This duty is one that the Legislators of Oregon have shirked too long one, it may be added, that they cannot longer shirk and keep the stato In the van of progress. It was a graphic story from Naples that was printed in yesterday's Ore gonlan. telling oC the flight of the terror-stricken people from the base of the erupting Vesuvius. The descrip tion of the resistless flow of lava that refused to be checked even by the "statue of St. Anne." ot the highways crowded with frightened refugees, ot the weeping and w.alll"ng of the dis tressed victims who had witnessed the destruction of their homes, was in striking similarity to the scenes deplet ed by Lytton lu bis "Last Days of Pompeii." The one touch of modern life which shifted the scene forward a few thousand years was the state ment that the railroad company would put on night trains to enable the peo ple to get away from the threatened territory In safety. The world has moved since Vesuvius began making history. Five months In the County Jail was an tnc punishment imposed upon a young man from Astoria who went to Salem to procure girls for Immoral purposes. Thus docs the law fall to mete out Justice. A man so utterly devoid of worthy purpose, depraved beyond hope of reformation and en gaged In the degradation of others. has no useful place outside the work shops of a prison. Admitting the na ture of his occupation, he undertook his own defense, for the rcuron, let us hope, that no sclf-respcctlng Inwyer would offer a word In his behalf. A. scourge to the earth, a disgrace to humanity, an eternal enemy to virtue. he is fit only for such companionships as may be found among the denlserw of hcIL . Announcement of the Czar's desire for an early meeting of the peace con ference at The Hague appeared almost simultaneously with the report that Russia was negotiating a loan of $750.- 000,000. This enormous amount of money- Is to be ued in placing the country on a footing- where peace can be more effectually secured than is possible when It becomes necessary to substt tute black sand for powder In order to meet the bills. In the early days of our own republic, a strenuous Chris tlan once advised his followers to "put your trust in God, but keep your pow der dry." Tho Czar has always been a strenuous pleader for peace, but he has never yet got out of reach of his shooting-irons. Oregon City, and the traveling pub lic as well, may rejoice at the decision of the Southern Pacific Railway Com pany to build a passenger depot at that city that will be worthy ot the name. The old structure, like much of the equipment of the road between this city and Willamette Valley points, has long been outgrown by the re quirements ot traffic The hand and tooth of time have been busy for years with the passenger depots, the passen gcr coaches and the general equip ment of this line, and repairs to tho ravages made have lonr 'been over due. The prestige of "Scotty. the King of Death Valley," must be on the wane again. As his name had not appeared In the press dispatches for three days. Brother Warner considerately came to the front with a suit agstnst the "King' for JI50.000. alleging conspiracy. The remarkable. Increase In the death rate In California which Scotty prom if ed to make on his return from Port land has not yet been noticeable, and it is probably more economical and safe to confine his notoriety to civil suits -and ostentatious "tips." The Multnomah registration up to date shows 14.650 Republicans, 3133 Democrats and 911 of other parties or Independents. This Is not a light reg istratlon. In view of the fact that at the election In ISO the vote on Con gressman in Multnomah County was 1L256 Republicans and 3S1S Democrats. The registration books will be closed for the primary election at 5 o'clock P. M. Tuesday, April 10. and will remain closed until April 25. Onions, they say. will cure csnsump tlon, because no self-respecting microbe can survive a diet of onions. No doubt; but why so late with so great a medical discovery, when everybody else always knew It? The oldest Italian inhabitant says this little spurt at Vesuvius Is nothing like the trouble at Pompeii and Hereu laneum along aheut A. D. 7). Great chance for sotnebedy te sell Joe Day a "freight receipt" or shew him the lock trick. Kilkenny Cat Finish in Sight. WashlnsrtM (D. C) Fmc Meflftbars f the ntrtott McCoy family ef KeattMky have Inherited targe tertttne. That will soon start them'ts ftghtiar aniens- tha ma elver. .. THE SILVER LINING. By JU H. Ballard. Experience. The dutiful son starts out In life Resolved to win la all the strife. To do unts others as he'd dene by. Always to keep faith and never lie. But. after no's turned the other cheek And been slapped agalB, for about a week. He becomes wise, this dutiful son. And does the others as he is done. A virtuous woman is one who is "made a little better than sccras necessary. Hlessed Is the gown of a lady; It rears Waldorf-Astoria hotels. Department stores saake mea work hard In Wall street. A- fair woman without discretion ts the goal of commercial activity. Co to the aunt.- thou 'moss back; con sider her ways, and get busy. To preserve an unspotted reputation look out that. nobody spots you. a ' My son. if sinners entice thee, size them up. Successes. Successes are ascribed to luck When .most of them result from pluck. Another welt has been added to high heels. People who live In glass houses should pull down the shades. Important Society News. A swell bull pup of Nob Hill had the croup Thursday night, but Is better. Miss Lace Stocking has been In town for some weeks. Reginald Saphead waited on Miss Trollle Car at the lingerie counter ot a prominent dry goods emporium Tues day, assisting in the selections with his usual grace. Billy Smooth came down from Scat- tic this week. He walked home. Mrs. Ulta. Ult has a new Fommera nian Spits. There arc prospects that several shop-worn daughters will be married off during the coming Spring months. The play w3 so bad that they said It was positively decent. A theatrical manager always has cast In his eye. a The office that seeks .the man is tho one no man wants. Many girls have dreamy eyes and still are wide awake A woman who cannot remember faces and names will always remem ber a hat. Money talks, and still banks have tellers. A good fellow's wife knows that he Isn't. It Is some consolation to think that rents this year arc not so high as they may be next. Here's a contribution from the Cam era Club: A man who made photos in platinum cat down on some fresh prints to fiatinum; But a pin In the chair Made him leap up and swear. ow nc wisncs ne never nau saununj, Definitions. (Tips on the Race of Life.) The Race Life entire. Birth Making the entry. Scoring Childhood and youth. They're Off When school and col lege days are finished. Left at the Post Marrylnsr young. Good Time at the First Quarter Starting a bank account. Dangerous Ambition Uslnff up too much speed at flrit. Judgment Riding- under a pull until the stretch. Bad Spillr-The unforeseen accidents that kill on many. Runaway Dissipation. miencrence aiacmnattons or ene mlcs. Pocket When two or moro combine to worst you. ' First Success Running clear from the bunch. Handicap Lack ot imagination, lack of powers of observation. In the Ruck Imitating others ia stead of striking- out for yourself. Half Mile Forty years old. Thres-Quartcr Stake -Take stock. Tou can name the result. In the Stretch Widen out and get sea room, and rido for your life. No disgrace not to be first under the wire, But you need not be worse than third. The first three get prizes, and If two are ahead of you they must be fine thoroughbreds. Reward The material comforts ot the money earned, the wealth ac quired, and. best of all, the resoect and admiration of the onlookers. Indian Territory Editor. Muskogee Phoenix. One by one the old guard is bidding farewell to the tripod, the paste pot. shears and print abop. and retiring on their well-earned honors and competence to the shades of private life, where the payroll worrieth not and the C O. D, package never comes. First, our dearly beloved Dea. Marrs. of the Vlnta Chief tain, left us. and before the echo of our weep had quit resounding through the sanctum. Lamb, he of the meek and low ly mien, delivered his valedictory. Now comes the most crushing Iocs ot all. and we positively refuse to be comforted RusselL of the South McAIester Capital, the orator, the possessor of the acute olfactory organs, the man who can smell treachery as a sjcjc Jul! en can a saucer of milk; Russell, the picturesque, the vitriolic, the ascertain, the unexpected. the resourceful, the veiualBous and the sarcastic; he. too. has wraped the man tie of his greatness 'round hie majestic shoulders, adjusted the laurel wreath on his noble brow, and with the dignity ef a Roman Senator Mddfag zareweil to the Senate, stalked forth la to the a.niet Hfe where personals, patent mesiclae aas. puffs and pay checks have so place. This Is ee much: it is wlmoet more thaa we can hear, and if onr ?ea falters and the words refuse to csme charge it M te our lrreejaraMe le ttf a hrether la kur. who was both a. thtsg ef beauty and Joy forever. f" No Wen4cr He Was Angry. Chicago Seesrd-HeraM. "Uncle Joe Cannon gc num the ether day when a member- Ongress called him an aitera& "Cnele Jee elector that the aeras etiniis te he cssd enswrk for hfm; an4 that he sever hac an ato m. his nit- TRADE 'CHANCES IN HAWAII. My Impressions of Hawaii la general and Henelulu In particular are net differ ent from those expressed by thousands ot visitors before me." said H. L. Plttock. manager ot The Portland Oregonlan, yes terday. "The scenery Is novel to those ot us who live where snow is an occasional isUer. Tour hotels arc surprisingly good hi -that one docs not expect to find such conveniences so far away from the main land." Mr. Plttock has been a resident of Port land for more than 39 years and has been identified, with the progress of that won der city. . As a member of the promotion committee of the Commercial Club there he has done much to advertise the attrac-i tiens of the state. I have been here with my family for several weeks; came In. rather poor health and return today vastly Improved. Ha waii as a sanatorium beats the world, and let me say you are on the right track ia inviting tourists to come here. We went up to the volcano during our stay and found the World's Wonder to be all that it was. advertised and with the fire-glow visible from the Volcano House. The trip by steamer Is much better than it was represented to be. No one coming to the stands ns a sightseer should neglect tak ing that trip the ride along the Hawaii coast Is grand and the scenery magnifi cent. In fact, one should make the tour If-he would learn the possibilities of the country In an agricultural way and get an Instant Into the extent of the sugar In dustry on one island. Every tourist corn ins here, and leaving In a satisfied frame 6f mind, adds much to the reputation of youn people and the good name of the territory. I would like to have remained longer." continued Mr. Plttock. "but my family Is determined to come next year. and. that being the case. I am trying to be" satlsucd with cutting short our present visit. row let us look at the commercial side of the unusually large tourist business at thla time. The result must be gratifying to every small merchant In the city, and tne larger traders get their returns through the small ones. It must be ad mitted, then, that the vlslti ot oeonle from tne mainland are profitable to you and In structive to them, but tnev mav think of that which was a boon to the Islands for more than 25 years reciprocity. In my wanoennga around the country I find your horseowncrs feeding straw to their animals, stun we use for their beddlnr. Now. what la the matter with the tim- otny ana alfalfa grown In Oreson and Washington? It occurs tn m that should look to tho Northwest, and by that i incjuao tne British possessions, for a large number of your tourists, and In re turn you could get from that part ot the world a big percentage of your foodstuffs. urcgon ana ashinsrton Dotatoen nre nn-t. ty good, you know, and they should have rnic nere. Mr. PIttOCk la CVldsntlv an Amprlnn down to the ground, and the sight of so many Orientals and Asiatics on th streeta here and throughout the country pauca. upon mm. Aincncaniifl tne nlace. Tin it tinr said. "This Is a glorious country and I want to see more white nwni. hnv t rame ine neeu or Asiatics for field work on the plantations, but there arc places ther. also, that should be filled by white men; you should have men who are eli gible to take a hand In affairs, and be cause h works on a nlantatton .hnnM h. no bar in free America. I like the idea of bringing In Molokans. but It will be sev eral spnerations before those people will be familiar with your laws and custom. you cannot expect anything from the pa rents, and good government thoughts must be- Instilled into the minds ot the "When I return I lntonri Hn. ., advisability of the Harrlman vessels mak- iionoiHiu a port oi call, for I believe It would be bencflpfAl t m tt t Northwest we would find a market for ""r P"us wnicn are not well known here now. and you would be benefited by .... n me number of your vis itors. Tt seems to me that a n -rr ".. t pcrenmai ana unlike any of our places on the mainland, the travel would uC tui.cci.ca Dy tne seasons." Ravages or Portable Mills. Bath (Me.l Indfrnrnn Much to the regret of ourselves, as well .- iu au tovers or nature, we note the devastation f the forests all around us which has been, and l.t Twine- k,-i.. about by the portable sawmills. It truly u. snume 10 cee tnose handsome J.' whicn we have known from childhood, despoiled of their beauty just for the financial gain of men. But for ests, you say. are like any other prop erty, they must be productive of an In come for their owners and possibly the owners need that Income, at least they have a right to It In this you speak truly, but In securing that Income should not the owners display the same care and outness sagacity m managing that source oi income that they would natur ally show In the handling of any Invest ment.- it tney should, and we think that you will agree with us that they ottouiu. -ire mey snowing good business management when they sell to th own ers of these mills the right to strip their tauus cicar oi everytningr which grows thereon. leavinr the tract a barren -.-f which shall remain unproductive of any ...w..u, 4 to come would tt not be far. better to limit that cutting to trees of say ten Inches, rather than to give the sawmill owners, who care only wr ma present, tnc ngnt to strip every thing down to six Inchc- or even t strikes us that it would, for when the ten-Inch trees are cut off there's some thing left to cut next year and year after. iwuiiins in a. continuous rather than '-v iircumc uoni tninjc ir you don't sell this year you can't sell next for you can. Tlmbep land In Maine will never De wortn less than It Is now; is constantly increasing In value. Why not stop and think a while; why not use your nead a little before you decide to sell. the goose which lays the srolden It Beats Literature. Norman Hapgood's St Louis Addres Journalism Is far more than literature in America, innniteiy more thousrht n ergy. originality and Interest go into the making of a single newspaper than of myriads or cooks. A Few Fights Ahead. Omaha (Neb.) Bee. je.icrjQa utLYia will DC the new Senator irora Arkansas. Senator Till man will have to look to his laurels. The Coming? or the Daffodils. By Alfred Austin, tn the Independent. "Awake, aw lie! for the Hpri&jrttme'a sake, Hard daffodils, too loar dreaauazt Th tarlc U Mh In tha spadoss sky. Asd tae ce!oadle stars are tlearalnr. Tba gsree Is ablaze, aad tha woodlaad spray jLra aa crimson as Assist heather. The bods they unfurl, aad mavis aad merle Are stagta r doets together. The rimfeta rats, first eaa bjr eae. Then sBiet la the- swirUSir river. And ot-pee74ss: reets the Sss-ted shoots Tha esafts of Ms gMea qtrfver. Tha thrush saver- stef la thehaxel copse, Ttm -nrirfe mwlaibt wertf aeess rfsrlsr. And titeBaUkmaM hale-, aa she swtaxs her ftl. The naeap Umhs raaad their stalder dams Are stricaC" as, os S, they dM; Aad. rrond ec the eheat wH the caekoo reseat Keen w n "v nttra. The m!a aad bJa sweet la tha toro-lase meet, Asd f-eodl aad faee each ether. TtH h t her cfcarsas In Ma werM-wlde arsae, WHh id w that Went aad assetier." Then the dAe4ets saaae. ajtaaw. aflame. i ansa..' Hrte, ise cewt jta4 e Aaril.)eas. and m saaHec. the wtyt , At,'la git -far Mc JrMr leve. . IN -THE OREGON COUNTRY. Prospcrlty's Platforra. Astorian. Stand by your community, stand by your home merchant stand by your home pa per, and all will stand together upon the pjaiiorm or prosperity. His Hirsute Hammer. Yakima Republic. We don't Ike to rub It In. but we don't believe any man with whiskers like Mc Cormlck's could have been elected Mayor of TacomaT Heaven Help Oregon Journalism. North Yamhill Record. The report that an Oregon newspaper re fused to take 0 from a candidate for Congress is looked upon as a freak in tho realm of Journalism. Of Course. Pendleton Tribune. Another boy burglar has finally wound ed a San Jose man. The students of the yellow novel at least help the prison o&- cials to hold their Jobs. Sure Thing. Spokane Press. Organized capital has led the way. It has been In politics for years. If it Is right for capital to go Into politics for its selfish Interests it Is right for labor, aad vice versa. Farrcll's Tloppcrs. Belllngham Herald. When J. D. Farrcll flopped from Hill to Harrlman he should have warned his newspaper editors not to imitate his move ments with such suddenness as to sacri fice all appearances of independence. Quick Turn In Boise. Last Sunday, in Boise. M. H. Barber agreed to buy the McClellan homestead of about 20 acres and paid 510 for a writ ten option. Tuesday R. B. Kohny hunted up Mr. Barber and gave him $1700 for his rights, which Is held to be a good profit up there. But It's Too Easy, That's AH. Salem Journal. The split-log road drag and a man with hoe to let water out of the hole will do more for the roads than all the European systems ever enacted. Besides, a dirt road Is a great deal finer driving: for a standard-bred trotting horse. Assist the Schoolma'am. Baker City Democrat Helpful encouragement at home should be given to the efforts of the teachers in. the schools. And parents, through con versations with their children, may not Infrequently obtain liberal and progressive ideas that would otherwise have occurred to them. Exposure Is Fatal. Eugene Register. All crazes have their day, and Dowieism lasted longer than most people expected It would. The change Is coming and the old faith will languish for a time and finally decay. The world was not made to be filled with cloisters and humanity Is getting further away from them every day. Fault of tho aiakc-TJp, Probably. Vancouver Columbian. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Birch, east of garrison, on Sunday. March 24. a bouncing boy. These two sing lullabies to each oth er by day and by night, and as they are next-door neighbors they allow no one to come between them. Though It Is Mr. Birch's first and Mr. Peyton's tenth child. they arc equally as proud. Internal Economics. Boise Statesman. Rhubarb pies will be rlp enough to cut In a few days. In the Chinese gar dens about town the stalks are now of good size and the leaves look as luxu riant as It Winter had quit two months ago. Just about this time of year a quarter section of rrfubarb pie Ilka mother usei to make. Is mighty good fill ing to wind up a big dinner with. Billy Fnrnlsh's Ditch. Pendleton East Oregonias. Let us remember the Umatilla. County desert as it was 40 years ago. It lay utterly useless across the "path ot tho westward-pressing pilgrim. Without water It might have Iain for ages, just as useless as when the eye of white men first beheld it. But civilized and organ ised selfishness comes along as a savior, and the waste Is transformed Into a place of homes, a thing ot utility. No Snaps. Walla Walla Union. Few of the good things of life corns without effort A look around will show you that those who are enjoying the bene fits ot wealthy comfort and plenty havo worked for them. The present generation, does entirely top much railing at those who are prosperous. The fellow who 13 always sitting around waiting for some ting to turn up Is the loudest yawper for Socialism and what he calls an equal di vision. The Ray or Hope. Spokane Chronicle. It is true that many teachers are poorly, paid. It Is not a particularly pleasing: fact that the Janitors in some of tho school buildings are receiving more money each year than instructors who are employed to train the growing chil dren. This condition cannot last always. Gradually the salaries for capable teach ers in the profession are being advanced and the time may not be far distant when they will receive what they earn. When Anybody Can Read Proof. The Dalles Chronicle. State Superintendent Ackerman Js a. be- llever in the reformed spelling, so much talked about by Andrew Carnegie. Ho says there Is only one way to bring abouc the reformation speedily and effectively, and that is for the newspapers of tha country to agree to adopt tha new mode of spelling. Should this bo done, Mr. Ack erman says that the country at large will accept the new form and forget the old inside of a year. Contentment Is Riches. Pacific Christian Advocate. Many of us dread poverty and arej sometimes almost In terror at the pros pects ot it corning to us. and the suffering which attends It Ot course, It Is an aw ful thing to be poor, so poor that one is In want of the ordinary comforts and ne cessities of life, but it must be true, that we are too greatly annoyed by the pros pects of poverty. A man or woman who is economical, who has' simple habits, pure character asd desirable qualities of Industry need, have no fear of poverty. May Be It's the Mud. Marcc4a Coir. Eegene Register. We cannot understand why this Valley Is bo favored with a mUd climate. It dee3 net get near so cold nor so warm here as in Bttsese. We have not had snow eseagh at ess time In the last two or three years te cover the grousd, and none te remain a day at a. time da the ground. Grass grew every day all Winter, aad frags croaked alsaott cohtlaually, aad vaa after our lMtle frees la March with it ac-cemBfUsyiac; exeKetwewc. we fail to be ask t dteeever- asyr bad effect there--from. The fruit is O. K '4 V- A