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Stgr building- rOTt4.VU. MONO A V. AM.IT 14. THE r'.TK' IAMTV HI BT. Should the Senate refuse to ratify the arbitration treaties without rad ical amendment, which would-de-troy or materially Impair their effective ness, merely because Ambassador B!C. once criticised It. and. as most people will . criticised It Jus;ly. It w ill stand convhted of sm rificlnit the Interests of two great nation and of the world's hope of permanent peace to I: own tanitv. When .Mr. Hrce was slmplv a ItritLh statesman. with n thought hit of having official re l.rtons with this country, he published "The American Commonwealth. In which he ald a minority usually con trolled the Senate "In a narrow, sec tional, electioneering spirit. It was published tn and for twenty-two V.rj th-"f!enat h kept "the pa tient watch. the -vigil ton, of hint -who ne'er forgets a wrong." Its van ity was hurt and now It seeks an op portunity for revenge on him who In flated the wound. No matter though It muel strike over the heads of hun dreds of millions of people and In flict an Injury on them. It must strike the man who thus offended. It la difficult for a plain man to see In what respect the rights of the Sen- or the Interests of the Nation are endangered by the treaty. The Joint high commission, to who.se proposed powers the Senate committee objects, lias two function., under the treaty: f irst, to Inquire Into and report upon a dispute without pov ir to decide: second, to decide whether a dispute comes within the scope of Article 1. which provide for arbitration and peclfies Its rules and term. In the latter case reference) to arbitration Is only compulsory when all. or alt but one. of the members of the commis sion agree that It la subject to arbi tration under the treaty. This com mission Is to be composed of three cltuen of each ration, "or may be otherwise constituted In any particular case by the terms of the reference to be determined In each case by an ex change of notes." In order that Amer ican Interests suffer by reference to arbitration of a subject which should not be arbitrated. It would be neces sary either that two of .the three "American members of the commis sion vote agalast their country's Inter ests or that an American Tresldsnt and Secretary of State should sacrl flca American Interrsts In the arrange ment for a specially constituted com mission. Fear Is eipressed of Old-World ' dominance by Senator O'Gorman. as though the treaty deprived the t'nlted Ftates of any voice In the selection of the commission or of the arbitration tribunal, or as though there were no members of The Hague conference except Old-World nations. The treaty provides that disputes "shall be submitted to the permanent court of arbitration, esabllshed at . The - Hague, or to some other arbitral tribunal as may be decided In each ra.e by special agreement." Other nations of the New World beeldea the I'nlted State have developed authorl- ' ties on International Ihw of world wide repute. Such are Praxll. Argen tina. Chile and possibly Ferti. I'nder a special arbitration agreement the I'nlted States could place members of these nations on the tribunal and could rely upon them to counteract any tendency to nid-Wnrld domi nance, which they are Interested In preventing, equally with us. If the permanent tribunal were composed mainly of Old-World delegates. ' we could' Insist on a special tribunal. The fear that the treaties with j Ureal Britain and France may become precedents for Identical treaties with Japan and China and thus may fur nish leverage for those countries to force the I'M ted States to arbitrate questions of Immigration, citizenship and mixed schools has such slight grounds as to seem almost fanciful. All arbitration treaties need not be Identical, but each should be varied to fit the circumstances of the par ticular case. The subjects named might be expressly excluded from ar bitration, r'ven If such exclusion were held to make an Invidious exception of the Oriental nations, there would be ample opportunity for their exclu sion under the terms of. th British treaties. No such question could be uhmltted to arbitration without the affirmative vote of at least two of the three American members of the com mission, or without the making uf a very bad Imrgain by the President and Secretary of State in constituting a special commission. Even - th-n a pedal agreement would be neesary. providing terms for submission of the dispute to arbitration, and this agree ment. I Is conceded, must be. ratified by the Senate. With all these checks In the way. It Is difficult to conceive how any subject which we. did not wish to arbitrate could work Its way to an arbitration tribunal. W'lth so weak a case, the Senate .11 go far to prove the Justice of Mr. Bryce's criticism If It shall re ject the treaties or to amend them o seriously as to defeat the great purpose of removing possibility of war with the two most progressive Kuropcan nations.- It wl',1 also lay Itseif open to the charge of thinking more of Its vanltv than of 'the Na tional Interests. It will be an obstacle to progress Instead of a part of the machmerx of progress. Major Seldel. of Milwaukee, ad mits what has long been suspected that a political machine Is bad only when It is the other part's machine. Havirg smashed Ihe capitalist- ma rhlne. he organized a So-ialit ma rhlne "to help the w ork Ingmen." The so-called capitalists, with whom Seldel seems to class ail who are not work-1-gmen. had an old-fashioned notion that government was instituted, fur I the good of th whole community and not "-'"''') "t the workir.gmen. 'They made an onslaught on Seldcl's I machine and secured his deposition as head of the police department. Hence Ma wall, which rounds . much Ilka Ttmnunt'i wall when. the tiger jet a mauling at the poll. A tr AMLINO TOO U'U DKtt.KHKU. A blushing bride of sixteen and the boy with whom she later eiopesl from her home In CJiiincy, t'al.. were over taken by the pursuing parents of the former but too late to prevent the marriage from' taking place. The mother of the girl, however, proceeded to relieve her overwrought feelings by boxing the ears of the bridegroom and soundly spanking her daughter In his rirwence. Having thus opened the safety valve of maternal wrath the mother concluded that the best thing to be done was to forgive the children and take them home. Mature deliberation will probably convince her that it would have boon wiser to have remained quietly at home herself and, allowed the ob streperous yoimgstrrs to paddle alone, for awhile at least, the boat In which they were so determined to embark and which at long dUlance ttioy felt so perfectly competent to steer. This Is where the mother-in-law makes a mistake and gets her trouble for her pains. The simple process of letting younj people alone after the marriage they were so eager to en ter Into, Is the wisest and most ef fective treatment for an eloping couple. To take them home after -a sound scoldllng. coddle them and try to manage them In the, hope of hei lug them Is for the parents to lay up trouble for themselves without ben efit to the children. The "spanking" In the case noted may have been richly deserved, but It was administered too late either to enforce obedience or compel respect. IMTtRM Or TNK POSiTAI. WWINt.S BANK. At 10 o'clock. August 1. er York City's Toeta! Savings Bank was opened for business, tine hour later liooo had been deposited by fourteen persons, while from forty to fifty per sons awaited their turn at the two windows provided for the accommo dation of depositors. The work -was necessarily slow. ownT to the care ful details of the system, and the ac counts which were opened during the day numbered but 173. representing total deposits of IJ7T5. Accrediting the system as a success from the first. Postmaster Morgan said: . "The great advantage of the postal savings sys tem Is the responsibility "of the Gov ernment." The truth of this state ment can be seen at a glance and will be duly appreciated, by the grand army of small depositors, whose meager savings, representing years of Industry, economy and self-denial, have from time to time, been lost through the Irresponsibility or rascal ity of certain private 'bankers. Among the special beneficiaries of the postal savings bank system, as noted by Postmaster Morgan, are married women of the Industrial class, who are anxious to put their savings where their husbands cannot reach them. According to the law neither the creditors nor th husbands of such depositors can touch, their earn ings once they are In the Government bank. What a fleparture from the olj common law. which placed the proceeds of a wife's Industry at the absolute disposal of her husband! The law In most of the states has broken away from the ancient cus tom In this respect, as well as In miry others that stamped wives as subjects of their, husbands, but until now the general Government has not recog nized the Justice of according to mar ried women and minors the light to control their earnings. Such recogni tion. Indeed, was not necessary until the Government came to open ac counts with wage-earners of both sexes and all ages. It Is probably a matter of convenience In banking now, but women. and minors who need the protection that It affords will hardly look the gift horse In the mouth. In this view the postal savings bank should become Immensely popular In Texas, since In that state married women have no legal status whatever. As stated In a late number of the De lineator: "If a married woman of Texas has money In . the bank In herlted. given to her. or earned her husband can draw It out without her consent or knowledge, even If he Is drunkard or a gambler or has de serted her. If she works for a salary her husband Is entitled to collect It and dispose of It In any manner he chooses. She has no redress."' Of course there are good husbands eaen In Texas. But for wives of hus band who are neither Just nor gener ous In that great Mate, the postal ravings bank, with "the responsibility of the Government behind it." will manifestly prove a welcome Institu tion. TAFT AI-PEAI. TO THE TEOI-I K. President Taft will appeal from Congress to the people. From the acts of a House which Is inspired more by desire for party success than for the National welfare; from the acts of a Senate ruled by a combina tion of his opponents In the other party and his personal and political enemies In his own party, he will ap peal to those who elected both him and Congress. He has a good esse and ouuht to win. .His appeal to the people face to face should more than counterbalance the manv speeches which were never spoken In Congress but Were printed tn the Congressional BecorJ to Influence the public against him. He will no longer be on. the defensive, but will take the offensive and make a good fight. The Amer ican people love a fighter and there fore will be. predisposed In his favor when he meets them In the Fall. The President can point to two pos-. hive achievements during the present session reciprocity with Canada and International arbitration. Whether Laurler wins the election In Canada or not. Taft has won a notable battle for reciprocity, all the more so be cause the Democrats dared not do aught hut support him and because the Insurgents are discredited by op posing him. By making the arbitra tion treaties with Great Britain and France, he has bound together the three most democratic nations on earth, two of them the most power-I ful. in a peace lcEue which will draw to Itself every other civilized power and usher In an era which will grad ually reduce the Implements of war fare to curiosities for a museum. Should the Senate, by a too tender rare for Its prerogative, reject those treaties, it will only expose itself to a storm of criticism without diminish ing the President's glory. While the President can take credit for these achievement, he is In a good position to attack the achievements of the Democrats. The severest criti cism of fhe 'Payne-Aldrlch tariff was that It was arranged according to long-discredited methods. The Dem ocrats and Insurgents had been clam oring for a Tariff. Board, -that the tariff might be revised on scientific principles, and he secured It. He de clared . that the only satisfactory method of carrying out such revision was to deal with one schedule at a time. . TM plan was promptly In dorsed in Republican state platforms, particularly In insurgent states, and the Democrats Joined In the chorus. Now the Democrats and pur8'en," have abandoned their position as to the Tariff Board and have undertaken schedule revision on unscientific principles. Tariff rates are still a matter of bargain, but between par ties Instead of between the friends of protected Interests. The wool, cotton and free list bills mark no progress. The predicted veto of the statehood bill will make recall of the Judiciary a subject which the President will discuss on Vis tour. He has already spoken In no uncertain terms In criti cism of the courts and of the admin istration of Justice. The Judiciary recall Is offered as a remedy. The President evidently considers the remedy worse than the disease and may be expected to weigh the lesser present evil against the greater threatened evil. As an ex-Judge he can speak with authority and will say what every voter should carefully ponder. To the people of the Northwest the President will certainly . have some thing to say about conservation, par ticularly as It affects Alaska. His courageous adherence to his own position on that subject In the face of persistent and slanderous attack from a clique of doctrinaires and muck rakers has Increased the "respect In which he was already held by all reasonable men. The people look to him to find a method by which the resources of Alaska can be unlocked and used without being given away. He Is as much opposed to playing the miser with the public lands as he Is to making them the subject of a Federal potlatch. The President has grown In the public esteem during the last year, and, 'while he has made enemies, they are of such a kind that their "nmlty has changed the attachment of his frlenda to strong devotion. His friends will be heard from In no un certain tones In Portland as In other cities. tl.KARINO AWAY THE STl.MP. Taking Portland as the center of a district 110 miles square, going 60 miles to the north, south, east and west of the city, there Is an area of at least 1.000.000 acres of cut-over and brush land now practically useless. That Is an estimate so low as to. -be very far below the mark, for the en tire area contains 1 4.400 square miles, or .21.000 acres. Taking out one half for the mountains, rivers, hillsides and marshes, there are left over 4.500. 00.0 acres, and surely It Is below the actual amount to say 1. 000. 000 acres of this are unused, being either cut over or grown up to brush or small and useless trees. Practically all of this is as good land as can be found In the country. It contains In well balanced propor tions all the elements going to make It as productive as any farm land In the country, and to Insure Its productivity It haa an abundant rainfall, mild Win ters, the best of weather for late Fall and early Spring plowing, and an ab sence of severe winds, while cyclones and blizzards are unknown. In short. It Is In every respect Ideal farm land. But In addition to this It has a net work bf transportation lines, la trav ersed by several navigable streams, and above all, has one of the best mar kets In the West right at hand. How Is It that this great area of splendid land Is lying unused at Port land's very doors? The answer to this question Is not difficult. It is the result of an adherence to antiquated methods of getting rid of the stumps and brush and putting It Into condi tion to plow and seed. If you will go to almost any man In the district men tioned and undertake to buy any of this land, you will find the price rang ing from l-'o to $150 per acre, ac cording to the distance from town, from river or rail, or Its accessibility by-wagon roads. But when you try to ascertain the cost of clearing this land to plow depth, you will find that no one can give you any Information of a reliable .character. Tou will find many .acres cleared where the cost has been as much as $250 per acre. .You will be pointed to cases where the removing of a single stump has cost as much as $15. But you will find no man who will under take to clear you five. ten. twenty or more acres at anything like the price you can afford to pay. Here. then, at Portland's very threshold lie 50.00, twenty-acre farms, each one capable of supporting In comfort, and finally enriching, a family of at least half a dozen people, and all because we are like the folk who followed, blindly, "the trail of the calf." When the early settlers began to take up land in this favored section, they knew nothing about clearing save to "rut. and burn and dig." - This was done by "main strength and awkward-' ne " When powder, dynamite and other explosives came into use. these were used. o4y to add to the. expense and Impoverish J.he soil. Stump-pullers wtre perfected and came Into vogue In a small way. but very few have, learned how to get within 50 per cent of the results the machines are capable of. Hence w-e find that thousands and thousands of acres of brush land, easily and cheaply cleared by ax and stump-puller and fire, are lying worthless by the sides of the few acres cleared long since by the owner. But the. clearing of those few acres took the heart out of him. and you could not drive him to the work again with 4. scourge. For the past two years there has been an organized and Intelligent ef fort to "start something" In this clear ing line. A few men of Intelligence have been working at the problem, and demonstrations have now got to the point where it is seen that within a very short time there will be men and companies In the field to under take land clearing at heretofore unheard-of law prices. The stumps VIII be removed by fhe char-plttlng meth od, and the brush-pulling and other labors will be performed by approved machinery along intelligent lines. When the work is done the land will be readv to plow, plant and cultivate. The owner will know at the outset , and at the end the exact cost per acre. Much of this clearing will be un dertaken at price as low aa $50 an acre, perhaps even less, and very lit tle of It will run as high as .100 an acre. But remember that heretofore there have been no- organizations, no individuals, ready to do this work ex cept by day's labor at an unknown expense. You can find any number of men who will tell you that the char-plttlng method Is not a success but rather a complete failures That Is not to be wondered at. When the first mowing machines were placed on the market they were mostly failures. But that was not the fault of the machines, but of the men who tried to run them. Nearly all other Inventions for the use of the farmer have had their doubting Thomases. So why expect the char .plttlng system, which Is based purely on knowledge. Intelligence and expe rience, any better fate than machines, which could be run by printed direc tions? Five years from now some of the people who are laughing at the char pitting method will be lt greatest promoters, because they will have learned how. to do It successfully. There Is not a particle, of doubt about that, not a particle, for the method Is a success in the hands of experts, the few experts who have developed dur- Inr the last few months. As to what the clearing of these lands, and their consequent peopling, means to Portland, we leave to con jecture. The reader can sum tt up aa well as we can. But when one con elders that right at our doors we have the making of homes for three or four hundred thousand people, homes on as fine land as the sun ever snone upon and that most of these lands will soon beV.n the market at reasonable prices, then we can begin to build prophecies and predictions on the Portland of the future. , The Inaction of the city In -regard to the billboard ordinance, adopted at the city election. Implies that in order to make their will effective the people should also have voted a, dep uty for the building Inspector and sal ary and expenses for him. The degree of resnect shown for the people will varies according to. whether It Is Just before or Just after election. The selection of Portland as the lo cation for its Pacific Coast plant by the Berlin Machine Company Is the fruit of co-operation between Port land and Grays Harbor, and proves the success of the pull-together policy of the city and Southwestern Wash ington. It adds to the already es tablished Importance of Portland aa a manufacturing city. The strictures passed by Mra. H. L. Vail on women for their treatment of women who err are as true as they are oldT so Is the contrast with man'a treatment of a brother 'man. But woman's severity with women V more likely due to the higher standard of morals man sets up for woman. Man Is a great admirer of virtue In woman. Aviators' are learning to descend suddenly to earth without Injury, even from as great a height as forty-five feet. Even a disabled aeroplane may be maneuvered In Its descent In such a way that a fall from a height of 1000 feet may be no more serious than a fall from a horse. ' The Columbia River is saved from the enemy. The real searchlight and the hypothetical shells repelled the hypothetical attack of the actual tugs of the Inland Empire. It was more Interesting -than and Just as dangerous as a Jap war scare. Oakleigh Thome, president of the Trust Company of America, has been guilty of lese majeste, according to the code of high finance. He accused George W. Perkins, ex-partner of Morgan, of'stupldlty in causing a run on Thome's bank. 'It is well that the Oregon Develop ment League will take up the subject of harbor Improvements. To utilize the cheapest and quickest means of getting the state's products to market is half the battle In development. .Can a mat be brought back from California for killing an Oregon dog? Is the question that agitates Roseburg. As a dog Is property, and this dog's owner Is a lawyer, the recall may reach the villain. I In finding a new- wife before he was freed from the old, Charles G. Gates only followed the custom of millionaires in practicing what' the anti-divorce clergy call "consecutive polygamy." Andrew t'arnegle 'baa given $23,000 to build marble steps for John Bar rett's office In Washington. "Our John" could persuade a turnip to rough up blood If he would but half try. Most people would be willing to let the trusts cinch them after death, as the undertakers trust cinches the Seattle people. If they could only es cape the cinch during life. When both, parties are confident there will be no atrlke, why worry about the difference - of opinion be tween the Southern Pacific Railroad and Its employes? In all probability there will be no railway strike on the Pacific Coast until Exposition time, and after that the era of great prosperity will for bid such a thing. The ability of John D. Rockefeller to secure rebates has descended to his man. who applied It In getting re duced prices for his Bible class at Coney Island. r : The three cases of pellagra In Colo rado were Imported from Southern states. A man cannot become lazy enough in Colorado to be caught by that disease - The new sport of roping automo biles will be short-lived. The roper will find that, unlike a steer, an auto has some rights which he Is bound to respect. The shooting of two detectives by a fellow detective at Detroit Illustrates the folly of practical Joking, espe cially in the dark, with an armed man. If one could look forward to the year 2011 he would still find the city making tests of thst garbage cre matory at Guild's Lake. When the muckrakera begin on Portland they will find many ,oU. Gleanings of the Day Reciprocity treaties similar to thai with Canada are predicted as approach ing with Mexico and the South Amer ican republics by the American Banker, which says that with their conclusion; condition of practical free trade will be established between countries em bracing; one-fourth of the land surface of the globe. Under these conditions the tariff will gradually cease to be a political Jssue, and step by step there will be an approach to low and lower schedules of duties until the tariff level reached 15 years before the war will be attained. It Is not likely that there will ever be a return to the high pro tectionism which has now prevailed for 50 years. When Great Britain abol ished protection, 60 years ago, that radical step was taken for good, and the British Isles will never again be hemmed in by a high tariff wall; simi larly it seems likely that the United States In adopting a low tariff policy will bid an eternal- farewell to protec tionism and all that It stands for. The Canadian reciprocity treaty thus marks the accomplishment of a revolution In American politics. If this view be cor rect, a momentous change has occurred, the ultimate Importance of which Is not realized at the present time. The. reciprocity treaty is of far-reaching consequence for what It has accom plished and for the farther reason that what has been done now. has the assur." ance of permanence." . T h r, circumstance which . impresses one most in reading the two opinions (on the Spokane and Reno rate cases) in these cases is-the tone of superiority adopted by - the Commissioners, says the Commercial and Financial Chron icle. They assume that everything in the railcoad world thus far has been wrong and that it Is their duty to re verse what has been done and to pro ceed along wholly original lines. Rail road managers have had experience to guide them, and though the rate-making process at tiieir hands may at times have appeared somewhat haphazard, they have nevertheless always been guided by practical purposes and have never acted In obedience to visionary schemes or designs. The Commission, on the other hand, flouting experience, undertakes to evolve theories and then to construct a rate schedule whics shalK nt these theories. That confusion should result is of too consequence In Its eyes. That loss of revenue should result is of no consequence. That the position of certain trade centers should be Im periled Is of no consequence. The one controlling consideration Is that its own Judgment shall prevail, and its scheme of rate charges should supplant that of the wicked railroad men who for a cou ple of generations have devoted their lives to the subject and foolishly sup- kpoaed they had acquired sound knowl edge regarding the same. The Railway Business Association has found that payments on account of claims for losses and damages in all ways increased from a little over $7,- 000.000 In 1D0O to nearly $30,750,000 In 1910. Three causes for this Increase are cited; first, the high price of com modities, so that lost or damaged goods cost more to replace: .next, the In creased volume of shipments passing over two or more lines multiplied load ings and handlings, thereby Increasing losses; third, the roads equipped their claim departments to handle accounts faster. Nor were these all the con tributing causes. Use of the air-brake, the practice of coupling cars by im pact, and the Increasing weight of trains, aggravated the strains by Jolt ing; the rising cost of lumber Induced substitution of fiber board and other flimsy stuffs as containers; abolition of rebates stimulated - prosecution of claims; and attractions In other direc tions made It harder to keep good men In the claim departments. In order to cut down these losses, a campaign of education Is going on. The Delaware A Hudson Company has Inspectors who visit large factories for Improvements of packing. Another road photographed packages which arrived In bad condi tion and sent the convincing evidence to the shipper, with ' a pleasant note which wss pleasantly received; the same road gathered up a number of such photographs, which were made up Into a pamphlet with appropriate text, and jmore than 50.000 copies of this have, been sold, orders for It coming even as far as from South Africa". The claim agent of the Chicago & North western, In an address to employes which was afterwards printed and dis tributed, told them that the more leaks are stopped the-more will be left for wages and (said he) "the next time your committee goes down to Chicago and wants your hours shortened and your pay raised, tell the general manager you have reduced the damage account $100,000 by exercising more care and following instructions." As a hint, he added that they need not "put heavy boxes and packages on top all the time. but sometimes they might set heavy ones on the car floor and put the light er ones at the top, and that they need not make special effort to set machin ery on flour or sacks of sugar. Even the wigs of English Judges and lawyers have given wsy before the hot weather. A report of a case be fore the court of appeal in I-ondon. says: 'Owing to the heat. Lords Jus tices Vaughan Williams and Fletelmer Moulton, as well as Mr. Rltter and other barristers, discarded their wigs." The' report does not say whether the absence of the wigs affected- the pro fundltvof the arguments or the Justice of the decisions. N LIMERICKS IX RAW WOOL Paid a Western sheep raiser: "I note The I -a Follette bill coming to vote. But what I can't see Is why It must he i That I, who ralee sheep, am the goat." Then he who had drawn the first draft. In the. sleeve of his Prince Albert laughed, "Not a goat. I should say. Is the part that you play. But a piece of my sandbag for Taft." Quoth the sheep man: "Perhaps I am that,. But after you've used me to bat The Executive head, " - I somehow am led To wonder where I get off at." paid the pompadour: "Really now, deary. That maketh me not at all leary; Since my optics both bear On the President's chair, I hold yours an Irrelevant query." And then he returned to the bat In the long-winded tariff-bill spat, While the lieep man made moan In a mild undertone. "Still I can't see where I get off at." Dean Collins. Portland August 13, 1911. A CRITICISM OF THE RECALL. Latter Prlaelple Marches Highway n Confusion, la Opinion. PORTLAND. Aug.. 13. (To te Edi tor.) The recall of the recall-Mayor of Seattle may possibly be right, and If so shows that the people there, being so interested In the recall business, are not competent to pick a Mayor. When people start on the highway leading sswards anarchy, history shows that there isn't one of them wise enough to say: "Thus far. Here Is the danger line. Halt!" The bravest soul in the Constituent Assembly, at the close of the reign of blood and terror of the' French Revolution, was the man standing' .in the shadow of the guillo tine, moving to send to It Dantbn. Marat and Robespierre. The move to send Robespierre last to the guillotine came from without. It carried and the plunge, downward was arrested. The assumptions underlying modern republics are, first, that map is suffi ciently intelligent to act for himself; and second that he Is sufficiently hon est to be Intrusted with power. If these assumptions are not true as a rule, then o'U attempt at government is a failure. But they are true, and if proclalnsed from every housetop, they would tend to stimulate society to live up to the best Ideals. One whose repu tation Is better than he deserves Is made better by the effort on his part to live up to it. When Governor West sent the penitentiary Inmates out into the world, on their honor. It tended strongly to stimulate them to live up to the trust, but when rewards were offered for their recapture If they proved recreant, that removed the In centive to honorable action by hold ing over them the recall club. This made them still Inmates of the peni tentiary, enlarged. The recall Is a confession by Its pro moters that man Is not sufficiently honest to be entrusted with power, and Is also a confession that the prole tariat are not sufficiently Intelligent or else are too negligent to select their officers. Two pernicious tendencies will be set up by such arrangement. The best men (all conscientious men are sensitive) will decline to hold of fice under such conditions and they will fall more and more Into the hands of the political thlck-skln boodlers who don't care, but w-alt until the chance arrives to grab something. The recall has no terrors for a man who is crooked. Then the fact that an officer can be recalled will tend to lessen the care that should be exercised In 'his selec tion, which will lead to farther recall thus setting up a vicious circle, weak ening at a constantly accelerated ratio the stability of society. " J. R. KENDALL. A SEGRF.GATIO.V OF SOCIAL EVIL Such a Plan Is Favored aa Being Best lrnder 4feje Clrcnmatancea. PORTLAND,. Aug, 13. (To the Ed itor.) A great deal has been written of late regarding the social evil, and our newspapers are teeming with reports of corruption In various public depart ments. Now. all this, while doubtless making delectable reading for those pe culiar minds which thrive on that sort of literature, treats the general public to a most deplorable condition or af fairs, which, to say the least, cannot be but generally demoralizing. The various departments of the city government seem to be pitted one against the other in frantic endeavor to show which side received the prepon derance of graft, "and it is to be hoped that the District Attorney will before long take official cognizance of the charges and counter-charges thus put licly made, and mete out the proper punishment to the guilty parties. There is no denying the 'fact that the demi-monde Is at the bottom of this official upheaval, since It has evident ly been a source of enormous revenue. derived from so-called "protection, ow ing to our peculiar laws on the subject in all of the civilized nations from whom - we. have adopted most of our laws, the social evil has been made a thorough study long years ago. -and while It has been pronouncea a neces sarv evil, so to speak, the authorities have not been slow, to adopt the most stringent measures for Its segregation or isolation, as well as protection of the general public Here In thts coun try, and In this city In particular, the powers that be seem to have handled the subject in a nair-neariea manner. Instead of orooerly regulating, segre- rutlna- and controlling the social evil. they have forced the women from one oart of tbeiown to anotner. until even the better residence section is no longer free from its contamination. Reins- a nhvsiclan.- and rearing a fam fly of my own, I know full well what it would mean If the authorities suc ceeded in freeing the city entirely from these women, and no well-meaning citizen would gainsay the fact that we would then confront conditions wnicn as an almost necessary consequence and inducing a carnival of the most repel lent crimes, would be the more aepior Ahlp. Sinoe it Is almost Impossible for that -nniimmation to be reached, why should we not follow the example of older countries and. adjusting our laws. nermit the Droper authorities to regu late this matter without fear or favor. thna eliminating one of the worst sources of graft and putting the public mind at rest? Nothing Is to be gaineo by shifting responsibility, and since the matter is a very serious one. It should be settled without further dilly-dally ing. A. TIJZ.fcK. Reed College or Institute. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 12. (To the Edi tor.) Is the name of the new institu tion which the late Mrs. Reed en dowed to be called "Reed Institute" or "Reed College?" As I understand is, she founded the institution In honor of her husband and said It was to De called "Reed Institute." Why. then, does President Foster always speak of It as "Reed College?" It should be named as Mrs. Reed desired It to be named, and there should be no con fusion of names, some calling It "college" and others "institute." L. C. WEISSNER. "Reed Institute" Is the official name of the entire college of arts and sci ences fcunded by Mrs. Reed. The lib eral arts department which will open first, is known as "Reea College." the name applvlng to only one branch of the Institution that will ultlmately exist. ' is ' First State Fair, In lRol," Recalled. SILVERTON. Or.. Aug. 12. To the Editor.) I have Just read an editorial In The Oregonlan of yesterday on the first State Fair In 1861. I was there. In company with James Cooper, now a res ident of Idaho, and Russel Evans and T. -yv'. Fuller, who are both dead. I saw the famous iu,uuu-piece quiii i time, and also saw one Andy Wyland throw a finger stone 347 steps, which was doubtless one of the best, exhibi tions of the kind ever pulled off in America. He was afterward a soldier In the Civil War. and is now In the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg. I shall be in attendance at the State Fair this Fall and lane anotner iook i m quilt. J. M. BROWN. A Pioneer of 1846. Rllen Terry's Hnib.nd. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 12. (To the Ed, Itor. ) Will you kindly tell us. the nam of Ellen Terry's husband? Has she been married before and. jf so. to whom? INQUIRER. Ellen Terry vfas married in early life to G. F. Watts, the painter, but the marriage was dissolved, and later she. became the wife of E. A. Wardell, an actor. Advertising Talks By William C Freeman. I read an article In a recent issue ol The Continent, a religious publication, which gives still another Illustration of what advertising can accomplish 1 for anything or anybody. The article relates that this Spring seven young ministers of the United Presbyterian Board were ready to. eet out on-foreisn mission service, but the board had.no money with which to send them. Some of the' laymen in the church "felt that if the people knew about these young men they would be glad to con tribute to a fund for the', purpose of sending them away so they decided that the Quickest " and surest way of gaining the people's attention was to tell the atory In the advertising col umne. So they got up a fund, which they used to buy full-pane advertisements In two papers the United Presbyterian and the Christian Instructor. The advertising was well written it told of the seven young men: their ambition to have the privilege of doing the church's hardest work and made a direct appeal to the constituency that ought to support them for funds with which to enable these young men to etart out on their mission. And the advertising baa bad Its ef fect, for the latest announcement states "Four of the seven men are gone; only three are left." The article then goes on to state: "So United Presbyterianlsm owes ta advertialng not atmply a altigle adver tisement, but a persistent publicity eampaUtn a missionary re-enforcement which, in the operation of ordinary ad ministrative methods. It would have lost for the present year. If not for all time. "To sell breakfast foods and automo biles is not, then, the only use to which the modern art of newspaper publicity can be profitably put." From all sides comes eloquent testi mony of advertising's value. Every day adds to the list of articles that are ad vertised profitably of needs that can be supplied through advertising. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe Copyright, 1011, by George Matthew Adams. Men have always engaged In tire some gossip, and called it criticism. A man came home who hadn't seen his wife in four months; and, as he opened the door, his heart beating high, his Wife greeted him with, "Don't hold the screen dorr open so long! you're letting in the flies!" Just how much can be accomplished In overcoming bad tendencies I do not know; but I have noticed that, with the whip laid on properly, a lazy horse does very well. All great men are fools in spots, as you are. Some beaten paths are too long; cut offs are possible. Women say it )s easy to quit smok ing. I suppose I realize the folly of smoking as much as any lady living, but I cannot quit it as easily as can a woman, who has never learned - the habit. .' Don't let a painless dentist fool 'you more than once. You people who do things in the -"modern way." or advise it, may as well understand first as last that you have plenty of critics among the old fashioned. When people talk about you,. you say. "it is. none of their business." But they make it their business Just the same. On fault Is urged against all elderly men: that they buy a bottle of medi cine, take a few doses of it, and then let it stand around In the way. Brad's Bit o' Vene Copyright, 1I1, by W. D. Mane;. If you can stand adversity and calmly go your way. meeting all your disap pointments with a smile, if you can face the troubles that come to you day by day, you are doing something truly worth the while. When skies are bright and sunny and the chink is rolling In, It Is easy work to hum a cheerful lay: but when clouds are hanging heavy and you haven't any tin, you're a man If you can whistle and be gay. . If you can stand prosperity and keep a level head while flatterers are fawning all about, if ou can pass the tempter by with firm and manly tread, and keep the heart within you warm and stout, if you can win success in life and win It on the square, and never look at others with disdain. If you can climb the heights of fame and not get dizzy there, you're a man with rich, red blood in every vein. If you can stand discour agement and brave the adverse tide and face the world without despair or hate. If you can stand the winning game and not swell up with pride, you're a man, no matter what may be your fate. Copyright of Tranalatlona. nrnpnnn Or A n c 7. (To the Ed itor.) I desire to translate a foreign book into English, but, not knowing if the copyright covers the right of trans lation. I wish to know how I could isvertain this fact. If no notice to this .ffont nrtnonrs on the cover of the book. can It be taken for granted that the right of translation is allowed, or would it be necessary to get into com munication with the iruthor? A. ROT. 1 1 would be unsafe to assume that a. look purchased in a foreign country nd bearing no American copyright no Ice was not copyrighted in this coun try in translated form. For lnforma- lon write to the Register of Copyrights, Washington. D. C. Compulsory School Lavt'. PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 12. (To the Editor.) What Is the law in regard to children attending school? Must they be sent to school till they become a certain age, or till they are throuph the grammar grades? Or may they quit school at any time? A SLBStKlBtK. The compulsory school attendance law fixes age limits. Children between and including the ages of S and 15 ears are required to attend tne puouc school: children under private teachers or in private or parochial schools are exempt. Exception is also made of children between 9 and 10 who live ore than li miles and children over 10 who live more than three miles from some public school, unless transporta tion is provided by the school district. Theodore- Roosevelt. SOUTH BEND, Wash.. Aug. 12. (To the Editor.) Please decide the follow ing controversy: What was the name of the President of the United States In June, 1804? E. THOMPSON.