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. 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.
LAND OF FRUIT,
TIMBER AND GOLD
Lower Rogue River Valley, of
which Grants Tass is the commer
cial center. k
MESSAGES VIA THE
SPIRIT WIRELESS
Death compacts made by noted
persons; wiU Lomhroso communi
cate with his friends and fulfill an
agreement?
HOW STEEL PENS
ARE MANUFACTURED
Intricate process, involving the
very finest machinery and the
highest mechanical skill.
TAIL OF HALLE Y'S
GREAT COMET
Millions .of miles long, and one
of the most unsubstantial things
in the universe.
JAPANESE SCHOOLBOY
AND PHILANDER KNOX
Interview with the Secretary of
State by artless Hashimura Togo.
ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR
NEWSDEALER