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.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."
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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.
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. 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.
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