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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, AVG. CI, 1807.
A COWARDLY SAMSON.
The old poetical statement that "no
rogue e'er felt the halter draw with
good opinion of. the law" seems quite
appropriate In the ease of John D.
Rockefeller, who Is just at present be
wailing the policy of the Administra
tion regarding' offenders of the Rocke
feller stripe. In an Interview printed
In the New York World of August 13,
Just received in Portland, the richest
man on earth predicted "disaster to the
country, financial depression and flnan
cail chaos" as a result of "the policy
of the present Administration toward
great business combinations of all
tinds." There are unquestionable signs
that Mr. Rockefeller and his fellow
offenders against the laws of the coun
try are not unwilling to participate in
a temporary display of business de
pression and "financial chaos." They
seem desirous of emulating Samson of
old, except that in pulling down the
financial temple they have first assured
their own safety.
MrT Rockefeller errs when he ascribes
to the Administration a hostility
toward "great business combinations of
all kinds." There are a great many
honest industrial enterprises included
under such a heading that will run
on indefinitely without any Govern
ment interference. The policy against
which Rockefeller protests so strongly
Is directed solely and exclusively
against the men and corporations that
have violated the laws. It is directed
against xthose who by means of secret
rebates and by the wildest kind of
financial legerdemain have crushed all
competition, have pauperized individ
uals and communities, corrupted Leg
islatures, and by a thouand other dark
and underhanded methods brought the
laws of the country into contempt.
The Nation has been treated to some
startling disclosures since this cam
paign against high finance began, and
It is perhaps no occasion for wonder
that some fright has been caused. Mr.
Rockefeller assures us that "confidence
has gone." This is hardly correct, but,
as far as the statement has any feat
ures of truth, the departure of confi
dence has-been hastened by the actions
and policies of just such men as John
D. Rockefeller. If the mere disclosure
of these cankering sores on our eco
nomic system is to be accompanied by
such direful results, there Is all the
more reason why immediate steps
should be taken for effecting a cure.
If the disease is permitted to run on
unchecked, It will naturally foe only a
question of time until it reaches a
point where we will experience "finan
cial chaos" in all that the term can
rossibly imply. The application of a
cure at this time, drastic as It may
seem, will be much better In the long
run than to permit continuance of the
evils which are responsible for most
of the lack of confidence that Is now
tightening the money market in the
East.
It is In the power of men like Rocke
feller, Morgan, Rogers and others of
their class to aid materially In creating
or maintaining a "panicky" situation
for an Indefinite period, and, through
out his long, complaining and vindic
tive interview In the World he conveys
the Impression that, having made a co
lossal fortune mostly by unlawful
methods, he Is now willing to sacrifice
a portion of it in order to bring into
contempt or censure the Administra
tion that has called a halt on his un
lawful practices. But the threats or
the predictions of further mischief by
the spoiled child will not prevent the.
'Vise parent from administering pun
ishment when it is needed, and the
whines and gloomy predictions of John
D. Rockefeller will not serve to stay
the hand of the law, .which, somewhat
belated, has at last secured a firm grip
7n- the worst offenders.
An Omaha news dispatch says that
'.he Union Pacific is planning a sys
ematlc campaign to induce immi-
grants to this country "to come West
and1 work In the coal mines. Despite
the fact that Japanese working in the
mines are making as high as $120 per
month, the company Is unable to mine
enough coal to meet its own demands,
and several shiploads of coal are being
Imported from Australia to' help out
the shortage. The plan is a good one,
and It might be enlarged to advant
age In other branches of labor be
sides coal mining. A few thousand
laborers to chop cord wood, more
thousands to work on railroad con
struction, and still more thousands In
the.' harvest fields, and on the fruit
farms, would be of inestimable value
to the Pacific Northwest. If six dol
lars per cord continues the ruling fig
ure for a poor grade of wood, the
people will not inquire too closely re
garding the color of the skin of the
applicant for the work.
SOME GRAVER THOUGHTS.
To bring matters up to date we
premise that Dr. J. R. Straton preached
a sermon not long ago on "The Old
God for the New Age," which seemed
to us to advocate a return to faith In
the tribal deity of the ancient Jews.
The Oregonian ventured some comment
thereupon to the purport that the new
age needs a new and more adequate
concept of God. Then came Dr. Cllne
with a letter holding that the primitive
Jewish - deity was all sufficient. And
finally Dr. Straton returns with the
statement, printed elsewhere, that by
"the God of our fathers" he meant, not
Jehovah at all,but the heavenly father
revealed by. Jesus. It is a pity that he
and Dr. Cllne did not consult before
either of them wrote. The line of de
fense might then have been more con
sistent. If Dr. Straton really meant the all
father by the phrase he used, we have
only to say that he should have urged
an advance, not a "return," to that
concept. The churches are nearer to it
today than they ever were before, but
It is still far ahead of them. "Our
fathers" never worshiped the God of
Jesus. Dr. Straton is mistaken about
that point. Their deity was the Jeho
vah of the Old Testament. Jesus' great
concept of fatherhood In the deity was
slow to make Its way, and Is still only
partially understood or accepted. A
century ago it had no standing what
ever In the churches.
Dr. Straton's quotation from the
Wall-Street Journal is unfortunate for
his case. "The religion that our fath
ers and brothers used to have" Is pre
cisely the kind that the stock gam
blers and grafting plutocrats like best;
because they can profess its worn-out
formulas without any hindrance what
ever to their evil doings. For the prob
lems of the new age we need a restate
ment of faith. The old was good in its
day, tout Its day is past. Why not
look ahead Instead of 'backward? Why
put new wine Into old bottles?
Men of today have not "lost their
faith In the true God." They are just
finding It, and It Is something far more
precious than the arid dogmas of the
past. With only the old faith to guide
us, we fell Into unspeakable national
sin. The new Is bringing us to spir
itual and economic salvation.
As to. the Sunday newspapers. It may
be doubted whether they keep anybody,
young or old, away from Sunday school
or sermon. Quite likely their readers
would find some other "secular" occu
pation for Sunday morning if the pa
pers were suppressed. The way to get
people to church Is to give them some
thing worth going to hear. Tirades
against competing attractions will not
avail much. The Oregonian flatters it
self that its Sunday edition furnishes
spiritual and ethical pabulum quite as
nutritious as the supply from the aver
age pulpit. Why should It benefit a
person more to hear the truth from a
preacher than to read it in a paper?
The employes of the newspapers' are
not denied "a day of rest and wor
ship." Every one of them has one day
in seven to spend as he likes. "God's
law of the Sabbath" was a late inven
tion of the priestly oligarchs of the
Jews to foster the savage Jehovlstlc
cult. It Is too late In the day to try
to Impose It upon the modern world.
A SCHOOL. OF RAILROADING.
Railroading as a business has come
from nothing up to proportions so vast
and with ramifications so subtle, in
less than half a century, that its vol
ume and Intricacies are practically in
comprehensible to the ordinary mind.
The need of special training for the
work. In detail, is recognized by the
heads of various railroad, departments,
and the establishment of a school to
supply this need a National school of
railroading, so-called is promised in
the near future. It is said that fully
200,000 men are needed In addition to
those now engaged in operating and
transportation departments of the
great railroads to meet the require
ments of traffic and of business.
According to a late dispatch from
Chicago, a dozen of the larger railway
systems of the country are ready tof
give earnest support to a school of rail
roading conducted on the correspond
ence plan. It is asserted that ithe
rudiments of railroad operation could
be taught by this means In a way and
to a degree that would fit men already
physically qualified for employment In
positions that carry good wages and
the promise of advancement according
to the ability that may be developed.
As an Incentive to young men to fit
themselves for 'these positions, the plan
proposes that the tuition that is con
tingent upon the study of railroading
be refunded to the students by the
railroads. In the service of which they
prove their proficiency and remain for
an entire year.
The nee dof trained labor in large
excess of that which Is at present '
available In railway transportation
business would be strongly emphasized
by the liberal indorsement toy the rail
road managers of this idea of training
men for the service. Not to go Into
full details of the plan, it may toe well
to note that It embodies the proposi
tion that those who pass examination
with a marking of 75 per cent and over
shall be guaranteed an immediate trial
by one of the railroads interested, fol
lowed by a position in a reasonable
time if the trial proves satisfactory.
Among the men whose names presum
ably with their sanction are mentioned
In connection with the proposed school
are: F. B. Underwood, president of
the Erie; E. P. Ripley, president of the
Santa Fe; T. P. Shonts, of New Tork
City, and the presidents of the Rock
Island and Northwestern roads.
Technical instruction, cannot, of
course, be depended upon to supplant
or be an entire substitute for experi
ence in railroading. The same thing
can be said of civil engineering. But
that it will pave the way that, followed
by experience, will lead to results more
quickly than the old way of beginning
at the brakes and working on to re
sponsible official position, can hardly
be more doubtful In the one case than
in the other. Time Is saved by the
newer methods of acquiring knowledge
of a business or profession. This Is a
consideration by no means to be de
spised in an age that is crying aloud
for men of intelligence, energy and
skill to work out Its complicated prob
lems of commerce. Industry, trade and
transportation.
SIR. TAFT.
At last the tariff has emerged into
practical politics. Leaving Mr. Bryan
to wander through the highways and
hedges In search of an issue, Mr. Taft
inscribes "tariff reform" on his banner
and -boldly gives it to the breeze. We
quite agree with him that it would be
"unwise and unsafe" for the Republi
can party to shirk Its duty in the
premises a great while longer.
It Is a serious question whether It is
wise to postpone revision until after
the Presidential election. Irritation
with the rising cost of living grows
apace. For much of the prevalent dif
ficulty in making both-ends meet the
tariff Is responsible, and the voters
may possibly hold the Republican
party responsible for the tariff In a
way that will not be pleasant. Mr.
Taft's declaration for revision is by no
means too early. We hope it is not too
late. i
He is the only Republican Presiden
tial candidate now openly in the field
who stands for principles that can win
in the next election. The people like
Mr. Cannon well enough, tout his stand
pat theories are stale. If Mr. Fair
banks has any principles, he conceals
them remarkably well. Mr. Foraker's
opposition to Roosevelt and champion
ship of the oppressed negroes and per
secuted corporations would not carry
him far. Mr. Taft alone of the avowed
candidates seems adapted by his predi
lections and principles for the leader
ship which Mr. Roosevelt will lay down
a year from next March. We may hear
from Mr. Hughes later.
The people are pleased with his open
adoption of the President's policies.
They also like his frank habit of ex
pressing his views. The politician who
models his conduct upon the clam has
had his day. It Is the fashion now to
possess principles and not to be afraid
or ashamed to tell what they are. The
fashion is a good one. and it Is an Im
portant element in Mr. Taft's strength
that he can follow it without affecta
tion. A strong. Wholesome, lovable
man, he would fill the Presidential
chair not only weightily, but nobly. ,
THE PRESIDENT AT PROVINCETOWN.
In his" speech at Provincetown the
President selected two classes of men
for particular animadversion. They
were those "who would seek to lead us
into the paths of Ignoble ease," on the
one hand, and "those who would teach
us to admire successful 'wrongdoing"
on the other. Mr. Roosevelt thinks that
"the true doctrine to preach to this
Nation is not the life of ease, but the
life of effort." Still it must be effort
of the right kind.
Those who would lead us "into the
paths of ignoble ease" are the "lalssez
faire theorists." These exasperating
doctrinaires contend that if you let
everything alone it will come right of
itself. It is one of their cardinal the
ories never to wind the clock. In
course of time, they argue, some con
vulsion of Nature is sure to occur
which will either smash the clock or
coll up the spring.' In either case the
labor of winding will have been made
useless. These are the fantastic people
who teach that supply and demand
regulate monopoly prices; that the pro
tection of dangerous machinery de
prives worklngmen of their liberty to
get killed, and that railroad freight
tariffs make themselves. But perhaps
their most whimsical dogma Is that the
makers of the Federal Constitution
solved all possible problems of govern
ment for all time to come.
For this ineptitude the President has
little favor. "The problems shift from
generation to generation," he declares.
"The Puritan tamed the wilderness and
built up a free government amid the
primeval forest. His descendants must
try to shape the life of our complex
civilization by new devices, by new
methods, so as to achieve in the end
the same results of justice and fair
dealing toward all." The President as
serts that "wo of today face wholly
new conditions in our social and indus
trial life," and these "utterly changed
conditions necessitate changes in cer
tain of our laws, of our governmental
methods." y
He has particularly in mind a change
In the behavior of the Federal Gov
ernment toward the "business use of
those vast fortunes, chiefly corporate,
which are used in Interstate business.'
Mr. Roosevelt pretty plainly intimates
that we must abandon our laissez falre
principles in respect to these fortunes;,
that we "must create new agencies to
deal effectively with them," and that
ultimately the American people Is cer
tain to find It necessary "to' exercise
over the great corporations a thorough
going and radical control." ( For the
railroad corporations he urges "a simi
lar supervision and control to that
which the National Government exer
cises over the National banks."
This change in the Federal behavior
toward corporate wealth involves a
change in the traditional relations be
tween the Nation and the states. We
must cease to treat these relations like
problems in abstract logic, as if they"
were matters of theology and mathe
matics, and begin to apply our common
sense to them. In an admirable pas
sage the President says: "It seems to
me that such questions as National
sovereignty and state's rights need to
be treated not empirically or academ
ically, but from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as a whole. Na
tional sovereignty is to be upheld in so
far as it means thesovereignty of the
people used for the real and ultimate
good of the people; and state's rights
are to be upheld in so far as they
mean the people's rights." After all,
what is government for except to safe
guard and serve "the peoples rights"?
And what value has any theory or
device' except in so far as it accom
plishes this end?
Believing that "the effort to control
these corporations by mere state action
cannot produce wholesome results," the
President declares that he favors "a
rational incorporation law for corpora
tions engaged in interstate business,"
and particularly for the railroads. That
the railroads "can toe completely con
trolled in all respects by the Federal
Government" he does not doubt. If the
Interstate commerce clause of the Con
stitution does not give full authority,
he finds all that is necessary in the
postroads clause. Mr. Roosevelt looks
upon the present laws for regulating
the railroads as merely initial steps In
a process by no means complete. His
purpose is to proceed "farther along
ine lines marked out Dy recent Na:
tional legislation": and he hopes tha
the Legislatures, the people,-and par
ticularly the courts, can be "educated"
to see "what the real wrongs are and
what the real remedies."
Mr. Roosevelt thinks that the Sher
man law was largely an experiment,
and, perhaps, not a very successful
one. But its prohibition of injurious
combinations "must always -be pre
served." Some Combinations, however,
are not injurious. These he would like
to see legalized when they are made
"with absolute openness" under' Gov
ernmental supervision.
, The . President is at some' pains to
explain why the Government does not
send the magnates to prison Instead of
fining the corporations. For one thing,
it is easier to get evidence against the
corporation. But there is also a senti
ment that a man is a good citizen, "no
matter how Infamous the life he has
led," until he Is proved guilty of some
particular crime, and this makes con
victions difficult. He cites the recent
case of the licorice trust, where the
Jury convicted the corporation but
cleared the magnates on the same evi
dence. This whole matter Is beset with
difficulties. The public should be pa
tient with the Department of Justice.
It Is no small achievement in the last
six years to have shown "that there is
no individual and no corporation so
powerful" as to stand "above the pos
sibility of punishment under the law."
"The wrongdoers, the beneficiaries of
the wrongdoers, and their champions,"
coirfbine, of course, to hinder the trust
prosecutions. On the one hand they
shriek that the prosecutions are insin
cere, mere demagoguery; on the other,
that they are responsible for the
troubles in the stock market. The
President points out that these
troubles, being world-wide, cannot be
caused by the cohviction of our local
criminals, but he suggests that these
enraged plutocrats have combined "to
bring aboiA as much financial distress
as they possibly can in order to dis
credit the Government's policy and
thereby secure a reversal of that pol
icy so that theyiay enjoy the fruits
of their evildolng." All this, Mr.
Roosevelt says, will .be in vain. "Once
for all, let me remind you that there
will be no change in the policy we have
steadily pursued." -
The President closed his speech with
brief references to labor and . health
legislation, and a mere reminder of the
income and Inheritance taxes. Evident
ly his main purpose was to define his
position with respect to the great cor
porations, and he certainly succeeded.
The estate of James John, founder of
St. Johns a fine property bequeathed
with generous intent to educational
purposes has been managed or mis
managed until of forty blocks of land
located In the heart of the rising little
city on the peninsula but a single
block remains. Full half of the tract
was confiscated by litigation, and the
rest, with the single exception noted,
was sold far below its present value.
The result , is only another example in
the long line of probate confiscation,
aided by a will that did not meet the
technical requirements of the law. It
suggests again the wisdom of making
philanthropic bequests and backing
them by duly executed deeds while yet
the devisee is in the body and able to
explain, so that no lawyer, however
wily, can distort or pervert his mean
ing, just what he wants to do with or
have done with his property after he
is through with it. , -
Charles Stelneger, aged 80 years, a
veteran of the Civil War and a ward of
the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg (when
he would stay there), is fhe latest vic
tim of the suicidal mania that has pre
vailed in this city during the present
month. No man can expect much of
life after 80 years, yet since it is man
ifest that he will not pass this way
again, it would seem that even a vet
eran of four-score might summon suffi
cient courage and patience to see the
play out and wait until Nature rings
the curtain down. The serenity with
which patient even if suffering age re
ceives the final call of the messenger
neither inviting nor protesting his
coming, is in sharp and pleasing con
trast with the impatience that cannot
wait yet a little longer for the grim
order of Nature to be fulfilled.
A real live prince has arrived at
Jamestown, and, if he could be caged
and placed among the exhibits, the
waning Interest In that unfortunate
show might toe revived. Unfortunately
for Jamestown, the prince who halls
from Sweden, has been captured by
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and will be
used at Newport to show one set of
yellow rich that it is small potatoes
and few in a hill compared with thse
who have the attraction In charge. As
to the prince well, Sweden is sending
real men over in the steerage every
day who are of more value to the
country than the prince could be if he
loafed around Newport for a thousand
years.
A councilman and a street superin
tendent have been indicted in Boston
for bribery in connection with a mu
nicipal loan. In some torances of lan
guage, Boston Is said to have a dia
lect exclusively her own. It would
seem, however, from this bribery
story, that "money talks" in Boston in
about the same language as is used in
San Francisco and at the intervening
stations.
Of course we're all glad to welcome
the grandson of King Oscar, who will
get a glimpse of the edge of America,
but how much greater would be our
joy and his satisfaction if the young
Prince could see the United States. Our
last royal European visitor missed a
lot, even though Prince Henry traveled
as far west as the town made famous
by his National beverage. ,
The site for the Waverly-Rlchmond
School building -Is at once beautiful
and ample. It will toe built upon next
year to accommodate the growing
needs of that portion of our wide school
district. The purchase at this time is
regarded as a Judicious one and the
location as in every way desirable.
When Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish enter
tains Prince Wilhelm, the list of nota
ble guests not present will include the
Harriman family.
A rift may be seen in the clouds
which have hung over San Francisco.
There will be a clean police board and
a new chief.
Lest Oregon forget blessings, be it
remembered that no devastating forest
fires occurred this year.
It 13 reasonably certain that the steel
trust will not work overtime to secure
Taft's nomination.
CONFIDENCE GONE, SAYS JOHN D. R
Standard OH Magnate Helps Toward a
Panic by Predicting; One.
Interview New Tork World August 13.
"What, In your opinion, will be the ef
fect on the country of the present pol.cy
of the President toward great business
combinations?" Mr. Rockefeller was
asked.
"The policy of the present administra
tion," Mr. Rockefeller said earnestly and
deliberately, "toward great business
combinations of all kinds can have only
one result, it means disaster to the coun
try, financial depression and financial
chaos.
"The world already has a fair dose of
this since the extreme penalty imposed
on one corporation, with a limited num
ber of shareholders, has caused a loss
ot confidence, reflected in a falling stock
market, a tightening of money and a
fear of the future. The newspapers are
full of this slump and reflect the feeling
of unrest. They ascribe It to but one
thing.
"What will be the effect when similar
action Is taken against corporations with
myriads of stockholders scattered
throughout the country, the investors,
the widows, the orphans? There can
be but one answer. The present situa
tion will be intensified many fold. It does
not require an expert to reason this out.
The most superficial thinker can do It.
"I will go further and say today that
because of the administration with its
reports every five minutes of new actions
and of heavy fines, the countr;' Is al
ready beginning to drift toward the
rocks of financial depression.
"Confidence Is gone, and confidence is
the basis of all prosperity. With confi
dence established there can Le no stop
ping of the wheels of progress. Without
it all Is at a standstill.
"The Investor, great and small, locks
up his money and refuses to venture
forth.
- "I do not need your stock market re
p rt, your editorials, your predictions
and forebodings to prove to yselt the
truth of my words. I have another way
of knowing absolutely a way which has
never failed me in the long years of my
business career. That Is the way I am
judging the financial situation from the
attitude of the financial worM toward
myself. Let me illustrate.
"There was a time not long ago, be
fore the present runaway, hit or miss.
Impulsive agitation began, that I would
be called up on the telephone, say by
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. say by Mr. Morgan's
office, and In terms asked if I wanted
to come in a syndicate, and a certain
allotment of shares would be given to
me, but I was also told that I would
have to make immediate answer. If my
reply was that I needed several days
for consideration, the telephone receiver
would be hung up In all likelihood. When
I called several days later and said I
would go in the syndicate I would be
curtly Informed that I had lost my op
portunitythat the syndicate had been
completed.
"What Is the situation now? I am
called and asked to participate in many
syndicates, but In none of them is the
time for decision fixed on the Instant.
Instead of the former attitude, I know
they are content to await my decision,
and I know there Is no danger that I
will be too late.
. "I can judge In another way. Re
qu.sts are coming to me today for
money from quarters It was least ex
pected . would be asking for money some
time ago. Today I was offered the un
precedented ' Interest of 7 per cent, for
$1,000,000, or $2,000,000. or $3,000,000. The
security was beyond all criticism. That
would be impossible In this country If
there was confidence' enough to unlock
the money vault of the country.
"I know that the rallioads of the
United States today are unable to bor
row money for any length of time. For
merly they could obtain It for eight or
ten years In great amounts. They are
very well satisfied to take anything they
can get now for a short term. Recently
I was offered car trusts, one of the saf
est possible Investments, at the rate of
6 3-4 to T per cent, and they were very
glad to give that rate, although there
Is a margin on the safety side of these
loans.
"I Judge of the conditions of the coun
try by these things I have told you and
by others which come directly uner my
notice or under the notice of my per
sonal representatives, my son, and
others.
"It is really of no great moment to me.
I am through with business. Loss or
gain no longer affects me. I am con
tent as I am today. I am In better
health than I have been for many years.
I am happier than I have been for 12
years or more.
"Why are men making these offers to
me now? It Is because of a lack of con
fidence. Not a lack of confidence in
the resources of the country, not because
there Is any danger of foreign entangle
ments, not because of crop failures nor
of the monetary policy nor of any social
condition, but a lack of confidence in
this Administration."
"Poor" Councilman In Lack.
Pittsburg Dispatch In New York World.
A poor Pittsburg Councilman George
Anderson of the Fourth Ward Is to
marry wealthy Mrs. Anna Eva Pem
broke, of Boston, widow of John Quen
tin Pembroke, lumber king of the North
east. Mrs. Pembroke is said to be worth
millions.
There will be a honeymoon trip to Eu
rope, and the Winter will be spent In the
Riviera. Mrs. Pembroke is a widow,
about 25 years old. and a brunette. It
was- while staying at Atlantic City that
she and Mr. Anderson met. .about three
weeks ago. The day after his arrival
Anderson visited the Dunlop Hotel,
where Mrs. Pembroke, with a young
friend, was a guest. A friend intro
duced them, and from that time on they
were almost constantly together. Their
time was largely Rpent in yachting and
in trips In Mrs. Pembroke's automobile.
Anderson returned from Atlantic City
today. Being asked if he Intended to
give up politics, he said: "No; my girl
wishes me to continue in, politics and I
will do so."
- Shoots Waspa on the Win sr.
London Cable In Philadelphia Press.
Lord Walsingham. who is well known
for his love of big game shooting, and
who has Just celebrated his sixty-fourth
birthday, has long shared 'with Earl De
Gray the distinction of being the finest
shot In England. Another distinction Is
now claimed for him. that of being the
only man in the world who can and does
shoot wasps on the wing, a feat, it need
hardly be said, which requires a mar
velous eye and the steadiest of hands.
The weapon which Lord Walsingham
uses for wasp shooting is a specially con
structed miniature rifle.
Being; Called a Fool, StOOO.
Kansas City Star.
J. L. Roberta, of Macon. Mo., has asked
the court to give him $1000 damages be
cause he alleges a Wabash Railroad sta
tion agent at Salisbury called him a fool
In the presence of ladles.
A Dream of the Palace of Peace.
I dreamed I met the architect
Who builds the palace grand.
And asked him much, and asked him much
About the work on hand.
"Why do you nail the roof so tight
Upon the walls so neat?"
"To keep It on, to keep It on
When delegations meet."
"Why are the windows made so small?
In truth it seems a eln."
"So love can't fly, eo love can't fly
When poverty .comes In."
"Why do you build tha basement well
And finer than the rest?"
The janitor, the Janitor
Will have to have the best."
McLandburgh Wilson. In the New York
. Eun.
BARBERS DECIDE ON R-R-EVENGE
Hear Yet If You Insist on Shaving;
Yourself Cot Your Own Hair.
New York American.
If you have the economical and safe
habtt of shaving yourself, you can here
after have the pleasure of also cutting
your own hair.
That was the edict triumphantly de
livered by the assembled State Barbers
from their convention at Groira Hall, at
No. 142 Fifty-third street. It is a final de
cision and there is no appeal, from it. ac
cording to Secretary John Bohmer, of
Brooklyn.
From up-state and down-state, from
country and town, the barbers flocked into
New York yesterday for their two days'
meeting. There were all kinds and va
rieties, but all with the proverbial char
acteristic of talkativeness. In fact, there
was nothing but barbers, and no one who
was not a barber was allowed in the con
vention hall.
The windows of the hall were open,
however, and occasional scraps of the
heated argument over the hated self
chaver and many other weighty subjects
floated out. redolent with bay rum.
"I have the scheme for putting an end
to these mean whisker-mutllators," one(
champion of the tonsorlal art was over
heard to say. "It Is up to us to pass a
resolution that any one addicted to prying
nut hi nwn whiskers, and who Insists on
robbing us poor barbers of our Just due be
forced to cut his own hair." uua cneern
greeted this speech and the resolution was
accordingly adopted. Then the convention
was ready for the "Next."
Many were the questions discussed.
"The Dangers of the Safety Razor" and
"The Standard of Beauty In Manicurists"
were among them. 1
After the election today, all of the
barbers will go to Ulmer Park for a shore
dinner. According to an advance menu.
Bay Rum soups will be served first, Savon
a la Hirsute, with perfumed radishes, will
be the relish. Filet de Strop, Lather
Frappe and Cologne deml tasse are
among the other Items.
Salvatore Yesu, the champion barber of
New York, will entertain the delegates
with an exhibition of his skill.
A Clear Call tor Tariff Reform.
ASTORIa. Or., Aug. 20. (To the
Editor.) If the Republican party is
honest and desirous of the best In
terests of the people and wishes to
remain in power and may do so it
cannot afford to shelve tariff revision.
Republicans must come out in the
open and declare themselves. They
will certainly make more friends with
the people, if the people know what
the Republican policy is. The people
know enough now to know that the
protective tariff In some cases is an
imposition on the people of the United
States.
The game now should be, not poli
tics, but an honest effort to do for the
people what the people want. The
time seems to be about ripe for ev
ery effort of the Republican party to
be concentrated on one essential part
of all good government the good of
the people within the United States.
F. W. GARDINER.
One Messenger Boy's Rise.
Kansas City Times.
Twenty years ago Louis C. Schulze,
then 15 years old, became a messenger
boy for the Western Union Telegraph
Company. He worked faithfully, earned
the confidence of his employers, and was
10 years later made the manager of the
messenger service of the company. He
held that position until he resigned to
go Into business as an optician. He
learned the optical business by attending
night school.
In the last 10 years Mr. Bchulze has
hired probably 600 boys for the telegraph
company. Not more than five or six of
the number, he says, turned out to be bad
boys. Oscar Hochland, county clerk, was
a Western Union messenger at the same
time as Mr. Schulze.
The best way to treat boys," said Mr.
Schulze, "Is to appeal to their manhood
when anything goes wrong. Keep close
to them and be one of them. They'll re
spond if you treat them right."
Biggest Male In the World.
Kansas City Journal.
The high-water mark on the price of
the world-famous Missouri mule was re
cently set, when the largest mule in the
world was sold in East St. Louis for
$400. The enormous siz of the mule was
the star attraction recently at the East
St. Louis Charity Carnival. The mule Is
a native of Culver, Mo. It was shipped
to Pittsburg, and upon Its arrival there
will take its place beside a hairless
horse. The animals will be used for ex
hibition purposes. The mule weighs
1960 pounds, almost twice the weight of
an ordinary mule, and stands more than
eight feet high, with his head up. There
is not a blemish on him, and besides
being the largest. Is said by experts to
be the most perfectly formed large mule
in the world.
Decline In Confederate Camps.
Army and Navy Journal.
Three hundred and ninety camps of
Confederate Veterans were dropped dur
ing 1906 because of apathy and non-payment
of dues, according to the annual
report of Adjutant-General AVilliam E.
Mickle. Forty-one charters were Issued
during the period, bringing the total
strength to 1649 camps. Texas, with 72,
showed the greatest decline. Others are
as follows: South Carolina, 17; Georgia,
44: Alabama, 45; Missouri, 32: Arkansas,
26; Tennessee, 18; North Carolina, 17;
Mississippi, IS: Virginia, 14; Indian Ter
ritory, 11: Kentucky, 10; Louisiana, 9;
Florida. 8: Oklahoma, 9: West Virginia,
7: Maryland, 6; Pacific States, 2; Massa
chusetts, 1. .
Old Book Yields I'p 10,000.
Indianapolis News.
William Harold, of Jeffersonvllle, Ind.,
found In an old book which he pur
chased an old Government certificate
which seems to call for $10,000. He has
had the paper photographed and has sent
It to Washington; D. C, for examination.
"SAFE?"
CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT
Young Girl Makes Serious Accusa
tion Against John Koberts.
CHEivLIS. Was.... Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) County Attorney M. A. Lang
horne has filed an information direct
In the Superior Court, charging John
W. Roberts, of Cora, with a criminal
assault on Miss Dana Salisbury, daugh
ter of a well-known rancher of the Bis
Bottom country. The offense is al
leged to have been committed Saturday
night, August 10.
The information on which the war
rant was issued was contained in let
ters written by Miss Salisbury and Mrs.
Roberts to the brothers of the former,
who are working in a sawmill on the
Chehalls & South Bend road, near here.
Miss Salisbury says that Roberts per
suaded her to go to his home, repre
senting that she and his wife and him-"
self would go to a dance. Mrs. Rob
erts, however, was not at home. It Is
claimed that Roberts compelled Miss
Salisbury to stay all night with him
at his home, under deadly threats.
Later, he unfolded his plan to her that
Just as soon as the harvest was over
she would have to leave the country
with him or he would kill her.. Mrs.
Roberts also wrote the Salisbury broth
ers that her husband had confessed the
affair to her, and that he had also
threatened to kill her If she gave anv
warning of it. Both letters Implored
the brothers to have the officers go
after Roberts, as the women were
afraid he would carry his threats into
executlqn.
CORVAIXIS GETS XEW TEACHER
Professor H. D. Scudder Comes
From Kansas College.
CORVALLI3, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.)
Professor H. D. Seudder, of the Kansas
Agricultural College, has been elected
Professor of Agronomy at the Oregon
Agricultural College This is a new po
sition created by the Board of Regents
at their annual meeting In July.
Mr. Scudder Is a young man of 26 years,
having spent his boyhood in Illinois,
where he received his public school and
college education. He (rraduated from
the Illinois College of Agriculture in
1902,. which Is one of the strong institu
tions of the country in work in Agro
nomy. In his college work Mr. Scudder
had special training in soils, mechandes
and crop production. He spent two years
In the employ of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, engaged in sci
entific investigations along botanical
lines. This work took him into nearlv
every agrlgultural region of the United
States, particularly in the West. Eight
months of this time he spent In Cali
fornia, where he made a special study
of the water supply, irrigation methods
and fruitgrowing Industries and the al
kali soil question.
During the past year he has been em
ployed at the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege, and was re-elected for next year
at an increase in salary. Last Fall he
had charge of the grain-Judging team
which represented the Kansas Agricul
tural College at the International Expo
sition at Chicago.
COSTS MONEY TO MINE COAL
Shortage Not Thought to Be So Ban
This Year as Last.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 20
(Special. P. Gibbons, owner of the Oc
cidental coal mines at Renton, says that
there will be a shortage of coal this
year, but that It will not be so bad as
last Winter. He says that the Northern
Paclflo and Great Northern Railways
will not be able to furnish any coal to
tne public this year, as they will need
all the coal they can get for their own
use. On the other hand, a great many
people are laying up a supply for the
cold weather, and that will operate
against famine conditions.
Mr. Gibbons is of the opinion that the
fuel situation will become worse every
year, as he says there Is not enough
money available for mining purposes in
the state properly to open up the mines
and put the properties on a good ship
ping basis. He declares that to put a
mine on a good shipping basis requires
an expenditure of about 1,000,000.
REDUCTION IS APPRECIATED
Lower Rates Help Cannery and
Whole Countryside.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.) The
recent action of the Southern Pacific in
lowering the shipping rates on fruit In
land out of Eugene is generally appreci
ated here. The change not only benefits
the canning and packing company, but In
directly the man engaged in raising any
kind of fruit.
Heretofore the cannery has limited its
output to certain varieties of fruit that
would also be in demand on the market.
Since the change of rates the Allen can
nery has asked that all kinds of fruit, in.
eluding peaches, plums and other varie
ties be brought to the cannery, where it
can be handled.
This will distribute hundreds of dollars
among the country people and will in
crease the demand for help at the can
nery. New Steamship Line.
VICTORIA. Aug. 19. Mail ; advices by
steamship Empress of India say that
Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., operat
ing the Indo-China line, announce the es
tablishment of a line from Yokohama to
Calcutta of three steamers alternating
with C. P. R. liners, giving a fortnightly
service. The Osaka Shosen Kalsha also
has announced the establishment of a
steamship line from Yokohama to Calcut
ta to start August 22. The company has
bought the steamers Athenla and Tartar
from the Canadian Pacific Railroad for
this service.
-From the Pittsburg Dispatch.