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4 ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 6. 1910. THE JOURNAL iN lKDEPKN'DBXT NEWSPAPER. C. S, JACKSOM Publish t'Utltah1 ewy nnlli (fl(pt Sunday) y Kunf mTijln it lti Jcmnni nmm lag, Flfia tot Vaaihlll itnwu. fortlund. Or. r.nivna t h ponturflm at PortUnfl, Or., for r-nmllou tbroufb the nmlli m eeoBd-cIan Ttt.KPHO.VKS Mln TITRi Horn. A-SOM. All tfriwrlinmts rrarkrd bf Ihwa annibw. 711 the opwitnr what department Ton wan. tOREIft AnVKRTISINO KltPHKSENTATIVK, Brnliimln KfWtaor On.. Burmw4rk BulMlnr, fft Fifth !, Jr ierltj 10UJ-08 Bojce ttuil.lliif, Chlmfo. 6 " . CuhK'Hpllna Trrrnn bf nrnTl or to tnf addreat, U m Lulled fclitot, Canada or Mexico: DAltT. Ore yr... fs.oo oh month I bo their eyes away will cover them to . ' ' .' spndat. hide the scalding tears wrung from . r''V;;;;r:VnTnrr;" " orely wounded and atlll deeply nor One -... .,...(7.50 Oh tnocti..-. fell, a silence Imposed by the angel They gobbled . them' up. uid fo the of death. .. main, held them . Yor speculation. In a few months, toward mldsum-1 Many never Intended to use. them, mer, the snow there will have dls- but gathered them In to hold until appeared where now Is that lm- some, corporation" would pay a . big proniptu, temporary sepulcher; the price. Had the process continued, succeeding floods will have abated all the Incomparable and enormously and the rivulet will murmur and valuable waters of the state would chatter Invitingly; wlldflowers will have been monopolized, and the spring forth on the mountainside, I foundation have been laid to for types of purity, Innocence and evor exact a toll from Oregon peo peace; the breeies will be soft and pie, a toll on thelf light, their fuel, warm, and nature that In one mood their transportation and their ''very and with one tool did this terrible living. But now the corporation or thing will exhibit no terrors to the Individual who takes a water power travelers as they pass and look. But! muBt put It to use within a reason some may pass that way, who, look- able time or it reverts at once to Ing out, will shndder, and turning the state. It Is argued that we ought not ... .s '"wing hearts. AT ridLADELrUTA EVEN THE BLIND WORLD Known not Its angels of deliv erance Till they stand glorified 'twlzt earth and heaven. It aioiifrt tho martyr; than, with praying hand., 6ees the Cod mount his chariot of flr. . And calls sweet names and wor , ' ships what la spurned. ueralu Massey, Hood. ' T to have conservation. At Oregon City there Is a case of nonconserva tlon. In summer the black wall of rock over which for ages the Wil lamette falls rolled are an object lesson In anti-conservation. It is monopolized. A corporation enforces Its claim of ownership of all that water power. It exacts a toll of 50 cents a ton fin every pound of freight that goes up or down the river. That fact adds 50 cents a ton THE TRAVELERS A l HE COUNTRY almost shudders at the news from Philadelphia. Conditions there are a capital tragedy. It Is almost a trav esty on civilization when such forces of human passion are let lopse. Though acclaimed as a condition of to. every nound of f relent that crocs -3 peace, ir is a conflict wrin an tne un and down the railroads. Though passion and most or tne worst the stupendous power with Its price pnases or war. inougn tney are e8B value was and Is. bv the moral I ' . a . i . i a. M a A. 1 I JOURNEY of considerable muxuauy interdependent, ana irre- Maw not a corporation's, but nature's length by rail Is In most cases vocfD,r ,re'ftiea capU8' an-ayea and ail the people, all the vast . I aralnHt labor, and lahor is mar- i. .. v, an Interesting episode not . 't ' 1 11 ' i,ulcls onw tn M- if Blm,ed ftga D8t .canltal- Tns Pf of a few shareholders, and not one " v" v"" " - I thniiRHnrts nr worklncmen a nrl work- I i i. , . i. 4 ,i -- - urn imi n iu iijc niaiu ill rr- .u.u luo uicmurra u vxi-t ue . mgwomen have left their positions, turn. What is more, the corporation family, and in a less degree to bis and for the moment thousands of I claimn that no uro of wutpr nhnv omer intimate friends. Commercial humble homes are under a shadow, the falls 6hall be permitted that will travelers and a few others whose Conditions are under that tense reduce the flow into Its nower nlant business keeps them on the road strain in which bloodshed Is lmml- Farmers in the Willamette valley most of the time become inured to nent Bnd a listed match at any cannot, the corporation says, take travel, so that they take no more ume may Kina,e cunnagrnuon oi water otlt of the Willamette river for thought of a railroad trip than of ITErtSf walbfrxr a l,.L. . I - IIOII IfBKfllH Hie WHierilOW. i lie Bt- 7 u V?,0"a'treef ents and rage, passion and desper- tornny of tbe corporaUon recentIy v.t, UUfc .uon.tne impulses mat ror me mo- Bald that )f farraer8 attempt it. they others, for the average passenger ment overshadow the city. Armed ni h nin!nvt wi.ra. wa have traveling hundreds of miles, the troops, armed police and armed dep- nrt.nn.-.tinn rnm,ni mn,M t journey Is an unusual, a rarie oc-liittea in full career acalnst threaten-lx v i. i.uu i " icw mm xucnuuiueia, iiauiiiiiK recurrences It-U an event not ofn ing crowds of workingmen are the ownprBnll) of fne Willamette river experienced in their lives; it is outward sign of Philadelphia's des- for ft fIPf) fInw inc-th something looked forward to. pre- perate situation. Around the status above Willamette falls and that is pared for. and when over, long re- of the peaceful Penn and along the nnnronsprvaf,nn thft wiam. membered. When a family moves streets where Franklin philosophized r.nppenhoimeri neany or part way across a conn- are races or men livia witn passion nent there are numerous farewells and minds poisoned with bitterness, and good wishes of relatives and It is a crlBlB to call for a loader neighbors, and when one of a fam- Somewhere In the hapless city there lly atarts out for such a trip the ought to be a man with ro-iuisite farewells are tenderer and more courage and moral force to load tho emotional; among those remaining warring forces Into harmony. at home there Is keen solicitude. The mayor, a governor, or a master mind time at first drags slowly; they are to propose and obtain peaceful ar In imagination keeping track of the bitration Is the need, and ought to IT IS TIMELY I T IS ESTIMATED that the wealth created by the farms and allied industries In the United States in 1907 was J7, 4 1 2,000,000. The figures are given out by the bureau of statistics. The aggregate for 1897 is placed at $4,250,000,000. The in 1000 a university course; with 4,000,00,0 14 to 20 years of age, each wasting , from one to three years, neither fitted for nor preparing for definite vocations; with Germany fitting 65 per cent of Ita-boyg.for life work by its apprentice, trade and vocational schools of a 'hun dred kinds, while America has less than 15 per cent in such . privil eges can we find a better oppor-; tunlty for investing In the improved permanent welfare of America than through association educational work?" , The educational work'of this ex cellent institution should be highly appreciated! by the public and in few If any cities is better work , done, or more of It In proportion to pop ulation, than in Portland. Mr. II. W. Stone, the local general secre tary, says that the Portland Y. M. C. A. has perhaps done more "edu callon'irt tralnfng of men after they are out of the regular school work," than any association west of Chi cago, and is among tne first half dozen in the entire country. Be tween 9000 and 10,000 young men have passed through the educational classes of the Portland Y. M. C. A. during the past 12 years. About 1000 will have been enrolled during this school year. The purpose Is to fit men to do good work of tho kind to which they are adapted, to en able them to be self-supporting and self-reliant, and .honestly to produce wealth, and to become efficient, pro gressive and respectable citizens. The Y. M. C. A. educational work Is therefore an Intellectual, indus trial and social, as well as a moral leaven In any community. It makes more capable, efficient, steady, re sponsible and dependable men. If it makes a thousand men so every year, their good influence upon other thousands, and the Indirect ul timate influence upon tens of thou sands, is' beyond calculation. The people of Portland never made a better investment than .when they contributed liberally to the new Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. buildings. To them and to the work being done in them, this city can always point with pride. posed on other classes; . and "there are very few places in the atate of New York- where - any attempt made to enforce the , law for . the taxation of personal property. In this city the collections are trifling, buu me jaw is a menace to our prosperity. IU enforcement drlveB from us property and business the presence of which would enhance the value of real .estate bv much more than the sum from which per eonal taxes are collected. The ln crease in the assessed, value of real estate has several times been twice as much as the personal assessments on w;hich taxes have been paid." A circular prints along with this correspondence editorial extracts from 20 leading papera of New York city, and others, all of which ear nestly support the suggested aban donment of personal property tax ation. "Now is the tltn to get it abolished," says the Evening Post. "It Is high time to scrap the sys tem," says the Globe. "Grotesque, ludicrous, futile," are terms used by the Tribune. "It Is time the farce were ended," says the Times. "It 1b ridiculous to retain a system the administration of which Is a by word," says the Sun. The World says it "is wrong from beginning to end." The Press Speaks of the "fu tility and error in principle" of a personal tax. The Brooklyn Eagle says it Is a "nuisance." The" Brook lyn Citizen says "there is but pne voice on the subject." The Brooklyn Times says "Mayor Gaynor is on the right track-" The New York Journal of Commerce denounces the tax as unequal and unjust. The Chicago News says it is "a sham and an in justice." The Boston Herald says its "record is an unbroken one of failure." The Kansas City Star says "there is no honest and Intelligent, consideration to support this , dis credited tax." Similar expressions of opinion might be multiplied. , ; The Question of the garnishment or tbe wages or 9 state employe is up again, and has been submitted to the attorney- general for his opin ion. While he la considering whether the law authorizing such a process is constitutional 'or not, it Cbo REALM FEMININE R Evidence of Woman's Era. :' BV. BAKER LEE, rector of Christ Episcopal church, Los Angeles," CtLl, has conceived a magnificent Idea, ..... Hr it is, in hla own words: . ... . , 1 , lVrillllllll, fc KIWI KTAyltBV, may be allowable to remark thatnarCOD,OJeted . tromendona breakwater there Is no good reason why a state I at 'Ban itemo, forming . piatchicss har- mn!nv ahnuM not be .obllsred bv I bor. ' , - - ' v I . . . m . . . . . , - Ihl. nrA n mv a rlehr. the same I " ."" "i piatue r nooriy. as jn r . -- -- - New York harbor, lot us have tier as any one sine. , iuv cuumuuuuu great aUtua of motherhood. .., provides that 'suit may, be brought 'ThU is thVaaVot moral and indue- against the state, but "no SpeclAl act t,v '; - the - age when woman is uthorlzlng such suit to be brought. l:-". or making compensation to any per-1 hood teaches brotherhood. . son claiming damages against the "All men are born of a mother. Sana- state shall ever be passed." The iy of the home is tha pibraiur of tha 11 hi. ..ii nation. Have the atatue with the .babe conclusion that thla provision makes tn tn, mothor, arm,. an an(te, wlth It unconstitutional to garnishee the on "protecting wing around them.' In waees of a state emDlove muBt be the other hand, the torch of enllghten- reached by a process of reasoning nLi?Lntha.or,d ."'!!; Hftv too dep for the average lay mind from our owh quarrei(; th8 aun base, of to follow. An employe of the state alloyed copper, shot through with our Is not the state. However, the at- silver and gold; relief figures on the torney general and the courts and not newspapers are to decide. Benefits of Reading. From Siiccesa. If you are not a habitual reader, be gin now to form the reading habit. Good reading is a great life Improver; It will enlarge . your mental capacity wonderfully.. It will make you a full man, an Interesting man; it will ele vate your life standards. 'Your ideala will be higher: yogr views of life grander. Good reading will enrich your life immeasurably. pedestal soldiers and sailors represent ing the Orient and the Occident, shak ing hand under the protection of the great Mother of Humanity. All thta. gleaming with solid metal by day and with electricity at night. .' - "Let competition be open, and the best sculptors of America participate. Make a national appeal for funds. I believe the Idea will be One of interna tional Interest." er and nobler; you will think more of yourself, and others will think more of you. v The wife of Rev. Baker Lee la the originator of the wonderful society known as "The Order of Motherhood." In Los Anaelrs. now havinr love-links You will grow full- a over the land. - Here is a bulletin sent out by thla magnificent order: ' , "Realising the serious menace to the nation at large In the Increasing laxity The German government Is planning I of morals, the alarming number of dl- to establish an Imperial Chemical ! mlcal in stitute to undertake for chemist simi lar functions to thone which the Imper ial Physical institute performs for en gineers. ACTOR JAMES A T 68, AND still in the harness and paraphernalia of the foot lights, Louis James, a familiar figure on the American stage passed on at Helena yesterday, Others may have been more Illus trious, but none was more devoted "Big Noises" of the Days' News absent one. Now he has gone so be a resource of riven Philadelphia. lncreaBe js a Btrlk1ng illustration of 0 nls art- When 22, he JoineJ u far: now he has arrived at such a it will he small comnllment to the v, . .u i 1 - I luc F,ii,rvuift luiifiri lauto ID lliw Jlil- i piace; now ne is neanng nis jour- rity or William i'enn ir sucn a leaciir tjon of . iicj o vim, uuw 110 una iiriveu micij sdbii noi appfar, anu 11 iib ui- griwci factor In tha Mi,.'. i . 1- ,J t . t.. . . . . . .. ...v.... ... .... 1.1s.,.,.,; o or mere wouia nave uen news oy tracted people ie permuieji io con- wealth farm Industry, factor In the 1. , . . : . 1 , , . , j - 1 - - - , 1 ivraiui. il luiniMicH 11 irr cent 01 "aesmpu, as buuo an auuiut-r ujtui unue lnaenuiieiy in me mroes 01 the raw material for our manufac- can speed back over the same route I a loving letter will come, banish- Ing anxiety and creating cheerful- , ness. Or, if there has been a minor accident and delay, a telegram . comes, looked upon fearfully for a v moment before the envelope is opened, but read with thankful Joy when it says the traveler is all right. Thousands upon thousands of times t a year these little Incidents occur In this country and they are not . worth mentioning, because they nre 60 common. But sometimes the famHy or the lone traveler does not reach the des tination. Sometimes there Is no , time even to telegraph. The deeply interested, watching, waiting ones : first learn of the tragedy that wrings their hearts and perhaps shadows all the rest of their lives In the newspaper or from winged reports that have flown from the telegraph office along the streets. Sometimes the traveler has been crushed under a car ns It plunged through a bridge '.or down a precipice; sometimes maimed and pinioned, he has been excruciating food for flames; how ever the calamity occurred, its re port carries poignant grief and In- consolable affliction to one or more waiting, yearning, loving hearts. Such home-staying friends of travelers always think of the possi bilities of train wrecks and their fa tal consequences. The risk is small, but they know there "is a risk. In winter travel among mountains, they also calculate on probable delays and possible detention for days at BOme isolated point, but there is not much danger, only some discomfort. In that. But probably no one of all the distant relatives and friends of those scores of people whose lives were crushed out on the mountain side near Wellington had prefigured in their loving anxlousness the tragedy that really .happened. They had read of snow avalanches, car rying away camps and small settle-1 raents, but never of one carrying away whole trains. That sugges tion would have worried nobody, be cause it bad never happened; yet after all there was nothing curious 'in Its occurrence. The conditions were &l Just right the immovable trains, "the high, steep mountain side, the- unprecedented depth of snow, the deep canyon and sud denly the fateful bolt descended, and scores of lives were almost in stantly blotted out. and hundreds of scattered people were made mourn ers. ;'v- We believe a tragedy just like this, and equalling it in fatal results, has never occurred. violence. THE GCGGENHEIMED ETTE WIMjAM- 0' REGON HAS conservation of water powers. It should be so. The water power Is the white coal of the ages. It is a source of cheap power supply that will last as long as waters flow. With the progress of invention it will, If not monopolized, become cheaper an cheaper. Wood Is becoming scarcer and higher priced. It is no longer economical for steam power. In th fight for control of coal, unless con servatlon wins, "the Interests" will ultimately monopolize it, and mo nopolize the means of transportin it. It Is mined at lower and lower levels and is certain to constantly Increase In price. There are those who even set the time when the coal supply will be exhausted. At an rate, higher and higher prices for It are a certain condition of the future But the water powers are an ade quate and welcome substitute.. Wa ter powers make heat. They make light. They move railroad train and streetcars. They turn the wheels of industry. Almost every machine of any kind and in any use in Port land is given action by the water powers. Clothing Is ironed and food cooked by them. There Is no limit of their usefulness. Every day, in ventlon is bringing them more and more into the life and living of the race, invention win continue to heighten, broaden and emphasize their usefulness to man. Invention by making transmission of power from them more and more effective, will more and more cheapen their use, provided conservation laws be not overthrown and provided "the interests" do not secure monopoly of the water powers. It would be crime against Oregon people if these powers should be monopolized. Under Oregon conservation, a cor poration gets a certificate from the state that permits use of a power for 40 years. The ownership re mains in the state, and at the end of the 4 0 years the power reverts to the state. Monopoly is Impossi ble. A fee is paid the state when the certificate is issued. The larger the power, the larger the fee. An other law requires an annual tax for use of the power to be paid to the state, Just as farms have to pay a tax. Since these laws went into effect more than a score of appli cations for water powers have been filed, several for 20,000 horse- nnwpr nr mnrfl Tho ovatam la 1 . 1 ' ' . , - J WL. 14, . ,0 , 11 That mountain operation and it Is conservation. On side will be a marked spot for years j one application the Initial filing fee to Come. Trains; tracks, people, dls- j is $1090, and the annual fee for use appeared aa In a flash, and the en-1 of the power Is $5113. The fees go vt-loping Bnow received them, and j to the state and reduce the amount fell on and covered them more deep- of taxes that farms and homes and ly, and made bared and rent places business and industry have to pay. of the ground white and smooth as ! Such Is conservation. a pan.: u was at aeaq or ntgnt; the people were asleep and there was tirar-fllJence in the trains; then the rnsb. the roar, the crasbings, the fhrleka and wailing; then, grad ually, a deeper and an awful silence Before there was legislation to save the water powers to the people, it, cost only $0 or $10 to file on a water power, no matter how large. Speculators and others filed here, there and everywhere on power sites. tured products. It is the chief agency by which the United States has pushed forward in aggregate wealth until the nation is nearly twice as rich as Great Britain, the next wealthiest nation on earth. It is the main source of accumulation by which our per capita wealth in 1904 had risen to the very large figure of $1310, and which has since been heavily increased. In 1850 It was only $308. In 1860, it was $514. in 1870, $780, In 1890, $1039 and in 1900 $1165. The land Is the storehouse, and the agricultural interests the forces that have in tho main given us the materials and strength by which we have attained paramountcy in the affairs of the earth. It is such' facts that render amazing our national, state and local policy with respect to country roads. They are the ar teries and veins for giving life and vigor to operations on the land. They are the fundamental in rural transportation "and transportation rural, urban or interstate is exactly what the heart, blood and arterial j system is to the human body. Yet, I though the nation spends 71 per cent on the consequences of war and preparations for war, it scarcely spends a penny on highways. Most of the states do little better. The opening in Portland of a road office with a publicity bureau, a superin tendent and financial backing, is more than timely. company at Louisville, Ky., and un til the final curtain rang down on his life 4 6 years later he was an earnest and conscientious toller in the histrionic world. As leading man for Lawrence Barrett, and later in the same capacity with Joseph Jef ferson; as a star, jointly with Fred erick Warde and alone, his efforts were, always Identified with tha'. which is best on the American stage. His revivals of Shakespeare and his devotion to the classics and culture of the drama are testimonial enough to his character, to warrant the re gret that will be widely felt at his passing. It Is not often in these pre carious days of the drama that an actor Is . summoned hence with so clean a bill of professional health. His last tour In a presentation of Shakespeare when the perverted taste of the American public refuses to patronize or be entertained with Shakespeare was a notable display of the conscientiousness and cour age of the man in the exaltation of his art. The many who admired him in the heyday of his Portland pop ularity when. wi(h Frederick Warde, he was a frequent visitor to this city, will mark the passing of this actor figure, and note in it a dis tinct loss to the profession. THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX DISCUSSION EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE Y. M. C. A. M D R. E. E. BROWN, United States commissioner of education, says: "The practical educa tional pioneer of the country is the Young Men's Christian As sociation. Not bound down by tra dition or system, it is free to find new ways and means of helping men 8nd boys according as it discovers their educational needs." Dr. Brown further lays emphasis upon the im portance and value of evening schools for men as ' well as boys, which schools had their inception in the Y. M. C. A. This evening in struction' takes up many practical branches, such as freehand drawing, chemistry, applied electricity, struc tural steel, real estate, advertising, automobillng and aeronautics, the kpowledge thus gained by students often proving of great value to them. In many cities both public and pri- AYOR GAYNOR of New York recently addressed a letter to the president of the depart ment of taxes, Mr. Lawson Purdy, asking what decimal would be added to the tax on real estate If personal property taxes were abol ished entirely, and whether persons who pay taxes on real estate did not pay most of the personal property tax. In his letter the mayor stated that the personal property tax had driven many people to establish res idences outside the city; that the personal tax law was crude and un scientific; that assessment . of. per sonal property was largely mere guesswork; that its injustice was grotesque; that in the list were names of people with no property af all, while many known to posBeds many thousands were not assessed at all; that the law afforded an op portunity for extortion and bribery and leads to constant disorder In the city's finances, and that not over 50 per cent levied was ever collected, leaving a large annual deficit, to be added to tbe city's debt, or re levied yearly in increasing budgets. Mr. Purdy replied that probably most of the personal taxes paid were paid by people owning real estate, and that, not estimating the de- By Herbert Corey. Oomp. v. t., .to-etter'ln anger; to rave; to call namW? ' Es.taples: "When he heard the declslonjof tne court, he gomped angrily." t; v Maybe that isn't ' good verb yet. but It may be by ' the -.time Samuel Uompcro gets through fussing with the United-States courts. Mr. Oompors, as head of the, American Federation of ,1abor, hns persisted in playing a tune on the boycott that has irritated the court's ear. Ordinarily, when a musi cian finds that one of the chief judi cial bodies of the United States baa soured 011 his sonata, he flees shrieking through -the window until said body shall have recovered Its equipoise. That Is just the way that Mr. Gompers did not do. Instoad of bowing to the court, lie has been pawing around in the street outside the court house, try ing to kick up a buucti of verbal dor nicks to hurl at the judge as soon as he gets his gown off. And hence the district court of appeals at Washington affirmed the Jail sentence Imposed on Mr. Gompers by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and Mr. Gom pers may be forced to debs It. for a while. "Debslng" is making little ones out of big ones, in the gay lexicon of the Jailing profession. Eugene Debs did It first, and still gets choky when he thinks of his sorrows. It is understood, however, that when Mr. Debs debsed he became regretful. He sorrowed that he had bitten the majesty of the law In a tender spot. When lie Sot out of Jail he lived happy ever after. Whereas it is a perfe-ctly safe betting proposition that Mr. Gom pers will be of the same mind when he finishes his Jail sentence if he ever serves it that ho is now. . Not that Gompers is of a naturally rebellious disposition. It "Is merely that he be lieves in the Justice of his cause with all the fervor of a more than fervid disposition. He would never admit doubt that he doing right. If he cannot procure a reversal of his sen tence, he will apply for a front page position in tho next book of martyrs, and stick a halo on where it will show in the photograph. Mr. Gompers is without question tho leading fipure of organized labor. For 25 years with one single blank he has been the head of the American Federa Hon of .bor. He was the Moses that found the federation In the swamp, in fact, when it was a small and puny babe. He nursed it along until It was able- to stand on its own feet and fuss, and It has stood by him. He has not been immune from criticism during this period. Perhaps no man has beaen more bitterly attacked. Byt he has always retained the confidence of a majority of the federation, and even those who have opposed him have based that op position on a disagreement with his methods rather than upon any lack of confidence in the whole hearted devo tion of the man to the cause he serves. He Is a square, strongly built, nerv ously alert man, with black eyes and a fighting Jaw. He was born in Lon don, England, in 1850, of parents so poor that at the age of 10 he was ap prenticed to a shoemaker. A little later, however his father became a cigar maker, and the boy Joined him at, the bench. Then, when he was 13 years old, tho family emigrated to America. At 14 years old he became a member of the first clgarmakers' union of the city of New York. Clever, adaptable, in tensely energetic, he quickly saw the vorces and the ease with which they ar secured, reducing tho sanctity of marriage' to a practical consecutive po lygamy, the Ignorance of wives and mothers of tha laws that govern pre natal and postnatal Influences, the di vine yet simple science of motherhood and the Indifference with which our young men enter into the relationship of husband and home, and viewing with alarm the general" apathr In regard to the subtle disease that Is eating at the heart of the nation, we make our ap peal to tha churches, Sunday schools and clubs of America to heed the warn ing, to profit by the experience of every nation In the yesterdays of history, to rally around the single- standard of morality, to lift high upon the aegis of our love and protection, the saoredness and purity of this Gibraltar of the Re public, the American fireside and home. "To further this Imperative need we are urging you to aid us in this crusade for mother and homes, to organize Links pf Mother-love In your church, Jo sound the bugle for the call to arms of the young men of your congregation to form chapters of the Knights of Moth erhood, in order that by this organ I nod army we may present a solid front against the black peril of immorality and Indifferent Ignorance that not only have Invaded our land, but is strongly Intrenched In every city and hamlet. 'And who knoweth but Thou art coma Into the kingdom for such a time M this!' "Our philanthropists give millions to drive out the hookworm pellagra and to find the antidotes- for tuberculosis; but bore is a disease far more universal, far more insidious and deadly, and the Order of Motherhood appeals to tho great heart and common sense of the American people to rally to the support of our cause and to establish In every lty this model hope of motherhood Links of Mother-love arid Knights of Motherhood in every church, club and fraternal society, and to this end wo ask your Immediate co-operation in this matter, and that you will spread the tidings of this old yet ever new gospel of home and mother-love throughout the length and breadth of your city." Here are two great ideas; ideas which mark this era for what It is the beginning of the now golden age. . Woman has come out from hc old advantages of organization, and his limited sphere, afc the wife and mother, was the disposition that knows no half- wjio merely kept the home In order, way house. To become a union man and the larder filled with pickles and meant with Samuel Gompers that he preserves, and the buttons sewed on must put his whole strength Into the masculine garments. union. He was so prominent in its af- She has come into the sunlight and fairs that at 24 years of age he was the storm of tbe outer world, whet elected secretary of his local union, she 4s man's comrade, friend, helpmeet And he has given his life to the cause I and lover all in one, of organized labor ever since. Drawn by Igoe. SAMU&L GOMPERS. News Forecast of looming Week vate schools have enlarged or modi fied their courses in consequence of j creased cost of collection, the addi- tion to the real estate tax, if no i personal property tax were levied, would be 6 or 7 ents on each $100. He also pointed out that the ques tion presented by the mayor was not one of abandoning the taxation of all personal property, but of aban doning "the small relic of personal property now left." The tax oh banks and trust companies alone, Mr. Purdy says, exceeds ail the per sonal property tax collected, and is enforced with mathematical accur acy. Some classes of personal prop erty have already been withdrawn by law, and additional (taxes im- he excellent practical work of the M. C. A. evening schools. There are now 14 7,000 men In the Y. M. A. evening schools of the coun- ry, giving instruction In .120 dif ferent subjects, and it. lias been es- mated by expert business men-that the average increased value of a man's services in consequence of this added knowledge is 50 cents a day or $150 a year, per man, George B, Hodge, the secretary of the International Y. M. 0. A. educational committee, says: "With but 1 boy in 3 finishing the eighth grade, 1 in 150 the high school, 1 The mention of carpets dates from a very remote period of antiquity. They seem first to have been applied to re ligious purposes and were used to gar nish the palaces of the Pharaohs. Tho carpet industry, as we understand it, was established in France on March 6, 1664, when Colbert, minister of Louis XIV, opened his carpet factory at Beau vals. Our early ancestors covered the floors of their houses with rushes, hair, or straw, and carpets, when first intro duced, were used to cover tables. Long before the weaving of carpets in Eu rope was started, noble ladles, monks and nuns in convents had been accus tomed to make beautiful tapestries, which were occasionally used as floor coverings. In 1S07 a regular factory was established at the Louvre for mak ing thes wall hanging! and carpets, by the reigning king of France, Henry IV. A variety qf fhese- carpets made at the first Frnch factory are still on exhibition in t various museums of the world. Following the success of the industry a Beaftvals the English car pet Industry beun In 1685 in Surrey. Toward this object the king had set aside a considerable sum, and French Weavers were brought over to assist. The history of cat-pet manufacture in the United states begins with the rag carpet inaustry, wnicn continued to be Ho was one of the seven who organ ized tne first national cigarmakers' union, now International in scope. As it grew, he grew with It For a long time after he reached the top of the Federation of Labor, which was organ- feed as a protest againsl the old Knights Washington, March $. -It la believed of .Labor, he drew no salary. One year I In Washington that the wheels of tho hfs expense account reached but $13. congressional mill will turn somewhRt He supported himself at the bench and more rapidly from nowj on. though gave all the time that ho could spare whether any real progress will be made to the union. His singleness of pur- In regard to the important measures pofce and his marked ability won the comprising the Taft program during recognition that they deserved. He has I the week it is difficult to foretell with proven himself fit to meet on terms any degree of certainty. The senatorial of equality with the largest employers trust Investigation and tho Ballinger- of labor, and lias been the foremost ad- Glavls Inquiry will continue to furnish vocate of the principles of arbitration, material for the capital correspondents, under which most labor disputes are President Taft has accepted an invl- now settled. His weakness which is tatlon to speak at a celebration to be at the same time his Strength Is the held in the Metropolitan A. M. E. church one-eyed one-ldeaness of the man. He Tuesday' night in the Interest of W11-' can only see his side of a dispute, it berforce university, the oldest institu- 1s charged against him, and he battles 'o devoted to the higher education of for that side to the last ditch. the negro In the United States. Other Hence the verb "to gomp." In . his speakers at the meeting will Include troubles with the courts he Is ahso. I Justice Harland, of the United States lutely, sincerely convinced he is ritfht I supreme court, and Senator Brlstow of and he is therefore Romping. I Kansas. . tuopyngni, iio, ny Kdwin Wlldman.) Saturday js the day fixed for the for mal acceptance or the statue of John O. Calhoun, which has been erected as one of South Carolina's contributions to Statuary Hall of the national capitol. T "-m--j 1 KAVrfl aventH or InfArnHt tn tha rtnll- vlllage had its weavers, to whom the ticlans are scheduled for the week. At tnruty nousewives brought their balls Albany the senate bribery investigation March 6 in History The First Carpet Factory of rags, 80 late as 1890 there were in the United States 54 rag carpet weav ers' shops, with an annual output val ued at close to $2,000,000. The first factory in America for the manufacture of yarn carpets was estab lished In Philadelphia in 1791, by Wil liam P. 8prague. The census of lflln less than 20 years after, reported thr whole product of the United States in this class of goods at 10,000 yards, of which 7500 yards were made in Phila delphia. At the present time there are close to 1000 carpet manufacturers In the United States, with nearly 130,000 -000 capital invested. The Jacquard apparatus for weaving ucaigija wan m w uuucecl in 1829, and In 1841 Erastus Blglow perfected the first puwer loom jior weaving carpets, which saved one third in the cost of labor The United States is now the greatest producer and consumer of carpels in the world. Most of the wool used in the manufacture et American carpets is imported, as the home grown product Is of too fine a quality to be durable Excluding the oriental rusra. the r.in- cipal varieties of carpets in commerce are the Axminster. the Rru!. tuA Wilton, S10que.tte, tapestry Rni velvet. Ingrain and Venetian. Th. founder of the manufacture of qilelothul in, the United States wa Isaac M,'a.n.l of considerable Importance until toward ley. who began the business in PhJladeT vmiui. uumipmi idouc to year ibis. will enfer upon Its fifth week, with public interest increased by tho possi bility of an early verdict. In the Fourth congressional district of Virginia & spe cial election will be held to fill the Va cancy caused by the death of Repre sentative Francis R. Lassiter. Follow ing a senaatlonaj campaign, Seattle will hold an election Tuesday for mayor and other municipal officials. In Detroit Senator Burrows and Congressman x'ownSend, who Is opposing Burrows for the senatorship, together with severa' rival aspirants for the nomination for governor of Michigan, will bo heard at banquet of the Wayne County Repub lican club. . - The interstate commerce commission will take testimony in Minneapolis Tuesday in several cases that ar.e of prime importance as affecting shipping Interests. Alleged freight overcharges are the points Involved in the cases, and the defendants include a number -of the leading railroads In the west and north west. (. ' A conference of" miners to consider stepTf-ro settle the tlifferences between miners and operators In the coal fields of Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsyl vania ili assembl Tuesday In Cincin nati." Tlie main point in dispute is a dortiand by the miners for an increase In wages' of 10 centB a ton. New wage chediles are to, go into effect the first of April. . .. c V