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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOHIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1007. THE MORNING ASTORIAN tjtabliaaad Published Dally Except Monday by TIk J. 8. DULIHGEK vOMPAMT. SUBSCRIPTION SATES. i By mail, per year ,. 17.00 3y carrier, per month , .CO WEEKLY ASTQKIAK, B, mail, per year, in adrance. .fl.00 M, lut tba poautfflM at Aatort, Ore- it uw w an w i,ougia Maura s. 187a, me sjrroaujji to etlitmr rcsKkam or pko ot fciintawM b nada by postal card or tfaroogfe tatvchoaa. any trnwuUiity la de ll wry should ba Bmadtatetr reported to tb asaoa m nmwrna 'TELEPB0N1 MAW Ml. Official paper of CUUop county and "Socialism is Not One Thing, but a Bundle of Things.". By ProfttMF fCUX APLER. Finum. Ethical CultuiUt . . ... r; J : Oregon, Washington, Idaho, d Fair. e DONT DUPLICATE THE BLUNDER, T ;- ' . The levianthan war-ship Dread naught, of the British navy, has prov en unwleldiy, sluggish In movement, Inept for the tremendously swift ac tion of the fleet she dominates, as well as inoperative, in point of timely man euvering against the lighter fleets that will be pitted against her in lae event of war. This is just what the best naval authorities always claimed for her. She was built as an experiment, and has proven a failure; and supplies this government with a premise for the immediate countermanding of the recent congressional provision for the building of even a larger craft than the Dreadnaught We shall be silly Indeed if we go ahead with such a program. Captain Mahan, one of the greatest naval engineers of the day has always been opposed to the giant class of - ships and has invariably recommended the cruiser class, such as the New York, the Brooklyn, and others, as the moat dependable and successful The crucial test of the effectiveness of a naval vessel is not centered in Its bulk and weight so much as in its celerity of movement and its fighting equipment, the latter quality being enhanced by the superb manning of the ship. It is the ship that can make the rush, the turn, an Uthe re-attack, in the least possible time, that is to be feared by the enemy and nursed by the fighter. The nimble, alert, easily - handled, swift moving craft that gets there, and comes again, before th? breath of the enemy can be caught, is the ship that brings home the laurels and leaves but little behind her of her own, but piles up the reverses for the vessels under attack. The ODreadnaughts are to be dread ed, but not so much because they are overwhelmingly dangerous and invin cible, as because they are frightfully costly failures as engines of war. They may be alright as floating fortresses but even that is yet to be established. aOCIALISM is very nearly the biul in 'democracy existing to Jay GENERALIZED AND ENLARGED. It stands for 1 naif down things, from theoretical anarch? thromrh Marxianisin and co-operation to Christ inn socialism. Social ism as a term ia illusive, mittcrimr. diversitied. IT IS iTArn s-v-vi -a. . vt iiusu, HUT A BUNDLE OF THINGS. Aot long ago as I was leaving a hall in which a verv extnm Social 1st had been talking I met a very rich woman whom I knew and of wnom 1 asked how she liked it. Sim w intlin;tm iiu,'n, .,.! --- tMi'v vuvwutikji a. UV4 her eyea shone. She was permeated with the doctrine of the apeaker. at . m. " one left, got into her automobile and was driven to her beautiful palaee east of Central park, which shows that ONE MAY BE A SOCIALIST AND YET BE RICH. , The rich have taken up socialism in some measure have made it their fad to end the ennui of their lives. They toy with socialism as thafFrench aristocracy did with the doctrines of Rousseau and Voltaire before the French revolution. The type is not to be taken SERI- ' Socialism is baffling because of the diversity I have mentioned. For instance, most people think that their brand of socialism is THE ONLY BRAND. Take what is termed rmini..inn1 proposition of the municipality owning railroads, Waterworks, lighting facilities and the like. THAT TS NOT SOCIALISM. It is an ex pedient, a business proposition, and therefore is the purest'individual- iam. It is true it is an extension of the powers of government, but not in a socialistic way, and it is to be taken as an example of the HORRI BLE CONFUSION entering into these discusions of socialism. st it - it I do not believe that socialism is PRACTICAL Wherever the Socialists have come into power, as in France, when they have taken MM 'aA?.a . . A .It 1 J . 1 uy uic jttjus vi government in any measure tuev nave dropped their doctrinaire theories. Socialism would tend toward LACK OF INDIVIDUAL FREE DOM. and the heavy conservation of the masses would rule. That would tend to discourage human progress. Socialism would act as a damper in distributing human talent. GREAT MORAL OBJECTIONS STAND AGAINST THE SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE SORT OP MORAL EQUAL ITY AND FRATERNITY THAT SOCIALISM PRODUCES. Socialism has rendered an immense service in calling attention tf the equality of men IN THE ABSTRACT. It does not stand for that conception of men advanced by the senator from South Carolina, who said that the white man is baked of better clav than tho neerc That was a horribly' blasphemous statement. In the same way I know a man who owns a glass factory and who wtirks little Hungarian chil dren within its walk and at night. When one called his attention to the children working in the glare of the furnace he said. Dointine to 'a TJ their dulic d faces, "THEY ARE NOT OUR EQUALS." tun Socialism means promiscuity. I LOATHE IT. Moralitv. like culture, demands segregation. Socialism promises great peril to the family. Its highest standard is devotion to the mass. It tends to wipe out patriotism too. THE FAMILY IS GOING TO BE THE 8TANDARD ABOUT WHICH THE ETHICAL AND MORAL FIGHT WILL WAGE. IS WAGING. A8 I UNDER STAND IT, SOCIALISM IS ON THE NONETHICAL SIDE. WE CANNOT GIVE UP THE FAMILY. IT IS THE SEED POD OF MORALITY. Wf MUST STOP PLAYING WITH THE FAMILY. a single railroad nfflrlnl In the United tftnles who would not willingly stay Up Jny and night to prevent a wreik on hi line. Mr. Rockefeller Ik herewith (ulvlnod against the easy Interview. Nothing will sweep him off the first pit go and Inlo the ,middl of' the iapr among the pure noumnso and advertising nmt ter quicker than that. Wo ought ut least to collect enough from the Sultan uf Turkey to pay for street repulra In front of our embassy. 0 -m Kverybody posiieMes , one of Murk Twain's literary quallflemh.ns. We can all write In bed. lleruhard Shaw's plays ar atlll bolufl staged, but they are not new ones. At any rate no Russian general who ever won a victory over the Japs ha been mean enough to do wover the others. f till .It looks, even mora than In the late Mr. Boffln'a day, Ilk a decline and Fall oft over In the Rooshan Empire. COMFORTING WORDS Many a Astoria Household Will Find Them So. sion legally nullified, and the common point rate on grain extended hither upon the ordinance of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, we'll be all right. ROOSEVELT, ARBITRATOR ASTORIA'S BU8Y SEASON. The city is on the verge of her busy season and all her energies are alive to the prospect. She will soon have her hundreds and thousands of fish ermen, their tooats, nets, and gear, flocking over her wharves and water, Clatsop's magnificent court-house will be started in a few days; the year's work on the great Jetty Is about to be taken up for the final stretch of work that shall cease only with completion, she" has a splendid hotel In near view and good men and lots of capital be hind it: she has all the reservations usually pending In the matter of home and house building, that eventuate in the spring, summer and fall, and this year they exceed anything in her history. .'. Beside this, she ha her new Cham ber of. Commerce, well headed in for reorganization and the doing of a hun dred practical and beneficial duties, all for the common good of the city and county, and taking all, in all, ahe has nothing to wait for, nothing to re tard, deflect, nor disparage her cheer ful anticipations; nor to discount her capacity for the doing of these things. 1 With' these achievements accomplish ed, and the Port Of Columiba Commis- The California-Japanese incident Is closed. President Roosevelt has done his work thoroughly, and the Japanese youngsters are free beneficiaries of the school privileges of the Golden State; and the usual string of polite and agreeable things are passing between Pacific metropolis and the national capital, by wire and by letter, galore! But the Jap adult is barred from the privileges of the primary department of the California schools. He must acquire his "early education" from other sources and stay away from the tots that must have shamed him had he been capable of such humiliation In the first place. The dlsagrpeable incl dent is closed, thanks to the diplomacy of the president and the good sense of the San Francisco authorities: But, all the same, it has left a bad taste In the mouths of the people out here that will not soon paes away, and the memory of it will linger In the popu lar mind here, to the disconfiture of the Japanese if .they shall , provoke some less successful plea for recog nition, and that will lend emphasis to the reprisals that will be then Invok ed. - with the broadest and deepest sympa thy for the families of the men and officers sacrificed in the passing of a single moment, and with th govern ment that bears the brunt of the loss and discomfiture. The one poor merit attaching to the fearful incident, o far as we are concerned, is that it helps us out in carrying off the load left us by the Bennington, at San Diego, last year. A poor premise, to be sure, but not entirely unacceptable, and certainly opportune, if one dares to put such a construction upon so hideous a blunder as ours and the res ulting censure to which we have been subjected. " o EDITORIAL SALAD. To have the pains and aches of a bad back removed; to be entirely free from annoying, , dangerous urinary disorders Is enough to make any kid ney sufferer, grateful. To tell how this great change can be brought about will prove comforting words to hundreds of Astoria readers. Mrs. Captain C. 0. Groves, of 834 Raleigh street, Portland. Or, fays: 'Lapse of time has not lessened the confidence I have had in Doan'a Kid ney Pills since February, 1903, when I publicly recommended them. I haJ used them In treating kidney trouble of several years' standing. It orlgl- nally started with dull aching In the small of my back over the kidneys. Colds aggravated the trouble and made the pain sharp and acute.Any extra exwtlon would bring on a pros trating attack. I haJ tried various remedies for the trouble without avail, but Doan's Kidney Pills began to help mo right after I started using them. They gradually banished the back ache and pains In the loins, strength ened the kidneys nn l helped me In cvory way. I can conscientiously rec ommend Doan's Kidney Tills to any sufferer from kidney complaint." Plenty more proof like this from As toria people. Call at Charles Rogers, drug store and ask what customers report For sale by all dealers. Price SO cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New Tdrk, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan s and take no othe. J. A. GILHAl';il At CO., Undertaker hikI I'nitialiiicrs. ' Experienced l.ady AKhUtant HIICII llf.XlMMI. The Guaranteed Purity of Men nen's BowtedTiicum Toilet Powder KHysumnniMx wjr l of nflnn' TnlM wtlr iiimII-I in lh trmtd, ami wih b hour tli KovtriuiMiit Mrlnl mimhor IMJ. piutritn Ins tlist nimn I ullrl I'nwtlur m iiUI,u una Mil In cuiiiWmlty with Hip irrnii of tho nw lw, tVmlnlMS there will still bo uifcM iHH. tutM Slut ImllitlliMia tlmi'lilwil lirlim "in mh! tin MhiikiiV" Uui nn una iitwil he di't'nti H liy Oils iliiu.v (vim, tor ruimivrivmiiu a iinll srllrls, Anjfon wlm lim ti, Jlxmiril'il kiK'WH Ihsl It U Hniitly Inlinlmlilv, 'f liw In iinllaiiK limits nullum JiikImkwhI, ''ti priilmH ptirrhiuiini to , Himiwl. Mmi. , ni' I'uwilnr l miw mi up In iIi"Im thai alms tthlrbcsnnui Iw rillr, hi n ,m inferlur iilMlltifH, ItHM on bnvlAK Mmm-n'i nii.l only AWmtun't lb ulily iroi:Uutt iunt luiiu Uuiis sud aiitttlltulM. IUv yoa trlxl Mitnnon's VloW UniuM Tulfiim TnlM I'nwderf Mitlvt pnrilnl li violet p.rfiimo mill fltiil Mtiita' VIoM Tulriiw l. Kraut nh ilia eUor u( rrtt 4ti(lt4 I'srnis mlia, Kor mI . whn fur v$. By mail, pucuwia, us rcl.t at uric, feinpl irM. GERHARD MENNEN CJIEMICAL CO., Newark, N.J. QMnuilMd uudar lb rood tad iru Att, J una SO, IM; SwIkI Nu mm fwwlittUaof Jkl, FtMlnll of Bos, W. C. LAWS . CO. HEATING AND PLUMBINF ENGINEERS Plans and estimates furnished on application. ' All work done by First-Class Mechanics. Sheet-Iron, Copper and Tin Work done in a first class manner, as we do no other work in our shop. SCOff BAY IRON UUg MB AHTOlCIA. OKi:tU)N IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS I'HO-UU) Nw Mill Wsclilnrr), I'tun 1 1 llrMl. o lvrn t.(i.. r lf t ri 18th and Franklin Ave, Tel. Main 2451. "I"1T. l"ri"r"rtrTTT T " " ' '-' 1 - -- J.m. m h. j....jhhi 'TTTf aiTTffTTtT?T?lllHaiieeee4ea- - . ; STEEL . EWART ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS In Business Business and Your Satisfaction We make it our aim to do first class work at reasonable prices. ! 222 Twelfth Street. Next to the Astoria Theatre II. & PARKER, , Proprietor. P. PARKER, Manager. Calln Promptly Attended Day or Nitrlit. Patton Bdf. IStliaud Dunne St- ASTORIA, OJtE.GON Phone Main 21 11 PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN. First Class In Every Rciptot Free Coach to the Houe. Bar and Billiard Room. Good Check Reauurant Astoria, -4 Good Sample Rooms on Ground Floor Oregon for Commercial Men. Sherman Transter Go. , HENKY SHERMAN. Maoanei Hacks, Carrlages-Psggege Cheeked and Tranifetred - Trueks ard Puroltui WagOM-Pianoa Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street1 Main .Phone 121 We will see how the two-cent rail road fare works out without delay. It is In force In Nebraska and the rall-1 roads are retaliating by cutting off. all half-fare permits, excursion rates and other advantages. That will injure some, but the general result will bo to the advantage of the public in cheap ness. .The only question is, has the time arrived for this rate can" the roads in ordinary times operate sue cesfully with It In force? IENA AND BENNINGTON. The horrible disaster that has over taken the French navy In the blowing up of the battleship Iena,,in the har bor of ; Toulon, on Tuesday, adds one more tragedy to the naval records of the world: and the worM rpn.nnn.ia Novelist Connolly rcan congratulate himself by , the reflection that the best sea stories are written by men of no experience with the sea, anyhow. ' There Is one thing tolerably certain, that if James J. Hill leaves the carry ing trade of the Pacific to tho Japan ese the goods will be delivered. It would be well to remember In pas sing that there Is not In all probability Our Doors Are Open We are anticipating your patronage and wm appreciate it. We will do business oh the basis. of "A Dollar in Value for la;Dollar in Cash." We offer nothing but the best and genuine Liquors and Wines Our reputation going with the goods as they are sold. Drop in And look over the stock, we are handling, j We dispose of our wares only in bulk, pottle, and package. A wholesale line on wholesale terms. , American - Importiiie - Co. . buccessors to Foard & Stokes, 589 Commercial Street, Phone Main 1883. I