ti PORTLAND. OlflSGON. jj H O Tl CI l ,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1905. ,
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THE OREGON. DAILY
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Published vary evening (except
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MASSACHUSETTS AND
"TVT ASSACTruSETTS SHOEf
I f fl - - want free hide;' They
w- incessantly.; Dn the -free-, hide issue uotigias,
a Democrat, was elected governor last year, and Whit
pcy, a plutocratic nominal Democrat, came near being
elected lieutenant-governor this .'year.-V Massachusetts
also wants reciprocity with Canada. so that. it can get
free or slightly taxed lumber from the nearby wood of.
Canada, k The tariff reformers of Massachusetts are on
the right track, partly at jeast, but they are so. front
merely local and utterly selfish motive.;, They 'want
free trade in what will help, them, and high protectjon in
whatever else the country i ' interested in. Massa
chusetts' tariff reform ideas and efforts are now, as they
have always, been, entirely provincial and Jocal, wholly
and narrowly selfish. While demanding free hides and
a 10 per cent duty on sole leather, the Massachusetts,
tariff reformers would howl with-indignity and rage if is
were proposed to put leather, and shoes on the .free list
-or 10 per cent schedule.- It wants the ox to quit goring
Massachusetts, .but hurrah with glee and exuberant partisan-patriotism
whenever the Grand Old Pattjr ox gores
the rest of the country for the benefit of Massachusetts,
Massachusetts tariff reformers must remember that the
. ... high protection system is one of "reciprocal rapine,", and
they must submit to their share of the goring and bleed
ing prectstfV?IHr' w.-vir ..; ,"' -r.-
The cattlemen of J.he,, west, for example, can't see,
while. they, are tariff-robbed on shoes and nearly evry
ether manufactured thing they buy, why they should not
have'Tptotection' for hides nor has anybody yet arisen
to explain why they should not unless to say that the
beef trust and not the cattle-raiser get all the benefit of
f uch orotection which is true. In jact, as almost every-
. body knows and all honest and lntelligent"mett acknowl
edge, high protection of Tinf ant industries' grown to
mammoth proportions is kept up wholly for the benem
of the trusts and big combines; and if a breach is made in
the hide length-of-fence there will
lengths all around the corral. , '.""'
' Nearly 40 years ago a noted ', doctrinaire, . David A
. Wells, argued with great fervor and a multiplicity of fig
tires that the tariff on hides was-the only or chief ob
stacle to 'the revival of American exports in leather and
manufactures thereof. .Living in Boston, he could -not
see the western cattle ra'hges; he considered everything
west of the Allegheny mountains a desert Finally, ow
ing to New England agitation, hides were put on the
free list in 1883, although .before that date an export
' jtradef $8,000,000 a year in manufactures of hides had
growskup to contradict the New Englanders' figures and
ibeoriea.. The McKinley . . bill New England being
solidly Republican ImPlBbmilliiig
fryingkept hides on the free list, and this policy waa ap
' parently justified in the' fact that our exports of leather
and manufactures, thereof grew to . over $19,000,000 in
18971. - The Dingley bill of .that year put hides back on
- - the dutiable list, since which our Massachusetts, friends
ought to show that their manufactured exports had fallen
" off; but lo, the official figures show that iri 1904 wc ex
ported boots and shoes and sole and upper leathers to
the-valneof almost -$34XXyX)0thejnErease injexports
having been much larger since the duty on hides was re
stored than during the preceding free trade period.- ;v-
'. If thia be an argument for a high duty on hides, make
the most oOLJhough. w lon'eonstrtie 4-thts-wajf
- but.ihjr8e facts and figures should be sufficient to-confound
the. Bostonese piut6cratwho ar a hewlinj .foriree
hides, and "would howl ten times louder if anybody pro-
frrr maniifirrt""'' "f
"reciprocal rapine, everybody who takes , must .ve.
The trouble with it is that everybody wants td take a
good deal more than he gives.' And the Massachusetts
hog apparently wants the whole trough. ' ' . t
If Lawson gets control of all the
companies, perhaps we can get our
nothing, and get a premium thrown
r THE BALLOT FOR WOMEN.
T iJAPPENS TO "BEariinconttovertible-factthat
Ked many goad weisn daw't want ta write snrt
don't want their sister women.
women wanted to Vote, and insisted
would at once grant them that right
Tfrirnil u inilttnTmply he irrrsistihlr; fnr.i after ,gU, rrrtJyJjjndJhxinjr?XL'rniJll,tnr 'nsurnce investigation,
most men in most matters do as their mothers, wives,
sisters', 'grandmothers, daughters, ' granddaughters,
sweethearts, female cousins and the rest of women' with
whom they come in contact desire. , Men have to do so,
and don't resist This is' one of the results and a good
Value in' Little Things.
' ' . From the Chicago JournaL -
From waste paper alone one railroad
- last year realised ss.oon. .
' Pins, pens, nails, old brooms, bottles,
tin cans and worn-out machinery of all
sorts are .gathered up slong the route
by all - the' , railway : companies snd
. turned into money.- Even the sehes are
sold or utilised for improving the road
bed. '
U- Theae thlags- seem, smalt, to command
., the attention of aricb railway com-
pany. p But Jt must be remembered that
' the - railway company is rich largely
because it looks after the little things.
- The arestest corporations in the world
, are not. above taking care of the frao.
- tioiie of pennies. " "
-., ..The railway scrap heap of the eoun
r - ' try last year reached the value of fl,
' XbS.OOO moat respectable sum of
' money, notwithstanding it came from
-, ptpfced-trp pins and' paper, old nails and
' . .old broom.
( '. : . . Wants forms one of the moat vital
1 questions in economies, not alone for
railroads and big manufacturing plants,
. , but for every household.
very 'greatu'm'' to"DerSd''ln,ii'ii'
' saving 'of waste in a hounahold. And
yet the usual waits of any home la
relatively far greater than that ef. a
railroad. ., . ..
, We think It mean and miserly to look
,'. after the Utile .things. And for that
reason, mors than. for any other, human
. Ufa Is earaed with poverty and pauper
ism. - . . - .. . ;
' ' There is less meanness in a pear man's
saving a penny than In a rich man's
aavlng a solllm. .
s .. .'.. Five-Tbousand aj Year,
From the Sclo Newsvr
' In less than one month congress will
be in sesnlon. One would think that
Senator Mitchell" and Congressmen .Wil
liamson and Hermann would feel a little
s. .bit conscience-smitten when they re
retve a salary check for services -not
rendered, when other senators snd rep
resentatives are performing their con
stitutional dm lea Bui aoroe people are
somewhat thick-skinned, and a little
thing like that, not earning their salary1,
tinea not bother them In the least. All
'.- three of . these, men are lawyers, and
lawyers (some of them) srs'not trou
bled with onsclentlous scruples ' any-
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INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER' :' ' .. - ' '
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINO CO.
Sunday), and every Sunday morning at
- ,, ' streets, roruana, urcgon. .
FREE HIDES.
MANUFACTURERS
clamor for free tide!
lot and don't want
- It is just 'about
made to move.
..GOOD
ion to support the
these are especially needed or desired.
In thisway it
Ontario in the not
good roads; from
what a Canadian
be attacks on other
can certainly do.
ifor the purpose
vincial government
tu consider able-fat-4
end-but -litt lea
not the subject of
It is time that
Give the; happy
and tell them that
VTHE
disreputable, dirty
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,big life' insurance'
lives insured for
in. '
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It has long been
marneq upon, mat
Judge ' Cam
to vote. If all the
and the same thing
upon voting,! men
well aa in the police
or privilege. Such
other city. And
burn, ere long. -
A newspaper run
personal grudges is
: James B. D0I te Take a Hand. "
s From the New York Herald,
Interest in ths Mutual Life's aelf -In
vestigation has been' increased by the
announcement that James B. Dill. Judge
of New Jersey's court of errors and
appeals, has been, chosen as counsel for
ths committee which Is to probe the af
falra of the company. Several men
whose close relatione with. Insurance af
fairs make their opinions weighty ..said
recently that with Mr. Dill directing the
investigation there would -probably be
aome - very Interesting facts . put . Into
the committee's report. '
Mr. Dill's antagonism to the business
methods of the Kqultable JUIfe led him
to make a careful study of the subject.
Surprise waa expressed at the appoint
ment of Mr. Dill, but it was learned that
he is a eioae friend of Stuyvesant Flah,
who has been chosen as the third mem
ber of the Investigating committee. Mr.
Fish insisted when he sccepted that ha
should hsve the privilege of naming the
Lopunsel to ths committee, -r- . -..-....-
T
r A Bachelor's Disappointment.
J'lUIII Mm Walliwa raws. .
ws are sorry to chronicle the sad
evenrthat befell one of pur bachelors.
A prominent bachelor on leaving thla
part for the' harvest fields of Kit-adjoining
state informed his many friends
that he Intended to return this fall a
happy benedict. A widow, with sev
eral children wss to win the lucky
prise of a husband and that the woods
which hitherto -wars'-all - silence - and
gloom would resound to . the happy
laughter of children's voices. He bed
several of his bachelor friends green
with envy ever his pen picture of his
future happynife. Well, he haa Just
returned with the sad news that Cupid
had played him false and hla widow
had married another, fellow..-.'.
.The Proud American.,
From the Newark New.
The man le boasting. .
He says America produces enough
food to feed the whole world.
Having spoken hs goes to the market
And psys 4( cents for a piece of beef
stesk aa big as your hand. -.
And II cents for a peck of potatoes."
' And wslks home because he has spent
II hla msnev J ' v .
It is wrong to boast
JOURNAL
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The I Journal Building .Fifth and Yamhill
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one of civilization. More, it is the very highest and
best adducible evidence of alleged civilisation. ,
. So if Women" Were united in their demand for the bal
lot, mea would1 at once throw up their hands and sur
render. But the dea r" women -can't.agree, and so we
"mere men" take to the woods, and go fishing. A lot
of good, worthy, 'every wise excellent and admirable
women better creatures by far than we "mere men"
demand the ballot Well, we are about to vote unani
mously, to give it to them when a-lot-ol otfier -equally
dear, lovable, wise women say they don't want the bal
other women to have it. -.'Now, really.
under snch circumstances, what" are we roUl to dp
'How ' happy we , could be t with ' either; were t'othe
dear charmer away." ''"'' K ..':'; .:
time that the "unspeakable Turk" was
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ROADS IN ONTARIO
HAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED in the way
y of permanent i road . building under proper
'.direction and with an intelligent public opin
movement a subject of general in
terest in Oregon now has been recently' illustrated in
the Canadian province' of Ontario where, with. what, in
this country would be called state aid, 650 miles of
macadam, road have been built, 'within the past two
years, the province paying jne third of the cost, the
proportion usually . fixd intBe state-aid taws of this
country. This aid is confined to the main roads of the
counties complying with the law, the system jn each case
being selected, conformably, to the law, by the county
officials. Naturally, however, the 'officials of adjoining
countiet,work. together to build continuous roads where
is expected that the whole province of
distant future will be gridironed with
end to end, from side to side. And
province can do an American state
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of good roads In Ontario, the pro
has already appropwated $1,000,000,
and has in view the appropriation, s fast as it can be
used to advantage, of $2,000,000 'more. With good man
agement and wisj; expenditure this will accomplish much.
A recent investigation in Illinois disclosed the fact
that within a short period the people of that state, oper
ating by communities singly 'and independently,- had
spent over $25,000,000 on roads, 'and had. only 22 miles
of really good roads to show for it- Probably much the
same showing could be made on investigation in most
American states. Great amounts have been"" expended,
ccornplishdfaJbecaJls Qh gork jcyenjf
graft, was done unsystematically.
the good roads movement made notice
able and admirable progress, but it must "move .along
right and well considered lines; .and We may perhaps
learn something from, the work being carried on in
Ontario.' I ; .' ; " ' : ' '
turkeys their. last fine" Sunday dinner,
they will soon teed the .rich, '.'
PLAGUE OF-PERJURY.
i t T WGETHAmLTONaf r tlnTsoft snap. 'l!e
J; 'drew many thousands a month of the insurance
potteylroldcrs' moneyras a lobbying Jawyy a
ocewpatioir-though it does -not appear J
tfoflt tn tvraence that he really did anything. t Anyway
the "Judge" had soft snap. He is in Europe for his
health, and we may reasonably presume that he has
been so ill that when he returns he will, not remember
whether ,he ever received any money from the Macs, or
if so how much, or if any, for what purpose. ' They
might possibly have handed or sent him a little to put
in a , local contribution plate, or. to help foreign mis
sions, but, as to influencing legislation why, with hands
upheld m holy horror, he never even heard of such a
known, and has been frequently re-
many persons perjure incmseives in
slow nmaruad ths Mil Utlltl Uiy;
is done almost daily in the"c1rcplt as
and justices courts of .this and every
we all know there was much lying, di
But some trutfTiias cropped6uTlCrTanmTttKPwtI
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principally to ventilate private, and
a pitiable spectacle.
' How to Cure - Discontent-
' From the Wall (Street Journal.
The best remedies for the epidemic of
discontent which appears so alarming
to many, may be recapitulated as fol
lows: . . .
- ir.CIet rid of the 0se.'"r"-;':'w'''v'' '
2. Get rid of, the grafters in high
finance. - - , " - " ' " .5 . .;
t. Inspire a' more wholesome respect
for the law by enforcing it squally upon
the rich "and poorr 1 '
4. Establish generally a policy" of
square aeaiing in nusineas. '
B. Enact laws providing for ballot re
form and publicity of campaign ex
penses. '.'!
S. Subject all our monopolies to rigid
government control so thst their meth
ods shall be fair and their charges rea
sonable. . I
7. Compel all companies, .'especially
those engaged In Interstate business, to
file the reports of their flnaaclal condi
tions with . the department of com
merce and labor, once or twice a year,
with the provision mads te Insure hon
est bookkeeping snd honest accounting.
a. csiaouan leoerai regulation of rail-
J . B6
rates. '
uTWsir-tip Ms.jneana-tht by
moving an just causes for
there will be nothing left on which the
socialistic agitation may grow. Take
away these Just eausss for dlssatlsfac-J
tlon and there Is not snongh envy and
hatred In this country to be at all dan
gerous to the social order. '
Advice From a Financier.
From the Columbja JMo.) Herald. -The
time te borrow" money Is when
you don't need It- If you have tie in
your, pocket and don t need any more:
borrow IS from the next man you meet
Then 'repay him the next day, and he
will Imagine himself under obligations
to you. Then the next time you really
need money-It.. WUL be easy to. get it
rrom, nim. r
v ' Justice aa a Time-Killer.
From the Washington Post.
The Interstate commerce commission
haa decided a case pending between
Texas cattle Shippers- en-4hCMrgo
Stockyards company since 1114. The
commission Is almost recklesa at times
under Influence of the Drevalllna- aneed
ianania epidemiCw, , t .
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. SMALL CHANGE
Some of his frltods think he could
WbMlrlght In.
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- To draw ' the line between the sheep
ana me aroats among the lawyera win
De a delicate Job. , t . . ,
Tne dlsratchea not having mentioned
Oovernor-tienator 1 Follette for a day
or two, the rilmor that he waa going to
resign the senatorshlp was utn put
Into circulation.; - .
When, after a generation - or two.
there are no salmon In Oregon atreaina.
people will wonder that their progeni
tor? were such fools. ...
Senatorial bees beginning te buss.
Some school ' holidays'' next week.
Longer holldaye a little later. Another
holiday or two in February and in
May." Then holiday for about a quarter
of the year. The holiday business,
far aa the schools are eoqeerned, is be
ing overdone, t ... . - , c ' .
'.e . e ; i ,
Murphy and Qdell eeem; .to be two ef
a aina. i ,.- 1 .
: People back, east are now worrying
about coming coal bills, but they ought
to be consoled in remembering that the
mosqultoe are all frosen up. , 1
One would - suppose that Nicholas
would Joyfully' welcome' the appearance
of a "fa lee csar." or anybody who would
take hla Job off bis hands.
' President MoCurdy has consented te
have his salary cut In two, and take
$76,oe Instead of 1160,000 a year, but
he says nothing about refunding the
175,000 a year that he has taken beyond
what he earned for many years.
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There may be a sea level canal. . but
that it will be built on the level or otk
the square is not ro be expected. '
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Tet It Is not quite definitely under
stood that funds secretly sent to Chair
man J3aker will be indignantly returned.
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A leopard cannot change his, spots,
nor a tiger his strtpea, bur-bulls can
ctfnvert themselves Into bears, and vice
versa, In short order. ' -
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A Montana, mas won a hat that he
could drink a quart of gin within
certain short space of time, but the
gin did a better Job than the mot it
killed him.
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A Washington county' woman Is 111
years old. - If Sarah Bernhardt ahould
live tox be that old she wilt yet have
time to make several farewell tours. .
Llpton would find It an easy matter
e-tifs-aai' American bride. . , ,
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'.i. Buy Oregon-made goods. ... , ,
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Doubtless some European statesmen
would like to. administer the sultan's
harem also.
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: This la the time o' year when th
mariner along the north Pacific coast
keeps his weather eye peeled. , . . .
Central Point children are becoming
needed..
t-
' A man and hla wife are vlaltlng In
Prlnevllle who were married at Victoria,
British Jpolumbla, he coming for that
purpoae from Noma. Alaaka, and .she
from Sydney, Australia.. .
Raising sorghum and making syrup
therefrom promises to be a growing In'
dustry in the Rogue River valley.
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' A Fbasll man sold f Ivs mares and four
colts at auction for a total of 11,040.
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, Bands of wild hogs are reported nu
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OREGON-SIDEUGHTS -
nwiuiiB turn year un TWrMJlfes'otaeTTfigTmaf
the Applegate and Williams creeks. One
kanwmBeesajBllertjtfe
smaller bands. They are descended from
domestics ted animals that escaped- to
the wooda some years sgo. but a few
,.gonera,UPijs Juiyesuffliedferthemtq
revert to me primitive stale. They are
aa wild as deer and fully as hard to
find.. ..Though aot ordinarily aggressive,
the boars are sometimes - dangerous,
making a more savage fight than bears,
and are more difficult to tame or do
mesticate, '' '
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r The Fossil grange has been reorgan
ised, wiin so members,
Pendleton haa built and equipped
three fine new school, buildings this
year, who iv roomst
- -' e
Pendleton's taxable property Is about
1100,009 more than last year.
Still
a caramlne up the valley.' '
Probably suirar-beetB can' be sue-
eessfully raised In Polk county.
I I .v. . e . . - ' , ; i t .
Some hopyarda will be dug up, and
little care will be taken of many others.
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Salem expects to be a motor railroad
hub.--' , " v
The Hudeen 1 bay and -Walla Walla
river countries sre rivaling the famous
Yakima valley district as a winter feed
ing place.. About 4. OOOL-beef cattle are
now being winter fed In the Hudson bay
and Walla Walla river districts. Ths
opening up. of several irrigated tracts
In. that section of the country is pro
viding hundreds of "tons of alfalfa,
which sells for 14.10 te II per ton.
A Corvallia man WUfWsj n4njf' 'gtUT
la an ernpty house he owned to kill
rats, etc.; a real estate agent who went
In to show the houss to. a prospective
tenant , says ha received 22 shot from
the sun In one of his less, and now ha
has sued -for 13.000 damages. I . r. ,
Wildcats numerous around Clover dale.
but many being killed..
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' The rain haa brought ducks In count
less numbers alt over Tillamook county.
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Houlton has nice new church build
ing. . -
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"B4ndLake""correspondence of Tilla
mook , Herald: Every one ; recovering
from thelrhad colds. . . . I gusss
par fair-weather Is at an end, as It
seems to be damp and misty. ' -
A farmer near-Arrngton"har receiyod
a so-horsepower traction snslne. tht
will plow It acres in' a day and can he
used for, cutting , and threshing grelhV
as well aa plowing... .. .
BUILbjNG UP 1
AUSTRALIAN DEFENSES
Sydney Correspondence of -the ondon
,. Mall. - '
-' The prime minister of Australia, ft
Is no -breach of confidence to state. Is
resolved to mark his present term of
off tee by some resolute effort to or
ganlse an effective defense system f-r
the commonwealth. The decision is ot
more . than Australian ; i significance.
After all. the most, important service
that thia commonwealth could render
to the empire in time pf great . war
would be to hold its own snores in
violate and its own ports and coaling
station 1 sacred to the service of the
British fleets. Thoroughly effective
Australian defense meana a fertrese in
stead of a weak outpost of the Anglo-
Saxon forces in these seas.
.Australia at present is practically de-
fenseleas. General Hutton, ' who haa
onlv . recently denarted. ' showed great
capacity in organising the nucleus of
an army, and were 'It not ror -nis in
ability td'-eet on with" the civil pow-
ra he mlrht have remained here to
carry organisation a step' farther. Now
there is a nucleus, but no army worthy
of the name." Ths coast defenses are
seriously undermanned, unless It Is
thought that in time of war Australia
can develop 'a gunner who can remain
on duty 24 hours a day and never by
any 'accident be shot The mounted
forces in a country where almost every
youth can ride and it la etiquette to
chaae'a bores four miles in order to
saddle him to carry you one ere a
mere a peck of the population. .There
arc no organised swarma of marksmen,
though the bush breeds expert shots
by the thousand, and the city small boy
aspires of all things to own a cheap, pea
rifle with which he may shoot sparrow
and wlllie-wlgtalls, snd occasionally, by
accident a email boy friend. Local
conditions are such that almost -every
man could be given enough training to
make him a fair soldier. But the mili
tary forces, permanent, militia and vol
unteer, total a mere handful. ?
In naval matters there la the same
lack of organised force.. , The coaat
shipping and the yachting clubs might
pro-aide, a fine recruiting, ground for
men-of-war's-men. But only a small
fraction of tbs material offering - is
turned to account V". -; -- :- - ' .
Still more serious is ths fact that
there Is in Australia .no factory for
the manufacture of ordnance, rifles,
shells - or even small arm ammunition.
In Victoria one factory exists which
makes up cartridges.' But the material
is .mostly Imported, and the local share
of, the work is little more than the
loading and packing. Were war to come
suddenly, Australia would have a few
field guna. rifles for about one twen
tieth of its possible fighting manhood
and ammunition en6ug"h"Tor ctraplerof i
sklrmlshea. ' - - : 1
It is the Deakln government's, ambi
tion .to do something to change that
The immediate proposals will probably
embrace the foundation of local am
munition and small arm factories: the
training of school children tov fit -them.
In a measure, for aervlce la the elttsen
forces; the strengthening of the eoaat
defenses, and. probably, the Inaugura
tion OI' a local naval oeienss scneme
Which will In time hive on to the coast
a mosquito fleet with some power ' te
stmg.
Thers-Ia . a very-, strong . party in
Aastrelia .declared for a ' .compulsory
universal; aervlce pystem, who -argue
that it la the duty of every, adult male
'""1 ta ffvl fnr service in either
army or . navy, , and that without . re
muneration. To this party young Aua
trallans-are Inclined to rally, and its
vlewa will probably prevail la the near
future' and give to the" commonwealth
a military -organisation - patterned on
that of- Swltaerland.' -a
The ! "volunteer" '-system' 'has "not
worked very well here. Some of the
volunteer officers bays a genuine ear
neatness fer .their work, but .'many find
In the right te wear aV gorgeous uni
form the limit to' their military Ambi
tion. All sorts of "bounders" used to
secur ' coramlmJflfTs, often to make
Purlafl-Hh a full uniform packed In
to be sported on every
posslbls occasion. ' TJiere was. In one
of the states, ,a notorious' instance of
a gentleman with e political "purl" ar-
tion of lieutenant-colonel without sub
mitting to any test of soldiership. His
uniform wss of wondrous' gorgeousness
and he was reported to wear It even in
bed. A good deal of that aort of thing
was purged by General Hutton, bat he
wss not able to make of the volunteers,
who form ft considerable portion of our
small army, anything like aa effective
force. When the officers are earnest
the regiments are real. Too often the
officers are dilatory and. the men care
less. '. :. ' . -
Withal, the Australian . offers about
the best raw material , in the world for
a good array. He Is naturally, as a
rule, more self-reliant and resourceful
than ths citlsen of older lands. Mostly,
he can ride and ahoot Endurance has
been taught him by the droughts and
ins tons, waieriess. xooaicsa sirouenes or
his land. ' Discipline he In a sense lacks.
He -will not obey merely because the
command comes from some one In a
better social position thsn himself.' .But
he Is obedient to ability, and will fol
low men he trusts anywhere. That
should toad, with effective organisation,
to a goja ciass or oincers coming forward.-
j i . . . .
Tha attempt to make a real Australian
army will provide some interesting
object , lessons In the . problems' of .de
fense. ' .
V Foiled by Woman's Wit :
Washington Cor. Nas-Vork"Timesl"v
About 7,00i-ttvi government's
money wsajNSlorby the board of lady
the St Louis fair to print
their proceedings, though it could have
been printed at the government printing
office for J.00. A thousand dollars
more also of the government's money
wss spent for the sole purpose of hav
ing the pictures of the lady managers
Included In the. volume - . , .
So testified Oscar J. Ricketts. ths set-
ing publlt printer, todsy before the
Land la committee, which is Investigat
ing tne question or extravagant expendi
tures in the government's printing bill.
Mrs. Daniel Manning It was who suc
ceeded In getting this volume Into print
after Chalrmait Landls of ths house
committee on printing had refused to
sllow any publlo money, to be taken for
the purpose. Mr. Landls did this in the
Intersst of public economy. Mrs. Man
ning demonstrated that It would have
been more economical had he yielded,
and also that a mere congressman le
toyiny- op-trouble when he undertakes to
foil a woman In some thlnss-ahe has set
her heart on. - v- 1 ;
When Mr. Landls learned that the
lady manager were preparing to have
their report printed, handsomely Illus
trated, he' announced that he would op-
poe its, publication. Thla would have
klllec It In congreas. Whore Mr. Landla
was unwlae was In letting hla Intensions
Become known.
Mrs. Manning read his announcement
and decided not to give him the chance.
Congress appropriated I5.0U0.0U0 fur .the
use or the exposition and out of thl
the exposition authorities - set aid
1100.000 for the use of the lady man
agera. Mrs. Manning Waa aware tha
oetween 110.000 and 116.000 of this
amount remained unexpended. She ac
cordingly had the book printed by
private firm and paid for it out of this
ju n expended balance. -
Representative Perkins of New York,
who is a. hlstorlsn and likes to hear
about ' historical works, questioned Mr,
Ricketts on the subject today.
"It Waa done by a firm in Connect!
cut" said Mr. Ricketts. "Including the
Illustrations, the entire eoet of printing
It at the government printing oftlce
would have bean 11.800.TL V-
Mr. Rlckatt..sald the' pictures of ths
lady msnsgers were photogravures and
cost about 121 aplece.i- An edition of
Z.ooa volumes cost ovef fT.ooo. wttn tne
illustrations. Without Illustrations he
estimated the cost at 11,000. "It waa
handsoms volume." he added. iK
"How about the pictures of the lady
msnagerar" asked Mr. Perkins.
"The ladles' pictures showed up very
Well," said Mr. Ricketts. M
"What do you think. Mr. Hlrketts,'
asked Mr. Perkins, after pondering i
while. 'Would be the effect on the bulk
of the printing done by the government
if ladles should be elected to congreeeT"
Mr. Ricketts said he did not know.
POTTS; A: B.. SEES THE
SUBWAY; i
. From the New York Times.
"'Esve me "eadllghts," panted 'Arry
Potta. A. B. of H. M. S.' Drake, in front
of the Park Row building late on Satur
day : afternoon. Mr. Potta had Juat
walked down 21 flights of stairs.
. 'Save me 'eadllghts," repeated Mr.
Potta . when street cleaning department
clerks asked him what was the matter.
Taln't yer town," explained the mar
iner, acratchlng his whiskers; "It s -the
wye y ve built It Daah-me binnacles.
this 'ere - town don't - grew bout but
hup. : -r . ' ;. . ,.- .
" ' 'Arry says sne bos'n this morning,
you kin go aahorean see Noo To'k, but.
sonny, steer wide o -them 'lgbfalutin
yachts with "upper topa like gundeck
an' a gait when under steam like a bark
en a big swell all flopdop.'
- 'Hye, hye, sir,' saya HI. , " I '
"Qoln' ashore, I sees this 'ere town
carries mors canvas than any craft ever
Hi'd bleared me shillings In. hand, says
Hi,' ' 'Arry, m boy, ye must go hup in
stead of goln' bout' But fuat thing HI
knows, HI goes down. HI goes Into the
durned 'old of thl 'ere town. HI see J
the crowd go down a 'ole. an', beln' a
HI was dry meself, Hi follows the crowd.
A" feller 'olds me btt for nickel liatf
glvea me back a check. . Another feller
e 'oilers "Hall aboard!' hand 'fore I tum
bles, to the gams I was en train hand
goln' like Hold 'Arry through ths 'ole
' ""Oid-ott hold chap,- aays hi; "Hi
would like to get hoot.'
'Hout says 'e with a grin, "Hout.'
Me; pilot house was goln' groggy with
tha swiftness of the motion.
- :Hold chap MfrllL 'HI Juat com
down tha 'ole for a drink. .Hi been eea
aick. hand I been portslck. but, splice
me Jibs, HI never were'ole-in-th-ground
stetcrhandTiira-tbe wutrTy sit 'Let
me hout.'.
" "Next atop city 'all.'-' he says. Hand
there HI gets thlnkln' Hi waa In an air
ship ora submarine coat
', '" 'Dash me lamps, HI'U 'ave a nippy,'
thankful like. The bartender ' throw
down 'is wiper. 'Bill. 'e 'oilers, -"ere"
a dub wants a nippy. ' Wot the Hearst
cocktail Is thatr
" -Lights o' Lelth, there hain't no place
for a sailor but aloft' says Hi to meself.
hand HI steers for the mainmast that
building 'HI Just shin down from by
the stairs. - There was a feller there in
nice braid.
"Hall ftaboardr ' 'oiler.
"Eave there,' saya Hi. 'Are ye goln
aloft or below r ' .
" 'Hall the wye hup.' say .
That' me,' say HL Hand HI get
In the bloomln' lift . 'Eave me ead
TfgTIT
"Whoop I ' Hup - she ' goee. The deck
give m a boost HI thought me pro
pellers were goln' to bust me 'old. Me
cargo seemed flamboyant bin me hin-
terlor. ' .
.'."Hout four,' -soya a gen t... -'Ease K
Sadllght the bloomln' lift stops so sud
den Hi thought me 'ead fell hoft .
"Seven hout" says hanother gent,
Dash m binnacles, when the stop cams
III thought HI was a bird.
" 'Fourteen hout'i says a feller In
white clothee hand a pipe. 'Eave me
'eadllght, I feared me ead would fail
hoff! .. . . ' .
.'."That 'ere deok went hup and hup.
Hi wants to Jump hout hand to 'oiler
'Stop the bloomln' lift! 'Hi wants to
toot me siren hand shriek.- HI been on
tops e' wavea hand below 'em but 'eava
me 'eadllght! '
"What? HI bughter 'ave 'ollered
Hout'T No, sir; Hl'se a British tar. HI
sticks hit Yesslr, Hi stick hit. but
Arry Potts ' walked down from haloft
Yesair, 'a didn't sign, on for the -return
Vy'g.".;-i--v:--r-,.--T---.- - ...
, , ,aiSsisesii-seJawssiiaw!MI r,
i The Guggenheim Family. -
From the Banker and Tradesman. -To
the many who have read frequent
newspaper references to American smelt
ing and "he Guggenheim" and what
would happen if American smelting and
tha Ouggenhslms '. and some other in
terests sot toa-ether. and how fortunate
it would be for the shareholders in the
'other Interests" if such a coming to
gether occurred. It will be Interesting to
know Just who "the Ouggenhelms" are,
A New York newspaper tell the story,
and aays; , '
"Ths member of . the Ouggenhjblm
family, -who are believed In Wall street
to own an actual majority of tha shsres
Of ths 1100.000.000 American Smelting a
Refining company, are an example of a
real 'happy family.' There are seven
brothers, eact of whom possess a grsat
fortune of hla own, and the aggregate
wealth of the family runs Into ths very
many millions. These seven brothers
work together in complete harmonv. For
all practical purposes In a bualneaa way
they can bs reckoned -with as one inda.
vidua!;.- It recalls the situation with the
Rothschilds of Europe ta a smaller and
mors uniform scaler Ths Onggenhelms
dominate the great smelting company,
Whose stock has mada a senaational ad
vance of nearly 100 point in a little over
II months. Daniel Guggenheim is both
preslde'nt ef the company and chairman
of tne board, and. leaao GuggenitelnV I
the; treasurer of the company. These
two and three other ' brothers - ere di
rector." -
Why Oraft Orew.
From the Rochester Herald.-
" The fct I that graft cannot be eliml'-f
nated' in. any other way tlian by Inde
pendent, voting. It is a aystem which
ha grown out of the habit of hide
bound jTartlsanshlp.
'
FREE TEXT BOOKS
PRO AND CON 1 :
Sy-i -ii.ii mu n-"i i"-l. I i
From the School , Board Journal." '
The free text book question has been
a mooted one for many years, and many
argument for and against tb ytcm
have been advanced from tlm to time..
Personally. 1 have not had the opportu
nity to inspect its practical workings,
hence cannot apeak, from experience,
so what I shall aay on the subject has
been gleaned from pedagogical litera
ture and from the reports ot state su
perintendents of states having the free
text book system and from what , my
own Judgment may, .dictate. - . :. . ,
The argument usually given In favor
of thesyatern a re , VI rut That H is more -economical
In that the parenta of dif
ferent families need not neeesaarily pur
chase a different text i book' for .each
child passing successively through ths -aame
grade, aa the same book can be
used by aeveral children, thereby ma
terially diminishing the per capita num
ber of books to be purchased. ons-:
quently the aggregate expenae to the
district Is diminished. Again, that tha
state er district will be able to purchase
books at wholesale ratea. thereby re
ducing the per capita expense, and thst
book companies will gladly furnish
books at a reduction, owing to the fact
that the state or district is a responsible
party and that fewer losses will be. In
curred. -. v .,..
Second The free text book system
tends greatly to make school work more
efficient as it enables the teacher-to .
have all pupils supplied at ,onee with
the -needful and necessary books.' thus.'.
enabling them to begin their work Im
mediately. Aa it ia, they are compelled
to await the action of the parenta who
may neglect or may not be able to
supply their children at the first More
over, by having boocs for distribution
at all times many more children, will
attend school for. more daya In the year,
making a decided gain in school econ
omy. - To my mind the "better -. ef-
flcleney" '. argument for Tree doors is
the strongest ons that can be urged In
Its favor and the one most general In .
the minds of it friends for Its reten
tion wherever adopted.
Third That ' In. atatea not having
atate uniformity, in the. adoption - ot
text book used in schools the. burden
rest upon the parent who change from
one county to another and from one die-
trlct to another, as the case may be.
and probably are compelled to purchase
one or more new books when the book
already In the handa of the pupil will
answer the purpose so tar as the child's
educational progress-1 concerned.
The principal argument In opposition'.
to ths free text book system are in the
main as follows: ,
First Ths school district . haa per
formed every duty ' Incumbent upon it
when It has provided each and every ,
child within its Jurisdiction school sites,
schoolhouse and good teachers and all "
'. I that pertatoeegKd.-Sjghoplcept
books, and that It is-the duty or tne
parenta to bear the burden of furnlah- '
Ing the text. book; that a. great prin
ciple is violated' when the parent Is not
so made to feel hi responsibility in'
that be will lose Interest and fall to
fully appreciate that for which he haa
made no sacrifice. All ere willing to
concede, however, that it la, the 'duty
of the district to furnish indigent chil
dren with books.! and most atatea. have
made , uch t provislo'n,, by, Jeglalatlve ,
YmioTIii 1 . the iTOtf enilvea
the child ot a sense of ownership, ons
of the civic virtues that should be cul
tivated early: that he will not feet the
same necessity of caring for the prop-..
erty ef the district as he would of his
ffitn and thrt "fit1 T-rn rrf- hi mnv
retain poasesslon of and prise the high
est of his possessions as a remembrance
of hi happy school day. How many of
us have, a book or relle In our posses
sion, and how hard It would be for us
to part with It May w not say that
the ownership, and hsnce the possible
retention, may so exert a moral in- -flueo.ee
on the child that la aa great and
far-reaching; that the aesthetic nature
of the child is sacrificed at the time
when it is the most responsive,, namely,
when he has Just been promoted from
one book to another, and every sense in
alert in happy anticipation of that event ';
Which can never;, come to him the pos
se as Ion of e new book by givin- him a
Ti n li muni irr mire as Isair ilnfnrl In
stead of one that It a delight to the eve. -
Third That tn sanitary .conditions
are not observed by the eystsm of free
text books, as a child is forced to use a
book that may have been uaed by one
r eran cleanly or ty ons amtcted by
a contagious disease and 'In all proba
bility transmitted by means ef the book.
It Is true that in -most school where
the aystem is in vogue- the books sre
periodically subjected to a roasting pro
cess te minimise the danger of con
tagion, but many parenta admit that -there
la a possibility of a germ or two
which may not - have been sufficiently
roasted to make them harmless Them
sgain, where - the system Is general
many school would entirely neglect te--fumlgate
the book, . and all sanitary
precautions be neglected, ' with d sadly
results. T. ..;-.(. .,,-..,.....,.,:. ...,-.:
Summing up the srg'umente for and
agignst free text books. I em rather dis
posed to be not in favor of the system '
In states having state uniformity In
the selection of it text . books, but
would strongly incline toward its adop
tion In all cases tn which text books
are adopted in any other manner. . It la
only fair to aay, however, that .so far
as I know no Stats or district has re
turned to the old method after adopting
the-fre text book system., which is a
strong argument In Its favor.
4. H. ACKERMAM.
Superintendent Publlo Instruction for -
. ursgon. - ; - .
71
LEWIS: AND CLARK
Camp at Pillar rock. -
November tt.The wind waa toe hlxh
to suffer us to, cross the river; but as
It blew generally from the east southeast
the coast-on ths north was In some de.
gre sheltered . by - the highlands. We
therefore set out and, keeping near th '
shore, halted for dinner In" Shallow bay.
no-after oar rsacnea a. spot. near a
(Pillar) rock at some distance in th
river, close to our former camp of the'
7th Instant On leaving our camp seven
Clatsops accompanied us In a eanoe, but
after going a lew mile crossed ths bay
through Intensely high waves, leaving us
In admiration at th dexterity with which
they threw aside each wave a it threat
tned to 'come over their , canoe. , Th
evening was cloudy. , i "-
-, . Falae Art Factoriea. "v'V-'.r.
La VI Illuatre, pari. -1.
There, ar in Paria. regular -farttofiee
for the manufacture of false objects ef
srt faotoriea which employ a large num- T'
ber ' ef persoae-and -wh(H are always
busy. Th manufacture ef spurious pic
ture I ths largest branch. One factory ..
turned out la six months 1000 false
MlllOt .... ., "v , .
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