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Stayer building. yOBTLA.VO, IWDAT, MAT 6. 19"- j-rxx tysnixnoNS and feace. Mr. Taft opened the National Peace Conference rather pleasantly with his reference to the pacific Intentions of the American people. We do not wish to transgress upon the territory of any other country, he declared. We have a large domain of our own to develop and plenty of home problem to solve which will keep ua busy for many years to come. Hence our neighbors need not be afraid of us. Big as we are. we are not bullies. We do not want to fight and we are anx ious to do no vrong to anybody. This wholesome sentiment ought to do something toward allaying the per petual war tremors of our Hobsons and battle-fleet projectors. But the chances are that It will not. The fact Is that their tremors are not amenable to reason. They are manufactured for a specific and highly tangible pur pose, that of making business for a clique who would profit by war and a vast fleet, and nothing but huge prof Its can affect them much. Mr. Taft discusses the subject of war and peace like a tolerant Christian gentleman. His enlightened common sense Is like balm to the soul after listening to the ravings of fanatics on both sides of the question. Although there can be no dispute about the pacific Intentions of this Nation, stll our neighbors are auspi cious of us. Mr. Taft called attention to this deplorable circumstance. The Mexicans do not like us. They believe that we only wait for a decent pretext to Invade their country and annex it. There is more or less sentiment of the same kind In Canada and remarks like those which Champ Clark made when the subject of reciprocity came up do not tend to soothe It. Who can blame our neighbors for suspecting that we are eager to devour them when our conspicuous statesmen openly pro claim that we are only waiting for an opportunity? Americans do not want to annex Canada. Our farmers are especially aealous for Its Independence because they find It such a useful refuge from our trusts. Nor does any sane citizen of the United States cherish the faint est wish to Infringe on the states of 6outh America. Those regions seem far away and strange to most of us. When we think of them at all It Is with vague visions of wild and barbar ous tribes who probably worship Idols and devour their grandfathers'corpses. Of the brilliant civilization which has developed In South America the in habitants of the United States know and care nothing. Mr. Root, when he was Secretary of State, did some thing toward remedying this unfortu nate Ignorance and curing the mutual suspicion which results from it. but of late years his work has been allowed to lapse and today the South American countries look upon us as predatory Imperialists, while we think of them as rioting in savage nakedness. ' Commercial Intercourse would change all this If It could be set go ing, but we sell very little to the coun tries south of us and they send most of their productions to Europe. Ship subsidies would not help this at all. It makes no dlfferencec how much subsidy we band over to our ship owners; that will not make the South Americans trust us and want to trade avith us. Their affiliations are all with Europe, and they will not incline this way until we have improved our manners a good deal and changed our methods of offering goods for sale. The consular reports are full of information and good advice on this subject, most of which has passed unheeded. Ignorance and bad. or careless, manners account for the greater part of that suspicion which Mr. Taft dis cerns and laments In our near neigh bors. They would naturally feel shy toward us because of our stature, but we could gain their confidence If we thought It worth while to cultivate those little amenities of conduct which count for so much with Latin peoples. But thus far we have not thought it worth while. As for the people of the United States, they are more and more losing the taste for foreign ag gression and becoming Interested in home problems. The discovery of nu merous flaws in what was once thought to be a perfect governmental machine has fascinated their attention. The spectacle of one legislature after another struggling vainly to perform the apparently simple act of choosing a Senator has awakened their curios ity. The Lo rimer exposure has set their minds at work on an Inquiry Into the causes and consequences of legislative bribery. Why did the mem bers of the Ohio Legislature sell them selves so cheap? How did It come that votes brought so little money In Adams and Vermilion Counties? Why are our cities worse governed than any others in the world? These questions occupy the Ameri can mind so profoundly that there is no room left for aggressive thoughts toward Canada or South America. We want peace In order to solve the prob lems that vex us If for no other rea son. But there Is another reason. We want peace because we are be coming truer Christians as the re sult of popular Institutions and free public schools. The Institutions of liberty are making better men of us and therefore we grow less and less desirous of fighting with our neigh bors. It would be strange Indeed If a century and a half of free schools and popular government had left us as savage as they found us. Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Is no doubt a Jaarned man and goCly withal, but It does not follow that he knows every thing or Is necessarily always right eous In his Judgments concerning the subtle things of life. Speaking on the overworked topic of race suicide, for example, he says: 'In the majority of cases wilful childlessness is due more to the wife than the husband." A solemn declaration upon a vital sub ject should be based upon absolute knowledge. Upon what facts avail able does he base this positive state ment? ' Briefly, how does he know? KOADS A"D RACE SCICXDE. The Chicago newspaper men who have left their offices one after an other to dwell on farms showed good Judgment, and California, too, will profit therefrom. But to make life on a farm agreeable three things are essential, good roads, neighbors and a decent climate. Oregon has the neighbors and the climate, but not the roads as yet. Hence we cannot con scientiously counsel Chicago newspa permen to forsake their comfortable dens and locate In any but a few" of our -rural districts. Most Oregon farms are now attractive chiefly to men not accustomed to city advan tages and amusements. Our more sensible Immigrants will continue to cluster close to the towns as long as the roads go unimproved. The re moter country districts must have practicable roads before they can ex pect population. At the root of all solutions of the. rural life problem lies the question of gtod roads. It Is absolutely funda mental The. man who seeks to per suade people to settle on farms which are shut off from the world ror nan the year or more shows his own lacK of sense and offers them no favor. It requires only a little reflection to perceive how closely the race suicide question Is related to the road prob lem. With good roads there would be an immediate distribution of popu lation throughout the rural districts. Families would Increase because chil dren would become economically valu able. As things are., a farmer's boys leave him as fast as they become old enough to earn wages In town. They will not remain in the country under the forlorn conditions which prevail. What Is the use' of their buying auto mobiles? They could not use one If they had It except now and then In midsummer. There is no society, no access to interesting' meetings, no life. Existence In back-country districts without good roads is merely a living death. One might as well be In the grave. It Is Irritating to hear men like Mr. Roosevelt talk about raceo suicide when they ought to be talking about good roads, since these are the funda mental remedy for It. MOVTXO PICTCRES IN SCHOOLS. There is a great deal of Inexcusable prejudice against moving pictures. Unskilfully managed they are certain ly bad for the eyes and It has some times happened that Improper ones were exhibited, but this is Unneces sary. The art of showing them has been so perfected that the scenes pass on without a tremor. They do not fatigue the eye In the least, while the subjects are so varied and truly edu cative that they afford excellent en tertainment to people of all condi tions. No matter how much one may know about. Troy and the Iliad, he could learn something more from see ing the moving pictures of the sack of Troy which were on exhibit In Portland the other day. Mr. Edison has' been one of the foremost to promote the exhibition of moving pictures, as he has been In many other excellent enterprises. The other day he was reproached for this by a visitor. He was told that the moving picture business was "a curse to the world." Tho person who thus accused him must have been a sad fanatic, and, being a fool, he ought to have been answered according to his folly as the Scriptures direct. But Edison was more charitable. He sought to assuage the man's prejudice by stating to him the facta of the case. Edison declared that he could teach more geography with moving pictures In fifteen minutes than could be taught out of a book In a whole term of school. This Is not extravagant. The moving picture shows us the world alive and acting. It is only less vivid than actual travel because It lacks color. Compare the dull Inef fectiveness of a book with the living spectacle of fields and cities and you get an idea of the advantage of the moving picture. Years ago when It was proposed to use lantern slides in the lectures at one of our Oregon colleges the plan was scorned as "a picture show." To day no lecturer thinks of doing with out a lantern if he can get one. It will not be long, as Mr. Edison proph esies, before moving pictures will be on. exhibit In all the public schools simply because of their educational efficiency. The fact that they can be used for bad purposes Is nothing against, them. It only proves that they can be made equally efficient for good purposes. DEETESTXa THE COLUMBIA. The problem of a deep and perma nent channel at the mouth of the Co lumbia River Is no longer a serious one. With the Government dumping nearly 4000 tons of rock per day Into the south Jetty, and with plans pro gresing for the north Jetty, it will be but a. comparatively short time until there will be a channel over the bar that will admit any type of vessel that piles the Pacific. The results that have followed the construction of the Columbia River Jetty have left no doubts as to the final success of the project.. There Is such an Immense volume of water sweeping seaward between the north and south banks of the stream that the attainment of almost any depth desired has always been possible when confined In a fixed channel. It has been many years since the Jetty work first closed up some of the old chan nels through which the waters of the big river wandered seaward, but at no time since the work began has the dis tance between the two banks of the river been short enough to force the river to scour out to as great a depth as Is required. The building and maintenance of a deep channel at the mouth of the river Is of more Importance to Portland and to the entire Columbia basin than any other transportation facility that can be provided or Improved. Deepening the river between Its mouth and Port land, while of Inestimable value to the shippers of the Inland Empire and to the people of this city. Is of secondary Importance to deepening of the chan nel at the mouth of the river. The same may be said of all up-river Im provements. There has never been a period since the coming of the white man. when we could not cat traAo down to tidewater at Portland or As toria without much delay, but from the earliest times there has been some delay. This delay, owing to the Improve ment that has been carried on at In tervals for the .past twenty years, has been diminishing each year, and at the same time the vessels entering the river have shown an Increasing aver age tonnage. At the present time ves sels of twenty-six feet to twenty-eight reet draft can get in and out of the river, and the same draft can be car ried on to Portland. This city is working on a thirty-foot channel, and will secure this depth in the near future. Owing to the swell that is al ways In evidence on the bar It Is nec essary that the depth of water on the bar be at least ten feet greater than that In the river. In other words, the thirty-foot channel in the river must be accompanied by a forty-foot chan nel on the bar. When this depth Is once secured there will be but little trouble and expense in maintaining it or In deepening It as Increasing com merce may demand a greater depth. The maintenance of a dredge to as sist the Jetty 'in the work of scouring odt a channel over the bar is of the greatest Importance to the port. Every large seaport In the world where there Is a , great amount of sand or other sediment carried seaward maintains dredges for removing the shifting ob structions. The commerce of this port has reached such proportions that we cannot afford to be without this neces sary equipment. We now have two great water-level grade rail systems carrying the products of the Inland Empire down to tidewater at this port, and It la to the interest of every Port lander and of every dweller In the In land Empire that these products be passed on to the world's market over an unobstructed highway to the sea. A H"OGESnOX OF FRCDEXCE. Personal assault with a horsewhip the favorite weapon In such cases as a panacea for the virus that drips from a slanderous tongue, approaches the plane of lynching. It is. of course, a step lower upon the ladder of law lessness, but it is incited by the same feeling which leads to the subversion of the civil law by mob violence. While, assault of this type, like lynching, is frequently Incited by the feeling that it is impossible to ooiain redress for the crime or misdemeanor upon which the punishment is based, neither the one nor the other expres sion of violence can be Justified, in a ltv llvinz within the domain and under the protection of the civil law. The end or personal or puouo revenge may be attained thereby, but nnt th ends of lustice. These latter can only be secured through Judicial procedure, which allows every crimi nal, whether of high or low degree, his day In court. Primarily speaking, a man who de fames the character of his neighbor Is a sneak and a poltroon the more so If the object of his slander Is a woman. At times, however, and es pecially in rural communities where personal matters loom large, things of trifling Import are exaggerated by repetition, and upon Investigation the district attorney decides that it is not only unnecessary but ridiculous to take the complaint of the aggrieved individual before the courts for ad justment. It la usually In such cases as this that the horsewhip is orawn from the folds of the skirt of an ag grieved woman, while men who cham pion her cause and have possibly urged her to the act In supposed vin dication of her character, stand by to see that bodily Injury la not In return inirioteA nnon tha Irate assailant. Thus a matter which a Judicious pub lic prosecutor attemptea to nave set tled, or hoped would be settled out of .niirt is hroueht to wide Dublic notice and the slander which should have been left to die of Inanition Is galvan ized Into life and sent broadcast over a wide section through the dally news reports. As before stated, a man who slan ders a woman is a sneak and a pol troon, but It certainly does not help the character or cause of the person whom ' he has slandered to arouse sympathy In his behalf by wielding a horsewhip about his shoulders. This, Indeed, but serves to make a cheap hero of him. It is likely to raise up voluble champions In his defense and may even cause public sentiment to veer In his favor. Such a case, wherever It- occurs, whether, as recently reoprted from a rural district In Clark County, Wash ington, or in this city, as It has upon several occasions, shows that common sense In a worthy Individual has tem porarily, at least, been blinded by anger or overruled by the nwlse counsel of well-meaning friends. The lawyer who, when trouble of this kind Is brought before him for action, coun sels the aggrieved person to take no notice whatever of the story, but dis miss It as an Idle tale unworthy of Inciting Indignation, and thus succeeds In committing it to the domain of silence, earns a fee much larger than that to which he would be entitled were he to drag the case through legal process to penalty. ' It is well In all cases of personal grievance to' recall the warning of the wise man: "Behold how great a mat ter a little fire klndleth." and to act upon the suggestion of prudence con tained therein. THE 8LCMP IN RUBBER. The usual effects of excessively high prices of any commodity are a restric tion in the consumption and an in crease In the supply. If the commod ity in question Is wheat, farmers are more careful In their harvesting and waste less on the farm. The con sumer, on the other hand, noting the effect in the smaller loaf. Is more care, ful of the crusts, and In the case of poor people, a cheaper food Is substi tuted. If cotton Is the affected prod uct, there Is an Increased acreage and more care exercised in handling it. As the supply Is thus Increased, It meets a smaller market for the reason that the consumers are taking better care of their clothes and buying less cotton cloth. A similar rule of econo mies applies to nearly all commodities of which there is a wide production and for which there is a wide demand. Just at present one of the most Inter esting trade cataclysms that has hap pened In recent years Is the collapse of the values In rubber. This collapse affected stocks In rub ber companies, rubber plantations and both the raw material and the finished product. But, unlike the case of most commodities, this slump In price oc curred In the face of a steadily In creasing demand. The automobile in dustry has created a greater demand for rubber than has been shown in any other industry. The annual In crease In the amount of the product needed in the manufacture of tires is enormous. But rapid as this increase has been. It has failed to keep ahead of the Increase in production of the raw material. Lured by the high prices which followed 'the sudden leap of the horseless carriage Into popular favor, rubber plantations came into existence by the thousands. The storm center of this boom in rubber was the London Stock Exchange. This phe nomenal boom In all securities In any manner connected with rubber reached a climax last year. In May, 1910, pure Para rubber sold up to $3 per pound. From this high point the descent was rapid. In Janu ary this year the price had dropped to $1.75 per pound. Since then there has been a steady decline. Last week it sold down to $1.12 per pound, or but little more than one-third the price reached a year ago. The high prices, of course, may have had some effect in restricting the demand which might have followed the increased output of automobiles, but It also drove consumers to the use of substi tutes and of cheaper grades of rubber. Another factor was the fear that the ouput from the new plantations that would be coming on the market In In creased quantity from this time for ward might create further weakness, so consumers have for nearly a year declined to stock up and instead are buying only for their Immediate needs. A slump of more than 60 per cent in the price of any commodity Is some thing remarkable, and it Is a matter of regret that the decline has not ex tended to something that might reduce the high cost of living for others than those who can afTord an automobile or the gasoline needed In its operation. If the steady increase In the output of automobiles has had no effect In stay ing the decline in rubber, there should be a still further drop In the price of rubber stocks, plantations and tires when this auto craze subsides a little. The greensward of May was broken yesterday In the village cemetery of Sllverton, Marion County, near which most of the years of his long life were spent, to receive the body of the late Timothy W. Davenport. No less a philosopher when he neared the con fines of life than when in the strength of his manhood he engaged In Its activities, Mr. Davenport approached In peace and serenity the end of his earthly pilgrimage and looked for ward without wavering of belief or shadow of fear to the awakening to fuller life beyond our - mortal ken. "Death as I view it is not alarming or horrible," wrote this serene philos opher a few days before his passing, "but a solemn and Interesting transi tion from life corporeal to life spirit ual; and to those who are bowed with the Infirmities of age It should be wel comed as a blessed relief. I hope my children and friends will so view It when the time comes for my transition and shed no tears of regret, but with wishes for my deliverance 'speed the parting guest. " If no other token than 'this were In evidence of his fit ness to be called "sage and philoso pher," this would make Mr. Daven port's title clear to this designation. The fine rain that has been falling throughout the Columbia basin this week will be the means of bringing more millions into tho country than were brought here by the last colonist rush. Advices from various points In the Northwest all show that the rain has been quite general and that it came at a very opportune time. The high prices for wheat for the past two years have resulted In a considerable Increase In the acreage of that cereal, and with a good crop now practically assured there Is an excellent prospect for the 1911 yield to establish a new record. Wheat Is no longer the one great factor in our prosperity, but In the region east of the Cascade Moun tains Its production still remains by an overwhelming percentage the greatest of an Industries. By reason of new rail connections in the Interior there Is more wheat tributary to Port land than ever before. Unless un favorable weather intervenes, the pres tige of this port as the greatest wheat port In the United States will be main tained. " Mr. Carnegie can give ten millions to a Japanese university If he desires, for it is his money; but less than that sum would greatly help thousands on this side of the world who were de ceived into placing their funds In a shaky bank by the permitted use of the name "Carnegie" In Its title. It Is a duty of precinct committee men to see that the election boards are filled by capable people. They are In touch with their neighbors and should recommend the best men. Es pecially, is this . desirable In the ap pointment of members of the second board, who do the counting. A wife alleges In her complaint that he bit her finger. It was not a play ful nip, but a regular hog bite. A man who would bite his wife's finger when but let it go at that and give her the decree. Confiding people have seen Mount Hood "smoking" again. Some day the old landmark may break loose, but not yet. nor soon; at least, not until all the orchard land in the valley has been sold. Was ever there anything worse than these candidates are saying of each other? The humorous part of it is that after tomorrow night all will be hurrahing for the winners perhaps. Jeff Davis yesterday wanted Postmaster-General Hitchcock discharged. About every half century a man of that name makes trouble at Wash ington. The "top price was , paid for fancy steers at the yards yesterday. All kinds of steers will be given away free today, but not at the yards. Local patrolmen aare forbidden to eat on their beats. , This applies to square meals. Bananas and peanuts are always exempt. The suggestion is offered to the "sane" committee to have all the "spieling" on the Fourth done by talk ing machine.' Carter Harrison's wife is writing fairy tales. Possibly she heard the old man electioneering a while back. Statistics give the per ' capita at $34.35, but it is Just as well not to let the wife know it. The Illinois Senate rejected the Ore gon system. Oh, Lor-lxaer! . QUESTIONS OX " OHEGOJi SYSTEM Current School Inquiries Answered in Concrete Form. WALLOWA. Or.. April 28. (To the Editor.) First What is the "initi ative?" Second What is the "referendum?" Third What is the "recall?" ' Fourth What are the requirements in percentage of voters in the three above measures to secure their being placed upon the ballot? Fifth What is "corrupt practices act?" Does it apply to Oregon laws? Sixth At what time does the Ore gon Legislature meet? And for how long? . Seventh What Is the amount of population required for one State Rep resentative? For one State Senator? Eighth Who are the members of the Oregon Examining Board for teachers' state certificates and diplomas, and subjects assigned to each? Ninth How much population is re quired for a Representative in Con gress? Tenth What is reciprocity? Eleventh When was the Payne-Al-drich tariff law passed? Twelfth What was the reason that the "insurgents" in Congress bolted their regular party organization? Knowing that the answers to the above questions will be of gTeat value to teachers and eighth-grade students throughout the state at the present, I ask The Oregonlan to give very clear, brief and definite Information. N. D. BURGOTNE. The Initiative is the power reserved by the people to propose laws or amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls Independent of the Legislative Assem bly. The referendum is the power reserved by the people to refer, by petition, to the voters for enactment or rejection laws adopted by the .Legislative Assem bly. In Oregon the referendum may also be applied by the Legislature at its own option, to Its own acts, but is mandatory In constitutional amend ments proposed by the Legislature and also on legislative measures relating to exemption and regulation of taxes. The recall Is the power reserved by the people to bring about a special election by petition to determine whether any designated elective Incum bent of office shall be superseded by another during the remainder of the term of o.ffice for which ho has been elected. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by eight and five per cent, respectively, of the total vote cast for Justice of the Supreme Court at the next preceding election. A recall petition requires signatures equal in number at least to 25 per cent of the vote cast for Justice of the Su preme Court In the state or In the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. The corrupt practices act restricts the amount of money that may be ex pended in behalf of candidates for of fice and the manner of its expenditure and seeks to prevent bribery and other corrupt influencing of voters. It ap plies to all Oregon elections. The Oregon Legislature meets on the second Monday of January in odd num bered years and lasts 60 days. Senators are apportioned at the ratio of one to 12.083 of white population; representatives, one to 6041. Members of the Examining- Board will not be named until the new law becomes effective. May' 20. Representatives in Congress are ap portioned at the ratio df one to 194,182 of population. The Payne-Aldrich bill was enacted August 5, 1909. Reciprocity Is the term applied to agreements between nations.a mutual admission free of duty of specified products or commodities originating In the countries that ' are parties to the agreement. In the House, insurgency was origin ally a revolt against control of legisla tion through parliamentary restriction by the committee on rules. In the Senate it wae revolt against similar control by an . unofficial conclave of Senators of long service and estab lished power. .Army of Alpinists Now 100,000. London Echo. The Austrian and German Alpine Clubs have published statistics show ing that between the years 1901 and 1910. inclusive, 88S Alpinists lost their lives in the central Alps of Europe, an average of nearly a hundred deaths a year. In 1909, however, there were 144 climbers killed, and in 1910 100, not Including 28 persons who met their death while picking edelweiss. . Of this total of 128 fatalities, 42 were Ger mans, 24 Austrians, 19 Swiss and four English, while the rest, including eight guides, were of other nationalities. The largest number of fatal accidents In the Alps took place in August. It is estimated that the army of Alpinists now numbers 100,000. Fast Trains In Europe. Scientific American. Express speed in Great Britain and on the continent is high. In Great Brit ain there are eleven dally express trains making runs of from 60 to 11894 miles without a stop, whose average speed Is from 61 to 59.2 miles an hour. The fastest and longest nonstop run Is 225 miles, from Paddlngton to Plymouth, made at 54.8 miles an hour. France has seven daily expresses that run from 7794 to 147 miles without a stop, at speeds of from 61.1 to 61.8 miles an hour, and there are nine French trains that run from 102 to 147 94 miles with out stop, at speeds of from 50.1 to 59.3 miles an hour." Why Not One Dona Roosevelta Trenton (N. J. Times. A Fallslngton woman has written to a local paper asking Theodore Roose velt several pertinent questions and saying he should be the father of at least 12 children if he carried out his Idas on race suicide. She takes exception to the Colonel's contention that every woman should have four children, and tells how diffi cult it is to support the two she has on her husband's $7 a week and the neces sity of paying $16 a month house rent. "I wish Mr. Roosevelt would tell what I could do with two more chil dren If I had them," she adds. Up-to-Date Engrlliiu Golf Yarn. Indianapolis News. When F. Durham was playing on the Warren golf links at Woodham Walter, Essex, England, recently, he drove a ball which killed a skylark 200 yards away. John Bull's Telegraph Line. London Standard. The present system of British teleg raphy all over the world embraces 1,111,356 miles of wire. I nele Sam's Trade In Spain. Baltimore American. Ninety-seven American manufactur ers have agencies In Madrid. Higher' TJp. Life. All Ufa and all experience will show la every situation that arises. The pleasure that a'er has tho warmest glow Must always be the one that tantalises. Upon tha topmost bough, as you'll agree. Are ranged the ripest and most tempting peaches; And she who smiles the sweetest' sura to be Ths very doll who Just beyond our reach Is. But dolls snd peaches only hang aloft. (Behold the moral of my artless rhym ing) Blushing and blooming in their beauty soft To tempt ambitious man to do soma climbing. Timely Tales of the Day Mayor Simon is preparing to leave of fice July 1, having but two months more to serve, and his friends frequent ly ask him whether or not he is glad or sorry to leave the work which he has been directing for the past two years. Recently one of the Mayor's friends asked him about leaving office, and the Mayor did not seem very sorry to be facing the period when he would retire to private life. "No, sir," said the Mayor, "I have en Joyed my work as Mayor, but, do you know, I am so glad to get out of office that I have already begun to move my personal belongings." ' The man involuntarily took a look around the executive office, in an ef- I fort to discover vhat the Mayor had taken away. He discovered nothing particularly missing, so he seemea somewhat puzzled. "Tes," replied the Mayor, "last night when I went home I took two lead pen cils with me." Trials and tribulations of court life, particularly as they arise before the Judge sitting on the bench, are so nu merous and novel as to be of especial interest to those who seldom go to the courtroom. Judge Morrow of the Circuit Court, to Illustrate how witnesses often delay trials, related the following story a few days ago: "It was during the recent Kersh trial, as I remember it," quoth the Judge. "The prosecuting attorney in legal terms and technical phraseology was attempting to secure a reply from the witness as to his knowledge of certain phases of the case in hand. "The witness played for time. He beat about the bush until the case was prolonged so far that it appeared this same witness might remain on the stand all day and nothing be accom plished. After being plied with vari ous questions, put In the lawyer's legal tongue, which the witness pretended he did not fully comprehend, it came to a point where it appeared the court should Interfere. . "So the bench interrupted: " 'Mr. what we would like to know Is, Will you come through?" "It wag all over. The question got him. The prosecution's point was an swered, and the case proceeded. You have to use plain language these days sometimes," concluded Judge Morrow. During the recent visit to Portland of T. P. O'Connor, and under the spell of the famous Irish orator and literateur's eloquence, Roger B. Sinnott, like many another loyal Hibernian, was moved to great enthusiasm for the cause of home rule in distant Erin. In the height of his sympathetic zeal for helping along the valiant struggle of the oppressed race from which he sprang, Mr. Sinnott seized his fountain pen and subscribed $25 toward the home rule fund that was being raised. It developed later, however, that he had unselfishly conferred upon another the great pleasure of contributing to the cause, for he made the subscription in the name of his brother, Senator "Nick" Sinnott. then at Salem engaged In making laws for Oregon. Later Dr. Andrew C. Smith, treasurer of the local home rule fund, received Senator Sinnott's. check for $25, with the following letter: "Portland, Or., Jan. 7, 1911. Dr. An drew C. Smith, Portland, Or. Dear Sir: I have been repeatedly dunned for a contribution of $25 for the home rule cause in Ireland. I. did not subscribe my name h or this or s,ny amount and I was at loss to learn who took the lib erty to subscribe my name. I have to day ascertained that my brother In a fit or ebullition of Hibernian enthusiasm akin to that which impelled Artemus Ward to want to sacrifice all his wife's relations on the sacrificial fires of his country's altars, and with vicarious generosity put my name down for the above amount. I suppose I must stand for it, and consider myself lucky that I have only one brother burning with the desire to bleed his relations in Ire land's cause. "As you were chairman of the meeting I herewith send the check to you, as I do not know the proper parties to send it to. Very truly yours, (Signed) N. J. SINNOTT." ABATTOIR A MUNICIPAL UTILITY Amsterdam Conducts Place for Slaugh ter of Food Animals. . "Daily Consular and Trade Reports. One of the largest and most import ant municipal utilities of Amsterdam is the city abattoir. It is situated at the eastern end of the harbor, surrounded by canals and docks and connected by branch lines with the local railroad system. The buildings comprise two slaughtering-houses for cattle, a slaughter house for hogs, and one for horses; three stables for cattle, and three each for hogs and horses. There are other buildings also, for the treatment of waste and hog's hair, for blood drying, tripe boiling, a forge, the steriliza tion of meat, a laboratory for the mic roscopic examination of trichinae and offices of administration. There Is also a space for a cattle market, on which are a cafe and stables for visitors' horses and vehicles. Once a canning factory was operated, but be came unprofitable and was abolished. The total surface occupied by the build ings and cattle market exceeds 100,000 square yards. All the slaughtering of animals for food in Amsterdam must be done here. Some meat slaughtered elsewhere is brought to the city, but it must be in spected at the city abattoir and be marked with a stamp the same as meat slaughtered there. If any such meat is found unfit for consumption it is converted into fertilizer. Meat not perfect is sometimes made edible by sterilizing and salting. The slaughtering is not done by the city, but by owners of stock or dealers in meat, who pay for the use of the abattoir 64 cents for each cow, ox or horse, 84 cents for a hog or a fat calf, and 10 cents each for a younger calf, a sheep or a goat. For examining meat not slaughtered there, the charge is about a fifth of a cent a pound for beef and pork and a tenth of a cent for other meat. The charge for exam ining a live animal is 56 cents. The meat is taken from the abattoir to the shops In town in specially-arranged conveyances. Open Season For Councllmen. PORTLAND, May 3. (To the Editor.) I am greatly distressed at this time over certain placards that thrust them selves upon the sight at every turn, notifying the patient people that there are councllmen at large. There begins my sadness. I am fearful to venture forth- until I have assurance that they have been captured. Please advise me In this my dark hour, and deserve my sincere gratitude. NERVOUS FEMALE. Nervous Female is advised to remain close at home until after the June elec tion Desperate traits usually crop out in Councllmen only during political campaigns. Occultus, New Artificial Man. London Tit-Bits. ' A Berlin inventor has succeded, after years of toll, in making an artificial man who can walk, make all move ments, epeak, sing, laugh and whistle. It Is a life-size figure, and so natural an imitation as to be completely de ceptive a yard away. "Occultus," as the figure is named, obeys words of command, such as "march" and "halt," and he answers (any question put to bim. It is not an Illusion or a trick; it is a piece of pure mechanical work. Advertising Talks By William C. Freeman. How long does an advertisement live? This subject has been discussed many times by everybody interested In ad vertising in any way. Some people claim that magazine ad vertising lives longer than daily news paper advertising, because the maga zine remains on the library table from one month's end to the other, while the newspaper is thrown aside as soon a3 read. Tet it is a fact that Ludwlg Baumann & Co., the well-known furniture house of New York, received a response to an advertisement of theirs 15 years after it appeared in a New York newspaper. I have forgotten just where the re sponse came- from, but I think it was from Australia. A young Philadelphlan who Is inter ested in advertising Mr.' W. C. Jacob wrote me the other day of an Incident that came up while he was on a busi ness trip to Baltimore. He called on the manager of a large manufacturing concern, and the conver sation drifted around to the value of advertising. The manager of this concern sale?: "One can never tell what vril result from a well-placed advertisement." He then Bhowed Mr. Jacob a letter from a small city in India which had come in that day, and which referred to an advertisement that had been placed in an American publication by them twenty-seven years ago. Back records verified this to be ab solutely true. It is facts like these, which come up every once in a while, that emphasize the value of advertising, a value which does not cease as long as publication lives. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Rowe (Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams.) If you don't get along with an ac quaintance, don't try to reconcile your differences; keep away. When there is a bad accident, the first thing the coroner does is to go through the pockets of the man re sponsible for It, to see if a bottle can be found. No one ever fooled the people with false teeth. After a falsehood has been accepted 60 years by the people without general protest, it gets into the school books. Ever occur to you that lately there are an unusual number of handsome married women? There was a time, long ago, when a woman quit trying as soon as she married. How willingly tho world imposes on an Easy Mark! A bluff has a tendency to run out, and every so often it is necessary to renew it. When you make a request to a rail road man, and he says he will "take It up," he Is going to give you a chance to forget it. If you want to be popular, don't ask for sympathy, give it. No woman should laugh at a Joke on her husband. Memories Hark oft we back to gladsome days, Sad sighing to recall Joys that filled the heart of youth. Sweet raptures one and all. We would again the old paths roam Could, we our fortunes make A kid once more for just one chunk Of granny's ginger cake. Exchange. SPECIAL FEATURES OF NEXT SUNDAY'S OREGONIAN Steelworkers, and their daily gamble with death is told of in a graphic illustrated page. It is of especial local interest, dealing with the construction of the new 12-story Wilcox building at Sixth and 'Washington streets. Special Fiction Short stories by Cleveland Moffett and Sewell Ford. Complete in the Sunday issue. Colonel Crowe, Wallace Irwin's latest character, deals in a mildly cynical and decidedly humorous vein with the gentle topic of peace. You will like the Colonel. Uncle Sam has had a tough problem trying to infuse a little civilization into some of his wild and wooly wards in the Philip pines. His latest and most suc cessful coup is with moving-picture machines. Half page, with unusual photos. A woman has pitted her wit against royal pride in a unique contest in Europe. The stake is nothing less than the Austrian throne. Truth again outdoes fic tion in this article by Henry Carslake. J. B. Horner recently spent a day with the poet, Joaquin Mil ler. He presents his experiences and impressions, in a delightful half-page article, fully illus trated. In the Turret of the Monitor is the Civil War installment. It is a graphic story of a stirring fight, and told by the officer who commanded the Monitor's turret in the fight. Cap Anson winds up his base ball reminiscences. The Widow Wise has an adventure in Naples. Mr. Twee Deedle evolves some snake magic for the children. Sambo, gets back to Australia. Two children's pages, depart ments for women, arid all the news, right up to the minute.