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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. MAT 6, 1908.
MENTAL. HEALING.
At the close of his article on "The
New Art of Healing," in the May At
lantic, Max Eastman exhorts every
body who has been benefited by what
he calls "suggestion" to come bravely1
to the front and own up to it. Why
any one should wish -to conceal knowl
edge so interesting in itself and so 'im
portant to the whole human family is
a mystery, but that some do conceal it
in undeniable. Perhaps : many people
suspect that there is occult trickery in
mental therapeutics; if their maladies
are cured without medicine, the devil
must have had a hand in the business,
and of course nobody wishes to confess
publicly that he is under obligations
to that personage, whatever he may
be willing to do privately. Max
Eastman makes it apparent, however,
that His Satanic Majesty has little or
nothing to do with most of those innu
merable cures which are startling the
modqrn world, revolutionizing the sci
ence of medicine and providing a basis
for some three or four-score new re-
. ligions. To his mind they may be ac
counted for without invoking the
agency of spirits either good or bad.
The fundamental fact which Max
Eastman postulates is cited by John
Burroughs in an article in the last
number of ffhe Outlook upon the
thinking power of animals. The ven
erable naturalist makes the point that,
while animals do not think, there is
undeniable thought exhibited in many
of their actions. In the provision for
her young which the solitary wasp
makes by stinging spiders and placing
them near her eggs there is evidently
an adaptation of means to ends, but
Mr. Burroughs contends that the wasp
knows nothing of this adaptation. She
has never thought it out, but performs
the acts blindly, like one in a dream.
Indeed, he believes that all animal life
below man goes on in a state much
like somnambulism. Even in the ac
tivity of plants he sees thought, s
anybody must who takes the pains to
watch their purposive movements.
The closing of blossoms by night and
their expansion by day, the offices of
insects in fertilizing seeds, the twining
of tendrils around supports, innumera
ble facts of this sort reveal thought,
but It is not the plant that does the
thinking, nor in the animate realm is
It the bird or beast.
John Burroughs boldly "predicates
the existence of a sub-stratum of men
tality which is common to everything
in the universe. Doubtless he would
discover it in the chemical atoms
where it would furnish him with a
reason why they unite as they do in
unvarying ratios, never making mis
takes. It is this sub-stratum of uni
versal mind which has thought out the
proper course of conduct for each liv
ing animal. All that the brute or fowl
has ordinarily to do Is to follow blindly
the Inner leading; but in severe emer
gencies they generally perlBh because
they have no power to think for them
selves. Man has power to think for
himself, and it is this which sharply
sets him apart from all other living
things: but even in him the power is
limited. He cannot by taking thought
alter his stature or change the shape
of his body. Still, in his stature and
in the structure of his body, exact and
purposive thought is manifest. What
'is tho source of it? Naturally the
source is the universal sub-stratum of
mind. It is here that the forms or
patterns of our limbs and organs exist.
As we grow from the cradle to man
hood, matter is, as it were, deposited
upon these pre-existing shapes. Per
haps Plato had some such thought in
mind when ho talked about his
Ideas."
When tho world-mind has made a
body it does not say good-bye. to its
I work. It still takesn interest in the
creation ana tries Jf keep it in good
order. Perhaps this continual effort
is -what the old-fashioned doctors
meant by the "vis medicatrix naturae'
which the materialistic sehool of the
last century declared to be a myth,
Nowadays we are reviving some of our
discarded myths and find them to be
truths. For a lizard the healing en
ergy of Nature can restore a lost leg,
I but it cannot do. quite so much for a
man. Still it can relieve him of a
fever or quiet a neuralgia. In some
cases it has straightened a crooked
spine. In the lower animals it works
1 better than in human beings because
75 I the former hnvn no thinkine rmwAe rf
their own to hinder its activity. Our
j minds are very useful in many re-
spects, but if they once get saturated
with a "belief in disease" they are a
decided nuisance. Here is where sug
gestion comes In.
It puts aside the conscious mind
with its rooted prejudices and conceits,
and delivers us over to the great re
storer, the sub-conscious reservoir of
power, which then may perform its
offices unhindered. If our ailment has
not gone too far, if the Platonic Idea
of the body is not irretrievably
wrecked, the mould broken, the form
distorted- beyond recovery, It will be
rebuilt and become as good as it ever
was. This is the theory of mental
healing. At any rate, it is one theory.
Max Eastman hardly comes out in
such plain terms about the matter.
He fences off the issue with some hazy
references to the Influence of the
mind upon the body," but it amounts
to the same thing. The truth is that
recent science is carrying us back to
the question which Walt Whitman
posed a long time ago "And if the
body were not the soul, what'is the
soul?" Only we should probably re
verse the Inquiry and ask: "If the soul
were not the body, what is the body?;
ONLY ONE PRINCIPLE LEFT.
It is useless now to try to advocate
or uphold further the Republican
party as a means, an instrument, or
Ah agency, through which things may
be accomplished. All- principles now
are embodied in Statement No. 1.
There is nothing else. But of State
ment No. L- the Democratic party is
the best advocate and surest exponent.
It is nothing to the purpose that it
Is a violation of the Constitution of
the United States on the one hand, and
a negation of the principle of repre
sentative government on the other.
All that has been argued out. And
the people of Oregon stand by State
ment No. 1, as a principle superior to
every other, and to the Constitution
itself.
Now arises the question how this
great principle can best be, supported
and maintained. It can best be done,
undoubtedly, through the Democratic
party. That, party is unanimous for
it, while a great section of the Repub
lican party is against it.
It is true that the Democratic party
is using it but as an expedient. But
the first utterance of great principles
Is always tentative. Every other prin
ciple of politics is now superseded by
Statement No. 1. The electorate will
decide which of the parties can be the
more fully trusted to uphold it. The
Oregonian, in its humility, leaves the
decision to the wisdom of the people.
In former years there were great
questions in our politics. Everything
now has been settled down and con
centrated and inspissated and clarified
Into Statement No. 1. And George
Chamberlain says Harry Cake is not
to be trusted on this greatest of all
the issues that ever have come before
the people of Oregon.. And he -wins
general applause. There is a history
of parties, but we forget everything
but Statement No. 1.
SLANDERING PORTLAND.
To get anything like an accurate es
timate on the immense size of the Pa
cific Coast States, their enormous nat
ural resources and - widely separated
and widely diversified industries, is a
task that is seemingly too great for the
average special writer who drifts out
to the Pacific Coast from-the East.
The wise Journalists who write so
knowingly of Pacific Coast conditions
would not be tolerated in the East if
they were to pass final judgment on
economic Conditions in New YoriN
without approaching nearer than Chi
cago to the city of which they were
writing. But Los Angeles, which is
200 miles farther from Portland than
New York is from Chicago, is suitable
vantage ground for a review, by one
of these Journalistic experts, of Pacific
Coast financial arid commercial condi
tions. Perhaps the "rawest" work of this
nature that has yet appeared In print
was a column of special correspond
ence from Los Angeles in the New
York Evening Post a few days ago.
"Disagreeable as the fact may be,"
says this Journalistic oracle, "there
seems to be no escape from the con
clusion that the Coast cities have spe
cial reason to anticipate dull times and
unsatisfactory business and financial
conditions." Continuing, he savs:
San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
Portland, Seattle, Spokane and practically
every important town of the Far West are
overbuilt. Th growth of the past few years
has been so rapid that everyone had fallen
Into the habit of discounting " the future.
The collapse of boom conditions and the
special causes that are leading to the with
drawal of both population and wealth to
new agricultural districts that are springing
Into existence in California, Aiisona and
New Mexico have already resulted In leav
ing an abnormally large number of business
and tenement buildings vacant. It may be
several years before the demand for such
properties becomes sufficiently active to
cause a general resumption of building.
Just why any one connected with a
responsible paper like the Evening
Post should publish such misleading
drivel without first referring to post
office receipts, building permits and
other official evidences of - a city's
growth is not at all clear. If that wise
special correspondent will come to
Portland and locate some of the "ab
normally large number of business and
tenement buildings" which he claims
are vacant, her can make a handsome
commission off would-be tenants
who are now forced to wait months
for completion of buildings before they
can engage in business. He would
also learn, if he viewed Portland at
closer range than from Los Angeles,
that the number ofvbuilding permits
in April this year exceeded those of
last year by 187, and values were but
a few dollars short of $1,000,000.
Included in these permits were 303
dwellings to cost $584,075, cbmpared
with 226 at a cost of $453,140 in April,
1907; and on May 1 every architect in
the city was fairly swamped with
work, and in the first three days of the
month the average number of dwell
ing-house permits was greater than
for the month Just closed. There was
an increase in the Portland postoffice
receipts over those of April, 1907 It
must appeal to the dullest Intellect
that this, remarkable demand for new
dwellings and for postage stamps
would hardly be in evidence if, as at
leged by the Post correspondent, there
was "withdrawal" of population and
wealth.
These tourist journalists may be ap
proximately correct in their studies of
economic conditions in Los Angeles,
which is so largely dependent on the
Eastern tourist business, but there is
no more sense or justice in grouping
Portland, Seattle and Spokane with
the depressed California climate head
quarters than there would be in mak
ing comparisons between the orange
crop of Oregon and that of California.
. THE WOLFF MURDER.
In his remarkable book, "The Turn
of the Balance," Mayor Brand Whif-
locK, or Toledo, O., describes an imag
inary murder which in several partic
ulars seems to resemble that of Na
than Wolff. A tramp entered the de
fenseless home of two lone women in
tending to rob but not to kill them,
Meeting with some slight resistance.
he was excited to frenzy by the fear of
discovery, and finally murdered the
women in a horrlbe manner. One may
suspect that possibly Martin's original
purpose was merely 'to rob Nathan
Wolff, assuming that Martin is the
guilty man . in this case. Having en
tered the store, he probably found the
situation . somewhat different from
what he had expected.. Very likely
Wolff made a more vigorous resistance
than he anticipated. Perhaps Martin
expected him to fail into a panic of
terror and permit his shop to be plun
dered without much disturbance. One
can easily imagine that the wound on
Martin's forehead, made with an ax,
was the first act of violence in the
drama. Wolff seized the weapon and
struck with it blindly but ferociously.
This maddened .Martin, who at once
fired his revolver and caused Wolff to-
drop the ax. Martin then seized it
and began the terrible work of mutila
tion which was so shockingly evident
when, the deed was discovered. -
To help account for the unnatural
circumstance of the murder, the un
necessary hacking of the victim's
head, we may recall that Martin ap
pears to be a cocaine fiend. This drug
is one of the most deleterious in the
whole pharmacopla. It quickly and
completely destroys the moral stabil
ity of its victims, rendering them de
ceitful and cruel. Physicians say that
it dehumanizes those who use it, anni
hilating their superior traits and leav
ing them little better - than beasts,
though with the degenerate cunning of
the lowest of the human species. In
this connection it is interesting to in
quire whether Martin's addiction to
cocaine will enable him to make a suc
cessful defense of insanity when he
appears in court.
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SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IX STEEL.
Thesteel trust -has declared its reg
ular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent
on its preferred and one-half of 1 per
cent on its common stock. While the
dividend remains the same as before
the business depression began, there
has been a heavy shrinkage in the net
earnings for the first quarter of the
year. They were only 46 per cent of
the net earnings for the corresponding
quarter last year, and less than half as
large as for the first quarter In 1906.
Yet, owing to the beneficent workings
of our incomparable tariff system, the
net earnings since January 1 have still
exceeded $6,000,000 per month. So
long as they hold up to such enormous
proportions, there will be small liabil
ity of the greatest trust on earth suf
fering any keen distress from a tem
porary depression in business.
The report is interesting, however.
showing as it does the extent of the
contraction since a year ago; and it is
also not without its encouraging feat
ures, for, while the quarter's net earn
ings were at very low ebb, they make
a better showing when considered by
months. The turn of the tide appar
ently came with the new year, for
January earnings were greater than
those for December, those of February
were greater than for January, and for
March, the third month of the quar
ter, were much larger than for the
preceding month. If this rate of prog
ress can be maintained, it will not be
ong before business will be back to its
former proportions. While the trust
is fighting against price reductions,
partly to protect its customers who
have stocked up at high figures, and
partly to keep its scale of profits at
the highest possible notch, it seems
hardly possible that the present prices
can be maintained unless there Is an
immediate change in existing condi
tions. The expectation of the con
sumers that a decline will surely take
place Is perhaps responsible for their
aversion to placing any large orders at
this time. ,
THE LATEST SHIPWRECK.
As often as disaster overtakes coast
wise vessels, whether from stress of
weather or untoward accident, the
crews of the United States lifesaving
service demonstrate qualities of cour
age and endurance that inspire admir
ation and gratitude. Whether drag
ging their heavy surfboats long dis
tances over the sands before launch
ing them, breasting in them the boil
ing surf, getting lines aboard a lurch
ing, surf-beleaguered vessel, drawing
half-drowned, half-frozen, despairing
human beings from the dread sweep
of the down-streaming seas, or patrol
ling lonely beaches in midnight Win
ter gales, with anxious eyes ever
strained seaward and ears harkenlng
amid the boom of breakers for the
fainter boom of a ship's signal gun,
the llfesaver is the embodiment of
manly strength and -human courage. -The
Pacific 'oast has been hitherto
meagerly and is still inadequately pro
vided with lifesaving stations; but the
crews of those that we have have
never failed to give a good account of
themselves when occasion has arisen.
The late wreck of the schooner Minnie
E. Kelton occurred beyond sight and
sound of the Yaquina Bay lifesaving
station, but the crew responded with
promptness and Intrepidity, when the
news reached them, some hours after
the vessel struck, and did what could
be done to aid the luckless mariners.
So effective was the service rendered
that there are ten men living to tell
this tale of the sea, where but for this
one would scarcely have survived.
The enthusiasm with which the O.
R. & N. demonstration train is greeted
on its second trip through the Wash
ington wheat belt is easily understood
when it is stated that, by carrying out
the plans recommended by the agri
cultural experts who accompany the
train, fully 1,000,000 acres of land
which now lies idle in Summer fallow
can be made to produce profitable
crops. This, land can not only be
brought into cultivation every year,
but it has been demonstrated by actual
tests that, if planted in certain crops,
it adds to the richness of the soil and
replenishes the supply of properties
which are exhausted in wheatgrowing.
The lecture course provided on the
demonstration train includes number
of other features of up-to-date farm
ing, which, if generally adopted, will
be of inestimable benefit to the entire
Northwest. The fact that this excel
lent work is undertaken by the rail
road company from the purely selfish
motive of increasing the traffic does
not in the slightest degree detract
from its great value to the farming
community, as well as to every other
line of industry in Oregon and Wash
ington.
A big gold strike at Grants Pass or
vicinity never attracts as much- atten
tion as a big strike in Alaska. This Is
not due so much to the increased size
of the Alaska strike as it is to the
greater distance from Oregon. But,
while we never hear much of the big
strike and the steady .output of the
Oregon mines, -they are much in evi
dence, and not a season passes without
some new mines of great richness be
ing discovered in Southern or Eastern
Oregon. The latest from ' the South
ern Oregon district Is a $7000 pocket
near Grants Pass, with a report that
there is an immense amount still in
sight. This may not develop Into a
permanent profit-payer, but there is
already a large number of steady pro
ducers in the Southern Oregon mining
districts, and, compared with the
number of men engaged in Alaska,
the miners in this state are undoubted
ly making a very fair showing.
The girls who are pupils of Horace
Mann School, New York, have been
forbidden, by edict of the faculty, to
wear ultra-fashionable clothes. .In
cluded in the edict are "Merry Widow"
hats, or hats extremely large and
gaudily trimmed, "Lotta Faust" col
lars, Dutch necks and maile bows,
peekaboo waists and short sleeves, all
jewelry except pins necessary to hold
collars, light or fancy-topped shoes
and shoes with high heels or fancy
buttons. Some of these extravagances
are reprehensible and most of them
are out of place in the schoolgirl's
wardrobe. Still it is doubtful if the
object that of inducing quiet taste in
dress and a closer attention to study
will be attained by an edict of this
kind. It is somewhat like applying
baptism as a means of grace to an un
willing subject.
The diagnosis which startled appre
hension recently made of the malady
from which ex-President Cleveland is
suffering seems to have been at fault,
since the patient is said by his physi
cians and his wife to be making good
progress toward recovery. This would
have been impossible had the malady
been cancer of the stomach, as report
ed. Hence, although an old man, and
one whose physical endurance has
been heavily taxed in past years in
various ways, Mr. Cleveland may yet
return to a state of health that prom
ises comfort to his remaining years.
A relatively young wife, a young fam
ily, with opinions much sought in the
larger affairs of life, he has yet much
to live for, though having passed the
limit of three-score and ten years.
Every large city in the United States
Is wrestling with the problem of seat-
ng its school children. The Borough
of Brooklyn has more pupils on part
time than any other city in the land.
the foreign element, urged by the com
pulsory education law, making enor
mous demands upon the schools there.
Six new school buildings will be con
structed this year to relieve the con
gestion of the primary grades,, while
half a million dollars will be spent In
enlarging two of the high school
buildings. If there is any suggestion
of race suicide In this situation, the
Board of Education has not discovered
it. Not too few children, but too
many, under the ban of irresponsible
parentage, is the menace which con
fronts the country.
Venezuela, finding the task of
thrashing the United States into a
state of abject submission rather
heavy for the present, is said to be
ontemplating a raid on Colombia.
The scheme is not. one of Castro's own
selection, but he is being urged to start
a disturbance by Panama, which has
had a boundary line dispute with Co
lombia. While it might be a great
convenience for Castro to have some
tuppenny" country like Colombia to
practice on, there is no assurance that
the United States through its inter
ests In Panama, might not be called in
to settle the trouble, and in such case
the Venezuelan fire-eater would be in
a more ridiculous position than ever.
A gentle passing was that of Charles
L. Anderson, a pioneer of Coos County,
a few days ago. Stopping on . the
treet to give some children a ride in
his wheelbarrow, the kind old man
met death without warning, apprehen
sion or more than momentary pain
his last act that of giving pleasure to
little children. Death wears a mask
of kindness when he comes in this
way. -
Ellis wants us all to vote for him
again for Representative from the Sec
ond District. But how do we know
how he stands on Statement No. 1?
Olson, or Anderson, or somebody, is
candidate for Justice of the Peace, or
something. But he gives no assurance
of his position or purpose as to State
ment No. 1.
Attorney Darrow. too. wants Or
chard reprieved. No doubt. Think
of the predicament of the lawyer for
a murderer when he is confronted by
a prosecuting Witness who is telling
the truth about the foul crimes of his
client. Having got the murderer off,
Mr. Darrow doesn't think it necessary
to punish anybody.
' Mr. Kline, of Corvallis, member of
the Oregon State Central Committee,
being far away in Washington, doesn't
think that the committee took advan
tage of his absence to indorse Taft.
When the latest returns come in, Mr.
Kline will think again.
Judge Williams, Colonel McCraken
and other real baseball bugs have not
lived in vain. The season has again
opened.
SEASIDE! BECKONS BATTLESHIPS.
Two Correspondents Point Oat Tilla
mook Head for Visiting: PHgi-lma.
SEASIDE, Or'., May 5. (To the Editor.)
We are making an effort to have the
fleet give us some kind of display off
Tillamook Head. Some Portland people
have so much interest in Seaside and also
because they have been slighted. In
respect to the ships not going up to their
city, we think they will be interested in
having something done here. We can
make a trail up on the Head which
would give us a view, such as cannot be
had from any other point along the Pa
cific Coast. We could see the ships for 40
miles, coming and going. If The Ore
gonian Is Interested and feels like helping
the movement, such help will be greatly
appreciated here. Dan J. Moore has our
petition and is going to make an effort
to get Portland to work with us. We are
at Portland's service In any request she
may ask. W. S. HENNINGER; Mayor.
SEASIDE. Or., May 6. To the Editor.)
Portland! has, to some extent, been left
out of the route of the battleships. Where
are all those mountain climbers who go
to the mountains to see the sights? Why
not come down to Seaside, and go up on
Tillamook Head and look down on the
battleships as they go by? That would
be a sight never to be seen again.
Senator Fulton has told the Astoria
Chamber of Commerce that the battle
ships would be slowed down as they go
by here, and has also given the day and
hour. What a grand sight it would be
to sea uncle Sam's ships, looking from
a mountain 1100 feet high, almost over
tnem. There is an old foot trail called
the "Bartley trail" that could be cut out
a little and be made good for foot travel,
leaning up on Tillamook Head.
Now, for-mountain climbers!
HENRY BRALLIER.
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The necessity of the independent news
paper to a modern democracy that was
what Rabbi Wise was getting at when he
told the Associated Press that he. did not
fear the menace of privilege so long as
newspapers remain free. No democracy
can manage Itself successfully without an
intelligent and healthy public sentiment.
No such sentiment can exist over a large
territory without the publicity given by
the independent newspaper.
This function cannot be performed by
me newspaper which colors Its news and
Its opinions to suit its party or its cor
poration affiliations. . Under such condi
tions the people are not given the' data
on which to base an intelligent ODinlon.
It was easy enough for them to know
that they were being oppressed by the
Stuart kings. When property was con
fiscated and good men thrown into iall
there was no great need of newspapers to
arouse the country. The menace of mod
ern oppression Is a more subtle thing. The
favored corporation exacts its plunder In
ways that escape observation. Unless pub
licity la given by the independent news
paper there Is always danger of the re
crudescence of feudalism, benevolent but
deadening, exploiting the people, for the
Denent oi a favored class.
With such newspapers offering daily
tne raw material on which to build an
enlightened public sentiment, privilege
loses much of its menace. In the long
run it must succumb to publicity.
Actors Get Two-Cent Railroad Rate.
New York Tribune.
According to an official statement Is
sued from the offices of the National
Association of Theatrical Producing
Managers, that organization has ob
tained for the theatrical producers in
this country a 2-cent party rate through
nearly all of the Southern States. The
rate will go Into effect as soon as the
Interstate Commerce Commislson has
been advised of the decision reached
by the railroads interested. It is un
derstood that when this rate Is In op
eration there will be a saving of 1 cent
a mile on each Individual traveling
mrougn me soutn with theatrical en
terprises. The producing managers'
organization has been engaged for
several months In an effort to bring
about an equitable settlement of the
rate question, and had it not succeeded
in getting a reasonable consideration
it Is likely the "road business" would
have been entirely abandoned next
season.
With 112-Pound Stone, Kills Snake.
New York World.
Miss Grace Zabriskie,. of Brooklyn, had
been visiting Miss Rachel Ryerson, at
Towaco, N. J. The two young women
started across a hill pasture, a short cut
to a neighbor's. Miss Ryerson. who was
leading, suddenly halted, pointed to a
clump of grass beside the narrow path,
shrieked, and fainted, falling on her face.
In the grass was a rattlesnake, which,
angrily rattling, struck at the prostrate
girl, but did no more than bury its fangs
In her heavy walking skirt.
The snake was coiling to strike again
when Miss Zabriskie picked up .a stone,
and surprising to relate hit the snake,
crushing Its head. Then she dragged the
senseless Miss Ryerson, who weighs 164
pounds, over the grass for 20 feet at
least, and when she revived, helped her
home.
The snake measured six feet one inch
long; the stone Miss Zabriskie lifted and
threw weighs more than she does 112
pounds.
Blind Girl Take Shorthand Notes.
New York Times.
One of the striking things about the
report of the New York Association for
the Blind, which covers the two years
of its existence. Is the frontispiece. This
exhibits "the blind secretary taking the
shorthand notes for this report which
she wrote entirely, with the exception of
the financial statement, and transcribed
on the typewriter. Back of her the young
est home teacher of the association, who
is also totally blind, is reading her
stenography from the Staynesby-Wane
machine. Here are two employments
which it might be assumed are practi
cally unattainable without eyesight, and
good eyesight, actually pursued with suc
cess by the blind. Other illustrations
show the work of blind persons in dress
ing dolls, caning chairs, mattress ma kins',
massage, operating a telephone switch
board, broom making, carpentering, shav
ing and haireutting, and blind youth engaged-
in athletic sports.
Wants Battleship Oregon Here la Jane.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 30. (To
the Editor.) Since the city of Portland
has been placed on the "unfair list" by
Quartermaster-General Aleshire. of the
United States Army, and also by the
Secretary of the Navy, if The Oregon
Ian will use its influence with Jhe lat
ter official, perhaps some of the land
locked patriots of this state might get
permission from Mr. Metcalf to view
uncle Sam s Armada with field glasses
or long-range telescopes from the
Deaen at Astoria. .ven an exceedingly
small favor ofrthis kind would be grat
ifying possibly to a small number of
persons. If a request of this kind
should be denied at this time, I hope
mat our own uregon, tne bulldog of
the Navy," will be allowed to visit Port
land during the .Rose Carnival.
ROY D. SMITH.
Wall Arises for Foreign Markets.
Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.
While the decision of numerous of the
Carolina cloth mills represented at Spar
tanburg recently to close down indefinite
ly on July 1, or earlier, was impelled by
a feeling of hard necessity, it none the
less gives the operatives a bad, prospect.
Such situations pathetically Illustrate the
great need of seeking foreign markets to
serve as a safety-valve for the constant
ly multiplying productive power of tho
country.
HOW THE DIRECT PRIMARY WORKS IN OREGON
l nbtnsed Opinion From an Intelligent Ion a Editor Swinging of the Pendu
lum From the Era of Graft and Corrnptlon to an Extreme of Drastic Reform.
(The. editor of the Beacon, of Bplrlt Lake.
Iowa, who was In Oregon at the time of the
recent primary election, wrote the. following
to his paper, from Cottage Grove. It is worth
reading throughont Oregon. We give the
entire article, with exception of an' Intro
ductory paragraph of no interest here.)
In the evolution of affairs In this
commonwealth, it came to pass that
moral standards were much - involved
by a greed for commercial gain. This
Is no new condition, for it is in all the
states the conspicuous peril of this
generation. But here In Oregon there
was temptation beyond the ordinary
because of the loose execution of laws
enacted for the - protection of public
land interests. Maladministration wait
ed on cupidity and -.opportunity on
bothv As graft and greed performed
their dirty work -Indifference to moral
standards grew apace and became so
common as to be accepted almost with
out Condemnation.
This condition naturally involved
politics and politicians. Political pow
er meant control of instrumentalities
vital to the pursuit of remorseless
greed. The official who might try to
stem the tide of corruption was men
aced by the threats of organization
vital to his Incumbency. It was easier
to submit than to resist the exaction
of the gang, and unfortunately, states
men, like the forces of Nature, are
wont to proceed along the lines of least
resistance. And the moral sense of
people slumbered. So much money
was involved in maintaining the com
mercial status quo that substantial
sums were easily diverted to the cor
ruption fund, and Immorality found its
worst expression in wholesale bribery
Deeming it proper to fight fire with
fire, even the reformers put money In
their purse and went after the pur
chasable political factor of Influence.
But on the people slumbered until the
ferret system installed at Washington ran
down the political odors thaj smclled to
heaven in this coast, country. It was no
news to this people to learn of the crook
edness announced by a National adminis
tration morally strenuous. It has been
common" talk here for years. So com
mon had been the abuses proclaimed by
the government that all communities were
more or less Involved, until it was
thought to be merely an evidence of
commercial acuteness to stand in with
corrupt or indifferent officials and rob
the Government. Grief widespread and
unconsolable was the portion of offend
ers. Homes were wrecked and hearts
were broken. The trail of justice rapidly
led " to the political , promontories oc
cupied' by the "higher-ups." 8enatpr
Mitchell, for more than 20 years a leader
at Washington and in Oregon, was found
red-handed In the prevailing crime, and
death mercifully mitigated his punish
ment. He had not enriched himself, but
would appear to have taken as his share
in the plunder a life lease on his job.
Both Congressmen were indicted. Senator
Fulton, with his seat scarcely warmed,
was left alone at Washington to speak
for his state. I do. not understand that
he Is believed to be involved In this carni
val of crime, except as an accessory to
the extent of winking at the corruption
that returned Mitchell to office. He was
probably as clean as the circumstances
permitted, in the view of an ambitious
politician who believed It to be necessary
to work with the rascals in order to pro
mote his own political fortunes. His
record at Washington would appear to
be clean and more than ordinarily help
ful to his state. He was doubtless glad to
witness the deliverance of his party and
state from the bondage of graft. But
withal he Is under the ban of suspicion.
As usual In such cases the people of"t)re
goa arose from their slumber which was
a portion of the debauch of cupidity and
opportunity, and grew so virtuous as to
lose confidence in every public man and
VOTE "YES" FOR THE UNIVERSITY
Don't Make Any Mistake About Tills
Referendum Measure.
EUGENE, Or., May 3. (To the Ed
itor.) In your issue of this date. I find
the following editorial:
Tr lht elector hasn't full knowledge of
the Initiative and referendum measures, oi
ls in doubt about them, he would do well
to vote "No." "No" is usually a mighty
safe proposition. That Is to say. unless
tho time has come for Oregon to have a
universal guffaw of Folly over the uses to
,hih "the new system" is forced by vari
ous groups of our population.
Knowing full well that the intent of
The Oregonian Is not to convey the
wrong impression in the above, I take
the liberty of calling your attention to
the state of mind In which it is name
to leave the reading public. The au
thor of the editorial, In advlRing elec
tors who have not full knowledge of
the ifiitlative and referendum measures
to vote "no," on all of them, appar
ently did not have In mind the differ
ence between the initiative measures
and the referendum measures, the for
mer being initiated by the people and
the latter being submission of the acts
-of the legislature to a vote of the peo
ple. Among the referendtlm measures
is the University appropriation, upon
which The Oregonian, along with a
united state press, has been urging
the electorate to put a big X In front
of the "Yes," and thus stand loyally by
a worthy educational Institution of the
state. We are quite sure that The Ore
gonian had no intention of conveying
the Idea that any voter in the state
would be Justified In casting' a vote
against the appropriation, but should
vote "Yes" arid work to carry the meas
ure overwhelmingly.
WILL G. GTLHTRAP.
Of course, the people of Oregon will
stand by the appropriation for the
Etate University. It Is a proposition
easily understood. No elector can have
any doubt about it. Since the State of
Oregon has undertaken a University, It
ought, to support it, and must support
it.
Favors Port of Portland Bill.
PORTLAND, May 5. (To the Editor.)
The explanation and argument published
In The Oregonian of what is known as
the "Port of Portland Bill." are timely
excellent and convincing. Nevertheless,
many of those who will be called to vote
on this measure are not aware of the
great Importance of this proposed law,
not only to the City of Portland, but even
more so to the farmers of his state. In
creased prosperity for the producers of our
agricultural wealth, by increased and
cheaper facilities for the handling of
these products, means also Increased pros
perity to the citizens of Portland, not
even excepting the man who earns hia
living by manual labor in the city. There
fore, wote "yes" on No. 300P; 300P not 300.
THOMAS PAULSON,
Mother-Love Causes 80 M lie Swim.
Baltimore Kews.
A cow swam 30 miles In the Mississippi
River following the steamer Spread Eagle
which carried the animal's calf.' After
the long swim tho cow was rescued by
fishermen.
ready to turn their backs upon the party
of their dearest hopes and loyal affiliation
In other years.
Out of this tide of civic righteousness
came a radical primary law. which gave
to the rank and file of parties absolute
power over Its leadership and all official
dom within the state. But In Its swing
the pendulum of public sentiment Is not
wont to be under the control of deliberate
Judgment directed to the public good.
Following the primary and as part of the
campaign of vengeance and reform, it is
proposed to bind members of the legisla
ture to vote for the popular choice not
at the primaries, but at the polls, for
the Senate. Oregon has a Democratic
Governor. He Is stronger man his party.
It is the hope of the Oregon Democrats
to send him to the Senate, and what is
known here as Statement No. 1, covering
this proposition. Is expected to be a factor
in the proceeding. In their zeal to win
public confidence during the prevailing
demoralization the successful candidate
for the Senate and many other successful
candidates for tho Legislature exploited
this strange doctrine. ' Mr.' Cake, the
nominee, must yet submit himself to the
state electorate in June, along with
Statement No. 1. If the latter wins. Gov
ernor Chamberlin may " easily be com
missioned to go to Washington to cau
cus with PitchMtk Tillman and Jeff
Davis, while Cake and his fellow Repub
licans I consider at their leisure how vain
a thing it is to strike a deadly blow at
party integrity in the hope of advancing
political reform, or personal fortunes.
I am not deciding as to the relative
merits of Cake and Fulton. Perhaps
Fulton had it coming. Cake may or
may not be the better Senatorial tim
ber. Chamberlain may be a better man
than either. But as one who believes
that an enlightened Nation can estab
lish and maintain important principles
and lines of public policy only through
the exercise of party power, I cannot
regard with indifference an organized
effort on the part of Republicans to de
stroy or impair party integrity or ef
ficiency because the people have at
some period slept upon their rights
and permitted rascals to loot their Gov.
eminent. Furthermore, I atn in favor
of the most liberal application of the
term government by the people. I be
lieve the direct primary method of
nominating party candidates to be in
this Interest. I will abandon this be
lief only when years of experience may
have convinced me of my mistake.
But I hope to see the system better ex
emplified and better justified in Iowa
than It has been In Oreon. There Is
here too much of indifference. At the
primaries last week, charged with
nominations for a complete, state, dis
trict and county roster for two years,
not more than 65 per cent of the reg
istered Republican vote was cast. The
large measure of responsibility imposed
upon this people Is apparently not fully
realized. Candidates have appealed,
and In many cases successfully, to the
prejudices of the people. It seems to
be the particular business of the can
didate to toot his own horn in high' C.
There is evidence of advantage In dis
plays of Insincerity. It seems to be
expected that candidates will do a lot
of pledging, and the temptation on the
part of the ambitious is to do stunts in
this line Inconsistent with the better
ends of government. Of course, tins is
not -all due to the primary. It may
posslbly be in spite of it. But in times
of political or moral reform there Is a
lamentable tendency to place a tr
mlum upon insincerity and to provide
opportunity to men who trim their
sails to popular breezes and sow dis
content that they may reap the - re
wards of office. Iowa has a better pri
mary law than Oregon, and Is without
the demoralizing conditions wrought
by a carnival of corruption. The pri
mary will find no better field for a fair
and conclusive test than in our own
noble commonwealth.
CHAMPOEG'S PIOXEER, MOM'MEM
Desires That It Be Permanently
Located On High, River Land.
BAY CENTER, Wash., May 4. (To
the Editor.) Noticing in The Orego.
nian that a proposition Is on foot to
secure a tract of land at C'hampoeg.
Or., for a permanent location for a
resting-place for the commemorative
historical monument. I suggest that it
be located on the high land instead of
on the river brink, as at present locat
ed. I personally visited the monument a
few years ago, and know from experi
ence that Its present location is a vory
poor 6"ne. The reason is that the river
bank is wearing rapidly away at that
place, and If the monument were locat
ed anywhere on the bottom land it
will always be subject to great daniaao
by high freshets, as tho whole bottom
is frequently swept clean of all build
ings, fences, and other Improvements.
The exact spot where the building
stood and where the celebrated meet
ing and voting was held, was, I think,
washed away years ago. If a nice lo
cation could be bought near there on
the high land and improved. 'it would
bo a thing of great importance as a
remembrance for generations to come.
L. H. RHOADEd.
The Demand for "ExeJianuc."
Nashville (Tenn.) American.
None can gainsay tlic truth or jus
tice of The Oregonlan's observations (as
to exchanges). The American is glad to
exchange with Its weekly brethren, but
there really ought to be some distinction
between weekly papers. There Is. Soma
are far better than others. A dfllly docs
not get news from weeklies any more.
Correspondents are ahead of the weeklies!
If they do not contain ideas, sugges-4
tions, opinions worth, noting tliev are of
very little value to the daily. There are
too many of this kind, and they could
not fairly complain if the dailies re
fused to give them a paper seven days a
week for an excuse of a newspaper once
a week. Another thing: Why should a
daily be sent practically free to a weekly
that is constantly abusing and misrep
resenting it doing all the injury it can?
Why shouldn't these along with the utter
ly trifling and worthless he cut off the
"courtesy" list? Why not rational dis
crimination? Origin of Oregon Again Discovered.
SALEM, Or.. May 4. (To the Editor.)
It has been a question for manv
years by our most noted historians as
from -what source the word "Oregon"
was derived. Let me solve the mystery.
By referring to Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary, under the word "hurri
cane." It will be seen that the Italian
Is "Oragano." and the French "Oura
gan." I Infer from this that the word
"Oregon" Is a corruption of the Span
ish, and originally applied to the wind.
If so. the spelling should be "Oragon."
N. F. NELSON.
Mtle-a-Mlnute Run Save Life.
' Philadelphia Press.
At Mafcada, Pa., a motor car was
driven a mile a minute to bring a physi
cian, who arrived just in time to save
the life of Wilbut Best, chocking to death
on a piece of meat.