Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 15, 1908, Image 8

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Th--i aro wstor frn rh!.. fw'iulw, pt-rrliAl riithte t U!. sircims for p,-.wr n,i Irr'.ir.ition. or t.mir or may i1i5ArpAr; not o ih. vrr-t!ovinfr -A'Atr. This lroprtorhip i-i the u of sor my Iwmf moro prtaotl trtiin lATttl. For, hi rrr.otni1 toil i nwwury to mK ln1 proil-.sottvr, in antl gr.iv l:y kp up tho n jttr flot-. rro!i,1ont Koojoveit's vrto of fl.im franchise on K.iny Kivor, Minnoo:A, t of tv oonv-'rn to tho Foirio Xorth 'jt. hor flow tfc pT-ttyt WAtor norit o of tho Vniied S:a:o. His iinnoursood polioy of rosistina; unlimit ed w:or frnvNhisos hortaf;or is ono cf his mo?t Important roforms. C'';&n Th Orosonian has ca!!o1 th Attfr.tior) of tho piih'.io ni tho lpjtis iatur to tho want of limiiaitons on water riithts. B-.it "t has hoon impos sit to oho,k tho froo sift and grab. So many pariios in intorost havo in vadod tho Capitol duririR tho loarisla tivo sessions that oorrootive hills havo boon dofoatod Tho nivt tmportar.t "rostriotion. In pran:; of waior rijthts. is not oompon satlon to ;ho puMio for the use of wator, as many persons suppose, hut ismit on the life of the franchises. The PiiMie will not suffer from ap propriation of all usofuT streams by private individuals or oompanios. If is wo'l to enoourajce all possible pro ductive enterprises Fy jrrantinjr suoh franchises to responsible persons. Put these persons should not oh:ain ever lasting franoh sfs Tho state and the National Government can afford to s:ve away water monopolies for twenty-five or fifiy years, "hut not forever, and ten:y-5ve or fifty-year fran chises will promote lepitimate enter prises If not in all cases, then let them be lor.jrer. Fut they should al ways have an end. This matter is ably treated by the President in his ve:o messa.ee. Ho says: ": t"ief of Frjnnrer nf tV. Army report t'-at tie hi:. now per.ii! at tr.. .sk,b of Oonaviai n.T-rrit . -.rrri-ctior. of dams r.ivn r.on. oApaso ,f Orvo?:r.T owr 1 .w.iW vv.-.- Te nvpn run r n hour :r tr ,1.y Ti.i fvfr- 4.- la the . -a- To srvr or ih amour: 0 pom r ao'd. :r.i-r axe-ao vono :,-. rec'-re a-ut . 0, Tora" of ricoiw-r. qu.ll.y o-,I every ynr Ts ra.ua: oa:-h r t; b.-nify of l. po,',.. 1 ro -a.or. for s.virt it aay T.i-c t!rrr is fw-y ryason f.l not :ir.;,yr cor :io- ao barvircAie as to pre var.t uli.trav.- of IV powrr. .... Tia ir.-t rvCioy pii-s-jrd m ir.aKirj ttjeee arrt is arrw m yivir.r ty to prop erty of tbe pe.re in the fiw:rr atfr to in itx iiviN or ortar-.ialior pra..i.::y nc-ar-owa ar.t artirit in perpetuity three vty ch pr.. 'lea-e m aivartoe of tre f orrr-atiot o" cP.r-.-.e p'ars as to titetr ie. In .cne eaAr the t i"vf. arpaert:y ra littie or r ftraro.a: ,v othf-r ah 'ity to util-te the a ft " i huve rojc-. it roerev beoajee !'. c v h-ai for tr.c aR:r.f Another matter, which the President does cot mention, is also important J how are the franchise-holders to be ! compensated for :heir properties at tho end of the specified term? L'n- der our system of arovt-rnment it will j be impvissiole to terminate a franchise, i if by so doir.K property should be con- fiscated. It will bo remembered that j m the.Ores-n Lepisiature in February, j 17, the Portland Gas Company set; up the claim that its r.?e iJ other ' p:ant properties would be ruined by forfeiture of its perpetual franchises. The company intected into the forfeit ure bii! a Senate amendment compel linir the city to pay the company a big rin of money f-r termination of the fas franchises. In the Ciry of Port land the street-ar company holds a Hum her ef permit or urt of certain ! Uresis Alder si root, for example. These pormlis are not callod fran chises, hut they are perpetual In Iho . sens that ! time Is sot for their .end. r?m how Is the -company to. be o,lsted frM iho stroipts. If ouster shall "ever bo desired. or compelled move jits tracks to mwfce rom for a rival j car Un. without pnyrnent of dne Yet atich payment would bo virtual i purchase of a franc hi so by the city, j wMtoh iir-i-e It away five. In franss of waior fianchisos. tho ' public should see to I! (hat tt will not bo barred fts'-rn .taking lvicK Its own by private properly claims Those claims will bo sot up in every case, unless they are specially provided against in 'he franchise. A dam. or a mill, or an Irritation ditch, or a streetcar track. Is a property that w,)i he made value less by termination of a franchise. One by one tho itreat water powers of this country have been picked up by speculative and corporation arab bcrs. Though warned, tho public has pot heeded, or at least lis servants haw not Water monoely is the most valuable of all prlvUe-re. Wiih each advanoluir year Its value In creases. This latest Roosevelt reform Is hiarhly Important to the whole coun try. ThoMph too Ion delayed. It Will save much to tho people. lAY.rtr FROM t.l AV The T'hs Ttemlrer diverts a frao lion of lis Intellect for a moment from the weightier snhiecta which usually occupy it and honors The Oreponlan with brief and rebuklnit attention. Th ttist of our offense Is that we. have given the cue, to use the Ttemtner's own lanmiaa-e, te a number of eenintry paer-s which presume to oppose the Mcred slnsle-tax amendment. The Dallas Solomon g-ently chides those papers for being thus misled by the wavering Came of our dubious wisdom, "The fact of the matter Is." declares the Ttemier. '"that The Oregonlan does not know how such a tan would work out any metre than we do." fir contemporary Is merciful In Its strictures, tt mipht have aaid ,lhat The Oreg-onian knew "less than' w do."" which would have been a truly horrible reproach, for. a w gather from its remarks, the Itemirer knows exactly nothing at all about the single tax. -It might be a goed thing for the landowner and It might not,' this rural luminary sagely observes. Those who understand the single tax have no doubts whatever upon fit's point. Tt would be a groed thing for some land owners and a very bad thing for oth ers, and so It Is Intended to he. The prime purpose of the single tax Is to make thing's hot for the man who holds nnimproved land out of the mar ket waiting for other people to add to its value. Its secondary purpose Is to ease the farmer's tax burdens by ex empting his stock and Improvements. Were the single tax amendment now before the people Constructed so as to accomplish these ends and no others, it would meet wish almost universal approval; but It nullifies Its possible merits by exempting all manufactur ing plants. This Is an outrajreous privilege granted withotit right or rea son to a set of the moat shameless trusts in the country, and because the amendment thus tries to Insult the In telligence of the voters. It exight to be defeated. Tin! SF ATTI.K SrlRTT. The Seattle Spirit, which bore a sub dued air during the aomewhat pro tracted era of clearing-house certifi cates, is again rising. Its elastic re covery was retarded by failure to re tire the panic money until several weeks after Portland had returned to a gold basis and burned up tho certifi cates. Another factor contributing to the Quiet nature of the famous spirit was the remarkable growth of Port land while the panic was on. The coming to this city of tho North Bank Railroad, of the Swift packing plant and a large number of other enter prises brought with them business which prevented the bank clearings of this city from showing any such slump as was noticeable in the Seattle clear ings. But Seattle la slowly recovering, and the Times has resumed its old air of bragjradoeio. accompanied with a reckless disregard for the facts. The Times of last Sunday printed a gentle 'Toast'" for a Portland real es tate man who had the audacity to re port business dull in Seattle, and, in the course of the article, the asser tion was made that "the building per mits are S - times greater in Seattle than in Portend, and with a greater valuation." In both January and February the value of building per mits issued at Portland was nearly 54 per cent greater than the value of the Seattle permits. Tn March an effort was made In Seattle to overcome this lead by issuing one permit of a value of several hundred thousand dollars. According to the Seattle Daily Bulle tin, which is issued under the auspices of the Seattle Times, there was issued in Seattle during the first three months of the current year a total of 2S4 building permits of a total valuation of Si.S9i.$2. The figures for Port land for the same period were ICS I permits of a total value of ti.SST.Si. These figures shew the '"greater valu ation'" aliuded to by the Times, but it is too insignificant to be mentioned, and is accounted for by the fact that permits are taken out in Seattle for the most insignificant repair jobs, while Portland people frequently nail a new siat across a chicken coop or doghouse without helping out the sta tistics by taking out a building permit. Illustrative of this difference in the methods of the two ciifes. it will be noted that the average value of the IJ51 permits taken out in the first quarter of the year at Portland was J1S44, while the average value of the US4J permits taken out at Seattle for the same period was Thi aver age would make an even poorer showing for Seattle had it not been for the one enormously large permit taken out late in March to swell the total The Times also seeks to make capi tal out -of the Portland registration. By asjming that the partial registra tion made at Portland before the pri maries Is as complete as the Seattle registration np to the date of the re cent fierce election in Seattle, the Times figures out that Seattle has . 0Af greater population than Portland. The later registration in this city will undoubtedly bring the total up. very close to the Seattle figures, although the thickly populated suburbs of Se attle contain a much greater popula tion than is found in Portland's sub urbs. Incidentally it might be re marked that. whi Portland people are putting np llao buildings com pared with J0 biiildjn-rs going up at Seattle, they are also ga;niBg a popu lation that la Ailing these expensive building, more rapidly than the cheaper class Is being filled In SeattK Foot 4 SH rH Vrt 1WOTT. The nreg-oniat will quote a few specimen aentencea from a foolish ten ter which one of tho disciplined Stan ford students named Mott has pub lished at Salem and elsewhere, Mott Is not to bo blamed for winning to de fend hlmsolf, but what will the im-. i prejudiced public think of a defense which makes President Jordan out to be a willful liar, the discipline cohi mittee a band of consvlenoeless toad lee, the entire faculty a set of helpless cowards and the disciplined student a crowd of Innocent martyrs? Our young friend state boldly that "stu dent drunkenness does not exist and never has existed as such at Stanford.' We conclude that It has existed a something else, for Mott himself say that In his two years of residence "he has seen two students expelled for drunkenness." and In the course of his letter he speak of "President Jordan's ceaseless and absurd ranting on stu dent drunkenness." Queer that Dr. Jordan should rant ceaselessly on the sub.teot If no drunk enness exited, Mott explains the anomaly by sngatostlng that "President Jordan seemed actually trying to ruin the university." it Is far more likely that he was trying to keep Mott and Ms comrades from ruining themselves. The reward he got la to he called a liar In print by the young pnpptes. "He gave utterance to the most absurd and groundless slatements," says our sapient youth. ""He gave Interview ro newspaper reporters containing noth ing even remotely resembling the truth. Dr. Jordan and his fanatical committee have blackened tho fair name of Stanford." Hardly. By dealing firmly with these misguided and fractious young men they have won unanimous praise for Stanford among people who care for morality and decency. We warn our hotheaded young friend that standing for a university l not gained by worthless buncombe like his silly stalement that "the standard of schol arship ai Stanford is higher than at any other unlversKy In the United Slates." Kvory person who ts at all Informed about education knows that this Is boyish nonsense: hut on the other hand they know that Dr. Jordan and his faculty are laboring worthily to make Stanford a high-class univer sity, and that before they can do so. drunkenness and rebellion must bo subdued. Decent people regret, , of course, that Mott and his fellows had to bo turned out of college. We all hope that they win in time retrieve (heir good name: but there can be no sympathy whatever with their inclina tion to slander their teachers and their false parade of Innocence. T.x rtrri.ArvT from vahhit.u Vertalrt persons In Yamhill County have undertaken to show that property-owners in that county pay an un due proportion of the slate tax. and they propose that the Slate Treasurer shall be enjoined from collecting what they believe to be the excess tax. Their contention has no equitable basis, and It is not at all probable that a court' of equity, to which they must appeal, would give them the relief they desire. In support of their posi tion the Yamhill dissenters set forth the assessed valuations of property in all the counties, ascertain the rate of taxation on the total amount necessary to raise the total state revenue and then, using this rate in their eomv-u-tations. they show that Yamhill County is paying more than the av erage ratio. On the face of it. Yamhill makes a good showing. But a court of equify will go deeper than that. It will And that Yamhill County la not entitled to have its tax computed at the same rate as other counties, for the reasoti that its assessment is not on the same basis as the assessment of other counties. The present rate of apportionment of state taxes was fixed in IS?. At that time the total valuation of all prop erty in the state was $I2$.S?S.10s, and Yamhill's was IS. 31.753. At that time it was the practice of all coun ties to assess property at about one third or one-fourth its actual value. Since that time most of the counties have brought their assessments to a basis of actual values, with the result that the total valuation in th state U I5S1.55S.91. br nearly five times as great as in 1SJ9. But Yamhill's valua tion is now but $H.T00.5S1, or a little more than twice the valuation in 1S99. Since 1S99 Multnomah has multiplied its assessed valuation by seven; Marion has multiplied by S; Washington by Clackamas by 3: and other coun ties in proportion, making an average increase so large that the total valua tion now is five times as large as in 1S99. A large part of Multnomah's in creased assessment is due to increase in actual value and the construction of new business property. But a large part of it is also due to a change in the system of determining values for assessment purposes. No one will undertake to say that Yamhill County's assessment should have increased in the same proportion as Multnomah's, but there is no reason why it should not have increased at the same rate as the assessments of other Valley counties. Quite likely the fixed valuation plan of apportioning state taxes is not exactly equitable. No plan of taxation ever was. But it is a much better and more nearly equitable system of apportionment than existed in the years when each county was trying to surpass the others in making low assessed values in order to escape a due proportion of state taxes. AS TO WIDOWS' 1PES1-TON8. Agreement has been practically reached by the pensions committees of the two houses of Congress whereby the pensions of widows of soldiers of the Mexican. Indian and Civil Wars will be increased from $V to $12 per month. There is no claim upon the Government more just than that of genuine war widows of the soldiers of any of these wars for suitable provis ion for their age . through pensions. Such claims represent, in fact, the very essence of the pension idea, as expressed in a nation's -gratitude toward men who have lost their lives in the service of their country, having first become disabled through such service and so unable to provide for the wives who faithfully performed the woman's part in war by bearing double burdens at home while the war was in progress. Women of this class the true sol diers' widows are entitled to receive 312 a month, when, aged and broken in health, they face the problem of life aloe. The proposed Increase tn widows' pensions, however, should. I the Interest of simple Justice, be con fined to women of this claw- t. widows who a wive shared the hard ship of war, as women must and do, by bortrtnal added burden at home while their husbands were doing sol diers' duty m the field. There are hundreds perhaps thousands of women who are drawing pensions of JS a month as soldiers" widows who were horn after he close of tho war In which their husband fought. Many of, these married in their youth aged aad even decrepit veterans, having an eye strictly to business wiih the pen sion office, It certainly require a stretch of patriotism to concede that widows of this das are entitled to pensions at all. still loss to an Increase In the amount that they now receive. From sharing in this proposed benefit, therefore, the young or relatively young widow of an old soldier should In all Justice and decency be exclud ed. The claim made by widows of this class upon (he Govern men t may be said to represent the cheapest xand most disgusting phase of that most shameless transaction a" mercenary marriage. The natural handicap that retarded the growth of Portland shipping In th past were not removed except at great expense; In fact there are a few evil yet to be corrected. Bnt the artificial handicap now being levied against the port In the shape of a heavy differen tial In gralnhandlers' wage, a com pared with those paid on Puget Sound will. If maintained, do more to drive away shipping than any othef Influ ence that la working aalnt the port. Kvery man In this free country has tho rlttht to sell his labor at the high est price warranted by the condition in which he And the market for that labor. If the price demanded Is higher than that for which tho work can be handled at rival ports, wage must either come down or the busi ness bo driven away from Portland. The Inieresls of an Important city are at stake In this manor, and they should not be sacrificed by the whim of a few men who would like lo pre etpHaie a strike as an excuse for abandoning dock work to engage In Ashing for the Summer. The right of ihese men to quit work Is unques tioned, hut, a this is still a free coun try, they have no right to dictate the wages that shall be paid their succes sors, who are ready and willing to work at the wagos prevailing In other ports with which Portland comes In competition. The great International automobile contest is now appearing on a course where the performances of the various machines can bo watched with absorb ing interest. Tho French and Italian ears are headed for the Orient on board of a Japanese steamship. The American car Is due to reach Seattle from Valdes Friday, and after secur ing a fresh supply of gasoline, will re sume the round-the-world trip on board of a British steamer. The Ger man car Is still wasting time by run ning on Its own wheels, but Is ex pected at Seattle next week, where It will also take ship for the Orient. There have been so many diversions from the "route and so little running done by the automobiles that the An Ish will undoubtedly be fully as spec tacular as the American end of the race. By securing passnge on a fast steamer through the Sue and making connection with the celebrated Nord Fxpress at Boulogne, the goal at Tarls ought to he reached in fast time, even by a slow automobile. The annual session of the Oregon State Orange, that will convene in Eu gene on May 10, promises to be a most interesting and profltahle one. Com mittees covering a wide range of work have been announced by Grand Mas ter Buxton. Besides those that per tain strictly to the work of the order, there are committees on education, th Agricultural College, assessment and taxation, legislation, pure foods, agri culture and good roads a list that gives a wide range to opinion, sugges tion and discussion. A distinctly rep resentative body of intelligent men and women, the State Grange will command attention In its presentment and discussion of these always timely topics. Its voice upon some of the matters upon which the referendum has been caHed In the June election notably the university appropriation and woman suffrage will be awaited with interest. The frugal housewife who reads in the paper that there is a disagreement between the Ashermen and the can nerymen aa to whether the maximum price for large royal chlnooks shall bo 7 cen-ts or S cents per pound must not accept these figures as having any bearing on the price which local con sumers will pay. The choice cuts In the retail markets along the banks of the greatest salmon stream In the world will still be 25 cents tn SO cents per pound. This may be slightly higher than the prevailing price in New York, but this is prcbmhly due to the fact that the New Yorker may not appreciate the merits of Columbia River salmon as thoroughly as they are appreciated by the people who live where the Ash are as plentiful as they are in Portland. Sentiment in favor of the University of Oregon appropriation seems to be strong throughout the state. The sim ple proposition, as it appeals to the in- rill n. Af Iav.I oirivon is this worthy of the name, or not? This Is an important question, and one that Is likely to be answered in the affirma tive in June. Those gentlemen who show signs of getting a little excited over that -"personal liberty" ticket appear to forget that no one's personal liberty to vote for whomsoever he pleases has yet been interfered with. All the colored folk of Washington turned out yesterday to hear Foraker. South of Mason and Dixon's line they still think he's running for President. But Foraker knows better. Foraker wants It understood that his Brownsville campaign is not for the purpose of making political cap ital. It's just the cold gray moan of the morning after. That makes three games for Port land. Might as well hand over that pennant. It' just possible that Mr. Heney made one too many farewell tours. M4.HIXO VOX NFlneinCVai SIVKKM WatarlHMi View tae lyeot)aiy rroktktt lov ri-rtlonel TVaiterwotv t n 1 eulavtlle rSnirler .-.mrnai. srey oen.ml en II-. reoent pn-Mt.! Ion vl,oi la In ariM ami ont l". of ll Xli.Mle Woir Sinle it 1- i-oprlwted a- i,pi-eet ln th KentileVy PowH.. view of this qiieailon l The Prohibition landslide In Illinol eannot. by any manner of mean, be construed a proof that a majority of the voter In the now "dry" section have ex-en the temporary Intention of total abstinence that I proclaimed by the wan who "goes upon the water- wagon." The usual argument of the man who Is not an abstainer and who votes the Prohibition ticket I that while he, personally, can take a drink of whisky or a glass of beer, when he aee At. and prepeaea to do so. he be llevea that the community I bettered bv the elimination of the liquor traffic. In other word, he eonaldere himself capable of determining th nature ef hi beverage without detriment to hla temporal welfare and without jeopards to hi Immortal soul, hut he hellevea that other men should he prelected from temptation by a svslem ef gov ernment forbidding them to buy Intox- leant. The objection m thl line of reasoning I not that It Implies absurd ero!lm. but that It fall to take Into consideration th fact that when the malorltv vet "dry," and the minority votes "wt," and a majority nf the ma jority voter Intend to continue to us timnlant. we have prohibition that I voted but net anetloned by the ma jority. The logical. Inevitable and his toric result I that the liquor trafrte continue to flourish Ulh'Uly. The anatomy of the Prohibition pol icy of the politician who I shelling the wood to get an office I not worth considering. Ill hypocrisy la a patent to himself aa to anyone In the au.llenee. But the disinterested voter who look upon himself aa being perfectly nn,-er In the discharge of hi duff a n eltlnen when he vote for the abolishment of the liquor traffic without having the slightest Intention ef allowing hi per sonal liberty to he Infringed by the law. and who would not vote wiih (he "dry" If he anticipated the possibility of being ohllged to ohey the law. I psychologically Interesting. He doe wliat he conceive to he right, perhaps, by ttemptlng to force hi neighbor to he better than he wlhe to be. Put while he I one of the majority In hi community, he I not the beat type of cltlaen. He aid In affecting the ln tegrlty of all law hy aiding In bring ing about a condition under which one win be violated with Impunity by pop ular consent. Illinol. like Georgia and Alabama, and part of Kentucky, will be "dry" theoretically, practically speaking It will be bv no mean Impossible to buy a drink In th "dry" section, although the quality of the beverage will ho quest ion a Me. Are th voter who bring ahont thla condition altrulat. or bene factors of the tate or race why cost or i.ivixr is Hir.mnn ton ef the Thing That laereaae H peaae In Te Day. Youth's Companion. Few topics of conversation afford a more general agreement among all classes of people than the Increase In the coat of living. Ftlmate vary a to how mueh the Increase haa been, but nearlv every man who aupporta a fam ily will av. without hesitation, that It coat more now than It did year ago. Ther Is truth In the statement, hut per hap tt Is not the whole truth, or th moat Important part of It A more accurate statement ts that tire actual coat of necessities. although greater new than a year or two ago, has pot materially Increased lnce im. but that th tastes and Ideals of the people have made the expenses of th familv greater. The education In hygiene h made a necesalty ef the bath tub, which wa formerly regarded aa a lux ury, and haa Instated that all the plumb ing be open. The additional plumbing, In turn, makes higher water rate. The network of trolley ears offer In ducementa to spend a nickel for a ride, and makes It easy to make ahopplng trip, on which th other nickels are spent. The telephone means another outlay. Refrlg oration ha mad possible a far more va ried diet, but It Is also a mor expensive diet: and th cultivation of vegetables under glass has placed upon the poor man s table In mtd-Wlnter such articles of food a not even the rich could secure a generation or two ago. Flnallv. there Is the matter of fash ion, which now provide evening clothe for children whoa parents In childhood did not own a utt of any kind. Even the humbl shirtwaist, sen sible as It is, means an increase in the laundry bills. As a woman professor of household ecenomlcs said. In an address In New York a few weeks ago. "We are told to drink certified milk, and yet cows refuse to give certified milk for less than 15 cents a quart." AMERICA, PROVIDER OF NATIONS Slgalfleaaee of Our Reaemreea la Iaitoa trlal Rat-ore aad Ala. Wall Street Journal. Provider of nations Is the nam which might aptly be applied to the United States, on account of the vaat amount of exports which it supplies to the manufacturing nations of the world. The two msln claeses of com modities are materials for manufac ture and foodstuffs, by which the in dustrial populations are maintained. The rest of the world, for Instance, could do comparatively little in cotton manufacturing, without the fiber fur nished by the United States. This Is the largest Item exported In the crude materials fer use In manufacturing. During the first eeven months of the current fiscal year these materials comprised 33.57 per cent of our entire domestic exports. Besides this, vast quantities of lumber are furnished to Europe to maintain its woodworking industries. Next in order to msterlala of manu facture come foodstuffs, comprising 28 per cent of the exports. This is fol lowed by manufactures ready for con sumption, making 24.77 per cent. If crude materials for manufactures, semi-manufactures and manufactures ready for consumption be combined Into one class, they comprise 71.S7 per cent of our total exports for the period tn question. Although these figures are not quite complete, they still show the signifi cance of our resources to industrial Europe and Asia. It Is this fact, of our actual and potential Industrial ca pacity, coupled with the presence of foodstuff supplies, which are. as yet. in the Infancy of their development, that keeps the Old World thinking to offset these advantages in maintaining its position in competitive relations with the United States. Europe feels keenly the possibilities of power Indicated in theee resources. Oae of the Vanderhllta. Hartford Courant. A eSO.OOO.OOO attachment to stable boy tastes makes a useless combination. The money is not needed for stable purposes and the tastes themselves hold the money down to relatively unimportant work. Alfred G. Vanderhllt has money enough to be of some service in his day and gen eration, but apparently it is his chief ambition to tie a stage-driver. Driving stage is a perfectly respectable business, provided there is public need for the stage to be driven: but it is a great social waste for a man having the income from a lot of millions to do that work. Either the millions or the tastes of this young man are a clear misfit. He would be a better social product if he had been born poor and had found work at fair wages as a stable hand. "uiviM.n tiil.n.i,:,4 rtTian tttMln la rrMaerena ay Faada Are Met Mai-mmI, PORTI.AVD. April 14 --tTo the Wilier,! A new Item in The Oreaonian of ihia morning. April 14. tted "Ther h been some talk hf closing MoMinnvtll College at the clo ef the school year III June, owing to l,-k of funds. An effort I lo be m,ie lo rwe eHVi In Portland to enable the Institution to continue It work next Fall " Unintentionally your reporler give In thla ataiement an entirely erroneous Idea of the present condition of McMlnnvllle College. Two year go the (ndehtedne of the college shout f-OrtW. At that time ther wa om talk ef elealng the Institution unlesa arrang-ementa could ho made for coniinuliig It on a cash ht. The present president, tieonard W. Riley. Induced to accept the presidency ef the Institution and a result the cellos today la enjoying on f Ih moat pros percu time In lla history. For two yeai-a now th Institution he been run on a ch basis and In" addition In that. over lil.oon haa been paid on the dcht The current epnr-. which two years ago amounted to INoefi. have bon In creased with efficient, eapahl professor, The student fee formerly amounting lo Jrtwo for th year, have grw t ahoui "TV Th enrollment I th largest In Ih history of th Ihatltullnn. tn fact, th atlandanc ha brrom so large thai It I absolutely pceary to provide more room In the way ef new buildings. Mr. Olmated. the noted landscape garoVner, la preparing plnn for the proposed cawpua and future location of th build ing, Until a tare and uh-itniil build Ihg can b rctd to moot Ih need of th Inatltntion, two temporary frm building will h erected at once and fully equipped to meet the demand of th In creased attendance at th college. Tt I fer "h purpoaof erecting the two frame building tht Ih present financial campaign ha been Instituted In Tortland. Instead, therefor, ef talk ing ahont closing up the colles In Jim we are talking about enlarging It capa city and arranging for a much larger enrollment. In order mere thoroughly to Interest th Baptist of Portland In Mo M'nnvllle College. It I proposed to hav a May-day plenle for RMptlat and all ethers who may wlah to go and hav ah outing en the college eanipii the flrt dav of May. Th eltiens ef McMlnnvllle prop to furnish the dinner and to glv to tho who attend a rnyal time. A apeelal train will h chartered and It 1 hoped that there will lie aw or peopl who will go to McMlnnvllle on this apeelal oecaalon. J. WHTTCOMn pnrlUOttF.R. tn nrnn TRW nr.iiocR4.fr TA-ins. Ham naMctfl Criticism f Mr. Rryaa. New York World. Dem. Tn hht addrea at Ofnaha. after having received the Indorsement of th Demo cratic and of the Populist state conven tion for th Presidency. Mr. Bryan said: Pemeereey face the future with hope. Our party la united, while the ftepttbhoan party I dlvldeA. A th Repuhlloana need en faction of th T"tmeertle party to defeat ti in land w ahail return th eompltn-ent thl year and lie en part ef th Renuhlleart party to defeat th other. Taking Into consideration th peraen allly of the apeaker and th tlm. plac and elrcumatanee under which It was made, that utterance may lie fitly de scribed as th most aalnln In th history of recent oratory. If th statement was th candid x preaslon of a sincere belief on hla part. It reveal in the mind ef Mr. Bryan a moat chlldiBh credulity. If It wa a plee of rhetoric dealgned to delude th Demo, eratlo rank and file Into a further ac ceptance of hla leadership. It hnw an Impudent contempt for th stupidity of hla follower and a brasen disregard of th plainest facts of th political situa tion. Call It egotiam r call It hypocrisy. It aril! be equally allly and equally false. Th Democratic party I not united. It never will b united under Mr. Bryan. Not only I It divided, but It I dlaeredlted and demoralised. In some states It has almost eeaaed to exist. Fven In the South its continued eohrne la du to stagna tion rathar lhn-vltaltty ; and should Mr. Bryan be rnomlntd thr will h many states wher If will hardly b worth whll for th party to make a contest at all. History ef Mate rrohlbltlna. Maine Adopted prohibition In 14: re pealed In re-enacted prohibition in ISM. New Hampshire Adopted In ljfi; re pealed In 1!0S. Vermont Adopted In 1SM: repealed In X Massachusetts Adopted In IRoS: repealed In 1S6S; readopted in repealed In 1S7R. Rhode Island Adopted In 12; repealed In 1SS3: readopted In ISM: repealed In 1H. Connecticut Adopted In 1X4; repealed In 1S7S. New York Adopted In 15; declared un constitutional. Ohio Adopted in 1RR1; annulled by a license-tax law. Indiana Adopted In lfS; declared un constitutional. Michigan Adopted In 1S55; repealed In W7S. Illinois Adopted In 1851; repealed In 18S3. Wisconsin Adopted in 1M6; vetoed by Governor. Iowa Adopted partial prohibition in lo; full prohibition In 1-1S4: mulct law in Nebrsska Adopted In 1S55". repealed In Kansas Adopted constitutional amend ment In TffSO. North Dakota Constitutional provision In 1WO: repealed In 1S9H. south Dakota Adopted prohibition In 1907. Oklahoma Adopted prohibition in 1907. Alabama Adopted prohibition In 19W. Fiarly Notlce-a of Org-oo. 13NDON, April . (To the Editor.) Permit me to suggest that the collection of early allusions to the Oregon River and the Oregon Territory would be a matter of public Interest. Within a few months I have come across the following: "Although you may not all of you eat of the trees you plant this Spring, your children may. if they do not mi grate to the Oregon." Missouri Intelli gencer. April 15. 1823. In "The Knickerbocker," volume xlil-4fS2- 4S9, is an account of a "Trip up the Co lumbia in 3850," signed "Montague." The writer says that "Astoria is the most miserable place in Oregon Territory.'; and that Portland "bids fair to be the metropolis of Oregon." He makes men tion of St. Helens, Pillar Rock and the little steamer "Columbia." In the same magazine, volume xlili:642- 4. June 1854. "E. J. A." writes a descrip tion of a grlrxly bear hunt, from Allen's Claim, near Olympia, W. T. "Mr. A. and B. (sic) are boating on the Mississippi, or 'ballooning' In some fancy speculation on the north shore of the Oregon." Puddleford and its people, by H. H. Riley, p. 237, N. Y.. 1S54. RICHARD H. THORNTON. The Eater of Small Words. Harper". When sitting by the window. I Watch the tsll poles go racing by And wonder why they hurry o To leave th plac to which I go. Th words upen the wlrea, too, I often wonder what they do, When aeveral meet and try to pass, Do aom fall oft and die. alas? And then thoe row ef puffed-up birds! T know they eat the little words; For when th tel-e-yratna arrlyo Only big words are loft ally. , Advertising Talks No, 10 The Hen and the Doorknob By Hrrrt Kaufman Olio tiiion A Mm fheve nun a l'oo lien who at on a china doorknoh fur thro weeks expectinii to R" a family. Tho only (liing slu i ie wh ox-pr-nono. Th alverlisin)i Hc,l i full ,,f "china tlooiknidi proposition" x. sniploa ol" mriyhanla who "eci good newspaper to hatch money out nl' had eta; hiisiuesses, or who put aiTumi nest rs unilef (he wroiij: "a.lvcrtis. it'lf hen." There ai three principles to fol low in an advert iinj campattn : Kirst of all. rtnil a huMiioss (hat will stuinl aHvortisii-a; aernnrlly, find th news paper that will make tho anverlisinir pay; thirdly, five th newspaper tlm to pity. Von can't, start in to hreeil rlollaini in less time than it take to hatch them any mor than you ran pull a hen off th nt hefor aha haa hr th ehattc to iuoulmle. In both yon simply waI what has boon in vexteil. If you slop fno goon yoti will Ret A rollen rce i)s(e( of g rhiekrn. Advertise aniiiclhinjr out. of which yon may reasonably export returns And when you lime found what, tn advertise, lake earn IIihI m pine your copy in A newf-pnper that, ran turn I ho trick. IVm't delude yourself with A china doorknob, and don't, eon fuse a "rooster newspaper" which spend its tim cock-A lorumins, fur A "hen newspaper" that is too husy hatching out dollins tn strut shout crowing. (r'opyrlaiit toe. ri sxr,s or rkiihu a kiwi. Letter Wrltlaar II a Ml In Klej reward VII. end th Klar. Mr. Ford's Indon loiter to th N York Trlhnno. 'Th business nf reigning I so orlou. with Ih eeremonlnl aide conslSntly up permost. tht It is natural for any erelgna lo find relief in ocenlonl flhi of humor. King Edward, like Queen Victoria ! for him. likes Jokea and brilliant repar. tee. hut he does not write out pleasant ries. He avoid letter writing and a) Iowa lit aeeretarle to conduct corre spondence In an Impersonal and dignified way. Queen Victoria, discreet and sen sible aa ah wa. wrote ton many letter and was Involved In unnecessary contro. vaisles. King Kdward la constantly talk ing over public affairs with statesmen and diplomat, hut h I too shrewd and cailtloua lo write letters to them. He haa more effective methods of hiHiingiua men and Influencing international action than correspondence, whether dashed oft on Ih Impulse of the moment or dic tated and revised with deliheraflnn. lie accomplishes hla purposes hy informal eonferencea and short talks, and hypno tises his own minister at home ami dis tinguished European In Msrlonhed or Pari by communicating lo them hi own alneerlly and conciliatory spirit. This Is a more Judicious method than the rnpld Imprnvlaatlon of roysl opinions In prlvat letters mor or lea rnllnuultil. which are likely to he misinterpreted and to excite hostile criticism. The tlerman Emperor, being a clever and vivacious sovereign, also makes us of hi talents and fascinating frankness In Influencing men at home and abroad. When he waa In England h had a high minded and laudable purpose of Improv ing International relations. and his agreeable manners and charm of conver sation produced a favorable Impression. H was a peacemaker. Irtto King Edward himself, and conciliated members of th ministry as he had previously done when Mr. Haldati. Mr. Burns and other asso ciates visited Berlin. He waa doijbtl trrltatad and disappointed whn Iord Esher. in a letter which might not havs been meant for publication, represented that every one In Germany, from ths Emperor downward, would rejoice over the downfall of Sir John Fisher, and In continuing his informal talk with Ixird Tweedmouth by letter he revealed hi annoyance and Impatience. This may have been an Indiscretion, bnt ther cap be no criticism of hla general conduct in making use of personal friendships for the purpose of creating better feeling be tween England nd Germany. A modern sovereign is not a constitu tional figurehead, preoccupied with cere monial and etiquette and without moral responsibility for resources and opportu nities for supremely useful work. Ha I a master workman in a progressive orld. Yet he ought not to write too many letters, and his humorous propen sities ought to be kept under restraint. A NEW SPRING POEM. Tbe Breath of Sprlac. Oh! the breath of Spring is a subtile thing, For it waketh the poet up. And the festive flea, and the sassafras tei And the beer and the buttercup. Oh, the air of Spring of which T sing, Is scented with blooming ' Pocic, And it seemeth strange this sudden change From Winter "Rye and Rock. Adown the street, all fair and sweet. There strolls a maiden fat, ,A breath in the air a cry of despair; And a "Merry Widow" hat. On the breath of Spring, of which I Sing I hear an awful toot. And an auto-smell, like a whiff of hell And the dust-clouds by me scoot. Oh! the b-wobbly jog. I have slipped cog My thinker is on the blink. But the breath of Spring, it is on th wing. And my ribbon is out of Ink. TYPEWRITER. Fresh and Strenuous Mr. Bryan. Wsshington Star. As an "attraction," Mr. Bryan at the end of 12 strenuous years is amazingly fresh. Somehow the people do not tire of him, but still swell hie meetings to record-breaking proportions. Is It any wonder, then, that he continues to hope, and that the vision of the White House attracts him now as strongly as wher first he saw it? Jnst tbe Difference. Th American Printer. Twixt optimlat and pesBlmiat The difference Is droll Tha optimist eea the douirhnut The pessimist sees the hole. .'Twixt optlmtat and pessimist You're wrong upon my soul The pessimist eat? the douehnut Tbe optimist eats the hols. 4