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ment In that most excellent newspa
per, the Medford Sua:
Pro.ld.nt Tart m!ct as w.ll quit. It haa
la aanouncd that h baa don. nothing la
hi Admlniatratlon but cur tht paata- of
tl. -an-A;irtca bilL wn.t . th u? In
tabllaamanl oC poatai aln(a banaa I
nothing. Th erat:oa of a court of
commarc la Boir.lt. T b. it llsri
m.ni of a tariff board Is nota-
n(. Th publicity of campaign xp.na..
tr-.a National Uittion of corporations, th
dlaanlutlon of th Standard OH aud tn
barco truat. th arbitration treaty wttb
Grvat Britain, th procrtM toward Hi. wa-
rl.tlon of tb I'ar.am 1'anai, th pmirie
iward th Mtabli.nmcn of th. world
pa:. th aavlng of tbouaitncla of dollar ty
th. Introduction of economical bu.ln...
m.thoda la atlosal admlnl.tratlon-v all thta
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thlns la th Taft Admlntatralioa la th.
I'an tariff bUL
Her Is a reasonably complete
ummarr of a remarkable, record of
achievement by President Taft and
his Administration. It takes no ac
count of the President's safe and sane
views and plans on conservation, nor
his active Interest In Alaska, nor his
material aid In retting- an additional
t20.OO0.O0O for reclamation, nor his
courageous: opposition to the political
machinations of a irroup of lnsurg-ent
self-eeekers in combination with an
other group of Democratic opportun
ists. President Taft haa had very little
to say about race suicide or phonstlo
psllinr. or the simple life, and has
done very little preaching or morai
lxlng or dogmatising; but he has
given to the world more than one
great state paper, notably his discus
sion of the Judicial recall In his Art-aona-New
Mexico veto message. -
President Roosevelt performed a
wonderful service In arousing the
public conscience and In launching
teversJ mighty progressive moral
tnd political movements. President
Taft has brought some of them from
Che difficult domain of agitation and
discussion Into the form of fixed And
practical policies. Others he Is striv
ing bravely to frame Into law or ac
tual and serviceable practice. He will
go on serenely to the end doing his
est. whether he shall or shall not
receive the appreciative consideration
he deserves from his country.
MR. BOCRXK Ar THE II. SOS LIMIT.
Pilot Rock la the banner Republi
can precinct of Eastern Oregon, ac
cording to the Record (newspaper);
and therefore Pilot Rock feels that
It Is entitled to say something about
the availability of some few candi
dates for office before the Republican
primary. The Record announces that
Judge Lowell haa declined to forego
the honor of being a member of the
Senate If he can be and wi'.l enter
the race against Mr. Bourne, The
Record accepts the Inevitable with
what grace It can muster. Balancing
the prospects of Mr. Lowell against
Mr. Bourne, the Pilot Rock rper is
moved to say:
Mr. LowH 1 a poor man as compared
wtia Bonrn. who I rated aa a millionaire,
and money Is aa Important factor In th
rao for a lt la th dlcnlaed and de lb.r
ai UfH.ailr. body known aa lb l.'nltrd
Hate fcenate. vD nnd.r tb "Oreson -tera."
Handicapped as Mr. Low.:l will be.
oa account of a lack of money, to making
an areaatv campalcn. and both atandms
IH-atiially for tb una K-cai:d reform,
inou Inclined to luds th futur' by th
put. in dipod to sraat to Mr. l.ouo.
a decided advantas in a rac. aini
kand4 against Sir. LovtU.
The Record appears to take It for
granted that Mr. Bourne will spend a
vast amount of money to be re-elected.
Others think so also. But pos
sibly not: poitslbly not. There are
new risks about flooding a state with
corruption funds; Just as there are
nowadays In buying, or trying to buy.
spent $107,000 to be elected Senator
a Legislature. Mr. Stephenson, who
from Wisconsin, distributing cigars.
beer, chewing gum and other dolec-
tables to the electorate, finds that
such entirely Innocent purchases, con
ducted wholesale, are open to suspl-
. clon and misconstruction. There are
some people, too, who think and even
say that Mr. Stephenson spent a much
larger amount for other and more
profitable purposes. There Is, or was,
no law In Wisconsin to forbid the pur.
chase of chewing gum and candy for
an entire state; but Oregon has such
a law; and so has the United States.
The new Federal corrupt practices
act permits a Senator to spend $10.
0 quite a tidy sum In his cam
paign. The Oregon law allows only
$750. but probably a candidate for
Senator may be legally Justified to
elect the larger amount.
Senator Bourne has given to the
world many noble thoughts about
purity, honesty, virtue, manliness,
.duty, honor and uprightness in our
public affairs. Is It too much to hope
that we may now record one noble
deed to his credit. In his self-sacrificing
and self-effacing refusasl to ex
pend over $10,000 for his re-election?
DARE XOT SHIRK.
President Taft wisely told the
women of California, now that they
have been given the right to vote,
that they should exercise It. The
campaign and the closeness of the
vote showed that many women were
opposed to woman suffrage and bo
doubt many more are Indifferent or
passively opposed. But such women.
In their own Interest, should exercise
the franchise as freely as thoe who
have been agitating for It. To ab
stain from voting because they did
not desire the franchise would be to
etthose to who-e methods and opin
ions they are opposed have things all
their own way. Every anti-suffrage
woman who abstains from . voting
doubles the value of the vote of some
suffragist.
The vote of men on officials and
measures expresses the opinion of the
average man. Men of all oplnlona and
characters go to make up that aver
age. Now that the women of Cali
fornia have been given the franchise,
the result of elections will reflect the
opinion and character of the average
man and woman combined. If the
quiet, domesticated. home-staying
woman who shrinks from the hurly
burly of politics abstains from vot
ing, she allows the aveTSge to be
lowered by Increasing the weight
which the opposite type of woman
will have In deciding public affairs.
It will be with women as It has
been with men. We hear much of
the corruption of politics. -of Its de
filing all who "participate. Whatever
of corruption and defilement exists has
been due no more to the activity of
the baser element than to the Inac
tion of the better element. The more
politics Is abandoned to the "powers
that prey." the more corrupt K will
become, and those who refuse to fight
against corruption must share the re
sponsibility with those who fight for
It. Just so far as the better element
takes active part In public affairs. Im
provement will come about and cor
ruption be lessened.
Under woman suffrage California
will And the worst type of women
lined up with the worst typ of men
for corrupt government. Their In
fluence can only be offset by equal
activity on the part of the best type
of women In behalf of clean govern
ment. Exercise of the franchise,
once conferred, la not only a privilege
but a duty which each person owes
to hlnuielf or herself. It Is an unwel
come duty thrust upon many women
who shrink from Its performance, but
If they fall to do It, they will share
the consequences of as well as the re
sponsibility for public Ills.
VACCINATION AND gMAIXTOX.
r.irr. Morris writes to The Ore-
gonlan today to explain what a boon
to humanity the smallpox Is. In his
opinion this malignant and loath
some disease Is "a cleansing process.
i--nntir-lm ran clav havoc with any
man's wits, but it seems to have been
singularly destructive to Mr. Morris.
The -facts" which he discloses about
the harmlessneas of smallpox and the
virulence of vaccination neea a ume
more evidence before they will be re
.iv.H ,v.rvwhprfl it la easy to man
ufacture statements of that sort and
the Brigade ror trie rrorauuuu
Death are only too ready to do it.
The slight wound which vaccina
tion makes in a man's arm may be
poisoned by filthy habits and become
dangerous but If he is cleanly In his
person there Is not the slightest dan
ger. When a tale Is told of the fear
ful consequencea of vaccination It Is
probably false. But If it la true, as
sometimes happens, we may at once
conclude that the patient was too
slovenly to keep his body washed.
Modern medicine presuppose that
people will occasionally bathe.
The virus of smallpox has been
attenuated - by vaccination and the
steady pursuit of physicians until It
has apparently lost some of Its old
time virulence. A genuine case of
the horrible disease is- now seldom
seen, but that Is true only because
vaccination has won a partial victory.
Cease to vaccinate for a few years
and the good old. days of smallpox
pestilence would be here again.
v w-iah for the rood . of their
souls and the Improvement of their
sense that the antls wouia reaa me
numerous descriptions of smallpox
which abound tn the literature of the
Ust century. The festering sores, the
body stripped of skin from head to
heel, the hideous deformities. the
blindness and deafness even when
patients were "cured." the putridity
ho inruuinil In fatal cases while
life still lingered, the perusal of these
descriptions would be or lasting Den
ant tn tha more rational of the sect.
But there are others who are lnac-
.nivu tn f.irt and reason both. The
are Joined to their Idols and the best
thing to do Is to let them alone as
long as they are not perniciously ob
structive to the public neaitn.
THE IXn NOISE.
In handing out verbal phantasma
goria we sometimes think a turbulent
Democrat can put It all over an Insur-
rcnL But then, again,-we often think
a rampant Insurgent can make a
Democratic utterance seem aa peace
ful as the water In a bathtub. There
was Senator Clapp. of Minnesota, at
the opening of the La Follette cam
paign In Chicago Tuesday night. His
remarks were typically Insurgent. It is
to be presumed there were "ladles
present." so the Senator did not dare
to as far as he really could. He did
not say anything more intemperate
than that President Tafts action in
the Arlxona statehood matter was the
"blackest chapter In all tyranny out
side the absolute despotism of an nn
bridled King." Of -course, excepting
the derootlsm of unbridled Kings
takfs out of consideration great deal
of historical tyranny. But It was skiu
f.ii nu nf red-hot English, that.
K.n.mr riaoD la not the only Minne
sota insurgent statesman who paints
tils eloauence with vermilion brusn.
Mr. Sidney Anderson, who superseded
standpat Tawney In the House, has
that happy faculty. We find that In
the last session Mr. Anderson, discuss
ing the Arizona Issue, almost set fire
to the staid old Congressional itecora
with these beautiful and Impassioned
words:
a r.e d.v. ifo by an overwhelming ma
Jorlty. both Hou.ea of Congre voted to
alv to th peopl of Arizona, not th rlsht
to rlac In ih-lr eon.tltutlon th recall of
Jurixe. for that propoaltlon wn not In-voiv-d
In that rmluuon. but to alv to th
peopl of that Territory th rlht to vot
i. fr. m-n. Now. w propu. to taka
away that rlrht. and I auppoa w will Jutl
fy it upon turn theory of mental irymnaa.
tlca So far a -I am concerned the craaa
and neak. and de-erl waat.B of Arlxona will
fa.l In tb dim and far-reache of eetmlty
befora 1 will vot to place thla Inault upon
them. Tou mar crucify the popl of Ari
zona upon a rrora of cowardice, but I thank
(lod you cannot plu.-k from out their breaata
the avlrlt of progreaa that haa placed ln
ih. eonaittutlon which they adopted th
Institution of a popular aovernmrnt. I do
not doubt fha wNum or th loyalty of th
Am.rlraa tonirm but i aomeiime. oouot
Ita couraa.. fr aa I am concerned. I
would a. aoon ctlmb to Jehovah's throne and
piii'-k from -tlod'a diadem of Jewele Ma
brtrhteat .tar as 1 would vot. for thla
reo;utlon taking away aa It doea th right
of th. peopl or Arlsona to staMiBh a con
arltutlon according to the principle for
which thy atand ana in wnicn tney believe.
These are modern examples of In
surgent oratory. Would we had room
for more. But Democracy has spoken
In Massachusetts, or at least George
Fred Williams has spoken through
the medium of the Bay State Democ
racy. For sublime eloquence, the fol
lowing Introduction from the Ma.tsa-
chusetts Democratic platform does
not match the fervid and pious re
marks of Mr. Anderson. Still, It is
gorgeous enough to command notice
A wav of democracy I sweeping ov.r th
world. Sultana, ahaha and klnga are driven
Into exll and th republic 1 tb Ideal of
earth, atrotrglfng peoplea Above th. amok,
lng ruin of a feudal aristocracy appeara tha
bow of promise r-r B-ir-government to th
poil or t-ireat ttniun. a mumy move
ment la our wa land is lor mors aemoc
TITTJ
racv. and It I fitting that It should be wel
comed by the first Democratic slat, con
vention la alaasacnua.ua 10 .. ...
gate and canrti.latea come dlr.otly by th
people's appointmeat.
But Mr. Williams was Just getting
started. What the Introduction
lacked in extravagance Is found In the
following extract from tne Douy 01 me
platform:
. -. e .rtvll... which
In lb Massachusetta Republican convention
stood dellant and unyielding, tolerating no
Insurgency ana eupire.sii
boundleee treaaurea are drawn from the toll
ing millions held under the laah of aeces-
oiuatrlal ruin too who question It. x-
and menace Ita supremacy. a.ven I
now. If need ho. there will be shut-down
: . i . i - v . the toiler mav
hi ballot through tearful and hungry
ya.
with snit-trt hia-h-SDeed eloquence ap-
et-oelnv an enflv In th daV ffOm ln-
r1 " j -- -
surgent and Democratic sources, an
must admit that the coming presiden
tial campaign Is to be no ordinary
one. The politician who can ao no
better than "point with pnae or
"view wlth'alarm" will not write the
niatr.-irm nf 1812. The speaker who
commands only facts and logic will
not draw pay from tne rtaiioutu m
state committee. Of all. pouucai
propaganda in platform or in speech,
the public with this preliminary taste
will demand the kind that requires no
n-iriimifnrinr. no capitalization, no red
Ink to produco spine thrills, nervous
spasms and an enthralling aesiry .
mash something. We shall demand
the kind of eloquence tnat reveaia an
exclamation point In every word.
Give us the loud noise.
rmsT books.
Me Rnhsrt Sterling Yard's article
In The Saturday Evening Post which
purports to reveal some of the deeper
secrets of tho book publishing busi
ness has been cnucisea on uw
of inaccuracy. For example, Mr.
Yard stAtea that James Whitcomb
Riley's poems have not been espe
cially profitable to their publisher.
Those who know the facts dispute
this. Certainly the sale or liners
poems has been large enough to make
o Tienflt for anmebodv. If the pub
lisher did not get It perhaps the au
thor did, so that, aner axi, mt prin
ciples of Justice may not have been
violated. Mr. Yard also seems to be
Inaccurate . about the first hooks
which various authors have puo
llshed. Thus he sal's that "The House
of a Thousand Candles" was Mr.
Nicholson's first novel, wiucn is not
the case, though we cannot Imagine
why anybody should bother about It.
Whether such a book was a man's
first or ten thousandth Is not of the
slightest Importance to literature.
From Mr. Yard general oiscussion
of the subject of book publishing
mrsra the ' Interesting question
whether a first book Is likely to make
an Author famous or not. t-ertainiy
it has In some Instances. "Waveriey.
his first novel, did fairly well by Sir
Walter Scott and Dickens "Pickwick
Papers," his first- ambitious work,
made a reputation for him which
would be satisfactory to most aspi
rants for fame. It Is true, however.
that as a rule great literary repute
has grown up gradually. Ibsen ac
quired European renown only alter
long years of work and many iaii
uros. Shakespeare was not more
famfliii thin Marlowe tn his own day.
nor was he seated on the pinnacle of
renown until Goethe began to oiscuss
his plays for the German world. Au
thors may be divided Into three
classes those whose, repute begins
grandly and soon' expires, those who
riimk ainwiv but never go down
again, and those who never climb at
all. Such men as Fielding ana sucn
women as Jane Austen cover a larger
arc of the literary noriaon every
year. Time merely brings out tneir
magnitude without diminishing it.
rttit th first books of many great
authors have been sad failures. Even
Tennyson did not leap Into fame. His
first volume was not by any means an
Impoflng affair as a revelation of
genius. The verses were pretty but
not gTeat. and the world smiled a
sorene welromo to him without going
into ecstnslrs. Keats fared much
worse. His early poems were ridi
culed so severely by tho critics that
a fable arose telling how he died of
a broken heart over it all. His heart
was rot broken, but certainly the
Kiintintlnn which srnawed at his
vitals was not alleviated by the bru
talities of the reviewers. At any rate
he died after a little while and the
world lost a poet before his prime
who was worth all the critics and re
viewers that ever lived.
Everybody knows what a scant
meed of glory Byron won by his boy
ish book of verses. The Scotch critics
a-hn then laid down the law for Eng
lish literature made grotesquely
eni-i-v ver hit weak sentimentality.
No doubt A smaller man would have
wn mramA into silence by their
sneers and guffaws, but Byron was
net timid. He retorted wltn a nne
f entire. "Enellsh Bards and
Scotch Reviewers." which was his
eieat Mflllv vnorl nnem. It is com
rin. know that in this bout the
critic, crawled out at the little end of
th horn. Byron became famous
over night, as he himself relates, but
it n nnt Viv file first hook. When
"Chllde Harolde" was published the
tide turned In an hour or two and
"he awoke one morning and found
himself famous.
Poor Chatterton wrote as good
poetry as any man of his day, but
he never got any recognition anrj
en.ii itarn' tn da&th- or commit
ted suicide In the pangs of hunger.
vt.,ee. wrnta the best lrrlcs that have
ever been published, but all the re
ward he received In his own lifetime
was the condescending patronage of
a fat Duchess and an appointment to
gauge whisky barrels. The two best
poets of the United States received
scant recognition while they were
alive and ' have been sadly abused
since they died. America remem
bered that Poe was a drunkard for
many years before she learned from
Germany that he was a gTeat poet.
His contemporaries, humble echoes
of English writers, patted him In
sultingly on the back when they were
not slandering him. With all his sur
passing genius. Poe could not earn
enough money by his pen to keep the
wolf from tho door. All his life he
was half beggar and half sot. to the
everlasting disgrace of his generation.
Walt Whitman, who stands next to
Poe in the file of American poets, if
not a step above him. had no repute
until years after he was dead. In his
lifetime even those who knew how
great he was were prudishly ashamed
to own it. Emerson at first praised
him but he was noon silenced by the
storm of oldmaidlshness which greet
ed "Leaves of Grass." The students
of Dartmouth College Invited Whit
man to lecture to them. The fac
ulty did not forbid It, but they took
pains to Inform the world that the
affair was unofficial. What would
MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TITTJITSDAY,
Dartmouth not give now to be hon
orably associated with the fame of
the most original voice that ever
spoke on this continent for human
liberty.
The hunger for fame has been one
of the most potent factors In history.
Its Influence has far surpassed the
luste for money which some tell us
now Is the only passion that moves
men to action. One has earned fame
by long and arduous toll, to another
It haa come as a free gift from the
wnAm Th a a-tti of renius are wild
. . e frvrtiinn are distrib-
- . ... .
ml tTh twinna-of fortune) BJ
uted without rule and often without
apparent Justice.
Work on the Clackamas Southern
Railway, which Is being pushed out
into a fertile and populous farming
section of Clackamas County. Is pro
gressing rapidly. From present Indi
cations the road will be in operation
from Oregon City to Molalla before
the middle of next year. The road
will be of Incalculable benefit to the
section of the county which It taps.
Some of the most fertile farming and
dairy lands In the state -lie along the
line of this railway lands that have
been occupied for half a century and
more, but which have languished In
Isolation, their development handi
capped by lack of transportation fa
cilities. The enterprise mar. is peniuo
thla railway Is commendable, rising
as it does to meet the settlers' need.
Thla a Ann lima for enthusiasts tO
be abroad In the interest of the good
roads movement. For one thing, they
can get around in places Inaccessible
In the Winter time, with automobiles,
in buggies, on horseback or afoot, and
note the possibilities in roadDuiiaing
In Oregon under the most favorable
rimnminni'Hi. There is no time like
the present, especially If that be the
present October, wltn. its Daimy air,
bright skies and good roads that will
ha hBrl maris two months hence and
for every succeeding Winter until they
are turned into good roads by lntelli-
trent. concerted effort on tne pan oi
good road enthusiasts.
Th fhelftv nntato natch la Just now
th farrnftr'a sourcs of DrOSDeritV. The
area of potatoes in the Willamette
Valley this year Is not large as mm-
..IM. with tha -increasing oemiuiu
caused by a materially augmented
population, but the quality of the
product, so far as it has been tested, Is
excellent and the yield rair. iiate po
tafnoe van civnn a tremendous Im
petus by the early September rains
snrl spa attll srrnwinar vigorously. A
killing frost will be necessary to stop
this growth and give tne swelling tu
bers a chance to mature.
.Tohn Hivi Hammond would con
vert American diplomats into a sort of
grand foreign .sales manager ior
American goods. 6uch, a suggestion
must cause a shudder to the souls or
enanv rtiniomat... "HvinsT and dead.
who regarded a diplomatic post as an
opportunity to mix in roreign art uu
literarv circles- or to tnrow ineir
wlvoa and daus-hters among the roy
alty and nobility of Europe. . But that
is one of the aiflictions or tnose wno
hnvA an mnoh money that they can
afford to despise money-making.
'Vnthlnir fnnvtnces like experience.
The doctors have been telling us for
years that public drinking cups were
disseminators or disease ana me city
assented Indifferently. It might be
so or It might not. Now comes Walla
Walla with the report that contagious
diseases have disappeared irom me
vhnnU alnrA (tin common cud was
eliminated and no doubt parents will
take a livelier interest in ino suojeci..
We venture to predict that the
timber company which has provided
baths for its lumber Jacks, will make
money by It. Labor produces more
and better results under comfortable
conditions than when it is cold, hun
gry and dirty. Give a man sunshine,
pure air, good food and a decent place
to sleep in and the bank account of
his employer Immediately begins to
swell. -
It Is difficult to understand why a
state official should not be subject to
garnishment. If he owes an honest
debt the state Is in small business
when It uses Its power to help him
escape payment. In old times gar
nishment of his servants, as Judge
McGinn says, impaired' the King's
majesty, but the majesty of .the State
of Oregon Is not such a flimsy fabric.
Governor West's Idea of economy
seems to be to spend more money in
an effort to save money and then save
nothing. This resembles the plan of
one of Dickens' characters who denied
himself a certain pleasure, then, con
sidering the cost saved, spent that
sum in some other way.
' If the gold output of South Africa
should decrease as has that of Alaska,
we should see what bearing It has on
prices of food and raiment,- for the
economists tell us these articles are
not dearer, but gold Is cheaper.
The Mayor of North Taklma be
lieves In fostering' home product to
the extent of drinking It exclusively.
The Yakima hop has particular merit,
and perhaps the finished product Jus
tifies the Mayor's course.
- -
The care which both parties to the
civil war In China are taking not to
molest foreigners la an evidence that
they have taken to heart the lesson of
the Pekln expedition of 1900.
If some of these people found
guilty of securing money on' worthless
checks were given the maximum pen
alty, the practice would stop. Too
many cases are settled.
Yesterday's dispatches told of an
earthquake along the Alaskan coast.
Glfford Plnchot Is in Seattle. The ter
ritory wis shaking hands with itself,
that's all.
John Hays Hammond says the Am
bassador Ihould be a business man.
Why not send hlmto St. James and
prove the truth of it?
Enforcement of the law against Ju
venile chauffeurs Is proper, but some
drivers are childlike at any age.
White people may keep colored
worshipers out of their neighborhood
only to meet them all In heaven.
Spokane's woman deputy sheriff
will not need a gun or a club so long
as she has a hatpin.
That official kidnaper from Color
ado has much respect for one Oregon
plan.
OCTOBER 19, 1911.
Gleanings of the Day
When Lord Strathcona, Canada's
high commissioner In London, made a
hurried trip across the Atlantic the !
other day. Intending to remain on this
side of the water less than a week.
people wondered how a ,man of 91
could maintain the pace set by this
pioneer of Hudson's Bay. There are
some Canadians, however, who do not
believe that his age-has been cor-.
rectly recorded. They say he Is nearer I
97 than 91, and believe that he expects I
to live until he reaches HL They tell
this story about him. at least: When,
they say, he reached 94 years, he re
newed the lease of his London house.
He always attends to the details oi i
such things personally, ana wnen no
presented the lease to his secretary
for filing the latter exclaimed:
"Why. my lord, the lease runs for
17 years!"
"Oh, that's all right," Strathcona re
plied, with a smile; "we can easily re
new It at the end of that time."
Commenting on the President's dec
laration of his purpose to continue en
forcement of -the anti-trust law, the
Chicago Tribune says:
Ther 1 nothing In these view which
threatens the fraedom of legitimate finance
or the prosperity of law-abiding corpora
tion. Th stock ticker may have palpita
tion of the heart every tlm the President
declares hla simple duty to enforce the
law, but It la to be observed that there are
men high in the business world who whole
heartedly, indorse the President's position,
and invite, aa to their own corporations,
full Investigation and supervision. This ht
strong evidence that clean business men are
confident that clean business can proceed
nrnsoeroual v. even on . the - largest scale.
under th Sherman law as Interpreted In
th light of reason. The selfish reaction
aries of the "let ti alone" school would
have us believe that th President and
those who believe with him in both parties
would tear down the great structure of busi
ness ntrprlse which the genius of Ameri
can men for commerce and organization has
built up. The charge is preposterous, and
th sooner th common aensw of the Ameri
can people puncturea that folly the quicker
the cloud of uncertainty and distrust will
clear away and the tremendous natural ac
tivities of the country reassert themselves.
Saku Keljun. a member of the Shin
gon sect of Buddhists in Japan, pro
poses a complete union of the Chris
tian and Buddhist religions. He pro
poses to "Include in our galaxy the
only true God whom the Christians
worship," to make the person of Christ
and God the "Great Mandars." and to
adopt the cross, the Bible and the
Christian 'doctrines of mercy and sal
vation. He Bays: -
Buddhism and Christianity In fundamen
tals are the same, but if ws make minor
distinction wo see Buddhism teaches we are
related to the past; that la, all things ex
isted In a former state, but Christianity ex
plains exlstenc aooordlng to natural law.
But progressiva Christianity has become pan
theistic. Those who. entertain th idea that
man may becom a god ar now found both
In th West and In Japan. Thl idea I
the same as that of being absorbed in and
existing aa Buddha.
Baltimore Is bidding for another
monument. Senator Rayner proposes
to introduce a bill in Congress appro
priating $100,000 for a monument to
Admiral Schley. A correspondent writes
to the Baltimore Sun suggesting Fort
McHenry as the fittest site, as that
spot Is associated with the writing of
"The Star-Spangled Banner."'
Washington has a sharpshooter
among its policemen named William
H. Fugltt, who Is an old Indian fighter.
Pigeons had become a nuisance at the
new 15,000,000 Union Station, defiling
the whiteness of its marble, and Fugltt
was assigned to shoot them without
damaging the marble. In the early
morning ,he has shot all but three of
the 200 pigeons without damaging the
marble, and has rarely missed hla mark.
Th. Trr nf Tinnnn Authority, which
i. tha nfflnlnl nnme civen to the harbor
and dock board of London, proposes
to spend 19.4bb,ueu in enlargement, ui
docks to aooommodate the larger ves
sels now built. At the Victoria and
a i t...t Anrtm thev nrooose to build, a
new dock 800 feet long, 100 feet wide
and 45 feet deep bb comparea wun tne
Albert dock, which Is 660xS0 by 36
feet. This will cost 110,343.982. The
lorweat nf the East India docks has a
passage from the basin so small as to
be limited to 1000-ton vessels, xnis
is to be enlarged to accommodate ves
sels of 8000 . or -9000 tons. The old
London docks, which cannot now ac
commodate vessels of over 2000 tons,
are to be Improved to admit 4000-ton
vessels. This work Is the first Install
ment of a programme' which involves
an expenditure of 170,207,000.
The manufacture- of pottery of va
rious kinds has grown to be an enor
mous industry in the United States,
and It was In a highly prosperous con
dition in 1910. according' to a report
by Jeff erson MIddTeton. Juat published
by the United States Geological .Sur
vey. The product was valued at J33.
784,678. a gain of 82.735.237. or 8.81
per cent, over the figures for 1909. Thla
Is th greatest value ever reached,
exceeding by' 82.843.794 the record fig
ure for 1906. Compared with earlier
years the increase is yet more strik
ing. In 1899 the value of the pottery
products of the United States was $17,
250.250. The product for ' 1910 was
greater by $16,534,420," a gain of 95.85
per cent. During the same period the
Imports Increased 40.78 per cent.
The product of most Importance Is
white ware, which Includes general
household ware, though It Is produced
In only eight states. This product was
valued at $14,780,980 in 1910, compared
with $13,728,316 in 1909. Ohio was the
leading producer, reporting a value of
$9,780,408 for-1910. West Virginia was
second and New Jersey third. White
ware composed 43.75 per cent of all
pottery products.
Qhlo Is the leading pottery-producing
state in the Union, reporting a value
la 1910 of $14,794,712, or 42.31 per cent
of the whole. New Jersey was second
with wares worth $8,588,455, or 45,42
per cent of the total. West Virginia, was
third, with wares valued at $2,675,588.
The five .leading, states Ohio, New
Jersey, West Virginia. Pennsylvania and
New York produced 88.60 per cent of
the total.
Japan- is becoming ' enfhuslastio in
support of Lieutenant Shirase's expedi
tion to the South Pole. Tne.Toklo news
papers propose a campaign for the pur
pose of raising funda and may peti
tion the Government for aid. A mass
meeting In behalf of Shirase packed a
large hall at' Kanda. Japanese Interest
Is stimulated by the rival expedition
of Dr. Mawson, to which the South
Australian Cabinet has given 6000.
Money-lenders pronounce New York
overbuilt, as to apartments, .hotels 'and
offices and are refusing to make loane.
As to apartments in particular, the
Metropolitan Life has shut down t'ght.
WHT TJTVEN'S SCHEME IS XTSFATR.
Mr. Reed Takes I'P Concrete Example
and Shows Injustice of Single Tax.
PORTLAND, Oct. 18. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan of October 16.
Mr. W. S. U"Ren, to Illustrate the "ben
efit" of the so-called single tax. com
pares the southwest corner of Fourth
and Oak streeta, upon which stands the
Henry building, with the northwest
corner of Fourth and Stark streets, at
present covered with ramshackle shan-
Th. orCo nf onrh niece of ground
Is 100x100 feet. The Fourth and Stark
corner is the more valuable piece of
ground, because Stark street Is a bet
ter all-round business street than Oak,
and Fourth Is better at Stark than it is
at Oak. On the basis that $S000 of pub
lic taxation would be needed tromt"
two quarters. Mr. U'Ren suggests that
Mr. Henry pay a $4000 tax on Ms
ground, and the Fourth and Stark own
ers an equal tax on their ground. The
object of this scheme would be to re
ward Mr. Henry for erecting the fine
building now standing on u.
and to penalise the Fourth and Stark
owners for not better Improving their
property. Mr. U'Ren asks if such a
plan would be wrong. Let us see how
it would work-out in practice.
If Mr. Henry's tax is reduced to $4000.
he will naturally save the difference
between that amount and the current
tax upon his land and Improvements.
For,the sake of argument, suppose Mr.
Henry's saving will be $1000 per year
and that the tax of the Fourth and
Stark owners will be $1000 additional
per year. The Fourth and Stark own
ers will, as soon as they can, shift
their additional tax to the r tenants,
and will not be out anything, aney
will be able to do this, as everyone
knows that for several years past there
, . .i j.n,.nrl for business
nas Deeu. kuio - .
locations on the Fourth and btarK
quarter, so mucn so nmv
have found it far more profitable to
maintain the present shacks than to
build. Mr. U'Ren wants to know if
this so-called equalization of taxfs
would wrong Mr. Henry. It certainly
.. a.k. v t -i onrv
would to tne extent tu" -
would be assessed equally with an ad
joining . piece of property which is
worth more, wnen jar. nr.iu
r.t hi. tav hills from the tax collector
he would naturally say: "The Fourth
and StarK corner nas mum o.-
. ... ..v,ii- traffic and more
irau"-. " ....-. -
streetcar traffic than my land, it is
100 feet closer to wasningiun o....
i -,i t. i0 thprafor more val-
liian I ii J iiiwt w - , . .
uable than my property, yet I am called
upon to pay the same amount of taxes.
Would not Mr. Henry nave j-"
grievance under the circumstances f
Assuredly he wouia.
Mr. U'Ren would have us believe
that the additional tax of say $1000 Im
posed upon the Fourth and Stark cor
ner would make the owners tear down
the present shacks and put ub a better
niirilne-. Now would It? When a
land-owner decides to tear down an
old building and erect a new one, mo
principal things which ne consiucrs .
the following:
First The value of the ground.
Second Loss of revenue from the
hji whiia it to fetT0 torn down
Old DUUU11I6 nuim i " 1 " ' "
and the new one erected, Including a
proportion of the annual taxes.
Third Cost of tearing down the old
building and cost of erecting the new
building, including Interest on money
borrowed or used.
Fourth Will the new building, when
completed be a more profitable invest
ment than the old building, and if so,
how much more profitable?
In the final analysis. . the probable
net revenue will govern the land
owner's decision. If the revenue from
. . . i . . . i . , J .. .Itqntlaa rtl 11 M
tnO 1)111 lUIIIlllcu-uirnii t. -., i
the estimated cost of the new building.
can ne otnerwise ravratea m i"i
a greater profit than the new building
would, then the new building would
not be erected. . If the capital at the
land-owner's command can be better
employed In the proposed new building
than in any other way he knows about,
then he will build and not otherwise.
Taxes are factors which affect the pro
ductivity of a real estate Investment,
the same as light, iheat, water. Janitor's
services and other charges. They will
not compel an owner to build, nor pre
vent him from building on his land if
the Investment Is profitable.
The Fourth and-Ptark location is an
example of Mr. U'Ren's own choosing
to prove the "benefits" of penalizing
unenterprising land-owners. It Is an
excellent piece of property in the heart
of the administrative district, and only
one block distant from the principal
business street of the city, where traf
fic is often as congested as it Is on
n . X- . XT" 1. , ..11.
DriidUWttJi nrw iuia. 11 tiio du-ixiiicu
single tax will not compel such owners
to Duna unless prom is in signt, wnat
W . . . . , n.,n AA
locations of the city, where no amount
or money expenaea upon a piece ut
. . . . T . - . ...... ..(..1,1 M-
Kluuiiu wuuiu iicv aa mi go a. j irm ao
it would even If invested in Portland's
tnirij-year, per cent, uia uriugo
Donas Dougnt at a premium.' -
HENRY E. REED.
SMALLPOX CLEANSING PROCESS f
Mr. Morris Sees Bleaalnsr In Disease and
Crime In Vaccination.
PORTLAND, Oct. 18. (To the Edi
tor.) Smallpox and vaccination, their
merits and demerits, can be compared
by visiting the Piedmont carbarns, says
the committee or the Health Defense
League which was appointed by that
organization to investigate the vaccina
tion crusade of Health Officer Wheeler.
There were only four mild cases of
smallpox found In the Piedmont district
three men and one little frlrl J1 of
whom felt benefited by the disease, as
smallpox Is a -cleansing pris-ess. They
were sick only two or three days, and
one of the men said that he never
missed- a 'meal. ......
Compare these smallpox cases with
those of vaccination. In the Piedmont
district alone there were 110 employes
of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow
er Company vaccinated, among whom
over 70 were disabled, many having
very sore arms and badly swollen from
shoulder to wrist,, which -they were
obliged to wear in slings. Two of the
men were delirious. One of them had
been alone in his room all night and
part of a day when found In a serious
condition. The vaccinating sore on one
man's arm was fully two inches long
and half an inch wide and tbe odor
from it was very offensive. He had
been unable to work for two weeks.
One of the smallpox patients unwill
lngly submitted to the vaccination of
his bright and heauny uttie gin or zvt
vears at the repeated demand xt Dr.
Wheeler, who performed the operation
himself. This child suffered more from
the effects of vaccination than did the
four smallpox patients combined. This
was two months ago and she is not well
i yet. Let mothers compare this unfor
tunate little girl wltn tne nine gin
of 314 years who had the smallpox
. .u 111 V. .nmrlnoa Ihllt smnl).
I ana nicy 1 ' a x.v.. . .
' 1 l.n... ,V.A VloaltVl of t Vl ft
pUX 1113 lllil'i v " '
one child, while vaccination seriously
injured the health of the other.
GEORGE MORRIS.
- '' " ' 60S Davenport Street.
Special Session of 1RS1.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) Was a special session of the
United States Senate called in October,
18gU . . IS. J. JAMES. -
- President Arthur, who as Vice-rres.
I ldent succeeded Garfield in September,
' 1881, summoned a special session of the
'. Senate to meet-October 10. 1881, In or
1 der that a president pro tern, of that
j body might be elected. The session
I lasted until October 29. .
The Dub's Awakening
By Dean Collin.
I met within a mixing Joint
A sad and lonely one,
Who labored long beside the bar.
Developing a bun; m
"Why consort you. O lonesome Slnk,
Quoth I to him, "with demon drink?"
He downed the tall one with a glub:
"Remorse for I have been a dub."
"Full oft," he sighed, "in early hours,
When clanging cars were still,
I leased the chugging taxicab
And sought a high-priced grill.
To taste the fancy line of bait
They peddle at ten bones per plate.
Stir In the bouillon with my knife.
And murmur, "Ah, but this is Life!
"And ever, when I fed my fllL
And rose to get my hat.
Although the footing of my bill
Had well-nigh strapped me flat,
Allons,' said I, 'let's be a sport
And play it right at this resort?
And so, to be like other gents, n
I'd slip the waiter 30 cents.
'Ah, yester morn, without my door,
Cnn.Hru In tnnpn of Erlee.
I heard six cylinders belch forth
Sounds of prosperity:
The landlord's course was thither bent
To stick me for the monthly rent:
That face! That hand! I see them
still
It was the waiter at the grill.
Portland, octoDer 10.
WEST'S COURSE BAD PRECEDENT.
Taxpayer Fears Evil Results From Gov
ernor's Lenient Foiicy.
PARTI. AND. Oct. 18. (To the Edl-
tnr Tha lenient disposition of the
Chief Executive toward those who have
been found (runty of crime nas ncrn .
commented on by many, but I think no
one has fully realized that the result
of precedent? set by him may Decome
beyond control.
Take for instance me comrnuiuimu
of Webb. Tnis man was givon i"
trial, and 12 men who had sworn to
abide by the law and evidence found
him guilty of murder in tne nrsi ue
gree. These wen are probably as
human as is the Governor, and prob
Rhlv if thev had listened to the tender
sentiments might have been swayed to
another verdict. But the evidence was
too strong. We all know there was no
new evidence brought out, the Jury waa
not asked to change its verdict, out
the Governor was prevailed on by the
wife who had been deserted and rhe
little girl who had been robbed of a
father's care to reduce tho punishment.
What is a man's duty? Is the oath
taken by the Governor any weaKer
than that of a Juryman? Does the fact
that the Governor referred to that jury
as a few bloodthirsty men make them
so? And will such actions make it
easier to find and convict the fiends
for whose capture and conviction there
Is nn aggregate reward of over $30,000?
Is is for the Governor to say that
there shall be no capital punishment
for the murderer, and then In the next
breath connive with a few detectives
to railroad a man out of the state be
cause he is accused of a petty crime?
It would appear to me that If Ore
gon wants to continue to be consid
ered conservative and sane some steps
must be taken to control the power
of the Governor. Tho precedents set
by the present incumbent may lead
to others Just as radical.
No doubt many of the reforms In
stituted are good and also a profit to
the state, but is It fair for any one
man to say that because a thing is
more profitable in dollars. It is always
better for the state?
No doubt a great saving of money
could be made by the state if Instead
of a trial of men charged with crime
In the regular way, the Governor
could have the relatives of the accused
say what punishment should be given.
Knowinir, as I do, the men who were
on the Webb Jury, I am sure that they
did their duty, not because they were
a bloodthirsty set, but because the
evidence convinced them that it was
the only thing to do and keep sacred
the oath they had taken.
If the plans that have been started
by the present Governor, who Is un
questionably honest In his Intentions,
should be continued and the state
should happen to fall into the hands
of unscrupulous persons, what could
the state do to prevent the criminal
element from running the state to stilt
themselves?
Personally I do not favor capital
punishment, but I don't think it should
be within the power of any one per
son to set aside the existing laws
when they don't happen to be accord
ing to his way of thinking. The dan
ger to' the state Is not what has been
done but what the precedent will lead
to I think it time to cut out the sen
timent and get down to facts as we
have them. If the laws are not riprht.
have them repealed In the proper way.
and not leave it nil for one man to
saynwh,ch is Just and ehnot
Use of Words.
PORTLAND. Oct. 17. (To the Edl
tor.)Would you be kind enough to
publish Infallible rules for the uses 01
the following words, in order to pre
vent the wrong usage?
Saw. seen; come, came; shall, win,
don't, doesn't. H- I H.
The Oregonlan will not devote space
to discussion of subjects treated in ele
mentary school books.
- Journal for Lumbermen.
BANKS, Or., Oct. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) Is there a paper or magazine
printed on the Pacific Coast expressly
for lumber and sawmill men? If so,
kindly give name and address of same.
Kin y B JOHN GRIBNER.
The LumbermanTunion block, Pert
land. Or.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan, Oct. 19, 1861.
Manufactures in Oregon We are for
these all the time. Every article manu
factured in Oregon saves money to Ore
con Every broom made here; every
boot and shoe made here; every plow
made here; every yard ot woolen or
other cloth made here, and so we might
go on almost ad infinitum all these
manufactures save money for Oregon.
This morning a box .of soap was placed
on our table with these marks: "A
Merchant & Co., chemical olive soap.
Portland, Oregon." The article appears
to be a good one. We like the present,
but we are more pleased with the
profits which will accrue to Oregon and
the owners of this establishment, . ;
Shame that Oregon people should be
tributary to San Francisco for an arti
cle which can be made here and of
such absolute necessity as common
soap. The manufactory at present is In
the north part of the city.
Produce is rapidly coming in. Our
streets are accordingly filled with
wagons. Marketing is sold low, at
wholesale from the wagons too low to
pay the farmer, but by the time the
consumers get hold of it, the price is
high enough.
Tracy & Co. brought down $20,000 in
gold dust last night per steamer Julia.
There was also a large amount In pri
vate hands. The steamer ' Okanagan
was considerably injured by striking a
rock at the rapids in John Days River.
Steamer Col. Wright went to her assist
ance and took passengers (and freight
safe to Walla Walla.