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FORTXAXD. TIESDAT. MiPT. 7. 1909.
NO RELIC AT NORTH POLE.
There seems to be floating and mov
tng Ice at the North Pole; no fixed or
olid land. Hence all records deposited
at the Pole may shift and move and
nothing found. What Cook left at the
Jole never may be seen again, or, If
jeen, may be "very far from the Pole
hk-h will enable doubters to talk and
fr write for many a year. It would
em that only astronomical observa
tions and their results, Vhen worked
fcp through astronomical mathematics,
f ith possible observations of -the
Jhanges of the magnetic pole, and
ininutest calculations thereon, can set
tle the question whether any one has
iet been at the Pole, or not. There Is
probability that the question will still
b debated, for a long time. But the
took and the Peary records, after the
dentine world shall get them, will
fee compared; and it is possible the
Comparison may produce a positive re
mit. The polar Ice drift in three years
carried the wrecked vessel Jcannette
from north of Siberia to the southern
point of Greenland, either across the
Pole, or very close to it a distance of
40 degrees, or nearly 3000 miles. That
Was an average o 1000 miles a year,
or three miles a day. The same" ice
weep bore Xansen's ship from within
200 miles of the place where the Jean
nette was wrecked along a route that
approached within 350 miles of the
Pole and came out at Spitsbergen,
north of Sweden a distance of 1600
miles. In three years. In an equal
period of time. In 1881-1884, the Melville-Bryant
cask was carried from
Point Barrow, on the north shore of
Alaska, to Iceland a 3000-mile Jour
ney. ' Early polar explorers, unaware of
this east and south-going force of the
Ice, found their efforts greatly retarded
by it. The Ice sweep Is now always
taken Into account by explorers. Its
movement has made polar discovery
Impossible from north of Europe.
Abruzzl, in 1900, encountered It and
his expedition, though reaching farth
est north of any up to that time 236
miles from' the Pole could not meas
ure its strength against that of the
tack-setting ice. The same may be
aaid of Zlegler's expedition, in 1903-05,
and the German polar expedition of
1869-70, which was swept back by the
Ice on the east coast of Greenland.
Cook placed in the ica at the Pole
brass tube containing an American
flag. But by the time Peary arrived,
year later, the Cook relic had moved
In the Ice probably between 600 and
1000 miles eastward. Even if It had
moved but a few miles. It could prob
ably not be seen again In the vast
nvaste of Ice.
'. Cook and Peary used the same route
to the Pole. Their success was made
possible by assistance of Esquimaux
and adoption of Esquimaux methods
ot arctic living and travel. Absence
of these helps north of Europe, to
gether with the backward drift of the
Ice, has foiled discovery from that di
rection. The Esquimaux live farthest
north In Greenland of any human be
ings. White explorers have found It
necessary to adopt their ways of com
batting polar cold, of eating, living in
huts, dressing and traveling. Game In
northern Greenland is what sustains
Esquimaux life and what, in turn,
makes the favored polar route.
. Discovery of the pole is the culmi
nation of centuries of striving and suf
fering In the polar regions. It took
many years to prove the right kind of
food, so as to keep up human strength
and ward off the dread disease,
acurvy. Dogs have been substituted
ft'T men at the sledge ropes; sledges,
have been Improved so as to carry bur
dens easier; snowshoes and skis have
been adopted; arctic game has been
made a main reliance for food, thus
lightening loads in long Journeys:
ships have been Improved so as to
withstand pressure of Icepacks. These
and many other matters .have been.
: brought np to their presenf degree of
usefulness and safety by long exper
ience. Equally Important is the knowl
edge of land and sea and Ice that has
been gained after the centuries of ex
ploration. Explorers no longer rlerish
as did those of the Franklin expedition,
In 1846, or those first in Hudson's Bay
In the 17th century.
The exploits of Cook and Peary,
therefore, were made possible by a
long chain of preceding polar discov
eries. It does not draw from the
glory of Cook to say he made use of
Peary's preceding efTorts. In selection
of a route and Esquimaux aides. There
were other explorers before Peary,
on whom he depended. It is this in
terdependence of explorers that has
frequently made simultaneous discov
eries In science and geography. In a
strict sense no one man invented wire
less telegraphy, or the flying machine,
or the electric light, or the telephone.
Nor was It Columbus' knowledge or
instinct alone that sent him to dis
cover the New-World.
There may be sore rivalry between
Cook and Peary. Symptoms of It ap
peared as soon as Cook made known
hi prior claims. But neither has
fastened hia name to the Pole a on
graven stone, and neither has fixed the
flag Immovably to that epindle-point
of the world. The two discoveries
coming simultaneously will probably
divide the honors. Peary cannot right
fully claim that Cook should have let
him go first. Much of the honor will
be apportioned, we Imagine, according
to the excellence of scientific data, pre
sented by the two explorers.
It Is not safe to awim in the Wil
lamette River. The danger as dis
closed by twenty-four drownings this j
eeaaon was emphasized by three more
fatalities last Sunday. Some years ago
n xceotlonaUy strong, robust man, j
In order to disprove the theory that
an icy quality in the waters oi i
Willamette was conducive to cram
swam from Ross Island "to Stark
street, a distance of a mile and a half.
His success set a bad example
The
river is a menace alike to the expert
swimmer who gets cramps and the
man who can't swim, but wades out
into a "chuckhole. There Is only one
o-, wow if man must seek the river:
Have a friend In a rowboat at your
side.
MERE TRIFLING IX LANGCAOE.
"What Is macaronic verse?" asks a
reader. A Jumble of verse In various
languages. Scholars and satirists and
burlesque writers have diverted them
selves with It.' Thus:
Fells sedet'by a hole.
Interna she cum omnl soul.
And then, as she saw one, rat after
another coming out of the hole,
Fells movet toward the group,
Habeam. dixit, good rat soup:
Pingues aunt.
Another, among the most familiar
of these:
Little Jack Homer.
s.defcat in a corner.
Kriens a Christmas pie.
Inseruft his thumb.
Kxtrahtt a plum.
damans quid smart puer am I. -
Macaronic verse has fceen played
with in the Latin language, perhapa
more than any other. It has been used
In French and German and Spanish
and Italian combinations, as well as
In English. But It is used In all lan
guages. In common burlesque. In
early times In Oregon many persons
would speak half In English, half
Chinook Jargon, and throw in a Span
ish or French word here and there
which, however, no Spaniard, no
Frenchman, could understand, from
the utterance or pronunciation. "Did
you see a caballo, vamosing down the
road like hell, with a saddle and no
hombre on him?" asked an American,
whose horse had escaped him. The
Spaniard thus addressed shook his
head, and1 friade It known that he
didn't understand. vWhat, you
damned fool!" was the answer; "don't
you understand your own language?"
The vord "macaronic" must have
reference to the various Ingredients
which enter Into composition of the
dish of macaroni. When a language
Is exposed to powerful foreign In
fluences It may reach or touch the
macaronic stage. There is a Jumble
of languages. It Is, as Shakespeare
says, as If on "had been at feast of
languages and stolen the scraps."
HISTORICAL, DOCUMENTS BROUGHT TO
' LItiUT.
The latest number, of The Quarterly
of the Oregon Historical Society con
tains valuable papers hitherto unpub
lished, on the early history of Oregon
consisting of British documents ob
tained partly from the War Office and
partly from the Foreign Office in Lon
don, by Professor Joseph Schafer, of
the University of Oregon, and edited
by himself, with an introductory and
explanatory essay. The documents re
late to the military reco'nnoissance In
Oregon In 1845-46, by two officers sent
from Canada by direction of the Brit
ish government for examination of
the Oregon Country, -with instructions
to report on the conditions, under the
Joint occupation of the United States
and Great Britain, which was not ter
minated till nearly a year after their
visit. These officers were Lieutenants
Warra and Vavasour, who came to
Fort Vancouver In November, 1846,
and' departed In the following March.
The agents of the Hudson's Bay Com
pany had Instructions to lend them all
assistance they might require.
These officers of course kept their
own counsel as to the objects of their
mission, yet their presence and move
ments were observed by some of the
American settlers; who inasmuch as
the title to the country was still in
dispute, would naturally be Interested
In the-visit and observations of British
officers. Their report did not reach
England till after the settlement of the
boundary question, and was too late,'
therefore, to have any bearing on the
negotiations or results. Its principal
value now Is the Information it con
tains about the conditions existing In
the Oregon Country, at that time, un
der the Joint occupation. There was
special instruction to' push on "so as
to reach the Pacific as early as possi
ble with a view of anticipating Lieu
tenant Fremont, of the United States
Army," 'Who"was supposed to be about
to leave St. Loujs for the same desti
nation. What the peoples of the two nations
In the Oregon Country were doing is
very fully, yet concisely, stated, in the
report. The Importance of the Ameri
can migration into the country was
dwelt upon; and It was reported that,
"whatever may have been the mo
tives or the orders of the gentlemen
In charge of the Hudson's Bay Com
pany's .posts west of the Rocky Moun
tains, their policy has trended to the
Introduction of American settlers Into
the country." This could hardly refer
to any other sort of assistance than
that afforded to a people who were in
want of the actual necessaries of life,
and of protection against the Indians.
In other words,' the help to the Ameri
cans was supplied through motives of
humanity. That Dr. McLoughlin took
the lead In it will cause him to be held
forever In the grateful rememberance
of Oregon.
Professor Schafer's editorial work
on these records, with his explanatory
essay, leaves nothing to be desired.
There are brief notes at the foot of the
page, where necessary for elucidation
of the text or connection of the nar
rative. DR. JOHN M'LOUGHXrN. .
Since it would have been a disgrace
to the State of Oregon to permit the
old McLoughlin dwelling to be dis
mantled we can hardly feel much
pride over Its rescue. What one does
feel In contemplating that, event and
the- celebration which consummated
It is a serene sense of duty done,
mingled with an uneasy consciousness
of how narrow an escape we had from
not doing it. Dr. John McLoughlin
was a picturesque figure In the pioneer
history of Oregon, and next to Jason
Lee he was the most important factor
In its affairs up to 184S. In that year
othera entered the territory and both
these early leaders went presently into
retirement.
McLoughlin' life came to a melan
choly close and so did Lee's. Ingrat
itude poisoned the last days of one
no less than the other. Perhaps It Is
the common meed of men who serve
their fellows In a large way. To dwell
upon It too constantly Is neither whole
some nor edifying. .McLaughlin's
memory has survived the period of
misunderstanding, perhaps of calumny.
and everybody is ready now to praise
him for hia true-hearted kindness to
the pioneers and the broad tolerance
of his disposition. In tne nne sense
of the words he waa a gentleman and
a Christian. One may even guess that
he had too much genuine Christian
ity to hold his own in a contest with
some of the missionaries. It is true
very likely that the real worth of Dr.
McLoughlin is better appreciated to
day than that of Jason Lee. In all
fairness, the latter deserves to be called
the "father of Oregon" as well as the
former, and perhaps better. He was
destitute of MeLoughlin's suave ac
complishments, but he had other qual
Itles equally admirable in themselves
and more useful in founding a com-
The plunder of MeLoughlin's estate
at Oregon City under the forms of law
probably initiated the once great and
thriving Industry of land stealing in
Oregon. Perhaps the wickedness of
this first theft was mitigated by apply
ing the spoil to worthy uses, and per
haps not. Certainly the ends to be
subserved by robbing htm did not con
sole the broken-hearted victim who
went down to his grave without a ray
of hope that the wrongs done him
would ever be righted. How can such
wrongs be righted? Restitution of
the property to his heirs did not soothe
MeLoughlin's grief. He had been dead
too long then to care about It. If one
wishes to make an expiation effective.
It Is better to begin it while the ob
ject is alive. Expiatory offerings to
corpses present a certain aspect of fu
tility. OCR ITALIAN CRITICS.
In the concluding article of his
series' on. the United States in the
Paris Figaro, Signor Gugllelmo
Ferrero, the distinguished historian of
Rome, expresses some doubt about the
outcome of our "anti-plutocratic
movement," as he calls it. This move
ment, to his mind, arises from the
opposition between the original Puri
tanic, idealistic spirit of the United
States and the current rage for luxury
at all cost which possesses the coun
try. Since the rage I not by any
means confined to millionaires but
pervades the entire middle, or com
fortable,' class. It is difficult to see how
Puritanism can hope to quell it.
Signor Ferrero diagnosticates the
American craving for luxury as a sort
of disease which our millionaires have
caught from the Europeans and com
municated to everybody else. One de
plorable consequence of it is our
thriftlessness. Americans, he declares,
as a rule save nothing from their in
comes. They . spend recklessly to
their last penny and (hen the sense
of Impending disaster, the . universal
"economic horror," as it has been
aptly named, causes men to live In a
perpetual hurly-burly of effort. The
historian sees In our life little or noth
ing of that serenity which flows from
contentment with morlest means and
the assurance of a fixed lnodme. Still,
he does not fail to note that we are
learning to save. One reason why
Americans do not try harder to lay up
money In small sums is our common
ignorance about safe Investments. Two
or three experiments 'with shyster
banks or fraudulent stock companies
are enough to dlscsourage almost any
body. As we Come to know the differ
ence between sound and rotten Invest
ments it is likely enough that we shall
develop the habit of making what the
thrifty French call "little economies."
Americans do not like to spend their
lives quaking on the edge of destitu
tion and fighting off the nightmare of
poverty, any better than other people.
Postal savings banks would work an
amazing reform in our National
money habits.
Another Italian savant, Signor Al
berto Pecarlnl, while he pays us
many compliments in his recent book
published In Milan, is hardly less dis
consolate about us. upon the whole.
than Ferrero. He. too, thinks that we
are all mad to grab "success," which
means only the ability to live In lux
ury, making' material prosperity the
one" object of life. This object, says
Pecarini, "cannot be accepted. It
will lead us to a failure even more
disastrous than befell Rome, which
chose power for its ideal, or Greece,
which chose pleasure. Pecarini makes
the curious blunder of thinking that
the twenty million Americans who
seldom or never go to church are made
up of "the great inert masses who
have no conscience." Had he ob
served a little more carefully he would
have found quite as much conscience,
probably, to say nothing of Intelli
gence, among the non-churchgoers as
among the devout. These careful
studies of the' United States by for
eigners grow more numerous yearly.
They register the Increasing figure
which this country cuts in the comedy
of history. .
WHAT OF THIS PENALTY?
Justice, according to the old domes
tic code, together with the modern
penal code, was adjudged upon one
Clay Beers, a criminal 21 years of age,
by Judge Mclnnes, of Vancouver, B.
C, d few days ago. The Judgment of
the court waa that he be confined
seven years in the penitentiary, and
receive within twenty-one days after
his commitment ten lashes.
The Crime of which young Beers
was guilty, and for which, upon con
clusive evidence, ha was promptly
convicted before this British Canadian
court was that of beating a stranger
into Insensibility, robbing him and
leaving him without aid In a public
park, whither he had been enticed by
the young fellow, after the latter had
first Ingratiated himself Into the
stranger's confidence. The crime, In
the estimation of Judge Mclnnes, had
not a single mitigating circumstance,
and in passing sentence the austere
Judge declared It so detestable that It
could not be committed in the City of
Vancouver without carrying with It
the most severe penalty.
While the Instinct of modern hu
manity rises In revolt at infliction of
the lash as an expedient of barbaric
cruelty and a species of revenge ap
plied by power to weakness, the Idea
that it is the only punishment tnat
fits crimes of a certain- type underlies
the sturdy sense of British Justice.
This young fellow did not hesitate to
betray the confidence of a stranger,
beat him Into helplessness and take
his purse. His motive was a mercen
ary one, aided by treachery and exe
cuted by violence.
The usual punishment for robbery Is
a term of imprisonment. This ap
plies to the act of robbery. Shall the
baser act, that of beating his victim
into a state of helplessness, go un-.
whipt of Justice? If not, what pen
alty, other than the one prescribed In
this case, can be applied to it?
The argument against this present
ment is that by the application of
physical punishment a deadly purpose
of revenge is aroused in the criminal
that forbids all possibility of correct
ing or reforming the motive that led
to the crime and the moral turpitude
that was a part of it.
The Question her la an open ona
that It is bootless- to discuss. Leaving
the discussion to criminologists, whose
theories are fine-spun and far-reaching,
The Oregonlan will only add that
this is not the Idea upon which the
sturdy fathers of a past generation
proceeded In their determined purpose
of restraining and correcting unruly
boys, that thereby they might become
orderly men, with a wholesome re
spect for the governing power imme
diately over them first parental au
thority, after that the law. -
.Statisticians are guessing what the
population of the United States will
be when the censuses taken next year.
Some put it. as low as SO, 000, 000,
while a tew say they will not be sur
prised at 100.000,00.0. Here are the
figures for the last three decades:
isso " 50,1 S.I, TS3
isnK ftiMW-'.a.-iO
KMX) 7f.ritiS.llb6
The. increase from 1880 to 1,890 was
about 25 per cent; from 1890 to 1900
a little less than 21 per cent. .Immi
gration during the past ten years was
much larger than during the previous
decade; it will more than compensate
for probable decrease In the birth
rate. The figures next year will more
than likely show an mcrease of 22
per cent over 1900. This will bring
the population up to about 92,000,000.
Many colds are taken these nights,
especially by young children, who are
put to sleep when It is hot, with lit
tle or no covering; and towards morn
ing they, become very cold. Not a
few children die from this cause. It la
a pity we can't have government In
spection, &nd officials and learned
men and women, under public pay, to
look after the nurseries and sleeping
rooms, and see that children, and
grown people, too are-,properly covered
In their beds at proper hours of "the
night, so as to ward off these dangers
and their consequences. Much suffer
ing and great mortality arise from
this cause. Are we ever to have a
government that will do Its duty?
There's nothing so bad as an ignorant,
careless and Inefficient government.
The State Actuary of Massachusetts
Savings Bank Insurance, has just an
nounced the issuance of a new form
of policy that promises to be very
serviceable. It is the Immediate an
nuity. A man 60 years old ma go
Intrv either of the banks or agencies,
doing this business, and on laying
down a thousand dollars in cash secure
an income of $91.22 a year for the rest
of hia life, whether It be long or short.
A woman of the same age would get
$81.04, the difference being due to the
greater expectation of life at that 'age.
For elderly persons who have onjy a
small sum saved which they are will
ing to use up, but do not care to ex
haust before the need of it ceases, the
annuity has great attractions.
The unspeakable De Castellane is
circulating the report among his cred
itors that he is about to marry the
beautiful daughter of George J. Gould.
Unless the father of the young lady
has changed in his American charac
teristic."), the report will not be taken
seriously. George Gould went to
great lengths to prevent his sister's
buying the dirty little French rake,
and if Boni should attempt to get
away with his young daughter there
Is every reason to believe that the at
tempt would be followed by results
disastrous to Boni.
One need not search long for a
reason why Dr. Cook -has withheld
important details of his dash to the
Pole essential facts that the world
awaits withTeverish interest. In these
days all knowledge is commercialized.
Why should Cook give away a book of
travels that he can sell for a king's
ransom? He has a precedent In an
other distinguished American, writing
from a region thoroughly explored
years ago a,nd selling his "copy at a
dollar a word. Cook's will probably
bring a higher price.
'
Some of the record-breaking avia
tors should fly over to Germany and
take poor old Zeppelin's airship in
tow. That seems to be about the only
successful means for getting it to the
point for which it has been heading
for so many months.
'The United States has less com
merce with Argentina than England
has, sigh our ship-subsidy people.
England wants Argentina's wheat and
meats; the United States does not.
This explains the whole matter.
. i
President Taft "holed out a brassle
shot at a distance of 170 yards Satur
day." That makes 610 feet. It sounds
like something big. We suppose they
understand in exclusive golf circles
Just what happened.
Dr. Brou'gher Is still in doubt which
city needs his pastoral efforts the
mr.r Portland is' triad to find its
spiritual outlook so promising in com
parison with the city or angeis.
No more will Isaac Brock, 121 years
old. of Texas, figure In testimonials.
He Is dead, cut down In the prime of
usefulness, because he used too much
malt liquor, or too little.
Three drownings near Portland In
one day, all of them accidental, but
preventable. When will swimmers as
well as non-swimmers learn that deep
water has its dangers?
Cook and Peary found no polecats
up north. But they will probably
find a good many at home and In Eu
rope. Cook has had his already.
The British will have more reason
to doubt the discovery of the North
Pole, now that two Americans, and not
one Britisher has been there.
Compared with the exchange of
menitles certain to occur between
look and Pary, the Sampson-Schley
controversy was a love feast.
Afte all tha wiilk- Irnnr-lfPrS In POrt-
la
liUo the nlleered disease
germs. This city Is among the very
healthiest or tne worm.
It transpires that Wellman's airship
discovery of the North Pole would
only have made the matter trebly
troublesome.
If this weather Is part of the help
that Cook and Peary got, the Pole
thus far has done but little good.
The fool that rocks the boat has
had no victims this year. He is In
undeserved luck.
One more pole remains and Cook
nd Peary can settle their rivalry
with that.
Mrs. Peary and Mrs. Cook hava
something to say about It.
ELEVEN VERDICTS IN' ONE DAY.
How an English Jnry Dispatches! Ita
Bnslseis. 1
Macy, in McClure's
, The working of the British Jury sys
tem exhibits a marked contrast with
that of our own. It is possible that my
experience in British courts was ex
exceptional, but in not a single in
stance did I see a Juror challenged or
rejected. In all of the courts requiring
Juries the necessary number , of men
were present and they were sworn in
without question. In the sheriff's dep
uty court in Scotland the presiding
judge gave notice to the Jury that he
expected to Rdjourn court at 2 o'clock,
and stated that if they could all remain
until that hour he would at once dis
miss the men who had been called for
a second panel. The jurors conferred
together to remain until 1 o'clock,
whereupon the judge notified the other
men to appear at 12:30. The one Jury
empaneled for the morning session ren
dered six verdicts in rases Involving
prosecutions for thefts, fraud and
burglary.
In the court of quarter sessions at
Taunton, England, I saw a single jury
in one day render If verdicts. I found
that it was customary In the several
sorts of court that I attended for the
same Jury to act in successive cases.
In nq instance did I see a Jury leave
their seats to make up- their verdict.
Usually the issue before them was so
plain that all who gave attention knew
in advance what the decision would be.
I made note of an exceptional Instance
of delay, when the court was forced to
wait nine minutes for the rerort of the
Jury. In this case the jude who gave
the Instructions was himself in doubt
as to what the verdict ought to be.
A Scottish Jury consists of. 16 persons
and a majority may render a verdict.
In England the number Is 12, and una
nimity is required. But I noted no
difference as to practical results in the
two countries. The 12 men In the
English jury were as prompt and cer
tain in their action as were the eight
out of the 15 in the Scottish Jury. '
Bernard Shaw m Morality.
Testimony Before a Parliamentary Com
mittee. At the present time a great many ex
tremely Immoral plays-I- use the word
"immoral" in the correct English stmse,
I had almost said the sense In which it
Is not used from one end of the Bible
to the other are now passed and per
formed because the censor I do not know
how to put this point politely was not
sufficient of an expert in moral questions
to know always when a play was im
moral or the reverse
Mr. H. Law By immoral you 'men
"non-customary" ?
Yes, you will understand there are peo
ple who may be conscientiously immoral
for instance, if I may say so, Lord Go
rell's views on the subject of divorce are
immoral and shocking to the Archbishop
of Canterbury, but they are conscien
tiously Immoral, and he is doing a very
high public service in bringing them for
ward. As an immoral writer, I claim to
be a conscientiously immoral writer, and
I lay great stress on this use of the word
because I would remind the committee
that from one end ot the Bible to the
Other, as I have said, the words moral
and Immoral are not used.
You think that any outrage on religion
or attack upon' religion or ridicule of
sacred personages should be allowed on
the stage? I think it should. I think the
public would look after that. I think the
danger of crippling thought, of obstruct
ing the formation of the public mind by
suppressing such representations, is far
greater than the danger from the representations.
Go Slow, Mr. Flnehot.
Boston Herald.
The new Administration was wel
comed because it promised a change of
methods rather than of policies. It was
a return to the law. Public opinion
has showod much sympathy for Mr.
Plnchot. it can be depended on to stand
by him against any attempt to belittle
his work or defeat his purpose. It will
protest against any attempt on the part
of Mr. Ballinger or any other person
to "construe" the law for personal
policy or Interest. But Mr. Plnchot Is
unwise and unfortunate if he appeals
to public opinion on the strength of
what fie considers the law "ought to
accomplish." On that interpretation of
his official authority he takes issue not
only with Secretary Ballinger, -but with
the entire Administration and with the
public demand for the recognition of
law which the administration repre
sents, i Of the sympathy of the Presi
dent with the general scheme of irriga
tion and forest preservat-on there can
be no doubt. Nor is it likely that h
will permit two branches of his Admin
istratioa to work at cross purposes. If
the situation becomes threatening we
may expeot him to aid Mr. Plnchot in
getting his bearings and In getting the
right point of view of law and it
necessary limitations.
Holding for Higher Price.
St. Paul Dispatch.
A railway official Is authority for the
statement that many farmers are so
prosperous that they are stacking their
small grain and will not send It to mar
ket until prioes are at the top notch.
That meana that the Northwestern
farmer has reached the point when he
is able to get all the profit there is in
his business. .
This will not only make a great dif
ference to him, but to the transporta
tion companies, and to the consumer
poor consumer! Hitherto a large per
centage of the farmers have rushed
their crops to market as soon as the
grain was threshed. The result was a
-t,. e tho mnrket. low prices and
traffic congestion during the Fall.
As the growers Decome nmuitmuy
able to hold their produce the market
should become more stable. The grain
of the country will be sold as needed.
The farmer will get what his property
is worth instead of rushing in onto the
market for the benefit-of the speculator
and taking what he can get. The rail
way companies will have their crop
moving operations extended over a
longer period, and consequently can
give better service.
Keeda be "Rigidity."
Philadelphia Record. '
iturv runs that; Harrlman Is ac-
quiring a Vanderbilt -trunk line, and
another storv runs that he is suffering
-from "rigidity" of the backbone. The
two co-ordinate most happily. Any
body who gets away with the New
York Central will no doubt have a par
ticularly stilt backbone.
When the Boat Upset.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
jjelen Of course he clasped you in
his arms when the boat upset?
Hazel No, just the opposite.
Helen Just. the opposite? What do
mean? ' '
Hazel Why, the boat upset when he
clasped me in his arms.
September.
'"Virginia Lewis in Outing- Masaslne.
There's a haze that hides the meadows
and the river from the hills:
There's a wealth of royal purple where
the, cricket chirps and trills;
There Is gold In rich abundance come and
gather while ya may;
Com an(i breathe the breath of Summer
gain a lifetime in a day.
There are lilies red and glowing in the
marshland lying low.
There are tiny asters all astir whera soft
i the breezes blow;
Come and gather, come and gather, of
the blossoms red and white;
Learn the lore of field and meadow by
the Summer's lingering light.
For the sumach bush Is all aflame. the
maple catches nre;'
From twig to twig the color runs as high
the flames aspire.
Coma and breathe tha breath of Rummer
there's a whisper- In the trees
That she's going, going, going. "Who
would lose such days as these?
"Why I Prefer to
An American Millionaire; Resident in London, Tells Why He Has Left Efc
Native Land He Wants to Spend His Days Where the Rights .
of Privacy and Property Are Universally Respected, y ..
BY AX AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE.
(The following article, written by an
American millionaire, is published in the
London Daily Mail of July 17- It has been
reprinted In Bryan's Commoner and many
other. American newspapers.)
JThere Is a good deal of agitation among
my countrymen because a great many
Americans who can afford to live outside
the United 9tates are purchasing homes
in England or occupying one of the many
of your delightful and most comfortable
hotels. j
I am of opinion that this movement Is
only in its infancy. England, with its de
lightful town and country houses, is likely
to become the headquarters of the more
wealthy of the English-speaking people,
and there is a sort of rough Justice In
the movement. Inasmuch as the United
States and Canada have been almost en
tirely, populated, so far as their better
elements are concerned, from England,
Scotland and Ireland. One of the real
reasons so many of us are escaping from
America is the desire to be let alone. In
London, and for the matter of that In
Paris, though not so much -there as In
London, people are accustomed to mind
their own business. Private gossip and
scandal are at a minimum here, not only
in houses, but in clubs; and your news
papers do not print it. '
My day, as a' wealthy man in England,
is so entirely different from my day in
tle United States that I will describe
both for the benefit of American friends
who may be desirous of joining us in life
in this delightfiul country.
It is the London season. I rise at half
past 8 or 9 to a quiet meal, at which we
help ourselves without the aid of serv;
ants who are not present at Bnglisli
breakfasts to the accompaniment of
newspapers that prefer world-politics to
what we call "neighborhood news." I
walk or ride as I choose, and there la no
crowd of curious spectators to watch me
as I nuke my exit. There is, in fact, no
curiosity with regard to rich people in
England. Only the other day there died
in England your Mr. Morrison, one of the
richest men in the world, and I had never
heard his name, nor had any of those at
the clubs In which the matter was being
discussed. Mr. Astor and Mr. Morgan,
whose smallest doings would be chron
icled in the United States, may move as
freely as they please here, and their pri
vate comings and goings are not recorded,
for the simple reason that no one wants
to hear about them.
The absence of class feeling in England
is another reason why many of us prefer
to live here. The rich and the poor are
not divided into two hostile factions.
Every man has his "place. There is not
the rush, envy and malice of New York
society, with its continual struggle . of
Western and Pittsburg people to get Into
that curious circle, "the Four Hundred."
New York society is not what It was in
my early days. When old Mrs. Astor
reigned supreme, society in New York
was not at all unlike society in London.
There was no ostentation, .and any per
sons of birth, brains or breeding were
freely admitted. Today it is merely a
question of money, and such charming
salons as" exist in London, where rank,
money and brains occupy about the same
position, are now impossible la most
American cities, and certainly in New
York.
From a man's point of view, the con
stant dressing up of the American man
is extremely trying. Here, contrary to
the average American notion, there is
very little formality of any kind; too lit
tle, many people think In these days of
what is known as the "rat-catcher" style
of dress adopted by the Englishman. Such
things as card-leaving and calling are
rapidly going out. of fashion, and one is
free to do as one chooses. If I desire to
entertain at luncheon. I can ask whom I
choose, provided, however, that there is
something beyond food to offer. Authors,
" IT IS THE Hl'IJI OP PARTIES."
One Inventixator's View of Workings"
of Direct Primary. '
Albany, N! Y Special to Kansas City
Star.
"Direct nominations, as we have seen
them, make the greatest gold brick that
was ever handed to a confiding people,"
was the declaration here today of Rob
ert J. Conklin, an Assemblyman of New
York City a member of the special
committee appointed by the last Legis
lature to investigate the question of
direct primaries and report to the Leg
islature of 1910.
Mb. Conklin said the' committee had
completed its investigation in other
states which have direct primary laws.
Assemblyman Conklin voted for a
direct nomination bill in 1907 and 1908,
but i voted against the Hinman-Green
bill this year. He says hereafter he
will oppose direct nominations.
"The people of New York State," he
said, "have no idea of the political
anarchy that exists in the Middle
Western States. Direct nominations
have driven parties entirely out of ex
istence in many communities.
"In Wisconsin there is no longer a
RepuMican party and a Democratic
party. There are several factions, the
most prominent of which are the stal
warts and the half breeds. The latter
are the followers of La Follette and
the former are his opponents. Those
who were at one time Democrats have
disappeared and have gone Into the
Republican party, so-called, to vote at
the primaries. There are no longer party
principles, but only pergonal views of
faction leaders.
"To some extent the same state of
affairs exists in Iowa and Kansas and
everywhere else where this system of
direct nominations is in operation. The
minority party has been swallowed up.
"In every community, we have visited
there has been only one opinion ex
pressed by the decent, sober, intelligent
citizen, the conservative professional
men and that has been of disgust and
loathing for the political anarchy In
which they had been plunged. Time
and again we met with the expression
from the biggest men in the cities we
visited 'For- God's sake do not inflict
this Iniquity on the ' State of New
York.'"
Wealth Without Intelligence.
Buffalo Commercial.
What an influence newly acquired
wealth can have upon the young Is il
lustrated every day in the dispatches.
The sons of milionaires are -reported
constantly for absolute defiance of the
laws and for violation of the simplest
precepts of personal moralitjy This is
largely due to reckless overindulgence
What can be expected from young men
whose fathers allow them to spend
money without limit at the universities,
and who refuse to listen to the protests
from the university officers on the
ground that such expenditures are de
moralizing? When those young men
graduate they act henceforth on the
principle of "let her go!"
Even W'atermelons Are "Dry."
Washington Herald.
By injecting an ounce of good whisky
into a growing watermelon a plantar
claims to have discovered that It may he
given "a rare, fine flavor." The trouble
about it is. they will not stand for that
sort of doctoring down where the
watermelons grow.
The Future Funeral.
Life.
Blnks (In 1910) What kind of a fu
neral did Howard have?
Jinks A mile of aeroplanes-
Live in England
actors, poets, playwrights, statesman, men
of business, distinguished foroigner.s. the
delightful merrrbers of your royal family,
all mix and meet here on terms that at
first amaze the American.
Now, at home I have to deal with peo--pie
who are all shaped in the same mold;
Jor, able, virile and splendid as the Amer
ican man is en maase, you. will realize ,
that there are very few outstanding in
dividualities In that population of ninety
millions. ' . . ,(
Your political world, too, posse sses a -charm
which, alas! Is not yet-possible in
America. The idea of a younger son of
an American aristocratic family taaing
part in the management of national af
fairs is almost impossible on that side of
the water. Mr. Roosevelt was a npttihle.
a fine .exception. Of late years we have
got to regard politics as a trade, an.l a
pretty bad one at that.
In London I am not perpetually staivd.
at, telephoned at, written at, paragraphed
at. and libeled.
The afternoon is spent here in any of a
hundred pleasant ways, and an intellec
tual dinner is enjoyed without mention
of stocks and shares.
Now compare my day in the parilcular
American city which was my headquar
ters. I lived latterly in a palatial hotel,
beautiful in design, in mechanical eom
fortfar superior to .anything In I'Tngliind.
but over-decorated, overheated. ov-or-notecd,
and with very little of the milk nf
human kindness abou it. Just as It takes
half an hour to get shaved In America, so
does it take twice as long to be waited
on at table. The waste of time In those
matters is intolerable to one accustomed
to the quickness of London. I am barely ,
awake when I am, once at week at leant,
beset by reporters asklnfr for information
in regard to the affairs of my friends. As
like as not, were I to say a word which
I do not do It would be twisted' and dis
torted. Fortunately, I established such a
reputation for never speaking to tl.o
newspapers that even when Interviews
are ascribed to me my friends know they
have not taken place.
Hastening down town to attend to the
affairs of the corporations wjtTi which I
am connected, I am snapshotted by pho- "
tographers, worried by impecunious ac
quaintances, hustled by time-wasters all
day long, so that concentration of busi
ness is almost impossible. T am glad to
return at night to my noiwy hotel to seek
a little relaxation in a quiet dinner and
a game of bridge with a few friends
which gete into the newspapers as a huge
gambling gathering.
Right here I would like to say some
thing that does not please my American
friends, and that is about the much-vaunted
American climate. Let any man com
pare the pale children of New York tenement-houses
in the terrible hot months of
June, July, August and September, with
the sturdy youngsters of the London gut
ters, and lie will realize to the full what
that climate means. None but a wonder
ful people like the Americans could work
In those conditions, and 1 prophesy that in
the future only those who have to work
will do it. The sunshine does not make
up for the heat trials, which make city '
life in the Summer almost impossible, and
compel us to send our womenfolk to the
seaside and mountains Just at a time
when London is so delightful.
These are a few of the reasons why
those who have wrested fortunes In the
fierce business battles of the United States
are more and more spending their middle
and old age in bringing up their children
in Europe.
I have said nothing of your public
school and university education; nothing
of the unpretentious, quiet national spirit
of England too self-deprecating, too much
inclined to put its worst foot forward; I
have said too little of the fact that a man
Is received here for what he is. and not
for what he is worth. If the subject
pleases, I will rettirp to It later.
PLEA FOR HIVEJR SWIWMING CAGES
Mr. Samuel Doubts V'illty of Proposed
Marqnam Gulch PInn.,
PORTLAND, Sept. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) The numerous 'drownings which
continue to take place in the Wil
lamette River at this city bring to
my mind the fact that the well mean
ing efforts of Mayor Simon and the
Park Board to erect a bathing estab
lishment in Marquam Gulch will surely
prove barren of beneficial results and
will not abate drownings.-
In my mind's eye I see "the bathing
establishment" completed and patron
ised by real ladylike boys, who go
there to take a daily bath In nice Bull
Run water. The real boy, who doesn't
give a hang about bathing, but who
goes for a swim in "live" water, won't -go
near the Marquam Gulch establish
ment. No, he'll seek the . Willamette
River, and drownings will continue unS
til floating cages similar to what Mr.
Holman and 1 operated here for six .
years without a single mishap are
again established. Every brldae cross-'
Ing the Willamette River should carry
at least one pontoon of swimming
cages, and no other form of bath
house will answer for Portland or any
other city where there Is a 'live' river.
I am wondering whether the advo
cates of the Marquam Gulch "bathing
establishment" are acquainted with the
real boy one who iias red blood in his '
veins. To thoroughly understand the ,
boy, his wants and likes" and dislikes, i
one must start in by being a boy,-" .
then make a study of him f or a few
generations and through all that study
remain a sympathetic grown-up hoy.
That is why I hold that nothing but
floating swimming cages In the Wll
amette River will stop the drownings '
of 1909 from being repeated year by
year; L. SAMUEL.
Emulating the Kansas Farmer.
Kansas City Star.
Mr. Harriman hopes to extend his real
estate possessions "for twenty miles on
all sides of his already vast estate.
Arden. New York." according to the
news dispatches. From which It is evi
dent that It is Mr. Harriman's ambition
to own more railroads than anybody
else and as much land as the average
Kansas farmer.
, Preparing for BIsrTrowd.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Smith family Is soon to have a
reunion in Ohio. Pennsylvania and
Indiana have kindly agreed to furnish .
facilities for overflow meetings. If nec
essary.
"Frst.llmo."
Washington Ptar.
The time Is near at hand when the
Juvenile members of school fraternities
will once more be called on to take up
their social duties.
A Rainbow.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Annie Besant has been asked to state,
not for publication, what J. Ham Lewis
was In a former incarnation.
Waa the Journey Long Enough t'
Boston G'obe,
Next Winter will . show whether
Walter Wellman's journey of 32 miles
toward the North Pole was long enough
for lecture purposes.
s
His Specialty.
Chicago News.
Mr. Bryan is going to raise lemons In
Texas. He is a bit of a specialist in
that lr--
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