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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912. 8 i PORTLAND. OKEGOX. Entered at Portland. Oreaon. Poatofrlco a, Secocd-Clasa Matter. Subscrlbtlon Rates Invariably In Advanca. IBT MAIL.) Dally. Bandar Included, ona year. SJ- Pally. Sunday Included, alx months..... J" Dally. Eunday Included, three montha... Italia, Cnill. Included. flU mOntA ? Dally, without Eunday. one year........ f Dally, without Sunday, ell montha..... Dally, without Sunday, three montha... -Dally, without Sunday, ona month...... -TV Weekly, ona year s. ....... a- Eunday. one year -M Sunday and Weekly, one year " tBT CARB1EB.) Dally. Bnnday Included, one year.. "" Dally. Eunday Included, ono month How to Bemlt Send Postofflce money OT der. expreaa order or personal check on jour local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the aender-. risk. Give postoffica address in full, including county and stata, Foetace Kates 10 to 14 pases. 1 J" to 28 page!. . centa; SO to u pages, a cents. to to 60 pases. centa. Foreign poatage. doublo rate. . w. t..trn Bn.lnew Offlcea Verre , Conlt- jlB Now York. Brunswick building, Cairo, sieger building. r gem Francisco Ollloa K. J. Bldwall Cots- Market street. . Enropeaa Ofllce No. S Regent atreet. a W.. LoiiJon. PORTLAND. BATTRPAY, JCXY .0. I1- POSERS FROM OKAYS HARBOR. Tk. HrAvnnfnn ! not SO much troubled about the posers presented ; by Its attentive and more or less np- preclaUve reader, Mr. Hazlett, of I Aberdeen, as that gentleman may have fancied. For we suppose that our facile correspondent believed that The Oregonian would deem It Incum bent upon Itself to deny or dispute f. the various allegations or assumptions contained In his questions or would avoid a categorical reply. vve snan do neither not altogether. We love ' the plain and homely truth and we delight in posers. We shall therefore ' arrange Mr. Hazletfs queries in se quence and comment on them in their order. Our friend wants to know: (1) It President Taifa tariff board la ab ' lolutely essential to an Intelligent revision or training of an equitable tariff law. oi . .... ...iir.hi. u one can be framed, what have yon to Bay about Republican tariff v leglalatlon of the paatt The Fayne-ldrich - bill. lor instance! Tariff bills have been passed here- , tnfnr on the basis that every lnaus- " try Is entitled to all the protection It " demands. As a result tariff measures have, heen the Droduct of privilege, ' srraft and local interest, combined with an honest desire by Congress to ' provide necessary revenues and help home manfactures, and with a mis : taken opinion that the foreigner the limiorter footed the bills. Because old methods were wrong, and are ad mitted to be wrong, a diligent effort '. should be made to get a scientific "i tariff. How can the men like Mr. i Hazlett, who condemn the old tariffs i and the Influences and schemes sur- ; rounding them, Insist that there shall " be no change for the better? 2) Did not the tariff board report that the tariff waa too high on finished woolens 5 and cotton goods? The Democrats., as 1 t remember, passed two tariff bills with the aid of progressive votea in the Senate that would have lowered the cost of Indispensable articles, tut these bills were vetoeo oy rm - Ident Tart on the grounds that they were too hastily drawn. The Tariff Board reported in effect ! that the duty was too high. It speclfl , cally reported the facts and left the conclusions to Congress. Congress Ignored them, or, rather, ignored the Tariff Board and its findings. (S Wherein doea a high tariff on farm machinery, leather goods such aa harness. woolen and cotton good! help farmers who grow cotton and corn exclusively? The . cotton la sold on the Liverpool or open mar. keta of the world. A tariff is not framed for the ex- ' elusive benefit of one class, such as ' farmers. Mr. Hazlett really wants to ' know whv there shold be a larifi at all. (4) Hnw did the Taft forces control the - Ohio Slate convention after the President ' was so decisively defeated by a majority of 47 I'OO by the much-despised Roosevelt? Do you think the giving of the eight delegates at large to Tail waa ins wu pie of Ohio? " The Taft forces controlled the state convention through a deal with the - Roosevelt chairman of the state cen tral committee. We think the giving of the eight delegates-at-large to Taft was just as much the wish of the peo ple of Ohio as the technical oi action ; of the eight delegates-at-large In Massachusetts for Roosevelt was the wish of the people of that state. to) What la to prevent the Rational Com " mittee four years hence from calling an . election of delegates to the Republican Na - tlona! Convention by congressional districts, regardless of the fact perhaps that a ma jority of the states will have adopted stale 1 wide Presidential preference primary laws? Then they could rule In contest caaes like . they did recently In the California case and perhaps again control the convention. 1 Nothing can prevent, or should pre : vent, the National convention from . making its own rules as to eligibility iof its delegates. The National com mittee In December, 1911. Issued a . call for the convention of 1912 that expressly made provisions for dele gates from direct primary states, but otherwise followed the historic custom of district representation. The State of California subsequently passed a law pointedly Ignoring the terms of the call -nd providing for election of all delegates at large. Yet the Na tional convention seated twenty-four of the twenty-six delegates elx-ted from California by the Roosevelt peo ' pie. The clamor over the two Taft delegates raised by the Johnson Heney following avoids argument nf the question as to whether the Na tional convention, or California, has the right to prescribe the terras and conditions under which delegates shall be elected. The Oregonian will assure its testy friend from Grays Harbor that It doe not pretend that the Issue between Taft and Roosevelt may be resolved Into any clear discussion of rt-rht or wrong. We do not say that the Na- tional convention was absolutely right 1n its decisions on the contested cuses, and the other side absolutely wrong. We know better. Wherein we differ slightly from the high-minded gentle ' men of the Roosevelt faction, who are right always. In their own opinion, and ! wholly right, and anyone who qucs ! tions or doubts or hesitates is wrong end wholly wrong and fit only for ! the Ananias Club, and Is besides a ; liar and a horsethief and bought with British gold. j Credit is due to President Taft for ; having made Government accounts so nearly balance that there was a small ' surplus on June 30, 1912, though the ; revenue decreased as compared with ( 1911. During the three completed fis- cal years of the Taft Administration ' expenditures have been slightly de ! creased, and during the last years of ; that period there has been a surplus. The good results are due mainly to the I corporation tax and to the rigid econ i my In administration practiced by i Taft. In 190S. 1909 and 1910 there was an aggregate deficit of J166.395. ' 341, expenses for the year 1909 hav ing been already Incurred before Taft's Inauguration, and the new rev enue measures not having been In full operation In 1910. But the result of Taffs work Is shown In the aggre gate surplus, of 112,065,908 for 1911, and 1912. As customs revenue was nearly 320,000.000 less In 1912 than in 1910, there would have been a deficit but for the corporation tax.- GOVERNOR WILSOX AJiT LABOR, The Oregonian takes pleasure in printing today the communication of Mr. Paul S. Seeley. In which is given a list of labor measures that Governor Woodrow Wilson aided in enacting Into law In New Jersey. But It does not seem to us that the list, while edi fying and creditable, revokes what he said about-trades unions in his bacca laureate sermon. The laws mentioned undoubtedly were supported by the trades unions of New Jersey. Yet for tha most part they are measures that from humani tarian and health standpoints or be cause of their application to the pub lic welfare could be indorsed and sup ported even by an enemy of organ lzed labor. In his baccalaureate sermon Gov ernor Wilson accused trades unions of establishing a standard of wages based on what an average workman could do in the hours allotted to a day's labor and some unions he accused of prohibiting any workman to do mere than could be accompllshe-1 by the least skilful of his fellows. Ho declared that workmen were not per mittted by the unions to work out of hours or volunteer anything beyond the minimum. He did no, criticise union labor's attitude toward employ ers' liability for accidents, toward the establishment of safeguarls in fac tories, toward preservatian of hralth of employes, toward child labor cr any other principle involved In the numerous measures cited. He as serted that labor Is becoming unprof itable and declared the unions to blame because of their attitude to ward the standard of day's work. What would be more lnveresting and to the point would be a statement of measures Governor Wilson advo cates that would do away wi-Ji the abuses he accuses the trades unions of committing. Would he make com binatlons of workmen that fixed I standard days labor unlawful, or would he fix that standard by lawT What would he do to avoid the loss of economic , supremacy in this coun try which he foresees in the dismal future ? THE CAXAIS FAR-REACHING EFFECTS. How far-reaching "will be the ef fects of the construction of the Pan ama Canal may be seen in the fact that the traffic between Buenos Ayres and the Pacific Coast is relied upon to make the Chilean & Trans-Andean Railroad profitable. This road, which runs from Valparaiso to the boundary on the summit of the Andes, connects with a road built by Argentina from the summit to Buenos Ayres. It has been operated by the Chilean govern ment at an enormous loss, which has brought the republic into financial difficulties. Financiers of various na tionalities have offered to lease the state railroads of Chile and provide the facilities needed. They evidently rely upon the diversion of Argentine commerce to the Pacific Coast by way of the Trans-Andean railroad and Valparaiso to make that road profitable. The effect of the canal will be practically to annex Argentina com mercially to the Pacific Coast of South America, The great bulge eastward in the Atlantic Coast of that continent and the fact that the Atlantic Coast of North America is In almost a direct line north and south with the Pacifio Coast of South America combine to make the Trans-Andean railroad and the canal the shortest route between Buenos Ayres and New York. The dis tance from Buenos Ayres to Valpa raiso through the Straits of Magellan is so great that the traffic of the for mer city with both coasts of North America will use the rail and Pacific Ocean route. So fully Is this recog nized that extensions of other Argen tine roads running west and north west are projected, some of them com ing out to the Pacific Coast as far north as Peru. Other roads are build ing or projected south of the Valparaiso-Buenos Ayres line. The revolution In commerce wrought by the canal is world-wide. It extends north and south, east and west, around the globe. Only In rough outline are Its effects now per ceptible. When th Canal has been in use for a few years we shall be able to trace them In detail to and through all continents. TYPICAL SINGLE-TAX FAKE. Advocates of tha graduated single tax and exemption amendment say it la a baek-to-the-land measure. Any -eystem of taxation that exempts personal property and Improvementa on farms and at tha same time lowers tha tax rate offers an induce ment for men to "get. back to the land." Tha tax rate will be lowered by any meaaura that exempts farm Improvementa and personal property from taxation and at the aame time raises by a graduated tax more than the amount paid by farmers on their personal property and Improvementa before It collects a cent from farmers. Where do we get this Information? It is from the Portland evening news paper of single-tax proclivities, which In indorsing tha "graduated tax" measure sought to conceal from its readers the fagt that that measure exempted personal property and im provements and in fact imposed single tax. The "advocates" It mentions are the men who are themselves getting part of a fund of approximately $50,000 set apart to gratify the whim of an Eastern millionaire. They are the men who concealed a single-tax wedge behind the cloak of a fake poll tax re- Deal and put It before the people un der the guise of a labor union amend ment. The quoted statement Is about as reliable as might be expected, con sidering Its sources. No man can truthfully say that he knows the money raised by the proposed gradu ated tax would offset the money lost by exempting personal property and Improvements. Nobody knows the value of the Improvements "in, on and under the land" of Oregon. Nobody knows what the graduated tax would yield. Slashing, clearing, grubbing, drain ing, diking, plowing, seeding, fertiliz ing of farm land, and clearing, grad ing, utility connections and the like of city lots are improvements "in, on and under the land." They are not now listed on the tax rolls as improve ments. They are Included in the real estate values. Nobody on earth knows or can conveniently ascertain their value at this time. Yet they are to be exempted if the graduated tax meas ure goes into effect. Nor can anybody know the value of railway right of way that would pay under the - graduated tax feature of the tax amend ment. To be sure, they are now assessed, but If there is anything in the measure that taxes certain Im provements on railway rights of way that are not now listed separately, we are unable to find it. As we read the amendment, the rails, the ties, the grading, the bridges, the" depots, the warehouses, the rolling stock all rail road Improvements and personal prop erty would be exempt. We would tax the franchises and the bare land of the rights of way. A detailed physi cal valuation would be required to obtain the figures necessary to draw a conclusion. Figures presented In support of this measure are therefore absolutely un reliable. They are the worst of fakes. They mean nothing and prove nothing. Yet we shall no doubt be bombarded with them from now until breakfast hour of election day. It is the sly policy of the Fels fund brigade. Bl'RE Al t RATS IX THE LAND OFFICE. The attempt of -the General Land Office to nullify the Borah hree-year homestead law by misinterpretation is a sample of the obstacles which bureaucrats constantly throw In the way of settlers on public land. It impresses on us the necessity, not only of having good laws, but of hav ing them administered by men who will honestly execute them In the spirit and in consonance with the purpose for which they were passed. If the bureaucrats are so out of sym pathy with the law that they will continually seize upon every possible point to thwart the purpose of Its authors, they should give place to men of the opposite mental bias. If they do not retire voluntarily, they should be made to do so Involuntarily. The bulldog obstinacy with which these bureaucrats persist In acting upon the Hitchcock theory that everv settler is a thief shows the necessity of putting men in charge who are fa miliar with the West and Its condi tions. They have not had the right training for their work. They have lived among lawbooks and precedents in the East; they know nothing, of the difficulties with which a homesteader must contend: The best training they could possibly have would be to cut a trail through the forest; to grub a site and build a cabin,- to clear a patch of land and plant potatoes. If they were to read law in the light of a year's experience at such back-breaking work the' dead letter of the law would be vivified by human sympathy and by an understanding of the practical side of their work.. Their obstinacy and ignorance are matched by equal determination and wide knowledge of the West on th part of Borah. But so long as they are what they are, Borah win no sooner obtain the passage of one law to remove the obstacles they have placed in the settler's way than they will invent new obstacles and a new law will become necessary. The passage of laws under such conditions is treatment of symptoms. If we would cure the disease we must change the men who administer the laws, clear out the barnacles of the land office and put in their places men who know, either personally or by personal observation, what It is to sweat with hard manual labor in making a home in a wilderness. A SEATTLE HERO. The muse of history must not neg lect to sound the praises of Seattle's new hero. His name is T. Borish Would we knew what the "T" stands for, but we do not, A lapse in the diligence of our source of information consigns to unmerited oblivion ull but the Initial letter o his first name, but his last name Is known in full and down the ages It shall go thundering. T. Borish does not walk this earth among the rich and great. We are afraid he is a poor man. If he were not poor the chances are that he would be enjoying the glories of the Potlatch from a sixty-horsepower au tomobile instead of selling "novelties' at 15 cents each. He Is one of the humble, but if he had his dues from fate he would be throned in gilded palaces and dine sumptuously every day In marble halls. For T. Borish, be It heralded In letters both bold and bright, is the noblest work of God, an honest man. He must be having a lonely time of it In Seattle, but the fact cannot be disputed, as we shall proceed to prove. Into the modest shop where Borish exhibits the trinkets wherewith he seeks to beguile the Potlatchers strayed a rustic youth from the far-off wilds of Spokane. Or It may have been Belllngham. At any rate he came from some desert wilderness with a $20 gold piece in his pocket to par ticipate In the splendors of the Potlatch. Wandering down the street amidst the hilarious throngs, the youth hap pened to fix his eye upon a little totem pole In Borlsh's shop. The totem pole had not yet attained its full growth. It was young and tender and there fore Borish charged only 15 cents, for It. Theyouth offered his double eagle In payment, but so rapt were both buyer and seller In the Potlatch ardor that for the moment they supposed it to be a mere silver dollar, one of Mr. Bryan's adored Idols. The Spokane rustic received 85 cents in change and went his way swallowing open- mouthed the radiant visions which rained down upon him from every quarter. But he had not gone more than a square when he suddenly be thought him of his mistake and has tened back to reclaim the $19 which were his due. Borish refused to de liver them at the moment, but when he came to make up his cash that night he discovered that an error had really been committed, and, hastening to the police office turned the $19 over to the officer, asking him to find the youth from Spokane and render him that which was his own. What has become of the rustic no body seems to know, though it is sus pected that he has started out to walk back to his native farm in Spokane or Belllngham. But that Is of no con sequence Just now. We care little for the youth. In.- course of time If he is diligent and economical he can save up another double eagle, but when T. Borish passes In his checks how will Seattle manage to fill his place? That Is the question which troubles us. GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME. Never was the old adage "Give a dog a bad name and then hang him," more true in public affairs than in the case of the National reserve scheme of the Monetary Commission. From the fact that ex-Senator Aldrich was chairman of the Commission, it was popularly named "The Aldrich Scheme," and that name condemned it. Senator La Follette, convinced by his verbal battles with Aldrich that the Rhode Island Senator was Inca pable of devising legislation purely in the publio Interest and free from the taint o 'the interests," denounced it President Tafrs approval or it aroused unjust suspicion that he. too. was a servant of "the interests." Though it received general commendation from business men, it gained no indorse ment from the general public. Its merits were set forth in the clearest terms, but It met an undercurrent of hostility which could not be resisted. The Republican convention which nominated Taft dared not mention it. though he had repeatedly commended It. The Democratic convention openly condemned itv-though It would accom plish the very purposes which that convention declares should be the aim of -banking and currency legislation "accommodation to the public on terms of absolute equality and com plete protection from the misuse of the power that wealth gives to those who possess it." " The National reserve scheme. In stead of aiding "the Interests," would go far to destroy their power. It would centralize the banking reserve, but would at the same time make it mobile and place It at the service of any section where it was needed. It would stop the flow of money to New York to be used in speculation and floating Inflated stock Issues, and would turn the current into the chan nels of legitimate trade throughout the country. Interest rates would be equalized by the creation of a Nation al discount market. Control by the so-called money trust would be pre vented by provisions which secure control to the South and West and render impossible control by the East- era money centers. The Government also would have a strong voice in Its management. It would substitute for our present rigid currency system an elastic supply of currency; automati cally expanding and contracting to meet the needs of business. It would, as nearly as is humanly possible, abol ish panics, and would thus check the growth of great fortunes. Panics are the opportunity of the rich to use the power of wealth to Its utmost. At such times the rich can take advan tage of the distress and necessities of others to buy their property at bar gain prices. The rich can hold through periods of depression property thus acquired until a return of prosperity enables them to sell at a profit. As all profits of the reserve association above a certain percentage would be paid to the Government, there would be no temptation to maintain exces sive interest rates. A scheme which would limit the money power, stop the supply of money for speculation and Increase the supply for legitimate business, ex pand the currency In times of stress and contract It when it exceeded the needs of the country. Is what the Na tion most needs. But It cannot be adopted because It has been given the name of Aldrich. Thus prejudice against one man, only too well found ed, forbids us to avail ourselves of hla good work. Our politics are progressive in more ways than one. From merely choos ing a convention city as a matter of political strategy or of geography, we progressed to deciding upon the city which made the largest contribution to the campaign fund. Now we have advanced to the point where ticketa are sold outright, as to any other show, and the affair Is to be made to pay its own expenses and perhaps leave a comfortable margin of profit. We may progress further by selling mov ing picture rights or securing a roy alty on exhibition of the pictures, as in the case of prizefights. In order to make the pictures Interesting, a few demonstrations, free fights and other stunts may be arranged. A pic ture of an enraged delegate climbing the platform and pulling the chair man's hair would be a drawing card. Truly we are progressing. The British naval maneuvers this year were held in the North Sea, as a supposed object lesson to Germany In connection with Churchill's proposals for mutual restriction of armaments. The Mediterranean fleet was combined with the home fleet to make an im posing display and 815 ships partici pated in the preliminary review at Spithead, covering thirty miles six lines deep. This naval demonstration may impress Germany with the futil ity of attempting to match Britain at sea; on the other hand, it may spur Germany to greater exertions In ship building and thereby defeat its own purpose. ' If the world continues to progress some of us may live to see things as charmingly arranged as they were 6000 years ago before the calamitous interview between Eve and tha ser pent. The rehabilitation of the Gar den of Eden ha's already been under taken bj- an irrigation company In the peninsula between the Tigris and Euphrates and no doubt some way will be discovered to colonize the spot with a race free from the taint of total depravity. We should suppose that lots would be dear there. It is Just as well the Council com mittee sidetracked that proposed milk law. Its provisions are drastic. Only one man in this vicinity can produce the kind of milk the proposition re quires. That man is E. L. Thompson, and Mr. Thompson Is a dairyman by profession and a banker by trade. As all others are Just common milkmen, the law would be special legislation. Its defeat must not discourage Mr. Thompson, however, for he Is doing more by precept and example than all the dairy laws in the book. One phase of the bridge traffic prob lem must have serious consideration. Too many cars must not be routed over the Burnslde bridge. That struc ture Is twenty years old and was not built for 1912 traffic. No alarm need be felt, however, for danger is re mote; yet its age must be considered, for it is not a new bridge, and an old bridge cannot stand everything. It is a pity that Marcel Parsons did not consider before ha ran away with and married Bessie Klemgard that he was "a mere schoolboy, incapable of supporting a wife." Yielding to the promptings of calf-love is too often followed by an anti-climax In the di vorce court. Norrls, of Nebraska, who secured the Senatorial nomination at the pri mary, by offering to withdraw and run again, seems to be pretty sure of his ground or is a big bluffer. That he is supporting Roosevelt leads to the lat ter belief. The House election commutes votes to unseat Catlln, of Missouri, alleging his election waa the result of corrupt use of money. It Is hardly necessary to state Catlin Is a Republican and the majority of the committee Democratic. '"'Competition is the life of trade," but you cannot convince the one drug gist or the sole saloonkeeper of the town to that effect. In the coolness of the breeze man readily forgets tha discomfort of the heated term, for this is true Portland weather again. The source of trouble In Idaho Re publican politics is too many men on the same high level and no boss. . WILSON'S NEW JERSEY RECORD List of Enacted 3Ieaanrc Favorable to Labor Is Given. PORTLAND, July 19. (To the Edi tor.) The letter published In The Ore gonian Friday relative to Governor Wilson's attitude toward labor is, I believe, worthy of comment. Assuming that Governor Wilson is there correct ly quoted It Is yet certain that he is the true friend of organized labor. No Governor of New Jersey has ever done so much to bring about better condi tions of employment for the laborer. As Governor Wilson has grown and broadened on other questions of Na tional interest, may he not have grown to a better understanding of labor conditions and labor problems as he emerged from the university to the responsibilities of the Chief Magistrate of a great commonwealth? Such must be the conclusion from a close ex amination of his record as New Jersey's Governor. That this record is marked with sincerity is amply attested by the following resolutions of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor, which bear directly upon the quotations used in Mr. Stahl's letter, above referred to: Whereas, Information has reached the workers of New Jersey that efforts are be ing made to place his excellency. Governor vviison, in a zalse position as to nis aiuiuue toward organised labor, and Wnereas, So as to give semblance to this movement, certain portions oi a Baccalau reate address made by Governor Wilson to the students of Princeton College axe being quoted ; and Whereas, since hia Inauguration Into of- !ce aa Governor of New Jersey his excel lency, Woodrow Wilson, has by nis attitude and action demonstrated his friendship to the toilers of our state: and Whereas, Organized labor would be dere lict in lta duty if it allowed to pass this ODDOrtunitv to show anDreclatlon for aerv Ices rendered the workers of New Jersey; and Whereas. During the 19H session or the New Jersey Legislature. nis excellency, Woodrow Wilson. Governor of New Jersey, not only affixed his signature to all meas ures advocated by the organized workers of New jersey. Dut used nis gooa omces to have enacted Into law measures of great benefit to labor; and Whereas,. Among the many beneficial laws passed by the Legislature of ' 1911 and signed by the Governor. 16 were of vital Interest to the wage-earners of New Jersey, and are aa follows: Chapter 2. Fire escape law. amending factory laws and placing New Jersey in the vana-uard of states in the protection of workers In factories and workshops. Chapter 42. Regulating employment agen cies and licensing the same. Chapter 94. Making a misaemeanor me Improper Influencing of labor representa tive nr fnmm,n. Chapter 95. JSmpIoyenr liability ana com pensation act. Chapter 136. Prohibiting the employment of children in mercantile establishments during school hours; providing lor a tm-nour week and prohibiting children under 18 years to work between the hours of 7 P. M. and 7 A. M. Chapter 198. Appointment of commission ers on old age pensions and old ae Insur ance, a Chapter 208. Providing lor the saieiy ana health of foundry workers by minimizing drafts and doing away with noxious gises. by exhaust fana In foundries or mis state. Chapter 210. Increasing factory inspectors a thn niiTriher nf six Imaklnr In all a total of 17), for the better enforcement of fac tory and workshop laws. Chapter 253. Eight-hour day on state, oounty and municipal work. Chapter 27S. Providing for at least one half hour meal time after six continuous hours of labor. Chapter 807. A plumbers' license act. Chapter 327. Providing for sanitation In bakeshopa, etc.. and also compelling the licensing of same. rhontfir ass. Prohibitine the employment of persons under 21 years in first-class cities as teiepnone or isivgnpa ui.t8t,. tween the hours of 10 P. M. and 5 A. M. Chapter 271. A seml-montniy pay act tot railroad employes. Chapter 373. ruminating contract moor In penal Institutions and providing for a state use system. Therefore be it Resolved That the executive board of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor, rep resenting the organized workers of New Jersey, in regular session assembled, this 13th day or renruary, at. inwtuu, ... J.t hereby oommend his excellency, Gover nor Woodrow Wilson, tor nis unremimna and untiring efforts In assisting to bring about better conditions for the wage-earners of New Jersey; and be It further Resolved. That the administration of Governor WIlBon be Indorsed by the New Jersey State Federation of Labor, and that copies of these preambles and resolutions be forwarded to Governor Woodrow Wilson, the public press of New Jersey and the various labor organizations throughout the United NEVV'JERSET STATE FEDERATION Ol LABOR. HENRY F- HILFERS. Secretary. PAUL. B. SEELEY. KISSING HELD TO BE A CRIME. Oklahoma Dentist Heads a Society to Snppreaa Chaste Salutes. Philadelphia Press. Dr. George W. Bowling, a dentist of Lindsay, Okla., who incorporated the first society In that enterprising state to fight the habit of kissing, Is a brave man nf nronounced views somewhat inmhiod. "Kiaslne." he artly deolares, "Is a National crime, which should be made such by law." The doctor, hav ing In mind, of course, the perilous kiss upon the lips. Is delightfully com nrohanslvo and emnhatic. He brands all k-ISKAa. aS criminal whereas Ithe stolen ones are only such whether they be considered from a moral or hygienic point of view; the kiss that may taint the baby mouth; the Byronic "long, lone kiss, a kiss oi youui ouu love"; or the thrilling Tennysonian kiss described by Fatima: k Ania t aa nrV With one long kiss my whole soul through My Hps. as sunilgnt nnnnem Is a dentist qualified to discuss this delicate subject? - Such a one as UT. Rowlinc-. who manifestly entertains but a poor opinion of the human mouth and would restrict Its employment to puroiy functional usage, most unquestionably ia not. "Lord!" cried Dean Swift, "I wonder what fool it was that first in vented kissing." There we have a man of Dr. Bowling's kidney; as ill-balanced cynlo and a humbug of a lover. But even Swift was never mad enough to conceive the impossible measure proposed by the Oklahoma doctor. We mav assure all members of antl- kissing societies and all dry as dust and arrahillar advocates of Dr. Bowling's propaganda that the sweet and natural practice or Kissing came m wnii and came to stay; that as long as doves continue to bill and coo so long will lovers sigh and kiss; that only the un klssable remain unkissed; and that the only criminal thing about the immortal caress is when the divine fire of it Is fed from an unholy flame. If kissing is stopped. In uauanoma we predict a remarkable rise in the popu lation of the adjoining states of Kan sas and Texas. Prises for Y. M. C A. PORTLAND. July 16. (To the Edi tor.) Having been a student In the Boys' School of the Y. M. C. A. for the past two years, It Is with keen pleas ure that I learned through The Ore gonian that the Y. M. C. A. had won the McBurnjy cup for another year. In referring to the prizes won by the Portland Association, however, this er roneous statement Is made: "It also won the highest percentage of certifi cates for its boy members, but this honor carries no special prize." Be cause of the pride I feel in having twice helped to win this cup and to give the hundreds of boys who have studied in this school the proper credit, I trust you will permit me space to correct the error. The McBurney cup Is awarded only for efficiency in boys' educational work. It is held for six months by the asso ciation winning the largest actual num ber of boys' certificates and for six months by the association having the largest per cent of its boy members win certificates. By winning the cup in both cases the Portland boys have twice In the same year landed a special prize and we are going after It again next year "for keeps." KENNETH B. WOLFE. ' A Woman' Secret. Judge. "Do you think a woman can keep a secret?" "No; she always tries to syndicate It." HEALTH FLANKS PLEASE DOCTOR Chiena-o Ph-ralrlan Disenases Efforts to Obtain Health Department. CHICAGO. Julv 15. (To the Editor. Recently I was interested in reading vnnr vIawb mcnrrliner tha creation OI National Department of Health. I think your ideas In this respect will merit the approval of practically the entire resnectablfl medical rjrofesslon tnrougn out the United States, which is approx imate! v 150.000 nhvsic.ia.ns. as the graa uatlng exercises of many universities and medical schools have been neio since the Issue of the American Medical Directory in Ariril last, which contain the names of 147,730 doctors who are credited as- being worthy of havint their names printed in the said direc tni-tf. Rofnro thn fjAtlnnfll conventions Of . V, Tan,linan ni4 nmnrratli 'nflrtleS were held in Chicago and Baltimore I addressed a communication to mo chairmen of the National committee of each of those parties as follows: To tne ursi, or nepuDiican iauujini i-ua,, -man, under date of June 15, 1912, while th second was written June 24, viz. I feel warranted In stating that 96 per cent, If not a sotia unit wt ie p,ij,iv.nw ... xne uniicn diklcs m.v. - ment of public health with a physician In the Cabinet, to be on a parity and rank with equal dignity as secretaries oi oinor ooiwi ments in the President's official family. i- , . ... .lu, V, t manv hundred 1 L iB BUQ lu thousand people, voters throughout our fair land, regardless of party affiliation, favor this proposition, -ine como" .nittu nn nnrtv nlatform nuns, or jvui ' " - , must not overlook having a plank In the platform favoring tnis iue wurneo, la nu ii,uib., This plank must be specific regarding a department of health and not provide for a bureau of health, and provision In the plank , , . , a4 . . . , a maftlnal scientist also snuuiu Da nmun -"-- - shall be appointed by the President to be at the head oi saio nsponuwu and proposed new portfolio. n ; . h.MfnM tn rail vonr at tention and your many thousand read ers to tne uwen Din ana wu.i, iu " great political parties did. Th Republican health plank follows: It will strive, not only In the Nation, but in the several statea, to enact the necessary legislation to sareguara tne puouc . . , ... .. i .. . v, uw nf women and to Hmil uiiecuTBij children: to protect wage earners engaged in dangerous occupations, to enact v.... henslve and generous workman's compen sation laws In place of the present waataful . ' . .mnlnvMT'a llahtllty. ana unjust jbwu ..... j - - -and In all possible ways to satisfy the Just . . . . . , ..i. tnr (h. sriiflv and solution of the complex and constantly changing problems of social welfare. This is the Democratic health plank for 1912: We reaffirm our previous declarations ad vocating the Union and strengthening of the various Governmental agencies relating to pure foods, quarantine, vital statistics, and human health, thus united and adminis tered without partiality to or discrimina tion against any school of medicine or sys tem of healing, they would constitute a single health service, not subordinated to any commercial or financial Interests, but devoted exclusively to the conservation of human life and efficiency. Moreover, this health service should oo-operata with the health agencies of our various states and cities without Interference with "'r P"" i.k . 1. JeHArinvm Af IndlVld- ragaUVCB, u( w,m - uals to employ such medical or hygienic aid as tney may see nw fTk. Kn.A Mall BAlinfS lik the aD A 11BJ RUJV - - - - probation and demands of the medical profession and its able adherents and by the American well-meaning public i th. -nar-iniia lata, cults. Datent medicine yoiiuciB, m " -- LISTON HOMER MONTGOMERY. M. D. Ex-Chairman committee ou Legislation of the American Medical Association. VOTE FOR. PRESIDENT SINCE 1824 From 155,873 for Andrew Jackson to 7,678,008 for W. H. Taft. Atchison, Kann Globe. -i 1 .- vnra nnst for the two A iita j, w i. . . .w. .. i ii DBonHal candidates from 1824 to 1908 is shown by the following table: 1824 Andrew Jackson ISS'SiS John Q. Adams 125'?bi 1828 Andrew Jackson.i. - ,-l jonn vi. au... -. S-fSIi 1832 Andrew Jackson Son'iSu . Tfll.1149 -. 738.058 .1,275.017 ,1,123,702 .1.3S7.243 .1,29,06S .1,360.101 .1,220,644 .1,601.474 .1.3S0.578 .1,838.160 .1,341.304 i stt.:ir.2 loon aiainii . , W. H. Harrison at al. 1848 W. H. Harrison Martin van Buren.... 1844 James K. Polk Henry Clay 1848 Z. Taylor Lewis Cass 1852 Franklin Pierce Winfleld Scott 1S38 James Buchanan John C. Fremont 1880 Abraham Lincoln..... . .1.8T8.1S7 Ktepnen A. vuuB.. S'iinnBT 1864 Abraham Lincoln ?'2'?SI -AtirttuKiu iJ"'w Rtona B. McClellan. . .1.808.725 1868 TJ. S. Grant Horatio Seymour 1872 U. S. Grant Horace Greeley 1876 Samuel J. Tllden.... R. B. Hayes , .a.oia.ui a ..2,709.615 ..S.397.070 . .2,834.078 ..4.2S4.S85 A. (Vl OnO , .4449,0M 18S0 James n. uawnn iiih aki W. B. Mancocn. T'diini? l884-Grover Cleveland. . . .. .... 1888 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison SnlS 1892 Grover Cleveland ?SSin Benjamin Harrison 3i?lS? 1896 William McKlnley s'Jn2'S 1B00wmiam ' Wlnley W. J. Bryan S'SSo'lSn 1904 Th eodore Roosevelt a . Ti. Parker "9il'?Ji 1908-W. n. Taft k!o.lu3 W. tf uijm-- rKixir. Piwrrl LAMENT. The shepherd tends his vagrant flocks, The farmer reaps m e-i. The miner pans among the rocks. The skipper twin Tbe plowman turns the mellow sod, The merchant deals in eggs. The preacher offers grace to God, Tha peggar uummr ut,. The drummer argues for a sale, The doctor eases pains, The bank cashier rakes in the kale. The cowboy ria.es tno pinano. The suffragette pleads for a vote. The hobo hits the ties, The baseball pitcher gets your goat, The OCCUlIBt cures ojno. The Summer girl goes to the beach. Th landlord wants his rent. The politician makes a speech. The candidates repent. Each has his niche to life to fill The goal of current times While I must hope to foot each bill By chasing ncKie rnymes. G. Norbrey Pleasants. SUNDAY FEATURES Did XT. S. Give Away Billion Dollars? Government agents now contend that oil lands are unlawfully held. Story of greatest suits , ever filed. . Full page, illustrated by photos. ' Warlike Prince Tamed by Love And the love affair of Ger many's future ruler centers about his own wife. An unusual illustrated feature. Cooking Courses to Cure Divorce Initiative has been taken in teaching school children the elements of successful home-making. An illustrated page article of the widest interest. The Diplomat's Love Story An account of the pretty romance that gave, to the Russian Ambassador at Washington his American wife. Duplicating Parisian Styles An absorbing illustrated half page from a Paris correspondent which gives valuable hints to those who would be smartly gowned. Will Congress Choose Our Next President? A keen analysis of the situation made by political sages. Three Short Stories, illnstrated, . The Jump-XTps get mixed up in a bees' nest and the other color comic people have new frolics. Many Other Features. ORDER TODAY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER. Nitts on Bandanas By Dean collina. Nesclus Nitts, sage of Punkindorf Sta tion. Wiped off of bis forehead the hot per spiration, Bit Into his quid, as a fortification Against the hot sunshine, which threat ened prostration And spake on bandanas, in solemn nar ration. When things round Chicago was bollln' right hearty. And men was a-talkin about a third party, Jedge -Wlggs and some fellers round Punkindorf Station Come out strong tor Theodore's renom inatlon. And talked about "bolts" and "third party"' so urgent It looked like the Station had turned i plumb Insurgent. And then, when news came of a third party f ormln'. Excitement a while kept a-rlsln 'and warmln'. And Jedge Wlggs come out before all of the rest With a Teddy bandana displayed in hla vest. Right here 'twas Cy Sprague laid a plan for to prove Large gains can be made from a popu lar move. Ho wires to the city to pack and get ready A bunch of bandanas, as O. K.'d by Teddy, And soon his store looked like an East ern zenana With every sort of a fancy bandana. "There's nothin'," he says, "that pays bigger, my lads. Than jest to fall in with these popular fads." "I flgger," Bays he, "I should clean up this year. Eight dollars at least from my hand kerchiefs here; And four years from now. It he comes ud again. There's eight dollars more or perhaps even ten; And by 1940. I reckon I'll net A plumb handsome sum from bandanas. you bet. .. It flggered all right, but the course of events Ain't. Jest coincided with Cy Sprague's Intents: Jedge Wiggs still flaunts forth Teddy's flag from his vest. But lnt'rest seems like it's forsook all the rest: Who seems every day to be less and less hearty Bout changin' to foller this here new third party. And Sprague he bangs round there In front of his store: "You all are plumb spineless," he sets up his roar. "Allied with them Infrests that stands on our necks. And all of our hopes of prosperity wrecks!" And he shoves the price up on eggs and bananas. To sort of retrench on his stock of ban danas. Portland, July 1. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of July 21, 12. Washington. July 10. The forthcom ing address of the Republican Senators In Congress to the people of the coun try will -favor the most energetic ac tion in the prosecution or tne war ana the use of all the means in our power gainst rebellion and foreign interven tion. The policy of employing the blaoks in military operations is gaining favor here. c . t l T , . 1 ,. 1A PalmaMian In ou owiiiiaa, avtj ... . ... rt i . WAtAaaAJ hla ri.nlaratlnn i iiciuc iu acne -IDU ... ....... ... against the feasibility of mediation at present. He contends that what is wanted Is mat eacn party no uruuBni. to apprehend its real Interest, When that in hahii. nothinat will prevent the conclusion of peace. XT, .Until,. Tula 1 PatwKAn and 1ina nanrfflan anil T-Y". Tl J T f 1 1 1 - T i 8 1 S attacked the Eleventh Michigan and rrhf-H urinn-.qntji. rn&rlments at Mur- freesboro early this morning. There was desperate lighting. At s o cioca. this afternoon the Michigan regiment surrendered. The Minnesota regiment was strongly entrenched and cut up the enemy terribly with their battery, re Dulslnir them three times with great laughter. Flags of truce from For rest, the rebel commander, demanded the surrender of the Union forces. Colo nel Lester replied that he could hold his position a week. Bv nrosDactus received we learn thai xr-at-rs T W. Kalev and A. L. Stinson contemplate starting aa op position sneet ai Ainany, to do canana tv,A ilhanv TmnulrAr anil daVOted to the cause of finding fault with everything the Administration has done or may do towards suppressing rebellion and re storing the Union. The Clatsop Plains Is the only favor ite Summer resort for the pleasure and health-seeking excursionists of our city and we understand that many of our wealthy and fashionable citizens do sign visiting Tillamook Head during the present Bummer months. The favorite steamer Jennie Clark Will make week ly trips between Portland and Astoria. The Willamette Theater Is to be again opened on Wednesday evening next, under the management of Messrs. Potter 4 Bell, with an entire new troupe of artists. The Eugene City Republican says: ... , cv.,, -Murium r?nffln and rnesni a, - - others have opened subscription books and are soliciting -unno iur u pose of building a small steamboat to ply between the Falls of the Willam ette and Eugene City. Lesson tn Deduction. " Judge. "I wonder what that slender young woman works at," says the man with the vibrant ears. "She must be a school teacher, an swers the man with the deep-set eyes. "I overheard her say that she tana very quickly."