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Chicago, rooms 810-5 ia Tribune building. rOBTXAXD. FK1DAT. KCV. to, ! . F-XGI.AND'9 POLITICAL iFUCATAL Today The Oregonlan reprints part of an article from the Nation (British Weekly) by Mr. Lloyd-George. Chan cellor of the Exchequer and principal author of the land bill, over which there Is Intense struggle, approaching its cri sis in the British Parliament. The fea tures of the bill most opposed by the Lords would not be deemed in our country dangerous at all to landed property, nor even objectionable. We tax the Increasing values raising the valuations year by year, on & system that produces equitable results, or as near approach to such results as is like ly to be attained. It is not the danger to property so much as the persistent conservatism of the British mind, that makes the strenuous objection to the "land features of the Commons bill. It seems to us that Lord Roeebery. in his advice to the Lords to accept the bill, and to wait for the result to determine whether Its impositions and exactions will, as alleged, cause los of capital, diminish enetrprise and cut oft employment; for if that should be its clear tendency, the op posing party would be quickly brought into power again, to correct the evils produced by the change. "Every in dustry crippled, every trade depressed, every pound of capital locked up or sent away, reduced opening for labor, less employment and smaller wages," is the dismal prediction of conserva tive oratory; which certainly, should it prove true, would very soon retire the -party guilty of so suicidal a policy. One of the amusing features of the contest is the attack on Lloyd-George by the conservative press. The. Na tional Review, one of the leading or gans of the policy of the Lords, says: "He was born and bred in the straitest and most bitter school of Welsh Dis sent, and his one animating idea is to pay ofT old scores upon those whom he has toeen taught from childhood to hate. The Land taxes, in whatever shape, are simply attractive to their author as Instruments of class revenge. He hates England with all the fervor of the Welsh Celt, and if he can do the United Kingdom an injury he will. He is a bilious political partisan, who once declared that the Liberal Party was more Important than the British Empire. He cares nothing for the welfare of the people, and all his Social enthusiasm is assumed." The American reader may observe that when the English get a-going they are not best models of moderation in their discussions of politics. MTCKR.VKf3rs MISREPRESENTATION. As a muckraker, proceeding with a reckless disregard of. facts, John L. Matthews, who discusses the Deschutes railroad and water-power situation in the current number of lHampton'8 Magazine, displays fare versatility. Most of the yellow writers who have maligned Oregon and the Pacific Northwest at regular space rates have accompanied their articles with a few facta that were susceptible of recog nition. But in his attack on Secretary Ralllnirer. in connection with the lies- chutes matter, Mr. Matthews has pre ferred seemingly to misrepresent the situation n all its details. Attention Via already been called to the Mutihavi statement that Secretary Balllnger had approved rights of way for the railroad companies after tney had been rejected by his predecessor, Xtr Onrfleld. This statement was made In spite of the easily ascertainable ract tnat sec retary Garfield had approved the right rf wit for the greater part or tne ills tance through the canyon nearly two years before Balllnger was appointed Secretary of the Interior. By the lib eral use of imagination and mathe matics Mr. Matthews arrived at the conclusion mat., in approving; iiiteo surveys Mr. Balllnger had deprived the State of Oregon of an Income of 130. 000,000 per year from water power, and a slightly smaller amount from ii-rlratlnn risrhts. This would have fceen. Important, if true, but. fortunate ly for Oregon, and unfortunately for h rcnnfnflon of the muckraker. it is not true. The railroad companies have run their survey far enough attrtwa the level of the proposed dams and reservoirs to avoid all conflict with either power or Irrigation plants. The transportation companies and the ceoDla of Oregon had a mutual intnrnat In tha Deschutes Canyon. The former -were engaged in building a. Terr expensive roaa into central OrBB-on and naturally desire that de velopment on the greatest possible raia should be facilitated In every manner. The people of Oregon are also eager that the railroads snouia get Into the country as speedily a nosslble. and ever the most econora leal route to operate. The railroads built their line high enough above the tnval of tha river to Insure no conflict with power or Irrigation projects, and Oregonlan and railroads are both sat isfied with the progress that is being made on the lines approved by Secre tary Balllnger ana nis preueceseur, mr, Oarfleld. ThPM facta could easily have been obtained, had Mr. Matthews desired to present the truth In his articles. Increasing activity and higher values for property on Upper Washington, Alder and Morrison streets is strictly In keeping with the growth of popula tion and business, not only in Port land,, but elsewhere throughout the territory served by this city. Vacant quarters or cheap property are alike unobtainable in the down-town ais trtrt where most of the business Is now transacted. . Rentals and prices of nmnsrtv hivK reached fisrures where new firms and Individuals coming hereJL to flo business are forced to go farther back from the river or north and .mith nf th nrMeiit congested district. No one questions the statement that Portland Is today growing- more rap Idly than ever before. Neither are the value at -which real estate Is held In this city questioned. From such a sit uation but one conclusion can be rnrhfV and that Is that the thousands of newcomers who will find In Port land such a good field for business win naturally advance values In keeping with the Increasing- size of the city. THE C AXONS OF SPEECH. Contention of several critics, through The Oregonlan, over the use of words and idioms. In English, retoucnes an old subject, but one whose discussion yields little profit. Two recent letters deal with such phrases as I nao. ratn er be," and "I had rather not do it" rinA writer Insists that such phrases are very incorrect, and he would sub .,i,to trniiid rather" for "'had rather"; while the other maintains that since great writers have used ' naa, in such phrases, this form therefore is al lowable. Texts from Scripture, naxea neare and Chesterfield are produced in support of this last contention. Undoubtedly the form was usea ear ly, in our language, or it couia not have found a place in the English nisio T7 of It bv Shakespeare is not specially significant; for so great a writer as he Is above all rules. It would be an act of wonderful temerity to take the liberties with language that Khnkereare took, or to try to Imitate his peculiar turns of thought or expression, rne ruie may uo mm down that it is not wise to copy the inadvertencies and errors committed by great writers in their rapidity and haste, and to maintain that tney estao lish the canons of the language. In a thousand instances Shakespeare was grossly ungrammatlcal. Burke and Byron and Johnson often were. Walter Savage Landor. one or our very great writers and critics, in one of the volumes of his "Imaginary conver sations." deals with this very same phrase., "I had rather," etc. The "Con versation" is between Samuel Johnson and John Home Tooke. Landor makes Tooke pester and worry the Great Cham of literature no little. "Permit me," said Tooke, "to ask whether one can say, "I had hear?" Johnson: "You mean to say heard."' Tooke: Vn' T mean the words. I had near. Johnson: "Why ask me so idle a ques tion?" Tooke: "Because I find in the eighth chapter of Rasselas, 1 had rather hear the dispute, ine inter vention of 'rather cannot make it more or less proper." Johnson: "Sir, you are right. I hope you do not often find such inaccuracies in my writings." Not a soul among us should attempt to Imitate great authors, or to take the errors of great authors as guides or excuses for ourselves. vno, iur example, would follow this, as good and proper grammatical writing? Pull fathom five thy father Ilea Of his bones ara coral, made. Tou will not find the like in so cor rect a poet as Tennyson. But no ed itor accuses Shakespeare, or alters his text. "Within that circle none durst walk but he." Now don't get into a dispute because "but he" ought to be but him." The poet of that line was a great author also. But you shouldn't attempt to imitate him. xou win iau, if you do. And the grammar of these verses, don't you try to Imitate or to criticise or the poetry, either: My hair la gray, but not with years; Nor grew It whlta in a single night. As men's have grown with audden fears. Of course vou will not try your hand at the poetry, because you are power less and mute. Let the grammar alone, too, and don't imitate it, and don't profess to believe that is the law of language. . Incorrectness may be pardoned in great writers. But It is better to pass such errors unnoticed than to imitate or repeat them, and to Insist on their correctness. WASTE IN SCHOOL WORK. Mr. H. A. Adrian, an educator of some experience ana maniiesny iu close touch with his work, spoke sen ihiv n.nd concisely upon the above topic before the Multnomah County Teachers' Institute) in this city last wHnesriv afternoon. The facts that the vital energies of the teachers in our public schools are wasted on non inis: that the formative years in th Uvea of tens of thousands or cnu- dren in these schools are frittered away upon methods that have been Hvltnllzed bv ceaseless repetition, and that the money of taxpayers is literally shoveled into the unrefunding maw oi laded Dedagogics. are well known, ine elements of this wasta are thus classi fied hv Mr. Adrian: "Waste in sub left mutter, waste in method, waste of timn In teaching what the child already knows, waste of strength in badly as signed lessons and endless correction of compositions and waste of discip- llna " Take, for example, the waste in sub. Ject matter. Who is responsible for it? 'n( tho teacher, surely, since the course of study prescribes every les son and makes It obligatory upon tne tsurhur to cover it. The same is true of wasteful method, waste in teaching the child what he already knows, tne enlle.ss correction of compositions and oil tha reef. Th teachers in the nub ile schools of this city of any city am not exoected nor allowed to take the Initiative at any point in their work. They are there to do as nearly as they can what they are told to do, and the fate of any teacher who did not come up to this requirement would not, differ from that of Mrs. Anmista Stetson, of the First Chris tian Science Church of New Tork City, hould she. In an unguarded moment, rtoviHta from the course prescribed. for the sake of bringing a point more clearly to the understanding of her pupils. Public achool teachers are-subordl natn to the course of studv and to the methods prescribed by the heads of departments who are In turn subordl nate to the city staff: All this Is con- ended to be necessarv to maintain dis clpllne from the top downward and to bring the thousands of pupils through the grades and on Into and through the high schools in something like unison. Subordinate teachers all along the line, may realize that their time and strength and those of their pupils are being wasted in non-essen tials: that covering the course of etiidv does not lmDlv knowledge of tha subjects presented; that the discipline Is not of a type tnat develops con science and truthfulness in pupils and that the endless correction or compo sitions, serves not one useful purpose But they are as soldiers under orders. Not theirs to reason why. It Is said to them, "da this." and they do it. Why- then lecture them about It TTTE MOVRNlNG OREGONTATf. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1900. whw Viai them before the yet higher than the local authorities, and talk to them tor waste oi time on huii-cooj-tials? How long would, a teacher last who, upon being hald before the powers that be for an expansion or ideas in teaching to plead guilty as charged, or standing upon her own defense, were to be adjudged guilty? In point of fact, she would not be ar ..in. tho educational court and given a chancer to plead. Her name would bo dropped rrom tne run uyv.i ha mara tmnrth of the accusation. It may please lecturers before educa tional bodies to censure leacuera work strictly under orders upon waste of time and strength, in carrying out those orders, but the effect can hard ly be anything but wearisome or ex asperating. The false moves of an army, in tna field are not charged up against the soldiers. Nor does any commander censure them, even by implication, for obeying orders. If his tactics are m .rrtiin ha ravines thm. never for a moment entertaining a doubt that his soldiers will follow where ne ieaas, or o-o where he sends them strictly in ac cordance with the programme pre pared for them, thus, aiso, it is wim tha subordinate teachers of the pub lic school corps a willing, earnest band thinking thoir own tnougnts, doubtless, but obeying orders without outward demur. IDEAS OF CITIC BEAUTY. Tha r-ltv Reautlful fund has now reached proportions so respectable that we might as well negin to lay pmn for spending it. Some philosophers contend that the prime element of beauty in a city is good pavements and clean streets. If they are right, some of the fund might well be spent in teaching our street-cleaning depart ment how to achieve a glorious vic tory over filth and slop. Another gen erous sum might go into education for those whose duty it is to fill up holes and caverns. Humble services like Vhoaa do not anneal to the Imagination so powerfully as boulevards and parks. but they He at tne Dasis oi any ikhuu that la worth while. Municipal art which amounts to anything has Its roots firmly planted in the useful. Work for municipal beauty must often be destructive before it can be come constructive. For example, be fore Portland can secure a pleasant rival-front think of the rubbish whlcn must be removed, the hideous build- ino-H which must be demolished. 10 lay outextensive boulevards in the suburbs while these horrors -cluster round the heart would be like the conduct of those Peruvian dames who put on diamond tiaras but omit a bath. Civic beauty is pretty weU attained when the health and comfort of citi- zens are well looked after. That is the foundation which the ornamental and recreative must stand on at any rota TTrom this nOlnt Of VlOW it WOUld vastly enhance the charm of Portland If the bridges were managed more con vert tentlv. The useless waits when the draws are ouen waste time and money. to say nothing of the precious souls im periled by the kindling of evn pas sions. It is a noble aspiration to im agine all the big ships corraled below the bridges and the big rafts warped through, as they might be, without opening the draws. Shall we ever see this? A DECADENT FOOTPAD; in tha nnr-lent nrofesslon of thievery there ara certain immemorial courte sies which no decent practitioner ever forgets. All the great artists, from Robin Hood down to Andrew Carnegie, have conformed to them. iNODoay wno Ignores them is entitled to be called a gallant highwayman, a chivalrous hnrrisr or a nollta footDad. as tne case may be. In spite of the antiquity of his calling, he is a discourteous cad nrhnm Tin eentleman can countenance and no lady can love. Much as The Ore gonlan dislikes severe censure, it is driven by the racts to class tne can Prancteoo footDad who held up a young man on the way to tell his sis ter of his mother s death among tne cads. Claude Duval would not have been guilty of such an unseemly act. Nay, he would have lent the boy Black Bess to speed him on his errand. Much less would that prince of highwaymen have slashed the youth with a knife when he found him penniless, as this San Francisco wight did, to the eter nal shame of the guild. He would have bidden the Impecunious wayfarer wait in the shadow while he held up some fat street railway magnate, and then, having endowed him with the spoil and hi blessing, would have sent him on his errand rejoicing. Is the coduct of this San Francisco frotnnd an exceptional instance of de pravity, or has the social malady which- afflicts that unhappy town at last in fected the lower orders? It is dread ful to believe that even the footpads of San Francisco are decadent, but we must bow to the facts, unless the con duct of this specimen can be explained on some other hypothesis, BRIDGES AND THE RIVER. For the second time this year a steam schooner has collided with the Burnside-street bridge. Inflicting dam age sufficient to place the viaduct prac tically out of commission. The rights of a steamer on a navigable stream have always been rather tenderly guarded by the Government whenever it became necessary to draw a line be tween the steamer and some artificial obstruction which It encountered. The Government even goes so far as to refuse permission to build bridges at certain points -where they will ob struct navigation. This policy is, of course, a recognition of the fact that the river, a natural highway, was here before the bridges, while the bridges are artificial highways. There Is one point, however, that may escape the attention of the vessel-owners, which is that both the river and the bridges are facilities which Portland must use. It would seem that there ought to be some happy medium by -w,hich func tions of the two can be made to har monise. Unless this medium ground can be reached, Portland will soon be obliged to choose between the bridges and the ships, with the possible alternative of tunneling under the stream and taking the ever-increasing trans-river traffic entirely out of reach of the trouble some steamboats and steamships. The fact, however, that a bridge which has been built across the river on plans approved by the War Department has twice been a target for runaway steamers which ventured Into mid stream when the river was in flood suggests that there should be some su pervision over the movements of ves sels. The Willamette River has been for several days at a turbulent stage, in which, the conflicting currents have made navigation, even with plenty of "sea room," hazardous. The Olsen and Mahony, which rammed the bridge a few months ago, and the Rainier, which repeated the performance yesterday, are steam schooners of large carrying capacity, but are not provided with sufficient power to enable them to be handled to advantage in a restricted space. There should be some harbor regulations prohibiting the movement of a steamer between the bridges by its own power alone, at a time when the river Is at flood stage. Eventually the sawmills located south of the city will have ex treme difficulty in securing ships that will take the chance of going through ha mimarnii hrldees. and they will also have Increasing difficulty In se curing log supplies. When these mius ora forr-ad to take new locations far ther down stream, there will be less in terruption of the brdige service,vbut it -lll be a long time oerore an ot tne ht.oinaea of the numerous coasting steamers plying to the port can be di verted to wharves farther north. Tha steamer which can deliver freight In the heart of the city will quite "naturally be glisen preference over one that Is obliged to discharge freight a mile or two farther down stream, necessitating a drayage ex pense much in excess of that involved when the freight is delivered up town. There are advantages In having steam ers discharge and load at the up-town docks, but they must not be permitted tO KnOCK flOWH our unuges wi auou unnecessary waits by the opening of the draws. All our school children ought to be taught that the turkey bird is a native of America, and was not known to the Eastern Hemisphere till specimens were taken there from America. Shown In London, this bird .was a wonder. "Where is it from?" was a common question. Movement of Information then wasn't as quick and accurate as now; geographical knowledge was lim ited, and somebody said, "It comes from Turkey." That gave the name to the turkey bird. See FIske's "Dis covery of America." Other original American products are corn (maize), the potato, tobacco, the cassava plant, or manioc whene the tapioca of commerce. The edible part is the root, that often grows to considerable size. Sago, supposed by some to be the same, is the product of a very different plant, not indigenous to the New World. The edible part is the pith. The shrub or tree ia a member of the family of palms. Dr. Cook's somewhat belated records of his trip to the North Pole were shipped to Copenhagen on the steamer United States, sailing from New York yesterday. The report of the arrival at Copenhagen of these famous rec ords will be awaited with interest. Imagine the possibilities for endless discussion and doubt If these long awaited records should be lost through fire or collision before the Copenhagen court has an opportunity to examine them. It would be distressing for Dr. Cook to be placed in the position of the character in one of Hoyt'a satires, who always supplemented his wild as sertions with the statement', "I could prove it if old Bill Jones was alive." Everybody hopes that he will not hear from the lecture platform' "I could prove it if my records had reached Copenhagen." The Silverton Appeal offers these Very pertinent and timely remarks: A Portland traveling mnn tells the Eva nlns: Telegram that San Francisco Is swip ing lots of trade from Southern Oregon that is rightfully due Portland, purely through a laxity on tha port of the Jobbers of that city. His cure for the loss might readily be applied to almost any trade cen ter. He says: "The way to get trade is to go after It, to keep going after It, then to hold It with roods of merit and right prices." Our merchants have the goods of merit and right prices and know how to go after it through the Appeal, so any such shots aa the above passes sky-high over us. We shall rejoice to see Silverton cap ture the Southern Oregon trade. That would be a lesson to Portland, indeed. Of course, the man should have paid his debt, even if uselessly and fool- lstfly contracted, but the church w,here he awaited the coming of his bride was not the place to present the bill. Such a proceeding as that which chose for its stage the marriage altar of the First Presbyterian Church In this city Wednesday evening can hardly have been prompted by any sentiment more lofty, or any purpose more Justifiable, than that of petty spite to work humll latlon upon a young bridegroom and his waiting bride. The measure financially speaking1 of some souls Is small. It took but J33.50 to fill this one. The world lost nothing by the death of Joe Armes. The mountain rffglon in which Ignorant, passionate, deludod Alma Bell was born, bred, tempted and fell will lose nothing in her pronneu banishment therefrom. The brothers who have taken her in charge with the purpose of giving her a home un der new conditions and surroundings are the only manly figures that have appeared upon the scene In connection with this tragedy, either in court or out of It. The conscienceless fellow who was killed; the disgusting boors, his brothers, and the vulgar prosecutor were merely coarse buffoons In an ob scene play. Dr. Wlthycombe and Professor Ack erman, said to be aspirants for Gov ernor of Oregon, approved the Repub lican assembly plan at the "smoker" last Wednesday night, but thought the assembly should be very careful. Of course, the assembly should be par ticularly careful in its choice for Gov ernor. Each of the two gentlemen has a correct view of the matter. Relative to protests by shipping In terests against closing the draws for a solid half hour. It may be asked how many vessels In any one year, loading above the Portland bridges, would thereby "miss connection" with high tide at the mouth of the Columbia? One of the hardest problems of the American housewife is to make the men folk believe the National bird is as good today cold as It was yesterday hot. For the first time, Seattle has sent a chauffeur to Jail for breaknlg the speed limit. Portland will do well to follow this lead. A more appropriate day than Thanksgiving, for football, the Na tional mortality game, would be Me morial day. Defeated football players are thank ful that the scores and scars are no worse. JfOW THIS IS FINE- Th American Town That Took the Bnerllsa Crltlo Too SerloasJy. New Tork Tribune. It Is the standing Jest of the editor of the London Saturday Review to pretend that hs believes this country to be Inhab ited only fey naked and bloodthirsty sav ages.. Cadiz, O., does not know about this Joke. Therefore, when recently a copy of the Review accidentally penetrated into Cadiz, the people of that town wera dis turbed to read the apparently grave siaie ment of the editor that "the Americans onA A mnrA ..tviiivAd than the- Japanese." That was. of course, a particularly mild and complimentary form tor me me haustlhla loka to take. Usually the Re view remarks that the people of the Uni ted States, from Maine to Texas, are like the head-hunters of Borneo. j the people of Cadiz to indignation that a j i . . v. : ,i.A w , wan it mnwu London editor Bnouia De so unmiu i ... . i. .Ae, nannia r r-ndl were no better than Japs. Accordingly, one of the j most girtea citizens oi ins iuwu, i T? M..n.tl ,H nraaldAnt TA ShOUld i sov. of the local Chautauqua, probably undertook to write to the Review and dis abuse it of Its singular error. He informed .amr.. that rfariist hd a. record of 105 years as an incorporated town, a popula tion of ilou, no saloons anu ncvi a der In its history. He continued: We spend annually 2500 to bring lectur ers and entertainers here for a two weeks Chautauqua in August, and through tne Winter months there are a number oi clubs and orgnlia.Uons for culture and Im provement, such as the Shakespeare Club, Choral Society and the Cadiz Woman s nun. which took up English literature as the study for this Winter. Our public library (not a Carnegie dollar In It) has four vol umes for every man. woman and chlia in our town, and our rour -a- .... . i .la, nn, hlvfl ftbOUt Dunning ana i-jh nonm.,... - - 3(X0 in deposits for each inhabitant of our city, cacas is an vwSo ----... and about half of the popu atlon of the United states live very similarly to the manner of life In this place Examine the pictures I Inclose and note the bank rate: ments ana point 10 u ,r ,hi equal size that can be compared to this town in vJealth, culture and learning, o,. tha hnnlr statements and pic tures Including, we hope, photographs of . v. int rtf tha c5Vin.krsreare Club, Cadiz Woman's Club and Choral Society the editor of tne Keview, unci waggish custom, pretended not to be im pressed: he did not recant or repent and merely remarked, in a way iua. ." easily be taken for ironical, "This is a de lightful conception of civilization." Safer Football. Buffalo Evening Newa. n..ltnF MnWrnr.ken. of New York University, has Btarted a promising move ment for the abolition of mass plays in football. In an address to the Grad uates' Club last night he caitea upon every graduate to write to his college first, to Join the Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which will meet In New York the third day after Christmas, and, ,..wi dalptr.atft who wants mass plays abolished In football and such changes Introduced as win mao i- game as safe as the English rubBy. Sure ly this is not an unreasonable proposal. Football Is sport In England and not war, as it is here. There is no list of fatalities there as we have here. How His Smile Came Off. From "The Circle." In a Pennsylvania town where the Friends abound a prim old Quaker spin ster recently attended the marriage of her grandnephew, a young person who had in the course of his 21 years received much discipline at her hands. The old lady was at her best on this festive occasion, and, at a pause in the wedding breakfast, the happy bridegroom looked over at her with a beguiling smile, "Tell us why thee never married, Aunt Patience?" he said teaslngly. "That is' soon told. William," said the old Quakeress, calmly. "It was because I was not as easily pleased as thy wife A Stupendous Work. Th'e stupendous work of the Pennsyl vania Railroad in tunneling under the Hudson and East Rivers and Manhattan Island is close to completion. On Thurs day of last week the president and other high officials of the company were sent through the tunnels In an observation train which was the first carrying pas sengers to make the Journey. They trav eled under ground and water from Har rison, N. J., to Long Island City, stop ping to Inspect the company's big sta tion at Thirty-third street and Seventh avenue, Manhattan. "Perfect Jewels" Catholic Standard. "What's this I hear about your wife being robbed of her Jewels?" esked Sub bubs at the station one morning. "Factl" replied Backlotz, with fire in his eye. "They're gone, and Mrs. Kraft is the guilty party." "What, you don't mean to tell me Mrs. Kraft would actually steal " "What else can you call'lt? She of fered the cook 6 a week and the cham bermaid ia, and now she's got 'em." Reflection of a Bachelor. New York Press. There's no use trying to interest a man in a moral question when he wants a Bquare meal. It'a queer how many married couples seem to think they can wrangle peace into the family. A man always has a strong belief that some day he will startle the world with an act of heroism. lOU are eeiuum -Tsvci au.w - ft.-ou like people: you are never In doubt how you nate tnem. Pointed Pornsrraph". Chicago News. Many people are made giddy by the social whirl. Sometimes an easygoing person is hard to get rid of. When some people do tell the truth they exaggerate it. But the thin girl usually has a shape ly ankle to be proud of. Another love affair Is the best cement for a broken heart. If you want a thing svell done, hire someone to do it who knows how. The Hom-ComIna; of Rooaevelt. Louisville Courier-Journal. The -reception which awaits the hero will beggar anything of tho triumphal kind the world has ever seen. In Berlin and London and Parts, not to mention Rome, they are waiting for him; the Kaiser and the kings, for the cousin German, the people behind their mon archs, for their fling; the Parisians for their spectacular, which they will make an extravaganza: the "Teddy Bears" for Teddy himself! There is nothing, we are told, which succeeds like success. Not So Sore. New York Sun. There has been no way discovered by which Information can be put in a man's skull without any Industry on his part. The Hon. Joseph Gurney Cannon. We are not so sure about that. At any rate misinformation can be had without labor. Did the Danville Preadamite ever go to a Chautauqua lecture by Mr. Bryan or Mr. La Follette? An Off-Hand Impreaaton. Washington Evening Star. "Who Is the blindfolded party with the" pair of scales?" asked the stranger In the art gallery. 'That represents Justice." "Oh, I -thought it was a sugar weigher!" Company for Hyde. Providence Tribune. If Attorney-General Wickersham probes deep enough he may -provide Vames Hazen Hyde with plenty of company In Paris. THE BRITISH BUDGET. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of .the Ex chequer, on. Meaning; of the BUI- From the Nation, British Weekly. There are ominous signs that we may be approaching one of the great est constitutional struggles waged in this country for over 250 years. If the struggle comes, it is a subject for gratification that It should arise over a measure which probably raises, in a clearer and more decisive fashion than any other legislative proposal within living memory, some of the most important issues, that divide Lib eralism from Toryism. The frantic efforts made by the tariff reformers to defeat the budget prove that they, at any, rate, are fully alive to the fact that when it has become law it will make it much more difficult for any succeeding government to carry through the great operation which pro tectionists have lh contemplation fo passing on the burden of taxation from tha banking accounts of the rich to the bread and meat or me rnunimuo. That Is not the only fiscal issue raised by the budget. There are others of equal importance. Should taxation be borne by those who can best afford to bear it, or by those who can least afford to pay?- Should It fall on the necessaries or on the superfluities of life? Most momentuous question of all: Has the time not arrived iur m, r to call to a reckoning those who have secured valuable monopolies at the ex pense of the community, and too often abused those monopolies to its detri ment? And when you coma to the pur poses to which the state ought to de vote its revenues, should not the na tional resources be charged with the avoidance and prevention of unmerit ed poverty and distress? Lastly, has the state no responsibilities for the organized development of the neglect ed wealth of the land? All these fer tile and suggestive questions are raised by this year's budget. As a constitu tional conflict between Lords and Commons is. having regard to the events of the last few years, inevitable in the immediate future, I think it Is well It should be finally and definitely challenged over a proposal, or rather a series of proposals, which embodies so much of the Liberal plan for ojeallng with the social problems which confront statesmanship through out the world.' It may be said that 'these projects are not a part of the budget upon which the Lords will be called upon to pronounce. But personally I look on the budget as a part of a compre hensive scheme of fiscal and social re form the setting up of a great insur ance scheme for the unemployed, and for the sick and infirm, the creation, through the development hill, of ma chinery for the regeneration of rural life. All these constitute as essential and vital parts of the budget as the taxation of ground values and the im position of a super-tax. The mistake made by the Liberal government of 1894 will not be re peated. Sir William Harcourt's great financial 'proposals raised a huge reve- tnr tha stfllA hilt It WR3 not . i,.rnnth,natiiii hv thA ftiithor and hi ...lloa mm, t n-nv nnerific nurpose. The result was that when the Tory irftrerinipnt came into power they .A,itl tha ohnnilant harvest SOWn by Sir William Harcourt, and proceeded to squander it on the most reckless nnd wasteful enterDriSes. The very ri-,t ..-.. tTOo millions of the vleld was voted practically to arrest the decline in landlords' Incomes cue to me mu In acrlf-nltiirnl TPnts. What was left alter tne januiumo had enjoyed the first cut was frittered away over future expenditure on arma ments. How futile that expenditure was the South African war demon strated to the world. It was part of my plan in raising a revenue for the urgent national needs of the hour to raise it by means which in succeeding years would grow into a substantial and swelling surplus. It was also part of the same plan that this surplus should be earmarked from the outset, in so far as the declaration of the government could accomplish that ob ject, to ends which might In them selves be beneficent and fruitful. The protectionist party in this country are more alarmed about those schemes than about our methods of taxation. They recognize that these plans when matured will appreciably Increase the bank balance of Liberal Ism. For that reason, even if the budget goes through, I predict that an other concerted effort will be made to rouse a fresh naval or military panic so as to rush the government into the crim inal extravagance bf unnecessary arma ments on land and sea. A successful agitation of that kind would bankrupt social reform, and the enormous ad vantage which would otherwise be gained by means of the budget sur plus would be completely thrown awav. Liberals will have themselves to blame If they lack the perspicacity and firmness to resist these manufac tured cries of national danger. The real meaning of the enthusiasm aroused by the budget is that the country has risen in revolt against the land monopoly. It has impoverished our rural -districts, it has driven old Industries away from our villages, and has prevented the establishment of new ones; It has emptied the 1 Highlands, and scattered the robust population from which flowed the most splendid material for the defense of the country to the ends of the earth. It has cramped the natural healthy growth of our towns. Traders, manufacturers, professional men, business men, build ers and workmen, in town and country have long been smoldering with dis affection against this oppression of landlordism, and with the budget their discontent has burst into flame. The budget campaign must be the beginning and not the end of the Lib eral effort in land reform. The intelli gent foreigner who supplies the tariff reform party with Ideas has foreseen that the British democracy are pro foundly dissatisfied with the condi tions under which land is now owned and managed. He has, therefore, pressed upon his leaders and has met with some measure of acceptance a scheme of state purchase. But the suc cess of such a scheme must necessarily depend on the price paid for the land. If the extravagant prloes which have hitherto accompanied every acquisition of land for public or industrial pur poses are to rule in future, the peasant proprietary of Ellis Barker is doomed to a subsidized insolvency. The new state valuation must be the basis for all plans of communal purchase. On this basis municipalities ought to buy the land which is essential to the de velopment of their towns. And the state could also buy up land necessary to the policy of recreating rural life In Britain. We are pledging credit to the extent of some scores of millions for the purpose of giving Ireland a fresh start in life freed from the crippling influences of landlordism. Is nothing to be done for Britain? The budget has excited a real hope in the breast of the people as to the answer which the Liberal party are prepared at last to give to that question. The future of Liberalism depends on the courage and firmness with which the party faces the task of realizing that hope. The Modem Version. From "Judge." Maid of Athens, ere we part. Never mind about my heart. Give, oh, give me back the ring And each fair, expensive thing That I sent you. and each note Which in those dead days I wrote -They are what the jury says Judicata- the-damageaj SPLITTING REPUBLICAN PARTY Henry Wstteraon's Prophecy Concern ins; tho Campaign of 1912- Baltimore American. After some general prophetic declara tions concerning the more than royal re ception that will be given Colonel Roose velt when that mighty hunter shall at last shake the dust of Africa from his feet and walk down the gangplank into Europe, Colonel Watterson, of the Louis ville Courier-Journal, makes the more Im- , portant forecast that A movement to side track Taft and nominate Roosevelt for president In 1912 will result In splitting the Republican party. Here Is a fore seen situation which should certainly re sult in landing a - Democratic President in the White House, But Colonel Watterson knows the Dem ocratic party too well to jump to any Such conclusion. He remarks in this con nection: "I do not believe that the Dem ocratic party is in position to take ad vantage of any dissensions that may arise.- The Democratic party has been paramounted to death with issues." And so, it would seem, the Presidential ques tion in 1912 Is to be decided in the prelim inary struggle which, if the Watterson prophecy cornea true, will take place be tween the Tatt and Roosevelt forces. It is rather early for 1912 events to be casting their shadows before. There will undoubtedly be a roaring demon stration all along tne line or progres sion aa Colonel Roosevelt makes his way through Europe on his home bound Journey. And, when he gets back In his own country, there is likely to be some considerable prolongation of a welcoming demonstration. But Roosevelt and Tatt have been mutual admirers sounders of each other's praises from- away back. Such a thing as a fight to the finish between them, even over such a prize as the Presiden tial nomination. Is hardly conceivable. And besides. It Is entirely too early. even ior an experienced prupiiei Colonel Watterson. to be making 1912 prognostications. NEW YORIC SOCIETY AT DINNER. Paid Entertainers Relieve Gnrsts of Interesting; One Another. Ralph Pulitzer in Harper's Bazar. - ... Ill nm ,UA ntini-Amn tACt 11 f th Ik evening's higher success. These men and women have In the first part oi tne din ner enjoyeu un huuluc, a ... sympathy of a common appetite which precluded more oeiicam uiulic t.M..nvm,, v.. nf ril-iTipr their so- liUUUl'VUl niu .u,. . clal Intercourse was continued with the aids and accessories or a rapio. a.nn - . t.h.. irtni- dinner neu ;tiuriii3 u-tita. ....... the men had their clears and Wall Street. the women tneir cigarriies aim n- v. .. w i . nnn,,r... thali- attention.-. But now they sit face to face, mind to mind. with neither food, nor cooKins, nor o, nor stocks to serve as distractions and allies to their conversation. They sit In the regions of pure thought. Will their minds, groping toward one another along a tenuous bridge of words, meet and find companionship in mutuality of mental in terest? Will their tastes in common soar from oysters to authors, from artichokes to architecture, from canvas-backs to composers, from peaje' to poetry? Or will their minds, like babies walking without furniture, toddle toward one an other, meet In dizzy contact, and, having . fallen painfully to earth, crawl sniffling piteously back to their respective nur series? No one will ever know. For at this moment, when Opportunity stands, smil ing Inscrutably with hands behind her. holding In either palm success or failure, there comes a stringent twanging, and through the door at one end of the draw ing-room marcn negro minsireis. tellers, mlndreaders, provided to amuso the guests so that they need not face the ordeal of interesting one another. With muffled exclamations of relief thev for the most part elng on rows of chairs, permitting their minds, agitated bv the prospect of aimless activity, to re lapse Into the receptive attitude of being entertained. Why Men Pntronlae Barber. Kansas City Star. A barber of a statistical bent has asked 100 men the Important question, "Why don't you shave yourself?" He Is preparing an article on the answers he has received. Inasmuch ns it Is cheaper, neater and immeasurably more convenient for a man to shave him self, the reasons Inducing the majority of American men to get shaved by ex pensive barbers should be interesting. The reasons, as they were given to the laziness f Can t use left hand Afraid of cutting self ' Can t handle a razor J Beard too strong 1JJ Can't strop razor -'J Total 100 Fooball Fnllncles. New York Tribune. "Get Bennetts two for Harvard-Yale game," a New York Yale man wired to a chum in Boston the other day. Some where along the line the message was twisted, and It reached Its destination thus: "Get two brunettes for Harvard Yale game." IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN MEN WHO "FEED" THE RAILROADS They employ an army of 1.600, 000, and their annual payroll ex ceeds a billion dollars. 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