THE 3IORMXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JCXT 22. 1911.
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THE ETo BII.I.
As almost everybody expected, the
vaporous talk In the British House
of Lords about rejecting the veto bill
hi amounted to but little. When it
came to the pinch the cournire of th
Tory peer turned out to be of the pot
s)'te variety and thrjr voted for the
bill with some amendments which ex
press their Impotent spite rather than
their adherence to principle. Un
doubtedly the commons will reject the
amendments and then the Lords must
face squarely the isnue of accepting;
the veto meaveare or submitting to be
submerged by a new army of peer.
The bill ttiU be passed In any rase.
WL-tdom has not shone very brightly
. among the Lords during this contest
and It Is quite likely that they will
r- ait until they no longer poetx-ss any
pom-er of resistance. This bulldog ten
acity is admirable on the battlefield
and has often helped the British
.armies win victories from the Jaws of
defeat but it Is a little out of place
ri politics. The peers may have the
consolation of reflecting after the fight
is over that they brought their dif
ficulties npon themselves.
If they had not strained a constltu
tlonal point to reject the Lloyd-George
budget their evil day might have been
put off for years. Of course it would
. liave come sooner or later but it was
not imminent. Acting upon foolhardy
advice they rejected the budjet and
thts gave the liberals an opportunity
te appeal to the country upon the con
stitutional question of the right of the
Lords to reject a finance bill. The ref
erendum went In favor of the liberals
and it was then almost Inevitable that
the veto question should be pushed to
the front. The liberal ministry at once
raised It by proposing a bill to limit
the power of the upper houae. This
has now been accepted by the com
mons and has paused Its third read
ing In the chamber of peers with
amendments.
The tug of war will come over these
amendments. It Is not supposed that
Mr. Asqutth will again appeal to the
country since he already has the pop
ular verdict. He will ak the King to
create enough new peers to pass the
veto bill and the King will undoubt
edly accede to his request, not be
' cause he is liberal In his ideas bat be
cause he does not wish to endanger
' his throne.
THS WORLD OROTflNlJ I'ttrMIU
Trestles of permanent arbitration
how under way between the United
States and the powers of Western
i-urope and among those powers them
, e-lves wnuld after all serve only to
aanaka definite and perpetuate a condi
tion of peace which has existed for
O years. Tho United Stat. Creat
I'rttain. France and Germany are the
powers concerned.
Th. T?n1ri Kr.tM In thai fin.. V. . .
hnd the Spanish r. which Is the only
, r In which anv of the fotir nations
timed has fought with any European
fower and Great Britain has had the
Hur war. which was the subjugation
of a rebellious colony, and several
minor colonial wars. France and Ger-
rnany have had some fighting of the
tme kind In their various colonies
and France has made some expeditions
Into Morocco. But these powers have
rcen at peace with one another and
though there has been occasional fric
tion and 111 feeling, there has been no
serious danger of war.
The moral threatening war-cloud has
been that between France and Ger
many regarding Morocco, but in that
14 blood was split, only Ink and a few
e-ard words. The political issues were
settled at Algiers, but the Casablanca
incident forboded worse consequences.
lor it might be called a question of
national honor. Yet even that yielded
Mo reason ard guve proof that a slap
,iu the face may be atoned for without
another slap. Little Greece has fool
ishly fought her semi-barbarous neigh
bor. Turkey, and Japan has barred the
sy to the encroachments of nearly as
Joarbarons Russia. Wars of aggres
s.on have been confined to the seml
tarbaroua nations, while the civilized
powers have kept peace among them
selves and proved that as the world
progresses, peace becomes more firmly
established wtthotit formal treaties.
j Vet treaties have helped the work.
The triple alliance led to the Ru-so-'
i Vrench alliance and the two have kept
five great nations at peace for 40
years. The Angle-French alliance has
checked any tendency of Germany to
'Kgrexslon. The Russo-Japanese war
proved the effectiveness of the Anglo
J.ipanese alliance In blocking Russia's
.advance on China and as an aid to
'bringing Russia and Britain to an un
c rstandlng In Russia. Any threat of
.war contained In this alliance Is re
moved by the Insertion In the treaty
renewing it of an agreement that
nettbr party shall be required to
'make war on a nation with which It
h- made an arbitration treaty.
This concession of Japan was evi
d. n'ly made In view of the approach
ing conclusion of an arbitration treaty
tHtween the United States and Great
"Britain. It is evidence that Japan ex
pects no quarrel lth this country
"which may lead to hostilities and
fl'ught to silence the noisy few who
tiave been prophesying war with
Japan.
The treaties of alliance have kept
the peace by Inspiring wholesome fear
lof the consequences of war. Old
cau of quarrel have grown stale and
and new quarrels hsve been set
tled by diplomacy until the habit of
'such settlement has grown op. The
ftatura! sequence is to make perma
nent this mode of settlement, and
where It fails, to provide other mum
Than war. nam!y. arbitration. Thus
-;e Angle-American treaty promfsto
e the first of a series. Others will be
between the United States and France
and Germany. Then may com treat
la between each to of these three
European power. The early adhe
sion f Austria. Italy and the Scandi
navian countries may he expected and
In fare of. this league of peace. Rus
sia will be Isolated in her barbarism.
A few years ago thla forecast would
hare been deemed the dream of vle
lorary: now H la In Immediate pros
pect The g-'ory of the United States
consists In having; taken the first deft,
nlte step to realize It and to Presi
dent Taft la due the credit Of having
caused that step to be taken.
IirX-TO-4ICK FAKC AGAIN
The only person who ever saw, or
pretends to have seem, the astounding
Ilt k-to-Dk k note In the original files
of the Secretary of the interior was the
Abbott woman. She alone had an in
stinctive appreciation of Its Important
Character, and rescued It from the
oblivion of official burial. Private
Secretary Brown never saw It. Sec
retary Fisher never saw It. Commis
sioner Iven nett never saw it. Chief
Clerk Dutlley never saw It. Assistant
Attorney Williams never saw It. No
one at the Wblte House, where the
documents reposed for a time, discov
ered IL No other of the multitude of
clerks or officials familiar with the
Controller Bay transaction ever saw
It. Only Miss Abbott, with her eagle
eye and her big muckrake, caught it.
In course of a hasty examination of
the papers.
Tet alias Abbott, who had been given
the paper by direction of Secretary
Fisher, did not mention the IicJc-to-Dlck
postscript when later she sub
mitted hex article to him for comment
and approval. It was not there. Sec
retary Fisher told her hor article con
tained too few facts and too many in
ferences, and he could not approve It
It was not printed then; but later the
article, or a now article, containing the
Plck-to-Dlck seimatlon, was printed In
Philadelphia.
This is the brief history of a scan
dalous affair, made clearer than ever
by the convincing and circumstantial
narrative of ex-Private Secretary
Brown, printed in The Oregonian yea
terday. The Dick-to-Dick postscript
Is a preposterous forgery.
EH.sr.xcE or A ORAvr. crime.
Governor Johnson, as Governor, hes
itates to extradite Banker-Fromotcr
Wilde because as a lawyer he ha
grave doubts as to whether a crime has
been committed by the San Ulege
plunger. It would be instructive to
have the Governor's definition of crime
and Its essential elements. On his
part he might be Interested in having
an Oregon Interpretation of a grossly
Infamous and criminal transaction,
Here It is:
A J. Rufus Walllngford comes to
Portland with an assortment of phony
telephone bonds In his trunk. They
are not salable at par through the
usual banking or brokerage channels,
and J. Rufus corrupts a hank cashier
through a secret bargalrr-to give him
a large commission If he will use the
bank's money In the purchase of bonds
at par. The essence of the contract
between J. RuXus and the dishonest
bank otllclal for the bond transaction
is the Illicit rake-off for the cashier.
Otherwise there would be no purchase
or sale. Thus the cashier is induced
by J. Rufus Walllngford to betray his
trust, devoting large amounts of the
depositors' money to an unfortunate
speculation, leading to disaster for the
bank, ruin for the depottltors and
prison for the unfaithful banker. It is
nonsense to pretend that J. Rufus Wal
llngford has no moral responsibility
for the consequences to the bank and
the loss of Its money. Unquestionably
there Is also a definite legal account
ability. What Oregon proposes to develop. If
It can. Is the identity of Mr. Louis J..
Wilde and his operations In Portland
with the supposititious Mr. J. Rufus
Walllngford and his operations. If
Governor Johnson fully understands
the situation, he will do what a Gov
ernor of his high reputation for up
rightness and straightforwardness
should do.
rHKB-rOR-ALL nKTIOH.
The Los Angeles Times, which ad
heres devoutly to the old order of
things political and governmental, dis
covers a "logical conclusion" of the
popular elections of United States
Senators and discusses It in a tone that
leads one to infer that the Times be
lieves the forecasted outcome is pre
posterous and unprecedented. It says:
D!spne In aueh conta:s with both prl-
marlea and petmana. Make It a rraa-rr-all
raoa. Iat eery mas nu Saalrea hava an
tran chance and try hia lurk. Kaqutre only
dapoait with tha Count? Treaaurar sunl-
clant to covar tha coat of printing tha can-
dulata'a name open tha ornelal ballot and
turn tha aaptranta loose. Lt tha beat man,
or tha man who has tha most Industrious
and ItraWaa Jawbone, or tha man who can
bay tha alTorary of tha greatest number
of fraa and Independent aewapapara. win
ojt. and let tha hlndmoat aspirants go
seek tha soothing society of tha anamy of
mankind.
That such an outcome might not be
so very' disastrous and might even
have some merits has been illustrated.
In rart at least, by the State of Wash
ington. Washington never abolished
the primaries, but. owing to the dom
inance of the Republican party, the
result of the primaries in the Repub
lican party is almost equivalent to
election. - The state hits avoided the
petition plan of bringing out candi
dates, and charges a fee equal to 1 per
cent of ote year's salary attached to
the office sought.
Any citizen may become a candidate
for United States Senator or Repre
sentative In Congress simply by tiling
hia name In the offl-e or the Secretary
of State and depositing 115. A man
can run for state otHce for as small an
amount as, 112, If he seeks no higher
place than that of Lieutenant-Gover
nor. The idea in framing the law was
to provide only sufficient money for
printing the ballots.
A cursory Investigation of the results
attained under this system In Wash
ington might lead one to unwarranted
apprehension. The record of the, men
chosen in the first election under the
s stem discloses that one Justice of the
Supreme Court was accused of submit
ting an opinion In a railroad case to
one of the railroad attorneys before
he filed It. This Justice resigned un
der .fire. The Secretary of State was
accused or grafting, and he also re
signed. The Insurance Commissioner
was accused of grafting and declined
to reslam. Impeachment proceedings
were instituted and a special session
of the Legislature was called, with
the outcome that he whs retained in
office . by three votes. The Governor
died soon after election, his end un
doubtedly having been hastened by hia
exertions during the campnlgn.
When used for comparative pur
posea, however, this record Is not so
bad as It sounds. The Justice of the
Supreme Court had previously been
appointed to the position by tfce Gov
ernor: the Secretary of State had twice
been nominated for the same office by
state convention and had been twice
elected; the Insurance Commissioner
had served as chairman of his party's
state central committee In conventlo
days and had been a deputy state offl
cer for eight years. The case of the
Governor Is by no means unique In th
annals of the country's political hi
tory.
These things all happened following
the first election held under the prl
mary law of Washington, and, while
not Indicating In themselvea an lm
provemcnt over the old system, they
Indicated no retrogression and were
perhaps to be accounted for In the
lack or experience among the voters
with their new powers. In any event,
the negative results have been offset
by good ones. t
Two United States 6enator have
ben chosen .under the Washington
law and with no presence of scandal or
deadlock or Interference with lawmak
Itig such as marked some other ses
slons of the legislature. Two men
have been elected who are poor In
purse and who were opposed by candl
dates financially able to buy the advo
cacy of any or all newspapers that
cared to sell their honor anil lnflu
ence. Nor are any of the Representa
tives elected - to Congress tinder the
srstem noted for vast wealth or tire
less Jawbone.
Klther considering or rejecting this
record, we cannot see much distinc
tion between a nominal fee Imposed on
the person who desires to run for of
fice and the requirement that he file a
nominal petition. What little differ
ence there la ts In favor or the fee.. If
the ,no-account" or the demagogue
seeks a primary nomination, the need
for signatures to a petition Is no ob
stacle. It Is simply a matter of em
ploying petitlon-shovers. and an equal
sum Is better applied when devoted to
the payment of ballot-printing cost
This "logical outcome" of popular elec
tion of United States Senators does not
look so very threatening to the public
welfare after all.
PORTLAND A PACKES'O CENTER.
Portland Is now definitely estab
lished as a great meat-packing reenter
Not only that. It has fixed the penin
sula as the center of this industry In
Portland. Tills has been accomplished
by the location of the Schwarzschlld St
Sulzberger plant at that point, adjoin
Ing the Swift plant. To them will be
added others until Portland will be
come one of the great packing centers
of the world.
The pioneer work in this direction
was done when the Swifts located their
plant on the peninsula,, prompted by
the building of the North Bank, and
when the Union Stockyards were lo
cated In proximity to their plant. This
made the peninsula a livestock center
for the whole Northwest, for buyers
come to the Union Stockyards from
Seattle and Tacoma and other cities.
Iuit year to per cent of the buying was
done by others than the .Swills.
Portland's advantages as' a packing
center would have- been Impaired if
the S. & S. plant had beetJ"located at
some other rolnt in or near the city
than the peninsula, and if a separate
stockyard, had been etabllhxr near It
A scattering of the Industry would
have followed as more packers came
and the city would hhve uffered
through not having a central market
where livestock could be bought and
sold. The nctlon of Schwarxschlld &
Sulzberger, the greatest rivals of the
Swifts, in taking an Interest In the
stockyards and announcing the pur
chase of a site and erection or a pltint
adjoining them, clinches the creation
of a parking center on the peninsula
with no danger of a rival. The lead
ership thus gained will draw other
packers there and the Puget Sound
firms will ultimately come not only to
buy, but to pack livestock. ;
The advantage of such a center for
the Industry is evident from the ex
perience of Chicago. There a num
ber of packers have asnembled around
one great stockyard until the industry
supplies one-third of the city's busi
ness and supports one-third of Its fam
ilies. Portland's packing center on the
peninsula should do as well, with Its
railroads reaching through Eastern
Oregon and Washington, Idaho, Utah
and Wyoming, with deep water at the
very doors of the packers, -and with al
most unlimited room for expansion.
Until recently Oregon cattle have
all been shipped to he granger states
to be fed and many of them have been
shipped back to Portland to be packed.
The cutting up of the large holdings of
land In Oregon into small farms has
already begun a change. Cattle are
now going from the Oregon range to
Oregon farms te be fattened, and then
come to Portland to be packed, saving
the loss tn weight and time and extra
freight of the trip East and back. In
stead of having flesh Jolted off them In
crossing the mountains, they come on
a smooth down grade and suffer the
minimum shrinkage. Cattle from the
whole Northwest will all be eventually
diverted this way and Portland will
become the undisputed packing center
of the Pacific Coast.
A PATHETIC rAJl.1 KK.
The pathos of a wasted life attaches
to the memory of Andrew Gernand.
He died at Baltimore the other day in
extreme old age after spending 86
years trying to invent a perpetual mo
tion. That he should have wasted his
energies upon a task so hopeless is all
the more regrettable, since he was a
man of real Inventive genius who
might have done useful work. But
practical achlvement did not charm
him so much as the pursuit of a
chimera, and so far as the good of the
world Is concerned his life might as
well not have been lived.
One cannot help asking whether he
was happy or not as he followed his
vain quest from year to year. If dis
appointment means misery, his days
must have been woeful Indeed, for as
fast as he worked out his ideas he
necessarily found them wrong. It
may have been a continual tragedy to
him to see his models fall one after
another. Perhaps -he knew the bit
terness of hope deferred as well as any
man who ever Mved. Certainly few
have known It longer. And yet we
must not make up our minds too has
tily that (remand lived an unhappy
life. If he experienced many failures
he also experienced the perpetual re
newal or expectation. Evidently his
faith never rorsook him, and what Is
more comforting than the unshaken
belief In an Ideal? The unreality of
our castles In Spain does not matter If
only we can think their towers and
banners are substantial. "There l
nothing good or 111 but thinking makes
it so." Gernand must have found his
career fairly satisfactory or he would
not have followed It so long. If
length of days is a sign of a contented
life he was probably as well pleased
with himself as most men, for he was
88 years old when he died. Men of a
theoretical turn of mind are apt to
live long even If they are valetudinar
ians. Herbert Spencer and Darw(ri were
both of uncertain health, but neither
of them died young. Spinoza was
almost the only philosopher who
failed to reach his three score and ten
or something near It. Such men live
with Ideas which seem to make cheer
ful companions for them. The world
Is a better place to live in because of
Gernand and his like. Mistaken as
they often are, they still possess a
deeper sanity than many "practical"
men.' He who assumes that material
things are the only realities is also
mistaken and his error Is more tragic
than Gernand's, for he sins against hia
own higher nature.
The exploit of Evans R. Dick in Hay
tl is a pleasant relief from the dirty
Dick-to-Dick scandal In Washington.
A private citizen who shelters Ameri
cana from mob violence on his yacht
and Is only restrained by his own gov
ernment from shooting holes In the
mad Haytlan rioters Is made of the
right kind of stuff. Mr. Dick
action suggests a new form of
recreation for the rich. When they
discuss plans for a cruise on their
yachts, some one may make the sug
gestion, "Let's go to Central America
and suppress a revolution." The so'
quel might be a protectorate of some
Wall street bouse over the banana belt
republics where the yachtsmen had
checked the pugnacity of the citizens.
Mr. Dick may have unconsciously
opened a new field for the operations
of American captains of Industry.
John E. Parsons, "proud father of
the trusts, asserts their right to cap
italize the prospects of their business
and the men behind them.' One diffi
culty about this Is that death may
destroy a large part of their capital
How much would the steel trusts cap
ital be impaired by the death of E. H.
Gary or J. P; Morgan? The only pro
tection would be for ti 1 s to in
sure the lives of these men for an
amount equal to- that at which they
are "capitalized. But the genius of
these men, which makes them valu
able to the trusts, is used to inflate
prices. The consumer is compelled to
pay a higher price In order to com
pensete the genius which enhances
prices. Mr. Parsons may yet think of
a few more things to capitalize.
Lord Lansdovvne cannot have read
recent history or he would not have
predicted that the first Unionist min
istry will repeal the Lords' veto bill.
A measure Increasing the power of the
people and reducing that of the aris
tocracy, once passed In England, has
never been repealed. The modern
history of England is a record
of continued progress In liberty,
political, religious and economic. A
step forward, once made. Is never re
traced, though there have been occa-
sonal halts. The most aggressive re
actionary movement Is that for protec
tion, but It has accomplished nothing.
When the Lords' veto is once taken
away. It will never be restored.
A bollermaker nnturally by virtue
of his occupation can tolerate a little
noise, but the combined noise produced
bv a tub full of beer and watermelon.
a 16-hour graphophone, boisterous and
Improper language, and a pajaina and
kimono parade drove him to distrac
tion. Even a change from the sounds
of the boiler shop might be pleasant.
but the combination of noises mel
lowed or raised to profane anger by
beer-parched tongues made eloquent
by watermelon, of all manner of
voices sounding from the graphophone
and of loud pajamas and kimonos was
too much for his esthetic soul. Better
the din of the bollershop.
Jack IJlly of Klamath Falls exhibit
ed a trait of human nature the other
day which the apostles of peace do
not sufficiently take Into account. It
Is the lure of danger. -Jack rode on
a plank down a roaring rapid through
perilous gorge with his life in danger
ail the time simply for the sake or
doing It. He Is Intensely human. We
love him for his deed though we do
not want to Imitate tt and hope he
will not try it again.
The fictitious Dlck-to-DIck letter
was a singularly stupid Invention. At-
ack9 of that nature upon the reputa
tion of a public man always react in
his favor. There are many men who
think Mr. Taft ought not to be Pretd
dent again but hardly one of them
wishes to see him ruined by a libel.
Of course the Dick-to-Dick affair was
of minor consequence in any case but
he animus of it Is not agreeable to
the country.
Mr. Wlckersham's project for a com
mission to regulate corporations Is
sensible. Those who expect the new
Commerce Court to perform this duty
will necessarily be disappointed. Reg
ulation by lawsuit must he slow, cum
bersome and futile. It is executive
work and should be Intrusted to an ex
ecutive commission. Any tendency to
pervert the courts from Judicial to ad
ministrative functions is unfortunate.
Ex-Senator Aldrlch la now added to
President Taft and a number of others
as denying Hlnes version of the
Lorimer election. The inference is
that Hines misrepresented his talk
with Aldrlch and used Taffs name as
a club to line up Republicans he could
not buy. As a witness Hines Is already
discredited. He is handling the truth
with the recklessness of a guilty man
at bay.
There are plenty of men for the
easy harvest Jobs such as bossing and
driving, but for stern manual toil the
laborers are rew. Meanwhile every
city has its "army of unemployed."
Sometime a genius will appear who
can bring togother the Job and the
man who wants it. He Is badly needed
at all times and especially at harvest
time.
Edward Hay, harvest hand, and eon
of Governor Hay, looks like good ma
terial for another governor in the Hay
family; if not something higher. He Is
n Improvement on the type of student
that lolls around town in partl-colored
socks, gaudy hatband and other clothes
which provoke the people to wear
smoked glasses as protection against
the lurid glare.
The garbage crematory fight,
the poor, Is always with ua.
like
Al'DITORICM SITE IS SUGGESTED
IX R- Marpby Recommend Use of At
klnaon School Black. .
PORTLAND. July 21. (To the Edl
tor.) As a citizen lnterest-d in the
city's welfare end In the Auditorium
shortly to be erected here, permii m
to take space In The Oregonian for cer
tain suggestions.
We are confronted with the fact that
our regular blocks are 200 by 200 feet
that the Ziegler amendment prohibits
the vacation of streets within a certain
distance from the river; that we ought
to have a space of at least 200 feet by
300 feet; that the City Market block.
that seemed best available for the rea
sons here stated, cannot be used for
an auditorium.
What. then, is the best location?
I surest the Atkinson School block,
opposite the Armory. This block seem
to me to be the most available and bes
for the purpose, for many reasons
First, that, like the Market block, it 1
owned by the city. Second, that the
Zlegler amendment in no way prohibit
the vacation of streets adjoining thl
block. Third, that it is immediately
next to the Armory, and either an ar,
rangpment can be made with the state
by W-hlch part of the Armory block
may be used for the Auditorium, or. if
this was found Impractical, and it seem
lng best to use part of another adjoin
ing block, the Armory would still be of
tremendous advantage to tne Auano,
rtum for overflow meetings or for
meetings that perhaps must necessary
Uy be held in proximity to the Audi
torlura on certain occasions.
It Is to be noted that It Is one block
from Burnslde street, one of the main
arteries of this city, two blocks from
Washington street, close to the new
Postofflee site, close to the depots, both
the Union and North Bank, close to
several carllnes, and within two or
three minutes' walk of all the best ho
tels of this city.
The trades school now held in the old
Atkinson School could easily be moved
either to the Market block, or any other
place that might be arranged for it.
Certainly the old Atkinson School build
ing cannot be considered an asset as it
stands, and within a short time must be
torn down, and at the present time
should be considered practically worth
less. It is at the present time unsani
tary and not adapted for a trades school
and probably should be prohibited for
any use at this time.
It will be remembered, too, that in all
probability the future business growth
of the city will be to the west, and that
within a period of a few years this
probably will be the center or near the
center of the large business portion of
Portland.
It Is quite apparent that an auditor
ium should be within easy and lmme
diate reach of .the large hotels, since
the use of the Auditorium is for ex
traordlnary occasions, when the city is
filled with visitors using the hotels and
restaurants, and it Is important in the
selection of the Auditorium that this be
not lost sight of for one moment. Such
a location would have the effect not
only of creating a proper impression of
the. city upon visitors, but above all
places. them in Immediate touch with
hotels and restaurants.
DAN R. MURPHY.
Nietssche'g Place.
PORTLAND. July 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Probably no one but the editor
of a leading paper can form any con
ceptlon of how difficult it is to please
everyone, even in making the most
commonplace observations.
My little "wail" has been elicited by
the statement In an editorial on
Nietzsche in Sunday's Oregonian
which begins: "The most potent Intel
lectual Influence in the world today Is
Nietzsches philosophy."
This is felt to be a very great over
statement of the case, which overstate
ment, however, is negatived In a me as
ure in the body of the article where
referring to Ibsen and Nietzsche It is
stated: "The ideas which they both
used were In the air as legitimate
products of the evolutionary theory and
belonged to the dramatist quite as
much as to the philosopher.
Metzsche with practically the whole
raft of so-called moderns have only
heen possible as such because of Dar
win. Recently In looking through
book on Nietzsche by' Henri LIchten
berger the coincidence Is cited between
Nietzsche's "Eternal Recurrence" and
similar theories advanced by Le Bon and
niRnnui. all acting independently. Llcht-
enberger also speaks of some influence
in the air.
Now what I object to Is the air being
credited with what had cost so many
weary years or toll and observation.
To give Nietzsche, brilliant and cour
ageous as he was, precedence over Dar
win in his influence over modern
thought, or even compare them, seems
to me to be preposterous.
HARPER PEDDICORD, M. D.
Oregon Ilvoree Law.
PORTLAND. July 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Can a person divorced in Oregon
marry in this or any other state in less
than six months? If they should do
so, how do they stand as to property
rigntsr UUS1'ANT READER.
Marriage in' this or any other state
within less than six months after di
vorce in Oregon is illegal. No proDer-
ty rights are acquired by an illegal
marriage.
Uncle Jerry.
(Chicago Tribune.)
"Every time a trust gets it in the
neck." observed Uncle Jerry Peebles.
'I reckon Roosevelt cuts a notch in his
big stick."
THE WI.NJUVG OP THE WORLD.
Two Esperantlsts sat upon a fence.
And parleyed each to each, with zeal
Intense,
Saying, "Lo, friend, the time comes
rapidly
When our new language, gaining
ground apace.
Shall rule triumphant o'er the human
race,
In lands and nations washed by every
sea."
"We two are prophets of the coming
age.
Apostles come from Zamenhof, the
. sage.
To sweep the world and to illuminate It
With this new marvel of linguistic
science,
Equipped with every up-to-date ap
pliance, So simple that a child can operate it.
"Spanish shall sink to' nothing, poco
pronto.
And Madras' men rebel in Esperanto;
When o'er the world, at all doors we
go knockfu''
Spreading, our gospel where the
Italians babble.
Where Russ and Pole, Arab and
Hindu gabble.
And In the lands where German 1st
gesprocken.
"If billion people in the world there be,
A billion victims they, for you and me.
And if' we hurry forth and do not wait.
We may today cop two beginning
fine
There'll but remain to capture 999
Million, 999 thousand, 998.
"See how It spreads! Let us haste
forth. O friend.
To work, and of our speaking make
an end."
So saying, they their several legs un
curled. Leaped down in highest hope, from
off the fence.
And hastened forth to bear, with
seal Immense,
The Esperanto gospel te the world.
Dean Collins.
Portland, Or., July 21, 1911.
PROFIT KTHE CITY'S GARBAGE
Mr. McCuaker Recites History to Prove
There Is Money In It-
PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Edi
tor.) I uotice that a company calling
itself the Portland Fertilizer Company
has or is about to submit a proposition
to the city to take the garbage of the
city, except such stuff as will not make
fertilizer, delivered to it at some point
designated by it, to be taken outside of
the city to its plant and made into fer
tilizer, and the company wants the c'ty
tn make such delivery and pay to It
81 per ton for so doing.
I am not surprised at this, nor do I
blame the aforesaid company, as the
City of Portland has demonstrated that
it Is an easy mark when it comes to the
question of garbage; but why should
any company ask the City of Portland
to pay it to take away the garbage,
when a stm'lar company on Puget
Sound runs cars and pays 81 to ave
the garbage delivered to it?
I remember a few years ago that the
firm of Fisher. Thorsen A Co., of this
city, asked for a franchise to collect the
garbage, and offered to pay the city for
its plant on Guild's Lake, and also to
pay a certain per cent of its gross earn
ings to the city for t.ie franchise. They
offered to put up a bond of J50.000 that
they would have sanitary wagons and
sterilised cans, etc., and take the gar
bage outside of the city limits. Did
they get the franchise? Hardly. A
howl went up Immediately that this
firm would make a pile of money by
utilizing the garbage for the manufac
ture of soaps, fertilizer, etc., and so
the city finally decided to buy a good
plant that would consume the garbage,
but made no effort to profit by it, and
I see there seems to be some trouble yet
about tha aubiect of garbage.
Now. the fact that this firm offered
to do certain things Will convince any
one that they expected to realize a
profit by handling the garbage, ana n
also convinces us that the Fertilizer
Comnanv exDects to realize on the fer
tilizer or It eould not afford to handle
it for $1 per ton. Therefore I do noi
believe that the city should be taxed to
maka a profit for this or any otner
company, but if they wero to handle it
free I would favor giving it to them
and let them make what they could
out of it. It would have been better
If the city Instead of building a new
plant had used the old one for con
suming paper, etc.. and made the rest
Into fertilizer, etc., at a profit.
I am Informed that the, City of Ber
lin realizes a big profit 'on the han
dling of its garbage where formerly it
was a great expense. I am not pre
pared to advocate the city going Into
this business at this timo, hut if a
reputable firm like Fisher, Thorsen &
Co. should ask for a franchise on the
conditions mentioned before, I believe
it would be wise to grant it.
There is an ordinance compelling
garbage collectors to cover their wag
ons and haul the garbage at certain
hours, but it is never enforced any
more and. as a result, we have foul
n,inr mixed with the perfume of our
roses for the edification of our visiting
friends. THOMAS .vrJUS.n
One for the Minister.
Michigan Gargoyle,
nan... nMn't von notice that I
pressed your foot at the dinner to
night? Mazier-Why, it wasn't my foot you
pressed! Oh. George, I wondered why
mamma was smiling so sweetly at the
minister.
ConntryTown Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams)
You can't make a compliment Dig
enough to cult some people.
Th. Kact Tinfificai workers say you
can't tell, from what a" man says, what
he will do.
There Is always some one in every
crowd who remains Just quiet enough to
be able to tell afterwards what fools
the others made of themselves. '
A man looks almost as wretched at a
rcentic,n aa a. woman looks when
traveling in a covered wagon.
u.,w r Kw n njilr nf shoes Monday.
and by Saturday night his toes 'are stick
ing out.
When you And a new friend, do you
neglect old ones Just as good?
t .rnnfttimA. thfnir that when a farmer
comes to town to serve on the Jury, he
as a pretty gooa time, tie says n i
miMIn duty he doesn't like, but I
rather think he does.
whn nn -nay out a dollar, do you
growl In a way indicating that you are
in love with It? Tnat is a poor way.
wK.n a vammi in a. novel is reduced
in circumstances, she cuts her servants
down to two. That always maww
country town woman' sniff.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian, July 21. 1801.
The San Francisco Bulletin of the
8th says that no clipper from the East
l 1 at that nnrt within the
previous iO days and that but little
business was doing.
At the Counoll meeting Friday night
Mr. Hallock offered a resolution pro
viding tor the grading of Front street
from Columbia street to the southern
boundary line of the city at tne ex
pense of the owners or adjoining prop
erty. Not adopted.
Congress met July 4. a majority of all
embers from the loyal states being
present. West Virginia sent three mem
bers; North Carolina one. In his mes
sage the President reviews the action
of the secedent states and declares they
hava acted without Just cause; they
are the aggressors. He takes up the
doctrine of states rights ana demol
ishes it. Ho condemns trmed neutrality
and says it is resistance to the Govern
ment and will not be tolerated; as such
seceded states have violated the laws
and attempted to overthrow tne uov--
ernment they deserve the severest pun-
shment. The war must be pusned on
epeedlly and decisively and for that
object he cans tor tuu.uuu men ana
$400,000,000.
Brad's Bit o' Verse
(Copyright, 1011, by W. D. Meng).
When the world goes against you and
pleasures decay, when friendships grow
feeble and cold, there is always one
friend you can trust in your grief a
friend with a heart of pure gold. There
is none like a mother to soothe away
care and comfort your heartaches and
woes; you don't need to tell her the
troubles that grind, for the sweet, pa
tient darling, she knows. If you're down
in the gutter she'll follow you there with
soft words of blessing and cheer; she
will love and defend you when others
condemn and the world turns away with
Rneer. No friend like a mother; no
eart that's more true: no blessing more
bright than her love; it encompasses all,
from the nethermost depths to the white,
gleaming portals above. She knows all
our fallings, your weakness ana wants,
he believes with a faith that's sublime;
nd her tender affection, though often
betrayed, grows deeper and stronger with
time: and oft in life's conflict when false
friends deride, when the waves of despair
madly foam, how we long for the touch
of her soothing caress and the welcome
that waits us at home.
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
John J, Irving, Mayor of Blng
hamton, N. Y., told me the following
advertising story recently:
"My mother always did some buying
in the old A. T. Stewart store. New
York.
"One day while making some pur-;
chases she overheard the following
conversation between a woman cus
tomer and a salesman:
"'Is this all wootf afked the wom
an, picking up some material.
" "Yes, madam, it is,' answered the
salesman.
..."Are you quite sure?' again asked
the woman.
" 'Absolutely, answered tho salos
man. " 'Then I will take it,' she said.
"A man also had been standing near
enough to overhear the conversation.
"When the woman received her pack
age and was starting out of the storo
this man asked her if she would mind
stepping up to the main office that
he desired to talk to her about the pur
chase she had made.
"She assented, and when she reached
the office she asked the man who he
was, and he replied:
" 'I am A. T. Stewart, tho man who
ownj this business. I think I over
heard that salesman tell you that tha
material you Just purchased is all wouL
Did I understand correctly?'
" "Yes, sir, you did," tha woman re
plied. ""Well, madam. It Ic not all wool. It
is part cotton. I don't want you or
anybody else to buy anything in this
store that Is not exactly as represent
ed. Will you please go with me to that
salesman?'
"They went to the counter and Mr.
Stewart said to the salesman:
"'You told this lady that this ma
terial is all wool, did you not? You
know better than that.'
"The salesman did not know Mr.
Stewart, so he answered rather flip
pantly: " 'No, I did not tell her that It is all
wool.'
"Mr. Stewart then said:
" 'Go to the office, young man, and
get your money. I don't want any sales
man in my store who will lie about my
merchandise. I am Mr. Stewart, so go.'
"Ho went.
"Now, that was a great many years
ago.
"That incident made a great impres
sion on my mother. She told it to her
friends. She always had unbounded
confidence tn the Stewart store after
that."
The name A. T. Stewart is remem
bered by everybody in America, and al
ways will be. He was a great mer
chant.tand it is because he was both
great and honest that he is remem
bered. How about salesmen and saloswomon
who are taught not to toll the truth but
are taught to lie about the quality and
price of the merchandise they sell?
Wouldn't it be Just as well for mod
ern morchants to follow in the foot
steps of Mr. Stewart?
Does anybody know of a better way
to build up a good name in business
than by giving the public a aqiiarc
deal f
And which is better a good name, or
a lot of money with a namo that won't
stand the sunlight? -. ,
(To be continued.)
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
Fathoms Another Mystery in
The Sunday
Oregonian
The Adventure of the Solitary
Cyclist is the case which the fa
mous sleuth takes up in tomor
row's magazine section. Sherlock
Holmes is here compelled to exer
cise all his keen ingenuity, for it
is a baffling tangle which he must
clean up a case in which he
meets with thrilling adventures.
Complete in Sunday's issue.
In "An Arctic Scoop," another
fiction feature, is presented. This
is a fascinating tale of journal
ism in the Far North. It deal3
with news of the late war with
Spain.
Jimmie and Ethel afford still
another vacation feature with
their blithsome domestic adven
tures. Chapters 7 and 8 of
"Compensation" also appear.
Admiral Togo, the greatest
naval hero of the century, is about
to visit us. There is 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 tha
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 Edinboro 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. ...