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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
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