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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1913. PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Postofflce a second-class matter. ..!-.... subscription Kates Invariably m Advance. (BY MAIL) Daily, Sunday Included, one year. IS.00 iJefly. Sunday included, si months.... .- Daily. Sunday Included, three months.. Daily. Sunday Included, one month....- . Daily, without Sunday, one year " Daily, without Sunday, six months..... Dally, without Sunday, three montna... . Daily, without Sunday, one mouth .w Weekly, one year i-i" Sunday, one year J'.., bucday and weekly, one year (BY CARRIER) Dally, Sunday Included, one year. . 9- Dally. Sunday Included, one montn How to Remit Send poetoflce money or der, express order or peraonal check on your local Lank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postoffice address In lull. Including county and state. roetage Ratee 13 to 18 pages, 1 to S2 pages. 2 cenu; 34 to 4s PBf. cents. 0 to 60 pages. 4 centa; ft: to "8 P8- 5 cents: 78 to u:: pages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. ' Caitern Business Offices Verree Conk lln. New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago. Steger building. an Francises) Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. lit Market at. European Office No. 3 Regent atreet S. W., London. IM1UUM), TUESDAY, SEPT. SO, 1913. VOTERS' ERROR NULLIFIED. The adoption of the so-called Med ford freight-rate bill, now declared unconstitutional by the Federal Court, was one of few Instances wherein the voters of Oregon have acted under the Initiative without knowledge or under standing of the issue involved. The effect of the law could be ascertained only by applying its provisions to the Western classification and existing freight tariffs and thereby ascertain its influence in raising or lowering rates. To do this one would need an expert knowledge of all the conditions that govern ratemaking. the possession of a large volume of data, a Job-like pa tience and a long vacation from other work or duties. Even given all this equipment, the student of the law would be puzzled by its incongruities and misapplication of common word meanings. Seemingly the people took the law on trust. It came "from the people" and in its title professed to establish maximum freights. The natural in ference was that it reduced existing rates and the offhand opinion of the public was that the railroads could stand a reduction. The chief purpose of the framers of the act was so to regulate freight rates that jobbing zones would automatic ally be created surrounding some of the larger interior cities of Oregon. Instead, however, of seeking to accom plish this by direct method, the pro moters of the measure devised a rigid system of classification percentages, minimum carload weights and percentage- "spreads" between less-carload and carload rates. "While ac complishing the main purpose of the measure, the plan necessarily af fected every article of intrastate ship ment, and in a -manner possibly not anticipated by those who fostered its adoption. We read in the court's opin ion that while salt, flour and groceries would have been given a lower rate, :oal, hay, lumber, brick, stone, sand and livestock would have sustained a much higher rate. It has heretofore been cited by The Oregonian that whereas Medford and Salem would have acquired merchan dise rates favorable to Jobbing, Med ford would find its green fruit prod ucts practically on a prohibitive basis and Salem its manufactured brick shut out of the state markets. While in these cities a fair balance of profit and loss might have been struck. In Portland the effect would have been almost wholly on the debit side of the ledger. The deceptive character of the measure was illustrated in the large favorable vote given it in this com munity. In spite of its large pecuniary detriment to the whole city. But rightly there are constitutional restrictions to the embarrassment of public service corporations as well as . private enterprises. Laws that pro mote grave Injustice to common car riers or would have confiscatory effect are Invalid. The courts are not con cerned with questions of pure rate making policy, but they are empow ered to stand between the law-making power, be it Legislature or people, and the rights of property. In the case just described no definite, intelligent public purpose has been thwarted. The law falls on purely legal grounds, but in its failure the general welfare of the state Is not hampered, but rather Is enhanced. Its passage was an un fortunate mistake. Its nullification Is a blessing. FATE IX STORE FOR TURKEY. Shrinkage of the Turkish empire In Europe to the territory between Con stantinople and Adrianople and con sequent dependence of the Turks on their Asiatic dominions may end in re duction of the Sultan to the position of a mere figurehead sovereign, like the Khedive of Egypt and the native princes of India. But it may also lead to the development and repopula tion of Asia Minor, Syria and that cradle of the human race, Mesopo tamia. Capital, backed by diplomacy that despised dollar diplomacy is divid ing Asiatic Turkey Into spheres of In fluence. German capital, with Eng lish co-operation, is to develop the western and southern part of Asia Minor by means of a railroad from the Dardanelles across Anatalia, diagon ally through Asia Minor, down the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris, to the head of the Persian Gulf. A network of German roads and general industrial development through that region are projected. Russia will be left free to open up Northern Asia Minor and Armenia, while France may do the same with Syria. These Investments will require or der, security and prosperity. The powers will doubtless endeavor to in duce the Turks themselves to effect the necessary reforms, but those who are familiar with Turkish history will entertain little hope of their success. The Turk is by nature a plunderer, a tyrant, a bigot and a grafter. He can no more change his methods so that he will govern in the interest of the governed than a tiger can change his stripes. As foreign investments Increase, foreign influence will grow and the degTee of control exercised by the powers whose citizens have made the investments will Increase; That has been the history of Egypt and it may well be the history of Asiatic Turkey, culminating In the ultimate partition of the empire among the Eu ropean powers. This partition may be veiled, but it will probably be no less real. As a concession to Mohamme dan fanaticism the Sultan may be permitted to retain the semblance of sovereignty and power, but be will lose the substance. The necessities of mankind are be coming so great with increasing popu. latlon that the civilized nations can no longer permit some of the earth's fairest and richest regions to be held practically unproductive by the degen erate descendants of a bandit race. As in this country we are moving to make every acre produce all of which it is capable without Impairing its fertility, so must the old world de velop the waste places to their full efficiency and push aside all obstruc tive, backward races. The world must move forward, that the human race may survive, and all nations must Join in the advance or become subject to those which move on. SURE AND SPEEDY JUSTICE. Justice moved with no lagging step In the case of O. C. Hansel, the mur derer of ex-Judge Frank J. Taylor, of Clatsop County. He committed the crime on September 14 and on Sep tember 27 was convicted of murder in the first degree. None of the usual delays Incidental to Indictment, tech nical objections to the procedure and impaneling of the Jury were experi enced. This is as it should be. With lapse of time the recollection which wit nesses have of the circumstances grows dim and tangible evidence may be destroyed. Prejudice for or against the accused is apt to grow with each day and the difficulties of securing an unbiased Jury increased. On the oth er hand, the moral effect of prompt justice is most excellent. It relieves the accused of that suspense which is more awful than the penalty itself and it checks disposition to crime in oth ers. A man with homicide in mind will think several times before carry ing out his purpose when he sees a murderer sentenced within two weeks after the crime has been committed. He will have much less hesitation if he sees a murderer lingering in Jail for months before trial and perhaps for years after trial, while motions for new trial are heard and appealed, new trials given, new appeals taken and petitions for pardon or commuta tion of sentence considered. With so many loopholes for escape, such a man, his mind concentrated only on murder and escape from its penalty, may well calculate on being able to slip through one of them. If he sees a short, straight road leading from murder to the gallows, fear will re strain him long after every moral re straint Is dead within him. The manner In which the insanity plea was disposed of furnishes an ex ample worthy of imitation. Alienists agreed that Hansel was not insane. A desire 'for revenge, long nourished, impelled him to the .crime, but he knew what he was doing. The fact that he remembered so well events leading up to the murder, but so con veniently forgot the incidents of the deed and the deed itself, is evidence of his sanity. He was no more insane than Is any other vengeful man. A few more speedy trials like that of Hansel, followed by prompt execu tion of the sentence, will render mur der far less common in Oregon. Other courts and other prosecutors would do well to copy after those of Clatsop County. ALCOHOL THE COMING FUEL. If Senator Lane can bring about an amendment of the denatured alcohol law which will permit every farmer to produce his own fuel from the waste products of his own farm, he will confer a boon which will revolu tionize not only the farming but the automobile industry. The greatest need of the day Is a -cheap substitute for gasoline. Use of that once-de-sDlsed by-product of petroleum has so immensely increased with the use of automobiles that it has now become the chief product and kerosene Is the by-product. The price of gasoline has risen to such a figure as to be a seri ous consideration to owners of auto mobiles and an objection to their pur chase. Search is being made for a substitute and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders of London has offered a prize of 110,000 for a new fuel. When the present denatured alcohol law was passed, we were promised a fuel which could be manufactured on every farm at a cost of a few cents a gallon from farm waste. But Con gress was then under the control of men who were adepts in the art of appearing to do something for the people while they actually guarded the interests of the trusts. They hedged about the manufacture of denatured alcohol with restrictions which ren dered an Investment of 1 12.0 00 to $20,000 necessary. Even with these restrictions denatured alcohol has been put on the market at half the price which was previously paid for wood alcohol. But the Oregon Sena tor estimates that It can be made from waste products on every farm with a still costing about $2.50 and can then be taken to a central plant to be de centralized. The residue of the dis tillate is also valuable as a fertilizer. Automobiles are no longer rich men's carriages. They are being sold at figures which place them within the reach of the masses and are be coming indispensable in business. Cost of the machine is no longer the first consideration with Intending pur chasers; fuel cost is the problem. As automobiles come into more general use, the price of gasoline rises and it may soon overtake alcohol. If every farmer could make his own alcohol at slight cost out of material which Is now worthless he need no longer hesitate to buy an automobile. The engines could be adapted to the use of the new fuel, which is safer and more dependable in cold weather. AN INTERESTING CLUB. The latest invention in the way of clubs is a club for domestic servants, which has been founded In New Tork. The promoters are a number of wealthy employers, who aspire to shed a new and attractive light upon the despised calling of the kitchen maid and the cook. Any woman may be come a member if she proves her qualifications as a domestic servant. The house is provided with recreation-rooms and there are parlors where men may be received under proper conditions. The club will give servants a convenient place to spend their "evenings out" and In case they lose their employment it will provide food and lodgings until a new place has been found. . Obviously the new club will be a powerful ally of the philanthropists who are fighting social vice, since it is from the ranks of the 'homeless do mestic servants, who have no place to receive their friends, that the ranks of white slavery are too largely recruited. Domestic service Is probably the most unprogTessive of all the methods by which human beings earn their bread. It is unsystematized, unintelligent and exasperating. Domestic servants as a rule believe that their employment degrades them. They are usually eager to flit from it to some other vocation, even if they sacrifice comfort and lose money by the change. For this reason the household cannot compete with the laundry, the department store and the cannery as an employer of female la bor. The mistress wonders why it is that girls will so readily abandon "a good home" and the protection of a well-to-do family to become a poorly paid operative in some factory where the work is miserable and the sur roundings wretched. - The reason is evident. Industrial employes have a certain freedom which domestic servants never obtain, and, more Important still, they enjoy the respect of their comrades. A woman working in a family is con stantly made to feel her Inferiority. The fact is brought home to her In a thousand ways every day. No won der she escapes as soon as she can. If the new club helps to dissipate this feeling it may be a sturdy bulwark of the tottering American home. AGRICUXTURAX EXTENSION. Should Senator Hoke Smith's bill for co-operative agricultural exten sion work be enacted into law rural life will receive an Impetus which must be of greatest benefit to the whole country. The bill provides in an admirably liberal way for co-operation between the Federal Depart ment of Agriculture and the agricul tural, or "land-grant" colleges of the several states. Its purpose is explic itly and exclusively to support experi ments In farming, model horticultural plants, demonstrations in the use of fertilizers, the cultivation of alfalfa and similar needed but neglected crops, the development of dairying and stock-raising and matters of that kind. The bill includes in Its benefi cent Intent the development of social centers, instruction to rural commun ities how to develop their intellectual and moral resources and how to use their churches and schoolhouses for the common good. It is such subjects as these which the promoters of the bill have in mind and to make sure that the funds appropriated shall not be diverted to ends which may seem more important to local authorities there is a provision that not more than 5 per cent of the funds paid over to any state shall be used for printing publications and none whatever for "the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings or the purchase or rental of land, or In college-course teaching, lectures in colleges, promoting agricultural trains or any other purpose not specified in this act." These restrictions may appear some what severe at first glance, but as soon as the reader reflects upon the temptations besetting college, facul ties he will agree that they are wise and necessary. For' Instance, there is a perfect fury, both at Washington and at every agricultural college in the country, for printing documents. Snm of them are extremely valuable, but some are worthless and no matter how avid of printed matter a person may be he must admit that the pres ent supply Is at least adequate. More over we all know what the temptation is when a college gets its fingers on a sum nf monev to erect a new build ing or endow another chair. Senator Smith has foreseen these amlaDle weaknesses and defended his appro nrioHnna piralnsr them. The money must be used for the uplift of rural life and there will be enougn oi iu if thA bill nasses. to make a wide breach in the ancient walls of igno rance and Inertia. It begins Dy ap propriating outright to each state n n ooo annually and we Infer from the language of the bill that this Is perpetual. Then follows a gradually innr-enoinir annual .donation, whose terms should be carefully studied by all friends of education and rural prosperity. In the first year, when ih tin ona tn each state becomes available $300,000 more is set aside and for each following year this sum will be increased by J3U0,uuu. xnis ia tn rnntlnuB for ten vears. Thus as soon as the law begins to act the states which comply with it may re noiv 131ft noo The next year the sum to be distributed will be $610,000. The next year it will be $910,000, and so on. At the end of ten years there will be a final appropriation of $3. 000,000, which is to continue annually forever. But this Is not all. The annual $10. 000 is to go to each state whether or no, but the additional grants are put on a different basis. No state shall receive a penny from them "until an equal sum has been appropriated for v., vaqi hv thA Tjecrlslature of such state," or provided in some other equally reliable manner. When that has been done then any state win De entitled to its share of the grant, the rtiofT-ihiitlnn hAine made according to rural population. Each state will get the same proportion or tne gram as its rural population is of the entire rural population of the country. Peo ple living In cities will not count in computing the shares. This is mani footi fair nf course, as far as the cities are concerned, but it will be somewhat disadvantageous to states which have large tracts of unsettled land. Here the rural population Is thin and at the same time the need of extension work is extreme. It would seem as though some more flexible rule for distributing the grant might be devised. Why not leave it to a commission of experts, who could study the actual needs of the various parts of the country and act in the light of full knowledge? This plan has served very well Tor such great dona tions as the Carnegie and Rockefeller funds. Wise in her generation, the State of Oregon is already in a situation to receive the full benefit of the Smith bill If it becomes a law. The last Legislature, learning that some such measure as this would be brought be fore Congress, provided that if a du plicate appropriation should be re quired from the state in order to profit by It, "then and in that event there Is hereby appropriated annually a sum of money in each instance equivalent in amount to each such appropriation by the United States." Hence, if Congress should pass the Smith Bill our agricultural college will be able at once to begin co-operation with the Federal Department of Agri culture in this great effort to revo lutionize rural conditions. In the same bill which contains this provi sion the Legislature laid down a far reaching plan for extension work. It begins by giving the Agricultural Col lege full power to carry on whatever may be undertaken and sets aside for that purpose $25,000 yearly. This is Independent of any Federal action. Then the County Courts are empow ered to levy a tax up to a certain limit for extension work and the state agrees to duplicate whatever they raise. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to co operate with the Agricultural College in executing the purposes of the Leg islature. Thus Oregon will be able to carry on agricultural extension rea sonably well whatever Congress may decide to do with the Smith bill, but should that measure become law it is inspiring to think of the mighty re sources the college will have at its disposal and the noble use its presi dent and faculty are' competent to make of them. The woman suffragists are now con. centratlng their efforts upon Pennsyl vania. Beginning October 6, they will carry out a series of demonstrations in Philadelphia and thence extend their efforts over the state. In New Tork and Pennsylvania, the two states where self-government has been a conspicuous failure, woman suffrage has up to this time made the least progress. The truth of the matter is that all the elements of civilization hang together and advancement in one means advancement in all. Last year Canada received 150.542 immigrants from the rest of the Brit ish Empire and 139,000 from the United States, so that the bulk of her new population speaks English. Those who speak foreign languages number only 112,881. It thus appears that Canada, in spite of a great influx of immigrants, is acquiring in the main a homogeneous population already fa miliar with Anglo-Saxon institutions. The United States may well envy her good fortune. Good advice ought not to be de spised, even when it comes from the Beef Trust. This opulent malefactor counsels the farmers to raise beef cat tle, one or two a year, if not more. No wiser words were ever spoken. "The more cattle raised, the more revenue for the trust," says an objector. Yes, but the more revenue for the farmer, too, and some day we may "bust the trust." Meanwhile let us profit all we can from its self-interested wis dom. With all due respect to Superin tendent Alderman, his order to sing National songs in the schools can be amended to advantage by substituting "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue," for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The former has a lilt and a go to it and means something, while the latter is a composition of words set to an adapted tune, which would long have been forgotten if written by anybody but Julia Ward Howe. While the French do not exactly re joice over the latest terrible dirigible wreck, still their tears are easily re strained. The accident seems to prove that the dirigible cannot be relied on In bad weather. The aeroplane, on the other hand, is said to have at tained complete stability, no matter how the wind may blow. The French have pinned their faith to aeroplanes, while Germany banks on the dirigible. Hence these Parisian smiles. The Thayer School of Engineering Is connected with Dartmouth College. The experience of its last graduating class illustrates the eager demand for technically-educated men. ' Every member had secured a position and was actively at work within two weeks after commencement. With facts of this kind before us can we wonder that technical schools attract stu dents? It is absurd to try to account for typhoid fever cases by "leaky gas mains." Typhoid is always caused by a germ contained in the patient's food or drink. It is a filth disease and arises Invariably from neglect of sani tation. Usually the germ finds en trance to the patient's system In milk or water. Since Portland's water sup ply Is above suspicion we must look elsewhere. If social hygiene had been enforced by law among high and low alike in Spain, King Alfonso would not have been allowed to transmit his ailments to another generation and the deaf and dumb prince and princess of Spain would not have come into the world. Under such laws several royal families might become extinct, but the world would be better off. Postmaster-General Burleson's per sistence in dodging the appointment of a Republican and his final appoint ment of a Democrat as postmaster of Idaho City are typical of his methods. The examinations he holds are a mere blind to cover the transfer of the spoils to the dominant party, even though it be so insignificant an office as that at Idaho City. China has apologized to Japan and saved herself a thrashing. Which never would have occurred had Japan adopted the peace-envoy, flag-of-truce, grape-juice plan of diplomacy. We suspect that Huerta is inspired by an ambition to recruit American gold rather than by any purpose of pleasing the United States by a con- stitutional election. i ' Although the Huerta plans for an election in Mexico are progressing nicely, Zapata, Carranza, Orozco, Go mez, et al. are yet to be heard from. The man who raised the biggest pumpkin or hog will not be more in the spotlight at Salem this week than the parents who show the best baby. With six rides for a quarter we can soon save enough for a touring car and be independent of the streetcar company altogether. The truly wonderful thing about the international aeronautic meet, how ever, lies in the fact that no one was killed or maimed. They have caught a fish weighing 5000 pounds at Newport. That's the one which got away from the fly fish ermen, we imagine. An Army Major-General urges a regiment for each state. Wants to keep our Army as a third-rate police force. 1 President Wilson went to a show where the girls were scantily clad. No doubt they sang that "would row" song. A wealthy French baroness has been robbed three times in a few weeks. By the way, is the Baron hard up? Patriotic songs must be sung in the public schools. That's some antidote for the kind usually sung in public. The third Presidential candidate has appeared in Mexico City. Soon they'll all be in the race. A New Tork man walked 6500 miles to school. He needs IV To the Eugenic Baby By Dean Collins. Hail, prize-winning infant, bemedalled with prizes! Not beauty, which fadeth, determined your place. But the system the clever eugenist de- Which scores more for lungs than for angelic face. They measured ' thee well, and each point was scored duly; They tested thy frame with many a punch. And added the total and said: "This is truly A bear of an infant the best of the bunch." Oh, pride of thy parents, oh, perfectly peerless. Scored up near a hundred, and lauded In fame: I fear for the futures though mostly I'm fearless To think how you've got to live up to your name. You're starting out well, and the omens are for you In thus being launched and prepared for life's race: But still you will find, as the seasons fly o'er you, You've set for yourself, kid, a pretty hot pace. WOULD ELIMINATE ALL INTEREST Socialist Insists Bible Term Tsury" Means Any Loan Profit. pnPTT.ivn Sent. 29. fTo the Ed itor.) Were it not so serious a matter It would be really amusing to note the quack remedies given by different writers on the high cost or living anu th nion nf r-n.nneration. The analysis given in the recent letter signed by w. A. Reed runs tnus: In any store there are four classes Inter ested, the capitalist, the laborer, the pro - jt v. nn mim or The capitalist is entitled to interest on his money. The laborer is entitled to wages lor nis laoor. The producer Is entitled to the market price . Tim ,-nnfliimer rjavs the bills. He should pay for his purchases a price wnicn mciuucn ui, producer, the Interest paid the capitalist and the wages paid the laborer. This he is pleased to call a "square deal." Instead of four "classes" being rep resented in this deal, we have but two Via .gnitaiint anil thn lahorer. The laborer, the producer and the consumer are one. The capitalist, wnue Deing a c-nsumer. is not a producer, neither is he a laborer, as his capital money or coin works, through the present sys tem of laws, without his taking any cognizance of it. Capital money adds no necessary element to the transac tion. The interest-taker is a capital ist pure and simple, "gathering where he had not strewed and reaping where Via Via, nn anvn " TTnnn his elimina tion society would a 'just Itself on a co-operative Dasis ana una an eiiumu rlum and poise that would forever set , i ,v.1 . . - . .-I nnnotlnii 113 IIUJ V, ........ w ... Capital, in money, is absolutely use less In the plan of providing for the necessities of life. There is not one thing produced by labor but is entire- 1 t.J.nAn1an( nf TY1 n t V CRT) i tal. There can be no "square deal1' so long as capital, representea oy muuej, ,.ni-Aon t04 tn thA transaction. Since Mr. Reed has mentioned the "World's Christian Conference." ana makes an appeal to holy writ to sup- m-w Vita IritftY-ost" onntftTltion. let US examine and find out what the Bible says in tnis particular, ueuwronuuu, 23-19: "Thou Shalt not lend upon usury (interest) to my orotnBr; usury ui money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury." See Ex., 22-25; Neh., 6-10; Eze., 18-8, 13, 17; 22-12. There shall be on interest allowed. t-.a-ab- natiwt fa nntvprsall v eon. All L V- GOfa V. .J ... J 7 - -' ... ... - J demned by the Bible. Let not the reader be confounded wltn tne present day capitalist construction of usury as meaning excessive interest. The Bible term was any kind of profit in return for use or loan. C. W. BARZEE. STATE OF MAINE'S NEW WILD MAN Speculations on Attempt of Artist to Live Two Months In Woods. Chicago Inter Ocean. Joseph Knowles, of Boston, a painter of wild life, on Tuesday enterea tne unbroken forest on the shore of Big Spencer Lake, in Maine, without cloth ing, food or implements, there to sub sist unaided in a state of nature for two months. Arrangements have been made to keep track of his whereabouts and to go to his rescue It necessary. Mr. Knowles desires to demonstrate that man has not altogether lost his primitive powers and that entire inde- Dendence of civilization is possmie. Water, air and food are the three necessities of life. Clothing and shel ter are merely comforts, unless cold and storm make them necessities. Water and air will be plenty and pure in the Maine forests. Shelter of various kinds a nut made or Dougns, a hollow tree, a cave in the rocks, a burrow in a hillside should be easily secured. Clothing of skins Is not dim cult to fashion provided Mr. Knowles can kill the animals tnat wear tne skins. Mr. Knowles success, therefore, de pends largely upon his ability to se cure food. And his ability to secure food depends upon his knowledge of woodcraft and his physical prowess. It is an old saying and a true'one that a white man will starve where an In dlan will live and grow fat. The porcupine is about the only ani mal of the wilderness that the average white man, unaided by implement, is able to capture and kill. But a man skilled In trapping can snare rabbits and partridges and other animals and birds. Trout can be caught with the bare hands and can be speared. Mush rooms, various edible roots and berries and nuts are easily -got If you know the game. As for fire presumably Mr. Knowles can produce it by friction. Yet it is not necessary a man can easily get hungry enough to eat almost anything raw and enjoy it. So, provided Mr. Knowles knows the game, there is no reason why he should not live out his allotted two months provided he has no bad luck. And there's the rub. For Nature Is pitiless and pardons no mistakes. Ana accidents are mistakes in the wilder ness. Where a Man Is Careful. Cincinnati Enquirer. A man will let you marry his daugh ter when he doesn't know your mid dle name. But if you give his dog a bone he'll examine it carefully to make sure there's no poison on it. Criticism of an Oil Well. Exchange. Tommy Pop, an oil well is a gush er, isn't it? Tommy's Pop Yes, my son: also the man who writes the prospectus about it. As He Pops the Question. Exchange. He Will you marry me? She You would make a poor excuse for a husband. He Well, a poor excuse Is better than none. Right Thins; at the Right Time. Philadelphia Record. amicus Bjones always says the right thing at the right time. Cynicus Yes, he's one of the most accomplished liars I know. I'p-to-Date Boarders. Baltimore American. "Did you take in boarders this Sum mer, Sam?''. "No, sir; they was on to us." PARTY STATUS OF LA FOLLETTE Tariff Vote Shows Him Xot to Be In Ac cord With Republican Principles. EUGENE, Sept. 28. (To the Editor.) Your observations on the recent action of Senator La Follette striKes . .ni.n ar,A it la hard to under stand how your comments were mis construed by so many of the Senator's admirers. The main question in this ease is whether the tariff bill as passes by the Senate was a Republican bill or in accord with Republican principle. If not, then La Follette or any other man voting for it must consequently be subject to doubt, as to his standing as a Republican. -ri TrAn.iiAan niotfomi nlninlv de clares for duties high enough to meet the difference m tne cost, oi pnui."" between this and foreign countries. Tho Wilnnn hill admittedly cuts under this limit In many cases, in fact, is said, by one autnority, to verge iuw.v. tariff for revenue only. If, then. Sena tor La Follette believes in protection as he says, I can't see how be can be consistent in voting for the bill. n-i . if i tVio nnlv nnpstlon lug laiiu la ' dividing the parties, but it is the one or largest interest in poiinco hi. present day, however the historical views and tendencies have come down and still divide the parties in their line of thought and policy on National poll tics. They are plainly distinct in spite of statements of many latter-day poli ticians of both the "practical" and theoretical kind to the contrary. They are separate organizations, having dif ferent views and purposes in some what a similar way that two nations are different with different laws or civilizations. In fact when the old Democratic party, or ruling part of it, bolted In the South in the '60s the at--..in tn mnba n. niw nation, em bodying the peculiar principles of the Democratic party, as nem u; -"-trolling element, which seems today as v. i v,A D0iiiA st9 pvfT and whose views and will are as all-powerful in tvi nortv an in the old days. Whether It will work to the country's detriment i mnn..ntnli, timA in subject 11 tt 111 mat. in ... v. . - - to question, but many have their doubts and are on the anxious seat, iu rr, niri oViIti has weathered it through in the past in spite of war and the macninations oi ioea unm w...i.- i Jt lliMit a-nA Tn n v do SO SLSCSlIYI but it is up to all true patriots of both or all parties to thlnK caimiy ana well over the issues before the country and then decide which has been Its best friend in the past or been the most In line with its truest interests ovninnmpnt and act ac cordingly when it comes to voting at the polls or anywnere eise. AT. DOW, WAIT FOR REAL PROHIBITION BILL Measure to Abolish Use of Liquor, To- f-- r.,rr. nnrl Meat on Way. PORTLAND, Sept 26. (To the Edi tor.) I am a prohibitionist, but a real one. Persons who want to prohibit only the drinking of alcoholic bever ages, because alcohol is a poison, can not be called genuine prohibitionists, when there are so many other kinds of poison that ought to be wiped out of existence by legislation. I do not drink any kind of alcohol not even unfermented grapejulce be cause, like the Mohammedans, I do not wish to encourage the growth of the grape, from which wine may be made. You see, I am even more scrupulous than the very scrupulous William J. Bryan, who perversely sees no harm in unfermented grapejulce. Tobacco is also taboo with me in every form. Like alcohol, it is a nar cotic poison. Just so with coffe and tea. I never touch either. A cup of ordinary coffee, as chemical analysis shows, contains two grains of caffein. Any physician will tell you that two grains of this poison is the most that ought to be given in a medl. cal dose for depressed heart action. A cup of strong coffee contains as much as four grains of caffein more than a physician would dare give at one time. Is it any wonder that coffee drlnklng is responsible for thousands of deaths yearly? In the case of tea, chemical science proves that it contains an active poi son that taken regularly, even in mod erate quantities, causes many thou sands of persons to suffer from ill health and die prematurely. I had a brother who became a confirmed tea toper and died of sclerosis of the liver. Meat is another thing I religiously abstain from eating. Cereals, nuts, vegetables and fruit are my diet. I can prove that this is the only moral diet to follow. The great bacteriologist, Elie Metchnlkoff, of the Pasteur In stitue. has proved beyond all question that meat eating causes and encour ages the development of putrefactive bacteria In the Intestines, and thus brings about autointoxication, or food drunkenness. These minute organisms flourish by the million and produce a poison that passes into the blood and causes that incurable malady, Brighfs disease of the kidneys, also hardening of the arteries, heart trouble, apoplexy, paralysis, senile decay and death. In fact, there is hardly any limit to the Ills that this putrefactive poison result ing from meat-eating may not produce. It is more deadly than even is alcohol. Mustard, vinegar, pepper and other spices have a well-recognized and most harmful effect on the human system. I avoid them like poison. In fact, they all are forms of poison. Certainly they are not foods. Just as little as alcohol is a food. Just now I am debating whether or not to discard all woolen under and outer garments and substitute cotton or linen, not being able to afford silk. A physician of prominence has declared that woolen fabric interferes seriously with the healthy action of tne pores of the skin and causes poisons to be gen erated in the system on account of in sufficient throwing off of waste matter by the skin. Woolen garments are, therefore, a menace to health and ought to go. Now, in view of all the malign and deadly effects flowing from the ter ribly wicked ways of eating, drinking and dressing, I and a few of my hygienic friends are preparing to sub mit an initiative measure to be put before the voters of Oregon, prohibit ing absolutely, not only the manufac ture, sale or giving away of alcoholic drinks, but also putting a complete em bargo on the growing, making, prepar ing, selling, giving away or using of any and all forms of tobacco, coffee, tea. pepper, vinegar, mustard, meat and (most probably) woolen garments of all kinds. We are doing this as real prohibitionists, who refuse to compro mise with the traffic In these poisons. I affirm that I am not a fanatic, but a most reasonable and public-spirited citizen, who has the Incontrovert ible facts of modern science behind him to back up his arguments. We ex pect all sincere, honest and consistent prohibitionists to aid us In this most mighty campaign for right living ever undertaken. REAL PROHIBITIONIST. How the End Will Come. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The professor of natural phenomena had acquired a gasoline car. "The day is coming," he said to his class a few weeks later, "when the tire will sag and punctures pierce the Inner tube and the casing blister and then this old earth of ours will have a blowout that may shake the Dog star from its kennel and hurl the Dipper to kingdom come!" Found to Be Friend In Need. Buffalo (N. Y.) Express. "Have - you found Blnks to be a friend in need?" "Yes; he appears to be in need most of the time." A Full Course In College. Judge. "Does your son intend to take a full course In college?" "It looks that way. His liquor bill for the first month was over thirty dollars.". Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of Sept. 80, 1863. Commissions have been Issued by the Governor to the following officers of the Oregon Militia: Rufus Mallory, Lieutenant-Colonel, Second Regiment, Second Brigade; I. W. Case, Regimental Adjutant on staff of Colonel Eli Stew art, Second Regiment, Third Brigade; John Teal, Surgeon; Charles S. Mills, Company B, First Regiment, Second Brigade: W. H. Joyce, First Lieuten ant; William Young. Second Lieuten ant: E. G. Randall, Captain, Company C. First Regiment, Second Brigade; S. A. Davis, -First Lieutenant; Mark A. King, Second Lieutenant. New York, Sept. 24. Meade's cav alry and part of his infantry are on the south side of the Eaplaan. Chattanooga, Sept. 23. No attack was made by the rebels, though one was expected today. Our position has been strengthened by additional works, commanding the approaches from the south. We are Indebted to the publisher, Mr. S. J. McCormlck, for a copy of his Almanac for Oregon, Washington and Idaho territories for the year 1861. We notice quite a number of specu lators in our city engaged in packing Winter apples. We are told that a large lot is soon to be shipped to the Sandwich Islands and China. The thrilling play of "Love or the Countess and the Serf" was performed to a delighted audience by Mrs. Hayne, Miss Mitchell and Mr. Waldron and company. The following gentlemen have been appointed enrolling officers by the pro vost marshal: William Porter. Marion: A. R. McConnell, Benton; Captain John Smith, Linn; William Grant, Polk; P. W. Gillette, Clatsop: C. H. Davidson, Tillamook; Nathan Olney. Wasco; W. H. Haley. Lane; C. W. Savage, Jack son. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of Sept. 80. 1888. Pendleton. Or., Sept. 29. In a game between the Wlllamettes and Stars to day the score stood 6 to 4 in favor of the Willamettes. Blanchard and Mor gan were the battery for the Stars and Jiggs Parrott and Turnbull for the Willamettes. Seattle, W. T Sept 29. The first cable streetcar line ever operated in Washington Territory was completed and opened for public traffic today. The road runs out Mill street and re turns on Jackson street. Many prom inent guests took part in the speech making at the banquet, These in cluded ex-Governor Watson C. Squire, Colonel Gray, of California; Mayor Moran and others. Tomorrow night at the New Park Theater Louis James and Marie Maln wright will appears in a round of legitimate drama, commencing with "Othello" on Monday night. It is well worth a trip to the Qulmby House on a Saturday evening to see J. W. Baird get on the West Side train for his ranch, out beyond the summit. The coming few weeks will be lively ones for Portland. The Mechanics' Fair will be in progress and all the Repub lican clubs of the Btate are invited to participate In the big Republican dem onstration on October 12. Messrs. Rogge and Storp, who have bought three acres of ground about two miles south of the city, propose to erect thereon a large sawmill. Origin of Tammany Hall. ST. HELENS, Or., Sept. 29. (To the Editor.) I would be very much In debted to you If you would answer in your "questions and answers" column whether or not Tammany Hall was or ganized by a man named Tammany, or, if not, how It first originated. J. H. PRICE. Tammany Hall is an outgrowth ot the Society of St- Tammany or Colum bian Order founded by William Mooney, an upholsterer, in 1789. The name was taken from that of Chief Tammany or Tamanend of the Delaware Indians. The original object of the society was to counteract any attempt to establish an aristocratic centralized National Government. i Where? i Where are the cooks of yesterday? Those Jolly matrons that would take "A pinch or this, "a dust" of that, "Sweeten to taste" their tastes wor. pat "Just flour enough for batter, dear": And make the most goloptlous cake! Where are the cooks of yesteryear. Who used their "Judgment" not a rule? Their toothsome cookies haunt us yet. Their pies and doughnuts, too. you bet. Were works of art I Alas, I fear Those cooks can ne'er be made in school. Truths Going- Back to School. Washington (D. C.) Star. "I suppose you will be glad to go back to school and see your dear teacher?" said the patronizing old gen tleman. The small boy looked worried. "Why don't you answer?" "I xdon't know how. Father says I must always tell the truth and mother says 1 must never hurt anybody's feelings." Friday Is Bargain Day. Puck Friend This must be bargain day. I never saw such a crowd in your store before. Dry Goods Man I should say it is bargain day. We are selling Homer's "Iliad." in the original Greek, at SS. cents. George's Proposal ot Marriage. Judge. George Cynthia, rather than remain single, would you marry the biggest fool on earth? Cynthia Oh, George. This Is so sudden. Punishing, Boston Fashion. Life. Little Girl Why did your mama spank you? Boston Child Because she is too untutored and ignorant to devise a more modern reformatory method of punishment. Wanted! At Once! Nearly every legitimate endeavor is advertised today. Banks advertise, so do railroads, and p u b 1 1 c - service corporations, while political parties give their arguments in the advertising col umns. There should be at least one rep resentative of every lln f busi ness activity in the city advertising in The Oregonian. Do you conduct a business that is not advertised at all? If you do, the columns of The Oregonian offer you a unique oppor tunity. Readers of this newspaper really want some information about your business. Why are you not the first to tell them? The advertising manager of The Oregonian will be glad to talk this over with you. Adv. t