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EjflHft.orial; PORTLAND, OREGON ,V MONDAY, JANUARY 11. 1904 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, ' " ' AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C S. JACKSON Published wary evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building. Fifth and . OFFICIAL, PAPER OF TUB CITY OF THE JOURNAL'S PUATPORM A Trinity ol Events Which Would Males of Portland the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast. First Deepen the Columbia river bar. Second Open the Columbia river to unim- peded navigation at and above The Dalles. Third Dig an Isthmian canaL WELCOME TQ PORTLAND. T7"OU SEE THEM everywhere with, their underbids, Y their upper crops, their dewlaps, their wattles, ,thelr clean, easily read brands, them carrying; an "L C." or even a vent. Large, ener getic bronze-faced men, self reliant to the last degree, perfectly able to take care of themselves in any crowd . or under any circumstances, a stalwart type ct the breezy .Westerner who blazed the rugged road of civilization and who carried It clear across a whole continent to the Pacific ocean in face of governmental apathy and the self-suf - ' flciency of blind statesmanship, , ; ' , ; ' i v The cowmen are In town, likewise the sheepmen. They are In off the ranges to consider In a big way the ques tions which affect their 'great industries in their complex relations to modern commercial life. Some of them own cattle on a, thousand hills; some on fewer hills and less of them. Some have been with the business since the ear liest days when the lean, lang long horns were forced over the Texas trail, amidst incredible hardships, to the amaze ment of Dodge and Abilene and other, famous frontier towns, thus for the first time getting an outlet to the great markets of the country, starting the cattle busi ness oh Its picturesque and palpitating way, and making of ft for a score of years the avenue of adventure, and rapid fortune-making in the then wild and woolly West. ; They have been with it through all Its evolutions, following the trail to its newer rallroadf-eenter at Ogallala, where the cattle were scattered on to the virgin "ranges pt Nebraska and Wyoming ranges, there to be wintered and hardened .and fattened out of all semblance to the original stock, barring the wide spreading prongy horns. They have seen the business expand all over the Middle West and - the' Northwest, tbey have enjoyed much of the fruit of the boom days when local real estate was a drug on the market while tha banks cheerfully accepted stock run" sing wild on the ranges as collateral for the loans which they freely advanced. They have seen the attention of the civilized World attracted to their business; they saw men and' money flow Infrom Europe and far away Aus tralia. They saw the business grow up like a mushroom and they saw a cosmopolitan population gathered to gether in many of these small frontier towns that - ex pressed the highest product of American and European education and culture joined to a freehanded hospitality, the choicest and most delightful jince the golden age, They saw and reveled in all this, and the memory of it will live with them forever, and they saw and most of them unfortunately felt, the lean years -which came with such a sudden crash, one frightful winter blotting out 6Q to 75 per cent of their herds and the following year's markets cutting prices in two. They saw the opulence ' vanish, the glorious fellows of . the heyday gradually eliminated and effaced, and many of them went out of "sight under the-tide. ' ' - Then came the days of hardship and struggle which made, many of them what they are. The herds , were removed farther and farther from civilisation, Into Mon tana, clear up to Its northernmost boundary and finally across into the mysterious regions of the Canadian North west. Those lean years tried men's souls, but following dislocation of prices eventually . came readjustment and those who could and did pin their faith to the business ultimately came to the" surface stronger than ever be fore. But unfortunately many fell by the wayside un able to continue the struggle and forced to bo W to fate and It Is with a heart ache that the old time cattle men will look back at' them today. . ' ' t In the process of time and before the invading settler and the busy railroad the stock business has been obliged to readjust Itself to meet the new conditions. There is not nearly so much elbow room as there used to be. There are other and higher rights now than the ' mere -right of preemption, for there has come in the right of ; ownership. This has given grave problems to" the cattle man and 'those problems have been emphasized by the advent of the sheep men who in recent years have found their business enormously profitable. There Is the ques tion of range, the question of transportation, the ques ; tlon of price to the raiser and the question of the elimina tion of the enormous unearned proffts of those who control .the stockyard purchases of cattle. He has therefore much . to consider, many things to discuss and some perhaps rad ii leal steps to take. ,.: ,. .. : - ' To each and every one of those who attend these meet ings The Journal extends a warm welcome to Portland. The city Is theirs so long as they stay. We may be a little "lees demonstrative and much less spectacular than some ;of our cities lii which the associations, have formerly met, but the Portland heart is In the right place and every In habitant wishes the most ' profitable, Inspiring and satis- factory meetings that have ever been held at any time or ;ln any place. I Howl HIGH PRICES TO CONSUMERS. ' t- " T l HE DISCUSSION of the price of been precipitated by the coming prune growers will be of vast Whether or not the prices received by the growers are as : small as they are alleged to be is purely incidental to the , main question which is that the prices paid by the con sumer for a home product are in any case altogether out of . proportion to the cost of production and the reasonable profit "which should go to the raiser. The importance of the question is very largely increased by the fact that It ;ls to be extended to embrace other fields., The cost of Hv ,' lng is rapidly growing higher in Portland: It seems to be growing altogether out of proportion to the cost of pro , durtion. Here where the products are raised at as Utile ' TKS JXTDQB WIO "CABED." . From -the New York World. By the retirement of Justice Mayer, whe yesterday presided for the last time at the children's court, the city loses a useful publlo servant. Fitting testi mony to this loss was rendered in court by the representatives of charitable societlea , But the best . word was spoken by Meyer Cohen, a pprobation !boy." when he said, a little hoarsely: i "I was one of the nrst boys to come under, you. You're been, the beat friend I ever had." You seemed to care whether ; I was aqua re or not. an' I wlah that you wasn't going away from hare." ). Perhaps Justice Mayer was a trifle j hare the : weather :, has- been so treacherous when, he replied that be PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. cost and with less effort than elsewhere In the country, where the question of transportation Instead of being vital, as it usually Is, Is merely Incidental, we find without ap parent cause that the cost of living is jumping up at a really alarming rate. ; ' ' L " In all these considerations the consumers, who In num bers at least are the great factor involved, are regarded merely as something to be exploited. In butter, milk and eggs, which should be reasonable in price in a dairy coun try, we find the prices higher than In the arid regions, which must depend almost Wholly upbn other sections for their supply. 'Without any apparent reason the cost of milk in one fell swoop Is advanced 33 1-3 per cent. In one direction trusts and combinations arbitrarily raise the prices and put on all the tnarket will bear absolutely-wlth-out reference to. the cost of production. In other cases the middlemen,'; which. Intervene : between the . producer fand the consumer, tack on sor-many profits that a really dis tressing burden Is shouldered on to the consumer who seems utterly helpless to protect himself. ' Canned goods, for which the section is famous, cost just as much In Porto land as they do a thousand, even two or three thousand miles from the place of production. . : This section of the country is mightily favored in many ways, but the consumer, is getting 'less and less benefit from the extraordinary natural conditions. He has a kick coming and it is high time that he made it. , The inquiry and agitation should be continued and ex tended to embrace many products other than prunes. . but nary a one of THE FUTURE, T ET US ABANDON for all time the makeshift method I j of dealing with our publlo schools. In the end " ' that is the costliest of all policies and cannot fall to bring disaster to the schools themselves. , That the work is already begun is made evident by the growth of the private schools at the expense of the publlo 'schools. Now is the time to get down to the fundamental ques tions. Do we want publlo schools that are to rank with the very best In the country? Do we want schools that fully, meet every reasonable publlo. demand and are se lected as a matter, of course by all classes and conditions of people for the education of their children, as they are In the most favored and cultured 'cities of-the country? Do we Want to extend the system so as embrace features. now-absent here, - proven to be vital requirements of popular education? Do we want .school buildings that reach the same f standards, with recrea tion grounds that insure the robust health, of the children? , If we do there Is byTaying for therm- If we build upon these lines, and far seeing men confess the need, then we are building not alone for the present, but for the future. If we are build ing both for the present an the future, then the future should bear Its share of the burdens. All the great cost of the big undertaking before us should not be saddled on the taxpayers this year; those who pay taxes in other years should contribute to foot the bills and .those who will enjoy the benefits of the broader and better system should not be denied that same blessed privilege in the coming years. Therefore, to fully meet the exigency, there should be a bond Issue. Then the whole question should be thoroughly Investigated to the very bottom. We should cease to measure our schools by themselves and begin to measure them by the highest standards elsewhere reached. Nothing short of corps of teachers should be better paid. In a way nothing will contribute more to the elevation of i the standard. Good wages will attract the best educators., In this re spect there Is nothing to attract them here, even in com parison with the Inducements offered by our neighbors on the north. - Then w The science of school teaching la progressive. Earnest, able and farseelng men have .much Improved the methods pf 30 years ago. They have raised the professional stand ard far above what it used to be and they have vastly im proved the methods of imparting knowledge which once were in vogue. These new Ideas which have been tested by experience should,.be applied here. ;p -, Since the last census Portland has grown many thous ands in population. It is destined to grow very much faster in the next six years. Past standards, therefore, can no longer be used as standards for the present; they must be broadened and raised. This responsibility rests upon us now and we must meet It, but 11 Is unjust to place the full burden of cost upon a single year or upon the present population., We should fully meet our share. Having done that, having Intelligently marked out the course and laid the foundation for a really great system of public schools, we have done our full duty and may reasonably trust to the future citizens not only to main tain the good work but to raise the standard of efficiency far above even that point which now we consider Ideal. FIRE THE COMMISSION to Investigate the conditions of the Portland public and semi-public buildings . with ma, .fin. rt tfeatt flp PaMTttlAH 'HT V.trtn work tomorrow. If the work is prosecuted to the limit and the recommendations thus produced are acted upon, much good will flow from the Investigation and there Is no doubt that human life will be safer. But hand in hand should go the matter of an Improved fire department. Owners of buildings cannot do every, thing nor can they be expected to do everything. They have a duty to the public which they must be called upon to perform but the public, on the other hand, owes them a duty. That duty Includes a full paid and up-to-date fire department. i ' ' v The existing department does not meet our needs. It has many shortcomings, though most of them are due to the methods of its organization. It should be put on a new basis. None but full paid and specially trained men should belong to It. Every reasonable-safety appliance should be demanded in all the buildings of the city, but hand In hand with this demand should go the counter demand for a better organized and better equipped fire department, capable of coping with whatever emergency may arise and with which it may legitimately be called upon to deal. prunes which has meeting of the 'public benefit. ahould always take an Interest In his young friend, and that "there are lots of you here in New York who don't have half a chance." - Jt Is because "half a chance" Is more than some poor boys get, and because If they were put with hardened crim inals for slight offenses they might thereafter have no chance at all, that the children's court was opened. May it a! way a have a man om the bench who "cares!" ,, ';. mnitT wmnrrra. Perry . Heath's fins sensitive natura has beta overlooked hitherto. He has not been given proper credit for delicacy Of perception as to the fitness o things wnlca arose doubtless from his v-.v;Sf::-''v'--.v:j',;y,-'':..''5.. JNO. P. CARROLL Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon. PQRTLAND AS WELL AS THE PRESENT SHOULD PAY. but -which v experience elsewhere-has in elevating the standard to meet the only one way to get them and that is the very best should satisfy us. Our should cease to be afraid of new Ideas. INVEST IGATIONS. haughty refusal, to resign as secretary of the Republican, national committee. But let qo one hereafter ignore Ferry's shrinking temperament, his shy, bash ful disposition, for when the Republican national committee in a body went to the White House to pay its respects to the President, and be photographed with Mr. Roosevelt in, tha center. Perry stayed behind st the hotel. He woulil not force Mr. Roosevelt .to take hint, by the hand and pose in the same pic ture. It was remarkable intuition, and saved , all manner of trouble , for - the party. For while Mr. Heath still seems to be ' good 'enough for the Republican national committee,- it would never do to bring him and the president to an other handshake, ' , . ' y, Some Characteristics of the Japanese A. P. B. In Chicago Record-Herald. Whatever else may be said of the Jap anese the fact certainly cannot be ig nored that j they have , developed from national weakness to national strength in a . wonderfully short space of time. They won their spurs as a modern na tion when they fought China less than a decade ago. On the march to Peking they proved their mettle, man for man, in comparison with the soldiers of other powers. They are now ready to test conclusions with one of the strongest nations of the. world, a nation with 0 times greater area, with three times greater population,, and with a standing army at least seven times greater. What is more, they have a fair chance for victory. . .'', v Another fact concerning the Japan ese that compels attention is the unani mity with which the nations -or, .more properly said, the peoples of the world are showing themselves sympathetically inclined toward them. In this country, for example, it is but rarely that a word is raised on behalf of Russia In Eng land, dceplte. the: fact that any encour agement to Japan - may precipitate a war in which England may be compelled to take part, the feeling IS all the same way. In France, long the ally of Rus sia, It is Japan's side that is generally favored. In Italy the same is true. In Germany alone Is comment Inclined to be pro-Russian, but in Germany, less than In any other country of Western Europe,; is the press free to reflect the feeling of the people. With modern governments nothing hut plain self-interest one way or the other, will lead to a formal taking of sides In an International dispute. With the people sentimental factors count for much more, at least In the passing play of national "loves" and "hates." And the sentimental factors are all on the side of Japan. There are many cauaes which have brought to the. Japaneee the advantage of all thla good wilt In the first place. her enemy, Russia, stands before the world as typical of three great things selfishness, aggression and brutality, Whether Russia entirely deserves her bad reputation la not the question. It is the fact that she possesses it We cannot speak her name without thinking of the Poles, of the Finns, of the Jews, without remembering Skobelefl and his massacres on the Central Asiatic steppes, without remembering the fate of Blago- veatchenak but three , years ago. Japan atanda for none of these thlnga She does not stand for selfishness, be cause whatever demands she makes she makes for the whole world, as well as for herself. Her advocacy of the "open door" haa been- as strong as even that of the United States under Secretary Hay. She does not stand for aggression. but for self -protection. She has been notably free from brutality. On the march to Peking no soldiers were under such firm discipline as hers, none so free from charges of rapine and loot But theae are all characteristics which favor the Japanese merely in a negative way. We must 1ooxr for mors positive qualities. We find them readily. No one who has followed the course of the dip lomatic negotiations between Japan and Russia during the past summer and fall can have failed to mark the calm, direct, even progress which Japan has made. There waa a time In October, after Rus sia had allowed the date for her evacua tion of Manchuria to paas without ac tion, when all the world grew excited over the prospect for war. There was no excitement In Japan on the part of the ministers charged with the negotia xjbath or asoKOs arasnra.' English Kovellst's Life Was a long itruggle Against Poverty. London Dispatch in New York Timea George Glsslng, the novelist, died of consumption today at St Jean-de-Lus, in the Pyrenees, He was born at Wake field, England', on November 22, 1857. George Gissinge name has become known in this country only during the last few years, although he has been a popular writer in England for a much longer time. Of late years he had be come an extreme pessimist as is clearly shown In his works.. His power as a writer of tragic fiction was so great that he was recognized as a leader in this field. , Glsslngs life was a struggle against poverty from hia thirteenth year, when hla father died, until he was recog nized by the British public. He re ceived a middle-class education, but did not go to a university, ' Several years after he left school, were spent In travel on the continent, where he gained a mastery over several languages and se cured much material for his later writ Inga .On his return from the conti nent Glsslng became a school teacher, but was forced to give up the work be cause of 111 health. When he' began his literary career Glsslng was so poor that he did not know where to find his next meat For two years he fought against poverty, and then resolved that literature alone would not support him. He became a private tutor, but continued to write much. " i ' ' In 1880 his first published, novel, en titled "Workers in the Dawn," was printed.. It did not at that time have a large sale, but it was reviewed favor ably. Four years later "The Unclassed" appeared, and was an Immediate sue cesa. , "Demons," his next novel, gained him great praise, though bringing him little money. The book dealt with Eng lish Socialism. - The work which was regarded as his best by the author was "The Nether World," which was pub lished in 1889, and dealt with the lowest formB of London life. Several more works of greater or less success were published up to 1881, when Glsslng again found himself in financial difficulties. - He tried to write some thing which would take, meanwhile sup porting himself by selling his own col-, lection of books to dealers. When he finished "New Grub Street" he parted with the manuscript for 160. The book sold welt London furnished Glsslng with much of his material. He went to the city once each week from his home, at Ep som, and rambled through the streets In search of characters and Incident. His one and only amusement . was aa occasional visit to the British Museum. Glsslng said of his own work: "If my stories sre full of pessimism. It is because my life is so. I. writs of what 1 know best." ' . The rolltloal Eoo. . " v From the NewYork Telegram. Graceful thing of Emperor Menelck of Abyssinia to send President Roose velt a couple of lions.1 What Colonel Roosevelt really wants Worse Just now is a new elephant The old one is not as docile as It waa and getting a bit fickle. . . . ; T. - ' Might as Welt -.: ' From the Waahlngton Post j The Rev.. Madison C. Peters predicts that in 100 years there will be 225, 000.000 negroes and only 100.000,000 white men In the South, and asks ua what we are going to do about It ,We are going' to wait and, see. ; 1 tions They did not allow themselves to be stampeded for a moment. They went along seeking terms for the per manent, settlement of the status . of Manchuria, and Korea, despite the War like feeling of the entire Japanese peo ple, despite the proclamation of the "professors' that war alone could fur nish a solution, despite the unanimous demand of the preas for action, despite the encouragement that came to them from publlo opinion in other parte of the world. For their cautious, conserva tive course they have repeatedly been given publlo praise by. Lord Lanadowne, the British foreign minister, who, be cause of the British-Japanese alliance, was deeply and Immediately interested in the proceedings. . Moreover, ' so far as the world has learned, the Japanese have resorted to no subterfuges, to no tricks, to no at tempted treachery or dissimulation, In their negotiations. They have insisted from the very start On a frank and; open arrangement witn Russia, one mat meant on its face' what It purported to mean, one that would be scrupulously observed to the letter by both partlea. If they have at any time had the oppor tunity to become the partnera of Russia In the- spoiling of Northern China, as seems ' probable, ' they have refused to accept it, and they have stood firm for tneir original poncy. v :;;-.';--:, Taka it au la all,- the Japanese have shown themselves not mere Imitators of Europe in their diplomacy, but- real masters, capable of guiding their own nation's destiny. - It may even be said that they have shown themselves fully abreast of the most enlightened of mod ern nations In their conception of what is and what is not vital to their future as a free people. They must have mar kets abroad. They must have granaries abroad. They must have regions open to . immigration and to settlement by their own too-crowded population. These things they seek, and no more. With these things they appear to be content willing to , take their chances on fair terms with the rest of the world. , The Issue of war with Russia will decide whether the Japanese are to have their chance among the r nations or whether they are to be forced back to a future of poverty on their islands, where they must always remain on the defensive. Beyond this, war will do much to decide, even if the Western European powers do not become In volved, ss to which nation Russia or Japan is to have the hegemony over the yellow races of China. : The "Yellow Peril" is no unreal thing. China Is waking up. Her 600.000.000 of people are able to furnish armies to the power that can master them, drill them and pay them, such as perhaps no other region on the earth can equal What Russia would do with such armies, ! If she gained them, her whole history tells us. She would use them to sweep Asia' In Europe Russia is European, more or lesa In Asia she is Asiatlo Tartar, If you will. ' . , Would the Jap, from the point of view of Europe and America be a more desir able ruler for China than the Tartar? Would huge China tempt half European- laed Japan back once more Into the status of a Mongol power, made more dangerous by her newfound brains and skill? Would a Japanese Yellow Peril be better or worse for the world than a Russian Yellow Peril? , The sympathies of the world create themselves In the darkness and yield but feeble light; yet such as they are with whatever merit they have they mark out Japan aa the eater of the two powers for the great truat of the future. A OUll YXAB TOM OSSOO. Thousands Bny Lands la the Territories Served by Zarrlmaa Boads. From the Chicago Record-Herald.. , G. M. McKinney, general emigration agent of the Southern Pacific, haa made a report to the traffic officials of the Harriman lines which gives the results of 18 months of one of the most won derful emigration campaigns In the his tory of railroads. - The efforts ; of the bureau, which has headquarters In .Chi cago, have been directed toward colonis ing with "Americans three localities served by the Harriman lines, vis., the Northwest represented by Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho; the far West repre sented by Southern California and the Southwest represented by Texas and Louisiana . v During the life of the bureau, proba bly 1200,000 has been expended, but the result has been literally to stem the tide of immigration from the far north west Canadian territories Into the West and 8outhwest and to locate there thou sands of people from the thickly settled portions of the East Within two years Mr, McKinney has organized a force of more than 1,200 competent energetlo colonization agents, who are bending their efforts to Teiaa and Louialana alone. .-. i 1 During this same time the home office has distributed ' throughout ' the East through carefully selected mailing lists, more than 2,000,000 pieces of literature setting forth the facts regarding the un developed resources of these two statea These lists did not lnolude towns and cities, but only heads of families In rural districts. - Btereoptlcon views and moving pic tures were obtained from every portion of the districts which the bureau Is seeking to colonise and were shown and lectured about in every, state east of the Mississippi river. Throughout the en tire Mississippi valley agents were ap pointed and large parties, - aggregating more than 100.000 people, have been taken into the Southwest, where many have remained. - r - During the last 12 months the sales of land to actual settlers In Texas and Louisiana made through- the bureau ag gregate 419,000 acres. In Oregoh, Wash ington and Idaho the Increase la popu lation amounted to almost 20 per cent In these states the bureau sold and set tled a total of 827.284 acres, ranging In value from $6 to 8100 per acre. . It Is stated that in Oregon alone fully 26,000 people found homes in 1903, a large proportion of, them being secured through the efforts of the bureau. . HIRE TO STAT. From the Portland Nachrlchten. v ' We are glad to see The Journal here, and wish It a long life, which cannot fall as long as It remains in the chosen path, I. e., to furnish our citizens a progressive,, unprejudiced newspaper. The Journal has already accomplished many good things, opening the eyes i the citizens In regard to certain dealings In city, county and atate affairs Of which they would have never been apprised otherwise. : At all events we need hot fear a one-aided opinion hereafter aa heretofore. The Journal Is here and has come to stay. . " . .. ' WHAT OAPZM ABB. . ' Front Country Llfs in America. The caper of commerce is the pickled flower bud of a shrub that growa in waate places of Southern Europe. Marseilles' slone exports about . 15,000 worth per year to the United Statea. The business of raising and preparing capers might well be taken up in Cal ifornia, the arid lands of tha Southwest and some of the Southern states, ' How the Rich of the East M. F Bachelder, Governor . of New vv'';.S -. .-Hampshire..- '','':: ,'t An encouraging feature of New Hamp shire life at the opening of the new year' is the extent to which the state's abandoned farms have been adopted by prosperous and well pleased foster par ents. i w- -.i.'.i'jiq T'ivil - The natural beauty of these pictur esque places, wild and neglected In many instances, has been made the most of by those now responsible for their wel fare, who have washed the faces and brushed the hair of these deserted child ren of a Granite state and have spent millions of dollars in dressing them anew in wood and brick, and stone. : -v It Is IB years since the people of New Hampshire awoke to the necessity for taking active measures looking to the repeopllng of those deserted areas of farm lands which had become so many in number and so wlds in extent as to- afford an alarming symptom In any con stderatlon of the health of the "commonwealth.- v w'1 i''i.V:f:::;'.;S-r " At the time the causes of the malady were diagnosed thus: In some cases the children had left the old homestead for other fields of labor while the par ents were still In physical condition to manage the farm; and upon the death of the parents in later years the child ren had become so engrossed in business upon other farms or In other occupa tions they could not return. ! So . the homestead farm ; was "abandoned" and went upon the market Many farmers, either with children engaged in other vocations or without children, having secured a competency by industry and frugal habits, had re tired from the farm to the neighboring city or village to spend their declining years at: ease. Sometimes the owners of farms, seeing only the bright side In other occupations and the dark aids in theirs, mortgaged the farms to raise money for engaging In some other busi ness, in which they failed. In either of those cases the farm was for sale. By 1889 there were so' many of these farms that the legislature took alarm and in that year authorized the appoint ment by the governor and council of a commissioner, of Immigration, whose duty It should be to bring about within the measure of his ability the repeopllng ef the rural districts of New Hampshlra Gov. David H. Ooodell and his council lors fined the place thus created by the appointment thereto of the secre tary of the state board of agriculture, and in a few years later the two offices were formally consolidated., -The first statistics collected by the commissioner showed 1,341 abandoned farms within the state. The continued operation of the causes named above has been constantly adding to this num ber, but on a smaller scale than was the case 16. years ago. The proportion of unoccupied farm lands within the state growa surely- less with each year tnat passea - The reasons for tha adoption of these abandoned farms have been varioua Many, were attracted by their cheapness to purchase them as investments, and in most , Instances good .dividends have been paid, particularly In cases where the purchaser himself settled upon the farm, made careful choice of the crops he could raise, and applied himself scien tifically to their economical production and wise marketing. - Most of New Hampshire's soil is fer tile; capable, in the rich river valleys. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ' A Socialist oa the Stevens Case. Portland, Or., Jan. 9. To the Editor of The Journal: The arrest and. fining of J. D. Stevens,' the Socialist speaker, was a farce on justice. But there have been juries, and Judges to carry out such farces; and as to small patty minions of the law who are ever ready to make themselves obnoxious and contemptible why, the woods are fool of them, as witness all time. It is the bulldozing, domineering arbitrariness of just -such as these that makes law and justice so widely apart as synonyms. Let justice be done, not malignancy . be spitefully wreaked upon the objects of its malice, Undoubtedly his arrest was to strike at the Socialists through Jilm. All right, let such dirty work go on, the time will come when their contemners will be held up to the execrations of mankind,, even as the notorious Jeffries, his star cham ber and minions, and others of thou, sands of like cases that history shows, are." Socialists only ask and desire-Justice and the right. C. W. SAUNDERS, a Socialist ' Vow About the School Buildings? ' Portland, Or., Jan. 9. To the Editor of The Journal: While we sympathise deeply with our eastern sister in her dire calmlty, would not a close scrutiny of home affairs be very pertinent? . Two of Portland's publlo school buildings are and have for a long time been known to the board of education to be in a very dangerous condition one,- the Falling school, in the west wing, to such an ex tent that teachers in It are In constant fear during every recess, as the chil dren's movements In the basement cause it to shake ominously, and some will not during that time, stay in their rooms at all; and .the other, the boasted high school building, has long been in such condition as entirely to forbid all athletic exercises, because of the re sultant vlbratlona ' ' V i If singers on the Iroquois stage on that fateful afternoon are not held guilt lesa what excuse can be offered In de fense of the city school board, who, are fully cognizant of above facts? -. - . j.. k: h, ' Trom Consul Alba. Portland, Or., Jan. 11. To the Editor of The Jourhal Under : the heading "War In 48 Hours, In your paper pub. llshed Saturday evening, there is a state ment to the effect that Z had said that tomorrow is the limit given by the Jap anese government to Russia for some favorable reply tending toward the evacuation of Manchuria ,as promised under the terms of the .original treaty. Also that it was very probable that hos tilities would begin inside of 48 hours snd the first fighting would be a naval engagement, 'etc- . J ., "!.-. ' I, however, know nothing about tne time limit given by Japan to Russia, nor have I any idea that the war may break out within 48 hours! I have not offered any such opinion and do not wish to mislead the public -1, therefore, beg Lto request that you will kindly an nounce tnat .tne statement reierrea iw did not come from me. - r;-r Thanking you In advance for sparing some space in your valuable paper for the above. - - . T. A1BA. ! Consular Agent for Japan. Bnssla Still .Steads Stilt f From tha New' York Tribune. D.U nr will ha soon, the 'DOS' sessor of the only unahangod Issue of postage stsmps in tne woria. , unm now Hongkong held that position. The first i,mi war laaUed in 1859. and are Identical In-every respect with those in use today. , me neaa 01 a.m Edward la. however, soon to replace that of Victoria, and thenceforth the Rusaiau Issue, with the double eagle ana srweiq of St. George, which first appeared in 18R4-8R, and Is still running, will hold the long-time record, , Have Saved New England of producing magnificent crpps. 4 t The reputation of its orchards, its dairies, Us creameries, is national. Its comparatlvs nearness to large centers and the de mands for Subsistence of Its hundreds of thousands of annually returning sum mer guests make market gardening an easily and immediately profitable busi ness.'':'1. -r-r: : v-,;;c.';vV 1 J- r"-vV'-K,; Farming, conducted as a business upon business principles, can be made to pay upon almost any of the past and pres ent abandoned farms In New Hampshlra To be sure,, the same amount of energy, mental and physical, expended In some other pursuit might bring richer y re turns in cash, but not in the wealtn of robust health and happiness. , By far the larger number, however, of the purchasers of' New Hampshire's abandoned farms have been summer res-, idents. vacation visitors,, permanently domiciled for from two to eight months of the year among our hills. A can vass of such residents, now being, con ducted by the state board of agrlcul-. turs end not completed at the time of writing, has given thus far the names of H.100- .ownera ofeummer hnes in, our state, most of the said homes hav ing been created from what' were once abandoned farms. , : These summer citizens luclude repre sentatives of the New England states, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Vir ginia, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Il linois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri Louisiana Colorado and California, as well as foreign countriea ; . It is estimated that these J 2.100 adopted sons of the state, by them selvea their families, their guests, and their employee, add to . the population of New Hampshire every summer at leaat 10,000 people. , Their holdings of real estate represent a. permanent 'in vestment of B, 000,000. and their an nual expenditures for- all purposes within the state at least half ss much. Their holiday-homes range in char acter from . the typical farm buildings ef Senator Spooner of Wisconsin in Pittsburg, on the Canadian line, to the magnificent colonial mansion of Secre tary of the Interior Hitchcock at. Dub lin, In the south. Some, like the Rev. Louis Albert Banks of New York, in Grafton county, and the late Austin Corbin, la Sullivan county, buy thou sands of acres of land for their summer estates. Others gather in fashionable "colonies," like the one at Cornish. Most perhaps, of these summer resi dents have adopted their own especial abandoned farms for the reason Klvt.n by former Governor Black of New York, who says: "I located In Freedom be cause the farm I bought was, I thought, the most ! beautiful plaee I had ever seen." - One of the reasons why they re main so t loyal. In their allegiance is Stated by Anne Whitney,- the sculptress, , as follows: "I owe o'our stats a great debt for ' Its ' ministrations to me snd mine In the way of beauty and health." Of his summer home at Newbury, Sec retary of State John Hay says: "I was greatly pleased with, the air, the water, and the scenery. I have nowhere found a more beautiful spot": - New Hampshire abounds in Just such beautiful sppts. And it may well be that welcoming the world to this God-given loveliness of mountain and lake, stream and sea, will in the future be one of the Granite state's chief functions In the national life. ..', Advice to the 1-ovelorn BY BEAT&ICI TAIXriX My Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young man about 20 and have been going out a good deal with a young lady whom I dearly lova 1 think she has not shown any particular love for me. but she al ways consents to accompany me when I ask her out 8he. seems to be very friendly, but she has. never asked me to call at her own free will, and when I asked to call last winter she said; "Oh, yes, you can come if you want to." Whereupon I called once and then diacontlnued, as she did not seem to be very soclabla - My friends are also jollying me, say ing what an easy mark she makes of me. Now what do you think of my case, Miss Fairfax, -as I'm quite sure that she knows of my love for her, although I've' never told her about It, 4 F R Why hot tell her that you care for her and see If that will make any change In- hep- manner? Of -course- if ahe" la -actually cool and Indifferent towards you that la quite another thing. Do not make youraelf too cheap and give' your friends a chance to laugh at you. Find out exactly how much she likes you and act accordingly, Dear Miss Fairfax I write to you for advice as I am a constant reader of The Journal. I am a young lady 20 years old and am keeping company with a young man 10 years . my senior. I like him better than any other young gentleman I ever met. He says he doesn't want to marry me till he is able to take me to a nice home of his own, and so' I won't have to work hard any mora Had I better wait on him or marry another young man who la very fond of me and wants to marry me right away? I have to work out aU the time and be in someone else's home, and I would like to have a home of my own. Please write and adviseV me on this matter. I -. i-: . CLARICE. ; It is a very difficult matter-to ad vise a young woman whom to marry. A girl 20 years old who Is wise enough to make her own living in the world should be wise enough to know whether or not she loves a man. It is a seri ous thing to marry a man you do not care for. Remember, you are his dally companion for the rest of your life, a man of 80 should be, able to take care of a wife. A home of your own la a very nice thing to have, but I would ad-, vise you to marry him If he loves you and isa ble to take care of you rather than to wait for a home of your own. It will be pleasanter to work together for that If you do not love this other man ao not marry ninus ';::lrr ,) S1WAT0 EOAB. Frpm the New York Sun of Saturday. , Dissent from any course of publlo policy which Mr. Hoar follows con scientiously and splendidly defends ran take nothing away from that, general and sincere , respect his countrymen have for his unsullied uprightness, his strong, subtle end brilliant intellect his various -learning, his command, un equaled among living statesmen, of the ' English language and its literature, Hla far-darting wit His mind is saturated with the best traditions, of the common law, of constitutional and parliamentary precedent of history and humane let ters. No other senator haa a more aus tere Ideal of publlo service. No othor , senator has a higher conception of the dignity and responsibility of his office. An imperceptible authority, a certain majesty of age and experience and fine talent cling to such a man. He Is a noble figure, right worthy to sit in thut chamber of Hluatrldus memories. f .. ., . . .4 Quits Apparent, '' , '; i ' It Is evident that Japan and Russia are preparing to go to war la order to preserve the ptaas of Asia Id i ' -'j