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I1TUXT ACADEMIC.
The Indianapolis News, a progres
sive and aensible Dfwipupcr. U much
Interested la the Oregon system, which
It confess, however. It would prefer
to hae- tried In Oregon rather than
In Indiana. The News hn been at
tracted to the recent d.scusslon ever
the fraudulent uunn on the I'niver
I:y of Orefon referendum petitions
and quotes a paracraph from The Ore
irnnUn jiuifSnMntf that all such peti
tion should net be aifrncJ. anywhere
but In the presence of a public officer,
iteraarka the News:
Tba rhaac bara pfopoaad would anoaM
rt:y boia mattra. bat It wmi to m tbat
tha fcaia aratam ta wrtir. that tba df"a
outttaad ttv ar tnbraat tn It. w
znlf rtt conraiyablr ft boafat aama honaarly
fa tha patitlona. anj yat Iboaa wm nitxht
tx alaoa4 ta tba tlahtaat nay. to pleaaa aoma
ooa aa ard vttbout Bay haowtdva at tha
aubjad Tba caopla are aot dtvlaa'.r tn
Bptrad. abd ar not vlaa Binply bauaa thy
ar tba aaopla. It ta not thalr bualnaaa
laatalata. but to ct mro to laala.ata for
tri.m. tf tbT chooao badly tha f:t ta
thafra. At any rata, tba much ba.irdat
Ortfna OTa'ataj aot aam ta al cir
t work vail, ffbittur It raa bo ao pat'-ba't
aa ta maka It worn sail ara vary murrj
toubt. For It mmxn to u to bo baal oo
aa uttarly faia prtsctpla.
The State of Oregon. In lta pro-Tea
toward reform, ha pawed entirely be
yond the point where It ta willing to
top and consider the purely academic
question aa to whether the Initiative
and referendum are wronic in princi
ple. Rljrht or wrong, the people have
adopted the Oreiron system, and the;
axe determined to atand or fall by It.
Any endeavor to repeal the Initiative
and referendum or the primary la-wr
woe Id be utterly futile and will not
be) undertaken by any responsible
party, or company, or organization.
What net?
The next and only practicable
, course U to correct the obvious evils
and known defects of the Oreg-on sys
tem. But first they must be under
stood And acknowledged. That Indi
vidual or newspaper or politician who
pronounces the Oregon system perfect
Is a much more dangerous enemy of
the people than the open and candid
critic of the whole scheme. He would
have the people persist In error; he
would cajole them by flattery and
palaver Into the belief that tholr Judg
ments Are Infallible; he would traitor
ously Advise them to do Always the
thine that pajudng fancy, or whim,
r passion, might Inspire them to do;
be would be a blind leader of the blind,
a dumb counselor of the dumb.
It was never Intended by the spon
sors of the Initiative and referendum
that they should be employed for mis
cellaneous legislation, or for purposes
f revenge, or pique, or partisan hatred,
er neighborhood folly. It was Intend
sd that they should be used for the
highest expression of the will and de
sires of the people. When so ued the
Initiative And referendum will perform
their true function.
THE LOADS WILL MRREXPEA
The House of Lords Is About to sur
der. It Always does. Whenever some
privilege Is Attacked, some progressive
step ts proposed, the Lords svt their
backs against the wall and with heroic
determination row they will never,
never surrender. The Commons send
the bill up to them at the next anion
ind they repeat he As-teveratlon. An
lection la held on the Issue, the people
sustain the bill. It Is sent up to them
again And they surrrnJer. With the
Lords "never, never" means not for
two or three years. They prolonged
the agony A little on the veto bill, for
that Alma to destroy their power of
obstruction for All future time, but
they Are About to yield.
The threAt which Always scares the
Lords Into submission la the creation
of enough new Liberal peer to over
come the hostile majority. It was ef
fective In MJf. when tha first reform
kill destroyed their ownership of the
House of Common. It has been ef
fective on several subsequent occa
slonA The Lord a know that. If the
precedent were once established, their
power would be gone, for the creation
of new peers would be resorted to
with Increasing frequency. With their
power would go their prestige, for they
would be regarded as a mere survival
of Interest to antiquarian, but of no
practical use. Tho house, being flood
ed with new men., brewers, manufao
turera And other "common people."
would no longer be a place for the
exclusive display of their perfections.
The social distinction which attaches
to a title would be impaired. If not de
stroyed. Power, prestige, social pre
eminence all gone and privilege taken
away one by one by the ruthless Com
mon the Lords would have nothing
hut the gaudy trappings to comfort
them.
The present plight of the Lords Is
the result of an Alliance between
King And Common brought Into be
ing by constitutional monarchy. The
Lords and Commons combtned to ex
tort Magna Chsrta from King John At
Runnymede. In succeeding centuries
they were Alternately aligned first
with King, then with Commons. The
destruction of the old aristocracy In
the Wars of the Koses left the Com
mons alone to contend with a more
powerful King. During the reforma
tion period Parliament was powerless,
the Lord being the creatures of the
King and the Common powerless to
resist him. Older Queen Klixabeth
the Commons gained strens-th and In
dependence And begn the struggle
against despotism which had Its cli
max In the execution of Charles I. In
the civil wars the King was generally
supported against the Common by the
Lorde, but In the revolution of Its,
when the constitutional monarchy was
established. Lords and Commons aarxln
pulled together agnlnst King J.trroa.
Had the Commons been Independent.
they might then have asserted the
- power they Lays atnee rained, but the
majority ol the constituencies were
controlled hy members of the House
of Lords. Hence followed the agita
tion for reform in tho sjstom of rep
resentation and removal of abuses of
bribery and sale of seats, which was
given expression hy Lord Chatham In
1770. It continued until tho first re
form acfwae passed In 1832 and so
cured successive acts until now there
1 practically manhood suffrage with
the secret ballot and severe measures
agalnat bribery and corruption.
This broadening of the electorate
has enormously enhanced the power
of the Common And diminished mat
of the Lords. The ''power of the
purv" possessed by tho Common ha
enabled them to force the King to ap
point as ministers the leaders of the
majority party tn the Commons. - He
ts now their mere mouthpiece or reg--
ktratlon officer. They have xorcea
him Into an alliance with them against
the Lords. Monarchy and Aristocracy
Are mere shadows, while the Commons)
have all the substance of power. The
neonle rule a effectually a in any
republic, but they rule under cover of
the outward forms of monarcny anu
aristocracy. The s-urrender of the
Lords will be an admission that any
attempt to exerclKC the power these
forms typify means their destruction.
was nt i.l ki n rovnrnr.RATE
1I..TKR?
Tho semi-centennial anniversary of
the battle of Hull Itun. which occurs
today, has apparently affected the In
telligence of some of the writers who
discuss the subject. John S. Mosby.
who has described the battle for tho
New York Sun. Is perhars the wildest
In his theorizing about It. He declares
that the cause of the Confederacy was
lost at Bull Run. This would make
that great Southern victory singularly
Pyhrric In It consequences. Moeby
argues that the Confederates might
easily have captured Washington had
they pursued the flying enemy with
vigor. And no doubt that 1 true.
Rut thfe capture of Washington
would' not have decided the Issue of
the Civil War any more than It
did that of the War of 1812. The
resources of the North would have
remained exactly a they were
before and Its spirit would have
been stimulated by the calamity, not
permanently depressed. It is true,
however, that the possession of Wash
ington would have given the Confed
eracy standing In the eyes of foreign
countries. Seated at the National cap
ital, lta government might well have
been recognized a the legitimate one
and the North held to be in rebellion.
From this point of view Mr. Mosbya
apparent extravagance of statement
becomes A little more reasonable.
THB LEWIs) BIBKLT.
Doubtlesa the local promoters, male
and female, of the vast Lewis scheme
for art. literary, musical, educational
and social league throughout the
United States, with a great center at
University City, Mo, will foci greatly
outraged that Judge Mcpherson has
put the whole business in the hands
of a receiver. If the project has merit.
It will work out in time. It may be
supposed; If It has no merit the re
ceiver ought to save something from
the wreck. Thp receivership will of
course suspend the unlimited develop
ment of the Lewi enterprises; and
unlimited development Is essential to
the iuoccm of the Lewis plan, as it
was to theMisslsslppl bubble, to which
Judge McPherson feelingly referred.
There waa a duy of reckoning ithere
Always is and the bubble burst And
overwhelmed the whole people of
France In disaster.
The Mississippi bubble waa a great
financial scheme projected by John
Law, In Pari. In 1717. Law issued
shares for A vast company to be called
rtte Compagnle d'Occldent, afterwards
Compagnle dea Indes, to be engaged In
colonization and cultivation on the
banks of the Mississippi River and In
the Indies. Reports of gold and sil
ver discoveries Along the Mississippi
River were Adroitly circulated And the
Imagination and greed of the people
vastly ecHed. Law interested the
French government and promised to
wipe out the public debt. One-fourth
of the share waa paid for in money
and three-fourths In public securities.
An era of mad speculation ensued and
ended In disastrous failure. The
French government waj required to
pay the creditors of the concern the
great sum of t340.O0.000.
Law was perhar honest, but he was
A dreamer and speculator. Lewis Is a
dreamer, A speculator, and may be en
tirely honest. That may be some con
solation to the women who have joined
In his schemes with the commendable
Idea that they were doing good.
AVri-SOtTAL NEW.
The microscope of the social re
former 1 again turned on the news
papers by Frances Fenton In A pam
phlet published by the University of
Chicago. Taking six newspapers rang
ing In character from yellow to white,
she finds that the percentage of what
she calls anrl-oclal news ranges from
20.02 to 5.91. while of all objectionable
things the porcentasre Is from 42.47 to
1.0. She finds that an average ef
.ll per cent of the news ought to be
left out.
. Miss Fenton seems to Include as
anti-social all news about crime or
events which are Injurious tb society.
Her classification betrays a funda
mental error tn her view of the func
tions of A newspaper. She appears to
Imagine that in recording h dally
history of the wrt he newspapers
should portray tho" orld only as It
should b. not as It Is. She would
have us deluded Into the belief that
there Is no murder by keeping us In
ignorance of the murders that are
committed. She would have our eyes
closed to the growing looseness of the
tie of wedlock by the suppression of
news of divorce.
Miss Fenton makes the same mis
take aa many other writers on the
same subject she assume that the
newspaper is published to convey to
the reader what he ought to read, not
w hat he wishes to read. She forgets
that the reader buys the newspaper In
order to Inform himself of what la go
ing on In the world and would soon
ceae to buy a newspaper which re
fused to publish the kind of news
which she caIIs Antl-eoclal. She for
gets that. In order to exist, a newspa
per must have A circulation, and. tn
order to secure and maintain its cir
culation. It must supply the popular
demand.
But the assumption that news of
clime and sin Is anti-social Is not sus
tained by experience. The crimes are
antl-soclal, but the publication of
them Is the reverse. The publication
of a crime has often been the signal
for a great reform. To take an ex
treme Instance, the crucifixion of Jesus
waa a crime, but the proclamation of
- - . - , 1 -.-. I I
It by apostles and missionaries spread
Christianity through the world. Com
ing down to more recent times, the
Chicago Tribune has for years pub
lished the anti-social news of death
and Injury to many persons through
the senseless explosion of fireworks on
tho Fourth of July. This publicity has
inspired legislation In many cities
which produced the "safe and sane"
Fourth of July this year, with a greatly
reduced death roll. Persistent public
ity about the Anti-social facts of slav
ery led up to Its Abolition. Publicity
as to political graft In many cities has
brought about a marked change for
the better. Publication of the Lorl
mer bribery bids fair to purify the
United States Senate to aome extent.
Suppression of news of crime never
served any purpose but to protect the
criminal. Not the person injured by A
crime beseeches the editor to suppress
the news of It the criminal doea ao.
In fact, crime and tyranny thrive on
secrecy and suppression of news; they
shun publicity as moles shun the sunlight-There
1 a form of Anti-social news
which Is as severely condemned by
publishers of reliable newapapera aa
by writers of the type of Miss Fenton.
This is the news which la so colored a
to herolze a criminal, to dress up vice
In the guise of virtue, and to incite to
lawlessness by aettlng popular pas
sion above) law. It slanders an honest
public official and thereby makes the
public service repultdve to honest men
and attractive chiefly to scoundrels.
It mingles fact and fiction so skillfully
that they are Indistinguishable, with
the solo purpose of deceiving.
In fact. It is necessary to discrimi
nate between newspapers If they are
to be considered Justly. Mise Fenton
finds the highest percentage of anti
soclai news In one of her six newspa
pers to be 20.02, while the lowest la
6.91. The newspapers with the lowest
percentage would object to being
placed In the same category with the
one having the highest percentage,
and Justly so. They object to sharing
the. censure which rightly belongs to
the lutter. They tell of anti-social
news In such A way that the reader la
Inspired to condemn crime; the other
class tell of It In such A way Aa to in
stigate to further crimes. Their aims
are opposite And they should not be
confounded
EsrEKAVTO AT ENGLISH.
Tho F.sneranrisLa make UD in hope
what theylack In numbers. Although
their convention Tor the facmc .-onn-west
ha been attended by no more
than thirty-five delegates, they talk a
confidently of conquering the world as
If they were a universal council with
members from every nation under thfl.
sun. Neither Napoleon nor Ateinatr
could look Into the future with more
loftv ambition. Perhaps neither or
those conquerors had so much aolld
ground to atand on a the csperanusts
Kin when ho set out on his career.
The growth of the new language has
been something to stare at in tnis pan
of tee country. Last year'a conven
tion -aa attended bv only five persona
who could speak the Inspired tongue
of Dr. zstmennor. uoaay mere ar
ihirtr.fnnr ar-tivA KsDer&nto societies
in Oregon, it 1a aaid. And aome 300
adepts In the international apeecn.
Thl. hnilM well for the future. If the
same rate of growth Is kept up for
ten or a doxen years tne wnoie popula
tion will be conversing In the language
of universal brotherhood.
Esperanto, as we have hinted al
ready, waa Invented by Dr. Zamenhof,
a nAtive of Eastern Europe, with the
loftiest motives. HI purpose waa to
provia av wtaiiB ...
tinn for all mankind. In his opinion
war Ana many minor cimcuiueo Be
tween nations arise from tne lacK oi
mutual understanding. Out of the use
of different tongues grow fear and
hatred with All their evil consequence.
Put people in a situation to talk with
one another and many of their un
happy prejudice will vanish. Thua
Dr. Zamenhof argued, ana witn mis
h.rnni hla mind he set about in
venting a language which should undo
the mischief caused oy man a pre
sumptuous pride when he built the
tower of Rabcl.
Tho nurDosn of the new tongue w
not by any mean to supplant the old
ones. The desire of the Esperantists
1 that each individual should acquire
his native speech precisely as he does
now, and use It on all ordinary occa
sions. But for extraordinary occa-
lonn. such as a Journey into foreign
lands, or correspondence with a Chi
nese friend, he is to become master
of Esperanto. Were this ideal once
attained, all mankind would possess
a n.iinm rf enm m it nloatlon useful
everywhere And for A multitude of ob-
lects.
Up to the date of Luther Refbrma-
tion the learned world possessed
much the same Advantages which Es
n.rinin. annnoaed to offer to every
body now. In those days all persona
of any education could apeak and write
Latin. The decadence or xatin a a
medium of common . Intelligence la
nnhiioai ritiA in lartre measure to the
translation of the Bible Into the vari-
us European vernaculars, Luther s
.-erslon and the famous King James
ranslatlon have Insensibly raised the
llgnlty of the people's apeech until
mhn'f anv lonarer thinks of compos
ing important works in Latin. The
contrast with the past ia striking in
hia narticiilur. Racon. for examnle.
fancied that in order to insure Immor
tality for his philosophical treatises he
must write them In Latin. Newton
wrote his Prlncipla" In that tongue
and both Deacarte and Bplnoxa did
the same with their philosophical
works. Kant, however, wrote In the
vernacular of his country and ao have
all hi German successor. The rise of
o.. nreatia-A of the modern languages
affords one of the most Interesting
chapters in the niatory or civiuzauon.
o doubt gain has resulted rrorn it on
le whole, but there has been aome
loss as well. The need of an lnterna-
ional tongue is felt keenly by scien
tific men and those who conduct a
orld-wide business.
Tn tn ro.a1 the Imnortant books
ni articles In anv field of learning A
man must know aome half a doxen
languages. Scientinc stuoent in col
lege are constantly referred to works
In French, German and Norwegian, tr
they wish to know what Is going on in
penology, they must also read Italian.
The situation In business affairs Is
even more complicated. The need or
a universal language ia not often de
. v.. intaiiicront nersona. but it Is
meu uj . n . -
sometimes questioned whether Esper-
to 1 destined to occupy tne
Thai It to ar-owinc I as I we are
constrained to admit, but one or two
other languages have ao much the start
of it in the race ror aupremacy mat n
may never overtake them. The Es
perantists hold A good many conven
tions and make much of themselves.
i.u ..MAitant reason, but they are
yery lew: compared jvltn, the people
a--na-V-t TTTtnVT ft "V 171? TT A V
who speak English. To tell the pain
ful truth, the prospect that Shakes
peare's tongue will become universal
Is far brighter than any promise which
the future holds out to Dr. ZamenhofA
invention.
Much Is said about the simplicity of
Esperantist grammar, but the student
finds it more difficult in practice than
English. Our tongue has virtually no
grammar. It is put together mechan
ically In the easiest practicable way,
and its atructure is becoming more
simple all the time. Declensions are
falling out of use. Sentences grow
shorter, and we tend to express all
relative ideas toy prepositions. More
over, the English vocabulary Is inter
national. " We Import words freely
from all tongues and assimilate them
without difficulty. The basis of Eng
lish 1 world-wide. It drew originally
from both the Latin and the Scandina
vian stock of roots, and in the course
of It long history has taken others
from Hebrew, Russian, Arabian, and
heaven knows what. Almost every
man on earth can find traces of his
mother tongue in English, so that af
ter A fashion it la A familiar speech to
him.
The only barrier In the way of a
world empire for English Is its abom
inable spelling. That 1s the sole diffi
culty which has to be surmounted In
acquiring it, and It is a serious one,
though only for those who write. It
does not trouble those who learn
merely the spoken language. Could
our spelling be simplified as the Ger
man, Italian and Spanish have been
and a the French will be soon, noth
ing could prevent English from be
coming the universal speech of the
world for scientific and commercial
purposes, and possibly for all pur
poses. Grants Pass is a most appropriate
place for the meeting of the Southern
Oregon and Northern California Min
ing Congress, which is now In session.
It is in the heart of the pioneer placer
mining district of Oregon, which is
again increasing its production, after
many vicissitude, under the impetus
of modern method of mining. The
increased output of the Southern Ore
gon district in 1909 almost equaled
the decrease in Eastern Oregon and
waa enhanced by the development of
gold and copper mines. That the min
eral resources of Oregon have been
only scratched Is certain, and the con
gress at Grant Pass will serve to call
attention to them a well a to the
many other resources of thAt rich re
gion. It cannot be very easy for men en
gaged In a sham battle to become en
thusiastic about the fighting. It Is
Impossible to know who has won until
several hours or days after the battle
ia avat- when an umpire doe A vast
Amount of figuring and then an
nounces the result. It was far more
satisfactory In the good old day when
a man ran his adversary through with
a eword And atood triumphantly over
him. saying, "Die. dastard, die." as
they do in romantic novels. But Car
negie tella us those were not the good
old days, but the bad old days of war
fare. In the good new days we don't
kill our Adversary In battle; we cinch
him In a business deal.
The Appearance of a new orchard
pest will be a welcome event to farm
ers, since the old familiar one only
keep them Awake half the night. The
brown-tail moth, which haa been dis
covered near Seattle, will give them
something to do In the early morning
and Sunday afternoons. This moth Is
a voracious devourer. He leaves noth
ing but the bare branches. It Is well
to be on the watch for him. Descrip
tions and picture can bo obtained
from Corvaills. together with direc
tions for preventive measure.
Representative Barnhart, of In
diana, is the latest -authority on how
to run a newspaper. He haa been
telling the National Editorial Associa
tion All About it- Perhapa the editors
will go home and abandon the debas
ing practice of making money and
follow his uplifting advice. There Are
two classes of men as to whom it Is
considered sinful to make money
preachera and editors. What do they
want with money Anyhow? They can
live on air. It Is far more healthy.
Study of Oregon history should re
ceive an Impetus from the coming As
toria celebration. Hence the series of
lectures to be given will be welcome.
The settlement of Oregon is aurround
ed by aa much of the romantic a that
of New England, Virginia or Ken
tucky and affords the rising genera
tion examples worthy of emulation.
We would cheerfully bet a cooky
that J. C. Mara will be flying again as
soon as he can go without crutches.
He saya he will never visit the upper
Air again, but when he has repaired
his bones and healed his wounds the
old appetite will rage again. Once an
aviator alwaya an aviator. The habit
is like drink, taxea and death.
Expert InformAtlon on the percent
age of water in trust stocks is gradual
ly being obtained. The sugar trust
capitalized at J60.000.000 refineries
which cost $6,500,000. The steel trust's
capitalization has been shown to be
about hAlf wAter. We Are gradually
getting at the cause of hjgh prices
dividend on water.
The "See American First" movement
la more popular In Europe than in
America, Just aa "See Europe First"
la more popular in America. A man
is no more impressed by the charms
of his own country than a boy is by
the beauty of hla own sister. They
are both too near home.
A pedestrian leaves this city today
purposing to walk around the world
and bring bAok A wife In thirty
month. If doubly successful he will
be a wonder.
John WanAmaker, who has returned
from the coronation, waa. favorably
Impressed with the King. No doubt
the King was duly Impressed with
John.
Alluding to an accident which befell
Will H. Thompson, the Seattle lawyer,
poet and Archer, what business has an
archer with a pistol?
As a business investment the City
Engineer should receive the highest
kind of pay for the best brand of work.
Let the Water Board put a meter in
the service of every man who objects
to the latest sprinkling order.
An Esperantist Is the most cheerful
optimist In the world.
JULY 21, 1911.
Gleanings of the Day
New York. haa an Italian boy named
Manuel Priola who cannot speak his
mother tongue. He is 10 years olcLand
five years ago his father deserted his
mother. She put him in an-institution
and went to work. She saved money
and took him horr two months ago, to
find that he had been taught only Eng
lish, and they could converse only
through an interpreter. Finally, the boy
ran away, not relishing this roundabout
means of communication, and the mother
he caused his arrest.
.
New York politics are responsible for
the United States Senate's delay In pass
ing the reapportionment bill. The Dem
ocratic bill gives New York six new
members and necessitates a redisricting
of the state. If the bill should pass
the Democrats could fix the districts to
their advantage for the next 10 years.
Therefore, Senator Root is fighting the
bill on the ground that It Is unwise to
increase the membership ,of the House,
and the Democratic louse leaders are
demanding action, threatening to post
pone adjournment indefinitely unless the
House passes It. They intimate that it
Is the sole business of the House to fix
its membership.
In buying some cotton land In Mis
sissippi an English syndicate was re
quired to ship $3,000,000 In gold to this
country, and under special guard from
New York to Memphis. If all large
transactions were made In the same way
the gold supply of the world would be
continually traveling, the supply would
not be nearly sufficient to do the world's
business and there would be a slump
In prices. By multiplying the gold sup
ply artificially, paper credits redeemable
in gold have enhanoed credits.
Arthur Newton, the lawyer who de
fended Hawley II. Crippen at his trial
for wife-murder, has " been suspended
from practice for one year for profes
sional misconduct in defending Crippen.
He aided two newspapers to publish false
statements about the case. Justice Dar
ling, in announcing the decision, said
that the case had been conducted largely
for the purpose of making copy for the
newspapers which subscribed money for
the defense. That a solicitor should
lend himself to such practice was a very
grave offense, the Justice said, and ha
added that in his opinion the newspapers
connected with the affair deserve pun
ishment equally with Newton.
The National monetary commission
cannot begin work on Its final report
because the majority of its members
cannot be got together In Washington.
It will probably not meet until Fall,
but is expected to report In time for
action at the regular session of Con
gress. Meanwhile each member draws
his $7600 a year, including the "lame
ducks" of whom Sherman and Cannon
took care by having them added to
the commission. They will not hurry
while their pay goes on.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock is
adopting measures of economy by
which he expects to wipe out the deficit.
A test made at St. Louis showed that
second-class matter could be shipped
from New York on freight Instead of
mail cars at a reduction in cost from
9 cents to half a cent a pound and
the new system is being tried with
monthly and semimonthly publications
sent from the East to main distributing
centers at Cincinnati, Chicago, Kansas
City, St. Louis, St- Paul and Omaha.
The saving at St. Louis alone is esti
mated to reach $500,000 a year. The
extinction of the deficit is to be fol
lowed next session by a movement for
1 cent letter postage.
Argentina is having a railroad
b,oom. Nearly 1300 miles of new road
from the wheatflelds to the coast
were opened in 1910, one being 500
miles long, from Rosario to Puerto
Belgrano, on the Atlantic. Congress
haa voted to spend $19,300,000 on new
roads this year. Subventions for a line
of steamers to South Africa are under
consideration. BrazlL-bulIt 1189 miles
of railroad In 1910 and Is building
many short lines this year, British and
German companies having th9 conces
slons. The government is considering
a scheme to build a road from Rio to
Buenos Ayres, connecting with the lat
ter city by a ferry across the River
Plate. Many Irrigation projects are
under way or in contemplation. Chile
and Uruguay also have much railroad
and irrigation work under way.
There are K.000 attorneys In New
York City who have a struggle to exist
There are many thousand farmers who
need able-bodied men. Those attorneys
would be much better employed on the
farm than struggling to exist off other
people's misfortunes In the city.
New York City has added a Board of
Inebriety to Its municipal machinery
and will send habitual drunkards and
drug fiends to a hospital to be cured.
THE! LULLABY OF TEMPERATURE.
Bh-, sh-hi Be quiet I prayl
Don't mention a word of the weather.
And do not reflect on the chancre of
the day
While we may be talking together.
A few hours ago it waa hotter than
Tophet.
We said to ourselves. "We've a bum
weather prophet."
But now the thermometer' creeping
Back down in the tube, and forsaken
the spot.
Where erstwhile It scored "97 points
hot."
Sh-h, sh-hi Be quiet I pray!
The little thermometer's sleeping.
Great Scott, but wasn't It warm?
We shed, to the verge of propriety,
Our wearing apparel, and prayed for a
storm
To bring back the weather's sobriety;
We squirmed like the pitch-painted vic
tim of Nero;
We wouldn't have cared If it went down
to zero
To atone for its boiling and leaping.
But since from the top of the tube It
withdrew;
We sit- up and wonder If it can bo
true. ,
Sh-h, sh-h! Don't holler too loud!
The little thermometer's sleeping.
Sh-h, sh-h! Be quiet I pray!
Don't mention a word of the weather.
And do not reflect on the change of
the day
While we may be talking together.
Because If we get the thing started
again
It may ramble up to a hundred and ten.
The top flat In Farenheit keeping.
Don't speak of the weather In tones
loud and gruff.
You, I and the ice man have all had
enough
In various ways, so be quiet I pray,
The little thermometer's sleeping.
Portland, Jz 20 cnDean Collins. ,
COJtrETITIOV IX TITLE MARKET
Writer Declares 50O More Lords Would
Break: Marriage Trust. '
PORTLAND. July 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Monopoly of titles, by the in
ternational title and marriage trust, to
my mind Is clearly within the purview
of the' Sherman act. Why not? Such
monopoly or trust Is "unreasonable"
as laid down by the recent decision of
the Supreme Court by reason of being
restraint of trade.
The possible creation of a few hun
dred more lords in lordly Albion, would
benefit the consumers of titles here in
America and give this democracy a
square deal in titledom. Asquith is
doing great work all around. He is
the legitimate demonstrator of Bobby
Burns' rhapsodies. Lords ought to be
made fast enough to meet the popular
demand of tnose who have the coin.
Pursuit of happiness is a constitutional
right, and there ought to be an amend
ment to the Constitution guaranteeing
happiness to all who pursue it.
But one million dollars and upward
is too much to pay for a fat and gouty
lord, particularly In hot weather and
the prospects of a new and large crop
rt ln.1a In tVl A TlAflr futUTS OUCfht tO
excite the expectations of a long felt
. . .. . e
want in tne, snape ot a tB
lordships and lordllngs. This would
do much toward smashing the title
and marriage trust wiuioui tun
affinities, scamplshness and court de
crees. A few hundred more lords on the
market would enliven competition,
V, Inunsrtinn in the noble StOCk-
i. nn Tn i"t r.t tiiA niirchasers of
titled floe stock.
A lord over 60 is useful only as :
wall flower, or parlor bull, or some
thing to wait on, and should not brini
.-.mn i nt a lord betweei
30 and 45 years old can take his own.
bath and dress nimsen in an emei bouj
. , n - enill frnTYl an U tOIHOb i 1 '
JUJJljJ WUfc V- -
; i n- i.a on -fnmn Into a SDlli
socially, and his friskiness alone ought
i i mAnn .hi" Annnm which is
cheap enough for the edification ot
the elite rubber necKs aim
as it is as valuable for a first pagre
spread. But a lap lord. Oh my, one of
those dear, cute, little things, so pet
tish y'r know, is cosny. mo
aristocratic darling. so fresh, sedate,
. -e n.it-vif nt crrncA and nobility.
The bliss of his kiss and the thrill of
the bliss Is worth a million, coming or
-t i .v. nf nnssessins: such
a prize is measured only by the gray
matter ot tne joyous.
Give us about 600 more lords into tne
bosoms of our castles and we will not
need an arbitration treaty; the next
generation won't have anything to
fight about. You can't raise a serious
row among a bunch of molly-coddles.
Plea for Open Cars.
PORTLAND, July 20. (To the Edi-
rnv. 4 - ia. as FOinRRt. TlOt & KICK-
Neither "dogs" nor 'smake"-Just a plea
for the old-rasnionea p "
cars we used to have. What has be
come of them, and why can't we have
them for general use these hot days
and nights, especially nights. They
i i ..,i,i Annreclated by we
certainty nvw.i ' ' ' - - -
ordinaries" who cannot afford automo
biles. One often notices u or uicu
cars In some car barn. Give them to
t.. - nn' each TonsT run for a
us. 4 u k. a . " " " , , , ,
little cheap evening pleasure. My! how
people would wait ior innm .uu
them! This is a plea from hundreds
of people who used to look for them,
and pass up closed cars by the twos
and threes and wait until an "open'
came along. Surely they are no more
trouble or expense to the company.
How the happy crowds used to pile in
... cut and the few last seats
for the boys and their "smokes" and
their best gins, wno oiuu . iumu u
their hair did smell of smoke, as the
pleasure offset the little discomfort..
Please give us the open cars Just a
few, and If not, why not? Please, some
one esle speak up and make It more
convincing. If I have failed.
ST. MARY.
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright, 1911, by George Matthew Adams)
When you meet a man who Is very
enthuslastlo, look him up and see If
he isn't getting a revenue from hia en
thusiasm. The trouble Is, in feeling the public
pulse, most people never let go their
own hands.
A" farmer is so generally admired
that the only charge against him Is
that his wife works pretty hard. But
if you watch him, you will notice that
the farmer works pretty hard, too.
It is usually said of nearly every one
who is ailing: "He would be all right
. - , j toVn en ra nf himself.
II no wumu vco - -
Why is there so much Indignation
here lately because people don't be
have? They never did behave.
When a woman has had three hus
bands. It seems a good many to most
people.
People are disposed greatly to overdo
every good thing.
Girls are always poor. TJncles, aunts
and old friends who wait to oblige
girls should give them money, and not
books of poetry. Many a nice girl
walks because she hasn't a nickel to
pay car fare.
It Is easy to plan, if the other fellow
is to pay the bills.
When a fantastically dressed man
rides up and down the street in an open
carriage, and Invites you to hear him
lecture on the corner, remember that
he didn't go to all that trouble to
amuse you. His scheme IS really to
get money out of you.
Have you learned that when you
express an opinion on a subject, that
does not linauy seiuo n
Brad's Bit o' Verse
I took the kids out for a walk, and
listened to their artless talk: U made
me feel quite gay and young, like
some eld song that's newly sung. I
made a bluff to run and shout, but soon
my creaking knees played out- We
loitered in a shady wood, and I tried
bravely to make good; it was no use;
the old Terrain of childhood called to
me in vain. I heard the kids whoop
out their Joy Just like I used to when
a boy; dim echoes of the noise and
play from some lost, far-off yesterday.
The sunlight filtered through the trees,
I heard the voices of the breeze and
watched the clouds go dritinfg by like
phantom ships across the sky, dream
laden on their lonely way with freight
ed hopes that would not stay. The
kids they frolicked on the green and
gave no thought to sylvan scene; they
longed to see their dad cavort I had
no heart for childish sport. Old Time
turns not upon his track, and van
quished youth can ne'er come back. 1
know that I am growing old; but there
are yet some grains of gold among the
sands that swiftly run through life's
great hour glass, one by one. We often
look with longing gaze across the gulf
of other days; but I have always
thought, somehow, the best and sweet
est time ia now. -(Copyright, 1911. by
W. D, Mens-i, ,
0REG0NIAN
ED ADVT TALKS
L met Brimst Daflia iu Atlanta
in 1910. He was then a newspaper re
porter and special ' writer. Since that
time he and Edwin F. Johnson,
another newspaper reporter and special
writer, have formed an advertising
agency in Atlanta.
When the cotton people were In New
York recently and had as their guest
President Taft, I met Mr. Dallis and he
recalled to my mind a talk we had
while I was In Atlanta, which he said
turned his thoughts toward the adver
tising business. The germ was planted,
in his system and It commenced to
work. He infected Mr. Johnson with
the germ, too, and it worked on him.
These two men. through theft- news
paper experiences are human Interest
copy writers. They have the nose for
real advertising news.
I have often stated in this column
that a good reporter generally makes a
good advertising writer that a repor
torial experience Is a wonderful asset
to an advertising- writer. i
I asked Mr. Dallis a number of ques
tions about the South and Southwest,
because we are all impressed with the
priigreu that section of the country,
has made in the past few years.
Of course. Mr. Dallis is enthusiastic
about this section believes in its fu
ture and realizes, as most of us do,
that the prosperity of the whole coun
try has been dependent somewhat, in
the last decade, upon the progress
made by the people in the South and
Southwest.
There is a splendid opportunity for
the development of all lines of busi
ness general and local throughout
this territory. , "
These two young men have redeveloped-
resurrected as a matter of fact
the advertising of the Southern Cotton
Oil Company, which for a time had
ceased advertising because it had not
obtained satisfactory results.
They have been doing some unusual
advertising of the product of this com
pany, namely: "Wesson Snow Drift
Oil" and "Snow Drift Hogless Lard,"
and I am Informed, not by Mr. Dallis,
but by newspaper men in the South,
that the Southern Cotton Oil Company
people are delighted with the results of
their advertising.
They have, in addition to these
products that they are advertising, at
least five more products that are ad
vertlsable, and we hope these young
men will develop them.
I might add, too, that the newspaper
instinct in a man prompts him to look
In unusual fields for advertising.
Messrs. Dallis & Johnson have devel
oped a tombstone account, which is un
usual, and it has been successful.
(To be continued.)
Entirely Too Personal for Casey.
Success.
Patrolman Casey had ordered a pair
of shoes at Rosenbrlgs store and waa
about to try one of them on when tha
clerk reached for It and deftly
sprinkled some French chalk in it to
ease the forthcoming strain When ha
handed it back the customer threw it
on the floor, pulled on his own shoa
and started out.
The proprietor had noted the scene.
"What's the matter, Mr. Casey?" he
panted as he caught up with him. "Waa
the clerk sassy or anything?"
For a moment Casey glared at hira
In almost speechless anger, then ob
served with icy dignity:
"If I can't come into a place to thry
on a pair uv shoes wldout havin'
chloride uv lime put in them before
hand I'll thrade somewhere Use."
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
Fathoms Another Mystery iu
The Sunday
Oregonian
The Adventure of the Solitary
Cyclist is the case which the fa
mous sleuth takes tip next Sun
day. Sherlock; Holmes is here
compelled to exercise all his keen
ingenuity, for it is a baffling tan
gle which he must clean np a
case in which he meets with thrill
ing adventures. Complete in Sun
day's issue.
In "An Arctic Scoop," another
fiction feature, is presented. This
is a fascinating tale of journal
ism in the Far North. It deals
with news of the late war with
Spain.
Jimmie and Ethel afford still
another va"ation feature with
their blithsome domestic adven
tures. Chapters 7 and 8 of
Ccmpo-n.acion" also appear.
Admiral Togo, the greatest
naval hero of the century, is about
to visit us. There is a half page
devoted to the career of this great
warrior a half page of truth
that is stranger than romance, in
which the personal side of the
greatest living warrior is devel- .
oped.
Shooting Straight is the sub
ject of an illustrated half page
which will prove a revelation to
many who have come to look upon
themselves as being handy with
firearms. With the advent of the
modern high-power rifle shooting
straight has become an intricate
process.
Are Americans going the pace
that kills?
Vital light and important data
are thrown upon this great sub
ject in a half -page article.
"The Edinhoro Wriggle," a
Scotch song hit, is the week's lat
est musical offering. In conveni
ent form for your music rack.
Another full page of Civil War
action pictures seven of them
taken at the front during the
great struggle.
Ten minutes of wholesome
mirth are afforded by the Funny
Men, the Widow Wise has an ad
venture in Munich, and Mr. Twee
Deedle and Sambo appear in fresh
pranks.
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