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Newspaper Page Texts THE 3IOR5EVG OKEUO.MAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 3. 1908- siBscRirnox bates. INVARIABLY IN ADTANCt By Mali.) DsIIT. Sunday included. one year J J Dully. Sunday Included, mix momhi.... -? Dally. Sunday Included. three moothi.. a Jtt Dally. Sunday Included, one month. . Dally, wiibout Sunday., on year J " Dally, without Sunday. six months..... Dally, without Sunday, three month. . 1 70 Dally, without tjunday. one month.. .. f-unday, one year Weekly, one year (lssaed Thursday) . .. i j Sunday and weekly, ene year BY CARRIER, Dally. Sunday Included, one year...... Dally. Sunday Im luded. one month. . HOW TO REMIT Send postoftice money erder. express order or personal check on , T i Mi. or currency ara at the sender's risk. Glva potonice au dreaa In fuU. Including county and slaw. POSTAGE KATfcS. Entered at Portland, Oregon. Poatofflc aa Second-Clara Matter. , . JO to 14 Pages J 1 to 28 Pases fn" SO to 44 Pagea C " to eo Pages cent Foreign postage, double rates. IMPOHTAJ.T The postal laws ara strict. Newspnpers on which postage la not Sully Prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN BL'blN'KSS OFFICE. The g. C. Heckwith HpeciaJ Agency New Tork. roams 4S-30 Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms M 0-81 2 Trlbuna building. KKI'T ON 8 AXE. ' Chicago. Audltr.rlum Annex: Postoftlre News Co.. 178 Dearborn street: Empire News Stand. Kt. Paul, Minn. N. St. Marie, Commercial Sta llun. Colorado Springs. Colo. Bell. H. H Umvtr. Hamilton and Kendrick. tfOo-Kl-.ntffnth street; Pratt Rook Store. 3-14 Fifteenth street; H. P. Hansen. S. Rice, UfoiKc Carbon. Kunsaa City. Mo. Ricksecker Cigar Co., Nlmh and Walnut: Yoma News Co. Minneapolis M. J. Cavanaugb. SO South Third. Cuirlnnntl. O. Yoma News Co. Cleveland. O. James Pushaw. 307 Su- Jerlfir fctreet. Washington, I). C. Ehbitt House., renn svhanla avenue; Columbia News Co. I'ittKiMirg. Pa Fort Pitt News Co. I'tiiltttlrlphut, Pa. Ryan's Theater Ticket Outre; Penn News Co.; Kerable. A. P., Stoo l.ant-astcr avenue. New York City. D. Jones Co.. Astor Houcp: Kroadway Theater News Stand; Ar thur 11.. tallug Wagonz; Empire News Stand. Ogdrn. D. L. Boyle; Lowe Bros.. Ill Twenty-fifth street. Oinnlm. rlarkahiw. Bros.. Union Station; Maue:tth Stationery Co.: Kemp ek Arenson. Ics Moines, la. Mose Jacobs. Iresno, Cal. Tourist News Co. Pwramento. CaL Sacramento Newa Co., 421 K street; Amos Newa Co. (nit 1-akc. Moon Book & stationery Co : llosenfeld ft Hansen: O. W. Jewett. P. O. corner; Stelpeck Bros. l.-ing Beach. Cal. B. E. Amos. I'aarlenit. Cal. Amos Newa Co. !atl IHego. B. E. Amos. Nnn loe. Emerson W. Houston, Tex. International News Agency. llnllas, Tex. Southwestern -News Agent, 344 Main street; also two street wagons. T't. Worth, Tex. Southwestern N. and A. Agency. Amarllla, Tex. Timmona A Pope. him rrnncisco. Korster & Orear: Ferry News Stand: Hotel St. Francis Newa Stand; L. Parent; N. Wheatley; Fairniount Hotel News Stand; Amos Newa Co.: L'nited News Asency. 14' Eddy street: B. E. Amos, man Kcr three wagons; Worlds N. S., -6S5 A. fcuttcr street. Oakland. C.il. W. II. Johnson. Fourteenth and Franklin streets; N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager Ave wagons: Wellinxham. E. G. ;ollneld, Nev. Doule Follln. Kureka. Cnl. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAXB, TVESDAY, MARCH , 1908. . THE MEMORY OF EMMET. Robert Emmet represents the high est possible type of self-sacrlticing pa triotism of the sentimental . kind. Kvery successive age, so long as his toric records are preserved, will honor the name of this youth and weep over his fate. He was a youthful John lirown, but with a higher ideal. His limitation awas that his ideal was not uttainable. In him was embodied the longing of Ireland for deliverance and independence. But his fervent patri otism, kindled by his Imagination, did not propose or prepare means equal to the result he Intended. He perished. Any judgment could have foreseen It. liut he Is embalmed, through his fate. In the tears of the world. He might easily have escaped. Uvery man and every woman In Ire land would have gone to the rack lather than betray him. Nothing would have been easier in his case than concealment and escape. But Hgitin he was misled by sentiment and imagination. He had escaped already, but dared everything by returning to Dublin to meet his betrothed, Sarah, daughter of the celebrated orator and advocate, John Philpot Curran. He was discovered, seized and executed. But he Is immortal. He is of the martyrs . who have sacriilced them selves to their ideals; by whose sacri fices In all ages mankind Is redeemed. Ireland never may obtain independ ence. It probably would not be best for her if she should. But the sacri fice of Robert Kmmet is none the less a force in working out her destiny. His bearing at the trial, his speech to the judges, his conception of his situ ation, and the nobility of soul with v hich he met it, will bring pity and sympathy and cause tears tostart. and inspire hearts with high resolve, so li'iitf as human records shall be pre served upon the earlh. That Ireland now. though not independent. Is vir tually free, is due to the sacrifice of high souls among her children, among whom the name of Robert Em met is set highest, to stand there for ever. A man engaged in the enterprise he undertook would not be executed now; but England at that time was trem bling In every liber from her fear of Napoleon. ONE MORE CAMPAIOX OF EDUCATION. it Is not likely that the notes known as greenbacks will be retired, cer tainly not at present; but they ought to be. They are no profit either to the Government or to the people, but constitute at all times a burden and a danger. Enormous reserves of gold must be beld to assure their converti bility, or maintenance of value. They lie as a dead weight upon the gold leserve. constituting a mass without flexibility, elasticity or mobility. They are a most impracticable and unsci entific currency. These greenbacks are a cash reserve for banks; but nothing could be more anomalous than the use of debt obliga tion of the Government for this is Just what the greenback is as the legal basis for debt obligations by the banks to an amount four times as Kreat. As ex-Secretary Gage says, they merely weaken the foundation of metallic money, on which the fabric of our whole credit system must finally rest." And our bank notes, on the present basis, are but another feature of the same perilous system: which was hut a device born of the stress of th Civil War to make a market for I'nited States bonds. It has troubled us ever since; but we never have had the intelligent courage necessary to change it. Tha Fowler bill goes but a step In the necessary direction. Perhaps even this bill cannot be passed. Error, be coming Inveterate, is exceedingly diffi cult to remove. But we shall have re currence of these currency panics till we get on a rational basis. The currency of the country should be a bank currency based on gold reserves, but related to and standing for the products of our labor, the con sumable products of the country, the things we eat, wear and use. Every other civilized nation has such a cur rency. Are we forever to be too un intelligent to have it? As Chairman Fowler says: "Until we adopt , this principle and relate our currency to and base It on the consumable com modities of the country we shall ex periment in vain, and be caught now and again In the throes of currency panics." A campaign of education is almost as necessary on this subject as such campaign was a dozen years ago on the gold standard. UNWARRANTED SHOOTING. It is well that Patrolman Suitter has been Indicted. If the public has the facts correctly, he ought to be con victed. From the reports there are but two possible conclusions. Either Suitter Is a coward who uses his re volver for protection at the first inti mation of danger, or he is a man of murderous passion who should never have been put upon the police force. Only in rare and extreme cases should an officer use firearms. It is his busV ness to employ tact, persuasion, his lists, his club if need be. - In time of trouble he should use shrewdness or agility, or any device he can. All means must be exhausted before he has the right to shoot. Policemen are not clothed ordinar ily with the power of life and death. Their first and foremost duty is to keep the peace, not to break it. Upon the occasion of the death of Shaffer the facts look very much as if Officer Suitter were the aggressor. One can hardly avoid the thought that he 'broke in upon the noisy band of merry-makers with an offensive, al most brutal, display of authority and gave his orders in a manner calculated to irritate rather than calm them. Patrolman Leavlns' statement that the men crowded around Suitter "with murder in all their eyes" is incredible. Doubtless they were excited and an gry. They had been drinking, we dare say. Moreover, they seem to have been foreigners . who understood English with difficulty. An officer who knew his business would have considered all these facts and conducted himself ac cordingly. It is hard to escape the conclusion that Suitter fired when there was not the slightest excuse for it. Two women testify that they were holding Shaffer's hands at the time, so that he was hardly In a situation to be very dangerous. It seems likely also that if the crowd had really been in a murderous mood the death .of Shaffer would have excited them to frenzy In stead of quieting them. It looks upon the whole as if Patrol-" man Suitter killed Shaffer wantonly, and his very hasty use of his pistol in the Burkhardt Incident strengthens this opinion. Of course the evidence may ultimately justify his act, but if it does it must be something very dif ferent from what has yet come to light. SOME WISE RESOLUTIONS. Among the resolutions adopted by the department of superintendence of the National Educational Association at Its session in Washington two or three' treat of subjects which are Im portant to the whole country. The resolution in favor of ungraded schools in large cities to instruct immigrants' children in English is particularly wise. The need of such schools Is ap parent to everybody who has the slightest knowledge of immigrants and their difficulties. No matter how intelligent they may be, nor how eager they are to become self-supporting, their ignorance of English makes it al most impossible for them to find work except among their own people. Thus their opportunities are cut oft and they are too frequently victimized by over work and under-pay. At the same time they live in ignorance of our laws and institutions, and if they; take part at all In politics it is only as blind tools of some boss. Portland Is not a very large city as cities go In these days, but even here the desirability of instructing immi grants from Russia and elsewhere in English has become so manifest that charitable people have taken up the work without waiting for action by the school authorities. It is a public duty, however, and should be done at public expense. If we permit foreigners to settle here, we must see to it that they are taught our language. An inter esting part of this resolution is its ref erence to ungraded schools. It raises the question whether we have not been making too much of grades and exam inations in all our public schools. Have we not lost sight of the true object of education in our eagerness to see children rise from grade to grade, pass one examination after another, and finally graduate? Those men and women who can remember the old un graded public school usually have a good deal 'to say in its favor. The association of young and old scholars in the same room was not found to be Harmful to anybody's morals, while it spurred the ambition of the little boys and girls to hear the big ones recite their lessons in advanced grammar, in hiBtory and In alegbra. Much of that atmosphere of intol erable dullness which now overhangs the public school system is due to the narrow outlook of the scholars, from whom every fact not included in the course for their particular grade is sedulously concealed and for whom the only stimulus to ambition is an exam ination. Much has been gained, no doubt, by rigid grading, but also much has certainly been lost. Perhaps the time may come when those boys and girls who are not thinking of prepar ing for the university will again be taught the elements of the branches in ungraded schools. The suggestion of the superintendents' department ad mits of great extension. What they find good for the children of foreigners may turn out to be good for natives as well. The fault of the ungraded school is lack of system; but there is such a thing as having too much sys tem. It Is possible to live altogether for the system and forget what it was devised for. Touching upon agricultural educa tion, the department of superintend ence went to the root of the matter. There has been a great deal of talk about teaching agriculture In the com mon schools lately, and everybody, from the President down, has advo cated it with great enthusiasm. It is a most desirable thing, we all admit. But, after all, of what use Is it to talk about teaching children agriculture until there is somebody who knows how to do it? There used to be a su perstition that anybody, no matter how big a fool he was naturally, could run a farm. That superstition has vanished, and in place of it we now have the belief that everybody can teach farming, even those who never saw a plow. The department of su perintendence holds that one must know at least a little about agriculture before he Is fit to teach it to children; hence the recommendation for normal school training in this subject support ed by the Government. Certainly if it is the duty of the National Government to maintain colleges of agriculture it is no less a duty to train teachers who can spread the results of the college work among the people. Compared with what they might be, the agricul tural colleges are sterile, and the prin cipal reason why they are not more fruitful is the gulf between them and the farmer. Normal classes In farm ing would bridge this gulf. Thus far the main, fault in our pub lic schools has been their tendency to assume that everybody is to be a mer chant and must therefore learn com mercial arithmetic, commercial geog raphy and commercial everything else. The fact is that most boys will have very little to do with so-called "busi ness" and a great deal to do with farming, mechanics and similar mat ters, while, as a rule, by ts.r the most practical subject for girls to study is domestic economy, which the schools almost uniformly disdain. Inasmuch as the department of superintendence seems to advocate schools of all-round usefulness, its recommendations de serve more attention from the public than such things usually get. PORTLAND'S NEW TRADE FIELD. It is Impossible to estimate the ex tent of the advantages which Portland will gain through the coming to this city of the North Bank Railroad; but its value as one of the city's greatest commercial assets is daily becoming more apparent. The Kennewick Com mercial Club, in response to a request from the. North Bank management, has recently compiled statistics show ing the amount 'of business handled by the merchants at that point. The figures are of special interest to Port land for the reason that, in the past, it has been a difficult matter for our merchants to get a foothold In the trade of the North Bank territory. Some idea of what our merchants have been missing in the past can be gained by these figures, which show that dur ing the twelve months ending Decem ber 31, 1907, Kennewick received from Tacoma 270 carloads, Seattle 190 car loads and Portland 40 carloads of freight. In addition to these 500 carloads there were received at the thriving North Bank city 3364 tons in less than carload lots, Portland's percentage of this latter being about the same as for the carload business. It Is, of course, no reflection on tle enterprise of the Portland merethants that this city has in the past cut such a pitifully small figure in the traffic along the north bank of the Columbia. We have failed to make much headway in that field simply because our transportation fa cilities were Inadequate for the ex ploitation, except in a small way, of any of that trade field lying north of the Columbia. All this has been changed by completion of the new line, and never again will the Puget Sound cities be enabled to make so favorable a - showing at Columbia River points. The physical handicap which Port land suffered in the North Bank terri tory in the past has not only been re moved, but the building of the new line has actually placed a handicap on the Puget Sound cities, which it will be impossible to overcome. The rail haul from Portland to Kennewick by the water-level route, over the easiest grade possessed by any railroad west of the Rocky Mountains, is but 222 miles, compared with 251 miles to Se attle and 247 miles to Tacoma; and by the latter route the handicap of dis tance is intensified by one of the steep est mountain grades in the West. When the new road settles Into perma nent shape and high-speed trains are In operation, it will be possible for the people of Kennewick to come to Port land, spend several hours in transac tion of their business, and return to Kennewick the same day. And Ken newick and its adjacent territory are only a portion of the immense new territory that has been added to Port land's trade field by completion of the North Bank Railroad, for throughout the entire distance traversed by the new road there is an immense amount of new business developing. All that Portland has ever. asked in any competitive trade field was even terms with her bompetitors, and with such terms our merchants have always secured the lion's share of the trade. The combined efforts of nature and James J. Hill have provided us with something better than even terms in the new field across the Columbia, and there Is no reason for doubting that we will make the most of It. Carload statistics on- freight received at Ken newick in 1908 will show a decided change over those for 1907, and the change in Portland's favor will be still more pronounced In 1909 and there after. In reporting to Ambassador Tower at Berlin that he had given $100,000 to complete the proposed fund neces sary for the continuation of Dr. Koch's researches into the cause and cure of consumption, Mr. Carnegie adds that he considers Koch, Pasteur and Lister the three great leaders of civilization. The term civilization is a wide one and many factors enter into it. That the physicians named have done great service in the advancement of human knowledge along the special lines of their endeavor cannot be questioned. But there are other names that in the interest of humanity and the welfare of the race stand with these in the van of progress. These men are lead ers, but there are others both In the physical and intellectual world whose names enter into the achievements of civilization. Still, Carnegie gave the money for a great and useful purpose, and he was entitled to pay a compli ment to this great trio of medical he roes, and they are fully entitled to receive it. Dr. Meylan, physical director of Co lumbia College, after careful examina tion of a large number of students, de clares that the use of tobacco at an early age does not stunt the growth ot boys, neither does it affect the lung capacity. This opinion, especially as regards the growth of the boy, is dis proved by the observation of the prin cipals of our public schools, the super intendents of reform schools, the re cruiting officers of the Army and by thoughtful persons generally. The consensus of Inexpert opinion opin ion based upon common observation and experience is that the early use of tobacco stunts the growth of the boy, blunts his moral sensibilities to a greater or less extent, makes him dull in school, irritable at home and restive under restraint. While men may use, tobacco to excess with impunity (though the increasing number of deaths from heart failure renders this doubtful), boys cannot use it without effects distinctly deleterious and easily discerned by those who are not looking for an excuse for its use. Technical ity, both In law and medicine, not in frequently wins out in the battle against opmmon observation and com mon sense, but this does not alter the facts in the case. The high steps which must be mounted when entering most of the streetcars of this city are a real hard ship dally to thousands of passengers. Tired working women who have been on their feet every minute of the day that the law allows, and more; women with infants in their arms; elderly women who are no longer agile; stout women, and men as well; old men and women, and men, women and children of any age who are not strong enough to pull themselves bodily up on these high steps without great exertion these are they who suffer hardship more or less serious every time they board, and only in iess degree when they alight from, one of these "high steppers." Reference has frequently been made to this fact by the press of the city, and it Is a matter of fre quent comment among passengers. The 6treet railway company, however, has taken no notice of 'the complaints nor of the effort required to mount the car steps, amounting in many Instances to a struggle which its officers must have witnessed many times. A few days ago the announcement came in our telegraphic report of the death of General Rufus Saxton, U. S. A. He was Army Quartermaster here during several years, and was well known then throughout the Pa cific Northwest. This was about thirty-five years ago. Details of his life are supplied by the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. He was a native of Westfield (near Springfield); born in 1824, entered West Point in 1845, and active service in the Army in 1S49. He first, came West with the Northern Pacific Railroad exploration in 1853. During the great war his services were chiefly in the. Quartermaster's de partment, for which he had special fitness, and after the war he continued for many years In the same branch of the service. By act of Congress in 1904 he was made Brigadier-General. Very many who knew him here, in Portland, and throughout Oregon and Washington, still live; and no officer of the Army who has been stationed here was ever more highly esteemed. The elimination of Judge Hargis un doubtedly contributed in no small de gree to lessening the life insurance risks in the Blue Grass State, but if any one believes for a moment that Kentucky is civilized, his mind will suffer a change after reading a notice issued by President Hawkins, of the Burley Tobacco' Association. In this card to tobacco-growers Hawkins, among other warnings, says that if growers plant their crop they will en dure a "year of torment, for It will be 365 days of hell." He intimates in his warning that a "battalion of soldiers and a Gatllng gun" will be insufficient to protect the men who attempt to grow tobacco in 1908. Ralsuli, Muley Hafid and a few others of their circle should be introduced into Kentucky to spread civilization. Tilmon Ford, whose funeral, will be held at Salem today, had lived in and been identified with Marion County and Salem practically all of his life of three-score and five years. Boy and man, no one was better known in the community life of that section than he. In temperance work during the era of aggressive Good Templarism; in poli tics and in law, he was from time to time, and In the latter much of the time, actively engaged and well known. As the span of human life Is now measured, Tilmon Ford was not an old man, and up to the last few weeks he was at work in the harness. He will be missed by the few surviving associ ates of a lifetime. The Salvation Army in England has chartered five steamships, one of which has already arrived at Halifax with 800 immigrants who are going to the Canadian Northwest in search of new homes. This work was begun two years ago, and since that time the army has forwarded several thousand hcjjpless and homeless people, to Can ada, where the opportunities for Im proving their condition are Immeasur ably better than in England. Scoffers may criticise some of the methods of the Salvation Army, but there are few. If any, other brands of religion which can show superior results in the alle viation of physical and moral misery. Why, certainly; if any Republioan candidate for the Legislature wishes to pledge himself, in advance, to vote, in a contingency most likely to arise, for a Democratic Senator, let him do so. Certainly, certainly, certainly. It is a free country. But if such shouldn't be elected there might be no occasion for surprise. Most persons when vot hig wish to know just what they are voting for. There are thousands of Republicans throughout the state who do not want to vote for Chamberlain, or for any other Democrat, for Senator. There fore they will not vote for URen for the Republican nomination. The New York Evening Post says the decision of the Supreme Court on the hours of women's work, in the case taken up from Oregon, "is not only just in morals, but is sound from the economic point of view." King Humbert of Italy says 'It's a King's business' to be shot at." In Portland it's a policeman's business to shoot at the other fellow whether it is necessary to shoot him or not." Albany is to have a cannery. Since Linn County has voted "dry," why not turn the brewery Into a cannery? Dr. Brougher thinks that Mayor Lane lacks backbone; but he must ad mit that the Mayor has muscle. Democratic advocacy of Statement No. 1: "Will you walk Into my par lor, said the spider to the fly?" LITTLE JOKER IX PRIM ART LAW What's the Cosustttntloa Brlweea FTlendat Aata the Klyseck.er.T, The Dalles Optimist. The Federal constitution sajs in toler ably plain language how Senators and Con gressmen ase to be elected, and there are none who misunderstand it. For many years there have been pending both be fore the House and the Senate various bills to amend the fundamental law as to the election of our Senators, but no such bill has ever passed, 'and no such amend ment therefore has come before the various legislatures for adoption, and it is very doubtful if the states would concur in such an amendment If brought before them. But some of the foxy politicians in this state thought they had found a way to dodge the constitution by forcing the Legislature to elect Senators at the dic tation of the voters. How fair that sounds. '.'Let the peo ple elect!" "The members of the Legis lature are a venal lot; let us take the matter into our own hands and compel them to elct whomsoever we, choose." cry the reformers, and they actually hoodwinked the people into passing a law which in effect nullifies the constitution of the United States as to such elections. When Cleveland was President, Big Tim Sullivan, of New Yovk, who was a mem ber of Congress, went to Grover and asked him to remove a certain United States Judge to make a place for a con stituent of Tin's. Grover said "I can't do it, for the constitution is In the way." Tim replied. "Mr. President, why let the constitution stand between friends?" In effect that Is about what the fly speckers are saying in this state, and what they have been saying for the last three or four years. In the Portland Journal of February IS we find this: "O, the Federal constitu tion. But this Is claptrap, subterfuge, humbug." We have found an entirely legitimate, proper way to dodge the let ter of the constitution." ' When the flyspeckers adopted the direct primaries .and the kindred dam phool laws, they started them off with a statement that they were for the preserva tion of parties. The preamble asseverates that parties are necessary In our form of government. Then it gives us the direct primaries law for the preservation of parties. And so far as that law is con cerned we will not criticize It now. But when the framers of the law got along to the election of United States Senators they put little joker in which they call Statement 'No. '1, which practically nulli fies party so -far as the election of Sen ators is concerned, and makes of the Legislature simply a tool to destroy the dominant party. e However, we think that statement will not defeat the will of the people again. It gave us Bourne, and the Lord knows the punishment is greater than we can bear, and never again will a' Legislature be elected in this state with its hands tied as was the case two years ago. One Bourne Is all the Republicans of this state can stand, and though we are disrupted, disorganized, shattered and torn, without leaders or organization, It is not too late yet for us to arise and elect a' legislature which will be true to the party. This Is a Republican state. We have a majority of over 30,000. Let us rise tip and wipe the flyspeckers off the map, and send these damphool laws along with them. CURIOUS INDEX OF PROSPERITY. The American Panic and the Market For Precloaa Stonea. The cutting down, two months ago, of the semi-annual dividend on the great De Beers Diamond Company, from 35 per cent to nothing, was instantly 'ascribed to the losses of wealthy Americans in the recent panic. Amsterdam is the diamond market of the world: there now comes to hand, from Paris, the report of the French con sul at that city on the crisis. The diamond-cutting establishments of the city employ 9.500 hands, their annual salaries footing up nearly $8,400,000. Last year's sales broke all records of the Industry's history, and the Increase was In sales to America. These are the direct shipments from Amsterdam to the United States, for a series of fiscal years ending June 30; Francs. " Francs. 1907 2.175,808 1903 42.016.1U 1906 53,793.834 1902 29.013,278 1905 48,135.403 1901 30.305.800 1904 27,156,979 1900 16-,324,350 To thlB the Consul adds that "it Is Im possible to even estimate the amount of diamonds -bought on the spot by American tourists." Evidently the demand, direct or indirect, has stopped with extraordinary suddenness. The American rich men cut down their diamond expenditures rather abruptly after 1903, as the above figures for the subsequent year will show, when our diamond imports from Holland de creased 35 per cent. In December and January of the present season, however, our own trade figures show that they fell from 2,706,962 to J112.471. Tom Kreitson's Full Dosen, Drain ' Nonpareil. A fine little eight-pound son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Krew son on Wednesday night, the 26th. This is the 12th visit from the "stork" at their home, ten of whom are alive. Tom feels like he to, entitled to a "Roosevelt medal.'' A FEW SQUIBS. "I wouldn't give a straw for ths man who la continually drinking-." "Such a man wouldn't uae it if you did." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Get many ducks?" "Naw this gun's no good. Whenever I'd aboot at a bird the report was so loud that It scared him away." Cleveland Leader. Sharpeon "I haven't much acquaintance with Spunjall, but I'm not favorably Im pressed with him. How does he strike you?" Phlata "For a V generally." Chi cago Tribune. , Short "I got behind with my rent this month. Could you lot me have 110?" Long "Got behind with your rent, oh? What 'is it owing to?" Short "Why, my landlord, of course." vThlcago Daily Newa. "The ofrlce should seek the man. you know." "That's all right." replied the avowed aspirant, "but I gave it a fair chance and it seemed diffident." Phila delphia Public Ledger. Nell "They aay Miss Topnote won Mr. Gotrox with her voice." Belle "But she sings terribly." Nell "That'e Just it. He told her If aho would never sing again he would marry her." Philadelphia Record. "Now. Willie Bright," said the Sunday school teacher, "can you tell me what a prophet Is?" "Sure." replied Willie. "A prophet is one of those fellows who's al ways goln' around lookin' for a chance to say 'I told you so.' " Philadelphia Press. Reporter "I suppose you don't know what the Senator think about this tariff reform bosineas?" Senator's Private Sec retary "No; no more than you do. I only know what he saya about It." Chicago Trlbuna. The leading citixen of ft small country town aacorted a friend on a tour of in spection through the village. The friend, who was a resident of a metropolitan city, was duly Impressed by the many advan tages of the little town. Finally the two men reached the cemetery. The visitor carefully looked at the various tributes and then turned to his guide. "Say, Dave." he began, "wh-wh-where do you b-b-bury your s-s-sinners ?" Judge. "THE PROFESSIONAL CIRCULATOR He I the Chief Promoter of ' Initiative and Referendum. Pacific Outlook (Grants Phss. The latest addition to the list of Ore gon industries is that of the "profes sional" circuIatoV of initiative petitions. It Is a legitimate business perfectly so. The man who circulates hustles for his money, and in some cases has to do a lot of dexterous chin work to earn ordinary wages. There Is no kick to be made on the "profession": but It sim ply goes to show the inconsistencies and evils that may accompany the In itiative method of legislation. It Is open to criticism, if not condemnation, because of the fact that a large per centage of tlte namee secured come as the reward ot persistency. The circu lator. In some Instances, works on a basis of 10 cents per name, and this may mean from $5 to $10 per day. With this easy money in view, he is bound to stick to his victim like a wood-tick to a dog's back until the victim signs up to get rid of him. Ten chances to one he has but the foggiest sort of an Idea as to the merits or the pur port of the proposed measure, and he gets but little enlightenment from the rapid-fire prattle of the circulator. Moreover, he is not particularly inter ested. Without doubt, a large share of the signatures that have been 'placed upon Initiative petitions .have been obtained In this way. An instance may be cited right here In this district. A man pushing the "f.ingle tax" petition suc ceeded in getting the signatures of sev. eral voters on the street by very little persuasion or explanation of the meas ure. Another citizen who was well posted as to the Intent and probable workings of the law. witnessed the per formance, and In order to demonstrate the inconsistency of the thing, he ques tioned the signers and found that not one of them had any conception of the design of the measure. He then called up the circulator and called his atten tion to this fact, and pointedly asked if he, himself, knew what sort of a meas ure he was pushing, and learned' to his amusement that the circulator knew but little about It. He wae pushing it "for what there was In it." Now, then, some of these measures are good; some of them have "Jokers" in them that could only be discerned by careful study and Information; some of them are palpably vicious. Don't sign a petition Just to, get rid of a man or to accommodate a friend. You may be standing sponsor for future legisla tion that will come back at you In a very unpleasant way later on. If you are not Informed on the subject, don't sign. If you are interested, go home and read up, or go down town and talk with a friend who is posted, but don't sign till you know what you're doing. HERE'S A DRAMA FROM REAL LIFE Demand From the Country to See Triumphant Virtue on the Stajpe. Woodburn Independent. Theatrical companies are occasionally organized in Portland for touring pur poses, and some go broke before going into the country. Indifferent acting and chestnut plays are the reason for the fail ures. But If a company of average abil ity were formed In that city and started out with the thrilling Lane-Waymire drama, success would perch upon its ban ner. It would be a great political card, for the hero. Lane, would be proven innocent just before the curtain was rung down on the last act, and proclaimed Governor of the State of Oregon by -the assembled actors and the delighted . and applauding audiences. Start 'er going. Mr. Mayor. The people encourage new ideas, especially those of the unique order. The late Lieutenant Governor Laughton fiddled his way Into office, and other successful public men adopted "original methods, but the greatest scheme of all to tickle and convert an adoring public, ever ready to greet the muscular hero, at first abused by villains and a villain ess and then crowned with a wreath of inno cence, would be dramatizing and staging of such an extensively and freely adver tised heart-breaking story of real Port land life. Ah, Portland, with all thy semi skyscrapers and metropolitan-like news papers, thou are yet a village with thy bickerings, wayianes and mires. Says French Affects Her Health. New York Sun. The principal of a girls' school has re ceived from the mother of one pupil a novel reason for wishing her daughter excused from French conversation during meals. The excuse was accompanied by a doctor's certificate to the effect that the mental efforts of concentrating her thoughts on French exercises while eating Interfered with the proper function of the young lady's digestive organs, and if per sisted In was bound eventually to impair her health. As yet the other pupils have not learned the cause of their classmate' exemption from French chatter at the table. If they do find out it is feared that doctors' certificates will become epi demic. Son Gives Mr. Taft Staice Frla-ht. New Haven Dispatch to New Tork Herald Robert Alphonso Taft, son of secretary Taft, heard his father speak in public for the first time in Music Hall here. Young Mr. Taft Is a sophoir.ore in Yale, and he went to the banquet of the Young Men's Republican Club at the Invitation of a member. When Secretary Taft rose to speak he caught his son's gaze as the young man proudly but anxiously watched and lis tened. Secretary Taft said afterward to & friend: "It was the first time the boy had heard me make a speech. He looked so fearful that his father might break down that for a few moments I was quite embarrassed by his glances." Hard Sledrtlns; for Republicans. Pilot Rock Record. It has now almost reached a point In Oregon politics, wherein it is a crime for a Republican to seek, aspire or to ask his friends to assist in his election to office. Moreover, is all this true as re gards a seat In the United States Sen ate. Of course it Is all right for Demo crats to do those things, but for a Re publican to Interest himself in his own behalf it means that he Is sure to be come an object of attack by some muck raker. Republicans have but one duty to perform in Oregon, namely, to vote for Democrats. For Consideration of Democrats. New York World Ind. Dem.). Bryanism dominates the Democratic party today only through the cowardice. Imbecility and subserviency of Demo cratic politicians. Talleyrand truly said that mor governments had been ruined by lackeys than by despots. Shall the Democratic party die? light heart Lane. L.ippIncott'. Where birds in hedges blossomy Their lyric notes repest. Till morning: drips with melody M-flUifluously sweet; Where beea from brimming- buttercups Ambrosia nac-tars drain O ho. but let's go loitering: O hey, for Light heart LanI . Where ways stretch cool and shadowy To lure t-he latrKsrd feet. And little winds leap laughingly Down ranks'of rippling' wheat; Where wild blossoms pelt the butterflies With g-usts of rosy rain O ho, but let's g loitering! O hey, for Lightheart Lane! Let's leave the clash and clamoring. The dust and din and heat; Let's quit the cramping sordldnc-s And struggle of the street; For on full day of joyousness Let's slip the gyves of pain O ho. but let's go loitering! O bay, for Lig-htheart Laa it SILHOUETTES BT ARTHUR A. GREENE. Marriage is a dilapidated castle haunted by two spooks divorce and alimony. . . ... If I were rf'Our George" Chamberlain, t , would sue the publishers of those Middle Western papers who are runnina: a pic ture of "The Old Doctor Who Cures in Five Days" and palming it on as a like ness of Oregon's Governor. Even a phy sician who would cure political 111st with Statement No. 1 could hardly, in "fair ness, be referred to as that kind of a cocto?. m m Rev. Andreas Bard, of Walla Walla, ia likely o get himself disliked in certain quarters if he continues to talk like a member of the faculty of Chicago T'ni versltj. We invariably hold that our opiniona are convictions, while those of other peo ple are mere prejudices.' . The only difference 1 notice since I be came a member of a secret society is that 1 get "touched" oftener. Sumptuary LearislatloaUj (An Oklahoma reformer proposes tr. prevent the sale of powder-puffs by Legislative en actment.) Suppress the puff! Won't that be tough? Let's hope that it is all a bluff To make the girls quit "making up" Their pretty faces with the truck The drugstores sell. If it be true T'will be so sad. Where can complexions then be had? Such tyranny's enough, by gad. To make a perfect lady mad. ... Work is a disease with some people, but fortunately their kind is neither in fectious nor contagious. ... One's success is generally a mystery to one's enemies and a disappointment to one's friends. Higher Education- "Where are you going,' my pretty maid?" "I'm going to college, sir." she said. "Then you'll learn a lot about Greek next Fall." But she answered hfm haughtily. "Sot at all. I am going for boxing and basketball." e A New York theatrical man is named John Wesley Rosenquest. Who says the religions of the world aren't getting to gether? e s In the practice of medicine the best diagnostician is the doctor who can come nearest telling how much, money his patient Is worth. see Did you ever stop to think how good a platter of ham and egga would have looked to King Nebuchadnenar while he was on that grass diet? Hot Much Chance. (Contributed.) tTTten may. run for Senator And control his county's vote, . j But he cannot be elected Till he pays the widow's note. , - e Judging from his long silence .Fra'd Elbertus Hubbard muft have fallen into one of his Justly celebrated etheral moods and been drowned. a Suggestion to householders who ride home from work on the Thirteenth-street cars: Buy a Jar of cream down, town and save SO per cent on your butter. The cream will be churned before you reach your street. a e The tailoring business is shortly to ex perience a decided boom. George Alison is coming back to town. e a The heavy registration for the forth coming Seattle city election indicates that women's figures and bank clearances are not the only things that are padded In the Sound town. This department desires to suggest the name of Rev. Father Hugh J. McDevttt for the un-offlclal title of Portland's most useful citizen. A prominent divine predicts that within 100 years the Christian churches will look upon New York City as a part of the for eign mission Held. The doctor is optimis tic. A foreign missionary takes chances of being eaten alive when he goes there now. e Tampa, F'la., has just had a 1800,000 Are. Woudn't you like to have coupons for all the good cigars that were smoked? . Crime statistics for the past few days indicate that it's about time for Congress to declare an open season on anarchists and policemen who are too handy with their guns? e a With the primaries only a few weeks off. vou are safe in betting1 that the man who beams upon you -with that smile of perfect love and trust Is a candidate for something or other. The affection of the office-seeker for his fellows passeUi un derstandinguntil after the votes are counted. Shows Advertising Pays. Hood River Glacier. William Wesenberg has traded Ms ten acres in the valley to L. A. Duncan for 160 acres of land at Goldendale, and left for that place to take possession Thurs day. There was but a small difference between "the price of the ten acres and the 160. although the latter was well Im proved and had several acres of bearing apple trees. An Old Sun Mai. Garnet Noel Wiley in New Tork Sun. Mine la a garden red1 with trumpet fknver, With primrose yellow, gold with mignonette; Quaint belvederes, a mist of virgin's bower. Hid amethystine stars of violet. Tha pebbled walks are fringed with mart gold; The fountains trickle on their ancient moss: And vases crumble, till the vines they hold Lika wayward tresses bind the steps across. While all alone, the silent heart of it, A dial stands In greedy Ivy hid; The white clouds part against the blue and flit. Day wanea, yet all In verdure canopied. And all unheeding, as It were asleep. The dial stands, nor marks tha passing hours; There birds have nested, there the spiders wees Long threada of pearl from cups of hidden flowers. Then let it sleep the while, with Winter near. The leaves will drop, and on tha naked stones Perchance some grim old motto will appear Of lust and duat, and Touth'a unhallowed bones.