Morning Oregonian., December 21, 1906, Page 8, Image 8

THE MORXIXG. OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 190C.
Sl'BSCKIlTION RATES.
tT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 3
(By Mill.)
Pally. Sunday Included, one year $S.O0
Dally. Sunday Included, six months.... 4.25
Dally, Sunday Included, three months. . --
Dally, Sunday Included, one month 75
Dally, without Sunday, one year
Dally, without Sunday, alx months 25
Dally, without Sunday, three months.. ITS
Dally, without Sunday, one month.... .60
Sunday, one year 2.50
Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday) . . . l-jO
Sunday and Weekly, one year 3-&0
BY CARRIER. ' ,
Dally, Sunday Included, one year 9.00
Dally. Sunday Included, one month 75
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POSTAGE RATES.
Entered at Portland, Oregon, Postofflce as
Second-Class Matter.
10 o 14 Pages 1 cent
19 to 2H Pages " cents
0 to 4 Pages .... cents
48 to 90 Psres cents
Foreign Postage, double rates.
IMPOIITAM The postal laws are strict.
Newspapers on which postage Is not fully
prepaid ara not forwarded to destination
EASTEUX B16INEB8 OFFICE.
The 8. C. Beckwlth Special Agency New
Tork. rooms 43-S0 Tribune building. Chi
cago, rooms 610-512 Tribune building.
KEPT ON BALE.
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News Co., 178 Dearborn street.
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Station.
Colorado Springs, Colo. Western News
Agency.
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Fifteenth street; L Welnstein; , H. P. Han
sen. Kansas City, Mo. Rlckseoker Cigar Co..
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Minneapolis M. J. Kavanaugh, 60 South
Third. ,
Cleveland. O. James Fushaw. SOT Su
perior street.
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Sew York City I.. Jones Co.. Astor
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Oakland. Cel. W. H. Johnson. Four
teenth and Franklin streets, N. Wheatley;
Oakland News Stand.
Ogdrn D. 1 Beyle; W. O. Kind, 114
2Bth street.
Hot Springs, Ark. C. N. Weaver A Co.
Omahu Barkalow Bros., 1012 Farnamk.
Mageath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnam; 240
South Fourteenth.
Sacramento, Cat. Sacramento News Co..
439 K street.
Salt Lake Moon Book Sc Stationery Co..
Roeenfeld & Hansen.
Los Angele B. E. Amos, manager seven
street wagons..
San Diego B. E. Amos.
Long Beach, Cal. B. E. Amos.
Pasadena, Cal. A. F. Horning.
San Francisco Foster 4 Orear. Ferry
News Suw.d; Hotel St. Francis News Stand;
L. Parent. N. Wheatley.
Eureka, Cel. Call-Chronicle Agency.
Washington, D. C Ebbltt House, Penn
sylvania avenue.
Norfolk, Y. Jamestown News Co.
Pine lieach, Va. W. A. Cosgrove.
Philadelphia, Fa. Ryan's Theater Tlckat
Office.
PORTLAND, FRIDAY. DEC, 21, 1906.
A BLOW TO CIVILIZATION.
The annual deficit In the Postal De
partment amounts to about $15,000,000.
It arises principally from two sources.
The first Is the franking privilege, by
virtue of which the Government trans
ports many thousands of tons of mall
free for Congressmen. The other source
of the deficit is the enormous overpay
ment of the railroads for carrying mail.
The mail is weighed, not daily by any
means, but at etated periods, and from
the amount found at these times the
contracts are made up for the year.
When the day for the weighing draws
near. Senators and others concerned in
the welfare of the railroads fill the
malls with ton after ton of worthless
documents, furniture and anything else
that will Increase the weight of the
mallbags. Thus the bacis of the con
tract is comfortably widened, and for
the rest of the year the railroads draw
pay for work which they do not per
form. Why should there not be a defi
cit? Large as the deficit Is In the Postal
Department, and scandalous as Its ori
gin iis, the people of the country do not
In general resent It very bitterly. The
benefits conferred by the postofflce are
of such magnitude that they willingly
overlook what seem like petty errors in
its management and foot the bills with
out protest.
The only person whom the deficit
greatly disturbs seems to be Mr. Mad
den, the Third. Assistant Postmaster
General, who has apparently lost a
preat deal of eleep over the matter.
The postal deficit haunts his dreams to
such an extent that he has been driven
to devise a remedy for It. Does this
remedy cut off the graft of Congres
sional pickers and ' stealers? Not at
all. Does It Infringe upon the swollen
spoils of the railroads? Not in the
least. Mr. Madden proposes to make
the people meet the deficit by paying
heavier postage on their newspapers
and magazines. With true official pig
headednees Mr. Madden can imagine no
remedy for the effects of graft except
by opening the way to new graft. He
wishes to multiply the postage on peri
odicals by four.
The people who would feel this impo
sition most heavily are, of course, those
who live In the country. They are very
much dependent upon newspapers and
magazines for knowledge of what is
going on In the world and for their in
terest In life in general. They are al
ready robbed by the express companies
upon every article which they presume
to purchase at a dUrtance from their
homes. Mr. Madden's scheme would
still further restrict their opportunities
and darken their lives. What with bad
roads, the tyranny of the express com
panies and the constant threat of with
drawal of the slender postal privileges
which they now possess, the lot of
dwellers In the country is by no means
enviable.
The plea that the present low rate of
a cent a pound on periodicals aids
many papers of low class to flourish Is
true enough; but . the evil is compara
tively trifling. It is not by any means
certain that to raise the rates would
injure the low-class periodicals as much
as those of better character. The bad
ones are and -would remain very cheap;
the good are necessarily dearer. There
are farm journals of exceedingly doubt
ful character which can be had for 10
cents a year. Increasing the postal
rates, as Mr. Madden proposes, would
not necessarily, raise their price to more
than 25 cents a year. They would still
come much cheaper than the good farm
papers, whose price would be raised by
at least as much and whose circulation
would be curtailed vastly more. The
simple fact is that any rise in postal
rates Is a blow to civilization and a
blow which falls in a vital part, for it
is rural civilization which advances
with discouraging slowness and which
yields most hopelessly to adverse cir
cumstances. Farmers have little to spend on liter
ature of any sort. They are In general
not trained to discriminate between the
good and the worthless. The cheapest
often appears to them to be the best,
but their tendency to accept the worth
less periodicals would not be lessened
by Increasing the cost of . the better
class, which, even as things are, often
seems prohibitive to them. It Is a la
mentable fact that the United States
has had very few postal officials who
appreciated the opportunities of their
position. There is no department of the
Government which can be so beneficial
to the public; none which can do so
much to advance the general intelli
gence and contribute so largely to the
comfort and happiness of the people.
It Is extremely regrettable that the
postofflce should be looked upon as a
stepping-stone to other positions which
seem to the politicians more desirable;
or that Its usefulness should be men
aced by shortsighted official penurious
ness. If it is desirable to reduce the
postal deficit, and nobody can doubt
that it Is, there are many ways to dr
so without impairing the services of
the department to the public. When
the choice Is fairly offered between cut
ting on the privileges of the people for
which they pay and those of the graft
ers for which they do not pay, how can
an honest official hesitate?
NO WOMEN IN SALOONS.
The failure of the Council to pass
the ordinance permitting music as a
saloon attraction over the Mayor's veto
settles this vexed question for the time
being at least, and, as far as now ap
pears, permanently. Temperance peo
ple opposed It on the broad ground of
Its allurement to vice and- the Mayor
saw In it an entering wedge for the
readmisslon of women to saloons. Five
members of the Council refused to "be
convinced by the argument that music
would draw young men. into saloons
who would not otherwise enter or pat
ronize such places, or to abandon the
alleged belief that good -women could
and had belonged to the saloon orches
tra without detriment to their characters.-
There were nine members, how
ever, who supported the Mayor In his
objections to the ordinance, and It went
to the graveyard of many bad and some
good laws, from whence It is not likely
soon to- be resurrected.
This Is the most pronounced victory
that the champions of public morals
have scored In this city for months.
The disfavor with which the ordinance
was met was not confined to the ultra
temperance element of the city, but
was shared ' by thoughtful, reputable
citizens generally. The defeat of the
ordinance is in support of the sentiment
that women employed in any capacity
In saloons increase the liaibllty of law
lessness of which drinking to intoxica
tion Is the center and to which is at
tached all of the lower vices that de
base mankind.
DUTIES OF A LEGISLATURE.
However unreasonable the attitude
of the public mind may seem to be, it
is nevertheless true that the people
are apprehensive of the course the Ore
gon Legislature will pursue regarding
measures of general Interest to the
state. There Is everywhere manifested
a sort of feeling that the representatives
of the people are not expected volun
tarily to represent the interests of the
people, and that they must be watched
and urged and instructed. Though the
legislators come from every part of
the state and from every walk of life,
there is everywhere an assumption
that they do. not understand the needs
of the people, and that in order to get
remedial legislation the people must
make demands and force them upon
the att'ention of the lawmakers. It is
assumed that the representatives of the
people will be either in a passive state
of mind or will be seeking self-interest
or promoting other interests opposed
to those of the public.
The attitude of the public- mind to
ward the Legislature is deplorable, and
yet, upon reflection, it is not so very
extraordinary. It is not materially dif
ferent from the attitude the ordinary
employer maintains toward his em
ploye. The legislators are in reality
employes, public servants, hired men,
however much they may seem like
masters at times. They receive no dif
ferent treatment than is accorded the
ordinary employe. The farmer who
hires a hand docs not trust him to do
the work unwatched. He follows
around to give instructions and see
that they are carried out. The builder
who employs a carpenter does not rely
upon either the intelligence or honesty
of his employe, but keeps close watch
to see that work is properly done.
The merchant invests in an expensive
cash register in order to prevent his
clerks from "grafting." The .railroad
company keeps close tab on its em
ployes for the same purpose. Why',
then, should it be occasion for surprise
if the people, who employ the legisla
tors, do not repose unlimited confidence
In them, but do some instructing and
then keep watch to see that the work
is faithfully performed?
Viewed from any standpoint, the feel
ing of the people that the Legislature
is not a wholly reliable body is not en
tirely "without reason and excuse. The
people have much at stake. They are
paying $50,000 for the services of a
Legislature for forty days, during
which time the legislators will provide
for the expenditure of something over
$2,000,000. Laws may be passed in
which the people have an interest so
extensive that $2,000,000 would not
measure their importance. The people
are the employers. Have they not a
right to be a little anxious concerning
the sort of service they are' to receive
from their employes?
INCREASING OUR FOREIGN MARKETS.
One of the most interesting official
reports of the many that have been
rendered in the last few weeks by the
heads of the various bureaus in Wash
ington is that of John M. Carson, Chief
of the Bureau of Manufactures of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
While this is the youngest of the
governmental departments, already
through its efforts a wider field has
been opened for the . products of the
country. Merchants have been awak
ened to the possibilities that lie in In
terchange of products with other coun
tries that have heretofore been prac
tically unknown to our commerce
Agents for this bureau are now work
ing in Mexico, in Cuba, in Canada and
In Central and South America, and two
each have been assigned to China and
Japan.
As an example of the work that has
been accomplished in brief ' time, the
increased market for cotton goods in
the two countries last named is cited,
Agents working there took samples of
all the grades of cotton goods In com
mon use In China and Japan, and, cut
ting them into small pieces, sent them
to American manufacturers with ex
planatory notes. The result was that,
insead of sending flimsy, grotesquely
colored and gaudily designed fabrics,
goods that meet the needs of these peo
ple in a common-sense way have been
introduced among them and have al
ready found favor. '
The following resume 'of the cotton
cloth trade in the report shows the ad-
vantage that has accrued to American
manufacturers:
The cotton blece-goods trade of China Is one
of large extent and Is constantly growing. For
the year 1905 the value of such cloths ex
ported to China and Hong Kong by' Great
Britam was $49,625,000, a large proportion
printed goods. For the cotton piece goods ex
ported to China from the United States was
127,761.000, out of a total exportation for the
year of $41,320,000. and for the fiscal year
1906 we eold a total for the year of $43,182,000.
It will be observed that the exports of cotton
cloth from Great Britain to China alone for
1905 were greater than those of the United
States to all countries for that period.
In order to cover this wide and ex
panding field more fully the chief of
the bureau asks that more men be put
under his direction both as agents
abroad and as a clerical staff In Wash
ington. He cites the tardiness of. the
International bureau in furnishing sta
tistics regarding tariff changes and
other data necessary to prompt and
successful work in his department, and
refers to the help that is derived from
consular reports, which would be of
much greater value if through his
bureau they could be brought more
quickly before manufacturers. The bu
reau, i in brief, represents one of the
most practical efforts through official
sources toward making a market
abroad for American goods; it seeks
first of all to 'know what is -wanted, by
the peoples whom American manufac
turers are ready and anxious to sup
ply. ' : ' -
SOME SEATTLE HERESY.
- It Is with, we hope, pardonable pride
that The Oregonian calls attention to a
belated acknowledgment of the merits
of its teachings on the coal tariff
question. For years -we have labored
long and earnestly in an endeavor to
convince the Seattle and Tacoma news
papers that, on the principle of the
greatest good to the greatest number,
the burden of a tariff duty on coal
should be removed in ordeT that thou
sands of consumers co.uld reap the ad
vantage which now goes wholly to the
coal barons, in whose interest the pro
tective tariff is maintained. Numerous
articles in these columns) for many
years past have brought down on our
heads a large amount of abuse and de
rision and accusations of lack of pa
triotism. Our great and good friend, the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, could see in the re
moval of the coal duty nothing but
financial ruin for the State of Wash
ington, with probable Intense suffering
among all the inhabitants thereof.
Other Puget Sound papers were of the
same opinion, the feeling being so near
ly unanimous that of late The Orego
nian has felt something like the same
kind of resignation as was experienced
by the farmer whose refractory, hungry
calves, mistaking the sex of the bull
ambling by, ran riot in quest of a meal.
"Go it, you fools," said the farmer,
after an ineffectual attempt to stop
them, "You'll know the difference when
supper time comes." "Supper time"
has arrived on Puget Sound, and, with
stalled locomotives. Idle steamships,
factory furnaces cold and even the pop
ulace getting ready to shiver for lack of
coal, Seattle has at last discovered that
the coal tariff was not the kind of a
milk producer It- seemed to be.
A committee of five prominent mem
bers of the Seattle Commercial Club
was appointed to investigate the coal
shortage trouble and to make recom
mendations. They completed their la
bors last week, and the recommenda
tion, which, like the name of Abou Ben
Adhem, "led all the rest," reads thus:
First That prompt and energetic efforts be
made dmmedlately in Congress to remove the
present tariff on coal.
This report was sjgned by M. H. Har
ben, Vivian M. Carkeek. Alexander Mc
Lean and James M. Sparkman, all rep
resentative business men of Seattle.
The effect of such a startling recom
mendation has not yet been reflected in
bank clearings or real estate transfers,
and it Is not known what action will be
taken by the standpatters who crook
the knee to the sacred tariff, no mat
ter what Its shortcomings may be.
The offense, in the eyes of these tariff
worshipers, must be a serious one in
deed, and it would seem that they
would be justified in going to almost
any length in punishment of the men
who have been guilty of scraping off
the veneer and disclosing the common
clay of which, the tariff Idol is con
structed. . Boiling in oil or frying on a
spit is too mild a punishment for such
heresy, and the Post-Intelligencer
should offer a prize for the beet method
of punishment that can be suggested
for this well-meaning but misguided
coal committee.
I
LARGER SUBSIDY NEEDED.
If it is not too late. Representative
Humphrey should insist that the Presi
dent's message contain recommenda
tions for a much larger ship subsidy
than has been asked for in the bill.
The necessity for . an Increase is quite
apparent by the action of the trans
pacific steamship lines yesterday in
cutting rates $1 per ton in order to
meet the, competition of the Japanese
steamers now coming into the trade in
increasing numbers. The natural as
sumption, based on the assertions of
the subsidy-hunters, was that prior to
this cut in rates a subsidy was neces
sary in order that American lines could
compete in the trade. It requires only
a moderate knowledge of mathematics
to show that if a subsidy was necessary
before this cut an increase of $1 in the
amount asked is now of vital Import
ance. But this latest feature in the foreign
trade shipping and subsidy question
presents a number of other interesting
phases. The Japanese In making the cut
are competing with an unsubsidized
German line out of Portland, an unsub
sidized British line out of Tacoma and
an unsubsidized American line and sub
sidized Japanese line out of Seattle.
It seems quite clear, from the action of
these numerous unsubsidized lines in
cutting rates to meet this competition
that there Is no crying need for a sub
sidy in order to promote our foreign
trade. On the contrary, the object of
the cut in rates seems to be to secure
additional business that . Is not forth
coming at the higher rates. In other
words, without the payment of one cent
in subsidy, we have more tonnage of
lering tor oriental Dusiness than we
can use, and it is taking our freight
away at such low figures that every
cargo shipped under the new rate will
be worth about $6000 more to the pro
ducer and shipper than it would be
'worth If we were not favored with the
competition of the fleets of the world.
which are at our command at lower
rates than we can possibly handle the
freight ourselves.
Another factor in the situation which
must be reckoned with now- and in the
future is this: The Japanese are very
large buyers of American products, and
If they . elect to carry these products
home In their own vessels, all of the
subsidies we can throw at the feet of
the American shipowners will not take
the business away from them. If we
continue to 'turn out products of which
the world is in need, there will always
be transportation facilities avallable,
and, as the present competition in
rates shows, it will be at a low rate.
The National Grange some weeks ago
went on record as opposed to the pay
ment of ship subsidies, and now the
stockmen are on record with a protest.
At the last meeting of the Corn Belt
Meat Producers' Association, in Iowa,
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That we are unalterably opposed
to the proposed ship subsidy legislation,
firmly believing that the annexation of
larger markets for .our meat products will
give sufTlcUnt encouragement to the up
building of our merchant marine without
Governmental aid. We believe that any leg
islation providing for ship subsidies is vici
ous, and we urge our Representatives In
Congress to exert the full measure of their
strength and Influence to Insure the defeat
of the proposed legislation.
It Is not apparent from this that the
market for meat products is being any
more seriously hampered by lack of
shipping than is that of flour, wheat
and lumber from North Pacific ports.
Sir George Humphrey has, through
painstaking -and exhaustive labor in
gathering statistics, foundi that there is
about one centenarian to every 127,000
people among civilized nations, and
that "but seventy persons, so far as can
be fully proven, have In recent years
reached the age of 110 years. Written
in the home-made copybooks of the pu
pils of the village schools half a cen
tury and more ago was frequently
found this statement: "Rust consumes
faster than labor wears." The statisti
cian who seeks to verify statements of
extreme longevity finds proof of the
truth of this assertion in the active
outdoor lives that very aged men and
women have lived not Infrequently to
four-score years. Thus Sir George
Humphrey in his researches in England
found among the Inhabitants of the
countryside, as in Delabole, North
Cornwall, a surprising number of hale
and hearty nonagenarians and centen
arians, their long lease of years being
due to their healthy environment and
plain, simple manner of living. It has
further been shown by these researches
into the causes that govern the time
allotment of man that the full exercise
of the various powers of the mind and
body is conducive to great age. Hence
any one desiring abnormal length of
years need not be afraid of wearing
himself out by labor, since upon this
high authority he is assured that ac
tion is life inaction decay.
"Makeshifts" are generally expensive,
no matter what their purpose may be.
The Portland flreboat seems to be no
exception to the rule. In this case,
however, there should have been no ne
cessity for a makeshift at the begin
ning. It now seems imperative that we
abandon the weak and cranky craft on
which we are dependent for waterfront
protection and replace it with a new
6teei hull adapted to the purpose. It
might not bring about a reduction in
insurance rates, but it should.
Mayor Lane Is of the opinion that the
patrolmen and firemen on the munici
pal payroll receive .but a "beggarly
compensation" for their services. This
may be true. It is, in fact, the general
plaint throughout all officialdom. Its
employes "ought to have" more than
they get In the way of salaries. ' This
is a trouble not confined to official life,
though it finds therein most frequent
expression. There is not a laborer in
all this broad land who gets f&y
enough. Ask the labor unions.
With what suddenness has this car
shortage developed into a National
question. If this Winter's legislation,
ignoring abstract Justice, shall take re
taliatory shape, the offending corpora
tion may lay the blame on their own
sins of omission. Recent stock ex
change transfers involving many times
the sum of money needed for' rolling
stock are not calculated to modify the
unlvenoal feeling that some railroads
should be punished.
Little Sammy, the legless newsboy.
whose misfortune pulled on the heart
strings and loosened the pursestrlngs
of hundreds of sympathetic friends
about a year ago, still wheels around
the streets in the same old perambu
lator. Some otie ought to start another
Christmas fund for the purpose of re
taining a Sherlock Holmes to locate the
new legs that Sammy was to have
when the collections were all in.
Charges against General Pershing in
connection with his social and domestic
life In the Philippines are exceedingly
discreditable to his standing as a man
and a military officer. The lawless re
lation with the Mindanao woman was
not only a discredft to himself, it was
a sin against his posterity and a dis
grace to the uniform that he wore, and
should block his further promotion In
the Army.
"The race that comibnes inventive
ness and ability to work will rule the
world's future," declares Hamilton W.
Mabie, a literary expert. Basing the
hope on a 1000 years' record of fair
skinned ancestors in Kurope and 300
years' activity on this side of the At
lantic, we are not afraid to take
chances on the United States branch of
the Anglo-Saxon strain.
Millions of newspaper readers will
heave a sigh of relief ,over the last
chapter in the Associated Press daily
serial from Bakersfield, Cal., and most
of them will wish Mr. Hicks a merry
Christmas.
Portland saloon-keepers should re
Joice over saving the expense of main
talning orchestras, now forbidden by
ordinance. xney win nav(e so muca
more to give to the poor on Christmas.
It Is unlikely that Mri Hearst's
friend, the Hon. Charles F.! Murphy
will be employed to watch the ballot
boxes of life insurance companies' policy-holders
or to count the fot.es.
Actor James O'Neill is 'right. Any
play where there are so,many millions
involved as in the "Count of Monte
Orlsto" is out of place on the 10-20-30
cent clrcoit.
The Nebraska woman who married
her husband for the third time must
have got all there Is in it, as she is
again seeking a divorce.
Institutions that care for orphaned
children appeal strongly at this season
to Portland's Vharity. Let them be
generously remembered.
The spice of novelty will be given to
vaudeville .if . L. B. :Hicks consents to
give a monologue on "How It Feels to
Be Buried for a Week."
It Is time for Sagittarius to take a
week off.' - '
WHY ROOSEVELT IS STRONGc
People Know That He la Both Honest
and Fearleaa.
We don't suppose that anybody. Re
publican or Democrat, questions that
President Roosevelt is the most "popu
lar" man in the United States. Our
own opinion is that if It had not been
for his enormous "popularity" the Re-,
publican party would have lost the
House of Representatives in the Con
gress elections last month. The public
was determined to give him Its backing
up in the second half of this adminis
tration, and, committed to this purpose
of a Republican Congress in support of
the Roosevelt programme, it waived
other considerations except In rare
cases like that of a Wadsworth, beaten
in New Tork. a Babcock in Wiscon
sin, etc.
Within the last few weeks President
Roosevelt has done several things any
one of which the conventional political
leader would regard as fatal to the
"popularity" of a man in public life.
Perhaps any one of them would have
shot the ordinary leader Into the limbo
of retirement. One might mention the
appointment of Cortelyou, an offense to
the policy-holders of the United States
and to others who hold that truBt
funds of any sort should be protected
from political loot. On the discharge
of three companies of colored infantry
in disgrace because the many Innocent
members of the troops would not or
could not tell who the few guilty ones
were. Or the very emphatic stand
against the Californians in the matter
of the Japanese In the public schools,
when undoubtedly American parents in
all the states sympathize with the atti
tude assumed on the Pacific Coast.
And if he Jolted citizens of means with
his vigorous demand fov inheritance
and income taxes, he must have fretted
hundreds of thousands, possibly mil
lions, with his strictures upon them, In
that he denounced roundly their lead
ers, to whom they are enthusiastically
loyal.
Yet we believe that. if Mr. Roosevelt
were to be run again for President he
would be triumphantly elected. Ave be
lieve that he could carry tho Pacific
Coast, where the sentiment against
Asiatics is both strong and sincere;
that he could carry New York, where
the balance of voting power to deter
'mlne elections rests with the so-called
laboring classes, which have Just given
to a demagogue the biggest ballot ever
cast for a Democratic candidate for
Governor in a year that was not Presi
dential. and it was at this nrnn that
the President struck straight from the
shoulder in his message; that he could
carry Ohio and Illinois and Indiana and
other states, where the negro vote wins
for the Republican party.
We believe this because we are sure
that the American people have an un
shaken confidence in Mr. Roosevelt's
sincerity of purpose, his devotion to the
ideals of the American people, his cour
age to do anything which appeals to
him as the thing for him to do. He
may be impulsive; they remember that
he lsnot afraid. ' He may make mis
takes; they are certain he is honest.
He may be wrong; they are convinced
he would never commit any act unless
he thought he was right.
The faith which the American people
have In Mr. Roosevelt which would
show undimmed, we Judge, in still an
other election Is a Nation's splendid
tribute to honesty and fearlessness. It
ought to be a lasting lesson to those
who aspire to rise to National leader
ship and, rising, to survive the storms
of politics.
NOW THE BULLFROG CLUBS.
Defeated the Re-election of fongrreaa-
man Landla of Indiana.
Washington Dispatch to the Detroit
(Mich.) Journal.
Indiana Congressmen vouch for the
story that Representative Frederick
Landls, of the Eleventh Indiana Dis
trict, was defeated for re-election to
the 60th Congress by disgruntled house
wives. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt-Longworth
was the cause.
During the campaign Mr. and Mrs.
Longworth went Into the Landls dis
trict. Landls constituted himself social
arbiter and selected the .wives of 40"
prominent citizens of the district to act
as a reception committee to look after
the welfare of the President's daugh
ter. But 14,000-odd housewives who
were not of the favored 40 immediately
raised the cry of discrimination. They
were angry and made their husbands
vote against Landls.
' .In getting back at his enemies, Lan
dls declared they were "a set of croak
ers." This was the final straw of his
undoing. "Bullfrog" clubs were organ
ized all over the district. Every time
Landls rose tp address a meeting some
body in the audience would begin to
"croak.". Soon the "croaks" ' would
grow so numerous that the candidate
was compelled to leave the platform.
One Sign of the limes.
Bend Bulletin.
Staid and conservative Republican
papers all over the land are attacking
the venerable policy so dear to Repub
lican hearts, the sacred tariff, and are
demanding that it be revised. They
maintain that it Is a refuge for the
trusts and one of the chief causes for
present-day trust monopoly. During
the recent elections many "stand-pat
Congressmen were defeated, one of the
most notable ones being McCIeary, of
Minnesota. Two years ago the writer
heard McCIeary explain to a bunch of
Minnesota farmers how it was that
American manufacturers could sell farm
machinery cheaper abroad than at
home. His argument was that the
Americafi farmer would have nothing
but the very latest Improved machines,
and the surplus, old pattern machines
were sold to the foreign farmer at
lower price. Fie! Fie! Evidently the
farmers of Minnesota have gotten
weary of such sophistry. The signs
of the time are a sure indication that
if the Republican party desires to re
main in power, those sacred tariff
schedules must be greatly modified in
many respects.
A Bacbelor'a Christmas Trials.
New York Mall.
This Christmas Is a dreary time.
It drives my reason into rhyme;
I sit and sigh, and sigh, and sigh
And try to think what I can buy.
There's Ethel, with her dainty air.
And Sarah of the golden hair;
And six others I must try to meet
With smile and now and something "sweet."
I feel that I am worn and old.
As cares and troubles doth unfold.
And time has never flown so swift
As on t'ward Christmas time we drift.
Tf they could be content as I
With socks or new half-dollar tie,
I know that I might live again
With less to mar my wornout brain.
TtESOI.VE.
As Christmas comes again next year
I'll dodge It. don't you ever fear;
And thi. my resolution made.
I want a girl not plain and staid.
One who will don her harness; fearless be.
And do the "bargain-counter rush" for me.
OBJECTS TO LAND LOTTERIES I
Mann Would Make Lucky Settlers
Actually Settle on Claim.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-After being
In session three-quarters -of an hour to
day, the House adjourned until January
3. 1907. Empty desks greeted the Speaker
when the House convened, and the de
sire to get away for the holidays was
superior to the inclination for business.
Mondell of Wyoming succeeded in pass
ing the bill extending to May 15. 1907.
the time in which entrymen may make
final settlement on the Shoshone Indian
reservation. Then Payne of New York
called up his resolution relating to the
distribution of the President's annual
message to the several committees in ac
cordance with a custom that has existed
since the foundation of the Government.
The House passed the resolution and
adjourned at 12:45 P. M. A hundred
members waited to extend the season's
greeting to Speaker Cannon.
While the Shoshone reservation bill was
under consideration, Mann of Illinois ob
jected to the practice of Congress, or
rather the Interior Department, of open
ing Indian reservations under the lottery
system. It seemed to him that the men
who drew the prizes should be compelled
to live up to the letter of the law. He
seriously doubted whether the entrymen
on these lands contemplated their reten
tion, but believed that they hoped rather
to make money out of their holdings,
while the real settlers were placed at a
disadvantage. He served notice that he
would object to the extension of time in
any reservation opening, insisting that
the framers of a measure would have to
take climatic considerations into question.
COMPROMISE OX SHIP SUBSIDY
Means Victory for Middle West Over
Shipbuilding Trust..
CHICAGO. Dee. 20. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says: There is
no doubt now that systematic efforts are
being made in the House of Representa
tives to pass a compromise ship subsidy
act.
There is a belief that after the holidays.
when some of the members have been
home and have come back fresh from
their constituents, there will be a ma
jority among Republicans, and much
more than a majority for this compromise
subsidy measure, which will go before the
country as an attempt to establish lines
of steamers to variolas countries with the
assistance of liberal aid in the way of
contracts for carrying mail.
The programme of the House managers
as outlined thus far is to limit the ap
propriations entirely to specific lines of
steamers running to ports In countries
where there is a prospect of increase of
American trade. Everything In the way
of a general subsidy is to be swept out
of sight. There are to be no' payments'
for mere tonnage, no donations to the
shipyards of PVnnsylvania and Maine, no
slush funds for the creation of a fleet of
Irregular steamships designed almost sole
ly to earn subsidies. Instead of dividends
based on legitimate freight charges.
To this extent the compromise which is
now being put into shape by the House
managers is a distinct victory for the
people of the Middle West, who have for
so long a time fought the subsidy meas
ure because they believed It was designed
for the sole benefit of a few ahipyards on
the Atlantic Coast, and because it would
not make the cost of carrying American
farm products a bit less.
AMEND NATURALIZATION LAW
Committee Would Deprive Expatriat
ed Americans of Citizenship.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Recommenda
tions for changes in the naturalization,
expatriation and passport laws and regu
lations of the United States were sub
mitted to Congress today by a special
commission designated by the State De
partment in accordance with a request
from the House committee on foreign af
fairs. The committee consisted of Dr.
David Jayne-Hill, United States Minister
to The Netherlands, and James B. Scott,
solicitor, and Gaillard Hunt, chief of the
passport bureau of the State Depart
ment. The status of American women marry
ing foreigners is defined: the citizenship
of minor children is made clear, and pro
vision is made for the expatriation of
American citixens who live abroad in
definitely. Under present laws, a man
who is once an American citizen is always
an American citizen. The result has
been many perplexing international diffi
culties, especially in Turkey, where many
men who have American naturalization
papers demand the protection of the Uni
ted States.
If the recommendations of the commit
tee be enacted into law, this country will
be practically upon the same basis as
England, and will be able to terminate
the American citizenship of persons who
live .outside this country.
Coast Members Off to Panama.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Members of
the Pacific Coast delegation, who are
going to the Isthmus of Panama to In
vestigate labor conditions there, left
Washington today, and will sail from
New York tomorrow.
New Washington Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The President
today nominated the following Postmas
ters: Washington W. B. Crammattee, Aber
deen; C. A. Gwlnn, Garfield.
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From the Denver Republican.
"THE BIBJECT OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTION WILL NOT DOWN." AMIREW
CARNEGIE, IN A SPEECH DISt'lSSING THE SUBJECT OF THE DISTRI
BUTION OF COLOSSAL FORTUNES.
POSTAL DEFICIT CUT DOAVN
Madden's Report Reflects Prosper
ity Proposed New Hates.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. A reduction
of more than $4,000,000. or 27.83 per
cent, in the deficit of the Postofflce De
partment is shown in the annual report
of Edwin C. Madden, nura Assistant
Postmaster-General, which was made
public today. The postal revenue ror
the fiscal year 1906 shows an increase
of more than $15,000,000 over 1905, the
greatest Increase In one year in the his
tory of the service. Deposits rrom an
sources were $167.!)32.,782. and expend!-
tures $178,449,778. The gross deficit, in
cluding losses by burglary anil lire ann
through uncollected debts, amounted to
$10,542,941. During the year. :m.us.
was realized from letters for which no
owners could be found and from un
claimed articles In the dead-letter divis
ion. An enormous increase in the de
mand for stamp supplies nearly 800.
000.000 stamps, amounting to a gain of
more than 10 per cent over the previous
year "is a striking indication of the
wonderful growth of postal business,
due to prosperity," says the report.
During the year, 14.S74.510 stamp books
were Issued., from which the Govern
ment realized a net profit of $103,2;!3.
More Second-Class Matter.
Considerable space is devoted in the
report to second-class matter. The ag
gregate amount of second-class matter
mailed at the pound rate and free of
postage during tho year was 708,178,
623 pounds, an increase of more t'.ian
4 5.000,000 pounds over the previous
year. After discussing the work of the
Congressional committee appointed to
consider second-class matter, Mr. Mad
den says it is proposed to meet the sit
uation by a rate of 4 cents per pound
on second-class matter. He urges that
what is needed is an "up-to-date law
that can be enforced, a law of which
the terms and limitations will be plain
to publishers, to postmasters and to
the department."
Concluding this branch of his report.
Mr. Madden s:iys he is "convinced that
an increase in the rate of postage would
ultimately prove beneficial to ail and
would not work disastrously, as repre
sented." Proposed Changes in Rntes.
These recommendations are made by
Mr. Madden:
That the rate of postage on letters
not exceeding one ounce deposited in
any postofflce for local delivery by its
carriers or otherwise shall be uniform
at 1 cent each. but. if the letter he
iorwarded to another address, tho rate
should be 2 cents.
That the seven different rates of
postage for the second-class and the
one rate for the third-class be aban
doned, and in their place there bo
adopted a uniform rate for all printed
matter of one rent for each four ounces
or frnetion thereof to one address,
which is 4 cents on iin even pound, und
that there be a provision for the pay
ment of postage on newspapers and
periodicals in money, as at present, and
another for their expeditious handling
In the mails.
That existing laws be modified so as
to permit, under suitable regulations,
the use of ordinary postage stamps as
special-delivery stamps, the latter not
always being at hand or easily obtain
able. That modification be made of the
practices In regard to the fixing by
treaty of the conditions and rates of
postage on mail to and from foreign
countries, so as to correct apparent dis
crimination in favor of tne foreign as
well as the home service.
VAST IMPORTATION OF RUBBER
United States Consumes Over Half
World's Production.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. The United
States will have imported In an aggre
gate of nearly $50,000,000 worth of crude
rubber at the close of the present year,
according to a statement made public to
day by the Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor. If
to this is added the value of old and
scrap rubber Intended for re-manufacture,
the total will considerably exceed
that amount.
The value of rubber importations has
Increased more than 200 per cent in a
decade. The United States consumes
more than one-half of the world's pro-,
duction. and the enormous growth in the
importations is attributed to the popu
larity of the bicycle and automobile,
coupled with the increased use of elec
tricity. The statement says the indications
seems to justify the belief that the
Philippine and Hawaiian Islands are ca
pable of producing large quantities of
this article as a result of this Govern
ment's estimate of nurseries in those pos
sessions for the distribution of rubber
plants for use of rubber plantations.
Troops Sent Against Chinese Rebels.
NANKING. China, Dec. 20. About
2000 Chinese soldiers from Nanking,
armed with modern weapons, trained
by European officers and accompanied
by batteries of field artillery, have pro
ceeded to the front to meet the rebels
in the Ping Kiang district. General
Hsie, commander of the troops, left this
ctiy yesterday.
King Oscar Recovering.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Dec. 20. Kins;
Oscar continues to make good progress
toward recovery.
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