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1 tttv MOTIVING ORCGONTAX. FRIDAY. MAT 31, 1912. fir mwm;ro Kat.r.4 at r.rf a .4. orssee. losolw a fond t.ui kttttw. liKi.gu k.i.a iB.snasl tm unm lit HAIUt tarr. ior taia4.4. raw ..- .1. ...!. y tnc.d.4. maatas ... 4IJ So-a ini-.u tf.nt astasias.. . .- r. wit::....! Ktoj4i, on. y.ar t s i. witr-out 8 jc4.. x Botitb .. 1.. r. i-..ut Bjr.di. un. .. 1 . . r ita.l .smI.;. cn. a.ia . . . - - ... jaar fT .(-!. r. a .a J T aa4 laaafciy. asa yams. IT CiRKlKK.) r. ma'.v iaciaa.4. yaar.. W ZZ V T. Iirilf lu...ll. ana TJ Maw tm luall-.a Prlotl '",T umn vra-r er s.raoaaJ 7L .-x.l ton or carrwtf. ' i in. .ajn r4. Oi.a .loffia JOS.as lu.t. mc.atas aassty a4 aisia. l--aa aVatra IS la 14 pSa. 1 "' - 4 C. . MU! ' ""' t. su c4.a, 4 saals. pw . rata. tui. mm ofw. Tim CV ls .w luri. t"ut.c uilia4V V." S4.a siasar aal.4'S4. S.ii u Ofltra . al stsaal, w . uafc M raurnM, ni ii-i v. mh u ' JAsT Hort or THIS l.ATla-'. A conflict little. If at all. rc I Ivan that vhkh threaten to spill (ha Republican National convention lll ra- In the Democratic National con vantion. At Italtlmore. as at Chicago, the battle -al l be U-tisecn radical and conservatives, but It will be decided not according to which faction ha the meet delegutes pledged to a certain art of principle, but according lo which aurae la more likely to bring Demo cratic vlctor . Impairing nf the defeat of Rooae alt for the Republican nomination or convinced that, tf defeated, ho will bolt, the conservative newspaper are now turning to the Democrat as a refuse from Rooaevelusm. The New York Sun depict Ito.jevelt aa tho logical lucrfuir of the Oreen barkers, the Farmers' Alliance, the PopulleU and the Bryan Democracy. It a of htm: He pnirH m It rt a "t asjoym.iit fram Mr. Ilrvaa .very aransle r aad r-mn.nt .n I .lrt of p..li.-y. B--.pt .llrr. that o.-l rvr4 the nan.in..a o that es4 't Jucvl.r. The Sun ay Roosevelt seem to have ruined the Republican party. It ask: "Will he go on to ruin the Republic?- and mnswera: "The Demo cratic party Is the one hope agalrut that." It aay: "No Pernor rat can oqt-Roosevelt Rooeevelf and con clude: If IK-fe are lo be l Jl each -a.ttaM RiM.v.li!.a and ra'liral. at tna ..aa t of lh.m lh. orehlmoa. of lrnu slo, at ho aih.r t'm.n-xll' rank with rno-a l.t- Mm. opirmnfc wh.i cnanco haa Ih Imltatae la cnniparlona llh Ih. erlemal? Tha Iiemo-ri.e party mull oe lh party -f ih. Con.l.tution. il mtl afforl a r.fua. la raM f n4 ta i.u.ll K.rohlUan. aa4 ln-l.pnd.ni.: II .! aamo a ranuMat no -aa ai in.ir oi.a. The New York World, commenting on the Sun- article, ask what excuse the Democratic party will have for fxi.tlng unless It purport tho consti tutional eyatrm of government and : If nr. Haa:i la anrninated al nlrao IM in. l-ti.. rmil p.rty doa Bl t llae-f n uAr.lv a(.in.t aim. II m.ll aa .ll anut ap .a-a. The World espreaae confidence that the Iemocntlc party can meet the IVU. and that the American people are not ready to substitute a dictator ship for a republic. All of ht Is a direct appeal to the Iemocretio convention to nominate a conservative and thu to maka a clean, t ut Issue between the radical of both parties led by Roosevelt and the con servative of both partli led by the Democratic candidate. It bespeak a purpoee of the conservative element of both partle to make a determined tls-ht at RaJttmor to bring about th nomination of man of their t p. itut can they succeed ? Radicalism, aa exemplified by Pryan. I a rife among lemocrat as among Repub licans. It Is held In check only bv the partisan desire for victory, which caused the conservatives thrice to ac rept l?ryan and all his theories. Tha Democrat of the Kast and South nat ural! lean to conservatism, but the aai rilled their convictions for the .ik of party In those three elections. A majority In the convention even a two-thirds majority might b willing to name a conservative If they thought he could win. Hut they would have a desperate right w ith the radicals, and a bolt might result. The deciding question then with th body of delecnte who will hold the balance of power will be: fan a con servative be elected ? Their mlnda will revert to I0I. when the conservative dictated the nomination of Parker. Everybody or at leat everybody who remember who Parker Is know what happened to him. What reason have they to hope for greater success with auch a candidate now than they had then? The rad'cal'sm which over whelmed him then 1 f.vr more rampant now. It h widely Infected both parties. The ties of partv allerlance have been greatly I.erned In the lost eight years and men wl!l now far more readllr vote for the radical or con servative candidate regardless of hi party label. Kooeve!t I more foot loose, more arcresslve. than he was In I0. What chance would a conserva tive Iiemocrat have of escaping a worse defeat than befell Parker? If Roosevelt should he In the field and the Democrats houId n.ime uch a man amlnst him. thev woutd only Im prove Roosevelt" chance of election. The votes thev would thus draw from the Republicans would not offset those who swarm across the party line to vote for Roosevelt. tut: SOIL thk snriu K or MtonrWUTT. Prosperity of the farmer pra!j throueh ail other Industries. The (real crops assured to the Northwest hve caused the Harnman lines to buy cars In whK-h to carry them, thu ex tending prosperity to th lumberman, the steel manufacturer and the car b'liMer. Increased trattlc require Im provement In track and terminal, which furnish more business to tha umherman. the rail mill and the build, trig mater.al man. The farmer I up plied by his large crops at good price wf.h money for th erection of new buli'iings. Improvement of old one, purchase of new Implement and cul tivation of more land. The volume of bustnes done by the lumberman, the hardware man. the Implement man. I welled by these activities. M. re men are employed to make these Improvements, and they Increase th trade of the storekeeper In village or In city, who makes larger demands oa the manufacturer of every com modity. The mills of th great Indus trie work fuM time and are enlarged to meet this demand, spreading pros perity among their workmen and among those who supply material for manufacture and buildings a well a machinery. A many of thea ma terial come directly from the soil, the prosperity of th farmer reacts to bring more prosperity to him. completing an endless chain. At uch time the volume of capital available for Investment swell to such a degree tht prosperity soon reache the real estate man. th lawyer who draws deed and mortgage and who conducts th Increased litigation Inevi tably growing out of uch transactions. More building In the cltie results, giv ing employment to host of artisans and consuming great quantitle of every variety of material. Their pock, eta full of money, people eat mora and richer food, swarm to places of amuse ment and keep lata hour until their health 1 Impaired. Then properlty reache the doctor. The anil I the source of all pros perity a of all wealth. When man I Industrious and nature la kind. It yield Its fruits In abundance. When man grows Indolent, or the element are unfriendly, or man blunder In the organlxatmn of th Intricate machinery for disposing of th earth's product, adversity comes upon as. By going back to the soil, we ran not only bring prosperity to ourselves hut start a stream of prosperity which will be felt In the remotest village and city In the land. rCOOMY lit THE SAW. Millions for pension, but not a dol. lar for battleships, sums up the Demo. ; rratk- policy or economy. I ne Lemo- era's cling tenaciously to their beloved . navy-yards, but allow the navy which I Is to use these yards to sink to fifth rank. They do not grudge money to finish the Panama fanal. but they leave the canal open for use by an Asiatic fleet In attacking New- York or by a Kuropean fleet In attacking our Paclrtc port. History teaches that the decadence of many natlona a world-powers dated from their decline a naval power and their loss of command of the sea. Rome controlled the Mediterranean and destrojed Carthage. Spain, Hol land and France each In turn yielded colonial supremacy to England because they lost maritime supremacy. Japan dictated terms to Russia because she had destroyed the Russian fleet. The United State I now a doubtful aeeond In tonnage of battleship and battle cruisers, tiermany pressing us close for that position. The failure to provide this year for the construction of two battleships causes us to take rank below Germany. Franc and Japan. Oermany la the only power which challenges the Monroe doctrine. That doctrine la not accepted a In ternational law, but la respected only so long as we have the physical force to defend It. By allowing ourselve lo become relatively weaker at ara while Oermany I becoming relatively atronger, w are exposing that funda mental principle of our foreign policy to successful attack. The proverb, "In time of peace pre pare for war," I truer of the navy than of any other part of our armament. It takes three years to build a battle ship. f w begin to build at the out break of war peace will be signed ere the keel Is laid. If we enter upon a war with a deficient navy we shall finish It still more deficient. Secretary Meyer estimate that ve should have forty flrst-clBs battleships, of which twenty should be In commission In time of pac. Even If we were to continue the programme of authorising two battleship a year, which the Democrats have Interrupted, we ahould not attain this strength until 120. The action of the Democrats will cause lis to lose rank as a naval power In 1915, the very year when the opening of the Panama Canal will require us to make a display of naval power, ami we can. not regain our lost ground without building four or six battleships a year for several years. The cost of the navy I good Insur ance and It Is chesp. for our naval ex. penditure I only 11. Jo per capita year. Iv. Had we possessed four more ship like the Oregon, at a cost of less than 1 30.0ort.ono. we could have avoided the Spanish War. which cost $100. 000. 000 and many lives and has Imposed on ti the solution of many vexation prob lems. Starving the navy is not econ omy; It Is saving pennle today to make necessary' the expenditure of dol lar In the future. It Is peculiarly Democratic economy. hji.mtv nx :. We are assured by Mr. William J. Scott, of Central Point. In a letter printed today that the author of the bill to establish a Taxpayer- National Bank In Jackson County Is very much In earnest. The assurance wa un necessary. Nobody would accuse a farmer of spending hi good money for printing an Initiative measure Just for pastime. Some city man with more money than aens might perpetrate a Joke of that kind, but It Is not a farmer' trick. It would have been well for the author's pocketbook. how. ever. If he had heeded the advice of th several lawyers, who. he said In a previous letter, would not touch hi measure, tine great obstacle to the success of the measure Is the Inability of Jackson County or the State of Ore. gon to amend the National banking laws. We don't know that the law yers so advised the author of the bill. Perhap they merely laughed or turned up their noses. Therefore a brief discussion of the ubject may cool th ardor of the author and prove diverting or Interesting for others. The bill a drafted la not very def inite, but aa we understand It the au thor propose that Jackson County shall bond Itself for 11.600.000. de posit the bond with the Government with the expectation of receiving an equivalent sum In currency, and then through a National bank, chartered for the purpose, pay out this currency from time to time In building roads. The bonds are to draw no Interest, and the middle man will be cut out. It Is also argued that Jackson County will own th bond so there wT.I be no Indebtedness In xce of the con stitutional limitation. There are everal obstacles In the National banking act to the carrying out of thl Interesting scheme In high finance. The Government will accept only Government bonda as security for a National banknote Issue. Jaclrson County bonds are not Government bonds. A banknote Issue cannot exceed th amount of paid-up capital of a Na tional bank. Therefore the seven di rector provided for in the bill would have to raise $1,500,000 before they could obtain a bank charter under which they could Issue ll.SOO.OOO In notes. If all other difficulties were over come, the bank established and the banknote Issued, the banknotes could not be paid out unless some evldenca of Indebtednesw to the bank, or thing of value In w hlch National bank ara permitted to deal, had been received for them. There are other obstacles, but up posing they didn't exist, here are enough to destroy every merit claimed for the plan. Jackson County would have to borrow th money for the bank's capital atcck and to buy bonda to secure a banknote Issue. It would then have to Issue negotiable paper, say Interest-bearing warrants. In order to get the money out of It own bank to pay for the roads. It could not bor. row the money In the first Instanca without paying Interest on It. National banks are conducted under restric tion and regulation fixed by act of Congress. They are examined fre quently and compelled to comply with these regulations and restriction un der penalty of being closed. The Initi ative power extenda only to state law and the state constitution. It cannot alter an act of Congress. In view of all these circumstance The Oregonlan cannot comply with Mr. Scott's request for suggestions as to Improvements In the measure. It doe offer the suggnstlon, however, that th bill be chuckd into tha kitchen stov and that the authors expend their thought on the several road measures presented by the Harmony Commis sion and, the Ftate Grange. 1 K FOR TllK CANAL TLANT. So many uses are being found for the construction plant of the Panama Canal, when the completion of that work liberates It for other purposes, that, extensive as It is. It may prove too small to go around. Already we have a recommendation that It be used to build railroads and docks In Alaska and to Improve th Columbia and Mis sissippi nver. Probably every com munity which desires the Government to make some public Improvement In It vicinity will suggest the use of the csnal plant. a The bejst way to satisfy all appli cants and at the same time to make the most elflclent possible use of the plant Is to transfer It to the corps of army engineers w-hen It is no longer needed on the isthmus, the canal man. agement retaining only so much as Is necessary for maintenance. The plant would then be available for use wherever the Government had river and harbor Improvement or railroad construction to do. The machinery Is the most modern and complete equip ment of Its kind In existence and should prove of Immense value In the new ara of river and harbor Improve ment begun under President Taffs plnn of continuous work on projects spproved by the army engineers. Parts of It could also be lent lo the Reclama tion Service for digging Irrigation canals and building reservoirs. The plant might he divided among three yards, on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts, ready for transfer to any point on any of the three coasts without a long ocean voysge. Under such an arrangement, the Pacific Coast section would he available for use In Alaska, on the Columbia River or at any other point where It was needed. WHY UK: IS IIIKKlC'll.T. Will Irwin contributes an article to the current number of tho Saturday Evening Post which partlully explain why the cost of living has advanced In the last few years. The author take the cane of a typical worklngmnn's family, consisting of the man, his wife, two sons and two daughters, and shows In detail how their expenditure differ from those of a similar family a generation ago. The father, for exam, pie, rides to his work on the street car each morning. Had he lived twen. ty-flve years earlier he would not have been too proud to walk, lie wears a suit of "store clothes" lo the shop w hich he removes when he arrives and replaces with overalls and a colored shirt. Hi father wore his overalls on the street. Tho girls of this genera linn are also a great deal more ex pensive than their predecessors In the same walk of life were. Their social life I more complicated and entails many more disbursements. Their clothe are more elaborate and of more costly material. At school they need utensils of various sorts which the last generation knew nothing about and all of which cost money. When It comes to graduate an appropriate gown must be bought and flowers be provided, since It would be a disgrace to gradu ate In an unf.ishtonable dress or to have no bouquets presented. The girl who Is to receive the final honors from the public schools must go lo the ex ercises In a carriage, and. worse still, she will feel slighted If sh does not receive as many presents as her torn panlon. This process of giving expensive presents on all occa.lons is prowing Into a real burden upon the American breadwinner. It Is all very well to sqminder money for useless gifts at Christmas, but when the ceremony must be repeated on every birthday, at Easter, on Thanksgiving day and at the graduation exercises. It tends to become Irksome. There Is an ominous appearance to the paternal eye In the multitudes of "graduation gifts" so grandly displayed In the shop windows In recent years. They signify a fresh difficulty In making the family Income meet the family necessities. The new ways of disbursing money have rami fied through every department of life. The housewife of the previous genera tion made her own soap out of kitchen scraps. The modern woman buys hers at the department store. The old-fash, loned woman made "auld claes look maist as weel's th new" by assiduous patching. Her up-to-date successor doea not patch her boys trousers, first ly because she does not know how, and secondly because If she did the poor youngsters would be laughed out of school by their mates. It la no longer permissible for a respectable American lad to wear patched garments, though Abraham Lincoln was not ashamed to do so. Sometimes he wore trousers which were past the possibility even of patches. The old-tlmo mother knit her fam ily's stockings with yarn which she spun on her own wheel. The modern w ife cannot knit, and If she could she prefers to buy hose at the store. And so It goes everywhere you turn In the modern dwelling. The leaks through which money runs out are Innumerably mere various than they were fifty years ago.' The family Income Is apt to be somewhat larger than It was In those days, but the demands uopn it have doubled and trebled until It I be. coming physically Impossible for an ordinary worklngman to supply what arpear to be the actual necessities of a wife and a family of three or four children. But there Is another aspect to the matter. The multiplication of calls upon the family purse explains part of the new difficulty of living, but it doe not explain all of It. The fact that Evallna must have a corn-colored gown of expensive wool to graduate In doe not account for the coincident fact that a beefsteak which coat 10 rent fifty years ago now- costs SO cents. The egg svhich tho hens of olden time produced was a large and nutritious as any that can be obtained now, but the eggs of today eost four or five times as much as thoae of old. and Angellne's new piano does not ex plain the phenomenon. No doubt some of our troubles srlse from what Mr. 11111 felicitously call "the cost of high living." No doubt the American people display a resolute determination to llv aa high as they possibly can. But, on the other hand, the necessaries of life actually cost more, item for Item, than they did of yore. All liv ing Is high living compared with con ditions of half a century ago. The economic problem Is not ex plained at all by remarking that we now buy pianos and automobiles to the scandal of the ghosts of our frugal fathers, who were satisfied with fiddles and oxcarts. The real question Is, "Why do the things we buy. be they many or few. cost so much more each for Itself than they used to?" No wise statesman would think of blaming a people for desiring to enjoy the good things of life. The beginning of economic de sire Is the beginning of civilization, and the more desires we seek to satisfy by proper methods the higher W'e stand morally and Intellectually. Economic desire is the standard by which the cultural rank of nations Is Judged. It Is therefore to the credit of our coun trymen that they get as much aa they can out of life and throw upon ma chinery a many of the domestic pro cesses as possible. It Is no particular glory to a housewife thatshe makes her own soap when a factory would do It better and more cheaply. If her time Is worth anything. Neither la there any particular virtue In spinning yarn and darning stockings. Women ought not to be expected to devote their en ergies to servile occupations when more elevated tasks are attainable. The lendency of the lower classes 1 to push themselves upward economic ally and morally. This process Is what America has always been sup posed to stand for and If It Increases the cost of living no complaints ought la be heard. Whst Justifies complaint Is the undeniable fact that every sep arate Item of food and clothing, every thing that life requires to make It tol erable, costs more money now than it formerly did. As usual, the Democrats are shout ing before they sre out of the woods, rejoicing at the split In the Republican party before the spilt ha come and holding a funeral over the remnants before the party 1 dead. Senator Williams needs to be reminded of the story- told by an eminent Democrat of a man who was greatly annoyed by the disturbance made by the fighting cats at night. He consoled himself with the thought that the fighting must soon result In the extermination of the feline tribe, but he soon discovered that the more the cats fought the more cats there were. The statement, of President Day, of the Equitable Life, that the revival of business is due mainly to the great cotton crop and the high price at which It was sold confirms the opin ion that prosperity is based on agri culture. Therein consists the solidity of the position of the Oregon country. Our chief products come from the soil, they yield abundantly and sell at prof itable prices. That being so, our con tinued prosperity la assured. Ho long aa Orosco has some Ameri cans in his power he will have a strong argument against American Interven tion. That may explain the shortage of water which prevented a train from carrying American resident of Chi huahua to El Paso. Cuban warfare la the genuine un adulterated Latin-American variety. Nobody appears ever to get hurt. Mexico waa holding up to the same standard until a few American soldiers of fortune got mixed up In tha affair. How much higher will the price of beef and mutton rise before we follow the example of some Europeans and take to eating horse and dog meat? The supplanting of the horse by the automobile may hasten the day. Florence Roberts might pick up a few novelties In groans at various po litical headquarters or In Wall street, where the suspense as to what kind of a trust-buster will be the next Presi dent Is simply agonising. The strike of cooks and waiters in swell New York hostelries doubtless entails horrible suffering among the pampered diners who have never had to sugar their own coffee. Beginning of construction of the Oregon Eastern Railroad from Vale westward is another advance in the conversion of the cow country Into a farming country. The advance of the value of a lot at Morrison and Eleventh streets from $210 to $1750 a front foot in nine years Is the story of Portland's prosperity In tabloid form. The spectacle of stanch old men marching firmly over a three-mile course in a warm sun afforded some thing of an insight Into the dauntless spirit of '61. Demands for more frequent train service by electric lines should be heeded. The Valley is growing and must be considered. Impossible poultry stories make good reading, but, like the hen that tried to back out of trouble, they can. not do it. Glanders affects man as well as horse and th state authorities are wise in putting up an effective quaran tine. If meat keeps on going up the butchers will need convert their ice boxes into burglar-proof vadlts. Richard Harding Davis' literary ca reer is now complete. His wife has sued for divorce. Bonner County. Idaho, having given prohibition a trial, has gone back to the real article. Doea anybody know what the $18-a-day expert is investigating- around th Courthouse? Waiters at New Tork hotels strike, but the customers continue meekly to give tips. The Beavers are getting into tho habit again. AUTHORS TO PVSH BASK MEASURE Effort Establlah Taxpayer Iwltn tloa la Jaekaoa roaty Is Serloas. CENTRAL. POINT, Or.. May 29. (To th Editor.) In The Oregonlan May 26 an artlcl criticises the plan to organ ise a Taxpayers' National , Bank in Jackson County. Let me assure you the author of the bill la very much in earnest in putting the measure be fore the voters of this county and. fully appreciating the Influence, the power and ability of The Oregonlan, I am writing to ask In what way the bill Is Inconsistent with the initiative amendment to th stats constitution. What of the economic principle in volved? Is It not sound? Is It not a desirable measure Intended to cut out the middleman the bond buyer? Aa to creating an indebtedness sbove the $5000 allowed by law. such Is not the case. Thts county will own the bonds at all times, and the measure Is to avoid the necessity of further in debtedness. Again, while our Indebted ness Is limited to $5000. we have out standing warrants approximating $550, 000. and it might be well to let the sleeping dog alone In this case. The defect In the wording of the petition and th bill Itself will b altered to conform to your uggestlon, and any further suggestions you make will be cheerfully and thankfully received. The Oregonlan apparently had in mind a bank of deposit and doing a general banking business. Such Is not our in tention. The bank is organised under the National banking laws solely for the purpose of being In line to request th Issue of currency on our security. Hence the nominal compensation of the directors. Th following is a copy of petition and bill corrected to cover the defects you pointed out. I sincerely hope you will give us the benefit of any changes that may occur to you. Tha petitions have not been circulated as yet. A bill for aa set sntltled an set to provld fund lo build sood roads and to make other public Improvements In Jackson Countv. Oreson. under what Is known as tha "80011 plan to save Jackson County, Orason. 100.0OO a yoar In Interest. " Bo It enacted that the County Commis sioners' Court In and for Jackson County, Oregon, la hereby authorised and directed to appoint aeven men, or as many as may be necrssary. to act aa preeldent. vlre presldent. secretary and directors In the es tablishment of and tho maintenance of a National bank, to b known aa the Tax payer National Bank of Jackson County. Oregon. . That said directors ba and they ara hereby authorised and directed to proceed and take out a National bank charter and or ganize said National bank, under and by virtue of tho National banking laws of th United states. That the County Commissioners1 Court Is hereby suthorlaed and required to issue Jark.nn County bonds to tho amount of $1,500,000 dollara. said bonds to run not less than 33 yeare nor more than 50 years and lo bear no Interest. And the County Court la hereby directed and required to deposit said bond with tho National Treasury De partment at Washington. D. C, without delay as a baali of tho said Taxpayers- Na tional Bar.k's la.ue of currency and to re queit th Immediate Issuance of auch cur; ''The directors aforesaid ahall hold office until the next general election held in Jackson County. Oregon. Thereafter said directors to ba elected at each alternate general election, which shall be held in aid county beginning with tha general elec tion held In 1P14. aald directors to hold of fice for a term of four yeara. and In the case of tha death of any one or more or aid directors so elected before his term or office expires, or s vacancy from any other cause, the vacancy shall be filled by ap pointment by the County Court And no director In said Taxpayers' National Bank hall b a director or tockholder In any other banking Institution. Paid directors ehall receive as compensation for their time and services the me per diem and mileage compensation received by the County Com mlMloners. It la further provided that said directors shall be bona fide electors of said county at tho tuna of their appointment or "Th'o auessed valuation of Jackson County, as ahown by the assessment roll thereof, for tha year ifllt. which la an amount In exceu of f.is OOO.noO. hail ba considered the reserve of said bank. It la turther provided that the County Treasurer shall be the cashier of ald bank, and the County Court hall provide him with neceasary clerical sld. It la the Intention of this act that the County Commissioners snd directors shall be thereby authorised and required to oom ply with tho requlrementa of tho National hanking taws nocesrary to organlro and P"t into operation ..Id Taxpayer.' National Bank and to furnish funds from the gen eral road fund of Jackson County to defray all neceasary expenses Incurred In carrying out tho provisions of this act. It Is further provided that tho County Treasurer la hereby required to make a full and complete quarterly report of all moneys received snd dUhursed by tha ald Tax raverr National Bank of Jackson County. Oregon, and to rau.e the same to be pub lished In at leaet one newspaper of general circulation T published In Jack.on County. Oregon. WILLIAM J. SCOTT. BF.X DAVIS APPLE IS DENOUNCED Marketing; of Variety Declared to In jure Oregon Fmlts' Reputation ASHLAND. Or.. May 2. (To the Edi tor The man who Invented the Ben Davis apple lives In Arkansas, at least when last heard from he was yet un hung In that state, which goes to prove that lynch law falls short of its requlre menta The Oregon orchardlst who per mits a Ben Davis apple tree to disfigure tha landscape should be anathema mar anatha to all patriotic fruitgrowers and the Oregon commission merchant who ships Ben Davis apples to the Eastern markets as Oregon apples Is a traitor to the state and fit for strata gem and spoils. I hav, feit it a pleasant duty during mv eight years' official sojourn In Washington City to enlighten the self contained Easterners as to the real con ditions on th Pacific Slope, having a residential experience in California, Alaska and Oregon to bank on, and es pecially a to the superiority of our fruits, and have made satisfactory progress, some converts, and been the cause of several families locating In Oregon. Apples. Oregon apples, big red. Juicy Oregon apples, have always been my winning weapon in controver sy, but during the last few months an unusual quantity of bunco Ben Davis apples have reached the Washington City markets and I have been con founded and almost annihilated several times by brother clerks In the depart ments (and there are thirty thousand of them) who had purchased apples at fruit stands, nicely wrapped, out of boxea, marked "Oregon Apples," and got a prismatic striped and streaked skin full of pith, punk and saw dust. On one corner of the box, I found on trailing the purchase, could be found. In small rubber stamp letter, "Ben Davis." which was a guide for the deal er, conveyed no Information to the re tailer, and was never noticed by the purchaser who as the ultimate con sumer, having paid the price of a good apple and found himself flim-flammed, was Justified In the use of adjective loaded, explosive language. The Ben Davis Is not an Oregon apple and ought not to be raised or marketed by fruitgrowers In whom the pride of state. Oregon in Excelsls Naturae, maintains a healthy circulation. In conclusion I say, the Ben Davis apple is a fraud, a delusion and a snare, and should b frowned upon by all real Oregonlans. MAX PRACHT. . Mis Martin's Letter. PORTLAND, Or, May 28. (To the Editor.) The article on "Women's Suffrage and Children." which appeared in The Oregonlan Tuesday morning, should have been signed by Miss I. T. Martin instead of by the press com mittee. (Signed.) MRS FRANCIS JAMES BAILEY, President of the Oregon State Associa tion Opposed to Women Suffrage. IN MEMORY OF THE OREGON TRAIL Impel na to Menunarat Movement Urged for Memorial Day. PORTLAND, May !?. (To tha Edi tor.) Somewhere, probably on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains, an old-fashioned prairie schooner is slowly rolling Its way westward. A team of oxen draws it, while on its seat is an aged, gray-haired man. A westbound passenger train rumbles up from the east along its steel road, and with a roar passes him. An automobile chugs up, honks, spurts by him. and leave but a cloud of dust to keep him com pany. Yet steadily, purposefully, this old man with his now antique outfit plods patiently along. In the great fertile valley of the Platte Rlvar, where now broad fields of grain spread over th land, where once for milea and miles aa far as the ye eould see there was nothing but prairie grass, following the trend of the river ran the Oregon trail. Tho ploughman now, as he tills his fields, little thinks of the long trains of hu man lives that once, even as this old man is now doing, slowly and persist ently plodded westward over the acres now his. Now and then, it is true, that he is reminded. It may be but tha skeleton -of some weary traveler who laid down for rest beneath the blue stem sod, of some child or wornout mother, which his steel plow drafts from Its earthy bed. It may be merely by the hardened, closely-packed soil over which wagon after wagon creaked ponderously with Its heavy burden. But aside from hero and there a reminder, nothing remains to tell the tale or mark the. course along which passed that stream of human hope and manly endeavor. One by one. year after year, those who followed the old trail, like the comrades they sorrowfully left wher ever death called, are being laid to their long rest 'by those who know them best. A few more seasons may glide by and even this old man of whom we write and his contemporaries will be no more. None, no not one. will be left to do as this aged pioneer, to re trace the ol trail across the prairies, over the mountains, through the des erts, down the canyons, wheresoever it leads. To him sad, indeed, must be some of the memories aroused by fa miliar scenes, mayhap a battlefield, or the resting place of one near to him. And difficult and strenuous at times must be the task, under the changed conditions, of determining the course he onco followed. Yet to him or to someone of his living comrades, if it ever be done, falls the work of per petuating the memory of the old trail. It Is the duty of us of the present generation, if we wish to honor those who underwent the terrible hardships of those pioneer days with suitable memorials, not to forget them in our services of this coming Memorial day. Let us start forward with new impetus the movement which Ej.ra Meeker In his way is striving to promote, and may w aid while now we can, in es tablishing along that wearisome trail suitable monuments in memory of those who struggled, and suffered and died by the way, as well as of those who fought and conquered and lived, but who are fast, fast passing on to that endless way far, far longer than the Orfgon Trail. ALEXANDER. Quotation on Popple. ELMA, Wash, May 2. (To the Edi tor.) Would you kindly let me know through The Oregronian from what the lines: "and far and wide like a scarlet tide the poppies' bonfire spread," are taken? They were quoted Sunday in an article on Oregon popples by Louise Bryant. CONSTANT READER. This quotation was taken from "The Poet in the East," by Bayard Taylor. Immigrants By Sex. ANTELOPE, Or., May 29. (To the Editor.) Kindly publish the propor tion of women to men among our Eu ropean immigrants and oblige. A READER. In the year ending June 30, 1911, the male immigrants, numbered 570.057; female, 308.530. As "Ed" Howe Sees Life When a man gets into serious diffi culty, it Is pitiful to see him flounder around; not one man In a hundred can handle an emergency successfully. The worst thing that can happen to a poor man is to get in the way of as sociating with men who have a good deal of money. A stingy man is not popular; but you must have noticed that he always has money. People hate those who "pick" at them; and they have a right to. When you fool a man. you harm him; when you Instruct him, you bene fit him. There are plenty of able men in this country; but there is a woeful lack of candid, courageous men who accept the truth, and act upon It. You are always talking of your rights. The first and most Important ig the right to take care of yourself. When a man writes or talks a great deal, and people pay no attention, it never occurs to him that there may be nothing in whaV he says: he believes the people are "dull.'' Men do the best they can. and the critics says: "That isn't the best way." "She reminds me." women say of a girl they do not like, "of a rich girl from a little town." Features of the SUNDAY OREGONIAN Mona Lisa's Sisters An unusual illustrated page from a Paris correspondent on the portraits of splendid new women of the renais sance. Gun men are their humble modern knights. Polo in Portland A page, with photos, of local enthusiasts and the development of the game in this city. Nicholas II, Liquor Dealer Inside history from a well-known St. Petersburg correspondent of the nefarious methods by which the Czar keeps his royal purse stuffed. The Conventions This is convention month and a correspondent in touch with the situation tells all about the preparations and settings for the two big nominating events. The Psychology of Pitching Russell Ford gives James S. Ham mond a live interview relating to important phases of the great game. The Cook -and the Captain Another of John T. McCutcheon's pirate tales, with ten characteristic McCutcheon drawings as illus trations. Wreck of the Undine A graphic fact narrative of a thrilling ad venture in the Pacific. Two Complete Short Stories, illustrated. The Jnmpups, Sambo, Slim Jim and all the other comic supple ment favorites put on new specialties. Many other features. ORDER TODAY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER. Hats and the Man By Peaa Collins. "I'vs noticed," I remarked one morn. While slipping hot cakes 'neath my slats, "The papers say the Kaiser now Buys all his wife's and daughters hats. With clever and artistic eye. He picks them out before they buy Right versatile I call that fellah." No answer came from Arabella. I sipped my coffee.. "Papers say It is a siyn of peaceful bant. When Wilhelm turns from army schemes To feminine habiliment." But Arabella sniffed at me. And passed the cream disdainfully. "Peaceful? Well all that may depend On what his wife says in the end." "Oh she should be delighted, sure." I said, and forked another cake: "That such a kingly mind as his Such int'rest in h&r dress should take." But Arabella cried out, "Oh no!" Spilling the cream on her kimono, "Anyone knows, dead easy, that No man has taste to pick a hat." I frowned and stirred my breakfast food. While Arabella mopped the cream; 'Your notions on men's taste to me Wholly inconsequential seem. Women do not appreciate Men's talents, whtch are really great. I fancy I could pick a hat." She said; "Is that so?" Just like that. I dallied with a soft boiled egg: "Yes, that's so!" said IJust like that; "And Just to prove It. I shall go Right down and pick you out a hat. I saw a flossy purple thing With beeds sewed on It in a string, And bows of foxy pink and blue " Cried Arabella; "That will do!" "You'll work as usual," she cried, "And when you so and draw your pay. You'll promptly bring It here, and I shall pick my hat the same old way!" I gulped my coffee) and I fled. And meanwhile Arabella said; "A flossy purple thing Oh my, sir, I thank my stars you're not the Kaiser!" PORTLAND, May 30. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of May 31. 1802. This day will detremine whether Ore gon is a secession state or whether she is true to the star-spangled banner and the Union. Words are worth little now. Every man has made up his mind how he will vote. We are cer tain that Union men will stand by the Union and vote for the ticket which Is for the Union without condition. When the stars shine forth this even ing they will shed their luster over a redeemed and glorious Union state. Look out for "roorbacks," "pinch backs." "hunchbacks," "humpbacks," "sorebacks." "graybacks," "finbacks" and all other kinds of "lying-backs" that were ever known or conceived of on the day of election. Don't heed them, but when they come around you Just give them a "kick-back" that will prove such a "setback" as shall cause them to "track-back" beneath their de formed "shellbacks." The above was suggested upon learn ing that the Advertiser is to make its appearance about 9 o'clock this fore noon. New York. May 23. Nassau dates to the 14th state that some 80 rebel ves sels were there awaiting the termina tion of the war, preferring inaction to certain capture by the blockaders, who, they now acknowledge, have effectual ly sealed Southern ports. Washington, May 24. A dispatch from Oeneral Banks at Strasburg, Va., yesterday says Colonel Kentry's com mand of infantry and cavalry has been driven from Front Royal with consid erable loss in killed. wounded and prisoners. The enemy's force is esti mated at from 5000 to 6000 and re ported as falling back on Front Royal. He probably occupied that place yes terday. A very large and enthusiastic audi ence was addressed Saturday evening last on the corner of Washington and Front streets by Dr. William Caples, independent candidate for Representa tive, in about an hour-and-a-half speech, having been called together by the ringing of a bell in the hands of the aforesaid doctor. After the doctor had exhausted himself Mr. Charles McKay, alias "Old Scissors," was loud ly called for, who, upon mounting the rostrum, was greeted with a tremend ous and deafening roar of cheers and huzzas. A MORNING ORISON. Behold the sunlight glisten Upon the brow of night! Behold the song birds listen And bathe themselves in light! Feel now the silence quiver With faintest touch of noise. And through the earth a shiver Of coming noontide Joys. The azure skies are bending , To bless the blooming heath. And life, fresh life, unending, Springs from the soil beneath. O mystery of being! The consciousness to know! The breath, the sense of seeing. The hearing all things grow! Oh God! Eternal fountain! Unwrought, unfettered, free. My soul ascends life's mountain. To drink new draughts of thee! REV. H- S. GENEVRA LAKE, Olympia, Wash. i