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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1914. POKTLA0, OREO OX. Kntered at Portland. Oregon. Fostofflce U second-class matter. Subscription Rates Invariably la Advance: (By Mail.) Xaily. Sunday Included, on year .$8.00 Dally. Ercnday Included, six months ..... 4.Z5 Xaily. Sunday Included, three months .. Dally, Sunday Included, one month ..... .75 2aily. without Sunday, one year 6.00 Xaily, without Sunday, six months .. .. . B-?o Dally, without Sunday, thres months 1.75 2ally. without Sunday, on mouth o0 Weekly, one year l.&O Sunday, on year 2.50 Sunday and Weekly, ana year .......... (By Carrier.) Bally. Sunday Included, one year ...... 9J9 Dally, Sunday included, one month ..... -to How to Bemit Send Postoffice money or der. exDreas order or personal check on your local bank, btaraca. coin or currency are at tender's risk. Give nostofflce address In full, sncludlna county and Btate. roatan Bates 12 to 16 pages, 1 cent; 18 to 32 pages. 2 cents; 34 to 4& pages, 3 cents; to to 00 pages. 4 cents: 62 to 78 pages, 3 cents: 78 to pages. 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Kastern Business Office -Verree at Con k Jln. Kew York, Brunswick bulltlng. Chi cago. Stenaer building;. Ban Francisco Office B. J. Bldwell Co, Market street. gTLAXP, I-RIDAT, DEC. 4. 1814. l AAERICAX LVDUSTRIES BUSY. Activity is rapidly spreading through 11 the manufacturing Industries of the East, Middle West and South, showing that business has awakened from the torpor of the past two years and that prosperity has already come. A thorough canvass of every manufacturing- town in those sections has toeen made by the Chicago Tribune. It hows that the clouds of depression have rolled away, and that the sun of good times is shining. The most marked activity is in those Industries which supply war material to Europe. Throughout the East and Middle West manufacturers of woolen and cotton goods, harness, saddlery, automobiles, auto trucks, wagons, arms and ammunition are running with full force and some of them on double time. Packing houses are buying all the cattle that is offered and are selling great quantities of canned meat in Europe. One com pany in Pittsburg is filling an order for steel to be used in making bay onets. A Detroit company is supply ing France with brass for use in mak ing shells. A Cincinnati concern is working night and day on rapid-fire suns. Wheat, flour and oats in un precedented quantities are exported to the war zone. But the revival is by no means a sudden, artificial spurt due to sale of war supplies. It extends to- general foreign trade, only partly as a direct consequence of the war. For example a. knitting mill at Appleton, Wis., has captured business which- formerly went to Japan. Joplin has put hun dreds of additional miners to work and is supplying spelter" to Europe, the smelters of Germany and Belgium toeing closed. Home demand for manufactures of various kinds has aJso revived. Farm ers with bank accounts fattened by sale of crops at high prices, are add ing to their grain acreage and are or dering farm implements, autos.and all kinds of merchandise, causing implement-makers to run full time with in. creased forces. Canton, 111., reports that one such factory Is cutting down the number of unemployed at the rate of 100 a week and says: "Foreign orders are nil, but forecasts from field men point to an early resumption of heavy sales." Huntington, Ind says: Not in the history of Huntington have manufacturing industries been so rushed with orders. The sudden business revival lias caused many factories to run overtime In order to meet the demands. Foreign or ders have had little to do with the business awakening here, praetlcaUy every order be ing confined to the United States. The truth of this statement Is illus trated by the nature of that town's products. These Include pianos, rub ber, furnaces, cedar chests, shoes, iron castings, machines and needles. The iron and steel trade has been the last to feel the revival, but it has taken an upward turn. At Pittsburg, the Steel Trust's mills are running to between 60 and 60 per cent of capac ity after several months of operation far below 50 per cent, 'and the largest Independent plant is operating more fully than for several weeks past. The Bethlehem rail mills and ordnance plants are running full blast on J 50, 000,000 worth of orders brought home from Europe by Charles M. Schwab, and are taking back 3000 i41e men in tmtches of hundreds. Mills at Joilet, 111., are more active and expect to double their force before February 1. Ball mills at Birmingham, Ala., have resumed operation on double turn. In the South, the removal of ob stacles to cotton exports has caused Galveston wharves to be lined with ships loading wheat and cotton for Europe, putting thousands of long shoremen and cotton screwers to work. .That (city is also making 20,000 uni forms for Mexican soldiers. Building Jios not abated at New Orleans and Improved prices for cotton and sugar and shipments of wheat, mules, horses and other products to Europe have ended torpor. Chattanooga tells of active building, railroad construction and manufacture of war supplies. Increase of traffic and the certainty that it iwlll continue have encouraged railroads to open closed car and re pair shops and to increase the force of those already in operation. The Santa Fe shops at Fort Madison, la., have employed a full force with a pay roll of $1,000,000 a year and the Fris co shops at Kansas City and Spring field, Mo., have been reopened.- A most significant straw is the an nouncement that the American Oil Products Company will soon install at Logansport, Ind., a plant for the man ufacture of oils and chemicals that heretofore were manufactured exclu sively la Germany. This is the first definite, step in a probably general movement to produce all possible ma terials for American industry in the United Stwtes and to end our depend ence ' on Europe for dyes, chemicals and other commodities. That industrial life has been re newed on the Pacific Coast as well as In other sections is evidenced bv the addition of 300 men to the force of the Union Iron Works at San Francis co and by the operation of that plant ror twenty-lour hours a day; also by the re-employment of several hundred men who were laid off recently at the Oakland cotton mills and by the add! tlon of 100 men to their number. Had no recovery come to domestic trade, the $500,000,000 added to our foreign trade by war supplies and the further addition to that trade due to Europe's inability to supply its foreign customers would have had a decided ly quickening effect on our industries. The zeal of the Democrats to aa quire the tattered remnants of the Progressive party is easily understood It is well to make prudent provision for a needy future. But the Progres sive party has become so much like a disappearing view, or the end of the rainbow, that efforts to grab It begin to look rather childish. Is there any thing to grabT FOTJJfD OCT. The worst defeated measure in the recent election was the primary dele gate bill or so-called assembly meas ure. The negative majority was 128, 5 SO and the vote against it was in the ratio of more than six to one. It is hardly necessary to say that the result surprised nobody. Outside of the men who filed the petition it was difficult during the campaign to find a soul who would acknowledge that he believed the bill should pass. Yet what a display there was of mock alarm and Indignation on the part of some of the Democratic guardians of the Oregon system! What desperate efforts were used to make it appear the measure had the sanction and support of the Republican candidate for Governor! The unprecedented majority given against this bill and the great major ity given Dr. Wlthycombe reveal em phatically the futility of tricky poli tics. The charge that any Republican candidate had aught to do with the measure was untrue and dishonestly made. It was not believed and the reputation of that particular news paper which attempted to make politi cal capital out of misrepresentation has been seriously damaged. WHAT PROGRESSIVES CAX IX. Since the Progressive party cut such a sorry figure in the election, its members have been renewing their allegiance to the Republican party in increasing numbers. In Massachu setts three of its candidates for Con gress have returned to the old party. They are John Herbert of Somerville, Henry L. Kincaide, of Quincy, and ex-Mayor Thomas Thompson, of New Bedford. The last-named gentleman calls on Republicans and Progressives alike to come together and rebuild the party "that gave us a Lincoln, a Garfield and a McKJnley." . The cause of the Progressive party as a party Is hopelessly lost, and those who sincerely looked to it as a means of promoting the National advance ment can gain that end more effec tively by increasing the leaven of progress in the Republican party. By holding aloof, these men and women would improve the chances of the reactionaries to control the old party. The three Bay State men mentioned seem to have taken this rational view of the situation, and they are doubt less only a few among many. SECRETABT LANE AND OREGON. When Franklin K. Lane, of Califor nia, was appointed by President Wil son to be Secretary of the Interior, it was felt that the West was to have a representative in the Cabinet who understood its special needs. The day of humbug conservation and red-tape administration by Eastern bureau crats was to be at an end. Practical ideas were to supplant visionary and harmful theories and encouragement was to be given to real settlement of the public lands by real settlers, and real use of water powers by real users. The Pinchot nightmare was happily over. Secretary Lane did much to justify the expectations of the misused and over-conserved West. He gained the respect of the East, while he did not forfeit the confidence of the West. He pointed out to the faddists and the dreamers the error of their ways, and if he did not reform them, he at least silenced them. He went ahead in an effective" way to adjust the trouble some and complicated problems of the Interior Department service to the re spective rights of the Government and the states, and the actual wants of the man on the land. When Secretary Lane was in Ore gon, in August, 1913, he gave every indication that he understood that the state had suffered from the Govern ment's neglect and from, outrightdis crimination. At Pendleton, in sir ad dress, he said: Oregon has contributed about J. 000,000 to the reclamation fund. Oregon has received little of the portion of the reclamation fund to which It is entitled. I Intend to take eare of you and see that you are treated fairly from now on. There were favorable signs that 'the Secretary intended to make good his promise to "take care of us" by his active help in the West Umatilla proj ect. .There were other such signs when he - gave -vbis. approval to a scheme of co-operation between the Government and the state in an irri gation project in Central Oregon. The state was encouraged to appropriate $450,000 for construction of the Tu- malo irrigation project; and there upon the director of the reclamation service recommended to the Secretary that he allot $450,000 for this Identical project; and It was done. But the Government money has not been used in Oregon, though it was specifically appropriated for the year 1914. The delay is explained by the statement, said to come from the In terior Department, that it will not be available until the state shall appro priate another $450,000. It is not conceivable that Secretary Lane, knowing the facts, would recede from his word, or break faith with the people of Oregon. It must be true that, in the pressure of his many du ties, he has not properly recalled his previous pledge, and that he is under a misapprehension as to what was done in 1913. But when his memory is refreshed by the record, he can be in no doubt about his clear duty to Oregon. HOW ERRORS COCXD BE AVOIDED. Sometimes it is a matter" of regret that there is no legally constituted body to examine initiated measures for technical errors. If there had been such a body one of the laws passed in 1912 wouTd not have lacked the enacting clause and thereby failed. Likewise the anti-death penalty amendment and v the prohibition amendment would not both be desig nated as Section 36, Article I. On the other hand, if such an authority had been created there probably would not now be a distinction between the time initiated laws and constitutional amendments take effect. The original amendment granting the direct legislative power provided that initiated bills and amendments should become effective when adopt ed. The Supreme Court construed this language to mean that approved measures were In force immediately at the end of election day. But four years later when a new provision was added to the constitu tion giving the Legislature authority to submit constitutional amendments by one majority vote in each house, it was provided that constitutional amendments, whether submitted by the Legislature or by initiative, should become effective upon issuance of proclamation by the Governor. The new amendment contained no men tion of Initiated statutes. It thus happens that la 1914 the bill permitting- merger of cities by local vote, became operative immedi ately after election, while three other measures, all constitutional amend ments, await the proclamation of the Governor. There is no conceivable reason for distinction between the tVo kinds of laws in this -particular, yet experience has shown that a short delay in the, taking effect-of initiated laws is some times advantageous. In the case of prohibiting capital punishment it has enabled the Governor to prevent the liberation of a murderer by commut ing the death penalty imposed upon him to life imprisonment before the proclamation declaring the law adopt ed has been issued. Doubtless,' however, if an advisory board having the function of passing on the technical wording of initiated measures had been in existence, the lack of saving clause in the amend ment abolishing capital punishment would have been 'pointed out to the proponents of the law and It would have been willingly corrected. CSEl 'UL BCXiETTXS. The Farmers' Bulletins published by" the Federal Department of Agri culture are far less widely known and used than they should be. They pro vide a perfect storehouse of Informa tion upon numberless subjects of prime importance such as road-building, the extermination of weeds, the care of the lawn, cereal breakfast foods and hundreds more. Two of these admirable bulletins which we have particularly noticed would be valuable in every household whether in town or country. The first. by Maria Parloa, takes up "The prep aration of vegetables for the table." The recipes are simple and practicable and the dishes they produce are tooth some enough for the most exacting epicure. Comparatively few house wives know the art of cooking vege tables. They are usually served half raw. The other bulletin vre spoke of tells of "The economical use of meat in the home." The sum of Its teaching is that with a little knowledge and skill a housewife may get more palat able results from cheap cuts than she usually does from the costliest steaks. These bulletins are sent free to all applicants by the Federal Department of Agriculture. THE rESTIOX OF BY-PRODUCTS. The question of a market for or chard by-products which J. F. Bachel der discusses elsewhere in The Orego- nian today is of grave import to the Pacific Northwest. In these days of pitiless competition and falling profits no industry can hope to thrive unless it makes the most of all its resources. This requires close, organization, ex pert management at every stage and the rigorous utilization of by-products. The orchard industry of the Northwest is at best but partially organized. In some sections the associations have done excellent work along certain lines, but nowhere have they effect ually undertaken the fundamental task of regulating orchard planting with a view to the future. As Mr. Bachelder shows, this has "gone forward -with a prodigal indifference to consequences and often .under a stimulus which can hardly be justified. From various quarters the country has been show ered with seductive advertisements setting forth the wonderful profits to be derived from fruitgrowing in Ore gon and Washington. Even when strictly true, these advertisements were misleading because they took no account of that over-production iwhich became ever mere threatening. Their effect was to induce those formidable orchard plantings which Mr. Bachel der specifies. Within the next few years, he as sures us, we must look to see the ap ple production of this section advance tenfold. This year it is 12,000 car loads. Three years from now, upon a rigorously conservative estimate, it will be 125,000 carloads. Where is the market for all this fruit to be found? The question is pressing, for we have been as short-sighted with regard to markets as in reckless plant ing. Tears ago when Oregon apples were a novelty in the world and most of the fruit was first-class in form and color, the market problem solved itself. Oregon apples stimulated a de mand which courd hardly be supplied. prices rose to fabulous figures and the industry experienced a "boom." But as the trees mature, as the expenses of cultivation and spray mount up and as the magnitude of the crop grows more and more portentous, markets must be sought witVi ceaseless dili gence. Thus far the quest has been sporadic and but indifferently well conducted. Our fruitgrowers are like an army where every company meets the enemy after its own original fash ion. Brilliant local victories may be won by such a method, but the cam paign as a whole must inevitably fail. But this is not all of the subject nor the worst of it. With rising cost of production and diminishing profits from high-gTade fruit the matter of by-product disposal becomes progres sively serious. It is quite likely that before many years have passed the profit of the fruit industry must be sought in the by-products, since it will require the entire crop of high-grade fruit to pay the cost of production Mr. Bachelder remarks that even now nothing but a healthy market for by-products can save some or chardists from impending ruin. The evil is bound to strike in new quar ters every season unless it is fore stalled by timely action. We wish to repeat and emphasize the fact that the salvation of the apple industry in the Northwest depends upon the profit able marketing of by-products. Mr. Bachelder recounts what has been done in this matter up to the present. A by-products committee was appointed at Spokane in 1913 which held four meetings this season. The last meeting was held at Port land, in September. Through its ac tion a convention met at Spokane on November 19 which selected a by products board of ten members rep resenting the principal fruitgrowing areas of the Northwest. This board is to convene at North Takima on De cember 5. Its duty Is to formulate a plan for the profitable marketing of our orchard by-products. No more weighty obligation has ever confront ed a body of business men in this part of the world. The welfare of a great and growing industry depends upon their fidelity to their task, their wis dom and their determination. If their work Is fitly done it will endure for many years and pie men responsible for it -will be remembered gratefully by posterity. Every member of the board ought to attend the meeting on December 5 inspired by the feeling that only his highest efforts and larg est vision are adequate " to the emergency. Manifestly the key to the by-products problem, as to most others. Is organization. And organization Im plies expert supervision of canneries and drying establishments, expert marketing of the output and adequate local credit for orchardists. The Fed eral Government has taken a hand in providing credit for cotton-growers. No doubt our orchardists con provide it for themselves If they receive suit able aid from financial centers. But no slipshod arrangement will suffice. Orchardists must know with certainty where the funds are to come from each year to put their crop on the market, Mr. Bachelder estimates that the fleglect of our orchard by-products has already cost the Northwest some $20,000,000 in the value of fruit gone to waste. Such a loss year after year is enough to ruin any industry. Tte time has come when it must be stopped and the fruitgrowers of four Btates are looking to the meeting of the by-products board on December S to formulate a solution of this reat economic problem. When the Kaiser Bays to his sol diers, "Good iilurning, comrades," they answer, "Good morning, Majesty." Frederick the- Great, whom William Imitates in some things, used to say to the men, "Good morning, my chil dren," and they shouted back, "Good morning, Fritz " Times have changed since then, and manners, too. Few would call King George a great man, but he is not a coward. At the famous Durbar in India his life was in constant peril, but he did not flinch from a solitary item of the long cere monial. On the firing line in Flanders he may shiver a little, but he stands his ground. Being a King isn't all pure amusement Just now. England's raw recruits from Aus tralia and New Zealand are to be trained for real war in Egypt. A brush with the Turks now and then is regarded as useful schooling. If the Turks live up to their old reputa tion as fighters this new educational institution may prove as sanguinary as a football college. What Is death ? A woman who died at Los Angeles under an operation was raised from the dead by massage of her heart. This delicate operation is often heard of now. By and by the surgeons will be able to take ojjt a bad man's heart and give him a new one, clean and tender. The New York Times lists 107 books on the European war published since it broke out. Thirty of them relate to Germany, sixteen" to Great Britain. Of the latter the most im portant is said to be Professor Cramb's Germany and England." It begins to appear as if the war ring powers were going to depend upon us to supply them with every thing except guns and ammunition. Well,. we're willing to handle all the business they can send us. Those Irish papers Inclined toward treasonable utterance are not repre sentative. Even O'Donovan Rosea would await the end of the war, al though he would soon make up the deficiency." In Europe, Generals are advanced for brilliance on the battlefield. The latest American plan is to promote and praise soldiers for marking time and "turning the other cheek.'' Tronson is charged with murder in the second degree, and as it Is not much of an offense any more to kill in Oregon, perhaps that charge is as good as any. For the third time the Czar has de parted for the front, says a Petrograd dispatch. But does he ever get any farther than the front door of the palace? The Ottomans want no war with the United States. We can assure them it is mutual. It Is a long, long way to Constantinople. At the Bull Moose conference it has been decided to continue the party in existence. Some people don't know when they are licked. The French government has got over its panic and will celebrate Christmas in Paris, iwith, the lid off. probably. Satisfaction, with peace, is described from Berlin as the German aim. But they may later take peace with satis faction. Is it any more breach of neutrality to sell coal to Germans than auto trucks and similar supplies to the allies? Those were Jolly robbers in Stock ett, Mont., who cleaned out the bank and took along the nightwatchman. But are you sons of prosperity do ing anything for the less fortunate fel low these days? If not, why not? The Chicago Art Commission will buy no nudes. In Chicago, you see, those pictures are misunderstood. Democracy is pronounced dead by one political thinker. It certainly is dead as a mummy in Oregon. Pennsylvania saw its last hanging yesterday. Method of translation here after will be by "juice." The Austrian ruler is said to be near death. He's been in that fix longer than the average lifetime. Italy evidently has decided to wait until the others are exhausted before participating. If any submarines are to be made in this country let's keep them for our own use. Conditions have changed In Boer- land. DeWet was caught ' by auto- mobilists. When in doubt what to give your wife, hand her a blank check, duly signed. If this Is to be the last war, why send observers from this country? Get -busy. Christmas week is hard upon us. Hw good the children have become of late! Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of December 5, 180. The steamer Senator made her first Sunday trip to Oregon City yesterday with the mails and passengers of the California Overland Stage Company. Captain Kellogg has been succeeded by Captain Baughman. late of the Arrival. We have a long communication on hand relative to the Columbia River road from Portland to The Dalles, and objecting that the rates of tolls charged are In excess of the work done. A statement having been put forth that Garibaldi bad virtually expressed himself in favor of the South, a private letter from him has been published, in which he asserts that he has been mis understood and says: My opinion of the American ques tion is well known. Not only do I hope from it the abolition of slavery, but I consider the question to be one affect- ng all mankind. Woe ta the world if the North does not come out vic torious." A Washington dispatch says that General Beauregard has issued a proc lamation calling on the people of Georgia to lay waste and destroy everything around Sherman, in his front and near his flank. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keane will ap pear on Thursday evening in Shake speare's play, "The Merchant of Ven ice," at the Willamette Theater. The What Cheer House. Front street. between Morrison and Yamhill, an nounces that it has moved into its new and splendid hotel and is now pre pared to accommodate any number of persons with board and lodging. Each room is furnished with entirely new furniture, carpeting and French spring mattresses. There appears, to be a number of straggling vagabond Indians in our midst, and they are pretty generally armed. Saturday night Officer Skid- more arrested one on a charge of as saulting a white man with a knife. The officer took from him two bowies" and a bottle of whisky. Volunteers Wanted About SO men are needed to fill up the quota of Multnomah County and the attention of the public Is called to the fact that the state of Oregon and the United States Government offer bounties amounting to $450 to persons enlist ing in the service under the late call for 1000 volunteers. Call at the re cruiting office, you men of Multno mah county, and see what we can do for you. William S. Powell, recruiting officer. GRANDPA GRAY'S OPIXIOX. I've been a-thinkin'," " said Gran'ma way, as Bhe sat with the Book in her lap. A thoughtful light in the fading eyes neath vtne folds of her white lace cap. I've been a-thinkin' about the power of our Heavenly Father's hand That created the earth in six short days; the rivers, the seas, the land. Then Gran'pa Gray, with the silvery xrost or fourscore years on his head. Looked up from the old farm paper ne since, bis younger days had read. And, after a moment's thought, re plied: "It is hard fur the mortal mind To grasp the scope of the miracle, an' many folks seem inclined To think it may be a Bible myth o' fancy, but me an' vou Believe every" word m that blessed Book we live by is lit'rallv true. He created the earth an' all therein an' the seas, as the Bible sava The mountains, the valleys, the woods an' streams, an' dons .it in si week days. An" mebbe I'm an enthusiast to a rather too great degree In hold in" it ain't too much to think or to sav that mebbe he Could 'a dona it quicker than that if he hadn't done his omnipotent best In puttin' the beauty touches on this part o the great Northwest" And gran'ma readjusted her specs and over tne hook bent low And briefly answered her good man's views with a low-spoken: "Mebbe so." JAMES BARTON ADAMS, Vancouver, Wash. Europe's Fifth Republic. PORTLAND. Dec. 3. (To the Editor.) A few days ago you gave "A Reader" information as to the fourth republic of rJurope. but I would add that there is a fifth, which has recently been brought into tne limelight. l rerer to Ban Marino, located about 12 miles from Rimini, near the east coast of Central Italy. This smallest of all known re publics contains but 32 square miles with 8000 inhabitants. It probably dates from the 13th century, though it is traditionally said to have been founded in the inaccessible wilderness by St. Marlnus at the time of the perse cution of the Christians by Diocletian This diminutive state obtained papal recognition in 1631, and has maintained Its independence ever since. A short time ago the German Am bassador in Rome called the attention of this tiny republic to the report that a wireless apparatus was sending mes sages from the republic to the enemy, and asked that it be "immediately stopped- The officials' of the republic practically told the German Ambassa dor to mind his own business. R. M. TUTTLE. Shakespeare and Mercy. BANKS, Or., Dec. 2. (To the Edl tor.) The devil can quote Shakespeare for his purpose, andtlkewise. it seems, can other individuals drag Shakespeare into an argument to prove their point. Had J. T. Dillon, who raps Judge Mc Ginn with a Shakespearean Quotation in The Oregonian, known the source of the lines he quotes, he would have known that Shakespeare employed them for a purpose exactly the opposite of M.T. Dillon's, to-wit: They are used by a petitioner to excite a harsh Judge to pity and mercy, not to reprove a judge lor having shown mercy, . L. A. F. Precinct Chairman Indignant. PORTLAND, Dec. 3. (To the Edi tor.) I herewith wish to make state ment to the effect that Sheriff Tom Word was credited with every vote that was cast for him. 1 was chairman of the night board and my wife was chairman of the day board, in Precinct 113. I wish further to state that in two cases which were doubtful Mr. Word was given the benefit of th doubt. There are absolutely no dis honest people in Precinct 113 and if he has made any allegation as to the count In Precinct lis I will start legal proceedings against mm at once DAVID GROSS. Sweet Llszte'a Crushing Rejoinder. London Tit-Bits. Mrs. Atwell had had a quarrel with her maid, Lizzie, and the maid re marked that she would leave. , , "Lizzie," said the mistress, severely. "you must stay until I get another girl." "I intend to, mum," said Lizzie. "Shure it's only right some wan should tell her the kind of a woman ye are. a Uncle Sam, Eater of Bananas. Kansas City Star. More than 46,000,000 bunches of ba nanas were imported Into the United States last year, or about 40 bananas for each man, woman and child. in lieu op GovKRxacrarT ships Federal Gnsrantee of Boada Socs;est-d ma Better I'laia by Portland Has. PORTLAND, Dec S (To the Editor.) Tour remarks with reference to the purchase by the Government of ships to engage in the foreign trade are par ticularly pertinent at this time, and while I do not pretend to discuss the international phase of the subject, 1 deem myself fully competent to judge of the advisability or otherwise of our government entering commercial busi ness. Because of this latter fact I have drafted a tentative measure which I have requested Senator Lane to con sider and submit to his associates and confreres with a view to introduce the same in Congress providing for the con struction or purchase of ships to en gage in the foreign trade of the United States; the issue and sale of bonds to provide the necessary canital. and the Government's guarantee of the payment or tne principal and interest of said Donas under such laws as will amply safeguard the Government against any loss. The passage of such a bill will be manifold in its benefits. It will obviate the necessity of the expenditure of any money by the Government. It will pro vide a capital from the ranks of the saving people as well as affording them a safe investment. It will enable pro ducers, manufacturers and merchants to seek trade where their inclinations direct or where their perceptions indi cate there is a profitable business to be obtained. It will give the "country a volume of tonnage there is a dire neces sity for, and will diffuse the ownership throughout the country as circum stances will warrant, which would not be the case with Government owner ship and operation. It will build also a trade that is more likely to be stable and permanent, as it will be directed by business sagacity. The objections to Government owner ship are many. Everyone is aware that Its managers would be politicians and continually under political influence and operated under Government bureau rules. We know also that the loss in the operations of the ships would be greater than the profits derived from the manufacture and sale of the goods bandied, and we further know that in the event of competition with vessels operated under the flae- of other nations, our Government-owned ships could not exist, and it is gravely questioned whether any trade could be developed under such management at all. If we are to judge by past experi ences, the prices the Government would have to pay for any tonnage it might purchase would be fully 60 per cent greater than the same could be bought for by private parties. If this is thought to be a random statement, look at the records. Furthermore, who would pass upon the size and character of vessels to be acquired and how would it be possible to form a line of steamships from a heterogeneous group of interned ves sels that range from a nine-knot cargo tramp to a 23-knot palatial passenger Ship? How, under Government ownership. with a group of politicians to decide, would the routes and trades to be en gaged in be regulated? How, under such management, could trade be de veloped? In my experience I have found that all new trades developed have been through the direct activities of the ship owner, opening up channels and ave nues that have not beforo appeared to the merchant, and it will be the same in this instance. Open the way for Congress to dis cuss the features of the bill I have pro posed and we will obtain a solution of this difficult problem. RICHARD CHILCOTT. Barker1! Hand Much Traveled. CORVALLIS. Or., Dee. 1 (To - the Editor.) A certain man who defends the hardworking barber and who is a barber himself has reasoned out that the barber is about the hardest-driven man In the city. His observations are as follows: For a clean shave chin, cheeks and under lip- the number of strokes is 150 and the time occupied. Including lathering and powdering, is exactly 10 minutes. The average razor stroke is one inch in length; therefore the dis tance traveled by the blade in remov ing the sulperfluous hair from the face Is about four yards an six inchea The barber shop hours are from 7 A. M. to 7 P. M., except Saturday, when he works until 10 P. M. After deducting time for meals, it leaves 68 hours per week for work. Assuming that half the time is taken for hair-cutting, sham pooing and waiting for customers, it leaves 34 hours a week for shaving. Allowing 160 strokes in 10 minutes to each man would give time for scraping 204 customers in a week, and the dis tance traveled by the razor would be 30.600 inches, or 850 yards. Allowing two weeks for vacation each year, and you have a total of 10,200 customers, witha razor-stroke distance of 1,530, 000 inches, which is equal to 24 miles, 260 yards. Further observation shows that in shaving each customer a barber walks on an average of 40 feet. Therefore, in shaving the 10,200 men each year he will walk 77 miles, 480 yards. A CORVALLIS BARBER. "Jack, the Ripper." CONDON. Or., Nov. 30. (To the Edi tor.) To settle a dispute, please say whether "Jack, the Ripper," whose deeds terrorized London some years ago, is fact or fiction. My husband in sists that he Is a character of fiction, while I know that such a person did live and Is probably still at large. SUBSCRIBER. The name "Jack, the Ripper," was given to an unknown perpetrator of a series of 10 brutal murders which oc curred in the East End of London in 1888. The victims were depraved wom en and the murders were accompanied by mutilation. The name has since been applied to perpetrators of similar mur ders and has possibly been used In fic tion. The original criminal of that name was never apprehended, at least for the particular crimes that gave him the pseudonym. . State Societies In Portland. PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (To the Edi tor.) I have noticed the social an nouncements of the different state so cieties and was wondering if there was an Iowa or Missouri society here. If there is, to whom could one apply for membership? The names of the presi dents or secretaries, please. STRANGER We have no record of an Iowa So ciety. The officers of the Missouri So ciety are W. M. Davis, president; Ogles by Young, secretary. Schools of Journalism. ONTARIO, Or., Dec. 1. (To the Edi tor.) (1) Kindly state where one can get a good course in journalism and il lustrating. (2) And what is Charles Dana Gibson's address? A READER. (1) A number of universities main tain schools of Journalism, Including the University of Oregon, University of Washington and Columbia University. (2) Charles Dana Gibson's home ad dress is 127 East Seventy-third street; his studio, Carnegie Hall, New York. What We Remember. Frledrlch Paulsen In "Introduction to Philosophy." The will governs the memory. We forget what does not concern us; we remember what Is of lasting Import ance to the will. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oresonlan of December S, 1S89. Washington The House Democrats In caucus have pledged' themselves to support Cleveland's tariff programme. Secretary Windom sent to Congress es timates for the appropriations for the fiscal year of 1891, which will be $34.1. 428.977. This sum is an increase of $18, 000.000 over the 1890 estimate, which was practically the same as for this year. Tacoma Elwood Evans has accepted the Republican nomination as a member of the State Legislature. Miss Blanche Hersey. Mrs. E. D. Baker. Mrs. Walter Reed. Mr. Hoover, Master Alfred Holt and Mr. and Mrs. Coursen all will take part in the concert to be given Jxmlght at Masonic Hall. The following directors were elected at the meeting of the Tyler Minimi Company stockholders several days ago: w. n. Honeyman, J. E. Smith. William Astor, D. W. Wakefield and J. C. More land. The company's mines are located in the Coeur d'Aienes near Wardner, Idaho. S. Simon, who has a large vineyard on the east side of tbe river, has been experimenting this year in making wines from his own grapes. He pro duced three distinct brands which he calls "Hockheimer Berg," "Kloster Er backer" and "Rudesheimer." Robert Harrison, of the First Na tional Bank, was on his way to the ex press office with a sack containing $10. 000 in gold yesterday, when the sack burst just as he was in front of the Crystal Palace saloon. Three men were nearby when the coins went scattering, but all the money was recovered in due time. Joseph H. Valentine loaves for the East today, going over the Short Line route. John Stewart, T. J. Smith and John Cogswell, of Eugene, inscribed their names on the Holtoa register yesterday. J. B. Hegardt, superintendent of Gov ernment work at the mouth of the Columbia, came up yesterday for a breath of "fresh" air. Secretary Wallace R. Struble, of the Oregon Immigration Board, will return this evening from the Sound, where he has been on business. Estimate of a Church Elder. Philadelphia Ledger. Rastus was an elder in the church and a truly pious man. He had an ey ; for beauty and a love for it. but he married Mandy because he knew she would make him a good wife. "I suppose dat Mandy is a queen," said Rastus' cousin, who met him in Richmond, Va.. not Ions ago, after the marriage, and had never seen the bride. "I know youse got good taste, Rastus." "Well," said Rastus, cautiously, "she's de Lawd's handiwork. Bill; but I ain't prepared to say dat she's his master piece." To Organise Boy Scoata, PORTLAND, Dec S. (To the Edi tor.) A few boys are getting up a Boy Scout Club, and we would like you to put in The Oregonian tomorrow the name and address of the man we are to write to. TED BAUM AND DAVID PIPER. Boys wishing to form Boy Scouts organizations should apply to the Rev. J. D. Corby. 802 East Broadway, or to the Adjutant-General of Boy Scouts of America, 800 Fifth avenue. New York City. Law on Plumage. PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly inform me whether or not "Birds of Paradise" feathers are included in list of plumage prohibited by Federal law. SUBSCRIBER. The law prohibits further Importa tion of Birds of Paradise feathers, but does not prevent such feathers now in the country from being worn. Announcement of An Opponent. Washington. D. C, Star. "You know I never boast." the op ponent began. "Never boast? Splendid.'" and be added, quietly, "No wonder you brag about it." Features for Sunday: DOLLY DIP A. Touch of Tango Makes tbe Whole World Spin. A delightful new series introduc ing a new favorite of the Widow Wise variety will make its appear ance Sunday. Pull page in colors with delightful verse and enchant ing music. " War Sufferers. Two striking photos occupy a full page and reveal pne of the most pathetic phases of war the homeless noncombatants. These photos were taken in the war zone of Poland and Eastern Prussia. Warsaw. An illustrated article on the strategic stronghold of the East. Timely and interesting. Portugal's Warriors. Little heard of, nevertheless the Portuguese have a proud tradition. Mars and Terpsichore. Just how war affects the dances of the nations is shown in an ab sorbing page, article, illustrated with ten photos and drawings. On the Firing Line. An automobile salesman found himself in the thick of the fight and he tells of his unusual experi ences with the British expedition ary force in Northern France. Sir John French. A study of the British Field Marshal illustrated with a large drawing by an eminent artist. Replacing the Saloon. How the "poor man's club" will be replaced by a new social center of a wholesome character. The Music Lesson. In the ninth lesson in the course of 12 given by The Sunday Ore gonian the keys of B and O minor are taken up. For the Children. Puzzle pictures and a whole page of illustrated features. These Are Merely a Few of Scores of Features. Drder Early of Your Newsdealer. 0