TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY. AUGUST 31, 191f.
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MrnUt.lKI.NO A VaHOLK PEori-F.
Mr. Bunon J. Hendrlck. the "lnves-
tii-mtor." obviously aspires to be a
ladylike rauckrakrr. He Is quite i
vere about conditions that are put
and fon. and altogether polite about
people yet alive with records that tney
mlht well desire to have forgotten
Hr. Hendrlck has been investigating
the Oregon system and been report
In his impressions and conclusion
mostly the former to McClure s Mag-
line. But he Is extremely tender ot
the sensibilities of some men who
might take offense, but he satisfies bis
Instinct for sensation by making a gen
eral charge of rottenness and com
plete moral abandonment against the
entire people of Oregon. This Is the
Hendrlck method, as reported In tne
Aug"' number of JlcClure's:
It l aomoThlnc of a shark to aix-or-r moo
who hata tnoro or or a Mar political
lat Ssurlns trrh.rt aa tha Iradora In
ropjlar rf""n. Alter ona bacomca accua-
tomd to tnia aituatlnn and Imbued w!th tha
l-.-ni political atmoophar. tna fact that aa
o d tlm corrupt politician la soar a rea.
topv:ar trtbuna do not nacaaaarr y am to
ba a contradiction la lima. itrrwr
ona maota tna am explanation for thia
ttUrrganco btwan th praaant and tha
at. "Oh. yaa, ha was rottrn tan yaara
afi. tha apoloclat aaya. dlar-uaalnn- tn aa
aavory racord of a praant-day lradr. "but
b a a:i riirii now. wa wra all rottan In
tha old tlava. tVa hava a:i plarad poMitrs
Ira im aniy war wa nadaratood. Ort.
until within la or afs yaara,. didn't know
thera w mm any othar kind.
But Hendrlck appears to have sur
vived the shock sufficiently to offer
an extended apology for the converted
leaders, whom he warmly defends
throughout his articles though he con
tinues to hold a contemptuous opln
Ion of the people. How could any one
having the slightest respect for the
people of Oregon, or the smallest re
gard for the truth, write such Inane
ind untrue stuff as the following:
A spirit haa aa.pl ovar tha atata In tha
laat alx yaara that ran b comparad only
to th Tavtvar' aplrlt In rallrton. Every
boiiy haa been st!nc poMtlral dcenry.
Juat aa th anrac-nerata. when th scales
fa. I from hla area, "seta reUalon." And.
Iika tha rafarrDad drunkard or tha redeemed
ainnar. ha. baa no arrup.ea aboat uatns htm-
. t aa a "horrlbla example": ha boldly
etanda up before tha congregation, confeaaaa
Ma sina and makes hlma!t an llluairatlon
of tba wonders that a regenerating Influenca
la poiitira can aflcnmpiiah. "1 am only
rhrea years a d. 1 am only flea yaars eld":
tiese pbraaafa arv on everybody lipa: they
refer to th peakera political rebirth, Juat
tha re:iginua convert rvfera to hla
p!-ttuat rebirth.
These phrajes are not. on every
body's l!p; they are not on anybody's
lips not anybody for whom the pub
lic has, ot could have, the slightest
regard. The may to the confidence of
the people of Oregon Is not through a
braien confession of one's past In
fimy. It rests In the assurance of the
public that any professor of political
aanctiflraUon has now a genuine
rlalm to the faith of the people in
his present performances. The leop
ard does not easily change his spots;
nor does the cheap skate at once, or
ever, charge his nature.
CLARK L TT "T B!.CNTrK.
Speaker Clark haa made the second
serious blunder of his career since
he attained his present eminence as
Democratic leader of the House. .His
first was the spread-eagle speech In
favor of CanaJUn annexation which
furnished the Canadian ronservatl-r-M
with exactly the campaign cry they
reeded In their, fight on reciprocity.
The second Is his attack on the Tar
iff Board, made In his reply to Presi
dent Taft's Hamilton speech.
If there Is one fact which tariff
dl--cuslon In recent years has demon
strated. It bJ that public opinion de
mands a tariff baed on ascertained
facts which neither party can dis
pute and that. In order to place tho-te
ecu beyond question, they shall be
fathered by a non-partlzan hoard of
expert statisticians, which will have
no concern with the question whether
the tariff shall have for Its purpose
Mgh protection, low protection or
revenue only. . This Is to form the
basis ef what -baa been railed sclen-'t-r.c
tariff revision. Taking these
facts as a basis. Democrats could
build a .tartit for revenue only. Taft
Republicans, could build a tariff af
fording protection equal on'y to the
difference -In cost of production or
standpat Republicans could build a
tariff as'hUa as the Chinese wail, but
r.ore of them could. fool the pople
any more as to the " fActa. There
would be no more hearlr.s ' by the
Senate or House committee, at which
the protected manufacturer could
plead his cause at length with spe
cious mlsrepre sentatlon and the con
sumer of his wares would get scant
attention. The hearings would consist
of examination of cost of labor and
mtr!a!s by the experts of a tariff
board. There would be no more
trading of votes for a high wool tariff
In exchange for votea for a high steel
tariff, for the tariff would be revised
nr. schedule at a time. The public,
having Its attention ftend on one
subject, could watch the proceedings
Intelligent!; and there would be less
:hanre for a tricky Congressman to
"put one over on It."
That Is the policy for which Presi
dent Taft stands and always has
s'ood slrce be took up the tariff re
vision Issue. The Payne-Aldrich bill
was made necessary by the Treasury
!e'lc!t, which allowed no time for
trie working t of the new policy,
hut. -ht!e making a slight reduction
In duties. It convinced President. Con
gress and everybody concerned of
utter Inefficiency of the methods by
which it was made. It was a make
shift. l:ke all tta predecessors. All
Taft could da was to make the bst
rf a bad job.
The Tariff Poard has been de
marled for years by the National
tooclatlon "f Manufacturers, and
the Board which Mr. Taft appointed
and Mr. Clark condemns has received
the unnuallfled Indorsement of thst
aoelatlon. Th chief rteeire of th
manuiacturera 1 to taka tha tariff j
out of politics. The President's de
sire Is the same. Mr. Clark and hi
followers In the House. Mr. La Kol
lette and his followers and the Demo
crats In the Senate, have shown their
desire to keep the tariff in politics,
for they played polltl.-s with it all
through the extra session. The peo
ple want it taken out of politics and
the President will endeavor to gratify
this dewlre at the next session of Con
gress by recommending scientific re
vision by schedules on the basis of
-the Tariff Board's report. If Mr.
Clark hopes to be heard of In politics
after the next election he will not try
to cheat the people of their desire.
CONVENIENCE AND IIEAUTIT.
If tha etate law is obeyed ns It
ought to be Oregon will soon see the
last of the public drinking cup. This
filthy nuisance Is responsible for the
spread of many diseases, especially
those of a nature so vile that decent
people dislike to name them. In
fected mouths leave their germs on
the rim of the public cup and thence
the misery passes on to the innocent.
The plea that the cup from which
everybody Indiscriminately drinks Is
necessary to the comfort of the poor
Is not worth listening to. In former
days It was convenient for the poor
to dump their garbage Into the street.
In many Oriental cities this privilege
is still enjoyed. Does anybody want
It restored In Portland,? H was con
venient once upon a time for citliens
to keep pigs and chickens In town,
allowing them to roam where they
liked and pick up their living In the
muddy streets. Who wishes to see
this precious privilege revived? Many
things which appear on the surface
to be convenient are highly danger
ous. It is better to take a little trou
ble now and then and atccr clear of
Infection.
The progress of civilization consists
largely In the consent of the individ
ual to give up his "natural liberties"
one by one and accept social advan
tage In place of them. The wild
freedom of the forest and the desert
Is incompatible with organized so
ciety. The law cannot even permit
a man to be sick In his own unre
stricted way. It finds him a menace
to the community If he has a con
tagious disorder and rightly isolates
him until the peril has ceased. Just
as a person has no right to put the
city In danger by his diseases, so he
has no right to run unnecessary risk
of contracting maladies which may
be perilous to others and which are
sure to be expensive. It Is the rigtit
of the community to protect itself
from every danger which may men
ace Its well-being. If this Involves
the sacrifice of some individual lib
erty compensation Is found In the
Increase of the general health and
comfort. '
IJLl.HINO GOVERNMENT UNI!.
Secretary Fisher's speech at V ai
des gives promise that he will devise
a measure for the development of the
Alaska coal fields which will satisfy
everybody except the extremists on
both sides and one disadvantage of
betng an extremist la that nobody
tries to satisfy him. Mr. Fisher
looks with no favor on Government
ownership and operation of coal
mines and railroads, but Is strongly
Inclined to leasing the coal mines.
He cites with approval the experience
of Colorado and Montana In granting
short leases of etate coal land .with
option of renewal at the highest bid
made.
There are serious objections to short
leases. In the first place they are a
temptation to gut a mine and leave
It a wreck to the next lessee. The
only safeguard is rigid supervision
by the Government, which would be
Irksome to both parties and would be
a constant source of friction. Devel
opment of a mine also requires a
large amount of dead work and In
stallation of costly machinery that it
mar be operated on a large scale
and In an economical manner. Short
leases do not Justify this expenditure,
but rather tempt the lessee to a
wasteful, hand-to-mouth method.
A lease of a Urge tract for thirty
to fifty years, on the other hand,
would attract responsible men backed
by large capital, who would develop
the mine property before they began
mining coal for production and would
equip It with the best machinery for
economical work. Self-interest would
dictate this course, while with a short
lease self-interest would dictate the
opposite, wasteful course.
There need be no fear or tn isck
of a market for the coat. During the
Initial stages of the work the output
of coal would be limited to that
w hich was taken out In the course- of
development. This would serve to
create a market In the Pacific Coast
cities, which are already hungry for
cheaper fuel. By the time the mines
were ready to produce coal on a com
mercial scale, the market would be
established and would grow year by
year. Good bituminous coal at as
high a price as IS a ton would Tina
a ready market. The terms of the
lease would regulate the price and It
might be fixed lower than IS and sti.l
leave the leasee a handsome profit,
Mr. Fisher Indicates opposition to
Government ownership and operation
of Alaska coal mines and railroads.
If the Government should ever adopt
that policy. It will only be as a laat
resort against a grinding private mo
nopoly, when all other means are
exhausted. The policy of Govern
ment control of railroads Is now be
ing tried, so far with good success,
and the same policy will soon be ap
plied to Interstate corporations.
Rates and conditions on Alaska rail
roads and prices of Alaska coal can
be controlled by the Government
under this policy without the revo
lutionary experiment of Government
ownership.
All men Interested In the develop
ment of Alaska unprejudiced by the
ories or selfish designs will applaud
Mr. Fisher's declaration that his only
serious difference was with those
who, like the framers of some me
morials presented to him on his pres
ent tour of the North, declare them
selves unalterably opposed to this or
that plan. Instead of standing willing
to examine with him the merits and
drawbacks of all methods proposed.
This applies to the Plnchot theorists.
who class as thieves all th-ose who try
to avail themselves of the present law
for the acquisition of Government
land and would Impose terms of leas
which no Investor would accept. It
applies also to the people at Cordova,
the Alaska headquarters of the Gug
genheim syndicate, who take a posl
tlv stand against the leasing system
and scout the Idea of danger of mo
nopoly. As matters now atand. the
only proapect of developing Alaska
coal land 1 by the leasing system.
There 1 dsnger of monopoly unless
that system contains strict provisions
against it and is rigidly enforced by
men of firmness and integrity. The
Guggenheim!-, whose mouthpieces the
Cordovans are, may insist on out
right ownership of the coal land as a
condition of going ahead with their
Alaska enterprises, but when they
find that a lease la the best they can
get. they will accept It. No ultima
tums should be accepted, either from
the Plnchots or the Guggenhelme.
p-KKVEXT FOREST FIRKrt.
Preventive forest protection could
have saved the Great Northern mine
buildings on Blue River from destruc
tion. Prevention of forest fires Is In
the Interest not only of the owners,
of tho "timber barons," but of every
person owning property within the
sone to which a fire may spread. A
careless camper whose abandoned
fire Is scattered through the woods
and starts a conflagration Is not
simply careless about the destruction
of the "baron's" timber; he Is risking
his own safety, for that fire may
spread until he will have to flee be
fore It, The man who fires slashings
when the whole country Is dry may
enkindle the whole surrounding for
est, and may lose his home also.
Every forest fire reduces the supply
of lumber. Increases the value of
what remains and thus may Indirect
ly compensate the owner, but at the
expense of the consumer. Every
frest fire diminishes the amount of
labor to be furnished the workman
and the amount of trade the workman
furnishes.
One of Oregon's greatest assets is
her beautiful mountain, forest and.
river scenery, but at the time when
the weather Is most tempting to the
tourist from the sun-scorched East
to come and enjoy it, the fires which
destroy the forest blot out the scen
ery with the black pall which en
velops the land.
The forest patrol established by the
Government, the state and the timber-owners
is doing Its utmost to pre
vent forest fires and to extinguish
them, but It cannot watch every per
son to see that he does not cause a
fire to begin. A fire once started,
the best It can do Is to limit the loss.
The co-operation of every man and
woman who goes Into the woods can
prevent any loss at all. Every time
a camp Is abandoned the fire should
be drowned out: every time a man
lights his pipe he should stamp on
the match until It is extinct.
No consideration of personal feel
ing should prevent a person from In
forming against a man who burns
slashings in the dry season. The
property of every dweller In the for
est region is In danger from forest
fires, not merely that of the timber
owner. It Is not enough to fight the
fires: they should be prevented Just
as carefully as we seek to prevent
fires In a city or town.
INVENTOR EDISON tN lX"DON.
Mr. Edison must be getting a good
deal of quiet fun out of his talks In
London to the open-mouthed natives.
They swallow everything he says as
If it were a new . gospel preached by
the angel Gabriel, and he seems to
be Improving the opportunity to let
himself go. The serious respect
which the British pay to Edison's
opinions on sleep prove for the hun
dredth time that the American Joke
Is beyond their comprehension.
"Peonle tell me I have accomplished
things" he said to his wlde-eyeJ
English auditors. "If I have it is
because I have always kept awake as
long aa possible thinking about
things. Such a lot of time is wasted
in sleep. Eight hours is ridiculous.
Nobodv wants It. ' Nobody should
take It except when utterly exhausted
with many hours of work. hen
Mr. Edison Is worn out with Intense
application he "can slumber a day
and a night straight off. I sleep until
J I wake up again. That'll last me for
a month or two. inn is exceneni
fooling, but of course Mr. Edison
never thought that anybody would
take it for a rule of life. No doubt
we shall presently have all England
sitting up for weeks at a stretch In
the hope 'that some of the Edison
brilliancy will be generated by their
vigils.
Mr. Edison la as exceptional In his
personal habits as he Is In mental
power. Nobody can safely imitate
his erratic methods of living. Ordi
nary persons require regular sleep' as
well as meals, and If they stint them
selves in either particular they suffer
for It. When the great inventor
speaks on questions of natural sci
ence, he. must be listened to with at
tention, but in the subject of hygiene
he Is as erratic as custom ever per
mitted a genius to be. Among the
scientific predictions with which Mr.
Edison has been startling his British
friends Is one to the purport that
gold will soon be manufactured In
large quantities at little cost. . About
Cii ton la bis estimate. We gather
from the reports that he expects gold
to be produced from some comblna-
tlon of other metals. "The discovery
of a proper combination and treat
ment of metal Is . bound to come
soon," he remarked. "It may come,
tomorrow." It certainly may. but we
shall not be surprised If the discovery
of the way to make gold is delayed
for several years. It is not likely to
be reached by combining other met
als. That has been tried for centuries
without result. The fact that radium
emanations degenerate into helium
gives a more useful clew to the man
ufacture of gold. It points to the
hypothesis that all metals are pro
duced by some natural process from
a single fundamental substance.
Perhaps that substance Is radtum.
To make gold we must first find out
definitely what the basic material of
all metals Is, and then learn hew to
follow nature In transforming It from
one to the other. This is not the
work of a day. It will probably require
long experimentation and profound
research, though we must concede
that It may be hit upon by some lucky
savant by pure accident when he l
looking for something entirely dif
ferent. Chance haa played a great
part in scientific discovery, as It does
In all human affair.
We should not expect any great
benefits to flow from the cheap man
ufacture of gold. Perhapa It would
cause more inconvenience than ad
vantage. We should be compelled,
for instance, to revise our system of
finance and choose some other metal
for the standard of money. Gold
would become common and therefore
It would be despised. Nobody would
think of wearing rings or chains man
ufactured from the yellow metal. At
the rate Of $2S a ton a gold dollar
would weigh about eighty pounds
and would naturally be Inconvenient
to carry around. A neck chain of the
value of $50 would weigh two tons.
Even smong th women of the future
few would be physically able to wear
so ponderous an ornament. ' But
speculations about the future value
of gold are rather academic- For
the present they are far from the
realities of life.
What Mr. Edison has to say about
the Improvement of farm machinery
is more practical, so far as this gen
eration is concerned. He predicts
that before a great while farm work
will be done by touching buttons.
The heavy drudgery of following the
plow, pitching- hay and the like will
be nothing more than a horrid dream.
This will be welcome news to the
rural districts, and It Is not Improb
able. Even as matters stand the up-to-date
farmer does not need to exert
himself painfully. He rides while he
plows and harrows, narvests nis nay
by machinery and rides to town in
o.,tnmnrn There In need of a
traction engine of four or five horse-
fn, wnvlr n n amn.11 farms, hut
no doubt one suitable for the purpose
will soon De on ine marnei. Aiirm
there are large and expensive engln
di
es
ror use on oig estates, oui me am
farmer needs something llRhter a
tall
nd
u.. .n.,1. "tttih farm work ran
hardly be done with electric machin
ery. The gas engine will prove far
more adaptable. In our opinion. ij
the varied purpose of agriculture,
though Mr. Edison believes that elec
tir.frv will An wonders on the land.
We wish he had given some simple
a a J
and cheap recipe ror. matting goou
roads. They are far more necessary
to the farmers than . any new Invei
. i r. . rt lahnr.aatrlii-f marhlnerv 111
now. It may be said with all confl
rlencn that more toil or men an
horses Is wasted on bad roads tha
in oil other wnvw tosrether. They d
to malia rural life mlscrabl
than all other causes and they extort
a heavier toll from tne rarmers man
the tariff, the middleman and the
tareatharar combined. Mr. Edison
could confer no more gracious favor
upon mankind than tne invention oi
a road that would put itself In repair
and stay so forever. This would be
a shining crown to a glorious career
The Brooklyn Eagle, an Independ
ent newspaper with Democratic in
clination, nrlnta a remarkable edi
torial discussion of the relations of
trt several nolltlcal parties to eacn
other and to the President. It is
reproduced elsewhere, and la wortn
perusal as a fair and candid exposi
tion of the situation. Both the old
parties continue in a position of his
torical opposition, with mutual re
spect; but neither desires a perma
nent coalition with the Insurgents,
anri th Democrats detached them
selves from thehlr alliance with that
quarrelsome faction as soon as pos
sible. The Insurgents are mere Mo
rlora rsrrvlns: on a lava-bed warfare
They ha-e no home, no permanent
policy and no future. They will soon
disappear.
Mr- T?nrlrfel1er may find some en
Joyment In making 111,000.000 while
nlavlnir a frfirn of CO if. but it ITlUSt
be faint. A fortune as large as his
grows by natural necessity. o in
crease it requires neither skill nor
effort. Still the thought that It Is
swelling every hour may tickle hla
fancy. It would be sad if it did not
for he has few other pleasures. With
all his money life must be rather va
cant to the aged millionaire.
Hunnewell, Kan. may be full of
chivalry, but not a drop of It has
slopped over Into the City council
The members of that body are so
mad at the Idea of a woman Mayor
that they are making fools or mem
selves at every opportunity. Their
latest freak is to skip the annual tax
levy. Wise men never try to fight
the inevitable. When fate makes its
decrees, plain they smile and bow
Few thought when the present
Commercial Club building was erect
ed that it would so soon prove too
small and that the club would be
looking for a site double the size, for
a new building. The facts speak well
for the efficient work of the club for
the city's progress and for the public
spirit of those who have made that
work possible.
The farmers are agitating against
A iar nrtre naid bv the middle
men, the consumers are agitating
against the high prices tney pay ti
the middlemen, the dealers In trust
stock complain of the low prices in
Wall street and French women riot
against the high prices In the stores.
Prices are satisfactory to nobody.
The new fashion In women's skirts
clings to the "divided" type. The
convenience of a garment which per
mits free movement may tiltlmately
outweigh the prejudices of Mrs. Grun
dy and we may see the day wlien
women will wear trousers without a
blush. In Turkey men would blush
to wear them.
The Toung Women Christians of
Cambridge, In drawing the line at So.
are cruel. In the opinon of most men
. v. i. ih. aee when women become
sensible, however, and do not need the
protectng hand of official cnaperon
age. Sheesley, the boy who hung in the
rigging of the ateamer Lexington and
called help by wireless, shows he has
the stuff In him to become a valuable
citizen, if the fame his feat brings
does not spoil him.
The Chinaman who can gratify his
desire for a big funeral is not so much
of a heathen. Most white men want
to go that way, but are ashamed to
admit the fact.
New Jersey towns do not heed Gov-r-nnr
Wilson's advice to adopt the
commission plan. Anarchistic Pater-
son rejected it by a big majority.
In her agitation to preserve her
neutrality, Belgium resembles the
cherry that Is disposed of in two bites.
Th Oreo-on is again In commission,
and let any one dare disturb the chip
on our shoulder.
Th. abort skirt has advantages over
the hobble skirt from any point of
view.
Tne Forty-niners win soon ua
memory, but their work will live for
ever.
The man who has to pay alimony
Is putting bis money on "dead hoss."
There Is no significance In the date
of the Presidential visit.
.This I the day to secure jour Indi
vidual sLein.
Gleanings of the Day
The world presents but a single ex
ample of successful prohibition, says
the Louisville Courier-Journal. The
Koran forbids and has for centuries ex
pelled Intoxicants from the realms of
Mahomet, But other analagous vices
have crept In. Are the Mahometans so
admirable In religion, in character and
in life as to set worthy examples to
usT Has prohibition' in Turkey, for
example, done so much for the people
as to furnish, let us say, Kentucklans
conclusive reasons why we should wish
to become Turks?
Speaker Champ Clark's friends are
now visiting the New England and
Middle States in the hope of securing
delegations for Clark In the Democratic
National convention next year for Pres
ident, says the New York Sun. Clark's
friends are also trying to secure his
own State of Missouri for him. even
though at a recent state convention,
Missouri declared for ex-Governor Folk
and Senator James A. Reed insists that
Missouri must stand by Folk, Speaker
Clark's friends, though, believe that he
will start with certainly a half dosen
states at his back.
Every afternoon the Wall street
bankers and brokers witness an un
usual scene immediately in front of
the Stock Exchange, says the New York
Sun. A Socialist orator . with a port
able platform and a huge placard bear
ing the words "Socialist party," and
the emblem of that party, the torch,
holds forth, Uusually. he gathers an
audience of a hundred or more and for
an hour he discusses the tenets of the
Socialist party, attacking the "money
power," advocating free trade, denounc
ing all wealth and tariffs. The orator is
not greeted with demonstrations, eith
er affirmative or negative.
The nobility and much of the wealth
of Portugal supports the monarchlal
principle, says a Lisbon letter to the
Boston Transcript, The republic may.
It Is supposed, render property insecure.
Certainly the charm of life for the aris
tocracy is diminished. - They have no
part in public affairs, nor do they feel
even at home In Portugal. The' re
publicans would welcome the return Of
the thousand wealthy and well-born
families now living abroad. There is
no proscription against them. Machado
and all the ministers have written per
sonal assurances and Invitations to
many of their acquaintances in the aris
tocracy to come home, adding that no
question will be asked. Something like
$100,000,000 has been withdrawn from
the country In capital or through the
sale of properties since October of last
year. The .sales and withdrawals have
affected the business of the country
adversely and this has been increased
by the revenues of estates being spent
outside. The monarchists have a mili
tary -organization in Spain with abun
dant funds, stores or arms, ammunition,
artillery and various equipment. It
aeems as though an attempted invasion
and rising could not be Indefinitely de
layed. The monarchists have Invested
so largely and have ra'sed such hopes
that they must make an atempt, even
u rider great risks. The monarchists
claim to have the support of the Jesuits.
The Church has not declared for the
monarchists nor for the republic The
priest is the most powerful person in
many of the Isolated villages and, since
the clergy as a body bel'eves that the
republic has wrongfully taken the prop
erty of the Church and has undertaken
to deprive her of her position of au
thority In the country, they are natur
ally oposed to the republic and will,
without doubt, lean toward the mon
archist cause' should the rising in prep
aration occur.
"The black room for fitting white
gowns and the white room for black
ones, which your Pittsburg friend put
into a Live Topic, wasn't so remark
able," said a Philadelphia woman to the
New York Sun. "I saw that in a Wal
nut street malson over home last Win
ter. But a Fifth avenue modiste showed
me a new one, or rather I discovered it
despite her, the other day. This gown
builder has the black and white rooms
and In each Is a pair of mirrors framed
back to back so that either can be
turned toward the patron and the other
hid against the wall. One of them is
slightly concave and the other convex
In other words, one mirror adds an
Inch to the height and takes an Inch
from the breadth of a short,, dumpy
woman while the other shortens and
broadens the tall, slim woman In the
same proportion. That modiste's mir
rors make 'em all happy, including the
modiste,"
"Mark the prophecy," says A- B. Kel
logg In Bonds and Mortgages. "The
deposits In the Postal Savings banks In
stead of cutting down those of other
banks, will tend rather to Increase
them, because they will consist princi
pally of funds that have remained un
trusted heretofore, owned chiefly by
those that for various reasons have
lacked confidence In banks generally.
From present Indications it Is evident
that the growth and magnitude of these
deposits is bound to exceed all the ex
travagant predictions that have been
uttered. It is one of the blessed good
signs of the times, for It puts the Gov
ernment In possession of liquid funds
that can be available to check the un
ruly speculators when they have eon-
eluded that a time may be propitious
for a money panic out of which they
can pile up more dollars to satisfy their
personal greed, than when things gen
erally are prosperous.
The melongrowers and truck farm
ers of the new Lebanon district, of In
diana have boycotted Indianapolis and
ship all their produce to other cities,
some of It going through Indianapolis
without stopping. As a . reason, they
say they do not get fair returns from
Indianapolis commission men and point
to Instances where they got only 10
cents. 60 cents. $1.65 or 75 cents for
shipments of ten baskets of watermel
on e. each basket contained 16 melons
and the basket alone cost t cents. The
farmers say their own produce has
been shipped back to their own terri
tory, to break their market. They offer
to lift the boycott If Indianapolis will
throw open the market-houses to them,
but say they are now shut out by the
middlemen, scalpers and police. If giv
en an open market, they offer to sell
direct to the consumer at half the pres.
ent prices.
Judging from the list of people who
ar eto attend Senator Cummins' con
ference on trusts It would appear to be
wise to have each one searched as he
enters, the hall. Indianapolis News.
Are they as bad as that X
THE INSIRGKNTS AS "MODOCS"
Relations at All Parties to the Presi
dent Clearly Stated.
Brooklyn Eagle. Ind.-Dem.
There Is a desire to be Just to
President Taft, and no party monopo
lizes It. His own party, the Republi
can. Is disturbed by a faction which Is
unfair and hostile to the Executive,
but the Democrats have unitedly re
frained from acting with that faction
as against Mr. Taft. They acted
with It as against the main body of
Republicans up to a significant stage
and for a single purpose but stopped
there, when to have gone further
would have arraigned them against the
President. Then the Democrats solidly
united with the Republicans and left
the Insurgents "to flock by them
selves." It was an unusual spectacle: Demo
crats and straight Republicans voting
together to pass measures which both
knew the President must veto and de
sired him to veto, so that the people
could vote clearly for or against them.
The Democrats sought sharply and dis
tinctly to present their issue to the
country. The straight Republicans
aided them to do so. Both were cer
tain Mr. Taft would veto the measures
both voted to enact. The Democrats
desired clearly to go to the country
for the vetoed measures. The Repub
licans desired clearly to go to the
country as upholders of the vetoes.
Both parties made their own paths
clear. Both removed all obstacles out
of Mr. Taft's way. Both accomplished
this task of simplification In a manner
to relieve themselves from responsi
bility for and from the need of coali
tion with the Insurgents. The concur
rence of both with personal esteem for
the President was noticeable and
notable. It Is not phenomenal, but it
Is remarkable and was admirable, con
sidering the foregone preassurance of
Mr. Taft's renomlnation.
The personal traits and the Judicial
temperament of Mr. Taft which ac
count for this era of good feeling to
ward hin are well enough known to
need no labored restatement. The
unanimous desire of both of the regu
lar parties in the Congress to detach
themselves from the Insurgents at
tests an aversion which is both In
stinctive and instructive. It should
be appreciated by the country, whether
)t Is agreeable to the Insurgents or
not. It cannot but be disagreeable to
the Insurgents, for It is representative
of a revolt of the manliness of two
great parties from the injustice and
insolence of a malignant and Modoc
faction.
That faction, the Insurgents, has
substituted personal for political war
on the President, who Is administering
his office conscientiously and Judicial
ly. The American people like manli
ness and do not lack It. They like
the Judicial spirit, and, though under
partisan excitement they have mora
than once lacked It, they "rise to it"
whenever it Is exhibited to them by
their great functionaries. The very
few Insurgents, led by Mr. La Follette,
have aspersed Mr. Taft. They have at
tacked his motives, all but attacked
his personal honesty, and accused him
of warping his official action to secure
unjust gains to his political fortunes
and hurt those who claim to be the
sole agents of righteousness and prog
ress in American politics.
It was well for both parties to dif
ferentiate themselves from the malig
nant group. In requiring the group to
stand up to be counted and to step on
the scales to be weighed. That was
done -in a way to present, to Mr. Taft
the opportunity to define himself by
vetoes which have had a clarifying ef
fect as to his position and which en
abled each party to define Its position,
with no aid to either from the Insur
gents at all. The two parties, with
equal respect for Mr. Taft, could in no
better way show It than by thus so
Isolating the Insurgents that they
could act with and hide behind neither
organization. It was done and well
dona at tne psychological moment.
It at once had its effect. The Presi
dent before the adjournment had his
vetoes ready. They were sustained by
Congress in a way which, preserved
the respect of - both parties for the
President, the self-respect of each
party and the stand each party will
take on a momentous issue. as an
incident or consequence of the situa
tion thus brought about ex-President
Roosevelt has protested against any
actual or meditated recourse to nis
name for renomlnation by his party.
That may have been unnecessary, but
It is significant of Mr. Roosevelt's reso
lution that he shall not even be con-
alrlxred as either or or wnn tne in-
anrarents. Their number in Congress
is seen to be ridiculously small. Their
influence In their states is not large
and should become less. The Presi
dent's estate in the respect of the
country has been demonstrated, no
matter whether the country has
changed Its mind as to his party or
not.
Prices Were HJ-cher in 1S20. ,
Richmond Climax.
tt-u i taaplnir avtrav nnrt Of the build
ing on Main street, occupied by Taylor
& Oldham, tne wommra u'-"' -portion
of an old daybook which was
ico- hut the name of the pro
prietor of the store was missing. It
is Impossible to ten just, who wa
business at that time, as no citizen liv
ing at present is old enough to recall
the name of the owner. The building
in iciO. On the book it
-v,n- ih.i hlsrh nrices prevailed
for commodities. Sugar retailed at 20
cents a pound; nans, za renn -juuuu,
salt, $1.75 per bushel; cotton. "5 cents
wkiaim wae the onlv cheap
thing in those days, as the book showed
it sold for 75 cents per ganuu.
No More Buffalo Bone.
Kansas City Journal.
t- k ,1 it Hava the principal accvi-
patlon of the Harper County people
i it.- h.iffln hnnpa to Wichita.
was itauima -
60 miles. Thirty hundred pounds could
be gathered up in a day, with the whole
family at work, and It would take two
more days to get to Wichita and they
would get from $7 to $10 for the load.
Senator Hemingway, of Indiana, was
one of the bone haulers and lived in
Harper County near Danville.
Recall of Poet Proposed.
New York Sun.
A Kansas poet, the Hon. "Walt" Ma-
"Po liarf'.'to Doo Wiley! They treated u
vilely, by feedlns us poleon and gumbo and
"."Even a Kansas poet who links
"Wiley" with "viley" sheuld be recalled.
At the least his license should be sus
pended for three months.
Mary walker's Powers Vnlmpaired.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Dr. Mary Walker, who offers to sell
an iiidex finger to be grafted upon the
hand of a Philadelphia woman, can con
tinue to scratch the match in a manly
manner, because that doesn't depend
so much, upon a full complement of
fingers as upon well, that Is to say,
the weather's been warm and dry,
hasn't itt
Advertising Talks
Br William C. Freeman,
A great many general advertisers
have an Idea that the daily newspaper
Is a transient affair with only a local
Interest that advertising in it lias no
life beyond the day on which It is
printed.
Yet such is not the case. I know ex
aii iacldent where months aftar a special-
advertisement appeared a New
York house received an order from a
far-away country for the goods adver
tised and the profit that this order
yielded was more than sufficient t
pay the entire cost of the advert!
mrnt.
Even these Advertising Talks, while
printed only in American newspapero,
have brought inquiries from all over
the world.
I received an inquiry about them,'
under date of June 2. from Sir. Y.
Hattori, of the Jiji Shlmpo. Tokio.
Japan, which is another proof that ad
vertialng of whatever nature pene
trates to all partai of the Riobe.
I read In some publication recently
that a farmer. In taking up the car
pet from one of the rooms in his home,
picked up a newspaper that was under
neath the carpet and noticed an ad
vertlsefent In It that particularly Im
pressed him.
He wrote to the firm about the
article advertised and finally bought
it. That was ten years after the paper
had been published.
This is a far-fetched Illustration, of
course, but It baa a grain of truth la
it, Just the same.
The dally newspaper, printed everr
24 hours. Is suoh a conatnnt, all-tbe-time
publication that the advertiser
who uses it with any degree of regu
larity fixes hin name and hla business
In the minds of the readers of that
newspaper.
Tbrre In no limit to the life of nevra
pnper advertising, If It be rightly
done. (To he continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. Iltll, by George Matthew Adama)
It is not enough for you to take eara
of yourself; you must contribute to tho
support of actors and politicians pla3
ing hero parts.
When I. have my way, elderly men
will become gray, instead of bald.
When a man praises a woman by say
ing she makes her own dresses, the
other women say, "Yes, and they loon
it."
When a man reads about "the pac
that kills," he thinks about champagne,
and automobile racing, and chorus
girls; he forgets all about eating too
much and too fast.
If you see something no one else sees,
that is what it means to go crazy.
Employer and employe know each
other almost as well as husband and
wife, and are almost as much disposed
to "pick" at each other.
A music teacher Is always surprised
to find that any.one who has not takuu
lessons is fond of music.
You have probably injured yoursolf
oftener than others have injured vou.
People are pretty good about letting
you all alone.
Hell disappeared long ago. except as
members .of human family raise it.
I am tired of being coaxed Into doln.u
thing I do not want to do; no doubt
you are, but agents do not take the
hint.
Krnlui'ky Industry Hard Hit.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It has not been the experience of
Kentucky that a moral uplift resulted
from the discouragement of the emi
nently respectaMe business of breeding
thoroughbreds, -which formerly en
gaged the attention of a fine class of
men in this part of the world. Various
callings have their attendant and Inci
dental evils. It is no disparagement
of law-abiding growers of tobacco to
observe that racing at its worst never
bred the evils caused by an Industrial
dispute in which tobacco planters wero
engaged for a time in Kentucky, and
that the social fabric of the Bluegrass
was of a higher type in the halcyon
days of racing than it became when
neighbors who never were guilty of
such moral obliquity as laying a $5
wager upon the favorite rode forth at
night to settle their differences with
out regard to law. Yet nobody advo
cates the suppression of tobacco-planting
as a cure for night riding, or would
father a law to make the owner of a
tobacco plantation criminally liable
for arson or murder committed- within
his domain. That is. in principle and
effect. whit has been done In New
York. Small wonder that the Governor
of New York receives letters by the.
bushel asking him not to veto a bill
to repeal the "directors liability law"
in the event of Its passage, and that
owners of breeding plants are looking
to England and France as an asylum.
Fables in'Slang
AND
SherlockHolmes
-IN THE
SUNDAY
OREGGNIAN
George Ade's Newest Fables in
Slang the 1911 series, opens in
the magazine section this coming
Sunday. The first fable, "The
Logical Finish of the Progressive
Speed Maniac," shows the noted
funny man at his best. A new
fable by Mr. Ade will appear each
week for some months to come.
Sherlock Holmes The famous
sleulh takes up the perplexing
mysteries of the resident patient
and solves a most complex puzzle
in criminology. Complete, with
illustrations, in Sunday's issue.
Wasps of the Navy An illus
trated page article on the trim
but formidable little torpedo-boat
destroyers that lately visited
Portland harbor.
Progeny of Cannibals Make
Laws An unusual study in so
ciology, recounting the develop
ment to high spheres of useful
ness of men whose grandfathers,
were savage man-eaters.
And Many Other Features.