, THE rOHXiyG OREGOyiAy. SATURDAY, yOYE3IBEB 5, 1910.
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no iu sicm i-oit itbuc ihxks.
On all economic questions a Terr
small amount of fact is infinitely
preferable to theory and Action. In
the local discussion over public docks
the few Interested persons who ara
ndeavorlng to mulct tba taxpayers
la millions for a public dock system
tiara skillfully avoided tha presenta
tion of facta These debt and dock
promoters bar repeatedly assured us
that public docks would Increase the
shipping- business of the port, but they
are strangely silent when asked to
explain where "this new business Is
coming from. By Inference, they en
deavor to mislead the taxpayer Into
believing' that public docks would be
self-sustaining-, but no figures are
presented showing such a pleasing
result.
The Oregonlan has shown that on
the $2,500,000 Investment, which of
course would be Inadequate to supply
docks In all parts of the city where
private docks now handle the busi
ness, there would be a fixed charge
for Interest and deprecation alone of
1260.000. To pay this sum and with
out making allowance far tha army
of employes and other operating ex
penses, the docks would be obliged
to handle 1.000.000 tons of freight
per year at the rates now charged
by the private docks.
Will the dock promoters explain
where even a small portion of this
1.000.000 tons of additional freight Is
to be secured? Mr. Chesebrough. of
the new steamship line via Panama,
met a large number of Portland ship
pers at the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday and . promised to make
Portland one of the Northern termini
of the line If Portland shippers would
guarantee shipments of 1000 tons per
month. There was no public dock
"string" attached to the offer ot Mr.
Chesebrough. He even went so far as
to compliment our local switching fa
cilities, declaring them the best he
had seen "In all hla experience In
, the transportation business." and that
the railroads entering Portland had
' given the city a decided advantage In
the contest for trade."
All that Mr. Chesebrough asked
and all that any other legitimate
transportation enterprise will ever ask
of Portland Is business sufficient to
warrant tha operation of vessels In
and out of the port. Jobbers are not
asked to supply the million tons of
freight per year which are needed to
' make public docks partly eetf-eup-portlng.
AU that Is needed to secure
the Chesebrough. line Is a compara
tively insignificant 3000 tons per
month. Publio docks will not attract
shipping to the port nnless there Is
business here for It.
There were at the Portland docks
yesterday a fleet of eighteen vessels,
loading, discharging or under charter
to load. Of this fleet sixteen of 32.112
' tons net register were loading or dts-
charging at tha docks of the men who
, had bought or sold the cargoea or
who controlled the movement of the
cargo. The other two, totaling 2743
tons net register, might have dis
charged part of their cargo at a pub
lic dock. If It were located where the
Importers wished the freight deliv
ered, but both will go to private docks
to receive outward cargo.
This is a fair example ot the situa
tion throughout the year. Portland
mill profit Infinitely more by rustling
up business for the docks already
' built than by spending money for
public docks for which there will be
no business after they are completed.
The publio docks In San Francisco,
built on state land on which no reve
nue Is returned, ara a very fine thing
for the Southern Pacific There have
been plenty of scandals over tha man
ner In which favoritism was shown
the corporation In special rates and
privileges. The dock employes po
litical machine) In San Francisco has
also been one of the most potent fac
tors In railroad politics, not only tn
Pan Francisco, but throughout the
state.
Portland has no free land on which
to build docks for the railroad com
pany or for others who seek some
thing for nothing or for less than It
Is worth. For that reason It will cost
many millions mora to establish a
great publio dock political machine
here than It has cost In California.
If the voters will make a careful study
of this Important matter from a
strictly business viewpoint, there will
be no danger of the publio dock bur
den resting on the port.
TMX wroRxXrW KHUItW.
The annual report of Lloyd's Reg
ister of Shipping for the year 1909-10
baa Juat been Issued. Its elaborate
statistics offer a vary potent reason
why ocean freights ara so low that
a few misguided Americans ara ory-
' Ing for a subsidy with which to make
on the deficiency. Nearly everything
' worth while In the shipping line Is
classified In Lloyds. For the year
ending June 30. 1910. there were
10.103 merchant vessels registering
10.I1S.4S7 tons classed in the Regis
ter. It Is to tha details of new con
struction for the past ten years, how
arrer. that we find the cause for cheap
freights and a surplus of tonnage.
The era of high freights which ended
In 1901 stimulated construction to
such an extent that In the year
1901-41. Lloyds reported 1.416.411
tons of new shipping added to the Use
A slight depression following the
launching of so much tonnage caused
a check. In 1103-04 the new tonnage
pnt afloat amounted to 1.079,041 tons.
Then came a slight revival In rates
and a reduction tn the cost of ships,
the output of the yards as returned
by Uoyds tn 190S-0T reaching high
water mark at 1.4 54.711 tons. From
the figures there was a rapid decline
Co 114.914 ton tat 1901-09. For the
year Just reported the new tonnage
amounts to z. ions.
Another feature of Interest in con
nection with the report la the over
whelming proportion of steamers. Of
tha entire tonnage constructed last
year there were but 1242 of sail ton
nage reported. The Increasing use of
steam tonnage has, of course, had
some effect in holding down the fig
ures on the total output, for the
steamer not only carries twice as much
per registered ton as the sailer, but It
also makes about three voyages while
the sailer is making one.
There seems to be no known method
by which the demand and supply of
tonnage can be regulated to better ad
vantage so that the growth of ton
ange will be proportionate to the
growth of business, but the figures
shown by Lloyds demonstrate conclu
sively that whenever there la any
business offering for ships, there are
plenty of ships to handle it.
WKEKK ARE Tint CAI-CTOflE OF
rESTEKDAT?
Mr. Bowerman is accused by the
desperate and despairing Bourne
Chamberlain opposition of various
high crimes and misdemeanors. But
the public is no fooL The campaign
of dirt and defamation bss been grossly
and outrageously overdone. There Is
and can be no confidence that any
of the statements of the machine or
gans are trustworthy.- False In one,
false in all. Is -a very safe maxim.
The Bourne-Chamberlain publicity
agency, in Its crimson-campaign of
filth and scandal, has been sadly lack
ing In discrimination. Any old lie has
been given equal prominence with any
other lie. old or new. The only con
dition was that it should malign
Bowerman.
Tet one common resource of cheap
political strategy has not yet been
adopted. No one has accused Bower
man of being the creature of any of
the old-time Oregon political ma
chines. Where are the ghosts of the
old regime that they are not sum
moned to point their accusing fingers
at Bowerman? Are they so soon for
got? It cannot be possible.
Tet everybody knows that Bower
man Is no man's man but his own.
He stands by himself and for him
self. His candidacy represents no In
terest whatever not open and obvious
to the entire public, no alliance not
known of all men, no machine or
boss or political combination of any
kind. Ha Is the candidate of the Re
publican primary. He will as Gover
nor owe his election to no corrupt and
discreditable bargain with anyone.
If West shall be Governor, then we
will see Bourne & Chamberlain fixed
In the saddle; and they will ride hard
and long. '
A QCtsnox oaf watkb jrwnrsL
Certain suburban residents and land
peculators wish to withhold their
monthly water rentals from the up
keep earnings of the water depart
ment and to expend those rentals for
laying new mains up to their lots. In
other words, they wish water consum
ers In other parts of tha city to main
tain the" publio water system while
they shall "reallxe" for themselves, at
expense of general water consumers,
the value added to their land by water
main Improvement.
This is called the "poor man's sys
tem." But It Is a scheme to make
water consumers pay for new 'mains
and for Improvement of far-away lots.
Monthly rates will have to be held up
to high figures to supply the funds.
Among water consumers are most of
the city's "poor" men and women.
Should not all consumers the city over
be treated alike and pay their monthly
bills the same way and for the same
purpose?
This ought not to be a hard ques
tion to see through. It Is simple
enough when studied by other than
self-Interest. Of course self-interest
guides all citizen, more or less, but it
does not lead them against what tha
community regards fair and Just.
Why should not landowners pay for
water Improvement, same aa for sewer
and street and sidewalk Improve
ments? This question not yet has
been answered directly by champions
of the proposed water amendment.
It never was right to charge water
oonsumers high rates so aa to lay
mains for benefit of lotowners. This
Injustice caused voters to revolt from
that plan In 1907. Now the proposal
Is to restore It. But it was wrong
during many years and It will be
wrong If adopted next week by voters
of the clrj
the roairzBrnox whtbxigio.
-If Tba Dallas goes dry but tbere will
be ao "If about our part of It- We mar
ha voted dry by tha paopla from Cooa Bar.
Tillamook. Vela. Wallowa end Athana, sad
tthar place wha they do not know
whether Tba DaJlae la iha nam of a tows,
a river, a rac hors or a chorus flrU But
thare will ba aa -If" If wa ara allowad to
dactde our own quaatioa onraalTaa. JTrom
Tba raJaa Optimist.
The brethren who are doing the
most talking being paid. Just as tha
orators of the antl-pr'ohlbitlon cam
paign are paid are the same breth
ren who everywhere six years ago
preached the Inalienable right of
home rule or local option. Everyone
who opposed them they denounced
as a hireling of the saloons and an
emissary of tha devil. Now they re
pudiate and reject utterly the prin
ciple of local option or home rule,
and grow red with virtuous wrath
whenever anyone dares In their pres
ence thus to advocate the criminal
cause of the rum seller. Helghhol
"Who's looney now 7"
Six years ago the spirit and essence
of the great campaign against whisky
was that every county should decide
tha question of prohibition for ltselfa
now the spirit and essence of the
campaign against rum Is that no
county shall settle the question for
Itself.
We do not dare vesture a prophecy as
to what the versatile brethren will
want six years from this day of grace.
rxVLT AT rSOORRXCT NAME.
A dispatch from Medford says a
company haa been -formed to take
over the Rogue magazine, a monthly
devoted to fruit and agriculture. In
the name of clearness and common
sense, change the name by adding the
word "river" after Rogue, otherwise
an incredulous and unsympathetic
world may torn to believe the publi
cation Is the official organ of unde
sirable dtisens near Salem whose
terms of residence vary from one year
to life. In some parts of the land it
may be taken aa the special ad
vocate of those who differ from the
Colonel as to what Is best for the
good of the country or It may carry
the false Impression of representing
voters who are opposed to Bourne and
Bournelsm.
Perhapa It la not too lata to change
the name of Rogue River. The pres
ent name la due to bad spelling. At
certain seasons In certain stretches
the waters of this stream have a red
dish tinge. In very early days, French
Canadians In the employ of the Hud
son's Bay Company called It naturally
Rouge (red) River. When Americans
began settlement of Southern Oregon,
they lgnorantly or carelessly trans
posed tha "u" and the "g," thus con
verting Rouge Into Rogue. It may be
doubted whether at this late day Ore
gonlans could adapt themselves to
tha French pronunciation "Rooxh,"
but without doubt Rogue could be
changed to Oregon Red and perma
nently adopted Into the nomenclature
of the Pacific Northwest
THE PRIZB MABTTO.
Naturally the friends of a Repub
lican candidate for Senator or Repre
sentative in the Legislature would feel
chagrined If a Democratic candidate
lnthe same nominating district who
received a fewer number of jrotes than
the Republican candidate should be
declared elected.
Tet so marked a perversion of the
will of the voters in some districts
would certainly happen under the
operations of proportional representa
tion. If the calculations on the total
vote gave the Republicans thirty-five
members and tha Democrats fifteen
members of the House, the Demo
cratic candidate who stood fifteenth
tn rank of aggregate votes received
would be elected, even though the
Republican candidate In his district
standing thirty-sixth or lower In rank
on the Republican ticket received
twice as many votes as the Democrat
received.
The Republicans in such a district
could get even, however, under the
recall provisions found In the same
proposed constitutional amendment.
A petition signed by one-fourth the
voters in the district would be suffi
cient to bring on a special recall elec
tion. This election would be held
only In the member's district, al
though he had been elected by the
state at large, provided the member
were not accused of refusing to obey
an instruction given by the people of
the state. In the latter event hlu re
call would be decided by the voters of
the whole state.
But In a district election where
Republicans predominated a Repub
lican candidate named In opposition
to the Democratic member sought to
be recalled would have a walk-away.
Thus would proportional legislation
cease to be proportional.
Surely the new constitution written
by Bourne, TTRen et al. deserves a
blue ribbon as the prize marvel in the
list of thirty-two Initiative and refer
endum measures.
"sry- BXtx. acatk.
That Is a specious appeal to the
"earners of 13 a day or less" found
In the argument In the official
pamphlet favoring the approval of
"MY bill," as Jonathan Bourne terms
It. The glittering promise Is held out
to the man who cannot afford to pay
his own expenses to the National con
ventions that the Bourne direct pri
mary amendment will cure that little
evasion of a high public duty by com
pelling the state to pay his expenses
if chosen.
But the state will not pay the can
didate's campaign expenses and ws
find the same Individuals further
along In the official pamphlet declar
ing that It costs the earner of 11 a
day an average of 1100 and thirty
days' campaigning time to be elected
to the Legislature, or a total In money
and time value of 1190. Tha candi
date for delegate to a National con
vention must seek votes throughout
the entire state, while the candidate
for the Legislature seeks support only
In a limited district. Surely If it costs
1190 to be elected a member of the
Legislature, It would cost 1190 to be
elected delegate to a National con
vention by the direct primary method.
The delegate would draw under "MT
bill" not to exceed 1200, so at best he
would have returned Just about the
amount of his campaign expenses and
would still have to pay his railroad
fare- and hotel bills from his own
pocket while attending the convention.
No, dear voter who cannot afford
to pay your own way to the conven
tion, you will not have any greater
privileges by the approval of the
Bourne bill. Rather, If you are a
taxpayer, you will be called upon to
help pay the expenses of men amply
able to pay their own way and who
would gladly do so if they could not
get to the convention in any other
way.
BOOKS FOB QUIET BOIS.
Tha mother of a youth who was af
flicted with Infantile paralysis In his
childhood and who still suffers from
some physical effects of the disease
writes to ask The Oregon lan what
books he can read "that will make
life seem worth while?" The boy Is
highly Intelligent but his bodily In
firmity deprives him of the compan
ionship of his schoolmates. Hence he
naturally turns to books for diversion
and comfort.
One of the best for this boy to read
Is Hamerton'a "Intellectual Life."
This is not the prosy and pedantic
volume that Its title might seem to in
dicate, but a work of practical In
struction In the art of living. It Is
full of inspiration for ambitious boys
and not without an occasional example
of what may be accomplished under
disadvantages. Hamerton tells hi par
ticular of ona young man who was
bedridden for years, almost Incapable
of moving his limbs, and yet he ac
quired the difficult art of etching and
made good progress In It. There Is
nothing better for boys who lack phy
sical prowess to read than biog
raphies, for such works abound with
the achievements of men and women
under all sorts of difficulties.
Helen Keller In spite of her handi
caps has written two or three books
and many magazine articles. Her ac
count of her own life is like a revela
tion of what the resolute will can ac
complish when It Is bereft of almost
every bodily aid. Booker Washing
ton's "Up From Slavery," Is also ex
cellent reading, although his disad
vantages were social rather than phy
sical. There is a long list of biographies
which are exactly adapted to the case
of the boy whose mother has asked
for advice. One might mention, for
example, the life of Huber, the blind
man, whose studies of bees made him
famous; of Plateau, the blind mathe
matician, who Investigated the prop
erties of what are called "minimal sur
faces," a feat which required extreme
ly minute observation upon the be
havior of sosp bubbles; Beethoven,
the deaf roaster of musicians; and of
Demosthenes, the prince of orators
who began life with a lisp which he
conquered by practicing his speeches
on the seashore with pebbles under
his tongue. When a boy has read of
the achievements of these men and
others like them. If he Is made of the
right stuff he will not despair, no mat
ter what his bodily defects may be.
- An American dealer in laundry ma
chinery who has been unusually sua
cessful In sellng his product In the
Latin-American countries, and espe
cially in South America, adds the
weight of his experience and observa
tion to the opinions so frequently
rendered In their official reporta by
our American Consuls, saying that
our failure to build up trade In those
countries is due chiefly to our persist
ency or stupidity In trying to force on
the natives either things that they do
not want at all or that are not put up
or labeled In ways that are Intelligible
or attractive to them. They cannot,
for example, read English, but they
can read Spanish or French, or both.
Recognizing this simple fact, Euro
pean exporters to South American
countries have for years labeled their
wares designed for consumption In
South American states In the Spanish
or French language. We Yankees,
says the New York Commercial, com
menting upon this fact, stick stub
bornly to our way of doing things,
with the result that we fall down In
trade competition. The lesson Is plain.
If we expect to do business with these
people we must respect their tastes
and preferences. . and above all we
must make ourselves Intelligible and
our wares attractive "to them. Any
manager of a successful department
store could give the Government this
tip. If called upon to do so.
The assessed valuation of the Wash
ington railroads has been gradually
Increasing for the past ten years, and
this year has passed the 1100,000,000
mark. In 1891 the roads of the Ever
green State were assessed at 212,014,
708, and ten years later at 119,878,
4S7. Tha present assessment is, of
course, much nearer the value of tha
property at the present time than that
which was returned for the smaller
mileage ten years earlier. In the as
sessment of other property the ad
vances have been less pronounced. In
1891 the value of real property Was
placed at 1266,000,000. This year it
has been placed at 1692,000,000. As
the assessed valuation, of the property
la naturally much less than Its cash
value. It Is quite apparent that Wash
ington Is something more than a billion-dollar
state. .The figures reflect
an enormous Industrial and agricul
tural development within a very few
years, for Washington as A state 1
only twenty-one years old.
Only In the chief actor and the lo
cation does the Seaside tragedy differ
from hundreds and thousands of oth
ers in which the unwarranted use of
"other people's money" has been fol
lowed by disgrace and death. Per
haps the strangest feature of these
ever-occurring tragedies lies In the
apparent lack of regard for the in
numerable examples which others
have supplied with their life blood.
The start on these awful mistakes
seems so easy and harmless that the
victim seldom stops to count the cost
In case his plans miscarry. Every
man who takes money not hla own, to
be used for purposes not sanctioned
by tha rules of good banking, is gam
bling with death and disgrace, and In
very few eases does he win. The Sea
side suicide has atoned for his crime
with his life, but that tragedy will
not prevent others from tempting a
similar awful fate whenever loosely
guarded bank funds are In convenient
reach.
Walla Walla dispatches report the
sale at 64 cents per bushel of 20,000
bustiels of wheat, for which the
grower had refused $1.10 per bushel a
year ago. Throughout the wheat belt
there has been a panicky feeling ac
companied by a free selling movement
since the foreign and Eastern markets
began declining. It la a singular trait
In human nature that Induces a man
to hold wheat when It Is 11.10 per
bushel, and then rush to sell It at
about half that figure. The farmer,
the" dealer, the consumer and every
body In any manner interested in the
Industry would be better off, taking
one year with another. If the surplus
wheat were sold as soon as It was
ready for market. Then, If the gam
bling spllrt was still strong, less risk
would be Incurred by buying options
and carrying them In the safe where
the Insurance, taxes and danger from
rats are lessened.
Rogue River Valley rejoices. It has
the light to feel mighty good. It has
added a long and handsome feather
to the well-earned ornaments on Its
hat. At the recent apple show at
Vancouver, B. C, the Valley took first
prise on Yellow Newtowns and third
prize In the sweepstakes for all varie
ties In competition with the world.
True, this prizewlnning doesn't Im
prove the quality and market "value
of Rogue River Yellow Newtowns.
These are too well-known to be In
need of the approval of disinterested,
well-qualified Judges, ' but It la im
mensely gratifying to our Southern
neighbors, and to the whole' state, for
that matter, that Rogue River won
this handsome distinction.
From Boise comes the news that the
Idaho Board of Health proposes to
abolish the use of public drinking
cups. Times have indeed changed
since the day when three or four men
would go into the old Green Meadow
corral, shove the neck of a bottle half
way down their necks, and never give
a thought to the deadly germ. But
Idaho is now Improving.
Oregon University Is right In order
ing delinquent students off' the foot
ball squad. The state's appropriation
Is to aid in learning, not for play.
A New Jersey boy burglar facing a
penalty of 120 years' imprisonment
might learn how to escape by consult
ing former Portland bank officials.
Of the total registered voters in Ore
gon 121,547 81,826 are for Bower
man and 26,115 for West, subject to
slight revision Tuesday night.
If one Seattle enumerator Is re
sponsible for over two hundred bogus
names what's the answer?
If all delinquent bankers committed
sniclde, what a world of trouble would
be avoided
It la ridiculous to allow the yellow
man to gambla-and shut out blacks
and whita
THAT PEOPLE'S GAZETTJB JOB
Blr. V'tUm Says It's All Right! bat
Let's See. Let's See.
iMjtrvw rMT v fir- Ka. R. fTO the
Editor.) In The bregonlan last Sunday
some one woo signs niuiiou
llcan Voter" states that the People's
n t ... rrl.1al HoTiitt. Mil Is a
jr www, .-to up uo w -
scheme to boost the political fortunes
or senator isourno ana acuwui
berlaln. In Tuesday's Oregonlan there
tm -.. . . i ii.Hncr t h h t the edi
tor has besn misled by this statement.
A. glance at section i oi mo uui
clearly to anyone that the editors of
. v. MAn- inA will K a BnnnintM bv
Governor Benson or y Acting Governor
Bowerman. ir wvernor iaaa
not resume his duties. This is not an
accident. The omission of tha salary
provision was an accident, like Secre
tary Benson's omission of the Prohibi
tion party argument. It was Intended
at the time the bill was drawn. The
do not indicate that either Mr. Benson
or Mr. Bowerman will mane any enon
to appoint editors of the magazine
who are favorable either to Bourne or
Chamberlain. I trust that The Ore
gonlan will give this correction as
much prominence as It gave the error.
The group of men who constitute the
People's Power League have never yet
written a line In any bill or amend
ment proposed to the people of Oregon
which was Intended especially for the
advantage of any person or any class.
It Is also a fact that no one of the
measures proposed by this group of
men haa ever been deolared unconsti
tutional by the Supreme Court in any
particular. WILLIAM R TTREN.
The Oregonlan has not been misled
by the communication of "Republican
Voter." It has independently reached
the conclusion that the Official Gazette
bill and the bill extending the direct
primary to National convention candi
dates are schemes to boost the polit
ical fortunes of Senator Bourne and
Senator Chamberlain. Under the terms
of the Official Gazette bill, neither
Governor Benson nor Acting Governor
Bowerman would have a free hand in
appointment of the three inspectors of
government.
The bill provides that .the Governor
"shall" appoint the Inspectors, who
serve for the first two years, from lists
of men recommended by the executive
committees of the Btate Grange, Ore
gon State Federation of Labor and as
sembled residents of the commercial
bodies of tha state. One Inspector must
be selected from three fnen recom
mended by each body. If the men rec
ommended are favorable to Bourne and
Chamberlain, the Governor will have
no option, but must name three of
them. Furthermore, there is no way
to prevent the executive committee of
the Grange and the Federation of
Labor, both comparatively small bodies,
from combining to recommend the same
set of three men. The two organiza
tions would thereby control a majority
of the Board of Inspectors because the
Governor would have to name two of
the three men suggested.
It is not contended herein that a
political machine, such as is typified
In the Bourne-Chamberlain combina
tion. Could control the rank and file
of the State Grange and labor organ
isations, but the rank and file do not
make the recommendations. That privi
lege is given to the executive commit
tees. Just how closely the leaders of
the two organizations and bourne and
Chamberlain are working together Is
Illustrated in the campaign publica
tions. The Fedeiation of Labor In the
official pamphlet has an argument sup
porting the two Grange tax amend
ments along with its own t ix amend
ment, although the last named amend
ment is plainly and irreconcilably in
conflict with the others. The Bourne
or Fels pamphlet, published before the
primaries also, advocates approval of
all three measures.
After the terms of the appointed
members of the People's Inspectors of
Government expire, what happens?
Their successors ara to be elected by
a proportional scheme that is the most
practicable method yet devised for per
mitting machine control of a board of
limited membership. Three men are
to be chosen by general election and
each elector may vote for but one can
didate. We have In Oregon a political
machine which has ramif'catlons In the
two dominant parties; and this double
headed organization Is now advising
electors in both parties to vote for the
same candidate for Governor. Does
not this experience teach us that U
would endeavor to plump all N Its
strength for two candidates for ln
pectors of government In order to gain
control of the board, the columns of
the Official Gazette and the patronage
of 115,000 yearly? Unless a compact
opposing the machine had arisen In the
meantime the election of the two
favored candidates would be inevit
able. We are willing to accept as true Mr.
U'Ren's statement that the omission of
a provision fixing the salary of the
Inspectors was an accident; but this
explanation does not cure the defect
In the bill. The Inspectors are to have
$120,000 at their disposal for printing
and salaries and they are prohibited
from applying to the Legislature for
appropriations. How are the Inspectors
to be paid? Are they to take what
they want out of the pot or work for
nothing? '
The People's Power League may
never Intentionally have written a Una
In any bill or amendment framed for
the advantage of any person or clasa
but 'f not Intentionally It haa done so
Inadvertently In this bill and has been
cleverly "worked" In the bill extend
ing the operations of the direct primary
to the election of delegates to Na
tional 'conventions. In a circular dated
October 7, 1910, Senator Bourne refers
twice to the' last mentioned measure
as "My bill." Through the proportional
election plan embraced It permits any
man who has a personal following ot
considerable proportions, even though
it be a minority of his party, to be
practically certain of election as dele
gate. Its purpose is clearly the per
sonal aggrandizement of Jonathan
Bourne.
Poor Record la Mall Servtee.
SALEM. Or, Nov. 3-. (To the Editor.)
I desire to call attention to the mall
service between Salem and Portland.
It takes two and one-half days for a
letter from Salem to be delivered in
Woodlawn district in Portland. But
post a letter in Salem Friday morning
and It will finally be delivered Mon
day afternoon, almost three and one
half days. At this rate of (progress)
It would take a letter four months to
reach Chicago, and six months to New
York. . I base this on the speed, three
and one-half days for 60 miles.
a. a. k.
ThoM Who Wont See.
New York Sun.
Apparently the Colonel Is the only
Republican in the state who has not
yet seen the handwriting on the wall
paper.
THIS DEJIOCRA.T FOR BOWEBXAS I "U xnjli nuuixu suTavn.
Tired of the Boane Cksmkerlaln
Leadersbia.
PORTLAND, Nov. 4. (To the Editor.)
I am a "dyed-in-the-wool" Demoorat
Just In the elty from the Interior of the
state and I read the editorial In The
Oregonlan toMay with much Interest.
All day I've pondered ever your ques
tion, "Why has the Democratic party
failed to hold Its own in Oregon for the
last ten years?" You've answered the
question yourself pretty well for a Re
publican paper and as far aa your an
swer goes it Is the truth.
The true straight Democrats in Ore
gon are tired and disgusted with the
way the Bourne-Chamberlain unholy
alliance has used fhem.
Plenty of us will vote for Bower
man. even If he Is a Republican can
didate, for he is at least honest enough
to stand on his party principles, while
West has failed even to mention the
Democratic party. Some of us Demo
crats have started In to clean up the
Democratic stables by failing to vote
for Os West and other hybrids. It
there are no Democrats proud of their
party, running for office, and these
"ducks" are -running on their own "web
feet," there Is no party reason why we
should vote for suoh make-shifts as
West. He Is the product of Bournelsm;
we don't want him.
But, the Democratic party of Ore
gon is not dead It has been sold out
bodily, but It will be reorganized.
Judge Alex Sweek is trying to be re
elected chairman of the state Democratic
committee, backed by the "special in
terests" he has served so well for
eight years. Colonel R. A. Miller Is
"spoken of" by certain other special In
terests, and the Portland Gas Company
and other publio service corporations
are boosting Mr. George H. Thomas.
The question arises, why do these
"special Interests" want "their man" In
as 'chairman of the Democratic state
committee? Well, none of these ducks
will feather their nests In the chair
manship. The next chairman of the
Democratlq state committee of Oregon
will have Iron In his blood,
which fluid will be of a rich
red, and he will ' be from
the country and won't be a lawyer.
He will be Just a plain Democrat, and
will stand for honor and decency In
party management and for a straight
Democratic ticket without barter, sale
or fusion.
A SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT.
This letter is from one of the prom
inent Democrats of Oregon. It is ob
vious that he reflects the sentiment of
many other Democrats who are weary
of one-man domination and Intend to
terminate It.
FRUIT KILLS THE) LIQUOR LURE
Wonderful Possibilities Before O re hard
la ta la Oregosu
PORTLAND, Nov. 4. (To the Editor.)
The communication in The Oregonlan of
last Thursday by Henry E. Dosch on
the Oregon apple as a cure for the drink
habit is another good sign of the times.
Oh, that more men- and women were
awake to this truth. The cure lies not
alone in the Oregon apple, but in all
the delicious. Juicy fruits and in the
fresh, green vegetables, such as can be
eaten without being subjected to the
cooking process, which destroys much of
the food value, and to a well-balanced
diet, one that provides the system with
all the elements properly to nourish and
thus satisfy the body. There is no de
sire for something to "brace one up."
There is no doubt that the conventional,
stimulating and unbalanced diet that is
served at the majority of our tables is
one of the great faotors in creating the
desire for liquor and other stimulants.
The truth of this has long been estab
lished, as many scientists, physicians
and others who know can testify. The
properly nourished individual not only
does not crave stimulants but they be
come positively distasteful, and, as the
desire for drink grows less. In the same
proportion the saloon doors would have
to be closed.
To get down to the root of a matter
and remove the cause, as Mr. Dosch
says, "give something better in place
of what you have taken away" that Is
the true principle that will count in
the effort to uplift humanity. Where
this principle Is applied Intelligently, the
question of "the high cost of living" be
comes materially lessened, to say noth
ing of the gain in strength, health and
efficiency. IDA B. HUMPHREY.
HAD SEVERAL LUMPS OF MOWEY
With Them, Owner Will Buy Oregon
Apple Orchards.
New York Tribune, Oct 30.
Claus H. Rosenberg, of Bavtria, had
lumps on his shoulders, elbows and hips
yesterday when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kalserln Augusts Vic
toria. In fact, there was a series of
smaller lumps along his spine, much like
a mountain range, as it is presented on
a bas relief map.
The lumps were about the size of good
Oregon apples, and as Rosenberg passed
before the Immigration doctor for ob
servation the doctor said softly to him
self. "See that lump?" Then he asked
Mr. Rosenberg to step aside.
Ton seem like a healthy man," said
the doctor, "but I cannot pass you until
I know the origin of these lumps on
your body." - "Ah, It is not a sickness."
laughed the man from Bavaria. "Those
swellings Is money."
Taking off his coat he broke open a
sample lump and showed that It con
tained 1500 in American banknotes. He
informed the doctor that he had 1U.000
In all with which he was going to pur
chase an apple orchard in Oregon.
He was admitted to the country.
Ed Howe's Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
If we were a burglar we could get
Into any house In town; we know so
many places where members of a fam
ily hide the key.
There is alweFS some question when
a woman continues to live with a
cruel husband, whether she loves him
still or only needs him.
When a man talks a transaction over
with his wife It may be a sign of care
ful Judgment, but it la also an Indlca-
. t hAU
A man who Is a great stay-at-home
attended a party tne otner nigni. i u
bet." said a girl, "that his feet are
surprised because they haven't slip
pers on." .
A million people ask themselves this
question every day: "What is the t4st
thing to do?" And the pitiful truth is
no one knows half the time.
The foundation of the average kin
row Is this: Some member of a fam
ily manages to save a little money,
and the others try to borrow from him.
The time Is gradually passing In this
country. If It has not already passed,
whan It Is much ot an asset to have
been born in a log cabin.
Unnatural Boyhood. ,
Dallas News.
The kind of boy who wants to take
a hath every morning Is almost cer
tain to become the kind of man nobody
ean get along with. ,
Expeiaalve Aids.
Boston Transcript.
He Grace is looking as young as
ever. Isn't she?
She Yes, but she says it costs her
more every year.
Negative Arguments aa to Iaitlattv
Measure Noa. 349-549.
ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 4. (To the Ed
itor.) In perusing the various initia
tive bills now before the voters of Ore
gon to be voted on Tuesday, I notice one
bill, Nos. 348-149. provlamg as louows:
It shall be unlawful for any person to
take or attempt to take any fish of
any kind whatsoever from the waters
of Rogue River or of Its tributaries with
seine, net. trap, fish-wheel or by any
other means except with nooa ana tine,
commonly called angling."
Fish In the rivers of the state is tne
property of the citizens of that state
through which the river flows, and
should be used to the best advantage
and benefit to said citizens. To enact
this bill Into law will undoubtedly pro
tect the fish In Rogue River, but it will
also destroy a thriving industry tn
which much money and energy have
been used to make it what it la.
R. D. Hume made the Rogue River
fishery what it is, and the scarcity of
salmon, if any, in that river cannot be
laid to his way of taking lisn irom n,
but fishing above tidewater and poor
flsn-ladders are to blame, the same as
on the Columbia River.
This bill referred to I consider to be
the same kind of legislation as was
provided for in the fake bill. Nos. 31
819, presented to the voters of Oregon
In 1908. That biU was, first, for the
wheelmen, and. secondly, for the trap-
men and seiners' benefit. The two first
mentioned can safely be classed as lor
specially privileged fishermen.
To protect the Kogue Kiver iiuwra
(1) all fisung except with hook and
line Bhould be prohibited above tide
water: (2) no stationary appliances
should be allowed; (!) mesh ot floating
gear should be regulated; (4) proper
fiah-Iaddara. should be provided over
every dam and obstruction. Do all this
and there will be plenty of salmon in
Rogue River and Its tributaries tor au
the sports, for generations to come.
Fishing in tidewater with floating
gear, such as gilinets and seines with
proper mesh, never reduced the salmon
supply in a river. But whenever sta
tionary appliances, such as traps, are
operated, there will soon be noticed a
decline, and more so if wheels are al
lowed in the upper regions, as on the
Columbia River.
The voters of Oregon should vote
"no" on bill No. 849, and make no mis
take. I am, for the protection of the
Oregon fisheries,
H. M. LORNTSEN,
Secretary Columbia River Fishermen's
Protective Union.
a i
This Boy Had Grit.
New York World.
Without telling his mother that he had
wounded hls shoulder with his new rifle.
Alfred Tesaoir, 15. who lives In Peters
vllle, set off on a three-mile tramp to
New RocheUe Hospital yesterday after
noon. On the road he met his father.
"Where are you going, Alfred)?" his
father asked.
"Oh, to the village to get something I
need," answered the boy.
His father suspected nothing and Al
fred went to the hospital, where his
wound was dressed. He appeared at the
table in good time for supper. Then his
parents noticed that he could not use his
left arm and their Inquiries brought out
the story.
The boy had gone Into the woods near
his home to hunt chipmunks. The trigger
of his rifle caught on a vine and a bullet
made a flesh wound In his left shoulder. '
The boy bound up the wound with his
handkerchief, went home and loft his
rifle and then sought the hospital.
Reflections of ai Batchelosi
New York Press.
Good nature stands sleep better than
any other test
Nobody haa yet reformed politics; poll
tics has deformed most of those who
tried. ..
People want new-iangled, tneones wnon
they ere well; when they are sick, the
old gospel. ' ' " '
It takes so long to save a fortune tne
heirs are crazy to show how soon 1t can
be ppent
Even a man who thinks he wants to die
will put up a big fight against anybody
who offers to help him do it
Frononnrlatlon of Prohibition.
PORTLAND, Nov. 1. (To the Editer.V
What is the correct pronunciation of the
word prohibition? L. EWING.
Don't say prohyebition; pronounce It
the other way, with the short sound of
"1" In the second syllabi e.
As He Understood It, .
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Why Is it," asked the ambitious young
oaator, complaining to the editor of tha
1 nanar "Ih.l Will lllV&VK rennrt
me as having said, 'among other things' r
Weli, as 1 unaersiaiitj ji, juu 1
usually among other things when you
sav them."
NEW DOOLEYISMS
FROM
MR. DOOLEY'S LETTER
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
"It's always been aisy enough
to win if we took th' trouble to
be Republicans."
"What plazes me this year is
that it's so genteel to be & Dim-
mycrat."
"I've known th' time when
me vote on th' illiction returns
was recorded as scatthrin'."
"Gin 'rally speaking a Dim
mycrat was an ondesirable im
mygrant that had got past Ellis
Island."
"Th' highest use th' Dimmy
crat party was put to in thim
days was as a mop to clane out
th' Republican household."
"Whin we'd been used f?
year an' got most iv th' Repub
lican dirt on us, they threw us
out in th' alley."
"A bank prisidint in . New
Tork has been locked up be his
famly because he was heard to
say that he thought Tiddy Ros
enfelt was' a betther man thin
Binidick Arnold. His case is
supposed to be incurable."
"Annyhow, in th' gr-reat
fundamental Jeffersonyan doc
thrine iv Democracy, we are all
united. It is: How can we
skin Tiddy Rosenfeltf"
"In Noo Jarsey our candy
date is not on'y a colledge pris
idint; he's a Prisbyteeryan as
well. There 's style f 'r ye. "
"And what's William Jen
nings Bryan doin' these dayst
Well, I don't know, but I bet ye
he don't have to take anny fun
ny papers to keep him in & good
humor."