Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 26, 1913, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text8 rOKTLAXD. OKKOS. ' Entered at Portland. Orefon. portofflca ai ' I eond matter. StibacrtpUoa ftatea Inartabljr In AflrnM . (BT MAIL) 'Daily. Bandar Included, oaa year J ?? Dally. Sunday Included. sis months ... Dally, Sunday Included, threa month,, t'aliy. Sunday Ir.eiuded. ona month .... j Ially. without Sunday, ona year " Iai;y. without Sunday, six montna -.. a-; Dally, without Sunday, throe mon'-M .. 1-" dally, without Sunday, ona month Weekly, one year. J-fj Sunday, ona year. ........... .. -rr Sunday and Weekly, ona year. (BY CARRIER) Pally. Sanday included, one year t. Liatly. Sunday Included, one month,-. . . How to Kemlt send poetofltce money or der. ezpreaa order or personal check on your local bank, btarapa, com or currency are at the aender-o riak. OIe poatottico addreaa in fall. Including county and atate. Poataca Kataa Ten to 14 1 J"j IS to is pagee. 1 centa; SO to 40 pajea. a eeste; 40 to aO pagaa. ant. torelgn postage, double rate. . Lax era Buetnaaa OITVea Verree Con lln. Kie Torn. Brunawica; building. ' cage. Stser building. Eu Fraadec OOWo R- J. BldweU Co.. t Market treet. Enroweu Un"Vre No. S Regent atrea. a. ' w.. Uwiidon. , J-OKTtAND, SATtBDAV. APRIL t. JW- A FALSE PARALLEL. Governor Johnson persist in de fending th proposed anti-Japanese legislation of California by asserting that other states of the Union and 'Japan herself have similar laws. They have rot California proposes to legislate against the Mongolian race alone, avowedly for the purpose of striking: at the Japanese. The other states Mr. Johnson mentions have laws against ownership of land ty any alien without distinction of race. The law of Japan makes no such "distinction. Had Japan made a law. excluding from ownership of land any person of the Anglo-Saxon race and were the advocates of that law Jn the Japanese Diet to refer only to Americans as the rationality at which it was directed, we should have a close parallel to the course of California. What would Americans say and do under such cir cumstances Would they not pro nounce the law an Insult, an act of gross discrimination? In order that we may form a Just conception of Japan's view of the anti-Mongolian land bill, we must put ourselves in Japan's place. We have an Idea that, if we were to set about It. we could "lick the universe." So have the Japanese, with some cause, for they licked Russia. Then why should they swallow an insult in the shape of a law which brands them as inferior, while they believe they are the equal, mentally, physically and In warlike prowess of any nation? This Insult, too. Is aggravated toy our class ing them with the Mongolian race, with which they deny kinship and which they despise as heartily as our . Southern whites despise a "nigger." TAMMA'T AT THE rtE-OOl TEK. We have been given to understand that Tammany is out of favor with the Wilson Administration, but here me have Will R. King's appointment to the Board of Customs Appraisers, held up by Tammany's objections, ac cording to Washington reportu. The organization which the Wilson forces openly flouted at Baltimore now claims appointments at President Wll. son's hands and Its demands are said to receive consideration. Are we to understand that the President no longer entertAlns those high political ideals which he expounded In the campaign? The explanation most probably is the difference between the theory w hich guides a candidate before elec tion and the condition which con fronts him after that event. Before electron a candidate wins votes else where than in New York by denounc ing Tammany and that organization Is content to be the goat for the time being for the sake of what It will gain ' later. Though the candidate may have an honest purpose to give Tam many no voice in making appoint ' merits, the conditions existing when he takes office compel a change of pur pose. He may intend that merit, not politics, shall direct his appointments, but necessity changes his intent. Tammany can powerfully influ ence votes In both Senate and House. A Tammany man is chairman of he House committee on appropria tions and can do much to make or mar the record of the Administration. The success or failure of Mr. Wilson will be Judged by the outstanding measures which he gets through Con gress, not by the character of his ap pointments. If the people secure what they want in the former respect, they will quickly forget any small short comings in the latter. Tammany can Influence the fate of -the tariff bill, the currency bill, the anti-trust bill, any or all of the lead ing measures which will decide what place Mr. Wilson shall hold in history. If by giving Tammany a few offices he can insure the passage of the tariff fciil it would not be strange if Mr. Wil son holds the votes worth the price and pays it- VOVBRXOB rOSMV TARIFF POLICY. Pom. of Massachusetts. .comes to the front with a revival of New England's demand for free raw .materials and protected manufactures, but would make the whole tariff pol icy revolve around reciprocity. Al though he left the Republican for the Democratic party, he is satisfied with the tariff policy of neither and he adds one more to the several explana tions of what the people meant in re lating the Republican party in 1910 and In preferring the Democrats -to either wing of the Republicans In 112. His view, expressed in a mes sage to the Massachusetts Legislature, Is that -the great body of the people, 'without reference tt political allegi ance, desired the Immediate adoption 'of a policy of tariff reduction which should benefit American industry .'and American trade, advance Amer lean production of every kind, and relieve the people from unjust tariff burdens." "Protective reduction" Is held by 'Mr. Torm to be the true principle. He would admit free of duty raw mate rials for the Industries and necessaries of life for the workers. He says that under these conditions the United Ftates can produce manufactured arti cles at as low a cost as any other ration and protection would be super fluous. But he would retain the tar iff as the price of admission to the American market He goes Into de tail to show the great development cf the silk Industry with free raw ma terial and condemns the Democrats for proposing a duty for revenue on raw silk as injurious to that Industry. He expatiates at length on the ex pansion of our foreign trade which has followed reciprocity agreements nd pronounces disgraceful our fail ure further to develop that trade by more extended reciprocity. He shows how we are distanced by foreign na tions in trade with Latin America, Africa. Asia and Oceanlca, and ex plains this by saying that our tax on Imports has become a tax on exports by enhancing cost of production. He condemns the Democratic policy of punishing monopolies by tariff legisla tion and says It "will surely result In two years or four years of depression, to be followed by a popular rebuke to the Democrats, and the tariff will be made a political football for years to come." He predicts that the Dem ocrats will pass a "non-protective tar iff for revenue only, unreclprocal. de structive upward and equally destruc tive downward." Instead of the policy he recommends of "protective reduc tion through reciprocity." Mr. Foss' policy of free raw mate rials is a very good one for New Eng land, which produces few raw mate rials of Its own. but "manufactures many from other states and abroad. His policy of cutting out superfluous protection and of broadening our recl nrooltv nollcv sounds well, but if. after cutting out superfluous protec- Uoh. we continuously repeal trie re maining duties by reciprocity treaties, nhVnrp comes our revenue? To a certain degree he is In harmony with the progressive Republicans wno fought the Payne-Aldrich tariff and has rlpnrlved himself of an excuse for bolting the Republican .party. If his programme were carried out in lis ontiretv it would soon lead to free trade and to dependence on an im mense income tax to supply me reve nue now derived from the tariff. As rerard reclnrocltv. he invites US to travel in - the right direction, but would take us rartner man we couiu safely go. fcrrTRAGK NOT THE iSSlK. Of all attempts to call up emotions and prejudices for or against the com mission charter the crudest and silli est yet noted is the declaration that the women of Portland are on trial in the present controversy. So far as adopting or rejecting a governmental form are Involved, the only thing that Is on trial Is the commission charter. This is true even though It be held by every man who has ever had ex perience with It that the charter now in force Is unmeritorious. It is possi ble to go from bad to worse. A com mission charter can be drafted that provides a system inferior to the old. One can be drafted that provides an improvement. The sole question in Portland is whether the proposed charter would accomplish good or bad for the community. It is possible that If the charter be defeated some irresponsible agency will send out word that the wom en were responsible. Yet it will be impossible to make an honest analysis of the sex divisions on the question. It 1s probable that If the charter be defeated. anti-suffragists will at tempt to use the result In other states as an argument against the fitness of women for the ballot If so they will use it dishonestly, for no person will be able to tell how the women voted. But even so, are we to decide a local issue on the basis of how our action may be misconstrued elsewhere or settle it in accord with conviction as to what is good for ourselves? He who says the women of Port land are on trial at the present mo ment Implies a doubt as to their fit ness to have something which has already been granted them the right to vote. He holds up woman's suf frage as a virtue yet to be revealed. He discloses a patronizing spirit born of pride in assumed superior intellect The statement that the question Is committed to the women in this elec tion takes on the false assumption that the men may always be expected to vote right but that women may not The evening newspaper which pre sents all this throws consistency and common sense to the winds by show of solicitude for the adoption else where of a suffrage extension which it assumes is of doubtful merit In Ore gon. We are convinced that the women of Portland cannot be brow beaten or frightened into voting for or against the charter and also believe that it ought not to be attempted, re gardless of the merits of. that docu ment ' "BATTLING FOR THE LORD." While the California Legislature Is waiting for Mr. Bryan to reach Sac ramento and offer his counsel In draft ing the Japanese land bill, let us re view the numerous important meas ures which it may be hoped will be passed, that the Progressive majority may live up to the slogan of the army of Armageddon. If the interim is Industriously and conscientiously employed, the follow ing are some of the sterling reforms that will be noted by the Winter tour, ists: Canary bird cages Will be not less than three feet square; hotel sheets will be ninety inches long and eighty- one inches wide; underwear offered for sale by second-hand dealers will be laundered: drunken men will not ride In aeroplanes;' a rope will hang from every hotel window; all school children will wear uniforms; persons who enter French restaurants will be subject to arrest; the National Guard will be non-existent and there will be no poverty. This Is by no means a complete list of uplift bills that have teen present ed. Adoption of others will mean that every murderer serving sentence must pass the anniversary of his crime in solitary confinement; that citizens failing: to vote will be penalized; that Judicial decisions will be recalled if not approved of; that every dozen eggs sold will weigh not less than a pre scribed minimum: that bees will be officially Inspected: that convicts iwlll be paid for work they do In state In stitutions; while commissions" and In spectors will be as busy as customs officers on the frontier. Among the mellifluous titles pro posed for commissioners we are not sure of the exact nature of the du ties proposed are a Mosquito Control Board, a Commissioner for the Abol ishment of Poverty, a Board of Chlro. pr actio Examiners, a Psychopathic Pa role Officer, a Board of Mechano therapy Examiners and approximate ly 800 others. It Is no wonder that with this list of progressive bills on hand Governor Johnson becomes peevish over the criticism of and Federal Interference In California's land tenure policy. There is big work to do and the solons minds should not be distracted. Luckier than most prophets, Mr. Bryan is not without honor In his own town. A Lincoln minister has pro nounced him "the greatest moral force among his 50.000 fellow-citizens," which Is saying a grfod deal. Mr. Bryan's religion is of that placid kind which gives more light than heat and more grace than frenzy. He is an out- and-out foe of King Alcohol, believes In votes for women and long ago for got all about free silver. BALDNESS AND THE HIGH HAT. Mankind either must-forswear its most ancient and honorable badge of respectability and eminence or else fare th a-rim ravaees of a continued epidemic of baldness. The oracles of the American Medical Association have so decreed. It Is Inevitable. The symbol of substantial achieve ment In question is the high hat, which for at least a century has e-i-fit rvfrv occasion of state and ceremony worth while. It has come to be an Institution. From tne naring hi.ii.ur rf Tvlpr'a time to the elon gated stovepipe of Lincoln's day and thence to the gracerui creation oi m day this cylindrlc superstructure has symbolized respectability. Whether at the crowning of a King, the death of a nntentn-ta or the marriage or a mn- cess, the high hat has been conspicu ously in evidence. Not even Woodrow Wilson, with his love ror a son ieuui and his faculty of doing things dlffer onriv. could tet away from a tall hat on inaugural day. It has, in fact, come to be man's crowning glory, even as hair is woman's. T-nw the belated discovery tnat it is a menace to the hirsute appurtenance. With characteristic didacticism the cruel blow is delivered and man is left to his choice of hat or hair. It is sci entifically explained that the hatbands r ihA hMnvprl headgear throw upon the temples a pressure that dams the tiny rivulets or hiooa iwnicn carry mo and vigor to the scalp areas. Devitalized through lack of nour ishment the hair withers and dies at the roots, and. despoiled of a liveli hood, departs on every passing comb and brush that affords facilities for transportation to other fields. Event ually the cranial area is lert in shining barrenness. Of course the festive derby will perform the same deadly execution, but then the game senti ment does not attacn itseir to tne derby, which can be discarded without a sigh. However, the high hat has so inter woven itself about the heartstrings of respectability and has so estaDiisnea Ittolf In the realm of custom that a mere specter of baldness may not frighten its ardent adherents. KING ALCOHOL. AND SIR. BRYAN. Dauntless the diplomats who ate Mr. Bryan's dry dinner have been dis. creetly smiling to think what an ado he made over a trine, Tneir way rnuM hiv. ren to serve wine, as cus tom requires, and let the guests drink it or not as they chose, men wno rise to the dignity of forelegn ministers are usually pretty well indoctrinated In the best culture of their time and countries and we are assured by phl loBODhers that the more cultured we are the more tolerant we become. It Is only the Ignorant and the boorisn who want to "heave half a brick at a man" because his ways differ from theirs. We cannot suppose, therefore, that these eminent personages would have thought hard things of Mr. Bryan If he had turned down his glass at dln n whiia the ruests were drinking. They would have noticed his little ec centricity, perhaps, and let it pass. Wine to most foreigners is a very or dinary necessary of life. Habituated to it from childhood, they see no rea son for making Its use a reproach or abstinence from it a virtue. The wine-producing countries are among the most temperate In the world, the Inhahirnnta are robust though It is their common drink, and family life is as steadfast as it Is anywhere. The psychological reasons which underlie Mr. Brian's deep abhorrence of the "accursed cup" would hardly be comprehensible to his dlsunguisnea foreign guests. The grape Is to them a kindly friend, Its Juice makes glad the heart of man and seldom have they known It to harm him. The ruby cup reminds them of the gay peas antry at the time of the grape har vest It suggests all sorts of glad rural scenes. It Is allied to poetry, art and even religion. What would European life have been for the last thousand years without the consola tion of the grape? But Mr. Bryan sees a different set of visions when he gazes on the wine cup.- To him it symbolizes, not rural Joys and happy Innocence at all, but ruined youth and broken hearts. Strong drink In all its forms, beer, wine, brandy, is in his view the deadly enemy of the home. It wrecks lives and blights careers. It blasts the bright prospects of man hood and brings down age in sorrow to the grave. How one feels toward anything in the world depends on his point of view. "There is nothing good or bad." says the great master of human psy chology, "but thinking makes it so." The thinking of the European diplo mat makes wine a smiling companion, a Joyous helper over the rough places nt the. world. Mr. Bryan's thinking Lmakes It the Implacable foe of human welfare. Both are right, xne great trouble with us Americans is that we got a wrong start with regard to all the bright and beautiful things on earth. Our forefathers, whose ideas we have Inherited, looked upon pleas ure as necessarily sinful. Earth was a vale of tears. Life was a sorrowful sojourn meant only to prepare us by purgatorial misery for the bliss of heaven. So they taught their children to believe that everything was wicked that made them happy. The ruby wine came In for condemnation with other sources of delight But Americans crave pleasure like all other human beings and since the teaching of the Puritan fathers made it Impossible for them to get it inno cently they took It defiantly or fur tively, according to their various tem peraments. The consequence of this was lamentable. Believing that Joy was sinful In moderation, they as sumed that It could not- be much worse in excess and so they lost the habit of restraint Our National at titude toward strong drink became either that of total abstinence or riot ous license. We forsook the narrow middle path between asceticism and Indulgence which Is the only safe way through the perils of life. Some of us were lntemperately abstinent oth ers intemperately given to the cup. Puritanism was not wholly to blame for this unfortunate state of things. Our National temperament had much to do with it. Americans are extreme, ly conservative In politics and religion, but It is more the conservatism of fear than reason. We know in our secret hearts that If we start in a given direction we are likely to go too far and therefore we do not like to start at all. We stand still when we might far tetter be going because we live In constant dread of getting up so much speed that we shall hurl our selves over some precipice. Mr. Bryan knows of this National weakness. We. showed it in giving the negroes the ballot at the close of the Civil War. Ve show It daily in our inability to use strong drink with- I out abuslnsr it The American saloon with Its sin and shame is an institu tion to be found in no other country. It is an instance of our proneness to go to excess. Other countries have HrinVine- nlacpj. but not any where social vice, corrupt politics and sot- tlshness make the nldeous comoina tlon thev often do in our saloons. We seem to have scant choice between de grading misuse of wine and otner strong drink or total abstinence from it Mr. Brvan. who Is a keen analyst of tho WatlnnnJ character as well as a stern moralist perceives this clearly and he has chosen to stand on tne siue of abstinence. His inherited Puritan traits compel him to make his stand as determined as possible. There must be no compromise wiin tne evii, uu nnirorine- with the abomination. He knows perfectly well that the slight est concession would De interpreted by his countrymen as a betrayal of his nrinciDles. His own conscience would interpret it in the same way. We see therefore that tne question whether he shall serve wine or not Is nn trin to Mr. Bryan. It involves the standards of his life. He knows what drink has done to the prairie homes of Nebraska. He sees It as a tne, who will keep no terms and re gard no truce. It Is a serpent which will bite venomously untu it is kuito. This Is Mr. Bryan's point of view. It la one which very few Europeans can take and therefore, with all their cul tured tolerance, they will be pretty certain to find his refusal to serve win ai dinner a little absurd. une Roman prefect found the refusal of the Christians to burn incense 10 meir Idols absurd. What did .a pinch of Incense amount to? - m ...oiitno. cimniiflpm beam with x lie Diciuue - Joy over an article in the London Morning Post whlcn speans encuuis r thoii- imhim. The writer of it Is E. B. Osborn. He reminds us that English originally had pnoneuo speu i t-u. XTit-mon rnnouerors and Dutch printers spoiled it by their un couth contrivances, which were stereo typed by the pedants. Hence our or thographic sorrows. Whether they will ever cease or not nobody knows. -,,Kit art mused a. temporary rup ture of the domestic relations between Mr. and Mrs. de Szaak, of St Louis, .v.. h.inhanri helns- an artist of the con servative, the wife of the cubist. school. After the reconciliation me husband said: I am ao glad to get her back that I will not mind her cubism and her hurry-up . , ... i t i n . whv she nalnta a picture In three houra that I coul not do In ona month. ShaT All thoea cubists. Just throw the paint at the canvas. bplash. splash! so. All over! t wa -nnirl onlv sleep for 77 days, ai Tonn Joan, of Cherbourg, we might awake to find the Japanese trouble In California settled, tne lanre bill passed and the militant suffra gettes all in the insane asylum. Then we could peacefully turn over and go to sleep again. One way to avoid trouble Is to sleep through It. Being one of the principal shlpown n.tiona in nroDortlon to her size, Norway naturally would like to have ..- ...! inii. riisnutA arbitrated by The Hague tribunal, composed almost entirely of citizens or maritime cuuu ri. -p.nt would Uncle Sam be sim ple enough to submit his case to a prejudiced Jury 7 - Why should Representative Bryan . .n infUmnnt at being accused of having made 262 speeches at one ses sion of the Washington Legislature? Another Bryan not only admits having made many more speeches, but is proud of it. a imivAraa.1 neace proposal might come with more grace and greater weight from a prepared military -.tnn iii than from a very rich and very weak nation that has nothing to gain and everything to lose py war. That record of the superiority of non-fraternity over fraternity students at Eugene is all very well, but young men and women go to college to make points in athletics and society, not merely in their studies. So the explanation of the Los Ange les scandal is that the guileless rich men are led astray and then black mailed by the guileful girls. Do the old satyrs really expect people to be? lieve that? A wandering babe remained un claimed at the police station for twenty-four hours. With such care It may engage In far more extended so journs at that Institution later on. A woman has been appointed to a position in a Colorado land office. Why not more? Some years ago a woman served In the office at The Dalles and made an excellent record. The City Auditor Is Installing a heavy percentage of women judges so as to get increased efficiency in han dling the election. Why not also, a woman City Auditor, anon? But then If we weren't such a peace ful and unmilitary lot the Secretary of State wouldn't have to take this long, frantic trip to Sacramento. Austria Is putting up a bluff for the Kaiser on the principle that if you win ere will divide, and if you -lose, why, you lose,' that's all. Just as the powers were about to apply the slipper the bold little boy of Europe promised to mind. Taconia is furnishing the country along , its pipeline with an undesired supply of pure water. ; The South not getting its share of Consulships! All the Colonels should go on the warpath. If Will R. King were known as plain Bill King, he would have had the place long ago. After many days the salary of the Portland postmaster will go into cir culation. Talk of high cost of living is idle, with cherries selling at 60 cents a pound." Will the male members of night election boards be allowed to smoke? Possibly that "dry Bryan dinner" was dry in more ways than one. Ty Cobb gets back into the game and all's well that ends well. King may not get it, after all. Oh, cruel, cruel, cru-ell fate! VOTE EARLY AJID MISS THE RCSH Confusion WIU Be Avoided If all Select Opportune Hoar. PORTLAND, April 25. (To the Edi tor.) Would it not be well for the papers of our city to keep before the voters during the few remaining "days of grace" and charter warfare the necessity of voting early? As a mem ber of many boards, let me say that a little thoughtfulness on the part of those voters who can command their time will not only aid election boards, but will even make It possible for thou sands to vote who might otherwise be crowded out at the closing hour. Let all who can, vote before noon; let as many as can get away from the desk and other labor for a little while after lunch and vote between 12 and 1, and let others be kind enough to give them "right of way.H A Uttle thought fulness on the part of the busy house wife will enable her to plan ahead so that her vote will have been cast before the evening rush hour, when laborers, clerks, stenographers and others necessarily detained to a late voting hour come rushing for the final street lineup. Let no voter forget that the 22.000 additional votes to be cast by our mothers, wives, daughters and sweet hearts, and the additional fact that many new hands will be at the wheel will make a great difference in both time and work In many precincts. A little charging of the memory and a little planning well ahead will not only facilitate and lighten the labors of many election boards, but will pre vent errors and time-consuming hitches in trying hurriedly to record the voter's will. It will do more It will save thousands from the needless disap pointment of not being permitted to vote Just because other thou sands wrongfully neglected to vote at their proper time. If any should stand aside, it should be this latter class. Let us not forget too, that elec tion boards are not mere "voting ma chines," which may be operated more ranlrilv at will. I sincerely trust that one of the first fruits of the new citizenship of our women will be the much-needed, splen did examDle of voting at every election and not only with the well-planned de termination of giving the puhiic, n pos sible, the most) efficient "men and measures." but with the grateful pur pose of not crowding out a single brother, however menial his daily task, for he may have labored and voted to grant our women this right, a mere duty, thougn It may nave oeen. W. J. PEDDICORD. CHANGE OTJR IMMIGRATION LAWS Restriction of Allen Influx 'Would Solve Problem. Says Mr. Chorea. PORTLAND. April 23. (To the 'Edi tor.) The Japanese Imbroglio Is one of ereat concern to everyone on the Pacific Coast particularly, and those who are flippant or jlngoese about it will rue the day when we repudiate our treaty obligations with Japan, for it vrllt atirnlFv nur nl1o-htl.fi WOrd to be ..a.. o.g.i.&j ww r - - n worthless and our honor of no moment We have given them all tne rignts oi the "most favored nations" in the ...i-with it tria nem to naturalize and become citizens with out one restraining reserve, it is con- l J - - I a mt.talra tft crrHflt It and it can .be so easily remedied t rd mi , . v hit nrr.n.A T n H n v ii ;i Liu n that the expedient should at once be entered Into. Our immigration in 1912 exceeded 1 ioc n n a aA la x.rta in t r Via as much this year. It is uncalled-for and ex cessive. An act or congress limiting mm mi nn rrom all sources to. say. tnn Ann antinoliv wmiM hA Anoutrh. That number should be divided among the nations or tne earm reiuvuvo w mou population, not including tneir depend encies. Th. ci-at t h nnslrlArAd. of course. are the seven nations with whom we have treaties of the "most-ravorea-na-tions" clause. rt.i,i.l l?p.nK. n.rmiinv and Ja.Dan. having in' round numbers a population of about 60.uuu.wuu eacn, mism ceded 15,000 each, and Italy and Aus tria 10,000 each. Russia, having more . v. n n oTiv Atha. wnnlrl ha entitled to 35.000. Having no obligation of the most-ravorea-nation clause wun nj other countries, the balance of the earth could be made selective, at our Such a law is one of undoubted right and would be readily acquiesced In by oil fnmlffn rnuntrles. most of which are not overly anxious to lose their home population. On such a status the Empire of Japan, not invidiously aisorimi nated against would fall Into line with the greatest good humor, and the incl- Artt wmiM hA flnJSAri Th. np.l o-n intriinlnn ftfnnA thA Civil War aggregates some 22,000,000. Let us keep all our engagements uae men, ,n,alrB An.. lAt iia Brat sensible enough as to be discreet as to the numbers we will welcome ror tne en suing years. - But let us also , not for get so that the brotherhood of man i.v. n,. Af alo-ht UkA a rtliimmAt when the thrifty, orderly and sober Jap comes in signi. CHARLES P. CHURCH. DEFENSE OF STATE UNIVERSITY Irreparable Damage Will be Done by Adverse Vote, Says Teacher. PORTLAND, April 23. (To the Edi tor.) I write in the interest of more than a thousand young men and women, the students of the state uni verelty, at Eugene. I am a graduate of two colleges and have a state teacher's certificate. I have spent 17 years as a teacher, from a country school to a chair of science in a state university in the Middle West I am not proud of my achievements, but I am proud of our country and its Institutions that furnish ven a poor orphan boy or girl such amnle opportunity. ' I believe in state education from the kindergarten to the university for gen eral culture, followed by the technical schools for special work. I have chosen Eugene and the state university for the education or my children. I have investigated many schools and have chosen this, not be cause of its equipment, but because of Its surroundings and tne sen govern ment of Its student body. Better gov ernment is the problem of the nations. The people of Oregon may not know it but our state university is one of the best governed schools of America. The trtudent body Is a stable republic, that has banished the ruder and un-American elements of college life. The state owes It to these students to give tne school every possible equipment. Those who sign the referendum peti tlon and vote down the meager appro bation, granted by the Legislature, will Jiot live long enough to repair the wrong done to the youth of our state. ThA University of Oregon students are leading the Pacific States in tests of ability. Eugene appreciates tne scnooi and holds the moral standard of citizen ship high. I plead with the voters not to sign the petition. J. ax. aiukkio. "Old SnbBcrber', on Tobacco Smoke. PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi tor.) In answer to a recent letter in The Oregonian against toDacco users r mUVi tn rdv that 1f fhfl smoke of to bacco Is so Injurious to the human,,be- lng. now coma it ov pnoaium .ib small a thing as a disease germ could be carried alive very far In tobacco fumes? Tobasco is supposed to bo a germ destroyer. I am no tobacco user, my- t nniv i c T 0-At If- KArond-hand. But 3d L. vw.j ' " - e- I agree with Mrs. Cummlngs that the use of tooacco is a very imny, in jurious habit to the user and very un pleasant to those who come. In contact with- the weed. I expect to see In years to come the smoking-car take the place of the caboose on all pas senger cars. OLD SUBSCRIBER. That Awful Suspense (Lay of b Ple-Connter Watchers.) By Dean Collins. After long days of waiting With eager and Dated oreain, Wftr A nliim trt awlntr To Will R. King. We were worried half to death. With the long suspense. With tne pauses immense. Wa wava r.ttad- wa doubted sore: Till the message soared 'Bout the Customs Board And we thought tnat our rears were o'er. We rested and. sure, 'twas needed; For we had been worried dumb. O'er the time it took When the tree was shook. For him to dislodge the plum. This tree and that He struggled at. And we lifted a gladsome roar, When down we saw come The Customs Board plum; "Thank Heaven! Suspense is oer! Now Tammany, on the warpath. Maketh a warcry hum, And growleth low As it aims a blow - At King and the new-won plum. So loud we cry, With affrighted eye Turned toward the Tammany gents. To whose sleeve we cling: Oh, spare our King, "For we've suffered enough sus pense!" FREE WOOL HARD ON SHEEPMEN 'Adustry Cannot Avoid Rough Sledding Through Tariff Reduction. . NYE. Or., April 21. (To the Edi tor.) I have read Mr. Botts' letter on free wool, and will offer reply. He claims only 300 or 300 flock-owners In the entire West The Oregon Wool- growers' Association has several times that number as members from this state and yet we have only a small portion of the growers enrolled. It costs us at least ?60 per month, wages and board, per man. We pay and board at least one man the year around for every 500 head of sheep. Eastern Oregon has over 2,000,000 head; this means an army of over 4000 who get their living direct from the flock; add to this the wives and children of these men and the nu merous small towns and villages whose existence depend on this industry and Instead of the 200 in the entire West we have easily 10,000 or 20,000 right here in Eastern Oregon. I have put In 17 years shearing sheep and know enough about it to know that it must take at least several thousand men each season to shear the sheep in the entire West. He speaks of free grass; we used to get it but that day Is gone. Forest reserves, homesteaders and dry-farmers have done the trick. Free wool may not close any fac tories, but free woolens will, and as for his statement that it cannot reduce wages, let me assure him that the last time It was tried it did reduce wages, and reduced them from a level which was materially lower than the present one. 1 do not think our mm workers get the wages they should, but the fact re mains they are better paid here than in Europe, else why do they keep coming by the hundreds of thousands? They cannot be leaving sunny Italy and com ing to bleak New England for their health. The State of Massachusetts has something like eight or nine hundred million dollars in its savings banks alone, mostly the savings of the mill workers of the state. They are free to go back to Europe if they wish, but they don t. Instead, they send money and tickets to their friends at home to tret them over here. Mr. Botts thinks free wool will get us better clothes. I hope so, but will It? One of the results of free wool when last tried was the prompt Importation of about 100.000.009 pounds of shoddy from Europe, more shoddy than has been imported in the 16 "years of high tariff since. Moreover,, repeated tests have shown that the wools grown in the Ohio River Valley are equal if not superior in strength and durability of any wools grown. Mr. Botts claims that ten minutes after reading your editorial on free wool he was still gasping tor Dreatn. It has been a week since I read Mr, Botts' letter and I am gasping yet; gasping to think that anybody, even from Astoria, should know as little about the wool question as his letter shows that he knows. K. a. WARNER. PERSISTENT LOVER DENOUNCED Man Who Carried Off Woman la As sailed by Doctor. FORT STEVENS, Or., April 22. (To the Editor.) Over in Pennsylvania a young man recently has been sentenced to serve six months In Jail and pay a fine of $300, for having abducted a young woman. This young man, an In spector in the State Highway Depart ment of Pennsylvania, frankly admits that he intended to carry the young woman, who is the cultured daughter of one of Allentown s weanniest. citi zens, away into the country, and force her to marry him and this after she had repeatedly spurned his many ad vances! Are we justified In considering that this young man Is perverted or insane? The court wnicn tried nim eviaeniiy had no tuch suspicions, and dealt with his offense much as it might have dis posed of an infraction of the game laws. Hence we are forced to the con clusion that this antediluvian method of courtship is still looked upon as a mere breach of "man-made" law in Pennsylvania. What are we to think of the "love' of a young man whose sole aim is to gain physical possession or its ooject. with absolutely no consideration wnat. ever for the feelings, wishes or happi ness of the "object" herself? Is It pos sible to conceive of anything more'ab horrent more loathsome, more soul racking to any woman than to be forced to submit to the unwelcome caresses of a man whom she despises? And yet this creature who deliberately contem plated such a diabolical atrocity is sen tenced to spend a few months in jail and to pay a paltry fine! Verily, "when women sit in judg ment" there cannot help but be a pro found change in the attitude of the courts toward such crimes. We may be pardoned for assuming some subtle re. lationship between the above travesty of justice and the recent smothering of equal suffrage legislation in I'ennsy. vania. CHESTER J. STEDMAX, M. T. Farmers and Fire Hazards. PORTLAND. April 23. (To the Edi tor.) The editorial item appearing in The Oregonian today commenting upon the farmer's negligence In not insuring his property, Is timely and to the point. The season is approaching when the greatest number of farm fire losses are due to occur and In the large majority of these will be reported "no insur ance." The record kept by companies of this state writing farm insurance shows that the danger is anything but remote, and excluding business risks, is greater than city fire hazards. Farmers, as a class, are slow to in sure, and when a fire does occur their loss is usually a total loss and the savings of a lifetime have gone up in smoke. The advice you offer should be heeded by farmers without excep tion, t HARM AN LAEDING. Picture of a Self-Made Woman. Louisville Courier-Journal. "A self-made man Is of no particular help to his fellow-men." "Well?" "But a self-made woman is a perfect mine of Information about hair dyes and face bleaches and pads and things." Half a Century Ago From The Oresonlan of April 27, 183. Murfreesboro, April 20. A letter In the Atlanta Intelligencer of the l.tn says that Rosecrans is being reinforced by Grant and that a great battle will come off within 60 days. Chicago, April 21. Cairo reports say that the steamer Silver Moon, from Vicksburg on Friday, say that Thurs day night six gunboats and three transports left Young's Point and ran by the Vicksburg batteries. All got through safely but one transport the Henry Clay, which caught fire opposite the city. New York, April 20. Suffolk letters report that our forces hold the Nanse mond River for IS miles, and have de feated every attempt of the enemy to get in our rear. A daring robbery was committed In this city at about 3 o'clock last Satur day night in the office of Dr. Daven port, on Alder, between Front and First. The doctor was awakened by some one opening the front door into his bedroom, and before he could raise himself in bed a rough and strong hand grabbed him around the throat, a gruff voice commanding him to lie still on peril of his life. The doctor could only faintly distinguish the form of a man standing over him with a large bowle knife pointed directly at his breast, the point of which he was made to feel rather sharply several times. Two other ruffians then bound his hands and feet, but upon the most positive assurance that he would not make a noise, let his mouth remain free. The two then took the key of the large Iron safe from the doctor's vest opened the safe and took 4600 In $20 gold pieces. $46 in smaller gold pieces and $40 In greenbacks. Two persons have been arrested on suspicion. Willamette Theater Miss Edith Mit chell will appear In a favorite piece to morrow evening. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of April 2fl, 1SS. Washington, April 25. The House went Into committee of the whole on the tariff bill. Bynum of Indiana, Browne of Indiana and Dockery of Mis souri spoke. Miss Detmering, who has been teach er in the primary department of tin North School in Holladay's addition, has tendered her resignation, and Miss Jennie Kribs has been appointed t- take her place. A new steamboat is being built at Onlatta, Yaqulna Bay. The tax roll for the City of Albany for the year 1888 shows total taxahio property of $1,031,906. Work on the Oregon Pacific Railroad east of Stayton has been deserted by both Contractors Bennett and Hunt. Articles were signed yesterday In corporating the Portland Hotel Com pany. The incorporators are:' H. W. Corbett, W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis, A. N. King, Frank Dekum, S. G. Reed, H. W. Scott. Van B. De Lashmutt G. B. Mar ble, Jr., D. F. Sherman and S. B. Willey. The subsidy offered to Henry Vlllard or any company to complete the hotel on the block bounded by Sixth. Seventh. Morrison and Yamhill streets, solicited by the hotel committee, yesterday morning had reached $141,350. During the day this sum was Increased to a round $150,000. So here Is the $150,000 bonus for a start. An option for 60 days on the block as It stands at $125, 000 was secured by telegraph yester day. It is estimated that $375,000 will be required, in addition to the subsidy, to complete the hotel. Evading the Inheritance Tax. London Times. Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, who owns 7000 acres of land ,in Glamorgan, has written to his tenantry, notifying them that he has made over to his son. H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher, the estates to which he succeeded in 1901. He says the death duties then crippled him. and another set would probably causo the break-up of the estates, which he Is anxious to avoid, believing the farmer to be best off on a large, well managed estate. Brimstone In a Sermon. Boston Record. "My, but there was lots of fire and brimstone in Mr. Bowers sermon this morning." 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