Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 14, 1910, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Textt 10 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, DECEJIBEK 14, llttO. Wi)t (Dmjpcmtatt rOKTI-VVD. OKKliON. Br.tvrMl t 1 orlUotl, Oreson. roslofflca S---ad -'! V-tr. fcubscriptwaiiatM Inmrtabljr la AdvMcc BT MAIL! fllr. unfiav lr.clu.tl. r. Tear !-. Singly In-luil-u. ss, mot. t hs . . . . 4 2. ri;r. s-jn-.'sr t!w-!u!. three m t.s. . " S.'. Ili. S.Jmiay In. :uld. on rr"nt?l.... .- I:'v. wttr-.out s jni-. on )fir fi:r. wi-hout .lur-lay. as month! .... n.j."i Flly. wiin.ul ti'jn.!-r. IMrr -nortia... ITS ImiiIv. without Sunday, on mooia Welly. one J' l.-, K'jn.tir. or. war ........ sucl4 ar.l e-kly, ono year. ....... .. -..""i I BY f-AKRIEKj Ta tT. fi:n'a tnr:u1"1 on yer 00 I: v. Su-dav ln'-luli--i. 'n rrwtrt 7.1 M-w la Ki-mlt S-rd p..:ofa -nnn-y nrlrr if-e- order or priiral checic in nar .c.i1 tank, riurrp. con of eurreni y r at the p-n-iers r-le. tllve r-vt-.n'n.-a a.M la full. Inclurlinr e'intr a:-.i tar. rtw Rj-lr !u to 14 pmern. 1 cent. tH t i-t jt. 2 c-nta; :; to 4" :'. 3 cents: 4. t pages. 4 crnllL Foreign postaxe K-J-trra Kalaeai Ofnee V-r- A CnnV lift -N Y-r. MruntVK k butiilln. Chl ran Stiver bu'.Id.Eg. rolTTUWn, WtllMuBUtY. 1LC. II. 111. TirK m.w ciukf jr-iTK-K. Edward Douglas White doubtless snrrvra tho many encomium heaped upon him from a variety of sources mince his nomination to be Chief Jus tice of the United States. One eulo gist nays that he Is a "Jurist rf marked ability, a cool. clear-headed reasoner. sound enough when It comes to fundamentals, and yet probably not too conservative." The record shows that Justice White has rendered meritorious service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court since 1M, a hen he b us ap pointed, lie had previously been a (State Senator and Supreme J mice In "Louisiana, and then. United States Senator. That he Is a Democrat ap pears not to have weakened his re spect fur the Ked-ral Constltuti.m or given his opinions the slightest par tisan color. Withal Ju.tlre White Is not n Jurist of great distinction. His appointment lias somewhat tiie aspect of make shift or expediency. It solvent, or was Intended to solve, the dilemma. In which the President fouml hims. If through the demands for the dela tion of Justice Hughes on the one Land and for the recognition and pres ervation of the traditions, precedents and dignities that have lone guided end surrounded the court on the other. The appointment of Justice Hughe to be. Chief Justice would have Riven profound etl.faction to the country end would have rone tj.r toward spreading the opinion that the Prcsi dent had decided to l-i thing In hi own hands and be the "bos" of Ms Administration. The nomination rf CMef Justice White creates no en thusiasm and only mild commenda tion: tho appointment of Hughes would have given to the ChUT Jus ticeship a itrrat Individuality, alvear ies personality and a lofty and dt; Itifled character. Huutie Is a go.d lawver: ho I Inspired by a deep and aMdtntr sen.-e of duty and a profound purp to promote Justice. What r!e could be asked? ni4-nr homiuks. f:ven In these diiys. when Oovern-m.-nt Is looked to by so many pitrsons t. perform psnntal dutirj for chil dren, homilies of parental rv.ponsi bilitj are metlmes preached, as In the time of the ancient proverbs. The -rd Is old as tho hills that offi ri.il salary-drawers cannot take tho proper r'nee of the mother and the f.iher In the tralnius ' tiie new j;ener:itii'n. Iist Sunday, two refreshing; ser mons on this subj-ct were heard In I'ortland. the one spoken by the Kv. James I. t'erby. In Ktr-t Uni vernal 1st Church; the other by Miss Alphia L. Plmlrk. prtndpal of the Brooklyn School. In Unitarian Church. lloth speakers aeoribed the irrowlne vices of youth to lack of homo discipline. "lluodlumlsm. In Jlfferenc. of youna people to moral ethics. said Mr. Colby, "and tho aJ.irmlng multl plcatlon of Juvenllo delinquency, are subjects of serious Import and are due. I believe, to lack of home life. Miss IMmlck said that personal care of parents for their children can never be relinquished to other persons in thou t loss to the child. "The work of moral tralnlnu should be left to no teacher, however faithful, and no religious irulde. however talented. The home Is more Important than tho school. The training of the heart Is more Important than the train. nic of the body or of the Intellect. There Is co advancement anywhere except 1y discovery of and obodlenco to moral law." Tet the socialistic Idea Is so preva lent In the land that cluien who wish to relieve themselves from the ?h orders of parenthood are clamoring lor wide extension of the public school system, so as to take tho riMr.f itin eration more and mora away from the sruldance and tho control of mothers and fathers. Then, too, the socialistic propaitanda Is urcir.s; ex tension of suffrasre to women which Is In line with the drift away from riomeetlo control. For If mothers are to mlnsle tn affairs of the state. It Is Inevitable that the state will be called . vpon more and more to perform ma ternal functions. Scl.Ml-Ua are well aware of this; hence they are vlsor ous champions of woman suffrage. Las; discipline at home Is the start of roost evils that a'f'.nt the soct.il body. The modern-day philosophy that turns thoughts of men and wom en from their own responsibility to dependence ur-on s-clcrv and covern ernment. is vlcl.-us. This philosophy 1 auses men ar.d women to think that ilnv arc victims of s v ial Ir.J.istl e Kcil of te sucis cf their more 1 thrifty ni Ishhors. It causes muriler rrs to be citc.I b tho Jury, cn the rr.mnd that they are not to be held persc-nalty re.ponslhle for their dee.ls. Tho remedy for vice nnj crime the enlv eftectlve one fir youth sr.d a.Iutt 1 enforcement rf pronal r.-spousiollliy. This rule of conduct to as cM as the wor' l. It Is held 1 i;h:ly. nowadays. lamely because rl:i4. r. are told that they should rely not upon their on effort, but should lean up..n property and government and vote taxes and create now offices. There i:i probably be a fall rrop cf romantic chile con carr.e stories forthcotnlr.s; after this Mexican revo lution settles down to the protracted campaign against the mountaineers who take pot shots at f-iverr.mont troops. The t ry names are tinctured with romance rf the tropical t pe. W r.ote. for example, that Senora rolores Ma.tero has been arrested and thrown Into a Jail (dungeon In the coming stories), and ainocj these captured with her were Jesus de la Torre. Manuel Hernandez and a num ber of others bearing; names which adorn the clftar-box labels and muck raking magazine stories. For Presi dent Diaz, however, the situation Is losing any romantic aspect which It might have had earlier in the itame. The revolutionists are occupying; a considerable area of country, and In stead of losing; ground seem to be steadily gaining; strength and prestige. MR. VAX TACTOB'S AWAKENING. Sam Van Vactor is a Democrat. He hails from Heppner. where a Demo crat to be a temocrat miu-t prove his north In many an uneven and not at all doubtful contest. Mr. Van Vactor. being the Democratic committeeman from Morrow County having been elected to that proud' honor by the faithful though not numerous band that loyalty holds aloft the banner of Democracy there came to the meet ing of the central committee last tat unlay In the fond delulu that the other members of that distinguished body were also . Democrats, o Mr. Van Vactor offered a resolution ex pressing the "unbounded confidence" of the Democratic committee in Kena tor Chamberlain and characterizing as fabrications the tales of the alliance b t ween that great man and Senator Bourne, whom the resolutions de nounced as "citizen. Individual, politi cian and Senator." Whereupon Mr. Van Vactor had the surprise of his life. The committee overwhelmingly laid the resolutions on the table. All of which raises the query as to whether the action of the committee Is to be Interpreted as n expression of to confidence, unbounded or other wine in t-Vnator Chamberlain. Or does It mean that It has unbounded conlldence In Senator Bourne? Or Is the committee dodging? Or does the committee thus go on record ss ap proving the alliance between Senator Chamlerlaln and Senator Uourne? If not. why does the committee refuse to disapprove? Committeeman Van Vactor has other surprises In store. He will find as time rolls on the Democratic com mlttee putting up the most virtuous pretensions of standing solid for the real Democracy and doinc everything In a practical way to promote the un- Dcmocralir Uourne-Chambcrlnin denl. That Is what iK-mocraltc committees In Oregon are for nrcr a ix Korii. iVrnrini- entirely the treat railroad work going on In Oregon snd the large building operations in rorusnu, 1.1 .. not. the evidence of msterlal n nrnnnrl Portland's horl- - zn. JI Id-December on the eve of 1 hri.tmiu holidavs In the rainy sea son Is not tbe best time for general activities, yet tnese inings ncr- chronicled In The Orrgonlana news columns yesterday: Irrigation project in I'aKer twounij. Involving 14.000.000: Opening of the Sellwood Y. M. t . A. v. T.bim. fommerrtal Club and the Business Men's Assoclstlon Indorse franchise for the ortn -oasi 0. & W. Kallroad: Fully 200.000 applo trees being planted In Douglas County, or.: Oatmeal mill to be established at Eaker: Krult package factories at South Pend, Wash., swamped with orders and Increasing capacity of plants: irii.on nroleet In Klickitat County. Wash., opposite Hood ttlver, to reclaim :0.000 acres at an expense of 1750.000: Tho Samuel Klmore dairy rancn at Tillamook sold for 140.000; Supply of Tokeland Oyster i om pany at Wlllapa Harbor exhausted; large new planting of bivalves; Klickitat County orcnaraisis set oui 140.000 apple trees: Big movement In jacr t-ouinj good roads: Iteopenlng of the old Sturgis old mine, near Jacksonville with three giant rlacer washers. It may be remar.ea in mis .-- thui there Is seldom an Issue of The Orrgonian that does not con tain from five to vwciuy iie. .i-.nu. to those here men- rttlii nil..'". tloned. They show that -while we are only at the Beginning m mi wi. thero Is In the aggregate an Immense forward movement In rational, prof itable enterprises. MANT TW STOCKJIOLDKR.H. r.nilroad and Industrial stocks as i.,.s.lmant tm to be making a strong; apr-l t" American people. The New York Journal of Commerce In an elaborate report of tho aistnou lion of these securities shows that 11 raitroad and Industrial companies laving a capitalization ot .,". 00 have 74.I?0 stockholders. Ijist ear tho stock of these same com anlea was In the hands of 678.624 tockholders. Averago holdings of each stockholder a year ago was I11 650- This year the average naa Iropped to 1J4S1. In the railroad list . . .. ...... .!! leads all ether lines with a total of .4.f stockhold- hit. m the Industrials, steel Is far In the lead -with 115.000 stock holders, a gain of 15.00" over iai ear. In the ye.v. Pennsyrvania alned B stockholders. Union Pa U'lc with a gain of 2517 In the num ,er of stockholders Is now In the lands of 19.626 stockholders. Amerl an Telephone, with 40.000 stockhold r. gained 000 during the year, imalpamated Copper and Western nlon are the only prominent Indus rLils In which a decrease Is noted. A continuation of this breaklnc up . . Koi.iin- and their dlstrl- itlon among a large number of small ,lders will .bring mlth it material anges In the entire business slttia- i . .. the bi hr rha tion. The nisimci stcH-khold.-rs. large and small, of hav ing a great number of people Inter c.ted In ft corporation Is obvious. It Is reflected In a sinking manner in the to most prominent corporations mentioned In the report. The Penn sylvania, which for years has had. more than 60.000 stockholders has been singularly free from legislative attacks or from disastrous competi tion Kor density of traRlc It ha. few If any ec,unl.i In tho East, but Its mile age Is not great compared with some other roads, and with .000 stock holders having a personal Interest n Its success. powerful Influence In favor of the road la at work all tne time. , ... In some rhases the esse of the steel trust U'dlffcrent: It Is protected scnlnst ruinous competition by the riKtd tariff laws. But with It stock scattered around among 115.000 peo ple, many of whom are Influential employes. .It is specially well protect ee! against labor troubles as well a.1 other forms of agitation which might disturb the profits. While there is not a railroad or industrial stock on the market today that has ever paid as liberal profits as have been made out of investments in Western lands, there seems to be a growing Inclina tion on the part of small Investors to put their money Into stocks in which there Is reasonable assurance of a good return on the Investment. A gain proportionate to that Just re corded, if continued for a few years, would result in placing the control of our corporations in the hands ofvso many people that regulation might be a much more difficult matter than It Is at the present time. It Is possi ble, though, that In such circum stances less regulation would be ad vantageous. THE KST OF THE VYOIULD. -The Oregonian prints this morning a prophecy vhich some friend haa kindly sent in order that we may- make due preparation for the end of the world. This exciting episode la to occur on the "evening' of Thurs day. No doubt It will be highly en tertaining and the moving picture men will be wise If they heed the prophet's advice to hold their cam eras In readiness. Seriously It amazes one to note how little effect reitorated failure seems to have upon the confidence of peo ple who are looking for the end Of the world. As fast as one of their predictions turns out wrong they hasten to make another and pa tiently resume their expectant wait ing. It Is safe to say that the date of the end of the world has been fixed a thousand times by persons who professed to have indubitable knowledgo of the subject. We know what their success has been. Usually fhuso vain prophecies are based on the books of Daniel and Jtevelatlons. These mystical writings easily lend themselves to deluded fanaticism. Texts like those found In the 17th chapter of Kc elations. to-w hich our correspondent refers, may mean any thing whutever to an excited imagina tion and the same thing may be said of numerous passages in Daniel. The so-called prophecies of Danlfl have been completely discredited by modurn scholarship. No religious teacher whose opinion has any value attaches the slightest Importance to these outpourings. The book was written long after the events which it professes to foretell. As for Rev elations. It, Is a recast of an older tirade against Nero written by a Jew ish resident in Rome. The protended prophecies which it contains do not refer to the end of the world, but to the downfall of Rome, for which the persecute 1 Chr'stlans devoutly prayed in Nero's time. It Is Interesting, however, to remember how many men of Intellectual eminence have been misled In the same way as our correspondent. Sir Isaac Nem-ton. great as he was, occupied his later years In figuring out the prophecies of Daniel. Ho also looked for the end of the world. So our kind friend Is In good company. He has our warm thanks for his considerate act. The best return we can make for-It is to wish him a little more sense. XWil.rCTEII ALASKA. Another fine steamship has been wrecked on the unguarded coast of Alaska, imperiling the lives of scores of passengers and causing a heavy property loss. Still another vessel, the schooner Duxbury. with several passengers on board, Is long overdue from Alaska and Is supposed to have been wrecked on one of tho numerous uncharted and unllghted reefs of the Alaskan coast. The blame for these numerous disasters rests with those who are responsible for that peculiar policy of conservation which has for lis purpose the retention of Alaska and Its resources in their present wild, un developed state. Klnce the Klondike gold discoveries Alaska has sent out more than 1100.000.000 worth of the yellow metal. Her fisheries have also contributed millions to the wealth -of tho Pacific Coast cities. It might naturally be supposed that so rich a country would be entitled to sufficient consideration to socure a few necessary aids to navigation, but Alas ka Is so thoroughly Pinchotized that it seems doomed to remain Indefinitely a great forest and mineral reserve. The theorists nho are responsible lor re tarding tho growth and development of Alaska declare that it Is the duty of tho Government to take possession of the great coal mines and forests and build railroads to them. Logical ly, If It Is the province of the Gov ernment to build railroads in Alaska, It is also Its duty to build them In the other Isolated localities where the tre mendous cost of construction has caused hesitancy on the part of pri vate capitalists. This country, how ever, has not yet reached the critical stage w here Government ownership of the transportation lines Is regarded as necessary to the prosperity of the peo ple. Alaska Is big enough and rich enough to be entitled to the same gen erous treatment that is given other American territories. GREAT RAJI-KO-VD DEX-ELOrXKTtT. Mr. Kruttachnitf s announcement of the plans of the Harrlman system In the Pacific Northwest are of de cided Interest to Portland. A twenty- two-hour service between Portland and Kan Francisco by way of the Natron cut-off. will greatly facilitate business between the two big cities of Oregon and California and the new lino will also open up much interme diate territory. By connecting the North Coast with the O. R. t N. lines, the s'vstem has the shortest route be tween I'ortland and Spokane. A ten- hour train between the two cities is not Improbable. Mr. Kruttschnltt announces that the Central Oregon and the Tillamook lines will be rushed to completion and will be In operation next year. Both of these lines will bring Into direct communication with I'ortland an Immense . new territory. rroni the north the proposed connection with the North Coast road will enable this city to do bnslness In a territory from which our merchants have In the past been burred. I While no definite announcement has been made of the Milwaukee road entering Portland over the Harrlman lines, the apparently cordial relations between these roads in Eastern Wash ington would make such an announce ment not unexpecteu. i nesc exten sive projects that will reach comple tion next year will all he directed from Portland headquarters. Thus city will be the railroad center for a greater area of territory than pays tribute to any other city on the Pa cific Coast. Ia addition to tne elaborate pro gramme which is to be finished by the Harrlman system within the next year Portland will reap the benefits of sim ilar activity on the part of the Hill lines. Their line to Tillamook and the Xehalem will terminate at Port land. Their extensions of the Willam ette Valley electric system will all draw business to tie Portland termi nus and the Central Oregon lines will haul traffic down to tidewater at Port land. These are the projects which Mr. Kruttschnltt. of the Harrlman lines, and Mr. Stevens, of the Hill lines, have promised- Portland for 1911. Either of them would break all previ ous records for a single year in tbe amount of new mileage and new terri tory involved. Combined, they mean much for Portland and Oregon. But the programme of prosperity does not' end with the 1911 work, for both of these great systems, alive to tho ad vantages of securing an impregnable position In this great trafiioprodttclng region, are looking ahead and have largo plns for the future. These plans are so extensive that it is a physical Impossibility to complete them all within a year or two, but tho 1911 programme alone Is of such vast proportions that Portland snd the territory which feeds It will next year enjoy the greatest prosperity they have ever known. Great Britain's very' latest battle ship, the Indefatigable, in a thirty- hour trial trip is reported to have exceeded twenty-seven knots, using only three-fourths of its power. Frorrl the showing made on the preliminary trial It Is believed that a full-power trial will show a speed of thirty knots. If these expectations are realized, it will mean that England, as well as the rest of the big powers, will be obliged to send to the scrapheup a large num ber of costly- vessels that In case of war would be useful only as targets for the Indefutlgable.s. This costly competition has now spread over trie earth to such an extent that when the limit Is reached and bankruptcy stares some of the big naval- powers In the face there will be few. if any, powers left with enough money to take ud vantage' of the financial weakness of the others. Meats, eggs, poultry and vegetables, which suffered a slight decline a few months ago. have all soared back to the old figures. This advance In the Eastern cities Is attributed to unfa vorable weather conditions, which made it Impossible to secure supplies. Secretary Wilson, however, "will un doubtedly take exception to this. A careful study of his recently issued report shows that it is the middlemen and the railroads that are responsible for the high prires paid by the con sinner. His argument loses some of its force when live hogs sell at 10 cents on foot at the station; also when Secretary Wilson assures the farmer that the tariff Is responsible for the high price of wheat tn this country. The great and abounding generosity of the American people, as witnessed In the mighty sum that has been paid In pensions to the soldiers who have from time to time, as occasion re quired, gone out th fight the battles of the Ropublic, and to those depend ent upon them. This sum. from the beginning to the present time, not In eluding the amount carried by the nenstons appropriation to be acted upon by the present Congress, totals the enormous amount of 14.073.056 670. And yet It is said that republics are ungrateful! n'l.lln thntr are seeking- to reform the Oregon registration law, why not have a provision that a citizen or PnrtinnH could reeister In his own precinct after he has had his dinner? Two or three evenings of such con venience every two years would get a lot of names "that never appear on the election rolls. The Courthouse Is long distance away from many resi dential districts. As evidence that there was consid erable movement "back to the farm" or largely increased rural life, note from Postmaster-General mtcncocg s report that 1500 new postofflces were established during the past year and 515 new rural' delivery routes, cover ing 12.235 miles. These were surely not provided In anticipation of future demand; the people are there. Mr. Kruttschnltt's promise that the time between Portland and San Fran cisco by way of the Klamath Falls cut-off will be reduced' to twenty-two hours next June shows that you can walk around a mountain faster than you can climb it. . May Yohe Is married again. Noth ing has been hoard from Nat Goodwin for a few days, but if he seriously re gards one of the opposite sex as a competitor In the marrying game, he is probably on his way to the divorce court again. If Eastern capital Isn't satisfied with returns ' on railroad Investments, It should seek Portlsnd real estate, safe as Government bonds and steadily in creasing In value. And what's the matter with Oregon orchards? Some California scientists have found out that It costs 1207.60 a year to bring JP a child until he reaches 20. At present prices of eggs, but ter, milk, beef and bacon. It costs that much for food alone: Dogs in Multnomah, according to the County Assessor, are worth 15.87 on an average. Here Is a text on which to start something again. . What! Portland tn New York 'by way of the Panama Canal in twelve days? Gee. how this terrestrial globe la shrinking! Saw aren't we "having the de'il's own time with that Broadway bridge? Her Flrrt X'ote d a V. , Harper's Weekly. It was the evening of election day and Hlggleby had Just returned home. "Well, my dear Jane, said ne, as he kissed his wife, "did you vote to day?' Yes." replied the lady. "Straight ticket, I suppese?" smiled her husband. "Well, no." said Mrs. Hlggleljy "After thinking it all over and ready ing the platforms of both parties, I felt that one was about as good as the other, so I split my ticket." "Split ltr roared Higgleby. "Why, how 1I4 you do It?" "Why. Instead of putting an X over the name of one candidate," said Mrs. Hlggleby, "I divided It in half nd put a V over both" COMMEYT OX TIFT'S MESSAGE. XV fiat Various Eastern Papers Say of His Latest Deliverance. New York World. Dcm. He refers to the criticism" of the Payne-Aldrich tariff as aimed not at the principle of protection, but at the man-! ner In which It was applied, and dis misses the subject as one which must necessarily be reserved for the new Con gress. As the people manifestly con cluded that the application was extor tionate, and as Mr. Taft has expressed a like belief himself, his willingness to defer remedial measures is regrettable as well on his own account as on that of the country. He misses a great op portunity for public service. K-s illative PolMe "Clinched." ' New York Tribune. Rep. The President does not urge upon Congress any proposals in which the business of the country will feel such a degree of Interest as it has felt in the recent amendments or the Inter State Commerce act and in the various Attempts to amend the Sherman Anti Trust ai t. Tln regulative policies of the Adniiulstration the President re gards as cllttrlied," for the present at least, and he turns away to less excit ing themes to the subject of conserva tion, or example: a policy that needs "clinching:" to that of legislation re garding the writ of injunction, to the simplification of indirect procedure, which is always present to his mind, and. among the foremost, to the neces sity of economy, to which he constantly recurs as different departments of the Federal Government ahd different top ics are discussed in tlile all-embracing message. In That Sign or None. Richmond Times-Dispatch, Deui. He sticks to it that the tariff bill Is a great revenue producer, even If it does not conform to the ante-election promise of the party In power, and he would apparently be glad to have it taken out of politics, and he makes one admission, which should not escape the attention of those a ho would have the tariff reduced to the only honest basis of producing sufficient revenue for the purpose of paying the expenses of the Government economically administered, when he says: "Little, if any. of the criticism of the tariff has been directed against the protective principle." The real tariff reformers should make a note of this and take courage In the belief that what Is needed by the coun try and what Is demanded by- the peo ple of the country is a tariff for rev enue only. In that sign the Democrats can conquer or they cannot win at all. Can Be Read Willi Profit. Brooklyn Bagle, Dem. Few will read the entire communica tion. None can read it without profit. It is not literary. In the whole produc tion there is not a declamatory sen tence. Even where it is argumenta tive or where It draws conclusions concerning which there will be dif ferences of ooinlon. it is not too as sertive. Its preparation was a task of great magnitude, and til a worK was well done. Comparisons by which it has much to gain easily mlgat be made. President Xeea the Light. New York Times. Ind- Dem. While his predecessor remaine in re tirement and in darkness. President Taft sees the light. There has been Inlamralatlnnt nf tllA WPnt eleC- tlons as a vote for peace. The Times . .i , . . . t. irnte. so inierpreiru mem. - Mis interpretation In that comforting sense i more Important than all the rest, for with him and with Congress rests the power to maintain peace or to continue the destructive policy of war upon the country's business. What the Country Xeeda. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Ind. What the President evidently desires and what the whole country needs Is a fair chance for every kind of trade and activity to adjust Itself to the changed conditions under which business may lawfully be done and to recover from whatever of unsettlement and uncer tainty there has been bred by those modifications of methods and by the general shaking up which occurred throughout the world three years ago. Views Sound and Logical. Niagara Falls Gazetted Rep. t ki. n.A..iiaa thn President doubt- i .. . o mum- iliimrq heeause thev icas u ' i ......... t - are a part of the programme to which he and his party are committed, for he ......IIt. must hava inm miscriVinS now as to the chances of their being enacted into legislation. However they at least serve to set his views before tbe people, and it will be generally coneeuea mai mvy a." quuhu b leal. Wltbont Centre of Inflammation. New York fiup. Rep. Mr. Taft's second annual message discusses a multitude of things and is by many thousands of words unneces sarily long. The superfluity, however. Is of detail, not of feverish verhtage. You may go through the President's observations with a clinical thermom eter without discovering a centre of inflammation; and this is true all the same whether you concur or object. The Best Thing In It. Raleigh N. C. News and Observer. The best thing In the message Is the President's declaration that the crying need of the United States te the cheap nlntr of cost of litigation by simplify ing Judicial procedure and expediting final judgment, xne cost or iuibulidh In the Federal courts Is often prohibi tory and men suffer wrong because they cannot afford to contend for their rights. Expresses Country's Needs and Desires. Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. In a few words It expresses the coun try's need and desire. . . . No President, midway oi nis iirst. xerm. las ever presented oucn a. ici.nrq vi ... . i . ill. A 1t,lA n lositive acmevefiiefik. wuu ou mhi" . . . ; ..... l.nBA ... . V, o l- a seu-ssBei .!... .ii " trusted blm to lead the country n the . . . 1 n ... F.. T ..tipilv none onH pains ' 1 i & . i - - J ' 1' " - v. !- confidence will " not be disappointed of their hope. Vara Soft Pedal- Pittsburg Press. Ind. A sober, self-contained, yet neither needs for Congressional consideration. Admittedly, the President inclines to use the soft pedal, but the present seems to be a time when pianissimoes .re more agreeau.ts mail luruaBimuca to the mood of the people. Recalcitrant Republicans Mill Wonder. Philadelphia Inquirer, Rep. If the Republicans ef the Nation will only read the message and care fully consider it. they will begin to wonder how It 'was that so many of them either voted for Democratic can didates for Congress or refrained from voting at all at the recentelection. Left to Wonder. Boston Transcript, Rep. One wonders if his party would not have been much better pleased and heartened if ne naa given it a ringing note of leadership and of fighting hope. ' The Tone Is Admirable. New York American. Ind. The tone of the President's message Is admirable. It deals lucidly ana frankly with every- subject considered, and contains no dark corners or subter-fug- JiqS, EDDY: PACTS AND OPIMOXS Estimates of the Founder ot Christian Science by the Daily Preaa. New York American. o widespread Is the fame of Mary Baker Eddy that there is no country ln the world that will not take note of her death. , Her extraordinary influence upon her generation will everywhere suggest comparisons or contrasts between her work and that of the seer who died in Russia a few days ago. Count Tolstoi spoke to the Intellect and Mrs Eddy to the heart. Nobody has any right to doubt the sincerity of either; though everyone will think and feel as ha pleases or as ho can concerning their wisdom and inspiration. Thousands of homes in America and elsewhere have felt the cheer of her brave spirit and will cherish her memory with the feeling that it Is a reviving and inspiring presence. But no reflective person can doubt the significance of the great rally of the human mind against the discour aging materialism- of the 19th century a revolt of the sotul against median Ism and fate, in which this woman played so remarkable a part. Mrs. Kddy's life was conspicuous among the forces working together to convince the world that the mmd has more power over the body than bad been supposed. Christian Science Will Survive. New York Times. Clu-tstian Science will survive Mrs. Eddy's death. There is more in it than ignorance and seif-delusion, though .it must be admitted that they seem to the outside world its preponderating elements. These are failing we cannot deny to our fellow-men, and they carry their own punishment. Rut they must not be permitted to endanger the com mon welfare of society. The law of the land must be upheld. Mrs. Eddy's Last Message. New York Bun. Once more the newspaper men tried to find out what was Mrs. Eddy's last utterance, if she made any, but Mr. Farlow, if he knew, would not say. After much thought he said: "I think I can recall the last thing Mrs. Eddy wrote. It was on Thurs day, and Mrs. Sargent was with her when she called for a pencil and tublct. "When these were handed to her she wrote 'God is my life.' "It is our belief." continued Mr. Far low, "that Mrs. Kddy has merely en tered another phase of existence, where she will continue her Individual work, and she is still in a position to prog ress. Mrs. Eddy on Death. New York World. Mrs. Eddy's definition of death, taken from the glossary of her book "Science and Health, With Key to the Scrip tures": v Death An Illusion, the life ot Ufa In mutter; the unreal and untnia; the opposite xji lire. Matter hat no life, hence it has no real existence. Mind is immortal. The fleeh, warrlnK affaln&l SDirlt. that which frets It self free from one belief only to. be fettered by another until every belief of life wnere it Is not, yields to eternal life. Any material evidence of death is false, for it contradicts the spiritual facts of being;. On page 4-i of the same book she says: The relinquishment of all faith in death and also of the fear of ita stins. would raise the standard of health and morals far be yond Its piesent elevation, and would enable un in ni'id tiiu uauiier ui iiciBHiiii i ly 41.11. with unflinching faith in Ufa eternal. 8ln brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of stn. Man Is im mortal, and the body cannot die. because it has do life to surrender. The Illusions named dath. disease, sickness and sin are ail ih.at can be destroyed- Hon Christian Scientists Die, New York Sun. Mr. Farlow said he was not at the house until some time after the end, came and had gone there with Mr. He. Clellan about 3 o'clock this morning. He was asked what was usually done when a Scientist passed away. Did the practitioners endeavor to do anything to prevent death.' He replied: "I know what I would do if I were there, and, of course, the members of the household who were in the room did the same thing." "What would be done?" asked the reporters. "The aim of every Scientist would ba to make an effort to possess a clear consciousness of the divine power and presence, with the understanding that when the consciousness of the individ ual is illumined by a realization of what God is, that realisation over comes the disease as-light dispels dark ness." "That would he in silent prayer, would it not?" asked a reporter. "That is the method of treating error," was the reply. - Her Work In a Nutshell. Washington Post. Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder of Christian Science, born In 1821 at Bow. N. H. Married three times and divorced once. Has one son. Bedridden invalid for 20 years. Founded Christian Science in 1166, beginning with one pupil. Healers are registered from Mexico, Australia, China, Switzerland, the Phil ippines, Italy, Holland, Germany, France, Scotland, Ireland and England. There is a Christian Science church in every state In the Union. Church edifices belonging to Chris tian Scientists are valued at approxi mately 110,000.000.- Cost of some leading Scientist churches: Mother Church. Boston" !2,noo,000 First Church New Tork 1.200,000 Second Church. New York fiRti.OOO Sixth Church, Chicago asu.iXio First Church, rrenver 250,000 First Church, Pittsburg 20.0O6 First Church, Kansas City ir0,000 Second Church. Kansas City 250.000 First Church, Minneapolis ., lse.004 First Church. Concord 100,004 First Church, St. Joseph, Mo lM),00u First Church, J,os Angeles lno.0"0 First Church. Chicago Jin.BiiO Second Church. Chicago 120,000 A Question of Construction. MBSKIfciU Wash.. Dec. 12. (To the Ed itor.) Would you advise me whieh of the two following phrases is correct or, should both be correct, which is prefer able: "Please advise an to what conclusion yourself and Mr Smith have come to, etc." "Please advice as to what conclusion you an Mr. Smith have come to. etc." A. W. CALDWELL. Neither of the above expressions read very agreeably. It would be better to say, "Please Inform me what conclusion you and Mr. Smith have reached." Of the writer's expressions, the second Is preferable. "Yourself Js out of place in such a passage. Llaten to tbe Prophecy ef Cyras. PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. la. (To the Ed itor.) According to what the interior of tiie Great Pyramid tn Egypt reveals, and accorfling to the prophecies of the two witnesses of God, the fulfillment of Re velation 6, 14-17 is due to take place on Thursday pvening, December 15, 1910. Moving picture men, prepare to be busy next Thursday evening. CYRUS. ' Railroad Patron's plaint. Washington Evening Star. "What is Bliggins' grievance against the railroad company?" . "He has two grievances: one Is that some of the trains don't stop at h's sta- ilnn .nil hn nthor that. n.ftr he gets On board the train loses time by stopping at OUier siauoiia V ARMS A'D GOOD ROADS. Best Time Is Now for Oregon Improve ments. SALEM, Or., Dec. 13. (To the Edi tor.) Never before' has there been a time so auspicious as the present for making public improvements in Oregon, especially the most important of them all. the building of good roads. Fortunately, nearly all large areas of our country, which it became neces sary to clear of timber in order to use them for agricultural purposes, and of which the harvest of the timber was an incident onjy, have been praotically denuded, so that now timber grows mainly pn non-agricultural lands. Be cause there are no more timber areas to conquer values in the last decade have rapidly and materially advanced. This fact, coupled with the rapidly- in creasing facilities for transportation, placed this state in an anomalous posi tion in that it has a growing crop upon Its untlllable lands of a greater net value than the average of that upon its lands under cultivation. These values have increased in tho last 10 years from say $2 to J20 per acre, which fig ure is about the average rate at which it is assessed for 1910. The value of this asset as a revenue producer In some of the counties of Oregon amounts to more than HO per cent of the whole valuation. Jn Tillamook County, for Instance, the assessed value of tillable lands is $1,814,850, of the untillable 10,802.470. Now to illustrate how greatly the farmer of Tillamook is benefited by ex isting conditions: If we add to the above value of timbered lands that of town property and other property, not held in the county, including that of public service corporations, out of the aggregate assessment of $13,920,278 the farmer is required to pay only on a valuation of $2,000,000. While our agricultural areas do not have the advantage in this respect as do the heavily timbered coast counties, many of them are compensated by the large assessed values placed upon the public service corporations by the Tax Commission, aggregating this year in tho state about $130,000,000. Umatilla County's share of this aggiigate is about $12,000,000: Douglas "County's about $6,000,000; Marion County's about $4,600,000. The untillable land assessment ag gregates in the state about $160,000,000. While Multnomah County receives no direct benefit from timber holdings, it will be aided by the public service cor poration assessments in that county, the exact amount of which 1 have not ben able to ascertain, but whatever it is, will be added to the $277,000,000 val uation fixed by her Assessor. To find just what portion of the bur den of state taxation the Oregon farmer will bear this year: Assuming the total valuation of the state to be $830,000,000, which, in the absence of complete summaries from all the coun ties is as near the figures as I can es timate. First deduct Multnomah County's assesment, $277,000,000: publlo service corporations, $130,000,000; un tillable lands, $160,000,000; tewn and city lots (exclusive of Multnomah County), with improvements on seme, estimated. $110,000,000; merchandise and stock In trade (exclusive of Mult nomah County), $15,000,000: money, notes and accounts, estimated, $10,000, 000: shares of stock (exclusive of Mult nomah County), estimated. $7,000,000; 75 per cent of household furniture, watches, jewelry., eta (exclusive of Multnomah County), estimated, $4,000, 000; 25 per cent of the horses and mules, estimated. $2,500,000; fffe8J;t ing $716,000,000, and leaving $114,000, 000. - - This sum is not quite 13.6 per cent of the full amount pf the state tax, so that every dollar paid by the farmer for state aid in building good roads, is swollen to $7.35 by outside contribu tors, as shown above. The burden pf the county tax borne . by the farmer will vary in proportion to the amount assessed in the several counties, upon the towns and cities lo cated therein, the amount of the publio service corporations' assessments, and the value of its timber lands. In Ma rlon County, after making these deduc tions, it will amount to about $13,000, 000, or "30 per eept of the total assess ment; in Tillamook County about 14 per cent; in Douglas County about 3a per oent- A noticeable feature of the assessment is that in the more remete and sparsely settled counties lie eur most valuable timber lands, which con sequently bear the greater burden of taxation, both county and state. The great value of our patented tim ber lands as tax producers but empha sizes tiie great wrong done our stale by the arbitrary withdrawal and with holding from sale of vast areas of eur best timber by the Government, in or der that it might engage in the log ging business, speculate in public lands. , deprive our citizens of the ' right of ....ho nl defraud the state of Its just share of taxes. J. H. ALBERT. Rules for Longevity. New York Tribune. 7..;itin aiH tn have been Brooklyn's oldest citizen. Is dead at the IJ wna a. Child in Moscow when the Russians burned that city at the advance oi t'w - rhen the unueo ere engaged in their second conflict He .was born in 1804 in Lodz. Poland. He retired from business in . , .v.;B iviimtrv soon years ago ana cnni '"V"-, ;""'" r,ut fter. He leaves mroo u.i-. of whom Is 76 years oia. m 4 6'- children. His rules for longevity " v.rpr he in a hurry. Hon't eat what you call quick lunches. Take but little meat, especially In early .r . ii, hnrs ft dav. Never lire. Bieep cis-' ".- ,: . fool with doctors, and don t go Into a dru-C tore except iu pet. - -commit the directory. When you reach the age of 90 years you ma, uv as you please. i , 60O Yale Btodents Barn Money. Nearly six hundred of the students of Yale are now earning mo mu- or a large pari. i censes while taking regular mis 5 .4ln- t. a nnmnhlet 1 US t is- wors !-1 -n -v . sued by the bureau of appointments. Something, more inaii i being earned In this way by Yale stu dents. Members of the graauate school earned the largest, amuum, ing $46,970; most of it by teaching. The academical seniors came """ among the department wnn Sheffield seniors follow in earning capacity rank, their work bringing in $ 59 The academical freshmen fol low with $14,427 and the Sheffield freshmen with $7,340. Private tutoring is the most popular means of earning money, $27,620 having been brought in this way. . Employment as waiter In the eating clubs conies second in the list. E. A. Cndaby Sell His Omaha Home. Omaha World-Herald. E. A. Cudahy has put his. residence on the market and three of the heads of departments who will go to Chi cago with him have also listed their homes In this city for sale. The Cu dahy home contains about 16 rooms and has grounds fronting 187 feet on Thirty-seventh and 165 on Dewey ave nue. Possessiop of this house, as also of the houses of the employes, will be given In the Spring. King Georges' Christmas Card. Indianapolis News. Every year the King and Queen ot England have specie) Christmas cards engraved for them and distribute them widely. Their example is followed by other European rulers." This year King George's card is a reproduction of the painting "King Henry VIII Vis iting Cardinal Wolsey," by Howard Davit. LA.