The Oregon daily journal., November 13, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

HEW CAREER
FOR YOUNG
: AMERICA
Such as Can't Ever BeTres
ident Can at Least Get
; Into and Stay in the Con
sular Service Politics
Rules IV No Longer. .
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Copyrijtnt.1908.by Frederic J. HwUn.)
Washington.' Nov. 1J. Twenty-six
consular representatives of the United
j States came to Washington from the
J tour corner, of the earth for the con.
j sular examinations' which, ended yes
j terday. Upon the showing; made In
these examinations promotions will be
i made and vacancies filled. These
examinations ror promotion mam an
j Important epoch tn the improvement ' of
I the consular service under the opera
tion of the law which became effective
jjuly 1, 1906. In a little more than
two years that law. supplemented by
execuUve orders of President Roose
velt, has accomplished more to bring
the consular service to a state of ideal
efficiency than had been done In 20
years before.
I The United States consular' service
was for many years subjected to ad
i Verse criticism from hnth fnrelarnera
,; and Americans. Today the system is
looked upon bv foreign nations as being
well-nigh ideal. There are still many
imperfections, but the -Improvement
, continues and will continue under the
administration of President Taf t who
is heartily .interested in the subject. ,
Uttle Politics Left la It,
Briefly, the consular reform law
ivs aoonsnea ,ine fee system an
placed consular, officers upon a salary,
provided a classification of consuls
; and instituted a system of inspection
, Five consul g-enerals-at-large now
travel all over the world, and the af-
ind
Is no rtnnht the- mrt addlncr millions of
dollars a year to the)--foreign trade of
tne united. States. ,-, -
v Truitlees Tales of Wos.
In many places the' consular- offices
are also charged with duties which arc
diplomatic in character. In several non
Christian countries the consuls have Ju
dicial powers, and are empowered to
adiudlcata laa-ai , rilnnutea in which an
American la" a party. On account of
the varied reaulrements of the service.
sppointment or promotion by compet
itive examination alone is Impossible. A
man might have a very high standing
in his examinations, and might be ad
mirably suited for a consulate in South
Africa, and at the same time be unavail
able ror service in China. ,'
Many complaints .-made against con
suls originate in ignorance of the du
ties of those in the service. ' If an Am
erican Bailor with discharge papers
propenv attested appiler to a consu
for help, the consul fa bound to secure
for him . return passage to the united
States.--The law provides for that, and
tne expense la borne tr toe government
But a plain. American who -happens to
be stranded on a foreign shore has" no
more right to call tipon the consul for
assistance than upon -any otner person.
If the consul does help him. the- con
sul nivi the bill nut of his own Docket.
The tales of woe from stranded Ameri
cans are not the least among: the Dur
dens of the consular officer. , ,
; v- Oldest Consul in Service.
Notwithstanding the uncertain- tenure
of office under a system in which of
fices are given as rewards ror political
activity, there are manv men in the con
sular service who have served their
country for years. As there hss been
no change' in party administration in
11 'years, the service has not been sub
jected to a general upheaval for a long
time, That fact, of course, has aided in
the general Improvement of conditions.
The Nestor of the consular service la
Oscar Malmros, now consul at Rouen,
France. Mr, Malmros received bis first
commission as consul from the hands
of Abraham Lincoln. Just a few weeks
Derore tnai great man was assassinate-.
His first ndst was at Gaits, in Bou
mania.- Boon afterward he was sent to
Winnipeg, Manitoba. That great city
was then a trading- post witn a popula
tion 'of only 400, and was still under
the rule of the Hudson Bay company.
Mr. Malmros has been In and out of
the service several times, having been
stationed- at several places In ' British
America and Europe. - Just before Bis
present assignment, he was at Colon on
the isthmus of Panama. Yet with all
Malmros has beeri
the exigencies of
fairs of eaob. consulate are investigated
at least once in two years. President
Koosevslt supplemented this law by
providing a scheme of consular exami
nations, by which men designated by
tne president are examined ty a special
board to establish their fitness for ap
pointment to . the consular service.
These examinations are not competi
tive, ana tne appointments are not
made from the list of "ellglbles," but
everything else being equal, the man
who makes the best showing in the
examination gets the job. At any rate,
the examination system gives assur
ance that no one will be appointed who
does not possess the necessary quall
, fieatlons for the position. As - no One
' may take the examination unless es
pecially designated by the president,
the powers' that i be still retain the
ultimate appointing power and politics
is not entirely removed from the equa
tion. : The present administration has en
deavored to distribute the consular ap
pointments as nearly as possible among
the states. Aa the south had very few
rnen in the service When the new order
' began, many southerners and Demo
crats have been appointed under the
examinations. Jn practice,, therefore,
fiolltics is more nearly divorced from
he consular service than ever before.
, Examinations are held about three
times a year. Until this, month they
have been solely for applicants desir
ing appointment. This time, officers
who had made good records in sub
ordinate positions in-the service were
brought home for examination for pro
motion. Advancement will not neces
sarily follow, but there is reason to
believe that the men who make the
best showing in the examinations will
be preferred in the event of vacanclea
higher up.
History of ts Spoils System.
From the time of the establishment
f the United States government until
1868 ,the consular service was In a cha
otio condition. Thomas Jefferson, as
secretary or state in Washington's cab
inet, organised tha service at the begin
ning. The government could not pay
salaries- and the fees were not suffi
cient to support a man. Therefore the
consular appointments were given to
Americans who were residing abroad In
business, or to wealthy men who
wished to live abroad for their own
pleasure. President Jackson attempted
to induoe congress to reform the serv
ice and abolish the fee system, but
Without avail.
James Buchanan, as secretary of
state in President Pierce's cabinet, for
mulated tne reform bill of 1869, which
his experience. Mr,
always subject to
politics.
Career la tha service, Vow.
Until this time the consular service
has offered few Inducements for a ca
reer for a young man. If promoted to
consulate tnere was tne danger or
being superseded by some man wbo
had carried a doubtful precinct for
favorite son. If there was no vacancy
In the particular consulate where one
was employed, there was little hope for
any promotion.
Thesa things have been changed un
der the new order of things. The 26
consular '-' representatives- who- were
brought to Washington from tha ends
of the earth to take the examinations
for promotion are nearly all young men.
They feel that they are on the thresh
hold of an honorable career in the ser
vice of their country. They are de
voting weir wnoie energies to prepara
wnic
tion for the imoortant work
are to do for the United States in for-
Ich they
elgn lands. They bear testimony that
the consular service nas Deen rerormed.
Commander to Be Promoted.
(United Pfms Leased Wh-eJ
Navy Tard, Puget Sound, Wash., Nov.
IS.-r-Word has been received here to the
effect that Commander C. C. Rogers,
commanding ofTlcer of the cruiser Mil
waukee, has passed the examination for
promotion to captain and that he will
receive a-commission shortly.
Football! Football!
First big game of the season, Mult
nomah vs. Whitman college, Saturday,
November 14, 8 p. m., Multnomah field.
Admission $1, including grandstand.
"Spectacles II at Meliger'a,
SCUMS
VICIOUS
Interstate Division ' Law
Drives American Ships
Out of Business-Labor
Unions Called Pernicious
Organizations."
(United Free Leased Wire.)
Baa Francisco, Nor. IS. Charles M.
Schwab, millionaire steel magnate and
owner of tha Bethlehem steel works.
declared against tha interstate com
merce commission In an address before
the Rotary club last night." He de
layed his special train to tha east to
make the talk. . . .
"It I were a oltlscn of San Fran
cisco," he : said, "I would cry out
against the - new ruling that, permits
foreign ships to secure the trade of
this coast American shipping Is at
present in a lamentable position, owing
to tha incomprehensible ruling of the
Interstate commerce commission In
compelling the transcontinental rail
roads to publish their divisions of
freight charges with ocean carriers.
"This ruling has placed the American
carriers at a great disadvantage in the
battle with foreign lines for the ocean-
carrying business;- Foreign lines can
quote through rates and underbid the
American companies and take business
away from the American lines. As the
result of this condition great ships are
going; forth from San Francisco to the
orient with only BOO or 600 tons of
freight when they ought to be carrying
10,000 tons."
Schwab said that If he owned the
ships of the Pacific Mall Steamship
company he would not run them at all.
He praised the Pacific Mail as a great
corporation and roasteid the labor unions
as- pernicious organisations. No city
can hope to be prosperous, he said, as
long as the labor unions control the
labor market.
IRRIGATORS ASK
UNCLE SAM'S AID
(United Pr Leased Wire.)
Willows, Cal.. Nov. IS. For the pur
pose of conferring with tha United
States reclamation service officials at
Washington in an effort to Induce the
government to complete the Corning ir
rigation projact. Attorney Frank Free
man Is preparing to leave for the east.
The company will request governmental
aid and cooperation tn completing the
Dig alien. i ne government is now
working at Orland on that section of
the great ditch In the Sacramento val
ley, and the Orland unit is but a short
distance from Corning:..
The Corning project is for the con
struction of a reservoir in the coast
range to store the waters of the creeks
and by a ditch system distribute the
water over 60,000 acres. A part of this
work has already ben done.
BUILT UP
THE BLOOD
An Erie Pastor's Wife Tells
How She Overcame, a
Trouble During Her Girl
hood' What anaemia Is, how to recogntte it
and tha value of the tonio treatment
with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills should be
known by (he mother of every grow
ing girL
Anaemia Is simply lack of blood.
It is one of the most common and
dangerous diseases with which growing
girls suffer. .
It is common ' because the blood so
often becomes impoverished during de
velopment, when girls are too frequent
ly allowed to over-study, overwork and
suffer from lack of exercise. It Is dan
gerous because of the stealthiness of Its
approach, often being well developed
before its presnce is recognised, and be
cause of Its tendency to grow, so stead
ily worse, If not promptly checked, that
it may run Into consumption.
Mrs. E. Wolfe De Witt of Reed and
Twenty-third streets, Erie, Pa., the wife
Of tha pastor of the Second Baptist
church, suriereo witn anaemia ror two
or threa years before she heard of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills, and was cured by
their use. She says:
"When a -girl and at the period when
I was growing fast I was in an anaemic
condition and suffered terribly. I was
weak, without ambition and the least
exertion ' tired me. I - had suffocating
spells, severe headaches at the base oi
th skull and over one eye. I was al
most bloodless, and my- ears were so
transparent you could almost see through
them. I had no appetite and finally
became so weak I had to leave school.
"I would be faint at times, and the
suffocating spells, the doctor snld, were
due to a nervous arreotion ot tne neart.
"I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and only took a few boxes before I
was restored to per&sct health. I can
heartilv recommend -the pills to all
vnuna- a-trls suffering from anaemia."
Send today for a copy of our "Diseases
of the Blood." It gives further Infor
mation about anaemia ana is free upon
request. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are
for sale by all druggists, or wtll be sent,
postpaid, upon receipt of price. 60 cents
per box; six noxes ror .ou, oy me ur.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenec
tady, N. T.
(- . i . ?. ( . . " -
COAS
REVISERS
T
REiHOfPORI
Will Go Before (Committee
With Unbroken Front
for Protection.
(United Press Leases Wire.) -
San Franoisco, Nov. IS. E. F. Wood
ward, surveyor of the port and member
of the special committee on tariff re
vision for California, Is to leave for
Washington today to appear with Percy
Morgan and Henry C. Roedlng before
the ways and means committee of con
gress. Morgan and Roedlng are already
in Washington and on the arrival of
Woodward they will place the report
of the tariff revision committee of Cal
ifornia before the congressional committee.
Woodward, Morgan and Roedlng were
But Boys' Departoiept
Invites the Attention of
Careful Buyers
Boys' two-piece and Norfolk
suits, 6 to 16 years, up-to-date mod
els, latest fads of the season, made
of tfie best foreign and domestic
materials, at $4.00 to $10.00.
- .
Little fellows' Russian overcoats and reefers,
3 to 10 years, latest creations in styles, color and
fabrics, priced at $4,00, $4.50, $5.00 and $6.00.
Magnificent display of youths' overcoats and
cravenettes, cut in long plain box and button to
chin styles; fine cheviots, vicunas and worsteds,
very exceptional values, $10, $12.50, $15, $18, $20.
appointed a special committee at a
.meeting of the tariff revision commit
tee yesterday afternoon. The commit
tee adopted the reports of the vari
ous sub-committees on the special in
terests to be affected by the proposed
tariff revision.
A delegation of the tanners of the
Pacific coast asked the committee- to
recommend to congress the abolition of
duty on hides. It was asserted that a
15 per cent duty on hides benefited only
the big packing companies and therefore
failed to protect tne proaucer or oenem
the government.
The delegation was Informed that the
reauest had come too late, as the com
mittee could take no aotlon without
hearing from the farmers, the produc
ers, and that the tanners must seek aid
directly at Washington.
' The committee decided to Indorse an
Increase In the duty on hops from 12
cents to 24 cents a pound. The action
was taken on the representation of the
hopgrowers of the state that German
and Austrian hops have displaced the
American product in the last three
years. The generaT committee also In
dorsed the report of the sub-committee
on magneslte and Infusorial earth. This
means an unbroken front at Washing
ton for protection.
The special committee will present
the report with oral agreement to the
ways and means committee Novem
ber 18.
Eye glasses. $1 at Metiger"s.,
SOUND TIMBERMEN -OFF.TO
WASHINGTON
v
(United Prna Leased WIre.l
Seattle, Nov. 13. R. U McCormlck,
Pacific coast manager for the Weyer
haeuser Timber company; Victor H.
Beckman, secretary of the Pacific Coast
Lumber Manufacturers' association, and
John McMaster, representing; the shln
glemen, left, Seattle last night for
Washington. D. C where they will ap
pear before the congressional commit
tee on ways and means November 20.
They will present arguments before the
committee against the removal of the
tariff on lumber.
GREA
Jhe event of the hour, which no man of good common sense can afford to miss. $32,800 worth of men's and young
men's high grade Fall and Winter Suits and Overcoats are being sacrificed at about one
fourth of their original worth. NOTHING RESERVED! NOTHING SPARED!
rrovlded for the admission of men to
h. lower grades of the service upon
merit established by ezamlatlon. The
next congress emasculated tha 1 v.r.
forts were made at Intervals to induce
congress to abolish the fee system and
tirnvld fnr a unlfnrm mrhn.l - .
potntment, but nothing was done.
President Cleveland took a forward
step by issuing- an order that vacan
cies in the lower grades of consulates
should, be filled by promotion from
consular clerkships, from the depart
ment of state, or from a list of those
who had established their qualifica
tions by examinations. Of the 13 can
didates examined under this order be
fore Mr. Cleveland's retirement, eight
were passed and five were rejected.
President McKinlev left th order in
foroe, but as consuls were removed by
wholesale and friends of the new ad
ministration pointed in their stead,
the examination became purely per
functory and was eventually discon
tinued. Of 113 candidates examined
a the beginning of the McKinley ad
ministration, only one was ' rejected.
Busln.sa IC.a at Last Balked.
Strong proteats were made against
the wholesale removal of capable con
suls for purely. political reasons, as had
been done by the Democrats under Clove
land and the Republicans under McKin
ley. The business men of the country
were beginning to appreciate the. im-
rortance of the consular service, and
hey desired that it be given some de
gree of stability. The crusade on the
part of the business men. having the
aid of the Roosevelt administration, "cul
minated in the enactment of the con
sular reform law of, 1106. By that law
all fees are required to be paid into
tha treasury, and consuls are paid a
salary. The consul-general to London,
whose fees nad amounted to 150,000 a
year, as much as is paid. the president,
was given a salary of 112.000. The
consuls-general were apportioned In
seven cfoisses. ranging In salary from
112.000 'to $3,000. The consuls were di
vided into nine classes, ranging in sal
ary from $8,000 to $2,000. Provision
was made for the subordinate officers,
and the whole service was systematized,
for the first tim
expansion m- vonstuax umui,
In the old days . the chief duties of
consuls were those- connected with Am
erican shipping abroad. - These are still
vitally important, but consuls -are 'ex?
pec ted to do many other things in these
day. Most important of all, the Ameri
can consuls are expected to look out for
opportunities to expand American trade,
and make reports to Washington for the
guidance of American business men.
The consular reports hava been pub
lished ever since 1861 At first Hhey
were 'Issued annually, - then quarterly,
then monthly. But now , the . consular
reports are published daily and ar. sent
all over the country to commercial or
sanitations exporters, newspapers and
individuals- who nay be .interest??!. II
Is difficult to estimate the- value of j
these daily consular reports, but there'
1 WsSimi
mm n
J.!'::.--"
142
CONS
IGNMENT
READ! . WONDER!
NVESTIGATE!
Do not confound this bona fide Sacrifice Sale with any money-making scheme that may come to your notice.
This ale is simply the result of conditions a local prominent clothing concern, eryqying the reputation of carry
ing the best and largest, stocks in Men's and Youths' Clothing has realized its being heavily overstocked and has
determined to turn the above stated amount of stock into ready cash, regardless of the heavy loss it will thereby
sustain. All the High-Grade Hand-Tailored SUITS and OVERCOATS are marked at prices that barely cover
the cost of manufacture. Bear in mind that this sacrifice is one of the few opportunities which so seldom knock
at your door. For your own sake, don't miss it. At this sale, in spite of the merciless slaughter of prices, the gar
ments are strictly high-grade, hand-tailored and absolutely reliable.
Me Now Goie
142 First Street, Near Alder
gO
sub-
$2.95
Men's Suits for business wear, strictly all wool,
stantially made and trimmed, usually sell at
$12. bale price
Men's Better suits in Cheviots, T?eeds and Worsteds,
hand-finished, absolutely reliable for wear and f
colors, usually sell for $18. Sale price !). f)
Men's High-Grade Suits, strictly hand-tailored, all wool
and of remarkable durability and shape-retaining quali
ties, various materials and colors, usually sell fft Jf
at $25. Sale price . . . ; OO.J
Men's Overcoats, beautiful materials and
ors, usually sell at $18. Sale price
col-
$6.45
Men's High-Grade overcoats in fancy mixtures, well tai
lored and trimmed, full lengths, usually vsell C'AC
at $18. Sale price dD.lO
Youths' Better Overcoats, usually selling at
$15. Sale price
$3.95
Youths' Suits of good make, materials and col- A M fXt
ors, usually selling at $18. Sale price-. ,
Youths' Fine Suits in the best of materials and colors,
made and trimmed to satisfy the most particu- QC
lar, usually ell at $20. $ale price, , b).a)
OPEN EVENINQS
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GJ.O'NEIL,'a'?fsJ
Remember, Nothing But FirstGas