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THE OREGON RATE CASE.
THE eult brought by the O. R. &
N. company to enjoin the re
duction of freight, .rates from
Portland to ? eastern Oregon
points, as ordered hy- the state rail'
road commission; raises one point
that has perhaps not been adjudicat
ed in this country, -and-will there
fore "be T a "case of Tjgreat" Interest
throughout the United States. The
railroad cnmnanv aIIac-po. that th re
quired reduction of these rates to
points In Oregon east of The Dalles
would necessarily require a revision
of rates . from Missouri "river points
end farther east, and from California
points, to these Oregon points, , and
so would affect, disturb and inter
fere with interstate commerce, hence
is beyond the province of the state
railroad commission,' even ' if ?t has
power to regulate rates within the
fctate, which of course the railroad
company disputes.
An examination of this - plea dis
closes this situation: The O. R. ft
N. company asks the court to accept
as ; final; immutable ; and beyond
question or attack, . pot only ' its
schedule of rates, or Its tariffs, from
Portland .' to eastern Oregon points,
and whatever . tariffs It may at ' any
time establish, but also its own. sys
tem or method of arriving at and fix
ing those schedules.' The frallroad
company, it Is supposed, as a general
rule, charges,;, for eastern shipments
consigned to eastern Oregon, its local
rate from Portland back to eastern
Oregon points, in addition to the
through rate to Portland. .ThIs in
fact ia not always the case, but
whether so or not,' whatever the com
pany's system of determining sched
ules may be, it assumes that this sys-
torn is to be accepted as something
not to be changed, affected "or, in
quired into; that this is a settled and
conceded-hasis; J3f lits : case, beyond
dispute or scrutiny by the state or by
the court.. .Thls,.in:a word, and to
use aj(: common )?hraBe,i is an au
dacious example 01 -pegging me
question." Why should - the court
accept the railroad's plan or system
of fixing rates as Inflexible and' in
fallible, especially when the corpora
tion retains, the right to change that
plan 1 or system, 1f It chooses, with
every change of the moon? i
Observe that the order of the state
commission applies, necessarily, only
to shipments wholly within the state, i
from Portland to paints east, of The
Dalles.. These rates,' the commission
finds, are too high. It has nothing
to do with shipments coming into the
state and reshlpped from Portland,
The crder of the commission deals
with" etatejemmerce -only,Mind to
comply with it U the O; R. ft N,
lias to do Is to adjust slightly its in
terstate schedules, alter its system of
fixing rates a little. The interfer
ence with interstate commerce can at
raobe but Indirect and remote. To
say that "a state commission cannot
thus reduce rates, on a showing that
they are unreasonable, on the ground
that such reduction is an Interference
with interstate commerce, is tanta
mount to saying that a state railroad
to regulate rates witnia. tne state at
all. in any ease.;,-;.; i-
This, Indeed the petition for an
injunction separately asserts that
the commission law . Isncohstitu-
tional and void,; Because It invests
the commission with .legislative, ad
ministrative and ;. Judicial powers,
This, however, is put In as a make
weight, for as a general proposition
the constitutionality of such a law
has been pretty well established, not
withstanding a few recent extreme
assumptions ; of power. . by federal
courts. The' railroad company also
asserts that the required reductions
would be unreasonable and confis
catory, but that is a question of fact
upon which it is safe to say the 0. R.
& X., with all its big dividends to be 1
pointed to, does not intend to go to
trial. It was upon a mere ex parte
allegation of this fact, and that pen
aitles imposed by the law were ei-fp.-slve,
that a federal Judge held the
sens Carolina law unconstitutional
em! void, and It Is perhaps expected
that such will be the outcome here,
V'it it teems at least reasonable to
t'.ai'.bt whether that case will serve as
a precedent in this proceeding.
U is manifest from the nature of
t! U rc-qstanre that the object of the
!... .J corporation Is to break down
THE PEOPLE VS. ;THE RAILROADS
1. .
vouauai.'
HE sweeping victory won for the
state and people "over the cor
poration that owns the Oregon
City locks is as gratifying as it
It-restores to the -state
very important ' and very valuable
rights that It had been supposed for
years had been irretrievably lost. The
state, In the beginning, contributed
1200.000 to aid in the construction
or the locks, reserving the riKht to
collect 10 per cent of jthe net Annual
revenues, and the .further right' to
purchase the locks at such amount
as the locks had cost the corporation.'
aiiure of the state authorities at
the proper times to collect the rev
enues ldd to the assumption by the,
corporation ; that the right to do so i
had lapsed. For 80 years or' more
it has ; been the ? general sup
position that whatever rights the
people., ofQregoa--or4ginally-aeld-4a
the locks had been . completely lost
Tuesday's decision suddenly changes
the aspect : of things, -and by one
stroke all the rights that the people
naa to snare In the " revenue
from the locks . seem to ' be fully
restored to them, v The mandate Is
to Issue from the court, ordering the
corporation , to pay arrearages due
the state, aggregating many thou
sands-of dollars. The state is to
continue hereafter to collect 10 per
cent of the net annual revenue yield
ed by the ; locks.. , The - decision
gives '. the state- Immense lever
age . in finally " achieving ' the
cherished dream , of an., open Wil
lamette, and greatly reduced freight
rates. It is one, of the most Import
ant public achievements ever made in
behalf of the people of Oregon, and
one of the most overwhelming de
feats ever sustained by a corporation
in Oregon.-". " "-,
The conditiofl is the handiwork oI
Governor Chamberlain.: In 1905, In
a letter to the 'attorney-general, he
expressed .the belief that the state
had not lost, its rights in the matter
of the locks, and directed that officer
to bring suit to recover them. His
Judgment, and his standing as a pub-
llo man are mightily vindicated in
Taesday'B decision. What other em
Inent governors j of the 'statd had
overlooked, .what bad -been over
looked by all others in the state, did
not escape the profound and far-seeing
mind of Mr.' Chamberlain; " He
acted with his usual wisdom and de-
terminationit and the result is most
valuable rights laid by him at the feet
of the people t Oregon. How emi
nently fitted Is such a man to be
sent by Oregon to do things for her
people in the United States senate. .
the state ; railroad commission i law
and render the work of the commis
sion wholly nugatory'.; In this case it
pleads: not ; onlyj wfconstltutjcmality
and confiscation, but that all state
traf f lo is in fact interstate . traffic,
and therefore subject to regulation
only by the interstate ' commerce
commission. The fight ' here, In
North Carolina, in Georgia, and else
where, is to knock out all state laws
regulating railroads, on these
grounds. If the railroads can succeed
through the courts In doing this, they
will next attack the interstate com
merce law, and get Its unconstitu
tionality Judicially determined. , Or
they will get the law amended so as
to make it more worthless than it Is,
Or will strive to get control of a ma
jority of the commission and of the
next administration, It possible" This
Is not merely an O. R.'& N. flghtj it
Is a fight of all the railroads of the
country, their, persistent unalterable
object being ; to 1 free themselves
from all legal restraint and all public
control or regulation, and to dom
inate, the : people exactly as they
please. .. This Is the nature of. the
conflict, and the sooner the people
apprehend it the better. v-i
. If the railroads win If the courts
decide in their favor, If state com
mission laws are nullified, if the In
terstate . commission ' Is gagged 7 or
bribed If, In a word, the people are
checkmated and thwarted and beaten
at every - turn,' in every attempt to
regulate the railroad traffic tf the
country and cure the insolent, auda
clous, arbitrary power or tne ran
roads, then government ownership is
indeed the only remedy, and will be
resorted to as surely, as grass grows
and water runs. 1 ---;
THE PEOPLE VS. THE RAILROADS.
.1
GREAT, widespread and gener
al protest of shippers and peo?
pie generally Is likely to be
made against the proposed in
crease of railroad freight rates
throughout the country. Whether
the protest will be effective Is doubt
ful. The railroads, in this country
alone, are not accustomed to pay
much attention to the wishes and de
mands of the people.
Congress could have prevented this
action on the -: part of railroads,
doing an' interstate business,
weeks ago and probably might do so
even : yet, by passing the t Fulton
amendment r to the interstate com
merce law, which provides that rail
roads shall not thus raise" rates
until the commission has investi
gated and given permission. . This is
a reasonable and right measure, and.
one urgently needed by the 'people,
yet for three or four months con
gress has completely ignored the
subject, apparently Jor the very pur
pose of allowing the railroads to do
what they have done, or say they
will do. The Fulton bill sleeps in
Senator Elklns' committee room.
and nothing will come of it, 'during
this session of congress. This is
another sharp, clear Illustration of
the fact that in case, of any conflict
of Interest between- the masses of
the people on one hand and the rail
roads or trusts on the other, con
gress is sure to act in the Interest
of the latter, at least negatively, and
not in the interest of the former., i
It will perhaps be well for the
railroads to persist in ,. this . rate-
raising, scheme, and the- higher the
raise the better; for then, the more
united, .aggressive, determined and
effectual will be the people's resist
ance ; to the Intolerable encroach
ment of railroad , ; autocrats, . .The
people must soon see and realize
with, rates arbitrarily raised all over
the country, ; that they must take
some decided. ; concerted, country
wide action; to unhorse this tyran
nical octopus, : r;-' " ;vvV-'
: A lot of entirely different con
gressmen must be elected, , also a
president who can be. absolutely de
pended upon to take sides with the
people; '' the railroads must be
brought under strict control of the
interstate commission and state com
missions, and if these men do not do
their. dutythey mimt be turned out
and those put in their places who
will. , ;. ,
It , has ,, been suggested . several
times and In different quarters that
It might be well to adopt the practice
of not sending United States senators
as delegates to national conventions.
Their business- as senators is to
serve" all. the' people rather than a
party, and' in playing partisan poli
tics they often sacrifice public in
terests. Then frequently, as in Ore
gon now, there is rivalry and Jeal
ousy between the two senators from
a state, and this would be largely
avoided, if it were understood to be
the rule that neither would be elect
ed a delegate. Finally, " there are
many men. of .more .or. less prom
inence in every state who are fairly
entitled to a share of political hon
ors, and these could be , divided
around more equitably,' if senators
were shut out. They are'sufflciently
honored in being senators; "let-others,
have the delegateship honor.
"Mr. Chamberlain, as a Roosevelt
Democrat, will, of course, support
Roosevelt for president If he be
nominated," says the Oregonian. The
"support" Mr. Roosevelt wants and
badly needs, Is support for the
remedial legislation he is urging be
fore the senate,-which In its madness
and, self-sufficiency that body has for
five long months refused to enact,
With all Ills powers, and they are tar
more than ordinary, Mr. Chamber
lain would be, if elected, a devoted
supporter on the floor of the senate
of most, if not all the measures for
which' President Roosevelt is vainly
pleading. ;f Could - anybody . ask for
more?. " W-- ':.
Letters From the People
Oregon's '.Valuable Clays.
Portland. May ; IS. To the Editor, of I
Th Journal Th state of Oregon is
rich Id her clay resources This lecmi
Ilka a bold Btatement. In view of soma
things, that have racfently' been said In
communications, resolutions, tc
printed In tha columns of Tha Journal.
COSMOPOLITAN HONOLULU
- BY FREDERIC J. HASKIX. '
Copyright, 1908. by Fraderio J. Haakln.) .
Honolulu. T. tt, April JO. Beautiful Honolulu, the metropolis of thamld-Pa-clflo,
disputes with ancient Babel for 'the Polyglot championship of tha world
Wlthrif a-itenrs ttrrswef -ths-capltolnof Hawaii, formerly, the palaca of the
queen. Is a. vacant lot in which Is displayed a warning placard which screams
However, it strikes me that a brief defiance In,' seven languages. "Not a publio , highway." . That ts EnglUh.
athS'uma iSf iWtas'donSS Tnat 1- Hawaiian. -fNao so pasaa' aqul.",; That Is Portuguese. And
to have thj idea gcT out to SiS world thn th Iyterto paint brush wys tha same thing? in Chinese. Japanese , and
that Greson has no clays of the beat Korean, and finally it turns .to good old American slaiig, and says. , "Skldoo,
!J.; Thls property owner, la his desire to keep'the-Wanderer off his crass.
has paid a great tribute to tha cosmopolitanism Of Hdnolulu.;: Great Ameri
can cities which have , received.: the enormous ' influx of an European Im
migration are today -enormous congressses of all nations, but H must be ra-
memoerea tna,t Honolulu has only 40,000 inhabitants.
faellREALM iM
-tfeaunme
Tho - New - Education.-
and hiehcKt nuaJitv.
A eeaine maae street paving orica
is now being shipped into tills city, and
I know that It is a good brick, but, I am
not to espouse its merits or decry It In
any individual' sense. Nor do I care
to go generally Into -.the subject of vlt-
ririea cricii as a. street navinar material.
ror anyone who will give nonest atten
tion co tne suDject wui una mac orictt. i aspects. Despite its great oriental pop
good brick, are being more largely used I ulation, its Buddhist temples and Shinto
TrtllY cosmonolitan It laL " It - la
also very roetropolltan in many "of Its
HAT Portland Is to have a trade
school where the elements of the
. trades and crafts are to . be
. taught, is cause for congratula
tion. We are gradually retting
down to a-working system M our educa
tion, a system which takes soma ac
count of, what the individual is to be
come. Ivo one who looks back, tn the
purely -scholastic training ; which ; was
throuarhout this countrv todav for heavy
and medium traffic than ,1s any other
material. i nave naa . reports - xrom
about 300 cities In this country, and
these verify my statement 4 Brick has
had and has Its enemies, but those
opposed are not numbered amontr the
roperty owners in tne districts wnero-
a vuiiriea brick naa Deen in use rrom
10 -to -28 years and -is still. In . crime
condition, witn practically no cost ac
count for repairs.-.! would not condemn
the brick that were laid in Seattle I ago. One of the most interesting of the
hoc ib up iu tureo year ago, tor x u si guts: oi Honolulu is tne naiuianl
the resDonaible head of the concern I schooL nna of th nnhlln hnnla nam
that made that brick and that made the In honor of ' the beautiful Princess
first yltrlf led street paving brick on the I Kaiulanl, who was heir apparent to the
Pacific coast.'': sw -, t '.,' I Hawaiian throne when Queen Lllluoka-
a iuiuti ujrgs wouin now De sweet
snrines: aeSDtte Its - slttlns- under an
extinct volcano: despite Jts blue tropic
skies and Its luxuriant trnnlo fnllaua
Honolulu is a truly American oity, mod-
orn ana up to- aate, ana , iooes tns
Dart.'' ;,.,''. ,-;.. ,-.:.;.:..,:..
. -Probably not mora than 1,000 of, Hi
innaDitanis are American or Krltlsn in
blood. Nevertheless . the American element-
dominates, as It., has damlna.tMd
ever since a. little band of New Kng-
land missionaries landed here 88 years
melody, as -compared with the storm of
tnouiations and waillnss that came
spasmodically when the very brick that
are now being praised were offered .for
use: then condemned ' anil nranounRed
utterly worthless, but after much argu
ment. . ana an iron , ciaa
were finally accented, and after this
long term or years have made good.
A. Vitrified brick In Its structure Is
an antlrelydlfferent animal from any
other ' kind of brick C tnale or female)
and to make it. the very best Clay must
be used, coupled with skill, energy and
hard ,: cash. We read about so called
oor brlck having been used In this
LV. Heattle had the) amma siMr ani
dui in Dest prevailed -ana the . poor
went outas the art of brick making be-
vaina -wiier unaerBioon.,. , wnua it is
absolutely necessary to use a high grade
unci ior a gooa sireei pavement, yet it
Is equally essential that the work bo
properly done in. preparing the founda
tion and laying the brick thereon Do
you always get this kind of work? The
orica has been inspected, and panned
upon -Dy a une or curDstoiie inspectors.
The work of laying is completed. The
oniy tning now In sight Is the brick,
and in case of defect In construction It
goes with the brick even If the founda-
linn BiniTS rmlAw tha fwA - holnba .naa
avxanss rauw V; V Vllt-AB. VI
the bricks rattle loose for the want of
a proper ruier. ,-.
But what I want to emDhaalze In tne
opening sentence of this article. About
lani was dethroned. The Kaiulanl
school Is attended each day by about
600 - embryo American - cltixens. There
are oa or inese euo wno are of non
American 'parentage. Just two of the
600 are Americana It Is a significant
fact that these two 'American children
guarantee I are dominant in their respective grades,
i tna games an
which the chll
embryo .kircanisatlona
awn nave. -., -
' . Wo- TTniformlty . of Costume
There is no attempt at uniformity of
costuming in tha ''American-' fashion:
There are Japanese boys in skirts and
Chinese girls in- trousers. There are
as many styles of hair ' dressing iri
Kaiulanl school- as there were in the
rurnea Dram or mm wno invented the
undulation marceL1 Japanese girls with
hair- on caper trusses: Jananese a-lrla
with pompadours a la Illinois: Korean
boys with topknots; and Korean boys
witn nair parted in tna middle
Chinese
Dow tows; ant
girls with banns and
Chinese girls with kid roller curls.
in tna morning tna cnuaren in the
"receiving-room." where, a Hawaiian
firj Is giving the Infant class Its first
omeopayiic dose of English, have a
song thfe burden" of which is "good
morning." This simple salutation is
sung first in English, then In Hawaiian,
Japanese, cninese. - Portuguese and
sometimes in German, Swedish, Span
ish or French for the sake of variety.
After tha day's -work in this school . Is
10 years ago a number ef clay experts I dore, the Japanese and. Chinese- children
were sent to this coast by the govern-1 scamper off for another set-to in the
ment, and made report on Paclflo coast schools 'of -their, own people,'; while all
clays. 'These gentlemen took one big
step irom tjaniornia into eastern Wash
ington, ana in tnelr . report made no
mention or Oregon,- carrying : the open
conclusion that there was - nothing ,in
this state worth "stopping to see, and
now we are told outright that-there are
no good clays here.,' Here I enter a
vigorous protest, for It can be shown,
not alone by the raw-, materials, but by
the occidentals so to . day. The old
adage that "all .work and no play Makes
jkc ,uun uojr is a oii-or occidental
wisdom which cannot ba stretched to
apply to the orientals." ' " : . ,
Motwitnstanding the American appear
ance of that part of Honolulu which Is
piessej witn . modern . office buildings
auu luwennir noteis wnicn-mairear tma
a truly' American 'city, one has to wan-
the manufactured product aa well, that! der but a few . squares away to find
Nebraska was 'the last state, at
this writing, to be swept In spots by
tornadoes, destroying several . lives
and fnuch property; A little before,
It was Oklahomar and a few days
previous to tbat four or five southern
states. We shall be hearing like re
ports soon from Kansas, Iowa," and
other states. But these destructive
terrors are unknown in Oregon.' This
of itself is a considerable advantage.
vTell it abroad. '
Oregon is fortunate In' not having
Governor Gillett,,. a ' tool of Boss
Herrln's, who appointed some Har-
rlman servitors as delegates to the
governors s, convention '- at- Washing
ton. iPresldent Roosevelt was f'next,'
however, and: appointed' a delegate
from California himself. The state
Is merely a Harrlman satrapy.
Theodore A. Bingham's Birthday.
Theodore .A. Bingham, whose efforts
to 'reform the police fores of New - York
city have attracted much public atten
tion, was born .in . Andover, Connecticut,
May 14, 1858. - He attended Tale col
lege for three years, but his desire for
a military career led him to leave col
lege before his graduation and to enter
West Point. - lie graduated from tha
military adademy In 1879 and entered
the army aa a second lieutenant of en
gineers. He became a caDtain .in 1889
and during the next five years ha served
as military attache of the United States
embassies in Benin ana in noma, rrom
1897 to 1903 he was military aid to tha
president of tha United States. In 1904
he was promoted to tha rank of brigadier-general,
and in the same year was
retired for disability in Una of - duty.
Upon his retirement from tha army ha
accepted from Mayor Mcdellaa the po
sition or police commissioner oi iew
York city. General Bingham belongs
to several Of .the prominent patrlotio
societies of the United States and has
been decorated by the Legion of Honor
ot France. -1 --1
- This Dats In History.
1265 Alighiorl Dante, Italian - poet,
born. . IIed September 14, 1321.
1601-Amerlgo Vespucci started,. on
his third voyage, going as far" as Pats
gonla. ..
1892 Sir William Phlpps arrived at
Boston with new charter from William
and Mary. ' "...
1762 Timothy Dwlght, president of
Yale college, born. '-, Died January 11,
1817. ..
1792 John Wentworth appointed gov
ernor! of Nova Scotia , . .
1796-rEdward Jcnner established the
nrlnplnlM nf vftpnlnntlnB. - ' "
- 1797- Convention assembled to' draft
the constitution of the United States.
1814 Peace of v parts .ratified -by
Franca and all the allies. -
1881 Madame- Patti made her first
London appearance at Covent Garden.
1882 C. C. Washburn, ex-governor of
Wisconsin,- died. ... ' ?.;
Oregon has as fine clavs as are found
anywhere on, this earth. Furthermore,
i i-eiuie , tne- statement that vitrified
Dries or tne nest niialltv run tint and
have not already been made, from Ore
gon ciays, and had 'the proper encour
agement been given such would have
been the case for many years In- the
rst. The hrtrdest fight of my life, and
have ne vers, been nearer than one and
one quarter, miles from a bed of roses,
was to have Seattle made vitrified
brick accepted asfit' for street work.
out now tneir just
sung, and I smile la
as I In retrospect see the old ' black
clouds overhanging the scenes of former
battles of rejection and dejection. Bat
the victory was worth the effort. There
were, however, other men, possibly more
conservative or more considerate in
their own behalf, who- watched the fray
from afar, and whon they put forth tho
homa effort . they, concluded that life
was too short to .spend so much of It
himself in another world. The sense ft
smeii is tne first or his five sentinels
wnicn warns mm that ne la - approach
mar the" oriental Quarter.1 It la not
disagreeable .after one i is used to it,
but it is certanly distinctive and It
is certainly oriental. It is a smell of
unma ana Japan tne odor of Asia.
Prominent in the oriental quarters of
Honolulu - is "newspaper row." Here
in DUliaina-S side Dv side era nnH.
lished ' three Japanese dallies one Chi
nese aany, a Hawaiian dally and a
as more
Enarllsh.
morA nrlental nwanarHipa rh,M iTn0ii.h
Hawaiian and Portuguese combined. l
nas a greater numDer ' or nerlndlR&la
printed in different- languages than any
unjr vi us sise in tne uniteu o tales.
' . . Japanese Argrassiea. :
The Japanese element is the most
aggressive of any of tha non-European
pcopie in uie city. ine unineHe wei-e
asfit' for street work, nese daily, a Hawaiian daily
Just praises are-being Korean newspaper. Honolulu ha
He (sort-o' sardonically), Japanese daily papers than I
on this earth In what some people are 1 content for years to remain within that
living rorror tne -hereafter. -. quarter oi mi
e town set anart for hm
Oreaon Is rich In rlnvi not ilnna I but the Japanese have resentful mnr-h
from , which to make vitrified brlok ne I distinction and have overflow with
ipe. But tne tiignest erade of fire I ooin snopa ana nomas into all carts of
pressea DncK, etc., etc Ultl nunumiu, urn or tne tourist enter-
sens of Portland alone pay out annually
many , thousands of dollars for clay
wares that could be made - right here
or equal and superior quality, if proper
aeveiopment . was maae. This nas been
ialthrulIV'demonstrated by men of arreat
experience as clay workers who have
been n tha clay business i this . city
ror , a ions time. New aeveioDr
have been made, and the possibilities
are great. -and if taken advantage of
will forever silence the. erroneous state
ment that Oregon clays are Inferior but
will give Oregon an added prestige in
a wide market because of tha superior
auanties oi ner ciavs ana c ar nroducts.
as has recently been fully demonstrated.
UHiU. H, KUMJIUH.
talnlng schemes now excitlnar tha minH.
of Honolulu promoters Is utilization
or tne - artistic temperament - tha
Japanese colony. Tha beautiful and
romantic Nnuanu is a little stream
flowing throURir - a nrctureaaua
to which it gives its name. -
Nnuanu valley -was a battle rrnnnH In
the slorious davs of - the undent
Hawaiian war god. It was sacred as
the site of native-temples long before
the missionaries came, 'and now It Is
mostly sriven over to beautiful vlllim.
folf links and a fine automobile road,
n this picturesque and romantic valley
it is proposed to transplant a. bit of
old Nippon. The stream looks as If
it were fed from tha' snows of the in vogue in this countr. say fifty -years
Ba.re EJlyma, and tha rocks through ago. but will admit that a regeneration
which it-scurries might be in Nikko. of 'the whole vtm h. k1V-
There will be a Japanese tea house, a wnws system has been going on,
temple, an avenue of sacred lanterns, n evolution from the method which
and a bevy of Geisha girls. . It will no produced literary gentlemen, to the syg-
longer ba necessary for tha tourist to tern which aims tn nrnrfn.. rv,.ni i
go further than Honolulu to fia.y his it",. A i-.' produc ?ctlcal ln"
fling at Japan. : - . j -.,-- dlvlduals, fitted to cops with tha actual
The common ordinary "American from world about them. , -
Iowa, Is apt to make many mistakes in It was natural that our schools
sizing up -nationalities when ha Is new should first -of all be founded1 on tha
to Honolulu. ' The Chinese waiters English idea, and languages be given
minus their cues, he thinks ara Japan-, first place. It wa ds. natural that
ese; - tha, Japanese newsboy from whom this should . be superseded largely bv
,Ju,y" . newspaper .is Korean; tho the German method whtchr exalted the
half-Hawaiian woman he sees on ths sclentlflo mind. , And it is equally nat-
street is a Spaniard; and the Hawaiian ural that in the evolution of society we
bell boy who-is well educated and should recognise that we had gone to
polite., is a Samoan. , It is a perplexing too great lengths In insisting solely' on
mlxup of. race and color. . these- lines, and should come down to
.iJ.h? t iil!na been obllt- actual facts closely related to tha Ufa 1
erated,' but It is drawn in a very, yery of today. . , , "T
soft gray. There are ' people who are ,,-,. v i . .
Immensely nrourt of the fact that they 1la mrtYt VT1 KnrJra a aa.aea. a at
wWa's? soma ,,7,53
Let !t be sald'to tha avarl.-tlng credit wV. thought he could reach these deslr-'
of Honolulu that-U has kept natural eminences and ba "forever hap?yT-
&&-i25ss soThofrMrnlsedatebrrvS:
other story. r - -1 - ( .t wealth "tainted" has no douM-hari .i
-r STagTOSs " Start Troubls. Tr-- J part in- pulling down- these ideals. In '"
A teacher In 'the Honolulu nubile I their; plaoe there has come in an Idea
schooL who has had charge of nun-1 that; the places worth reaching and
dreds of nuplls of all races for. many holding ara those which give satlsfao-
years, admitted that the only time I tion q tne lnaiviauai man nimself.
there has aver been any trouble . among I These positions ara not attained by luck
the children on account' of run nr1u- I nor by Wit. but by hard work, clean, llv-
dlce was when some American -negro in g, and - Intelligent discrimination as
children came to school. . A , dls- to tha kind Of labor that - a man i Is
tmguisned negro lawyer, now attorney-1 suitea-ror.
general or jjiDena. maae ' a great on
slauaht on Honolulu notifies and so
ciety a few years ago. Good New Eng
land sentiment opposed him and stern
new . iungiana steel put mm to , rugnt.
Jl01 S!l '."S 11 M out of It than tha man who.
V-JllT HS.V..'i-w-5 Jl tajted in at tha fool of tha class IS
22--d.,riliS?.i?ryth.,n?Kthat iU ballk after SO or 40 years at the
rvT L-lUtilr v;.b" V. "UB unremitting aruagery stands third
land, not even excepting New York. ' It i from the foot. That a man whn hu
land
state
gotten thinaa This feature is tha no. I f "'""i-"i?- """'"f
not vet recovered - from their charrln inAl rf.V,n2?5.w. tlI?.?2jJrtl?
becauss of American annexation. Many nietfiods leaves i m S Srtta
of them have not become naturalised An thi cSm at a tTm. whi2
Americans, some of them 'never wilL iD'L?,"!'? :5t.ld Vi V?i
After . many years snd many mis
takes It has at last been borne in uoon
us that a man who Is master, of a araft
has far more satisfaction in Ufa and
tTTnilmlJl from the foot. "That a man who
inJ ,i??i62f.,?hl5r? "r'liiwi-'ikS t011 'arm snd by close attenMon
ZnlJl ad.w"a?tih"L"i IkI01 Industry has brought It to a high si
!r?iy F?Vl"e 45,. Jim ?L r of cultivation is ths man theVour
The Britain in Htmolulu is oSlek to tell ",:. ?tt"S u??:2!. l?"
the visitor that It would have been tr-SrulS
better for Honolulu If tha atr. anlwn en PrOdUeS WBM tba world. Wants
and
stripes naa never been unfurled over the
Island.' At first ha suggests that the
Independence of tha monarchy was ideal,
but If that could not be maintained ha
is quite sure tnat it would .have been
better to add Hawaii to the domain of
uritania.
Tha German's Complaint.
and who nuts, into his work Individual
thought and expression is a very king
compared to the man who-, has rone ln
on the ground floor of the professions
and, nevar attains a first story room.
A successful craftsman.' an 'efficient
farmer, is a ; man - of power..- - The
thought that he puts, Into his work; re-
The German Is nesslmistlo snd dls-I dounds to - his own-, advantage.. He
gruntled and ha is still hopping mad grows strong, by his labor. He , lives -because
tha United States will not let satisfaotorlly and asks no. favors. Ha
him import Chinese laborers under con- puts not his trust in princes nor ln the
tract until a few years ago the Church antics of th money market. And this
of England had a strong following here kind of independence is what makes for
which aimed always to secure British self respect, influence in the community .
political supremacy. Th work of this and, what Is most of all to ba desired,
church has been taken over by the individual happiness.
American Protestant Enisconal church And what hard work we make of hnn-
and many of the old wounds caused bylplness. Men scramble for it in tha
tne Dailies Between tne ttritisn and tna I money, marts, tninklng it is to ba
missionary Parties have been healed. I houarht at a arreat nrice. hunt It nn and
But this Is a passing affair, and it is down the length of th world, feverish-
not uncommon to -see the-children of Iy pursue it ln business, dig forjt. fight
British royalists take , violent issue for It, kill for It And all the time hap-
With their Parents on tha suMeot of ulneaa vn tn ha fniinrl not aa a thtno
Americanism and politics of today. -I whioh should coma Ilka a dove from
osmopoiuan it is, metropolitan it l neaven and descend upon their restless
must, be. Honolulu la still American. I nass. but as a working force soma with
Tha American element Is dominant in
practically every -walk - of i Ufa Th
street railway system, the sewerage.
the clean -streets, the schools, the pol-1 on could do snd do welL
them side by side, in the business, the
travel .or th work, or- whatever sort,
which was tha kind of work that- each
itics, nearly all that Is good and much
that is bad, Is distinctively Amerlasn.
If all . of the territory were aa much
under American dominion and Influence
as. i.iHrnolulu there would be no strife
In the issue of the Americanization nf
the Islands. The careful property owner
wno displayed ma warning in so many
languages, .beginning with good English
and ending with American slang, paid
his tribute " to cosmonolitan. nnlvs-lnt
Honolulu, but he acknowledged that the
American was th beginning and the
ending of It all. ,
: Election Expense Bill Overdrawn.
Toledo, Orv May s. To the Editor of
Tha Journal- The attention Of the-vot
er should ba Specially called tol tha
"Huntley bill," which relates - to elec
tions and election -expenses. This bill
Is Intended for a wis and lust purpose.
but It will not stand-close scrutiny, as
If is very mucn overdrawn and-is a very
unreasonable, unjust, pernicious ' bill.
Section 84 provides that ."It shall be
umawiui iui iijr jti sun .1 any piace
on th day of any election to ask, so
licit or In any manner try-to induce
or persuade any voter on such election
day to vote for or refrain from voting
i or any canaiaate, or tne canaiuates or
ticket of any political party or organi
sation, or any measure submitted, to
the people." ----v. ...
, Th , common peopls-should" have ss
mucn ngnt to aiscuss a dui or meas
ure submitted to them, uoon election
day, as the members of the legislature
nave to aiscuss a dui on tne nay, a vote
is taken upon it . la . a legislative ses
sion, -and It f would certainly be ridicu
lous to pass a law taking this - right
xrom- me legislative memoers.
Yet a bill to take away this rle-ht
from tha people is up for passage or
rejection, out it aoes not snow ln the
title or seemingly the purpose of the
dui; nence i wouia asK tnat you would
caii attention to tnis matter.
BlLETi HUME8TEADER.
P. S. Section 28 is stricter than aan.
tion 34. ,
Small Change
But will Fairbanks stand for it again?
a
Lord preserve us Ann and D Sa-
gan again. -
. - . a a a.-
Evidently somebody has It In for the
pawnoroKers. s
Herrln still has his S. P. foot on tha
nec or - caiuornia.
a a
Many people are asking: . . "Why Is a
puiice aepanmenir , ,
...eel :,.' .. ,
Mrs Gunness can at least ha credited
with starting a graveyard. '
Why not harmonica by leaving-both
senators . out ot the national conven
tion? - -
Tha fleet will maneuver off tha nrnm.
Ised land, the best region of tha United
SUtea , i -
'Just let us alone." say tha railroads.
They have been let alone "a -durnslte
too. long." .. . .
Tomorrow Is th last day to resrlster
snd several thousand Multnomah county
Voters have not registered., , . ,
It mla-ht not be safe for tha New Tnrk
bookmakers to bet that Governor
Mugnes won't win nis anti-race ram,
bling fight ; -. . . i"'- -.
Hermann Rldder was scarcely lustl.
fled in, calling Speaker Cannon a faker;
sea
And so when we. help -our boys snd
girls to find the work that each one
can do well, we shall have helped them
to happiness snd to making a success of
life. .
I St it , SI -; ? - .
v7 What She "Wears. ? '.'
LACE jackets . in . heavy meshes and
'; those of darned net are fashion
able for year with srnwna "of whita
linen, - lingerie, taffeta, pongee or em
broidered net.
Waistcoats, vary elaborate, are made
of - - flowered " cretonne, - brocade, plain -cloth
and of heavy linen embroidered tn
Jacksonville has a street navaA with lenntraatfhar colors with tha coat While
granite, . . Imatallln irl 'and many" fanny hralria
Oregon Sidelignts
- .. ' - a
Florence will have
restivai May 20.
rhododendron
are used on soma v : , .-
. nlta nf a-llt are rjretty In tha new
'- ' f . I tialtlna ' mm. ahowlnor small flowera In
For one auarter-mlla nn at VHm. I anf t rilora. others havlna- a rleslan- ttttw
villa $2,000 was up. -. ning through the middle, and these ara
e a ' f fastened with gilt buckles of fin open
Eastern Oregon does not Ilka to be wTt- . . .v - . .
dry so long, meteorologically; , -Blua la a color that is In the front
, . '; ... . ..... this. season, its shades . ranging from
'Th... ... ..f. . , . , ipaie tiuit to mirage, nyarangea .ana-
nnitcfV,pMiT.nn deeper richer tones of
iaiem 2i!nn,nla,nft aeorra, Murer neptune, delft and a new brilliant tint
Halem, 45,000. - . - . . lraHnv nn tnrnnnlaa and laclnch.
uoreu SKirts sre very raanionaoia ana
There has recently been nnt Intn nn. r,i " "rS"u"?X
a ration a large new sawmill 20 miles I i.. .., tm v, i.u-
southwest f Wapinitia, In the Laidlaw I ."""k- T.UvT'r.u
that they are seen in great numbers
with new Ideas ln trimming.
' 1 ' St St M " ;V ,-' J
The Truth, and Children.
" ) " From thS Boston Advertlser.'' ' - ..
A JAIN is undertaken the vain attack
en our old friends Mother Goose,
" Bluebeard. Alice in Wonderland,
etc.. this time tha sortie being led from
that stronghold Sf truth, Worcester.
to myth
Trout Enemies of Salmon. '
Portland, May 11. To the Editor of
The Jonmal Wa often ' tea tha - atafa.
ment that th. salmon supply is rapidly l
,.u u5 .vejb. jk. . . ,a wrwuif true, i i .v .... - a a
Many.- reasons ara given and remedies People up th valley have been Weep
suggested, hut the chief reason and ths I ,n" over "l-ra Thome," but up in east
best remedy for the matter bay not hLn .lahJi"? nb,UluW.
ueen meniionea -ov any one. so rar aa i
have aiMn. , Tha ' trout la. th. .r.a4..(
enemy the salmon has. Before the day I "Mr. Caka Is the logical candidate.
of th cannery and modern methods of I another, exchange.. But he is not
taking the salmon, the trout kept the i "logical" in not supporting Statement
waters from being overpopnlated by the I"0-'1 canaiaates ror tn leglslatura
Silver Lake Central Oregonian: It is
aald fliat a bolt of Fulton's friends, to
Chamberlain in the June election is
feared by th Cake forces. Very likely.
And the majority of peopl In Oregon
would consider it no calamity if Cham
berlain should be chosen our nexf
TTnitei States senator. No man C&A be
found ln Oregon with a cleaner polit
ical record than the governor, and he
la a tout of the ueopla. - . ,
salmon, as well as by its own species.
for they are notorious cannibals. One
irout win aesiroy more salmon in em
bryo and in the egg than 10,000 parsons
couia consume in tne mature state. And
our legislators pass laws to: carefully
protect the trout and punish any one
who will take trout '.except ln a cer
tain way. Away with such, if you wish
to protect and perpetuate the nobler
fish. Take and- destroy, the trout any
way and In every way possible not to
destroy, the mora valuable fish with
them. 'i i -, .-7. .- vs., j 1 -i. .. ;; : 1
1 Probably the reason tha trout are so
carefully protected .by law ls that
wealthy rod and gun men like to angle
for them and they are willing that the
salmon shall go out of existence rather
tliun give up their sport, " - 1
ONE WHO LIKES SALMON..
Tha Detroit News says the Gunness
woman seems to have bee of a per
verted type. Well, yes. If all they say
about her is true, aha must have been
a. .little bit -perverted. - ; : . jt-y . .
.U-.'. ;. . a 1--Y-:--Y"-
Governor Hughes says ha. Would not
accept - th -. nomination for - vice-president
Snd would , not serve if elected.
And when nughes says so, people some
how believe that he means it.
-I . - " a a ; . '
: "A good many people sre talking. tlaka
who will X Chamberlain," .- says ' the
Portland Journal. -And a good many
taixing Chamberlain who will X Cake.
Salem Statesman. " In other words,
there ara a Jot of political prevaricators
on both sides. , 1 . . . - ,
tributary district
iuu.vvv xeet aauy. ,
The - time- la tint far iliiiinl s a.tn
there will" ba a number nf rr,m.r(..
established ln Grant county and at the
present time it would no doubt prove a
paying proposition to mora than ona lo
i,ty.Jn. th county, says the Canyon
City EOgle. i .
The- Laidlaw Chronlda aava that fnp
flshins the Deschutes la faf an a
better than all tho rut mil tnii,..
Thousands of fish Sra being Uken from Children, says the new' foe
warin weaf eonTlnuer try. should read nothing based on
supply seems undiminished. ... - . untrutha It Is a hopeless fight, snd a
: ' ' -' r'.''i'hrf': silly on. ' For that matter, If one seeks
Tk? 1 .i?unar" A P"P'".' and no to argue the matter, no story that lives
Lake county "as a f utuJe hmn.' -5 ' untruth, for nothing but
irs "oinv awaUlng tfi VettWnt of the tr"th can serve for a base. - There
?h?lr affai l" thel presenT'homes, ma7 ft u,rk lB, ff P5trBsture.
Is evident by. tha hundreds of letters n-orts of twlstings and curlycues
1 . 11. a- . -wss vt lOttcn In tha nrnomanintlnns Hti t rlnwn fi ft t haw
bottom Ue truth and (t Is that which
taices root. One la a while a person
?h.!lS.Uiil-Jl. .T.,-Iporif frnithe tlating untruths as Little Jack Horner.
i -.itr!Lar J.615 Jioonrartng. old Mother Hubbard, the Cheshire Cat
htV.liV"mTLP,l.fent of th. ar r th Mad Hatter, but It has never been
iETL'Jl a 5".i",n" .1 06 ow demonstrated that such folks, ln. their
Ing to. the dry condition of tha iimia. w .....v. n-.
P.here. -. It might be well to Irrigate fiamratlva ala-nifloance of fairv storlna
received,' says the Examiner.
them, a little.
. ' . ' . ' -1 i -.'.' V ;.
Fossil Journal: Will ' a- Thompson
commenced work May 1 as a salesman
tn the Fossil Mercantile store, and this
recalls the fact that on May t. IftRS
exactly SS years before W. W. Stelwer,
now president of the mercantile com
pany, bought ; the store from Will
i Malheur ' Qasettai Everything now
looks favorable to a victory for prohi
bition.' The sentiment against the sa
loon has been Increasing, ' people who
never voted against the saloon say
they are ready to do so now snd we be
lleve they ara sincere.. Th Vlianaa of
sentiment on this question Is largely
flue to -tha lawlessness of tha saloon
itself. . , . , ,
ond wonder tales is deeper than tha. fu
tile critics of imaginative childhood can
perceive. .
The Daily Menu. ,
' . ) BREAKFAST. ' . , ' :
' Cereal with cream. ' ;i
..Scrambled eggs. Breakfast rolls. "
i Broiled bacon. Coffee,
LUNCHEON.
Teal loaf. "French potatoes. Fried corn-
- meal musn. . ..... (
Junket. Jelly cake. Tea, .. -DINNER.
- , " ''
Cream tomato soup.
Cracked crab. French chops, broiled,
Greon peaa Spinach. -Strawberry
Shortcaka, ' : :
. .... Coffe. '
1 F