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J-OltTLAND. TVESOAT. JANUARY 5. 190S.
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It must be admitted, even b7 the
President's opponents, that In his mes
sage, -which repll.-s lo the call of the
2Iou.se of Representatives for Infor
mation as to the .-viiK-nce on wnien
tie based his alleged Insinuation that
members of Congress had cut down
the appropriation for the Secret Serv
ice becauae they were unwilling them
selves to be Investigated, has "made
sjood." The . reply Is exceedingly
adroit and able. The first part is
excellent fence"; the last part gives
the House Just thj Information It
fesked for.
The President's review of the debate
In the House, last May, when the
appropriation was cut down and limi
ted to a special purpose, leaving the
President without means to pursue in
vestigation as to violation of the laws,
Jnait-s It clear that the leaders of the
movement in the House did not wlh
themselves to be Investigated by the
Secret Service men. Hence the re
mark in the message that an excep
tion might be made of them In the
net. rather than cut down the effi
ciency of the Secret Service in the
xecutlve departments, was proper
, end timely. Tho President now rubs
It In by earnestly recommending that
the law bo renewed, so as to restore
the efficiency of the Secret Service
that iwas crippled by the amendatory
net.
Quotations from the remarks of
Tauney, Smith and Sherley, members
f the House, leave no doubt that the
real object was to prevent Investiga
tion of members of Congress. The
President therefore supports the state
ments by Irrefragable proofs. Further,
be supports them by quoting at large
from a statement written and pub
lished by L. W. Busbey, private secre
tary of Speaker Cannon, whose po
sition at the time "fairly expresses the
real meaning and animus of the at
tacks made in general terms on the
use of the Secret Service for the pun
ishment of criminals." It Is all well
worth reading.
"Plague on't," exclaimed Sir Andrew
Ague Cheek, "an I thought he liad
been valiant, and so cunning in fence,
I'd have seen him damned ere I'd
have challenged him!" Of course
most of the members of the House go
unscathed, but since those who were
determined not to "tolerate the med
dling of the detectives" against "mem
bers of the legislative brunch of the
Oovernment" admit that this was an
noying and troublesome to members',
and offensive to their dignity though
several have been caught why then,
rather than destroy the efficiency of
the service In general, shouldn't excep
tion be made, as suggested by the
President of members of Congress?
T. K," in "pen writing." la a man
to great facility and force.
DO COMMISSIONS COST AXYTIOXOt
It Is altogether likely that at Its
scorning session the Oregon Legislature
will be asked to create numerous new
commissions or to enlarge or provide
additional assistance for those already
In existence. This has been the ex
perience of the pns-t, and there is
every reason to expect that real or
Imaginary needs for new commissions
wi:i be felt In the future. A demand
"will be made whether there Is a need
or not. Individuals who have a per
sonal Interest will lobby in behalf of
the desired measures -creating new
public offices and members of the
Legislature will become convinced that
there is a reul need as well as demand.
New commissions and new boards we
Ehall have as certainly as the Legisla
ture holds a session.
This being truo it may be useless to
sirgue against the multiplication of
offices. Hut, though no one may hope
'to stay the rapid increase In public
jwiy rolls, it Is just as well that those
who add to the taxpayers' burdens
should he informed what they are
doing, for in some cases they act in
;lgnorance of the ultimate results. It
Is the common practice to create a
'commission cither "without compen
sation" or with a small salary. The
jvassage of a measure of that kind Is
'.cured upon the argument that It will
cost the people little or nothing. Ajid
for the first two years the expense la
In reality small. But, when a com
mission has been once created. It be
comes a permanent charge upon tho
state. At the next session of the Leg
islature, the argument lj made that a
sjreat state should be ashamed to ac
cept such valuable service without
compensation and thus salary is
added. Or, If a salary should be pro
vided In the first instance, the next
session is confronted with the infor
mation that the work Is too great and
deputies, clerks or stenographers are
Heeded.
One of these days we shall have a
demand for creation of the office of
State Inspector of Automobiles and
Examiner of Chauffeurs. It is no use
to deny that such an office Is needed,
for any man who wants the office can
show by statistics and by an invin
cible line of reasoning that such an
office is necessary In order to pro
tect the lives not .only of those who
employ chauffeurs but also of the en
tire traveling and pedestrian public
The subject Is not mentioned here
w ith the Intention of objecting to the
office, but for the purpose of pointing
out fully what its creation will lead
to. The incumbent will get along very
well for two years on a salary of J2000
a year. But when the succeeding ses
sion of the Legislature convenes, the
report of the Inspector will show that,
fcecause he is provided with no suit
able means of rapid traveling, he la
unable to enpture the violators of the
auto law; hence he must have an
auto, and if he Is to be successful in
chasing lawbreakers, his machine
must be a little faster than theirs.
Kothlng could be more reasonable
than Uiat Xiien, loo, hia cClce duties-i.
keeD him so close to his desk that he
cannot properly perform his duties
as InsDector. and he needs a
deputy. At the next legislative
session his report will show tile
need of automobile districts, each
presided over by a deputy inspector.
and. because all this force or suDorm
nates has Increased the office work.
a stenographer . is absolutely neces
6ary. All of which Is so clear that It
admits of no dispute. And so the
process will be continued every two
years.
The unsophisticated legislator from
tho rural districts', and sometimes the
more or less sophisticated from the
city, is easily misled by the argument
that a new commission or board will
not cost anything. He acts honestly.
but ignorantly. He looks no farther
than the two-year period for which
he helps to make an appropriation,
and does not realize that his act will
make It Incumbent upon each suc
ceeding Legislature to Increase the
appropriations. He acknowledges the
force of the argument that after two
years of trial, if it be found that the
new office is not needed. It can be
abolished, but ho overlooks the fact
that offices are never abolished. It
is thus that officialdom grows and tax
burdens Increase.
OIUCOOX GRAPH.
The news that Plymouth Church
In Brooklyn used Oregon grape for
Christmas decoration seems to indi
cate that people in other parts of
the country appreciate our blessings
more than we do ourselves. This
beautiful shrub Is not planted nearly
so commonly as It sfiould be In gar
dens. Its foliage Is charming all the
year round, while In Spring few
flowers excel Its delicate golden clus
ters. Later In the season It bears a
berry not unlike a grape In color
from which tho popular name of the
plant comes.
This berry seems to be unknown
to fame but It deserves a more glori
ous fate. Intensely acid though it be.
still it Is pleaEant to tho palate and It
yields a better Jelly than the currant.
The species of Oregon grape which
grows in the mountains differs much
from the valley type. It Is low, with
long, almost fernlike, fronds and pro
duces more fruit than does Its low
land relative. As our gardens im
prove we shall see more Oregon
grape, dogwood and syringa, as well
as more roses. In them.
XEW KOtTE'S DISADVANTAGES.
Until completion of the Panama Ca
nal It Is extremely doubtful whether
much of the surplus wheat of West
ern Canada will go to the Muropeaa
markets by way of Pacific Coast ports.
as predicted In an Ottawa dispatch In
yesterday's Oregonian. There are
certain conditions affecting both the
price of whoat and the rates of
freight that nvlll, either separately of
collectively, prevent this diversion of
trafflo from its present route. At the
present time the trans-Atlantlo pas
senger steamers carry immense Quan
tities of wheat to the European mar
kets, much of It being taken at rates
so low that a regular freighter de
pendent on that business alone for a
profit would be unable to handle It ex
cept at a loss. With the liners it is
simply a "ballast" proposition, and as
a rule they are satisfied to get the
handling charges out of It.
Tonnage of this class Is steadily in
creasing, and the American grain sup
ply for export Is decreasing so tuat
there Is almost certain to be an abun
dant supply of this class of cheap ton
nage for many years. There will, of
course, be occasional periods like the
present season when world-wide de
pression In shipping will give the Pa
cific Coast shippers plenty of tonnage
at rates sufficiently attractive to lure
some of this Canadian wheat to the
Pacific Coast ports. These rates,
however, are too close to the dead line
between profit and loss, and In some
coses are below It, eo that they cannot
be depended on for more than a brief
period. An even more important fac
tor is that which affects prices of
wheat. Under the present routing,
Canadian wheat reaches the European
market from thirty to forty days after
it leaves the station. This enables the
marketing of the bulk of the surplus
at a period when the European mar
ket has scant supplies from abroad.
It is a season when the Argentine,
which is rapidly becoming tho domi
nating Influence In the world's wheat
market, has practically ceased ship
ping, and tho Australian and Paciflo
Coast cargoes have not begun to arr
rive. With the Western Canada sur
plus gotng out by way of the Pacific
Coast ports by sail vessel, which will
continue to be the predominating car
riers until the Panama Canal is com
pleted, it would begin arriving out In
January, and for the following three
months It would be on tho hands of
the foreign . buyers, simultaneously
with the Oregon and Washington,
cargoes, the heaviest shipments from
the Argentine, and with Australian
cargoes. Of course. It may be said
that there is only a certain amount
of wheat grown in the world, and It h
all needed, no matter when It is
shipped. This may be true, but a
study of market prices for a series of
years, will disclose the fact that re
gardless of statistical strength
throughout tho world, the heavy ar
rivals of wheat "off coast" In Europe
In January, February and March, w ill
cause severe breaks In the market,
pending the "placing" of these stocks.
This is a feature that will be seri
ously considered by -the buyers and
sellers before they will take very
kindly to the proposed new route from
Canada.
NOW FOB GOOD ROADS.
The present is an excellent time for
the discussion of the good roads ques
tion in Oregon. Every country road
Is an object-lesson attesting the ne
cessity of a system of road construc
tion that will practically rebuild our
publlo highways.- Railroads have
done much for th farmers of the
state; electric roads are doing much
and promising much more in the way
of bringing the farm In touch with
the market. But after all, there are
localities whose products must reach
the nearest, shipping point by means
of the longer -or shorter haul the
farmer's team being the motive power,
and his wagon the rolling stock of the
road.
There are roads In the Willamette
Valley at the present time, over which
It would require four horses to draw
a load of wheat or wood to the near
est market. This Is a manifest hard
ship but It Is not all. Ttme Is wasted,
effort in producing is discouraged,
horses are broken down and vehicles
are strained and worn out in the haul
over roads that are hub-deep in mud
In places and rough and improperly
graded all along the line.
The Question so far as the farmer
Is concerned Is not how he can afford
to build good roads, but how he .pan
aXLuid to k.:t.n on raising produce for
market, without good roads. Mem
h.n nf thA flrn.nca take this view of
the subject and the most snterprlslng
and Intelligent among tnem are giving
the good roads question their earnest
consideration, looKing 10 a present-
-man ftf t1A TirflhlpITl Ckt r-O&d build'
ing In accordance with modern meth
ods, to the Legislature eariy in i
session. It Is easily the leading qu
the
es-
tion in a state just awaiting to
the
great possibilities in" agriculture.
B f
horticulture and dairying that He
at
tt rtnnrq
Roads, good or bad, did not amount
to much when there was no market
for the surplus products of the farm,
but with a market ready to absorb this
surplus and clamoring ror it, tne case
is entirely different. In the old days
farmers could not afford to build an
maintain good roads; now they can
not afford not to build and maintain
them. As assured by the words of a
"copy" written with the gray goose
quill of a schoolmaster or a past, get
emtlon: "Circumstances alter cases
that made bad
roads a necessity to be tolerated, have
r.isserl wav: succeeding them are clr-
i
cumstances or conditions that make
good roads Imperative.
TRADE WITH ABGESTTNA.
No other argument in the possession
of the ship-subsidy seekers has been
so badly overworked and exploited as
that popular fallacy that lack of a
shlD subsidy prevents us from secur
ing a larger share of the South Amer-
American trade. So popular has this
Illusion become that even Government
officials have not Infrequently fallen
Into the habit of "coloring" their re
ports so that they will have a favor
able bearing on the subsidy plan. But
official figures, like the Yankee's cam
era, "can't lie," and some very Inter
esting ones for the nine months end
ing October 1, 1908, are presented by
Mr. Spencer F. Eddy, American Minis
ter at Buenos Ayres.
These figures show that in that
period the value of the Imports from
tho United States was ?25, 877,215, a
decrease of J399.20S, as compared
with the same period last year. Ex
ports to the United States were $8,
205,393, a decrease of $362,546. The
total Imports from all countries for
the nine months were $200,285,420, a
decrease of J2, 226, 480. Exports to all
countries were $297,546,327, an In
crease of I56.-167.606. From these in-
teresting statistics it will be noted
that, while the United States sold the
Argentine more than three times as
much as we purchased from that
country, all of the rest of tho world
bought 60 per cent more from the Ar
gentine than It sold to that country.
Let us see how fared Germany and
England, our chief trade competitors
in that southern trade field.
Germany 6old to the Argentine
goods to the amount of $28,813,894,
and In return purchased Argentine
products to the amount of $2a,894,
549. With Great Britain- the ex
change was also comparatively even.
Imports amounting to $68,737,760,
while exports were $59,205,642. Bel
gium sold the Argentine $9,512,687
worth of goods and bought from the
Argentine $29,502,957 In return. SsO
other prominent nation on earth was
so strongly favored by the Argentine
with an excess of purchases over sales
as the United States. This proves
quite conclusively that there was no
lack of transportation facilities, nor
was' any favoritism shown any of the
best customers of the country. The
European countries have a distinct
advantage over the United States in
dealing with South America, because
they can offer in return a market for
wheat, corn, linseed, meats, hides and
other products of which the United
States Is a seller and not a buyer.
Until this country reaches the
stage where it will be necessary to
Import wheat and other agricultural
staples which the Argentine has for
sale In such wholesale quantities, It
will be Impossible for us to secure as
strong a hold In the trade as will be
enjoyed by the European countries.
which ere less Independent and are
thus in a position to exchange goods
and products with the South American
countries. There will be a fast and
frequent steamship service between
the United States and the Argentine
as soon as we begin Importing wheat
and other South American products
In shiploads, as they are Imported in
Europe.
MARKYXSQ A CHEfAMAN.
A story comes from Paris of a beau
tiful, delicately reared French woman
Marie Deneux who several years
ago became the wife of a Chinaman,
one Sing Ling, at that time of the
French embassy in Paris. This story
tells the terrible experiences which
she underwent as the wife of one of
the highest dignitaries of that ancient
realm. The Chinaman was a culti
vated, even scholarly man, and when
away from the hideous, environment
and abominable customs of his native
land was a polished gentleman. With
her knowledge of Chinese character
and customs confined to this speci
men of. his race away from home.
Miss Deneux married Sing Ling and
sot out with him, a happy bride, for
the Far East.
The rest can readily be Imagined,
Indeed It has often been told. Julian
Ralph, a writer of some note, lately
deceased, wrote nothing more weirdly
fascinating than his story entitled
Alone In China," which was pub
lished some years ago In Harper's
Magazine. It was the story of an
American girl, who, perhaps merely
for the purpose of localizing the story
without revealing the Identity of its
wretched heroine, was the daughter
of wealthy parents of Pittsburg; the
Chinese bridegroom was an attache
of the American Legation in Washing
ton, a man of culture and of pollehed
address. In the Oriental splendor of
his official trappings, he captivated
not only the young girl but her par
ents; the two were marrledjwith great
display and soon thereafter set sail
for China.
The story of the French girl's life
as the wife of an ancestor-worshipping
Chinaman; her subjugation to her
mother-in-law, a withered, toothless
hag with whom she was forced to
live; her enforced obedience not only
to her husband but to his relatives;
her virtual Imprisonment In the som
ber ancestral "palace," which was
thereafter to be her home, are but a
repetition of the sorrows, the hor
ror, the physical Indignities and the
cruelties suffered by the heroine of
Julian Ralph's weird tale. More for
tunate than her unnamed predecessor,
Miss Deneux escaped from China by
the aid of her mother and the French
Minister at Pekin and has been grant
ed a divorce from her Chinese hus
band by fL French court that Is not
easily moved to pity.
From the depths of her bitter ex
perience, this ex-wife of a Chinese
official warns American ,and Euro
pean women against marriage with
men of ths Far East, especially of
China. She says that the horrible
situation Is well summed up In the
cruel proverb: "A Chinese woman
marries, but a Chinaman only takes a
wife," indicating, as It does from J.he
day of her entrance Into his home
until death, a long, Interminable slav
ery. It seems Incredible that any Intelli
gent, high-minded, self-respecting
American or European young woman
would need such a warning as this to
keep her from a matrimonial alliance
so revolting as that from which this
young .French woman, after six
wretched years, escaped. Tet we have
only to glance casually over the rec
ords of our own community life to
behold the staging of more than one
disgusting matrimonial farce in which
a Chinaman and an American woman
are the principal actors. From the
Chinese missionary schools on the Pa
cific Coast a number of these mar
riages were in past years evolved, the
wives In each case soon sinning as
utwv rtut nf atcrht oa If the earth
had opened and taken them lnMute
lips have closed over the story of the
humiliation, degradation and physical
sufferings of these lives, dui mere i
n n ruaann t1 tinnn.4A that theV dif
fered greatly in detail from the lives
of mistaken white women wno nave
married Chinamen in tne nigner cir
cles of Oriental life.
World's shipments of wheat for the
week ending last Saturday ' for the
first time this season fell below 6,000,-
000 bushels.. As the requirements of
the European Importing countries are
more than 5,000,000 bushels per week,
the margin between supply and de
mand la getting pretty fine. It will be
more than sixty days before the Ar
gentine shipments reach Europe in
very large quantities, and American
shipments are meanwhile dwindling
at a rate which does not Indicate very
large supplies to be drawn on. Mr.
Patton, who Is said to be holding a
line of nearly 20,000.000 bushels, may
meet with the ueual fate of specu
lators who attempt to corner a com
modity of world-wide production, but
at the present time there seems to be
sufficient strength In the statistical
position to lend some color to his
statements that his wheat will soar to
much higher figures before the May
option expires.
With one exception every sawmill
in the Cottage Grove district is run
ning to full capacity, the facilities of
the Oregon & Southeastern Railroad
being taxed to their limit to get the
manufactured product out to the main
line of the Southern Pacific. The busi
ness has reached greater proportions
than were attained when the big de
mand for rebuilding San Francisco
was at its height. Much the same
story comes from other lumbering sec
tions, and, while the foreign demand
is at present rather slack, there is
plenty of evidence that any lack of
Improvement in that branch of the
business will be more than offset by
the increase in domestic demand.
From present appearances the lum
ber industry for 1909 will distribute
more wealth In Oregon than in any
previous year on record.
The American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company announces the early estab
lishment of a fortnightly service out
of Portland. The increased service
Is the result of the very liberal sup
port which Portland business men
have given the new line, and, if the
trade continues to grow as it should,
It will be but a short time until Port
land will enjoy av weekly steamship
service with the Atlantic ports via the
Tehuantepec Railroad. With the ad
ditional service this city will again
have an opportunity to transact busi
ness with the Hawaiian Islands as
connection will be afforded at Sah
Francisco with the regular steamers
of the line sailing from that port to
the Hawaiian Islands.
Away up In quality among the many
excellent New Year Issues of Oregon
papers Is that of the Salem Statesman.
This number exploits the merits of
Marlon County and part of its neigh
bor. Polk, In all the possibilities of
agricultural and horticultural lines In
a way that will be effective when It
falls Into the hands of the Easterner
who contemplates a visit to the Coast
this exposition year.
Mr. Carnegie says the tariff on steel
is no longer necessary. Why was it
ever necessary? To give Mr. Carne
gie his $300,000,000? Wouldn't Mr.
Carnegie be a better preacher If he'
should, sell all he has and give to the
poor? Or, when he denounces the
tariff. It might be asked of him, Can
one be pardoned and retain tho
offense?
The Linn County Grange declares
that the want of Oregon, and espe
cially of Western Oregon, is lateral
roads leading from the country into
the towns and railway tations; not a
great highway for carriages and auto
mobiles parallel with the main rail
way lines. This opinion la likely to
commend itself to general judgment.
Astoria's pleasant boast Is that it Is
the healthiet city in Oregon, and the
facts seem to prove it. Fourteen of
Its 123 deaths in 1908 were from
drowning and other accidents. Its
birth rate (total 236) is hardly up
to the standard.
It is really to be hoped that ex-
Champlon Corbett will be permitted
to meet Champion Johnson (colored).
It will settle a great controversy In
the sporting world as to whether
Corbett will be able to last a half or
three-quarters of a round.
Suppose Champion Johnson should
draw the professional line against
theater actors and refuse to meet
any but prizefighters. Has Corbeft
thought of this contingency?
Why not send John Barrett to Nica
ragua with a club? If that failed,
John could talk them Into peaceful
repose. Seven columns of trade sta
tistics beats shrapnel.
Fortunately for the Supreme Court,
Its decision in the $29,000,000 fine
case came too late for comment in
Roosevelt's message yesterday.
One ray of joy outshines from the
coming Administration. If it be true
that fat men are lazy, the messages
will be brief.
The twenty-nine million fine does
not go, and the people who burn oil
will keep their money.
The day of the poultry show Is near,
and old Mrs. Hen Is worrying to keep
her comb on straight.
Maybe the Supreme Court figured
that John D. needed tho money worse
than Uncle Sam,
OXB-CE?rT PAPERS A MISTAKE.
Poor Business Propositions tor Pub
lishers and Advertisers.
From Newspaperdom, New York.
There are mutterlngs in the air. It
Is whispered that the one-cent dally
must add another cent to its price or
lose all the money it made when pulp
was easy to get and paper cheap. The
weight of the calamity, however, de
pends largely upon the viewpoint taken.
As to the raising of the price of pa
per, it is a real misfortune. Any manu
facturer, in any line, whose goods com
mand fixed prices, suffers when the
price of raw material is raised. And
the raise in price of paper that means
an actual net loss to the publishers of
the one-cent daily, also Insures a loss
in profit to the publisher who gets a
higher price. So both are hurt. But
If it Is a matter of banishing the one
cent dally there may be compensation.
Perhaps papers are too cheap.
The advertising world has gone mad
on the subject of circulation. Tons and
tons of good paper needed for actual
use are constantly being turned into
newspapers and magazines which are
never sold, nor Intended to be sold,
merely to make circulation. While the
number actually sold is undoubtedly
great, the number read and digested is
vastly less, and If there could be a
statement of "read" circulation what a
tumbling of figures there would be.
The fault lies with the advertiser.
He spends his money for space which
is suDDOsed to soil goods. 3ut ne de
mands circulation regardless. If the
papers are unsold, how can they sell
his goods; If they are bought to kill
time on a ten-minute car ride, how
can they sell his goods? Which is bet
ter for the advertiser ten papers de
livered at home, 100 left in the sub
way or 1000 gone to wanton waste?
But the advertiser will not listen. He
wants clrpulation and, therefore, fig
ures are swelled by every means that
Ingenuity can devise. It is safe to say
that most of the high-pressure circula
tion could be cut in two, without af
fecting the advertisers' results.
Ito Immigration Problem TTow,
Cleveland Leader.
For the hour there is hardly the
shadow of an Immigration problem be
fore the American people or their Na
tional Government. There Is no net
Immigration that is, no surplus of ar
rivals over departures of aliens. The
country has been losing population in
stead of gaining, for a year, by the
balance between immigration and emi
gration. There Is also a considerable emigra
tion which is not the return of foreign
ers to the countries which they left
when they came to America It is
caused by the movement of American
farmers from various parts of the coun
try to the Canadian Northwest. Cheap
and rich land is the lure, and it has
been strong enough to lead 50,000 or
60,000 American citizens over the boun
dary in a single year. Many will re
turn to their own country, sooner or
later, but thousands will stay where
their new possessions are.
Of course, these conditions are merely
temporary. They cannot last. In a few
months, probably, immigration will
once more far exceed emigration. The
surplus may rise to great figures with
in a year or two. But all the while
the arrivals of aliens seeking work and
homes are measured against a growing
American population. The same volume
of Immigration Is relatively smaller
every year. Its effect upon the United
States is less, politically, socially and
Industrially.
The Parmer's Happy Lot.
Baltimore Sun.
There are about 6,000,000 farms in the
United States, and after division is
made among them It will be found
that the average amount for each farm
la about $920. This is a comfortable
sum for the living of a family which
has house rent and a greater part of
the food consumed thrown in. The ag
ricultural population of the United
States is about 25,000,000 persons; that
is. there are 10,381,765 employed in ag
riculture, and the rest, nearly 15,000,000,
are dependent upon them. If tne earn
ings on the farm, over and above the
amount fed to livestock, should be di
vided equally among those who have to
live on it. each one would nave io.
The value of the crop of 1908, as esti
mated by the Secretary of Agriculture,
Is about double that of 1900, according
to the census of that year. We have
seen that by dividing up this great
crop among those who have to live
upon It the figures begin to appear not
so big, after all. And yet they are big
enough to make the farmer very pros
perous and contented. In recent years
he has paid off his mortgages and has
opened a bans account, ne tivoo com
fortably and, although In a portion or
the Tear he works very hard, yet he
has more leisure during the 12 months
than most men In other occupations.
Dost Twice Saves Master's L,lfe.
Denver Dispatch to the New York
worm.
,... ir.td.. rtnthln Colo., has
arrived here after two thrilling escapes
from snow slides. W. F. Stockman and
Mosher left Gothie with four horseloads
,f siinnlles for Mountain iing mine,
six miles up the gulch.
ttv, , r miiAfl nr thev encountered a
snow slide that swept away a part of
the supplies. Stockman rerusea io go
further.
IfActt., want An & S hort distance.
when another slide carled his horses
down the mountain to death and buried
him under six feet of snow. His New
foundland dog rode the slide and then
searched for his master, finally digging
m out.
Totrether ther set out again for the
mine, about a mile distant. Before
reaching it a third slide enguirea mem.
The faithful animal again saved his
master by digging him from under the
avalanche. '
oimd Philosophy of Politeness.
Railroad Employe.
Of an methods of making another
person angry and disagreeable the
worst Is to tell him that he will "have
" do something. How orten ao we
ar: "You will have to go to tho
other window," "You will have to go
to the other car," "You will have to
wait an hour." "You wil have to write
the general passenger agent or superin
tendent," and the like. Primarily we
are all free agents and don't "have to"
lo a darned thing, we may una n
ixpedient or necessary to a oertain
nd. but we don't even "have to" eat
f we don't want to.
How easy to put the direction In
another manner, such as "The other
window, please," or "Will you kindly
take the car ahead." or "The rules re
quire;" a short, very short explanation
of why a certain thing la necessary
will always work wonders In avoiding
trouble.
Chance for the Servian Prince.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Crown Prince of Servia vehem
ently declares: "I will fight my father.
If necessary." We respectfully refer
him to Hon. fMck Johnson if he feels
that he positively oannot get along
without a fight. . .
Italy's First Woman Lawres Begins.
London Times.
Italy's first woman lawyer, who has
Just begun to practice, is Slgnorina Lol
linl, daughter of a Roman Socialist and
ex-Deputy.
Sayings of Great Men.
On with the dance, let Joy be unoon
flned, as long as I am. F. Augustus
Helnze.
Prohibition Leaders Decide on Cnrd
ladrx System tar Organisation!
Chicago Record-Herald.
A card-index system in every state,
a Drecinct organization in every pre-
I cinct in the country these were the
two main points agreed upon yesterday
at a conclave of Prohibition leaders,
called to map out a plan of battle for
the Presidential campaign of 1912. The
war council was held at the Palmer
House, and It lasted all day.
Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition candi
date for the Presidency last November,
all the members of the National execu
tive committee, state chairmen from
neighboring commonwealths and party
editors canvassed the outlook and de
cided to start work forthwith to perfect
their organization for the fight four
years hence.
While the National leaders were
looking into the future, the county
party was getting ready for activities
at Springfield in the interests of election-law
reforms. At a meeting of the
county managing party at the Sherman
House, resolutions were adopted in fa
vor of the reform suggested by Elec
tion Commissioner Thomas Judge, call- '
ing for an amendment that would re
quire the ballots to be counted by the
election commission, Instead of by the
precinct Judges and clerks, as at pres
ent. Members of the committee lauded the
proposed plan and sent resolutions to
the election board promising aid In tho
agitation for election-iaw amendments.
Four vacancies oh the county managing
committee were filled. Dr. William
F. Schaare being appointed to the va
cancy in the Ninth Ward; John W.
Kapke, Twenty-fourth; James Garner,
Twenty-fifth, and E. L. Kletzlng,
Twenty-seventh.
Tomorrow was set as the date for
the round-up of the No-License League
forces, at which final preparations will
be made for a sweeping effort through
out the city on New Year's day to se
cure signatures to the petitions to get
the question of whether Chicago shall
be "wet" or "dry" upon the little bal
lots at the Aldermanlc elections.
The conference of the National lead
ers was the forerunner of a series
which the National Committee is plan
ning to have In different sections of
the country during the next few
months. It was preceded by a meeting
of the National Executive Committee,
at which plans for perfecting the party
organization by means of precinct
clubs were considered.-
The following topics were brought
up for special discussion at the general
council:
The principles that must win.
The party press and literature.
The sinews of war.
Practical politics.
Reaching out fon the masses.
The present situation.
The future of the party.
The South and the duty of the Pro
hibitionists. National Chairman Charles R. Jones
prfslded at the meeting, end among the
leaders present were: National Vice
Chairman A. G. Wolfenbarger, Lincoln,
Neb.; National Treasurer Felix. T. Mc
Whirten, Indianapolis, Ind. ; National
Secretary W. G. Calderwood, MInneapo
lis, Minn.; A. A. Stevens, Tyrone, Pa
Samuel Dickie, president Albion Col
lege, Albion, Mich.; Finley C. Hemlrick-
son, Cumberland, Md.; O. W. Stewart
Chicago; J. B. Cranftll, Dallas, Texas
Edward C. Clark. Indianapolis, Ind.; L.
L. Pickett, Louisville, Ky.; L. L Lautrh
lln, Laramie, Wyo.; C. B. Pitts, chair
man New York Prohibition State Com
mittee, Oswego, N. Y., and II. P. Farls
member National Committee, Clinton
Mo.
STO WOA'DEU SHH LIKES AMERICA,
Schumann-Heinle Earned Over f 130,000
Last Year With Her Voice.
Dresden Cable to New York American.
Madame Schumann-Helnk, who Is
here preparing for the part of Clytem
nestra In Strauss' new opera, "Electra,"
to be produced January 25 at the Royal
Opera House, told an Interviewer today
her real motives for becoming an Amer
ican citizen and devoting most of her
time to singing in the United States.
"In Germany I never earned more
than from 11000 to $1760 per annum."
she said, "thotlgh I was a prima donna
of one of the richest theaters In Ham
burg. Only after I had closed with
Mr. Grau in New York did the Berlin
Opera offor me a contract with a guar
antee of $6000 per annum.
"Before I went to, the United States, the
German press spoke of me as a singer
of the first order and a great artist,
and many honors were showered upon
me by the public, but at home I had
half a dozen starved children. Indeed,
the spectre of want nover left my fire
side while I was working exclusively
on the German operatic stage.
"In the United States I gave last
year 130 concerts, each netting me
$1000.
"In addition, I made considerable
money by singing into the phonograph.
Now you know why I prefer the United
States to the fatherland."
Madame Schumann-T-Ieink's second
son is studying in Dresden. He is said
to have a basso voice of great promise.
A Man nnd Ills Donliles.
Harper's Weekly.
"My friend Woolen William Wesley
Woolen" said Speaker Cannon, "was
starting on a trip to Kurope.
"He 'needed a steamer rug in a hurry
and telephoned for one to ba sent up
to his house. The clerk took the or
der, but couldn't understand tho name.
" 'Spell it out,' he asked, 'and I'll
write it down.'
"So Woolen started.
'"W," said he.
"'Yes,' said the olerk.
" W.'
" Tea."
- TTe-es.'
"Double o.'
" 'Ye-e-es.'
" -Double 1
"'Say,' Interrupted the clerk, 'what do
you think you are twins?'"
Should Have Been Put on Cnnvaa.
New York Sun.
Where are the historical painters?
Not often do they have such a subject
as Rev. Charles F. Aked coming down
from his pulpit, "grasping" the hand
of Hon. John D. Rockefeller and wish
ing and being wished a Happy New
Year. The prophet of a "reeking"
country and a high source of "tainted"
wealth and a noble autobiographical
and moral literature in friendship's
claspl There could be no Bweeter
theme for . an artist, unless he could
catch the Thane of Skibo shaking hands
with himself.
Tragedy of Demoted Twin Brothers.
Baltimore News.
The Dyke twin brothers, who were
burned to death at Hepburn, Iowa, had
never been separated. When one was
sick, the other was. and whenever one
was happy or depressed, the other was
in a like condition.
Swinburne Threatens New Book.
London Globe.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, the
poet. Is In fine health, and is writing a
new book a volume of essayB. He
walks two or three hours every day.
The poet is strongly opposed to the
suffrage for women.
A Real Problem for Carnegie.
Chicago Reoord-Horald.
Won't Andrew Carnegie please oblige
by turning In and solving the house
maid problem?
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
A prominent New Yorker, during the
heat of the last campaign, visited Sa
lem, 111., the birthplace of William J.
Bryan. When on the way to the hall
where he was to speak the driver of
his vehicle turned to him and said:
"There is where William J. Bryan
first saw the UghC"
"Excuse mo for correcting you," said
the New Yorker, "but what you mean
is. That is the house In which Mr.
Bryan was born.' Mr. Hryan never
saw the light."-New York American.
"So j'ou ore going to send your
youngest boy to college?"
"Yes,'' answered Farmer Corntossel.
"He's too big for me to handle In the
woodshed, and I guess I'll have to have
hlra hazed." Washington Star.
A New England man tells of an el
derly citizen in a New Hampshire town
who long bore the reputation of being
the meanest man in the country. This
old chap was proprietor of a hotel, tho
rules whereof provided that everything
should be kept under lock and key, the
result of which was that no hanger-on
could get his hands on a newspaper, a
bit of hotel stationery, a free wash, or,
in fact, anything free at all. To cap
the climax, the old man one day came
in and posted the following notice
above the only clock In the place:
"This clock for use of hotel guests
only." Harper's Weekly.
A traveller passing through a moun
tain district In northern Pennsylvania
last Summer came across a lad of 16
cultivating a patch of miserable pota
toes. He remarked upon their unprom
ising appoaranoe, and expressed pity
for any one who had to dig a living out
of such soil.
"I don't need no pity," said the boy,
resentfully.
The traveller hastened to sooths his
wounded pride. But in the offended
tone of one .who has been misjudged,
the boy added: "I ain't as poor as you
think. I'm only workin' here. I don't
own this place." Everybody's Maga
zine. a a
A man sat for some time In a res
taurant looking thoughfully at his
saucer of melting ice cream. At last
he left his chair and mada his way to
the proprietor.
"I see you advertise that you make
your own ice cream," he said, in a con
fidential tone.
"I do, sir," said the proprietor.
"Well." said the man, "would you
permit me to give you a little pointer?
I won't charge you n cent, and it'll be
money in your pocket."
"Glad to hear it, I'm sure," said the
proprietor.
"Get somebody else to make It," eald
the man, In a hoarse whisper. Youth's
Companion.
A wizened lit tin man charged Ma
wife with cruel and abusive treatment.
His better half, or In this case bettor
two-thirds, was a big. sqnare-jawed
woman with a determined eye.
The Judge listened to the ' plaintiff's
recital of wrongs with interest.
"Where did you meet this woman,
who. according to your story, has
treated you so dreadfully?" his honor
asked.
"Well, judcre," replied the little man,
making a brave attempt' to glare de
fiantly at his wife, "I never did meet
her. She Just kind of overtook me."
Everybody's Magazine.
Player (to lady" opponent) What
mado you put your king on my ace?
You couldn't beat it.
Lady No; but I could try. Punch.
The Outcry
Edited by T. R.
I have fought wolves, lions, frusta,
Congressmen, tigers, and even editors,
in my time, but In every encounter I
was the winner. (I am so modest I
say so myself.)
On one occasion, however, I Buf
fered defeat at the hands of the com
mon or domestlo variety of seminary
girl.
I was out riding, and came across a
bevy of these vicious animals unexpect
edly. I was armed only with a ainad
riding crop, having left all of my fa
vorite ritlos and shotguns at home, so
the children might amuse themselves,
but I was determined to face the dan-
KR'ldlng until I reached the side of
one of the girls, I struck her horse
with tho crop. I scored a clean-cut
victory, for she offered no resistance,
and seemed to be frightened. Her
friends rallied to her defense, howevor.
and after my back was turned they
said a lot of mean things about me
that got Into the newspapers
For the first time in my life I was
unable to utter a stinging repjy. I
could not find a word that would ex
press my feelings. I called Loeb. m
faithful manservant, and asked him
where my words were.
"You used all of them In your last
message to Congress," ha replied.
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
was promenading the fourth floor o
the new Willard recently, talking to fin
acquaintance, when some person who
,.ttnir,u- nr other butted In,
remarking with a large, expansive
smile and a hearty mi.
........ ,,.,...,,, T'm triad to see
you. I 'certainly was glad to hear of
our re-election. imn
i.e.-nnr Moke. With
,'' . ' -it ,nn fine, only I wasn't
re-elected." New York American.
Jobn-D. Olves Strange Woman a Sent,
New York Press.
-r T3,.imfeiipr. Sunday morning
rot ud to give a strange woman a seat
fn h"sPpewln the Fifth-Avenue Baptist
Church. Members of the congregation
who noticed the Incident were mildly .
surprised. The financier and his son
came into tho church after the services
had begun, and their pews were almost
filled. The Rockefellers have two pews
on the second aisle from the right, and
when they came in there was Just room
Lough in each for two more persons
After he was seated Rockefeller senior
noticed an usher looking for - '
a woman who came in late. lh fl""11
ci r Stepped into the aisle and Invited
her into his pew. Then he joined in the
services, singing the last two hymns.
Winning Dollar Bet Kills Illm.
New York City Dispatch.
Samuel Van Dora, a negro 18 years
old of Rockaway road. Jamaica, L. 1
is dead of peritonitis. The last thing
he saw was "Dad. I bet 'Jim' Smith a
month ago that I could eat a drinking
Sasl Hs bet a dollar that I couldn't.
I won, so what do I care if I do die?
TILE OLD YEAR.
rn ,.iir lust by tha cawmtnt, hre I wtiuifl.
ind r K.oS wlihout. on brlhlt mooaUt
i.tento the rustle of tha leave..
That ! "n fair hat-py Summer were so
bright-
Old year, those withered leav" that pass
Ar. hopejambltiona, lost amid tha sulfa.
As we rush with tho torr-nt aver on.
And nnd no peaceful current In this Ufa-
Old year, klnrt worda and frlendnhipa yon
Anddihcser we chrrl.h ever with tha best.
Wt-n amid l!'"'s Rtrlvlnir ami turmoil.
As we .grope on to II, .d the llsllt and real.
Old year, wa would not shun, but brave the
Yet. ''tho' it wound our tired and weary
iv de'oia' you now a memory of toe paat
While we, with brlshiest smiles, the
New Year preet.
JUXii Jl'MILLEN OHDWAl
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