THE JOURNAL;
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
C. . JACKSON.
........ Publlrtw
the committee; on enrolled bills they heat and cold, conditions absent 1
were told by Senators Kay and Oregon, and yet Oregon consumers
neages respectively, that their serv- are happy when hatter costs no more
ices were not required. Senator than 37 cents.
rank Miller offered to one commit-! We will wake un bv knd bv. an
SSMy m VESA'S tee for which a $5 a day stenog- the $486,000 we sent out last year
inc. rut Dd Y.mhlu treu. portiwwi. or. rapher was wanted the free services for poultry and butter will be a.
BntMed at th otfn t Portland, or., for, of his clerk. Senator Albee declared stream of cold nourlnsr into ni.nti
.miioa um,h th. niih .wond-cu- that the clerk expense' exclusive of instead of . out of It Our present
aesK oerKs wouia do, ior tne sen- consolation Is that California and
ate. not less than $10,000. Washington each-sent out about four
it is yet early in tne session. . It times as much to other Rtates for
Is worth while for this legislature these productsyas did Oregon. The
to so periorm mat arter adjourn- incident Is a hint to the Oregon
matter.
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Bmnawiot Bufidtnr. 22R Fifth arenoe, Newjment there will be no dismal after-i farmer than when he can supply the
Tort; ioo7-os Bojc Building. Chicajro. math of censure. A broad nolicv of nrn m.rirof Will tr.A coin
Bobacrtptlma Terma br m-ll or to anr addrei
id U united statee. Canada or Mexico:
DAILY.
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DAILY AND SUNDAT.
math of censure. A broad policy of Oregon market he will find sale fo
public interest, a steady purpose in his overflow In these two states.
behalf of big constructive measures
0
and a careful avoidance of the pflfcv
nut grafts of which the clerk abuse
is one, will send the members home
with records that will be delightful
FOB NEEDY GIRLS
Bn TB0 1 0n montB to themselves and pleasing to their
friends and the public. It is an aim
T
Economy is the parent of
integrity, of liberty and of
ease, end the beauteous sis
ter of temperance and of
cheerfulness and health.
Hawkesworth.
worth while.
LET
OREGON . EDUCATE
OWN
THE MEDDLESOME WHITE MAN
H'
HE TROUBLE with most phil
anthrpples is that they are mis
directed. A fountain of crystal
water Is no help to the thirsty
traveler If approach is barred by
barbed wire fence. The Carnegie
HER library scheme is well meaning, but
the millions who are In need of
philanthropy are too busy getting a
race by cMHzed and Christianized
whites:
Without going into any extended
discussion of the subject, we think
AS NOT the time about passed living to drink from the books. Like
for Oregon young people to go I the others who have means to ex-
outslde the state for educa- pend in philanthropies, Mr. Carnegie
tion? Changes transpiring in I moves in a sphere where he does not
the institutions nf thn ronntrv neem I feel th heart thrnhn nf tha roa
Ti a iuivi address at a cele- to suggest It. Harvard, in the num- Within the rich walls of his mansion
bration of the African Methodist ber of persons receiving instruction, and the wealth-ribbed environments
r,piscopai cnurcn, resident has dropped to fourth place. She of his dally life, the pulsations and
KOOSeveit Vaunted Zealously the 1 has now an enrollment nf hut 494S. nsnlratinnR nf real nnvertv An nnt
role of the white man in the dark Three other universities have a reach him. He does not, and most
iuaa . countries, 01 Europeans and larger attendance. These, accord- of the other would-be philanthrop
uiw.a m Asm. Ainca ana is- iing to tne New York Independent, ists, do not realize the struggles and
.axiu. xio nummea mat in some ere Columbia with 567B, Michigan adversities of the race
InsTanM that i 4 Kam I ... - . ....... I
rnthi nV .Jl-Li. m Wttul" ' wltn 6188 anfl UB,CK w,tn Only that philanthropy is of value
2?nHi?JLCrae,tT Bwn add,ng the attendance at Rad" that comes down to and. penetrate
auujo rirrn Hnrvnri nnaa nm rpa n nrar i v i mi
hnSIhlh r influences place, Dut la BtI11 outnumbered by the efforts of the Federated Worn
Wbo,e 6.uCh dm,natlH Columbia, the figures standing 6675 an.s cluD8 ,8 the most beautiful
t:Z con: t0 6342- w,th th,s addltlon Har- heart ln ui. it is ex-
querors had been for the good of varA u tnrro.A n .tonH in awn -j-j, .v.
nnie thr-t ored place and to surrender her former the very heart of social need. Its
people, through knowledge acauired. .iutir.otir.1, in whM .ho . nromipr u..
bad become 'discontented, but this. Ktv, i , antv nr hor wnri t,h L ... ...
'ftA fVhlS of 8tdt- A former pres- for heip. The women who compose
flirih . i 7' , ldent of Harvarfl was wont to con- the organization come down to the
finally he pointed to England's ruleL.iH. 1,1. .i..noi T,P.var. v. '.Hn ..... r.t..
!, , . . . w.uuo u.n " j piaue wnere tuey are in toucn witn
nfSewnrthv ,ntf ! f T the L0"1 to "bless Harvard college the struggling multitude. The new
praiseworthy Instance of successful .n ttt inotittir.n T,a ..r
onto ... , . , , , -I""" " '"t"'"' noiei lur women in iew iotk, ae-
tUlef an alien and dark-skinned r,vr Am tn have been answered Lik i
ar - " i i ucu i u lucorj tuiu uiuo i cicui i
at least with referenre to the "in- shows how true is their conception
ferior" institutions. 0f nractical nhilanthroDv. Another
It is a broad process of change errand on which they are engaged
, u 8 d0ne aspect. The star of empire has education and to become self-sup-
thTntv, is rfn m'ntolJsed moved westward and eo has the star porting social units. The clubs in
L!. J M . ' of education. The various states Oregon, for instance, have created
inevitable. Tor the superior white are deVeloping their universities and what is known as the "Scholarship
race to overrun and take possession ,and grant colleges. Here, for in- Loan Fund," a fund that is used to
ot this country, even though ester- atBnro ra rhA iTniverKHv nir wu. helD needv airls throueh school or
consin and the University of Call- college. The world knows the in-
.Annvlnn linllillnff. n o I flnltft P f f OP t iA ItOSkt (Tl hQ In (nHU-
aistant, populous country that we commodate 10.000 students and forming woman from a sphere of
uw Wi. aeeu, m wnicn nor, many (w. , tv.f Bnii helnlessneRS tn one nf Relf-rpllanr-e
.11.1. J. ...I 1" . V. . r --
.iuy pouio ejirui OIIICiaiB Will I m , ,j ,l v A montallv atarvt.fl vnnno- wnmar. la
vtwcn, auu 10 govern lie people rrom I j TV. o, I. ii a hnnHroH fnlH more helnleEa than
a distance against their will and con- I ,v, h J mentaiiv Btrved vnnr man
111 .0 T67 d,f- stitution, because it shows that stu- There is always a way for the latter
rerent matter. Many peoples so or ,M j to succeed, hut not alwavs for the
WeUhI!d',gVernt! a,Dd ,nfr"Cted work they want. They are going former. Besides, the graces and
have been irreparably injured there- ,, , tn w., ihaa nf culture of the woman are the sav-
A O (4) lilA ICtlO t, V UUI J t UUU lUUOC v l
the west are going less and less to Ing influence for a future home and
the east. Three years ago there were a family. The more cultured wives
200 students at Berlin, and now and mothers there are In the homes
there are but 68 men and 27 women, ne raster will be tne uplift or the
a total of 95. The steady growth In race.
The "Scholarship Loan Fund" of
the clubs Is not given out as a gift,
but as a loan. Such a fund has been
in existence in Colorado for 10
years and has reached a total of
$15,00,0. Throughout the period
not a dollar has been lost and the
largest present source of its growth
is from women who have been aided
by it. They know the need for it
and, value of it, and as better con-
aoroaa: Demands there, like our torney general of Washington States senate will pay any atten-
OWn. Will he inyraa4 hv Innmiiiail fita 1... U-1..J . , I.. . .. ., . .. . . I
i, T V. ..v.,,., uo, .vuaca wia matter uon to ttrose "protests ' or a rew
population. Comparatively HtUe un- and is of the opinion that such a members of the legislature;. It , is
used land remains in the world. The treaty would be effective and bind- their vote that cniJSt. and the ab
solution of one of the, greatest eco-ing.
AS
ermon or Tod
The Religious Motive.
By Henry, P. Cope.
The Constitution fnrhlta , an I .to i .... i v-
nomic problems that the world has state to "enter Into any treaty al- sons for the legislators' votes, un- PhKisf 'rth word 01
7,tu 7k- i JTu f.wro," Mr: " T conieaerauon." but this Is less, as Senator -Hale said, bribery . I
Hill, the refertliization of the soil supposed to have reference to a t. .iien ...j ..iw I T THT should man Jsother himself
ana an increased yield per acre. In treaty with a foreign state. Since ' I IAI apout rPn at alit u it in
the United States now this average it has always been found impossible Alabama has a law that reflates ' f T thrAimh Sk Th ot
is butf 12 to 14 bushels. Tn En.r- for rnmmlltM. f ih. ... .. A,1Mm. na law tnat regulates f tha Almighty or to make r-
land it is 29 to 30. In England once turea to areomnilah m""7. ot weapon... it pro- future?
it w s to in Th. kI .Vr::r..rr-"""B l"to via "at no weapon less man two -per.uuon - bo i,eia .way that
- w "V t,ui w I DUhftuowvu, 11. Ul aCLirMnip. TT1H V na BI.A.fl . m. . 1 I PUT WAS A Hllff oUn i .
and the einer-ted hetter marfrot rvm ani.,tin ki " ' 2Z ' .7 leBl lon8 Da" carneo, ana pro- - . 7 , " "'""T'
r w w u vuo yiuuieui. inuuen u i.ti.ia. ai.. s I v ifnai rormai v r unruHa t..
an equalized 'home consumption and would probably be the first instance nBa It .1 L'Z Z l "" Today w, t naV'l,
uroauction arrora a cneery prospect or a treaty between two states of baa heenJ ffi7mad ra,th that turn ny man into
ior tne American rarmer. A re- tne union. But how is the treaty 7iT f 7" 7 I 1 . : lluni. terror , tncken slave.
newed interest in his land and re- making power or body to be created' 1,1 Bnpiemf, court- il handed r .0ce men laid their possesions on
newed atudv nf how tn lnrreoo ii. Prenmohiw k uuwa- oenumem everywnere is wr auars or religion In order to nla.
w " w v i . uauj t IUU lCKlBlaLurcB. I at. ax, J I,.. -. ...
fertility are likely to Imbue him. And then the chanoea that . relorm OI ine P"101 """ " i"r time, they ar.
According to Mr. Hayes, In 1880. agreement would be reached. Yet . htai . ..." r,V lntI
tv. ii il. .... . .. .. I The evea nf the nation are eane- I T ..wi. ,s ino price , ttia,
prouueuon 01 corn me matter may De worth cons dera- . ' V. - many are willing- to nav to jiiir
was 34.98 and In 1907 29.67. A I tlon. The new nrnn iaw c,ay directed toward Oregon at this , '. ' 3 ,?ar t? ecur..'in
far more remarkable case fs the fall bv the ne.onle. nr nnt aati'0fann time, and for that reason the leg- It Wlth B . fr".
i at. ... . .. - . ' --- I Islatrnra .l.nM ha. M..an1 noca " ' ' ienia,
u mo rano ot wneat proaucuon. .xn as Jong as Washington does not have L. " " " " - vi iiina- u to tnmit alike by not al
teoyv.A .... - --(.-. . . Ivin fwi1" Aw ''ia.1i- Kill. Alt n ai .a I lM.in. . . ....
xoew was .io ana in isu 7.Z6. use laws. But the nrobable outcome " I '""'P "" lo t an,
. . i . i t , l. .a i m i t
Rye fell from .40 to .36 per capita, will be the gradual extinction of the
Buckwheat fell from .24 to .10. Industry, before the two states aeree
aneep, excluding iambs, fell from on like measures to protect It.
841 to .625 per capita. Swine
aroppea per capita from .992 to The house did-itself hnnnr ph.
x. rracucauy tne wnoie trend is day. Almost without opposition it
a Joke br to please somebody.
So Ions' aa rellelnn n.. .ui
or defending of certain onlnloni thl
w,. ., views. BD8CiailV r-
I belief In
The principle of the proportional M2lOP
representation measure is right, but U will be hard for the practical mind
It is questionable whether the re- mia-hf?hiVrWi,iaat; lllnt ..8Uch vl,!w
suits to be attained are worth the or social, t. upon us to iirf'in airina:
j - . . . . I - ' I a vi- -.i I mein. -
aecrease oi per capita production extended the time of the contingent ucl'COBar,r epCuBP. i Even where the teachings of religion
nJ A i 1 1-1 I
ouu ui couBumpuon. jvery appropriation for the Willamette
viBorous larra iaa mat leaves me locks. But few member, went nn
country ana goes to tne qity lessens record In opposition. An
tne gap. remaps great causes win favorable determination is
HPABAntlv aniUM. ir rt rr not f V. Jl I
"t'i""' -" vii iik in tne senate. The meaanre
of rural population to the over- broad conceDtion. n haa the hreoth elude quilts and blankets,
crowaea towns. onrt hlrneaa nf a mnIl r.ll T
is not
have taken mn n. ".
If T. T. Geer were still governor, KiesTUoS FtZ&SjvAi
An ennnllv h would doubtless be glad to see I Tightness, while one may see the Ini
An equally ... ., I portance of rla-ht morr ...4 Zlt,""
expected XT' . ?n.?d,ahrd8- har5 " persuade" folk,
re Is of h. would. want. amended t0 H-fcEVLVI-.
r.. ,i .. wser m
inn.1 Bays inou ahBlt
Bteal."
A P
ocm
or Today
r
Solitude.
Reliarlnn mn.t . atra. U...
than this or have nn nw.n ...
.u w.or,d where men are wla'hlng
that the da va were twin. u..Z
iUlndk.V,lne.?or things that are really
worth while, they are nuick tn rmt-nJ.
J i 0 value of thlngw .pirltual. but
. "ou w unanrsiana tneir impu-
Rv .Tnhn Hsnrv Twman
John Henry Newman, cardinal, im-ll"wi,VR!,.?hurch or 8yftem that
... nycr opinions wnen
the poor, the oppressed, the imDOtent
a .waft fnr an ln.1 .iln.l
MORE MILLIONS FOR THE NAVY I locality, but constructive
Tixn iimidn . ' . i, lag. It is a strategic move for ner-
HE HOUSE of representatives .ro,t,(i; .
C,:7," K.n -f'"- transportation Is the key to prog-
1 ' '"l'v' Ca.14VUU.llJt. lU I 4 a I " '
113R 000 nnn The arm, kin w" "-".iijr auu cy iu lg9o. known In his own day as a theo
' ' ' - ' " flroto an, .hmant Th r, . I 1 1 . . .... . . . . . I ..... .i ' r ....u.. nv
Will annronriate nerhana nearly ' v. .. ocobiuu in logian ana Dnuiant onsayisi, la remem- uipiesa ana neglected at our
. , ... . ... . .lable to see with a broadened horizon bered in these day. for his hymn. andlu .
when Ika Infamv rt o Dn.nt.lol luwrai. Inilpp In Kattloa Arl.alaatln
And this in a time . . r... .m.ti. .. ..r,..v... h. TV.-".iiT."-i . n
of profound" peace with all the haa done wpll bv thn wninmette uch Pn " n?'lhitime V,u,bble over. th1 'Wdle.
world. Yet the conntrv rannnt .ret DaS. 001,6 . '.. by the .W ,lamett.e I. " ll?a.sj ? .xit Mn
Kn nnn nnn v . 7 piujcti, auu quite as uiucil la antici- l nere 1" in atuiness on a magic power I " " Vi,- .i7 V. rrmina
50,000,000, nor half, nor a quarter Loloi tv , power men that the Infinite one was In this
i pwtcu ii win tuc acuatc. i i . . . .... 1 wnr n rn tin tmnst ..i,a.i
Jt cairn me Dreasi, wnen struggling I i " f tz rt V. ..V ,,,Bnu;
passions lower; r "' ,,1 "ve "re ana eac,
The Journal has invited for pub- '"arise One hunger, one paMlon is In all nor-
of that sum this year, to open up its
waterways and improve its harbors.
And these patriots are worrying
about a deficit.
mtnation be the necessary fate of
the Indian tribes, but to conquer a
by. Along with instruction, some of
it not well adapted to them, they in
many cases acquired a direful bur
den of vices. How much does China
owe to England for opium? The
president points to the beneficence
of white rule ln Africa; does he refer
to Leopold's rule In Soudan, or
France's in Madagascar? And In
India, his principal example In proof,
famines have increased in frequency
and severity during England's 150
years of rifle, and a large proportion
of the people are constantly on the
ragged edge of literal starvation.
Hcation Statements Of fact by Citizens Diviner feeling., kindled with the skies. I PL1iv"-h unchanging- desire for the
reoonntln the Hhortmm,n nf the K th'th? rab'e kindling thoughts ex-
rpu i Lin j , i v a, a Da na, I " . ucmu v iu
auv iiavrti uui niciuaes appropria- sPftft taMwav rafvIpa
uuna ior two new uaiuesnips ana
five torpedo boat destroyers.
-x j " I lina' OI ininefl h hilt rill r nttsmnr
Manv com- When circling skies enclose the desert lil""?". ! vea 10 l,ne ru"ness or Uielr
if u 11 v vijiii 1 a . I measure ! n 11 mir nlpflsn ma niiii frill.
u la 1 11 1 n 11a 1 c i rr:- u ivnir' v iiihiih i ii i eh. i..aii , 1. a. v. - ili.i iuui cuucnviim n t m niiT rno amrir t r
mi.. - l --- " f ui 1 11 in me 11 ci 111 1 l HtrvKB 1110 1 nn. iveai 1 d-4i,jm . ia ";
1 UCOC I thn no imm. TKa fn UKM 1- A.I rnva Brcaiiig SlltJlt! illf?. 1 nil! We neSlT Tin-
iiiu i'ai;ri . i lit: inn i iiniif in in o - i . .... ... "
battleships will cost some $15,000,- Ktflt, thom nP,flv nr rit.,JT catr" tne Inspiring; glow of heavenly "?rTfruinla' a" we nna ,lfe- w d9'
rirtA ni a m t a. x i - . i w w...- vuva Tva,B inve. i vv
vuu, wunouc nuings ana rurniture, nwn Rn.nntllr(, it la tna Hllf llf it i. not ol-iv In the freedom eiven Keiigion meets man at this point: it
yet in five or Blx years they will be .v- ..wn. ... To purify and fix the heart on heaven: ?"ow" n'm tne ot. .the !aner life.
... . , , iue puuuc lu iiiqu mane gooa Its There 1b a BDlrlt slna-lna- ave In air 11 nlus 111 m rerognue nimseir a. more
obsoete. mere Junk, and more ex- cn w hereafter hold jf8 peace ?KJHf?. abofeifuTorta. c.'e. 05aIhu?ItJtAl awT.ltc,,J. UL j1? Vh,5 e,Ba
pensive ones will have to be built ,n tuls way the corporatton can No mortal mea.ure .well, that mystic ?aUthnl t lJSl
Mfiflnwhllp "nrnfnnnil" renra will . ........ miiiuu, .... . . a. ,. , , ilV? ST:
Meanwhile "profound" peace will
continue, the rivers and harbors will
be improved but slowly and slight
ly, so as not much to interfere with
high railroad freight rates, and an
army of officers, contractors and
brought face to face with the com
plaints that the public has to make.
By the plan a better understanding
can be reached and removal of faulty
service be hastened. The Journal
frAAlv 0-lvAa Ita Bnflno ovontlnfr nnlv
other beneficiaries of this policy will the requirement that articles be
Law auu uuuiiuo iu wVl K. up nrlpf that thv .,,- hBrA fanl
without abuse and be signed, by the
writer's name.
Mn innri.il rt.in.r.i h...h.. I and urges him to en forward Intn th.
. u.i'it j in u urm luq nuuu 1114V ever
around
The angels' hymn the sovereign har- urS.li.mu ?f ?r 'onged for.
n t. ..x. - 1 1 , i
vi.nr i Ji no iroi ui oiiv reiiKiun in inn i m
That guides the rolling orb. along the ! " fl,18COntent w,tn thB " I
excellence of institutions In every
state eliminates the need of going
into other states for graduate or
other work. It is the natural move
ment and by the process Oregon
young people are more and more to
be educated In Oregon. The cost
Is less and the profit to Oregon
great. The rules of land surveying
opportunities Oregon young people
will more and more embrace them.
A VASTKFl Ii PROCESS
THE CLERKSHIP EVIL
LEGISLATORS BLUXDER seri
ously when they yield to the
clerk evil. That graft has
been a legislative shortcoming
for years. It is not so much what
it costs as It is the wasteful prin
ciple involved. In past times the
employment of clerks was too often
more a mere matter of gift than of
business. The aggregate of a ses
sion haa run as high as $27,000 as
against the. 15000 it cost in earlier
and Just as busy times. Conditions
have been somewhat better in re
cent sessions, but If Senators Albee
and Selling were accurate in their
Information friaay the situation H
still bad nough. r in resisting the
evil Senator Selling characterized the
present status as "shameful," and
Senator Albee produced figures from
the records to show that 45 clerks
are already under the pay of the
senate, It was stated on the floor
that four clerks had been employed
without authority and that when
three of them went In turn to labor
tor the committee on resolutions and
o
nr t h a nrnrfHRPa nf mnthAmntlra nro
England may have the more or th. nn m a whether nnnntrpd in nor.
,ea 'eguimaie excuse tnat possession Un hr fWirnn Th distant i,nl-
of India is a political necessity, and verslty or college affords no royal
we got the Philippines incidentally road to either. The student's ap-
and cannot well get rid of them, and plication and the opportunity af-
there may be similar cases; but that forded him for that application are
the white race has on general prln- tho tcEt if nromn Bffnrd thB
cipies on account or its real or imag
ined superiority a right, and that it
Is its duty, to go forth to subdue,
control and ln all matters dictate to
distant peoples of other colors and
races who have not interfered with
us, is an erroneous and mischievous
doctrine.
Lincoln said no man was good
enough to govern another; then no
collection or aggregation of men is
good enough to govern another. Cer
tain kinds of teaching and mission
ary work may be beneficial, a re
liglous or moral duty, from a broad
point of view, but the black man is
entitled to the God-given rights of
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness in bis own country or what
ought to be his, as we are in ours
Jefferson did not write for Ameri
cans, but for mankind.
FFICIAL FIGURES on the mar
ket page of The Journal today
relate how Oregon sends away
its money for poultrv and
dairy products in other states. This
is the first instance in which the
exact iigures have been Riven. We
bought last year $30,000 worth of
poultry in other states. We bought
$156,000 worth of dairy products.
We bought $300,000 worth of eggs.
Most of the Import came from Min
nesota, a far northern state, in
which climatic and other, conditions
are less favorable than our own ln
producing these food products.
In addition to the price of the
products we paid the long rail haul
more than half way across the con
tinent and paid profits to commis
sion men. The Mlnnesotan produced
on higher priced land than ours,
making bis cost of production
greater. Our prices that were avail
able to the Oregon producers were
greater than the liome prices of the
Mlnnesotan, or he wouldn't have
shinned. The unavoidable deduc
tion is therefore that we who pro
duce these things in Oregon, are far
behind the Mlnnesotan tn the vigor
and efficiency of our endeavor.
Incidentally, within a compara
tively few yeans, the dairy industry
of Minnesota has grown from $5,
000,000 to $30,000,000 annually.
Instead of growing, ours', according
to reports, decreased ln aggregate
last year. Incidentally, too, onr
poultry products aggregate $3,000,
000 to $5,000,000 annually; . Mis
souri's and Iowa's approximate $40,
000,000 each. In Wisconsin, a
great dairy state," there was recent
ly much complaint by consumers be
cause butter rose to 37 Tents. It
Is butter produced on very expensive
land, in a climate of 'extremes of
ditlons have come to them they have
turned to aid in the work. Their
response is a magnificent testimonial
to the matchless character of the
enterprise.
The Oregon fund has been in ex
Istence but a year and a half and is
now $800. By the test of the need
for it it ought to be a hundred of a
thousand times as much. Every
where there are calls for it, and
every time it is used one more young
woman is lifted into an avenue of
self-helpfulness and racial uplift.
Next Wednesday is "Scholarship
Loan Fund day" in Oregon and th
4 2 clubs in the state are to give en
tertainments from which the pro
ceeds are to go to the "Scholarship
Loan Fund." The day and the oc
casion are a call to the fortunate and
the powerful in this world's goods
to an enterprise a thousand times
worth their bounty. There Is no er
rand of aid more rich in virtue, no
philanthropy more utilitarian. It is
a day and an occasion on which the
cup of generosity should be full to
the overflow. It is a movement
beautifully conceived and by the
eternal fitness, ought to be splen
didly endowed.
WHEN' WE EAT ALL OUR WHEAT
T
HE FAMOUS prediction of
James J. Hill that consumption
in this country is soon to over
take production of agricultural
products gathers force. Two gene
rations ago two thirds of our popu
lation was agricultural. Now the
conditions are reversed. One third
is agricultural, while two thirds in
habit the towns. The ratio of home
consumption of farm products Is
enormously increased and the pro
portion for export accordingly dim
inished. Figures on the subject are
supplied the New York Journal of
Commerce by Mr. Hayes of the de
partment of agriculture at Wash
ington. A time must come when consump
tion' will equal production. What
then is to hinder a rise ln farm
products? When we eat our own
wheat and cease to feed Europe,
what will be the source of supply
war scares.
Representative Bartholdt, a states
man with an international reputa
tion, declared that the appropriation
was "unwise and unnecessary" and
never more so than now. Tawney,
a man of long and vide experience
ln public life, said that there was no
danger of war with Japan, that even
if so disposed Japan could do us lit
tle harm, and that Japan could not
stand another farthing of taxation.
Representative Burton, senator-elect
from Ohio, agreed with this. It is
true; Japan Is financially exhausted,
and can no more fight a strong na
tion than Governor Cosgrove could
fight Fitzslmmons.
The new war scare, as was said
in the debate, was doubtless revived
purposely to Insure the passage of
this bill, that will benefit thousands
of taxeaters, from admirals down to
roustabouts, at the people's expense.
Congress can appropriate over $400,
000,000 for the army and navy and
for pensions, but for waterways, the
improvement and opening up of
which would benefit tens of millions
ot people, nothing, or but a trifle.
It is a case of straining at a gnat
and swallowing a camel. Politics
graft and greed stick out plainly in
this program.
And hence perchance the tale, of aatnta
who viewed
And heard angelic choir, ln aolltude.
ay some unheard, because the earthly
uin
Of toll or mirth haa eharm. their ears
to win.
have, with my attainments, with the
whole order of life about met Dam
It awaken in me augmenting lnnginga
for fairer, sweeter, fuller life for all
men? Does It itlve.me arlimDHca ot n
life to which thia one seems to be butvL J
the vestibule?
unurcnea ana creeds are but the tool.
Alas for man. he know, not of the bliss and milestone, along the way where llf.
The heaven that brightens such a life
aa thin.
The Spokane Spokesman-Review
says that a petition is being circu
lated among Yakima business men
protesting against the parcels post
bill on the ground that its passage
would be a direct aid to the big mail
order houses in eastern cities at the
expense of merchants in small towns.
Unless the bill is different from
that recommended by Postmaster
General Meyer, these merchants are
acting on a mistaken theory. The
parcels post bill-is designed especial
ly for the benefit of farmers, within
easy reath of rural mail routes, and
it would incidentally benefit instead
of Injuring local merchants. It
would help make business for them.
The unwritten law is changing
the old commandment, "Thou shalt
not kill," to "Thou mayest kill
whenever thou takest a notion to
become Insane, and If thy wife
turneth out to be a wanton, it Is
creditable and praiseworthy to be
come insane and kill."
HIGHER SALARIES
F
ROM EVERY part of the state
comes the demand for larger
salaries. In some cases they
are probably deserved, but as a
rule they should be resisted. There
are always candidates in plenty to
seek all the offices at present sal
arles, and always will be. If there
were any assurance that proportion
ately better men would be secured,
it might be well to raise salaries
generally, but as a rule no better
men are obtained with large than
with small salaries.
It should be remembered that
with a large proportion of the tax
payers, that is, wage earners ln gen
eral, these are not prosperous times.
The average wage earner has less
chance to save anything now than
he had, if he had a Job, during the
"hard times" of 1893-7, for while
wages ln most cases have advanced
considerably, the cost of living has
advanced much more. A man may
perhaps earn 20 per cent more now
than he could then, but the cost of
what he consumes, taken altogether,
has advanced about twice as much,
so mat it is more difficult now than
then to save anything and get ahead.
Every proposed Increase in the
pay of a public official should be
scrutinized with extreme care. In
the great majority of cases present
Salaries are adequate.
It has been suggested by a mem
ber of the Washington . state legis
lature that Oregon and Washington
enter Into a treaty with, respect to
fishing on the Columbia river, such
treaty to be ratified by congress, and
the Seattle Times says that the at-
As far as heard from, no promi
nent person or newspaper in the
country supposfes that the United
goes from more to more. Men will oa
religious not to escape some painted
hell, but to find the way Into that
heaven already pictured ln their Da-
tons, their dreams, and lonelne-. to
walk In th(s way and to awaken all
men to know and follow the path that
leads Into the life enlarging and lord
of all lesser things. Whoever leads
A Strike In Old Egypt.
From the Chicago New..
Recent Investigation, ln Egyptian
history disclose the detail, of a labor
difficulty at Thebes In the year 1400 U wlll be followed
r. v.. i no niriKe waa in me Duuuing
trades and the strikers were masons.
They were paid in rations, and they
claimed that these were Insufficient tn
sustain them and their families until
the following pay day.
On the 10th of the month they laid
down their tool, and gathered behind
a chapel. "We are hungry," they said,
"and there are 18 days before the next
pay day." They charged the paymas
ter, with dishonesty, saying that they
gave false measure. The paymaster.
Sentence Sermons
How often are we saved through our
losses!
Growing- 1. In Inverse oronortlon
blowing.
to
A aoud day's work is the best nraver
ior rest.
ITja whn fanri in fnalf, fn.. fall. tA
cnargeu m men wun want or foresight I make friend..
in tea. ting too well while the rations
The best way to be loyal to the Dast
la to leave It.
lasted
After long discussion the men decided
to return to work on condition that
rharaoh himself Investigate the matter.
Two days later Pharaoh came to the
temple and decided that the masons
should have their wage, raised at once. I day. of greatest need
For a little while all went well, but evl
dently the paymaster, did not live up to
their agreement, for on the fifth of the
next month the strike was again In full
force and for three whole days not a
tool w. lined.
The striker, decided to go out to the
public with their troubles, but they
iouna tnemseive. locked In the temde.
Then they broke out 4nd dashed Into
the .treets, frightening pedestrian, as
tney paraded the thoroughfare.
For the work of heaven you need the
bread of heaven.
f rue friendship is alway. richest ln
It's no use wasting blown on the man
who Is afraid of being hurt.
You get mush instead of men when
you offer them only soft places.
It', no use sighing for a chance
lead If you dare not go alone.
to
EXAMPLE OF MAN'S IMPOTENCE
From the New Orleans Tunes-Democrat
Out of deep sorrows come high pow
er, to comfort and strengthen.
S
Idleness make, the hours wearily long
and the days woefully short.
One of the earth', fairest lands,
which has known all the extreme, of
fortune from the dawn of history, ha.
just felt the full weight of nature',
arm one. more. Clclly and Calabria are
desolate, and, at the moment. It seems
as If there could be no rebuilding upon
the ruins a. if the "haard of new
fortunes" were too desperate for hope.
But. with the lapse of a few month, or
years, the Immortal longings will pre
vail, town, more splendid will rise upon
the ashes of the old, the survivor, and
their children will go about their busi
ness a. If the routine of the age. were
intact. The dead past burle. it. dead,
the bitterest of pangs I. brief and the
grass soon hides the battle field, blood
stains. . In the divine economy, indi
vlduals and nations are but bubble, on
the everlasting surge which come, we
know not whence ana goes w know
not whither.
Such phenomena .Imply attest the
truth of a famous prose poet a remark
that of all the my.terte. of existence,
the most pregnant He. ln the fact that
man. forever face to face with an In
evi table death, can forget that he 1.
born to die." ' We construct our hou.es,
our systems and. our creeds as If we
had a freehold and were not tenant, at
will. We scheme and trade, give obli
gatlona and take them a. If we .were
sure to be here when the obligation,
fall due. On the list of the New York
stock exchange there I. at least one
bond which will not mature till more
than four centuries shall have gone.
Neither .the maker not any immediate
holder of such a bond can have an
imagination ample enough to grasp the
possibilities of an interim long a. that
wmch separate, the establishment of
the Roman empire from It. fall. - Nor 1.
it In these great. affairs alone, that wa
take for granted the social and political
surroundings aa we know them. There
never was, there never -will be th. man
or the 'people keen vlsloned enough to
look into, the grave. Decades, and even
Tne mark of a heavenly blessing i.
that It Ignores our earthly boundaries.
He can never know any deen toy who
can laugh at the sorrows of another.
The man who is liberal In his faith 1.
not always the same ln hi. finances.
Sometimes we need tide, of grief
eon., are conceivable In a vague way
but eternity baffle, us all.
Thus nature, with fond touch, help. u.
to see nd to be blind. No city would be
OUilt if the founder, could aaalmllat. h.
. ....... lliu I DUIUCUIUI " VJ
ie.son or Nlnevah and Tyre; no arlstocra-1 to carry u. over the bare of our dull
wuum intrigue to Deriwtiiaf. ita content.
and It. DrldA If th. i.i. n . . I
throw of aristocracies warn mnra th.J Tne onIy waT to J"1 " th b.Pplnes.
a fable In it. -JL: ? -T 7IJ-h" ' ' give for the b.pplne.s of
. . ' ... v . y, j WOUJU all.
.r aircasue. ir it understood the film-1
. 7 LTriZ!.Cn such castles The man who bangs his head against
Vr. .r, , ' n p rletbood would pretend hard fact, feels his bump, and call.
; , ... """'uanip or tne oracle, them raitn.
ui uu, ,i ,t core in mind the temples
that have crumpled to dust and the cults
that have passed Into silence. We
dream and work, because we csn not aee
things a. they are Just a. he who has
uui wen rocaen ny an earthquake as
ufties hat terra flrma I. a reality hv
.tead of a mere figure of speech. ' As
the child feel, himself safe In the
mother, arm., so we trust that provi
denoe ' will answer our need with a
caress. Why are them thing. oT
Philosophy put. the question and ech
oes It. If the echo were enough ther
would not today b. a church beneath
the cross, nor a mosque beneath the
crescent. (.
In the meanwhile, It must auffic. to
know that each .oul Is a univerae unto
Itself and that, through It. narrow chan
nels, the tides of destinv are as itmn.
as those of the xieliespont Thl. thought
"w not overwneim us in the dawn, as
it aoes in the gloaming, of our days;
but, a. th. goal draws near, the vllrixi
charioteer gets a glimpse of the .hap
"i i r Aira, in tne retrospect. It
become, plain that, though the physical
perl.he. th. mortal endure. Pain fades
Into pleasure, lore is translated Into
duty, craft yields to principle, whim Is
.waiiowed up in law. and egotism, 1.
the herald of th. Instinct to agonise for
those who -will not repay, even with
thanks. "A pot of ale and safety" was
the prayer f Falstaf f page, but the
victorious armies are of a different
breed fight straight on, without knowl
edge of the ban, and Without dread 01
the1 steel. ' i - . ,., d
If you would make sure of your .In.
being fruitful bury them under a pre
tense of piety,
Thfrre i. always greater benefit In
enduring my own pain than in envying
another's pleasure.
Tne devil is worried by the people
who work for the good, not by those
Vvho Wairry over him.
Some religious engines are run with
all the steam on the brakes and all the
air In the cylinders.
a
The man who thinks he carries the
key to heaven In-hi. pants pocket soon
find. It fit. the wrong door.
a
There are too many churches praying
for soul, to be added to them and pro
viding only cold storage house, for
. " "i
Overtaken. "
From Everybody's Magazine.
A wiiened little man charged his
wife with cruel and abusive treatment.
His better half, or In this case, better
two thirds., was a big square-jawed
woman with a determined eye.
The Judge listened to th. plaintiffs
recital of wrong, with Interest
-Where did you meet this woman who,
according to your story, has treated you
so dreadfullyr his honor asked.
-Well, judge- replied the. little man,
making a, brave attempt, to gWe defi
antly t his wife, ! never Aid nct '
her. 8he Just kind of overtook m.