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MOSDAY, JUNE 18, U14.
BMP "PItOSPIiKlTl" UNDER WAY.
The business revival has begun. The
. time i& past to ask anxiously when it
Will come; It Is time to watch for and
aid In the growth in its volume until
very man and every dollar are at
work. Naturally 'the recovery is slow
and gradual at first, but with move
ment it is gaining momentum and
within a year probably we shall be
looking back on the past six months
and be wondering what ailed us.
The gold export movement ha
stopped after reaching a total of about
169,000,000 since January 1, and the
wheat export movement has begun
with the certainty that it will soon
turn the gold tide our way. A fall in
the price of sterling exchange has made
gold expocts no longer profitable, and
further shipments will be simply in
fulfillment of contracts. In three days
Chicago .sold more than 3,000,000
bushels for export and by July 1 the
movement promises to be so heavy as
to cause the drawing of bills against
shipments in large amounts. Sales for
export in July, August and September
have equalled those for home con'
sumption and promise to continue
large, for the amount in store and
afloat for Europe on June 1 was 20
000,000 bushels under that Of last
year, and Argentina's stock was 1,250,
000 bushels short of last year's. This
prospect seems to have prompted
London Times correspondent to predict
that before the year ends the United
States will have imported $150,000,000
In gold.
The wheat harvest In the Southwest
Is In full swing and is verifying the
most optimistic forecasts. A corre
spondent of the New York Evening
Post, who has recently made a trip
through the Kansas wheat belt, re
ports that all the scares familiar just
before harvest time have proved "mere
vapors" and that farmers in the har
vest field report almost uniformly gen
erous yields. Not only has. the acre
age Increased twenty-five per cent, but
the yield has swollen to twenty to
thirty bushels an acre from sixteen to
eighteen bushels. A bank examiner
in Central Kansas remarked to
banker:
Do not forget to build some more monei
drawers to take care of the wheat money
that will come in a few weeks from now,
- That remark expressed the prevail
ing sentiment and country bankers
look for a boom in deposits to begin
about August, when current bills have
been paid.
What' is true of Kansas is true also
of the Pacific Northwest and of the
grain belt in general. Next in impor
tance to wheat comes corn, and the
recent rains have placed the corn crop
In fine growing condition, and never
better at this time of the year, says
one correspondent.
Prospects of a bumper wheat crop
having been changed to certainty Us
Invigorating effects on mercantile
trade are already felt. Grocers and
implement dealers have been the first
to profit. Next to them will come
clothing trades and general business
Then will come those who supply
building material and all that is neces-
sary for farm improvements. Thus
financial ease on the farm will extend
to the cities and bring trade expansion
and revival of building. These are
the first requisites for restoration of
confidence among investors, that rail
roads and other great enterprises may
be able to market securities and give
labor employment in improvements
and new construction. Investors are
already regaining confidence but con
fine their buying chiefly to municipal
and utility issues.
There is already a decided improve
ment among manufacturing industries.
The pessimistic tone prevailing in
Pittsburg is contrary to the facts, for
buying of steel is now 30 to 60 per
cent greater than a month and a half
to two months ago, stocks in dealers
hands are down to almost nothing, and
a correspondent at that city suggests
that the present buying movement
may be "the inception of a prolonged
period of improvement." The Spring
field Republican also points out that
the trust's tonnage of unfilled orders
was greater on May 31 than at any
time between July, 1910, and October,
1911. It Infers that the depression in
the steel industry was much greater
during that period than now, the more
so because the trust has lost ground
to the independents in its proportion
of the total production.
Greater activity exists in other lines
of industry. More woolen machinery
was in operation on June 1 than on
December 1, 1913. The cotton goods
market is in better condition, and Fall
River is insured activity nearly all
Summer, in contrast with recent years.
Railroads are buying more equipment,
and their purchases in the first six
months of the year have equaled those
of the same period of last yearv Or
ders for lumber and shingles are pour
ing into the mills of the Pacific North
west. The country Is in an uncommonly
strong financial condition for a period
of great activity. Gold exports have
caused no apprehension, though twen
ty years ago a similar movement pre
cipitated the worst panic in the Na
tion's history. The explanation Is that
then our currency was inflated and a
drain of gold from the banks resulted,
which forced them to draw on the
treasury until the Government reserve
was 'impaired and bonds were Issued.
Our annual gold production also was
then only about half the present total,
and we now draw $20,000,000 Instead
of $4,000,000 a year from Canada and
J20.000.000 to $30,000,000 Instead of
$1,000,000 from Mexico. The law now
prevents impairment of the gold re
serve and has cut Cleveland's "endless
chain." Our banks have a surplus re
serve after having made large gold
shipments, can finance the crops
without causing a pinch in any quar
ter and have money awaiting invest-
ment The country has money" In hand
with which to do business, the supply
will be Increased by the surplus from
the crops and will be maintained In
sufficient volume to meet all legiti
mate demands of expanding- trade by
the new currency system.
' I.rVTNG 3S S750O A TEAK.
The Oregonian has' received from
an inquisitive correspondent the fol
lowing inquiries into a question of
moment to at least one person in
Portland the absentee Congressman
from this district and of interest to
many others:
How much do Ton think a Representative
in Congress ought to getT How much does
he get. outside his ITOOO salary? is there
any. penalty for absence from rollcall? Does
it cost more to lire in Washington City than
in Oregon?
A Congressman ought to get what
ever he Is worth. He is paid $7500
per annum, whether he Is worth it or
not. The Government pays, besides,
the salary of his secretary. He has
certain mail privileges, by which he.
is permitted to distribute free im
mense quantities of printed matter.
He gets mileage twenty cents per
mile for one Journey to and from
any session of Congress. In the case
of a Congressman from Oregon, mile
age is a large item. It is, more than
3000 miles to Washington, - There is
usually no penalty for absence from
rnll-ffl.ll.
Congressmen usually contrive to pay!
themselves constructive mileage. Last
December the special session merged
into the regular session, but Congress
voted the mileage or the special ses
sion, and it will also get mileage for
the regular session. Mr. Lafferty
voted for and participated in the
graft '
Mr. Lafferty openly says $7500 is
not enough. It ought to be $10,000 in
his opinion. ' Of course, a bachelor
may not be able to live on $7500 a
year in Washington, but many Repre
sentatives and Senators with families
get along quite comfortably,
THE VALUE OF MISERS'.
For the fresh air camp which the
Oregon Civic League Is endeavoring to
establishing this Summer for boys the
I. W. W. will be ungrateful, so the
league is told by Arturo Giovannitti,
I. W. W. poet leader. Perhaps so.
But probably the league will be well
satisfied if the boys who receive' the
camp's benefits are grateful and are
improved in health and put on a surer
road to clean lives.
It is Giovannltti's theory, as we un
derstand it, that anything that tends
to postpone the day of "working class
imperialism" is to be regretted. That
which alleviates the misery of the un
fortunate is to be condemned, for It
may palliate discontent with the ex- i
isting order of government. That!
which promotes misery, like the blood
shed in Colorado, is to be welcomed
for it hastens the day of the revolU'
lion.
But these ideas of Arturo uiovau
nitti were spoken when housed, well
clothed, at one of Portland's leading
hotels, and at the close of a satisfy'
Ing, though perhaps unwelcome club
luncheon. We have had a recent illus
tration of how the I. W, W., in less
fortunate circumstances, Beeks mar
tyrdom in order to hasten the reallza'
Hon of its principles. Many or tne un
employed quartered at the Gipsy
Smith auditorium last Winter were
members of the I. W. W. The com
mittee elected to devise and en-
fni-ce, regulations were members oi
the organization. The committee ap
pointed solicitors who sought contri
butions of food and clothing.
Possibly, hadxthey been engaged as
after-dinner speakers, they would
hn expressed Dleasure over the
ereater misfortune of the unemployed
in other cities where food and shelter
were not provided, as promoting the
cause of the I. W. W. The others wee
so far away that their cold and hunger
seemed in the abstract. As for them
selves,', alleviation was highly accepta
ble. It was so far from being unwei-
come that they went -forth into the
citv and asked for it.
We fancy Giovannitti is line nis
Portland followers. He believes that
suffering is good for the cause so long
oa soma one else is the sufferer. He
speaks from a full stomach.
HARDSHIP OF THE SETTLER.
A true story of homestead hardship,
which is presented as exceptional
rather than unusual, is told by the
Bend Bulletin.
nnA three small children re-
ai.o on their claim while tne tamer
worked in town, as do many homesteaders,
earning wages with which to carry the bur
den of the Improvements in the first hard
..nhiii hottu foe their lands. Many home
steaders are poor. These struggled on the
aHo-a of undisguised poverty, ins
food ran low at the homestead tent and the
father did not return. There were no neigh
bors for miles, no horse to reach them. All
supplies but a sack ot seen wnoav "
Tint the mother stuck to the claim.
and for a full week those three little ones
lived on boiled wneat. xnen oo-mo
and slightly better things.
In this tale the Bulletin finds the
moral that the courage and hardihood
that make stable and prosperous the
new communities of the west receive
less than their proper recognition. It
suggests that the helping hand be ex
tended more than at present to the
new settlers.
But we cannot help but wonder
whether the final chapter has been
told. Many are the homebulldera who
have gone into the wilderness and
there slaved and suffered deprivations
only to find that they had become
entangled in bureaucratic red tape or
had settled on tracts tnat a iana
bloated Government wanted for ranger
stations or desired to reserve for in
definite use in the distant future.
The lot of the original pioneer m
Oregon was hard enough, but he had
the encouragement that title was nis
if he did his best to live up to the
law. Today the new settler who ions
and starves to acquire something he
may call his. own is an object of offi
cial suspicion.
JOINT CONTROL OF RAILROADS.
Recent decisions of the Interstate
Commerce Commission ana oi tne
United States Supreme Court directly
concerning railroad rates fixed by
state commissions bring to the front
the need of concerted action between
the Nation and the states in rail
road regulation. Aside from rates,
there are many features of regula
tion as to which states conflict with
each other or with the United States.
While the Government la valuing all
interstate roads, many states are
valuing the roads within their borders.
Different bases or valuation are
adopted In various states, and though
the same basis la used as that taken
by the Interstate Commission, there
is duplication of work and expenses.
That Nation and states may work
together in this matter Representa
tive Dillon, of South Dakota, has in
troduced a bill providing for co-operation
between the interstate and the
state commissions. It authorizes joint
f conferences between the interstate and
one or more state commissions for the
adjustment of rates. When a case
is pending before the Interstate Board
which affects Intrastate rates, state
boards are permitted to intervene, and
when a case, before a state board
affects Interstate rates the Interstate
Board may participate by conference
with the state board. These confer
ences may adopt tentative findings,
which are to be ratified by each body
acting independently.
Passage of this measure would greatly
diminish the conflict now prevailing
between Federal and state commis
sions and would facilitate observance
of the law by railroads. Managers
of the latter are sometimes at their
wits' end which of two conflicting
laws or orders to obey or how to obey
them. As new duties are Imposed
on the Interstate Commission and as
its former functions are broadened by
law and court decisions, it must grad
ually supplant state commissions and
must be given the aid of regional sub
commissions. The Dillon bill would
serve as a temporary expedient and
would pave the way for the transition.
TWO KINDS OF DEMOCRATS.
That there is not unity of sentiment
in the Democratic party on the Ad
ministration's foreign policy has been
made apparent on several occasions
Democrats are not all Little Americans,
who cower at the displeasure of Eu
rope or who pursue a policy of con
ciliation toward those who know only
the arbitrament of force. There are
among them men like Senator O'Gor-,
man and Speaker Clark, who declare
frankly for the upholding of American
rights, honor and dignity. These men
are not deluded into the belief, held
by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan, that the
reign of peace and righteousness
among nations has begun. These men
see things as the are, not as they de-
sire things should be.
The contrast between the Wilson
and the O'Gorman view of foreign pol
Icy was brought into sharp relief by
the President's message on canal tolls
and by the - Senator's speech on that
subject. The contrast between the
Wilson and Clark ideas was brought
out by Representative Roberts,-, of N&
vada, in a speech in the House. He
caused to be printed in the Congres
sional Record in parallel columns the
following extracts from the speeches
delivered by the two men at Arlington
on Memorial day:
CLARK.
It is written,
"B 1 e s s e d are the
oeacemakers," but
after 19 centuries of
Christian endeavor .
. . we are prone to
smite the smiter.
e
The dav has not yet
WILSON.
I can never speak
in praise or war,
ladies and Kentlemen
you would not desire
me to do so. But
there is this peculiar
distinction belonging
to - the soldier, that
he aoes into an enter
arrived when swords
are beaten Into plow
shares or spears into
prunlng-hooks; and,
ludsing . from facts
prise out of which he
himself cannot get
anything at all.
There are battles
which can be neither
which are just
blinked nor
dented, jhard to go into and
that era of perfect
peace is out of sight
just as nani w mlu?
in as the battles of
In tne aistani xuiure.
arms: and If the man
will but stay and
think never of him
self, there will come
If history Is to be
believed. war ' has
been the most impor
tant occupation of
man since Cain slew
Abel and since Tu
bal Cain first worked
In a blacksmith shop.
The corporations of
:aptatns from Nimrod
to General Wood oc
cupy more space in
the annals of man
kind than do all the
tatesmen, philoso
phers, poets, preaoh
ers. writers and ar
tisans that ever lived.
All history Is but
one unending story
of human butchery.
All our boasted and
Tiultlplled acts of civ
lization are but prep
a time of grateful
reeniiectlnn. when
men will speak of
him not only with
admiration but with
affection and with
reverence.
That is their achieve
ment, unequaled any
where else in the an
nals of mankind
that the very men
whom they overcame
in battle join in
praise and gratitude
that the Union was
saved.
Thia flasr calls up
on us dally for serv
ice. . ana tne more
nuiet and 'self-deny-
arations for the sac
rifice of war the
ing the service the
greater tne glory oi
festival of death.
the flag, we are ded
icated to freedom, and
that freedom means
the freedom ot the
i human spirit.
No man can deny that Mr. Wilson
sets before us a lofty ideal, but no man
who reads current history can deny
that Mr. Clark drew a faithful picture
of things as they are. We do not say,
a3 do some satirically, that the Wilson
policy should be "put on ice" for
hundred years, but we do say that.
while striving to realize the Wilson
Ideal, we should not close our eyes to
the realities, upon which Mr. Clark
fastens our attention. The inherent
defect in the Wilson policy is that he
has become so absorbed in pursuit of
his ideal that he haselost sight of the
existing fjfets with which he must deal.
In foreign affairs at least, he and his
Secretary of State are impractical
idealists.
A SEW CREATIVE GENIUS.
Modestly revealing himself at the
New Thought Convention, which has
just been brought to a close in Port
land, Dr. Littlefield need only supply
a little further suDstanuauon iur
some of the remarkable claims made
by him in order to take rank as the
greatest biological genius of all time.
After reading what the doctor has to
say of his laboratory successes we are
inclined to look upon such -minor ex
perimenters as Dr. Carrel and Dr.
Loeb as being mere intellectual pig
mies. Dr. Littlefield makes it plain
that he has succeeded where all other
scientists have failed. Moreover, he
has gone serenely beyond the wildest
dreams of all others.
It would seem from his modest
statements that when Dr. Littlefield
wishes fish for breakfast he does not
need go to the trouble of visiting the
publio market. Neither does he need
go through the complicated processes
of evolution in creating so compli
cated a creature as a fish or' crab. The
world's latest biological wizard merely
steps into his laboratory, mixes up a
few chemicals and behold a wiggling
fish or struggling crab fresh and fit
for the morning meal! Nor is he
confined to one or two varieties. . It is
even possible for Jiim to create fish
that existed in the world thousands
of vears ago. This Is a mere matter
of detail; of changing the formula.
Anon the versatile doctor intends
going a bit farther. He believes the
human animal will be evoivea or
generated in this manner in due
course of time. It does not appear
that he has produced any human be
ings so far but obviously he has made
a great start. When his fwork has
been carried to its logical consumma
tion what wonderful possibilities
await the world! Of course if man
can make man in the laboratory he
can eventually perfect this biped
mammal so that the world will be
robbed of its present ills. Added
little . nitrogen here, a little carbon
there, a sprinkling of phosphorus,
magnesium, iron and iodine, and both
physical and mental defects doubtless
can be swept from the world under
the transcendental Littlefield plan.
We shall have no further need for the
eugenists. We shall have" no more
use for courts and policemen, sur
geons, almshouses, madhouses, armies,
hospitals and all the other grim ne
cessities of our present defective race.
The clumsy work of nature will have !
been so improved that only , perfect
specimens of the human family will f
inhabit the world.
This will be easily controlled Dy
compelling the scientists engaged in
man-making to pass the State Board
of Creator Examiners. Otherwise
malpractltioners might get in their
work and inflict defectives upon the
world. Incidentally the important
topic tf woman's rights will have
been solved in England as well as
elsewhere. Simple as can be. We
shall have no women nor men for
that matter. Plainly sex can be done
away with as an unnecessary evIL
Certainly some little time may
elapse before alt these things have
been worked out So far we have
only the doctor's word for it that he
makes 'his wn crabs for breakfast.
And while he gives stepeopticon slides
in support of his tale the camera's
reputation for veracity isn't too sub
stantial,
When the Democratic candidates for
Congress appear before the people
next Fall they will have difficulty in
meeting the charge made by Repre
sentatlve Murdock that the Democrat
ic party has surrendered to the rail
roads in the canal issue. Mr. Mur
dock, said:
Thev - fthe transcontinental railroads)
fought its construction because they did not
want competitive rates ovsr waterways bo
tren Atlantic and Pacific Dolnts and the
lower rates which would follow In the Inter
ior of the country. By this act. If It becomes
a law, yoa give victory to the transconu
nontal i-nllrnnrin. which have fOUSTht the Pub-
Ho interests In this matter over a period of
40 years. ...
That is a fact from which there la
no ssca.na exceot allusion to toll ex
emption as a subsidy to that very ship-
ping trust which the Democrats by
their own law have totally excluded
from the canal. How can ships which
are not permitted to enter the canal
be subsidized by not paying tolls for
traversing ltT The Democrats' own
argument drives them to face the fact
that the. railroads profit most by their
new canal law, and British ship own
ers are the next greatest gainers.
Time was when two of the favorite
Bourbon diversions were denouncing
the railroads and twisting the- British
lion's tail. Now they give the rail
roads victory after a 40 years' fight
and they feed the British lion a rich
morsel.
On Saturday The Oregonian printed
a letter from Lewis A. McArthur re
garding topographic mapping and
stream flow Investigations and meas
urements, and through a typographi
cal error it was made to appear that
if the state failed to provide funds for
this work, the Federal Government
would sDend its own money in the
same amounts that it has during the
past few years. Of course this is not
true. The Federal Government is
spending most of its funds devcted to
this work in the states that co-operate
with it, dollar for dollar, and every
year Oregon received the benefits of
a large expenditure of Geological Sur
vey funds that would not be spent here
if Oregon did not co-operate. If Ore
gon fails to co-operate, the Federal
funds spent here will be reduced to
but a small fraction of what have been
spent in the past.
Senator Lane was present when the
Senate passed the bill presenting the
steam launch Louise to the French
government and giving it the place of
honor at the opening of the Panama
Canal, but he said not a word in sup
port of the prior claim of the battle
ship Oregon to the place of honor. The
whole Nation is no doubt willing to
give France a leading part In the cere
monies, since her citizens began the
canal, but the place of honor should
go to a ship of the Nation which com
pleted it, and to the ship which is an
object lesson . of its necessity. ur.
Lane said not a word except to ex
plain the absence of his colleague.
The Senate restored the old mileage
rate of 20 cents in place of the actual
traveling expenses of members and
their families adopted by the Mouse,
with the apparent purpose of making
the Government pay for more than
one round trip between a members
home and the capital each session.
Perhaps the Senators wish the people
to pay for trips made to fix up fences.
The statue of Carnegie in the city
nark in Dunfermline will always re
mind the rising generation of what a
Door boy can do in America, and tnere
always will be opportunities, although
not in the line, pernaps, tnat maae
Mr. Carnegie a rich man.
Editor Bede. of Cottage Grove, de
feated for the Republican nomination.
declines to run as a Progressive. Mr,
Bede believes Republicanism stands
for something, which a "hlgner-up
or two might consider.'
Ed Rand. Sheriff of Baker, caught
his man by keeping away from civin
zation and dodging- publicity. Even
Governor West will admit that Rand
delivers the goods.
Rockefeller has given a few more
millions to the Institute for Medical
Research, a very good way, as Mr,
Carnegie might say to avoid dying
rich.
The Kansas farmer 'who fell asleep
In his bueey and broke his neck when
n fail out was not up to date. He
could not fall asleep driving an auto.
Tn the matter of alleged "knocking
down" by railroad men, it must always
be remembered that a spotter nas 10
make good to earn his pay.
Louisiana may talk of sending Re-
nublicans to Congress, but on election
day a Southern Democrat Is a Demo
crat voting for Democrats.
A movine Dlcture that is not fit for
children to see is likewise unfit for
grown people. The movies must move
In the line of decency.
Tn EL Louis, a city famous for bad
water and good beer, ten deaths were
charged to excessive heat baturaay a
plausible reason.
Reported dissipation has not hurt
Johnson. By the time ne is oia tnero
will be a chance for a "white hope."
There is nothing slow to Amity,
which is putting $20,000 Into a school
building. ,
There is room for a few more
12-story edifices in Alder-street can
yon.
Those whales near New York are
looking for the Jonah in the Progres
sive party. .
No matter how it began, this week
will end in glory.
Safety first. Sanity Fourth.
Safe and Sane Advice
By Deu Coll inn.
Thourh. as a rule. I disagree
With what the world at large Is
boosting.
And always you'll discover me
Btrong where the opposition's roost
ing.
It seems this season doth demand
That I should drop such vanity
And nobly take my pen In hand
For safety and for sanity.
July the Fourth, In years airone.
Ah, 'twas a time of fine confusion.
With fireworks flashing en the lawn
Reckless of "safe and sane" Illusion,
Children, your sires and grandalrsa.
teo.
When smoke and noise was In as
cendance.
With merry hand the crackers threw
And whooped It up for Independence.
Myself. I've fired the fuming punk
And lit the cannon cracker mighty;
Have made the Roman candle "plunk1
And burned the - "nigger-chaser
flighty:
I've burnt my fingers, scorched my toes.
And by the paper bomb been blasted
I've powder-marked my cheeks
it was bully, while it lasted.
But children, now that weight of years
Has made me quite blase about it.
Unto my reason it appears
That you should really do without It
So I advise, as others do,
With mildness and urbanity.
Fireworks, my dears, you should es
chew -
For "safety and for sanity.
Shun the gunpowder play, my child,
And boost the birthday of our Nation
By games that are polite and mild
And patriotic cogitation:
That, when the glow of setting sun
upon our lovely landscape lingers,
It shall find each and every one
With all his toes find ears and fingers-
L'ENVOt.
Though thus I've wisely sermonized.
And thoughts both safe and sane and
rood shed.
Some boys, I should not be Surprised,
Have hid some fireworks In the wood
shed.
I sternly do condemn such act
And urge a mild commemoration;
Still I will gamble on one fact
Those kids will have some celebra
tion.
S s
POLITICAL ELEVATOR GOING DOWN
Democracy's Poller la to Re-dace Ex
travagant Farmers to Others' Level.
PORTLAND, June 18. (To the Edl
tor.) It seems to me you are not glv
ing the Democratlo party (1. e., Mr.
Wilson) sufficient credit for the good
it Is accomplishing and will accom
plish, if not interfered with by the
election of a Republican Congress,
during the current term. Of course,
we do not expect another Democratic
Administration, because the "interests
are 'combined against us, and the peo
pie are so densely Ignorant as to be
incapable of wise self-government
upon the altruistic lines of our great
leader. , For their own good It has been
necessary to deceive them on some
points of National policy and, keep
them in the dark in regard to others.
If we (the leaders) had told the rab
ble of voters that we Intended to re
pudlate the tolls plank of the plat
form and apologise to Colombia, ac
comoanying the apology with a salve
of $30,000,000 which is said to be
about 1 per cent of all the real money
in the country tne result migm navo
been different.
But thOBe who are . far-sighted (I
and Mr. Wilson) see a great good
coming to the country, though we
may not receive proper credit. ui
course, our foreign-policy will teach
us the lesson of Humility, and we may
attain the distinction of being ' con
sidered the Uriah Heep among the na
tions of the world. But this is by no
means all the blessings that are being
conferred upon us. Taxation is odious,
and from the beginning of time it has
been the study of the Individual to
minimize his share of the burden and
magnify the other fellow's share.
Hence, the income tax and the pro-
Dosed STnele tax. But the Democracy,
by its general economic- policy, win
correct much of this injustice.
At present the income tax amounts
to a very large sum, but It must be
remembered that this state or arrairs
an inheritance from the Republican
Administrations and cannot rightfully
be charged against our party. A time
passes bringing tne run function oi
our policies Incomes will dwindle to
the vanishing point: and, of course.
when there are no incomes to tax, there
will be no taxes to in-come. Naturally
with the disappearance of Incomes
there will be a shrinkage In the value
of properties from which the Incomes
are derived, ana tne assessor, ii n
wants to hold bis Job, will be com
pelled to recognize this fact, and lower
his valuations.
The high values placed upon land in
thia country under the Republican Ad
ministrations, have been a great evil,
and the apparent prosperity a great
cause of pride and extravagance.
Farmers have been buying autos and
their wives and children have been
dressing In a style altogether too ex
travagant for their station In life.
To correct this and to bring all men
down not up to a common level. Is
the mission of Democracy and to me
this seems logical, without the psycho,
JEFF.
"SHOW ME" LESSON IN ENGLISH
"Missouri, Where One Most Demon
trate," the British Maid Dslats It.
Kansas City Times.
Missouri has a new name. The re
christening happened a few weeks ago
tn Atiantif. niuh the exclusive cos
mopolitan organization of Llmon, Cost
Rica,
Nell Turpln. representative of a fruit
company, who Is at tne Motel Bam
more, Is stationed at Limon. He was
Introduced in the Atlantlo Club to a
young Englishwoman.
"He's from the 'show-me state," add
ed the introducer.
"The show-me state?" queried the
girl, arching her eyebrows.
The matter was explained. A few
days later Turpln met the girl again.
She greeted him cordially.
"Oh, yea, Mr. Turpln." ahe chirruped,
"you are the man from the state where
one must demonstrate!"
Riot Photography Difficult.
London Echo.
Monsieur Richepln and Monsieur Cec-
caldl were opposing candidates for a
seat In the Chamber of Deputlea At
one of the fineef ings an affray occurred
In which one of M. Richepin's partisan
was struck down by an assassin sup
posed to be of the Ceccaldl party. The
Paris journals have reproduced this
scene. The truth was that In the riot
it was impossible to photograph this
scene. But the picture furnished by
M. Richepln was dramatic In the ex
treme and doubtless aided in his elec
tion. M. Richepln was on his way
home, accompanied by a number of
faithful friends and some photogra
phers, when this dramatic picture was
posed. He stopped at a bridge. There
with his friends crowded about him, an
excited throng, stood M. Richepln, one
hand leaning upon the bridge, the other
hand holding a handkerchief dripping
with the blood of the murdered man.
The 'blood for the handkerchief. It Is
aaiJ, came from a neighboring wine
shop and waa poured from a bottle of
red ink. With this beginning a back
ground was sat in representing M.
Richepln standing on the steps of the
hotel where the tragedy occurred.
ADVANTAGE! OP CITY'S LOCATION
Writer Believes Porilaad Hkoslii rrolt
Mora Prom Da-wa-UIII II sal.
PORTLAND, June IS (To tbe Edl
tor.) Some time ago The Oregonian
published a letter in which I called
attention to the manifest wrong that
Is being done Portland. In that th
railroads charge the same rates en
Eastern freight hauled down the Co
lumbla River grade to Portland the
they charge for hauling to Puget Sound
points, where they have to lift th
freight three-quarters of a mile, more
or less, tn the air. I mentioned th
fact that when It suits them the rail
roads assert that there should be a dl
rect relation between the cost of th
service to the railroad and the rate
they are allowed to charge; but when
It comes to making the rate to Port
land, this important factor the cost
of service Is largely Ignored. Tbay
flx our rate by taking Into account th
cost of service over the mountains to
leas favored points.
It would seem that I trod on some
one's toes in my former letter, for a
friend, who Is ofllclally Interested in
freight rates, condemned me on day
for stirrina the matter up, ana toia nv
that thia matter had all been feucht
out. and th Dreaent arrangement wa
the result of much Investigation and
dlar.uaaion. and that It waa all right
that a mere amateur In matter of
freight rates (a I was) eould not be
supposed properly to understand these
matters.
So far as I and a rreat many other
people can aee th Portland Chamber
of Commerce, Its transportation com
mlttee and Individual and organlza
ttons to whom this freight rat Is a
vital matter, are making no mov to
right th wrong under which Portland
seems to be laboring. BO r the an
swer 1 very unsatisfactory that I can
a-et to this important question: What
advantage Is It to Portland to be th
only port on- the Pacltlo Coast at tn
end of wate" arade railroads. If the
rates charged for hauling it freight
are the same a are charged to port
much less advant iceously situated, In
that they have mountains back of them
over which their freight must o
hauled?
Can It be that the silver lining to
Portland' cloud is the present light
for terminal rates that Astoria l wag
ing? The railroad authoritloa say that
If Aatorla aeta the same rate as are
given Fuget Sound. thn Portland must
have lower rates. It iooks a inouan
that would be the case. Then we would
a-et what w ar entitled to. In that
event surely Portland Is Interested In
seeing Astoria get what It I Cshting
for. If, as I threatened, th Pugut
Sound port will then Insist on setting
the same rates a Portland, the Inter
state Commerce Commission mignt
have aomethlnir to say as to that
If Portland is entitled, by virtue or
its location, to a-iower rat than Puget
Sound points, what Is hindering our
shipper from going arier iw nureijr,
there can be no Question as to tn jus
tlce of the contention that th cheaper
haul down th Columbia River banks
should partly Inure to the profit of
Portland, and not entirely to th rail
roads and Puget Sound.
Why Is not this fact more energeti
cally urged, and why should anyone
be hindered in expressing nis viewsz i
feel like hoping that strength will be
riven the arm of Astoria in its ngnt.
for It looks as though It were partly a
fight for Portland and for th Columbia
Valley route. k. u. iui ilh.
I'nsanltnrr Way of Handling Prodaee.
CLACK Ail AS. Or.. June II. (To th
Editor.) I beg to bring to th knowl
edge of Th Oregonian an Instanoe
how Japanese farmers handle crates
or boxes In which they place their
fruit Wednesday I noticed a Japa
nese on Foster road In Lent driving
waiion loaded with manure. To
dIt surprise I saw some new rrult
rates and boxes otrectiy on top oi
th load. The refuse was not covered
and the fume penetrated everything
placed on top. It was certainly a most
disgusting sight. On approaching th
Japanese and asking him whether he
would fill these crate with iruit. ne
affirmed this. I fancied how appetli
Ins this fruit would be, picked th next
day and sold to the consumer,
It Is surprising that an instance
like this could pass unobserved or at
least without any attention paid to
it on on of the most-traveled roads,
cutting right to the center of Lents
In fact, the man was holding still for
a while In front of the postofflce to
feed hi horse. I called th at ten
tion of several people to th filthy
and most unsanitary state of affair
and all of them were highly ns
a-usted. This is not an unusual oc
currence, as many of the Japanese and
Chinese farmer bring their produce
in on the same wagon on which they
take a load of manure home, usually
covered with some sacka, but often
having crates on top In which they
place their market products the next
day. ajj. il. BtjMjiiiJi,
Explosion Probably Meteor. '
PORTLAND. Or., Jun II. (To th
Editor.) In Th Orgonlan Jun 14
there is a special from Cottage Grov
In regard to an explosion wnirn
alarmed a family near Latham. Th
dat of th occurrano I not glvn, hut
If it happened about 10 P. M. on Frl
day, June 19, It may explain something
that has been pussling us since then
A bright object which- appeared to
be about twice th six of th largest
star was seen slowly falling In th
sky In th south with a slight Incline.
tion to the west. With field glasses
it appeared bright red and perfectly
round. It speed seemed to Increase
as It got lower. Four of ua watched
t and there la no question but it was
a long distance from Portland.
As we have seen nothing in to news
papers about it we concluded that It
was probably a meteor wnicn r.o one
had happened to notice. It I possible
that this Is what struck and alarmed
th Allama family near Latham If th
dates and tlm correspond.
w. w. wooDRirr,
12S1 East Harrison street.
NolM at Band Cearerta.
PORTLAND. June 28. (To the Edi
tor.) I attended the band concert at
Peninsula Park Friday evening, given
by Brown' Band, and nloyd what I
could hear of It very much.
I wonder why It Is that ther are
(O many people who do not car for
music, and. furthermore, do not car tor
the right of othera They will talk.
and lauah through the entire pro
gramme, making It Impossible for those
near them to hear anything. Others
again will allow their children to play
among th crowd, fall over your feet
and hav a good tlm Generally.
Now. I bellev in children enjoying
themselves, but tber I plenty of room
for them to romp and play In our
park away from the grandstands and
thos who attend then concert ana
wish to enjoy the music.
A LOVKR OF MUSIC.
How It May Ba flam red.
EOOLA. Or.. June 17. (To th Ed
itor.) You ask "Why does the Wilson
Administration agree to pay Colombia
5.000,000 now Instead of lio.ouo.liou
offered Colombia 11 year ago or the
18,000.000 offered In President Tarts
administration?"
Th probable solution He In th fol
lowing simple problem In addition:
Amount offered 11 yrs sf ,,o
iVT.Ve.. on io.oooo at MO0.000
Grapejulc balm to dispel any -
Istinr animosity
peacsf ul duo . . . .
toward th
S.lno.ooo
Grand total, shnwlns that the
V. B. 1 a same sport "''-B
othsr people's mousy) ;.ono Ooo
HOWARD 6. U'aAl.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From The oresonlaa ef June 2s lftft
New London, Conn. Jun '!'
14th annual lght-oard rare between
Tai and Harvard wa o by Tale by
six Ungtha
Falem, Jun I. Th Wlllamett Vat
ley liopgrower Asaoclatlon met to
day. Independence, Jun It A faker H
elllns; for Is each membership In an
Association repreeentlna that Allen
Lewis, Charles II. lodd a Co, and other
firm will sell farmers wh at jrem
bsr goods at wholesale price.
Th new Temple Belh Israel was yes
terday formally dedicated. HbM Morn
was followed tn his marr-tt to the front
by Rev. T. 1- l.llot. 8. Ulumauer, Isaac
Kaufman and N. Ilaum. ells 1. tn ma
Ilautn presented th hey to 8. Fm
mauer, president of th nristlon,
who delivered an address. B. Uolosmith,
of th building committee, resd a re
port, P. foil t ohn cave an orallea.
Hev. Robert Abrahamann rejid th
100th Tsalm. Ret. T L K.llot read the
scripture and Kev. Mr. Kloch preaohed.
fllshop Morris return. I en Thursday
from a mlaelonary Journey thrnuih
Eastern Oregon.
Oeorg W. Kummer arrived frn th
East a tew days aao and Is visiting hi
brother. Rev. Alfred Kummer.
A meeting ef ral stat brkr
held last evening at th office ef Tel
ler Btearne, II (Stark street, for th
purpose of orasnltlng an iclan.
James Flower wa appointed ehalrmsn
pro tem and J. C McCaffrey temporary
secretary.
School tiperlntendent Wis ln ha
arranged drawlrae hv the pupil of tr.
puMlo rhoora for Jhinitinn st in na
tional techr' Instltut at Nashvllia
Centenary Melhodls : Ilsr...l ChureS
ba requestej that IUv. J. W. Huston
bo Its pastor.
Th Portland Mill A nlur Com
pany has started a factory In th bulid-
Inc at venta and P.. atresia, r.a.i
rortland.
P-r. W. W. Royal yeMer.Uy reported
a serious ca of dipMheila In b
family of Ueori Wilson, wa lives near
th carehnps.
Half Century Ago
rrora Th Ortrenla ef June r, I ".
Thirteen rerrulls t'T Caplaln t'lrev
Canyon Clly roadsuard leav fort is ne
this morning lor T m iaues.
The Iresbverr "r7 Oregon convene
tomorrow st Corralli. A ermq lll
h preached by th moderator, Rv.
P. 8. CafTrey, of this cltr.
New York. June 14 Maitlmlllaa r-
rived at Vera Crui May i.
TVashlna-lon. June II Th bill
pealln th rucniva iv iw !- .
th llnuee hjr a vol of II to 41. hav
ing previously passed th ensrt.
Cairo. Jun 14. A fore of l0
lrv 6000 Infantry nd II piece f
artillery under Oeneral Plurals was
met at Ounlown, Miss., on th loth by
th enemy In overwhelming numbers
end a terrible batll ensued. A Ursa
portion of our Infantry wa captuted
and most of our artillery destroyed
or abandoned.
For 24 hours preceding yesterday
mornlns th Wlllamett had iiff IHen -
y receded to leav two or thre
wharves open for bualnesa
Comnsnv C. Caplaln Randall, of tbe
Seventh reR-lment, Second hrlH-a.le, O. ev.
M , war out on pared last avenlng.
A handsome ess of bird, prepared
by 8. . Potiplns, taxidermist. Is on t.
hibltlon at Powell a Lappeus', on
Stark.
Hon. J. r. Boon died suddenly on
Saturday night. He wi on or h
oldest resident of Salem and haa f Hied
many honorable positions.
TARIFF'S I5FFF.CT OV lJIrTHV
lajariona to Val mm hblaalea mm4
Ilrlaaa Decrease la r I pert a.
PORTLAND, Jun J7 (To th Fd-
Itor.) In your editorial ""tick t th
Programme'1 In Th Oregonian a por
tion of on paragraph reads a fol
low:
We ennnnt null Bare with the freel1ent
that this Dinimmni wss not deiru-llvs.
The tailff law has struck down wn.ne in
dustries hss psrilslly p&iaosea otners n
hss shrunk otir msnufsctnred etports whn
sreatly increasing- our manufactured Im
ports.
If th tariff law baa struck down
whole Industrie, etc., as you y, your
reader would, no doubt, b alad to
know what particular Industrie and
th connection between their failure
and th tariff. It may b that you
refer to th Oregon wool Industry.
Tour readers are ntltled to mors thn
mer naked latemnt. Further, yeu
tat that this earn tariff law waa.
or la th cause of a shrinkage In our
manufactured exports, while It ha In
creased th earn class of Itnpotla.
Now. w can readily understand how It
would caus an 'Inereas In Import,
but w are at a considerable In
se th connection that a lower tariff
on Import mlaht hav with a deerewa
a exports. Would you kindly enuhte
us on this. CIIAS. C. CltLW. -
W hav In several article discussed
th effect of th tariff oa th wool In
dustry. In Th Oregoniaa or Jun II
w showed II effect oa th shlnl In
dustry. It was Impossible. In an Inci
dental reference to th subiect, to So
nto particular at to the tariffs
ffecta Th author ef th aw tariff
ar themselves auinomy tor in
assumption that a lower tariff has a
connection with export, for thy hav
been predicting for year that tarirr
reduction would Increas our export
Bine eaport Of manufaetare de
crease oon after their reduced tariff
akes affect, w ar Justified by their
own lin or reasoning In assuming th
relatlon'of caus and effect.
Subsidised Oprr llaswe.
London atandard.
Ther ar two opra house In Ant
werp. Belgium, subsidised by th -nlolpaliiy.
On produce opera In
French, th other In f lemisn a wen
man. Tilt mt Tbelr Clear.
Exchange.
Bom mn r distinguished only by
th IHt of their Hun.
Making Beauty
More Beautiful
As th Summer ti berln to
lengthen nd trntbn hie busi
ness hours. Milady naturally think
about her complexion.
What la lh best thing to us
keep present cd loch and msk
beauty more beautiful.
Th store ar full of toilet arti
cle of grtr or les merit.
What to choos Is sometime a
problem.
On way to Its solution I by
reading about th toilet srtl. les .)
vrtled In thl paper, then investl
catlng th on.s that seem to prom
la most.
Only a small eMe to thst multi
aided servant ADVi:i: I IM.s-l.
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