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ONE OF THE AICGUMENTS FOR T.VFT.
Taft's familiarity with affairs of
the Philippines and with general con
ditions in the Orient, as well as in
Panama and Cuba, will supply good
arguments for his campaign. These
for a, long period will be important
subjects to our country, and probably
will always be. With the measures
taken for completion of the Panama
Canal Taft is entirely familiar; and
nobody has better knowledge of our
difficult relations with Cuba. In deal
ing with these matters Taft has
shown excellent judgment, for which
he has received general commenda
tion. His knowledge of affairs in the
Philippines has a thoroughness ob
tainable only through personal obser
vation and the acquaintance that
comes from participation In affairs
on the spot. Native politicians in the
islands have set up a claim for inde
pendence, which is quite to be expect
ed; and if the peace and safety '"of the
islands could be assured the petition
would undoubtedly be considered.
The Republican platform contains
only this sentence about those islands,
to wit: "In the Philippines insurrec
tion has been suppressed, law estab
lished and life and property made se
cure. Education and practical ex
perience are there advancing the ca
pacity of the people for government
and the policies of McKinley and
Roosevelt are leading the Inhabitants
step by step to an ever-increasing
measure of home rule."
It is probable that the Denver plat
form will contain a demand that they
be granted-independence at once; and
the question whether it shall be
granted or not will tie one of the sub
jects of debate in the Presidential
contest.
The argument for holding the
Philippines, for maintenance of a
naval force in the Pacific Ocean, as
part of the means for development of
our Pacific commerce, will appeal
very directly to our Pacific States,
and will point to Taft, moreover, as
one who may be depended on to sup-.
port such policy, .. rather than to
Bryan.
WHAT THE RAILROAD DOES.
The Western Hemisphere has more
railroad mileage than the Eastern,
but the Eastern is gaining on the
Western; and Asia and Africa are
gaining on Europe. The following
comparative statements which give
the figures by continents, are pub
lished in the Railway Age, of Chi
cago Australasia being classed with
the New World:
Miles.
North America . . . .. .2U0.3S6
South America 33.536
Australasia 17,716
The New World 311,638
Europe 196.414
Asia 54.6.15
Africa j.j 17,519
The Old World '. 268.588
This was the statement of the mile
age at the end of the year 1906. Dur
ing that year the increase for the
whole world was 17,376 miles, of
which 9364 miles were laid in the Old
World, leaving 8012 miles for the
Xew. Of the mileage laid in the Old
World that year, 4063 are credited to
Asia, 3907 to Europe, and 1118 to
Africa; while 276 miles were laid In
Australia. Of the 8102 miles laid in
the Western Hemisphere all but 727
miles are credited to North America.
Yet there is a decided gain of the
Old World, on the New, which we
.should like to see reduced by con
struction of necessary lines in Ore
gon. Progress is making in Asia and
Africa, and in all parts of North
America save Oregon; which, it seems
to be supposed can wait a further in
definite period, since it has waited al
ready so long.
But without the railroad there can
be little progress of industry and
civilization practically none. Move
ment is essential, Indispensable;
more so since modern appliances
have provided " the means and
shown the way. People must be
assured of the railroad, or they will
not enter a new country. Canada is
settling people by thousands, many of
them from the United States, by giv
ing them assurance that they shall
quickly have railways through the
country. Railways where needed in
Oregon would speedily double the
population of the state.
The statistics of railway extension
in all parts of the world, except in
the State of Oregon, are not very
pleasant reading in Oregon. They do
show, however, what it is that has
suspended for the present the eco
nomic .law which asserted the tend
ency of population to increase faster
than the means of subsistence; which
was true till the movement by steam
got well under way.
CANTANKEROCSNESS.
The most annoying thing In the
world is a residual fact. Suppose
you have discovered a beautiful rule
or law, one that ought to cover
everything in the universe and does
seem to do so for a while, like the
theory of evolution, for example, or
the atomic theory in chemistry. Then
upon a day when your theory has
been demonstrated in the most lovely
way and all the savants have adopted
It and all the textbooks have printed
it in large type among the great
truths of science, along comes some
residual fact, some cantankerous, un
manageable, thoroughly detestable
fact which, try as you may, will not
slip under the theory, and it is all
spoiled. Here stands your theory in
its beauteous perfection, there stands
the residual fact grinning at it mali
ciously in the security of ultimate tri
umph. For, however perfect a the
ory may be, one residual fact, . no
matter how trivial or humble, is sure
to- destroy It, as the discoveries of
Professor and Madame Curie ,nd
their colleagues have destroyed the
atomic theory.
. Science owes everything to these
cantankerous residual facts, ' because
if they did not obtrude themselves
and Insist upon being explained, false
hypotheses would never be detected.
An old hypothesis must be abandoned
and a new one made the moment a
single fact appears which it will not
explain. Thus truth gradually grows
out of error. But there are residual
men as well as residual facts. They
are unmanageable, thoroughly un
amiable characters, whom everybody
detests. They get mad 'and won't
play. When a slate has been fixed
up In a convention which would sat
isfy every interest, placating the gam
blers and the church people, the sa
loons and the prohibitionists, the re
sidual man gets up and smashes it.
He is a disturbing element, the invet
erate foe of harmony. When he is
around it is impossible 'to keep the
peace. When a platform has been
constructed which slides smoothly
over all the dangerous issues, which
has besmeared every point of differ
ence with honeyed words and you
think it says so little and says it so
deftly that nobody can possibly be of
fended, up rises the residual man at
the critical moment and proposes a
plank which sets everybody by the
ears. In a political convention a
roaring lion is safer than a residual
man. In the churches, too, he Is
most distressing. But the churches
are more fortunate than the politi
cians are, for they can brand him a
heretic and turn him out as the Epis
copalians did Dr. Crapsey. The good
doctor has the quality of , residuality
about as highly developed as you will
often see it. If any man of our times
excels him in cantankerousness. It Is
Mr. La Follette. Perhaps the prize
ought to be divided between them.
Mr. La Follette seems to revel in
standing alone. He loves to be in a
minority of one. Nothing so delights
his soul as to plant himself like a pil
lar In the storm and let the raging
hosts of those who don't agree with
him hurl verbal brickbats and ora
torical cabbages at his devoted head.
He luxuriates in martyrdom. He
blooms in calumny and thrives best
when he is whirled about in a tor
nado of invective.
The most interesting thing about
Mr. La Follette is that he seems to
have inoculated the entire State of
Wisconsin with his disease. Wiscon
sin has caugnt tne disagreeable habit
of being at odds with the world. Its
head is full of queer ideas which it
proposes to stand up and fight for in
season and out of season, queer ideas
about regulating the railroads and
trusts, about the right of the people
to govern, about politics and political
economy. Tou can tell a Wisconsin
man as far as you can see him by the
big ideas which crop out all over his
head. You can tell him by the impo
lite way he has of getting up in meet
ing and speaking for .what he be
lieves. Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin,
who made a minority report to the
Republican National Convention
which nobody would sign but himself,
was a residual man. Mr. Cochems,
of the same state, wno nominated La
Follette for President, was another.
His speech reads very strangely
among " the mellifluous platitudes of
the other orators. He was the only
man who really had anything to say
or the courage to say it. The others
simply made more or less -melodious
noises.
The residual man is disagreeable,
but he is not without a use in the
world. Just as the residual fact com
pels us to revise our hypotheses in
the realm of science, so he compels
us to. revise our .politics and religion.
If there Is a worn place in either he
is sure to find it and hold it up to
scorn. "Put on a patch, put on a
patch. Can't you see that there is a
hole in your trousers, a hole In the
most undesirable place?" This Is
the war cry of Mr. La Follette and
his band. Such men are never elect
ed President, but they often become
Immortal. Brickbats and hemlock
tea are their portion in life, but when
they are dead, poor, silly mankind
builds monuments to their memory.
Socrates was a residual man. When
his trial came on not one man in Ath
ens stood at his side, but he faced the
hostile citizens as calmly as If he had
had the majority with him and brave
ly spoke his piece. They laughed
and sent him to prison and death,
but now when men talk of courage,
of truth and Invincible loyalty to jus
tice, we think of Socrates. Luther
was another residual man. It was
impossible to get him into harmony
with the rest of the world. He pre
ferred his own peculiar ideas to the
good of the party, of the church, of
the universe. "Here I stand," said
he to the principalities and powers
when they were trying to make a
martyr of him at Worms, "So help
me God. I cannot change." He could
not change, but the world could, and
in that way harmony was finally pro
duced. It is so with all these resid
ual, cantankerous men. The only
way to get along with them is to let
them have their way, and the mys
tery is that we always in the long run
do that very thing.
SHIP SUBSIDY IX PRACTICE.
Whenever Mr. Alexander Smith,
chief publicity promoter for the ship
subsidy seekers, begins his annual
campaign in the interest of the graft,
he always secures some carefully
worded resolutions of approval from
commercial organizations in Wichita,
Denver, Oshkosh, Kalamazoo or some
other points far removed from the
Influence of salt water. Resolutions
from such a source are so much
easier to secure than they would be
where the shipping question can be
studied In practice Instead of by the
ory. Out here on the Pacific,' where
we have ample opportunity for ob
serving ship subsidy in actual work
ing trim, it Is, of course, not surpris
ing that -sympathy for the subsidy Is
lacking. The testimony taken in a
Portland courtroom a few days ago,
during the trial of the Europe-Annie
Comings . collision case, offered the
most striking argument against the
payment of ship subsidies that could
possibly be presented.
During the progress ol the trial
testimony was introduced to show the
earning capacity of the Europe,
which is a subsidized French vessel.
The gross earnings of the vessel for
the past five years were offered as
evidence. The details showed that in
1903 she received for carrying
freight a total of 86,000 francs and as
a subsidy 124,000 francs. In 1904 her
freight earnings were 140,000 francs
and the subsidy earnings 128,000
francs. For 1905 the freight earnings
were 89,000 francs and the subsidy
121,000 francs. The 1906 statement
showed freight earnings of 1J1.000
francs and a subsidy of 115,000 francs
arid last year the freight paid 116,000
francs and the subsidy 111,000
francs. Here is a financial showing
that is enough to make the French
taxpayer rise in wrath and demand
the repeal of the subsidy law, for in
the five years covered by the testi
mony mentioned the French govern
ment actually paid the owners of the
Europe 57,000 francs more than the
total freight earnings of the vessel
for the same period.
The subsidy of 599,000 francs paid
the Europe in the past five years is
approximately $2000 per month. This
enormous sum was paid by the
French government as a subsidy io a
vessel which, in all of her career, has
never carried a pound of freight to
or from a French possession. Prac
tically all of that $120,000 subsidy
was earned while the vessel was car
rying general cargo from German or
British ports to Portland, and Oregon
wheat from Portland to Europe, none
of the business contributing in the
smallest degree to the commercial
greatness of France. With such object-lessons
In evidence, it is not diffi
cult to understand the aversion of
our people to saddling the graft on
the American taxpayers.
THE EQUIVOCAL 'ECONOMIST.
Persistent twanging on such a "harp
of a single string" as protection seems
to have the effect of dulling the ear of
the harpists to all other sounds. The
American Economist, which is old
enough to know better, has been
twanging away with a protest against
the German tariff agreement for so
long that veracity and truth are no
longer recognizable in some of the
strains it emits. In its latest issue the
case-hardened organ of the stand
patters gravely asserts that "no infor
mation was either wanted or permitted
prior .to the signing of the German
agreement. No domestic producer
was even permitted to know that such
an agreement was in course of prep
aration. Congress itself was not per
mitted to know anything about it. Too
much information is sometimes em
barrassing." It would be difficult to conjure up a
more misleading statement or one
which would be so generally recog
nized as being at striking variance
with the facts in the case. There are
very few acts of this Government that
have been more thoroughly discussed
than the German tariff agreement.
The discussion and inquiry regarding
the matter began more than ten years
ago, and continued with unabated
vigor up to the time it was finally
agreed upon, which, it will be remem
bered, was not until Germany had Is
sued a number of very peremptory ul
timatums that the United States skill
fully evaded until such serious trade
reprisals were threatened that post
ponements were no longer safe. But,
even admitting that this German tariff
agreement was reached in the star
chamber proceeding which the Econo
mist seeks to have its readers believe
it was, is there anything in the result
that entitles .the men responsible for it
to anything but praise?
The Bureau of Statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor has
prepared a comparative table show
ing in detail the business with Ger
many for the ten months ending April
30, 1908, and for the same period in
the preceding season. The tariff agree
ment of which the Economist com
plains became ffective July 1, 1907,
and for the first ten months following
that date our imports from Germany
reached a total .of 1121,978.179, com
pared with $134,475,801 for the same
period in the preceding season. Our
exports to Germany for the ten months
ending April 30, 1908, were $250,724,
722, compared with $225,847,289 for
the corresponding ten months before
the agreement became effective. In
other words, this awful attempt of
ours to be decent and fair with one
of our best customers resulted in an
Increase in our export trade of $25,
000,000 in the first ten months under
the new law, while Germany, instead
of swamping us with imports, as the
standpatters assured us would be the
case, actually sold us $13,000,000. less
than for- the corresponding period be
fore the agreement became effective.
- It is also interesting to note that
some of the greatest gains made in
our exports were in manufactures. The
rapidly dwindling force of worshipers
at the idol of extreme protection will
find it necessary to present some more
"awful example" than the German
tariff agreement before they can stop
the stampede from the protection cor
ral to, not necessarily free trade, but
at least to fair trade.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Lucian Pickett, the man who mar
ried twenty women for their money
and deserted them one after the
other. Is a monster. There is noth
ing to say for him. Whatever pen
alty the law imposes for such con
duct he ought to suffer. "At any rate,
there is not much to say for him, and
if the penalty should be mitigated at
all it should be only a little. There
is a consideration, however, which
one might advance if he were in
clined to befriend the friendless mis
creant. We do not say we are so in
clined, and yet it is a good thing to
look at all sides of a question merely
for the sake of abstract justice.
Before we condemn Pickett utterly,
then, let us remember that he is not
the only man who has married
women for their money. It la done
every day or two by decrepit relics
of the European nobility. And we
do not condemn them for it. On the
contrary, we celebrate their mercen
ary nuptials in gilded cathedrals and
rush in crowds to bathe our souls in
the glory of the ceremony. Why is
it any worse for Pickett to marry for
money than it Is for the Duke of
Marlborough, or Count Boni, or his
obsolete cousin, the Prince, or the
Italian Duke of Abruzzi? To be sure
Pickett committed the offense twenty
times over, but on the other hand it
may Well be believed that he got only
one-twentieth ns much with each
wife as these foreign potentates do
with theirs, so that upon the whole
the account seems to balance.
We must not forget, either, that
Bonl and his ilk would gladly marry
twenty women, or even forty, if they
could get a million dollars with each,
and as sin lies in the intention and
not in the act, we must acquit Pickett
of any excess of guilt over his Euro
pean rivals. But this is not all. There
is something further to be said for
him. The report informs us that
when he had married the woman and
got her money he Tert her. He was
in so far merciful that he did not
continue to afflict his victim with his
hateful presence. This places him at
a decided advantage in comparison
with Count Bonl and most of the
other aristocratic traders in matri
mony, for they not only rob their
wretched prey, but they Insist upon
living with the miserable creatures
until the law Intervenes.
Bad as Pickett undoubtedly is.
therefore, we must still admit that
others are worse. Indeed, looked at
philosophically, marrying a woman is
a comparatively merciful way of rob
bing her. - It may be more wicked
than looting a savings bank or
wrecking a railroad, but it is not half
so cruel.
BARRING ANARCHISTS FROM" MAILS.
At the suggestion of Postmaster
General Meyer, an amendment was
made to the postal laws by Congress
during the session just closed that
will check the pernicious activity of
anarchists, who have made the
United States mails carriers of their
vicious and incendiary literature.
Section 8893 of the. revised statutes
prohibits the carrying of "Indecent"
matter through the mails. The term
"indecent" has heretofore been con
strued to mean obscene matter In
print, pictures, or any other form.
The department having discovered
that there was nothing in the stat
ute that would justify, beyond all
doubt or quibble, a prohibitive order
against incendiary literature, asked
the Senate and House postal commit
tees to recommend an amendment
that would cover this point. This
was done. The section above referred
to now ends as follows: "And the
term 'indecent' within the intend
ment . of . this section shall Include
matter of a character tending to in
cite arson; murder or assassination."
The change was made so quietly
that anarchists were taken oft their
guard and did not swarm to Wash
ington with protest and influence
against it, as they would doubtless
have done had they been alive to
what was taking place. While they
might not have succeeded in prevent
ing the passage of the amendment, a
protest would have gone up in the
abused name of "liberty," that would
have extended from Jersey to Chi
cago and echoed from thence
throughout the land. However, the
work was done quietly, though of
course openly, and on and after July
1 of this year special officers will
carefully examine suspected" publica
tions to see if they contain matter
"indecent," in the added designation
of the term, whether fn English or
some foreign language. The new law
fores"hadows the early demise of more
than one anarchistic newspaper that
depends for its circulation upon the
carrying power of the Government
that it declaims against and would
fain destroy.
MERITS OF THE FARMER.
The nature of his occupation makes
the farmer a patient man, and be
cause of his patience he is a conserv
ative element in business and in gov
ernment. He sows his seed in the
Spring and awaits the coming df Au
tumn for his harvest. If he is a
stockraiser he waits several seasons
for his returns, and if a fruitgrower
years must pass before he receives
the reward of his labor. His is an
occupation In which the eight-hour,
nine-hour and the ten-hour day are
unknown so far as his own work is
concerned. His compensation is more
uncertain than wind . and weather,
for, even though a bountiful harvest
may result from favorable natural
conditions, the market may fail him
and leave him poorer for having pro
duced a crop. Though drought or
flood or Insect pest may leave ruin in
their wake, the farmer forgets his
disappointment and cheerfully and
hopefully sows again the following
season to await once more the uncer
tain result.
Though the reward for any one
season's labor is in doubt until re
celved, yet as the years come and go
the farmer's occupation is a profit
able one. Profits are comparatively
small, it is true, and very frequently
are represented by an increased value
of property rather than' cash, which
men of other occupations think of as
profits. From this it follows that the
farmer Is usually a man of sufficient
wealth to make him a responsible cit
izen in both his public and his pri
vate relations. His contracts can be
enforced and he cannot easily run
away if he. has violated the law of the
land. It becomes, an element of his
nature to live up to his agreements
and to obey the laws which he, as a
citizen, has helped to make.
He expects to earn all that he gets,
but experience' has taught him that
he cannot always get all that he
earns. He becomes accustomed to
what seems Injustice, and does not
give up in despair when adversity be
falls, nor does he hastily resort to
violence "to right the wrongs he has
suffered. But perseverance Is one of
his strongly developed characteristics
and when he undertakes a task or
demands a redress of grievances he
can be counted upon to persist In his
efforts until success has been v at
tained. He is not vacillating In his
ideas of business methods, moral
principles or public policies. Yet the
nature of his work gives him plenty
of time to think' and he is very .often
a leader in reforms. If reforms do
not come as rapidly as he desires, he
does not give way to passion and re
sort to the methods of the mob, but
patiently prepares to try again where
he at first did not succeed. Being a
property-owner, he is a respecter of
property rights, but is not by reason
thereof a defender of wrongs perpe
trated In the name of property rights.
His dealings with Nature teach him
to be honest, industrious, frugal,' pa
tient and persevering, and these are
among his many worthy qualities.
ONE HUXDRBl) YEARS AND OUT.
Andover Theological Seminary cel
ebrated its 100th anniversary a few
days ago. The centennial marks also
what is practically the last year of
independent existence for this vener
able but no longer deeply venerated
institution. The "greatness" of And
over Seminary, according to Presi
dent Harris, of Amherst College, who
reviewed the history of Andover on
the occasion is that "it was practi
cally the first theological school." The
venerable Institution, notwithstand
ing its record of "greatness" thus
based, is compelled to close its doors,
abandon its ancient site and remove
to Cambridge, where it will nestle
under the protecting wing of old Har
vard, to lose sooner or later Its indi
viduality. In explanation of this fact
President Harris said: "The reasons
for removing to Cambridge are suffi
cient," adding: "While the great
seminary will still do its work in the
great disciplines of theology. Biblical
interpretation, history and preaching,
It will be possible through the change
for students to be instructed in kin
dred subjects, to have the use of a
university library and to engage in
the Christian activities of the
churches." This is evidence, com
plete and succinctly stated, of the
fact that Andover Seminary, with its
basic idea, is of the past. It has
been outgrown, left behind in the
thought and research and conclu
sions of the age. It can no longer
stand alone and wisely, albeit sadly,
it seeks shelter under the protecting
wing of Harvard, making an effort to
hide Its regrets at the forced aban
donment of its old home and individ
ual entity. The simple truth that
lies under the brave announcement
of this change Is that tne demand for
instruction of the type to which And
over was dedicated has practically
ceased. As a school of its type, its
usefulness belongs to the past. In
the plain words used in commercial
transactions, a falling off in business
has compelled Its managers to close
its doors.
"PALM -WAVING AND RATION-DRAWING."
Edwin Markham, author of "The
Man With the Hoe," maundered along
in a so-called address as the visionary
is apt to do when he bewails the con
ditions of a wicked old world in the
name of brotherhood, profit-sharing
and kindred topics from a socialistic
standpoint, at the Christian Socialist
Fellowship Conference, held on a re
cent Sunday in New York. His audi
ence, we are told, was a "sympathetic"
one. The quality of the sympathy felt
was manifest at the applause which
greeted the mention of the name of
Eugene V. Debs, one of the speakers
of the occasion proclaiming him "the
God-consciousness come down to us on
earth."
Poet Marknam had prepared a few
lines In rhyme for the occasion. Af
ter reading these to his attentive and
appreciative audience, he descended to
the realm of prose, quickly demon
strating that he could be as visionary
and vague in his expressions therein
a's in that of poetry. He declared that
"there . is nothing secular but sin.
nothing secular but robbery," adding
that religion to be efficacious must be
secularized, a somewhat astounding
assertion, as following the first state
ment. Being accustomed to bubble
forth under poetic license, however, it
Is not likely that the poet noticed the
discrepancy of statement. Hear him
farther and Judge the quality of the
'pabulum upon which his disciples
greedily feed:
I believe that Jesus Is the supreme Savior
of men. But his savlorhood must descend
Into industry; Jesus must ba seen as the
Savior of business. Until our business Is
saved, lifted up into the spirit of brother
hood, we are not saved. Competition and
self-seeking In business are pagan. Busi
ness must bo co-operative and Christian.
Jesus must appear as the Savior of Industry.
His spirit must be heard In all the wheels
of civilization.
It is impossible to conceive of intel
ligent people as listeners, with demon
strations of approval, to rant and rot
of this kind. The conclusion is obvi
ous. Would it be of any use whatever
to take Markham aside, as the New
York Commercial suggests, and ex
plain to him that as fast as competi
Hon and self-seeking that is, profit
seeking' get "eliminated" from busi
ness and industry. Just so fast will
business and industry themselves dls
appear;vend if ever the "elimination"
were to be complete, there would be
no business or industry at all. The
industrial system that this socialistic
adviser seeks to demonstrate in rhyme
miscalled "poetry," and in illogical
prose, is aptly designated by the jour
nal above quoted as one of "palm
waving and ration-drawing." It, how
ever, would doubtless be Immensely
gratifying to the palm-wavers while
the rations held out.
Louis Eppinger, who died in Yoko
hama recently, was quite a prominent
figure in Portland a generation ago,
but the Portland to which he catered
was not the metropolitan city that
now spreads over so much ground on
both sides of the river. Eppinger in
his own particular field played no
small part in assisting Portland to
outgrow Its village ways and cus
toms, and for a time "Eppinger's"
restaurant was one of the features of
the city. It flourished before the
Portland clubs became prominent,
and eminent men from all over the
world -were wined and dined within
its walls. The old New Market The
ater was Just around the corner, and
after the curtain fell both theatrical
people and those whom they enter
tained dropped round to "Louie's"
for nourishment. Not one-tenth of
the present population of Portland
ever heard of Louis Eppinger. but his
passing awakens among the old-
timers memories of the days when
strangers were less numerous than
now.
The July number of. the Technical
World Magazine contains a very in
teresting article, "Where Fortunes
Grow on Trees" in which all of the
principal fruitgrowing sections of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho re
ceive very Complimentary mention.
By a grievous blunder on the part of
some one, the handsomely colored
frontispiece of the magazine is la
beled "In a Vineyard, Southern Cali
fornia," although the photo from
which the elegant halftone engrav
ing was made was taken in a vine
yard near Medford, Southern Oregon.
The East is painfully slow in learn
ing that California is in reality only a
small portion of the Pacific Coast,
and that, aside from citrus fruits, she
is not in Oregon's class as a fruit
state.
Washington fishermen are rejoicing
over the enactment of two laws in
Oregon which, practically put an end
to catching of salmon in the waters
of the Columbia within the Jurisdic
tion of the State of Oregon. They
think they are to have the river all
to themselves. But they should re
member that the act of Congress cre
ating the two states provides for con
current jurisdiction over the Colum
bia and the Oregon Supreme Court
has held that under that provision
Oregon laws can be enforced from
one side of the river to the other.
It is said that "The Oregonian is
out of sympathy and touch with pub
lic sentiment." Depends on what you
call public sentiment. The Oregonian
is out of sympathy and touch with
Holy Rollers, Tongues of Fire, Initia
tive follies, Statement No. 1, schemes
that destroy representative govern
ment and substitute chimeras in po
litical, religious, social and moral life.
for the experience and the results of
the experience of the ages. Yes, In
deed. The Oregonian is "out of
touch." After a while, however, oth
ers will be in touch.
Candidates fcr President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House
might submit their contest to a sort
of special civil service commission
which would subject each of .them to
an examination as to his knowledge
of constitutional law, parliamentary
usage and Oregon statutes. A voice
test might not be a bad thing, either
In the case of candidates for Speaker.
Knowledge upon matters of this kind
Is quite as Important In presiding of-
cers as a record for or against State
ment No. 1.
Kings, Czars and Emperors no
doubt have troubles of their own, but
contemplating the tumult at Chicago,
and the coming bout at Denver, they
will ddubtless congratulate them
selves upon the fact that they were
born to their positions and do not
have to struggle against political
deals, worry about compromises or
contribute from their official Income
to funds to meet campaign expenses.
A man professing to be a Republi
can, who so eagerly desires election to
the Legislature as to make a prom
ise to vote for a Democrat for the
Senate, of course will have to keep
his promise. Yet he has two alter
natives. He may resign, or, through
vexation, may take a course stilt
more extreme. The Oregonian has
no recommendation to make.
The Wall Street Journal tells us
that unless signs fail generally this
year will be the highest in a series
of six in the value of farm products
though not in the bulk. James J.
Hill, of the Great Northern road, con
tributes his quantum to the forecast
by saying, - "There will be no car
shortage next Fall because there will
be no long crop."
Not a newspaper in New York City
will support Bryan. All will be
against him. It will be almost If not
altogether the same in Chicago. But
then the newspapers of New York and
Chicago may not be necessary to Mr.
Bryan though the election of Presi
dent will be decided by the vote of
the two 'great cities.
Mrs. Longworth, whose sole claim
to mention lies in her being the
daughter of a distinguished father,
refused to remove her obstructive
"merry widow" hat at Chicago. She
apparently thought that papa's ex
clusive ownership of the show gave
her the rigtU to do as Bhe pleased.
The debt of the City of New York
!? half as large as that of the United
States. In 1860 the city had a popu
lation of about 800,000, and a debt of
$19,000,000. Its population now is
4,000,000, and its debt exceeds $500,
000,000. The platform adopted this year
will be known as "the Chicago plat
form," and yet rt would be more ac
curately described if it were given a
Washington designation. But what's
in a name, anyway?
Senator Bourne will spend his va
cation in Europe. Such uninterest
ing places as Seaside, Gearhart, New
port, Coos Bay, Crater Lake and a
score of other Oregon resorts have no
charms for him.
Persons who want the city charter
amended are hereby referred to J. N.
Teal, who in the past made most of
the noise against changing that in
strument. "Men are only boys grown ,ta)l."
Witness the wild commotion created
by flinging a "Teddy bear" into the
great Republican convention Wednes
day. Count Boni now shares the world's
disgust at beholding Anna Gould
divide her American millions with a
noble French, rake.
AS TO NEWSPAPER ADVKRTISIXG.
Shrewd Men Have Made Tfsls Concern
Insr the Actual Results.
Baltimore American.
Last year the Bureau of Navigation
spent $50,000 in advertising to get re
cruits for the Navy. Before repeating
the experiment this year an investiga
tion of results was made. Here are con
clusions as given by the investigators:
"All magazines and periodical advertis
ing produced from one-fourth to one
sixteenth the returns in enlisted men
that dally newspaper advertising did.
The most profitable newspaper adver
tising was the 'Help Wanted.' By this
means recruits cost the bureau $3.86
each, as against $15 to $65 by certain
classes of magazines and Journals." As
a consequence the bureau will here
after spend most of its money in the
newspapers.
Other large advertisers have made
important tests this year, and have de
cided to spend more of their money
in the newspapers. Since last fall the
heaviest average advertising loss of
the newspapers of any city has been
less than 15 per cent. In the maga
zines it has been over SO per cent.
Much of this was due to business de
pression, but a large part of it was
owing to the change of policy of the
big general advertisers. There are
many who think that magazine adver
tising has reached its zenith and that
there will be a steady decline. The
short-sightedness of the magazine pub
lishers in loading their books with
many more pages of advertising than
they gave to reading matter has had Its
effect, and there are other causes, such
as duplication in circulation, that have
helped to turn the tide against them.
How far they will be able to change
all this remains to be seen, but It must
be remembered that these publishers
are men of resource and their adver
tising men are marvelous persuaders.
In swinging back to -the newspaper
general advertising Is merely doing
what It has always done. Both In this
country and In Europe the big adver
tisers have tried every means of pub
licity, only to settle down in the news
papers after all their expensive experi
ments. The newspaper with a home
circulation Is the one sure publicity re
liance. Nothing takes its place. It 13
the universal medium. Every member
of the family uses It. not once a week
or onec a motnh. but daily. Even tha
magazines get their circulation by ad
vertising in the newspapers. The news
papers have been so kind as to give
them thousands of dollars' worth of
free notices, and they have shown their
gratitude by the grossest abuse and
misrepresentation of the newspapers
and by assuming a holier-than-thou at
titude that makes them rather absurd.
But we have no quarrel with them.
Things come out all right In the end.
and the general advertisers are finding
that tine stationery and a solicitor's
eloquence do not provide an audience.
So the men who pay for the advertis
ing are going into the newspapers,
where they will get what tliey pay
for the attention of Intelligent people
who read and buy.
A Sure Gueaa.
Mobile Register.
Lord Palmerston and Sir J. Paget,
who told the story, were walking down
Bond street. A man came up and sa
luted the statesman.
"How do you do, Lord Palmerston?"
"Ah, how do? Glad to see you. How's
the old complaint?"
The stranger's face clouded over and'
he shook his head. "Xo better."
"Dear me; so sorry; glad to have
met you. Good-by."
"Who's your friend" asked Sir
James, when the stranger was gone.
"No idea."
"Why, you asked him about his old"
complaint."
"Pooh, pooh!" replied the other, un
concernedly, "the old fellow's well over
60; bound to have something the matter
with him."
A Hustling Poet.
Atlanta Constitution.
"I'm now runnln' a ten-acre farm in
connection with the literary business,"
says the sweet singer of Southwest
Georgia, "and so the outlook is mora
cheerful. I hope to make enough cot
ton to have my poems published in a
book, and enough corn to feed the fam
ily while I'm waltin' for the public to
buy the book. I also take contracts for
the digging of wells in my hours of re
laxation and ease, and these little side
issues will enable me to show Ameri
can literature just what I can do."
He Had Hla Lesson.
Tit Bits.
'Tm goin' to stop betn' kind and
helpful to people," said little Johnny.
"How is that?" asked his mother.
"Well, it's this way. At school to
day I saw Tommy Jones putting a pin
in the master's chair, so Just as the
master was about to sit down I pulled
away the chair. The master sat down
on the floor, and when he got up he
licked me for pulling away the ohalr,
and then Tommy Jones licked me for
interfering. Yes; I'm goln' to stop
helpin' people now."
s
Harrlman Again.
Chicago Record-Herald.
E. H. Harrlman is charged with hav
ing issued a large batch of Union Pa
cific bonds and then knocking tha
foundation from under the market In
order to be able to buy in the bonds
himself at bargain prices. We have no
doubt that Mr. Harrlman could lift
himself by merely pulling up hi
trousers if he wanted to.
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A "Curious Change."
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Democracy of Oregon declares
itself a "unit In favor of Bryan, upon
whose candidacy the people of the state
look with favor." Curious change of
heart the people of Oregon must have
undergone. They emphatically repudi
ated Mr. Bryan in 1806 and again in
1900.
Mother's Almanac
May Kelly la I.lppincotT's.
I tell you. when It comes to dates.
My mother's just the boes!
She tells me all I want to know
'Thout ever gettln' cross.
Tou'd think she'd Ret mixed up sometimes;
At school I know I do
Bout Washington and Plymouth Bock.
And 1492.
But mother says: "The war with Fpain
Was fought in '58,
The year you all had chicken-pox.
Exceptin' Sister Kate.
-The Boer War in Africa
That was a dreadful thing
Began In "99. I know.
For Jack was born that Spring.
In '98 the Spanish ships
were sunk la Cuba channels.
Twas Summer, for you children had
Just changed your Winter flannels.
"In 1804. my dear, 1
The Russians fought the Japs.
That year was very cold, and you
Had chilblains and the chaps."
There's six of us, and we're mixed up
With hlsfry just that way.
Sometimes It's measlej, croup, or mumps.
But there's no data that ever stumps
My mother, night or day.
Waiting With the Latch-Key.
Madeline Bridges In Smart Ret.
She leaned from htr window-ledge on high.
The street-lamps made the stars seem
dim.
Waiting while the weary hours rolled by
To throw the latch-key down to bim.
She mused on the time, not long ago
What wonder her fair brow looked
glum ?
When she used to think "he'd never go
And now she thinks he'll never comal