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MR. BRYAN'S HOPES.
In the bosom of Mr. Bryan hope
spring eternal. Nothing- can discour
age him. Nothing- can daunt him.
failure- causes the star of hia confi
dence, to blaze with renewed brilliance.
Defeat brings to his unconquerable
heart more than the Joy of victory. In
a recent number of Munseys Maga-
ne puousned an explanation of
the success of Mr. Taft and hia own
downfall, which satisfied him so well
that he has reprinted It in The Com
moner. A hasty reading-, almost de
ludes the amazed student Into the con
viction that Mr. Bryan is President of
the United States, so amply sufficient
are the reasons he advances to prove
that he ought to be. It requires some
careful reconsideration of the article to
make it clear that the great son of
Nebraska really admits that he was
defeated, and there Is nothing- what
ever In it to create the Imnrculnn
that he expects to be defeated next
time he runs. A glorious victory over
the wicked Republicans Is what Mr
Bryan predicts at the next Presidential
election. Indeed, the last one was lost
only by a paltry hundred thousand
votes. Distribute these votes properly
through Ohio. Indiana, Missouri, Kan
sas, Vest Virginia, Montana and Dela
ware and transform the men mho cast
them from Republicans Into Demo
crats, and behold! you have wrested
the last election from Mr. Taft and
given it to Mr. Bryan. The trick is
o facile that it is wonderful it was
not performed. Marvelous forbear
ance the Democrats showed in leaving
all these states to the Republicans
when they might so easily have had
them themselves. .....
Casting -a. retrospective . glance over
the dark and dubious past as far back
as 1892. Mr-jBryan. finds his party
always on the. point of winning, but
never quite at the goal. In 1892 to
be sure, it had control of the House
of Representatives, and Mr. Cleve
land was President. This happy con
dition had been attained by flooding
the country -with promises to reform
the tariff. The Democrats being In
power, kept these promises Just as
they have kept promises throughout
the entire history of their party. They
passed the nefarious "Wilson bill, which
heaped .so many favors upon the priv
ileged tariff barons that Mr. Cleveland
in disgust refused to sign it. and very
naturally the next Congressional elec
tions went heavily Republican. In
.1888 occurred the first perihelion of
Mr. B.-yan,,so to apeak.. ..That brilliant
comet which has ever since been ca
reerlng through our political heavens
then made its initial appearance. Peer
ing over the records of the election of
1896 and casting up the -whys, and
wherefores of his defeat. Mr. Bryan
cornea to the conclusion that it was
because his party Avas divided on the
gold issue. In 1900 he made his sec
ond appearance, and was again de
feated. This time the party was
"quite harmonious." he says, but it
"was embarrassed by -a new Issue,"
that of Imperialism, while the Repub
licans had; the prestige of finishing a
successful war. By whose fault it was
that the Democrats "were embarrassed
with the issue of imperialism in 1900
Mr. Bryan .does not explain, . EvidenU
" lV.rhe believes that It was forced upon
.".them against their wiser will by some
outside power. PerhaOs he mean tn
the wicked Republicans can compel
thom to ftprfint Dnv to.... ..!.(
1 J twua w 11111 geema I
likely to prove embarrassing. At any !
d.i.tcpieu it, ana again lost.
In 1904 came the woeful candidacy of
Judge Parker under the aegis of the;
reactionary Democratic twing. Mr.
Bryan speaks of him with cold charity
as a "man of high character who pos
sessed the confidence of the business
world;" but for all that he lost the
election. He" lost it so badly. Mr
Bryan exultingly records, that "the
Republican victory surprised even the
Republican leaders." The most en
huslaetla c-f them had not predicted
. majorities half big enough. Then
- came the campaign of 1908, when the
radical Democrats were again in con
trol of the party, the old reliable Mr.
. Bryan was the candidate and every
thing. 'looked lovely before election,
only to take on the hues of midnight
the- day afterward.
Irv "Bry-8-11 sees no ground for de-
-.pbur-in an mis. indeed, he deduces
'from these repeated misfortunes rea
sons for the most Jubilant anticipa
tions. It is a long, lane which has no
.turning, and in his. opinion the turn--;:
ing'ls not Jar away. Mr. Taft cannot
- jioHsioiy satisry DOtn the radical and
the reactionary wings of the Repub
lican, party. A yawning schism will
be the Inevitable consequence, and
from the Jaws of the schism, to bor
row a striking figure, he expects to
pluik . the fruit of victory. Reform
as a-Republican policy is entirely, out
of place, according to his opinion. It
belongs to the Democrats, and by 1912
the country will have perceived how
monstrous a maladjustment It is to
have entrusted the . work of tariff re
vision or any ' other reform to Mr.
Taft and his party. Before that time
.'comes the Democrats will" have" devel
oped a . .number of strong' leaders, .one
of whom may be chosen for a Presi
dential "candidate," and he, cries Mr.
Bryan in great enthusiasm, "by the
aid of events and with a united party
behind him, can win a National vic
tory for Democracy and inaugurate
those reforms the advocacy of which
has given the Democratic party its
wonderful vitality and strength."
"What reforms? Mr. Bryan's party has
been vociferous in -calling for some
dozens of -reforms, but what one of
thefn.-has it ever tried to put in prac-
ties.- when it had. tha power? There
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DV
mir ; 1 personal cneck oa
I?e at .h banJt- stamP. "in or currency
nress In full. . Including muntv mA
are as many DemnwAtiV 01 d.i.
llcan tariff standpatters. Touching
the trusts, the currency, the courts,
the banks, they have nothing to offer
which is not stale with failure or rank
with folly. Take, for example, what
Mr. Bryan has to say about competi
tion in this article. The people long
for its restoration, he asserts. The
truth is that they long for nothing of
the sort. Competition as an unvarying
rule of trade has passed away forever,
and the people know it. .What they
want is to participate in the benefits
of concentration. In this instance Mr.
Bryan shows the same Inability to
grasp accomplished facts that he does
in every other. His party may" pro
duce new leaders as time passes, but
it is certain that he will not welcome
them. He will do all he can to sup
press them. If Mr. Bryan has his
way he will be the next Democratic
candidate f6r" President, and will con
tinue to be the candidate until death
hushes his voice ana paralyzes his
tongue. As for his brain, death is
not likely to affect it very much.
WHY NO AMENDMENT?
Professor Henry Jones Ford, of
Princeton University, in his comment
on the Oregon situation, makes some
candid and incisive criticism of the
Primary law. For example, he points
out the great advantage given to can
didates whose names begin with the
early letters of the alphabet. It is a
striking fact that the great majority
of members of the late Oregon Legis
lature was made up of members who
had profited by the unfair alphabetical
arrangement of names on the ballot.
It will be said, of course, that such
a defect is no real impeachment of the
primary law, since it may be cured.
If so. why isn't it cured? The Oregon
primary law was enacted in 1904. It
has remained on the statute books and
has been In operation for five years
with all Its acknowledged faults, and
no effort to amend it or correct it has
been permitted to succeed. Indeed,
every suggestion that a change of any
kind be made has been cried down as
emanating from the enemies of the
primary law. Any one who offers the
slightest objection, to any of its fea
tures or ventures to suggest that there
be amendment is branded as a public
enemy.
But who are they that have so far
successfully posed as the friends and
guardians of that sacred statute?
What has been the fruit of their la
bors?. The Republican party has been
utterly disorganized and every possible
effort under the primary law to bring
It together has been resisted. So it is
with the late assembly scheme. It Is
a plan wholly in accord with the pri
mary lajw. Tet because it gives some
promise of uniting the -various ele
ments of the Republican party a shout
goes up that an effort is being made
to set aside the primary -law. How?
Is no participant In the" primary to
have any previous advice or suggestion
or admonition from any source, espe
cially from any public source? He is
not to - have, if the "friends" of the
primary are to have tnelp-way. They
are "frlendB" of the primary because
they are enemies of the -Republican
party.
A TAUIABLE REUC. : ' '
The Washington State Historical
Society has Just secured a highly valu
able relic in the. boiler of the old Hud
son's Bay Company's steamer "Beaver.
The Beaver was the -first steamer to
enter the Pacific, and, while she came
out. from England under sail, it .was
at what is now the site of Vancouver,
Wash., that, steam was first raised in
the famous boiler. Steam navigation
In the Western world began early In
May, 1836, when the diminutive Beav
er steamed away from the old Hud
son's Bay fort for a trip around Men
zles (now .Sauvles) Island. The
Beaver played a very important part
In the early life of the Pacific North
west, and in the service of the great
fur monopoly steamed around the wa
ters of-the Pacific from California to
Alaska, for many years before her
companion, the Otter, put in an ap
pearance. . .
The boiler f rom " ' the famous old
craft will be placed on a foundation in
a prominent street In Tacoma, and Its
value as a relic of the. early days of
steam navigation on the Pacific will
increase, as -the years roll by. The Pa
cific is destined some day to surpass
the Atlantic. as the scene ol the world's
greatest commercial conquest, and
millions yet unborn will gaze with awe
and interest on this relic from the
flTst steamer that ever turned a wheel
in the mighty Pacific.
OUR INCREA8IXO A8SKT8.
It has been raining-dollars all over
the great wheat belt of the Inland
Empire for the past few days. Not
any. limited number of these coins of
the realm, but hundreds of thousands,
perhaps millions, for Nature, the
great alchemist, transforms the gentle
rain into golden grain over a vast
stretch of country,, and' April showers
will hurry the grain on with a vigor
ous growth that will enable it to" with
stand any possible unfavorable cli
matic conditions in
The acreage in the Pacific Northwest!
Including Spring and Winter grain, is
undoubtedly the largest - on record.
mm everyming now points to a bump,
er. crop. Of wheat alone, there Is now
excellent prospects of a 60.000,000
bushel crop, and the high prices at
which oats and barley have been sell
ing .for the past year have insured an
increased acreage" of these' grains.
Fortunately for the farmers, and in
cidentally for all the Test of us whose
prosperity, is to a. large, degree depend
ent on the success of the farmer. It
now seems a certainty that the prices
at which this coming crop will be
marketed will be. far above the aver
age of recent years. At the present
time, there seems but small likelihood
of the price being much below $1 per
bushel. Returns from a. sixty-million-bushel
crop of dollar, wheat would
bring in their train the greatest pros
perity this country has ever known,
but they would only partly represent
the natural assets on which our pres
ent and future prosperity is founded.
Throughout the Eastern Oregon coun
try the sheepmen - are marketing a
wool clip that will place, in circulation
a vast Bum of money, long before the
wheat begins to move.
On the Columbia River, Puget
Sound and the coast streams north
and south .of Portland, the waters iwill
yield up their millions in 'salmon and
other, food fishes, and-, from all parts
of the three states will move an un
ending procession of cattle, horses and
other livestock, for which there is an
ever-increasing demand at ever-Increasing
prices. .The fruit Industry,
whether prices are. high or low, will
1 this year bring m6r& money into the)
.country than ever hefor " ih im
promises to he far and away-the larg
est on record. The lumber trade is
somewhat depressed at this time, but
shows signs of improvement, and, with
an ever-widening market, the output
will undoubtedly be close to the rec
ord. This brief review of tle present con
dition of some of our . principal re
sources offers ample explanation for
the unparalleled growth and develop
ment noticeable in all lines of business
In this city. Best of all, there is no
discounting the future, and -when the
returns are all In for the 1909 out
put of the great staples of the Pacific
Northwest, there will be so much
more money In circulation than ever
before that the present growth of
Portland and other Pacific Northwest
cities will seem slow -in . comparison
with that which will follow the next
period of realizing on our great sta
ples. A POOR EXCU8K.
The explanation which Albion B.
Smith gives of his attempt to rob a
Jewelry store in Salem may not be
altogether wrong. Perhaps whisky did
excite him to break the law, as he
says. But who put whisky Into a po
sition where it could excite him? Who
or what compelled Smith to drink?
After all, we come back to the inevita
ble conclusion that, if he had not
swallowed the drink, it could not have
affected his mind, and therefore that
nobody but himself is responsible for
what he did. The fact that a man
has put himself under the Influence
of liquor is no excuse for the crimes
he may commit while he is drunk. If
it were, then anybody who wished to
"break the law could secure immunity
by first making himself Intoxicated.
Smith's defense is that of .a weak man
who grasps at the most obvious excuse
for his wrongdoing. Probahly he has
no other to offer.
There is this to be said, however,
for him and others who are similarly
weak that if it were not possible for
them to obtain liquor enough to make
them intoxicated, in all probability
they would not commit crime. Put
ting aside the question of the advisa
bility of total prohibition of liquor
selling, everybody will agree that It 13
wrong to sell a man liquor when he is
drunk or likely to get drunk. It is
hardly conceivable that there could be
any dispute over this point. When a
man like Smith demands whisky, if
the barkeeper knows the use he will
make of it, he commits a moral crime
In. selling It, and there ought to be
some way to make it a legal crime
also. New Jersey has tried to reach
this end by appointing "boards of pro
tectors" in each municipality of the
state. Every board is composed of
three citizens, whose duty it is to warn
barkeepers not to furnish, liquor to
habitual drunkards or those who are
likely to become such. '. If-the warning
is disobeyed, the law first fines the sa
loon man -and finally ' cancels ' his li
cense. This is an- interesting experi
ment toward the control of the liquor
business, and In small towns It may
partially succeed. Not so much can
be hoped from it In larger places, be
cause three .men can hardly keep
track of all the sots. Even in-villages
this New Jersey- scheme will not do
everything, since moral cowardice and
cunning will both wofk against it.
Still it Is worth trying, as all experi
ments are which seek to check vice.
THE ALASKA TRADE.
Completion of the North Bank Ralll
road, -with its' main' line and connec
tions, opens up for Portland art enor
mous trade territory from which this
city has previously .been barred. All
of that vast region traversed by the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and (
Spokane and Inland, as well as the
territory lying along the north bank
of the- Columbia River, can now be
reached from this city. The railroad
to Tillamook is being hurried to com
pletion, the Wallowa extension of the
O. R. & N. is opening a new field, and
the Central Oregon projects await only
the sanction of the Government. With
all of this internal railroad develop
ment and the attendant expansion of
industries in the territory around us,
the time is approaching, when Port
land will have a little time and money
to devote to a more distant field 'in
which the possibilities for commer
cial expansion are wonderfully rich.
Portland is now in an excellent po
sition to engage in the Alaska trade."
The business of that new country in
the Far North has not yet assumed
the boom proportions that are claimed
for it by those who are so helplessly
dependent on" It for a livelihood, but
it is growing and in the last year
reached proportions that "a few years
ago would have been beyond the wild
est dreams"" of the original Alaskans.
The Department 'of. Commerce and
Labor, in a recent statement of the
business of the United States with non
contiguous territory, places the value
of the. gold shipped to the United
States from Alaska .for the. first eight
months ; of- the current fiscal year at
16,750,fl00, or more than twice the
purchase price of the territory.
'During the same period Alaska
shipped to the United States more than
$10,000,000 worth of canned fish,
$400,000 worth of copper ore, and
nearly $500,000 worth of furs, skins.
etc. In return for this, Alaska bought
from the United States more than
$9,000,000 worth of manufactures and
food products. Of the ..imports from
Alaska, San Francisco received $5,
567.535. and Seattle $5,065,312, but in
the shipments to Alaska, San ' Fran
cisco secured but $507,482, the remain
der going out of the various Puget
Sound ports. Of the $9,000,000 ship
ped from this country, more than one
naif was food stuffs and the. greater
part of the remainder was manufac
tures, ready for consumption. Port
land has been too busy growing rich in
the development of a trade field right
at her doors .to pay much attention to
this far away field, which is still com
paratively' untouched,- but now. that
the position of this city as the com
mercial metropolis of .the .Pacific
Northwest is so firmly assured, it
might be a good plan to establish
communication with the rich terri
tory lying in the north.
Portland, as the center of the great
est agricultural country on earth, has
exceptional facilities Tor supplying the
commodities of which Alaska Is most
in need. As a matter of fact, the
greater part of the provisions and
farm products which" now find their
way to the Far North, through the
ports of Puget Sound, originates In
Portland territory, and is shipped from
this city through the Puget Sound
ports. This business is worth having,
but it is not the proper manner for
hamlling the Alaska trade. We must
put on a line of steamers equal -to the
best craft that sail between.'- AUska
and. other ports, and w must
Borne money in working up business
for such a line. There are a number
of ports in Alaska where coal can be
secured at extremely low cost, thus
supplying the steamers with return
cargoes, which would find a ready
market in this city. For a city that
can raise J100.000 for advertising pur
poses, the matter of getting together
funds for an. Alaskan steamship line
would not be a serious matter, and it
is well worth the effort.
Abdul Hamid, like his long line of
predecessors.
Abode hla destined hour and went hla way.
Death would no doubt have been
preferable to the humiliation that has
been put upon him oy those whom
he must consider upstarts in hia im
perial realm, yet but for the outward
semblance of power the new estate
of the deposed Sulta will not Mffo-
greatly from the old. A splendid !
palace with gorgeous equipment and '
.merai allowances will be his, with
slaves to wait upon his lightest whim,
with such other accessories of pleasure
as wealth can procure. His successor
in the meantime, already an old man
and unused to the affairs of the gov
ernment, will succeed to the honors
and troubles of a ruler of a turbulent
and corrupt empire. Even in this view,
which it is not likely, however, that he
shares, Abdul Hamid has the best of
the late shuffle and deal. Certainly
Mohammed Rechad EfTendi Is the man
who has trouble coming, and, to all
appearances at least, the troubles of
Abdul Hamid are over.
The steamer Riverside is again in
port, discharging her regular fort
nightly cargo of eastern freight, much
of it being consignments that left the
Atlantic ports less than thirty days
ago. Since the Riverside has been
placed on the regular schedule, freight
offerings, both to and from the At
lantic, have increased to such an ex
tent that a weekly service is a possi
bility in the near future. Not only
is the ocean route from the Atlantic
seaboard delivering American freight
in Portland In railroad time, and at
less . than railroad rates, but we are
also receiving by this new route much
European freight. Perhaps if the
Spokane Review and the Interstate
Commerce Commission would examine
the freight bills and consult Portland
Jobbers who pay them, they would be
convinced that water competition ac
tually exists, and, what is more to the
point, they would find that it is in
creasing more rapidly than ever be
fore. The most successful colonist move
ment ever known in the Pacific North
west ends tomorrow. It will be sev
eral days before the extent of this
movement can be determined accu
rately, but the railroads estimate that
the number of newcomers entering
the Pacific Northwest in the two
months in which special colonists'
rates were in effect will approximate
150,000. Not all of the 150,000 new
comers will remain, but the percent
age of those returning. East will be
small.. The attractions and possibili
ties of this country are so great that
it can absorb many times 1.50,000 peo
ple without their presence exciting
more than passing notice. - Tet the
presence of these people will be felt
both socially and commercially in the
near future. They will scatter out
over the 250,000 square' miles of terri
tory in the .three states and the effect
xf their labor and capital will be no
ticeable In a surprisingly short time.
The policy of the Department of the
Interior as administered by Secretary
Ballinger indicates that private capi
tal, where proper guarantee of ability
is given, will be encouraged to open
public lands to settlement, through in
stalling irrigation systems, leaving to
the Government ' those sections less
attractive to private exploitation. Pri
vate enterprise is in this field" seeking
encouragement in many sections of the
semi-arid districts of Eastern Oregon
and Idaho, notably In Malheur Coun
ty and in the Boise Basin. Many thou
sands of acres are. involved in these
holdings that only await irrigation to
"laugh into plenty" under the feet of
a thrifty American farming class.
AT- UAnA,r -1 T J 1 . . . .
. i-nose wnom the gods wish to de
stroy they first make mad." News re
ports of -the graft trials In San Fran
cisco indicate that if the gods have
anything to do with the case they
will find the task of making Mr.
Heney mad a very easy one.
Five carloads of wheat were ' re
ceived In Chicago yesterday and the
cash quotation on No. 2 red Winter
was $1.42 per bushel. The obtuse
farmers who own those mysterious
143,000,000 bushels discovered by Sec
retary Wilson are probably feeding It
to the chickens.
That Seattle man who whiningly
says he is unable to resist the habit of
forging checks to liquidate gambling
debts, and who hag put his family into
penury by cardplaying, is too good for
the Jail. He should be turned over to
a woman's club hickory preferred.
There Is. the Ministership to China,
too. . Doubtless Senator Bourne got
President Taft to offer it to Mr. Ful
ton. It's a good Job now for the Sen
ator to get for some other Oregon
man.- - . . .
United States Steel has a surplus of
$3,000,000 over the corresponding
quarter of last year. This represents
what Mr. Carnegie, who has been on
the Job, calls unnecessary protection.
Foolish, say Admirals Evans and
IJlchi, about any . possible war with
Japan. Wars are usually foolish, but
sometimes we must have 'em.
Patten,, now in the wilds, could also
get about $2 a word If he would write
it all out and say how the wheat mar
ket looks from the inside.
A. would-be robber at Salem blames
whisky, a weakling at Seattle blames
the gaming table. In their puerile
egotism they miss the mark.
Abdul Hamid took eleven of his
women with him. At-long range one
cannot tell whether this means sorrow
or Joy: -
Before they hang this latest China
man they might work off the surplus
that encumbers the Jail.
Put a few "of the speeders- in Jail,
Judge Van Zante. Paying a fine is a
Joke.
The scorecard - looks good.
I . - I
ALLEGED TTBERCIILOSIS CCRJE f
Tbla Time It la a Klrh Enillihraaa
Whoa Remedy Will Be Tented.
London Cable by W. T. Stead to New
Tork American, April 23.
I am in a position to give the Ameri
can public the first information of
what promises to be one of the most
valuable discoveries in medical science
amounting to nothing less than a cheap
and speedy cure for tuberculosis. Sim
ilar claims have been made so often
that I would have hesitated in making
the announcement if I had not secured
evidence sufficient to Justify me in
bringing forward the facts of this
present cure.
The fortunate discoverer is William
Doig. head of the firm of William Doig
& Company, the noted Bond-street pub
lishers of all the more famous histori
cal pictures of royal ceremonies and
celebrations.. William Doig retired
from business several years ago, de
voting himself entirely to his hobby,
medical study. He has a natural gen
ius for such research. He is" capable
of indefinite patience in experiment,
and fortunately was in a position
where he could command both leisure
and subjects for his experiments.
He first discovered he could cure tu
beculosis of the bone, and, only in re
cent years, he found a method of ap
plying his discovery to the cure of
consumption. His results have been so
astonishing that they have been
brought before the highest authorities
and have been subjected to tests so
crucial as to leave little doubt that the
name of William Doig will go down
to posterity as that of the man who
rid civilization of the great white
plague.
The treatment is extremely simple.
A poultice containing aclte and chlo
ride (the exact prescription has not
yet been published, but there is no In
tention on the part of Doig to keep It
secret) is placed on the body of the
patient as near as possible to the or
gan or membrane that has become prey
to the tuberculosis bacilli. In about a
week an ulcer is formed connected
by what is called a ray of Inflamma
tion with the diseased organ. This
forms a kind of duct through which the
muco pus is drawn out of the system.
The ulcer needs to be carefully
dressed twice a day with a salve, whicil
is also the discovery of Doig. If this
is neglected, the ulcer spreads, be
comes black and the patient dies. But.
if it is properly attended to, the ulcer
steadily works off all diseased matter
from the lung, until. In from four- to
six months, a complete cure Is ef
fected. .
William Doig has brought his dis
covery before the .American Ambas
sador, who was much Interested. It
was determined, however, to postpone
reporting on the subject until the
final series of 'tests has placed the ef
ficacy of the remedy beyond all dis
pute. Doig declared that. In his prac
tice, he has never had a single failure.
Thanks to his connection with the
court as an art publisher, he has been
able to bring his discovery before the
attention of the highest authorities
and officials in the realm, and as a re
sult, one of the most distinguished
physicians was induced to examine the
remedy and report thereon.
As a test case, Doig was challenged
to undertake the cure of a youth. 17
years old, who was certified to be suf
fering from advanced tuberculosis in
both lungs, and also from tuberculo
sis in the glands of the throat, which
rendered it Impossible for him to speak
except in hoars whf an.,.., fK- . l
- h' 1 ' -- J ' ' - JUUUI
weighed about 100 pounds, and. in the
opinion of the physicians, his death
within two years was a foregone con
clusion. Nothing daunted. Doig under
took to cure this unpromising case to
the amazement of evervone. The lad
is now quite cured. He has put on
flesh, he sings merrily at his work, and
all trace of tuberculosis has disaD
peared. "-
The sensation occasioned by auch a
triumph may be Imagined. The con
sumption hospital authorities are
gravely considering whether to sub
mit one of their patients to the new
treatment, but before the discovery Is
officially recognized a final test on a
larger scale is to be made. Six pa
tients, certified by physicians to be suf
fering -from unmistakable tuberculosis
are to be placed in a private hospital
and subjected to the Doig treatment,
under close supervision by scientific ex
perts, who will carefully watch each
case from first to last.
Doig is confident that within six
months, barring accidents, he will
have cured all six sufferers. The cost
? .'h experiment is estimated to be
tVi"? c. f the annunJ cost to the
United States of the 150.000 persons
Z eh iyear from tuberculosis
is estimated at anything from one to
three hundred millions of dollars, and
-.r c oimr countries suffer in pro
portion, this sum required for the sci
entific experiment, under the best con
ditions, Is regarded as a bagatelle
The treatment Is not painful, al
though somewhat troublesome. When
the ulcer is started a dressing twice
a day Is all that is required. No inter!
nal medicine is administered, nor do
patients need to lie abed during the
treatment. In the case of the youth
whose cure has been described, he re
mained at work all the "time.
Why Should R read win 11 era Complaint
. Kansas City Times.
There are people here and there
and a good many of them who are so
unreasonable as to complain about the
diminution in the size and weight of
the loaves of bread they buy since Mr.
Patten has succeeded in running a cor
ner on the wheat market. These grum
blers don t seem to have any imagina
tion whatever. They allow the sordid
consideration of the price of bread
which is. at best, a bagatelle to close
their eyes to the magnificent burst of
genius by which Mr. Patten, by a sim
ple turn of the wrist, so to speak, wm
pull in millions of dollars by way of
profits on his masterly deal
ruble,ls that those people who
allow themselves to fall into the rut
of mere bread-winners and who think
only of what they shall eat and where
withal they shall be clothed, really
become too ossified to appreciate th.
effulgence and grandeur of tuct bril!
llant speculation as Mr. Patten and
other plungers of his stripe are car.a
aPPCar to hav no concepl
llT rffJ 0t h&t a du "d stu
pid affair life would, soon become If
all persons were cantent to go in the
beaten path of honest and legitimate
accumulation. . '
Printer". Error Cleap,., . Weddlnjf.
Kansas City (Mo.) Dispatch
Complaint was made that a typograph
ic ad- Adding in Fulton.
4aP,--.The nnouncemen
read: "Earl Roberts and Miss Iva Mar
evening?" marr,ed at 630 Wednesday
Sims of Spring-.
New Tork Sun.
Par flunr on tha horizon wide
The Clauds ariae. a golden tide
And o er the meadowa ireah and green
The aun hath caat a radiant aheen!
Tha trees with blossoms ail are ear
In garlands decked to greet the Mar:
And all the rivers gayly sing
The meaourea of the dawning Spring.
The birda ara aoarlng in the sky
And sound their carols cheerily
While in the garden close we sea'
The waking of the busy bee; ' '
And flung across the distant height
In letters brilliant hued and bright.
The message rises, stirs and thrills:
: USB AUNT MARIA'S ROUGH
: ON CHILLS. . f
HOW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOES ITS WORK
Little. Known Facta About the World's Greatest Ntnr...!. 1 r.
tlon Kxten.i,. mu EpelT. Sy.tem for CsauS J?"? J""
Me,., Employed to Prevent Hla. Creep.- I.,. Tele sS
New Tork Times.
The annual meeting of the Associated
Press waa held this week at its offices.
195 Broadway, and the representatives
of nearly 800 newspapers from all parts
of the country had an opportunity for
discussing the methods adopted by the
greatest news-gathering and distribut
ing agency in the world.
The Associated Press, or A P., aa it
is generally called in newspaper offices,
supplies news to most of the daily
newspapers in the United States and
Canada, and came into existence through
the great difficulty and expense of col
lecting the world-wide news demanded
by the modern reader. It has been a
gradual growth from before the Civil
War. when the principle of co-operation
between newspapers in getting the
news common to all was first recog
nized. It is not a money-making institution
and it is not owned by any set of stock
holders. When Congressman Sibley
wrote to Mr. Archbold to suggest that
Standard Oil should buy up the Associat
ed Press he showed absolute Ignorance
of its character and organization. ' It is
best described aa a clearing-house for
news. Certain newspapers are mem
bers of it. They guarantee to put at
its disposal all the local news in their
territory; they recelve'ln exchange the
news from all over the world that the
organization has collected by lta own
agents, the foreign news agencies with
which it Is affiliated, or the other mem
bers of the A. P. can supply.
It makes no money. It declares no
dividends. It has no surplus, and it sells
no news. Its expenses, which run to near
ly $2,500,000 a year, are defrayed by
a weekly assessment on its members,
varying according to the service they
take. These regular expenses Include,
besides salaries, the maintenance of
offices, telegraph and cable tolls over
public lines, the cost of leasing and
operating day and night 41,000 miles
of private wires. They form a network
of trunk lines from St. John. N. B.. and
New York, in the East, to Seattle. San
Francisco and San Diego in the West,
and from Duluth in the North to New
Orleans. Galveston and the City of Mexi
co In the South.
In this country, the local news is col
lected by making the newspapers which
are members of the Associated Press
responsible for the news in a prescribed
territory in their places of publication.
In addition, in all the large cities, the
Associated Press has its own office,
with a competent staff of reporters and
editors, who have access to the offices
of the members of the organization.
The general headquarters are in New
York, and there are also divisional
headquarters in Washington, Chicago
and San Francisco.
In foreign countries the Associated
Press relies to some extent on the
similar agencies existing there. Thus,
in England Router's agency provides it
with the news of the United Kingdom,
the British Empire, with the exception
of Canada, and of China and Japan. In
France the Havas agency supplies in
formation from the Latin countries of
Europe, the countries bordering the
northeast of Africa and the French pos
sessions abroad. The Wollf bureau cov
ers Germany, Austria, Russia. Turkey
In Europe. Scandinavia, Denmark and
the German colonies. In addition there
are a number of smaller agencies, such
as the Stefanl in Italy and the Fabrl
in Spain, which deal with more limited
fields, to which the Associated Press
also has access.
But the . great successes of the
Associated Press in foreign news have
been gained by its own corps of corre
spondents, who are posted in every
capital in Europe. They are men spe
cially selected for their positions and
are invariably trained American news
paper men. A few of them are not
Americans by birth. Thus Mr. Psanoff,
who represents the Associated Press in
St, Petersburg, is a Bulgarian, but he
had received an American college edu
cation and was carefully trained in
SIGNALING TO MARS IS FEASIBLE
Eminent French Astronomer Think,
Electric Light Will Serve Purpose.
Paris Cable to the New York Herald.
Professor W. H. Pickering's plan of
signaling Mars by a series of mirrors
was submitted by the Herald corres
pondent to M- Camllle Flammarion.
The proposition has the full approval
of the eminent French astronomer,
who said:
"The project certainly is quite feas
ible. Signaling with light reflectors,
of course, is the only practical method
of attempting to communicate with
other worlds, and Professor Pickering
has very wisely suggested July as the
best time for making the experiment,
because, although Mais will be nearest
the earth In September, the two plan
ets at that epoch are In opposition so
obviously that it would be impossible
to reflect the sun's rays from the latter
to the former.
"In July, however, while only 90,000.
000 of k-ilometers, roughly, will sepa
rate the two worlds, they will be so
placed that if lines were drawn from
one to the other and from each to
the sun, they would form a triangle,
and signaling would become theoretic
ally a very simple affair.
"Other savants from time to time
have studied the possibilities of such
a scheme, but, personally, I think a
still better way of putting a system of
mighty reflectors In practice would be
by electric light reflectors at night, as
the luminous projections thus thrown
from the dark surface of the earth
would be seen much more easily than
a reflected light Intense enough in It
self, but neutralized to a certain ex
tent by the bright surface of the sun
lit earth.
"In either case, the signals could
certainly be seen by the Martians,
provided they possess Instruments and
other means of perception equivalent
to our telescopes. The experiment
might be tried In' any part of the
world. Supposing the signals were
seen and answered, the rest should be
easy."
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
Some people cannot even do the best
they can.
When duty calls a man up It often
gets the busy signal.
The eighth wonder of a married
man's world is why he ever did it
No matter how silly a pretty girl
talks, men never seem to notice it.
And many a man after robbing Peter
to pay Paul tries to stand Paul off.
Usually a man's shyness prevents
him from wanting to meet his cred
itors. It doesn't take long for a handsome
young widow to convince a woman
hater of the error of his ways.
Has , Better Job.
New York World.
We are unable - to congratulate the
Portland Oregonlan on the report that
its editor. Harvey W. Scott, la to be
made American Ambassador to Mexico.
To be editor of a newspaper like The
Oregonlan Is a far higher and more re
sponsible office than the diplomatic
service affords. There are a thousand
men who would make capable Ambas
sadors to Mexico. Lut there are very
few men who can make as good a
newspaper as the Portland Oregonlan.
American newspaper methods before he
rt" SCnt abroad- His qualifications
largely with the political affairs of
Southeastern Europe, and he can speak.
JaV, tonerues as readily as a native.
The foreign correspondents of the
Associated Press are lert to work out
their own plans for the covering of a
OonfIyV, K ,nstan- "e man In
Constantinople Is responsible for the
news of all Turkey, and Is the only
representative recognized bv the head
quarters of the Associated Press in this '
city. It Is his business to establish
such relations in all important parts of
nlfl lorritftfv .. v. ,
j T V v can relv on telng .
supplied immediately with the new
In the present crisis he is reinforced
from the other offices of the Associated
Press in Europe. As soon as the revo
lution broke out the Associated Press
man In Berlin
-. I..... i n-,j 1 1 1 go at
once . to Constantinople. He left
uccunj, 11. sin. Dy ine Oriental ex
press, and the first dispatch received
from him In Turkey came in on Sun
day. He then wired from a town a few
miles from Constantinople. It is the
headquarters of the Constitutionalist
party, and probably information came
to him en route that news might be
gathered there, and he dropped off the
train to pick up what he could. He
would then. It Is expected, go on to
Constantinople, communicate with the
regular correspondent, and form what
plans seemed to them best for cover
ing the situation, without reference to
New York.
Meanwhile, if it seems necessary, men
will be sent from Paris and St, Peters- "
burg to give further assistance. Orders
have been also sent to the Associated
Press men in such Important capitals
as London and Vienna to send imme
diately all Turkish news which appears
in the newspapers. This may caue
duplication, but the extra expense Is
Justified by the security it gives against
the Associated Press - being beaten
through the publication of important
news exclusively In some European
newspaper, and. moreover, gives the
headquarters of the Associated Press
the means of editing the news sent in
to them.
e
Since the Associated Press serves 800
newspapers. It strives to give absolute
ly Impartial statements of the world's
happenings. It aims at giving the
facts of the case In a thoroughlv un-
colored manner. Tr ha. r..iu
ties for doing this. Its foreign editor
receives dispatches throwing light on
the same event from several different
countries. The Associated Press also is
sent official communiques by high per
sonages. It does not always accept
these on their face- value, but at any
rate they enable It to Judge of the way
a government would like to make it ap
pear an Incident happened.
It can and often does go to the high
est sources of Information for news. A
month ago cables were sent to the
Presidents of Nicaragua and Salvador
at 10 o'clock one morning. By 3;30
o'clock that afternoon replies had been
received from both these potentates. In
this way an excellent opportunity was
gained of finding out the true tate of
the case between these two republics,
and the foreign editor was able to de
termine exactly in what terms he rnnM
couch later dispatches that he might
have sent out In regard to this par
ticular part of Central America.
The members of the Associated Press
expect that the dispatches sent to them
shall be absolutely unbiased. They em
ploy for themselves other experts in
foreign affairs, who follow world poll
tics as closely as the Associated Press
does. They would be the first to de
tect any coloring of the news, for they,
too, have often their own private means
of information, and it Is in their power
to re-edit the Associated Press dis
patches in accordance with their views
of the truth of the case. It Is the
ceaseless vigilance of the men work
ing on the newspapers which belong to
the association which forces It to ab
stain from the least suspicion of propa
ganda in its statements.
MEX OX HORSEBACK IXCUDED
Vigorous Protest Against Speed Manl
ca. Who Menace Pedestrians.
PORTLAND. April '27. (To the Edi
tor.) I heartily agree with Mr. T. T.
Geer in everything he says about the
automobile nuisance, except that he
should have included equestrians with
pedestrians. Surely that portion of the
public which uses the streets and roads
while driving or riding horses have
also a right to protection? .
I know of one Instance where a lady
driving alone was roundly cursed hy
the occupants of an automobile be
cause she dared to attempt to retain
her share of a rather narrow road.
On another occasion I was riding
horseback down Ford street hill when
the asphalt was very slippery. There
was an auto coming behind me. and
the occupants doubtless noticed that
my horse was slipping a good deal and
thought they'd make him slip some
more, for they swerved over from the
left to the right side of the street and
almost grazed my horse In passing. As
there was no other vehicle in sight. I
presume they wanted to see how much
they could scare my horse, and went
out of their way to try to do so..
Coming off of the Vancouver ferry
last Saturday, I overheard a "chuffer."
who was boarding the boat, say to an
other who was leaving it. "Run over
the son of a r-." He referred to the
driver of a team, who was a little bit
out of line and in the road of the ad
vancing Juggernaut. I may mention,
en passant, that he had a lady beside
him, and that there were two laviies
in the other machine.
On the country roads the auto driv
ers claim everything in sight. If you
happen to be riding or driving a horse
that Is not accustomed to autos. the
majority of the "chuffers" think it a
Joke to pass you so fast that your
horse is rendered almost frantic.
If there Is not some means found
of protecting equestrians and pedes
trians alike, I would suggest that
horse-owners at least should provide
themselves with revolvers and become
acquainted with the most vulnerable
parts of an automobile.
DILLON T. JONES.
The Only Kind Left.
Everybody's Magazine.
The guest glanced up and down the
bill of fare without enthusiasm.
"Oh, well," he decided finally, "you
may bring me a dozen fried oysters."
The colored waiter became all apol
ogies. "Ah's very sorry, sah. but we's out
ob all shell fish 'ceptln' aigs."
Lines to an Heiress.
Harper's Weekly.
I do not want a motor car;
I do not want a yacht;
I do not pine to roam afar
And over Europe trot.
I do not seek rare works of art.
Beloved. It la true.
The only object of my heart
Is You,
Tou.
You.
For when I've got you. don't you see.
These other things will come.
For In the line of , s. d.
You've got a tidy sum.
For all these luxuries I'll wait
Yacht, travel, motor, too
Till I shall dwell la blissful state
With You,
You,
You.