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ITU DAY. AKi. - TEACHIXti . RLXIGIOX. The Oregonlan printed letter yes terday from m Mr. Dtrnut rtnnerty which touched upon the state of the Catholic Church in this country and elsewhere. We recur to the letter now partly to deplore the discourag ing view which the writer took of religious affairs, partly present some reflections which may appear to the reader a little more hopeful. Mr. l-'lnnerty, who Is evidently a de vout man. said he was a visiting Irish man from the East. No doubt habit ually his literary style is bland and his thoughts are buoyant, but we gather that the heat and worry of travel have exasperated him. In such an August as this they would exasper ate St. Francis himself. To be sure, the balmlness of the Oregon climate must have ameliorated Mr. Flnnerty's acerbity somewhat. Still there was so much of it left even here that we shudder to think how he must have expressed himself tn Southern Cali fornia if he happened to Journey through that torrid and withered re lion. It Is difficult to discuss the ological subjects urbanely at any time, in dog days the task becomes Just about Impossible. We pardon Mr. Flnnerty therefore for his vinegary statements, but we must be allowed to sweeten them a little for the good at the public. The expansive effect of the dog-day temperature Is particularly noticeable In his statement that of "35. 000.000 Catholic Immigrants to this country since 1840 only about 15.000.000 re main faithful to their church" be cause of the Influence of our "irre ligious Institutions." Tills Influence has made Infidels of them. A person born In 1840 would be a little over 70 years old now. Few persons cross the ocean on the day of their birth, so that most of the IS. 000.000 immi grants must be well on In their SOs or 10s and we fear that some of them may be dead. The unhappy brevity of human life may In fact account for the regrettable fact that only 16.000.000 of these people now show up on the church rolls. No doubt most of the remainder are ante and sound where a good Christian life would naturally send them. Mr. Fin nerty goes on to say that "25.000.000 Irion have entered this country since IMS." and follows with the plain im plication that most of them are now lost to the Catholic faith. "I am v shocked to notice the growth of In fidelity among them." he says. Per haps if Mr. Flnnerty had made his trip at some more propitious season of the year this Infidelity would not have been so noticeable to him. Out side phenomena often depend wonder fully upon the condition of a per son's feelings. The late gathering of Hibernians in Portland did not present an infidel aspect. On the contrary their devo tion to the church was rather Im pressive, and they left the belief with us that they represented their coun trymen pretty well In this respect. It might be that a short course In arith metic would heal some of Mr. Fln nerty's soreness over this immigrant ouestlon. If out of the whole num ber of 55.000.000 Catholic Immigrants who. as be says, Tiave come here since 1840. at least 15.000.000 have been Irishmen, what room is left for the Scandinavians. Germans, Italians. Huns and all the rest of the swarra Ir.g host? At the risk of appearing impolite me are obliged to remark that there Is something decidedly wrong with Mr. Flnnerty's figures. He gives us a great many more Irishmen than we are entitled to. From 18'JO to 105 only about 23.000.000 immigrants of all nations and creeds name to the Vnlted States. Estimating the ar rivals at a million a year since 1305, the present total would reach some SO. 000.000. Is It credible that all but 1.000,000 out of this number have been Irish and Catholic? In the light ef correct statistics the loss of mem bers which the Catholic church has suffered according to Mr. Flnnerty I much less notable. The informa tion which the officials of the church give to the public does not Intimate that It Is a decaying communion. Qntte the contrary. To tell the truth, there is no escape from the conclusion that Mr. Flnnerty in a fit of bad temper with the weather sought for an occasion tn rail at our American "free institu tion." in other words at our public schools. He Insists that the public schools hae wrecked religion in this country, that they have exerted a similar "damnable influence"' In the Philippines and that they are responsi ble for the difficulties of the Catholic I church in Europe. Returning emi grants have sowed the dreadful seeds from mhlch sprang all the trouble In France. Italy. Spain and everywhere els-e. What a reckoning the public x hools will have to meet when the final accounts are made up. They .'iav caused all this mischief because they are "irreligiou." to borrow Mr. Flnnerty's forceful language. It might have been less forceful, but it would have been nearer the truth, we think, if Mr. Finnerty had characterized the schools as non re'ilKieus." They make no pretense of dealing with religion, and indeed how could they and why should they? They could not do it. because if they should make the faintest attempt they would plunge lnfj sectarian war fare. And they ought not to do it. hstauae that Is the business of the hurchen. The churches are founded and supported to teach religion. They st- amply endowed for that purpose and they bave nothing else to do. If they fail to fulfill their duty, who Is to bl:une? It scms singularly Inept to charge the disaster op to the pub lic school". Ono might as well scold tho cook bwauw the postman neglects to deliver the letters. IS OBKbOX READY FOB THISf There is to bo. voted on under the Initiative in November an act for pro portional representation. Its provi sions were set forth fully and ana lysed In detail in The Oregonlan Au gust 7. The readers of The Oregonlan are again directed to that article for a complete and accurate statement of this most astonlBhing measure. Its complications are so numerous and Its mathematical processes so Intri cate that it ut impossible to under stand the scheme without careful study; but It may be stated that in Its principal features It upsets entire ly the whole plan of representation In the LectslaturA by districts or coun ties and In effect elects members of the Legislature from the state at large. Much may bo said, no doubt, for any fair and sensible scheme of pro portional representation; but are the people of Oregon ready to deny to large counties like nouglas. Polk, Lincoln, Yamhill, Gilliam, Sherman( Wheeler. Washington. Clackamas and Clatsop representation of any kind through any party in the lower house of the Legislature (except where one of these counties may be joined to another county in a Joint district)? Yet so grave and intoler able an injustice thla monstrous measure will Impose on these coun ties. The operation of the entire scheme throughout tha state will be so uncertain and discriminative that the only certain and unavoidable result Is that great and populous districts must relinquish absolutely their right to representation In the Legislature. Is there any one besides TTRen who will have the audacity to defend this most extraordinary act? THE REAL I IRK SACRIFICE. Loss of Plnchot-conserved timber is smallest part of these fire disas ters. Loss of houses and barns, fences and crops, mills and factories, human lives and savings this is the worst of the Injury. Trees will grow again Just as they were and in brief span of time. But the clearing and the crop and the barn are the product of privation and agonizing toll that it Is pity to sacrifice. They are outposts of progress In the wilderness; har bingers of coming wealth and comfort amid resources conserved during eons of solitude. But, strange to say. this pity ap peals to rabid conservationists the least. They think first of "the people's timber, "the people's loss" and the "wanton waste" of trees. However, fire devours forest wealth probably with less voracious maw than the hosts of conservation offi cials devour tolls and taxes. Besides, now much land may be released from the Pinchot grip to settlers, to yield annual crops of grain and potatoes lustead of century crops of trees. Henceforward there may be less con servation of solitude and wilderness; commonwealths of the West may get larger opportunities to use the wealth and power of their resources, after the manner of great states of the East. Western folk may be allowed larger freedom to apply common sense In conservation. They may not be forbidden so sternly to enter re serves with their flocks and herds or to molest the flre-spreadlng under brush. They may not be affronted with the absurd assertion of officials that forests and underbrush conserve springs and moisture, against their knowledge that moisture makes the trees and that without moisture the trees would not be. Fire loss of timber Injurea the country and the community, of course. In many cases it costs the owners dearly. But the loss, compared with the aggregate timber wealth of this country. Is small. A few years of timber growth will mend it. Besides, much of the fire-swept land will be put to good uses. The severest injury is that to home owners and mill-owners. The capital represented In their fire-swept pos sessions is the kind that this country can ill afford to lose. The lives that have been lost with them are those of pioneer men and women who have laid th foundations of progress in their own hardships and sufferings and who deserve a kindlier fate. TO l)EVKlXr A "KW FIELD. Only a small percentage of railroad companies which file articles of Incor poration get much past that prelim inary stage. For that reason the pub lic Is inclined to be skeptical regard ing many of the projected railroads that are always numerous during good times. The latest of these proj ects announced is the Grants Pass & Western, for which the Harriman sys tem stands sponsor. This proposed line from Grants Pass to Crescent City, however, differs somewhat from the ordinary railroad project for the reason that eevry mile of the pro posed line passes through a wonder fully rich traffic-producing territory, and the road would accordingly prove a money maker from the start. That such a field for exploitation should have remained so long unoccupied Is surprising, when It is considered that there are annually large investments of capttal in projects w here the possi bilities for remunerative returns are Incomparably less. The Grants Pass & Western, when It la built, as it surely will be some time, will open Up for Portland another-rich -trade Held and will make poaaibln a development that will add thousands to th" population and mil lions to the wealth of that portion of Oregon. Nearly all of the great "In dustries that hBve made Oregon fa mous will be found In tills new field, for mining. lumbering, fruitgrowing and general farming are all carried on successfully In the limited scale possible where railroad transportation is miBslng. While the Tillamook and Nehalem country, which is about to be opened up by new railroads, is of somewhat larger scope than the coun try which will be traversed by the line of the proposed road out of Grants Pass, the latter will haul out traffic not found in the coast ' region lying farther north. One of tha largest deposits of pure marble in the United States lies along the line of the proposed road, and there are also vast deposits of cop per, while gold mining has been prof itably carried on In that region for more than fifty years and is still an Important Industry. The great forests of sugar pine and cedar will turn off lumber w hich finds a ready market and Is In no manner In competition with the fir and spruce found else where. A brief consideration of these natural resources and of the possibilities they hold for Southern Oregon and for Portland will explain the constant effort that Portland has been making to have that country, as well as a number of similarly situated localities, opened up for development. Portland has grown Into a great city through the development of only a mall portion of the rich country by which she Is surrounded. To this de veloped area has been added within the past two years the North Bank territory, the Lowlston and Grange vllle districts, the Wallowa and the new fields opened by the Oregon Elec tric. Another twelve months will add to our facilities the two lines through Central Oregon, two lines to Tillamook and Nehalem, and one or two minor projects. These will suroly be fol lowed by a line to Coos Bay, by the Crescent City line, and by great ex pansion In electric lines. It is not dif ficult to understand why Portland Is showing a more rapid growth than any other city In all the West. BKinlATIti IKK PRJMABV. If I am her at th time of tha general alectlon. and any aaaembly men have been nominated, and there axe no antl-aaaembly eandldatoe from th Republican party opposing- them. I will vote for the Democratic candidate, provided he la oppoaed to the a.'werablv. and Is competent man. Inter view with rlenator Bourne. The sovereign people, then, are not to be trusted? If at the primary they shall decide that they want one set of candidates, or any of them, and the leader of the anti-assembly forces shall have failed to put through his own candidates, he will repudiate the action of the primary and Join with the Democrats. So he declares. Such Republicans as Bowerman for Governor, Benson for Secretary of State, Moore, McBride, Burnett and McCamant for Supreme Judge, Miller for Railroad Commissioner, Alder man for Superintendent of Public In struction, Hawiey and Ellis for Con gress and so on down the line, are not good enough Republicans for Senator Bourne. The opposing Democrats are better. He will not vote for these Republicans, or any of them, even If they shall be nominated at the Re publican primary- If they shall not be nominated, of course, they will accept the verdict, and drop out. But Bourne will accept the verdict only in case it suits his particular purposes and Is favorable to his particular candidates. la anything more needed to show the people of Oregon that the issue in Oregon now Is not the assembly, but Bourne and Bourneism? HORROR FROM OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma Indians needed money from sale of their lands and influ ence In Congress to gain permit to sell. So they made "contracts" with politicians of pull, agreeing to pay the politicians fees ranging from 10 to 25 per cent of the whole. Accord ing to Senator Gore, he was offered a share of the proceeds for h's in fluence. Instead of taking the money, he seised the opportunity to boom himself politically and to advertise his delicate virtue which he thinks will bring him more profit than the money. The significant thing, however, is the exposure of "Influence" methods in the National capital. Necessary legislation cannot be obtained, evi dently, without hiring a lobby and agreeing in advance to divide with its members the proceeds. Congress makes this situation yet holds up Its hands in horror on discovering it. Too bad that the despairing In dians have felt themselves obliged to pay so dearly for the laws they need. Too bad that the Democratic Senators and Representatives from the "South have suffered such condition to be. Too bad that Republicans have not taken them to task. THK RESTLESS FARMER.. From the earliest centuries, down to this, the farmer has been laughed at as "tied to the soil." He has been an emblem of stability, . and to be rooted and grounded, was the Image that fitted him. His occupations led straight to slow and steady move ment, his pursuits descended from father to son. the tools he used are pictured on the pyramids. In every country, from Norway to New Zea land, from China to Oregon, -farmers passed their farms on to their de scendants. Even w hen, driven across the ocean, .English and Dutch farmers settled up the Eastern states of this Union, they took root there. Not of their own free will did they move again. . The houses they built, the barns they raised, the trees they planted, made up the resting place of home. But these farmers were prolific and the wonderful Westward movement be gan. Yet even that movement was typical Of the farmer and therefore slow. So time was found for creating the farm home In the states of the Middle West. Family history repeat ed Itself. Solid - houses, substantial buildings, fruit trees and shade trees marked the family abode. But It seems that as the westward movement passed on towards and then across the center of tha contN nent the pace grew faster. -.The am bition of the farmer changed. He took less delight in the stable com forts, the homely beauties, the easy family life of the farm. The neces sity of money-making, the desire ae-. tively to stir, emulation of his fel lows, drove the only recently-arrived farmer in what we now call the West ern States, to pull" up stakes and move yet again. This is shown in the bare homesteads, the quickly-built board houses, the wire fences, the rapidly moving machinery, where the farm is approved as a money-maker, or quick ly sold If It falls o meet that test. The new environment changes the man: the "restless farmer" la evolved. This man never is but always to be blessed. He changes his farm wtth as little hesitation as his coat, and his unfortunate family share his wan derings. So this type of people fill the "tourlat" cars, and spend their substance In changing, seldom in im proving their abodes. In vain will Colonel Roosevelt address auch folk on "broadening their lives," on mak ing them more attractive." Such coun sels need time to make effective. In hurrying and scurrying from place to place every grace and polish on the farmer's life vanished. Without care and beauty and neatness outside the house, vain it is to expect it of the wife indoors. And if the question ever in the mind !. may there not some place be found where more, money can be made than here, the present abode will become merely a short resting place in a never-ending Journey. These are the people that fly to Canada and back again. - The' same sort that sell off from Iowa or Minnesota and come to Oregon. They stay three weeks and then write back that they can't Imagine how any money can be made in Oregon, and make ready for a further flight. For prosperity, the farmer must have patience; he must wait the early and the latter rain. Ho must have eyes for the farm he lives on. ideas of progress from its development. In tentions of home-building where each year adds to memories of comfort and hopes of continuing growth, where affection will gather round the trees in yard and orchard and the familiar outlines of hill and valley that beautify life on an Oregon farm. A 1400-foot dock, with seawall and concrete foundation, is one of the Portland harbor Improvements planned by the Harriman system. This would Indicate that the owners of the big railroad system have no Im mediate intention of abandoning the iwater traffic. Not only has there been n enormous increase In the railroad business between Portland and Cali fornia ports, but there has been an even greater increase in the amount of business handled by water, and the growth will continue. The improve ment planned by the Harriman inter ests is in a portion of the city where property is rapidly Increasing in value. Eventually this site will become too valuable for the handling of all classes of cheap freight and the heavy ocean traffic jm tll move further down stream, leaving the up-town dock for the pas senger traffic, iwhlch, ten years from now, will demand dally sailings of passenger ships between this city and the California ports. The field of the gasoline engine is widening. It is now running automo biles in every country on earth, and is enabling aeroplanes to soar above the earth, while motorboats are be ing driven faster and farther than ever before. The possibilities of the gasoline marine engine are shown in a long-distance race which ended at Vancouver, B. C, Saturday. In this contest a fifty-foot launch was driven from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Vancou ver, a distance of 628 nautical miles, in fifty-eight hours, and one of the contestants in the race, a thirty-foot boat, covered the distance in seventy two hours. As yet the development of this type of engine' has been almost exclusively for small craft, but the success attained by these vessels, both In speed and general utility, is such that It Is not improbable that we shall eventually have large craft equipped with this modern method of applying power. The elevation of the stage is about to proceed under high gear. News dispatches yesterday announced the probable return of Maybelle Gllman Corey to the stage, and also the early appearance of Mrs. John Cudahy, who has Just secured a divorce from her husband. Maybelle's chief claim for histrionic honors lies In the fact that she won the affections of the unspeak able Corey away from the wife who helped him rise from poverty and toll to wealth and idleness: Mrs. Cudahy came into the limelight through a liaison which ended when her wronged husband performed a surgi cal operation on the "other man" In the case. If the appearance before the footlights of thla precious pair does .not result in elevating the stage, nothing but hydraulic Jackscrews or dynamite can do the work. . Lou Wagner. Constable, - is much outraged by the machinations of the assembly delegates, who prevented him from getting a renomination. Therefore the virtuous Lou is "anti assembly" from the top of his head to the tips of his itching fingers. There was great rejoicing in the Bourne camp when word came that the ranks of the reformers had secured the pow erful aid of the disinterested Wagner. Now at last the anti-assembly machine has a champion who can be pitted against the redoubtable Lockwood. Losses by forest fires running into the tens of millions in one season fur nish a basis for estimating the value of the timber of the Pacific North west that still stands. Despite the awful ravages the past thirty years, only a small percentage of our forest wealth was destroyed. Buffalo, N. Y., gets Into the 400.000 class this year with 23.715 to spare. When the census of 1920 is taken, all the American cities above 500.000 cannot .be counted on the fingers of both hands. There ar even chances that Portland will be among the cities ranked as first-class. Mr. Sherman says he will quit poli tics when his term expires. No doubt. Vice-Presidents always have done so, with the notable exception- of Mr. Roosevelt, who was forced higher and carrhot yet let go. - Depend upon it, (he Seattle plan eaves time and money. The man iaho chased hl runaway wife to this city and beat up the affinity has his own ideas and puts them Into practice. A great many ' people in this city,' qualified to vote, have not registered. The time Is near at hand when the books close. . Why neglect the first act In the effort for good government? "Increasing cloudiness, possibly fol lowed by showers," is the hope today. If It Is realised, the whole Paolfie Northwest ought to take a day off and do nothing but rejoice. The annual story has begun coming that Hood River gets good prices for its apples,' which is hardly correct.. Hood River gets good pay for good work with its apples. Buffalo increased 20 per cent 'and Denver 59 in ten years. . That rate of progress westward . will make Port land's gain much more than 100, which is a fact. For the next two weeks it is unlaw ful to catch salmon in the Columbia. No matter; everybody prefers moun tain trout Massachusetts produces great men, but makers of spurious coin In the Charlestown prison are near the limit. Mrs. Maybelle Oilman Corey is go ing back to the stage. The stage's loss is Corey's gain. If this section of the earth Is -visible to Mars, her astronomers must be lost In hsiy wonder. , Jere LI His, like the brother to the ox, is without ambition. WHT NOT ABOLISH LKtSISLATVRKSI The People Caw Rale by Holding; Eleo ttoBS Every Month. THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 21. (To the Editor.) I am not a politician, not run ning for office and wouldn't have one as a gift, and I am not Interested in any way in any candidate or any peti tion to be voted on, but I am one of tha great, tree and intelligent voters )f Oregon, who are going to be called upon to decide at the coming election on 32 various and sundry bills pro posed to become laws, and also to elect state and county officers. I am also Interested, as a taxpayer, in seeing where my money goes. I am a busy man, and need to put In most of my time on the job of earning a living, t also believe I am a man of average intelligence, but Judging from past ex periences I am no lawyer, and unless I hire one and take about a month or two off and study law under his direc tion I won't know head or tail to any of them. I believe we hire a Legisla ture for the purpose of considering and passing upon laws, so why not make them do it, instead of using it to give politicians a holiday? . - Also, we are to nominate and elect to responsible offices a set of men, none of whom not one average man in BO would know from Adam's off ox. The only way we know them Is by the amount of advertising matter they send out, according to which each one, sepa rately and Individually claims to be the very man, and the only man who can and will. If elected, save this great and glorious state from going straight to the bow-wows. Now, I haven't either time or inclina tion to study up all these Initiatives and referendums, and unless I vot "No" on the initiatives and "Yes" on the referendums. on general principles, and vote for men who are known and recommended by a responsible body of men, how, in the name of Great Jeho vah, am I going to knew how to vote Intelligently? If our Legislature hasn't time to per. form its duties within the limit set by law, let us by all means give them time, and pay them enough to ms.ke it worth while for the average man to take time from his business to go down there to see that it is done right; that his -taxes are not wasted. Or, if we want to turn the state over to the po litical bunco-steerer and confidence man, let us abolish the Legislature al together and save money that way. The political demagogues would bene fit that way, too, for we would have more money for them. Of course, this will sound like tommy-rot, but is it any worse than hav ing to pass 32 laws in 10 minutes that I don't know anything about? Or, if we must have more laws and plenty, why can't we have an election every month, or week, if law is all we want? I know what the answer will be from one quarter. Just listen to Mr. U'Ren, and do as he says, like a little man. It may taste a little bad. but it's good for you. Z. M. CHASE. USE REASON AT THE TELEPHONES Inalde Workings of the Office aa Ex plained by an Operator. PORTLAND, Aug. 24. (To the Ed itor.) It was with a feeling jf indignation that I read in The Oregon lan of August 23 the attack of one of Portland's Councilmen on the Pacific Telephone Company. As I have been an employe of this company, I feel the Injustice of the remarks. Perhaps the service Is poor, but it is nothing like this Councilman would imply. Of course, there are delays It is inevitable that there should be. Few organizations or systems are per fect. But doesn't this Councilman realize that there is a girl at the other end of the line who is doing her best a busy, hard-working girl withm a watchful supervisor .at her back to help her in every way possible to bring up the service? Few people are patient In their deal ings with "Central." Work in the of fice for a while and you will find out what kind of disposition 99 per ce it of the people really have. Sometimes Central rings a number, and the party Is out. "Ring again, please." comes the repeated request. A business man, impatient, important, and, in a terri ble voice, takes down the receiver and demands a number. He hardly waits for the girl to ring . before he calls the chief operator and complains of the service, though it would have taken him that much time to learn that the party was out had he used the auto matic phone, as indeed he should have done in the first place. In some offices there are little red plugs Inserted In the answering jacks of certain lines. These little plugs mean: ','Crank! t Answer quick or you'll get fired!"' and the complaining Councilman should eertalnly have ono on his line. A little patience, a little charity, a little knowledge of the work ings of the system, and most people get along reasonably over the tele phone. JANET M'LEOD. Conse-tience of Broken Faith.' Chicago Evening Post. It is useless for Mr. Aldrlch to talk about the misrepresentations of pro gressive leaders and of the ignorance of their followers.. The Republican leaders who are dissatisfied with the Payne-Aldrlcli tariff law are not whol ly engaged in the work of misrepre sentation, nor are their followers wholly Ignorant. A majority of the Republicans of the country believes that the duties on many Imports are too high and' that in fixing the rates the wishes of the' consumers of the country were civen little thought. If in the boasted staunchness of therr Republicanism Mr. Aldrich and his fol lowing, of standpatters had given heed to the pledged word ef the party, neither rubber nor any other article today would be troubling- them. per sonally or politically. No Infantile Paralysis at Heppner. HEPPNEP, Or., Aug. 23, (To the Editor.) I wish to correot a state ment In The Oregonian yesteoday. Your reporter states that ' Heppner has six (6) cases anterior poleamyelitis, or infantile paralysis. No cases of the kind have appeared, here, and only one case -in the county, and that was some time in July. Infantile paralysis .is a very serious disease and strikes : terror to; the hearts of -, alj people,, especially parents ef .little children. .1 ask you to please rectify, the mistake; by-your reporter. . ' N. E. WINNARD. M. D.,' i -Health Officer for Morrow Co. . ,'-'. Foiled. . 'Success. .'. He was very bashful and she tried to make it. easy for him. They were driv ing along the seashore and she became silent for a time. "What's the matter?" he asked. "Oh, I feel blue' shei re plied... "Nobody loves me and my hands are cold." - "You should not say that," was' his word of consolation, "for God loves you, and your mother loves you, and you can sit en your hands." Let Them Fling It Out. ' Indianapolis News. The President's efforts to placate the factions of his psrty are well enough meant, of course, but It almost looks as If time would be saved If he would let them fight it out and have It over with. Long and Short of It Kansas City Star, lhe short of It la eeurttns. The less ef it la living: The ahort of It. divorce !. Tha long of it, forgiving. HIGH TAX REDUCES DRUNKENNESS Enslaad Fnralahaa aa Object Leasoa tor Practical Reforssera. Springfield (Mass.) Republican It Is a little surprising that such mil itant temperance organisations in this country as the Anti-Saloon League, whose campaigns for county option and state-wide prohibition in the South and West have created so much political disturbance, have as yet displayed no appreciation of the possible application In the United States of the lesson taught by the spirit duties of the last two Lloyd-George budgets In Great Britain and Ireland. In his first budget, the British Chan cellor of the Exchequer raised the taxes oil spirits and various kinds of intoxi cating drinks, anticipating an Increased revenue. As a financier, he blundered, for at the end of the year there was a falling off in the revenue from these taxes. Consumption throughout the United Kingdom had diminished so much, on aocount of the increased cost of the liquors, that the government lost income rather than gained it. When he came to frame his second budget, Mr. Lloyd-George was confronted with the question whether, for the sake of the revenue the government sorely needed, he should reduce the spirit taxes to the old point, thus restoring the consumption of alcoholic beverages probably to the former volume. What the Chancellor of the Exche quer did is well known. Admitting that he had blundered, as a financier, in the first instance, in anticipating increased revenue from higher taxes, he took the position that he bad really blundered into a social blessing to the country. There was not only the reduced con sumption of strong drink during the fiscal year; in the same period, the con victions for drunkenness in Scotland fell off 33 per cent. In certain localities in Ireland drunkenness deolined from 35 to TO per cent, and in England the number of convictions for drunkenness and like offenses showed a decline of 18,000. "Any Chancellor," declared Mr. Lloyd-George, "who would alter a tax that had such beneficial results would be guilty of a crime against society." And, of course, his position was mor ally unassailable. The Increased taxes on spirits are permanent. The income tax will be raised again before the whisky taxes will be reduced. In the United States the Federal In ternal revenue receipts from spirits and fermented liquors in the last fiscal year amounted to more than $208,500, 000. This shows an increase of reve nue over the previous year by some 116,000,000. The internal revenue taxes on these articles bave. not been raised during the past dozen years. There is, in fact, a steady increase In the con sumption of spirits and fermented liq uors under the present taxes in this country. We have noticed the follow ing estimate, which we have not at tempted to verify, but which bears the marks of accuracy: 1 Tha consumption for each member of the population In 1897 was 1.02 gallons of apliita. 14.94 gallons of malt liquors, which, with the relatl-ely amali amount of wine, brought the total for each and every mem ber of the body politic, including tha babe in arms, to ltt.50 gallons per year. The per capita consumption of these three classes of beverages has risen In 1909 to 21. S3 gallons. During the past decade, the Anti-Saloon League has been making tremen dous exertions to place large sections of the United States under the legal status of prohibition. The "dry" terri tory has been greatly extended. To be sure, our population has rapidly in creased, but at the same time it ap pears that the eonsumptlon of whisky and beer has also increased per capita. Enlarging the "dry" area of the coun try has not yet had the effect of de creasing the total amount sold to the people. Why doesn't the Anti-Saloon League begin an agitation for the increase of the Federal taxes on spirits and fer mented liquors to so high a point that consumption will be forced to a lower level? The British experience seems to prove that drunkenness may- be actual ly diminished by. high taxes on -the product consumed. The present British spirit taxes are levied not so much for revenue as for the promotion of tem perance. In this country the programme of the Anti-Saloon League and the va rious temperance organizations might well include higher whisky taxes and a Federal income tax to make good whatever loss in revenue the Govern ment suffered from making the whisky taxes an agency for the discourage ment of drunkenness and crime in the United States. Child Problem IN Cities. Baltimore Sun. - Cities are just awakening to the fact that clean-souled, strong-limbed chil dren are as Important to the moral health of a city as clean streets-are to its physical health. Mayor Gaynor favors as one remedy for existing evils the throwing open of the public schools and schoolyards to children and their parents w-hen classes are not in ses sion. A plant Which costs the taxpay ers so large a Sum should surely be utilized to the full extent. Some use for It should be found beyond the six hours a day for a little more than half the days of the year. American cities must deal more intelligently and humanely with the child problem than they are doing. Each year in the slums a crop of criminals, vagrants and paupers Is growing. They become dur ing their lives an enormous cost to the taxpayers. Each one that is rescued in time and started right and shaped into a good citizen saves a great outlay of money, besides saving a human being whose value cannot be measured. It is essential In the be ginning that ' a boy should not be treated in sifeh a manner that -he will -come to consider the law and the offi cers of the law as his enemies. Courtesy Should Be Mutual. New York Tf Ibune. persons who complain about the lack at respect for age exhibited By Ameri can youth do not always think It necessary to eet an example of good manners to the rising generation by treating them with respect. Such per sons might learn a lesson from the Japanese. "Not only are children gen tle and courteous to their eiders in Japan," says a recent writer on the Lotos i-snd. "but their elders are also gentle-and courteous to them. Courtesy is mutual. The old folk never forget that they themselves were at one time young, and the young seem to divine instinctively what is due to age." Natural Historian's. Mistake. , - Washington Star. A Cincinnati journalist caused a sen sation . by announcing that the town was overrun With rabbits. The excite ment was quieted by a student of natural history who discovered that rabbits have short - talis and do not mew, : ' . . Beeomlnar Modesty. " - Harper's Magazine. . . Drowning Man Help! Help! I can't swim! . Man on the Shore Neither can I, but I don't go bragging about It. "The Lady of tha Larnp-" Longfellow tribute to Florence Nightin gale heroine of the .Crimean War. who was wont to visit by night the hospital wards of Scutari to see that all was well. Lo! In that 'house of misery A lady with a lamp 1 see Pass through the blimmering gloom And flit from room to room. And slow, as In a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferers turn to kiss -Her shadow aa It falls Upon the darkening walla. On England's annals through the long Hereafter of her sDeech and- song That licht its rays shall cast From portals of the .past. A lady with a lamo shall stand In the great history of the land A noble type of good .. ileroio womanhood. Life's Sunny Side Down at the Spragoe. School play ground the other day the teacher was trying to teach her children to box the compass, and began by teaching them the cardinal points. "Now." she said, "we'll stand Willie Jones tip here wtth his face to the north, and what will be over here, where his right hand is?" "East," chorused the pupils. "And what where his left hand is?" "West." sang out the little group. But Willie was silent. "Now, Willie, . you have north in front of you, and east over here, and west over there. Now, what have you behind you, Willie?" "There. I knew you would see it." burst out Willie. "I told ma you would when she put it on, but she . said I had got to make these pants last till September." Brockton Enterprise. Senator William Aldrich Smith says the evident desire of Colonel Roosevelt to listen to the plaints of both insurg ents and regulars places him In a dif ferent category from an Irish Justice of the Peace out In Michigan. In a trial the evidence was all in. and tho plaintiff's attorney had made a long anid very eloquent argument, - when the law yer acting for the defense arose. "What you doing?" asked the Justice as the lawyer began. "Going to present our side of tho case." "I don't want to hear both sides argued. It has a tlndency to confuse the court." m a Seated In the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel last night were several men talking about "the future of the country." "If Rockefeller, Morgan and those big fellows keep getting hold -of this coun try's wealth," said one, "I can't see but what they'll have It all some day." About that time another man, unknown to all but one of tho party, got into the discussion. "Don't you suppose Rockefeller has any losses?" he asked. "People have tho Idea he never loses anything," hi) con tinued, without wa'.ting for an answer to his question. "Well, he does. Fre quently a month will show him loser. Whv. the last time I played golf with him he told me he would be 10.000 short on the month." He gave the others a patronizing look and moved away. When he had gotten out of earshot somebody said: "Must be some big capitalist." No, he isn't," said the man who knew him. "He's just a big liar." Denver Times. "What a beautiful sight it Is. Mrs. Bates, to see your two little boys always together!" the Summer boarder ex claimed in ecstasy, on the approach of Bobby and Tommy Bates, hand in hand. "Such brotherly love is rare as It is ex quisite." Mrs. Bates nodded In pleasant assent "I tell Ezry." she said, "that they're as insep'r'ble as a pair of pants." Youths' Companion. a a His name was Jimmy Strunk and one of those who took a fancy to the old man was Dennis Ryan, a policeman. It was a regular habit of Jimmy to join the Salvation Army, but he never stayed. He was fervently religious, but his re ligion was not enduring enough to- keep him sober. One night, when "he was having a fall from grace, he ran across his friend Ryan. "Hello, comrade," called Dennis, as soon as he grasped the man's condition, "What army do you belong to?" "I belong," replied Jimmy, who had Just become converted for the 20th time, "to the army of tho Lord." Ryan looked at him a moment, uncer tain just what to do with him. Then, as he grasped his arm and walked toward the patrol box: "Well;" he said, "you're a long ways from camp." Philadelphia Times. His Lucky Escape. :. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. . " "Thank heaven!" exclaimed a man watching the ticker tape mark the fall of stocks. "Are you short of tha market?'.' asked a man. dripping with the perspiration of heat, humidity and excitement. ,' "Oh, no." "Did you get out in time, then?"- "Oh, no." "What are you so thankful about then?" "Why, they broke me, but if I had had any more money they would have broken me harder." Aviation Maps. New York Sun. ' Aviation guides are the newest thing in the map line. They are different from the ordinary maps. Elevations and depressions in the land are scarce; ly indicated, but cities, railroad lines and water courses are carefully plot ted, for these are the marks by which the flying men find their way. Tha new maps fold up like other maps, so that they can be tucked into a coat pocket. AccMtemed Ts It. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. It's bad, of course, but the . Indians ought to be-used to it; they've had about 400 years of skinning. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN WHERE THE FINEST ROSES ARE PROPAGATED First of a series of five articles by Rev. Spencer S. Sulliger, D. D., of Vancouver, Wash., trho spent .several days at the famed . Dickson Nurseries, Belfast, Ire land. Dr. Sulliger is a most en thusiastic amateur rosarian, was one of the judges of Portland's rose show last year, and : writes clearly, avoiding technicalities. Every, rose-grower will be deeply interested in these letters. . . A THOUSAND MILES IN MOTOR-CARS From Portland to Portland iii midsummer by way of" Crater liake and Bend; 13 days of joy in the sunshine. PICTURESQUE PLACES -; . : IN PORTLAND Another pag of pen-and-ink sketches by Althea-Chase-. Thi. aeries is well worth preserving. ONE OF THE MOST INTER-- : ESTINGr MILES IN EUROPE Annie Iaura Miller fells-of her visit to Edinboro' town; rich in history, beautiful to behold. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER