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ABlsC or rBDERAL fAT HORACE.
'. I Within a law month aftr Prel
fTtnt Taft had recommended that h
t re.leved of th ntir burden of
appointing nubord.nate local official
t.f the Government h w accused by
jtooMve.l of m'irt .-andalou abas
If patronage than the ex-President
.ad ever seen. Th Colonel charge
vae proved to be baseles by th Nw
York World, which found, after care
fal inquiry, that only fifty of the Taft
.legate from the South are Federal
officials, while In 10 Itoonerelt mar-
I ailed 1ST officeholders a delegate
tr himself and 10 10I h count!
tie offlcla among the Southern dele
gate. Thie fact are In line with the
liatement Oi Hecretary MacVeagh In
ae OuU.xa that 'Taft ha beon far
hd away a better civil mrvlc re-
I rmer than Rooaevelt w. lr. Mao.
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'There are but two ) to dispose
r these quadrennially recurrent
re of abuse of ptr.me In the
nth. One t lo adopt Taft recom
rvrnlatlon tbl M subordinate of-fl'-ee
be ad.led t.i the classified trvlce.
the other 1 to reduce tfouthern rep
f 'entAtln In convention to a rea
urable proortl"n to the fl.-publican
tale cast. Meanwhile It III liecomna
tf;e man who ued e.1erl patronare
In the 5.iiith to th limit of his power.
in he I. ad the opportunity to accuse
e f nuch abuse of power the man who
i made le.ost u of It and done his
;mot to et rid o It.
; ."T ctRRtXV An rMU:.
t The National rraerve t''"" of the N
I nal M-neiarv i'nniroii"n I b lng
i it'Je ted t.i criticism by banker on
l-i.- ground that th note-aviulng power
if the aswx-latlon would tend to en
C V'rag Inflation. Edmund I. .Uul
krt. of Chlcaao. l quoted by the
Economist aa alr.:
Tni ran t nik a d 'l.r enl J ! per
rn of j-.:d and a I J ir c--'! (fir' ar.d
u' irai iiai d '"ar i '" ib lo
b- j il as ol aa t'd d:.r.
The bHI of the Mvr,et.-ry Cnrnm!-
l.m provtle that the rraerve asemia
ll.n shall carry a resrv in g dd eMual
lo half It iW'piMlt nd cfvulating
noire, and shall rV a graduated tnx.
on arv amount that Its reserve fi
r.lt-hn:.1-r who . urP"t r.own.l or
b y-l .it. or v TBmlr or aroodr
i oopo..a hlnv Thr n.r h-r..r
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b.fitr- ha oB n P'vi' "
b- !.w lhat proportion. It al prvl.la
IhaV-ssa Jnore note shall be l-sn d s.
lor.g aa the reocrve Is below 3 J 1-S p-r
cent of Ita outstanding note. Th bl.l
providr a tax of IS per cent on not
In eaceew of I.00.oo0 and of 5 per
cent an note In ers of l.JOO.0.
00. The provUlonn nnuld nutomat
! ally maintain the reserve and r
;rict tu of currency, causing lis re
tirement when I'. volume ncerjeil the
legitimate need of business. To the
xlent O whiih Ih note were eecurej
by the al of the Iteserve Associa
tion, they wu!d be assef currency. o
rured not by promises. Mr. H'.i:lrt
.if, but by lh asset of the bu.-dnes
of i he couniry. Other nation tsue
note against ats and their hnk
enjoy a stability and freedom from
panic which make them the envy of
American bank. 5ure!y the prime
commercial paper hi. h would be dis
counted by the fti'serv Assoclat:on
should b a g'-vo,l securiiv for note a
l:k paper I in Kr.gland. Franc or
liermanv.
Mr. Hulbert prefers to the Monetary
Commission scheme an extension of
the privilege of the Al !n h-Vreland
act for the formation of currency as
sociations and lira.- a an advantage
that this Involve no concentration of
the rene Into one mas. Hut the
chief drawback of the present bank
ing sysTem Is that a larue prt of the
reserves I concentrated In New York,
where it Is used niatn: In sto. k spec,
ti'atlon Instead of In eoirmervl.it busi
ness. That part r.f the reserve which
remain In the hsri'! of Individual
bank I so diss. paled a to be useless
In withstanding1 a panic, while the New
York banka at such time hold onto
the reserve rlepo-.t of t country
bank vs a measure of s.lf-preserva-tlon.
Thus the Cvittntry b.irks are de
prived of the benefit of their reserve
at the time of greatest need.
rWhat ! needed, and what th Na
tional Keerve scheme would provide.
Is an orcaniration b which the re
serve could be concentrated but at the
same time be ava'lable for the protec.
tion of any bank which reeded It itp-r-ort-
New York would not then draw
together a large proportion of the re
serve Curing time when the mirket
was easy anl retalei a grip on It when
the msrket became tight and the conn,
trv hark reel all 'h' r rrj"'irc. All
te hark i::IJ have a voice Iti the
management of th. Nat'onsl Reserve
Association ant all would be ert'tled
l.i us Ita facilities on the same terms.
The reserve could not. a now. he used
In stock speculation, for tbs bill ex
rre.!y forbids loan em stocks.
The National Recrv plan wouM
have been received with far more fa
vor had It not become known a th
Aldrtch plan. Alrtrtch I or.!r one of
a rnimhfr of men who drafted the bill,
but hi unpopularity ha attached to
the work of the Communion and ha
created prJu3!o agalnat It among
th'xe who have mad no etudy of lt
provision. The plan ha undoubted
merit and nmt uch mean Bun be
adopted before many years If the
In I ted State I to escape the unen
viable distinction we now have of uf
feririr from more disastrous and more
frequent financial panics than any
other countrv.
MKKCTIU THE f RVIT CHOP.
With a large fruit crop In prospect,
both In the Northwest and the East.
the grower of thl ectlon can secure
remunerative price only by ytmatlc
marketing through a central organi
sation such a they have formed. They
can to direct to the retailer In the
small cltle of the fnited States, and
by thus broadening their market can
ll the Increased production. By
careful grading and packing they can
offer a quality o Msh that it will com
mand a premium over the Inferior
product of many Eatern orchard.
The foreign market furnlshe. a field
for th Northwest fruitgrower which
b capable of unlimited expansion, and
th manager of the exchange has acted
wiaelv In extending hi organization to
Europe. So far only the surface of j
that market nas oeen scraicneu
salo have been confined to the chief
seaports. I!y establishing direct re
lations with th mervhants of th
many great Interior cities, entire car
goes can be easily sold. The European
consumer, having once become famll
lam with the high quality, careful se
lection and yatematlc packing of ouf
fruit, will become a customer for n
nunily Increasing quantities of It.
The ocean route to Europe hav
ing been shorteped by the Panama
Cannl. our fruit can be landed at "Liv
erpool. Southampton. Havre. Ham
burg. Bremen or Copenhagen a
cheaply as at our North Atlantic ports,
where Oregon apple already com
mand a premium. The organization
one completed and the reputation of
our fruit once established, cargoes
from the Pacific Coast should be .
readily salable are cargoes of or
anges, lemons or grapes from the Md
Iterranean port In Northern Europe.
Aa more on-hanl come Into bearing
year after year, the production of th
Pacific Northwest will Increase at such
a pare that only the most complete,
far-reaching selling organization can
find a market for It. Such an organ
ization can make the fame of our fruit
world-wide and can realize on that
fame In the shape of sales, which will
shsorb larger crops from year to year.
We need never fear to produce too
much fruit so long ss we maintain effi
cient means of getting it Into the hands
of the coisnmer.
COVfcRXHrVT RAILROAD t OR AIKA.
Secretary T'tsher" plans for the de
velopment of th Alaska coal field
have been taken up by Representative
Suizer. who has Introduced a bill pro-
vidlng for their execution. This bill
j creates the Alaska Hallway fommls
. slon of seven members with authority
' to build or acquire railway, docks,
jwharvrw and terminals In Alaska, to
; segreirnte ZO.OOO acres vf coal land In
! the Matxnuska field aa a coal reserve
and to develop and operate coal mine
I for use of the Navy and nther Govern.
I meet purposes. The Isthmian Canal
Commission 1 directed to transfer to
the Alaska Commission any of Ita plant
which Is no longer needed on the
Isthmus.
Passage of this bill would be the first
practical step to end the embargo
mhlch the conservation extremists
hnve caused to be put on the devcloj- j
ment oi a las kb. it is phwq on m per
sonal knowledge of conditions In and
the needs of the northern territory.
That Mr. Fisher's policy has received
he hearty Indorsement of a leading
Democrat In CnngTess Is strong testi
mony of Its soundness and ralsee hope
that the leaders of the House will rlee
above partisan considerations In their
treatment of Ivglslntlon for Alaska.
The only provision cf the bill which
Is open to serious criticism Is that
which confide the work of locating
and constructing railway to a com
mission of seven members. Experience
st Panama ha shown th.it the chief
function of the Commission wjis to do.
mi m imui. .oi mini v i'ii'im I itii-uini,
was given undivided power did work
on the canal make such rapid progress
as to Insure Its completion before the
date set for openlrg.
Th railway bill I only one of the
measure necessary to the development
of Alaska. I'nlea a Mil I passed at
the same session providing for the
leasing of coal land on the plan out
lined by Mr. Fisher, the proposed rail,
road will have very little traffic.
Should the y be opened for devel
opment of coal mines while the rail
road I tinder construction, the mines
may be realy to ship conl by the time
the railroad Is ready to haul I t If
Mr. Sulier cn secure th passage of
a leasing hill a well as his railway
bill at this seeslon of Congress, all per
sons Interested In Alaska will owe him
a double debt of gratitude.
A TO r-OTORAIMt.
"litill harping on my daughter," Po
lomus exclaimed, when he heard Ham
let raring. Some of the antl-suffraglst
resemble Hamlet In the particular that
they keen harping Continually on on
subject, however unlike the nobl
Pane they may be In other respects.
To read the speeches and letter of
these singular gnluer one would be
f irced to believe that they never heard
of any state or country where women
vote except Colorado'. ' They never
have anything to s:iy about Norway,
Finland, the Prltlsh colonies In Aus
tralasia, cf the municipal suffrage
which women have enjoyed for many
years throughout the liritleh Empire.
Th.y f.x their enchanted gaze on Colo
red and -see nothing else in all the
wide, wide world. There Is a good dal
to see In oth-r places, however. If they
coul 1 bring themselves to look at It.
Iut let u gate at Colorado with
these good sisters. Colorado has had
more difficult civic problems to solve
than almost any other tate In the
Crlon. Itul In comparing Colorado
with other states the antl-snffraglst
wrl'er takS no account of these
prv-blcm.
"I-ook at Colorado." they cry. "Its
chl'd labor laws and sons of P other
uplift legislation are far behind Ore
gon where women do not vols. What
an wi! cs.nrt's.t" In the Same way
'an equally thoughtles person might
pdnt lo a man born with a crooken
snlre and rail because he was not an
Apollo. To b fair t.i Colorado and
the women who r laboring so hard
to redeem It. the comparison ought to
be mad between the state a It was
when suffrage was obtained and as It
Is now. Of course the antls-are more
concerned tot mak their point than to
be fair, but the unprejudiced outsider
wltl weigh their arguments for what
they are worth.
It cannot be repeated too often that
Colorado was ruled for many years be
fore Judge Undsey nd the voting i
women began their work by the sordid j
md corrupt Smelter Trust and several )
other conscienceless corporations. They
had reduced the state lo viriuai an
archy by their enormities. The state
government was bad. ' Even the Su
preme Court bad become venal. There
was not a thought of welfare legisla
tion In Denver or any other Colorado
community. Vice was rampant. Cor
ruption was universal. The voting
women of th state collaborating with
Judg Llndsey have changed all that.
Th Juvenll court which they have
sustained has become the model for
th world. Denver has begun to take
the lead In all kind of humanitarian
legislation and uplift work. In the
election the other day Judge L.tnae
won out by JO. 000 majority and It was
the women who gave him his victory.
The less the antls have to say about
Colorado to Intelligent people the bet
ter for their cause.
HOW SHALL PARTIES Rt'LF-t
Let us If we understand correct,
ty our dear brother VHen's treat Idea
of proportional representation. H
would g've the Socialist, the Demo
crat and the Prohibitionists repre
sentation In th Slate Legislature la
exact ratio with their respective num
bers. If there are 80.000 Hepilblicans.
40.000 Democrat. 10.000 Socialists and
10.000 Prohibitionists In Oregon, there
should be. say. i Republican. SO
Democrats. 1 S Socialists and 7 Vi Pro
hibitionists sent to Salem as the rep
resentative of their parties and the
people. Your Socialist Mr. LrRen
would translate from a nightly soap
box volcano of mere .words to a mov
ing legislative force: and your Prohi
bitionist would not be the helpless and
neglected political worm he Is today.
These are the things Mr. U'Ren, with
broad Impartiality, would do, or say
he would do.
But let us ee what Mr. LrRen has
done with one mighty scheme of po
litical representation, now on th
statute books or Oregon. The vote
for Mr. Roosevelt at the recent pri
mary election was 28.700; Mr. La Fol.
lette, 22.934; Mr. Taft. 20.421. In the
Democratic primary the Vote for Wil
son was- M47: Clark, 7S53: Harmon.
64 S. The primary law. product of the
strategic foresight of Mr. Bourne and
Mr. ITRen. requires that all the Re
publican delegates at Chicago vote for
Mr. Jtoosevelt. and all the Democratic
delegates at-J!nltimore vote for Wil
son. Yet Roosevelt Is a minority win
ner, the combined majority against
him In Oregon being 14,000.
Cnder any scheme of proportional
represents tlon Roosevelt would have,
say, four of the Qrcgon elrgates, and
Taft and La Follette three each. Wil
son would have R. tlnrk 4S nnd Har
mon S a rote. "All elements, all shades
of opinion.' all factions would he truly
represented at Chicago nnd Baltimore.
Rut now we find a delegation half
Taft and half" Roosevelt, hound,
gaggetl and. delivered to Roosevelt:
nnd a delegation part Wilson, part
Clark, hound, gagged and delivered to
Wilson. The plurality, or the major
tty rules.
The majority should rule. In the
opinion of The Oregonlan. There Is
no other way for effective political
action. Yet Mr. lT'Ren has one scheme
for legislative representation In Ore
gon and another for party representa
tion. No wonder the political parties
of Oregon are neither fish, flesh nor
good red herring.
STl IYIN ART IN PARIS.
IC we may take the word of Mrs.
Alice Woods for It, Ihe art schools of
New York and Chicago ar preferable
to those of Paris. In' her opinion It Is
a mistake for an American girl to go
to Europe to study either painting or
music because, for divers reasons, she
can dn better at home. Alice Woods
Is the pen name of Mrs. E. P. I'llman,
who has lived In Paris many years
and still makes her home there. She
has written books on student life In
the gay capital of France, and prob-
ably knows as much about the subject j
as anybody In the w orld. Of course I
she does not deny that there Is more
of an "atmosphere of art" In Paris
than In any American city, but the at
mosphere of ( art Is not whnt young
students need so much aa definite In
struction. The Instructors In the stu
dios at Paris do not. according to Alice
Woods, show any very attentive Inter
est in their students. Each one Is al
lowed to work or Idle as he pleases.
There Is nobody to correct his blunders
and no particular encouragement Is
forthcoming. One naturally supposes
that these strictures do not apply to the
Beaux Arts, which, everything consid
ered. Is no doubt the best art school
In the world: but In order to enter that
Institution a rigorous examination In
general subjects must be passed for
which comparatively few American
students are prepared.
Why they are not prepared Is an
Interesting question. We have public
schools In this country as they have
In France, and most of our young peo
ple who take up art studies have
graduated from them. But the French
schools prepare their students to pass
an examination Which ours a a rule
dare not attempt. France Is famous
for Its political and administrative
machinery, but It has not yet turned
Its public schools into that perfect
species of machine with which we are
familiar In this country. Hence In the
French schools boys and girls continue
to learn something while In America
they too often merely mark time. But,
however that may be, Mrs. Woods
emphasizes the fact that very few
American students are competent to
pass the academic examinations for
entrance to the Beaux Arts even If
they had the Inclination to do so.
They lake up their studies tn th pri
vate studio nnd suffer the ennse.
quences of neglect ar.d Indifference
w hile they try to climb the steep path
way to fame. Most of the glris who
go to Paris to prepare themselves for
earning a living by music or painting
are poor. They have Just enough
money to skimp along for a year or
two In the Latin Quarter and then
they expect to return prepared to sup
port themsetves as "profes.-donals."
Mrs. Woods points out the folly of any
such a plan. It takes several years
cf hard study to become a passable
workman In any of the arts. Neither
painting nor music can be learned In
the time which the ordinary ambitious
and impecunious voting woman plans
to devote to It. The outcome of her
enterprise Is only too likely to be mis
ery while she resides In Paris and dis
appointment when she come back
home.
Several . of the common Illusions
about life In Parts with Its Joys and
advantages are punctured by Alice
Woods In an Interview which she has
given the New York Times. The no
tion that there Is most freedom in the
French capital than at home for a
young woman student ts one of them.
The "freedom" which we hear so much
about Is very apt to be nothing better
than Isolation and neglect. American
girls may live In clubs In various part
of Paris. If they wish and have th
means, but In that case they are sub
ject to as many rule a if they were
attending a boarding ehool. The only
alternative to the club Is a solitary
apartment where one Is usually sur
rounded by selfish and disagreeable
people. It Is not true that American
students are admitted to the social life
of Farls. They are obliged to consort
with their own country people or go
without companionship entirely. Even
the Russian and German students, ac.
cording to Mrs. Woods, shun the Amer
icans, but she probably overstate th
truth In regard to this matter. What
keeps American students in a flock by
themselves U undoubtedly -their Ignor
ance or the foreign languages. If
they could speak the various tongues
which are heard In the studios they
would form Intimacies easily enough.
Thla well-Informed writer assures
Americans that there Is not nearly so
much danger to the morals of young
girls In Paris as rainy suppose. Star
vation le a more real peril to them
than vice. The girl who undertakes
to live by herself In Paris does not get
enough to eat and what she does get
la so badly cooked that It Is sometimes
worse than useless. If she must prac
tice economy it la of course in her food.
If ehe ts in a hurry sha omit her
luncheon. At the restaurants the
American girls eat the cheapest dishes
and stint themselves of every luxury.
They do this, we are told, because they
feel It their duty to sacrifice every
thing to their Ideal of professional suc
cess. The life which they -live In
Paris, If - this picture of It Is true, U
melancholy and unwholesome to the
last degree. In order to law the foun
dations of success tn art or music a
person must build up a sound body.
Singing In particular depends on good
lungs and strong muscleev but these
American girls begin by wrecking their
bodies . ih order to cultivate their
genius. Is it not a pity that they
should make a blunder so terrible It
Is all the more of a pity because they
could study to better advantage in
their home cities, as a fule,.or at any
rate tn New York, Philadelphia or
Chicago, where they would be in alose
communication with their families and
might enjoy the companionship of
friends. The time to go to Europe ta
after one has acquired the mechanical
part of an art education and wishes
for he Inspiration of great pictures
and statues together with that subtle
something which is called "an art
atmosphere."
Secretary Knox attributes to tho
muckiaker our misunderstanding,
with the South American republics.
But how Is he to be suppressed? We
hare found tt Impossible to Buppree
him within our own borders. If tt
were-possible. It would be difficult to
extinguish the muckraker the. slan
derer of public men without con
founding with him the honest critic,
who renders a valuable public service.
How could girls employed by so emi
nently ladylike and proper a publica
tion as the Ladles' Home Journal pos
sibly forget themselves so far as to
dance the turkey trot?' All the teach
ings of propriety, decorum, etiquette
and all other things of that clns which
have- distinguished the Journal ' have
gone for naught. It was a sad day
for Mr. Bok
Whether the typhoid fly or the park
"masher" la the worse nuisance might
be difficult to decide. The-Mayor and
Council cut the Gordlan knot by treat
ing them both alike. This Is Judicious
and. we hope, effective, but the sus
picion Intrudes that the masher will
survive after the flv Is extinct.
Mrs. Russell considered that Schuy
ler Duryea owed her 11900. Her ac
tions Imply that she considers the
pleasure of horsewhipping him worth
that sum. Would he have been will
ing to give as much to escape the
whipping?
It Is a dull convention which Is not
enlivened by a fight between the Indl
nna factions. New and the regulars
got Bevertdge- scalp In 1910 and pre
sented tt to the Democrats. Bevertdge
now tries to harvest New's scalp for
Roosevelt.
The Judgment obtained against
Blgolow will cause many promoters to
tremble lest the Innocent stockhold
ers sue them. An innocent stock
holder Is dangerous when he gets his
back up and ha money to hire good
lawyers. . .
If the animosity against ."Roosevelt
should lead to the publication of a
new series of "Dear Maria" letters,-the
redoubtable Colonel may yet take to
the cyclone cellar.
Another Oklahoma town is devas
tated, yet that state Is a good one In
which to reside If a man owns a cy
clone cellar and Is swift of movement.
There Is no menace In German colo
nization In Brazil. When the time
comes for Vnele Sam to say "Scat!"
the Germans will scatter.
Mere man has all along held that
Mr. Bok was putting It all on, but his
disgust with the "turkey trot" seems
to prove his sincerity.
Really, Tacomft cannot be as bad as
thought, although a Portland man who
moved there committed suicide when
despondent
The wonder is how King Ahab't
wife managed to keep the hired girl,
with more than S00O kitchen utensils
In use.
The June rise, generally here during
May, has but few days In which to
make good.
It Is a rare day when we do not
hear of a bolt or a split In some state
convention.
It Is up. to the Colenel to respond
that "Dear Maria" Is a prevarlcatress.
Secure your mall today and give
pcstofflce people a holiday tomorrow
Barney O'Nell's bail bond Is reach
ing a classic figure.
Perhaps Dr. Wiley has been eating
something.
Jersey lightning struck.
BLUE SKY BILL IS ISJIBJOCS.
S Talnka Correapodeal. "Vko Say It
W 111 Hamper Bwalaesa.
PORTLAND, May 28". (To the Edi
tor.) The so-called "blue sky law.
drafted for presentation to th voters
at the next general election for th
regulation of corporations operating In
this state, wlle on tbe surface appear
ing to be a' good measure and one
which will he of benefit tn protecting
innocent Investors from the fraudulent
manipulation of dishonest stock sales
men, 1 really a danger and a menace
to our prosperity and development.
It will make the process of organisa
tion and carrying out the business of
legitimate corporation enterprises so
burdensome aa to drive from the state
many enterprises which would be of
great benefit to the . community. It
take out of th hand of any corpora
tion any right to regulat It business
without submitting the change In man
agement, plans, operations, financing or
development to the corporation com
missioner and receiving his approval
therefor.
It would require a corporation com
missioner of Infinite variety of experi
ence in all classes of business, with a
full knowledge of all manufacturing
Industries and patents, information of
land values, of mining, agriculture.
banking, building and every other form
of business activity to pass upon a
question as to whether its proposed
plan of business and proposed contract
"promise fair return . to its bond or
stockholders."
This Is a ridiculous, clause, and In It
self would be sufficient, wh,en put to a
test, to render the law a laughing stock
of all the other states in the Union.
Sine over per cent of the fraudu
lent enterprises, the stock of which Is
sold to Investors In Oregon, are foreign
corporations, it would be Impossible for
the Corporation Commissioner to exer
cise the supervisory powers conferred
upon him by this bill. While, on the
other hand, tho burdensome. Inequitable
and ridiculous red tape that it places
upon the organisation and management
of an honest corporation, one of the
most Ideal methods of co-operative
business management, would so ham
per the upbullders of thl state as to
render their work practically useless,
and will driv to other states for or
ganization many corporations which
would, under ordinary conditions, be or
ganised and promoted tn Oregon with
Oregon corporations to the profit of
Oregon people. '
There are many other provisions In"
this bill which will effectually prevent
promotion qf meritorious enterprises In
this state. The provisions of the bill
which prevent stock being sold for less
than par, the limiting of the commis
sion that may be paid for the sale of
stock, and other features of the bill
are bad. while the main object of the
bill, viz., to prevent fraud and misrep
resentation, is not served. '
It will be well Tor the people to stop
and consider before taking up a law
such as this proposed "blue sky law,"
which, while modeled after the law of
Kansas, attempts to go further and
threatens to throttle all development
enterprises.
We expect to have on our ballot at
the next election over 40 Initiative
measures. A bill such as this labeled.
"A bill to protect Innocent Investors
against corporations," or some other
sugar-coated title, will get the votes of
the unthinking throughout the state,
and before we know it we will have
another law upon our books which it
will be Impossible to enforce, and the
very fact of having It on our books will
be a detriment to the state
Fraudulent practices, illegitimate
stock selling, misrepresentation, etc.,
can be reached through a simple
amendment to our existing laws with
out -attempting to remodel our entire
Industrial system.
CHARLES H. LEHMAN.
212 Chamber of Commerce Building.
ReareBSlna Soatk Portland Streets.
PORTLAND, May S6- (To the Ed
itor.)' An ordinance providing for re
dressing the macadamized streets In a
district extending, from Hall street
south to Marquam gulch and from
Front fo 200 feet west of Sixth street,
l before the Counell street committee.
The plan Is to Improve with bitulithic
those streets not already hard-surfaced.
Kearney street has been thus
treated, and It Is said has proved more
substantial and far less expensive than
the old way of entirely removing the
street bed. No doubt values will be
greatly enhanced and property ren
dered much more desirable.
AS an owner of a corner on Sixth
street, I am In favor of this Improve
ment, but In common with others hold
ing property on Sherman west of Sixth
do object on the ground that this Is but
a short stub of a street, certain shortly
to be bisected by an avenue connecting
the rark streets with the Terwllllger
boulevard. In that event all money
expended on Sherman (In mV case
about $1000) wourH have been wasted,
as grades would have to be readjusted
to conform with the boulevard. It may
be said present plans provide for ter
minating Terwllllger boulevard at head
of Sixth, but doubtless this Is only
temporary.
Olmsted's plans rrovfda for.a scenic
avenue skirting the hills from head ot
Park blocks to the southern limits of
the city. Long before expiration of
the 10 years' bonding period this splen
did thoroughfare will have been fin
ished. Until this matter is settled all
with whom I have talked agree that
we should not be forced to make this
improvement. J- L. MctOt N.
From a Cltlaea Not Perplexed.
PORTLAKD, May 27. (To the Edi
tor ) Being a constant reader of The
Oregonlan- I notice some such efforts
as "A Perplexed Citizen" makes In a
letter published Mar 27. Strange that
some people are yet la trouble about
what the silver and especially Mr.
Bryan' would do to th: people. I am
living beyond the allotted time given
mankind, and have never known a
time when the sliver dollar was not
good for Its face. -nor when Mr Bryan
wa accused of being a candidate for
the modern ananlas club. It Is reason
able to presume that A. P. C. pays
most of his bills with that debased
coin That "we all" he speaks of, must
be a small "all." Such twaddle is ex
cruciating. He does not appear to dis
criminate between the man stolen from
snd the man who purloins from him.
Evidently A. P. C. la a politician who
is limping along in the rear of his
party. As to Mr. Roosevelt, his friends
no doubt feel like saying, with the
man who was compelled to pass be
hind the vicious mule. "With all thy
faults we love you still." Saddest of
all. President Taft may never know of
the boost given him by A. P C.
OBSERVER.
Clapp for Vlee-Preldeat.
PORTLAND, May 27. (To the Edi
tor )m the great "three-ring circus"
of politics now Interesting and amus
ing th people of this Nation. I have
seen no mention of candidates for
second place "
I would like to place In nomination
the name of Senator M. E. Clapp. of
Minnesota.
"Roosevelt and Clapp" would make a
live team that would sweep the coun
try.' '
Or If. as has been hinted, the nomi
nation I llahls to go to a "dark horse,"
why not "Clapp" at head of ticket?
C. H. BEARD.
' . - 1205 Cleveland ave.
Trespasser oa Railroad Track.
Kansas City Times.
Our railroads kill 10.000 a year. Mor
than half of these on this list are
trespassers on th tracks
SOCIALIST OFFERS HIS BOLtTIOX.
Evils f Trust System Not t Be Rem.
rdled Otherwise, He Declare.
PORTLAND, May 27. (To the Edi- i
tor.) -In his letter appearing May 22.
Seneca C. Beach speaks Important
truth regarding combination and tor
poratlon. We wish to make a little
broader application of the principles
which he so ably expounds.
Mr. Beach says: . "It Is ridiculous to
undertake to stop this onward march
of combination the result of organ
ization are certain, safe and sure;
what less should a good 'business man
want to strike forV ,
Very, very true and since the world
was not originally Intended solely for
business men. I would also ask what
less should a good working man want
to strive for? The principle Is Just as
applicable to him as to the business
man.
In commenting on the Supreme
Court's order of dissolution In the
Standard OH and Tobacco trust cases
Mr. Beach wishes to know who has
profited. He asks If tobacco and oil
are any cheaper to the consumer than
they were a year ago. Most people
will acknowledge that there has been
no noticeable change in that direction.
We think It would take a great deal
of careful Investigation to discover
where the common people have derived
any benefit from these decisions ex
cept, perhaps, as a means of showing
them how foolish are these attempts
as a means of relief from the evils ttat
at present are most pressing.
Mr. Beach thinks that trusts and
combinations should be regulated and
restricted, but not destroyed, that it ts
Impossible to destroy them. Many men
ar coming to take this view of th
matter and many are recognizing the
logical outcome which Is the complete
organization of the different industries
upon a co-operative basis under the
social ownership and democratic con
trol of the whole people.
Politicians of the La Follette brand,
so Mr. B. says, do not mean what they
say when they speak against the rail
roads; that they are only talking for
votes. If he will look closely he will
find that the Roosevelt and Taft and
Clark and Harmon and other varieties
are all talking and talking hard for
votes, and some of them are even us
ing these trust-busting court decisions
as a bait.
Mr. B. closes thus: "Competition is
war, and war Is hell.
"Co-operation Is peace and peace Is
profit"
We workers are learning that this
Is true beyond question. Hence the
growth of the Socialist movement.
Read Russell's article In Hampton's
for January If you doubt Its growth.
We are past the point where we swal
low whole whatever the demagogues
may tell us. When the different
brands of Republicans and Democrats
can show .us Just how the remedies
they propose are going to operate for
the relief of those who most need re
lief we shall be glad to listen to them,
but when some one asks how, and
when, they are as mum as clams. Not
one article have I ever seen among
the letters In their columns furnish
ing this much-desired Information.
R. B.
QUEER. ACTS FOR HUMAN BEINGS
Unaccountable Lack of Thought and
Manners Astounds Writer.
PORTLAND, May 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Being under the Impression that
all actions in this kingdom of mankind
are at commandment of the mind. I
have recently been somewhat at a loss
to understand the quality of mental
reasoning which gave order for cer
tain conduct In this city, coming un
der mv personal observation.
First A man is walking along Third
street, near the Plaza block.- A boy,
passing, about 14 years ef age, ad
dressed him thusly: "What's the' time?"
The man takes out his watch and tells
him. Without a word the boy goes oh
his way, whistling.
Second - There lfc an ordinance
against spitting on the sidewalks. A
man. looking in a store window, sud
denly, turns around and spits right
across the sidewalk to the roadway.
Other passers-by gave no Indication of
their displeasure, but I felt nauseated
at having to pass through the obstruc
tion of polluted air caused by the pas
sage of that man's spinal.
Third There is no ordinance against
blowing one's nose through the fingers
In public. A respectable-looking man,
walking recently along a busy thor
oughfare, suddenly put his hand to his
nostrils and carried through tbe hor
rid performance. Then he calmly took
a nice white handkerchief from his
hip pocket and cleaned up his fingers
and face.
Fourth All the newspapers and
magazines in the reading room at the
public library, Seventh and Stark
streets, have their . designated places
clearly Indicated by duplicate numer
als. Visitors take them from the racks,
sit down and read for a time, and then,
with the utmost unconcern, go away,
leaving the paper or magazine piled
up on the table with numerous others.
Are you BDle to enlighten me? The
animal kingdom Is said not to have
the ability to reason. Positive posses
sion of this power Is our crowning
glory. JOHN CHARLES WRIGHT.
GROUCH FOUND IN BAGGAGE-ROOM
He Pal Terror Int Sonl of UnsrjphlB
tlcated Country Traveler.
HARTLAND, Wash., May 47. (To
the Editor.) If you saw the pictures
of Ulysses passing the Scylla and
Charybdls you know how the growler
In the baggage-room at the Union Sta
tion looks to the average unsophis
ticated countryman, only he Is- more
terrifying than any monster that old
Bcout ever was up against.
Saturday a young woman, happy on
her way home, went in to check a
trunk and came back mad all through.
Fortunately she had sufficient iron In
her system to elucidate thoroughly to
the bearish grouch the error of his at
titude, explaining, with other things,
that his was not the only rotten Job
in the world and the advisability of
going outside and absorbing some sun
shine. .
Everybody likes Portland "Thy
whole-souled men, a courtly throng;
'thy ladles fair, thy waters strong"
It Is our city: we like to come to It and
we must needs pass through It to get
from one isolation to another, but we
don't like to have our joy killed going
and coming. -
Sometimes we have to stay out in
the wilderness so long that We get
rusty as to city ways, but no slowness,
dullness or stupidity on our part (and
there was neither In this instance) can
excuse the discourtesy our needs meet
at this particular point in the Journey.
Tbe next time you see the man that
has Mr. Harriman's Job, please ask him
to give this fellow a vacation In the
brush, where he can sweat the
Jaundice out of hts system and the
spite out of his soul and come back
with a little cheer for his fellow trav
eler, on the great Journey
Father of tke Italy Teday.
Kansas City Star.
The name of Joseph Garibaldi always
will be remembered In Italy. About 60
years ago Italy was not a nation. It
was made up of little states ruled for
the most part by Austria. The people
resented the foreign rule. They re
belled. From the rank of the peasants
there arose a fisherman's son, Joseph
Oaribaldl, who led the rebellion against
the Austrian troops. At first he failed.
Later efforts were successful and Gari
baldi Is now one of the national heroes
of the new Italian nation.
N. Nitts on Metals
Br Dea Collin.
Nesclus Nitts, the great Punklndorf
eer",
Whos wisdom was rated as quits with
out peer, i ''
Spied a spider, asleep on a packing
case near.
And laid It to rest in a nicotine bier;
Then spake upon pullets, profoundly
and dear.
The folks of Gold Hill, so the paper
ha ctated.
Has got plumb aroused and- become
plumb elated.
Sence, . killtn' a chicken. - they carved
It and saw
A nugget of gold that reposed In Its
craw;
Which 'minds me of once when
similar 'caslbn
In '75. happened here at the Station.
Lent Lemon, come round here-to HI g-
ginses store,
And quick as he enters he sets up a
roar:
"Look here what I got!" And dis
played a gold nugget.
W looks and we clamor to. know
where he dug it; ' : - .
And Lem says, "Thl here piece of gold
you Jest saw,
I took out from one of my grown leg
' horn's craw."
We gets plumb excited, and holler,
"Indeed!
Where bouts In th country dld thl
chicken feed?"
And Lem tells -us where-i-'twas In
Sprague's stater garden
And we starts to go, but Sprague says,
"Beg your pardon;
That there is my land, and. I tell you
right aow.
You caint go prospectin' around It, no
howl" .'
While we was a-talkln' t Theocrites
' Hale,
Our real estate agent, he draws outen
sale
His Punklndorf lots, and he asks, the
advice ,
Of Sprague, about going arid raisin'
their price;
And Bailey, th butcher, he speaks .up
to say; .........
"I ain't goln! to ell no r.iore poultry
today." .........
Then Philomel Love, he come In an
hears tell
About this gold flurry that-Jest has
befell; -
He looks at the nugget and opens
his face,
And pints to a holler froat tooth.
"That' the place
Bezee, "Where you'd best stake : our
mlnln" claims. See!
I lost the darned thing at the '.affy-
pull bee." 1
There ain't no real need I should o
on to tell
How prices. In poultry and real estate
fell.
Phil ses: "You'd best stake out some
claims anyhow:
f was eatin' some turkey at Htckett't
jest now, -
And, Jedgln" from what I' bit on, 1
opino
Somewhere round this Station, you'll
find a lead mine."
Half a Century Ago
From Th Oregonlan. May 2. 15
The following, items are. from the
Walla Walla Statesman:.
Mr. E. L.. James, of Wells Fargo 4
Co.'b Express, exhibited to us a few
days ago some two ounces of powder
River dust, brought over on Sunday
last by Mr. Charles Tlley. - The gold is
coarse, one of the pieces weighing .75.
r The emigration to- Salmon -River Is
still increasing. At a- moderate -estimate-
there cannot be less than 20,000
to 25.000 persons now In the mines and
on the road between the city and. that
point. . i .-
The County of Idaho was regularly
organized on the 4th Inst.-
Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, ". was
surrendered to the Union forces on the
anniversary of the first day's fire upon
i; ort Bumpter.
Washington. May 19. Accounts from
McClellan's army state that General
Sumner has retired from active service
In consequence of his refusal to rein
force Helnselman at the battle Of Wil
liamsburg. ,' .'
New York. May News from
North Carolina states that Governor
Clark refused to furnish any more
troops and has recalled the North Caro
lina troops now in the Rebel army. ' A
convention has been held, which pro
nounces against furnishing further-aid.
Washington. May20. the President
today Issued this proclamation: That,
whereas there appears in public prints
what purports to be a proclamation of
Major-General Hunter and the same is
producing some excitement and misun
derstanding: Therefore I, Abraham
Lincoln, proclaim and declare that the
Government of the United States had
no knowledge or belief of the inten
tion on the part of .Hunter to Issue
such proclamations. m farther, neither
General Hunter nor any other com
mander has been authorized to. make
proclamation declaring slaves free; and
the proclamation now In question la
altogether void so far as respects such
declaration. ,
White House, Va., May t9.--Arihy
commenced moving early this morning
in the -direction of Richmond., .
Washington, May 20. Senator Sum- .
ner gave notice that he should, tomor
row call up the resolution for the ex
pulsion of Stark, of Oregon.
A large and respectable audience ol
the citizens bf Multnomah County were
addressed by the candidates for Con
gress, judge Wait- and J.i R. McBrido,
yesterday afternoon-
The manner of conveying and dellv.
ery of freights to the Oregon Steam
Navigation Company's steamers Is get
ting to be quite an annoyance. If not
an actual nuisance, to the - city. A
big row came very near resulting yes
terday evening from the confused and
Irregular manner of receiving, freight
from the drays and trucks.
As "Ed" Howe Sees-Ufa
Tbu want so many things you can do
without.
Few people are as Busy as they im
agine they are. -
If a man is naturally enthusiastic,
he ts punished o much for It that he
soon becomes intensely practical.
A broken heart is rare: some' people
say there never was such a thlng-
About the surest and quickest way to
unpopularity ts to "squelch' people.;.-
I don't know you, - but I know this
about you: Ton don't think you look
as old as you actually are.
Men are . accused of so much mean
ness that sometimes. I fear that some
of us may be guilty.'. .,,
When a man from Chicago opens a
Store in a small town, people at ones
have a suspicion that he Is no Marshal!
Field.
Ah unhappy wretch who has bee
.. u M anl.- b- ilAnimiil Iprmo
lor morality -c -