EjflHft.orial;
PORTLAND, OREGON ,V
MONDAY, JANUARY 11. 1904
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,
' " ' AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
C S. JACKSON
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. 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
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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
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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.-
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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?
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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,
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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
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