tite aronxixo okegoxian, Saturday, xoyember is, 1911.
8
rORTLAXD. OKIUiOX.
tiimil at Porraad. Orom. reatofBaa) aa
ltii-c.w Mattar.
iMcntuw Hi.a Invariably la AaTOaea,
IBT MAIL.)
Pally. Cuticst tnrloaail ! Taa. 'J
C .. - ,4 - - fnl.. -.1 BMinf-.x
lal.yl air.day Incitdai ana bodU....
Xt-F. witaou SuD-liv, ana yaar. . ......
........ - - ia ntaBEhf
0U
It.;. without Fun ir. tnraa nmotM... !
wltnout Suatiar. ana manta. -"
.t
(BT CARRIER.)
Xl:r. Boadaa included, mm yaar. ..... ?J
Xi:t. Bund Ia-lu4l. aaa in on t h . . . . - -
ll-W to Kmlt Mod Po.tofoca mamar
t4t. n;m wear or paraoaal cbsck
Jur loco tank, it (amp, coin or curr"r
era at ina MiiKfl naa, OIa eoalofnea)
d3rcca la full. Including eouniy aaa ataia.
!: Kaa 10 lo 14 paaaa. 1 cant: I"
ta If paaaa. 2 casta; to u paaaa. I canta:
t to ao pass 4 casta, rsroisa poataga
eotib.a rata .
lauara Boataa Offli tm Varra Con
a M.w Tom. Hruuwkk building. -OI-Mfr
tar tu!141na- -
Linmi oinca .NO. Rasaat atrt a.
W. Laadoa.
i roKTLA.NI. S-1TITUAT, NOT. !. 1ML,
1
WOOL AXD THE FOIJTIClAJtS.
r The trouble with tha wool Industry
!ia not that It has not bad tha full
measure of tariff protection arranged
by the Payne-Aldrlch law. but that It
baa had no fixed tariff status. It does
J ot help the Oregon woolgrower to
point out that ho has been buncoed
if he ha been under the present law
I by being given one-third the protec
J tlon to which he la entitled and which
he has desired. It was kind of 6ona-
tor Chamberlain, of course, to make a
" demonstration that the Oregon wool-
grower was receiving J. cents prote.--i
tlon In raw wool when he should have
I 12 cents: but It Is help, not ra.Uhcmat
I IraJ calculations and literature on the
i Oregon system, that the woolgrower
1 reeds and must have If he la to avoid
the poorhouse.
t Senator Chamberlain's Dem-cratlc
J associates tn the House gave the woo!-
i grower a stone when he .sked for
J bread by cutting- the tariff In two.
Others of Senator Chamberlain's party
wanted to make wool free, but they
1 compromised on the Utopian policy of
I ultimate free trade In wool. The con
J sumer. not the producer, was the ten
Si der object of the Democracy's avowed
solicitude. The producer could take
X care of himself. If he could not. so
I much the worse for him.
Then Senator Bourne's frlenls.
f moved by the worthy and statesman-
like purpose of putting; President Taft
In a hoi the Oregon Senator having;
meanwhile transferred his touching
J trust in the right man to make a tariff
from Aldrtch to La Foilette substl-
toted a buncombe wool tariff bill and
with the aid of the Democrats passed
It. The President vetoed it, of courre.
The non-partisan Tariff Board will
report on December 1 Its findings on
wool. President Taft will propose a
protective wool tariff, based on the
board's conclusions and recommend.
llons. that will equalise the cost of pro
duction at home and abroad, with a
reasonable profit for the American
grower. That Is all the American pro
ducer wants.
Does Senator Chamberlain think he
Is not entitled to a reasonable profit?
Does Senator Bourne think he ts not
entitled to a reasonable profit? He
hns not been getting It," for the wool
Industry, being subjected to the as
saults of Senator Chamberlain's party
and of Senator Bourne's associates,
has for several years got along as best
It could on a free-trade basts.
Htr.lt FINANCE BT IPIJfTKRS.
These are unhappy and unprofitable
days for the' "uplift" magaxlnes to
which the muckraker sells his wares.
Consequently It Is not too much to
hope that the art of muckraking will
now fall Into decline. Not only has
the Government Instttuted proceedings
under the Sherman law against a mag
azine combination, but a Federal grand
Jury has indicted the officers of one
publication and another has suspend
ed a dividend for fear of getting Into
the same boat. Distrust la Invading
the ranks of the readers and the
pretty pictures and sensational articles
that once enchained their fancy now
seem to have lost their power. Just
how much sincerity has been held by
these champions of the "common peo
ple" and enemies of graft, corruption
and high finance is told in the devel
opments of the case against the cffl
crs of the collansetf Hampton Cclum
o'an publication. Officers of this con
cern are now under arrest on the
charge of using the malls to defraud,
not only in connection with the sale of
rtock. but also in connection with the
merging of the Columbian Magazine
Publishing Company and the Western
Publishing Company.
After the merger the two companies
were known as the Columbian-Sterling
Company. This merger company was
capitalized at 14.000.000 and on Sep
tember 1 there were outstanding
11.700.000 shares of stock that had
been sold to the public at $1 per share.
I It Is Interesting to discover vhat the
promoters attempted to sell t- the
t stockholders for this sum.
The Columbian Company published
two magaxlnes the Columbian and
the Home Magaxlne. Its value mas
placed In the new company at
000. but. according to reports t the
receivers of the merger. It had l00.
000 liabilities and no assets.
The Western Publishing Company
put out the Sterling Magazlna. OrfTs
Farm Review and the American
Woman's Review. The postofflce au
thorities say the company's tangible
assets amounted to JiO.000 and Ita lia
bilities to 110.000. The printing plant,
which made up a large part of the
assets. Is. however, now claimed by
Mrs. Annie Orff. This property went
Into the merger at a value of 1581.509
and the new company assumed the
debts.
So far the promoters. If these t e
ports be true, had turned 620.000 of
debts Into fictitious assets amountirg
to more than Il.s00.000. After this
brilliant feat they acquired control cf
"Hampton's Magaxlne by gi-ig Benja
min Hampton 57.000 shares In the
new company. But minority stock
holders complained because th?y could
get only one share In the new company
for two In the eld. 8o Mr. Hampton
relinquished some of his shares an.l
accepted $34,000 In cash and S33I.000
" In notes of the Columbian-Sterling
r Company. The latter also acquired
1200.000 more In debts that were owed
. by Hampton's Magaxlne.
I Just what was acquired with Ham p
ton's except $200,000 In deb's Is rot
' disclosed by the brief news reports
-wva!lable. At any rate, the liabilities
were thereby run up to more than
$1,000,000. and at the end of three
months the company declared a divi
dend, to b paid "out of surplus."
Naturally, the announcement of a
dividend encouraged persons who had
subscribed for stock to keep up their
Installments, and also tended to Induce
persons holding stock in the merged
companies to exchange for stock In
the new. But It also attracted the old
scrutiny of the postofflce inspectors.
The latter now assert that Instead of
being any profits in the first quarter
there was actually a deficit of J242.5:.
tk. M.ir Hnlornble feature of the
i " " " -
! case, perhaps. Is the fact that the-pro-I
moters interested thousands of small
! Investors In the enterprise. The most
' . . . - l. .M ... r ' .n
encouraging ieaiure la iut mm
of the pacing of a magazine fad that
has pervaded not only the small, irre
sponsible publications.' but many of
those of higher standard and reputa
tion In the past few years. The case
has also demonstrated that the hash
ing up of a few columns of scandal,
a few of fiction and a few pages of
actress pictures will not long please
the public, even at 15 cents per num
ber. That the newer "uplifts" found
It did not pay Is shown in the dis
closure of liabilities accumulated by
the publications that went Into the
Hampton-Columbian merger. Now that
America's political and business repu
tation has been damaged abroad and
an unwarranted spirit of unrest
aroused in the people at home, the
older magnxlnes seem to be acquiring
the opinion that muckraking la not
profitable In the long run. Exposure
of the Insincerity of one of the yellow
est of the clan, with the likelihood
that public suspicion may be distrib
uted among the others, will likely has
ten their opinion Into a decided con
viction. WHEKX EVERY DEMOCRAT ST AXD.
In common with other mrabtn of the
Democratic party, senator Oor ot Oklahoma,
who was a uat of rort:r.d Democrat
Monlir. xprec1 hi prrfrranc tor Sana
tor La Fo'.lctie aa tha Kepubil.-an Presidential
nnmln-e. It la hard to tell whether tnle
Implied aollcltude fir Mr. La Foilette 1 a
wleh to have the heat Republican nominated,
or tha one who can ba the mora eaallr de
feated by the Democratic noralnea. Amity
Standard.
It Is not so hard to tell. No one
Imagines that. If Mr. La Foilette were
to be nominated by the Republicans.
Senator Gore, or any other Democratic
Senator, would go before his constitu
ents and tell them, as he tells them
now, .that "no matter who Is elected,
the people will win."
If Wilson, or Harmon, or Under
wood, or Clark, or Folk, Is nominated.
Senator Gore and other shouting La
Foilette Democrats will to a man be
against La Foilette and for their own
nominee. If Harmon. Wajl street w;ll
be forgotten and forgiven; If Under
wood, the steel trust episode and the
Bryan attack will be Ignored; If Clark,
the open mouth will be closed; If Folk,
the best will be made out of a poor
Job; If Wilson, his sudden conversion
to the initiative, referendum and re
call will be duly explained: and the
fact that his main sponsor, creator,
guide and discoverer, as a Presidential
candidate, is the reactionary Harper's
Weekly will be diligently suppressed.
No matter who he is. or what he has
said or done or been, his sins will be
washed whiter than snow when he be
comes the Democratic candidate. No
Democrat will commit the unpardon
able sin of being against him.
How could La Foilette win? Of
course the Democrats want the Re
publicans to nominate him.
MKINO HTVDY RESPECTABLE.
It la announced that one of the pro
fessors at the University of Washing
ton has resolved to compel" his stu
dents to read the newspapers discrim
inatingly. He saya that the women
already read the society column and
the men the sporting news, but that
does not satisfy him. He wants men
and women both to "keep In touch
with the McNamara case, the National
elections, paramount Congressional
measures, fights on the trusts and
similar affairs."
This appears to be reasonable. If
men and women do not acquire the
habit of attending to Important public
questions when they are in college we
An in) when thev exDect to acquire
It. Their college years are supposed
... - . j
to be oevotea to tne mranuoo m uw
slrable habits of all sorts. It la during
this happy period that their minds
take the trend which Is not usually
forsaken In subsequent years. If the
trend Is toward nonsense and the salt
1 os cei Its savor, wherewith Is It to be
salted?
No doubt college life ha not been
taken seriously enough In recent years
either by students or teachers. The
faculty has often sat down to enjoy
Itself. leaving the students to look
after their own morals and choose
their own studies. Naturally the mor
als have assumed a somber tinge and
the studies have gravitated toward
football and glee club shows. Mean
while the students on their part have
fallen Into the habit of looking upon
college life as a long and hilarious va
cation from work. A theory has grown
up among them that their studies are
of little or no consequence. What Is
really desirable Is to become expert In
college politics, to captain one of the
teams, to shine at hops. Dress suits
far surpnss Greek in Importance at al
most every college in the United
States.
The bold professor at Seattle who
has undertaken to work a revolution
In a small way will probably encounter
many obstacles, but If his colleagues
would Join with him they might by
tholr united efforts make study re
spectable again la one at least of our
universities.
OOVER.VMENT STEAMERS MAT BE REM
EDY. Should the railroad and financial
Interests persist In their efforts to
throttle the organization of Independ
ent steamship lines to operate through
the Panama Canal. Secretary of War
Stlmson may be Induced to revise the
opinion he expressed In his speech at
Kansas City. On that occasion he
said:
It has already ben auirirested. a a means
of keeping- th canal free from railroad con
trol, ttiat we eatabllah a oorernment
owned line of steamers throufh the Panama
CanaL Hat thta method would ba each a
radical departure from tha policy on which
our National transportation systems hav
been hitherto developed thai I think It may
well ba kept In the backsround until other
more usual method have been attempted
and found wanting. I believe that ther la
abundant opportunity for the employment of
private capital In the development of our
truiltlhmlin traffic, and that It should be
the poller of the Nation to encourage tha
development by Independent capital of aa
many lines and aa much commerce tarough
th canal aa poaa:bIa.
Since the railroads appear to be
doing their utmost to prevent the
adoption of the "more usual methods"
to which Mr. Stlmson referred, namely,
the development of steamship lines by
Independent capital, the Government
may find it necessary to bring the pol
icy of Government-owned lines out of
the background Into the foreground.
The American people would only ap
prove such. a policy as a lost resort,
and If they should be driven to It,
the railroads will have driven them.
Jt Is Inconceivable that, after having
spent $875,000,000 to cheapen trans
portation between our two coasts, the
Nation will tamely submit to having Its
purpose defeated by any interest, how
ever great.
Mr. Stlmson truly says that history
proves the shortsightedness of the rail
road policy and that the opening of
the canal will encourage the develop
ment of local trade, to the benefit of
the railroads. But history also shows
exactly such shortsightedness in the
policy of the American railroads. They
fought the abolition of rebates, al
though they themselves were the worst
sufferers by that system. They fought
the abolition of free passes, although
that measure has put much money in
their pockets. They fought the safety
appliance law, although It has reduced
the fRtio of accidents for which they
have had to pay. One would naturally
suppose that tho determination with
which the people drove Congress to
pass the railroad regulation laws of
recent years had taught them wisdom,
but It has not. That the use of the
Panama Canal to tho fullest extent
possible would be to their advantage
can easily be demonstrated, but they
Insist on control of traffic by that
route, that they may throttle It. as
they now throttle It by subsidizing the
Pacific Mall and forcing It to give
Inefficient service.
The railroads are asking for a truce
to legislation and a large element of
public opinion Is disposed to give it to
them. But antagonism to public opin
ion and the public Interest Is a direct
violation of the whole spirit of such a
truce. If the railroads and the finan
ciers behind them expect the Govern
ment to let up on legislation, they
must co-operate In, not choke to death,
Panama steamship enterprises. -
AN ASSAULT OX EUGENICS.
It Is a question whether men like
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, who combine
great learning with brilliant and
erratic parts, do moro harm or good.
By his entertaining articles, lectures
and interviews. Dr. Hutchinson has
made some of the recent food fads
ridiculous, but at the same time he
has encouraged our bad National habit
of Indiscriminate gorging. He has
fought many a valiant tight for simple
obedience to nature's teachings, as
they are revealed In the appetites and
Innocent desires of the human being,
but there is much In what he says
that seems to discourage temperance
and make the control of the flesh op
pear bsurd. Men are only too will
ing to abandon the effort to rise above
the swine and it takes but little incite
ment from a man of science to cause
them to return with relish to the sty.
Now Dr. Woods Hutchinson turns the
wlll-o'-the-wlsp of his agreeable fancy
upon the subject of eugenics. This is
what he said the other day. In an In
terview which we clip from a contem
porary: As for breeding men as cattl ara bred,
that Is all nonsense. It can't b dona be
cauaa we don't know what to breed for.
Th shorthorn eatt'.a and th fast horaea
and tha fat plga ara bred for specific pur
poses, and the minute they ar taken away
from tha foaterlng care of men they revert
to tho original type. They are purely arti
ficial producta. We can't breed men ilka
that for wo don't know what typo of man
would bo needed 100 years from now.
Of course, there Is much 1n these
remarks which all sensible people must
accept, but there Is somewhat also
which Is very seriously misleading. We,
for our part, have never heard of any
teacher of eugenics who wished to
breed men as cattle are bred, for the
yoke and the market. It has been
ascertained, however, that the laws of
heredity which govern the production
of different types among the lower
animals, apply also to man, and It has
been suggested by many thinkers that
some use might be made of these laws
to eradicate deformity, disease and
criminal tendencies. .While It is evi
dently true that we do not know very
definitely "what to breed for" In the
human species, it is Just as true that
we do clearly know what not to breed
for.
The main purposes which the apos
tles of eugenics have upheld thus far
are purely negative. They wish to
apply the laws of heredity to prevent
certain evils, not to produce any par
ticular type of human being. For ex
ample, they know perfectly well that
when two deaf mutes mate with each
other their children are almost cer
tain to be deaf mutes unless the de
fect In each parent arose from acci
dent and was not congenital. Is there
any necessary absurdity in forbidding
persons of this character to bring de
fective offspring Into the world? Again,
the laws of heredity teach us that
there aro families which produce crim
inals from one generation to another.
Cases are on record where thousands
of delinquents have descended from a
single pair of congenital lawbreakers.
One would suppose that a man of sci
ence would look with favor upon an
effort to check this evil at Its head.
But we might differ with Dr. Woods
Hutchinson even more radically than
we have done and still remain on fair
ly safe ground. It may be admitted
that, as he says, the more refined types
of horses and cattle "are purely arti
ficial," and that If left to themselves
without man's fostering care they
would revert to less desirable forms.
We may concede also that In case a
higher type of man could be bred It
would require constant attention to
maintain it. But It does not follow
from this that all effort to perfect
the human race In mind and body
ought to be foregone. The careful
reader will remember that civilization
Itself Is a" "purely artificial product."
It has been built up by slow Incre
ments and each step In the process
was only taken after winning a desper
ate battle with wild nature. From one
point of view the history of civiliza
tion is the record of a continuous
struggle with hostile natural powers
and the victory has not always been
on the side of the uplift. There have
been reversions to lower social types
again and again, and If the "fostering
care" of the more unselfish and Intel
ligent were taken away the entire race
would begin to degenerate, or revert
to Its beastly original, at once.
So there is nothing in Dr. Woods
Hutchinson's argument against eu
genics, or in this part of It at any rate,
for we do not believe that he wants
to give up the effort to perfect civili
sation. Certainly he would preserve
what has been gained. Nor can we
admit without question the dogmatic
statement that "we don't know what
type of man would be needed 100 years
from now." It In possible to Judge of
the future from the past with some
little accuracy, though of course not
with entire certainty. But as long as
we know anything about the human
race certain types of men have always
been desirable and there Is very little
doubt that they -always will be. For
one thing It la best upon the whole for
a man or woman to have a strong and
healthy body. We know perfectly well
that there have been many geniuses
with weak physical frames and saints
with tho dyspepsia, but for all that the
rule holds good.
Upon the whole and in the long run
the man who has a sound body has
the best chance to possess a sound
mind, and good health implies not
only good morals, but also the gentler
qualities of mind and heart which
make life agreeable. Petulance and
malice do not always go with bodily
deformity, but they do go with It so
often that it is difficult to find In the
whole range of literature a dwarf or
a hunchback who is not depicted as
malignant. There are exceptions, but
not many. It may be replied that lit
erature is not life, but this U superfi
cial. Literature represents life and
does so far more truly than the inter
views and speeches of scientists, espe
cially scientists like Dr. Woods Hutch
inson, who seem to care more for the
excitement they can stir up than for
the sober verities they teach.
Logdrlvlng on the streams flowing
from the Cascade Mountains is far
more perilous than on the rivers of
the East, as the Woodland disaster
shows. The streams are swifter and
are so ley cold as to chill a man
quickly and render him powerless,
even If he can swim. They are also
encumbered with more snags, which
may rip holes In a boat as It drifts
over them. Until the timber supply
became nearly exhausted, the logs of
the Eastern forests were brought down
the rivers In rafts to market by rafts
men, of whom the Cornplanter In
dians of Pennsylvania were most ex
pert. The success of the co-operative
housewives of Brooklyn in cutting
down their household expenses is proof
that the high cost of living Is due to a
low standard of economy. We hear
much of economy effected by scientific
management of large industries; let us
apply it In buying for consumption.
The best answer to the producing and
distributing trust Is the housekeepers'
trust, organized for co-operative buy
ing. It has been in existence for
decades In the shape of co-operative
associations in England; the time has
come for the American housekeeper to
catch up.
Wide and prosperous growth of the
National Grange, Patrons of Hus
bandry, was shown tn the report sub
mitted by tho financial secretary of
that body at Columbus Thursday. This
of course means wide and prosperous
gTOWth of the subordinate Granges.
Of this growth Oregon is credited with
forty-six new Granges in the year cov
ered. Since agriculture has enjoyed
phenomenal prosperity in the time
specified, why should not its social
and administrative adjunct or repre
sentative the Grange mirror this
growth ?
Bryan's attack oii Underwood as a
Presidential candidate Is in line with
his general policy of bringing his shil
lelah down on the head of every Dem
ocrat who rises above the crowd.
Bryan thinks that It Is only necessary
to cry "Wall street" and another rival
Is dead politically. The only candidate
to whom he thinks there Is no possible
objection resides at Falrvlew, near
Lincoln, Neb. The fact that this can
didate has thrice led his party to de
feat Is of no consequence in his esti
mation. The abolishment of "free lunch"
will probably turn out to be an effi
cient temperance measure In San
Francisco. If the saloons had no at
tractions but drink they would have
fewer customers and some children
who now go in rags would wear good
clothes. It would be a fatal blunder
to close the saloons without supplying
their social advantages in some other
way, but how to find another way Is
a problem which nobody has solved'.
Few have ever tried to solve it.
City people with few trees are not
much concerned In frost prevention,
yet they should be, for the crop of the
family tree may be lost through fail
ure to make a proper bonfire on a
cold night. Professor O'Gara, proba
bly Oregon's most Illustrious patholo
gist, will talk on the subject in the T.
M. C. A. apple culture course tonight
and because he has demonstrated In
the Rogue River Valley the benefit of
such work, what be will tell must be of
value.
Education and vocational training
for convicts at Salem would be refor
mation along practical lines and parole
as a reward for efficiency would stim
ulate the men to study. If punish
ment for living by crime be accom
panied by training In the ways of
making an honest living, there will be
hope that criminals will become useful
citizens.
When a gang of men. Instigated by
Jealous, backbiting women, tars and
feathers a young woman, yet can le
gally suffer no greater penalty than
paying a fine and serving a year in
prison, the punishment does not fit the
crime If Kansas wishes to maintain
its reputation as a civilized, progres
sive state. It will change the law.
For a good-natured man, Presldeat
Taft Inspires much fear with his ever
ready veto for crank measures, tariff
revision bids for campaign purposes
and bills to undo the work of Con
gress as soon as the ink Is dry. Wit
ness the fear of veto expressed by
those who would abolish the Court of
Commerce.
A Colorado woman with humane
instincts hes rigged her fowls, which
were late In molting, with neat-fitting
union suits for protection against the
weather. In appreciation, the hens
are said to be laying steadily.
Persia Is getting between the mill
stones. Russia threatens to encroach
on the north, and Great Britain, of
course, will enter from the south. All
this is bluff so far.
The Los Angeles woman who tried
to swallow a $5 gold piece has as great
trouble with undigested coin aa Wall
street sometimes has with undigested
securities.
Individual palls for animals are to
follow the separate drinking cup. The
fad will boom the tinware trade, If of
no better result.
Old Seismic Disturbance "took a
fall" out of the Continent. Just to show
how little Is worldly power.
Gleanings of the Day
Women's rights, even under existing
New York laws, extend to smoking 'n
public places. This Is the opinion of
Arohlbald R. Watson. corporation
counsel of New Tork City. He warns
the Board of Aldermen that an ordi
nance forbidding such conduct on the
part of women might be held by the
courts to have no real or substantial
relation to the public health or morals
and might be considered "an unrea
sonable discrimination on the ground
of sex." He calls the Board's atten
tion to the fact that "the prohibition
would attempt to control personal con
duct, which In no way encroaches
upon the rights of others, and which
many might consider to be not sub
versive of public order, health or
morality." He goes on to say:
Personal conduct or habits which might
be merely vulpar or indelicate, in the op'n
lon of your Hoard, or Involve bad taste,
would not necessarily be auffioient to sus
tain the valliiltv of a prohibitive ordinance.
My opinion Is that tho courts would more
likely hold an ordinance prohibiting publlo
smoking by women to bo void than valid.
Mr." Watson also tells the Board that
the proposed ordinance might conflict
with the civil rights law. "providing
that all persons shall be entitled to
equal accommodations, advantages,
facilities and privileges in Inns, res
taurants and hotels." If women
choose to exercise their lights as de
fined by Mr. Watson, they may yet be
seen carrying a briar pipe and tobacco
pouch or a cigar case in their satchels,
stopping In a doorway to light up or
even requesting a stranger on the
street to supply them with matches.
This would be a long step from the
"little black dudheen" which the old
Irish peasant women smoke . In the
seclusion of their firesides.
Caruso ' has made another enemy.
He is ho sooner made happy by the
recovery of his voice than he becomes
the target of a prima donna's scornful
words. One of the first things he did
on his return to New Tork was to
repudiate his engagement to marry
Emma Trentlnl and to say:
"She reminds me of a peanut. She
Is only a cake of soap I"
"Me a cake of soap I What does he
know about soap7" angrily exclaimed
Trentini when the remark was re
peated to her, and she stamped her
foot and shook her curls.
"Caruso never use much soap," the
prima donna said. "When we sang to
gether In opera he make love to me.
He hold me in his arms and he sing.
When I sing he whisper so none but I
could hear he whisper his love. His
voice made me forget his greasy ap
pearance and his lack of soap with
plenty of hot water. On. stage and off
he tell me many times he love me and
he want me to be mother to his two
boys. When my mind was full of his
divine voice I consent. Now he say
I'm a peanut and only a cake of soap!
"Was ever man so fickle like Caruso?
He swear he love only me. Every time
I see him he tell me his love, but when
I ara away he say I'm a peanut and a
cake of soap. Take care. Caruso, you
lose your voice and you may sell pea
nuts on street corner and use soap
much 3oap.
"Caruso Caruso I I forget him. I
forget his voice. I forget his boys. I
forget his stage kisses I forget him
and every thing he told me. Forget
everything except he Is a plghead, fat,
conceited, fickle and flighty. I'm glad
I found him out in time. Grand voice
divine voice, but he'd make an awful
husband."
Arthur Pue Gorman, the defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Maryland, was handicapped by his
name and by the race question. In the
opinion of the Springfield Republican.
Though he had a progressive pro
gramme and thereby won the support
of the Baltimore Sun, his name and
political training called to the minds of
independent Democrats the boss rule
of his father. The renewed attempt to
disfranchise the negroes In violation
of the Constitution also worked against
the whole Democratic ticket and was
defeated with it. Fear that Gorman's
election might make him a formidable
rival of Rayner for the latter"s seat In
Che Senate also may have caused
lukewarmness on the part of the
Rayner element.
Whenever Seattle people secure
recognition tn the New York news
parers. a glow of gratification spreads
all over the face of the Washington
metropolis. Commenting on the pres
ence in New York of a number of lead
ing citizens of Seattle, the Herald said:
They were leaders In their respective
spheres. And such ambltlona! They are as
broad as the continent Itself. Tho Mount
Rainier denizens call themselves a compos
ite ot the beat In American life. Some of
them expect to see Seattle a city of S.Ouu.000
population, and all say It will be to the Pa
clflo what New York la to tho Atlantlo
Coaat. When the Panama Canal ta complet
ed tho first families of Seattle expect to
oomo to New York In their yachts.
This gave the Seattle Times an op
portunity to expand on the' unbounded
ambition of Seattle to this effect:
While Seattle's ambltlona can scarcely be
measured by a delro for a yachting, trip
by way of the lathmua. It la not too much
to aay that certain of the citizens today ara
not unmindful of tho 2.000.000 mark. In
deed, tho plana of the city for tho immedi
ate future look toward an Immensely In
creased growth; and aa an Indication, tha
city has only to look to Its immediate past.
At the same time It must be remembered
that Seattle la building for "tomorrow." If
tho man who wrote the atory for tho Herald
livea a few yeara there la not the least
doubt that he will be able to witness the
predictions astonishingly verified, for it la
the very truth that the thought and Inspira
tion of Seattle are continental.
Jacob A. Rtts, the philanthropist, has
turned farmer and fruitgrower and will
try to rival In Massachusetts the fruit
grown by the Northwest. He was
moved to make this announcement by
a flowery special from Worcester,
Mass., to the New York Times that he
had bought a farm up there upon which
Is "a herd of valuable blooded stock,
a beautiful old colonial house, two
large barns and. a Summer garage."
In a letter to the Times, Mr. Rlls thus
tells what he calls the real facts:
I have bought a farm, not for a Summer
home, but to work and to live upon In my
old age. There were upon It, I think, four
or five common red cowa. but these were
not included In the sale; an old mare with
the spring-halt, and two nice colts, all of
which are not mine; an old house In urgent
need ot repairs, a barn twice as bad. a ahed
that had recently caved in. and I guesa that
Is all. Tho price of the said farm was
$3Soa Ohl and "the carriage and Summer
parage house!" If the writer will discover
for mo tho former I shall be much obliged
to him, and I will let him keep the garage
end. for whioh I have no use. I do not
know of any "other New Yorkers who have
recently bought Summer homes" near me.
but If they will watch this one, they will
shortly be convinced, I think, that as good
fruit as they raise In the far Northwest
can be raised in the East by such as will
pursue sensible methods and give trees and
land as much care as they do out there. And
hen Crown Hill Farm will nave a story to
tell worth while.
Oregon will look forward to the day
when Mr. RHs will send apples to our
apple show and "match apples" with us.
MR. FRY'S SENTIMENTS INDORSED.
K. R. Bowman Join la Criticising; Gov.
1Yeat'a Io-norine of Democratic Party-
PORTLAND. Nov. 1. I have Just
finished reading Dan J. Fry's letter to
The Oregonlan anent the Democracy of
Chamberlain, West and the bunch that
are holding office In this state, not
by the grace of God but by the suffer
ance of what is left of the Democratlo
party. The Democratic party now is
only a mere shadow of Itself, on ac
count of the ascendancy to office of Just
such Incumbents -as Mr. Fry complains
of. West is and will be charged up as
a delinquent to the Democratic party.
When the party of Jefferson and Bryan
again comes before the people In this
state an accounting and explanation
will have to be given and a public
apology made in a contrite manner and
forgiveness asked before the voters of
this state will ever again cast their
ballots for any man, no matter how
competent, faithful or honest he may
be. If he appears under the auspices
of the Democratic party. Apologies
and excuses will In the future have to
be given to the voters -of this state for
any man who seeks votes on the pre
tense of being a Democrat and may
the Lord even then have mercy on his
soul.
Mr. Fry has good grounds to com
plain, although living as he has for
years in Salem, and being naturally
familiar with the modus operandi of
the mountebanks In our party and how
they have tried to stand in with every
other party Just to keep In office, I
hardly looked for a protest from him.
Daniel J. Fry, of Salem, Or., I have
known for more than 25 years, and I
personally know him to be the most
capable and honorable man in the
Democratic party of this state. You
can take it from me that there la no
man holding publlo office in or from
the State of Oregon half so competent
and certainly none more worthy. When
he relates the shortcomings of Oswald
West, who has prove recreant to his
trust and unfaithful to his party, there
Is no room for doubt- Mr. Fry should
have been the Governor of this state
a thousand times before all the Cham
berlains and Wests that ever came to
Oregon.
Let what Is left of the Democratic
party of Oregon arise as one man and
applaud and Indorse the sentiments
expressed by Mr. Fry, and let resolu
tions be passed by the state Democ
racy humbly regretting the circum
stances and conditions which have per
mitted the Chamberlains and Wests to
refloat contumely upon the Demqr
cratlc party. Elect them as Natlonar
delegates? No! A thousand times nol
ELLIS R. BOWMAN.
GIPSY SMITn IN THE OREGONIAN
Idaho Subscriber Sends' Thanks.
WEISER, Idaho. Nov. 16. (To 'the
Editor.) The writer has been a reader
of your splendid paper for the past
io . - -.1 ,4.,!,., tn thnnlc v fl 11 for
the full and detailed accounts of the ,
Gipsy smitn meetings as recuiueu u
day to day in Tho Oregonlan.
FREDERIC KIRGIS.
KvanKcllat'a Work Aided.
PORTLAND, Nov. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) I want to tell you my apprecia
tion and that of my church for the
full reports The Oregonlan is making
of the Gipsy Smith meetings. In this
you are not only giving good news
stuff but you are helping multiply the
effectiveness of Gipsy Smith's work.
ALBERT EHRGOTT.
Reports of Revival Appreciated.
PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) I want to thank The Oregonlan
for the splendid write-ups of the Gipsy
Smith meetings. I am sure that the
publicity Tho Oregonlan is giving these
meetings Is greatly assisting in this
wonderful campaign going on In our
olty. H. W. STONE.
Accounts Sent to Engrland.
PORTLAND, Nov. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) As a reader of The Oregonlan I
want to thank you for the liberal space
and the fine accounts of the Gipsy
Smith meetings. It will be a great
blessing to the city and to the state.
In fact the entire country. I send
the paper to my mother In England
every day. Thanking you again.
JAMES W. PALMER,
434 Oregon street.
Oregonlaa Report Sent Broadcast.
PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) I wish to commend The Ore
gonlan heartily for the manner in
which It has reported the Gipsy Smith
meetings. The publication of the kind,
earnest, sympathetic words of the lov
ing speaker for the saving of the souls
of the men and women of Portland has
met the highest approval of The Ore
gonlan's readers. It Is surprising how
many people are sending to every por
tion of the earth such news as is given
in the dally account of the wonderful
work of the world-wide-known evan
gelist. Keep up the good work.
J. O. RUSSELL.
571 Seventh street.
From the Beginning;.
Harper's Bazaar.
Joshua made the sun stand still.
"It only affects men; women's work
is never done." he explained.
Half a Century Ago
From Tho Oregonlan November 18, 1864.
The Multnomah County Agricultural
Society held Its fourth annual meeting
at the Courthouse on the 16th, and
elected the following officers: Thomas
Frazar, president; P. A. Marquam, first
vice-president; E. L. Qulmby, second
vice-president; J. D. Holman, treas
urer; M. 3. Burrell, secretary; A. J.
Dufur, Henry Falling and James B.
Stephens, executive committee.
It is believed that many accidents
occur in the use of burning fluid be
cause of filling the lamp entirely full,
so that when the liquor expands by
heat the 'lamp of necessity must break,
and the fluid coming In contact with
the fire immediately explodes. The un
fortunate occurrence at Mr. Buchtel's
In our city is believed to have been
caused by thus filling the lamp. But
these fluid lamps can never be used
with perfect safety.
Ten millions of dollars in treasury
notes have been issued. $7,000,000 of
which are In circulation, Jl.000,000 at
the depositories and J2,000,000 on hand.
Every unmarried man but one In
Washington, Ind.. has gone to the war.
What a forlorn place for the girls.
We find the following suggestion In
the Statesman. We most unhesitating
ly approve of It. No man should be
allowed to vote for a member of Con
gress who Is unwilling to take the
oath of allegiance:
"It has been suggested that Congress
ought to pttsa a uniform law for Con
gressional elections. If they do so,
why not make an unequivocal profes
sion of fidelity as an Indispensable qual
ification of every elector? Here we
are a state In the Union, but with a
disunion representative In each branch
of Congress, and the only living issue
at our next election Is to be whether
we shall remain or plunge Into revolu
tion." A Leesburg, Va-, correspondent of
the New Orleans Delta boasts that the
rebel commanders are as fully Informed
of the Northern movements as if tele
graph lines ran into the offices of the
department at Richmond.
N. Nitts and Novels
By Dean Collins.
Nesclus Nitts, sage of Punkindorf Sta
tion, Cast bis eye toward bis toe with a keen
observation:
Too long on his boot was the an fa hesi
tation. And it swam In a deep nicotine Inun
dation. Then of novels he spake and advanced
education.
"I sees that this Rodman, the teacher,
she seeks
To drive from the High Schools them
Latins and Greeks
And algebrays, g'ometrys, and all each
truck
Wherewith High School students fer
years has been stuck;
And the souls of the students, wore
down till they grovels
'Neath all them dry text books, shall
soar up on novels.
"The hours that was spent with the
cubes and the squares
Shall be so enlightened they fly un
awares. While children In High School la lear-
ln' themselves
From them there best-sellers, plied
high on the shelves.
And gath'rin' that wisdom that's been
stored within '
The works of Corelly or Elinor Glynn.
"I knows by experience novels Is not
Unusual things to teach children a lot;
But sometimes I doubts If the stuff
they thus learns
Is Jest the brand after which their par
ents yearns.
I mind how my grandson, N. Nitts
Junior, read
Some things out of novels that fair
turned his head.
"Phrmb fired with new learnln', he
boarded a train
And went out a-seekln' that there
'Spanish Main,"
And next thing we knowed of the Con
stable come
From Baconhurst, brlngln' the prodigal
hum, t
And told us a story of wild depredation
That 'stonished us all here In Punkin
dorf Station.
"There's no doubts my grandson had
learned quite a bit
Which troubled his dad some to make
him ferglt.
And likewise cost something to pay fer
the worst
Of said depredations around Bacon
hurst. This novel school method it works
prompt, but I
Has learned from my gTandson, sech
learnln' comes high."
Portland, November 18.
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
What has become of the old-fashioned
little boy who ate so much that
it made him poor to carry it?
A man who has no poor kin thinks
it would be a pleasure to them.
After a man becomes thoroughly
worthless, instead of putting off until
tomorrow what he should do today, he
puts it off until next Monday.
When a man asks your advloe, be
usually tells you Just bow be expects
you to decide.
A girl wearing a new Tall hat met a
gentleman friend. "How do you like
my new hat?" she asked. The man
looked at the hat a moment, and In
quired: "You can't trade back?" "No,"
the girl replied. "Well," the man aid.
"then I like It."
When a woman gives a party, she
figures on twenty-two guests to a gal
lon. When men are not regretting that
life Is so short, they are doing some
thing to kill time.
Some men, not satisfied with natural
ly ugly faces, whistle on the street
A campaigner says that when a man
In the audience asks him a hard ques
tion, he replies: "Thank you for re
minding me; I am coming to that pres
ently." And then the speaker forg-ets
about It, and doesn't answer the ques
tion. SPECIAL FEATURES
OF
THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
Work How it combats the
great white plagne and other af
flictions of mankind.. r An article
of importance, occupying a half
page, illustrated.
City Girls Learn to Farm Cul
tured girk of the great British
metropolis are preparing them
selves to till the soil, and their
work i3 told of interestingly by a
London correspondent.
Gay "Paree" It is really
boredom for rich Americans who
go there under the delusion that
they are going to have a big time.
Sterling Heilig goes exhaustively
into the topic with his most en
tertaining style.
Portland's Stork It is a busy
bird and is swiftly outstripping
its old enemy, the Grim Reaper.
Wings for Our Citizen Soldiery
How the Government will c-.
tablish an elaborate aeroplane
system in the National Guard of
the country.
Epigrams A whole year's
growth from the thought of two
hemispheres.
A Warrior at 13 -One of 'the
youngest Civil War veterans, now
a Portlander, tells of war experi
ences when he was a soldier boy.
Fathers of Our Navies The
men who personify the stupen
dous revolution in our vessels of
commerce and war.
Smash Go Fond Legends Poca
hontas didn't really save Captain
John Smith, and a lot of other
things didn't happen.
Widow Wise, Sambo, Hair
breadth Harry, Mr. Boss and Slim
Jim all have new adventures, and
little Miss Anna Belle has some
pretty new "cut-out" clothes for
the children.
MANY OTHER FEATURES
f
I