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' It la not right, therefore, to
' return aa Injury, or to do evil
'to any man.Tiowevef ofie may
have suffered from . him.
Plato.
EVOLUTION OF THE VOTER. '
jtHB OregonJan Is largely correct
I in Its contention that there is a
I general drift In Oregon toward
abandonment or disregard: of
party lines. It Is true that the party
brand has ceased to charm the voter
to support for office the unfit or In
competent. The wand of the party
boss has lost Its cunning, and the
swish of the party lash Ita power for
whipping men Into line. The busi
ness of voting and electing men to
' office Is becoming more and more a
matter of discriminating Intelligence,
and the application of sober sense
and business rules, and less and less
a matter of -servile submission : to
prejudice or irrational devotion to a
party name." When men think as
they vote and vote as they think,
making of the matter a simple busi
ness proposition, the chief agency by
which schemers delude and fool them
. Is removed. When a coterie of half
doien tJtig'ger))bsearfiaiAvflftt' i
convention: and through their little
bosses and by application of the lash
whip the whole body of the party
Into a. servile . unthinking .and
obedient mass of followers there Is
peril for the public and a big cost
bill for the multitude to pay.
The Oregonian'a claim that the
primary law and Statement No, 1
are cause of. the decadence of par
tisanship Is not The Journal's view,
It is rather the evolution of the
voter, and of bia bitter disappoint
ment at party results in Oregon. He
thinks more;" and knows more than
he did 40 years ago. ' He became sick
and tired of party" strife and fac
, tional bickerings. He was nauseat
ed with senatorial deadlocks, and
legislative riot' j He was made bit
ter ; in spirit by hold-ups, s sacked
treasuries and legislative bedlam.
He was shamed by rump conventions,
conventions of "regulars" in fusion
with Democrats, ? and ? conventions
fused with any other party or par
ties to get votes to tyeat the Repub
lican "regulars." In it all; he was a
" mere pawB-tbat the bosses-moved.
They made the program, cracked the
whip; ; and "he - voted. Tbe bosses
mixed the dose, waved their wands,
and he swallowed It down. He was
a creature, to be bung on a peg or
stuck in-a hole at. the bosses' :wlU.
He had no will, no voice, no Identity,
bad nothing indeed, but a vote; and
It was not his -It was bis bosses'.
Some 40,000 to 60.000 of him were
ruled and voted by halt a dozen big
sachems. He might ' as well have
been an idiot,' or. a mule for all the
voice he had In affairs. -.: fx V',
But he has evoluted into a think
ing, rational human being. He has be
come a Yotln g . citizen in the true
sense of the word. . He aaw that he
was a mere peg that other men etuck
Into a round hole, A conception of
his Inanity seised him, and he re
volted. His revolt began several
years ago, and one of ita first man
ifestations was the election of Cham
berlain as governor. ;:. That was be
fore the-primary law or Statement
No. 1.' His next revolt was the en
actment of the primary law and
- fitatementNo-X-whlchgave-hlm the
right to rule himself. Such has been
his evolution, and that Is why par
tisanship has 'waned. It is the
prowth of men" in mentality and In
the exercise oi citizenship. It. is .the
' voter's birth Jnto new social and
political plane. It is the advent of
a new era of good feeling when men
tre put into public place on merit
rather than on av- meaningless and
merltless party marking. ;;
TIUVIAL GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
SOME excuses assigned ' for ask
in g for a decree of divorce these
(jays-and they seem to be
usually sufficient-yard'; super
ficially ludicrous, but on a little
deeper consideration of the aubject
they are evidences of a great and
growing social eviL One plaintiff,
for Instance, charges hia -wife with
fiirtine with the minister; another.
in this case the wife, accuses her
lairband of alluding to Her as . a
"(irmpr." and of making fun of her
drcF It has come to tbe pass that
a jetu!ant word, or a dark look, or
,; dubious Insinuation Is sufficient to
!,! a divorce, complaint on and too
c ft en a decree also. In fact it 1
t ' . rare exception that a decree is
i n!.-J. :V -' '"
Usually there are rather stronger
iz.-ulor.s, generally of physical vio
1 . o,ror deadly threats, but It may
.Le ixaJily and reasonably believed
that In many" cases these are wholly
or " mostly inventions, or gross ex-
aggerations. .Perjury is so common
now that few besiaes the court, be
lieve these stories, and. the plaintiff
and his or her witnesses consider it
only the; most venial ; of of tenses to
testify' to incidents that -aever-oe-
curred,' or to magnify those that did
occur ten or a hundredfold. We do
not mean to , say that all cases of
this -kind, " or J even w ; majority ? of
them, are oasea on raise allegations
and proved by perjured testimony,
but we have no 'doubt whatever that
many of them are, and it would seem
that after awhile judges would have
their suspicions aroused to the prob
ability of such being the case. ;
The divorce laws, if not too lib
eral, are too liberally construed in
favor ;of plaintiffs, who have but
some trivial ground for complaint.
and in many cases are really quite
as much in the wrong as the defend
ant Except for, children, this fa
cility with which matrimonial "bonds
can be severed and new ones, mat
rimonial or otherwise, formed, might
not be of so great- consequence, but j
when one considers the rising gen
eration and generations yet to be,
he is bound to regard the family tie
as one that should be held sacred,
and not dissolved except upon clear,
convincing" proof by entirely cred
ible evidence that such action is nec
essary. " -
A REASONABLE RESOLUTION,
BLUB MOUNTAIN grange, ' or
Union counti, while approv
ing of the initiative and refer-
be used with discretion, "to lose
which would be serious," believes
that abuse tf this power is too easy
under the present constitution, ana
therefore has resolved in favor of
the following changes: ' .
fl. Any measure, not a constitutional
amendment, referred to the people by
Initiative petition shall take effect and
become the law when It is ratified (In
stead of by a majority of the votes taet
thereon) by a majority of all the votes
cast- at the election. . -
"2, "Any measure referred. to the peo
ple by referendum petition ah all . be
considered rejected and void when' re
volted (instead of by a majority of the
votes cast thereon) by a majority of
all the votea cast at the election.
"I. . Any constitutional amendment,
whether referred to the people by Ini
tiative petition or by legislative assem
bly, shall take effect and become the
law when ratified (Instead of by a ma
jority of the Votes, cast thereon) by 60
per cent of all the votes cast at . the
election and not otherwise."
' The Journal Is inclined to think
that these are good suggestions, and
that the proposed changes would be
beneficial. It was not Intended that
these "reserved powers" should be
used on every light occasion, or at
rthe behest of a few people, and it
might be well also to make It rather
more difficult to Invoke the Initia
tive or referendum by petition. At
least it seems only reasonable that
In order for the petitioners to pre
vail they should be able to secure,
not a majority of all the votes reg
istered, but a majority of all those
cast in the election, so that those
who do notvote on a measure.
though voting otherwise, would be
counted as voting against it. We
believe that the resolution of the
Blue Mountain grange will meet with
general, favor.
NEW PARTY MANAGEMENT
I NEEDED.
a REPUBLICAN newspaper, - the
A Louisville Post, under the title:
V "The Party of the Future,"
' says: "
"It must be manifest that the par
ty, of the future must be a party
that expresses its purposes and Its
principles through its organization
as well as through Us candidates.
We need a new; departure In. party
organization. We need new forms
of party government We need so
to organize these political associa
tions as to make them responsive to
popular Impulses and popular In
stincts. In all parties at all times
there is -too much of the so-called
practical politician,; too much of the
domination of organized interests,
too much of the boss in alliance
with aggregated business. Interests.'
Where seems "to ' be occasion for
criticism of this sore, and we might
go- farther andsay that what is
needed of a party in Its platform
and campaign utterances is not only
expressions of fidelity to the "inter
ests of the people but absolute sin
cerity, downright . honesty, In these
professions and declarations. Who
believes in a party tariff plank, for
example? Who knows what It
means, or that It may not be twist
ed or construed to mean anything?
Platforms and campaign speeches are
made to catch voters on both sides of
every question. , "There has proba
bly not been aa honest, sincere,
straightforward, ? candid political
platform of Republicans or Demo
crats in this country in 40 years,
and not one political speech In 10
has been so. The people know this,
or are finding it out and then party
leaders wonder why so many" voters
go astray,'. and have fittle or no use
for party any more. '
-. But beyond this, aa the Post sug
gests, the people rwlll In future de
mand that the party be sincerely de
termined to act for the good of the
many. Instead of the benefit of the
few. - They ? have -. had a taste of
Roosevelt's policy and style, and they
will have no, more of the Mark
Hanna policy and style. " A party
thaUbecomes the agency of tb' fa
vored few, comparatively, to thedet-
riment of the many, will have to de
pend . more and more In future on
the votes of the few and not of the
many; hence must cease; to exist 'or
go out of power for awhile.
There is needed, therefore, as the
Louisville paper says,- "a; class of
men-who-will-take the . party-or
ganizatlon and shape it to popular
control, ' free it from the malign in
fluences of the men who have no
conception of the rights of the oppo
sition,, who have no respect for a
minority, and little more respect for
a majority; men who seek to make
the party a machine , of their .own
purposes instead of making It an in
strument in. the hands of the peo
ple."
Mr. T. T. Geer, who was a candi
date for representative In the pri
maries, coming out third in the race.
and receiving about one Republican
vote to four for. Ellis in their home
county, says: ' "Statement No. 1 Is a
aeaaissue.Hrwas threshed ourbS-
fore this, during .the . primaries. It
is no longer a part of this campaign.
If I were in Mr. Cake's ahoes I'd re
fuse to say anything about it. As a
matter of fact, it would disembowel
the Republican party of this state to
urge the people to elect only State
ment No. 1 men to tne legislature."
So Statement No. I was only a 'pre
tense, a sham, a mans of delusion,'
until the primaries were over, with
Mr. Geer.. It was not to be taken
seriously and actually carried out,
but dropped as soon as the point
was reached where It could be made
effective to accomplish the desired
result, towit, election of senators by
the people. This Mr. Geer no longer
believes in; rather he no longer pre1-
tends that he believes in It and
there are others like him. Mr. Geer
Is at least to be commended for ex
posing himself so candidly.
A noteworthily useful organization
of this city, one that is quietly do
ing an incalculable amount of good,
is the Council of Jewish Women.
For years It has maintained a phll
anthropical and educational institu
tion here, that has grown In scope
and usefulness with the growth of
the city, until It occupies a foremost
position in this sort of work. Not
only poor children but adults as
well, are given an elementary edu
cation, are taught to be self-dependent
and self-respecting, and are thus
prepared as they could not other
wise be to become not only worthy
Jews but worthy American citizens.
The destitute are helped, the sick
are cared for, the benighted are en
lightened, and society is vastly bene
fited by the philanthropic work of
these good women. '
Ex-Senator Gearin speaks from
personal observation, experience and
knowledge when he says that a sen
ator'a politics cuts no figure in the
matter of getting appropriations and
doing other valuable eervlce for a
state. It is the all-around ability
of the man that counts his experl
ence in public life, his perception of
men and measures, his tact and-dl
plomacy, his faculty for Interesting
and influencing others. In purely
partisan questions -Oregon has -but
a negligible interest, and a Democrat
from this state would still leave the
senate overwhelmingly Republican;
but what Oregon needs is the kind
of a man described, one who can do
things for Oregon, rather than chew
the political rag.
Rabbi Wise, formerly of Portland,
now of New York, declared recently
in an address that the Influence of
the press exceeds that of school or
church, and he continued: '"The
press Is not to be a mere echo or
even formulator of public opinion.
It ought to be . the informer and
guide of public opinion. The press
is the daily teacher of . the nation,
instructing not only the young, but
men, women and children, young and
old. The press Is a people's unl
versity that never shuts its doors,"
It Is with this conception of the func
tion and the mission of the press
that The Journal aims to conduct it
self. ,
V Still the days of May pass, and the
time y when congress will . adjourn
draws near,, and yet It makes no
movement, or but "borne slight, in
decisive motion, toward enacting any
of the laws urged "by" the president,
or carrying out his policies. What
wonder, under such circumstances.
congress being .overwhelmingly Re
publican in both branches,' that Re
publican voters should be doubtful
and lukewarm ; as ,to party? ? ;Whlch
Is the party, Roosevelt or congress?
Roosevelt goes out next March; most
of the do-noshing leaders in congress
remain, ' What, then will become of
the Roosevelt policies?,' It" Is a
gloomy outlook for either the people
or the party." ' '
Correspondent Walter Wellman
has tllscovered that the people of this
country . are eagerly and almost
unanimously In favor of an asset
currency, as proposed "by some. bank
ers.; This discovery Is bn a par with
that made by Mr. Weilman of the
north pole. s
- , ...
"Vote 'er straight." aaya the
Salem , Statesman. That ls,v don't
think, don't exercise any Intelligence,
be mef e dumb,driven cattle. Why
not bring opt the tenants of the In
sane asylum and let them vote?
The time till the Rose-Plesta la
short. , Much In the way of prepara
tion is to W done, f As Mr. Whitte
more says, "Do it now."
Letters From the People
. Don't Knock High Wages.
Portland, May the Editor of
The Journal In a recent Issue of The
Journal there appeared an article by
D. a. Budtl, employment agent, in whlctl
he predict a continuu'icw of bueinesa
dapreeaion ao4 dxclaren that tho labors
ere' and harvesters' wage during the
oomine cummer ana ran ' wiu bo ae
creased 40 Per ,cent - below the usual
wages. It all , Or a majority of our
uunnem men, taoorera ttna mecnanics
and others should continue) to talk and
write in that way, It Is very likely
such condition would prevail. We have
ivu ninny propneie or eviiana eno man
can- tear down a wall faster than 10
men can build It up. If we alt in the
aartc ana think of our - troubles, they
will b magnified, not diminished. 13 fit
ter times will not ha hastened bv her.
aiding the fact . of reduced wages, and
uuomea Dueinesa conaicions. ; -
aaaa, being , &a einploymeht . agent
supposedly makea his living and prof lte
out or the laboring men: vat ha in a
somewhat ungracious tona denounces the
mooring classes, ana more especially
laborers sent out to camps, because they
were durlnr Urn trciur tnrt of thi
past year better paid tlutn i. times past
aiiu, ymy, wny anouian t tney oe oei
ter paid in an era of oronparity, when
the merchants, the sawmill wnera tha
railroads, the farmers attd dairymen
were one and all raking to m shekel
a never before? .
Such men as he make their living out
of fees for a Job, place or situation, as
you Dlease: and then, tft ejint ut .nd
declare that the laboring clunnes have
oeen naving too tnucn or a. gooa thing!
'This was the most nkindBt cut- nf
alt ' Budd should bloom and blossom
In an optimlstlo manner, aa is meet and
proper in the Rose City, and do his part
to create a more hopeful spirit and
f ood cheer, dissipate the gloom, walk on
he sunny side of tha street, lonlr fnr
and expect better business, better wages,!
irc"r wnuiuuiw in pre no rax. 11 is proo
ably true that some of the laborers did
not earn the high wagea they received,
and others were so possessed of the
wanderlust that they could not remain
In one place for any length of time;
but I believe these were the exoeptlons
rather than the general rule. And If the
wagea were high, the expenses wero not
small, commencing with a fee at the
employment office which was plenty
nign; next transportation expenses. In
many cases 5 to 110; then charg
6.26 per week for camp board: then, at
the epd of the month, another dollar for
hospital fee. irresnectlve nf tha Aanaer
Of, safety of the employe, and on top of
all $s for road and poll tax, and In some
contractors camps a discount of 10 per
cent So his first month's wages were
not so large, when the net profit was
realized. ,
TIs a wonder that fr TtnM
lay the blame for the recent financial
trouble and the bank holidays on the
shoulders of the laborers, on the ground
that they were too well paid, and that
me increased wages prevailing for
workmen on railroad -nnotnitlnn vnpb
logging camps, sawmills, ranches, etc.,
were responsible for the demoralised
condition of business throughout the
country. My advice to the workinc-
men, at least those to whom count
life appeals. Is to get a small ran.
2
Of course Hood River or ttogue river
lands would be out of the question, but
there are thousands of acres of logged
off lands which can be bought for A
small sum of money, and on part time
In many 6ases. There are also a good
many vacant quarters of government
and in the old burns of the coast
mountains. Such lands will require a
good deal of hard work to make them
self-supporting, but they will pay bet
ter in the long run, than working for
wages, and good fruit and vegetable,
a cow or two for his own milk and
butter,, and chickens, that he may have
eggs, and occasionally a fowl for his
Sunday dinner.
Poor Richard says man wants -but
little here below, nor wants that little
long, and when we get out in the
woods, with the beginning of a home,
we realise how many artificial needs
we have, which can be well dispensed
with. And after, all when we atop
iu. vunpiucr. gooa neaitn ana strength,
with contentment, la httr than rinaa
Let the workers get to work, save thoir
money until they have a couple of
hundred dollars, then go after a piece
oi iiiiu, even u mfv must go a little
In debt to do so. Then make a home
of It not merely a stopping place, .one
that will later be comfortable and at
tractive, and which will support them
in their declining days, an independent
living on their own ranch with plenty
of fruit, a good garden, a little live-
biock, nne wood ror the cutting Of it,
and they may then sit under their own
vine and fig trees In conclusion l eM
recommend that Mr Budd come out f
nis uen, snase orr the cobwebs, h
sorb deep draughts of our unexcelled
Oregon osone, realize that it's a pretty
good old world after all, and If he can't
boost wages, never aealn try to knock
Against Prohibition.
Portland, Or., May 6. -To. the Ed
itor of The Journal In your Issue of
may x vvunue sooze ' attempts to prove
that prohibition in Oregon would re
sult in a decrease in crime. Had this
gentleman taken the trouble to read
the United States census report he
would never make such a statement
presuming, of course, that he is hon
est In his assertions.
According to the figures of the
United States government, crime has
Increased' rather than decreased under
prohibitory laws. After 40 years of
prohibition Maine reuortefl four tim
as many criminals per 1.000,000 popu
lation as mere- were Deror the state
went dry. At the enit nf tha
length of time crime had doubled in
Vermont and there were eight times as
many criminals in IN6W ilampshlre, both
prohibition states. ,
In Iowa and Kansas the Increase In
crime In 10 years, from 1880 to 1890.
hair of which time they were under
Frufuuiuun laws, was alarming. In
owa it was seven per cent and In
Kansas four per cent.
Can Oregon afford to listen to - hire
lings whose dally bread depends upon
their bitter ficht acalnat.tha uliwin.i
The prohibition experiment has - been
tried In other states and has sailed. Why
should we jeopardise xur present" pros
perity with such a dangerous experi
ment. J. S. SWENK.
. ' ' -Ml, . ....
William AldPn Smiths Birthday.
William Alden Smith. TJnltBd Rtt.
senator from Michigan, was born at
Dowaglac Michigan. May 12, 1868. tho
son' of poor parents. He was educated
In the common schools and removed to
Grand Rapids in 1872. While serving
as a page in tha Michigan house of
representatives he bee.n tha fnw -nr
law and was admitted to the bar in
188s. He early acquired prominence 1n
his profession and for. many years be
acted ' as counsel for several of the
leading railroads In Michigan. He served
In the 64th. 6&th. B6th. ,67th. Rdth ,
6th congresses, was' unopposed for a
seventh term and unanimously reelect
ed to the 60th congress, but was electad
United States senator for tha full . t Arm
In January. 1907. and a month Inter
also elected for the unexpired term of
the late Senator Russell A.. Alger. It
was Mr. Smith who created miiMi.
able excitement in the house something
mure iiuui a, year bju . uj. nominating
This Date In History. ,
1809--Robert - -C- -wlnthrop. orator.
born In Boston. ' Died there November
1, 1894. -: , .
188 insurrection in ptni and at
tack on the Hotel de Vllle.
1840 French chambers decreed the
removal or JNanoieon a remains from
St Helens -to France.- - -
1860 Henry Cabot Ivodge. United
States senatdr . from Massachusetts.
born In Boston. ' , -. . , .
- 1851 Joseph K.: Toole, '-'ex-Governor
of Montana, . born In,- Savannah, Mis
souri. " -'-'" - - - - - 1 ' ' ; -.
lion, CI. T mmmmm abUI. . .
Kthe British' house of parliament, died.
175 Boay or ..wnier justice cnase
lay in state In tho capltol at Washing
ton, ' '"
- 1874 Women admitted to take de
grees at the iLondon university, "
190S Governor Pennypacker ' of
Pennaylvunla,? signed the '"press- mui
xiing- biiL ; , i ...... :
KING SUGAR
BY FREDERIC J. H.1SKIN. -
(Copyright, 1908, by Frederic J. Haskln.)
Honolulu,. TJ H.i April 28. Stfgar Is king. To Hawaii he Is a most
TndulgenrmonarchrforherliHS-broughtTthis-little group of Islands to
the' point where it is the greatest
on'earth. This year the Hawaii
OOO.OOu and 150,000,000. The priee ta high 6n account of great ahort-iage-la
Cuba, Java and elsewhere. The "crop here is larger than ever be
fore., Last year It was 440,017 tons., This yearlt'iavestlmated at from
475,00 0 to 5 0 0,0 0 0 rtonsv 'f H . -(
Hawaii has been - growing sugar fo
nearly a century,. By 187S the produc
tion had Increased until the annual-crop
was 12,500 "tons. Then something hap
pened. ' The United States made , a
reciprocity treaty 'with the kingdom of
Hawaii and the sugar from the Islands
was admitted to America free of duty.
Immediately the sugar business began
to take on new .life, although tbe crop
returns am not snow an enormous in
crease for some time. Bucar case can
not be grown over night. Each crop
frowa two years In Hawaii. Kven the
wo-year period Was not the beginning
or tne greater day. ror ail great tus
Inesses must grow. Modern- methods
of agriculture have brought - the Ha
waiian cane fields to their ' present
productivity, 'but it was the abouuon
of the duty on sugar entering the
United States thai mad this develop
ment possible. .
Twenty years after that treaty went
Into effect- Hawaii became frightened
lest the United (states might abrogate
It, as It had the right to do "Upon one
year's' notice. Hawaii was clamoring
ror annexation. The war with ppain
came up, Hawaii's great strategic value
was impressed upon congress and an
nexation earner Vree sugar has snade
a fixture by that act, for Hawaii was
annexed and made a part and parcel of
,V.. ...... 1 . tk. 'l....la.
VUQ UllllVU 7kbVa . . 1 II i. .a I
Sossesslon, to which the constitution
oes not follow the flsg. was Invented.
Treaty of 1875. .
The treaty of 187C was made before
tnere was any oeet sugar interests in
the United States, or It would never
have been made at all. If the Ameri
can beet surar-industry -had - been - as
great in 1598 as it Is now, Hawaiian
annexation probably , would have been
defeated.
xiawaii, naving uenemea oy uienp
things. Is now a unit In opposing tha
extension of like 'assistance to the Phil
ippines. The worst nightmare that can
come to a Hawaiian planter Is the
dream of Cuban annexation. Hawaii has
the backing of the powerful beet sugar
Interests In this, and the beet sugar
people have the backing of the entire
"stand pat' party on principle, so its
danger is remote: - .
it is interesting to take a retro
spective glance at the Industrial his
tory of i Hawaii to show what King
sugar, with an American free markot,
has dohe. Just 25 years ago a pam
phlet was published In Honolulu re
viewing the sugar industry of tho
Islands. Maps f ' the various islands
were given with the plantations marked
on them in red. Tables showed how
much land was planted in sugar cane
and how much more there' was available
for that purpose. At that time. 1882,
there were 66,000 acres of cane, and
the estimate of the "maximum pos
sible" acreage was 72,600. As a matter
of fact the present acreage Is 213,400,
or nearly three times the "maximum
possible" of 25 years ago. The same
authority said that on the island of
Oahu, where Honolulu Is situated, the
acreaore was S.00O and that Its maxi
mum extension would be 8,600. Th
sugar acreage of Oahu now is 36,532.
Tha statistician of 1882 was honest
and nalnstaklna. and his estimates ft
the maximum possible extension of the
industry were noi maae oy guess out
by careful surveys. But did nol
and could not, take Into consideration
the present methods of Irrigation and
steam cultivation.
The Irrigation plants now In use on
Hawaiian sugar plantations cost over
814,000,000. As there are only 60 plan
tations of considerable size this Indi
cates great expenditure for Individual
plants, in fact only 26 plantations have
irrigation systems at all, the others
depending on rainfall. Six plantations
have plants which cost over $1,000,000
dollars each. A good rain that will fill
the reservoirs means a saving of 1 1,000
a day for pumping on more than one
plantatlen,- --
-..Capital Required.
This kind of agriculture requires cap
ital. The sugar plantations f Hawaii
have a combined capitalization of some
thing over $70,000,000. ' The ownership
of this is, divided between about 7,000
shareholders. The control of the sugar
lndustrv Is centered in the hands of
half a dosen big companies In Hono
lulu, sugar factors. These companies
act as agents for the plantations, aod
they are" not prohibited from owning
shares In plantation stock, not by any
means. There are 14 sugar agents on
the list, but there are six big ones.
These big companies grew out of small
stores established many years ago it
the days when nobody dreamed of doing
business by . the millions.
The small sugar planters of the old
days had to have supplies for their
places. They obtained them from a
Honolulu trading store. When the crop
was made they sold - their so gar to
the same store, or employed the store
to act as agent for Its sale. As the
Oregon StdeligKia
A man will drill 500 feet near Eugene
In Mope of striking oil.
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An Odd Fellows' building will be
erected In Brownsville.
John Day valley fruit prospects are
discouraging; too much frost.
a a
Hn "market day" In Athena. 8S bar
rels of a certain brand of. flour were
,0ld- . -, x -" . a a :. v,-.V--r..v-"
itmT We ver of "AlbSTIT h asr done
business as a grocer for 82 years In the
same location In Albany. , j '
- A Curry county sranener has offered
linn raward ia anv one who will kill a
coyot that is destroying his flpck.
The Salem Journal says Portland Is
iealous of Salem. This is pretty bad,
f so; a great big thing like Portland.
It all tha 'neonle build houses In town
this summer that say they are going to,
Mitchell will have quite a boom, says
the Sentinel. . j ; i -K ,:;
iSrarma in our county : continue to sell
at varv eood nrices. says the McMlnn-
viii. TalonhnnA-RearlRter. i Real estate
men report plenty of buyers, but the
list of farms on the market for Sale
. . , 1 A Im illMnillt
grows aaiKtivr iiu i - - ' . . --
now tnan rormeriy 10 una- iuiibdh ia.nu
property-that can oe uougnt cneap.
Brownsville, situated at the Junction
of the fertile Calapooia valley with the
far-famed Willamette valley. Is destined
to become a city -of considerable mag
nitude and consequence, and no power
on earth can stop or hinder her growth,
declares the Times. Certain conditions
in the past have retarded her advance
ment somewhat, but these obstacles are
being rapidly overcome. . - v , ''
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.-' For several ' years - Albany '.has used
the designation The Hub of the Willam
ette, says the Democrat. It has stood
out boldly on a sign at the depot and
Is on the back of booster envelopes.
Nevertheless some Eugene booster -envelopes
have Just been issued with the
title applied to Eugene, an unfair appro
priation of something that belongs to
Albany. Eugene Is no hub. anyway.
Besides the -regular Southern Pacific
road there is only one spoke, making a
three-spoke hub,-while Albany Is able
to- present a six-spoke., hub. People
rome here to trade from six different
directions, by rail. .
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The onoe ridiculed water wagon Is be
coming a great affair.
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- IN HAWAII
exporting country of Its population
a usrar croD will sell for between 140,
sugar business grew from a small mat
ter of farming to the proportions of a
mignty industry, tne iauioru grew wmi
It. But the old ways are strong, and
these old institutions can today sell
vnn anvthlncr from a. 11.000.000 Steam
ship to a box of carpet tacks. Ihoy
are still supply stores of the general
type, waxed great and rich. " -m -
A a holl- a .ilnxen firms and S dOien
or so men control the sugar business.
they control i tne Dusiness ot ""
They are King Sugar's ministers. Vp
to this time not one of them has been
charged with disloyalty , to his mon
arch. They . are faithful servitors. It
was -Inevitable, of oourse, that the con
centration of this economle power into
a few hands would cause 6trife. There
have been sharp contests, there are now
tnurmurtngs and bickerings. .- sf
It is said that a total stranger an
buy machinery or other supplies from a
sugar agent much cheaper than one of
that agent's plantations can buy It. A
muckraker would undoubtedly find
some molasses on the tines of his Im
plement. if he trailed it over Hawaii.
On the other hand, the prosperity of
the islands and everyDoay in ",nas
been made by sugar, is supported by
antral anil art thnut aurar would Derlsh
miserably. The j sugar barons have
brought a great curse upon their land
hv tha' imnnrtatton of an excess of ori
ental labor, perhaps, but whatever
blessings the country v has. .they : also
brought. ' . , .
y. -i rolltics. la BswsxL ,
-Politics In Hawaii is not Ideally free
from , corruption. It wasn't In the-old
days of the monarchy, and it Isn't now.
But it Is to be doubted if any state in
the Union has laws which throw as
much light into the-: Inside working,
of corporations as do the laws of Ha
waii. - This, in spite of the fact that a
dosen men control all of the one great
Industry of the country. It is not
meant that these laws are Utopian, -or
that they accomplish great results. It
is merely the wonder that such pub
licity laws are on the statute books.
The sugar barons apparently have
not been put to the necessity of study
ing twOIHx. Th had a bill in the leg-
Jislature. two years ago to enable them
to bring in some Portuguese ana opan
lsh Immigrants, badly needed to relieve
the labor situation. They didn't men
tion it to their leader In the senate,
and it went to the table. If ha had
known It, it could have been passed
without K word. As It was, It required
hard work to pull it through. On the
whole, the sugar barons seem not. to be
such bad barons after all.- The com
munity knows that they have built Its
prosperity and. In a measure, the com
munity is grateful.
These things may chance. - Borne of
the sugar barons are placing obstacles
In the way of homesteadlng and other
efforts toward Americanization, fear
ing .the effect upon their system of
labor. This attitude la antagonistic to
the moving spirit of the territory, and
when the clash comes It will be the
sugar barons' heads that are cracked.
Borne of the sugar barons, especially
the British and Germans, still believe,
or affect to believe, that the United
States will again open the doors to As
iatic Immigration so far as Hawaii Is
concerned. The majority of the Amer
ican planters look toward the south of
Europe for help..
- Problems of Planters. -The
sugar planters have problems.
of course, but In Hawaii their outlook
Is rosy. Just now they are glorying
In the biggest crop of their history and
a top-notch price. Even if the dreaded
tmng nappens ana i'nuippine sugar, or
even Cuban sugar. Is admitted Into the
United States without duty, the sugar
planters may find consolation In the
rapidly increasing consumption of
sugar. Thirty-five years ago the sugar
crop of the world was two or three ;
million tons eacn year, over half or
which was made from- cane. It did i
not reach 4.000.000 tons until 1883.
when, for the first time, the beet sugar
production was a little the larger half.
The - crop reached the - 10,000,000ton
mark in 1902. six of which was from
beets and four from cane.
The last annual statistics reported a
world's crop of over 12.000.000 tons.
seven from beets and five from cane.
The Increase of consumption of sugar
in tne united mates, as mignt be ex
pected, has been startllngly rapid, hav
ing tripled in a quarter of a century.
This - growth continues all over the
world, and the sugar-producing sections
are called upon to do their utmost. Ho
far as Hawaii Is concerned. It : Is be
lieved that practically all the available
sugar land Is now under cultivation.
But such predictions are uncertain, as
witness the "maximum possible" esti
mate of 25 years ago. In the mean
time. King Sugar smiles on Hawaii, and
this territory Is one part of the United
States that knows not the meaning of
Industrial adversity In the good year
1908. . ' . , " .
, Small CKange
However you vote, clean up. .
a
Only three ' days' mors In which to
register.
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The early fly Is also having his
troublea
The people don't like a qultte:
-of a
principle....... --- . . s
The people of Oregon will sustain the
university.
... a . a
-Oomr gentls spring, ethereal mild
ness; 'come." a ' e' ' .
t Nr will there be shy failure In the
June bride crop. . - ,
Every year the circus Is new to a
new crop oi aias.- . - - ..
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. Some detectives are surer -el the first
euByiuivu inau any wme alter ward.
f Do the ' people of X)regon want to
cnuuno ineir senators? Xhls Is - the
iiuvauuii.
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A lot of Umatilla Indians are becom
ing converted perhaps preparing for s
dry county. v
,If winter lasts into June the Rose
Fiesta may have to be postponed.. '
i ' . : - -a .:- a
The crops are feeling tolerahly well
yet, thank' you, though a little chilly,
. - - '
, Suppose you average voter sit down
and figure up what party adherence ever
did for you.. v -.
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' Europe wants gold. Send over some
more bankrupt, dissolute, dope-fiend fel
lows with titles. -v - .v. - :
. -e-- -
Perhaps after a while the result of
ball games will be left to the popular
vote of tbe crowd. . .
V. ' V'"-" - " '
' 'A Rev. Dr. Hurlstone has been hurling
rhetorical rocks at heresy. Of course
he knows Just what heresy is. .
, .' V . , ' : a i . ' I ", i . ' -..I.
' Aaarchlsm Is : waning in the United
States, says an exchange. There was
never much of it to wane.
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, Taft Is so far the' favorite among the
Oregon Republican politicians that the
field is scarcely discernible. . ., -. : :
-m a a '.. .... .
A feattle man Is said to have dis
located his neck trying to kiss a pretty
girl wearing a Merry Widow hat. Olrls
who wear theso hats should be careful.
and Boi twist themselves as to help a
fellow-. -: . . ... .. .': -,
hen Hhe Dances. - - -
AUD i ALLEN'S dancing.- whloh
has set all London agog. Is de
scribed as a series pf rhythmical
movements, not a violent -exer
cise as we commonly' accept the
It is her method of Internretlnar
tern.
tha until nf. mn.t. . , l . .... .
,uy inn is WUB.C sns
herself says, of her art: V. ;
"The art of dancing, as understood by
the great masses, Is a series b regular
rhythmical movements requiring a- cer.
tain music; not so in my work. In that
the movements of the plastic poser are
inspired by the music. "
-"This form of dancing. together with
the art of mimicry, gives to the eye a
translation in plastio of what the com
poser wished to convey to his hearers,
A disciple of this new form may readily
be calied the muse of the composer, for
I feel that -In thinking of bis musical
creation, in his great desire to express
his every impulse his longing, his Joy,
Ma-sorrow -when lost in dreams, - he
may have seen passing before his mind's
eye an apparition of a similar character.
I thought that to give this picture,
would be a. work of great Joy and sa;
tsfaetlen, '-.-.. , . ; .... .
'What one usually only. vaguely feels
when listening to beautiful music. I am
trying, through movement and mimicry,
to express -clearly: and deenlv tha
thought which seems to hover oa the
wings of the melody.,, I am trvlna- in-
my work to convey. to you the relation,
mp or the arts by having taken two
of quite distinct nature the plastic and
music and. forming them In tn AM AMU
and highly expressive art in which the
Dounoanea neither or the one nor. the
other can more be found. My great am
bition is that my audience shall forget
It is a body whose movements they see;
I want them to feel rather the: finely
shaded vibration of a souL - .- .
' "I am continually being asked how my
Idea came to me. I will tell you.
"This new art. born of mv e-raa.t and
passionate love for tae beautiful, came
very graudally whlls I was a student at .
tne xtoyai xiign scnooi ot mubio in Ber
lin VI V .VA rV linilW W, d rivan A . . ..
my every holiday td visiting the great
art galleries of lSurope, and It so hap
pened that from no other outward help
than the great masters' works have I
succeeded In uniting nruelo and the
plastio Into a form which is not gener
ally understood as "dancing," but whloh
is tne aance in its nooiesi, purest ana
most perfect form the dsnoe In its
grand simplicity.
only to a few who. had heard of mr
dancing before his -majesty at Harlen
bad. Well, London accepted me, and
the golden gates of all the earth -are
open to me. I say this in very humble
ana in aeep gratituae. ana Because 1
owe It to the dear Londoners, and would
be unworthy 11 i aid not make acknowl
edgment" , ...
, K St ST
Between Old and Xew. ' , !
THE housewife Is hunting soma sub
stitute . for . potatoes these -days,
when the old potatoes are too old
and the new ones too new. The manip
ulated old-new potato whloh halls -from
California Is a snare and a delusion as
many a careful economically minded
cook has -found, when she had her mind
mads up to give the family a treat of
delicious creamed new potatoes and
found she had purchased a sackful of
hard nobules which no amount of scrap
ing would scrape, ,,
But It will not be long before our own
potatoes and our own strawberries ere
ready for general use,, and we may bid
good-by to substitutes. For the pres
ent, however, consider that macaroni
and Its kind, rice and hominy are agree
able starchy foods which may well have
a place on the menu. -. ,
In Durchaaetng homlnv. the dry
cracked kind which comes In the 10
pound sacks is far preferable to the lye
treated kind. It is much more health
ful and more sanitary.
The length of time required for' cook
ing, Is the only thing agalnst .lt, but
soaking over night will tend to lessen
that. : It is well to cook more tnan' win
be needed for one meal for this Is sn
economy of fuel and there are- several
different ways of serving. The chil
dren like it. when Wilt boiled-Mind it is
not fit to eat otherwise with sugar and
cream or milk. Beaten up with an egg
and fried In butter it makes most dainty
and agreeable small cakes, good for
breakfast, luncheon or dinner. With
milk, eggs, sugar and a flavoring of
vanilla or lemon It makes a good pud
ding, baked for an hour in a moderate
oven. It can be used as filling In a
dish In 'which a chicken or veal pie is
to be made. Place the) boiled hominy in
the bottom of the dish and , another '
layer on top of the meat and brown.
Macaroni may be used in many dif
ferent ways pretty well known to house
keepers. It will do as well as potatoes
In a stew, makes Its most artistic ap
pearance when cooked with cheese and
milk and browned In. the oven, may be
added In-short lengths to omelet or
salad or as a garnish for a roast. Plain
boiled it is the best sort of starchy food
to give to a' little child, added to his
soup or in hot milk.
A little experimenting with these use
ful foods will give the housewife some
new dishes of her own making and will
give the family a pleasant-variety.
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How to Make Fudge.
FUtXJB .Is now as popular as when
first Introduced several years, ago,
replacing the ' favorite . chocolate
caramels. The expert1 fudgemaker sel
dom thinks ot measuring her materials,
but. Just 'guesses at the quantity of
sugar, milk, chocolate and "butter neces
sary It Us 4ust before the fudga-ls-
done that the additions which give it .
novelty go In. Nuts are always good.
One "Variety or several kinds mixed may
be used. Then there is crystallzed; gin
ger cut In small pieces -Another mix-
ture Is of marshmallows. For this the
following recipe may be used:. i. .
i One fourth cajce of unsweetened choc
olate, two cups of granulated sugar, one
run of milk, one teasDoonful nf hnttnr.
-Boil' for five minutes, then take frotn
the fire and pour tn a heaping saucerful
of marshmallows torn In small bits
Beat until the mixture berlns tn atlffnn.
men puur quivaiy. miu ouiierea tins to
coot Another , way Is to sprinkle the
shredded marshmallow on the bottom of
the pan. and pour the hot fudge over It.
This Is convenient when both the marsh
mallow, nut and the plain varieties are
to be made from the same boiling.
' . The Bally Menu.
BREAKFAST. ' , " j
' Rananns. Omelet.
. Hot Cakes with Syrup. Coffee. " "
LUNCHEON.. .
Lamb Stew with Macaroni. Radishes.
Sliced Oranges. Of fee Cake. -,Tea.
DINNER. .' T
Cream of Corn Soup.
, : Brisket of Veal.- Breaded. " - -
Green Peas. Hominy Cakes.
' . Asparagus. French Dressing. ?'
Strawberry Short -Cake. .l '.
. -. - Coffee. - - -
s , The Retort Intoxicated. - ,
The Lincoln, Maine, - Chronicle gtvae
this little i story: , "A" man quarreled
With his wife, and took to drink. : His
wife. - hoping to reform him, hired a
masquerade suit one night, and accost
ed him on the street "I am the devl."
she said. Her tipsy husband grasped
her hand cordially. -Shake, oM bo."
he said. ."1 .amyour. brother-in-law,'
I married your sister" ' , ; .
' It seems that the Herrtn-S. P. ma
chine probably has Its grip en the Re
publican party pf California1! yet. Re
form from the Inside ot a rotten egg la
a hard Job. k " . ;- ,
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