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THE' OREGON" DAILY JOURNAL-, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1C11.
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TH the epmtor want departmant yoa -want.
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' Iastead :-f " th ; thorn shall
feme up the fir tree, -and in
stead of th brier shall -com up.
tthe myrtle tree. And they shall
build houses and Inhabit them,
and they shall, plant vineyards
and eat the frui of them. They
shall not build and another In
habit; they shall not plant and
nothar eat--Isaiah.
BE BANS
Ia ORTLANDERS WILL soon tire
of the wrangling over the Port
' of . Portland commission. We
: have now a fair prospect of be
ing coafronted . with two commis
sions. The , old commission inslSts
that ft is the only legal body; The
". new commissioners, acting In good
faith, have accepted appointment,
and naturally presume that they are
a legal body. What Is the end to
be? When will the end comeT ;
There Is aq purpose in these re
marks to pass opinion as to legal
questions involved In the contro
- versy.. It is acknowledged that per
feet legality should attend all pro
ceeding In which the work -of the
'port la involved. Possibly, there is
reason for a suit .to determine legal
OuestlonB as -o the organization of
the new body. If ao, steps should
be at once taken and the business be
promptly settled. ',.''. ....
A' friendly understanding between
the men la the two. bodies should be
reached. $ This la- not' a question of
the dignity of gentlemen, but" of the
welfare of Portland. If there is to
port commission and be diligently oc
cupied with the affairs of the pdrt
This is what the people cf Portland
desire. ."--.V, ' ; " ,t''ii 4
. The legislature attempted to pro
vide a new commission. " There was
strong demand for a change in the
method of , selecting commissioners
With, wisdom, the legislature pro
vided that the body should be ap
pointive, although the original Mil
made ltelectlve. i Matters are Just
now - drifting In that unsatisfactory
way that lis liable jto so try public
patience that the body will yet' be
made elective, a' process that would
be very vndeslrable. ,The way to
avoid Insanity it to be sane.
DEATH IN DUTY
Y'
ESTERDAY IT WAS reported
from Los Angeles that Dr. H.
C. Cates, a noted surgeon, lay
at the point of death In the
Crocker Street hospital from a pin
prick received a week ago while
dressing a , patient's . wound. Prom
the quarantine staff of doctors in
New York comes the report of the
death of Dr. E. F. Ashley, bacterio
logical ; expert, kilted by malignant
spinal meningitis,, contracted in an
autopsy ; at Swinburne ( Island. Of
the five, experts employed, there Dr.
Doty, the superintendent writes, one
Is dead, another sent away on leave
with health completely broken down.
The strictest attention to al) known
safeguards will not protect the doc
tor from contagion when carrying a
aick child ashore In his arms," which
he 1b frequently called' on to" do.
Typhus fever, small pox, cholera.
work, fearlessness, enthusiasm, and
, self rorgetiuiness are qualities of
every day necessity. These men. and
.their like, are the forlorn hope In
the armies fighting disease and death
for the public good. The excite
ment of the soldier in face of the
enemy's batteries is wanting to spur
? these peaceful warriors on in their
heroic tasks. But Imminent danger
v w continuously mot.
A tX)STLY NUISANCE
r
rT IS FORTUNATE for 'PnrHnnrf
that it is within
the water powers of the Cascades
-The development of hvdro-cler-
tric energy ehouid Worn II nil Trinro
eliminate the burning of coal for mo
, tive power and result in a corres
ponding reduction of the smoke nui
sance.' .
- Coal smoke In the destruction it
brings about, costs Chicago $2 1,830 -000
a year, or about $10 per capita.
The money goes to laundries, cloth
ing merchants, dyers, bouse reno
vators and painters,
Ona dark, day recently, 600 pupils
In one of the public schools had to
be dismissed on account of the gath
ered smoke in St. Louis. In oCher
schools In the smoke belt rm tw
same daV pnpls were ; Entertained
with storieg by their teachera during
the time it was too dark to study.
,In many large manufacturing cit
ies the smoke nuisance has become
. one' of thet , great problems. For
yoars, the press of Chicago has been
thundering at the Illinois Central
railroad in effort to secure electrifi-
. cation of JhaJ jppwanj.iJIiiea j-ithi
the city limits. Not only !slhe
prnoke. destructive to wearing :ap
rrel and house furnishings, but it
is insisted that, where the : atmos-
! u. m.u ! .'
. , wawav IUVU LfCUUlrj Am
especially'; liable to j diseases ; of t the
respiratory system. . ':
i.We are told that in Portland elec
tric power Is to become' bo cheap
that no manufacturing establishment
can longer afford ; to ' use the more
costly steam power. . The adniisslon
to Portland of a second company, that
proposes ; to supply electric energy
may be a factor to aid in the reduc
ing process. If the prediction shall
pe realized, Portland will have au
tomatically' solved a problem that
weighs heavily upon a long Buffering
public in otfcer cities.
JOHX HAYS . HAMMOND
I
NASMUCH AS President Taft had
an entirely free hand In choosing
the special envoy to represent tho
United i States- at the coronation
of King George in June the selection
of John Hays Hammond for that
honor will occasion much "remark,
His connection with the Jameson
raid in South Africa in 1895 and
1896, his death sentence; and. its
commutation by President Kruger to
a uue 01 i.a.vuu, is quoiea against
him, we are told, by Socialists and
certain labor leaders la Great Brit
ain. But this is -ancient history, and
the chances are that General Botha
and the other Boer leaders who will
11 kewise be-1ir attendance attnecor-
onation, wilt not be ready to raise ob-
ectlons to Mr. Hammond on those
old scores nor would their objec
tions, if made, carry much weight.
What will be lh, the minds of
very many Americans, however. Is
whether one of the adventurous life
and varied experiences of Mr. Ham
mond, the associate and trusted ad
viser of London Stock Exchange and
Wall street magnates, the expert in
mines from California and Mexico to
South Africa and Alaska, Is the best
possible successor to those great men
whom the nation has delighted to
honor for special missions of the
order. ' ' - - ; ,
It Is understood, of course, that
this appointment goes by selection,
not election, . No one but tie presi
dent gains the reflected honor or
censure from the envoy he selects.
But the special ambassador for .this
great nation will be the center mark
for eyes of all the peoples. He
should be the choicest American of
them all, for all are Judged by his
personality, his character, and his
attainments.
RECLAMATION INVESTMENTS
HE UNITED STATES reclama
tion Service; announces that it
is propdsed to expend $48,000,
000 on i reclamation of arid lands
within the next four years, or at the
rate of $1,000,000 a month. Con
trast this beneficent Investment with
the battleship appropriations, which
will have to lieep a more than even
pace, so long aa thejarmlng of the
nations shall endure. I
The whole course. and: progresa. of
tho reclamation system comes nearer
to actual creation than any other
form of Investment known to ' nian.
Given the arid waste, useless lb man
or beast Given the distant "water,
filling no function of utility, alter
nating between flood and fast drying
pools. ' The money of the people
brings each to bear on each. . And
the Immediate result Is in homes
provided by the public for the pub-Iic--but
for the nubile" through .the
Individual. No thought of commer
cial, profit enters the transaction.
The cost is returned into the treas
ury, not to be there lost sight of
among the millions, but to Issue
again In an unending chain of pure
beneficence; , 'y
The;whole system is an admirable,
lnstanca of paternalism in govern
ment No objection can be offered
on the ground that public funds are
endangered in such Investment since
if bonds were issued on the reclama
tion their description in the market
would be "gilt edged," even without
the added security of a governmental
guarantee. The restrictions on the
acreage or land to be owned b
surreh-
der of all over a quarter section
when land is taken into a reclama
tion project, all look the same way.
The French warning against dan
ger in excess of zeal is the only ad
verse comment ever applied to these
operations. And they may, for this,
be pardoned, since enthusiasm and
Imagination are most necessary fac
tors when the eye of the government
officer ranges over the wild scene of
possible development. This great de
partment haB grown almost ; uncon
sciously to cover the operations In
volved in the beneficial use of these
many millions. The nation has
adopted It, and has long since
stopped to analyze the question as
to constitutional rights and policies.
EXPRESS RATES
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T IS NO WONDER that the express
compnnlGB hold on to their gold
mine like grim death. There is a
general iaea mat tne ejrpress
ratea are exorbitant, but very little
exact knowledge on that point has
boon available. A writer in the
World's Work' supplies the facta and
some deductions.
Having investigated Just what are
now express charges for an average
parcel carried ah average distance,
Mr. Keys ascertains that. 45 cents
represents that average, and there
fore affotdB the basis for the next
step in the Inquiry. ,
Suppose that from 45 cents there
be deducted 17 : ceniB for, the .ex
cess in railroad rates "over their
highest class freight rates, and also
cents for the express cornmanv's
H'nrrrrrTlVirTliWt
or 24 cents for the carriage anoVde
nvery or, this average package. , Is
24 cents enough? , LIt would leave the
r ft 111-rift t n . it-- A L . a i t . a ' .
i ""-.". ei'WK. prom on we irana
tiMHot H a
ex
r
press companies to pay a. dividend of
8 per, cent per.ahnum on theit' stock
Theiiling upref enormous surpluses
would be - ended, but the American
people would save,. Mr. "Keys Bays
about $60,000,000 annually. - '
It Is hardly necessary to point out
that these figures make no allow.
ance for the inroads on the express
companies': business hr iha Introduc
Hon tof the parcels post. It Is not
very clear to the average man' why
the people at large should not do a
reasonable amount of their own: par
eels' carrying. Even if an American
parcels post- be a larger land harder
proposition than has been solved by
other countries there, is no essential
reason why American enterprise and
Intelligence should not meet it v Nor
have the express companies earned
such popular gratitude as should re
quire the leaving bf the business in
their hands a single day longer than
is needed to provide the postal sub
stitute.' ' W'vy? (ft'v, K V: '
DIA2& AND' THE PEASANTS
E
VEN IN MEXICO land hunger
needs be satisfied before land
dwellers J will ' support a gov
ernment As In Russia at tail
very, hour, so in Mexico the powers
that bedeck to draw tho peasants" to
them by securing them in ownership
of the land, where, without that own
ership, they are but serfs, east or
west- y ' - ,
In Russia these .' peasant farmed
lands form part of th vast Inherit
ance of the crown. The czar, has but
decree, and -the peasant's inse
curity of tenure of bla land is ap-
peased. Though there 1 the power
that makes cau unmake If it chooses,
and if It dares. ; .
In Mexico the boon to the peasants
can be provided by president, gov
ernment, and legislative chamber by
more modern methods An issue of
national bonds for $40,000,000 Is
proposed, to provide the means for
purchase of huge estates, to be di
vided among the peasant tillers of
the soil. This most timely, measure
Is at once' an admission of the need
of Btllling the spirit of unrest that
tends to fill the ranks of the Insur-
rectos, and a potent means of satis
fying the present owners of the
tracts to be acquired by the nation.
The recent Journey of the finance
minister, Llmantour, to the financial
markets of the world' will, doubtless.
provide the means. The adminis
tration of.Porfirlo Diaz has had, at
least, this merit, that Mexican secur
ities have been held at tranA iiHcpb
on the stock exchanges. .
It may be demonstrated once again
that In Mexico, at any rate, the
power of the purse Is "greater than
of the sword.
THE
AUTO AND THE ROCK
PILE : " .
I IFTEEN DAYS on the rock pile
: is the hilarious prospect opened
before auto maniacs .in Port
land. It is the sentence ad
ministered by Municipal Judge Taz
well to on of them who converted
busy Washington street Into a speed
ers boulevard the other day. Dur
ing the period there will be one
driver less to whisk around the cor
ners or Bail down a crowded Btreet.
scattering frightened people in all
directions.
Breaking rock is a healthful exer
cise. It stimulates digestion and af
fords time for sober reflection. It
takes one away from the busy cares
of the world and delivers him from
the snares and temptations set for
the unwary. After the day.'s work is
over, a good meal is In waiting, and
after that there is a.vacatlqnal hour
for fun and frolic.
Judge Tazwell has hit upon ah ex
cellent plan Most of the autoists
are sane and, safe, but there are a
few who are speed crazy. Their sub
lime conception of life Is that the
streets' were made for them and that
everybody must get out of the way.
There Is nothing like a rock pile for
MiBur.h cases. It is a perfect-antidote.
and all the sane autoists and all peo
ple will applaud Judge TazwelPa
policy.
PHILADELPHIA IN THE PRO
CESSION
s
OMETIMES THE EAST Is wil
ling to follow in the footsteps
of the west. Philadelphia dis
patches tell of a new thorough-
tare and belt line, to connect all
shipping points on both rivers, and
to give facilities for the development
ocean traffic . centering in the
southern portion of the city, where
river channels are deep and. wide
and free from ice Impediments In
winter. . The- river and harbor com
mittee havoNa8ked for an Immediate
appropriation of ; $500,000 to begin
tlje great work. . The key note of all
the new efforts along these lines is
the same free access to the port for
all shipping, deepening and widening
of the approaches by water, for ample
thoroughfares ana belt railroads
to connect. transportation by land
and water with the least possible ob
structions and liberal appropria
tions for these ends. . No objection
on the score of outlays so involved
has yet appeared in Philadelphia
papers. ' r:n4-
,Apropos of Judge tazwell'a an
nouncement; and in view of what
Mayor Slmoa says the three-handed
agreement was, might It not be well
for Major Kennedy to announce that
he, too. Is for "a Judiciary untram
meled by boeses?" i - A
.: i , , i,fl n
JJ ohnlavsiammfindientiw
chosen .. representative of the great
republic ' at the British coronation,
and ''as such appearing in a most dis
tinguished place among the foreign
envoys, is a thriller. Where Is the
recollection of White, -'JlelcL; James
Russell , Lowell and ' other eminent
statesmen who haye 'represented us
at London t-L-Why-dld 4he-president
not , appoint! Guggenheim? Or Bal
linger?T!!two"n of the "lame-duck"
senators? , ' ,
,Incre)ulouB . people are asking
themselves how tit happened that a
New Jersey cow that gave seven tons
of milk in a year dlda't drown her
Belf in It. : , .
The chances of the Mexican revo
lution are much Improved by '.the
purchase of a lot of Missouri niules
their marksmanship Ja much better.
Letters From tLe People
The Ex-Abbot.
To th Editor of The . Journal It
Is. interesting- to . karn through The
Journal the ral cause of the recent
romantic episode of the ex-Abbot
Thomas "An ' affliction of ' the brain
from, a brain stroke when quite young-."
Father Gregory's homily -in The Journal
shows that others are sometimes the
Innocent victims of "dementia ameH-
na." It would -aTOearr-toov-that-The
Journal, unlike Its local contemporaries,
is utterly Indifferent to the exploded
"bugaboo" of "lese maJeste.,
A. CONSTANT READER.
Two Bonapartes. '. 11
From the Now York World.
Former Attorney, General Bonaparte
of Baltimore Is panls stricken at the
thought of a foreign Invasion. "Any J
one of several great powers, today," be
says, "could land on our shores tenfold
the number of soldiers we have placed
on the Mexican border, In - less time
than was needed to bring General Ross'
brldage across the Atlantic In 1814."
r Two hundred thousand men are quite
a large army to move by sea 3000 miles
or more. To bring them across the
ocean would require an immense fleet
of transports, an entire navy of war
ships to convoy them and a third fleet
of vessels to nrovlslon and coal the
expedition; ,iv 1
Another Bonaparte, who 1 generally
tredlted .with having possessed a little
military " talent, conceived the. idea as
long ago m 1797 of landing an army in
England.- He harbored the plan for
some years afterward. In 1803 he as
sembled on the coast ofthe English
channncl near Boulogne an "imposing
army, built a great number of flat
transport boats and practiced the In
fantry in sea service. ' It was one of
the finest and best armies ever at Na
poleon's disposal, but he never dared
attempt a landing ' In England. The
same year the army of 30,000 men that
Napoloon sent to Haytl under General
Leclerc to quell a negro insurrection
was driven from the island.
Perhaps Napoleon Bonaparte packed
the Imagination of Charles Joseph Bon
aparte. It may be thai he lacked the
American Bonaparte's knowledge of the
science Of war. If only he had had the
Baltimore lawyer's help he might haye
Invaded and captured England. Moving
hundreds of thousands of troops not
merely across the channel, but .rBS
the Atlantic Is easy for a man who was
secretary of the nevy for a few menths.
Dairy Industry Growing.
From the Pacific Homestead.
The dairy industry has been passing
thrsogh a crisis for the past year or
so and for many months seemed to be
giing the downward course In Oregon,
but since the flrt of January condi
tions have been Improved and creamer
ies universally report an increase in
the amount of butter fat being received.
Two creameries of Portland last week
reported an. increase of 25 per cent in
the amount of butterfat being churned
Over the same month fpr the previous
year, and the Increase seems to be uni
versal. This bodes well for the future
of the industry in Oregon, 'and Indicates
particularly that dairymen are paying
mora attention to the business' side of
the industry and are keeping: only those
cows which are yielding more butter
fat at an expenditure of the same
amount of feed as the unprofitable
oows which were formerly kept. There
Is an opportunity of still more of this
weeding out process before dairying
Is put on the basis It should be in the
northwest. Get rid of the cows that
don't even pay their bill, let alone for
the labor pfcarins for them, and tho
loss side of your ledger will be wiped
out and turned Jnto a handsome profit
The Fight With Self.
We" all have fights to make with self.
And these aro the bitterest fights of
all.
Worse than the fight for a board of pelf
Is the fight to master Our vices small.
Worse than the fight on the battle lino
Is the struggle that many a man goes
through ,
To rid himself of tho thirst for wine,-;
. That he may live as ha wants to do.
Temptation knockirajt -the good priest's
And fierce is tho struggle within his
' breast, ..-., . .
But he kneels and prays till the siego
Is o'er,, j i '
And rises a victor In the test.
And man and, woman must fight as he
Tho things of self that would drag us
down. t
And over ourselves get tho mastery
Else an we gain is a paper c,rown.
Oh, the ftpht for? wealth arfd, tho fight
The fight' for glory, and world ap-
(, Dlause: - -
Tho struggle, too, for an honored name,
And I'd list tno right for a noble
.. cauKO .
Aro simple things, if tho- truth were
Mivnn , .... .... . .-
Compared to tho strtfggle a man goes
" through
In his fight with self, when he's all
alone, ;-.
To live a life that Is cleaa and true.
Detroit Free Press.
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Butchery Made Easy.' '
v From tho New Tork World. .
:' Senator Timothy D. Sullivan will
have to his credit at lease one piece of
really valuable constructive legislation
If he. secures the passage of his bill
for tho regulation of the 'sale of ..re
volvers. At present the sale of these
weapons is Jn practice promiscuous and
irresponsible. Any one can sell them;
any one ; can buy them tho drunken
man, the hysterical woman, the crank,
the criminal. ,
. Under tho Sullivan bill 'any person
who wishes to sell firearms must ob
tain a license at a cost of 110 a year,
while any ono , who wishes to purchase
a firearm capable of concealment upon
the person must first secaro tho author
ization of the police, based on "an in
quiry Into the character and purpose
of ibo would bo purchaser. Moreover,
any , one- selling: such . a firearm ; must
keep a socbrd Of "the Identity and ad
dress of tho purchaser! and of the man
ufacturers number on th weapon.' S
t - Judge Holt Is obviously right in say
ing that tno purpose of this bill would
not conflict with tho constitutional
right totbear arms. , t
- ,Fo Real Parcels Post. v
. "The present fourth-olass postal rate
Is but; little used In this country simply
because It is prohibitively High," says
Fremont Rider In the World's Work for
April. "To send 10 pounds Of merchan
Olso from New York to Philadelphia In
COMMENT ANO
SMALL CHANGS
Well, i Grandmother, it breaks
hearts, but we've got to lose- you.'
our
Welt, It was necfc and neok between
the , baseball, fan and the electrle fan.
"Next Saturday '1sTorwt-bs All
Fools' .day. - Think. you're going to bo
awe to maae it ati dui onei .
a a
Got it figured out yet whether you
will buy . a ne lawn mower or make
the old one .pverT ,rou a better hurry.
DIference between Chrltf oatier- On.
lumbus, looking for India, and Doocook.
hunting ' the Dole: Columbus found
something just as good. . - ; v . ,
. !.-, . -.1.- -v-,..i- a a 'i,,1'' :' r " "
ThA nfflrA Pnva'. linlnn at m
session last night adooted a basaball
excuse warranted to hold do boss and
repeat,-Got It yet. Old Man?
young Portland sport who onoe thought
he couldn't exist without the slot mint
The necessaries of life are really vary
few. after alL
a , a t ,
AcceirAinr tn tha nfflna knw. all
ta a hron rt lta.Vi mtm v.M m
- - w .wjo ,11.1 TV, I, I'UITI
cleatr ver-tbo-. park-fatvoo-inatoad - of
uuuvcigiug ai me gnotnoiea.
jnsieaa or exumng, somewhat slyly,
over tho alleged extraordinarily good
. i -tirgon ciiniaie, wny
Bfit aHmlr thor It 1. ..,1. . t
cyclical change, and that the Changs
the University of Pennsylvania virtuoso
Whn IIVI AmaHoan wnmaaw. a-., wva. . a. ( taa
and will ruin tho nation: Ho Is not tho
uusrauu vi .a aear mtie woman wno,
while not very strong, yet does all of
her. own housework and denies herself
nine-tenths of the things she wants and
makes her husband's S2S ? per do tho
work of about J38.88. fuu. lu'
a -
TmnrUnn a wtlif h...t . inAAiATM
starve him all tho time and pelt him
Whanaver vnil faal ttlra it -Kam
loose; then catch him again and try to
icano uci Biuiii vi iiiiii. unanoes are,
vmi'll hava , ..I anwiKAu J u. :
for you while you -re educating him
to observe liberty and obedience at one
and the same view. That beast lo
Mexico, uncle Bam has his coat off.
VfavTna r,a i y n A J. W . I
And therer-you are, as Fred Funston
SEVEN FAMOUS BEAUX
Lord Chesterfield.
"Chesterfield,- said George II to Lord
ftervey, "1b a little tea table scoundrel
that tells little womanish lies to make
quarrels in families and tries to make
women lose Jthelr reputations and make
their husbands beat them, without any
object but to give himself airs, as if
anybody could believe' a woman could
like a dwarf-baboon." '
George II was no doubt smarting
undet the popularity of the famous cour
tier of his realm, for during all his
reign the monarch Was compelled to
cringe under tho inimitablo . manners,
the insinuating; address, the polished
wit and tho infinite grace which aro
associated with the nam of Chester
field. . v '-., .rf
But Chesterfield was not merely' a
wit and beau, and did not follow tho
vocation of these arts, only, but history
has written him down as a sound
stutesman- and politician, and in the
house of lords his speeches were ad
mired and extolled. more so than any
others of the day. ' Horace Walpole,
who tiad .heard all the great speakers
of his age, In 1743 declared that the
finest speech ho had ever' listened to
was one from Chesterfield Dr. John
son called him "a lord, among wits and
a wit among lords." " '
During most of his lifetime Chester
field was undoubtedly one of the finest
social figures in the kingdom. Ho was
paid, the exceptional, compliment of be
ing a man who can pick up a fan or
turn1 a comailment better than any oth
er fine gentleman of Europe. V
The only writings of this accom
plished personage that are at all re
membered ' were his letters to his nat
ural Bon, remarkable for their ease of
style and their worldly knowledge, put
deficient In the loftier points of moral
ity. They were not intended for pub
lication. To show how much he count
ed upon good manners tor success In
life Is shown in the advice to his son
In these 'letters, if Manner is , all, )is
everything;, it . is only by manner you
can please and 7 consequently .rise,"
"Showlsh and shiny people always get
the better of all 'others, though never
so solid." -,T owe much more of the
success I have In the world to my man
ners than to any .superior- degre ' of
merit or knowledge," "If you would be
a great man in the world when you are
old, shine and be showlsh in it wjitle
you ar young." '
volves not merely the indefenslblo nui
sance of separating it for mall "trans
portation into three packages, but " a
sharge-ef$l-60. Naturally-insleadthe
merchandise is sent in one parcel by
express for 6o ents. iAs the work don
by tho express company,, it is needless
to not, gives them a very handsome
profit indeed, it is evident that by far
the .larger portion, of the government's
$1.80 in this case would be sheer profit
if the postofflc wer as fflclently
conducted as the express companies.
"Of course, wer the postofflc rate
from New Tork to Philadelphia real
parcels post rate, that is, for example,
20 cents for 10 pounds Instead of 31.10,
tiyrt would be 1000 pounds of merchan
dise so sent where there is ono sent to
day. People will us a parcels post
when it becomes cheap enough to bo an
economic possibility, and they will us
it enormously,, as experience lsewhr
has abundantly and conclusively
proved."
Ilarriman a Progressive.
By Otto Kahn at New york Memorial
, ' . Service. . .,...,
v It Is significant of the tendency of
Mr. Harriman'S development ' that,
though he had graduated from the "old"
school of politics, he grew to hold some
heterodox views, and the statesman for
whom in his last year I heard him of ten
est express admiration and respect was
the late Governor Johnson,, the progres
sive chief executive of, Minnesota. . : 1
Although regarding him, as an ex
tremist in some respects, and disagree
ing -with him as to certain measur: in
fact, as to certain fundamentals j (Mr.
Harrtman 'being a republican and Cjtov
arnor Johnson democrat), he used to
refer to him as the type of radical who
was neither demagogue, hypocrite, self
seeker f, nor , itime-aerver, . and whos
leadershlpv would be Increasing within
lines ; of , safety and sanity,-; a ilncere,
courageous and .Just man, open to rea
sonlng and conviction, earnestly and
painstakingly in search of the right, free
from that instantaneous and Intolerant
"cock-sureness" in dealing with Intricate
economic and other problems, which he
looked upon a an Irritating and dam
aging characteristic of many reformers
whose seal outruns their knowledge,'
mental discipline and sense of responsi
bility and of proportIon."7T " " . T
ii ianaii rtmimm I Wmmm
League, of Insurgents. - -From
the Indianapolis News.j .'
The National Progressive Republican
league is not. Its, promoters are careful
to say, a new party, but simply an or
ganization of Republicans designed to
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDEUGHT3 -
Klamath Falls papers are quoting
with approval a dispatch from the Sac
ramento Bee's Los Angeles correspond
ent, tn which Klamath's exhibit at the
Western Land and Products Show is
given special mention. . T - "
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' First cherry blossom for Claud
pa vis, substitute mail marrler on route
No. 1. out of Forest Grove, who, on
Tuesday, March 11', saw early varieties
of cherries In bloom "on the Mead place
in iua tiu.s.ue section.- 4 , ,
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Tho Wallowa ; Chieftain s says: "It
was estimated last year that there were
10,000 acres of new, land broken in the
country tributary to this city. Present
indications- are that there will be a still
larger amount broken .this, spring." 's
Roseburr's real estate men at a
moeUng at which the organisation of
a realty ooara was considered, took no
action, but, according to the Roseburg
News, "the meeting was very enthus
iastic, and all present seemed delighted
over the prospects pf future harmony."
"Fruit conditions In the Rogue River
valley were never so good," states Pro
fessor O'Gara. in the Medford Tribune.'
Ho further remarks: "The diseases and
blight aro practically all wiped out on
the floor -of tho valley and tho trees aro
going to bear a record harvest of ap
ples" y:: '--a... .: f..a?.-.-.T
., -'. --;, V;?..a Y'-:-T', ' '; ; :
PaUcltv of military ardor on the joart
of the young men of Salem provokes
tho Salem Statesman to the point of
open rebuke. One recruit had been the
net result up to March 24. ..and - the
Statesman' headline writer on that
date went so far as to cry "Small pota
toes!" . i-.-jV-,.-. .V,.l: -
Ashland Is settlnr all the cities of
Oreron av worthy tumtil in actual!
becoming the city beautiful, says the
neighborly Medford Mali-Tribune. It
nas a parte system worthy or the name.
It is parking the tenter of ita main
boulevard. its picturesque location Is
being, made the most of for attractive
ness. ' , .
Medford is hSDPT to state, as ter the
columns of 'the Tribune, that "48 bond
buying houses of the United States,
embracing the' largest institutions In
volved In bond dealing.: have anolled to
.City Recorder )Telfer for the recent la
sue of bonds, amounting to 138,000, is-
eua oj i no vuy nc a. receni special elec
tion." A call for bids has been ia-mied
and it is thought tho bonds will bring a
splendid premium. . . j
. This, is the advlc Chesterfield gave
to his son. ; It was a father trying to
instill into his only offspring the
things which he himself considered the
greatest in the world to tend to success.
And to4 these he added many other
maxims on dress, and the car of the
finger nails and the cultivation of tho
bow, which made Carlyl contemptuous
and Macaulay find . my lord's .letters
"mostly trash : '. -
Such advice, if followed, would tend
to vanity, but it would not be harmful.
But in his letters Chesterfield's advice
to Philip was not always what a good
father would give his sop. "Sin," said
the father in effect, "but sin elesantl v."
"Sin In the best company and you niayS
sin wun impunity. Avoid vulgar crime."
"Accommodate your morals to yur
company. Don't, 'for Gods sake,' be so
ill bred as to show, or to have, unfash
ionable virtues." He placed as a erown-r
ing grace to . ."wriggla" into favor by
the "manners of a dancing master,"
Chesterfield was untiring In his ef-
forts toiplease women because he said
they "put a young fellow In fashion."
Imagine, then, his mortification, after
all his efforts on his son, to find that
the young man could not learn to "loll
genteelly," or to compose his ; counte
nance to the "respectful, the cheerful,
and t)e insinuating," and was in brief,
not a whit better than the "respectable
Hottentot," to whom he so frequently
shudderingly alluded.
Chesterfield's whole life was wrapped
up 1n following out particular fads and
fancies of the character usually ta
booed by sincere men. When he was
74 years old he wrote to Major Irwlne:
"I have drained Pandora's box, without
finding hope at the bottom. The taxes
that nature lays upon old age are very
heavy." Is ther any confession of a
worldling quite so pathetic? Yet to the
very , end he believed In the sort of
world in which he delighted to live. He
lpoked - back, when he was dying, and
believed in it He kept up this belief to
his last breath. The morning ha died
a friend called od him. He. had only
strength enough to say, "Give Dayrolles
a chair," which were the last words he
was heard to speak.- His physician, who
was at-his bedside, remarked: "His
good breeding only quits htm with life."
Tomorrow George Vllllers.
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bring about certain reforms through the
agency of the Republican party. The
first thing sought, therefore, is party
ontroi, f or ne.proposed reforms can
not be ef f eoted unless the Republican
organization Is controlled, or at least
very profoundly influenced, by the new
league. . . ;
What will happen if the Republican
party refuses to be thus Influenced we
are not toldC That, w suppose, is a
matter for future consideration, If the
next national convention does not meet
the wishes of the organised progres
sives it will then be time enough for
them to decide what they will do.
It does stand for progress, and, what
la better, for political courage and in
dependence. We believe that even its
campaign for a generally direct action
of the people will accomplish good, for
it will rouse the people to a sense of
their duty,' ana, will perhaps make the
interests 'realise that the day of their
empire is passing..! The Republican par
ty can stand a good deal of shaking up,
for through it connection with the In
terests It has become distressingly conservative.-
' . ;
' Advertising Oregon.
From the Lakavlew Herald.
C. O. Mlsenar "th land man," re
turned Iffst week, from a three months''
visit to his' old home in Monmouth, 111.
While away Mr. Mlsenar spent a great
deal of time advertising Lake county's
resources in Chicago, St Joseph, Kan
sas City and .other cities and asserts
that Oregon and Lakeview are so widely
known that all that Is necessary to
block the sidewalks of any. city Is to
put "Oregon" on your hat, two apple's In
one. pocket and two potatoes in the
other. '...
Rftpresentativ Robert L,' Henry of
Texas, who is slated for the chairman
ship of th 'important rules committee
of the house, waa sent to congress
from the Seventh, now the Eleventh,
Texas district In 1887, and has served
continuously slncef Mr. -Henry Is a na
tive of Texas and a graduate of the
University of Texas. ,
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One . oOhe.. moat, important-decisions
regarding the rights of organized labor
In the state of Ohio was rendered re
cently by Judge Mantonof Toledo, who
decided that the boycott was legal. He
decided a case brought against the Ho
tel A Restautant Employes' Internation
al alliance, charged with boycotting a
local hotel, against the plaintiff.
TLe Big (ity Mdyement
From the 'Boston Globe r
In at least seven large cities of the
country movements for municipal en
largement are : either ' being discussed
or are. actively under way, The cities
are New, York, Pittsburg, San Francisco.
Baltimore, Minneapolis, Cleveland and
Detxolt, not to mention the mildly co
operative, federative plans for Greater
Boston. ' ,: : ' ,, ; . , , "i :;:,; .
In each Instance an 'effort , is being -made
to give a more accun te idea to
the world of the potential size of the
community... New York will. add Yonk
ers, New Rochelle, Mt Vernon and one -or
two other srnall places if the reBl
dente of those localities vote for an
nexation at a special election. , '
The senate of California has Just de
feated a measure which would permit
San Francisco-to annex Oakland and -suburban
towns across the bay, giving '
the city a population of 750,000, but
the proposal will be heard from again.
Pittsburg Is considering the annexa
tion of surrounding, territory having a
population of '21S.000, thus giving that
city a larger population than either St "
Louis, Boston or Cleveland.. The old
proposal of - th union of Minneapolis
and Srtrpaul ts-atur alive, and Baltl
more, Cleveland and Detroit look with-
longing eyes - upon adjacent territory.
The Disintegration, of the ThPatre.
By Montrose J. Moses, in the Forum, J
The i theatre In America is passing '
through Its newspaper phase;- la every -department
? it' is being influenced by "
those economio forces which try to In
flate to market without Improving th
product as a commodity rather than as -an
art Every Industry is subject to th
laws of profit and loss, and th theatr
1 an ever' increasing industry, since the .
amusement ; territory is increasing.
There is no concentration which would
make NewiYork-lheiheatrieat center in
the way that London Is the hut. of the
United Kingdom. ;
Only by the combining or theatrical
Interests in the hands of a few dlota- .
tors has the theatre settled into some
orderly adjustment, exchanging Inde
pendence ot seieotlon on the part of the
small manager and of the actor, for cer- -
tain salaried assuranc. The theatrical "
Interests have largely been held In New
York, although Chicago Is Increasing in
importance, while the road has accepted
what it could get the local manager te
ing only a dependent with no Incentive
or means to give his public what they
want, other than what the syndicate
might allow them. . "
The history of the Theatrical trust
is hardly different from the growth of V
arty other trust save In respect to the '
personalities of the men behind ' the
combination. The magnates who gov
ern Wall street know their trade down
to the smallest detail; thy know the
men with whom . they have to
deal, and ' they ar quick to
measure the' risk. . The . same
may be said for th theatrical manager.
But the extraordinary business man ex-
eeeds th exceptional theatre man In
thla large respect: he understands the
way the country is going; he has his
hand on the pulse of business condi
tions at their greatest energy; he knows
how the people are thinking on p-ubllo
atf airs. The theatre manager has no
suoh penetration; he launches his indi
vidual enterprises as a gamble, and de
pends upon the physical resources of
theatricalism to "boost" his produot
, . " T :V -r'
Another Wilson Victory.
Governor Woodrow Wilson continues
to administer his office as If there was
to be no Democratic national convention
in 1312, and as If he really believes that
the people of New Jersey area first con
sideration. He refuses to seek a pollt- '
leal isle of safety! and finally he baa
showed his . estimation of the machln
by ordering its chief spokesman, Nu;
gent, out of his office. This spokesman
accused him of bribing legislators with
patronage, in order that platform
pledges of his party may be carried out
As a result of Mr. Wilson's Indifference
to personal promotion, Jersey will have,
before next November, a rational elec
tions law, a law that will insure to each
male adult one vote freely east and hon
estly counted, a consummation contem
plated by Republican government Mr.
Wilson Is a Democrat, in national poli
tics, and there are many of his party
dogmas to which we cannot subscribe,
but he is something more than a Demo
crat; he seems to have the idea that
la the matter of law-making a complete-
body politic, regardless of affiliations,,
must be served. That ho has broken
with the machine, from which he had
nothing to expect at the outset can be
no longer doubted, and that opponents
within his own party will do everything
in their power to prevent his nomina
tion next year Is a certain as any other
event contingent upon the future, but he
will, have the satisfaction of knowing
that he kept his word when he an
nounced that he would regard himself, as1
a leader if called to executive office.
' Sometimes in politics a man rises
above intrigue and is able to defy it
This was true of Cleveland, and history
may repeat itself, - '
The Coming of Spring ,
Here in the town the gipsy spring comes
slowly, , j
Creeping along with pavement tired
- - feet
Leaving woodland blossoms in th ven
dors grimy baskets,
And weaving April sunbeams across
the dingy street . v
But out on the hillside, she passed me
. ,. like a shadow, - - .
Arbutus at her girdle, and ite fra
grance filled the air;
And I heard her . laughing softly by
.the ice imprisoned waters, .
With silver pussy-willows in her bloa-
- som scented hair, -
Low o'er the hillsides, before th twi
light's falling, , ,..
She swung her silver lantern through
. the smoke - filled sunset hase; - .
And through the budding birches whero
' her vagrant footsteps wandered, :
The first shy wlndf lowers nodded
white beside the woodland ways.
Martha Hasklll Clarke, in Hampton's
Magazine, , . ,
Tne Knocker
'Ooatrlbitaj U The loxtrrM br Wait sraaoo,
th fa moat Katuas poat. ma proae-poami ara a
regular taatura . ef toll auluoui tu Ifea Hill
Journal). , - ; i ' , i
1 If you taka a gloomy view as ' your,
journey you pursu. you will hav a
waary Jaunt, getting nothing that you
want for th man who always knocks;
finds his pathway strewn with rocks.
In our village there's a man who has
followed up thi- plan, saying, as he
Jogged along that all things on earth
are wrong; and .the1 gods have weary
grown of his dismal monotone, and they
surely v make him prance every v time
they have a chance. If a thunderstorm'
is loose, llghtnii.g hits his cheap ca
boose; . if a flood is raging round, he's
the only one that's drowned; if the fire
fiend Visits town, it will jiurri his" hay-
atackr-aownTancrnl-plgr air roam
astray, and his hens have ceased to lay,
and his daughters all elope, and his
heart 4a void of hop. For the man who
always, walls of. misfortune , 1 seldom
fails to encounter all there la of thaV
melancholy bis, J
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