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TITE 3I0RXIXG OREGONTAN". WEDNESDAY, DECEJrBEK 3, 1913.
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.59.032
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POJUTAND, WEDNESDAY;, DEC. S. 1913.
I . THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
"President Wilson's address la elo
quent ot his ambition to make, moral
law and Ideal Justice supreme In the
relations of nations and of individ
uals. He would have the nations
agree to public Inquiry into and ad
justment of their disputes. He would
establish constitutional rule in back
ward countries by the weight of the
moral Influence of the world. He
would train up the Filipinos in self
rule. At home, he would unlock
Alaska and all the resources of the
country to development; he would de
stroy monoply, emancipate business
and build up the farming Industry to
equal strength with manufactures and
commerce. In politics he would make
the candidates of each party the di
rect choice of the party's members.
He would make life as safe as is pos
sible In the mines and at sea, and
would make provision for injured
railroad employes to become a charge
on the roads, which means. In the last
analysis, on the people. "Social "jus
tice comes first," he says, thus ap
propriating the slogan of his defeated
rival. Colonel Roosevelt.
Of most Immediate Interest la what
he says of Mexico. He brands Huerta
as a usurper, whose effort to main
tain a government has broken down.
He declares the United States not only
the friend but the champion of con
stitutional government In America,
but limits his active championship to
"watchful waiting" In the hope that
we shall see "constitutional order re
stored by the concert and energy of
such of her leaders as prefer the lib
erty of their people to their own am
bitions." Constitutional order never
having existed In Mexico since Its
emancipation from Spanish rule, one
cannot see how It can be restored.
Nor can one foresee anything but con.
tlnued chaos to follow the elimination
ef Huerta. for the rival revolutionary
chiefs would have to fight out their
differences. Unless we were prepared
to establish constitutional government
in. Mexico as a substitute for Huerta
by the only practical means, which
Is armed intervention, we should not
have Interfered against Huerta. The
American people are of one mind with
Mr. Wilson In their opposition to war,
but they will hardly approve a pol
icy which can succeed by no other
means and which yet stops short of
the logical outcome.
Among- the proposals of Mr. Wilson
relating to domestio affairs, the one
which will arouse most Interest is that
relating to Presidential primaries. He
proposes that each party nominate its
candidates for President and Vice
President by direct vote Instead of by
convention and that the nominees for
those offices, for the Senate and for
the House, together with the hold
over Senators, compose a convention
which shall merely declare the result
and adopt a party platform.
This plan differs from that which
has been In vogue in Oregon only in
the provision for one platform for all
the candidates, while in this state
each candidate makes his own plat
form. The door would be thrown
open for a multiplicity of candidates
and for plurality nominations, which
In Oregon have often caused party
defeat through defection of support
ers of unsuccessful seekers after nom
ination. It would afford an oppor
tunity to the solid South to dictate
the Democratic nomination for Presi
dent by uniting on a Southern man.
Possibly these effects might be pre
vented by providing for first, second
and third-choice votes and majority
nominations, according to the method
established by. the Portland charter.
By nominating the candidate first
and permitting them to decide on the
platform, Mr. Wilson's plan would
make permanent the change ' from
custom made at the convention which
nominated him. This involves a radi
cal change in the historic conception
of party. Hitherto a party has de
clared for certain outstanding princi
ples and for certain measures em
bodying them, then has chosen the
men who shall lead In the fight for
them. Under the new scheme the
candidates would In effect constitute
the party and would adopt the princi
ples on which they would stand. We
might have men of opposite factions
struggling to shape the platform ac
cording to their views and In times
of hot contention the defeated faction
would be called upon to choose be
tween declining the nomination 'and
running on a platform which they
had denounced.
The whole Nation, with few excep
tions, will Join in the President's ex
pressed hope that the currency bill
be soon enacted Into law and will
epprove his purpose to bring; about a
system of farmers credit. In saying
that anti-trust legislation will be "the
central subject of our deliberations"
ho confirms the predictions which
have been made as to the new session.
Beyond saying that the Sherman law
should stand unaltered and should be
supplemented by legislation which
will clarify It, remove uncertainties
and facilitate its administration, he
does not indicate the nature of his
plans, reserving; that for a special
message.
Eut for the acts of Governor-Gen
eral Harrison, the President's policy
in the Philippines might be Inferred
from his address to be a continuation
of that of his predecessors. The fol
lowing sentence reads as though It
might have been taken from one of
President Taffs messages rather than
from President Wilson's address:
We must hold steadily In view their
ultimate Independence, and we must move
toward the time of that Independence as
steadily as the way can be cleared and the
foundations thoughtfully and permanently
laid.
The whole West will indorse and
receive with pleasure what Mr. Wilson
says of railroads In Alaska and of con
servatlon. Though of the East, he has
caught and accepted the Western
Idea. He would have the Government
unlock Alaska by building railroads
and holding control of the ports jind
by establishing a complete territorial
government. He voices Western opin
ion when he says:
We must usa tha resources of the country.
cot lock them op. There need be no con
flict or jealousy ss between state and Fed
eral authorities; for there can be no essen
tlal difference of purpose between them. The
resources In question must be ised. but not
destroyed or wasted; used, but not monopo
lized upon any narrow Idea of Individual
rights as against tha abiding Interests of
communities.
With a man holding these views In
the White House and with a man like
Mr. Lane at the head of the Interior
Department to put them In the shape
of bills for submission to Congress
and to administer those bills when
enacted, we can Joyfully foresee that
the blight of Plnchotism will soon
pass away.
8AVTNQ A JANITOR'S WAGE.
Janitor Chamberlain is a type. He
Is old; he Is not very efficient; he
gets In the way of the efficiency ma
chine at the City Hall, and he Is In
continently dismissed by Commis
sioner Brewster. No account Is taken
of the fact that Janitor Chamberlain
was a valiant soldier of the Union In
the dark days of the Nation's peril;
no credits are allowed for the four
teen years he has been in the city's
employ; no thought is bestowed upon
the future of a man 72 years old, 'ho
is turned adrift to shift for himself,
or to be a burden to his relatives and
friends. If he has any.
Mr. Chamberlain deserved better
from the city and he ought not to
have been sacrificed by Commissioner
Brewster to the bogy of efficiency.
There Is something in service besides
hours of labor and quality of per
formance; there is a measure of duty
and obligation from government to
the employe who has for years done
as well as he could and who In the
days of his early manhood gave the
highest measure of devotion and loy
alty to the republic.
Commissioner Brewster says that
Chamberlain was not a good Janitor,
but no one has ventured to say that
he was not a good soldier. The Com
missioner ought to have shut his eyes
to the shortcomings of the Janitor;
he ought never to have shut his eyes
to the city's real duty to the Janitor.
Withal, we wonder how much in
money the city has saved by laying
a humble Janitor on the shelf?
BWWMI TICE 1-KGINI.ATVKr: AGAIN.
The explanation Is made from Fn-
lcm that the reason the state tax will
be trebled, and more, for 1914 over
the previous year is that the State
Legislature of 1913 mado extravagant
appropriations. The assumption is
apparently that previous Legislatures
were more careful of the state's
money, and that the most recent Leg
islature was deaf to all appeals for
moderation and economy.
The explanation does not explain;
fo it is not true. The Legislature of
1913 made appropriations reaching a
grand total of about $5,400,000,1 and
the Legislature of 1911 made appro
priations aggregating $5,000,000. The
schedule for 1913 contained such ex
traordinary items as $450,000 for the
Columbia Southern project, and $175,
000 for the Panama-Pacific Fair. The
Oregonian has no purpose to say that
$4a0.000 for a bankrupt irrigation
scheme was an extravagance; it be
longs more properly under the head
of charity or philanthropy; but it
need not have been made and It
should not have been made If the sole
function of a Legislature is to hold
down taxes. The Columbia Southern
appropriation was, and Is, the special
enterprise of Governor West.
The state tax levy In 1913 was 1.45
mills; now it is 5 mills. It might
have been 1.45 mills for 1914 if the
Legislature had appropriated less
money by half or more. Will the wise
officials who have made the state
levy and who apparently think the
Legislature is to blame for It all. In
dicate what items of appropriation
the Legislature ought to have
omitted?
FROX THE WRONG VIEWPOINT.
Major Mclndoe's report adverse to
the construction of dams and locks
on the Willamette River is based on
the same unsound premises as have
been similar reports against other pro
posed river-and harbor Improvements
In Oregon. According to his communi
cation to Senator Lane, he appears
to measure the resulting benefits by
the amount of already existing traffic
on the river, not by the amount which
would be carried on a deep channel
navigable the year around.
Any man can see by a superficial
survey of the Willamette Valley that
the tonnage exists which would use
the river, and any man knows that it.
would follow the cheaper water route.
If the construction of dams and locks
above the Willamette Falls Is not Jus
tified by the possible traffic, then the
Government and the state must be
wasting the money they spend in pur
chasing and Improving the locks at
that point. . If the traffic actually us
ing the river before Improvement is to
be a guide as to the wisdom of im
provement, then the natural crop of
sagebrush on arid land should decide
us against reclamation.
It is not proposed to begin the Im
provement simultaneously along the
whole length of the river between
Oregon City and Eugene. The Mo
nongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Kan
awha rivers were not thus improved.
Dams and locks were constructed one
set at a time from Pittsburg up the
Monongahela and down the Ohio, up
the Allegheny and up the Kanawha.
The process of canalization was grad
ual, extending over a long period, and
commerce followed it up. Results
have abundantly Justified the work,
for It has provided cheap coal for the
whole Ohio and Lower Mississippi
Valleys. The policy of waterway im
provement has wonderfully JUMtlfled
Itself on the rivers of France and
Germany.
In order that waterway Improve
ment projects may be correctly
Judged by Army engineers It is nec
essary that the Government lay down
entirely new rules for their guidance.
When a railroad company contem
plates building a new road its decision
Is based not on the traffic existing
before the road is built, but on that
which will exist within a reasonable
time after the road is In operation.
Only when a company Is seeking an
excuse for not extending its road does
it adopt the Array engineers' view
point.
The fault lies not In the engineers
themselves, but In the instructions
under which they work. Were they
Instructed to consider. In reporting on
the merits of a project, not the ac
tual traffic before improvement, but
the probable traffic after improve
ment, they would do so, and develop
ment would not be - obstructed by
methods which, strictly followed,
would entirely stop progress In a new
country.
RAILROAD EXPEXSKS CROW FASTER.
No increase, but a decrease. In the
net Income of railroads for the year
1913 is 'predicted by the Railway
Business Association, although crops
were above the ten-year average, pro
duction of iron was one and one-half
million tons greater than In 1910. new
building' Increased and exports In
creased 6 per cent. Operating and
maintenance expenses, taxes and In
terest Increased, and additions to
track and equipment were so great
that a net decrease of 2.47 per cent
in net income is anticipated. '
The Railway Business Association
is composed of the largest shippers
and railway supply men, who are in
terested in the prosperity of the rail
roads both that the latter may be
able to buy from them and that serv
ice may be maintained at a high
standard and Improved. Shippers
unite their energies with those of the
rallrojuifi to expedite movement of
cars. ;.i order to reduce the shortage
in busy seasons, to Increase railroad
earnings in proportion to expenses'
and to avoid necessity of buying more
cars. By co-operation the railroads
and shippers Increased the average
movement for November from 24.4
miles In 1911 to 26 miles In 1912. As
the dally movement ranges all the way
from twelve to fifty miles a day.
there Is much room for improvement.
By fuller loading, the number of ton-
miles per day was increased from 378
In 1911 to 424 In 1912 or 13 per cent.
How much can be done by shippers to
help the roads In giving good service
at lower cost may be Judged from the
statement that, if tho Illinois Cen
tral could Increase its car - mileage
from 27 to 35 a day. it could obtain
183,960,000 more car-miles out of Its
present equipment.
Freight rates are largely a matter
of economy in operation In which
shippers can aid materially. The
shipper who delays loading or unload
ing a car or who does not load to Its
full capacity furnishes ground for In
crease in the rates he must pay. The
loss he Imposes on tho railroad is ul
timately paid by him In higher rates
or Inferior service.
THREE AMENDMENTS.
A communication published today
on the street Improvement bonding
amendment is the second one appearing-
in Tho Oregonian that has ex
pressed a misapprehension of the pur-
poso of the measure. It may be stated
definitely that tho proposed amend
ment does not enlarge tho authority
of the Council to Involve property
owners in street Improvements. All
safeguards as to remonstrances
against the Initiation of an Improve
ment sre preserved. The amend-'
ment only changes some of the de
tails of financing improvements or
dered under the charter as it now
exists.
At the present time a street Im
provement may not be bonded by the
city until it Is completed and accept
ed. There Is also a delay between
the time of entry on the Hen docket
and the time the contractor secures
money on his warrants. The contrac
tor Is thereby compelled to finance his
operations often by borrowing money
at 8 to 10 per cent and some of the
smaller contractors have to shave
their warrants. On these warrants
the city pays 6 per cent -Interest. The
contractor recognizes the incident of
delay In receiving his money aa over
head expense and figures it in his bid
for the work, with the result that the
property owner pays for It.
Under tho system proposed in the
amendment bonds may bo Issued
when the work is initiated. An Im
provement fund Is created and all
bond proceeds go Into the fund. The
usual' percentage of the contract as
work Is completed will be paid for
out of the common pot and when the
entire Job Is accepted the money will
be available for immediate payment
of that portion of the contract price
which is reserved by the city as a
guarantee. This does not mean that
bonds for an entire contract will be
issued In advance of the commence
ment of work. From the record of
street work heretofore done an av
erage rate of progress has been de
termined. Contractors will be held
to that standard.
The City Engineer will be able to
anticipate the actual demands upon
the Improvement fund and bonds will
be sold in such Installments as will
meet that demand. By this means
the contractor will receive his money
promptly and an overhead expense In
considerable excess of the interest
charge against the bonds thus issued
at an earlier date than at present
will be eliminated. Contractors, it
is promised, will be able to bid at
lower figures and competition will be
enlivened by drawing In those whose
financial means do not now permit
them to meet the strain of delay in
receiving payments for their work.
There are other changes also de
signed solely to stop losses in im
provement cost that are not now vis
ible to the casual observer. The city
now pays interest semi - annually on
Improvement bonds. The property
owner who pays on the installment
basis pax, the same rate of interest,
but pay it annually. The result is
that the city is constantly carrying In
terest payments In behalf of the
property owner. The amendment pro
poses to make the property owner's
Installments with Interest payable
semi-annually instead of annually.
Another change affects the redemp
tion of bonds. Under the existing
system there Is always a large bal
ance In the redemption fund that can
not be used to take up bonds because
of a provision that bonds may be re
tired only on an interest-bearing date.
The amendment will permit the re
tirement of bonds on the first of any
month after the bonds have run one
year. There Is a redemption fund
created which may be invested in Im
provement bonds and thereby draw
Interest at 6 per cent.
The amendment also permits the
property owner, to bond his assess
ment If it Is in as low an amount as
$5. The chaster at present fixes the
minimum at $25.
There is one point, however, in the
amendment fTiat should not be over
looked. The policy of Issuing bonds
In advance of the work and the au
thority to draw warrants on the Im
provement fund in payment tor any
class of Improvement would so dove
tall with other amendments submitted
In the forthcoming election as to
permit the city to engage extensively
In the paving business. Another
amendment offers a bond Issue of
$50,000 for establishing a paving
plant. A third amendment permits
the issuance of public utility certifi
cates for the enlargement or exten
sion of any city-owned public utility,
these certificates not to be general
obligations of the city, but to be se
cured by the utility and paid out of
the revenues therefrom.
If all three amendments carry the
plant which is primarily urged for
repairing streets could be enlarged by
the issuance of utility certificates, any
needed equipment be purchased at the
will of the Council and the bonding
amendment would offer a means for
the city to make progress payments
on new work undertaken.
The Oregonian does not assert that
these three amendments, purporting
to be for separate and distinct pur
poses, have been Intentionally worded
so that the city may engage in gen
eral street-paving, but It seems to be
no question that that power would be
conferred If all three amendments
were to be adopted. Defeat of any
one of them would prevent the city
from entering upon a new and ex
tensive line of municipal endeavor.
It Is hardly needless to recall that
the voters have heretofore rejected a
bond issue of $1,000,000 for estab
lishing a municipal paving plant. It
is proper therefore that the voters
should not reverse a former decision
without knowing what they are do
ing. The bond-amendment correcting
financial methods of paying for street
improvements, standing alone, how
ever, is not a radical departure from
any previous policy. It Is a stop-leak
that may be safely enacted.
The project to cripple and degrade
the Agricultural College by depriving
it of the right to grant degrees in en
gineering will not be approved by the
people of Oregon. The college Is pre
eminently designed under the law to
teach "agriculture and the mechanic
arts" and It would be gross injustice
to Jts students were appropriate de
grees denied them.
Pendleton's rejection of commission
government warns us that the . new
method has not yet so conspicuously
made good as to win universal confi
dence. The public stilt waits and
watches. Commission government Is
on trial in Portland, as in other cities,
and It will.be Judged finally by its
results.
The Attorney-General opines that
Inmates of state institutions are not
under the eight-hour law, so the wise
one can trundle his wheelbarrow up
side down as long as he enjoys that
kind of work.
Chicago pol.icewomen must be
feather or welterweights and anything
over 180 cannot be entertained. This
Is rank discrimination. Who wants to
be punched by a skinny cop?
Mrs. Pankhurst says: "Nobody dis
putes that women are the moral half
of humanity." Does she regard the
crimes of the suffragettes examples of
female morality?
A big Increase is reported in the
Australasian wool clip. Bring it
along. The sheepmen can go Into
mutton and survive, as they did twen
ty years ago.
The appurtenances of Lockwood's
Republican Club are to be sold for a
rent bill. This Is, Indeed, sad news,
for 'tis quite a while till resurrection
day.
We may adopt the English sugges
tion that naval construction be sus
pended. Better wait till we get our
Navy up to the mark.
Tacoma has started a movement for
four-cent carfares. Let's make the
traction companies pay us to ride
while we're about It.
Patience with Mexico is President
Wilson's slogan. When it corfles to
patience on this subject he is doing
Job out of a job.
The tango will be permitted in
Portland. So now you've got to learn
it whether you want to or not, if you'd
keep In the swim.
It becomes more and more appar
ent that it was the price-jugglers
rather than the tariff that needed re
vision. Taxicab rates are said to be far
too high. But It's the high rate of
eggs and beef that worries most of us.
One hundred chronic auto speeders
have been sent to Jail in New York,
That's the way to treat 'em.
Following the news that Salem had
again voted "dry" hops dropped be
low 20 cents.
Fat women will not be hired for
the Chicago police force. Needed for
prima donnas.
While the hunting season Is over,
yet the thin-ice season Is ready to
claim its toll.
It might be just as well for that
Utah desperado to get used to sulphur
fumes.
Wilson says Huerta must go. Let's
see, haven't we heard that before?
Anyway, Congress Is putting In time
enough to earn its hire.
Up goes the state tax. And Christ
mas about here, too!
Flour Is now rising. Without
yeast, too.
Slam appears to grow more distant
every day.
Bet tbv Spugs are also efficiency
cranks.
opposed to improvement bonds
Power Than Glvea Cosnaaleatoa Far
Toe Great, t'rgrs Writer.
PORTLAND, Dec. 1. (To the Edi
torsAmong the amendments to ba
submitted to the voters at tbo coming
election and of paramount Importance
as affecting the destiny of this city
is clearly the one authorizing the is
suanca of improvement bonds.
The word "improvement" is defined
to Include the opening, extension, wid
ening, alteration or change of any
street, alley, avenue, boulevard or
other public highway, and the appro
priation of any property for that pur
pose, or for the purpose of construct
ing or reconstructing any drain, sewer,
fill, sidewalk, curb or street pavement,
and all other things essential in con
nection with sewer construction or
street Improvement.
The Council Is empowered to Issue
and sell Improvement bonds which
shall be general obligations of the City
of Portland for any and all of these
improvements as soon as proceedings
for any Improvement have been Ini
tiated. The amount of bonds that can be
Issued Is limited only by the assessed
value of all the land in the city and
the wishes and official acts of the
Council.
Except as in such cases as the prop
erty owners would have tha legal right
to remonstrate and . for various im
provements they do not by securing
60 per cent of the property In the dis
trict to be assessed, and as districts
could be created. Including large sec
tions In some Instances, and the en
tire city In others. It would be both
Impracticable and Impossible to prevent
undesirable Improvements which the
Council might desire to make.
Reference Is made here only to the
more important provisions of the meas
ure, omttlng several lesser ones. Would
it be p;ood business for the people of
Portland to place so much power over
their property In the hands of five
men whose positions are acquired
through the fortunes or misfortunes of
politics? SUBSCRIBER.
Bl'DGET FIGURES ARB NOT CLEAR.
Minute Details la Report Are Held to
Be Coafoalng.
PORTLAND. Dec. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Some actions of the Council are
Justly to be criticised, and the fact that
such criticism Is made should not be
interpreted as antagonism to the Com
missioners, but rather as an effort
toward remedying by calling attention
to the objectionable features of any
action. The annual budget recently
published at great expense is defective
and farcical In the following respects:
The expenditures are given in minute
and contusing detail, costly to print
and conveying no practical Informa
tion because the revenues are given
It) one lump sum, without the details
necessary for intelligent comparison
and without any figures for comparing
the estimates of revenue for 1914 with
the corresponding figures for 113.
In the case of the Water Department
budget the whole might as well have
been omitted for all the information It
conveys, as no attempt whatever is
made to Inform. the public how $1,719.
431.17 expenditure Is to be provided
for, and further whtlo the items In this
amount are enumerated In tedious de
tail no separation of maintenance. In
terest and sinking fund accounts from
new work accounts Is given.
If the publication of the budget was
for the Information of the public and
not a mere matter of complying with
the letter of the law, why was Infor
mation withheld which is absolutely
necessary to render Intelligent compre
hension by the publii- possible?
Why not give the details of revenue
by departments, and the corresponding
figures for 1913, so that comparisons
of revenue as well as for expenditures
can be made? Even If the budget suf
fers by the' comparison, the public is
entitled to the information. .
GEORGE RAE.
Topical Verse
The tt Study.
What care folks for tautology
High prices or bugology.
When they can go
And from a show
Learn all about sexology?
Boston Globe,
A Reekleaa) Shot.
He was telllnjr her. "I didn't half try:
'Twas my first shot, too, and 1 hit the
bull's-eye."
"Oh. dear! What an awful thing! You
see.
You'll have to pay for the bull!" said
she. Judge.
Back to N a rare.
The waist line which erst was so slen
der.
And sometimes was high and then
low.
Is now disappearing completely.
As pictures In fashion books show
I looked for the reason and found It,
And so, pass It on In all haste:
We have cried, all these years, "Back
to nature!"
And In nature, you know, there's no
waste.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A City Lullaby.
Streetcar clanging e'er attend thee.
Automobile toots befriend thee.
Noisy ateamplpe slumber lend thee!
Sleep, my pretty one. sleep!
Squalling feline aid thy slumber.
Riveters thy sense encumber.
Whistles soothe thee, any number!
Sleep, my pretty one, sleep!
Hucksters crying lend thee shrillness.
Wagons rattling break the stillness.
Engines guard thee from an Illness!
Sleep, my pretty one, sleep!
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Passing; It On,
The freshman has a sad career.
Finds much beneath the ban.
He stands for It, for he thinks next
year
To haze the other man.
The lodge Initiate must prance
To please a pesky clan.
And he submits, to get a chance
To base the other man.
m
And such, we kjyow, has been life's
scope
Since first the world began.
We stand for much, because we hope
To hate tha other man.
i Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Northwest.
Oh. would ye hear, and would ye hear
Of the windy, wide Northwestr
Faith! 'tis a land as green as the sea.
That rolls aa far and rolls as free.
With drifts of flowers, so many there
be.
Where the cattle roam and rest.
Oh. could ye sea. and could ye see
The great gold skies so clear.
Tbe rivers that race through the pine-
shade dark.
The mountainous snows that take no
mark. -
Sun-lit and high on the Rockies stark.
So far they seem as near.
Then could ye feel, and could ye feel
How fresh is a western nignt!
When the long land breezes rise and
pass -
And sigh In the rustllnrr prairie grass.
When the dark blue skies are clear as
glass.
And the same old stars are bright
But could ye know( and forever know.
The word of the young Northwest!
A word she breathes to tbe true and
bold.
A word-mlsknown to the false and cold,
A word that never was spoken or sold.
But the one that knows Is blest.
New York Mail.
I IS NEITHER "ANTI" nor old maid.
Mies AHea F.xplalaa That 9he la aa
Ordinary "flmgle Womaa."
PORTLAND, Dec. 1. (To the Editor.)
I notice that Mrs. Dunlway relegates
me to the "antls," to which I object,
as I have said nothing that would lead
her to think that I had affiliated my
bumble self with that organization.
Also If she will peruse my article again,
she will And that It Is neither dole
ful nor tearful, as I prefer to leave
the hysteria' to those who are more
fitted for It
I also notice that Mrs. Dunlway dis
claims being" the originator of tbe ex
pression against the "professional old
maids." I think we are all glad to
bear this, as It Is. to say the least,
unworthy of her, and I am sure that
nearly all will agree with me when I
say that the calling of names never
advances a cause. The late Mrs. Nel
He Holbrook Bllnn's husband and those
whom he quotes, must have been at
a loss for an argument against woman
suffrage when they advanced the one
credited to them, as It Is rather weak,
and a mere prejudice and does not voice
the opinion of the best class of men.
If there unfortunately happens to be
some difference betwen the leaders ot
the suffrage cause, would it not be bet
tr to fight the matter out In some other
way than the futile calling of names?
I ask this merely as a suggestion and
for the good of the cause.
To return to the fear tbst the "mar
rled men, as voters," are credited with
having for the so-called old maids,'
still say, and I have the opinion of
many very reputable "married men. as
voters, also "husbands and "fathers.
to bear me out In this, that they are
just as willing to trust the "ballot box
to the "old maids," either professional
or otherwise (though I must confess
I am still unenlightened as to what the
difference Is), as they are to the women
who are married, and in some cases a
srest deal more so.
I would thank Mrs'. Dunlway for her
high regard and kindly feelings toward
the "bachelor maidens," if I considered
myself one of them, but I am just an
ordinary woman, a single one, unfor
tunately, according to Mrs. Dunlway.
ELIZABETH ALLEN.
PORTLAND'S INTEREST IV MfSIC
Sprinkling ef Genuine Music Lovers
Give Encouragement to Art.
PORTLAND. Dec. 1. (To the Editor.)
An invitation from a kindly neighbor
offered me the opportunity of hearing
the Apollo Club concert last Tuesday.
Their singing was thoroughly enjoy
able There were a few faults but
what of that, when the general stan
dard was so high, the tone volume rich
and at times even brilliant, their phras
Ing and style satisfactory. In short, it
can be said they would have held their
own among some of the best-known
male chorus clubs of New York City.
No little of this impression was due to
the splendid spirit . of the accompanl
ment. for the piano playing here was
in part better than solos heard at most
piano recitals.
Another organization that is doing
much for the Improvement of muslral
ta.ste Is the Symphony Orchestra. At
the first concert considerable Unprove
ment over last season was manifested
in their broader tonal quality, as well
as tho greater freedom, spirit and
swing in their phrasing. By fostering
such organizations. Mr. Wheelwright
and his associates will do much tejward
placing Portland on the map of cultured
cities.
It Is refreshing to note that Portland
has a sprinkling of genuine music lov
ers not the hypercritical who offer
criticism freely, where thinking musl
clans modestly hesitate but the kind
who though better versed In muslral
matters are ever ready to give a real
artist kindly encouragement.
It is such people that lift American
life above the mercantile, muney-maK
lng ban of which we have been accused
by tho older nations. Tnls country
needs more amateurs who will foster
the musical and other arts. I often
wonder If they realize how much their
friendly encouragement means to tho
artist. CARL. V. I.At lliU .N1J.
LOGANBERRY BETTER THAN HOPS
Correwponae at Sera Advantage . to
(.reiver In
PORTLAND. No
tor.) Mr. Rogers'
"-ohlbltlon.
(To the Kdi-
' r in The Pre
( prohibition o
Soman-on the effo
the hop industry - inlerestlm. It
gives a point of view. A point . view
is valuable for what may be seen from
it. Mr. Rogers' letter reveals what
may be seen from his point of view.
He speaks feelingly ef the "little
tad" who would lose his opportunity of
making "his dollar or sr.." and the older
nnes their larger sums to tide the fam
ily through the storms of Winter and
provide schooling. It would be. of
course, impossible from his point of
view behind the hop vines for Mr.
Rogers to see the millions of "little
lade" who are deprived of the common
blessings he mentions because of the
product In which most of the hops are
used.
Then, again, these same hop vines
have obscured Mr. Rogers' vision so
that he has not been able to see the
great new industry that is sweeping
over the Willamette Valley and the
other fertile valleys of the state. What
of the loganberry? Will It not furnish
work to an army of "little tads" for
five weeks in vacation? They can earn
as much or more money. The work
is much more pleasant, for they can eat
a berry now and then. The season la
the dry period of Summer. Moreover,.
thcao "little tads" while pit-King logans
cannot be twitted about working for a
demoralizing Industry.
In the natural trend of things, it will
be only a little while until the lngans
will get around behind Mr. Rogers" hop
vlnea and so Into his range of vision.
Then ho will discover that lie has lost
valuable time and will hasten to get the
logans coming also.
Many a man has had to be Jostled
out of the ruts before he could see that
a better road ran right alongside.
ROBERT H. TATE.
Suspension Bridge at Vaarouver.
PORTLAND. Nov. Si. (To the Edi
tor.) I wish to submit a plan for tbo
Interstate bridge. I should make a
suspension bridge with towers 100 feet
above tt.e roadway. In spans of 1000
feet, except the draw span, which
should be 4u0 feet, and the draw should
be a Iift.
The bridge should clear the high
water mark of 18S4 by three feet on
tbe Washington shore, and should have
a 3 per cent grade fur the first 1500
feet, and should remain at that height
the rest of the way across, which would
clear ordinary river craft at ordinary
stages of water.
Anchorages to hold the ends of the
cables will cost no more to hold 20
spans on a line than to bold a single
span of equal length to any one of the
spans. P. W. BRITTS.
Fencing Over a Hill.
PORTLAND. Nov. SO. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly publish the following to
settle an argument. One says It takes
more posts to build a fence over a hill
than It would If you ran the ferny
right through the hill providing the
posts are tbe same distance spare
W. C. KINNEY.
If by "same distance apart" a horl
sontal measurement Is intended in each
case tbe same number of posts would
build the fence over the 1.111 as through
It- If the measurement were made
along the surface of l)r ground in
each .Instance the number of posts
required In building over tbe bill
would be greater.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From Tha Oregonian of December t.
Washlngton, Dec 2. The second ses
sion of the Fiftieth Congress will con
vene tomorrow.
Salem. Or, Dec. 2. Sheriff Harlock
er, of Coos County, arrived here this
morning with D. Hart, the wild man
who created great excitement in the
neighborhood of Empire City before he
was captured and committed to the in
sane asylum.
Egbert A. Brown, representing the
Portland Bureau of Information, has
recently returned from St. Paul and
Minneapolis and reports unusual Inter
est In Oregon and the Pacific North
west. Colonel R. C Clowry Is in the city
on a tour of the Western Union lines.
Hillsdale. Multnomah County, Dec- 1.
The fourth teachers' meeting of Mult
nomah County convened here todav.
Professor W. A. Wetzell called the
meeting to order.
Mr. Pratt, of the Emma Abbott Opera
Company, writes from San Francisco
that he is fully satisfied that it Is tbe
purpose of Judge P. A. Marquam to
build a theater on the block Just north
of the big hotel.
r
A reader of The Oregonian complains
of the terrible condition of some of
our streets. He calls especial attention
to the condition of some of the streets
south of Washington, many of which,
he says, have holes In them from two
to two and a half feet deep.
Alfred Anderson has in his garden a
standard rose tree which has 21 differ
ent varieties of roses budded on it
William Galvani, prominently known
In labor circles at Spokane Falls,
passed through this city en route for
his farm In Washington County yester
day. He said that the organization of
Knights of Labor at Spokane Falls is
In a flourishing condition.
The most sanguinary shooting affray
which has ever occurred la this city
took place about 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon between two gangs of ChB
nese highbinders at the corner of Sec
ond and Alder streets. Some 15 or 20
took a hand in the battle, during which
40 or 60 snots were fired. At the end
four men lay weltering in their gore
and two were carried from the field by
their friends.
Half a Century Ago
Prom The Oregonian of December 3.
First Lieutenant James E. D. Jester,
of Company K, W. T. Infantry, sta
tioned at Steilacoom. who has been at
Vancouver, leaves on the steamship
Oregon tomorrow to recruit men at
Port Townsend.
Cincinnati. Nov. 23. Private advices
received here today announce Burn
sido's successful retreat to Knoxvllle.
Longstrect and the rebel army pressing
him hard. Reinforcements had reached
Burnside from Grant.
Charleston. Nov. 20. The enemy re
newed fire on the city this morning at
11 o'clock. The shelling of Fort Sum
ter has been heavier thun usual. There
were no casualties.
Chattanooga, Nov. 26. Bragg's re
treat from bis position of last night Is
represented as a perfect rout. Sheri
dan reached Chlckamauga Station at 4
o'clock this morning ami captured 60
prisoners, four guns and a number of
pontoons.
The steamer Oregon. Captain Connor.
arrived at the mouth of the Willamett-j
yesterday morning, where, owing to
her draught of water, she anchored
and sent forward her passengers and
express matter to this city by rlv. r
boat.
Mesrs. Greathouse & Kelley. propri
etors of tb stage line between Walla
Walla and Bannock, are now In this
city purchasing heavy stage teams.
Jacksonville papers report that
Skookum John, a noted Indian despe
rado, was killed last week at the Klam
ath fort by Captain Kelly while resist
ing arrest. -
The Flitting Fad.
Hr Dran Collins.
Phyllis. I've watched thee, year by
year.
From fail to freakish fad unfolding.
And seldom have I made a sneer
Or raised my voice In peevish scold
ing; For why should I have aught to say.
When thou art bound to have thy
way?
I watched thee join the Brownliis
Club:
Pyrography I saw thee learning;
Once 1 was rated as a dub
Thy Bahal lore with laughter spurn
ing: I saw thy post-card album bought;
I saw the rose beads thou hadst
wrought.
Hand-painted china thou hast done:
In suffrage thou hast likewise dab
bled; Hast dressed the fashions everyone:
Of Shaw and Ibsen thou hast bab
bled:
On Social Uplift took a chance
And now It is the tango dance,
Phyllis. I've learned from years . f
yore
Not with alarm to view thy antics:
Dance thou the tango dance, or mor-
Of fashionable corybantlcs
I only wish my feeble reason
Could dope the fad for next Spring
Deep Mod Aggravates Taxpayer.
PORTLAND. Dec 2. (To the Editor.)
Broadway from the bridge to Union
avenue Is a disgrace. Men and women
unfortunate enough to live along that
line are obliged to step Into several
nches of mud every time they enter or
cave & car. Garments are soiled, tem
per ruined.
We are neither Interested in next
year's paving nor in future visions of a
boulevard. As folks who are paying
the city bills and are obliged to wade
through mud, we desire the street ar
ranged now so that a lady can ste:
from the car without plunging Into a
morass. A MUDGUARD.
How Do Your
Purchases
Check Up?
Of ail the purchases of one kind
or another that you make during
the year, how many represent care
ful thought and consideration?
How many were articles of well
known quality and reputation?
If you had a complete list of all
the purchases made for your house
hold for one year and checked It up
with the above questions, you
would then see how efficient a pur
chasing agent you have been, or
have mat been.
You "take a chance" with every
purchase made In the dark.
With all of the available, every
day Information in the advertising
of The Oregonian you really have
no excuae for careless habits In
spending the family Income.
If you don't .know where the best
things sre to be had for the least
taoney. The Oregonian's advertising
columns will tell yon. Adv.