PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oreson. postoftfes aj cond-elaaa matter. eaMcrtpuoa Kate Invariably la AOTanee: (BT MAIL) Dally. Sunday Included, ons year 2? Daily. Sunday Included. Ilz montha . J-jJ uiiij, r un u f mciuun, .us . Tta'jv Biinriav irpliiriMl tU mOntD .. Pally, without Sunday, oaa year 'Laily. without Sunday, six montha ... - Ltally. without Sunday, three montha " 1'ally. without Sunday, one month .... -? ; Weekly, one year Sunday, one year. ........... ...... . Sunday and Weekly, one year. -M tBT CARRIER! Dally. Sunday, tnelnded. one year t.JJ Xa::y, Sunday Included, one month. ... . . How to Hemlt Send poatoUice money or der, express older or personal check on 1" iocal bank. Stampa. coin or currency are at the Kiidtri rUk. Olve poatoSica addreaa m full, lnciudinc county and atate. ... footaxo Katea Ten to 14 pages. 1 cent. It to ils paa X cents; SO to 40 centa: 40 to 0 paea. 4 centa. Foreign peer a re. double rate. ta.lers Business OtTWe Verrre A Conlt Mn. New Voi Brunawldt building. t-3-earo. b:eier build mr. Mas liudm Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. 74- Market a'reet. . Earopeaa O If Ire No. t Regent street s. W.. London. I-OKTI.AM). TIESOAY. MARCH IS. 1"'- REMEDIES FOR THE MEAT FAMIXE. The Democratic plan of putting meat on the free list will receive a consider, able boost from the statement of Pres ident Leonard, of the Stockyards Com pany of Chicago, that we are facing; a meat famine in this country. The range is being; fenced and farmed, and cattle-raising; on the farm has not yet reached the point where it can supply enough meat to take the place of the range. While we are building up the cattle Industry on new lines, we must either eat less meat or buy our sup ply abroad. Our best foreign sources of supply are Argentina for beef and mutton, Australia and New Zealand for mutton. Canada can help, but It cannot provide nearly enough. The beef trust has gained such a hold in Argentina that it may be able to restrict the supply from that quarter. We must, there fore, look to Australia for the cargoes of mutton which will relieve the fam ine and save us from resort to horse and dog meat, which is Germany's plight. There Is one other way of escape from exorbitant butcher bills to eat less meat. Doctors tell us that we eat too much meat and too few fresh vege tables, fruits, fish and coarse flours. These articles are more trouble to cook, but they will Improve the health and cut down both the butchers' and doctors' bills. REFTM-ICANS GETTTNO TOGETHER. As Nicholas Murray Butler, from one wing, and Senator Borah, from the other wing of the Republican party, have declared In favor of a reorgan isation convention this year, so Sena tor Root's adherence to the plan from the conservative side Is now matched by that of Senator Cummins, from the Progressive. Both wings and all shades of opinion in the party are get ting in the mood for a grand Republic an revival, at which all shall confess the faith which all hold In common a revival similar to those in which Christians of many denominations Join. Free from the embarrassing rivalries of a nominating convention, this gath ering could get down to first princi ples in revising the rules of represen tation, which afforded the pretext for the split In 1912. Fresh from the people and disciplined by defeat, the convention could adopt a re-definitlon of Republican principles as applied to living issues. The platform of 1913 Is too much associated In men's minds with one faction and with party disas ter. It should give place to a new declaration having that ringing appeal which will fire the spark of enthusi asm In the hearts of Republicans. The old party will yet be cemented together more firmly than ever by the new realization that it is agreed on basic principles and disagrees only in non-essentials. The Impending con flict with the Democracy in Congress will greatly aid the process of recon ciliation by causing men who have differed to fight shoulder to shoulder. In their foreign policy the Democrats have already exposed a weak point, and others will appear as the tariff debate progresses and as other Issues come up for solution. SUCCESS OF NEW UW FORECASTED. Advance Information from the forth coming report of the Industrial Insur ance Commission of Washington, giv en in an Olympla dispatch today, pro vides a valuable insight into the pros pective success of the Industrial In surance law lately adopted in Oregon. In essential respects and there the Washington act is highly satisfactory the two laws are not very far apart. On the other hand. In some smaller de tails where the Washington law has by experience been demonstrated to be defective, the Oregon act seems suc Vessfully to have evaded error. The officials who administer the Washington law find among its defects the lack of a "first aid" provision that is, a method for paying the hos pital, surgical or other Immediate costs of caring for injured workmen. An other fault is that the pensions or com pensations paid for injuries are often inadequate.' Still another complaint is that the act is not sufficiently sup ported by safety standards, causing - the careful employer to pay for the losses of the cnreless employer. It Is . also found that the act falls short in forcing collections of premiums from the casual or remote employer. He is never heard from until one of his workmen Is Injured, and then the state . fund Is called upon for compensation, while the Commission may or may not be able to collect the back premiums from the employer. These are all defects that may be T easily remedied and are not enumer ated here for the purpose of finding v fault with state Industrial insurance. " The report indicates that the act in r the main has wrought a vast improve- raent over the old experience with common law doctrines and recourse to t courts in personal Injury cases. The few faults Indicated, because of their .. avoidance in the Oregon law, promise ; greater success for the state insurance principle in Oregon. The Oregon law provides a first-aid , plan by authorizing the Commission to expend not to exceed 12 50 In any one ease in supplying medical or sur gical attendance, hospital care, trans- portation or other accommodation nec essary to the immediate welfare of the Injured. The compensations author ized by the Oregon law ave-age about . IS percent greater than those allowed in the neighboring state, tor exam pie, while the maximum pension that may be paid a widow in Washington is $35 per month, the maximum in Oregon is Hi. Oregon also has ar ranged an automatic guard against neglect of safety devices in the form ' of an increase in premiums imposed upon the individual employer whose workmen sustain accidents. In the fourth matter, however, the Oregon law seems as lax as the Wash ington act. Collection of premiums from the casual or remote employer Is left largely to chance. It Is obvious that a seeking out of each of such employers by the state will be imprac ticable. Tet If neither he nor his workmen formally reject the law, a workman. If injured, is entitled to compensation from the fund col lected by the state from other em ployers and employes. It is likely to transpire in Oregon, as it has in Wash ington, that certain Individual employ ments will not be heard from until some workman .therein is injured and puts in his claim for compensation. Still, this is a matter that can be readily remedied and such cases are not likely to be so numerous as to work a hardship on the fund in the period that will elapse before another meeting of the Legislature. In view of the fact that we have accepted the good Included in the main principle of the Washington act and avoided practically all of Its minor faults, the gratifying record shown for the Washington act will doubtless en courage numerous employers or em ployes, who might otherwise nave elected to remain under the present liability statute, to accept the terms of the Insurance or compensation act. GOOD OCTLOOK FOR THE WEST. The speech of Senator O'Gorman In opposition to the Connecticut River dam bill Is peculiarly important be cause it 'applies the Democratic prin ciple of state rights to the control of water power and because the sena tor's relations to President Wilson gives ground for the belief that he voices the opinion of the Administra tion on that subject. Mr. O Gorman was one of the framers of the plat form on which Mr. Wilson was elect ed and has shown himself to be in full accord with the progressive Democ racy of which Mr. Wilson is the leader. The Senator's speech defining tne attitude of the Democracy on the wa ter-power question shows that party to be of one mind with the public-land states of the West, regardless of party. On this question there Is division of opinion between Eastern and Western ReDUblicans. The former nave oeen Infected with the Plnchot microbe, but the latter desire each state to control its own water power. There Is good opportunity for set tlement of the conservation issue in harmony with Western sentiment. The Democrats, reinforced by the Wester Republicans, have ample numerical strength to pass revised land laws on the lines laid down by Senators O Gor man. Borah and Nelson and to dispose of the Plnchot idea of Federal control of all details of their development. HONESTY IN A PRIMARY, n . t 4 rr MA-oh M (Tn the Rdltor u-m Th n'i.nnlin klnrilv enttle this dispute? A voter registered aa a Republican wienes at too ppuv-iuiig piuai7 to vote for the Progreaeive candidate for vi-.- t t v--- v. a nitiitnt e One man auerta that It will be Impossible for him tO QO SO. wane auui.nj maja . n . -J -' scratch out the name of the Republican candidate and write above It the name of . i r. i i . I.. tmnAtAmlm TtThlfh nnlnlnll la correct, and If tbe name la scratched wblcll candiaate win receive tue vote i a. v.. r.cvt ii-u Thl Innnlrv Illustrates the confusion of the general mind over the important matter of registration, ii an intelli gent man is not to know where he be longs, politically, and what he may do In his own primary, what Is to be ex pected of others who do not keep close watch of nubile affairs and who know and care little about party forms? If a Progressive desires to nominate Progressiva for Mayor or any other public office, it is his duty to cancel his McUtratlon aa a ReDUblican If he is so registered and re-register as a Progressive. Moreover, ne nas no ai tamsitivA unless he shall Join In a con spiracy with others to give a Progres sive a Republican nomination, out no so-called party Progressive is now a candidate for any office before the Re publican primary, nor has ne any moral right to be. Let us answer specifically the ques tions of our correspondent: A voter registered as a Republican must vote in the Republican primary. But he may scratch the name of any Repub lican candidate and write In the name ,.r a Progressive candidate. If the Pro gressive candidate should In this way get a plurality of Kepumican votes, ne would be the Republican candidate for Mayor, and not the Progressive candi date, unless Indeed he should also get the nomination at the Progressive pri mary. The votes cast for a Progres sive In a Republican primary will not be added to the votes received by the same candidate in a Progressive pri mary, and vice versa. It" is the function of a Republican primary to nominate Republican can didates, and no other, and of a Pro gressive primary to nominate Progres sive candidates, and no other. Any effort to confuse the lines between the several party organizations by voting for a Progressive in a Republican pri mary, or a Republican in a Progres- ive Drlmarr. is not only aisnonest, out It Is certain to be futile. The Progressives have said that they ant a party of their own. Why don't they have it? GOOD BYE TO THE FIREHORSE. The most hardened lover of new contrivances will pause in hla worship of Innovation to bewail the passing of the fire horse. His knell has been sounded In New Tork. It will not be lonir before he disappears from other cities. He has served man well for manv generations. His beauty and courage have won him friends on all sides. His docility has made him the fireman's indispensable ally. But now the automobile has come and the Are horse must give way to It. The old order changeth, giving place to new. The human race is evidently prepar ing to play one of its old tricks of In gratitude and send the horse to extinc tion after using him to build up civ ilization, as old monarchs compelled slaves to erect monuments and then slew them. We owe to the horse a debt we never could pay If from this time forward he were permitted to roam at liberty In the best pastures of the world. Without his aid the battles of olden time could not have been won. If he had not lent his strength to us, fields could not have been tilled nor forests cleared. Nature compelled man to choose between advancing painfully and slowly by his own strength or advancing rapidly by en slaving the horse. With great good sense he chose the latter alternative. The human race never shows much gratitude to the bridge that carries it safely over. Our forefathers burned the bridge as soon as They had no fur ther use for it, and this generation shows much the same disposition. The horse has fulfilled his mission. It is time for him to sing his death song, or get some poet to sing it for him, and disappear from the face of the earth. The modest cow need fear no such melancholy fate, at least not quite yet. She has been the nursing mother of mankind ever since time began, and up to a few weeks ago one would have said that her services would secure her a good living forever, but now there are intimations which ought to make her tremble. A German chemist has Invented synthetic milk. No doubt the destiny of the cow may be read in his advertisements. Her sun, too, is set ting. The world of the future may be without domestic animals, except pos. sibly cats. A CONTRAST OF SPIRIT. France has received with cheers the government's demand for longer serv ice In the army and consequent in crease in effective military force. The lesser German states are pausing to consider the Kaiser's and the Reich stag's call for more troops. In France anti-militarism is drowned In patri otic enthusiasm; in Germany it is dis- l played' in the hesitancy of the lesser sovereigns and in the protests from tne ever-swelling ranks of the Socialists. Frenchmen take to soldiering as a duck takes to water.. Germans think of the burden and whether the occa sion requires them to bear it. The King of Saxony asks the other sover eigns of the German states whether they would not better let well enough alone with the army. He may well do so, for In his kingdom, with its great industrial cities. Socialism and Its concomitant, antl-milltarism, are most rife.- France, too, enjoys the advantage of practical unity solidarity, as Frenchmen call it. It is one state with one heart and one voice. Germany is a federation of many states, each with its own heart and its own voice. Each state contributes a certain contingent to the imperial army. The two corps of Saxony, the one of Alsace-Lorraine and the one of Wurtemberg are num bered consecutively with the imperial corps, but Bavaria's three are num bered separately and preserve their Identity. These states, which rank next to Prussia in population, may feel that they are already doing their full share, for Saxony supplies 50,000 soldiers from among 4,797,700 people, Bavaria 70,000 from among 6,624,372 and Wurtemberg 25,000 from among 2,302,179. Germany may begin to ponder whether the glory of military greatness is worth the price, for a new genera tion has grown up since the triumph of 1870-71. France, glorying in re covered strength, smarts with the rec ollection of defeat and longs to wipe off the stain. If the two nations should soon get to grips, this contrast of spirit may enter into the result of the strife. A NEW KIND OF SCHOOL. Tt aperrta snnrnnriate that some of tho mnst nrls-ina! Ideas In modern edu cation should be advanced by women. Their tastes and habits of mind lead them to study children, and it is only reasonable that they should find de fects in the school systems which men have invented and propose new ones more in accordance with sound prlncl nia, Tlr M nntessorl's educational nethods and theories have stirred the whole world. Many oppose them irom beginning to end, pinning their faith on the older ways mainly because they are old and It would be troublesome to change them. Others are enthusiastic over Dr. Montessori's work and believe that it will revolutionize our schools from the orimarv grades to the col lege. Now comes another woman, Mrs. Marietta L. Johnson, with views of teaching which may prove to be better than Dr. Montessori's. She has estab- iichon n school not far from Mobile at a village called Fairhope and already numerous students of education have spoken with deep Interest of what she is doing. Arr .Tnrinson'e, theories are very similar to those of the Montessori sys tem. She believes in basing education on the child's interest, declines to help htm In his tasks unless ne appeals to hr nf his own free will, depends a great deal upon the hand and eyes and excludes anything like formal exam inations. Her chief advantage over the Italian teacher seems to be that she has a less elaborate outfit of appa ratus. Dr. Montessori insists so strong ly upon blocks and other articles de signed according to certain exact rules that many teachers might suppose nnthinir -niild he done without them. Those who have been trained in any famous system of teaching are only too nt-nna tn make fetishes of all its de tails, even the most insignificant. There is a story of a young woman, a gradu ate from a celebrated institution in the vaat u-hn .irpni to a distant state to ac cept a position. On arriving she dis covered to her dismay mat sne nau forgotten to bring any lentils along, and since there happened to be none for sale in the village where she was to teach, she could not open school. Her professor at the norma! school hurt used lentils in his number work with children and the young woman supposed nothing else could possibly do as well, feas, Deans ana majoies ii-miM hnve been shockingly unortho dox and pedagogically useless. One of the dangers of the Montessori system is that teachers will make idols out of her elaborate apparatus and fancy that the entire outnt is indis pensable. Mrs. Johnson, as we learn rrnm sn article In the Sunday Times, avoids this danger by using any ap paratus that comes to nana, i ne crua est serves her purpose as well as the mnct nrtistin and exnenslve. Her ed ucational maxim Is that the child's will should be led, not forced, and that the studies ordinarily Imposed upon him an tnslfs should be offered as a privilege. This may seem a little startling to teachers who nave never seen anything in the way of education except the processes of the machine, but it is sensible enough. In the old fashioned district school, where all grades of children were taught to gether, it was common to see a pupil begging the teacher to let him begin some new study. The sight of the old er boys doing sums in algebra at the blackboard inspired younger ones with curiosity to know what it was all about. In the same way the little scholars grew ambitious to take up geography and history. They caught just enough from the more advanced classes to rouse their curiosity, which la a most valuable educational help when it has not been stupefied. Mrs. Johnson says she "lets" pupils begin to write when they ask for it as a privilege. On the same principle when they see others reading they want to learn how to do it and, as a special favor, she permits them to begin. The application of this device is as wide as creation. One can easily see how a wo man like Mrs. Johnson, whose re sources seem to be endless, can build up a whole course of education upon it, the pupil running forward of his own desire Instead of being pushed from behind. She begins every subject with ex perience. - The child cuts apples into quarters and then into eighths, and so on, long feefore he sees anything about fractions in print. In fact, he masters the whole subject of numbers with eye and band before he learns the figures which stand for them. No doubt this process quickens his wits as much as the ordinary prosing over definitions and rules dulls them. So it is with . all the other subjects of eduoation. Mrs. Johnson creates by the child's rich experience an apper celving nest into which the theory will in due time be received and find itself perfectly at home. Of course a wo man of her abundant common sense perceives that education means a great deal more than merely storing up knowledge in the memory. She lays iso much stress on good health and proper bodily hamts mat ner scnooi at Fairhope has won renown as a sanitarium. Instead of children be ing taken out of her school now and then to recover their health invalids are sent there to recover. Like Dr. Montessori. she assigns to each little one a garden which it cultivates as It likes. Many of the classes are held In the open air and there is no such thing as a programme of rigid quiet such as we see in ordinary schools. Tasks are done in an atmosphere of free activity. No lessons are taken home to be learned at night. There are no examinations to pass. In fact, the machinery of the ordinary school seems to have been completely aban doned. And yet, unless the reports are sadly misleading, Mrs. Johnson teaches her young people more and they learn it in a shorter time than boys and girls usually do in the pub lic schools. How shall we account for the marvel? The Federal authorities burned up 20,000,000 new postage stamps the other day. They had been printed for the Panama Exposition and bore a picture of the locks at Pedro Miguel. But the legend read "Gatun Locks," and so they were thrown into the fur nace. If some shrewdly dishonest employe had yielded to the temptation to save a few, philatelists would have paid him almost any price for them. Presumably the postal employes are above temptation and therefore these stamps have disappeared completely. No city family dreams nowadays of supplying Its own light or water, but each household still keeps up a heat ing plant. This is because gas, elec tricity and water can be conducted from a central station with little waste, while heat cannot. Congress has or dered that the Government buildings at Washington shall be heated from a central plant. This will lead to ex perimenting which may cause the fur nace and the kitchen stove to go the way of the kerosene lamp. Loss of life In Omaha was great be cause everybody was at home at that hour Sunday and the tornado traveled through a residence section. Locally It would be as if the path of the dis aster embraced Laurelhurst, Sunny side, Sellwood and so on, an eight-mile strip of desolation. Perhaps President Wilson does wise ly to defer asking Congress to act on other measures until the tariff is out of the way. By that time the weather may be so hot. Congress so tired and the year so far advanced that Congress will have, no energy to tackle other subjects. ' In one respect the Wellesley girls who refuse to marry unless the man has an Income of J5000 show good judgment. That kind of husband is worth landing. What the men will think when hooked is another story. Commend the thoughtfulness of the Hood River man who saved two incu bators and the embryo fowls therein from the flames .that destroyed his dwelling. He will have -Winter eggs to sell and recoup the loss. With grotesque color effects and stovepipe skirts in style, we shortly may find ourselves unable to distin guish at a distance between a lady friend and a barber pole. Motorcycle riders take too many chances and too much for granted as they fly through the streets. They need regulating more than drivers of the big machines. Ocean bathing season Is opened. For the time being, however, some few of us will continue taking our baths in the family tub. Ah, cruel fate! Why don't they offer one of those rejected Ambassador, ships to a real Job-hunting type of Democrat? i If the gunmen of rival tongs should be deported on the same ship, they might save the law much trouble by practicing on each other. California is investigating the plant ing -of bamboo and other tropica! growth. Arctic vegetation mignt also profitably be looked into. Vancouver threatens to reply to Governor Listers bridge bill veto by saying: "We can get along without you, anyhow Miss' Shedd will have no difficulty in fintnir a mon to hpln her in win ning that $3,000,000, but will she find the right one? The price of butter is rising, but new grass soon will cover the fields and "June" butter be here ahead of the calendar. Bachelors tip in Klamath, In the Land of Nod, want wives and are ready to bid on carload lots anywhere f. o. b. Tes. we are having Intermittent clouds, showers and hail here. - But look at the rest of the country: Will R. King, Democratic National Committeeman, will yet need a politi cal coon trap to catch anything. Hail, all hail! Wherein we refer ex clusively to recent and frequent weath er manifestations hereabouts. Two hundred wives are asked for by Langell Valley Dacneiors. now many bachelors are there? Democrats in Idaho' are having trouble over division of plums. There's going to be bloodshed yet. Democrats in Idaho seem to be grabbing the plums about as fast as their Oregon brethren. WHAT STATES PAYS FOB. PRIXTIXG. Records Disclose Outlay of A boat S40.000 Gross Per Aiiis. CANBY, Or., March 31. (To the Edi ted.) I am confused by conflicting re ports as to the amount of money paid by the State of Oregon annually for printing. . One paper says "the State Printer Is making S150.000 a year clear from the printing." Another paper says "he makes 1475,000 in a term. inen how much would he receive gross each I year? Not long ago The Oregonian said editorially "the printer draws nearly .75,000," but I am unable to determine whether that sum Is gross or net, and whether it is for one year or for a bl- j ennlal period. Will you enlighten me by giving the facts? VOTER. . There is little difficulty in learning the amounts paid by the state for printing, as the books of the State Treasurer, the Secretary of State and the State Printer must all show the number and value of each warrant is sued in his favor. The State Printer's report to the Legislature for 1911-1J gives In full the amount of printing he has done during the past six years a total of J230.422.23 since 1906, or an average of $38,407.04 gross per year. The Printer furnishes the plant, employs and pays printers and pressmen, and meets mis cellaneous expense, such as inks, power, oils, etc; but the state provides the paper and rooms in the lower story of the State House. His original bills are on file In the Secretary of State's office. For the years 111 and 191J the print ing charged to the different depart ments, commissions and institutes of the state, as given on pages 6 and 7 of the State Printer's report, amounted to (43,382.90 and J35.996.36, respectively, as follows: mil. 19U. Legislature of 1911 7.140.79 Secretary of State 9,81(3.32 .,.q Motor Vehicle Dept 1,150.74 l,061.db Bankirir Department.... 6M.00 ?.'9.. Attorney-General I'HS.Hl "fj-"; Labor commissioner.... ouo.o ov.v Dairy and Food Com- mlssioner 200.07 iSi.i Department of Educa- ..- tlon 2.723.92 1.819.93 Board of Eiaminere ... 'Mi-Tl 2:il.K2 Kallroad Commission .. 1, Will. 97 7o0. t-i Insurance Departament. 2.110.y;5 state Board of Forestry aoo.05 3U9.b7 Hoard Tax Commission- ;rs 1.2VU. II A,OiO.OA Supreme Court 2ol.40 w Supreme Court Reports. B.400.00 5.400.W Executive Department. . ou.-i 7,'o Printing Department... 14. i4 -1-?u Treasury Department... ll8.wo 06B.o State Land Asent 10.54 7.82 Board of Control is.td.oi State Enslneer 244.03 Desert Land Board .... -vs.oo State Land Board 226.23 dl1-0 State Library fist zu. Library Commission ... eus.ui o.n State Purchaslne Board. SS.7l 81.-7 Stallion Registration B d 102.60 i'i V. Conservation Commission 13.35 3iiX'K? Child Labor Commission Game and Fisheries le- partment 666.21 506.08 Board of Sheep Com- missloners 11.80 10.32 Veterinary Medical B'd .... ,i' , Insane Asylum 817.43 3?7,"li School for the Blind ... 6.46 1J.44 Institution for Feeble- minied 219.22 62-46 State Tuberculosis San- atorlum 59.53 60.36 Eastern Oregon State Hospital 1800 4.40 State Training School . 1061 50.0o State Penitentiary 40.34 loa.39 Oregon Normal School... 159.64 208.14 State Immigration Board 354.17 0l7gen.Af.?.U"U'a.'..C.0.': 171.22 1.742.47 Bureau of Mines S!?2 ?5 University of Oregon 1.864.27 1'&'l " "Medical Department 48.7 Soldiers' Home School for Deaf-Mutea ........ State Board of Health.. 8S6.61 781.10 State Board of Horticul- ture 560.10 33.41 State Horticultural So- clety 44.13 821.26 Oregon Naval Militia... 60.15. 8.48 Oregon National Guard.. 1.040.13 407.9. State portage Railway.. 107.82 . 28.62 Commission to revise Ju dicial system 11.68 State Board of Agricul ture 660.02 818.83 District Fair Boards... 1.724.20 1.807.73 Initiative pamphlets for --.,-- the general election 8,126.oo Total J43.382.90 JS5,9B6.36 The following sums weTe received by the State Printer from citizens of Ore gon for work required by law to be done In 1912: Candidates' pamphlets, primary election $1,761.28 Nominees" pamphlets, general eleo- tlon 2.486.95 Arguments In Initiative pamphleta.. 8.193.00 The Oresronian's remark that the amount paid by the state for printing was nearer $75,000 than $475,000 bien nially came close to the actual figures. Taking into consideration the great quantity of printing required by the "Oregon system," the cost of the pub lic printing is moderate. The steady growth of the state Increases the amount of printing required yearly. Probably It will not again fall below '$40,000 gross per year. THIXGS ARB ABOUT TO HAPPEN Mexico Will Hoist American Flag and the Earth Will Tip Over. PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi tor.) As one who predicted in his own circle the Spanish-American war, the Missouri flood and the San Francisco dlaster. I wish to make known two "things" that are going to happen, to- wit: First That by her own volition Mex ico will hoist the American flag. Second That a great and radical change in the climatic conditions of the world will be made by virtue of the tipping of the earth. What is now the North Pole will be the equator. The pole will then have shifted to where the equator is. The time is near when this will take place. The present pe culiarities in the climatic conditions mag h what I would call the fore runner of such happening. when this happens great aestruction to both life and property will be re sultant. But on the other hand not as much as would be expected In such a great change. For reasons otherwise than not feel ing assured that this prediction will be verified, I will sign myself DEVINE CLARA VOT ANT, Renaming Broadway. PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi tor.) Because Seventh street has nai a shave and is a bit wider for a few blocks, it hardly seems justified to monopolize good old Broadway, wny should the tall was the dog? Broadway begins at the river and runs out to the Sandy road. It's a fine attractive street bearing the name it has been known by for many years As a long-time resident on it and a tax payer I wish to register my pro test against those who would talmly annronrlate our erood name, help them selves to our street signs and push us as far off the earth as possible We're willing to share, to give the square deal to our friends at the other end of the bridge. We're willing to permit them to change the natural name for their street, which Will be far less confusing to strangers tnan Broadway, and allow them to be a con tinuation of our good street. But we object most decidedly to being termed East Broadway. It is too suggestive of a far different Kina or street man w dwell UDon. If the West Side de sires to call itself West Broadway that would be more in keeping with It business character. But at any rate if Seventh street wishes to marry Mr. Broadway, have affection enough for us to take our own good name, but at the same time give us the privilege of keeping our own dear name ana using it. Begin numbering at the river, keep ing the numbers as near what they are now as possible, as that is the only guide streetcar men have to direct strangers to like numbers on parallel streets. JAMES D. CORBY. WHY DO SOME GIRLS GO WRONG I Higher Wages May Lssem Dssger. Bat Chief Fault Is Elsewhere. PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi tor.) Everyone admits that many female employes are paid too little, yet the agitation for a compulsory Increase of wages is largely born of sympathe tic Impulses and is most actively In dulged in by those who have no knowl edge of the causes of vice or tne re sults of the legislation demanded. In all the testimony presented to the Illinois Investigating committee there appears to be one conspicuous allega tion ,ith a fnrarettlna- Of actual facta. . The allegation or intimation Is that the women of the wonting c supply about all the female denUens of the red-light district. The fact over- innbul i that thalr ranks are as roucn recruited from the so-called upper lovoi. nf anoiatv. Admitting that legis lation will aid the former, though It Is a question of grave doubt, it surely wui n .---. tha latter and therefore it will not remove the social evil in any degree. ' The number of women who have sold themselves for bread and meat is exceedingly small. The professional prostitute class In their eagerness to justify their lives and in their charac teristic tendency to follow the line of least resistance by testifying to mat nkirh thow know they are wished to testify to may advance hunger and privation as excuses, but as a matter or f,.i invABticrntinnn made under normal conditions by trained Investigators without suggestion oi an answ-r not show that any material number whatever are driven by necessity to a life of shame. Th nlain truth is that there are at toast am manv had women in the well- to-do class as among the poor, that as many prostitutes come from the former as the latter, that there is more secret : i i . v. f .-. y-tti than the latter 0 1 11 11 1 11 1 1 1 b.lO . w . . .. - - and that the former carry an enormous burden or responsiDimy tor miuus example of extravagance, dangerous u-i- inn,, mnrals before those whose unfortunate heritage la a sad desire to emulate those supposedly more fortunate. .....iitntA hefnm the Chicago committee told the truth when saying that the cnler contriDuting i ' - Jnninfnll WOR th A TlOTHi StCn t effort of men who laid seductive en tertainment in their way, ana wo nn too well that those men are not con- j .. ....bin. i-lns Ten thou- 1111 cu lu mi. ., ... ..... , sand women fall from grace because their appetites, their envy, tneir sympa thies and their sentiments open an ap- t. .how nnMinriH. where one pi 4Jil,H VVT "'"" r pursues the primrose path because of hunger. uquor i na.iva tinn lad one astray. Can you legislate those facts away? . 91 nAA (inn If an increase in wages ui u .nnr crirl th money WOU1U .1 , v..o 1' should be spent, but to enforce a gen- 1 ..ioa in rnmnensation will only mean a repetition of the old story of compelling every consumer tribute toward tne aoaea epeuoc. ......tinn thn exacted is always greater than the outlay and, being 11 nai-ccslHpn of life. aiStriDULCU. " -- will result In no final benefit to the women who work. ii.. 1 1 mA-no lnfwAii thn danger If tt can be done. Pay more wages or adopt any other metnoa, nut ao not .1 . rw!.mntsil THlllt lieS Within ourselves. Higher wages for working women will not Improve tne monui oi .1.- t nur Jnv and Until that im- nrovement is effected we are subject to . UI.1. n.lni Ka.OI,Q the temptations wuaii oui there are men and women and because r ,h.m n wnrA and weaker than others. It is a moral question, not one or dollars. JOHN. A. ROGERS. WIDENING OP BURXSIDB OPPOSED Property Owner Says Movement Is Canstng Losses to Owners. PORTLAND, March IS. (To the Edi tor.) By persistently agitating the widening of BurnBlde street, against n.-iDha nf nra.r.tirallv all the prop erty owners on that street, the Greater Portland Plans Association is aunm lot of people a tremendous financial Injury. The property sees no necessity for the Improvement and does not want it. yet the impression is broadcast that it la generally in favor of it, and that how much the street shall be wid ened alone remainB to be decided. The property holders may be somewhat to blame for allowing this matter to go as far as It has without positive oppo sition, but they considered the widen ing unnecessary and the agitation un likely to come to anything, and gave no real serious attention to it until Mayor Rushlight was reporter ad vocating the establishment of a line a certain distance back from the curb, outside of which property should not be allowed to build until the widening plan was perfected. This called a meet ing of the property holders at once, for such legislation would absolutely tie up the whole street, no one being willing to build at a distance from the k i ; - - an nil nrooartv being un salable because of the restri. ion. At the meeting It oeveiopea a num ber of deals had already been held up if not actually killed by the agitation, one in particular being a 25-year lease .t. .r.-iinn nf a roncrete struc- VVUU -'11 v. . . -. . ture at Eleventh and Burnside, and another a building in the neighborhood of Seventh ana Burnsiae streeio. treat people's property like this is not right, and the Burnside-street property holders would like to know whether, as taxpayers, they have not a right to the undisturbed possession of their prem ises, or whether all the financial value is to be taken away from them by an agitation for street widening which they do not want, and for which they can see no reasonable necessity. With Portland blocks but 200 feet deep, they feel there is already ample street space, far more than other cities have, and that wide streets are a detriment to business, not a benefit. But for this constant agitation a number of buildings might have been built on Burnside street since the opening of Oak street, and improve ments might go ahead at once if the agitation were stopped; but it con tinues in spite of no evidence whatever that the Greater Portland plans will ever be carried out as a whole or in part. The Library has not conformed to them, neither will the Auditorium; and if Burnside street is widened there is no guarantee that it will ever be necessary. for it surely is not neces sary now. and it is time enough to talk of widening when it has been decided to do some of the other things which were supposed to make widening ad visable. The location of a union depot, the cutting through of a diagonal road to the northwest from Park and Burn side, the widening of East Burnside. and cutting through of the Sandy Road were reasons given for widening Burn--ii- ...a,t nnri if thn ftreaLer Portland plans committee will show these things guaranteed, ana a reai oeeu ui uum side widening, the property holders might be willing to discuss limited widening, though I cannot say they would; but to start In on Burnside street in this way. to the detriment ol the property, without any guarantee at all that any other portion of the plans will be adopted, is wrong, and should nub uta i"iu"ii t PROPERTY HOLDER. "Unnton" la Correct. PORTLANjj, March 24. (Eo the Edi tor.) Kindly inform me the correct way to spell 'Xlnnton." Or. I note on page 42 of the light list of the Pacific Coast, published by the United States Government In 11Z. they use but one "n" in the name. EDWARD BRAY. Simplified Spelling By Deam Collin. Of latest freaks on which to write A merry rondel, ode or sonnet. Tve found a freak more freakish than The new Bulgarian blouse or bonnet. It Is the brand new fashions set In spelling, simplified for using By the great Spelling Board, to ease The task of writing and perusing. In the new list they're sending forth. Shorn of their trimmings, 'fore us wobble Old words, in latest fashion dressed Close-fitting vowels, an ultra-hobble. The silent consonants once worn The Spelling Board pronounces trea son; "Superfluous letters all must go- Words are not wearing them this season." If I would hie me to my home, To my own hearth, I find It looted The Spelling Board hath borne it off And a stiff "harth" is substituted. Ah, woe is me! Tve lost my heart. That yesterday with glee was Jump ing The Spelling Board decrees my blood Shall by a "hart" henceforth go pumping. If I would give a hearty laugh. The Spelling Board denies that pleas ure; By a short "laf" henceforth must I The limits of my gladness measure. Or If I start to laiigh In glee, My lips in joyful grinning crooking I'm forced to change It to a "cof," For fear the Spelling Board Is look lng. Avaunt, hard-hearted Spelling BoardI My soul for liberty Is yelling; I scorn the "fantoms" you would raise! You shall not "bos' me In my spell ing! If yon persist, and try to cram Your new revisions down my maw, sir, I warn you. ni rebel at ones. And start in "spellynge just lyke Chaucer." Portland, March J4. From Tha Oreffonlan of March 28, 186S. Recent letters from the Boise mines and vicinity confirm reports in regard to the hostility of the Snake Indians in that country. Several persons have al ready been brutally murdered and scalped by these savages. That there will be a war with these Indians tha coming Summer there Is every reason to believe. Jacksonville was honored by a visit from Captain Kelly's company of mounted rangers. The appearance of the men was excellent, their bearing soldierly and their riding all that could be desired. Our Government has determined upon building three enormous iron clads, to be 400 feet long and much more formidable than either the Brit ish Warrior or the French Gloire. The Iron armor of the turrets will be two feet thick and the iron bow as sharp as a knife blade. Mr. H. S. Jacobs, of this city. In forms us that he has just completed a new machine for making wagon wheels, which surpasses anything of the kind ever before invented. Tt. wiiinmpttn Thatpr will acaln be opened tonight under the management of Mr. J. P. Dennlson. upon wnicn occa sion will be presented the semi-tragical play of "The Koobers. or tne r orests ox Bohemia," in which Mr. and Mrs. Wald ron, assisted by Messrs. Thayer and Mortimer, will appear in appropriate casts. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of March 25. 1888. Mrs. A. E. Borthwlck will return to day after eight months' absence In the East and California. Mr. S. G. Fulton, assistant general freight agent of the Northern Pacific, is expected to return today from San Francisco. The Oregon Bicycle Club will take a run over to Vancouver Barracks today. weather permitting. The city Directory, which will be issued the end of this month, contains in the Portland portion 1650 more names than laBt year, which, by using .1 n..l,tnlla. tha IrtlL'ORt in mreo no muni m-.l., -" - - - - ---any computation of population, will give art-increase ior me paat i- muuiua of 4950. built at Skamokawa by Montgomery oi Colwell for the coast jumper itau.: will be launched. The schooner will probably be named Michigan. Commencing next week the Water Commission will use wood as fuel at the Palatine pumping station. A sup ply of 600 cords has been secured as a starter. It cost J3 a cord. The av erage price paid for coal was 87 a ton. The equivalent of a ton of coal can now be had for 4.60. rr.i-- T-i . -o a nf Hia omitllv ll eld their primaries last evening to elect ... . .1 nn,v nnvpn1 inn. aeiegatea w " The following is a list of the delegate elected: North Portland Polling place No 1. John Finnerty. Richard Gerdes: No. 2, M. G. Munly. P. Riley. Captain W. J. Riley, William Cummings: No. S, John Clark. Theodore Liebe. S. Nep pach, M. Doherty; No. 4, C. C. Scott, Charles J. Kennedy. Sidney Delaney; No 5 T. A. Sutherland. Patrick Bowers, W. A. Scoggln, John W. Holman, Ben. L. Norden; South Portland No. 1. J. C. Welch, E. Meyer: No. 2, Thomas Duffy. H W Cushing, W. H. Mansfield; No. i, A. E.'walt, V. K. Strode, P F. Castle man; No. 4, Peter Taylor, R. Menden hall. George A. Brodie; No. 5, Joseph N. Teal Fred V. Holman; East Portland F A E. Starr, G. D. McStrand and Charles Fernau; Holladay's Addition John De Boest and James Powell. The Republican Central Club of East Portland last night had a discussion of the proposed annexation to Portland. Mr Merrick opposed. Mr. Hislop, F. R. Neale Mr. Mayo, Mr. Kenworthy. Frank Hacheney, William Fliedner. Max Bloomer, Mr. Thompson and Mayor Wheeler favored annexation. Washington Town Keels Quake. LA CENTER, Wash., March 21. (To the Editor.) There was quite a tremor here on the night of March 19. between 9 and 10 o'clock, which old settlers pro. nounced an earthquake. It seemed to rock north and south and lasted about five or six seconds and was noticed by nearly all inhabitants of this section of Clark County. We would like to know If it was felt in Portland or any Coast cities. . AMQ3 CLEM. Bad California Cnatom Invading City. PORTLAND. March 24. (To the Edi tor ) The California custom of carry ing cans or pails of beer by boozers to their homes through the streets of your city should be prohibited. It Is a cus tom which is suggesting the people. G. M. M'ALLISTER. S87 Thurman Street. I j Half a Century A;o ,1