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A CASE IN POINT. "The swift way to hell for the aver age young man of today Is to follow the example of the many big corpora tions, trusts. Industries, railroads, and the methods of the modern business world." This remarkable sentence oc curs in the Teport of the sermon which Dr. 8. C. Lapham preached last Sunday night. Dr. Lapham Is ntot a man who habitually indulges In sensational re marks, and the fact that he has seen reason to express himself In this man ner Indicates that the event which he van discussing Is of profound moral significance. The event in question was young Velguth's embezxlement from the Portland Gas Company. Dr. Lapham's comment upon it is neither more nor less than a condemnation of modern commercialism; and who shall say that he is in the wrong? The displacement of the individual employer by the corporation undoubt edly has resulted in Increased profits from business; it has also made possi ble certain undertakings of a magni tude beyond the scope of individual means; but on the other hand it ha banished from Industry and trade the old-fashioned personal relation between employer and employed. The preda tory corporation has one Interest in its employes, and only one; that is, to ex tract from them as much work as pos sible for the leant possible pay. A cor respondent of The Oregonlan observed the other day. how ridiculously small Velguth's salary was compared with his responsibility. Uis case in tht par ticular is typical. It is inherent in the very nature of such a corporation, which has, of couree, no feeling, no sympathy, no humanity, to grind sal aries down to the lowest possible notch consistent with efficient service, and often lower. The character of the em ploye is of no consequence. 'He Is wel come to go to perdition as fast as he pleases and by any road, so long as he slaves unimpeded at his daily task. To the predatory corporation vice and vir tue are all one. Having no soul itself, it recognizes none in its employes. There is a point certainly where the vicious ways of an employe Interfere with his work. The predatory corpora tion is then compelled to take notice; but instead of the admonitions of the interested friend, instead of that whole some counsel which is the salvation of erring youth, a detective Is set upon his track. He is dogged from depth to depth of iniquity la the hope of secur ing evidence for a conviction in court. Cold, ghoulish, dehumanized, are all the relations between the corporation and its hapless employes. Sometimes they display a sort of loyalty to the mon ster in its times of trouble; but this loyalty itself is infinitely sad. It is the loyalty of Damocles, who sat at dinner with a sword hanging by a hair above his head; it is the attachment of a dog whining at his master's feet in deadly fear of the lash. To borrow another striking thought from Dr. Lapham's sermon, the influence of the corpora tion upon its employes not only falls to urge them toward virtue, but it Is a positive temptation to vice. It tempts them to vice, first, by of fering the opportunity. The lavish in comes of great corporations favor lax methods of accounting and supervision. Nobody quite knows where the vast urns .of money come from and npbody is excessively particular where they go. The predatory corporation looks upon the public as an exhaustless source of wealth, a sort of Aladdin's cave, where one need only reach out his hand and gather the gold and precious stones. Why bother about a few paltry thou sands when more can so easily be ob tained from the same source? . The meek public loves to be robbed and the corporation enjoys robbing it. Hence directors do not direct, inspectors do not inspect and supervisors do not su pervlse. The books are a riddle to the corporation officials. The employes can be honest if they wish, but there is no especial reason why they should. It is quite as easy, and for the most part as safe, to be dishonest. Nobody cares much. Secondly, the corporations tempt young men by example. They rob the public and do It safely, easily and with out reproach. Thieving magnates Etand high in the church and shins with the elect at prayer meeting. It pays to steal in the case of the cor poratlon and its heads; why should it not also pay in the case of. the young, impecunious, pleasure-loving clerk? "What the magnate may do so agreea bly on the grand scale, why should not the clerk do with equal pleasure and safety on a small scale? Like master like man. The eagle devours the dove and the dove swallows the ant. The corporations must not expect that their licentious example of high-handed con tempt for law will not be followed by their clerks and servants. The foul bird which they set free inevitably comes home to roost. Perhaps the worst of all- the sins of the lawless cor poration is its work as a corrupter of youth. All ages have agreed that the vilest of men is he who poisons the mind and wrecks the souls of the young. From this hideous office the most debased shrink, the most vicious recoil. It is left to the modern franchise-grabbing corporation to carry on the dreadful business without a blush. Having completed its work, as In the case of young Velguth, it appeals to the law to clear away the rubbish as a saloon-keeper kicks out into the gutter the poor wretch whom he has made drunk. GREAT FREIGHT REGULATOR. The deep Interest which Portland feels in the improvement of the water ways of the Pacific Northwest was re flected in the enthusiastic greeting given Hon. Joseph E, Ransdell by more than 200 members of the Portland Com mercial Club at luncheon yesterday. Mr. Ransdell, who is a member of the rivers and harDors committee of the National Congress, and chairman of the executive committee of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress, in a thirty-minute speech presented an array of statistics which showed in a most convincing manner the insignifi cance of the aid legitimate river and harbor work has received from the Government in comparison with the re sultant benefits. He estimates that the producers of the Columlba Basin would save 19,000,000 annually in freight charges if all waterways were im proved to the extent warranted by their importance. Mr. Ransdell's statement that regu lation of rates could be much easier accomplished by opening the ' water ways" than by means of commissions or by legislative enactment is a truism that cannot be disputed. With im provement of the Columbia River so that "the largest ships in use can enter it In safety, and with the interior chan nels placed in condition for unham pered navigation, the river will make rates that the railroads must meet or abandon the business. Best of all is the impossibility of any monopoly on a navigable stream. . When the Columbia river is open to all classes of shipping it will no longer be possible for the roads climbing the mountains to meet the freight rates established by the river, and the entire Inland Empire will enjoy lower freight rates and un limited facilities. The Commercial Club and Portland are to be congratulated for the clear, keen grasp of the local situation which Mr. Ransdell disclosed in his speech. All that Portland ever asked was that the Columbia River project be considered on its merits, and Mr. Ransdell will return East well qualified to1 aid In the great work when ever it is possible for him to do so. A BCEXE OF BEAUTY. The beauties of the hills to the south west of the city, on and out to Council Crest, have been often expatiated upon, "but to the hundreds who took advan tage of the bright Autumn day and the new trolley-car extension yesterday and Sunday to visit these hills the panorama presented was a revelation. It can only be said that this view gives an idea that no words can convey of the grandeur, beauty and utility of the country immediately surrounding Port land. From Nature in her untamed beauty to civilization as represented by homes and orchards, schools and churches, cities and hamlets, the ka leidoscope quickly shifts, each scene and combination presenting a charm of its own, and another charm borrowed from or enhanced by its setting. The commercial spirit is a necessary adjunct of civilization, a forerunner and companion of development, but it cannot and should not exclude the higher element In human nature which finds expression in love for the beauti ful. With this grand panorama, that has its setting In the eternal hills, as a background, Portland can never want for scenic attractions. . Milton has it that Earth 'hath this variety from heaven Of pleasure situate In hill and dale. ' If this poetic conception is true) and the mind that requires something tan gible to feed upon in its estimate of heaven is fain to accept it unquestlon ingly the declaration that "Heaven is nearer than mortals think" may'also be accepted as true. RECKLESS NAVIGATION. Disaster follows disaster with alarm ing regularity in the Harriman fleet of steamers, although the loss of such ves sels as the Elder, or even the St. Paul, is inconsequential in comparison with that suffered when such magnificent steamships as the Manchuria and Mon golia are the victims. Of course un avoidable accidents will always be hap pening, so long as men go down to the sea in ships, and against some of these disasters it will be Impossible to guard successfully; but the frequency with wlilch Inroads have been made on the available supply of American tonnage within the past twelve months, through Bhlpwreck alone, has been such as to cause speculation as to the reasons. A theory has been given currency, gener ally among landsmen unfamiliar with the practical side of seamanship and navigation, to the effect that tbe cur rents of the South Pacific have been changing and In their new courses have proven so different from the old as to deceive even the skilled navigators who have been sailing in the dangerous lo calities for years. Thto is a theory, however, that will foe accepted with due allowances by navigators other than those who have been so unfortunate as to wreck their vessels on the reefs. Divested of all unnecessary verbiage, the reason for these numerous wrecks could undoubt edly be covered by the single term "reckless navigation." Steamers have been sailing over the routes covered by the Mongolia. Manchuria, Sheridan .and Thomas for more than forty years, and there has always been plenty of sea room outside of the reefs and rocks which are clearly charted. It is, of course, quite an easy matter for a ves sel to drift out of her course In thick weather, when accurate observations and soundings are impossible. At such times the prudent navigator proceeds with due caution and abandons the practice of "cutting corners" which might in a measure foe pardonable In clear weather and a smooth sea. Some one is to blame, of course, when one of these magnificent steamers wan ders miles out of her course and piles up on the rocks, but It is possible that there are other parties to the crime than the master of the vessel. The Mongolia and her sister ship, the Man churia, were the most costly vessels ever built In America, their value be ing in excess of $1,500,000 each. Ves sels of this class are not placed In charge of men whose records do not Justify their appointment to such re sponsible positions. There is no royal road to the bridge of such fine and JL costly steamers, and the unfortunate masters of the two stranded ships are probably as well equipped for their po sitions as any men who could be found. But there has been pretty keen compe tition for the speed records across the Pacific and, in their efforts to save time, chances have perhaps been taken which under other circumstances would not have been attempted. No steam ship agent or owner deliberately noti fies the masters of his vessels to hug the shores or to run at full speed in dangerous localities when ths -weather is thick, but very few navigators fall to receive rather pointed hints that it is very necessary that they should make port on time with their vessels, a per formance which, of course, is impossi ble if thick weather compels wide de tours in dangerous localities. Hugging the shore in a fog in order to save time caused the loss of the St. Paul last Winter, and running full speed in a dangerous locality in order to reach port on schedule time caused the loss of the Valencia and over 100 people a 'few days after the St. Paul was wrecked. The masters of these unfortunate vessels do not take long chances through any spirit of reckless ness or desire to increase the risk at tached to the voyage. They take them simply because they afford an oppor tunity for saving a few miles run and enabling them to make port on sched ule time, knowing full well that the shipmaster who comes in late too often will be replaced by one who needs the position and will take the chances which go with it. OPENING OE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Notwithstanding the grewsome ap prehensions of the pessimist and the alarm that attaches to the cry of "race suicide," children continue to represent the growth of the city In homes and in population, and the cry for more schoolhouses represents its most strin gent need. Children thousands upon thousands of them ruddy-faced boys and rosy-cheeked girls, literally thronged the school 'buildings of the district yesterday morning, and later crowded the suburban street-cars and city book stores in quest of books with Lwhlch to begin the year's work. An Increase In attendance was noted everywhere, and even if the new buildings and annexes that were begun early in the season had been completed according to contract, it would still have been difficult to seat the throngs of children without overcrowding. The few children of the rich may find places in the private schools, but the many that make merry in the homes and gather around the tables' of the workingmen, and yet others who swarm the lowly tenements of thrlft lessness and supine poverty, come trooping to" the doors of the public schools and take their places in line for instruction, promotion,- future useful ness and Intelligent citizenship. The public may and does criticise at times the methods of its schools; it may see now evidences of a cram ming process that is Justly deprecated, and again find evidences of effort di rected toward the 'promotion of pupils regardless of their fitness. But all crit icism is silenced -when ,the long vaca tion over, the doors of the public school buildings are thrown open and an army of teachers report for duty as in structors. "Blessings upon the public schools," said a grayhaired man yes terday as he stood upon a street cor ner watching the merry children pass. "What would the plain people, the la boring people, of the country do with out them?" he continued, "and what would the next generation be without them?" . Echo answers "What?" and no other answer is likely to be heard, since the people of the United States will never be called upon to do without them. The public school system is as close to the heart of the multitude as is the postal system of the Government, and the one is not more likely to be abolished than the other. RIGHTS Or WATER-USERS. Upon some of the questions discussed before the recent Irrigation conference, at Salem there is abundant room fof- difference of opinion, and it is quite likely that an agreement will never be reached. Those interested will have to agree to submit to the will of the ma jority, not because the majority is cer tain to be right, but because this Is a government of majorities. Whether our Supreme Court has practically ab rogated the law of riparian rights in this state, and whether the Legislature should declare such rights abolished, seems to be an open question destined to worry the thinking and studying members of the coming Legislature. Whether an administrative system should be created under a state ap pointment system, or a local elective system, is also uncertain enough to be the basis for debate. ' But it does seem that there are some demands by the advocates of an irri gation code that are sound beyond rea sonable objection. One of these is that, when litigation arises between water users upon a stream, all the water users upon that stream should be made parties to the suit, so that the actual statue of the rights of each may be de termined. When all the rights upon a stream have once been defined there would be no need to make all the users parties In subsequent litigation. A sup posed case will show the need for some determination of the rights of water users. There may be upon a stream six water-users, two of whom may dis agree and go into court to settle their differences. With only the claims of these two before it, the court may award to each the quantity of water to which the evidence shows them to be entitled, when, as a matter of fact, there are other rights superior to those of either of the litigants. The court de cree in such a case would be a mere farce. But the demand that all the water users upon a stream be made parties Is not based so much upon a desire to setT tie the rights of the users as to ascer tain the rights of the public It is com mon knowledge that in a new Irriga tion region nearly all irrigators use more water than they need. Finding the water unappropriated, they take all they can get and hold it if they can. Newcomers find no water available and go elsewhere in search of homes. Per haps they think the early settler has taken more water than he is entitled to, but they prefer to move on rather than engage in a controversy. Settle ment and development of resources are thus retarded and the people of the state are cheated out of what is Justly theirs. No man should have a right to con trol more water of a stream than he puts to a beneficial use, whether he claims it by riparian right or by ap propriation. Subsequent settlers should have the right to appropriate all the water not already put to a beneficial use. It Is to the interest of the state to see that they have an opportunity to ( exercise that right. So far as possible, then, the state should ascertain what waters are unappropriated In the arid region, so that homeseekers who desire to reclaim land now barrn may have an opportunity to do so. The settle ment of water rights cannot be left entirely to the settlers upon a stream, for quite likely all of them are using more water than is their right, and their agreement, though Just as be tween themselves, would be unjust as to the general public, which has an in terest in the unused waters. There should be a public record of all appro priated and unappropriated waters in the streams of the state, so that those interested may have some means of finding out where' water may be had for irrigation purposes. It is popular to say all the improve ments of the Columbia must be car ried on. at the same time; that is what the politician will say; also the man who seeks the trade of all interested sections by "pleasing" them. And this plan will probably be applied. But it will unquestionably result in deferring .the deepening of the bar a long time, perhaps many years, because it will stand in the way of . obtaining the .2,500,000 required before Jetty con struction will proceed. Representatives Jones and Ransdell, who visited the Jetty last week and are members of the rivers and harbors committee, said such a sum cannot be obtained at the next session of Congress. The situa tion might as well be plainly under stood. If the people of the Columbia River region are w tiling that the Jetty should wssit, The Oregonlan has no pro test. It will simply say that a deep bar would make accomplishment of other projects easier and speedier by enforcing their need, as is not the case so long as there is a shoal barrier to the shipping of the world at the mouth of the stream. It is easy to clamor for all the projects; many men, who wish to "stand in" with the various river interests, or to have their trade, or to 'be "popular," or get their votes, will Join loudest in the clamor. The Oregonlan speaks plainly on this subject-, as it does on every other, expect ing to displease some interests, but trying to inform all of the truth. I There is unfeigned regret among old time Portlanders over the death of Mrs. Jacob Flelschner, who spent here forty years of a useful life. Among those bound to her by blood and ties of friendship, and the multitude who felt the warmth of her charity, there is genuine sorrow. She was devoted to good works, and In them knew neither creed nor race. For her husband and for her two sons, who figure large in the business and civic activities of Portland, and for her daughters, this community has sympathy in no small share. The clamor against forest reserves used to be popular, before land-fraud trials and land reform. Now the noise is almost qulefand It is seen that since the lieu-land evil" has been cut out the system will conserve great timber areas for the future against present greed. Tet there are persons suffering for old privileges which once made land grab and land fraud rampant. These oppressed- persons have an avenger or defender in the person of Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, a quite suc cessful Don Quixote. Opening day for the city schools showed an attendance of 14,044, an in crease of nearly 1200 over the first day last season. It is expected that with the return of several thousand Port landers still sojourning in the hopflelds, the fruit orchards and at the seacoast, this number will fee swelled to more than 16,000. By every test that can be applied, Portland continues to show re markable growth, and the best feature of this growth Is Its permanency. Bryan says he never has proposed things which were not opposed some where. Even his attempt to drum out Sullivan has raised opposition. On pub lic ownership he has opposition, too, just as on free silver and imperialism. Trust to Bryan to make the opposition that defeats him. Note that he is get ting ready to take the side of the Cu bans, should President Roosevelt inter vene. That will make him opposition also. The Latin-Americans in Cuba will probably dislike Uncle Sam quite as much as do their brethren in other American republics, after he shall have quelled their revolution. We shall ex pect from the Latin-Americans sdTne day a declaration of Independence their inalienable right to blow up the life, liberty and pursuits of happiness of one another without the consent of any other nation. The fact that automobllists are so much more plentiful than deerhunters probably accounts for the greater num ber of deaths traceable to the bubble wagons. The open season Is young yet, however, and from now on we may ex pect an increasing number of cases where some innocent was mistaken for a deer. The discovery of Stensland's Nadlne saves him from the obloquy that was cast on him before it was known he was a "sport"; a sport is always a gen tleman; he may "take" money, but he is no or'nary, low-down thief. The business activity in San Fran cisco is something marvelous. It rep resents tae herculean effort of supply to meet demand, and one way or an other It will succeed, because it must. The president of the master plumbers of the State of Washington says that a plumber should make 30 per cent profit on a job. That's good news; we'd like to have him do a Job for us. Undertakers say preachers pray too long. Doubtless they think also doc tors doctor too long. But it makes lit tle difference; the undertaker gets there Just the same. And there are other corporation tainted men in the Democratic party beside Sullivan. Will Bryan have to go oft and make a party of his own? a Might as well kill a man as scare him to death. The terrorists didn't use bomb nor bullet on Trepoff, but he's just as dead one way as another. Not the big stick, but a small switch, ought to be enough for the squabbling Cubans. But Uncle 6am will have the big stick ready anyhow. This is not prohibition weather, like that several days ago. when rain fell on the hops; but prohibitionists enjoy it Just the same. ' -v Senator Heyburn falls short of the "fairness" which he denies to others. ISSUES LOOMING BEFORE VOTERS Congressman Caahman Talks of Bryan and Other Political Isma. Extracts from a speech delivered by Rep resentative Francis W. , Cushman before tbe recent Republican County Convention of Pierce County. Washington, held at Tacoma: As I look out over this convention now in session, I realize that after months of hard but honest struggle between rival candidates and contending factions, the leaders of the Republican party of this county have now met to settle all differences; not only to nominate a ticket that we will all be for, but also to nomi nate a ticket that will be elected by an overwhelming majority on the 6th day of next November. Here" are 946 dele gatesalmost a thousand of you. And I congratulate each ana every one of you If for no other reason than each one of you was popular enough in his home precinct to be elect ed as a delegate to this great conven tion. That is more than I can say for myself. (Laughter.) Yes, gentlemen, up In the "bloody First Precinct of the Sec ond Ward" when the smoke of battle cleared away, my political carcass was found "Just outside the breastworks." (Laughter.) You gentlemen have noticed that Wil liam Jennings Bryan has been abroad, but he is just as narrow now as before he was abroad. (Laughter.) I might say that I, for one, have a great admiration for Mr. Bryan. I consider that Mr. Bryan Is today the greatest living American humorist. If you don't believe It, get Tils book. "The First Battle" that Is, if you can find a copy anywhere and read it. It is funnier than Mark Twain and more romantic than "Gulliver's Travels." Everything Bryan said was going to happen failed to happen. Every thing he raid would not happen did hap pen. And yet the Democratic party say that Bryan Is about to be "vindicated." It may be so. But Bryan Is evidently about to be "vindicated" because he has never been right in his life. W. J. Bryan, in his own personality, constitutes an un abridged dictionary of all economic fal lacies and "financial foolishness. I want to say a word to the young Republicans who are here in this con vention today: As the years roll on I am mindful that the destinies of the great Republican party will soon be committed to younger hands. Since our party was founded two generations of our great political leaders have passed away. Lincoln Is gone, and Grant is gone; Garfield Is gone, and Blaine is gone. McKinley Is gone, and Reed is gone. Harrison Is gone and Hanna Is gone. They are with us today only as mighty and Immortal memories. And but a few short years from now Cannon and Fairbanks, Root and Taft, Shaw and Foraker will all have passed over to that silent shore. And who will lead us then? The bowof the great Ulysses was left to him who was strong enough to bend It. The leadership of the great Republican party will pass to the man whose quali ties of head and heart fit him for the guidance of a great party, the whole ex istence of which has been consecrated to the uplift of mankind. It may be that In the years to come some young man who hears my words today may assume the leadership of this great party. If so, a word to him now: The one thing that above all others has made the Republican party a mighty engine for the uplift of humanity was because its leaders have continuously stood for that which was eternally right, rather than that which was temporarily popular but fundamentally wrong. (Ap plause.) Two years from now we will be in the throes of another great Presidential cam paign. And I am here to tell you that we as a nation are Just about due to have an other political "ism." Just what "Ism" It will be no man can tell. But the same fertile minds that in the past have sought to lure the American people from the solid moorings of common sense on into the mldft ofs all the economic crank no tions of the dark ages can be relied upon at the appointed time to produce a brand new sugar-coated "ism." And with great enthusiasm they will Invite the American people to chase off after It It may be "Socialism": it may be the refined essence of anarchy in homeopathic doses; it may be Kovern ment ownership of all utilities. No man can tell what It will be. But one thing is certain: The more hideous and pre posterous It is the more enthusiasm will attend its birth. (Laughter.) Young men, now is the time for you to take a half-hitch around your better Judgment and get action on your memory. ' Remember that the Republican party is the party that does things. Remember that the Democratic party is a party that "does" people. (Laughter and applause.) Future generations of Americans, while delving in unmarked graves, are likely to dig up from Bome unmarked sepulcher the mortal remains and political skeleton of an extinct species of an erstwhile noble "paramount Issue." (Laughter and applause.) Ah. yes. like the burial place of Moses, the sepulcher of many of them is un known. And the leaders of the Demo cratic party today with great political pathos may sing "By Nebo's lonely mountain. On this side Jordan's wave. In a vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave." They have perished and are In oblivion. tj v,o irt fundamental policies of the tj .kii. n nsiriv ha ve endured the i -i cti-ifen cf SO vears. and those policies are today a blessing to 90.000.000 of our race. Young man, nail your principles to the masthead. Remember 'that it la better to accept defeat, which can be but tem- v ara flcrttlner for an tm- ih thnn to surrender that principle for the ignoble satisfaction of dividing tne spoil ui a. ua."j - ruined Republic, iiouu awia. Just a Rap at Prohibition. " , . . A l n T? n n 1 Baltimore . ' The reduction In majorities Is due almost -i .. k tYttM Tipmn- entirely to tne bivikkj j . cratic party of the question of resubmis sion of the liquor question to the elec torate. Governor Cobb is not only a standpatter on prohibition, but the author of a law making more stringent prohbl tory provisions. Interest has centered on the campaign made against L ttleneld by Samuel M. Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, on account of Littlefleld's antagonist! to the an -m junction bill defeated in Congreiii . but it now looks as though but small share of the process of pulling ttn ties is to be accredited to the labor lead -er. The trend was general. A state ques "on has affected the reliability of the barometer. ' Bonnie Bank. O' TLoeh Lomond. Old Scotch Sons. T, von bonnle banks and by yon bonnle braes, Vhere the -un shines bright op Loch Lo- Wh.r.m and my true love were ever wont On the bonnle. bonnle banks o' Loch Lomon'. O ye'U take the high road and Til take the , low road. And I'll be In Scotland afore ye: But me and my true lovs will never meet again On the bonnle. bonnle banks o' Ixjch Lomon, Twas there that we parted In yon shady glen, On the steep, steep side o' Ben Imon , Where In the purple hue the Hleland hills we view, , And the moon coming out In the gloamln . The wee birdies sing, and the wild flowers -spring, ... And In sunshine the waters ars aleeoln , But the broken heart It kens nae second spring again Though the waefu' may cease from their NEW I'SE FOR YOUIi yoTATOES, . How Money May Be Made la Denatured j Alcohol. Chicago Record-Herald. Washington. American farmers, If they will profit by the experience of farmers of Germany and France, will find In the new denatured alcohol act. which takes effect January 1, 1907, a means of ma terially increasing their Incomes. At the State Department reports have Just been received from Conaul-General Thackera at Berlin and Consul-General Maon at Paris, which show the great market made In those two countries for farm products by free denatured alcohol laws. In Germany over three-fourths of the alcohol distilled la made from potatoes, last year 91,148.182 bushels being con sumed in the production of 76.010,927 gal lons, or about 1.26 bushels of potatoes to the gallon of alcohol. During the last season there were 72.172 alcohol distil leries In operation, of which 6048 were farm distilleries, which illustrates how closely the new Industry can be brought home to the farmer. In Germany the distillation of alcohol from potatoes Is one of the most Im portant branches of agriculture. It alone in some cases renders farming pursuits possible In regions situated at a distance from business centers and possessing light soil, and many farms owe their existence to the distilleries. About one third of the alcohol produced In Germany is denatured. . "The use of spirits for driving motors, lighting rooms and public places, cook ing food and producing heat has a great future," savs Consul-General Thackera. "In the United States." he continues, "where alcohol for use In the industries can be produced more cheaply, perhaps, tharr- in any other country in the world, the increased consumption of the spirit which will take place under the pro visions of the new law will be of great advantage to our agriculturists." It costs In Germany about 2 cents a gallon completely to denature alcohol, and this Is the greatest drawback In that country to growth in Its use. The price of denatured alcohol varies from about 30 cents a gallon to 27 cents, ac cording to strength and purity, and it has to meet In competition petroleum, which retails in Germany at from IS centg to 22 cents a gallon. In France the alcohol used for various -industrial purposes is manufactured mainly from beet root, the material being either the refuse molasses from sugar factories or beets which by reason of unfavorable conditions contain only a small percentage of sugar. Potatoes and grain are also uned to some extent, nut relatively much less than In Germany. In France it costs about 10 cents a gallon to denaturize alcohol, because the government has set one process, while iu Germany several different methods are permitted. This makes the cost of de natured alcohol in France In ordinary times 30 cents a gallon. In France about 8.000.000 gallons of denatured alcohol are consumed annually. From the cost of manufacturing the raw alcohol should be deducted a subsidy paid by the , govern ment ennnl to about 6 cents a gallon Alcohol denaturized by the formula in use in France is not only unnecessarily evnenslve. but mav also be purified and be used for human consumption. As the Trnited States will adopt a formula wnicn renders the product unfit for human con sumption, the French denaturizing pro cess will not be followed, and a much cheaper one may be adopted. Consul-General Mason reports that In both Germanv and France there has been ..nnninimoiit that free denatured alco hol has not given greater stimulus to the Industries and also come In closer com petition with petroleum. It appears from his statement however, that in ma chinery motors must be especially con structed to consume alcohol and that de natured alcohol has proved only partly successful in lamps. .... The obstacles which have restricted tne ...v, f the comparatively new in dustry in France and Germany may be surmounted in the United States but aside from Its use as fuel and for light ing purposes there Is a wide field In the mechanical arts and Industries for de natured alcohol produced free of taxa tjon. Mark; Twain to Bnlld Fine Mansion. New Haven Dispatch In New York World Mark Twain has bought the old Noah Sherwood home. In the secluded village of West Redding, Conn., and will recon struct the house into a beautiful man sion. The house will occupy the crest of an elevation which commands a view in every direction. It will be constructed of stone chiefly and will cost $30,000, it is said. There are 110 acres ,of ground about the house, which will be improved on an extensive scale. There is a large tract of woodland with picturesque features, which the daughter of Mr Clemens will beautify according to her' own taste. The place Is expected to be ready for occupancy by next June. New Yorkers are flocking to 'West Red ding since Mr. Clemens purchased a home there. The old Eddy place, purchased recently by Miss Jeanette L. Gilder, it Is rumored, will be taken by MisS Ann Morgan, 'daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan. Returns 111 to Philadelphia Home. Boston Globe. P. A. B. Wldener, who lately arrived at Newport, after a European trip, has been taken to his Philadelphia home on account of a severe Illness. Mr. Widener has been In poor health for some time. He Is making the Journey on his yacht Josephine. Homer to Live In Grand Opera. Baltimore News. Richard Strauss has a new opera un der way, the details of which he Is try ing to keep a secret. He has taken his subject from Homer, and Thaumus and Electra will be the leading characters. THE CUBANS: "PLEASE TRY TO STOP US" CUTE BIRDS TAUGHT US TO DANCE The Aborigines) Just Picked It Up and Cleverly Passed It Along;. New York Sun. Even the canary birds that sing by electric light In the lobby of the Majestic Hotel ceased warbling when a peculiar noise echoed throughout the place from the ballroom above. It was George T. ' Wilson of Portland, Me., felicitating over his unexpected election to tne presidency of the American Society of Professors df Dancing. Instead of making a speech over his victory, as most folks would, Mr. Wilson performed an Arabian double shuttle, winding up with a somersault. Quick as a flash, by way of repartee, the other members gave four fancy side steps to the left In unison and ended with a modest hitch kic-k. Mr. Wilson's outburst of Joy was not a ripple on the surface as compared with the reception given the new national dance, the Spirit of America, executed for the first time in any ballroom, a few minutes later by Mr. Holland. Jauntily attired as Uncle Sam. It consisted of a combination of four simple break steps and a forward glide similar to a Hester street waltz. The only person who had a kick to register was the official or chestra, Gottlieb Meyerbeer. He had to play every national, tune on the calendar. "Too much Is enough," he said desper ately, as he got up from the piano. This earned him half an hour's vacation. "In New York," said Mister Oskar Duenweg of Terry Hut. Ind.. "every little violet wishes to bloom In public and be Interviewed, but I have something to say, anyway " He didn't finish, however, for Just then a pretty little woman, attired in a white China silk gown and, sh-h, a three quarter length skirt, wafted herself upon the scene. She was Miss Kittle W. Nathan, spieling expert of Colorado Springs and Denver. "You newspaper men have got In wrong on our convention," she said. "Our ef forts are ridiculed. Instead of being en couraged. Are we not restoring one of the oldest of arts?" "Dancing, as you know, originated with long-legged bipeds such as storks, fla mingoes, cranes, etc.," Interrupted Mister Duenweg. Aborigines noted these antics. Indulged in at certain seasons of the year by their feathered friends, and later adapted the gyrations to music. The original dancing master was a bird. "Operates learned to dance when he was an old man," interrupted Miss Nathan, as she pirouetted coquettlshly. "Plato advocated It, and Miriam. Moses's sister, was a regular soubrette in her day. It became a lost art. though." The ball at the Astor House last Win ter, she said, inaugurated the return of the old style dances. "You don't know It, but the old dances are the fad In New York society. My pupils demand It now at Colorado Springs even." The Money Musk, the original Virginia Reels and Pop Goes the Weasel would replace the modern cotillons. The old style willowy waltz would replace the two step. Political Topsyturvy dora Active. New York Press. In Illinois Mr. Bryan's uncompromis ing fisht for the effacement of Roger Sullivan from the Democratic map fails, but by order of Roger Sullivan his Nebraska enemy IS enthusiastically in dorsed for the Presidency. Charles E. Hughes, through whose ef forts Benjamin B. Odell suffered the worst damage sustained by him In his whole political career, has no more zeal ous supporter for, the Governorship than Mr. Odell. Senator "Pat" McCarren, whose meth ods and personality have always been aggressively stacked by Justice Gny nor. finds It convenient to urge the nom ination of Gaynor for Governor. Charles F. Murphy comes out In favor of William R. Hearst for the Governor ship. Mr. Hearst quickly returns the compliment by denouncing the Tammany leader and spurning the proffer of his tainted assistance. Politics in the campaign now opened will not lack the charm of novelty and promises never to become dull, tame and stupid. f An Kdltor Who la Ontapokeo. Concprdia Kansan. The editor of this dinky paper wishes sometimes he were rich. No, we only wish we were rich for about a week just long enough to teach some rich peo ple we know how to act toward less fortunate people less fortunate In the matter of worldly possessions, we mean. As 'a matter of fact, inordinately rich people the majority of them have no sense at all. This Is especially true of some man who has "struck it rich" or woman who has married to a bunch of money. It gives us Infinite pain to wit ness the nauseating airs of these toads with the dollar-mark sticK-ng all over them. Gee whiz! It makes us riled to have some purse-proud monkey without brains enough to carry breakfast to a sick bear put on hlghfalutln airs around us! Admiral's Two Sons Enter Navy. Annapolis (Md.) Dispatch. Harold B. . Sampson is the second son of the late Rear Admiral Sampson, Vnited States Navy, to enter the present fourth class at the Naval Academy. He was sworn in this morning. His brother. Ralph Sampson, entered the same class several weeks ago. Imported the First English Sparrows. Catholic Standard and Times. Eugene Schicffelln, of New York, who died recently, was the first to Import English sparrows Into this country, his purpose being to exterminate the cater pillars which infested the trees in Madi son Square, where the Schleffellns lived. 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