THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909 8 PORTLAND. ORF.OOJf. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce a ecODd-Class Matter. Subscription Rate Invariably in Advance. (Br Mall ) rally. Sunday Included, one year. Daily. Sunday Included. si months 4.-3 Dally. Sunday included, three months... 2.-5 Daily. Sunday Included, one. month. - Pally, without Sunday, one year 5 ? Daily, without Sunday, six month! 3 25 Daily, without Sunday, three months.... l.5 Dally, without Sunday, on month. weekly, one year Fupday. one year Eucday and weekly, one year (By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year Dally. Sunday included, one month.. 150 2 JO Mow to Remit Send postofflce money order, express order or persona! check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency re at the sender's risk. Give postofflce ad dress in full. Including; county and state. Postaro Rates 10 to 14 paces. 1 rent: lA to 2S paces. 2 cents: 3fl to 40 pares. 3 cents; 46 to 60 paxes. 4 cents. Foreign postage double ratea. Eastern Business Office The S. C. Beck wlrh Special Agency New York, rooms 48 N Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. PORTLAND. THURSDAY. AUG. S, 1909. ' PROHIBITION AS A POLICY. Though The Oregonlan does not favor prohibitory liquor laws, except through methods of local option which can be effective only in village or rural communities where the de mand for liquors is naturally small, mnd where prohibition, therefore, can be pretty closely enforced it cannot accept the opinion that sale of liquor Is not restricted, to a degree, by pro hibition. This is not a reasonable con tention, and is not In accord with ex perience. But while prohibition Is a restriction on the sale, and probably on the consumption, it may have little restriction on the abuse 'of liquors and on drunkenness itself. But prohibition will change radl cally the method of obtaining liquors and the manner of their consumption It introduces the boot-leg, speak-easy and bottle system, with secret con sumption; and liquors introduced by Ihe case or bottle into prohibition com munities will. In many cases, lead to ' more excess than saloon-drinking. So many persons probably will not drink - as where there are open bar9, and the total consumption may be less; but It is found that as many or more per sons will get drunk. The drinker, not the seller, is the source of the liquor traffic; and the effort to prohibit it. directed towards fhe seller, will always be a failure, or never more than a par tial success. Effort to prohibit in a large city Is sheer folly. In large cities locial life is quicker and has more tides than in country; and where social life finds its most varied expression, verything that belongs to or is part of the social life of the quicker world will be used as wanted always, of course, within reasonable limits or with reasonable restrictions. Should Oregon vote prohibition, as a state policy, then we should find a distinc tion between Oregon and Washington, nd between Portland and Seattle that would not redound to the advan tage. In the Judgment of the world, pf Oregon or of Portland. A city must be something more than a Y. M. C. A. . 1 W. C. T. U. and a Sunday school. Manufacture, sale and use of alco holic liquors are not essential to the life of a community, and many evils may arise and do arise from the vices that grow out of them. But, after all, there is a reasonable and proper use of liquors, recognized throughout the world; and the communities that use them are the most active, ener getic and progressive of all. Not that liquors make this activity and pro gresslveness. but that they are an In cident of them, or are inseparable from them. Think of the impossibil ity and absurdity of prohibition in New York or Chicago, in Paris or Lon flon.' It is a policy attempted in To peka, Kansas, and In Portland, Maine; but even there It falls. Georgia has a state prohibitory law and there are no open saloons that Is. saloons of the kind known In rfon-prohlbition states. But in Atlanta and Savannah prohi bition is merely a Joke. Liquors in carload quantities are shipped Into both places; and into other towns of the state in quantities to meet the demand. They are consumed, of course, or they wouldn't be shipped in. The prohibitionists call it "a stench In the nostrils of the Almighty" -but what they know about the nostrils of the Almighty isn't scientific knowl edge. They who have voted prohi bition, yet easily get all the liquors they want, say it Is a great success. "We keep Iicker from the nigger and make it hard for the poor whites to get It." This appears to be the flower and fruit of prohibition in the South. Sim ilar somewhat are the results in the North but there Is a difference aris ing from the differing elements of the population of the two sections. There are few negroes In the Xorth, but a larger and very different element of white population who buy and use liquors, who oppose prohibition as an attempt to deprive them of what they regard as an inherent right, and who, 'moreover, use liquors, especially of the milder ki,nd, as a sort of social incident or adjunct of their daily life. In the cities this la especially the case; and In America the cities are growing rapidly to the rank they hold In the life of the Old World. Some of our pioneers yet survive who know . this. who find themselves In the midst of great urban com munities, yet who helped to start the organization of counties, with no more than a half dozen families In each. The liquor question gave no trouble then. But cities have grown, life In them ha, become a thing of Infinite variety, and every thing that belongs to it must be supplied, for It will be had. The pioneers of Oregon shot game for their dinner and finished with pot pie made from wild berries gathered on the pub lic lands. There were no liquors because nobody could get them .and because the primitive society didn't want them. But the primitive society doesn't exist now except In a few re mote or outlying places, where as yet there Is no demand for fashionable hats or footwear, for liquors, theaters, automobiles, or churches with carpets and cushioned pews. This Is a many-sided question. It will settle at last in our country ta the conditions that exist in older coun tries, where sale of liquors Is held under strict regulation, and "the icy precepts of respect" keep people from getting drunk. The liquor saloon hat been too prominent a thing In our country. It will not be abolished, but It will become less conspicuous: for the appetite for liquors will be brought, as it is being brought, more and more under control, and th liquor saloon with it. The saloon, after all, is more an effect than a cause, of excess." No use, of course, to talk to pro hibitionists about the vile liquors likely to be dispensed under restrictive con ditions; for they will say the viler the liquors the better, and the quicker or sooner they kill the better the vilest and most poisonous liquors, therefore, are the best. These are merely the "high Jinks" of theory. We must deal with conditions and facts, with social conditions, and with human nature that makes social conditions, above and over all. These are favor able to restriction of liquor business, I which all Recognize must be kept with- In bounds. The demand for restriction will enact local prohibition wher- ?24ever wanted; but general prohibition lor states or Dy states; especially buwh states as contain large or considerable cities, never will be effective. It maj not be attempted, as a general policy, in states that contain large cities; bu' if It should be, it will prove a farce an disappointment, every time. HIGHER WATER RVTES. Since word has gone out that meter rates for water must be raised, there has been less clamor for meters from persons who have imagined meters will afford them water for Zo cents or oo cents a month. Fact is, every con sumer should pay 75 cents or tl month, whether he uses that much water throush a meter-or not. That means a minimum flat rate, the same as now. The city can afford no other method, and a consumer who can t pay 2hi cents a day for water should move out of the city back to the old well or the -spring at the feot of the hill, where he can save money carry ing water in a bucket. By and by common sense will rule discussion of the water question. Just as' of everything else. Then the thought will be abandoned of getting water for less than i5 cents a month In any household. It is worth some thing, in addition to the quantity of water used, to have connections with the city's mains. Metejs ought to In crease the average monthly rate In stead of diminishing it: they cost the city til or $12 to install, and contin uous expenditure to keep in repair and to Inspect. All this consumers must pay. The electric company charges $1 minimum; likewise the gas company. The gas company has Just advanced to that rate, finding 50 cents minimum unprofitable. It ought to be borne In mind that meters mean an additional expense, which consumers will have to pay They are needed only where there is unusually large consumption or waste of water; in such places they must he Installed sosas to protect the sup olv of the whole body of consumers. Portland has abundance of water for all Droper uses: not, however, for wholesale waste. Meters applied to one-third the consumers will stop the waste, without stinting small house holders. Why, then, incur the un necessary expense of metering the other two-thirds? It is pleasant to observe that this practical opinion of the matter is taking hold of the water question. ClJiVELAJiIVS AWAKENING. The- people of Cleveland, O., have at last distinctly repudiated Tom John son. They have, by an emphatic vote, refused to grant a franchise to a street railway corporation on a three-cent basis. It was a scheme that carried out to a great extent the well-known Johnson programme of a holding com pany for the Cleveland street railways with public ownership as the ultimate. Cleveland has had all it wants of the three-cent fare. It has learned by experience that it is Impracticable and ruinous. It means poor service, poor equipment and extra charge for trans fers. What the public wants, and will have. Is satisfactory service, in cluding a complete system of trans fers, so that transportation may be ex peditious, frequent and unlimited within the boundaries of a city. It is quite willing that the streetcar com pany shall earn a fair income on its Investment. Tom Johnsonism Is a dream from which Cleveland is but now awaken ing. It had been induced by that great demagogue to believe that the street railway corporations were earn ing exorbitant dividends and were giv ing poor sen-ice, and the three-cent bait was held out to them. The pub lic bit; but it knows better now. RECORD RAILROAD WORK. ' Quite prominent mention has been given and due appreciation has been shown the wonderful wheat crop which the Pacific Northwest is now turning out. We have also had much to sav about the big output of highr priced fruit, hops, wool, salmon, dairy products, etc. v e shipped more lum ber by water last month than in any previous month in the history of the port, and there Is no denying the fact that the year 1909 will break all exist ing records In the value of the great staples which we will send forth in such large quantities. In the midst of this rejoicing over the money that Is coming in from the same sources from which we have long been accus tomed to receive it, there is a new feature of Increasing Importance in our local economic system. This new fac tor, which has come Into prominence with a jush, is the construction work on numerous big railroad projects in Oregon and Washington. Wattis Bros., who have the contract for the Natron extension of the South ern Pacific, say that they will immedi ately place a force of 2000 men in the field. Porter Bros, already have 900 men on the payroll of the Deschutes enterprise, and Twohy Bros., who rep resent the Harriman line, have about the same number. On the Tillamook line nearly 1200 men are working, and the United Railways has a'force of nearly 500 men. Over in Washington more than 6000 men are now working on the Hill. Harriman, North Coast and Milwaukee projects. At a rough estimate the steam roads alone now engaged In construction work in the two states have between 10.000 and 12.000 men employed. With this array of men there are, of course, hundreds of teams and an immense amount of equipment, and ahead of the construc tion forces is another small army of engineers and right-of-way men. These forces will toe further increased .when the work of double-tracking the Northern Pacific between Kalama and Puget Sound Is undertaken, and It is highly probable that before bad weather next Kali cuts down the forces we shall find the steam roads alone spending nearly J100;000 per day In Oregon and Washington for (w con struction. Aside from the almost immeasura ble benefits which we shall reap from the building of some of these new lines, the economic advantage of such a heavy payroll, while the work is In progress, is sufficient to create much activity In various parts of the North west. From ha'f a dozen points In the two states news has come of horse and mule-buyers paying farmers fancy prices for stock to be used in railroad or irrigation work! This demand im proves the market for livestock, and It also improves the market for feed for the animals used in the work. Some of these railroad enterprises may be halted, but nearly all of them are cer tain to be carried through to . com pletion, and, while building and after completion, will make their influence felt on the general business situation. THE HOE AS AN IRRIGATOR. This is the proper time to revive the subject of irrigation In the Willamette Valley. It is a worthy subject and should be fully developed on all sides. Crops can be doubled or even trebled by applying water during the best growing period, which Is June, July and August. Something might be said along an other line of effort, however, that would be somewhat to the point. Moisture follows the plow, the har row, the cultivator, and, best of all, the hoe. It's wonderful how much moisture elbow grease can store up in the" soil. A finely-worked garden bed will be damp all through the Summer. All this means work, but work would be a good change in numerous places. There are men In Oregon who can make lots of money while their lazier brethren are talking about irrigation and waiting for it. A good many of them are already making the money. The moral of which Is that, while irrigation would be all very fine and would accomplish great things for crops and farmers, still while we are waiting for Irrigation there is a lot to do along the line of vigorous culti vation. Promise of Irrigation should furnsh no sluggish tiller of the soil with pretext for laziness. INFALLIBLE TRADE BAROMETER. Whatever criticism may be directed against the steel trust for its methods of crushing competition and cinching the American consumer,, no question has ever been raised as to the value of its reports as trade barometers, not alone for the metal trades, but for all other lines. There are so many Indus tries throughout the country which directly and Indirectly pay tribute to this greatest of all trusts that the Im proved showing in the stSel trust Is In a large degree a reflection of im provement in a thousand other indus tries of lesser importance. For this reason the quarterly reports of the big corporation are watched very closely by all business men. . In the report for the three months ending June 30 can be found ample confirmation of the general recovery of business. This report shows net earnings, after all the customary charges to the ac count of subsidiary companies, to be $29,340,491, compared with $22,921, 268 for the quarter ending March 31,' and $20,265,756 for the same quarter last year. The record of quarterly earnings his, of course, not yet reached the high mark established in the height jf the boom in 1907, but the Increase has been so steady and consistent that it shows a very healthy situation. For the first six months of the year the increase in net earnings amounted to nearly $14,000,00. While dividends and accumulating surplus in the various funds of the steel trust show that the rates exacted from consumers are still outrageously high, the reduction In prices made in February has undoubtedly contributed materially toward bringing about the Improvement In business. For example, It is noted in the re port that the earnings for March, 1909, the first month after the cut In prices became effective were but $500,000 greater than those for March, 1908. In April the effect of the re duced prices was shown' in an increase of more than $1,400,000 over the same month last year. May still further In creased the lead with a gain over May, 1908, of more than $3,600,000,' and June, the last month on which reports have been made public, showed a gain of more than $4,000,000 over June,' 1908. Steel and steel products are so largely, used in other manufactures, that it is but natural that correspond ing gains should be shown in the busi ness of the consumers of this steel. The Increased business that has fol lowed the reduction made in steel prices may reflect something more than the natural revival of business so much in evidence at this time. Low prices on almost any commodity mean Increased consumption, and it is noj at all Improbable that a further reduction in prices, to something approaching the figures at which foreigners are supplied with American steel, would still further improve the business. Re duction in the duty on steel products would lessen the opportunity which the trust now has for plundering the people, but it might greatly encourage the use of steel and steel products at more moderate prices. GRACIOUS SERVICE. The Grand Duchess Sergius of' Rus sia has founded an establishment at MdScow to supply district nurses for the poor. She is a sister of the Czar ina and second daughter of Princess Alice of England, who became Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt and died when her four daughters and son were still in their cnuanooa. one was like other English Princesses, an excellent and Indefatigable nurse and lost her life from diphtheria contract ed while nursing her young son, the present Grand Duke of Hesse-Darm stadt. This was In 1878, when diph theria Was not known to be contagious, though Its virulence had been proven by the large number of deaths that re sulted from it. Unknowing, or dis regarding the danger, the mother nursed her son back, to health, was constant in her attendance upon a young daughter who died from the disease, and heraelf succumbed to its virulence within a short time after she was attacked. Her daughters inherit the fine intelligence and political acu men that' belonged to their mother in common with several of the other daughters of the. late Queen Vic toria. They also inherit the gracious instinct that makes a woman of strong character a good nurse. The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Is the widow of Sergius. the most brutal and hated of the Russian Grand Dukes. His life was ended by the ex plosion of a bomb, thrown while he and his wife were slelghrlding in St. Petersburg on a. Winter's day several years ago. The shock was a cruel one but, recovering from It, it Is said that the Grand Duchess has been much happier as a widow than she ever was as a wife, and that she finds real pleasure In such humane and charitable work as she Is permitted, by the rigid rules of Russian court etiquette, to en gage in. The hospital to-supply dis trict nurses for the poor in Moscow Is her latest undertaking. She is child less and thus escapes the anxiety and apprehension that are the lot of moth ers of the Russian imperial family, and that have reduced the Czarina to a nervous wreck and made her old be fore her time. It is impossible to suppose that School Director Beach was serious when he questioned whether the School Board had a right to hear and determine the charges against Superin tendent Hamilton, of the school of trades, on the ground that the alleged offenses had occurred prior to the term for which Hamilton was recently elect ed. If Hamilton's fitness for an im portant position n the public schools Is not to be ascertained, by his. conduct in that position, how may-it be ascertained?- If he used unfit language' In the presence of pupils, showed favor itism, failed to enforce proper disci pline, and acted as agent for a corre spondence school, by duress attempt ing to force his fellow-teachers to be come pupils in the school, so that he might have a commission from their tuition fees, he is Just the person that the Portland schools should not have. Ii. is absurd to wait until Hamilton shall commit these offenses again If at all so that the Board may then act. Besides, the. public certainly should know whether Hamilton is fit for his place. It wants to know, whether the "School Board does or not. But we suppose it does, since the hear ing proceeding. Where, oh, where, Is our old friend the American Society of Equity? When the sinful speculators were boosting the price of wheat far above the dollar mark originally established by the society as a price which would be equitable alike to grower and con sumer, the Society of Equity fell-in line and advanced the limits to 11. lb. When it became impossible to find the heavy stocks which Secretary Wilson had on hand March 1, the price shot up to $1.50, and even $1.60 per bushel, with no attempt to "equalize" things for the consumer. But. before the avalanche of new wheat that has been sweeping on to market, the price has been dropping at a rate which prom ises again to land the cereal within reach of the poor consumer's purse. For the first time In many months the price yesterday fell below $1 per bushel, and, while it did not tarry long below that magic figure, the distress signal was flying nearly all day, with but little support from the Society of Equity or any other source. Don Jaime, pretender to the Span ish throne, in an interview given out at Vienna declares that he has no in tention of interfering In the present crisis in Spain. He assures the people that "Never will I lead Spaniard against Spaniard." In announcing this decision Don Jaime discloses rare dis cretion and regard for his personal comfort and safety not unlike that which kept his predecessor in the pre tender line sound in health and mind through a long life of "pretending." The blundering boy who Is now at the head of the Spanish government may get his people into all sorts oi trouble and may even be obliged to flee the country before peace is re stored.. Meanwhile, however,' he will remain in a position where he could make- Don Jaime, or any other pre tender, a very poor life .insurance risk if he attempted to start anything rough at this time. Even a live pre tender has some advantages over a dead King. The old steamer Telephone has de parted the Columbia River, but has left behind her whistle to awake the echoes of the Columbia and Willam ettfe Rivers. This whistle, after all. Is the only enduring part of the old boat, .because little of the historic steamer remains, other than the cab ins, in the boat now on the way to San Francisco. When L. B. Seeley was operating the Telephone and the Bailey Gatzert, some years ago, and long" use finally made him send" the Telephone to the boneyard, he trans ferred the Telephone's whistle to the Bailey Gatzert, and the latter steamer is blowing it yet. Later the Telephone was rebuilt, but it always lacked the old note and never found the favor of the first Telephone. Mr. Seeley used to say he added the whistle to the Bailey Gatzert to give the boat more speed. The pecuriar medley of sounds in the whistle always carries many memories in boating circles. Over 2000, "Cooneyites" are holding continuous prayer meetings at Balllna mallard, Ireland, waiting for the mil lennium, which they expect will be ushered in at anyf moment. Their chances for realization of their expec tations are fully as good as those of about 250,000 people who have been pouring into Coeur d'Alene and other points where the Indian land lottery is being conducted. There is no cost at tached to registering for the millen nium but a chance in the Indian land lottery la expensive. The Porter Bros, and the Twohy Bros, have locked horns in the Des chutes Canyon. Now if the Wattis Bros., who have the contract for the Natron extension of the Southern Pa cific, could only get into the game, we might have a practical Illustration of the meaning of that old simile "fight ing like brothers." The receiver of a defunct bank In Portland was assaulted by a depositor the other day. Mr. Ross, convicted head of a fake bank, has been at peace with all the world, thanks to the rewards of divine providence. It Lpays to be a godly man, especially If one la imuie i , . , . ...... - . "Is prohibition a failure?" depends on the point of view. Like "Is mar riage' a failure?" its. answer tfomes after the question whether for bet ter or for worse. ' After all Is said and done, Binger Hermann is the most level-headed of the land-fraud defendants; he never has "dared" Heney nor the Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Harriman has engaged another doctor. At the rate he is going, he might Just as well have patronized home industry, unless he is trying to save money. It seems to be a race between Por ter Bros, and Twohy Bros, to exceed i the celebrity of the cough drops and the greatest circus on earth. ' Secretary Ballinger and Mr. Heney have yet to meet, this trip. Our own Binger Hermann perhaps has noted the omission. MVST HAVE BROADWAY BRIDGE. 3Vort hives tern Part of the City a In It on the Proposition. V PORTLAND, Aug. 4. (To the Ed itor.) I see the knocker is out again with his hammer. While I am for economy, I cannot agree with Mr. Kler nan on the bridge question. Now, I think if the railroad company wants to build a bridge that is their business, and if the people of Portland want to build a bridge, that is up to them, and I think that the public'know what they want. You need not tell them; the bal lot at the election told what the public want.- You say you are impressed with the newspapers and public officials and taxpayers' co-operation with the rail road company. You made a sad mis take when you said that, for it is not true." I think most, if not all the offi cials, are In favor of building the Broadway bridge, and I know 98 per cent of the taxpayers north of Holla day avenue want the bridge. Now, Mr. Klernan, I want to ask you a few questions. Are you working for the railroad company or for the dear people, or are you working for your self? Now, if it hurts you to pay a little tax for the Broadway bridge, I for one will volunteer my services to take up a subscription for your part of the tax. But let us have the bridge by all means. We who live in the northwestern part of the city must have this bridge. The bonds were voted to build this .bridge, and now we will see to It that It is built ac cording to the wishes of the people. The time of the mossback is gone In Portland. If we want to have a modern city we must have modern Improve ments, so the public can get around with ease and comfort and not sit on. the Steel bridge ten or twenty minutes every time they cross the river. Time is worth money In Portland now: the days for ox teams and old croakers have gone. I think the officials you speak about are too broad-minded men to listen to such statements as you have made in last Sunday's Oregonlan. Let us help the honorable Mayor to build some good streets and bridges. Let us put our shoulders to the wheel and boost the progress of our city. The way the northwestern part of the city is growing, in four years we will need two bridges, and It will take at least two years to build, either bridge. In two years' time there will probably be 20,000 people at and near the Swift plant, beside St. John. Upper Albina, Irvington, Holladay and the Peninsula, all growing very rapidly. I You had bet ter look up a few records and see where the city is going. Now, Mr. Klernan, If you and Mr. C. K. Henry want to go into "cahoots" with the railroad company, airight, go to it, but we, the people, want a bridge of our own. J. H. NOLTA. A Check: on Mad Scorchers. Norwich Bulletin. A Providence policeman named Hall, who shot at the automobile being run faster than the speed limit by Frank E. Bowles, of Pawtucket on Wednesday night of last week, has the Automobile Legal Association of the state demanding his dismissal from the force. The Police Commissioners, instead of yielding to their clamor, have supported Policeman Hall In the line of his duty In holding up a speed lunatic who was Imperilling the lives of the citizens. The Providence Journal, commenting upon the Incident, says: f The great majority of men who own automobiles have shown themselves per fectly willing to abide by the law, etc., etc. And this is the way .to make a police force efficient, and to check the disre specters of the law in their mad career. Twenty Years) T to Ran. PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 4. (To the Edi tor.) From a short editorial In this morn ing's Oregonlan, I take it that the propo sition is to continue the street-franchise graft of the streetcar company by accept ing bonus in the shape of free passes for the heads (and tails) of the city govern ment. READER. This "reader" seems to thlpk the city can now revoke the franchise of the streetcar company, and ought to do it. The franchise still has over 20 years to run. It was a suggestion, merely, of The Oregonlan that since the franchise was given away by the city, the company now well enough might pass the officials of the city when moving about in the dis charge of their duties. Canaries as Choristers. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The introduction of singing canary birds as an adjunct to church music is not. as claimed by members of a Cincinnati church, an Innovation. In at least one Rochester church cages of canaries were hung in the choir loft during special serv ices as many as five years ago, and the precedent has often been followed. Al though not novel, the experiment by the Cincinnati institutional church, was pleas ing, as was the case in Rochester. It is true that the feathered songsters do not adhere closely to the tunes in the hym nals, but they Join sweetly In the offer ings of praise. pity the Wireless Husband. Baltimore Sun. Pity the poor husband left wifeless In the town! While she is. basking In the warm sunshine on the beach or enjoying the sweet delights of rusticity on the farm he Is left alone In the crowded city, working his life out from four to six hours a day to pay for the luxuries of his un thinking and expensive family. In the city in the Summer time there Is nothing In the world to amuse a man. except baseball games, roof gardens, parks, sails, highballs, vaudeville shows, cafes swept by electric fan breezes, blonde and bru nette maidens, bands, poker parties, or chestras, beer, picnics, "Joyrides" and mrnt juleps. Not another thing. Outside of these all is work. Reflections of m Bachelor. New York Press. It adds a lot to the pleasure of doing a thine for It to cost money. When a man gives 10 cents' worth of advice it looks to him like $10,000. The chief reason people don't tell more lies than they do is they can't think of more to tell. Women are sometimes pitiful about the character of others, but always merciless about their clothes. A woman can stand always being sea sick out yachting because It makes some other woman who wasn't asked sicker with envy Now, Jfot "Yet." Brooklyn. Eagle. Justice Brewer of the United States Su preme Court, says that we shall yet see the picture of honest men doing honest business. Why "yet"? We see it now. He is a poor American who will not con tend that the standard of Integrity In this country, commercial, industrial and financial, has nothing to lose by compari son with that of any other nation on the face of the earth. "Fools" Not All Dead Yet. Philadelphia Record. Of Robert Fulton Napoleon said in 1803: "This is a fool. He proposes to trans mit our floatiila to England with boiling water." After a lapse of little more than a century another "fool" of the same kind has floated into England through the air. 9Ir. Payne Causes Pain. Boston Herald. If the President said, "I'll be If I'll be sandbagged by them." the missing word must have been "pained." PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN TARIFF LAW Reductions on Large Number of Commodities, Advance on Few, Which Are Mostly Luxuries Corporation Tax and Reciprocity Provision. Following is a summary of the changes in the tariff made by the Payne bill as agreed on In conference and in resolutions to be adopted modifying the conference report: Dingley law. Hides iS Per cent Shoes' made of hides of cattle and ealfekin . . . 25 per cent Shoes not made of hides of cattle and calfskin. 25 per cent Uppers made of hides of cattle and calfskin . .20 per cent Uppers not made of hides of cattle and caliskin20 per cent Sole and band leather 20 per cent Harness and saddlery made of bides of cattle and calfskin - .45 per cent Harness and saddlery not made of hides of cattle and calfe-kln IS pfv"'t Rough lumber f-a M feet Iron ore 40c a ton Coal (bituminous) 6. c a ton Quabracho 3?c a 1 ... Crude petroleum Countervailing duty Chromlo acia 3c a lb. Borax 5c a lb Chloroform . 20c a lb. Sulphuric ethers 4(c a lb. Nitrous ethers i'5e a lo. Fruit ethers 2 ? Iodoform $1 a lb. Flaxseed and linseed oil 20c a gal. Peppermint oil 50c a lb. Red lead 2T4,o a lb. Orange mineral 3calb. White lead 2T4c a lb. Chlorate of rotash 2 '4c a lb. Healing plasters .15 per cent Sal soda - ?-10e a lb. Ssda ash 9so a lb Arsenate of soda i licalb. Silicate of soda He a lb. Sulphate of soda . . $1.23 a ton Manufactures of sponges' 40 per cent Strychnine 30c an os. Cylinder glass, polished, larger than 1440 square incnes i-is iri-i, ....... Scrap Iron Structural steel, Structural steel. Structural steel, v. worth up to $18 a ton...-. worth over $18 a ton punched for use Anchors, iron or steel j a in. Iron or steel, forged only . 35 per cent Cotton ties -- 5-lOc a lb. Steel, rails T-20c a lb. Tin plates lo a lb. Cast Iron pipe 4-1 Oe a lb. Cast hollow ware, tinned 2o a lb. Chains, less than 5-4-Inch diameter 1 So a lb. Chains, to inch diameter loalb. Chains, to 5-18 Inch diameter lcalb. Pearl and ehell-handled knives and forks Ic ea. and 15 per cent Hom-handled knives and forks - 12c ea-and 15 per cent Bone or rubber-handled knives and forks 5c ea. and 15 per cent Horseshoe nails 2Lc a lb. Pig lead 2calb. Small tacks and brads - 14c a M. Large tacks and brads loalb. Rivets, Iron and steel ! 2c a lb. Crosscut saws 6c a foot Mill saws .-. i 10c a foot Pit and drag eawf - ec a foot Circular saws .' 25 per cent Hand and back saws 30 per cent Ixcomotlve and car wheels and tires lcalb. Silver leaf 15c 100 leaves Zinc ore containing less than 10 per cent slncFree Zinc oro containing 10 per cent to 20 per cent xinc ' Free Zlno ore containing 20 per cent to 25 per cent zlno J"" . Zinc ore containing more than 25 per cent xincFree Zinc, In blocks or pigs lHcalb. Wood post, ties and poles 20 per cent Surar above No. 16, Dutch standard 1 95-100c a lb. Cornmeal -?2CBI- Hops - 12c a lb. Green peas 40c a bu. Split peas - u. Seed peas 40c a bu. Dates Grants. In barrels 20c a cu. n. Lemons a Apricot and peach kernels lc a lb. Bacon and hams c a lb . Lard 2o a lb. Wool grease a lb. Potato starch "!rc ,2" Starch . -lc "- Dextrine a Ito. Ttrandv $2.2 a gal. cSSiau. & Champagne, quarts $8 a doz. Still wines containing more than 14 per cent alcohol j,B' Ale. porter and stout (bottled) 40c a gal. Ale. porter and stout not bottled) 20c a gal. Cotton thread up to No. 15, not spooled.. 8c a lb Cotton thread. No. 1 to 30. rot spooled l-5c per V. a lb. Cotton thread above No. 30, not spooled Ho per No. alb. Cords and cables of manlla, Klsal grass, etc.. lea lb. Hemp or flax threads, twines, etc.. finer than N k 13c a lb. Hemp or flax yams not finer than No. 8 7c a lb. Fla.5 hemp and Jut. mattin, wh. .r8o . ya and 35c per c. F1"a yar"dP .a"d. -W". ..V.e.r. "?10c sq. yd. and 35 per c Artificial cork or cork waste 8e a lb. Gunpowder worth 20c or less a lb ? Gunpowder worth more than 20c a pound. . . . fic a lb Feathers and downs, unmanufactured 15c 1- Feather boas, millinery ornaments, etc jO per cent Dowa quilts, etc - KtS Crinoline cloth JnSr cent Agricultural implements - inXVih Sulphate of ammonia. li ner cent. Fence posts (wood) ' , Kindling wood, for each V, cubic foot.. . , .. . . Paintings, statuary and other works of art ... 20 per cent Paper, news print l-12c per lb Wood pulp Lee S!nd"i?-. T'ln : n : : : : 45 per cent J're ,brtck -..".SOcperM. lotwn hosiery 'ai- $i" per dosV VW oV le 50e per do, pra Cotton hosiery at over $1. under $1.60 per f doz. paira . Cotton hosiery at more than $1.50 and not -.'S J"J:.pa:::::::::::::::.::::-"p-doz. Pr. The new tariff law will impose a tax of 1 per cent on the net earnings of all corporations, except that they shall be allowed to deduct fiom such net earnings an amount sufficient to pay the Interest on any bonds not in excess of their capital stock. This tax has been sub stituted for the inheritance tax imposed by the House. The new law will also provide maxi mum and minimum rates of duty, the maximum rates to be Imposed except on Imports from countries which do not. un duly discriminate against imports from the United States, the President to be the judge of such discrimination. To assist the President in enforcing the KEPT FAMILY OI 15 CENTS A DAY Interesting Menu, Including Hogs' Food, Brought Out In Divorce Suit. Bt. Louis Special to New York World. Here are some of the evidences of thrift shown by Robert Gerichs as tes tified to by Mrs. Gerichs, who filed a cross bill and la fighting her husband's suit for divorce: Gave his wife 15 cents a day to puy food for the family of nine. Bought stale bread at 25 cents a bar rel for the children to eat. Bought molasses at 20 cents a gallon, added an equal quantity of water to It, and said that "it was fine for the chil dren." Brought home one link of pork sau sage for each of the family. Insisted that his wife use only melted lard as gravy on the children's bread. Provided so little money for meat that the family had to eat hamburger steak every day, except when he gave them a treat one sausage link. Insisted that no soup e-cept bean soup, and no vegetable except eabbage be cooked. Mrs. Gerichs testified that the stale bread which her husband bought by the harrel was originally bought by Gerichs' brother, to be used as feed for hoa-s. "But my hnsband seemed to think hog feed was good enough for the children," she added. In rebuttal to his wife's testimony as to the things which he did, Gerichs testified that Mrs. Gerichs refused to take care of his four children, would not mend his garments, would not cook his meals, would not wash the clothes. He testified that he had to come home and do the washing and hang out the clothes, though he is a paper- hanger, "But," he added, after enumer ating these things, "my wife was a good housekeeper." Asked what ne meant oy uui, no said: "Well, she was my housekeeper for a year before we were married. and she was a good one. I wish I had kept her as my housekeeper Instead of making her my wife." He did not say whether he would hire his wife as housekeeper again if a divorce be granted. The case was taken unaer aavioe- ment For the Half-Dollar People. New York American. One thousand dollars a volume for a set of Dickens! To the true Dickens lover thA he-st siaht in the world is a DroKen- backed. battered, tattered, dog-eared and thumb-marked "David Copperfield." Away with your thousand dollars: Dickens was made for the half-dollar people. Payne' law. Free 10 per cent 15 per cent 7Vj per cent 15 per csnt 5 per cent 20 per cent 40 per cent $ 'J M. fat i.c a ton 45c a toa ic a lb. Free 2c a lb. 2c a lb. 10c a lb. be a lb. 20c a lb. $1 a lb. 75c a lb. 15c a gal. 25c a lb. , c a lb. 3i,c a lb. 2c a lb. 2o a lb. 2ft per cent I -6c a lb. ca!b. lea lb. Sc a lb. $1 a ton 30 per cent 15c an oz. 15o a sq. ft. $2 60 a ton $1 ton 8-lOc a IK 4-lOc a lb. 46 per cent lc a lb. 30 per cent 8-lno a lb. 7-40o a lb. 1 2-10c a lb. ic a lb. jc a lb. To a lb. Use a lb. 1 6-Sc a lb. 14o ea. and 15 per cent 10c ea. and IS per cent 4c ea. and 15 per test lc a lb. 2c a lb. e a M. H4c a lb. 5c a foot fee a foot 6c a foot 20 per cent 25 per cent liicalb. 10c 100 leaves Free Koalb. x tic a lb. Icalb. lca lb. 10 per cent 1 oo-iooc a lb. 40c a bu. 16c a lb. 25c a bu. 5o a bu. 40c a bu. lc a lb. 25o a cu. ft. 1 M,c a lb. 4c a lb. 4c a lb. 1 V-c a lb. Ho a lb. mc a lb. lo a lb. l4o a lb. $2 HO, gal. . $2.60. gal. $9.60 a doz. 45c a gal. 45c a gal. 23c a gal. 24c a lb. . l-6c. No. a lb. l-5o No. a lb. c a lb. 10c a lb. 6c a lb. 4c eq. yd. and 80 per o 8a sq. yd. and 30 pere c a lb. i 2c a lb. , 4c a lb. 20e a lb. 60 per cent ' 60 per cent 8c a wq. yd. 15 per cent Free Free Free Free $3.76 ton Free with coun. duty Free 85 per cent 60c per M. 70c per doz. pra. 85o per doz. pra. 90o per doz. prs. $1.25 per doz prs. & $4 a ton $4 a ton .5-10c a lb. 5 - 10o a lb. 5-10c a lb. maximum and minimum provision and to obtain such information relative to the tariff as he may desire, the new law will empower the President to employ ex perts to conduct ench investigations as he may direct. This provision meets the President's demand for a tariff commis sion. Products of the Philippine Islands are admitted free with certain restrictions on the quantity of sugar, tobacco and cigars to be exempt from duty and manufac tured goods must have not more than 20 per cent of foreign material in them. The internal revenue tax on tobacco, cigars and cigarettes is Increased about one-third and the giving of coupons Is forbidden. TIGER WHIPS A LIOIY AT A SHOW. Fierce Fight In the Presence of Fifteen Hundred Startled Spectators. New York World. While 1500 persons looked on in amaze ment, a lion and a tiger of the Bostock animal' show, at Coney Island,- started fighting about 5 o'clock yesterday after noon and before they could be separated the hind quarters of the lion had been so mangled by his striped companion from Bengal, he will probably have to be shot. The shooting of revolvers by trainers and attendants terrified spectators and there came very near being a panic. Sev eral women fainted. One became hy sterical, and Dr. Smith and two mirses from the Emergency Hospital had to be sent for before she could be calmed. Henry Falkendorph, one of the trainers, has an act in which he uses seven lions. About ten days ago he started to train Mogul, a handsome tiger, which had never appeared In the arena. Yesterday afternoon before the lions were brought to the ring, Falkendorph led Mogul In with a strong collar around his neck and a heavy chain about 16 feet long attached to the collar. This chain was fastened to the iron bars of the arena. The first trick In Falkendorph's act Is a pyramid built of the seven Hons. One lion, ' Caesar, refused to leave his pedestal and Falkendorph fired two blank cart ridges at him from a revolver. Prince, another lion, had been snarling at Mogul, and leaping through the air, landed on the tiger's back. Though hampered by the chain the tiger wa4 more than a match for the Hon. While Falkendorph was trying to pari, them, Caesar spraruy at the trainer and tore most of the clothing off his back and scratched him severely. Silencing Criticism. Boston Herald. "You can say all the slighting things you please about my headwear," says Mrs. Whooper, sarcastically, "but It's no worse for me to have a big hat in thi afternoon or evening than for you to have a big head in the morning." They Didn't Know BIIL New York Mail. Yet only a couple of months ago their were saying In Washington that President Taft would take no hand In the affair, and would sign any old tariff bill that Congress might send up to him.- Relief to African Fauna. Indianapolis News. - It must be a great relief to the fauna of Africa to learn that the Private Citi zen is now engaged In shooting ud a few formal dinners.