Editorial Page of TEe Journal IE FRIDAY. AUQUST 26, 1904. PORTLAND. OREGON. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL I Small Change Oregon Sidelights AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SI' I BBSS II MSBB SPI I SSBBBS- 4 ttUPBBBBBV I BBS! BS a 1 SSI I 1 ..!.. JACKSON Published svry evening xcept Sunday) and every Sunday morning at Tha streets, Portland. Oregon. OFFICIAL. PAPER OP THE CITY OF HOW TO AVOID HALF BAKED LEGISLATION. AB IS ALWAYS THE CASE when n session of tha legislature is near at hand there la much talk of r.. ., i.t-iKintion for Multnomah county. Scores of people are eager to try their handa the city or county government and tnere la me usuaj sur feit of half-baked ldeaa and 111 conslderad suggestion. The perennial demand for an Increaae In county salaries is, of course, much in erldence; some are clamoring for tha creation of new county offices and some would enlarge or curtail the scope of the offices already existent; county roads, public schools, city and county taxea, the Port of Portland and a do ten other things afford subjects for the would-be political doctor. Unless past experience is be lied, the coming seaaion will be productive of a great deal of unwise legislation, with Portland and Multnomah county ' among the conspicuous sufferers from It. This danger can be minimised by giving opportunity for full public dlacusslon and consideration of all proposed legislation relating especially to this city and county. If such measures are definitely formulated in advance of the session, their nature made known to the public and an adequate opportunity given for debate as to their wisdom and necessity, there will be much leas ground to fear the results. At both of the sessions of last year, bills were In troduced and passed which related only to this county but of which the people of the county had not been given the slightest previous information. The inevitable con sequence is dissatisfaction and loss of confidence In the county's representatives hi the legislature, and fre quently the laws thus hastily passed have proved unwise and undesirable. There Is reason to expect that a number of changes In the county government will be attempted at the coming session. Strong pressure will be brought to bear by per - sonal and political Interests to secure the passage of bills of this character. Undoubtedly some changes can be made with advantage, but If the methods pursued in thj past are to be repeated, the result will be a crude patchwork of little or no value. If the Multnomah delegation would appoint a committee to confer with the county officials and with the buslnesr men of the city, some definite, homogeneous plan might be evolved which would cure existing defects In the county government and which would commend Itself to the com munity. Such a procedure would have the Incidental ad vantage of freeing the members of the delegation from the Incessant Importunities of those who seek to mould such legislation to their private ends. Certainly the peo ple have a right to be taken into the counsels of those who are, to represent them In the legislature. DEMOCRACY AND THE IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY stands anywhere on the tariff question It must stand where Tllden stood, in favor of a tariff for revenue only. And that Is precisely where It stands according to Its selected spokes. man, Senator Bailey of Texas, who opened the Democratic campaign in Brooklyn last night. "Any law," he says, "which levies a tax, not for the purpose of raising- revenue to support the government, but for the purpose of com pelling an American cltlsen to pay more for ther goods that he must buy, Is a perversion of governmental power and a downright robbery," There Is now very much more to be said upon this prop osition than ever before in our history, for the reason that the combinations called trusts, monopolizing as they do production In various directions, charge whatever prices they will, within the limit of the tariff duty, to the Ameri can consumer. The consumer thus becomes the victim of the government's beneficence. With the tariff wall as a barrier to competition the domestic manufacturer simply exploits the domestic consumer. The cost of living has gone up altogether out' of proportion to the rise in wages. So long as everything Is running- at a high pressure and there la plenty of work at good or fair wages the effect of thin unnatural coridltlon is not so severely felt. But the moment slack times come, as -they are beginning to feel them In the east and other sections of the country, the mo ment men lose their employment and face the proposition of supporting a family on a lessened Income, the burden becomes almost unbearable. Then there comes' borne to each One a full realisation of the force, of the arguments against an Impenetrable tariff wail which Is used as a means of exueting outrageous tribute from the hsjme con sumer. But Senator Bailey makes plain that no matter how de termined the Democratic party might be. If returned to power, to bring the tarlfT dutlea down to a decent level It would find great difficulty at the outset because of the enormous increase In the cost of the government. A tariff for revenue only, owing to this circumstance, would now mean what In Tllden's time would have been esteemed a high protective tariff, no shrewdly have the tariff ad vocates hedged themselves In by extravagances In govern mental administration. 'But this Is no longer an academic question. It Is a Serious consideration that enters into the domestic econ omy of every household In the country. The Republican KUOWUMJS THEM ASTD NOW. From the Baltimore News. When George William Curtis, Carl Schurx and other hitherto prominent members of the Republican party re fused In 184 In support the presidential nominee of their party, nmi Theodore Roosevelt found It necessary to issue a loiK statement of his reaaons for sup porting that nomine, the "mugwump" Idea as well as the word first gained prominence in this country. The idea was assailed and tlie word became a synonym for hypocrite. To be a "mug wump" was to be a Pharisee, or, at best, a transcendentallst or mental weakling. The Idea was so preposterous that the partisan press simply ridiculed and pit ted the beings led astray by It: It was considered too Insignificant to be tak'n seriously until tbe polls were closed. Rut two decades have worked wondera The growth of the Independent idea, both among newspapers and Individuals, has been so widespread that it excites little comment to read that hundreds of the one and thousands of the other are now supporting a party other than the one they supported four or eight years ago. No one drna of impeaching either the sanity or the morality of Mr. Oscar Straus because he has declared for Roosevelt, or of Ambassador Choate's brother because be Is working for Par ker's election. Bolting the party for reasons which appeal to the Intellect and patriotism of the Independent voter Is-ne longer sufficient to cover him with derision. This fact is one of the most significant of recent politics In this country: It Is an accomplished fact which no one Is pursuing any longe with flouts and flings. The time may ret some if Indeed, It has not already wived whan tbe word "mugwump" PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. party has elected to stand pat on the question; It will not budge an Inch nor grant the least concession. It has beaten down the advocates of the "Iowa idea" who favored tariff reduction within reasonable limits and by the party Itself. It assumes the responsibility for the trusts, which are the direct outcome of the high tariff wall, and It stands by them because of past favors and favors yet to come. This Is one of fhe great Issues to be again threshed out In this campaign and In our opinion the most Im portant of them all. WASHINGTON STATE POLITICS at tinkering wttlfl TARIFF. THE AVERY INTERESTING portion of this splendid young state la that lying on the west slope of the coast range of mountains, Including Clatsop, Til lamook, the western end of Polk, Benton and Lane, the northwestern portion of big Douglas, and all of Lincoln, Coos and Curry counties. These counties and parts of counties are exceedingly rich in various kinds of resources or natural wealth. They contain a vast amount of timber the largest and finest accessible body of timber left In the United States. The soil is rich, productive; when, as In the course of time and the tide of events It must happen, the timber dis appears, tens of thousands of small farmers will In this region find comfortable sunset homes. There Is abund ance of water. Brooks sins, purl, and murmur almost everywhere. It rains a good deal along this coast region. It Is true, but, after all. no more than it rains In the course of a year at Boston, Mass., or Charleston, 8. C. Winter what people In eastern states call winter Is ab solutely unknown over on that sunset slope of America. And there Is no excessive heat In summer either. Tillamook county .to mention R now only Incidentally Is already the greatest dairying county In Oregon. Lin' coin Is also a fine dairying county, but produces grain, hops and fruit besides. Go down to Coos timber,, coal, rich' meadows, water power, deep soli, a good harbpr, an ocean before, an empire behind peace, plenty and pros perity on every hand but yet development of naturally "great resources has been carried on only In a compara tively small way. We look for a very great development of these sea facing counties in the next few years. And Portland ought to have a large hand in that development. Portland can handle their product, and supply them with their neces saries, as well as San Francisco can. We need a greater and better coast trade. All we have to do Is to go after it. will recover Its original meaning of a chief, a captain, and a leader of men. outwits yotjwo soom From the New Pork American. A good story was being tojd In Tarry town yesterday of how a Western Union messenger boy got the better of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., In a financial deal over a dollar. Young Mr. Rockefeller lives at Poean tlco Hills, three miles from the Tarry town telegraph office. By hla order his messages are telephoned from Tarry town. In this way he saves delivery charges. Yesterday hla telephone was out of order, so a messenger boy was sent with It The boy collected a dollar. Mr. Rockefeller waa not at home at the time. When he learned that hla valet had paid the delivery charges he was very Indignant, and drove to the office to make a big kick. "Why," said he. "I can get a man to work nil day for 11. 2. The charges art excessive." Mr. Rockefeller did not get back the dollar, but he left orders that sll mes sages must be telephoned, with a big "siust." From the New York Tribune. As an Illustration of the . Japanese advance In the art of advertising, can anything be more complete than this? "Our wrapping-paper la as strong as the hide of an elephant. Goods forwarded with the speed of a cannon-ball. Our silks and satins are as soft as the cheeks of a pretty woman, as beautiful as a rainbow Our parcels are packed with as mucti'care as a young married woman tsips of her husband." JNO. V. CAR K OU. Journal Building. Fifth and Tamhlll PORTLAND WASHINGTON Is undoubtedly a Republican state, and wUl cast Its five electoral votes for Roosevelt for president. But Washington peo ple are not likely to be stampeded Into voting for the cor porations' candidate, Mead, for governor. He is the pro duct, the rather sickly and Ill-smelling product, of 10 years' corporate control of that state except when the people rebelled and elected the late John R. Rogers gover nor. He died while . In off loe, and McBride, an honest but a narrow, impractical man, tried to fill his shoes, and miserably failed. The late Republican convention In that stats was dom inated, as every Republican convention there always has been, by the railroads. The railroads over there have done an immense amount of good, have developed the state of Washington, as nothing slse could; within their proper limits they are necessary and most excellent enterprises: but they have gone Into politics quite too much seek to control everything In their own way. Mead, the railroad candidate In the state of Washington, will probably be beaten for governor. He certainly should be beaten. Against him Is running a man of very high character and ability, a man really fit to be president of the United States. He used to be a Republican, It Is true, and now he Is a Democrat; they are "throwing that up against him;" but he changed his politics for very good reasons, and does not owe and will not pay any apology therefor to any man on earth vote as he pleases. Mr. Turner, we think,- will carry eastern Washington by a large majority; and we should not be surprised If he carried western Washington also. That great, growing, expanding, wonderfully resourceful young state cannot afford to have a mere railroad tool for governor. People are differentiating In their votes much more than they did 20 years ago. Ferw voters In a city vote straight any more. Two years ago. In Oregon, a Democrat was elected gov ernor, while last June the Republican plurality ran up, for. supreme Judge, to 24,000. Again, right here In Mult nomah county, with Teddy Roosevelt running for every thing from constable up, if one. believed the Oregontan, the voters threw overboard the two most Important local Republican candidates. Tbe party lash Is weakly flung, and falls Ineffectual, through thin air, these days. In 1900 McKlnley carried Washington by a plurality of 12,623 votes, while Rogers, (Democrat), carried the state by a plurality of over 2,000 votes. These be considerably Independent times, politically, es pecially In local affairs. The people are beginning to take politicians at their real worth. The voters are no longer paying diamond prices for paste patriots. COAST COUNTIES. JOT TUTIO 1ST From the Pendleton Bast Oregonlan. The 1'matUla farmer wears a pad upon hla back his gallus chafes his shoulder 'neath the weight of buckskin sack; his wheat has gone to market and his purse Is filled with pelf, and the pad beneath his gallus keeps from blistering himself. His pocket Is of buckskin to hold the bulging store the yield was 47 and the price waa 74. The weight of twenties on one side makes him to walk In curves. This "bumper crop" occasion la trying on his nerves! The stocking 'neath the pillow is sadly out of date It's filled and running over, likewise It's bulging mate. The tin can In the cellar has long been flooded o'er, and still the wheat receipts come In and still the tfrlces soar! O, Umatilla farmer, with pad upon your back, long may your gallus blister you. dragged down by weighty sack! Long may your wife's old stocking be filled and running o'er! long may the yield climb upward! long may the prices soar! Just as you plow with purpose. Just as you live for peace, may yet your purse be heavy, your blis ters still Increase! ! Mow to Or From the Boston Transcript. Barlow The Wiggins seem to get along together wonderfully. I never supposed they would, their tastes being so dissimilar. Catlan That'a Just the reason why they do get along so well. He Is al ways talking on literary suhjecta and she talks of nothing hut her house work. As neither knows anything about wtiat the other Is speaking of they never bars any disputes, They'll all come back: Don't forget th state fair. Vote as' you . please. Soon th wheat will come pouring lh. The Pacific coast will feed the orient FJ1 Paso "got there" and deserved to. And still Hall hangs on so do (he The Black Hand needs to be shaken -Just right. We want to go to Salt Lake occasion ally anyway. When Port Arthur does fall. It will strike bottom. An administration greased with Stand ard Oil smells. Perhaps the csarevlteh will be lucky, and die young. After all, the devil hasn't been so very bad this summer. They couldn't , corral Root He Is a foxy political cay use. . It Is no wonder that rattle-brained people make th most noise. Perhaps th Issue la: Why did Roose velt surrender to the trusts T There Is no state, after all like Ore gon; no city quite equal to Portland. Evidently the Republicans across the creek In Washington state are perturbed. The sultan will be good until he takes a notion that he would like to see an other warship in port. But if Tom Watson keeps In the mid dle of the road with his bazoo, what are the automoblllsts going to doT A man who has Just died wrote 1.000 novels. Let us be thankful that Marie Corelll was not so Industrious. If a man can't be president, but has a farm and cattle, and a nice family; why, he -can laifgh at th world, or, rather with it anyway. Opening the world's fair on Sunday would be an act of bad faith any way the management might figure It out Atlanta Journal But burning a "nig ger" to death .on Sunday by Georgia Christians would be a very religious act TRUE CBOP MPOHTS. Why They Are Demanded and Who Could Punish Them. From the Northwest Miller. The reason of the last few weeks In tbe course of th wheat market exposes a weakness In th present system of crop reporting which should be promptly remedied by those who have In charge the maintenance of commercial stand ards and who are interested In conserv ing the best .Interests of the legitimate wheat and flour trad rather than those of the rank speculators and plungers who find their profit in manipulating prices regardless of the disastrous ef fect upon others whose capital la in vested in legitimate business undertak ings. In this particular Instance, which Is a gross and palpable example of what can be done by shrewd market Jugglers, the responsibility lies obviously with the Minneapolis chamber of commerce which has It In its power to put an end at once and forever to the trickery by which these ends have been success fully accomplished. Irresponsible crop reporting thrives because no public, recognised and lm partial medium Is In' existence whereby truthful and Impartial reports may be obtained and properly disseminated. It is within fhe province of the Min neapolis chamber of commerce f5 pro vide such a medium for the spring wheat crop. The question of doing so depends for an answer on whether the mere market Jugglers and speculators are stronger in its councils and of greater Influence In Its organisation than the millers, elevator owners and legitimate traders who buy and sell grain and not wind. There are doubtless honest and con scientious crop reporters and the North western Miller doea not mean to reflect In tbe slightest degree upon the Integ rity of any of those who have made re ports, thus far, upon the condition of the spring wheat crop, whatever may be Its opinion of their Judgment It does maintain, however, that no crop es timator, however sincere and straight forward he may be, la or can be without bias In the making up of his estimate, who Is' employed by, Interested in, or otherwise Identified with a firm or cor poration which is engaged in option trading either for Itself or Its customers. In themselves, reports coming from such. source are open to doubt and ques tlon. They certainly cannot be deemed absolutely Impartial. e The Minneapolis chamber of commerce Is In a position to devise a plan of crop estimating and reporting which will be adequate, reliable and above the sus picion of duplicity. Such a report would be worth almost millions of Qol lara annually to the trading public and it could be secured at a fraction Of the expense which the members of the ex change are now put' to In order to ascer tain the facts and correct the many mis statements which ar put Into circula tion every, year by Interested parties who use them as meana for market Jugglery. For the last two weeks or more, not only have the recognized crop reporters and estimators been giving their individual opinions on the con dition of the spring wheat crop, but a horde of speculators of the rankest kind, bucket-shop proprietors and firms with predilections for bucket-shop methods, have been keeping the wires hot with their prophecies of ruin and disaster to the northwestern wheat crop. Immensely valuable time has been lost and the entire northwest has found Itself In a condition of extreme danger, border ing upon panic. Had the situation been less sound, a general and genuine trade collapse might well have resulted. As It Is, the credit of the northwest has been greatly Impaired In the east and It will be months before the effect Is en tirely overcome. ' With a competent executive officer In charge, th work of this committee could be conducted In suoh a way as to Insure a thorough and complete knowl edge of crop conditions, beginning with th acreage and following with frequent reports on the progress of the crop tint ft harvest It might go still further and complete absolutely reliable statistics of yield and consumption of Wheat In the northwest. This work could be well done by an expenditure so moderate as to be Inconsiderable, compared with th large sums which are now expended an nually by individual members In order to ascertain tbe facts, August It. We rejoined the boat at o'clock before eh set out and then passing by an Island and under a cliff on th south, nearly two miles In extent and composed of whit and blue earth. camped at nine miles distance, on a sandbar toward th north. Opposite to this, on the south, la a smill creek called Petit Arc or Little Bow, and a ahort distance above It an old village of the same name. This village, of which nothing remains but the mc-und of earth about four feet high surrounding NEWFOUNDLAND'S TRADE (By John H. Raftry, special corre spondent of the Chicago Tribune, pub lished simultaneously In Th Journal.) St Johna, N. F., Aug. IS. The Island of Newfoundland Is not a part of th Dominion of Canada. Whan the va rious British North American colonlea federated Into the dominion Newfound land waa besought to enter the federa tion. But she steadfastly refused, and now rests, a separate British colony, ly ing off the eaatern coast of the do minion. Little Newfoundland retains Its right to frame its own tariff law In conformity with Its own Interests. The island is unanimously and keenly In favor of reciprocal arrangements with the United States. For th last five years It haa built Its hopes upon the final adoption of the Hay-Bond treaty and now that hope for the ratification of that pact la almost abandoned a feel ing of resentment and hostility against the United States is becoming gradually apparent. Sir Robert Bond, the most progressive and liberal premier tbe Island has known, had hla heart set upon the success of that treaty, and now, admitting the im probability of Its final acceptance by th senate of the United Statea, his attitude is one of calm and even cheerful resig nation. He will not go so far as to hint at retaliatory measures, nor will he ad mit th prevalent Newfoundland belief that in its past relations with the states this colony has had all the worst of It He doe not put It Just that way, but he frankly subscribes to the popular be lief that the United Statea has had She advantage all along. Since Newfound land buys but little either In New Eng land or other American statea. It not easy for the American public to under stand Just what advantage would accrue to them by admitting Newfoundland fish free of duty, or what la to be gained at last by suoh proposed compacts as the Hay-Bond treaty. Nobody In this queen Island pretends that its people would buy heavily of American products. Upon the 42,000 square miles of It, there are but 230,000 people, and only one city St Johns In which live so.oon. The Interior is un developed, almost unexplored, a wilder ness of rugged cliffs, dense Jungles of underbrush, many forests, and moun tain rivers and lakes. The whole pop ulation Is strung out about the coast, a thin fringe of hardy fisher folk, whose lives are as much a part of th sea as Is the surf which foams forever upon Its rocky margin. For weeks the forests in a hundred sections of the Island have been bias ing day and night. Millions of dollars' worth of lumber has been destroyed, and the population along the coast Is not In terested even slightly either as to the origin of the fires or the awful ruin being wrought So thoroughly maritime are the people and the Institutions of Newfoundland that the dwellers of the coast will not so much as penetrate, much less explore the Interior of their own country. Mountain along tha rail way are named Topsail, Gaff Topsail, and For Topsail, and in all the broad Island, the tenth largest In th world, there Is not a settlement or town away from tidewater. A few desultory efforts have been made to discover the mining possibilities of the mountainous regions and It has been shown that coal, copper. Iron, bar lte, and gold are present In quantities that might be made profitable. There Is much good land, upland and timber, that can be bought for 30 cents an acre, and the government pays a bonus for tha clearing of such holdings. H it the natlvea simply will not be come landsmen, and It Is probable that the great growth and progress of New foundland, if they ever come, must come by emigration and the Induction of for eign capital. Great herds of caribou can be seen any day from the car window. The In land rivers and lakes teem with trout and salmon. Grouse, ptarmigan, ducks, geese, and smaller game abound, and there are dosens of deep, long baya and estuaries Indenting the coasl and pene trating the Island from all sides. But the two day nequjred to cross Newfoundland In the train will not dis close a herd of cattle, a flock of goats or sheep, nor any of the evidences of pioneer farming. It Is net probable that these people will ever become good customers of the United States. ' But they wsnt to sell us fish, they want free trade on this, their only staple, and they have but one sure compensation to offer, the right to take or buy bait in Newfoundland waters. For 14 years Newfoundland has ex tended to the United States a privilege which can be withdrawn st any time, but In the acceptance and use of which the New England fisherman has been en abled to carry on his profitable trade. This Is not more nor less than the bait buying courtesies extended to tha United States upon payment of a license of 11. RO per ton of the capacity of the vessels which come hither to get bait There la no other place In the world wher the right kind of bait In auf flclent quantities can be had except in the coast waters of Newfoundland. No other country has enjoyed the same gen erous treatment as that accorded by Newfoundland to the United States In this bait question. citizens of St. John, especially those members of parliament who have worked long and earnestly to promote the Hay Bond treaty, are laughing unpleasantly at the attitude of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts with regard to the pro posed agreement He la quoted as hav ing said that to take th tariff off New foundland fish would destroy the fish eries of Massachusetts. What would happen If the baiting privilege waa entirely withdrawn?" asked Sir Robert Bond. "You could not fish without bait and there is no bait to be had elsewhere. Newfoundland con trols the baiting waters of the fish busi ness of two continents." And he smiles a faraway, qulsslcal amlle, and resumes: 'That would not b retaliation. Our It waa built by a Maha chief named Little Bow, wbo being displeased with Blackbird, the late king, seceded with 200 followers and settled at this spot; it Is now abandoned, as the two villages have reunited sines the death of Black bird. We have great quantities qf grapda, and plums of three kinds; two of a yellow color, distinguished by on of the species being longer than the other, and a third round and red; all have an excellent flavor, particularly those of the yellow kind. people cannot be expected to go on yield ing advantages to the statea which no other British colony will yield. We must have something In exchange for these benefits which you have enjoyed at our handa." Other Newfoundlanders are not so amiable In expressing their opinions of the United States and its senate com mittee. As S matter of fact, nothing could be more effective In wiping the New En gland fisheries out of existence than the cutting off of Ita Newfoundland bait All of the squid, caplln and herring used for bait la caught In Newfoundland waters and only there. Just why this Is true hss pussled many a learned body of scientific Inquirers. But It gives the Island a club which It la now commenc ing to awing threateningly at the United States. The Newfoundland fisherman, born to the craft and with the singular advan tage of ownership In the bait waters of tbe Atlantic, haa yet been at a disad vantage In competing with the fisher men of other countries. Canada pays a noble bounty to Its fishermen and so does France, while the tariff wall of the United StateS excludes all competition from the outside world The right to fish In Newfoundland waters Is of no consideration unless the question of batt be first considered. That therefore, la the weapon which the Island must use In securing for Itself such International trade advantages as may be required. There la no sentiment or argument looking toward federation with Canada from the Newfoundlander's point' of view. Combination with the United States, except by trsde treaties. Is equal -lv remote frnjs the policies and wishes of the people. There is but slight di vergence In the governmental sugges tions of the two parties, conservative and liberal, fof they are as one on every Important topic except the purely local Issues. ftl Many Canadians with whom I dis cussed, the possible annexation of New foundland with the dominion said that It waa only a question of time; that Canada must have the island, and that the salvation of the latter roust rest ultimately In federation. If you wish to enrage a Newfound lander auggeat federation. He can see nothing to gain but everything to loe in such an amalgamation, and ther seems no doubt that th politician or th party who would project such a plas now would be quickly dismissed. The fishery, which Includes whaling and sealing, makes up the great bulk of the Island's business, and the growth of the Industry within the last three -years Is largely attributable to the suc cess of the whale and seal enterprises. From Bell Island, alx miles off the coast of Conception bay, there are shipped annually about 3.000,000 tona of high-grade Iron ore, most of which "goes to Germany, and the balance largely to the smelters or money in Nova Scotia. i The other Industries and resources of Newfoundland are yet In infancy or have not been developed at all. There are a few lumber camps and a few saw mills, four brick mills, small but pro ductive farma along th coast two small, half developed coal mines, and that la about all that Newfoundland can boast outside of her magnificent fish ery. So far as the United States Is con cerned, all business Interest In the Is land must center In the fish question, and although this may look small from the Massachusetts or Washington end of the perspective, yet It Involves the one proposition that la vital to the fish eries of New England I believe that the repudiation of the Hay-Bond treaty by tha senate will Invite awlft and cer tain retaliation from th parliament of Newfoundland. It Is, In prospect a plain case of "no treaty for us, no bait for you." Premier Bond told me that there was no harsh feeling In the growing demand for the withdrawal of the bait privi leges from American fishermen. He does not threaten even that culmination, but argues that It would be only a reasonable change of attitude In the di rection of self-defense. He expresses the belief that the reciprocal plan pro posed la of more vital Importance to the Interests of the United Statea than to Newfoundland, although he Is frank to say that the latter would be greatly benefited. Both government and people are con vinced that their chances of quickest and most permanent growth lies along the lines of the fishery, and Sir Rob ert Bond and his ministry are waging the most strenuous campaign of diplo macy to the end that Newfoundland shall conserve Its rights and push Its privileges to whatever limits are re quired for th getting of reciprocal ad vantages from foreign countries. The old French shore controversy has Just been satisfactorily settled; a most favorable understanding has been ar rived at with the colonial department of the Imperial government by which. In case of need, the mother government is to give Newfoundland the full and ultimate benefit of whatever changes or new methods there may be made In the International trade treaties of Britain. The fishery of Newfoundland la now s business of 110, 000,000 annually. It Is believed that this can be Increased to 150,000,000 If reciprocity can be ar ranged with the United States within the next few years. To do business, more business, with the United States, that Is the chief desire of the New foundler now, and It occupies the fore moat place In the councils and conven tions of the Island government Belated Weddings. Lady Jeune In London Opinion. The love of Independence and the free dom and pleasure of today make girls less and less anxious .to marry before they are past S and 20. Perhaps It Is better that there should be that dis inclination, for our modern life may fit a woman better to marry late than September? It will rain next fall. Think ef the variety of fingers that will be picking hope soon. We're all agreed on one thing: Ore gon la the beat state in th union. Did you ever, wherever you com from, see nicer weather T Not "on your life." Good country to work; eat; Bleep: stsy home In; take a vacation In; any thing can't be beat. The new Gresham Oasette failed to appear week before last but came out last week with a sufficient explanation Installation of Its new plant, scarcity of help In its mechanical department, etc. but la now fairly established and founded and doubtless destined to a prosperous and continuous career. The people of eastern Multnomah oounty need a strictly local paper, and Editor Watson of the Oasette can supply that need as well as any man la the county. H la a practical man at th newspaper business In every way, and The Journal wishes him the success he Is well earn ing. ' More news from Long Creek, pub lished by the enterprising Monument F.nterprlse: Miss Leah Fuglt, who will complete a successful term of school at Pasa creek this week, visited with Miss Bertha Ballanoe last Friday even ing. J. W. Caldwell Is making rapid progress In putting up his large crop of hay, the best raised on the Lee ranch In several years. He estlmatea his crop at 160 to 1TB tona The spirit of Improve ment seems to be rife In our midst and our little town Is showing the effect. Hardlsty & Son have repaired and painted their livery bam and Dustln te Shields are having one of their residence properties repainted on Main street. The latest Important happenings at Monument. Grant oounty, aa recorded by the Enterprise: An error appeared In our last week's'" Issue announcing the death of J. C. Welcome of Burns. It should have been Frank Auamoth. Misses Eppa and Lottie Wilson arrived home Thursday from a trip to lone. The girls also made a ahort visit on the former's ranch. Frank Bayleaa drove them over and back. Three race horses. Miss Hunter, owned by B. L. Cross: Surprise, owned by Henry Hawk, and Dora M.. owned by Thomas Cain, all of Spray, were In town Monday night on their way to the Hamilton and Long Creek races. b or sotba and Oddest Sov ereign In the World. (Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg in September Century.) There Is an empire on thta planet which for strange originality might as well be altuated In Mara It Is governed by two emperors at the same time, and withal Is not larger than the state of Delaware. Both emperors reside In the same city, each haa his own resplendent court, enormous, revenues, armlea. Im perial chancellors, government officers and courts of Justice. Only one of these emperors la known to the outside world, and he only to a slight extent The name and titles of the leading one would easily fill a col umn; his subjects. 1,000,000 In number, call him the Susuhunan, and he himself modestly signs himself Pakoe Bowono X "Nail or th Universe, the Tenth." In him his people venerate not only their sovereign ruler, but also their religious pontiff, placed so high above them that none dare approach him upright or cover him with a glance; hla state ministers, and even his own brothers, crouch before him with folded hands as If In prayer, and with downoaat eyes. Yet he la a powerless puppet In th hands of a small European nation, and may not even receive or dispatch a letter without previously submitting It to the Javan representative of the Dutch. He actual ly rules hla empire, every square Inch of It which he calls his personal prop erty; yet he may not walk or ride out side the palace gatea without the for mer's permission. He keeps thousands of troops at hla own expense, men with modern swords and rifles, A masons with ancient lances, bows and arrows; yet he Is virtually a prisoner In his own pal ace, the grounds of which cover nearly a square mile, where there are hundreds of buildings, the most sumptuous halls, luxurious chambers and storerooms and stables, with many thousands of at tendants. Still he has no kitchen and no cook, his own meals being sent to him dally from outside. He is absolute master over all hla people, who depend for their livelihood entirely upon him; yet he may not trust any of the men, and surrounds himself . entirely with women. Thousands of the latter are at his beck and call; hundreds he calls his more or leaa legitimate wives, who have born him many sons; yet he has no direct heir to the throne, which Is one of the oldest and most eminent In Asia. This curious personage la his majesty the Emperor Surakarta. From the Smart Set. It being ascertained that there was in the whole country a cltlsen In hiding who had boasted In an Idle moment that he had never applied for a pensMt, a body of patriots started out In search of him. When finally apprehended, the man appeared dogged and defiant "I am the possessor," he declared, "of a robust constitution, and none of my ancestors, so far as I know, ever took part in the war of the rebellion. Why should I rob the public treasury?" "And Is this," exclaimed the head of the party, "your only excuse? Have you no regard, sir, for the customs and tra ditions of your sacred, land? Don't you know that for years every lawyer and every political party In the country, from motives of pure patriotism, haa labored to get every man, woman and child on the pension list?" The culprit hung his head in shame as the full enormity of his offense burst upon him. "Now thst I recall the fact," he ob served with a cunning smile, "my third great-aunt on my mother's Bid had a stepfather who caught the grip while shingling a house on th outskirts of the battle of Gettysburg." "We thought as much," exclaimed the crowd triumphantly, hurrying him on to Washington. Too Close so Mature. From th Boston Transcript A snort Hfe and an unhappy one can be predicted for the strange new sect of nature-worshipers that haa appeared In a New Jersey town, where It startles the Smug burghers by swimming every half hour, by going Into the garden and picking a tomato or an apple when hun gry, bV eating no cooked food, by wear ing aa few clothes as possible the exact limit la not Stated and in general try ing to live more closely to nature than nature ever Intended.