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J-OITTT-AVD. WEDNESDAY. DEC. t. 1M.
. IXMOX OB HUM IT'S WILSON.
If the Wilson Administration should
e a failure, the Democratic nomina
tion for President in 191 wIU be a
lemon, which Messrs. Bryan, Clark.
Underwood and others will gladly
hand to Mr. Wilson. If the Admlnia.
tration should be a success, the nom
ination will .be a plum, which the
party will hand to Mr. Wilson with
a hint that any other who tries to
grasp It will get a rap on the
knuckles.
But we arer" Informed by a, Wash
ington dispatch that, if success crowns
the labors of Mr. Wilson, "Clark and
"Underwood, following the lead of
Bryan. wIU come out in public state
ments Indorsing him for renomlna
tlon and re-election." The Bryan who
la thus to take the lead is the same
Bry an who inserted in the Baltimore
platform this plank:
We tavor a alngle FraddanUUI term, and
to that end urge the adoption of an amend
ment to tha Constitution making the Presi
dent of tba Vnlted states Ineligible for re
election, and wa pledge tha candidate et
tbla convention to tbla principle.
If Mr. Wilson should accept a sec
ond nomination, it will be Interesting
to see how he squares his action with
the fact that he is pledged to this
principle. If Mr. Bryan should In
dorse the President for a second nom
ination. It will be equally interesting
to read his' explanation of how he re
conciles this action with the single
term plank. No doubl, he Trill ex
plain, for he is a dert explainer.
Did he not explain how a Secretary
of State can also be a Chautauqua
lecturer without neglecting his offi
cial duties? Did he not explain how
the advocate of prohibition for Ne
braska can consistently support an
anti-local option, candidate for Sena
tor in Maryland? lie will probably
explain how he can support a cur
rency bill which reaffirms the fold
standard, yet not be untrue to the
sacred ratio of IS to 1. To be sure,
he will explain.
MR. M'REYXOI-D' WORK.
The most important new departure
In anti-trust proceedings shown by
the report of Attorney-General Mc
Reynolds is his insistence that, when
a trust is disclosed, its component
parts shall be severed, r.ot only by
becoming separate corporations, but
by passing under distinct stock owner
hfp. lie demands that the individu
als behind the several corporations
into which a trust is divided shall be
different, so that there shall be no
community of interest in suppressing
competition.
The most noteworthy example of
this policy Is the manner in which the
Harriman merger was dissolved. The
part remaining- of the Union Pacific's
holdings of Southern Pacific stock af
ter the trade had been made for Bal
timore & Ohio stock was placed in
trust. The trust company issued cer
tificates of interest against this stock,
which were offered to Union Pacific
tockholders and which can only he
exchanged for. actual stock upon affi
davit of the holder that he owns no
I'nion Pacilic stock and is not acting
on behalf of any Union Pacific stock
holder, or in concert, agreement or
understanding with anyone to obtain
control of the Southern Pacific Com
pany in the interest of the Union Pa
cific Company, but in his own behalf
and in good faith. While in trust, this
stock has no vote and dividends ac
cumulate until it li released In ex
change' for a certificate, when they
are paid to the holder. Already $68.
411.100 of the $3?, 337, 600 of this
took has been released.
This is an advance on the methods
rursued ny Attorney-General Wick
(rfham in the oil and. tobacco cases,
and it meets the most severe criticism
made on those dissolutions. Mr.
Wickcrsham was very Industrious In
haling the trusts into court, but once
he obtained a decision, against them
he was -content to spilt them into sev
eral corporations, stock in which was
held toy. the same persons as held
stock in the trust. In course of time
ownership of the several new com
panies may become distinct, but Mr.
McReynolds plan insures immediate
severance of all ties. His "fixed pur
pose is to oppose any plan of dissolu
tion which would leave the separate
parts of the unlawful combination un
der the control of the same set of
men."
The persistence of corporations in
seeking new ways to evade the anti
trust law and the need of equal per
sistence and great vigilance on the
part of the Government is shown by
the experience of the Attorney-General
in enforcing the commodities
clause of the Hepburn rate law. The
Supreme Court having held that a
corporation producing a commodity
is in fact the railroad company when
stock ownership is identical.- attempt
has been made to get around the de
cision by organizing a third company
to stand between the first company
and the railroad, but to be owned by
the same people. The Government
has now turned its attack on this
evasion.
Those who fondly imagine that all
railroads have become law-abiding
and that rebates have passed into his
tory will be enlightened on learning
that forty-nine new prosecutions have
been begun under the Elkins law
within the last year.
The weak point In Mr. McReynolds
work relates to the white slave traf
fic. Though he saystthat the law has
been vigorously enforced and prides
himself on the number of convictions,
he betrays once -more his purpose not
to enforce the law to the letter when
he saya the appropriation is being
utilized "particularly In the prosecu
tion of interstate white slave cases
which Involve the element of traffic
or commercialism." He thus Indi
cates that his heart was never in the
prosecution of DIggs and Caminetti
and that ha wag the mora willing to
oblige his friends. Immigration Com
missioner Caminetti and Secretary of
Labor Wilson, because) ha did not ap
prove the application of the law to
that case. But for Mr. McNab's ex
plosion those young- libertlnea would
probably never have been brought to
trial.
SAVINO (10,o.
The Oregonlan has made diligent
effort to ascertain how Commissioner
Daly will save the city $100,000 per
year under the model Daly system of
administration of the water depart
ment, and the reports from the seat
of the great reform, via a City Hall
reporter of The Oregonlan, are as
follows: ,
CommlMlnner Daly says be pa no actual
figure 'iewing tha earing by tba new
mater plan aa propoeed. Tha following ara
approximations of the amounts:
Annual
Saving.
Thirteen olerka ax average of $110 a
month gl7.H0
Salaries of addraaeograph operators. J.eyHi
Htarr.pa .400
Incidental, supplies, etc 10.000
Total 40.30
Other aavtnga ara propoeed by other
changes In tha water ealera whereby the
taxpayer pay, for tha maintenance of fira
hydrants and other feature sot strictly a
part of tha water ay, tern. Tba expeaae now
la borne by tha water department, whereas
Mr. Daly saya It abould be carried by tha
taxpayers This ha eailmatea amounts to
ciosa to lea.Ooo a year. HI whole plan I
to dtstlngtilah between taxpayere and water
ueera. Inasmuch, a tha watar near and not
the taxpayer paye tha coat of maintenance
and operation of the Water Department.
Tha change of course would be changes to
effect a e,vlny In 'the water fund. Tha coat
of maintenance would be the aame regerd
laaa of wher tha money for payment cornea,
la tha caaa of tha tlra hydrant the water
uaer woum be relieved t the burden of
paying the coat of this feature of the fire
protection system and the cost would be
shifted, upon tha taxpayer.
The Oregonlan Invites a careful
perusal by the Interested -citizen of
this remarkable proposal, which con
sists in part of arbitrary reduction of
clerk hire and In part of a mere
sleight-of-hand shift by which the
general taxpayer lifts $60,000 of that
famous $100,000 saving from the wa
ter department. In other words.
Commissioner Daly's Idea of the
method by which the water depart
ment can save $60,000 Is to require It
to tie paid out of the general tax.
Happy notion! It might be adopted
with great satisfaction to themselves
by the other Commissioners.
Let Mayor A I bee, for example, who
has charge of the department of pub
lic safety, take the hint. He can
make a remarkable showing for the
police and fire departments by the
easy and practicable expedient of
charging up their expense to the wa
ter department. Commissioner Daly
has blazed the trail for all the Com
missioners to save $100,000 or more
every year by "parsing the buck" to
the general taxpayer or to another de.
partment.
If Commissioner Daly can save
$40,000 per year by dispensing with
IS clerks and buying fewer stamps,
and permitting the water-user to pay
quarterly Instead of monthly, he can
save more than $40,000 toy returning
to the flat-rate system and dispensing
with the expensive and needless sys
tem of monthly bills.
But Commissioner Daly wants me
ters everywhere. They will cost half
a million dollars or more to Install In
all establishments. If the Commis
sioner can devise a plan by which the
cost of inspection, and billing for fifty
odd thousand meters can be paid out
of the general fund, another mythical
$100,000 may perhaps be saved.
rLKASfRE BEFORE BrSrNESS.
In that gem of literature, author
ship of which Senator Lewis at first,
by implication acknowledged and
which he then denounced aa a fabri
cation, Henry M. Plndell.. of Peoria,
was" Informed that, as Ambassador to
Rusxia, he would have nothing par
ticular to do. He would be at leisure
to make his official position a lad J it
up which he and his family might
climb to tho highest society In Europe
and enjoy themselves to the full 'in
the bright effulgence which radiates
from Grand Dukes and Serene High
nesses. True, a new commercial tresty with
Russia needs to be negotiated, with
care for the equal rights of American
citizens, but without wounding Rus
sian prejudice. However, that can
wait. With a constantly expanding
foreign trade, which Democrats ex
pect to prow under the influence of
their new tariff, we shall surely have
an interest in the settlement of the
Balkan tangle, wherein Russia will
play a leading part, but' Uiere is no
hurry about that. We are vitally
concerned in the affairs of China,
where Russia haa.already seized Mon
golia and where she is ever ready to
grasp advantage in a country un
armed and torn by dissension, but
why worry? Let the Plndells have
their picnic; then we will send a real
Ambassador to Russia, who will at
tend to the arrears of business.
Some Inconsiderate persons may re.
mind President Wilson of the high de
votion to public service which was
promised by him and his lieutenants,
but they show Indecent haste. The
faithful workers and the original Wil
son men must first "browse on the
public payroll for a year or two. When
the keen edge is taker off their ap
petites, we may send real Ambassa
dors to Russia and other countries,
put a real financier In charge of the
Dominican Custom-Houses. and get
right down to -business. The Demo
crats have long wandered on short
rations in the desert at the head
waters of Salt River; they must cele
brate their return to the land- of
plenty, must slake their thirst and
expand their waistbands with good
feeding, before they will be In condi
tion to do hard work. Does not every
real gentleman start a new Job by
taking a vacation? To quote the phi
losophy of an eminent gentleman of
leisure: "A man should never work
the day after he has been, idle."
CMNG THE BCHOOLHOrSE.
The movement to utilize the public
schoolhouses for social centers hag
won some powerful friends of late.
The President's daughter, Margaret,
has become actively Interested In It
and the President himself has shown
intelligent sympathy for the cause". A
wider use of schoolhouses is really but
part of the great agitation to bring
the schools and the community Into
closer relations.
Formerly the school and the home'
were intimately united. The teacher
lived among his people and shared
their thoughts and feelings. He was
not a professional man, set apart
from his neighbors, with a distinct set
of professional feelings and preju
dices. He' was himself one. of the
neighbors. In those days, too, the
schoolhouse was a common meeting
place for the people. It was the scene
not only of spelling bees, singing
schools and all varieties of preaching,
but also of political meetings. When
a great man from the city came to
addsaas the voters he spoke in the
schoolhouse. It was there again that
the local caucuses, or primaries, were
held.
In later years all that was sadly
changed. Tha professional peda
gogue got complete control of the
schools to the exclusion of "the
neighbors," and he made the school
house the sacred temple of his pro
fessional Idols. Too often these Idols
were Images of clay or papier mache
substitutes for real things, but they
were sufficient to shut the parents out
of the schoolhouse. The new move
ment which President Wilson has
smiled upon seeks to restore the old
order of things and even Improve
upon it a little. The purpose is to
make the schoolhouses as useful as
possible. There Is no limit to the
meetings, the speeches, the discus
slong, the amusements, which will be
permitted there except the obvious
one of good morals and neighborhood
kindliness.
Partisan meetings are not to be
shut out by any means, but all varie
ties of partisanship must have the
same welcome. Still the main purpose
is to make the schoolhouse a. place
where affairs of universal Interest
may be argued out. '
Narrow partisanship, which Is the
delight of the dishonest boss, usually
proceeds from ignorance. It Is hoped
that schoolhouse meetings, may dispel
this Ignorance and make our politics
depend more upon intelligence than
mere prejudice and excitable feeling,
The expense of halls has heretofore
given wealthy Interests an undue ad
vantage In reaching the publto ear,
When the schoolhouses are open to all
alike zealous p'overty will' have the
same opportunity to be heard as opu
lence. The essence of democracy Is
publicity Evil always flees from the
Uzht The purpose is to make the
public schoolhouses centers of light
REUCS OF BURNS.
John Grlbbell. of Philadelphia, has
at last thrown some light on the his
tory of the Glenrlddell manuscripts
since their disappearance last Sum
mer. The facta which he had to com.
munlcate were related at a dinner of
the St. Andrew's Society. It will be
remembered - that the Glenrlddell
manuscripts contained the poems
which Burns particularly wished to
preserve and they were in the final
form which he had chosen for them.
The second of the two volumes con
tained his selected letters. They were
prepared -between the years 178$ aijd
17 SI, toward the latter years of the
poet's life and In their finished state
were Intrusted to his friend Rlddell,
of Glenrlddell.
Unfortunately this gentleman died
soon afterward and his widow nat
urally returned the two manuscript
volumes to Burns. From that time
until 1SSS their history is somewhat
obscure, but in the latter year they
came Into the possession of the Liv
erpool Athenaeum Library, where It
was supposed that they would remain
forever. They did remain there for
60 years, until last Summer in fact,
when the library authorities, for some
reason best known to themselves, dis
posed of the precious relics to a pri
vate purchaser. The transfer was
made for cash and doubtless for a
considerable sum.
The whole world was scandalized
by the transaction. It seemed hardly
conceivable that a public library, the
natural guardian of such priceless lit.
erary treasures, should have disposed
of them as if they had been bales of
cotton. But that is what happened.
Efforts to stop the sale vere vain
and when the excitement was over
the two volumes had dropped out of
sight.
Who got them and at what price
was a mystery and seemed likely to
remain one. Indeed it is a mystery
to this day. All that Mr. Grlbbell re
vealed to the St. Andrew's Society
occurred subsequently to the Liver
pool sale. Two weeks after thin trans
action a Philadelphia dealer com.
munlcated . with him and offered to
sell him the manuscripts. Who the
dealer was or how he got possession
of the Burns relics has not been dis
closed. Mr. Grlbbell, not exactly rel
ishing the shady aspect of the affair,
declined to purchase the volumes for
his private collection. He is a great
fancier of such treasures, but, unlike
some fanciers, he is troubled with a
conscience and has a sense of his
duty to the public. He finally bought
the manuscripts but with the inten
tion, as it appears, of presenting them
to some institution in Scotland where
they can be properly take care of.
"To whom do they now belong." he
exclaimed in his address to the St.
Andrew's Society, "to whom but Scot
land, whose chief glory now is the
possession of her immortal son?"
So the Burns manuscripts are to be
sent back to the poet's native land as
soon as Mr. Gribbell makes up his
mind what institution will guard them
best. Xo doubt, dead paper and Ink
as they are, they will be more relig
iously treasured than the poet him
self was in his lifetime. Burns never
knew much of "the joy of living" ex
cept as he seized It half surreptitious
ly among low companions. 'The aris
tocracy patronized him fitfully, but
never valued him at his true worth.
They imagined they were honoring
the poet by admitting him to their
drawing-rooms and smiling transient
ly upon him. Their shallow minds
were unable to take In the truth that
Burns was honoring them and that
their only chance to gain immortality
on earth was by linking their insig
nificant titles with the deathless par
ticulars of his career.
Burns was too shrewd to tolerate
any illusions about the value of his
relations with the aristocracy. In fact
all his illusions perished before their
time. At $2 he felt himself growing
old. A friend Invited him to go to
a county ball after the farm venture
of 1788, in which he lost his money
and his hope of prosperity. "Xo," re
plied Burns sadly, "that Is all over
for me." The end was foreshadowed
In his thoughts. "The pale moon is
setting behind the white wave, and
Time is setting for me. O."
It is interesting to compare Burns'
melancholy with Tennyson's. The lat
ter indulged In tearful moods as a
sort of Intellectual luxury. To be sure
he was profoundly moved by the de
cadence of the older form of relig
ious expression and felt more or less
sincerely that a world without Gene
sis was a world without hope. But
Tennyson had all there was of ease
and beauty in life. He was loved by
the multitude and patronized by the
great Xor was their patronage the
mere whim of a moment as It was In
Burns" case. We understand there
fore that the melancholy which per
vades Tennyson's poetry, and perhaps
adds a new charm to it here and
there, was far from tragic
Burns, on the other hand, had
learned his sadness from the hard ex
perience of life. His tears were never
merely ornamental. They were wrung
from his heart by the dire lessons of
fate: Toward the close of his life he
grew satirical and revolutionary. He
sympathised keenly with the great
struggle which had broken out In
Prance and expressed his views open
ly. As far as religion was concerned
he was little better than an "Infidel"
to the narrow fanatics of his time and
country.
These peculiarities deprived him of
uoh little favor as he might under
other conditions have received from
his social superiors. He ceased to
think of rising from obscurity and
sought no society but that of the
humble in, low taverns. No doubt his
genius lent a deceptive glamor to tha
talk of these companions. Their mer
riment over his poems may have
seemed to him In some sort the voice
of eternal fame and their apprecia
tion perhaps stood in his Imagination
for the verdict of the human race,
x At any rate by pleasing them Burns
won the plaudits of mankind. He
sang to the universal soul which
dwells In tavern sots as well as In
kings. He made himself understood
of the drunken peasants and because
his songs went straight to their sor
did hearts they could not fall to go
to the heart of the world. He sang
for the human race and the endless
ages will march to his melodies.
Madame Breshkorskaya'a attempt to
escape from Siberia turns the atten
tion of the world to one of the sad
dest cases of Russian tyranny and, in
justice. Madame Breshkorskaya Is a
good woman of fine ability, who de
voted herself to social work. In any
other country she would have been
honored as Americans honor Jane
Addams.' In Russia she was perse
cuted, imprisoned and finally exiled
to Siberia. Tears will be shed In
many lands over the failure of her
flight, for she had friends wherever
human sympathy dwells.
Many compliments were passed on
the promptness with which Lieutenant
Becker, the murderer, was tried, but
his appeal has been pending for more
than a year and the moral effect of
his conviction Is fading away. The
deterrent effect- of the law's penalties
Is not felt to the full unless execution
of sentence quickly follows convic
tion, and long delay simply fritters it
away.
Sarah Bernhardt has been presented with
a golden crown la honor or her farewell
tour and next aeaaon she will eome back
and gat another one. Boston Tranaorlpt.
She will as long as she can also
gather In the golden coin or till death
do us part.
The movement for a safe and sane
New Tear's celebration has taken hold
of Xew Tork. That city has the repu
tatlon of regarding a rowdy Jamboree
as the only possible form of merry
making.
Down at Clatskanle the schoolboy
Is in a quandary. An epidemic of
measles has closed the schools. An
unexpected vacation is welcome, but
the fear of catching 'em overwhelms
the Joy.
The Agricultural Department sends
out the cheerful news that pullets
have begun to lay and eggs will be
cheaper. Incidentally it may be stated
that cherries wlll be ripe In July.
Really, though, the rebellion In
Northern Mexico Jias succeeded to
such a point that a counter revolution
is almost a necessity if the principal
Mexican Industry is to survive.
It's a desultory week In Portland
when there Is nothing doing. Just
now there are the stock show and the
corn show and the wool men and hor.
ticulturlsts are assembling.
In the next few weeks the man who
can make a ten-foot financial carpet
cover a twenty-foot financial chasm is
eligible for the position of right-hand
man to Santa CIuus.
Railroad men now complain that
the railroads are threatened by low
rates. Threatened with a slightly di
minished melon crep?
' Want and Illness are among Christ
mas problems, but it Is the true
Christmas spirit to ferret put and
solve these problems. .
Xo quarter for deserters, says Car-
ranza. If he'd slip them an occasional
quarter for their services perhaps they
wouldn't desert.
A White Salmon girl, having taken
up the occupation of driving the
mountain stage, a female road agent
is next In order.
Browning's love letters are held at
$35,000. Love letters of obscure In
dividuals have been held " at even
greater figures.
A great array of new ordnance Is
annoupced by the ordnance depart
ment. Now all we lack is men to
man them. "n
Having lost seven Generals, Huerta
can now make the ratio of Generals
to privates approach nearer the ideal
of 16 to 1.
For a hair-raising job, apply at Til
lamook light. The landsman who
grumbles does not know when he is
well off.
As to a meeting of the Authors'
Club, we thought all the authors had
been dispatched to diplomatic posts
abroad.
Seattle women may fight the egg
trust by preserving and storing eggs.
Every housewife her own cold storage
plant.
President Wilson got lost while en
route to the Capitol. Must have ex
perienced a few moments of fleeting
bliss. '
A local Inventor hopes to perfect a
rooster silencer. A well-ground ax
is reasonably effective..
In this land of good fruit a-plenty.
the Inspector who spots the bad stuff
is to toe commended.
Nature has endowed the Oregon
country as the natural center of the
livestock industry'.
The worst villain unhung lives In
Salem. More than thirty dogs have
been poisoned.
The Gipsy cflrse seems to have been
wished on the lowly Hindu.
Wilson has adopted a monocle. Bah
Jove!
LET REPUBLICANS CKT TOGETHER!
Llarola'a Birthday Urereal aa Hoane
eoanlaa" Day fer Bfayar Awdereoa.
THE DALLES. Or, Deo. t. (To the
Editor.) Aa the Republican party is
now experiencing the results which
naturally follow a division In the
ranks, it occurs to me that the time Is
especially propitious to take steps
looking toward the reunion of the
factions ef that party.
The Republican party of Orearon; the
party which gave to the country the
"Oregon System," the party of the
Initiative, referendum, recall, state
ment Xo. 1, woman's suffrage, can
hardly be called anything but pro
gressiveprogressive In the sense that
It believes in the absolute rule of the
people, in pure democracy and the re
pudiation of boas-controlled conven
tion and assemblies.
Our Gubernatorial election of 1910
was a splendid demonstration of the
temper of the. Republican voters of
Oregon when any attempt is made to
curtail their powers by returning to
the old convention system.
In our 1(11 Presidential election the
Republicans of Oregon, with numerous
other states, administered to the Na
tional organization a severe and well
deserved rebuke. The great break In
the party at that time waa not the
work of one political general, but
rather resuUed from continued and
flagrant violations of party pledges,
which made the organization ef the
great party of dissension possible.
No clear line of demarcation Is dis
cernible between the political creed of
the Republican party of Oregon and
the Progressive party of Oregon, ao
why Invite defeat by a continuation of
a policy of division? We are all Re
publicans; all love the party of Lin
coln, Grant, Blaine. MeKtnley, Roose
velt and all of that great Una of Re
publican statesmen and soldiers who
have added glory to the country, the
flair and tha party.
Lincoln, the first Republican Presi
dent, was born February 12, 1809. Feb
ruary II, 1914. will be the 101th anni
versary of that event which had the
effect of changlnfr the hiatory and
geography of the Western world.
Let all of us unite in making the
anniversary of the birth of the Great
Emancipator a National homecoming
day for all Republicans. Let every
community, town and city have Lin
coln memorial services, Lincoln re
unions, Lincoln dinners, etc., at all of
which all Republicans, regardless of
differences or past performances, will
be heartily welcome. When this Is done
the Republican party will again be In
vincible and will once more take its
right place at the head of the greatest
and best Government on earth.
The time Is now ripe for this action,
and with the proper encouragement and
agitation a Nation-wide movement can
be launched. The Central states would,
no doubt, organize a great pilgrimage
to the tomb of the martyred Lincoln,
at Springfield, which city would be the
logical point for a great National dem
onstration and a giant homecoming re
union of the temporarily divided Re
publican party. J. K. ANDERSON.
WIIKRFi CAN W13 COT ASKS HINDU
Tie Deles That Ilia People Are Dirty
r Vadcalrmble.
PORTLAND. Dee. 8. To the Editor.)
Where can the Hindu go? Efforts
are now being made in this country,
which hit been about the only place
where the man born In India would
emigrate to and be given any chance
to work for his living, to exclude him,
I have aren articles and letters in the
newspapers declaring that the Hindus
are dirty, uneducated and ignorant of
Western life.
I am one of $0 Hindus now at work
In Portland. We are decent, law-abid
ing men. I am a graduate of a high
school and of acollege in India. I am
now attending night school here, after
my day's work, because I wish to
learn good English and the practical
tltlnca that wilt make me a good
American. You will find others of ray
race as eager to learn.
Though British subjects, the Hindus
have never had a fair deal from the
British government. We ara not per
mitted to work In any British colony.
We are now barred out of Australia.
Canada, South Africa. Those who en
tered these countries before exclusion
was enforced are discriminated against
and compelled to work under condi
tions practically those of peonage.
In Durban. 5000 Hindus are now on
strlka because of bad treatment. They
are not allowed even- to walk on the
footpaths, and they are compelled to
pay extra taxes.
In Dundy and Natal. 1000 Hindus
have been arrested for refusing- to com
ply with Improper orders. The police
recentlv opened fire and wounded sev
eral Hindus, including some women.
Last month a Hindu priest was for
cibly deported from Victoria. His
crime was being a priest. He was
thrust aboard a steamer for Hong
Kong without any kind of trial, or
even charges.
In 13 years the United States Gov
ernment, by hnmane and fair treat
ment of the Filipinos, has bettered
their condition and educated the
masses more than the Britiah govern
ment has done In India In 150 years.
Hardly one-eighth of India's Income Is
spent on education: one-third la spent
on army and navy. The British gov
ernment Is taking Aoo.ooo. uoo rupees
from India to England in a year that
ought to be spent on bettering the
condition of the mataea through edu
cation. The Income of the average
Hindu is only 27 rupees a year. Peo
ple are dying while Great Britain
takes our money.
Can It be that the United States
will bar out those few of us who have
managed to get away from such con
ditions and wish to better ourselves?
F. KEXCHU RUN,
Came for Damages.
Llpplneott's.
"Sav. Tom." said Jack, -did you know
that Bill was going to sue the company
for damages?"
"No, you don t eayl" was the answer.
"Wot. did they do to Mm?"
Why." explained Jack, "they blew
the qulttln' whistle when 'e was carry
In' a 'eavy piece of Iron, and 'e dropped
it on 'Is foot."
A Little Girl's Prayer.
London Pelican.
Asked to pray for warm weather so
that her grandma's rheumatism might
pass away, a little girl knelt and said:
Oh, Lord, please make it not ror
grandma."
Hnskla' Time.
Herbert Randall. In the Hartford (Conn.)
Courant.
To-J may talk of Jo.iy April and of May
time in the treea.
With the bud a buratln' open, and the
little honeybe
Wad in- ankle-dep In sweetness and a-lng.
In' tin above
Where the breezes ara a-blowtn and
a-whleoerln o !ov.
Bat thefe somethln rn"r appcaUn In the
ruatle and tae cnlme
When tha katvdM and cricket are a-callln
ilusiun' time.
Thar' tha labyrinthine Summer with Its
bloom a-runnin' wild.
And the brook, a-lauzhin. laugbln' like
a happv uttie cruu.
And you think n mot corcplctec, but
!t lnt after -ill.
For thera'a aomrtliln mr appealln lo
tho -ruttle of the rail.
When t'ie katydid and crickets In the
Denture are a-chlme
With the wet cement of heaven, and you
know 11 a "liiukin' tune.
O th'i harvester are happy with their
brftwn irmi full o' eheavae!
And there' mrm-thln In the color of the
corn trt interweave
With 'iie hazy han!n' OUtatce, that no
poet baa exprmt
Xt' a ene of eatlsfacttcn like the blessed
noon of reat;
And thera'a omeinm meet appealln' ra
lha rtiatl nnd tlie chmi
When the katydic nd cricket are a-ea!lla
Hualua' time!"
USE FOR ASHES AS FERTILIZER.
Inrlwerater F rod art Ceaid Be Used to
Advantage, Farmer Swsgtesta.
M MINN'VIIJ.E. Or., Dec. 8. (To the
Editor.) Until very recently it had
been a matter of conjecture with me
as to what becomes of Portland's Incin
erator ash. Through the Board of Pub
Uo Utilities I learn that this waste
finds Its way In the form of ash and
clinker into Guild's Lake.
Henceforth fertilization is going to
count with, us here In the Willamette
Valley. Broad and beautiful vand fer
tile as the Valley is. it cannot go on
forever producing as It does without
fertilisation. Can we go on forever
taking from and never giving back?
We have got to come to it some time,
sooner or later. It is inevitable.
Our soil needs potash. It needs lime;
It needs phoaporlc acid; it Is calling
for nitrogen. But it needs potash
worst of all. Wood ash gives off pot
ash: bona refuse, phosphoric acid;
fruit and vegetablea. nitrogen the
three principal elements that go to
wards sustaining all vegetable life.
There la good In every ash known.
In the freshly burned stump p''e, in
straw pile aah, the ash of meat refuse
cigar stubs, paper, manure and a
hundred and one things that find their
way Into this fiery furnace and are lost
forever.
As an example as to what ashes will
do, we will take the strawplle. Un
burned oat straw contains 14 pounds
of pearl aah and three pounds phos
phoric acid to the ton. A scoopful of
this on a hill of hops Is quite notice
able, with an increase in yield of 200
to 600 pounds of dried hops to the
acre. Yet many farmers burn their
Straw and plow It under. It is far too
strong, producing rank vegetation de
void of results, where, if properly dis
tributed, it would reward tha farmer
fourfold.
Anyone of $0 or 40 years sgo knows
what potash will do. The old-fashioned
ash hopper that stood In front of
the smokehouse was his preceptor. Per
colation through tha vat was shut
down till the next Sprinir. the ashes
taken out and distributed in the cur
rant and gooseberry rows, the corn
and cabbage patch and what cur
rants, what gooseberries, what corn
and Cabbage resulted.
Incinerator ash may not have all tha
elementa mentioned, but I am inclined
to think that It does and is worthy of
consideration. Commercial fertilizer is
prohibitive, costing all the way from
V) to $40 por ton. I make my own
fertilizer. This is the gleaning from
the paved-street district. No sooner Is
a load hauled and dumped than I add
bO pounds or more of unslaked lime.
On top of this I put another load, and
so on. The Winter rains liberate the
lime, the masa goes through the cook
ing process, and in a very short time
I have a product worth while. I dis
tribute In February.
If. after a careful analysis of her
Incinerator ash and it found worthy.
It might be well for the City of Port
land to Rift It. sack it, and put It on
the market on a remunerative basis
to the (tardaner, to the hopmen and to
the farmer. That la what I am in
formed 6U Louis, Mo., is doing with
her ashes. TOM ROGERS.
tSBS PHEDETT ARMORY Bl'lLDISG
Half Space for Aadltorlaaa, Otker for
Shows, Urged.
PORTLAND. Dec 9 (To the Edi
tor.) In discussing the feasibility of
the Armory building, at Tenth and
Davis streets, as an auditorium, we
must not lose eight of the fact that
money, or rather the lack of It, Is an
Important consideration. It is to be
supposed that as about 90 per cent of
the taxpayers of Multnomah County
are residents of Portfand. the acquisi
tion of the Armory should not take
very much of the appropriation.
We all know that the Ideal audi
torium should be as nearly perfect as
possible, both artistically and acous
tically, but we also know that the site
Is of vital importance. Terhaps 50 per
cent of the patrons of the auditorium.
for whatever purpose It Is used, are
accustomed, especially after theater
parties, to go to grills and rustaurantff.
and unless this building he situated
conveniently to the hotels, it would
work a hardship on the patronizing
public. The visiting delegates t' con
ventions are usually accommodated at
the hotels, which gives another reason
for the auditorium's close proximity.
With $600,000 to spend. It would seem
as though this trannformation couM be
most effective and have money to spare.
Acoustics are largely a matter of
chance, whether the building be new or
made-over.
The present drillhall. with some mod
ifications, could be utilized for food
shows, flower shows, roee shows, auto
mobile shows and many other gather
ings of a similar nature. Tho other
half of the block, now occupied with
ofUcrrs' quarters and ballroom, could
be transformed into a splendid hall,
with balconies, stage, inclined lluor.
pipe-organ and all the other features
so much desired by the peoplr: who are
interested.
There Is ample space for a concert
hall large enough, with the balconies,
to accommodate 4000 to 000 people in
such a way that all can both ate aru
hear.
However, the main point is to li
what we can with tho monoy we ha v.-.
and not to keep the tint g tied up any
longer. CAhL DENTON.
PATROXIZE OREGOV IDl'STRIES.
Such a Practice Held Good Bnslaesa and
( Gaod t ltlzeaablp.
PORTLAND. Dec 8. (To the Editor.)
I was pleased to read in The Ore
gonlan yesterday that competition for
designing the poster which Is to adver
tise our Rose Festival Is limited to Ore
gon artists. I sincerely hope that after
acceptance of the design, the execution
and printing, or lithographing will also
be limited, aa it should be, to Oregon
business firms.
In the erection of Portland publlo
buildings it has been fashionable to
designate some peculiar shade of brick
unlike that which Is manufactured In
Oregon. Not that this brick Is better
or even as good as Oregon brick, but
for some reason tills was done, and it
made it Impossible for Oregon brick to
compete: consequently, all public build
ings which have been erected here of
late years are constructed of Washing
ton brick. It is pleasing and refresh
ing to us home industry folks to note
that Senator Chamberlain., as I learned
from The Oregonlan Faturday, has had
a clause Inserted in the t nerlllcation
of the new postofTIce building so that
Oregon brick can be used in Its con
struction, and Oregon brick will more
than likely be used In this building. No
Oregonlan will need to blush for Ore
gon brick. The new Northwestern
Bank building affords a fine example
of this brick.
Keeping Oregon money In Oregon
cannot be urged too strongly on our
citizens, and everyone should, whenever
it Is at all possible to do so. give Oregon-made
goods preference. That's good
bualneas and good citizenship.
L. SAMUEL
Wanted to Kaow.
New York World.
A Scottish minister was called in to
see a man who was extremely 111. Af
ter finishing his visit, as he was leav
ing tlie house, he said to the man's
wife: "My good woman, do you not go
to any church at all?"
"Oh, yes, sir; we gang to the Barony
Kirk.
"Then why in the world did you send
for me? Why didn't you send for Lr.
MacLeod f
"No, na. sir, Meci. no: we wa1nt risk
him. Do you nu ken it's a contagious
case of typhus?"
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan December 10, 1S9S.
Can Franrlsoo, Dec. 9. Eome gossip,
probably referring to T. Egerton Hog;!,
president of the Oregon Paclfie Rail
road Company, Is published this morn-
gin In a dispatch from New Tork.
Albany, at her city election Monday,
cast 4Ti votes. ,
The Oregon Pacific's new steamer.
Yanulna City. Is now st Taquina Bay.
loading for San Francisco with wheau
On the bit of sandy beach below the
Alblna ferry landing are over a dozen
boathouses.
Some 4 5 hunters went down to
Bauvles Island yesterday and average
about 20 ducks apiece. The largest
er klned any one person was
?-.:,s ot by CaPtaJn J- W. Lilly at Dead
lllows.
The steamer Kellogg brought up on
Saturday from Columbia Countv a
block of fir wood cut from a tree which
was 150 feet high to the first limb.-The
block, which is 11 Inches thick and S
feet 11 inches across, was ordered by
Dan J. Moore, of the Pioneer wood
yard, to be put In tho Board of Immi
gration rooms.
Few of the many hunters who annu
ally go to Bauvles Island know how
the Island was named. The Hudson's
Bay Company established a dairy on
the island and put an old man named
Sauvle in charge, and since then it ha
borne his name. Eauvie's butter sold
all over the country and large quanti
ties were shipped to the Sandwich Isl
ands. ,
Dwlght L. Moody, the. celebrated
evangelist, began a series of meetings
at the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon.
Among those on the stage were Noel
1L Jacks, traveling secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. of the Northwest, and E.
Sillen. of the Y. M. C. A., of Amster
dam, Holland. William Wadhams eon
ducted the singing and Mrs. Holbrook
presided at tha organ.
Mayor De Lashmutt has returned to
the Council without his approval the
ordinance granting a franchise to the
Willamette Falls Electric Companv.
Half a Century Ago
From Tha Oregonlan of Dec. 10, 163.
On Tuesday evening last the long-looked-for
prisoners arrived on the
stage In charge of Messrs. Beachy, An
keny and Farrell, escorted by a file of
soldiers under command of Captain
Porter. As Mr. B. alighted from the
stage three-deafening cheers were sent
up for him. We have not heard a sln
Kle expression that would tend to ex
cite mob violence. Every one appears
willing that the prisoners should have
a fair and impartial trial before our le
gally established tribunala. Lewlston
Golden Age.
The hull of the new steamer built at
Montleello to run on the Cowlitz River
Is a trim little craft, so buoyant that,
with the frame of her upper works,
hurricane deck, cabins, etc., erected she
draws but seven Inches aft and five
inches forward, mean draft of six
Inches. Her machinery la being con
structed at the Oregon Iron Works.
Mr. Holland, Wells. Fargo A Co.'s
cypress messenger, hroupht down on
the Wilson G. Hunt last night
pounds of dust.
The bark Samuel Merritt, Captain
Williams, sailed for Oak Point yester
day to load lumber for San Francisco.
She swung round at the wbarf and
gilded away down river under royals,
with a free wind, in fine style.
Governor Wallace. Delegate to Con
gress from Idaho, came from The
Dalles yesterday as far as Vancouver
on his way to Washington. D. a Payne.
Marshal of the same territory. Is at the
Dennlsun House and will accompany
Governor Wallaf e
w here Friendship Ceases I
Br Deaa Catiline. I
Oh, barber man. oil. barber man.
Who daily shave my in us.
I io on Chrlstnuisy what 1 can.
For I am not a. Spur;
But when 1 pause to think of the-.
A lie os t a pug I come to be.
With winning smilo you welcome me
As Christmas time draws nigh
And looks ingratiating be
A-gleamlng in your eye;
And oft it at-ems to me. you fret
I.cst 1 forget, lest I forget.
Cheer up, cheer up, oh, barber man!
My memory Is tine.
At ChrisLmaa time, as best I can.
I go right down the line:
And here and now, accept my hunch
111 not forget you in the bunch.
You. who did mock my' head of hair.
And boOKt some tonic dope;
You. who did try to throw a scare
Of bald:iesa in my hope;
Who filled my nose with lather wet
Nay, nay. bo sure I'll not forget.
You. who did babble as you shavevJ.
While I preferred to snooze;
Scalded my face, although I raved.
With those hot towels you use.
Your mem'ry's seared upon my mug
Barber, to you I am a- Ppug.
LENVOI
My tumult and my shouting dies;
I've said my thoughts of you;
But now my Inner being cries:
"That thing was rash to do!"
Methlnks I'll get a razor set
And shave myelf, till you forget.
Idle Berworv Meats.
London Standard.
"No." said the long-suffering parent
with a sigh. "I don't say my son's ex
actly lazy, but he seems to think it
Isn't healthy to work between meals.'
Woman's
Emancipation
Woman's work Is never done, so
It Is said.
But one has only to look about to
observe to what a great extent wo
man's work hss been reduced by
later-day methods of house-keeping.
For up-and-dolng- women drudg
ery has been turned Into pleasant
occupation by the magic hand of
progress.
Take, for example, the kitchen,
that iepart:nent of every home
which Is conceded to furnish the
lion's share of disagreeable work
for woman. Compare the kitchen
of tofsy with that of yesterday.
Think of tne mepy. many improve
ments devised to lessen and make
more Intvresting woman's work.
Likewise, In every other depart
ment of the house. Progress is
simplifying and making woman's
work less burdensome.
And yet. many women are so ab
sorbed In their tasks that they pay
little attention to the persistent and
enilchtentng voice of newspaper ad.
vcrtlalng.
The Oregonlan is a faithful and
true friend to all who wish to profit.
Manufacturers and retailers are con
stantly telling how to eliminate
drndirery from housekeeping Adv.
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