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FRIDAY. ACti. t. 1907 I THE GREATEST 'MENACE. The danger of our time, and of the ioming time, In these United States, Is the menace of plutocracy. It does not so much consist in, or stand on, the present accumulation of great fortunes as on the means taken for their perpet uation, through devices that create trusts for holding vast estates intact, and for preventing their distribution or division among the natural heirs. In former times, in our country, the es tate, on the death of the person who Jiad created it, was so divided. Now, as a. rule, the testator so orders it that the estate is to remain intact, to be used for further accumulation. The Immediate members of the family are to be taken care of, in some sort, out of the profits, but the estate itself is erected Into a trust, to be wielded for Its own further aggrandizement and for perpetration of the power of the family that controls it. This is lawful, as our laws stand; but it destroys equality, establishes plu tocracy, and Is rapidly becoming sub versive of the conditions necessary to maintenance of our democratic or re publican system. Here in Portland the wills of the most wealthy are found to have "been so framed as to prevent di vision among heirs, and to hold estates together, for further and endless accu mulation. These vast estates, on pres ent holdings covering large part of the city, and extending to other cities es tates of immense value already what will be their value when Portland shall have a population of a million or even a half rnillion Inhabitants? For these estates are not to be divided nor even their Income, but are to roll up with out end. Herein is the real menace greatest of rail menaces to our system of demo cratic society and republican govern ment. It is getting attenton far and wide. We find the Montgomery (Ala.) iiAdverUser saying: "If an Immense ac cumulation, like that of Rockefeller, for example, were divided at death into eeveral portions, the division would act as a check on the menace of vast .(wealth. But suppose the great wealth of Rockefeller should be left at his ideath to one man, and that man with a talent for piling up money like he him self possesses. It Is difficult to think of what It might be at the expiration of another lifetime. The larger a fortune becomes the faster it Increases, as a 'general proposition, and the Rockefel ler 'billion of today may be several bil lions at the end of another lifetime, if managed as he has managed it." In every state thereare enormous fortunes, less than Rockefeller's, it is .true, but on a proportionate scale, which it is the aim of the founders and iof their descendants to keep intact. "It Is idle," therefore, says the paper quot ed above, "to contend that In this .country there is no danger of pluto cratic government." One more quo tation: ' We are a Republic, or are supposed to be, out if the time Is coming when we are to i be governed by a plutocracy, we believe we should prefer a King or an Emperor. They &ave some regard for the well-being of their subjects, but the plutocrat loves the people only for what he can make out of them. There ba been more than one In stance in the past where the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few, and the excesses and oppressions proceeding from -that condition, has resulted in the downfall of Government, and It may be that America is destined to supply another example. Thoee who rail against wealth are usually looked on as demagogues, but the country Is not safe from plutocracy. . There Is one way to meet the dan ger; perhaps to avert it. That way is through regulation by law, to compel the distribution of property, or Income from property, after the death of the proprietor. Taxes on inheritances and incomes are well enough, as far ag they go; but they never can be thorough enough. Vast estates, to be held intact and for endless accumulation, are the greatest- of all existing or possible menaces to free opportunity and gov ernment through equal citizenship. TO MAKE SHIPS SAFER. A writer in the New York Herald, moved by the sinking of the steamer Columbia, .calls for a change in the steamboat laws which shall "compel all vessels carrying passengers to be pro vided with sufficient reserve buoyancy, to be secured by the use of longitudinal bulkheads, so placed as to Insure the vessel's floating, no matter how se verely damaged." There is no mechan ical difficulty, he says, in construction of vessels of this class; but of course they will cost more. This, however, should be no objection, where life is at stake. Besides, there would be com pensation In greater security, If such security could thus be obtained. This writer, Mr. B. S. Osbon, has pre sented his suggestion to the Supervis ing Inspector-General of Steam Vessels of the United States, who has promised to give the subject Immediate and most careful consideration. How the longi tudinal bulkheads are to be placed Mr. Osbon does not explain. Many vessels are so provided already. The great Atlantic liners are built, or most of them, with double longitudinal bulk heads, running nearly from end to end. Not long since a steamer on the Eng lish coast was cut or broken into two nearly equal parts, which were sep arately towed ashore. Of course if the Columbia had been so built, there would have been no loss of life. No doubt Mr. Schwerin, manager of the Pacific Coast 'Harriman steamers, was correct in his statement that no vessel ever yet: was built which could not be sunk by collision; but to say that no vessel could be built which probably would not be sunk by collision would be a different matter. If all steamers were built with a view to at tainment of utmost possible safety, and kept under careful and thorough in spection, the danger,, undoubtedly, would be extremely small, though of course never negligible. LESS AUTO SPEED, FEWER INQUESTS. Owing to the fact that the citizens of Portland are spry on their feet, the death list from automobile accidents in this city is not large. There is a hazy belief current in some circles that once in the long ago there was an ordinance regulating the speed at which these vehicles were to be driven while on the principal streets. Like many other in convenient regulations, this one seems to have been forgotten, and the auto mobiles rush through our principal streets at railroad speed. Of course, the census of fatal accidents due to reckless automobile driving shows that the greatest number of deaths occurs among those who are driving the ma cines. This, however, does not com fort the pedestrian who loses a leg or an arm, nor the relatives of one who Jogs down to old Charon's ferry along with the chaffeur. Good luck Instead of good Judgment deprived the Multnomah County Cor oner of a job Wednesday, when a large automobile, coming down Washington street at express speed, was, with the aid of a telegraph pole, converted into a catapult, from which the pessengers were hurled with a force that left sore reminders of the occurrence on various parts of their anatomy. By one of those inexplalnabie vagaries of fate, no one 'was killed not even the innocent bystander who usually figures in such affairs. Despite the fact that the auto mobile has riot, as yet, seriously rer duced the population- of Portland, it continues to leave a trail of destruction throughout the world. Until a few months ago the daily papers teemed with accounts of fatal automobile acci dents. Now they are so frequent that they are no longer mentioned except in papers printed near the scenes or unless the victim happens to be quite promi nent. While it is possible that the much boasted freedom of our country gives every reckless auto fiend the right to ride into the hereafter at a sixty-mile gait, the survivors, who are expected to look after the obsequies, should have something to say In the matter. This "something" will eventually take the form of legislation, which will demand that ponderous, automobiles weighing several thousand pounds, and running fifty and sixty miles per hour, shall be kept out of the hands of drivers whose Judgment and skill Is of a nature to make a baby carriage unsafe in their hands. A locomotive driver, whose ma chine is confined to a given track, from which it cannot wander at will, must have years of experience as an assistant, and must undergo a rigid ex amination as to eyesight and other physical qualifications before he Is given charge of an engine. At the worst, the damage which an Incompetent or reckless locomotive en gineer can do is limited to the imme diate vicinity of the rails on which his machine is running, while from the reckless driver of an automobile, who can follow his calling without any qualifications, escape is often impossi ble. Some qualification .besides the ability to frighten timid pedestrians should be demanded of reckless chauf feurs in this city. An attempt to regulate the incompetents and reckless will hardly meet with any serious ob jection from those who are competent and do not attempt to break world's records in crowded streets. VALCE OF RIFLE PRACTICE. In a nation that depends upon a vol unteer army for its defense, it is very important that the citizen soldiery be fairly skillful in the use of the rifle. Though we had almost reached the con clusion that the day of the rifle had passed and that the battles of future wars would be fought with cannon or machine guns, the. recent conflict be tween Russia and Japan demonstrated that the rifle is still the weapon of an offensive campaign. The efficiency of the weapon depends upon the skill of the man behind it. It is well, therefore, that the members "of the National Guard have had special training in Tifle shooting. It will also be well for this Nation, in case of war, If a considerable number of the young men' not now members of the National Guard shall be capable marksmen. Whether a man learns the uee of fire arms by hunting pheasantB and deer or by practicing with a 32-calfber target rifle, he is much more 'valuable to hlB country when his services are needed upon the field of battle. It is well known that practice with a target rifle gives skill in the use of the larger weapons used at greater distances and for the purpose of exterminating an en emy. This being true, it may some time be found that while the target rifle has been the cause of many deaths among careless boys, yet its use has given young men a training that will save a much larger number of Uvea by winning battles for American ar mies. May the day be far off when the skill of American marksmen shall again be tried in battle, but if occasion should arise for the use of force between this and another nation, may the conflict not be deferred because of inefficiency of American fighters. ABUNDANT OCEAJf TONNAGE. To bewail the decadence of the Am erican merchant marine and to insist that foreign trade suffers by reason of inadequate over-sea transportation fa cilities, seem to be regarded by most of our foreign consuls as a sacred duty. So many of them have acquired the habit of injecting this kind of non sense into their reports, that it is re freshing to learn of men in the consu lar service who can look at the mat ter from a common-sense standpoint. In this latter class belongs Consul General Anderson, who is stationed at Rio de Janeiro. He says that the ves sels plying between American ports and South America are not fast nor well equipped passenger steamers, but in the following language he quite effectually sats at rest the theory that there is ever an insufficient amount of tonnage for the trade: , . . . . So long as the freight business of the world is done upon the present narrow margin of profit there la not likely to be any demand for actual freight tonnage between the two coun trlea which will not be met in a ehort time In some way. When there is a demand for shipping tonnage from New York to Rio de Janeiro' that demand will be met at once by tramp steamers if not by the so-called reg ular lines. This la a reasonable Inference from the ocean freight situation of the world, and It is the actual experience of trade. The time will be ahoi and. rare when there are not enough ships to take freight from New York to Brazilian porta. The condition of transportation fa cilities, as herein outlined by Consul Anderson, is well understood by every man in the trade. It is unnecessary even for shippers to search for steam ers plying to South America, for freight solicitors are busy all the time seeking consignments . and the New York shipping papers contain long lists of vessels .on berth for South Am erican ports. As an illustration, there were twenty-one sailings advertised from New . York for South American ports, between July 25 and August 2S, an average of two steamers every three days. After this candid admis sion of a condition that has been care fully evaded or glossed over by most of t5ur foreign consuls, Mr. Anderson does what he can to square himself by venturing the opinion that we could sell more goods to South Ameri ca if we had better ship connections. He complains that while only seventy four vessels arrived at Rio de Janeiro from American ports in 1906, there were 172 vessels sailing from Rio de Janeiro for the United States. The inference, he apparently seeks to convey is that we are purchasing more goods from South America than we are selling, and that this condition could be remedied ii we had better passenger and mail service .between the two ports. On this point the consul is in error. Steamships from South Ameri ca not infrequently come into New York at certain seasons of the year with hardly enough cargo aboard for ballast. They go to New York because It is not far out of their way on the homeward voyage to Europe. Arriving at New York they are reasonably sure of a cargo to some distant part of the world, or, failing to secure it, they can always pick up a Trans-Atlantic cargo and thus make a little money while proceeding to a European port to load. It has not been proved that our South American trade suffers through lack of fast, modern steamers. The Aus trian, French, German and Italians all have fast passenger lines to South America, but none of these countries does as much business there as is done by the Americans. If a fast passenger service is a necessity, however, why not get It the same way we have se cured the freight service that is, by giving the work to the line that is in readiness to make the best bargain? There is a poetic twang to the state ment that trade follows the flag, but as a matter of fact, the flag of the tramp steamer follows trade and fol lows it so closely that there is no spot on earth today, where the American can sell goods in any ' quantity, and not have them delivered as cheaply as can any of his competitors. XEW YORK SOCIETY IMPROVING. It is refreshing, indeed, in these de generate days of wickedness and wealth, to listen to the psalm of hope from the optimist who tells us that the world is growing better. With th Coreys and the Thaws showing the trail of the serpent in the East, "Pat Bones" planting bombs in the Mountain division, and Schmitz and his clan rob bing the afflicted on the shores of the Pacific, there are times when it re quires some stretch of the Imagination to prevent us thinking that the optimist should "copper his bet." But occa sionally out of the gloom, shining bright and clear like a grain of truth in a Tom Laweon copper mining cir cular, appears corroborative evidence that the optimist is not always a dreamer. . Evidence that the world is growing better is disclosed in the details of the latest monkey dinner given in New York. It Is not so very many years ago that Mr. Harry Lehr inaugurated this new form of diversion. At the Lehr dinner the simian guest of honor followed the example of his entertain ers with such a degree of intelligence that he became uproariously drunk and scampered over the table and oth erwise disclosed .a temperament and In telligence In keeping with that of his entertainers. Soon after the , Lehr monkey dinner, Mr.' James Hazen Hyde, son of a distinguished and respectable father, also entertained in honor of a primordial citizen of the Congo forests. On that occasion the chimpanzee re mained sober, although his tail-less friends did not. Now comes Mr. O. H. P. Belmont with experience corrobor ative of the optimistic theory that the world is growing better. Mr. Belmont a few days ago gave a monkey dinner at Newport. It was fully, as elaborate an affair as those of Mr. Lehr- and Mr. Hyde, and enough money was lavished on it to save a hundred lives on a hot day in the New York tenement district. But this Bel mont monkey dinner was no such dis graceful affair as its predecessors. Not only was wine denied the guest of honor, but even the entertainers did not get disgracefully drunk, and throughout the dinner were able, to act fully as intelligently amd decently as the monkey. It is quite clear from the progress being made in this direction that the world la at least growing no worse. There are strong hopes that we may yet reaeh a place of eulture, refinement and decency, where our yellow rioh can ' find their fellow men fully ai entertaining as monkeys. This, of course, would necessitate their going outside - the Lehr-Hyde-Belmont circle, but even that would not be an unpardonable sin. A most beautiful pamphlet, setting forth some of the attractions of the coming State Fair at Salem, has been prepared by the Board of managers. It is splendidly illustrated, and contains the list of premiums offered and the rules governing the awards; also infor mation as to transportation arrange ments and directions for exhibitors. Premiums to the amount of $10,000 will be paid on livestock and on agricul tural and manufactured products. It Is evident that improvement of the State Fair is keeping pace with the march of prosperity on other llne.s throughout Oregon. The fair will open September 16 and close September 21. The new attractions will certainly bring great crowds, and the social and "reunion" features will no doubt, even more than heretofore, have leading place among the enjoyments of the time. There is ample room for campers, and pure and abundant water, for which there are no charges. ''I am amazed that such a condition should be allowed to exist is Portland," said Mr. Louis Hill, on whose rail road shoulders weighs heavily the mantle of his illustrious sire. The par ticular cause for amazement was the unsatisfactory terminal facilities in the North End. In order that Mr. Hil, Jr., will not think that Portland alone of fers cause for amazement In terminal facilities, he is respectfully referred to the following from the Tacoma News: There is not a town or hamlet on the en tire line of the Northern Pacific Railroad from St. Paul to Tacoma that has such a disgrace for a depot as the one here. There ehould not he a -single concession granted to the Northern Pacific Railway until It starts its depot. The "film flam" artists that have been "handing It" to us for years are still at their old game, and they should be brought up with a sudden turn. Sheriff Beatie, of Clackamas County, expresses a fervent desire to close the Milwaukle gambling club, but seems to be In doubt about the evidence. "I have made a determined effort," says he, "to get evidence to prove a case in the courts, but so far have been un able to do so." If there is no other way for securing the evidence, the Sheriff might pocket his scruples and invest in a stack of whites with which to copper the ace. If the man who is pulling the cards out of the little tin box wins'the bet, it is gambling. If the Sheriff should win, it would be neces sary for him to make another "deter mined effort" to get more evidence. Since the Legislature is to elect to the Senate the man who may get the plurality of the popular vote, even though he may be a Democrat and the Legislature Republican, or vice versa, why shouldn't the electoral colleges of the several states cast their votes for and elect to the Presidency the man who may get a plurality of the votes of the people of the' United States, whether the candidate may be a member of one party or another? Often the candidate for the Presidency has been elected, when the popular vote was for another candidate. Perhaps Oregon will take the lead in the new reform. It's a sa cred principle, you know. The people of the United States do not consider the Western Federation, of which Haywood, Mover and Petti bone are officials, a legitimate labor or ganization. It has just been cast out of Minnesota, where it was attempting the tactics that have ruined it In Idaho and Colorado. The organization may be maintained, indeed, but emplbyers will not recognize it and state authori ties defy it. Were it a legitimate labor organization", these things could not be. For use in construction work, the builders of the Tillamook road shipped a second-hand locomotive to the city at that end of the proposed line. ' They were particular to state that it was to be used for construction purposes only, lest the people might immediately frame a petition to the Railroad Com mission for better equipment. As it is, perhaps there will be no appeals to the Commission until the road is finished. Farmers, railroad builders and other employers of labor know that there is one sifre remedy for the scarcity of la bor, but they are not likely to resort to It. By voting in a Democratic admin istration the employers could soon get all the workers they want at their own price. A wild mob, trying to break into the entrance of a prizefight arena in San Francisco, with police driving them back with clubs, is another manifesta tion of the. normal condition of a cer tain populous class. Lovers of civic order almost despair of San Francisco. Uncle Sam is shipping a lot of books to Panama for libraries in the men's ciubrooms. And it is certain he em ployed no literary prudes to cut out "Huckleberry Finn," that made Mark Twain so popular in England. The Seattle assessment roll for 1907 shows an increase in valuations over last year of more than $23,000,000. This increase brings the figure up to within about $20,000,000 of Portland's assessed valuation. " In the shocking details of . Laura Matthew's life and her taking off, as well as in a similar local tragedy, once more is the lesson taught, the wages of sin is death. It is to be hoped Old Man Bennett will see to it that there be no butter milk in the vicinity when Bill Taft hits up Rabbitvllle. The United States has played in big luck lately by escaping war with Japan, California and North Carolina. To be starter of a horse race in Seat tle is fully as dangerous as umpiring in the Pacific Coast League. July earnings of railroads nine per cent greater than in 1906. Roosevelt Is Just mining the country. Ex-Senator Mulkey lsnt going to sit still and have the toga handed to him again on a silver salver. Oregon needed one hot day in order to be made mindful of our temperate Summer climate. eecretary Taft will be In Portland September 6. And Portland won't for get the date. The City Hall advertises for a cus todian. We recommend Dr Harry Lane, .'."' It is Knox's turn bow to ge after a Carnegie hero medal. CITY GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION It May Be Adapted to Places With Less Than 100,000 People. Washington (D.C.) Post. The plan of government adopted by the city of Galveston. Texas, when visited by an appalling calamity was - not in tended as a permanent system. It was an emergency expedient devised to sim plify and expedite the regeneration of the stricken city. But it still stands and Is likely to remain in Galveston, and one or two other Texas cities have adopted it. It is a far call from Texas to Iowa, from Galveston to Des Moines, but the inhabitants of the latter city have voted to follow Galveston. This right has been extended to the cities of Iowa by the State Legislature, and If the experiment shall be carried out it will undoubtedly excite much Interest in other localities. The published description of the scheme shows that It contemplates the elimina tion of all ward lines and of the existing aldermanic board. Five commissioners chosen by the vote of the entire com munity are to administer its affairs: but franchises' are not to be granted except after direct approval by the voters, to whom the question must be referred. Any of the commissioners may be re moved from office before the expiration of his term if a majority of duly quail fled citizens cast their ballots against him. Among the most conspicuous of failures in governmental affairs In the United States may be set down the gov erning of municipalities. Not one of our large cities has been spared the disgrace and financial loss Incident to being held up for years and recklessly robbed by rings. Republican Philadelphia , has matched Democratic New York in this infamy. At times the governments of Chicago and St. Louis have been instru mentalities for robbing the taxpayers, but that la not the present situation. The commission plan may be found well adapted to small cities like the Iowa capital, whose population is less than 100,000, but it would probably fail in a very large city. MVSIC AT FORESTRY BUILDING. Proteat Asnlnat Discontinuance of Weekly Concert by the City Band. PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (To the Ed itor.) On behalf of fully one-half the residents of the West Side, let me pro test against discontluing the concerts scheduled for once a week at the park surrounding the Forestry building. I can not fix the blame. The first and only concert last month drew a large crowd. Why thie discrimination? A trip to the . Forestry building in volves a delightful ride and avoids the tiresome climb to the City Park. It is the coolest place In town. It Is within walking distance of the homes of several thousand worklngmen and their families who can not afford to go away for the. Summer. Are these not entitled to the small consideration of one concert a week during August? I 'write this in the hope that the Park Commission will see its full duty to the city, and do It. J. L. Too Kxflnalve a Definition. Charleston News and Courier. The Nashville American says: "A Democrat is a man who sweats when it is hot, who drinks when he is Invited, an i who cusses when things don't go to suit him." One dislikes to cavil at so terse and clean-cut a definition, but if applied rigidly, it will exclude our most noble leaders. Colonel Bryan drinks not, neither does h cuss. Colo nel Graves sweats not (he perspires) and runs a Prohibition newspaper. Senator Tillman drinks' little and advo cates whisky shops In which men can not be invited to drink, and, besides, he cusses whether things go to suit him or not. Ex-Senator armack is a walk ing repudiation of the definition. Per haps Grover Cleveland, Colonel Wat terson and Senator Daniel are Demo crats. "Getting; Togelher" In Ioiva. Providence (R. 1.) Journal. Iowa has a new religious cult that is said to have no jual In the United States. One of its principal weird fea tures is that the members of the sect get what Is described as "celestial guid ance in their love affairs.." This Is the way- the "guidance" works, according to reliable press reports: In the midst oi one exciting meeting a gentleman named Brewer popped up and shouted: "Oh, Lord, lead me to Mrs. Clyde Miller, whom the spirit tells me to marry." "Oh. glory'." ejaculated the Widow Miller, also popping up from her seat. "My heart has left my body and It tells me to become the wife of John Brew er." Forthwith a license was procured and the couple were married with neat ness and dispatch. Two Ways On the Tariff. Hartford Times. There are two ways of staving off tariff reform inthe United States. One is Senator Foraker's way, which is to declare frankly that he does not be lieve the tariff ough' to be touched and that people who support him must do so with the understanding that he will oppose any tariff legislation. The oth er way is that of the Republicans who say that they are In favor of tariff revision after the next Presidential election or at some other time whMi they generally fail to specify. On the whole, we think the Ohio . Senator's way the better one. Tax on Church Property t LENTS, Or.. July 30. To the Ed itor.) An article In last Tuesday's Ore gonian on "Troubles and Ecclesiastics" brings out the question. Why not tax all church property? Is there any real reason for not doing so? Tax all. prop erty where the title does not rest in the state or the National Government. Editorial comment along this line, and if possible an expression from other calm, broad-minded students of affairs, would be of great interest to many of us. S. E. PRENTISS. Rhode Ialand View of Hugrhea. Providence Journal. The adjournment of the Legislature with the Hughes promises amply re deemed, not by reason of a sudden conversion of the old-time leaders, but through the forceful personality of the Governor himself, renders him, as must be apparent at Oyster Bay and else where a more striking figure than ever before in National politics. To put the situation in a phrase, he has "made good." The Universal Opinion. Grant's Pass Observer. The trial of Haywood at Boise, Idaho, ended on Saturday night with a verdict of acquittal by the Jury. That settles the matter so far as the law Is con cerned, and Haywood goes forth a free man. But the great bulk of the Ameri can people did not find anything in the evidence submitted to change their be lief In the substantial truth of Orch ard's confession. ' Why Such Democratic t'nlty T The Dalles Optimist. Has anybody noticed any of the Demo cratic papers or any members of the Democratic party finding fault with the direct primaries law? Is it not a little singular that singly, individually, en masse and en bloc they should be sup porting this law, which, to use Davey's expression, "the Republican party gave to the stater It is to laugh. Benton County a Pride. Albany Democrat. John Brown, of Monroe, Benton county, has IT children. He is 46, Mrs. Brown 41. Mr. Brown thinks Oregon the most productive country on globe. . BY LILIAN TINGLE. THE weather,, such as we have had during the past week, the average woman, left- to herself, would prob ably subsist entirely on salads and Ice cream; but for a Sunday dinner, where "the man of the house" demands the savory meats his soul loveth there must be a somewhat more elaborate menu. To my mind the best roast for this oc casion Is Spring lamb (which is plentiful and good just now) with mint sauce and new vegetables. Veal is rather scarce this week, and sweetbreads are not easily obtained. Poultry, on the other hand, is rather more plentiful. There are good broilers ranging In price from 25c to $1; ducks from 50c to $1;' and delicious looking squabs are 3 for $1. For a luncheon dish, lambs' kidneys, broiled or saute, are par ticularly good; and, luckily for those that appreciate them, they cost only 25c per dozen in Portland. I have had to pay three times as much In cities where they were esteemed as a delicacy: and in other places I have had them free for the asking. ' In the fish markets, the bass seems especially good this week. Halibut and rock cod were fine, and I saw nice fresh hening. Fresh herring. rolled and baked with vinegar and spices, and eaten cold with a crisp salad, makes a nice hot weather luncheon or Sunday supper. The small Puget Sound smelt now in the mar ket are good, packed sardine fashion in a dish and similarly treated. There are plenty of clams and crawfish. The first fresh mackerel Is In this week and costs 15c per pound. Shad Is almost gone and there is no shad-roe except of the cold storage kind. Celery Is better and more plentiful than last week, costing 10c to 15c per bunch. Tomatoes are particularly good; three pounds for 25c seems the average price, but some of. the choicer kinds cost more. I saw some good cauliflower, but most of it is poor at this time. There are good vegetable marrows (beloved of the' English) to be had. and Summer squashes are plentiful. A pile of the latter, plump crinkled vegetables, not far from a dish of nice fresh-looking shrimps, suggests that delicious combination known as "stuffed squash a la Creole." Early pumpkins are here, ready for preserving or for pies. They cost about 30c each at present. New sweet pota toes are also in the market. Cucumbers are plentiful: and there are tiny green ones ready for pickling. Green corn is still good. Green corn saute with green peppers is worth going far to taste. Pep pers are 15c per pound. Melons take precedence among the fruits this week. Oregon canteloupes cost from 10c to 25c each. Watermelons come about 2c per pound. One has a certain sympathy with the darky, who declined a proffered fork, asserting that he pre ferred to eat his melon "with his face" so that he could "a'sorb it through every poah." , I saw the very last of the pie-cherries at 10c per pound. Apricots are rather high in price this year. Peaches are coming in at 50c per basket. Apples and plums are fairly plentiful. Huckleberries are good: but the mild blackberries are nearly over and the other berries are get ting scarce. Not so the flies, however. In one instance I had to "shoo": vigorous ly before I could be sure whether the crate I was examining really contained blackberries and then I saw they were rasps!. The moral Is fairly obvious. "PARAMOUNT" AND "IMMEDIATE." A Gentleman Who la Puraued by Hla Kloquent Past, New York World, Dem. In 1900 Mr. Bryan dominated the Demo cratic National Convention at Kansas City. By his direction the convention re affirmed the Chicago platform of 1S96 and demanded the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, but took the precau tion to declare imperialism to be "the paramount issue." The efforts of Democrats to keep Mr. Bryan's free-silver views in the back ground during the'campalgn failed signal ly. As a result Mr. Bryan was worse beaten than In 198. On his return from Europe last August Mr. Bryan In Madison Square Garden proclaimed his belief in Government own ership of railroads and has since been ardently preaching the Socialistic doc trine. For obvious reasons of prudence he now concedes that "Government owner ship is not an immediate issue." But does Mr. Bryan Imagine that if he should be the Democratic candidate for President next year his opponents would let the ease rest there? No matter what political conventions may say in their platforms, Mr. Bryan is pursued by his eloquent past. Once in nomination he would soon discover It is not true that "there is no dfslre anywhere to make Government ownership an issue In 190?." In spite of all explanations and sub terfuges he could no more help being a Government-ownership candidate In 1908 than he could help being a free-silver candidate in lfton. Genuine Pnnnma. Too. Probably. Roseburg Spokesman. It is not generally known, but it is a fact that Mrs. Sallie A. Long, of Ton- APPRECIATING THE PROTECTION OF A GOOD FENCE IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN MERRY DAYS AT THE PUBLIC BATHS Full page of illustrations in colors of scenes at the big free swimming house in the Willam ette River, mainly boys in action. PILLARS OF HERCULES, COLUMBIA RIVER Full-page picture in colors of one of the noted scenes in Oregon. THE SHEARING OP THE WILD WOLF O. Henry tells how it became necessary for Jeff Peters to draw a diagram of his con science. TAKES UP CAUSE OF THE PIGEONS Homer Davenport with pic ture and pen makes a plea for '"fashionable" pigeons which must endure constant discom fort. LITTLE-KNOWN LUMBER MILLIONAIRES Dexter Marshall writes of Weyerhaeuser, who "pays more attention to his credit than his clothes," and tells why he is a man of few words. j UNIQUE PLAN TO SAVE FRENCH BABIES Philanthropists and the City of Paris join to prevent the killing .of children born in dis honor. ROBLEY EVANS, FIGHTER AND DIPLOMAT Excellent sketch and striking portraits of (he most noted and picturesque figure in the Ameri can Navy. BIG REAL ESTATE BOOM IN EGYPT Frank 0. Carpenter describes Alexandria, which is growing like a weed and getting rich in business with a country where farm lands sell at $500 to 11000 an acre. NEW AERIAL FLEET FOR OUR ARMY John Elfreth Watkins tells of giant war balloons that Uncle Sam is now building. ORDER FROM YOUR NEWS DEALER TODAY. calla, made the first straw hat ever made in this part of the country if not In the state. She plaited the straw and sewed it into a hat. In those early days such articles were not kept for sale In the country. "United Matea Ruled by 78 Men." Kansas City Times. In a speech at Independence, Kan., United States Senator La Follette said that this country Is now practically ruled by 76 men, one of whom Is Chauncey Depew. Apron and Runaway Horaes. Hartford (Conn.l Times. Mre. John Lynch, of Stamford, Conn., stopped a runaway by waving her apron at the horses, standing resolute ly in the middle of the road until they reached her. Ft. Paul Dispatch. "