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Footage Kates Z to 18 pages. 1 cent; IS to 2 pases, 2 cents; 84 to S pages, a cents; 60 to 6U pages. 4 cents; 2 to Te pages, t wma; is to 2 pages. cents, jroreign post age, double ratea Eastern Business Off icee Verree A Conk lln, liew York. Brunswick building. Chi cago, fcteger building. bail J ranciere Ottiee B. J. Bldwell Co, T42 Market street. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JUXK , 1814 BLAUGITTEK OF THE rNHOCENTS. The meaiara of the Inefficiency of the .present Congress is the number of Important bills which are jettisoned in the effort to bring- the cranky hulk into the harbor of adjournment in time for all on board to tell their trav elers' tales to the voters in the Fall campaign. The first important measure to go toy the board was the rural credits bill. The provisions for farmers' banks were excised from the cur rency bill with the distinct under standing' between the President and Congress that a separate bill should be pushed through at the present cession. Both partieB are in favor of such a bill, but the President and the House committee cannot agree on the details and they propose to lay It over for 'lack of time. The "West calls upon the President for sup port to homestead, irrigation, land leasing and Alaska development bills, and he tells the delegation he favors some of these bills and will support them if the Democratic caucus votes to take them up. Tet he knows full well that the Democratic .caucus will only take them up at his request and will then readily do so. He has dem onstrated his absolute control over Congress by his success in forcing the canal tolls bill through the House and by procuring a favorable report on it by the Senate committee, yet he acts as though he had no control whatever and "passes the buck" to the caucus, knowing full well that that body will pass it back. The plea for Inaction on these vi- tally Important measures Is that Congress has not time. Why has not Congress time? Because It has been occupied "with the canal tolls bill and with Mexican affairs, which were not on the programme when the session opened. Congress has been so busy giving our canal to other nations and considering measures to relieve the Mexican peons that, assuming the President's excuse to be valid. It has no time to pass needed laws foe the benefit of the American people. We yield to nobody In aversion for Huerta, but we cannot see that there is any choice between him and the Presi dent's pet. Villa. We are overflowing with sympathy for the peons, but we are under the Impression that the first duty of the President and Con- ' gress is to care for the welfare of the United States. But we deny that Congress lacks time to consider these measures. The Senate loafed during the early part of the session or considered unim portant measures or listened to speeches on Mexico and things in gen eral while the House was at work on appropriation bills. The House has passed nearly all the appropriation bills and the canal toll bill, and will soon have disposed of the anti-trust bills. Then it proposes to loaf until the Senate calls for conferences on points of difference in legislation. The House can at least pass the rural credit bill and one or two of the land bills while the Senate is catching up with it on other business. If then no time remains for the Senate to act, the measures named can be held over to the short session for action while the Senate is waiting for ap propriation bills. The reason why Congress does not pursue this course Js that it shame fully wastes time and has no concep tion of teamwork between Senate and House. If any factory were run with as little regard . for . efficiency and economy as disgraces the National law factory, it would soon go bankrupt. But when this factory Is called upon to turn out the goods. Its vices are '.made its defense. THE QUEESTS EETCBS. Queen Thelma's return to her own dominions is greeted by the rapturous plaudits of her rejoicing subjects. As might have been expected, her en trance to the city has caused a cessa tion of the showers which have re- freshed the land during her absence. The skies smile to welcome her back to Portland. m The benignant deities hasten to send sunshine and ' balmy sephyrs. It has been decreed upon Olympus that the weather this week shall be as lovely as the Queen herself, which is saying a. great deal and yet nothing more than the truth. .There are two explanations of the , rainy weather of the last few days. Some say . Nature . was weeping . be cause Queen Thelma had temporarily traveled -from ner realm. Others maintain' that the higher powers de Hired to prepare the earth ' for the Rose Festival by a thero.ugh "washing. The two theories . seem ' -equally rational. We see no reason why public-spirited citizens should not. believe them both. .1 -. With every promise of radiant sun shine and multitudinous flowers the happy multitudes are flocking to the city to enjoy a week of recreation. It is difficult to decide which is the gayer, the rose which blooms on Portland's hill or the' smile on the face of the visitor who comes to be hold its beauty. - Never were such roses seen as we have this year. They are bigger and sweeter than ever be fore, with a wealth of color which no hody .could describe but a born poet It Is easy to guess from the visitors' faces that they have come with the "resolution to enjoy themselves. What ever is done for them will be appre. elated and a great deal will be done. With music dancing, processions, pageants, the lightsome hours will pass away and at the end of the week everybody who has been here will be able to say that he knows what genu ine pleasure la now If he never did before. Of course the central figure of the Rose Festival will be the beauti ful Queen, but all the spectacles will be as much Ilk her in charm as it is possible to . make them. The week will be full of color, movement, gaiety and happiness. HIGH COST OF PRIMARIES. The cost of the direct primary, both to the state and to the individual, has begun to excite general dlscusslo throughout the United States. The recent Oregon primary cost the state from 576,000 to 1100,000 and the can didates another $100,000, and prob ably more. The Oregonian has in mind one candidate who must have spent from 810.000 to $15,000; and an election is by no means in sight for him. Other candidates, having in view the limitations of the corrupt practices. act, spent less sums; but the aggre gate was vgry large. It is fair to say that the outlay in Oregon at the April primary must have been in the aggre gate from $200,000 to $250,000. The Des Moines Ia.) Capital says the five thousand candidates for, of fice in that state spent a quarter of a million dollars; and the publlo ex pense will probably be nearly as much more. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser says the recent primary there en tailed an expense of $400,000. An estimate made by ' officials at Harrlsburg is that the May primary there cost the state not less than $500,000. One estimate is $1,000,000 In Oregon, the McMinnville Telephone-Register says that the cost to each precinct in Yamhill County was $50 per precinct or $1750 in all, and that the personal expense to each can didate will run from $20 to $200. Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, makes the suggestion that the primary be abolished and that one election be held, under the preferential system. Others have advanced the same radi cal idea. It is not a stand-patter in vention. As a means of putting- a final quietus to political parties, .the Lowell suggestion is ideal. Or is it the judge's plan to permit political nominations by political organizations? If so, we are going in a circle in our political development. A TANISHTNO PARTY. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt, as candidate of the Progressive party, carried Pennsylvania by a plurality of 51,807. His total vote was 447.426 out of the whole vote of 1,217,502 cast for all candidates in the state. In the recent primaries Glfford Plnchot, the sole candidate of the Progressive party (or Washington party, as it is called in Pennsylvania) for United States Senator, received a vote of 48,822. On the other hand the Republican candidates for Senator received 830, 427 votes, while the Democratic party, which was second in the Presidential election in 1912, cast 118,491. The significant feature about the Re publican vote is that while not more than half as many voters went to the polls in the primary as in the gen eral election, the vote of the Repub lican party was greater than in 1912 by 60,000. The Democratlo vote shrunk more than E0 per cent and the Progressive vote diminished 89 per cent. Considering the fact that there was but 60 per cent of the whole vote represented in the primary, there can be no other interpretation of the fig ures than that more than three- fourths of those who followed Roose velt in 1912 are now numbered with the Republican party in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has thus given furthex evidence that the Progressive party is rapidly vanishing. rTNISHnCQ AN ENEMY. .. Governor West proposes to abolish the Desert Land Board and with it the State Engineer,' who is his po litical enemy and evidently also the object , of his deep personal aversion. One can only be amazed at the Gov ernor's moderation. Why he has not included the Attorney-Generalship, occupied by Mr. Crawford, another deadly foe, and the State Treasurer ship, tenanted by Mr. Kay, still an other of the Governor's pet enemies, it is difficult to understand. Possibly the fact that Mr. Crawford's tenure is about to' expire and that the Gov ernor has signally failed in other heroic efforts to unseat Mr. Kay, may have tended to discourage him. The Governor might gt more credit for good faith in his belated move for economy if he were not so obviously to play favorites. To take the State Engineer's job away from him is go ing to be troublesome business; but the Governor will take a lot of time and trouble to get even "?Sjjth anyone who happens to be in his way. Tet it would be far easier to remove the State Architect, for example, or the Corporation Commissioner, or to have saved the state's, money by refusing to put the Compensation Commission on the payroll until the law was actu ally operative. But, of course, the Governor will not perform the pain ful job of separating any of his own political family from the public udder. A little study of West's methods and of his real ideas as to the most serviceable disposition of the taxpay ers money will, show why his admin etration is the 'most wasteful and ex travagant in the state's history. CAN CAPITA, BE ABOLISHED T , The Oregonian need only say to Mr. " Motter, ' who writes today from Chehalis,- that the inference we drew from his communication- was fully justified by his words: '"The elim ination of the useless owner of stocks and bonds." No other ,way has yet been applied of raising capital for a corporation than by issue of stocks and bonds, hence the Inference was justified .that our correspondent, 'wishing to eliminate the capitalist, wished to eliminate capital. The Ore gonian, far from talcing it as an af front, welcomes Intelligent, courteous discussion of opinions contained in its articles. The Idea that our critics should be persecuted for lese majeste finds lodgment only in the brains of such intemperate people as Mr. Mot ter. . Private ownership of capital can be eliminated only by confiscation. If the Nation, for the purpose of social izing the coal mines, were to buy out the capitalist, he would still have the capital. Investments cannot be made to cease paying a return on "the in animate, lifeless. Impersonal dollar" without, wrong to the animate, living, personal owner of the dollar. That dollar, as economists have proved, is simply stored up labor, accumulated by thrift. Deny It any return on its use and we discourage thrift, which inspired the maker of the first spade to save it for use next day, .The fact that some capital has been wrong fully acquired or is improperly used is no reason for denying all capital any reward; it is only a reason for removing those evils. We have plainly stated the reme dies for such conditions as prevail In Colorado. Let the state cease to farm out its police power to employers and let both state and Nation provide machinery for arbitration and concil iation in labor disputes, as in Canada and New Zealand, and there will be no excuse for social war. Lef the land laws be amended to Insure that jcoal land shall be sold or leased on its full value and let the corporation laws prevent capitalization -at more than the actual investment, and cap ital will get a return only on the actual Investment. Let immigration be properly restricted, and the class of people cannot come in which changes a strike Into a civil war. We prefer trying to remove the defects In our present machine before throwing It away and trying the socialist ma chine, which Mr. Motter seems to favor and which has more serious. Inherent defects. MISUSE Or THE MILITIA. Charges, now being reiterated, that mine guards were utilized as militia during the Colorado strife, should be made 'the subject of a, new and Inde pendent Inquiry. That Inquiry should be conducted by the War Department, for the matter Is one vitally - affect ing the military policy of the United States. Inasmuch " as the Federal Government contributes largely to the support of the state troops and since the training and (Utility of the Na tional Guard have been broadened. the subject is far from- a local one. During the past fifteen years the development of the organized militia into an effective auxiliary force to the regular Army has been comparative ly rapid. A better class of men has been recruited, men who have sought military training for possible field service rather than riot duty. During the past few years, in fact, a decided sentiment has been aroused among the citizen soldiers against riot duty. In Pennsylvania this sentiment has resulted in a law relieving the Na tional Guard from riot duty, except in extreme cases, and, throwing that thankless work -on a,- state constabu lary. ' ' It is this new spirit, of course, that is responsible for the development of the National Guard into a reasonably effective mobile force.,'- It is this spirit that the War Department has been at pains to stimulate.- -Natur ally it is the basis of Federal sup port, amounting to millions of dollars. All arms, ammunition and equipment are now furnished by the Govern ment and allowances are made for field training. The Government has done this with the idea of being fully repaid fer Its trouble and expense at the advent of possible -war. Now If mine guards have received Government arms and ammunition for use in fomenting trouble and pro tecting the interests of bitter parti sans in internal strife, the interest of the War Department becomes appar ent. Buch an abuse Is a blow at the whole National Guard, for it robs it. to a considerable degree, of public sympathy and support. If the charges are established, following investiga tion, the War Department should withdraw the Federal appropriations from the Colodaro . National Guard and thus set an example which 'will prevent further abuses of that sort. HISTORIC -CAMPAIGN IN OREGON. The election of 1864, 'the results of which have been recalled in The Ore gonian, was one of the most critical In the history of Oregon. The first enthusiasm for the Union, which caused the alliance 'of the war Demo crats with the Republicans, had cooled and the Union forces again divided on approximately the original party lines. Union Democrats who returned to their own party continued their op position to secession and endeavored to put it in the platform. A fierce political battle ensued to keep the state in line for the Lincoln Admin istration. " - - Division Inevitably grew out of the issues arising from the " war. .'From the inception of the great conflict the war .Democrats insisted that they were fighting for the TJiiion, not for the "nigger." But the necessities of the crisis drove Lincoln to give more heed, as time passed, to the demands of the abolitionists. Remote as Ore gon was from the scene of hostilities, the Issues were no less bitterly dis cussed in the press and on the stump in this state than in the East. News of Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation ho sooner arrived than Asahel Bush protested and with re markable prescience warned lh Gov ernment that, as the outcome of emancipation. It "will have on hand at the close of the war a negro question which wilj present, more difficult phases than any shape in which the question has yet been seen." He was loyal to McClellan and criticised Lin coln for removing that General. He accused the Republicans of using the Union sentiment of war Democrats to strengthen their party. Bush severed his connection with the Statesman in March, 1863, and that journal fell into Republican hands, but his senti ments were held by many war Demo crats. ' t . During the dark days of 1863, when the rebellion reached its high-water mark. Republicans became more rad ical and exacting and copperheads be came bolder. The Knights of the Golden Circle had ten circles in Ore gon and a strong faction among them favored acting on a suggestion thrown out by the Confederate Congress that Oregon. California, Washington and Nevada revolt and form a Pacific Re public, which should league -itself with the Confederacy for offense and defense. A leading Union man, .de spairing of victory for )th.e "North, de clared for the same scheme until Union victories revived his faith. The Union League was organized by 'Gov ernor Gibbs, aided by.E. D. Shattuck, George H. Williams, A. M. Starr,' W. Lair Hill, Thomas . H. Pearne. J. N. Dolph, John H. Mitchell and others. It lmU.ted thsecrecy of the copper heads and ostracized all candidates of doubtful loyalty. Senator Nesmlth, who loyally supported all of Lincoln's war measures, denounced the league as worse than the Know Nothings and as "only for the benefit of such lying, dirty demagogues as Gospel Pearne and Guts Gibbs.".,; Patronage and sectionalism' caused dissension in the Union forces. Re publicans accused war Democrats of grabbing too . large a. share of the fflces. The league's dictation caused Amory Holbrook to lead a bolt in Multnomah County. .... Southern Ore gon complained of being Ignored in distribution of spoils and demanded the nomination of Orange Jacobs for Congress, but became outwardly rec onciled when this honor was given to H. D. Henderson, a Presbyterian minister. But the Democrats also had their troubles. The secession element de manded, peace at any price, but the war Democrats, who were returning to the ranks, demanded prosecution of the war, but for maintenance of the Union only, not for abolition of slav ery. The result was a straddling plat form with a decided leaning toward secession. J. K. Kelly, an outright secessionist, was nominated for Con gress. The state election in June was won by the Republicans, Henderson's ma jority being 2643, and Kelly carrying only four counties, while the Demo crats elected only seven Legislators The outcome was the election to the United States Senate of George H Williams, who became a National fig ure as one of the framers of recon struction measures. The Republican victory in the Fall was not so easy. ' for McClellan re ceived the support of many leading war Democrats, including Bush and Senators Nesmith and Harding. Judge D'eady, on the other hand, though for merly a pro-slavery Democrat, sup ported Lincoln. Fears of a copper- neaa uprising were felt, but were quieted by a mass meeting of both parties at Salem. Lincoln's majority was 1431, somewhat more than half that of Henderson. This difference is largely explained by an Increase of nearly 1000 in the Democratic vote of Northeastern Oregon, due to the arrival of "Price's army." Thus remote Oregon was one of the most hotly contested political battle grounds of the Union and by only a narrow margin was kept in line. - Schumann Helnk finds consolation in ner art for a world of sorrows. The Invitation to sing at Bayreuth before the King of Bavaria compensates her for all her husband's shortcomings. Great artists are like children In pome ways, xney are apt to Jive for the moment. Past and future do not exist for Madame Shumann Heink. All the world is gay if the sun shines on her head and sad If it dees not. Bishop Scadding laid up his treas ures where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. He was so busy upon his Masters errands that he had no time to make money and left an estate of $3000 only. Bishop Scadding was like tne early apostles of the church In his love of hard work and his contempt for luxury. It were to be desired that his example might be wldelv fol lowed. In the midst of her divorce woe Schumann Helnk . Is overjoyed by an invitation to l3ing before royalty. What is . a mere husband compared with the delicious opportunity of re galing some obscure king with a song or two which he possibly lacks ca pacity fully to appreciate! Another unbidden - guest has been round In Buckingham Palace. One of these .days a gentleman of bomb throwing proclivities will wander in unless the palace guard Improves the quality of its vigilance. Sixteen deputies have been detailed at Tarrytown to guard John D. Al though the taxpayers pay the bill, it Is to be hoped that the deputies will not have to wait for their pay until John pays his personal tax; The real estate dealer who traded "unseen" a lot for a horse, buggy and harness and- received a toy outfit Is deserving of sympathy, to say the least, and that is what he will get when th'e joke is old. The case of a father who beat his infant - daughter, breaking her leg. suggests the need of punishment of a severity not now provided by the books. The King and Queen of Denmark have' finally, forgiven their cousin fqr marrying a mere Countess. Oh. how could he so far forget himself! If you see a policeman administer ing several degrees to a pickpocket, do not interfere. The officer knows what "he is doing.-' Huerta's' backdown merely Indi cates that he hasn't lost hope of talk ing Carranza and the United States out of something. The stranger within our gates Is asked to refrain from betting on the other man's game, though it looks like a sure thing. Fashion decrees Mexican colors and effects for the ladles. No doubt a stiletto in the? stocking Is now ultra fashionable. .- In effect Huerta was probably only trying to save us a lot of future trou ble by keeping war munitions out of Mexico. With public opinion now bitterly against them, what do the militants expect to gain? Or are they crazy? The general weather bulletin prom ises us delightful weather for most of the week. Well, come on with it.- No, no, the Administration-Is not trying to force a war; Merely blun dering its way into one, ' " A Los Angeles student died while trying to break himself of the liquor habit. Cured at last! Militants who Jntrflde at a religious service need rougher treatment than simple ejection. , ' ' .. m , ' "Dundee" Reid," Uk many other men of ability, was a generation ahead of his time. Whal are these local Democrats drinking, to create such lack of har mony? -' ... Well, how does the. weather look to you this morning? There are other places where con ditions are worse. Everybody's welcome except J. Pluvius, Carry an umbrella and break the charm. Portland will.' win the postponed games. It was a long time between crises. Portlanders are optimists, all. Keep step with the music. Long live the Queen! ; This is the day. Wear v rose. Lucky. Phil. REMEDY FOR INDUSTRIAL ILLS Correspondent "Would Deny Any Retara to Inanimate Capital. CHEHALIS. Wash., June 7. (To the Editor.) Referring to my article and the inference which you draw from the same, allow me to further remark: It is a habit of editors to place head lines that draw inferences exastly con trary to the meaning of an article for the purpose of belittling it. For an ordinary layman . to presume that he can enlarge upon any. opinion upon a public matter is an affront to the ordl. nary editor and no doubt he ehould.be prosecuted for "lese majeste." No one contemplates the elimination of capital from tike business of mining coal or anything Us. But the private owner of capltar (money or credit) can be eliminated If his function in the Industries can be replaced with so cialized capital (money or credit). Money or credit (capital) Is as much a part of the tools of production as is a pick or shovel or a hoisting engine, railroad or anything else that Is used In the industries, but coal could be mined in a small way without money or credit (capital), though it can be done much more satisfactorily with capital. It is not capital, but the private ownership of capital, that causes the trouble. It Is the demand upon the Industries for a return upon the thing we call the dollar, the In animate, lifeless. Impersonal dollar, that Is at the bottom of the trouble in Colorado, if we read the reports rightly.' What the public would like to have brought oat Is the remedv for the condition described In the. New Yiork Evening Post and other papers. Column after column Is written condemning the conditions of civil war in Colorado, Michigan and other sections, but little Is said of any remedy. Isow that we have conceded .the necessity of capital (money or credit) in the business of mining coal, please let us nave the remedy for the con dition existing under the present mode ot production and ownership. CARL MOTTER. DCLIl TIMES NATURAL OUTCOME Mr. Barxre Blames Depression on Gen eral Economic System. PORTLAND. June 7. (To the Ed Itor.) The recurring hard times that come periodically to us are not because any particular political party is in power. They are the natural outcome of a system that falls to distribute pro portionately to those that produce. It Is not enough to think, alone. Dumb animals do this and never better their condition. Human beings must reason if they would cure their social ills. The writer of a letter darned by "One Who Thinks," says that during the last year or tne Tart Administration he laid by an amount sufficient, with the aid of a garden, a cow and some chickenB, to live through the oresent work famine. Exactly so. The years of ' "plenty" serve the years of famine." The lean" years consumed the "faV ones. Did the one who thinks reason with his thinking he would discover that we are capable of producing many times as much as we consume for our need; and that rush or steady work must be followed with periods of idleness. it is necessary that occupation over take construction of house building ere such work can profitably be re sumed. Consumption must overtake production before other things can profitably be produced. If this car penter will look about him ne will dis cover more or less of empty houses; yet no one seems to be living: In tents. There is plenty In the land to eat, plenty to wear and abundance to make everyone happy; yet there -is vant and need, as he describes, all -about ua. The famine In labor Is because we still have the product of our labor stored up in various ways, demanding a eon sumer, and the necessary enforced idle ness. To relieve this condition fit famine, In labor, there Is being circulated a petl tion for a measure to form- a "Depart ment or industry and Public Works' in Oregon, which, if passed favorably, wui neip to solve tne problem of un employment. We believe it but fai that everyone should have Information regarding this measure. C. W. BARZEE. DEMOCRATS TOl'CHT ON SUBJECT Discussion of Democratlo Times Stirs Them to Defense, Says Writer. PORTLAND, June 8. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian Milton Miller, collector of internal revenue and income tax, nas a laDored effort OT two columns In answer to some state ments of C. B. Moores In his call for a meeting of the Republican State Cen tral Committee. The facts stated bv Mr. Moores seem to have caused con siderable irritation; in fact our Demo cratic friends are very touchy - regard ing tnis season of Democratic prosper lty. but It Is the same old brand. recognized by all except Democratic Federal officeholders. To them, of course, it is "a purely, psychological conamon." Hiven away "down south. where every crossroads Is having -a Federal building under a benevolent pork barrel system, the same "purely psychological .condition",' exists. Brother Milt endeavors to- lead us to believe tbatrhe cannot understand why this is a Republican year'. The reason is so manifest -that even a Democrat ought to know, the same as in all years following Democratic success. He says ine truth or tne matter is that when Grover Cleveland was inaugurated. March 4, 1893, there was a panlo in mis country, and it was widespread.' That is certainly a fact, the panic began as soon as the news flashed over the country that the Democrats had been successful, but the present wide spread depression of business was de layea some .months, I presume on ac count of President Wilson's book "The New- Freedom," which is very interest Ing reading now for a Republican. In fact I would recommend that the Re publican State Central Committee cir culate this wonderful Democratic cam- pa4gn compilation in the coming state campaign and suggest to each reader to compare the present degree of prosperity with that promised in this book. The Industrial depression of business will increase year after year, until the term of the present Administration ex pires. Then our Democratlo friends will close shop and -retire from busi ness for another period of 15 or 20 years. C B. LA EOLLETTE. 863tt East Glisan' street-- . Boon and Joint Snakea.'. " MILL CITTOr.. June (To the Ed itor.) -1. Is there a reDtlle calls tne hoop snake T Does it roll like a hoop? a. ii a joint snaice be broken In pieces, will they couple up like a train and move on? A SUBSCRIBER, 1. A small, harmless reptile of the Southern states Is known an the hoop snake. i 2. No. 3. The Joint or srlass isnake is a spe cies of lizard. Its tall is extremely fragile and when broken off grows again to some extent, but Jt does not "couple up." Taste Improves With Art, Milwaukee News. -Kitty Jack told me last nlsrht that I was the prettiest girl he'd ever seen. Ethel Oh, that's nothing. He said the same to roe a year ago. Kitty I know that, but as one grows older one's taste Improves, you know. IDs Breath Clvea Rim Away. Toledo (O.) Blade. "My wife should be above suspicion." said Caesar. -"I am," she replied. "I don't suspect where you have been; X know It." - 1 LOYALTY TO . OREGON PRODUCTS How Prosperity Spreads When Borne Industry Is Patronised. PORTLAND, June 8. (To the Edl tor.) We all hear a great deal of late concerning the loyalty of Oregon mad products and enterprises, and are told, and truthfully ao, that the only way to build a bigger Portland and a greater Oregon Is to buy com modities produced In this great state. in preference to those grown or manu factured in any other place. We are told that loyal Oresronlans must unite and frown down the practice of spending Oregon money for articles that are manufactured elsewhere.- So much boosting for this very worthy purpose- has been done of late that exhibits of Oregon-made articles have ben held at different places in this city, and anyone that was not asleep could not fall to have their attention directed to at least one of these ex hibits. The writer had his attention called to one of these shows and spent a very prontable hour in inspecting the various articles, and was agreeably surprised on seeing the great extent of products and. manufactures of this great state. Quite naturally the thought came to me that the manufac tures of this grand state could be in creased tenfold easily. If our people couid oniy do made to realize the im portance of patronizing home Indus tries and Institutions. Instead of send ing their money to other states and countries for goods that are no better and In many cases far Inferior to the home product. It occurs to me that a a-reat cam palgn of publicity and education should be launched to educate the people, all the people, beginning with the manu facturer and following Tight down the line to the farmer, mechanlo and laborer. The manufacturer, whose goods are exhibited as the home product, is probably more guilty than any of the others, because he Is ex pected to realize the importance of patronizing home industries, inas much as he Is constantly boosting for this cause, and spending a good share of his profits to keep it before the people. How often do we see him turn and do by others Just what he asks them not to do; namely send their money out of the state for goods that can be produced at home Just as wen as anywhere else. The home industry exhibits could hardly be expected to contain samples of all the goods raised or manufactured in Oregon, but no doubt contain a great proportion of -them, all done un in packages as neat and attractive as could be found anywhere. But how many of these labels or wraniters are the product of Oregon mechanics, who are asited to purchase the articles con talned in them? A few of the wrappers and labels of tne smaller manufacturers are nrlnted at home, but the greater bulk. In fact an ui iue laDeis or tne large manu facturers are printed outside of this state. They come from various parts of the country: Seattle, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis. New York. Baltimore and most any other city in tne country except Portland. Or. I am a native of Portland and am proud of my city and would rather see r-ortiand forge ahead than anv eltv in the world, but I can't see how it win ever get very- far ahead as long as we have such one-sided patronage of home industries as we are Ex periencing at present. The manufacturers are not the onlv ones that send their printing out of tne city, ror there are hundreds of others who do the same thing. To such an extent is this practiced that a number of local agents for printing firms in other Btates have offices In this city, and every year send thou sands of dollars of Oregon monev out side the state for printing that right fully belongs to the printing establish ments of this city. Portland printers and engravers have hundreds of thousands of dollars In vested in printing and engraving equip, ment; they expend annually for labor Immense sums of money, and are able to produce printing that Is equal to that produced In any part of this or any other country. Therefore, there is no excuse for sending such vast sums of Oregon money away each year, when this work can be done at home Just as well, if not better. In addition to benefiting local enter prises, employment would be furnished Oregon workmen, who In turn would spend their money for Oregon-made products, thereby- furnishing employ ment for more Oregon people. GRANT M'DONALD. MARRIED TEACHER HAD MESSAGE. "Oie of Mrs. Allen's Boys' Tells Hew She Inspired Pupils. SALEM, Or., Juno 8. (To the Edi tor.) Much is being said through the newspapers concerning the advisability of allowing married women to teach in the public schools of your city. wnetner a man be married or Blngle we hear no oife question his right to tut any position for which he is auall fled. Nor do we hear criticism of the unmarried woman who works, though ner parents be able and willing to sup port her- in idleness. And again, none are so bold as to deny the right to work, when and where she pleases, to the married woman who must support a ramuy. uut there seem to be many in the school system of Portland who are feeling the gaff of keen comDeti tion and are howling In proportion to the penetration of said gaff. Just now tbey are venting their spleen on those teachers who are happily married and who do not have to contribute to the support of their respective families. I would like to write a few words about a woman of this last-named class one who for many years was a teach er In old Portland High School, and whose Inspiring personality has been a wonderful help to hundreds of young men ana women. I refer to Mrs. Mar garet V. Allen. About 15 years ago the School Board passed, and for a time enforced, the rule that is now under fire. Mrs. Allen was forced to resign her Dosltlon. but xortunateiy tne Board could not com pel her to stop teaching. Mrs. Allen straightway organized a private school, which later became known as the Al len Preparatory School, and of which the late Judge Bears, the late Mrs. Catherine Coburn, Hon. F. W. Mulkev. Mr. o. w. Allen and Airs. Allen were directors. . The school grew rapidly and soon pocame a strong tactor in the second ary educational work of the Pacific Coast. - Its doors were closed two years ago only when Mrs. Allen's health forced her to seek a different climate. But though the school grew in sod- ularity and influence, I know that It was never more than self-sustaining, and at times not even that. The rea son for this was that this wonderful woman never turned away ' a boy or girl who earnestly desired to get an education, though tbey did not have or could not get money to pay the regular tuition. Mra. Allen taught scnooi ror tne love of the work be cause she had a message for young men and young women, and all of us whose privilege and - pleasure It was to do our preparatory work under her helpful guidance know how great was the loss of the public school system of Portland when Mrs. Allen was forced to resign. The married women In the achools there today may or may not be teach ing because they have a real, vital message to give their students. It Is certain, however, that if the Board en forces the rule made IS years aaro. the students of the future will never have an opportunity to be Inspired by an other Margaret V. Allen. I believe that I express the senti ments of many, each of whom Will always be proud to say ha Is "on of Mrs. Allen's boys." i CLAltENCQ W. .WALLS. Twenty-F.ve Years Ago From The Oregonian of June 9. 1883 Seattle. June 8. The city is stu under military patrol. The loss by th fire is now estimated at $20,000,000 Tents are going dp In all parts of th city adjacent to the burnt district Temporary eating stands are ranged along the sidewalks. Tacoraa, June 8. Henry Villard ar rived in Tacoma this evening on th steamer Emma Hayward from Seattlt snd was received by Second Vice-President Scott and Paul Schulze. Helena. Mont.. June 8. Judge Blakt in the District Court, today decided thai a woman is not a "person" in the ey of the law. Th East Portland Baptist Churci will give a moonlight excursion Wednesday evening for the benefit ol the Johnstown sufferers. Miss Myrtl Peek, th young ladj equestrienne, will glv exhibitions al City View Park today and tomorrow the receipts to be donated to the Seat tle sufferers, C H. Dodd yesterday Informed th Fourth of July committee that Seattle had declined any further contributions and that the celebration fund was airain at the disposal of th committee. E. O. Corson shot himself fatally in the rear of the house at 421 Seventh street, where his wife resides. The cause was a divorce suit by his wife which was to have been tried In a fen days. Corson for a number of years operated a shoe factory. First Assistant Engineer Charles Doublebower, of the Portland fire, de partment, returned with John Coffes and their engine crew frpm Seattle yesterday, having arrived there too late to be of service In fighting the fire. At the Republican primaries In East Portland yesterday evening the fol lowing delegates were elected: First Ward. David A. Morris, F. A. Bancroft, r. cnarjtey, ci. ts. McMillan and ti. W. Thomas; Second Ward, J. H. H&1L H. C. Hill. Ed Brandon. J. M. Lewis and E. E. Long; Third ward. T. M. Hurl burt. P. O. Lundln, M. A. Fllnn, E. Shannon and Joseph Floyd: Fourth Ward. P. Frank, J. O. Watt. C Sprague, . ttaricins and x. A. Davey. Robert Coone. who keeDS the Half way House on the Milwaukle road la charged with selling liquor on Sunday. The Spring meeting of the Portland Speed Association ended yesterday. The winners were: P. J. Mann's Allan. T? M. Donaca's J. M. R. and James Mlsner's Palatina. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of June , 1864. v e learn from our Victoria ex changes that, in addition to the recent massacre of 14 white men bplnntr.no- tn Mr. Waddington's road party at Bute tniet. a. u. Dy Indians, a number of other men had fallen victims to the ferocity of the blood-thirsty savages. Election returns Clackamaj. nnnntv official: Representative I J. H. D. Henderson 522. J. KL Koiiv sua- State Printer, H. L. Pittock 630; Prose cuting Attorney, E. W. Hodgktnson 622. L Wolf 255: State Senator. H. w 504. John Myers 264; Representatives. Owen Wade 613, H. W. Shlplev 602 E T. T. Fisher 499, H. Straight 256. C. F. Beattie 659, William McCown 264; Commissioners. J. D. Garrett 614, J. H. Lambert 614, Hush Currln 247. wiiJ 11am Evans 254; County Clerk. John M Bacon 497, 6. L. Stevens 265: Sheriff. William P. Burns 623. G. J. Trnlllnii- 250; Treasurer, J. E. Hurford 494, John Flemmlng 265; Assessor. C. O. Boyn ton 07, Robert Potter 258; School Su perintendent. N. W. Randall 623, E. D. Kelly 252; Coroner, R. S. Partlow 604, Henry Saffron 254; Surveyor, Samuel S. Campbell 465, J. A. Burnette 248; seat of government, Portland 476, Salem 274. Oregon City 9. Corverllis 4, John Fish ers Lane 2. Eugene City 1, Mt. Hood 1. Wasco County Dalles. TTmntilla Tygh Valley and Fifteen-Mile precincts give rienaerson 421. Kelly 324; State Printer, Pittock. 443; seat of govern ment uanes ana Tygh Valley give Sa lem 301. Portland 23: Umatilla, which cast 257 votes. Is almost unanlm Portland. Yamhill County Hender son's majority over Kelly, 127. Wash- ngton county Henderson's majority s upwards of 200. Benton rmmtv Henderson's majority is 64, Pittock 819. Douglas County Henderson has 180 majority. Lane Countv Hnr. son has about CO majority. The Indi cations are the Union majority throughout the state will reach SOOO. A dirt roof fell, by th breaking of a beam, at Happy Camp on the 18th ult., killing Jacob Uhle. George Tyer and another man. by the name of Mose. Washington. May 6. Ex-Colonel Stelnberger, of Washington Territory, is here trying to be reinstated in the service, from which he was dismissed. He procured the indorsement of Lieutenant-General Grant, General Wright, of California and General ' Alvord, of Oregon. Unknown to each other, sev eral Senators and Representatives re ceived invitations to an interview with Secretary Stanton, the other day, and a mutual surprise was the result when Senators Nesmlth and Harding, of Ore gon, Conness of California. Delegate Col of Washington Territory, and Representative McBrlde of Oregon, met. The two Oregon Senators said that the Colonel was as loyal as any body else, likewise Delegate Cole. Con ness said that Sternberger was not loyal enough to serve his country faithfully and McBrlde said ditto Sternberger will not be reinstated. The Marysville Herald says that six guns of heavy caliber have recently arrived at San Francisco from the East. Two of tbemW6-lnch guns will be mounted on Alcatraz, while the re maining four go to the fortifications now being built at the mouth rt the Columbia River. ' The 6an Francisco Bulletin says: "King Victor Emmanuel has Just re ceived 20 stags from California." Moat of our readers will remember the fre quent reference in these columns last Fall to the progress of Count Castlg lione in collecting these valuable ani mals from the forests and mountains of Oregon. The elk referred, to were from Oregon. Where Best English Is Spoken. CONDON. Or.. Jun 12- (To th- 'su itor.) Please settle an argument be tween two Scotchmen on which of two places speaks the best English. One claims Inverness, Scotland, speaks bet ter English, grammatically, and- the other says Dublin, Ireland. SUBSCRIBER. We have seen the statement that the people of Inverness speak th best English In th world, but doubt that anybody Is able to decide authorita tively. Votat In Pennsylvania. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jun 7. (To th Editor.) Can you Inform ma as to th vot at the primaries In Pennsylvania. L .. th total vote for each candidate. Republican, Democrat and Progressiva for Senator. I want It for comparison. W. T. CA VAN AUG H, Republican. 830,427; Democratic, 188,- 250; Washington (Prog.), 48,822. Th figures are official except as to two or three counties, unofficial fleures therefrom being; Included, ft