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rOKTIAhl), T1ILK8DAY, OCT. I.
STATE BIGHTS AT PROGRESS.
Those who imagine that progres
sive Republicans, progressive Demo
crat! and Bull Moose Progressives will
soon be united In one great liberal
party opposed by the united reaction
aries of both old parties underrate the
Importance of the state rights doctrine
as an obstacle to progress, but pro
gressive Republicans and those who
follow Colonel Roosevelt do not. In a
recent speech the Colonel referred to
the traditional Democratic policy of
state rights as a hindrance to National
progressive legislation. Representa
tive Gardner, a progressive Republi
can, who refused to follow the Colo
nel, voiced the same sentiments in a
recent speech at Newburyport, Mass.,
saying:
Come of these days we are going to have
confusion worse confounded la our labor
legislation, unless we give the Ooyrnm.t
at Washington some power of Nation-wide
labor regulation. It has no such power at
present. The National Government ought to
have the right to declare that the hours
of labor throughout the country should not
exceed such and such a number per
The National Government ought to have the
rlrht to deolaro that no child below sucn
and such an age should "m.ol"e-.Tlt
If any of the more advanced statea find that
they can set a higher standard than the
National standard, well and good.
The New York World cited the Un
derwood tariff and the currency bill
as evidence that the Democracy can
accomplish progressive legislation
1. 1. A..t hinr hajnnered by the state
rights doctrine. Without conceding
that both these measures are genu
inely progressive, they do not prove
the World's case. Neither of them In
volves state rights. When the Demo
crats come to deal with the trusts,
conservation and labor, they will find
their pet doctrine in the way of effec
tive legislation. If they propose com
pulsory National incorporation of in
dustries engaged in interstate com
merce, or even National license of
state corporations, they will run foul
of state rights. Those states which
have made wide-open corporation
laws a lucrative source of revenue will
rally to the old standard and obstruct
an effective means of fighting monop
oly. If the Democrats propose to
make the Government a perpetual
landlord over great areas of leased
puhlic domain, they will be met with
the demand that pubUo land be hand
ed over to the states. This demand
has come from the West and will
probably evoke sympathy in the
South. If the Democrats should pro
pose to exclude products of child la
bor from interstate commerce, the cry
of interference with state rights would
k. r-ataaA hv thona Southern states
where children are employed in cot
ton mills.
National progress In these respects
cannot be made without recognizing
the fact that modern means of com
munication have practically obliter
ated state lines and made this Nation
one great community, which needs
uniform laws to fit uniform condi
tions. Progressive Republicans, both
those who remained within and those
who temporarily left the party, rec
ognize this fact and are prepared to
act In accordance with it. No matter
how earnest many Democrats may be
in the cause of progress, they will
surely find the way blocked by this
outdated doctrine, to which reaction
aries of both parties will rally, those
of Democratic antecedents because it
is their traditional party policy, and
those of Republican antecedents be
cause it suits their convenience. The
Democratic party is the natural haven
for such men, and real, substantial
progress can be made only through
the Republican party, which holds no
such outworn creed. Progressives of
all parties may unite, but, if they do,
they will do so under the Republican
banner.
WRITING BASEBAIX.
Exit Mr. Bryan and the Chautauqua
platform temporarily, while we thresh
out the case of the participants in the
world's championship baseball series
who have contracted to write of the
games for the newspapers for pay.
The baseball commission has Issued
an order that the players shall not
write. Some have already contracted
to supply articles and assert that they
will fulfill their obligations. Stiff
fines and other reprisals, even that of
calling off the series, are threatened
by the commission. The last is un
doubtedly bluff, but the former are
doubtless within the power of the
commission to Inflict.
There are three elements in the
case. The commission, the baseball
writers' association and the ballplay
ers' fraternity. If the players do not
write of the games there will obvi
ously be greater demand for the work
of the professional writers. Last year
the novelist and the humorist tried
their skill at world's series reporting,
but their efforts were not popular.
The baseball devotee does not hanker
for literary purity or humor so much
as he does for an intelligent story of
the game. A man may have never so
great wit and romancing ability and
still know nothing and be unable to
write about baseball.
thp humorists and novel
ists have largely dropped out. There
is a disposition to give the actors and
playwrights a chance at the work, but
their success is hardly more promis
ing than that of the purely literary
lights. De Wolf Hopper, having de
lighted thousands with his recitation
of "Casey at the 'Bat," Is considered
eligible, and Willie Collier, on the
strength of name and ardent love of
the game, has been employed. But
largely speaking, the writing field has
dwindled to players and professional
baseball writers. If player-writers are
barred, the non-player writers come
into their own.
Doubtless the magnates consider it
wise to foster amicable relations with
those who write daily of the game.
The latter wield a powerful Influence
on gate receipts. The story of mag
nates' control of the players' destiny
would cause a "class-conscious"
railer at "wage slavery" to shed Dltter
tears over absence of anything In in
dustry that would point as good a
moral. The only thing the player can
do if dissatisfied Is to quit, But 11 no
quits one team without the manager's
consent he quits baseball. Individual
retaliation is useless. The players'
fraternity, however, is said to support
ih niavora who wish to write. United
action of some sort may prevent pen
alties, but It is proDaDie a storm
brewing unless one side or the other
recedes.
As a matter of fact, there are not
many players who can write enter-(oirino-i
of their nrofesslon. but. like
Christy Mathewson, who is the author
of a drama now attracting attention,
there are a few who possess the happy
cninr.lrin.tion of baseball fame, knowl
edge of the technique of.the sport and
ability to ten their story. Aaa 10
the presence of such a writer and ex
pert on the grounds and the value of
the service he renders to ball lovers
through the medium of the press is
readily apparent.
But there are several players who
are suspected of merely signing their
names others write the stories. Nev
ertheless they, supply competition, and
the unknown Bcribe gets the short end
of the fee and no fame. There is no
ethical objection to a player's writing
of the game after if Is over that the
man of ordinary gifts of Intelligence
can conceive of. Possibly the utilita
rian contention might be raised that
the player-writer's mind is more on
what he will say about the game than
-ha. ninva lt taut if a Dractical ob
stacle to the practice, this factor
would have made cause ror announce
ment immediately after experience in
other years. But the rule has been
entered after several players have
contracted their services. Public
sympathy Is likely to to strongly with
them.
FROSFKRITT 13 HEBE.
Business Is on the up grade In
Portland- If any man doubts that
statement let him read The Orego-
nlan'a review of business In Septem
ber and he will be convinced. As
compared with September of last
year, shipments of lumber and re
ceipts of wheat, barley, oats, nour
and livestock have increased very ma
terially and wheat and livestock show
record figures. Railroad tonnage,
both Inward and outward, exceeds all
records. Bank clearings have in
creased 6 per cent, postal receipts 6
per cent and new buildings authorized
have almost doubled In value. Pros-noT-itir
in not comlngr: it is already with
us, and we have every ground for the
belief that it will continue and grow.
The examples cited relate to the
substantial business of production and
distribution of useful commodities.
Prosperity in these lines will bring
prosperity In other lines. Develop
ment of the Willamette' Valley, East
ern Oregon and the coast region by
new railroads and trolley lines Is
drawing new settlers to the state, who
will swell the volume of business
flowing into Portland. This new busi
tin hrlnc Increased DODulation
to handle It. Renewed demand for
houses, offices and stores and for lots
nn which to build new ones will fol
low. The real estate market will take
on new activity, not of a speculative
nature but in response to the demands
of legitimate business for places where
it can be conducted.
Not only Portland, but the whole
of Oregon, indeed the whole Pacific
Northwest, is experiencing an onward,
nnward movement which will sureiy
continue as we reap the advantages
nr now facilities for commerce af
forded by the Panama Canal, river
and harbor improvements, new qocks
and new raliroaas. tiooa nines ro
not coming; they are here and will
continue.
ABOUT THE BANANA DUTY.
A protest from the poor was needed
to Induce the tariff conferees to drop
from the Underwood bill the ill-ad
vised duty on bananas, which was in
serted by the Senate. Forgetting that
the banana is an important article in
the poor man's diet, the Senate ac
tually proposed to increase the cost
of living by Imposing this tax, while
professing to reduce that cost. ' Re
pealing other duties in order that
trusts might be exposed to foreign
competition, the Senate pretended that
the banana was a blow at a trust.
It made the further inconsistent plea
that the tT would encourage home
production of bananas. This was a
protectionist argument rank heresy
in the mouths of Democrats.
The tax could not have injured the
banana trust except by forcing it to
raise the price and by thus restricting
consumption of the luscious tropical
fruit. To say that the tax would not
have raised the price is absurd. The
trust would have added It, with a
profit, to its price and each dealer
through whose hands the bananas
passed would have added this addi
tional cost, also with a profit, until
by the time the bananas reached the
consumer, the tax of one-tenth of a
cent per pound would probably have
added a full cent to the price. That
Is precisely how prices grow under the
tariff.
The fruit trust would not have been
injured, for it would have retained its
grip on the business. Home produc
tion would not have been stimulated,
for there are only a few limited areas
In the extreme South where bananas
can be grown. The Government would
have raised a relatively small amount
of additional revenue by adding sev
eral times that amount to the cost of
a staple article of food for the poor.
THE WEST SHOWS MOST GATX.
Reports of railroad receipts for
June, 1913, and for the year ending
with that month show that expenses
are increasing faster than gross in
come on Eastern roads, causing a de
crease In net revenue, but in the West
and South there is an increase in net
revenue. For June, 1913, as compared
with June, 1912, operating revenue in
creased 5.6 per cent in the East, 6.4
per cent in the South and 7 per cent
in the West, while the increase in op
erating expenses was 11.8 per cent in
the East, 7.2 per cent in the South
and 6.5 per cent in the West, leaving
a decrease of 7.2 per cent in the East
and Increases of 0.6 per cent in the
South and 7.9 per cent in the West as
to net revenue.
For the year ending June 30, the
East gained 10.2 per cent in gross rev.
enue, but expenses were 11.9 per cent
greater, making the increase ' in net
revenue out 6.3 per cent. Gross rev
enue increased 8 per cent in the West,
while expenses were 6.3 per cent
greater and net revenue was 11.5 per
cent greater. For the South the respec
tive increases were 6.1, 7.3 and 3.3
TIIE MORNING OBEGONIAN, THURSDAY,
per cent Taxes also increased more
in the East and South than in the
West, making net operating revenue
18 2 hit pent s-reater in the West,
while the increase was only 6.1 per
cent in the East and 3.1 per cent in
the South.
These fldires reflect recent ad
vances in wages and slackness in
manufacturing in the East ana me
lnrcrpr eirnnndltures due to terminal
improvements and stricter, regulation.
The growth of husiness in ine w esi
has been accompanied by a let-up in
miirnnrl legislation, which probably
explains the satisfactory percentage of
increase In net income.
Thia showine- will encourage rail
road companies to project extensions
in the West and will also encourage
investors to furnish the necessary
capital. Eastern roads will probably
ha evnecterl to awa.lt the better show
ing which will result from a decided
revival of industrial activity herore
tnir can xxrject to attract much new
capital. This will probably be applied
to enlargement or terminals ana im
provements and doubling of track,
with a. view to more economical op
eration, rather than to building of new
lines. The West remains the tempt
ing field for railroad extension.
UNIVERSAL PEACE.
Masons throughout the world are to
lend their powerful support to the
Idea of universal peace. It is another
drop in the bucket. The idea that war
can be done away with has been gain
ing ground slowly but surely, and one
day the dream may find a realization
Human nature must undergo a
changed viewpoint, a further devel
opment, which has little more than
begun. War grows out of ignorance,
hatred, narrowness and the worst in
humankind. Thousands of people
now realize this. When tens of mil
lions realize it the death knell of
armed conflict will have been
sounded..
War has teen hailed by many his
torians as a necessary factor in the
advance of civilization, but this the
ory is by no means generally accept
ed. However that may be, the fact
that war is no longer profitable to the
world will hardly be disputed. It is
an unfortunate fact which is occa
sionally made possible by the limita
tions of human nature. When two
great nations become enraged, do not
their millions seethe with patriotic
wrath and indignation?
Both cannot be right. In fact,
neither is right. They should set out
calmly to adjust their differences
without recourse to wholesale murder
and vicious destruction. It Is reali
zation of this fact that Is giving the
Idea of universal peace its stimulus.
Educating the world to a new view
point is a great undertaking which
must progress slowly. Man is becom
ing more kindly, more peaceful and
more intelligent year by year, and the
universal peace idea ie not to be
viewed lightly.
DISPOSES G OF FAXXEN WOMEN.
The other night at the First Meth
odist Church the speakers of the Pa
cific Coast Rescue and Protective So
ciety discussed the question how to
dispose of fallen women when the
segregated districts have been broken
up. Sinful and degraded as these
creatures may be, they are still hu
man beings and it is unmerciful, if
not positively wrong, to drive them
out of their wretched shelters to starve
In the streets. We must reflect, too,
that when misery presses hard upon
them they will ply their trade more
diligently than ever and no doubt
spread disease far and wide through
the city. Is it wise then to expel them
from the haunts of the segregated dis
trict before some other refuge has
been provided for them? Judge
Stevenson expressed himself quite pos
itively upon the subject. He fixed
his mind firmly upon the point that
these women are lawbreakers. Their
business Is carried on Illegally and
hence there can be no question that it
ought to be broken up without much
regard to " the consequences. Why
should we consider the future of such
criminal women any more than that
of thieves and murderers? The main
purpose is to put a stop to their evil
conduct. What may happen to the
women afterward is a matter for sub
sequent consideration.
"Who," inquired Judge Stevenson,
"advocates a segregated district for
murderers, firebugs and thieves? Who
will contend that action ought to be
delayed" In their cases "until some
plans had been made for their moral
betterment? Society is under no de
termined obligation to consult the con
venience of those who have placed
themselves outside of the law." This
is certainly true. But let us, by way
of experiment, alter Judge Steven
son's language a little and see what
comes of it. Suppose he had 6aid,
"Society Is under no obligation to
consult the welfare of those who have
been placed, partly by their own fault
and partly by the fault of society it
self, outside the law." There is no
debate, as we understand it, about the
mere convenience of fallen women.
The question how they shall be dis
posed of is a matter of life and death
to them. From one point of view it is
likewise a matter almost of life and
death to a considerable fraction of
respectable society. The distinction
between lost women and such crim
inals as firebugs and murderers Is
perfectly obvious. The latter choose
their criminal career of their own free
will. The women are, frequently at
least, led astray by deceit which be
guiles their ignorance. They had no
criminal intent at the outset and never
have formed any. They have simply
drifted from bad to worse without any
particular intent whatever. Some of
them have been forced to sell them
selves by economic pressure.
The Person from whom we are sup
posed to derive our notions of charity
and Justice never dreamed of classing
fallen women with thieves and mur
derers. He was disposed to look upon
their condition with extreme leniency
and made their welfare the prime
consideration" whenever he dealt with
them. There Is another point which
cannot be ignored if we wish to be
fair. For every fallen woman there
is at least one fallen man and usually
several of them. Forel tells in his
great work on this subject of a cer
tain individual who had shared in the
crime of 1500 females of the under
world. The fact is perfectly patent
that these criminal women Invariably
have male accessories, must have
them. Indeed, in order to commit their
peculiar species of crime. It Is In
teresting to observe the zeal with
which many reformers urge the rig
orous punishment of the woman, while
the accessory of the other sex escapes
their notice altogether. Why not turn
our attention once in a while to the
proper disposition to be made of the
fallen men, -who are equally guilty
with the fallen women? What shall
we do with these men when the seg
regated districts are broken up?
Shall we drive them out of the city
or will it be best to build tnem a
a"? Manv of them are wealthy.
Some are eminent. Statistics show
that by far the larger numDer oi maie
offender in this kind are married
men. Is it the duty of society to "con
sult their convenience ir tne con
inti of tho main criminals Is
worth considering before the law is
applied in its rigor why not tnai os.
the women? Shall we maltreat the
latter because they belong to the
weaker sex?
We do not ask these questions cap
tiously, but merely to emphasize the
unmistakable trutn tnat very iov
persons who undertake to discuss this
subject ever get below the surface of
it. Dr. Emma F. Drake, for example,
urged that a home should be insti
tuted for women who had been driven
out of the restricted district. Charity
could think of no better way unless
we should try the plan of abolishing
the district by cutting off its supply
of women. Prostitutes either adopt
their calling of their own choice or
they do not. If they prefer it to any
other means of livelihood, the less
said about the ideals of their sex the
better. If they are forced into it by
circumstances. It seems as If a genu
ine reformer would begin his work by
inquiring what these circumstances
are and seeking to modify them. The
task might prove somewhat irKsome,
hut nnu comoleted. one would sup
pose that it might produce more satis
factory results than onna samea
against the fallen women. If we
could only devise means to keep them
from falling there would be no neces
sity to build rescue homes. Justice
nnmUi at fh a thous-ht of heanlng pun
ishment after punishment upon the
weaker and more neipiess paruapaui
in the social evil, while the robust
tempter goes scot free. He Is not
even mentioned in public addresses
and high society receives mm witn
flottAi-Ino- favnr. while the law. the
gospel and the ballroom combine to
bespatter and harry his victim, ine
handling of this matter Is almost en-ht-aTtt
intmatAil to men. as yet. and
they unconsciously seek to win favor
with good women by seventy to tneir
lost sisters. Time will probably show
that they have miscalculated the
weight of certain factors in the case.
State, county and district fairs
throughout the Coast belt have been
more successful this year than ever
before. The exhibits have been more
numerous and the attendance larger.
ThAi-A i a. srrowiner tendency among
city and townspeople to see what the
soil of the territory win proauce ana
farmers are more anxious than ever
to see and profit by what their con
temporaries are doing.
The Rose Festival will not lose any
thing of value by being concentrated
into three days. Too much dilution
was a rather obvious criticism of the
fnrrnav armii srament. Lou IT vacant
hours wearied the crowds and helped
excite suspicions of careless programme-making.
The prime secret of
entertaining a miscellaneous street
crowd is to "keep something going
all the time.
With the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege producing hens mat average
rn tL -rear and teaching agricultur
ist to nav more attention to raising
hogs, the high price of beef is not
such a formidable menace to resiaenis
of this state.
The Navy man goes through Annap
olis in years of grilling work; the pay
nitnr in creneraJlv a srraduate of poli
tics. Paymaster Middleton seems to
have learned the difference wniie ne
held his Job.
Train service between Portland and
Salem in unsurpassed and Portland
people owe a neighborly debt to the
Qapital City. This is Portland day
and the representation should be
large. .
Americans have been summarily or
dered by our Consuls to rush out of
Upper Mexico. Why must Americans
always be running7 can't we protect
them any more?
British suffragettes are going out of
business when they tear the coat off a
bobby's back. That Is a truly femi
nine accomplishment that belongs
only to 'Arrlet.
It Is one of the afflictions of ad
vanced civilization that men must be
killed by the speeding vehicle. Life
now is made of chances to exist.
Of course no hunter pressed the
limit, yet many pheasants in excel
lent health the day before never saw
daylight yesterday morning. '
Two hundred thousand dollars hav'
lne been refused for a horse, the au
tomoblle must go some to get Into the
equlne's class.
With the Chautauqua season well
along, Bryan has signed up for a se
ries of special articles. Must live, you
know.
If Oregon were on the border the
Mexican would think actual war be
gan with the bombardment yesterday.
Transfer of Major Mclndoe to the
Philippines Is being protested. We
hate to lOBe a good man.
Senator Brady predicts, a Republi
can victory In 1916. His reputation
as a prophet is assured.
The Masons are for world peace.
Civilization is coming more and more
to that way of thinking.
Portland business shows gains in
every line. Just normal, healthy
gains, too.
Irishmen everywhere are jubilant.
There promises to be a real war in
Ireland.
If every hunter killed a pheasant,
there would be a deficit In the supply
already.
Icebergs are again In the line of At
lantic traffic. Remember' the Titanic!
Only three days In the next Rose
Festival. But they'll be live ones.
Upper Mexico is again aflame with
anarchy. It'll cool off over night.
A local hen laid an egg within an
egg. That's beating the producer.
By the way, what has become of Mr.
Hearst's yellow peril, anyway?
These are harsh times for the lowly
pheasant. '
Now isn't the sun. acting right roy
all -
OCTOBER 2, 1913.
Stars and Starmakers
BT LEONB CASS BAES.
Vrx.nr.Km Rlne-. slater of Blanche, who
has been playing leads at Morosco's
stock theater In Los Angeles for the
Summer season, leaves next ween tor
London, to Join her husband, Thomas
Meigham. Mr. Melgham is playing In
the London production of "Broadway
Jones." He visited Portland in this
comedy last Winter.
Roscoe Karns will close with Van
couver stock next week and go to San
Francisco to Join a musical comedy
company.
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Henry Miller and Ruth Chatterton,
his youngest and prettiest leading wo
man In many years, are coming to the
Helllg soon In "The Rainbow."
Maurice Brlerre, of Brierre and King
at the Empress, met an old friend In
Portland in the person of H. W.
("Nick") Plerong, manager of the Sul
livan & Consldlne playhouse. Brlerre
did not know that Mr. Plerong had
shifted .his residence from the Middle
West to Portland and even when he
saw the Empress manager on the stage
at rehearsal Monday morning he was
not positive that H. W. was the same
Nick" Plerong, under whose manage
ment he worked in St. Paul six years
ago. Mr. Plerong recognised Brlerre
first. Then came a half hour of swap
ping reminiscences. Brlerre formerly
was a member of the celebrated Bush
Temple Stock Company, of Chicago,
which was shifted from the Windy
City to play a season's engagement In
St. Paul, under the management of Mr.
Plerong. Sarah Truax was the leading
woman; Thurlow Bergen, leading man.
and several other notables were in the
company. Brierre played Juvenile roles
and In several dramas staged he had
Important parts to play opposite Sarah
Truax. Grace King, Brlerre's vaude
ville partner, is Mrs. Brierre in real
life.
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From now on the vaudeville stage
will have another native Portlandlte
who took to It not because he was
stage struck," but because Portland
at present boasts a strictly enforced
muzzle ordinance and so greatness was
thrust upon him. All of which is an
other way of saying that after the
Orpheum matinee was out on Tuesday,
Ernest Kluting, of the Klutlng En
tertainers, found a little Portland miss
waiting for him with her pet. Billy
Boy, well muzzled and disconsolate. Mis
mistress had been to the Orpheum and
when she saw Mr. Klutlng's happy
family of rabbits, pigeons, cats and
dogs, she decided to give Billy to Mr.
Klutlng so he would no longer need to
wear his hated muzzle. Billy has a few
tricks In his own repertoire and after
considerable persuasion Mr. . Klutlng
finally accepted him as a member of
his company and began training him
yesterday in the rudiments of good
stage department for dogs.
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This, from a San Francisco exchange.
Is new:
"Shades of Immortal Shakespearel
Ditto, Sir Francis Bacon I After all
these centuries. It has remained for a
San Jose theatrical programme printer
to deliberately add a fifth act to "The
Taming of the Shrew." Even the late
Ignatius Donnelley In his life's work.
"The Great Cryptogram," didn't at
tempt to change the locals, or add to
the scenes of the plays of Shakespeare
which otherwise, he vainly endeavored
to prove were the work of Sir Francis
Bacon. And now comes a new "Cryp
tographer," In the person of a San Jose
programme-printer, who fearlessly,
without even "by your leave," adds a
fifth act to the mis-enscene of Mar
garet Anglln's production of "The Tam
ing of the Shrew." He, moreover,
boldly sets forth that the scene of
said fifth set, Is laid in no other place
than a San Jose food factory. It all
happened this way: Margaret Anglln
played "The Shrew" In San Jose on
Saturday night preparatory to begin
ning her San Francisco engagement at
the Columbia Theater. The copy for
the programme which embraces (inter
alia) a synopsis of the scenes of the
play was sent to the local theater man
ager, who In turn handed it over to
his programme printer, who, first of
all, changed "the Induction" to read
"the Introduction," and then to add In
sult to injury, supplemented the four
acts with: "Act V A Delicious Treat
at O'Brien's After the Show." Needless
to say, when Miss Anglln saw her pro
gramme with the addenda to her
scenes, she protested vigorously and in
structed her manager to see to It that
they were not distributed to the audi
ence. By way of explanation the local
janitor blandly stated that It had long
been the custom of the theater man
agement to add an extra act to the pro
grammes of all visiting attractions. A
local wag, however, suggested that as
Act V was obviously a restaurant ad
vertisement, it was eviently the inten
tion to serve a portion of Bacon with
all orders of Shakespeare."
TTltfrv Gordon, who comes tonight to
the Heilig in "The Enchantress," 1b
heralded as the successor to Lillian
Russell, insofar as beauty goes. And
this Is what she says about attractive
ness In general: "Attractiveness is wnat
woman always seeks In a man, not
beauty. I presume it is human nature
to undervalue what we ourselves
possess. I have never known a beau
tiful woman who cared much for her
beauty; living with it as a dally com
nanlnn. she comes to slight It and un
derestimate it. Women admire ugly
men because they represent distinct
forces In the world.
A Paris correspondent says that Isa
dora Duncan, who for some months
after her late bereavement has been
living In Albania and Corfu, has stolen
back to Paris and has gone Into strict
Musion In her studlo. She said: "I
could not keep away. My Intention
after leaving Corfu and Albania was
to go to Italy, but I simply had to
come back to this place, where I had
known such dreadful suffering. I have
no plans. Dancing seems impossible. I
cannot endure even the sound of music.
I have been released from my South
American engagement. Nothing now
interests me. much except the fate of
those poor women and children at
Santa Quaranta, Albania, whom my
brother and I are trying to keep alive.
At Santa Quaranta 40 villages were
ruined by retreated Turks. I have
been looking after 200 women and 200
children who need food, schools and
shelter."
Isadora Duncan Is a sister to Ray
mond Duncan, who with his wife and
small son, Menelkas, used to run about
in their nighties and sandals In Portland.
OX CO-OFERATIOjr A.D INTEREST
System Has Jio Selfishness In Its Soul,
Says Mr. Read.
trvT tt . a n rtft l. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan September SO, C.
W. Barzee takes me to task for saying.
In my letter on Co-operation, that the
capitalist is entitled to Interest on nis
monev. The navment of interest, how
ever, while evidently a serious matter
to Mr. Barzee, is of minor importance
to a co-operative association. The
laws of the State of Oregon require
that every such association shall give
an equal Interest in the ssoclatlon to
each member. As Its capital comes
entirely from Its members, and the
same amount from each member. If It
pays interest it must pay mo
amount of interest to each member.
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fundamental principle of cp-operatlon.
ir tne memDers wish, urny c
In their by-laws that no Interest be
paid. It is the custom, however, to
pay the lowest rate of Interest that
obtains In the locality.
The association or store usen, as yu
win baa fvnm thA ahnvA ! a borrower.
not a lender. So it Is up to Mr. Barzee
now to proauce some texts oi Deny
ture forbidding the borrowing of
money.
I believe he Is correct in saying
that the word "usury" In the Bible
maana Inwut nPnflt Al InCrAfLSA Of
any kind, no matter how small. But
we must take the Intentions of the
authors Into consideration, and they
undoubtedly had in mind only the loan.
Ing of money or goods to people in dls.
tress or to those whose need was great.
They certainly knew nothing of our
modern credit system Most of the
mnnv horrowed nowadavs Is not bor
rowed to tide over a period of dis
tress, but to enlarge tne Dorrowor u
business, to move the farmers' crops,
to extend railroads, to put up build
ings eto.. out of all of which the bor-
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rower expects to maxe a prunu xxi biuo
way the man with ability and no
non fnii. thA cnnltallst to
finance him, so that he can be his
own boss, give his amnty iun pmy
and be unhampered by anything except
v n,.,gnv nf msklnff his enterprise
pay. The last is, by the way, not an
unmixed evil. It Keeps mm aown to
Irlnr In wild
and visionary schemes. If unable to
borrow, all he can do is to sell his
ability to the capitalist ana servo ana.
We are told to "give to him that
asketh, and from him that would bor
row, turn not thou away." Would
Mr. Barzee arply that universally, or
limit it to those who are badly In
a h.i.i t ,.fAit him with hav-
vi. iHjiyi - - - . .
ing enough common sense so tnat n
one goes to mm to "m luutu .
will make some inquiries before he
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UltUUD ...w -"
I agree that money is not of itself
productive, and wnatever iniereui
paid to the lender Is abstracted from
. l 1. .hA hnrrnwer. But If
he feels such bitterness against the
taking of interest, wny aoeo u vaa.
A . u ..nnhia to fisrht co-ooera-
tion. He should come In with us.
For we limit the power or tne cap
1. .onital thA servant in
stead of the master and value men
above money. To theorize about the
wrongfulness or taKing interim, wm.-
. ,nr-A -for action tending to
lessen the evil, will only make him
more bitter and discontented. We have
a plan that has been tried and found
praotlcal for transferring the profits
that have heretofore gone entirely to
. i. i . n i in t tn thA consumer. And
if as you say, the consumer and the
laborer are one, mat snuuiu
.l.fo.llrvn ThA British CO-
.i.ti.. or natrlbutlnar an-
nually about $70,000,000 of such profits
that would otherwise go to swell the
fortunes or a lew.
As pointed out In my last letter
. . i ancur that the Drln-
mere id owmo o -
ciples underlying the Rochdale plan of
co-operation may be forgotten; but
neither is It well to go to the oppo
site extreme. Let me finish, there
fore, with the quotation from S. si.
Owen: . . . .
"True co-operation has no seixisn
ness In Its soult. no bitterness in Its
heart, no wheels in it, heaA
WOMBS WANT FREEDOM IN DRESS
Days When Trousers Will Be Wor
Eagerly Awaited.
PORTLAND, Sept. 29. To the Edi
tor.) Now that Mrs. Laura Wilson and
others have said their words for and
against women's present fashions, I
will say mine.
What is often called lack of modesty
in a woman Is in reality often merely
a desire to be comfortable and health
ful. Back In Bible times both sexes wore
long, loose, flowing robes; but men,
advancing faster than women, discard
ed the gowns for short kilts, then for
knee breeches and then for the long
trousers of today. Women, whose pur
suits in life did not necessitate such
freedom of movement still clung to the
long skirt. Now 20th century women
are awakening to the fact that these
skirts are inconvenient and unsanitary,
so are changing more and more to the
men's simple, convenient and hygienic
apparel. The harem skirt was a great
step In advance, and I look forward
with eagerness and happiness to the
day when women will wear not the
"skirt of barbarism" but the "trousers
of freedom."
MISS L. C. ELLEBUE.
MRS. R. C. REED.
MISS V. BEe.iJ,
DR. J. W. REED.
WAITING-ROOM GREATLY NEEDED.
Oat-of-Tovm Passengrer Complains of
Much Inconvenience.
OAK GROVE, Or., Oct. 1. (To the
Editor.) A comfortable waiting-room
conveniently located to acoommodate
the public is greatly needed at East
First and Hawthorne streets, at which
point passengers from the Oregon City
and Estacada lines wishing to go east
on Hawthorne cars, are required to
transfer, and yet the company provides
no waiting room except a small, dingy,
smoky cigar and confectionery stand,
and to reach that a passenger must
cross a double track and that on a
street where vehicles of every descripr
tion are constantly passing, rendering
It dangerous, especially for children
and elderly persons.
Passengers transferring from the
Hawthorne line to the Oregon City or
the Estacada cars frequently must wait
from SO minutes to an hour for their
car and can take their choice of
"standing the storm" or entering the
dingy "waiting room." Of course, the
company will take immediate steps to
right this one little inconvenience that
has been overlooked. C. H. LEWIS.
Mine Vamlly.
Dlmbled scheeks, mlt eyes off blue,
Mout' like Id vas moisd mit dew,
Und leetle teeth shust peekln" droo
Dot's der baby.
Curly head, and full of glee,
Drousers all oudt at der knee
He vas been blaying horse, you see
Dot's leedle Tawcob.
Von hundred-seexty In der shade
Der Oder day ven she was weighed
She beats me soon, I vas avrald
Dot's mine Katrina
Barefooted head, und pooty stoudt,
Mit grooked legs dot vill bend oudt;
Fond Of llmberger und sauerkraut
Dot's me himself.
Von schmall young baby full of fun.
Von leedle prlte-eyed roguish son.
Von frau. to greet vhen vork vas done
Dot's mine vamily.
Christian Endeavor World.
TwentyAfivo Yeart Ago
From The Oresonlaa of Oct. S, 1888.
YVaDUillBlvili ww - .
Cleveland today approved the Chinese
exclusion law.
Washinarton. Oct 1. Senator Dolph
today reported a bill to forfeit all
lands granted to the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company tnat are cotermin
ous with the part of its line that shall
not have been completed at the pass
age of the bill.
The East Portland City Council last
night received an offer from the East
Portland Lighting Company to fur
nish not less than 24 aro lights of
2000 candlepower at $15 per month
each.
Tr T T MY-Donnell. of McAllon Sc
McDonnell, Is enjoying himself at
Santa Cruz.
TTnlmon fir Cn h RVn nTirohaBSd 2 14
acres In the Terwilllger tract and will
probably erect a large flouring mill.
Tohn DlAt was stifled bv sras In a
well which he was digging in Powell
Valley on Saturday.
3.AS.V.0-A T.nofnr1 rnntpnflfnr for the
big hotel, was yesterday putting In
steam elevators for hoisting brick and
mortar.
Borthwlck & Fraine's sawmill, on
thA mountainside. 1200 feet above the
Columbia River, 18 miles east of the
Upper Cascades, in Washington Terri
tory, was destroyed by fire Saturday,
Loss between $25,000 and $30,000.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlsn of Oct. 2, 18G8.
Colonel Maury, of the Oregon Cav
alry, has been ordered to establish his
headquarters at Fort Dalles. l)r. wit
kins, now stationed at Fort Walla
Walla,, has been ordered to 'ort
Dalles, where he will relieve Dr.
Steele. Captain Caldwell's company of
Oregon Cavalry has been ordered from
Five-Mile Creek to Fort Vancouver.
,
Washington, Sept. 28. General
Hooker has been assigned an im
portant command In the field.
The total valuation of real and per
sonal property of Portland amounts
to $3,89t,987.
Messrs. Tracy & King have in their
assay office the largest bar of gold
which has yet been assayed In Port
land, weighing a fraction over 474
ounces and valued at $8114.26.
The great play of "The Woman In
White" was performed last evening,
with Mrs. Hayne as Laura Farlle and
Ann Catherlck and Mr. Waldron as
Walter,
Boise City A town with this name
has recently been laid out near the
fort and is growing rapidly. It Is the
point of supply for the Feather River,
Owyhee and South Boise mines.
BLDLB IS NOT FOR OL'Il SCHOOLS.
Its Introduction Woold Sorely Cause
Trouble, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, Sept. 80. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan recently.
Judge Lowell pleads that the Bible
should be read In the publio schools,
for the reason that without the read
ing of same there has been a remark
able decline In moral sentiment among
the people.
Rev. L. K. Richardson urges the
reading of the Bible in the public
schools, and says that It would have
the effect of counteracting a selfish
materialism that threatens to under
mine the National life. No doubt that
the Judge and preachers are actuated
by the best motives possible In sug
gesting that the Bible should become
a part of our school curriculum.
Our public schools are the best the
world has known; we have not car
ried culture and learning to the high
est degree, but we have done more than
this; In our publio schools we have
made education easy to every child
in the Republic, and at the lowest
point of civilization. Our school sys
tem will stand the test against any
other educational system ever ordained
among men. In all time, as the best
method to prepare youth for the duties
of American citizenship.
The effort to inject the Bible Into
into our publio schools overlooks the
fact that the first allegiance of the
citizen is due to the Nation, and not
to any creed or church; that It Is a
nation that governs not the church.
Are not the Interests of the whole
more important than the Interest of a
part? ,
Some men seem to overlook the
further fact that the government, and
not the church. Is responsible to the
people for the mental and moral con
dition of the citizen.
Outside of sentimental reasons, does
anyone believe that the mere reading
of a chapter from Genesis or Revela
tion will add to the moral stature of
any man?
Is It not evident that It would fur
nish a pretense under which a great
religious body would assail the school
system itself? To my mind it is clear
that the good of the general publio
will be best promoted by eliminating
from the school system any and every
thing which can be the occasion or
cause for dissension between religious
bodies. The moment you make the
Bible a part of our publio school, you
diminish the usefulness of an Insti
tution so full of great capabilities for
the future of the Republic
The Bible is not a sacred book to
the minds of millions of men; but It
Is a book that has stood the test of
20 centuries, and has brought hope
and solace to countless myriads of men
and women.
It records the most marvelous advent
In the world's history the coming of
the lowly Nazarene: the kindliest man
that ever came among men.
If you have not read the Bible, you
have missed much that Is best in hu
man knowledge. ..
Yet any attempt to have the Bible
read In the public schools of Oregon
will meet with prompt opposition; and
the effort wlU result in sure and cer
tain defeat.
EMMETT CALLAHAN.
Where Do
You Shop?
Do you Just "drop In" and buy
whatever you think you need, wher
ever you happen to bo? Or do you
go to a particular place for a par
ticular thing, because you have
made up your mind about It before
hand? The first method spells extrava
gance, and you know it if you but
think about It
The second means economy and
satisfaction.
The advertising columns of The
iregonlan point the way to partic
ular places of business. They tell
you Interesting and instructive
fa:ts that aid you in your shop
ping economies.
To shop or otherwise to spend
your money without all the infor
mation you can secure is to court
extravagance.
You may make yourself an effi
cient and capable purchasing agent
by cultivating a consistent ac
quaintance with our advertising.
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