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PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 80, 1804." THE OREGON DAI LY JOURNAL, ' ' , AN lfoDEPEfcDfeNV NEWSP APER C. S.JACK&! Published every evening (except Sunday! ftnd every Sunday morning at The streets, Portland, Oregon. UrFlfctAL, tAPER OP THE ciTV OP THfe PASSING OP TriE tRAMP 0Peat6I6 HE DEATH of A. H. Bogardus, and newspaper offices throughout the length and Kfath nf the countfv as "Botcey. removes If not the very last at least the most conspicuous of the tramp operators. In his day, that Is a generation ago, he was an expert man In his business, few better. But the lust for travel selxed him and for 25 years he has gone up1 and flown the country, from city to city and from hafnlet to hamlet, staying a few days here and a few days there and then" disappearing as mysteriously and as aimlessly a he cattle. His life l,n a measure illustrates the tremendous change which has taken place iri the last 20 years, hoi alone In the telegraph business, hut In the printers' trade. Then trariip printers and tramp telegraph; i&peratbrs wf con tinually floating in and olit; many of them meri of talent and qualified to hold good positions, but who were rest less and usually drunken wanderers on the race of the earth. Almost witfttiut exteptibn the were tbtaliy Irre sponsible; Wfien they happened in' and fitted . Into- an emergency; well, and good, but In the course; of a few flays ho matter, what the opportunities opening up for them, ho matter hpw badl their services were heeded, they eould f&ver be induced to continue1 wdrlb Most of them tell by the way-side at the first weekly pay day. Tnen followed a cairouS in the midst of which they usually disappeared In a vanishing box-car to be seen no more for another season. A few of these men still remain, but the number Is constantly growing" smaller and thereare no recruits to swell their ranks. . : ,V A feeling or1 responsibility has replaced the spirit of recklessness. Meii Ifl KBth UHeS 6f buSlrie'sS af& Infinitely more reflohstble in the mass than they, used td bi They are more sober and more industrious. They are more in clined td get married and settle down They not only feel their Individual responsibility but they feel the responsi billtie which fall upon them in their positions and they flhS to meii tfiSM UttS fiiSfl. THbS gorjd Bid .flays were romantic endugh and such as have beeft through them doubtless do hot regret the experience, but the- evolution which has brought about the latter day printer and tele- fcraDh operator IS Infinitely to be preferred, whether f r the standpoint of the Employer br that selves. . In that respect indeed the- Improved. BOSS RIDDEN UttW YORK feTATfi. SENATOR DfePEWY addressing GovernorY Odell 111 behalf of Senator Piatt, Said: ' ; Recognizing your ability for political man agement and capacity for campaign work, and be lieving you to be, as Senator Piatt believes you to bey his chief ally In the tlejiubllcan party of the state of New York, we tender td you the support of Senator Platt'a friends for the chairmanship of the state- com mittee. Keports have come to Benator Piatt that you ' ; weri contemplating hdn-fec6ghltl6H of All posltlbft Ifl the affairs of the party In the state, and that you planned to eliminat him from tb councils of the party. Reports have also come to the ears of sortie ' , of my friends, and Senator Piatt's friends, that yOU wer contemplating my retirement from the senate1 and the ejection of some one else by the legislature of 1905 If It be Republican, to b Junior Senator from. Ne tork after March 4, 1906. Personally I hat had no faith in such reports. ' the reports ; f e gfer ding Benatdr Piatt, hbwever, reached the eeriatof ahfl caused him triiicn worry. , Now, governor, we recognise that yoti can control '. the state committee and can control the state conven tion and also the primaries, but H Is one thing to win at the primaries and another thing td Win lit the polls. If It be the Intention to eliminate Senator Piatt from . . the counclis of the Republican party of the State of New York It will be resented, for we lore- the old ' senator.' Arid ther are about 700,000 Republican voters of New York, with nothing whatever to say. It IS merely a dues tkn of whether Piatt shall continue to be their absolute political flietatdf and arbitrary boss, Or whether" Odell Shall take ovef that position, of Whether the governor will con sent, while really dictating to these millions what they must &o, to allow the beloved Old senator to poSd as the The , people are- dumb, Submissive, Supine, apparently LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE More XoMlft sTeeteO. Portland, Hftfch Hi. To the Eaitor of The Journal Portland Is gradually be coming' the fav6rite City for conventions Und other pUBlle gatherings. There IS ho reason why it Should hot be the rival of Denver for this Class of business. Portland has many attractions. It would not be a difficult matter to select for travelers Sn attractive Spot In this city for every day in the month; while to the Upoftsmafl, the fisherman and the hunter the surrounding country offer unex celled opportunities. Portland' Citizens, however, have given ho attention to the housing and caring for these tourists, Up to the present, Portland has had but One mod ern, up-to-date hotel, if our cltiSeni wisn to attract these tourists to her metropolis they should See to It that he has modern, up-to-flnte aecotnmorta tlons. WS need at least half a dosen .'Hood hotels. Mpny 6f ouf eltlsenS seem' 10 tninn iRat peupis doidihi iu lairn una other large gatherings would be Will' lug to submit to the sacrifice of their personal eomrori, ana accept any una of accommodations. This is a great mistake. Ut etperlence as a hotel man, fof riearty 40 years, has beefl that the class f people, who 6f really bene' flclal, and are lavish In the expenditure of money, Sr always anxious to get the befit for their money. . If Portland does not wake up, and "there is ho time to be lost, iriake pro visions, hold out proper inducements to hotel men, and. ses to It that accom mflcUttons, which are modern in ever? particular are provided, the result Will he that the Incoming flood of people will be totally unprovided for at the last moment. They win stay here just long enough to obtain transportation to Heat' tie, Tacoma or San Francisco, while Portland, Which Spent a fabulous SMount of money for . bringing them here, will, for this vry lack of secant mndatton, see rival cities reaping the i sward f her labors. - cities are judged by the maimer iri whirl they house and feed tourist and travelers. A celebrated French traveler claimed that he eould always Judge of people s civilisation by the manner in which ' tblr food was cooked, and fha style f their habitations. ; It l strange that Apparently ns thought has beeu given to this matter by the : . ' i J v PUBLISHED BV JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. o; P. carroi! poweHesS; If they know anything, and the average .citi zen of New York Is riot a bigger fool than one of another state, they know that Piatt does not well represent them in the senate) or ifi their political affairs In the state; that Depew represents them no better, and that Odell, while a larger manj seeks to be boss in his own Interest, rather than for their benefit. " , r Why does Senator Depew know that one man, though governor, "cs.fi control the state convention and also the primaries"? What sort of a people's government is it If one man can do that in a state with nearly a million 'and a fealf voters? Suppose they srlbuld decide that they desire another Benator than vapid Depew, another leader than Senator Piatt; or evri should wish to elevate sofhe other tnan than Odell ib the position of leadership? Nd use; they have nothing to say, individually or collectively. If two or three old bell weathers can agree, they all must fol low, just like a big flock of sheep; their campaign hur hahs are only baas.- Incidentally Orator Depew makel tils' 6iaini and threat, that bdeil," not the jpeopl or the legislature) must allow him to continue to misrepresent the people of New York in th senate. They have no choice, no word to say in the matter'. . It Is mentioned as a matter of form, that the suc cess of the Republican party is the chiefly important thing, but this Is only persiflage, for Ambassador Depew serves notice that if hit partner Piatt cannot be pointed to as the' real leading bell weather, he and his friends "will resent It" that is, will help the State to go Democratic. They car only about themselves and their "friends;" neither about country nor party. 1 No wonder the crying demand In New York Is for a Democratic leader and a united Democratic frarty: But there is small hope of this; while the Republican" sheep are waiting to baa, in unison, the Democratic SsSeJ &f al ready kicking at brie another and braying iri discord. known In telegraph DISTRICT ATTORNEY j&ROtii of tiiW York, Iri addressing tale Students recently with truth: edged with sarcasm, said: vwhlld We reformer art writing -essays to Science quarterlies on the science of governnieritt tliS practical jwllUcian is getting but the' vote. eople resting in of the men the: world has mlghtll eories of the. art fart of getting and after we are dead. It Is the men who get and control votes that set the tone of publld life.' , - ' . The moral of this true statement Is that If we are to hdt better government, municipal, state' and national, the people must bring br puSh forward a higher class of men for the ofTlceS, and for leaders; and these men must, without descending to a lower level, become practical poli ticians sufficiently to "get the votes," and get them hon estly and by clean methods. Bad men, Corrupt, , venal, vile men, are not Iri & ma jority In any precinct, ward. City or State Rut this class of meii, unscrupulous men of all sorts, by acting together under an unscrupulous but perhaps an outwardly re- sp-eetabie leaaer, tba tions, beckUSe the clean and scrupulous men, even the just ordinarily good citisens, do not make1 equal efforts, do not take an equal interest, and are too prone to divide bri party of factional Hnes,( regardless of candidates br Issues. Good people of St Louis, and of Denver, have threatened to resort . to armed .force, to drastic, desperate measures, to break up the organized, intrenched and apparently in vincible gangs ef-bOodlers, and their .righteous indigna tion IS eicusabiei but not In this way will the necessary wofk be done. Desired results must be attained, if at all, througn A long campaign 6f ediic&titifO And the first lesson td be leaf tied li the primer lesson of the simple meaning of patriotism, tif fctvle fluty. We have complained of bosses and tings and machines, but while the censure was just, the Shots, after 411, were wrongly ftlmed. The reform guns must be turned upon the people themselves, the voters; . ii ii-ir, .1,' ii i rnm.M I ' Aticdfdlhg td Justice Brewer "Obedience to the law Is thi fifst civic duty. AdCordihg to the City authorities of Portland obedience to Such law, aa they wlsli to ehfofce is more or less bt A public duty which Irk ho wise interferes with the abrogation of such other laws as do hot happen to suit them, "Enlist under the single banner bf title purity, rlgntouSnesS and ob&liencs ta law," lays the Justice. "Erilist not foi1 6h campaign only but for the War." All of which has a true ring to it that will appeal to substan tlal cltlsens, MttaeM of Portland. It is tru that money can be put in other things which will directly bring them in more money than hotel property, but the money ex pended In a good, ' modern . hotel would bring in mere money Indirectly than any other class ef property. A hotel man eould afford te pay 8 per cent net oh an investment of Say $300,806, ef, te make it clearer, pay Insurance, tates ahd other Incidental etpenses. This should be a gilt edge Investment. The Investor would run' no risk, provided he had a hbtel man bf modern ideas; With Such a man in charge the hotel would keep en Increasing from year to year. After the first 10 years the Investor could draw three tlm the Income, or ii per cent When the property was es' tablished, I consider such mti Invest' ment far better than government bonds. Unless our cltlsens provide the neces sary hotel accommodations the fair will prove a disastrous failure. Our moneyed men need have no fear for their Invest ment after the fair, as even though the fair did not materialise at fell, the rapid rate at which the city and surroundings are increasing in papulation and wealth, would leave an ample field for ail hotels, as travelers Judge of at city according to the accommodations afforded them. THOMAB OUINEAN. Branching Ont Commercially. Portland, Or., March ii. To the Editor of The Journal! saw my picture in The Buftday Journal and Was very much surprised. , The press I use is a toy that only Cost 13.60. The type that I lias IS art old set and much of it Is gone; the only thing in the tins of punctuation that it left being the period, So please, excuse mistakes! Ifl had a Complete set of trp there would be nft mistakes, r , I am going to quit the newspaper business in a few days There is more money in Jobbing, I have a larger press now ahd some new type. I do hot use it for the paper though. tours tfuly, QlttARD P3lRCa. Editor and Publisher of Th Daily Hews," . . Vht Was a K natter. From tht St. Loulk Istar, "Oedfge," said the Le4p YCar girt, who meant business, ''f love you dearly. Will you be my hUHbandt' "Why-erthls is so sudden, stahv ftiered George. "Olvs me time to think 1 "Well," sh rejoined, as She looked at her watch, "think fai The last car is dus In IS minutes." Journal Building, Fifth and. Yamhill PORTLAND REFORMERS AND POLITICIANS. academic shades work out beautiful of government, but public life Is the controlling votes, and will be that long often control nominations and elec whim covstrti Itxifcsa is. Newehwang cable td Chlcagd New. Yielding to South winds and high tides the ice field thAt Stretch front New chwang to the sea are moving up and down the fivef With the ebb ahd flO of the tidal currents. The thaw is new proceeding rapidly and the ice IS Sect mulating iri deeply Sunken masses. The Russians 4y that the river will M havl gable in a few days provided the mild weather continues. The Japanese ar pec ted to appear Immediately entrance is possible. The Russiah will Oppose their landing, but with Scant hop of sucoesS. , "''. It Is impossible td block the river, this might be done by the fleet of JunkS Which is at present drawn up oh the banks; but these cannot be launched until the Ice at the tide of the river melts. Then It will b too late to forestall ftavlga tlorl Ifi the center of the stream. Th torts at the mouth af the river are un equal to the iask of repelling the Japan ese ships Which cart come up the river behind the transports Ahd cover the land ing bf the troops. Once the town IS takes th Invaders will find abundance of grain and food' Stufrs, while at the terminus of the Russian branch railway above the city there is great quantity of coal and a graua of useful buildings. The people about her became acquainted with the Japanese during the war between China and Japan, lh 1W4-9S, and are ready ta give them every assistance. This is also true of the people to the west of the fiver, where the Japanese will be able te obtain tfantport, fof age and food to ari uhlimtted exteht, btlT Or JA SOLDtEBS. A From" th New York times. in the present Campaign the mikado's fighting man la Carrying A ffeat deal more food with him than his Russian adversary. Against the tatter's two days' rations, he carries two cooked' rations. of rice in addition to sit emergency ra tions. These are contained in an siu mlnufn mess pafl, and, as the rice has been boiled and dried 1ft the sun, thS entire weight is trifling. It IS COmmtinly Supposed that tfi Jap anese soldier lives entirely on rlcS tind dried fish, but such is not the fact. He can live and fight well oh that spare'diet If necessary, but be is given meat and Other Sustaining foods whenever prac ticable, as well as beer or Saki. n Oregon Sidelights The Dalles Is Improving Its streets. . Rend ii Sending outward and upward. What will the harvest bet High wa ter, for one thing. Within, one year 74 new buildings have been constructed in Pendleton. Baker City expects soon to reach the 16,000 mark. It Is a lively, wealthy, western cfty. -. ' . Sugar cane is to be raised for hay in Grant county. It ought td make sweet beef and fhilk. Elk are becoming numerous in the Blue mountains, owing to that S50d fine for killing one. i. H: Parks of Trailfdrk, Gllllani eduhty, 7 years, old, frequently waiKs to Condon and return. Green woddY direct from the mill, $1.80; dry wood, $2.50. But this is in Tillamook, not in Portland. Busanville haa 'a mill man named George E. Chamberlain. But he never mistakes himself for governor. - . . ' . An automobile' has beerfiurcnased fof iiSe by the Deschutes Irrigation com pany, between Bend and Shanlko. teaStefn Oregon Stockmen Say that while some old animals are dying, the percentage of loss wiy be small. A man who recently bought a farfu In Jackson county will plant 1,000 New town pippin apple trees. They pay. Florence will bond herself to build a new schoolhouse. .Though a small girl, Florence believes in education. rioi1 Is the timS when a great many jfenlal citlseni are being prominently mentioned fof office in the local papers. the Baker City Democrat leafhtt that the n, and p. Winers1 Strike was Sml eably Settled and the men will all go back; to work; The list of Such Oregon counties IS growing. ThS Can how afford to go afte good roadS. ' The Strike, of the E. end & minefs at Bourne only lasted a few days, Min ers and employers sensibly - coming to an agreement Thus It ought always to be. Some of the ladies of our town havt fallen .victims to a good-looking, well dressed man, posing as a sewing-machine agent. Medford Southern Oregonlan. Such a fellow will always catch some of 'em. The government will co-operate" with Wallowa county cltlsens to irrigate ail of Wallowa valley from Wallowa lake knd river. Which will greatly Increase the products and wealth of that already very prosperous corner county of pre gon. Ben Ensley, the victim pf the Lost Valley, stabbing, affray, is progressing as well as could be expected and there is some hops fof his ultimate recovery. Al Smith, who is alleged to have used the knife, it how in Inmate of Wheeler county Jail. , If present plans are carried out, Prlne ville will soon have five churches. In stead of the elie union church Which sufficed for many years. But will Prlne vllle have any more genuine religion aha good workS . with flvS separate churches than With One good, big oneT BITS OF MINING NEWS. Ah innovation in the milling of ore has been made at the Cyclone mine in thS virtue district which seems td have proved to be a success. The ElSpasS mill waS InSUlied a Short time ago ahd Assayer H. C. InhlS, who hnS Just beefi to the mine Shd; examined the hew mill, reports favorably On It. It is Consid ered In many respects an improvement 6vef the Old Bryan mill by men who are familiar With both. They both depend bri heavy roill for the Crushing. The mor tar in the Elspans mill revolves ahd there is a Sort of fanning process going on. TherS IS ho inside amalgamation, the mill's Work being that of cruStvt-hg and concentrating the gold. The c-tie surprising advantage displayed by the mill is Its convenience. It can be thor oughly cleaned Iri to minutes by one man. Again, if any of the plows which Steer the ore under the 1,800-pouhd crushers get loose they can be tight' ehed While the milt IS running. There IS ho housing to be removed, and almost any part of the machinery, in fact, can be adjusted during the mm's operation. the mill has tl feet of screen surface. The action of the mill mortar creates a eehtrlftigai force Which thrbwS the crushed material toward the screen on the outside. The mutated material either passes through the screen or con centrates around the periphery. The concentration becomes more and ftiore pronounced as the mill funs, and in some CaSeS where the ore was very rich the Inside f the screen was covered with cement gold. In Cleaning up this concentrated material is dug out arid amalgamated in the Usual manner. The concentrates generally amount to about 10 pef cent. About 8ti per cent bf the material . crushed will past through a 40-mesh screen when a id-mesh screen Is used in the mill. The proportion pf slimes is extremely small, leaving the pulp 1ft favorable condition for either concentrating any sulphuretS br eyanld- ing. The one point 6f most Importance to the mine operator la cost of exttac tion. This mill's capacity is from so td 0 tons per it hours, depending oh the ore, this site milt requires about 12-horse power, A stamp mill of the Same capacity would require nearly four times that horse power. From So to It per cent of the gold la Concentrated and Saved iri the mill. Equipped with two plates SsxlM inches, 86 td 90 per cent of the gold would have been removed by the time the pulp reached the launder, The saving, therefore. Is equal to, If hot better, thaa that Iri the stamp mill. Sinking is in progress ' again at the Lest Chance mine, Cable Cove. The manager states that he Has commenced to send the shaft 'down another 100 feet. And would Carry this work for' ward with due expedition. Drifts have been made from the Shaft on the 6(1 and loo levels to explore th large vein In which the work is In progresss, and at the 100 level the same work will. be prosecuted further.; , 1 A drift is being fun on veirf Nd. 1 of the valley Green, which has hot been opened says where intersected by the crosscut. This vein is about five feet wide, being filled wltft quarts arid talc, which is lit a Very favorable shape at the present time. Superintendent Uray said that the last assays taken from this vein ran $18. TRUST CAW BE jPltOOECUfEtf. Froni ,thS New; tofk World. Samuel Untermyer, the eminent cor poratfori lawyer,' who exposed the ln idUltiel of the United States SHId'- bulldlng company, yesterday gay the wonor his views of the applicability of the merger decision1 of - the United States supreme court td other Combi nations. . Should a Democratic president - be elected next fall, Mr. , Untermyer will be -urged by many Important interests for the office of attorney general of the United , States,, and hiaies7w-tjhie scope of the merger decision have1 there fore exceptional weight. ' , - ' He declares in the1 i olldwltfg stjiite rientjs Without qualifications'; that there are combinations whose authors eould be successfully prosecuted on a criminal charge; , he says that one single' con viction' in the criminal courts would have a more beneficent effect than a lifetime of civil litigation. . - - : Although he does hot mention theiri specifically, he shows that such combi nations as the United StiteS SW 68f poratlon and the International Mercan tile Marine are Open to proseeutlon under the merger decision. jlr. Untermyer's statement follows: "In its broad aspect I regard the decision as restricting rather than en larging the scope of the anti-trust act as announced in the previous fcdjudlca; t'ohs bf tha couft. Sd far from Its being a victory for the anti-trust cause, It foreshadows almost to eT certainty the construction that the statute was in tended td apply orily to 'UhfeaSoriable festrairits bf trade, No contract or combination that is either wholly or partially In restraint of trade need here after fear ifie condemnation of the act, unless it . can be" shown , that It was contrary td public 'policy. "Such a . construction takes us back, so far as concern! the civil remedies under the act, to the rules of the com mon law that irevalled before the enactment of the Sherman law. The common law rule was. In fact, more Severe than the fule established under the Sherman law, thus construed. .."At common laW; and under the au thorities in the state sVid federal courts, independently of the. anti-trust act. every; agreement or combination which tends to restrict combination or Iri restraint Of trade, whether reason able" or unreasonable, Is a criminal con Spiracyi(arid IS void Many convictions have been had iri Several states under these well-settled rules of common law. "Lawyers have- heretofore failed to recognise' anything" revolutionary or Startling in the adjudications under the Sherman act. even when It was sup posed that the court would adhere to the common law rule that contracts and combinations In restraint 6 trad" Were void without regard to whether they were reasonable or unreasonable. "It is true that the tendflhey of the courts of later years has been to some what rela this rule, but only iri favoi of eufch partial restraints aS were Shown to be entirely reasonable and necessafy to the preservation of prop erty rights. The case of a Salt of a business having attached to. It a valu able good-will, accompanied, by thS cov enant of the vendor not to" engage In a like business Within a specified terri tory, is an illustration of the character of cases In which the rule has been relaxed. There the courts have decided that the restriction may be made so as to give value to the good-will which would otherwise be valueless, but have carefully limited the rule So that the re striction Shall be coextensive only With the good-will intended to be transferred. If k man having a business throughout the Stats of New Tofk Undertakes to sell it he may restrict himself against competing Within the state bf New York, but if the transaction Should be broader it would .be held void. "The Scope of the Northern Securities decision has been very tmich exagj ge rated. The statute under discussion in that case as construed by the court Js a mere codification ef the rules of law that are applied independently of It. "there is, however, one aspect IS which the decision is ft distinct step in the development of anti-trust leglsia tlbh; that is, in its definition of 'com merce' and Its qualified application of the federal jurisdiction to state cor porations engaged in interstate com merce. "The court and the eoUntfy ire to be congratulated OH the faUure of the de fendants td impress their Specious plea that by eliminating competition thfougfl the ownership of the shares of ihe two Competing roads, instead ef by direct ewhershlp of the properties, they could defeat the purpose of the law arid ac complish by Indirection that which cduid hot hats been doriS by direct Ownership; ' "Th bjJInioR 6f MF. JustlC Itaflan. In which he tears the mask from this Jugglery, Is ft distinct service to thu country. The political division of the court is explained by th issue of States rights Involved iri the controversy. The ma jority of the court, however, went te the crux of the' question, again sweeping aside all specious objections and deter mining that states rights . did hot go to the extent of destroying the right bf the government over interstate com merce, "Although we hats, therefor, in this esse added another to thS many defini tions of commerce And have secured an enlargement of federal authority, it cannot be said that the decision marks any very Substantial advance Iri the en forcement bf th Anti-trust law, but that on the contrary, taken as a whole, th decision looks toward greater con servatism Iri the enforcement of that law. "it is It) us criminal aspects that the law CSri b mad moat effective. Fof some unexplained reason the govern ment has never invoked the ' criminal provisions of the statute. "Th same bfOof that has resulted iri the present findings that the merger constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade would have sustained a criminal conviction. Th terror of th criminal "wferrSAWBD. Frm th Chicago TrlbUn. : Commercially, are the Philippines dd mestie er foreign? ' If domestic, tariff duties Should Aot b levied, as they now are, against Philip pine product entering the United States. IT foreign, congress Shbtild riot con sider, as It Is now doing, a proposition to extend the '"coastwise" lawk of the United State to Philippine shipping. ' Congress Seems intent On according; to the Philippines all th drawbacks of membership in the American commercial system and none of the advantages. The explanation of this discreditable scheme IS to be found Iri the. petition of the ''infant industries:" whisoered into th ear of their beneficiary Congressman. For instance, tn tobacco trust doe hot wish to meet competition with the Philippines tobacco, so a tariff -IS levied against that product. Th sugar trust does pot want to meet the competition of the Philippine sugar, sd a tariff IS levied Sgalnst that product OA th other hand, th shipping trust (inter national Navigation company) greatly desires to bs ascribed by law a monop' oiy of the carrying trade of the Philip pines. So s. bill which, will give them law is tli only effective1 restraining in fluence against the continuance and repetition of the defiance of this law i under the Innumerable disguises . to which reSort may be had." If the depart meht bf JUstfctf 18 Sincere in its desire td enforce the law in good faith it can accomplish more by a -single criminal prosecution In the way of disbanding existing violations and preventing new ones than by devoting lifetime to Civil Sctton. .'- ;; "The civil remedies under it cart never be ; made! effective in practice; We hid ft fair illustration of that in the" CaS of the sugar trust, in which the attorney general of this state, after years of lltl gatfon, obtained Sri adjudication dissolv ing the trust as a conspiracy. Judg ment was entered , and a -receiver ap pointed. What was the result 7 The re ceiver" undr th direction of the court and at the request of substantially all th Stockholder transferred the prop erty arid business In bulk to the Amer ican Sugar Refining company. "We had then th Spectacle of, a great Industry that had )! been Judicially de clared a criminal conspiracy handed over in its entirety by th bffrber of the court to a corporation formed for the purpose. The new Corporation thuS derived from judicial authority its title and Its right to continue perpetually to exercise th '.monopoly ori account of Whicn Jts Predecessor had been con demned! What greater tratesty upon the administration of Justice Could pos sibly be conceived! i "A similar result under bther forms 14 almost certain to follow the decision in the Northern Securities case. What particular form the new monopoly will assume has not ' yet been determined. It requires UttitS stretch of the Imagina tion for lawyers to conceive methods that may b employed for the purpose, aid so whert the public attention Is no longer riveted upon this company we shall probably witness the act that ha been' here condemned re-enacted Of ft slightly different form, and another les son will have been taught to th pfedpl In the methods of circumventing the law! . ;'.' ; , "Fof these WaSonS I repeat that If this law hSS any valu for th people it is In it criminal features. If the government wishes tri good faitft to" eh forc the law It 'will invoke it penal provision. A aingl ec-nvlctlori, accom panied by Imprisonment, Will do more to teach respect for" th law than Sll the decisions of all the Court fof Sll tim to Com based only -on the Civil remedies that may be invoked. "It is Incredible that no effort Should have" been made during ail these years of flagrant violation to enforce th criminal provision if there Wet Sri honest disposition . to en fore t he law during' the 14 yeaf it ha been Is ex istence." ' What Will b .th legal effect of th decision in the" Northern Securities eas upon th ability' of th government to enforc th lair Against' ether corpora-. tlonsT ;.. "So far a Concern railroad corpora tions, thos Similarly situated will of course com within the rules there laid down. Th anthracite coal-carrying roads, such a the Reading toad, with their ownership' Of Coal mines', Can un doubtedly be reached. 'The decision Will riot affect Industrial corporations one way orthe Other un less they are-engaged in Interstate com merce. Under the rule laid down bf the supreme court ' in th case of the United States Vs. Knight th Sugar TrUst eSse) very4 few of the industrial corporations are subject to the provis ions bf th Sherman act Th mer ownership of factories trt different states- and th distribution of the pro duct from those factories throughout the country or hy foreign Countries was held in that case not to constitute Interstate" eommerce, although the ownership by" a Single corporation of such factories constituted ft monopoly of the industry. "Whatever difference of opinion may exist a to the loglo or wisdom of that rule it rmalmt the law applicable ip these industrial corporations until the Court reverses th rule, There are, however, Some Industrial Companies that corns within the definition of Sveft that rule, and among them are few ef th largest Industrial corporations yet organised They are brought Within it by th ownership of Subsidiary com panies engaged In transportation by land arid water, some of them organised mainly for . transportation purposes either between the states or with foreign countries. . . "The bulk bt the industrial combina tions must, ' however, continue to be dealt With, If at all, by tils laws Of the several states The Northern Seeurltie decision has no application to them or to the methods of their organisation, except that 'hold ing" companies can no longer claim that the ownership or control of subsidiary companies renders them tton-amenable to th federal statute In cases In which they are actually engaged In Interstate commerce. Where they are so engaged, and the combination is In effect en un reasonable restraint upon competition, they canhot escape merely by reason ef the fct that their holding Is indirect la Stead of a direct ownership, "I do not Subscribe to the modern theory Of economics put forth by the Ingenious promoters of these glgantlo monopolies, and by such eminent cham pions as James C. Carter and John E. Parsons, that competition, which Was onee considered the life of trade, Is a curse and monopoly a blessing. Be lieving as I do, that it IS not in the In terest of the country to have the rail road systems of the country, or any great Industry, controlled by" a few men or cliques bf men, and that com petition is necessary to the healthful development of a country and its peo ple, 1 am still hopeful that the crim inal provisions of the federal law arid of the state laws will be Invoked against a few. of the more vicious and flagrant Of the mopopoiieS With which th coun try is now burdened." what they ask ft tear from now is being quietly engineered through both houses of congress. i ' It will be Infamy if the America: com gress legislates for the Shipping, to bacco, and Sugar" trusts at the. expense 6f the Philippines. . , - ' - m - ... . : woauag oottro omor to datb. Washington Correspondence Nw tork ' Tribune, ' : The world's cotton crop for loot-l&fli I estimated by the department of agri culture at I7,t7,7S bales, valued at S760,08J,11, This is based ori the latest ata available, the figures In most In stances representing the eotton appear ing in commercial channels. -. With thS exception of MST.Sll bales of the East India crop, which averages too pounds per bale, the bales given are of an average weight of too pounds, The total include estimates of the Chinese and Korean crops, . mniiivm,itinr fi-ni imr-iiiiiini.'" - ' A Vies BasweSt. ' ' From the Cleveland Leader, ' ..New Boarder what did that fellow meari In the dihlng-room rWheh he told me h knelt before io women this after noon T Did he- propose to therttt Cravat Clerk No; he's ft shoe clerk. Small Ghange Hall shrewish Spring! hail battery empty! Or ta your Burton might try to write a new ''Ai! atdmy of Melancholy." it Maybe1 th long invisible tun is prepar ing an April fool trick: . '... " 'i- :-: fv' ""'-'"-'-v.; Will winter overcoats be ,a new spring styl fof' Easter this yearf Pluvius will drlv pious people to the praying point before long. ' After all, the, Russians are not so easy victims of the shell game as some others. What Is the us of th railroads having any time table any more for train ar rivals? V Smoot can console himsei? thkt at the worst h won't b Burtoned out of the senate. , ; That negro purse snatcher is Qoofle, but not good; The "ft" may' hav been to blame; . i , Btribot is enjoying a season of compara tive Obscurity, but he Will b brought forward again soon. Jdt ha th larger gtms, and it ft also has the best gunners, Providence is likely it b On its side. Nobody can longer doubt the genuine ness of Japan's civilization: a legislative grafting scandal ha been discovered. The president Is determined to outdo Bill Hoheniollern: he has required his barber to wear a uniform. Now, Bill, i ; Th country hopes that the eanal com mission. Instead of dawdling iri European capitals and watering places, -will dig. Sefiatof Burton doubtless thinks hi Spntlctloti is an unjust discrimination, sine othef Senators do a bad or Worse. iddg Parker and D. B. Hill ought to have a large pile of sawed wood on hahd by the .tim the St,. Louis convention meet. , ' A cftrididSt Is khown by the smile that h Wears, Atlanta Journal. Also by the bUrdock-leif Cigars he carries for his trlehdS; H Stfeeti Cartn6t be improved now", fi fieedfui preparations should be mad for Improving many ef them as soon a the weather" permits. ' . " v it Id reported that Armour Is endeAvor itufljo get g corner Mi Oregon eggs, but (heatrtotldOregon Mri may make this difficult tor him. Piatt trid Odell bat made up ftgairi, but It Won't b long till the old Senator, Iri his Second Childhood, will have an other fit of Sulks. ft Seem S ImpoSibl Id close the mouth of the Port Arthur ehahnel as It Is that bf Some beople who think the world is interested In their talk, . , fe6pf who 4r In th habit of worrying about the decrease iti the annual rainfall In Oregon, as Compared with pioneer times,, have nothing to say this spring, ft Isn't Other nations' fault that Rus sia, Vast as it Is, has no open ports throughout the year, But Russia cannot be reasonably blamed for Wanting" Such pOftSj ;, ; ' : : -Y ;;. "'. ' .;' detieral Mies agree With drover Cleveland ahd W. J. Brvari as td the e- aMllkla knM lta nA nr trti hutrlntlam. but not as to the most perfect and emi nent patriot. Advice to the Lovelorn ' fcTBEAtklC fAiarix Dear ii iss Fairfax f am young" girl Of 1 and !h love With ft man 1 years my senior. We are both employed in the same hous, arid therefore see a great deal of each other, When we are left alone he sings love songs to me and telis me that hie love for tn is stronger thari any man could ever have for a girl. Now, MisS Fairfax, would you pletfSe give me your advice. Would It b proper fof me to ask bUn up te th houset ! - DOLtilfi. I woUid hot, 1f t fref fori, Invite him td call until tSU aVe very Sure that h realty Cares for you, H Sounds to m rather flighty. Dd frot put toe much faith In his love long! ahd protesta tions.) A little Sensible, earnest love making is- hiof valuable than all th lots songs in the world, Don't loss your head. . -Deaf Miss PalffS I ant ydun man about Is and am in love with a young lady about ii , ,; . 1 would sk her td marry -m. hut every time t call oh her t meet several gentlemen friends in her house and she aiway treats them better than . Sh treats, me. I am suft sue cares fof me, but She is trying to make me jealous, which I am not in' disposition. . . , ; ANXlOUd. If you really' think sh cares for you, tell her that you are In love with her and ask her to marry you. That is the quickest and surest way to learn her sentiments. Dear MlsS Fairfax I km engaged td a young lady whom rv known about eight years. Two years ago I got sick with eOnsumptionr from which I'v not recovered yet though I've been in th country. While away t wrote Arid sug gested annulling our engagement, but she said she sun fovea me too much td give me 'op. Now on coming back sh insist thn,t t Should call on her, as though I were an right, and even wants to marry, although She knows fny condi tion very well, v As I lot her very much ' and . would not like to bring her into hard. luck, I kindly ask your advice What I Should do. O. OALlj. ' Ori no account should you marry until you are in better health. It is very hiCS that your Sweetheart should remain so true td you, but It Would b Worse than foolish to even think of marriage while in your Stat of health, B firm With her and make bet see it in the right light. ,'.-:.,'. -.. ." in " i ii i i t im i -1 ,, 1 1 i n i ; " WXl.lt rtU tktSXDMWT ITA fAt front the Bbstofl Herald, i ? . If hardly iieedi td b skid that prompt and positive proceedings ' will - not be taken, for the good and sufficient reason that they would arouse a storm of pro tests from the great financial Interests of th country. We feel certain that the president's campaign manager will tell him that he has already done enough to Justify himself oh th anti-trust side, snd that additional action Would simply make it Impossible to collect any funds for the coming campaign from those whd lu the past (have been the most generous contributors to the party treasury.