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ru-crr aboct ivc wool.
Undoubtedly it will Interest th
sherpra-Uers and the wool growers of
th Pacific Northwest to know that
Mr. Bryan repudiates the Inilmauon
that ha has altered his demand for
fre wool and has consented to a mod
ified tariff oa too raw product. Not
to an. Ills voles Is still for a tariff
revision that revises by eltmlnatlnr
duties on raw materials, and letting
the question of revenue take care of
Itself. In the latest Issue of the Com
moner Mr. Hryn says:
If In lwmoertie party ran bo a-ar.l ty
a fat hp roaar. It tr.ichl aa ali ra
miix Ita Rdvwcarr of tariff raducttoo and
bm as alti-anc wltb In Kptur party.
Wiitioiit fr wool tariff reform IU
sot amount to m u:n. Cor th ap:rit t.lat
-wotila l-al n-ra to las itl th farmers
aa4 all hor lt!sno who ar woolo
S kmIs la ordor to gla a tariff tribute to th
f-w farmara who ralo arip will conant to
totr tariff aactlnna until tariff reform will
Va irtti our lliaa a fare.
Mr. bryan Is no frlond of the sheep,
men of Oregon. lid cares nothing
about the shrrp industry. Nor does
the lemocratJc party. Cleveland. WtU
eon. even tJorman. who collaborated
with Wilson in grttlna- up a Urtff-for-revenue
bill that out-McKJnleytxod Mo
Kinley In iia protective featurrs. of In
dustries In states that had influential
Iemocratlc Senators, left wool on the
free Itrt.
Hut now the Democratic house Is up
ralnst the old question of accommo
dating Its free trade ssotlons to the
necessity of providing revenue f'r the
Government. The Mays and Means
Committee will not follow Isryan. or
any other Democrat who preaches free
woot; but It goes with l'alley. Cham
berlain, and the other anythin-to-s;et-Totea
Democrats who consider tariff
maklnjr In the good old lug-rolling
Aldrlch way the only rvally prartlcal
way to do It. The tariff on wocl has
been fixed by the committee at five or
six cents.
The Dernoiratls are not going to re
vue the tariff to please Bryan. They
will revise It to suit the Individual de
sires and political necessities of the
leaders of the party. The new tariff
bill will, as usual, be a monument of
Democratic buncome. bluster and
bluff. We will see the Democratic
party in a heap of trouble over the
tariff a year hence.
ixroxmirrrs or mukjrj
Ten years ago Mr. Wilbur Wrlsht.
a ho had not then succeeded in getting
above the ground with a heavlrr-than-alr
machine. In an address before the
Western Society of Engineers, said:
-If I take this piece of paper and after
placing It parallel with the ground,
quickly let it fall, it will not settle
down as a staid, sensible piece of
paper ought to do. but It Insists upon
contravening every recognized rule of
decorum, turning over and darting
hither and thither In the most erratic
mariner, much after the style of an
untrained horse. Vet this is the style
of steed that men must learn to man
are before Tying can become an ev
ery -day sport
In the 10 years that have elapsed
since Mr. Wright gave this very apt
description of the difficulties thst be
set aerial navigation, much progress
has been made along certain lines.
The art of getting the machine up In
the air and under favorable circum
stances making reasonably long flights
with It has been fairly well mastered,
but the appalling list of fatalities that
has followed the first successful
Hunts of the Wrlarht brothers offers
conclusive evidence that the wonder
ful Invention Is still a toy and a very
dangerous one. The terrible accident
at Paris Sun!ny In which sn uncon
trollable monoplane killed the French
Minister cf War and sTtous:y Injured
a number of people who were on the
ground lth him as of a less com
mon tyre than the frerjuent tragedies
In which the victims plunge from the
clouds to certain death. It again
emrhasiies the fact that the heavlcr-than-alr
machines wl:l continue to be
too dangerous and unreliable for prac
tical use until modern Invention pro
vides better means of control to en
hance .the sifety not alone of the
aviator but of the people below him.
The fleets of man have "fed the seas
for a thousand years" and despite the
accumulated knowledge of ocean cur
rents, tides and winds, and the equip
ment of delicate Instruments giving
warning of the approaching sterms.
the ships of the sea are still battered
to pieces in gales, er.gulfej In tide
rips or blown to destruction on un
charted reefs With perfect safety
;ill missing la an element on which
we have been operating for a thousand
years. It hV perhaps expecting too much
to have an early solution of the mys
tery c' the air. Vntll more is learned
of eccentric air currents and more re
liable Inventions have been perfected
tor conquering them the heavler-thsn-alr
machines must remain In the cate
gory of toys.
The shocking accident at Paris may
art the world thinking about the dan-g-rs
to be looked for when the air Is
fuU of Inefficiently controlled ma
chines. Some of them will be con
ducted bv clgsrette-smeltlng boys, as
automobiles are on the streets. Some
will be in the hands of gay women
who wtsh to show how venturesome
they can be. A few perhaps will be
guided by cool and careful men.
These will be the conditions for the
f.rst few years after the flying ma
chine becomes fashionable. When the
initial generation of maniac has been
eliminated conditions will probably
Improve. In the meantime we may
ixpect death to reap an abundant har
vest from the rashness) or Inexperi
ence of navigators of the air. America
w:il have some tale of the Paris kind
tu report In due time. Ths homekeep-
Ing citizen Is without much protection
from descending missile. If a flying
machine goes Into fit above his dwel
ling, his field or his barnyard, down It
wia come and whatever happens to be
under It will have to take the conse
quence. This I likely to add to the excite
ment of life In the Immediate future.
A picnic party will cease to be tame
when the parUdpants eat their pickles
and drink their cold tea In momentary
peril of their lives from a wild airship
tearing down upon them. A drive In
the country will regain some of the
Interest that a forest stroll had In the
dsys cf the saber-toothed User or th
scalping aavage.
Hitherto we hsve prayed for pro
tection from earthquakes and pesti-
I lence. Hereafter the burden of our
petitions will no doubt relate to tn
perils likely to descend from the air.
-From biplanes, balloons and mono
planes, good Lord deliver us." Noth
ing will be easier in the happy time
coming than for a man to get even
with his enemy. All he need do Is to
r.y over his bouse In th night and
drop a bomb. Nobody can lee him do
it. He cannot be convicted and hence
cannot be punished.
Progress baa Its little Inconvenience
as well as Its dsUght
UC CLUB ISK1.
Mr. Simon promise to promote the
commission form of government by
every honorable and practicable
. w -Kail hiv the commission
i fiiruiio. ' v
I government In Portland, then. U Simon
shall be re-eiecteo, wumu
month, probably by January 1. 11.
Mayor Slmon"s word Is given. The
commission government Is part of his
platform. That settles it. Simon
keeps his word.
Mr. Rushlight promise nothing as
to commission government. He is for
It. he says. But he's In no hurry.
Why should the public be In a rush?
Plenty of time, he thinks, to vote on
a new charter next year. Meanwhile
Rushlight. If he shall be, elected, will
have had full swing foe nearly his full
term, and every deal he ha made will
have borne full fruit, every Interest
he has agreed to protect will have had
Its chance. The Rushlight outfit Is
not going to help along, but will hin
der, the commission scheme. That Is
perfectly plain.
The public Is much In earnest about
this commission project. The entl
raer.t for a simplified government Is
overwhelming. Rushlight trifle with
the people: Simon deals with them
frankly. Th election of Rushlight
will be a verdict by the people against
their own desires and purposes; the
election of Simon will mean that their
will 1 to be materialized directly in a
commission government.
Ri.-nuBiTioy rwii schsutz.
Believer In the everlasUng law of
requital, and all others mho have an
Interest In the maintenance of decent,
respectable standards of civic morality
and honesty, will be well pleased to
learn that Schmlti. San Franclsco-s
boodiliis Mayor, has lost the fortune
which he won by gratfing. The transi
tion from the humble position of a
fiddler In the Tlvoli orchestra to that
of executive head of the greatest city
on the Pacific Coast was too great a
change for this Ill-balanced individual.
In hi comparatively brief political
career It I estimated that he grafted
nearly 1500.000. Ever thing from the
corporation down to the Harbary
Coast habitues paid tribute to Schmlta
and hi partner In crime, the unspeak
able Ruef. Under their administration
San Francisco secured an unenviable
reputation as th worst governed city
in the United State
Ruef. after spending a large portion
of his ill-gotten gains In a legal fight
that lasted for year. at last landed
in the penitentiary, but Schmlt. escap
ing on a very slender technicality. Is
still at liberty on bonds. It ha been
said that "money Is a bottomless sea.
In which honor, conscience and truth
may be drowned." and that apparently
Is what money did for Schmlt. The
law of man ha been very slow in
reaching thl culprit, but th history
of his financial venture ince he
ceased to be a public officer would In
dicate that retribution had been work
ing overtime In order to complete the
punishment she had planned for him.
Th crimes of Schmit were not con.
fined to grafting money from every in
dividual or corporation that could be
forced to tand and deliver. An even
greater crime was committed when he
violated the confidence of the men who
elected him to office. His election was
"labor's" first triumph In San Fran
cisco, and despite the presence In their
ranks of un-American agitators, there
were many thousands of good "Ajnerl
can citizens among the union labor
men who voted for tk-hmltx w ho after
ward bowed their head In shame
over the manner in which he violated
the confidence and trust they had re
posed In him. v
Perhaps after all the loss of this
money which he never earned will
be an even greater punishment than
Imprisonment. A creature of the
venal, avaricious natur shown by
Schmlti would worship th God of
Mammon to the exclusion of all others.
Deprived of his Ill-gotten wealth, his
sufferings must be intense.
OKTlI OF niTY-THREE.
Rudyard Kipling may have taken a
few poetic liberties with th truth
when he asserted that "Never a law of
Clod or man got north of fifty-three."
He would not, however, have departed
far from the truth had he mentioned
that nothing bearing much semblance
to common sense was discernible in
I the attempted enforcement of any of
i the British and American fishery reg
' ulation north of fifty-three. A Boston
special in The Oregonlan repbrts great
glee down New Bedford way because
of a report that Canadian revenue cut
ter are to make another effort to
compel Tankee fishermen and whalers
to take out Canadian licenses for op
erating In Hudson' Bay and the arctic.
In commenting on the difficulties
that beset the Canadians tn enforcing
their regulation, a New Bedford or
acle, admitting that they might catch
one Captain Cottle of th offending
fleet, stated that. "The last time they
caught Cottle up there the Canadians
had two cutters In the water, chased
him for two years and a half and
finally Induced him to give up 150. but
it cost them $150,000 to turn the
trick." All of which must have been
very pleasing to the famous Captain
Cottle. But for all that the transac
tion was In no respect any more dis
creditable to the Canadians than that
of th American revenue cutters chas
ing Canadian sealers In Bering Sea.
No one will ever know how much
money the Government has lost on th
annual Junketing trie made by rev
enue cutter ostensibly for the purpose
of guarding our sealing Interests, but
th figure Is far In excess of 1160.000,
and we never received a 50 fee as an
offset to th account. Not only hav
the Canadian eiers persisted in giv
ing us th "merry ha ha," as It were,
but when Uncle Sam got real gay and
Interfered with the business about
twenty years ago, John Bull forced him
to pay a bill of $125,000 for Illegal
seizure of schooners.
We hope that the devilish Captain
Cottle will make the Canadians spend
another $150,000. It will not even up
th score of International foolishnesa
In th far north, nor will It give us
back any part of th Illi.OOO which
we paid for the privilege of learning
to keep our place at sea as well as on
shore. It will, however, brighten th
live of th retired shellbacks who are
perched on the oakum bale in th
New Bedford ship chandlery stores
daily settling the destiny of nations.
iOKT OS TILE KUTBUCAN PARTY.
Some people are going to vote for
Rushlight for Mayor because he Is the
Republican nominee. They Insist on
parly regularity because, presumably,
they believe In Republican principles
and In the Republican party as the in
strument of carry"" uch principles
Into effect.
Rushlight, as Mayor, will do noth
ing for the Republican party. He can
not. He would not. He ho delivered
himself, bound hand and foot, to force
and elements in deadly hostility to the
Republican party. They packed and
carried th Republican primary. They
hav driven the real Republicans the
men who have long borne the heat
and burden of the battle away from
the nominee. They would wreck the
Republican party if they could. They
will succeed If they are able to get
control firt of the party and then of
government by Inducing th main body
of Republican to aid them through a
mistaken notion of party loyalty and
party duty.
Observe the crowd about Rushlight,
Are they Republicans? Are they the
men who have kept the faith through
thick and thin, through stress and
storm, through success and failure,
through good repute and 111? Are they
th men who In 1908 voted for Taft,
and who next year will vote for the
Republican Presidential nominee?
Are they supporting Rushlight to help
the Republican party or to help them
selves? Rushlight, the Repub.lcan
nominee? A sorry joke. Party regu
larity ? Bah!
8CUOOL HYGIENE.
The teaching of hygiene In schools
Is of recent origin, and though It Is one
of the things that may easily become
fads and be pushed to the extreme. It
Is recognized as of paramount Im
portance In the upbuilding of a bet
ter citizen, physically. In response to
this. Idea It can hardly be called a
demand, since perhaps a majority of
ths patrons of the public school are
opposed to It as an Infringement upon
what is conceived to be personal and
parental rights a service of school
doctors has been established In the
larger cities both of this country and
of Europe. The movement in the
Cnlted States began In Boston In 1894
at which- tim som flftv medical ex
aminers were appointed to Inspect the
schools and pupils In that city. Three
years later the work was taken up In
New York, and sine then In a little
more than a decade it ha extended
to the schools of practically all of the
larger cities of th Nation.
A late number of th Medical Rec
ord, of New York, contain an article
on the "Teaching of School Hygiene."
by Dr. James Burnett, of Edinburgh.
Scotland. Mr. Burnett emphasize the
fact which la apparent even In our
own schools, that In the actual teach
ing of tb subject, or perhaps It
should be said tn Its actual applica
tion, too much attention Is given un
important matters, while others of
every day value are passed over. Thl
refers specifically to a doctor" course
the teachings of which will later be
reflected upon th pupil of the com
mon echools. He urges that cleanli
ness of the skin and th scalp be espe
cially emphasized: that attention be
paid to the suitability and cleanliness
of th school child' clothing; that
th proper car of the teeth should be
taught and defect of vision and of
hearing' receive th most careful at
tention. it is manifest that to carry out thi
curriculum successfully and compre
hensively doctors specially trained for
the purpose and reinforced by some
experience In dealing with children
will be necessary, whereas the com
mon practice Is to put young physi
cians, who have perhaps barely suc
ceeded in securing a diploma from a
not too comprehensive course In a
medical school. In charge of school
hygiene and to throw most of the re
sponsibility for enforcing the doctor's
orders upon the teachers Instead of
upon parents.
The work Is of a responsible nature
and should be given to responsible
physicians whom the governing body
would not hesitate to call to their own
children. If the Junior practitioner of
medicine Is given this work to do, he
should first be qualified for It by a
course of special lectures upon the
common ailments of school children,
to the end that mistakes of diagnosis,
as between scarlet fever and measles,
small pox and chicken pox for exam
ple, might not be made to the menace
of the children of an entire school.
At best the task of the school doctor
Is a thankless on and a difficult one.
All the more It should be clothed
with the dignity of responsibility and
reinforced by knowledge which Is the
specially recognized agent of power
In the realm of hygiene and In the
practice of medicine. And It may be
added that no course In school hy
giene can be fully effective until some
of the lectures notably those upon
the care of the skin, the scalp, the
teeth, the eyes and th necessity of
personal cleanliness are attended by
the parents of the pupils whose ail
ments the school doctor is expected to
detect and correct.
CVRTN'O THE OPrUM HABIT.
Any reform which has for Its ob
ject the correction of a habit In which
the appetlt of man Is involved, meets
with strenuous opposition. In a coun
try like the United State where the
people prate about their "freedom."
which not Infrequently Is Interpre
ted to mean a license to do as they
please, great difficulty is experienced
In abolishing or even restricting the
us of Injurious drugs and liquors. In
ancient. eml-clvllixed China, where
moat reforms progress with glacier
like slowness, th government Is at
present engaged In abating the most
fearful drug habit that th world has
ever known. The marvel of the work
lie In th rapidity with which It Is
being accomplished. Drastic evils re
quire drastic treatment but China
seems to have little difficulty in rid
ding her people of the drug habit. We
note, for instance, that In one province
where the Importation of opium was
forbidden riots were started by the
people who wanted the drug. The
government very promptly beheaded
the chief rioters, peace was restored
and the poppy abandoned forever.
Less than three years have passed
sine the work of stamping out this
scourge began, but In that time the
cultivation of the poppy has been re
duced TO per cent. At the rate at
which the government Is now destroy
ing the poppy beds. It Is regarded as
a certainty that another two years
will witness the total extinction of the
Industry within the eonrfhea of the
empire. Aside from the home-grown
product. China's chief source of opium
supply ha been India, K was from
this quarter that England forced the
opium habit on the Chinese by com
pelling them, in accordance with the
Tientsin treaty of 1880, to permit the
Importation of the deadly drug. The
admission of opium from India nat
urally induced the Chines to engage
In cultivation of the poppy on fheir
own account, and for nearly half a
century th production of the soul
destroying, life-sapping poison flour
ished without restraint
Greaj. Britain, after many years. Is
trying to atone for the mischief she
wrought In forcing the opium habit
on the; Chinese and. under a recent
! agreement, has promised that the lm
I portation of Indian opium shall cease
: a soon as th cultivation of opium
j ceases in China, and that meanwhile
j the duty on imported opium shall be
Increased three-fold. It is In accord
ance with this agreement that China
I la using every effort to kill the poppy
! growing Industry In China. The suc
cess already attained make it reas
onably certain that within a very
short time one of the world' greatest
curses will be lifted.
A recent photograph from the seat
of war showed General Madero seated
In an automobile giving order to a
lieutenant, who was standing on the
running board of the machine. That
picture knocked much of the romance
out of the warfare that we have been
reading about fori months. As a fur
ther evidence of the manner In which'
modern Invention has displaced the
old standards to which we are accus
tomed, the story of th peace pact Is
Interesting. When the peace commis
mlssloners gathered at Juares Sunday
night, the customshouse was locked,
so th documents were signed on the
steps under the glare of searchlights
from four automobiles. Throughout
the conflict the automobile has ren
dered great service for both of the
contestants; and to make a stage set
ting still farther removed from the old
standards, American aeroplanes have
been flitting around th border for
several weeks.
Colonel Watterson Is back from an
extended European trip, and his first
public utterance is commendation of
President Taft for his prompt action In
the Mexican crisis. In the opinion of
Colonel Watterson, "the end Justified
the means." He la quite liberal in his
praise of the President. The value of
this opinion cannot be over-estimated,
for, sine the troops were first sent to
Mexico, a number of small-minded
Democratic papers have been con
demning the action of the President,
and have sought to make party capital
out of It, "Marse Henry" is an Amer
ican before he Is a Democrat. He has
never In all of his long and famous
career played the part of demagogue.
If the party with which he affiliates
would stick a little closer to the Wat
tersonlan model of Democracy, It
would be more successful.
Of the 305 pupils of the eight grade
schools In Linn County but 91 passed
the examinations held last week.
There Is clearly a defect somewhere
when so large a percentage of pupils
as this fall to pass the test of exam
ination. Either the system Is super
ficial, the course of study Is not suited
to the years of the pupils, or there are
"catch questions" In the list prepared
by examiners that are entirely out
side of the work that has been given.
Such a showing Is humiliating to
pupils, discouraging to teachers and
parents and astounding to the public
that has been led to believe that our
svstem of publlo Instruction is sub
stantially based and carefully worked
out In detail to results that are gener
ally satisfactory.
Representative Taylor, of Colorado,
has found a way of getting the Con
gressional seed supply Into the pos
session of those who want It. The
niri nlan of sending packages out hit
Pr miss to farmers was defective, be
cause the seeds are usually a good deal
of a humbug, and most farmers prefer
to buy of reliable dealers. Mr. Taylor
sends seeds only to persons who ask
for them, and since they are mainly
city dwellers, their disappointment
over th results will not matter seri
ously. Five thousand names on his peti
tion for mayor Is an excellent starter
for Mr. Simon. The supposition is
Justified that the men who signed are
for Mr. Simon for Mayor. But it will
take more than 6000 votes to elect
him probably 10.000. The 6000 al
ready on record will have discharged
their full duty when they vote for
him and when they persuade 6000
other to get out on election day.
Since King George provides the best
part of the coronation show. It seems
a pity that he gets none of the profit.
There will be pounds by the thousand
for storekeepers and hotelmen, but not
a penny for him. If we had his ear,
we should advise him to refuse to be
crowned unless his loving subjects
would agree to divide profits with him.
The Municipal Association will. It Is
said, oppose Simon. That will help
some. The Municipal Association
doesn't do anything but whine. It
can"t. It is built that way. .
If Elmer Colwell Is culpable for crit
icising a Senator, and, therefore, not a
proper person to be Unite States
Marshal, not many Oregonlan are
eligible.
The Secretary of State might as well
now as later recognize the right of th
State Printer to room in the Capitol,
and cease plsylng petty politics.
Another casus belli developed yes
terday when County Clerk Fields re
fused a marriage license to a Jap and
a foolish white woman.
Mrs. Casey needs target practice, ere
again she finds a man under the bed.
MR. MOSSBACK IS DISAPPOINTED
Sage of Clackamas Corner Want Dr.
VYIlaoa Recalled t New Jersey.
CLACKAMAS CORNERS. May $1.
(To the Editor.) Governor Woodrow
Wilson's remarks since he has been in
your midst has stirred up a heap of
discussion at the Corners, especially
the eloquent tribute to U'Ren's hat.
Abner Heppner says he considers that
panegyrle the eloquentest thing ever
offered bp on the altar of patriotism.
Abner says the most wonderful thing is
the complete comprehension of Oregon
politics acquired by Governor Wilson
In the course of the Journey from Horn
brook. California, to Portland. But I
told Abner it kind of struck me that the
Governor's Information had been a little
too hurriedly acquired to be strictly
accurate, something like little 'Lucy
Motrin's Information about King Solo
mon amusin", but a trifle mlsleadln'.
Rev. Hexekiah Hlskipt was examinln"
the Sunday-school about the week's
bible lesson, which happened to be
about the wise king.
"Will some dear child." says he. "tell
us something that he or she has learned
from all the beautiful lessons about
Solomon this week?"
Up went little Lucy's hand.
"Please, sir, I have learned that Solo
mon was very fond of wild animals."
'Fond of wild animals?" says Rev.
Hexekiah, considerable puzzled. "What
does your bible lesson say about Solo
mon that makes you think he was fond
of wild animals?"
"Et says," said little Lucy, 'that he
had five hundred porcupines."
It kind of seems to me that the Gov
ernor, in sbsorbln" wisdom and facts
from U'Ren concernln' Legislatures and
hats, was a bit like little Lucy he got
his information mixed.
Fact is, I was terrible disappointed
in Governor Wilson's speech. Person
ally I'm a Democrat and have worked
at the trade, after a manner of speakin",
from my youth up. And I had my
mouth all pussed up to let a couple of
whoopees for Governor Wilson soon as
ever h arrived in the bosom of ouf
midst.
"You Just wait," says I to Abner
Heppner. "'and you'll hear some good,
straight Democratic talk, and scholarly
talk, says I, "that will make you for
get you ever heard U'Ren talk."
Naturally, since the Governor set
U'Ren's old hat up for a. model of all
that Is needed by an intelligent people
in the way of good government. Abner
has been doln" some pretty loud crowin
and I have been singln' small durned
small to tell truth and shame the devlL
I ain't spent so much good daylight out
behind the barn whittlin' all by my
self since I was a boy and had my first
Barlow knife.
You see I had figured out the signs
tot mean Democratio victory In 112,
with Woodrow headln' the triumphant
procession, and I was monstrous pleased
to hear that he was comln" out to Ore
gon. Well, Woodrow has come, has
saw U'Ren. and U'Ren. in a manner of
speakin', has sawed Woodrow. I kind
of wish Woodrow hadn't come. I feel
about him somethin' like Ephum Has
lam did about his nephew.
Eph, he had a brother llvin' In San
Francisco time of the earthquake, and
his brother sends his small boy up to
Eph for safe - keeping Immediately
after the fireworks begun down there.
Wrote that he felt It his duty to stay
himself, but wanted his son out of dan
ger. Eph. he stood up under the afflic
tion for nigh a week and then he tele
graft to his brother:
"Please send along your earthquake
and take back your boy."
If I was acquainted in New Jersey I
believe I'd send a telegram myself to
somebody with an earthquake to spare.
But Abner Heppner says you got to
hand a bouquet to U'Ren for being the
real fair-minded Willie on the spot,
when a distinguished visitor looms up
on the horizon. Also for the Blickest
politician on the pike. And I guess
Abner Is right. When the sage of Ore-,
gon City Isn't on the Job of reforming
something, he's asleep, and he seems
to be able to do without a heap of
sleep.
The only man I ever personally knew
who was as steady on the same Job as
U'Ren Is. was old man Reynolds down
In California. Old man Reynolds was
a great crony of old man Cridge, author
of several works. Including A. S. Cridge,
Jr.. of your city, and both led the
strenuous life in propagating the single
tax. The only difference was that the
elder Cridge sometimes stopped talking
single tax long enough to eat. But
nothing stopped Reynolds.
One time he was distributing single
tax tracts down in Fresno County and
he came to a house where a funeral was
going. The parson was a stranger, and
knew nothing about the past career of
the corpse, so after a few general re
marks on the vanity of life, et cetery.
warranted to tit any past life without
pincHIn" at the instep or toes, he an
nounces that there will be a brief time
for any one that was better acquainted
with the dear deceased's walk through
this vale of tears than he was, to men
tion some of his virtues.
Nobody took advantage of this offer,
and after a few minutes' silence old
man Reynolds rse up.
'Since none of the friends of the de
ceased seems to have anything to say,"
says he, "it might be well to use the
brief time at our disposal by sayin" a
few fitting and appropriate words upon
the great subject of single tax" and
away he went, and the funeral was an
hour late when they finally got him
headed off.
Now that eeems to me to be the
secret of U'Ren's success in governln'
us sap-heads with the little old Legis
lature he holds in his hat. Instead of us
governln' ourselves. He's on the Job
every minute, day and night, and we
ain't on the Job any minute. That's
the spectacle we represent to the rest
of the world. To an old hayseed like
me it don't seem to be a very proud
nor lnsplrin' spectacle. On the contrary.
I'm kind of ashamed of it. I'd rather
see a parcel of legislators I had helped
to elect doln' the governln'. even If
they didn't do It as well. I may make a
mistake and vote for a poor, ornery no
account critter, such as we have often
had at Salem in plenty, but I want to
exercise my great American privilege
of tryln' to be represented right.
I don't want the best government on
earth, tf it's going to be carried around
In one's hat. Some day we might find
ourselves beln' benevolently looked
after by a hat with too many bats in it.
Yours truly, A MOSSBACK. J. P.
More Intelligent Voters Needed.
PORTLAND. May 20. (To the Ed
itor.) The writer has read the letter
of a J. Claridge, also the answer by
Suffragette.
The letter of S. J. Claridge Im
presses me as the statement of some
cMe with a mind and therefore some
one capable of changing his mind,
which is both manly and indicative of
refined taste, considering the recent
display of sissiness by Mr. Lafferty.
The lines of Suffragette impress me
as being statements of someone who
knows very little of either business or
politics, and therefore of one who
should not be allowed to vote.
The writer believes that we do not
need more voters, but believes. Instead,
that we need fewer voters, with more
responsibility (moral and Intellectual)
to the voter. ANTI-SUFFRAGETTE.
A Parable In Dongkants.
Judge.
Wllle Dearie. I started today to
economize on our household expenses.
Hubby Good! How did you do it?
Vide I went to all the bakeries for
blocks around and then I bought a
dozen doughnuts at the bakery that
puts the smallest holes la them.
SUFFRAGIST "DELIGHTED."
In, Duniway Finds Much That Please
la Current News Dispatches.
PORTLAND. May 18. (To the Ed
itor.) Returning yesterday from a de
lightful visit among the glorious green
ery of the Slate of Washington, where I
remained for a day beyond the daily
visits of The Morning Oregonlan (with
out which I don't see how any wide
awake woman can get along at all), I
was delighted but not at ail surprised
to see that the California Federation
of Women's Clubs had. in Its wisdom,
discovered a way to side-step the tem
pest in a teapot misnamed "Insurgen
cy." with which it had long been threat
ened by a minority of Its members who
had announced their Intention to rule
the majority of the membership through
the exercise of "gag law" (the last re
source of tyranny and oppression), or
ruin everything. If possible, by seces
sion. That even the weaker members
of the federation were able to discern
at the last moment that discretion Is
the better part of valor, and had the
good sense to act accordingly. In the
great State of California, where an
tquai suffrage amendment awaits the
fiat of the voters at the coming
October election, should be sn ob
ject lesson even to such Oregon
women 'insurgents" as have caused
Mrs. Sarah Evans, our Nestor of the
club movement In Oregon, to "back
water temporarily, to sit up and -take
notice." If "a chain is no stronger than
Its weakest link," which no one denies,
it should be the aim of the welder of
chains, by which alone the car of pro
gress can be made to move, so to re
weld her chain that It shall be weak no
longer. It Is this that the women of
California have done.
I was pleased to see In a recent Issue
that Mayor Simon had said, in a spirit
of pleasantry that had in It a gleam
of prophecy, that he would be governed
by the working girls as to whether he
would be an Independent candidate or
not, or words to that effect.
It has now become quite time to an
nounce to the "weaker links" In the
chain of women's progress, in every
Pacific Coast state where an equal suf
frage amendment is pending (and the
movement is In the air), that it is the
written law of liberty all over this
goodly land that the majority shall
rule: also that the minority must learn
to be a cheerful loser.
I am also delighted to ' see In the
Seattle dispatches of i this morning a
"retort" that, if not "courteous" is sen
sible and timely, wherein a man had
the courage to say that "smoking on the
streetcars is no more of a nuisance
than the odors of cheap perfume with
which some women saturate their cloth
ing." This is no apology for smoking,
on streetcars or anywhere else, but
the retort of Mr. Goldsmith ought to
thow the women of Seattle, and of the
whole of Washington, the result of
"freak legislation," which in its last
analysis can only act as a boomerang
whenever men choose to use it as such.
Men will never lose or Jeopardise their
personal liberties by extending the
electorate to women; and all wise
women know it. All wise women ask
is "equal rights for all before the law,
and special privileges for none."
ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY.
RAILROAD MEN OR SEA LAWYERS?
Inquiry Made as to Experience
Ability of Railroad Commissioners.
PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Ed
Iter.) I note in todays issue of your
paper the findings of the Railroad
Commission in the matter of collision
on one of our electrio lines out of
Portland. They have fixed the re
sponsibility and ordered protective de
vices Installed a matter which is
greatly appreciated by the writer and
probably many others.
Being a retired railroad man with
over 29 years' experience behind me,
I am naturally Interested in decisions
of this kind, having analyzed many
such in my time, I've "chewed the
rag" over the "Standard Code" with
my fellows in the shanty from the
time the American Railroad Associa
tion first adopted a uniform code of
train signals in the Winter of 1884.
and have carefully followed their re
finement up until a fw days ago. I
was running on an emigrant train
on one of the oldest roads In this
country at a time when each road had
its own rules, and a man might be
ever so competent on one road and
absolutely useless on another.
It has taken some years to perfect
the present code. The signals were
complied, each and every one. by rail
road men. They have extended, with
slight modifications, to the successor
of the steam roads the electric inter
urban lines. I have not yet fallen fn
with a chap who learned them from a
book without actual experience to help
him understand, and not being ac
quainted with the members of the offi
cial body comprising the Railroad
Commission, it occurred to me, on
reading their decision to ask whether
they were railroad mem, or merely sea
lawyers, as ii generally the case. If
they are not railroad men. the writer
entertains grave doubts as to their
ability to pass an ordinary examina
tion on these rules, let alone Interpret
them for the benefit of the public
whom they serve. ISAIAH FOX.
ciuscg for trade: extension.
Portland Has Opportnnlty to Win
Olympic Peninsula Business.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., May 20.
(To the Editor.) I have noticed in
The Oregonlan lately several pieces
about the vast resources of the "Olym
pic Peninsula" and am glad to note
that Portland and her wideawake and
unselfish people are beginning to in
terest themselves in this wonderful
country, so rich in resources undevel
oped. What Is needed most of all things Is
a railroad and If Portland would be the
means of bringing that to these people
(who have so long been mistreated and
robbed by Seattle and Tacoma), Port
land would certainly get the greater
part of the business of this great em
pire when 't is developed.
After the vast timber holdings have
been removed, the land is so rich that
from ten to twenty acres is all one
man needs. Fruit, berries and garden
stuff of all kinds grow to immense
size without irrigation.
As things are now, they have no
market for what they raise, for the
freight charges to Seattle are so high
no profit is left.
Then the boat service between tfie
straits cities and Seattle is poor. For
instance. Port Angeles has one boat a
day to Seattle and way points, leaving
there in the afternoon. Travelers have
to remain at least two nights in any
of those places to transact any business.
The distance is about 65 miles. Again,
should one wish to go across the straits I
to Victoria (18 miles), he has to go to
Seattle and take the steamer and re
turn the same way. People of Port
Townsend and Irondale have to do the
same. So If Portland can be the first
to bring relief I am sure It will get a
large share of the business.
FORMER PORTLAND CITIZEN.
Poatal Clerks Aa Deadheads.
Indianapolis News.
Railroads carry postal clerks "dead
head," and this free transportation to
Uncle Sam's servants is figured by the
carriers to be worth $1,000,000 a year.
The roads are subject to damages for
injuries received on trains by the postal
clerks.
Economy In Knife Service.
M. A. P. London.
Mistress Maxy, another knife, please.
This one is not clean.
New domestic Not clean, mum? I'm
sure it ought to be. The last thing it
cut was euap.
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
W. L. Dodge, a druggist who Invented
"Ma," an antiseptic for the feet, felt at
the beginning that the only way to
make a success was to advertise it.
He first tried mail order advertis
ing, but it did not prove successful.
Then the Charles H. Fuller Agency sug
gested that he get Tla In the hands of
the dealers by advertising It In tne
daily newspapers
Mr. Dodge accepted the plan. He only
had $5000 capital, but he pledged it all
to the advertising agency as security
tor the advertising.
That was a little over a year ago. The
advertising started. Daily newspapers
created the demand for and sold Tts.
The aalea paid fur Che advertialn and
tne coat of manufacture almost imme
diately, and not a dollar of the capital
had to be touched.
The business has grown enormously.
Over $150,000 has been expended for ad
vertising thus far, and paid for, and
Just now $20,000 monthly is being
spent for advertising.
Figure out what this $20,000 monthly
expenditure means on a 25c article. To
get back the $20,000 a month, without
considering the cost of manufacture, or
profit, means that to,0OO Packages must
be sold each month.
Of course, a great many thousands
more are sold monthly, all through the
effect of the advertising. One would not
think there were so many thousands of
people who had trouble with their feet.
How is this for a newspaper tri
umph? Newapaper advertlaln; brfns Imme
diate returna It is the quickest, surest
way of reaching the people and Inci
dentally less costly than any other form
of advertising.
(To be Continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams
A man who says he likes music, but
does not like classical music, has never
heard any. Classical music Is simply
good music.
When a woman tells another that she
has something to tell her which she
thinks she ought to know, ft usua'Jy
means meddlosome mischief.
There is usually something the mat
ter with a man who carries a woman's
watch.
Two or three days before a woman
begins housecleanlng. she gets a funny
look in her eyes, and nothing will do
her any good except a woman to help
her, a man to move the heavy things.
Every time a new worm appears to
pester mankind, it is more luck for
the birds, which are already the lucki
est things in the world.
Be bold enough to say 'T don't
know," and if you can screw your cour
age up to it, add "and I don't care."
Dogs never seem to become acquaint
ed. When two dogs meet, although
they may have known each other for
years, there is always a prospect of a
fight. But two men will know each
other forever after a mutual acquain
tance has said: "Mr. Brown, shake
hands with Mr. Oliver." That's civili
zation. There Is a demand for an honest
man, but should a man carry his hon
esty into his love letters, no woman
would let him write her a second one.
When a man's engagement is an
nounced in the papers, and he gets
mad about it. It Is a sign that ha
tried to get away and couldn't.
A man dreamed that his grand
father, dead 30 years, came to visit
him. dressed in his grave clothes. That
is not nightmare; that's delirium
tremens.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan, May 23, 1861.
We have to announce to our friends
the nomination of Col. William H. Wal
lace as Republican candidate for dele
gate to Congress from Washington
Territory. The Republican convention
met in Olympia on Monday, the 20th
lnsU and after four ballots nominated
CoL Wallace by acclamation.
Judge Lander has announced him
self as an independent candidate for
delegate to Congress from Washington
Territory.
St. Louis, May 4. Considerable
alarm Is said to exist in Richmond in
consequence of the activity of the U. S.
Government and the unexpected unity
of the North. Washington advices of
last night are to the effect that the
war will be vigorously opened in a few
days by demonstrations upon Alexan
dria and Norfolk.
The agency building at Warm
Springs Reservation was destroyed by
fire on the 16th Inst. The flames
spread to the mills, but were stopped
after great exertions. The loss is
$6000. f
From Citizen Bain.
PORTLAND. Or., May 22. (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonlan on th
first page my name appears in a par
tial list of those who have signed Mr.
Simon's petition. This is a mistake.
I refused to sign the petition and If my
name appears therein It is a forgery.
Please give due publicity to this
statement. JOHN BAIN,
Financial Agent.'
The name of Mr. Bain appears in the
list of signers to the Simon petition.
Possibly It is a forgery. Possibly there
Is another John Bain, wh is a resi
dent of Portland, which John Bain. fin.
anclal agent, is not. It ought to have
been obvious that he was not eligible
to sign any one's petition to be Mayor,
or any other officer, of Portland,
though he has long sought to have a
voice In the direction of its affairs and
the control of its government. Mr. Bain
has recently presumably after years of
hestitation and deliberation taken out
his first citizenship papers.
Towboats Menace Fishermen.
MATGER, Or.. May 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Please allow a few lines in re
gard to the hoodlums' aboard of some
of the towboats. Their low character
and lack of manhood is shown when
they find sport and amusement In try
ing to run down fishermen and destroy
their nets. Whenever we start to pick
a net up out of the way for one of
these cheap lords on the Columbia
River, he generally holds his boats
onto a fellow until he gets to the other
end of his net, unless a sandbar stops
the steamer.
Just this morning I was picking up
my net off Stella for a steamer, and
faithful to the old habit, she wouldn't
sheer to one side or the other, although
It was over half a mile to either shore.
When I got my net in and engine start,
ed I was almost under her guards.
There is no need of such close calls,
and. besides. pays to be neighborly.
. SILEN.