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PORTLAND, WEDNESDA Y, APRIL 1, 1908.
(AX BRYAN BE TURNED DOWN?
It seemed a whllo ago that Mr.
Bran would have no competitor for
the Democratic nomination. Jut
many now begin to question whether
his path will be an easy one. The
candidate nhn obtains the nomination
must carry a two-thirds vote in the
convention. It Is now certain that
great effort wilt be put forth to pre
vent Mr. Bryan from obtaining the
necessary two-thirds. His real strength
Is In the great Middle West. The
South has favored him, only because
he has seemed the strongest man who
could be offered in necessary North
ern States. He never has been a
prime favorite in the South. But that
coiUd make no difference. Any Demo
crafic candidate will sret the electoral
votes of the Southern States, and
those states listen to Northern repre
sentatives of the party, who undertake
to show them that one candidate or
another would most probably get
Northern electoral votes. Now Par
ker. In the Northern States, fell far
behind Bryan's vote: and this Is a
mighty argument against setting
Bryan aside now, for any man ac
ceptable to the "conservative" Democ
racy. Johnson, of Minnesota, Is
thought of by many as the man who
might make a breach in the solid Re
publican line of the Middle West
with a chance also of obtaining elec
toral votes east of Pennsylvania; but
many think that the movement for
Johnson is too late. This Is 'Watter
son's opinion. Some months ago the
distinguished Kentucky editor and
orator endeavored to obtain co-operative
effort to push the candidacy of
Johnson, but there was not sufficient
response at the time, and now he says
it Is too lute. Yet the effort to pre
vent Bryan from getting votes enough
to secure the nomination has become
sufficiently vigorous to disquiet him
and his friends.
The principal Democratic newspa
per of Bryan's own state Is the Omaha
World-Herald. It Is commonly re
garded as the nearest exponent of the
intentions of the Bryan propaganda.
This paper vehemently declares that
Johnson Is being used only as a stalk
i n g-horse: that the purpose In bring
ing forward his name Is merely to de
tach from Bryan part of his Western
and Southern support, and then work
up the nomination for some ona who
would b satisfactory to the Eastern
Democracy. With lofty scorn the
Omaha paper speaks of those whose
slogan is. "Anybody to beat Bryan."
Its fury would seem to indicate that
It thinks there Is some danger.
A factor of some Importance Will
iam R. Hearst may be If not in
checking the zoal for Bryan before
the convention, yet potently In the
election: for he Is the head of an or
ganization which has demonstrated Its
power to control rftnslderable num
bers of votes In several states nota
bly In New Tork and Illinois. Mr.
Hearst has now pronounced definitely
against Mr. Bryan. He objects to Mr.
Bryan for many reasons. Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Hearsts newspapers assert, has
not the confidence of the masses as he
once possessed it. Peculiar reasons
are given. Mr. Bryan is a "self-advertiser."
He pushes himself to the
front too eagerly and too persistently.
He Is a man "of large wealth"; he has
n income that amounts to $70,000 a
year, and mny exceed that sum. So
rich a man especially when he has
come suddenly Into wealth is hardly
a proper leader for the Democratic
masses. From the nature of these ob
jections to Mr. Bryan It may be sup
posed that Mr. Hearst has no inten
tion of becoming a candidate forthe
Presidency himself. But he says the
Independence party will certainly
name candidate. It will hardly be
formidable in numbers; but who can
tell what might be the result of draw
ing oft from the candidate, of one
partv on the other a few thousand
votes In pfvatal states?
But it must be deemed probable,
quite certain, indeed, that Mr. Bryan
wilt be nominated. After all objec
tions are weighed, he still appears to
bo the strongest candidate the Demo
cratic party could offer. He is the
only one who has really enthusiastic
backing. Moreover, he is the man
who, more than any other, represents
the ideas and purposes of his party at
this time. These ideas and purposes
are hazy and nebulous, indeed, and
are very largely at cross purposes with
each other. But the same may be
said of those of the Republican party;
for all parties are groping towards
ends and objects which they not only
cannot clearly see, but the outlines of
which they cannot even dimly discern.
This is the present chaos of politics.
But Mr. Bryan is the one idol of his
party. He has the crowd avlth him.
Should he be beaten for the nomina
tion, multitudes will be deeply offend
ed, and much inclined to give the can
didate who has superseded him the
treatment they accorded to Parker.
Bryan, therefore, will be the strongest
candidate his party could name. On
this basis the Southern Democracy,
though it likes him no more than the
Eastern Democracy Hkes'hlm. may be
expected to stand by Mr. Bryan In the
convention; because his name will be
the best assurance for the party in the
great states of the Middle West, which
with the South would give the party
victory in the election.
STGAB TRUST'S FIRST REPORT.
The first annual report ever issued
by the sugar trust appeared in New
York last week. It was not such an
elaborate affair as the report of the
steel trust, which appeared a weeK
earlier, and only In a general way is it
possible to gain from the report a very
clear insight into the vast proportions
of this well-protected "infant" indus
try. No comparisons are made with
other years, so, as a commercial ba
rometer, the report lacks the value
that attached to the report of the steel
trust. The report left so much to the
Imagination that even Claus Spreckels,
one of the largest stockholders, who
has been for a number of years en
deavoring to learn more about the
business, declared it a "Joke", and as
serted that "No shareholder can tell
from it what property is owned." And
yet the report is not without value.
Its appearance In any form is an inci
dent of more than ordinary interest,
for, as long as the late Henry Have
meyer was alive, he consistently de
clined to issue any reports of any kind.
The report just made public shows
assets of $133,000,000, with net earn
ings for the year ending December 31
of about l, 000, 000, of which t6.200.
000 was paid In dividends and the re
mainder carried over for "surplus."
While the report does not go Into elab
orate details, the directors felt called
on to explain the presence of a sur
plus of $25,576,938 as a "contingent
reserve for business," because the suc
cess of the company "depends materi
ally upon being prepared at all times
to meet such emergencies as are pre
sented by the nature of the business
and the large transactions involved."
No explanations were made as to the
nature of the emergencies thatmight
arise and necessitate wholesale drafts
on a reserve of more than 325,000,000;
but the directors probably had in
mind something like that troublesome
Philippines tariff bill, or the purchase
of. an Independent refinery which
could not be ruined, or possibly a
prolonged and drastic cut In rates In
some localities where competition
showed signs of getting a foothold.
The slimy trail of the sugar trust
serpent has appeared in so many.
places In our country, that a large re
serve fund Is necessary for the perpet
uation of the graft which has made
more millionaires than any other mo
nopoly In the world except the steel
trust and the beef trust. As previous
ly stated, the report shows no figures
for former years, and it is accordingly
valueless for purposes of comparison.
It Is not without its value in other di
rections, however, for it shows that
the trust Is In good financial condition
for assisting in any work intended to
perpetuate the protective system and
stifle competition. The financial re
sources shown in the report indicate
quite clearly that the trust Is in a po
sition to buy or bully almost any kind
of competition which may arise, and
still have enough on hand to make
regular contributions to the American
Economist.
A MTTFX't. STORY. 1
A 14-year-oM mother, a stranger in
this city, who was brought here for
"treatment" from Baker City, died In
a private hospital a few days ago. Her
babe, born two days previous to her
own death, died at birth. The child-
mother, it Is said, took cold from ex
posure and died from pneumonia.
Thus runs a pitiful story that was
given to the public through the Coro
ner's office Monday. A sadder tale, or
one more suggestive of neglect and
wrong and suffering, could hardly be
told. In explanation of the central
fact In the case. It was said by her
uncle, at whose home she lived in Ba
ker City, that the little girl "had been
visiting ru a mining camp In Utah."
it was not necessary to add that she
came home in trouble, since It does
not appear that Bhe was under the
care of a responsible person while vis
iting this mining camp. The plain in
ference is that she was abandoned in
her childhood to the wiles of wicked
men. To the question who has sinned,
this child or her legal guardians?
there can be but one answer. No
mention Is made of her parents, and
the presumption Is that she was an or
phan. But if others, near of kin, in
whose charge the child was, had done
their simple, humane duty, she cer
tainly would not have been "visiting at
a mining camp" at least without
some one with her whose duty it was
to take care of her.
The case !sne that is a disgrace to
humanity rather than to the child
upon whom the great burden of It fell;
a disgrace to the creature miscalled a
man who compassed the utter ruin of
this child: a disgrace to the home
which sent her out, or permitted her
to leave Its shelter, to "visit a. mining
camp" without proper protection. Her
death may or may not have resulted,
as the burial certificate testified, from
pneumonia, though the conditions un
der which it occurred naturally and
Justly gave rise to grave doubts In the
matter. Whatever the cause, the hu
mane Impulse is that of thankfulness
that life relinquished what had been a
cruel hold upon this untrained, mis
guided, suffering child upon whom the
gates of personal purity and common
decency had closed so early.
PREMATfRE REJOICING. .
A reactionary New Tork daily de
votes a column of Its editorial space
to the expression of its Joy over the
late Supreme Court decision against
the state rate laws. The article has
all the earmarks of its tribe. ' In its
vocabulary the citizens of the United
States are "a clamoring mob." Mr.
Roosevelt is "an overlording Presi
dent," whatever that may be; Con
gress is "subservient," and the state
governments which enacted the an
nulled rate laws were "in the hands
of groups of demagogues." The de
cision, in the opinion of the paper we
are quoting, removes all fear that the
states may confiscate our property.
"Property In this country is still sa
credly in the possession of its legal
owners. We own our property not in
a modified and -doubtful way, but as
our forefathers owned it." And so on
through the entire formula.
This sort of unreasoning talk is
hardly worth a rational answer. The
Biblical precept to answer a fool ac
cording to his folly applies to the arti
cle and to a great deal more that ap
pears nowadays In the reactionary
periodicals of New Tork. Still one
may patiently reiterate that the states
have made no effort to confiscate any-:
body's property. They believed that
a 2-cent rate would pay the railroads
ample returns on their Investments,
and nothing in the recent Supreme
Court decision contradicts this belief.
It has not been shown that the rate
laws were confiscatory. The contrary
statement is pure mendacity.
But it is more important to remind
readers that, without control of the
trusts and railroads, property in this
country is by no means "sacredly se
cure in the possession of its legal own
ers." These powerful corporations
have been engaged for many years in
transferring property from its legal
owners to their own treasuries. The
"clamorous mob" may be very wrong
to protest against this state of things
and demand legislation to protect
them from the spoilers, but we fancy
they will keep right on clamoring
until something effectual is done. Nor
is it credible that reactionary court
decisions tend in the long run to make
even trust and railroad property se
cure. They simply form a temporary
barrier to the Just demands of the
people, which grow more and more
Insistent until they finally become ir
resistible and sweep the barrier away.
If the states are forbidden to do Jus
tice between the people and the rail
roads, then the cause will be trans
ferred to Congress and the people will
press for relief there until it is grant
ed. The real effect of the late decis
ions is simply to stimulate the demand
for National ownership of the rail
roads, and this will come to pass in a
very short time if the people are once
convinced that railroads in private
ownership are above the law.
INHARMONIOUS STATISTICS.
It is regrettable In the extreme that
the various harbormasters and other
marine authorities on Puget Sound
are unable to harmonize their statis
tics so that the totals will not be
widely at variance. During the month
of February, Portland shipped more
wheat than was shipped from any
other port in the United States. By
one of those in explainable blunders
which occasionally happen, the Puget
Sound Collector of Customs, In his offi
cial report, placed Puget Sound ship
ments at 2,626,404 bushels, a matter
of 600,000 bushels more than was
shipped from all Puget Sound ports
combined. Portland shipped foreign
during the month 2,279,791 bushels,
and the Puget Sound Collector's error
was corrected in an Associated Press
report, which, of course, gave Port
land credit for precedence over Puget
Sound. A boastful article in the Ta
coma Ledger objected to this criticism
and concluded with the statement that
In February shipments "Portland is
just 346,616 bushels behind Puget
Sound."
The Tacoma Ledger on March t
gave the shipments from Tacoma' as
1,451,958 bushels. The Seattle har
bormaster credits his port with 363,613
bushels, and there were shipped from
Everett 170,493 bushels, a total of
1,992,064 bushels. The Tacoma har
bormaster was more liberal than the
Ledger and in his official report, made
Tacoma's wheat exports 1,562,902
bushels, which, added to the Seattle
and Everett figures, would make a
total of 2,097,008 bushels, or approx
imately 200,000 bushels less from the
three ports than were shipped from
Portland. Puget Sound figures for
the month of March are not yet avail
able, but enough are -at hand to war
rant the statement that Portland's
wheat shipments for the month wITl
be nearly double the amount shipped
from all Puget Sound ports combined.
It is hardly probable that the Col
lector of Customs will make any more
Lsuch blunders as robbed Portland of
her place at the head of the list last
month.
It has long been the boast of the
coast country that the orchards in the
region west of the summit of the Coast
Range are free from such pests s
San Jose scale and codling moth. The
boast is well founded and the fact is
one which strongly commends the
coast country to those who contem
plate engaging in apple-growing.
While that section may lack some of
the special natural advantages of
Willamette, Rogue River and Hood
River Valleys, it has its peculiar con
ditions making It a favorable location
for fruit-growing. And yet, para
doxical as It may seem, the absence
of San Jose scale Is not an unmixed
blessing, for there can be no doubt
that the presence of this pest would
have Its beneficial results. The coast
region has not yet adopted the prac
tice of spraying trees as the Interior
counties have, and as a consequence
a large proportion of the fruit trees
are moss-grown and unthrifty. It
was San Jose scale that started the
spraying system of cleaning up
orchards and keeping them clean and,
while no one would wish that the
scale should spread to the regions
thus far Immune, it can scarcely be
doubted that impending danger from
this enemy of fruit would cause the
introduction of the Ilme-sulphur rem
edy with helpful results in all re
spects. Apple-growers In the coast
country consider themselves safe from
the ravages of San Jose scale and
codling moth. They therefore fold
their arms In proud contentment while
mats and garlands of moss cover their
unpruncd trees. A liberal use of tho
saw and pruning hook, followed with
a moss-killing spray, would In a short
time put the coast orchards In condi
tion to produce crops of profitable
apples. Besides, such treatment would
greatly improve the looks of the trees.
" It is difficult, if not impossible, to
find an adherence to lines of beauty
or symmetry in cities which grow up
over night in some of the great min
ing districts of the West. This lack
of artistic effect in laying out a city
is not always confined to the mining
districtr but in the latter it is in a
measure excusable,, for the cities are
seldom started with the belief that
they will grow Into anything of a per
manent nature. The Grand Trunk
Pacific, which is building a line to the
Pacific Coast, has decided to build an
artistic city at the western terminus,
and with that end in view has already
secured some experts from Boston,
and vill remodel the town of Fort
Rupert and give it a start from which
it will grow into a thing of beauty and
a joy forever. With the completion
of the new plans, the Pacific Coast
ought to be in a position to boast of
at least one city platted and planned
with a view to artistic effect as well
as for the convenience of the inhabi
tants. Major-General A. W. Greely, having
reached, the age of 64 years; has been
formally retired from active service.
General Greely's chief fame was not
won as a fighter, but as an explorer
of the frigid North. The story of his
quest, and of the hardships, suffering
and death of many of his men from
starvation is one of relatively recent
years. It stamped him as a brave
man, courageous in the face of calam
ity; a commander who suffered with
and for his men and. with them faced
the grisly horror of death by famine.
His service subsequent to his rescue
from his perilous camp amid Arctic
ice and snow, has been that of a
soldier whose training was in the arts
of peace as well as for the stress of
war. General Greely's last command
was at Fort Vancouver, and there as
elsewhere he dwelt In discharge of
duty. He made and left many friends
in civic as well as in military life.
The death, alone in a lonely, squalid
cabin, of an aged man. Is a sad com
mentary upon the utter failure of an
Intelligent human being to grasp the
simplest problems of existence and
work them to a satisfactory conclu
sion. Such a death occurred near
Forest Grove recently, the subject be
ing a pioneer who had lived fifty years
in the beautiful wilderness with the
hum of opportunity at his door, with
out being able to compass for himself
the simple comforts of life.. " Two chil
dren of tender years, living in other
homes, born o'f an Ill-considered mar
riage made late In life, are living wit
nesses to this man's lack of ability to
discharge the common obligations of
manhood. But for the necessity of an
inquest consequent upon such a death,
the world beyond the immediate vi
cinity of such a life would never know
that It had lived, shambled along as
If In fetters, and died.
The large fortune of the late R. R.
Thompson, the foundation of which
was laid in the transportation business
of the Columbia River, nearly half a
century ago, was left without reserva
tion to his wife. Mrs. Thompson is
86 years old. She had been the con
stant companion of her husband dur
ing the greater part of his long life,
and was the mother of his ten chil
dren. The fealty to and confidence
shown in this bequest to the compan
ion of his life tend to check and cen
sure upon philanthropic grounds that
otherwise might arise at the narrow
view of a man who had spent the
greater part of a life verging closely
upon a century in the broad and
abounding West, and who in closing
with the opportunities there offered
had acquired vast wealth.
It seems hardly fair in the Astorlan
to speak with severity of The OregO
nian because It did not utter editorial
condemnation of the removal of Mr.
Van Dusen from the office of Fish
Warden, to make room for Mr. McAl
lister, whose appointment Is purely a
political one, and whose qualifications
for the place consist In an utter want
of knowledge of fish, of their habits,
and of methods of artificial propaga
tion and conservation. But The Ore
gonian did what it thought a better
thing. It reprinted at full length an
editorial from the Astorlan, on the
subject. The Oregonian, therefore,
will not plead guilty to any charge of
delinquency herein, at least from the
Astorlan.
Most people of a literary turn of
mind would like to understand Brown
ing: very few find themselves able to
do so. Hence when a scholarly man
who has made Browning a study ap
pears as the Interpreter of the hazy
poet, he should be greeted by an at
tentive audience. Such a man is Rev.
Jenkins Lloyd Jones, of Chicago, who
will act as interpreter of Browning at
the Unitarian Chapel this afternoon
an occasion to which all Interested
are bidden and will be cordially wel
comed. The move by all railroads centering
at Chicago to put their roadbeds Into
good condition with as large a force
of men as can be made available will
go a long way toward solving the
problem of unemployed labor in that
city. Expressed preference for Amer
icans is not the least gratifying feat
ure. In agreeing not to mention by name
theater-going, circuses and dancing as
forbidden amusements, Oregon Meth
odists, as usual, show they are keep
ing up with the times and can adapt
themselves to new social conditions.
It may be assumed, of course, that
when Ross et al. get that change of
venue if they get It they will Insist
on their constitutional right to a
speedy trial. Now watch.
The vote thrown in Oregon, in the
Presidential election of 1896, was 97,
414. -Singularly enough. It has never
since been equaled.
Bryan calls Missouri a "rock-ribbed
Democratic state." With a fine large
rib missingslnce along about 1904.
During the month of March dwell
ings were started in Portland sufficient
to house two thousand people.
Procrastlnators are reminded that
there are seven days left In which to
register. Do it now.
Sl'tLEUS FOR A STATE FOREST.
Profeaaor Yonnar Sncceata Disposition
of Porfelted Rnflroad Land.
EUGENE, Or., March 3 . 1908. (To
the Editor.) The progress of the move
ment directed to secure the forfeiture
of the Oregon & California Railroad
land grant should naturally raise the
question with every thoughtful citi
zen as to the policy that ought to be
pursued with those lands, should they
again become a part of the public do
main. As the property of the Nation
the people of Oregon would not, of
course, alone control the disposition of
them. Yet, since the welfare of the
people of this state would be most
vitally affected through what was
done with them, it behooves the people
of Oregon to take account of a situa
tion that promises to be realized.
And. further, because the people of
Western and Southern Oregon have so
much at stake in this matter, Is it not
reasonable to suppose that. If they
could devise and champion unitedly a
policy conserving permanently the
highest interests, not only of this sec
tion, but of the country at large con
nected with this forest area, they
might control the disposition of it?
There is no doubt but that much the
larger portion of these lands will have
Its highest utilization In being devoted
to forestry purposes. For natural for
estry lands to pass into private hands
would mean most wasteful, sinful and
irreparable Impairment and sacrifice of
the resources of this section of the
country. No other fact in history is
better attested than Is this.
In anticipation of the possible for
feiture of these railroad lands a state
forestry policy should be developed.
Plans should be matured for the best
administration for the common good
of all the natural forestry lands in the
state. And let me protest, by the way,
that there Is nothing academic, doc
trinaire or socialistic about this sug
gestion. It Is but plain hard sense
that about every people on the face of
the earth outside of the Pacific North
west fully recognize as such and
mostly through bitter experience. The
suggestion of the State Forestry Asso
ciation for the exchange of the indi
vidual sections of state school lands
within the National reserves for a com
pact area to be administered as a state
forest is in the vlght direction. But
that suggestion comes short of the
larger and more Important idea in
Government forestry.
Along with the insurance of a supply
of timber,, forestry has In view the
equalization of the flow of rivers and
thus the conservation of water powers
and inland water transportation facili
ties and securing immunity against
aestructive floods and ruinous soii ero
sion. The railroad lands, located main
ly on the non-arable slopes of the
watersheds, would make the natural
nuclei of state forest areas.
It needs, but a glance at the possi
ble situation with these lands for
feited to the National Government to
see that every consideration would
suggest turning them over to the peo
ple to be administered as a state for
est. By the exchange of arable odd
numbered sections for non-arable,
even-numbered sections they could be
brought into compact masses of natur
al forest areas. The main prerequisite
for carrying out the idea would be an
enlightened conception of the highest
general welfare of the people of Ore
gon and of their posterity. If the ex
istence of such plans and purposes on
the part of, Oregon people were demon
strated to Congress the lands would be
had for the asking as soon as they re
verted to the public domain. Now is
the time for a campaign of education
for the best use of possibly the largest
opportunity that will ever come to the
people of Oregon as a commonwealth.
F. G. YOUNG.
OBJECT I,ESSO!T IN IMMIGRATION.
Italian Family Save $?.000 In 12 Years,
Salt tor "Home."
New York Times.
Dressed in their best clothes, the Cin
qui family, who have sold vegetables
and fruit to many families on the upper
West Side for a dozen years, sailed for
Italy. The departure of Mr. and Mrs.
Antonio Clnqul was accompanied by the
sincere regret of their customers, to
whem Mrs. Clnqiii of Saturday was
merely "Roete." Tony and Rosle came
to New York when they were bride and
bridegroom. They sailed away with
J3000 and six children. The little shop
In which the money was made was lr
Amsterdam avenue near Eighty-fourth
street, where also was the home in which
the family grew.
The final ascendancy of the Clnquis
was gradual. First they started with a
push cart bearing grapes, cherries,
oranges, pineapples, and pears. Then
they leased a little stand in Amsterdam
avenue wedged between a tinshop and a
laundry. The personalities of Tony and
Rosle attracted trade, and they flour
ished. Then the children came. The
next stage In the progress of the couple
was the leasing of the little shop, where
their business expanded. Women left
the more pretentious places In Broadway
for Rosle, for with her they were certain
of a glowing smile and fair treatment.
Saturday morning the cry was heard
in Amsterdam avenue, "The Clnquis are
going away." Women who had traded
with the Cinquis for years stopped in for
a final farewell and an introduction to
their successors. Neighbors, with shawls
on their heads and with various cakes
and wines as parting gifts called. But
Rosle. quite Americanized, was making
astonishing preparations. She discarded
the humble calico she had "worn in the
shop. She appeared in a bright shirt
waist, lavishly embroidered and finished
with red ribbons. Her hat was a pink
straw and a flower garden bloomed on
the crown. New shoes, new gloves, a
new belt, and new skirt completed the
outfit. They were going back to the
fatherland with a halo of prosperity, ap
preciated throughout the world.
Watrhed From Afar.
Boston Transcript.
At the June election In Oregon the
baliots wili carry 39 measures which for
the most part relate to matters of acad
emic interest. For Instance, one of them
proposes a practical revolution in the en
tire system of state taxation. We know
what a perplexing question that is in this
state; how it has taxed the wisdom of
experts, and even now remains an un
solved problem so far as the satisfaction
of the public is concerned. Yet Oregon
proposes to settle it by counting votes,
a very simple but at the same time a
very reckless method.. In this or any
other state the effect of the measure
would be to greatly burdan and increase
the confusion of legislation, and the re
sults would be In not a few cases mis
representative and deplorable.
One Kind of "Mother."
Weston Leader.
Four "freak chickens" were lately
hatched at the J. J. Morton home on
Normal Heights. Thej' do not differ
from other chicks in appearance, but
were born without the assistance of a
mother hen or a mother Incubator. A
careless hen left her nest, and gathering
the neglected eggs, Mrs. Morton placed
them In a wool-lined vessel and covered
them with a hot water bag, renewed
about twice a day. In due time four baby
fowls pecked through the shell, but 10
of the eggs proved to be past redemption.
Eneenmstlsts; rromlie of Reform.
Wedderburn Radium.
The Oregonian says it is useless to an
swer a question asked after the twen
tieth glass of beer. In this the worthy
paper evidently speaks authoritatively,
knowing the effect upon the tongue and
the intellect of 30 successive glasses of
beer, and we shall heed the advlcs-
' BY J. M. Ql'ENTIN..
POR compactness of argument and
dialectal cleverness, W. II. Mal
loek's new book. "A Critical Ex
amination of Socialism," is sure to be
carefully read by those Interested In
political economy and as presenting
the views of a profound thinker who
does not believe in socialism. Mr.
Mallock's principal argument is that
the progress of society is due to the
energy, Inventiveness, foresight and
talent for organization of rare men
whose qualities he sums up as
"ability."
Another argument used by Mr. Mal
lock is that the men who improve, in
vent and organize are the actual re
cipients of the big raizes, and that,
unstimulated by the hope of the whole
reward whHh they now have in their
grasp they "would sulk, and by refus
ing to work bring the world to beg
gary. It is noticed that not enough
difference is shown in the Mallock
portraiture between the moderately
paid superintendent of a steel plant
whose technical skill keeps the plant
going, and a multi-millionaire of the
Andrew Carnegie class who might be
the said superintendent's employer.
Not so long ago Mr. Carnegie stated
that his success was mainly due to his
ability to choose and keep the right
sort of men he had gathered at the
Pittsburg works.
"I did not show any very great abil
ity, except as salesman," added Mr.
Carnegie.
James J. Walsh. M. t.. Ph. D..and L.
L. D., of New York, has written a
boon, to prove that the 13th was the
greatest of centuries, and his views
are naturally meeting with a storm
of protest. He instances as deserving
glory the Gothic cathedrals, the monas
tic schools, the jniversitles of Paris
and Oxford, Thomas Aquinas, Friar
Bacon, and Dante.
Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist,
is in an Italian village spending what
it Is feared may prove to be his last
days, In an endeavor to relieve the
ravages of consumption.
m
Henry James lives at Rye, one of
England's cinq portes, but recently he
left Rye for a time and took a house
in the country near the estate of a
millionaire manufacturer of preserves
(jam), retired. This man, having mar
ried an Earl's daughter, was ashamed
of the trade whereby he had piled up
his fortune. The manufacturer of pre
serves one day wrote Mr. James an
impudent letter, vowing that it was
outrageous the way the James servants
were trespassing on his grounds.
Mr. James wrote back: "Dear Sir:
I am sor-y to hear that my servants
have been poaching on your preserves.
P. S. Excuse my mentioning your pre
serves." m
Harry Leon Wilson, author of "Ew
Ing's Lady," has taken up housekeeping
with his old friend, Booth Tarklngton.
in Capri, where they are renting the
lovely villa long famous to American
travelers as the residence of the artist,
Ellhu Vedder.
It Is some years since Lord Dunraven
has aired his grievances against Amer
ica. Now he has a brand-hew complaint.
He has just written to the publishers of
Robert W. Chambers, that in the series
of five historical novels beginning with
"Cardigan," and ending with "The Reck
oning," the fourth has been skipped, and
he stands by his rights as a reader, de
manding the missing link. Mr. Chambers
has the matter under advisement.
John Graham Brooks, In the current
Chautauquan, relates this incident of
two authors very much in the public eye:
"One of our precipitate Socialists," says
Mr. Brooks, "once signed his name In the
visitors' book of a Boston club, 'Yours
for the Revolution, Jack London.' In the
club was another Socialist, who straight
way followed with his signature: There
ain't going to be no revolution. H. G.
Wells.' "
Five letters written by Cortez to his
royal master, Charles V. of Spain, re
lating to the Mexican conquest, and not
heretofore translated Into English, will
appear in that tongue in two volumes,
late In May. The translation of this im
oortant historical work has been made
by Francis Augustus MacNutt, whose ca
reer has been almost as romantic as tnat
of the explorer, and who has occupied
various official positions which have fa
vored the prosecution of his task. Be
sides the translation, Mr. MacNutt has
furnished the "Letters," with a biograph
ical Introduction and notes compiled from
original sources.
Anno Warner, whose "Seeing England
with Uncle John" Is just published, is
planning to go abroad next month with
her littlo daughter. She hopes to spend
several months In resting and gathering
material for another book.
Christian "Brinton, whose "Mudern Art
ists'' he.s Just been published, has gone
to Mexico on a yachting trip. Gari Melch
ers, a native colorist to whom Mr. Brin
ton has devoted a chapter in his book,
is now painting a portrait of President
Roosevelt. Mr. Melchers Is a native of
Detroit, but his home is in Holland.
Juliet 'Wllbor Tompkins, author of "Dr.
Ellen," sails for Europe May 1.
Commenting on the fact, announced not
long ago, that the present Rajah of
Sarawak had -engaged Baring-Gould to
write his life, the Book Monthly
makes the amusing prophecy that before
long American millionaires will be enjoy
ing biographers as they do cooks or
chauffeurs. The biographer will live on
the premises and have his night out once
a week, while for the rest of the time he
will be expected to set down the doings
and sayings of his master, the million
aire, to be used as notes for the eventual
biography."
An Indignant Englishman writes to the
New York Tribune newspaper to say that
Mrs. Elinor Giyn, the authoress of that
nasty novel, "Three Weeks," is not an
Englishwoman but a native of Toronto,
Canada.
.
According to Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff, whose "Rambling Recollections"
ave Just been published, Mr. Labouchere,
he famous editor of Truth, was In his
lay the. wittiest man in the House of
Commons. Sir Henry tells a number of
anecdotes concerning the great editor,
one of the best of which dates from the
days when Labouchore was an attache
at Frankfort. "He was once playing
whist against a very high German func
tionary, sitting on his left. Mr. Iabou
chere led a small card. The lead turned
out so well that he won the rest of the
tricks. The Minister said, 'Well. Mr.
Labouchere, you won the game by
leading that card: hut there was
no earthly rpgsm, according to the rules
of the game, why you should have done
so: you have, therefore, won the rubber
by accident."
"Mr. Labouchere said, T had a very
good reason for leading tnat card.' The
Minister asked what it was. 'We will
have a bet," said Mr. Labouchere, that
my reason was a good one.' The bet
was therefore made that the lead had
been justified by the rules of the game.
" 'Now, Mr. Labouchere, what was
your reason?'
"He replied, 'I had seen your hand.' "
Advertising Talks
No. 4.
i
THE HORSE THAT DREW
THE LOAD
By Herbert Kaufman.
A moving van came rolling down
the street the other day with a big
spirited Percheron in the center and
two wretched nags, one on either side.
The Percheron was doing all the
work and it seemed that he would
have got along far better in single
harness than he managed with his
inferior mates retarding his speed.
The advertiser who selects a group
of newspapers usually harnesses two
lame propositions to every pulling
newspaper on his list, and just as
the van-driver probably dealt out an
equal portion of feed to each of his
animals, just so many a merchant is
paying practically the same rate to a
weak daily that he is allowing the
sturdy profitable sheet.
Unfortunately, the accepted custom
of inserting the same advertisement
in every paper acts to the distinct
disadvantage of the meritorious me
dium. The advertiser charges iha
sum total of his expense against the
sum total of his returns, and thereby
does himself and tho best puller an
injustice by crediting the less produc
tive sheets with results that they have
not earned.
It's the pulling power of the news
paper as well as the horse that proves
its value, and if advertisers were as
level-headed as they shonld be, they
would take the trouble to put every
daily in which tjiey advertise on trial
for at least a month and advertise a
different department or article in
each, carefully tabulating the returns.
If this were done fifly per cent of
the advertising now carried in weaker
newspapers would be withdrawn and
the patronage of the stronger sheets
would advance in that proportion.
There are Newspapers that are,
single-handed, able to build up busi
nesses. Their circulation ia solid
muscle and sinew all pull. It isn't
the number of copies printed but the
number of copies that reach the
hands of buyers it isn't the Dumber
of readers, but the number of readers
with money to spend rit isn't the
bulk of a circulation but the amount
of the circulation which is available
to the advertiser it isn't fat but
brawn, that tell in- the long run.
There are certain earmarks that in
dicate these strengths and weak
nesses. They are as plain to the ob
serving eye as the signs of the woods
are significant to the trapper. The
news columns tell you what you can
expect out of the advertising columns.
A newspaper always finds the class o
readers to which it is edited. When
its mental tone is low and its moral
tone is careless, depend upon it the
readers match the medium.
No gun can hit a target outside of
its range. No newspaper can aim its
policy in one direction and score in
another. No advertiser can find a
different class of men and women
than the publisher has found for him
self. He is judged by the company
he keeps. If he lies down with dogs
he will arise with fleas.
copyright, mw.)
General Grant's Xleee Holds On.
Baltimore American.
"A niece of President U. S. Grant Is
the popular postmistress of St. Albans,
a little town in Kanawha County, W.
Va.," said Joseph Thurmond, of that
state, at the Caswell Hotl.
"This lady, Mrs. Baldwin, is the daugh
ter of William Grant, brother of tho
great soldier. She has been postmistress
for a good many years. On one occa
sion the Congressman from that district
concluded that It would bo bettr to give
the office to a man, oho of his constit
uents, who was useful In eleotion cam
paigns. The man was accordingly rec
ommended, but as soon as the people, n?
the community heard of It, such a stnrm
of Indignant protest went up that trK
Congressman very quickly saw the wis
dom of letting General Grant's nleco
alone, and she will probably keep the of
fice the remainder of her life."
A FEW SQUIBS.
She The .fustweds, I hear, are not lu-lns;
happily toRethor. He I thought so. Fb
"What mado yrru think so? Ho t nit hfr
gfllng every day to cooking- school. Balti
more Amcrinftn.
"Mr. Ttnxly has nothing hut pralsfl for
your work for lilm before the Conjrresslnni! !
commute." said the friend "Yes." replied
the lohhylFt. gloomily, "nothlni? hut praise."
Philadelphia Press.
Promising younjr Senators like P.ryn or
Florida may die. on-erpetle. veterans like
Spooner of WIeonMn may resign, hut Piatt
and Pepew continue to represent New York.
New York I-Tvenliif; Post.
Mrs. Anna (Mould's stalement that she'
had noiiRh of married life doesn't indicate
that' marriage In a failmo. A pirl ml;rht
marry six tiina nlth her eyes shut and
never pluck a lemon equal to Ftonl. 'hlcago
Post.
They say the Duke of Ahrtizzl Is so rich
that money doea not enter Into Ills n-atrl-nionlal
calculations. Yet h hits only $io.it'0
a year, and what is thai to the Washington
smart set? C'hleajro Journal.
i,!tt!e Willie Sa. na, what's the differ
ence between an optimist and a peFsimlM ?
Pa An optimist sees only tho douKlmu.
my son. while the pessimist sees noth'i'.K
but tho hole therein. f:hicaRO rially Kes
Miss Queensbro OffJr'er, where is that
groen-s:oods man the police orrested yester
day? Officer (Jropan At headquarters,
ma'am. Did yez want to see him? Miss
Queenehro Yes, I thought ho might match
a sample for me. I simply can't Ret tho
shade I want at any of tho stores. puck.
"Bridget," said Pennls, timidly, "did ye
Iver think of marryln'?" "Sure, now," said
Bridget, looking demurely at her shoe,
"sure, now, the subject has nlver entered
me mlnn." "It's sorry T am," ald Dennis,
and ho started to leava the room. "Wan
mlnuts. Dennis." said Bridget. "Ye've set
me thlnkln'."- Judfe. -
Mrs flawsip What kind of people are
these, who have. Just moved In next door
to you? Mrs. Hurdso Oh. t never talk
about my neighbors. All I know about them
Is that their stuff rame In one load, that
only one of their bedsteads has any hratat
on It, moat or the furniture looks oid,
there's six in the family, the children are
all hoys, they have two dogs, the man Is
about 'JO years older than the woman,
she's dark wmplexiorert. wears a silk plush
sack, they had a squabble with the driver
of the van when they settled with him. ami
their name Is Glmherllng. Chicauo Tribune.