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J-Oa.rLAD. THrB-HDAi'. OCT. . I
ms IWCXaJUTT OOf THB WAXW
Tha romnun ludrment of the
muinirr urjoa Mr. liooaovelfe tariff
loicursioos la that la Ala oca u F
he Apostolic precept anil Do ail
hings to all men he has overreached
Mmatlt Kfforta made by his ene
mies to reconcile his tariff speech at
Sioux Falls with what ho said after
ward st Syracuse sad (Saratoga bar
lsaaOy ruled. Even his friends And
ha tak DerDlexing. Tho Sioux. Fall
Address was perhaps , trie nrst v
Thkh Mr. Roosevelt has Baa any
thing Importance to say about the
-axtif. Ilia persistent suencw
that vital subject was extraordinary
- man artio DOfjas as a moral ana
economic guide la sil directions, tut
at Sioux Fa2s lis made P for past
?iasloiia.
Colonel RcaeTeIt said thers that
-the system" oa which tne rnoe-at
flru-H tariff was mads "encourages a
cramble of seiflah Interests to which
he alMmporlant general miexeax ti
Jjs pubUo is naceaaarlly mors or leas
subordinated." Us added in anotner
lentancs that the tariff utfht to be
merely a "material." or economic.
sue. but If tn maalcr it sec a
rreoked deaX then It becomes very
tmphatlcally a moral Issue." Mr.
RooeeTelt knew that most of his
auditors b oiler ed they had (ot "a
crooked daaT' in tha Payno-Aldrlch
tariff and he could have had no
other purpose in What hs said than, to
make them thlnlc he aareea wi
them. But at Syracuse and Saratoga,
where hs supposed the lata revision
ia more acceptable. his tons
changed strikingly. He made speeches
it both places, but In neither of
hem did he Intimate that the lanxi
was among the moral Issues so dear
to his heart, nor did ho refer to me
'crooked deal" again. That reXIec
lon upon the new tariff law was
made to pieaao toe iw muu u
Sioux Falls. For his mora poUta New
Tork audiencea hs waa content to
TraLae Mr. Taf t a tarur commission
end commend the notion of raising
worklngmen's wags by taxing their
food and clothing. It was Esau's
voice that Mr. Roosevelt used In the
West, but In the East It was Jacob's.
At least his enemlvs jubilantly say so
and his friends find tho accusation
embarrassing to dl-poso of.
But this Is not the worst. Mr.
Hooaevelt has been asked to account
for tho ridWlous laudation ' of tho
Payne-Aldxlch tariff in the Saratoga
platform, where, among other aston
ishing statements. It was asserted that
he new law reduced duties 11 per
rent. This was doubly difficult to
wallow when readers remembered
that the -statistics prepared for Mr.
Taft'a use in his Winona speech only
made the reduction between one) and
two per cent. Confronted with this
discrepancy. Mr. Roosevelt replied
that In the first place ha was not
responsible for tha Saratoga plat
form, and In tha second place that
his views upon tha tariff ronat be
looked for In his own speeches. He
sdded that la his speeches at Sara
toga and Syracuse ha had repeated
"exactly what ha said" In the West.
This gave fresh material to his eager
critics. They wanted to know who
was responsible for tha Saratoga
platform If Mr. Roosevelt was not.
Ia tha convention ha was undisputed
master. His enemlea were) "beaten to
a frazale," to use his favorite phrase.
He struck off names from the plat
form committee and put on new ones.
When tho platform was reported he
did not breathe a syllable against 1L
Who could have suspected, that ha
lid not Ilka ltr His conduct on that
occasion was very strange in a man
who makes It a point to speak his
mind freely everywhere If tha tariff
plank displeased him. Whether Mr.
Roosevelt's New Tork tariff doctrine
a "exactly the same" as ha
preached In the West every man who
an read may Judg-a for himself. Un
kind critics draw tha Inference that
Mr. Roosevelt has been trying to
make his doctrine suit his congrega
tions without much regard for con-
Iststency. This may be unwarranted
loy tha real facts of th case, but It
chimes pretty re!l with tha appear-
. Soma go so far as to say that
ha has been playlna; "a shifty game"
and point out tha danger of such a
oursa In times like these, when the
voters demand candor and sincerity
above all things. It la possible that
Mr. Roosevelt, by his tariff Inccmsls-
e tides, has committed tha first se
rious blunder of his political life. His
course has conciliated none of his
Eastern foes, while it has alienated
ome of his Western worshipers.
sooner or later every career passes its
'Umax. To this rule Mr. Roosevelt
an hardly expect to be an exception
and If his prestige ehould wane here
after without recovery it may com.
ort him to remember that tha same
thing happened ' to Napoleon and
Hannibal.
4. recent decision of Judg-a Whltna
n New Tork seems- likely to blur the
attractiveness of "mlgTatory divorces,"
as they are called. In this . case a
married couple first lived in New
Jersey and then moved to New Tork.
Somewhat later tha wife want to
Reno. Nevada, and after the statu-
ory residence of six months obtained
a divorce. Tha ground was desertion.
Tha Nevada court allowed her tha
custody of tha children and she
brought suit In New Tork to enforce
the' decree against her former hus-'
bsnd. This threw the divorce under
Ju4ge Whitney's Jurisdiction. If It
had not been properly obtained, of
course, tha children belonged to the
husband.
Tho Judge decided that a divorce
vp legal unless It la obtained, la the
'state where the couple had their last
matrimonial residence," In other
words, where they last lived togeth
er
as a family. This opinion is rorun
ed
tv tha citation ef a flve-to-tour
Su-
preme Court decision, and If it were
followed everywhere we enouia nave
no more Nevada divorces. Neither
mum could break up the marriage
tiv minr for a divorce In a state
where the family had never lived.
ru.c-ra nhtnln.rl In that War WOUld
be valid In the state where they were
obtained and nowsere eise.
But Judge Whitney's opinion Is not
liiriv tn ha followed la many states.
The tendency Is to accept the validity
Of decrees without mucn inquiry
in txnwr thev ware obtained and
may ba that this la for tha best. Tha
opposite course would Introduce great
perplexity into the relations 01
r imi'ioa and make many exist!
unions Illegal. Thus far most efforts
to restrict divorces have simply im
paired tha stability of tha family.
BOW GEO HOB WDJ. DO IT.
Candidate West told at Pendleton
the story of his intimate friendship
for Senator Chamberlain. Dynamite
power, honors, nothing, would serve
to sever those tender relations. "If."
cried tha candidate tearfully, "my op
ponent should come to me and offer
to writhdraw and thereby tender ma
tha Oovemorehlp on a silver platter
If I should renounce my friendship for
George K. Chamberlain. I would say
to him that I would a thousand times
rather go down to defeat with Oeorge
Chamberlain's friendship than to vic
tory without it."
Clearly everything continues to b
lovely between Damon Wsst and
Pythias Chamberlain. But there Is
mora to tell. "I have never seen Sen
ator Bourns but once In over two
years." declared tha Impeccable Mr,
West. "I have received no wtrd from
him by letter or otherwise, directly or
Indlractlv. about my candidacy or
this campaign."
Na doubt. No one has said that ha
did or assumed that It would ba necea-
sary that ha should, for tho whole
plan of campaign, ao far as fixing
West for future favors Is concerned,
has been to let George do It. And
George has dona It. If West aball ba
elected Governor, watch tha adroit
man-handling of "West by Senator
Chamberlain for tha benefit of Part
ner Bourne.
rcBuo dock uocia.
One of those dreadful railroads
that la seeking to control the dock
facilities of Portland Tor tha purpose
of ruining tha trade of tha city and
causing Portland to revert to Its
original condition of a howling wll
derneas is now endeavoring to secure
a franchise for Its passenger cars. In
order that Portland's customers from
Willamette Valley points may reach
the downtown district without walk
ing or paying- an extra fare. Perhaps
the strangest part ef tha. proceeding
Is that there Is no concerted opposi
tion to tha granting of tha franchise.
Soma of our heaviest taxpayers and
most patriotic citizens have actually
got the impression that soma things
that are good for tha railroad may
also ba good for tha city. They are
urging that tha franchise be speedily
granted, and it probably will ba.
Meanwhile tha purveyors of publle
dock sites are doing their best to con
vince tha public that Mr. Hill, after
spending tfiO.000,000 on his North
Bank road to Portland. Intends to
ruin tha business of this city, so that
there will ba nothing to haul over his
costly road. Those awful railroads,
which actually control somewhere be
tween a twentieth and a fiftieth of tha
available waterfront which could be
used by Portland, will not let up on
the fight until Portland Is a ruined
city, with naught but the bats and the
owls to supply freight for the $200,-
000.000 worth of railroads centering
here. As an example of logic, the
antl-rallroad feature of tha publto
dock boosters' argument is In a class
by Itself.
weeks iMaitoxAJrra ark veeied.
President Taft has been securing
soma first-hand information on tha
Immigrant problem by a visit to the
Ellis Island Immigration station. As
a result of this visit the President is
of the opinion that a strong- effort
should be made to distribute the In
flux of foreigners and stop the pres
ent congestion of population In New
Tork. He also believes that heavier
penalties should ba exacted against
steamship companies for infractions
of the Immigration rules.
Relief of tha labor congestion
caused by thine Immigrants has for
many years been one of the most
serious problems in connection with
the service. That any change can be
made under existing- circumstances,
however. Is doubtful. That there mill
be a change as -soon as the Panama
Canal la completed Is almost a cer
tainty. New Tork is the most con
gested labor center In the United
States, because it Is the point easiest
reached . in tha New World by the
millions of foreigners who are
dumped on our shores by tho trans
Atlantic steamers.
A few of tha most prosperous and
energetlo of these newcomers work
their way Westward, and become an
economic advantage to the land of
their adoption. An overwhelming
majority of tha arrivals, however, re-
main as close as possible to the shore
on which they were landed, and eka
out a ratserable existence la competi
tion with thousands, even millions,
who have preceded them. The com
pletion of the Panama Canal will
quite naturally bring about a more
satisfactory distribution of this labor.
A regular steamship service between
En rope and Pacific Coast ports will
admit of passenger rates via tha
Panama Canal nearly as low as those
which are in effect between European
and American ports on the Atlantic
The. greatly superior Inducements
which tho Pacific Coast can offer
labor will mora than offset the slight
difference, if there Is any, in tha fare.
hlle It will be of Immense advan
tage to this European labor to land on
the Paciflo Coast where It Is needed.
Instead of on the Atlantic Coast,
where It Is not needed. It will also
prove beneficial to the people now
here and aufferlna; for lack of lsbor.
Tha Paciflo Coast has already an
ample supply of professional men. It
has mora street corner agitators than
are needed, and the number of for
eign Jawsmlths of tha Andrew Fure-
seth type Is out of all proportion to
tho requirements. We do need a good
many thousand hard-working, thrifty
men who are willing to go out into
the wilderness and clear land and ret
It In shape to produce something.
Every working day In the year, an
average of mora than 100 acres ef
Umber land is denuded of its trees
alone to supply Portland sawmills.
Fully as many mora are cut over to
supply logs for ttie lower river mills.
Multiplying this acreage to conform
with the output of hundreds of other
mills from British Columbia to Cali
fornia, there is a daily addition to
the area of logged-off lands of many
thousand acres. '
These lands when cleared are un
surpassed for all kinds of farming,
but until the Pacific Coast has a
labor supply that will engage In work
of this kind, very little clearing will
be done, and the lands will He idle.
With the Panama Canal opening up
new markets for the lumber of the
Pacific Northwest, and at the same
time bringing In a labor supply to
clear up the vast tracts of logged-off
lands, this country can afford to loss
the Oriental trade which the canal
will divert to the Southern routes.
The United States can still make
use of several million good, European
workers of tha right sort, but they
must be sent to the Paciflo and not
tha Atlantic Coast.
BOWZBMAX AKD THH NORMALS.
Some one, describing himself as a
"good Republican." writes . to The
Oregonian from Ashland, saying that
ha is going to "oppose Mr, Bowerman
for Governor, because Bowerman
fought the normal schools." The
first error our grieved correspondent
makes Is In describing himself as a
"good Republican." He la not. The
second Is In assuming that the normal
school at Ashland is the mere con
cern of Ashland and not of tne'antire
state. The third is In assuming that
thf opposition of Mr. Bowerman was
to the normal schools as such. It
was to the normal school combine,
which had Interfered most perni
ciously with tha orderly and proper
progress of legislation at every recent
legislature and which had grown into
a great political machine, threaten
lng every other legitimate legislative
interest.
It was high time for the welfare of
the state that something should be
done to stop the costly logrolling of
the normal school promoters. Bower
man as Senator helped to break up
tho machine. He ought to have done
It, and he need not, and doubtless
will not, apologize for performing his
clear duty. Tet It seems that there
Is a little factitious opposition to him
tn the normal school towns because
of his straightforward course and
outright methods as Senator. Evi
dently these short-sighted friends of
tha normal schools prefer to take a'
chance with a governor who will
parley and deal with them on the old
basis of give and take.
They are not wise. The state at
large will not permit a return to old
methods In the resumption of busi
ness by the normal school steam
roller. Bowerman has- acquiesced In
tha present proposed arrangement by
which tha people are to decide what
to do with tha schools. If tha bills
pass, under tha Initiative, moderate
appropriations are to ba given eaeh
school. It Is well enough for the
people In the normal school towns to
be reminded that. If Bowerman shall
not be Governor, he will continue to
ba atata senator, and Is likely to be
re-elected. But It would be both a
gracious and commendable thing if
they would give him a full vote in
each of the three normal towns.
Meanwhile, all know that Bower
man Is a man of deeds, with an open
public record. His record on normal
schools ought to make him many
votes among people who know their
history and who recognize and desire
to reward manliness. Independence
and real devotion to duty.
DRA-STIO RKHEDY NKEIKI.
Portland ,automobllists seem to
have suffered a bad attack of tha
speed mania this year. A death roil
of eight and a much larger list of
serlounly Injured are not pleasant to
contemplate, especially when it is re
membered that not a. single one of
these accidents could be - classed In
any other manner than as "prevent
able." Automobile accidents are
usually the result of sheer careless
ness end failure to obey the laws of
the city or the dictates of common
sense. There are, of course, many
careful drivers Involved In these accU
dents. It usually happens that when
the careless fool runs Into the care
ful driver. It Is the latter who Is In
jured. There ought to be some meth
od by which this slaughter could be
checked, and In the effort, law
abiding automobile owners should
assist the authorities.
Tha ordinance of June 4. 1904, pro
vides speed fines of from 125 to $600
or 90 days imprisonment. Tha Im
position of tha maximum fine on a
few of tha high-speed maniacs might
have a tendency to reduce the num
ber of automobile accidents. Most of
the speeding Is done by people with
whom time is not of such priceless
value that life and limb must be
rlskad In efforts to break records.
Tha automobile has come to stay.
both for utility and pleasure, and it
must ba accepted and regulated In
accordance with the necessities which
Its Indiscriminate use has disclosed.
FOR THB TtMB BEING.
Tha Port of Portland commission
urges upon the city authorities the
postponement of further activity In
tha matter of the Broadway bridge,
"for the time being." All that has
ever been accomplished by the Klem
ans and other bridge obstructionists,
and al that they ever expect to ac
complish, la a delay "for the time
being." That uncertain, Indefinite
term may mean lasting opposition to.
the bridge, or it may mean that when
few short-sighted West Side prop
erty owners awake to tha fact that
they have driven business into per
manent locations on the East Bide,
they will hasten to withdraw their
opposition to facilities that will per
mit the East Side population to do
business on tho West Side ef tha Wil
lamette River.
All bridges are to a certain extent
an obstruction to navigation. Were
they otherwise, there would be no
necessity for securing permission from
the United States Government to
build them. There eomes s, time,
however. In the life of every commu
nity situated on both sides of a river
when land traffic must receive aome
consideration and some concessions
from water traffic. Then the bridge
Is built not to obstruct water traffic
but to facilitate land traffic, with
out which there would be no water
traffic. The men ashore have right
to be guarded and respected. Just the
same as those afloat. Steamships
could be moved up and down Port
land's harbor much easier if there
ware no bridges, but there would ba
little er nothing to attract them to
the port. Neither the Port of Port
land ner others whose cause it Is
aiding can prevent construction of
the Broadway bridge, although Its
construction may be delayed "for the
time being." '
Meanwhile a new business district
Is springing up oh the East Side, to
handle tha trade that is denied easy
access to the older business district
on the West Side. This Is a matter
In iwhlch tho West Side has much
greater financial Interests than the
East Side, and the delays will prqva
much more costly to the West Side.
v The longest trip ever made by a bal
loon is something less than 1000
miles. Voyages of several hundred
miles were made, mora than thirty
years ago, and progres In the dirigi
ble line has been, much slower than
with the aeroplane. In the face of
this record, few. If any one, expected
the Wellman balloon to get much far
ther than the point at which it was
abandoned. The experience of dec
ades of ballooning had taught men
that a thousand-mile flight across tha
country had never been accomplished,
and that the chances for. a sustained
flight would ba no better over h sea
than over the land. The sea flight,
however, was so much more spectac
ular tha.n that over the land that it
Lwas attempted. In the time of Co
lumbus, or even when the Montgolfier
brothers were ballooning, there would
have been greater risk in the experi
ment than in a land flight. Today,
with hundreds of steamers crossing
the Atlantic, the chances of being
picked up were bo good that the peri
ccntage of safety In favor of the land
flight, if any, was very small.
The Farmers' Educational and Co
operative Union Is to hold a meeting
with the officials of the O. R. & N.
Company and the Northern Pacific at
Walla Walla, October 21, to discuss
freight rates on wheat to the East. It
Is stated that. If they are unsuccessful
with the railroad men, the farmers
will carry the matter to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Wheat In
Chicago, 2000 miles from the Wash
ington wheat belt, iwas quoted Satur
day at 98 cents per bushel. In Port
land, less than 300 miles from the
wheat district, it waa quoted 85 to 89
cents. If the railroads were to put In
a rate that would admit of shipping
wheat East, at present prices, the Iru
terstata Commerce Commission woula
Immediately have another case to in
vestigate. Until consumption over
takes production and the eastern part
of the United States is dependent on
the Paeifto Coast for wheat supplies,
the natural route to market for Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho wheat will
ba by way of the Paciflo ports to Eu
rope. There is nothing lowly about tho
ambitions and purposes of the Pacific
Highway Association. A road from
the State of Washington to Mexico,
following tha coast line, represents
these at present. The association has
enlisted tha enthusiasm of the officers
of the Oregon State Automobile Asso
ciation with headquarters at Salem.
Nothing Is impossible to engineering
skill, pluck, audacity and money.
Nevertheless the proposed- coastwise
highway will probably not be com
pleted during the first half of the
twentieth century, by which time
rapid transit, scorning tha ground, will
take to itself wings; the flying ma
chine will supersede the automobile,
and tunneling and blasting and grad
ing and such other drudgery as is In
cident to roadbulldlng will give place
to the delights of "winnowing th
buxom air." Perhaps.
How does it seem to become rich
all of a sudden? Perhaps soma
kindly reader can tell us from his ex
perience. The California man who
woke up and found a check for 52.
000 awaiting him ia not a millionaire
by a long shot, .but he has money
enough to change all his old habits
and ways of thought. Henceforth
this will be a new world to him, but
it may not be a better one. That
will depend on his lnnato strength of
Charaoter. .
Stevenson's old ' farm may be
among the places overwhelmed by the
recent voleanlc eruption In Samoa.
The tropical islands are charming to
read about, and it is agreeable to live
for a while upon some of them, but
they have their drawbacks, insects,
volcanoes and naked savages, for ex
ample. Taken for all in all, Oregon is
about as good a place to inhabit as
earth affords.
The visit of Portlanders at Golden
dale last week and the return visit
were events significant of tha social
and commercial Inter-dependence of
the two cities. Goldendale Is an im
portant' and thriving center, destined
to be even more conspicuous in the
upbuilding of this Northwest country.
These visits' will be more frequent as
tra,do relations expand.
The fate of W. 8. Whltmore, In
ventor of stereotyping, la not unlike
many other men of similar gifts. Now
and then an inventor makes a fortune,
as Edison has, but as a rule they die
poor. like Whltmore. Our patent laws
are supposed to secure substantial re
wards to Inventive genius, but they do
not always succeed.
The dwellers of tha Centennial state,
shivering under their blanket of snow,
are naked to turn this way and con
template arrangements being made
for Portland's annual Christmas swim
In the Willamette.
Let it be said of O'Donovan Rossa,
now about to be translated to the
kingdom where the British cease from
troubling and the Irish are at rest,
that he made a brave fight to the best
Of his light.
Tacoma Is said to have been the
worst offender. Nobody would sus
pect her of such work, for Tacoma
was always held to be honest and
slow.
If It Is to -be such a prolonged job
to mark the ticket. Just cast a- tear
for the boards of election who will
have to count the votes.
The Port of Portland Commission
is a mighty body, as the Taxpayers'
League was la days past, but It is not
bigger than the people.
That Tacoma centenarian Is old
enough to be counted twice, and per
haps he was.
Wellman will try again.
He Is a
trying man.
Rhode Island Indorses Taft. That
Is certainly a drop in the bucket.
DR. MOlOtlSON EXPLAI.VS HIS TALK
Dealoa He Said Bible la Not Word of
God! What He Does Mean.
ROUSE OF BISHOPS. Cincinnati,
O.. Oct 12. (To the Editor.)--From
Associated Press reports and from
sensational headlines in newspapers
here The Oregonian will have been in
formed of Dr. A. A. Morrison's ad
dress before the general convention
(of the Episcopal Church) now assem
bled. 1
As Dr. Morrison has been placed in
a wrong position and has been mis
understood, which is unjust to him, and
will be a cause of sorrow to his friends
and parishioners, I ask The Oregonian
to print In full the official statement
Whloh he has made,
CHARLES SCADDINO,
' Bishop of Oregon.
Statement by Rev." A. A. Morrison,
Ph. D made at General Convention
Of the Episcopal Church.
Mr. President and gentlemen of the
convention, In justice to this conven
tion and myself, permit me to correct
a serious and painful misunderstand
ing. In the course of a three-minute ad
dress, when the matter of the preamble
was under discussion, I was reported by
the publlo press as haf lng made the
declaration that the Bible Is not the
word of God, and thh.t the Scriptures
are full of-, inaccuracies. As well
known to the members of this house,
I made no such statements. My use
of the term "inaccuracies had refer
ence to the historical data concern
log the foundation of the church.
- If I had hud more time to amplify
my remarks, there could not have been
a misunderstanding.
I wish to affirm my belief la the
sixth article of the religion in our
prayer book concerning holy Scripture,
I do further believe the declaration
In article eight of the constitution
understanding by the use of ward of
God a sacred and reverend title for the
holy Scripture, containing all things
necessary for salvation. In this under
standing I feel that I am in accord
with the members of this house and
in harmony with the spirit of the
church.
There "is purely no peed for further
discussion.
I thank you for your consideration
A. A. MORRISON.
Rector Trinity Church, Portland. Or,
SLAP-DASH LEGISLATION' DAD r'AD,
Imposalblltly' of Passing on Thlrty
tno Initiative Meaaares Shown.
. New York Times, Ind. Dem.
The direct rule of the people seems
to have reached Its climax in Oregon.
We referred the other day to one of
the S3 Initiative measures on which it
will be the privilege and the implied
duty of each voter in that state to
express his wish. This we took from
The Oregonian. It's accuracy was dis
puted by friends of the "reform." and
The Oregonian now repeats it in the
Official form. It i interesting enough
to give In full:
For an amendment to Article IV., Con
stitution of Oregon, Increasing initiative,
referendum, and recall powers of the Deo.
pie; restricting use of emergency clause and
veto power on state and municipal legisla
tion; requiring; proportional election of mem
bers of the Legislative Assembly from the
state at large; annual sessions ana increas
ing: members' salaries and terms of office:
providing for elections ef Speaker of House
and freslaent or Eenate outside of members;
restricting corporate franchises to -0 years;
providing ten-dollar penalty for unexcused
sbsenoes from any roll call, and changing
the form of oath of office to provide
against so-callea legislative log-rolling.
Any one who cares to read this pro
posed amendment to the constitution
a little carefully will see that it really
Includes nine measures, and the voter
iias to vote for or against every one
of them by a single cross "at the
designated place on the wagon-bed
ballot." He may wont to vote for five
of them and against four, but to get
the five he must take the four, or to
reject the four he must abandon the
five.- -He may want annual sessions
of the Legislature and not want more
legislators or higher pay for them. He
must take them all or none. He may
think well of proportional election of
legislators and think ill of 30-year
franchises for corporations; he must
approve both or neither. And so on,
Aqd this is called extending the con
trol of the people over their affairs.
It la really denying them the power
to control. We assume that this is an
extreme ease; at least we know of no
other so ridiculous. But It is the log
ical outoome ef the mad, bad fad which
at the moment Mr. Roosevejt is urg
ing. HIGH RETAIL. PRICE OF APPLES
Complaints of Rust and San Joae Scale
la New England Orchards.
Northampton (Mass.) Gazette.
Tha price obtained by the grower
for Winter apples is about $2.50 a bar
rel for number ones. Some apples, bet
ter than the average, like those in the
best districts of New York and those
along the eastern shore of Lake Cham
plain, are selling for a greater price.
Buyers who have made extensive tours
of the apple regions say that the crop
is proving larger than was expected.
and .that the rust is very extensive on
the fruit. This is a brownish rough
nesa of the skin, which seems to pre
vent its ready expansion, and thus
checks the growth of the fruit, or else
this roughness permits the freer evap
oration of the water. It is not other
wise a serious loss to the grower. Bor
deaux mixture is said to cause it, but
the rust appears this year on many
unsprayed orchards. Except for tha
rust, apples are generally smooth and
free from fungoid discoioratlona. Th
retail price of apples will be high. The
risks and cost of cold storage are so
great that the Fall buyers are Inclined
to get more for their risk than in for
mer years. We asked a man well in
formed of the state of apple tree plant
ing In New England if the number of
trees Increased or decreased, and he
said the number was decreasing. The
Ban Jose scalo Is killing more than
are planted. In time all the trees will
be in large orchards whose owners
make a business of apple-growing.
A Delicate Point.
Kansas City Journal. '
"What shall we do with Senator
Smugg?"
'Just say he was always faithful to
his trust."
"And shall we mention the name of
the trust?"
? ,
Rich In a nay.
Chlcaro Hewa
Are you plugging day In, day out, for a
very scanty wage.
Envying the rich and haughty? Put a puno
tura In your rage.
It you're poorer than Job's turkey, if you
haven't got a bone.
There's a way to mend yaur fortunes, to
make all the world your own.
Dent be weeping, don't ba sorry, don't be
grieving any more;
There's a plutocratic fortune humbly knock
ing at jour door.
I can tell you hew to get it la a J Iffy. I
have seen
What a fellow wrsta about it in a recent
magaslne.
Fix- aome shelves up in year cellar. In tha
dark and dank and gloom;
Raise the toothsome agarlcus. cultivate the
gla4 mivhrooml
Ifs a wlnnerl It's a daisy! It's a gem
without a flaw!
Ton can make a fortune. What's thatT
Haven't got a cellar? Pshaw!
Oh. well, do not be discouraged. Mush
rooms might have failed, you know.
But here-s one you cannot lose on, one
'that's bound to be a go I
Hera's a fellow tells about It chickens!
Got It? Got It down?
Ton can make a fortune at It In your back
lot, here In town!
(Jet a hatcher and ae brooder; they will
make you rich and glad. '
What? Y" haven't got a back let? Living
la a flat? Too badl .
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUMTMEASURES
Memphis, Tennessee, Under Prohibition "Law Such as Ia Proposed In Oregon,
Has Two Husdred SI Pre Open Saloons Than During- License Regulation,
brand Juries Refuse, ta Indict on Prima facie tjvidenee snd Pertde Vit-neaaea.
.ARTICLE o. a. ,
An amendment of Section 35, of Article II,'
of the Constitution of Oregon, prohibiting
tha manufacture and sale o,f intoxicating
liquor and the traffic therein within the
State of Oregon, on and after the first day
of July, A. D. 1911, excepting for medicinal,
scientific, sacramental and mechanical pus
poses. 842 Yes. '
343 No.
A bzill for a law to prohibit, prevent and
suppress the manufacture, sale, possession,
exchange or giving away ' of intoxicating
liquors within the State ef Oregon, except
for specific purposes; to govern the arlp
ment of the same, deolarlng what is Intoxi
cating Uquor within the State of Oregon,
and providing penalty for violations of
the act
844 Yes.
345 NO.
There are two initiative measures to
be approved or rejected by the voters
In the general election both of which
provide for state-wide prohibition. One
measure Is In the form of an amend
ment of the Constitution.
The Oregonian has repeatedly de
clared that prohibition is not a proper
or effective means of curing the evils
of intemperance.. Prohibition results
in the substitution of the blind PK
for the regulated saloon; In turning
what were formerly license revenues
into graft for city officers; ia breeding
vice; in contempt for law and order
and In lowering the moral tone gener
ally of the densely-populated commu
nities. State-wide prohibition so Fesults be
cause the state ia the unit of enact
ment and the county the unit of en
forcement; because counties that do not
want prohibition have prohibition
forced upon them and because, in the
face of opposing public sentiment, the
enforcing power of the county is
I powerless.
In Tennessee the last Legislature
amended the prohibition law to include
all cities and towns and It went Into
effect la that form-July 1, 1903.
The result of forcing a prohibitory
liquor -law upon the City of Memphis
provides an object lesspn for the people
of Oregon.
On October 2, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
published a full-page article de
scribing present conditions in Memphis
after the law had been In effect one
year and three months. The article is
a plain recital of conditions, written
by a staff correspondent, in which
photographs of saloons running openly
and in defiance of law are shown and
in which the locations of numerous
open saloons, dives, gambling resorts
and the names of their proprietors are
given. This article gives the follow
ing Information:
Memphis In 1908 had 763 saloons and
none of the places now known as "beer
joints" or places where beer alone is
sold, making a total of 613, or an In
crease of more than 200.
The saloons iq 1908 were closed Sun
days although some kept pide and rear
doors open. The hotels sold drinks
only with caution. Today the saloons
frankly ignore the laws Sundays as
on week days. The hotel bars are
open and drinks are served with meals
as on other days.
In 1908 gambling in saloons was pros
ecuted when known. Gambling now
goes on In saloons with little pretense
as to secreoy.
In 1903 policemen were rarely seen In
saloons. Policemen now enter saloons
openly.
Prior to the enactment of the prohi
bition law the greatest number of un
tried murder cases on the court dockets
at one time was estimated at $0. On
tha first of the current month there
were 116 untried murder cases oa tha
Memphis court dockets.
Memphis Is a city but little smaller
than Portland. An estimate, probably
excessive, places its population at 211,
000, or a figure near Portland's ac
tual population. Memphis has an area
of about , half that ef Portland, ia
therefore more compact and more eas
ily patrolled than Portland. There are
190 men In the Memphis police depart
ment and about 200 in Portland's. Tha
Memphis postoffice .receipts in 1909
were 1584,200. Portland's postofflca re
ceipts In that year were $691,730.
e e
The prohibition law proposed for
Oregoa makes issuance of a Govern
ment revenue lloense to any person
Or firm, not excepted by statute, prima
facie evidence that such person or
firm is violating the law. Under the
Tennessee law a Federal license is suf
ficient evidence on which to base an
indictment, but not to convict. In
Tennessee Indictments are supposed to
be issued by grand juries upon evi
dence submitted by the Attorney-General.
Recently, a law enforcement
league, with a membership ef 1500,
prepared a complaint in an action In
which It was sought to abate 12 sa
loons in Memphis on the ground that
they were ' publlo nuisances. This
complaint was supported by affidavits
of detectives and sworn to by officers
of the league.
The bill In this case, gays the cor
respondent of the Post-Plspatch, sets
forth that Illegal drinking saloons are
being openly, publicly, continuously
and notoriously conducted both dally
and on Sundays, Some close their
doors on Sundays, the bill recites, but
on that day their trade is larger than
during the week, and Is composed of
a lower elass of persons.
Reference Is made in the complaint
to the electric signs n front of sa
loons, and It is stated that some of
them have representatives in tha
streets asking passersby to step in
side. They are publlo resorts, the pe
tition says, for drunkards, gamblers
and vjcloug women. Gambling goes on
In all the 126 places. It is charged.
The petition continues:
Complainant is further informed
A MAN WHO 1EI.I"ERS THfi GOODS'
Frank Estimate of Oswald West, Demo
crat who wants o Be Governor.
FORTLANP, Oct, 19.(To the Edi
tor.). While tha people of Oregon ara
smiling at the publicity of Oswald
West's little mileage garner-wherein he
extracted from the United States Treas
ury the sum -of $31b, which, after be
coming frightened at the possible ex
posure ef the "graft," he turned into
the State .treasury, ine state naving
earned no part of it, as Mr. West had
not the fact is recalled as stated yes
terday by one of the most prominent
Democrats In Oregon, that probably no
person has ever attempted to fly so
high with so little actual investment
of merit as this same Mr. West. This
Democrat said that in the primary
campaign wh'ch selected Mr. West over
Mr. Meyers as the result ef orders pre
viously sent out by his owner, Senator
Chamberlain, that every local jaarri-
that in all of these rooms, where tables
are so provided, disorderly women and
even society ladles go for the purpose
either of gambling, eatipg or buyln&T
and drinking intoxicating liquors.
"Grand jurors have flagrantly vio
lated the lawa themselves by abso
lutely refusing to return Indictments,
although 500 or mora official copies of
said' revenue license were presented to
then) by the Attorpey-Geperl, and af
ter they were specially and thorough
ly charged by the court as to the ef
fect such licenses should have on them
In this respect.
"Not only this, but pther clear and
conclusive evidence was presented to
said grand Juries of the sale of intoxi
cating liquors, but they have utterly
Ignored such, evidence and laughed at.
Joked and made fun of the vritneasea
who appeared before them to submit
evidence."
Mark this: The three foregoing par
agraphs were copied from a bill of
complaint supported by affidavits and
prepared by the officers of a law en
forcement league, which desired to
elose the saloons. The attempt to
abate the saloons as nuisances also
failed, for the complaint required the
signature of the Attorney-General and
he refused to sign it on the ground
that proper procedure against the sa
loons was by criminal and not civil
action.
Before the prohibition law went into
effeot in Memphis, the revenue to the
City from the 763 saloons was $190,
75p a year. The 972 saloons now In Mem
phis pay nothing to the city, but it
is charged in the complaint of the Law
Enforcement League that policemen
get free drinks in the saloons and re
ceive pay for protecting the gambling
games. The 150 beer licenses are now
held principally by corner groceries
that prior to the enactment of the pro
hibition law could not afford to pay
the 3250 yearly beer license imposed
by the city. They now pay the Gov
ernment $25 a year each.
The following Is a part of what the
Post-Dispatch correspondent says he
saw in Memphis:
"In the districts where vice flour- .
ishes openly, along Gayosa street, from
Third to'Welllngton streets, and along
Rayburne boulevard from Beale to
Linden avenues, I saw policemen enter
saloons with -women and saw women,
stand with them at bars and drink. It
a the boast of soma of the saloon pro
prietors that tbey never close their
doors.. One man who made this boast
to me was Rowe (Deacon) Jones, whose
place Is at Third and Gayoso streets.
"A stout blonde woman walked 'Into
Persica'a dancehaU (Third and Gayoso)
while I was there, holding the tassle
cord Of a policeman's stick. The stick
was over her shoulder and the police
man held the other end, the woman
leading him captive to a table amid
the laughter and jests of the others.
Drinks were served but the policeman
paid nothing. , . .
"At Ike Bernstein's White House Bar,
113 Monroe street, there la a poolroom
and no effort made to conceal the fact
that customers are gambling on horse
races."
e
This Is what the Attorney-General
of Tennessee says about the prohibi
tion law!
"Whenever the state pasaes a law
unpopular in certain counties it cannot
be enforced In them. This is illus
trated by the fact that I can and do
get convictions against disorderly
roadhouses around Memphis for selling
liquor, but the same juries would re
fuse to convict a Memphis saloon
keeper even if I could get an indictment-
"I stand ready at any time to pros
ecute any man In Memphis who sells
liquor Illegally and I am ready to do
all in my power to get indictments,
but I can't get them. You cacnot en
force an unpopular law."
ess
Opposed to the two prohibition
measures submitted lo Oregon Is the
constitutional amendment submitted by
the Greater Oregon Home Rule Asso
ciation, under the following title:
"For constitutional amendment giv
ing cities and towns exclusive power
to license, regulate, control, suppress
or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors
within the municipality."
Yes! 328.
No. 329.
The purport of the home-rule amend
ment Is clearly indicated in the title.
It Is Intended by Its adoption to give Port
land and other cities and towns the power
to regulate the liquor traffic within their
limits ae they saw fit or abolish it alto- .
gather, but still subject them to the
provisions of the local option law.
This ia the situation in Oregon:' Port
land as a city does not desire prohibi
tion and there are aome otlier towns
and citiea in the state in the same class.
If they did want prohibition the present
local option law would provide a medium
for closing ' the saloons, and, supported
by public sentiment, the law could ba
enforced.
Had such sentiment existed no state
wide prohibition laws or constitutional
amendments would have been submitted
in the coming election.
But as public, sentiment in Portland
favors regulation and not suppression of
the liquor traffic, the Prohibitionists are
endeavoring by force of numbers in other
portions of tha state to compel Portland
to ocoept measures, that if enacted,
will not be enforced, because the senti
ment In the enforcing unit la opposed
to them.
Tha question isi "Does Oregon Want to .
Make of Portland Another Memphis?"
man attorney in the state who is a Demo
crat, and there are several of them, not
only voted for Mr. West, but put forth
extra efforts in that direction.
Being known as tha man who deliv
ers the goods, even though he gets
them from the Federal Treasury for
making a trip to Washington. D. C
which he didn't make, the railroad
companies, when they instructed their
attorneys to work for Mr. West, were
probably sowing goods to the wind
ward for future delivery.
ONLOOKER.
Waste of Blaterlal.
Saturday Evening Post,
Whenever Senator Jonathan Bourne,
of Oregon, steps into the limellght.'lie '
prepares a typewritten interview pre
vious to the step and hands it out after
he emerges. Sometimes there are no
reporters around to take the inter
views, whloh -a. waste ef soed material.