,9 TTTP MOICTTSO ORTOOXIAy. WEDyESDAT. JANUARY 24, 1912. rTLAr 0HCG05. H ind at Pwilinl, Onoa, fMUlOM aa U-ui fcuuar. llaiaa Invariably tm Ada:a. . (BT MAILO :lr. Suader radodad. aa raar. ...... t-iB&Af tnciuriaU. aia moaltoa- 4.1 . euaaay laeiua4. tarea months., ...y. aar.aar loduaad. ana moata...., ...j. a ' ruatfM. aaa faar. . ...... ...y. wiiiiftui teuaaajr. a nM-ntra. .... a-l .:mu( anJav. taraa moalba... a. 79 vttaout oaaaaj. ana aitttta i..y. una jraax J-ll sJ.jf. aaa ar J J iajr aaa lvkljr. ost yaar.. ,.. J ,!T. "uadar lacluAtd. oaa yaar. ...... ,;.y. auarlar lacluUU. aaa moaU fwr la naailt eao4 roatomca - .i vi.i tr . - - al a-n. btama. aula or curraey era ina aaauara rua. ma poKiut tail IncluUiaa caunty and aiala, Faotaa Halaa 1 to asa 1 cant- It K pa. 1 aaata; 1 u l pasa. I eaata: ta f Basaa. 4 caala. JToraisa pootasa. a:a rata. Etara BaMM Ofrl.aa Varra V' .. Vara. Branawio aiUMina. Cat- ra. alaffar Bu'lalag. llaropaaa Vflkxa A a. $ Baal street, a. . laUa. HITCHCOCK IX TITB HACK. Without distinction of party and re. i.rdlesa of their opinion on the merits tha proposition, the ne-wspapers of country condemn the- conduct of tmaater-General Hftchcock In pre ntln at an opportune time and ithout tha approval of President Taft i ach.rae for Government purchase the taiegraph system. They ee no rap from the conclusion that "ch ck' action was Inspired by a a' val dsslra to embarrass hU chief a inclusion which hiui already been an, iuncd by The- Oregonian. .wn.iin. offered by Hltcn- Kk that ha merely forgot to consult President before mamms f-- announcement la rejected aa ua orthy of crerflt. He has been unl rmly careful In hi statements -" hero s own Interest were concerned and rot likely to have allowed so lm .rtant an announcement to reach the .bile through a mere oilsunderstand f of hla instruction by a subordl Ho has been Ion enoug-h in tho .Vernment scrvlc. to know tiat tha, y Cabinet olHcer who la authorlrel mako recommendations or reports -act to Conrresa ia tha Secretary of a Treaaury. and that recommenda na of all other Cabinet officers must -t recetvo the approval of the Pres ent, by whom thay ara transmitted , Concreaa. n" v"" - act of insubordination and disloy--y to his chief, and must realtao by , time that this act has recoiled h terrlflo against himself. Tha New Tork Hsrald finds a motive .'.den la tha fart that friend of ichcock "ara allppins; around tha .untry working up another boom an Taft'a. and in thait connec on quotes the statemorit of tho svJniton correspondent of the -idlaeapolis Ni "that the whole nesi of this other boom la a sire on the part of a great irporatloa either to punish Mr. Taft r permlttina; a suit to bo brought cminst It or t frighten him into or--tins tho suit wlthdra-m." Tha erald brlnirs Into strons; relief the ,rlouns of Hitchcock' offense by tying: tf fclr. HUtkwk'l axajnpJe la ta aa rml ,t. a&a - a ahart tlma aaa Mr. ciar taa Att.r-.j.-O-a.r-l. aaaounc . teat k la oiii to raeoaimfno lo I o !aTtoa Nauonal rca:i at Jud.-a; Sacra- ry Sumao. darlartts at Ba '""''" manraa alilpe ta a 4--- - -- - atbara aallaas throurh IAa I'aaaaa ca afc cr.tax kfaa aalo that tea Xv , f laraa aaa aa mora btt...hlpa hail . eaaau'taJ. Sacratarr XacV.ash a..rt that th poT of Kclprottl tarltra U I,,. Md eacratary Knai I.UU.S ta pr.a ha purpoaaa ta rtciii w . Of couraa. l!a IHiH "a law in t maii.r. Ci.w.t UlnUtara. according Vr Hitrhro.-k'a tdaa, ara uppod to jyoaa tha thlna tha" eh'' ' The Baltimore Evening Sun nees In l:tchcock"a action a sinister purpose to force the President to take a stand n this juFtlon a stand that might embarrassing to the latter, no mat. r whether he approved cr disp roved." It says some will attribute it to the subtle influcne of hi former hlef." m..vw'. nnlttrm In the Cabinet llll' 111 V m tf ---- - . k tha Rrooklvn Karle to be nad "unpleasant, if not distinctly recarlous. by m untimnj tnc. The New or; uioo. uiwu- ng the Hitchcock announcement De ore the White House explanation ap peared, said: fr. Hltcbrack ha aot haratofora salnad ama aa a pr"raiv. In fart, hla prnra n tha Cabinet baa ba ona of tha atoro .lira bio. kj to rorraia ronfdcara In tba .roaraal'naa of Praatd.at Taft. Aad utlly thia aba and aatuta youat man. pparastlr without eooaultalloo and alanine iKaMiSl Administration tam play, braaka .t.t with a racotnmrn latlon whlrh. If mada it ail. mould b maia onlr nftr tha moat arfui conlt,aratlon of tha merit of tha iroaoaal Haait and aoUrltuda ta caooia tha not opportuna tlma to maka It. It locaa aa If onra mora tha Taft Adroln- tratton haa ban ahot at from bahJnd. H . . . . ..Mnnkrf It.rMttOfl hlrl mul I'l'i"'" r aacanaiar tha yapping coadnnation ram tha antl-corporatloa chorus. It la to a surra LMd that tha Poalmatr-JanaraJ . Ka formad plana to Irata tha Cabiast. and nat hla final rarommandatlon raprraania .n affort lo show that It Is Bit aata lo Jx-t his adrlra whsa arranrlns for tha ioldln( of a National coBTcntlon. Of the White House explanation the Globe said next day: It la not enrhra dcelarad In lha atata mat that Mr. Hitchcock la a man politically Innocant that ha aar draamad that a raartumandatlon at thia tlma for a Govarn nnt t:itraoH would embarraaa tha ITssl dnt. Nor Is It said that tha watch oyer Mr. Hltchcock a carrjrloia en Is ta caaaa. Inclined to give Hitchcock credit for good intentions which are decidedly not apparent, the Chicago Kecord Herald says: Of rouraa. Mr. Illt-hocck. balnr a aTl hraded man. would not have willfully put lha Administration In a faisa ll(ht. Wbat ha pra..na.ly b-Hce wlt.'i retard to Na tmnaMsatton of tha telegraph duaa not com mit tha Administration, hut kls statamant as issued ass e-rtalnlr mora than a per sonal opinion. It seemed to ax press aa official intention and decision. Opportunity la seized by the Chicago Inter Ocean to read President Taft a lecture on the evil consequence of pat- inattrennrv anil hnttlnw Sn. clallfm on the he.iJ. by which means It accuses mm 01 navins; Bianco peo ple loose from their moorings and sent V. J.irtlne H.in Ihrt strfim Ctf doc trlnalre speculation and sociological yu-set Id. Rnrln1lstir ocean. lain " The New Tork Sun sarcastically asks how iiitcncoca win procriu to con summation or nis policy, saying: Ehalt ha communicate hl "nrtmmndf ti.ns- to tha Concrcsa In tha form of a apactai m i-. . . " . - whr.a suspendlns: postal serrlca batwaen Ma department ana me one in'in. vc shail ha bealn operatlona Immediately by Instructing hi" eolieaaua and reat and sood fri.nd. In Attoraey-Oeneral. to closa up a. I private ownership uailer tba act of July "4. ha. tha Poatmater-Genral. order, tna at onca an appraisal of the telerraph nroaertleiK and drawing at sight upon b;a eOiar aolltag-tie and graat and goad Xrlaad. tha aaoratary of tha Traaawry. ra fao fya hundred mllllona of dollars to com plata tba transaction T Which la taa atmpla wayt The amount of hostile comment on Government telegraphs, a proposed by Hitchcock. 1 sufficient to prove the untlmellness of the scheme, which In Itself la meritorious. The work of es tablishing postal aavlnga banks la not yat complete, and Taft la beginning a fight for the creation of a real parcels post at this session. That will bring on a bitter contest with the expres com panies. Tet Hltchcock'a announce ment implies that he wishes) to 'Hake on" the telegraph companies at the same time. He Is no tyro In political strategy, and must know that to fight both Interest at tha aame time will bring defeat of both measures. The telegraph system properly comes within the functions of tha Postofflce Department, by which the transmission of all Intelligence by mail and wire can be conducted at Us cost and greater efficiency than by any private corpora tion. But we first want a parcels post, then we want a Postofflce Department se reorganized that it will be brought to the highest potnt of economy and efficiency. That done, we shall be ready to let It undertake the manage ment of the telegraph service. To be. gin a fight for it now would be to pre sent an opportunity of victory to the combined express and telegraph inter ests. If we won the victory, we should not have the machinery ready to handle the telegraph business. Hitchoock knew this. and. If he did not aim to embarrass hi chief, his de sire must have been to thwart that chiefs plans by bringing about his defeat on both the parcels post and Government telegraph bills. Only one alternative remains that Hitchcock Is a fool, but he ha shown such marked ability hitherto to take care of Hitch cock that we prefer the first alternative. THE WIVD AND THE WHIKJ.WLX H. Portland is the haven of a restless band of socialistic and 1. W. W. agi tators who have either been driven out of self-respecting and law-abiding communities, such a Aberdeen, or who have been attracted to this city by It reputation for activity and hos pitality. Some of the boldest of this bold band call upon the Mayor, false ly tell him that fourteen thousand men are out of work In Portland and inti mate that violence will follow If work Is not provided. Other take possession of the streets, after a riotous alterca tion with a band of singing- evangel ist, and ara not disturbed, while they make their Incendiary speeches against government, order, society and au thority. It 1 not true that thousands of de serving men ara Idle In Portland. It Is true that few who are able and will ing to work are long In need of a lob. The trouble with too many men 1 either that they do not want work or that they want easy work. They rebel at hard manual labor and de mand that the public take care of them. The country calls for men to clear land, and to do general farm service. But the average man-out-of-a-Job will not go to the country. He prefers to tarve In the city. Tet he knowa that an Indulgent and charitable public will not permit him to starve. If Portland continue to sovf me wind of leniency, tolerance, timidity and weakness toward the thriftless, the lazy, the turbulent and the law less, how can It fall to reap the whirl wind? ax Excrj.i-Evr work. Bulletin No. 111. issued by the State Agricultural College, is an astonish ingly complete treatise on orchard management. It Is astonishing be cause It tell ao much in compass so small. Every topic which concerns the practical fruitgrower Is taken up and adequately discussed, except the all-Important topic of apraying. Very likely Professor Lewis, the author of this most useful bulletin, believed mat spraying ought to have a pamphlet all to Itself, and so It ought. Moreover. It ha already been aufficiently treated In former bulletina Issued by the col lege. Professor Lewis begins with some careful remark on "Oregon as a fruit sta,te." which are admirably free from tho "boom" Uilnt. Nothing Is said which the facts do not fully Justify and nothing Is promised which cannot be fulfilled. The bugbear of over pr xiuctlon does not frighten him. He remind us that the average yield of orchards Is low, that thousands of trees will never become profitable" for many good reasons, and finally that there 1 a large area passing out of production each year. No doubt the balance between demand and supply will be maintained fairly well in the future a It has been In the past. V'pon the whole. Professor Lewis seems to favor clean tillage for Oregon orchards. He speaks of the danger of burning out the- humus from the soil by overcultlvatlon. but thia can be prevented by cover crops, while ade quate tillage affords the only method In the Willamette Valley of keeping up the Summer supply of moisture. Of course, irrigation would do it, but then we are not yet ready to Irrigate. In the meantime. Professor Lewis ad vises orchardlst to keep the-plow and harrow going. He Is particularly sen sible on the subject of pruning. Ith no hobby to ride, he lays down the broad principles which ought to gov ern the fruitgrower in shaping his trees, and Illustrates them so clearly that nobody ia excusable for cotitinu lng the old blunders. Contrary to common notion. Pro fessor Lewis says that cherry trees should be pruned with some rigor and cultivated also. Some of his best sec tions are those which treat of walnut culture. In hla opinion grafted stock ia the only kind which will be found en tirely satisfactory. He predicts that In course of time the seedlings which have been planted wII have to be top grated to make them profitable. This ia a subject upon which much light will be thrown by experience. At present discussion of It amounts to lit tie more than guesswork. SPBCTACrLAK CHrNA. Torn by war, devastated by pillage, ranmi hv flood and famine, the great Chinese Empire seems tottering to Its fall. Of her vast population, s.4uu.uuu are naked, famine-stricken and prac tlrattw ahaltarleaa. Her ancient tem ples ara being rased by rebels and the gate of her forbidden citjr imperial Pekin are likely at any time to be fon-aH hr revolutionists and the dy nasty of the Manchus superseded by a republic. These statements are con fusing rather than Informing. They ranrasant atunendous. staggering facts that. In the presence of the oldest of civilizations, the most populous oi em pi res, the most secluded of people, are Incomprehensible and Inexplicable. Within Chinas vat domain live and toll and grovel a population which de fies the art and skill of the census taker. Here are great walla and mighty Irrigation systems constructed thou sand of years ago, surmounting nat ural difficulties that would tax the skill of engineers of the present day: temple and pavilions, built tier on tier, high up the terraced mountain side, and along the highways of the great interior, worn with deep ruts Dy wheelbarrows; the traveler, following the harvest season, passes a continu ous procession of half-naked, perspir ing men, wheeling the products of their fields to the nearest market perhaps hundred of miles distant. Writing of populous and beautiful Szechuan, one of the eighteen prov inces of the Empire. In the National Geographic Magazine, Roilin T. Cham bcrlln says: Tha omy arabla land In this province which is not pushed to tha limit of high cultura la that occupied by groves, and here, as every wh-re elso In China, tba from cover cunaf!eh areas. ANOTHER Bl NXMBB TARll F BITuI What has become of the Democratic principle of tariff for revenue only? Underwood's bill for revision of the steel schedule admittedly reduces the revenue at a time when It barely ex ceeds disbursements without allowance for the added expenses which are be ing piled up by tha Democrats for pensions, rivers and harbors and build ings. Not only have they failed to provide additional revenue to meet these enormous added expenditures. but they propose to reduce the existing income. The bill has been drawn In Igno rance of the facts, knowledge of which 1 essential to the equitable adjust ment of tariff rates, and to ascertain which the Tariff Board was estab lished. The Democrats act as though the facts would not fit in with their policy, therefore they go ahead re gardless of conditions. On the very day when the steel tariff bill is Intro duced in the House, another commit tee Is endeavoring to learn from an officer of the steel trust It cost of production, which has been revealed in confidence only to the President and the Commissioner of Corporations. Without knowledge of thosa facts the ways and means committee proceeds to draft Us bill. The Democrats know that their bill cannot become law, for they know that the same reasons which Impelled President Taft to veto tho wool and cotton bills will cause him to veto the steel bilL They must have drawn It In full expectation of a veto. Had they looked for it to pass the Senate and receive the President's approval. they would have ambodied far differ ent provisions. Their motive In In troducing the bill was nt to give the people relief from excessive taxation, but to fool the people Into the belief that that was their motive, while the actual effect of their action is to con tinue for at least another year the ex cessive duties now imposed. They seek to create the Impression that they are aiming a blow at the steel trust and that any person who thwarts their pretended purpose Is warding off the blow. Their action Is so plainly hypocritical that It will deceive none but thoso who wish to be deceived. President Toft stands for a policy which will bring reduction of the tar iff without Injury to any legitimate In dustry. By co-operating with him and passing bills reducing the tariff in accordance with findings of the Tar iff Board, the Democrats have the op. portunlty of proving their sincere de sire to reduce tariff exactions. But they reject this opportunity and proceed regardless of the facts which should guide them. They are playing politics with the tariff and their bill Is buueombe. HENRI BERC.SON ON I lUGIITER. Tho vogue of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, has reached the point where everything he writes sets peoplo by the ears. Those who agree with him are ready at a moment's notice to rend asunder those who do not. His latest piece is an essay on laughter, and Paris has gono wild dis cussing the distinction between wit and humor which It sugsots. Bergson sensibly maintains that laughter arises when we see or hear anything out of Joint with its surroundings. Psychol ogists call such circumstances "incon gruous." It is exquisitely funny to see a pompous fat man fall down in the mud while his shining silk hat is stepped on by newsbuys. Everybody laughs at the spectacle because it Is so out of harmony with the eternal fitness of things. The richly clad mountain of fieah ought to be seated in a ten-thousaiid-dollar automobile and his hat should proudly adorn his head. To see him In a place so far from proper as the gutter makes the whole world laugh. A beggar on horseback Is Just as funny as a millionaire In the mud, and for the same reason. He is Incongruous with his situation. Wit Is supposed to be cruel and hu mor benign. Wit, according to some philosophers, makes us laugh, while to humor we respond with a kindly smile. Thus nature smile In the Spring sunshine, but she does not laugh. On the other hand, the Bible tell us that the Lord shall laugh at the heathen In their misery. The psalmist who gave us this expression had In mind, of course, the contrast between the pride of the heathen In their power and their humiliation In the day of their downfall. Such con trasts have always amused victorious nations and their deities. The associa tion of wit and laughter with cruelty Is very primitive. It goes back to the beginning of things. The rustic Joko Is seldom anything better than a vicious trick played upon an unsuspecting person. To pull a chair away from a woman about to sit down always ex cites shrieks of laughter In bucolic circles. Men living In a state of nature are said by some writers to be Invariably aweet and lovely In their dispositions, but the ways they have-of amusing themselves tell a different story. The Iroquois Indian found it entertaining to throw a baby Into a vat of hot water and watch it squirm. This was about the only spectacle that could make them laugh. A common pastime among most uncorrupted wild men is to cut themselves with knives, hang one an other up to trees by the cords of the thighs, and put prisoners to death with tortures. There is much evi dence to show that the human heart In It original state Is desperately wicked. The spectacles which men laugh at betray the condition of their souls better than any other test. "Tell me what a man likes to laugh at and I will tell you what he 1 and where he will go when he dies." It ia a common error to believe that a smile la merely a laugh somewhat suppressed. Nothing could be farther from the truth. A smile Is an entity In Itself and often It 1 not even akin to laughter. When the lovelorn mai den sat like patience on a monument smiling at grief, it is not to be sup posed that she felt any inclination toward mirth. Her smile was a sym bol of martyrdom, as it often Is with women. One of the most effective ways In the world for a wife to bring home to her hdsband the enormity of his sins Is to sit and silently smile at him for a whole evening. At the close of the seance he will be ready for bedlam. What could be less akin to . - ll0 T. merriment tnan sucn a " ; savors much more rankly of purgatory. Hamlet told us long ago how easy it was for a man to smile and smile and be a villain. Indeed, one of the clear est marks of . the villain in elegant fiction is his capacity fdr smiling de ceptively and devilishly. Smiles are saintly, fiendish or rapturous, accord ing to the, circumstances which Inspire them and the heart from which they emanate. The saintly smile ia appro priate to a woman when her husband comes home drunk and knocks her down with the poker. The fiendish smile Is used by the blackguard who ruins confiding maidens, and the rap turous smile appears on the counte nance of an innocent girl who is lis tening to her first proposal and In tends to reject it. Laughter admits of classification as well as smiles. There Is, for example, the sardonic laugh which human vic tims sacrificed to Moloch wore when they felt the god's embrace.- He was made of brass and kept red hot. The victims were held to his ardent bosom with pitchforks until the arms close round them and, of course, their race were distorted by the agony. This was "sardonic laughter" and was sup posed to express the Joy of the sac rifice over hla reception by the deity. Laughter Is said to be a peculiarly human accomplishment. No beast can laugh or even smile. Still, they may have some other way of expressing amusement. Certainly some of them are almost as crul as men. It stands to reason that they know how to show their delight In cruelty. Determination of the Democratic House leaders to Introduce a bill re vising the steel tariff conveys notice to the country that It need not expect any real progress In tariff revision at this session. President Taft's purpose to veto ail tariff bills revising sched ules on which the Tariff Board ha not yet reported was made perfectly clear by his vetoes of the wool and cotton bills passed at the extra ses sion, hence the steel bill may be ex pected to meet the same fate. The Democrats are too busy manufactur ing campaign material to give the peo ple any relief from tariff exaction by passing bills which reduce the tariff to a degree which will command the President's approval. It Is tho boastful novice at aviation who sacrifice his life by performing foolish evolutions. The Wrights, fath ers of the art, cannot be Induced to risk their lives unwisely In order to win the applause of a crowd. They reduce the risk to a minimum, then take them calmly. Indifferent to what others say. They are the men who will make airships practically useful, but 'aerial acrobats will continue to break their necks for big purse and applause. Among the "out-of-employment" army in Portland there are two men who had a good Job of land clearing last Kail. It would have kept them busy all Winter at fair wages, but it had one terrible drawback. It re quired vigorous uee of their muscles. So they threw it up and came to Port land, where bread can be earned by exercising the tongue. How many more are there with histories of the same sort? If the "golden rule" court at Oro vllle, Colo., has reformed 23 criminals out of 24 arrested it has done well. The reformed amount to 96 per cent of the entire array brought to the bar of Justice. Unless the churches be stir themselves, the courts will make a better record than they are likely to In the great work of saving sinners. Many Oregonians know A. W. Pres cott. Senator Bourne's secretary, and all who do are his warm friends and hope for his speedy recovery from the operation for appendicitis Just under gone. All unemployed men are not strong and robust and able to do hard work, but the man in dire need should try at the best Job offered, or get into the bread line. Tha troubla with studying; tha Chinese situation Is tha Inability to recall whether Yuan KM Kal Is an Imperialist, a Manchu or a rebel. Chicago Evening Post. No trouble at all. He is looking out for the interests of Yuan Shi Kai. The sublime egotism which marks spiritualists, theosophists and follow ers of like cults is seen In the state ment of Mrs. Hastie: "I have a pure mind." .Of course the county will furnish the medical students with all the ca davers needed as soon asf possible meaning when the pauper are dead. , Investment of million In Improve ments by the big railway corporations gives an idea of the business expected In the years near by. A two- rT" - celebration of Robert Burns' bf. Jay. with a day Interven ing, is about what Bobbie would con sider the real thing. ' Another big fraternal Insurance or ganization finds It necessary to re vise Its rates. All come to that crisis In time, or burst. That County Clerk In California who asks women not to wear rats must be Indifferent as to winning their votes. Division of a big county like Crook depends upon the amount of assessa ble railroad property in each portion. The professional unemployed do not want work and must get such treat ment a fits the case. Portland's high credit Is measured by the premium paid on her bonds. Germany seems very quiet during til Pranco-ItaUaa Incident, ATTACK MADE O CHAMBERLAIN Sellttllnc Mohair Ia- . Ilia Statement Bellttlln dastry la Oregon) Criticised. PORTLAND. Jan. 3. (To the Edi tor.) Tho Northwest Angora Goat As sociation Is an organization of over 125 leading angora goat and mohair grow ers, and in conjunction with the Na tional Mohair Growers" Association we are maintaining a representative at Washington. r. C, to defend tho grow ers during the expected attack on the 12-cent duty now Imposed on mohair coming into the country. We find it impossible any more to Import bucks from foreign countries. South Africa imposes a duty of 500 on each buck shipped out of the coun try, which is prohibitory. Conse- qyently, we are forced to "breed up the best way we can. Then, the grow ers are asked to take oft the present duty of 12 cents, which would allow the manufacturers to Import free mo hair, to the detriment of the consumer and the grower alike, for there is to be no effort to lower the duty on mo hair cloth. Our representative. Mr. McCarty, called upon Senator Chamberlain and his statement follows regarding the mohair Industry in Oregon. Our association has determined that if this Is Mr. Chamberlain's idea of the industry, we shall see to It that he receives some education" on the matter. aaa The farmers and stock raisers. In cluding the wool and mohair growers, do not think that Senator Chamberlain of Oregon would willfully misrepresent the importance of any Industry in Ore gon, but we mohair growers do be lieve that he has a wrong conception oi the masnitude and importance of the angora and mohair Industry in this state. For that reason, we should like to discuss this Industry which is rapid ly coming to the front in the develop ment of the Pacific Northwest. The Vnh.i, firnwprs' Association an association of the growers not of the manufacturers sem a. i ci" sc.. tlve. J. E. McCarty, to Washington, D. C. to look after the interests of the growers during the forthcoming in vestigation of schedule K. not for pur- -. ui.iiiinfnff" an t i tprm Is used. but to try to see if a distinction could not be made between tne manuiuuiuici and the growers wnen it cama ia r.i i int.. v. n,i n l n As the law now stands, there is no difference between mohair and wool, while the fact is that v. i - nam h, omTvn in South Africa, shipped here, duty paid, at a less cost than our monair growers urn si" -For that reason, we object to any i t e .ha nr.uni dntv of 12 cents now Imposed, and because mohair is more In the nature of a luxury. Just -hi. i. In foilowing up this matter. Mr. Mc Carty called upon Senator ununoeriniu, - .v.. fniinvinff la from Mr. Mc- Ca rtv- "With reference to Senator m 1 .1.1. n raiclnt of Vflllf letter. t,UUlUClluiU " --1 - . . I called on him. I was astonished at the great fund of misinformation which was stored In his head. He seemed to treat the subject as being of very little importance. He started out by saying . v. . v. wai-j, vArv few ancroras in l ll 1 l 1- H - 1 " ' - S - - Oregon and what few there were, that these were not used for the purpose of growing mohair, but that mohair grow ing was of a secondary consideration, and that these animals were used as scavengers.'" Now we are perfectly willing to be lieve that Senator Chamberlain is honest in his convictions, but are forced to believe that he has a strange Idea of what constitutes one of the leading industries of the state, For a man who has lived in Oregon practically all his life, and who hns had every opportunity to know something of the Importance of the livestock Industry to the state, when he makes sucn aerogaiury aw la ments, he is not fair, considering that the livestock men of Oregon have had hard enough work to arouse sufficient interest to keep the industry to the front where it belongs. as Concerning the o'ngora and mohair business, I wish to point out a few facts pertaining to it. to the end that our Junior Senator may realize that we are cognizant of our own importance, if our political representatives are not. The angora goat and mohair industry is not a large business in this state, neither is any other business or in dustry when compared with those in older states. Comparatively speaking, however, the angora goat and mohair business Is on a par with other indus tries here. We have about 12 flocks of stud angoras, which is more than any other state In the Union has. The cwners of the flocks shipped out for foundation purposes, about 300 head of bucks during the past season, and these averaged from $20 to $30 per head. Before the agitation for a lower ing of tho duty on mohair was started, we got from $25 to $73 per head, and we hold a record price of $500 for one buck. These bucks were not only sent to all point of tha Pacific Northwest, but to every section of the United States, advertising Oregon wherever they went. It is conceded that our mohair goRts. with our long-wooled sheep, yeild mohair of more lustre than any place out side of South Africa and Asia Minor. This is because of our peculiar climate. For this reason, our O-egon bred bucks are in great de mand, tho same as our Lincoln and Cctswold sheep. So much for tha buck trade. We produced in Oregon, last year, something over BOO. 000 of high-grade mohair which sold on the market for an average of about 33 cents per pound. Besides this was the "kid" hair which is sorted out and which was sold from 43 cents to 65 cents per pound, in addition to ."long mohair" which brings from $2 to $15 per pound, all of which brought the sum total of mohair products sold in Oregon last year' to approximately $200,000. The increase was reckoned at near $400,000. There is a growing trade in "angora venison." Many carloads of angoras were shipped into Portland, and to Tuget Sound cities for consumption. The exact figures are unobtainable, but they represent a tidy sum. a a Recognizing the growing Importance of the Industry, Portland capital, backed by Portland financiers, such men as M. F. Henderson. A. L. Mills and D. C. Lewis, two years ago built at a cost of over $500,000 one of the largest mohair mills In the United States, and the only one west of the Atlantic seaboard. These mills were built upon the expectation that Oregon growers of mohair would furnish enough raw material to keep it running the year round, furnishing employment for a large force of workers, and high-class workers too. Now, in view of the for going, we resent the Insinuation that the Industry is of "small Importance" and that the growing of "mohair is of secondary "consideration." On the con trary, it is an Important industry, and destined to be one of the greatest In tho state. Aside from the revenue de rived from the backs of these animals; they are the poor man's friends, be cause they can be maintained and grown to perfection on logged-off lands, where other etock would starve. Yet, despite all this, we cannot grow mohair on our cheap lands in com petition with the cheaper lands of South Africa. We cannot grow It pro fitably for less than 35 cents and if the duty Is lowered It will mean con siderable less. We have our reason for not wishing to be classed as only "secondary." N. W. ANGORA GOAT ASSOCIATION, By Alva L. McDonald, secretary. Epithet and F.pltnph. Philadelphia Record. Tommy Pop. what is the difference between an epithet and an epitaph? Tommy's Pop One is applied to a man before he Is dead, and the other afterward, Half a Century Ago (From The Oregonian of January 24.) In Secretary Cameron s statement or tha strength of the Army. California is set" down as having 4U88 volunteers. Tho only states that have contributed less, where they have contributed at 11, are Delaware 277a and Minnesota 4160. The several arms of the service are estimated as follows: Arm. ' Volunteers. Regulars. Mit. Infantry 4.-.7.20S U.l.o Cavalry 54..'4. .V,.'"3 Artillery iu..t.iv mo c .j,,'- Rlfles, sn-psnooters. Total 640.C37 20.S34 060,971 The appropriations asked for the service for the next fiscal year are computed for a force of 500.000 men. At the commencement of the rebellion, the entire military force at tne dis posal of thet Government was 16.000 regulars, mostly stationed at the West. In commenting on the gigantic cnar- acter of the conspiracy against the Government, he says it extended over an area of 733.144 square miles, pos sessing a coast line of 3o23 miles ana a shore line of 25.414 miles, with an interior boundary line of 7031 miles in leneth. It stripped us of arms ana munitions and scattered our Navy to tha most distant Quarters of the glooe. The Springfield armory was expected to turn out 10.000 muskets during De cember it will produce 200,000 stands of Snrinorfield rifles during lSbJ. ine Oovmme.nt should never have less than a million of muskets in its. arse nals, with a corresponding proportion of arms and equipment for artillery and cavalry. Union men of Lane County, the time has come for action, and your June election is but a few months distant. Vital interests are at stake. The true issue is Union with all its blessings of peace, of law, of order; or disunion with Its anarchy, its outrage and its blood: We appeal to every loyal citizen: Lay i ,i .. A tAalnticliia nnri romn UD jxiiaa vm J " " - to the precinct election of delegates to the county convention imo uiuuicio. T -. I. .... 4 V, a .-ni.. .-i r f fh0 TlPfl!lA ijci ua iiwi .11 vi . ... n w i AnAi AAmA all i tf vour Dre- v,lllj IIUDI 1 .-iiii' . u... v cincts and elect delegates to the county convention. The precinct elections to be held on Saturday, the 22d day of March, 1862. and the county convention on Saturday, the 29th day of March, 1862, at the Courthouse in Eugene City. Tha county convention to nominate the county ticket and elect delegates to the state convention. A. A. Smith. C. H. Moses, N. Hum- 1. N ni.nJfniT Vi Dlinn. A. RPD- ('111 C , A.. 1 ' 11.11 I "if, I a. ' frew. W. H. Fisher. J. G. Gray, Will iam- Gale, J. M. U1CK, ts. J. reusis, M. Ellswortn. 1. li. naoOTi Rtsdon. Hllliard Shaw, Joseph Davis, Al. uaniortn, v. i. xiyuo. The qualified voters of Benton Coun ty who are in favor of the suppression a .V.a nAAT.t n-inL-iill rrthpllion. etC. are requested to meet at a great mass meeting to be held in the Courthouse at Corvallis on Saturday, the 29th day of tco a. l nVifwk TV M.. for the purpose of nominating a Union county ticket and to select live uemeaito i i-.inn rt,, miTivpntlnn. to be held I II V, l li i nil a,u.w ' at Eugene City on Wednesday, the 9th day of April, 1862, to nominate a Union ticket for state officers and member of Congress. A. G. Hovey, W. H. McFarland, Julius Brownson, A. Newton, Republican ... aaMai..aa Tama R Bavlev. U II LI 11 1 Ji luiiiiumiiai .... - . . James Kenney. Rowland Chambers, Jacob .Martin, jjemocrawc tuumj mittee. , i -i i i-i a.- The iinil hmn livlm; iniuuaci i. i j . " " - in a cabin on Mr. Potter's farm, about three miles below town on the Willam ette, drowned himself on Wednesday last, January 23. He borrowed an ax from Joslah Melvin, who lives in the neighborhood, proceeded to the river, cut a hole through the Ice and Jumped in. It is supposed that he was labor ing under a temporary fit of Insanity. Mr. Coyer was from Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and had been living in Oretron three years, part of the time at Milwaukie. Yesterday about 11 o'clock In the forenpon the ice which has spanned the Willamette River at this point for the last week began to move with a crash ing sound in a solid mass. Piles were torn up and everything that offered re sistance was swept on down. The boom containing a large number of logs be longing to Abrams & Co.. was carried away and with it all the logs. The steamer Vancouver, which lay at Com mercial wharf, had her side and one of her wheels considerably injured, and hut for the precaution of Captain Turnbull in mooring a flat alongside, she would probably have been a total wreck. The steamer Kxpress was also injured, having five holes knocked into her and her wheel damaged. All the afternoon miniature Icebergs filled the river. Navigation Is open again in the Willamette. For Value Received. London Tatler. Hubby I won't say marriage is a failure, but some are more fortunate in what they get than others. Vife You are quite right, dear; for instance, you got me but I got only ou. An Illustration to Show How an Advertisement in The Ore gonian Compares in Cost to Other Forms of Advertising Let us suppose there are 40.000 homes in Portland. You want to deliver a message to these homes. You have something to offer these homes. Something they need. You consider sending a letter to, say 10,000 of these homes. Now 1 0,000 letters will cost you 2c each for the stamps alone. $200. The stationery and labor will cost you probably 3 or 4 cents each. Say the total cost in cluding stamp is 5 c apiece. That would mean an expen diture of $500. And you send just one letter for this amount. What can you get in The Oregonian for $500? The size of a business letter is about 94 square inches. About an equal space in The Oregonian vyould be four columns wide by 10 inches deep. One single announcement, at the one time rate, using identically the same matter you would use in the letter, would cost you just $60. For this $60 you would reach not only 1 0,000 homes, but the entire circulation of The Oregonian. Stop for a minute and think. For your $500 you can run a different announcement every week day for two whole weeks. (Figured at the lower rate the amount of space used would earn.) The impression made by 12 different announce ments is a far greater selling force than one single letter. THE STRAW VOTE By Dean Collins. Mv friend and I went down the street, And we were gay and giaa, For sev ral bills and shining ducks We in our pockets had. Hooray!" we cried. "- tip we'll get. And then we'll lay a nifty bet Upon the man whom Fate has planned For President in our lair lanu. We met a rabid Socialist. 'A tip. srood sir!" we cried. He flashed a paper in our faee. Bet." said he. "on our side. As straw vote taken by our sheet Shows Socialism's bound to beat. Out of 600 ballots sent. Nine-tenths for Socialism went." And while we pondered on this bet. A Democrat parsed by. "Give us a good election tip:' He heard our eager cry. There's but one way to bet," said he, ' 'That's Democratic victory. The straw vote that ur paper took Shows no one else has got a look." "A tip," wo asked another man. "I'll give you one, he said. "A straw vote in t"- fav'rite sheet Showed whither fortune led. The dawn of hope is in the sky. The demons of dark rum must die. In vain our foes will duck and twist; We'll 'lect a Prohibitionist." We found a gang of bearded 'boss. "Let's take a straw vote, too, To see if all men we have asked Have given augurs true. We called the leader, and he came, Took our two bits "Why, sure, we're game To take a straw vote, all correct! Who do you want us to elect?" My friend looked long and sad at me. With softly trembling chin; "Would we had never started out To bet on who should win. The course of fate these straw votes, show. It is an awful thing to know; But next election, on the square. Will swarm our Presidential chair. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe After a girl sits up late with her young man, she has a way of yawning next day that gives her away; it is dif ferent from a dancing party yawn. The meaner a man is, the easier he Is Insulted. A boy's hero Is another boy who runs off. As soon as a married man believes he is a martyr, he is looking for trouble and soon finds it. Some men refuse to prosper; give them a good business, and they would run oft and leave it on busy days. When a woman has nerve, she has more of it than three or four nervy men. You occasionally meet a man who ought to stay at home and do the housework, and send his wife out to make the living. I hate to have a man slap me on tho back; I imagine I feel about It as a woman does when a strange man tries to hold her hand. What has become of the old-fashioned mother who went Into the yard and got a switch so big that her child screamed in terror: "I'll be good! I'll be good!" - Every man is llbral in saying what should be done, but we are all some what conservative In saying what we will do. A Modem Philanthropist's Plant. Life. "Why are you sobbing, my little man?" "My pa's a millionaire philanthro-. pist." "Well, well, that's nothing to cry about." "It ain't, ain't it? He's Just promised to give me $5 to spend provided I raise a similar amount." Cautloua Inquiry and Age. Dundee Advertiser. Teacher Now. boys, here's a little example in mental arithmetic. How old would a person be who was born In 1S87? Pupil Please, teacher, was it a man or a woman? Sum-l'p of Phonographic Records. Baltimore American. The value of phonographic record! exported by this country last year was more than double that of the pre vious year. The exports under this head for 1910 were valued at $2. 709, 950. MovIdk Picture Show of Thirst. Cincinnati Enquirer. January 1. Wagon. January 2. Flagon. January 3. Jag on. I January 4. 'Dragon. A pink one with cerise trimmings.