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ronmsn. Wednesday, jilv 7. 1909.
WnAT THE SENATE'S BOSS HAS DOVE.
There can be no doubt that the
constitutionality of the corporation
tax will be tested. The ground on
ovhlch It -will be tested Is the same oa
that on which the Income tax was
questioned namely, the second sec
tion ol article one of the Constitution,
which requires that "direct taxes shall
1) npportioned among the several
states according to their respective
numbers" the numbers of their In
habitants. M ill not the tax on the In
come of corporations be a direct tax,
not apportioned according to the num.
mers of the Inhabitants of the several
states?
Moreover, corporations organized
under the laws, and for the purposes
of the several states, cannot fairly
he regarded as objects of Federal tax
ation. This point was made by many
speakers In the Senate.
A writer in the New York Sun says:
"Since the Constitution forbade the
General Government directly to tax
property except by apportionment
omen the states In proportion to pop
ulation. It surely will prevent the tax
ing of the Income from that property
whether of individuals or of corpora
tions." The amendment to the Constitution
now proposed, will, however, If adopt
ed, remove the restriction as to taxa
tion of Incomes. Yet It Is doubtful
whether three-fourths of the states
will ratify It. States containing many
citizens who have Incomes that would
bo taxed are likely to oppose it, on the
ground that It dlscrrminates against
the capital of their own citizens and
favors states whose proportion of In
comes that would pay taxes Is small.
There are forty-six states. Twelve
could defeat the amendment.
The corporation tax Is a device to
Increase the revenues till the Income
tax amendment shall carrv. But It
Is uncertain in the first place that it
will carry; and in the next place cer
tain that resistance will be made to
the corporation tax, ty appeal to the
courts against It.
It la the Aldrich Juggle with pro
tection that brings things to this con
dition. Prohibitive tariff enactments,
intended to favor monopolies and pro
tect trusts, will so abridge the rev
enues as to call for this expedient of
a corporation tr Th x-...
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v orld s clever cartoonist plotures
Taft as having been handed a gold
brick by Aldrich the latter walking
8-way. s
Oregon doubtless will cast her vote
for the income tax amendment. The
Oregonian will support it. This will
be held in our state, and in a majority
of all, a fair and Just mode of taxa
tion, bearing equally on all who have
Incomes above the minimum limit. A
corporation tax. or tax on profits of
corporations. Is, on the other hand,
unfair and grossly inequitable for
reasons often stated by The Orego
nlan. not necessary to repeat now. And
besides, it certainly will be resisted by
appeal to the courts of the United
States, and probably by them will be
declared unconstitutional. This mud
dle is wholly a consequence of the
work of "protected interests" in the
Senate.
OCR MOXDEHITL FUTURE.
With the possible exception of the
half-baked socialist who, on the street
corners and In beer halls, rants over
the unequal division of wealth, every
American citizen will feel a thrill of
pride in contemplation of the remark
able progress which this country is
making. In another column will be
found some interesting figures that
t first glance are almost startling in
their immensity. A slight analysis
and comparison of these estimates for
1320. with the actual figures for the
years leading up to 1908 will, how
ever, convince one that. In spite of
their seeming immensity, the figures
can safely be regarded as conserva
tive. Theso figures, which have been
compiled by Fisk & Robinson, New
York investment brokers, place the
population of the United States In 190
at 100,000,000, and tho total wealth
of the country at $175,000,000,000.
The value of the manufactured prod
ucts Is placed at 1 9,000,000,000, and
of agricultural porducts at $14 000 -000,000.
Judged by the standards of age,
-stablished by old'-world countries, the
United States Is very young, but It is
growing and developing -with a rapid
ity never equaled by any other country
the sun ever shone on. Unaccom
panied by the details, the big figures
on banking power, total wealth, etc.,
would be somewhat vague and uncer
tain, but when it is shown that a con
servative annual increase from the
$7,848,000,000 value of agricultural
products in 1908, would, in 1920, yield
514,000.000,000, and that an even
more moderate rate of Increase In
manufacturing would- eleven years
hence, show a total of $19,000,000,000,
It Is easy to understand the value of
the estimates. v
The figures given elsewhere Include
the entire country, and for this
reason are all the more interesting
when iwe consider the part that the
Pacific Northwest Is destined to play
in this growth. In this table, it is
. shown that the value of the agricul
tural products doubled between 1900
ind 1908, and the increase for the in
tervening years, until 1920, Is placed
it 80 per cent. With the remarkable
progress being made In all branches
Df the agricultural industry, with ir
rigation and intensified farming yield
ing dollars where only pennies were
secured before, and with thousands of
square miles of new territory to be
brought under cultivation in this part
of the country, the 80 per cent in
crease Is entirely too conservative to
nrH a KA - . i
- ..i...re ri. uiy postotllce ad
ores, full. Including county and state.
Vi mjiirs iu to 14 paces. 1 cent; 18
tn tr!i,?"' 2 cent": 80 pages. 3 cents:
represent, accurately, what we may
expect in Oregon and the Pacific
Northwest. The results' of the past
are the only safe basis on which to
estimate what the future will bring
forth. Judged from that standard, the
Pacific Northwest, as well as the rest
of the country. Is scheduled for a won
derful transformation in the coming
decade.
THERE IS WORK TO I0.
That Middle and Kastern Oregon will
be opened to the world by railways,
within the next , two or three years,
there is good and sufficient reason to
believe. Preliminaries for the con
struction through Deschutes Canyon
are actively under way. It is a very
difficult work, but worth tho offc-i-
since it will give a water grade into
Middle Oregon. Construction through
the Cascade Mountains from the Upper
Willamette, to connection with the
road from California, by the Klamath
country, twill make a good deal of
progress within a year, and within
three years its completion may be ex
pected. The plan of development in
cludes a line across Middle Oregon
from east to west rrom Snake River
through to the Deschutes connection.
We wish. Indeed, we could obtain as
surance of renewal of the work from
the Umpqua A'alley to Coos Bay. But
that road must be realized, too.
Meantime, parts of our state amply
supplied with railroads yet lack de
velopment. The railroads can't do it
an. iarge Douies of excellent land,
near the railroads. He uncultivated and
unproductive. Meantime our people
are bringing In food products from
the East that ought to be grown on
these lands. It Is an erroneous notion
that Irrigation in Oregon should be
restricted to the eastern parts of the
state. The valleys of Western Ore
gon are even more advantageous for
intensive farming, since the streams
are more numerous and stronger, and
the water more abundant and more
easily managed. In these great val
leys of Western Oregon the population
ought to be multiplied five fold, within
a few years; and even then their re
sources will not be one-half employed.
Ve want railroads for the newee
portions of the state, and we shall get
them. The prospect Is now fairer than
ever. But let us do things also for
ourselves; not expect everything from
the railroads. Just think of it, that
not more than one-fifth part of the
land in Western Oregon, contiguous
to railroads, and of highest natural
fertility, has been developed by clear
ing, drainage, irrigation and cultiva
tion. Our people, or many of them,
have been too long accustomed to sit
still and wait for the tide of pros
perity, promoted by others, to roll In
over them. Something indeed is doing
all the time, yet only small part of
what ought to be done, day in and day
out, throughout the year and every
year. Oregonlans have something to
do, also. .
LONG STAIRWAYS AND YOUNG GIRLS.
There is common sense, backed by
wide experience, in the protest of Spo
kane educators against high school
buildings, many of the study and reci
tation rooms of which are accessible
only by long flights of stairs- To com
pel hearty indorsement of this protest
by any doubting Thomas among us, it
Is only necessary to have him climb the
stairs to the auditorium in the Lincoln
High School building of this city. No
wonder women who leach in this and
similarly constructed build!
through the school year weary almost
to the point of exhaustion, or that
young girls subjected to the ascent of
these long flights of stairs day after
day, and perhaps half a dozen times
a day, for ten months, not infrequent
ly break down before the four years'
course is completed.
The studies of the high school
course are sufficiently exacting. Some
of them may be useless for all prac
tical purposes, but a young girl in or
dinary health and with intelligent care
should be able to complete the four
years' course without serious mental
strain or physical inconvenience. But
to add to this the ascent and descent
of those long, steep flights of stairs
from ten to twenty or thirty times a
week is to subject pupils of this class
to the menace of impaired health at
the close of the course, or the proba
bility of a breakdown . before it is
completed. Parents should not be
blind to these facts, and with knowl
edge of them should refuse to permit
their young daughters to imperil their
health by attending school in such
buildings.
MISLEADING THE FARMERS.
A number of excellent people of
Astoria have repeatedly asked The
Oregonian to pay no attention, to the
wild vagaries of some or its citizens re
garding the shifting of the grain busi
ness from Portland to Astoria. Ordi
narily The Oregonian is inclined to
heed these requests, but when the As
toria Chamber of Commerce, by mis
representing facts, succeeds, in enlist
ing the sympathies of an organization
of the standing of the Farmers' Edu
cational and Co-Operatlve Union, it is
perhaps advisable to correct any mis
representations. Manager Whyte, of
the Astoria Chamber of Commerce,
has notified the Farmers' Union that
"Astoria will Boon have completed a
monster elevator which will be given
free of charge for the use of the Farm
ers' Educational and Co-Operatlve
Union whenever the executive commit
tee sees fit to accept it." The gener
ous Mr. Whyte also informs the union
that this elevator "will save at least
one cent per bushel, or a grand total
of $250,000, on the 25,000,000 bushels
of grain the union controls in Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon."
Naturally, with such a heavy saving
in prospect, the Farmers'- Union, in
the newspaper bearing its name ex
presses the belief that
Astoria Is the natural shipping Point for
the grain of the Inland Empire, for Astoria
Is on the sea coast and grain sent there
would escape the long towage charge from
the mouth of the river to Portland, which
sailing- vessels must pay. and the same Is
true In reaching- Seattle or Tacoma. for
sailing vessels must be towed from the
?!!oranf,e thf ,tralt' distance of nearly
veasjls! ' xpn" to "ailing
" the Farmers' Union will take the
trouble to investigate, it will find that
Astoria will not "soon have completed"
either a monster" or a miniat,,
..... ui.ua x3 ele
vator. It Will ftlsn flrH at
would be no savine of sign n 7 "ere
Xr
More than four-flfth r Vi. L, """"
en;outheaVandflHat f.1 w
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load grain are coming with cargo for
to Portland to dlschar L, ea
because by ttZs meththV1 a,0J
rui imuu. inesa snins will o ,
because by this method the cargo can
io iuuvcu uver tne iuu miles between
this city and Astoria at a lower cost
per ton per mile than it would be pos
sible for a railroad to attempt. For
the eam reason the) outward cargo of
TIIE MORNING
grain can be moved from Portland to
Astoria by water at a cost so low that
It would bankrupt any railroad that
attempted to meet it. In some cases
this cost by water has been a3 low as
5 cents per ton, and It never reaches
10 cents per ton for the 100-mile voy
age. Any attempt to force the railroads to
haul wheat beyond the point at which
it can .be reached by the cheapest car
rier in the world the ocean freighter
means an economic loss to the ship
per. Sooner or later the Farmers'
union, or some other agency, will
start a movement for lower freight
rates to tidewater. The likelihood of
securing these rates would not be en
hanced if the railroad were forced to
haul the grain 100 miles farther than
may be necessary. This Is a matter
which will bear investigation. The
closer scrutiny it Is given by the Farm
ers' Union the better it will be for all
concerned.
JESUS' SENSATIONAL METHODS.
A contributor who is so sincere that
it is painful to differ with him in
opinion, reproaches The Oregonian for
saying that Jesus used sensational
methods in his ministry. The letter
will be found in today's paper. Of
course, we could have a pretty little
controversy over this subject, but it
would be purely a war of words.
Everything depends on what one
means by "sensational." We, for our
part, do not necessarily mean any
thing disreputable by it. A transac
tion may be sensational in a bad sense
or in a good one. The object in view
makes the difference. We must insist,
though, that anything which excites
a sensation is sensational. That the
works of Jesus, such as healing the
sick and raising the dead, actually did
make a sensation, there can be no
question, unless we deny the authority
of the sacred writings. The multitudes
were excited, the Pharisees were out
raged and the government was dis
turbed. In the gospels there is fre
quent mention of a great hubbub
stirred up by his miracles.
Suppose Jesus were on earth today
and should feed six or seven thousand
people with half a dozen loaves of
bread and a few little fish. Would it
not raise a sensation? Would it not
be a sensational thing to do? What is
true of it now was true when it was
actually done. We can only escape
the sensation by denying the' truth of
the account of the miracle. Take an
other example. Suppose Jesus were to
appear in some village today and drive
a large herd of pigs into the sea by
filling them with devils. There would
be some little excitement over the
transaction, would there riot? The
owners of the pigs would be particu
larly disturbed in their minds.
We cannot understand how our con
tributor can avoid admitting that
Jesus employed sensational methods' in
his ministry or why he should wish
to do so. There is no harm In a sen
sation, if it is of the right kind.
SAMUEL CH AM PLAIN.
On July 4, 1609, three hundred
year ago, Samuel Champlan, with a
party of Algonquin Indians, entered
Lake Champlain from the north. He
was the first white man to navigate its
waters. The celebration of the ter
centennial of his discovery has direct
ed the attention of Americans, some
what tardily, to the character and
achievements of one of the most re
markable men among the early ex
plorers and colonizers of this conti
nent. Champlain did not push his
travels into the valley of the Missis
sippi. He reached Lake Huron and
skirted Lake Ontario, but farther to
the west he did not penetrate. His
principal work was done in exploring
and mapping the St. Lawrence River
country, together with the coasts of
New England and Nova Scotia. Along
the New England shore he sailed as
far to the south as Vineyard Sound.
This was in 1605 and 1606, fully a
year before the English settlement was
planted in Virginia and fourteen years
before the Pilgrims 1
chusetts. Although ChamDlain thus
became familiar .with the New Eng
land Coast, he attem Tlted Tin RAttlAmanf
south of the St. Lawrence region.
He preferred the more northern
land, because it offered greater fa
cilities for tradl nc in "fiirs - C 1 V.
Indians, to say nothing of a possible
passage to the Pacific through the
Great Lakes. Champlain himself was
not seeking a fortune,- but those
who financed hla priwiiitinns
Tne merchants of La Rochelle, Rouen
and the other French seaports, where
he sought help, were like other mer-
cnants in tne particular that they ex
pected a return from their invest
ments, and Champlain had. ttisrcfnm
to plant his settlements in the country
wnere lurs were plentiful and the In
dians friendly. His Own intArocf nr,D
divided between the love of explora
tion ana the wish to convert the savages-
It is more than suspected that
his father was a Hue-nonnr Tho
port of Brouage, where he was born.
in 100 1, was a Huguenot stronghold in
those days, and his name Sam.ioi
smacks strongly of that Biblical famil
iarity wnicn was more common among
the heretics than the orthodox. How
ever that may be. Chamnlaln wo'o
devoted Catholic though he fought on
the side of Henry of Navarre against
the Guises and the T
whom he married was a Huguenot, but
t-nampiain succeeded in converting
her to the older faith. So complete
was her conversion In fact that rt
a few years of wedded life she wished
10 oecome an ursuline nun.
Henry of Navarre rpmntnpi o
stant friend to Chamnlaln afro. v,
ascended the throne. Throueh hl
powerful favor the explorer was able
to secure mononolies of tho t,,r- -a,i
for his mercantile supporters, and thus
year arter year he obtained the means
to continue his travels and establish
the beginnings of settlement here and
there along the St.
1608, for example, on Julv 3. ho found
ed Quebec. The first hnllHino.
erected on the sloping beach at the
ioot or tne heights. This piece of
land was then covered with nut
which Champlaln's men cut down and
quarea ror tne walls of their house.
In Montcalm's time, when he lost the
City tO Wolfe, thfi hllilrllno-a h o I
cended to the high ground far above
tne river. Champlain made his dis
covery of the lake which bears his
name the year after h fnnniaH o,,
Bome Aigonquins invited him to
f Tlth them n P"ty against
bee. Some Algonaulna invited him
ine aroquois. who lived in nontmi TvioTO
" irluo's. wno uvea in Central New
Yrk; e accepted, and they led him
UP the Richelieu River tn th lob.
In the battle with tho Ti-r.cinc.io -v.i.i.
ensuea ms decided the day for his
k hey.tok.a Prisoners
ensued his gun decided the day for his
' . - . . . i.. nil i ,i .7,
whom Chamnlain had tho ann,,o
of seeing them torture as they slowly
made their way back to the St. Law
rence. This adventure sowed the seeds
of that hostility between the French
and Iroquois which persisted for many
OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1900.
years. On the other hand Cham
plaln's friendship with the. Canadian
Indians was of great value to himself
and his countrymen. It enabled him
to make Journeys which would other
wise have been out of the question,
while it naturally enhanced the profits
of the fur trade. Upon the whole the
French in America got on much better
with the Indians than the English did,
or the Spanish either. They seemed
to understand savage human nature
better than their European rivals did.
Certainly they treated the Indians
more humanely.
Through the genius of Champlain
and .other explorers France gained
control of a very wide territory in
North America in the course of the
next few decades after ' Quebec was
founded, but by the middle of the
eighteenth century it was all lost.
There is no single reason which fully
accounts for this strange sequence of
events. In Champlaln's time France
was so distracted with religious dissen
sions and civil wars that little energy
was left for colonial enterprise. Hence
the settlements in Canada were never
populated as they should havo been.
Later, when France becam united un
der the vigorous government of Riche
lieu, that great statesman formed a
company for trading with the Indians,
but it is not likely that he cared a
great deal for colonization. His ener
gies were absorbed in European poli
tics, and that continued to be the case
with the rulers of France until their
dominions beyond the Atlantic were
wrested from them forever. The few
Frenchmen who did migrate to Can
ada multiplied rapidly and prospered.
Under the British government they
have retained their religion and family
customs, while they are among the
most loyal Catholics in the world.
Their history shows what might have
been the destiny of North America
had the brave efforts of Champlain and
his fellow-explorers been adequately
seconded by their government.
Francis W. Cushman, the section
hand toiling along the right of way
some twenty years ago, no doubt felt
longings for something better as he
watched the luxurious trains roll by,
ofttlmes carrying persons of immense
wealth and power. But Francis Cush
man soured not on the world because
others had more than he, and mounted
no soap boxes on the street corner to
harangue any crowd of malcontents.
Instead he worked hard and faithfully
ahd by his own efforts rose from the
ranks to a seat among the mighty. His
death is a distinct loss to the country,
not alone because his eloquence will
be heard no more pleading for the wel
fare of his people, but because in his
passing there has gone from among us
a brilliant, resourceful, energetic man
whose whole life gave the lie to that
vile slander that this is no longer a
country for the poor man without
friends.
Japanese Buddhists will build a
temple in this city for worship of the
Hindu sage. This is in accordance
with the right guaranteed to every
dweller upon American soil to wor
ship according to the dictates of his
own conscience. It is not probable
that these disciples of Buddha will
send out missionaries to win Christians
from the error of their ways, but will
be content to enjoy their own religion
and practice its precepts. If they con
form to the teachings of the latter it
is safe to say that, they -will not make
the police any trouble nor prove in
any way a menace to social order in
the community.
A committee of the Legislature of
the State of New York has been ap
pointed to negotiate for the Saratoga
battlefield, and the land immediately
adjoining, so as to. establish and beau
tify a state park, commemorative of
one of the great crises of the Revolu
tionary War. The land wanted about
one thousand acres has little actual
value; but the owners have marked up
the price till now the aggregate Is
$8,000,000. with several ra.iD
to hear from- Which reminds one of
wib prices set on lands for parks in
Portland; the purchase of which may
however, wait yet a while.
"The shamel
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schedule, as a measure of unmatched
is a gentle word from
one of Aldrich's critics. But Senator
Chamberlain stood for it. and defends
his course, on th ,rnnj
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state wants protection for the woolen
"uuou- " you see that the tariff
is a local question, and Democratic
orators in this state will be mum now
and hereafter on tho ini,,it
tection.
We have beaten In rteocmr. JLi..
everything that was worst in proposl-
uu,,a iur initiative . legislation; but
there has been many a hard fight to do
It. and sensible and quiet citizens don't
like the constant turmoil ni ...
nor enjoy the necessity of standing
guard all the time, to prevent the en
actment of follies Into law
The address nt tho f-oo, .
. , - - - - mini: 1 j Lll
the country has a great deal of sense
in it. How are we to expect foreign
nations to buy our products and give
employment to our labor that pro-
uuca mem, unless we buy liberally
of their products I
a balance of equivalents. Its profits
teui t oa an in one scale.
A band of Morns hp hn i,i,n..j
by the Americans in a cave and ex
terminated. If Bryan were running
for President, he would doubtless call
Buch trickery unworthy of American
soldiers, as when Agulnaldo was
caught by Funston's stratagem.
Of course. If Colonel Hofer. can
bring on rain by prayer in Summer, he
can stop the rain by prayer in Win
ter. This man is likely to be of im
mense service to his state.
The suffragettes say they won't
marry unless they get the ballot. But
when they see the man they want or
can get, they'll think he's more im
portant than the ballot.
Perhaps the Idle hopdryei-s could be
turned into service to dry out the
many tons of drenched hay in the
Willamette Valley.
According to the weather man's
forecast it does do some good to "cuss"
the prayed-for weather.
The next city ought to ask the Bap
tists to hold their convention after
the Fourth of July.
It isn't really rain. Only the tears
Hofer is shedding over the woes of
the people.
Will somebody ask Colonel Hofer
to let up. on those effective supplica
tions ?
REVISE TARIFF' PIECEMEAL.
One Treatment Can't Deal Rightly With
ma; Subject anil It Makes Logrolling.
Outlook.
The entire tariff law ought not to be
revised at one time. The task is too vast.
The tarirf bill as it passed the House
made a volume of 300 pages. , Many of
the schedules are exceedingly complex. It
Is out of the question to have a thorough
consideration of such a mass of material.
No great industrial concern would ever
think of letting its business go without
supervision for ten years and then under
taking a general overhauling.
But there Is an additional reason why
the tariff schedules should be disposed
of piecemeal. -A general revision gives
too many opportunities to build up a
community. of interests. Senator Nelson,
of Minnesota, told the truth when he
said In a speech in the Senate: "Let us
recognlre the fact that with a tariff bill
It la just as it is with a river and harbor
bill. There is no use disguising it. You
tickle me and I tickle you. You give us
what we on the Pacific Coast want for
our lead ore and for our citrus fruit and
we will tickle you people of New Eng
land and give you what you want on your
cotton goods. . . . You come to the
same basis as that of the river and har
bor bill. You vote for my creeks, you
vote ror my harbors, you vote for my
rivers, and I will vote for yours and shut
my eyes and it Is all right." In the House,
New England Congressmen boasted to
friends how they had traded votes against
free lumber for votes in favor of free
hides.
This logrolling, destructive to the inter
ests of the whole country, would be much
impeded if certain schedules should be
taken up for revision this year and others
next year, and still others the year fol
lowing. If hides and leather were to be
considered without reference to lumber,
the chances for building up a trading com
bination Would be CTCAtlv (1lmlnl,hH Th
schedules would be far more likely to be
disposed of on their merits than they are
under the existing arrangement. Thr a
no good reason for revising the whole tar-
111 Dy one tremendous spasm on the part
of Congress. There is abundant reason
for disposing of ona subject at a time.
The present performance of amateurish,
haphazard leslslati on flnmlnfltpd hv
blnatlons of interests has not coramanded
tne confidence of the Nation. It ought
not to be repeated.
WOODILL LETTER A PLAGIARISM
Wot a Real Love Mensngre, but Extracts
From Novel by Charles Major.
St. Michaels, Md., Dispatch.
The letter made public and said to
have been found in the bungalow where
Robert E. Eastman killed Mrs. Edith
May Woodlll, and which was taken
to show that there was a love affair
of long standing between Eastman and
his victim, was a plagiarism and pos
sibly a forgery.
The letter was signed "Edith" and
breathed the deepest afTectlon, but it
was discovered today that it was a
copy, paragraph by paragraph and
phrase by phrase, from "Dorothy Ver
non of Haddon Hall," a novel by
Charles Major, that was one of the
"best sellers" at the time of its publi
cation in 1902. Whether the plagiariz
ing was done by Mrs. Woodill or East
man, or whether the entire document
was a forgery by a third person, is not
plain.
The text of the letter occurs, almost
complete, at the end of the second
chapter of "Dorothy Vernon," as obser
vations of the fictitious narrator fol
lowing his first meeting with the hero
ine and the realization nf hoe nfo
atlon for the hero of the tale.
Cod exists because of that warmth
that the mawkish world condemns."
the novel says, and then: "Is iron
Immodest when it creeps to the lode
stone and clings to Its side? Is a hen
bird brazen when she flutters to her
mate, responsive to his compelling
wooing song? Is a seed immodest when
it sinks into the ground and swell3
with budding life? Is a cloud bold
when it softens into rain and falls to
earth because it has no other choice?
Or Is it brazen when It nestles for a
time on the bosom of heaven's arched
dome, sinking into the fathomless
depths of blue black and ceases to be
itself?"
"My daughter never wrote that let
ter to Eastman," Is the statement made
by Colonel Charles H. Thompson when
asked about the love letter found un
der the bungalow. "Nothing could con
vince me that she wrote it. It does
not sound like her. It reads as if it
were copied out of a book. Only the
testimony of experts would make me
consider the poslbillty of it being
written by her."
BAKER AND BALLS BLUFF.
Confirmation of the Statements Pre
sented by The Oregonian.
M-MINNVILLE. Or., July 5. (To the
Editor.) Your editorial in Sunday's Ore
gonian interested me. It reminded mo
of a letter received from my brother,
Henry Gortner, who was In the brigade
that crossed the river at Harrison's Isl
and, and was close to Baker when he
fell and helped carry the body back to
Ball's Bluff, where they recrossed in a
flatboat. The book you refer to Is al
most a true copy of the letter I received
from my brother after the battle and
death of Senator Baker. Thev expected
Colonel Gorman with his 2500 men, who
had crossed the river two miles below
to come to their assistance, and time
was ample for them to come up. but
they remained or . waited for further or
ders which It seems Gorman never re
ceived. Baker's men were much put out
about it. as they all felt the great loss
of Baker, and the failure to assist the
Baker brigade.
M. U. GORTNER.
Wife's Dream Saves Husband's Life.
Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Dispatch.
Mrs. Charles Hager. wife of a rail
roader employed on the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad, probably saved her
husband from death or serious Injury by
a dream she had a few nights ago. Shn
dreamed that she saw him In a bad
wreck, and that he was dreadfully in
jured. The dream made such an Impression
upon her that she told him. and asked
him to exercise unusual care for the
next several days, said she believed that
there was to be an accident to his train,
and said he might escape if he kept woli
to the rear of it. Hager was also im
pressed, and took care not to place him
self in Jeopardy.
Yesterday, when his train was in New
York State, the accident occurred, being
caused by spreading rails. Hager was
injured less than any other man of the
crew.. The engineer and fireman were
fatally hurt.
Kills Whole Family; So, No Damages.
Jefferson City (Mo.) Dispatch.
By the killing of the entire famiiv i
i the collision at Warrensburg, October 10,
aw,, me itussuun r-acmc railway es
caped liability for the payment of dam
ages for the death of Philip Ragel and
wife and their minor sons, John A. and
Clifford Ragel. According to the " Mis
souri Supreme Court's decision, just
handed down, this leaves the company
free from damages, because the entire
family was wiped out by the fatal wreck,
no person who had the right to maintain
suit to final Judgment against the com
pany surviving. The administrator of
the estate filed suit for $15,000
J AUSTRALIA'S FRIENDLY ATTITUDE
Keenly Sympathetic With the United
States on the Japanese Question.
PORTLAND, July 5. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian Saturday last
you print a telegraphic news item in
which It is reported that a Mr. Abram,
an Australian manufacturer now visit
'ng Chicago, says to the effect that If
America had & year ago been compelled
to resort to war. at the time the Jap
anese government was using its diplo
matic relations to prevent the Califor
nia anti-Japanese bills from becoming
law. Australia would have sent contin
gents of men to America's assistance.
Being an Australian by birth, and hold
ing a government position in the com
monwealth at the time of this little
International friction, I can say that
none of our statesmen ever hinted, and
the newspapers there never suggested,
that troops be sent to Americas aid
if war ultimately eventuated, for the
simple reason that they knew that the
United States Government would never
have accepted their men if they did vol
unteer, and would have asked us to
keep neutral.
But let me hasten to add, that the
majority or the people of the Austral
ian states, though not antagonistic
towards the Nippon people, all the same
spontaneously sympathized with the
California people in their desire to
keep the white and brown races dis
integrated, as Australia already has a
white Australia policy among her
statutes, feeling that It is absolutely
essential to maintain the integrity of
the white race intact. The consensus
of opinion there is that the races which
differ in more ways than color should
develop their own nationality in the
lands of which they form a part, oth
erwise there Is always the likelihood
of racial embarrassment springing Into
existence at any time. Nobody but the
white race is allowed entry into Aus
tralia, and, we have, therefore, no ra
cial problem.
A few years ago in the north of
Australia thousands of Kanakas (col
ored people) were working in the sugar
cane plantations, but the Australians
decided that sugar cane would have to
be cut by white laborers, and all the
Kanakas, men, women and children
were expatriated to their native
islands in the Pacific, and now all the
sugar cane is cut by white laborers, and
the growers, besides making sugar
cane a profitable business, have in
creased the quantity of cane cut.
Let me further remark that Premier
Alfred Deakln, the present head of the
Australian commonwealth, Is excep
tionally friendly towards all Ameri
cans and America. Through his invi
tation the American fleet visited Aus
tralia just a year ago, and that epoch
added greatly to the consummation of
the English-speaking people. Australia's
ideal is to have a federation between
America, Britain and Australia. If the
integrity of the white race is ever
seriously threatened you will find Aus
tralia's sons shoulder to shoulder with
all her brothers and kinsmen overseas.
JAMES C. TOWNS.
CALLS THE OREGONIAN TO ACCOUNT
Objection to Characterizing; Acts of
Jesus as Sensational.
THE DALLES. Or.. July 3. (To fhe
Editor.) Under the heading of "An Un
worthy Minister" In today's Oregonian
you give some well-merited censure to
the prospective bride and bridegroom who
are to be married "up in a balloon, boys,
up in a balloon," and the minister who is
to take "part in this escapade" is prop
erly questioned as to his motives.
We heartily indorse all you say In ref
erence to this silly sensation,- but we
most strenuously object to your state
ment that Jesus resorted to sensational
methods during his earthly ministry.
It is actually sinful for you to say
this. Was it sensational for Jesus- to
heal lepers, give sight to the blind, heal
file sick and raise the dead? No sober
minded man would speak of such acts
as being sensational. Jesus was wonder
ful and merciful, and he is yet; else all
such triflers with- his divine manifesta
tions as you would be sent to hades
in double quick order. Be careful, friend,
how you trifle with the Son of God.
JAMES. DAVISON.
Forty-six Widows Hold a Reunion.
Wilkesbarre .(Pa.) Dispatch.
Forty-six widows, aged from 23 to 77
years, all from Berwick and vicinity,
held their fifth annual reunion at Fair
child's Park. Each year the widows as
semble to enjoy a day of mutual sym
pathy. There was not a man in the park.
Not because they would not have been
allowed so much as because they did
not attend. The oldest member of the
association, Mrs. Florence Harman, who
Is 83, was not able to be present, and it
was decided fo send her a bouquet and
basket of fruit as a remembrance. There
are rumors that the widowers of Berwick
will organize, and that next year there
will be a joint picnic.
, An Irish Town Is Sold at Auction.
Limavady, Ireland, letter to fhe St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
It Is seldom that one hears of a town
being sold by. auction, but a few days
ago most of the tenants of the Earl of
Darnley, in the town of Athboy, County
Meath. purchased the fee simple of the
houses in which they reside. The prop
erty was put up in lots for sale by public
auction, but it was understood that no
one would come between the tenants and
their tenancies, as the late owner ex
pressed a wish that the tenants should
acquire the property, even at a smaller
price than outsiders might be inclined
to bid.
WHEN HOFER TURNED THE COCK.
Sins; "Hey!" and likewise "Ho!" for Colonel
Mofor.
And laud him all ye creatures here be
low, for
He hath at last found means to loose
the tap
That from the ralnclouds draws the
aqueous sap:
He scales the asure dome to apex dt7.y.
Prods .up J. I'luvlus and gets htm buy.
Proving himself more adequate In that
field
Than hath the great rainmaker. Mr. Hat
field. Sing "Hey!" and likewise "Hi!" for Colonel
Hofer;
He is the man on whom to bet your dough
for
Ho saw the way to break the parching
drought.
Declaring prayer would bring a water
. pout;
If men would pray with but the proper
power
And show the Lord how bad they need a
shower.
The heavens would doubtless open at their
calling.
And gentle rain begin at once a-falling.
Sing Hey!"' and likewise "Ho!" for Colonel
Hoter.
The testing of his method was not slow,
for
The men and eke the maids of Salem
town
Forthwith prepared to bring the rainfall
down ;
Prayers from long years' dlsuso gone all
to seed
Were polished up to meet the moment's
need ;
Sooth 'twere beyond description's brightest
power
The great Ealemnlty that ruled the hour.
Sing "Hey!" and likewise "Ho!" for Colonel
Hofer,
The subsequent events proved he must know
for
The winging prayers, with Salem's passion
fired,
Brousht down the rain that they so much
desired.
True, It was little better than a splatter.
But why should carping critics let that
matter ?
It was. they must admit (if prayers avail
them).
A darned good Job for such a town as
Salem.
Sing "Hey!" and likewise "Ho!" for Colonel
Hofer.
In future let him be the man to go for
When specified conditions are desired.
Or special brands of weather are required.
Deposed is Beals, who could but tell to us
The future plans of great J. Pluvlus.
For Hofer's plan's a better one. because It
Controls the rain by prayer as br m, faucet.
Dean Collins Jn Dallas Observer.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YEAR 1020
Some Remarkable Figures on the Prob
able Progress of the Country.
The United States In 1920 what will
Its trade. Its agriculture, its mining
operations. Its banking power and Its
wealth then represent? These some
what daring questions have been ser
iously studied by the investment house
of risk & Robinson, which, after mak
ing elaborate calculations of our past
progress and taking into account all
reasonable considerations, has attempt
ed to give what are perhaps conserva
tive estimates. Actual figures are used
for 1S90. 1900 and 1908 and the per
centage of increase worked out. Then
deductions are drawn. For example.
00 nnnPnlatl?i1 of 1920 ,s estimated at
nnn'oS00' tho bank clearings J193.-
O0u-0nn-000 th t0tal wealth $175,000
ooo.ooo, manufactured products ,19 -
600onn0nnn raUroad ssa earnings
J. 600, 000. 000. etc.
The final comment is this: "In view
or our enormous wealth-producing
tona7 USS brUUSe f our reat edca
the Tntt ,rLtages 11 13 Inevitable that
mateiv t StatfS. ShOU,d '""h !
the 1-.rn.il f'ost Intelligent as well as
amon JSoifn nvfstinS s to be found
among civilized nations."
The principal figures follow:
Population .... 6lSi?!o 1Jp-, -, ,
Ilnkinc:,i,ower S-l-'.'.u:.".".(l 12.r0.o;:,oo
caa6! n?.5'?.3'!: 8n?H.s7;:.-g
ACoal roSi4SM7'451 a-764:i77:7
Va?ue 140.8fi8.031 240.7SD.310
' Pig Iron-prod'ucuon-8'14-573 306,6SS.lt5t
TSo,d- product-ion- 9 -,2'7S .780.243
unces l.oRS.S77 3 K" S7
al"e 32.845 000 79 171 000
Copper production w.m.uo
raiiroadsi
Mileage l3.3r,9 19-MR-
Oross earnings. 1.086. 03U 73.-. 1i!vt
Net earnings .. 342.071.21.0 is:V7'5-'.H
t . 1008. lO'-O '
Ita n k U g" 87.1S3.392 100.0OO.000
BtTnk eclear:'$ 17'642'705-274 30.000.000.000
'npf ' 132.272.067.412 193.0O0.W10.O00
Circulation . SMWS.015.4SS 4.2.-.(t.0.....,Mt..
rot. wealth 12S.OO0.imi0.0ci0 173,000,ci.ocm
Agl. prod ts. . 7.S48.0U0.00O 14.000.000.000
I oal production
7." - . t42s.stis.oi4 eon.ooo.ooo
VaI1!0 , 14.1'.I8.S!I8 S 1,000.000.000
rig Iron production
ColA -v.. 23,781.361 46.000.000
Cold production
?CI tl.S74,82T H.OOO.000
,wV'",i no-435,700 1 100.000.000
t-opper production
MfnS .;, t.096.40l 1.100.000.000
Men-handlilli ,087 19'000-0'-0W
Fe,'" J-"" 94.341. 702 1.5O0.0O0.000
Jie. .TV,' .1'SB.773.348 2.200.000.OO0
team railroads
Mileage 230.0SS 2M 00O
Ca, '".' 17.234.8S0.215 24.000.000:oc.O
Cxross earn gs 2.407.019.810 3,no.04.o.oco
Net earnings 717.802.167 OOO.OOO.OOO
Estimated. T1907 figures. J1904 figures.
"These huge figures chiefly in bil
lions possess manifold significance and
their contemplation should correct our
sense of perspective, renew our courage
and establish firmly our confidence in
the Nation's future. To labor they
should present an ever-expanding vista
of remunerative employment, to capital
they should speak of increasing oppor
tunities for the profitable and useful
employment of its resources, while to
the legislator they should . Indicate
clearly and forcibly the grave respon
sibility Involved in the enactment of
statutes affecting such vast Interests.
It Is recognized that they suggest , also
the possibilities of growth in National
and Individual extravagance and the
development of arrogance in our do
mestic and foreign relations; but it
should be remembered that in no other
land is education in all its aspects
going forward with greater rapidity
or thoroughness, and that our people
are becoming as a whole the best edu
cated and hence the broadest minded
nation on the globe. Not by academic
Instruction alone, but In even greater
degree by the widespread dissemina
tion of daily information, our people
are learning what constitutes correct
business methods; are distinguishing
more and more between sound and
bombastic legislation, and. while de
manding the fullest publicity concern
ing the affairs of corporations, are In
sisting that those great organizations
so essential to the proper conduct of
the Nation's business, be treated with
Justice."
Suitors Drive Girl to Convent.
Boston (Mass.) Dispatch.
To escape from the ardent love of
three suitors." none of whom she wants
to offend by marrying one. pretty Lo
retta Lorey. society girl and daughter of
Mrs. Adolph Lorey, of Back Bay. will
give up all worldly Joys and enter a con
vent, where she may rest in seclusion
and feel safe from the sharp point of
Cupid's arrow.
Indeed, this charming girl, whom rumor
has had engaged to three young men. one
of whom Is a Harvard senior, already
has shut herself off from the world to
such an extent that for months she has
not appeared at socials and only rarely
upon the street. ijr
"I don't care to offend 'two of my
suitors by marrying one." Miss Lorey
said. "I am going to a convent. I can
not tell you any more in fact, that's all
there is to it."
Dr. Eliot's Book Shelf.
Criticisms come from the four comers
of the earth on Dr. Eliot's sample shelf of
books. After Shakespeare, the London
Telegraph finds the omission of history
the most startling. 'Critics of all kinds
and sorts have maintained that the re
treat from Syracuse In Thucydides Is the
finest piece of prose ever written." As to
the inclusions, the London paper finds
them, to say the least, puzzling.
'f.-?'0"1", ?oxos a limited to a "five-foot
nimr Pennhhr BenJ" Franklin nor WIN
11am Tenn has any claim to a seat and
most of us will confer without shame our
f-"0' .f.,h? rlKh of J"h Woodman'
tmerson s "Traits" Is interesting enough
but' not much more The letters of that ??:
wh a?nPtCr""n KPllny ma- b- I'" unread
with confidence by every one who Is not
making a study of the best days of th
Roman Empire. But we need not Pres si
piecesPlntS- " 18 n0t a ,ist
Where the Tax SVI1I Fall.
Letter in New York Evening Sun, Brook
lyn, July 1.
Taking Steel for example, the proposed
3 per cent tax on net income for 190S
would have been $707,714.54. The bonds
and preferred stock would escape Th
. pays an tne tax In tho
long run. Common stockholders . of
many corporations will have to wait a
long while before they ever see a divi
dend. It is the rich that buy bonds and
preferred stock, and the tax will fan on
the poor common stockholdere in every
case- T. S. P.
Choosing a Physician by Photograph.
Carlsbad Letter to the New York Her
ald's Paris Edition.
Carlsbad is full of original ideas. Where
else can you find the Photographs of all
the doctors in the place arranged to
gether in shop windows, so that a new
comer can examine the faces and nick
out the one whose looks he prefers' To
have a medical man with just the sym
pathetic expression one likes best must
surely be a great help to recovery.
Saved by a Brother's Blood.
Philadelphia Dispatch to N. Y Times
Through the infusion of a quart of
the blood of Dr. William Henry Fur
ness into the arteries of his sister
Mrs. Horace Jayne, her life will probably
be saved. Their father Is the celebrat
ed Shakespearean scholar. Dr. Horace
Howard Furness. Mrs. Jayne has been
ill with typhoid fever at her home In
Wallingford for almost a month, and
it became necessary, .to restore her to
health, to resort to blood iniusion.