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RBYAX AS A -JAlJ-rrlKR."
Representative Underwood rise In
the might of his virtuous wrath to de
nounce Mr. Bryan - a "fal".inr" be
riiM the gentleman from Nebraska
had laid at the door of the gentleman
from Alabama the heinous charge of
b-lr.g a "protectionist." There m-ere
cheers from Democratic throat when
the thunderbolt was hurled at Bryan.
The Ex-moo rata appeared to think that
Colonel Bryan had deliberately "fatal,
fled" and to be pleased that a Demo
crat, had the audacity to ear so. The
Bryan yoke la off the Democratic neck.
But did Mr. Bryan faUifyT If Mr.
Underwood is not a protectionist, what
l he? If the Democrat of Congrrs
are not protectionists, what are they?
They rote for the farmers free list, but
that l mere political jockeying, with
out the slightest sincerity or integrity
of purpose, and passed merely as a
retaliatory measure upon President
Taft.
The House Democrats. Including
Underwood, refuse to vote for free
wool, but pass a wool schedule reduc
ing about one-half a schedule that
everybody agrees was exorbitant and
hat President Taft had denounced as
Indefensible.- Then the Senate Dem
ocrats Join with the high protection
Insurgents after defeat of the House bill
and put through a measure Imposing a
ariff on wool but slightly less than
he Payne-Aldrlch tariff. The House
at ready also to abandon the half-way
Underwood compromise and support
any wool tariff acceptable to the Insur
gent Republicans. It wl'.l be a pro
tection bill. It will be nothing else.
It will receive the support of Demo
crats, nearly all of them.
Tour Democrat shouts for free
trade or tariff for revenue, but he
votes for protection. Is Colonel Bryan,
or any other, a "falsifier" who exposes
the humbug and hoilownes of the
Democratic pretension that the Demo
cratic party Is not a tariff protection
party?
The Oregon woolgrower ought to
sleep better. There will be no free
wool, rot now, nor soon.
THI CAJktORJLA ASD ITS CAfPEa.
One of the anomalous survivals
from the dark ages Is the Camorra,
whose principal members are now on
rial at Vlterbo for a murder commit
ted in execution of one of Its secret
decrees. Having Its origin among the
Spanish brigands, whom romance has
11 but Immortalized, It was trans
planted to Naples with the Spanish
;onqurors and became degraded Into
n organization of city criminals. Its
watchword was secrecy and Its tenta
cles spread through the underworld
until It gained such strength that It
was able to defy the government. At
times. In fact, the Bourbons found
themselves driven to form an alliance
with It.
The original Camorra of Spain was
i comparatively high-minded form of
brigandage. The bands lurkel In the
mountains and descended on the trav
elers, on whom It levied a regular tsr
rlff. proportioned io the rank and
wealth of the wayfarer, and. unlike
the tariff of the present day. was "rea
sonably and proportionately reduced
If the season had been bad. If there
had been drought or hall or any other
calamity." says Ernesto Serao. writing
The Truth About the Camorra" In
the Outlook. This system, transplant
ed from the mountains of Spain to the
slums of Naples, "spread its roots
through the muddy subsoil" and from
levying toll on travelers turned to ex
ploitation of women, organized raids
on gambling houses, and usury ex
torted from rich young men who had
purposely been led astray. On the
proceeds of every crime It levied Its
tax. the "right of Camorra." When a
difference of opinion arose about the
division of anything, the Camorrlst
Intervened and decided, reserving to
himself the best share "by right of
Camorra."
The eesence of the Camorra Is or
ganized extortion by means of Intim
idation and the brute force of the
stronger, who. If denounced to Justice,
finds himself supported by the whole
association that, mysteriously, in ths?
dark, strikes the culprit and avenges
the offense "in the name of the Hon
orable Society."
The Camorra Is divided Into twelve
tectlons, each with Its chief and with
4 president over all called the capo In
testa. The l.ttter holds office for life
and the death penalty Is meted out to
any pretender to his office. The so
ciety has a higher tribunal of twelve
Judges, which Imposes the death pen
alty, and a loner of three members,
who deal with minor offenses. It has
a regular code of laws and of social
rank. It has secret signals by which
prisoners, even In distant cells, com
municate. It has three kinds of knife
one for use In scarring the face of
an enemy and for light duels, another
for serious duels and a third for
treacherous murders. For some crimes
a Camorrlst of high rank wi!l hire one
of lower rank, who Is eager for the
honor. One of the most Important
duties of a Camorrtst Is to act as
watchman to prevent surprise during
the execution of a crime.
The Camorra has a sort of Inverted
sense of honor. " Honor for Its mem
bers consists In being feared. In being
able to Impose the weight of one's
own Idleness on timid workers. In de
claring open war on society. The
knife Is the conquering sword of their
highest honorable achievements, the
prisons are the Areopagus of these
knights of crime!" says Mr. Serao.
Irs members are bound by the omerta,
the oath of submission never to de
nounce a fellow-member, never to re
veal one's own murderer, never to
have recourse to the IJ of the law.
The execution of a death sentence by
a neophyte Is rewarded by full mem
bership and hare in the profits.
The society thrives even In the prisons
and leviea tribute on a prsoner on Mis
entrance, for the purchase of oil for
a lamp that burns before the picture
of a saint. It Is very "religious" and
leads In church festivals, often closing
them with duels to settle disputes.
Little hope Is held out that the Ca
morra will be extinguished, even by
the present wholesale triiil at Viterbo.
It will thrive, says Mr. Sorao. "so long
as the profoundly depressed conditions
of economic and Intellectual poverty
subsist" and cannot be extirpated by
the isolation of two or three scores
of Camorrlsts any more than cancer
can be eliminated except by removal
of the whole of the Infected tissues
down to the roots. As fast as the law
removes the leaders, there are ambi
tious young members ready to stop
Into their places. Illustrating this fact.
Mr. Serao says:
While st' the time of the Cuk-o murder
anrt the icntl- ral.1 that fojloa It. It
earned aa it this society ba4 received Ita
cUeui-Moer an. I "revr brorn up
and annihilated, only three months latet
three mwt airocloue murders were p-rpe-Irat-d
IB f"H !lvlii"lt In Napiee. and In n-n-r-otlon
with "n- .f ! crlrr.ee the vic
tim, a Camnrrlet. taken to a h-pltal. hie
rheet torn open hV mortal aroon.le. rvfueed
In ahrolelnn to taa rule of ilieoc mpod
on the members of the society, to disclusa
tba asjne at bis ae.al-ent.
The hope of rooting out the Ca
morra rests not only In relentless pur
suit of lis criminal members, but In
social regeneration of Naples. The
masses must be lifted from the abject
poverty which makes them the foes
of society and the normal Ideals of
civilization must be made to suppjant
the perverted Ideals with which the
Camorra has Imbued them.
mr. nxt5 A CAynmiTE.
Mr. Ellis has been badly advised If
he has made up his mind to enter the
race for United States Senator. It
would appear to be Incredible that the
ex-Keprosentatlve has suffered him
self to be convinced that he has the
slightest chance of nomination or
election: yet we suppose he would not
enter If he thought otherwise. There
are men like Ellis who believe Ihey
were divinely appointed to hold office;
they are as uncomfortable out of a
Job aa they are Inert In it. Twenty
odd years of offlceholdlng, practically
continuous, naturally tends to Influ
ence one's view of his own merits as
a candidate.
Mr. Ellis was beaten in the primary
last year by an untried and unknown
man. though he had the prestige of
position and the advantage of a di
vided opposition. There was no mis
taking the popular verdlrt; It was not
so much for Lafferty as it was against
Ellis. He was a "regular" Republi
can: but the success of the regular
candidate 1n the adjoining Congres
sional district shows that factional
divisions In the Republican party had
very little to do with the result in the
Second District. It la obvious that
Mr. Ellis could not have won on any
platform supporting any cause.
If Mr. Ellis will reconsider his de
termination, or supposed determina
tion, to Impose another candidacy
upon the state, he will have contribut
ed his share toward making Repub
lican success possible next year.
MR. TAFT AV1 rRACK.
Mr. Taft's eagerness to have the ar
bitration treaty with Great Britain
approved ty the Senate Is Justified by
the new Importance which the subject
has assumed within the last few days.
In the renewal of the treaty of alli
ance between England and Japan It
Is stipulated that neither nation shall
be under obligation to Join In warfare
against a third with which it has con
cluded an arbitration treaty. Thus
the possibility of a combination be
tween England and Japan against the
United States Is definitely put out of
court. It never had reality enough to
be of any consequence, but now the
faint substance which It once pos
sessed has been caused to vanluh. If
Japan should ever undertake to fight
this countrq. It must be without an
ally. This amounts to saying that no
such war will ever occur.
The next logical step In the devel
opment of International peace !s an
arbitration treaty between the United
States and Japan. Our understanding
with England makes this almost un
avoidable, unless Japan wishes to as
sume a position of Implied enmity
toward us and we know that she does
not.
It becomes more and more clear as
time passe that Mr. Taft will hold a
foremost place among the promoters
of Internationa peace. Perhaps this
will stand In history aa the crowning
work of his Administration. It Is In
volved In no controversies. The mo
tives upon which it Is based are of the
purest and the effects must be good
beyond all computation. The man
ho brings the period of disarmament
and peace a single step nearer has won
the gratitude of sll the ages, and It
seems as If Mr. Taft had brought It
several steps nearer.
Peace Is no longer a visionary
dream, but a definite and practical
goal toward which all the civilized
world Is traveling rapidly. The stock
arguments for bloodshed have lost
most of their force to the present
generation. They sound to our ears
like the ancient defense of dueling
or some forgotten article In a pagan
creed. Economic necessity will soon
render peace the watchword of the
world and Mr. Taft will enjoy the
credit of helping powerfully to make
It attainable.
rORTT-ANIlB rKO-HTRITT.
Steady, substantial Increase in Port
land's business continues to be the
wonder of the Pacific Coast. While
such business barometers as building,
bank clearings, postal receipts, cus
toms receipts show that other cities
are falling tehlnd or barely holding
their own. Portland shows a consider
able gain all along the line. An In
crease in real estate transfers by itself
might be regarded as evidence of a
speculative boom: acoompanled by an
Increase In all other elements of pros
perity It Is a sign only of general,
healthy activity.
Portland has long been the financial
renter of the Pacific Northwest. It
has been growing as a lumber manu
facturing city and now manufactures
more lumber than any other North
western city. It Is the second wheat
exporting port of the United States
and holds a high place for flour mill
ing. The location here of two of the
largest packing-houses In the West
has fixed Its destiny as the livestock
market of the Coast. Its manufac
tures, stimulated by the "made In
Oregon" movement, are gaining favor
throughout the Pacific Coast and the
Northwest. Oregon fruit has won
fame throughout the Union and In
Europe. Oregon hops seldom fail and
their volume is a determining factor
In fixing the world's price. Metal
mining has renewed Its activity and
promises to swell Its yearly output
after a brief period of stagnation.
Portland's business expands because
her field of trade is constantly devel
oping and expanding. That field ex
tends through Southwestern Washing
ton to Gray's- Harbor and through
Eastern Washington and Northern
Idaho, where this city's grip has been
strengthened by the construction of
the North Bank Road. It extends far
Into Southern Idaho. It has experi
enced wonderful development In East
ern Oregon through' the construction
of new railroads and the rush of set
tlement which hHS followed. It
reaches through the great Willamette
Valley southward to the California
line, where the new railroad to
Klamath opens a section hitherto
closed to the city. It extends west
ward to the Pacific Ocean, where the
new railroads to the Tillamook coun
try are lis new tentacles. Another
will soon re-annex to Oregon commer
cially the Coos Bay country, which
had become In all respects except po
litically and geographically a part of
California. It follows the Columbia
Klver to Its mouth and beyond to the
Orient.
It behooves Portland not only to
develop to the fullest extent the trade
field It already occupies, but to expand
It In new directions. As a great sea
port, to which the largest ocean ships
have access In deep water, the city
should devote Its energies to the de
velopment of seaborne traffic west
ward to the Orlont, northward to
Alaska and southward to Central and
South America. The future of the
city lies as much. If not more. In the
development of foreign commerce as
In Interior trade; In fact, one may be
made to serve the other. Tho coming
of the Hamburg-American line steam
ers will be the first step In opening
this new avenue of trade, which will
line the Willamette with ocean docks
from the bridges to Its mouth.
GOOD A.xn BAD BF.lt K.
Secretary Wllson'a resolve to dis
criminate somewhat sharply hence
forth between beneficial and Injurious
beers will provoke an instant response
from our prohibitionist friends. They
will tell him that he may as well spare
himself every trouble on that score
since all beers are Injurious. They
look upon these beverages not quite
aa the famous Kentucky Colonel did
upon the various brands of whisky,
but with quite as sweeping a verdict.
The Colonel declared that all whisky
was good, though he admitted that
some kinds were better than others.
The prohibitionist avers that all beers
are bad. though some may be worse
than the rest. Even If we should
agree with them, still Mr. Wil
son's labors would not seem to be
wholly useless, since they might en
able us to select from the many speci
mens offered those which will drive
the fewest nails In our coffins. His
plan Is to require the manufacturers
f beer to paste on the containing
vessel a list of the Ingredients of
the beverage within. No doubt such
a list would present interesting
revelations.
Of course there la a great deal of
beer which Is made from hops and
barley. But there is also a great deal
which la made from other things. The
periodicals which are published for
the edification of the brewing trade
contain many advertisements of mar
velous drugs which can be used In the
place of hops and barley without of
fense to the bibulous palate. Quassia
chips are said to produce a delicious
but baneful bitter taste, while In place
of barley malt there are dozens of
substitutes. The supreme merit "of
these chemicals la that they are cheap.
By using thehm a drink can be brewed
which costs the producer a great deal
less than the genuine lager. We do
not understand, however, that the
consumer shares In this economy. His
tipple costs film a nickel a glass Just
the same, whether It Is made from
hops and barley or from quassia and
chemical dyes with a faint Infusion
of pure alcohol fresh from the still.
If this is true. It would appear aa
though the selfish Interest Of the hon
est brewers would enlist them on Sec
retary Wilson's side In Ms crusade
against adulterated beer. It must be
more or less Irfconvenlent for them to
compete with their unscrupulous rivals
in the bevorage market
On general principles a consumer
of beer or any other manufactured
article Is certainly entitled to know
what he la buying. It Is all very well
to say that he ought to solve the ques
tion for himself and that the Govern
ment has no call to interfere. As a
theory this sounds delightful, but In
practice It misses the mark, like a
good many other pleasing theories.
The consumer cannot find out for
himself what he Is purchasing. He
cannot make a chemical analysis of
his tipple as he stands at the bar. If
the analysis Is made at all. the Gov
ernment chemists must do It, Just as
they must analyze milk and a thou
sand other articles of common con
sumption. The legal maxim "caveat
emptor" Is singularly Inept In cases
of this -kind. It bids the purchaser
accomplish an Impossibility. But
when the Government scientific men
have warned the consumer of the in
gredients In his beer or milk or break
fast food, then whether he shall pur
chase and use It or not ought to be
question for his sole. Individual deci
sion. With full knowledge In his pos
session. If he prefers the baneful, the
law should not say him nay. Much
less ought the law to step In and deny
to a man the right to purchase and
consume an entire class of goods. The
prohibitionists would have It do this
with respect to Intoxicating drinks,
but thoy are manifestly in the wrong.
They, would carry Governmental In
terference to the point of babying the
individual. It Is not well to deprive
him of all opportunity for using his
discretion and exercising his will. The
wise preacher points out clearly the
way to life and the broad and ample
road that leads to death, but he does
not try to compel anybody to walk In
one or the other.
Whether all intoxicating drinks are
really harmful Is a delicate and diffi
cult question. Physicians of towering
eminence can be quoted on both sides
of It .We remember readlna; a Ger
man work of Imposing scientific pre
tentions which flatly pronounced
every man a simpleton who did not
consume a dally quantity of "good
wine and beer." This may be taken
as a typical German view of the sub
ject, though It must be admitted that
the Kaiser has begun to discourage
tippling In his army. In "The Cara
vaners" the author of "the Elizabeth
books" makes her German officer pre
fer beer to milk or even buttermilk
on the march, but that work Is a little
behind the times. The teaching of
the Scriptures with reference to strong
drink Is susceptible of a variety Of
Interpretations. We are told la one
place that it is a sin to put the bottle
to our neighbor's lips and make him
drunk, but again we read that the
Savior provided wine by a miracle at
a stage of a wedding feast when the
guests must have been pretty w-ell
"tea'ed up," to borrow a Congression
al euphemism. The prohibitionists
allege that this wine was not ferment
ed, but how do they know? If It was
merely sweetened water, or simple
fruit Juice, the miracle seems to lose
something of Its grandeur.
The best modern opinion Inclines to
the view that it Is best to get along
without strong drinks of any sort.
Beer Is the least harmful of any of
them, no doubt, but In large quantities
its effect upon the Internal economy Is
disastrous. The common notion that
alcohol In any of Its forms Is a stimu
lant or adds to a person's vigor Is er
roneous. It gives one an Illusion of
Increased strength, but in fact It Im
pairs the muscular energies, and, even
In minute quantities. It perverts the
accuracy of the nervous mechanism.
The decision of Judge Wolverton
holding the Interchange of traffic
clause of the Oregon railroad law re
pugnant to the Federal Constitution
opens the question of defining the dis
tinction between Interstate an Intra
state traffic. If a transfer of cars be
tween one railroad and another In the
State of Oregon is subject to Federal
law because the car passes from one
state to another In the course of its
whole Journey, then the State Railroad
Commission will have little control
over Interchange of traffic, which is
very necessary to the shipper. In such
case the Interstate Commerce Com
mission will be burdened with endless
complaints on such subjects, which it
will be physically unable ot adjudi
cate. The work of the Interstate
Commerce Commission Is already far
beyond Its capacity. If it Is to be In
creased by the addttlon of a number
of small local questions. Congress will
have to district the "country and place
one commission over each district
with a head commission over all. Pos
sibly the same end might be served If
the Interstate Commission were em
powered to appoint the State Commls
eion to act for It under Federal au
thority in each state, and only with
relation to certain restricted classes of
disputes.
The Mexican miners' strike lends
color to the suspicion, often expressed
during the revolution that the war on
Diaz was also a war on foreigners.
The Mexican objects to the American
as the American objected to the China
man, but for the opposite reason. The
American's wages are too high and
excite the Mexican's Jealousy; the Chi
naman's i wages were too low and
awakened the American's alarm lest
he be brought down to the same level.
The harmony which exists among
the House Democrats Is In violent con
trast with the harmony which does
not exist between them and W. J.
Bryan. Underwood has been grinding
out tariff bills steadily, but he cannot
do it fast enough for Bryan, who calls
on him to tackle the eteel Industry, in
which everything Underwood has 18
Invested. Underwood Is willing to
have the Job done, but prays to be
spared the pain of doing It himself.
In performing Ita patriotic work of
saving the country form a financial
cataclysm, the steel trust Is credited
with having secured for $2.000,000
property worth $200,000,000. and elim
inated a competitor who could under
sell It on the Southern market. When
public Interest and good business lead
to the same result, a schoolboy can tell
to what extent public Interest prompt
ed the trust's action.
No such petty obstacles as the shape
of a face are to be allowed to hamper
the milliner's art. - "If the hat does
not match the face, change the face."
saya the Czarina of fashion. If the
shoes don't fit the feet, pinch the feet,
has long been the rule. Now It la to
be applied to woman's upper extrem
ity. When a man marries, his employer
applauds and often raises his salary,
for the man Is supposed to have be
come more reliable. When a woman
employed In a business house marries,
she resigns and the employer com
plains of losing her Just as her services
were becoming really valuable.
It has become the fashion among
heads of big railroads when they are
In trouble to send for Stevens. The
National Railways of Mexico need
overhauling as a result of the revolu
tion and Morgan, who controls them.
Is said to have sent for Stevens. Mex
ico will have good railroads.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
may expect to hear from the prohibi
tionists who will object to having beer
classified as food and made safe by the
exclusion of adulterants. By shutting
out adulterated bCer and whisky, Wil
son would destroy one of the strongest
arguments for prohibition.
Lightning appears to be the latest
and most favorite scapegoat for for
est fires. If all campers put Out their
fires, all locomotives had spark ar
resters, all slashing fires were post
poned till after the forest fire season,
we should know how few fires were
started by lightning.
The Oklahoma idea, according ta
Senator Owen, Is to recall the Justices
of the United States Supreme Court.
But the trusts would like to recall
some of them and it Is inconceivable
that the Oklahoma Idea and the trust
Idea should coincide.
John Barrett would bave given the
button an elegant and ornate push on
the opening of the Astoria Centennial,
but his Itinerary forbids; so Secretary
Fisher will be on hand as the best
man.
After "smashing" baggage for
thirty-five years at Albany and estab
lishing the Southern Paciflo record.
"Dad" Barker s entitled to retire on
his laurels.
Dr. Wiley has begun his campaign
for less foam and more beer In the
glass at the wrong time of year. The
melancholy days are near at hand.
The time has come to quit swearing
at the Water Board and pray for rain.
Is Colonel Rainmaker Hofer within
the city limits?
San Frartclseo may clean out the
beauty doctors, but a new crop will
spring up as long as feminine vanity
exists.
Some day, not yet. but soon, the sec
ond pipeUne will be ready for business.
Gleanings of the Day
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has recently equipped with pumps and
hose reels 423 engines used in the regular
yard switching service at different points
on the system and Immediately avail
able at any hour of the day or night,
says the New York Sun. The crews of
these engines are especially drilled. The
signal service Is most complete. A call
may be turned In from any of the numer
ous alarm stations In the various yards,
and the number of the station Is auto
matically rung on the alarm gong, which
Is loud enough to be heard In every part
of the yards. At the first sound of a fire
alarm In one of the Pennsylvania yards
all tracks are Instantly cleared and the
switches quickly turned to give the fire
fighting engine right of way over the
most direct line of track through the
yards In the direction of the fire. To
keep the men acquainted with the ap
paratus and their various posts- and
duties drills and tests are frequently
held. . As evidence ot the . noteworthy
work done by the Pennsylvania's fire
fighting crews it may be interesting to
note that though In one year there were
1397 fires, which started In various struc
tures belonging to the company, the
value of which approaches e27O,o00,00O, the
railroad suffered a loss of only $346,149
worth of property. This Is a remarkable
record, as most of these fires were ex
tinguished by the railroad's employes
alone without any outside assistance.
Miss Harriet Qulmby has made It nec
essary to add the word "avlatrix" to
the dictionary.
Turkish troops have repeatedly tried
to Invade Montenegro for the last 600
years, but few of tnem came back. They
may not have better luck In pursuing
rebel Albanians. M,ontenegro Is the one
Balkan country which the Turks never
Conquered.
An open letter from the Postal Tele
graph Company, of New York, to Attorney-General
LIghtfoot, of Texas, con
tains an authoritative statement of the
relations of the two great telegraph sys
tems to one another. It is stated posi
tively that none of the Mackay com
panies own any stock In the Bell Com
pany, the Western Union or any of Its
allied companies, and that the Bell in
terests have little or no stock In any
of the Mackay companies. The Western
Union Is declared to bo under the abso
lute control of the Bell Company, and
should the Postal be absorbed, competi
tion would cease and there would be a
choice only between monopoly and Gov
ernment ownership. The Postal of Texas,
which was a separate company having
only a traffic contract with the original
Postal, has been sold to the Bell Inter
ests, and exchanges business only with
them. The Mackay companies have re
taliated by beg. ining construction of
their own linee in Texas.
It Is said of Mrs. E. H. Harriman's
experience as a rich woman that with
in the past year she received over 6000
begging letters which asked money ag
gregating $110,000,000. This is one of
the penalties of having great wealth,
and by no means the only punishment,
says the Springfield Republican.
Potatoes grow to . perfection In the
Yukon Valley near Dawson and Klon
dike J'spuds" may become as famous
as Klondike gold. They are planted
about the middle of May and harvested
early In September. Things grow rap
Idly near Dawson, according to a Ca
nadian official. He states that on July
10 he saw cabbages being set out there,
and that on August 6 these same cab
bages weighed from three to 1 five
pounds each. By August 20 they were
being cut and sold.
The 13 railroads entering London
burn soft coal In their locomotives and
there Is said to be no emoke nuisance,
says the Springfield Republican. This,
we are told. Is because the English
firemen know more about stoking than
do our firemen. President Felton, of
the Chicago Great Western Railroad,
advises the Chicago Association of
Commerce to send a delegation of rail
road firemen to London to learn how
the thing Ifl done. Then, he thinks,
American railroads would be under less
demand from cities to electrify their
terminals. This Is a trifle "nervy" on
the part of Mr. Felton. Why should a
city or trade association go to the ex
pense of teaching railroad firemen how
to stoke? Why not have the railroads
sends such delegations to London?
An umbrella with windows is the
latest In Paris. The reason given' for
the Innovation Is the difficulty of get
ting about on account of the dangers
caused by traffic, especially in wet
weather.
There are 200,000 words in the Eng
lish language, say the Norborne, Mo.,
Leader, and most of them were used
last Bunday by a lady who discovered
after coming out of church that her
new hat was adorned with a tag on
which was written: "Reduced to $2.75."
Annie S. Peck, a noted mountaineer,
was talking at a garden party in Bos
ton about her contemplated climb In
the Andes. "To what," said a girlhood
friend from Providence, "do you at
tribute. Miss Peck, your success as a
mountaineer?" "Simply to persever
ance, to assiduity," the other answered.
"That is the secret of all success. A
great department storekeeper put the
Idea, though more neatly than I have
done. At a birthday dinner he said: 1
attribute my succees to the fact that.
If a customer doesn't see what she
wants. I've always made her want what
she sees."
Eaallsb Polo to Have New Angel. '
London Chronicle,
x English polo is to have its Sir
Thomas Lipton. The Duke of West
minster Is determined to do for polo
what the tea merchant did for yacht
ing. He says he will bear the entire
cost of the team which will try to re
cover tho International trophy. He
thinks the recent defeat of the Hur
llngham Club was due largely to in
ferior horseflesh. The Duke himself
Is a fine pololst.
I, are Workers at SS Cents Dally.
Paris Dispatch.
Lorraine is celebrated for the hand
embroidery made by Its peasant
women of Lixhelm, which is the center
of this industry, are regarded as ths
most skillful. Their average earnings
are about 38 cents per day.
German Trade In Frnlt Waate.
Consular Report.
Germany Imported more than J000
tons of fruit waste in 1910, principally
apple and pear peelings and cores, to
be used by Jelly manufacturers.
DR. LAXE DID NOT INVESTIGATE
Ex-Mayor Saya Police Are as Honest as
Average Man.
PORTLAND. Or, Aug. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) In Monday's Oregonian there ap
peared an article in which It was stated
that some three, or four months ago I
had employed detectives to Investigate
the police department of this city, and
that I was overwhelmed with amaze
ment at the extent to which organized
grafting was proven to have perme
ated it.
I do not like to spoil a story so en
tertainingly told, but the truth is that
I made no such investigation of that or
...... . V, .. .. .1 . , v . m n n f n ,ViA s4tv' Q f-
fairs, end tnat I have no more than a
general knowledge of their present con
dition. I have been of the opinion that the
majority of men constituting the police
force of this city were as honest as the
averagr run. ui men in wuiw irain,
life. Tfiere are said to be exceptions
to ail rules, kou uiviq iuohj -
honesty I have not that implicit and un-
. . , I . r 1 -I T ; 1
bound od connaence wnicn x wuuiu unc
to repose in them, but they are in the
minority.
Many temptations are thrown In the
way of policemen, more than are met
.t.K V .. man a nH If 1 Vlllf T1fltllrSl
that more of them will fall than would
otherwise do so II tneir pains war" not
-A i . i . . xnitr.TiB Dnd with fffnq "
IU UVBCb T 1 LU i.h.o.M " - - - - r-i - .
and were It not also for the additional
fact that upon the average tney receive
more curses than thanks if. they faith
fully and fearlessly perform their duties.
The conduct of a police force reflects
and Is a pretty accurate index of the
. v. n . . Ae .m.n !-1nat crnvAmment Which
liioui j vi .iiM.i.v-,- "
Is held by Its over-lords, and if special
privileges ana iw iuiiatnuu,
"tabooed" above, there will be no sys
tematic grafting practiced by the rank
and file below.
I do not know how I came to be
credited with making such an investi
gation, but the fact remains that I did
not do so. ,
In closing I wish to say that I enter
tain the theory that the man who minds
his own business and keeps his mouth
shut about matters of which he has no
knowledee has within him the making
of a fairly good ex-Mayor of a' city of
about the size of this one. Respectfully,
HARRY LANE.
Half a Century Ago
STom The Oregonian, August S. 1861.
It Is reported that Judge Sibley, a
strong Union man, who recently arrived
at Washington from Texas, states that
a movement Is on foot to seperate
Western Texas from the rest of the
state and erect It Into a Union state.
Kentucky election The following is
the vote: Union 92,460, Disunion.
87,000. These are the full returns ex
cept from one county, Boone, from
which no returns have been received.
We believe there Is an ordinance in
existence prohibiting persons from dis
charging firearms within the city lim
its. Notwithstanding this law many
persons are in the habit of firing off
guns, pistols, etc In their yards to the
great danger of passersby. It would be
well for the Marshal to have an eye
on this dangerous sport.
Captain Pierce has recently prospect
ed Butter Creek, a stream which makes
out from the Blue Mountains, and re
ports rich gold diggings. He la now
out with a party, designing to prospect
the country thoroughly.
A Parable for a Purpose.
Housekeeper.
Just before the collection was taken,
the preacher of a colored church, an
nounced, with regret, that a certain
brother had forgotten to lock ths door
of his chicken house the night before
and as a result he discovered in the
morning that most of his fowls had dis
appeared. "I doan' want to be pussonel, bred
dren." he added, "but I hab my s'plclons
as to who stole dem chickens. I also
hab reason fo' b-lelvln' dat If I am
right In dose s-plclons dat pusson won't
put any money in de plate which will
now be passed 'roun'."
The result was a fine collection, not
a single member of the congregation
feigning sleep. After the money was
counted the old parson came forward.
"Now, breddern," he said. "I doan'
want yo dinners to be spoilt by won
derln' where dat brudder llba who
doan' lock up his chickens at night.
Dat bruddern doan' exist, man frlen's.
He was a parable gotten up fo' the
pupose of finance."
Battleship Oregon and Panama.
New York Tribune.
The suggestion that the battleship
Oregon should have the place of honor
in the maritime celebration of the open
ing of the Panama Canal commends It
self to favor. It would be too much
to say that the Oregon caused the
building of the canal, but It Is entirely
JuBt to say that In tho Spanish War she
gave to this country one of the most
effective object lessons as to the need
of the canal and Immeasurably stimu
lated the demand for Its prompt con
struction by this country and under
this country's sole control.
" Time Preclons at tbe Seashore.
Washington Herald.
"Why did you drop that Bummer
girl? Bhe said she thought she could
learn to love you."
"Yes, but I'm only at the beach for
a week."
THE PRACTICE OF ECONOMY.
(Ditty found soribblad on a cafeteria
lunch card.)
If when the week-end rambles round,
In one's enemic purse is seen.
Scarcely a solitary buck
To Jingle 'gainst a brother bean;
Then one discovers suddenly
The merits of economy.
"No more," he vows.' "will I demand
A large plump T-bone with my meal;
Til duck the bills of costly Joints,
For ham and eggs and breaded veal;
Plain living it shall be for muh,
Served in a cafeteria.
"Within those halls, on simple fare
Coffee and doughnuts I've a hunch,
I still can feed my hungry facet
At Just about 10 cents per lunch;
And save much money finally
By practicing economy."
Fired with those -thoughts he seeks
a place.
Where dairy lunches peddled are.
And glums a dinky plate of beans
And cup of "black" from off the bar,
And strives hard to pretend to feel
He's putting down a full-grown meaL
Maybe two days, and maybe less.
He haunts the place and feeds alone.
Until his belt buckle In front
Rubs callouses on his backbone;
And glories in his reckless spree
Of laudable economy.
Then, when he's saved some 80 cents,
"My lad," he says, "thou hast done
well:
Praiseworthy is the simple life.
Although in some respects it's well.
Some slight reward is only fair.
For virtue I'll go get a square."
Then hikes he out to some swell grill.
Where T-bones are four bits a look.
And puts a three days' crimp into.
His poor enemic pocketbook.
Loosens his belt and Bays. "Now see!
There's nothing like economy!"
Dean Collins.
August 2, 1911.
Advertising Talks
By William C. Freeman.
Louisville, Ky, held a meeting In
June to discuss advertising, at which
some very good talks were given..
I was particularly impressed with
the address of H. M. Caldwell, part Of
which Is reproduced herewith:
"Everybody knows that advertising;
Is a good thing; no longer a luxury,
bnt a prime necessity! no longer a side
Issue, but the main business In the
business of the world. It is a good
thing for an old business, a good thing
for a new business and the greatest
remedy known for a sick business; and
while those pioneers In advertising,
the old-time quack " medicines, have
received a knock-out blow and are
rapidly taking the count, the fond
memory of them will ever remain with
us as a striking, practical demonstra
tion of the all-pervading power of ad
vertising. "If advertising is to keep step In
the progress of the world; If It Is
ever to reach its ideal development. It
most be advertised, and it naturally
follows that the advertising men and
women of the world must bring about
this advertising.
"It goes without the saying that In
order to advertise advertising as It
should be advertised, we must under
stand it, at least know something
about it.
"While there are a great many
things which we do not know about
advertising, there are some essential
things which we do know about it.
We know that advertising; most be
plain, honest and continuous ao. plain
that any one may understand it; so
honest that the most credulous may
never be made to feel that he" has
been a victim of it; so conttnnous that
nobody can ever get away from It for
very long at a time.
"Advertising, like everything else,
may be, and is, advertised in the
wrong way, as well as in the right
way, the one doing great harm to the
cause, as the other does great good.
"Every merchant who does poor ad
vertising, every advertising writer who
writes bad copy, every advertising
solicitor who puts up a weak talk or
uses nnfalr means to land business, re
gardless Of what the advertiser may
get for his money, every advertising
agency which gives nnwise advice or
accepts business which Is obviously
foredoomed to failure, every publica
tion which lies about Its circulation,
or prints fraudulent advertising all
these are advertising advertising in
the wrong: way.
"Every merchant who honestly and
successfully advertises his wares for
sale, every advertising writer who
places before the public a good adver
tisement, every advertising agency
which plans and puts Into operation a
profitable advertising campaign, every
newspaper or magazine which dissemi
nates the advertising facts about it
self so as to Increase its advertising
patronage, every participant In the
activities of the world's great mart of
barter and exchange all these sure ad
vertising; advertising In the right
vtsy."
Mr. Caldwell has the right idea
more power to hlmi v
(To be continued.).
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911. by Georga Matthew Adams)
No doubt you think you are better
than the people who are trying to re
form you; I do.
You get tired If you have nothing to
do.
I have noticed that a man who tells
good stories does not care to listen to
them.
The first Indian to use the term "fire
water" had far more than a savage
sense of things.
When I see an article labeled "Hands
Off," I always want to handle it. And
so do you.
When a bachelor Is among women, he
always claims to be lonelier than he
really Is.
When I hear of a person who refused
to submit to an operation, and got well,
I feel like cheering.
When people take great Interest In a
"story" and it Isn't as shocking as
they wish, they add to it until it satis
fies them.
There are so many outrages here
lately that people haven't time to at
tend to their work; nearly every night
the people are called to the school
house or the town hall to hear Of -a
new outrage.
When men go hunting, about all they
find to shoot at are signs readlngt
"No hunting allowed on these prem
ises." Brad's Bit o' Verse
(Copyright, 1011. by W. D. Sftni.)
I like the folk of modern mold who
bow not down to things of old; who
calmly go upon their way and take no
toll from yesterday. Some people never
look ahead, but live in ages that are
dead. They grope about In musty caves
or burrow In . forgotten graves; they
think the thoughts of long ago; their
narrow minds refuse to grow. They
set eome antique maxim free. Imbibe
the Juice of bigotry, Imagine that the
world Is flat, and block the game of
standing pat. Away with all such
mouldy stuff! The present age is good
enough for all who rise above the fogr
and throw away time's worn-out togs.
The world grows better every day In
spite of what the croakers say. The
modern man Is just as brave as any
hero Sparta "gave; the modern dame
Is Just as fair as Helen of tbe auburn
hair; the modern athletes and their
stunts make ancient victors look like
runts. The world goes on to vaster
plans, the mind a wider vista spans;
we leave the narrow, time-worn lanea
and move to higher, broader planes.
Let bourbons rage and mossbacks
croak I take their wailing as a loke.
And let the dead past- sweetly rest I
like the brave new times the best.
Don't Forget Old Malheur.
NYSSA, Or., Aug. 2. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian today you enum
erate the expenditure of the Harrlman
system in Oregon for 1911 and 1912,
but do not Include the Nyssa-Homedale
extension of the Oregon Short Line,
now under construction and to cost
$778,000. Most of this is In Malheur
County and Malheur County Is still 1s
Oregon. Please don't forget us.
W. A. QEUTSCH.
The T-ndlaeoverable Cache.
New York Sun.
Captain Kldd told how he hid bi
treasure.
"I buried a few chunks of coal la
Alaska," he exclaimed.
Herewith he calculated Congress
would not allow It to be dug up.
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