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violent j.antc roil Id not ha a high
tide year of primjierlt) . Whoever U
elmled we Will Ht htHfT times.
whatever the Intlnildatotn say. Hut
theno opeelal, labored articles boar
(In. . uriiiarks of the. politician Thev
nr.- siisploluiiitly scant cf tl t a I ! s . f
f.p.-i-fl- farts rind figures Their ob
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The language of en-lte-
ment Is st best but pictur
esque merely. You .nust !'
calm before you ran utter
oracles. Henry Thoreau.
the. people of the Pa
nto pretty prosper
titlr of conditions In
What hurts ohm part of
:(,. .nintry greatly must be f It in
n:t i mi.ro or Ie, but wo out
; ! . re !. ss affected by tho depreg-
-'..ii than tli' people (if the e.ist.
I").!.' n pi'.'n: number of working
! - i mi nm ftIM out of em plo qient.
! Ut:il'Vor the tlmrn, t!il Is tho best
j p i, r t of the country to be In.
i
MR. taft s rritiors i.h;k
I1
R. TAFT made Rome epeoches
In Ohio Saturday. Among
other things he said: "l.'n
der the Dlngley bill of 1S97
wo went ahead to a prosperity never
bffore known In this country or In
" ' the world." What are the lnfer-
nce8 to be drawn from this remark?
Two: First, Mr. Taft approves in the
main the Dlngley law; perond. he
would have hla hearers and readers
believe that the unprecedented pros
perity was a result of the Dlngley
.law. The two things, Dlngley law
and prosperity, arfc coupled right to
gether, so that this 'conclusion Is In
evitable. Then It follows that Mr.
Taft, desiring prosperity of course,
must be friendly to the Dingley law.
and not In favor of much tariff re
vision. It Is well that this main Is
sue Is thus sharply defined and made
clear. Bryan says the Dlngley law
Is a robber of the people and the
mother of trusts; Taft says, Infer
ential, that It caused prosperity. On
that issue let the people vote.
But Mr. Taft goes oo to admit that
this wonderful prosperity was rude
ly interrupted by a panic, by hard
times, by ruin to many and distress
to millions. If the Dlngley law
.caused all the prosperity, why in
all fairness and reason not say that
It also caused the panic? Everything
good Mr. Taft claims for his party
and its administrations; but if any
thing evil happens, he disowns and
repudiates it. This is none the less
unreasonable and absurd because Mr.
Taft instead of some sophomore said
it. The people can't see it.
Mr. Taft proceeds to say that cap
ital has become frightened and we
have had a halt in prosperity, there
fore the success of the Democratic
party would create doubt in the fu
ture in the minds of the people. So
he wants the people to trust the par
ty under whose administration a
great panic has been pulled off, and
some 1,500,000 working men were
thrown out of employment for many
months. This Is curioi&flogic for a
great statesman. Thepeople will
doubt Bryan and the Democrats, he
says. But haven't they plenty of
reason In the events of the past year
If party has anything to do with
it to doubt the Republicans? The
crash did not come during a
campaign or a presidential election
yejf, but a year before that, so the
bogy of Democratic success could
have had nothing to do with it. If
these things are to be laid to one
party or the other, surely it was the
Republican and not the Democratic
party that is responsible for the past
year's record. Could the Democratic
party if iu power do any worse? Isn't
it Mr. Taft s party that the people,
looking at their fresh, raw stripes
and sores, have reason to "doubt."
If Mr. Taft had said that probably
the ascendency of one party or thei
other did not have much to do with 1
It, that such accidents were likely
to befall the best regulated party,
and argued that the Republican par
ty had considerable on the credit
side of the ledger and that the panic
was only a piece of 1'1-timcd b.vi '
luck, he would have been more rea
sonable if not more convincing ; . but !
first to credit the Dlngley tariff with !
prosperity and then to argue that 'he
party that could not have had ani
thing whatever to do with bringing!
on the panic should be distrust. d be-
cause of its consequences, Is to try to
fly upon wings of two manif"Ft ab- '
araities. air. iari may r.e a g"2ii
executive officer, nut as a nasoner
in the field of party politics he is
certainly a grotesque failure.
the nature of things that these ath
letic victories appeal to humanity
more. They are more dramatic,
spectacular, and apparent; they are
before our eyes and In our hearing
and are exciting, as the stuJont's,
the philosopher's, the Inventor's or
even the statesman's triumphs are
not. Monro the world's champion
wiestler or runner or Jumper will
win more applause than the man
who discovers a new planet or a cure
for a hitherto Incurable disease.
Hut victories won In uthletlc on-
terH are worthy of plaudits. Phys
ical strength, hardihood and prowess
are no mean attainments. It must
bo r iRht or It would not bs so pure
ly natural to admire and npplaud the
superior athlete So all the country
'..inn In vociferous welcome to these
in. n of superior physical skill and
I y ml II "a in lino i omand in pmuc-
uiar ireis prouu oi mom aim win
make their homo coming a notable
event.
Small Change
Tti Drm Molnaa plan looka food
many.
to
In Pptambr and tha
Out Aufruat;
oyster.
Thx utata fair bafflns In two weeks;
ret ren.lv.
a Rood deal of summer
A FITTING REPLY TO AN
INTIMIDATOR
I1KV.W AM) ItoOSKVKI.T
pouch :s.
T
UK PKCTACI.K of Mr. Bryan
posing as tho exponent of
Roosevelt Ian policies and
the natural heir to the sup
port of Roosevelt's admirers Is amus
ing,'' says the other Portland dally
newspaper. Amusement Is a good
and necessary thing, and If our
neighbor Is at last amused at any
Lhint It Is to be congratulated. Or
dinarily a consideration of prosy
facts In tl.r political world Is not
o.i eulated particularly to amuse, but
If it does, all the better.
Mr. Bryan does not pose as the
exponent and heir of the Roosevel
tian policies, because as to most of
these poiu ies that have made Roose
velt ko popular among the people,
Bryan was urging them years igo,
before Roosevelt ever' adopted them.
Bryan has advocated . some things
that Roosevelt ha9 not converted
Into his policies, but as to the major
part of these famous policies, as the
people take them to be, they have
been Bryan policies since before the
time that Roosevelt became presi
dent. So perhaps the "amusing."
Imagining that Bryan Is posing, o
by pretending to Imagine so
Bryan stands and for years has
stood, for almost all the Roosevelt
policies which the people approve
and which congress and the Republl
can convention scornfully rejected;
hence It Is quite true that Bryan ran
be depended on to carry out these
Roosevelt policies as far as possible.
Besides, he has a few additional pol
icies of similar character that Roose
velt had not taken up yet, but It is
to be hoped will, and more success
fully, If he should be elected presi
dent again In 1912
Such organized worklngmen as
read the morning paper are told
that If a very large proportion of
union labor voters should be Induced
to vote for Bryan "It would deeply
Injure, and for a thnn would prac
tically ruin the cause of or
ganized or unionized labor." And
they are warned that their go
ing pretty solidly for Bryan would
not be tolerated; that they
would not be tolerated; that they
would be asserting too much power
of government. Organized working
men are very well ns voters as long
as they vote solidly as the combines
of capitalists tell them to vote, but
If they exercise their own free choice
and It happens to be for the other
candidate, then they are going en
tirely too far and ther organizations
must be destroyed. And perhaps
they will be put on an equality with
tho "niggers" down south. Thv
must understand that though they
are voters, tholr votes are not real
ly Intended to be their own.
Therr.ll
yet, y(.u tirf.
Tha horrent of etraw votes will also
h heavy In a month or two.
t'nntron- friends may never be able
Bny to lilm: "Ha heats tha Dutch.
"What do the people . want?" naks the
Seattle F I. Well, tlirtt's a Ion story.
The colontat rates will noon ba In ef
fect. Write to everybody you know
ImrW enxt.
.
Her.Mor Fulton ain't tryln' to do
nntliln at all. nohow. aya Brother
Ceer. wUo baa been known to (?uess
wrong;
In
."ontferti
MeraM,
Tuft IS
' 1
a straw vote taken by tne paa-
on a train. Bays
Iiryan received 16
votes.
e Albany
votes and
The Republican party having
guaranteed permanent prosperity,
and there having occurred a tremen
dous parile and prolonged depres
sion after 10 years of Republican
feature of the case is supplied by Ldrnini3tratlon. "should it not abdl
CHARTER REVISION.
I
F WE apprehend correctly the
temper of the people of Port
land there is general de
mand for such sweeping changes
In our form of city government as
would be Involved In the adoption
of the Des Moines plan. Undoubted
ly there are some points In which
the present charter can be amend
ed with advantage, but the idea that
it Is. wholly responsible for all that
is unsatisfactory in .the administra
tion of our municipal affairs Is ab
surd. In a large number of cases
the blame lies at he door of the
men who have been chosen to con
duct the city's business.
An apt illustration is afforded by
the council. If that body were to
devote its attention to the prompt
transaction of Its legitimate business
instead of playing peanut politics
and indulging In unseemly bickering
and disgraceful aberrations, there
would not be a t'the of the prqs
ent complaints from Indignant tax
payers who ari compelled to spend
weary hours In dangling -about the
oi't'y hall and in urging officials to
do their duty.
The plain remedy for many exist
ing ftbu.-e Is to elect better men to
otfi'-o. Klimtnate politics from cityj
affairs and insist that the city's busi- j
!;. ss 1m conducted In a businesslike!
Hi Kjcift from every official the
same Tan h fill., conscientious, Indus
t:1(.;is hit. iligent service that would
!e rcjiiired in any private employ
ment. Do this and there will be lit
tle need of radical changes in our
citv charter.
rate? Should it not acknowledge
that It either could not or would
not keep Its word to the people?
For observe, it not only promised
perpetual prosperity while it was in
power, but asserted that Its adminis
tration w-aa the cause, the very
source, of all prosperity. It seems
to need a rest and repentance.
If anyone seriously proposes that
Statement No. 1 members of the
legislature should resign, so as to
allow the voters of their respective
districts to determine anew whether
or n'ojt that pledge Is to be observed
at the forthcoming session, why
would It not be an equally good
plan for those legislators who did
not subscribe to the statement to
resign also? Perhaps their constit
uents would now prefer to be repre
sented by men pledged to elect the
people's choice, for senator.
Mr. Bourne will be senator quite a
while yet.
Hii Senator Bon.'u
Sufficient reaoh?
A Mnte exehanire savs that If the Ore
conlan keeps on misrepresenting Bryan
he will oarry Oregon by BJ.000. Tint this
might not ao to bet on.
The PeVidleton Tribune saya "there
will be no friction among the lenders
during tha coming- campaign.' Now
that Is a real nice piece of news.
Racehorse owners would not let the
racea be run while Governor Hughee
was on the grround, to show their spite,
but ho will let them see him run, all
right. .
But why on earth or any other place
should a man elected to a position re
sign before he begins his (lut)cH so t tint
the people caji choose again, when they
havM not manifested any deslro that he
should do so? This Is what the Pendle
ton Tribune Is urging. It never has
been done; there Is no good reason or
ercuso for Its being done. the. proposi
tion Is either ludicrously silly or else
as everybody knows It Is a last des
perate recourse of the machine poli
ticians. Mr. Illtcfhcock thinks the Republicans
can carry some congressional districts
In the s.iitjilt would be a goo,i thing
If they could, and if the Democrats
could carry a lot of districts now rep
resented bv Republicans In the north.
The country would be the better for
suh a change.
The Iialles Optimist advocates the
moving of the stato fair to Torfland
and holding It hereafter on the Country
club's grounds. But wouldn't that Jar
Salem?
Oregon Sidelights
Vale boasts of five new babies In one
week.
Aurora Item: Everybody Is out black
berrvlng. The capndtv of the Corvmllts lumber
mill will be doubled.
In the Benton countv fair one family
will exhibit 250 articles.
Melon growers of The Dalles and vi
cinity have formed a Union.
Corvallls Is suffering 1
famine. Isn't that curious.
Teg table
Two Dalles peaches measured
Inches each In circumference.
11H
RITl'KN OF THE VICTORS.
I
POLITICIANS NEWS.
kROSPERITT reports, now begin-
D
I and simultaneously in Repub
- II can newspapers, appear on
examination to be a little Ftralned,
forced, and bear evidence of having
been In part inrented or concoctf-d
It la BO doubt true that times a--better
than they were last Januar
er March, or perhaps last May, but
la tha atern part of the country
and to a le extent in the eastern
IIK WORLD cheerfully and sin
cerely applauds worthy euc
c( fs. and the nearer home It
strikes the heartier is the ap
plause. Hence the Cnited States is
now enthusiastically' cheering Hayes,
Smithson, Gi'bert and Kelly, Ameri
cans who w n notable victories in
the recent Marathon games in Lon
don. l!aes did not win, but Amer-
Blsmarok anil Emperor William.
Octave Morbeau In American Magazine.
The relations between William and
his mother, the empress Fred. -rick, be
came, at last, so bitter that William
placed spies about her even In the bed
room of his Invalid father.
Through one of trftoso 'sides William
learned of the existence of a Journal
which his father had kept fur some
vears. Frederick had a taste for writ
ing, and the fact that there' was cold
ness between him an. I his son led Wil
liam to fear that Ms se "!"- t Journal
might contain soiik; criticism of his con
duct.
Tho empress, however, was clever
enough to conceal th diary h( fore her
husbands death. r.lui'.mg tho surveil
lance -of her 6n, f t:.- senfvthe papers
to her'jnother, iiueon Victoria, or to hAr
brother, then priu-.-e of Wi'.lo:---I don't
remember which.
Hardiv had t is father drawn his last
breath when William. oer the dend
body, performed nis first official act.
Jt was to l'-m;nd et his widowed
mother the journal, which he termed a
memorial.
The empress feigned Ignorance. Wil
liam Insisted, lie spoke as muster, giv
ing his mother the order to obey. She
persisted In 'declaring that stio knew
nothing of the papfis
"Well," he ciiii ma nded, p-.irpl
.iwrath. "you will remain under
rest until you have obeyed me'"
BIsir.ark. O'rlving at r-e.-Ua-u
hours after this, f.uind U p.ilae.
rounded by squa-lM-na of art:.-.-.!
airy.
The' empcre-r. wvoni -e f c -1
exalted, told tl,.- nd . ' an- .-'l-.r In
had met the d'- !- . :-:i of Ms mother.
And she ne. d not ep-M pMv or con
sideration until she has obeyed me.'"
he d'drfred "Yo,, ur.'.h rstand that, Mr
Chancellor? I'M 11 she has obeyed me.'"
The pupil had K"'.r much too far.
BIsir.ark "aw at or . e that the buffoon
ery continue.! inle.o' tnxr the w'.ole of
William's relen. Later in lif. he eald.
he ti s. .1 to v r d' r o 'y !;. k. pt from
laughing In his t-'-v. reign's face.
What ie d1 was to r'-oo'.ve Wil
liam's r.ews wi;h d. I o-rentiai silence and
later, w re n ri.e e-i.p.-ri r w as ca n-er.
Fifteen thousand dollars was raised
In Condon for a new Sisters' school.
A new shingle m!1 with a capacity of
35.000 a day Is being erected In Clats
kanle. One family near Bumpter number
not stated picked 93 gallons of black
berries. Raising mulberry trees and silkworms
may become another Willamette valley
Industry.
enactment of legislation not desired by
the gentlemen who are so conspicuous
In their support of Taft and Sherman
Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie. Harrl
man, Sohiff? Do these men ever make
a mistake when they select candidates?
Which s most IlKelv to tie misieu. meae
One cougar has killed a dozen colts men who say that Taft Is all right, that
V, MllUon rnrM-Via nhm.n Ti.,l onlIhA IS S C'lllB' T Vlll I V, HI iur
away east his wj.Se attends to ajl his of
ficial duties.
The Estacada News has been trans
formed Into the Estac.ala Progress, and
will progress.
animals In and about
othe,r domestic
Pine mountain.
A Baker girl has announced to her
girl friends that she will be nt home
for conversation from 5 to 7 In the
evening. No use for anybody else to
try to use the phone then.
Two TVoodburn boys aged 15 and 15.
while eating stolen watermelons, used
a rifle to shoot ioyt windows f,nl tap
the bell of the Fchoolhouse. They spent
tho night in the calaboose, and tl.eir
relatives paid a fine of T end costs
each and 1 0 for damages to the school
house. Cheao enough for letting the
kids have a gun.
to
still
w ne .
Picking blackberries can h made as
profitable as hop plcning if tne i
with I vould only tune it tip. says Tho
se sr- i vat Star. Thousands of gitlons
; wst.j annually and the ;n,-s -i 1n
i two I creaslnir each. year. Th.-v ar. 'ir .milv
; Mir- ! growing wild all over the Fr-r.. n Hrai-
cav- j' rie section. The evergreen. I v Jh l- . ;
i for canning and especially for 1i!l.i.
One firm here Is shipping over a ton
ecicli day.
While a Newberg hov with mo com
panions was driving along a r.xid. tciis
the Graphic, a female ban Ht sprar.x
from the fence corner and eraspe, the
team by the bits stopp.-u t'o-m and de
nial. .1. d In a tirade of ohj.- what r- ,ev
the bovs had lef te ih.-v c M -:
However, they nrdero-l her of s e
ulsapp eared In the hrosh as -; 'K- 8
the oume, vowing all forts cf vt:g .nee
rn her scared victims.
Former Congressman Robert Baker
has sent a hj-p reply to the uetlon
from the New Yaik Leather lleltln
compuny that Industrial Interests sup
port the Tart-Sherman ticket to the end
V restoring business activity. Mr.
llmker, always an ardent Bryan man. Is
now the prosldent of the Austin Itotary
Knglne fompaiiy.
This comoimv rec1v1 m lMr frnm
the New York Leather lleltlng company
offering Republican campaign cnrdu to
i'o posted in industrial i-stabllilunnnta
oenrniK inn promise or "rull time" oti
the strength of Republican vlotory. Tho
method of campaigning for Republican
votes through tho corDorat lona la re
lented by Jlr. Raker, who asks why the
factories are not on full time now, tn a
uepuuiieon administration.
the correenondence Is self-exnlana.
tory. The letter received by the Austin
notary engine company was ns rouaws:
ew ioik, juiy jz, ios. trentie-
inen we have tacked this notice upon
tho walls of our factories la lirookUn
and Mew York: .
" 'Relieving that the election of Taft
and Sherman moans a safe and progres
sive Dusiness administration tne clay
following their election wo shall Btart
i ins ihujii on run lime ana Keep go
lug "
If you believe with us that bv re-
!lelnff any uncertainty as to what the
wuge earner can expect In the event of
electing: men wno will secure the busl
ness prosperity of this country, we
should glad to have you follow "our
example.
As members of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, the American
Hardware Manufacturers association.
the. American Supply and Machinery
Manufacturers' association, the National
Credit Men's association, the Manufac
turers Association of New York, tha
New York Board of Trade and Trans
location, and other commercial bodies,
f you will kindly fill In and return to
:s the enclosed card, we will supply
you with a 'full time and keep going"
ard. such as we have posted, and notify
all these associations of your hormou-
us attitude.
"Regardless of politics, once the man
ufacturers of this country Join univers
ally In this movement depression will
cease.
' Lend us your help and post the card
Full time and keep going.'
' i ours verv trulv,
NEW YORK LEATHER BELTING
COMPANY."
Baker's Reply.
This Is the renlv sent bv . President
Robert Baker of the Austin Rotsrj Kn
glne company:
Ajentlemen W e have yours or July
22, offering us copies of cards posted
In your factories.
"Permit ug to say we do not under
stand. Why have you stopped your fac
tories? Why Is the 'Full Time ami ,Kep
folng plan not now In operation.' Htiy
has there been any shutting down by
ou und tho other members of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers,
the American Hardware Manufacturers'
association, and the numerous other
similar associations to which you sa
on belong? Iid you not assure us that
McKlnley would insure a 'full dinner
pall' to all who desired to work? Was
not this assurance renewed when your
several bodies indorsed Roosevelt and
Fairbanks? Then what has emptied the
dinner pail of millions of men who are
willing to worKT wnar greater reli
ance can be placed on this assurance
than on the others? If you wore falie
prophets before, how do we know you
wll! not be again?
"But whv the closed factories? why
the Idle mills? why the unused freight
enrs? Why the maintenance of high
prices In the face of falling demand?
Where Is tho 'abounding,' 'marvelous,'
'wonderful,' 'unparalleled,' 'widespread'
prosperity? Haven't we got a Repub
lican administration? Uaiep't we got a
Republican senate andhouse of repre
sentatives? Haven't w'e had them hnin
terruntedlv for 12 years? Haven't the
HeniihlloajiH made the laws, state ns i in this movement. depression
well as nattoTval. and haven't they been j cease. Who are they to sell to? How
charged with ptiefr enforcement? Then ran the masses buy when their savings
what is the matter? If the laws are .ie- ! are gone? With wages reduced, how
feetlve. why haven't they heon altered? are thev to pay monopoly , prices and
If defective now, were they not e. )ually ; Vet live? How are you going to bring
defective eight and four years ago. . prosperity to the toller without de-
when you assured us. 'all is wen, ana . stroylng monopoly and special priv
ileges? tjSing tne rorcepump wont
alter conditions, the people want some
thing more than wind. Why not prick
tho monopoly bubble, let out some of
the wind and water, bring the neces
saries of life within the purchasing
and best president the country ever had? power of the people. Tho crop of mil
lionaires may not grow, out an equit
able distribution of the wealth pro
duced according to the part that each
has contributed to Its production will
bring happiness to -millions and In
sure a natural tbereforo lasting in
stead of tho forcepump' prosperity you
propose.
"Let us clip the talons of monopoly,
uproot special privilege, and economic
conditions will Improve so mghtlly that
all will be able to enjoy the comforts
of life and none will have, tn toll such
long hours that life becomes a bur-
d "Finally, firmly believing In the fun
damental democracy of American In
stitutions we have no more right to
toirVha oM to ?,cte,owr employes should vote,
lions, Carnegie its much; while Rocke
feller U credited with a billion; a few
thousand others having from one to a
hundred millions each. These seem to
have had their 'full time and keep going
cards In operation, while they are gen
erally credited with having In Ootober
November Inst gathered In nearly every
thing in Urge way In the shape of
bunks, trust companies, industrial and
railroad combinations, which had so far
BMOuimd ithem. In fact the hulk of tho
pt-opbi have been bet a lively pace to pay
(ho Incruasln" prices for the necessaries
of life these slid a few others control.
"Rut what has happened to the
masses, whom you and other boosters
of McKlnley and Roosevelt assured
were to nhare In the prosperity? With
u total estimated wealth of some $110,
000,000,000 the nor capita tables' work
out all right, there should bo enough
to go round, for that's equal to about
7,6o0 per family. Hut who has It?
How many of 'the millions of tollers
have a 10th of that sum free and clear'.'
How oomes It that the bulk of the peo
ple are shy their proportion of this
enormous wealth? Have they been
lazy, thriftless, or Improvident, during
these 12 yeans? If laxy, then who cre
ated the wealth? Has the average
farmer. mechanic. salesman. clerk,
teacher, or laborer, squandeied their
portion In riotous living? Hid they
spend It for automobiles, steam yachts,
or even for diamonds? If not, what
baa become of It? Why haven't they
got It, how did they lose It? What has
bocn the unseen subtle, but apparently
all-powerful force that bus taken It
from them? Why have matters become
so aonalllnr In America that the so-
called effete countries of F.uropo have
felt impelled to take orncial cogni
zance of the deplorable conditions In
which so many .of our toners are com
pelled to live. The Italian government
tas a result or me snocKing reports
that reached It) having sent u commis
sion to investigate. Most revolting
conditions were shown to exist. Whole,
families were found crowded Into one
onH tnrt-rnom nnttrtments. while not
only tho women, but little children not
much more than babies, were found
working in filthy, unhygenlo quarters,
helping to eke out a scanty llvfng for
the family. Overcrowding was shown
to be the rule not the exception. In
one case seven adults and seven chil
dren were 'living' In a dark, middle
room, and a large, bare rear room.
'The dally press also tells us that
since October, thousands of entire fam
ilies have been out of work, as a re
sult, they have used up all their sav
ings, not tneir proportion .,wu a
above but a paltry 160, all they had
been able to save during tho years or
boasted prosperity. The president of
the Association for improving me on-
dltlon of the Poor, R. F. Cutting, says
cannot remember such a condition
exlstin before. Not even In 1S33 and
ln!4 did tho depression persist so long!
While, according to Senator Foraker. on
July 1. 2.000 skilled workers are out
of employment here In Cincinnati.' Pre
sumably the number of the unskilled
was greater yet. These Illustrations
of 'unparelled prosperity have neon
duplicated all over the country, no .
ttoii has escaped the blight. There
has been a tremendous exodu.1 of thoe
who could not find employment. 500,000
more having emigrated to Europe than
have Immigrated here.
A Remedy Soggested.
"Why the depression, why the blight?
This 'marvelous' prosperity seems to
have been wonderfully efficacious In
keeping the toilers poor. This unprece
dented prosperity seems to haa been
monopolized by a few. They have gone
on piling up millions, but the lardors
of the workers It seems have accumu
lated nothing, so that they now face
starvation as their reward for the part
they took In producing widespread
prosperity. The bottom has dropped out
of their "'full dinner pail.'
"Again wo ask why? You say, re
gardless of politics, once the manufac
turers of this country Join universally
will
Ike BXALM
FEMININE,
N'
The Art of Malting H4dy:
OW that the summer vacation is
over and families are gathered
together at home again, the pre
vailing Industry among mothers
Is that of making up the fall
clothing. 8o many garments to be made
for so many people menus a good deal of
work, and It Is well to plan a little be
fore hand that It may be accomplished
us easily as possible.
It Is curious that so few women who
have the sewing to do make definite pro
vision for It. No other work requires
more thought, lor a moment's mistake
In cutting may wreck u gown, and to he
obllgfd to lay down the work every few
moments to do something else Is most
annoying. There is a nervous hurry In
volved in home dressmaking that too
often sets the nerves on edge, so that
little pin pricks of annovaiica hrnm
real troubles.
Much of this can be avoided If tha
sewer will muku certain preparations
for her work. She needs first of all
definite place to work so that valuable
time win not ne wasted picking things
up and moving them about to accommo
date other Industries. If a whole room
can be spared for the sewing so much
the -Defter. If not, the lightest part of
a room may bo used, where the sewing
machine can be used to advantage. A
cutting and basting table Is a necessity
und costs little. It should be low
enough so that the worker can sit at her
basting. Smullcr tables or a broad win
dow seat may be utilized to spread out
parts in matching and piecing. Cush
ions with an abundance of pins and
needles of various alzes should be at
hand. Chalk, both white and colored, Is
a necessity. The tailors use a white or
gray chalk which is thin and flat and
Inakea a sharp line.
When a paper pattern is opened It is
a good luea to take a soft pencil and
write upon each piece Its place In the
finished garment. Mark sleeve patterns
"lop sleepe" or "bottom sleeve." Des
ignate pieces of the blouse, "front."
"bock," and so on. Mark skirt gores In
their respective numbers so that no mis
take can be made In putting them to
gether. A chalk mark to correspond on
the wrong sldo of each length of cloth
as cut will help to prevent mistakes. It
really takes Ultlo time, to do this mark
ing, and then the rest la plain bailing
When much sewing is dono at home
the patterns accumulate and It is some
times a problem to know how to keep
them. Ono woman has found It expe
dient to save magazine rolls, as thev
come each month, cut them In two and
rolling the patterns up slip them into
these covers. Kadi cover Is then marked
In blue pencil with tho name of the pat
tern. Another plan Is to tack tapes across
tho closet door of the sewing-room, and
upon these to pin the patterns so thnt
a glance will tell where tho one is tht
Is wanted. It Is worth remembering
how many steps a clothes lino or strong
tape stretched across one end of the
roonf may Have. Upon this may bo
hung different garments In the "half
way stage, when pleats are pinned in
ready for basting, for Instance, or the
long seams of a house gown basted but
not sewed. To lay the garment down
upon a chatr or table often results In
the pulling of threads and undoing some
of tha work. The clothes line will be
found a great time and patience saver.
leave well enough alone
"Why the depression, we ask? Haven't
wo had seven years of Roosevelt, who.
according to Republican orators and as
sistant Republican as well as Repub
lican newspapers, is me greatest, wisest
Haven't we bad 12 years of stand-
r.atlsm ' with Hanna. Aldrlch and Can-
Wrhile the cttv treasurer of Medford Is' non sitting on the brakes to prevent the
farmer who
radical?
is told that Taft Is a
Some Queries.
"Where Is the 'abounding' prosperity?
Wealth has certainly increased enor
mously, or. at least, prices hhv
., ..' .v.. .' ....riMm.Q Th fnr- than they nave to coerce us
tunes of the few have, became gigantic!
-bounded out or sigru. jirBe. v."
are told, has three hundred or so mll-
Yrvnrs trulv.
AI'STIN' RnTARY ENGINE CO.,
"By ROBERT BAKER. President."
v- itrvan institution engaged in engineering and
The ew ltrjan. ,RnJ 8Urvevlng ;n Texas. He laid out
From the New York orld. tnp f)rKt r,ian f the city of El Paso
y ha unfair not to re.;uK n i .r: anil in iouj who buih-jwi iu i...
the moderation of language, the ap
parent candor of tone, the directness
and suavity of statement and the clear- ;
fie I ness of argument which dlstlnKuisn mis
er-; ., mhflr rprent addresses oi .wi. n .-. -
fi-.-m the often frenzied rhetoric or l-is
earlier productions. i ne
Hut
larv commission establishing the boun
dary between New Mexico, Indian Ter
ritory und Texas. At the beginning of
the Civil war he became first lieuten
ant of the 18th United States infantry
, and In 1S63 he reached the grade of
captain. During the war he made a
inmarkable record by never being ab-
1 v, . .(.,!.. A
nrbodv can deny that nis speec, , ,, , i,.,.-, or from sickness. A f-
at Des Moines J'ienia tcr war he participated In most of tho
It was. in fact, the most eifectlve and . ,,,,nfltrts wftM ttlo rndians and he com-so-indesf
speech the man Jeer made. .r, ln,of1 tpP troop's at the battle of
Much that be says Is quit' t-e- ; s)m nu,;0, Dakota. September 9.
itopd disproof or denial Y e rem 1 1 , , y -i; oneral Mills is ono of the
j other public utterance oT his T w Men i w-,.nthi,,st of tho retired army officers
! that might be said. The Times laid his fortune comes from his inven-
These" testimonials to the changed ;,lv pf.ius. Among his Inventions the
tore of Mr. Bryan's utterances refer to . m,,st notable Is the Mills cartridge belt.
recent address at l es .w mr . n . now- used bv the armies of nearly all
led of the tartrr. in mis. hs '" ' rVillzed countries
h
of acceptance,' the
leratton
oom-
C.i'.t his
he t
s h o w )
in- et w-.t'.
was a way
much m re 't :
time rffioaeiou
cut do II tile 1
uspo n U her n
"I know hor
Bismarck "SI
' o
rse was sere
i i sappre . ai T ; e' e
oueht. of proceeding
r o,j si r rd a : tie s i -i, e
sly Wnv not. rather.
:.eo'ne of the empress?
p.tr.H ees ?
ma)eM." said tie good
has prl.le T ..rr.., ar
rest she can brave r.-it, accepting It a-s
a sort of- martyrdom: but th inonev.
Ins to- be published regularly ; jeans believe t-hat he ought to hitve m,,nPT- "'-r- " -" "
Ii.rther re laid tactful st:
th propp-tle reor-- Men t at ion
After nn Astc-ln fel;ow ri.n r
blbed . ci.sl.lerablv l at r". -h.i ,
and hr.ireu' h.o insist -1 -jpon . -i.nd
upon taking a nan v!,i .. ;.
recep ;ng the attentions of c "
artist, tells the Astorlar. Iiro
h would wake up ho wo.'-l 1i.--t
i;av;:--' Another rap a'al hi,
and haircut, and pn' 1 e-o
-chat he wss supposo. to 1 ave ro
tween naps and par'ig f r
haircuts n? passed rr -jpt uf
noon.
ira-
.unit. of which wore first
me..d,.i ; by the World. Ml Bryan bis
.1 -r.e much to convince the country that
le his outgrown some of the rrors of
voutii and Inexperience
. .,i,tiei luder who has a serious
e-sage to convey to Ms oourtrvtnen
words
gives
m r- m s .1 e
1 i- ..-ItO tn M
n i. - , . ,.v.i v.1
to his cause ny '-iuiiiii'k mi
tn th language of soberness
And
ave -
..,.T ! Ftri-t.eth
1 f ' oosrV. t
, inr-,i wisdom. Mr. Bryan's power as an
time t agitator l admitted
: ; -on
ave
for
Be-
1 -cag' ary
the after-
ItMe beginning
higher role.
He mnkes a ( red-
thls year in a much
won, and regard him as a victor.
The other throe are Oregon men and
t!. s'li'V ar.d city have been brought
i-.'.i h.iao:ab notice by their feats
hh'"Ki Ti.a' three men from so dis-tar;-
and Frarsely populated a state
fhouid lave won victories against
,v.h!ei from all the world Is some-th!-,g
for Oreon and Portland to be
proud of and to rejoice In. New York
west, the depression, as compared J r!;y gave t:,.- winners a treinen
wltli soma yeari past, "till frsist. d anr"r'ive welcorre on their
nd rrprlty U returninc" ilow'y , arrival there, ard other cities will
aad a It wr, doubtfuHy. c.. the farre -ir, ;t Wjii remain for
Tl Journal regrets that this f j V rt'.and to r.t'do them all.
o. tut it tnrtli ought AO b told, j Ylctoii en 6n athletic field are
JvJb1v rrrttIo.a la tch mat-' sot the rratt victoris to be won
Xt-t are Bot ta be commended.1 r life, to b sure, yet they are not
trn -rh H is i""!! to be optimistic. ' ' , be der ,-d. U perhaps ap-
It Jeurtal U. ' Tfciari are not pU'ad trlnrufhs cf muscle too much,
rpon
Eng
land. "Is it renllv to., rhon.er t Fir
The kaiser becomt-f appi aje-.i. lis
tened to Bismar. k s our.sel The ar
rest of the empress wns rerr oved. The
officers lo t'.,.,r ctvlrv lsk t- c-.sr-ters.
and William Cloned h xt'ert.on
to the d. fa'ls of ,- father' of. s. -,ir. i
which he w!l d to he rr.ost fas' !!; '
i
Silver Plating.
As zinc great'v aids the redueflon of
silver in a jlat'nr bath steel art) -le ;
should f:rt l-e ' r.iM plate I Instead rf I
eoppor Ida 'e v" f .re th silver is cp-'
pllc). This alo makes the silver -ie- .
po"lt ajpear whiter
j M 4 m tey jTCTtw fcn4l4cd t cUad too ilLtle. tat It IB teJffiijS t?
At tra n'iprfrr sale of 1 vrr
Tjnndon, on April I i. a t"tal of tt S tons , seaoD he baa bad cut f rrn th.
of ivory in orr"ei rnr sale, compris
ing IT tens Zanzifar. Kombay. Mozara
b ri sod" Piam: ?H tons tVes-j l ost
A Trican., J H tons Abysslntsn. tl tons
csrr'afe." ' In - '"ion U ere -"er of
fernt for sale s. to aeshorw taih, H
too boars' tmtks, 1 ton rhinoceros" boms' prrvrtf will fee
J D Porter of Fr.o,ka-. a r;i rail
road b-il o'er f. r 11' H":. ho trav4
from Tli- I"fli!es to PYln-r.: rd b
y "1. ai, i over the rr. o- n'a ir. ii Yi
ford. tlls the Tribune that there will
t-e a line into crtral rr- T- re
fo irces are such as to rr?k ;- s )n
j nv f.err.rdousty A-1 o'e ' i will
t ever (io f-e cour.rrT 1utl - .,v.
!-d thrr ue'i a ve.-j r: h se-ticn w hjth
otiir (.Wilis a ra'lroi.l to mk tbst
ceuntn- one of the finest spots in the
northwest '
Toitr yir arc a man t-Jtv( "?H
3..r' vn" a hill tisr "1 - r, f'r t!i
h i a.-r. re';tt the ( h f Tt - T.rat
iss fir timber w 1 it-f 1 ff the
.If I f,1" Ut l' yrn f,i f, o fr
maple nd alJer M ieft standi-g This
me
yt-o cords of fir wood which he mi. ra-
ai1i I r"r co-d f-orn ir.1 tbra is
e-.o.igh timber I f t yet to ctit f'o-7! Ss
to It. no cords rrora. After deducting
th rri of egt;r,r hanf-i: v w,I
t a mor" t n r-a.4 for his ls- t,y tn
.-a ' .f wood, and when rlw Ma
wortJj rrora Ui t
This Date In History.
j5j; Tonstall. Plshop of nurham.
printed the first wont or, arnnm. uc in
Engisnd.
H2 Delaware was granted to Wll-
llnm Penn by the duke of York.
1 ;S1 - Washington and Roohambeau
. j-ai,,,! n Philadelphia.
IMS' James Adams Ektn. m-n t.e-
came quartermaster-ren-l cf the
I errnv born in Pittsburg. Dud In lxuis-
vlll Marcn 7i. it-i.
11,21 ;alusl.a w. in ror many
r.ara a representative In congress from
Pennsylvania and for a time speaker
of t h house, bom tn Ashford. Con
Died at Glcnm-ood. Pa. March ai. PO?
1S49 Convention met l Monterey.
California, to frame a state contltu-
t'l1 Frsrk 1t. billiard oharrep'.on.
die-" at Progresn, W1-o
1 a i . 7 The A'ii"-K convention,
deftrlng the aphre r.' inflnenc. of th
two poa-ers In the far tt, signed at
St. Petertburg
J U4 Pz. acre..
A,
ta. Anwn Mills nirthtlay.
Prlra(JI--Oerra: Anon fill. V. P
was r-om rn h lam- ,n lwiti co'in
ni . Arrtit Jl lf2 b;,t sr- his
yn-jtl li T' w rrwi"!?
eaJet at the military seaKjemjr at Wewt
Point is lilt, ana after leasts f tfca4
Growth of Socialism.
Ernnt Poole, in American Magailne.
When a political party has won the
support of 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 of people through
out th" rlvlllied world, it Is time that
its po nt of view. Its alms and Its
.inthols be studied.
The Socialist parties of Europe are
r.oa- m.norlty powers. At present they
hate ?2 men In the British bouse of
commons, 54 in the French chamber of
de,utUs. and 43 in the German relch
stHg. In the other national bodies; Aus
tria, ST. Italy. 2S Norway. 17; Sweden,
IS: Finland. SO ; Denmark. S4; Belgium,
?0; and to the Russian second douma
tl.ey sent over to) men. Their actual
vote In all countries Is already 10,000,
001 Is the same growth to take place In
America? Shall we see socialist rep
resentatives In congress as In the hone
of commons Their recant growth seems
pointing that way. In thev cast
or.lv about 2.000 votas; 1n 1900 It had
swrlled to ever 100,000; in 10J It rose
to 2j?.7I; In 1904 It reached nesrlv
45o,oon; In the last four rear tha num
ber of dues-paylrg members has more
than doubled ae-afn. and u seems not
Improbable tbst their vote will be close
to a million this fall.
In the preparations for the woman
who Is to do the sewing, even if that,
one is to be yourself, do not forget the
foot rest. If a hassock is not at hand,
a starch box covered with a piece of old
carpet will bo appreciated. If tho floor
Is bare for the better convenience In
sweeping up scraps and threads, donot
forget to place a small rag or fur rug
under tne seamstress' chair, for sitting
so long working with nervous haste al-'
ways Induces cold feet. And as cold
hands are uncomfortable as well as de
pressing to the system, have some way
of warming the newlng-room, even when
there Is sunshine enough out of doors
to keep the person who is moving about
comfortable without a fire.
The comfort of the sewing woman
means better success In the sewing,
even looking nt It In the most mercen
ary way, while from the standpoint of
humanity these things count for much.
In the same list of desirables for the
sewing woman one is constrained to
mention that delicatessen meals, gath
ered up In a hurry, because it Is sew
ing week, are rarely the kind that the
woman who is doing the sewing craves.
For the mistress of the home It may
not matter much, for It is only for a
week; but remember that when the
seamstress Is through with your sew
ing she will be going right on with
somebody else To live continually on
delicatessen potato salad, cold bread
and tea mav not mean much for a few
days, but it must be quite wearisome
as a prolonged diet. It requires only a
little forethought to have a nourish
ing soup simmering along on the kitchen
stove or over a tdngle gas or coal oil
burner. The cost Is little and the re
sults are large.
In the hay box a stew may be put In In
the morning and It will bo ready for the
6 o'clock dinner. Raked beans are not
to be despised for the emergency lunch
eon and can be had easily by thinking
about It beforehand. It is well to re
member that it is the quick things, the
things that require little preparation,
that the seamstress Is likely to be liv
ing on when she Is at home, lacking tho
time and energy to prepare foods that
require slow cooking. It Is well to or
der a little extra milk for the sewing
week, ao thnt she may have a glassful
once in a whtlo between times. These
little acts of thoughtfulness on the part
of one who engages the sewing woman
will be much appreciated.
And don't forget to have the machine
thoroughly cleaned and oiled, tape meas
ure, cotton, sharp scissors, penknife,
tracing wheel. linings, brftld, tapew.
hooks and eyes, and all the absolutely
necessary things within reach, so that
no time may b wasted having to run
down town for essentials that have been
overlooked.
. , K
Kitchen Silence.
SAI,T added to starch Is responsible
for the gloss on linen when It Is
Ironed.
For baking dishes, bowls. custard
cups and the like, the HtHe brown
German ware dishes sre cleanly snd
pretty; they are creamy white Inside.
If you will use machine oil or cylin
der oil on the pas stove and range It is
a simple matter to keep them bright
and clean. Keep a rag saturated with
the oil In a convenient place and rub
off the stoves after each meal.
Man Times Saved.
According to official figures, antitox
in distributed free by the state of
I"nnsylvanla from October. l0fc, to the
close cf lst year sared tha lives of
:.: out of I.UI diphtheria ratlents to
whom It was applied.
Mad.
rrora the 'Waahlnirtia Post.
A clergyman rently. berims insane
a a result of bmodm over a Jit he
thought h told bot somebody, toa
narer hir ( a poilUcUa bain stricken
that ww ' 1
You will have less trouble In clean
ing the coffee pot If you put th
ground coffee into a small cheesecloth
bag Salt hags can be used for tha
purpose. Tea can be made In the same
manner arid a tea strainer need not be
used.
The Dally Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Cassava Melon. Minced Liver on Toast
Water Cress Hot Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEOK.
Scalloped Salmon. Waldorf Salad.
MufTI na Honey. Cocoa.
' DINNER.
Xoodla Sbup. boiled Lf of Motion,
Caper Patica
Yoanf Turnips. Croamed
' Baked Tomato s.
Egf and Cele.rr Salad. Mayonnatsa.
Deep Apple Fla with Cream. Caeeaa,
CoSts, J