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i I-ORTLA.VO. Tt'EMtAT. MAT . Isll.
Bjxmocm ix tiix senate.
The approach of the Senate to the
business of the special session Is de
liberate, not so say dilatory. For three
weeks, while the House of Representa
tives has been firing- one legislative
run after another with much sound
anJ some effect, the leisurely and
dignified upper branch of the National
Congress has been more or less busy
organizing Itself. At last, however,
the portentous task of getting organ
ized seems to have been completed.
The Senate Is ready to go to work, but
not very willing unless appearances
are deceitful.
We venture to predict that no furi
ous haste will be displayed In attack
ing either reciprocity or the Investiga
tion of the odorous Lorlmer or In pass
ing the resolution for direct election
of Senators. All these and the other
measures which will come up from
the House will be pondered with that 1
scorn for expedition which la charac- .
teristlc of a legislative body largely I
Independent of public opinion. Like
the wind the Senate bloweth where it
llsteth andno man can tell whither it
goeth. No living prophet who cares
a fig for his reputation would hazard
a guess as to what the Senate will do
with the reciprocity agreement or with
anything else. The safest vaticination
Is that It will do nothing.
The House of Representatives Is
using Its best efforts to make a record.
It has taken the advice so liberally
dealt out by Mr. Bryan, Woodrow Wil
son and others, and is trying to Justify
the confidence of the people. Of
course the expectation is that more
confidence and more offices will fol
low, but if men are faithful In few
things there la excellent precedent for
making them rulers over many things.
No candid observer can doubt that the
Democrats are really exerting them
selves to lay up merit In the eyes of
the people. They attack the questions
of the hour one after another without
hesitation and settle them. Opinions
raturally differ as to whether they
settle them right or not, but it must
be conceded that they are moving.
Mr. Taft was constrained to com
pliment the Democratic House for its
Industry In his New York reciprocity
fpeech. The press of the country In
a general way seems to agree that com
pliments are in order. It Is a working
body evidently bent on doing the best
lTcan for the country. Incidentally it
also expects to do the best It can for
the Democratic party, but fortunately
in a land where party government Is
the natural order of thing the two
ends are not Incompatible. Many po'.l
ticians of the modern school have
come to believe that men who wish
to benefit their party will achieve
their purpose best and most rapidly
by working for the public good. The
day cf tricky and selfish politics Is
probably verging toward its sunset.
The Senate apparently has no sus
picion of this truth. In that august
and' twilight-haunted Chamber many
members, perhaps a majority, are try
ing to play the game in the good old
Gorman style. Back In 1SJ, when
the Wilson tariff bill came up from
the House, the Gorman school of Sen
ators transformed it Into a monster
of -perfidy and dishonor." to quote
the words of Mr. Cleveland. No doubt
there are plenty of Senators, some
from each party, who would rejoice
to do the same with the reciprocity
agreement- They do not like it be
cause It makes the first real breach
that has been effected for fifty years
In hte gorgeous old citadel of protec
tion. To be sure, the fatly opulent
. trusts do not lose anything in partlcu
" lar by the agreement, but they have
their eyes on the far future.
Today the farmers lose their tariff
plrktngs. Thin and gristly are the
farmers" pickings from the dry bones
cf the tariff banquet, but reciprocity
, takes them away and the howls of the
trusts over the outrage move one to
tears of sympathetic sorrow. Alas
poor farmer, how v. Ill he ever live
i' without the duty on wheat? To be
sure it never paid him a penny, but
the loss of it will be something terri
ble to think of. It will cause Mm
" spiritual woe even If It does not affect
.his pocket, and what are dollars com
pared to soul throes? So the trusts
and their agents In the Senate are
weeping drops over reciprocity for the
farmers' sake.
At least they say it is for the
farmers' sake, but the country knows
it Is for their own sake. If reciprocity
passes the corpulent beneficiaries of
the tariff understand perfectly . well
that their turn evill come next. Their
wise maximum Is to nip the dreadful
process In the bud. Kill reciprocity
and you kill all' that would naturally
follow upon reciprocity. The Steel
Trust has been selling steel rails la
Mexico for $24 a ton for many months.
Here at home It cannot possibly af
ford, to sell them for less than $-$ a
ton. Were reclprocltyto pass It would
point a fateful finger at the hundreds
of little games of this sort which the
trusts are playing at the expense of
the long-uffrlng American con
sumer. In this country the protected
ixnnonniiH at-, totterlnr Infants whol
ly unable to go alone, la Europe and
Mexico they "are titanic power com
petent to wage battle with the com
mercial world and rout all Its armies.
Reciprocity Is the entering wedge to
a genuine revision of the tariff which
will render long-delayed Justice to the
American consumer. -
KEITRODl'M THAT MIOtXD rAIU
The Malarkey Fubllc Service Com
mission bill, which a small Portland
clique Is attempting to hold UP by
means of the referendum, baa been
Indorsed .by some of the. most emi
nent and best-experienced authorities
on the subject ia the country. The
bill Is thoroughly adequate and pro
vides a " means" of relief Irom high
rates, poor service and tax-dodging In
publlo utility lines In all parts of the
state. It creates no new officers, but
enlarges the powers of the Railroad
Commission, and it add to the ex
penditures of the state but $17,500
yearly.-- ' - - - - '
If the local- bill presented in Port
land had equally effective provisions,
the one factor of cost to the taxpayers
ought to bo ample reason for its de
feat and for the failure of the refer
endum on the Malarkey measure.
Portland would pay about one-third
of the additional appropriation grant
ed the Railroad Commission by the
Malarkey bill oh approximately $5 800
annually. There -would be no addition
al cost.
The local Initiative measure pro
vides for the appointment of three
commissioners at $5000 each, or a to
tal yearly fixed expenditure for sal
aries ' of $15,000. Under the Malar
key measure no part of the appropria
tion will g for commissioners' sal
aries. It will be used for clerical hire
and other necessary expenditures.
Under the local measure an indefinite
amount may be spent in employing
clerks. Inspectors, experts, attorneys
and for other as lstance,' and for trav
eling expenses, witness fees and Inci
dentals. The bill Axes no limit.
The proposed commission even may
pay the City Attorney an additional
salary for serving it.
The Railroad Commission now has
a clerical force which could be of as
sistance If the Malarkey bill is permit
ted to go Into effect, so it is a reason
able conclusion that under the local
commission plan expenditures, aside
from salaries, would equal at least the
appropriation named In the Malarkey
bill. Therefore it is proposed to ex
pend at least $3 8,000 annually for
service that can be obtained for $5800.
In addition to this, the local meas
ure Is loosely drawn and la worded
apparently on the false theory that
.v.. nin-- r Portland's charter ex
tends to all parts of the state and
gives the city Jurisdiction over state
and district courts, the Governor and
county officials." It would be Inopera
tive In many particulars.
There Is not the smallest excuse or
slightest reason for calling the refer
endum on the Malarkey bill. If done,
it will merely postpone the day the act
'becomes effective, for state-wide senti
ment will not uphold an attempt by
Portland to deprive other sections of
the benefits of the law. As here
tofore suggested by The Oregonian. the
effectiveness or weakness of the Ma
larkey bill will be demonstrated be
fore another election If It is permitted
to become law at once, it wtanera
are disclosed, they can be remedied by
initiative amendments In the next
election.
Voters who study the Malarkey bill
and the local measure will find no Jus
tification for signing the referendum
petition, but strong reason for disap
proving the proposed expensive local
makeshift. This Is one referendum
that should fail in the petition period.
IMPROVED ORIENTAL SERVICE.
The announcement that the Water
house line of steamers operating be
tween North Pacific ports and the Far
East would In the future make regu
lar monthly sailings from Portland Is
interesting to Portland shippers. This
service will enable shippers to accept,
with certain degree of assurance of
ii.iiv.rv orders for shipment on a
certain month. It is also announced
that this new line, which Is operating
the finest freighters on the Pacific,
will also handle Inbound freight from
the Orient and may establish a steer
age passenger service. Since the in
ception of the Orlential steamship
business out of North Pacific ports,
steamers sailing out of this port have
handled a larger percentage of locally
originating freight than has been se
cured by the steamers sailing out of
any of the Northern ports.
It Is equally true that .since the in
ception of the business, this port has
never had a service anywhere near
adoquate for the traffic that is avail
able. A steamship service that offers
one or two, and on rare occasions
three steamers in one month, and then
no steamere for nearly two months,
can perform excellent work In killing
I the trade of a port by driving it to a
rival port where space can always be
! booked for use In a given month. For
nearly a year the Waterhouse steam
ers have been coming to Portland with
- f.i. A -rr. nf rularitv. desDlte the
! fact that their lack of railroad connec
tions at this port has prevented their
securing any Inbound freight which
was obliged to move out of Portland
by rail. Meanwhile the Harrlman
line, with greatly Inferior steamers,
has been unable to maintain anything
approaching a regular schedule, and.
with all of the advantages of rail con
nection and long possession of the
field. Is today handling less outward
freight than is being handled by the
Waterhouse line. .
Not only does Portland' supply a
larger proportion "Coast cargo"
for the Orient than Is supplied by the
Puget Sound steamers, but the im
ports which are brought from the
Orient by Portland Jobbers for dis
tribution from this city are much
greater than those which are. received
at either of the Puget Sound citlps.
Seattle. Tacoma and Vancouver all get
the credit for most of the Importations
that are brought in by Portland Im
porters for tha amount of Portland
merchandise I m ponced fro"rn the Orient
through those three cities is many
times greater . than that which is
brought here direct by the erratic and
uncertain steamship line now operated
In connection with the railroad.
-. The- big railroad systems which ra
diate through the Columbia basin and
bring the products of an empire down
to this city over a water level grade
drain a rich region many times greater
than that which is tributary to Puget
Sound, and there Is an Increasing ton
nage of these products that will find a
market across the Pacific. This port,
by reason of the business If can sup
ply, and on account of Its location.
Is entitled to a better steamship service
aronxTxo
to the Orient. The Waterhouse line,
or any other line that will guarantee
regular sailings, should be supported.
BEAT-TT AJfD THE COCBTS.
A Brooklyn woman has Just won a
suit in the United States Supreme
Court after a long and determined
fight. It arose In this wise. In the
sunny days of her honeymoon she had
her photograph taken to give to her
husband. No doubt he was charmed
with the gift, for she was beautiful,
so beautiful that the greedy gaze of a
trading-stamp storekeeper fell upon
her features and forthwith he coveted
her photograph for an advertisement.
Without the woman's knowledge or
consent he printed her picture on his
cards and scattered them broadcast.
If you bought five cents worth of gum
you got a photograph of this beaute
ous dame' along with it.
Naturally the sale of gum and other
edibles was greatly magnified at the
store In question. And all the time
the poor woman remained In Ignor
ance of what was happening to her
picture. But murder will out and a
time came when she learned what was
going on. Fancy her Indignation. The
thought that every Tom. Dick and
Harry in town was basking in the
beams of her counterfeit presentment
fired every angry ralon ln her BOul
She resolved to put a stop to the
enormity.
So she sued the storekeeper and
beat him ln court after court until
now the Supreme Court has finally
settled the matter. The creature
must stop printing her picture, and,
probably, must pay damages for the
insult to her vulgarized beauty. We
do not learn that it Injured the health
of this excessively sensitive woman to
have " her ' picture Indiscriminately
gazed upon. The sight of It delighted
the hungry-eyed mob and it didn't
hurt her. Was It reasonable for her
I., mn ane-i-v over the matter? Is
beauty a private affair? Does not the
Lord make a woman pretty for the
common good of humanity? If he
does, then it Is the right of humanity
to buy her picture and keep it hung
on a pink ribbon next its heart. If
her face is sweet and angelic and al
together enchanting it would do the
Brooklyn mob a world of good to be
at liberty to linger over it. perhaps to
worship It, In our opinion If she
lived up to her duties she. would let
everybody buy her photograph who
wished.
TARIFF AS A SCANDAL PROMOTES.
The Lorlmer scandal has reached a
degree where the public will hardly be
surprised at any developments that
may take place regarding It. For that
reason, the report that the big trusts
Interested in a perpetuation of the in
iquitous tariff on trust staples were
liberal contributors to the "slush
fund" will be accepted without much
doubt as to its reliability. Nothing
that can be said for Senator Lorlmer
will offer any excuse for' the alleged
bribing of his way Into the United
States Senate. It Is noticeable In this
case, moreover, as well as in others
of a similar nature, that the trail of
bribery generally leads to "trust"
sources.
The protective tariff in which the
word "protective" Is a misnomer has,
since its Inception, offered a premium
on dishonesty and political rs5cam.
i, -onti1 an artificial economic
situation. Attendant conditions must
accordingly be maintained by artuiciai
means, so the trusts who profit most
by this artificial situation have always
proceeded on the principle that "the
end Justifies the means."
The two principal interests men
tioned ln Washington 'dispatches, as
Ttith tha Lorlmer scandal.
are wool and rubber. The American
consumers have been robbed or more
n- moans, of the Jug-handled
tariff on wool than by the unwarrant
ed tariff tax on any other commodity,
with the possible exception of steeL
Senator Lorlmer had so many of the
required qualifications for a trust
Senator that it is natural and logical
that the trusts should select him and
spend their money to elect him. In
their efforts it la also natural that
.honlrl rail ln the rubber Interest.
and possibly the steel and other trusts,
although the Immediate aid of all of
the others might not be needed, for the
reason that, to paraphrase some of the
words of a popular song, "every little
tru?t has a Senator all its own."
These Senators, being tarred with
the same" high-tariff brush, can be de
pended upon to stand together ln the
you-tickle-me-and-l ii-ticaie-you biu.
Senator Lorlmer would probably have
..,,.:t-nwn1 had there been no
protective tariff, but it Is the tariff
more than anyming eiso um
made It possible for the big trusts to
land such men ln the United States
Senate and to keep them there ln the
face of a growing resentment that
-..iin,Ai4 i-iut November In a begin
ning of National housecleanlng. This
1UUSCI.ICB'0 - -
I ... it ivm nrnmlse of being attended
u..tn. tair la not vet commeiea.
by "good results ana in mn rrurauom
to private life of quite a nuniuer w
Lorimers and kinarea poiuicmna.
IECItEASINO RAILWAY EAJtNTNOS.
pAmni.tA rttimi roverln&r the busi
ness of 88 per cent of the railroads of
i the country lor tne monm ui twiu-
ary and for the eight months ending
1 February 2S appear in the current
number of the Kew iora rinsnciai
i-t...nioio ThMA figures are suffl-
Il.VU.k.v.
clently Impressive to account for much
of the aversion or the pumic to rau
.sioi Mirlries. The most Important
feature of the returns is the fact that
for the first time since X.ovemtjer,
ten there Is a decrease In gross re
ceipts. Net receipts have been shrink
ing for months, but until reDruary
u-- .nnurh new business com
ing in to keep the gross above the
figures of the corresponding month .of
last year. The decrease was compam
.i.iv .mult when the amount involved
was considered. It amounted to but
iiinaitl hut it was accompanied
by an Increase in operating expenses
of $3.52,577. which cut the net earn
i, Arm-n ts SSI. 744. representing a
decrease of 12.18 per cent over the
earnings for February. 1910.
Regarded from the standpoint of
railroad earnings, the South must be
the most prosperous part of the coun
try at the present time. The 156 roads
ti.. in the. Southern btoud showed
an increase of 6.83 per cent in gross
earnings ana or z.o per cent in net.
earnings. The Southwest group also
showed the slight Increase of $64,043
ln gross earnings, but this was more
itian mHrtArl nut bv a decrease of 2.61
per cent In net. All remaining groups
showed very heavy losses, tne net d
i irallv worse than the gross
ninety-two Middle Western roads
.hninir s 97 ner cent decrease ln gross
and S1.75 per cent decrease la net
oregoman. Tuesday,
earnings. The Pacific group of sixty
seven roads showed a decrease of .03
per cent net and 15.64 per cent gross.
Perhaps the most significant of all
these losses in earnings Is the showing
made by the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific. The former reported a
decrease of $7 $3,8 35 in gross and
$723,661' in net earnings, while the
Southern Pacific decreased $154,330 in
gross and $357,483 in net. . These two
roads, since their reconstruction by
the late E. H. Harriman, have been
models for economy in operation and
are in better physical condition for
the production of dividends than any
other system in the United States. The
fact that they are unable to hold their
owa at this time is not very encourag
ing for weaker and less perfect lines.
The poor showing made by this re
port no doubt affected the stock mar
ket last week.. Until there Is an im
provement there will be no demand
for either new or old railroad bond
and stock issues. The report contains
one gleam of local sunshine, for the
Astoria and Columbia River Railroad
looms large on the, ledger, with a gain'
of more than $40,000 In the net earn-
l r,, v rahmarr THa SnOkaDS.
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Portland & Seattle also registered a
gain of about $90.000. la net for Feb
ruary.
SnnimnA riicxnAf cries announce the
. . w ,
nlar-inir nf nrriora fnr steel for the con
necting link that will bring the North
Coast Railroad into direct communica
tion with Portland and materially
shorten the distance between this city
and the Eastern Washington metropo
lis. While the details cannot be
urnriiAii nut iinMl the comDietlon of
the line It is believed that when the
new line Is ready for operation, me
time between the two cities will be
shortened to ten hours. This means
much for the new territory traversed
by the North Coast, and It also means
nuh fnr Portland. Raold and fre
quent transportation does more to de
velop a country than -any otner inai
vldual factor, and the North Coast
mm ihrnnirh tL reirion that is rlCn in
possibilities. The railroads worked
wonders In changing tne map ox mo
vH)vpt lant vear. but the various
projects now being hurried to com
pletion indicate quite cieany mat iuo
1911 results -will be even more sitikjub
than those of last year.
ihnnt hr hundred ReDublican
employes at Washington have been
Jarred loose by the return or uemu
aa a nmr.r ArM thev are now pack
biaw V" "
ing up their personal belongings and
preparing to depart, wasmugiuu u
patches state that some of these clerks
..-..., maen i.niPA fnr the rjast twenty-
five years. Before the Incoming three
take their places
become too firmly fixed in the rut they
might get a few pointers irora sumo
of those who have, had such long ex
perience in Government Jobs. From
n-hn kin (ntellitrence enough to
secure employment in any other line
of work they will learn tnai mug tserv
t. in .,,oh nrnrir means Dractlcal elim
ination of ambition, power of initiative
and desire to be anytning more
-i-.ri.ni rns- In a vast Diece of
political machinery. Most of the three
hundred would nave oeen Dencr n
finonxioiiv and otherwise had they
been kicked out many years ago.
Snnnr l-r inches 'deeo on May day
is the boon of kindly nature 10 in
xniriiA wst. No wonder there is an
exodus to Oregon from those Icy
climes. Come on, good people. Come
to the land of rosea and strawberries,
ira,. thA pnhvrs are balmy and the
first day of May is a day of bloom, not
of Icicles. There is room ror an or
you. poor shivering souls. Come and
get warm for once ln your lives.
tvia,' earlv oneninfr of the residue
ior,o nf thn Umatilla Indian reserva
tion Is foreshadowed. Of these lands
,a,. anmethins- like 75,000 or
en anA iim A small Droportlon of
this area la agricultural land. The
usual rush may be expected wnen mo
opening day is fixed, followed by the
usual disappointment oi mo iojiu
hungry multitude.
i ,t lumnerl on a table 'and upset
ii.i,iAii tnmn Sundav nlcht and the
knoA htimod to tne ETOUI1U.
d. belntr In attendance on
a picture show. Herein is text for a
At-mon next Sunday. II me iamny
,oj A'MniriilKhed the liirhtvn leaving,
-...-umH nn mL and had been at
church burglars might have " ran
sacked the place.
Th. nnfiaeratlon at Bangor again
reminds us how much better it pays
to erect rireproor duiiuiubs uiu inc
traps. If American cities spent half
the money on fire-proofing that they
do on flimsy ornamentation, insurance
rates would fall and fire departments
min-ht take a vacation. Our fire losses
are the heaviest in tne worio.
rrv. - T-r, 1 1. fitfltA4' mav do what
it likes wltn its own jjruperij,
1 . Qtmrpm. court. Our Govern-
BdJ 9 IHC j
ment Is not a minor nor an Idiot, It
does not require a guardian. It can
use the people's property for the peo-
. . . . ! . mLt. n .1 a oma,lnrlv
pie s oeneiit- xi-o owv.v.s, j
like Common eeiisc.
n-Aw it l eald Alfonso has tubercu
i i. Tf rVioT-o is an ill that young
man Is not heir to it is not given ln
the symptom blank.
To the Impoverished and homeless
people the catastrophe at Bangor is as
big as the San Francisco earthquake
and fire. i
The taming of Central Oregon will
be complete next week when a three-
ringed circus, traveling by rail, reaches
Madras.
The Queen of the May ln the Middle
West needed a few blankets to help
the adipose and other tissues stop the
shivers.
Hereafter local taxicabs must be
fumigated. One would suppose they
went fast enough to dislodge every
germ. '
The memory of the men who pinned
. n tv,A man nf tha TTnltAH fitnfA-i
UlCftuii .v . .
Will DO OOUvICU c.b wiaiuvuce ivu.j.
Cornell needs a white man's hope,
for a West Indian negro won first
prize as essayist.
This Is great weather for roses for
the Festival a month hence.
Tacoma is calling, calling and re
calling again today.
The dynamite trial has a slow fuse.
1911.
STEADY Cl'STOMEB AND PHOKE,
Rrajrrta Better Service Tham Suspicions
.Marketer, Says Writer.
pnpTT.ivn Anrll 30. (To the Edi
tor.) Just a word in addition to The
Oregonian's fair and impartial editorial
on "Marketing by Telephone." froui
one who has had a little experience
with this metnoa oi iransacuus
ness. a
In tne first pl&ce, I venture to say
that the steady customer of any estab
: : v . .nntinnfiiiv ueas the tele
phone gets more courtesy, better service
and has less worry lor me aama .-,
than the one who In the morning sets
out. basket ln hand, fo watch the "dis
honest rascals" who are paying their
clerk hire ty tne suoue roeiuuu i ,
ping the scales not a la f unman, juii.u
you just a slight pressure while her.
ladyship Is looking to see the weight
she is getting. It might-be well to
suggest in this latter case that she In
sist on the clerk putting his hands in
his pocKets or oemna ma vm.. -
precaution.
In the second place, tne Duicner v,n
would send a steak from the region of
the decapitation Joint to a customer
n-t-n.a lr,H. h. A n tl TOC I ft t P '1 WOUld GOOB
discover that he was lacking in that
other element which Is located directly
in front of said Joint, an element of
which some people possess a sufficiency,
while the supply of others is very lim
ited.
Thlrrtlv. I ventura to assert tnai u
per cent of the people in business
would preler to nave inair tuniumci.
come to the store and make their pur
..v. .. tnw v fniintt'intr reasons: ! n
the meat business, at least, it saves time
and expense; second, a customer win
trht that you would
not dare send them on a phone order;
third, if they pick out lomeuu-s .'-
is not satisfactory they cannot blame
.ha tiiihn, aa tlipv mada the selec
tion themselves. On ta other hand.
ine customers wno teiejjiiuno -dn
hav tha advantage of trading ln
any part of the city and very often
Keeping tneir traae relations im
v. .. . .. j u- nM n.lfrhhnrhnrtll after
...Hn. on-av hi,ti in ItAAlf 1 aome ad
vantage after you have educated him how
you want your roast tixea ana your cuups
trimmed. I suggest mat a iew oi it
latter state their views on this sub
ject, rather than accepting which I
am glad to see The Oregonian does not
the theoretical teachings of these
hired angels who find little honesty
outside officials wno nave to tai
their Job. Orsr- Ut xtir-ai.
PRICES SOAR AT A BOOK SALE
A Copy of Blake's "Milton" Got For
S130O Sella For VUO00.
New York Sun.
Prices went kltinc at the Hoe book
sale at least by comparison with what
Mr. Hoe paid for some of the books.
The two days' sales total iziu,zii.ou.
of which $115,690 was realized yester
day, $71,488.50 in the afternoon and
$44,201.50 at night.
There were emphatic discrepancies
between the prices Mr. Hoe paid for
many of the books and the prices of
this sale. -For Instance, there was No.
92. William Blake's "Milton," printed
by Blake in 1804 and the original edi
tion of- the rarest of all Blake's pro
ductions. Only two other copies are
known to exist one in the Brltisn Mu
seum and one in the Lenox Library.
This one, the finest of the three, cost
Mr. Hoe about ?1200.
it was sold to the dealer, George u.
Smith, for $9000. Mr. Smith again sat
beside Henry E. Huntington, for whom
he bought the Gutenberg Bible on Mon
day night for $50,000.
Another extraordinay sale was mat
of Willianv'Cullen Bryant's "The Em
hirro." written when the poet was 13
years old. It is a first edition, of which
Only four or nve copies are Known. J"'-
ttob bouerht it for JZ in tne uenerai
Rush C. Hawkins' sale in 1888. It went
yesterday to Walter T. Wallace lor
$3350.
Then there was a copy of Robert
Burn's poem, that rare first or Kil
marnock edition, wnicn air. smiin
bousrht for 15800. said to be far more
than was ever paid before for a Burns.
Th book was accompanied Dy an
autograph letter from Burns to Cap
tain Hamilton, of Dumfries, explaining
that Burns couldn't repay at present
money he had borrowed from the Cap
tain because "In a moment or impru
riAnca. I lent mv name to a friend, who
has since been unfortunate," and add
ing, "God forbid, sir, that anything
should ever distress you as much as
writing this card has done me." Mr.
Wallace went after this book too, but
dropped out of the bidding at $2500.
A Boccaccio (No 414), the first French
edition and .the first book with a date
printed by Coiard Mansion at Bruges,
was bought by Mr. Smith for $9000. Mr.
Hoe got it for about $3400 ln the Ash
burnham sale. This book has capitals
printed ln blue and red and Jias finely
printed miniatures. It was Issued in
1476. ,
lae Battleships as Forts.
Baltimore American.
A writer ln the Scientific American,
who seems to have a technical under
standing of the proposition which he
discusses, argues that obsolete battle
china ilka the Texas, can be used by
the Government to advantage as sta
tionary fortresses. It is suggested mat
an obsolete battleship might, with ad
vantage, be placed on Nautilus shoal,
off Cape Charles, and another near the
beach at Cape Henry, to aid ln de
fending the approach to Chesapeake
Bay. He would have others placed at
the capes of the Delaware, at the
head of Long Island Sound, at Hono
lulu and at Manila Bay. Plans are
outlined for grounding the ships and
protecting them with cement wails. It
Is declared that 14 ships of the Wavy
are no longer eligible to service ln the
first line. The ships mentioned are the
Alabama, the Illinois, the Indiana, the
Iowa, the Kearsarge. the Kentucky,
the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the
Wisconsin, the Ozark, the Tonopah.
the Tallahassee, the Cheyenne and the
Puritan.
Salary of. Secretary of State.
PORTLAND, April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Why does the Secretary of
State receive a smaller salary than any
other member of our President's
Cabinet? H. L. K-
The salary of the Secretary of State
was reduced to $8000 from $12,000 by
act of Congress to permit Philander C.
Knox to accept the post. Mr. Knox
had voted for the Increase when a
member of the Senate and thereby had
became barred from accepting the port
folio at the higher salary.
Ltrht at SOO Fathoms Depth.
London Standard.
Distinct traces of light have been
detected at the great depth of 600
fathoms below the ocean surface by
Sir John Murray's oceano-graphical ex
pedition of 1910. More recently, bright
ly colored organisms have been
dredged up from an even greater depth,
ln the form of rose foraminifers with
rose pink shells.
Deer Going to a Yankee School.
New York World.
Children attending the Center school
in Barhamsted. Conn., were astounded,
as well as the teacher, the other day.
to see deer at the schoohouse win
dows. The session was temporarily in
terrupted to permit the pupils to count
the herd, which numbered 24.
Oldest City ln World.
What is the oldest city mentioned
in the Bible still in existence?
M. L. tCOLLINS.
Damascus la said to be the most
ancient city la the world.
BITS OF COXGRESSIOJTAI. FU3f
Discuaalon of Agricultural Implements,
Cereal Foods and Kentucky Whlaky.
Washington, D. C. Cori New York Sun.
Majority Leader Underwood, Mi
nority Leader Mann, Representative
Gardner, of Massachusetts, and sev
eral other "spellbinders" talked. Mr.
Underwood had a good audience, but
Mr. Mann received flattering attention
and is admitted on both sides of the
chamber to have made a good speech
for the opposition. To the delight of
his colleagues it was anything but pro
found in spots.
' Discussing the iniquities of the
Democrats, Mr. Mann called special
attention to the fact that "their bill
puts sausage on the free list, but
leaves a tax on dogs the raw ma
terial." Then the minority leader turned to
the Democratic side and made one of
his polite bows.
"Pray," he said, "can anyone over
there tell me what a prepared cereal
food is?" (
After waiting a moment for a reply
Representative Mann began to score
the Democrats -on the vagueness and
itiii u. Hfdrraii fl rst tn the. section
putting all "prepared cereal foods" on
the rree list, oaia ne:
"We all know, or at least .we De-
lieve, that many breakfast foods are
prepared cereal foods.' But what about
macaroni? Did the Democratic mem
ia a nnH mAanR committee
consider that we got more than $1,-
000.000 revenue irora, macaroni h.uu mi
mlcelll last year?"
TiAnresentatlve Gardner, of Massa
chusetts, interrupted:
"I would like to nave tne genuc
man's opinion." he said, "as to
A-huthAr nr not distilled rve or corn
are prepared cereal foods?"
Before Mr. Mann coma answer,
Antatira Jnmes. the Kentucky giant.
jumped out of his chair. The House
was enjoying ltseir.
"Anybody who has ever drunk good
Kentucky whisky," he rumbled, "knows
that it is not a food."
"Ah, ha!" cried Mr: Mann, "and yet
I have known Kentuckians who re
garded it as both food and drink."
There was more laughter and ap
plause, and Representative Stanley, of
Kentucky, defender of mellowed goods
at the. time the pure-food law was
under consideration by the House,
Jumped to his feet.
"The people who drink whisky made
in Peoria, III.," he declared with an
expression of disgust on his face,
"seldom know anything at all after
ward." Mr. Mann admitted that he thought
there was a deal of truth in what Mr.
Stanley had said.
"What are agricultural implements?"
asked Mr. Mann. "Do they include
horticultural Implements? Do they in
clude market garden Implements? I
suppose every one believes that a
mowing machine Is an agricultural Im
plement, but Is a wheelbarrow? I am
an agriculturist myself. To me an ax
Is an agricultural implement. I cannot
wNhnnt An AY. Are fLXCS
airricultural Implements? Are they to
come in free?"
"Can the gentleman run his rarm
without a hat?" Mr. Stanley inquired.
"Oh." replied Mr. Mann, "I go bare
headed not quite so much bareheaded
as the gentleman from Kentucky, how
ever." And the House laughed, as Mr.
Stanley stroked his shining dome.
CLERGY CLASSED AS GOOD ACTORS
Amelia Bingham's Opinion of Some of
Sew York City's Clergymen.
New York Tribune.
Some of the best actors in New York
are the ministers, according to Amelia
Bingham.' And even though ministers
and actors alike heard her say It, none
there was to dispute her. When this
reaches the ears of the Broadway
managers there is no telling what will
happen. Robert Mantell heard her say
it, and Bishop Greer also heard her,
and both looked as If they believed It
might be true, although neither said
whether or not he thought the mana
gers woulH be able to persuade any
of the preachers who are such good
actors to desert the pulpit for the stage.
No opinion was expressed either as to
whether or not the publio would agree
with Miss Bingham.
But she was sure she was right, and
she went further. She was speaking
yesterday at the luncheon of the Actors'
Chuch Alliance of America at the
Astor.
"Often as I sit ln church," she said,
"for even if I am an actress, I do go
to church, I think as I listen to the
minister what a nice leading man he
would make. Grand as some of our
ministers are, and sreat as are some
of the things they say, there are plays
that teach Just as great things as they
do. The churches and the theaters
must go hand in hand ln uplifting the
people. God forbid that the time will
ever come when his city shall be with
out its theaters, from its grand opera
down to its moving-picture shows!"
Fat People Are Not WItted,
London Tit-Bits.
It Is frequently averred that fat is
deadening to the brain, and consequent
ly a foe to Intellectual activity. But is
this so? Some of the greatest men the
world has ever known were plump even
to obesity. Napoleon was decidedly em
bonpoint. Dr. Johnson was fleshy even
to fiabbiness. So was his biographical
shadow, Boswell. Balzac, the great
French novelist, was so stout that it
was a day's exercise to walk around
him, and he was encircled with band
ages as If he were a hogshead. Rossini,
the composer, was a regular Jumbo,
since for six years he never saw his
knees. Jules Janin, the prince of critics,
V 1 . ,fg hA AVAT Rflt dnVH UDOD.
Ul cr.j ' " - -
Lablache, the great singer, was charged
three fares when he traveled. Dumas
pere was stout, and Salnte-Beuve car
ried the stomach of a Falstaff, as Renan
.i - -,t riiA.nA Run had such aver
sion to his growing corpulency that he
drank vinegar to keep It down. -x
Powers of Vision of Savage Races.
Scientific American.
More or less wonderful accounts
have from time to time been given of
the powers '. of vision possessed by
savage races. During a British an
thropological expedition to Torres
Straits the visual faculty of the natives
was carefully tested.' and from these
tests the conclusion was reached that
the excellence of vision shown by the
j savages has a psychological origin;
that IS to say, it anuwa uum
what to look for. When the civilized
man acquires familiarity with the en
vironment he can see as far as they
can. Thus the power of an Indian to
tell the sex of a deer at such a dis
tance that distinguishing features like
antlers were invisible was found to
rest upon his knowledge of the pe
culiar gait of the male deer.
- Cupld-Speclal for Southerners. '
Washington (D. C.) Post.
Running a "Cupid special" is the oc
cupation of a Richmond (Va.) woman.
Twice a year she finds enough young
persons ready to wed to warrant the
hiring of a special train to run be
tween that city and Washington, D. C.
Many Richmond folk like to be mar
ried in the shadow of the capitol's
dome, so the train runs every Spring
and Fall. Only persons desirous of
getting married in Washington, D. C,
are permitted to ride ln the train;
hence the nickname. ,
X-Raya ln Oyster Growth.
Indianapolis News..
Instead of destroying the oyster to
see if it contains a pearl, it is sug
gested that X-rays might be used and
if nothing were discovered the oyster
might be put back into the sea to
continue growing.
.7.
Advertising Talks
By William C. Freemna.
a r n. nammnlibr. Western man
ager of Collier's, wrote me the follow
ing recently:
"Your article calling attention to
the Advertising Family Is good stuff.
It seems to me it is all wrong to
underrate the value of any medium of
publicity ln comparing it to some
other.
"This very thing was called to my
attention forcibly about three years
ago by the advertising manager of a
big rubber concern. They were plan
ning an extensive campaign and were
considering the use of newspapers,
magazines, billboards and streetcars.
"What the representatives of these
different mediums said about each
nthAr hrnuc-ht forth the comment that
j It seemed unwise to do any advertis
ing; Decause mere weie no mauj .n.
in these various mediums."
That's Just it. That has been the
principal cause of creating so much
doubt about advertising.
It is a shame that there are men in
the advertising profession who are
not big enough and who do not possess
knnno-h l iinnLdf, tn ha able to talk
advertising from every angle, giving
every lorm or puoucity uue creuiv, u
cause every form has its value.
The advertising man who does not
make it his business to study adver
tising to know it Just as a success
ful lawyer masters all points of law
had better not stay ln the advertising
business.
he periodical of whatever sort that
flings a brick at some other periodical,
which is frequently done, usually loses
business in the long run. I have seen
it happen a number of times ln my
career.
The advertising representative who
develops an account for his own pub
lications alone who does not counsel
the advertiser to use as many publi
cations as possible, based on the sum
of monej- he can afford to spend, is
not fair to his publication, to the adv
ertiser, or to himself.
The advertisers who stick to adver
tising and make it pay are those who
broaden out and use all the media they
can afford.
Sometimes It is necessary to make
a start in a very small way then
perhaps one publication will suffice to
start the ball rolling, but as a rue
It Is a dangerous experiment.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911, by Georga Matthew Adams.)
tx- ..-, k wa wArA a woman. A woman
can improve her looks so much.
It is not only a fine thing to refrain
from kicking a man who is down; you
should not kick a man who is up.
either.
Women patients are more popular ln
hospitals than men patients. They are
easier to get along with and complain
less but men are more popular than
women in boarding houses.
Ever notice how quickly a woman
can stop, when you step on her dress?
Long ago I learned to mistrust the
Judgment of other people and lately I
am learning to mistrust my own.
We punish each other and then tell
how active the devil Is.
A man must be mighty crooked these
days to get Into the penitentiary.
You may talk about Genius until you
are black ln the face, but the fact re
mains that nothing ia admired so much
as Industry.
Did you ever notice that the mean
men who make up your enemies have
about as many friends as you have?
When a man looks glum and cross,
usually it isn't because his pastor is a
disappointment.
Half a Century Ago
it. T" K HrAAnnlAn. ATn V 2. 1861.
IlUUi a iic ' -n -
We yesterday saw a party of small
DOys some eight or ten ln number
marching down the sidewalk, on First
street, one of them beating a drum,
another bearing the flag of the Sarts
and Stripes. A laboring man. in his
shirt sleeves, was observed looking at
the movement of the boys with ex
ceeding interest. In a moment he was
at their lead, leading them Into the con
fectionery store of Frank Dekum the
flaa- waving and the drum beating.
"Boys," said he, "Glorious boys! this
does roe good; follow me you shall
have a treat!" It was given; and we
again saw the boys parading down
street, drum beating, and the Stars and
Stripes waving in the breezs gratify
ing all who saw them with this pleas
ant illustration of the spirit of the
times. Would not such a sight, if wit
nessed by the leaders of the secession
movement, cause them to hang their
heads ln shame?
The Julia left yesterday morning,
crowded with adventurers destined for
the new mines.
Blue-Bottles, Vanguard of Files.
South Bend (Ind.) News.
Perhaps you have noticed that a few
large blue-bottle flies have been buz
zing against the window pane, and
possibly from some unknown place a
housefly has come out on a tour of in
spection. These are the avant-hour-tiers
of the horde that will soon make
its appearance with disease-laden feet.
They will be attracted to the house by
the smell of food and if the entrances
are not well guarded they will get ln
and carry with them some deadly in
fection. The sanitary garbage can, the
door and window screens, the "swat
ter" and the fly poison are the only
means of protection. It will be prudent
to provide these means of defense be
fore the flies arrive.
Victoria's Rabbit Pest Declines.
London Lancet.
The rabbit Industry in Victoria Is
stated to be slowly but surely disap
pearing. The first export of frozen
rabbits was made in 1894, In which year
14,928 rabbits were sent to England.
Next year the total was 431,716. In '
1900 the total was 5.678,224, and in
1905, 10,258,356. Since that year the
total has gradually declined till last
year it had come down to 2.841,648
rabbits exported. Exporters and agri
culturists alike are pleased at this re
sult. The former have all their avail
able freezing plants occupied with meat
and butter and cheese, while the latter
view the' gradual extinction of the
rabbit pest with composure.
Prizeva'for Most Car-Coaatlng.
New York Sun.
The Interborough Company has
started a new llan to save power on
the elevated railroads ln this city. Each
motorman hasa clock attached to his
train, which registers the amount of
coasting done by him. A motorman the
other day coasted for 13 minutes ln
his 35-minute run. This is the record.
The company Is giving prizes each
month for the motorman who does the
most coasting. The first prizes ia 75,