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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1908.
YESTERDAY'S ELECTION.
Chamberlain carries Multnomah
County by a pronounced majority.
Ellis, by a majority very much larger.
It is Irregular and wayward voting.
Why electors wish to have a Demo
cratic Senator and a Republican Rep
resentative Is a problem at present
beyond solution.
. Though there are but meager re
turns from various parts of the state,
it now appears probable that
Chamberlain has received a plurality
cyf the popular vote though the plu
rality, if any, certainly will be small.
The two Republican candidates for
Congress will have very large plurali
ties, perhaps exceeding 25,000.
The Republican party of Oregon
behaves as if it had made up its mind
to do nothing rational any more.
There is nothing at all consistent tn
Its actions. Clearly it has no definite
purpose unless it ' is trying to die.
For a long tirr.s it has been fumbling
the sheets and babbling o'greeh fields.
To The Orcgonian during years past
It has been a matter of no little con
cern to witness this abandonment of
their party by Republicans. But we
are getting used to it; and if Oregon,
through the meanness of Republican
fatonaries shall be claimed as a
Democratic state now and hereafter,
we shall try to stand it, with the rest.
But the vagary is unparalleled. It
Is without parallel because it Is based
on no principle. It grows merely out
of the competition and strife-of petty
men, contending for their several
selfish purposes.
In 1860 the Democratic party, in
Oregon, as elsewhere, broke into frag
ments. But it was on a great ques
tion, of highest public and National
concern the question whether exten
sion of slavery should be authorized
and allowed. The Republican break
up In Oregon now is referable to no
principle whatever, nor to any ques
tion of high public concern.
However, nothing has happened but
what was foretold. The work of fac
tion in the Republican party has been
efficiently supported by the methods
of disintegration supplied by freakish
legislation, in the name of reform.
But no party can be maintained, in
any degree of efficiency, on these
methods. They are useful only to a
minority .party, and will convert a
majority Into a minority fast enough.
It may be just as well, however, that
the Republican party should pass out.
From the relics, materials may be ob
tainable for reorganization. But we
suspect that the apostles of Initiative
and Referendum and of Statement No.
I will not be among the builders of
the new temple.
Some may say that Oregon is still a
Republican state; but it is only nom
inally so. A state that deliberately
casts its vote for Democratic Governor
and Senator is not a Republican state
even though a sort of mechanical
habit of ballot-marking carries most
of the other offices.
We shall be told, doubtless, that It
is an uprising for Statement No. 1.
But the candidates for the Legislature
who refused Statement No. I are
elected the same as others. Here is
McArthur in Multnomah outrunning
most, if not all, the rest.
The sure returns are too few to
justify an attempt to state definite re
sults. But with such returns as are
thus far obtainable it does not appear
that Cake's pluralities In the remain
der of the state can be sufficient to
overcome Chamberlain's considerable
plurality In Multnomah.
IT IS A BIG COUNTRY.
The talk from this time till the
Presidential election will be that the
party in power in Congress has been
extravagant. The appropriation bill
is an enormous thing. It exceeds one
thousand millions of dollars. That is
a mighty big sum of money. But
what part of the country will admit
that it has received too much?
The largest single Item in the whole
bill is the postoffice. To what part
of the country have postal facilities
been extended beyond the needs or
wants of the people?
There-is a big bill for public build
ings. The clamor of the thousand
towns and cities not provided for in
this bill indicates that the public
buildings do not yet equal the demand.
After the postoffice the Navy is the
biggest thing. But we do not hear
that anybody that is, anybody who
Is anybody wants a lesser Navy. Cer
tainly, in our Pacific stages, we want
a larger one.
The Army. It Is a costly branch of
the service, because it costs four times
more with us to maintain an army,
regiment by regiment, than It costs
in the countries of the Old World.
But our Army is not numerous; it Is
but a shadow or skeleton, and could
not be reduced unless we should
abandon it entirely.
The pension roll calls for $150,000,
000. We think there has been no
voice in Congress for its reduction.
It is easy to talk about extrava
gance; but when you try to put your
finger on the spot where the reduction
should be made, or could be made,
the effort pretty certainly will give
you pause. Ours is a big country.
WHAT FORESTRY HAS DONE.
The Department of Agriculture has
Issued a pamphlet bearing this title,
which shows In brief space what has
been done In other countries for pres
ervation and renewal of forests. The
exhibit may be taken as an indication
or suggestion of what may be done
and should be done in our ot coun
try. In most countries of Europe the
conditions and changes have been
very much as we are finding them In
our own country. First, the forests
were so abundant as to be In the way,
and were either neglected or de
stroyed. Then, as the borders of for
ests receded from places where wood
was needed the forests began to be
spared and protected. Next, the In
creasing need of wood led to the
recognition of the forest as a crop
which must be harvested, and, there
fore, should be made to grow again.
The last stage Is that of systematic
forestry, where the forest is safe
guarded so as to yield a constant
maximum year after year. We In the
United States have passed hrough the
first stages of this movement, and now
are entering on the last. In Western
Oregon we are still destroying timber,
to get it out of the way of agriculture.
This pamphlet Informs us that the
German Empire has 35,000,000 acres
of forest, of wh'ch the larger part Is
directly under the care of the state.
Private persons have" large holdings,
but these are carefully administered
also for preservation of the timber.
Each state of the German federation
administers its own forests, but
Prussia and Saxony have been the
most successful, and their manage
ment yields a handsome profit. Prussia
has 7,000,000 acres, and no more wood
is cut than the forest produces. The
rate of production haB been increasing
for many years. In 1830 It was
twenty cubic feet per acre. It has
gradually Increased until In 1904 It
-was sixty-five cubic feet per acre.
Taking the whole empire, the produc
tion of timber in Germany since 1830
has increased more than threefold,
and in fifty-four years the money return-
from an average acre of forest
has increased sevenfold.
France Imports annually 30,000,000
wopth of wood. The state forests
yield $1.75 per acre and cost 95 cents
annually. The best managed state
forests yield about forty cubic feet of
timber annually, which Is much below
the German yield. But the destruc
tion caused by floods and winds has
been greatry decreased. However, the
work of reforesting is still going on,
and It is expected that $50,000,000 will
be spent on It before it is complete.
Austria is a large exporter of wood,
but forestry Is successfully practiced
on 60 per cent of all the public f6rests
and 82 per cent of the private forests.
Hungary is also a large exporter, but
the cut is regulated and is believed to
be less- than the wood actually pro
duced. Russia has an immense extent
of woodland, over which the govern
ment In recent years has begun to
extend protection.
Italy, though a mountainous coun
try, is poor in timber after the rav
ages of thirty centuries; but the
central government, since the unifica
tion of Italy, has been pushing as fast
and as far as possible the work of
reforestation. Yet much of the
mountain land is wholly unproductive,
and. indeed, beyond reclamation.
The history of forestry in old coun
tries shows that we must attend to
preservation and reproduction of for
ests . in our own; and further, that
private initiative and Interest are not
sufficient to prevent waste and de
struction. In other words, govern
ment must use its authority with us, as
In countries of the Old World, or we
shall soon find our wood practically
exhausted.
THE ROSE FESTIVAL.
Somewhat arctic and less balmy
than one could wish- are the breezes
which waft In the Rose Festival. Still
they are breezes and in spite of their
ungenerous frigidity here are the
roses, fragrant, rare and. everywhere.
Hail to the robust roses which have
overcome -the Inclemency of a tem
pestuous Spring. Hail to the brave
hearted Festival managers who have
triumphed over cold weather and be-,
lated blooms and" given us a gay show
after all. Where did they get all these
roses, such beautiful ones, too, and
so big and fragrant? Can those as
tonishing men make roses? Are they
magicians like Herrman, who could
take roses and lilies by the bushel out
of an old stovepipe hat?
Wherever they got, them, here the
roses are and here Is the Festival in
all the glory that was promised and a
great deal more besides. Is not Ore
gon a wonderful state to be celebrat
ing a rose festival with Jollity and
frolicsome parades, while poor Okla
homa and sorry old Texas are simply
holding on to. their skirts and weight
ing themselves down with boulders to
keep from blowing away? Of course
we condole with those unhappy states
,but at the same time we cannot help
wondering why they do not abandon
their cyclone-swept and tornado-devastated
lands and come to Oregon,
where the worst thing the wind ever
does is to chill the roses a little.
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT.
There is a difference between a
brave fighter who engages In a contest
for the purpose of righting a wrong,
and a bully who seeks a quarrel in
order that he may profit by his
prowess, regardless of the merits of
the contest. When Japan engaged In
war with Russia, she won the plaudits
of the world. The question at issue
wa"s so clearly defined, and Russia
was so clearly in the wrong, that
Japan was universally regarded as a
benefactor to the entire civilized
world. With right on her side, with
the moral support of the rest of the
world, and with enough of the heathen
blood of fatalism in the veins of her
soldiers to make them magnificent
fighters. Japan won a great victory
over Russia. The comparatively easy
victory over China a decade before
had given the Nippon fighters a thirst
for more of the same. The victory
over Russia, which for centuries had
been a dominating force in the world,
changed Japan from a pardonably
proud victor to a boastful, swagger
ing bully, looking for trouble.
And now the trouble has been
found, and it 4s of a nature which
makes Its removal by force of arms an
impossibility. Japan invited the trou
ble by an illegal and unwarranted
demand for release of the filibustering
steamer Tatsu Maru, which had been
seized in Chinese waters for violation
of an international law, respected even
by the most insignificant of the world's
powers. China refused to release the
vessel, and Japan, the swaggering
bully of the Far East, by threats of
war forced release of the vessels Real
izing the futility of an appeal to arms
at this time, China began a campaign
of reprisal whicbu Is now inflicting
terrible punishment onN Japan. The
Flowery Kingdom, with its unnum
bered millions of people, in spite of
the small purchasing power per in
dividual, is an enormous factor In the
world's trade. The. Immense require
ments of such a vast population have
in the past enabled Japan, the nearest
neighbor, to enjoy a trade of great
proportions, Japanese wares being
found throughout China in greater
quantities than those of any other
nation. "
But today China has placed on
Japanese goods throughout the em
pire the most effective boycott ever
known. Through the Bankers and
Merchants' Guild and the National
Disgrace Society, this boycott has
spread throughout the world wherever
a Japanese has anything for sale that
a Chinaman might wish to purchase.
It has extended to the Pacific Coast,
to Australia, India and the Straits Set
tlement, and the effect has become so
serious that Japan Is becoming very
much alarmed, and has appealed to
the Chinese government demanding
that the boycott be lifted. Unfortu
nately for Japan, the boycott is not
a government affair. The Chinese are
displaying no violence, they .are keep
ing strictly within their rights, and
are accordingly Immune from inter
ference by the government. They will
not handle Japanese goods and will
not patronize Japanese vessels.
No such remarkable expression of
national indignation has ever been
recorded, and Japan, at last facing a
problem In which force of arms, bully
ing and braggadocio can have no
effect, is beginning to realize that
some of the victories of peace are
vastly more important than those of
war. From a long-range view of the
situation, it would seem that the bully
of the Far East had reached his
limitations, and was about to be
brought up with a round turn by
meek, docile and long-suffering China.
THE LIVESTOCK SHOW.
' No other Bingle feature in connec
tion with the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion attracted so much attention as
the livestock show. The Interest dis
played in this feature of the great
exposition was such that entries of all
kinds of stock were made from every
prominent stock-raising region in the
country. This remarkable display of
the best stock In the United States,
was attracted by the heavy prizes
which were offered, there being $40,
000 in cash for the prize winners. It
was thus possible.' to make each in
dividual prize of proportions suffi
cient to warrant entries being made
from remote points in the Union, and
at no other point on the Pacific Coast
has there been such an exhibition as
brought Portland into prominence as
a livestock center three years ago.
The Portland Country Club and Live
stock Association is a smaller enter
prise than the Lewis .and Clark Ex
position, but in its special field 4t
promises to outdistance the livestock
feature of the fair that made Portland
famous. ,
For the first Pacific National show
that, is to be given on the grounds
of the organization in this city in Sep
tember, cash prizes aggregating $40,
000. the same amount that was hung
up for the Lewis and Clark Fair, riave
been provided. When the magnitude
of the livestock show at the former
Exposition ' is considered. It will be
understood that our own permanent
livestock show is a much more Im
portant affair than anything of a
similar nature ever undertaken on the
Pacific Coast. This new enterprise
will not only prove of Inestimable
value to the breeding Industry of the
Pacific Northwest, but It will event
ually make of Portland a center for
what promises to be the greatest stock
region in the West. Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho are peculiarly
adapted to the production of fine
stock. Good water, life-giving air and
an abundance of the best feed on
earth made this country famous for
its livestock long before the introduc
tion of royal blood into the flocks and
herds enabled breeders to secure the
best possible results. I
That this country has these natural
advantages over other localities, has
repeatedly been demonstrated by Oregon-bred
animals winning prizes In
competition with exactly the same
strain of blood in animals reared in
less .favorable climatic conditions. This
Pacific National show will be of ex
ceptional value to Portland at this
time, when the attention of livestock
breeders all over the Coast has been
drawn to this city by location here of
the immense packing plant of Swift &
Co. ' These annual exhibitions, with
liberal prizes, will stimulate competi
tion among breeders, and there 'will
be a breaking up of the big Herds- of
range cattle and horses, and better
bred, higher-priced animals will be
produced in greater numbers than
ever, but' on smaller farms. '
Where ten stockmen are now turn
ing off thousands of head of stock
per year, there will be thousands of
small farmers who are turning off a
few animals each, and the number of
these small holdings will in the ag
gregate be far greater than that of
the big bands of Inferior animals,
which in the past have roamed at will
over the Northwest. . .
DEBATES BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
The High School Debating League,
which was organized In this state dur
ing the past school year, promises to
be of Incalculable value as an educa
tional institution. Some eighteen
high schools of the state were mem
bers of the league and participated in
a series of debates, which finally nar
rowed down to two competing teams,
between Which a championship debate
was held last Friday night at Eugene,
resulting In a victory for Lebanon. To
have the honor of .possessing, the best
debating team In the high schools of
the state Is a distinction well worth
striving for, and yet Its value is slight
in comparison with the benefits de
rived from the work performed by
the team in preparation for the win
ning contest. The championship can
be attained by but one team; each
and every student ho participated in
the discussions, even though a mem
ber of one of the first teams elim
inated from the contest, has secured
much of permanent and personal
benefit that could scarcely have been
attained in any other way.
The magnitude of the work of the De
bating League may be readily seen. In
the first year of Its existence there were
about eighteen teams participating in
the debates. Next year there should
be as many- as thirty. Each, school
will be represented by three students,
making ninety debaters in all. But,
prior to selection of the teams, local
contests will be held in which many
students will take part, thus bringing
two or three hundred young people
upon the platform as debaters. All
through the school year local debates
will be held for the purpose of pre
paring the members of the teams for
the final contest just before com
mencement. If the work of the past year is a fair
indication of the standard upon which
the league is to be conducted. It Is
certain that the questions discussed
will be well worth the time and at
tention devoted to them. In every
instance, live public issues were chosen
for consideration, thus adding general
interest to the debates and Increasing
their value from an educational stand
point. A number of the questions
submitted to the people this year
under the initiative and referendum
were selected as topics for debate and
in this manner much information has
been given to voters upon these im
portant problems. In fact, the plan
upon which the debates were con
ducted gives promise that the league
will prove as valuable as a school of
instruction to the people in general
as it is to the students who directly
participate in the work.
-For the young people of our high
schools to undertake to educate their
parents upon public questions is not
necessarily an assumption of superior
knowledge or intellectual ability. It
is merely an exercise of ordinary
judgment in the collection and pre
sentation of facts and arguments rela
tive to problems confronting the citi
zens of the state from .time to time.
No one presumes that young people
of 15 to 20 years of age possess, in
general, knowledge that makes them
leaders of public thought. But these
young people have plenty of time to
read and gather information. With
the aid of the State Library Commis
sion and the high school instructors,
they bring together all the available
data and arguments em both Bides of
questions to be debated. They spend
weeks in this preparatory work. They
condense the vast amount of material
they have at hand and arrange It in
logical order, so that the whole may
be presented to an audience in eight
addresses of about 15 minutes each,
covering In all less- than two hours
of time. By their work the students
not only make the facts and reasons
their own, but they are In the best-j
possible position to convey the in
formation to others. Local pride and
personal interest In the teams assures
a large attendance at debates, and in
the course of the year an immense
number of people get the benefit of
the work the students' have done.
Hence, It may be repeated that the
Debating League promises tq. be of
great value as an educational institu
tion. It will not only serve to develop
power in public speaking, but will
stimulate Interest In public questions
among our young people and furnish
a practical means of disseminating in
formation upon live Issues.
The American Visible yesterday
showed a decrease of 1,254,000
bushels, and Is now 27,000,000 bushels
smaller than at a corresponding date
last year. The unusually high prices
which have prevailed throughout the
entire crop season have resulted in a
heavier movement of the cereal than
for many years, and as the crop last
year was much smaller than Its pre
decessor, it Is highly probable that
the bins are already being scraped In
some quarters. Not only was the
Visible report of a bullish nature yes
terday, but Quantities on Passage were
slightly lower than Ifor the preceding
week and were more than 10,000,000
bushels smaller than for the same date
last year. World's shipments were
also much smaller than a year ago.
Unless the American crop should ma
ture early this year, there is a strong
probability that the American Visible
will shrink to very smal proportions
within, the next few weeks.
The Oregon City Courier, a Demo
cratic paper, opposed the land tax
amendment. It said: "This much is
certain: the public mind has not been
prepared to act Intelligently on such
radical legislation and it would be an
unfortunate circumstance should leg
islation of this character be enacted
on the impulse of the moment." Isn't
this an insult to the people down
right treason to them ? As If there
could be any subject upon which the
people are not prepared to act intelli
gently or settle even without prepara
tion? Distrust of the people is one
of the saddest things of our time. Be-
sides, the insinuation that such men
as ITRen, Bourne, Wagnon and Cridge
are not absolutely safe advisers selves
needless pain.
The Illinois Central has just placed
an order for 52,000 tons of steel rails,
to cost $1,450,000. This is the largest
rail contract let since- the beginning
of the financial stringency , and can
hardly fail in having a good effect In
restoring confidence in other lines of
trade. The price reported paid for
these rails would indicate that the.
steel trust has made no concessions,
arid that it still considers the old figure
"reasonable." There will, of qpurse,
be a gradual resumption of buying of
rails even at trust prices, but the re
turn of activity In railroad building
would be hastened if the trust would
reduce prices on rails and structural
steel.
Orders issued by the Board of
Health of the State of New Tork, that
all persons milking cows whose milk
is to be sold, must wear white duck
overalls and Jackets, has placed many
of the milk producers, whose milk
finds market in the cities. In a pre
dicament. Much of the milking has
been done by the wives and daughters
of farmers, all of whom declare they
will never don the overalls. The
farmers think they cannot afford to
dispense with the female help, and
they are at a loss to know what to do.
Too much foolery In such orders from
Boards of Health.
School will soon close for the year.
Young people of industrious inclina
tions will soon be hunting employment
during vacation. Three months of
useful physical worK In the open air,
after nine months of mental effort in
the school room, will go far toward
building up a constitution able to
stand another year of study. It will
also help pay the expense of provid
ing board and clothes, books and en
tertainments during the next school
year. Vacation does not necessarily
mean idleness.
Mr. Bryan is going to return Mr.
Ryan's $20,000 if he finds' that Mr.
Ryan gave that modest amount to the
Nebraskan's campaign. Of course Mr.
Bryan didn't know what his friends
were doing,, to raise money for him.
That is the reason he is so strenuous
for publicity in all 'Such matters. It
!e dangerous to have friends and sup
porters with money, and ha wants
them exposed.
If the report that the Taqul Indians
have decided to .lay down their arms
and become peaceful citizens should
prove true, a fruitful source for news
paper sensations will be cut off. The
rebellion of these fiends has been
going on for something more than a
century, and during that time the loss
of life has been greater than in any
of the Indian wars on the American
side of the line.
In order to cultivate the "simple
life," "simple life thoughts" and
"purity In heart," a genius named.
Ander Is going to start a colony in
Mexico where men, women and chil
dren go about naked. Mr. Anderwlll
be dressed Just right to receive ' a
nocturnal tar-and-feathers delegation.
The Single Tax, the Recall and other
vagaries may have been voted down,
but the Fool Idea lives forever. Walt
two years for the aforesaid F. I. to
bob up serenely under the initiative.
The man who "had It sized up ex
actly right" will be on hand bright and
early today. But he didn't win any
money to speak of.
The bankers brought Uncle Joa
Cannon through on the currency bill.
Money talks a language Uncle Joe
understands.
BRYAJT" FAILS AS VOTE-GETTER
Hie Poor Showing- Alonsr With Other
Presidential Candidates Since 'GO.
New York World (Dem.).
Only three Democratic candidates for
President since I860 polled a smaller
percentage of the total vote than did
Mr. Bryan In 1900 MeClellan, Greeley
and Parker.
MeClellan fell only one-half of 1 per
cent below Bryan, and MeClellan has
always been regarded as a very badly
defeated candidate. Greeley was only
1 Per cent behind Bryan, and Gree
ley's campaign is popularly supposed to
have been an utter fiasco.
The table of percentages tells its
own story:
1864
Total vote 4,024. B92
McClellan's vote 1,80S,7'J5
McClelian's per cent 44.94
1868
Total vote 5.724,68(1
Seymour's vote 2.709.015
Seymour's per cent 47.33
Total vote ,. 6.4R7.2A5
Greeley's vote - 2.834.07S
Greeley's per cent 44
Total vote . . 8.412.733
Tllden's vote 4.2S4.RSJ
Tllden's per cent 50.03
1880
Total vote 9.20!.40t
Hancock's vote 4.442. 685
Hancock's per cent 48.21
Total vote '. 10.044. 9RS
Cleveland's vote 4.911.017
Cleveland's per cent 48.89
1S88
Total vote 11.380.960
Cleveland's vote : 6,538.233
Cleveland's per cent T ' 48.66
182
Total vote : 12.0.-0.331
Cleveland's vote 6,506,918
Cleveland's per cent 40
Total vote 12.059,351
Democrat and Populist vote 6.506.940
Democrat and Populist per cent. . 54.70
1896
Total vote 13,923.102
Bryan's (Dem. and Pop.) 6,502.925
Brvan's (Dem. and Pop.) per cent. 46.70
1900
Total vote 13.959.653
Bryan's (Dem. and Pop.) 6,538.123
Bryan's (Dem. and Pop.) per cent. 45.55
1904
Total vote 13.510.708
Parker's vote 5,077.971
Parker's per cent 37.77
Mr. Bryan's vote in 1896 and 1900 Is
compared with the combined Demo
cratic and Populist vote in 1892, be
cause Mr. Bryan had both the Demo
cratic and Populist nominations, and
because, in 1892, he wis one of the
Western Democrats who voted the
Populist Presidential ticket
On the basis of these percentages, it
will be seen that Mr. Bryan is a great
vote-getter only by comparison with
Judge Parker.
Easy Cone, Easy Go."
Baker City Herald.
Senator Bourne believes In doing the
symmetrical thing in defeat when he
offers the state committee $1000 immedi
ately after the state convention had
kicked htm In the rear a couple of times.
And the state convention did not instruct
the committee not to accept the offer,
if you will notice.
Thirty-Inch Trout on a Sunday.
Goldendale Sentinel.
Sunday Dave Masters captured a 30
inch trout In the Big Klickitat that
weighed over 13 pounds.
JAPAN'S EXPOSITION IN 1913
9 I
Arsrues That Inltrd States Ought to
Have an Exhibit Worth While.
New York Sun.
For several reasons the United States
can afford to be liberal,' and cannot af
ford to be otherwise, in an appropria
tion for the Japanese international ex
hibition to be held in 1912. The orig
inal plan in Congress involved a modest
appropriation of $200,000 or $250,000.
After consideration the Senate passed a
bill providing fr an expenditure of
$350.0U0. The House proposed $500,000,
and pressure was exerted- to extract
even more. Last Tuesday the House
approved an appropriation of $1,500,000,
a far more fitting allowance. i
Japan has been generous In Its ap
propriations for expositions In this
country and its displays at various
fairs have added much to the interest
of visitors. The Japanese exhibit at
Chicago in 1S93 was excellent, and the
display at St. Louis in 1904 was elab
orate. It will doubtless be helpful both
to our social and economic interests for
us to be well represented in Japan in
1912. There should be an Imposing of
ficial display and an equally imposing
commercial exhibit. Our most active
trade competitors will be In evidence
with their wares and merchandise, and
this country should be well to the front
in a showing of Its products and re
sources. The Island Empire Is making elabor
ate preparations for the event and the
exposition is projected on a $10,000,000
basis. The Aoyama parade ground, a
300-acre tract lri the cty of Tokio. has
been selected for the site, and 20 or
more special buildings are to be erected
for the purposes of the exposition.
The affair is to be industrial rather
than historical,-and Its special purpose
will be to show to the world the eco-nomlo-.
achievements of Japan . since
Commodore Perry pushed its doors
open in 1854. Fourteen years later,
January 1, 1868. the Emperor recog
nized the fact that new conditions had
been established. He Issued an edict
declaring the great importance of the
matter of relations with foreign coun
tries. A part of the edict reads thus:
"Now that the changed condition of the
country urges us to leave such a policy
of seclusion we do hereby make pro
clamation that henceforth International
intercourse upon the basis of Interna
tional rules Is opened, and both gov
ernment and governed shall unite to
achieve thi's our intention." This was
one of the first steps taken by the Em
peror after the "Restoration" of De
cember, 1867, the beginning of modern
Japan.
In 1872 Japan's commerce, export and
import, only a little exceeded $20,000,
000. By 1890 it had reached a total of
nearly $70,000,000. Ten years later, in
1900, it reached $245,000,000. It Is now
approximately $450,000,000. The im
ports are about $245,000,000 a year, and
our present slu.re is about $40,000,000.
For many reasons, commercial and
otherwise, the proposed large scale ex
penditure for the Japanese interna
tional exposition deserves approval.
CALIFORNIA'S CROP OUTLOOK
All Fruits Above the Aversxe and
Growers Look for a Banner Year,
(From the Bulletin of Progress. Published by
the California Promotion Committee.)
Conditions in Califqrnia in all matters
pertaining to material progress are ex
cellent, "he crop outlook continues to
improve, and, with the single exception
of prunes, which will be below the aver
age, all fruits will reach a production
above the average. Indications for
peaches and apricots are that California
will produce the largest crop in its his
tory. Reports received by the California
promotion committee from every fruit dis
trict In the state show that this will
probably be the banner year.
Late rains did slight Injury to cut hay'
In certain localities, but the great benefit
of these rains to other crops greatly off
set this damage. Grapes will make an
especially abundant crop this year, and
already preparations are being made to
harvest them. The demand for labor In
the agricultural districts of the state Is
increasing, and thousands of men and
women can find steady employment.
The voting of $18,200,000 improvement
bonds by San Francisco, together with
the voting of road improvement bonds
and school bonds In many parts of the
state. Indicate that there will be great
demand for labor for public Improve
ments during the coming year.
The movement for good roads in Cali
fornia has crystallzed in the ninth semi
annual meeting of the counties committee
of the California promotion committee, to
be held In Santa Cruz, June 6 where ways
and means will be devised to make this
a great state movement.
Several large tracts of land have been
purchased by syndicates for the purpose
of subdivision Into small farms, and
these will be put on the market during
the Summer, thus inducing many settlers
to come to the state. The following sum
mary shows California conditions from
April 29 to May 28. inclusive:
San Francisco building permits. 2,767,618.00
San Francisco building- permits
since the Are 105,237,770.00
Los Angeles building permits... fc0,lM7.00
Oakland building permits C33.822.25
San Francisco real estate sales. .
5.(0: value... 2.000,000.00
Pan Francisco bank clearing.".. 134,998,212.98
San Francisco bank clearings.
May, 1907 1SS.22S.3S9.02
Lo Angeles bank clearings. 44,5i4.4M.'.,0
Oakland bank clearings 5. 995. 944. OO
Sacramento bank clearings 3,H.'U),5:.59
Stockton bank clearings. .. 1,67 1.943. 69
Freeno bank clearings 1,844.. 1-7. 7l
San Jose bank clearings 1,701,959.10
Pan Iiego bank clearing 2,878. 5S5. 20
San Francisco customs receipts. 687,457. 0J
Rhyme In -JPoetry.
A. E. Aldington, In the Westminster
Review, asks hlmse'lf and the reader
whether rhyme s indispensable in
poetry and answers his own question
In the negative. The arguments we
get are not new. Among them is that
venerable reason, the absence of rhyme
from our early English versification.
Apparently, like most things that live
and grow, English literature seems to
have begun to degenerate In Its In
fancy. And there is another point to
be made against rhyme. "How many
poets are flawless in their rhymes?"
Milton rightly Insisted that rhyme was
no necessary adjunct to good verse,. In
English. Mr. Aldington writes:
A random I take Mrs. Browning's "A
Vision of Poets." "The Annus Mlrabllis" of
Dryden, perhaps the greatest master of ver
sltlcatlon. and "The Masque of Anarchy."
by Shelley, and I ask the. rhyme devotee to
read these three poems carefully, and to
put down all the bad rhymes he will tlnd.
I venture to surmise that the result will
be a surprise, and if he extend his researches
to almost every poet In the language he
will find the same flaws and imperfections,
if such they be. I would add as a corol
lary to this research the Inquiry whether
cur admiration of "The Annus Mlrabllis"
would be increased or diminished If every
rhyme were omitted, or every rhyme made
perfect.
Soaar-Lovlns; Bees Loot a Store.
Baltimore News.
A swarm of bees, having scented sugar
In the grocery store of Cox & McMillan
in Columbus, Ind.. took possession of the
place, and all -efforts to dislodge them
were in vain.
Shoes Imprison. Pullman Car Traveler
Kansas City Star.
George E Smith, of Eldon, Mo., on a
Pullman car got the shoes of R. Boylan,
of St. Louis, by mistake, and, not having
another pair, was forced to stay indoors
until his property was forwarded, as
Boylan's could not be worn.
Merry Widow Hat Cuts Man's Eye.
Newark (N. J.) Dispatch.
The big hat of Miss Idylla Vynep
gashed the eye of George H. Foster so
severely on a streetcar, at Newark. N.
J., that blood flowed freely, seeing which
the woman came near fainting.
THE5 SENATE IV PLAYFUL MOOIJ
As the Session Drew to a Close Digni
fied Members fiot Frisky.
From Washington Letter to the Philadel
phia Press.
During the past few days the Senate
has shown a disposition at times to be
real jolly. Of course Its merriment has
been of a subdued order, and the slight
departures from its usual decorum have
been gently rebuked by the tapping of
Vice-President Fairbanks' litile ivory
gavel. Saturday the Senate decided, or
rather the steering committee decided,
that no more business should be Under
taken, and the time should be passed
waiting on the House to dispose of cer
tain conference reports-
The fun began when Mr. Aldiich, one
of the veterans and the wheel horse of
the majority side, began a mild senator
ial filibuster. He called for the reading
of the journal, then called up a lot of
war claims and had the reports thereon
read, something that would never occur
except when time was to lo killed. The
ruddy face of the silver-hondt d Rhndn
Island Senator shone in pood nature, and
a broad smile was on his face as ho
made the necessary filibustering motions.
Senator Hale, perhaps the embodiment
of Senatorial dignity, ordinarily, dropped
in and seemed imbued with a spirit of
fun as In audible tones to those about
him he began making humorous remarks
upon the proceedings. There was a ten
dency to mildly haze any Senator who
proposed any new legislation. The man
of Indian blood. Senator Owen of Okla
homa, offered a resolution of some sort.
While he was on his feet, by some leger
demain the resolution was hurriedly re
ferred to a committee. '
"Have I not the floor?" Inquired the
surprised Senator.
"No. you were referred to the commit
tee along with your resolution," answered
Mr. Halo, and in the laugh that follows
Mr. Owen takes his seat.
Later. Mr. Owen, discussing some mat
ter, cries: "Now the Senator from New
York, Mr. Dopew, thinks "
"Mr. President," cries "Our Chauncey,"
how does the gentleman know what I
think?"
"Because I am a mind reader," merrily
retorts he of the Indian blood.
The chamber Is well nigh deserted. The
clerk Is droning along, reading some dry
report on a bill never likely to be brought
to a vote. Coteries of Senators havo
gone to favorite committee rooms, thero
to swap stories, discuss Fairbanks for'tho
Vice-Presidency, or, maybe, to have a
little luncheon. A half-dozen Senators
are on the floor, 'xhe aged Teller of
Colorado, whoso silver beard and Iron
gray locks, brushed straight back from
his forehead, are known to all who have
looked upon the Senate for the past SO
years, rises slowly, looks over the top
of his glasses and says in the mournful
voice of a religious pleader: "Mr. Presi
dent, I am compelled to suggest the ab
sence of a quorum."
Bells jangle in every corridor and com
mittee room in the Senate wing of the
Capitol and the members of the body
come strolling in. some arm in ami,
laughing as the last of a frnny story is
being told; some wiping their- mouths
as though they had just left tile delights
of the table: some saunter In with a
bored look on their faces, while the
nasal voice of the clerk monotonous;y
calls: "Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Allison, Mr.
Ankeny," and so on down the roll. Mr.
Teller, serouged down in his chair, his
Jaws moving as though chewing an imag
inary cud of tobacco, glances over his
spectacles at the truant Senators with a
merry twinkle in his eye. Five minutes
after the quorum has answered. th-re
are six Senators in the chamber and th.i
clerk is continuing his monotonous read
ing. Night sessions have an exhilarating in
fluence on the Senators. It Is ihen that
Jokes are played. Carter of Montana is
uiien mo ieaaer or tne fun. lie is apt
to take the floor and make a mock seri
ous speech on some bill, so full of sar
casm and wit as to convulse his col
leagues. Senator Kean. who is the
"watch dog" of the majority in sceinK
that no legislation objectionable to 1ns
side of the chamber comes up. relaxes
his vigilance and wanders about tho
chamber, telling a story to this on,
or listening to the latest bon mot from
that one. or, sometimes taking a seat
at the Press Association's tablo. ho wiil
offer to assist 'he reporters In making
a story of the night's proceedings.
Among the official clerks at the desk
immediately below the Vice-President's
dais is one who wields the pencil of a
clever caricaturist. As tho night pro
ceeds some Senator, wearied with th-
hours, may assume an attitude of re
laxed dignity. Perhaps he may nod and
sometimes a Senator has been known to
go fast asleep. The clerk's pencil in a
few deft strokes takes off the tlrel
statesman and the sheet of paper, wit:i
the caricature. ia circulated among a low
of the victim's friends. There is much,
tittering over the sketch, but the latter
never reaches the Senator himself. An
other Senator, perhaps it is Beveridga of
Indiana, in One of the statesque poses
he assumes while addressing the Ssnate,
Is caught by the artist and another cari
cature Is sent about tha chamber.
Sometimes one of thes funny pictures
reaches the grave, dlgnlfled gentleman
who presides over the Senate, liven Jose
himself unbends, if he does not nod, and
a quiet smile passes over his face. Ha
shakes his head deprecatingly at the ir
reverent clerk, and with an apologcur)
tap of his gavel he requests that "th-
Senate will be In order. There is too
much audible conversation on tho floor."
There Is a momentary pause in the buz
of conversation. Senators look up at tho
Vice-President with a smile and return
to their story-telling.
Ttaps Auto Tire Chains.
Indianapolis Now.
Boston has taken a whack at the
automobllists, following New York's
example in excluding from Its parks
motor cars equipped with tire chains
or metal-covered tires. The Metropol
itan Park Commission of Boston has
decided that the anti-skid devices on
the heavy cars tear up the parkwajs
faster than an army of men can re
pair them, and has decreed that from
now on any chauffeur operating a
machine with spiked, chained or stud
ded wheels shall be mulcted to tha
tune of $20.
Angry nees Lead to Looter's Arrest
Hartford (Conn.) Dispatch.
Richard Lane, who robbed a beehive at
Wlnsted, Conn., was pursued by the bees,
and the owner of the hive followed tha
trail and had Lane arrested.
A FEW SCJIIBS.
The Queen of England wore gems valued
at lo.Oi'O.OOO at the state hall In Bucking
ham Palace. Sounds as If her father camn
from Pittsburg. Chicago Post.
"How long does a .dream Hst" asks a
Berlin scientist. One has lasted 12 jenrs.
in Mr. Bryan's case, and he hasn't awakened
yet. Omaha Bee.
"Do you consider your nerve Is sufTiclpntly
steady to fit you for an airship navigator?"
"Well, I've been out in a eanpe with a
nervous fat girl." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"So the town has declined a library"
"Yes: hut the grocery lyceum has written
the philanthropist, volunteerln to maintain
a barrel If he'll furnish the codfisn." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Xell "Phe admits that she Is terribly
disappointed In her husband." Belle "How
is that'.'" Nell "She married him to re
form him. and now she finds he doesn't
need it." Philadelphia Record.
"Smoking may not hurt some people,"
said Mrs. Lapsling; "but It isn't good for a
nervous man like my husband. You know
it's the Nicodemus In tobacco that mattes
It so injurious." Chicago Tribune.
Belle (awestruck) "Mazle say she has
so many callers every day in the year she
hardlv knows what, to do with them." Nell
(spitefully) "Then I bet she's got a po
sition as a telephone operator." Baltimore
American.
Mrs. Kidder "I can't pee why our land
lord is so fussy about the rent of this flp.t.
Does' be think we'ro going to bilk him"
Mr. Kidder "Well, he's In bad condition.
His wife tells me that he is so nervous thnt
the leased thing worries him." Cleveland
Leader.