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5 . ' THE SUNDAY. OREGOKIAS, PORTLAND,. JUSE 18, 1905. Entered .t the Postotflce .t Portland, Or., u second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. INV ARIA.B LT IK ADVANCE. (By Mall or Express.) Daily end Sunday, per year...... Dally and Sunday, three xnoatn j; Dally and Eunday. per month -;? Dally without Eunday. per year... Dally -without Sunday, tlx months..... Dally without eunaay. tarec Daily -without Sunday, per month .Jja Sunday, per year T-Jf" Sunday, tlx months Sunday, three months. ......... " BY CARRIER. Dally -without Sunday, per week - -15 Dally, per week. Eunday Included .$9.00 THE "WEEKLY OREGONIAN. (Issued Everj' Thursday.) Weekly, per year 1.50 Weekly, six months . Weekly, three months 6U HOW TO BEMIT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, cola or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The H. C. BeckwIUi Special Asencj New York; rooms 43-50 Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 510-312 Tribune building. KEPT OX SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, Postolflee News Co., 176 Dearborn street. Dallas, Tex. Globe News Depot, 200 ilaln Street. Baa Antonio, Tex. Louis Book and Cigar Co., Ml East Houston street. Denver Julius Black, Hamilton & Kend rlck, BOO-012 Seventeenth street; Harry D. Ott. 1563 Broadway; Pratt Book Store, 11 Fllteenth sUeet. Colorado Springs, Colo Howard H. Bell. Des Moines, la. Moses Jacobs, 809 Firth Duiuth. la. Q. Blackburn. 215 West Su perior street. Goldncld, t. C Mai one. Kansas City, Mo Rlckaecker Cigar Co.. Ninth and "Walnut. Los Angeles Harry Drapkln; B. E. Amos. Hi West Seventh street. Minneapolis XL J. Kavanaugh. 50 South Third"; L. Regelsburger. 217 First avenue South. Cleveland, O. James Pushaw, 307 Superior street. New York Clty-L. Jones & Co., Astor House. Oakland. CaL W. H. Johnston, Four teenth and Franklin streets. Ofcden F. R. Godard end Meyers & Har top, D. L. Boyle. Omaha Barkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnam; vir.mnti. Rmtinnnrv rn 130S Fare am: Mc- LauKhlln Bros.. 240 South 14th; McLaughlin & Holts. 1513 i arnam. Sacramento, Cal. Sacramento News Co. 420 K. afreet. Kalt LuVe Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Krnnr! tr.t South: Frank Hutchison. Yellowstone Tark, Wyo. Canyon Hotel, Lake Hotel. Yellowstone Park Assn. Long Beach B. E. Amos. San Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 740 Market street: Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter: L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News Stand: F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. 0 Ellis: N. Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Hetel St. Francis News Stand: Foster & Orear, Ferry News Stand. St. Louis, Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company. 806 Olive street. Washington, D. C P. D. Morrison, 2132 Pennsylvania avenue. automobiles turn the corner. It is good luck alone and extreme vigilance of pe destrians that prevent many accidents. But we are less of a menace than the street-car. says the man -who speeds his auto. Not so. The street-car .keeps to the rails, which every one can see; be sides, it makes a lot of noise, which is In Itself a protection, to say nothing: of the loud gong. In the noiseless charac ter of the automobile lies the chief dan ger. It will be-well if every one In charge of an automobile resolves when making a turn to reduce speed to the gait of an average man walking. That is what the street-cars do. Reform is best accomplished by healthy public sentiment. The Orego- nlan calls on all persons to use their Influence upon owners to slow down be fore they turn corners. Passengers should demand this caution from driv ers of public vehicles. The automobile club can do much If it tries by the force of example. If you must speed, do it on a-straight course. Before you come to a corner where you Intend to turn, slow down to a "walk." Don't take the risk of maiming or killing Innocent people In order to save ten seconds' time. corporation?, whose defiance" of his creator is the one great danger that menaces the Nation today. PORTLAND. SUNDAY, JUNE IS, 1903. GERMANY AND HER PURPOSES. It Ms a diplomatic game, with veiled threat of war. that Germany is play ing for embarrassment of France. The incident "of Morocco Is but a pretext. Germany has no right of intrusion In. the relations of France with Morocco. The affair is "outside her sphere." Nevertheless. Germany persists. Rus sia, ally of France, is hopelessly beaten, and Germany, now the bully of Europe, thinks she may humiliate France again. At the same time Germany suspects, or pretends, an agreement between England and France, which she wishes to press to an avowal or disclosure. The Morocco incident is merely an ex cuse or subterfuge. The National Review (London), says "the German Emperor, who Is continu ally discoursing upon the various perils which are supposed to menace the Eu ropean world at one time the 'Ameri can peril." at another time the 'yellow peril,' but always the British bogey- threatens to become a veritable night mare to all uaclflc communities. He suffers from a morbid restlessness, and is haunted by the thought that he has been a good many years on the throne. yet has not become a great conqueror. as his ancestors were." Further: "We feel bound to note the nervousness which prevails in almost every capital of Europe, owing to the fear that the war lord Is liable to run amuck at any moment" This explains the present tension between Germany and France, In which England also is deeply con cerned. "With Great Britain. France has an understanding concerning Morocco. where both nations have Interests Germany has no real grievance In the matter, and enters no intelligible ex cuse for interposition further than that "her susceptibilities were hurt" because she wasn't let into a conference about a matter that was none of her business. Now she insists on another conference, with herself, of course, as one of the parties. "That Germany" we quote again from the National Review "is bent on making mischief rather than on uphold Ing any legitimate interest is shown by the double-edged argument advanced In the semi-official Press. On the one hand the cordial support which France has received from the British govern xnent and the British Press is represent ed as the sinister effort of 'perflde Al bion' to embroil the republic in the lirst place with Morocco and In the second place with Germany." The probable truth is that Germany wishes to force a territorial concession from Morocco, through menace or a t.u ropean war, and to obtain a naval base and coaling port on the Moroccan coast. France Is now paying the penalty of her part, in league with Germany and Russia. In robbing Japan of Port Ar thur and other fruits of Japan's tri umph over China. GO SLOW AT THE CORNERS. Within two months automobiles -for private use and public hire have mul tiDlied ranldly in Portland. Better streets and our customary pleasant Bummer weather are certain to conduce to "wider employment of the vehicle. Our streets are too narrow, as every one knows, but never before have we had such an object-lesson on the neces sity of curbing the speed mania that has taken hold of certain professional chauffeurs and amateur drivers. Since the Fair opened, apart from larger crowds on the downtown streets, dan cer to pedestrians has Increased In like ratio with the number of self-propelling wagons. On straight stretches of street the person afoot can easily keep away from harm, but unfortunately neither the careful man who Is walking nor the careless man at the throttle of a gaso line engine can see around a corner. Here lies the great danger of collision. For a concrete example, stand a few moments at Sixth and Washington, or any other Intersection In the chopping district, and note the speed at which FRANKENSTEIN. In a famous passage Macaulay pre dieted ruin for the United States. It would come, he said, when the swarm ing myriads of the proletariat should forget their respect for the law under the sting of hunger and seize upon the wealth of the happier classes, which is safe at present only because they for bear to take it: and they forbear only because they can fill their stomachs comfortably full by a moderate amount of honest labor; but let the chance to labor once fall! Iet their stomachs once get empty with no prospect of being filled lawfully! Then you will see. So reasoned Lord Ma caulay. and he reasoned well; but the common fate of prophecies has befallen his brilliant oracle. Time has not brought it to pass and is not likely to. Anarchy has come upon us. to be sure, but not from the hunger of the proletariat. It has come from the greed of the better classes to whom Macaulay looked as the bulwarks of the social order. Hostile Europe during our war with Spain symbolized America by a pig. For certain of our better classes the symbol is not unapt, though as a matter of fact their greed has become concrete, or incarnate, to borrow a word from theology, not in the form of a pig. -It has taken a shape more elusive than a pig, even a greased one; and the hand of the law glides oft from Its slippery pkin, no matter how eagerly may grip. But the law has never tried very hard as yet to get hold" Jf this slippery creature, this Incarnate greed. He is very big. for one thing. and the law has always been afraid of him. He is very Ingeniously put to gether for another thing, and the law is proud of him; for she made him as Frankenstein did his monster. The law Is proud and fatuously fond of her monster; be repays her affection with insult and contempt. Frankenstein prowling among new made graves gathered the materials which he pieced together into the shape of a man. To his horror, when the thing was done it was alive. Soulless and unmoral, an elemental demon, it was the concrete embodiment of rein less lust and greed; but in form and physical function the thing was a man. He turned upon his creator, blasted his happiness and ruined him. American Law. a pitiable Frankenstein, prowling among dead political and economic the orles for her materials, and working long and patiently, has elaborated the creature before whom she now trembles paralyzed and helpless. The confeder ated corporations, the monster which dominates the United States, is the creature of the law. and the law is afraid of him. The dangers which have beset the Government of the United States have never come from the people, whom Ma caulay dreaded. The great Rebellion was the wbrk.of an oligarchy; the peo pie refused the tempting bait of dishon est money dangled before them by rich mlneowners and unstable theorists; It is not the people who are today combin Ing to undermine, to thwart, to befud die. to defy the law. It is not the ped pie of the State of Washington, for ex ample, who have published their Inten tlon to "ignore" certain laws enacted by the last Legislature; It is the rail roads. Should the people do such a thing 1 would rain . injunctions; It would hall bullets: and so Jt ought, for the law must be supreme; but the law endures the Insult from the railroads with sweet serenity. No injunctions will be thought of; no bullets will fly. The matter will drag Itself away to a muddy oblivion in the vast marsh of legal procedure; and its only outcome will be another lesson to the "people" in the principles and practice of an archy. Wise laws or foolish, no matter now; they are laws; and the railroads are going to ignore them. They are going to defy the will of the common wealth. They threatened to do so when the law -was passing through the Legis lature, and now they are carrying out their threat. They will "ignore" the law made foolishly made, let us con cedeto protect the people. Suppose the people should decide to Ignore the laws made to protect the railroads and other property? Is it likely that they will not learn the lesson In course of time? They will learn It, and they will better the example. When the elephant gets drunk, it goes hard with the monkey. The founders of our Government erected bulwarks against the people. They Intrenched the "better classes" in the United States Senate. They thought they had given the election of the Pres ident to the learned, the rich, the wise and therefore the good; but history was too strong for their purpose; the people took . wholly what the constitution makers meant only to seem to give them. The fathers forbade by funda mental law the violation of contracts; the Supreme Court. Incited by Daniel "Webster, decided that a charter to a corporation was a contract; hence such a charter, once obtained, no matter by what fraud, no matter at what expense of publia debauchery, became some thing sacrosanct. A human criminal the law might execute; criminal corpo rations became hedged with such di vlnlty by this famous Dartmouth Col lege decision that the law has never since been able to come at them It may be wondered whether John Marshall, when he concurred In that decision, so fertile In good and evil to the Nation, foresaw all Its conae quences. He thought he was erecting one more barrier against the passions of the hungry mob. He was really putting together the backbone of the skeleton of the monster which the law. our infatuated Frankenstein, has since patiently, completed the confederated DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE TRADE. American trade with China has had an uphill fight from Its Inception. If we bad at the beginning maintained the same arrogant, insulting attitude which we now display toward the Chi nese, our commerce with the Far East would still be of Insignificant propor tions. The Orientals who were lured to our coast by the California gold dis coveries were welcomed. A few of them engaged In gold mining, but the greater number were satisfied to fill what was in the strictest sense "a kng-fe!t want" They were "hewers of wood and draw ers of water," laundrymen, gardeners and followers of other menial pursuits. which the gold miner, the merchant and the white speculators refused to en gage In. It was the welcome given these slant-eyed Celestials that first es tablished cordial trade relations with the Far East. As the Chinaman made money In the necessary pursuits which were beneath the dignity of the white men. he devel oped into a trader and merchant on his own account. Still retaining a certain loyalty to his own country, he sent back to the Orient for tea. silk, rice and the thousand and one delicacies and curios which today hold such a prominent place on the manifests of incoming Ori ental liners. He also learned to eat the wheat bread of the white man, and be gan shipping It to his old home, where It grew rapidly In favor. The Ameri can sawmills ripped up more lumber In a day than the crude Chinese meth ods could produce in a year, and lum ber was added to the list of exports from the Pacific Coast. Thence fol lowed our fish, fruit. Iron. steeL cotton. oil and all of the other commodities that have swelled our export trade with China into millions. The success of, the "coolie" In evolut ing Into a merchant attracted the at tention of the Chinese capitalists and scholars. They came to our shores to learn more of this country and to ex tend their operations. At first they were welcomed with the same cordial ity that we extended to the Hun, the Slav and the rest of the European coolies." It was the "glad hand' which we extended to these men that was in turn given to our own commer cial travelers when they Invaded China and began enlarging the scope of the trade for which the Chinamen them selves had bullded the foundation. Now we have grown so big and powerful and arrogant and independent that we have assumed that the Chinese trade Is ours by divine right, "and "that we can Insult and humiliate with Impunity the men who have enabled us to establish this trade with them. But the worm is turning. That old nation, though kicked around as a football for others, which lay claim to superlo: rights. Intelligence and financial acu men. still fondly boasts of a .civilization that was old when ours began. There is a pride In this reverence for their past, and. no matter what our views may be regarding It. there Is no questioning the Chinamen's attitude on the matter. The report that the death penalty will be Inflicted on any one purchasing American goods is hardly probable, for China today has some very progressive men who are suffi ciently intelligent to understand that the end sought can be reached by equally effective and less repugnant means. American goods can be shut out of China with very little difficulty, and the curt assumption that the Chi nese will continue to submit to the out rages which' the immigration depart ment Is heaping on them because they are in need of certain goods Is not well founded. A prohibitive Import duty can be lev led against American goods in a very short-time, and it will stop their sale in the Orient as effectually as would the plan of killing the purchasers. This effect Is a certainty, and the question that remains to be decided Is whether wc prefer to lose this immense and rap Idly Increasing trade by continuing our present harsh treatment of those who make It, or cease placing the Chinese gentleman, scholar and merchant below the level of the Illiterate peons that are swarming into the Atlantic ports of the United Stales by thousands. If the Department of Commerce and Labor will exercise the same degree of harsh ness In determining the rights of these 'coolies'' that is now shown the China men, there would be much less differ ence In the size of the steerage list on incoming and outgoing liners than now exists. cred name of marriage: There is no reason to suppose that posterity was taken into account in these contracts. Nor Is there any reason to suppose that the British realm would have been the gainer in statesmanship, or In what the writer above quoted calls masculine. Igorous, wholesome citizenship. If each and every one of these marriages had been abundantly fruitful. The writer's conclusion is a sound one when he says that In the face of the figures presented the contention that by means of Amer ican wives fresh vigor may be Imported Into the British aristocracy is merely ridiculous," No one on this side of the water ever contended to the contrary of this statement. Men who marry for money and women who marry for titles and position can hardly be expected to pursue the legitimate purpose of hon orable marriage by bringing a houseful of well-equipped children Into the world. i NEW YORK'S IDLE RICH. Provincial New York is predicting that the Lewis and Clark Exposition will be a frost on account of the great distance between Portland and New York. This observation, which is found in the New York Press, undoubtedly re flects the sentiment of a considerable number of the Inhabitants of Manhat tan Island. New York contains more idle rich" than can be found in a sim liar area anywhere else on earth, and the Idle rich find but small pleasure In anything other than a vulgar display of wealth. Such a display could not well be made In a visit to the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and, even were it pos sible, the plain, every-day, matter-of- fact citizen of the West would fall to be dazzled or even interested by It, and the purpose for which It was made would accordingly fall flat. Into the metropolis of the New World have drifted millionaires from all parts of the country. Many a fortune which bad for Its foundation the tub and washboard of the maternal side of the house, while the male ancestor was busy with pick, shovel and pan, la now being spent by the descendants of the washerwoman and miner with all the recklessness that is generally at tributed to the drunken sailor. Work common, prosaic work, such as the vulgarians who failed to Inherit wealth are familiar with is too degrading for these Idle rich, and the effort required to make a four days' trip across the continent is too severe a strain to be undertaken. Of course, there are hun dreds of these victims of financial de generacy who have never been west of the New York state line, but they have made frequent trips to Europe. The valets and maids can trundle them down to the steamer, and but little physical effort Is required until they are trundled ashore over in "dear old Lun non." whose natives they so dearly love to ape. A trip across the American continent and a mingling with the people of the various sections of the "West broadens the mind of the man of average Intelli gence, but it appeals not to the givers of monkey dinners and trucklers at the feet of tarnished nobility from acro3s the Atlantic. And perhaps, after all, Portland" will not be a serious loser by this threatened frost. Nothing which we have to offer these Idle rich can ap peal very powerfully to them, because they are not endowed with reasoning powers or ability to discover anything of Interest where there Is no opportu nity for the display of vulgarity. The fact that the scion of some multl-mll-lionalre has had a cocktail named in his honor or has had to pay many thou sands In alimony to an actress entitles him (o homage in New York, but it would not have that effect in Portland, except among a few Idle rich who are nursing similar Ideas here at home with only moderate success. The Idle rich to whom the Journey across the American continent is too much of an effort can well be spared by the Lewis and Clark Exposition. They could be spared by New York If New York would only try the experiment of getting along without them, for there are a number of rich men who are a credit to New York, although they must feel lonesome In that city of Iniquity. One of those Industrious rich, F. Norton Goddard. died a few days ago after spending a good portion of a $6,000,000 legacy In teaching the people of. the tenements to live better; In campaigns against vice, and In other forms of be- nevplent work. Mr. Goddard died of overwork at the early age of 44 years. but he left behind him a record for good deeds accomplished such as will never be left by the Jimmy Hydes. Harry Lehrs. Thaws and others of their kind. ales who are now filling positions where success depends more on brain than on muscle, yet the strength of the institution lies in the roll of students who have learned to practice Industries connected with, land and Its products. It Is Interesting also to note In the speeches of the colored men at the in stitutes to which reference has been made, the ring of real and sensible am bition, and of desire for peace and good will with their white neighbors. The aim of these selected and prominent negroes la not shown In anxiety after political office or employment. Rather do they show desire for better farms. better stock, better furnishings for their homes, but. above all, for better educa tion for their children. Noticeable also Is the absence of Jealousy and envy at the superior possessions of white citi zens among them. If these Impressions be true, and they are founded on reading of many ac counts and documents regarding Tuske- gee and its work, then its aim Is far higher than that Indicated in the speech of Secretary Taft. and worthy of higher praise. No one cim question the right to. and fitness for. the ballot of the growing class of colored men in ques Hon. And it Is satisfactory to note the disposition in the Southern States to enforce an educational, and not a ra clal. test. Of course. It Is but a little leaven that has been so far produced. and the lump Is very large. Yet leaven works, and In that lies the only satis factory solution of the negro problem in the Southern States. pork and beans. "Western butter reg istered 100 and New York butter 97. Other things on the decreased price list were tea. starch, soda crackers, vine gar, rice, dried apples, coffee and prunes. In clothlnjr the greatest decrease in price -was In hosiers. Ginghams, cali coes and shirtings were below the av erage, and this notwithstanding the State Questions. Who first prospected Portland. "Ore;? What Is It makes Augusta. Ga.? And is it history's wealth of lore - That makes old Philadelphia. Pa.? I wonder lf'Vopeka. Kan.? . How much did old Columbus. O.I THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN. They present a neat, pleasing appear ance, those officers of the warships now at anchor In our port. They are fine- fact that raw cotton sold at double the And won-t y0u tell me this, old man: average price during part of the year. whose pastures does St. Joseph. Mo.? The highest-priced sheeung3 na not go above iso. xne query nere is. vuu paid the extra millions that the cotton- raisers got for their crop In 19037 Clearly the consumer did nat, and we Will dougty Douglas stand or fly are prone to believe that the manufac turer Is not an out-and-out philanthropist. In fuel, the Increase in price has been enormous. The consumer knows who makes .an the larro marsdn here. The price ot bituminous coal, for exanrple. In 1903 was nearly double the fifteen- year average, and crude petroleum av eraged 178.S during the year. This led to the drilling of numberless wells In Kansas and the fight against the Stand ard Oil Company that grew out of" it. In metals, a decrease of almost one- For wnon, has this Tombstone. Arizl? half in wholesale prices Is noted. .aus. Did Denver. col.? Now. by the bark shovels, saws, barbed wire and leaa Qf Noah's pair of pups ,ge whizz! pipe are Included in tnis snowing, in -. bullt thls Texarkana, Ark. housefurnlshlng goods, woodenware was 30 per cent above the average. The following Is suggested -as an ad- while some kinds of glassware and 1 vertlsement in the "small ad" section table cutlery were below It. Summing I of the Christiana Chronicle: "Wanted up. it is found that of 249, the total Somebody to wear a crown. som- number of articles, the prices of which -what out of fashion, but newly pol- are given. 1S9 had increased in price ishcd; will fit any prince who upholds and 60 had decreased. The showing the national- divorce doctrine; no leaves some basi3 for the complaint of Swedes need apply." increased cost of llvinff that is heard on every hand, but when this increase The Penang Echo states, that a fun is comrjared with that in wages it grown tiger shot by a Malay was sold leaves a balance to the good for the to Chinamen who have a tooth for It it Are things in Providence. R: I.? CWhat struck the town? But lat.it pass.) " If all the troops In Boston. Mass.? .What's that? Indeed! " Did Jackson, Miss.? Too bad! of woes he has his fill. 1 1 think misfortunes such as this ' Enough to make Chicago. 111. Why doesn't soiled Seattle. Wash.. " In Puget Sound? (Now don't get gay!) If you would not pronounce it bosh. I'd ask you whom does Tampa. Fla.? looking men, and the gilt braid, brass buttons and Immaculate attire sets out tvorklngman, which should serve to lift tiger meat, at 40 cents a catty. to the best advantage the strong char acter In their faces. But the officers of our Navy are not the whole of the show, nor do hey monopolize the attention of the admiring multitude.. A chain is never any stronger than its weakest the burden of his complalnt- had been a small tiger, no doubt it would have been sold at so much per kitty. The world may move on now . as usual. Hallie Erminle Rives has been The range war In Central Oregon has assumed a new phase this season. Here tofore the conflict has raged between Va oVioAnman anil tttA rn HIpmpn but I . . t -I X7,in.n Vioo link, and the men behind the guns are "7 "7" t.;.,, TnTm. f"SBV- . . ... i j ........ i Kisseu jus iiciuu aim u.iu aici k.iuto a very unporwni nn. m uie txmiu ui mnn ranaa , tho Hs-hta of I . , . . . , t u.v ... .- tj " I puOIISIlCU III Lilt: dLL UL aiuwlM in.nj the farmers and ranenmen, wno nae just after the kissing, been pouring Into the country and building homes. The stockmen have Margaret Gladstone Stuart, known had free rein on Government land for I in fashionable and foolish "Newport as so long that the ranchers, who have at "reader of the souls of love and doctor last secured possession of it, find ex- of love." has read a soul of love and treme difficulty- In commanding the re- annexed it. She Is now the wife of spect to which their ownership entitles j William McKenzle, of New Jersey. Mr. them. It Is not pleasant to read 4.hat j McKenzie Is worth several millions of armed guards are patrolling the dollars., and one of his gift3 to the streams ''and will shoot If those in bride is 51.000.000. There are a great charge of the flocks do not move, many women who would like to ba Might has seldom made right in a readers of the .souls of love and country that laid any special claims to doctors of love, if thereby they might defense which our Navy has linked around us. This fact is so well under stood that we all have a kindly feeling for Jack, whether he Is afloat or ashore. As an Increasing- population intensifies the struggle for a livelihood on shore, there is a growing disposition for our young men. especially those reared near the sea, to go back to the ocean, and for such the Navy offers a fine training school. The Navy also holds out pretty strong Inducements for the youth who has no Intention of following the sea for life, but who Is attracted by the charm and change of a sailor's life, and Is afforded an onnortunltv for seelntr the world. -ev,- thn Tnin.nr.virem9n f nv. the. American manufacturers will not be sailor in the merchant marine, "for Invited to attend the International t-on- whom no land was distant, to gress of Cotton Goods manuracturers. A FRUITLESS INVASION. An American invasion of England serious in one sense, trifling in another. has recently been discovered by a writer in a London Journal, which has caused quite a sensation In "smart set" circles of the British capltaL Briefly, It Is cited that the invasion of American heiresses into the British peerage in the last half century or, over has caused decimation in the ranks of the nobil ity through failure of these American women to become mothers. By com parison it Is stated that the Influence of colonial women on English society is not only more wholesome, but likely to be more permanent than that of Atner lean women, for the reason that they give more heirs of sturdy fiber to the realm. As this writer puts It. colonial Influence In England is masculine, vlg orous and wholesome, while American influence Is feminine, frivolous and fleeting. Appealing to statistics, he finds that since 1S40 thirty British peers or sons of peers have married In the United States. Of these, thirteen have no chil dren at all. five have no sons and five have only one son each. The total num ber of peers' children with American mothers Is thirty-nine, of whom eight een are sons. During the same period twenty-three peers of the tealm have married In colonies. Four have no chll dren. seven have one son. eight have two sons and two have . three sons. That "is to say. that, tnougn uie numocr of colonial peeresses is seven less than the number of American peeresses, they have twice as many "children, and. while six of them -are not mothers. nineteen American peeresses are child less. Since figures are adduced to prove these assertions, they must be accept ed as correct. But what then? Taking into consideration the terms which en tered into these alliances, and their lit eral fulfillment, has either party to these childless marriages any Just ground for complaint? On the one side, there was money: on the otner. titles. Specific ally, the men who were parties to these contracts wanted money, the women titles. Both got what they wanted. what they bargained for, under the sa being civilized. peruse, pursue and cinch a soul ot love that Is capable of making such lovely wedding presents. James J. Jeffries may have imagined that he Is the most famous man lntho sus-taker in L03 Angeles, his own town, shows him how sorry a thing is the notoriety of a heavyweight cham pion. When a man is really entitled whom no sea was barred." They are and the invitation of the Southern Cot- world but tne report 0f the dog cen sound in wind and limb and mind, with ton Corporation to naie tne congress cood. red blood In their veins, are those held In this country win De aeennea supple young athletes who wander up The reasons given by the foreign cot and down our streets with a billowv ton manufacturers are that the object calt and a charmine- air of contented of the congress is to aevise wujs iu uc- . ln thft hearts of good nature. They have learned some- come independent of the United States the people and the peopie name their thing besides the rules of health on iorraw cos-ion supputra. """'" children or their dorrs after him. In board of the warships, for the Navy Is accordingly De no possioinij oi seim no nlac for a wenklinsr or a man who Ing assistance from the Americans. The falls to recognize the necessity for disci- Americans win naraiy suner ueep re- pline In all walks of life. "We are not gret over tne matter, as uwoum noi ue cn narttrtilnr nhont n mnn'a famllv out conducive to Uieir pleasure lo lisien io the discussion ot pians ior me muius and burying of their favorite industry. here in the West." said old Canby, the Arizonian. "but what we do want to know Is. Will he stand the gaff?" This Inelegant Western expression contains Los Angeles, out of 1400 dogs duly licensed, with tags showing a " local habitation and a name for each., there Is one ugly pvs only one named Jeffries,: while 76 animals bear tha name of Teddy and another proudly wags his tail and "coniM" when the full name, of Theodore Roosevelt Is uttered. Mr. Jeffries only hope for ' vindication lies ln a resort to the" fa miliar and convenient aphorism . that Russia is still talking about the sale a world of meaning when a'young man I 0f the Saghalien Islands, and the lat first gets over the rail of a war vessel, est report Is to the effect that the pur and if his mental and physical equip- chase was made by a syndicate of no prophet Is without honor save in mem are sucn as 10 leave any aouot Americans, and not by tne American . . rnuntrv. nnvArnmpnt Thft consideration named in this latest rumor Is 530.000,000. The Reflections on Bachelors-. last previous real estate purcnase made A bachelor Is a barnacle on the ship's by the United States from Russia was hnttom Qf society, and should be that of Alaska, and. as the consldera-1 scraped off wuh. the siren shell of tion for tnac territory was omy ,uw.- matrimony. 000. It would seem that tne price stipu lated for the Saghaliens is somewhat high. Still. It must be remembered that real estate Is advancing even In northern latitudes, and It may be that the Siberian Jail yard Is worth the money. about his ability to give and take with equal grace. It would be well for him to remain ashore. The Navy has also developed some pretty good men out of material which might have been wasted, had its ener gies been misdirected on shore. Some very well-meaning boys have found their way-Into the Reform School and even worse Institutions In many cases because their natures were misunder stood by teachers and guardians. If some of the promising but misdirected L energy which is cnaracteristic or a high-spirited boy., and which often Thf nioneers of Oregon some hun- leads him a little too close to the dlvid- dreda ot them are at home with thank ing line between mischief and crime ful heart3 today. They are thrice glad would come under the discipline which nrat that they attended the annual Is maintained on board a warship. t this cltv: second, that they the results would be far more satlsfac- were aDie to visit the Lewis and Clark tory than are secured at a reformatory Falr and third, that they found the institution. j v.rtm,,a to tvhleh thev returned after the i xac uiinius w. wie Ameriw.. Treasures and fatigues ot tne pioneer i .... ,v tHo .rrmc. rn,d teem with Incidents of the bravery and OCCasi0n veritable havens of rest. To "e rwitrlnf lm of th msrlnoq anil In I .. . .i nitn,i.aT .- tVit I Hence ' - - , j mese nomes uiej c iuuu j all great events where our warships good -jgheg of those who were glad to have made history the men behind the enterain them as guests through two guns were never yet iouna aereuci in three haDDV. strenuous days. THE FUTURE OF TWE NEGRO. The reference by Secretary Taft in his speech at Oxford, O., on Thursday last to the improvement in the conditions qf negro life in the Southern States de serves careful consideration. The Sec retary seems confident that the work ot Booker T. Washington tends to teaching his people how to use tools. Instead of giving them a superficial university education which they cannot use." and will thereby put them in a better position materially; and "their spiritual and intellectual uplifting Is much easier." But the fact being that, according to recent figures, there are nearly 9,000,000 negroes In the United States today, as against 1.400.000 one hundred years ago (when importation of negroes ceased), and that ot these nearly 4.000.000 are engaged now in gainful occupations, other problems than material ones evidently press for solution. While at Tuskegee It is true that the use of tools Is taught, and It Is also true that there Is no attempt at giving these colored students a "super ficial university education," yet th middle ground between the two ex tremes is that sought by Mr. Booker T "Washington and his staff. The study of the catalogue of Tuskegee. and the account of commencement exercises. and of various Institutes In the neigh borhood. throws light on a clear and fully reasoned-out plan of study much resembling that of the Agricultural Col leges In other states of the Union. The aim Is to make citizens, not mere tool wielders. out of these colored students. And the records show gratifying suc cess along these lines. For many years after the war the negro was a lease holder, or a squatter on the land. Now nearly one-fourth of the colored farm ers own their own farms. The leaders ot their race are facing the need of teaching them so to use their growth In possessions, and In money, that bless ing, and not a curse, shall be the "re sult. No less to the negro than to his white neighbor Is it true that "the life Is more than bread, and the body than raiment Although the records of Tuskegee The most forlorn creature on earth is a hound pup without a home, and next to .him Is a man without a wife. It Is better to be a grass widower than a bachelor, for the grass widower may have tried to do his duty. After a man reaches -40 without mar rying he thinks all the women are setting steel traps for him. and that Is why he steps so gingerly when in their presence. An unmarried man is without hope, here and hereafter. No one waits and watches for him here, and he will have no one to place a lighted candle InUhe i window of -heaven for him. Therefore their duties. It is the recollection of these stirring events and of the possi bilities of others yet to come that causes us to keep an admiring eye on Jack ashore as well as afloat. On rare occasions he may be guilty of lndlscre Requiem mass will be celebrated in the naval chapel at St. Petersburg to day for the repose of the souls of the brave men who went down with the XT. V. V : aU V:Lr: 7:rkJ helpless ships of Russia under the gun- flag, and. by comparison with the men P-y of Togo's fleet. Thta Is the one who follow the same calling under thing that RussI a can doi lo . her own other flags, .he certainly makes an lm- satisfaction and to the wmfort of the presslon that does not lessen our pride ling thousands whose Io.ed ones were In him. iswauoMeu up m - tent ner prayers um lutnumuuiu avoiiinir ar to the Door fellows who A storv OF AVERAGES. down wUh tne shipS. their rest There has always been much Inquiry came sure and soon and many conflicting opinions as to i The Columbia River canners are again ' r , falllne behind with the pack. The cold- wbat are costly. An elaborate report storage houses are takInns"ainJf . , hh hir fish that there are not enough to covering mis sudjccl nas recenuy oeen " , . y. ,.. published in a bulletin of the National SO around. As the fish hlch go In a com storage .... higher price than those which are canned, the fishermen, who disburse most of the money handled ln the in dustry, are not losing anything by the changing conditions. Bureau of Labor. This report covers the entire period from 1S90 to 1904. According to the re port, the farmers of the West took the lead In prosperity last year. That Is to say. they were more prosperous as a class than were tradespeople or manu facturers as a class. Yet It appears that the prices of food, taking all to gether, were less in 1204 than in 1S90. The same was true of clothing. Fuel and lighting were.much higher, as also were lumber and building materials. Drugs and housefurnlshlng goods were Mr. W. W. Cotton Is to be Federal Judge. He Is an excellent man and an able lawyer. The only criticism will be that his active career has been that of a railroad attorney and lawyer and m-iTinc-pr for corporations. But Mr. Cotton Is so fair a man that time. In verv near to the average of 1S50. and this case, we believe, will overcome the difference for all commodities dur- 8Uch criticism and remove sucn ais- Ing the period covered was very alight, trust. Specifically, the price of all things ln : nnn market In ISM was 112.9. and in The Oreconian will furnish a full ver 1904 it was 113. the average for the batim report of the trials In the United wholA rerfod belnr reckoned at 100. States Court, beginning next Tuesday. In agricultural products the only sta- It Is the only paper in position to give t,t that noiiM h boucht last vear for such full report, day by day. The re- leas than the average price of the flf- port will be a stenographic one, and It teen-year period was flaxseed. As may be relied on ior accuracy, com against this hops were nearly double I pleteness and Impartiality. the average price, cotton was scaled at 153.9 and wheat at 13S.3. Other cereals com. rye and oats were also above the average of the period covered. In articles of food, fresh vegetables went above the average with a record of 145.3. and following them In order came show an Increasing number of grada-Jjreah, fish, eggs, corn aae&L floor, It looks now as if Llao Yang, Mukden and Port Arthur "were merely curtain ralsera for a drama soon to be enacted on the same stage. Peace negotiations do not synchronize with war news Irom Gunshu Pass. A Falr-to-Middllng World. I love this world as It wags. Don't you? It's a pretty good world to stay in; The old ship's manrred with a Jolly-good crew, ". And it's fitted to work and to play in; So we'll sail right along With a shout and a song: It's a merry old world to grow gray in! I take this world at It comes. Dont you? Its thorns, here and there, and Its' . flowers; And whether its skies be ot gray or of blue. And whether we've sunshine or showers. We can work, we can dream. For we know that the scheme Is ordained ot benevolent power's. love this world with its ups and downs. Its tolls and its pains and Its piddling. Though we don't wear diamonds,, robes or crowns. We are gay if we pay for the fiddling; So we'll dance and we'll sing In a rosy-round-ring: Ob, I reckon it's fair-to-mlddllng! ROBERTUS LOVE. The New Tax Commission. Pendleton East Oresonlan. The new Tax Commission of Oregon which is supposed to. present a general tax law to the next ses3lon of the Legis lature has one ot the greatest tasks on Its hands ever undertaken In Oregon, In fact, a general law covering the entire State is well nigh impossible, because of the different conditions in the various por tions of the State. It will b? interesting to see what the Commission does In this matter. About all it can do that will be of value to the general taxpaying public will be to provide a law by which fran chises, privileges and unseen property values are brought to light and taxed. This will be its chief work, and in this work It should have the best assistance of the people. Every franchise held ln Oregon should be made to pay taxes Just as money invested "in livestock, farming land or other producing property. . The farm, mercantile stock and other visible classes of property pay too much of th tax today. .