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The Oregonlan ha seen fit to say a word now and then for the op pressed and despised wootgrower. anJ It a on that account accused of being now opposed to tariff revision. Well, hardly. It- abhors and ha exposed the cant and humbug of a Democratic policy that would place the entire fcurden of tariff reform on a sing'. Industry wool and that would de lude the farmer Into the be'.lef that he la being benefited by the bunco farmers' free list. It Is not a free list. It purposes to admit free of duty cer tain farmer" utilities, manufactured la and exported from such nation as give similar concessions o similar American manufactured products. That Is the entire extent of the bun- i combe free list bill. We shall get reapers and mowers and threshers and barbed lre from England alone, where our manufacturers now unJer aell the English makers on their own sol!.' Who van: an Englt-h-made farm Implement on any terms? The Oregonlan has expressed the hope that frealdent Taft would veto the preposterous free list, which gives the farmer nothing worth having, and the Lav Follette wool measure, when these messures reach him If they ever do because they were not pro posed In good faith, because they are the mischievous products of political log-rolling, and because they settle nothing. If the Lav Follette wool bill shall be accepted by the Democrats and shsll pass Congress, It will cut down the present Indefensible" wool tariff In appreciably. It Is a protective tariff. If It is anything: It 1 fathered by a Senator who boldly announces his adherence to the historic policy of high protection. Why should the Democrats accept It on any basis or for any reason but to embarrass the President and to widen the Irrecon cilable schism In the Republican par ty Later, when the Tariff Board reports, the question of a wool tariff will be reopened, and all this harmful saltation be revived. Why 'make a blind and bung'.lng political adjust ment of a question that later It Is proposed to settle on a scientific and economic basis? Then every grower, every manufacturer, will know where he stands, fnder the La Kollett bill rio one knows where he stands ex cept that he stands nowhere. The Oregonlan has pleaded for a fair deal for the wpolgrower of Ore gon, lie haa not had It. lie has been bludgeoned and badgered and bullied by all hand and by all Interest until the Industry is at a low ebb. and he faces Irretrievable nitn. He has had to stand the whole brunt of the tariff agitation. He has been held up to the country as a sheep baron and a plutocrat and a member of the mil lionaires club. Sheep baron. Indeed! Does anyone know a sheep man In Oregon who would not be g!ad to get out from under the vast pile of ob jurgation and contumely that has been heaped on him. If he could real ize par on his Investment? The Ore gon sheep man haa few friends too few even at home. They betray and deride him here as they despise and malign him abroad. The Kastrra no tion of the sheep baron clothe him avlth the glamor of riches, splendor and haughtiness. The true picture of the Oregon sheepgrower and of all others, no doubt la of a discouraged and dejected citizen, wearing his four-Year-old suit cotton running around en his lore cayuse from bank to bank in an effort to borrow enough money to keep him afloat, marketing his wool at prices far below Its value and sel'.lrg off hi surpl-js herds at prices on an average about II below the sum each, sheep cost him. That Is jour Oregon sheep baron In hia pres ent regal condition of near-poverty and over-excltemeot. Naturally h wants the tarlf settled. His out-of-e!hos condition Is due to the cease less effort of the pnllttclar to fry the ft out of him, and the general opin ion of the country that he Is too rich entirely. II wants relief. He need and deserves consideration, and not contumely and contempt. Wool and sheep Is a great Oregon Industry. The .sheepmen are enter prising and worthy citizens. Why cannot they have a fair deal? It wtll he a fair deal If the wool tariff Shalt revised and lowered In common with the other Important products of the country, and not selected for a solitary display of the clamor for tariff reduction. STATTnOOn AN1 THE R I LL Statehood for Arizona and New Mexico presents one of the most per plexing problems to come before I'resldent Taft. Having himself been a Judge and having a firm conviction of the Imperative necessity that Judges be Independent cf popular passion or prejudice or folly, he Is unalterably opposed to making the recall apply to Judges, as the Arizona constitution provide. Tet he Is pledged by hts own declarations and by the party platform to support the admission of the two territories to statehood. The dispatches Intimate that he will allow the bill to become law without his signature, but In that rase ha may be expected to state his portion uneiulvocally. In requiring the submission separ ately to a vote of the people of each territory of a clause of each constitu tion CongTee Is stmply taking steps tr Insure that the constitution shall really express the will of the people on those subjects. Arizona ha gone to the extreme of radicalism In adopt ing the recall of Judges. New Mexico to the extreme of conservatism In making the amendment of Its consti tution well nigh Impossible. It Is highly probable that In their eager a. . I . . .xnx tTOfK-rAIR ness for long-deferred statehood many voters supported the constitu tions as a whole wha were opposed to and would have voted against these provisions, had they been submitted to separate votes. The position of Congress Is that the voters should be given an opportunity" to accept or reject these dehatnble provisions without placing statehood In the bal ance. Like ex-Freeldent Roosevelt. Congress holds that, if Arizona really desires the recall for her Judges, she has a right to adopt It. and that. If New Mexico really desire to block the way to constitutional amendment, that Is her privilege. This position was emphasized by the Senate's re jection of the Nelson amendment striking the Judiciary recall provision from the Arizona constitution. Should the recall question come to a vote In Arizona, the struggle will be watched with peculiar interest for the eye of the Nation has been fixed on Arizona by the cnotroversy. The recall has been made a living It-sue by Its practical operation In Oregon and Washington, by the attempt to recall an Oregon Judge, by the speeches of Theodore Roosevelt and Wood row Wilson and by the debates In Congress on the subject ArTIR FIFTY YKARA. "When shall we three meet again? T, thunder, lia-htnlnsr. or In rain?" The three OUllam cousins enjoyed a reunion at Roseburg loss tempestuous than Shakespeare's witches looked for. The air was balmy when they looked . a I aeAO Into one anotner iacr iu ... fifty years of separation, and no doubt t ho aim mlled to see such a pleasant event happening on the ad earth where he has- haa to witness so mmij sorrows. It was only twenty years that had elapsed when Tom's old school- ..n,i.r,ii to the villace and eat beneath the tree upon the schoolhouse .i.vir. .mnnH which sheltered them when theyf were boy; but how changed was everything. nere wa nobody to greet him and scarcely any body knew him. The master was dead long ago and sleeping unaer me nm where they used to coast. The world make Itself over In twenty years; and .... ho ih. In! Millard l u ti v - Lownadale was singing this lovely old song with his aivine voice, a halred matron who was listening ahook her head and whispered. "Af ter all, twenty years Isn't so very long." Hut fifty years 1 another matter. That 1 half a century. The Gilliam cousins must have been mere boys -v.. nortnd for their long sep aration. In the Interval they have grown up. marriea ana n nvm. lles. Perhap some of their children are gray-headed. Fifty years ago Ore gon was little more than a primeval wild, with here anJ there a colony along the Willamette and Oie Colum bia and an army of goldhunters slur rying over the Inland Empire. The Civil War was Just beginning. The Franco-Oerman War wa ten years In the future. The -Origin of Species" had been published exactly two years. It Is a long and exciting road that the world has traveled since then. We have seen the era of free competition pas away In the United States and the rise of the great commercial mo nopolies. The telephone hss come In. The electric light has supplanted kero sene and the electric car ha taken the place of the horse and the cable. Who can remember riding on a cable road? It sound antediluvian to men tion It. Last of all. the flying ma chine has been Invented. if the Otlliam boys could go to sleep now and wake again In another fifty years, we have no doubt they would travel to their reunion through the air. PR VTTT Or SENATOR FTtTK. In the death of Senator Fry the last of the great coterie of New Eng land era that ha for many years shaped legislation in the 8enate has passed awsy. Piatt of Connecticut, Hoar of Massachusetts. Proctor of Vermont died. Atdrich of Rhode Island and Hale of Main resigned In 111 health, and now Krye Is dead. Lodge, Crane, Dillingham and Gal llnger hav now become the chief figures In the New Eng-land dele gation. Frye w&a a typical standpatter and aristocrat In hts opinion and In stincts. Tha tariff could not be too high to suit him and he would have added the ship subsidy. He was a Kepubllcan of the old school, which is passing away, and yielded to the demand for progressive measures only In the Interest of party unity. The New England policy of continu ously re-electing the same men to the Senate, with the result that the first election practically made a man Sen ator for life, enabled him to become thoroughly conversant with public affair and to attain such a com manding position that his word was taken without question on many mat ter of fact. His election a Presi dent pro tern, of the Senate wa a natural cllmu to his career. He passed out at a time when the ment from the West Is pushing the conservative New Kngianoers o i side and assuming control of the Sen ate. Had he lived, he would have ..wA Ktmoolf nll4 tirtOn tft flcht a fierce battle In his old age with the spirit of the times against mm. n k- .tooth nf Prv the Renubll- can majority In the Benate will be still further reduced, for a Demo cratic Legislature In Maine will elect a Democrat to succeed mm. t-'imrui by the Democratic-Insurgent coalition will be strengthened, for the Demo crats will need the aid of only five Insurgent Republican to outvote the regulB.' Republican. Congress can- k. .oM tn have a denendahle Re publican majority In the Senate any mre than u na in m inmm. vnb or tkk xrr.ixcTtn arts. . One of the neglected art Is that r,t iruiklni correctly 'and clearly. The public schools bring the youth of the Nation up to a certain aiana ard in the use of the English lan guage, both spoken and written; then stop. A bey head 1 stuffed with grsmmar. but he Is not taught to talk ot-o-natii-allv. He may learn the spelling. and meaning of a word, but he Is not taught to pronounce it dis tinctly. His learning of the language Is of little use unless ne uses it. in ordinary conversation correctly and nira it rlearlv. This I a requisite for even- boy oni oiri that thev may carry on conversation with ease and ready command of language and without those blunders which expose them to ridicule and mortification. But It Is desirable that they should learn at least I ho first DrlhclDleS Of Public speaking, for In these das almost TIIK 3TORXIXG- inv man or woman may be call lied .mnn in sneak after dinner or at a public meeting. When the time comes thev should have overcome sta age a (li fright, have self-command, a rea innrita. clear enunciation and the nsm-or tn make themselves eas ly hesrd by the remotest person In th he oitriienra. It Is oalniul to near a ma an shouting as loud to loo persons h ho wr addressine- 10.000: as It Is equally painful to strain onea ears v. . . a whWnor nr a mumble. The speaker should make himself heard with ease. To have the whole Nation going about making speeches would reduce . . . I J V. . It to a bedlam. But an snouiu ,.-inH n far that they can make speeches when occasion requires. Few men are required to row a Doai ior living, but all should know now 10 row. Were the average, ensiDie ma.n not "broken" to face an audience, the loud-mouthed bore and fools wmild have thlnaa all their own way at public gatherings and gain control of affairs by default. The man wuu good Ideas in his head should be taught how to convey them to others by the medium of his tongue. There la room for much Improve ment In the elocution of the stage and teaching, of the first principle in uie public schools would aid In bringing It about. Actor and actresses orten n,.mki. and murmur their word ti uinuiimn even make no distinct sound, as if trying to hide the fact that they hare forgotten tneir lines. The audience at a theater has a right not only to ee the company "go through the motions," but to hear every word distinctly and without ef fort. Otherwise the playgoer may feel that he haa been defrauded and go away "roasting the show." If he hears ll all. he enjoy it. goe away contented and will speak a gooa word for It. ASTORIA'S OrrNTENlAJ- For a month to come Uoa world will hear a rreat deal of the Centennial celebration which open at Astoria to day. The exercises will aoouna in features of great Interest and one of the circumstance is unique. Astoria has not aaked Conjrres for a cent of money to help finance her celebration. The only favor begged from the Na tion ha been the loan of soma Army tents. Thu to a commendable degTee the city at the entrance of the Colum bia ha undertak.cn to "paddle Us own canoe." a trait of character wnicn nw been marked in the people of Oregon from the day of the pioneers. No doubt much will be said a the beau tiful TrriM nroceed day after day tha motive by which the early aettlar In tha Oregon country were led to forsake tneir nomes iar ther east and cross the mountainou desert to the Coast. Of course these motives were a various a the Indi viduals who followed the trail, but torn no ihmo ir, more DromlDent than the rest. It 1 Interesting to notice at the outset that religious persecution played no part In the colonization, of this part of the world. ( The first settlers of New England fled from persecution. They forook their home In the Old World to find "freedom to worship God." a Mr. Hemana put It In her poem. They found It for themselve. but they ex hibited a deplorable reluctance to con cede It to other. The desire to e- - ooito-tino noruvntlnn nlaved a considerable part also In the settle ment of several of the Southern States. South Carolina obtained ome of Its ,no, wnrihv tdoneera from France. They were Huguenots fleeing from th dragonnades -which followed tne revo otint, nf Henrv IVs edict of Nantes. Some of these most desirable colonist also mad their way to Horlda. but here they were harried by the pious Spaniard. Virginia had it Hugue nots, too, hut the religious motive was Mil ao nronouneed In th ettleraent of thus colony as In many others. Qf course In Pennatyvania it wa every thing. The Quakers, Ilk the Pilgrim u,hnn .am tn fhA New World to ob tain religious liberty, and they outdid their Northern neighbor in rlght hr allowing to Other the same privilege which they aourht for themselve. The wuager ana ine Maryland Catholics were about the nni, ojirrv colonist In the Eastern United State who were willing to put ..j M , i the principle or religious iroeaom m-ootire Horn critics hava been of the opinion that tha Quaker carried their love of toleration too rar. it no ieu them, we are told, to endure some things which can hardly be classed .m.no an-lal excellencies. Political corruption ta one of the conditions which have been traced back to the too Indulgent spirit of the Friends who F.i earns tn Pennsylvania. In some tha enlnnlata of Maryland were more Interesting than any of the other Eastern settler, iney -were trr.H.h Catholics who had learned In bitter circumstance the evils of perse cution and had come to tn conclusion that a person1 religion wa a subject which concerned only himself and hi Creator. The example or toleration which they et for the world wa rare Indeed In that age. It could b paralleled in Rhode Island, Pennsyl vania and Holland, out pernaps no u Kir. aloe. No settlers came to the Oregon ..nt- tn Winn ne.rsccutlon. out a ...ii many came from religious mo tives. The colony at Astoria was purely commercial. John Jacob As- n rnt-mod hia pomDany and sent out his men to trade, and for no other purpose. Wyeth' enterprise was also commercial. Put the followers or ja- .nn to and Whitman had far differ ent mirooee In view. It I curious to remember that th two early projects of trade Buffered from many mlsfor .nn nnallv failed. Wyeth's cer. talnly tilled. Some may perhaps say of Aster's that It wa merely trans formed tn other hands and really suc ceeded. Be this aa It may. the verlta- hio KAoHnninr of American control in n,ni u tn be found In Jason Lee's missionary settlement near Salem. If he had not come to the country mere nn, ...m tn be much question that British Influence would have predominated and Oregon would have remained a principality or ine nuu rtav mnnnnnlv. Jason Lee's col ony was a hotbed of piety, education and Americanism. Hia men could not .-..ot ntii thev had founded a college the old Oregon Institute. Their camp. meetings raised a fervor or entnusi asm which would put Billy Sunday to shame, and in season and out of sea. son they preached the necessity or e ....itnrinl a-ovarnment un der the United State. The provisional government which wa finally set up at Champoeg was the direct outcome of the Influence of Jason wei coio- nls Ists. They were tne predominant factors in. the movement, and they OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, formed the active nucleus of the fifty two men who stood for the United States at the moment when the de cisive vote was taken. Wo therefore, that while Ore gon's early annals are not darkened by any tales or persecution, stin tne religious motive entered powerfully Into our h storv. But it wouia ue a error to belittle the consequences of Astors settlement. v nen xne mno ntno at last to decide UDOn the rela tive srength of he American and Brit ish claims to the Oregon country, tne fact of his establishment at Astoria irn nn of the Drincioal points which turned, the decision In favor of the United States. After winning many a battle in Wall street, "Bet-you-a-million Gate ha been beaten by death. He woo nna of the etrong. tdoturesque figure In an age' of financial giants when men were no longer content 10 think In terms of ml lions, but taiKeu glibly of tens and hundreds of mil lions. He was an insurgent in ousi ness as others are insurgents In poli . hm nnt hesitate to measure his strength with the greatest of financial giants. Morgan, nm biot ,ho nt.o-nniza.tJon of the steel trust and the Tennessee Coal & Iron deal was marked by his characteristic blunt frankness. Tha dlsaoDearance of Mr. Justice Hughe' beard may prove to be a sub stantial misfortune to William Ran dolph Hearst. When Hughes was running for Governor or incw iur u, nnir thlnor Hearst could find against him wa his beard, and this he made the most of in satire and carica'tures. Now that the beard' is gone, what would Hearst do If Hughes should run for President? Since there Is nothing to blame he must eitaer praise or keep silent. Both alterna or on frightful that we cannot Imagine the distinguished editor choosing either of them. The language which the British Conservatives permit themselves to ,hA Uaum nf Common nowa days illustrates the old saying that blue blood Is no cure ior Dirasumu- T-i u.lHcti orlLtnrrnV la guD' ism. x it jt " , posed to stand for propriety, good manners and reuaai cam, ana u itaur does so when there Is nothing to roll It, but a mad aristocrat sen ti y- im. - noooant A lord is III U Vll lino a. r - - habitually more serene than a hod- carrier because lire aoe not prai him so badly. The civilization of Kansas presents ome curious anomalies. The state has prohibition, insurgency and a glorious band of country editors. It has the only woman Mayor In the ..., onH tha nnlv woman who has been sentenced to street work on the chalngang. The expression cnam gang" smacks of medievalism. Can Kansas think of no better way to deal with prisoner, especially -woman prls oners? ' Gorge W. Perkin Is a magician. By a stroke of the pen he devised ft plan to create 150.000.000 more capi tal for the steel trust and thereby ave 11.200,000 In expenses. Had he Issued $50,000,000 In counterfeit Gov ernment note lnetead of $50,000,000 In steel bonds, he would have created as much real value, but ha would have changed his residence to the penitentiary. The exposure of a beauty doctor work In causing the death of Mary Gertrude Ilg wa followed by th an nouncement of a crusade In San Fran cisco against th craft. The crusade could not have lasted long or Mn Jardlne'a life would not have been eacrificed to her vanity and a beauty doctor. - J "A Canadian Orangeman In tha town of Woodstock burned the Stars and Stripes the other night and in pun ishment for his rank offense he will some day meet a Fenian and wish he had died In childhood. -sr. hom, viit Tw done provided the loss of Justice Hughes whiskers has not the same effect on his mental powers a the loss or Samson a liow ln locks had on hi muscular power. Medford might gain her ends bet ter by rutting Idle men to -work on the road Instead of driving them out of town. They would prefer the al ternative of work In the orchards. T(v anma oversight of the conserva tionists $300,000 worth of Alaska copper has escaped and been shipped to Hamburg to do turnea into money Is Plnchot asleep? A free lecture I announced for to night on "Skulls." According to offi cial scandal, there Is aulte a lot of skullduggery extant and the theme should be edifying. , Astoria is a city near the mouth of th Columbia, and a hundred thou sand people of this city who have never seen It must arrange tor a visit. ' Tmm. the man of few words and ,.iv aotinn. must have felt out of Ma element In Congress, the place of many words and slow action. Now the school crayon Is becoming an object of suspicion. Really. It Is a wonder the rising generation ever sur vived Its unknown perils. With all the big concerns burning oil and all the housewives cooking with gas, what will become of the dear woodman? Many persons would be glad If worry would put them to sleep. Ilk Miss Hazel Schmidt, insieaa oi Keep ing them awake. With th lamp held out by Burns, the vilest grafter will get wnat is aue. or word to that effect. Bend has added a gold rush to tho d railroad rush it already enjoys. it rvaviHson should . remember that a milk bath vastly improve the complexion t There seems to b a vacancy In the Oregon delegation a vacuum, so i peak. Kansas Is worse than Alabama In putting a woman on the chalngang. The Presidential veto mean much this year. AUGUST 10, 1911. "Gleanings of the Day Writing of the Turkish provinces in Asia bordering on the Black Sea, United States Consul Jewett, of Tre- bizond, writes: "It appears- that these people spend only about 25 cents a year nor canit for liirhtln. The majority of the Inhabitants use no lights; they f rise and retire with the sun. Even the best of the cities are only dimly lighted with small kerosene lamps. There is no gas or electric lighting in any part of the district- Petroleum .nmoo wholly from Russia. It is sur prising how little appears under the heading of machinery. The modest sum of $8581 is credited to sewing ma chines and only $4510 to agricultural mnlamenta. More machinery ana im plements must be embraced in the total of unclassified Imports. It Is a fact, however, that this country spends prac tically nothing for machinery. mo time will soon come when these people win hecln to exchange their antiquat ed and Inefficient Implements for mod ern one, and they wui uosiiiuie m ehinea for hand labor. The ewing ma chines and agricultural Implements are mostly American." . A picture of the primitive manner of living of the Armenians Is given, by United States Consul Masterson. of Harput, who writes: "One of the great est hindrances to new business 'is the conservative spirit, not only of the merchant, but also of the neople. What their forefather never had they, their descendants, will not use or will take tn .inu'lv Tt Is a safe guess that there are not. outside of the mission stations and this consulate, over two dozen beds and dining tables In thi district, and to Increase the number In use. will be a slow process, for the mattress on the floor and the little -table scarcely six Inches high, around which the people sit on cushion or on the floor, are deemed good enough. It is hardly nec essary to say that Individual knives and fork are also considered unnece aary articles. A peculiar feature Is that the people of the district who have lived abroad for a term of years, even those who. have resided In America, will In a short time after their return resume the native dress and general manner of living." Many families are enabled to live In comparative comfort by money sent them by relative who have emigrated to America. Native banker estimate the total at $12,000 a week. The coat of living has Increased there during the last few years as in other countries. The people are taking to waarlna- Euronean and American ready-made clothes and overshoes and parasols of gay colors have become a fad among high-class Turkish and Ar menian women. Suva, the capital of the FIJI Island, like many fereater seaports, is preparing for an Increase of commerce to' result from the Panama Canal and Ceylon expect to lose by It. .Explain ing it ambition, an Australian busi ness man Is quoted by th Times, of Co y Ion. aa saylndt "If you glance at a map you will see that Suva Is on the direct line from Sydney to the canal. In fact, it Is exactly a quarter of the distance between Australia' commer cial capital and the Pacific entrance to the canal. Supposing vessels main taining a speed at sea of 15 knots per hour are employed, the trans-Pacific run will occupy 18 V days. Give a day fnr TuivitTatlna- the Isthmus, and 10 day on to London, thi will show a saving of about a week over the pres ent all-sea mail route to London via Colombo. The mail by that time will almost assuredly be forwarded by the All Red route via Vancouver. The re sult will be that the Australian passen ger traffic now passing through Co lombo will practically cease to exist. Tes, It will be a serious thing for Co lombo, but I do not se how It Is to be helped. You will have to work In the meantime a you never worked before to eoure a tourist clientele In Aus tralia for Ceylon, and. If successful, this will In a measure mitigate the loss. Suva will be the laic port of call from Sydney and the first port of oall from Panama. Already land Is rapidly advancing In price there, and any amount of capital U ready In Sydney to erect at Suva elaborate hotels, such a Colombo possesses. I wa given to understand that the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company Is already at work on plan for a first-class fast passenger service from Southampton to Sydney, via the Panama Canal. This corpora tion Is simply biding it tlm to enter the Australian trade again." Kelr Hardle. the well-known Social ist member of the British House of Commons, paid a striking tribute to Queen Mary at the time of the coro nation whioh deserve reproduction In part at least. In an article on th coronation and the veto bill crisis which wa printed In a labor paper. Hardle wrote: At least there Is one parson at court in whom 1 hav. implicit faith, 1 .mean the Quton. I confooa lo woaklM for that ifood lly- She 1. tho only rojraJ peron f have 2var aa who look. Ilk. a healthy human boln. Sh. 1. not of tho w doll or profeMlonal beauty type. But . she I. a hand.oroe woman, or what In Scotland would be ealled a bonny woman. I hear on every hnd that .ho I a "hard-featured woman. The statement I. a libel. Queen Mary', feature, are tho.e of a woman or capacity, who In her time haa ha0 frequent orculAU to auert horoelf. and haa don aa. firmly and to .ome purpoae. . . . ir all the counselor, fall King George, th. Queen will not fall him. and It will be well for him it ha give, warning ear to her counsel. - Taxes paid directly by railroads in the United States, as appears from the summarised returns of Poor's Manual for 111, Increased from around $54, 000,000 In J05 to $10.000,000 In 1410 an Increase near to 100 per cent In the same time the gross traffic earn ings of the railroads inoreased from 2.111.000,000 of dollars to $2,804,000, 000, or about 32 per cent. Whether compared with gross or net earnings or property value the taxation of rail roads has Increased out of all propor tion tn recent years, says the Spring field Republican. This may seem to seme people a very happy development In the way of lightening the tax bur den upon the poor and making it weigh more heavily and Justly upon th rich. But of course this Is a wrong idea, however much It may possess poli ticians and legislators or those whose votes are wanted. It Is merely a case of substituting another set of tax gatherers to collect the same eld taxes or pew ones under a system which di vides the tax burden among the peo ple according to their needs or con sumption, as of railroad traffic, and not according to their wealth or means of bearing the burden. Forest Grove Enthusiast Wants Premi um List tor Battle of Breeds- FOREST GROVE. Or, Aug. 8. (To the Editor.) In looking up dates of fairs on the Northwest circuit, I find Portland's on September 4, and so far do not find any premium list afloat for the battle of the breeds. The position Portland holds in the I Pacific Northwest as a metropolis anq ' seaboard town, with a commanding po- j sltion as well In general agricultural affairs, shows that It takes the bulk of the grain from the Northwest with a down-hill pull from nearly every point of the comDass. In the forward move ment of mammoth packing concerns on , the Peninsula. Portland should have and support the greatest stock show on I the Pacific Coast, to be in line with ) other enterprises. The rich agricultur- al country in the vicinity to a great extent has made the town. When I say it, I believe that stock men generally expect Portland to boost the fair, and if possible to make.it what It ought to be. If funds are low. make a cut on premiums. But we neea aai encouragement in cheap transportation and the different railroad lines would cut tarrlff rates, as It Is to their in terest to make the fair a success. The exhibitors of livestock, especially the large stock, are at a great deal of ex pense and trouble in getting stock ready for shipping. Portland should keep In line with its greater and older slBters of the East. Chicago ha Its International stock fair, with many attractions for the eastern continent of Europe. New Tork ha had its great Madison Square Gardens, where the kings of horse flesh as well as fat stock were shown In all their manifold attractions, and I should like to see Portland raise its flag. I remember well the first Intro duction I had to the Country Club show, and the first parade of livestock. The day was ideal; the band played and swelled the anthem from the grand stand down the enclosure. The grounds and track could not be more attractive, and a number of people said on return from the parade: "This is the best parade we have ever had. This la the coming fair of the Northwest." The day following, when Portland was ex pected to swell the grandstand, the at tendance was conspicuous by Its ab sence. A number had had an airing' the week before at the State fair, and salesmen and clerks were at business. The school children were the only ones out on leave, and this was certainty right. I doubt the wisdom of holding children and teachers to their books all through State fair week. Hundreds of them, as a rule, have never seen anything of the kind, although they might learn as much in one day as they would in a whole week at school. Portland, in holding ba- - response, no doubt has had its Influence in dead ening fair spirit. Portland, fair city of the West, I ask you to arise and reign. We need mere of the attendance of such personages as Virginia C. Mere dith, the "queen of the Eastern stock men" It would be like a guiding star In a Western sky. I send you greetings from the coun try, hail Portlar.de ra as our guests and hope to see the Portland fair some day great enough to attract the European continent after 1915. If I should stop on top of Hood, I'd know Just where on each I atood. And this unto myself would ear: I see It all a. plain aa day. Thi. land and ocean breeze my plea. And this my future home ehall be. And If a city life's a choice, Portland make, my heart rejoice. Of all the earth a coming town. You do not find so much renown. Give u. a field the grain to yield. And stock in rest retiring. Every year If. nev, and fresh and true. To nature all Inspiring. A CHALMERS. MR- DALT, C. FI, WRITES A LETTER Tho Throwing; Light of HI Great In tellect on a Few Matter. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5th. 1911. Editor Morning Oregonlan. Dear Sir: What Is all this .hot air you ate try ing to hand the public, about a German steam ship co. purchasing a tract of Land on whioh to erreot an Immense dock. Now You know just as well as any other sensebal person that no steam ship co. has purchased anjr land In this city, or they contemplating any such move the O. R. A N. Co. R. some time a go purchased a portion of the tract of land known as Mocks Bottom and since that time have aqulred the other portion, this land will all be filled In to oorrospond with the mouth of the Peninsulla tunnel 1, and all be utilized for rail-road yards. It is Just an other storey to bunco the out side world Into believing that Portland is a sea-port city. You have woke up at last and havediscovered that your trade is graduly slipping away but sure. And you will resort to any thing to try and make the citizens of this ctt and every body on the outside world believe that more trade Is coming, for be it known thast Portland Is not the only place on the globe. It is true that there is st this time a representee and a purchasing agent for one of the largest steam-ship co. that plies be tween New York and Europe, on this coast at the present time, and It will be verry Interesting to you to know that Portland was not considered at all. In regard to the purchasing of land on which to build any docks what so ever. In fact only two cities were consldred San Francisco and Seattle, Los Angeles was spoken of In the be gglnlng, but was dis-carded afterwards. It is the same old storia barking up the rong tree, that is where your paper barks about 98 per cent of the time, I could eneuroorate hot air promotions that you have published, from time to time untlll I would get blue In the face. Investigate a few things before you rush them to print, some one played you for easy and you certainly have bit and that hard. Yours Truely, C. S. PALY C. E. ANOTHER POLICEMAJ WHITES Give Views tf Motive Behind Moral Wave. PORTLAND, Aug. 8. (To the Edi tor.) It wfas with considerable inter est that I read a brother officer's opinion ef the policy of the present ad ministration in The Oregonlan. Right here it may not be amiss to state that the police force to a man Is of the same opinion, except, of course, our highly exalted and sanctified "Act ing Chief," whose chief knowledge seems to be quoting texts from the Scriptures and Holy Rollerlsm, as we get little sermons almost daily. Our power to enforce the laws Is taken from us when we are forbidden to en ter saloons or questionable resorts to secure evidence, as our motive would at once be mistaken and our names placed on that already large list of "undesir ables" which it is the Chief's ambition to Are, to make way for some of his congregation. He says we hide behind Civil Service and shirk our duty; he seems to forget that It was this same Civil Service which has given him a position in the past and his present one Yes, we all yelled ourselves hoarse for Rushlight, but we all hope to be very much alive next election time. Very truly yours , ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER. A Pockrtbook Vacation. Boston Transcript. "Decided where you are going on your vacation yet?" "No; can't seem to find the right spot." "What sort of a place are you look ing for?" "A place where my pocketbook can enjoy a vacation as well as Its owner." Advertising Talks By William c. A recent newspaper advertising cam paign of The V. 8. Motor Co. Involved an expenditure of $14,000. This bought one (nil page in 66 newspapers in the larger cities and In 126 newspapers published at the county seats in seven states of the Middle West, which brought some remarkable result. The page advertisement was put out around July 4, considered by many ad vertisers not a good time at which to advertise, and It brought 7487 separate inquiries, 3265 of which were from peo ple who wanted the agency of the Brush car which wa advertised In title paste! The advertising also produced Imme diate telegraphic and letter orders for 493 cars, the total cost of which (the car sells at $350) amounted to $172.- 550. So the cost of this advertising, based on the immediate results alone, was only eight per cent. But the greatest result Is yet to come from the 3265 people who want agen cies for the car. It Is estimated that they will sell from fifteen to twenty . thousand cars, and it Is practically cer tain that enough agencies will be es tablished to take the entire output Of the Brush factory for the year. The sale of 16,000 cars to dealers would represent an actual business of $5,250,000. Analyzing- the campaign, this pub licity was bought at an average cost of $73 per page for 192 newspapers, the combined circulation of which is easily one-twelfth of the total popula tion of the United States In the management of the U. S. Motor Company, two men, Alfred Reeve, the sales manager, and Montgomery Hallo well, the advertising manager, work la absolute ' harmony. When there Is harmony between the sales and advertising departments, ad vertising will always bring the maxi mum reault. , Both men are great believer in news paper Publicity both men say frankly that 8 per cent of tnetr total ndver-tlsin- appropriation will go Into ews paper. Another thing that they have de cided upon Is to give to dealers who will advertlae tn newspaper exclu sively, the cars controlled by the com ronv. 23 1-3 Der cent of the money thus spent, when they submit to the company a receipted bill and a cupping of the advertisement. This S3 1-3 per cent is given in casli that Is, the amount Is not credited on purchases made by the dealer, unless the dealer so desires. Furthermore, the company will back n tha dealer by It own advertising In the community where the dealer oper ate. All of which goes to prove, what has vot ooM ho often in thi column that where there I eo-operatlon be- ; tween the msnafaehzrar and tha dealer. through mutual advertising in tne dallv newspapers, the greatest adver tising reault can be obtained. (To be continued.) Brad's Bit of Verse (Copyright ml. by W. IX Meng.) Yes, I know the way is lonely, and the road Is rough and long, and the rugged hill Is steep and hard to ollmb; but you'll find It better going If you'll hum a little song, and keep tolling up and onward all the time. Life i not a fairy playhouse, built for childish dreams and toys, but a hard and serious problem you must meet; you must learn to face the sorrows that are min gled with the ioys, though you toll alone, with weary hands and feet When the sky is dark and cloudy, and the sun no longer shines, keep the singing heart within you Just the same; for the whole world hates a Quitter who lies down and meekly whines, but It loves the man who bravely plays the game. You are not the only pilgrim who has walked the weary miles, you ara not the only one that bears a load; yet there's laughter all around you and the world Is full of smiles as the long, dim line goes climbing up the road. Oh, I know the night is gloomy, but the friendly stars above will ba peeping down to cheer you all th way; o keep tolling toward th summit with a song of hope and love, and be up to greet the coming of the day. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan, Aug. 10, 181. City very quiet W make no show in the way of local Items, Our re porter was seen chasing on round a corner an hour or so ago, leaving a blue streak after him, but has not returned. We expect him soon. Some wagons with emigrants have arrived at Walla Walla. They are un. derstood to be from Iowa. Cost of getting to the minesthe steamboat expenses are $5. To ba added to these is the cost of land pass sge from The Dalles to Deschutes, 15 miles, and from Lewiston to the mines, to mllesi The whole eost of the trip will reach very near $83 something more if the traveler la liberal in the use of brandy and cigars. Morgan' Lot Opportunity. Metropolitan Magasine, J. P. Morgan was almost bred a mathematician. While at Goettingen, Morgan specialised in mathematics, and with tha professor of mathematics he would spend long hours at prob lems. About ten years ago a number of New Yorkers who had been at the Goettingen University together held a dinner and invited their old professor of mathematics, who happened to be visiting this country, to be present. The German stood his ground he gave them bis own Idea; looking at Mr. Morgan he said that he wa Indeed very glad his old pupil had succeeded so well aa a banker. "But I regret." he went on, "that you did not remain at the university. Had you stayed with me you would have been my as sistant as long as I lived, and, unques tionably, at my death, you would have been appointed professor of mathe matics in my place." A Woman and a Secret. Judge. "I wonder why a woman repeats everything you tell her?" "My dear boy, a woman has but two views of a secret. Either It's not worth keeping, or it's too good to be kept." A Wemnn' Delicate Compliment. Washington (D. C.) Herald. "Dear, you hav. beautiful hair." "Thanks." ' "But Isn't it a good deal of trouble to find that peculiar shade In th shops?"