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PORTLAND. MONDAY. SEPT. IS. 1S0S.
IT 13 CXAP-TBAP IVEKT TIME.
' Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, has
been holding up the financial ability
and banking: achievement of his state
; as a model for all the rest. It U much
; as If Buffalo Bill were to tour the
country as an exponent of the eclectic
and sympathetic philosophy. When
1 you wish to learn about banking, in
' theory or practioe, you may look in on
London, Paris, Berlin and New York,
' ' but you will not go to Oklahoma not
J for that purpose. Yet it is an inter
esting cowboy, Indian and wild-cat
. ; state lying between Texas and Ar-
; Kansas; in the old phrase half horse
" ' and half alligator, with the cross of an
. earthquake; but the world will not sit
at the feet ot Oklahoma, to learn tha
principles of money, finance and banlc
; , ing. -The w'll of the people" .if Ok
' lahoma douDtless is good for Okla-
hnma; or will be, till all finance and
banking and business there shall go
into the pit together. But the banks
of the country, and they wiij use the
'. banks, will stlli beg to be excuse-J.
; . Taft, in his speech at Minn.Mp:lis
on Saturday, touched to the quick the
! ', fallacy of the guaranty plan, and
J showed, moreover, why it was impo.-
sible it ever should be adopted. The
J', statement is of considerable length,
' and should be read in full. It was
? printed yesterday. The capital objec-
tlon is that it will make good banking
J stand as security for bad. This would
afreet not only banks that are carefully
I conducted, but their depositors and
J customers in general. It is the plan
of a party which, under its present
leadership, must have something that
offers a short cut to 'reform.' at the
', cost of the honest and industrious peo-
.' pie of the country. The guaranty, be
it observed, is to be supported by a
a tax on each bank in proportion to its
; deposits, the proceeds to constitute a
fund from which the depositors of any
; failing bank are to be paid; and people
willing to take chances for big profits
- will deposit with banks that offer great
, returns assured by the guaranty
i against personal loss. It is a complete
J Invention for promotion of Irresponsi
J ble banking, and of compelling con-
servative banking to pay for It. As
'. turned success of the scheme in Okla
J ' homa is deceptive. It is a Juggle of
finance and hanking, absolutely sure to
! collapse; arid when the collapse shall
come. It will carry the state funds
with it. which are used to full extent
; in promotion of the scheme. It Is
'maverick' banking. Nor will it pre-
vent panics. "A panic is not stayed
', . by the promise that the money will be
; forthcoming. It can only be stayed
by production of the money itself."
The system offered in lieu of this
doubtful and dangerous scheme is the
postal savings bank. Strictly under
control of the Government, it will offer
a sure and safe Investment for
money, at the rate of interest
the Government pays on its bonds.
! It may become the means of
supporting the National debt, and
' of distributing widely the interest paid
upon it. Nor would it destroy private
banks, that "pay a higher rate of inter
est and confer privileges on their de
positors which it would be impossible
' to grant under a Government system.
Good, clean and safe banking must
'. be kept free from Irregular and lrre
sponsible banking, and should not be
expected to carry it. Nor can It be
I compelled to do so. But it may be em
barrassed very much and subjected to
." burdens and losses, hard to be borne.
But the burden really will fall upon
t the settled and legitimate business of
the country, through which the losses
of reckless and speculative banking
would be made good. Besides, the ar
gument for bank guaranty is addressed
largely to those who have no bank ac
counts, but have votes, which every
appeal of the kind Is expected to at
tract to needy candidates the candi
dates of a party uncommonly in need
; of material this year. The country
will do well not to follow Mr. Bryan or
Oklahoma in any matter of money,
finance or business. A short time ago
' the one need was free coinage of sil
'. ver. Now it is guarantee of bank de
; posits. Some clap-trap, every time.
J POFTTNG THE XON-P ARTISAN MASK.
Behold celebrated local Democrats,
! who have been posing as non-partisans
; and denouncing party politics as cor-
rupt and enslaving this for the pur
pose of breaking down Republican
: sentiment In Oregon now moving
heaven and earth for their own party
', and election of Bryan. Why have they
J turned so Intensely partisan? Why
have they thrown to the winds the pre
J ' cepts they have been teaching Repub
licans of non-partisanship and lnde-
1 pendent voting, of "no-collar" politics
! and ballot liberty? Why have they
rushed forward to snatch the conduct
! of Democratic party affairs away from
! ; men who have been steadfast Demo-
; crats and deaf to their no-party har-
angues?
I Last week Democrats were startled
' to hear that a committee of non-par-l
- tlsans had returned to the party and
constituted themselves a finance com
; mlttee. for the purpose of raising
. funds for Bryan. The patriots com
! ' posing the committee are the follow
ing: Jefferson Myers. J. N. Teal and C.
' ' S. Jackson, of PortlandBC J. Smith,
of Pendleton, and W. M. Kiser, of Sa-
; lem. These men have been striving
long for emancipation from party.
Time and again they have lured Re
publicans into electing to offices Dem
ocrats disguised as non-partisans.
Each time, these patriots hid their own
partisanship so that gullible Repub
licans could not see It. Now, at last, is
the juncture for them to 'bring their
true politics out Into the open. But
why is now the time? Why cannot
the old guard of the Democratic party
that led in 1900 and in 1896, be trust
ed to lead again?
Is It because the non-partisan bunch
think they at last see a chance to win
in the November party election? In
that event some Democrats in Oregon
will be turned into big men. They will
dispense big wedges of patronage pie
and be regarded in National politics as
the chiefs of this State. Feeling hope
ful of Bryan's success, it is Indeed op
portune for the patriots to get first
in line. As for the old faithfuls who
will be crowded out, they have be
come used to living on wind pudding.
A FABRICATION.
It is admitted by Broughton Bran
d en berg-, syndicate writer and pro
moter, that the article furnished by
him to the New 'York Times and sev
eral other newspapers, purporting to
have been written by Grover Cleve
land, "was not written nor dictated by
Mr. Cleveland as it appeared In print."
But Mr. Hastings, Cleveland's ex
ecutor, unhesitatingly pronounced it
genuine, and no one questioned It till
a short time ago. Doubts as to Its gen
uineness appear to have been started
by Mr. Watterson, and since then
every part of the production has been
subjected to close analysis. -
What seems to be the truth Is this:
The article was written by some one
whose name is not yet disclosed, after
.private conversations with Mr. Cleve
land; for Cleveland's thought, method
and expression are clearly manifest in
it. But there was much elaboration
by the writer, and many things were
attributed to Mr. Cleveland which he
Tlid not say, and such things as he did
say, or may have said, were given a
color very different from that in which
he would have presented them. The
article, therefore, is a forgery, but an
exceedingly clever one the more
clever because it Is so close an imita
tion of Mr. Cleveland's well-known
manner and style. In it there is much
of Cleveland, and the resemblance to
his characteristic and customary work
is so close that it misled excellent
judges.
The Oregonian used two or three
short extracts from the article, with
out a doubt of Its genuineness; and it
was so received and treated by most
of the newspapers of the country. The
warrant appeared both in the senti
ment and in the style.
A NON-PARTISAN CAMPAIGN?
Hammer and tongs Roosevelt and
Bryan are at it. 'Twere well for others
to keep at a distance from the wind of
such commotion. Let the protagonists
hae it out. They can settle the "is
sues" and decide the campaign. It re
minds one of the single-handed con
tests of Homeric battles. Now one
heaves a great stone, now the other,
and winged arrows leap from the
string. It's an alright fight alright.
Taft toils in another part of the field.
Bryan insists that the President of
the United States ought to devote him
self unselfishly to his country's welfare
and not mingle in a political contest.
But participation in the present con
test Roosevelt interprets as devotion to
his country's welfare; and they know
very little of Bryan who don't know
that if he should be elected he will not
be non-partisan either, but will use all
the power of the office to elect as his
successor the candidate who may be
presented In the name of his party. On
a great scale ho will be the kind of a
"non-partisan" that our Governor is
on a small scale.
Besides, it is quite as objectionable
for candidates to go out and contend
for the Presidency, In the name of
party or otherwise, as it is for the man
who, for the time occupies the office.
to use his efforts for the election of a
successor representing the party to
which he adheres or belongs. No man
In office, whether of one party or
another, refuses to help his party or
thinks that unselfish devotion to his
country's welfare requires him to re
fuse to do so. Shall we be able to keep
our "non-partisan" Governor off the
platform for Bryan? Not all the king's
horses and all the king s men can
do it.
WHAT IS GOOD LIVING?
What constitutes a good living de
pends upon reasonable wants, and
these. In turn, vary with circum
stances. The mental attitude .of the
community, as well as that of the in
dividual, has Its influence In deter
mining what a man or family shall
need In order to live comfortably and.
If the word may be used, respectably.
During the Summer months hundreds
of families lived out In the
mountains in tents or in shacks, cook
ing their meals by camp fires and
wearing old clothes. Many a letter to
the folks at home described the sit
uation as very comfortable. But simi
lar habitations and similar clothing
would be unbearable when the outing
parties have returned to the city.
Half-baked bread, a kettle of beans,
some bacon and a cup of coffee make
a most enjoyable meal out in the for
est, but such provisions would be
pretty conclusive evidence of hard
times in the city.
These comparisons apply as well
under other circumstances than those
Incident to a Summer outing. To live
decently In the city the average fam
ily must have a house of six to eight
rooms, with all modern conveniences.
Expensive clothing must be purchased
and must be discarded as soon as it
becomes a little worn or out of style.
Custom forbids the city fainily to
practice many little economies that
would detract nothing from the en
joyment of life. But if this same fam
ily moves to a farm a much smaller
house will suffice and the conven
iences need not be very modern. Less
expensive furniture serves satisfactor
ily, a 12 suit of overalls ana jumper
make good apparel for any male
member of the family, and dresses
for the other side of the ho.use need
not be expensive nor need they be
discarded every time the styles vary.
There are no water, gas or electric
light bills to pay. Most of the eatables
are produced on the ranch, and many
of those purchased In town are paid
for "In trade." The family lives on
one-half or even one-third of the
money required in the city, and not
only enjoys life as much as before,
but stands as well In the estimation of
old friends and new. Changed cir
cumstances and surroundings have
diminished wants and set a new
standard of living without in. any way
diminishing the power of enjoyment.
The city laborer, accustomed to
wages of $2 a day and up, cannot
Imagine how a family can live la the
country on $30 to $50 a month, with
innumerable things "furnished. As
a matter of fact, the farm laborer, as
a rule, lives better than his city
cousin, enjoys better health and saves
more money. The Homeseekenf As.
sociation of Chicago has had consid
erable experience in sending city fam
ilies to the country, and it is the al-
most Invariable rule that the family
thus sent out finds its condition lm
proved and: has no desire to return to
town.
Life on a farm Is not one of Idle
ness nor yet of unremitting hard la-
bor. In fact, farm work is not, on
the average, more laborious than
work In the city, for modern farm
machinery has made muscle less es
sential. The farm worker goes to bed
Instead of to the theater or the grog
shop in the evening, an A his dreams
are as enjoyable as moving picture
shows, and his nightmares less tern
fying than the imaginary reptiles pro
duced by bad whisky.
THEIR RECOMMENDATION NOT SOUND.
The county superintendents of this
state recently adopted resolutions
urging upon the Legislature a number
of proposed laws designed to promote
the welfare of the 'educational sys
tem of the state Doubtless the Super
intendents discussed the various sub
jects before them In a very serious.
and, in their opinion, very thorough
manner. There is no doubt In their
minds that their conclusions are based
upon good reason, and, if the Legis
lature should fall to follow their rec
ommendations, then they will be con
vinced that legislators are either
stupid or disloyal to the public schools.
or both. It is well for the County
Superintendents to come together
every year or once In two years and
to talk over educational affairs and
adopt resolutions. Superintendent
Ackerman deserves credit for calling
them to meet In conference. It is
worth while to know their opinions
upon public school problems and it Is
quite likely beneficial to them indi
vidually to exchange views collectively.
But it is not to be assumed that, be
cause these very dignified gentlemen
are at the head of the educational
affairs of their several counties, their
conclusions as to policies in public
school management are always cor
rect. If there is to be a presumption
at all it should be rather the reverse.
for in any line of work those who are
actively and continuously engaged in
an occupation or calling come to look
at every phase of their work from a
prejudiced standpoint. We do not
look to lawyers for reformation of our
system of Jurisprudence. Doctors of
the old school give up erroneous ideas
only when driven to do so by the loss
of patients or 'by the pressure of new
schools of medicine. The laity accept
new ideas in religion long before the
clergy will give assent. However im
portant it may be, therefore, to have
the opinions of the School Superin
tendents or of teachers upon school
problems, they are no more to be fol
lowed blindly than are lawyers, doc
tors or preachers. It is well to hear
what they have to say but do a little
thinking on our own account.
One of the most important recom
mendations made by the Superintend
, ents was that for temporary purposes
'a portion of the funds now raised by
indirect taxation be turned into the
school fund, that receipts from the
leasing of water rights be turned into
the school fund, and that similar dis
position be made of the receipts from
the inheritance tax. In other words.
the Superintendents wish to establish
the policy of turning practically all
the receipts from indirect taxation Into
the funds for maintenance of the pub
lic schools.
Criticism of this plan need not im
ply antagonism toward the public
schools nor a disposition to be nig.
gardly in their support. If It be as
sumed, as the -Superintendents evi
dently believe, that the money avail
able for public school purposes is now
insufficient, it does not follow that
additional funds should be secured in
the manner they propose. The state
has many institutions to maintain be
sides its public schools. It is not es
sentlal for the support of any one of
them that the money therefor be
raised in any particular way. The
state should arrange its schemes of
taxation first with a view to securing
equality among the taxpayers and
then the question of distribution of
the funds may be considered.
As every one knows, the great dlffl
culty In this state has been to prevent
counties from vielng with each other
In making low assessments In order to
escape a Just share of state taxes
Competition in reduction of assess
ments became so keen and was car
ried to such an extreme that it finally
became necessary for the Legislature
to enact a law fixing a ratio of appor
tionment of state taxes among the
several counties, which ratio should be
maintained for a number of years.
That plan was finally found unsatis
factory to some of the counties, and
a suit Is now pending in the courts
for the purpose of declaring the law
unconstitutional. The problem of rais
ing state taxes and at the same time
removing from the several counties
the temptation to reduce assessments
to a ridiculously low figure. Is still
unsolved. ,
Several' years ago, Sacretary of
State Dunbar, who, by the way, has
done more than any other one man
In Oregon for advancement of modern
Ideas In production of public revenue,
proposed that all revenue for state
purposes be raised by indirect tax
ation, thus removing from the counties
every temptation to reduce assess
ments. His suggestion was a good one
and Legislatures which have met since
this recommendation was made 'have
tried to establish the policy of rais
ing state revenue from indirect
sources, such as the corporation tax,
Inheritance tax, etc. Industriously
and persistently pursued, this effort
should finally succeed in placing Ore
gon alongside such states as Wiscon
sin and New York, which get nearly
all their revenue for maintenance of
state government from indirect taxes.
But the suggestions of the county
School Superintendents are antagon
istic to this policy. They want the
Indirect taxes turned Into the school
fund, thus leaving all the revenue for
maintenance of the state government
to be raised . by direct taxes appor
tioned among the several counties. It
would be interesting to know what
plan they have to suggest as a prac
tical solution for the problem of pre
venting counties from reducing assess
ments. We have tried the scheme of
having assessments revised by a state
board of equalization and .that plan
was abandoned.
Maintenance of the public schools Is
very properly a local undertaking.
Revenue for maintenance of the com
mon schools may very appropriately
be raised chiefly by direct taxation.
School revenue has been protected
from the results of low assessments
by a provision that each county shall
raise a fund amounting to a certain
number of dollars for each child of
school age In the county, which rate
may be Increased as the needs of the
schools demand. Ample provision has
therefore been made for raising school
funds without encouraging reduction
of assessments, and there can be no
reason whatever why Indirect taxes
should be turned Into the school fund.
As already shown, there Is a very im
portant reason why they should not
be. The Legislature is more likely
to give due consideration to this rea
son than to follow the impractical
recommendations of the County
School Superintendents.
THE INCREASING NAVIES.
Early in September Great Britain
launched the St. Vincent, the most
powerful fighting vessel that has yet
been floated, her armament Including
no less than ten 12-inch guns. Now It
is announced that work will be rushed
on two sister ships, the Collingswood
and Vanguard, so that they will be
launched before the end of the year.
This will give Great Britain ten mon
ster- fighting machines of the Dread
naught type and two others of nearly
equal power for destruction. Prior to
the launching of the St. Vincent Great
Britain had 67 battleships, 31 armored
cruisers and 142 destroyers, the time.
honored "two-power"!, standard being
religiously adhered to, for the United
States, with twenty-five, and Germany,
with twenty-two, battlesships were
next in order of importance. Great
Britain also has an enormous fleet of
protected cruisers and gunboats amply
sufficient to maintain the two-power
standard In those classes, while her
destroyers outnumber those of any
other three powers.
The enormous cost of this, prestige
Is shown in a table taken from a re
cent British Parliamentary paper.
This places the expenditures for naval
purposes last year at 32,319.500. with
new construction under way to the
amount of 8,660,202. The same table
credits the United States with expend!
ture of 25,833,217 last year, and with
nearly $40,000,000 worth under con
struction. The other powers are
trailing, although Germany is not very
far behind the United States, and Is
said to be Increasing her warship
building at a tremendous rate. It is
generally believed that the present
great activity in Germany Is respon
sible for the determination of Great
Britain to maintain her two-power
standard instead of abandoning the
effort, as was reported early In the
year, when a policy of retrenchment
was demanded. The immensity of
the investment made last year in war
ships is not generally appreciated, but
official figures presented to the Brit
ish Parliament showed a total for
Great Britain, the United States
Germany, France, Japan, Russia and
Italy of more than $570,000,000, with
new work under cotistr-uctlon to the
extent of $165,000,000.
Japan, In spite of her wretched
financial condition, has cut her naval
estimates to a smaller extent than any
other branch of the service. The ap
palling cost of peace Is rapidly becom
ing greater than that of war, and to
the peaceful layman it would almost
seem as though $570,00,000 per year
might be sufficient to employ all bel
ligerents to keep the peace for pay.
As the cost of the ships is by no-means
the limit of expense in connection
with a great navy, it is quite probable
that the amounts given could easily
be swelled to more than $1,000,000,000
per year without getting very far out
of the way. Just where this expan
sion of naval strength will end is un
certain, but it seems to be a difficult
matter to quiet the fears of the Euro
pean powers so that one can view the
building of a battleship by another
power with even the slightest degree
of complacency.
Wheat receipts at Portland are very
satisfactory for so early in the sea
son, but they have not yet reached
proportions where they Justify any
such extravagant claims as are being
made by some. The receipt of some
thing over 100 cars of wheat per day
does not make Portland the "greatest
grain market In the world," when the
receipts of other ports are considered.
For example, Minneapolis last Satur
day received 636 cars, Duluth 520 cars
and Winnipeg 387 cars of wheat. Ex
travagant claims, having no basis in
fact, have a tendency to belittle legit
imate news regarding Portland's pres
tige as a wheat port.
The "killing frost" has got in its
work from two to three weeks earlier
In this section of the state this year
than imiial. Late Dotatoes. tomatoes.
Troll n9 nnd other second crop vege
tables have suffered greatly in conse
quence. The season for concord
grapes will also, it is said, be cut short
bv the heaw frosts of the past week.
The climate of Oregon Is not given to
freaks, though the unusual does hap
pen occasionally, Just to make Ore
gonians conscious of their blessings,
perhaps.
It Is an awful pity to find that Presi
dent Roosevelt has laid aside the
arrerl robes of his office" to favor a
noFtv whlln Governor Chamberlain
strictly non-partisan never did, never
will. It shocks all Oregon. .fossiDiy
n, Tnfr will not sret that full major
ity of 62,133. to which the registration
of the state shows that he is entitled.
Drop off if the concession must be
ortfi the odd "133. Concede so
much to "non-partisanship."
rin mav "reckon" that "the Peer
less 1" through his nearest friend,
Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, who
wrnt tha Denver platform at Mr. Bry
an's dictation, and was treasurer of
Dn-nn'o TCational Committee and near
enough to Standard Oil to tap Its
Dari may feel that bad company led
him mighty near to Standard Oil him-
Aif- His letter to Roosevelt shows
that, and, moreover, that he feels that
it was Roosevelt's duty to warn him
earlier.
Traveling men of the Oregon Coun
try demand legislation against short
sheets, with which they are plagued
in the country hotels. Traveling wo
men (and other women) have long
been demanding legislation against the
man under the bed. When will Gov
ernment do its full duty?
SALOONS AND SUNDAY CLOSING
Experience of - Oramre, N. J., That
Dwelllngr-Honsea Are DrlKttaaT-Ds.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Some one writes for the Independent
what he knows about saloons, and as
his knowledge of the subject Is evi
dently based upon what he refers to as
a "rich and variegated experience," ex
tending from New York to Denver, he
naturally prefers to keep his name to
himself. What especially impresses him
is the "hard, unfeeling, listless type of
men" who keep saloons, which he at
tributes to the fact that the saloon
keeper sees worse human nature and
more of It than any other class of
tradesmen, and is made to feel that
"every man's hand is against him, that
he is despised and looked down upon,
and that hardens him."
Some, of this writer's observations
are of interest for their bearing upon
the matter of regulating or suppressing
the liquor traffic Of the Sunday-closing
movement in New Jersey he learned
this from a factory operative at Orange:
One of these hatters said to me the
other day: "This Sunday-closing law
is turning me from a beer drinker into
a whisky drinker." He went on to
explain that because it was so easy to
carry home one or two-quart bottles
of whisky Saturday night he was tak
ing that instead of beer. "Before Sun
day closing." said he, "my kids never
saw r"e take a drink. They've seen me
drunk twice on Sunday since." He also
said that the law was turning, houses
into saloons. A number of men put
together and order cases of beer sent
to one house. Then they go there to
drink and play cards on Sunday. The
bottling business has certainly in
creased In Orange since the present
regime began.'- I know personally of
two saloonkeepers who have given up
their business and gone into the
bottling, delivering at the houses; and
there are others.
Still it is admitted that there must
be a great deal less drinking there as a
result of the Sunday closing of sa
loons, "for there is not a saloonkeeper
in Orange who wears a smiling face."
But it is added that midnight closing
on week days has more to do with
this than Sunday closing.
As for the Sunday saloon, the critic
would evidently combat It with Sun
day baseball, rather than with unlim
ited closing laws:
Now, in combating the saloon, I want
to register my sincere conviction that
there is nothing that will take a saloon
bunch away from the saloon except
baseball. The masses are crazy over
baseball. They like It better than the
theater, better than any show, better
than the saloon. On Sundays, all
through Summer, when baseAall games
are running, the saloons are emptied.
And the men are not only not drinking,
they are also saving money and sitting
out in the open air. I believe Sunday
baseball is the strongest enemy the
saloon has got among saloon habitues.
The churches fight Sunday amusements,
and are particularly earnest against
Sunday baseball; and I confess that
baseball makes a lot of noise. Never
theless, baseball is a perfectly clean,
decent innocent amusement, and I sol
emnly register my belief that among
drinking workingmen it Is the saloon's
only competitor.
Perhaps, in the larger Industrial
centers, where factory operatives have
ho other day at their disposal for at
tending baseball games without loss of
pay, Sunday ball games might be per
mitted with wholesome results. To say
as much as this, however, is to be
most disagreeably reminded of how far
away we are getting from the older
times, when people were able to find
at least some little diversion and rest
from vthe week's labors in a quiet Sun
day. ;But while the Industry and life
of the! present day are far noisier and
more distracting, yet a closer confine
ment is imposed upon the average
wage-worker than was the case in the
day of the orthodox Sabbath, and this
cannot be forgotten in dealing either
with the liquor or the Sunday problem.
THOSE) GREAT CROPS OP OURS
What Country tn tbe World Can Com
pare With Thin!
W. J. Ballard In New York Sun.
The United States annually produces
more corn than all other countries of the
world combined 2,927,000,000 out of
3.8S8.000.000 bushels.
The United States annually produces
more wheat than any other country in
the world 634,000,000 out of 3,108,000,000
bushels.
The United States annually exports
more wheat flour than all the other
countries of the world combined 15,000,
000 out of 26,000.000 bushels.
The United States annually exports
more wheat, including wheat flour, than
any other country in the world 146,000,
000 out of 646,000.000 bushels.
The United States annually produces
more oats than any other country In the
world 746,000,000 out of 3,582,000,000 bushels.
The United States is the third largest
annual producer of barley in the world,
153,000,000 bushels, only 7,000,000 bush
els less than Germany, with Russia
leading.
The United States annually produces
more cotton than all the other countries
of the world 13.000,000 out of 20,000.
000 bales, and also exports more cotton
than does all the rest of the world
9.000,000 out of 13,000,000 bales.
The United States annually exports
more cottonseed oil than all the other
countries of the world dombined 42,
000.000 out of 52,000,000 gallons.
The United States annually produces
more tobacco than any other country in
the world 690,000,000 out of 2,201,000,
000 pounds.
The United States annually produces
more flaxseed than any other country
in the world 25,000,000 out of 87,000,
000 bushels.
The United States annually produces
more hops than any other country In
the world 57,000,000 out of 211,000,000
pounds.
The United States annually exports more
niicnkp, and oilcake meal than any other
country In the world 2,063,000,000 out of
4,913.000,000 pounds.
The United States annually exports
more rosin than all the other countries
of the world 717,000,000 out of 846,
000,000 pounds.
The United States annually exports
more spirits of tumentine than all the
other countries of the world 16,000,000
out of 24,000,000 gallons.
rru TTntt Ktnte has more C22.244.-
446) dairy cows than any other country
in the world; more horses, 23.000,532;
ore mules, 4,056,399; more swine, of,-
976,361; and (except British India)
ore cattle. 7S,Z46,673.
Among our other great crops may be
mentioned:
Potatoes, bushals .S?S'XS2X2
Hay value $,4o. 000,000
Klce. pound. 621..40O.O0O
Beets tons J.7bi.l
Beet sugar manufactured, lbs. . 927,256.40
Cane suirar. long tons... 1.532,054
California fruits. flowersT wines.
brandies ana vegoiapies o.vvv,wv
Says Bees Are Deaf.
Pathfinder.
t.- ivohiirv. batter known as Sir
ti T,,hhni-lr Vina been furnishing a
O VJ II 11 Mvuw,
congress -of bee enthusiasts with some
Interesting iniormauon conceruuiis me
busy insect. Talking of his own experl-
... ,innn thn apnKPR of beeS. Lord
HlViiLO J' w -
Avebury observed that no doubt they
could touch, taste, smell and see. He had
kept bees for many years. One queen
bee lived for seven years. To test their
sense of hearing he had blown a trum
pet, a whsltle. had played a violin and
had talked to them, but he noticed that
while feeding, at any rate, no sound af
fected them. They went on working, re
gardless of the sounds.
Possibly they did not hear the sounds
as we did. but rather the overtones.
They had five eyes, two of which were
constructed on a different plan from the
other three. They certainly could dis
tinguish colors, and he believed the ultra
violet rays which we could not see were
Visible to them.
HEARSTS WAR ON DEMOCRACY
Inquiry Into His Motives for Desertion
of Bryan.
Brooklyn Eagle. Ind.-Taft.
Had Mr. Hearst been nominated for
the Presidency four years ago he
would have accepted. Had the Denver
convention selected him as Its standard-bearer,
he would now be canvassing
for the office. It follows that he
would also be glorifying rather than
finding fault with the Democratic
party.
Obviously, therefore, he Is dissatis
fied with Democracy now, not because
of what it is or is not, but because of
what It' has failed to do. It would have
been altogether to his liking had it
placed its standard in his hands. Not
having done so, it Is beyond redemp
tion. So Is its .candidate.
Twice Mr. Hearst has supported this
nominee, finding him acceptable. Now
he finds him Insupportable. In the in
terval, Mr. Bryan has not changed for
the worse. On the contrary, he is not
so irrational as he was. Nor is his
platform such "a thing of shreds and
patches" as he has hitherto exploited.
In other words, there are better rea
sons for supporting Bryan now than
there were in 1896 and 1900. His prom
ises have lost some of their prodigal
ities, not to say impossibilities. True,
he can and does sonorously say Im
pressively and triumphantly things
that are as obvious as that two and
two make four, but some of his foam
khas subsided.
In the face of a change for the bet
ter, Mr. Hearst not only deserts, but
becomes more than vehement. He Is
vituperative, vitriolic This also In the
face of a willingness on the part of
Mr. Bryan to espouse the cause of Mr.
Hearst four years from now. It is
no easy task to reconcile with all that
has happened what the Independence
party leader is now saying and doing.
One statement should be qualified.
The allegation that In the interval Mr.
Bryan has not changed for the worse
may be disputed. Certainly, the Ben
nett affair developed unsuspected char
acteristics. The Nebraskan had struck
lofty - attitudes. He had protested
against putting the man before the
dollar." Apparently, he had risen su
perior to sordid impulses.
It is a fact that Mr. Bryan was -on
the high Toad to financial independence
when net sought to obtain $50,000 at
the expense of a widow. The scheme
miscarried. Mrs. Bennett concluded to
fight, and one of the results was ex
posure, In spite of the precautions
taken to prevent publicity. It should
be added that Mr. Bryan had rendered
no 'service for the money that his
effort was secretly to obtain some
thing for nothing.
This compels a revision of estimate.
It throws Into repelling relief the Itch
ing palm, all the more repugnant be
cause Mr. Bryan had ceased to be poor.
It makes a mockery of talk about put
ting the dollar before the man. And
there are few records so -unpresentable
that such an attempted grab, would not
deface.
Mr. Hearst could use it to advan
tage. BRITISH VIEW OF MR. BRYAN
Latter la "Windy, Superficial and In
capable of Thinking Deeply."
Sidney Brooks' Article in the Westmin
ster Gazette.
At the same time Mr. Bryan has be
come better as well as more widely
known. The fanaticism of his earlier
days has given place to a broad, good
humored charity. He has borne himself
under the trial of successive defeats with
a smiling manfulness. His bitterest op
ponents would not deny that he believes
all he says, though they might add that
the more wrong-headed it is the more
ardently he believes it. ,
There Is a pretty well universal ac
knowledgment that he Is no self-seeker,
that his politics spring from his convic
tions, and that he fights for them with
unimpeachable fairness. Against his pri
vate life and his personal character there
has never been the smallest whisper of
accusation. His rhetoric moves on a high
plane, if not of practicality and states
manship, at least of idealism. No one
has dispensed the sonorous platitudes
that Americans love more lavishly than
he. His oratory is not of a kind that we
should stomach In England, but It Is at
all events more finished than it was and
not less facile. Moreover, Mr. Bryan has
made the most of his chances. He has
capitalized his political prominence and
built up a respectable fortune by lectur
ing and journalism. His weekly paper,
the Commoner, has a circulation of over
200,000, and would be one of the most
profitable properties in American Journal
ism but for Mr. Bryan's overscrupulous
attitude toward advertisements.
It is, ho wever, his lecturing tours that
have chiefly kept him in the public eye.
He has developed of late years a strong
inclination for religious subjects, and it
is probable that the business of expound
ing Christianity, in a simple, old-fashioned
way is really more congenial to him than
political or economic discussion. The pul
pit, the Sunday-school, the Young Men's
Christian Association, and the innumer
able semi-social, seml-religlous societies
that flourish in the States have occupied
him during the past year or two even
more than the party platform. No man
living has ever addressed such vast or
such varied audiences. I suppose there
Is hardly a county in the whole Union
in which he has not spoken. His two
trips abroad were followed by his coun
trymen with an affectionate Interest. The
attention shown him by the rulers and
statesmen of Asia and Europe gratified
their National pride. His journeylngs
gave Mr. Bryan experiences, if not ex
perience, and no doubt contributed some
thing to his stock of tolerance and mel
lowness. But he remains essentially an
average middle-class man of the West,
with an eloquent tongue, very earnest,
sincere and good-natured, but windy, ap
nalHnerlv superficial, and incapable of
thinking deeply. Practically all his qual
ifications for the Presidential duties, ex
cept that of character, have still to be
taken on trust.
Simple Arithmetic
Eugene Register.
The total registration of voters In the
state Is 109.709. Of this number 80.921 are
recorded as Republicans and 28,788 are
Democrats. If you want to make a test
of how many Democrats have registered
as Republicans, It will be an easy matter.
All you will have to do Is to get together
ail the votes cast for Bryan at the No
vember election, subtract the 28,788 from
the total Democratic vote and the differ
ence will be the Democratio registration
under false political colors.
MAY POSSIBLY AMUSE.
"I asked for her hand last night." "Did
her father give his consent?" "He not only
gave bis consent but borrowed $5 from
me." Judge.
"The giraffe has a tongue 18 Inches long,"
said Mrs. Talkmore. "And knows how to
hold It. 'too." growled Mr. T., who had had
a long curtain lecture tha night before.
Answers.
"Since Miss Ann Teek has had ' her elec
tric phaeton she drives at such a rate that
she keeps the police trappers busy." "Why
does she do it?" "She says It's so exciting
to be chased by a man." Tlt-Blts.
-Yes. Belle is married at last, and, do
you know, her husband is the very man who
proposed to her 10 years ago?" "Why
didn't she marry him then?" "Oh, my
dear, he was really quite too old lor her at
that time." Modern Society.
, A little girl was sitting on the floor cry
ing After a while she stopped, and seemed
burled In thought. Looking up suddenly,
she said: "Mamma, what was I crying
about'" "Because I wouldn't let you go
out." '"Oh, yes." And she set up another
howL London Opinion.
"J don't think your father feels very
kindly toward me," said Mr. Staylate. "You
misjudge him. Tha morning after you called
on me last week he seemed quite worried
for fear I had not treated you with proper
courtesy." "Indeed! What did he say?"
"He asked me how I could be so rude as to
let you go away without your breakfast."
Penny Pictorial.
BADINAGE FOR MR. HITCHCOCK.
Republican National Committee Chair
man and "S-h-h!" Policy Slscd Up.
R. Q. W. in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Republican National Chairman Frank
H. Hitchcock's retreat In the Har
vester Building has been characterized
by some of the distinguished callers as
The Office of a Thousand Mysteries."
They say they are seized with strange
sensations and impressions on entering
the office. The first sensation is like
stepping from the hot sunshine Into a
deep subterranean passageway where
the air is cool and damp. There is a
strangeness all about. The secretaries
and clerks seem to glide from spot to
spot. There are swinging doors, offices
within offices, disappearing egresses,
low talking, whispered messages. Now
and then a clerk seems to drop through
the floor or go up through the ceiling
without the slightest noise.
Something uncanny, say some of the
free and easy Western men, strikes the
visitors as they wind through the noise
lessly revolving doors, are bowed in
and out of the winding course by blue
eyed youths, who make motions and
signs with their arms and eyes, but
rarely speak above a whisper. "Sh-h-h!"'
seems to be echoing everywhere. The
visitors can hear it ringing in their
ears, but they cannot see whence It
comes. t
One of the Rocky Mountain "boys"
the other day said he got tbe shivers
before he got out. Without the slight
est commotion or sound a clerk would
bob np beside him as If shot up through
the floor. He got the habit himself,
said the Rocky Mountain man, and in a
few minutes he found himself gliding.
He cast furtive glances sidewise and
behind him as he explored the recesses,
alcoves, niches and sound-proof coin
extracting cells. He was covered with
a cold nervous sweat, he said, when he
finally rushed out to Michigan avenue
and got into the sunshine to restore
a normal circulation of the blood.
s
Even the newspaper men began to
talk of the "office of a Thousand Mys
teries." Their Impression was first
gained by hearing about a "Miss Will
iams." It was understood at the beginning
of the campaign that Mr. Hitchcock did
not intend to have any women in the
headquarters. He had brought on from
Washington the entire entourage com
posed of what Sam Blythe, of New
York, calls the "fair-haired boys." They
were not only fair-haired, but the re
port was tha each one carried a recom
mendation from one of the exclusive
Eastern finishing schools, where the
"little brothers of the rich" are taught
manners. One of the special "pets,'' as
he was termed by the other boys, was
also said to have won his spurs on the
tennis court.
Anyway, there was a lot of specu
lating as to the Identity of "Miss Will
lams," and It was not until the other
day that this one of the thousand mys
teries was cleared up.
It develops that "Miss Williams" Is '
not a miss at all, but a real man. "She"
is James T. Williams, Mr. Hitchcock's
private and confidential secretary.
"Jlmmie," as the Washington news
paper men familiarly refer to him, is a
delightful boy. At the headquarters It
Is generally conceded that he perhaps
approaches nearest of all to the ideal of
elegant manners. It was because of Mr.
Williams' scrupulous regard for the
niceties of etiquette that some of his
old friends referred to him as "Miss
Williams,' without explaining that
"miss" was merely a term of endear
ment and discriminating taste.
"Jimmie" has an elegance of manner
that has never before been known in a
Republican National headquarters. He
has a Boston finish. Mr. Williams went
to the National capital several years
ago with his teeth gritting, determined
to make his place In the world.
One of the things that finally opened
for him at the White House was his
diplomatic work. "Jlmmie" went to
prying for news and his chaste and ex
quisite manner, his ever perfect, gen
tlemanly, courteous regard for the de
tails ot Latin etiquette, got him paet
the butlers at last. He bowed and
smiled and bowed some more until be
got where he started for and then he
landed the news for his newspaper,
which made the other correspondents
sit up and rub their chins.
Of course, Mr. Williams should not be
pictured as a prototype of Cedrlo the
Saxon, Beowulf or Athelstane the Un
ready. In that respect he does not come
up to the Roosevelt measurements. He
is rather delicate, white-skinned, per
fectly attired and like a piece of plush
velvet to rub against.
Mr. Williams also takes himself very
seriously. He rarely smiles except when
bowing. He Is an indefatigable worker.
The same system that brought him suc
cess In the diplomatic quarter won him
a seoure place in the esteem and confi
dence of Secretary Taft- He made up
his mind he would conciliate Mr. Taft
and he just went and did it. He camped
on Mr. Taft's doorstep until they got
well acquainted, and he then began de
livering the goods there. Mr. Williams,
perhaps, is closer to Secretary Taft than
any other newspaper man In Washing
ton. He was after Mr. Hitchcock's own
heart, too. Mr. Hitchcock, also, has a
scrupulous regard for all the little de
tails of manners. One of his first acts
as National Chairman was to take "Jlm
mie" as his nearest secretary. The tws
are Inseparable friends, and Mr. Hitch
cock never seems to feel quite safe
when his secretary Is beyond calling
distance.
Although some of the Washington
correspondents sought to have fun with
him by calling him "Miss Williams," it
is quite likely that this same James T.
Williams will be the next secretary to
the President of the United States if
Mr. Taft defeats Mr. Bryan. He will If
Mr. Taft follows his personal Inclina
tion. British Earl's Cousin Wants Work.
Cincinnati, O., Despatch.
"I have just 15 cents; one dime and
a nickeL My room rent will be due
soon. I haven't a friend In the city, sir,
and I want work work of any kind,
sir. Washing dishes would do, for I
haven't eaten a substantial meal in a
week."
The plea was the usual one, the
speaker was not a rara avis among
the species. A tall, gentlemanly young
man, smooth shaven, neat clothing,
everything betokening a man on the
high road to prosperity rather than
one on the path to starvation.
"Lambart is my name, sir; Charles E.
Kllcoursie-Lambart, Oxford graduate,
lieutenant In Her Majesty's service
during the Boer War; cousin of the
Earl of Cavan, and but we'll let that
pass. I'm not looking for charity;
what I want is work."
The Mayor, to whom he appealed, to
day, will try to find him employment.
He told the Mayor that he was best
man at the Duke of Manchester's wed
ding. Then he had $35,000, but horses,
wine and women dissipated his fortune,
after which his people turned him oft.
Aoto .J nck-of-All-Trades.
Boston Dispatch.
I. S. Newell, of Thomaston, Conn., who
owns an automobile, with its 10-horse-power
gasoline engine runs his work
shop, cider press and eaws wood when
he is not on the road with his car.
The Proper Implement.
Rogers There's Gregg over there.
I'd like to catch his eye.
Randall Well, here! Take my um
brella. Harper's Weekly.
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