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The plain rule is to do
nothing in the dark; to be
a party to nothing under-
or mysterious. Dick-
FUEL FAMINE.
FROM MANY TOWNS of Ore
gon comes the increasingly in
sistent plea for fuel The
Bvinter is approaching, and fuel is al
most gone, with no present prospect
.of getting more. Orders were sent
in weeks or months ago, but they
have not been filled, and new orders
cannot be taken, because there are no
ears to carry the needed coal or
wood, or if there are cars there are
not locomotives to move them. If
other demands upon transportation
facilities were being met, if lumber
nd ether products were being hauled
away to supply the demand for it and
keep the mills and factories running
full blast, there might be some excuse
for delay in supplying people with
fuel. If they knew it was coming a
little later they would not object to
waiting. But there are not nearly
enough locomotives and cars for these
other purposes, and won't be all falL
And if 100 towns are nearly out of
fuel with no prospect of getting any,
how are they to be supplied for the
winter?
Don't ask the railroads. They not
only do not know but apparently do
not care. They did not know that
towns would grow and the demand
for fuel would increase; in fact, sup
posed the people could get along for
one winter without fuel. They did
not know that the output of lumber
was going to increase rapidly, and the
Volume of other products was to
grow. What did they know or care
about Oregon anyway, so long as it
was yielding a good revenue to its
Wall street overlords?
We don't think that many people
will freeze to death next winter in
Oregon, but some of them may have
to shiver considerably, and it may be
necessary to sacrifice some of the
fencing and furniture. Some fuel will
be dribbled along after awhile, prob
ably, but let consumers hope and
pray that the winter will not be long
and severe, and that by another fall
the railroads will have discovered
that it is to their interest as well as
that of the people of Oregon to pro
vide far more transportation facilities.
PLATT SHOULD RESION.
THOMAS C. PLATT has ceased
to be useful, ornamental, or
an object of wholesome mer
riment Therefore he should retire
from the United States senate, and
eek the quiet shades of that ob
livion which his misdeeds and frailties
have earned.
( The people of this country have
.fever been tolerant of the weaknesses
of their great men, and have refrained
from close scrutiny of the private
lives of those who served them. But
the nation has demanded that its ser
vants should be stronger than their
weaknesses, and that on the battlefield,
in the senate, and in the presidential
chair their frailties should not palsy
arm, nor tongue, nor pen.
At no time was Thomas C. Piatt
ever . a "great man; never was he
Stronger than his wealth and the com-
bined money of the pedatory trusts
with which he was allied tirade him.
In business as in politics, he was the
"me, too" type of man who is sup
posed to lead because he follows
Without making a noise, and who gets
high place became the men who put
him there would rather pull the
Strings than do the jumping. Piatt
controlled the New York Republican
machine as much as the horn dom
inates the automobile. He ceased to
he a personality in the days of Roscoe
Conkling, since when be has been
nothing but United States senator.
Long since Piatt ceased to be use
ful s anything but an example' and a
warning. His public life has been a
shame and his private life a disgrace.
Not only has he been a scandal him
elf, hut he has been a cause of
scandal in others.
The opportunity that Thomas C.
' Piatt has to reaign may he his last.
body that Mg toe moral to admit
I
Brigham H. Roberts because he had
wives, and which . fought Reed
Smoot's effort to take his sest on the
grounds, not that he had more than
one wife, but that he is a Mormon,
cannot refuse to take cognisance of
Piatt's turpmids, nor fail to expel
him.
HOOD RIVER
OF COURSE a large number of
Portland people will go to
Hood River Thursday to at
tend the annual fruit fair and the
meeting of the irrigationists. As
many as can spare the time should
go. it is but a short trip; it is a
pleasant one, and Unstinted hospital
ity of the enterprising people of Hood
River awaits all suitors. The Hood
River valley is famed for its apples
and strawberries throughout the land,
and in oversea capitals. Its apples,
to be seen there in great profusion
this week, are considered by fruit
epicures and connoisseurs-in various r
countries to be the best produced in
the world. If they can be equaled
anywhere it is in southern Oregon.
But the merit of the Hood River ap
ples did not become known far and
wide by silence and inactivity about
them. Hood River tooted its mellow
horn, and the world listened, looked,
smelt and tasted, and to its surprise
and delectation found that Hood
River was no fraud, that it was able
to make good, "and then some."
Hood River valley is not only the
best, or equal to the best, apple pro
ducing region in the world, but it has
oflier claims and attractions. Besides
its also famous strawberries, other
fruits and berries can be raised there,
and hay and other crops. It' is sup
plied with excellent water power, tim
ber is not far away, the great Colum
bia flows at its feet, and better than
all, its people are intelligent, pro
gressive, enterprising and moral a
community of as good citizens as can
be found in the country.
The fair will be well worth attend-
iag, and there will be interesting and
instructive discussions of the very im
portant subject of irrigation, by those
who have made it a study, and in
which Oregon is so vitally interested.
So the trip to Hood River should be
both pleasurable and profitable.
The first issue of Ridgeway's, the
weekly with a new idea, has just been
published, and fulfills the promises of
the editor. It made its appearance in
14 cities on the same day, with prac
tically the same matter in every de
partment. It is a weekly with daily
paper and magazine features, and cov
ers the. whole range of human inter
est, from politics to society. The
idea of this militant weekly originated
with O. J. Ridgeway, who made
Everybody's a power in the magazine
world, and if subsequent rslues are as
good as the first, the newcomer is
here to stay. '' i
Through alternating storms of
snpw and sleet, 12,693 freezing people
watched 18 shivering men play ball in
Chicago yesterday. The temperature
in Portland was S3 degrees. We can
understand why the baseball "fan" ia
willing to freeze solid in order to see
a goad game, but how he can endure
the other inconveniences of Chicago
is the problem that killed Euclid.
Alluding to the report that Mrs.
Piatt was accustomed to ' knocking
her husband down, the Pendleton
Tribune says he ought to have been
floored 25 years ago. Another case
of kicking a man when he is down.
Hasn't he been a good, loyal Repub
lican all this time?
Between the lines of the story that
"Swiftwater Bill" Gates has lost his
fortune and is so ragged that the dogs
of Seattle bark at him one may read
the suggestion that some of the in
numerable ex-wivqg of the miner are
pressing for alimony.
Now it is reported that President
Roosevelt wants, to. go to the senate
after his term as president expires.
New York could atone for keeping
Piatt and Depew in the senate so long
in no better way, unless by electing
a real, sure-thing Democratic re
former. '
The wholesale massacre of Rus
sian Jews, women and children as
well as men, goes on in various parts
of Russia, and still thunderbolts from
high hesven do not destroy the Rus
sian government. But it hss a great
"day of wrath" coming.
According to Commissioner Hoffs
estimate Oregon has increased only
50,000 in population in the past six
years. This report should be pleas
ing to the Oregonian, but it does not
asiit anybody else.
If the Cubans would elect Taft, or
even Magoon, president, they might
get over the revolutionary fever.
A New York Republican campaign
calculator figures put Hugh' ma
The Candidates for Governor at the
November Elections
State
Alabama
California ........
Colorado .'
Connect lout
Idaho
Iowa
Kanaaa
MasBMohuaetta . . .
Michigan ,
Minnesota ,
Nebraska
Nevada
Nw Hampshire . .
New Torn
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
South Carolina . .
Bouth Dakota
Tennessee
Republican.
. .Nona
. James N. Olllett . . .
Henry A. Buchtel . .
. Rollln 8. Woodruff
F. R. Gooding
. Albert B. Cummlna
. . E. W Hoeh
. Curtla Guild. Jr. . .
. Fred at. Warner . . .
. A. 1. Colo
. George I.. Sheldon .
..John F. Mitchell ...
. Charles M. Floyd . .
. Charles B. Hughes ,
. k. T. Sarlee
. Bdwln 8. Stuart
Coe I. Crawford . . .
Henry Clay Evane . .
Carey a. Gray ......
Jamea O. Davidson
B. B. Brooks
Texas . . .
Wlaconaln
Wyoming;
In addition to the above tickets the
candidates In nearly every state. All of the above will be voted for November
. Arkansas, Georgia. Maine, Oregon and, Vermont- have held their elections
this year. In Kentucky the election will be held November 5.
Third tickets have been put in the field in several statea. In Texas Col
onel E. H. R. Green Is running as the candidate of the "reorganised" Repub
licans. In Pennaylvanla Mr. Bmery Is the candidate of the Lincoln party as
well as or the Democrats. In Nebraska fusion axiata between tnje Democrats
and Populists. In Colorado Judge Ben B. Llndsey Is running as Sjn Independ
ent candidate for governor. In California W. H. Langdon la the candidate of
the Hearst organisation.
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
For Simplified Spellers:
The London Dally Chronicle gives
these eccentric pronunciations of a few
of the curious place names that dot the
map of England:
Rhudbaxton la Rlbson.
Woodmancote Is Uddenmuckat
' Sawbrldgeworth la Sapaer.
Churchdown Is Chosen.
Sandtacre la 8enjtker.
Little Urawlek is Llloslk.
Aspatrla Is Spethry.
St. Oalth la Toosy.
Chaddenwyehe Is Charnage.
Happlaburgh la Haseboro.
Salt Fleetby Is Sollaby.
Atmondesbury la Amesb'ury.
Conugresbury Is Coomsbury.
Few Women Stutter.
"Stuttering women are very rare,"
said the physician. "I think It safe to
say. that the average person passes
through Ufa without ever meeting a
stuttering woman.
"There are two reft sons for this.
First, woman naturally I don't know
why la less liable to the disease of
stammering than man. Second, If she
develops this disease, ahe sets out with
the determination to cure herself, and
she succeeds; whereas careless man,
rather than take the trouble of a cure,
will go stammering on to the end.
No Parasites Hera.
Bara.br nssabajdt, chatttngf aMut ' her
American tour, said that upon reaching
that land of freedom from the stifling
moral atmosphere of Europe one draws
a long breath of the pure air of liberty.
There Is no parasite class In America,
From top to bottom of the soelal scale
they are . all up and down Inhabitants
of the United Statea, compoaed of men
and women from all the countries of
Europe. They constitute a verttabhvna
tlon In the best sense of the word.
Madame Bernhardt said she also ad
mired the Canadians, but qualified her
praise by saying: "There Is too much
of the Latin race In them.'
Foreign Stamp.
The most coloasal stamp forgery on
record entailed the successful swindling
of collectors throughout Europe In
188. On that day the French papers
announced that King Marie I o'f Sedang
an Island In the vicinity of China
was coming to Paris. As It happened,
this self-created monarch was an ex
offlcer of the French navy and his ap
pearance. In Paris created considerable
jority at 250,000, while' a Hearst man
estimates his msjority at 200,000.
These ante-election partisan estimstes
are not worth the breath it requires
to utter them.
There is no danger of Rockefeller
or any of his kind being personally
punished on account of their viola
tions of law. There are exceptions to
all rules, and a good many of them to
the professed square deal nil.
If Mr. Bourne should be elected
and should have a patronage pull, Mr.
U'Ren may reasonably expect the fat
test plum the new senator can pluck
for him. Look how Clackamas county
went last April.
Isn't there some wsy of stopping
that noise in Cuba until after the New
York election? The people of this
country do not want to miss a word
of the candidates' speeches.
The Russian press continues to
froth with rage over what it terms
the atrocities practiced on the home
less negroes by the white savages of
America.
After his hard, trying work as
president, Mr. Roosevelt thinks he
will need a complete rest, and will go
to the United States senate from New
York.
A Prophecy Fulfilled.
From the Eugene Journal.
The R. L. Polk directory people say
the population of Portland is about
188.000. The Oregonian says it Is only
121.000. hereupon the Seattle paper
howl with delight, the Portland Jour
nal rails the Oregonian "traitor." We
repeat our prophecy of 40 years ago
and ever since that Portland will be
the largest city on the Pacific coast
and ons of the great ottlee of the world.
An exchange Informs an anxious In
quirer that "when a lady and gentleman
are walking together on a street the
lady should walk Inside of the gentle
man." But how could she? And what
gsntlsmen would swallow a lady t
Democratic.
...P. B. Comer.
...Theodore A. Bell.
...Alva Adams.
. . Charleg F. Thayer.
. . C. O. Stockslager.
. .Claude R. Porter.
..William A. Harris.
. .John B. Moran.
. .Charles H. Klmmerle.
. .John A. Johnson.
. A. C. Shallenberger.
. . John Sparks
V
Hainan u. jameaon.
William R. Hearst
, John Burke.
.Lewis Bmery, Jr.
Martin F. Ansel.
J. A. Stransky.
.Melcomb R. Patterson.
.T. M. Campbell.
John A. Ay! ward.
8. A. O. Kelater.
Prohsklttonlsts and Sociallsta save
of the Common
of a sensation. Aa soon as bis majesty
had been duly advertised, seta of seven
different postage stamps marked
Sedang" and bearing three half-moons
appeared, and so great was the demand
for them that In less than a month
they realised 1,00 franca each. Not
until the king and his ministers had
reaped fat fortunes lit this manner was
it discovered that the whole thing was
a hoax and the stamps consequently
worthless.
Pillules.
Strawberries are good for rheuma
tism. China's soil Is the richest In the
world.
Abstainers from pork, particularly
Hebrews, never get cancer.
Jean Chare t, a boy of 11, ascended
Mont Blanc last summer.
The University of Oxford prints books
In 150 different languages.
The king of England's gold and sil
ver plate is valued at 110,000,000.
Letters begging for a total Of
110,000,000 are received monthly by
John D. Rockefeller.
Gold pens are In the end the cheapest,
for one gold pen. with decent treatment,
will last 10 years.
Armenian girls, the day of their wed
ding, have the breast and neck painted
all over with delicate blue flowers.
And Vow Shoddy Leather.
Shoddy leather is .the latest commer
cial enterprise. Old boots snd shoe
are gathered up and thrown Into a ma
chine that spouts chocolate-colored
dust. This dust la mixed with about 40
per cent of melted India rubber, and the
mixture they prese out, aa thin as pis
crust, under huge rollers, applying
pressure of 10,000 pounds to the square
foot. They color it afterward and put
it on the market. It la used in cheap
shoes. The men who half sole and heel
you for a quarter employ a lot of it.
Where They Should Live.
From the Bohemian.
John D. Rockefeller In Oil City.
Wall Street Lamb la Shepherds-
vllle.
K Theatrical stars tn Fltchvllle.
Board of Aldermen in Council
Bluffs.
Chauncey Depew- in Great Falls.
The Treatrical Trust in Grafton.
Thomaa W. Lawson in Wind Gap.
Chorus Girls In Johannesburg.
Nansen in Poland.
Notes by the Way.
By Wex Jones.
Do not send Ice by mall. Hot wsather
will malt it and the stamp will be
wasted. Telegraph to.
In arranging cut flower see that the'
blossoms are on top. A vaae with the
stems protruding is far from elegant.
Rose leaves make a delicious salad.
Va lettuce and tomatoea and French
dressing. Place the rose leaves in a
Jar snd keep them there until the salad
la eaten.
Mlovlng pictures entertain Children.
Hang your pictures on a pin, and when
they fall on grandpa's head the kids
will laugh like mad.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Swear off cigars for a week and see
how much more you'll like em.
Muffins are delightful companions
if well brought up. A cultured muffin
le one of nature's noblemen.
Read some poetry every day. It will
elevate you above the petty worries of
the dsy. Tou can read it In the street
ear ads on your way down to busi
ness. ,
Boys and Deer.
From the Centrel Oregon Herald.
Two young Evans creek beys war
oat bunting the other day. armed with
sn old needle gun and a .ll-oallber rifle.
They had a limited supply of ammuni
tion and when they jumped up a big
buek and crippled him they ran out of
sheila for the big guts, but followed
their quarry until their dogs brought
him to bay. The buck quickly killed
one lf the dogs, but the other kept the
deer Interested until the boy came up.
They tried to finish ths buck with their
It, but his. hesd was toe hard for the
little bullets and they finally schemed
around until they succeeded In lassoing
him with a rope. They than tied hiss
to a tree, and, having no bullets, they
tried to kill him with clubs and rocks,
but finally had to give It up and go for
help. They went for the nearest neigh
bor and got him to take his gun and
finish ths lob they had begun.
He la a Genius.
The manager of a Parts esstno has
aelved the women's hat problem. He
has not forbidden ladle to wear heats,
but hat decreed that ladies "an ohapeeu"
must sit on ths left, and those who
come "en cheveux" on the right. Re
sult thst all ths gentlemen keep to
the right, while the ladle on ths left
realise that there I no particular fun
In elttlng among a lot of women, espe
cially when you cannot see the stag.
There la a charming simplicity about
this appeal to the fundamental Instincts
of human nature which stamps ths
solution as masterly might one not al-
4 most say a a stroke of genius t
the
The Weero la she South,
Portland, Oct. I To the Editor of
The Journal The pubiio has long slnee
ceased to expect anything Impartial
from a southern writer on the race ques
tion. Environment, long residence in a
particular section of the joounbry, un
questionably effect a oh'ange la the
average man's sentiments, habits and
disposition.
The communication over the name of
L. M. Norwood, which appeared in The
Journal of the 18th ultlsjo. attempts to
justify the acts ef one class of crim
inals, the whites, and condemn thoss of
another, the blacks.
Ths policy of ths law is equal and
exact Justice to all men. Thla maxim ts
not only ths basis of all law, but ths
fundamental principle upon which our
government ia founded.
The pilgrim fathers, driven across the
sea by the tyranny and oppression of
Great Britain, planted ths Seed of pop
ular government at Plymouth Rock, snd
ths spirit Of theae brave, hardy. Justice
loving pioneer was afterward breathed
Into the Declaration of Independence.
"All men are created equal."
The unwillingness of the south to rec
ognise the manhood rights of ths negro,
and the deliberate and wanton denial of
his legal rights, were ths essence of the
Oregonian editorial which baa so
aroused our southern friend, and It Is
on account of this injustice that honest,
law-abiding cltlssns protest
Everybody knows that the negro is
denied his constitutional rlguts in the
aou thorn atstee, and to contend to the
contrary 1 the idlest folly. Mr. Nor
wood say the negro. If deprived of the
elective franchise unjustly, has a rem
edy In the law. A great many of us be
lieved, as suggesteu by Mr. Norwood,
thst the supreme court of the United
States would restore to the cltlsen the
elective franchise " taken from htm by
statutory enactments and constitutional
provisions of southern states, but many
ef u like Mr. Norwood were not so well
learned In the law aa the august body
preaided over by Chief Justice Fuller.
The enfranchising amendments to the
federal constitution provide that no cltl
sen shall be denied the right to vote on
account of race, color or previous condi
tion of servitude, but there etlll re
main with the state .the unquestionable
right to prescribe conditions under
which its oltlsens may be entitled to the
exercise of this privilege.
True, the question ha never been
fairly and squarely presented to the
supreme court, but only a short time
ago that body handed down a decision
touching ths constitutionality of thoss
disfranchising clause In the conatltu
tlona of many southern states, and in
thla Instance it held that, the court had
no Jurisdiction, as the queatlen was po
litical, and relief should be sought from
congress.
The statement ' that colored people In
the south pay lea taxee In proportion
to their number than white is true, but
that they receive for schools, seminar
ies, colleges, etc., more than their Just
ahare according to taxes paid I ab
solutely untrue. For example, take the
home stats of Mr. Norwood, Georgia,
where the negroes pay taxes on over
taooee.ooo worth of property, about II
per sent of the taxable wealth of the
state, and who tn l06 received for ed
ucational purposee leu than 10 per cent
of the school fund disbursements. The
negro school teacher In Georgia receives
leas than half as much pay aa the' white
teacher gets, and the colleges snd uni
versities mentioned by Mr. Norwood
were founded snd are maintained by the
philanthropic people of the north.
The southern negro, instead of detect
ing education, as stated, la very eager
for it, and statistic show that in five
Of the most populoua southern states
the negro outnumber the whit la
dally school attendance.
The charge that the southern negro is
lssy, shiftless and worthless can, with
some justice, be applied to southerner
of the lower classes irrespective f race.
However, negro labor operates the
fartm and mills of the south, and in all
linss of both skilled sod unskilled
trades you will find him In' brawn and
oraln the equal of the white brother.
No thoughtful negro will deny that
crime is too prevalent among hi race
in the south nor doe he desire to con
done It. but realise aa do all good,
law-abiding cttlsene ths need of some
effective remedy. Ie lynching and burn
ing the panacea T
CHA0. A. LUCAS.
Fridtjof Nansen's Birthday.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Arctic explorer
and at pressnt Norwegian minister In
London, was born near Chrlatlania, Oc
tober 10. 1881. HI father was a. well
known advocate and his mother was
Eva Bars, ths smlneat singer. Dr. Nan
sen is often spoken of as ths most pop
ular of Norwsy's great men. This Is so
because he has all the element of the
hero. Before he had passed his thirty
fifth year hs was the foremost Arctic
explorer In the world. Nansen found
the way to Arctic Exploration through
ths study of soology, which he began In
the Chrlstlanla University in 1880. In
lilt hs made a journey to the north in
order to study snlmal life In high lati
tudes. In 1118 he made snothsr Jour
ney to Greenland, snd the fruits of his
rssearehes ars to be found In his writ
ings on anatomical mstters and ths
soology of Greenland. His North Pole
expedition, when hs reached the highest
latitude until then attained, was made
in liti-s.
Cyclist in Mid Air.
Dr. Bach, a German tourist, who was
traveling In Pwltserland on a bicycle,
has had a thrilling experience on the
Alpine route near Ooohnen.
His brake snapped. and the machine
rushed down the steep road, finally
crashing Into the n ridge over the River
Reuse Ths doctor was flung Into ths
air across the barrier sad in falling
caught a chain hanging from one of
the girders.
He remained suspended over an abyss
for nearly an hour and a half, hta crie
for help bslng unheard, although a
motor-car and a carriage passed within
a fsw feet above him.
Juat when the terrible strain was
becoming unbearable some peasants,
driving a cart, crossed the bridge and
saw him, and With the aid of a noosed
rope drew him up. He fainted on be
ing rescued.
The flesh was torn from hi hands
and his arms wsre swollsn snd useless.
Ths doctor was taken to Oosehenen and
I at pressnt In the car of hi wlf.
who arrived from Oermany.
A knapsack, which he carried on Ms
back, containing f:o in notss and gold,
wss lost tn the rivsr.
Oood Advertising.
From the Roeoburg News.
Portland Is doing some very Judicious
advertising by endeavoring to rslse
1880.000 for sn up-to-date Y. M. C. A.
horn for her young business men. Suoh
actions speak mush loudsr than would
many worda
Letter. From
People
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
of TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANOB.
Mors power to the eleetrte railroad.
Go to Hood River this week and eat
apple. , .
The trouble la. Orandpa Rockefeller,
that you abuse opportunity.
e
What fsw threehing mschlne were
not burnt or blown up are now safely
housed.
s
If it not snppoaed that there will be
much chance for General 'Bell to ring
very loudly in Cuba.
e s
All a man has to do to get rich ts to
Invest a lot of money tn Portland real
estate. If he hun t the money well,
he's out of luck.
s
The -yWoodburn Independent wants
Sen tow Fulton to have a collector of
ouatoms appointed before Bourns gets
In his work In fsvor of a U'Ren man.
' s
The holy rollerltes thst have Invaded
Oregon from California call themselves
"Tongue of Fire." Call out the fire
department and turn the hose on them,
e s
It was not very expensive for the
Cubans to get a revolution started, but
when thsy have Uncle Sam's bill to pay
for straightening thlnge out, they won't
be quite so gay.
It la predicted that, the people of the
earth will hava communication with
those of Mar within 10 years. Then,
maybe, we eaa get some useful advice.
But young people seldom aot on good
advice of their elder.
Racing between automobiles snd bal
loons will afford sports a good oppor
tunity to bet on the relative mortality
of the two modes of traveling. The
odds will probably be largely In favor
or the auto route to sudden and violent
death.
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A mad with a lot of undivoroed and
unburled wive la no novelty, bat a
Detroit woman 71 years old recently
married her sevsnth husband, without
funerals or divorces of hsr preceding
Six. She should be let off on promis
ing never to do It no more.
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Fools nave chosen many ways In
which to kill themselves, but none
more odorous than those fellows who
died In a Llmburger cheese-eating con
test. As swset aa ths stuff they died
ef, but less enduring than its odor,
is their roemory.
Uncle Sam s Mission m Cuba
OMR PRESS
Effect on Oar Revenues.
From the Beaten Transcript
In all the discussion of the possibili
ties of Cuban annexation, near or re
mote, which the p reseat troubles are
naturally provoking. It should not be
forgotten that the Island holds an ex
tremely Important relation to our federal
revenues. Its great products, sugar and
oigjars, are among the largest contrib
utors' to Uncle Sam's, strong box. An
nexation would doubtless mean, as It
will ultimately mean with our posses
sions of every sort, a free exchange of
commodities, or a cessation of the 180,
000.000 a year which Cuban sugar has
at tlmea poured Into our custom houses,
besides the duties' on tobacco leaf. Her
are sum that would have to be raised
elsewhere. It tg probable that the con
suming public would have cheaper ci
gars If Cuba wsre annexed, but that the
local price or sugar would fall Is less
likely The last source of supply which
any market calls into service, according
to the teachings of political economy,
sets the price, and that would be ths
American beet The profit to the own
ers of sugar lands f-om free entry of
their product to the tnlted States would
be enormous. The inclusion of Cuba
within our tariff wall, whether desirable
or not, thus Involves revenue rhsngs
of the most far-reaching Importance
Two Fallacies About Cuba.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Two popular fallacies about Cub need
correction. The first is that our opera
tion there are dictated by a desire to
exploit the Island for our benefit: What
ths presidsnt and Secretaries Taft and
Root are anxloua to conserve Is the wel
fare of ths Cuban people
The other fallacy ia that the difficui
tlee of the task may restrain our hand
Nothing could be more fatuous. It Is
necessary for Cuba and for us that all
these tasks snd problems be faced and
discharged. The Insurgents most be
disarmed and quieted; ths rstgn of law
must be snforced, the inctptsney of race
war must be crushed. Ws could not
suffer any such baleful conditions te
prevail. If we should got out, ws should
only havs to go back.
The idea that we can wash our hands
of responsibility or concern as to ths
contentment and prosperity of Cuba
must be forever dismissed.
Annexation the Only Curt.
From ths Brooklyn Bsgle.
If the policy outlined in Mr. Taft's
proclamation be strictly adhered to the
Cubans will havs snother opportunity
te govern themsslvss. Equity may de
mand the concession of that opportun
ity. But. frankly, ws do net think ths
experiment is mors likely to succeed
In repetition than It did in the first in
stance. Ths very fact that a minority
party considered armed rebellion fh
only wsy to redress their political griev
ances Is proof positive that ths Cuban
people havs not msstered the first es
sentlels of thejr position ss an inde
pendent quantity. Those who are in
capable of self-control are Incapable for
self-rule. Annexetion le the only cure
for the Cubsn disease, snd ths sooner
It csn be administered the better for
all concerned.
Dry Nurse for Cuba.
From ths Chicago Tribune.
Whll no on Wilt criticise ths atti
tude of President Roosevelt and secre
tary Taft toward Cuba, and everx one
mast sdmlt thst th conditions sre per
plexing, yet It must be said thst thsy
havs led the administration into a try
ing and dlffleult situation. Ths United
Statea has set ' Itself up voluntarily as
a dry nurse for Cuba. It undertook
to preserve order, and to do this has
with It army and nsvy policed terri
tory which, constructively. Is regarded
as alien Th situation I unprecedent
ed and unheard of In th experiences
of this or any other civilised govern
ment. When aiagrtan assembles it must
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Springfield la mors prosperous than
ever before.
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Fuel problem becoming serious In
many towns.
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Another big sawmill Is being batlt
above Fslls City.
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A Woodburn dealer sold 1780 worth of
guns and ammunition In ons week.
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An electric road between Eugene and
Springfield would be wall patronised,
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A La Follette woman raised quince
II inches, aa wsll as other fruit la pro
portion. e e
Roseburg Is all stirred up over munic
ipal ownership of water and eleetrte
light plants
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Chinook salmon are running better In
ths Sluslaw at Florsnc and are large
than ever before
Pendleton will have soms big guns ss
lecturers there next winter. Senator La
Follette among them. '
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A Clackamas county young man
named Tong was married last weak.
Now h la only one of a pair of Tongs.
gome wire fences in Yamhill county
hava been cut by hunter. No wonder
the farmer dislike the town shooters,
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Ysqaina fishermen one night recently
pulled in a shark that measured 10 fsst
la length and weighed over 100 pounds,
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The Grasa Valley Journal tells of ths
trial of a man "whose name we did not
learn." and "the result of which we did
not learn."
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The Neetucca cannery la overrun with
fish, and thsy have limited all ths boats
to tl tlah each until arrangements can
be made to handle more.
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A Minnesota man who bought a farm
near Medford last spring has returned
to take possession, and brought three
othef families with him.
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A Woodburn man who has half aa
acre of ground cleared (lit In a year
off of chickens, and sold 1290 worth of
vegetables, mostly lettuce. HIS lettuce
consisted of two rows 14 feet long and
II Inches apart. If hs hsd had sn acre
of lettuce and a market for It he would
have realised !2.76v.
COMMENT.
aot definitely, for. if we continue the
occupation, eventually we may da whs
Gteat Britain did tn Egypt
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Independence Gone.
Prqm the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Whether the period of occupation be
long or short th independence ef Cuba
ha been sacrificed. It la to be hoped
the period will be short It certainly
will be as short aa the United Statea
can afford to make tt. It will again at
tempt to establish a stable government,
and when It believes that that is accom
plished It will again withdraw. Resist
ance would be futile. The Cubans will
not have Spanish soldier to dest with,
but officers and men who are used to
Jungle campaigning and who will find
Cuba an easier problem than was the
Philippines. If the report are correct
the mass of th people, Cuban aa wall
ss Spaniards and Americana, will wel
come our occupation aa a means of re
storing trsnqulHlty.
Ths American people don't want Cuba
even temporarily. Nor do they want
bloodshed But thJsacannot avoid the
first snd. perhsps canrrm. avoid th sec
ond But they will have peace even at
the point or the bayonet. If necessary."'
Cubs's Problem.
From the Atlanta Journal.
The correspondence of President Pal
ma. Conaul-Oenerel Btetnhart and Mr.
Bacon, assistant secretary of stats,
shows very clearly thst this country did
not tske ths Initiative in intervention.
So far from having dons so ths presi
dent waa very reluctant to send sol
diers to Cuba, and kept urging the Cu
ban government to bestir Itself snd put
down the rebellion. The letter written
by the president to Minister Quesada
was Intended ss sppesrs oo Itr face, as
a warning to Cubana that the way to
prevent Intervention waa to get to
gether. The situation today Is id the
hands of ths Cubsns themselves. Thsy
can rectors order, peace and govern
ment and hava a republic if they will It
Anxious to Surrender.
. From the Sacramento Union.
The Cuban rebels seem to be giving up
their arms with great readiness and
good temper, and Mr. Taft ts able to ex
press himself as well pleased with the
progress of pacification. This peaceful
disposition on ths part of th rebels,
if It shall be continued, Is a strong point
In their favor and goes far to disprove
the charge that they were fighting aim
ply from ths love of fighting. A side
light on the situation is shown by ths
surprise of ths Cubans at ths acesssjat
Milt v of the American authorities Any
one may now exercise the time-honored
American prerogative of boring the gov
ernor and his busy staff to hsart's con
tent. Barkis Is WlUhV.
From the Sacramento Union.
Long ago whan a foreign statesman
asked the hlstorisn Motlsy If a certain
South American country, then suffering
from' a particularly destructive revolu
tion, would like to come Into the Amer
ican union, hs tn turn aaked: "Would I
like to be taken In as a partner by Bar
ing Bros.T" The eltuation In Cuba just
now serves to recall thla diplomatic
paesag.
No Embalmed Beef.
From the Minneapolis Trlbuns.
Of course ths general staff didn't
start this Cuban business, but tt seemed
a very good chance to show ths world
how ws cdn teas our army around with
out winking. No embalmed beef this
time.
Wanted No Mistake.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
When the president wrote thst letter
warning Cuba hs was so anxious that
his meaning should be plain that ks
bald ts th eievstyls spelling.
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