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THE 9TAI)rArTTR.1 AND THE TARHT.
It Is encouraging to learn that the
Tariff Board is making- substantial
progress In Its difficult In vestigations.
Chairman Emery, of the Board
flounced the other day at a public
dinner In New York that the wood
and paper pulp schedules have been
almost finished and that the final re
port upon them win be In the Presl
dent's hands for transmission to Con
frees within a fortnight. This will be
toon enough to maJco t Board
labors of some benefit during; the spe
cial session. In other directions there
will be more delay. The facts con
cerning the wool and cotton schedules
rill not be ready before next Decern
ber. Mr. Emery states, while the re
maining; portions of the tariff must
wait still longer for the Illuminating
researches of the Hoard. Their tajk
Is complex to the last decree and If
It Is thoroughly done plrnty of time
must be allowed. What might be
gained la sped would almost certainly
be lost In efficiency and accuracy.
The Board's motto is "patience.' and
the same Is recommended to the
lountry.
Still there is a good deal which can
be done in the way of tariff reform
without waiting; for the leisurely In
vestigatlons of the Board. President
Taft felt sufficiently certain about the
uselessnees of the duties on grain and
Sther food products to go boldly ahead
' with their reduction In the reclproc
" Ity agreement and he has also assured
Ihe country that the wool schedule Is
-Indefensible." Mr. Taft Is not a man
who speaks hastily, and since he h
, declared the wool schedule to be In-
defensible we may rest certain that
! it is so. Hence, 00 mistake la likely
to be made by reducing It without
, delay. When the report of the Tariff
Hoard comes In, next December, still
1 further reductions may be found
' advisable, but there Is no reason In
!he -world, except the pockets of the
, wool tru't. why a substantial abate
; ; ment of the wool duties should not be
rffected at once. Much the same may
". be said of the cotton schedule and the
Ir.equrtabte taxes on wood pulp. No
. person has ever advanced a respect
; able argument for retaining them and
It la the plain duty of Congress to cut
I them down with all expedient haste.
This the Democrats In the House
seem to be resolved to do. They have
' ' attacked not only the wool and cotton
; ( taxes, but a great many more. Their
. ' blows are aimed apparently at those
J ; Jutles which Increase the cost of tools
. and materials to the farmers, who. it
: Is said by some, have not been treated
quite fairly In the reclprooltw ngree
1 ment. Of course, this policy wlil
; ameliorate the sentiment of the farrn-
era toward Mr? Taft's favorite scheme.
. while ft may Incidentally win votes for
j the Democratic party. The farmers
' may be reasonably expected to re
( ' member who their friends were when
. the pinch came.
In making their proposed tariff re
.' . Auctions the Democratic leaders are
said to have followed a rule which is
- likely enough, according to many good
"..Judges, to bring forth acceptable re
; 'suits. When a manufactured article
Is habitually sold abroad for less than
! at home, they see n good reason w hy
1 the duty upon It cannot be reduced
' ! w ithout Injuring anybody. It Is pretty
; : clear that the cost of manufacture for
j such articles cannot be greater In the
1 United States than it is in foreign
countries. If It were greater our
1 firms could not underbid foreign com
I petltors In their local markets, as they
1 constantly do. To malntuln high lm
' port duties on articles which sell in
j Europe for less than they do In the
I United States Is robbery so open and
, shameless that Congressmen who are
not the mere servants of those who
t benefit by the taxes naturally wish to
: reduce them.
j Whether they cau do so or not at
j the special session Is a perplexing
.question. According to :11 accounts
. the standpat element tn the Senate
, ' has set lis face determinedly against
- any cbaages in the tariff. This ele-
. ment may possibly permit the reel
procity agreement to go through, but
1 .it has decreed that every other tariff
. reform shall be stifled. The stand
' . patters come from both parties, but
most of them are Republicans and it
"Is the Republican party which will
-suffer most from their unwisely self
l .lsh action, or inaction father. Their
J aim Is to prevent action, even the most
! necessary, as long as they possibly
can. ' To gain their ends they appear
to be perfectly wlUing to sacrifice the
, President, their party welfare and
; 'the public good. The tariff taxes fill
'- their pockets and that Is ail they ask.
, 'Mr. Taft may plead, the country may
demand reform, but it Is all In vain.
, Naturally, their selfish conduct will
accrue to the admntage of the Demo
crats. The country Insistently de
mands the reduction of the tariff taxes.
The Democrats are doing ail they can
to comply. They not only favor Mr.
.ITaft'e reciprocity plan almost unani
mously, but they have rone beyond it
and offered reductions In the duties.
To be sure, there Is some opposition
to this In the Democratic party, but it
Is comparatively Ineffective. Without
Republican allies It would be helpless.
The standpatters, or regulars, to put It
more politely, control the party ma
chinery In nearly all the states. They
speak and act for the party and by
them It will be Judged.
this differential' Is acknowledged by
the railroads Is CO per cent of the rail
rate. It Is quite apparent that as soon
as the canal la completed and the
water carriers escape the heavy bur
den of the Isthmus haul, the water
rate will be much less- than half of
the present rail rate. Even under
present difficulties of transfer across
the isthmus, the business between the
two coasts is Increasing so rapidly that
it Is difficult to secure steamers with
which to handle it.
THE LAND GRANT DECISION.
The Southern Pacific has lost the
first round In Its big fight to retain
possession of the immense land grant
lying on both sides of Its line in Ore
gon and California. Fetloral Judge
Wolverton. before whom the case was
heard, has decided that the holdings
of the company, valued at about $75.-
000.000, are forfeited to the United
States. With such a large prize at
stake. It Is certain that the decision
will not be accepted by the railroad
company without a struggle. It is not
Improbable that It will drag along in
court for many years.
The original intention of the Gov
ernment to get this land Into the
hands of bona tide settlers at a maxi
mum price of 12.50 per acre seems to
have been quite clearly brought out In
the bearing before Judge Wolverton.
The strongest point In favor of the
railroad company was, based on a cer
tain construction of the law that would
have placed the railroad Interests In
the position of an "Innocent pur
chaser." The company's right to retain pos
session of the land was founded on the
assumption that the property, after
resting for four years In the hands of
a receiver, had passed into the hands
of the present owners free from any
cloud on the title. The receivership
terminated In 1SS8, and since that
time the property has remained in the
hands of the railroad company, which
has paid taxes on It and In some cases
Improved It. The decision of Judge
Wolverton also affects the alleged
claims of several thousand victims,
who, within the past few years, have
paid unprincipled land locators large
fees for locating them on these con
tested tracts.
According to Judge Wolverton'a
views, the latter claimants have no
right whatever to the railroad lands.
This Is In accordance with a prediction
and warning Issued by The Oregonlan
when the land sharks first began reap-
e
genius of the' race, now absorbed in 1 thor of the first reform bill of 1832;
1 a
commercial pursuits, to the service of
humanity."
"Only." What, a small word to
stand between the American people
as a body, and the realization of the j
Idealist s dream or snare ana snare
alike, regardless of contributing Indi
vidual effort; of a lonr round of play.
Interspersed with no more labor than
suffices. In Mlltonic fancy
To make eaae more eaay.
nother Earl Grey la Lord Lieutenant
of Canada and Is most democratic in
his Instincts; Lord Shaftesbury was
the author of the factory inspection
law, which long antedated any law of
the kind in this country; the late Earl
Wemyss organized the volunteer army,
which has since been practically incor
porated into the regular array.
In contrast to this class are the
I backwoodsmen, so called because they
THE JARR1KO AMERICAN . TOICE
w Iol..m tmrst ana appm more srat- t are never near(j from jn connection
of social Intercourse unrestricted by 1 w,th ? Ho? ' Lords as a legisla
tive Doay. until tneir titles, privileges
and Immunities are attacked. Then
they pour in from the backwoods and
rally around the old fort. In their
case the backwoods are the gambling-
human likes and dislikes; of taking
from stores lavishly provided for hu
man wants without the trouble or
labor or expense of replenishing
them! How prolific In fancy, yet how
barren of fact. Is this conception of rooms Monte carlo; the pleasure
' rMaiirisi ri 1 w n mm s nnvi nurir nr r.iirniiia:
the forces that underlie and overlap
the City of Tomorrow! How tame,
how sordid, how offensively practical
by comparison ..is the conception of
life and labor as sung by Frances Sar
gent Osgood:
Lnor la reat from th aorrowg that greet tie.
lient from all pttv xatlona that toilet ua;
Heat from alo-proroptlnga that ever entreat
Rett trom world alrena that l'ad na to 111.
the game preserves of Scotland, which
they have denuded of men that deer
and grouse may have ample room to
thrive; the racetracks of England and
the Continent, where a Lord Is some
times beggared In a day; the dressing
room of some vaudeville "theaters,
where the emasculated remnant of
some old or new family goes to find a
wife who may, as Byron expressed it,
"spoil the blood but much improve the
breed." Such Lords as these we see
I depicted In cartoons and on the stage
POSTAL BANKS A 81CCK8S.
The postal savings banks are mak-
ing a very satisfactory showing for the , w)th a vacuou, stare drawlIriKly utter.
lng Inanities, nothing faultless about
length of time they have been In op
eration. 'An Olympia dispatch In The
Sunday Oregonlan quotes Postmaster
Cavanaugh as saying: "This office has
been forced to refuse to accept more
money from people not entitled to de
posit here than Is on deposit now."
As the Olympia bank, with 16337, was
tonth on the list in the amount of de
posits March 31, It la apparent that
more banks or a widening of the field
In which those already established
may secure deposits would greatly im
prove the showing made.
The postal savings bank In this
country Is but little more than two
months old. The number established
March 31 was forty-eight, with total
deposits of 3201.961. The average bal
ance of the 4307 depositors March 31
was 346. This was a gain for the
month of March of more than 660
depositors and 366,000 in deposits a
them except their clothes. These are
the champions of heredity, for, were it
not for heredity, they would have
nothing to distinguish them from the
crowd and would sink into the ob
scurity for which their demerits fit
them.
But It is well to remember that
there are Lords and Lords. While we
condemn or despise the backwoods
men, we should remember to honor
the statesmen who have done their
part in making Britain great and free
and who have through centuries of
struggle built tip that constitution
which has been a pattern for many
nations.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution are up In arms over the
appearance of a likeness of Brlgham
Young on the silver plate of the bat
very satisfactory showing for a single 1 tleshlp Utah. Senator Smoot natur-
month so soon after the enterprise was
started. Leadville, Colo, was at the
head or the list with 427 depositors
who had "banked" 334.670.
The highest average deposit was re
ported by Globe, Arte., where 176 de
positors had to their credit 115.339
an average of $87. Newberry, 8. C,
ally defends the plate design, which
he says was taken from a pioneer
monument In Salt Lake that had been
chosen by a committee of Mormons
and non-Mormons. Brlgham Young's
place in Utah history is unique. The
widespread and well-merited condem
nation of his reprehensible religious
Ing a harvest by locating victims. It I was at the foot of the list with seven- j teachings has at times been flavored
Is. of course, but natural that the rail
road company should fight this case
through to the last tribunal, but. even
If It is unsuccessful there. It seems
hardly probable that the thousands of
people who have filed on the lands will
have any case In court. If the Wol
verton decision Is sustained, the land
will probably be sold by the Govern
ment at much higher figures than It
ould have previously commanded.
In vlow of the development that has
taken place on lands adjacent to those
Included In the grant, it Is highly
probable that the railroad company
teen depositors and 3186 total depos- with praise for the remarkable Indus-
Its. The postal bank at Klamath Falls, 1 trial successes which he achieved. As
Or., reported twenty-six depositors ' the first Irrlgatlonist west of the Mis
wlth $1254 to their credit. A strange sisslppl River, Brlgham Young estab-
feature of the statistics which have 1 Ilshed a system of farming that has
Just been made public la the much bet-1 added unnumbered millions to the
ter patronage given the banks In the ' wealth' of the West. He transformed
West than In the East, for of the total 1 a desert into a garden of marvelous
of more than $200,000 the twenty-two richness and by his works showed
banks weft of the Mississippi River ! many a Gentile the way to riches.
received $148,699, while those eaot of 1 Brlgham was In bad on religion, but as
the Mississippi received but $75,665. long as Utah lasts her people will re-
It Is expected that forty-five additional , member him for his industrial
postal banks will be in operation by
May 1, and if they make as good a
would have been much better off to- I showing as those already established
ana me latter continue to grow, ine
first year's experience with the new
Institutions will be exceedingly satisfactory.
Perhaps the most gratifying feature
day had it accepted the $2.60 per acre
originally fixed by the Government as
the price at which the lands should be
sold. If these railroad lands were to.
day In the hands of bona fide settlers
who had developed them and made
homes on them, the owners would
have a much better chance of retain
ng possession than the railroad com
pany will stand.
Public sentiment is overwhelmingly
n favor of restoration of the lands to
he people. The railroad, by refus-
ng to sell to settlers, has retarded the
growth of the country and depreciated
he value of surrounding property. I
he decision Is In any way deficient In
aw. it makes up the shortage with
us tice,
achievements.
The determination of the Mayor not
to allow any more paving contracts to
be let' until the work on hand Is
cleaned up will, if duly enforced, be a
boon, not only to those whose homes
and business property abut upon
of the new system lies In the fact that I streets that are being Improved, but
practically all of the -deposits have
been made from savings that had not
been held In other banks. The Im-
to every purveyor of supplies nd
every owner of an automobile or any
other vehicle In the city. The word
The tremendous advantage that
-water carriers have over the trans
continental railroads In the making of
'rates Is shown In the announcement
that under the new contract between
the Government and the Panama Rail
road the water carriers will get but
40 per cent of the through rate from
the Atlantic seaboard. As the usual
rate charged by the steamships and
-THE CITT Or TOMORROW."
An idealist, writing in a late sum
ber of Hampton's Magazine about the
American City of Tomorrow," quotes
an expert on city building, as follows:
"Twenty years ' from now people
will not lave In the heart of the city.
They will live 'In outlying suburbs
possibly fifty or a hundred miles
ut."
This prophecy Is supported by the
history of rapid transit in conjunction
with the growth of American cities.
The boundaries of these have for the
most part been fixed by Improved
means of transit. .When peopre had
to walk cities were small. The horse-
car came and the city's circumference
was widened. The electric trolley fol
lowed and the city's limits were ex.
ended. Then in the larger of our
commercial cities the elevated and the
ubway c!tne to the relief of a con
ffested population and made a radius
of ten or twenty miles the business
man's and -working man's opportunity
for home and quiet. "This today,"
says the writer quoted, "Is the ex
treme limit of the city. But there
must be a next atep. It may be the
flying machine."
The writer asserts, however, that
we do not need to go to this extreme,
and In support of this statement and
of his further contention that no new
discoveries are needed to secure fur
ther expansion of cities he urges
what a certain class of enthusiasts
call reform in our manner1 of living.
Heading this list Is cheap and yet
cheaper streetcar fares, citing as an
example that a working man of Bel
glum can live six miles out of Brus
sels and pay but 4 cents a day in get
ting to and from his work In the city.
He cites also among other things the
wastefulness of the Individual coal bin
and add the prophecy that before
many years the city dweller will no
more think of having his own range
and furnace than he now thinks of
having his own gas or electric plant.
On the contrary, heat will be supplied
to all as light now Is, from great cen
tral stations. "
Of course all of this Is merely pre
liminary and leading up to the pet
scheme of reformers of the socialistic
class for the public ownership of ail
utilities the carrying of the people
en masse without Individual strain or
stress. Regardless of the fact that
ail human planning, all continuous
human effort along industrial and ac
cumulative lines It based upon the
human ego that alone has made the
evolution of man possible, this
writer confidently declares that all
the dreams of an Ideal city are sure
to come true; that "the city is the
most hopeful thing In our polities."
In answer to the question, "Who is to
pay the bills?" that are to maintain
the masses upon the pinnacle of ease
and comfort, convenience and happi
ness, he cheerfully answers "this is
the easiest problem of all."
After some argument and specific
citation In support of the single-tax
Idea, he concludes: "It only remains
to adjust the intelligence, the seal, the
TWO KINDS OF LORDS.
The battle between the Lords and
Commons In Great Britain is near Its
warmest stage and promises to con
tinue for many months. The Tories
are trying to swamp with amendments
the bill for the restriction of the
Lords' veto. In the hope of carrying
one of them by a snap vote, or at the
worst of delaying the final vote as long
as possible. But the allied Radical
forces stand in solid phalanx, and have
defeated every amendment so far
brought to a vote, the most notable
being that to give the Lords an un
restricted right to veto any Irish home
rule bill. Premier Asquith plans to
give the Tories a good length of ropo
to practice their filibustering tactics;
then he will propose the closure and I
apply tne guillotine to an remaining
amendments. The British rules for
closure are far more drastic, than the
famous rules of "Czar Reed" in our
Congress, and they have been used
with equal frequency by both, parties.
bile the Commons are laboring
with a bill to deprive the Lords of
their unrestricted veto on all legisla
tion the more moderate and far-seeing
of the Tory Lords are working too late
on plans to reform themselves In the
hope of averting the catastrophe, but
they find themselves confronted by a
conflict between two principles fit
ness and heredity. Those Lords who
have really taken an active part In
the government of the country frankly
admit that the hereditary principle
has placed In the house many men
who have neither the will nor the abil
ity to perform their duties, and wish
to. deprive the latter of their right to
participate In the work of the house
as a legislative body, but not to de
prive them of their cherished titles.
To this the believers In heredity
strenuously object they will not give
up one lota of their rights and privi
leges at the dictation of the hated
Radicals.
Thus we find the Lords themselves
divided Into two clearly marked fac
tions the reformers and the back
woodsmen, as the npholders 'of hered
ity have been called In derision. This
division brings Into strong relief a di
vision which we in this country have
been pr6ne to overlook. Such men as
Lord Lansdowne, who fathers the re
form scheme, come from long lines tf
able legislators and administrators
who have taken an active part In
shaping the laws and In ruling the
great British dependencies. Though
jealous of the privileges' of their class
and acting often as a check on the
progressive real of their colleagues In
the Commons, they have not striven to
block all progress. To this class be
long the Cecils. Churchllls, Caven
dishes, Greys. Earl Grey washe au-
upon which has been dragging for
months.
pliclt faith of the people in the safety j "Impassable" fitly describes the con
of their funds when they are in the ditlon of miles of partially Improved
custody of the Government has j streets throughout the Winter, work
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would never have been intrusted to
regular banking Institutions, no matter
how safe they might seem to be. Un
der the postal banking system this
money, after It Is taken In by the pos
tal banks and thus has the Govern
ment standing sponsor for Its safety. Is
turned over to regular banking Insti
tutions. It then finds Its way Into cir
culation. A dollar In active circula
tion is worth a great many burled in
the ground or hid in a teacup, so in
getting these hidden hoards out where
they can be used the postal banks are
proving great successes. -
It would be rather a shady trick for
the British Liberals to cut loose from
home rule for Ireland after using it
to retain office at the last election. No
doubt there Is some temptation to play
fast and loose with the issue, but Mr.
Asquith will not yield to It if we may
trust his word. The Irish -have earned
A Fhysletaw Cluaea It Am on a; City
Nolaea aad Calls It the Worst,
A Physician in the Interstate Medical
Journal.
The American voice is not what It
ought to be. The distinctive American
voice has such 'irritating qualities that
the combined effect of all other noises
(on the nerves) dwindles into com
parative Insignificance.
We are now speaking of the Amer
ican voice, which has a chromatic scale
no other voice possesaes, and so many
irritating qualities that, were a nerve
removed from the healthiest body and
subjected to the pricking of its many
strldencies. we are quite sure It would
wriggle at once with an activity that
could not be Interpreted as aught but
a mild protest. Now. can it be said
that an occasional noise such as eman
ates from a motor car, a streetcar, or
from a factory whistle can play the
same havoc with our Dowers of resist
ance that is effected by the interrupted
Iteration of a noise that follows us
even into the sanctity of our homes?
Surely the American voice as it falls
upoo our ears must make for so tight a
clutch on our nerves that the com
bined effect of all other noises dwindles
into comparative Insignificance.
We have been told by those who seem
to have the clairvoyance not only to
see what Is lacking In our dally ex
istence, but what cure should be ap
plied to our social ills, that recreation
is but poorly understood by us. Now,
while the writer of these lines knows
only too many diversions may mean,
in fact, such diametrically opposite
pastimes as athletic sport, travel, read
ing or theater-going, let ua for con
venience sake Imagine an amiable
American who prefers the complete re
laxation, which should come to him in
the lecture room or the theater, to ef
forts Incident to the athletic field or
to globe trotting.
Let us allow him to go to his favor
ite haunts In search of the care his tor
tured nerves demand those nerves
that unwittingly subjected themselves
throughout the day to all the city
noises. Including the ubiquitous and
omnipresent vocal harshness in street
and business houses and what alle
viation of his perturbed condition is
effected? Again he hears tones that
soothe not. sounds that seem to Issue
from the top of the head after circuit
ous journeys through the narrowest of
passages, and a vocallsm that is so high
pitched that all its nasaltles act upon
his sensitiveness as would pin pricks.
Still Ignorant of the reason why his
spirits continue to be ruffled he wan
ders homeward, and the peace that
comes to his tired brain during sleep
Is again rudely Jarred the following
day.
A Dlcturesaue overstatement these
, words of ours may be, but even grant
ing this, is not a slight exaggeration
of a condition better than an apathetic
attitude, that takes but small notice
of what might be ar. offending cause
in the matter of our much discussed
nervousness? The scientific mind is
only too often so thoroughly engaged
with what this sort of mind Bhould look
for that the supposedly Infinitesimal
In the causation of disease Is com
pletely disregarded.
This has been repeatedly illustrated
in the history of medicine, and much
to our later discomfort; a case in point
being the scientific, stubborn front that
we all assumed a few years ago when
mental healing was first propounded.
And yet today we have admitted it at
least into the anteroom of that precious
house of science, whose drawn curtains
are sometimes too tightly drawn to
admit the light of day. Hence, the
question arises. How can mental heal
ing be beneficent in any of the com
plicated disturbances of nerves of
which we read so much nowadays If
the mind Is not In a state of placidity?
And. furthermore, can it be admitted
In all fairness, that so obtrusive an
element in our dally existence, as is
the American voice, has the lnslgnlfl
cance that one would think it had. as a
contributor to our mental upset, from
the fact that our smiling toleration
of It has left it outside the pale of ad
verse criticism?
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
THERE was recently issued for pri
vate circulation a little book enti
tled "Cileries Dickens and Maria Bead
nell," containing the letters of the well
known novelist to Miss Beadnell, with
whom he fell in love at 19 years of age.
and upon, whom he afterward based the 1
character of Flora In "Little Dorritt'
and Dora In "David Copperfied."
The book In question, which Is edited
by Harry B. Smith, the playwright, is
noticed in the current number of the
Book Monthly, and It is related that
Dickens' suit was unsuccessful, and
that the disappointed lover poured out
his woes to a young friend, Kolle, who
married Maria's sistar Anne, Dickens
being best man at Anne's wedding and
later becoming the first godfather in
the little family. The Dlckens-Kolle
letters were preserved, and In 1890 they
were bought at Birmingham by the late
Augustln Daly, who paid $375 for them,
and an additional $40 for two others of
later dates. Mr. Daly bound them up
in a folio volume, with a miscellaneous
collection of autograph letters of liter
ary celebrities.
Ten years later, at the Daly sale, Mr.
Smith acquired this volume. The title
page of the volume he now issues runs
in this wise: "The earliest letters of
Charles Dickens (written to his friend.
Henry Kolle), edited by Harry B. Smith,
nw York, for private circulation only."
It has an introductory note by Henry
H. Parker, two portraits of Dickens, a
fac simile reproduction of a verse of
his "To Ariel," bearing his signature,
and a fac simile of one of the letters.
It is stated that the latter show that
Dickens was not made miserable by the
refusal of the fair Maria to become
Mrs. Dickens.
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Eden Phlllpotts. author of "Demater's
Daughter" and other suocesses, on
being called for a speech at a London
banquet the other night, told this
story:
"A woman from the country about to
go home from London stepped into a
bric-a-brac store in search of presents
for her relatives. Nothing suited her,
until she noticed a quaint figure, the
head and shoulders of which appeared
above the counter.
The very thing,' she said. TVhat
Is that Japanese Idol over there worth?"
The salesman looked grieved as he
The Rev. CM. Sheldon, of Topeka,
Kansas, some time ago jyjoke on the
evils committed by newspapers. His1
speech provoked a general discussion
of newspapers by two representative
newspaper men of Topeka.
Arthur Capper, of the Topeka Capi
tol, in his reply, made the most pow
erful address on the modern news
paper that I have ever read.
Mr. Capper said that with all their
faults and the newspaper publisher
readily admits they are many the
paper that succeeds must, in the main,
be decent and be on the right side.
The paper can only advance its
Ideals as its publisher's Ideals ad
vance. In speaking of the advertising ' side
of the business. Mr. Capper said that
a generation ago newspapers accepted
advertisements for their columns gen
erally because they needed the money;
and advertisers spent the money be
cause they thpught they ought to sup
port the newspapers.
Today the situation Is Just the re
verse. Advertisers spend money with
newspapers because they need the
nempapen.
Newspaper's accept advertisements,
for one reason, because the community
needs the news of Its business world.
The advertising column is a great fac
tor in the modern business world.
Mr. Capper also said that one of the
most striking things in Journalism
during the past five years has been
the tendency of the dally newspaDer to
refuse to carry certain classes of medi
cal advertising, which they formerly
carried.
"I do not believe that all patent
medicine advertisements are bad."
continued Mr. Capper. "I believe it is
as legitimate to publish advertise
ments of a really helpful medicine as
It is to publish an editorial on good
citizenship."
The fact Is, there has been, a sreneral
housecleantng in advertlsiag in the
past few years. Many publishers to
day' guarantee the reliability of their
advertisers.
Mr. Capper, as everybody knows, is
one of the ablest newspaper men of the
replied in a sort of subdued tone: I West, so what he says on this subject
'About half a million, madam. That's of a general uplift in the advertising
for sale, though.' - cordin.
Ellen Key's new book. "Love and
Marriage." Introduction by Havelock JTEUTRAI, ZOIVE) Iv MEXICO iv una
Ellis and translated from the Swedish MICO IX 828'
Robert Owen Planned 150-Mile Strip
Along; the Border aa Peace Zone-
by Arthur G. Chater, is bound to cause
discussion, for and against. Ellen Key
is more than 60 years old, is related to
Olive Schrelner and Jane Addams, and
is noted as a writer of mature with
New York Times.
A neutral zone along the Mexlcon bor-
fixed convictions. Sometimes her . r aa a buffer and peace promoter be-
book is so much above the clouds that tween that country and the United
it is not easy to understand, but she States; a place where people might live
Etiquette of Hps In Chicago.
Chicago Dispatch to New York Tribune.
John Henry William Rehm. who. wth
Henry Hanglnsen, another Chicago
waiter, will pass the Summer in Europe,
traveling on the proceeds of tips paid
him. rave the followins- nrpcents on tin-
home rule by 'legitimate agitation and ! Pnf toy. He plans to follow them in
marked progress, and It would be un
pardonably bad faith for the Liberals
to disappoint them by dropping the
cause.
Opposition to the Broadway bridge
is not dead. It seems, but only sleep
ing. A scotched snake Is harmless
only as long as it Is held down
curely. It should be remembered that
the creature Is an expert "wriggler,
and tireless In its effort to throw oft
restraint merely so if can strike again
The power that holds it down must
maintain the advantage gained with
sleepless vigilance if one would tire
the creature out.
La Follette has waited a long time
for recognition from his fellow-Sena
tors, but his patience is not to go with
out reward. Membership on the pow
erful finance committee will give him
a voice In tariff-making such as he
never has had before. He may not
use his opportunity wisely, but no
body will suspect him of using it cor
ruptly.
These are exciting days for the mo
hair men. ' The clips are selling for
more than they will bring in New
York. Every old billy can wag hut
whiskers with satisfaction as he con
templates the deals.
The Seattle negroes against whom it
was sought to oust from an exclusive
district, not only won their case, but
got a bunch of money as well. Yet
they are foolish people to crowd in
where they are not wanted.
Fifty thousand dollars Is a big price
for a Bible, when there is just aa much
comfort and consolation to be found in
the dollar edition of the Word. Per
haps, In the words of Job, "vanity
shall be his recompense.
Only that It might sound mean, one
might say that Attorney Fenton's
opinion of the land in dispute coin
cides with the remark of the fox anent
the grapes.
The raising of alligators in Portland
should not be encouraged. The man
going home late In a wobbly condition
would never recover if he met one of
them loose.
Quarantine on cattle in Lake and
Klamath will' take the minds of the
experts off the 'dreadful mortality from
bad milk In other sections for a little
while.
Now Is the time for the city employe
to make hay. if he wants a "raise,"
for many who can give it to him are
up for re-election.
This is a contrary world. Here is
butter down to 24 cents, while the po
tatoes to spread It on are getting out
of reach.
giving his own money away.
When dining alone, 10 cents.
When dining with a woman, 25 cents.
When entertaining a party, SO cents or
more.
When in doubt, 10 per cent of bill. De
duct accordingly when the walter re
fuses to smile. -
Never offer a tip until after service
is over.
Be liberal, but don't overdo it.
Rehm will take his wife and two
daughters on the trip. They will sail
on the Lusltania In the best quarters
available, and for three months will
"do" Europe in style.
"A waiter should receive X50 a week in
tips," said Rehm, in telling of his ex
perience as a Chicago waiter. "Some
times when politics is on a waiter can
get as much as $10 a day. but other times
It runs nearer $5. But It isn't so much
getting the tips as saving them that
counts."
Rehm did not disclose the amount of
his savings, but he admitted he had
three oottages in Michigan, another cot
tage in Edgewater, besides the one in
which he lives, and some city bonds.
Turning the Tables on Him.
London Express.
The bridegroom and his bride were
starting on their honeymoon. Just as
they had taken their seats in the train
one of the bridegroom's chums came
hastily along to bid him good-by.
As the young husband extended nis
hand the friend snapped a handcuff on
his wrist. The groom had been ex
pecting- a trick of soma kind, and be
fore the practical Joker could play a
similar trick on the bride he found the
other handcuff snapped round his own
-1st. He was chained to the happy
bridegroom himself!
"That's a good one against me.
Harry," he said, with a sickly smile.
'but I shall have to ask you to come
to the door with me and get the key
for these things. A man on the plat
form has It."
Just then the conductors whistle
sounded, and the train started off, and
it made no stop for the next 60 miles.
.Before that, however, the conductor.
with the aid of a file, succeeded in
separating the prisoners.
The Joker meanwhile had to pay full
fare both ways.
takes the general ground that love Is
the moral ground of sexual relations
and that love Is an end in itself. She
does not favor the desirability of out
side employment for wives, but wishes
to ee the mother aided by the state
so that she, the mother, may give more.
not less, attention to her family.
Every developed modern woman wishes
to be loved, not en male, but en artiste,
Insists our author. "Only a man whom
she feels to possess an artist's joy in
her, and who shows this Joy In discreet
and delicate contact with her soul as
with her body, can retain the love of the
modern woman. She will belong only
to a man who longs for her always, even
when he holds her in his arms. Tou
desire me, but you cannot caress, you
cannot listen . . .' then that man is
doomed.
These are new ideas to be considered
by every young man contemplating mar
rtage at a time when wages are not
advancing and living expenses are in
creasing, is it worth while to marrr
sighing furnace, of the kind pictured
Dy Men iteyT
Judging by the rapidity with which
Owen Wlster Is returning to his publish
ers tne revised proor or his Western story.
"Members of the Family," one Is led to
believe that the healing powers of Car
roll Springs, Md., where Mr. Wlster
lately went, have materially heped him.
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"The Red Lantern," by Edith Wherrv.
Is a love romance interwoven with the
East and West. "Demeter's Daughter.
by Eden Phlllpotts, author of the "Thief
of Virtue," "The Haven," "Tales of the
Tenements," etc., depicts the war of dif
ferent natures and the single-handed
struggle of a strong and noble woman
to lift and reclaim her family. The
ecene is laid in Dartmoor. The London
Athenaeum, in reviewing this book, re
marks, "We have no hesitation in rank
ing it among the ripest fruit of the au
thor s genius.
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Miss Lillian Whiting, the well-known
Boston poet and literary critic, wonders
if Robert Hlchens Is the greatest living
writer of fiction? His "Garden of Allah "
Is a surpassing achievement, but his
latest novel, "The Dweller on the
Threshold," as compared with the older
story. Is tame and ordinary.
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Souls In Action: In the Crucible of
the New Life," by Harold Begble; "The
Early Letters of Marcus Dode," edited by
his son; and "Ephemera Eternitatls,
short studlea in life here and hereafter.
by Dr. John Kolman are notable new
books.
Saturday, it is expected that all the
books of the Lenox Library, New York,
will be on the shelves of the new build
ing. The rare Americana and the like
have been moved already. The old Lenox
Library building and grounds were eold
to Henry C. Frick December 16, 1906, for
$2,400,000, and It is said that he means to
begin the erection of a house there, when
be takes possession In October. When the
Lenox Library finishes moving, the Astor
Library will begin. It is hoped to have
the formal opening of the new library
building May 23, even If the books have
not ail been moved.
in accordance with the teachings of the
Golden Rule such was a plan advocated
in usji. io Americans now holding
down front seats at the battles between
the Mexican federals and insurrectos it
seems like a dream, but the man who
fathered it was very much in earnest.
He was Robert Owen, the economist and
manufacturer, who came from New Lan
ark, a suburb of Glasgow, Soctland, to
what In those days were the wlM rf
Indiana, where he purchased New Har
mony, a community founded bv tha
Rappltes. a religious sect.
In furtherance of his nlan. Mr. Own
drew a memorial to the Mexican gov
ernment, and also submitted it tn thn
British government. Having circulated
his memorial. Mr. Owen went to Mexico
in the Interests of hia project, reaching
vera tjruz Dy sailing vessel from Lon
don In January, 1S29. He remained in
Mexico some time and succeeded in get
ting an agreement from the Mexican
government to set apart for his use a
tract of land 150 miles wide along the
entire border, as it then existed, be
tween the United States and Mexico, th
neutrality of which should be strictly
observed by Mexico.
In addition to establishing a neutral
zone, Mr. Owen contemplated forming a
sort of pan-American peace society be
tween the United States and the Latin
American countries, by which they
should all dwell together in brotherly
love. But the scheme never got any
further, and shortly less than 20 yea: -t
later the United States annexed Texas,
neutral zone, and all.
Trees.
Prices During Siege of Paris.
Princess Murat in "My Memoirs."
During the siege a rabbit cost E0
francs, a cat 15 francs, a turkey 150
francs, each egg, fresh, 5 francs. Every
animal in the Jardln d' Acclimation
was bought and eaten. The prices
paid were fabulous. A wild boar 1000
francs,, a wolf 500 francs, a bear 800
francs. All the peacocks were bouerht
between the well-known author, Hous
saye, and the eminent surgeon, Ricord.
Oregon Coal Land Ceased.
MEDFORD. Or.. April 25. (Special.)
H. H. Graham. Peter Young and Law
rence Lebaron, Chicago capitalists, have
leased from Colonel J. F. Mundy 2100
acres of coal land known as the Cas
cade ground, five miles east of Medford.
They will start pumping out the tunnel
tomorrow and develop three veins,
eleven, seven and five feet wide, which
have been prospected around the base
of the mountain for 13 miles.
Historic Bedspreads on Exhibition.
Indianapolis News.
The Society of the Daughters of the
Revolution is holding an exhibition of
antique furniture, articles and orna
ments. There is a display of old
epreads, some of them more than a
hundred years old. There are two of
the Dinkle spreads for sale. These
were made in North Carolina by a
Woman who makes them for the Van
derbllt family, and many similar ones
are in Biltmore at Ashevllle.
Some spreads were brought here at
the time of the Revolution, and one
spread Is shown that has been In a
family for seven generations. One was
made In the old Moravian settlement of
the South. An old blue coverlid Is interesting.
Such aa Ignorant Teacher.
Newark (N. J.) Star.
Otto H. Schulte, principal of the Morton-street
School, vouches for the fol
lowing story: "It was a kindergarten
class and the teacher had a number of
youngsters, drawn - mostly from the
slums of the city.
" "Now." she said, 1 wonder how
many of you little children can tell me
whether a little kitty wears fur or
feathers?'
"A dirty-faced urchin, sitting in one
of the front seats, looked surprised for
a moment and then blurted out, 'Gee!
Ain't she never eeen a cat?
Newsboy Sleeps In the
London News.
A remarkable story of a boy who has
slept In trees for eight months was
told at Stratfcrd Police Court recently,
when Charles Brown, aged 13, a smart
looking lad, wearing a clean India rub
ber collar, was charged with being
found sleeping out without proper con
trol or guardianship. The boy was found
asleep in the doorway of a house at
Chingford Road. Walthamstow, and
when questioned he said he had no
where to go.
S. Curwen (the chairman) "Where are
your parents? They are dead.
'Where do you sleep? Anywhere.
'Where did you sleep the night be
fore you were arrested? In Epplng
Forest.
How long have you been sleeping In
the forest? Ever since the end of last
Jnue?
iit. Curwen "What! Sleeping In the
forest all that time? You couldn't have
slept there in the Winter? Yes, I did;
I climbed up the trees and slept among
the branches.
'How have you lived? I have sold
papers.
Well, how nave you Kepi your dom
ing clean? A boy I buy my papers from
gets them washed for me.
Mr. Curwen Have you oeen to
school. Brown? Yes, I went to school
up till July.
While you were sleeping in tne zor-
est? Yes."
The bench remanded the boy for further ,
Inquiries.
Shot Almost Vexes the Bear.
Kansas City Star.
Captain Owen Wheeler, in the Navy
and Army, tells a bear story. A friend
of his returning to camp after a day's
shooting, suddenly came in sight of a
bie she bear witn two cuds lonowmg
in single nle, proceeding along a ridge,
the forms of the three being sharply
silhouetted against the sky. It was
a very long shot, but he determined to
try it, so drew a Dead on tne old Dear
and fired. The result was curious. The
Drocession stopped, tne sne Dear
scratched herself hastily, then turned
round, and. regarding the oub Im
mediately behind with grave disap
proval, boxed its ears soundly, and then
went trundling on along the ridge,
evidently under the Impression that her
frolicsome offspring had been up to
some objectionable tricks. '
' Merit Test of Poem.
Fllegende Blaetter.
Eminent Poet (to his betrothed)
Darling, how did you lio. the poem I
sent you? Did it seem too sweetly
tender?
She Oh, It was lovely. I got seven
fifty for it at the church fair.
A Hatter of Train Starting.
London Tit-Bits.
"How often, my good man." the
stranger at the wayside station said,
"do the trains stop here?"
"The trains stop here," the sour sta
tion porter said, "only once. After that
they start."