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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.
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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.
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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.