THE aiOEXISG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JAXUAKY 33, 1907. SLBSf RJPTION RATES. ; W 1NVAHIABLY IN' ADVANCE. VI ! (By Mall.) t-ally. Sunday included, one year S.flO J-ally, fumlay included, lt month. 4.-5 i'dlj, .SHnflHy lnrlu'dd, "three months.. 225 j'inlly, Sunday Included, one month .75 Swlly, wltliotit Sunday, one yar HJ 1 1 13'. xvUhout Sunday, six month 3.2." I"" i 1 y, without Sunday, three monthf.. l.T." ially, without Sunday, ona month..... .Bo Sunday, oge year........... -JJ Wekl.v,'-tne year (issued-Thursday)... 1-30 Kunday and Weekly, one year. ........ 3.50 It V t ARRIEK. f'ally, Sunday Ineluiled, one year .no l)nlly. Sunday Included, one month 75 how to remit Send postoftice money irdcr. exprcan order or personal check on our local bank. Stamps, coin or currency re at the -tender!, risk. Give pottofflc, aa- ress in lull, Including county and state. I POSTAGE RATE!). 1 Kntcr-d nt Portland. Oregon, Postoftice P b SocQnU-flann Matter. -. V to 4 Pagns 1... 1 cent IS ragCI cent. in lo 44 Pages it to m 4 centa Foreign Po.ire, double ratea. IMrOBTAXT The uot-tal lavia are strict. kmwwri un wlilch postage 1? not miiy repaid are not forwarded to destination. Thf S. .-. B-lttTlth KpM.-laI Affrory Nw iil'k, I'OOlllS -thrill Tribune building, cm affo. rooms 310-512 Tribune, building. 11 KPT OX S..LU1. (hicMi Audhorium An Postoftice KfKS CO., US Dearborn street. st. ria. Minn.-K. st. Marie, Commercial tRtton. " " Colorado- P-'ifj . L. Colo. Woetern News Denver -Hamilton & Henanck. ooe-sna eventeenth street: Pratt Rook store, llii nth, t rcct : I. Wclnstelti l-l . JP. Han- Kail "an fltT, Mo. RlCkscckcr Cigar Co., Kintli and Walnut. i ! Mluneapolla- -M. j; Kavanaugh, 30 South j 1 levrlrtfid, O. .lames I'Ufliaw, r.OT Su- prior strm. Atlantic (itj. X. J. KM Taylor New York I'lly 1. Jones & "o.P Astor liouse; Broadway Tlieator News Stand. ; OaUlHnd, (nl.-W. H. Johnson.- Four Ufnth and Franklin streets; X. 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' I'hiludeljilllu, fa,. lijan's Theater Ticket t I XHK SIBSIDY MKSMAt.K. - The nubtidy graften? are to bo con- Eratulatecl on their success in 'rallying i. their 'punnort at loat one honest Inan. ft is. olearTy apparent, by the t itfTUiiKi; um-a a na the a.rarummits set Jorlll, that President Roosevelt In his pusage has relied on the unsuppurlod ni unverilleii fltutenioiita of the pro-fe-nsiona-l ubldy-hunters,: who .have for ycanf bocn endcavorins to work the fiiaft through Congross. No one ques- ions the honenty or the sincerity of 'urposo or the PresiJent.. and j-t he has boon shamefully, misled on tbe hip-subsidy measure by men on whom has undoubtedly depended for accu- :Ue information. The President lays treat sirens on the commercial sltua- ion between this country and South merk'ii. Taking the statements made y Secretary Root at the Trans-Mis- iasippl Congrress as-, a text. , the Preel-- ent rcgrete that South. America, which rshouUl be knit toDs bylthe closest onimerclal ties, is' hardly v. iu . direct' () 111 1 1 II ixkl 1 ..11 1 111 11 11 1.1. t i Oil w 1 1 h i. til, its commercial -relatione beinp .al- nost exclusively wtlv Eurftpe." r ;- . Tne extent to - which1 -tJie - Ptjifrlont tiaa been Imposed on toy accept insr' the' msupported statements ot the subsidy rafters is refleeted in the statement hat "in the year 1903' there, entered the ort or Klo Janeiro over 30OO steamers and wiling vessels from Europe, but rom tho United States no steamers and my seven suilinK vessels, two of which ivcre in distress." Now, as a matter of act, which can easily be verined by iie Custom - Houee statistics, from he port of New York alone, there has been clearing: for South American wis, the greater part ot them for Rio aneiro, an average of more, than ten tenmera per month for the past two ears. These steamers are carrying- air commerce at rates so tow that the iritteli Board of Trade last year sent peclal representatives to Sou rhi Amer ica to. investigate the situation. The vpports of these representatives were ijiat the steamship linoa plyingr between Wie United states and South America ere carrying freight at much lower Ates than were exacted from ;the Brit- h eicporters. the reason griven being: that the competition for the business iut Of New Tork was much more Keen hn out of British ports. ' Iiioldent-Ily. it should not -be forgot ten that these steamers were drawing- r,o subsidy from any government. They fre carrying our freight t'o South. Amer- i:-a because . they are - willing to dt 'furm the ecrvice at less cost than our own capitalists, see fit to dn It for. There U no reason to believe that they ould not aleo carry our- mails for less money tnan we can carry ttiem our- elves.. at least until our high protec- tionlntn -om to their- nenses a.nl -per. j. -i it Americans to buy shipi? in compe- tition with the nations with which they are expected to compete' in business. J n the matter of wae and cost of Tiiaiaenance there is very little differ ence between, the- Amerloan Rta.nda.rd nd that of the British, our chief com petltor. ( Jll tue original cost Of the veesela the British have ai advantage that run aeainrt us as long as the ship -exist. This advantage can be nullified in short order, and at no expense, by Congress g-rantlns Americans Termis. lon to buy -vensels In the open market ana piace tne American Hag- over them regafdless of - where ' they are built. ftome one has also been alarmintr th iTCHidieiit over a prospective lot of trade tvuii tneOricnt unless the Wall street millionaires who now operate ship out- of Pacific ports are granted a CLUD8iay in hi mesaage the I rest It mould surely be rrlminal for ui to aurren. nfr'to'our commercial rivals th irreat com yyrcc, of the Orient, th jrreat commerce we houId nave wnn stuin America, and even fMir own earn muni cations with Hawaii and the j-'iiiiippiwa. The commerce with the Orient is r6vv1ni more rapfdly 'than ever before. Jtia-ch year witnesses enormous grrowth. and each year 'witnesses increasing: competiUon between the British, Ger man, Norwegian, French, Austrian and Japanese vessels engrag'ed in the busi ness of iMtndlins our commerce. These vessels are carryins frelgrht across the Pacific today at a lower rate per ton per mile than It Is carried on any other deep-etea route out of the United) States. They are doing it with vessels that were purchased in the world's markets, and, if it is-reaJly advisable that w-e enter into competition with them, the first and most important aid that can be given us by the Government is the right to purchase vessels at as low a rate as our competitors enjoy. No raid on the Treasury is necessary in the granting of this privilege, anVi no raid on .'the Treasury can offer returns of such value as will be conferred by the privilege. USELESS SCHOOL MEETINGS. The annual district school meeting- i an ancient device for the purpose of dfiscussing . the affairs of the district school and levying a tax for its support. It 1s a. useful institution in Its proper plaice; but .its proper place, of c'ourae, is ill communities where the- ditrl:t school still flourishes. In the larger oommunltlos. at least in larjfe cities, it ought to-, be abandoned, for It s never, or, rarely, the. vehicle for the ex- predion of the sentiments and purposes of the taxpayers, and it migrht easily be made th instnunent of ohecklnR the well-considered piano of School Direc tors and of uyetUne the whole SChftlTie of school government. At the lasrt annual rneetiiar--4n Tort- lailCl, for example, at0Ut thirty -persons were present. Some of them, nO doubt, were taxpayers, but all were not. prob ably. Thetse thirty persons may Have had the Interests of the public echoois at heart. Probably they did. For they followed faithfully the recommendation of the School Directors as to the school tax. and promptly adjourned. But any dlligrent and skillful manipulator might very easily have got together another thirty pcrsone or'" more, , without re sponsibility and without desire or pur pose to -promote 'the general school in terests. Xhese thirty persons .or more Could .very.. easily have controlled the alon- of Mhe'ian'nUaT oJio6! 'meeting:. The 1 truth, is.' the district 'School meet ing in Portland has fallen into- neglect and disuse, and it ought to be aban- doned. The affairs of the diantHct are In tbe hands of the School Board. WhUMi, however, has no power to levy the annual ta.x. It should haVO, jllSt 3S the Port of Portland or the City Coun cil or the County Court levies taxes for tlie lUndS Which they disburse. Senator Smith, of Umatilla, has prG- s-entod to the Lefr)latur at"" Salem & bill that -gives the Portland School Hoard proper authority to levy the chool taxi up to . the .maximum of 10 nlll, nd in eJTeic-t abollnhlnir the an nual Chool meeting. The bin should pass. THK RANGE. in fiocurlns the adherence or the ntoekmen to the rvollcv of leaslni? the Government rangea Mr. OifToT-d Pinchot lias promoted the welfare tooth of the public and of tho stGokgrowers them welves. The evils caused by unrefrulat- ea use or the range were numerous and htructive. The least of them all was the fact that the public received no return from its lands, though under a system of government which pretend to .do equal justice to, all men this was Huffleient reason for compelling those who used the range -to pay for the priv ilege. A worse refult of the old system was the destruction of the range itself. Sheep fn particular tend to eradicate the grrasses utterly so that the land be comes a desert where they Tra.ve grazed. This can only be prevented by great care to avoid overpasturing. Sheep in excessive numbers. not only destroy the grasses upon--the range, they are aleo fatal to young trees, and, In fact, to rifctnt srrnwth . nf eVPTV sort. OveroaS- turl nr with cattle is only lees ruinous t lui li fnn TT-iia.nv al.eAr. Tn . i . evils have flourished unchecked. In consequenee the supporting power of the range is only a fraction of what it was. .years aero, while -the effect upon tle e; water courses or the semi-aria re- fi-ion has been disastrous. It has been In many cases the nollcy of the great stockmen to make life o unpleusant for homesteaders upon the range that settlement has been virtu ally prohibited. The land belon-g-ed to the public, and under the laws of the country it was open to settlement, but the stockmen took upon themselves au thority to nullify the laws. Settlers were annoyed, harried and eometimes 6hot for daring to take what Congress had given them. The proposed chances in tho land laws are intended to protect home- steaders and at the same time preserve the range at its maximum productive ness, while it -produces more or less revenue to the public. The final agree ment by the etockmen that this policy is boot speaks well for their insight into the inevitable, and is aleo a fine proof 'of Mr. Pinchot's persuasiveness. Slowly but surely the deep-seated fafth of the millionaire that whatever be longs to the -public belongs to him is passing away. The lesson that the peo ple have rig-hts to their own property was hard to learn, but it 1st not likely to be forgrotten. THE.CHTNESE PROBLEM II KKfitAKD. The Ohinese question, it to said, is causing much perplexity, in England, notably in the grea.t cities of London and LivermoL The resident Chinese population in the former city is not large, relatively speaking-. The Chinese shopkeepers have, for" the mosf part, married nrllsh wives, and they do not appeal tO 1)e giYJnf any trouble, soci ety -takes no note of them or their afRli- ntions. They belong to and tpatss with the common, herd,, their children attend the council scnoolB vitnow protect, ana they are simply Absorbed in the freat Trxoam in whlob ixlitJc-l prrterment ami Intermeddling with public affairs are unknown. - But there is another class of China men In nsl.nd-s ereat cities rrat is Causing the authorities much concern. Depraved Chinese abound, and U'ith opium .fwnolclnjc and other forms of -vice they have proved, too. muoti for the forced that eeek-to protect ithe( simple and unsophisticated from the wiles of the crafty. Exposures -of conditions that prevail In Uverpool's Chinatown have, caused consternation among the officials, and great -Indignation among- moral and decent people.' - ; While England, through and by her form f vernrnent, does not find it difficult to deal with the Chinese as a political factor, and while" the inter marriage between Chinamen a.nd Eng lish women ie. regarded with' indiffer ence, the moral . phase of the Chinese Oiietion in England let as difficult to adjust as it is in this country. Opium smoking- and other debasing" vices are as hard to control, and decoying young . English girls into Chinese dens to not more easily prevented or punished, than is a. like vice In American cities. It to thue that England, self-complacent in her view of the Chinese prob lem when its solution was causing such perplexity in America, lias come to find that It ie Impossible for the Asiatic and the Caucasian to meet on common ground, even though the political phase of the question is eliminated from' the problem. ' i ' f REAL HAPPINESS. Oregon farmers should be a little more content with their surroundings after reading the news dispatchee of the past week. While their city cou- sins have been worrying over a' short supply of fuel, or trying: "to thaw out Sitting-room heater because they were afraid of an explosion of the Coil in the Kitchen range, the farmers aim their families have enjoyed, comfort arOUnd warm firesides and have had their three square -meals a day with out deviation from the domestic rou tine. - Their fuel comes from the tim- bCf dOWn in the lower end of the pas ture. Whether water should be charged for by tho month or by meter is of no consequence to them, for the well of clear, cold water yields a supply that is free andi unfrozen. The plumber won't be around the nr-t of next month with a bill. Then the agriculturist nae an audi- tlona.1 reason for satisfaction when he reade of epldenikM in some of the larga citiee. due to infected -milk supply. The city resident who gets His quart of milk every morning or evening in a bottle thart someone else has washed or not washed does not know whet food and care the dairy cow have re- celved, or how clean the dairy barne are kept. When the farmer bringa in his ten-quart pail of foamy Tniik both morning and evening he knows the cows were fed clean, "bright clover hay and sivppf inif.v rarrfits. He known the milk palls and pans were scalded every time they were used. The thick crea-m.wbich he pours over the iish of mush or baked apples contains no germs of disease. The eggK which come to the farmer's table were not broken into a saucer to gee Whether they were Iresh before put-ling- them into the frying-pan. ' Of course they are fresh, for the children look'" in - the rrestn every -day. Neither Ilia butter nor his Jelly needs a Food purity: His bacon .nci .ham were not furca wirn quostionaoie preservative?. nor did they come from hogn that had been fatigued -with travel before killing- Alld tilC possibility Of a streetcar strike does not worry him. He livet? four or five miles from town, but he doesn't walk, cars or no cars. He goes to tue city, not in a etuiry car, mi. he must come in contact with common, people, but sittlnp comfortably In hl! own -carriage or. perched hlb on the snrins seat of His wn wagop. . . Comparatively; eppaking-, what an af fluent and- independent . gentleman the farmer is. The. city man is the victim of.' the- fiutehef.- the baker and tue poor-gas- maker. ' He pays for every thing he gets except air. and- would, be glad to pay for that if he could get the country kind. He lives on a piece of land fifty by one hundred feet, and hhs next-door neighbors can look Into the, windows of his .sitting-room. He doesn't know half the people who' live in the same block with him, and doesn't want to know them. He works hard enougH for, fifty weeks .in the year to wear hlmeelf out, and then spends his year's savings on " a two weeks- -acation. He buys his provi sions in little, packages from the gro ceryman, and never has enough in the house to supply the table for three days if company should unexpectedly arrive. Not SO the farmer. Though hie fields are broad and his fences high and strong, he has a neighborly feeling for everyone who lives within ten miles Of him. His pastures and poultry yards supply his meat and eggs; hie? Karden nils his vegetable cellar every ITalt and his fruithouse is stocked with iXCSh, canned and cured fruit6 in abun dance. He worke leisurely through the fcxprlng. and early Summer, rushes a little during harvest, and then enenda the winter doing tne chores ana cut ting his year's fuel. He enjoys health peace and plenty in a degree unknown to his city cousin. If he lacks one other requisite,' contentment, he should acquire this upon reading in the daily papers the- accounts of the troubles of tue city man. Barrett of Washington haf intro duced a bill, the -purpose of which is as old a is the contention between capital and labor. Its object"is to prevent em ployers from compelling their employes to board at particular boarding-houses and to purchaee goods or supplies at any particular store. The intent of the bill is apparent In its-title. It seeks to protect loigsrers, railroad-graders, coal miners and others working in gangs from the rapacity of employers, or em ployers favorites, as expressed in the company messhouse or the eom-pany 6tore, One of the real grievances of la bor is represented by the grreed which this bill seeks to check or forestall. Willie the. abuse or.the privilege of the company store and company mess amounts often to robbing the emplove of any surplus that his earnings might allow, It is a fact that these stores and metsshouses are a necessity in outside camps and isolated- places. They should be "regulated" possibly they WH be l)Ut to abolish them would work a hardship upon laborers In -isolat-ed jIacea. The remedy -for the abuses of which just complaint Is made ie within the power of the employing company and to a certain extent with eober. -prudent laborers. Eliminate the just em plOJ'er and. the sober, prudent laborer from'ihe problem and ' abuses follow which, the law Is called upon to cor rect. The taak has ever been found a difficult one. There could. In -the nature of things. ku I one repi y to -tne req i by homestead fliers In, nortn DaKota and other sectjon of the Rocky Moun tain region -for permission to leave their holdings until Spring' because of the utter impossibility of procuring fuel to keep themselves and families from freezing to death. Under the -most fa- vorable of Winter conditions on tiie great plateau the eettler's home, for the first few years, is a desolate spot in a "universe of eky and enow." Once fully established; with trees as wind breaks, comfortable houses, shelter for stock and Summer-stored fuel, the homestead becomes a home, where plenty and contentment abide. To se cure these conditions is not possible in one or two yearg, and if these first years have the exceptionally severe Winters, the situation becomes desper ate. It was because of these condi tions that certain homesteaders of Da kota, Idaho and other dates aeked the privilege of leaving their lands and seeking the comparative comfort to be found in villages until Spring. The permiseion was given as a matter of humanity. . A large fleet of vessels has been beat ing around Cape Flattery for weeks en deavoring to get into .the Straits of Kuca. A Seattle dispatch in yester day's Oregonian says that it is be lieved" that there are fully fifty vessels in the storm-buffeted -fleet. Among them are supposed to be a number of vessels owned by -members of the In ternational Association of Sailing-Ship Owners, which makes a discrimination of Is 3d against the port of Portland in favor of Puget Sound. It te officially hown by the records that outward- bound vessels make much faster pae- agres from Portland than from Puget oound .and the experience of the In bound fleet for the past six months has demonstrated that incoming veeseis at Puset Sound, are also suffering delays re"-ter than any rhat have been ex perienced by the Portland fleet. The differential is now resting- against the wrong port. . The Washington Legislature does not take up the Alaska Fair matter with the enthusiasm that is one of the chief characteristics of the - people of our neighboring- state. It Is to be regretted that the annronrlation hill COUld IlOt have gone liirouR-h with a rush, a no small degree of prestige is given such emerpnees oy tne unquestioned ana undivided support of the people. If the Alaska FaJr proves one-half the pue- cean that the Lewis and XTIh iK Pair proved, and it. undoubtedly win, it is hardly possible to place a limit CYi the amount that could be appropriated by the state and etill show good returns on the investment. If any one thinks, however, that any quibbling or paring or appropriations by the Washington Legislature, will Jeopardize the success of the fair, he is unacquainted with that wonderful Pusret Sound collateral known as the ."Seattle spirit." The ice blockade in the Columbia has been lifted and our deep-sea. commerce will be moving this morning Just as though nothing had happened. It was perhaps fittlnj? that the old reliable Geo. "W. Elder, which, in the Jong de- paTted paflt had encountered similar experience in the river,' fchollld be the first vessel to break her way through the 1am. Some of the tip wtra n--t north and r?0Uth Of the Columbia River have been unduly exercised over this intld blockade, and h a ve extended con Solatton which wasn't exactly needed. it hae been about eighteen years since ice delayed shipping: for - so long a. period as durinp the past ' week, and U Will probably be eighteen years before there ie a repetition of the Irftll- hie. there will toe no heavy slump in the value or waterfront. hoidings or OtHcr Ellipplriff facilities. Mr. Railoy. of Texas, says tha.t Mr. Hearst, of New York, is a moral leper, a political degenerate and a physical coward." These sound worse than some of the things that Mr. Hearst, of New York, said about Mr. Bailey, of Texas. Unfortunately for the recently re-elect- ed Senator. Mr. Hearwt succeeded in proving some of bio assertions, .while those of Mr. J3alley ihaye not yet been supplied with the necessary, creden tials. If Mr. Hearst was given to paraphrasing-, he migrht say unto Mr. Bailey, of Texas: "You may rant, ; you may roar if you will, but the. scent of the oil -will cling to 'you still." Dr. E. J. Thompson, long: a resident of Oregon and a well-known minister of the Presbyterian Church, lies upon blip bier in Albany, He was known throughout the state in connection with the functions of his ministry., Locally he wac. .well known in educational work, having been for a time president of the A ll 11.1 1 y College. He was Ions: active in ChUrCtl WOrK .at Corvallls and Inde pendence. He was 72 years of age at the time of his death, and leaves as a heritage to the wide community over Which Ills labors extended the record of an earnest, active, useful life along higher lines of endeavor. Hundreds of towns throughout the West will repent of their negligence when -they read of Or. Stubbs" success ful efforts to get coal for Reno. Per haps J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Harrlman lines, has not brothers enough to go round, but each tow might contribute to. some member of the family and thus secure his kindly Intervention. Here at length is the true remedy for the coal famine. When a man wants to grab a piece of public property he at once becomes clamorous for state's rights. Ex-Sen ator E. A. Amnion, of Colorado, is the latest instance. He has been appalled at the strides of centralization ever since there was a prospect that he would have to pay for pasturing- his sheep on the public range. i - The Farmer' Union which a . Linn County man proposes to organize for the purpose of .putting wheat at a dol lar li- bushel and oats at four bits, with a corresponding lift to an other proa- ucts. will run afoul of a Hired Man XJnion snag about the time the scale is in worKingr order. Little Alfonso Bientot. heir prefumn tlve or rather presumptive heir to the bpaniFh throne, is to have an English nurse because etiauette decrees it so. This is where the jnoung American sov ereign Deals n 1 1 1 1 out with, the bottle. Even -tbe earthquakes have joined in the persecution or Mr. Rockefeller. The Jamaica disturbance has cut down the flow of his Texas oil wells by a fill ' Am I my brother's Keeper? m tne thousand of Chicago children who are sunerinE from diphtheria which, ori inated in the sweatshops. House bill No. 104 has at last ap peared at Salem. But it old friends Wouldn't recognize it, except fcy the taste of it. General Alsrer- &a vs McKintfv riirin ask him to resign; lie resigned because McKlnley -wanted him to. That seems clear. An an annlhilator of time, the Thaw trial -will not be in the class with the Chester Thompson case. Because it-costs more to live, proba bly, the . Senate agreed' to the House raise In salary. THE FAMOUS C0XC0RDAT OF 1801 Text of the Coavrmtloa. Betnee France a ad tbe - Vatic. The Government of the Republic ae- knowledges that the Catholic. Apostolical, and Roman religion is the religion of the great majority of French citizens. His Holiness, in . like manner, acknowledges that this same religion has derived, and is likely to derive, the areatest benefit and the greatest splendor from the estab lishment of the Catholic worship in France, and from its being openly pro fessed by the Consuls of the Republic. This mutual . acknowledgment being made, in consequence, as well for the good of religion as for the maintenance of interior tranquillity, they have agreed as follows: . ARTICLE I. The Roman Catholic Apostolical religion hall be freely exercised in ' France. Its service shall be publicly performed con formably to the regulations of police which the Government shall judge neces- sary for the public tranquillity. II. There shall be made by the Moly See. in concert with the Government, a new division- of French dioceses. His Holiness shall declare to the titular French Bishops that he CXDectS fl'Om them, with the firmest confidence, every sacrifice for the sake of peace and unity 'eren that Of their sees. After this ex hortation, if they should refuse the Sacri fice commanded for the irood of the church, (a refusal, nevertheless, which lis Holiness by no means expects,) the sees of the new divisions shall be gov erned by Bishops appointed as follow.: IV. Within three months after the publica tion of His Holiness' bill, the Chief Con-- sul Shalt nomlaate to the a-rcirtblarioprios and bishoprics of tho new division. His Holiness shall confer caTlonieal institU- tion. according? to the forms established for France betore the change of Gov ernment. (1. e., the Revolution). . v. The nomination to the bishopries which become vacant In future shall likewise belong to the Chief Consul, and canonical Institution shall be adminis tered toy the Holy See. conformably to the preceding article. VI. The TCishopH. before they enter unon their functions, shall take before the Chief Consul the oath of fidelity which was In use before the Revolution, ex pressed in the following words: ' " swear and promise to God. upon the Holy Evangelists, to preserve obedience and fidelity to the Government established by the Constitution of the French Republic. I likewise promise to carry on no cor- respondence. to be present at no con veraation, to form no connection, whether within the territories of the Republic or without, which may in any degree disturb the public tranquillity, and if. In my dio cese or elsewhere I discover that: -- tlPg jfj JVinj) forward to tne prejudice of the state. I will immediately eom- municate to the Ko-v-ernment all t.h Infor mation X possess." YII. Ecclesiastics of the second order shall e the same oath before the civil a.u- thorlties appointed by the government. VIII. The following formula of prayer shall be recited at the end of divine service In all the Catholic Churches of France: "Domine.. salvam fac rem republican!. Domine, salvos fac oonsules." IX. The Bishops shall make a new division of the parishes In their dioceses, which, however, shall not take effect till after it Is ratified by the government. The Bishops shall have the appointment of the Vicars General. Their choice shall only fall on persons approved by the gov ernment. XI. The BishoDS mav have a chanter in their cathedral, and a seminary for the diocese, without the government being obliged to endow them. xn. AH the metropolitan, cathedral, oaro chlal, and other churches which have not been alienated, necessary to public wor ship, shall be placed .at the disposal of the Bishops. His Holiness, for the sake of peace and "the -happy re-establishment of the Catho lic religion, declares that neither he nor his Successors Will disturb In any manner those who have acquired the alienated property of the Church, and that. In con sequence, that property, with its rights and revenues, shall belong forever to them, their heirs, and assigns. XIV. The government shall grant a suitable emolument to Bishops and parish priests whose dioceses and parishes are com prised in the new division. XV. The government shall likewise take measures to enable French Catholics who are eo inclined to dispose of their proper ty for the support of religion. XVI. Wis Holiness recognizes In the Chief Consul of the French Republic the same rights and prerogatives In religious mat ters which the ancient government en joyed . XVII. ' It is agreed l&etween the contracting parties that in case any of the successors of the present Chief Consul should not te a Catholic, the rights and prerogatives mentioned in the foregoing: articles, well as the nomination to the Bishops Sees, shall be regulated, with regard to him, by a new convention. The Year la the Forelara Trade. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Summary statistics just issued .by . the Department of Commerce and Labor show that the year 190S was as extraordinary In the xpannlon of the foreign as the domestic trade. Exports passed all pre- vlous bounds and so ma imports. The merchandise movement in comparison with previou years was b follows: Et-e- or Exports. Imports. exports. w4.'..m.uot.ib mmm hm$m lmta.. . 1.826.9M.7f5 1.170.144.6.10 477.84ft.245 1.451.318.740 1 .OatV. BOO, 1 DO -15 40f dsn l !: i. -. Tr..i.a3 pt..h:3ut -l 2m r.vj l'KC , . 1.30.eS.B.i3 IM-J0.3le.R7O 3J.KG;ot3 Hill! 1 4fi5,3T0.8W m,w,m om,w,9jo While the magnitude of the 1906 trade wa-M much above all precedent, the export (XCC33 Several times exceeded. The growth ot lmportj since 1900 Ii far more noteworthy than the growth Of ex ports, amounting to over 0 per cent, eom- pared "With little more than 30 per cent for exports. Over the high tariff wall is pouring such a volume of goods as has never before been known, and a volume increasing at a rate rarely be fore known. I.e It Blase. Atlanta Constitution. Dunno what's a-comin ' In these new-fangled days, Sorry fer ths coal trust, But let the weather blase! It takes all sorts of weather To make a world like this. The cares we have are nuthin Te the troubles that we miss. orrosED to . commission. t Orejroa State Grantee Geei FOREST GROVE. Or., Jan. 24.-(Spe-cia!.)-A. T. Bujtton, master of the Ore gon State Orange, was asked today what ' was the position of the State Grange regarding the proposition now before the Legislature for the creation ot a rail road commission. The State Orange has not made any authoritative declaration on that sub ject' he said, 'It has come up in some of our discussions at past sessions, and the general trend of opinion. I think, has been- opposed to a commission, though onie of our ablest members have favored it. The Grange not having placed itself on record In the matter. I do not pretend to apeak for it. Personally I am not favorable to the creation of a commission. In the first place, it WOuId be placing- a large additional expense upon the taxpayers with little resulting benefit so far as I can see. if the legislature can create a commission with power tO recrulate rates, then It has authority within itself to say what should be maximum rates, and i wouia rather trust the Legislature to perform this duty than to leave it to a commission. 'In most of the discussion on this sub- ject, I notice that the general assumption Is that a commission will be created, ami the main point at issue between the li f- ferent parties Is an to how the commla- doners shall be selected. I am firmly of the opinion that, if we are to have a commission, it should be elective. I think the position taken by The Daily Orcgonian in this matter is the only correct one. Tbe commission should get its appoint ment directly from the people. 'Put tO Come back to the main question: The principal demand for a railroad commission has arisen on account of the car shortage. People have come to a realization that something must be done. But-1 fail to see how a railroad com mission will have any effect in correct ing this trouble. A commission can not supply cars nor force a railroad company to supply them. The only practical way to correct the abuse of the car shortage IS tO adopt a law imposing an effective reciprocal demurrage. Of course there are other abuses. There are excessive freight charges upon some commodities. and the railroads are sometimes arbitrary in fixing the weight of carloads. But in correcting these abuses also 1 fall to see wherein a commission would be of any value, in fact 1 believe that, if the rail- roads should have their choice in regard to the form that state regulative Irgts- latlOn ShOUld taKC. they would always ask for a commission, for they are grn- 'rally ble either to dletatc the Hppolnt mrntfl or own the commission after they are appointed or otherwise influence tliem so as to cripple their power. It is gen erally admitted that a railroad commis- StOn has never been effective or success ful in accomplishing Us prime object, t!lO reduction of rates. It has been urgred by the advocates or a commission mat 'nuner man attempt tO retrulate bv snAelfie. iinHf liUnw larla. latlon. the commission hn Kenerully Ucen vested with power to make proper and reasonable rnles-M these rules are generally disregarded by the railroads, and are of little effect In securing de- eired results. "But. whaterer railroad legislation W be enacted, I hope that nothinir unrea sonable or burdensome will be attempted. The railroads are about the largest moneyed interests we have in the gtate and have been a most Important factor in its development. There is much otlier work we want them to do in building up our great state, and I feel that we are now in a position where we can expect them to lo more than has -been done dur ing many years In the past, it they are not hindered by unfavorable legislation. By this I do not mean that we need to refrain from any legislation. We want the railroads to prosper, but we also want them so to conduct their affairs that all other Industries in the state, dependent upon them to a greater or less extent, may prosper also. With all our interests working thus in harmony I believe we would see greater development in the next five years than we have wi-nessed in any previous decade in our history. Boston'. 12 OTIoek l aw. Newburyport Nowh. It has been noticed that the number of people vho are patronizing the hotels of Boston after 11 o'clock, taking advantage of the law which allowed the sale of liquor up to 12 o'clock, are very few. Indeed, It is a question whether or not the extra hour was justified upon any argument whatever. Certainly the con ditions since the law went into effect have shown how weak, was that plea of the Mayor of Boston and some others, to the effect that such a law meant more prosperity for BoBton. No such result was expected to follow: at all events it was not expected by those people who wanted to discuss the question sensibly. It will not add $1 to Boston's wealth. will not add l of business to it, and will not add to its reputation as a "city in which to do business. That plea in favor of the legislation was poppycock. There were other considerations, the main one of which should be that if it is right to drink liquor at n-05 it is equally right to drink it at 11:53. The few who are privileged to do it now under the new law have been given their rlirhts. that is all; further than that the ques tion does not amount to much. FATHER ' JH.T THE STATES ARB DOJ(IS Fallen las: the Csnramrst'i Pnv la Rallt.sd ReRalnll.B. New York Press. The pace In state .uiporvif-Ion of rail roads set by Governor Folletle and closely followed by Governor Huchos and roiK is now taken up by several jmi- tators of their excellent fashion. Governor Chamberlain. of Oie-ron. wants a railroad commlKsion with ade quate .powers. Governor Comer, of Ala bama, voices a general demand in the West and South when lie nronoses - r. ciprocal demurrage law. if the railroad? ii-arsce a shipper for d-Iayin-; a car longer than is necessary to load. or un load it. why not the shipper fine the railroad for letting: bis produce rot by failins to supply cars within a reason able time of his demand, if the rail road's penalty on the shipper is fair, it is a rule that should work both wavs. and the shipper should have the rlBlit under the law to impose a penalty on the railroad for its damage to him. 'Oot'ernor Meade, of VasI,inKton. also Kivos his in dorsement to the. reciprocity- proxramme in the matter of delaying cars. Governor Outler. of I'tali. asks thf aLate to join In the effort to save coal landf. from prlinte ranaolty. Governor Denecn wants Hie legislature to ptose- onte the state s claims against the Illi nois Central railroad, and tho t--rl.la-ture demands, an Inquiry Into the hlfrh- handed election of Ilairimmrs nmn Har;i- han to the presidency of the corporation. Oovernor Johnson', attack on the further overcapltaliaa-tion or the ut Northern is followed up by a legislative threat tn Investi-rate the company's sale of ore lands. Perhaps the mom important step to- vard state regulation that will help the rest of the country Is urepii by Oovernor Stuart In Ptnnrylv.ni.. tn addition to . railroad commission with powers like the Federal body's and a maximum -pns- scn-ter rate or 2 rents a mile, the Gover nor recommend. IeKi.Mutlon to make ef fective the constitutional pioii.sion which prohibits railroads from engaging in any other business than that, of tho common carrier. . When this law Is passed the coal trust will have to depend exclusively on rebates for Its livelihood, and the duty or the Kndnral Government to de- stroy the monopoly will he made easier. Evidently tlio states are awakening lo the possibilities of trettln-c some redress for railroad nbus-, without waiting: ' ror Congress to act. K, I". Powell In the Christian Register. The dally paper is an educative fori -"r.7""J n""-l": "'so but the schools, w My should It not be collateral In lta influence with the whools? Why .sho-iii it not be a foroe full of cons-ricmv and conacloitR rcupotirtbillty? W tin---, lmpoMI. ble? Js it true that the nwppapcr miift live by atl Justin its oontcnlg to the lckft educated and least noble part of the , oni munity? It Is not flaying too muc-h to ftVf tHat HlOt Of Olir dallies r? nut de voted to the dlsnemin-Ktion of mat ter of vm In-. -V verj larx! Hhar of that wliich h-s J 1 w m not tho HliKhtcjtt im portance bevoild a very limited locality. Murders, deaths, suicides, trivial (lU'ldiMlU are made to fill column wfter column and clrpiilnt clew r .croj-i the ''ontinurit. An automobile accident in California, the Biinnine of a fIW from tll6 fRTekSS handling of bees in Nnvarta, the destruc tion or bum ty lirrhtn Inier in Arkn ukm t . these and similar unimportant incldcnt-i appear in our Now York ann Massa chusetts papers. What will the news- pa.per of the future be? Has the model yet been thoiucht out? We. are confident that the future newspaper will not Ve larger in bulk, but smaller, and that.lt obligations to the public will be felt m a degree that is not now felt. If even imagined. The Klekeni' f'luh. C. V. S. In New Tork Sun. They kick whea it's dry, they kick when It's wet, Thfy kick when they shy at a good winning bet; They kirk when if warm, tliey kick when If. cold. They kick at the storm or the Summvtlma fold; Thty kick at the rain, they kick at the snow. They kick at the pain of thr rheumatic They kick at the fun and the Itunhwr aloud. They kick at the sun and they kick At th -1oud ; They lcink. at the drinlc, and they klVt at Thfy kirk whr'n th")' shrink nd they kick when they bust; They Kick If they fall, and they klclt if they rine. They kirk good and tall at the tar and th , They kick If they're sick, thy kirk If they're well. They kick till the kick kicks them out of this earth. Star Gaxlnie. w Tork Mai! The Teddy bear In everywhere. "It's a disease!" declare thr doctor. And in a lay twice evfry Hay Somebody nines at Keith and Proctor' Appears rub ; oh T how the pub-L-ic deHeii tlie little B ruin ! The doll of old is no more som The Teddy bear has wrought her ruin, The horoscope and kindred dope Are not among my information ; My knowledge bars the newest ar; I'm not wine to earh constellation. But. none the lens, here In my Kuesii Remember. I'm not a tkto or A prophet -yet I'd almost bet They'll ohangi the name of Ura Major HAS A COUGH From the Chicago Record-Herald.