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BLACKSMITH TARIFF REVISION.
Blacksmith tariff bills" Is un
which President Taffs Grand Rapid
speech should fasten oa the bills
passed br tha Democrat and Injur
cents at the ertra session of Congress.
After showing that tha Insurgents
were falsa to their party platforms
and that many Democrats wero false
to their professions la attempting to
revise, the wool and cotton tariff
without awaiting the report of tha
Tariff Board, the President shows
that ths bills were, drawn so clumsily
as to accomplish a purpose directly
opposite to that of their framere.
Not only that, but the farmers" free
l:st and cotton bills mad changes
which deranged the whole structure
of the tariff.
The President's policy In regard to
the tariff Is clearly stated and Is In
exact accordance with the platform
on which he was elected. HI recital
of the events of the last two sessions
of Congress proves him to have been
consistent In his adherence to It. while
his opponents, both within and with
out hi party, have been consistent
only In their Inconsistency. He se
rnred provision for a tariff board tn
the Payne bill. He stimulated popu
lar demand for lis permanence with
enlarged powers, which demand ac
quired such momentum that he al
most rained his point and secured
continuance of th Board till July 1.
lia. His course was approved by
the Republican platforms of twenty
eight states. Including Wisconsin. Iowa
and Kansas, but the two Republican
Senators from Iowa and one each
Trora Wisconsin and Kansas Ignored
their platforms and voted to reduce
th wool tariff by a blU which Mr.
Tart tightly calls a hybrid. They did
o without awaiting th facts ascer
tained by the Tariff Board, although
they bad Joined in an Instruction to
that body to report by December 2,
ltll. thus by Implication pledging
themselves to await It report befor
acting.
Mr. Toft's recital of th deal by
which Democrats, and Insurgent fi
nally agreed on the wool duties sheds
a great Heht on the blacksmith method-
by which It was framed and fully
Justifies his conclusion, vtx.:
I aubmtt that tb talatary of Ita maktnc
ahoa-a no erln.lpl whniavar In ttie blil
c-pt a comirom:aa brtw-vi two oppoolrs
rrlnclplaa r..r ina p.irp'.ao of paaalns tna
klj without any tn.llattoa aa to Ita airacl
na tha Indualrj to wtilcn It appaaa.
Th so-called farmers' free list bill
fares no better under the President-
keen analysis. The blacksmiths of
the House are shown to have handed
the farmer a bundle of green goods
when they admitted agricultural Im
plements free, for the only country
which exports them to any extent Is
KnKland. and she exports very few
to this country. The same bill makes
free a number of articles which are
used s much by other classes of peo
ple aa by farmers and their transfer
to the free lift would require a gen
eral revision of the matal schedule.
The allies would have made cotton
cloth free by this bill, yet by the cot
ton tariff bill, passed at the same
session, they would have Imposed a
duty upon it. They dealt an unfair
bljw at th shoe manufacturers by
putting their product on the free list
while retaining a duty on leather.
Tliey put meat and flour on th free
liist and thus threw away two good
points for bargaining with Canada for
farther reciprocal concessions this,
too. at th very session at w hich they
had instructed the President to ne
gotiate for such concessions.
The President exposes the cotton
tIU as a hybrid of th worst kind
neither fish, lfesh nor good red her
Ttng." Its enacting clause said It was
to reduce duties on cotton manufac
tures," but It proceeded to slash the
metal schedule without any Informa
tion as to whether that schedule
should b reduced JO. It or 100 per
cent. It purported to reduce mo
chemical duties 15 per cent, but the
blacksmith who made the calcula
tions changing specific into ad valor
em dutle bungled so egregiously that
oa some articles th reduction was
1 1 to 10 per cent, whll on others
there was an Increase of to 100
per cent. Though one of the pur
poses was to cheapen bleaching ma
larial, th duty on bleaching powder
wwa raised 0 per cent Instead or be
ing reduced U per cent. Duties on
some compounds containing alcohol
were so bungled that th gate would
re been opened wld to th Impor
tation of ak-ohol at a rat of duty far
below th Internal revenue tax. Th
rreslJent states accurately th motlv
behind this and th other bills when
he says:
The till trnraa'Me sn ef eooraa I
vicd It. Ta.ra waa la tha r" !
t , In n- aia(in!a. In tna -anaral
t-aat-r.-at aa ln:uauon that tha aupiorJ of
fa kill kaJ rlhar oa a tiaaira to
rltf a pati.al rord tn ta'or of loajr
j ,i thaa upoa a aaiuus srepoaal ta
:hanse taa la.
The tariff Issue for the campaign
pf lU now atani defined by the
President as scientific revuion versus
blacksmith revision. He stands on
th platform of 1S. which declares
fr duties equal to the difference In
cost of production at home and
broad. He ha declared for a Tariff
l'oard as the means of ascertaining
tt-.st difference and for schedule re
val.m as a means of Insuring that
rnxh schedule shall Na ra vised on Its
merits without log-rolling by th pro
tected Interests. It would rather
malt a few months and do the work
ma. I than do It hastily with black
smith tools. If the people reject this
policy, he stands ready to "gtv way
to men who will carry out a different
taL&. IX Ua blsoksmlU. tariff bills
of th last session are specimens of
the result of that different policy, he
will not have to give way.
covzjlxob wciif mis axi. right.
TVaat tin ha fait like a
dog before he reprieved Webb. What
breed of dogT borne Droeas au-e au-
I.. .,h. Ma, admit! that h0
jit I .u v -
showed mercy to Webb, because the
murderer's wire and daughter -api
on his trail.- The Inference Is that
the way to get mercy to a convict out
or West U not to hav a good case,
but to keep on his trail atid be wet
and forlorn- when on goes to his
office.
It Is pitiful for a Governor to
commute a murderer's sentence be
cause It will make him "feel all
right." Just aa som kinds of men
might drink a cocktail. That may be
all right for the Governor, but how
about th rest of th peopl of Ore
gon? Do they "feel all right" with
unhanged murderers In the peniten
tiary, uncaught murderers roaming
the state, desperadoes like Majors
out on parole and going from house
to nous to assault and terrify
woman? The 71.000-odd ether peo
ple In Oregon hav as much right to
feel all right as has Governor West,
and be has sworn to enforce laws de
signed to make them "feel all Tight."
whether ha faela all right as a result
or not.
A MELAN'CHOLT a-AHK.
Sad Is th spectacle when a great
man decline from his lofty sphere
and sinks Into vice. It U a pity when
an ordinary Individual permits himself
to dance down to perdition along the
primrose rath, but when a grand
character Ilk Jack Johnson doe it.
who can suppress his tears? The re
ports ar that when this prince of hu
man beings first arrived In England
he was lionized everywhere. Whether
the King dined with him we cannot
say precisely, but Dukes thronged his
apartment by the thousand and Bar
ons were as plentiful as file In his
train. But now all is changed. Jack
has belittled himself by plunging Into
dissipation, both In London and Parts,
and the elite world has forsaken him.
Pickle fame has furled her transitory
wings and flitted to perch on other
brows. The Earla who yesterday were
proud but, to be nodded to by Jack
now pass him on the street with
haughty stares. In this melancholy
Isolation h must b Impressed with
the truth that, after all, human great
ness Is but a thing of a moment. To
day the world Idolizes you. Tomor
row It bespatters you with mud, or.
what Is a great deal worse. It forgets
all about you.
Has anybody ever heard of a prize
fighter who did not sooner or later
sink Into debauchery? Is there any
thing In his training and habits of
Ufa which would naturally lead to any
other outcome? Brutalized In all his
Ideals and gross In his ambitions, when
he has money he can thnk of only one
way ta spend It. That Is the easy way
which runs to the haunt of vice.
Much as we admire physical perfec
tion In human beings, we see no gain
In making a religion out of It. The
body la not an end In Itself. It Is sim
ply the machine through which the
real man thinks and acts. When we
begin to Uv for th body Instead of
llvlnx by Its aid. w become like tho
other beasts of th field, except that
Intelligence enables us to surpass
them In beetlallty. If no other argu
ment could b olted against prlseflKht
lng. th uniform end to which prize
fighters com at last would be all that
Is necessary.
THS? INVA.HIOX OF CENTRAL. OKHiOX.
Th spirit of Invasion, which Is but
another nam for th pioneer spirit,
has pushed on Into Central Oregon
with such purpose and power that the
erstwhile solitudes of the vast region
thua designated are "ahum with
sound" and agog with the activities of
development. This section was for
many years isolated, not only from
the world, but from the rest of the
state of which It was nominally a
part. Bend, until recently regarded
by staid, substantial Prlnevllle as an
upstart village of the plain. Is In a
few weeks to- celebrate tha coming of
the Oregon Trunk and Deschutes
Railroads. Klamath Falls and Lnke
view adventurous outposts of a slow
civilization wer "on the map that
is. the stockman's and the trader's
and the postal map for years before
Bend existed even In name. They
see. however. In the coming of the
railroad thus far an earnest of In
creased prosperity throughout the
section that they so long In Isolation
dominated.
Dead are the old stas; coach days
and th days of the old freight-team
era, but full of hope and promise of
unstinted growth Is the dawning of
the railroad era In Central Oregon.
According to schedule as arranged by
enthusiastic citizens, the first railroad
train will roll Into Bend on October 6.
A golden splke-drlvlng has been ar
ranged for that day. with James J.
Hill as honored ruest and wlelder of
the hammer. A special train carry
ing representatives of commercial
clubs and development leagues from
various cities and sections will roll
Into town said the shrieks and bell
of the first locomotive to enter these
erstwhile solitude will Join with the
loud acclaim of those who see in this
pageant the dawn of a new empire.
Like a dream of far-away years Is
the celebration of the golden splke
drlvlng of the Northern Paclfto at
Gold Creek. Mont, by Henry Vlllard.
His guest wer many and money was
not spared tn entertaining them. The
Paclflo Northwest then, as tt seamed,
was awakening from the lethargy of
Isolation. But th tlm was not yet
rip for th full realization of Its
dreams of development, and alow
years of hope deferred followed. Now.
however, the awakening Is real. It
has been In ' progress many years,
wtlh lapse and relapses Into lethargy,
until at last Isolation has retreated
befor Invasion Into th uttermost
parts of th great .Inland Empire.
The invasion of Central Oregon Is an
accomplished fact; Its Investment by
the boats of Industry, trade and busi
ness will follow, and in the wide do
main wher for long years "unresting
and unhaatlng and unspent, great Na
tutr dwelt serene," th century's
power and prophecy will stand
revealed.
Well may th Invaders of Central
Oregon do honor to th event made
possible by th planning and purpose
of th "empire builder." James J.
Hill, through who foresight, sagac
ity and financiering this Invasion was
aucceasfully accomplished.
Teeming with uncuessed possibili
ties and opportunities.- a vast empire
awaits occupancy and development.
Th way baa been opened; lis oppor-
. I . i i...lr.' I a .ulAiimnt within
th next decade can scarcely be less
than phenomenal.
SECRETARY WTLSOVS FATE.
That Secretary Wilson will be dis
placed In the promised housecleanlns;
In the Agricultural Department Is
more than most men dared to hope.
He has held office so long that It
was assumed as a matter of course
that he would continue to hold on
Indefinitely, but his very anxiety to
stay oa threatens to be the means
of compelling him to let go.
Tet a man who would countenance
such a condition as has been revealed
In tho Chemistry Bureau Is obviously
Incompetent to rule a great oepan
ment of the Government. A man
who, to please th President and
thereby hold his Job, would allow a
subordinate to usurp the authority
of his superior, as In the case of
Dunlap and Wiley: who would allow
another man like McCabe to assume
direction of one of his bureaus; who
would allow Pinchot, a bureau chief,
to override him through servile fear
of loslnl his own position such a
man lacks the first requisite of a suc
cessful administrator, for be does not
have dignity necessary to earn the re
spect of his subordinates. If Wilson had
ordered Pinchot to mind his own busi
ness and had kept a directing hand
over the Forestry Bureau as well as
the other bureaus, h might have lost
his office, but he would have stood
higher In the respect of the people.
If he had' refused to allow Wiley to
be crippled by a ring ofrkchemers, he
would have been supported by as em
phatlo an outburst of public opinion
as has resulted In Wiley's vindication
and his own undoing. But he has
always yielded to pressure when It
seemed strong enough to preas him
Into retirement and his administra
tion will be remarkable only for Its
length and Its continual turmoil.
From small beginnings the Agricul
tural Department has grown Into one
of the most Important In the Govern
ment, comprising thirteen bureaus
and divisions, it requires a man of
great administrative ability to direct
the work of all these bureaus rather
than a specialist In any one or more
of the subjects with which they deal.
He needs to see that they are each
performing their proper functions
free from Interference either from
within or without the department.
In this respect Wilson failed, both as
to Pinchot, whom he allowed to do as
he pleased, and as to Wiley, whom he
allowed to be hampered by lnsubor
dlnates and meddlers. Ho needs to
be as loyal to his bureau chiefs as
they should be to him. In this re
spect Wilson failed as to Wiley.
President Taft has strengthened his
Cabinet so much by his appointment
of Secretaries Stlmson and Fisher
that there Is good reason to expect
that he will find a man of the same
caliber to succeed Wilson. One of
the first things for that man to do
will be to get rid of McCabe, Dunlap
and men of their type.
as titers ns ra.
The "Country Contributor" of tho
Indianapolis News has been out West
this season. Sh cam and saw and
nearly perished of thirst. "I never
saw as much water In my life." she
says, "as I've seen this Summer, and
had as little to drink. I never heard
ss much about water famln as I've
heard here, where there is a simple
welter of waves all around us every
where." She must have struck Port
land at about the time when the nec
tarous flood of the Bull Run was ooz
ing clammily through the pipes Into
the Willamette. This was unlucky,
but It would have made no difference
with her Impression of the town If
she had found streams of limpid Bull
Run flowing down every gutter. In
her opinion Portland Is a detestable
city, "the most Intolerant, the most
Intensely self-centered and utterly
self-satlafled place to be found on the
globe." One cannot suppose that our
female friend met every Inhabitant of
Portland, so hes. Judgment must be
based on the character of the samples
whom she did meet, and what samples
they must have beenl . We do not
envy her her friends, and we beg to
assure her that there are persons of
a very different sort to be found here
if one brings the proper lntroductlona
Our visitor from Indiana further
tells us that no Portlander will admit
"nr.. athnr n.irt of the world Is
Inhabitable." The typical Portlander
has "overbearing pride." He feels as
sured that,"by way of climate, society,
business, religion, intelligence and
everything else he has every other lo
cality In the world skinned." Well,
v... - iia.n't the Portlander some
grounds for feeling Just as he does
about ltT we cannoi nuci.uui ma
i,..n.ii vlw this Indiana corre
spondent takes of the Pacific Coast
and Its queen city except oy sujjyu.
Ing that she had a fit. a very severe
fit, of Indigestion while sh was here.
She even goes so iut as to nj mat
Portland had not a good word to say
of the Asterla Centennial celebration.
"Everybody told her," she avers, "that
the Centennial exhibit did not amount
to a row of pins," and she roust have
been Inclined to tak that view of It
herself, for, although she "nosed the
wharf at Astoria and drifted around
miscellaneously In th river, sh did
not land. "Astoria 1 a sort of Naa
areth with the Portlander." our bUthe
and beauteous critic declares, "and no
body from this quarter will admit
that anything good can be found
there." She might easily have tested
the correctness of this opinion. If It
exists, by going ashore and seeing for
herself. Alas, what a fund of sclen
tlflo observation was lost to the world
forever by her remissness. What was
she thinking of to deprive humanity of
an Inestimable benefit which might
have been gained by so little trouble?
Were It not inquisitive, we should be
disposed to ask the lady from Indiana
why lh did not land at Astoria and
gaz upon the wonders of the Centen
nial with bar own eyes. No doubt
she had her reasons and we can guess
what they were.
Seattle does not seem to have awak.
ened so much dislike In her fastidious
soul as did Portland and Astoria.
From the roof of the Washington Ho.
tel. in that magnificent city, which
had been transformed Into a bower of
bloom In her honor, or for some other
less excellent reason, she beheld a
number of amazing sights In the har
bor. Among them was "incandescent
fire " This roust hav been truly mar
velous. One so seldom sees really In
candescent fire. Usually It is dull and
cold. But at Seattle they have all
sorts of unheard-of treasures. Every
thing glows there. Even the J-ecall
runs through the town like wildfire.
Gazing on falry-like 6cale, with Its
magic sights, th Indiana correspond
ent "wondered if she wer ailve." Vis
itor have exoerienced a similar feel
ing In divers other Washington cities.
It Is said to attack one In Philadel
phia also. But happily she was alive.
She lived to escape from the fascina
tions of Seattle and philosophize upon
the marvels she had seen there.
Sitting pensive In her Indiana gar
den, where, she tells us, the flowers
bloom with a luxuriant beauty and
emit a fragrance not to be paralleled
in poor, old Oregon, she "thought
back to a time I remember so well
when we knew so little that we know
today. And yet some time our race
must have known It all.' Evidently
she concurs In the Biblical opinion
that that which is now hath been be
fore, and that which hath been 'shall
be again. Perhaps she Is right about
It. Her philosophy, at any rate, strikes
us as far more reliable than her pow
ers of observation. "Fairy stories
must be tradition," we are Informed,
and In the forgotten ages of the past
men have sailed in swifter airships
than any we have today. The only
dissenting opinion we can offer Is that
fairy stories are Imagination and that
In the ages she refers to people were
crawling In the dirt on their hands
and feet Instead of flying. But what Is
history? It Is our dreams that give
substantial value to our thinking. We
do hope this Indiana N woman will
make us another visit when she Is not
so badly out of sorts. One can prom
ise with some confidence that If she
does, things will not look nearly so
blue as they did before.
Fifty-four mouths have been
opened In Mount Etna, according'to
Professor Rloco, of the Mount Etna
Observatory, since the present erup
tion of the volcano began. From each
of these gaping orifices lava Is
thrown, sometimes Intermittently
and again In vociferous concert, while
the central crater constantly throws
out cinders In a dense, black cloud.
The railroad around the mountain Is
being burled by the lava, and so great
Is the flow that the carriage roads
in the vtclnlty are Impassable. There
are practically no new features in this
pyrotechnic display beyond the open
ing of these numerous mouths from
which burst forth "redounding smoke
and ruddy flame." The spectacle is
otherwise ages old as old as history
and older. The miseries that it In
flicts upon the cowering peasantry
that cultivate the slopes of the moun
tain and retire, again and again, be
fore Its fiery onslaught, are the same
yesterday, toMay. and, as far as can be
foreseen, forever
Thf San Francisco railroad" man
who did not see his wife for fifteen
years after their wedding may not be
an object of pity. Think of the disil
lusionment he has escaped. No doubt
he was young and foolish when he
married. Now he Is mature and wise
and his wife has left the giddiness of
youth behind. There is no reason why
they should not love each other In a
calm and sensible way and pass many
happy years together. Fifteen years
Is a trifle long, perhaps, to wait for the
honeymoon, but therjo would be fewer
divorces If half our young couples
had to wait five.
.If our Intelligence la properly meas
ured by our readiness to adopt the de
vices of civilization and apply them to
various needs, then Mr. and Mrs. Pie
per, of California, stand In the fore
most files of the human race. Who
before this Illustrious couple ever
thought of bringing up twins In a
fire less cooker? We have often heard
of keeping the cat In the oven when
the space was not needed for pies,
and some people are said to keep the
pig In the parlor, but to shelter the
twins In the tireless cooker Is a stroke
of genius. Will It boll soup while
they are In it?
Tears ago Ireland's famines were
caused by the failure of the potato
crop and the extortion of English
landlords. The one that threatens
now will spring from a dispute be
tween railroad hands and their em
ployers. Famines of tho old sort the
Irish people could not avert, since the
superior power of man and nature
combined to afflict them. The Im
pending one could be averted by using
a little resolute common sense. It is
well for the public to be meek some
times, but not while civil war rages.
So long as Mrs. Belmont's farmer
ettes could play at farming, with
plenty of hired help for the drudgery,
the plan was beautiful; but when the
help left and the students faced the
real work, as do the ordinary girls on
the ordinary farms, the Joysome glad
ness vanished and vacation days were
over.
As evidence that President Taft
meant what he said about his war on
trusts, the Indictment of the United
Shoe Machinery Company comes the
day after he delivered his speech at
Detroit. This Is no civil suit for In
junction, but U an Indictment on a
criminal charge.
Vancouver purposes to muzzle dogs
mnnlni loose. Here Is opportunity
for th Human Society. How can a
muzzled canine bite a Tlea? Must ne
iiihmit tn torture for official whim?
Did none of these dictators ever
"have" fleas?
inline has a new famine. Unlike
that of 1141-6, it Is due not to the
failure or tne eartn to proauce looa,
v.., ia tha refusal of men to carry it
to the consumer, because the island
has the strike fever.
An excellent authority says the last
shall be first, and as Joe Keller stooa
at tha bottom of the list In examina
tions for captain of police, why carp
and cavil if he gets the appointment?
A Federal grand Jury, Immune to
pulls or any nature, v. .n . l.. a " tj
local authorities to suppress the white
.."III Wa. 1. A
slave irauic iil LJ1C j ioiiu
- fa anoA- of famine in a aeo-
tlon of the Philippines and the white
man's burden is Increased to th ex
tent of a shipload of rice.
The present-day murderer is not
content to kill a single person he
commits murder wholesale. In Colo
rado as In Oregon.
n.DHm a trustr to escape cre
ates less criticism than granting a
pardon and Is a kind of good riddance.
anyway.
With only eight million population,
the Canadians make as much roar as
one coyote outside the corral.
Naval estimates suggest two more
first-class battleships. We shall need
them for the grand canal parade.
Gleanings of the Day
Fists are the most powerful argu
ments in the Canadian election, and
the campaign meetings tn that law
abiding country make American polit
ical disturbances resemble a church
social, to quote the comparison made by
a Portland man who Is on the scene
of hostilities. The hated, dreaded Yan
kee Is made the Issue by the Conser
vatives, who pronounce reciprocity the
forerunner of American annexation or
conquest- A fair sample of the meet
ings was one at St. Rose, Quebec
addressed by Henri Bourassa, tho Na
tionalist leader, and Emlle Leonard,
tha Conservative candidate for Laval.
The correspondent of a Montreal paper
says of it:
Ona man who kept eonUnuoualy Mlllns
for "joint maattos." waa struck TUntly on
tho Jaw and went down and out. HI tenda
then dus- Into Ms assailant and tnaldaot lO
seconds a battla royal developed From the
stand It looked aa If half of tha audience
waa encased In tlstlcuffa. Women runnln g
away acreamlng and half-hyeterlcal from the
battlefield made th scene a pitiful ona.
Swarlns to and fro. the two or three hun
dred who ware engated In the tight traveled
from ona end et tha field to the other, leav
ing a few trallera etretched on the grass. Trie
latter had received their "quietus and were
carried off the field. There did not aeem to
be any organized gangs on either aide, but
from all -appearances. It looked as If tna
crowd waa fighting under the old rule,
you sea a head, punch It." Everybody was
swinging wild, and many a poor lnnocenl
spectator walked away from the field- wltn
Olooa iirenniuif uu.u ui. . -
lovely black aye. Ona man especially waa
noticeable In tha fracas. Standing well over
six feet, be made his way" through tha crowd
swinging right and loft, and every- man ne
hit went down aa If they had .been pole,
axed. Th belligerents were finally expelled
from the ground, but not before tha victors
had suffered great damage. Tha feature of
xne ngnt waa mo i.ir p..j a - " - -----other
by the participants Although there
waa plenty or weapona in me "
stones and bricks, every ona appeared to ba
a uatieu id hbmi i.u . .-- ., - - - --
a man went down h was promptly picked
up by tho ambulance corps which seemed
to be following.
The New Tork State Archeologist
has again warned those who collect
relics of the aborigines that, counter
felts are In vogue. He has discovered
Indian pipes from Briar Hill, St. Law
rence County, and pipes and Inscribed
stones from Chautauqua County which
are fraudulent. Brass medals are also
turning up having on one side the head
of an Indian and before him a war
club, while the reverse has the head of
an Indian woman and before her a
cradle board. The workmanship Is
very modern, but In every case the
medals have been excavated from
depths and associated with Indian re
mains. It Is added that the designs
and ottempts to reproduce Indian ob
jects show a lack of familiarity with
such -thlnes, but the workmanship is
not bad. There Is an awakened Inter
est In the original Inhabitants of this
country, and the scarcity of bona fide
relics has led unscrupulous persons
to believe that there Is profit to be
made by the manufacture, planting and
sale of counterfeit relics.
There are signs at Albany, N. T, of
preparations by Governor and Mrs.
Dlx t? entertain on a larger scale than
any of his predecessors. Plans have
been made for the enlargement of the
kitchen at tha executive mansion, for
fhe Installation of a large gas range
and for the erection of an Icehouse.
Representative Sulzer. of New Tork,
had no mercy for either Guggenheim
and Morgan or for Pinchot in a speech
he made to the Arctic Club at Seattle
on Monday. He declared that the 1100
coal land locators should have the law
administered for them, as It Is In the
United States. He traced the Alaska
coal land trouble to the Pocahontas coal
trust, which gouged the Government
out of enough money oa coal for the
Navy to build a battleship every year.
He opposed both the leasing system
which, he said, would make a race of
tribute-payers and serfs, and govern
ment ownership, which meant the
stagnation of socialism, but said. If the
piebald politicians and muckrakera had
their way we should have to choose
between the two, and In that case he
preferred Government ownership. He
recommended Government purchase of
the Alaska Northern Railroad.' and Its
construction to the Matanuska coal
field, across the Susltna Valley, down
the Kushokwlm. Tanana and Yukon
Valleys to St. Michaels. He said the
Government should also guarantae the
bonds of theVatlroad from Haines Mis
sion to the head of the White and
Tanana Rivera He also recommended
the division of Alaska- Into three ter
ritories Sumner, consisting of South
eastern Alaska; Seward, all of Alaska
south of the Yukon and west of the
international boundary, and Alaska, all
of Alaska north of the Yukon. He
said the fishing Industry was being; de
stroyed and Intimated that Pinchot had
nitde no effort to conserve the fish be
cause Pinchot avldently is not Interest
ed In the fishing business.
The dangers of the pursuit of sci
ence are Illustrated by an experience
of Dr. Rudolph )i. Anderson, the zoq
loglst with the Stefansson expedition
to the Arctic He and four Eskimos
were hunting caribou and Barren
Ground bears in the mountains south
of Langton Bay. The hills were white
with snow. The party sighted 10 cari
bou, immediately made camp and start
ed out to pursu the herd. They
caught and killed eight Dr. Anderson
remained with the carcasses In order
to skin two specimens scientifically.
When this laborious Job was flnlshel
darkness had fallen. Dr. Anderson
started back to find camp In the snow
and wsnt astray. AU night long he
wandered among the lahyrintn or mua
lakes, frozen water courses, hills and
gullies. ,He knew he must not stop
walking, as he would freeze to death.
On account of his rugged constitution,
however, the rays of the late Septem
ber sun found him still on his feet
and moving. With daylight he was
able to recognize features or the tree
less landscape and find his Eskimos.
President Taft Is being deluged with
protests against the removal of Dr. H.
vV, tviley from the eommand of the
pure-food forces in the Agricultural
Department. Discussing them, the
New York Sun ventures the following
prediction:
President Taft will undoubtedly decide
the caae on Its merlta. He will take into
account the faet that Dr. Wiley acted for
the beat Intereats of the service, although
technically ha may have been at 'ul.
The President will consider tha peculiar
behavior and tha obstrucUve metbode of
Solicitor McCabe and Dr. DnnUp asso
ciate chemist of tha bureau. Mr. Taft will
wtiKh Secretary neon a
against hla atructnrea aurely the balance
fa in Dr. Wlley a favor. Finally. Mr Taft
will review the chlaf chemlet a valuable
sarvlcaa In the eauae of legislation to pre
vent the adulteration of foods, aolld and
liquid It la more likely to ba beniga thaa
'coadlgn. punishment,"
REMINISCENCES and aneedotes are
being exchanged In the French
press Just now in memory of the
French poat Theophlle Gautler, the
centennial of whose birth occurred re
cently. By many authorities he was
considered In his day as a wild-eyed
romancer, but the popular, oonceptlon
of him was that although he had fine
ness of Intelligence he was very ecceft
trlo In belief and behavior. "I used to
wear my hair too long when I was
young," he said, "and that has done
me such Irreparable harm In th eyes
of the bourgeois that I have never
been able to survive." In speaking of
the celebrated red vest of Hernanl: "I
put that waistcoat on only opce. but
I have worn it all my life." In gram
mar, as In life, Gautler was a rebel.
Ho scoffed at the purists. "I throw my
phrases into the air Ilka so many
cats; I am sure they will land on their
feet." And once to Emlle Bergerat,
"You young fellows will be grateful to
me some day when you see what an
admirable Instrument I have left In
your hands. You will defend my fair
fame against those undergraduates of
literature who, having no Ideas to ex
press and no emotion to convey, would
reduce us to the 100 words of the
Raclnlan vocabulary.
Epigrams by Gautler and on him are
numerous. "I used to love cathedrals
on the strength of Notre Dame, but the
sight of the Parthenon cured me of the
Gothic malady, which never was strong
In me." "Nature la not the end of art,
but rather the means."' "Ideas are born
noble even though they are born in
garrets." "To possess talent one must
exaggerate his faults till they assume
the dimensions of qualities." "They
have never spoken of my real merit,
which consists in this: that I am a
man for whom the external world
exists." Salnte-Beuve said of Gautler
that he was not a liar; that quality he
"lacked." Bis daughter Judith writes:
"Sometimes we. children would get into
a temper, pout,' refuse to speak to him.
This would make him furious. 'In Just
one bour this grama must stop, and you
will love me as before or I shall run
amuck,' he would cry. 'I owe you no
love,' I would say. The Bible is ex
plicit en the point. It says I should
honor my father and mother; it does
not mention love. Henceforward I am
going to honor you.' Thereupon he
wonld pursue me with objurgations,
throw his pipe at me. his slippers, any
thing light that came to hand, crying
all the time. 'Will you put a stop to
this comedy? You will immediately
cease exhibiting respect to mel' "
Woodrow Wilson's "A History of the
American People" will attract atten
tion not only because of the personality
of the author but because In the five
volumes comprising the work, he writes
"an interesting romance for Americans
and America's own story." Dr. Wilson
has put half a lifetime of research Into
the work, and gives graphic descrip
tions of the growth of our country
from the days of Columbus down to the
accession of Theodore Roosevelt to the
Presidency. The books contain series
of maps In color, showing the terri
torial growth, political changes, and
general development of the United
States, these maps being prepared with
great care and furnishing many de
tails not included In the ordinary wall
map; a full-page portrait of every
President from Washington to Roose
velt, together with authentic portraits
of statesmen and famous characters
down to the present time; fac simile
ranrnductlnna of rare manuscripts.
state papers, political documents' and
Governmental records, together with
numerous Illustrations by Howard Pyle,
Frederic Remington, Harry renn, k-.
F. Chapman, Howard Chandler Christy
and manv others: private picture gal
leries and exclusive libraries having
been ransacked by experts xor contri
butions for this epoch-making work,
and at the end of every chapter Is given
a list of authorities and suggestions for
further and exhaustive reading on
phases of American development.
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Mrs. Sarah P. MoL. Greene, who wrote
"Cape Cod Folks," has completed her
new story, "The Long Green Road."
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Ti.n r-mr" tna nrison ooet. author
of "Hard Labor and Other Poems," is
now In England and will return to mia
country in the late Fall to accept a po
sition as prison inspector.
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Owen Wlster, in addition to being a
novelist, has acquired celebrity as a
i it. waa hinr shaved In a St,
Louis hotel, while-returning from a
trip to the West, some time so,
.v.- K.,k., whn was attending to his
needs apparently had been out the
night before. His hand was very shaky
and several times the author winced.
"Will you have anytning oa
..i... i crt through?" the barber
Inquired when the ordeal was almost
V"l" can't tell yet," mumbled Wlster,
k.. t hnn to have nart of my noBel
Philadelphia Times.
She (of Boston) We don't hear much
about Omar Khayyam any more.
He Let's see, what team was he
with? Chicago Record-Herald.
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Five new books for young people:
Ralph Henry Barbour's latest tryof
schoolboy Ufa and play, "Team-Mat .
two stories of adventure. Frederick
Orln Bartlett's "The Forest Castaways
and F. Lovell Combs' ''pu"S Cnise!,
of the Sky." "Dorothy, the Motor Girl
by Katharine Carleton.
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Saturday will see the Issue of the
new book by Eleanor Hallowell Ab
bott, author of "Molly Make-Belleve."
This will be Just a 1y ino"
the publication of "Molly," which has
averaged a large edition a month all
through the year. "The Sick-a-Bed
Lady" la having a large advance sale.
- a a a
Gilbert Watson's "Toddle" will be
published this week. The scenes are
laid at St. Andrews. Scotland, which Is
near the hospe of the author; and the
story Is characterized by those who
have read H as "the love story of a
woman-hater." m m
Among notable new books Is "Scien
tific Mental Healing," by H. Addlngton
Bruce whose previous works, especially
his "The Riddle of Personality." have
established his reputation as an au
thoritative writer in the fascinating
field of psychological phenomena. In
his new book Mr. Bruce concerns him
self almost, but not wholly, with the
results of the labors of psychopatho
logiats, or medical psychologists, such
as Drs. Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud.
Morton Prince and Boris Bidls, and en
deavors in non-technical language, to
make perfectly clear the exact bearing
of their discoveries on medical science.
He Includes also a review of the evolu
tion of mental healing, pointing out
the differences between mental healing
of the scientific kind and mental heal
ing of the variety with which we are
more familiar through the activities of
the Christian Scientists, exponents of
the New Thought, etc In fact, his
book may be described as an exposi
tion. In non-technical language, of the
history, principles, possibilities and
limitations of mental healing, as veri
fied by scientific investigation and ex
periment. One of the strongest fea
tures of "Scientific Mental Healing" Is
said to be Its abundance of illustra
tive anecdote, every point being rein
forced by the citation of authenticated
experiences iron, real Ue. . .
Ccimtry Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911. by George Matthew Adama)
As soon as a man becomes particu
larly clever In doing a certain thing,
people begin to pick at him, and ay
hundreds of men are better.
Do you prais yourself more thaz.
you deserve, and abuse your neighbor
more than he deserves? A "good many
do it.
Some farmers are always uncom
fortable when in town, from expecting
the town men to rob them.
When an agent calls on you, remem
member that If he succeeds In his de
signs on you, he makes a big profit,
while you pay a high price for some
thing you do not need.
It Is almost disgraceful the mannei
In which the average widow braces up
and begins to get better looking.
Old Henry Ford s boy Hiram, who
has been soldiering in the Philippines
returned home lately. I Intend to talk
to him, and get at the real situation
in the islands, and then maybe I'll let
President Taft know about it.
The real humorist is the monkey
However melancholy a monkey feela
he always looks funny.
Wives say that one of the easiest
things in the world Is to catch a hus
band when he engages in mischief.
When you go into a store to buy,
ever notice how 'heartily the merchant
laughs at your Jokes?
A man shows tho first evidence ot
wisdom when he realizes that the
scranble for a dollar Is about as fierce
in one town as in another.
Let Streets' Names Alone.
PORTLAND, Sept. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) Mayor Rushlight noting youi
announcement appointing a committee
of the City Council to name and num
ber our city blocks in some other man
ner, I, for one, at this time desire to ba
heard in regard to making this change.
No doubt. If It were left to the vote of
our citizens, their stamp of disapprov
al would be placed on a measure of
such a character, and in such numbers
that there would be no need of any fur
ther communications. I think It la a
perfect outrage at this late date to
ca"use old time-honored citizens the
misery that such a move would most
assuredly bring about, simply forcing
them to become strangers to streets
and numbers In a city where they
have lived a lifetime. Strangers com
ing to our city are in no different posi
tion than upon entering any other city
in our Union. They are forced to seek
information from one who knows as to
some certain destination they desire to
make. Why not have your police of
ficers drilled thoroughly on this one
point, so they can give any informa
tion sought as to streets or numbers
as they now exist, and not cause a
world of misery to those who are thor
oughly enlightened on the subject and
only too pleased to direct any one
when called upon. In conclusion, a
move of such a nature, tampering in
any manner whatsoever with our
streets that are beautifully named and
disturbing our numbers, would confuse
our citizens in general and cause no
end of disturbance, and simply mean
learn your A B C's all over again in so
far as the lay of the city is concerned,
MARK SCHLUSSEL.
WaahlneTton Alao Raises Har,
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Governor Hay, of Washington, says
he represents the Commonwealth
"which has its head in the clouds and
whose "skirts are washed by the broad
Pacific." Fortunately the state also
raises Hay.
GEORGE ADE'S
LATEST HUMOR
and
Sir A. Conan Doyle's
Deepest Mystery
will be features in
THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
Fables in Slang In "The
1911 Fable of the Treasure
Locked in the Strong Box,"
George Ada reaches his climax
in humor.
Sherlock Holmes "The Ad
ventures of the Stock Broker's
Clerk," is an interesting story
full of mystery at the beginning
but very clear after Sherlock
Holmes does some probing. Thi3
is one of Sir A. Conan Doyle's
best.
News Snapshots The camera
tells interesting stories of the
world's recent important happen
ings. The Last Trail A brisk tale of
frontier life told by men who
have been there.
Buying Hats A story of how
American women are beginning
to give practical Paris the go-by.
Crown Prince Rudolf's 'Death
Long silenced story of how the
Prince met a tragic death, tcld
by Franz Josef of Austria, who
has the secret which puzzled
Europe for years.
Music ''Goo-goo Land," a
popular song hit from "The Mid
night Sons"; musio and word3.
Arming to Tight Air Dread
noughts How the Government
is building new style guns to cope
with the development of aerial
craft. A half page of interest
ing descriptions and pictures.
The Beading Public A tale
replete with humor written by a
librarian showing the peculiar
literary tastes of frequenters of
public reading rooms.
Compensation Another chap
ter of that interesting novel of
Washington society.
The Tunny Men A half page
of the latest wit and humor.
Also the adventures of the
Widow Wise and the comic sec
tion with more fun by Mr. Twee
Deedle, Sambo and others.
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