THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1911.
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Kansas was admitted to the Union
: en Jan. 29. 11(1. BO year ago and
a little more. Tha great rebellion
' broke out at the a&me time. In fact
If 'the, Senators from Mississippi. Ala
bama and Florida had not fled from
Washington to Join the Confereracy
a few days before the rote was taken
there -would hare been a majority
- against the new state. As it was Kan
aas entered the Union crowned with
gory laurels and during the Civil War
, she bravely maintained the reputation
; she had won In the preliminary
skirmishes. Out of her 100.000 popu
latlon 10.000 men joined the Union
armies. No other state has such a
record. In no other did the flame of
patriotism burn so fiercely. From the
passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill
' lh 18 4 the territory had been a bat
tle ground between the forces of slav
ery and freedom. Douglas' cherished
. measure, which he hoped would settle
the contest between North and South
left the question of slavery to be de
cided by the voters of each territory'
. It turned the matter over to the ar
bltrament of 'squatter sovereignty
Like all compromises upon funda
mental moral issues the Kansas-Ne-
i braska bill exacerbated the trouble In
; stead of allaying it. From the South
and the North emigrants set out for
the ecene of strife. Each side strove
to have a majority on the ground
when 'the constitution should be
: framed and the state admitted to the
Union. The natural consequence fol
. lowed. Kansas was like a maelstrom
In the ocean where opposing tidal
wavea meet and fail Into a chaos of
conflict. The struggle was furious.
relent.ess. pitiless, aa struggles are
apt to be when both panic believe
they are In the right and the prize Is
lasting supremacy. The slavery men
. were no doubt Just as sincere as were
the followers of John Brown, but their
sincerity doee not diminish our satis-
faction In remembering that they
failed. Soldiers of many an evil cause
have been sincere. Torquemada aa he
stretched his victims on the rack be
lieved that he was glorifying God
j i ii urai irrruotiM eicvuona were won I
by the slavery forces a ho hurried
J hnrdxa of "border ruffians" In from
; Missouri and overawed their oppo
j rents. They pushed their advantage to
! the point of rxpelTlng the free-eoll men
from the Legislature nor did they
j scruple to burn and slay when It
J saemed profitable to do so.
Siavery enjoyed the great apparent
; benefit of having a nonentity in the
Presidential chair during these fate-
. fut years. Pierce, who was but
. cipher, was followed by Buchanan, a
, man of weak will and infirm nuroose,
! In quiet times Buchanan might have
i made an estimable President. The
, struggle between freedom and slavery
uuna nim unequal to nis au.iea. rne
. InderUive mtuurra which he applied
T to the difficulties in Kansas always in
clined feebly to the side of slavery, but
they did not Incline vigorously enough
to be of essential service to the cause
he favored. The determined colonists
' from New England and the older West
finally gained the upper hand and
when at List Kansas went to Washing,
ton to apply for admission to the
Union It was under a constitution
which forbade slavery. Hatred of the
' "peculiar Institution" had been ground
Into the souls of her populMon by the
bitter experience of warfare which
showed no mercy The heroic figure
of that struggle was John Brown. In
him were embodied Its lofty purpose,
its tireless zeal. Its bigotry and Its
cruelty. He murdered men to break
the chains of the slaves. He com
mitted midnight assassination tn the
cause of liberty. In the same way
Catherine de' Medici Incited the Massa
cre of St. Bartholomew to rid the
world of the enemies of God. Some
times sincerity takes fearful forms
and Issues In fearful deeds. Perhaps
It Is Just aa well not to have too much
of It tn the world at any one time un
less It be counterbalanced by Intelli
gence. Kansas Is one of the few Western
states a hose population has remained
almost purely of old American stock.
- It may be for that reason that It has
been always a prolific breeding ground
of ldas- Some Inspired soul has re
marked that there are more Ideas to
the square yard In Kansas than In any
other part of the world. The editors
of her country newspapers rank as
prophets. Some of them shine with
a mild and beneficent glow In the
higher literature. It was In Kansas
during the height of the populist
evangal that a famous economist came
out for baled hay as the monetary
standard of the country. With the
dubious exception of Maine, no other
state has stood so loyally for pro
hibition through thick anj thin. To
Kansas belongs the complete glory of
Carrie Nation. At Glrard. In Kansas.
U the focus whence socialism redlatef
lis beam over a more or less grateful
world. We owe to the Sunflower
State the ' pioneer efforts to apply
scientific principles to the problems
of farming. One of her citlxens has
probably done more really useful
work along this line than any half
d zea of his contemporaries. One of
the professors la her State University
has attacked the question of giving to
Industry the benefit of advanced sol
. entitle discoveries, aa they do habitu
ally In Germany, and as we have sel
dom done at all In the United State.
In chemistry. In electricity. In divers
other Industrial fields his success has
been triumphant. Very likely the
tremendous moral Impulse which
Kansas gained by her ante-bellum
struggles haa not waned In th least.
It has merely been diverted to th
field of peaceful enterprise whr It
hint with the benign aspect of per
severing Intelligence.
EXTRAVAGANCE IX rRJVTlNO.
The State of Oregon wastes too
much money. Take the state printing,
for example. The appropriation fo
the biennial period will amount to
1180.000. If estimates are correct.
There Is a great outcry about the ex
tra vacant profits of the printer an
a loud demand that he be put on fla
salary. But If the public thinks that
a State Printer on a flat salary will
effect economies In the printing d
partment it does not understand the
system.
The trouble Is not with the printer
It is with the printing. Everybody in
the employ of the state, and man
out of it, turns into the State Printing
Office pamphlets. , circulars, leaflets
reports, letters, booklets. Dills ana tn
like for gratuitous publication. It costs
nothing, for the taxpayer foots th
bill. Besides, since the state went litto
the business of making itself an In
telligence office for the benefit pf the
voters, sweat Quantities of matter
about proposed initiative and refer
endum measures have been sent
over the state. The pamphle
containing the 32 popular bills
at the reeent election alone cost.
with postage, a great many thou
sand dollars. Oregon- has the best
system of government In the world, no
doubt; but its most ardent sponsors
will hardly claim for It that it baa
saved the taxpayer a dollar.
If there are to be smaller printing
bills there must be less printing. That
Is the whole story. Putting the State
Printer on a salary will accomplish
nothing In the way of reform, unless
there are limitation and censorship of
the vast bundle of stuff that go Into
the printers' hopper to be ground ou
In "state documents." What printer,
salaried or not salaried, will deem It
his duty to stop the steady stream of
useless, unreadable and unread pub
lications that pours Into hi office?
The state's1 printing, costing J 90,000
per year, or thereabouts, ought to cost
one-half that or less.
BRITISH ALARM OVER RECIPROCITY
To what extent has the Americani
zation of Canada alienated our North
ern neighbor from the mother coun
try? This question has been prompted
by the misgivings that are expressed
In England over the reciprocity plan.
The sending of the Duke of Con
naught, the King's own uncle, to re
lieve Earl Grey as Governor-General
of Canada Is regarded as a belated at
tempt to stem the tide that Is setting
In favor of American annexation.
The London Dally Mall while hop
ing for the best asks Itself: "Does he.
the Puke) succeed to an empty
throne?" and "Has Canada In drawing
nearer to the United States, set her
foot on the road of separation from
Great Britain?" The London Stan
dard regards the appointment as a
political expedient. Intended to offset
the reciprocity measure, and "remedy
some of the mischief wrought by fiscal
perversity." The London Post Is more
onllmintif rerardlnr the effect of
.endlna- such a Dromlnent member of
th TOV.i family to Canada and sees
In the change the "final stage of the
evolution of the Dominion from a col
ony Into a nation of equal status with
the United Kingdom and constitution
allv rrfinirtiil with It hv no other tie
than allegiance to a common SOT'
erelgn.
Perhaps the Mall and the Standard
have a little better knowledge of the
Canadians than that Is possessed by
the Poet. While 'there are a large
number of people In Canada who
dearly love a Lord and 'the glitter
and pomp and tinsel of royalty, there
are also a large and Increasing num
ber of hard-headed Canadian busi
ness men. thousands of ex-Americans,
and more thousands of Nova Scotians
rho are pretty fair Americans
themselves who do not rare a rap
for royalty. These men have become
so fond of the American creed that
OM man i, as good as another so long
as he obeys the law and behaves him
self, that they are no longer satisfied
to pay homage to the men whose only
claim to consideration Is the fact that
they were pUace-born or Inherited
titles.
Reciprocity may remove some of
the red spots which now adorn the
map of the world as markers for
British possession.
BTBftlDY-aEKKERS' LATEST.
Those valiant alms-seekers who are
out for "the old flag and an appro
priation" for the merchant marine.
are now presenting the 111 Spring
styles In ship subsidy promotion.
Seasons come and seasons go, but this
effort to raid the treasury goes on
forever. For that reason. It Is not an
easy matter to find some new bait to
offer the public. Everything from the
gold brick to the bludgeon haa been
unsuccessfully tried and each year
brings some new organization to take
up the work where th exposed and
discredited plunderbund of the pre
ceding year left off.
This year something new Is offered
the public in the "Navy League of the
United States." Fully appreciating
the temper of the American people
regarding ship subsidies, the Navy
League has placed plenty of sugar
coating around the pill It offers. In
It manifesto It make some really
good suggestion regarding the re
organization of the navy and for
"continuing, consistent and adequate
programme of naval construction,
A both these suggestions are al
ready being acted on. especially the
latter, there Is of course no necessity
for their being mentioned In the
"Patriotic Reasons" pamphlet sent out
by the League. The one Important
matter on which Congres has not yet
acted, and which Is favored by the
Lesgue, Is "Legislation to encourage
a strong merchant marine as an auxil
iary to the navy." It also wants
"merchant vessel built with a view
to special naval uses in time of war"
and laments that "the voyage of our
Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships
and auxiliaries around the world pre
sented the humiliating spectacle of
forty-r.lne chartered colliers flying
foreign flags. In spite of preference
offered American ships. This was hu.
mutating In time of peace; It might
have meant disaster In time of war."
This "humiliation" has been harped
on so long by th subsidy seekers that
It haa become part and parcel of all
ship subsidy argument, although it
la a fact well known to all, subsidy
seekers Included, that the Government
could, had It so desired, have pur
chased the forty-nine chartered ves
sels and placed them nnder the
American flag within twenty-four
hours.
Perhaps the most attractive fea
ture of this latest subsidy promotion
scneme is the sliding scale of member
ship. A subscription of f 100 will en
title the patriotic victim ko become
one of the "founders" of the Navy
Lesgue. Any one possessed of less 1
money and more modesty may be
come a life member for the beggarly
sum of J2S. "Contributing member
ships" axe on the bargain counter at
the low price of $5 per Vear. Nor
Is this all. At the bottom of the an
nouncement cards. In very small type,
appears the statement that "There is
also an annual membership of 11, but
in the present Instance founders, life
members, and contributing members
are particularly solicited." Why com
plain of the high cost of living, when
tl per year Is the sole cost of admis
sion to the "Navy League of the
United Statea."
WILfOV AXD MAKTTNE.
The case of Mr. Martine, Senator
elect for New Jersey, would appear to
prove once more that persistence is
the greatest of all qualities in politics
as in every walk of life. Mr. Martine
wanted office wanted It very much.
He ran for Congress, for the Legisla
ture, for any office to which he could
get a nomination. They never gave
him a nomination that had the slight
est value or prospect of success; but
always put off on to the faithful and
thankful Martine the falorn hope and
the last chance. Last year Mr. James
Smith. Jr.. the political boss of New
Jersey, played a Joke on Martine by
permitting him to take the Demo
cratic primary nomination for United
State Senator. The Legislature, on
the urgent representation of Governor
Wilson, who never could see a joke,
elected Martine.
Of course, except for Governor Wil
son, Martine would have been left to
run hopelessly for some other orrlce
next. year. The Governor think tho
voice of the people even of a fraction
of the Democratic party mean
something. It does doubtless, but not
always In New Jersey what Wilson
thinks It does. He is new at the game,
though the novices have been showing
the old-timers a few tricks lately that
they never dreamed of heretofore. But
how long will the Wilson tactics pre
vail In New Jersey a state without a
real primary law and with many real
machine politician?
Governor Wilson la a putative can
didate for President. He is not likely
to be the candidate of James Smith,
Jr. There will be great goings-on In
New Jersey about next year.
PHASES OF A RECALL ELECTION.
The recall election, directed against
Mayor Gill in Seattle, will be held to
day. It 1 the first attempt to recall
nubile official responsible to a large
electorate that has reached the final
stage of balloting.
Los Angeles, it 1s true, a year or
two ago. entered Into the throe of a
similar campaign, but the officer at
tacked. Mayor A. C. Harper, resigned
before the day of election. hue
moral issue was Involved in Los An
geles points of dissimilarity are no
ticeable. Harper was not elected on a
moral Issue. He was the regular nom
lnee of the Democratic party and was
opposed by a regular Republican, by
a candidate of the organization that
has since developed into the Insur
gent Republican faction In control In
California, and also by a union labor
candidate. Harper won the election
largely as the result of fear on the
part of the anti-union element in
Lo Angele that the labor candidate
would be successful through a division
nt the Renubllcan vote. He wa
chosen for three year and the "graft'
rtinrria which brought aDOUt mi
downfall arose when he Btlll had two-
thirds of his term before him.
In Seattle Hiram C. GUI. the pres-
nt Mayor. wa chosen on a definite
pledge that hewould restore the re
stricted district. Hi recora as i
member of the Council, his assocla'
tion and his personal characteristics
did not or should not have left any
tnuM In the minds of the voters
aa to wnai uiu s pieuntj
The majority he received spoke for a
wide ODen" town and it accompany
inir evils. Gill was elected last March
for a term of two years, ana ne no
given Seattle an open town. Hi pol
icies had een m force dui a lew
month when the agitation that ha
resulted In the recall election began
Perhaps Seattle just now is in tne
rlrht mood for the excitement attend
ant upon a bitter municipal election.
Business Is quiet and when money
getting becomes difficult American
tendencies are against the existing
order of things political and moral,
Gill made the mistake of leaving town
on a vacnting cruise ai a pen wn-i
overwrought minds welcomed a di
version. Still worse for mm, ne ten
reformer In his chair as acting
mayor, two investigating cunuunien
have discovered evidences or gran in
police circles and have recommended
he removal oi tniei ui r um-o " v-
nensteln. While Wappenstein servea
In an executive capacity In policing
the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition
without arousing public protest, we
now learn from the Post-Intelligencer
that he ha been "tried and rouna
wanting three times in two cities" and
that he is "cunning, cruel, coia, caicu
latino-, crooked." Mayor GUI has re
fused to dispense with the service of
this alliterative villain. In fact the
same newspaper quote Gill a saying,
"If Charley Wappenstein has com
mitted a hundred murders, I will see
that he hold his Job.
But campaign material has not been
ctilled wholly from the moral Issue.
The Seattle Times, defending Gill, ac
cuses corporation and special Inter-
ta of fostering the candidacy of
George W. Dllllng. the reform candi
date. The Times ha attempted to
pin down this connection by exploit
ing Mayor Gill's advocacy of public
docks, municipal collection of garbage
and his policy concerning the opera
tion of the municipal lighting system.
Even the ancient Lake Washington
canal, which has borne the brunt of
many a political fight and even In
vaded state politics, has not been over
looked. The Oregonlan doe not profess to
know anything about the foundation
for the accusations against Seattle's
Mayor and Chief of Police, but -It
doe seem that If half that has been
charged Is true, the people of Seattle
have chosen the wrong tribunal for
deciding the case. If It can be proved
that a Chief of Police has grafted,
there 1 a way to circumvent the loy
alty or obstinacy 'of the appointive
power. Penitentiary wall effectually
remove a dishonest officer from hi
field of activity, and at only a mall
fraction of th expense created by an
election. .
Seattle i not to have a monopoly
In Washington in the recall business.
Tacoma. after a very brief experience
with a commission form of govern
ment. Is about to use this new and
shining weapon against its mayor.
Morality, with economy as an accom
paniment is to be the Issue, and prob
ably the city will expend as much
money In the election as Mayor
Fa'wcett is accused of having thrown
away.
The recall is a cumbersome and ex
pensive weapon In actual use, but it
seem to be as ready to the hand as
the six-shooter of the early day "bad
man." We may in time discover that
loading the public down with such
weapons 1 Just a dangerous in its
way as promiscuous carrying of
pocket pistols.
The cemetery at Salem will today
open Its bosom to receive the earthly
remains of another loyal son and de
vout follower of Methodism, Dr. D. L.
Rader, editor of the Pacific Christian
Advocate. With a moral and spiritual
nature reinforced by earnest convic-
I tions of duty and made effective
through a vigorous body Dr. Kaaer
had since his early youth been earnest
In proclaiming the truth as he saw it,
both with voice and pen. He had
been practically an Invalid for the
last year of hi life and looked for
ward to the end with the longing of a
tired child for rest. Dr. Rader work
In the pulpit, the field and through
the press was that of an able man who
possessed the courage of hi convic
tions. Though he did not attain to a
great age he left a wide and appre
ciative constituency In the Methodist
Episcopal Church, together with a
shining record of good words and
work, and to the community at
large the example of an earnest life.
The ex-convict who violated hi
parole and robbed the man who gave
him employment committed a crime
far. more serious than the mere rob
bery of the till. By his act he ha to
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must now suffer In the estimation of
the public. There would bo much
more of a disposition on the part of
the public to lend a helping hand if
it were not for such ingratitude and
-t-..H a that hwn bv the ex-
depravlty as that shown by the ex
convict. Stewart. The lot of the ex
crlmlnal who 1 honestly seeking to
reform Is hard enough at the best, but
It is made doubly hard by every crook
who backslides after he has regained
the confidence of hi fellowman.
Stewart should receive a good long
sentence for robbery and as much a
can be consistently added, for the
damage he haa done to other ex-con-vlct
who will, even though It Is un
just, suffer for his Iniquity.
King George of Great Britain
opened Parliament Monday "with the
pomp and circumstance in wnicn tne
British people delight.
They were
denied this satisfaction
during the
greater part of the long reign of the
late Queen "Victoria, who after the
death of the Prince Consort In 1860
withdrew as much as possible from
public life. Although they loved and
venerated the mourning .Queen her
people grew tired of the gloom in
which the throne was shrouded for
more than a generation, and although
they sorrowed tenderly at her death,
they rose to meet the changed condi
tion of a new reign with manifest
pleasure. All Indications point to
a popular reign for King George,
while the all too brief reign of King
Edward was one of the most gracious
In English history. '
Mr. TTRen explain that Mr. Fel
Is not paying him a salary, but haa
agreed to reimburse the law firm of
U'Ren & Schnebel for the losse it suf
fers through the U'Ren withdrawal to
exploit the single tax. Kind man, that
Fel. It can be understood how kind
he la when it 1 stated, on the Fela
authority, that tho U'Ren law practice
ns-irreB-atea many thousands a year
but U'Ren get from Fel only $2500
ter annum. Now we ee how bread
cast upon the waters return after
many days, gold-lined.
Five bills that passed both branches
of the Legislature have received the
Rnnprnnr'i signature. Only one of
the. that which validate the Broad
way bridge bonds, is of any special
Importance. One of the others adds
mnthsr holiday October 12 to the
already overburdened holiday calen'
dar. The three remaining are of lit
tie consequence and that little only in
a strictly local sense.
Mr. Hitchcock may well be pleased
but we dare say he is not much sur
prised over the success of the postal
savings banks. Tney nave Deen estau,
lished in many countries ior many
years and have worked well every
where. Naturally tney ao xne same
here. The parcels post would give
equally good result.
With three legislative Investigations
due this week; Three Twins at the
Helllsr and "Three Weaks" at the
Lyric; and big tollls at the three vau
deville house we are promised a tri
umvirate of farces all around.
John C. Muller threaten to float
down Death Valley In a canvas canoe.
If he finds Maud down there she will
not be raking the hay but will pos
sibly be scouring the sink.
On the very date a telegram is sent
from New York that confidence has
been restored a confidence man in
Chicago robs a restaurant of X39O0 In
cash in broad daylight.
Many & self-made man has been
made over by marriage, but all of the
assaults on divorce fail to prove that
papa's mis-fit marriage can be made
over to fit vllllie.
Of course the Joint legislative
committee may call on Food and
Dairy Commissioner Bailey to resign,
but he won't. What next?
America threatens to float airships
over Mexican battlefields. The sud
den drop of an aeroplane has proven
Its adaptability as a piece maker.
If all of tho reapportionment bills
pending before the Oregon Legisla
ture become laws this state will be
cut up finer than chop suey.
Reading maketh a full man and
writing an exact man, but a news
paper man after a sumptuous banquet
Is exactly a full man.
Th Oregon whipping post has been
ort of wobbly for a fw days, but
Governor est promise tobrace
it up.
This Is the season of the year when
each team in the league Is a pennant
winner. Be sure and get your hunch
now.
PLUMAGE BRINGS HIGH PRICES.
Mllllaery Dema'ada Cause Shooting; of
Paraaaata, Says Mr. Flaley.
JENNINGS LODGE. Feb. S. (To the
Editor.) Concerning the seizure of
some China pheasant plumage which
was made Saturday. I have noticed an
article in The Oregonian of today.
Among other things it says: "J. H.
Green, chief deputy game warden un
der R. O. Stevenson, is indignant at the
allegations of Air. Flnley that Chinese
pheasants are being slaughtered by the
wholesale and the skins tanned for
plumage for women's hats."
There Is realty" no cause for indigna
tion, because I did not state that these
birds were beinsr killed by the whole'
sale. The fact is, there are very few
of these birds to be killed at all. It
cannot be denied, however, that certain
persons whom we have not yet been
able to catch have been killing and
selling the plumage of male China
pheasants since the hunting season
closed in November. One of the causes
that leads to the shooting of male Chi
nese pheasants is the demand for the
Plumaire for the millinery marital.
know that recently skins of this bird
have been sold for $6 each. The clerk
in Lipman, Wolfe & Co.'s store asked
S7.50 each for the skins tbey naa.
The fact of the matter Is that the
plumage of the China pheasant is not
at its best durlnz the hunting season.
As a rule, birds are either young and
have not acquired full color, or they
have lust finished moulting ana tn
nlummrn Is not in fine condition. A
skin in October would not be worth
half the amount it is in the month of
January or February. The premium
on the skin of one of these birds killed
during the Winter and after the hunt
ing season is entirely too high. It is
too much of a temptation for certain
people to break game laws, especially
when there Is so little respect for them
tn rartaln narts of the state.
In thla same article. Mr. ureen is
outitnd as saving. "I also would HKe
Mr. Flnley to show me the law which
makes it unlawful for any one to nave
the skin of a pheasant killed curing
open season in hi. or her posses
siOn."
Slnca Jt may De too much trouble
I for Mr Green to hunt up and read the
, jaw 0n Page 13 (Section 22) of the
j Laws for the Protection of Game Fish
j and Game, which is furnished by the
. State Printer free of charge, I shall
quote the section concerning the pium-
age of the China pheasant:
"From and after the date when this sot
becomes a law, any person or persons who
shall have In his or their possession the
feathars. carcass, or any portion of soy ead
riss-necked or Chinese (Torquatus) pheas
ant at any time when It Is unlawful to
hunt or kill the same, or who shall at any
tima mutilate any carcass or any such bird
for the purpose of disguising the sex there
of shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
the provisions of this act, and tha possession
of said feathers, carcass or any portion ot
the dead bird shall be deemed and held
prima facie evidence of guilt." The penalty
for violation of this law Is: "a fine of not
leas than 25 or more than lo0,' etc.
I should not have been surprised to
have some people ask this question, but
Mr. Green draws a salary from tne
' state and Is paid to study ana eniorce
I the game taws, as uuu,
seems to .i.
these things Instead of coming out In
public print and asking to be shown.
WILLIAM L. F1NLEY.
PRODUCER AXD FALSE WEIGHTS.
He, a Well aa Consumer. Needs Pro
tection from Fake Sales.
CORVALLIS. Or., . Feb. 2. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonlan has lately
been informing us that our legislators
at Salem ar working on a correct
weights and measures law for Oregon.
Thla is one of the very best and most
needed measures tackled by them for
many years. But why stick at 16 ounces
to a pound? Xet us also nave -vuvv
pounds to a ton, and give producers as
well as consumers a correct weight.
As The Oregonian points out, 'there is
now no correct standard weights to
compare with and both consumer and
producer have to accept the dealer's
weight as correct. What scale can tell
us we are getting 1 ounces to the
pound or 2000 pounds to the ton?
Would it not be feasible for a correct
set of standard sealed scales to be
placed In every courthouse in Oregon
under the supervision of the County
Clerk or some other responsible offi
cer? The public and honest dealers
would then be able to compare and de
tect false weights. By charging a small
fee (say from 5 cents for weighing a
pound to 60 cents for a ton and over),
they would probably be self-supporting;
but even if they were not they
would be worth many times their cost
to the taxpayers and public of Oregon.
otiAi.TTPPD A V 1 1 CONSIIMKR.
Paris Streets In Bad Condition.
New York Evening PoBt.
There was a time when tho main
streets of Paris were supposed to be
models of what public thoroughfares
ouzht to be. but for some years they
have been falling Into a condition of
neglect, and complaint of their dust
and dirt are heard on all sides. M.
Da us set, an investigator for the Munlcl
nal Budget, denounces exiting condi'
tions with great severity, remarking that
when ail Is said and done, the rain is
the great cleanser and scavenger or me
rltv streets. It aDDears that $3,000,000 is
allowed annually by the municipality for
the upkeep of the streets, and that 6000
men are regularly empioyea upon- umn.
M. Dausset says that one great cause
of the trouble is the utter lack of or
ganization In the various public depart-
. ...... i 1 1 i, r, I.A n i.-o "art
ments. ruuuc .w
executed at haphazard, without regard
for promptness or uniformity. A single
roadway is torn up time after ume for
one purpose or another, and no attempt
nt co-ordination is made." It is gratify
ing to know that eccentricities of this
kind on tne part ot execuuvo
ties are not confined exclusively to this
side of the Atlantic.
ESTBAYS FROM THE DAY'S DOINGS.
Of course, the Missouri state capltol was
a -H hn it was discovered that loo
convicts couldn't bar tha progress ot tha
flames.
Whether the single tax propoeltion suc
ceeds In Oregon will depend upon how far
our voters can be soft-soaped.
x-, an iv, verhsvi. however, are slngie-
taxers most of them being found shouting
Socialism on tne street come
But there will probably be a bigger ex
plosion In Idaho than Governor nrauy
Z1OO.O00 affair whan uepDurn cornea up in
re-eiecuon.
it it mrmrm not for the excessive lyelnr that
will enter Into It the single tax campaign in
Oregon should be a remarkably clean one.
sine those roadhouse owners have been
subjected to Sheriff Stevens' steam roller
why not put them In charge of a first-class
rock crusher?
Centralia young women will no doubt sea
to It hereafter that padding preceaes pad
dling while reform is being taught tn an
open-handed manner.
Of course. If the worst comes to the
nrmt th. President of the Mexican Re
public will Dlas a hero should.
Th. i already a certalntv that the man
who doesn't pay even a single tax now will
favor the single tax proposition.
When we had four Judges we wanted five.
Now that we have five we need, seven. My
all means let us keep the wires from getting
crossed until wa complete the circuit.
vttwithstandlnr our continued heavy
foreign Immigration It Is consoling to know
that hereafter a largely Increased number
of our peoyle can boast of having descended
from tapper Derma.
If the Alisons authorities would consent
to It that man Lasher mluht get a perma
nent Job at the Centralla Reform School.
Tnrd rwiea and Ms chlld-brlde will go
to Ervpt the first place. But why Egypt?
There's Keno, wnica m yawning 10 juh
such.
BETTER CAR SERVICE IS ASKED.
Complaint aa to Stoppage of One Train
From Oregon City.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Through the medium of The Ore
gonlan I should like to have a little
heart-to-heart talk with the Portland
Hallway, Light & Power Company. The
Oregonlan of today publishes a new
time table for the Oregon City cars. In
which I notice that three cars are
taken off in the evening and one in
the early morning. The three evening
cars I do not wish to discuss, but the
morning car Is a totally different mat
tea Those people who use the evening
car are usually not pinned to time so
closely, whereas the morning car car
ries workers to their places of busi
ness, etc.
The car which is cut out in the morn
ing reached Second and Washington
streets at about 7:20 A. M., giving those
who are due at work by 7:30 and 8
o'clock time to get there. The new
time table will bring the cars into
Second and Washington streets at
about 6:45 and 8 o'clock, which means
In my own case, to say nothing of many
others, either 45 minutes too early or
else 30 minutes lato. I cannot do either
of these things, and must, consequently,
leave the section served by this carline,
and my home, which I have Just com
pleted, and rent In town.
On car No. 10S4 this morning, which
is one of three on tha train to be cut
off, the register showed 88 fares, and
the other two cars looked to be equally
as well filled, making an approximate
total of 249 passengers on this one train
alone, who will be more or less affect
ed by the change. Some, like myself.
will be compelled to leave the line en
tirely. I, personally, know of four
families, comprising 17 people, who all
pay fare, and nine of these ride back
and fourth every day, who will be com
pelled to leave.
I want to believe that the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company peo
ple are wllllng to do the right thing,
if this is put to them in its proper
light. Let us hope that they will see
this from our point of view, and not add
the Oregon City line, which has here
tofore been the best line in Portland,
to the long list of "rotten service" we
hear so much of. I Intend this as a
plea, not a "kick."
C. JAMES SMITH.
ROAD SUPERVISION IX ENGLAND
Former Superintendent Recommends
Plan to State Legislature.
WOODSTOCK, Or., Feb. 2. (To the
Editor.) Your editorial remarks on
"Roads and the State" in The Oregonlan
of this date, should be an eyeopener to
the State Legislature and to the public
who -travel on the public roads. What
meaning is given by both to the public
road system in the state? If it means
a public service, and the present road
statute of the state is Intended to carry
out that service, it should be the abso
lute duty on the part of the County
Courts and the road authority in every
district to make and keep the roads In
good order. As the Legislature has
power to enact public roads laws, provid
ing for the finance and local manage
ment. It has the power to provide a com
pulsory execution thereof.
The public roads of England would
never be as good as they are were It
not for the compulsory clauses of the
highway laws. If any road free for
public service is in bad condition and
complaint arises, the county authority
makes an order on the defaulting parish
or district to repair the road within a
specified time. If this Is not obeyed,
the county authority orders the county
surveyor to make the repairs and levies
the cost thereof upon the parish or dis
trict. I had scores of such cases to deal
with during the six years I had the
supervision of 6000 miles of roads In the
County of Norfolk. In England, the
ounty corresponds with the state here,
and the county authority is much the
same.
A. the public roada are created for
the use of the public, their proper con
struction ana annual maintenance should
be cared for by the state authority. The
city and town authorities enforce the
construction and maintenance of thj
streets and sidewalks for the use of the
public; so why should not the state au
thority have the power to compel the ru
ral district authorities to fulfill their
duty to the public In the matter of pub
lic roads?
The S4 counties In the state are ex-
pending in the aggregate about 81,000,000
annually on the public roads; yet where
can you find any mileage of really good
roed at the present time?
R. M. BRERETON.
John D.'s Core for Headache.
New York Tribune.
Have you a headache? If so write o
John D. Rockefeller. The chances are '
that he can cure it w'th the wonderful,
new headache remedy which he pre
scribed for John Rltter In the lobby of
the Fifth-avenue Baptist Church yester
day morning.
Kltter Is the sexton of the church. A
day before Christmas he stood on a lad
der lfl the Sunday school room affixing
miniature electric bulbs to a Christmas
tree, when the ladder toppled over and
he bad a bad fall, as a result of which
he was confined to his home until yes
terday. When Mr. Rockefeller appeared in
church yesterday be took Rltter by the
hand and asked him how he felt. The
sexton said he was all right again, ex
cept for a bad headache.
"I know of a remedy which has helped
many a man," said Mr. Rockefeller, and
he pressed a 820 bill into Bitter's hand.
"I suppose he gave it to me," said Rlt
ter afterward, "because I was home at
Christmas time and didn't get the com
pliments of tho season he always gives
mo. But, really, my headache does feel
much better already."
Now York Women Bill Posters.
New Tork Sun.
Twenty members of Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch's Political Equality
Union armed with buckets of paste and
brushes posted 200 bills In various parts
of New York last night announcing the
coming lecture of Miss Sylvia Pank
hurst the English suffragist at the
Carnegie Lyceum. The party was
formed at the clubrooms at 46 i-ast
Twenty-ninth street at 8 o'clock and
the members started out in pairs. Mrs.
Blatch and Miss Elizabeth Elsworth
Cooke took the territory from Thirty
first to Forty-third street up Broadway.
Among the bill posters were Mrs.
Blatch, Mrs. Nora Blatch de Forest,
Miss Caroline Lexow, Miss Alberta Hill,
Mrs. Townsend, Miss Sarah Splint Mrs.
John Winters Branon, Mrs. John Rog
ers. Jr., Dr. Jane Berry, Mrs. H. W.
Graham and Miss Frances Maul.
Most Danger in Coaat Fishing.
New York World.
Insurance agents have figured out the
most dangerous occupation for the last
year. It isn't working in a powder mill
or dynamite factory, as many suppose,
or railroading. It is shown that the
highest percentage of fatality is found
among the ttsnermen along tne jsew
England Coast wnere 13 per cent or tne
total number employed go to their death
every year. Tne mortality among rail
way workers is about 8 per cent The
number of deaths due to accidents of
occupations among all wage earners Is
between 80.000 and 35,000; the non-fatal
accidents exceed 2,000.000.
Explanation Is Easy.
Atlanta Journal.
A London editor finds our sailors
"thin-faced and sad." The ones he saw
must have stumbled upon a copy of
Punch by mistake.
OXE VIEW OF A NO-LIQUOR TOWN
Picture ot BelUngham, Wash., Since
Prohibition Began Recent Reltvn.
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Jan. 3L (To the
Elitor.) A communication in The Ore
gonlan of a recent date, from M. C Dick
inson, of this city, states that Beliing
ham is "dry" in name only; that tho
only change made was that the city
treasury loses 42,000 of licen ss monev
j that the city went "dry" as the result
oi a political trade, and would vote "wet"
by a tremendous majority if another elec
tion could be held now.
Owing to the fact that Mr. Dickinson
is a man of standing, reputation and In
tegrity, his statement in an outside paper
is greatly regretted by many of his per
sonal friends and a host of this city's
well-wishers. His communication has
created a sort of mild panic, It has been
the topic of discussion ever since its
publication, and has aroused a storm of
protest.
The election in this city Is too recent
for accurate knowledge as to the result
of this city going '"dry." So far, the
"dry" forces are satisfied and content
with the result; they are pleased with
the rigid enforcement of the law by tha
Mayor, Chief of Police ana the city and
county officials. Since January 1 three
arrests have been made for drunken
ness, and one of these "drunks" stated
that he had got his "booze" in Seattle.
One man has been arrested and fined
for selling liquor, and he was a Japanese
who sold two half-pints of whisky. The
police have strict orders to arrest every
body drinking in publio places or show
ing any signs of intoxication, and these
orders are being rlg'dly obeyed in every
respect A close scrutiny of the columns
of the Herald and American for the past
30 days will bear me out In this state
ment. The writer has been In this county
the past 20 years and he is prepared to
oweur unaer oatn, ir necessary, that
there has been practically no drinking
or drunkenness since the town went
"dry." If anyone doubts this assertion,
write to Mayor J. P. DeMattos or Chief
of Police John L. Llkins for the facts
In the case.
This is not a prohibition state or coun
ty. This city went "dry" by a majority
of 93 votes after a bitterly-waged cam
paign. The politicians, large property
holders, most of the officeholders and
both daily papers opposed the "dry"
forces. Practically every magazine and
outside paper or publication which en
tered the city ridiculed prohibition or
local option, and the professional or busi
ness men lent their aid and financial
support in the majority of cases to the
saloon cause, which had ample funds and
the assistance of the ablest, most astute
lawyers and politicians in the city. If
any political trades were made, nobody
Beems to have discovered the fact until
this moment. If Mr. Dickinson knows
of any violations of the local option
law. It Is his duty to so inform the local
officials. If he will do so, tie will get
quick action, as the Mayor, Council and
the Police Chief are alert active and
fully determined to absolutely enforce
the law to the limit
If another election could be held to
morrow, the majority aganst granting
license would be much greater than it
was at the November election, and now
that woman suffrage has carried, the
prospects for a return to the old license
system In the future are very slim. Tho
most ardent friend of the open saloon
has practically abandoned all hope of
any return to old conditions. The friends
of temperance are better organized, more
aggressive and alert than ever before;
they realize that the work has Just be
gun and they do not Intend to relin
quish one foot of the ground that they
have gained.
As for the loss of the 842.000 license
money, that matter has already been dis
posed of, and the feeling Is growing
stronger every day that it was "dirty."
greasy money, practically blood-money
which the city Is much better off wit..
out The mothers, sisters, daughters and
wives of this city think so, anyway, and
most of them feel safer, happier and
more contented than they did under tha
old license system.
Belllngham Is "dry" and It Is going
to stay "dry" for all time. She knows
a "good thing" when she sees it!
J. C. NATTRA9S.
IVIIEItB DOBS OREGON STAND?
Query aa to Its Attitude on Presiden
tial Nomlnationa.
Springfield Republican.
Politicians in both parties, who are
planning the preliminary operations for
1912, are not overlooking the important
bearing which the Oregon primaries a
' year from the coming Spring will have
' upon the National conventions and the
1 Presidential nominations. In Oregon
the delegates to National conventions
will be chosen in the party primaries
directly by the voters, no state con
ventions standing in the way. The
primaries will be held in April of the
Presidential year and any candidate
for a Presidential nomination may thus
put his name before the people. The
delegates elected will be instructed to
support the candidate who gets the
largest popular vote.
The Oregon primaries in the Spring of
1912 will not be lacking, therefore, in
significance to the rest of the country.
They will be looked to as Indicating the
drift of popular sentiment concerning
Presidential candidates, especially among
voters who In both parties have in recent
years developed the most radical tenden
cies. There, If anywhere, the National
Republican progressive league, or "Sena
tor Bourne's Salvation Army," as Mr.
Depew wittily describes it, should have
Influence and show its hand. There, too,
the two wings of the Democratic party "
should be able to measure strength.
If Senator La Follette is to gather a
string of delegates to support him In the
next Republican National convention,
Oregon will surely not be overlooked by
him. Nor will the President's political
manager leave the field unstudied and ,
unworked. On the Democratic side, who
is there who could most easily carry
Oregon? Champ Clark today Is said to
be the favorite among the Democratic
voters of the state, but it may confident
ly be predicted that when Governor
Woodrow Wilson's great achievement is
smashing "the Bystem" in New Jersey,
in the Senatorial contest, and his ap
preciative regard for Oregon institutions
become well known in that distant com
monwealth, neither Champ Clark's prairie
breeze of a name nor bis Missouri as
sociations In politics win put Dr. Wilson
,out of the running. As for Governor
Harmon, present Indications are that his
chances are slim in Oregon.
1 V
How Robbers Steal From Coins.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Secret service agents of the United
States Government have been working
for some time in Maiden Lane, New
York, in an effort to trace robbers who
have devised a new form of coin-trimming.
Gold coins are put in a burlap
bag and shaken briskly for an hour or
two. The result Is that tiny pieces of
the metal are knocked off the surfaces
and edges and cling to the bag. The
coins are then put into circulation ap
parently no more worn nor battered
than most money that has been in use.
The bag is burned and this leaves the
melted gold, which Is gathered up and
sold to the Jewelry manufacturers. Th
sub-treasury and the Treasury .Depart
ment at Washington have been receiv
ing large quantities of gold coins of re
cent date which are short in weigh!
from S to 15 per cent and which seem
to be worse battered than coins sub
jected to the usual wear and tear. Or
microscopic Investigation they discov
ered that the gold pieces had been sub
jected to some violent treatment,, and
they discovered the method of stealing
from the coins by shaking them In
sack.
Usually Well Recommended.
New York Press.
Temptation always gets an introduc
tion to you under some other name.