1 Editorial lPage'of fc Journal
PORTLAND, , OREGON.
THURSDAY, ; AUGUST 18, 1804.
TH E OREGON DAI LY J O U RNAL
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Oregon Sidelights
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
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Published very renin (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning at The
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OFFICIAC
" A MUCH RIDDLED , MERGER , FAKE.
r" REEN WITH ENVT because The Journal wi able
T to make the first announcement of the proposed
; consolidation of the Portland Street Kaiiwsy ,r
pany--flews that was promptly and officially confirmed
.the Evening Fake has lately been straining. Its so-called
t. kKnnt an offaettina consolidation.. It
announced last week that the gas
light oorripany were to be consouaatea. ana p. -
proclaimed to be exact details of the merger. .The. follow
ing day the morning edition of the Evening Fake was
forced to den the authenticity of the statement and give
forth to the world the fact that no merger waa contem
plated. ',' ,. ' -
Testerday the Evening Fake came to bat again with
what purports to be dispatch from Wall street, in which
the consolidation "to reported la Wall street today to a
foregone conclusion." In support of the statement It Ad
duces a number of names, the first on the list being A. M.
White of the Franklin Trust company. , It Is an Imposing
array of names, and under most circumstances would carry
with It a degree of conviction. But Its morning contem
porary again riddles the fake and prints an Interview, with
President Goods of the electric company, which sets the
matter at rest. Further confirmation to the same effect
come from President Adams of the gas company. Still
further confirmation comes from the fact that the five
directors of the gas company are- all
and they have taken absolutely no
jid none could-have been taken without tnenu ... ,.
rh. Waii-atiwet "conMnondent" of the Evening Fake Is
apparently not aware of the fact that Mr. A. M. White,
whom It flourUhes as the head and front of the Franklin
Trust company, and ' also deeply Interested In bringing
about tha merger, haa actually been dead for thirty years,
which certainty seems to add to the probability that he, at
least, la not Interested In or In any way attempting to
bring about a merger to suit the news exigencies of any
-newspaper. rirz ' , '
It is unwise for the Evening' Fake to stray far afield
without proper guardianship, for It la entirely too easily
taken In. Instead, It should follow the good old plan
which has hitherto safely. If maturely, landed It of care
fully perusing the news columns of The Journal, and, tak
ing therefrom the really stunning news, give It to Its read
ers say three days later, after every available fact baa been
laid before the world by The Journal. . , ; -"'..''."
Furthermore, when you see it1n The Journal, it Is so, as
was proven not alone In the street railway merger case,
but In every big piece of news that haa happened In months
In this city of Portland. ; , ' , r '
" PROPOSED LINEN MANUFACTORIES. '.'
PREPARATIONS are- being made, It has been reported,
for the establishment In the near future of four
, linen mills. In different Willamette valley towns, to
; manufacture linens -out of Oregon-grown flax. If this. In
dustry can be started and carried on successfully, it will
' be a very Important piece of progress for Oregon. J . '
' Many years ago flax was successfully raised In the
Willamette valley, and some of the pioneer families made
' clothing out of it In the old-fashioned
make -flaxgrowlng commercially profitable have since-
failed, though a few people have always bad faith In the
project of borne manufacture of flax and have kept the
subject alive. The tireless leader of; these people for
many year has been Mrs. W, P. Lord of Salem, who has
written and worked continuously and faithfully In behalf
of Oregon flax. But the man who has made flax culture
' and manufacture on a large scale possible, If It be found
so, is Mr,' Eugene Bosse, who haa been experimenting , In
flaxralslng, usually. to his financial loss, for many years.
. He Is an expert on this industry and an enthusiast as well,
though' entirely practical. He, now has several hundred
acres of land mostly rented land, we
, tion wltbrlax. and It Is largely through his persistent ef
forts ana the Interest he has aroused in others In this
subject that these mills will be established. If they shall be.
' There have been others, of course, who have .helped and
who are helping to establish this industry in Oregon, but
these two workers have been the leaders, and to them,' If
present projects shall prove successful, much credit will be
due, both from the present and succeeding generations.
STORY OF A BIG ROBBERY.
iHH ARTICLES entitled "Trent
ten by the big speculator, Thomas W. Lawson, and
being published in Everybody's Magazine, are well
worth perusal by every thinking cltiien. Lawson haa a
personal grudge- against the Standard Oil magnates, and
' a spirit of revenge doubtless prompted him to make these
disclosures: but this does not make them less Interesting
and important. That his statements are true may be as
sumed, for he could , not serve his own purpose by any
misrepresentation of ' facts, and his conclusion that the
building up of that glgantto octopus, the Standard Oil
company, was the greatest financial steal of the world's
'history la perhaps justified by the facts he presents.
a stttot zs si
barker's Speech as Compared With the
''. ," Manser of Cleveland.
From the ' Indianapolis News.
' Ws have spoken elsewhere of the qual
.. Ity of the speech of Judge Parker ac
cepting the nomination. But It la note
, worthy also fer Its sty la Judge Parker
seems partial to the long sentence. He
- begins his speech with one of 71 words,
which Is certainly far above the average.
This is Immediately followed by sen.
' tonces containing 9, 71, 40, (S and 185
worda This is an average of 7 words
' each for the first six sentences. Scat
tered through the speech are sentences
containing , 104, 1. J 02. 61, 14. 66, 166.
110, 70, 67, 4 and 61 words. There are,
' as- we count, 1,908 words in the address,
' and 61 sentences, which gives an average
, of a little over 46 words to the sentence.
- This ts quite unusual. : Macaulay was
a great master of the long sentence, and
yet, taking a passage from his history
quite at random, we find that he got Into
61 sentences only 6,016 worda ss against
' Judgx Parker's 1.601, his average being
- a little over It words to the sentence, as
compared with Judge Parker's average
, of 46. In one sense tha comparison la
of ceurse, not fair. , For the blxiorlan
, was extremely partial to short sentences
also, simple and categorical statenvnt
And this bring down his average. But,
nevertheless, the si Tie of the Democrats
nominee Is remarkable In this particular.
' Of course, It will be compared with
that of Orever Cleveland. Mr. Cleve
land being also a great weaver of words.
Hut the styles of t.ie men are essential
ly different. We miss the element, of
pnmWnalty, which Is ee marked a char
acteristic of the Cleveland style, In Par-ksfa-eperh.
.There Is more simplicity,
snore life and a more, natural move
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company and electrto
judges gravely and
another of a few
from "constable up
other man chosen
residents of rortiana,
action in the matter,
gave promise of a
abandoned. Making
411 wind which has.
way; but efforts to
tion, , Apparently
believe In cuKtva-
led Finance," writ
ment in the jParker-atylr-though we
do not think it the equal- of Cleveland's
at lta worst. There Is a sort of prog
ress or march in the Cleveland sentences
which Judge Parker's sentences do not
show. Tet the latter is on the whole
the better style, and it is surpristng-
Jy, though not always technically, good.
It reveals-r-and a style to be good must
do this the thought of the man. not
only in what he says, but In tha spirit
back of the worda No one can read
this speech wjjhout fe'llng that. Judge
Parker is a. man of dignity, character
and deep conviction. The sincerity is so
obvious that one can readily Mlieve
that the sneaker told the truth- when
he said that he felt "humbled" at the
thought of the honor which had hen
done htm . and by the , responsibility
which had been imposed on him.
Aa for the style itself, it Is simple,
clear, direct, anu, in spite ot the lung
sentences, unlnvolved. There is no
chance of mistaking what the man
mesne to say. It la not picturesque,
perhaps not even vigorous from the
rhetorical point of view. On the con
trary, there are a sobriety and restraint
In It such as mark a well-considered ju
dicial opinion. The thought, which Is
Itself moderate, la clothed In moderatt
phrase. But, aa we have aald, the dis
tinguishing characteristic of the .style
Is the long sentence. .. . v ,
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: Sad a rropev Incentive. '
' . From the Columbus Dispatch.
The story comes from Baltimore that
"Abe" Taylor, a colored man, swam IZ'a
miles there the other day, thus eclipsing
the efforts of. both Lesndsr and Lord
Byron. . But s police officer wee sft
"Abe." while Leander mr wanted to
see his girl, and Lord Byron was sfter
Leaaders record. It makes a difference.
J NO. P. CARROLL
Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill
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PORTLAND
' Lawson tells how the Rockefellers and Henry H. Rogers
bought the Anaconda, Parrot, Butte and other mines of
Marcus Daly and hfs associates for a total of 14,000,000.
and immediately Inflated the stock to 17S.000.000 and sold
It to the confiding public at this valuation; then, having
sold all the stock except what would enable them to do so,
became; bears, and depressed it, forcing small stockholders
to the wall and scooping In the stock again at cut-throat
prices, ruining hundreds of their Victims, and they now
actually control the copper Interests not only of this coun
try, but qf the world. V "'' . 1 ', ".; . .
Lawson says that this "business'' operation caused thirty
Six suicides, put twenty-four , people in insane asylums,
wrecked thousands, of small fortunes, made many thrifty
mining camps places of desolation,' and broke up hundreds
of happy and comfortable homes. : v r , '
. What Is such a transaction but wholesale robbery I ' Our
properly sentence the man. who robs
dollars to the penitentiary; our district
attorneys and sheriffs and constables and detectives are
constantly on the lookout, as they should be, for compara
tively small villains who rob and "steal comparatively in'
significant amounts, and do mischief lnflnlteslmally small
In comparison. Tet there Is no officer or public servant,
to president, no legislator or judge or
and paid to serve the people, who in any
way can touch these colossal robbers, who can wrest from
them the immense properties they have seised as uncon
scionably and wickedly as anything was ever seised by
buccaneer, pirate or brigand. ' '-.
WHERE " CROP FAILURES ARE UNKNOWN.
THE EXTRAORDINARY advances in wheat prices
upon, the Chicago board of trade seem to give
ample confirmation to the reports of widespread
damage to the crop. In many of the wheatgrowlng sec
tions of the northwest the fields which a few weeks ago
good average yield are now all but
all due allowance for the sensational
ism" And exaggeration which always color reports of crop
damage at times of extraordinary excitement in the big
eastern grain markets, the conclusion Is' still inevitable
that in large areas of country the loss approaches the pro
portions of an agricultural disaster. Thousands of farm
ers must find themselves confronted with ruin, and not
even the promise of abnormally high prices for the renj
nants of their crop can compensate them. .';'
' In marked contrast to the conditions prevailing in less
favored states . is the crop situation . in' ' Oregon. An
abundant yield of wheat Is assured, ana in some localities
It will be phenomenal in its plenty.' ; Nowhere in the state
has there been any actual crop failure, In 'many locali
ties the yield per' acre far exceeds anything known In the
eastern and middle west states. Not only will the farm
ers of Oregon reap a- bountiful harvest, but they will
realise prices far beyond the average of. recent years. The
devastated other parts of the country
brings them only good fortune.. ' ,' , . - ; , ; .
" From these . facts there la one obvious conclusion to be
drawn. Oregon, farmers have" an unusual opportunity to
advertise the extraordinary--agricultural- advantages -of
their state. This is the time to Impress upon the farmers
of the eastern and middle- western states the bountiful re
turns that await them if they come to this coast. In the
Pacific northwest, where wholesale crop disaster is' a thing
unknown, and where the productiveness of the soli is' un
limited, the farmer finds sure and rich return for his in
dustry. This is the time to advertise Oregon.
V A COURAGE THAT WAS TESTED, r
R REPUBLICAN ' NEWSPAPERS Which profess to
find in Judge -Parker's utterances no definite ex
presslon of his views upon some of the Issues of
the campaign will do well to seek some stronger accusa-
these critics expect the Democratic nom
inee for the presidency to model his course upon that of
our strenuous -Roosevelt, who will give a decisive- opinion
while you wait, upon every conceivable problem political,
sociological or governmental.. The reckless bravery .with
which he- charges upon the grave Issues confronting the
nation, as though he were galloping with swinging lariat'
In pursuit of a runaway steer or heading a charge upon
San Juan hill, is spectacular, but not always calculated to
Inspire the utmost confidence. Wiser men than Roosevelt
believe that It is best to think first and act afterwards,
In pursuing the opposite rule he cannot be considered to
have established a precedent which other presidential can
didates are bound to follow. No fair-minded man who
reads carefully Judge Parker's declarations upon the Is
sues of the campaign can fall to be impressed with the
belief that he Is a man of deep convictions, whose Ideas
are the fruit not of impulse, but of profound and careful
thought His judicial . training has "taught him a con
servatism of utterance and an avoidance of extravagance
which Is in marked contrast to the Roosevelt lan style, but
no man can justly accuse him of either a lack of ideas or
of timidity In standing by them. His courage has been
tried by a test quite as severe as any to which Theodore
Roosevelt has ever been subjected, and it was not found
wanting. " . ,,--.r,T;'i"7 r"
. THX AOZ.OOTr
Think me not unkind and rude,' "
That I walk alone In grove and glen;
I go to the God of the wood -To
fetch His word to men.
Tax not my sloth, that I ' ' t
Fold my arma beside the brook;
Each cloud that floated In the sky
Writes a letter la my book. . ' d
Chide me not, laborious band,
. For the idle flowers I brought;
Every aster In my hand
, Goes home loaded with a thought.
There was never' mystery .' .,-.'
But 'tis rigured in the flowers;
Waa never secret history,
. But the birds tell it hi the bowers. : ,
One harvest from thy -field
Homeward brought. the oxen strong;
A second crop thine acres yield, .
Which I gather In a song.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Jaatxs K. uin AT TXI kaoxk.
From the New York Press.
Whenever you see James R, Keens at
the races It is nearly always safe to
gamble (1 ) that he has a horse or horses
among the possible starters, and (6)
that he expects to win. After watching
him for years I have come to the con
clusion that his Interest In the turf Is
synchronous asd coexistent with the
condition and prospects of his own
stable of horses. I do not believe he
careg a rsp for racing except when the
Keens colors sre In the saddle.' This Is
m sia. veer with htm , He has a fine
stable, well trained and In winning form,
consequently his sttendance upon the
sport has been most regular.
But does Wall Street run this country.
anyway T
.
The man who ean't get a watermelon
every day or two la out of luck.
Carrie Nation has a notion that she
could make that saloon modeler. -
The Turk Is a good promlser. Ha must
have been to get so many women.
The hobos want to know the slse of
the beer glasses In a model saloon.
Castro and Abdul Hamld should merge
their debts and disposition not to pay.. .
lvldanHv hlstnw haa Its nen In Tnaml
to write down Togo as a great admiral.
When Port Arthur falls. It can take
the first good night's sleep for months.
Russia and Japan are thoroughly dis
covering that war Is well, not heaven.
We would like to hear .Deacon Cannon.
but then we know about, what he would
say.- . . .' v .
Corner lots m Esopus have risen from
SO to 39 cents, and aria expected to reach
four bite by October. " - i' , .-.
But could Judge Parker write a will
that would stand t TUden couldn't and
be waa thought a wise guy.
As soon as we get an evening 'off we
are going to write a play, entitled: "Ten
Nights In a Model Saloon."
Will King Edward, or Teddy, or soma
such great man, please start the fashion
of wearing trousers that bag at the
knees T . . , ' '
Paraguay Is In a state of-sloge. It
and most other places down there should
be so, now, henceforth and forever un
less they can do better
Carrie Nation, it la reported, waa paid
$1,600 by the saloon keeper who hit her
with a chair. Almost anybody would
consent to be hit with a chair for that
much. But how , does the poor chair
feel? A -.:'. v
Senator Fairbanks. Is not a senti
mental man. He knows that he would
get no more votes by resigning, and,
let's see, six months' senatorial salary
amounts to 83.600; that will help nicely
In paying a campaign contribution. ..
The latest estimate of Russell Sage'a
wealth puts It at (176,000,000. This Is
not . Uncle Russell's estimate. If It
were his it would read, presumably,
something like 8176,037.S9.01. Chi
cago Tribune. But for the purposes of
taxation, about J1.89H."
It is the. "Hun vote In the backwoods"
that the New York Sun Is afraid of and
anathematises. That la, the farmer vote,
the labor vote, the votes of all who are
not "Napoleons of Finance" and "Kings
of Industry." The Bun is owned by a
few of these. flne-halred gentlemen.
Tata CnAV TBiCrUI6 TJIOLMT
From the Western Electrician. -As
regards the question' of eost of
trackless trolley roads, the figures tar
nished by the Berlin General Electrto
company In Its operation of the Halda
railroad are Instructive. These show
that a trackless overhead trollay car
capable of holding 21 persons Used
about the same electric current as an
ordinary streetcar having room for 28
persona With the trackless railroad
about 35 per cent more electrto current
waa used than on regular streetcars. It
should also be aald that the maintenance
of the cars, owing to a greater wear
ing out of the rolling-stock and exten
sive need of lubricators, etc, is larger
than on track cars. . On the other hand,
this higher cost of maintenance Is met
by an expense for tracks and . the keep
ing of them In good condition.
A track road for every kilometer costs
from $20,000 to 660,060, while a track
less road can be built for $6,760 to
66,000. A trackless road three kilome
ters long, now in active operation, esti
mated its cost at about 64,600 per kilo
meter, or a total ot $16,600 for the
whole distance. -
The total cost of operation per kilo
meter la 6 cents, or 16 cents for three
kilometers. This 6 cents per kilometer
compares favorably 'with that of' the
great Berlin Streetcar company, which
estimates Its sctual cost of operation at
6.17 rents a kilometer, and other street
car lines In Germany even report 6.26
cents per kilometer.
Similar favorable figure sre given by
Schlemann In the operation of the
trackless line In the Blla valley. Ac
cording to the latest reports, after a
three months' operation, the coat of
electric current nsed waa double that of
a" track road. This greater utilisation
of current waa, however, only one-tenth
of the sum which track roads require
for Interest and maintenance. '
A large part of the Income of the
trackless roads Is obtained by the carry
ing of freight, which la a source of
profit even when the passenger trafflo
is Inadequate. Furthermore, legally con
sidered, the trackless roads are very
useful, for they are not required to meet
such stringent conditions aa are asked
of electric track lines. Aa a matter of
fact, the streets are not at all Injured
by the. trackless cars, but they have a
smoothing effect on the pavement ever
which they pass. It Is believed here
that even on asphalt pavement trackless
cara can be successfully used.
ttiini ororxov or datzs. -
James 1 O." Blaine, in his 'Twenty
Tears of Congress," has this to say of
the Democratlo nominee for the vice
presidency. Judge ' - Parker's , running
mate: i . . . ..
"Henry G. Davis, a ' native of Mary
land, entered aa the first Democratic
senator from West Virginia. His per
sonal popularity waa a large factor in
tha contest against the Republicans of
his state, and he waa Instantly regarded
by his party as its 'most Influential
leader, Mr. Davis had honorably
wrought his own way to high station
and had been all his life In active af
fairs as a farmer, a railroad man, a lum
berman, an operator . In coal and a
banker. - He had been uniformly suc
cessful. He came to the senate with
the kind of practical knowledge which
schooled him to care and usefulness aa
a legislator. He steadily grew In the es
teem and confidence of both aides of
the senate,. and when his party obtained
the majority he waa entrusted with the
responsible duty of the chairmanship of
the committee on appropriations. No
more painstaking or trustworthy man
ever held the place. While firmly ad
hering to his party he waa at-all times
courteous, and to the business of the
senate or in local Intercourse never ob
truded partisan vlewe." , , ,
' Vhe rmm of STlmrod.
Nlmrod told how he" made his reputa
tion. ...
"I was the first man who thought of
not shooting a guide for a deer," te ex
plained, ,
August 16. In the afternoon the party
arrived with the Indiana consisting of
Ldttle Thief and Big Horse, whom we
had seen on the third, together with six
other chiefs and a French Interpreter.
We met them under the shade, and after
they had finished a repaat with which
we aupplted them, we inquired Into the
nature of the war between them and the
Manas, ' which they related with great
frankness.- It seems that two of the
Mlsaourla went to the Jdahas to steal
horses, but were detected and killed;
PARKER THE MAN BOUTWELL
James Creelman's Groton, Mass., Special
in tha New Tork World. ,
"Some of us who, helped to organ
ise the Republican party and many
who have supported It since, ' look
now to Judge Parker -. as - the hope
of the country," aald George 8. Bout
well. VHla speech, waa wise and con
servative., It will win strength for him
everywhere. It is 4 speech that muat be
acceptable to all true Democrats; it
contains nothing that serious, thinking
Republicans can object to, and it will
be Indorsed by she antl-lmperlaltsta.
"Certainly the election of Mr. Roose
velt would be a -dangerous thing. . No
man can tell what he is likely to do. He
probably 'could hot himself tell what
beJallkelytOLLdQ.So: etrengela his
temperament, so uncertain his orbit."
It was something to sit' here today
with thla venerable man, now In hla
eighty-sixth year, to remember that he
waa a Massachusetts legislator in tne
forties: that he - waa governor of hla
atate before the civil war; ghat' he waa
one of the founders of the-Republican
party: that he was one of the seven
managera of Andrew . Johnson's Im
peachment trial: that he waa secre
tary of the treasury under Grant; that
he afterward represented Massachusetts
In the United Btates senate to remem
ber that long and brilliant record and to
hear him plead In the twilight ot his
life for the election of Judge Parker as
a measure of national aafety.
Mr. Boutwell is snowy with age. an-
gulai. bleak, round-shouldered and alow
la atep, but hla mind Is as active and
eager aa In hla days of power, and his
spirit is as tough aa old Groton Itself,
which was burned by King Philip's In
diana, afterward aent William Preston
and hla neighbors to fight at Bunker
Hill- and survived to hear President
Roosevelt tell Its schoolboys that they
must not act their ideals too high;
Tha keen, dark eyes, the Jpowerful
nose thrust out under the. high brow,
the alert look, the penetrating question or
swift, compact . reply, the wonderful
memory and the sturdy, sensitive
Americanism showing, at every angle of
the conversation revealed the white
haired and wrinkled leader of the antl-
lmperlallst movement aa a man of rare
and Impressive qualities, fully alive to
the every ' bearing of the presidential
campaign.'-: ; , -,',' '
-"This will be a great , campaign, and
Judge . Parker should win It" he said.
"Thla will be the seventeenth presi
dential campaign In which I have taken
part. In my first campaign I apoke for
Van Buren. My experience suggests
that the Democratlo party should call
on an army of speakers . this year.
Every man who can make a speech
should be. put In the field. The news
papers control public opinion for three
years and eight months, but In the last
four montha of the quadrennial period
they support the speakers. It Is the
orators who must lead In thla fight.
There should be a host of" them, and the
party should pay them. , Let us fight
to win. ' ..
"Naturally, I am Interested most in
what Judge Parker haa to say about
the Philippine question, because . that
affects the very character of our gov
ernment, and the future of our institu
tions. . At the same time, I do hot sym
pathise with the Idea of a rigid or
unchangeable tariff, The tariff must
change te suit business; business must
not change to suit the tariff. That Idea
must be apparent to a good many Re
publloana I , -
"It is his utterance on Imperialism
and militarism that Judge Parker
strikes a note that ought to meet with
a response in every part of the country.
It la useless to look to Mr. Roosevelt
for any leadership in the Philippine
question.- I believe that Judge Parker
Intends to carry out the Democratlo
policy of Philippine Independence If he
Is elected; that he favors the Idea pf
sctlng forthwith, first by an assurance
to the Filipinos, then by steps to make
the assurance good.
"The Importance of the position taken
by the Democratlo party In the 8L
Louie platform and Its Indorsement by
Jbdge Parker may be realised in one
example which haa been presented to
the country. It must be aasumed that
Gov. Taf t left thla country for the
Philippine Islands as a republican, .rec
ognising "the example of Jefferson and
the doctrine of the Declaration of. In
dependence as worthy of confidence and
support. He returned making the state
ment as the result of his experience in
the Philippine Islands, where he had
exercised unlimited power over mill
ions of human beings, that the Declara
tion of Independence contains "a mass of
Impossible dogmas , and . rhetorical
phrasea' .
. "In the pressure of this example the
country may well take heed of the edu
sxcuoni nr aioun tajucs..
(From United States Conaul Mahln, Not
, tlngham, England.) ..
The - excessive Importation of food
products from foreign countries . Is
charged with direct responsibility for a
great ' decrease In the value of farm
lands in this county. Recent investiga
tions of values of agricultural lands In
Lincolnshire disclose en extraordinary
decline; possibly, however, not typical
of all Englatd, for It la believed that In
the county named the depression Is par
ticularly acute.- It la atated . that in
some Instances persons who a few years
ago Invested their all In land, and alao
mortgaged It to raise money to com
plete the payments, find now on at
tempting to aell that they cannot gat
even the amounts sdvanced on the mort
gagee. ' .--,...,
Many Instances of remarkable de
creases in values are given. In one case
where a farm of 616 acres, which cost
674.00O, was offered at auction the
highest bid was 620,000. The owner of
an estste which cost him nearly 6300,000
is now vainly trying to aelr It for Just
one-half of that price. . An estate ot
626 acres, "which sold In. 1601 for
1110,000, was In May ot this year valued
the Ottoes and Mlssourls thought them
selves bound to avenge their compan
ions and the whole nations were obliged
to, share In the slspute.- They were also
in fear of a war from the Pawneea,
whose village they entered this summer,
while 4he Inhabitants were hunting, and
atole their corn. Thla ingenuoua con
fession did not make ua the less desirous
of negotiating a peace for them; but no
Indiana have aa yet been attracted by
our fire. The evening was 'dosed by a
dance, and the next day.
cational system that Is to go on
In America while we are attempting to
educate the Philippine Islands. Of the
officers of our army, ot the officers of
our civil Service who may be employed
In the Philippines and of our army of
soldiers it would be extraordinary it a
very-large proportion of them did not
return with ' vlewa corresponding with
those expreased by Gov. Taft.. Thua
we have created a large body of reac
tionaries who have returned from the
Philippine Islands with the Idea that
the government under which they were
born and educated Is based on errors. '
' "Imperialistic notions thus .- engen
dered wHl give support to the military
projects in which , the present admtnla
tratlon .is engaged. Judge Parker has
wlse)yJlrectelthe aUntlomotlhe
nation In that direction.
"The new army bill, prepared., under
the direction of Mr. Root, baa trans
ferred to the United Btates the jurisdic
tion of the great body of eltlsen soldiers
who, by the constitution, owe their first
allegiance to the states and through the
states to the national government, with
constitutional limitations as to the uses
to which they msy be put.
The augmentation of the' navy Is a
cbnsejuuence of the possession ot the
Philippine and other Islands and the
granting of Independence to the Phil
ippines would relieve us from tbe ap
parent necessity of an Increase of the
navy; Indeed. It would furnish an occa
sion for the abandonment of the Idea
that we' are to compete with England
and Germany in the magnitude of our
navy. -
"Just look at tbe facts. ' The treas
ury report for the month" of July gives
an aggregate 'of 630,000.000. chargeable
to the army and navy. The. expenses for
the army and navy for the same month
last year were 626.000,000. These expen
ditures indicate sn annual expense , for
our army and navy of 1600,000,000, of
which - It may be said with- truth one
half is due to the acquisition of Insular
possessions..
"Whither are we goingT These ex
penditures for the army and navy are a
very - important part of the Immense
Increase , In , the total - expense of the
government,' which. . In the period of
my own memory, have risen - from
613,000,000 a year to 6761.000.000. the ag
gregate of the appropriations made by
congress for the -current fiscal year. -
"I. recall the fact that In 1636 the
charge was made against the adminis
tration of John Qulncy Adama, that the
expenass of the government had. ex
ceeded 616.000,000 a year. Within the
last few montha when th,at fact waa
recalled to my mind. I thought it . wise
to examine tha records, where I found
that the total expenaes of the govern
ment In any one year from 1626 to 1626
never exceeded $14,000,000.
'These changes in- public policy are
due to the spirit of imperialism, which
has taken possession of the administra
tion, and. In some degree, of the country
as well. The electloa of Judge Parker
will change the policy of the. govern
ment, not only In respect to the Philip
pine Islands, but alao with reference to
the magnitude of the army, which now
far exceeds the wants of the country
if a policy of peace la to be pursued;
and It will lead to the abandonment of
the Idea that we are to compete with
England and Germany In the slse of a
navy to be supported for no other pur
pose than - the defense of the Islands
which we have acquired in tropical re
gions. - ,
"Judge Parker's election will be the
first step away from Imperialism and
militarism. The. census taken by. the
Philippine government shows that In a
"population of seven and three-quarters
millions, seven millions are noticed as
civilized persons and .rather less thsn
three-quarters of a million as 'wild.'
You can have no better test of the
capacity of people for Self government
thsn that obtained by a census honestly
taken which shows them to be civilised
persona The idea of civilisation indi
cates an ability for individual self gov
ernment If seven millions of people
are capable Individually of governing
themselves ss communities, they surely
must be capable of forming a system of
government which would be acceptable
to the, people subject to Its require
ments.4 -.- -
"You regard President Roosevelt as a
dangaroua manT" -- v. . i
"I do, Indeed," said Mr. Boutwell fer
yentlyti!'But I don't want to be under
stood aa believing that his election
.would finally defeat the anti-Imperial-1st
movement In this country. ' On the
contrary, I believe that the nation will
go on hating Imperialism more and more
every year, and that aooner or later the
party that stands for It. will be over
whelmed. I have lived a long time and
have seen a good deal of the history
of thla country made.. That has ac
customed me to reading the signs of the
times. . They are very plain and unmla
takahle now." , .
for probata at only $43,000. In com
parison with years in the distant past
the situation apspare no better. A farm
of 134 acres, purohaaed in 1881 for
830,000, sold for only 316,000 in 1601,
and would probably bring even less to
day. Thirty-four acres, costing 18,000
In 1860, recently sold for $2,600. A
tract of 108 acres brought over 330,000
In 1828, and a mortgage for $26,000 waa
placed" on it) this year. In April, It sold
for less than 314.000, . But the severest
phase la the decline in the values - of
small farms of from 30 to 100 acrea.
the property of person who can least
afford the loss they suffer. Mshy cases
are given . where sales were for one
half and even one-third; the purchase
price, and often the selling price failed
to cover the mortgage given upon the
property. : .
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(treat Seeds for Advertising. -From
the New Tork Telegram. "
A Parisian street advertising scheme
whereby hairless men expose their bald
pates, with advertisements painted there
on has met with a Setback, government
stamp must be punched on all such ads.,
and the heads must also bear the union
label, which, fastens with two tacks,
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Irrigon says It baa "nary a skeeter.".
Take an umbrella when you go hop
picking.
, Crops are above the average in Grant
oounty. ; ..- . . , , . , .
Irrigon has a shipyard a rowboat was
launched. . .
Dragon is a great state
work or play.
tor either
An initial klla of 340,000 bricks has '
been burned at Lakevlew. Good sign. .
Mr. Quick , of Lamp creek baled 60 ,.
tona of hay . last weeek, doing quick '
Work. . .'. - -
How would' you like to be the Bend
Bulletin man 42 fat "notices for pub- .'
llcatlonr ,.,-'- .' ,,- - -
Alabama warblers are warbling hard-',
earned dollars out of ' the people of
Southwestern. Oregon,
' James Wandling is again In our midst ,
Susanvllle correspondence of . Long,
Creek Ranger. , We hope he will digest -
well.., . .-...'v .'.-:. -
. Two brothers in 'Umatilla county will '
eow 3,100 acrea of wheat thla tall. Ten -years
ago they were' working for $2 '
a day or leas. .: ., v - , , '
A new professor at the Oregon Agri
cultural eollege is named Tartar. He ts
expected to prove a tartar to mis
chievous youth. ; f. 'V , , , , , '
The newest newspaper in Oregon at
this- writing Is.- the Monument Grant
County. Enterprise. . It is better than ,
some older ones, and already haa twj
timber land notlcea. . . ... , '."".
Lakevlew Herald: That thla country
will grow almoat any kind of fruit haa
been shown by the quantity and quail- -ty
brought into town thla seaaon. The
different varieties of cherries and ber
ries were as fine a quality as are raised
anywhere. , -
Lakevlew Herald: , A new telephone
line Is being built from Klamatb Falls
toward Lakevlew. The line haa already
been completed up to a point alx miles '
this side of Bonansa. The line Is a sub- -atantial
one and It Is the Intention of
the promoters to - extend It to Lake
view. t .... '-., v' , :,., :
In Josephine county a man has an
orchard of - tan acrea of apples that
yields him a lot of money each year; in
the winter he- takes out all klnda of
gold, beneath hla orchard and when he .
gets of apples and gold he , amusea ,
himself with catching salmon from a
stream with which he Irrigates hla or
chard and washes his gold. . Great coun
try, thla-. ;.. . i .
Albany is not yet represented in the
Oregon Development League. - The Alee -'
club should get In at- once, it costs -Only
$6, which Insures- several hundred
dollars worth of free advertising. Ac
tion" should be taken at once. Albany
Democrat We should say so. What 1st
the matter with Albany? ..But If It In
sists on Bleeping, all right It may then
not even ever find out . how tha rent of
the atate la developing.,., .r i ,
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fin TZBozvzAt- vmmxan. V
From the Chicago Journal. "
The nomination of the first West Vlr
ginla man on the national ticket of one '
of tbe great partlea calls to notice the .
unusual position which West Virginia .
holds In the politics of the border slates, '
of -which It Is the one casting the smaiu
est electoral vote. Between Kentucky,
and Maryland, Ha -other boundaries be
ing Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia,
West Virginia exercises a large Influ
ence oa the politics of the two statea of ,
Maryland and Kentucky, for which It la
a sort of "half-way house" In matters "
of railroad and steamer communica
tion a , , .
The politics of West Virginia Is
largely ' regulated by those born else
where. Both of its United States sena
tors, Elklna and Soott are natives of
Ohio.' Senator Davis ta a. Maryland
man. - Congressman Wilson, author ot -the
Wilson bill, and Democratlo leader
In congress when the Democratlo party
tontreired It was a native of Virginia
Nathaa Goff, for a long time recognised
as the Republican leader In West Vir
ginia, was born In the same state.
.' There were by the laat cenaua 60,000
natlvea of Virginia. 40,000 of Ohio, 2s,
000 of Pennsylvania, 10,000 natlvea '
Maryland and 8,000 New Torkera reel
dent in West Virginia. It la the new
comers rather than the old residents .
who may be said to control Its politics.
This Js due to the fact that the manu- '
factoring, mining and .lumber Interests.
account (or the chief development or tne
atate In recent years rather than lta ag
ricultural Interests. The miners, rail
road men, ' worklngmen and business
men generally-, in West Virginia come
from other statea
west Virginia la a state entirely wim
out political traditions, and the influ
ence - of Ohio haa been extensive In
shaping its . political course since It
ceased to be, aa It waa for many years,
an agricultural atata . The political In
fluence of the railroads in West Virginia'
is extensive. ' ; t . t '
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OBJIOOaT nOfU AT KAY. :
' From the Corvallls Gasette, : i
' The rush to the ooast and mountains
continues, and more people Are going to
Newport and the Cascades than ever
before. Up to Wednesday of last week
over 126 tents have gone In the bag
gage cars of the Corvallls A Eastern
railroad from this city to Newport for
people who will camp at the seaside
for the season, and the rush seemed at
that time to be but fairly beginning.
More baggage has been taken to New
port this seaaon than In any former .
season and more paasengers have been
transported than ever before. ' Every
train takes from 160 to 260 pieces ot
baggage and three to four cara loaded
with passengers who are going to the
seaside. Other aummer resorts, such aa '
the Cascadla Springs and the mountains
on the Bantlam, are securing their quota
of summer- guests and the railroads are
crowded with this claaa of. travel.
OOT MAS A-4TO XJTXD,
From the Washington Poet.
"There Is nothing like a candid
friend." said an , old army officer the
other day. "When I waa young I found
such a one in Major Blank. The bottom
dropped out of things for me one time
and I vowed in my deapatr to commit
suicide. , The major aaked me - what
is up, .
"Tm going to blow my brains out
I said.
" "Can yon hit the ace of spades-at
ten yardeT" aaked the major. -.,..
" No, I replied. , ' . -
""Better practice, my boy.' said the
major. 'Better practice, if you're set on
hitting the brain. Why didn't you da.
clde to Are at a vital spotT.", -