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bought on speculation or for the pur
pose of making rood showing for lb
city. It might ba supposed that a rec
ord-breaking showing, such ma U pre
sented by the Xoremtwr statistics.
could only bo attained with all of our
great wealth-producing Industries establishing-
high-water marks. Such Is
not the case, and tha shoving made Is
all tha more remarkable In view of tha
fact that tha unparalleled general
prosperity reflected in these figures was
attained In a month when the rail
lumber trade, one of our greatest as
sacs, was at very low ebb, and during
an unusually light movement of wheat.
Tha gain that has been scored
has all bean through 'develop
ment In other Industries, notable
among which are the great stockyards
and packing-houses that had hardly
begun operations a year ago. We still
have the lumber in almost unlimited
quantities, and there is a large amount
of wheat yet to be moved this season.
While wheat is moving there wi:i
be no check of the flow of money that
Is pouring Into the city and state for
other purposes.
XX. TATT A-ND ILLS AVTT.
Perhaps no political party ever stood
la more critical need of a leader than
tha. Republican today. We grant, of
course, that It has loaders, a hoat of
them, but their repute Is local. There
are two figures of great prominence
that loom up in the general mind as
the natural or logical heads of the
party Taft and Roosevelt. It Is dear
that the temper of the Nation and of
the Republican party is not to turn
now to Roosevelt, though his vast In
fluence over the whole public. Includ
ing ail parties, and his pre-eminent
qualities as an aXKTcaaive and success
ful general are everywhere known and
fully acknowledged. But la It wise for
the party to displace Its accredited
head and acquiesce In an act that
.would amount to usurpation on the
gart of Roosevelt and repudiation of
the President by his own party?
It Is undoubtedly true that Colonel
Jlooer-velx last Summer and Autumn
crowded the President from the spot
light Into the wings, and obviously
ought to play the principal part be
fore a world-wide audience; but that
he contemplated a permanent appear
ance in that role, or any role except
of prophet, counselor and censor, may
tsa open to question.
President Taft. during many trying
months, has performed a difficult part
with rreat tact and Impressive dignity.
Jf it was tho purpose of the ex-Presi
dent to create an open breach between
them. It failed utterly: If It eras bis
purpose merely to give the Republi
can party, and the country, a vast
shaking up much needed and long
rrverdue atthout thought of cocae
nuencee to himself or Mr. Taft. be
succeeded admirably. The progress of
rants has caused Colonel Roosevelt
to retire to the peaceful haven of a
quiet life at Oyster Bay. and President
Taft again to resume his proper posi
tion at the head of the procession.
IJkely enough Colonel Roosevelt at
no time contemplated or desired any
other result. President Taft waited
his chance and It Is here.
Mr. Taft'a opportunity Is immediate
and pressing. The reins are dragging
loose. The horses are not yet In the
mad panto which might bring them
to destruction, but It Impends, and
the hand of a master la needed to
save them from It. It aeema as If
that tide In the affairs of men which
taken at the flood leads on to fortune
had come to Mr. Taft. Whether he
has the resolution and Inclination to
take It Is still an unanswered ques
tion, but the country believes he has
the ability.
In the Philippines and elsewhere he
showed himself to be an executive of
consummate skill before he was Pres
ident. But be was then a subordinate,
though a very high one. He did not
originate policies nor was the ultimate
responsibility his fnr what he did.
From his conduct then it was Impos
sible to predict what his capacity
woutd be as chief magistrate. The
truth seems to be that he has per
mitted himself to be led by others
since he became President and has
i never frery exerted bis own great
' powers of Initiative and command. Be
' has followed advice with unnecessary
docility and frequently the advice has
been bade. The success of his Admln-
tetratton now demands of him that
' he aaaert his rightful position as head
' of his party and take a stand before
i the country as the author of Its poll-
ties and Its responsible leader.
The only fruitful leadership of a
party consists in furnishing It with
constructive Ideas. Mere Intrigue and
strategy are vain. It Is Mr. Taft's
business to provide his party with def
inite legislative alms. He can rally
and Inspirit Its forces by giving them
something clearly worth while to fight
for. The most natural way to effect
this purpose would seem to be by
recommending to Congress a series of
measures which will satisfy the needs
of the country. Certain evils should
be remedied. Certain modern Nation
al conveniences should be provided.
Among the evils we may mention vari
ous extortionate schedules of the
tariff. Among the modern conven
iences which the country asks for, the
most desired Is the parcels post. Ac
tion on these and other subjects has
been too long delayed. Mr. Taft ran
retrlevw the credit of his Administra
tion by committing his party to a defi
nite policy recording them and using
the powers of his office, as other Pres
idents have from Washington down to
Roosevelt, to Insure that the policy
hail be carried out.
WORLD'S GREAT LrTERABT FAKEs.
When Explorer Cook publicly con
fesses that he doee "not know abso
lutely" that he reached the Pole, he
confesses also that he knows he did
not reach the Pole. Cook's original
announcement was specific, emphatic
and unqualified, and his narrative was
comprehensive and circumstantial.
Why should he say now that he Is un
certain about a great exploit that bad
In It then, according to him. no ele
ment of doubt or uncertainty?
In any aspect of the matter. Cook
la a great liar. He Is more. He Is a
great literary faker. He appears to
approach his confession with the same
attitude of sensationalism and Insin
cerity that marked every phase of his
original story. He sold his "discovery"
to the highest bidder; be disposes of
his "confession In the same manner.
Yet one feature of Cook's extraordi
nary record and of his equally re
markable use of his reputation of be
ing the world's greatest liar as a liter,
ary asset Is that Dr. Cook has experi
enced the rigors and hardships of Arc
tic travel, and suffered the vicissitudes
certain to be met by all explorers of
unknown regions. In all climes. Cook
tried for months to climb Mount Mc
Kinley and failed; he Joined an ad
venturous party bound for the South
Pole; he spent years In the wilds of
the vast and frigid solitude under the
north star. He must be a man of cour
age and high spirit. These things are
to his credit: yet they will be little
noted nor long remembered In his des
picable effort to wrest from Peary
laurels honestly won by years of un
ceasing effort to reach the North Pole.
a subsidy MIL Some of these wit'
nesses had been credited with seri
ous statements against newspaper cor
respondents who had sent out news
that had not been colored to suit the
views of the subsidy people, but when
once on the stand all hesitated to com
mlt themselves to any definite state
ment and "had no. personal knowl
edge" of the truth or falsity of the
charges they had made.
To any one familiar with the ship
ping business It naturally appeared ri
diculous to hear these charges of
foreign shipowners' lobby spending
money to defeat subsidy legislation in
Washington. The most extravagant
subsidy ever proposed by the most en
thusiastic of the Treasury raiders
would fall so far short of equalizing
the difference between the original
cost and the cost of operation of Amer
ican and of foreign steamers that a
subsidized American merchant marine
would cause the foreigners about as
much concern as they would feel over
a subsidy granted for an experimental
farm in the Bad Lands.
The real opposition to a ship subsidy
bill docs not come from foreign ship
owners, but from patriotic Americans
who would like to. have the same op
portunities that are enjoyed by for
eigners who buy ships where they can
secure them at the lowest figure. What
this country needs Is a merchant ma
rine that can be secured and operated
on Its merits, not a weak, puny affair
which must be fed constantly on sub
sidy pap.
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TKAIE sTtTSCOKM.
The political uncertainty and finan
cial unrest that are reported to be af
fecting business In the East find no
reflection In lcai conditions. The com
mercial statistics for the month of No
vember tell an eloquent story of Port
land's progress in all lines of commar.
rial endeavor. Building permits, bank
t lea rings and poatal receipts all show
phenomenal Increases over the corre
sponding month of last year, and all
break any previous records for the
month. This remarkable showing was
made in the regular order of business.
In no branch of Industry is there any
evidence of business having .been
forced out of a normal racvemenr. For
every business structure commenced
there has been a line of tenants wait
lag before the permits were Issued, and
on neither side of the river Is there an
trversupply of desirable residences.
Postal receipts are showing a steady
Increase from month to month, be
cause the population of the city and of
the Pacific Northwest, with which this
city does business, la Increasing more
rapidly than ever before. This Is a
feature of the oommerdal situation
that la an Infallible barometer of trade
conditions, for postage stamps are not
UXK1XJ OREGON AXD AS TOR.
John Jacob Astor founded Astoria
and thus linked the Pacific Northwest
country to the United States. Be act
ed not for patriotism nor for any other
sentiment than that of money-making.
Bis quest was for furs, not for land
nor for home sites for the 2.000,000
American citizens who now dwell
here. It has always been the way
with the world' great promoters, and
It's so today.
But a great deal of sentiment la at
tached to the Astoria enterprise, none
the less. Nor Is this feeling new. In
1313, we find Thomas Jefferson writ
ing to Astor aa follows (two years
after the founding of Astoria):
I leant with greet pleasure tha srosrees
you nave mada toward an establishment on
tha Columbia Klvar. I view It aa tha rrm
of a sraat. fraa and Independent empire on
that aid or our ooaunent and Chat liberty
and If.goi ai umant. spreading from that,
aa wall aa tbla alda, will Insure tbalr torn
plate astabuahmant ovar tha whole. It muat
La still mora gratify Ins. to voureelf to fore-
aaa tbat your name will ba bandad down
with that ot Columboa and Ralelah aa tha
father of tha aatabllahment and founder of
aueb aa eatersrise.
Jefferson, it will be remembered.
was the President who followed up
the discovery of the Columbia River
In 17)3 by the American. Captain
Gray, with the transcontinental ex
ploration of Lewis and Clark In 1801-4.
Actor project followed the work of
Lewis and Clark. But for these three
exploits most of the Columbia River
region would now be British.
Strangely enough, Jefferson seems
not to have foreseen the annexation
of this region to the Nationality of
the American people. Jefferson's po
litical principles resisted the National
idea, although he asserted the Nation
al authority in acquiring Louisiana
from France. Upon Jefferson's pollU
cal doctrines were based those of se
cession and rebellion and the denial
of the sovereignty of the American
people over the commonwealths.
Perhaps Jefferson bad In mind a
state on this shore of the Pacific
loosely confederated with the original
states and allied with them In lan
guage and Institutions. How far the
National Idea has progressed may be
seen in withdrawal of lands, streams
and minerals from usee of the people
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho by
the bureaus in Washington. Twenty
per cent of Oregon Is thus withdrawn
SS per cent of Washington, and 47 per
cent of Idaho.
Right now, however. It is pertinent
to note that the centennial of the
Astor exploit is to be celebrated next
year. Astoria was, indeed, the germ
of a "great empire on this aide of
our continent. Astor name will be
handed down in future history on this
account more than because he founded
a wealthy family In Gotham on the
land holdings which his foresight ac
quired In that now great city. Pres
ent members of the Astor family
might take note of next year's cen
tennial If their attention were ade
quately called to It. They certainly
would be willing to have the name of
thear family's founder "handed down
with that of Columbus and Raleigh."
The Oregon country is the only re
gion of the United States that was
acquired through first discovery and
exploration. It was the first to give
the United States outlook on the Pa
cific Ocean. The acquisition of Cali
fornia and other Mexicsn territory was
In pursuance of the Oregon idea of
American power on the Pacific an
Idea that was awakened by occupation
of the Oregon country. The Astor
settlement was a most important event
In American expansion.
WAXTl TO BE IOXE NOW?
There Is a voice at Salem crying
in the political wilderness that the
Republican party does not govern in
Oregon. It Is Editor Hofor's. and it
intones the following Jeremiad:
Whlla there la a Resubllcan itnta admin
istration and a Isralalature atronalr it pub
lican, tha Republican party do-a not govern
ire son.
Aa amendment has iupt been fastened on
tha eonatltutlun tbat cbtnifi the whole ma-
enmery or tha courta and J-ry trlala.
Two years in tha rjeonls rejected a elna!
tax amendm-ne. but nnw It has bean
fastened on them In another form.
tntll tha dominant party ran be made
assume soma reaponslMilty for the govern
znent of the state, what ue to comp'atn?
No one knowa what wi:l ba sprung next
and we mtght as well all get ready to Jul
tha Socialist party nnd ba done with It.
A rapidly extending paternalism with
douhio elections, with a double system of
legislation, la being established.
Tba eight measures adopted bv tha peo
ple rest about twice as muth'as tha avoraxe
actaaloa or the Legislature.
When Colonel Hofer emerges from
the gloom and shadow of his own emo
Hons over the sad state of the Re
publican party, we shall be glad to
hear 'what he has to offer In the way
of a few pertinent suggestions as to
how the Republican party shall go
about it to govern anything in Oregon.
What and whore' Is the Republican
party? What are lis controlling In'
fluences and purposes? What has
become of Its leaders? Has It any
leaders? If It has, have the leaders
any followers?
We don't wonder that the tender
soul of Colonel Hofer Is moved to
great yearning for somebody, some
how to do something for the party,
He moves us to tears.
individual responsibility, while he who ( PLEA FROM SMALL. HOME BUILDER
serves himself In the capacity of clerk I
and delivery man. wrapper and ac
countant, will exemplify the truth of
Wo ma a Appeals for Help Against
Menace of Single Tax.
, t .. . , ... IKUUTUALE, LT., NOV. 3U. T-lO tne
ant tnat ne UKes.
Whether this experiment proves or
falls to prove the main question at
issue the absolute dependability of
human nature when put to this test of
common honesty, the '-experiment, by
bringing purchasers face to face with
their monthly expenditures in detail,
may be useful In inducing economy
and curtailing waste. If, also, it re
sults In inculcating the virtue of self
help as an economic force, it will be
beneficial as far as it extends. For
the rest, while the members of a close
corporation may be honest with them
selves and each other, most people will
Incline to the opinion that honesty in
general has not reached a state of de
velopment In human nature, accus
tomed as it is to such compulsory
measures as are represented by bolts
and keys, as will Justify the extension
j Editor.) A woman verging ton old age
appeals to you for some one to champion
I our cause.
It Is this: Scores of women have la
I bored in this state for many years to
build up little homes. We have taught
: In the public schools, we have stood
behind the counter for long hours, we
nave sewea ana aone an sorts 01 wort
to accomplish our object. We have
worked for small wages and denied our
selves in many ways to save what we
earned.
Now, If I understand this tax amend
ment right, my little farm that I bought
In the rough, and on which I spent 20
years clearing; and building my little
house will be taxed as high as the prop'
erty of my city neighbor who has a beau
tiful coontry home, with all modern im-
Drovementg,
And my sister in the city who put all
her earnings In a lot. must be taxed like
her wealthy neighbors who never knew
what self-denial meant.
What richt have young men, who care
of this confidence to the community I nothing about tho responsibility of build-
by leaving all store doors unlocked
and charging every customer with the
duty of acting as his own accountant.
SCtlS IDT RETCKERS WEAK FOSITIOX.
The sweeping charges many ship
subsidy promoters have made against
any and all who disagreed with them
and against all who honestly sought to
prevent the subsidy - raid on the
Treasury are failing flat under the in
vestigation by the Congressional com
mittee. Witness after witness, under
oath, has promptly denied any per
sonal knowledge of the presence of
the lobby alleged to have been sent to
Washington to prevent the passage of J
T.VLICATlXa TILE COLFMBIA RIVER.
Jetty and dredge at the mouth of
the Columbia River are bringing to
fulfillment the desires of this great
region for deepest-draught commerce
to and from the sea. One Jetty
almost finished; the second Is soon to
be begun. The first Jetty has caused
the channel to scour to twenty-eight
feet depth at low tide; the second
undoubtedly will make the depth close
to forty feet.
Thus a great river one of the
greatest In the world which already
haa a large and growing commerce,
Is to have facilities equal to those of
the most important maritime centers.
The Clyde, the Mersey, the Elbe, the
Thames, the Hugll, the Delaware and
the Hudson are dwarf streams com
pared with the Columbia, but the
world's greatest ports use those
streams for their commerce.
Trade of the whole region of the
Columbia River, 250,000 square miles,
gravitates in one way or another to
the river outlet for cheapest freight
tonnage. This great region has sought
deeper water at the river's mouth for
many years. During twenty-six years
the General Government has carried
on Jetty construction. The Govern
menfs slowness has been exasperating
througa tedious periods, but the out
look has been brightening the last
few years.
More and more, the water-grade
route for trade will Increase Its lead
and Its Importance. Deep water where
that route Joins the ocean highway
will give powerful Impetus to develop.
ment of this Pacific Northwest region.
ARB MEX NATTBALXT HOXJSST?
An experiment on trial at Medical
Lake, Wash., is made the basis for a
question by Leslie's Weekly as to the
existence of Inherent honesty In man
The experiment Is an extension of the
principle of the "quick lunch," which
has become familiar In many cities.
In inaugurating It the Farmers' Eda
catlonal and Co-Operative Union, of
Medical Lake, has formed a consum
ers league, hoping. If possible, to off
set or In some measure control
the prevailing high prices. The
organization haa bought a store, fully
stocked with groceries, provisions and
farm implements, open only to mem
bers of the union, numbering about
100. Each of these members is fur
nished with a key that enables him to
help himself freely to whatever there is
In stock. He Is required to keep an ac
count of his purchases and the prices
thereto attached, and once a month
turn in the individual amount due.
The success of the venture depends
largely upon the answer as worked
out by experience to the question
asked. If the men who alone can
draw supplies from this general store,
unquestioned and unsupervised, prove
honest with themselves and each
other, the object of the venture the
cheapening of the cost of living by
the elimination of clerk hire, adver
tising, delivery and other expenses that
re borne by the storekeeper who
serves his patrons after modern meth
ods, would be attained. All that Is
left to be considered would be sane
buying methods.
Benjamin Franklin, sage, philoso
pher and political economist, said:
If you want a good servant and one
that you like, serve yourself." The ex
periment above noted furnishes an ex
cellent opportunity to test the truth of
this advice. The man who Is provided
with a key that ha may have access to
stores in which he himself Is a stock
holder, and a tablet and pencil where
with to keep a record of what he draws
each month froto the stock, 1 thrown
upon his honor In a way that cannot
fail to impress him with a sense of
The Oregonlan printed, on Monday,
November 21, a complete compilatlos
of election returns on all state and
Congressional candidates in Oregon
and on all Initiative and referendum
measures. It was a labor that Involved
assiduous effort, Infinite detail and
considerable expense. The purpose
was to give the public the final and
authentic story of the election at the
earliest possible time. Now, ten days
later, the Secretary of State prints the
official returns, verifying The Orego
nlan's results throughout. There are
expected variations In detail, due to
unavoidable errors In transmission and
computation and to other differences
In methods of calculation. But they
are not Important or even Interesting
at this time. The Oregonlan doesn't
wait for others to get the news, and
print It days after the public wants
and expects It. This paper sends out
and gets everything available at the
earliest time, and leaves the second
hand method, which is cheaper and
easier, to others.
The "prank," so-called, by which a
bridegroom In this city was bound in
the presence of his bride and wedding
guests, spirited away and concealed
for several hours, might have been
tolerated In a frontier community as
part of "the fun," sixty years ago.
But in any civilized community of the
present day such conduct is an outrage
that deserves condign punishment, in
the first place the attempt to make
honorable marriage the occasion of a
rough Joke is to be seriously depre
cated. Again, the anxiety amounting
to nervous distress that is by such
vulgar and violent means Inflicted
upon a bride on the occasion of her
marriage Is reprehensible to the last
degree. The mockery that is .made
of marriage In the divorce courts Is
bod enough. But that mockery of it
at the altar be condoned is altogether
too much to ask of an orderly
community.
The name of Father Duncan stands
for much that Is heroic and self-sacri
ficing in Christianity. It stands for
voluntary exile from home practi
cally for many years from civilization;
for unremitting efforts In behalf of
lowly Indian tribes in Alaska; for
courage to face and industry to over
come difficulties and for sublime faith
In the uplifting power of Christianity.
The news that comes from Juneau of
his serious Illness at Metlakahtla, the
Indian village of which he Is the head.
.win therefore be received with sincere
regret by all who have known of
Father Duncan through his work In
the Far Northwest-
H. A. Adrian, in an address to the
teachers of Spokane a few days ago.
bitterly denounced the practice of
"slapping schoolchildren in the faces."
Where, we may ask. does such a prac
tice prevail? Certainly not in the
Portland schools, surely not in those
of Spokane, or of any other enlight
ened city. It can hardly be doubted
that any teacher who would slap a
child in the face In any school in any
enlightened community would be dis
honorably dismissed the service.
The demand of a great magazine
for the publication of the pension list
will be repeated by all honest men.
Concealment of the names of pension
ers subserves no purpose but that of
fraud. It is an astonishing state of
things when the public which pays the
pensions la forbidden to know who
receives Its bounty.
Ing up a home, and who spend their
money as fast as they earn it what
right have they to tax the little homes
that are the best asset of this state.'
Would it not be simple Justice to bring
a bill into the Legislature well 1 can t
frame a law but I think it would help
matters If a county voting a tax law.
would be required to hold a special elec
tion for that Durnose. and that all tax
payers, men and women, too, should vote
on the question?
But If soma one would taite up mis
matter in our behalf we will gladly help
In any way. MARGARET M'Js-aX.
The county or single tax amendment
to the constitution Is not yet operative
in Oregon and The Oregonlan is confi
dent that it never will 'be. The reason
for that confidence rests largely on such
expressions as are to be found in tha
foregoing letter. The home-owners or
Oregon, and all their friends and sym
pathisers, are against the single tax.
They ought to be.
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BEX DAVIS COUNTERFEIT APPLE f
Good Looks Bring Sale of Fruit of Poor
Flavorf Says Correspondent.
PORTLAND. Dec 1. (To the Editor.)
In a communication In The Telegram
by one W. B. Dobson, on Oregon ap
ples, the well known apple-grower.
Mr. M. O. Lownsdale, Is quoted as saying:
'Select your tree varieties. I now
have Ben Davis, Newtown Pippins and
Spltzenberg. If I were planting again,
I would probably plant all Ben Davis.
Last year I could have sold 250 car
loads of this apple more than I pro
duced had I been able to grow It. It Is
not so fancy, but a good producer ana
commands a big trade."
Now that was very honest, this last
sentence, but as all fruit-growers know
It Is one of 'the most worthless ap
ples grown for eating or cooking. The
reason for its selling so readily is its
looks. It Is bought by persons readily
who do not know Its quality, but they
never olte the second time.
The time Is coming, if not now here.
when apples will sell on their merits
and it will be Impossible to sell Ben
Davis apples at any price. If I had
an apple orchard containing Ben Davis
I would cut every Ben Davis down,
and I would not spare the ax on the
Gano and Wolf River, which are also
of fine looks, but of poor quality. If
Oregon is to keep her good name for
apples she will have to send apples
of trood Quality to the foreign mar
ket, not a counterfeit apple like the
Ben Davis.
Now. as the State Horticultural So
ciety Is to meet It would be a good
Idea for the society to take mis ques
lion up and advise prospective orchard
lata what varieties of young apple
trees to set out In the Willamette Val
lev and each other section- of the state.
and tell why climate and other oonai
tlons are best suited those varieties.
The writer was brought up in an apple
country where the Wlnesap was tne
best fruit-stand apple. Here it is
little worthless apple. Yet In the
Wenatchee Valley it is a fine, large.
well-flavored apple.
We of Washington, Idaho and Ore
gon want to keep our good name ae
annle-crrowera The down-east states
are again in the race as apple-produc
Injr states. A clipping from The Bos
ton Globe of November 16 shows that
an apple display held under the aus
Dices of the State Board of Agricul
ture wherein I note 17 varieties of
choicest kinds. They were were lim
ited to normal sizes and a Northern
Sdv not on exhibition for that reason
is mentioned as measured 13 inches and
welched 13 ounces.
So you see we of this tjoast are not
the only fruit-growers. our fruit
growers must grow the best of choice
armies and careruny graoe in pacKing.
I believe that fully two-thirds of the
fruit trees of our orchards are of the
worthless varieties, set out through lg
noranee of varieties of apples and their
qualities.
SOME GOOD !' MACHIAYELLISM.
Opinion la Expressed That Honest Men
Are Forewarned Therein.
TACOMA. Nov- 30. (To the Editor.)
I notice that a correspondent in , The
Oregonlan holds up Machiavelli as an
unusually wicked man, and in the same
letter eulogizes the English.
Macaulay speaks of the famous Italian
as "a man whose public conduct was up
right and honorable." A writer In the
Larousse Dictionnalre Encyclopedique,
says: "The author -ot the Prince was an
ardent patriot who grieved because of
the decadence of Italy, wished to restore
her to the rank of nations and to set up
a government strong enough to suppress
local tyranny and to repel enemies. His
doctrines, in other respects, were In har
mony with the standards of the age. As
a historian, he united erudition, gravity
and profound thought with a charming
and interesting style."
Denouncing Italians does not tend to
prove that English are impeccable. The
statesman in question lived in the Tudor
period. His morals will fare well, if
compared with the conduct of Henry
VIIL I believe your correspondent said
something about "trickery" being un
known in England. Henry was such a
knavish pettifogger, that he divorced,
murdered and committed other enormi
ties according to law. He had his parlia
ment pass enabling acts. Nor is history
altogether silent as to treachery and
assassination practiced In Ireland by his
daughter, Elizabeth. Englishmen sacked
South American cities and robbed ships
on the high sea in times of peace. Di
viding the loot with the monarch saved
them from punishment. "Perfidious
Albion" Is a phrase expressive of the
distrust entertained by nations toward
England.
If the writer of this remembers cor
rectly, American athletes who attended
the Olympic games In London denounced
English chicane and crooked tactics.
"Win, tie or wrangle" is said to be a
canon much in vogue over there.
As I understand It. Machiavelli did not
rejoice in sin and was not wicked In
his own acts. He was a keen observer.
He noticed how men act In certain sit
uations and wherein mankind are weak
and yielding.' He knew the philosophy
of getting the other fellow's "goat."
Doubtless his remarks in respect to hu
man conduct, and motives which influ- i
ence men, tend to develop shrewdness.
Maxims deduced from what he observed
constitute a sort of philosophy of over
reaching. Such a school tends to make
people "sharp" and to develop "slick'
traders, 'smooth men who "clean up
l few dollars In various ways, and
'black horse cavalry" in legislatures.
But it Is only the evil disposed who are
thus influenced.
On the other hand. It may be that
Machlavelll's comments have forewarned
many honest'men and have enabled them
to escape the wiles of such as com
under the general category of gold-brick
venders. .
If this famous man was a devil incar
nate. Why did the English Karl Cowper
seek out his burial place, and there raise
a monument to mark the spot 7
JAMES- HOIE.
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
That interesting serial, the New
Garbage Crematory, which has been
running for more than two years in
the daily press of Portland, has now
reached an exciting chapter wherein
the city authorities demand to be
shown. It Is a good guess that the
plot will be shifted before long into
the courts.
Zero weather and labor strikes in
Chicago form a combination that re
sults in empty cupboards and flrelesa
grates in thousands of poor homesIn
that city. The pity of this statement
found In its ghastly truth, and in
the further fact that Winter has but
Just begun to make his grim power
fait in the great city.
According to a professor In the Uni
versity of New Tork, the college
woman has not made good. As three-
fourths of them (the professor's fig
ures) are married, they are undoubt
edly making good wives, and that Is
enough.
The 3-cent fare on street railways
is said to have resulted In unsatisfac
tory service In Cleveland. This condi
tion is unfortunately true in some
cities where the divine tight to charge
S-cent carfare has never been assailed.
Moeier ha a unique distinction, for
in no other section of the world do
pples grow, too large and good to win
prizes.
Dr. Cook is thrifty, anyway. He
received large money for his "discov
ery" and a fair price for the recant.
As one activity In high life, watch
the men building the cornice on the
Teon building at Fifth and Alder.
Civilization has not carried the
negro up to the point of successfully
holding up a passenger train.
Paying 25 cents a night less for a
Pullman berth still falls to solve Ihe
hlgh-cost-of-llving problem.
Reduction In the price will not make
upper berths more popular.
OREGOV LAWS AND COXSTITTJTIOSr
Is There Any Dlatlnctlon Whea It
Cornea to Initiative Legtalatloaf
PORTLAND. Or, Dec L (To the Edi
tor.) A dispatch from Phoenix, Arizona,
states that it is more than likely the
constitution now being framed in that
territory preparatory to asking admis.
sion into the Union, to so very radical
that it will not only meet with disap
proval of President Taft but that it will
probably be rejected by the people when
submitted to them next month.
The comment Is made that the "Ore
gon Plan" was not only followed as a
model by the convention but that in
many directions an Improvement was at
tempted, notably in the adoption of a
section providing tor tne reos.ii oi tne
Judiciary from the lowest to the highest
of the courts. The statement is aaoea
that "many of tha delegates did not
seem to understand the difference be
tween a constitution and a code.
But under the Oregon plan of amend
ing the state constitution, which may be
done by one man originating the pro
posed change and alter conforming to
the requirements of the Initiative law,
which Is a very easy thing to do, sub
mitting it to a vote of the people. Is
there really "any difference between the
constitution and a code" or the
statutes ?
In other words, what is the differ
ence In Oregon now between the process
of amending the constitution so that all
the courts, high and low, are thrown Into
a confused and confusing Jumble, or of
disemboweling tho fundamentals of the
system of levying taxes which have been
observed by all thej states for more than
a century, and enacting a state law tax
ing dogs, for Instance? Is there any?
T. T. GEER.
Two Tears Spent on G. A. R, Emblem.
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
What Is probably one of the pret
tiest and most unique Grand Army
badges ever made has Just been com
pleted after two years' work by Miss
Catherine M. Brophy. The problem
will be presented to Abe Patterson
Post No. 16?, G- A. by William
Clare, of the Department of Poblio
Safety, representing the young woman,
and will then be framed and hung In
Memorial HalL- The badge is worked
on khaki cloth and mora than 1000
webs of silk floss were used. Tbe
colors are red. green, white, blue,
golden and bronze. Ail are cleverly
harmonized, so that no matter which
way one looks at the badge it appears
as If the sun were shining on It.
CIGARETTE PRICES GO HIGHER.
Tarklah Package at 10 Cents W1U Soon
Become Unknown,
New York Press.
Cigarette smokers are noticing that
the placards once so familiar on cigar
store windows announcing cut prices
in cigarettes are becoming more and
more uncommon, owing to the tre
mendous consumption of Turkish cig
arettes In practically ail the countries
of the world Turkish tobacco nearly
has doubled In cost to the manufac
turers In' the last year. Dealers say
increased retail prices are inevitable
and that a Turkish cigarette at 10
cents a box will Boon become un
known. United States Internal reve
nue statistics set down the increased
consumption at 20 per cent in the last
year.
Time was when cigarettes cut
comparatively small figure In the re
tail cigar store's business, but they
now are said to average one-third of
the total retail trade in tobacco. Al
ready the retailers In scores of cities
have advanced their selling prices of
Turkish cigarettes, Chicago having
come into line in a fortnight.
Church As Amusement Center.
Minneapolis Journal.
Simultaneously with police revela
tions that hundreds of young people in
Minneapolis are spending their even
lngs in the wrong way and at - the
wrong places and with the public plea
of the rector of st Marie s tnat some
where in the city there be established
a big, free, wholesome center for heal
thy amusement, Wesley Methodist
Church comes out with an announce
ment that one evening every week its
parlors are open to the community for
any innocent entertainment and any
healthy recreation that may be de
sired.
The official announcement throws
the doors open to young people of all
ages. There in the church parlors
they may entertain their friends, make
new friends, read good rooks ana en
joy themselves. They may go there
and find company, they may bring
their company along and not be inter
fered with, or they may sit in a corner
and read. Whatever they like to do
thay may do, the only restriction being
that imposed by good manners ana
good morals.
Baldheadcd Man Feminine Favorite.
London Daily Mirror.
Why women like the baldheaded man
It Is somewhat difficult to define. It
may be because he appears to be:
Thoughtful and kind.
Trustworthy and confiding. Whim
sical. Past the follies and frivolities of
youth.
Usually successful.
A man of Droperty.
Onlnlous why women like the bald-
headed man obtained by the Daily Mir
ror are as follows:
He Is not silly like young men.
Ha accents refusals of marriage so
nicely that one Is sorry one did not ac
cent him.
Tha bald natch looks so clean ana
nice. One would like to Kiss it.
A doctor welcomes baldness wnen it
comes to him, as It Is a sign of sedate-
ness and dignified learning, wtucn in
variably increases his practice.
Samoana Show Poetlo Instinct.
Detroit News.
Travelers visiting; Samoa are puzzled
at first by the faot that many boys bear
feminine names while girls as frequent
ly have masculine names.
The visitor learns after a while, how
ever, that this confusing use of names.
Instead of being duo to ignorance, is in
reality the result of a native custom
which Is highly poetic
Thus, if a arirl is born soon after tna
death of a brother the latter's name is
given to her, in the belief that his spirit
and all his good qualities have been
transferred to her.
On the other hand, if a boy is born
after the death of a sister, be takes the
latter's name, and, as the Samoans be-i
Lieve. all her lovable traits become his.
Who shall say that these genua eoutn
Sea islanders are destitute of the poetic
instinct?
Ode to a Collar.
Ufa.
eollar with an Injun name,
Low. rakish, a la Byron.
X collar all know how to malm,
And none knew how to iron.
eollar by a laundry dona
And through a mansle sent
Tair as a star when only one
la la the armament.
Erst was all smooth and clean and low,
It knew no crack nor split;
The laundrye had it now, and oh!
The difference to it! :
Charles M. Schwab, In a recent Inter
view in New York, pointed out the fol- J
ly of ignorant speculation.
"The average man, with no knowl
edge of finance," he said, "has no busi
ness to speculate. Let blm do so and
his case Is Jones' all over again.
"Jones stopped la at a garage one
morning to see about selling off his
two automobiles.
"'I hear you've been speculating on
the stock exchange, Mr. Jones?" the
agent said politely
" 'Yes,' said Jones. "Now these cars,
understand, can be had cheap for
cash.'
" 'Were you a bull or a bear, sir?"
asked the agent.
" "Neither," said Jones gruffly. T was
an ass.' "New York Press.
.
The porter of a local barber shop loves
to have the automatic piano jilay whila
he is polishing the shoes of a customer.
While the youth was majestically pass
ing his brushes over a pair of patent
leathers the other evening to the martial
strains of "The Pilgrim Chorus." from
"Tannhauser," the customer displayed
unmistakable signs of Impatience.
"Here, here, boy!'" he exclaimed,
"you'll have to hustle. I want to catch a
train."
"Is da so, boss? Well, Jes' excuse me
one minute."
The porter went to the pianola, stopped
the music changed the roll, and came
back. A broad grin spread over the face
of the traveling man as he watched the
brushes fairly fly to the tune of "Tur- .
key In the Straw," with ragtime varia
tions In double-quick time. Youngstown
Telegram.
sea
In his daily half-hour confidential talk
with his boy, an ambitious father tried
to give some good advice.
"Be observing, my son." said the fath
er on one occasion. "Cultivate the habit
of seeing, and you will be a successful .
man. Study things and remember them.
Don't go through the world blindly.
Learn to use your eyes. Boys who are
observant know a great deal more than
those who are not."
Willie listened in silence.
Several days later, when the entire
family, consisting of his mother, aunt
and uncle, were present, his father said:
"Well, Willie, have you kept using
your eyes, as I advised you to do?"
Willie nodded, and after a moment's
hestitation said:
"I've seen a few things about tha
house. Uncle Jim's got a bottle of hair
dye hid under his bed: Aunt Jennie's
got an extra set of false teeth in her
dresser: ma's got some curls In her hat
and pa's got a pack of cards and a box
of dice behind tbe books in the book
case." Cleveland News.
a e
A New Jersey farmer came to the city
tbe other day and, among other things,
he visited a high-class restaurant, says
a Philadelphia paper. His appetite ran
to cheese, and, inquiring of the water
what sort of cheese was listed, remarked
that he desired "something new." "Why
don't you "try a bit of Roquefort?" sug
gested the waiter. "What's that?"
asked the farmer. "Hang it," he added,
"bring me some. I like the name any
way." He ate of It and liked It So he
thought he would take some home to his
wife. Arriving late, he laid the small
cheese wrapped In silver paper on the
sideboard. He forgot to inquire about it
till next night and then he asked his
wife how she liked It 'Oh, I s'pose it's
mighty stylish up to the city, but I Jes
kinder couldn't use it I couldn't get
no foam out of it, and when I washed
the children they smeUed kinder runny,
and I can't say's I like it"
1
ltsw One Woman Got Votes.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
In Jasrjer County Miss Delia Sharp
was chosen Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the Twenty-fifth Judicial District
Her success was largely due to her abil
ity as a campaigner and ner recoro in
the office, where she served 13 years
as a deputy.
Miss Sham toured the county by au
tomobile, and every morning she was to
be seen emerging from her boarding
house clad in a black skirt, a dainty
white shirt waist and as big a hat as
was likely to keep within the bounds
of approval. She distributed cards on
which were printed: "Delia Sharp
needs your vote on November 8 for Cir
cuit Clerk." She carried with her a bo
of cigars. She talked to every man In
the mining districts, in many cases go
ing down shafts for a hearing.
She presented lead pencils to Demo
crats, with the Injunction: I brought
this for you to scratch your own ticket
on November 8. I am sure that you
would rather have an old maid in the
office than an old bachelor."
Almost every fence post, telegraph
pole and bridge in the county bore
placards: "Vote for the girl," under
which many wrote: "You bet I will."
To Keep Young.
Buffalo News.
Think that you are young. On your
birthday don't allow yourself to think
that you are a year old. Keep mental
cobwebs, dust and brain ashes brushed
off by frequent changes.
Don't be too ambitious. The canker of
over-vaulting ambition has eaten up the
happiness of many a life and short
ened its years.
Put some beauty into your life every
dav bv seelne beautiful works of art.
beautiful bits of scenery or by reading
some fine poem or selection in prose.
FEATURES OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
SOME PLAIN TALKS WITH
WOMEN, BY A WOMAN
First of a series of modern ser
mons, solemn in spots, entitled
"We Women," by Charlotte Row
ett. The text of the initial offer
ing is: "How to Keep a Man."
These talks will run several weeks.
HELPED TO BUILD VAN
COUVER BARRACKS IN 1849
. Sketch of Philip Christ, sole
survivor of the first command of
United States troops sent out in
1849; hale and hearty at the age
of 87.
INVENTORS WHO HAVE
NEVER TAKEN PROFITS
Men who are turning over to
the public important inventions
that would have made them millionaires.
THE FLAG PARAMOUNT;
.A STORY BY O. HENRY
Tale of patriotism from a South
American republic, in the author's
best vein.
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