TIIE MOKXIXG OREGONI AN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912.
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VOKTLaM. 8ATTIUJAT. JAN. IS.
OREGOX.
! If any Oregon man Is at all fJu
o make himself feel like a benighted
heathen against whom th- Bo of
".trong mission society are directed, he
may now attain that attractive though
"ovel mental attitude. All that Is nec
essary Is a perusal of the latest m?v;
VZSng literature of the Fel. Fund
.Commission. The Feu. Fund Commis
sion. It la well to recall. Is the mission
ary board of the alngle-taxers. It has
field missionaries on the pay roll In
Oregon. It needs money to carry on
Its work. So it sends out a pale-blue
circular announcing that It ha. devot
ed considerable sums to protecting the
popular power in Oregon, has Invested
Moderately In the "struggle to secure
direct legislation In New Mexico. Ari
zona and Colorado"; has spent o00 In
rihlo. and furthermore that It is
pending "considerable sums in Ore
gon in preparation for and in P8"
Jion of the tax battle of 112. The
aame activity on a lower
scale is taking place In Missouri. To
til of which eighty-odd residents or
Chicago, nine or ten of Springfield,
I I several scattered here and there
elsewhere, six Canadians. W. S.
fKen and one gentleman of Qiasque
ion la., give hearty Indorsement.
Of course, as in other missionary
efforts, there Is ample opportunity for
Ihese lndorsers to work at home. But
Oregon for some reason Is an attrac
tive field. We are not told why. It
may be Oregonlans are particularly
onregenerate in their tax methods or
are less resentful of outside Interfer
ence than people of other states. Ap
parently we are not so "easy" to save
s Mlseourlans because it requires the
expenditure of more money to convert
us than It does the gangling savages
of the Oxark Mountains or the canni
bals that Infest the bottoms of the Big
Muddy. But the "why" need not
worry us. We are to be saved If money
III do It.
Presumably the eighty-odd Chlcago
kns. six Canadians and most of the
ntners have gained the right to indorse
the costly missionary efforts in Oregon
by contributing to the cause. Of
..r Mr I." Ren to an lndorser.
Mr. ITRen gets a part of the
money. We might add to the list for
the same reason the names or Aiirtu
D. Cridge and W. O. Eggleston. two
others on the payroll. Their names
re not now among the signatures. But
- w . . -r,. th. heart and brings a tear
lo the eye Is the evidence on this pale
blue sheet of ramiiy orterings iku
l 1 n--Knn aAVpd hv Stinting On
biumv.b ' v . -
the sugar in the coffee or the butter
pn the hot cakes. Quite often the
name of the wife follows that of the
husband.
Most notable In family effort Is that
ef the Tldemans. Stand forth thereon
the names of S. T. Tldeman. Elly Tide
man. Mrs. Elisabeth Tldeman. 8. A,
Ttdeman and George T. Tldeman the
whole Tldeman family all of Chicago.
One can almost see little Elly standing
tiptoe to put "hls'r" nickel In the tax
missionary box on the mantelpiece, or
George denying himself a bit cigar to
ld Mr. Fels save the Oregonlans from
tax perdition.
It Is good to feel that so many peo
ple are Interested in our welfare. It
warms the soul to know that far up In
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Charles A.
Brothers Is lending his name and that
way down la Nogs les. Ariz.. Mrs.
George B. Marsh Is devoting energy
perhaps money to the betterment of
barbaric Oregon. We should be hsppy
we are happy that these distant
friends Join the Tldeman family, the
Quasqueton citizen and all the others
of the pale blue brigade in not be
grudging the profit Mr. Cridge. Mr.
Eggleston and Mr. CRen may derive
.(mm their labor In the cause.
A CHOCK FOR MR. I NPF-ltWOOtX
Chairman Underwood, of the House
aye and means committee, has re
Used his tariff policy. He now would
reduce duties to an amount equal to
the difference In cost of production at
home and abroad. The only part of
the Republican rlatforra of 108 on
that subject to which he objects is the
clause 'together with a reasonable
profit to American Industries." The
basts of his tariff would, therefore, be
the facts as to comparative cost of
production. These facts In relation to
the wool industry have been ascer
tained and unanimously reported by
the non-partisan Tariff Board after
nearly a year of exhaustive inquiry in
every Important wool producing coun
try. Tet Mr. Underwood says In an
article In the Journal of Commerce:
tt la oar plan to pursue at tbl aslon th
aork f revisin t.t tariff downward in
the Intereet of to people, a enoan In th
S'tla reported out of the waya and mean
r"n. mtltee at laet aeaelon of fonareaa. The
report of th l'ree:d-nt a Tariff Hoard will
be given proper conaideratlon and th data
praentd ful:y and thoroughly conatdared.
The Democratic party haa however, tut own
tariff policy carefully matured and quit
trdpendent of th work of an admlniatra
l!r board. Tbl policy la founded on tba
experience of era aatl doea oot require the
work of an ndmlnutratlv body of any kind
tu niki 1 lb principle clear.
The rales of duty which will carry
out Democratic principles, as defined
by Mr. Underwood, must be based on
farts. Those facta have been present
ed by the Tariff Board. Tet Mr. Un.
derwood stays the Democratic policy
has been matured "quite Independent
on the work of an administrative
board."
But. if the Democrats really wish to
relieve the people from tariff exaction,
and do not merely desire to make po
litics, capital, they have the opportu
nlty. They and the Republicans are)
agreed that the present duties allow
unreasonable profits to protected man
ufacturers. The Republicans agree
t- Itii the Democrats that these dutiea
hAM K. rniVH. Thft DaftleS OTlIj
disagree as to tne exiar.i 01 mo rcuu
Uon. The Temocrats would reduce
. v, . nnint where cost -of Droduc-
tion li equalized without protecting
any part of tne manuiaciure
v. n n.nlihiiyflnt would reduce them to
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a point where only a reasonable profit
Is protected. Tnen let me uemotnu
pass a wool tariff, as to which they
now hare the guiding facts,, reducing
duties as far as the Republicans will
go. They would In this manner give
the consumer half a loaf, for which he
will be more grateful than for the
promise of a whole loaf at some future
date. The consumer has proved how
extremely patient he Is and would be
willing to wait for the other half loaf
until the Democrats have converted
the country to their theory of no
protection to profits. The woolgrower
would at the same time be relieved ot
a condition where he endures all the
odium of bein protected without en
Joying any of the benefits.
PARALYSIS OR LOCKJAW
"The newest paramount Issue which
Mr. Bryan wants the National Demo
cratic Committee to adopt," said the
New Tork World prior to the recent
committee meeting at Washington,
"appears to be the Presidential pri
mary. As this promises useless dis
cord and trouble in the party, there Is
no reason to doubt the correctness of
the report."
"It- was learned on Indubitable au
thority today," declared the Washing
ton correspondent of the New Tork
Sun "that Colonel Bryan, fresh from
his trip to Jamaica, is to come here
and to precipitate in the meeting of
the Democratic National Committee a
fight to compel the committee to pass
a resolution calling for the Presiden
tial preference primaries In all the
states." The New Tork Post and the
New Tork Times and many other pa
per's had similar reports of the great
plan of the Commoner to put the
bosses to rout and restore control of
the party to the people.
Colonel Bryan went to Washington
and precipitated the advertised row,
but it was not over the Presidential
primary. It was over Jim Guffey, and
Colonel Bryan was badly worsted. He
had all the fight taken out of him.
But the Presidential primary was
mildly proposed by Senator Chamber
lain and gently turned down, without
a roar, or shout, or even a bleat, from
Colonel Bryan, so far as the current
news reports show. They turned the
plan Inside out headed It wrong end
to and passed a "permissive" resolu
tion leaving the matter to the state
committees, which were cautioned to
surround It with "reasonable safe
guards." They will surround It with
safeguards, certainly, so completely
that the permissive primary will not
be heard from In states not already
committed by law or by custom to the
primary scheme.
The cavernous silence that sur
rounds the Oregon propagandists of
the Presidential primary, since the
Democratic bosses routed the whole
project by their Ingenious "permissive"
scheme, would appear to suggest
either paralysis or lockjaw.
Tint STRAW TOTS AT WEST.TLIJt
The attractive feature of straw
votes is that they can be ma to show
whatever it Is desired they should
show. To that extent they are con
venlent and useful. It la a fine stroke
of Journalistic enterprise In Oregon
Just now for the newspapers opposed
to Taft to have a straw vote of Its
subscribers showing that Taft Is not
in It.
Up at Salem Colonel Hofer Is run
nlng a straw rote Presidential side
show, and the broad Intimation Is
given through his newspaper that the
Colonel will abide by the outcome of
the straw voting In his editorial choice
for President. Being the Judge of the
election, and the custodian of the bal
lot box, and in close dally contact
with the voters, it may be assumed
that the Colonel will await the returns
with his customary Impartiality and
disinterestedness, though with natural
curiosity. Meanwhile the pronounce
ment of the Salem Journal for Colonel
Roosevelt for President Is being pre
pared and put in type.
At Medford a mighty contest among
the readers of the antl-Taft paper Is
going on and there Is great excitement
and chagrin in the sanctum when an
occasional vote for Taft somehow
allpa In. But It is a popular contest
oh, very popular. Nearly half a dozen
bona fide ballots have so far been cast
The fever spreads. The whole county
Is In an uproar of interest and appre
hension. Out at Westvllle. the convict
camp, on the Crater Lake road, they
had a straw vote. The result we find
thus faithfully chronicled in the ve
racious columns of the Medford paper:
Th rot of Weatvlll. a Honor Camp
No. 1 baa been named by tha resident, for
Presidential cholc in the Halt Tribune
etraw vote la aa fouowa: Taft. 1: La Follette,
I; Roosevelt. 4; Wilson. t; Bryan. 1;
rba. 18. .
Not a single vote for Governor
WestT Base Ingratitude. But we sug
gest a straw vote of the State Peniten
tiary, with the confident hope of more
gratifying results.
aTTRTLItATION IV PRACTICE.
Both Indiana and New Jersey now
have laws providing for the "sterillra
tlon" of certain classes of Insane and
defective persona and criminals who
are guilty of certain abhorrent of
fensea. The Indiana act, which was
the first of the kind In this country.
was obtained largely through the ef
forts of medical men and Its purpose
was ostensibly to promote eugenics. It
aimed to relieve the world of tha bur
den of congenital criminals. Insane
persons and defectives by preventing
them from propagating their species.
When the law of evolution Is left to
operate without check such persons
are eliminated automatically and only
the fit survive, but modern humanl
tarlanlsm Interferes with evolution to
the detriment of the race and the In
dlana physicians have undertaken to
reach the desired end by a painless
and facile physical operation. The
New Jersey law was advocated prlncl
pallv by the League for the Promotion
of Purity, which is not composed of
physicians, but perhaps its ultimate
object Is the same as that of the In
diana statute.
In the year 1)07 the Indiana author
ities sterilized 114 men In the state
reformatory. The superintendent
makes a highly favorable report as
to Its effects. He says that It made
the men docile. Inclined them to re
ligion and benefited their health
They slept exceptionally well after the
operation and gained flesh. It is well
known that the sterilized Inmates of
Turkish harems are usually rotund
and amply nourished. Oxen keep fat
with less feed than their uniterillzed
relatives require. The operation
makes prison discipline so attractive ly
easy that some temptation may de
velop to use it ror tnat purpose bjuuc.
xrn ir. nnr cnncenital criminals
and who are guilty of but alight of
fenses may do sienuzea lucictj ivr
make them amenable to the prison
rules. Students of racial qualities
would see in this nothing but limitless
evil. We do not wish to eliminate
from human kind the sturdy, militant,
nay the rebellious qualities. Were the
League for Purity to attain to all of
Its ideals It is dllllcult to see now
-1. ; h. advert from extinc
tion, though we have great confidence
In the progress ot invention.
THE SENATE ANT ARBITRATION.
Of what earthly use la a general ar
bitration treaty if each agreement
made under it Is to be subject to rati
fication by the Senate as though It
were a separate treaty? The main
purpose of a general arbitration treaty
is to secure the submission to an im
partial tribunal of all disputes of a
certain class as a matter of course.
The Joint high commission is designed
to determine whether they are within
that class. Its American members
would share in performing an admin
istrative function similar to that of the
Secretary of State In carrying on dip
lomatic negotiations. To insist tnai
each agreement shall require the con
sent of the Senate, and that each Joint
commission shall be confirmed by tha
Senate Is practically to leave things aa
they were. There will still be the
same debate In the Senate on the mer
its of the controversy and the chances
of winning. If these chances seem
doubtful, there will be the same temp
tation to reject or hang up the agree
ment as there Is In the case of a treaty.
Should the Senate not wish to betray
the opinion that our case Is weak, it
can accomplish the same result by re
fusing to confirm the appointment or
our Joint high commt-nloners.
The net result of the Lodge amend
ment would be to defeat the whole
purpose of the treaty. Once again the
Senate's Jealousy of its beloved pre
rogatives stands In the way of the
adoption of arbitration when public
opinion In the United States is strongly
In Its favor and the two most demo
cratic nations in Europe have fallen in
line with that policy. Pride of place
is set above the public good.
MRS. TTNGLET AND THEOSOI'KT.
If the theosophists would but con
fess the soft Impeachment they are
really Swedenborgians, but of couro
they never will. The glory of being
separate and Independent sect so
charms them, as It does many other
devout and sincere people, that they
Invent imaginary distinctions to Jus
tify their aloofness. ' Swedenborg
taught most of the doctrines, both sane
and insane, which Madame Blavatsky
afterward built her new faith upon.
Like our up-to-date theosophists, the
great Swedish mystlo believed that his
astral body" or his soul, or what not.
could separate at will from his mortal
frame and Journey to the outskirts of
the universe. When It returned It
brought back the most wonderful
items of Information. In this way
Swedenborg visited Heaven, Hell and
many another fascinating realm, and
from his books, which are sent free to
all applicants by a Philadelphia firm.
the reader. If he has patience enough,
can find out all he wants to know con
cerning both the important sections of
the other world. What Madame Bla
vatsky tried to do with more or less
success was to take Swedenborg's neb
ulous mysticism and throw It Into
hard dogmatic form. Her borrowings
from eastern Togis, philosophers. Ma
hatmas and such small deer were
nothing better than a mere pretense.
All she had to do to get her material
was to read Swedenborg, which she
probably did to excellent purpose.
The trickery and bold Imposture
Ith which Madame Blavatsky en
riched the new faith was of course all
her own. The Swedish mystic was too
great a man and too sincerely con
vinced of the truth of his visions to
resort to deception. He claimed to
work miracles, but for all that there
was no humbug a bom. htm. His mir
acles were as genuine as those of the
Christian Scientists and mostly of the
same nature. But Madame Blavatsky
reveled in mendacity. She could sail
through the air to the sacred haunts
of the Togis In Hlndostan. She could
Import flowers from the Himalayas by
unseen hands and. make them fall
upon a company of the devout from
the ceiling of the room where they sat.
She could do all sorts of trumpery
wonders. Her successor, Annie Be-
sant, never has dealt so openly In
humbug as Madame Blavatsky did.
She accepts as genuine the miracles
of the great institutrix, but she does
not often try to repeat them. In our
time theosophy has become educa
tlonal and hortatory. It is expounded
In mysterious books like those of "T.
K.," who deluges his rapt readers with
a flood of vocables and occasionally
vouchsafes them an atom or two of
sense. It haa numberless publications
and more devotees than most people
Imagine. It Is difficult to find a free
lance of thought who Is not faintly or
deeply tinged with theosophy.
The soul of the faith Is the old belief
of the Spanish Illumlnatl, of St. The
resa, of Jacob Boehme, of Emerson
and all the other mystics, that knowl.
edge of the unseen la communicated
directly from God to the recipient soul.
The greater mystics refuse even to try
to put this knowledge Into human lan
guage. They shadow It forth more or
less dimly by symbols, as Swedenborg
did. To the Impatient his. books are
simply huge masses of nonsense be'
cause they refuse to be thrown Into
scientlflo statements. To the mystic
they mean more than Newton's Prln
elpla and Darwin's Origin of Species
melted together. The marvel of the
osophy is that this tremendous belief
has fallen Into the hands of women
mainly and been worked over In the
characteristic feminine way. This
means that tt has been made keen,
precise and Incredible. Cast mysticism
Into formal dogma and Instantly you
destroy Its truth.
Mrs. Katherlne TIngloy, who stands
at the head of one of the bitterly war
ring sects of the theosophists, is per
haps the foremost educational promo
ter of their ideas. In her beautiful
school at Point Loma she has tried to
embody theosophy in practice. Noth
ing could be more charming than the
life her students Ttad there, nothing
more excellent than her pedagogic
precepts and practice. It is said by
those who know that nowhere else in
the world can a child be taught better
and trained so exquisitely for an Ideal
life. But this superb enterprise takes
money. Like all the great philan
thropies, it la baaed on cash, and in
the fierce hunt for cash many things
seem to be overlooked which the outer
world deems Important.
Pretty nearly every" zealous religious
propagandist body that ever existed
has been accused sootier or later of
bringing undue Influence to bear upon
silly old women, feeble-minded men
and Invalids. The dying bed is the
richest harvest field of militant char
ity. Mrs. Tingley has not escaped the
old temptation and the accusations
which follow upon It. No doubt her
personal influence with her disciples
and converts Is something terrible.
She can sway them as she wills, and
when they happen to possess an at
tractive store of this world's goods she
seems to will to gather it In for her
school and sect. What church or de
nominational college In the world can
cast the first stone at her? But she
appears to have gone a little farther
than decency . permits In collecting
funds. The accumulation of wealth
has taken the first place in her mind,
unless the signs are deceptive, and the
saintly purpose of her school has been
pushesd into the background, so that
to the cynical eyes of the world Mrs.
Tingley is exhibited by her lawsuits In
the aspect of a fortune hunter of that
singularly obnoxious species which
preys on the enfeebled intelligence of
the old and dying. In her hands
theosophy has thus worked ont prac
tically as a system of imposture,
though we have no doubt whatever
that personally she is perfectly sin
cere. Sincerity In the apostle does not
exclude Imposture from his propa
ganda, as all history shows.
Perhaps the greatest havoc, made
upon trees and ornamental shrubbery
in any tract in the city was that
wrought at Lone Fir Cemetery. This
pioneer burial place has practically
been left to Nature for some years
past. Shrubs and trees, long ago
planted by loving hands, have literally
run wild In very many places, their
branches even in Summer trailing the
ground. The destruction of many of
these in the late storm was Inevitable.
This will, however, make necessary a
vigorous pruning and, this In turn will
be beneficial by giving new growth a
chance to develop. The Lot Owners'
Association, In whose care the old cem
etery now rests, will doubtless get busy
with saw, mattock and prunlng-hook
in the early Spring and through well
directed labor, that which now seems
destruction will lead to renovation of
this tract, thus possibly hastening the
work of turning it into a park.
Democratic leaders in Congress are
not loath to use insurgent Republican
votos in passing Democratic legisla
tion, hut thev refuse to aid Insurgents
In breaking up party organization lest
they set a precedent for Insurrection
in their own ranks. That is the infer
ence to be drawn from the aid given
Mann In retainine Dower to choose Ke-
nubllcan members of committees.
Those Democrats who voted against
Underwood already form the raw ma
terial for a Democratic insurrection,
and the time may come when Under
wood will need Mann's help in holding
them down. Hence the fellow reeling
he showed when the Insurgents revolt
ed against Mann's selection.
It la rumored now that Clark, slayer of
L. Bar, the Centralla banker, will plead
Insanty. Of course this bas been arranged
for after bo waa aeen by hut attorney. Pre
vious to that h freely admitted bla guilt
and waa anxloua to get It all over with. If
he haa a little financial backing, bis at
torney may aally figure out a caa. There
Is something wrong when a crim ef this
kind can be committed and th perpetrator
escape hla Just deserts under an alleged In
sanity plea. It often happena. It remains
to b seen whether It will or not In this
cat. Chehalls Nugget.
If the lawyer gets oft this cold
blooded murderer, through an insan
ity plea, what a triumph over the lawl
But what are criminal lawyers for but
to get criminals out of trouble with
the law J
The writers of those letters soliciting
marriage with Santa Monica widows
will have cause to thank the Mayor for
burning the missives. If the bachelors
wish to marry the widows, let them go
courting In the old-fashioned way, not
in the business-like manner In which
they would open correspondence about
the purchase of so much sugar. They
will enjoy It more, and so will the
widows.
A. I. Mason, of Hood Rtver, talks at
the T. M. C. A. Apple Culture Club
tonight on "Mistakes." Mr. Mason ts
a radical orchardist from experience
and has the courage to shatter old
time superstitions of fruitgrowers, so
that what he will say tonight will be
of value to those Interested.
Nature placed woman's waist in a
certain position In her body, but fash
Ion has made It movable to suit her
whims. Nature's work In molding
woman's form waa of the crudest kind.
The Paris dressmakers could have
made a much better Job of It.
The Salem negro who brought suit
against the manager of an opera-house
virtually lost his case and must pay
the costs. People of any color who
attempt to crowd in where not wanted
are foolish.
Nat Goodwin has discovered that It
costs money to be on the wrong side
of a divorce in which an affinity is in
volved, especially when his wife for
the time being happens to be Edna
Goodrich.
The Gresham Fair people have
voted to change their corporate name
to Multnomah County, and not many
years will elapse before growth of this
city will make the show a metropolitan
affair.
If the police department contem
plates combing the city fo'r weapons
of gun-toters, why give out the infor
mation? The department Is acquiring
a reputation for probabilities that is
great.
Election of a professor of logic as
president of Princeton Is a hint that
the trustees do not arprove of the
opinion of Woodrow Wilson that logic
is not an Infallible guide.
The popular notion that a pastor,
next to a missionary, has the easiest
time. Is refuted by Dr. Dyott's state
ment of working seventeen hour a
day.
Enjoying a balmy Chinook, Oregon
has already forgotten the silver- thaw
and sends sympathy to the blizzard
belt.
If Kansas City can benefit from the
CanaL Duluth. may break into tha
prosperity.
Campaign Manager Not Spared
Mr. Taft had not been a month in the
White House when there called on him
a man who was a member of the Re
publican National committee. This man
had served at the headquarters In the
campaign of 1908, and was a member
of the executive committee, and had
had a considerable share in the man
agement of that campaign. He .had
worked hard for several month to
bring about Mr. Taft's election, and. In
common with numerous other politi
cians, he felt that he was entitled to
some consideration from the President.
This man brought with him to the
White House a bunch of business con
tracts to which his company was a
party. He wanted to submit them to
the President as a friend and a lawyer,
to see If there was anything in them
in conflict with the anti-trust law. Evi
dently he had a suspicion that there
might-be something wrong in what he
was doing. So he concluded to aek the
President and find out. There were 32
contracts In his bundle. .
The President refused to look at the
contracts. He saw In a flash what was
wanted, and ha did not propose to be
caught In that sort of a predicament.
But he asked tne national committee
man whether, the contracts provided
for a llmltatibn on the output of the
factories Involved, and whetner tney
did not seek to fix the prices on that
output. The National committeeman
replied that they did both. Thereupon
the President advised him to go home
on .hoTirit the form of his business
Just as quickly as he could.
Tne Psationai commuuemnQ aiou v
that .vii. aithniich not Immediately.
But he did' not see then, nor has he
been willing to admit since, uin ma
course had made it absolutely Impera
tive for the Administration to prose
cute his combination. He had prac
tically confessed Its guilt to the Presi
dent, and if after that the President
i j v. nnt In ni-nepcilt there
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tiever would have been any escape from
tne cnarge mat ne naa siiuwmsij
deliberately shielded his friend.
Within a year from the time of hr
White House visit the National com
mitteeman withdrew from the com
bination. But the combination Itself
continued, although against the com
mitteeman's advice, for some time
thereafter. Meantime the Department of
Justice had been Investigating the com
bination on its own hook, and had
found ample evidence of repeated vio
lations of the anti-trust law. There
upon the process of the courts was In
voked. The grand Jury examined the
evidence and a long list of indictments
wag returned. One of them was against
the National committeeman.
There was a howl of protest, but It
did not avail to stop or change in any
way the course of the Administration.
In due time the men were brought Into
court. There they pleaded guilty and
were every one fined. The National
committeeman was fined $5000. He
complained savagely to a friend, who
knew all the circumstances, but waa
told that he had got off lightly.
"They took me Into court between
two thieves." exclaimed the National
committeeman. "One of them , got five
years and the other seven."
But it was pointed out that that was
additional reason for saying that he
got off lightly.
It Is such things as this that give
especial point to the President's re
newed New Year determination to pur
sue his steadfast course of law enforce
ment In 1912 as he has done In the
other years of his Administration. And
they explain his feeling when he said
to a friend recently that he had been
brought up on the teaching that the
way of the transgressor is hard, but
that his experience in the White House
had taught him that the way of the
man who tries to enforce the law is
sometimes harder.
BAD PRCNING COSTLY TO TREES
Owners Warned to Employ Capable
Men . on Broken Limbs.
PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) It has been the experience of
Portland more than once to see the
shade trees broken and damaged by
silver thaws, but still the same care-
looa mathAHi nm nractised when the
shade trees are to be pruned. The first
man applying for the Job is sent to
i . v. tp... that linvfl rentllred
UUH.Illl HID . ' . ' .
many years to attain a desirable size
and are often of large value to the
property. A few hours of the inexperi
enced man's work undoes suddenly
what nature has been so long build
ing up or spoils it at least in nine cases
out of ten. It may be a cheap job
which will prove to be an expensive
one in a few years as the last few days
. 1 1 .. nl.alv ohoilffH RVA-
nttvtj DUUnil . il vu ' J '
nues. Much of this disaster to shade
trees is not only due to wrong prun
i ... .i.A n l?i.Lr ff It fcrtaclal
ly with the fast growing kinds is this
the most irequeni cause.
Shade trees should be as regularly
lcoked after as roses are and receive
a pruning every Winter, then it will
nA.cBaapw tn cut hit- hranehes
St any wiinj " " . ........ ..
to the elements through which decay
usually starts in, wim in rcaun
hollow or falling tree a few years
later. However, as Is the case now,
many big branches will have to be cut
. . t- ,v,A m. tn An It rl chr
which means to do away with short
stubs. maKe a ciean cut witti m eimry oo-w
near the trunk of the tree, paint the
nit over with coaltar preferably, or
some othep-' disinfecting paint. All
broken branches should be removed
l .unh n menner AH to leave no torn
bark behind and the symmetry of
the tree must not be ovenooKea.
V. ..I nwtm M.MhlA 1lll(m.tlt
11 rClUlCB tMllui..' . ........ rfuue..uuu.
and experience to trim all kinds of
trees to their proper requirements ami
the "Importance of this is quickly
realized when you look at the trees
now. Not only the damaged trees
should be gone over but all the others
. i . , , k. aura what vou are dolnar
or that the man you are employing
is a professional and not an Imposter-
ll l worm wio w mio w ww
but to the city as a whole, s
Establishments or reputation are
. . w.V.-n c .. nil . o-wt
gardener Is ..wanted, as capable men
are seiaom out. w dicowjt jwms.
J. Q. BACHER.
Sliver Sheen"1 as Sew Name.
t(iPTi.VT) Jan. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) The formation of a coating of
i-a on everv conceivable object ex
posed might be called "the silver
freese." The melting of this coating
might be called the "sliver thaw," but
the condition existing between these
two processes when the rain ceases
and the air becomes cold, is one of the
most beautnui ot any winter bl-bub.
V .llfta.ln. analrltna. ohtAOt
cries out: Behold th "silver sheen."
I suggest that this condition hereafter
be known as tne stiver bucou,,
F. L. BOLD.
Work for Poandmaster.
PftPTUND. Jan. 10. (To ' the Edl-
. . i -1 . to Innnlr. what haa be
come of the poundman? Does he ever
come to Richmond? There is a fine har-
. . rn.thn.. riotrn Awaitinar him.
Soon gardening will begin; then the
dogs will scratch up In a few minutes
the precious plants that have cost time
and money to set out. The tidy house
wife does not clean her porches for
dovts to matte at piajgruuim u..
. SUBSCRIBER.
Ail
ob a Sunday Mornlnat.
Boston Transcript.
-. r J C la Mi r(a T ahAll talfA An
lura. oijt. - -.--
of the children to church witn me.
The Maid Tes'm.
Mri da Style Which one will go
best with my new purple gownf
Hl'RDERERS FEWER IsT OLD DAYS
Oretromlaa Belltrvea Sure and Adequate
Penalty Then Proved Its Wort.
ST. JOHNS. Or., Jan. 11. (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly permit trm to add a few
j , h- .-a n Inlr thttt 1 hpintZ
UI l t ' 3 . i. i .... .'"-. " . . '
spilled over the question of capital pun-
IsnmenL t 111 atty, mo.
native product of this splendid state,
regard The Oregonian as an able ex
ponent of our views and of the princi
ple that In this matter has contributed
in no small way to our state's success;
that we regard these dreamers and
idealists as a premature Importation. It
being a well-known fact, that up and
until the past decade, among us there
has been but little question of the right
of the state to punish murder in the
first degree with death,' I challenge
any sentimentalist to compare the moral
status of the people of Oregon even at
the time of the public execution of Beal
and Baker In Salem with the condition
prevailing at the present day and show
anything to the disadvantage of the
former.
Our state was, in the first Immigra
tion, peopted. by a hardy and honest
race, honest In the true sense of the
term, with as a rule a deep-seated re
ligious conviction; they were such men
as composed the Beattie Jury, and were
then and are yet "the sajt of the earth.
Their precepts are safe to follow. In
. i II n1J Aara" flrAC-An hfl.il but
one place for a red-thanderd murderer
a coffin ana tno tounij
v.i tn it T3Kiiit murders of rare oc-
Tir.a How of todavT Read the
news and you have the answer. Was
.1 - mnTu,Jasto.rfllir and Dre-
lUOre C . t'l a. uv. v .
meditated murder committed than that
by Webb and his accomplice? And yet
tnese two nunn nejiu cuiin
good meals a day at public expense,
w,hii, honest men In Summer's heat and
winter's cold strive to live and pay
taxes for their support, this perhaps
to be followed later by parole and par-
a'Mi. a, at thin time striving
to locate the human beast that worse
than murdered little isaroara nouuiau.
Why do we want him? Let dreaming
sentimentalists answer. Is It to en
able us to spend $5000 of our tax money
. nnai.i bitn follow this with a re-
i . .. tinnfl ref von T" for his
prieve caiiu . . J " ' '
keep at Salem and a parole due about
nnn y nl. : 1 .!! V. aafa frnitl him DV
. v. n . , tun,. mA to aiie-cest that it
would be much cheaper to have this pa-
a vaVG a J o uvu iiv'i
As to lesser crimes ana our eicessivo
mercy, I trust I am not in contempt
when I refer to the conviction of one
Goddard in Portland Just recently, a
,,t--iwi man who contributed to the
ruin of a girl of tender years paroled
on the spot ana wno tnen mcia
. Ai ) i i iie& that Via
fcrwrvea notice wti.wca . -. .
reserved the right to show them the
evil oi tneir way. un, ye nectic.
1 --H.tmAntal r1tSl. T tHISt in
meivy auu ocm.Moufc. e
this you are fully satisfied, even as you
would nave Deen nau tne mjn
k An vaiip nniitrhtr. No wonder ex-
. i c-. 1 - hupirlar on thft
Dnenn piuij uoiwua . r. .
spot. His plan at least has the merit
of being economical.
an . v-- shown that foroA
All ICHtW
Is necessary to discipline an army and
to protect tne state; anu iub .umi .....
v. .w-t v. ..I-., ana. aomA men in Ore-
iron who believe that our lives, the pur
ity or our nunics, tiitj c ... w v.
mnartt la worth fierhtlntr for. and if
.v.n..a.h tha fnrfa of maudlin aTUSh OUt-
ragea juhlicis uo . --
of nature and the transgressor will spill
his blood at the bands of the injured
a xa- rccAV
party.
When Solo Player Is Defeated.
PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (To the Edi-
. T Tha riT-aa-oninn TOriaV 1 Tl
LUI. A" '
gard to solo, I see .that the person out
OI colps loses tne tgctiiic. i"Jiw ' -'
mean that if a player can pay and it
takes all his chips, that he loses, or
does he get another chance? I mean
if he has enough chips to pay what he
lost, or In other words, is he still In the
game as long as ne can pay, roBturaa
. . i . . . . xcri
ot paving any cnips tot-v.
So long as he can pay, a player Is In
the game.
Assessing of Taxes,
rOTIPITll Hr Ton 11. To the Ed
..-. J..'.., -
. n'l n nAann kilt. rtartOnal
HOr.J tt ucn ' " " " " " r
property merchandise on June 1, 1911,
does he or tne venaur uetum nemo
. ... .n -rjo that am nflvnble March 1?
lux Lilt: -J '
Does the same rule apply on real es-
tata transfers r " - kJ-
All taxes, both personal and real, are
collected from the party whose name
appears as owner on the tax rolls of
. 1. a- tha laaaeenr fan lOOk tO
1113 wu.i.j, w ... w -
no one else when assessing property.
Session of Legislature.
PORTLAND. Jan. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) How long is It before the Legis
lature meets? Do they meet this month?
A SUBSCRIBER.
The next regular session of the Ore
gon Legislature will begin lB- January,
1913.
General Advertising
AutomobileAdvertising
Classified Advertising
In every city of the land there is some ONE daily
newspaper that is 'favored with the bulk of advertising
patronage of the merchants and business men of that city.
In Portland The Oregonian heads the list.
During 1911 The Oregonian carried nearly three
quarters of a million inches of PAID ADVERTISING.
Think of that No other Oregon newspaper carried any
where near as much paid advertising as did The Ore
gonian. Taking the advertising by classification. Automobile
advertising, for instance. The Oregonian carried more of
this class of business than did any other Portland news
paper. Oregonian readers are the people who can afford
to buy automobiles. So, naturally. The Oregonian gets
the bulk of automobile advertising.
Then, consider classified advertising. The Oregonian
carried about 30,000 inches MORE than its nearest com
petitor. This is a wonderful showing. Then, again, in
the real estate advertising. No other Portland paper car
ried the volume of real estate advertising The Oregonian
did in 1911.
And in the foreign field. That is, advertising of busi
ness houses located in other cities. No other Portland
paper gets as much of this business as The Oregonian.
Last year The Oregonian carried about 16,000 inches
MORE than the paper which carried the second largest
amount of foreign advertising. Advertise in The Ore
gonian. It PAYS.
Half a Century Ago
From Th dregonlan of January IS. 1803.
Ranatnr RtflrltT of OrtTOn. before he
left on the steamer yesterday. Indig
nantly aisciaimeo. mat ne waa a. ayn
pathlzer with the rebellion. Sacra
mento Union. Funny, isn't it?
T Clmann Pranrla who hafl VlAAn
editor of this paper for many months,
has retired from that position.
Common Council Council met on Fri
day evening, Jan. 10. 1S62. A resolu
tion appointing Messrs. King, Hallock
and Hull a committee to ascertain
whether a more convenient house, at
a less price than is now paid for the
one at present occupied by the Com-
rn..nnll Man ha nhtalnoit nno re
port the same to the Board was adopted.
Testerday afternoon Detween the
hours of 3 and 4 o'clock the wife of
James Farrell, who resides and keeps.
nutcher shop on tne corner t'i tirai
and Alder streets, was brutally as
saulted while her husband was tem
porarily absent. As near as we could
ascertain, the facts are about these:
A man named George Rose was seen
to leave the house, followed by Mrs.
Farrell. who was crying: "Murder."
and bleeding profusely from gashes in
the head, from the effects of whlcn
she fell. Dr. Elwent dressed her
wounds. He says he found five frac
tures on the skull, which has evident
ly been committed with a slung shot.
It Is said that Rose watched his op
portunity, when Mr. Farrell was ab
sent, to commit the assault for the pur-
nose or roooing tne mi, uul "
succeed. He was arrested at about 7
o"clock last night and safely lodged
In JalU
Threo ntrn crossed the Columbia
-Di.. ..aata-Hav on i h ft Ira. K a c h car
ried a long pole, which prevented them
from going down wnen mo if
through. One of them had the mail
from Vancouver. No paper was issued
at that place last week.
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
When a woman comes to town on a
,..!. .1 nanaa tall irhftttlPf ShA It
V181L, l.llJ lajtto
married or unmarried, but when a new
nn armaai-e von "on't tell anvtbin8
about him, unless he chooses to con
fess.
If you want to give a married man
a present, it is very rude not to give
it to his wife, who also got his wed
ding presents.
If a woman actually marries her
ideal, he Is apt to outgrow it.
Every man who has heavy whiskers
around his month should be compelled
by law to eat alone.
When a man is trying to sell you
an article on which he will make a
profit, don't Imagine he Is that polite
all the time.
Nearly every man has a grievance
against his wife because she doesn't
say oftener that he is overworked.
Probably at sOTne time, in his mar
ried life, every father has done some
thing for which his wife tells him he
should be ashamed to look his Innocent
children in the face.
A woman never becomes so old -that
she doesn't want her husband to tell
her where he Is going every time he
leaves the house; and a man Is never
so young that he likes to do It.
No man's line of credit Is as large
as he thinks it is.
About the time the newly married
man forgets to kiss his wife good
bye, he also neglects to fill the wood
box before starting to work. After
that, the blows that crash ideals
come as thick as hail stones.
A man hates to have a woman use
his love for her as a club.
Personal Wealth In Cities.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 11. (To the
E(jitor ) To settle a dispute will you
kindly say what city in the United
States ranks first in wealth according
to population? Also in what place does
Portland rank? READER.
Ranking of cities as to aggregate
personal wealth of their populations is
guesswork. Pasadena, Cal, la reputed
to have more millionaires In propor
tion to population than any other city
in America. No one knows where Port
land ranks.
Difference.
Judge.
Knicker Shakespeare calls sleep
"Nature's soft nurse."
Bocker Yes; but she doesn't try to
marry rich old invalids.