THE MOU.NLNO OKKCJOMAX. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911.
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. . nrRBTTNG OX THE DISASTER.
The Democrats, led by the New
jrk World, who are clamoring for
rxtrs session or congress to rc-
the tariff, are perfectly safe in
irsuing their agitation, for they may
i. certain that President Taft will do
rhlne; of the kind. Or. If he should
-Jt- an extra session after March 4,
would be because of failure of the
-i-essary appropriation bills, or for
me other urgent reason or unex-
cted emergency. The President un
ubtedly feels that the Democratlo
tcry Is sheer political buncombe, de-,-ned
to embarrass him and to con-
'ire the public of the entire sln
rlty of Democratic professions as to
wnward tariff revision.
Tet the President, if he were in
ned to forget his clear duty not to
ange the country again so soon into
agonies of Congressional tariff
Hon. could not do the Democracy
worse turn. The Democrats are al-
ndy at loggerheads over the ques-
o. They have no plan or policy of
"fedure. for they do not agree and
y. will not agree readily whether
-' tariff should be revised horlzon
ly. or schedule by schedule, or Item
item. Some, like Senator Bailey,
for tariff on raw products and
uiufactured products alike. Some,
e the New Englanders, are for free
x products and tariff on manu
tures. Others, like Champ Clark,
m the Middle West, are for any
I tariff except a Republican tariff,
body will stand for tariff for reve-
. in the final test.
The tariff Is going to divide, dis--ranize
and possibly wreck the Demo
nic party. Governor West, when he
vors an extra session, evidently de
es ot speed that happy day.
rE CANAL COAL OJf THE PACIFIC.
The Atlantic-Pacific waterway at
nama will be the realization- of 400
irs of striving. The Occident has
n seeking the Orient through this
irt cut ever since the days of Co-
nbus. And where the two at last
ve come together on the Pacific Is
fittest place for the exposition that
to celebrate the canal.
A great part of the history of West
i quest was inspired by the world's
lre for the "cut" that Nature did
t make but that the people of the
lted States are about to finish,
n long have wanted short passage
the Orient from Europe. In the
urch. Columbus discovered the out
rig islands of the American con Li
nts.
rhereafter navigators and explorers
d to find an open way to the fiorth-
rd and the southward. Magellan
ved that there was no passage in
southern half of the world, nearer
in the straits that bear his name.
took two hundred years to prove
tt there was no opening In the
rthern half. Oregon was first
hted by navigators who were seek-
the short way. The British got
lr foothold In Canada through he
dson's Bay Company that was com.
sloned by their government to find
"Northwest passage. The myth
the "Straits of A man." that were
i posed to lead to the Atlantic from
ut the latitude or Puget Sound.
one of the most potent forces of
.overy of the Pacific Coast.
t is altogether fitting that the man
de passage should be signalized by
reat exposition on the Pacific Coast,
i Francisco as the metropolis of this
ixl is the proper city for the cele
tlon. That city has pledged IU,
.000 for the exposition. This Is a
at argument, too. That city can
mlse an equable climate neither
1 nor warm. It Is free from sick
. It has ample accommodations
visitors. It is the ranter of the
at progressive part of the United
tes the region that shows the most
Id growth and the greatest opportu
e. It is on the margin of the
an that Is destined to become the
atcr of the world's greatest strug
for world leadership.
rhere axe many reasons for San
inclsco's claim historical, sen ti
nt.!, maritime, commercial. New
eane has no claim so strong. .That
.' is outside the course of the star
empire. Charleston. Philadelphia
Sew York would be as fit or a filter
' for the Panama Exposition.
t is to be an Atlantic-Pacific canal.
'exposition should be held on the
re of the Pacific the goal of the
rid quest during four centuries of
St.
OOV F-RXWENT FARNRKK,
Tie appointment of John P. Irish,
. of Klamath Kails, to be farm su
latendent of the Department of A
Pture recalls a name once mighty in
Hiea and oratory. Let us hope that
M P.. Jr.. understands farming as
I as John P.. Sr.. In the flush of his
orous prime, understood the art of
tying the emotions If not the minds
men.
V "farm superintendent" In the days
oft the Indian Service t the prey
politics and the grim Joke of the
tan Industrial policy of the Govern
nt as it pertained to agriculture,
s feature of the service brought
Tilng Into contempt with the ln
ris. It was responsible for the fact
hundreds of thousands of dollars'
-ih of farming Implements bought
the Government for its wards were
osed to the weather until eaten by
ti that fruit trees given by the same
ierous almoner were destroyed by
-rplllars and other pests, and that
tie and horses grew mangy and tfse-
and a menace to clean herds,
'.trailing this era and IU farcical
erlments in furrow, pasture, or
rd, garden and meadow, we venture
hope that the Government has
rned its lesson and that at the pres- j
ent time the appointment ef a "farm
superintendent" at Washington has
some reference to a man who under
stands farming both in theory and
practice.
KSFERASTO AT TOE TXIVERSITT. .
The proposal to insta.1 a course in
Esperanto at the State University can
not be regarded with very much en
thusiasm. The new language Is not
In Itself well adapted for scholastic
and educational purposes. Such liter
ature as it possesses is Infantile in
quality. To be sure, it has transla
tions of some good pices, but we are
convinced that nobody who has pe
rused them in Esperanto ever desires
to repeat the sad experience. Its vo
cabulary 4s limited and barbarous.
Granting that It has a device by which
words can be multiplied Indefinitely,
still this is complex to the last degree
and tqp uncouth in its results for use
in a civilized college. Some savage
tribe which had no language at a tit
or one containing but a few dozen
words, might perhaps get some profit
by studying Esperanto In its schools.
But with Latin. Greek, Italian, San
crlt and all the other tongues of the
earth at their disposal, why for good
ness sake should our university pro
fessors turn to It? Can It be that a
"soft course" is desired in some
department?
But there is worse to come. Like
Volapuk and a score of its predece
sors, Esperanto Is but a transient phe
nomenon. It is certain to pass ana
be forgotten within - a few years. It
has neither the simplicity nor the unl
versal vocabulary which la requisite in
an International tongue. Its means
for expressing relative Ideas are com
plicated and difficult. The Impression
of simplicity which It gives to the
learner at the outset la deceptive. One
who wishes to master the language
thoroughly has a hard task before
him. And when he has accomplished
it, what good does. It do him?
Already Esperanto has a formidable
rival in Ido, which is gaining ground
rapidly and Is said to excel it in many
desirable qualities. Before we begin
to teach a universal language at Eu
gene, would it not be well to wait and
find ot what the universal language Is
to be like? If there must be a new
course at once, why not try Japanese?
IXITIXO THE FRflTGROWEKS.
ThA nrrh Ardiata who have met In
Portland for the purpose of uniting
their various associations in harmoni
ous effort have undertaken a great
and beneficial task. The immediate
aim of these enlightened producers is
to solve the problem of the market.
They are confronted with what ap
pears to be the danger or over-production.
Thev understand that the
danrer is more Imaginary than real.
The market would absorb all the fruit
that can be produced and a good deal
more if it were properly distributed
and offered at the proper time. How
shall this distribution be" effected?
The Individual grower is powerless to
accomplish anything. In seeking con
cessions from the railroads he Is at a
boneless disadvantage. His knowledge
of markets la necessarily restricted.
How can he keep himself informed
of the state of the trade in lsew xorx.
Hamburg, Pekin and Calcutta? And
even if he knew all about it of what
avail would his knowledge be? He
has no storage facilities at points of
distribution. He has no agents on the
spot to take advantage of the turn of
the market. He is always at the mercy
of middlemen whose Interest is op
posed to his own.
Tha lanlntcrl association is not much
better off than the individual. Ex
nerlenre. sometimes very costly ex
perience, shows that the largest com
bination that can be formed is not an
atom too large to meet the necessities
of the case. If Mr. Atwell succeeds
in hia affort to comblnt all the asso
ciations In the Northwest in a reso
lute attack upon the marketing prob
lem he will deserve well or his fellow
r.rrharriista. It la the only way to
ward off the ever-threatening ghost
nt nvar-nroductton. A he saia so weu
at Prosser on January 18, "Over-pro
duction Is not an absolute but a rela
tive, term. There may be and often
is an apparent over-supply," but there
ver has foeert. an absolute over-
supply of any commodity because the
sum total of human desire has not
been satisfied.
what noonle usually mean when
they speak of over-production, Mr.
Atwell goes on to say. "Is Inefficient
distribution." For a family dwelling
in a snowbound valley and owning two
cows there would be an over-produc
tion of milk, though babies migm De
vine- for want of It in a city twenty
miles over the crest. It is this prob
lem of distribution which tne appie-
growers have undertaken to solve. It
Is to their credit that they have at
nvH it with their own Intelligence
and resources) and ask no aid from
governmental agencies.
CHARITY AJfD rSEXClMBLK THEFT.
A few days ago a sentence of 90
days' Imprisonment was imposed In
the Municipal Court on a young man,
whose uncle la the head of a bank In
Pittsburg and whose father holds a
prominent position in a large mining
company in Montana. The young
man himself had been a bank clerk
and had had unusual advantages. He
was detected In the pilfering of the
pockets of an acquaintance, a practice
he admitted, he had carried on for
weeks. This was his confession:
t wa oat of werk sad needled money. I
ronki hare got It from my people, but waa
too proud to do an. and thought that I
miM euoa art work. I kept careful sc.
count cf th auma 1 took ami Inlanded tf
1ay them back with tha first mon-y 1
arnd. I waa navar la trouble befora.
It had never occurred to us that an
Individual too proud to ask aid from
well-to-do relatives but not too proud
to steal deserved a large measure of
sympathy, but this unusual view Is
held by Mrs. Valeria Sutmeyer Fer-
rall. who in a letter to The Oregonlan,
comments as follows:
Ma waa a stranger ta your mldat witb-
ut frtenda and muney. it rira not carry
out yoar liberal parole syaterU on a flrnt
offenae. but tnatead this man la not only
arreated publicly but re glyan a trial and
a aentenr'. thereby glWnc him a etlgma.
o big nama which I don t bollave. In my
Judgment, h deaarTed. You tll of allur
ing oiponuniui-i io Tne r.aaiem ynunc
m.n to cm wee wner pnettlona await
them for In aaklng. and where money la
shaken from your beautiful tree, yet when
a etraager trie your o-rlled Weatern
charity you deal It out to him aa to thla
rottrx fellow, who waa glvn a arntenr
among ynnr drunkarda an4 Immoral rlf-
nil or your ao-canea clean city. Jt has
ret to be pro-yen tha yoang man waa a
thief at heart.
It is the understanding of The Ore-
gonian that the parole law Is particu
larly designed to aid persons who. on
the Impulse of the moment and when
driven by unavoidable misfortune or
led astray by stronger minds, perform
some unlawful act from which they
would be repelled by sober thought.
But the young bank clerk, who has
aroused the sympathy of Mrs. Ferrall.
did not act on impulse.- Ilia pecula
tions were premeditated and extended
over a long period. He was not driv
en to theft by unavoidable circum
stances but by pride. His attempt at
palliation of the crime was not even
new. He told the story, so often told
by the employe in whom trust has
been" misplaced: "I took the money
but intended to pay It back." a story
so old in tenor that it has made axi
omatic Johnson's declaration that the
place of supreme punishment Is paved
with good intentions.
Oregon, it is true. Is heralded as
the land of opportunity, but it Is never
represented to be a land where charity
Is so broad that newcomers, who
cannot find employment at once
in chosen vocations, will bo permitted
to pick our pockets.
Tes, the refined, educated young
bank clerk, too proud to ask aid or
parents able and willing to help him
when in trouble, will be compelled to
associate perhaps with men Imprls-
j oned for drunkenness, and he no doubt
will find among them men who have
not the strength to resist diseased ap
petite, but who would starve before
they would steal.
IKT DOCK BATE.
The drastic cut in drydock rates
made by the Port of Portland, ought
to attract considerable shipping to the
port. The new rates are so much
lower than those of any other port
that there should now be sufficient
business to keep the dock busy all
the time. Naturally there will be very
little profit In operating the dock at
the new rates, but it should be re
membered that the dock was not built
for pro fit-paying. It was built as a
necessary adjunct to other port lm
provements undertaken by the Port
of Portland for the exclusive purpose
of making this an attractive port for
shipping. For many years prior to
the building of the dock Portland re
peatedly experienced humiliation and
loss through being obliged to send In
jured vessels to rival ports for repairs
which should have been made here.
It was in that period that the golden
opportunity for the private dock ex
isted. Had there been any kind of a
drydock here -at that time, or if any
one could have been Induced to build
one, the Port of Portland would not
have undertaken the work. It would,
in fact, have used its powers to the
limit to aid the private dock in se
curing business necessary to make it
profitable. But no one cared to under
take the work of providing the needed
facilities; for the protection of the
port, the Port of Portland was forced
to provide them. Judged by some
standards, it Is not the province of
the Port of Portland to handle the
pilotage and towage business on the
river and bar, but in this work, as
In the building of the drydock, the
Port of Portland was forced to act in
order that the Interests of the port
be safeguarded. This organization, in
brief, was formed for the purpose of
engaging in any and all work that
would in any manner improve the
shipping facilities jf the port and at
tract vessels to the Columbia Kiver.
If rival docks, which fox a long time
have secured business which rightfully
belonged to the Port of Portland dry
dock, should continue the rate-cutting
nollcy which in the past has been re
sponsible for the idleness of the Port
land dock, there will be no serious
complaint from the taxpayers if it Is
made a free dock. Portland: nas spent
millions in improving a channel so
that ships could reach the port. The
Investment will, be protected by main
taining proper dock facilities and other
necessary equipment or a iirst-ciasa
port.
. RAILROAD SECCRITLES.
The railroad commission Is asking
for more power to be used in part
for "control of the issuance of stocks.
bonds and other securities of public
service corporations In the interest of
the public and the investor."
With the Hill lines and the Harn-
man lines expending more than
$100,000,000 in Portland territory In
four years, and with projects involv
ing the expenditure of more than
$30,000,000 this year, and an equal
amount next year, all in the State of
Oregon, there will be a mild disposi
tion on the part of the people to per
mit the railroads to get this money
from any "investors" who can be in
duced to put It up. It Is questionable
whether the railroad commission, in
looking after the interest of the in
vestor, could obtain this money at as
good advantage as the railroads.
Oregon has waited a long time for
the railroads to came into the state
and exploit its resources, and now
that they are spending more money
In Oregon than is belitg spent for new
construction in any other state In the
Union, there Is less disposition than
ever to relieve them of the task of
tUng their securities before the In
vestor so they may get money with
which to continue the good work.
There will be plenty of time to skin
the rabbit after he is caught, and the
railroad rabbit is not yet clear inside
the trap.
RECORD FOREIGX TRAJK.
Foreign trade for the year lio es
tablished a new record, the total value
of exports and imports being 3,427,
218.892. This record, however, was
accomplished by Imports; the exports
fell slightly below the total for 1907,
when the figures were S1.923.426.20S
compared with ll.S64.411.270 for the
year Just closed. As has previously
been stated, this relatively poor show
ing in exports waa due to the heavy
decline in exports of breadstuffs and
other agricultural products, cot'on
alone showing a big increase. The
showing in merchandise exports was
much better than that of 1909, the
excess over Imports being S301.603.648.
While this was nearly $50,000,000
more than the value of the 1909 mer
chandise exports it does not appear
very imposing In comparison with the
$636,461,360 for the record year 1908,
or the $500.000.000 of 1807.
It is Interesting to note in connec
tion with theso enormous totals that
the figures were very, little affected
by the gold movement which In previ
ous years has played an Important
part in the "balance of trade." Ac
cording to the preliminary figures of
the Bureau of Statistics, the gold
movement in and out nearly balanced,
the excess of imports being $447,696.
These foreign trade figures are sus
ceptible to varying Interpretations. It
will be remembered that our record
exports In 1907 and 1908 were made
necessary by the constant'and impera
tive demands made on us by Europe
for pay for money we' had borrowed.
For this money Europe held railroad
and Industrial stocks and bonds of
which our own muck-rakers had made
It suspicious. Liquidation of that na
ture has run Its course and 1910 even
with a smaller volume of exports pre-
sents a healthier foreign trade report
than some of its predecessors.
That we are still in possession of
large stocks of breadstuffs and other
agricultural products is a certainty.
for by no other line of reasoning Is
it possible to reconcile the figures on
production, home consumption and ex-
portatlon. The foreigners are also re
covering . from their fright and dis
playing more interest in American in-
vestments. We can still use their
money in large amounts. If it again
flows this way in the volume that was
In evidence before the muck-rakers
ruined the credit of American securi
ties, there will be an Increase in the
exports to pay interest, - etc. The
United States and its foreign custom
ers and bankers will be gainers by
the change.
The Calkins bill providing that a
wife may collect damages from any
one furnishing intoxicants to a habit
ual drunkard Is another move in the
direction of improving the tone of the
saloon business. The retail liquor
business has been brought Into dis
repute 4y those degenerates who never
display the slightest scruples against
selling liquor to drunkards and minors.
The only argument for decency that
can appeal to this class of saloon
keepers is one that affects their prof
Its or their liberty. The Calkins bill,
if it becomes law, will make it very
unprofitable for any saloon-keeper to
sell liquor to a drunkard. The bill
ought to have the support of every
saloon-keeper who believes in the elim
ination of those who are responsible
for most of the odium that is cast on
the business.
The Oregonian thinks there is no
demand from the people of the state
that Columbus day (October 12) be
declared a, legal holiday, it is under
standable that it would be highly
pleasing to our Italian-American fel
low citizens to commemorate formally
In this manner the natal day of the
great discoverer; but we hardly think
his fame can or will be increased Dy
legislative enactment In Oregon and
comnulsorv recognition of the Ameri
can debt to him. A few states only
make October 12 a holiday, mere
ar. anoiurh holidays already. If it I
rleairarl to hold a celebration on each
October 12 it can be done wlthoul
closing the tanks, shutting up the
enurta and susnendlng the schools.
Tha movement for Columbus holiday
is not supported 'by an active public
sentiment and is a mistake.
Some of the road bills now before
ka t Ael.lahira are In bad coniDany.
Senate Bill 72, which is endeavoring
n hAMm. a law in comDanv wun
some meritorious measures, is a relic
cf tha nM flfhf between the Multno
mah County Court and the Sheriff
over the control of the prisoners, xne
measure was submitted to the voters
n-n vaarm Uttn fin A it was defeated
by a referendum vote by a majority
of more than two to one. ir it snouiu
slip through in company with some
of the really good roaa dhis now un
der consideration, a second referen
dum vote on the measure would prob
ahiv find it as unpopular as it was
two years age and it might affect the
success of some or me meritorious
bills.
a man who announced himself an
..nQvnnn-lalfPil son nf the late Queen
Victoria waa promptly adjudged Insane
in London a rew days ago. imuj
irino-a onfl enmA nueens have been un
able to disprove a claim of this kind,
but he must be a maaman macea wno
would seek to lodge a charge impuea
by the asseveration of this man against
iviMnria tha Good." A loval wife and
the affectionate mother of nine chll
rfeon her domestic and social virtues
are distinct features of the history of
her long and prosperous reign.
xfea Mara XfrCall nf Long Beach.
California, en route to the bank, left
ho- vor.Hr.no- containing S20.000 in
cash and $11,000 in negotiable paper
lying on a bench in the park. The
most remarkable feature of this
enr H1IT I not that the IIIOIICT
was found and returned to the owner.
The features which cannot ran to ex
cite wonder are how a woman with
ntHo aonae ever came Into posses
sion of $31,000 and where her guard-
plans were when she strayea into me
park and carelessly left it.
January is performing its part in the
calendar of the year Irreproachably.
Buds have not been coaxed into ex
pansion only to be nipped by Febru
ary frosts, as Is sometimes the case in
our too hospitable climate. On the
contrary, the rest period of Nature has
been rigidly though not with unneces
sary severity enforced. Hence "a sea
sonable month" is the verdict as Janu
ary enters the last week of Its tenure.
It really looks like heaping up lux
eia. tn increase the number of Judges
Just now. A certain millionaire who
wished to do something startling
treated a dinner party to cigarettes
wrapped In $1U0 Dins, but ne naa more
money than he Knew wnai to ao wun.
We do not understand that the State
of Oregon haa any trouble of this kind
at present.
ti,, r.Anrich.Ooodttln divorce pro
ceedings are being held behind closed
doors. If too much or tne scanaai
reaches the ears of the public it .might
deprive the enterprising Nat of some
interesting chapters In his forthcom
ing book on "Wives I Have Married"
and others .
If some one were, to offer a prize
for bad roads in January, we know
more than one locality in Western
Oregon that would stand a good show
to capture a blue ribbon.
Assassination of David Graham
Phillips once more calls attention to
the theory that more men are on the
verge of insanity than the public be
lieves. Even King Apple needs unwavering
allegience from his subjects. Oregon
will organize Intelligently in order that
full rewards shall be his. '
While methods might provoke prof
itable discussion, there is no room for
argument in Oregon as to whether we
should have good roads.
San Francisco has one claim for
the Panama Canal Fair that New Or
leans can not match, namely ample
hotel accommodation.
It does seem unseasonable to talk
of irrigation in the Willamette Valley
during present weather conditions.
To the many who do not know Sena
tor Bourne, his prospectus reads like
other deceptive publication. ,
LOOKING BACK A HALF CEXTl'RY
Goings and Comings in the Newspaper
and Maaaalne Field Told.
Charles M. Harvey, in Leslie's Weekly.
When, on December 15, 1855, the first
number of Leslie's Weekly was issued,
an important date mark was set up in
the history of the American press. This
was the pioneer illustrated weekly of
the United States. Its projector and
publisher, Frank Leslie, who was born
in England, early developed a taste
for, art and acquired great skill with
the pencil and graver. Before he was
21 his sketches began totippear in the
Illustrated London News, England's
best-known and most popular periodical
in the pictorial field in his day. Com
ing to the United States, he was em
ployed for a short time on Gleason's
Pictorial, In Boston. At one time and
another Ballou, Gleason and others pub
lished illustrated papers In this coun
try, but they were crude and compara
tively short-lived and their scope was
narrow. Leslie's was the first to at
tempt to give adequate pictorial treat
ment to important current evernts. Its
name, Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
paper, indicated that it would occupy
a widely different field from that which
they endeavored to fill. Of the other
two present-day periodicals of Leslie's
class. Harper's Weekly made Its ad
vent in 1866 .and Collier's was born In
1887.
Of the Important magazines of today,
only two were In existence In 1855. One
was the North American Review, the
dean of all the present-day American
monthlies, which was started In 1815
and which will thus celebrate its cen
tennial four years hence. The other
was Harper's Monthly, which dates
from 1850. Other magazines were here
when Leslie's Weekly made its first ap
pearance. ' The Knickerbocker, which
started in 1838, was flourishing in
1855; but it made its exit so long ago
(in 1865) that few persons are with us
who can recall it, offhand, as a current
publication. Graham's magazine, the
most popular of all the monthlies
whfch the United States saw previous
to the Civil War, ran its eourse from
1841 to 1858. Putnam's Monthly, the
flfst series, started In 1853. went down
In the panic 'of 1857. Reappearing In
1868, it passed out once more In 1870.
Emerging in Its third series in 1906. it
suspended in 1909. The Atlantic, the
leading literary magazine In America,
dates from 1857. The Century and
Scribner's are much younger, while the
great popular monthlies the Ameri
can, McClure's, Cosmopolitan, Hamp
ton's, Pearson's, Everybody's, Munsey's
and the rest of them are creations of
the past quarter of a century, except
the American, which traces Its lineage
back to Leslie's Popular Monthly, es
tablished by Frank Leslie In 1876.
Llpplncott's dates from 1868 and the
Forum from 1886.
The person who wonlo. call the roll
of the great daily newspapers of the-
United States In 1855 would, nave nsa
a short task. The Globo (formerly the
Commercial Advocate), dating from
1798. and the Evening Post, from 3801,
are the present New Yjr city dailies
which are over a century om. uuisiae
of New York the Journalistic cente
narians In tha large cities are pnuaaei'
phta North American, the Hartford
Courant, the Baltimore American, the
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, tne
Pittsburg Gazette-Tinies, the St. Louis
RfiDiiblic the Charleston News and
Courier and a few others, iicnjamm n.
Day started the New Tor faun in lfcid,
James Gordon ' Bennett, the elder,
launched the New York Herald in lio.
and Horace Greeley established the
New York Tribune In 1841, while Henry
J. Raymond brought out the New York
Times in 1861. The Courier des Ji.tais
Unls, ' the great French daiiy, and the
mill better known German dally, the
Etaata Zeltung, appeared a little earlier
than did the Sun. By a lew years also
the Sun was antedated by tne xvew
York Journal of Commerce, the best
known Daoer of the United States in
Its field. Also a little older than Les
lie's Weekly are the Transcript, the
Post, the Journal, the Traveler ana
thA Herald of Boston, the Baltimore
Sun, The Springfield Republican, which
has had a samuei nuwies si na ueau
for more than three-quarters of a cen
tury; the New Orleans Picayune, the
Argus and the Journal of Albany, the
Chicago Tribune, the Chicago itecora
Herald, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, the
Pittsburg Dispatch, the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal, the Richmond Times-
DlsDatch. the Mobile Register, the Troy
Times, the St. Louis uioDe-uemocrai.
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Portland
Oregonian and other- well-known pa
pers.
The prominent daily newspapers
which are younger than ivesne s weeK
ly make a formidable list. Among them
are the New York World, the New York
American and all the rest of Mr.
Hearst's line of Journals stretching
from New York and Boston to Los
Angeles and San Francisco, the New
York Mall, the Chicago Inter Ocean, the
Philadelphia Press, the Philadelphia
Record, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Colonel Watterson's Louisville Courier-
Journal, the New Orleans Times-Demo
crat, the San Francisco Chronicle, the
Denver News, the Denver Republican,
the Salt Lake Tribune, the Seattle
Times, the Omaha Bee, the Kansas
City Journal, the Indianapolis Star, the
Indianapolis News, the Kansas city
Star and the Chicago Evening Post. The
three last-named papers, together with
the New York Evening Post and he
Springfield Republican, belong in that
rapidly increasing class of Independent
journals which began to assert them
selves In the Greeley campaign or lsz
and which have been growing rapidly
In numbers and Influence ever since.
Despite the frequent assertions to
the contrary, the power of the press
has vastly increased in the half a cen
tury and a few years over which are
Included In this survey. The 3200 news
papers and periodicals published In
1855 have Increased to 24.000 at the
beginning of 1911, and the circulation
then 650,000,000 a year, has expanded
at a ratio scores of times greater than
the Increase in numbers. The Instan
taneous communication with the four
quarters of the globe and the inven
tion of labor-saving appliances have
broadened the scope of the dally press,
until It covers all fields of human Inter
est and has practically superseded tha
class and professional papers.
Bug Cat Oat of Hint.
New York World.
For a long time It was supposed that
Floyd McCoy, of Orange, N. J., was
suffering from "chronic" appendicitis;
now he knows It was only a bug. But,
of course, he had to be operated on be
fore this discovery was made at the
Orange .Memorial Hospital a few days
ago.
And McCoys little visitor was taken
alive. McCoy worked formerly on a
fruit plantation In the tropics. It is
assumed he got the bug then; that It
crawled Into his mouth about a year
ago while he was asleep, and that he
swallowed it.
Since the bug was dispossessed Mc
Coy has improved.
A Whooping- Cough Core.
'London Dally Mail.
"Will you please give mother a nut
to put a spider in, as baby's got the
whooping cough?" This extraordinary
request was made to a Tiverton shop
keeper this week by a little girl whose
mother believes that if she Imprisons
a live spider in a nutshell and ties it
round her Infants neck the whooping
cough will disappear when the spider
dies.
Plant Dates Back to Moses.
Philadelphia North American.
A Washington dispatch says that the
fight on Lorlmer was begun yesterday.
The. fight on Lortmerlsfh was begun
with tue Ten Commandments.
APPLE PACK IS JiOT QX'ESTIOSED
Honesty and Quality Hake Hood River
Apple Prices.
Rural New Yorker.
It Is the rotten apple in the box, the
painted knothole In the board, the- muaty
streak In the butter or bacon which will
daclda tha price of the second package of
food you try to sell to a private customer.
Most people will fortret to praise tha good
specimens If they think you are trying to
decelva them with a cull. Irfost of ua have
heard of the fine packing of the Pacific
Coast fruit. Are there no culls in these
packages? Interested in this matter, we
wrote the firm of tsteinhardt & Kelley, who
for some years have handled apples from
the farmers of the Hood River region. Their
answer follows, and it is worth the atten
tion of any fruitgrower.
First you would like to know If the
packing of the Hood River apples is
so perfect that we accept them without
close Investigation. Not only do we ac
cept them without close investigation,
but we accept them without any Inves
tigation whatever,' leaving the. entire
matter up to the . Hood River Apple
Growers' Union, a body of men with
about nine directors under whose per
sonal supervision all the fruit is packed
and shipped to market. Our dealings
with these men for the last three years,
during which time we have purchased
their crop, have always been of such a
straight and upright character that we
have never had occasion or cause to
doubt their packing, and we have never
been disappointed in our business deal
ings with them.
Our contract with the Hood River
Apple Growers' Union, as represented
by tlielr board of directors, is certainly
a very stringent one. they guaranteeing
us a perfect pack and also guaranteeing
that every apple in every box Is abso
lutely perfect. We have handled sev
eral hundred thousand boxes, and never
have we found ourselves in condition to
make a single complaint against their
pack. It is as near perfect as human
Ingenuity and honesty of endeavor can
make It; in fact, we shall be glad to
have you drop in our place of business
at any time and take a box of fruit from
any heap, and you will find tnat every
box is practically identical, and that
every apple is absolutely perfect,
whether you open the top, bottom or
side of any package. This is more than
we have been able to say for any large
pack of fruit that we have ever con
tracted for.
Referring to your second question.
The very best fruit from the Hood River
country is purchased by us on r. o. d.
basis, Hood River, and although of
course tha prices are not exactly pub
lic property, still we may tell you that
they average somewhere around $2.25 a
box there. Of course you understand
that a box of fruit will cost us a great
deal more, as the freight from Hood
River to New York Is on an average of
60 cents a box. Regarding your ques
tion whether it were possible for a num
ber of Individuals who are not connect
ed with this association to do business
on the same plan as that of the associa
tion, suffice it to say that if you can
get a number of honest men who are
husiness men together, they
could do Just as well as the Hood River
Apple Growers Lmon.
Regarding your endeavor to encour
age Eastern fruitgrowers to put up a
package as good as f -t of the West,
suffice it to say that t;.is could be done
Just as well in the East as in the "West
If you can get enough, as we stated be
fore, honest men who will pack hon
estly. The whole thing In a nutshell is
simply and purely a business proposi
tion You no doubt know that the
Eastern barrel pack; to say the least,
leaves a great deal to be desired. You
know that there are usually three or
four good tiers on top and the rest Is
a lot of inferior goods. This is the
reason why the public is now turning
toward the box apple to take the place
of the barrel and it Is the writer s per
sonal opin.-n that it will only be a few
years when the barrel apple will be
practically out of use for the better
class of trade, owing to no other reason
than dishonest methods employed In
PaThen'ntlre matter is simply one of
honesty and quality. " " Wet
Just as good in the East as in the West,
and we see no reason why the Eastern
grower can't get Just as much for his
loods as the Western grower. If he will
only make up his mind to one absolute
fact, and that Is that he has got to be
honest, and that if he thinks he can fool
the people all the time rjy r"i"s -fake
barrel of apples he Is making a big
mistake. STEINHARDT & KELLEY.
Get Thee an Hnaband.
New York Evening World.
Have you a little husband In your
hFoV what is home without one of
these, oh, my daughter.
Even as a Christmas tree without the
trimmings.
Behold, a husband is the trimming on
the tree of life.
He is a thing of beauty and a Joy for-
eVHe is a decoration and a badge of
merit more to be cherished than a
Carnegie medal.
But a manless woman is an abomina
tion under the sun!
She shall be cast out and covered
with scorn. , , ,
The scoffers shall scoff at her, and
waiters and porters and Janitors shall
not bow down before her.
Tet behold, when anything In trous
ers appeareth at her side, she shall be
covered with reflected glory.
For lo. a woman is only a woman, but
a man, though he be bald, and fat, and
grouchy, and frayed at the edges, is a
man for a' that.
And he looketh like a "tip.
Go to! She that hath not a husband
shall find all her days flat, stale and
unprofitable.
But a' husband shall give thee work
for thy hands to do.
Yea, he shall scatter thy carpets with
ashes and newspapers; he shall make
holes in his socks that thou mayest
amuse thyaelf darning them: he shall
burst off his buttons that thou mayst
put them on again.
And what is life without an occupa
tion? i i i,nH a TntiA woman bear
iiuw -
the monotony of existence, with none to
criticise her and none to argue with
her; with no one to dictate unto her
and nothing to get upon her nerves?
- For behold, a household without the
morning row and the evening jar Is
more insipid than a village without a
scandal.
Therefore, I charge thee, get thee a
husband.
borrowed or stolen husband Is more to
be desired than none at an.
Tn- -arhat nmftrpth it a woman.
though she have every other luxury In
all tne woria, ana nave not a muo
husband In her home? Selah!
Lions for Moving Plctore Scenes.
Indianapolis News.
rr.nu. mu. , . ........ -
weeks scenes In jungle land will be en
acted In Texas, anu real wua nuns
,tM .fll hA ..AnttirAil allxra Hv
anu ... "- . j
daring animal trainers from a big circus
. ....... Da-,. 1
inter quarir, cmi ui u. o-viai
of the largest and fiercest lions and
tigers of the shows have been sold to a
ompany oi muvms vtiuio viuuiuiej-x
rho have ordered the animals shipped
T- .. ofhorA thA.tf TXT i 1 I hA tllfnol
LI I XCnrr, -J ..... - ' " -
lnnsa in the lungles and so guarded that
they cannot escape.
The trainers win capture tne animals
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and the scenes will be advertised as
taken in the African jungles. The ex
periment promises to be quite expen
sive for the promoters.
tier Age.
Their love is now a turned-down page.
lis finished close the lid;
She bantered him to guess her sge,
And he did, the chump! He did!
: Boston Traveler,
Life's Sunny Side
One can't tell the name of he real
estate agent about whom this story is
written; for one thing, we are his debtor
for a long automobile ride, and for
another thing, he's a modest violet, ex
cept when he's trying to sell suburban
property. His prospective customer
was asking: "Do you have absolute
faith in the future of this section?"
"Sir." lie answered. "Let me tell you
how much faith I have. I have studied
conditions In- every part of Cuyahopa
County, and I would be willing to stake
my professional reputation yes, and
any amount of money that the future
of this particular section is well nigh
inexhaustible!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Civil service reform has given us a
splendid army of civil servants. It
wasn't always so."
The speaker, Mayor Whitlock. of To
ledo, smiled.
"When I was writing my first short
stories," he resumed, "we had civil serv
ants of a different stamp. An elderly
resident of my native Urbana sought
out, back in those days, his Congress
man. " 'Congressman, he said, T supported
you at the polls and now I expect you
to get my hoy a good civil service., job.'
" 'All right, friend,' the congressman
answered, 'what can your boy do?"
" 'Do?' snorted the other. 'What can
he do? By crimus, man, if ho could do
anything, do you think I'd be botlierlng
you? " New York Tribune.
a a
Mrs. Lothrop usually did the market
ing, as Mr. Lothrop's memory was not
of the best, and he was subject to what
she called "dreamy spells." But one
morning she was ill, and asked her hus
band to telephone from his office the
orders, carefully written by her.
He read them to the marketman
briskly. The last item on the list was
a head of cabbage.
"Large or small head?" asked the
marketman before Mr. Lothrop had
time to hang up the receiver, but not
before his thought had wandered.
"Eh?" he said, vaguely, and the mar
ketman repeated his question.
"Seven and an elshth." said Mr. Loth
rop. Youth's Companion.
aaa
The late Justice Brewer was presid
ing over a civil case in which one of
the important witnesses was a horse
doctor named Williams. The doctor was
a very small man with a weak little
voice, and the counsel on both sides, as
well' as the court and the Jury, had
great dlfficutly In hearing his tes
timony. During the cross-examination the
counsel for the plaintiff became ex
asperated and began to prod and harry
the little man.
"Dr. Williams," he shouted, "if we
are ever going to get anywhere with
this case you must speak up so tha
court will hear you! Speak up loud
and strong, sir!"
The small sized veterinary tried, but
it was evidently no use. Whether from
embarrassment or inability, the sound
would not come.
"Well, your honor " began the
counsel. Indignantly, when Judge
Brewer stopped him with a gesturn.
Leaning over the bench, he said, in his
kindly tone:
"Mr. Attorney, you must be patient
with the doctor. He cannot help it.
Years spent in the sick room have ap
parently made speaking low a second
nature with him." Green Bag.
REFORM SCHOOL AND ITS WORK
Many Boys Turned Ont as Good Cltl
sena, Declares Teacher.
SHAW, Or., Jan. 23. (To the Editor.)
I wish to enter a protest against a
statement made by Judge Gatens in the
First Congregational Church, and print
ed in Monday's Oregonian. The state
ment was this: "The Reform School
never reforms a boy."
Having occupied the position of prin
cipal teacher in our State Reform
School for two years, and during that
time coming In contact with over 20
boys, I can say positively, from experi
ence, that such a statement is far from
correct.
I think that I am qualified to make
this assertion, from the fact that for
the last 35 years I have been a close
student of boys and their ways ot
thinking, and In all these years I have
never found a boy who did not have
some good In him to which you could
appeal.
I ram glad of the experience, for here
I found the homeless, the orphan, the
deserted, the depraved, but not one un
der 18 years that could not be reached,
and, with proper training, the major
ity made into useful citizens.
I found the majority of these boys as
neat, as orderly, as affectionate, as
boys on the outside many of them bet
ter. Some of them, from environment.
Inheritance or training, were little
thieves, but when we got next to them
and taught them that this was not the
way to success in life, they gave sin
cere evidence of a desire to quit their
bad habits.
Many of these reformed boys could be
named. One an editor in Oregon, one
a lawyer in another state, several In
good business of their own. But to
name them would only wound, when
prominent men condemn unheard and
make pariahs of those who are so un
fortunate as to be sent to the Reform
School. W. I. REYNOLDS.
SnKKestlon for Prary.
.PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edi
Zf Tornnl of the editorial of this
date on Peary, in The Oregonian, leads
me to the remark that there Is one way,
crH hut on hv which the relative
claims of Cook and Peary can be even
approximately adjusted satisfactorily;
namely, by Peary submitting- his proofs
to Copenhagen.
Peary owes it to nimseii xnat. ne
mtanA trial At tha same bar with Dr.
Cook, and the world should demand
that he do so.
Th, rAvulta nf siinh a fair and cour
ageous act on his part and the effects
of a favorable decision are too onvious
for discussion. F. M' KERCH ER.
Wealth of Rockefeller.
PLAINVIEW. 'Or., Jan. 20. (To tha
Editor.) Please state in tho columns
of The Oregonian what the estimated
wealth of Rockefeller Is.
MINNIE FLETCHER.
Estimates of Rockefeller's wealth
have varied with the object and elo
quence of the estimator. Tbey have
ranged from 8500,000,000 to 11,000,000,
000. The Oil King has given to edu
cational, charitable and other Institu
tions in excess of JS5.000.000.
Portland Art Exhibit.
PORTLAND, Jan. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you kindly Inform me
through the columns of The Oregon
ian whether or not there Is an art gal
lery In this city open to the public.
S. S. P.
The Portland Art Association's ex
hibit. Fifth and Taylor streets, Is open
to the public Thursday. Friday and
Saturday from 12 to 5 P. M. and Sunday
from 2 to 6 P. M.
Klaajara Adventurers.
PORTLAND, Jan. 13. (To the Editor.)
Please inform me If a human being
ever went over the Horse Shoe Falls, at
Niagara Falls. SUBSCRIBER.
But one person, a woman, has gone
Over Niagara Falls and lived. The an
nals of fame do not state whether the
Canadian or American side was chosen
for the edifying adventure.