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FOKTI.A.n. WEDNESDAY. MAR. 14,
GERM AX If AND ENG1AND.
In order to quiet the fears that have
arisen in the house of his beloved
Uncle Edward, the Emperor William
hastens to assure his near relatives
that they have overestimated the com
ing strength, of the German navy.
When First Lord of the Admiralty
.rteginaia McKenna threw cold shivers
of fear up and down the back of the
British Hon. a few days ago by calling
attentiou to German activity In build
ing warships, he asserted that the Ger
mans would have 17, and possibly 21,
Dreadnoughts in 1912, compared with
but 20 for Great Britain. Now comes
the. German Navy Department and au
thorizes the statement that in Au
tumn, 1912, Germany will have but
IS of these vessels of the big gun
type. Mr. McKenna, in making his
plea for an enormous Increase in the
appropriations necessary to provide
Great Britain with a sufficient number
of ships, seems to have, found It nec
essary to use the maximum possibili
ties of German naval construction in
comparing them with the actual work
that would be turned out In Great
Britain.
The official denial of Germany that
she will build more than 13 of the
big fighting machines prior to 1912
may relieve the anxiety of Great Brit
ain, for it will leave her with at least
four more of the big sea fighters than
are possessed by Germany. This falls
considerably short of the time-honored
two-power standard, but It seems that
Great Britain has abandoned that mon
umental task and will now endeavor
to retain a respectable lead In a one
power standard. The disclaimer from
Germany of any Intention of passing
her . ore aged neighbor In the race
for naval supremacy, and in offering
figures to prove her Intentions, Is fully
as reassuring and peaceful as the re
marks of Mr. McKenna and Premier
.Asquith when they exploded the mine
in the House of Commons.
Mr. McKenna said "that It was axio
matic that Great Britain should have
a navy sufficiently strong to ensure
Britain's shores from Invasion, the em
pire from hostile attempts an 1 trade
from destruction In time of Avar." It
was, perhaps, only a coincidence that
he then called attention to Germany's
activity Jn the building of battleships,
for Premier Asquith. who followed
him. assured the people that any cal
culation as to the relative strength of
the navies of Great Britain and Ger
many must not be supposed to Imply
unsatisfactory diplomatic relations, but
"On the contrary, the recent course
of international affairs had tended to
remove all barriers." He said that
"the government had more than once
suggested a mutual reduction In naval
expenditures, but it always had been
assured In the most formal manner
that the German naval expenditures
were governed salely with reference to
Germany's needs and d:: n t depend
upon Great Britain's programme."
It is probable that Great Britain
fears that Germany's "needs" may in
clude some British territory, and that
all barriers have not been removed.
Great Britain's estimates, which caused
such a sensation throughout the king
dom, were based on what Germany
could do if she were so disposed. Great
Britain's estimates of her own capacity
under similar pressure have not been
announced; but, while England might
hold her own for a few years longer,
German prestige Is rising rapidly, and
the "needs" of the Fatherland, espe
cially territorial "needs," are greater
than ever.
PERILS OF AIR NAVIGATION.
Ballooning Is the safest method of
aviation. So few are the fatalities at
tending the balloon that some enthu
siasts have callet. It a safer sport than
automobillng. This may be true, when
the balloon does not encounter a
violent air disturbance. In a peaceful
equilibrium of atmosphere t"e balloon
is. safe enough, no doubt. But in a
storm, the big gas bag is but a play
thing of the winds, far worse than a
ship in the ocean. In such case the
larger the balloon the less It can be
controlled or guided. A ship saves it
self by reducing the surface that It ex
poses to the gale, that Is, It takes in
sail. The air "Vessel cannot do this.
It is worse than helpless In a heavy
wind. It is the same with the ordinary
balloon, the dirigible balloon and the
aeroplane, although the latter theo
retically ought to be able to withstand
, a gale the best.
The aeronauts who ascended from
Pasadena last Saturday were unable to
direct or control their balloon against
the fierce storm that drove northward
into the Sierra Mad re Mountains'.
Owing to the heavy load, of the bal
loon and Its small supply of sand bal
last, it Is not likely that the big
gas bag could rise above the three
successive mountain chains and gain
Mojave Desert. 60 miles beyond. An
atmosphere that causes a balloon to
rise rapidly in one temperature will
cause It to sink fast In a colder. After
the six men roBe from Pasadena, a
snow storm blew up with great fury.
The cold, of course, lessened the lift
ing power of tneir air vessel. The
small weight of sand ballast aboard
could be thrown out. but the balloon
might continue to fall upon the snow
driven mountains. One possible way
of enabling the balloon to rise out of
danger and cross the mountains would
be to leave behind, where it could
touch, one or more members of the
party.- But it would be very danger
ous to approach that near the ground,
in a storm. The party might be
dashed against a cliff or the balloon
might become- entangled in a - tree.
Coupled with, all th.es a dangers would.
be the difficulty -of directing: the bal
loon, even In a feeble -way. out of
sight and hearing of the earth In a
violent tempest.
Air will probably always be unre
liable as a medium of travel or traffic,
owing- not altogether to imperfections
of the air ship, but to uncertainties of
the air. Mortals feel none too safe
In well-anchored houses, when the
blast comes.
AX OU ITIIEND WITH A NEW FACE.
-The Gothenberg plan of handling the
liquor traffic; nndniihtpiv m,-
j In Sweden it has succeeded well, main
ly Because the company which has the
monopoly of all liquor sales does not
seek a profit. If the public is correct
ly Informed, the company which asks
for a monopoly In Portland will seek
a profit. This makes all the difference
in the world. The proposal to pay the
city a lump sum of $365,000 a year
looks ominous. If the revenue of the
city were made so largely dependent on
a single source, and that source of
such a thoroughly well understood
character, it is to be-feared-that all
attempts to regulate the monopoly
would be balked by the threat that
regulation would Impair the revenue.
A privilege purchased at the enormous
price of $1000 a day would naturally
be held very precious both by those
who owned it and by the City Council,
and we may be. perfectly confident that
regulation would be of the most super
ficial character. The monopoly would
acquire a vested right to Its profits
and nothing would be permitted to
Interfere with them.
We must remember also that the
experiment of placing all the saloons
in the same city under the control of
a single corporation Is no new thing
in this country. Indeed. It Is common.
In St. Louis, for example, nearly all
the saloons for a long time have' been
owned by the Anheuser Busch Com
pany, with results which have not com
mended themselves to the lovers of
law and order. The theory that a mon
opoly would stave off the day of pro
hibition is not supported by the facts,
for in St. Louis there Is today, after
years of monopoly, a strong prohibi
tion movement. To the plea that the
proposed monopoly would be "differ
ent," we need not pay much attention.
-The principal fact In the situation Is
that it -would run the saloons for a
profit. This tells the whole story. One
company running them for a profit
will do precisely what any other com
pany would. The difference would
subsist only in name.- The results
would be the same. The solution of
the liquor problem does not lie in
this direction.
WHOSE BUSINESS IS ITt
Miss Helen G. "Emery, of San Fran
cisco, has got a good deal of notoriety
of the kind that prudent young women
shun and reputable people everywhere
deplore, in choosing for her husband
a young man of alien race a little
brown man of the Orient. So deter
mined Is ,thls infatuated young woman
to marry in accordance with the
strange whim that possesses her that
Bhe has refused to hearken to the re
monstrances of her father, has over
ridden the scruples of her sorely dis
tressed mother and departed with her
lover for the purpose it is supposed,
of marrying him at the first opportu
nity. It is sometimes held by thoughtless
persons that marriage is a matter that
concerns solely the man and woman
who assume Its obligations; that It is
nobody's else business If the two im
mediately concerned are satisfied, On
ly the shallow reason thus. The mar
riage of every man and woman is a
matter of weal or woe to the com
munity. In certain cases, the state
steps in between the contracting par
ties and says no. Oregon yesterday,
through the agency of the District At
torney, balked a similar couple, with
a similar intent, at the request of the
State of Idaho. Society has rights and
enforces them.
But what of the Inherent rights of
posterity if the question of "marriage
Is to be limited In each case to the
personal rights of two people? Even
the children of Gunjlro Aokl have a
right to be born Into social conditions
that Insure them the respectful con
sideration of their relatives, their
schoolmates and the community into
which they are born. This birthright
can only come through the marriage
of Aokl with a woman of his own
race; for where in our system of so
cial economy is there a place for the
child, still less for the'man or woman,
of half caste? Then the children of
Helen Emery, the grandchildren of
Archdeacon Emerv. hava nm v...
right to enter life under conditions that
win give tnem at least the possibility
of good fellowship, happiness and suc
cess In life?
A WAVE OV FOIXY.
The strike of the French telegraph
ers and postal employes presents some
new and Interesting features in both
the labor and the government owner
ship problems. Paris news in yester
day's Oregonian was that the strikers,
not content with winning all the sub
stantial points for which they con
tended, are trying to force the govern
ment to a public confession of defeat
by the dismissal of M. Simyan, who is
extremely obnoxious to the state em
ployes. The Clemenceau ministry is
pretty thoroughly permeated with so
cialism, but it seems to have balked
at so pronounced an admission of fear
as the granting of this demand would
show. At the beginning of this novel
labor war, the French government dis
played considerable backbone and an
nounced its intention of treating the
affair as a conspiracy against the state.
This in effect is what the strike actual
ly was. but in the light of subsequent
events it would seem that the govern
ment was so fearful of the result of
the pressing of drastic measures that it
promptly, backed down.
The settlement, of the" strike, even
should, the strikers fail to get the
scalp of M. Simyan, Is so pronounced
a victory for the strikers that it can
hardly fail to cause considerable alarm
among the conservative element In
France, which for a long time has been
uneasy over the steady drift of the
country toward socialism. From all re
ports that have been received of this
French labor trouble, it has been con
ducted on exactly the same lines as
any ordinary industrial strike. In its
success It has established a dangerous
precedent, which may lead to some
thing far more serious than the diffi
culty which, for the present at least,
seems to have been patched up.
The right of the laborer to quit his
employment if the wages are unsatis
factory, or for other reasons, has never
been denied. In this country and in
European countries, these rights have
generally been given sufficient latitude
to permit the strikers to use argu
TnE MORXIXG OREGOMAX, WEDXESDAY,
ments, ranging from moral suasion to
force, in an effort to prevent others
taking the places vacated by the strik
ers. Generally speaking, it has only
been when public service In which the
Government was directly interested
has been interfered with that the Gov
ernment has taken a hand In settling
the 'difficulty. In the case of the
French strike, which has terminates
with the establishment of such a dan
gerous precedent, the employes of the
government so far forgot their duty
to the public that they not only ab
ruptly, abandoned their work, but by
force prevented their places from be
ing filled.
With the ordinary workingman or
mechanic in the employ of a private
corporation, this conduct may be ex
cusable. On the part of a govern
ment employe, representing as he does
in a degree, no matter how small, the
government Itself, this conduct is
fraught with grave consequences, and
failure of the French government to
maintain its authority and punish the
leading conspirators is in effect only
a postponement of the trouble, which
next time may be still more serious.
It Is said that the government In an
effort to "save Its face" has agreed
to treat the strike as "a wave of folly"
and to punish no one. The proceed
ings certainly disclose considerable fol
ly,; but It is not clear that the fools
are confined to the ranks ofthe strik
ers. ...
PORTLAND'S SKYSCRAPER ERA.
At no previous period In the history
of Portland has there been such a
remarkable building movement as Is
now on at full swing. The work un
der way arid actually provided for is
sufficient to keep this business up to
high-water mark "far into next year.
Portland has at last reachecT-the sky
scraper age. . In every direction these
mammoth structures, in varying de
gree of completion,- are rising above
the streets and surrounding property.
The Lewis and Henry buildings on
Fourth and Stark, the Meier & Frank,
Portland General . Electric, and Olds,
Wortman & King buildings on Alder,
the Wilcox buildings on Seventh and
Stark and Sixth and Washington, the
Lumberman's building, the Ladd &
Tilton building at Third and Washing
ton, the Oregon Hotel annex, are a few
of the many big structures now act
ually under way or with plans com
pleted. These buildings are following the
completion of the Board . of Trade
building, the Falling building,, the
Rothchlld, Couch and Swetland
buildings and a number of oth
ers which the croakers solemnly
predicted were ahead of the demands
of the city. As a matter of fact, the
population of the city is increasing so
rapidly that it is with extreme diffi
culty that quarters are found for the
new arrivals seeking office and store
locations. Portland Is breaking rec
ords in all classes of buildinss, but the
demand for them is so great that there
is no Immediate danger of the supply
getting ahead of it.
MAKE THE BOOST GENERAL.
Nobody need think of It as a miracle
if Portland's population grows to 500,
000 within the span of not many years.
Such things happen in the regular
course of events, but they do not hap
pen without cause. The increase of
population Is, like any other phenome
non, a consequence of antecedent
events and conditions. Where the con
ditions exist, people are attracted by
them as if by the law of gravity. When
the conditions are absent, advertising
will not of Itself draw Inhabitants.
Advertising is effective only when
there is something worth while to ad
vertise. Fortunately, Portland Is bet
ter supplied than almost any other
city, in the United States with the
features which make life pleasant and
the prospect is good for the erection
of more manufacturing plants and
other industries which will enable a
larger population to earn a living.
Beautiful scenery and a delightful
climate, however enjoyable they may
be, will not of themselves round out
existence. People must eat as well as
gaze upon snow-capped peaks. The
outlook for Portland is that they can
do both.
The development of a great city is
an evolutionary process to which many
factors usually contribute. Some of
these factors are supplied by nature.
Others man must himself provide. In
some quarters there Is a disposition
to believe that evolution will, of itself,
do everything, but we are learning that
no mistake could be more deplorable.
Intelligent results are obtained only
through intelligent effort. Evolution
is blind and irrational. It leads quite
as often to disaster as to : desirable
ends when human Intelligence does not
interfere to control its operation. The
evolution of the Shorthorn steer would
never have come about in the world
but for the application of man's good
sense to the purposeless laws of hered
ity. The same is true of the Hood
River apples. Nature furnishes the
starting point and the general methods
of procedure, but the details of the
evolutionary process man must work
out for himself, or he gets nothing
worth - having. Intelligence is quite
as essential to the building of a great
city as to the production of a perfect
apple or a profitable steer.
If. then, we desire to see a city here
with 500,000 population, we must take
the measures necessary to produce it.
Nature has arranged matters so that
the greater portion of the Inhabitants
of Portland must dwell on the East
Side, while -they will do business and
find employment on the West Side.
The problem of crossing the river be
comes, therefore, of prime Importance
to the future of the city. Easy and
rapid transit means accelerated
growth. Expense, delay, annoyance,
mean dwarfed and hampered growth.
A person being asked to specify the
thing most needful to the rapid con
centration of population here might
well reply, "a perfect system of tran
sit across the river." The law has in
corporated the east and. west sides in
a single city and it is the -part of wis
dom to devise some method of uniting
them as closely In fact as in theory.
Whether the ultimate solution of the
problem will be high bridges or tun
nels the future will reveal, but It is
certain that within a few years we
shall have seen the last of the ugly
and inconvenient draw bridges which
are a mere makeshift at best and are
fertile In annoyance both to navigators
and to the public. The modern ten
dency is to tunnel under streams In
stead of bridging them, both for reas
ons of economy and convenience. A
tunnel once constructed properly is
likely to last forever, while sooner or
later the best bridge must be rebuilt.
Moreover, an underground passage is
out of the way of everything else.
A notable Incident of Portland's his
tory in. recent years is the movement
of the' large retail stores and some of
the financial institutions westward,
leaving the streets along the river to
the wholesalers and commission men.
Where this movement will end nobody
would venture to predict Just now, but
as population inrijies nn th i..; cY.
naturailythe stores will move in that di
rection also, whilethe East Side will tend
more ana more to develop minor retail
trading centers of its own. The migra
tion of business from one locality to
another is amonor th Tr-ot intpfaeHm,
incidents In the growth of almost every
tiLj. oo iar as our great department
stores are concerned, it is conceivable
that as the years pass they will draw
an increasing volume of trade from
the country. Part of It will come by
mail, but not all of it. The new elec
tric railways and other means of rapid
transit bring the country population
even nearer' to the center of the town
and stimulate them to forsake the
rural store for the larger opportuni
ties of the mammoth city mart. Thus
the growth of retail business in Port
land depends more or less on good
communication with the country,, while
the growth of every kind of business
depends on the prosperity of the rural
districts. Every effort made to Increase
the scope and profit of agriculture In
Oregon and Washington Is, therefore,
a gain to Portland. Every effort to
give the farmers the advantage of good
roads Inures to the benefit of Port
land 'almost as directly as Improve
ments in the city streets. Half a mil
lion people in Portland would be an
undesirable anomaly without a corres
ponding development of the surround
ing agricultural region. The city can
not maintain a healthy growth unless
the country grows also, for when all
Is said, we must admit that the coun
try feeds the town and provides the
ultimate market for many of its
products.
Fifteen hundred people at Central
Point and 3500 at Medford to greet
the Southern Pacific demonstration
train, Is an example of the Interest
shown in these attempts on the part
of the railroad company to Improve
conditions for the farmers. The enthu
siasm with which these trains are re
ceived in the Willamette Valley Is In
strange contrast to the haughty in
difference shown them by the wheat
barons In Eastern Oregon, who, hav
ing grown wealthy with a minimum
of effort In their farming methods, are
content to continue such methods, re
gardless of the advantages which aro
shown by the experts in charge who
accompany these demonstration trains.
The Willamette Valley was once a
wheat country, and at that time Its
lands iWere no more valuable than
those of Eastern Oregon are today.
Now, the valley farms are worth so
much money that it is unprofitable to
grow even dollar wheat on them.
Lieutenant Shackelton, of the Brit
ish navy, is reported to have reached
the South Pole. Telegraphic commu
nication with the Antarctic is very bad
at this season of the year, and fjor that
reason it will probably be some time
before full particulars of the affair
are available. If the report is true,
however, the performance will take
some of theT glory from Lieutenant
Peary, who is expected to hang the
Stars and Stripes on the North Pole
in the near future. As a lecture bu
reau attraction, Lieutenant Shackelton
will now have first call over all other
men on earth.
The latest Is to consolidate all the
Portland saloons In one management
a monopoly and to put all present sa
loonkeepers out of business. The chief
argument for this interesting scheme
is that it has never been tried here,
nor within many thousand miles of
Portland. That settles it. Let's
have it.
Tillamook is finding its salvation in
competition. Months ago, when one
steamer gave that port spasmodic con
nection with Portland, the whole coun
ty suffered. Now that opposition boats
are running regularly, the great dairy
district takes on new life and sends
out both loaded with freight and pas
sengers every trip.
Two San Francisco women have
lately become engaged to marry enter
prising and attractive Japanese gentle
men, temporarily employed as cooks
or servants In American families. The
fad seems to be growing.
Now a British Lieutenant has dis
covered the South Pole nearly. Wal
ter Wellman, our great near-explorer,
would have found the North Pole all
right If he could have got his balloon
started.
Senator Bourne Is In place on that
newly-created Senate finance commit
tee. As long ago as 1896 he was deep
ly impressed with the idea that our
whole financial system needs reform
ing. It was a great idea to send up a
rescue balloon after that lost Califor
nia air vessel. - There was at least one
chance In a thousand that the winds
might carry It In the same direction.
New York doctors are rediscovering
the fact that bee stings are good for
rheumatism. The business end of a
wasp has been known almost to euro
paralysis when rightly applied.
Good for Mr. Whltla, May he now
proceed to prosecute, with all the in
dignation of an outraged father and all
the vigor of outraged law, the villains
who kidnaped his young son.
A professor in a Chicago psycho
therapeutic class says the solar plexus
is an emotional center. That's where
Bob Fitzslmmcms showed It to Jim
Corbett once upon a time.
Just so long as Portland keeps the
office of postmaster, Oregon's Senators
in Washington need not be alarmed
about moving offices from Portland
to Puget Sound cities.
. There were no malefactors of great
wealth at the wharf to bid Colonel
Roosevelt good-by. They preferred to
shed their tears in private.
If Castro returns to South America,
he will locate at some point near
enough to Venezuela to be a menace
and a nuisance.
ThatBrltlsh drumbeat will go around
the world criss-cross if this latest ex
plorer has nailed the Union Jack to
the South Pole. -
"Oregon, Extra Dry, 1910," is the
slogan of the prohibitionists. Yes,
Mumm's the word.
J Will it be the Teddy Lion now?
MARCH 24,
1900.
MORE: VIEW'S OX THE tariff.
Eastern Newspapers, as a Whole, Speeds:
Favorably of the New BUI.
Philadelphia Press. Rep.
Some duties are raised and the principle
of protection to American labor where
protection is needed runs all through the
bill. If through inadvertence or Imperfect
knowledge this principle is violated at any
important point there will be ample op
portunity for c demonstration of this fact
and for the cure of this defect before the
bill reaches final passage.
Genuine Revision Downward.
New York World. Ind. Dem.
Chairman Payne's tariff bill shows evi
dences of the cross-purposes of contend
ing interests. In these respects it is not
likely to be Improved in the turmoil of a
House debate. Yet as it stands it does,
upon the whole, fulfil the party pledge of
a genuine revision downward in tie inter
est of the Government and the consumer.
Reserve to States, Tax Inheritance.
New York Sun, Ind. Rep.
Whatever happens to the customs duties
and the free list, subject to unknown
shlftings or abandonments, one evil de
vice for revenue in this bill should be
struck out if Congress has any feeling
of state pride, if not of state rights. The
tax on inheritances, direct and collateral,
should toe reserved to the states.
Most Reasonable Bill of All.
New York Times, Ind.
The mere introduction of such a bill by
the committee responsible for revenue
legislation, in a House of Representa
tives con-trolled by a large Republican
majority, is a notable event and may
prove memorable. For the fclll does, be
yond all possible doubt, make a breach
in the almost impassable tariff wall, and
the breach is proposed by the party that
built the wall. It is a more reasonable
bill than any that has ever originated
with the party of protection.
Recognises Demand for Revision.
Boston Herald, Ind.
As a whole, the bill appears to be a
reasonable response on the part of the
committee to the demand of the Nation
for relief from oppressive and privileged
tariff duties. The cut of W per cent in
the steel and lumber schedules, and the
transfer of Iron ore and hides to the free
list mark suoh complete abandonment of
the traditions of Republican tariff-making
that adequate attention may not at
once be given to the lesser items in the
schedules. The general scheme of the re
Vision is reduction. Such increases as
have been recommmended apply chiefly
to luxuries.
Payne Bill Looks Rosy.
Hartford (Conn.) Courant, Rep.
What the Senate's finance committee
and the Senate itself ,wlll attempt to do
to the bill at Mr. Aldrich's instigation we
shall see when the time arrives. We all
remember what weird experiences befell
the Wilson tariff bill in that wing of
the Capitol, and what President Cleveland
said about them. There seem to be rea
sonable grounds for hoping that the
Payne bill will have better fortune. Even
elderly and stubborn Senators sometimes
think twice before openly flouting and
defying public sentiment. Also President
Taft aid quite a while ago that he would
rather have no revision at all than a dis
appointing, dishonest revision.
Panacea for Lost Trade.
Boston Post, Dem.
Had such a bill been offered- with in
dorsement ofthe Republican majority in
Congress a quarter of a century ago,
Joy-lires would have been , lighted on the
hilltops throughout New England. Had
such schedules been enaoted into law a
quarter of a century ago. Now England
would not be today dotted with extinct
furnaces and iron . works in ruins. Our
shipbuilding plants would not be van
ished and forgotten. Our working people
would not have been forced to emigrate.
Is there time to recover some of the
great industries of New England under
such a tardy recognition of the Industrial
needs of our people? It Is at least worth
while to try.
Breach Grows In Tariff Wall.
Providence (R. I.) Journal, Ind.
The new tariff bill Is about as much In
the way of revision downward as a ways
and means committee dominated by
Messrs. Payne and Dalzell could be ex
pected to allow. It falls far below the
ideals of the tariff reformers; it perpetu
ates Injustice to the consumer; it rests
upon an unsound economic principle.
Nevertheless, it is encouraging that even
a beginning in the way of reducing exor
bitantly high duties should be made. If
the standpatters fancy, however, that it
will allay agitation, and give to the pro
tected Interests another dozen years of
special privilege, they will find them
selves, mistaken. Increase of appetite
will grow -by what it feeds on. The breach
in the tariff wall will become larger
rather than smaller.
ST. BERNARD ROUTS SALOON THEIP
Masked Mold-Vp man Leaves His Coat
tall In Angry Dog's Month.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Bruno, a massive St. Bernard dog
owned by Michael Renn, a saloonkeeper
at 990 Western avenue, is the hero of the
Southwest Side.
The noble animal has long been a pet
of the children of the neighborhood,
where he is universally loved and re
spected for his gentleness and good na
ture. The corner where he lives has long
been the rendezvous for the youngsters of
the neighborhood, for Bruno is the chil
dren's friend and dearly loves to romp
and play.
It was not until the other night that
Bruno was called upon to play a different
role. As his master was sitting with two
of his patrons, playing a game of cards
in his tavern, the door was pushed open
and a man wearing a black mask entered.
"Throw up your hands and don't move,"
the intruder commanded.
Renn and his comrades thought they
were the victims of a practical Joker and
continued their game. The man advanced
across the room and, pulling a revolver
from his, hip pocket, exclaimed with an
oath, as he pressed the cold muzzle
against Renn's neck:
"Get up or I'll shoot your head off."
Quickly realizing that It was a regular
hold-up the men arose and stood with
their faces to the wall while the burglar
broke open and rifled the cash register be
hind the bar.
"Here, Bruno," called Renn, as the bur
glar started from behind the bar.
Enraged at this call for help the burglar
raised his pistol to shoot, but before be
could pull the "trigger Bruno had run
from an adjoining room and leaped at
his throat.
In an instant the dog and burglar were
struggling on the floor, the latter too
scared to shoot and endeavoring to wrest
himself loose from the enraged animal.
Regaining his feet the burglar dashed
for the door with Bruno at his heels. Be
fore Renn and his companions could In
terfere the robber had burst open the
door and disappeared, not, however, with
out leaving his coat-tail in Bruno's mouth.
The Real Reason.
Cleveland (Ohio) Leader.
Why am I honest? Well, 'tis not
Because of what my friends would say
If I were otherwise tor what
Do others' thoughts count, anyway ?
Nor am I honest Just because
A Rood example I should set;
Nor from respect of certain laws '
That men may make, and break. Nor yet
Do I make honesty my rule
Because 'tis the best policy;
That were the reason of a fool.
But 'tis not strong- enough for me
I scorn such reasons every one.
But not this: One who's In disgrace.
Who stole a watch and couldn't mn
Tells ms the Jail's a draughty placa.
MEMORIAL TO SAI . X- SIMPSON
Funds to Be Raised to Erect m Monu
ment at Salem.
SALEM. Or., March 22. (To the Edi
tor.) The Samuel L. Simpson Memorial
Association of the City of Salem has
taken upon Itself the pleasant and
agreeable duty of erect! no- a monu
ment to commemorate the talent and
genius of Oregon's poet, Samuel L.
Simpson. In this matter the cordial as
sistance of the press of Oregon is re
quested. The idea of the originators of the
association is to place the monument
in Salem. In Wilson avenue, fronting
the State Capitol Building. The funds
to erect the monument can be obtained
by entertainments, lectures and small
contributions from former students of
the Willamette University, pioneers
and admirers of Sam Simpson's high
literary ability.
Sam Simpson was a pioneer of .the
state, having been brought here by his
parents in 1846. The reason for plac
ing the monument in Salem is that a
good portion of Sam Simpson's boy
hood and early manhood was passed
there.
It is the wish of the organizers of
this association to enlist in behalf of
this cause persons .residing in all the
towns and cities of the Northwest, who
were formerly students of the Willam
ette University, and all persons who
appreciate his fine literary Qualities.
We wish to bear testimony to his gen
ius In Borne suitable and proper man
ner. A monument, the expense of
which should be borne by the parties
above mentioned, would be a fitting
memorial to one who fell untimely In
life's battle.
A. N. Bush, the banker, of Salem,
is the treasurer of the association,
P. H. D'ARCY.
President of the Samuel L. Simpson
Memorial Association.
HAY'S PREDICTION OF HIS DEATH
"1 Expect to Be Comfortably Dead la
10O8," He Wrote While Secretary.
New York Times.
A very interesting letter, referring to
President Lincoln Just after Ms first in
auguration, and written by John Hay. is
In an autograph sale at Anderson's. The
letter is dated Washington, 1861, and
says in part:
If there Is anything which more than all
causes me to regret the intolerable press ot
business about-the President's office. It 18
the Impossibility of answering the letters
of my best friends. I have positively not
had a moment's leisure since we arrived in
this city. The throng of office seekers Is
absolutely fearful. They come at daybreak
and still are coming at midnight.
You know that In anything I can do you
can command me, but you overrate my in
fluence. Mr. Lincoln positively refuses to
make any recommendations for positions in
the department; he rejects the entreaties
Uvea most intimate friends and reta
in another letter, Washington, Decem
ber 12, no year, Hay says:
Walter Noyes was appointed on the rec
ommendation of two Rhode Island Senators.
Burnslde and Anthony. I did not pay Mc
kinley s debts. I never called him -William
In my life, nor did he ever call me John.
Our Intercourse has always been of the
most formal character. I have absolutely
no claim on him for myself or friends.
"And in another letter Hay writes from
Washington:
I am old. alck and busy, and I have not
a moment at my disposition besides w'lat Is
occupied by my dally tasks. ... Do not
talk about anything so ridiculous as my be
Inji a candidate for the Presidency. I shall
never hold an office after this, and I expect
to be comfortably dead by 190S.
Juty r"! re0aJled' Sectary Hay died
Ten Years in' Bed fox Lasy Man.
Jerseyvllle, 111., Dispatch to N. Y. Times
The laziest man in the world lives iii
this village. His name is John Mumcra,
and he has been in bed 10 years because
he is unwilling to comply with the rules
of the Jersey County Farm, which say
that every one living there shall rise at
5 A. M.
Mumcra Is not sick. Ho eats regularly,
and is in perfect health.
"I am ready to hold up my hand and
swear that he has kept Ms word," said
Superintendent Mourning, of the County
IF&rm. "John has been In-bed 10 years
and ho says he will stay there the re
mainder of his life.
"Jle Just lies there and looks at the
ceiling, or rolls over once In a while and
takes a nap. When he talks it is all
about how foolish a man is to get up
every morning when he knows he'll have
to go back to bed again at night."
Reciprocity Wit a a clan.
New York Globe, Rep.
The Payne tariff bill is not a single bill
but a double one it provides not one set
of schedules, but two a minimum set and
a maximum set, the second about 20 per
cent higher than the first. Attention yes
terday was focussed on the minimum
duties on the theory that they would be
the ones to be collected, but it is by no
means impossible, if the bill goes through
in its present form, that as to imports
from many countries the maximum rates
will go automatically Into effect making
in these cases actual Increase in tariff
imposition or but nominal reduction. This
Is reciprocity with a club.
Expects Gold Run From New Motor.
Kansas City (Mo.) Dispatch.
G. W. Johnson, an electrical engineer
at Grant City, Mo., has an Invention
which he calls an "air and vacuum mo
tor." He says of it: "After an Initial
charge. It will run indefinitely and pro
pel anything that moves. It will furnish
any number of horsepower, and Is suit
able for motor cars, airships, streetcars,
railroad trains, farm machinery and
other things. I have tested it thorough
lyhave adapted It to a motor-cycle
and it is a success."
Bank Check on Pine Wood Block.
Columbus. O., Dispatch.
At the Fourth National Bank of Cin
cinnati was presented a check for 83
cents, written on a block of pine wood
an inch thick, one foot long and six
inches wide. It was paid. A real estate
dealer became engaged in a dispute with
a tenant over a broken window pane, and
the tenant, being compelled to pay the
expense, wrote the check on the nine
block.
Firemen Called for Dance Partners.
Baltimore News.
During a dance on Petee. street. Cincin
nati, it .was discovered there was a short
age of male partners, whereupon a
buxom woman turned In an alarm of
fire. When a lot of handsome firemen
from a nearby engine-house appeared the
woman said: "They ain't no fire. Stay
and dance; that's what we wanted ye fer.
Why doncher stay and dance?"
Watch the Senate, at Every Stage.
Chicago Journal, Ind. Dem.
It will be well to watch the Senate at
every stage of the present tariff revision
fight. There are many members of that
body who doubtless sincerely desire to
keep faith with the people and to redeem
their party's solemn pledges. There are
also Senators whose allegiance to the
money power blinds them to either patri
otism or honor. There will soon be a
counting of noses.
Best Fathered by Republicans.
New York Evening Post. Ind.
As it stands today, the Payne bill must
be confessed to be a more enlightened
and promising measure than any tariff
bill ever fathered by the Republican
JLparty.
THBDmnVAT-BEAH CONTROVERSY
I Which the Portland Printer Is Ac
cused of Being Deceptive.
EUGENE. Or., March 22. (To the Edi
tor.) Again I submit a reply relative to
the state printing graft and in answer to
Willis L. Duniway, who has so cleverly
avoided explaining to the people of Ore
gon how he earned the odd-$60.00O paid
to him for the state printing during the
r.K?07 and 190S- Perhaps he thinks
mat this, as well as the fact that thera
was a deficiency of over $30,000 for thnso
years will soon be forgotten bv the tax
payers? If this be his reason for not ex
plaining, then will he kindly state what
his emoluments are to be during the next
two years? He should have no trouble in
doing this, since he alone knows what Vno
reduction in rates, under his own "fair
and reasonable" bill, will be
Mll" ?unlway "ays that I am mistaken
in stating that the Duniway bill makes
no reduction whatever in the Jobwork.-He
drew the bill himself and "knows that a
very great saving" will be made "espe
cially through the use of 'eight -point" in
. "-f,u,ni ana tne cutting of the
rate of press-work from 55 cents trr 40
cents." This statement of Mr. Duniwav
Is not only misleading, but is absolutely
untrue, as Mr. Duniway knows, and any
one can tell by comparing his self-serving
bill with the section of the code at
tempted to be amended. The only place
in this great reform bill where "eight
point" is mentioned is in reference to, the
printing of the "acts." "memorials," "res
olutions" and "Journals" of the Lecls-
- . icpviu ui state omciais.
and "pamphlets." and in this connection
eight-point" Is to bo used only ' in,
head," 'foot" and "side" notes. -Tln-dexes"
and "tabular" matter. As1 to
these, "eight-point" is used only in cbn
"ttn wlth tha following language:
Shall be printed in 8-polnt or 6-point
type, leaving the matter entirely op
tional with the State Printer as to
whether he will use "eight-point" or "six
point," and the only change In size of
type in this connection from the old law
is from "7-polnt or 6-point" to "8-point
or 6-point." ,j
A wonderful reform this! No word even
tends to Indicate that this insignificant
change shall in any way apply to Job
work, but is expressly used in connec-
uwawora. i-ne other method
pointed out by Mr. Duniway wherein the
exorbitant cost of Jobwork is to be so
greaUy reduced is "by cutting the rate
of presswork from 55 cents to 40 cents "
and in this his statement is as mislead
ing and deceptive as in using "eight
point" in lieu of "six-point." -
Mr. Duniway is very careful In drawing
his would-be-reXorm-measure to avoid
specuying anything that would in any
way touch upon the Jobwork. the printer's
graft. It is easy for Mr. Duniway to call
the other fellow "grafter" and teirthe
people that the former schemers for
grafting" looted the state treasury, "and
how they were superseded by the onlv
honest reformer, past, present or future.
But It remains a fact, nevertheless that
the state today Is paying more for its
public printing than ever before, and that
the recent session of the Legislature -was
confronted with the largest deficiency for
the state printing in the history of' the
state.
Why this condition, if Mr. Duniwav is
the great benefactor of the people he' as
serts himself? Since the days of Frank
C. Baker, the state printing office has
had the reputation of being a graft upon
the taxpayers, and conditions are little
or no better today. The printing of
Baker. Leeds, Whitney and Duniwav is
in existence, and an examination of" the
Itemized bills therefor are on file in the
office of the Secretary of State show
much the same state of facts. Mr. Duni
way gets his pay by the same rule, of
measurement as did Baker. Leeds and
Whitney, and based upon the same rate,
which has not been changed since .1ST8.
when the old hand-press was the onlv
means of printing. Before Mr. Duniway's
time, the many forms of Jobwork were
printed in 11-point type, but since. . the
"phat" is measured in 6-point, 8-point
and . 10-pointi thereby increasing - the
emoluments of Mr. Printer by substitution
of the smaller type. Another reform to
be found in this "fair and reasonable"
bill of Mr. Duniway's is in Section 4.
where he Increases the number of copies
of the general laws to be printed from
2000 to 2400. and Increasing the number
of Journals from 240 to 480 copies.
Mr. Duniway's complaint that the pro
visions of the fiat salary bill sought to
oust a constitutional officer and confis
cate his plant, is as false as is Mr. Duni
way deceptive, and is an appeal for sym
pathy only. The bill, as originally intro
duced. If this is the light in which ho
wishes to consider It, provided that after
July 1, 1909. the State Printer should, re
ceive an annual salary of $4000 for- the
balance of his term. Will the taxpayers
of Oregon call' J4000 a year "ousting'"
What does Mr. Duniway think he is really
worth, that J4000 a year seem so Insignifi
cant to him? But the bill was amended
before passing the House so as not to go
into effect as to the salary until the, end
of his term. He now says I opposed this
amendment. Certainly I did. and for the
reason that I believed that $15,000 to $25.
000 a year was out of all reason. Whether
right or wrong in this, I bow to the Judg
ment of the people.
The original bill provided for the pur
chase of a plant by the state under sealed
bids, contract to be awarded to the low
est responsible bidder. Was this "con
fiscation?" Mr. Duniway certainly had
better than an even show with firms deal
In in such machinery, for his was in
place and In good shape, and Just such
as the state would be required to pur
chase. But In this respect the bill was
amended before passing the Houso so as
to give Mr. Duniway the preference over
outside dealers. The bill was also amend
ed so as to put the State Printer on the
Board which would have the purchasing
of a plant. The bill as amended was
admitted to be fair by Mr. Duniway from
his point of view, yet while admitting so
to me he was then openly working for its
defeat.
In all the history of this state, no stata
officer has so persistentljr been within
the bar of the House and Senate as was
the present State Printer. Not a vacant
chair but the Printer occupied. First on
one side of the room and then on the
other; constantly on the move and at
every member's elbow. Ever in evidence
' was this persistent lobbyist, and he a
state officer, drawing approximately $20,
000 a year over and above expenses.
' The only way to ever shake this octo
pus, the state printing graft, is to have a
salaried State Printer and either go Into
the open market and buy the printing or
have state ownership.
' L. E. BEAN.
Thinks the Measure Will Be Recast.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle, Dem.
It does not follow that because the bill
will be reported favorably that it will be
passed Intact. There have been times
when the partisan - machinery of the
House was strong enough to put a bill of
the kind through under whip and spur.
But the machine of today is not in the
best of running order and majorities are
slim and uncertain. When passed, it wiil
be through concessions. And when con
cessions are begun no one can tell where
they will end. There Is but one safe pre
dictionthat when the bill passes the
House, It will not be the same bill.
A Perfect Tariff Is Called For.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Ind. Dem.
Why should we not be given, therefore,
the finest, the best balanced the most
equitable, the most scientific, the moat
beautiful set of schedules that the world
has ever seen? Never mind New Ehigland!
Forget all localities and special inter
ests. Give us . simply the perfect tariff,
made strictly according to protective prin-
(lr,l. t V. a onttahla Hnn.n , ...4 .. 1 . .
something which hereafter could be point
ed to with pride as a model 'of fiscal
statesmanship and a Joy -forever.