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The preference of those publications for a platitudinous solemnity is so marked that one hardly dares suspect them of ever beins funny except by accident. funny they are now and then, Just as the most tearful and blood cuiflfng melodrama sometimes makes a Joke by mistake. Such an unpre meditated bit of humor, we imagine, lies in the .closing sentence of a polit ical editorial article which appeared in the New York American a day or two ago. The article discusses, not without acuteness, the probabilities for the nomination and election of Taft and Bryan. These promising can didates are weiphed and found want ins:. The American advances excel lent reasons why both of them will be nominated and neither of them lroted: and it brinps the article to a close with the following reflection: ""It may be and it surely oucht to be that the Intelligent and liberated vot ers of the country will realize that their best hope of good government is In tho clear, definite platform, the united faith and tho clean candidato of the Independent party." Think of the treasures of uncon scious humor in a man who ran say without a smile that tho best hope of America lies in making Mr. Hearst our next President. We concede willingly that Mr. Hears! has been instrumental Jn effecting at least ono excellent piece of work for this country. He has taught the Illiterate classes to read. The literature which he has provided for them to exercise their new skill upon Is pot the best In the world, but neither Is It the worst; and the main point is that, after learning to read ths sort of material to bo found In the American and Journal, they will prob ably go on out of curiosity to try some thing better. A great pedagogue has "aid that it makes no difference what people begin to read, they will Inevi tably end with something that will do them good. Let us hope he was right. Still, granting to Mr. Hearst all tho credit which Is his due for this achievement. It Is no injustice to say of him that he lacks every imaginable ciuullricatton which the President of the I'nited States ought to possess. So conspicuous are his deficiencies that It Is simply funny to mention his. name In that connection. However, a man or a newspaper may be daft on a single question, and eminently sane on every other. The American's opinion of Mr. Hearst may be amusing and nothing more, while its views of Taft and Bryan may de serve attentive respect. When It says, for example, that if Mr. Taft wins the Republican nomination it w-111 be "'by the force of the President's definite and persistent advocacy," we are rtound to listen because the remark Is at least partially true. We dare say that If the President had thrown his Influence for some other man Mr. Taft would not have expected to win the nomination. Put this leaves unan swered the very Important question. "Why did Mr. Roosevelt throw his influence for the Secretary of War and not for somebody else?" The Presi dent has Initiated a policy which he believes to be essential to the safety f the-Nation. lt his opinion we are threatened on one side with the quag mire of socialism and on the other with the deep dttch of anarchy. Fe. tween these disastrous alternatives lies the narrow and difficult path of con trol, regulation and the supremacy of righteous law. To initiate this policy nd win the preliminary battles In the campaign for It required an incom parable hold upon the affections of the people. It required courage and resolution auch as few men possess. Rut the victory Is not yet won, as Mr. Roosevelt well knows. The ship Is launched with flying colors, but ahead there are tempests: on the lee are shoals and quicksands. To steer the vessel safely to its harbor needs a helmsman with a strong hand and a steadfast soul. The hostile faction In Congress has been defeated, but not annihilated. At the first opportunity 11. will rise as strong as ever and more eager to fight. Its resources are not diminished. Its militant skill has grown with the experience of combat. Is It credible that Mr. Roosevelt, him self a wary and battle-scarred veteran In political warfure. would choose for his successor In this great enterprise a weakling, a parasite, a mere syco phant? To think so is infantile. He has cast his Influence for Mr. Taft be cause he recognizes In the War Secre tary the same forethought and cour age which have served so well for his own guldnnce. He sees In him also that unswerving and indefatigable pa tience which will balk at no obstacle and yield to no resistance. "The Imputation of being another man's man and of being dominated by the President," to quote the American again. Is not therefore something that will hinder Mr. Taft: on the contrary it -.will help him as the people under stand it. To them Mr. Taft is not an other man's man In the sense of hav ing no mind of his own. Rather they believe that he has freely and consci entiously adopted Mr. Roosevelt's pol icy because he believes that the safety of the rountry depends upon Its suc cess. If he thinks that policy to be the true one, how could he. as an hon est man and patriotic statesman, adopt any other? Is It not a strange thing that it should be accounted a discredit to a candidate that he advocates a pol icy which is demonstrably best for the country. Instead of seeking some nov elty merely to display a vain spirit of Independence? lIORSKBRKEnKRS- P ROSPKRITY. Portland as a horse market made an exceptionally fine showing on the first day of the sale now being held at the old Exposition gruunds. There were sold from one consignment sixty- one horses at an average price of $165, many of the animals selling above $300. The attendance at the opening day of the sale was In excess of R00, and among the buyers were prominent breeders and horse fancjlers from every Pacific Coast state, from British Columbia and from points as far east as Minnesota. The interest shown at this sale was to a consider able extent due to the decided Impetus given the horse business by the horse show held In this city last . Fall, and It augurs weU for the success of the annual race meeting which will be given under the auspices of the Coun try Club. Horse breeding in Oregon has from the earliest history of the state been a most important industry, and prior to the development on an extensive scale of other lines, it proved one of the greatest advertising features of the state. In the early days the Oregon range horses found a market as far east as the Mississippi River, and wherever they were sold were always regarded as possessing greater endur ance and speed than any other range horses. The introduction of high class blood Into this range stock re sulted in added speed and style for the range horse, and on every prominent racetrack between the Atlantic and the Facifio Oregon horses have won fame and money. In the development of other industries and the extinction of the range horse, the breeding of high-class animals has been in a meas ure lost sight of, but it was not aban doned, and there are today In Oregon more high-cUss horFes than ever be fore, and that there Is a profit in breeding and developing them- is shown by the demand, which is suffi cient .to maintain satisfactory prices. It is through sales' such as are now In progress in thts city, horse shows and fairs, that Interest is awakened In the business, and the opportunity afforded to witness its growth and im portance. Not all of the interest cen ters around thoroughbreds and har ness horses, but at no previous period have high-grade . draft animals com manded such excellent figures as at the present time. That Portland Is regarded as the center of the Indus try in the Pacific Northwest Is shown by the' presence at this sale of offer ings from all of the Northwestern States. ECUNIC IS FOREIGN TRADE. The foreign- trade of the United States is still on the down, grade, and the March report, which was issued by the Department of Commerce and La bor a few days ago, makes a very poor showing for both exports and imports. While the Imports showed a gain of about $5,000,000 over the month of February, the total was but $89,000, 000, compared with $133,000,000 in March, 1907. In one sense this shrink age of $44,000,000 might be regarded as in a measure beneficial, showing as it does that we apparently spent that much less with the foreigners In March this year than last. But it must be remembered that the only reason that our people buy goods abroad is because they can save money by so doing. There is an economic advantage not only for the purchaser, but theduties collected on Imports are by far the most important portion of the funds necessary for carrying on the work of the Government. The momentum gained by our for eign trade in the booming times which marked the advent of 1907 was not easily overcome by the panic which set In last October, and it was not until December that imports began to show loss as compared with the corre sponding month in the preceding year, and the gain had been so heavy in the early months o 1907. that the net de crease failed to show very large until last month. For the first nine months of the current fiscal year there is shown a decrease of . $135,000,000 in imports, and for the first time "since last October there is a decrease noted In exports, the figures for March being only $141, COO. 000, a decrease of more than $:0. 000. 000 -from the figures for March, 1907. The enormous export business of last year carried the totals up so high that the" receding wave has not yet swept away all of the gain, and with totals for the nine months of $1,498 000.000, we are still about $47,000,000 ahead of last season's figures for the same period. There is one very com forting feature of the situation for those who see in an excess of exports over imports so much cause for con gratulation as this "balance of trade" for the nine months ending March 31 had . reached the enormous total of .567,000,000, a figure never before ap proached in a similar period. This excess' of exports over Imports for March was $24,000,000 greater than for March, 1907. and for the nine months was $182,000,000 greater than for the same period In the preceding season. As this country has shipped out nearly all of the exportable sur plus of its agricultural products, affd the demand for manufactured goods Is light, there will probably be a still fur ther shrinkage In the figures before the close of the fiscal year. The date for a recovery from tha present decline in our foreign trade, is not easy to predict, but with another good crop of cereals and a continua tion of present prices. It will be diffi cult to retard at least some progress toward the old high levels. We shall not only have plenty of products to bring up the. export figures, but our people will "have money with which to pay for an Increased import business. The Ijnited States of America is too great a country and has too many re sources ' to make possible any pro tracted Bpel! Tif hard times or declin ing foreign trade. NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OREGON. Today The Oregonian prints another letter from - Mr. Cyrus H. Walker whiclt Is not .without interest. The purpose of the..letter It to argue that because Mr. Walker has lived in Ore gon a long time and passed through many pioneer vicissitudes he is there fore exceptionally well qualified to de cide What the state needs, education ally and otherwise. This argument Uleserves some respect, although it is fallacious. When . Mr.-Walker was a younger man than he Is now we have no doubt that he was progressive. His views were broad and his spirit enter prising. But now his mind has nar rowed. He thinks that nothing must be done In the future which was not done In the past. He believes that all wisdom was exhausted In his youth. He measures the needs of the great future by those of the primitive past. To him the educational system which was contrived to meet pioneer condi tions will suffice for the varied de mands of a mature civilization. Of course this view is natural to an old man, but it would be fatal to accept it as correct. The educational needs of Oregon are Identical with those of other states n the Union. We are not a "peculiar people," nor are our conditions such as to exempt us from competition with those who enjoy the advantages of good college training. We need a university which fs generously sun- ported, because nothing else will give adequate results. No state which has founded a well-equipped university and enjoyed its benefits has ever re gretted the act. The returns are so beneficial from every point of view that when the investment has onco been Intelligently made it is invariably continued. These are facts which are perfectly well known to everybody, and they are of much greater value to one who would form a sound judg ment upon the educational question than arer Mr. Walker's pioneer remi niscences. The time is past when Oregon ought to be content with the arid narrowness of the backwoods. We are inviting Immigrants to come here from parts of the country where the common schools are supplemented by great state (Universities. These immigrants are well informed. They know what Is best for themselves and their fami lies. They realize that educational advantages are worth more than gen ial climate or fertile soil, and if we deny these advantages to them they will shun Oregon and make their homes elsewhere. Mr. Walker and those who agree with him in the as sault upon the university do not un derstand what a hold education has upon the progressive people of this country. He may be satisfied with an education for his children which stops at the eighth grade, but the majority of intelligent Americans desire some thing more. They are ambitious to place their children in a position to compete with the strongest and to en joy the best. Whatever the unpro gressive backwoodsman may think. the ambitious American believes that nothing is too good for his family, and he is willing to pay for It. A HOME MISSIONARY FIELD. The physical and moral conditions of the Indians In Alaska are probably as bad as they can be. The public was told but now, by a Federal official of that far northern territory, of the alarming prevalence of tubercular maladies among .these people and the rapid spread of suoh maladies through conditions incident to unsanitary liv ing, insufficient or innutritlous food and utter ignorance of the communi cability of disease by contact.- The picture presented was a sad and indeed a revolting one. It was assert ed in this connection that unless meas ures were taken to quarantine the In dians who are afflicted with scrofulous diseases, and particularly tuberculous Indians, and teach them the simple rules of cleanliness and the value of fresh air in their abodes, that not only would the Indian population of the Alaskan peninsula perish from off the earth in the space of a few years, but the white population would also be practically wiped out, this notwith standing the fact that the climate of Alaska is bracing and its natural con ditions are in every way conducive to health and longevity. So far as the public has been in formed, no notice has been taken by the Federal health officers of this pre sentment and appeal. Now comes an other report from these wretched In dians that Is even more appalling than the first. A woman is the informant In this case Mrs. C. R. Reynolds, who has spent many years in Juneau, Sitka and Douglas, the older centers of set tlement, and who is no doubt fullv qualified to speak. Acocrding to Mrs. Reynolds, who is now in Seattle seek ing to arouse the pity of the pitiful and the Interest of the public gener ally, young Indian girls, and indeed girls of mixed breeds and nationalities, are sold by their unnatural mothers at very tender ages, for Immoral pur poses to brutalized men. It Is not a case now and then that Is reported, but a revolting custom against which Mrs. Reynolds protests In the name of pity, humanity and decency a custom that not only debases the bodies of the victims but subjugates the moral sense of all concerned in the vile traffic; to the basest of instincts and afflicts tjie offspring of such degrading alliances with untold miseries. Mrs. Reynolds will consult the officials of the Wash ington Children's Home Society, hop ing by their advice and co-operation to bring this matter to the attention of Congress, through the Washington delegation. We recall in (his connection the fact that missionary societies of the vari ous church denominations in this city and state have been very busy the past few weeks in presenting and discussing the question of foreign missions. The "ail-day missionary meeting" has been made an occasion for prayer, exhorta tion, feasting and general good fellow ship among those who are commis sioned by the churches as missionary workers. Now the attention of the missionary delegations, comprising these bodies, has been focused upon China, now upon India, and now upon Japan. The religious beliefs of these people and other so-called heathen have been deplored and the great need of carrying the gospel according to Christian creeds to them has been ex patiated upon. Tet from some cause these wretched "heathen" at our very doors: these simple-minded, tractable, inoffensive but shockingly degraded creatures, the Alaskan Indians, have been overlooked in this zealous search for souls to save and bodies to rescue. Is It that the very nearness of these people blind the missionary workers to their appalling need? Is it that to civilize and uplift the Alaskan Indians Is but a paltry, disagreeable tasR near home so very near that Its taint is almost upon our garments, its stench in our very nostrils? That ihls task does not involve the expense of a theo logical course or -the cost of a long voyage? That it represents missionary effort divested of the romance of travel, the martyrdom of long banish ment from home and native land? An object aver pressing dims tha sight And hides behind its ardor to ba een, declared a deeply religious poet of a past generation. Perhaps this Is why our zealous missionary workers over look the bitter needs of the Alaskan Indians and are so deeply concerned for the welfare of the "heathen" of storied Nippon, Farther India and Far Cathay. Churqnies of Burlington, N. J., are about to come up to the help' of the weak against the mighty. Men, It is said, have been practically excluded from places of public worship by the advent of the "Merry Widow" hat. Noting this in dismay, the pastors of several churches of that city are con sidering the advisability of putting a ban upon these hats. While In point of fact a woman has as much right to sit in church under an extended para sol or even an umbrella as she has to sit under a straw cartwheel, piled high with flowers, the wisdom of placing a ban upon the "Merry Widow" hat in church may be doubted. 'If wearing it drives men away, its interdiction would most likely make women the major part in any congregation re fuse to go to church. The wis course probably will be to let the "Merry Widow" have her fling without over much protest, since undoubtedly she will have it anyhow. ' i At the ripe old age of 86, Simon Blumauer, for more than half a cen tury a prominent resident of Portland, has passed 'on to the great beyond. Mr. Blumauer was one of a large number of foreign immigrants whose coming to this country has proved of inestimable value to state and nation. During his long and active career in Portland he witnessed the struggling hamlet among the trees along the banks of the Willamette develop Into the metropolis of the Pacifr North west, and through all the changing years since he first settled in Portland he has had the respect and honor of all classes of people with whom he. came In contact. Regret at the pass ing of this, old pioneer and good clti zen will be tempered by the thought that his long life of usefulness has en titled him to a release from the cares of life and that he well earned the reward which is now his. An elaborate review of the wheat business of Oregon, Washington and Idaho was printed in The Oregonian early, in April. The article, which was the result of considerable work and expense, contained the first accu rate figures that had annearpd re garding, the size of th$ 1907 crop in the three statesrand was quite widely copied. The Seattle Post-Intelllgencer and the Minneapolis Commercial West were so well pleased with the article that they reproduced it as leading edl torlals. neglecting, unfortunately, to give any credit whatever to the paper which had paid the expense of gather ing the information and placing 1t be fore the public. The Oregonian is complimented, indeed, with the appre ciatlon shown its work. The City of New Tork is to build a new skyscraper to be used as a home for all of the city departments except the police, fire and health. The build ing is expected to cost $7,000,000, and when completed will save the city $500,000 per year In rents. As it was a City Hall building -that caused Tam many no end of trouble In the days of Boss Tweed, the owners, of "Little Old New York" should exercise due care in the. letting of the contracts. Based on the general run of prices In New York, it would seem that $7,000,000 for the building would hardly 'leave sufficient leeway for much graft. A Chicago ftian, taking his first les son in driving an automobile yester day, ran down and killed a pedestrian. He must have been a very apt pupil or else the instructor in the modern method of doing the Juggernaut act was an extraordinarily proficient teacher, s Two Mississippi delegates have been instructed for Foraker. It will make all other Republicans feel most kindly toward Foraker, of course, to have the colored delegates all for him. Santa Barbara Is now offering evi dence that the restaurant-keeper who robbed the sailors is a Russian. Prob ably Santa Barbara also looked upon its visitors as Japs. Knox has a delegation behind him that acts as if it really meant business. Most of the other states with favorite sons have ietr fingers crossed. However, it will be well not to place thoBe eight Oregon votes officially In the Taft column until the state con vention meets. Needn't class the Portland team as a pennant winner until it wins a third feroi in succession. Welcome home, Senator Hodson. Hear it drop while you were back in Washington? . liET MR. WAGGON JUHITER THIS Oae Mare Center Shot Afrnlnst the Pro. Poaed Tax Reform. SELLWOOD, Or., April (To the Editor.) I wish to submit to your read ers the following views upon one measure to be voted upon m June. The proposed initiative measure to be voted upon at the next election, providing for the exemption of certain property from taxation. Is a very specious measure, calculated to deceive the unwary, and should be most carefully considered. Its friends state frankly that It Is ieading up to the single tax theory, whereby. all tax will be levied upon land and all per sonal property go free from taxation. , . Taking this initiative measure as It stands without reference to the Henry tieorge theories, let us see how It would work In actual practice. Suppose two farmers owning adjoining farms of equal acreage and equal in land values in every way.' Farmer A hag a small, cheap house, barely sufficient to shelter himself and family from the weather, furnished with only the cheap est supply of furniture. He has a small barn and the cheapest kind of outhouses. He has only & very limited amount of livestock, perhaps a cow. two or three plffs and a team of horses or yoke of oxen, only the most meager equipment of tools with which to cultivate his farm: no "fruit trees, vines or shrubs," In short, only the equipment of a beginner labor ing under difficulties to establish a noma for his family. On the other hand, farmer B Is wealthy, perhaps a retired merchant or banker. jHis farm la no larger than A'a. no better In any way. naturally, but he builds a fine mansion, costing several thousand dollars: furnishes it with the beat of furniture, with piano and musical instru ments, books; pictures and all the ap pliances of comfort, luxury and elegance; fences his grounds In the most substantial manner: builds large barns and expen sive outnotises and "other appurtenances thereto": equips his place with all the most Improved farm machinery and ap pliances; stocks his farm with the finest of blooded stock, and has under culti vation the largest assortment of valuable "fruit trees, vines and shrubs" and has all the "other improvements" that his taste suggests, or his means can com mand. Now. comes the Assessor and the Tax Collector, and what do we find under this proposed law. should it become effective? Simply that farmer A must pay exactly the same amount of tax as farmer B must pay. since all of B's improvements and equipments are exempt under the proposea law. The same law would require the laborer living in a shack on a single city lot. to pay the same amount of tax that Would be exacted from a man living in a JIO.OOO nouse, with all its furniture and fixtures, standing on the lot adjoining. It would exempt from taxation the manufacturing plants, if any in the state. of the Standard Oil Company, the steel trust, the electric companies, the paper ana meat trusts and the plants of anv and all trusts, so many of which have become odious to the people on account of their unjust discriminations and op- jiressive cnarges. Again, this proposed law is unjust In tnts, tnat It costs Uie state, city and county much more to protect personal property tnan it does to protect land 'I'ersonal property must be protected against thieves, robbers and burglars, against arson and other crimes, hut lnnrt Is exempt from danger from these crimi nals. It Is unjust o tax one species of prop erty to make secure another species that pays nothing for its own protection. It would be unjust to tax the farmers and landowners to protect the properties of the trusts. The old rule. Is the best. Let all property alike be subject to taxay, tion according to its value. The wis- aom or tms is exemplified by the exner lence of the ases. and cannot be improved upon by any other method yet proposed. J. W. CAMPBEU ARB THEY RRYAK ENTHUSIASTS f These Expression From Demnrratln Sources Don't Loeik I.Ike It. Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) Though Mr. Bryan can probably out speak and outfox almost any man be longing to the party now in power on the new "issues," he has lost too much of his hold on the cardinal professions. Anyhow, tne Kepubllcan managers think so. It would be a great thing for the Jefferson lans if they could be led by Bryan on thi lines of the real Democratic gospel. Charleston. S. C. News'and Courier. Dem v The Nebraskan derwids upon the vote- or tne solid south for his nomination at Denver, and the solid South, which can elect nobody President, will be the solid bouth no more If he shall be nominated But for his Southern support. Mr. Bryan would not be seriously considered in the convention at Denver. Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) Judge George Gray of Delaware has been rather accounted the stronger card In the pack, partly on account of his Eastern association, his long experience and great opportunity, and his associa tion with some of the greatest events In the last 15 or 20 years of United States history. The drift has been swift in his direction for a month or more. Salt Lake Herald (Dem ). Considered either for his ability or his availability. Judge Gray may be regarded as a serious factor in the convention. He may not show enough strength In the opening ballot to make him dangerous t his rivals; but if he is weak It will be he cause he has not been so active as his opponents or willing to sacrifice dignity to a desire for office. In anj' event, the convention will see a hard fleht. Charleston, S. C. News and Courier. Dem. The South, including the states of Mary land, Missouri and Kentucky which will be lost to the party if Mr. Bryan should be nominated would vote for Judjfe Gray at the election in November, and there is reason. to believe that he would carry the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and possibly Connecticut, so strong ly is lie intrenched in the good opinion of the workingmen of these states. Judge Gray would make an ideal President. He has always been a fast friend of the South. Detroit Free Press (Tnd. Dem.). It is clearly the logic of history that George Gray, being the only bipartite in the 19(18 aggregation, is as good as elected already. What chance against his- solid ified forcea have met with such weak ened names aa William J. Bryan or John A. Johnson? Could even William H. Taft defeat him? Or if the Secretary of War should not he his opponent, what other Republican now in the race could bring against the Delaware jurist such a co hesive strength as he could show? Joseph G. Cannon? Charles E. Hughes? Charles W. Fairbanks? They are hopelessly han dicapped. Bvery name Is a trine. Philadelphia Record (Dem.) It is true that Mr. Bryan has tempo rarily abandoned the monstrous combina tion of centralism and state socialism in government ownership of the railroads. But, unfortunately, his followers have not abandoned it, and the Republicans would surely not forget It in the campaign should he become the Democratic candi date for President. Let the Democrats of the country soberly ask themselves, then, before going to Denver and while It Is yet time, what figure they would cut before the country and the world with a ludicroua travesty of Jeffersonian Democ racy embodied In William J. Bryan. Some hod x Had to Be Deatea. Hepjmer Times. 'Morrow County was surprised In the de feat of Fulton for the Snatorshtp, as he has made good In his efforts for the state In Washington and a very large majority of the Republicans of this county wanted him returned to complete the mork he has begun. SINFfl. AID IN BEER-MAKING.' Others) Besides Hoa-Piekera Are Co workers Wlih Satan la Brewer' Interests. PORTLAND, April 19. (To the Ed itor.) This clipping Is from The Ore gonian of today: Oregon Cttv. Anfl! 2A (Pneeial.l Rev. John M. IJnd"n. ptuttor of the First Partlst church, has Instituted a vigorous cruearte Ralnst the members of hts church picking hops, stating that It is encouraging the liquor interests. In a sermon Sunday night oetore crowded church, he said: "It requires quickened conscience to crymallfse actkn against hop-rlcktng. which is part of the process of beer-making. No follower of ChriM. whose body Is the temple of the living Uod, ought to be engaged In helping along the brewery business, especially when he Is urged by Scripture to avoid even appearance of evil." How refreshing and elevating! A new record has been established, a new light has gone up In the mind of the Rev. Mr. Linden, and he hag given to the world and to his followers the Illuminating spirit of his aanctlty for whatever benefit may accrue to them. It. is really beyond understanding how It has been possible for the Rev. Mr. Linden to have carried this thought with him W'lthout giving It publicity sooner: but it i also hard to under stand why the Rev. Mr. Linden con fines his advice to his congregation to the hop-picking issue alone. Didn't he think that he ought to have told the farmers not to raise any ore barley? Just think of It! The brewers of Oregon and Washington alone paid to the farmers last season over $1,000,000 in wicked money for this prod uct. How about the laborers of the Rev erend's congregation wha go out In the woods and cut down trees? Has it never occurred to the Reverend that this Is a very sinful occupation: for may it not be possible that a srreat deal of tt Is wood will be converted Into kegs r.nd barrels to hold tfils sinful beverage the beer? How about the workers in the paper mills of Ore gon City, who convert some of the pulp Into covers for beer-bottles which are sent broadcast all over the United States? And the metal and ironwork ers who are making boilers and kettles In which this terrible beverage Is man ufactured? And Is it not disquieting to think of the vast number of people engaged In making machinery to set these breweries In motion and enable them to install such refrigeration, which keepe this beer cool and makes It so much more attractive than other things? Then there are the bookbinders, who manufacture books, entirely uncon scious of the fact that in some of them may be recorded the receipts and dis bursements of this most wicked Indus try.- The girl who goes out and makes an honest living with the rubber stamp manufacturers think of what is in store for her when she has to assist in the making of stamps which will be used by those who are engaged In the liquor business. Are not the streetcar com panies exposing their men to eternal damnation when thev make them r. celve nickels from brewery workers: and ought not the electric lia-ht neonln and the gas people and those of similar Industries draw the line on supplying any of their merchandise to the dis pensers or Deer? A. E. BUTTNER. TAFT SIRE TO BEAT BRYAN. Democratic Opinion That Nrbrasknn tannot Carry New York. New York World (Dem i William H. Taft will be nominated ior r-resioent ny the Republican Ka tional Convention. If William J. Bryan is to be the Demo, cratlc candidate Judge Taft's election is certain. There need be no anxiety as to tne outcome of another Rrvnn ea paign: no increased Industrial "suspense, no further shutting down of factories. no new recruits to the army of unem- pioyea. The opposition to Judge Taft's nrrmt nation has practically collapsed. He has a . majority of the delegates already elected. He has back of him all the power, prestige and popularity of the Roosevelt administration. None of the other candidates has any considerable support outsld his own state. Mosf of them can count on "inly a complimentary vote. None of them could deliver his delegates to Hughes or Cannon or Knox or Fairbanks.. All four of these opposing candidates are personally friendly to Taft. In the end they will prefer his nomination to the alternative of Roosevelt's renomlna tion, knowing that they must take one or the other. The sooner they make this position plain the better it will be for the coun try. All of them know that Taft is sure to he nominated. All of them should realize that public assurance of his nomination would be a great stimulus to prosperity. By removing popular tm certainty as to the action of the Re publican convention they would aid greatly in the restoration of confidence. For If Mr. Bryan is sure of the Demo cratie nomination as he pretends, noth ing remains in doubt but the size of Judge Taft s majority. XEWBPAPKR WAIFS. 'happ1o Have a cigarette, old man T Plaptetffh No. I drtiTt fminke foolk filers. Chappie TVell. I don't blame you for re fuinir to take chancer. Chicago Dally News. The "Wooflperker's FlniPh. The Rohin Why, It's very sudden. What did he die of? The Jay Oh, jealousy and destpondency. He was over by the new steel bridge on Monday and heard a pneumatic rivater at work. Puck. Th Mlstrens What, Suxanna. join to leave me tiding to get married? This la mont unexpected. The French maid Oui, madam, but eel ees not my fault. Et -was only last nlpht zat your son proposed to me. Harper's. Bazar. "Come, Willie,'' said his mother, "don't ba so selflsh. Let your little" brother play with your marbles a while." But," pro tested Willie, "he means to keep them al ways ' "O, I R-nesa not." "I guess yes! 'Cause he's swallered two o' them already." Philadelphia Press. Gaddie- Yes. he's very vindictive. That's one of his worst faults. Markley I didn't know he had that fault, too. Oaddle O, yes; I tell you I'd hate to have a man like that owe nie a grudsa. Markley Yes, but there's his other fault. H never paya what he owes. Philadelphia. Press. OUR TEN YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES s Notable Article in the Next Issue of the SUNDAY OREGONIAN Ten rears ago, on May first, the Stars and Stripes flung out over Manila Bay, waving a salntation and a rail to better things for 7,000,000 half-civilized people basking half asleep under a tropical sun. A new eolonial policy, the first of its kind in the history of the world, is bein;? worked out in the Philippines. The story, by William Atherton DuPuy, is the first ever written reeoguizing and developing that fact. Fine illustrations lend charm. Read it. The writer tells a tale of an unprecedented paje in tha world'B history; one that will forever attest the disinterested benevo lence of the Visited States toward an alien race depending upon, it through" the fortunes of war. SILHOUETTES BY ART HIT? A. GREENE. The woman who cannot afford to dress better than her neighbors Is likely to bs popular with her sex. Dispatches report that the Pennsyl vania State Convention hurst into tumultuous cheers yesterday when the name of Philander C. Knox was men tioned. Can you Imagine anyone be coming tumultuous over a man named Philander? A irrass widow and her alimony ax not soon parted. If a man makes his "front'' succeed It la called diimtty. If he rails tt is known as '"biuff." Those Santa Barbara. prices are enough to make the jackles seasick. The instinctive dislike we all feel for a policeman Is a survival from the days when people attended to their own busi ness. I notice that all henpecked husbands are advocates of female suffrage. Few other men take the trouble to declara themselves. Many people believe it unlucky to be married on Friday, but I could nevsr understand why they make an exception of that particular day. It begins to look as If thr wouidi be no honorary pallbearers at the funeral of the Aldrich currency bill. . It Is some consolation to know tht ail actresses are not so bad as they are painted. I should think the man who turns a hand-organ would get Very tired of tha same old grind. Public benefactors derive their great est satisfaction, not from their pood deeds, but from hearing others say how good they are. Atonement always pays- usury on its principal. . I find that most promoters count their chickens before tha eggs are laid. One of life's many inequalities la that to the grief -stricken meconds seem hours, while to ths happy hours sre as but seconds. Far be it from me to defend the Merry "Widows but while we're pok ing fun at it a lot of us old back num bers who flourished as village cutups along about '94, should remember that we wore straw hats with elght-lnnh brims and found it necessary to wear a trolley to hold them down. Bewara of tho person wh eonfldes his inmost secrets to you. Eventually he will confide the fact that he desires to make tha customary touch. I met the oldest living negro m!nstrI again yesterday. Oldest living min strels have the original Six Hundred, the original Florodora sextette and thj men who dandled Lincoln on their knees beaten out of sight as to num bers. It is a most commendable thing f tell the truth, but It's usually blamed unpleasant. Most any old plub man feels Ilka a hero In his dressing-gown. Airy Peralflaae. I went into a strange barber-shop the other day to got shaved, and met socially one of the most brilliant conversational ists I've ever .known. It's an -old Joke about the talkative barber, but this is the truth. After reducing myself to a condi tion of more or less deshabille. 1 climbed into 'the torture-chair. The barber placed his hand on my head with the easy famil iarity or a Damon to his Pythias and blandly inquired: "What's the matter with your head? Always been that way? It's a fright, ain't it? Natural?" I tried to put up the storm-doors and aitsume the proud and haughty, so I an swered anapplly: "Bleached and clipped, can't you see?" Whereupon the gent with the razor proceeded to hold the following tete-a-tete with me, while I, at his mercy, wisely refrained from comment: "Well, whatdoyouthlnkofthat? When doyouthlnkweevergoin'toge.t a tpamthat'll gitoutenthecellar? Havln'ahell of a tlmr about trying to make the Government send the fleet here. ThatoIdguyofaCan non aln'tgotalook-ln fer the nomination has he? Ibelongto the WOW and I don't carry nooldllnelnsurance BugstifTcamcln here yesterday andwhenl'dgjvehim the bestshave he'devergot Inhisllfebeforehe up andtells me therasorpulls Ithreatened to punchhismugandrunhim out oftheshop Howlsftcullnow? Allriphtyou say Well, I'msladitaultsyou .Next Gent!" Consjresnmaa Hob son. Reasoned Veteran Dallas News. John Sharp Williams referred to Con gressman Hnbson as a "young enthusi ast," notwithstanding the subject of his remark Is a veteran of one war, two po litical campaigns and a kissing tour.