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TILE METHODS AND RESULTS. . I
It probably " has been forgotten or
overlooked by most of those who have
taken note of the discussion about the
Oregon deposit law .(for insurance
companies) and the demand for Its re
peal, that this law belongs to the
series of acts Invented long ago, for
the purpose of making unconstitu
tional fees and emoluments for state
officials. It Is, in short, a part of the
self-same scheme of salary grab, re
called once more by the suit against
F. I. Dunbar, formerly Secretary of
the state, and now to be the subject of
a suit against Governor Chamberlain.
One of those great reform waves
which effect such wonderful transfor
mations rolled over Oregon in 1870-72.
Ex-Confederates had been coming into
the state in large numbers, during a
long period. They were all intense
partisan Democrats, and the eminent
leaders of ho party in this state had
been living In extremely exiguous cir
cumstances on the empty and innutri
tious husks of political exile for many
a year. To them the arrival of so
large a body of approved partisans,
sure to "vote the ticket," no matter
what excesses were committed by
those who directed the action of the
party, was a most happy circumstance.
Preceding administrations were, of
course, denounced as incompetent and
wasteful. There was immense need
of reform. So the Grover and Chad
wick administrations proceeded to
"organize the offices," and to find
means through invention of illegal and
unconstitutional expedients to make
them "more desirable," create new
ones and get more money for the t)ld
wheelhorses who had so long had poor
pickings on the arid heath.
This law, requiring heavy deposits
to be made by insurance companies
doing business in Oregon, was one of
a series of acts passed by the Legisla
ture In 1870, and approved by Gover
nor Grover, to get emoluments for
state officials in excess of the constitu
tional salaries. The Secretary Xi the
Slate was to get twenty-five dollars for
recording the certificate of deposit,
and ten dollars for license to each in
surance agent in the state, to be paid
yearly. The Treasurer of the State
was to receive ten dollars for filing
each certificate of deposit and keeping
It in the custody of the state, and one
eighth of 1 per cent per annum on all
amounts deposited in his charge.
The scheme was not originated to pro
tect those who pay for insurance, but
to get graft for public officials.
Stamps sold by the state were to be af
fixed to every policy, and the Secretary
was to convert to his own use or
emolument 5 per cent of the proceeds
of the sale. Provision . was made be
sides for "assistants," to do the work,
so the large additions to the "income"'
of the officials would be net profit. The
Governor was ''helped out" from time
to time, in various ways. A favorite
way was to make him a "commis
sioner" or "visitor" to something
pegs on which to hang additional
compensation. .
All these acts and many more of
the kind were characterized at the
time by The Oregonian as palpable
violations of the constitution. No pre
tense, indeed, was made that they
were constitutional. The files of The
Oregonian are full of the business,
which may be traced at every step by
protests through its columns. A
mighty good thing has been had by
state officials almost forty years. The
burden of the insurance companies,
which have been passed on to the peo
ple now with additions revives the
story. "Flat salaries" for the officials
of the state have now been substi
tuted, but they are as clearly without
constitutional validity as the expedi
ents of the old system.
When Mr. Chamberlain became a
candidate for Governor in 1902 he de
claimed in all his speeches throughout
the state against the unconstitutional
ity and excesses of the state official
system, and pledged himself, if elect
ed, to use all his efforts to enforce re
turn to constitutional methods. After
his election he took up the "flat sal
ary" scheme; which, however, in fact
is as directly against the constitution
as the other. But it failed to pass
than Via a e nil Vila nrfulAPGnnra
had done, and as all his associates in
state officialdom were still doing, con
tinued to take all he could get
through the usage or system. Final
ly a fiat salary scheme was enacted
into law not by change of the con
stitution, but by statute: and the Gov
ernor and other state officials still
"draw down" regularly salaries several
times as large as those to which they
are limited by the constitution.
These things may not be interest
ing very; but the debate that has
been sprung, on increase of insurance
rates and on repeal of the deposit law
has seemed to call for a reminder how
certain dextrous management by offi
cials, in their own interest, has long
"bamboozled" the general," in the
name of reform. The possibilities
of this word, in the hands of your
"vote-getter" and "friend of the peo
ple," are very great; beating in some
ways that incessant type of patriotism
which has been so pregnantly defined
as "the last refuge of a scoundrel."
So much for the nnliltcnl nnrl offi
cial graft. Now' for the other part
of it. For nearly forty years these
deposits have been exacted by the
state., and insurance companies have
lomplied. They paid the fees when
there was little business andTisks were
greater. Why do they try to exact
higher rates now? Of course it is
merely a steal. The Insurance trust
thinks it can exact the additional
tribute.
What the customers should do is to
reduce their policies and redouble
their vigilance against the occurrence
of fire. Between the trusts on one
side and political grafters on the
other, "the generality of mankind in
general" has a hard time of it.
.Meanwhile, though the boasted fiat
salary is in operation, the Governor
of Oregon- gets a salary as large and as
much in excess of the constitutional
limitation as he got before the reform
began. Some say more. Great is re
form; greater is humbug. But re
form and humbug get-the perquisites
and make the profits, and the people
steadily pay more.
IT HAS I.ITTI.F. SUPPORT.
Censure is applied to the makers of
the Chicago platform because they did
not demand elec tion of Senators of the
United States by direct vote of the
people: That is because the people
of the Eastern States, whose delegates
controlled the convention, are not dis
posed to accept the proposed change.
but prefer to adhere to the method es
tablished by the Constitution of the
United States. For ourselves, we
should like to see the Constitution
changed in this particular; for then
there would be a direct vote, under a
method accepted by all. But the peo
ple of neither the Eastern nor South
ern States show any real interest in
the proposition.
It is true that many state conven
tions have demanded it, and the Leg
islatures of several of the states have
adopted' resolutions calling for it. But
this action has been mostly . perfunc
tory. It is easier always to adopt a
resolution .or to sign a petition than
to refuse and debate It. v
Following this habit, the Denver
convention doubtless will adopt a reso
lution calling for direct election. But
that will be merely the device of an
opposition party, willing to adopt any
notion on which It might make appeal
against an adversary. The Southern
States, the heart and strength of the
party assembling at Denver, are no
friendly to the idea. Some of them
have their primary laws for nomina
tion of Senators, and for party vote on
Senators; but they have no intention
of taking the election away from the
Legislature. It is much the same with
Democrats and with Republicans, too,
in the Eastern and Middle States.
Therefore a resolution at Denver for
election of Senators by direct vote of
the people will signify nothing in fact.
It will be the political claptrap of a
party that merely wants something to
talk about which It never intends to
perform. It Is merely one of ten
thousand methods of "putting the op
position into -a hole."
THE IDLE RICH.
This Spring in his annual report
President Hadley, of Yale, uses forci
ble language. "The idle rich are a
curse to a college," he says, "just as
they are to a community. So are the
idle poor." An idle person is one who
habitually declines to work. Since
the rich and the poor taken together
Include pretty nearly everybody, it is
a fair inference from Dr. Hadley's re
mark that in his opinion any person
who does not work is a curse. It has
long been accepted as true that an idle
brain Is the devil's workshop if the
owner of the brain has not much
property, but it is a little startling to
learn that the same thing is true when
the owner is rich. The possession of
wealth Is commonly ' supposed to
render a person immune to many evils
which assail the souls of the indigent.
Thus, to give a poor man help when
he is in want pauperizes him, but to
bequeath a rich man two or three mil
lion dollars when he already has more
than he needs does not harm him in
the least. A glass of beer swallowed
in a saloon has a. deleterious effect
upon the morals of a workingman, but
it does not mar the spiritual perfec
tion of a rich man at all to sit through
the night at a banquet and swill cham
pagne. If idle people are a curse to the
community, why do we reward their
idleness with munificent salaries?
The bank clerk who handles enormous
sums of money daily, toiling at his
drudgery early and late, receives
twenty or thirty dollars a week, per
haps; while- the man who owns the
bank and who does nothing but draw
his dividends and spend them in Eu
rope or at Newport counts his returns
by the thousand per week. The man
who works is rewarded for his work
sometimes richly, sometimes niggard
ly; but the man who does nothing but
own property which he hires others
to use is sure not only of an income,
but of honor and glory as well. If the
Idle rich are a curse, as Dr. Hadley
says, why not contrive some way to
put an end to their idleness? There is
a common theory that they are not a
curse. It is often pointed out that
they keep money in circulation and
furnish employment to the industrious
by spending their unearned incomes;
but evidently Dr. Hadley has seen
through this shallow fallacy. He knows
that the superabundance which the
rich waste has been obtained by de
priving producers of the Just returns
from their toil. Merely to be kept at
work is of no advantage to a man.
The advantage comes from the prod
uct of his work, and if he systematic
ally loses that to some prodigal who
squanders it, he has no reason to be
grateful. If he could have had all
that belonged to him he need not have
worked either so hard or so long. He
might have had for recreation and
self-improvement some fraction of
that time which the rich idler spends
In his orgies. Dr. Hadley is right. The
idleness of the rich is not only a curse
but it is a more baleful curse than
the idleness of the poor.'
The idle poor can be made to work.
If they have no visible means of sup
port, the vagrancy laws will send them
to the rockpile. But the law as it
stands cannot reach the idle rich,
though their offense its incomparably
worse.- The poor man who does not
work simply starres or gets Into jail.
The rich idler debauches himself and
his parasites. He wastes the product
of dozens or hundreds of industrious
toilers and returns to society nothing
whatever except a bad example. The
wealth which is poured into the stom
achs and spread out on the backs of
the idle rich is utterly lost to the
world. Mind, we are talking about
those who do nothing but spend. An
.industrious man of wealth earns his
living as well as if he were poor, and
sometimes a great deal better. He
often gives a fair return for all he
consumes. But if the millionaire s
idle he Is a mere devastator. He is
like fire or flood, which consumes and
never produces. He does give employ
ment to workmen, but It Is exactly the
same sort of employment which an
earthquake gives. There is more than
one rich man in this country who
wastes as much wealth every year as a
great conflagration destroys. Truly
President Hadley put it mildly when
he said such men were a curse.
RAISING THE VALUATION".
From the fact that the assessed val
uation of the railroads has been raised
ir the State of Washington it does not
necessarily follow that their taxes will
be any higher. It would follow, ofl
course, if no other values had been in
creased, but the truth is that farm
land and timber have been treated like
the railroads in this respect. The val
uation of the railroads of the state
has been increased from $44,000,000
to $125,000,000, a change which looks
a little startling. At first glance one
is disposed to think that they have not
received a square deal." But consider
what has "happened1- to farm lands.
Tracts which were valued at $25 an
acre last year have this year been set
down at $60 by the Assessor. The
railroads have- been estimated at only
60 per cent of the value which they
themselves gave in for the purpose of
fixing rates, while much of the farm
land which Ja assessed at $60 per acre
will not sell for that price in the open
marl-fcet. It will be seen, therefore,
that, after all, the railroads have not
suffered injustice in comparison with
the farmers.
The increased valuation of the rail
roads is necessarily uniform through
out the state, and It is assumed that
the same is true of farms and timber.
In that case the result should not be
higher taxes for anybody, but a
lower levy. With a larger base for
taxation, the rate must be cut down
unless the state officials plunge into
reckless extravagance. Experience
has shown, however, that officials are
disposed to cling to the old rates in
levying taxes. The temptation to
wring as much money as possible from
the public is one which they cannot
resist. If the proceeds cannot be spent
legitimately, they seldom fail to dis
cover ways to spend them illegiti
mately. Washington may enjoy a
lower levy for a year or two, but
after that the public will probably be
entertained with the spectacle of the
rate creeping back toward the old fig
ure while the valuation remains as
high as ever, and everybody's taxes
will be doubled. This will give the
tax spenders occasion for rejoicing,
but who-else will be benefited?
A GREATER GRIEF.
One would be prone to decide that
the miseries of the trip from Vancou
ver to Portland by ferry and trolley
hardly admit of augmentation. And
yet they do. The awful shadow of the
approaching Fourth of July falls even
upon this horrible experience and
deepens its horror. Those who were
making the doleful pilgrimage the
other night relate that a half-drunken
miscreant in the crowd had already
begun to celebrate after the manner of
his kind. First he set off a bunch of
firecrackers among the women who
were wearily waiting for the delayed
trolley. After e had made these poor
creatures hop around to his delighted
satisfaction, he perched himself upon
an elevation and began throwing sin
gle crackers into the crowd, giggling
all the while at the antics of the
frightened women. -
This abominable wretch was thor
oughly typical of the man who cele
brates in the accepted modern fashion.
He cares nothing for the rights of
those around him. Their comfort he
despises. Of their misery he makes
merriment. If he can put out a boy's
eyes he gri'ns with joy. If he can ruin
a woman's gown he giggles in glee.
If he can make a horse run away he
fairly bursts with patriotic happiness.
What a queer people we are to cele
brate the day of independence with
noise, blood and slaughter. Can we
find no way to display our patriotism
except by making our neighbors mis
erable? Can we express pride in our
country only by acting like maniacs?
To what is all this degradation of
the Fourth of July to be attributed?
The answer is clear enough. We no
longer plan celebrations to express
pride in the Nation's greatness and
joy in our civic freedom. We plan
them to make money. It is the spirit
of commercialism that has debased
the day of independence and made it a
season of horror, a time of universal
wounds and slaughter. Can there not
be one day in the whole year when
money-making may be forgotten?
'THE CROP IS MOVING.
' There have been but few seasons in
recent years when the beginning of the
crop movement was awaited with
more interest than at the present
time. New wheat in small quantities
has been trickling into the markets of
the Southwest for nearly a month, but
it will be at least another month be
fore the movement is under full head
way. The marketing of this crop,
which now gives excellent prospect of
being a large one, will be the signal
for an easing of the financial strain
that has been so much In evidence
since the panic of last .Fall. Natur
ally the person most directly interest
ed in the crop is the grower, and it is
with him that the easing of the strain
is first noticeable. The money he re
ceives for his wheat is distributed
among a large number of people en
gaged in Industries directly and indi
rectly dependent on the prosperity of
the farmer. But the crop movement
also has a powerful effect on all other
lines of business, for, as soon as it
leaves the hands of the grower, it is
turned over to the mills to be manu
factured into flour and to the railroads
for shipment.
These roads have for many months
been burdened with thousands of idle
cars and locomotives, and the monthly
showing of earnings has been so un
satisfactory that investors have been
nervous and more than ever inclined
to practice retrenchment in every di
rection. The miles of idle equipment
which has been waiting the crop move
ment has also represented a vast
amount of labor for which there has
been a very poor market since the
crisis of last Fall. Now all will
change, for the coming of the crop
will take the idle cars from the side
tracks, will supply employment Xor
thousands of railroad men, and will
soon be reflected in increased railroad
earnings and general improvement In
all lines of business. W'hat is true of
the country as a whole applies with
equal force to the Pacific Northwest,
although this season there will be a
smaller crop than last year.
In 1907 the Pacific Northwest was
the only portion of the United States
that was favored with an exceptionally
good wheat crop, and the high prices
at which it was marketed were largely
due to the poor crop and limited sup
ply of wheat east of the Rocky Moun
tains. While the crop in Oregon,
Wrashington and Idaho this year will
be smaller than last year, it still prom
ises to be of sufficient size to place in
circulation in this territory upwards of
$40,000,000. The price may be af
fected by the big crop now promised
in the East, but, taking the country as
a whole, and especially in connection
with all of our industries, it is to our
advantage to have good crops and
good times in the East as well as on
the Pacific Coast. The lumber busi
ness, which has remained stagnant for
a long time, will revive as soon as the
farmers of the Middle West have
turned their big crops into money and
are in a position to buy more freely
than they w-ere during the poor-crop
period of last year.
The crop movement is coming on
under brighter auspices than last year,
although the storm had not broken
when the 1907 movement began. This
year there is an easy money market
and there will accordingly be no such
expense attached to financing the crop
as there was a year ago. The wild
speculation in securities of all kinds
has vanished, and it will not return.
The coming National election may
cause more conservatism in some lines
than would ordinarily be the case, but
with the positive knowledge of the
availability of such vast wealth as the
cropsof 1908 will show, there can be
no occasion for further worry over
the outcome. The crop is moving
and everything else will move upward
with It.
A Japanese-built steamship has just
broken the record Jetween San Fran
cisco and the Orient. The time of.tho
new flyer is much slower than that of
the old Empress liners running out of
Vancouver, but it was an exceptionally
good performance, and the Japanese
are entitled to credit for it. The Inci
dent will probably start afresh the old
cry for a ship subsidy, in order that
we may do as the Japanese are doing.
This argument loses some of its merit
when it is remembered that the Jap
anese shipyards, where new vessels are
now beiig turned out, came into exist
ence for the purpose of rebuilding and
repairing the big fleets of foreign ships
bought from foreigners, or seized as
war prizes. Whenever American citi
zens secure the right to buy ships in
the world's markets, as the Japanese
are permitted to do, there will be
plenty of shipyards built to take care
of them, and new construction will fol-
law automatically.-
The marvelous recuperative power
of the New York financial institutions
Mhich went down before the storm of
last October is shown in the statement
that nearly all of them have reopened
and are paying off depositors more
rapidity than agreed on or expected.
The Knickerbocker Trust Company,
the largest of the suspended institu
tions, has already made payments
which under the reorganization plan
were not due until September, and
other large banks have already paid
from 25 per cent to 5"0 per cent. The
lesson of those failures will remain
long after the final settlement has
been made If there is no weakening in
the present powers of recovery. For
tunately for the country, other unfor
tunate institutions throughout the
country are also making rapid strides
toward complete solvency:
More than 21,000 laborers were en
gaged on the Panama Canal in May.
With an industrial army of such pro
portions, ably directed, it is small won
der that great progress is being made
on the big ditch. Had France used
American methods for making the
isthmus a comparatively healthy place
of residence, the history of the Pan
arrfa Canal might have been less in
teresting to Americans. The United
States, by its treatment of the men and
the results accomplished, has demon
strated that good, healthy surround
ings and good management are pow
erful factors in the accomplishment of
the greatest industrial undertaking of
the age.
One moreood missionary Rev. G.
W. Fulton comes back from Japan,
saying that the Japanese are fairly
bubbling over with good will for us.
Undoubtedly. They have a lovely way
olfchowing It, too. But we could re
ciprocate their assurances of amity
with a much easier and more Chris
tian feeling if the fleet were to remain
in the Pacific and keep Its powder dry.
If Our George should be nominated
for Vice-President and should be
elected in November, the Statement
Number Oners would, doubtless go
ahead and elect him Senator, too.
That makes three jobs for one man at
one time, but not too many " for
George, of course. 1 -
Perhaps Mr. Bryan didn't think of
it before, but it may occur to him
some day that the Chicago platform
wasn't exactly framed with the idea
of suiting him. It is big enough job
for one man to write the platform of
his own party, with or without an
invitation.
The Seattle Japanese are going to
take their children out of the public
schools there, and set up schools of
their own. They don't like the Seattle
methods of education. Seattle will be
willing to let the Japanese withdraw
from everything but the census re
turns. "John Mitchell should be nominated
for Vice-President," says an Indiana
delegate to Denver, "to prove that the
Democratic party is the true friend of
labor." Also to prove that the Demo
cratic party is bidding high for the
votes of labor.
The Oregon Democratic delegation
to Denver is going to take along a
large bunch of disinterested and en
lightened citizens to boost for Bryan
and incidentally to be on hand in case
any one inadvertently blows out the
gas.
Judge Galloway is going to Denver,
"but," says the Judge, "my visit is not
political." He's going to Denver just
to keep away from all politics and
politicians.
The weather prophet declared that
yesterday would be cooler than Mon
day. We all noticed it. But who
would make prophecy a cinch game?
Now wouldn't a prohibition plank in
a Democratic National platform ere
ate a lot of enthusiasm in the ran'k
and file of the Democratic party?
MR. EATON OFFERS A STATEMENT
Be Follows the People" and Has No
Pari .
EUGENE Or.,' June 29. (To the Edi
tor.) In one of your editorials of June
26 you say. "Caught in the sticky fly
paper of Statement No. 1. A. H. Eaton,
of Lane County, who was elected on the
statement, acknowledges his plight, but
admits he 'can't get loose," and further
on. "he has allowed the strap game
artists to bunco him, and he now con
fesses that he is helpless."
The editorial so thoroughly misunder
stands what I said and what I believe
that I do not feel it should go by unnoticed.
It is true that I was disappointed that
the people of Oregon, assisted, as I be
lieve, by the attitude of The Oregonian,
gave Mr. Chamberlain a majority vote
over Mr. Cake, thus indicating their
choice for United States Senator. But I
understood the meaning of Statement
No.
1 wnen I sixrned it. and had I
known in advance that Mr. Chamber
lain would receive the highest number
of votes at the general election, I would
have signed it just the same. I took
the pledge knowing that it might de
feat me in the primaries, but I preferred
to be defeated on the pledge rather
than to be elected without it. I took
the pledge two years ago, when It was
"alright," and I took it this time be
cause I believe in the people electing
their United States Senator, and State
ment No. 1 is the pledge that will make
that result certain, and it is the only
thing yet devised which has accom
plished that result in Oregon.
The Oregonian doesn't care to have
me give the details showing that it is
the only pledge that insures this re
sult because The Oregonian don't be
lieve in this kind of a result for rea
sons which It and the public quite gen
erally understand. But it must be ap
parent to The Oregonian that State
ment No. 1 is the thing that will insure
the choice of the next Senator without
more than 15 or 20 minutes' loss to the
Legislature, beside relieving the people
of the state (anfl incidentally the edi
tor of The Oregonian) of any uneasi
ness as to the outcome.
But the exception I take to The Ore
gonian's article Is. that it seems to wish
its readers to understand that those
men who took Statement No. 1 were led
into a trap from which they now would
like to be released. Such statements
indicate that The Oregonian either don't
or won't understand the men who dif
fer with it on the Senatorial pledge.
Yours very truly, ALLEN H. EATON.
The Oregonian understands them per
fectly. They are men who have no de
finable politics no political principles.
They have no hold on or conception of
one general system of politics or an
other. To them everything in politics
is an Incomprehensible Juggle. The
I man who believes anything in politics
may re Deaten, But never is fooled by the
method. Does Mr. Eaton think Oregon
a "Democratic state? If he doesn't, it
should be perfectly clear to him that
Mr. Chamberlain is not the choice of
tne people of Oregon for Senator. If
Mr. Eaton intends to maintain any kind
of political rectitude, the only way he
can do it is to prepare himself by vot
ing for Bryan to vote for Chamberlain.
ino man can Juggle with nolitics
he is doing and maintain anv
kind of position of trust or confidence
in either party. It may be that Mr.
.baton would not like to be "released
from the trap." But that is because he
thinks it all the same whether one
party is in the ascendant or another.
Mr. Eaton repeats the Jargon about
the belief that the people are to elect
United States Senators." Parties are
to elect United States Senators, Just as
they elect Presidents and members of
the House of Representatives. A Juggle
that buncoes a lot of people, as "state
ment Republicans" In Oregon were bun
coed, will never become the law of the
United States, nor long: be the rule in
Oregon under any party.
GROWING SCARCITY OF WOOD PULP
Wild Hemp and Corn Stalks as Substl
tutes In Making; Paper.
Indianapolis News.
The paper trust retains its grip, and Is
unafraid of the Commission that wa rv
pointed to sit and extracted to dn tinthlni-
It is far more likely that science, rather
than Congress, will come to the relief of
puDllshers.
Recognizing that the forests of the
United States are still able for a few
years only to furnish materials for paper
pulp, and foreseeing an early scarcity of
wood pulp, scientists have made experi
mental tests to determine the availability
of a substitute. The possible sources of
fiber that may be used in manufacturing
paper (in addition to those now commonly
employed) are, as enumerated by the
forest service at Washington, D. C: Wild
nemp, growing in quantities in the South
west, particularly along the Colorado
River; untold millions of tons of corn
stalks that now go to waste or are
burned in the fields; cotton stalks, 13,000,
000 tons of which annually are plowed
under or Durned in Southern cotton fields
a million and a half tons of flax stalks
that remain after twinemakers take all
they want; five hundred thousand tons of
fiber that adheres to cotton seed and that
is fed along with the seed to like stock,
depreciating the value of the seed.
All these materials are now wasting ex
cept that a small percentage of them
goes back into the soil as fertilizers. All
are believed to be available materials for
paper-making, but final tests showing
practicability have not yet been made. A
machine has been invented to separate
the lint from the cotton seed, and paper-
makers believe they can use the lint. The
nax staiKs it nas Deen demonstrated,
make excellent paper. Corn stalks, cotton
stalks and wild hemp yield a fine fiber,
and tests on a small scale indicate that
paper can be made from these.
The inventive genius of man is one of
the things that distinguishes him from
the rest of animal Kind, uive mm light,
heat, air and the raw materials and he
will provide for himself. On this principle
we presume that a paper supply will
always be found. But this is only
consolation, and is not a justification for
the criminal waste of the materials now
In use. in making paper.
Newport Plutocrats Get Walking; Fad.
Newnort (R. I.) Cor. New York Times
Early rising and retiring, with plenty
of exercise, are what the women of the
cottage, colony are engaging in this
season. As soon as a new arrival Is
settled her friends call and advise
ODen-air exercise.
The Misses Mildred and Irene Sher
man. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam Watts Sherman, and Mrs. John C.
Mallery started the healthful fad which
has grown into a general practice, so
that morning and afternoon one sees
the Misses Sherman, Mrs. Mallery, Mrs,
Joseph Harrlrr.an. Mrs. Philip M. Ly
dig. Mrs. Barger-Wallach, Mrs. Elsia
French Vanderbilt. Mrs. Edwin C. Post,
Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Jr., and many
others walking long distances, some
being attended by their dogs.
A dozen canoes have arrived at Bai
ley's Beach for the use of the younger
set. who swim alongside ana push
them out beyond, the life rafts. Then,
mounting them, they wait tor a big
billow to sweep toward the beach, and
riding these well, the canoe- shoots
upon the sand. This sport gives plenty
of fun to the younger set.
Popularity in Pendleton,
Weston Leader.
It begins to look as though no citizen
of Pendleton will possess much standing
unless indicted by the United States
grand Jury through the courtesy of his
former townsman, John aid.our'
PRIZES FOR DEEDS OF HUMANITY
All for Persons Wbo Protect Children
and Beasts From Suffering.
The American Humane Association, of
Albany, N. Y., is authorized to offer
prizes, open to universal competition, sub
ject to" the following conditions:
First Claims for prizes or diplomas
shall be presented by mail, or in person.
to the secretary of the association before
October K, each year.
Second Applications must be In writing
and accompanied by full statements of
facts in case, with Droof of merit and
authenticity, supported by sworn and
competent evidence covering the case.-
inira ssays presented in competition
shall be signed only with a nom-de-plume
ana snau not exniDit the name of the
author, vililch shall be enclosed in a
sealed envelope, accompanying the manu
script, and containing on the outside of
the envelope the nom-de-plume and ad
dress -of the writer.
Fourth Wherever possible claims for
medals or diplomas should be presented
through the anti-cruelty society located
nearest to the candidate.
The Angell Gold Medals Two gold
medals will -be awarded annually, should
claims of candidates adjudged worthy of
recognition be presented. One medal shall
re known as "the George T. Angell Na
tional gold medal for animal protection.
The other medal shall be known as "the
George T. Angell humane education gold
medal," and shall be given to the person
who shall be deemed to have most
advanced the cause of humane education.
The Stillman Gold Medal One gold
medal, offered annually, to ba known as
the William O. Stillman child protection
gold medal, will be awarded to the per
son deemed most Worthy, because of dis
tinguished services to the cause of hu
manity, in promoting the protection or
rescue of children from physical or moral
degradation and suffering.
The Moulton Gold Medal One gold
medal is offered annually to be known as
the Frances A. Moulton gold medal.
and will be awarded to the person who
shall 'be deemed to have performed the
greatest act of kindness to horses
does.
The Fiske Gold Medal One gold medal
Is offered annually to be known as "the
Minnie Maddern Flske gold medal for the
protection of live stock, and will be
awarded to the person who shall write
the most useful essay of not more than
3000 words on the most effective means to
be employed to prevent the suffering of
live stock on the Western ranges ol tne
United States and in transportation.
The Sprague Gold Prize One very valu
able Bold watch is offered by Mrs. C. H.
Sprague, of Washington, D. C, to be
awarded to the person who shall write
the best essay of not more than 3000, or
less than 1500 words, on "Humane luluca
tion:- Its Value and How Best to Fro
mote It."
Diplomas of Honor The American Hu
mane Association win awara aipiunma
of honor," to persons performing deeds of
great humanity to either children or ani
mals when demed wortny oi sucn rec-
nimition but only when claims lor tne
same are presented strictly in accordance
with the terms announced nerewun.
The American Humane Association re
serves the right to reject the claims of all
pftndidates rot deemed wortny oi recngni
firm hut earnestly invites the presentation
of applications in behalf of persons wno
are thoroughly deserving ana meritorious,
and who come within tne terms ana cun
dltlrmfs specified in this announcement.
All correspondence should be addressed to
NATHANIEL J. WAL.tvi.rt, oecremrj.
The American Humane Ansutiauuii,
Albany, N. Y.
THE STATE OF MIND.
You See In This Business "I renisrn
Gone to Seed.
Salem Statesman.
You have the law in these words:
. . . , . , v. o Qtnta
tse it ena,ciea ay me 1"""7 - -" c,t
of Oregon: That we, the people of the State
of Oregon, hereby Instruct our Legislative
Assembly, as such officers, to vote for ana
elect the candidates for United Slates Sen-
. i . . - l. .. ..ui.r, th hlfrhest
ator irom mis siaie , ., "
number of votes at our general elections.
When this law is read carefully It
will be seen that it is "urenism" gone to
seed. It instructs the members of the
Tjirislature to "vote for and elect tne
candidates for United States Senator
i - i u uitrhao wumKo-r rtf votes"
wno rewuo uic iui,,iMi. ... .
at the general election. Chamberlain and
Cake recelvea tne nignesi uumu-ei u,
votes shall both be elected? However,
V. Otatamant "Vrt 1 chaPS are ail Tight '
it's the other fellows who. are in a "state
of mind" over the dilemma wmcn con
fronts them.
A Side Light on History
Chicago Tribune.
William Tell had Just shot the apple off
his son's head.
"Now, boy." he said, "hustle around
with your tin cup and work the crowd.
We ain't running this Wild West show
for nothing."
The result of the collection, however,
was disappointing, and subsequently he
satisfied his grouch by shooting his press
agent, a man of the name of Gessler.
Still, Dividends Are Whittled.
Boston Herald.
As the platform complacently remarks,
the people now hail with confidence the
signs now manifest of a complete res
toration of business prosperity in all lines
of trade, commerce and manufacture.
But dividends are still being whittled
down to temper the Joyfulness,
American of Scotch-Irish Ancestry.
PORTLAND, June 25. (To the Editor.)
Is William J. Bryan an Irishman, an
Irish descendant or an American? J. B.
SPEAKING OF
JOHN D. TELLS HIS LIFE STORY
Oil Kins In Masraslne Articles Defends
Rebates and Rival-Crushing;.
New York Special to Chicago Tribune.
John D. Rockefeller is writing a series
of autobiographical sketches of hie life
and business Interests which, as he will
state in his introduction to the published
work, is designed "to shed light on mat
ters that have been somewhat discussed."
The World's Work, which is to publish
this scries, makes an editorial announce
ment of the scope and character of Mr.
Rockefeller's contribution to contempo
raneous biography in its July number.
Some Random Reminiscences of Men
and Events" is the title of Mr. Rocke
fellers forthcoming autonioerapny. it
will begin in the October number of . the
magazine and run for six issues.
' 'I have come to see, his hrst article
will say in the introduction, 'that. if my
family and friends want a record of tne
things which may shed light on matters
that have been somewhat discussed, it
is right that 1 should yield to their ad
vice, and in this informal way go over
again some of the events which have
made life interesting to me." "
Mr. Rockefeller will discuss his knowl-
eri-ze nnri nrtnreoin tlnn rf erlf And of
travel, as well as what he thinks of the
Standard Oil Company as a model of
executive perfection.
In the opening chapters Mr. Rockefeller
will tell of the first hazards that' sur
round ventures Into the oil trade and re
count the history of the first amalgama
tions of the oil refineries into what has
become the Standard Company.
In writing of the latter phase of the
Standard's business and the long strug
gle between the company and the courts
the retired head of the trust will discuss
frankly the question of rebating, the
ethics of forcing smaller competitors out
of business, ar.d the principles of rail
road control and economy of energy and
materials.
On the subject of philanthropy he will
expound his ideas about giving effectively,
and set forth his standards for efficient
charity.
The author of the reminiscences will not
omit some of his personal foibles. He
will tell why he takes pleasure in road
building, surveying, tree planting, and
golf.
The latter sport he believes to be a
great training in the moral law.
Bryan's Crltlrlsma.
New York Evening Post.
If the Republican platform was in
tended to please Mr. Bryan, it is a sad
failure. He has already begun to cata
logue, in his familiar sermonic style, its
seven "retreats." its five sins of omis
sion, and its thirteen sins of commis
sion. What he has to say of the anti
injunction plank is much to the point.
As he affirms, it was plainly intended
as a sop to the labor vote, yet was so
clumsily constructed its framcrs, of
course, though they were exceedingly
artful that labor will none of it. Gom
pers has already dubbed It "the pro-ln- !
Junction .plank." Thus may It be with
all attempts to truckle to the labor !
vote. In Bryan's other comments upon j
the platform, however, we get a fore-'
taste of his plan of campaign, and a
most fatuous one it Is. He would pose 1
as the real heir of President Roosevelt,
and the one man to carry out his poli-
cles. This is to make a double mistake. -If
there is any chance of Democratic,
success, it lies in the possibility that!
the cotrhtry may be weary of Roosevelt
and all his works. But If not, and If it 1
wants more Rooseveltlsm, then it is ;
certain to take Roosevelt's word for it
that Taft is the man. On either hy- '
pothesis, Bryan blunders. But he has
a great talent that way.
Settle Difference Abont Platform.
Cottage Grove Leader.
Just now thjs platform adopted by the
Republicans in their Chicago convention,
is the subject for much discussion. The
platform is of little importance. The
history of parties and the attitude of
parties in relation to current affairs, as
conceived in the general mind, is the
actual platform, no matter what the con
vention 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 convention.
Other additions or omissions would cut
little figure with Mr. Taft should Jae be
elected, as his principles and policies
have been' pretty well established and
defined and would be put into exeautlon
as far as possible whether they are in
cluded in the "platform" or not.
Class Exclusion at Baltimore, Md. ,
New York Sun. j
To the Editor In a prominent posi- j
tion on the monkey cage in Druid Hill I
park, Baltimore, Md., there is a sign
whfnh renrls-
: None But Park Officials Admitted. :
Why this exclusiveness?
MARCO POLO, JR-
Gets His 20 Cents After Forty Years.
Dayton Letter to Columtnis Dispatch.
William Young, a Civil War veteran.
nas receiveu at trie soiuiers nome, a.
check for 20 cents' from the Treasury
Department, the amount of change dud
him when, 40 years ago, he purchased'
5 cents' worth of paper and received
no change when he tendered a quarter"-!
in payment therefor.
Ever since the war the Government
has been searching for him and finally
found him at the Dayton home.
PLATFORMS
From ths New York Mall.