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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.
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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.