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HIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1D0D.
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PORTLAND, OREGON.
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tecooa-CISM flatter.
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Zaliy. without Sunday, six months 3.25
ra11y. without Sunday, three months. . . 1.75
rally, without Sunday, ona month -SO
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Punday. one year
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re at the sender's risk. Give postonice aa-
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THE CITY'S WATER RATES.
In dealing? with the question of
water rates and of water administra-
tion in general for the city, the middle
course will be best. The coat of water
supply, and the cost of distribution
should be apportioned as equally and
as fairly as possible.
The meter system Is Just, as an ab
stract or an Ideal principle. But the
question will be whether It can be ap
plied, In existing conditions, justly to
all. For Justice, In any highly de
veloped social condition, becomes i
proportional principle. It is very dif
ferent from that condition of savage,
or even of pioneer life, when each
family hunted Its game In the forest,
or gathered the native wild fruits,
each for Its own. Then nobody owed
much to the community nothing in
deed. But it is altogether different
now.
In primitive times every person sup
plied himself with water. But in the
changes that havo come about through
growth of cities and assemblage of
gTeat numbers of people in narrow or
close localities, the demand for water.
the absolute need of water, make it
Imperative to use the social organ
ization to supply the want. It costs
money. Then fair and equitable di
vision of the cost becomes a problem.
It Is the problem as to water, for
Portland now.
While It Is true, as an abstract prin
ciple, that each one should py for
the "water he uses, and no more,
which Is the argument for universal
application of the meter system, yet
it remains that something more must
be done or granted for the general
growth and welfare of the city. A
city Is a social body. No dweller in
a city lives unto himself alone. The
central and older parts of a city must
help the development of the suburban
portions: or the city will cease to
grow, and values in the central or
older portions will no longer be main
tained. The bridges of this city are
a burden chiefly to the West Side,
because the larger taxes on values
are laid on the West Side. But after
all. Isn't it advantageous to the West
Side?
The principle has application to
every part of thecity. Beyond the
suburbs of a few years ago are other
suburbs now: and the suburbs "of
the present time must, in their turn,
help to support and carry the neces
sary extensions of water and light
supply, further and further on.
"These be but generals," said one
of the speakers in Bunyan's apologue;
"come to particulars, man." The par
ticulars Just now, for this occasion,
raise, form or constitute the question
how the water rates should be ad
justed for the householders and In
habitants of the City of Portland. We
have to do with such terms as flat
rate and meter rate and minimum
rate and proportional rate, and equit
able distribution of water and cost , of
supply.
While the meter systsm, a meter for
every tap, is the Ideal thing yet
question is whether the city, at pres
ent stage of growth taking also into
account the cost of meters and in
spectors would not better maintain
a flat rate for single houses, according
to the number of faucets, taps and size
of family, and introduce the meter and
the meter, rate In all houses where the
limit is exceeded. A minimum of 75
tents to one dollar a month for the
single house occupied by the small
or ordinary family, with increase in
proportion to the number of taps on
the premises introduced presumably
for additional convenience or luxury,
or for supply of greater number of
persons would be a fair basis or be
ginning. Such houses would not re
quire meters. But meters ought to
he placed at all houses where there is
more considerable consumption In
cluding all rooming or lodging and
boarding-houses; for every ad
ditional occupant of a house increases
consumption of water on the premises.
Water for bath, toilet, closet and cook
en.' Is required always In proportion to
the number of rooms and occupants.
Meters In all such places are neces
sary though the ordinary private
family may be supplied at the flat or
minimum rate, and cost of meters
and of Inspection for all such may
be avoided.
But it la quite apparent that the
present meter rate, for those who use
large quantities. Is not high enough.
These, however, object, as might be
expected, to Increase of the meter
rate, yet do not desire meters 'to be
placed on the taps of the small or
ordinary householder, because ex
perience has shown already that this
will diminish the revenue to the city
from the gTeat hody of the consum
ers and either force a higher rate on
those who use more water, or require
the deficit to be made up by general
taxation. It seems to The Oregonian
that the right way to meet this clash
of interests is. first to establish a min
imum flat rate, for the single or or
dinary household, which should be as
low as reasonably possible, then to In
troduce meters at all places where
there is more than ordinary family
consumption; and finally, if found
necessary as doubtless it will be
to raise the meter rate. This, as it
seems to The Oregonian. would Insti
tute or establish a middle or equit
able course. Substantially, it would
reouire payment for water according
to the amount that might be used; it
would save to the city the cost of
thousands of meters, the cost of their
installation, and renewal, and the pay
of the multitude of Inspectors that
would be necessary, if the meter were
placed at every house, and the cost
of the clerical work necessary in keep. i
Ing the accounts. But the meter
should be placed wherever . hose is
used, and no permission to use hose
should be granted till the meter shall
have been applied.
It is probable that introduction and
strict enforcement of the meter system
would obviate for the present the need
of another pipe line from Bull Run.
But Is this desired? Do we wish to
stint the use of water, at this stage of
the city's growth and hold it down to
bare needs? Do we, or do we not,
wish to keep steadily in view the
growing and future requirements' of
the city? Another thing should be
kept In view. A single pipe line may
fail us. At some time, soon or later,
it certainly will. Besides, gravity de
livers the water; we have but to pre
pare the conduit, and gravity does the
rest. It is not as if we had to pump
the water, to keep the system in oper
ation. '
It Is the judgment of The Ore
gonian, on the whole, that installation
of the meter in every house is not
necessary now; that the meter, how
ever, should be introduced In all
places except houses occupied hy pri
vate families; that It should be placed
in all rooming and boarding-houses,
as well as. in all larger buildings and
mercantile and manufacturing estab
lishments and wherever hose Is
used, and the present meter rate
should be raised to an extent that will
equal the cost of water supplied by
meter to the proportional cost of water
supplied without it. What is wanted
is proportional justice.
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AIX RAILRO.US fftU OHE.
In "Monday's Albany Democrat ap
pears the following:
The Orraonlan ecu a tremendous support
In this part of the Valley, but Is dninc more
than any other agency to aereai in" --in
tension of the Corvallis Eastern and se
cure instead the rjedchules route else the
Democrat has been misinformed.
The Democrat has been misui
formed regarding the attitude of The
Oregonian toward the Corvallis &
Eastern Railroad. Nothing is farther
from the purpose of The Oregonian
than defeat of the Corvallis & Kast-
ern or any other railroad headed for
Central Oregon. This paper for many
years urged extension of the Corvallis
& Eastern into Central Oregon. From
the standpoint of original cost, exten
sion of this line seemea to De me
one that, offered earliest access to the
Isolated region beyond the Cascades.
There was also the further advantage
of a good traffic in timber right up to
the border of the agricultural country
lying east of the mountains.
The railroads have made frequent
surveys into Central Oregon over half
a dozen different routes, and finally
selected the Deschutes route, which,
by their own estimates, will cost nearly
three times as much as the extension
of the Corvallis & Eastern. The Ore
gonian quite naturally welcomed the
announcement that there was to be a
road built into Central Oregon over
the water-level grade of the Des
chutes. It would have, with equal
enthusiasm, welcomed announcement
of the extension of the Corvallis &
Eastern, and believes that such an an
nouncement will some day be made.
There is an immense amount of traffic
to come out of" the very heart of the
Cascades by an extension of the Al
bany road, and this extension will
some day be made.
It will be a more expensive road to
operate than the line up tne ies
chutes, and Mr. Harriman is undoubt
edly spendfng J5.000.000 to get into
Central Oregon by the latter route in
preference to spending J3. 000, 000 to
get In over the Albany line, because a
low grade water level route for the
main highway between Oregon and
California, is a necessity. For an east
and west line across the state, the
Corvallis & Eastern, already con
structed well up to the summit of the
mountains, presents advantages that
cannot be overlooked as the country
grows. The Oregonian cannot force
Mr. Harriman to build a $2,000,000
road across the mountains, when he
has shown a preference for a Jo, 000,
000 road up the Deschutes. We can
commend him for the latter without
diminishing our hope that he will
some day build the former. The Ore
gonian desires to see more railroads
and more people in all parts of Ore
gon. THE PRICE OF WHEAT.
James J. Hill, who called attention
to the approach of high-priced wheat
long before Mr. Patten and his alleged
wheat corner came into public notice,
has made another prediction on simi
lar lines. In an interview in New
York Monday he reiterated his former
statement that "the time of low prices
for grain has passed." While Mr.
Hill's wide experience and deep study
of economic questions qualify him to
peak with unusual Intelligence .on
such matters, it is not yet a certainty
that he is correct in his forecast re
garding grain prices. A prominent
rofessor of the University or Illinois,
few weeks ago, gave voice to a
similar sentiment, and said that the
reason for maintenance of high prices
was because the population was over
taking the food supply. This reason
as well as the statement of Mr. Hill
would appear sound, provided due
ognizance were not to be taken of the
fact that production of a food supply
Is as yet far below the maximum
which may be reached in the future.
Grain prices are high in this coun
try because a number of years prior
to 1908 witnessed such low prices for
cereals In all parts of the world that
production slackened. In wheat the
decrease for 1908 as compared with
1906 was more than 300,000,000 bush
els. While the price was comparative
ly low and the yield restricted, the
population quite naturally had a de
cided advantage in the race to over
take the supply. It Is not easy to ad
just the supply and demand of a com
modity of world-wide production ana
orld-wide consumption to a degree
r nlcetv, so that a wide range of
prices may be avoided.
The acreage available lor wneat in
the United States is as large as it was
in 1901 when this country produced
the record crop of 748.000,000 bushels
of wheat, but it would not be worked
o to its run capacity, nor uum it
be increased had the price remained
around fifty or sixty cents' per bushel.
But. in spite of the heavy decrease in
ield since the record crop in 1901,
there has been no season when this
ountry failed to produce from 60.000,-
000 to 225,000.000 bushels more wheat
han were needed for home consump
tion. This wheat round a market in
Europe, and the selling value in the
foreign market was the base on which
the selling value was established in
the home markets. The foreign price.
It is needless to say, was not fixed by
Americans alone, but Instead it was
fixed by the growers of cheap wheat
In India, Argentine, Russia and Aus
tralia. These countries are still pro
ducing wheat for export in large
quantities, and in Argentine especially
there is a steady increase in the out
put. The possibilities for expansion in
grain growing in Argentine are so
great that it will be many years before
students of political economy in that
country will venture the prediction
that population is overtaking the food
supply. The enormous exportable sur
plus of that country will, in the future
as in the past, exert so much pressure
on the price of American grain that
in contemplation of tumbling prices
we shall forget all about the time
when we were inclined to believe that
population had outstripped supply.
There may be greater profits in di
versified farming than there Is in
wheat-growing at moderate prices, but
the wheatgrowers' returns for the past
two years have been so alluring, that
the present era of high prices is al
most certain to be followed by one
of big crops and the prices which
accompany big crops.
THE THAW FROLIC.
The New York Judges whose hands
Thaw falls into from time to time do
not seem to take his affairs very ser
iously. Perhaps they do not regard
Insanity and detention as a joke, but
there is something marvelously play
ful in the way they deal with him.
From their point of view it may not
be such a dreadful'thing after all for
a man of some property and good so
cial standing to commit a murder. His
plea of insanity to escape punishment
is one of those little formalities, an
noying but necessary, which 'even
wealth must submit to once in a while
and the proper thing is for everybody
to enjoy a good laugh over the farce
and let the poor fellow loose as soon as
maybe. Something of the same spirit
which was displayed in inviting Banker
Morse to sit with a Judge on the bench
Immediately after he left the Tombs
Is noticeable in conducting Thaw's
business. There is no disposition to
make matters unpleasant for the gay
and lightsome child of fortune. His
victim is as dead as he ever will be.
and the sooner the unpleasantness is
forgotten and everybody drunk again
the better.
This may be the wisest view to take
of the case. But if one murder is a
joke so is another. The poor man
who kills Is no more guilty than the
rich one. If it is right to coddle Thaw
instead of treating him as a homicidal
lunatic, it is not wrong to coddle the
redhanded hobo. There cannot be one
species of justice for high society and
another for the mob. Thaw Is just as
dangerous as he ever was. The brain
storm which caused him to shoot Stan
ford White Is liable to recur whenever
he drinks too much or anybody smiles
at his Evelyn, or at her successor. Such
a person is like a wild beast roaming
abroad. Nobody can toll what mur
derous impulse he will gratify next.
Judges do wrong to palter with him
and treat his case as if it were a frolic
for all hands. A hospital for maniacs
is the proper place for him and he
ought to be kept there until disinter
ested physicians of standing can certi
fy that he is in his right mind. Of
"expert" opinion in the matter there
has been more than enough. Let us
now exchange some of the expertness
for common honesty and unmercenary
judgment.
AN ODIOCS COMPARISON.
It puzzles most foreigners and many
Americans to understand why Serious
crime is so much more common in this
country than elsewhere in the civi
lized world, and why It goes so fre
quently unpunished. The facts in the
case are, of course, beyond dispute.
To bring them before the reader's
memory in all their disagreeableness,
it is only necessary to compare the
criminal record of Oregon with that
of London for the last few years. The
inhabitants of London number just
about 7,000,000. This Is over ten
times the population of Oregon. In
the last six and a half years there
have been ninety two murders in
London. Of the persons who com
mitted them, eighty-two have been
convicted and punished. Four of the
remaining ten seem to have escaped
the law through some sort of tech
nicality, while six slipped through the
hands of the police for lack of evi
dence, though they are morally known
to be guilty. How does the record of
Oregon look beside this? In a single
year we have had sixty murders, or
homicides, at any rate, and of the
persons who committed them, but
three or four were convicted and
punished. Remembering that our
population is but the tenth part of
London's and that in a single year
we have had sixty homicides, to her
ninety-two in more than six years,
we are bound to conclude that life Is
more than forty-three times as secure
in the capital of Great Britain as it
is in the State of Oregon.
If we were any worse in this re
spect than the rest of the Union, we
certainly ought to be ashamed of our
selves. We are not any worse. Other
states show the same disgraceful ac
count of crime and punishment, but
still, perhaps, we ought to be ashamed
of ourselves after all. The fact that
people are weak and foolish elsewhere
does not make it any more creditable
for us to be in the same condition and
remain satisfied. Writers In -foreign
lands, who comment upon onr inca
pacity to deal with crime, say some
things which are helpful and some
that sound rather silly. One corre
spondent thinks matters would go bet
ter if we subjected suspected persons
to closer police supervision. To make
this plan work well we should first
have to obtain police forces which
would not seek an alliance with thugs
and murderers, but If that were once
accomplished, then surveillance would
certainly be an excellent thing for per
sons who hover on the ragged edge of
crime and perhaps for others also.
We have a national dislike of police
meddling which probably goes farther
than common sense warrants. It
would not be a very bad plan for the
community If every person who con
templates traveling were required to
Inform some functionary where he
was going and how long he Intended
to stay. This might prevent a gooa
deal of. disgraceful conduct. It might
save a family- here and there from
being broken up. A decent citizen
rarely objects to making his wherea
bouts known. ' People who desire to
prowl about the country secretly were,
for the most part, .better off at home
with their wives and children.' It may
well be admitted that the foreigners
are right in thinking that closer po
lice supervision would aid us to check
crime.
But when European correspondents
begin to talk about the reasons why
our courts are Inefficient, they drop
into nonsense very often. One of these
wise writers says that our laws, "per
haps by design." are made more easy
to circumvent than those of England
or Germany. This is not so bad as It
might be, but when the same corre
spondent goes on to say that judges
elected by popular vote do not know
the law so well and are less Impartial
than those appointed by the exacutive
he radiates darkness. The best law
yers we have are unanimously of the
opinion that elected judges measure
up squarely with appointed ones, both
in learning and in character. It would
be strange, indeed, if they did not,
since in both cases they are almost
invariably nominated by the lawyers
themselves. The election, as well as
the appointment, amounts to little
more than a ratification of the pre
vious choice of the bar. Some of the
most discouraging reversals of ver
dicts we have ever had came from the
highest tribunal in the land, the Fed
eral Supreme Court itself. The judges
of that august bench are about as far
as they could well be from the popular
choice, but they are quite as devoted
to technicalities In criminal cases as
their inferior brethren are.
It is neither ignorance of the law
nor any defect In their moral charac
ter which makes many of our judges
apparently incapable of taking an
equitable view of criminal procedure,
The bald truth is that they are so en
slaved to form and precedent that they
often overlook justice altogether. In
saying this, one need not forget the
sad truth that the American bench in
the last few years has known judges
who were actually corrupt, but they
are not numerous and never have
been. The real trouble is what the
philosophers would call methodologi
cal. In our criminal procedure we
stand exactly where metaphysics stood
before Des Cartes and Bacon reformed
Its method. We go about it in a way
so wrong and futile that nothing can
possibly result except continual dis
appointment. The philosophers be
fore Des Cartes were Just as con
scientious as those who followed him.
Thomas Aquinas was not a bit less
excellent a man than Spinoza. But
Spinoza had a good method, learned
from Des Cartes, and he did work or
enduring consequence, while poor old
St." Thomas Aquinas did nothing but
spin round on his axis and got no
where. Our criminal procedure is
In the Aquinas stage. Perhaps in
the process of its evolution that stage
is unavoidable, but we certainly ought
to be fervent In prayer that It may
not last much longer. If It docs the
murderers, thugs and grafters will
possess the country and the few men
who remain honest will have to emi
grate to London.
Disgusted with civilization and re
turning to his Eskimo people, Meme
Wallace, who was - brought to this
country in 1896 by Commander Peary,
started, last week, for his frozen home.
In his valedictory he declared he
would never come back and said:
I r.ave n renret at leavlnc. Although
T marie two or three eood friends here. I
don't like the people. They didn't treat
me right. They wanted me to promise to
let thera have my brains for examination
after I was dead, to compare them with
other men. and they asked me to submit
to all kinds of experiments to see how dtl
ferent I was from others. I don't think
that was the proper way to treat a human
being.
The indignation of the young
Eskimo cannot be wondered at. There
are hordes of civilized persons in this
country who resent every effort to
measure their brains. Any tests of
mentality are objectionable to large
part of the human family. Industry,
economy, foresight and temperate
habits are some of the tests and men
tion of them is resented In both civ
ilized and savage societies.
The , Boston suffragettes have dis
covered a method for evading arrest
and of guaranteeing that their pub
lic meetings will not be disturbed.
They held a meeting in the surf
at Nantasket . beach Wednesday
Just out of reach of the police who
were not provided with bathing suits.
The innovation opens up a new field
for endeavor along these lines. It Is
to be hoped the anarchists and the in
cendiary branch of the socialist faith
will follow the example of the suffra
gettes and go In where the water is
fine. It helps somewhat to have them as
far away from the shore as the life
line of the first row of breakers, and
no serious objection would be heard
If they continued out as far as the
legal limit which is three miles from
shore. Perhaps after the bathing sea
son ends, the suffragettes will spare
us further trouble by chartering a
boat and going off shore whenever
they are no longer able to control their
feelings.
Tia Juana, the last stand of the
American racetrack gamblers, may not
after all prove a safe port into which
they can drift after their calling has
been outlawed on this side of the Mex
ican line. Washington advices report
that there Is a strong probability , that
the concession recently given some
California gamblers to operate a track
at .Tia Juana, Just across the Mexican
border, may be recalled. The grant
ing of the concession called forth -a
strong protest from the Americans
living near the boundary line, and
while Mexico has a perfect right to
permit the game to tun, it is believed
that through deference t American
sentiment, the concession will be re
voked. No doubt Mayor Simon will see
many things at Seattle in the way of
civic improvements, but he must re
member always that his entire con
stituency expect him to keep down the
tax rate. Seattle isn't doing much in
that line.
Forty miles a day on foot "for 104
days is Pedestrian Edward Payson
Weston's record. He is 70 years old.
That is "going some" for a man 'of his
age. '
While Mayor Simon is inspecting Se
attle, he will do well to inquire how
much that city lost on its electric
lighting scheme.
When a suffragist declares she
won't be the bride of any man who
refuses her the ballot, any old excuse
will do.
If you start right away on your va
cation and stay long enough, the in
come tax man can't catch you next
year.
About one In fifteen will get a
homestead in those Indian reserva
tions. The fourteen are possibly in
luck.
We haven't noticed that Edward
Payson Weston has received a con
gratulatory telegram from Dr. Osier.
James J- Hill has joined the opti
mists' club, and predicts good times.
That makes it unanimous.
THIS MAN TOID VOU SO."
But He Concludes He Spoke to a Per
verse and Galnsaylna; Generation-
OSWEGO, Or., July 14. (To the Edi
tor.) There appears both In and out J
of The oregonian considerable discus
sion as to what manner of man is Will
iam H. Taft, whom the people in their
fear and hope elected President of these
sovereign states. It was my province
to tell the readers of The Oregonian
what kind of a man Mr. Taft was be
fore he was elected President, or even
nominated. But the telling did no good,
for the politicians just went fight
aiong as it i naa not spoKen ana gave
him the nomination and election. Just
the same as if I had not spoken, and
silently expressed the opinion that I
had better saw wood and save my
breath.
It was my privilege to work in Mr,
Taft's department when he was Secre
tary of War, across the hall from his
offices when In another department in
the Army. State and Navy building.
Consequently I ought to know some
thing about the man. else I am a blank
idiot and can't tell a good man from a
bad one.
Mr., Taft Is a good-poky-go-easy-God
send-Sunday man, who Is going to have
a good. time, enjoy this world and the
fullness thereof, and would like for
t everyone else to do the same and not
a nan- He is not a bad man. but he
does love .a life of indolence and ease.
If Roosevelt saw one of the chiefs
In the department get a little man
down, Roosevelt would call him off i,nd
that quickly, but Taft will have some
other party looK alter it ana let nun
alone. In point of ability and execu
tive power Taft is very ordinary. He
would rank in Congress as fourth
class. I do not write this from personal
grievance, but from personal Informa
tion. There will be "little disturbance
under the present administration. He
has the confidence of the men who
transact the big industrial concerns
of the country. If there is any dis
turbances Mr. Taft won't disturb. "So
you may rest easy while Mr. Easy is
In the chair. W. N. RUGGLES.
GREAT BEAR HlVTIXG IN ALASKA.
But It la Very Hani for Heroca te
Prove Their Prowess.
Ketchikan Miner.
Bear-hunting is the theme of general
conversation in this part of Alaska at
present. Men who were never known
to do a day's work now crawl saut at
3 A. M.. row a boat seven miles, carry
a gun for hours through tangled
swamps and over huge rocks and fallen
trees, drill back to the camp at night
tired, but not disheartened. You can't
discourage a bear-hunter. He will go
out in the wet and hustle more wood
for the campftre in an hour than he
has cut for the kitchen range in a
lifetime. It is the call of the wild
that stirs him up. It is dead easy to
shoot a bear. The number that have
been shot around Ketchikan would fill
a ship if so many of them had not
sneaked away to die. These Alaska
bears have no respect for a hunter's
reputation. Fill them full of lead, hit
em in the vermirorm appenaix, me
cerebellum, the crazybone or the crup
per, and It's all the same: they simply
won't die where the goods cf.n be de
livered. They spill blood all over the
mountainside, but when you bring your
friends to the spot the rains have even
washed that away. Every Tom, Dick
and Harry around here can take you to
the exact place where he shot the wish
bone out of a 700-pound bear and he
will even subpenae a rotten log and a
bunch of half-aaten skunk cabbage as
a witness for the prosecution. One
man (we know him well) shot a bear
last Saturday In a vital spot, and tried
to ring In a six months' old skin to
prove It- This stiff-necked generation
wouldn't believe us.
VATICAN ORGA.V SCORES FASHIONS
Present Style of Women's Ureas Called
the "Shipwreck of Virtue."
Paris Cable to New York Times.
The issue of the Osservatore Romano,
the organ of the Vatican, which reached
Paris this evening, contains a scathing
denunciation of the tendencies of the
feminine fashions of today. Taking as
Its text the petition against the lm-
ad's rBergamo to the MlnTsTer ol
oral press forwarded by tne catnoiic
the Interior and signed Dy several
thousand Italian women, the Osserva
tore says:
"We hope the competent authorities
will apply the law against these new
Augean stables. At the same time we
cannot but deplore another danger to
good morals which comes to us from
other countries, and against which wo
men might well unite. We refer to the
fashions worn in the streets by women
of all ages and by young girls.
"Those who profess with ardor the
Catholic faith and morals should not
be indulgent toward women who walk
about the streets wearing immodest
garments. All the present-day fashions
are designed to excite the passions,
rt la the ehlnwreck of virtue. These
v, "ore Tvreiudicial to beauty,
which is the reflection of the bounty
of God. and, therefore, fruitful in ma
terial and moral well-being.
'vinu these unholy wardrobes
ou rtf their dresses which make
the wearers' guardian angels weep. Let
your wives and daugnters nrnno
own clothes rather than wear dresses
which grieve the Holy Spirit and the
the father of truth."
-Winning at Pinocle,
:DTrvaT7TT.T,Fi Or.. July 12. (To the
rJa..ii nnd -R are playing pinocle
. needs 100 points to go out and B needs
60 When B has 50 points In, can he
lead the ace of trumps and say he has
enough?. Can be count the ace of
trumps or must he take another trick?
i n on here seems able to deciae
will you please answer.
There Is no "authority" upon which to
base decisions In pinocle disputes. For
this reason, many newspapers decline to
answer Inquiries concerning the game.
Perhaps a pinocle congress will be called
sometime to coairy tne ", "
inrinin whist congress passed laws
rmmrnlne that game.
' Common sense ought to guide In the
point you present. The game is for 1000.
vi ban 1000 before his apponent has 1000.
He wins. In no game of cards, should
there be a provision that a player must
win twice.
Onr Jonathan, Senator.
riresrnn Observer. Grants Pass.
9enator Bourne's record on the tariff
bin Is not in popular line, lie vetea
nualnst cheapening sugar, and other
goods' of general consumption. He was
always for the top notch. Most of the
time be was absent when votes were
taken. But, indeed, in a speech which he
read in the Senate, he statea nis lgnor
ance of the tariff question.
Eugene Guard.
An exchange criticises Senator Bourne
for having delivered "only two speeches
in siv vears." After having casually
glanced over these two speeches we are
inclined to think that Jonathan shows
excellent judgment In this respect at
least- t
Senator Lodge Mixes Poetry and Tariff.
. Washington, D. C-, Dispatch.
Even Jove jods once in a while.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge undertook
the other day to mix poetry and tariff
and got his poetry mixed. He started
to quote the lines beginning " 'Tis
sweet to hear the watchdog's honest
bark." But he left out the word "hon
est." It remains to be seen whether
this will hurt Senator Lodge's standing
up Boston way. Pome suggest that It
may cripple him in his race for re
election to the Senate.
Tariff Bill Changes Made by Senate
Ratea Compared With the Honse and Dlnsley Act Schedules Record of
Increases and Decreases.
The following are a number of the more Important changes (as compiled by
the New York Tribune) which the Senate has made in the tariff bill as passed
by the House, together with the rates under the existing law:
The corporation tax has been substituted for the inheritance tx.
Provision is made for a tariff commission to be created by the President.
'The maximum and minimum provision of the House bill is so changed that
the maximum rates become the normal, the minimum to be granted as a con
cession, thus eliminating the retaliatory features.
Provision is made for a special customs court.
A material increase is made in the internal revenue tax on tobacco, which it
is estimated will increase the revenue from this source by J9.300.000.
HOUSE. SKNATE. DINCLETLAW.
Hides Free IS percent 15 percent
Lumber". H-00 $1-50 $-.00 per M feet
Print paper ; $2.00 l-00 . 00 per ton
Iron ore Free M cents 40 cents per ton
Scrap iron 50 cents $2.50 $-1.00 per ton
Automobiles 45 per cent 50 percent 4, per cent
Nuts and washers H cent
Horseshoes "a cent
Wire nails one inch or
larger cent
Wire nails less than one
inch Vi cent
Steel umbrella sticks 35 per cent
Hotfks and eyes 4 cents
Clapboards $1.00.
Lathes . 20 cents
Shingles 30 cents
Saccharine 50 cents
raney cents
Barley malt 40 cents
Oats - 15 cents
Rye 10 cents
Wheat 25 cents
Cabbages 2 cents
Hops 12 cents
Potatoes 25 cents
Lemons Hi cents
Fresh meats 1 H cents
Cordials $2.25
Bay rum - $1.50
..l- o
. nampagiie, qiiitrt. . . . . . o.uu v r--
Still wines, quarts $1.60 $1-85 $ I .fiO per dozen
Ales, beer, etc 40 cents 45 cents 40 cents per gallon
Wool shoddy 20 cents 25 cents . 25 cents per pound
Leather Spercent 15 percent 20 per cent per pound
Roots and shoes 15 percent 20percent percent
Harness 35 per cent 40 percent 4n per cent
Yachts Free 35 per cent Free x .
Diamonds, uncut Free 5 per cent Free
Diamonds, cut JO per cent J5 percent 10 percent
Boracic acid 2 cents 3 cents 5 cents per pound
Oxalic acid 1 cent 2 cts. per pound Free
Bleaching powder 1-5 cent M: cent 1 -5 cent per pound
Orange mineral 2 7, cents 3 cents 3 "a cents per pound
Red lead 2 cents 2 cents 2"s cents per pound
White lead , 2 cents 2 cents - cents per pound
Whitins, dry cent 'i cent '4 cent per pound
Bichromate of potash 1 'A cents 2 cents 3 cents per pound .
Bichromate of soda 1 cent 1 cents 2 cents per pound
Bar iron 4-10 cent 3-10 cent " 6-10 cents per pound
Charcoal iron bars, etc... $10.10 $K.O0 $12.00 per ton
Tin plates. ., 1 2-10 cents 12-10cents 1 cents per pound
Structural steel 3-10 cent 4-10 cent 5-1 0 cent per pound
Steel wool 40percent 35 per cent 3-10 tent per pound
Anvils cent N, cent 1 cents per pound
Axles, etc 1 cent cent 1 cent per pound
Hammers, sledges, etc H4 cents 1 ri cents ' 1 "i cents per pound
Bolts IVi cents 1 Va cents 1 te cents per pound
Malleable castings 9-10cent 7-10cent 9-10 cent per pound
Cut nails and spikes 5-10cent 4-10cent 6-10 cent per pound
Krone powder, etc 12 cents 10 cents 12 cents per pound
Chocolate and cocoa, pre
pared, worth 24c per
pound 7 cents -- 10 p. c. 5 cents -- 10 p. c. S cents -- 10 p. c. lb.
Salt, in bags 12 cents 10 cents 12 cents per loO lbs.
Salt, In bulk 8 cents 6 cents 8 cents per 100 lbs.
Stockings, worth $2 to $3
per dozen $1.50 $1,20 ' $1.20 per dozen
Paper envelopes, plain .. . SOpercent 20percent 20 per cent
Manufactures of paper... 40 per cent 35 per cent 35 percent
Bituminous coal 67 cents
Coal slack 67 cents
Lead pencils 50 cts. -- 25 p.
Paris green 15 percent
Cotton bagging 6-10 cent sq.
Quebracho cent
ttiue vitroi y. cent
Ultramarine blue 3V cents
Sulphur, refined $6.00
sworas and blades 60 per cent
Cocoa butter 5 cents
Coffee substitutes 4 cents '
Bicarbonate of soda cent
A number of important schedules which have been changed by the Senate are
so complicated as to defy any representation of the changes In tabular form,
and. Indeed, in a number of instances even the experts disagree as to the effect.
For instance:
The silk schedule has been completely rewritten, ad valorem duties being
changed to specific. Mr. Aldrlch is authority for the statement that the changes
constitute no increase. tJ11 " . '
Tho mttnn ccherinia him heen chanared from ad valorem to specuic nutien.
Mr. Aldrich maintains that there is no
law, but many others insist there is.
The wool schedule has been subjected
bill, the DIngley rates being restored, but it Is so compneatea uui u. i ""Fu
sible to express them in terms the uninitiated can understand.
The glove and stocking paragraph, materially Increased by the House, have
been lowered by the Senate, the Dingley rates being restored.
Common window glass has been reduced Dy tne senaw.
Pineapples have been greatly Increased by the Senate.
VESALIIS AND THE INQUISITION
More Ught on a Subject of Recent
Controversy.
'The controversv over the attitude of the
Inquisition toward Veaallus, the first great
anatomist, makes interesting the following
extract from "A History of Science," by
Henry Smith Williams, A. M.. Li. D.. pub
lished 1004. by Harper Bros.:
This young physician, who was des
tined to lead such an eventful career and
meet such an untimely end as a martyr
to science, was Andrew Vesalius (1514
1S64), who Is called the "greatest of an
atomists." At the time he came Into the
field medicine was struggling against the
dominating Galenic teachings and the
theories of Paracelsus, but perhaps most
of all against the superstitions of the
time. In France human dissections were
atfended with such dangers that the
young Vesalius transferred his field of
labors to Italy, where such investiga
tions were covertly permitted, if not
openly countenanced.
From the very start the young Fleming
looked askance at the accepted teachings
of the day, and began a series of inde
pendent investigations based upon his
own observations. The results of these
investigations he gave in a. treatise on
the subject which is regarded as the first
comprehensive and systematic work on
human anatomy. This remarkable worK
was published in the author's 28th or
2th year. Soon after this Vesalius was
invited as imperial physician to the court
of Emperor Charles V. He continued to
act in the same capacity at the court of
Philip II, after the abdication of his pa
tron. But In spite of this royal tavor,
there was at work a favor more powerful
than the influence of. the monarch him
self an instrument that did so much to
retard scientific progress and by which
so many lives were brought to a prema
ture close.
.Vesalius had received permission from
the kinsmen of a certain grandee to per
form an autopsy. While making his ob
servations the heart of the outraged body
was seen to palpitate so at least it was
reported. This was brought Immediately
to the attention of the Inquisition, and
It was only by the Intervention of the
King himself that the anatomist escaped
the usual fate of those- accused by that
tribunal. As It was, he was obliged to
perform a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
While returning from this he was ship
wrecked, and perished from hunger and
exposure on the island of Zante.
Abdnl Hanild Steala m Clown's Life.
Paris Matin.
Every event concerns the profession.
The connection between the variety
showmen and the deposition of Abdul
Hamid, the cruel Turk, is not obvious;
but the Stage points out that it cost
a French clown his position. Years ago
the Frenchman exhibited a trained cat.
The Sultan liked the show; had the
Frenchman arrested and imprisoned in
the Yildlz Kiosk, and paid him $2500 a
year to train animals for the amuse
ment of the ladies of the harem. The
Sultan is now a prisoner, subjected to
the third degree; the harem women are
scattered to the winds: and the French
man and his cat find themselves out
of date In the modern variety halls.
Getting the Engagement -Ring.
Atchison Globe.
When you see the diamond engage
ment ring encircling tne snow-wmte
finger of a girl you may think it was
slipped on to the accompaniment of a
maniy voice, saying, you are mine.
Nothing in it. The girl has worked and
schemed for that solitaire diamond, and
many times had to come right out and
ask for it. At least an Atchison woman
who has had a good deal of experience 1
cent K ent per pound
cent 1 cent per pound
, . . j
spent Vs cent per pound
.
cent 1 cent per pound
5" per cent ' per cent
Scents Mi cents -- lo p. c lb.
11.50 l.;0 per M feet
25 cents -ic per M plecs
50 cents ."0 cents per M pieces
75 cents 1.0 -I- 10 p. c. lb.
ovim. .-
45 cents 4. cents per bushel ,
'.'0 cents la cents per bushel i
20 cents 10 cents per bushel
3" cents 20 cents per bushel
Scents 3 cents each
20 cents 1 2 cents per bushel
15 cents 25 cents per bushel
1 4 terns 1 cent per pound
2 cents 2 cents per pound
$2 0 $2.2;. per gallon
$1.75 $ 1.50 per gallon
n ilA St n n.r Hnn
60 cents 67 cents per ton
15 cents 1 5 cents per ton
c. 4a cts. -- 2o p. c 4a cts. -- Ja p. c. gross
Free J 5 per cent
yd. Free 6-10 cent per sq. yd.
te cent te cent-per pound
,i cent ceiti pci pwunu
Scents 3 een ts per round
$1.00 $S.00perton
la per cent j.i per cent
3 te cents 3 te cents per pound
2 te cents 2 te tents per pound
cent 2 cents per pouna
increase over the intent of the Dlnglcy
to a series oi increases uvbi n.c
says If a man can get out of giving an
engagement ring he will. She says she
was engaged a whole year and he did
not mention engagement ring until one
evening she said to him, "Jim, aren't
you going to give me an engagement
ring?" He said, "I had not thought of
it; what kind do you want?" She told
him a solitaire diamond. He was quite
poor, and ' so said, "You don't want
much." But he gave it to her. In such
cases a man is in the same position as
when a skillful agent gets hold of him
he is worked before he knows it,
A Man'a Knee for Disciplining Tots.
Philadelphia Record.
Ex-Ambassador Joseph H. Choate is
a strong believer in the knee as a de
vice for disciplining a wayward young
ster. "I believe that a good man's
knee has been the turning point in
many a man's life." he said in an ad
dress at the Berkshire Industrial Farm
recently.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
THE BIRTH OF PORTLAND
Original poem by Sewal! Truax,
of Salem, whose imagination and
literary skill will appeal to every
resident and lover of Portland.
HARRIMAN '8 PALATIAL
COUNTRY HOME
Magnificent residence in the
Ramapo Hills, American in every
feature; fnlly described by pen
and pictures.
AMERICAN MASTERS OF
ENGLISH WHOSE GIFTS
DIED WITH THEM
Kot one of our noted writers
betfueathed his talents to pos
terity. VACATION DAYS
IN PALESTINE
Picturesque peasants bid the
alien wanderer welcome in the
famed vineyards of ancient Heb
ron. WHAT IS A FOREIGNER?
The Japanese Schoolboy pro
pounds this conundrum. Note his
quaint answers.
JUST A BOY, A DOG,
AND HEAVEN
A real story that occurred in
Missouri the sort that will please
boys from 10'to 75 years old.
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