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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.
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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.