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OX THE ACTnORITT or BRTAJC.
Mr. Bryan ha not been repudiated
by the Demncrt of Nebraska. Ho
tells us so himself la the latrst Issue
of The Commoner: and ho ought to
know. The Jests and qulbs and
nulrks of rejoicing and flippant anti
Bryan Democratic papers, such an the
Brooklyn Eagle and New Tork World,
are. therefor sadly 111 advised.
Mr. Bryan aay be requested that
there be no mention of htm In the
Democratic platform. But he does
not say that the request was (-ranted
with icreat cheerfulness, not to aay
alacrity- He needn't hare paid It. In-
'. !eed. It la easy to guess It.
- But the Nebraska, Democrats In
dorsed the conspicuous Bryan policies,
such as "putting- trust products on the
free list." "campaign fund publicity."
"no private monopolies" and railroad
regulation. They even adopted the
. picturesque Bryanesque phrase of "no
t::g-ht xone" In their chapter on for-
r-oretlon with credit for Bryan
n-.ltt.d But they passed on from the
C Bryan preserrea with a glowing com
mendation of -the splendid qualities
-of faithful leadership displayed not
only by the Democratic leaders In
Congress, but by patriotic and cour
ageous Democratic Governors as well."
If that doe not mean Minority Leader
..Underwood In Congress, whom Bryan
.abhors, and Oortrnnr Harmon In
Ohio, whom Bryan vehemently op
ppses for President, whom does It
mn?
- Yet we, suppose) the Nebraska Dem
ocrats were, merely passing the bou
quets all around. Those Democratic
newspapers and politicians who think
mree ucaings are enougn lur orj.u
" and that he will not be on the front
seat with the Nebraska delegation at
the next National Democratic Conven
. tlon are golr.g to have the surprise of
their Uvea when the time comes.
. It seems to be expected that the
President will veto both the wool bill
and the farmers" free list. W do not
see how he could do otherwise. The
present wool schedules are Indefensi
ble, as Mr. Ta?t himself has said, but
It does not follow that they ought to
be revised In a haphazard. Irrational
way. A leaky roof Is Indefensible, but
It Is not advisable to go up by night
with an axe and chop big holes In the
shingles wherever you may happen to
hit. There Is one safe way to make
If pairs and many that are unsafe. In
dealing with the wool schedules the
allied Insurgents and Democrats have
selected an unsafe way. They have
gone about the business with a club
and pounded away In the dark regard
less of everything but their very ob
vious purpe to embarrass the Presi
dent. He made things uncomfortable
fnr the Insurgents with the reciproc
ity agreement. In order to "get even"
they resolved to utilize the wool tax.
"Mr. Tsft has-saJd that It is Indefensi
ble. Very well, wo will reduce It and
lt him take h!s choice between up
holding an Indefensible tax and of
fending his standpat friends by sign
leg our bill."
Thus the conspirators reasoned and
their scheme looks plausible. Still
they overlooked one Important cir
cumstance. Mr. Taft Is not limited to
a choice between defending the wool
tax and offending his standpat friends.
There Is a third course for him to
take, and he Is probably shrewd
nough to have discerned it long ago.
He can simply say that he thinks the
nol bill which the Insurgents and
emocrats have passed Is badly con
ducted, that It has been framed In
ep tgnorance of the subject, and
hat he prefers to wait for a report
rom the Tariff Commission before
ommlttlng himself to any definite
o:s of revision. In this way he will
cape the pit which has been digged
r him and perchanec push his ene
mies irto It. If he does the experi-
nce will not be now to them. Mr.
'aft. for all his mildness, has devcl-
ped quite a faculty for pushing In-
onvenlent enemies Into pits.
When the Tariff Commission was
nder consideration In Congress no-
oJv cried louder for It than the In-
ursents. A commission, they shouted.
tould sava us from those dreadful
rtlt revisions mad In secrecy and
inorance. It would place the su eject
a scientific basis and relieve the
ountry from all fear of the periodical
lis between self-seeking manufac
irers and weak-kneed Congressmen
hich had been such a scandal In the
t. So the Commission was created,
r. i what do the Insurgents do to
low their respect for It? They pro
ved forthwith to do exactly what they
ild ought never to be done. They
Kin a revision of the tariff wtthout
aulr.g- to learn the essential facts
on which to base their work. Ig
rar.ce. we may Infer. Is a safe guide
r Insurgents, though not for others.
Th wool bill presents no very diffl
f.t problems for the President to
;ve. Naturally the Insurgent and
emocrat will shriek that he I ln
.r.sis'.ent with himself if he vetoes It.
it he need not be disturbed by their
tcrie. There will be plenty of time
t? Winter for him to show th coun-
v how he stand on the subject of
vis.n the wool tax. The Tariff
mcn;alon. which la at work on the
ol duties. wi:i have reported by that
and Congress can prepare a re-
lon which meet the requirements
the situation. This ine president
I sign as a matter of course. What
1 the Insurgent ay then? They
gM ur.lta with the Democrats to
v.r.t any such bill from passing.
we cannot believe thst they would
g ji:ty of folly so egregious.
rne fArmers" free llt stands on a
!!rrrr.t ground. Th! prepoa
3us rneaaure assume to compensate
. fa-mera for hat they have lost
'through reciprocity. Since they have
lost nothing In that way and cannot
possibly lose anything;, no compensa
tion Is necessary and all Mr. Taft has
to do 1 to veto the "bill and wait for
the facts to Justify hi course. Not
only Is the farmers' free list based on
dishonest premises, but It I a sham all
through. The "freedom" which It of
fers Is an Impudent Illusion. Think of
a "free list" which remits the taxes on
articles from countries that do not tax
our exports of the same kind. There
are no such countries, except England,
and England does not export meat,
flour, farm machinery and so on, the
thing with which the free list Is par
ticularly concerned. This bill Is an
attempt to fool the farmers by pre
tending to give them a tremendoua
fsvor while In reality giving them
nothing, and It may succeed.
There I a d misunderstanding of
the effects of reciprocity among the
farmers. Time will, of course, set It
straight, but while the facts are mak
ing themselves felt a good dral of mis
chief may be consummated. We
should not be surprised If the Presi
dent's veto of the lllus.ory free list
caused him more trouble than that of
the wool bill, but In the end he will
be commended for both by the sensi
ble people of the country. The voters
want the duties revised, but they are
tired of seeing revision made a coun
ter n the game of politics. The in
surgents have steadily lost ground In
public favor by their obvious Insincer
ity In dealing with the tariff, and what
they have lost tho President haa
gained.
A I J. IX A CTXMMOX CAV'E.
The rilot Rock Record last week
published a column article to the ef
fect that homeseekers landing In
Portland are not treated fairly, for the
reason that the different location In
the state. Pilot Rock, for example, are
not pointed out to them by the real
estate and publicity agents.
A a matter of fact nearly every
section of the state I represented and
exploited by Portland agents, and
the Portland people are spending
thousands of dollar every year
to exploit the Umatilla and other
sectfons. The Portland Commer
cial Club, through Its publicity de
partment, spends over 150.000 of
Portland money . a year In auch
work. Over 15.000 Inquiries re
ceived from homeseeker by thla club
have been turned over to the Pendle
ton Commercial Club alnc January 1.
and these same names went to all of
the other associate clubs. Tllot Rock
would have received them gratis had
there been a club In that town.
What the Portland people want
above everything else Is to see the
vacant lands of the state taken up by
actual settlers, and the work of the
promotion bureau of the Commercial
Club Is largely directed to that end.
What Oregon needs Is tnor tillers of
the soil, and It makes very little dif
ference to Portland whether such pro
ducers locate In Umatilla County or
elsewhere tn the atate. This city will
reap the benefit of their presence, no
matter where they are located. Th
people of Oregon, with a very few ex
ceptions, like th editor of the Record,
know that we art working for the
state as a whole, exploiting the varlou
section as well and as fairly aa we
can.
MX RET ART FISHRR'S PROBLEM.
To Secretary ef the Interior Fisher
the Nation looks to find th key to
the Alaskan deadlock. He commands
the confidence of the conservation
ists, but he Is believed to be a prac
tical conservationist one who would
reconcile conservation with use and
would not name prohibitive terras for
the privilege of developing natural re
sources. He has proved his ability to
unravel a seemingly hopeless tangle
by aettling the Chicago traction prob
lem on term which allow the com
panies to rehabilitate their lines and
make a profit and allow the city to
obtain millions of revenue from them.
From such a man the country hope
much.
In olvlng the Alaska problem Mr.
Fisher will have to reconcile elements
which appear Irreconcilable. At th
one extreme are th theoretical con
servationists who ar utterly opposed
to selling coal land outright and who
would lease It only on such term as
no capitalist able to develop so large
an enterprise vould accept. At the
other extreme are capitalists who re
fuse to put money In Alaska coal land
unless they own the land outright and
are ready to perpetrate fraud In order
to get the land, provided they can "get
awajewlth It" and keep out of JaiU
Between the two extremes la the gen
eral body of the people. They believe
In both conaervaton and development
and they believe that the two are rec
oncilable If those intrusted with th
task will Ignore the Plnchots on the
one hand and th Guggenheim on
th other.
The happy mean would seem to be
a leasing system with such a moderate
scale of royalty that, tf It will not
tempt the Guggenheim. It will tempt
other capitalist equall able finan
cially to develop the mines and for a
period long enough to require the
complete exhaustion of the vein of
conL The surface should be reserved
for whatever other use It Is adapted
except auch an area as is necessary for
the surface plant of the mine. The
coal should be leased in large enough
area to Induce th opening of mines
on the large scale now in vogue, but
not large enough to give any one com
pany a monopoly. The railroads should
be brought under the Jurisdiction of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and any alliance between a railroad
and a coal company should be prohib
ited. The waterfront of each seaport
should be sold or leased to a variety
or owners that each coal company may
have Its Independent place for loading
ships.
The scale of royalty is a most im
portant featur from th standpoint
of conservation, for, tf too high, it
would tempt the miner to "rob" hia
min and thereby defeat th end the
conservationist seeks to attain. In
order to mine a tract of coal land
economically and without losing any
of the coal, it 1 necesary to extend
development to Its fartheat limits be
fore mining for production, then to
begtn mining at the outer limits and
work backward towards the shaft, cut
ting out the pillars aa th coal Is
mined. Th poor or greedy mine
owner work out his mine from the
shaft toward th boundary, makes the
pillars too lean and causes cave-ins
by which great bodies of coal ar Ir
retrievably lost.
Let the conservationist Insist on
harsh terms with the Alaska coal
miner and he wlil tempt th miner to
"rob" the mine. Th miner will have
undergone heavy initial expense In de
veloping his min and equipping It
with machinery. H should be re-
TIIE MORNING
quired to ray little or nothing while
he is doing so. If he is compelled to
begin paying royalty as soon as he
hoists a ton of coal, which will be as
soon ss he begins development as dis
tinguished from production, he will
be apt to "rob" his mine, a cave-in
will occur and the theoretical conser
vationist will mourn the loss of much
co. due to his own exactions. If th
royalty Is moderate and graduated,
and the Government ha reasonable
regulations as to development, th
temptation to "rob" will be greatly
reduced.
I A solution or an sucn prooirmn i
essential to the solution or the great
Alaska problem. Mr. Fisher Is taking
the right way about finding it by go
ing to the ground to study the prob
lem. The more difficult task will then
await him of convincing Congress that
his solution Is the right one.
OOWK DI VOfW'K rBOBIJtM.
The divorce statistics , from Kansas
City are disquieting from any point of
view, but they are not quite definite
enough to warrant a genuine moral
panic. Last year there were 1900
marriage licenses Issued In that city,
while some 700 divorces were granted.
Thla certainly looks ominous. Still w
are not told that all of the TOO di
vorce were obtained by persons who
had been married In Kansas City. Per
haps many came from other parts of
the country to be released from their
wedded misery, it may well be that
not a solitary couple of all those Joined
In wedlock at Kansas City round lt
way to the courts for relief. If it
should turn out that the Missouri
town is something of a Mecca for the
disconsolate, a kind of Inverse Gretna
Green where woes are canceled Instead
of being Imposed, the showing would
not be ao bad. after all. Aa long aa
courts grant divorces they must be ob
tained somewhere, and it might as well
be at Kansas City as any other metro
politan center so far as we can see.
There Is no especial reason why
marriage made In htat city should
turn out U bo more than usually dis
astrous. The air 1 said to be salubri
ous and the cost pf living is not higher
than in other place of similar sire.
The chances are many to one that
couples aspiring to be divorced 'make
a sort of holiday of the affair and
combine escape from wedlock with an
excursion to the scenes of urban mer
riment. No doubt a city lawyer would
be employed in any case, and why not
go to him Instead of paying him to go
into the country?
But there Is one fact, it must be
conceded, which tells against our hy
pothesis. The number of homeless
children taken care of by the Kansas
City Juvenile court seema to have In
creased In something like the same ra
tio aa divorces. But even thla can b
explained. We dare say the Kansas
City Juvenile court is Just waking up to
Its duties. Therefore waifs have been
neglected. Now the officials are gath
ering them In and providing for them
properly. Thus there may not be the
slightest connection between the activ
ities of th Juvenile court and the di
vorce courts, though both are grinding
out larger grists than ever before.
There la a good deal more nervousness
over divorces In some minds than the
facta warrant. The chance are that
domestic morality Is enhanced by
them rather than Injured.
rATRlOTISw IS NOT BEftEXTMEVT.
Th semi-centennial anniversary of
the surrender of Vlcksburg t, a be
celebrated oo July 4. 1S1J, wU. tlab
orat ceremonies. An Important part
of the exercises will be th dedication
of a monument commemorating th
services of the Union fleet In the Mis
sissippi River. - It Is well known that
neither Vlcksburg nor New Orleans
could have been captured without the
co-operation of the gunboats which
were managed with consummate skill
and showed almost unexampled brav
ery in action. But there was a Confed
erate fleet in the river, too, and the
sailors upon those vessels were Just
as brave as the Union men; nor were
th maneuver on one side any more
deft than those on the other. It ha
occurred to many minds, particularly
to the mind of Major Rigby, a Union
veteran from Iowa, who has charge
of the celebration at Vlcksburg. that a
monument to the Union fleet alone
would look a little lonesome. It would
tell only half the story of the memor
able contest, exalting the deed of one
fleet and keeping out of recollection
those of the other which were Just a
valiant.
So an agitation' haa been et going
to Induce Congress to appropriate
150,000 to erect a monument to the
Confederate Mississippi fleet stdj by
side with the Union monument In the
National Park at Vlcksburg. Natural
ly, Senator John Sharp Williams had
charge of the bill for the appropria
tion and under his expert management
It slipped along with encouraging fa
cility through the War Department,
which recommended It, and also
through the Senate committee on mil
itary affairs, which did likewise. But
when the goal waa In sight and no
more dangers were looked for, the bill
came face to face with a roaring lion
in the person of the vigilant and pat
riotic Senator Heyburn, of Idaho. Mr.
Heyburn fairly overflowa with patriot
ism, but it Is of a special variety strictly
suitable for exhibition on occasion of
pomp and ceremony. He does not
bother himself with the humbler ort
which pertain to honest government
and decent respect for the welfare
of plain cltlxens. Mr. Heyburn" pat
riotism is broad, atmospheric and his
torical. It sweeps grandly through the
abysms of the past whout worrying
over the mudpuddlc of the present. A
tremendous boon Is this kind of pat
riotism to a statesman since it always
give him omethlng to talk about
without ever putting him In danger of
saying anything.
The bill to par out 150.000 from
the Federal Treasury to erect a mon
ument to a rebel fleet gave Mr. Hey
burn Just the aort of opportunity In
which he luxuriate. The proposition
appalled his patriotic soul. Shall we
crown treason with wreaths of glory?
Shall we honor the ships which tried
to wreck the Union equally with those
which tried to save it? Perish the
thought. Let loyalty shine aa the
stars forever, but treason ought to be
scourged with a whip of scorpions Into
the noisome dungeons of oblivion. It
was thus that Mr. Heyburn held forth
to the Senate when Mr. William
brought up his bllL He spoke with
such earnestness of conviction that he
must have Impressed his colleagues,
though very few of them seem to have
agreed with him In the end. and even
In the-cold type of the Congressional
Record there appear to be a certain
force In his objections until one has
gone over them again more reflective
ly. It la preposterous. Is It not, to ask
a government to give money to erect
a monument to men who tried to de
OREGONIAN, TUESDAY.
stroy it? Certainly It would be pre
posterous If our Government were cen
tered In an Individual or a dynasty
and were actually capable of cherish
ing resentment. But the Government
of the United States Is merely the ma
chinery through which the people ex
press their will. The Government of
today is not that of yesterday, though
It follows the same ritual In Its ac
tion. It has no passions but those of
the Nation and no memory but that
of the people whom it serves. The
treason of the Southerner consisted
In trying to escape from one govern
mental machine and set up another for
themselves, exactly as the revolution
ary fathers did. Had they succeeded
their "crime." as Mr. Heyburn curious
ly calls it. would have been heroic
deed and t$e rebellion a glorious-revolution.
Thus we see that the moral
quality of "treason." so far as it con
cerns the Southerners, depends entire
ly on the failure or success of their
undertaking. A crime which is pun
ished when it falls and glorified when
It succeeds cannot be much of a moral
blot after all.
The truth of the matter is that trea
son Is what scientists call a "relative
crime." A treasonable act which is
abhorred In one state of political opin
ion is often lauded in another. All na
tions have assented to thla opinion
either openly or impliedly, and no
civilized government thinks of re
senting deeds done against Its prede
cessors of half a century ago. A per
petuity of hatrefl is not a very valuable
treasure to carry on from age to age.
Much better is It to transmit the mem
ory of heroic acts and forget the poli
tical differences which gave them their
temporary color of loyalty or treason.
Under the purifying touch of time the
Iniquity of treason falls from memory
and nothing remains but the recollec
tion of mighty effort and noble sacri
fice. The Southerners mere very hu
man in their error, but In the struggle
they made to enthrone wrong on the
ruins of. righteousness they showed
qualities little short of the divine. The
country has forgiven them their mis
take. It will never forget their stead
fast devotion. On the broken Walls of
treason the flowers of pity have be
gun to bloom. Love has touched the
dead dust or rebellion with his magic
wand and transformed It to Intelligent
patriotism. South and 'North are one
country. The men. now living at
Vlcksburg never committed treason.
They are as true Americans as we -are.
Their memories are ours, their heroes
were of our blood. Shall we set tho
drear luxury of resentment above the
golden possessions of brotherly kindr
ness and a common hope? Is patriot
Ism compatible only with th aser
passions?
Senator Dillingham's immigration
fclll will have the advantage of codify
ing the immigration laws, but its chief
merit is In excluding all aliens not
eligible for citizenship. The effect of
this provision will be not only to ex
clude msny undesirable persons of
other nationalities, but to remove the
appearance of discrimination against
Chinese as a nation which Is particu
larly offensive to the high-clasa Chi
nese who are admitted as "well as to
the coolies who are excluded. The
exclusion law was aimed at the Chl
nese coolies, not because they are
Chinese, but because they are coolies
and are unwilling and unfit to be as
similated with the rest of the popula
tion, . The same objection applies to
people of the coolie class without re
gard to nationality and the bill ap
pears to exclude them all. while ad
mitting people of the desirable class
of all nationalities.
Why should a wealthy man want to
be a counterfeiter? Did the excite
ment compensate George Wilson for
the risk he ran. or waa avarice his
motive? .. The San Francisco coiner
had tool for his work which the offi
cers could not help admiring when
they arrested him. His ingenuity and
craftsmanship must have been won
derful. What a pity that he could find
no better use for them. Wilson" case
seem to fortify the hypothesis that
some men are born with a criminal
tendency which overcomes the moral
nature and leads them into evil
courses In spite of themselves. ,
Mr. Balfour's motion to censure
the" Asquith ministry Is the last wiggle
or the tall of an expiring snake at sun
set. He knew it could not pass, but
as a Tory who never forgets and never
learns he felt that he must make It.
The House of Lords has long been a
chimera possessing the title to a
power which it did not dare to exer
cise. As soon as it (Vied to become a
real ractor in the government, its title
was taken away. No wonder the
young aristocrats are mad.
A person Inclined to be superstitious
might Imagine disturbing conse
quences to follow the reappearance
of the dead bodies so long burled with
the Maine In Havana harbor. "And
the sea gave up the dead that were In
it" Is part of a description which has
filled 'many a soul with terror. Have
we outgrown this weakness or are
there ome who will find in the raising
of the Maine a harbinger of the day
of Judgment? -
A man who has not time for ex
tended vacation says he will take a day
off some time and spend It In riding
on elevators in the numerous big
buildings of this city. He will enjoy
all the comrorts of rast travel.
The first cutting of alfalfa In Wal
lowa thl year equals two crops of an
ordinary season. Perhaps this ex
plain why Wallowa County, sends
some of the best hogs that come to th
Portland market
If there should be spies at the
mouth of the Columbia, their govern
ments will receive terrifying reports,
for fhe Oregon troop are maneuvering
In that vicinity.
Where were the rabbit's foots when
thirteen members of the Coon Club
were caught playing-, poker early yes
terday morning?
The titled foreigner playing a piano
In a restaurant Is earning an. honest
living, m-hlch' Is more than can be said
of many of his class.
Vincent Rose' opinion seems to be:
"Better a wandering minstrel In
America than a titled Idler in Italy."
Th men who platted Portland
streets never dreamed; of a line of au
tomobile of 108-Inch wheel base.
Too bad we have no Devil's Island
for these foreign spies.
Congress will quit It self-inflicted
punishment next week.
AUGUST 8, 1911.
Gleanings of the Day
A woman of Louisville. Ky who en
Joys a game of cards, recently visited a
friend in Indianapolis, says the News
of that city. Sunday mornmg came
and the hoBtess invited her visitor to
accompany her to Sunday school. It Is
the practice of the teacher of the Bible
class, of which the hostess is a mem
ber, to aek each member of the class
to read a-verse from the Bible and com
ment on it. The visitor from Louisville
had not been Informed of the teacher's
custom. However, the teacher seemed
to think that visitors, as well as regu
lar members, should participate, and
when the member next to the visitor
had read her verse and made her com
ment the" teacher smilingly looked
toward the visitor. The visitor ap
peared to be disconcerted for a moment
and then she hastily said,."I pass."
"The American woman's Ideal is that
of an egoist," says Francois '
1'Eaplgarle de Tesaan, ' the French
magazine writer. In an Interview In
New York. "She subordinates her chil
dren, the preservation of the family,
to her own personal grievance. It takes
courage, certainly, I say: "I will crush
my life and begin over again and make
a new one. but It requires more cour
age to renounce vengeance, to say In
the face of a personal wrong: 'I will
stand by my children. I will help my
husband.' When a woman forgives In
France we do not laugh. We say, "How
splendid! What sublime renunciation!'
You see, the French woman still clings
to the Christian Idea of forgiveness.
We are in tome respects much more
conservative than you. Our ideals go
far, too far. In my opinion, but our
actions do not go so far as yours. For
instance, the two young women under
Indictment for shooting a man, who are
exhibiting themselves In a theater here.
Such a spectacle would not be possible
In Parts. It would not be permitted.
We exhibit any picture of any crime,
but we do not show criminals.
"Oily eye" is the latest affliction
which modern humanity has had to
suffer. Numerous persons at South
Norwalk, Conn., have been complaining
of late that their eyelids have been
turning yellow and their lashes have
been falling out. The doctors say it is
a regular epidemic, and assign It to the
liberal use of oil -upon the streets of
the town. In confirmation they point
to the fact that the trolley motormen
are the greatest sufferers.
"Some folks believe that men In gen
eral don't care for novels," a book ex
pert Is quoted as saying, "whereas
three-fourths of those I meet are as
fond of novels as women are, only they
like a different sort. Women dote on
the society novel as a rule, men prefer
novels Including plenty of action and
adventure. Strange to say, it Is often
er young than middle-aged men who
call for books of travel, and I have
several In mind who read little else
but books of travel In Summer. Both
men and women buy more Summer
reading now than formerly. To say
that several hundred new boks are sent
to one and another customer In a Sum
mer Is simply to state a fact. It is an
up-to-date manifestation of the book
business contingent largely on the
multiplication of country houses, house
parties and European trips. Personal
ly I can say we owe a large percentage
of our Summer sale to the vogue of
house parties. In many cases we have
a standing order to send to the country
house once a week three, four or elx
new books, fiction, of course.. The
books must be absolutely new, that Is,
put on the market since the week be
fore. If we have none such we don't
send at aU. But with 200 new books
appearing in one month,' as happens
frequently, we are not often at a loss.
These books are Intended for the guest
rooms. For a guest to arrive and find
a book she had read at the last place
visited on the table In her room Is
what the fashionable hostess of today
trlea to guard against.
In contrast with the work of the
Government in the West in putting
water on millions of acres of arid land
Is that of the people of Louisiana, in
taking the water off many millions of
marsh land and bringing It under cul
tivation. Louisiana Is reclaiming mil
lions of acres of "wet prairie'-' land
along the gulf coast and extending 150
miles Inland, traversed by. innumerable
waterways. Aeons ago this land was
the ocean's bed. Today it i the deep,
rich alluvial soil of the delta, and mod
ern science, has made It as dry. Safe
and usable aa the prairie lands of the
Middle West.
It Is estimated' that there are 9,000,000
acrea of marsh lands in Louisiana
which may be reclaimed and cultivated,
and which will add more than 1450,
000,000 to the annual agricultural
wealth of the state. This, It is esti
mated, has an annual earning capacity
of $50 per acre, which Is far bjlow the
present earnings of the cultivated
areas of Southern Louisiana, Today
the drainage and reclamation scheme
in this state Is comparable only with
the work accomplished by Holland.
Marsh landa costing from $1 to $3 an
acre are being reclaimed and put on
the market at a cost averaging $35 an
acre, and bringing anywhere from $100
per acre upward. It Is said by soil ex
perts that the alluvial land now under
reclamation has a potential value of
from $200 to $500 per acre.
' Hand In hand with reclamation goes
navigation. Louisiana has nearly 4000
miles of navigable streams, most of
which are situated In these rich allu
vial gulf coast lands. To drain a tract
of land c,anals are dug surrounding tne
tract. Laterals are dug leading Into
the canal, and the can ale drain thence
Into the bayous and navigable streams.
These canals surrounding the reclaimed
landa are navigable to barges and
power boats. Experiments demonstrate
that in a very short time the reclaimed
salt marsh landa areeoon converted Into
cultivable soil through rain wash.
"Science and the Criminal" Is ' the
title of a new work on the trained ap
plication of scientific methods to the
conviction of criminals, and the au
thor., Is- C. Alnsworth Mitchell, a
Scotland Yard expert
Miss Lilian Whiting has revised and
brought down to date her well-known
book 'on Boston literary and social life
entitled "Boston Days" and the naw
edition of the handsomely illustrated
volume has Just been published. Famous
names associated with Boston pass In
review In this work..
The manly loss of a dollar is often
worth two, because of the lesson It
teaches.
I FAIR VIEW OF PRESIDENT TAFT
He Kow Appears la Sew Ught Before
Conntrr.
Th World Today. Chicago.
The most striking fact in the politi
cal history of the recent months ia the
country's Changs of attitude toward
President Taft. Just what this may
mean in terms of party politics Is of
less Importance than what it means
to the Nation as a whole.
In part, it Is due to the American
sense or fair play, but much mora to
President Taft himself.
He Is not merely better understood
by the country he himself better un
derstands the country.
The position of President Taft Is
difficult. A Republican, he finds hla
chief opposition from members of his
own party, and his chief support from
the Representatives of the Democratlo
party.
True, much of this support Is sim
ply a part of the political game by
which a Democratic House puts up
popular measures to a Republican
Senate, well knowing that, whether
the Senate approve or kill a bill, the
Democratic party Is accumulating
politloal capital.
The President certainly made mis
takes In the first year of his adminis
tration. But, looking back upon them,
they seem to have been due to an in
ability to gauge the real strength of
progressive and anti-tariff feeling In
the Middle West They were also due
In part to the President's tempera
mental willingness to trust hi subor
dinates and advisers, and his refusal to
yield at points where friction was un
necessary and prejudicial to his main
policies.
But during the last few months
President Taft has accurately gauged
and now expresses the best sentiment
of the country.
The President would not make his
Winona speech today. Loyal as he is
to his friends, we doubt if he would
now make Mr. Balllnger a member of
hia Cabinet. Perhaps he would not
even appoint Seoretary Knox. -
But what we Judge he would not do
Is vastly less Important than what he
1 doing.
His handling of the Mexican situa
tion was both clever and effective.
There was every possibility of trouble
on our Southern frontier. To have
been forced to Interfere in Mexico
would have been most unfortunate. To
have yielded to the representatives of
financial Interests In Mexico would
have been even more unfortunate.
His stand on Canadian reciprocity
has been a text for long speeches from
men whom one might have expected
would support, the measure. But It has
certainly made the President friends.
His plan for International arbitra
tion with Great Britain and his treat
ment of the treaty with Japan have
made him one of the great champions
of international peaoe.
His appointments to the Supreme
bench, as well as to secretaryships and
other positions, have shown that as
he ha alway insisted, the President
has a profound sympathy with the in
crease of Federal control of National
resources and public utility corpora
tions. But he wants that control to
be constitutional.
There are those who, because of his
change In attitude, regard him Jtes
vacillating, a creature of the advice
he happens to hear last
We can not believe that this is the
case. His change Is rather that of a
man who has learned to appreciate
more accurately the popular sentiment
of that great world which lies west of
the Alleghenles, and thereupon to fol
low out without compromising, poli
cies which are more than bits of party
politics.
The new President Taft has not the
aggressiveness of his predecessor, but
he bulks more.
The policies he Inherited from Presi
dent Roosevelt he has constltution
allzed, and the problems which his
predecessor left for the deluge that
was to come he is trying to solve.
He was elected by Republicans. He
deserves to be re-elected.
For he has shown his real strength,
and is clearly facing National issues
in the spirit of a statesman.
AS A POLICEMAN SEES IT.
The Roshlla-ht Moral Wave Does Not
Impreaa Him Much. '
PORTLAND, Aug, 7. (To the Ed
itor.) "By their works ye shall know
them." And what has Rushlight ac
complished since assuming the duties of
Mayor? He has Issued an order that
police officers shall not enter saloons.
There the undesirable elements of the
city may congregate: there gambling
games msy be operated; there drinks
may be soid to minors. But under the
new regime the patrolman looking for
these offenders sees written over their
favorite haunte, "leave stars behind, all
ye who enter here."
He has lashed the police force for not
accomplishing more, and has handi
capped them by ordering them not to
enter the hiding places; or vice and the
promoting places ot crime.
He has placed at the head of the
police force a roan without the ability
to command, that the church may be
satisfied. He has ordered the police
men out of saloons, that the saloons
may be' satisfied; he has waged a war
on civil service, that it may be killed
and the police force made Into a politi
cal machine, which will assure his re
election. He has fought the police
force and fostered vice.
He has waged a war on graft and
without the suspicion of. evidence, on
the word of a prejudiced prostitute,
discharged one of our oldest and best
liked and most efficient sergeants.
. We worked for Rushlight and yelled
our heads off when we beat "Joe Simon.
But the turn things have taken makes
us ask, "what's the matter with Rush
light?" Will someone from the rapldly
thlnnlng rank of admirers, with the
ghost of anti-election enthusiasm cry,
"He's all right!"? O. 6. L,
A Portland Police Officer.
a j
A Prayer and Its Aaswer.
Florence, S. C, Dispatch.
Because his prayers for rain during
a.' recent dry spell were followed by
such a copious and prolonged down
pour that their cotton crop was dam
aged, neighbors of Rev. Mr. Moore, a
Methodist minister, threatened to get
an injunction restraining him from of
fering such prayers In the future. After
much talk the proposed proceedings
have been dropped.
Mr. Moore is the father of "Jerry"
Moor., the 15tyear-old champion corn
grower. '
-Frasce's President aid Polka-Dota.
London Tit-Bits.
President Fallieres, of France, is
fond of blue neckties with white polka
dots. The Idea has been copied by the
dandles, and blue with white dots Is
the fashionable affectation of the hour.
Place to Tell tbe Name.
Ram's Horn.
"They tell me Tompkins is fairly
wild over his new motor car."
"You would think so If you could
hear him talk when he Is unde.r it"
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
I have repeatedly claimed that the
manufacturer who will adverttae In
local newspapers where his goods are
on sale will not only Interest the pub
lic, but will gain the co-operation of
the local dealer, who will also adver
tise the goods on his own account
A great demonstration of this was
given to the Gotham Underwear Com
pany In. their campaign Just ended.
This company has been moderate
users of newspaper space in the past
two or three years. Early this year,
after a discussion between L. B. Tim,
President of the Company; H. S.
Sternberg, advertising agent and the
writer. It was decided to place 65 per
cent of tbe appropriation In newspaper
In cities where Gotham Underwear had
distribution, the balance to be expend
ed in general publicity.
This plan was followed carefully dur
ing the season of 1911. and the result
has been a greater business for the
Gotham Company than ever before.
To stimulate the dealers' Interest In
the advertising the Gotham Company
offered a number of prizes .for the best
advertlaementa that the dealers them
selvea placed in the local newspapers
advertising Gotham Underwear, and
also prizes for the best window dis
plays. All of the dealers, who advertised in
local newspapers, backing op the ad
vertising done -by th Gotham Com
pany in the same papers, submitted
some very excellent and convincing ad
vertisements. In deciding the awards these points
were considered first accuracy of
statement second, the prominence
given to the Gotham trade mark: and,
third, the typographical effect
Exaggerated announcements were
not considered at all!
It Is interesting to record that the
first prize went to Barth & Meyer.
Oklahoma City, which is another -Instance
of the fact that the smaller
communities of the United States are
paying a great deal of attention to
advertising copy.
Manufacturers of all products, every
where, vrill And the dally newspaper
a powerful aid in the building of their
business.
(To be continued.)
Brad's Bit o Verse
Copyright, 1811. by W. D. Mens.)
I drifted In a land of dreams when I
was Just a boy the world was full
of truth and right and life was one
sweet Joy. I never asked the price of
things nor cared for sordid pelf, for all
I had to do was Just wade tn and help
myself. But where Is now the fairy
song the soulful sentiment? They will
not buy a single . rag nor pay the
monthly rent. Somehow, along that
lane of dreams, I don't get anywhere.
I cannot feed on mystic moons or thin,
ethereal air. And so, my son, take this
from me X give It free to you tha
wisest guy is he who strives to make
his dreams come true. If ever you ex
pect to reach attainments high and
big. take my advice work out your
dreams, and get right down and dijf.
The man who only plans to do will
never get it done; but he who works
as well as plans will finish In a run.
No great one ever leaped to fame at
one swift lucky bound. He had to
elimp and grip and tug and work up
round by round. If you would harvest
noble deeds from life's rough, stony
soil, you might as well prepare your
self for good, hard honest toil.
Half a Century Ago
From Th. Oregonian. August I, 18(1.
This issue of The Oregonian contained
the news of the battle of Bull Run,
concerning which an editorial said:
"Does any true-hearted Union man
waver In the cause from the result of
this battle? For every soldier that has
fallen, hundreds will be ready to take
his place, and the mighty movement for
this purpose will be seen In our next
dispatches."
The Columbia Steam Navigation Com
pany has purchased 200 feet of the levee
between Oak an Pine streets for the
purpose of erecting a substantial wharf
thereon.
We are compelled to leave out of this
paper some advertisements and other
articles on account of the great length
of the dispatch.
Humor In Crook County.
Prineville Review.
Lassoing a man in an automobile
Isn't so easy, but Keyes Hyde accom
plished It Monday evening. He threw
the rope with unerring accuracy over
the shoulders of Hi Roller as the lat
ter was passing in his motor, and then
stopped the car In the approved vac
quero style. That Is, he stopped it
after Roller had dragged nlm a block
and finally shut off his engine.
FITTING THE HAT.
Fashions In hats, for the coming year.
Announce that the ladies must appear,
With dinky lids, about the sle
Of a peanut shell, Jammed over their
eyes;
They have tied the can to the old
style lid
Peach basket effect and the Merry
Wld.-
But Oh. the feature that gets my
goat -Is
the calm ramark In the fashion note.
If the lady's face doesn't fit the bon
net They'll turn loose the reconstructors
on It
Alter this feature and build up that.
Til tbe feminine phiz becomes the hat
Right there, I swear it gets too thick.
And I' rise right up and prepare to
kick.
How should I know my lady dear.
If she altered her face four times a
year?
You can change her figure in every
case.
But one must object when you change
her face.
You may go the limit from hoop to
bobble;
Cinch In her ankles to make her wob
ble. Banish hips 'til her form seems far
Less like a girl than a thin cigar,
But here I beseech you, have the grace
To leave her cute little nose in place.
Given the new style, soon we'll hear,
"Ladies will not wear chins this year.
Because we find they do not go well
With the style of hats that we have
to sell;
Ears will be obsolete next Fall,
And noses will have no place at alL"
So here I hasten to come to bat
And raise a howl at a scheme like that.
Shift her waistline where you please.
From under her chin to below her
knees
But hang the milliner who would bid
Her alter her face to fit her ltd.
Dean Collins.
Ppxtland, August J ,
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