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PORTLAND, MOXDAY, SEPT. 1. 1013.
RESTORING THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
Democrats are enthusiastic believers
In the merit system for the Civil Serv
ice when they are seeking votes, but
their enthusiasm dies out when they
gain power and have offices to fill.
Their course since March 4 has been
consistent, but It has been grossly in
consistent with their campaign prom
ises and their platform.
The income tax provisions of the
Underwood bill require the creation
of hundreds of new offices under the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Th last Darasrraoh of that section of
v. the bill provides that for two years
- after the passage of the bill the agents,
j.nnH nnllatnm AnH Insnertors shall
be appointed by the Commissioner
'. with the approval of the Secretary
of the Treasury without compliance
1.1- . 1 -H. TSt Canrlna 1 -J T.- That TT fl
vision elves senators ana rtepresenta-
tives hundreds of Jobs to fill with
their favorites. At the expiration of
the two years a simple executive or
der of the President or a proviso in
an appropriation bill can "cover"
these favorites into the classified Civil
Service and render them immune from
. removal when Administrations change.
When Republican Senators proposed
..... -. i i , i i . i
. that tnese oinces De piaceu in me
classified Civil Service, the Democrats
fought to a man against any change.
"When asked point blank by Senator
Root whether he thought the recom
mendation of a Congressman would be
better than a Civil Service examina
tion, Senator Hoke Smith replied:
1 think the Judgment of- a Congressman
would be better in the selection of compe
tent men than this examination they have
been conducting. None of the men who
have passed these examinations are as fit
ss the men recommended, by a Deputy Col
lector of Revenue.
That remark shows disbelief In the
merit system, not only as applied to
Income tax officials, but In principle.
It shows preference for the judgment
of a Congressman and for a deputy
'. collector appointed on recommenda
tion of a Congressman. The solid
party vote of the Democrats shows
'. that they hold the same view and are
at heart opposed to the whole merit
system, which has prevailed for thirty
years and which has been approved
by both parties In every platform. The
' Democratic convention at Baltimore
approved this law, declaring that it
should be "honestly and rigidly en
forced, to the end that merit and abiL
. lty rather than service rendered to a
political party" should be the guide.
But the Democrats have already
forgotten this plank In their platform.
That they never honestly believed in
It is proved by their course, not only
since, but before Its adoption. The
last Congress tried to limit the tenure
of office In the Civil Service to seven
-years, but was defeated by President
. Taft. Since the Wilson Administration
- took office men have been removed or
'. demoted for purely partisan reasons.
: 'Postmaster-General Burleson has en
deavored to remove the highly effi
. dent Postmaster of San Francisco be
fore his term expired and has tried to
make Jobs for Democrats by holding
bogus examinations for fourth-class
postmastershlps and by sending in
spectors to fake up charges against
the incumbents of such offices. Sec
retary Bryan has supplanted men of
proved ability and fidelity in the dip
lomatic service with men Inexperi
enced In diplomacy and having no spe.
clal qualification except their Democ
racy. So It goes all along the line. The
Democrats are doing all In their power,
or at least all that they dare, to break
down the merit system and restore the
spoils system.
WAGES AND EFTTCTEXCT.
An explanation of the reason why
British workingmen receive much low
er wages than those of the United
States is furnished by J. Ellis Barber
in an article In the Fortnightly Re
view entitled "Great Britain's Poverty
and Its Causes." He shows that the
average weekly wages of the 4,656,915
adult Workmen In Great Britain are
only thirty shillings, or about J7.30.
He quotes figures from the British
Board of Trade report showing that in
1909 one person in twenty-one re
ceived aid under the poor law, and
he says that thirty per cent of the
British population lives "on the verge
of hunger." The majority of this
thirty per cent, he says, consists, not
and professional beggars, but of work
" ers engaged In wealth-producing In
dustries." Mr. Barber's explanation of this
poverty is that, because labor Is cheap,
' British industries rely largely on hand
labor. The population of the United
Kingdom Is about half that of the
, United States, but a much larger pro
portion is employed In factories, yet
' the total horsepower used in manufac
turing In Great Britain Is only 8,083,
341. while in the United States it is
18,675.376. He, therefore, attributes
low wages and a consequent low stand
ard of living in Great Britain to in
efficiency of production. As almost
all industry in China and India is
moved by hand, so are wages much
lower in those countries than in Eng
land. The great wealth and high wages
of the United States are attributed by
Mr. Barker to the unceasing improve
ment and to the superior productive
capacity of our labor-saving machin
ery. He proves this by showing the
comparative production per man in the
leading industries of the two coun
tries, rie gives a. lew illustrations as
; follows:
Daily Output Per Man.
Industry Gt. Britain, t-'. 8.
Boots and shoes 12.28 I7.0S
Cardboard boxes l.M 3.80
;c-ment J-J g-Jf
.Clothing S-IO
Thus the low wages or threat tsmain
have tempted manufacturers to hold
down efficiency by employing hand
labor, where by employing machinery
they could so increase efficiency as to
increase production and thereby in
crease both ' wages and profits. The
high wages prevailing in the United
States have prompted manufacturers
to substitute machinery for hand la
bor. They have thereby been enabled
to increase production per man enor
mously and consequently to continue
paying high wages and to make large
profits. The British manufacturer
lives down to his low wage scale and
holds down his workmen by so doing.
The American manufacturer lives up
to his high wage scale and holds his
workmen up to the standard which he
sets. High wages are a spur to, low
wages are a drag on, efficiency m both
employer and workman.
IF ROOSEVELT WERE PRESIDENT.
A contributor of the New York Eve
ning Post asks that Journal a variety
of pointed questions on the policies
and methods of the Wilson Adminis
tration, and a Progressive friend sends
a cony of the letter to The oregonian
with a request to reprint ana to re
ply, if we can. The Oregonian win
reprint, but It will not reply. Like the
Post, it is disposed to doage.
Anyone is entitled to his own guess
as to what would have happened in
Mexico If Theodore Roosevelt were
President of the United States.
If President Roosevelt had sent John
Lind. or any confidential agent, to
Mexico, -he would have supported
LInd In his demands with all the great
power of the United States, and . he
would have gone through.
If Theodore Roosevelt had made up
his mind that he had a duty to require
Huerta to resign, Huerta would have
resigned, either under persuasion or
through compulsion.
If President Roosevelt had discov
ered that Americans in Mexico were
being murdered and their property
despoiled he would have protected
them and he would not have evaded
his plain duty to protect them or re
quire their protection by the weak
device of asking them to leave Mexico.
If Theodore Roosevelt were Presi
dent he would have used the Big
Stick and not merely the Big Talk. In
the one instance its display would
have been sufficient; in the other it
was nothing but empty talk.
If Theodore Roosevelt were Presi
dent we should have an outright dip
lomacy for Mexico, and not the dip
lomacy of hesitation, parley and fail
ure.
If Theodore Roosevelt were Presi
dent there would be peace In Mexico,
if he set about to compel peace.
KEEP THE MADMAN UXDKR IX)CK-
W Tibvo heard much of the effi-
rlenrv nnH sufficiency of Canadian
law, but, nevertheless, we are present
ed with the spectacle or a aangerous
maniac, supported by wealth, playing
mi pci- nrankq with that same law. All
of which leads to the conclusion that
our brand of legal procedure is not in
the least inferior to that of our cous
ins tn thn north
At best It la a travesty on simple
Justice to trifle longer with a maniac
whose homicidal tendencies renaer
him a menace to the public safety.
His status was decided long ago, and
that he escaped the gallows was due
larrelv to alienists of that particular
type who can adjust their viewpoint
to their pocketbook. or the purpose
of saving Thaw's miserable neck, they
swore he was insane, and now, to keep
him out of the insane asylum, where
he belongs, they will swear he is quite
sane. No doubt there are alienists
nrhn wnnlil swear that Thaw is the
most rational of men. provided the
consideration were surncient.
Ttur it is not alienists alone that the
Thaw gold keeps busy performing pro
fessional handsprings. He has a small
army of skillful lawyers working day
and night in one of the keenest hag
riinr contests that ever reduced tech
nicality to tatters. The Canadian
courts, too, are a party to the rarce,
and are kept busy issuing writs, or
or. mnnrintps suhnenas and other
solemn documents. All to determine
whether a dangerous maniac snail De
taken hack- to a rilace of safe keeping
or shall be turned loose to apply his
murderous Impulses as morma rancy
and insane whims may dictate.
This red-handed maniac belongs
back in Matteawan, and every normal
person wants to see mm reiurnea
there. Canadian Justice may well hide
its ta.cn If puerile technicality inter
poses to turn the madman. Thaw, loose
on society.
OUR GRASPING SECRETARY.
At last Secretary Bryan has found
a defender of his practice of taking
In literary and oratorical washing to
help out his J12,000-a-year salary.
This champion Is none other than the
genial W. Jennings Bryan, sometime
editor of the Commoner and proprie
tor of a fortune estimated at from
J200.000 up. In a signed article Sec
retary Bryan, by courtesy of Publish
er Bryan, sets out his defense of Lec
turer Bryan. He shows that his sal
ary of $1000 a month Is trivial indeed
as compared with his "needs," al
though, unfortunately, he doesn t pro
vide a table of figures. As the larg
est item, he mentions insurance poli
cies, church obligations, charity and
education. These cost him more than
$6800 a year, he says.
It would be interesting if he noted
Just how much of that sum goes for
insurance, which may be egarded as
an investment. But he neglects this
little detail. Then his expenses in en
tertaining, he continues, are heavy.
This admittedly is true. Yet it is not
as large as the expense of previous
Secretaries, for he saves at least $2500
a year by his ban on wines, It is esti
mated. Aside from the lump sum he men
tions in connection with insurance in
vestments and church work. Secretary
Bryan deals in generalities. He inti
mates that his present salary is Inade
quate, but does, not say so In as many
words. Nor does he say anything about
his Income derived from his various
interests and his private fortune. Ac
cording to a writer In the current is
sue of the Saturday Evening Post, the
Bryan Income, conservatively estimat
ed, amounts to $22,000 a year without
lecture receipts. This same writer
suggests that stinginess and a grasping
desire to hoard Is the trouble, rather
than a shortage of income.
But, as Mr. Bryan says, he should
be entitled to make as much as he
pleases, "provided the means em
ployed by me were legitimate and pro.
vlded that public business did not suf
fer." That's exactly the point. Pro
vided the public business did. not suf
fer. The public business not only, did
suffer, but does suffer and will suf
fer. With several of the greatest dip.
lomatlc problems ever confronting the
American people on his desk. Secretary
Bryan neglected this public business.
The whole world knows that when the
Mexican and Japanese situations re
quired immediate and painstaking at-
tention by the head of the Cabinet in
Tnin American Secretary of State
was seeking the golden pot at the end
of the rainbow. And only Baiuruay
imorion refiiiraes from Mexico, hur
rying, destitute, from that troubled
country at the urgent request oi me
a m -i nun Ariministrn-tion ' arrived at
New Orleans to find no provision made
. T-l
for their reception ana care, uti'wi'
appeals to the State Department
hrnmrht nn resnonse. Why? The bee
retary of State was away from his post
again on a lecture circuit.
Secretary Bryan profits handsome
tours. But continued
neglect of tender diplomatic situations
may one day cost this country a pretty
penny.
LAWYERS AND IXTVE.
Artnrnevs for PhiliD K. Gordon, w
vho
is ViMno- sued for alienation of the af
fections of Mrs. Lillian Beck, evident
ly know nothing of the language
invo Thou must ho of that type
which the descriptive name dryasdust
has been given, which demanas a pre
cise name for everything and which
never1 strays beyond the legal vocab-iiim-v
When Mr. Beck's attorney
waxes eloquent and Indignant In his
description of the wiles by wnicn ir.
n.irHnn io U tprl to have 'WO n the af
fections of the fair Lillian, they call
his language prolix and "a jumoie
f iimlpmint sne-eestlons. recitals, ref-
,-anfas rilirresstnns ajid stories." They
call for an exact definition of that
which Mr. Beck's attorney, in his prosy
agony of soul, says "stings, line a
white-hot brand."
Rnnr ran a man. suffering as Mr.
Beck says he has suffered, be pinned
4nwn Aptnp!is of statement, to
precise use of terms? What words In
the legal vocabulary can accurately
describe all the Implements contained
In thn arsenal of love? MOW wouia a
lawyer define love in legal terms?
The enginery of love, with all its
hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging. Is beyond the
narrow ken of such lawyers as coldly
nicir to nieces the passionate outpour
ings of Mr. Beck's riven soul. The
law lacks words in which to aescriDe
the subtle methods by which the little
wretch Cnnld. does his work. Law
cannot define" the tender tones, the
passionate pleadings, by which an in
truder steals away a woman's heart
from her spouse. It has no words in
which to express the palpitations, the
hopes, doubts and fears which it
causes In the breast of the fair be
sieged.
a new lera.1 vocabulary musi De
compiled for use of those lawyers who
make a specialty of affairs of the
heart divorce, breach of promise,
alienation of affections and the like.
Mow rules nf evidence must be made
applicable, especially to such cases, in
which the tone of the voice, tne giance
of the eye, the clasp of the hand, the
expression of the face, all shall be ad
missible. For these are truly rele
vant, material and in accordance with
the facts. . .
IS THE WORLD GEOW1SU Blxii.nvr
whether a. nerson believes the world
is growing better or not depends upon
his temperament and poim oi view, n
may depend, too, upon certain fixed
etanriards of valuation which he re
fuses to modify In the light of facts
and reason. Such seems to be the case
with a. Bev. Mr. Thomas, who discusses
the- question of the world's improve
ment in one of our Eastern contem
nnrarles. The sum of his reflections
fa that cinra men sro to church less con
stantly than they did some centuries
ago, they are less religious and there
fore less moral, and the necessary con
clusion is that the world has grown
worse Instead of better.
His reasoning is a sample of tnat
deductive logic which occasionally
makes the pulpit futile. Mr. Thomas
might have looked around mm to see
hnnr tha world was actually wagging
and .nmnnred his observations with
the state of things five or six hundred
years ago. But no, nothing so sensiDie
occurred to him. He lays down an
a priori principle and from that, with
out regard to the real circumstances.
draws his conclusions. This would
hair, hoon n.ccAntabIe enOUKTh in the
dark ages when everybody was doing
the same foolish thing, dui u naraij
passes muster now.
Church-e'oine has undoubtedly fal
len off more or less in our days. Just
why such a thing has happened no
hniiv sooms tn he auite able to explain,
but all observant people admit the fact
and some of them deplore it, dui u
na. nni rviinw. bv anv means, that
there Is less real religion among men
than them was in other generations.
The Biblical definition of religion is
not acceptable to some clergymen, put,
novoftholess we are obliged to adopt it
unless we choose to flout the sacred
volume.
r-o- this definition relieion means to
do Justly, and to love mercy and to
n-oiv hnmhiv hefore thv God." At
anv rate this is the Prophet Micah's
notion of It, for he asks what else
the Lord can require or a man auu
James confirms his opinion of it by
toiling us that "pure religion and un-
defiled before God Is to visit the fath
oiou and widows in their affliction
and to keep himself unspotted from
the world." Even the Reverend Mr.
Thomas, who sees things pretty black,
confesses that there Is more of this
Biblical kind of religion in the worio
than there ever was before. There i
more solicitude for the welfare of the
poor, more effective abhorrence of In
justice, more active warfare upon
wrong, more tenderness ror me wiaow
and orphan.
rn mleht make more sweeping
statements without any fear of suc-
ofni refutation. For instance, there
pan ho no doubt whatever that men
are, upon the whole, more honest in
our day than In previous centuries.
There Is less temptation to fraud and
theft, because comfort is more com
mon and the law Is far better en
forced than it used to be a few gener
ations ntrn. Both life and property are
safer now than they were for our an
cestors. We have no rohoer Darons
li vino- ononlv bv theft and violence.
All inroads upon the rights of others
have been forced into the darkness.
There Is still plenty of predaceousness,
but it Is clandestine and timid. It
does not stalk abroad in the daylight,
It did once. It is lust as easy to
prove that there Is less sexual Im-
orallty in our time than formerly,
i Rhakosneare's dav. for example.
.such misconduct was a mere subject
for Jest. It is scarcely ever mentioned
seriously In his plays, except by Jeal
ous husbands, usually it is laugneo at.
It was by Boccacio. one or bnane-
speare's characters pleads that "of all
the deadly sins it is the least" We
are well on the road now-a-days to
making it the greatest. Gibbon speaKs
of illicit relations between men and
women as "an amiable weakness.
What writer would dare so to charac
terize it now?
Mor ia thera anv d If f loiiltv In show.
lng that both the mental and the bodily
health of mankind has improved.
The great epidemics which swept our
ancestors away by the million have
been overcome. Many diseases which
baffled the physicians of the past are
now easily curable. It is mere insanity
to deny that the eradication of dis
ease, with the cessation of the suffer
ing it causes, has increased the happi
ness of . mankind. The only alterna
tive is to contend that the more we
suffer the happier we are. Mentally,
the health of the world has been im
proved still more abundantly.
Students of history know In what a
state of constant fear our forefathers
lived. The -air was full of demons.
Earth swarmed with witches. Most
of the natural phenomena, like thun
der and tempests, proclaimed the
wrath of the .deity. Life was one long
frenzy of fear. For us most of these
fears have been overcome. The de
mons have been banished. There are
no more witches. The lightning is not
sent by an angry God. The gain in
human happiness by the conquest of
fear is simply immeasurable and It is
increasing all the time as knowledge
and common sense replace supersti
tion. But knowledge brings positive pleas
ures of its own. The more a man
knows" the happier he is, upon the
whole. We are aware that exceptions
can be cited, but it seems to be incon
testable that the sheer act of knowing
things affords pleasure to normal
men. The child finds pleasure in dis
covering the facts of the world and
so do adults as long as their mental
machinery works properly. Life Is
longer than It used to be, it is healthier
in every way and it is so much more
Interesting than it ever was before
that there is no comparison to be
made.
But the best proof that the world
is growing better every day is the
large number of capable men and
women who are definitely laboring to
make it better. We find them every
where, lawyers like Brandeis, politi
cians like LaFollette, capitalists like
Carnegie, writers like Brieux, social
workers like Jane Addams. The list
might be made to fill columns of The
Oregonian. Such men and women do
not shut themselves up sullenly behind
four walls to save their own little
souls, but they pour out salvation in
floods upon the whole world. What
a satire it is upon the goodness of trod
to try to maintain that their work i3
and must forever be futile.
How near we are In time to some
of the dark practices of past decades
and yet how far from them in view
point is emphasized by the felicita
tions expressed by a colored woman
at Albany, on the occasion of her
eightieth birthday. Born a slave, she
was given by her master as a wed
ding present to one of his daughters.
She was then a mere chattel. Now she
Is as free. as her one-time owner and
has an equal voice in the government
with the mightiest. The human fam
ily has evolved apace in eighty years.
A remarkable and significant event
was a recent reunion of more tnan uu
former slaves at Rockingham, N. C,
which was held with the assistance
of the white people. It included a
parade, plantation singing, reminis
cences, oratory, entertainment at rne
"movies" and a dinner given by the
former masters and mistresses. The
reunion helped toward a better 'un
derstanding between the races and Is
expected to have many repetitions in
the South.
It is fortunate for President Wilson
that Castro's revolution in Venezuela
failed. Had it succeeded he would
have, felt impelled, following the
ivToirinan nrecedent. not to recognize
f-acti-o as nresldent. Refusal to have
diplomatic relations with any govern
ment established by armed force in
stead of by constitutional means, as
wo understand them, might conceiv
ably cut us off from a majority of
the Latin American nations.
TTfliw Thaw hast been advised to
buy land in Canada and apply for
naturalization In that country. ew
York would save money by buying a
farm ahrnad and presenting it to him
on condition that he live on it. But
how ahont Canada's boast that she
carefully selects immigrants?
Taeoma firemen had to grope their
way about with lanterns in a fog. Fog
does not become noteworthy, however,
until you have to chop your way
through.
simian said Mrs. Monkev to the
old man reading the Illustrated Jungle
Weekly and hating to be disturbed,
"can't you find me some thinner
leaves?"
Tho Clackamas eenius who has
crossed wheat and corn might next try
for a bovine-equine hybrid. The cir
cus people, at least, will buy.
a Snni-ann irlrl braved fierce flames
and "navod her home. Most heroic
deeds these days are performed by
the so-called weaker sex.
Twenty thousand dollars for the
yield of pears from one Medford farm.
How many big business nrms can
show a bigger record?
MoTfevnnlds savs he feels he is a
handioan to the Wilson Administra
tion and may resign. There's a
pointer for Bryan. '
The New York Giants were fiercely
attacked by fans. We've all felt that
way about it. though hot recently in
Portland.
rhii while wlshine them well, we
hardly feel like wishing the convened
undertakers a prosperous season.
storms have destroyed the grape
and tobacco crops in France. That's
putting a crimp In the old inick.
Now that a cure for seasickness has
been found the cost of feeding passen
gers will come up, no dOUDt.
st T-ohIs milkmen have raised the
price to 9 cents a quart. The public
13 forever being milked.
nensirv of London foe is historic,
but nobody suspected Taeoma was af
flicted that way.
Two more weeks and back to the
schoolroom for the youngsters.
Did you get up in time to see Sep
tember morn?
Two games In one dayl Good old
Beavers!.
To many, rest today will mean labor.
Cupid has gone to the hop fields.
WIDENING OF STREET PROTESTED.
East Bnrnalde Change is Objected to
by Property Owner.
PORTLAND, Aug. 30. (To the Edi
tor.) As a property owner on East
Burnside street I am vitally inter
ested In the proposition to widen
the street, and I desire to register
my earnest protest. The proposal
was initiated . by East Side resi
dents who' do' not own a dollar's
worth of property on the street be
tween the bridge and East Twenty
eighth street, and many of the active
agents In the movement do not own
property adjacent which would be,
under- present laws, assessed for the
change. It is easy to impose taxes and
expense on the other fellow when the
boomer has nothing to pay. If my in
formation is correct only a very small
minority of the property owners within
the area of the proposed widening have
signined their approval oi me jjium,
ond manv of these will change their
mind when all the facts are presented
tn that, trna Hp-ht.
There Is no general demand for the
widening, it is entirely uDnetea j
It will not Increase the value of prop
.rtv nn the atroAt- nn the contrary 11
will be an Injury and lessen the value
of ahutHner nronertv.
There are many parallel streets
whinii are hinp- navod and these w
ill
valiovo .anv Increased traffic On Bum
mtr-wt Tt In iinnonensarv. as other
streets will always bear their share
of traffic, and extra widening win oniy
invite additional traffic, which will in
mrito moro trsfflo and increase conges
tion. The lots on East Burnside street
vary -from 60 to 100 feet in deptn
Most of the houses are placed close tc
the street, and in most cases occups
a lirre nortion.mf the lot from front
to back. If ten feet are taken from
each side of the street houses will 1
.nHih nn tho front street lin
If twenty feet be taken from the north
side of the street to even tne jog ai
i.'nut Twentv.elffhth street the condl
tlons will be even worse. Many houses
riii ho pur in front, as the depth of
lots will make removal further back
on lots Impossible. This brings us to
the matter of a uniform building line
thA etreet offer thA Widening. If
the street is widened the houses must
of necessity be set back further rrora
the street line to harmonize with tn
.....cka width
A building line on the south side of
Burnside might be established li tne
cut was made entirely on the north
side, but If the cut was made on the
nrth ddo a hirildine- line, to harmonize
with the increased width of the street
would be a physical impossibility
f-hroiicrh loRspnine- tho deDth of lots
Without a new building line the beauty
of the street would be destroyed with
houses practically on tne streex un
in front. With a building line on th
Dnnth side and none on the north sid
tho street would be lopsided and
grotesque.
Tf under the law this UnlUSt and 1111
necessary widening can be forced upon
the property owners by a lot of boom--v-...tenfi
i-t is for the ceneral
good, then let the entire expense be
charged to the general luno, or a spe
niei ta-r lew ho made to cover. Burn
side is a good street, as wide as any
ordinary street. If it is nest ior xne
good of the entire city to widen it,
i inf entire Mtv heln to de
fray the expense. Instead of saddling
it upon tne property owners wmi
aii-oadv naid for three distinct street
surfacines or pavings. I fail to see
how a constant stream "of traffic over
i . i rt.oat lllro Rurnside com
posed of automobiles, motorcycles, sand
o-mvel motor cars, ice wagons,
meat wagons, lumber wagons, garbage
wagons, Iron pipe and telegraph poles
will Increase the value of property on
the street, or add to its beauty as a
thoroughfare.
Tf Diirnal. la wldpned Tl T1(l made
nsi-Vwav and nlaced under the Park
Commission and all heavy business
traffic excluded from it, then the utility
plea falls to the ground, for the street
ia rcida onniio-h at nresent for all pleas.
ure and light vehicle traffic which will
be ever placed upon it.
t e v-- i. renllv n domand for a
parkway let the city acquire all the
property between Burnside and Couch
Btreets and rrom tne nrer to
Twenty-eiehth street. This will make
a parkway averaging 320 feet in width
giving ample width for parking strips,
bridle paths, tree lines, walks and
driveways. Tax the whole thing on
the entire citv. and have something
worth while. Other cities are doing
these things.
. FLORA A. BROWN, M. D
IF ROOSEVELT WERE PRESIDENT,
Wonld He Follow the Methods of the
Wilson Administration f
New York Evening Post.
To the tr.ditor of tho Evenine Post
Sir: Would you mind a plain man's
asking you some plain questions;
(1.) If Theodore Roosevelt were
President, would we have an Incom
petent Secretary of State, and, in con
Qomienne a. foohle Mexican policy?
Would Huerta dare to talk to
Roosevelt as he talks to Wilson?
(3.) Would we have a secretary oi
the Treasury oancing tne cancan iur
the editlication of a lot of wild men in
Congress? , '
(4). Would we nave an Attorney
General who would permit himself to
e-ot mixed ud in such an affair as the
Diggs-Canilnetti case?
(5.) Would we have one xammany ki
as Governor of the Philippines and an
other as Collector of New York?
C6.i Would we have such a (Ho! io:j
Secretary of the Navy?
(7.) Would we have such a bun
combe tariff polioy?
(8.) Would we have such a do-nothing
special session of Congress, mak
ing us a laugning-stoCK among na
tions? After all do vou not think that the
habit of voting the Republican ticket
straight is a pretty gooi nami, aim
that those like the Evening Post who
advise anything else have much to an
swer for?
Come now; no dodging.
LEON PHILLIPS.
New York, Aug. 22.
wo ran't heln dod?lnT. for what our
correspondent evidently needs is not an
editor but an astroiogisi. cjo. .evening
Post.)
Would Rob Turk of Title.
purp a nr ajio-'27 fTo the Editor:
The world has been humbugged long
enough about Bulgaria and the Bul-
).. - Th. lain ajar- iinmalred them.
Instead of hiding their faces, names
and all, some persons, .Bulgarians or
paid agents, have the , effrontery tc.
-,,1.11.1, n several naners throughout
,.LJ-1-, ' ... - - - , 1-
the country misleading and false stuff
for the purpose or palliating tne most
palpable facts. All the world knows
that the war was brought about by
the hoggishness of the Bulgarians In
claiming everything and by their
treachery in attacking the Greeks and
the Servians without previous notice.
Now the Bulgarians have been every
where lgnominiously defeated. The de
feat of an army, when armed men
fight against armed men, is not a dis
grace. Disgrace is when armed men
massacre unarmed men, women and
children and commit upon them the
most revolting crimes. For their hor
rible misdeeds against humanity the
Bulgarians will stand . disgraced and
execrated for generations and genera
ina The Ttnlfrar has out-turked the
Turk in cruelty and vileness of every
kind. nencetorin ne tiuuuiu uu
THE UNSPEAKABLE.
J. P. LEOTSAKOS.
A Jewel of a Dogr.
Puck.
Hunston I'd like to go shooting to
morrow, if I could get a dog that was
well trained. Ethel Oh! I'll let you
take Dottle, then! She can stand on
her head, and shake hands, and play
dead, and say prayers, aad do lots or
things
V. M. C. A. HAS DOSE BIG THINGS
Inntlttition Builds Character and So
Contribute to Real Success.
PORTLAND, Aug. 31. (To the Edi
tor.) Your editorial on the "Growth
of the Y. M. C. A." portrays a most
remarkable record of that institution.
It leaves one to Inquire into the things
that have made it such a great sue-,
cess. As an observer It occurs to me
that its present condition has not been
reached in a day, but is the result of
a half century of growth.
It may be true, however, that the
business men who are providing the
money are Just beginning to awaken
to the results the association seems to
accomplish. They seem to have gotten
down to the analysis of the real social,
religious, physical and educational
needs of men. They proceed upon their
findings and gear their work to deal
with men as they are and not as they
ought to be. Their methods are tried
and the personnel of their hoards and
executive force contain the best special
ists the country produces.
Their aim seems to be the building
of character first and thereafter mate
rial advancement. This is an ideal
more nearly reached in the Y. M. C. A.,
I believe, than in any other institution
standing today. In Its educational work
they say that to learn bookkeeping,
bricklaying or physics is good and Is
an element to reckon with for one's
advancement, but a man may be a mas
ter brick mason and still be a failure
in life.
Character is the foundation and first
essential to bricklaying or any other
business, profession, trade or occupa
tion. Likewise, to keep the body clean
and healthy Is good religion and con
tributes to righteousness. Religloin is
not forced on any one, but a young
man, after a year's work in any of
their over 100 different line sof activity
has caught It, whether he recognized
the contagion or not He cannot well
help but be a better citizen because of
his association with men of high ideals
and pure motives.
It seems to the writer that it is time
for some of Portland's folks to criti
cally analyze the Y. M. C. A. work as it
is conducted in our city and give some
outright gifts to it.
A rose to the living, while living. Is
worth more than a whole wreath given
In memory. The donors of outright
gifts towards an endowment at this
time would give them mucn satisiac
tlon and comfort, as they view the good
it does In building character In the
lives of thousands of Portland's young
men, making them better citizens, etc.
Those who cannot spare blocks of
bonds, cash or property, should see the
trustees regarding an annuity, or, as
the writer has done, and as many more
in Portland may do, place something
worth while in their wills. This much
I have found: the closer you investi
gate the Y. M.,C. A. the better you will
like it. Familiarity does not breed con
tempt with their work. They deliver
the goods. A FRIEND.
FIGURES OX Liat'OR QUESTIONED
Government Statistics Said to Include
Intoxicants Stored I" p.
PORTLAND, Aug. 30. To the Edi
tor.) Recently certain figures of the
Internal Revenue Department, tending
to show an alleged increased consump
tion of intoxicating liquors have been
given wide publicity by the liquor-interests.
These figures led you to write an
editorial not long since in which you
made the pertinent inquiry whether,
notwithstanding the widespread and
successful operation of the local option
and other prohibitory laws, the con
sumption of liquors was really on the
increase.
Your inquiry was very fully an
swered by a letter to you which was
published in these columns, from Mr.
H. L. Sheldon, state superintendent of
the Oregon Anti-Saloon League, who
showed by comparisons between wet
and dry states that, while it was prob
ably the fact that liquor consumption
was on the Increase in the cities and
In wet localities that it was most cer
tainly on the -decrease iij the rapidly
increasing dry territory.
There has Just come to my notice
these additional facts which it seems
to me, in all fairness, ought to be added
to and emphasized in the discussion.
The Government furnishes no statis
tics as to the use of liquor, but through
the Internal Revenue Department re
ports the amount of liquor withdrawn
from the bonded warehouses on which
the tax is paid. Under the Federal
laws, liquor, when manufactured, may
be put into these bonded warehouses
and kept there for eight years, if de
sired, but at the end of that time it
must be withdrawn and the Federal tax
on its manufacture paid.
Owing to the Inroads of state-wide
prohibition and local option, the sale
of liquor has lagged behind the pro
duction, and last year there had been
accumulated In these bonded ware
houses 263,785,831 gallons.
The time limit had expired on a large
part of this accumulation, and It was
withdrawn, the tax paid upon It, and
it was stored In private warehouses,
but it went into the records of the In
ternal Revenue Department as "con
sumed" liquor.
The liquor dealers, anxious to dis
credit the work of the temperance
forces, are losing no opportunity to
create the impression that this with
drawal means consumption, and any
so-called temperance forces who are
using the recent figures to discredit
the ' good work of other temperance
forces have evidently "fallen" for the
misrepresentation.
Any set of figures submitted by the
liquor forces may be looked upon with
suspicion, for misrepresentation is as
natural to them as water Is for a duck.
EL1SHA A. BAKER.
DRIXK FROM ICE TUMBLERS.
A New French Invention Insures a Coo
and Safe Beverage.
Pearson's Weekly.
Caterers at several French watering
places are this season taking up an
invention which probably win revolu
tionize the whole Summer trade in
cool drinks.
The idea, which stands to the credit
of a Dane named Hulza, Is to cool
beverages not by putting a piece or ice
in the middle of the liquid, but to
serve up the liquid inside ice. In
other words, your favorite thirst
quencher is served In a tumbler of
pure and transparent Ice.
The tumbler stands in a cap or paper
so that it is not unpleasantly cold to
hold. This cap, also, of course, pre
vents warm fingers from melting holes
In the bottom of the tumbler.
An ice tumbler is, of course, beauti
fully sanitary. It will not stand a sec
ond filling. The customer has the sat-
sfactlon of knowing that no one nas
drunk out of his glass before, and that
no one will again.
The making of these tumblers, which
look Just like ordinary ones, except
for. being somewhat thicker, needs a
special refrigerating outrit, witn a
small engine. With an engine of one
horsepower, 100 tumblers can be turned
out in a minute. You watch your tum
bler being made.
Where Life Is Easy.
Bandon Semi-Weekly Recorder, Aug. 26.
The Recorder will not appear on Fri
day, as our office force wants a little
time off and we are so rushed with
job work that we cannot keep every
thing up and accommoaate tne force.
Next Tuesday we . will be with you
again, bigger and better than ever and
will continue twice a weeK. as usual.
Up-to-Date Housekeeping.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"How do you like our Kitchenette?"
Rather small., isn't it? "Oh, no. If s
plenty large enough. We take all our
meals out"
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian ot September 1, 1888.
Jacksonville, Fla Aug. 31. The epi
demic of yellow fever is in full sway
in every part of the city. Today's re
port shows 23 new cases and four
deaths in the last 24 hours.
Tacoma, Aug. 31. Hop-picking will
begin throughout the Washington Ter
ritory districts . Monday. The crop is
good.
Salem, Or.. Aug. 31. Ben Critchlow.
a carrier of The Oregonian and States
man, was thrown from a horse and
kicked a terrible blow in the forehead,
while carrying papers this morning.
James Saryeanc, formerly connected
with the Y. M. C. A., arrived here frorr
the Palouse country, where he has been
employed on a railroad survey.
Professor T. H. Crawford returned
yesterday from Brownsville, where he
has been attending the golden wedding
of his parents, Dr. and Mr. R. C.
Crawford. &
M. H. Holcomb, general manager ol
the Oi R. & N. Company, returned
Thursday (from a tour over the line!
of the company with Charles F. Adams,
president of the union Facitic Railroad
Company.
J. W. Whalley and H. Pilklngton
started for Sauvle's Island yesterday
for a week among the duck ponds.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church,
corner of South First and Gibbs streets,
is undergoing extensive Improvement.
Woodard, Clarke & Co. and W. M.
Wisdom have put in the largest size
cash register in their retail depart
ments. From the number now in usa
it is evident that the cash register is
found to be a valuable acquisition to
the retail trade.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oresonlan of September I, 1883.
A gentleman connected with the firm
of Humlston, Wilson & Co., who came
down on the boat Saturday, reports
that between Boise and Umatilla ne
passed 104 immigrant wagons on the
way down.
The steamer yesterday brought to
our city Captain W. L. Dall, formerly
commanding the steamer Columbia and
other ships of the P. M. S. S. Co.. and
for many years the only pilot of ma
rine emigration to the Columbia River.
The following was published l i the
Yreka Journal of the 27th: ieoVrals
are throwing shells Into Charleston.
Beauregard protests on the ground of
humanity and asks truce of 40 , hours.
No terms will be granted except un
conditional surrender. The last gun
in Fort Sumpter has been dismounted.
Kansas, Aug. 25. Reports have been
received that Majors Blunt and Thatch
er overtook a company of guerillas In
Lafayette County and killed 30. A
detachment from Lexington also met
a company near Pleasant Hill on Sat
urday, killed seven and recovered a
considerable quantity of goods taken
at Lawrence.
The Rev. Dr. Eckman, a Jewish
rabbi, also editor of the San Francisco
Gleaner, arrived on the steamer yester
day to officiate In the synagogue of
the Congregation Beth iBrael.
Among the passengers who left New
York by the steamer of August 3 were
Hon. H. W. Eddy and family, of Mil
waukie. Tonight Bulwer's grand and thrill
ing drama of "Richelieu" will be per
formed at the theater.
SEW DRESS FADS HELD RATIONAL
"Inherited Error" Viewed as Csuse of
Conventionality in Attire.
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 31. (To the
Editor.) For a rational, sound and
telling' discussion on dress for woman
I feel that I can conscientiously rec
ommend, in the full conviction that I
am doing a moral act, an article en
titled "Modesty in Women's C.lothes,
in Harper's Weekly for August 30. The
points made are convincingly and In
terestingly Illustrated.
A new era has surely dawnei in
styles for the ladles when we find a
conservative publication like this giv
ing a prominent position to a contrib
utor who makes it clear that he is
in favor of the new style of dress for
women, and gives as reasons for his
belief quotations from celebrated
scientists and physicians.
The most remarkable part of the ar
ticle is that he succeeds in making out
a pretty good case in favor of the con
tention that the old custom among wo
men of heaping on plenty of clothes is
in reality a sign of an Inward pru
riency, an association of necessary evil
with anything and everything connect
ed with the human body.
The fact that certain men and wo
men even now quite sincerely Insist
upon an excess of covering in the name
of decency and modesty proves that
they are the lingering victims of an
Inherited error which may truly be
called a vital lie. They need the bright,
clean sunlight to flood and purify their
souls. That sunlight is the joyful feel
ing of kinship with nature in all her
lovely and wholesome variety and
strength.
We seem gradually to be getting
back to the sane attitude of the ancient
si 1 TirA .r. n H . I n cr rhaf tho
clean, healthy, beautiful human form
cannot oi liseii. uo aujiums uui buuu,
MISS M. M.
An Ode to the Pelican.
Santiam News.
A funny ole bird Is the pelican. His
bill can hold more than his bellcan.
He can take in his beak enough food
for a week, but we don't understand
how the helican.
Moving Picture at Home,
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"What is the editor of the "Health
Hints' department raving about?" "A
rich woman writes that she gives pri
vate moving-picture shows In her home,
and she wants to know If they will In
jure her poodle's eyes."
Are You
In the Know?"
There is an expression "In the
know," which is rather pat. To
be "in the know" means to be
Informed, or rather to have spe
cial. Inside information that per
haps others have not.
This phrase may be very aptly
applied to those of our readers
who carefully read the adver
tisements every day in The Ore
gonian as contrasted with those
readers who are not so enterpris
ing. Being "in the know" on the
subject of advertising gives one
a marked advantage over those
who are not "in the know." One's
dollar goes farther, shopping Is
made easier and ridiculous and
wasteful purchases are elim
inated. Not to be "in the know" means
careless, out-of-date-ness and ex
travagance. Read the advertisements daily
and be "in the know."