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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1907.
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PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. OCT. 1. 107.
1T.DEHAL CON'TROIj.
When the rate bill was under debate
in Congress and the railroad Senators
and lobby were opposing it with that
"rancorous bitterness" which the Pres
ident has liitelv recalled . to memorr.
The Oregonian remarked in a spirit of
prophecy that the time would come
when the railroads would beg for Fed
eral control. Seldom Is a prophecy
fulillled so speedily and completely.
At a banquet of railroad men in Chi
cago the other day Mr. Robert Mather
took the position that Federal control
of the most thorough-going character
was the refuge open to the car
riers from the "tyranny of the states."
and all his hearers agreed with him.
This sentiment is in amusing con
trast with the doctrines put forth by
the railroad presidents In their fa
mous "campaign of education" a year
or two ago. Then there was nothing
on earth quite so lovely as the re
served rights of the states. No safe
guard of human liberty was so sure as
these precious reserved rights. Noth
ing but the constitutional rights of
the states could possibly defend the
railroads from the tyranny of Mr.
Roosevelt and his subservient party in
Congress.
But now "the lady of his love, oh,
she Is changed." The railroads have
had a taste, not much more than, a
taste, of the reserved rights of the
states in the bloom and beauty of their
Virile energy, and that taste seems to
suffice. In the dialect of the vulgar,
they have had enough. The states,
we are told, seem to regard the rail
roads "with a peculiar and mysteri
ous bitterness," which leads to "weird"
and "freak" legislation.
The weird legislation is for the most
part laws reducing passenger fares to
S cents a mile. The freak statutes
confer enlarged powers upon railroad
commissions. It is quite likely that
both species will. In the long run, ben
efit the carriers. So far in our his
tory, the very worst judges of their
own permanent welfare have been the
railroad officials.
But is the "bitterness" of the states
toward the railroads so mysterious?
Had these banqueting officials searched
their hearts deeply, could they not
have discovered a reason for it? Brib
ery of legislators is not a particularly
effective method of winning the love of
the voters of a state. Neither does It
compel affection to run a railroad two
or three miles on one side of an estab-
jisnea city in raer to sell lots in a
new site. The popular heart is not
much warmed by that process of har
rying small merchants and dealers of
all sorts which has been going on for
years to help build up great monopo
lies. Had the railifbad officials at their
banquet recalled certain classes of
facts like these they might perhaps
have discovered why the people of the
states do not love them.
As for National control of the great
corporations of all kinds, it is coming
whether they like It or not. The
growing disposiiton on their part to
accept the Inevitable gracefully shows
that they can see a fact when it is
made sufficiently plain. Of course
National control is for their Interest.
It is for everybody's Interest. No
body is benefited in the long run by
living in anarchy, and anarchy is pre
cisely what state control of corpora
tions means.
The Indian names suggested by
George H. Himes for "Bull Run," in
case of official change of the name of
Portland's water source and supply,
are Te-wal-i-kum (crooketl river), or
Tal-bo-kum-do (good water or swift
water). Either name is appropriate
enough, but both are difficult to re
member and impossible to pronounce
In the guttural tones which alone
jnake them significant. Why not dis
card, the Indian word for Its transla
tion? Why say Te-waM-kum when
"crooked river" is meant? And why
muffle the voice and mumble "Tal-bo-kum-do"
when we wish to apply the
words "good water" to our incompara
ble water supply? The name Bull
Run is good enough for most- people,
but if it must be changed to meet
the wishes of the esthetic few, why not
without more ado rechristen the
stream Crooked River? This name, if
not euphonious, at least means some
thing that the public, untutored In
Indian nomenclature, would under
stand; it would,- moreover, be easy to
pronounce, spell and remember
point3 that in this strenuous age are
worthy of consideration.
ROSE POETRY.
If there Is one thing that we love
better than another, it is poetry. True
poetry is what we mean; not your
common, every-day stuff, but the
genuine article which displays the gift
and faculty divine in every' syllable;
nay in every silent letter. To be spe
cific, this is the kind for us:
Roses fragrant, roses rare.
Portland roses everywhere.
We guess the muses had to hump
themselves a little to get up such a
verse as that. It takes a genius to
make two lines of poetry out of five
words. There are more than five?
Well, what are they? Tour Milton or
Shakespeare doesn't need a whole pile
of mere words to express his burning
visions. Neither does this poet of the
Rose Festival. Indeed, we almost
think he would have gotten along bet
ter with no words at all. Observe the
delicate harmony of his ideas. The
roses are "rare," and at the same time
they are "everywhere." Very remark
able roses those is. In the Inspired
language of Kugene Field:
Behold them roses! Holy Moses.
Ain't they just the sweetest posies?
This rose so rare grows everywhere.
If it does, then how can It be rare?
Do not ask. Such questions profane
the holy mysteries of the muses, who
are at liberty to do such things when
ever they chooses.
Moreover, another sinful inquiry oc
curs to us, but we shall suppress it.
We shall smother it. Were we base
enough to let It see the light, it would
be this: If Portland roses are every
where, why call them Portland roses
rather than Salem roses or Eugene
roses or Skamokawa roses? And
what particular right has Portland to
hold high carnival over roses that are
everywhere. When some folks try to
talk of roses, their words their lack of
sense exposes. The fact is, every rose
that grows is ashamed of a poet who
so little knows his business as to write
such lines as those is.
ANOTHER JAPANESE INSULT.
The action of the Japanese Govern
ment, or rather the Japanese "Jin
goes," on the latest San Francisco dis
turbance will be awaited with Interest.
Drunken men have been pummeling
innocent people since the worm of the
still first turned. Maltreating China
men has for more than fifty years been
a favorite diversion with drunken Pa
cific Coast hoodlums, and occasionally
out In the bounding West our more
strenuous outlaws assassinate English
men, Russians, or perhaps "a Turk, a
Frank or a Prussian." These disa
greeable incidents, briefly noted and
soon forgotten in the flight of time,
have until quite recently failed to heat
any international blood to the boiling
point, but since the Japanese van
quished China and made Russia be
lieve that she also was beaten, the sit
uation has changed. The first San
Francisco "outrage," which produced
such a violent attack of "Jingoism" in
Nippon land, was but little, if any,
worse than that which happened in
San Francisco Monday.
Between these two "outrages" oc
curred something like the real thing in
race rioting at "Vancouver, B. C. Did
the haughty Jap mount his high horse,
crack his heels together, or put forth
any mutterings of war? Not so you
could notice it. Instead he followed
the Scriptural Injunction and turned
the other cheek, which the British Co
lumbia hoodlum "swatted" with an
energy equal to that displayed in the
initial offense. And still the blood of
Japan remained at a normal tempera
ture. Now it remains to be seen
whether the United States' latest in
cident will be treated by Japan as the
trivial affair which it Is, or whether a
"fish and fowl" distinction will be
made between Great Britain and the
United States. In view of the man
ner in which Japan accepted past
apologies, it is hardly probable that
the American Government will be very
profuse in explanations of this latest
"outrage."
TIDE JOINT-RATE 'WOLVES.
The Puget Sound flour milling trusti
which through the Washington Rail
road Commission is fighting for access
to O. R. & N. territory, will not have
plain sailing on its predatory cruise.
The O. R. & N. Co. has asked for a
temporary Injunction against enforce
ment of the joint-rate order on wheat,
and the case will be fought out on its
merits. In the petition filed by the
railroad company It is properly set
forth that the order of the Railroad
Commission requiring the O. R. & N.
Co. to "short haul" out of its own ter
ritory' to junction points with the Pu
get Sound roads, which will get the
long haul, in effect forces the Oregon
road "to devote its Interstate equip
ment to wholly lntra-state business,
and that it is incompetent on the part
of the Commission thus, under the
guise of a regulation of lntra-state
business, to interfere with the instru
mentalities of interstate commerce of
the O. R. & N."
The attempt of the Railroad Com
mission to force the O. R. & N. Co. to
relinquish the prestige gained through
its enterprise in bulldin? into the
wheat territory of Eastern Washing
ton would be unfair at any time, but
In present circumstances it Is excep
tionally reprehensible. With all of the
available equipment In constant use
night and day, handling the business
which the O. R. U N. has worked up
between Portland and the wheat dis
trict mentioned, withdrawal of a single
car to be turned over to a rival road
that lacked the enterj riBe or foresight
to build into the country would mean
definite loss to the company and Its
patrons, who are all sore pressed for
cars. Through the testimony of wit
nesses, some of whom perjured them
selves on the stand, the Railroad Com
mission pretends to have satisfied Itself
that wheat in the interior would com
mand higher prices for shipment to
Puget Sound than for shipment to
Portland, and on such flimsy perjured
testimony that body seeks to justify its
action in ordering in the joint rate.
Perhaps the strongest evidence that
could be offered In disproving the
Commission's contention la the fact
that the ringleaders in the conspiracy
for the joint rate are the members of
the Puget Sound milling trust-, who are
after cheap wheat. If they can, with
the aid of a joint rate, succeed in in
vading the O. R. & N. territory, they
can accumulate stocks in that terri
tory at regular market prices gov
erned by export values, and, using
these stocks as a club, can then, at
their leisure, beat down prices In their
own territory that cannot be reached
by the millers in O. R. & N. territory.
There is a further advantage for the
Puget Sound milling trust In this raid
on Portland territory, through the op
portunities it offers for destruction of
the business o'f a large number of
small mills throughout Eastern Ore
gon and Washington. These small
mills, which have been located for
years in their respective districts, at
the present time, with an average
crop, are enabled to run for' the
greater part of the year. During that
period they use from 250,000 bushels
to well around 1,000.000 bushels of
wheat, for which they almost Invaria
bly can, and do, -pay something above
the export value of wheat. As their
sales of flour must necessarily extend
over a period of many" months each
year, It is impossible for them to go
out at the opening of the season and
tie upUrom $250,000 to $500,000 In
wheat in order to protect their plants
and keep them in operation.
"Herein lies the opportunity for the
Puget Sound milling trust. With a
joint rate in effect, the trust, with Its
capacity of many thousand barrels per
day, can, at the opening of the sea
son, pass by the territory In which it
has a "cinch" and buy up the avail
able supplies on which the small miller
has been dependent. The joint-rate
order thus becomes a two-edged sword
by removing numerous small competi
tors in the flour business and at the
same time cheapening the wheat in
Puget Sound territory, which is closed
to the small miller operating on the
O. R. & N. line. It Is hardly probable
that the courts will permit this Injus
tice, but, if such a Joint-rate order
should ever become effective, the Little
Red Riding Hoods of the wheat belt,
who assisted in bringing It about,
would not be long In doubt as to the
true character or motives of the Puget
Sound wolf.
SHUNNING THE TARIFF.
It is a singular thing that neither Mr.
Bryan nor Mr. Roosevelt has anything
particularly definite to say about the
tariff. In that vague, matter-of-course
way which we all have when we con
fess that we are miserable sinners, Mr.
Bryan admits that the tariff ought to
be revised in the interest of the con
sumer; but his heart is set on other
things. He seems to care infinitely
more about the initiative and refer
endum and matters of that kind which
the factions of his party are ready to
rend each other to pieces over than he
does about the tariff, on which they
are all agreed. A contemporary calls
attention to the remarkable fact that
Folk, Johnson, Cleveland, Whitney
and Governor Glenn, of North Caro
lina, can lie down together on the
question of revision while there is
nothing else under the shining heav
ens that they agree about. One
would suppose, therefore, that a great
statesman like Mr. Bryan would talk
tariff revision from morn till dewy eve;
but he does nothing of the so.rt. He
seems to shun the subject.
Why does l.e shun it? Perhaps he
thinks it dull. Perhaps to his agile
intellect it lacks romantic interest.
Very likely he believes that the voters
of the country care nothing about it.
But this is a sad mistake. They care
a great deal about it. They are read
ing about it, and the more they read
the more they care. They are inter
ested to learn how they have been
plundered to enrich the trusts and
make goods cheap for the European
patrons of our Infant industries. Tariff
reform is orthodox Democratic doc
trine. A tariff for revenue with rea
sonable protection Is orthodox Repub
lican doctrine. The clamor for pro
hibitive duties Is neither Democratic
nor Republican. It is simply the voice
of greed trying to make itself respect
able under the cloak first of one party
then of the other. The Wilson Demo
cratic tariff was not less exorbitant
than the Republican Dlngley perform
ance. And yet, though a reasonable, not
an extortionate, tariff is the genuine
doctrine of both parties, neither Mr.
Bryan nor Mr. Roosevelt seems to
want to make a text of It. The ef
forts of the President to curb the mo
nopolies are approved by all patriotic
citizens.- They are certainly efforts in
the right direction. Still, as long as
the tariff remains unchanged they are
merely palliatives. They do not touch
the mainstay and bulwark of the mo
nopolies. Is it not rather futile to en
act laws to limit swollen fortunes and
never touch the tariff, which does
more than any other thing, perhaps
more than all other things, to swell
them ?
The probability is that Mr. Roose
velt is wailing for a decided mandate
from the Nation before he moves upon
the iniquitous tariff exorbltancles. He
will not have long to wait. Americans
being intelligent people, capable, of
correct thinking, it follows as a matter
of course that the moment their at
tention is directed to the real charac
ter of the tariff they will demand re
vision in no uncertain tone. They
have already beun to see It as it is.
They cannot be hoodwinked much
longer. Trying to check monopoly
with the tariff standing as it does is
like baling out the ocean with all
the rivers in full flood, and this truth
the people are coming rapidly to com
prehend. PUBLICITY FOR THE HOP. ,
The hop crop of Oregon, while fur
nishing' each year a considerable
amount of coin of the realm that finds
circulation in the Willamette Valley,
is ,only moderately important In com
parison with wheat, fruit, stock and
lumber as a means of getting the
money. When it comes to publicity,
however, the humble hop has all of its
competitors distanced. Black rust,
the hop louse and the prohibitionist
are not the only enemies that are for
ever camping on the trail, or, perhaps
more accurately speaking, on the vine
of the hop. We find by reference to
the daily papers and to skillfully
worded circulars that there is a spe
cies of being known as the hop bear,
who gaily trips from field ti field, ac
companied by , his press agent and
stenographer. By the aid of skillfully
constructed eyeglasses he can see from
three to a dozen hops where only one
gets In focus of the grower's eye.
Then there is the hop bull, who also
visits the fields, usually accompanied
by a Kropkiller skilled In the con
struction of fables. If the hop bull
happens to be "long" on the market,
he has extreme difficulty in finding
much of anything in the hop fields
except the poles and interlacing twine.
The wonderful stories told by these
hop bulls and bears are responsible
for the Chinese appropriating the
name "hop" for the stuff of which
dreams are made. If we are to be
lieve the testimony of some workers
in the good cause of religion, even a
short sojourn in a hop field is suffi
cient to ' cause other workers in the
same cause to take most hilarious lib-,
erties with the truth. There was one
item of hop news in yesterday's Ore
gonian, however, which brought with
it a ray of light for those who are
tired of the twaddle of the hop bulls
and bears and of the awful stories of
iniquity among the pickers. This
gladsome item was under a London
dateline, and it conveyed the news
that in England there are 1784 acres
less in hop cultivation than there were
last year, and that, while thirty-one
years ago the hop acreage was 72,000,
now there are only 44,938 acres.
Accompanying these distressing fig
ures Is the statement that as far back
as 1819, when the consumption of
beer was not more than one-fifth of
what it is today, the acreage was 61,
014. To any one who has ever drunk
not the beer that made England
famous, but the beer that makes Eng
land drunk It can eaBily be under
stood why there can Be an increased
output of beer on a decreasing yield
of hops, without necessarily importing
hops from the United States. If . our
brewers ever learn the secret of mak
ing the "penny dreadful" beer of the
English, there will be no more charges
of immorality among the hop-pickers,
the veracity of the hop bulls and bears
will improve and the hop louse must
seek -a new diet, for the Oregon hop,
like the Ireland snake, will have de
parted for the land of Nowhere.
The revocation of the franchise held
by the People's Market Association
will meet with general approval from
every one except the favored Individ
uals who have been profiting by the
laxity of city- officials in permitting
the graft to continue. The object for
which, the franchise was granted was
to provide a general market in which
vegetable and fruit vendors could
gather to dispose of their produce,
with advantage alike to themselves
and the buying public. It was also
stipulated in the franchise that exten
sive Improvements should be made on
the market block. Instead of com
plying with the requirements of the
frarchise, the association proceeded
to rent the block for any purpose
which would bring in the most money.
The Council has properly decided that.
If there is any money to be made by
renting the premises to millinery and
blacksmith shops, the profits should
accrue to the city.
Representative Hall of South Dakota
says the state is for Roosevelt for
another term. He thus improves, or
at least amplifies. Senator Bourne's
statement about a "second elective
term," to wit:
Roosevelt Is now serving the first term to
which he has been nominated and elected by
the people as President. When he ex-offlclo
completed the term of President McKlnley
it is a matter of common knowledge that
lie pursued the policies of the deceased
president and did not lnaugurayj policies of
his own until after his election and Inaug
uration. March 4. 1805. The Roosevelt
Stato Republican League adopted resolu
tions at Huron on the 11th lnst. strongly
recommending the selection of delegates to
the National Convention favoring the re
nominatlon of Rooeeve.lt.
Gresham's great day, and Multno
mah County's great day, agriculturally
speaking, has dawned. The festival
and fair, given under the auspices of
the granges of Eastern Multnomah,
will open this morning. Indefatigable
industry, personal enthusiasm and
civic pride have held counsel together
to make this display. The result is
before the public a great fair in
miniature and an entertainment that
will be enjoyed by all the country
side and only to a less extent by hun
dreds of visitors from the city.- The
occasion is one of interest to every
citizen of Multnomah County.
A new figure has broken into the
spot light on the Moroccan war stage,
and Raisuli is likely to be crowded
back Into the wings. Mulal Hang is
the latest candidate for the headline
in th-3 daily story from the land of
Othello, and he has captured a Cus-tom-House
and added four wives to
his string. A Tangier dispatch says
that he has appointed El Gullloully
Governor of Haha. There are great
opportunities for comic opera, even to
the names of the cast, down in that
land of trouble.
Through a blunder of his attorney,
ex-Mayor Schmltz, of San Francisco,
has lost his last chance to postpone
by appeal his Imprisonment, and he
will now begin serving his term in the
Penitentiary. This is hard lines for
the man whom Samuel Gompers de
scribed as "the noblest American since
Abraham Lincoln," but the effect on
the San Francisco standard of moral
ity will be lasting, and It may also
cause Mr. Gompers to be less careless
with his figures of speech.
In view of the unpresentable delay
that attaches to the construction of
public buildings, the demand from
Highland, Sellwood, Mount Tabor and
other rapidly growing suburbs for
more schoolhouses Is made none too
early. The building committee of the
School Board must needs get busy at
once. With a family increasing at the
rate of 2000 'annually, Portland must
have more house-room, and keep on
getting more every year.
Effort of the State Railroad Com
mission to sound the depth of water in
the Corvallls & Eastern capitalization
reminds old-timers of the $14,000,000
which the late Colonel T. Egenton
Hogg raised on Oregon Paoific "secur
ities" long before the present high
finance system came Into vogue.
The New York Tribune calls the
proposed arrangement between the
local Republican organization of New
Tork City, under direction of Parsons,
and the Hearst Independence League,
"an unholy alliance," and says Repub
licans will not have it.
There can be no truth In the state
ment that Jack Slmpkins has been
recognized in Spokane, and that he de
livered a statement there. It is an
invention, proclaimed for the sake of
cheap notoriety.
Eugene having decided on a water
supply to equal Portland's in quality,
It will be well for the city fathers to
give its source a name that their chil
dren will not wish to change.
OREGON'S CELEBRITIES,
How Washington Regards Oar Contest
for the United States Senatorshlp. .
Washington Post.
The populace in Oregon are to' be ex
cited by the Hon. Fred W. Mulkey, some
time United States Senator, and re
nowned because he was considered by
many persons to be the handsomest man
who ever sat in that august chamber.
Mr. Mulkey has not been so prominent
since he retired from the Senate. He
was there only a short time, being one of
the trio of lightning-change Senators who
succeeded to the seat of the late John H.
Mitchell. Mulkey followed Gearin, and
will be followed by Bourne Jonathan
Bourne, the only man in the United
States who dares to tell Theodore Roose
velt to hts face that he must serve a
"second elective term." Mr. Mulkey en
joyed the fierce white light of the Sen
ate, as his successor does. There is a
greater opportunity for the exercise of
a certain kind of statesmanship in Wash
ington than In Oregon, and Mr. Mulkey
is anxious to shine again. He does not
intend, in other words, to permit his
personal beauty to interfere with his duty
to the good people of Oregon. Other men
endowed with the fatal gift , have been
successful in the Senate "why not
Mulkey?
The Oregon Adonis has, therefore,
started upon the trail of the Hon. Charles
W. Fulton. Oregon's other Senator. Sen
ator Fulton suffers one or two handi
caps, of course. For one thing, he has
been in the Senate long enough to have
made a record, and that is usually dis
astrous to Senators from the Far West.
The states out there do not believe in
long terms and personal distinction of
Senatprs. They think it Is good policy
to pass the fat things around, and a lit
tle Independence on a Senator's part is
sure to furnish an excuse for turning him
out. Senator Fulton has had the hardi
hood to suggest that members of the Ore
gon Legislature should not be pledged In
advance of their election to vote for any
man selected by the people for United
States Senator. He bases his reasons on
constitutional grounds another bad mis
take In the extreme West. What Is the
Constitution between the people and their
desire? ' Nothing but a stumbling-block,
to be kicked aside. Another flaw in
Senator Fulton, possibly. Is the scurvy
trick played upon him by the gods when
they were passing around the gift of
beauty. They must have overlooked him.
So, if such things count in Oregon, the
matchless Mulkey may cut a wide swath
in the affections of the people.
It is too bad that Oregon can have only
two Senators at a time. The variety that
has come from that state is attractive,
and Washington would like more of them.
Six-year terms are all too long. Unless
changes can be made more rapidly, the
country at large, as well as the people of
Oregon, Is likely to howl. Senator Fulton
is an able, patriotic, and popular Senator,
who is doing good work for Oregon. He
should stay. So should Brother Jonathan
Bourne, Roosevelt's Nemesis. And Fred
Mulkey should come back in all the
radiance of his youth and beauty. It
Is a hard task that confronts the people
of Oregon. Washington cannot help
them. They must make the eventful
choice themselves. All we ask at this
end of the line is the variety to which
we have become accustomed.
PROHIBITION IX WASHINGTON.
Except In the Homes and Clubs of the
"Respectable" Classes.
New York Sun.
Why not? Washington is under the
control of Congress, and Congress has
admitted on at least one memorable oc
casion that it is subject to the so-called
"temperance" agitators.
Some years ago Congress astounded
Washington by abolishing the army can
teen. The members of the House of Rep
resentatives had on various previous oc
casions yielded to the more or less op
pressive solicitations of the W. C. T. U.,
intending thereby to saVe themselves
from persecution and depending on the
Senate to rescue them from the conse
quences of their cowardice. But at last
the Senators grew weary of the role of
scapegoat; and the next time the Repre
sentatives steered the good ladies and the
parsons up against them they assented to
the bill and stocked their committee
rooms in anticipation of the coming
dearth.
Now the Prohibitionists are gathering
for a move of special import. They pro
pose to themselves to secure an act of
Congress forbidding the sale of liquor
throughout the District of Columbia, and
they count with much reason it must be
said upon the same craven hypocrisy
which stood them in such good stead be
fore. The idea is to make Washington
"dry" all over. This means that the
favored classes can drink at will in their
homes and clubs, while the multitude
must resort to cellars, "blind tigers," and
hidden places generally, the difference
being that drinking will go on with un
abated fervor, though under mean, fur
tive and demoralizing circumstances.
We have little doubt that the crusade
will reach triumphant consummation.
The result to Washington, to morality, to
civilization and to human liberty is quite
another matter.
Governor Hushes as Ohio Sees Him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Governor Hughes has no popular
qualities," remarks The Indianapolis
News. "He is not impulsive nor mag
netic, and, of course. Is without any
of the arts of the demagogue." But
it begins to look as if there la a pop
ular element In the lack of such qual
ities In a strong man.
There can be no doubt that Hughes
is a sincere reformer.' His work in
the insurance investigation first re
vealed his integrity and sense of pub
lic responsibility. In epite of his sup
posed lack of personal charm as a gu
bernatorial candidate, he proved to be
the strongest man on the ticket. His
sternness and integrity found a re
sponse in the hearts of New Yorkers
that politicians had not foreseen. His
record, as Governor has shown him to
be in line with the present irresistible
demand for a more rigid morality in
politics and business. The impression
is growing that he is the sort of re
former who represents the dominant
tendency in American life.
Swagger Canes for New York: Girls.
New York Dispatch.
Canes and swagger sticks for young
women are the latest fad here. Several
of the feminine exponents of the idea
have recently been seen In Fifth
avenue carrying the slender sort.
The new walking sticks are not
more than half an inch in diameter,
well polished and without much adorn
ment. It is considered proper to carry
such canes as these with severely tailor-made
suits and short skirts, and
those who have them are not supposed
to bear even a purse or a pocketbook.
Sales of canes to women at Broadway
stores have been slowly increasing for
the last two or three weeks.
Pleads for Kindness to Horses.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 15. (To the Ed
itor.) I wish to complain about the man
ner in which drivers In this city use their
horses. Take a stand at a busy corner
and see how many drivers tug and Jerk
all the time at the horses. The poor
horses don't know what Is meant. They
want to go faster Instead of slowing up,
but can't, because they are toeing sav
agely held back with tight reins. It's a
shams SUBSCRIBER.
ROTHSCHILD OX ROOSEVELT.
Says Ills Speeches Against the Rail
ways Greatly Disturb the Market.
London cable to New York Times.
"Stocks are low," said Lord Roth
schild In an interview today, "because
Governments all over the world are
hissing at capital."
Lord Rothschild demurred at the
suggestion that the condition of the
money market is due to a boom In
trade, which leaves little cash free for
investment. He referred to the social
istic denunciations of capital and to
various questions such as old age pen
sions, the Scottish land tenure projects
and the proposed licensing bill, as
having an unsettling influence on the
British money market, and in reply to
a suggestion that the. trouble was not
particularly British, but was interna
tional, said:
"Of course, President Roosevelt's
speeches against the conduct of' the
American railways are greatly disturb
ing that market. We must all admit
that the manipulation of railroad stock
in the United States has not always
been quite what it should have been,
but this does not distract from the
serious character of ' the President's
campaign. It is difficult, nay, almost
Impossible, as things stand, for us to
furnish from this country fresh capi
tal for railway development across the
water."
"Speaking generally, would you say
that the' prices of leading securities
are likely to improve as the Autumn
progresses?" was asked.
"Ah." replied Lord Rothschild, as
he shook his head, laughing, "It 1b the
truest, wisdom never to prophesy. I
am told that Investors in New York
are hoarding money until they see how
events turn and that they may display
greater confidence when the Spring
comes, but, after ail, none of us is in a
position to indulge In forecasts."
"Do you consider our gold reserve)
in London adequate?"
"It is acknowledged that we work
on a narrow margin. This is why we in
London get the business. The free cir
culation of gold enables us to collect
what we want on the very day we
want It. For Instance, .we ourselves
found some millions for dividends last
January 1. In Paris we should have to
accumulate this gold, say, a fortnight
beforehand. In London it is a matter
not of weeks, but of hours, ana we
save Interest."
"Then you see no reason for the im
position of special measures In respect
to the gold reserve?"
"It is a problem whioh can hardly
be attacked by artificial arrangements."
A BISINESS TEW OF ROOSEVELT,
Real Benefits Derived Krom. Attack on
Inflated Values,
American Carpet and Upholstery Journal.
To become convinced that a wealthy
financier is likewise a wealthy malefactor,
and then to so pillory him before the eyes
of the world, requires bravery foreign to
the breast of a time-serving ruler. Timor
ous men would rather havo the friendship
of the malefactor and enjoy the aid of his
predatory wealth than to engender his
dislike. To know that a "great railroad
magnate" is "great" because of his plun
der obtained through sleight-of-hand
methods and then to throw the calcium
on him so that all the world may see, re
quires what is vulgarly termed "nerve."
In reality it is moral courage of the high
est type. .
If in his fights with blasts at Ephesus,
Theodore Roosevelt has tapped their
water-pouches (many are thus marked),
the sensible, plodding people of America
need feel no alarm. The basic structure
of business, whether of finance, manufac
ture, mining or railroading, is not in the
least hurt by the onslaught of the Presi
dent and his advisers. Stock selling at
lfiO, worth In reality but 100. Is better sold
at 100, because it has no need of filching
from its income In order to pay interest
on wind. The same principle runs like a
hot steel wire through all departments of
corporate endeavor.
In his crusade against the stock and
bond thief, the railroad rebnter, the bloat
ed monopolist, the political liar and
grafter and the commercial crook of
whatever type and kind. President Roose
velt deserves the high acclaim of the peo
ple. This he will have even to the extent,
if found necessary, of forcing him Into an
additional term of office.
A Decline In British Drink Bill.
North American.
F. W. Mahln, American Consul at
Nottingham, England, states that the
British inland revenue commissioners'
report for the last fiscal year shows a
continued decline in the consumption
of alcoholic beverages in England. The
Consul adds:
"A decrease appeared in the several
dull business years preceding 1906,
and was attributed by those skepti
cal as to the "temperance wave' to lack
of purchasing power, but the decrease
during the most prosperous period
1906-7 disturbs the theory.
"The consumption of beer in this
country reached the maximum In 1900,
being 32.29 gallons per head of the pop
latlon. It has steadily declined each
year since, last year being only 27.81
gallons per head.
"In 1900 the average per head of
spirits consumed was 1.18 gallons; last
year, after a steady per annum de
cline, 0.91 gallon.
"In ten years the number of brew
ers' licenses has declined from 8305
to 4985, and the number of vendors of
intoxicating liquors from 233,702 to
2,22,394.
"In the same time the population
of the country has Increased about 10
per cent. The present statistics do not
refer to wine, but other official figures
show decreasing Imports."
"Thou Shalt Not Steal" .Yewa" In
Wall Street.
Wall-Street Journal.
On the bulletin-board of a Wall-street
broker's office the following was posted
last week:
Five thousand years ago Moses came
down from the mount and brought with
him a tablet on which was written:
"Thou shalt not steal."
Today President Roosevelt is giving the
same advice, and Wall street thinks it ia
news.
This of course is a plagiarism from
Thomas B. Reed, who a number of years
ago described Roosevelt as a statesman
who had "discovered the Ten Command
ments." It was witty, it was true, and it, was
also a compliment to Roosevelt.
The Ten Commandments cannot be
preached too much, and certainly no gen
eration has needed more than this to have
"Thou shalt not steal" preached to it.
This commandment in its application to
the conduct of great competitive busi
ness was in 'the nature of news. Th9
country is now at last learning that un
fair competition, market manipulation
and rate discriminations are stealing.
Julia's House, Herculaneum.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the Smart Bet.
Not great Vesuvius, In all his Ire,
Nor all the centuries, could hide your
ename;
There is the little window, where you came
With eyes that woke the demon of desire!
And lips like rose leaves, fashioned out of
Are;
And from the lava leaps the molten flame
Of your old sins. The walls cry oift your
name
Your faco seems rising from the funeral
pyre.
There must have dwelt, within your fated
town.
Full many a. virtuous dame, and noble wife
Before whose blooms yours was as star to
sun;
How strange the centuries have handed
down
Your name, fair Julia, of Immoral life,
And left the others to oblivion.
POTPOURI
BY NANCY LEE.
"7T LOCAL Catholic dignitary tells a
J story of a friend in Scotland. In the
"land of mountain dew," when playing
golf, the caddie Is frequently a man of
mature years. On a severely cold Winter
day, a golfplayer, who had been on the
links for some hours, finally noticed that
the venerable caddy was apparently suf
fering from cold, being without earmuffs
and attired in the shiver-producing "hoot
mon" clothes. The kindly disposed golfer
asked the caddie if he would have a drink
of Scotch whisky?
"I dlnno care if I dae. I'have na had
a drink since before the awksident."
"Why, what accident?"
"The awksident? Weel, ye see, Dougall
Macdougall ses tae me, ses he: 'Hoot
mon, will ye hae a drink wi' me?' I hnd
on ma earmuffs, and I didna hoar what
Dougall Macdougall was sayin."
Ashton Stevens, whose fame as a dra
amtlc critic on the Examiner is second
only to that of Alan Dale, has resigned
his position on the San Francisco paper
and will shortly write dramatic criticisms
for two New York Hearst papers, trying
his skill at epigrams and "roasts" against
Alan Dale. Stevens' individuality and
the apostolic tone of his criticisms, while
often Irritating to thespians are refresh
ing to readers who appreciate his under
current of humor. Ha also intends, whilo
in the East, to write a play for Mrs.
Fiske, who has the utmost confidence in
his ability. Stevens is an ardent admirer
of Barnard Shaw and his contemplated
efforts will no doubt abound with Shaw
isms. Stevens' one ambition, it is said,
is to become the "Shaw" of America.
To write a play for America's greatest
emotional actress, to compete with Alan
Dale and to cherish ambitions to become
the American Shaw, Is certainly a case
of a modern Daniel. And it Is to be
hoped that the lion will not swallow
him. It is gratifying to think that the.
effete East should admit that there is
latent talent In the West,
A prominent Portland matron allowed
her maid to go to a Saturday matinee,
presuming that she would return in the
neighborhood of 5:30 o'clock, but to her
surprise the servant reappeared before 4
o'clock. When asked why she had re
turned, the girl hastened to reply: "I
did not see any sense in staying, as the
programme said that Act IV was the
same as Act I."
A near-marble drinking fountain has
recently been Installed in the composing
room of The Oregonian, where Bull Run
water Is on tap. Following the day of
the acquisition, a mischievous llnotyper
scribbled this inscription: "Sacred to the
memory of John Manning!"
The suggestion of an epitaph recalls an
other story told by a well known woman
on her recent visit hero. Mr. I,arry Je
rome, of New York City, a well known
clubman and reconteur. was elected as a
member of the New York Cemetery com
mittee. The question arose at the meet
ing as to the advisability of enclosing the
cemetery with a fence, hut the matter
was promptly vetoed by Mr. Jerome, who
contended: "Those who are in it can't get
out, and those who are out don't want to
get in."
Greer Harrison told recently of an
amusing epitaph: A man on the death of
his wife ordered that the following in
scription be placed on the tombstone: "Oh
Lord, to my sorrow she was thine." Ow
ing to lack of space, the entire Inscrip
tion appeared with the exception of "e."
the final letter of the last word. Obvious
ly, the sentiment was somewhat changed.
A woman who is constantly finding
fault with thn sterner sex, in general,
peevishly remarked to her amiable hus
band: "Mr. B. has sent his entire family
to the beach and hasn't even provided
enough money to pay her hotel bills.
What sort of kindness do you call that?"
"Why, unremitting, my dear."
The following conversation was over
heard recently at Blank's Cigar Store,
between the proprietor and ex-Detective
"Joe" Day. The latter who recently
returned from Europe, was Interviewed in
a local paper, the article being accompa
nied by a most unprepossessing cartoon.
About that time the detective entered the
cigar store and was ironically greeted by
the proprietor: "I always thought you
were an awful sight, but that cartoon is
the limit."
"Yes," answered Day, "I said to myself
when I saw it this morning. 'I must have
been smoking an awful blank cigar," "
naming the particular brand sold in the
store.
One of the Ann Arbor men who lately
returned from here to college told of a
certain cafe patronized by the "boys,"
where the maids were more or less slov
enly in their attire. When soup was
served, the Portland man discovered that
the waitress had carelessly allowed her
thumb to repose In the beverage. Where
upon he sharply remarked: "Maggie, your
thumb Is in the soup."
Her Innocent reply was somewhat dis
concerting: "It aint hot."
The Jamestown Failure.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The National Government is likely to
lose most of the 1,000,000 put into the
! Jamestown Exposition, but this was fair
ly to be expected, and it cannot reason
ably complain. Only about $100,000 has so
far been paid back, and as the exposition
receipts altogether average only some
$10,000 a day, and the exposition closes on
November 30, it is evident that if the
Government were to step in at once and
appropriate to itself all of the receipts, it
could not cor... out whole. It is much the
old story, yet the exposition craze will no
doubt continue and the Government will
go on being successfully "touched" for
gifts In the guise of loans.
Cotton Worth More Than Gold.
Southern Farm Magazine.
There Is much actual gold still to b?
discovered in the South, but the cotton
grown annually by that section is worth
far more than all the gold and silver
produced in the world in the same time.
Between 1901 and 1906, for instance, the
total value of the world's gold and sli
ver output was $2,606,686,400, and the total
value of the cotton crop of the South.
Including seed, in the same period was
$3,609,000,000, a difference in favor of cot
ton in the six years of $1,W2,313,C00.
The Calling of Allah.
W. T. McCormack in New York Sun.
From the gray ancestral mountains
Crowned with purple and with gold,
Where tha tombs are of my fathers
And the sacred shrines of old.
Comes the voice of Allah calling.
As the prophecies have told.
From the white dust of the highway.
From the saffron evening haze.
From the depthless skies of miFlnlght
Wherft the ruby planets blaze.
Comes the voice of Allah calling
As It did in olden days.
Now the gardens are a-blossom.
Lotus bloom and damask rose.
Vineyards bourgeon with the Summer
And the bitter almond blows
But the voice of Allah's calling
And the faithful servant goes.
For I hear the muezzin chanting
"Allah Akiibar" from afar;
Allah, fill me with the spirit
Of my father's burning star,
Allah, 1 obey your railing.
Calling to the holy war.
Night comes down on Casablanca,
Where the desert silence lies.
On the plain a lifeless heathen.
With a pair of rigid eyss
(Allah's voice has ceased Its calling),
Gaies on the silent skies.