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TTTF MORXIXO ORFROXTAX. MONTY. ArKTT, 6. lfH. Rirnos KATES. INV AKIABt T TH ADVANC. W'Iy" Si:!.?- t.cvt.N4 . Telt. .. -i'.-. Sunday Included. lhr recess r!'.r. e;n.-iy include, or l:;. without Purdvr, c ?r J I't'o. wit:i.-ut t"v:d l meetbs . fr V1 w.thevit i.ii.ijr, ii-ra month- ll'-. will, cut Kau. an -rj F.rr. m ar J ',;r n y,.r dm,, ThunSJ. - J J vactax al wrekir. c J BY CAKRIK", Pi"j. Vnelvvled. el year ..... J l"!'-. S-.:rtv !B".uJd. .' aiet ' HOW rv kfcMIT en! ii"-nif m1""'I t-rU.r. aider ef ' c"l tr r-v:T ler.l f.nk ?;nra. ola at the enc.er' ri.k Ot rv-.tofno -- tn ruli. ta.-ludtng " an! fO'TAvK HATHA Be- at F-.-M!id. vJren, rtatvttm as Mtved Oun Kfttlir. j t 14 Fr ..... i . 3 f. I k' le 4 fM" J ir 4 Fu """ F.-ie'cn r-tjre- devM rtt- IMPORT T T" etl " VTr. Nr--e-. Elicit toire i -t run r ) d 1 - act forwarded t de!tn- KASTK. 1IKS omf. Ttte . r. BorkwKk vtt-tl Age"f " Twk. irrmi M rr-.t-v.n. 1ln -l- cacw. recm Me-Mt Tnboa tullaiau". KF.rT OX BALR. rhfev-. 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TVi Scuth"n APl t J-.E trtrc:: aim t trt waire-Ba Ft. tVarth. Tx. SotSiartrm . and A. irs.-- Awarflla, TVt. TTr.-nr.i A Pvpa. nM Fraaxtaf. F.-; r A Orr: Pa' 1 9 5 Plitr... Ho'.tl St- Fraaci New Stan: J. rarnt : N. Wrta:l ; Fair-mount Hctp a:ad; ATf.a Co ; V'nltM Arrnry. l4 "- Ftio at-at ; H. R. Amp, man r-r waa-otw; Wrid N. .. rt?a A. ttaklairtt. C.tl W H Jrt PoortTHh nrt frTiV.-B stre:; N t'iaTy; CaW'.ana Nw S!r..1: H K. Awt. nux'r Arort: U'f'!ihln K. O (ifvMftrtd. Nn. I.cula F.lMo. t urrkm. Cal. Call-Chronlcia AsaKr; K ri. x Co f 3 rORTIAMV MOMV1Y, ArH. . IX I MtOII IMI OTHUH COMBINATION. Nobody d,-n'j iho right of labor to lir.it; thrrfor it jcrmj hnrdty novHs 5:ry for Mr. GotnjHTs. pr-ulom of the Amrroan Ke1eriion of I-rfbor. to in ? !! on :ho r'sh:. Nvr is it nev-es-s.try :o riKh"!" of proporty and of 'slvpr thst. 'iii'.!-r ilir".!y nor in ti'ro.'t'.y.' Hooordr.f: :o th ir.sist-'noo of Mr. Oo:i:-rr?. "!haH thpr1 tt- hold to br t'y proxrty or prrrrty ritrhts ;n :r :aNv of any ptr?on."" Sinot the abo't'.oti of slavery wo think ihrr hss otti no o'.arnt of imv uoh rittht within tho U:uttd Elates Mr. t'Jon'per scorns to tishtirtr witidtnil's. B'.it. in 50 f.-ir .-is tht Shorman law i or oat be interpreted to forbid the r'.sht of Inbor to atiite or combine, it o.:i-ht to be stnended. or the condi t;ots downed. so a? to remoye any I'fS'.bi'.ity of auch mtprprt'tatson. The r.sro-T of booott. vrhtoh Mr. Gompers ;Msit pjoxiHI be recognised by law. in tiie interest of labor, is a different th'.r.s. Ye: the riftht of boycott ex'sts. ot course. Silent and indivi J-iai boy cott is iro'.r.R on all the time, anvl even bocott by jjroups anvl asociations. in a Quiet wsy. This is a r;pht. too: b'.it it is likely to become aKtrT?s.sive. boisterous and nnjust. If authorised bv law. it wotild soon become con si!o'.nvjs!y so. The law may ignore bcol:s. but. it will never authorise ;!.em in other words. irrAr.t permis sion for them, or declare them im mune. sn an employer he said to have a property rijcht m the labor of a per son, when lititt prson has been em ployed tinder specirtc contract for a definite term? Ioes the protest of Mr. Oompers lie aeainst the r'.stht of ihe employer to expect that when he has cupased a man or body of men to work for him for a term, they will do it? It is impossible, no doubt, to enforce such contract, if the workman want to auit. But is there a moral ob!;jcation? la former times it was he'd aenerally that there was: and workmen themselves almost always recesrn-.zcd it. The only reason for exception of combinations of labor and combina tions amonir growers of afrrieuiuira: products from the general law against combinations. :s that in the nature of .htrtgs there can be no hard and fast combinations among agriculturists or workmen in general. All workmen, whether agriculturists, miners or fac tory operatives, must sell their labor nd other commod-.tie in order to live: and no agreement among them ;-n exempt them for any considerable .m am ins: competition with each Mh.er Strikes aimost universally fail, because employers can wait; and ?very effort for combination, with a civw of enhancing and maintaining the prices of agricultural products, is .loomed to collapse. Not so with the combinations of the sugar renners. of the s-eel makers and other big trusts which are able to make their prices and sv.t still. i:K consumers are forced o pay them. Difference of circum stances makes all kinds of difference as to the stattts of combinations. AN Ol.O GNOMIC POET. They were marrying for money, and for frivolity and folly, a long time ago. with little care of the breed of men. Theognis was a Greek gnomic poet, who lived about 550 B. C. He wrote a lot of practical observations and reflections, in sad. melancholy and censorious strain, of which con siderable fragments remain. It is probable that the girl he wanted, but was lucky enough not to get. was carried off by a richer suitor some dull, heavy ass. of little ntr.ess for anything. This, at least, may be In ferred from the following fragrnent. the original of which ;s In good hexameter verse, but Abounding- in elliptical expression and not wry easy to translate. T"t!s ! prose translation, as closely rendered as possible: V rtc -mtr-M -as-a. ar WM". C M j ara mi' m tat t-e " tn (KM r J gwtoaM tvxall ? a a;i-tr! man cja bot te n . a maaa w-"rr. a m4n maa'a diMr. Tvaa if ha ar fc-rc waHj wt-a'tn Vf arrmaa re?: la be ; - of mn nal. l Ka W Il p-?a thai t wrs'lK" iatai1 of ?:. Tis traaita I-- ar tra wMa l1 i-e tras'a !:r-wr. ! tV maa tv cave-"- . a.--!. Then mva! net It tfce race rfftrrierate. John Hivekhum "Pre re did the p.-sage in vrrae. arit" very gwod effect, thus: with klra mni Nnt. Kwo wa preee K . rrMrafe le. aaa rwtsp a !I Fvr peIM atA laeraaae at rv pra: Of a acBr1 --, attfceut rtft or ixe. Put n Cal'v ttrba :Ht i mfca. T rV- la rrlH: fr teery-a V , rr.rr arerfen ar In rar-ar rln : Th cniK rwi l!-at !n wealth ha Vy n! l' .!T-rtr- at:k the teoo1at rara. TM: v-thlrg mlTeit. teNe atv haaal t ' iha (n tatrt reanr. form ra tt!t. T-t a a a tfie.1. rfrotlay alert. t ,er ae m-. my rMn tb ev t plain, A1 lo '.-nt th eeefinva i xa'n It is an ancient criticism, therefore; and here. also, there l nothln new under the sun. "Riche kept for the owners thereof." and their children as the preacher aalta, "to there hurt.' NOT A PAttTT IWPK lv is doubtful whettier protectlv tariff can ever b made a clear and distinctive Issue Iwlwwn our political parties. There is criticism of protec tion in all parties, but no prty would cut protection out altoa-other. Frotec tion tSlia twms a thine of deffreo. and men's minds become afTected by considerations of local Imeresi. as one Industry or another is built up In each particular place. Protection, therefore, becomes a local question, and can't be made a strict party question. There are Democrats In large numbers who favor protection, some of them in Its most extreme forms; and there are many Republicans who would cut pro tection out of the tariff schedules or much of it If they could have their wa' Anger of the wage-workers, in 1SSS. with the lords of protection at Home stead and elsewhere throiirhout the country, elected Mr. Cleveland: and yet it was not a victory over protec tion or a repudiation of it. Mr. Cleveland. Indeed, seemed to think it was: but his Congress quickly dis abused his mind of that idea. Its tariff bill was as highly protective as the one it repealed though the pro tective duties were shifted from cer tain schedules to outers, to satisfy local Democratic interests anvl ideas. Mr. Cleveland denounced this action as betrayal of the principles or a true policy, but couldn't help -himself. The trusts and combinations anvl big interests had all the bet or it. That tariff didn't last long: the. Republican party regained control and enacted the present one, which if no better than the one it displaced Is certainly no worse. Protective tar'tT has not been a straight and direct Issue between the parties, nor is it likely to be. The present division of partte? began on the struggle over slaver.' Its exten sion or restriction. It was followed by secession and the Civil War; then by the struggle between parties ever re construction, anvl almost ever since by hot contests over various phases of the money question. Again this year there will be no clear and definite issue on the tariff. The Republican platform will defend protection; the Democratic platform will embody a lot of general and meaningless phrases in denunciation of protection, merely to get the op position vote, and after the election, whether one party or the other shall succeed, protection will still llnd hold ing places in the new legislation. This juggls has been going on during two or three generations, and nobody liv ing Is likely to see an end of it. There are districts in all parts of the coiinj try that want protection for their special Interests and will have it; for they are strong enough in combination to get it. whether one party or another is in power. Mr. Bryan will be the Democratic candidate. His contention w-ill be on social questions, rather than on fiscal questions and the tariff. For he wants the help of protectionists in the great industrial states, and if elected he will not be permitted to forget his obliga tions to them. ' OCR MIC.RATORV AIJP.NS. The outward rush of migratory aliens is still holding up to record proportions, and departing Atlantic liners are unable to accommodate the crowds seeking steerage passage-. This movement undoubtedly reflects the continued depression from which the East seems unable to rally, but it is questionable whether the country is losing much by the departure of these "transients." There is. of course, a considerable loss in money, for every one of the departing aliens goes pro vided with sufficient f'ands to permit him 'to enioy at least a few months of idleness, while many of them are carrying back to the land of their birth enough money to ejabl them to live out the remainder of their lives in ease. But the kind of people who come to this country merely for the purpose of making some "easy money" in much leas time than would be nec essary in the Old World are of only moderate benefit to the country in ' either good times or bad. ! Naturally when labor is scarce, and the demands of industry are so urgent that every available man who can b pressed into service finds ready em ployment at high wages. These migra tory aliens are useful to us. It would be much better for the country, how ever, if a larger proportion of the immigrants were of a class who would be content to remain in this country and spend their savings where they earn them. It would be a difficult matter to remodel a considerable pro portion of this immigration Into American citizens in the fullest sense of the term, but if some system could be perfected for distributing the workers over a wider range of country than they now use for a field of labor, an improved economic condition would result. One settler and home-seeker coming to our shores is worth more to the country as a whole than a swarm of these "birds of passage," who remain only long enough to accumulate a "stake" and then return to Europe to spend It. Some excuse for the present remarkable migration may be found In the fact that while there has been a cessation in Industrial activity, about everything that mankind finds necessary In the way of food and clothing is still abnormally high. VThen wtrt Is plentiful, high price are leo formidable to the consumer than when it la scarce or not obtain able. It Is possible thai some of the departing laborers find it more ad vaniMaeiis to spend their Idle time In countries where the mists have, not yet secured a strangle hold. TMK j-rOKAXK RtTK CAfcK. The news from Washington that the Interstate Commerce Commission, after more than a year of considera tion of Ihe Spokane rate case. Is hope lessly divided regarding the decision, is not surprising. The fact that Spvv knne was charged the same rate that was paid by Portland jobber nrarly 4t0 miles furlher west, when viewed from a dlstaticc-tarllT standpoint, seemed unjust, anvl member of the Commission, with a rrlendly feeling for the distance tariff, haw perhaps endeavored to correct the seeming In justice. Rut the evidence submitted at the first hearing of the case, par ticularly that given by Managvr Jackson, of the Amertcau-Hawatltin Steamship Company, proved beyond question that the steamship company over its water route, anvl thence In land by rail, was Actually delivering at Spokane freight of nearly all classes at lower rates than were charged by the railroad. ' This evidence alone was sufficient to prove the utter nso!essnes of attempt ing to apply a distance tariff In terri tory so completely under the domina tion of water competition. The situa tion was so thoroughly understood by the largtt jobbers n Spokane that none of them appeared at the hearing anvl most of them openly opposed any movement that might disturb the rates then In effect, giving Spokane a Job bing aone of more than 100 mile In circumference In which the city was Immune from competition. This "ex clusive" district had been awarded Spokane without much regard for either water rates or distance tariffs, and. as the testimony showed, was In many respects so unwarranted that the jobbers most fnmlllsr with the situation feared the results of any kind of Investigation which might re vcul its discrepancies, A Spokane dispatch, reviewing the testimony, appeared in The Oregonlan of January 1 S. 10T. Jt closed with the prediction: "About the best that Spokane can hope to get out of this mlx-up which she has precipitated. Is wholesale confusion in her present well-protected aone." That such con fusion anvl --ss will now follow Is almost a certainty, for Spokane. In the belief that her case was being strengthened, emphatically declared her independence of water competi tion. This abandonment of the only advantage she possessed over a num ber of other traSe centors farther Inland, left her wholly dependent on a reduction In the distance tariff. In renouncing her claim to the benefits of water transportation. Spokane as sumes that the longer haul should not be cheaper than the short haul. On that basis, practically all of her pres ent jobbing trade east of Spokane be comes' the , field for Helena and Butte Jobbers. By no possible means except water competition can the railroads justify as low a rate to Spokane as the rate to Butte or Helena. These cities, under a distance tariff, adjusted in accord ance with the Spokane complaint, would secure a rate so low that they could sell goods almost up to the eastern city limits of Spokane. With a distance tariff effective east of the city, and water transportation egulai ing rates to the westward, the present rarher large territory enjoyed by the Spokane Jobbers Is certain to be cut down tit wry small proportions. The incident shows the folly of disturbing a rate situation, without a definite knowledge as to what the results may be. Fortinnd. situated where water competition is so apparent that it cannot be questioned, enjoys jobbing facilities much superior to those of interior centers, but the entire rail road rate fabric is such a delicate af fair, tha very slight changes are far reaching in their effect, and within the past two years we have seen a shifting of some of Portland's jobbing business to points In the interior. Bl.OtOMs AN1 BUZMIIIS. At this season, of the year, when the Middle West is suffering the terrors of a blirrard. we have some things that look a great deal like snowdrifts when viewed from a distance. Look ing across a sunny valley to the hills beyond, one might at first glance mis take the great mass of cherry and plum blossoms for snowdrifts, but the temperature of the atmosphere im mediately dispels the illusion. We are sorry for our snow-bound cousins in Minnesota, North Dakota. Montana. Wisconsin and perhaps parts of other states. We should like to send them a few sprigs of cherry blossoms to cheer them up. but likely as not the trains carrying the evidences of good will would be tied up somewhere in a snow bank. But wlrat's the use? We've done about all we could to help our suffer ing fellow beings out of their unpleas ant surroundings. We have sent them pictures and descriptive matter telling what conditions exist in this state. We have shown them that they can sell out in the East and purchase land here at half the price with double the value. For years and years we sold out state lands at 11.25 an acre in order that all who wished might se cure homes in this enjoyable climate. We loosely construed our homestead laws in the interest of the homeseeker. though the speculator was the chief beneficiary. We have always extended a hearty welcome, and extend it still. If it could be done, we might be tempted to go back East and bring a few hundred thousand people out here by force, but this is a free country and those who wish to freeze have the privilege of doing so. We enjoy the beauty and the fragrance of our cherry trees in full bloom and soon we shall enjoy the flavor of the fruit. We wish our cousins of the Middle West could share ou pleasure and we hope that the blizzard now raging will impel some of them to come to this land of sunshine and blossoms. HOW TO GET "EVEN WITH ROOE'TEl.T. Prominent members of -Congress, particularly Senators, disapprove of the habit Vresident Roosevelt has of getting on the popular side of a ques tion, and then addressing a message to Congress asking for enactment of certain measures desired by the peo ple. This practice on the part of the President is apparently embarrassing to the members who dislike It. for they are compelled either to acknowl edge the wisdom of the President's course or to Incur popular disfavor by refxtslna to nas his bills. They know that, when the President appeals to the people, he invariably receives hearty support. There Is one way these members of Congress might gvt even with Roose velt, They might write to their con stituents, and find out what kind of legislation I neevled, and then hurry a bill of the kind desired through both houses and pas It up to the President for his signature. If he should sign It. that would be an ac knowledgment that the legislative branch of the Government had pur sued a wise course. If he sheuld veto II. the Senator and Representative could pass It over his veto or appeal to the people for approval. This habit the President has formed of putting the lawmakers in the posi tion of playing second fiddle Is annoy ing. The House and Senate are a sort of tall to the kite, a tilth wheel to ihe wagon, an echo, or a number of other things that might be mentioned. The President Is the real moving fac tor. H Is he who does things and got Ihe credit. Rut If the loader of Con gress will take the advice of a friend In the Far West, they will reverse the'order of things. They will put the President "ln the hole." as we ex press it out here In Oregon, by making the first move In every matter of public Interest. They will become the representative of the people, and let Mr. Roosevelt tag along behind or gvt on the other side, if the dictators of the Senate and House will maintain this policy for one sessloti, they will make the President look like SO cents, a mollyveddle. a sissy, or what ever else they desire to call him. That's the way to shear the President of his power and make him a non essential In the vital affairs of govern ment. Ru will they do It The British steamship Carlton Is a rusty old tramp and. like thousands of others of her class, goes threshing her way around the world with a small prow, who regard a H.OOO-mtle trip round the Horn with about as much anxiety as Is felt by the coast ing sailor who makes a voyage from Portland to San Frsnclsco. But the Carlton steamed all the way from Baltimore to San Francisco, a distance of more than 1.1. 001" miles, with only one slop, anil that for ten minutes to enable the engineers to repair a check valve. Presumably to show his contempt for the wild waters around Cape Horn, the master of lha Carlton rounded that famous land mark. In stead of taking the usual route through the Straits of Magellan. A performance of this kind by an or dinary tramp steamer ought to ex plain why there Is no occasion for surprise when a splendidly equipped fleet of battleships, accompanied by repair ships, colliers, and making fre quent stops, covers the same route without mishap. Active work on the construction of the Jetty at the mouth of the Colum bia will be resumed tomorrow. Prep arations have been made for handling more rook this season thnn In any previous season since the work was begun. If this programme is carried out. good results are bound to follow. Meanwhile, we should not lose sight of the fact that the permanency of a deep channel at the month of the river Is dependent to a con siderable extent on dredvrlng. and It Is highly Important that the good work of the jetty be reinforced by that of a modern bar dredge. The deepening of the channel at riie mouth or the Columbia River Is the most Important matter before the peo ple - of the Columbia basin today. There is plenty of transportation available from much of the i immense territory east of the Cascade Moun tains, but all of the vast traffic will be hampered to a certain extent, so long as the work at the mouth of the river remains uncompleted. The new York banks hold 140.000. 000 cash In excess of legal require ments, and the United States Govern ment for the fiscal year to April 1 shows a deficit of J 36.000.000. These two items bear no direct relation to each other at this time, but if the Government expenses continue to In crease as the revenues decrease, it is only a question of time until it will be impossible for the New York banks to expect any assistance from the Gov ernment, and they will naturally find these substantial reserves highly ad vantageous in the event of further trouble. The financial sky has cleared quite materially as compared with the cloudiness of a few months ago. but the situation would present a much healthier appearance. If the Government was not running behind at such a rapid pace. Question is asked of The Oregonlan how Morrison street. Portland, got its name. From John. L. Morrison, who came to Oregon, overland, with the party of 1842. This was Dr. Elijah White's party. It was White's second journey to Oregon. The party con sisted of about sixty persons: the sole survivor is F. X.'Matthieu, who Joined the party at Laramie. A. L. Lovejoy was of the party; also Medorem Crawford and T. J. Shadden, who set tled In Yamhill and died there. Mor rison was a carpenter, and built the first house on the street that is called by his name. He died at Puget Sound, many years ago. Oregon Is in the midst of a season when portraits of men saved from death by Dr. Curem's elixir are thrown into eclipse by pictures of candidates. So suits for slander are to be in jected into Oregon politics? The judges might pass along the annoy ance by granting changes of venue. Prophet Joseph Smith, head of the Mormon hierarchy, is a prohibitionist. That is. a prohibitionist of excess of liquor, not of excess of wives. Oregon's direct primary law in New York would have closed up that "Amen Corner" quicker than the old hotel can be torn down. Count Boni now shares the world's disgust at the spectacle, of foreign nobles seeking American heiresses. Xo protest has been heard from the Salem hotels over the change of venue In the Thorburn Ross case. "Sow we shall see whether Marion County has a prejudice against bunc'o bankers. ' tHIXn A Ct.AlTV AX leXCfUK Marrtaaaa Cmm aa I aavar Oorflae tk l4tMl ? QeatlM, San Francisco Call. The San Francisco fire has become In It old aaa a cherished asset of the rail roads and other public service corpora tions In thl neighborhood I tliere a ntscnate or a ttakflc manairer In danger of going to Jail? Why. sir, the San Fran Cisco fire destroyed all the evidence. It I a shame to pereoeuta a man who wa deprived by the act isf God of Ihe mean to prove blR Innocence. At trT.y-l5neral tlonarnrta In Wash Inpton and AttomefOenertl Webb In OaltTornl find the San Francisco flt-e like an omnipresent llonn the path. It Is a cataclysm ef universal appilcatlop ml at the sanie lime a handy thing to have In the house, n will vliive a nail, boll the tea or knock a court of Justice galley west and crooked, tine or the naea to Vblch this accom modating ronflaaratlon ha been put a. as to befog the people who wanted to buy railroad gram land from the Oregon California, one or the Harritnan line, more generally known as the Shasta route. Coder the Congi-essloital grant this rullro.-vd took S.fV.iW acre In North etn California and Oregon, and II was a condition of the giant that the land should be sold tn the public at M.S0 an acre, TTil condition ha not been ful filled nd the lVpartment of Justice I preparing to bring suit for recovery of the land. ti the early yrara of th grant the railroad did sell soma of these land, but not at the price fixed by Con grass. The later history ef the grant Is relnted by AttomevGeneral Ronaparl in these word: "l.t In the year l!"el th railroad com pany adopted a new policy antl perma nently withdrew all II lands from nle. There then renmtned In it hands an proxtnintely lvv.vX acres of the grant, beside approximately WVW acre claimed but not patented. Artec having disposed of approximately Sftl.iW crc. nivst of It In violation of the terms of the grants. It resolved upon the plan of asserting an absolute, unqualified wml permanent estate In the lnlnce of the grants In lis own favor. For a time ap plicants to purchase were Informed that by reason of a confusion of the record or the company It was neoesaary to ninke a complete check of It titles to ascertain what land remained for sale. The Am Francisco fire was used as an excuse for some time. It b.-lng explained that the record of the company had been de stroyed and with them Its Information concerning It holding. By these various excuse public sentiment was restrained. In a public speech at Onklnnd. Cnl.. In September. ISO. Mr. ltnrrlinwn. the presi dent of the company, admitted thnl this policy was intended to be permnnent." The lands withdrawn are chiefly In Oregon, but a considerable pnrt are In Shasta and Siskiyou Counties of this stale. In all some a,l"Ai1V acres are In volved In the suit, and they include Inrise bodies of valuable timber and agricul tural land. They have enormously en hance! In value of late" year, anil Mr, Harrlmnn. after first taking refuge In the ashes of the San Francisco fire, now admits that they look too good to him to be sold nt the Government price. It will be fit retribution If thl dog In the manger policy brings about a resclslon of the grant. IV A 1 1. OK TRVANT CONGRKSSMKV. tsay Preorat I.eaialaalve styatem ! tray latltvttluat laltlailve. Pittsburg (P l Post. Chronic absenteeism by members of Congress front their routine duties Is now complatned of at Washington. And yet nothing Is more loglctilly ihe effect of a series of powerful and cumulative causes. The system In the lower house, at least, htis reduced the average member to a cipher, valuable only to give importance to the few significant llgure of the House. Then, splendid offices hiive lincly been completed for the use of the Individual members, and It I said to be very much pleasimter here than In the tedium of a session where a member cannot speak until the presiding oftloor has graciously given permission anvl knows and permits him to say what he Is saying. individual Initiative has been nil de stroyed by the present system of con ducting legislation. The committee Idea keens the real work of the sessloti under cover, where responsibility is hidden and public Interests may be assailed In safety. The proceeding on the floor of the two house are rarely other tllRn of the most perfunctory character, and the congres sional record of their proceedings com monly Is a solemn, stupid joke. To mere ly compel larger atiendance is already abundantly within the power of Congress, but under the present rules. If not with prevailing type of membership, nothing at all would be gained by such a stop. And the outcry" Itself against absenteeism Is merely one' of the periodical grand stand play which a recreant body puis on to delude its constituents. The best way to get better work is to get better men. And this puts the matter up to the people of every district now. Where Iaidnatrlal Rduratton Steaa la. Boston Transcript. Nobody doubts, at thia stage of the world, that society Is responsible for the correction of conditions which In evitably breed Its criminals. The con sciousness Is growing with wonderful rapidity of late that the penal system strike In too far away from the roots; that drastic punishments are merely an attack upon the far-sprend outcrop pings of evil while leaving its roots to extend underground, sapping the community's foundations and killing out healthy growth. One fruit of this new ly awakened consciousness is the increased thought and effort bestowed upon indus trial education. This is being directed with wise judpment towards equipping rising generations in their own interest, with the means of earning their llvlihood as well as making them a productive force. Thousands of foul nests of misery and vice with children dwarfed iu their mental and physical capacities will be forestalled. What higher demand is there upon us than to see to it that the sources of the cltizenhood of the Republic do not continue longer to turn out In such swarms children stunted in body and poisoned in character future citizens who are morally crippled for lire? Easy Way to Earn tl.noa. Milton Eagle. Last year a Milton man with six and a quarter acres or fruit 4and rented the property for one-half the crop. He re ceived JlnOO for his share and did not have to do an hour's work to get it. Invest your money at home. Mabel at the Telephone. Chicaao Nprj. Whn Mabel' at the telephone She's generally loaded. The others on tha lln must groan When Mabel's at the telephone To dsperatlon goaded. Put Mabel never eems to flinch: She knows that the bas got a cinch. When Mabel's at the telephone. Tou'd think she had imparted All that the rlrl had ever known. When Mabel's at the telephone. But really she' Just started. There nothing any one can do But wait with atlenc till ihe'i through. When Mabel's at the telephone. She heeds no call to "trim It" Or "cut !t out." That's said. I own When MbeVe at the telephone. Ifer chatter he no limit. Some day uberiberi will comb-in To oust her f om that jarty line. She shows great Indignation. When Maef at the telephone. Her plaint would move heart of stona When Mabel's at the telephone And hear a conversation. Phe'll a?k them ir they mean fn ptay And gabble nonaens there all day ' Ri.nTt:n vhniv rorvi,ATi'. A Rlat Cttp Cam at I a at Kaeeaalv (.ninth. Chicago Record-Herald. According to recent repeat from Berlin, that city during the 11 year erected mere building, both olutely and relatlvelv. than the City or Chi cago did, Thl I not exactly new, hut It i another reminder of one of the moat striking. Inscrutable and mo mcntou fnaturc of th preaent period, whloh I the mad rush of nil popola ttoti. In all eountrlc. from the farm to the cltv, The figure for the. In-ci-ena of urban populntlon In the 'lilt ed Stale are a follow: V'r T,ll p-n CTn poo, Pl )tio .i;,M ill 47 ! ......... 1 v. s i. two 4 i-- .- mi sta sT xv is l"' , I.V. f.,-1 llfllvs.MT V-i ii"s T.V4v.vvi -M.ma.iiH as t There was a tint when It eomd a patriotic duty to promote tha growth of cities and when the rani, I growth of Chicago was a dlatlnctlon and a matter of pride. The time ha now come when It I a matter of duly to dplore anvl discourage th Increase of urban population. To twke a pride In nn overivvn city I now a groat a Mvvieelsm to congratulate A hloatod man on hi Increased elatnre. The mystery of II I that the larnu ara, abandoned at Ilia very time when farming has lot many of Its bardahlp. The fanner now htv the delight of the country combined with the enmrort and eleganclr or the city. He tin the electvlv car, th telephone, the rur.-vl delivery and the automobile The evil of. It fn that both country nil oily are aufferlttg. The crop can rot be harvealed for want or labor, and th cities are overcrowded with people out of employment anvl a much liirger number working ror starvation wage. If this evil grew out of the concentra tion of raotorlo In the cilia there ere sign of a retlon. for mnny manufac turing etbllhnwnt are v1ert1ng the cltle for the country. "Ilavk to the farm'' should be the watchword. TIIR ini.R RICH. tilth Remark ea Their niveralnaa. New York World. To hi catalogue of uiuloslrnblrs Mr. Koosevelt dds tltoe who pursue live of "vapid tdlcuo. whether the Idle ne 1 thnt of the hobo at one end of the scale or the glided youth at the other " What lmVo the Idle rich don that the President should put thnm on 111 list for censure? Tt la not from them thnt the malefactors of wealth come. They furnish no HarrliuaiiH or Ryan. Gentlemen to whom tailor nd chefs, club nd new route of foreign travel are a mnln concern hve recently been somewhat loud In their complaints of passed dividends and defaulted Inter est payments. But they are not c tlvely engaged In disrupting the social fabric. They are not rebating or con spiring against my policies or mak ing predatory uses of their wealth. They are employed In the somewhat tedious occupation of distributing their money. Is It wise to awaken them to other possibilities and divert their frit tered energies Into channel lea safe? No doubt there Is much dormant ac tivity among the Idle rich which only needs arousing to keep Supreme Courts anvl special commUalons busy. Some mute Inglorious Morgan may bo de voting to the cut of Jila clothe and the qnalltv of hi filets mlgnou talent which, directed In other lines, might reiiutre a special nicssago to Congress. This la Sound and Just. Isaac Si llgninn of New York recently mad these very sensible remarks on the recent panic and Its causes: The real reason for thl crista through which we hve Jnet pneseil hae been o cr- peeitltlon. overtrading and tvermnurv turlng: and thl as rcnrineil not only to New Ycrk. bul emended to a great many pf the other centers. ' We cannot ahanlve the ftnnnclat magnate of Vow Ycrk from beln privy to these enor moviK irmblln operations. net cmlv In stork, hut In mell. We knew Thai ropper wivii driven up by Interested partlea lo un natural price. Thl could nol hve been done but for the rlnanclnl M which thVv received from banks, which oufcht to nv known belter than to sustain buv-Ii iramUllna. The earn thin occurred with ilocka. Stock were driven up to unnatural prices, and. ef course, one must be rather chary In attributing to bank mnnKRer and director a share of the blame: bul certainly, it iney had acted on more conservative line. I am quite ure thee enormou gambling specula tion could utl have taken place. There fa also a party which ascribe thl 11 rrt!s to the deficient currency law. but t defy nv person to dev-lee currency law which will prevent overspeculatlon end overtrading. Those who accuse ihe presi dent of hastenln or causing this panic are In th wrong v-tulrcly; on the contrary. I believe the people of America ovv htm a debt of ar.nllude for calling th attention of the public to--what shall I say the Il legitimate, rapacious and. predatory trans action of a great mnny of the trust anil railway financier. Crop Yield and Administration. Mr. Pollard, of Nebraska. In the House of Representatives. I find that during the administration of President Harrison Ihe average animal acreage of corn was T4.ifKi..!r6 acres. The average annual yield of corn during his administration wa l.li22.ST0.(0 bushels. The average annual price nor bushel on the 1st day of December was 3P.7 cents. During the Cleveland administration the average acreage and yield was practically tho same as during the Harrison administra tlon. but the value of the crop was $p"2. 000.000 less in round numbers. The aceravte annual price per hushel was 7" cents less per bushel. During the MeKlnley and Roosevelt administrations the average annual acreage Increased to almost SS. OOO.vVirt acres. The averaee annual pro duction amounted to 2.24vi.vv4.4t:l bushels. The average annual value was JSio""75,'fOs. The average annual price per bushel was .tR.a cents. 1 find that the value of tile corn crop during tl"we last year of the xiar rison administration was tl.8 per cent greater than jt was during the first year Vf his administration. I find thnt vuirlng the last year of the Cleveland admlnls tration the value of the corn crop actually decreased 16 per cent from what it was during the first year of his administra tion. She Then Haa the Floor. Echo Register. "If there is one time more than an other." says an experienced married man "when a woman should be left alone, it is when a line of clothes comes down in the mud." Restaurant's Odor Haifa Bloodhounds. ""Baltimore News. Bloodhounds trailing a thief near Ridgeway. O., 30 miles, came to a sudden halt when they smelled tha odor of cook ing food In a restaurant. Postcard ale to Bay Sten l.lon. Indianapolis News. Two sea lions for Wheeler Park. Okla homa City, to cost JUKI, will be paid for by an issue of postcards to be used by the town's merchants. But Manners'" are not In If. Charleston News and Courier. Dem. "Why should I refuse?" asks Mr. Bryan. Because two helpings from the nomina tion dish should induce any man not a glutton to leave a third for "manners." Celluloid Colrar'a Exclusion "Law. Baltimore News. ?o many celluloid collars and cuffs are worn in Ottawa. Kan., that Hung Lee. the only Chinese laundryman in the place, will move to St. Louia. 0 Mr. Bryan as a Runner. New Bedford (Mass.) Standard. Rep. Mr. Bryan is only 4R years old. and barring accidents he ought to have many chancea of running for the Presidency. "4 NATIpAL 0lAHD T'IF. question of a new nd ade.itiala rirln ratine In Iho vicinity of . oil. land will be solt'cd very shoitly. The worker In this cause have suc ceeded In picking out a desirable pier of Inud and feel rjilllo certain Dial I : matter of effecting a pttrclin will be disposed of before tho end of the pre. nt week. The proposed range I I miles from Portland. In ihn direction of Troutdnic It la a level atrip with facilities Tot al! i-augoa up to ion yard. An island trip. Which II Is hoped to ecnve, d Join the t-aiiHo, anvl would atTot.t a ranae or I. sun r,ts Transportation Is alTotded lv Circa tte-hoat. railway and atreetcai. In distance, 1c mile from Portland, would not prov In the least Inconvenient, being rather an advantage, since laruel practice ha been much hainpercit iv vIMtoiw op the old tango back of the Cltv Park The settlement of the rin ranee nuoatloti I bring watched with greater 1nteet bv local ftuurdsmcu l hail any other military undertaking 111 year. Handicapped by n,0 present Inadequate range, local rKleiuen have been held dew n to a lam,, evtont hi both the state and Valleiuvl competitions Not long ago. when tho Foul III Infantry challenged the Third o a rifle compe tition, there win no great nlarrltv lo accept the challenge. The Fourth haa an excellent range. Including target t 1000 yard, nnd the Port laud men can hardly ho exported lo compote an,,., eosefuliy with thoni l t,e lopg-raiiue wnrlt. Th. anarch or a local raiiLTe hn continued several nionflia, dui Inn which many strips or land have b, . i, gone over. During the neitol latlons the com. mltle has cucoutueieil some properly, owneia who were totally !,, U;ii, n public spirit. Iii nearly every oils the price of a strip of Innd would he a,(. vanced, on learning thnt the liovom inetit or the state was Ihe p:(sperlive purchaser. One pnrllculnrly exasperat ing case la reported of a rariner, who name I favorablw known In the city. He asked $I.Ml per acre for In inn. I until Informed that the i iovorunirn t was the Intended purchaser, whereupon the rustic patriot luuiicilliil. lv said he would have to charge tho Government l-.'llO per acre, an Hi,. "Government had plenty of money, anyway.'" The outdoor range aeaeon open now In three weeks. A.I lut.i nt .General Klnaer will issue tho uecessnry order during tho present week. The South ern Oregon troops will be b take up their competitions Imtnr ly. al though Portland markamel vy iim to wait a short time for tai'.ei to h constructed in case the new range la Secured. Order will also be Issued at .in early date for Iho state competition Tho meet this your will occur earlier than before, possibly a few day nrter July 4. This Is necessitated hy the probability of an August encampment. The American Lake Joint maneuvers are now reasonably certain. The dis patch rrom Washington. I. C. printed In yesterday' Oregonlan. reco?-da 1t, the Senate returned the $i.min nun n-.a nenver appropriation to the Armv hill Provision was likewise made r.ir the Increase of pay for the Armv. N'avv and Marine Corps. WJieti Congress eliminated the ap propriation for Summer maneuvers sev eral wevK ago. It was feared that the Mr Joint maneuver hi American l.alvo were doomed. Local Guardsmen Imd nil hut made up their minds that a camp of instruction at the -.unit was to be the extent of tills year outln; The Senate evidently haa an eye to Ihe future and an understanding of tie Importance of military training for as mnny men as posslhl.-. Organisation of new companies of Infantry la to he taken up In the non future by the Slate Military Board. Almost every prospering town In tin state, not already the lit-n.luua it nrs of a company, has submitted an appllca tlon for inustcrlnir In of a body of re cruits. Among the likely aspirant for companies are Dallas, silverton. New -port. NVwhcrg. Canby. Modford. Marsh field. Astoria, Rainier. Seasidu and Grants Pass. The Salem and Woodburn companies are planning a military picnic for tin, month. The companies will march from their stations Saturday night, hivoun,. In tho woods and spend Sunday pic nicking with their families and friends, who will join them Sunday morninw Thia plan wa carried oul by the Cm tnge Grove company last Summer win entire success. General Kinder and Colonel McDon ell made a tour vj Inspection of i.-w outsida companies of the Third UckI nient during the week, visiting Baker City. Pendleton, The Dalles. Woodburn and Salem. Tho Oregon City comp.m will be Inspected at the next nunrtor'v Inspectlon. All the command vvcr, found in excellent condition except mi The Dalles, where the iirilliiur n-..-. , poor and many of the men t.f ur.kmjv appearance."' t The season is already at hand for khnki and olivc-drah uniforms. Com pany commanders lire a 'it liorizerl to change from the blue at their dia. r tion,, and a little more warm weaihe, will probably see the blue uniforms -shelved for the season. Prospects of a favorable vote on tha Armory bill In June are bright, al though the efforts of every man in the Guard will he required to put th.- ire;i:i ure through. The Southern nn.l Kant -ern Oregon companies are already hus tling about among their voting friends, explaining the real significance and importance of the Armory hill. A KKW SQUIB. Redd What kind of a marhiue have you get now? ftreene. A runabout; it a ill rim about a block, and then stop. Yonkers Statesman Inspector Are your exits all riht? M.m aser (enthusiastically! Yon bet they are. Tvvery one nf "em come on a climax. Balti more American. "I overreached mysetf yesterday." 'rlo,y was that?" "M-vde a bluff at reaching f,r the luncheon check, and the other feHo-.v let me get it." Ioui8vi!le v.-ourlcr-Jour,i.i:. "Landlord Sir. the other tenants will r.o stay In the house if you msit on p!H-,inir the comet. Mr. Toots I'm sla.l ,,f i!'i:. They were very annoying. Philadelphia In quirer. "So your rich uncle is dead ai lmt .'" 'Yes -after a Unzering i!inc?s " "pid h retain possession of hi faculties tothcend 'Don't knoa' his a-lll hasn't been read yet." Cleveland Leader. "ro you understand the laws that, influ ence finance?" inquired the eeononi.-i "No." answered ihe lobbyist. "I more Interested In the finances that may influence laws" Washington Star. Caller I see you keep chicken What breed do you consider the beat? Suburban ite It' hard to tell.- I notice, though that more, of my White Wyandottes are stolen than any other kind. Chicago Tribune. Little Pitchers Mr. Smith, let me see you do your sharpening, will you? Visitor Do my sharpening: What do you mean, sonny? Little Pitchers Mamma ap-ked papa what you came here so much for. and papa raid It wa because you had an ax to grind. Baltimore American. "All you married me for was my title." growled the Duke. "Well." replied the heiress, aa he placed her purse in the eafe and mixed up the combinAlion. "T at least got what I married you for and Hint la more than you can say." Chicago Jaily New. AiW -v
