Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 23, 1911, Image 8

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Morning Oregonian., March 23, 1911, Page 8, Image 8

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1911)

Prev Page of 20 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (3.9 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 20 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTTTTT MOnNTVO OREGOXIAX. TITTJRSDAY. MARCH 23, 1011. rOKTLAXD. OUCOX. E&tsrwd at Portland. Orese-a PoatofOca as facecd-CLass Mllltr. laJKXUwa Katte La variably la Advaaee. (ST MAlLt ferry. goB4ay taclnded. ana jw J e:!r. S,a.ly Inaie44. sis aaoaths.... 4.U Lajlr. ffjDdir IncluUsd. itu-ee months.. Xn le:ly. Sunday inc.uded. one saoata... Xa.r. a-:rhut Sunday, on year.-0e I .. 7- arttaavt Saaaay. ais aoattiL . ... 23 Le.:r. wttaout Sunday, three moAtha... &a:ly. without Sunday, eat aooala..... j. aaa y-ar 1- So&day. oca Mar. .......... X-3e S -I. ami weakly. a year. a.M 1ST CAJtB'FRl Pairr. Suaday trreudAd. aaa year. .. ase Xei;v. luadAjr leciuuval. aaa aoe!a.... Haw le Kaaalt easel poau.'flca . - . . yum 'local ti stamp, eo.a or eurrcr er at taa jaadsr-e r 01 r? i ta e-iiL. iBcludlnar Mun a-a Mat itf to 14 cum. 1 ceat: IS a js p-.a. J casta; 34) to so S casta; ee ta ao casaa. 4 ctau. Fureatfn poatase eoub! rata Eaaferw Boaiaaaa Offlna Verrs m Con- . Y-ra. Kras.,alca. aulldlas- Cbi cfx a i -r-. boi-i:ca. rOBTUaXO. THIH.-D..T. MARCH 31. 1IL iXlH LLNDOWyUIS. . There ara some theoretical objec tions to the new California law which forbids aliens to own land In that stats. Why should an Industrious farmer not be permitted to buy land, live oo It and work It? Whom would he Injure? Would the fact of his not bring a citizen make him any less skillful or diligent? Would not his wheat, cattle and apples be as desir able as they would If he had taken out his naturalisation papers? This Is one way to look at the subject, but It is not the only one. The question of alien landownershlp is not so sim ple as It sometimes looks. It Is per plexing and difficult. A number of states have, or have had. laws similar to the one which California has Just enacted and they seem to have been popular. Nor Is It eaay to see how they can work much Injustice to any body. If a state has such a statute aliens can learn of It so that there need be no misunderstandings. On the other hand. It will act as a direct in.-eotlve to obtain naturalisation. It rill be conceded, we Imagine, that it is better upon the whole, for the own ers of the soli to be citizens rather than aliens. The problem of absentee landlord ism is not a very pressing one at pres ent In the United States, and yet it is net unimportant even now. The vast fortunes of which the ownership has been transferred to Europe by mar riage and otherwise, while the invest ments remain here, begin to rut a figure In our financial affairs. Many of these Investments are In securities only remotely connected with land, but others are directly concerned with It. Up to the amount of their value they present us with the same prob lem of absentee landlordism which perplexed and cursed Ireland for gen erations and which desolates Sicily and Southern Italy today. It Is well to attack this problem before It as sumes proportions too vast to be dealt with easily. Of course the Californlans are on easy over the acquirement of land by the Japanese, who cannot become cltl sens. They already hold some 10,000. 000 acres of the best soil In the state. Should their colonies continue to grow they would form an alien, and perhaps hostile, community In the heart of the commonwealth. Race troubles would " increase and It is conceivable that the Ideals of the white man would dis appear before Asiatic encroachments. Who can contemplate such an event with pleasure? It is better to take time by the forelock and check the mischief while It Is nascent. MR. TAJTS EOONOqUZS. Considering our Government's thriftless methods In making up Its annual budget It Is highly to Mr. Taft's credit as a man of business that he has made a material saving In the public expenditures. The sum which he has rescued for the taxpay ers from the claws of hungry Con gressional committees amounts to some S30.000.000. This Is a pretty ' penny even for a country which can ' afford to spend over 31.000.000.000 a year. It will be conceded, we minx. ' that what the country can spend with out actual ruin la no Just measure of ' what It ought to spend, and patriotic citizens will unite in gratitude to the ' President for turning the tide of ex travagance whlrh has been running strongly at Washington In recent years. A large part of our useless expendi tures may be set down to the account of bad business methods In Congress. Mr. Tawney. of Minnesota, had some thing instructive to say under this head In his speech of March 4. He called attention to the fact that in every ether government the matter of making up the estimates for each year's expenses Is Intrusted to some Ingle authority. In Great Britain the duty la con fided to a member of the cabinet. He deliberates upon the government's probable outlay for the coming year. He takes Into consideration the poaol- VI., a.ttrra nf MWnilA and bv COm paring the two he has sound guidance ! In making up the budget, n hen his estimates are complete he submits Hm a PftHlkmsnt for a-e n? n ra or rejection. If the budget is rejected the ministry resigns and the govern- ment pa under the control of the opposition. Arrangements of the same nature exist In France and Germany. but with us the Government's expend!- tures are managed far otherwise. Mr. Tawney pointed out the queer fact that there are eight different committees of the House of Repre sentatives which control as many dif ferent sections of our annual budget. The largest share falls naturally to the ways and means committee, but the committee on agriculture has a substantial finger In the pie. So have the committee on Indian affairs, the committee on agriculture, and so on through the list. It stands to reason that these various bodies do not con sult effectively with one another. There Is no concert of action among them. Each tries to grab all It can i out of the Treasury without regard to the public revenue or to the actual needs of the country. Particularly Is this true of the rivers and harbors committee. Mr. Taft has given the members 'of this committee a much-needed them that he lesson by telling I will veto the next ' "pork barrel" bill they bring In and paj,. His purpose Is to Introduce scl- entlflc methods Into the business of Improving rivers and harbors. There and Madras were insignificant settle ought to be a systematic plan control- ments which some day might become Itng'the work so that It could be car- cities or .towns after the railroad xled out wtlhout confusion, conflicting reached them. There are about forty efforts, useless undertakings and all , other new towns and cities of larger sorts of waste. A determined veto of and smaller size than those mentioned the usual pork barret bill would do J that have grown up within, the past mora thmn aim oat anything else to put this matter on a proper bast. Mr. Tawney la not without poetic Imagination for all his sound financial views. He compared the eight Con gressional committee which are en ;aed In the happy employment of emptying the treasury to "eight dif ferent highways." all leading- to the taxpayers' pockets. W t.-h he' had happened to read Lycldas Jut before making; his speech so that Milton's "blind mouths." which "for their bel lies' sake, creep and Intrude ana elimb Into the fold." might have recurred to him. The figure would have suited the case precisely. But notwithstand ing the efforts of these eight different committees to empty the treasury "with privy paw" sometimes. Mr, Taft . I Amn t h a i nas luccreora in itiut i Government's expenditures 130.000.- 1 000 or more. If he should nip off an- r outer ju.uu.uw i iu the country would begin to- feel -trial there was light ahead. Public extravagance has Increased so rapidly during the last quarter of a centnry and efforts to stay its devas tating course have been so futile, that people had begun to fear economy was a Tost art. We began to accept .It as a law of -nature, almost, that the tax payers' money must be wasted In sums hua-rr and hurer every year. Taxes In the State of Washington, for exam ple, have Increased about sixfold In I the last dozen yeara "with no corre ' spending Increase In the efficiency of i the government. The case was lrrl- tatlnr. It was even threatening. It began to look as if we were on the highway to confiscation. Happily Mr. Taft has called a halt In the career of waste at the rsauonai capital and no doubt his course will be Imitated more or less speedily In the states. It Is difficult for Investors to obtain more than per cent on good securities. If the tax-gatherer ! ukea t p,r c.nt the pittance which j relnftJnl u but a poor inducement for t ha owner to accumulate capital. In more than one state of the Union the tax rate reaches 4 per cent today. Mr. Tart's savins- runs through all the J 0overllmental departments. The al- lowance for the Army goes down 3S.000.Q00. that for the Navy more than 110.000.000. while the appropria tion for the Indians Is some 33.000.000 less than It was two years ago. This Is so encouraging that everybody will Join In a fervent wish for the good work to continue. PASSING OF BOCIAU&X DC MILWAl KE Defeat of the two Socialist candi dates for the School Board In Mil waukee may be taken as a pretty defi nite forecast of the early passing of the Social-Democratic administration of the Wisconsin city. The golden promises are not being fulfilled. A special dispatch to The Oregonlan from Milwaukee. March 18. told of the Idleness of thousands of men. Mayor Seldel had declared that he would find means to give work to the un employed. One of his plans was to construct public works and Improve ments without the Intermediary of contractors. It was argued that money would thereby be saved which could be expended In giving work to more men. Taxes also were to be lowered. But the contracts had already, been let, and It was foreseen that the un dertaking of more work would not permit a lower tax levy. So progress has ceased. In the meantime socialists from all parts of the country have been flock ing to Milwaukee seeking employment that cannot be given them. Congress man Victor L. Berger admits this in a communication published in the Social-Democratic Herald. He says: Tba queetloa of nnaraplormant In Mil waukee baa baaa made a Uttle more diffi cult becmuae of the fame achieved by the socialist administration, which has drawn a number of unemployed from all over the country to oar citr- But I will say outrisht that tha City of MUwaukea la not In a position to take cars of them. Tha City of Milwaukee cannot avan attempt to so Its tha question ot un employment tor the enure country. Mr. Berger Is advocating as a partial retlef public works, without contracts, and the employment of the aged men by the Commissioner of Public Works only six hours a day so that a greater number may be given work. An at tempt to allay dissatisfaction Is made In the accusation that the "well-to-do business men and the capitalist poli ticians and especially the capitalist courts" will not permit the adminis tration to go ahead. It is not a long step from socialism to more radical doctrines. Realizing this. Emma Goldman has entered the Milwaukee field and Is tolling the peo ple that the administration is only establishing public dances and soup houses. The conservative element, too, has begun an active warfare. The Catho lic societies have Imported speakers and the charitable organizations, over burdened by the Influx of penniless men. are blaming the socialists for the problem of unemployment. It Is said that women's votes brought about defeat of the socialist School Board candidates yesterday and that the women were aligned sol idly as the result of denunciation of the administration by the Catholic and Lutheran clergy. This church opposition may be expected to con tinue and will remain a potent Influ ence In succeeding elections, but the greatest menace to the continuance of Socialist rule will undoubtedly be the unequal balance between the de nana tor ana supply i " ever the causes assigned for hard times by the party In power, poverty the Socialist forces by the defections of the most radical to the anarchistic theories of Emma Goldman and of those who originally were Inclined towards experiments back Into the ranks of the conservatives will natur ally follow If a large proportion of worklngmen remain out of employ menu The Commercial Club of North Plains Is planning to celebrate the coming of the United Railways with a big meeting tonight. Last month the people of Madras welcomed .the coming of the Oregon Trunk Railroad Into Central Oregon. Next month the people of Culver will hold a similar meeting to welcome the new Harriman line Into Central Oregon. Testerday there was a big excursion from Walla Walla over the new North Coast line that admits Portland into a trade field from which we nave been barred since river travel wag superseded by raJL And yet a year ago no one had ever heard of North Plains. Culver year or two. They are all aiding In the development of the great country for which Portland la the metropolis. With such growth In evidence through out the country it is not at all sur prising that Portland's growth is be coming the wonder of the United States. TH V. Ul.NOEB CALL Conditions In the famine-stricken district of China are appalling beyond words. Living skeletons stalk about or crouch with rattling bones In miser able hovels, while the skeleton dead by hundreds are covered with the scan tiest portion of soli that will suffflce to hide them, as If mother Earth, her self, grudged them this last office of kindness. The question of relief for these wretched hordes la literally one of life and death. More than this. It is one of humanity that pleads for succor in the name of misery from the contem plation of which even Imagination re coils. The citizens of Portland have met the demand for relief from these conditions with a generosity that is commendable, considering the long distance from whence the call comes and the many demands made by char ity, benevolence and public spirit at home. They have done well, but not well enough. In the estimate of Mr. Selling, who is leader in the relief movement and himself a generous contributor to the fund. The stress of a need that Is great and urgent Is behind the appeal for funds In this behalf. The answer to this call, to be effective, must be prompt. The skele ton hands stretched out to receive the bounty asked will fall from weakness Induced by starvation, unless the dole of relief comes soon. MOAT FAVORABLE TRADE BALANCE. The monthly summary of foreign trade of the United States offers full explanation for the easier feeling in the Eastern money markets. Details of the business have not yet been made publ.c, but the summary shows Kebruarr exDorts aggregating ilia 96.000. Thts is the largest on record for the second month of the year. The balance of trade In our favor was fur ther increased by a decline in imports which were more than 38.000.000 less than for February, 110. The Febru ary business Is in keeping with that of the best months that preceded it. and it is now a certainty that the bus!. ness for the fiscal year ending June 30 will exceed that of any previous vear bv nearly 3500.000.000. For the eight months ending with February the exports have reached the enor mous total of 31.433.897.000. This is an Increase of more than 32S4.000.000 over the figures for the same period last year. The decrease In imports for the period was sufficient to bring the to tal balance of trade In our favor up to more than 3418.000.000 the largest on record for the period. The extent to which this excess of exports over Imports has served to ease up the money strain In this country can best be understood when It Is noted that the foreigners, for the first eight months of the current season, this vear owe us 3230,000.000 more on this balance of trade than they owed us for the same period last season. There Is always an Immense volume of busi ness In the way of letters of credit an other forms of credit that cannot be easily traced for the purpose of striking a trade balance. ror mat reason it Is impossible to determine Just how much of this heavy balance remains abroad to our credit. The ease of the Eastern money markets and the low rate of exchange would Indicate, however, that there was a large portion of It still standing to our credit In Europe. The high prices for cotton have been responsible for much of the increase In exports throughout the season. The February exports of this great staple alone showed an Increase of 133,000, 000 over those of the same month last vear. There has always been a differ ence of opinion as to what discount we should allow from the face value est thl heaw balance of trade to equalize the benefits which we secure from the imports. Except in the camps of the standpat element. Im ports of merchandise or article for use in manufactures are not regarded as detrimental to our general weuare. If we can buy 60 cents worth of raw material abroad and transform It Into 31 worth of manufactures to be ex ported, this country makes a greater rain than It would msKO ll me ou cents due us on a balance of trade had been returned In gold. Viewed, however, from almost any standpoint, the latest foreign trade bulletin of the Department of Com merce and Labor will make pleasing reading for the optimists and increase the anxiety of the pessimists. A REBCavB FROM TON'AWAXDA. The Oregonlan notes -with deep con cern that it has been rebuked by a man named Jackson, who lives in Tonawanda. N. T. Mr. Jackson. It seems, wrote to Senator Bourne for information con cerning opportunities for homeseekers In Oregon, and was referred to the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce sent Mr. Jack son, with other literature, two copies of The Oregonlan. Mr. Jackson there after wrote to Senator Bourne again and In his letter said: I would aay that tha principal attraction Oron had for ma was her truly democratic vstsra of Government and It la thta reason which la roakins your state world-famous and which la attracting tha beat people from all oyer tha country to Ortfon, thanks to tha enllahtenlng efforts of youraalf and others enared In tha same work. Imaaine my surprise, however, when I en-, countered a vicious editorial In each Issue ot Tha Oreiconlan airecteo ictmn ms ery feature of government which waa calcu lated to draw myself and others to Ore ion. rlhesrtened at encountering, even In democratic Oreson. tha false beacon llchts of respectsble crookednesa. 1 half determined to change my mind and plans aa to Oreson. but upon reconsidering resolved to da aa I bad first decided. The Oregonlan has no means at hand for ascertaining Just what arti cles excited such surprise in Tona wanda. It has frequently asserted its adherence, however, to the principle of direct legislation and the direct pri mary, when properly guarded. It also has frequently pointed out the lack of safeguards in the Oregon sys tem. Its opinions. In fact, do not ma terially differ from the opinions ex pressed by Colonel Roosevelt. Although their names may not be household words In- Tonawanda, we take it for granted that among "oth ers" engaged In "enlightening efforts" Colonel C. E. S. Wood and W. S. TTRen are entitled to recognition. If the mention of these names held sig nificance to Mr. Jackson, his surprise would probably have been simply over powering had the Chamber of Com merce sent him a copy of the Portland Journal for January 1, 1811. . In this publication there appeared an extended Interview with, a promt- nent Eastern political economist who Is quoted as follows: "I have been talking with Colonel Wood, Mr. ITRen and other advocates of .direct legislation. They agree with me. that present conditions will prob ably not last, that Oregon will still further advance herself In political science, and. having taken her physic, be in sound condition to evolve a healthy scheme of government appli cable to all states." Nearly three months have rolled by since these views were credited to the faithful and Industrious lieutenant of Senator Bourne at Oregon City, through the medium of a publication known locally as a rip-snorting advo cate of people's rule, and no denial has been made. The Oregonian does not recall ever having said anything so contemptuous or vicious as that the Oregon system was physicking the commonwealth, or that the present plan was unhealthy. When such views as these by the professed friends of Oregon's "truly democratic system of government" are permitted to pass unchallenged. It is hard indeed that the mild criticisms of The Oregonlan should be rebuked, even In Tonawanda. The Portuguese monarchists are re ported to be perfecting a plot for re storing King Manuel to his throne. It la not clear from the cables concern ing the matter that Manuel is person ally taking an active part In It. When the upheaval came a few months ago Manuel made a hurried exit and for a time seemed to be pleased because he got away without losing anything but his throne. It is not Improbable that any attempt on his part to get back on the throne would result In his losing his head. The business of being a King in some of the "insurging" Euro pean countries is attended with some risk, and a live gentleman enjoying a stipend such as Portugal awarded Manuel has an Infinite advantage over a dead King. The Portuguese may not know exactly what to do with their government, now that they have changed the system, but with the 3573.000 per year annual salary paid Manuel before he was deposed, they can employ some excellent talent In that line. The charter of two ships to load new season wheat at Portland next Fall calls attention to the coming of another crop of the great wealth producer which gave Oregon its flrsh, prominent place on the commercial map of the world. With several mil lion bushels of last year's wheat still held by farmers, warehousemen and millers in the Pacific Northwest, it will be but little more than ninety days before harvesters will enter the fields south of Snake River and an other stream of golden grain will com mence pouring through Portland en route to the markets of the Old World. Miixh fan hannen to a Wheat CroD in ninety days, or in ten days, even In Oregon where crops seldom iau, dui a nraaanl tlma tha OUtloOk lS favorable for a fine yield. Price are much lower than they were- a year , hut a k(i noo.OOO-bushel crop even at present prices would make its In fluence felt in an lines or inausiry nu trade in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Rural preachers are not such a bad lot as Dean Skinner, of Pardue Uni versity, would have us believe. Their iAiAno a lAnat arA excellent. though too often, as Dean Skinner re marked, they are miles behind me bandwagon. Most churches send their less accomplished preachers to the country, reserving the two-minute grade for the city. This practice win r.m-rmft nri when the rural congre gations pay larger salaries than the ministers can get, in town. bA.Manil'a anvatlta will not fall tO make the most of an approaching opportunity to study a comet near at hand. Its orbit through Arizona and California brings It ever nearer. Will death and desolation follow in us t.,i,t Tha theorv that comets are composed of gas may now be accu rately tested. That the one now ap proaching has emitted a great deal of ras is undeniable, but after all its nucleus may be solid. tT.,,v iriimn. of Salem, is to be congratulated on his narrow escape from suffocation. When a pig's foot stuck In his throat he pushed it down with hi knife and managed to sur vive the accident. The occasion is opportune for reminding him that lr he had properly fletcherized the pig's e.n (i- lornniri have rone down without the aid of a poker. The obvious moral Is. "chew your food before you try to swallow It." Tk. Aianjrrepahle searches which are infiirt nrvon returning travelers at the New York Custom-House will have two excellent effects. The nrst, and less Important, Is the gala in rev fnr th Government. The second Is the bitter hatred of the tariff which h. unn-hri cause. The way to se- ,h. rar.ea.1 of a law whlch'ought to be odious is to make it odious by strict enforcement. n.t -n n TTnahanrlrv are onDOsed to invoking the referendum on educa tional appropriations. The Grange is generally souna on ecuuom' yiuBiwo. Adams, the Seattle assay office clerk who stole the miners gold, expects a pardon. If he gets It he will have earned uood wages at McNeil's Island. Th Trensurv Department regrets th incident of the search of the bank er's wife, but one eye seems to be closed. rh hiii that sloshes around ln mud and dirt and thrives has an ad vantage over the grandson .of Wash McLean and Tom waisn. Thava nn children to be handi capped by a bad inheritance in this latest murder and suiciae. ti.au hiotlr men trot into Canada- after all, but wait until the mercury gets down to 45 below. ThA tunnel at Cornelius Gap Is Port land's latest effort at loosening the belt another notch. Chicago bankers who think the Broadway bridge bonds illegal do not know Portland. As the heron remarked to the crane, when do you think we'll have some rain? Sand will be needed to fight the and trust, - r . , , MAYBE SENATOR BCFFALO BILL. Bla Slx-sihoeter and Chances of Fili buster Are Compared. Washington Post. Now that the Hon. William F. Cody has expressed a desire to become the first Senator from Arizona, opposition to the' admission of that territory may be expected to stop as suddenly as a had man in a frontier aaloon when the Sheriff has the drop on him. If there Is any body in public life rash enough to match his mouth against the Cody six-shooter, trot him out, and we'll back him for sergeant-at-arms of the next House, which, from all appearances, will need a gritty man for the Job. There Is something mighty Inspiring and breezy and clean-smelling about this1 latest Sage-brush idea. It would be a grand thing for the Senate. It would lift Senatorial dignity to a noble plane of fact, and put statesmen on their "metal,", as it were. The soft-footed folk would get along well enough, but If some of our leading rantankerous legislators wouldn't get "called" before Senator Buffalo Bill had carved his initials in his mahogany desk we stand to lose a bet. What chance would a nerve-racking filibuster have against the' simple expedient, invented by Bill himself, of shooting out the lights? And would not Senatorial courtesy be elevated and en dowed with a new meaning, fresh from the mesqulte country, where an hombre who talks too. much is regarded as a possible rustler, and run out of the coun try? So it would seem, pne needs no the midst of some all-night session, the rugged form of Senator Bill rising in his place, nor to hear that voice which has sent cold chills chasing up and down the red-clay spine of Sitting Bull re mark: "Boys, these here lights goes out promptly In 10 minutes; those who wants their hats can get 'em now," or words to that effect. With a Senator on the floor able to snuff a candle at 40 paces, decorum could be preserved on the floor as well as in the galleries without the services of a presiding officer. With his trusty .44 on the table lid in front of him, who would be but what's the use? There Isn't a man, woman or child In the United States who did not. at the first mention of the- Cody ambition, compre hend at one thought the full possibilities of Its attainment. . MUSEUM GETS ANCIENT RELICS. American Institution Presented With Stone Chairs of Ecuador. New York Sun. . -.-., rocontlV to th , -tar. -w.ieonm nf Xatural History by D. C. Stapleton contains two stone seats found near the port of Manta, PMivinM of Manabl. Ecuador. Similar stone seats, supported by the figure of a crouching man or 'birds and lizards, have been found .on the mountain peaks of Ecuador and form the chief feature of the archaeology of Manabl, nothing resembling them being known in any other port or tne .Americas. In addition to the stone seats, the Etapleton collection Includes 30 speci mens from the Province of Esmer- -1 .hunt JinA-Vinlf O f Wh ictl WOrO evcuvftted from prehistoric burial mounds, the balance coming from thi r T .11 n.h tnhnhlt thA nrOV VHBlia luwiuii.i, - --. - ' ince today. Of the archaeological part of the collection, second to the stone seats In interest are tne pottery mnii. They Bhow the status of the ornamental - . , ,hta imlrnnwn nAnnle. In all probability these stamps were used to ornament cotton. ail . r I o.tlal nf th AlUCIk UJICI I.. J - v. ii X. e iqk cr,A 1 B Q7 hna completed 24 sketches In oil showing the excavation oi tne great wcwunw Ahnlgno ana its iransier io mo "'i' which he has given to the museum. Chickens In the City. PORTLAND, March 70. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly accord me space in The nr.Mnlnn tn answer the Chehalls Wash., special, entitled "Hens Pay on City Lots." First, please remember that Chehalls Is not a city, but a town, and hen-ralslng therein is, no aouDi, suit- Is a city, and heaven knows It Is about time to exclude filthy chicken ranches from Its city lots, especially auuu abominations as crowing roosters. Now from the standpoint of profit. The back part of a city lot, devoted to h .ai.inff nf small fruits and straw- herrles. aa well as garden truck, will yield 32 to every 31 produced by the city chicken ranch, besides adding to thA heantv. cleanliness, order and ..v. - whl.h all AhmtM attach to the city beautiful. Barnyards and their tennh and noise detract from the beauty and order of any well regulated city, and, besides, city lots can be made to yield better results as mentioned I dearly love our beautiful city of Portland ana. alter traveling; in many lands, pronounce It second to none in natural beauty, but honesty compels me to say that Its residence district has been converted Into a big barnyard by all manner of unsightly, evil-smelling chicken ranches on its city lots. Realthv. normal, public sentiment should be unanimous ln denouncing the chlckenhouse within our city limits, with its slumber-disturbing, crowin roosters, and favor the cleaning up of back yards, the setting out of berries and small fruit and sending our crow ing roosters to villages where they will no douDt ne weicomea. ESTHETIC CITIZEN. Aliens ud Naturalisation. CHEHALIS, Wash, March 19. (To the Editor.) Kindly answer the fol lowlnar Questions ln The Oregonlan: Could a man declare his Intention to become a citizen of the United States before he was II before 1906? How was the law to that effect? How is the law now? A SUBSCRIBER. Under the naturalization law ln 1905 any alien who had resided ln -the United States three years next preced ing his 31st birthday and had continued to reside there up to the time he made application to be admitted, was, after he had arrived at the age of 21. and after he had resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority, admitted to citi zenship, on a showing that for two years next preceding it had been his bona fide Intention to become a citizen. The law now permits an alien minor to take out his first papers on attain ing the age of 18 years, but he can only become a citizen after having his first papers two years, and having re sided In the United States five years, and after having attained the age of 21 years. Red Cross Stamp Sales. PORTLAND. March 21. (To the Edi tor.) Will you kindly answer through the columns of The Oregonlan what is done with the money contributed to Red Cross stamps? Does it provide for the care of tuberculosis patients ln needy circumstances? Occasionally we hear of collections being taken for the benefit of some worthy person who Is financially un able to command proper treatment. A SUBSCRIBER. In Portland a considerable portion of the fund Is used -for the benefit of needy sufferers. The Oregonlan pub lished an article on the subject De cember 11, 1910, page 4, section 1. Then and Now. Somewhere tn ancient history. The story has been told. That anything that Midas touched Waa quickly turned to gold. But by far a stranger sight We ln thia age behold Some men now turn to anything If they are touched wixh sold. : PRESIDENT HAS DETERMINATION. Political Arsramentai Fall to Move Taft n P.tr. itMklnB. New Tork Correspondence Philadelphia Once while serving In the Spanish Public Ledger. - American War at Siboney In Cuba, Post When It became apparent that the Ca- master Merrick and the others of his nadlan reciprocity measure would fail In - J-Ftl'b the Senate, a number of President Taft s aisported in , he creek enjoying the Republican friends thought it worth f refresiiing waters of that tropical coun while to call upon and give him their ( u-y Finaaiy the bugle-cail sounded and reasons for regarding- an extra session ( tbe Lieutenant in command issued the of Congress as both unnecessary and in- ; order to "fall in." expedient. The President had no douot . jj proceeded to gather up their ef- j of the friendship of tnese visitors or mo sincerity Denina uieir purpose. mat Corporal juemck had laaen on. ms at his table and listened to one after clothes on tne other side of tne stream another, and the expression of his face Irom lne camp, along with omers, by told no story of the thought that was pasSing over on a log conveniently lo in his mind. Bach one pleaded with him caea ln tne stream. In his hurry to to abandon any purpose he had of calling -iau m- ile graooedehis clothes and an extra session of Congress. All told started across uie log. Being some him that the reciprocity measure could wnat heavy in weight he was th last Just as well be taken up next Winter, to appear la tne s.gnt ot the Lleuten and that if this were done It would h0f ant. Just as he was on the log, balano that our Government was acting ln good lDg nimSelf with his clothes in one hand faith toward Canada. Certain political and tne otner Bawing the air, the- Lieu reasons, some of them personal to him- tenant yelled: self, why an extra session might be in- j "Corporal Merrick, didn't I tell you to expedient, were also mentioned.- 1 "fall iu." When these pleadings were finished, the Just then the postrRaster i08t nis Dal imnn tha President's face &nr .,.niA in,A ka .,.Br v, .. A I t..i a ...I Dria nf those who were present described the change as the swiftest and most Impressive that he ever saw. It was a hard, obstinate, unyielding story that the expression told. Raising his fist, the President brought it down with such forte that It shook his desk, and then he said: "By Zeus, I am going to call an extra ...,nn nf Pnncn-AGB if rerltirOCitV falls. and I am going to force reciprocity nu 6W'"B - , ,, i .,h ,ha, ,Ttp, BAMlnn If I live. through that extra session if I live The President's visitors knew that fur- ther appeal was useless, ana tney ue- parted. This is the Information brought to this city and told to certain business i -. n-hlh jAnlnrerl the nrosnect ot IlllCLCBl, ii.i. . . . a - ....inn T, tnlrl In this WR V. . -. .. T, i turn in mm wav. . so that these business men might know that the President is immovable with respect not merely to a vote upon reci procity, but to a sincere vote, and that he has now determined to use all of the resources of which he Is possessed in order to force Congress, if that be neces sary, to adopt the reciprocity pact. The President has been told that the granges, not only in New York State, but of other states, are now almost unani mous ln their opposition to reciprocity. He has been told t'.iat if he forces reci procity through Congress, and is re nominated for the presidency, the far mers of New York, almost to e. man. will vote against him. He has simply smiled and said that he trusted ln the . . nannlA fnr hn KTlfi W gooa sense ui wo v,VLt he was right The anecdote here record ed illustrates the temper of the President with respect to reciprocity, and also points possibly to a prolonged and de termined battle over the issue between the President and the new Senate. Yet President Taft will have no greater dif ficulty in persuading the Senate to adopt reciprocity than President Cleveland ex perienced in the early Fall of 1893. when he was determined that a reluctant Sen ate should vote for the repeal of the Sherman- silver law. WORLD - WIDE FAME IS FICKLE Dr. Cook and Admiral Devrey Now Sell Clothing In Kew York. New York Herald. In front of a clothing store ln Sixth avenue, with a thin Summer suit oi clothes clapping about his waxy limbs stands the figure of Dr. Cook, formerly nf tha Man Musee. That thin Summer suit is the rub. Once this same figure stood proudly clad in a eult of furs beside a sledge. - "That's what happens to leaders in the world of wax when they are surpassed by some new Idol of the public." said the clothing merchant In a window of the same store is the figure which once was Admiral Dewey. Now no glittering uniform dazzles the eye. but Instead this simple and expressive mt ot bis language denotes a mottled overcoat draped about the admiral's figure: "Was $28, now iv , . ., And every night Dr. : Cook" and Ad miral Dewey are carried Into the store rnnn hv the side of oaveTal less distinguished models, now d flaying clothing at prices which preclude debate. Each morning tne oe " doctor ana u" . . feather duster disrespectfully over their features. Then ne camea ... ...- -1.... in thn hone that tneir respecuvo i"-"0 , . someone will like their scenery and buy the duplicate within the store. At the Gate of .Paris. Thackeray: "An Invasion of France." But behold us at Paris! The dili gence has reached a rude-looking gate h,r t-arn lodares: the French kings of old made their entry by this gate; some of the hottest battles of the late revolution were fought before It. . . it ia hinr-.ked bv carts and peasants and a busy crowd of men In green examining m -they enter, and the green men are the . nf tha Cltv of Paris. If you are a country man who would In troduce a cow into tne nniniiwu u citv demands 24 francs for such a privilege. If you have a hundred weignt oi lauuw vauiuds, ju ..i i tchur,, thren francs, if a drove of hogs, nine francs per whole hog. In the present instance, after a momentary pause, one of the men ln green mounts by the side of the con ductor and the ponderous vehicle pur sues Its Journey. Hopeful Financier's Vision of Gold. New York Telegraph. A- Txj-mfA vhen a-Ata his . """" r - - r i, v,.i i salary ne rusnes out. o.n Into one-dollar bills. He then has the bills changed Into Quarters, the quarters into nlCKeiS, tne muis, ,tv ywuo. and back to bills again by the same route. George Considine asked Cohen v. HttBr.n fn. hf n-tranA custom- "It's this way," replied the wily actor. "Some day somebd"dy is going to make a mis take, and It ain't going to be me." A Cola of 1827 That Grew. - New York Herald. t:--i Vi 1 1 n ,1 raA anH ttrentv times its original face value was paid for a United States 25-cent piece dated 1827, when an agent from St. Louis, acting for a col lector, gave 32SO for the coin during an auction sale ot coins iwiuugius iu wu- ii it ttrnyiiliii ThA silver miarter dollar which brought the highest price or tne saie yeLerujr a ah i-ociiiu6ij n ailver nroof restlike and is ln ex cellent condition. O, You Meryl Exchange. UOnDUCB, Willi mo ii.Lcuk.wu w. --' .1 complimenting Mary Garden, aeveral news papers ara each and severally contributing . : ..- ...1.4. a, Kill. a quatrain vn iu, -" ' j - m j - Dance." These are the offerings up to date: Mary had a little dance, "Salome" was Its name: And everywhere that Mary went The cops forbade the same. Springfield (Mass.) Union. But Mary didn't let herself Betray the least surprise, Bhe merely murmured, with a smile, -It pays to advertise." Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. And everrwhere that Mary played She simply coined the dough; For every theater displayed The sign of S. R. O. Toungstown (O.) Telegram, It Is not Mary's dance, yon know. Which so well her purpose serves; The eart that doth entrance them so Is that Mary baa, the curves. New York Telegraph. Kvervbody Is wrong. Here la tha real reason of her popularity: You're wrong, her quick success is not -Recause of clothing oft or on; , But all the women folks are glad Because She get a neaa ox jonn. t, a i t ..iii.. : Timely Tales of the Day ' fecis and return to camp, ll happened Upon coming to the surface of the water MerricK saluted his superior of ficer with his loose hand and responded: "Order complied with. Lieutenant." From that hour Merrick's comrades dubbed him "Fall-in Merrick." A group of business men were dis cussing trie 'prevalence of grip In Port land over at the Commercial Club while they were enjoying their attar-luncheon - -"W j j -- a f-itrara Ki-h iiarl a. remedv for it A.nd j eacn one appeared to have gone through t a siege of it within tne past lew weens, Qne ot the learned philosophers in tne group remarKed, "I agree with the 1 Hnnr.im mar srrln le&vea worse after- ertAnrA ttian tne disease Itself, it srave me an awtui jolt of neuraigla."- "That's a fact," recalled another. "It brought back my old enemy, rheuma tism." Another declared that it nearly cost him. the use of one ear, and another had suifered a serious abscess, following his bout with the grip. About that time, in dropped James C. Good, secretary of the Union Meat Com p&ny, and one of the crowd asked him if he had had a dose of it. "I should say I had, and a hum-ding-er,1 too." "Have any bad after-effects?" "Betcher life." "Where did it get you worst?" "In the pocketbook." The efforts of a spiritualistic medium to direct the police to a place where they might find the slayer of Barbara Holzman recalled a story to Detective Mkloney, of the Police Department: "In the early days there was a woman who kept a small grocery store on the East Side," said Maloney. "It was sus pected that she used to dip eggs ln hot water to kill the life in them and pre vent them hatching. As a result she was not popular with the East Side housewives, but she got the business Just the same, for the reason that she gave exceptionally good values ln many other articles. "Spiritualism was under considerable discussion at the time. One day an Irish woman met a medium, and the two got into an animated discussion about it It ended by the Irish woman saying: " 'Well, If yez can tell me how many drinks of whisky I stole from Mrs. v. n nf thA (rrrtrprv woman 1 vuaiue. L" w", ---o I'll belave that ye know what y're talk In' about" "The medium took her up and the next time they met she said: ' 'Mrs. Murphy, you stole three drinks of whisky." " 'Aw! the divil telt ye that' was the retort Spiritualism did not gain a new convert"' Andrew Hansen, the Portland attor ney, some years ago was induced to be come an agent for ay life Insurance-company, and as a preparatory means to the work, had been required to learn a long speech which he was supposed to deliver to prospective patrons After he had learned the speech so he could say It with much fluency, Mr. Hansen Bet out one afternoon to test his ability. He took a car to the sub urbs of Portland, and picked out an Iso lated house, where he imagined agents seldom went As the would-be agent rang the door bell, his knees knocked together with nervous excitement When the door opened, and a good-looking young wo man presented herself, Hansen could think of nothing to say except the speech he had learned by heart and without so much as a cordial greeting he started blindly into his argument for insurance. The young, woman tried to say something, but he would not stop to listen, and finally she relapsed Into si lence, while he stood there going over his long recital. - - ' "At the end of about 15 minutes 4 stopped talking, and stood there for a few moments, nervously waiting for her to say something," said Hansen in telling the story. "I was so scared that ... . . v. - i,q aha wniilrl inBUTfl her 11 sue iittu i - - life for a few thousand dollars I would have been half tempted to run. She smiled a little before she spoke, and then she said: - " Ich verstehe nicht' "I understood enough German te know that my eloquent speech had been lost on her, and I was so disgusted that I went straight home and quit the In surance game. - Half a Century Ago rvnm Tha ArAfmnlAn' March 23. 1S6L If anybody ever had any doubt about the permanency of this town and the productiveness of the Willamette Valley, the last month ought to dissipate It We are exporting more produce in propor tion to population than any other people. We are getting cash for it, and, although prices are low, it is Better than getting ln debt The amount of trade of the country is absolutely prodigious, when looked at in all its details and the sparseness of the population Is consid ered. Rich gold quartz discoveries are said to have lately been made at BuBkum, Jackson County. One thousand dollars has been refused . for one-third of the claim. By railway accident in the United States ln 1860, 74 persons were killed and 315 were injured the smallest num ber ln 12 montns in the preceding eight years. We had a visit from that sturdy old Democrat-Republican, Judge Rogers, of Yamhill County, yesterday. He is a cap ital specimen or an inausirious, go-suowi farmer. He came to this country at a very early period and had made a good many Improvements when , the famishing emigration of 1852 came Into this valley. At that time provisions were scare, flour and 'wheat high ln price and only a small supply to be had. Judge Rogers, however a rare case had a good stock on hand. Flour at that time was $22 and 24 per hundred pounds, and wheat at $5 per bushel. He at once commenced his sales at half these prices and then on credit when it was needed always refusing to sell In quantities to specula tors. In this way his liberality and gener osity were productive of great good, and will be told of him In long years to come. And this was not an isolated case of the liberality of the old Oregonians to the emigrants of that and subsequent years. Concise. "Love is a tender thing," Said he. Then why not tender ltr" Said she. i Boston Transcript.