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ARE WE HELPLESS?
President Ripley plainly told the
Chicago Association of commerce
that freight rates would have to go
up because the railways needed the
the money. Vice-President Brown
told the Chicago Association that
freight rates must go up or railway
employees suffer a cut in wages. The
dominant note in each address plain
ly implied that the railways were the
masters of the situation, with no re
dress on the part of shipper or re
ceiver. Is this actually the transportation
situation in the United States? ,
Are the people really subject to
the roads and their schedules and
tariffs, and the universal sway of the
business as they shall ordain it?
If so, perhaps it were well to let
them have their sweet will with us to
the end that they may milk the na
tion dry of resources, once for all and
bring the crisis on speedily. Then,
perhaps we can have a new deal, in
which they will be more amenable to
the supreme fact that the people are,
at last, the source of all . power and
strength and resource.
If it is not so; if we Still retain the
measure of our birth-right and the
last word in the formulation of popu
lar policies, we had best prepare for
a war that shall forever settle the is
sue and lay the lust that is eating the
railway-masters alive and making asses
of them. For it is but money craze
that affects them; there is no crying
need of any addition to the monu
mental fortunes they are making year
by year; the commerce of the coun
try does not demand an access of the
fabulous charges that now prevail;
they, the railroads, are the richest,
the most influential agencies, in the
world, and can hold their own against
all normal impediments; and if the
madness of gold is upon them and
they insist upon despoiling the peo
ple, it is as good a time as any to
set about their cure, once for all, and
with a concert of legislative move
ment that shall warn them, primarily,
of the stupendous opposition that at
last confronts them and that means
to whip them into order and com
mercial common sense. We have our
waterways left us, thank God! !
. POWER OF PAROLE.
The case of 11-year-old Jackson
Reid, of Portland, the boy who mur
dered George Demars, and now the
subject of great communal excite
ment and discussion at the metropo
lis, is one that should never be
brought to the bar of justice in the
sense that other and older man-slayers
are brought there. This baby is
removed from every element and con
dition that usually surrounds an adult
killer, he stands apart, and conscious
ly free, since he lacked all faculty for
conceiving the crime; did not realize
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uiu it as tne outcome oi sueci pre
cocity and boyish ardor to ape the
action of an elder, without sensing
the sum and end of it all. Of course,
since he has been brought within thi
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pa e of correction he has been made
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to partially understand the terrihe
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import of the deed, and he will never
be free again, in life! from the burden i
of this consciousness, since it must
grow with his growth and inject it-.
self into every attitude and relation
of that life. His sum of responsibil
ity will increase day by day until its
weight will crush him to the grave;
he can have none of the happiness
that belongs to the normal youth and
man; his future is already pitiful, void
of freedom and hope; charged with
shame incalculable, and endless re
proach; he will not have the benion
ftstorionv
of a softened forgetfulness that will
come to those who mourn his victim;
all is hard and bitter and unescapable
before him; and it might be the bet
ter part of mercy to inflict the ex
treme penalty that his childish years
forbid, rather than let him drag out
the unhappy term allotted to him.
' We believe he should be put upon
legal parole at once, under such re
strictions, oversight and guidance as
will keep him ever in touch with the
courts of the country, and yet leave
him some latitude for the recovery
of peace that may mitigate the weight
and woe of life-long censure that
must be his. The present moment of
this boy's life is as nothing to the
years that are to come. The best
thought of his friends, his attorneys,
of the courts, had better be given to
his future, since he is not yet alive to
the menace of it. Anything may be
forgiven a little child; but a censor
ious world will have no chance to
forget nor forgive this lad; and the
one tremendous fact that his punish
ment must pile up with the advancing
years, makes it imperative now, to so
ordain that life that he shall not be
over-punished.
WILL HAVE ITS EFFECT.
That Ilwaco will prove a depot in
the fuel trade of the country round
about the. mouth of the Columbia
during the coming winter, with its
peat plant putting out 30 tons of
prime material daily, is a feature that
will bear the closest scrutiny by the
people who have had to rustle hard
and pay high for their fuel during the
past few years. With this new source
of supply at hand at a cost not exorb
itant, there should be something ra
tional doing in this particular busi
ness field this fall and winter.
The peat bricks from- the north
shore may be the very thing to equal
ize the situation and hold it where
the purse of the people can meet it
and manage to have enough left to
ive on. At least everyone is hop
ing for some such development and
will be glad to see it materialize, not
alone for the good it will do as a
lever in holding down a fractious and
exorbitant market, but for the pros
perity it will bring to the lucky peo
ple who have put their money and
brains in its organic expansion.
Mr. Bryan's greatest recent disap
pointment is his failure to arrange a
fusion with Mr. Hearst. ,
If a $300,000,000 lumber merger can
be formed, there ought to be a good
deal of money in scientific forestry.
The report that a serum worth $15,
000,000 has been discovered in a pig's
tail is certain to make the public
whistle.
It is understood that dropping
bombs from airships on big game in
Africa is to be barred as unsports
manlike? Peary has arrived at Labrador and
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beef trust must have overlooked this
loophole in its fortifications.
It makes Mr. Bryan thoughtful
when he notices that the price has
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word. Why not try coon . hunting
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Paul's Scarab.
By ANNA MUNSON.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Llteratiy Press.
The professor laid the scarab on the
tablecloth and slipped from the room
to obtain a magnifying glass.
"I'm glad that there Is something
about me that he likes," said Dr. Paul
Harper grimly. "I uskod hhu lust
night for permission to marry you, niul
he told me that he hud determined that
you should unirry a man who would
not oulj appreciate his collection, but
would add to It."
Lena Gatton nodded sagely. 'Already
she had received more than a hint of
her father's plans for her future hap
piness. "He means Professor Katxlnger,"
she explained. "lie Is here bo much
and I grow so tired of him."
Paul stroked the little band that
rested on the table. '
"It's a shame," ha declared. "Kat
singer cares more for mummies than
he does for flesh and blood people. The
Idea of asklu'g you to marry a man like
that! I wou't let you."
"But he Is my father," reminded
Lena gently. "One must obey one's
father."
"Not In any such arrangement as
that," cried Paul fiercely. "Let hlui
leave his collection to the museum.
They will appreciate It more than Kat
ly." The return of Trofessor Gntton put
a stop to the conversation, aud Paul
HE POUND THE PRECIOUS SCARAB ON THB
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sat glowering upon the Egyptologist,
while the old man studied the odd
scarab with wondrous eyes.
At last with reluctant fingers be re
turned the scarab to Paul and went to
his study, while Paul and Lena sllppnd
out for a walk. Ever since Paul hud
been an undergraduate at the college
be had loved Lena, and now that be
had come hack to demand her hand In
marriage it was a shock to find that
the scientist had determined to saerl
flee his daughter, as he had everything
else, to his beloved collection.
It was the finest private collection
of scarabs extant, and it was the pro
fessor's wish that the work might be
carried on by his son-in-law. To this
end he had looked with favor upou
Professor Katelnger, who shared his
enthusiasm for the collection.
Lena did not share her father's lik
ing for the German professor, and she
was very much in love with Paul, but
the habit of obedience was strong
within her, and even with Paul plead
ing his case in person he could not in
duce her to agree to a runaway match,
though she did promise to make every
effort to evade a marriage with Kat
zlnger. - .
With, this promise Paul had to rest
content, but it was with little of the
elation which had marked bis coming
that be took his departure. It was
plain to be seen that the professor
cared more for the advancement of bis
collection than he did for his daugh
ter's happiness, or, more correctly, he
convinced himself that the two Inter
ests were identical. In the eyes of
Professor Gatton, a man who did not
care for scarabs was no man at all
and not fit to marry his daughter.
His only interest in Paul lay in the
latter's possession of the odd scarab,
the like of which he had not seen be
fore in his vast experience. He was
shocked at the careless fashion in
which Paul carried it about In his
waistcoat pocket, and when, Just be
fore the younger man's departure? he
found the precious scarab on the stairs
he told himself that it served Paul
right if he lost the treasure.
At the moment be bad no thought of
retaining it, but when Paul, missing
the scarab, made inquiry the profess
or, why he would not say, denied hav
ing seen It, and the mischief was done.
He told himself that he would pretend
to find it before Paul left, but now
Paul was gone and the scarab still re
posed in the private compartment of
the professor's safe, while the finder
went about with a heavy sense of
guilt
Not by any chance would It be pos
sible now to "find" the missing treas-
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one site only, regular price StXp.rMle.
it iv. iit'.J ttK impulse ror a' moment
hni' made hi m a thief.
The thoupbt gave him an odd sense
or '.inger. Ho bin mod not alone him
wif. but Paul, whoso carelessness bad
made th theft possible. At first be
had argued that It served Paul right,
but now the tiny scarab bad grown to
the weight of r millstone about hi
neck. '
He did not dare take It out ami
place It In bis collection. lie did col
even dare to Jook at It himself lest
Lena, coming In suddenly, as was hot
wont, should discover him with the
evidence of guilt In his band.
The evil be had done preyed upon
bis health. lie suddenly grew very old
and feeble, and bis enthusiasm for hi
collection waned. Tbe thought that his
hobby had made of him a thief win
bitter Indeed, and In the long silence
of the night he tossed sleepless on bis
bed and cursed tbe day be bad seeu
the scarab on the stairs.
Paul bad takeu bis loss as a alight
thing and after a casual Inquiry hud
let the matter drop, but the professor
knew bow priceless was the find, and
the thought that be had betrayed the
confidence of a guest was an additional
source of pain to the sensitive old mini.
At last bis condition became so grave
that Ix:na was alarmed. The profcasoi
would not consent to see a pbysiclau.
He knew well enough, that no medical
man could bring him relief, and as a
last resource Lena wrote Paul asking
htm to come and see them.. Already
Paul had gained a reputation as a spe
cialijr, and bluee her father would not
go to see a physician the only thing tc
be done was to bring the specialist to
him.
She said uothlng of Puul's visit to
ber father, and she arranged with
Paul to pretend that be bad dropped
off over one train to pay a short visit.
They met only at the table, and Paul'
first glance told him that bis host was
laboring under some great mental
strain and that nothing could be done
until that strain was relieved. With
tbe idea of diverting the professor's
attention from his cares he brought
out a scarab.
At the sight of it the professor bull
rose from the tuWe and uttered o
hoarse cry of surprise. The scarab wan
tbe exact duplicate of tbe ono in the
see rot compartment of the safe, and,
not profiting by experience, Paul was
carrying this in bis waistcoat pocket.
as be had the other.
"There were two?" asked the pro
fessor.
"Dozens," declared Paul. "I owe you
an apology, professor. I had intended
to explain It before, but tbe loss of tlu
other put It out of my mind. This h
not a real scarab."
"It Is a copy of the other?"x
"No. Nona of them are genuine
They are luck charms. You remetn
ber Dud GllDs of '02? Well, ho k
selling these as mascots. You must re
member the ouija fad. This is a cop
of that. You may have this one. It
never brought me any luck."
He tosKed the stone across tbe table
and with trembling bands tbe pro
fessor examined the gift He would
have sworn to its genuineness, but in
tbe fact of Paul's statement this could
not be so. He experienced an odd
sense of relief. He was no less a thief
tnottgh there was not banging ovei
blm tbe dread fear that be would not
be able to make restitution. He passed
the stone buck to Paul.
"I meant to tell you that I found
the other," he said slowly. '"I wof
wondering how to get it to you." .
"Keep them both, then," cried Paul.
"They bring me no luck."
"But, it does," said the professoi
earnestly. "It brings you the woman
you wish to marry. It is better that
my collection should pass to the . mu
seum. 1 would not have my daugh
ter's husband share my craze. Not
uutll lately have I come to that con
clusion, and it was this scarab that
brought the belief about. After that
can you say that it brings no luck?"
"Luck!" cried Paul. '"I'm going to
write Dud to put the price up to a mil
lion dollars If be can guarantee like
results in every case."
He leaned over to kiss Lena, and the
professor stole away from the table,
free from care at last. Paul's scarab
had worked a double cure.
Considerate Censorship.
"Does your father know I love you?"
"No. Papa Isn't very well, and we've
kept It from hlm."-IIaiper'i Weekly.
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