THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINGS DECEMBER ,18, ' 1810. ,
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Every right action and time
thought sots the seal of its
beauty on every person's face;
every wrong action; and: foUl
thought its sal of distortion.
Ruskin.
Ol'R'-YKAU'S EM)
UBLICITY IS one of the most
potential factors in civilization.
The Invention of movable types
" and the printing, press lifted
men out of superstition- and started
the world toward human liberty. '
Knowledge of Its value, has made
publicity an agency In every great
enterprise, rommercial, industrial
and ' financial. Every railroad has
its publicity bureau. All great de
partment stores, manufacturing es
tablishments and philanthropic; or
ganizations have their publicity de
partments. The new gift' of $10,
000,000' by Carnegier for ' the aboll
lion of war will be largely spent In
a publicity for creating popular sen
timent. Publicity governs this country,
publicity is one of the most poten
tial engines In fighting preventable
diseases, and publicity Is one of the
greatest factors In developing states,
cities and communities. 'Publicity
for Oregon, its resources and its op
portunities Is the chief aim of the
year's end number that The Jour
nal will shortly Issue,
The anniversary number of ." a
great newspaper has become recog
nized as one of the most powerful
aids in the building of a state.
Great publications in most of the
states are employing it with regu
larity and effectiveness.
They are particularly successful as
publicists because the newspaper as
sembles In; its employ .tr&lned ex
perts whose "tajents and lives' are de
voted to publicity. They know how
to prepare the matter1 that the pub
lic wants and will rea'd. They know
how to make dull facts Interesting i
and ' heavy statistics palatable. It I
Is their life business to study and
succeed in ' publicity -and. the power
of the press Is attestation of now
v. eli they attend to their business. !
The year's end newspaper goes toi
the heart of the public. It bears the ' -
staniD- of credibility because it is !
backed by the newspaper's name, it ground covered by the work of the
Is not a boora pamphlet prepared to iHbrary. Not an age of man, not an
attract immigration, tor a real estate 1 occupation, not a single condition of
circular to gather customers. It is Illation In the backwoods still re
a public and authenticated reflection i malning in Multnomah county or. in
of the spirit, progress, purposes and ' the factory or home life of the
processes of the territory in which j crowded city but is provided, with
it is published" ' - J mental food by Its beneficent efforts.
For .weeks, trained writers have
been buflled with.' preparation of the
coming year's end number of The'
Journal, it will surpass all pre
vious efforts of the paper. , It will
be an'atlas, a gazetteer and. an en
cyclopedia of Industrial, i financial
and commercial Oregon,- Text, dia
gram and picture will tell the In
spiring story of the state as It has
never been told before. " Men 1 eml-,
tent in commerce, finance and In
dustry will, through their advertis-j
lng la its columns, reflect the status
of our business life. In the tidings
it will carry and in the standard of
achievement it will set, In the growth
it Will reflect and the opportunities
It will reveal, the number will be
one to do justice to Oregon and be
a source of gratification to Oregon
people.
MURDOCH MAKIXG . TROUBLE
R
EPRESENTATJVE VICTOR
MURDOCK of Kansas, insur-'j
gent, promises to make more I
trouble In congress. ' But it i :
trouble, of. the right kind. . Some j
iiuuuitj-iuaiv;i i 10 un upinuuuu ; jnem, rest, or surcease irwm memory
Murdock is one. or toil.
He could make trouble for the Once a year stock is' taken of this
tariff makers by attacking any ' ofifar reaching enterprise, and that
their, schedules, .Jjut. he proposes,, as time- is now.- From - the - crowded health" which" men measure in dol
a starter, to show up shoddy. .This pages of these reports a figure here. ar8 There'ls another value to it
will do as well ns anything. He has and there may .be -extracted.'- .--But to j that '-'Cannot '"be ' measured- by the
declared war igainst the great do so Is no easy task, for all ls'tyard stick of commerce. It Is not
f hoddy industry, the fraudulent bus- Interest to every one who has eyes;a doiar mark value - but a value
lness of palming off upon buyers of I to see and a heart to erasD the force I 4.m. .
clothing fabrics represented to be
made of wool, but which In fact con -
tain little wool or 'none at all. He
will urge a "pure fabric" law, simi
lar in purpose to the pure food law,
under which manufacturers and
merchants must, label the garments
end fabrics sold, so that a purchaser
may know whether he is buying all
wool, part wool, or no wooL
Such a law would arouse certain
highly. ' protected manufacturers.
The retail merchants are not to
Maine; they have to sell what they
fC'-'t. . .
The manufacturer of what may
iu:ea aauueraiea woolens is
hly protected, so as to give him
: nipte opportunity to swindle Amer
i an consumers.
In the- first Instance he has the
1' ticfit of a duty of 25 cents per
I (Hind on shoddy, which is largely
. J U .. jimauiACi.urcjL.jUta, -,aa
Mil woril" poods. Shoddy is further
1 lotected by CO per cent ad valorem,
t - 1 44 c nts a pound In the form of
."li a or viorvtod wearing apparel.
;TheSP duties are prohibitive of
! ports, and give the 6hoddy manufac-
;make millions ;by. cheating . tbejbrary fosters the taste for fiction at
r American people through practice of
a palpable fraud
Elsewhere on this page is reprint
ed comment from the New .York
Times on .this subject.
KUIOPKAN AS D AMERICA X AT
TRACTIOXB FOK TOURISTS
s
ECRETARY liALLINGER ex
presses surprise, as many oth
ers have done, that the natural
wonders and scenic beauties of
the United States are not frequented
more and appreciated better by
Americans who travel long distances
yearly for recreation. It Is esti
mated that more than $100,000,000
a year Is spent by American tourists
abroad; while but a small fraction.!
01 xnis amount is spent py Ameri
cans in visiting American places su
perior in most cases to those of
Europe. The reasons are not diffi
cult to discover. It, Is the fashion
among the idle rich to ' go abroad.
Anything American., except money,
is - not, good enough for them, is
looked upon as crude, coarse, ple
bian and unworthy of notice. Then
In . European countries there are
higher and titled classes. There Is
more exclusive society, and more op
portunity to make an Impression by
large expenditures. There is- some
thing, too, serving as a better excuse,
in the age, the ripeness, of Borne
European scenes, even in some of its
ruins. Various reasons, or excuses
for reasons, impel thouands of Amer
icans to visit Europe every year who
care nothing and know almost as
little about - the" grand natural at
tractions of their own country, - '
But this will change to" some ex
tent, and an increasing number of
eastern- people are yearly coming
west to see the' beauties and marvels
of the Pacific coast. They are at
tracted by the Yellowstone Park, the
Yosemlte, the Grand Canyon, Crater
Lake, , Hood, Rainier, Shasta, the
Columbia . river, the Alaska coast
and other inspiring wonder sights
with "which the Pacific coast bo
abounds. '
Of course, not vail who go to
Europe do. so1 because it is the pop
ular fad. Not all who tour the his
toric spots of wh at was once the
only known world do so with eyes
closed to the traditions, tragedies i
'
and .triumphs, that such spots as
Rome and her ; ancient monuments
recall. But many of the great cara
van crossing and recrosslng the "At
lantic would be more edified and
equally .entertained If they took
pains to first see the sights of their
own marvelous land. .''.""
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
PORTLAND
OF
E
IRST IMPRESSIONS from read
ing the annual report of the
president of the Library asso
ciation of Portland, and the U-'
brarian, induces amazement at the
Kindergarten children, graded
scholars, high school Btudents, man
ual training boys and girls, teach
ers of all grades, are not only wel-
come to the central or the district
norary, out are sougnt. out -py ine
librarians - In their homes, and in
vited nay, almost compelled- to
read. - A Btep farther yet. ; One Is
told of the factory workers being vis
ited regularly, "of selected books be
ing placed in the car-barn clubs, on
the ferry boats, being made acces
sible to lumber Jacks, and workers
on the farms. No central city church
ever reached out more, widely, or
more patiently and vigorously, to
draw in attendants and members to
its roll. This Is the gospel of good
literature which is bo preached and
labored f or. ' Its influencewho can
describe It, or can t - lts ' lasting
force set bounds?
, To many efforts to " enilst the
stranger there is an afterthought of
profit 'or reward. s Here there Is
none. , The library opens its doors
winter and summer, early and late
' to every . man, woman and child
who seeks there instruction, amuse-jwork
of every record of the past year'B-f
.work,
The president tells us that in ten
j ears the county has gained 119 per ;
cent In population, but in six years
me circulation ortne uprary Das in-
creased 212 per cent -or nearly
twice as fast is the people of this,
county.
. Only alfew cities In the United
States have central libraries whose
circulation equals ours. Portland
overpassed Boston , by - 26,261 vol
umes in this past year ' circulated
from the central library. ,
Here centers the entire county
system providing books v for , three
I branches, nine reading rooms, 17 de-
posit stations, 49 rural schools,; 856
class room libraries for city schools,
asd smaller collections for the car
barns and fire stations of the city.
So much from the President. The
ii u rt-tlat-tolk wr - - roer - ex - 4
cerpt from the librarian's, report;
Volumes in the library, 99,882; in
lending collection, 71,678;' circula
tion from lending collection. 652,-
im-;722; attendance at library, 767,815;
number of members, 30,284. 1
the expense of what are called stand
ard books. But.we Portland people
may take just pride In being better
than our neighbors, considering that
the per, cent of fiction from the cen
tral library Is 53, a trifle more from
the branches, and from the schools
only 40. v
One of the most useful is the refer
ence department Here there were
69,774 - visitors In .the past year,
3326 questions needing research an
swered, and 11,672 books for refer
ence brought from other shelves.
Surely all this foreshadows clear
ly the Insistent need of larger' Quar
ters, more and better paid assistants,
a bigger stock of books to fill the
ever growing demand. These facts
should, prepare us all to support
whatever, plana the officers of our
library publish early in the coming
year to enable them to cope with the
necessities of their service for the!
common good
LET; US'' FORGIVE
T
HE TRUE SPIRIT of Christmas
Involves more than gift giving,
more even than the most lib
eral : charity In its ordinary
sense. Td measure up to the stand
ard of the one whose hlrth : Christ
mas was Invented to celebrate, one
must bp charitable beyond hlfl pocket
book, must be charitable, tolerant,
forgiving in mind and heart: One
petition of what all Christiana have
been taught to consider .the model.
Inspired prayer Is, "Forgive us our
debts as we forgive our debtors."
This does not refer to money debts,
(but to faults, sins, wrongs, Injuries.
None Is, perfect, air have ; done
wrong; ff one would be forgiven he
must first forgive others. : At no
period of the year la It more timely
to put this' phase of Christian phil
osophy Into practice than now, as
(Jhristmas "nearly approaches. ,
message of forgiveness, an act
or word Indicating sincere and com
plete forgiveness, would : Te more
valuable to many a 'troubled soul
than the most expensive ; material
gift. ' How" many couples could
thereby bring peace and joy to their
homes, how many children could be
made completely happy, .how, many
erring ones would in . this way be
ade to realize ' that Christmas is
V TtnM MniiT A fl 1 rvVtt Pill A n i ' ThA
the year's most delightful day. . The
Christian expects God to forgive;
shall he then not forgtve, In mem
ory of him who said to a great sin
ner: . Go in peace thy sins are
forgiven." -
. Forgiveness , of . others, of all
against whom one may have a per
sonal grievance, is valuable, too, sub
jectively as -well as objectively. It
not only makes the one ' forgiven
happy, but also, perhaps even in a
.greater degree, the one who . for
gives. . He lightens his own load as
well as the loads' of others. He
brings . sunshine .- into his own soul
as well as bestowing it upon others
The great poet said 1 truly; "The
quality of mercy it not strained
It blesseth. 'him that -gives as well
as htm that receives.
WORTH WHILE
T
HE STATE board of health will
ask the legislature for an in
creased appropriation To what
extent its allowance of public
money should ' be Increased, The
journai ia unable to' say. But it is
common fenoviedge that no public
activity, in Oregon has better earned
what It has been paid
The services rendered by the board
for pure milk in Portland are inval
liable. 1 Its powers were limited, but
the whole moral influence of the or
ganization, and the personal efforts
of Its members have been wn all oc
casions. and in every emergency ap
plied with the utmost vigor on the
rjght side of the controversy.. It was
an agency of effectiveness that far
outweighed SU the board cost the
state for the period.
- ' A broader view vof . the board's
work, is even more - telling In Its
favor. The new knowledge of dis
ease and prevention' of disease ren
ders a public health organization of
enlarged importance, Its moral ln
fluence in directing public attention
to ..the ways and means of ' a con
! served health Is splendid. The re-
strlctions it applies, the emergency
lt does and tt8 C0Mtant agita-
tion for observance of rules that con
serve public health are of vital ben
efit , "
There Is a commercial value to
enjoymenti good 'iungt wholesome
mentality and the conditions that go
Wo make human life worth whilrf. . In
comparison with it, the dollars and !
properties of the earth are nothing?
. a nractical conservation of this
value la attainable.! A properly con
gtitnted board of . health, consisting
of earnest and efficient men is the
means, A comparatively few of the
dollars of commerce provide and
maintain it. - The legislature should
consider it worth while
In the New York reform school at
Flushing there are five workshops,
devoted to painting, tailoring' car
pentry, plumbing and baking. In
a short time most of the boys show
much proficiency in these mechan
leal arts, and like them. , Most of
the carpentry about the institution
is done by the boys, , also, all the
- irfintin g-forsevmt rscU'oo1s7TtJter
7000 loaves of bread are baked
monthly enough to Supply , this and
two other institutions, the boys do
ing all the, work. . When they leave
the school they will alL be able to
earn a living as bakers or in, some
other useful employment. -This is
the Ideal system of reformation for
boys; make them work at some
thing useful, at things that will pay
their cost, and that will render them
capable of earning their living when
they are discharged.
-TOO GREAT A HAZARD
T
HERE IS AN open issue in Ore
gon over tuberculosis In1 dairy
cows'. A number of people in
sist on believing that the dis
ease Is toot transmissible to human
beings. - .. t
But what If their" view Is Incor
rect? It Is true and will always re
main true that milk from a diseased
cow 'cannot possibly be wholesome.
It is true, and will always remain
true that an animal with a high tem
perature and various physical organs
not performing their regular func
tions cannot secrete milk fit for
human food. . this Is a conclusion
that nobody, can dispute,, and it Is
a perfect argument against the use
of, milk from consumptive animals,
or animals suffering, with any 'other
disease. In such a case, prudent
peofle will want to be on the safe
side and decline to use diseased milk.
But-what if the believers In non
transmissfblllty " are mistaken, and
the disease is f actually transmiss
ible? ; The weight of authority says
It Is,; It has been demonstrated that
poultry contract thedisease from, tu
berculous cows. V It is widely known
that hogs die from the same cause.
Nobody has proven that human be
ings do not die from the disease
contracted in the same way.: There
remains then a strong possibility . if
not a powerful probability that bo
vine tuberculosis is communicable
to man.- Does 1t pay to take the
risk by 1 using consumptive milk?
WH1 not all discreet persons prefer
the pure product? ' ' , ,
Back of It all, , there Is the cold
commercial consideration. A tuber
culous cow Is a mighty costly thing
in a dairyman's herd. She commun
icates the disease to other animals
and ultimately infects and destroys
the whole herd.,', She lnfecta and
kills the poultry. She infects and
kills, her owner's hogs. Even elimi
nating the chance that she may kill
his children, she is an expense that
no dairyman can afford to maintain.
There Is one 'way the exponents of
nOn-transmlssibility can prove Mhelr
theory, . They can be supplied with
cultures containing , bovine tubercn-
losls germs by any bacteriologist. If
they, can eat a lot of these germs
and survive, the act will prove their
theory, and if they are positive, in
their belief, they should stand ready
to make the experiment, y:? :,' :;
But, there Is not a man., in . the
whole school of non-transmisslblllty
advocates who will do It. There is
not a roan in the world who would
be willing to take 'the hazard. It
means that we will be wise it we be
ware of consumptive milk.'
AN UNUSUAL CORrORATIOX
MAGNATE ,
M'
R. GEORGE W. PERKINSfor
years associated wlthi J. P,
Morgan in the great finan
cial house of J. P. Morgan
& Co., has severed -his connection
with the firm and may he elected to
the trusteeship of the Equitable Life
Insurance company made vacant by
the death of Grover Cleveland.
But the most interesting report in
relation to Mr. Perkins Is ' that he
will devote more of his attentidn to
an Improvement of the relations be
tween labor and capital, a work in
which he has been interested : for
years. Though; a large capitalist
and prominent corporation man, Mr,
Perkins appears, able to look at the
employe's position from the latter's
viewpoint, and to realize that in
the distribution ; of the . wealth cre
ated in this period of prosperity tbey
are not getting their due share. He
Is deflnitelygommitted to the profit-
sharing plan with respect to " the
United States steel and all other
great industrial corporations. !
Mr. Perkins has always been In
terested in theoretical as well as
practical finance, and in the Inter
est of the workingmen as well as
that of their employers. He has lec
iured on these subjects at several
universities, and " has devised the
largest and most successful of profit
sharing schemes.
He has said that he believes in
"humanizing'V the corporations. He
says that since cooperation has
largely taken the plaoe of competi
tion It. Is necessary that the new or
der of things, If it is to succeed per
manently, shall be shown to be bet
ter for the laborer as well as for
the employer and the consumer.
"Let us who are in business be fair
with' the pepole,.' and they will be
fair with us," he says. And further;
''If .the people have, decided that the
time has come to take a hand In
how business shall be conducted, is
it pot plain, business sense to meet
the question at least half way rather
than fight it all the way?" lie also
declares in favor of the fullest pub
liclty respecting the business ot cor
porations, and j the 'punishment of
their offending officers.
' He has declared in favor of gov
ernment regulation of corporations,
and believes ; that the big corpora
tions should anticipate the govern
ment by floing all that it could 'rea
sonably ask. He thinks that regu
latlon has no terrors, for corpora1
tlons which, deal justly with their
employes and the public. Comment
ing on this attitude of Mr. Perkins
the New York Times says:
'"" rIPftTO"b(TTnleresUng To"see wn'at'
may follow the efforts of a practical
mah, with a'record of competency
and sympathy on both sides, With
experience in each camp, and.a thor-
ough detachment -rtteulting from his
retirement, it may . be hoped that
Mr. Perkins will do some good in his
new field, even though he may not
reach an ultimate solution of prob
lems as old as the world, and per
haps destined to last as long as the
world, or, let , us Eay, . as human
natHre In the world."
Champ Clark, prospective speaker
of the house in the next congress,
has satisfied public curiosity and
eased the public mind to the extent
of declaring himself In favor of the
appointment of the -house commit
tees by acommittee and not by the
speaker, and of revision of the tariff
by one schedule at a time instead of
general revislqn. In these expres
sions Mr. Clark will have the ap
proval of a large majority of Dem
ocrats, and of a very large propor
tion of Republicans also. The Demo
cratic chance for .election .of presi
dent in 1912 depends" largely on the
course of the majority in the house
during the "next congress. Playing
partisan politics will lead to Demo
cratic defeat
The editor of the London Econo-'
mist says that war scares are large
ly Inspired by armament contractors
who having made their piles do not
care, if the warring nations become
bankrupt. And there are others
who profit by war and by threats
and predictions of ; war, and thejr
are increasingly vol able lately. 1 '
After a great war, General Grant
said: "Let us have peace." But
now, though no greatwat has lately
desolated a portion ot the earth and
caused wholesale destruction and
slaughter, the vbices of the world's
best and wisest men join in saying;
"Let us have peace," ' And nearly
all the people say, amen.; . ', A .
Only two weeks more of 1910. It
has been a good, bis year for Ore
gon, but 1911 will be a bigger and
better year.
The stores open at 8 oclock. The
first business hour is the best one
of the day in which to make pur
chases.
3Var is very profitable to certain
classes of people, many of, whom
have strong pulls, but they com
prise ifr the aggregate only a small
December 18 in History -
The idea of the opera 'may in part
have arisen from the Greek drama,
which possessed, to a considerable
extent, the - operatic character; the
choral parts were aung, and the 'dia
logue delivered, . in - sustained- key,
probably resembling operatic recHa
tlve more than ordinary "speech. As
early as the fourteenth century there
were certain ' productions - given,
which, in a way., resemble what we
know today as opera.
. What 1st generally, recognised as tho
first real operatic composition, wa
presented in Florence, Italy, on De
cember 13,15)7, and waa called "'Daf
no." The libretto waa written by the
pet Caoeinl, which was set. fo music
by Pert. The fame poet and composer
conjointly produced "The Death of Kurl
dice" the. following year. This second
opera waa -given on October 6. 1600,
upon the occasion of the marriage of
Maria de Medici to Henry VI, of France.
The French nation claims to antedate
the Italian opera, and name 1582 as
the date, but are able, to .give nothing
to substantiate their claim. Germany
makes no claim of precedence over
Italy, but is witling to share with that
country the Introduction, at about the
Same' time, of opera in their country.
Mosart was the first composer of op
eras for the modern orchestra, t The
Italian opera was Introduced into Paris
in 164, by Cardinal Mazarln, and Super
seded in H70, was revived in . the be-
Kinnina- Of the last century and has
since flourished side by side with the
national opera of France. ,
The possibility Of opera in English
seems first to have been shown by
Purcell. His. music to Dryden's ''King
Arthur" is very beautiful, though 'kept
throughout subordinated to the bus!
ness of the drama, rThe Beggar's Op
era," as Bet to music by Dr." Pepusch.
was a selection of the airs most pop
nlar at the time, and retained Its place
on the stage for a long period.
The importation of the Italian opera
put a stop, for a time at least, to. the
further development' ot (n 'pera. in
Wnlanil . In 1710. "Almahlde." In Ital
Ian, was performed exclusively" Ital?
lan ameers at the iiaymaricet ineaire,
and. a succession of attempts of the
kind ended in', the permanent establish
mcnt of the Italian opera.
Murdock and Shoddy Manufacturers.
' From the New York Times.
. It is a shameful business. These man
ufacturers have made their millions by
theating and swindling the American
people, by r practicing upon them under
the protection of the law a contempti
ble fraud, v There are in all -the land
no more immovable standpatters than
the men against whom Mr. Murdock's
bill' Is directed. We have in mind one
manufacturer of shoddy Who made so
much money that he became the leading
cltlxcti of his community He built the
church, : he Wred ; the : parson, ; .Then,'
When the parson, following Immemorial
custom,; on A certain Sabbath prayed
fdr the president of the United States,
who happened to be Grover Cleveland,
the shoddy man peremptorily dismissed
hlm.from'hle charge. - These fraudulent
manufacturers do not all use Bhoddy,
Mr. : Murdock tells of a visit to a mill
whore yarn Was manufactured. In reply
to a query as to what the yarn Was
made of, the foreman replied: "Cotton--you
must remember that this Is a woolen
mill." But whatever adulterant they
uss. to whatever extent they use, any
thing but pure wool in the manufac
ture of fabrics sold as wool, they are
swindlers and. deserve .all the trouble
Mr. Murdock can make them, even to
the ; extent of confinement in common
Jails should they havq the hardihood
to disobey -the law which we sincerely
hope he will cause to be enacted.
The reform he proposes touches at
once the t pockets," , the comforts, the
health, and the lives of people. , v Mr.
Murdock expects opposition, and ha will
have plenty of it His attack" upon thl
particular iprotectod Industry yiU stir
up a hornets', nest' Tho gentlemen who
are Interested In the wpolen schedules
W'lU,bi; apiorig .the hornetaJCven il.M.
Murdock does not succeed In passing his
bill, the mere Introduction of it and the
dlscusbion that will follow will serve to
expoe the practices of these culprits,
and that in Uaalf will b of great public
benefit - , - '
minority of the people of any coun
try. To L the common people as a.
whole war -is an' unmitigated
calamity. - - ,
Next Sunday most of the mini,
ters of the country will preach
"Peace on earth, good will to men."
This Is, far more commendable talk
than that of those who are contin
ually barking about the Imminence
and necessity of war. ; .
ranlcs: The Cao and Cure.
From the Seattle Post-Intelligrencer.
Jn his annual report Secretary Mac
Veagh; of the treasury department says
"panics ire no longer necessary and
no Jonger respectable." Moreover, the
secretary says our j banking system
"concentrates In. New Tork what are
pretended to be reserves and then forces
the JMew York banks to lend and abol
ish them." 1 - j ,
It Is not at all to the credit of Amor-
lean statesmanship that we have failed
to gruard against ' panics and those
financial and industrial .conditions Ond
practices which produce . panics. . The
secretary of the -treasury Is absolutely
right when be says panics are not nec
essary,, and not respectable, and - he
might have added that they are not hon
est. There has been no time in the
recent history of - this country when a
panto could be traced altogether to legi
timate economlo causes. Kven the panic
which reached Ha full development dur
ingTthe last ? Cleveland Ndmtnlstration
could hare been and ought to have been
averted, ami the same remark might be
made of the economtS disturbance of
1907. r. ' ; v --i,..
One trouble with our system, as the
secretary Indicates, is In our treatment
of our reserve; bo long as we parsist
In the pernicious practice of piling upon
the credit fabric, for wholly fictitious
purposes, burdens which it is not able
to bear, we are -bound to know periods
when It will b" utterly Impossible to
maintain our reserves, our credit, or
public confidence at hQtne or abroad
In 'the stability of the American situa
tion, and whenever w reach that con
dition of affairs an economic disturb
ance is inevitable.
How. best to remedy and strengrthsn
the weak places In our present loose
syBtem is a, problem of the gravest
concern, and it ought to invite the so
berest attention of congress. ' When we
say there is no cure for pantos in this
country we impeach our own Intelli
gence; , except In times of wav-or in
periods of worldwide , instability and
depression, a - country as rich, as "pow
erful and prosperous as America should
know no such thing as a panic
A New Viewpoint.
From the New Tork Herald. '
AV-prominent railroad resident is
about to retire to realize an old am
bition to be a farmer. It will be in
toresting to have his professional opln
Ion on the advisability ot mtn rat
on farm .produce to meet the higher
railroad cost of living. - ,
- - Tlie First Real Opera
Grsnd opera In America was founded
In New Orleans close to half a century
before it was heard in NeV fork, TMU
adelphia,. Boston and Chicago,' the pres
ent centers of opera, in this country.
The introduction of opera in America
took place in 1790, when Davis, a French
refugee from San Domingo, landed In
New Orleans and offered opera in the
Theatre D'Orlearis. Soon the news of
mo 0UCCO8S - or xne venture was car
nea
to France, and. aa at that tim
operatic art was almost at a standstill
In Paris, towing to the upheaval of the
French Replutlon, many, of the greaN
ei - singers or tne day embarked In
sailing vessels, and. , after - braving
storms and seasickness, landed in New
Orleans, where they were paid hand
some eaiariea rorvSinglng. , '
In 1S35 a homl for opcra'waa built
in the Crescent City, and this was used
until J869, when the present French
Opera house on Bourbon street was
erected. This building, which la still
being used, was where the great Patti
was v first recognized as the sreatest
tsoprano of, her day. - lh
it was more than 80 years after opera
was given in New Orleans that it
reached the' northern- cities,' and then
usually for a few performances by tho
company enroute' to the Louisiana me
tropolis. New York had Us first Italian
opera season In 1825-26, the company
opening its season In Rossini's "Barber
of Seville." ' Philadelphia had its first
season of opera in 1827, ad built Its
first opera hous th Academy of Mu
sic, in 1857. Chicago first heard op
era la 1860; Cincinnati, in 186 . and San
Frtfnclsco In 1853. , : t. ...... ,. ;
. Washington was burled on 'December
18.M799, and the thirteenth amendment
to the Constitution took effect In 1865.
Today Is the birthday of Captain Wil
liam Edward Parry, , Arctla explorer
(1790); Sarah T, B. Bolton, poet (1815);
Lyman, Abbott, theologian -and author
(1836), and .Edward A. MacDowell, pian
ist and composer (1861). Today Is the
deathday of Baron Grimm, statesman
and wit (1807); BonJamln Smith Bar
tos,; American riaturallstva816)f and
Joseph William Turner the eminent
English painter (1861), and Samuel Rogers-
pOt;(185S."-'- -
The Boy of the Hour.
From the Atlanta Journal.
While the football stars, the orators,
the essayists and all other heroes of
the school World are receiving their
chaplets for one achievement or another,
we rise to call attention to Master Jo
seph Stone of Jackson county, who may
or may not be an athlete or a scholar,
but who has done something that makes
him truly the boy of the hour. 1
Joseph, 11 years old, and 79 pounds
in weight, has raised 102 bushels of
corn on an acre of land at. a cost of
29 cents , per bushel, thereby ? winning
first prlxe in the Georgia Boys Com
Club oontest The fruits of his victory
will i be a trip to the nation's capital
-), ha will fWMt nil the, alirht n hn
wonderful Ctv and' me'et'morA
wonderful city and meet more' great
men than he ever dreamed were in the
whole '.world.;;;- ,': ;. -. ',
Some months ago the Georgia Bankers'
association offered this prise to the boy
Who should cultivate the best acre of
corn under the instruction of the State
College of Agriculture and the United
States farm demonstration, work.
The value of such a contest.tioth from
an educational and a practical standpoint
cannoi oe overgaufceo. If lt did nothing
more than stimulate. the boys of Geor-
gla , with an ambition to accomplish
something definitely useful with tholr
own muscle and brain, lt would be tre
mendously worth while. It atresses the
truth that, those honors are highest
which come Ss a regard for serviceable
work. It invests the production of com
with human interest; and thereby fos
ters In the country boy a genuine love
for the life about-him.
Joseph Stone Will never win more
merited pralso than tha.t which , has
come- to him .from his 102 bushels, of
corn. ..And scores of ' other boys have
done so weU in the, contest., that, they
win receive a certinoate or honor sinea
by the governor, the state school com
missioner, th chancellor of the Mate
university, tht president Vif the State
College of Agriculture, the superintend
ent of the corn club and what not. This
Is splendid work- .,
J News Forecast of J
i "Coair j Vegli j
Washington, Dec. 17. The same wetlt
which sees the Christmas, season ap
proach high tide also contains the short
est days of the year, so it is not to be
wondered at If the people generally,
find little time to devote to public af
fairs, politics, freight rate disputes; the
high cost of living and the many other
I hinge that occupy attention during the
ther 61 weeks of the year. Even the
proceedings of congress. , the political
situation in Great Britain and other
matters that have been absorbing pub-
11c attention of late are likely to be for
gotten for the time being while the
people complete their, preparations for
Vuletlde. , -;; - ' ' '
While the nation Is overflowing with
the spirit of peace on earth and good
will toward men, It Is not without In
terest to note that the week wlU at
the semi-centennial annlveiuary Of the
pausing ,of the ordinance - of secession
In South Carolina, which marked the rtsx
lng of the curtain on the great war be
tween the states. ' ' ,
Several Important court cases arc on
the calendar for the weels, among them
that of James Gallagher, who attempt
ed to assassinate Mayor Gaynor of New
York, but in view of the near approach
of Christmas lt is probable that in moat
cases the actual trials will be deferred
until after the holidays:
The Democrats of New Mexico have
called a delegate convention to meet
In Santa' Fe Monday to define the party's
attitude toward Indorsing the constitu
tion drawn up for- the new state.
An addition, to the "mosquito fleet"
of the TJntted states navy will be mad
Tuesday, when the torpedo boat de
stroyer Trlppe, sister ship of the Pauld- '
ing and Drayton, will be launched at .
,Bath, Me. i ' " , . ; -
Tho Japan ee imperial diet , will be
convened at Tokio Tuesday. The country
la now wrestling with several great po
litical problems knd the latest advices
report much popular - dissatisfaction
over th government's policy, especially
in regard to i the tariff. As a conse
quence of pits condition of affairs the
proceedings of the "Japanese parlia
ment will be followed with world wide
Interest." The disposition of the tariff
question, especially. Is a matter of great
importance to -England, the United
States and other countries.
More AV&pders to Come.
From an Interview with Nikola Tesla.
There ought to be nothing to startle
people in the proposal to transmit elec
trical energy ae t promise to do It The
been continued story of what tha pub
lic thought : Impossibilities becoming
pnactlcal methods, r It Is obvious that
improvement now Ilea along the path of
Itransmlssloa of
waste. I have
the current without
contributed my current
carried in hydrogen has underground.
That system guards against l loss of
energy. It is underground, however.
The people have seen wireless teleg
raphy grow from a theory to the prac
tical working of the wireless. In this
Pystem, however, the wave length a are
sent broadcast They radiate In every ,
direction. ' If transmission without loss
or waste of energy la possible and prac
tlcul. nrl If lrlp ti-nmlBlon la
possible and practical. Is the transmis
sion of electrical energy through the air
and without loss 01 energy an Impossi
ble feat for the :. Imagination? Such
transmission, of Course, would have to
have direction, and an easily controlled
direction. It would not do to turn your
J energy loose to radiate to any point aa
1 the wlreles waves are - turned looee.
Obviously this would mean a dissipation
I lno e"ersy wnicn ii is amnrea 10 con-
'Think what possibilities It offcre,"
added the inventor.: "What will lt mean
to the development of, aeroplanes and
aerial flights? It takes off the limit for
the flyers. They must wait for it now
to make any real conquest of .the air.
The improvement of the automobile,
with Its improvement of the gasoline
engine, if you wUl stop and think, la
the only new thing right now in -airships.
The wings, the frame, the shape,
vl-vthlnr hut , ih r" lltfhfc. ffrt1w
motor power had been perfected for a
long time, you can find books printed
many years ago, years before . the
Wright brothers began, to experiment, .
with pictures of all these cnrlous- bird
like shapes and forms built in canvas
and light framework with which w are
now growing dally more familiar. The
gasoline engine, adapted from the auto-.
mobile, gave the experimenters of to
day their long desired motive powen
StrUCtlon of their predecessors, and they
ee flying. This flying of today, how
ever, is elemental, like a child learning
to walk, lt Is strictly limited by the
faults of the engine, Imperfect as lt Is
and limited In Its capabilities even at
its most perfect point. Such possibili
ties In the use of electrical energy as
I intend to demonstrate will instantly
enlarge the field of aeroplane flight to
aa extent which I hesitate to predict." -
"Will the airman have a lighter so
gine?" the Inventor was asked.
Tesla laughed ' outright ' " "'
"No engine at ail," he declared. "Bat
you must not ask for details. I am not
ready to explain my discovery.
"The matter 6f war Is easy , be re
''T a. W lUQ WH-
puea o a question asKing light on mi
statement that his discovery ongtit to
end such conflicts. It does not reoilr
a diagram, does it to see how lmpos- '
sible, such control of electrical energy
a I have described would make war.
cHuw-gn or ianp.7 i nave tom yom
that this energy cah be sent from the
Rocky, mountains to South Africa, to
light the home of some Boer. This
without wires and without waste. Can
you lmatdne the terrlhla renult of mH .
a power directed against an army or a
battleship? It will never have to be so
directed, I assure you." I
. Pat Meats on the Free Lbst. ..
From the New York World.
To take the tariff off meat knA nm
the American market to' Canadian, Aos-
. . mexican ' MM
I W." ord ""h. Mr. Taffs poUcy st
iranan, Argentine ana
r v.
revising me lanri one schedule at a
time. - It would- accord with his
ration to the Chicago Association 6t
Commeres that' "we are bound to pro
mote tho prompt . elimination of - in
stances Of injustice In the tariff laws.
Mr. Taft's commission has not Inves
tigated the meat schedule, but no In
vestigation Is necessary. The schedule
Tta no purpose except to foster mo-
: anu.neip neep up me cost ot t-
'"g. congress requires no expertMn-
juniinuon on vnst Bucjeci ana lt need
Jose no time in putting meats on the
free list
Fooling the Mare. , 4
From the Success Magaslne,
Twice, as the 'bus slowly wended its
way up tho steep Cumberland Gap, the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those Inside paid little heed;
but the third time they demanded to
know why' they should be disturbed, la
this fanhlon.
"Whist," cautioned he ,HrSvcrJ'doaa,t,
spake' so'Toudf she'll overhear us."
m. "WhO?" - r . .-. ' '. " -
"The mare. Bpake low! Bhu ra Orm
desavin" th'Acrayture? , Everry toime
she 'ears th' door close, she thinks wan
o' yea is gettin'.down ter walk up tlx
nlll, an' that Sort a' raises her sperrits.