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Brunswick building. -m-caeo. stea-er building. rORTTAXO. wnWBDAT, REIT. 7, 11. .H. TAEV OX rTXTRAVAGANCE. In n article in the Review of Re vie"m for September on the increase of Federal appropriations. James A. Tawney. chairman of the appro priations committee In the t'on gresalonal House of Represents vea. suggests two principal causes for the growing extravagance of the Govern ment. Under each main head he pre sents a number of minor ones, but at the root of the disease lie the protec tive tariff and the lack of a systematic Federal budget. Of these two Mr. Tawney thinks the tariff Is the more to be blamed. "The fundamental cause of our greatly Increased expen diture." he says. "Is found in the fact" that the Government obtains Its revenue from indirect taxes. The peo ple do not realize that part of the moner they pay for food, clothing and the other necessaries of life Is really a tax which goes either to the Gov ernment or to some protected manu facturer. The Income from the tariff was supposed at one time to be derived from some mysterious source, nobody knew quite what. Many believed that the Idiotic foreigner raid it. The American consumer felt fully con vinced that whoever might have to stand it. he did not. This article of faith is not held quite so implicitly as It was years ago. The potion that the Government could go on forever drawing limitless sums of money from nowhere and spending them on all sorts of follies without burdening the taxpayers has at last yielded a little to common sense. The Nation no longer hopes to accumulate end leas riches by taxing Itself. But light on the subject has come too late to prevent the development of serious evils, tomr of which Mr. Tawney sets forth in detail. Easy come, easy go. has been our motto concerning the revenues of the general Government. Hlrvce nobody had to pay the taxes, why should anybody worry over the question how they were spent? Economists long ago taught that. In addition to Its other mischiefs, the protective system tended to debase the morals of the country. The habit of living on one's neighbors which it In culcates does not stimulate the manly virtue very greatly. The natural logic of it la that If it is right for A to rob B under the protection of the law. It Is fully as right for C to rob D without such protection. Mr. Tawney complains that under the Influence of our easy tariff reve nues the country has been taught to look to the general Government for action which belongs properly to the states or to individuals. Since the au thorities at Washington possess meas ureless floods of riches "w hich are cre ated out of nothing, let them share of their abundance with everybody on every imaginable occasion.- Thus the National authorities have undertaken a great number of functions which they never ought to have assumed, ac cording to Mr. Tawney. Reflective statesmen are not so eager to draw the line between what a government ought to do and what ' it ought not as they were some years ago. It is possible that there are other reasons besides the easy money from the tariff -which has led the public to look to the National authorities for action in many cases. Mr. Tawney specifies meat Inspection as a duty which ought to be left to the states. If Illinois had properly looked after the packers, he says, the American people would have saved the 13.000. 000 which Is now spent to keep their products reasonably hygienic. Of course the remedy for extrava gance growing out of protection Is to reduce the tariff. The waste which Tows from our lack of a systematlo budget he thinks he could cure by placing all appropriation! under the care of one great Congressional com mittee. This plan looks attractive, but the thought cannot be evaded that such a committee would be a potent Instrument for disciplining members who might happen to "Insurge" against the ruling clique of the moment. HARVTwra OLD AND NEW. Tamhlll County farmers have just harvested ona of the most satisfactory wheat crops, both in point of yield and quality, in recent years. "Old "Tamhlll" haa been raising wheat for more than sixty years. Among the first wheatgrowers of that storied re gions were Francis Fletcher. Amos Cook. Joseph and Ahio Watt. Henry Bird. W. T. Newby and others names that belong to memory, yet that repre sent worthy achievement in the annals of pioneer agriculture. Diversity In farming was not possible in the early years ef the endeavor of these men. since there was practically no market for any crop more perishable than wheat. But they plowed and sowed Industriously: cut the heavy, bearded wheat with the cradle, bound It with straw, threshed with the flail the bountiful harvest of those early times and sold the wheat at prices varying from $$ to B0 cents a bushel. They kept their land free from mortgage, nrought up and educated their chil dren and went their long and useful way. as ambitious as are any of their descendants to do their part In their dv and generation. The wheatflelds of old Tamhill have whitened for the harvest many times since then: the harvester cuts and the binder, with tireless fingers, "tightens the hempen twist" around the fast falling sheaves and the golden grain pours in steady streams into the sacks deftly placed to receive It as it is threshed. But It Is doubtful whether the harvest returns of today bring more of pleasure and plenty Into the Uvea of the farmer folk than did those half a century and more ago. Or is it true, as suggested by those who re gard the pioneer era . as dedicated strictly to toil and hardship, that It is memory that lends a golden glow to the old harvest festival and its simple yet ample abnndance? , Be this as It may, it is a matter of rejoicing that the wheat yield of those .old pioneer fields Is abundant this year, that oats are in full supply and that the hay crop is a bountiful one. Tfila means prosperity for the farmer, and the farmers prosperity extends to the city and every vocation pursued therein. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT, CONSERVA TORS. President Taft goes one way on con servation. Colonel Roosevelt goes an other. It might have been expected, for their varying views are an exact reflection of their different tempera ments. Taffs address at St. Paul was careful, conservative, painstaking and explicit: Roosevelt's was extreme, rad ical, vehement and general. Taft sug gested methods and defined policies; Roosevelt was clear only in his de nunciation of the mythical monopolies which are said to be gobbling up the power sites, in his support of the gen eral scheme of conservation, and In his approval of Federal control as opposed to state control. The Presi dent was guarded in his references to the rights of the states, but he gave, nevertheless, distinct recognition of the merit of their contentions and the Justice of their grievances. Everybody is for conservation now adays, to be sure: but there Is a Taft conservation and there is a Roosevelt Plnchot conservation. The Northwest, knows from trying experience what the latter is. There are encouraging signs that, despite the obvious purpose and desire of the President to carry out the Roosevelt policies, he has his own notions as to how the Roosevelt conservation policy should be carried out. FACT AND mi RES. There is Democratic complaint very noisy and wholly Insincere be cause The Oregonian has said that 5000 Democrats have registered as Repub licans In Multnomah and are engaged in the dishonest and unlawful enter prise of meddling In the Republican primary. The OregOnlan has not only said It: the statement, is clearly proved by the indisputable registration totals. The Multnomah registration up to last Saturday was: Republicans, 22.871; Democrats, 4J96. The vote for Taft in 190S was 17.819: Bryan. 9870. Here is a loss of over 5000 Demo cratic votea and a gain of 6000 Re publican votes that cannot possibly be accounted for except by the state ment that 6000 Democrats have reg istered as Republicans. There is. and can be. no other explanation. Now we are told on Inspired Demo cratic authority that the electors who voted for Bryan were not Democrats and that the only true Democrats in Multnomah were that faithful and unafraid body that voted for someone named Jeffrey. Democratic candidate for Congress. Could Journalistic pet tifogging go farther? Were the In trepid Democrats who voted for Bryan, three times Democratic candidate for President, not Democrats at all? Car ry the shocking news to Bryan. No. It's not a Joke. It's Just unadorned silliness. Tet let us see what the logical con clusion must be if this absurd Jeffrey calculation shall be adopted. If the n.nnn. who voted for Jeffrey only were Democrats, then by a fair infer ence the Republicans who voted ior Ellis (his Republican opponent I were Romihiicana and there were none oth ers genuine. They were 16,848 in -.. v.,.- t Vt ,r. are alreadv fun to last Saturday 21.871 Republicans registered in Multnoman. eomewnere in this 22.871 are. therefore. 6023 In truders who are not Republicans. Ergo, they must be Democrats, or something very Jike Democrats. What else? Tet. whatever the process of inves tigation and calculation and whatever the Interpretation of the plain facts and figures. It appears that five vot ers have registered In Multnomah as Republicans where one Democrat has registered as a Democrat. No election in the county ever was held that showed such results between the par ties. Every intelligent and observing person knows that the normal propor tions are about two Republicans to one Democrat. But the 1910 registration shows the astonishing and unprece dented ratio of five Republicans to one Democrat. It la not correct. It Is bogus; It Is false: it is criminal. It is a deliberate and concerted effort to outrage and destroy the Republican party by a Democratic onslaught into the Republican primary. GOVERNMENT FIRE PATROU Fall rains have set In throughout the Northwest and the ravages of the forest fires have at last been checked for a season. Now that there is a breathing spell In which we can esti mate tho losses and determine how much might have been averted. It might be well to prepare for a more comprehensive and effective system of precaution for next year. While the actual loss has proved much smaller than was at first reported. It Is still heavy, and in many places falls on small holders who could 111 afford to lose their timber. Oile ot the most effective agencies for combatting the fires was the work of the Govern ment troops. This work was so satis factory that it has suggested the ad visability of making It a permanent feature of the annual fire season. By maintaining a corps of these troops in the vicinity of the National forest reserves In the timbered states of the Pacific coast, it is a certainty that there would be an astonishing decrease in the number of forest fires. It would, of course, be unnecessary to keep them on fire patrol duty more than a few months in the danger period In the Summer time. If they 1 were trained and ordered to do the same work that Is now done by tne private fire patrol of the timber own ers, or by the forest service men of the Government, it would be almost Impossible for a fire to gain any head way. The number of men who would thus be available for fire fighting would be so great that they could open up trails and establish telephone com- I munlcation throughout the entire re serves on the same plan as Is now followed by the big timber-owners. The work would of course be more arduous than at an army post, and It might be less attractive to the sol diers. By providing for extra pay when engaged in fire-fighting, any objection of the men would be over come, and the Government would have Its forest reserves looked after by men actually in the Government service. This would be a system of forest fire protection that is now Im possible with the limited number of THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, . AVEDXESDAY, forest rangers available. By co-oper ating with the state and private fire patrols there could be effected a system of protection that could not be excelled. MAKING GOOD. California, is taking- stens to meet one of the principal New Orleans ar guments against the Panama Exposi tion being held in San Francisco. The enterprising New Orleans promoters have said that there waa a "strings on tv, fennriaomA aum aiihaeribed bV the San Francisco business interests. In order to show the world what can be done in the exposition line when a big nnt la to ba celebrated, a special session of the California Legislature has been called ror the purpose oi voting on a law permitting the use of bonds for $5,000,000, by the State of r-o Hfnrnio mil to nrovlde means by which San Francisco can bond the city for an additional J5.000.000. With, this 110.000.000 for a begin ning, and general support from the nthor Pacific coast cities and states. the San Francisco Panama Exposition will start under very ravorame cir cumstances. As the success of the big nhow means nearlv as much to other Coast cities as It does to San Fran cisco, every effort in the right direc tion will be heartily seconded by a united Pacific coast. DIACR1WTNATTNG AGAINST OREGON. Brigad'ler-General Marshall's views on the apportionment of the Irriga tion funds for Oregon will hardly meet with the unqualified approval of Oregonlans. ' According to General Marshall, consulting engineer to the Secretary of the Interior. -There is so much good land in Oregon that does not need irrigation, that the Gov ernment sales have been heavy. Many think that because Oregon has con tributed so much in land sales a large apportionment should be made for this state out of the appropriation of 120,000,000 by Congress for irriga tion." The reason that Oregon has not been given a proper share of these funds is further explained by General Marshall, as due to the fact that "there are sections of country like Arizona, where nobody will buy land because it Is nothing but desert and irrigation Is absolutely necessary to make it valuable." If there were in Oregon no desert land or no land which needed Irriga tion to make it valuable, it might be fair and right to divert to Arizona money realized from the sale of Ore gon lands. But. in addition to the vast tracts of good land with which this state has been favored, there are several million acres of land which need only the application of water to make It very valuable. This arid land is as good as any that can be found In Arizona, and money realized for the sale of Oregon lands. Instead of being sent to Arizona, should be expended largely In the state where It belongs. There is each year an Increasing num ber of farmers who prefer irrigated farming to the old process of trusting to nature. Many of this class would like to farm in Oregon Instead of Ari zona; but. If the funds raised by the sale of Oregon lands are not used for development of the arid lands In this state, these farmers will be oblla-ed to go to Arizona where the Oregon funds are to be used for reclamation purposes. Viewed In the most liberal light, there is nothing in the policy outlined by General Marshall that will appeal to the Oregonlans who prefer the matchless climate and fine soil of this state to Arizona or any other state in which Oregon's money is being ex pended for reclamation purposes. If It is necessary that regions like the arid belt In Arizona be reclaimed by irrigation, why not let them take their turn and await completion of the nec essary projects In the states which supply the money and which present much better opportunities ror quick returns? It is even possible that there are worse places than Arizona which might be reclaimed if sufficient funds could be diverted from the states which nature has favored with good lands as well as arid lands. If it is the policy of the Government to take money out of one state where it is needed, and present It to some other state leas fortunately situated, an un natural equalization of conditions Is effected and the states supplying the money with which the change Is made are losers by the process. CLAMOR OF THE CONSUMER. Increasing urban population which of course must be fed by the country producers. Is gradually working a great economic change throughout the world. In this country, the agricul tural classes' are still producing great food staples In such quantities that there Is a vast exportable surplus. The beneficial effect of this surplus on the general economic situation, is such that the domestic consumers as yet have made no concerted protest against the high prices which of course are fixed by the foreign demand. In the old world, where the output of the farms has either remained stationary, or has actually decreased while the consumption continues to Increase, this demand for relief from high prices has become a problem of in creasing gravity. A Cologne cable in yesterday's Oregonian states that in many German cities, a strong move ment in protest against the high prices of meat had begun. At a number of meetings held Satur day and Sunday, there was "brought out a sharp arraignment of the gov ernment's policy In restricting the Im portation of livestock and the main tenance of high meat and animal du ties in the Interest .of farmers." A number of Saxony municipalities have also appealed to the government to use its Influence In the federal coun cil for the re-opening of the frontiers to cattle and meat. While consumption is slowly but surely overtaking production In the United States, there still remains such a large amount of new territory' sus ceptible to cultivation that much of this Increased demand is met with an Increased supply, and we still regard high prices and their attendant pros perity for the farmer as paramount to all other features of the problem. It is this view of the matter that causes the city dwellers to pay without much grumbling, the high prices for bread, meat and other products ot agricult ure. Eventually this country will find this problem as Important an Issue as it has become In Germany, and other old world countries where the agrariana have a continual fight to retain the protection that Is granted them by the government-. But Germany like Eng land will be obliged to 'let down the bars to foreign food products. There are great countries beyond the seas which with cheap lands, modern ma chinery and good shipping facilities. can land wheat and other agricultural products in Germany at a lower cost than it can be produced at home. The vast urban population will con tinue its clamor for this cheap food and the permanence . of Germany's manufacturing Industries is dependent on their request being granted. In the United States we are going to have a home demand for all of our agricultural suppllea before the de mand overtakes the supply In some. or the other countries. When that point is reached in our Industrial career, there will be the same clamor here for cheap food that is now heard in Germany, and our urban population will be insisting that the "frontiers" be opened to cattle, meat, wheat and other agricultural products. From RoHlri. Germany, comes the nnniiru.m,iit thai1 f.rmfiii naval de signers are at work on a small type of hattlpshln which is expected to de stroy the greatest Dreadnoughts afloat. The projected fighting macnine is omy about half the length and about one third the tonnage of some of the big battleships now building, but it is to be equipped with guns which will make scrap of the larger ships when thov land a. blow. This seems to be a move in the right direction, and when, a few years nence, some alrahio hnilder perfects a small flying machine that will soar over the new destroyers, and smasn them into bits, the cause of peace will be still further advanced. Warfare is r.niHiv hMTim nr so expensive tnat it la About to fall of its own weight. OT to UK accural;, uiio " expense which has become so over whelming that it is rapidly forcing some of the old world powers to the brink of bankruptcy. Wireless telegraphy has been the base on which some colossal stock Jobbing frauds have been builded, and the notoriety attained by some of the Jobbers has left the public slightly con fused regarding the value and owner ship of the great invention. Any un certainty as to the merits of the wire less, however, is quickly swept aside, whenever it flashes from the ocean a call for help or sends glad tidings of a rescue. The latest achievement of this modern miracle was the relaying from midocean of the news that the British steamship Mauretania had picked up the missing crew of the steamer West Point, which had foun dered at sea. A portion of the crew had been previously picked up by the steamship Devonian snd the news that the others were safe relieved many a fear that was causing distress to the friends and relatives of the missing crew. - ' The reports regarding the Iditarod gold fields continue very' conflicting. Last Spring Major Richardson, Road Commissioner for Alaska, refused to build a road into the new camp, be cause, he said, the permanency of the camp was not assured. Nearly every returning miner for the past two months has come back from the Iditarod empty-handed, and it is now somewhat surprising to learn that Major Richardson has advocated the construction of the road. If the Gov ernment would build more roads in Alaska, and make the new mining camps easier of access, there would be less necessity for taking care of des titute miners who had spent their last penny to get In over the almost in surmountable barriers which nature has placed between most of the Alaska mining districts and the outside world. All of the grain statistics were bear ish yesterday, and In consequence the markets declined with a rush. The American visible supply, with an in crease of 1,455,000 bushels, now stands 15,000,000 bushels larger than on a corresponding date a year ago. Quantities on passage were 12,000.000 bushels greater than for the first week in September, 1909. and world's shipments for the week ending last Saturday were more than 4.000,000 in excess of the same week last year. In iha fa- of this arrav of bearish fea tures, the European markets ruled steadily, but the American markets de clined heavily, and are now approach ing a parity with the European mar kets, which. ceoitinue to set the price on any exportable surplus available anywhere in the world. There are numerous rocks whereon the Devil has left his imprint by sit ting down. Mahomet's coffin hangs in the sky in plain Bight. The angel Gabriel's footprint may be seen on a temple floor in Jerusalem. Why, tnen, should not the Colonel's features ap pear on an agate? Mr. Campbell's discovery at Sellwood ii interesting, but not surprising. We expect to see pumpkins marked the same way at the fairs this Fall. It has taken a Missouri church two i-oora to einel a minister who had been convicted of causing a woman's death by a criminal operation, one is at a loss whether to admire most the charity or the persistence of this church. It does seem, however, that after retaining the preacher for two years they might about as well have kept him forever. If it were entirely certain that Judge Gaynor would make as good a Gover nor as Mayor, his administration would be a revelation to New Tork. txtava v,a Ammon sense he has ex hibited suddenly transferred to 'Albany It would burst the walla of the 14 000.000 capitol and ooze out all over the state. Colonel Roosevelt has at last in itnnnii President Taft. in one matter. The Colonel's specialty, however, is not in indorsing other people. Just as a matter of precaution. white people would better Veep out of the Chinese quarter. . Tong bullets go wild. The issues are Joined and no more names can be filed on the state bal lot. There are enough as It Is. Mr. Gonrpers thinks the courts are too far from the people; yet they found him within reach. Hood River, having got all the New Tork money, is seeking a new market for its apples. t Are there any more bandwagons for the versatile colonel to cumo upon? The Western Governors took the insurgent degree, too. Hokesmlth rhymes with Jokesmith, Watch Plnchot smile. SEPTEMBER 7, 1910. HOW GERMAN CITIES GROW Some Comparisons With tke Census In Thia Country. New -Sork Sun. Natural pride in the rapid expansion in population and wealth of the large cities of the United States finds very general expression- as the returns of the recent census are beginning to be made public. Great as has been this advance, however, it is necessary to recall the fact that this development is by no means limited to this country or to this continent. As a matter of fact, remarkable as has been the prog ress of many American cities between the two census periods of 1900 and 1910, an even greater growth among the cities of the German Empire was disclosed by the censuses of 1895 and 1905, the most recent In Germany A comparison of the figures for five cities in each country of approximately equal population and prosperity serves to emphasize this German superiority In municipal expansion: German. 1905. ?ain ISS.OOrt 1 2S.OOO 3S1.000 1ft-. OOO 306.000 Hamburg 803.00(1 61S.00O 41 1. 000 S:;rt.ono 3-J2.XH 2-.U,000 Munich r.::.ooi Dresden . . Onloane . . Frankfort 617.000 4J9.000 835.000 Total 2.623.000 1.966.0CO 657,000 American. 1910 6S7.000 534. OOO 40S.0OO . .374.000 . .364.000 100O 57:..00O 4.-.2.000 2fi,0OO 2sr ooo 3B.00O Gain. 112.000 2.0o0 180.0ll so.ooo 38.000 St. louia .. Plttburg Detroit . . . Milwaukee Cincinnati Total 2.425.00O 1.924.000 BO1.O0O It will be seen, therefore, that the progress of the five German cities in the period between the German cen suses of 1895 and 1905 has been much more rapid than that of the American .i.u, in ia hbHah mnrkpd hv the cen suses of 1900 and 1910. Thus the total gain for the German cities was ojm.uuu. as contrasted with 501,000 for the a mA,.i.an AtfiAa fnmnArlne- the census figures for the 1900 and 1895 enumer ations In America and Germany it in be seen tnat tnese cities weio uui ao nnn annvfr In tntnl nonti la tion : that is",' 1.966,000, against 1.924,000. but at the 1910 ana isoo censuses we umri was id! nun While the American n a a on r,a,. ront nr harp 1 v more than a quarter, to their population in ... . 4 a aecaae, tne trerman increase waa per cent, or a third. X i 1. 1 Jiffarant uhAtl thO ,,U1 10 1 I'OU'L v ..- -' " " results of the same censuses in smaller cities of the same size in Germany ana the United States are examined. Such a comparison is offered in this table: German. 1905. 1R!5 Gain. Hanover 272.000 210.000 62.000 Dusneldorf 2.-.S.0OO 17fi,W0 82.000 , . o-ic A..A i ?i jinn (Mm znr. S'sSSK i;o0o ah Stettin -S,oow i-ii.uuv Totals ...1.234,000 American. 1910. . . . . 3BS.0OO . . . 24.S.0OO . . . 2:t4.0(Ml ... 224,000 ... 216.000 8i)2,000 382,000 moo 20S.000 1K4.000 V.9.000 176.000 li!::.ooo Cnin Jeney City , B2.O0O M.IXrO K."i. 0'W Kanaaa City. Indianapolis Providence . 4M.0O0 tit. Paul 52. OOO Totals 1.1S",000 878.000 311.000 In thosa tables the German increase for the five cities shown in tho Jo lanr. lca.de. was 382.000. or 45 per cent. that for the American cities In the 1900-1910 period was but 311.000. or 3i per cent: a difference of 10 per cent in favor of these German cities as con trasted with 7.4 per cent in the larger oitira shown in the first table. Nor do the cities thus selected auier In their rate of growth from the ma jority of German towns, wnicn main tain the same superiority over Amerl can cities. Thus, while the City of Syracuse in this state increased irom 108.000 to 137.000 in ten years, that of Posen crew from 73,000 to 137.000 in an equal period, or 64,000 as compared with 20,000 for the American city, inu sudden expansion of bchenectacy irom a minor city of 31,000 to a considerable Industrial . community w ith 7J,uvu in habitants la entirely overbalanced by the growth of Essen from 96.000 to 235,000 In a decade. Even the material Increase of Washington, the National Canital. from 279,000 to 331,000 Is rela tlvely Inferior to that of Stuttgart, the capital of the minor State of Wurtem berg. which grew from 158.000 to 249.000 in an . equal time, or 89,000 aeainst 52.000. The population of the German Em pire at the present time, as shown by official estimates recently published. considerably exceeds 64,000,000, and it is expected that when the quinquennial census is taken at the close of the present year it will pass 66.000,000. This will mean a gain of more than 4,500.000 between 19u6 and 1910, against 4.275.000 between 1900 and 1905. It is reasonably safe to assume, therefore, that the figures of the next German census will show that the majority of the German cities have continued to grow at a rate considerably larger than that shown for American cities in the recent census. Ten Health Commandments. London Dally Mirror. Shutting the windows brings bad luck. (Sickness is the worst kind of bad luck. Open the windows.) The ten health commandments: 1. Keep windows open night and day. ;. Do not spit. 3. Breathe through the nose by keep ing the mouth shut. 4. Drink pure water. 5. East slowly, take .well cooked meals and cultivate regular habits. 6. Wear loose clothing of seasonable material. 7. Take regular exercise in the open air. in sunshine if possible. g. Wash whole body at least once a week. 9. Work but do not worry. 10. Get house drains certified by san itary authority. Wealth That Haa Real Winga. Cleveland. O., Dispatch. Glenn Curtiss. the aviator, who gained renown first by his long flight down the Hudson river for a prize of $10,000. gave an inkling to friends in this city while here making his over-the-lake flights, of how profitable Is the profes sion of aeroplanlng at the present day. Curtiss In the last year has cleaned up $175,000 in prizes and through .sales of his aeroplanes. Just $100,000 more than was the salary of President Taft. Of this amount $100,000 was obtained, Cur tiss said, for flights made in France and Italy. He made $5000 while here, the trip Itself costing him only i'i.ih for gasoline. Rooaevfclt Siouns and Adjeetlvea. Baltimore Sun. During Mr. Roosevelt's address at Kansas City. In one and a half para graphs of 210 words in all, the following repetitions and synonyms occurred: "Dis trust, dishonesty, reckless asritator, dis honesty, unscrupulous, unscrupulous, dis honesty, blackmailing politician, crooked labor leader, obnoxlousness. fools, hypo crites, dishonest, corrupts. bribing, swindling, corrupt, blackmailing, black mailing." At any rate it is not hard to understand what Mr. Roosevelt was driv ing at. When to Stop. Montgomery Advertiser. "Well. Major, how do you tell when you have been drinking enough to stop?" "Well. sah. when Ah gets to that point, sah. Ah cayn t say rural free de livery so as to be understood distinctly. Ah know it is. time to stop. sah. before I gets intoxicated." I A Boy'a Specialty. Dallas News. A boy is an animal who can spill water and soap suds all over the bath room without getting any of them on himself HOW AUTOS AFFECT HEALTH. Doctors Inclined to Think that Riding la Beneficial. New Tork Globe. n.-v,t thA offpet of automobiling on health? The question is engaging the attention of our foremost insur ance companies, which are at work ob taining statistics from which really valuable deductions may be made. But It has already been taken up by in dividual doctors, and. if one may Judge by what they say. tne general i n i. .i , n v, o mimh In thfl automo bile's favor, though in special cases where persons are aneticu wim tain kinds of complaints its use will be condemned. Recently Dr. James Tyson presented a paper In Philadelphia on the effect of the use of the automobile upon the heart. His conclusions were favorable. He expressed the belief that in many cases of heart trouble the sufferer is materially benefited by automobiling. It gently stimulates the circulation, affords fresh air. a moderate amount of exercise, and mental uiveio..., things which he says have an excel lent influence in theRe cases. In the Medical Record for August 20 Dr. D. Bryson Delavan, of New York, dis- . ...... Pnm annthpr stand- cussea hid - point, that of the effect of automobil ing upon the upper air passages. admitting that the subject must be carefully investigated before an au thoritative opinion may be reached, he comes to the tentative conclusion that "properlv used In sultaPie cases. m automobile may be a valuable thera peutic agent." tin acute catarrnai coniuuii, says, motoring would seem to be a. bad thing. But in many subacute and chronic catarrhal conditions It appears to be distinctly act vanta.geuu. , . v. i,ttt n-w-n ftxDerience ne Hitiies nidi. u ..." - -- - . many such cases have been benefited. and more than one patient ui standing has been cured. If sudden , i . a..tnro pnd exposure Clianges in 1 1 . ' . - - to strong winds can be avoided, cases of asthma and broncnitis may filed bv the automobile. Several cases, he says, have been reported to him in which bronchial asthma, vasomotor coryza. and hay fever have been mark edly relieved by it." His opinion con cerning the effect upon patients suf fering from throat or pulmonary tuber culosis appears to be less definite. Common sense will be pleased to find the doctors' opinion in agreement. with itself. And who shall say that the in direct effects of automobiling may not be even greater than the direct ef fects' Automobilists having at last ob tained a whiff of reai iresn o... building sleeping porches, are more . hv stale air ana an indoor life. It is a bad guess that the only kind or insurance i'i'' that will be at all likely to discrimi- v,o.,f fours or others who spend a large part of their time in au- tomobile8 will oe me "'"" panies? Naval vs. Merchant Efficiency. New York Evening Post. The merchant steamer is not. of course, an exact parallel. Yet the spec tacle of the Etruria and Umbria cross ing and recrossing the Atlantic for over 25 years with unfailing regular ity and only one month's overhaul an nually. Is a sample of efficient opera tion not to be matched by any naval Vessel of which we know. Not only do most of our warships deteriorate as to speed, but the enermous sums spent on them for repairs are out of all proportion to the cost of ships like the Etruria and Umbria. which were final ly laid off only because their engines, designed nearly 30 years ago. con sumed too much coal from the modern engineering point of view. With Uncle Sam. "everything goes. It is a matter of course that, besides the an nual overhaul, there shall be a reno vation" after three years leisurely cruise and a "reconstruction in due course. Just as the department now plans to spend half a million m wring ing Schlev's flagship of 1898, the Brooklyn, up to date-she is 13 years old Finally, those who would reckon accurately the cost of our huge naval establishment must not fail to count in the annual appropriation (about $140. 000.000 this year), the tremendous de preciation in the amounts already in vested In war vessels. Cost of Living llalta Marrlnsrea. Pittsburg Dispatch. I-ike the price of groceries or the cost of clothing, marriage has become a mere matter of money. It flourishes In prosperous times and declines with eras of panics or high prices Never has the danger been greater than at present. The "silent panic of 107 was succeeded by such a rise in the cost of living as has not been known since the Civil War. The result such a decrease in mar riages. Judging from the past, as will K m a h a tin in succeeding years. and such a consequent shortage in the birth rate as will prooaDiy cosl niei ica 1.000.000 future citizens. This is .u.ri., ii,Hi-BtcH hv census reports that show that the 1893 panic cost 259.813 weddings at least ouu.uuv iu ture citizens. The Hero Never Stopped Smoking. Tlnstnn VfpraJd. Rushing from an electric car, fully clad, and with a pipe In his nioutn. . R. Harrington of Pawtucket, R. I., ni,,,. into Smtt's Dond In Lincoln and saved the life of a boy who was drowning. The youngster had gone down for the third time when Mr. Harrington ,ahH th hanks. He dived for him and brought him back to the surface. tj-v,- ha ronr-hpi! the surface Harrington was clinging to the lad and had not even taken the pipe rrom nis mown. Mr. Harrington, ater his plunge, got on the electric car. wnicn naa wanea. and rode to his destination in his wet clothing. Pennsylvania to Try Motor Cnra. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Motor car No. 4701, the first to be built for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, arrived in Pittsburg from Omaha en route to Philadelphia, where It will be tried on suburban service with a view to studying the adaptability of individual motor car equipment for suburban traf fic. The Pennsylvania proposes to make a thorough trial of the car and. en couraged by satisfactory performances by similar cars on Western railroads, will seriously consider Installing motor equipment on some of its suburban lines. c European Women Employed aa Sailora. "New York Tribune. Women sailors are employed in Den mark, Norway and Finland, and are often found' to be excellent mariners. In Den mark several women are employed as state officials at sea, and particularly in the pilot service. They go out to meet the Incoming ships: they climb nimbly out of their boats: they show their official diploma, and they steer the newcomer safely into the, harbor. It is the same In Finland. Post-Vacation Advice. Denver Republican. Don't quit going out to the parks, taking car rides Into the country or walking out of doors Just because the season of the resorts will end with the week. Good health is found in the sun shine and out where the breezes blow. Keep the windows in your bedroom open. Political Intellect. New York World. Nominate Mr. Roosevelt for Governor "just to get rid of him?" Oh. weU, you cannot expect much intellect in little bosses. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE After the war with Spain a party of Americans, including Colonel Hecker, of Detroit, went to Cuba on a tour of inspection. They had with them a negro messenger named. Frank. One day Frank got into a place where they sell ices and cakes on the Prado, in Havana, and bought a plate of ice cream. That was 20 cents. The waiter handed around some cakes. Frank took a few. The cakes were passed for a second and a third time. On each occasion Frank helped himself liberally. Then he called for his check. It was $1.80, American. Colonel Hecker and some friends, who were at an adjoining table, heard Frank yell. . "What is the matter, Frank?" asked the Colonel. "Why didn't you stop me?" sobbed Frank. "Why didn't you stop me? Doan you know dts yer nigger could eat enough of dis yer stuff to bankrupt the hull Gov'ment?" Saturday evening Post. Parents, as well as teachers, have sometimes to run the gauntlet of awk ward questions. "Father." said little Tommy one day, "what is an equinox?" Father Why, er it is ahem! For goodness' sake, Tommy, aon t jou i t, I t. a- ahnnt mvthnloiT at all? n 1 1 1.7 ftiij v....o - - j An equinox was a fabled animal hair horse, half cow. its name s on . V. n n-n,, "finlnl" and "OX." It does seem as if these public schools don't teach children anytmng uy.- days. strand Magazine. a , .1 .annuls tha following A imw ' ' - - conversation between a minister and a man whose wife was Dunea mat aay. "My brother," said the preacher, "I . , -,ir that haa Know tnat ima r c overtaken you, and though you are compelled to mourn tne " uA kaah vmir comDanlon and partner in life. I will console you with the assurance mai mcio who sympathizes with you and eeks to embrace you in tne tm lng love." to tnis l-iie , , by asking as he gazed into the minis ter's face: "What's her name? nt-ens. a . i j o TTio-Viiaride.r wers An Ainei i-ttji tttm walking one day on the top of one or the Scotch mountains when the Scotch man, wishing to impress his boastful "cousin, proaucea a , , . i .i, niano When the echo returned clearly after nearly four minutes, the proua scoicnmnu, to the Yankee, exclaimed: "There, mon, ye canna' show any thing like that in your country." To which tne omer .ci,"" - we can better that some, stranger. Why, in my shooting lodge in the Rockies, when I go to bed I Just lean out of my window and call out. Time . i. i Ann Aicrht hours to get up, w.A.e . afterward the echo comes back and wakes me." Truth. ... A gentleman formerly attached to the American embassy at London tells how an old country sexton In a certain English town, in showing visitors round the churchyard, used to stop at one tombstone and say: "This 'ere is the tomb of Enry Ooper an' 'Is eleven wo'y" ". Eleven!" exclaimed a tourist, on one occasion. "Dear me! That's rather a lot. isn't it?" , . Whereupon the sexton. looking Bravely at his questioner, replied: "Well. mum. yer see. It war an obby of 'is'n." Harper's Magazine. ONE CAUSTIC VIEW OF T. H. With at Few Unkind ' Remarks on His Speecnea. Takima Republic. Colonel Roosevelt's speeches on his trip to Denver and back are remark able for one or two things, but not for the matter they contain. The colonel has said nothing new. We have had these speeches over and over. The Colonel contributes nothing to the solution of any problem before the American peo- PlThe two things for which the Colonel's oratory is most remarkable are his bounding egotism and his ap parently intentional failure to make complimentary reference to somebody else. The linotype operator who sets the speeches in this office tells us that he has to wait on the distributor for Cap I s: that the "mats" carrying that character have had their ears worn oft by constant use since the Colonel left New York, and that the channel in which they run is a quarter of an inch deeper than It was ten days ago. He estimates that the eight Cap I s in his font of "mats" have each been around not less than 19,486 times. The contrast between the speeches or the Colonel on this trip and those or his friend Taft some months ago is most striking. Mr. Taft used to refer to his "distinguished predecessor tn every breath: the Colonel has not made the slightest reference In all his torren tial oratory of the past ten days to his old tillacum. Bill. Reading those speeches one would never suspect that fl.era is 'a man in the White House, of any kind. It would never occur to him that there Is a Republican party, nor a Republican policy, nor much of any thing else in the world out teeth and g How would you like to be Taft, and have an old friend like the Colonel? Still the Diamond Import! Grow. New York Dispatch. More diamonds and precious stones are being imported at New York than ever before, according to the report or Appraiser of the Port George W. Wana maker. The total Imports for the month are 1 million dollars in excess of the same period last year and 3 million dol lars greater than in 1908. 200,000,000 pounds of Clgsrerres. Baltimore Evening Sun. From the 118,000.000 pounds of to bacco reported to have been sold to the trust it Is estimated that 200.000.000 pounds of cigarettes will, be made, to say nothing of cigars and cut plug. A Womsn'sWya. Detroit Free Press. It's human for a woman To enjoy a llttla cry; Though a man will g-rln and bear am And paaa little troubles by. A woman seeks a pillow And her face sha buries In It. Starts the bitter tasrs to runnln, And she's better In a minute. It'ja human lor a wwnw To expert a lot of (uanns. Though a man will greet his fellow Without once hla topknot mussing; A woman greets her aler Disarranging gown anfl nair. Kissing, hugging, equeeiinf. SurjIiB, With enthualaam rare. It's human for a woman Nofto know ju what aha wants. Tha fa the reaeon ahe goes shopping And the downtown atorea she haunts. Though a man knowa Juat exactly What he wants and goes and gets It. A woman spends time looking. And she never once regrets It. It's human for a woman To enjoy a lettuce sandwich. Though a man wants steak nd onioni And a cup of "Mocha and" rlrh; She mutt have her lady fingers. . Ires, tea and macaroona. And she gets her fun In toying With the solid silver spoona. Man must grin and bear hi troubles. tyn-eiy woman always cries, And the man who'd seek to atop hat Dors a thing that's most unwlaa. Let her weep and kiss In greeting. Shop and feed on dainty fare; These ara human for a woman, They-re her meat and drink and air. I