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PORTLAND, TTBSDAI, MARCH 15, 19 UK
TELIJNl TALES TO ROOSEVELT.
A lot of persons have been waiting
for Roosevelt to emerge from the
Jungle, so that they may tattle tales
to him about the- President he put in
charge I his policies. Newspaper
writers have been detailed ,to tell
Roosevelt that Taft has not adhered
to those policies and to extract from
him some statement of displeasure
about the present Administration.
But Roosevelt -will make no author
ized statement of the kind. Why
should he accept any man's word be
fore Taft's? Nor will he. The two
men are bound together by strongest
ties of personal and political friend
ship. Taft undoubtedly has endeav
ored to pursue as closely as possible
the policies of his predecessor.
It Is inevitable that disputes should
arise as to means, methods and ends,
with numerous persons who imagine
themselves unjustly slighted, as Pin
chot and Garfield do, in management
of the conservation scheme; or who
think the "square deal" violated by
the corporation tax; or who consider
themselves outraged by the new tariff
schedules (no tariff ever was devised
that did not outrage some body of cit
izens) ; or who are not now the wise
counsellors that Imagined they used to
sway Roosevelt or actually did Influ
ence him; or who are aggrieved that
Taft does not smite their enemies as
Roosevelt did; or who for diverse rea
sons of personal opinion or prejudice
find themselves arrayed as "insur
gents" and "progressives."
None of these busybodies will get
between Taft and, Roosevelt and pry
them apart. Yet we may expect to
read "special cables" in the insurgent
press of Roosevelt's displeasure. The
correspondents will do their best to
satisfy the expectations of the man
agers who sent them. But, after all
this muckraking has been done,
Roosevelt will come forth with a big
stick announcement shattering the
false-built hopes of Taft's foes.
For Roosevelt has been In closer
political harmony with Taft than with
any other man. The two have been
as nearly mated as it were possible for
two political leaders to be. It is un
thinkable that Roosevelt in Africa or
Italy would accept the word or good
faith of any talebearer above that of
Taft.
There Is no end of varied opinion
about Roosevelt's policies. This is be
cause it is difficult to give them fixed
or definite expression. "Square deal
between rich and poor, strong and
weak," Is capable of vast range of
meanings, and even when Roosevelt
was President he did not have a peace
ful or easy time in defining it or car
rying it out. The tariff makes infi
nite dispute, airways did and always
will. Conservation, which Plnchot in
sists has but one meaning and that the
one he gives It, is seen to be a sub
ject of wide range of plan and policy.
Great many persons think their own
Ideas on these and other matters are
nearer Roosevelt's than Taft's are.
But in due time they will be disillu
sioned. Then Roosevelt will turn out
to be a great disappointment and
failure. Just as he was thought to be
by a considerable body of persons dur
ing the seven years of his Presidency.
"Wait till Teddy gets home; he'll
fix you." is the cry of an army of sore
heads, most of whom were Just as sqre
under the rule of Roosevelt. But Taft
will be the gladdest man in America to
greet the ex-President home. Demo
cratic politicians and newspapers who
used to howl Just as loudly at Roose
velt as they now do at Taft, but who
through some regeneration are now
Roosevelt admirers, are destined to
feel their faith slowly ebbing in a
short time.
A rUSQCIETDfO THOCOHT.
One of the few important newspa
pers of the country which sees a men
ace rather than a blessing In Mr.
Rockefeller's colossal gift "to pro
mote human welfare," is the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican. The con
centration of wealth In the hands of
never-dying corporations goes on at a
pace in our times which reminds the
Republican of the current which set
toward the British monasteries in the
age preceding the Reformation. It is
reminded of various countries where
land and capital have been so largely
amassed by holders in mortmain, or
corporations of one sort and another,
that the public welfare was threat
ened and revolutions arose on account
of it. In many cases the corporations
were despoiled of the property which
they had been accumulating for ages.
England, France, Italy, Mexico and
still other countries furnish examples
of this process, and if something of
the same sort is going on in the
United States, it is worth while to
ponder over the probable conse
quences. Mr. Carnegie's huge dona
tions to educational institutions and
public libraries looked marvelous, un
til this last Rockefeller foundation was
proposed. Now they are accounted
trifles, No doubt some other billion
aire will seek to outdo Mr. Rockefeller
tttore a great while.
Whether that happens or not. the
amount of capital which Is being
locked up In these foundations and
others of a religious or educational
character Is portentous. Wealth flows
all the more rapidly In this direction
from the fact that most of the char
itable and religious corporations are
free from taxes. The Republican, does
not suggest that wealthy men should
cease to devote their money to such
purposes, "in pios usos," to quote the
barbarism which became odious in
England, but it thinks the corpora
tions to which it is entrusted should
have limited charters, say for 60 years.
At the end of -that period, the, trust
should be terminated and the money
distributed. The lesson of history is,
that ultimately the money will be dis
tributed in any case. That has been
almost the uniform fate of such foun
dations, and it is better that the end
should come voluntarily and in ac
cord with the donor's purpose than
through -politics and civil commotions.
The public will not permanently toler
ate the locking up in dead hands of
any large proportion of the Rational
resources. Millionaires may as well
reckon with this fact now as to wait
and let the consequences of ignoring
It fall upon their successors.
In the long run, it is not certain
that these enormous foundations will
be really beneficial. They are apt to
grow sluggish with time and seek to
Istay the progress of mankind by the
weight of their inertia. The Spring
field Republican is disturbed by the
dominating influence which the Car
negie trust has already assumed over
our colleges. The power to give or
withhold pensions to professors is
proving exceedingly formidable for
other purposes also. If so much can
be done to control and direct with
$10,000,000, what might not . Mr.
Rockefeller's $300,000,000 accom
plish? . The whole subject may be
nothing but a mare's nest, but on the
other hand It may deserve the serious
attention of Congress.
STRIFE IX LOVELY EUGENE.
We know not Just why the lovely
city of Eugene has been selected by
unkind fate as a battleground be
tween the righteous orthodox and the
unrighteous reprobate. Its unwarlike
hills, topped with heaven-growing
trees and arched over with a benign
cerulean dome, form a picture of
native peace , and the gurgle of Sam
Simpson's Beautiful Willamette is a
veritable . phonograph of nature's
happy song.
But there is bitter strife among the
brethren. An evangelist preacher has
declared a Unitarian church a sink of
iniquity worse than a den of the devil's
firewater. A free-thinking professor
who has asserted the liberal faith and
declared independence from theolog
ical formulas has been scored most
thoroughly by defenders of righteous
standpatlsm. The Y. M. C. A. has
been fenced off from the straying
brethren, as fit only for the evangel
ical orthodox. The dissenting ones
declare themselves most opportunely
free of theological authority in Scrip
ture creed and salvation. And there
is a lot more strife which these peace
loving columns care not to dwell on.
Surely this warfare has been going
on long enough. Jesus himself fell
before it, striving against orthodox
formulas and asserting the supremacy
over them of right living, the golden
rule and brotherly love. It is painful
to see this old clash renewed In the
Upper Willamette city that nestles
among Its dream-picture hills. Good
men should not shut up the kingdom
of heaven against each other, nor for
get that "with what measure ye rtiete,
it shall be measured to you again."
Therefore we trust there will be no
more Jarring sounds from the learned
city of the State University and the
Carnegie Library.
WHICH APPLES ARE REST TO PLASIJ
Apple growers in the Willamette
Valley should pay careful attention to
Millard O. Lownsdale's remarks on the
Spltzenberg variety. As he explains
in his communication printed in The
Oregonian today, this excellent apple,
which is produced in perfection with
no great difficulty at Hood River,
does not seem to be well adapted to
Valley conditions. Something in the
atmosphere or the soil renders it sin
gularly susceptible to the attacks of
anthracnose, and a high-grade prod
uct can only be obtained at the ex
pense of much time and pains. That
the Spltzenberg apple can be grown
in the Willamette Valley nobody ques
tions, but is it sensible to seek to do
so when there are other varieties
which can be produced with less trou
ble and at a much greater profit?
Almost every person who has planted
Spltzenberg trees ,in the Willamette
Valley and along the lower Columbia
has had precisely the experience with
them which Mr. Lownsdale describes.
The trees are of feeble habit, at
least for some years, and. they re
quire unremitting attention to ward
off disease.
If this part of the country, like
Hood River, were comparatively free
from disease-breeding old orchards,
perhaps it would be worth while to
plant SpitzenbergB. One might hope
to see them reach bearing age without
an exorbitant expenditure of money
and labor upon them, but as condi
tions are, with every second farm har
boring a slum of Infection, the task is
one which a wise grower will hesitate
long before he undertakes. In some
very fertile spots on the Columbia
bottoms, if they are not too low, the
Spltzenberg thrives excellently and
seems to be resistant to disease, but
these places are exceptional. On the
other hand, the Jonathan, which Mr.
Lownsdale curiously omits to mention
among the desirable varieties for this
section, makes a thrifty growth almost
everywhere In this part of the state
and requires no extraordinary care.
The trees must be cultivated and
sprayed, of course, but. they need not
be coddled. Nature assists the orch
ardist Instead of opposing him. The
same may be said of the Rome Beau
ty, which produces a fruit of great
attractiveness and fine flavor with
comparatively little attention. In the
region near , the Columbia, at least,
the Rome Beauty has a marked ten
dency to come into bearing early,
which with many growers would be a
strong argument for planting that
variety.
Certainly Mr. Lownsdale Is right in
urging orchardlsts to heed the les
sons of experience when they plant
their trees and not rush blindly ahead
es If they could defy nature and make
conditions to suit themselves. While
the apple is a hardy fruit, still it is
wonderfully susceptible to the Influ
ence of its environment, and deterior
ates or improves beyond all exnecta-
tion tn districts which are only a short
distance apart. What other men have
proved by their mistakes is part of
the working capital of the prudent
Horticulturist. He does not expecfto
acquire all knowledge by his own in
vestigatlon, but is glad to stand on
the shoulders of his predecessors. The
Hood River and Wenatchee growers
nave won their -enviable success bv
first discovering what varieties they
could produce best and then making
tnose tneir specialty. Hood River is
not beguiled into planting the Wine
sap nor does Wenatchee seek to pro
duce the Spitzenberg. Each locality
has solved the problem of a desirable
vdiieiy in jl3 own way, ana having
found the solution it abides by it. Be
fore the Willamette region attains to
the highest success in apple-growing,
it must travel the same road. Those
varieties which will do the best here
must be discovered by experiment,
and when they have been found they
must be. planted, no matter whether
they are popular at Hood River or
not. We must "dree our own weird,"
to borrow a favorite phrase from
Laura Jean Libbey.
There is an unfortunate prejudice
against the Ben Davis apple, which
Mr. Lownsdale very properly men
tions among the desirable varieties
for the Willamette Valley. It is not
a dessert apple certainly, but it is one
of the best for long keeping, and the
market never refuses it in the Spring
at good prices. Better still. It is resistant-
to most diseases and thrives in
all sorts of localities. Probably the
neglect of the Ben Davis Is to be at
tributed to a "sentiment or fancy,"
as Mr. Lownsdale puts it, and grow
ers should not let such a whimsy, in
terfere with their substantial inter
est. After all, fruit is grown to sell,
and the astute orchardist plants the.
varieties which his market demands.
What our correspondent has to say
about the Tellow Newtown is curious
and important. If it really refuses
to develop a root system and pines for
some years after planting, a large
number of growers is doomed to
serious disappointment and loss. Fur
ther Information upon this subject is
needed by the public. It is possible
that some neglect of culture Is the
true cause, for this unfortunate habit
of the tree, and experiment may teach
orchardlsts how to remedy it. There
are large areas in Oregon where the
soil is badly in need of potash. Per
haps it is upon these tracts that the
Tellow Newtown refuses to thrive. In
that case, the trouble is easily
remedied.
THE FAILMEK AN1 THE MOO.
The work of slaughtering at one of
the plants at Stockdale began yester
day morning. Stockdale Is the cor
porate name of the stockyards and.
packing-house region of Portland. It
will be some time before the plant is
ready to work to capacity, which
means, among other things, a thou
sand hogs a day. This refers to but
one plant, and it is not the largest.
It will be some time also before the
supply of hogs is up to capacity.
Therein lies a danger. Prices are rul
ing high this Spring, and the tempta
tion is great to fatten everything and
rush it to market. There is small
likelihood of a. low figure for hogs on
this Coast for a few years. In the
Middle West hograisers and farmers
generally have found 7 5 -cent corn too
expensive for feeding, and have turned
off a large part of their breeding
stock, so the Pacific Northwest
breeder need not fear competition.
Every female pig should be saved
this Spring, if she comes of a family
noted for fecundity,' and by that is
meant .families, of ten, and twelve.
Only in that way can the demand
from .the -Portland packers be satis
fied. There is not enough breeding
stock now in this region, and at best
it will be more than a year before
results are visible. But the demand
will be there at that time, and more
insistent than ever. A beginning must
be made at once. Probably there will
never come a time when there will
be enough surplus hog product to
cheapen it. There is great consump
tion in time of peace, and in wartime
the army of the civilized, nation that
has the most cured meat in its sub
sistence department is most likely to
be victorious.
Let the Oregon farmer raise twice
as many hogs this year.
PROSPEROUS IK NN" SYLVAN I A ROAD.
Railroad earnings on the roads op
erating through the greatest Indus
trial districts in the United States
hardly.' reflect the reports of quiet
business which have been heard from
time to time during the past six
months. One of the most notable
showings of the year was that of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
where an increase of $17,267,000 in
the gross revenue brought the total
up to $153,664,527, while the operat
ing expenses, including taxes for the
year, showed an increase of but $10,
502,167. The net income for the year
amounted to $35,159,087, an increase
of $6,951,427, and cash dividends of
$19,173,742 were paid. All qf the
subsidiary lines of the Pennsylvania
made a similar satisfactory showing,
some of them far exceeding that of
the parent concern.
Not all of these earnings were re
flected In the size of the dividends,
for the Pennsylvania always main
tains a huge war chest, which can be
drawn on when necessary. A writer
in the American Investor, in com
menting on the extraordinary earn
ings of the Pennsylvania, estimates
the amount available for extra divi
dends in J.910 at nearly $100,000,000.
Of this amount nearly one-third, in
the shape of a 33 1-3 per cent stock
dividend by a holding oorporation,
the Pennsylvania Company, has al
ready been disbursed, and there- has
also been- distributed a 70 per cent
dividend In cash stock, and a 25 per
cent dividend in cash of the Delaware
Railroad Company, a 250-rnile feeder
of the Pennsylvania system.
This remarkable showing has been
made without any advantages or
profits accruing from the $100,000,
000 investment which the company
has been making in - entering New
Tork City. That work Is now prac
tically completed, and four of the
tunnels will be in operation in April
and the remaining two in July. It is
expected that the reduced cost of op
eration by the new method of getting
in and out of the New York terminals
will increase the net earnings of the
system more than $500,000 per month,
or approximately $6,000,000 per year.
The annual statement of the Pennsyl-:
vanla offers ample proof that the rail
roads are not suffering greatly from
. the regulation agitation or from lack
of business.
KIT.T.F.D BT ITS FRIEJfDS.
The Oregonian la not surprised to
learn, through its Washington. D.
C, dispatches, that that nine-lived cat
of evil omen, the ship subsidy bill, is
again to give up the ghost. The rea
son given for the latest defeat of the
measure, according to Washington
dispatches, is that "The Merchant
Marine League, which is In all practi
cal matters a well-organized lobby,
undertook to coerce members of the
House who opposed the ship subsidy
bill. It" went further and threatened
to prevent the renomination or re
election of such members, and it was
clearly to be inferred that the league
or its representatives proposed to
spend money to acconrplish that end,
Had the ship subsidy bill been a meas
ure in which the whole country was
interested, and for which there was a
clamorous demand, it is hardly possi
ble that such lobbying and publicity
work as have been put forth by the
Merchant Marine League, of Cleve
land, O. (several hundred miles from
salt water), could have forced it
through to success.
This well-organized lobby not only
flooded the country with its " wild
sophistries and mis-statements regard
ing the actual status of the merchant
marine problem, but in its official or
gan, "The American Flag" (let us
blush for the base use made of that
name), scurrilous attacks have been
made on those who opposed the
"graft." These attacks have ranged
from semi-polite criticism of the mo
tives and purposes of the opponents
of the bill to most bitter charges
against their integrity. Representa
tive Steenesson, of Minnesota, for in
stance, was branded by "The Ameri
can Flag" as "dishonest, and an en
emy to his country and his country's
best interests." He was also accused
of having "deliberately and malicious
ly lied," although his only offense was
in exposing some of the fallacies of
the arguments sent broadcast by the
ship subsidy lobby. It is a very weak
cause that seems to call for a cam
paign of misrepresentation such as
the Merchant Marine League has been
conducting for the past year.
The Oregonian speaks advisedly on
this matter, as It has been favored
with a full share of personal letters
form the league officials and with
printed matter regarding the topic.
These letters, for the most part, have
been sneerlngly sarcastic or openly
insulting, and the printed literature
all bears the earmarks of some
mighty "interests" that are behind
this demand for a subsidy. It costs a
large sum of money to carry on such
an elaborate publicity campaign as
that of the Merchant Marine League,
and as there Is no concerted demand
from any part of the country, or from
either political party and the people
refuse to enthuse over the graft it is
small wonder that a suspicion strong
enough to kill the bill, has appeared
against it.
A New Tork Judge has decided that
"three times a year is not too often
for a gentleman to get drunk." That
depends. No man has the right to
impose the disgrace of a drunken
spree upon his family even once a
year. If he lives to himself alone,
shuts himself up while he has what
he considers a "good time" and does
not squander money that belongs of
right to his dependents, the sin of
making a hog of himself is not so
great as it Is in ordinary circum
stances. At best, however, the right
to get drunk is a doubtful one even
when exercised by "a gentleman."
The thrifty nature of the French
people Is proverbial, but it would
seem that thrift and caution do not
always go together. Here we have a
story from Paris of a government of
ficial embezzling $2,000,000, all of
which he lost In speculations on the
Bourse. . It requires a man of con
siderable ability to steal $2,000,000
in this country, but the French em
bezzler was so skillful in his work that
It was more than a year after he was
suspected before the government suc
ceeded in getting proof sufficient to
warrant an arrest.
If Secretary Balllnger had had the
rare Judgment to raise the salary of
Chief Reclamation Engineer Davis,
that functionary's recollection of the
various conversations between him
and the Secretary would doubtless
have been more in accord with the
latter's. Secretary Balllnger would
not do anything for the aspiring en
gineers and employes in the Reclama
tion Service, and the whole "bunch"
is down on him. It is easy to under
stand. Much Is said now and again about
the profit in raising ginseng. The
chief market for this product is found
in China. If the crop yields such
large returns to the producer, the
question naturally arises, why the Chi
nese in this country, who are the most
painstaking and patient of gardeners,
and shrewd withal, do not become gin
seng planters.-
In the village of Buckingham, in
Canada, there is said to be an animal
composed of horse, cow and deer. In
that country during Winter a barrel
of cider freezes almost solid, the very
center being a pint of liquid that is
the quintessence of all things abnor
mal. s Deduction is easy.
The people may vote down the
Broadway bridge "next time," we are
told by foes of the new viaduct. They
may also vote down all the bridges,
but they doubtless won't. They need
air the bridges they can get, and are
not going to vote down any just at
present.
One hundred and fifty lawyers have
been engaged to defend the anthracite
coal trust. If this aggfegaton of legal
talent does not own the combine by
thef time the arguments are all in, it
will be a case of neglected opportu
nity. Mr. Rockefeller should send, his" per
sonal foolkiller after the clergyman
who gave out his daily prayer. Pray
ers, like connubial confidences, are
not meant for the public ear and eye.
If Aviator Hamilton had got , that
ducking in Portland, the people here
who paid at the gate might have felt
that they were getting more of their
money's worth.
If the name of Mount McKinley
were - changed to Roosevelt, the new
title would forever mark the "world's
highest monument to the short and
ugly word.
It is almost pitiful to note the
amount of logic being wasted in the
attempt to convince a meat-hungry
public that the "cheap cuts are the
best."
It is surprising that nobody demands
the proofs of Matt Henson, the colored
man who discovered the North Pole
the same time Peary did.
A Los Angelan has been found with
two extra ribs. Suppose Adam had
been built that way!
The bad thing about dry weather Is
that it always brings dust to complain
about.
The Joy ride involves the top crust
es well as the lining of the dish.
HEEDLESS rLANTISfG OP APPLES I
Let Wenatchee Grow Winesaps and -
Hood River Spitzenberg-,. Advice.
LA FAYETTE. Or.. March 14. (To j
the Editor.) From every section of the
Willamette Valley come reports of ex
traordinary plantings of apples this
season. We, who for several years have
been doing a missionary work that sug
gested that this re-awakening of inter
est in apple culture in our "home of the
big red apple," are of course intensely
gratified at the consummation of our
hopes. But we are also concerned' in
the ultimate outcome of all these plant
ings.
Much needless work is certainly- be
ing done, and more is contemplated. In
order that the efforts to re-establish
this great industry in our valley may
not go wrong at this critical moment
I wish, for the 20th time, to issue a
warning about the ill-advised methods
of planting that are being employed
very generally by prospective growers.
To the speculative planter I have noth-.
lag to say.
I cannot understand why planters
will Ignore well established precedents
ana stubbornly attempt to force the
natural conditions of the country, sim
ply to gratify a sentiment or fancy. The'
majority of plantings are reported to be
of Spitzenbergs and Yellow NewtoWns.
In more than one locality, but notably
In the vicinity of Newberg, large num
bers of Winesaps are being set for the
purpose (we are told wisely and with a
convincing nod of the head) of potfen
ating both Spitzenbergs and Newtowns,
as well as for their high value In New
York markets.
In the first place, neither Hood River
nor the Willamette Valley can com
pete with Wenatchee in raising Wine
saps. In the Willamette Valley, it might
be said, that in a commercial sense we
cannot raise them at alL In the next
place, while we can grow a fine Spltzen
berg, yet the tree does not come into
bearing early in our Valey and is more
susceptible to the attack of apple
canker or anthracnose than any other
variety. In our "old apple orchards"
we have so many more sources of con
tagion than does Hood River that it
will always be easier for her growers
to keep -their Spitzenbergs clean. Then
why not let Wenatchee have her Wine
saps, and Hood River her Spitzenbergs,
and let us concentrate our energies on
varieties .that are resistant to the at
tacks of canker that we can grow
more easily and more profitably than
can either of those sections? We can
grow a finer and a higher flavored
Yellow Newtown than any other lo
cality in the world but, tq do this, we
must go about the matter in exactly
the right manner.
The experience of two generations
has demonstrated the fact that in the
Willamette Valley the Yellow Newtown
will not, while young, make root in
orchard formation and with orchard
culture if planted on its nursery stock.
The tree lacks the initial power of pro
ducing enough foliage to develop a
sturdy root system. If top-grafted on
an PBtablished root system. It will grow
rapidly and become a sturdy and early
bearing tree. But, if planted on its
nursery root it will pass many years in
a spindling, decrepit fashion and will
never be the lusty, vigorous tree that
is developed by top-grafting. The ma
jority of Yellow Newtowns that are be
ing planted this season in our Valley
will never come to a profitable ma
turity. ' The man who hugs himself and
chuckles, "well, I'll show 'em," no mat
ter with what care he may coddle his
Newtowns, will, in the end, say: "I wish
I had paid attention to the experience
of two generations of growers- before
me." When one attempts to override
and absolutely force the natural con
ditions of a country, he is flirting des
perately with the fickle . goddess of
chance.
The solution of the preblem then lies
in planting some vigorous, rapid-growing
variety, and after four or five years
In orchard formation to top-graft with
Yellow Newtowns. In three years the
Yellow Newtown grafts will commence
to bear, which is much earlier than
they can possibly be brought to fruit
production in this Valley by any method
of culture on their nursery root.
It will be noticed that I have spoken
exclusively of conditions in the Wil
lamette Valley, and that I assert there
are varieties we can grow better and
more profitably than any other sections,
and without the close attention that is
necessary in the case of Spitzenbergs.
While we can grow Spitzenbergs In rare
perfection, we can produce more profit
ably either Rome Beauty, Ben Davis,
Gano, Grimes' Golden or Yellow New
town. Our experience has' tld us long
ago to let Winesaps alone, and as for
setting them as pollenators it is to
laugh. . The man who fusses with pol
lenators nowadays' is learning the
"Kensington stitch" of orcharding, or
perhaps I should say the "tatting" a
very nice lady-like occupation.
M. O. LOWNSDALE,
Commissioner First District, State
Board of Horticulture.
HOUSE OF COMMONS AND CONGRESS
British Lawmaking: Body Democratic,
AVlth Trades Well Represented.
New York World.
The oft . and - much - debated ques
tion as to. whether the British House of
Commons is more representative than
the American House of Representa
tives, is answered by the following
npn rh a rf thfi new Commons, taken for
private reasons by Lewis Appleton, of
Old Queen street, Westminster, ana
furnished by him for publication. It
has been compared with the official
records and found correct:
Bankers and financiers 13
Lawyers
Brewers, distillers and wine merchants 1A
Pullders. architects and surveyors 8
Civil and mlntnK encineers 11
Coal mine owners and dealers. ........ 7
Commercial travelers . . 1
diplomatists and government orriciaxs. a
Directors of public service corporations 12
Real estate, accountants and auctioneers 7
Farmers 13
Land owners 61
Iron founders and merchants........,.. 13
Manufacturers and spinners .... &1
Doctors 9
Storekeepers 53
Clergymen i"V S
Automobile makers. and dealers........
Newspaper owners and Journalists. 88
Peers' sons and. brothers 45
Art dealers 1
Pilots .
Printers, booksellers and authors....... 8
Professors, schoolmasters and tutors.... 14
Hallway and naval contractors 3
Secretaries (stenographers) lo
hlp owners and builders 12
Stockbrokers ......................... -
Military officers
Naval officers -
By the foregoing census it appears
the House of .Commons is like the
American Congress, a popular place for
lawyers.- The English legislative body,
though, is strongly representative of a
number of trades and professions not
markedly present In the Lower House
in Washington, notably storekeepers,
farmers, teachers, military and gov
ernment officials, doctors, literary men
and clergymen. Peers' sons and
brothers, too, are In a class by them
selves. Inasmuch as there are few men
of leisure in Congress who could be
compared with them.
Two Religious Workers Honored.
Indianapolis News.
Two distinguished religious workers
In Great Britain have been honored
by knighthood, F. F. Belsey, the leader
of the Sunday School movement In
Great Britain, and Dr.' W. Robertson
Nicdll. the editor of the British Weekly.
An TJnterrlfied Democrat Speaks.
New Bern (N. C.) Sun.
We don't care a d n whether we
are even noticed by the Republican
press or not. We are Southern Demo
crats to the core, and God forbid that
we may ever have to swap our prin
ciples for a Job-
PRESIDENT TAFT IS HIS OWN MAN
Letter to Lnclna B. Swift Raps Hys
teria In Public, Political Life.
David S. Barry's Washington, D. C. Cor
respondence in the Providence
Journal.
That the President has the courage to
hew to this determination regardless of
cost Is shown in the contents of the let
ter which he wrote to Lucius B. Swift of
Indianapolis, and the general purport of
which has found its way into the news
papers, although Mr. Taft did not intend
that it should be made public. He has
since written to Mr. Swift expressing his
regret that somebody with whom he
talked about the letter saw fit to talk
to reporters about it, but expressing not
the slightest annoyance because of any
embarrassment it might cause him. The
text of the letter will probably be pub
lished soon or late, and then it will be
seen that, in writing it the President
was but repeating what he said in dif
ferent forms and at different times and
what he will say again and again if
occasion" arises.
In general the letter is an expression
of the President's belief that we are liv
ing in a time of hypocrisy and hysteria
resulting In a misjudgment of public
men and public measures, indorsement
of the tariff law and of the Republican
leaders, including Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon, who, the President says,
are helping him to enact reformatory
legislation; criticism of Senators Cum
mins, La Follette, Bristow and Clapp,
who, he thinks, are opposing it; expres
sion of the fear that Indiana may go
Democratic if the Republican leaders of
that state do not rally to the support
of Mr. Beveridge, who, it Is alleged, is
being fought by the liquor interests and
who, although he Is not entirely to be
depended upon, Mr. Taft thinks, because
of the ticklish political situation involv
ing the question of his own re-election,
is disposed to support the President and
his policies. In expressing the opinion
that Senator Aldrich, who, the President
says, is for higher protection than he
is, has been misunderstood and ma
ligned by the public, Mr. Taft says that
he is not. able to "run with the hare
and rkle with" the hounds"; It Is not
in his nature, and, believing that Senator
Aldrich is earnest and sincere in support
of . the Administration policies of legislation-,
the President feels bound to say
so on every proper occasion. jVs to Mr.
Cannon, the situation is much the same,
although the President is not so warm In
praise of him as not being a man of
such conspicuous ability as confessedly
the President believes Senator Aldrich
to be.
Right or wrong, therefore. President
Taft again announces his purpose to
stand by what he has said with regard
to Aldrich and Cannon and the insur
gents, and while he regrets that the
newspapers aro not Inclined to see things
through his spectacles, Jie does not In
tend to change his attitude so long as
his conscience assures him that ha- 1-
right.
SEVERAL OLD IRISH PROVERBS.
Many Present-Day Sayinars First Saw
Light In the Emerald Isle.
Catholic Standard.
The ancient kings and brehons of
the Milesian Irish were men of great In
telligence and wisdom, and the sayings
of "Allamh foehla," Fethil the Wise,
Moran and Cormac McArt were so
many terse lessons of human wisdom,
but it may be information to the ma
jority of the Irish public of the present
day to state that many of our proverbs
in present use are merely paraphrases
of the old Milesian sayings'.
Annexed we give a list of genuine
Irish proverbs, principally translated,
and literally, from Hardman's "Irish
Minstrelsy," which show the similarity
between them and modern English
proverbs:
A blind man is no -judge of colors.
When the cat is out the mice will
dance.
Even a fool has luck.
Fierceness is often hidden under
beauty.
There Is often anger in a laugh.
A good dress often hides a deceiver.
Fame is more lasting than life.
A foolish word Is folly.
Mild to the meek.
Cat after kind.
Hope consoles the persecuted.
The satisfied forget the hungry.
Long sleep renders a child inert.
Hurry without waste.
Drunkenness is the brother of rob
bery. Hope is the physician of each misery.
It Is difficult to tame the proud.
Idleness is the desire of a fool.
Look before you leap.
The end of a feast is better than the
beginning of a quarrel.
A wren In the hand is better than a
crane out of it.
He who is out, his supper cools.
The memory of an old child is long.
Everything Is revealed by time.
A cat can look at" a king.
Learning is the desire of the wise.
Character is better than wealth.
Without treasure, without friends.
A hungry man is angry.
No man is wise at all times.
Every dear article is woman's desire.
Wisdom exceeds strength.
Wine Is sweet; to pay for It bitter.
Sleep Is the image, of death.
Enough is a feast.
Death- is the physician of the poor.
Not every flatterer ij a friend.
Mr. Garfield Dorises Whit Honse.
Washington, D. C, Cor. Brooklyn Eagle
James R. Garfield has been in Wash
ington, D. C for a couple of weeks,
but during all that period he has not
found time to call at the White House.
Mr. Garfield is the house guest of Gif
ford Plnchot. He is aiding the latter in
the preparation of his case before the
Congressional investigating committee,
and later on may take the stand him
self. -
Mr. Garfield worked hard to elect Mr.
Taft as President. He made campaign
speeches throughout the country. He
spoke in Brooklyn and pleased a large
auuience by a recital of what Mr.
Roosevelt had accomplished and how
the good work would be continued un
der Mr. Taft. Mr. Garfield had an Idea
that he might be kept as Secretary of
the. Interior in the Taft administration.
Mr. Roosevelt had said something to
the effect that the election of Mr. Taft
would mean the continuation of "the
same policies, the same officeholders
and everything." Mr. Balllnger was
chosen to take Mr. Garfield's place.
Now Mr. Garfield is sitting up late at
night with Mr. Plnchot, aiding in the
campaign to put down Mr. Balllnger.
Good Americans, All of Them.
Llppincott's.
Charles Koskiatowsky, of the Con
gressional committee on Immigration
rapped that body to order. "We will
now hear those who desire to speak
on the new bill for the restriction of
Immigration," he announced.
Whereupon Messrs. Amazuma, Hip
Lung. O'Laughlln, MacDonald, D'Eau
vre, Schwartzenfest, SpagaronI, Kumar,
Ghosh and Navarrez made eloquent
talks in favor , of putting up the Im
migration bars, so as to preserve the
purity of the great American race. Mr.
John Jones spoke in favor of opening
the doors to all, but he was roundly
hissed as being un-American.
The bill was favorably reported.
Income of flOOO For Popular Student.
New York Dispatch.
The most popular student in the
senior class of Columbia Is hereafter
to receive the income of $1000. which
constitutes the Charles M. Rolker Me
morial Fund, established by Mrs. L.
M. Rolker. A faculty committee has
drawn up rules for the awarding of
the prize annually.
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
A haughty citizen strolled into the Su
preme Court at Washington, D. C, when
an argument was being heard, and took
a seat in the inclosure reserved for law
yers. After he had been there a few
minutes an attendant came over and
asked him: "Are you a member of the
bar?"
The haughty person wasn't; but he took
out his card with a flourish and handed
it over.
. The attendant received the card grave
ly, carried it to the clerk, who glanced at
it, and gave some instructions.
A moment later the haujrhty citizen was
touched on the shoulder and asked to
retire. '
"Why?" he asked. "I sent up my card.
It usually gives me a seat in any court
In the land."
-'Certainly," said the attendant; "but
please retire."
The haughty citizen did retire. When
he got out in the corridor he fumed and
fussed a bit.
",Sir," admonished the aged negro at
the door, who has been there for many
years, "think it over. Don't do no per- '
slflagin' 'bout that co't. If you should
git in contempt of them you ain't got no
body to appeal to but God." Washington
(D. C.) Star.
D. Ogden Mills had a good many stories
of the old bonanza days in California.
This was his whisky story: A tender
foot entered a saloon and ordered whis
ky. Whisky in those days and in thoee
parts was a very weird drink. Queer ef
fects were sure to follow it. The tender
foot knew he must expect something out
of the common, but for all that, he was
taken aback when the bartender handed
him a small whisk broom along with the
bottle and glass.
Tenderfoot-like, he didn't care to ex
pose his Ignorance by asking what the
whisk broom was for, so he Just stood
there and fidgeted. He didn't drink. He
waited in the hope that somebody would
come In and show him what was what.
Well, in a few minutes a big chap in a
red shirt entered. He, too, ordered whis
ky, and he, too, got a broom.
The tenderfoot watched him closely. He
poured himself a generous drink, tossed
it off, and, taking up his whisk broom,
went over In a corner and carefully
cleaned a space about seven feet by three.
There he lay down and had a fit. Ex
change. a
"Pomeroy Burton, formerly of New
York," said a magazine editor, "Is cov
ering himself with glory in London. He
is showing the old Times and Post what
real, live, hustling Yankee Journalism is.
Pomeroy's latest feat was to trot out In
his own person and interview a royal
Duchess from Spain.
"The Duchess had declared she would
see no reporter, but Pomeroy bribed the
elevator boy at Clarldge's, and one night,
on her return from supper, it was Pome
roy in the elevator boy's livery who ran
her up to her apartment. With his
smooth-shaven, alert face, he passed for
an elevator boy easily.
"Pomeroy only ran tho Duchess half
way up. He stopped between the fourth
and fifth floors and said:
" 'Madam, I represent Lord NorthcIIffe
and all his millions of readers, and you
shan't budge & step till you've granted
me an interview." -
"The Duches submitted. Like all for
eigners, she was very nervous in an ele
vator. Eut after the interview was end
ed, she said Indignantly to Pomeroy:
" 'What a low, mean advantage you
have taken of a helpless woman! And I
thought, forsooth, the English were so
chivalrous!'
"Pomeroy, as he placed in his brass
buttoned coat his pencil and copy paper,
answered with a smile:
" 'But, madam, I am not English." "
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Richard Harding Davis recently re
marked that Londoners are Indifferent
about their tobacco. "They are." he said.
indjfferent and blase like an omnibus
conductor I saw in Oxford street- You
know the London omnibus? It is a
double-decker. If you sit on top you
must go up and down by a very steep
stair.
"Well, this blase conductor pulled up
his bus at Regent Circus, and the women
bound for Peter Robinson's eagerly got
out- But One fat woman who had been
sitting on top .came down the steep and
winding stair very slowly. Her skirt
flapped around her ankles, and at every
step she stopped and thrust it care
fully down. Tho conductor watted with
a bored expression, his hand on the bell
rope, but he lost patience when the fat
lady stopped for the fifth or sixth time
to thrust down her billowing skirt, and
he burst out angrily:
" 'Now, then, lydy. "urry, cahn't you?
Figgers ain't no treat to me.' " Indian
apolis News.
Two Wives For the Khedive.
Cairo (Egypt) Dispatch.
There are heartburnings in the
domestic circles of high dignitaries in
Egypt Just now. The Khedive has
hitherto been a strict monogamist, fol
lowing the Western ideas in which he
was so largely trained, but In religion
he always has been an orthodox Mo
hammedan, and he suddenly has an
nounced his intention of taking ad
vantage of the Moslem law, which al
lows a man In his position four wives,
to the extent' of taking a second wife
Into his harem.
The woman is an Austrian countes-s,
who has been a member of his court
for several years, and her recent con
version to the Mohammedan faith has
been followed closely by the announce
ment of her forthcoming marriage to
the Khedive, under the name of Zu
bedia yen Hanem.
It is not o much the Intrusion of the
foreign element into the royal harem
that disturbs the other women of the
court as the fear of the precedent
the Khedive has established. Hitherto
all the court dignitaries have followed
the Khedive's lead and contented
themselves with a single wife, and
each of these is now dreading an of
ficial rival In her husband's affections.
Tobias! Martha Washing-ton Letter.
Springfield (- lass) Republican.
Martha Washington's letter to the
speaker of the National House In De
cember, 1799, tw'o weeks after General
Washington's death, was written. It
may be suspected, by Tobias Lear. The
style is of that Johnsonian ponderosity
and scrupulous felicity which was
taught at Harvard College in the eigh
teenth century and Tobias was grad
uated at Harvard before he became
General Washington's private secre
tary. Consider this sentence:
And as his best services and most
anxious wishes were always devoted
to the welfare and happiness of the
conntry, to know that they were truly
appreciated and gracefully remembered
affords me no inconsiderable consola
tion. It Is dollars against cents that "no
Inconsiderable consolation" came from
the pen of Tobias Lear. He served
the Washington family as secretary
and tutor to the children from 17S
to 1799, Inclusive, and -was present at
Washington's deathbed.
Picture Postals as Early aa 1777.
Baltimore News.
A long-forgotten book, entitled "Al
manac de la petite Poste de 1777," has
Just been discovered, showing that
even this early the picture postcard
flourished, in France at least. The
Almanac reports as follows: "Deman
ison, the printer, has introduced pic
torial cards containing: room for short
announcements or letters. These pret
ty cards are sent through the post like
letters at a cheaper rate, and are all
the vogue."