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PORTLAND, FRIDAY. JUNE 19. 1908.
NOMINATION OF TAFT.
Mr. Taft is -nominated, and his
platform is before the country. He
Is a man of good ability and sound
judgment, and if elected the Govern
ment will be in safe and conservative
hands. But we regard his election as
very problematical, since, the public
f mind is much agitated and disturbed,
. and the affairs of today present no
great or even distinct principle on
which earnest appeal may be made.
There is much discontent, no end of
loose thought and undefined desire,
and many who can't think out any
thing clearly are ready to give their
votes simply for "a change."
In such a situation Mr. Bryan is an
Ideal candidate. He has a power of
making appeal to imaginations that
never can be fulfilled; he is senti
mental and erratic, and never thinks
closely enough on anything to give
trouble or fatigue to the minds of his
hearers. He is a rapid and pleasing
speaker, and impresses all who hear
him with a sure belief that he is an
amiable, benevolent and honest man.
His qualities as an orator make him
a campaigner of .the first order. As
an apostle of discontent he goes far
enough to secure the support of the
general mass who are dissatisfied
with existing conditions but don't
know how to change them, yet not
far enough to alarm very much the
business and conservative classes,
who are not likely now to be so
strenuous in their opposition to him
as heretofore. Against Taft he will
be a more formidable candidate than
he was against McKinley; for the
ground on which the tremendous ar
gument against him in 1896, and
again in 1900, was made, is now
wanting. The argument for Taft will
be of more general character, pre
senting no central principle on which
to fix attention. Taft will be opposed
by all who for any reason, or for no
reason, by next November will be
shouting "Give us a changeir
The platform is of little import
ance. The history of parties, and the
attitude of parties in relation' to cur
rent affairs, as conceived in the gen
eral mind, is the actual platform, no
matter what the convention may say
or declare. It must be said that the
outcome of the contention over the
injunction or court procedure plank
is disproportionate to the trouble
taken in pressing it upon the conven
tion. The declaration is a reasonable
one indeed; but it does not go far
enough to meet the wishes of those
whom it is designed to satisfy, for it
falls far below the Gompers demand.
It will not bring organized labor to
the support of Mr. Taft; for the
larger portion of it was sure to be
against him, in -any . event. Mr.
Bryan Is and always has been its spe
cial attraction.
Of the platform it must be said,
however, that it is a comprehensive
document, . smoothly and gracefully
written; it is long three columns
agate; and it touches nearly all mat
ters of current political interest. But
platforms, in ordinary 'times, like
these, are little read. People move
with the. current of events, and "will
make up their minds by November
what Taft stands for on one side and
Bryan on the other.
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger are
blaming the "beef trust" for their in
ability to operate a slaughter-house
inside the Portland city limits. A
New York dispatch states that the
management is "confident that ulti
mately the interests of the company
will be fully protected by the citizens
and courts' both of Portland and the
entire State of Oregon." In this the
"AS. oeople will not be the victims
of misplaced "confidence," for Port
land will extend legitimate protection
to any industry located here. The
city, however, has got far enough
past the swaddling clothes era to al
low any new slaughter-house within
the city limits. If the "beef trust"
had the influence It is credited with,
it would have located its own abat
toirs inside the limits. There are a
few rights and privileges which the
city has somehow managed to retain,
and a tight grip will be kept on them
in the future.
DEVELOPMENT OF -"THE STATEMENT."
It is said that the "Statement Re
publicans" in the ' Legislature will
unite with the Pemocrats of that
body to organize it and to control
and direct its policy and action. This,
indeed, Is the logical outcome of the
position which the Chamberlain Re
publicans have assumed. It marks
another step towards the disintegra
tion of the Republican party of the
state. Many of the so-called State
ment Republicans will go over to the
Democratic party for good and all.
Some, perhaps, will retrace their
steps. But this freakish measure has
completely divided the Republican
party of Oregon. Every one foresaw
it who could foresee anything.' It
puts In doubt the electoral vote of the
state; since those who call themselves
Statement Republicans, being bound
by their own voluntary action to the
election of a Democrat to the Senate,
have no logical ground on which to
stand for support of a Republican for
President; and great and steadily in
creasing numbers who insisted on
sending to the Legislature members
who are to vote for Chamberlain will
be inclined, as the Presidential elec
tion draws near, to vote for Bryan.
Not to do so is to be illogical; and
no illogical political situation can
long exist. Men. in the long run, will
be forced into direct and straightfor
ward ways.
No satisfactory political action can
be had on a policy which causes or
enables one section or faction of a
party to "cross-lift" with the opposite
party. In the first place It corrupts
the primary election, of which there
has been' already more than ample
proof, and it invites registration un
der false pretenses, as a means of
carrying out the plan. In the next
place, It encourages men who "can't
get on the ticket" of their own party,
by their merit, to form combinations
with the opposite party, and obtain
election to coveted positions by com
binations injurious to the public wel
fare. The "Statement" combination
between Democrats and Republicans
will now lead to an organization of
their forces Which will embrace all
the important subjects before the
Legislature a grand log-roll enter
tainment. The "allies" will be bound
together throughout.
All chance of future co-operation
between the two factions of the Re
publican party will soon be at an end
is practically at an end already.
Men can't "mix It up" in this way,
and retain any confidence in each
other, or fealty to a common cause.
Republicans will not send back to the
Legislature, or elect to any other of
fice, the men who have pledged them
selves to vote for Chamberlain, or
any who have prominently supported
this combination; though of course
Democrats may. "The Statement" is
to be the line of division between the
two parties.. Probably it will make
Oregon a firm Democratic tate till
such time as the people in sufficient
numbers get sick of the policy. But
let it be so. Better a Democratic
state than these mongrel politics.
But in fact it was not the Holy
Statement that carried these people
into the combination that now forces
them to elect a Democrat to the Sen
ate, and has started them on the road
to Bryan. In most cases the Holy
Statement was taken as an expedient
for getting nominations not otherwise
obtainable; and the nominations were
secured by the votes of the Demo
cratic contingent, registered falsely
under the system as Republicans.
The election the same.
This Juggle and farce in politics
cannot be repeated indefinitely. There
are too many who detest such busi
ness. It will end, . one way or an
other. The first result will probably
be to make the .state wholly Demo
cratic. But no more can that party
be maintained on such basis than the
Republican. Some years, however,
may be required to work the chimera
to its logical conclusion, and satisfy
everybody with it. Meantime its
logic goes . irresistibly towards carry
ing the electoral vote of the state to
Bryan.
YELLOW PERfL AGAIN.
Distance is said to lend enchant
ment to the view, and there are in
dications that it also lends other as
pects. The London Spectator, "to
whom no land is distant, to whom no
sea is barred," has been indulging in
a train of speculation on what it
terms the "ujnrest of Asia" and in the
vision which it conjures up for its
readers, appear some strange theories
or views regarding the situation in
the Far East. With something akin
to fear, this Spectator intimates that
a political amalgamation of all of the
yellow races may be in process of
forming. The Spectator's Oriental
fever of unrest. Is expected to result
in Japan, China and other Oriental
countries pooling their issues and as
one great nation uniting to dominate
the world. All of which would . be
important if it could be brought
about.
Unfortunately for the general cre
dence which might be given the Lon
don story, a close-range view of the
Chinese-Japanese races precludes any
Immediate possibility ot. such a revo
lutionary change. Japan and China
are today about as far removed from
any such possibility of amalgamation
as they have ever been. Av Hong
kong "cable in yesterday's Oregonian
stated that the boycott which was in
stituted in revenge for the forced re
lease of the steamer Tatsu Maru was
still maintained in spite of the al
leged efforts of the Chinese officials
to have it removed.. Despite the sim
ilarity in the strains of blood in the
Japanese and Chinese, there has been
for many years a smoldering hatred
etween the two nations. When this
hatred broke into a flame about a
dozen years ago, Japan electrified the
world by the ease, with which it gave
decrepit old China a drubbing. The
wound had not healed when, at the
close, of the Japan-Russia war, Japan
assumed an over-aggressive policy
which practically crowded China out
of its possessions in Manchuria, and
the flames were, again fanned when
the Tatsu Maru Incident came so
near to bringing on a crisis.
China, proud, haughty and dream
ing of a civilization which was old
when the rest of the world was
young, has no love, respect or good
feeling for the Japanese. The latter,
flushed with the wine of victory and
imbued with the idea that the flag of
the Mikado will yet wave over all the
land from Nagasaki to the Bos
phorus, and perhaps still further, give
that ancient civilization of China but
scant consideration and some con
tempt. A twentieth-century fighter
is, in the Japanese opinion, vastly su
perior to a tenth-century philosopher.
With their lives, ideals and aims run
ning in such widely divergent chan
nels, it will be a very difficult matter
for any kind of amalgamation to
draw together the peaceful Chinese
and the war-hunting Japanese.
The entire civilized world in which
the Caucasians dwell would rejoice
to see an awakening In the Orient.
But this awakening should be for the
adoption of modern ideas and institu
tions, in which case there would be
no cause for alarm. Any alliance
which might ' be formed . between
Japan and China, in the end, would
find one or the other of the two pow
ers dominating, and as neither race is
desirous of taking the subordinate
part, 'the plan would be impractica
ble. The yellow peril for many years
has been a popular topic with which
political writers in both Europe and
America have been deeply interested,
but as there can be no real yellow
peril until the yellow races unite and
remove their knives from each oth
ers' throats, the possibility of serious
trouble for the whites is remote.
AN OPPORTUNITY. LOST.
It is unfortunate Indeed that the
present opportunity was not seized to
reduce the representation of some ten
or a dozen of. the states of the South
to its proper proportion in Republi
can National Conventions. It was de
feated on a close vote, only because
the supposed, exigencies of the effort
for Taft would not allow it. The
states of the North which must fur
nish the Republican electoral vote
were almost a unit for the proposi
tiofi; but the Southern delegations,
aided by Ohio and by scattering- votes
from other states that were for Taft,
made a bare majority against it. It
was one more of the complications of
politics that forestall all logical con
sequence. It was not merely that the support
ers of Taft feared the loss of South
ern delegations in the convention.
Taft might have suffered heavy loss
there, and still obtained the nomina
tion. But they feared the loss of ne
gro votes in the Northern States.
,So that abomination remains
enormous strength in 'every Repub
lican convention from states which
make no effort whatever to cast a
Republican vote. Once more now all
these patriots will go to sleep and
wait for the Northern States to elect
the candidates; when they will turn
up for the usufruct of the victory to
the South. One of .these days the
victory will go to those who actually
represent the South.
It was an ideal time to settle this
principle of proper representation in
National Republican Conventions.
The plan proposed was entirely fair.
It. was National, too, for the .National
Government rests on the people, not
on the states; and the Republican
party is the party of National author
ity and consolidated government, as
opposed to the theory of Jefferson,
represented later by Jefferson Davis,
and still the heritage of he Demo
cratic parfy.
HEAT AND POWER SCI-PLY.
In the number for Juhe 11 the New
Tork Independent raises this perti
nent question: "What Is the world
to do for fuel when the coal supply
is used up?" It will not do to say
that we can use iAod',. because .the
supply of wood is going faster than
the coal. Both will be exhausted vir
tually within another century, and
then we muse discover some sub
stitute. .Mr. Cannon takes the mat
ter easily. He says he is sure that
the inventive genius of the human
race will solve the problem. Perhaps
it will and perhaps it won't. There
are some problems, like the perpetual
motion and the square of the circle,
which cannot be solved. The fuel
problem of the future may possibly
belong in thei same category.
, Mr. J. J. Hill, at the late conven
tion of Governors in Washington,
suggested that the fuel of the future
might be alcohol. But he did not
forget, and neither must we, that al
cohol is produced from vegetation
a.nd that vegetation depends upon the
soil. Fast as our wood and coal are
disappearing, the soil is going faster
still. Denuded of forest growth, it
washes into the ocean by the cubic
mile, leaving nothing but a sterile
subsoil incapable of supporting vege
tation. Hence the disappearance of
the wood supply causes a progressive
disappearance of the soil from which
a substTtute for it might come.
Undoubtedly both heat and power
can be obtained from waterfalls in
quantity far beyond anything we
have hitherto seen. Still, streams
are local after all, and regions re
mote from them can be served only
at great expense. The time is rap
idly approaching when every water
power, even the smallest, will be
utilized, but one may doubt whether
that will solve the problem of heat
and power. Something else must be
devised. Perhaps some genius will
invent a method of storing up the
heat of the sun, wnlch now runs to
waste all the year round in desert
lands and upon Summer days every
where. Dean Swift suggests some
thing of the sort in one of his caustic
satires. The members of a certain
learned academy had discovered the
art of bottling up sunshine in cucum
bers to release for the solace of
dreary Winter weather. It is a sci
entific fact that cucumbers actually
do bottle up sunshine, and if we
could find out how to release the
solar energy that goes into them as it
is needed, without waste, there would,
be no need to worry about heat and
power. The difficulty is to find out
how. ,
The new theory of electricity tells
of wonderful stores of energy in the
electrons, those minute bodies, or
spirits, which permeate everything
and produce the phenomena of elec
tricity and magnetism. Man has dis
covered the art of releasing some of
their enormous stored-up force, but
only an infinitesimal fraction sof it;
and in the process he loses by waste
vastly more than he utilizes. Per
haps it is the ' electrons that must
save the world from desolation in a
future not very far away. A recent
editorial in the ( Indianapolis News
drew a clear distinction between po
litical and economic questions. Per
haps if the writer had thought a little
farther he would have perceived that
his distinction was illusory. There
never was a political question which
was not fundamentally one of eco
nomics, and the same is true In de
gree of every question in ethics and
art. The whole structure of civiliza
tion is founded upon heat and power,
and when they fail, if they ever do,
all the rest will go with them.
The British Admiralty ' having
eclipsed the Dreadnaught class of
battleships by building the St. Vin
cent, according to the London Tele
graph, will begin in September the
construction at Portsmouth of a new
leviathan of the navy with still heav
ier armament and greater displace
ment. The St. Vincent will be
launched In October, of next year.
She is of 19,250 tons and will cost,
1,900,000. The newer battleship' will
be of 21,000 tons, and will cost f 2,
250,000. Two novel and Important
features will be developed in her con
struction, viz: Guns of the new 13.5
lnch type 12-inch guns being the
largest now in use .by the British
fleet and gas engines, by which no
smoke will be generated. The new
ship will therefore have no funnels.
The development of engines of this
type is considered one of the greatest,
.as it is the latest, achievement of the
Admiralty engineers.
Does "Jonathan" measure up for
anything, either as a Senator or poli
tician? If so, for what, and for how
much?' His career both as a Senator
and as an actor on the field of Na
tional politics, is before the country.
It is notorious, to a degree, but not
otherwise celebrated. Yet he has
distinction Jonathan has, as the
butt of the satirists of the country
and of the comic papers. Observe that
he Is the first fruit of Oregon's pri
mary law and of its vermiform ap
pendix (Statement No. 1); and a
Democratic Senator from a state that
boasts thirty thousand Republican
majority, is the second. But, since
Jonathan is now relieved of his
nightmare of "second elective term,"
his achievements as a Senator will be
awaited with greatest interest. They
will throw a doubt, we may suppose,
on all) the past glory of the Senate,
and make future renown therein im
possible. "This has largely been a labor of
love with the County Commissioners.
We have profited nothing by it, but
we have worked the system out to
where it forms a practical benefit to
the public," says Judge Webster. In
discussing the working of prisoners
on the roads. The taxpayers will
feel duly gratified that the men
whom they employ on a regular sal
ary to look after their interest "have
profited nothing" in the performance
of their duty. They will also expect
Sheriff Stevens to continue this "la
bor of love," for-'there can be no log
ical reason why there should be any
interruption in the. work of road
building. The taxpaye'rs are footing
the bills and will insist on the prison
ers earning their meals in road work.
Farmer Wilson, of the National
Department of Agriculture, is said to
be the only man in administrative
circles, who is not worrying about
politics. Asked recently concerning
the candidacy of Senator Dolliver, of
his state, for the Vice-Presidency, the
politically care-free secretary replied:
"Really, I had not heard of It. I
have been busy during the last few
weeks looking after the crop pros
pects and haven't been following the
political situation particularly."
Brightening up, he added: "We are
going to have some nne big crops this
Fall; wheat, cotton and corn are all
promising, showing that our cam
paign for better seed is having its
effect."
The Tacoma- Commercial Club an
nounces a "membership day," when
plans will be made and the work
started "to secure a membership of
600 for that organization." The
News urges the citizens to take off
their coats and get busy -carrying for
ward the plans for the growth and
prosperity of the city. The object is
a praiseworthy one, and while Port
land, according to the News, is not
much of a city in comparison with
Tacoma, the 1300 members of the
Portland Commercial Club will all
hope to see the City of Destiny roll
up a membership list of S00 active
boosters.
Popular demonstrations in National
conventions may prophesy disaster.
When Roscoe Conkling, in the height
of his glory, at Chicago in 1880 set
the body on fire with the quotation
when asked- what state he halls from
Our sole reply shall be.
He cornea from Appomattox
And Its famous apple tree ,
it availed the idol of the "306" little;
and Ingersoll at Cincinnati four years
before, with his thrilling lines of the
"plumed knight marching down the
halls of Congress, throwing his lance
square into the brazen forehead"
could not withstand the machinations
of the "allies" of that day.
If Senator Fulton is to be rewarded
with a seat in the Cabinet, all Oregon
will hope it will he the Navy port
folio, in which event he may order
the famous old Oregon, now rebuild
ing at Bremerton, to cross the bug
bear bar and sail up to Portland for
next year's Rose Carnival. All Ore
gon would hail the day.
Mr. William Taft's" pole gets the
persimmon. We trust we are violat
ing neither the confidence of friends
nor the' truth of history, when we re
mark that he owes his achievement
to the assistance of T. Roosevelt. .
Saloonkeepers forced out of busi
ness in dry counties can turn their
premises into moving-picture thea
ters and continue to gather the
money.
Senator Bourne can now start for
Europe, relieved of the heavy stress
of second elective term.
The National convention, unlike
Roosevelt's enemies and some of his
professed friends, took Roosevelt at
his word. ' - '
" TO WORK THE RECALL.
Bat the Senator Would Stand On Hla
"Constitutional Rights."
The Dalles Optimist.
Since the "reformers" have given us
the recall law. why not work It as a trial
against that great "reformer," Jonathan?
It is almost a self-evident fact that
nine-tenths of the voters of the state
do not want him In his present position,
or In any position of trust or responsi
bility, and here Is a "perfectly legitimate
way to dodge the Constitution" and rele
gate him back to private life.
According to the new section of our
constitution, which will be effective now
in a very short time.- It will take less
than 25,000 names to call a new election
for the purpose of turning Jonathan out
and putting a good man in his place
Since he got. Busy and defeated Fulton,
the best Senator Oregon ever had, let us
unseat Jonathan and seat Fulton in his
place for the balance of his term, and by
the end of that period perhaps the sanity
of our Republican voters will have re
turned and we can re-elect Fulton and
keep him in the Senate, where he be
longs, and where he would soon become
one of the great leaders.
. The editor of the Optimist has gone
into this subject with a few Republican
friends, and has been authorized to make
this proposition to the voters of the state.
We will print and furnish all of the pe
titions needed, and will undertake to de
liver to the propfer committee, properly
signed petitions with 2500 names for Jon
athan's recall, or over a tenth of the
number needed.
If the Republicans of the state are wise.
If they are interested In giving Fulton
"a square deal." If they think that Ore
gon ought to be represented in the Senate
Instead of being misrepresented, then let
them acquiesce in this arrangement and
write the editor of this paper, and if we
can get anything like proper support we
will give Jonathan a taste of his own
medicine.
Beautifully Less, by Degrees.
Toronto iftall.
The ship, upon clearing the harbor,
ran into a half-pitching, half-rolling sea,
that became particularly noticeable about
the time the 25 passengers at the cap
tain's table sat down to dinner.
"I hope that all 25 of you will have a
pleasant trip," the captain told them as
the soup appeared, "and that this little
assemblage of 24 will reach port much
benefited by the voyage. I look upon
these 22 smiling faces much as a father
does upon his family, for I am responsi
ble for the. safety of this group of 17. I
hope that all 13 of you will join me later
in drinking to a merry trip. I believe
that we seven fellow passengers are
most congenial and I applaud the Judg
ment which chose from the passenger
list these three persons for my table.
You and I, my dear sir, are Here, stew
ard! Bring me the fish and clear away
these dishes."
.Arter a "Child" Actress.
New York' World.
A laughable scene was enacted on
the stage of the principal theater in
Hanover on the evening of the first
production there of Wedekind'e "The
Awakening of Spring." The play had
a run of more than 200 nights in Ber
lin, and the house at .Hanover was
sold out because there had been much
discussion as to whether the censors
would allow the production. While the
scene in the first act between Frau
Bergman and her daughter was on. a
police officer1 strode upon the stage
and demanded in a declamatory man
ner to see the rieense allowing "the
child there" to act. The man of the
law was not a little surprised to learn
that "the child" was an adult and an
actress of high standing, whose ad
mirable makeup was an additional
proof of her artistic talent.
Watch on Paris Cab Horses.
New York World.
The worn-out and attenuated cab horse,
whioh has so often been the butt of the
comic writer, will soon be an unknown
quantity in the streets of Paris'. A so
ciety known as the Assistance aux Ani
maux has just formed a "horse com
mittee." which, working with the propri
etors and drivers' societies, seeks to pro
vide Paris with cabs drawn only by
horses in a perfect state of fitness, and
driven by men who have given every
proof of their competence and intelli
gence. A staff of inspectors will be cm
plnyed to watch at the gates ot the
cab yards every morning and demand
the immediate return to the stables of
any animal whlch seems In an unfit
state.
"Next Great Reform."
The Dalles Optimist.
The East Oregonian, published by a
Democratic - Non - Partisan - Socialist,
registered as a Republican, Bays "the
next great reform, after Nation-wide
prohibition, will be the removal of the
taxation from church property.
Why, certainly. Give us that "re
form" by all means. And the school
houses and other school property
should be taxed. And why exempt the
graveyards and tombstones? Sure,
they should be taxed. And our parks
should bear their share of the bur
den. And the hospitals, they must not
be exempt under this "reform" wave.
As Samantha says, "when you're git
tln', git all you kin." So while the
"reform" spell is on the Oregon voters,
let us go the whole hog.
Advocates of Realism.
Jewish Chronicle.
A good story is going the round of
theatrical circles In London, which has
the advantage of being perfectly true.
One of the features of Beerbohm Tree's
production of "The Merchant of Venice"
has been his introduction of real Jews
to form the crowd in the Ghetto. When
Mr. Tree first met his Jewish crowd he
informed them that the Christians in the
play would affect to spit upon them.
"Understand," said Mr. Tree, "it will
not be real, but only pretense." He
then informed them aB to the proposed
remuneration. One old man looked wist
fully at Mr. Tree and said at last: "I
say, sir, couldn't you make it a little
more and let them spit?" ,
Dancer to These Publicans.
Brooklyn Eagle.
At a meeting of the Stepney Council
of Public Works, London, It was re
cently announced that there were only
349 people In that borough who were
qualified ae special Jurors out of a
population of 310,000, and of the 349
"no fewer than 154 are publicans."
There Is one place where the publicans
are sitting tight while soberly await
ing the arrival of the prohibition wave.
We Get the Brat.
Pendleton Tribune.
Those cynics who sneer at Jonathan
Bourne should remember that on a di
rect appeal to the people he won out
as against such men as Stephen A.
Lowell, E. L. Smith, H. M. Cake and
E. B. Watson, and that H. M. Cake
beat C. W. Fulton. And we always
get the very best material going under
a direct appeal to the people.
. Fate of Third-Term Idea.
Los Angeles Times.
Immediately upon the nomination of
Taft. it is expected that everybody,
except Senator Bourne of Oregon, will
give up the Roosevelt third-term idea.
Hsekmas Buys Ksdjui Theater.
Kansas City Dispatch.
A hnekman in PnnrnrHlA Vmn ha.
made enousrh monev in a, few month a
to buy a theater.
GRANARIES OF WORLD ARE EMPTY.
Outlook for Bumper Harvest From
Tilled Earth Cornea Real -Wealth.
North American.
There is one thing that Wall street and
the trusts cannot control. That is the
bounty of God. Of all the signs of re
turning prosperity, the bulletin of the
crop-reporting board of the Department
of Agriculture is the happiest portent.
Spring wheat shows a prospect better
than the average for ten years past.
The yield f Winter wheat bids fair to
be larger than any crop since that of
1901. Bad early prospects for corn have
changed, so that now the Outlook is for
a bumper harvest. And the ratio of in
crease holds good with oats, rye and
barley. It will be a fat year.
The special providence that seems to
watch over this nation, pouring otit upon
us new stores of nature's wealth each
season, is kinder this year than ever.
There have been times, as in 1S94, when
the coming of great crops meant distress
to the farmer; when the storehouses of
the whole world were glutted with a sur
plus from the preceding year, and large
harvests in all nations forced prices down
to or below the cost of production.
There have been other years when
scant crops brought big prices, so that
consumers everywhere suffered.
This year the granaries of the world
are empty. The outlook for European
harvests are not flattering. There will
be a world demand that will keep prices
at a profitable level for the 10.000.000
farmers of America. Yet the yield will
be so bountiful that the consumer will not
be penalized by exorbitant prices or a
dearth of supply.
The gold that will glow over our
ripened fields will be worth all and more
of that we prayed for during last Fall's
panic. Ore digged from the mine leaves
only a barren emptyness. All forms of
trade make no real increase. Kven man
ufacture means only a change In form
and development of a value already ex
isting. From the tilled earth comes the
real new wealth, each year's bounty
bearing promise of a new gift in the year
after.
Once more' the lesson is borne in upon
us that our greatness comes out of -the
ground.
DOWN-RIVER SALMON PLAINT.
Skamokawa Writer Saya Fishermen
Are Ruining Industry.
Skamokawa Eagle.
The decision tit Chief Justice Bean, of
Oregon, in the purse-seine case seems to
have been a forerunner of the Incompre
hensible and vicious fish legislation just
enacted by the people of that state. It
has been hard enough to enact laws that
would be agreeable to the fishermen of
both the States of Oregon andWashtng
ton, and of late years the Legislatures of
the two states have surrendered fish leg
islation to the fishermen entirely, with
the result that the open fishing season
has been lengthened and the business is
being ruined The salmon has been left
to the tender mercies of his frinds. the
fishermen, and the Industry is being de
stroyed. Sixteen years ago we had better laws
for the protection of the salmon than we
have today. Sixteen years ago it was
possible for a poor man, who was not a
fisherman, to get a bite or two of salmon
during the fishing season. Sixteen years
ago the drifts In front of Cathlamet.
Skamokawa and Brookfield were good
fishing grounds. Sixteen years ago we
had a longer closed season and a Sunday
closing period In which the salmon was
given an opportunity to swim to Its nat
ural spawning beds. Sixteen years ago
we had less fishing gear In the river, the
seines and gillnets were shorter, the traps
were few, and the deadly "diver" net was
not in use, and there was less fishing
around the mouth of the river. Sixteen
years ago the Columbia River jetty was
shorter and the mouth of the river a
mile wider than It is today, giving the
salmon a better opportunity to come in
from the sea. Sixteen years ago the
Willamette River was not the cesspool
that It is today, and the Clackamas River
was a favorite breeding place for sal
mon. .Today the Willamette River from
the oil tanks to its mouth is frequently
covered with oil. The millman who
dumps- sawdust into the river can be
daalt with, but the leakage from the oil
tanks goes on.
Judge Bean's decision Is not surprising
when one contemplates the attitude of
the people of Oregon on this question.
The Oregon courts are not interested in
the salmon, and the probability is that
as soon as the Oregon Fish Warden tries
to enforce the new laws he will find his
hands tied by the courts.
The question is naturally asked: What
are Washington fishermen going to do
about these new laws? To our mind, they
are living within their rights if they pay
for their license and obey the laws of
their own state. The State of Oregon,
through its Supreme Court, is our au
thority. It has handed down the re
markable decision that all 'fish laws of
the State of Washington conflicting with
those of Oregon are void and of no ef
fect, and must be so construed by the
Oregon Fish Warden. If this is good
reasoning for Oregon, now comes the
time when Washington fishermen living
within their rights may catch fish with
out regard to Oregon's new laws, which
certainly "conflict" with those of the
State of Washington.
Defeats the "Meanest Man."
Kansas City Journal.
A letter written by a woman decided
a contest for the office of president
of a men's club In the Bronx a few
days ago. There were two candidates
for the place; one a clerk In a New
York financial institution, whose young
wife had been a working girl, the
other a wealthy manufacturer, with a
reputation among his neighbors for
"closeness." The day before the elec
tion each member of the little club re
ceived a typewritten letter, signed by a
woman whom they all knew, which be
gan with these words: "If what I write
you is not true, It is libel." Then she
said that the club should not honor
Its "meanest man," and related some
amusing incidents to demonstrate that
she was not mistaken in her estimate
of the man. In closing she wrote:
"What do you think of a man who
has his barn painted and says to his
wife. That's your birthday present'?
If you can afford to elect that kind of
a man for your president, go ahead!"
The alleged "meanest man" was de
feated. Riot-Loving Students Awaken.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Dlspaftch.
The students of the University -of
Michigan who recently engaged in a
riot, resulting In the arrest of several
of them, came in for a severe drub
bing in the Michigan Dally, the col
lege paper. "Among a large part of
the citizens of the state," says the
editor, "we have earned a reputation
for lawlessness, rowdyism and an en
tire disregard for the rights of others.
We have dragged the name of 'college
man' In the mire and have made our
selves the laughing stock of the whole
country. In return for this we have
gained absolutely nothing. Finan
cially we are Just $1000 out of pocket.
Besides this, the riot has, morally, cost
us an amount never to be reckoned."
Girl Win Chemistry Medal.
Kansas City Times.
A girl of 22, Miss Gertrude Wren, Is
the first girl of her sex to win the
Perelra medal for excellence in chem
istry, one of the most highly prized
awards of the Pharmaceutical Society
of London. At the age of 18 she be
gan the study of her specialty at a
girls' high school In Camden Town.
Botany Is another study in which Miss
Wren has taken a great interest, and
some time ago she won a silver medal
for superiority in that field.
NEW RAILS FOR WEST SIDE
Heavy Steel to Be Laid Between
Beaverton and Whiteson.
Work will be started during the coming
week In relaying the West Side division
of the Southern Pacific between Beaver
ton and Whiteson, a distance of 43 miles,
with heavy steel rails, replacing the light
Iron now in use on that division. The
work will require about 60 days. Cars of
the new heavy rails are arriving daily
and Superintendent Fields, of the South
ern Pacific, Is taking the neecssary steps
to assemble construction crews and start
work.
The new rail weighs 75 pounds to the
yard and will replace 66 and 62-pound
steel now in use. Continuous rail Joints
will be used in laying the new rails, mak
ing the track very much more rigid and
smooth, so that travel over it will be
more comfortable for passengers than
ever before.
The track between Beaverton and Port
land will not be relaid with heavier steel;
because of the contemplated building of
the Wlllsburg cutoff, which will divert
heavy freight traffic across he bridge to
be built at Oswego and thence into the
terminal yards by way of the main
Southern Pacific line on the East Side.
Only a portion of the passenger travel
to and from the West Side territory will
then be carried o'r the track north of
Beaverton, and the line is now in good
condition for this traffic.
In addition to relaying the line with
heavier rails. Superintendent Fields will
complete a number of fills oh the line
between Portland and Beaverton, which
were not finished last year when the
work of filling a number of trestles was
started. The task of replacing these
bridges with earth embankments will be
completed early in the Summer.
R. M. Currier Succeeds Latvson.
R. M. Currier has been appointed as
sistant city ticket agent for the Great
Northern and assumed his new duties
yesterday. He formerly occupied the
same position for the company at Spo
kane. He has many friends among the
local railroad colony, having also been in
the Great Northern service at Seattle be
fore going to Spokane. Mr. Currier takes
the place made vacant by the resignation
of H. W. Lawson. who has been stationed
here for the past year, hutwho leaves
to go back to Canton. O.. where his home
is. He may return to the Coast later in
the year.
Seattle Waterfront Items.
SEATTLE, June IS. The steamship
Kumerlc, managed by Frank Waterhouse
& Co., will shift to Seattle the latter part
of next week to take about WOO tons of
flour and general stuff for Japan and
North China. The steamship Foreric, un
der the same management, will leave the
Columbia River June 22 for Seattle to
load a partial cargo for the same port.
The balance of the cargo Is now being
loadod on the Columbia.
The steamship Humboldt, reported south
of Ketchikan June 17. with 39 passengers
and a cargo of fish, is duo tomorrow aft
ernoon here.
The steamship Thordis. sister ship to the
Norwegian steamship Transit, which left
for Nome under management of Schu
bach & Hamilton, was erroneously re
ported yesterday as the Transit returning.
The Thordis reached Vancouver today.
The steamship Bertha went on Quarter
master drydock this morning for over
hauling. The steamship Jefferson is due to sail
for Skagway and the Southeastern Alaska
route tomorrow morning. v
Forced to Pass Inspection.
PORT fOWXSKND.' Wash.. June 18.
(Special.) The British steamer Wllls
den, which reached Bellingham yester
day from British Columbia ports, was
refused entrance by the customs officials
for having neglected to come here for
quarantine inspection. An effort was
made to have some Bellingham physician
authorized to inspect the vessel, but this
failed. The Willsden arrived here this
morning and after 30 minutes consumed
In Inspection, returned to Bellingham to
begin taking lumber cargo for Australia. -
Raymond Shipyard Reopens.
RAYMOND, Wash., June 18. (Special.)
Mayor Little was today granted an
order by Judge Rice, of the Superior
Court, to complete the vessel now under
way at the -Dickie & ' Son shipyard, of
which he was made receiver last week,
and to finish all immediate business.
About 100 men were re-employed and
work at both mill and shipyard begun
this afternoon. Mayor Little stated that
the concern would be leased soon to an
Eastern firm.
Proclaim Mulnl Jin fid Sultan.
TANGIER. June 1!-Mu!al Hand has
been proclaimed Sultan of Tetuan. a sea
port 32 miles south ol here.
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-OREGONIAN
MEN WHO MAKE
A NATION LAUGH
Sidelights on American humor
ists, most of whom received their
training on newspapers and got
the Western point of view before
they developed.
FORTUNES FOR MEN
WITH FLYING MACHINES
America's chances decidedly the
best for winning $52,000 in prizes
offered bv the Michelins of Paris.
MAKING ARTIFICIAL
"PRECIOUS" STONES
Methods that are strictly scien
tific and others strictly fraudu
lent. Carbon from burning sugar
the basis of man-made diamonds.
DINNER-TIME ON THE FARM
Full-page illustration by a mem
ber of the Oregon Camera Club
which doesn't represent a coun
try dining-room. ,
EXAMINING MEN
FOR FOREST RANGERS
Applicants must show that they
cannot only ride, but pack" a horse
and know a lot about surveying,
law, timber and cattleraising.
EXCLUSIVELY IN
HUMOROUS VEIN
Emily Emmins' European
Sketches, The Hotel Clerk, Jim
Nasium, and the picturesque New
Yorker, Shorty McCabe.
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