s4l-rV THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL' 18, - 1911.'
THE JOURNAL
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traaaataaloa tareo taa BMlla aa neona-claa
anattar.
TELEPHONES Mala TITS: Horn, A-6061.
. All afuttnmo Madiad L thaaa aaaibM.
' Tll tka norator obal department r want.
roitrtflN inTKHTiaiva rkprksentative
rVnjaaala A Kmloar Co.. Branawlrk Bulldtns,
, E2ft rith aavna. Naw Xorki ISIS I'aopla'a
tint nniKiina. nilr.
abarrtptlna Tarn br asail ar to any addraaa
B tka CalUe ttra. Canada ar llfdcai
DULY.
One paw ...gs.oo I On amtk .OA
SUNDAY.
Oaa ftt ft ft I One anoath .
DA FLY AND SUNDAY.
Oaa fear MM I Ooa anmilk I .AS
and this Is demanded, In the practi
cally universal oplulon of the stu
dents of the question.
Protection to tho Investor In
stocks la provided for In England by
demanding publicity for nil profits
set aside for promoters and finan
ciers by separate Usui's of "found
ers' shares." English law does not
concern Itself with nominal amounts,
but It sees to It that the Investor
knows exactly tho proportion "of the
profits of tho enterprise In which ho
Is to share.
TOtN OX THE LIC Hf
T
O, Sir! I must not tell my age.
Thy say women and mnala
should not ba dated.
Goldsmith.
IN THE SHADOWS
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rN NEW TORK. the other day, 101
persons offered to sell blood from
their own reins and arteries for
a price. A woman at Har Mori ah
: hospital waa without sufficient
' blood and physicians were compelled
to resort to transfusion as a means
of saving her life. In published ad-
rertlsements, they announced that
25 would be paid for a quart of
blood to be taken by transfusion
from the reins of a healthy person.
, One hundred men and one woman
appeared at the hospital In response
to the advertisements. Of ' the
number, but eight were In a condl
jtlon of health fit for the transfer
of their own blood to the reins of
' the patient.
A few were disqualified by defl
nlte disease, but by far the larger
number, aa examination revealed
.were underfed. They had appeared
at the hospital, not to aid the pa
' tlent, but to sell a quart of blood for
25. And one of them was a woman
There la much of life that we do
not know. There is much in the
' shadows ot a great city like New
York, of which we have learned lit
tie. A little of it came to light a
fortnight ago in the lives snuffed out
at Washington place disaster. Toung
women on a $3 -a-week wage in a
. flretrap sweat shop 100 feet above
the street gave us a glimpse at life
on the lower levels. This 101 of
the underfed, offering . to market
their blood as we sell potatoes and
at the poor price of $25 per quart
throws , another sidelight into the
shadows of a great metropolis."
We are spending huge sums to
better the conditions and protect the
health of horses, cattle, sheep and
swine. But we haven't yet learned
bow to bring together the man who
Is willing to work and the job that
pays a living wage.
WATERED STOCK
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T WILL BE remembered that
under the powers vested in him
by the Mann-Elkins act, President
Tart appointed a "Railroad Se
curities Commission." President
Hadley of Yale, and four other men,
eminent In railroad economics and In
Interstate commerce law, constitute
this commission
Many sittings have been held and
evidence taken, from authorities rec
ognised by the country as entitled by
personal capacity and , by. positions
held to speak with confidence on the
problems submitted. The Interstate
Commerce commission was vested
with the control and regulation of
railroads in their relation to the
shipper and the passenger. The new
commission was to ascertain how
the investor was affected by the in
trinsic value of the roads In view of
the amounts of stocks and bonds is-,
sued, or to be issued. Obviously the
real value of "watered" stock from
,( the standpoint of the Investor, and
, tne incubus to be borne by the pub
.llo In determining the rates and
freights from which the net Income
T applicable to dividends on watered
stock should be raised, became
most serious question.
, Assuming, then, that the settling
i of fares and freights was left to the
Interstate Commerce commission, in
; new or a just and reasonable return
; for the cervices rendered, on what
basis could protection be secured
for the Investor in stocks which in-
' eluded both classes? First stock
for which full value in money or
! property had been paid, and second
watered stock representing either an
HE LEADERS of the house have
put. In motion the machinery
for a complete and searching
Investigation of the depart
ments at Washington. The Invoc
ation Is not to stop with tho work
and methods of tho administration,
but Is to go. bark through the 1C
years of tho control, of the govern
ment by tho dominant party. Tho
alleged purpose Is to unrnrth extrav
agance and waste of public money In
maintenance of useless positions and
political sinecures.
A complete overhauling of expen
ditures In the various departments Is
on the program. Ono result already
accomplished Is the reduction of ex
penses J.n connection with the ma
chinery of the house of representa
tives to the amount of 1183,000 a
year. This Is but ono slight phase
in the direction of retrenchment, yet
$183,000 a year la a large sum. Its
elimination by lopping off mere po
litical sinecures and useless em
ployes is a saving well worth the
small effort It has cost. It Is a pro
gram that will receive tho applause
of the country regardless of party
affiliation.
The cost of government at Wash
ington has mounted to a stupendous
figure. During tho last four years
of his administration, President
Roosevelt signed appropriation bills
aggregating $3,522,982,816.87. The
total expenditure of the United States
government from the Inauguration of
Washington to the beginning of tho
Civil war was only $1,795,273.
344.14. Four years of the Roorevelt
administration cost twice as much as
the first 72 years of government un
der the constitution, during which
time the country p.ild the Revolu
tlonary war debt, paid for the war
of 1812, paid for the Mexican war.
bought Louisiana and Florida, and
acquired all the territory from the
Mississippi to the Pacific.
Two years of Mr. Taft has cost an
even larger sura than 'any average
two years of the Roosevelt regime.
During two years of his administra
tion ending March 4th last, Mr. Taft
signed appropriation bills aggregat
ing more than $2,000,000,000, or
more than the first 72 years of the
government under the constitution.
The house at Washington is right In
Its plan to Investigate. Turn on the
require .credit as . well as apparent
ownership to carry through transac
tions wheroln his banker is a neces
sary power. With such accounts aa
this system of bookkeeping assures,
tho inquiries of the banker can be
answered at a minute's notice.
The advantages are manifest. Is
the ordinary farmer qualified to
carry on account keeping on this sys
tem, and that at reasonable outlay
of time and work? The answer is,
emphatically, yes, to both sections of
the question.
This book Is an important aid to
placing all Industries based on land
on a solid commercial basis.
economy than dollars spent for
nurses, medicine and hospital fees.
"The Insurgents' " days are over,
warbles the Orcgonlan's Washlngtou
correspondent. It Is the forty elev
enth timo ho has killed the insurg
ents off, figuratively speaking. From
this year's crop of lame ducks and
the new house driving reform legis
lation through with a whoop. It
looks more like stannpat days and
special privilege are over.
COMMENT: AND NEWS IN BRIEF
ATTACKING MAYOR GAYXOR
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HE ATTACK on Mayor Gaynor
by many of tho New York news
papers, supported by Judge
Corrlgan and others, continues
with unabated violence.
dererins Himself with visor
"flood business is good politics,"
says Governor West and 99 citizens
out of every 100 are of the same
opinion.
Tributes to F. W.Bcrison
.. , .SMALL CHANGE,
'. 8ihca Mr. Bryan ha refused to move
Ma Commoner to Memphis, what's the
iHuer who moving Memphis to the
CoimnenerT
.
Difference between aviation and
whiskey. irn aeroplane fell on you
It would hurt you. whether you Jet
aviation alone or not.
From tho Aatorlan.
Frank W. Ilenann, ex-governor and
ejc-ecretary of atate of Oregon, la dead.
Tha victim of an Irradlcabl malady.
The mayor "1 n1 Unhappy for years, denied the
vl"nr and orainary inauigencrs or nte on account
nf Mia .lnlr.A.. wI.IaI. t last nu.,n. n A
promises the continuation of his pol- hl, he ,.-. .. ,, ni.nfuIiv and aouirht
kles In governing the city, and rupee- to do hl hlrh duties with courage and
ally In the management of tho po- He haa found surcease fromhis
I
lice.
He is crediled, even by his oppon
ents, with b real policy wlil-in he
honestly believes to be for the city's
pood. Hut the immediate effect of
It Is seen In tho relaxation of the ro-
Irouble; he haa left a fair and ap
proved record In public and private life;
lie had few. If any, enemlea; he did
I'.Ih part aa beat he could, and they are
few Indeed who can do more.
From the rendition Eaat Oregonlan,
Frank XV. Hvnaon made a gallant
pressive power of the police on crime flKht and dosptte the fact that he lias
und criminals. paused away while yet In middle life
Mayor Caynor has set his face
he did not lose. He goea through the
nnrtal. Mirh nfffflul and ffirmitr
against unnecessary arrest, in takinp K-overnor of the commonwealth of Ore
revolvers from private watchmen, In on. Ho waa more than that, for aside
Insisting on excise violations being from political honora he attained
r.o nnil inp invnonnip ana rrapeci ui
prosecuted In strii-t accordance with
the regulations, In cleaning out the
wardmen the captains' collectors
In teaching the police force to re
spect the law and not to be a law
tli people of Oregon.
From the Haker Herald.
Th atiite of Oregon hits Buffered a
dlntlnct loo In the death of Frank W.
lionaon. Ilia death came as a a hock
Cotton la up. Hut the announcement
at this time la not such aa to bring
conaternatlon to ths buyer so much aa
J"7 io me doii weevil.
a
It Is ad to think that In .every caae
like the Lorlmer caae there la alwaya
Borne man of unimpeachable veracity
cuu.u inn an aooui u ana wan L
O'Oorman left a Judicial salary of
I17.J00 per annum, which almoat
tempts one to hope the day la coming
when men will leave money, Instead of
pay money, to become United Statea
aenatora.
It la aaldith rrhblahop of Canter
bury la coaching King George for the
coronation. And did Napolnon rehearse
mr ma juauy inmous rcronatlon? With
nil hlM gloom and glory, ha waa a great
((rjiHU,
And you needn't feol o awful! dia
minted If President Taft finally aaya
that the reason the troop were aent to
Texaa waa because there waa so much
morn rrn r them there than any
where else.
riporge Barnard Shaw Is bHng
roHBieu ny me oner yren tor conspir
ing with others to "bring back pngan
l.sm," and a great many people will
now unnrrsiano wnai u ia tney nave
alwaya liked about Shaw.
Do you find youreelf boasting thut
though you have a poor memory for
nnrnes you seldom forget a face Then
emit It. K very tody la built that way.
Ileal les, that's one thing faces were
made for to be remembered.
Quick ArVork in 'Extrtt
session
In I Washington news dispatch to 'r
the-' Ban Francisco Examiner, John f em
' OREGON1 SIDELIGHTS '
Bandon's cannery prospects are of tha
brlghUat.
a a
Water to buddIv tha town of Adam iaiP'8 Orvea has the following; to aay: V
to b pumped with m gasoline angina. I On fourth of the Democratic pro-
. . ; . . ., . ram I completed. And "this within,
Agricultural student In the Pendleton i .i,.. .. . A, . '
high achool hav planted fir acre with thM workln days of the extra ea-
potatoe. islon. Champ Clark on the 4th of April
announced for th majority th follow
ing definite schedule;
1. Direct election of tenatnra.
t. Campaign publicity before elec
tion. '
I. Reciprocity.
Farmer' free list tariff revision.
Th agricultural schedule. ' f
Th wool achedule.
unto themselves. Thus the Evening tn his frlonda.
Mall dosrlhes his policy. Frank W. Benson waa an official who
Meanwhile the dally papers record Wil" uktd l,' nnrlV every person In
rowdyism rampant In the parks, and hAlt S'.i.K
tell of a down town precinct where voter's of oth parties, because he was
id burplaries, o4 felonious assaults a man and always did what ho thought
waa best for the good of the people.
and 18 highway robberies were com
mitted in five weeks; and were fol
lowed by but five arrests.
So the New York Times asks If
theso are results of police Ineffic
iency, or, Indirectly, of the an
nounced policy of Mayor Oaynorr
lie waa progressive, open and honest
In nil his dealings, and seldom was a
word of criticism hoard about his administration.
From the Kupone Guard.
Frank W. ltenson'a chief character
istic was ability to form and keep warm
The mayor assumes full resoonsl- porsonal friendships. Thla waa the
I . .
Chicago relnlces that the flllnnls
Central la to b double tracked to New
rlenna, with her usual optimism be
lieving Mint tho track at the eaat side
or the roadbed will carry more peopie
than the track at the west aide.
Speaker Clark'a luncheon consist of
a glnKs of water, n Kluss of milk, a cup
iff tea and a ploee of pie, according to
the avorarlous Washington correspond
ents. This preponderance of liquids is
easily explained tn any Mlssourlan on
the ttieory thnt when Mr. Clark Is at
home he won't drink the whiskey and
he can't drink the water.
Lea Currier of Oranta Pas ha found
In th Brlggs Creek country a gold nug
get worth flJO. r
m
A colony of It famllle from Wiscon
sin is about to be established on th ller
mlaton project.
The Baker Commercial club will have
an election of officer May 1. whn a
get-together banquet will be given.
a
Ku gene's water board wilt Inatall an
other pump before the irrigating season
open a There ia alao talk of th Insul
ation or meter.
The Athena Pre comtilalns of the
murderous work or th IJngllah aparrow
In exterminating or driving away all the
blrda about Athena aav th robin.
a
The first freight from Butt. Fall to
Medford over the new C. A E. line waa
a car of alebwood aent by th Crater
Lake Fuel company to the Nash Hotel
company. ,
A railway spur 1000 feet In length
will be built from the Southern Pacific
to aand and gravel pita near Weed. The
ordor for the Lost River dam will be the
first filled.
a a
Machinery for th Bryant Mountain
Lumber company plant lias arrived.
according to the Merrill Record, and tha
mill will aupply th aoutharn half of
Klamath county.
Rancher of th Butter Creek dis
trict. In I'matllla county, ar working
for new telephone connection with Pen
dleton, the present service being unsat
isfactory to m"y.
Ifarrv Hart, orofesslonal doc catcher.
haa left Pendleton, after having captured
8 dovB during his stay. Elghty-alx cit
izens paid the .dog tax. Hart will return
to complete the Job.
Cottaa-e Grove Leader: Nesmlth. not
withstanding tho defeat of the county
proKslllon. has a place In southern Lane
county. Colonel A. B. Wood haa named a
station on the Oregon at Southwestern
In honor of the lllustrloua Oregonlan. be
ing that point where the branch to the
national forcat reaerve leave the main
linn.
SEVEN MARVELOUS BOYS
Young Rosclua.
light.
THE FIRE COST
T-
original profit of promoters or the
) profits of financiers in subsequent
sales or re-adjustments.
' ' A suggestion was made before the
ew commission which was original,
bat received fuller assent the moro
strike from all stocks the dollar
mark, leaving each share to stand
for Its nereentaero nf the tmal t.
sues. Thus the net Income fund, af
ter provision made for bonded inter
est an.d indebtedness, would be di
visible, among tho stockholders in
proportion to their ownership in the
aggregate .number of nhares out
standing. Francis Lynde Stetson, of New
Tork.: ah admitted authority, ex
pressed! himself clearly In favor of
the plan suggested. It is to be un
derstood that aa act for this purpose
would be permissive only as to stock
Issues already in existence, but could
be made obligatory as to all subse
quent issues.
- There seems no good reason why
this simple plan should not be ex
tended" ttreqver all corporations. In
dustrial as well as public utilities
companies- An investor would de
mand to be satisfied as to the intrin
sic value of the entire stock issue
and, tba proportion the total bore to
the earnings of the properties. Pub
licity, would ba a necessary feature,
HIS COUNTRY LOST $234,470,-
000 by fire last year. In the
past 30 years, the loss has been
more than$5,000.000,000. The
cost of fire departments runs above
50,000,000 a year, according to the
Los Angeles Examiner. The loss of
wages and the cost of injuries mount
to a formidable total. The Insurance
premiums paid last year aggregated
$328,957,313. The present loss by
tire is estimated at not less than half
a billion a year.
This does not take Into account
the waste of human life. The single
case of sacrifice and suffering inci
dent to the Washington Place disas
ter is a suggestion of what thla om
nous total Is. A similar destruction
of life to the number of 30 victims
under exactly similar conditions In a
New Jersey city last November Is
also In point. They are two in a
number of lesser tragedies.
The facts are an Indictment of our
building methods. We construct our
buildings mostly of material that
forms the best sort of fuel. Archi
tects say it will cost only about 15
per cent more to put concrete and
hollow tile where we now put wood.
Some day we shall come to under
stand that the extra 15 per cent is
true economy and that by its expen
diture we shall not only gain In a
material way but that we shall do
much to save the terrible waste and
loss of human life and minimize the
number of our maimed and marred.
bllity for the government of the city,
and will be allowed full swing, since
his devotion and honesty of Inten
tion are not disputed. But he can
not afford to continue In service a
police which falls to protect the citi
zens their . first and
duty.
THE ACCIDENT TOLL
A'
MERTCAN workmen ned pre
vention of accidents as much
or more than compensation for
accidents. In the country, the
reported accidents average about
7000 killed or maimed every year.
Many are never reported.
reason he was elected to office by a
great majority wlren many of those
who voted for him believed him to be
on his deathbed. Naturally, a man who
could Inspire such attachment on the
part of his fellows possessed strong
Individuality and sterling qualities. A
weak. Inefficient man never could have
paramount held the confidence of the people aa
he did for a period that. In a local
way at least, covered his entire active
lifetime, although he did not broaden
our into state politics until five or six
years before his death.
when the disaster 13 of too large pro
portions for the details to bo with
held that the facts come to light.
Seventy-throe coal miners were
killed at Throop, Pennsylvania, and
LaIkIs for Canned Speeches.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Once more th spotlight 1 burnish
ing the hair of Congressman Vletor
M unlock, the Intrepid Kansas progres
sive who ciiased "Uncle Joe" Cannor.
It Is only through the sunflower patches last
summer. This time the Illumination is
due to an unexpected attack on the an
cient and senselesa custom through
which member of congress are given
leave to print in the Congressional
Record speeches which were never de
livered. M unlock would not abolish
The Instances of early excellence on
th stage are lesa numerous than In al
most any other department; for al
though. In an eail period of Its his
tory, an attempt wa made at novelty.
by tho Introduction of the children of
the Chapter Royal on tho stage in tho
hope, as Shakespeare says, of making
the boys carry It away," yet we have
but one Instance of a boy' extraordin
ary talents among them,
In later years Garrlck conceived the
idea of Instituting a regular school for
actor and actresnes. and several prom
ising children, and chiefly those of per
formers, were accordingly selected, and
certain appropriate plays prepared for
the purpose of Introducing them. Yet
two alone, of all these candidates, at
tained any reputation, and but one of
the whole group (Miss Pope) exhibited
any talent at a riper age.
William Henry West Betty, known by
the name of "Toung Roselus." I cer
tainly the most striking Instance of
precocious excellence In the stage art.
128 at Littleton, Alabama, last week, that privilege. He would merely make 1 Ile was ln nls eleventh year when he
It is said that ln proportion to the 't about as vaiuaue as an "imitation
number employed, American mines " ' UxM on boMle of Ken'
kill 12 times as many as the Belgian Murdoek's proposed reform is em
mlnes. bodied In a resolution providing that
first Baw a play, "Plzarro;" the part of
'Elvira" being performed by Mrs. Bid
dons. With this character he waa cap
tivated. He repeated her speeches. Im
itated her manner, copied her accents
John Mitrhell of labor fame, said hereafter the . Congressional Recoidiand studied her attitudes. From this
recpntlv "What the lnhnror rioolroo shall show In plain, black faced type moment the drama became his chief
. , , i , what speeches were not actually spoken, I study, t
Is prevention of Injury even more hut annear under a leave to print This
than compensation for Injury." He la a cruel blow at an established lnsti-
added "more than 36,500 breadwln- tution, and it la the duty of the Home
aiaraei ciuu 10 rise in lnuignani pro
teut TJeroTnfnrA thA Iaava tn nrlnf
Iy three times as many persons ln privilege has furnished most of tho
proportion to the number employed campaign material for congressmen and
nro killed nr Intnred tn tho TTnlto senators Uesinng to come DacK. Willi
States while at work as ln any other
country."
In Belgium the state Imposes rig
orous rules upon the operation of
great care those gentlemen either wrote
or had someone write for them elabo
rate and diplomatic speeches for "home
consumption." Then, after the produc
tions lifld been carefully seasoned with
t A nnlfliisftl nnri t T.AiicrhtAr) fit unnrn.
mines, rules that ental. expense but priate intervals about four part of
rave men. In America, mine own- applause to one of laughter they were
ers spur their men to make a show- Bent t0 th P"bll printer for publica-
i-.. i ji ii i i w , Hon In the official record. After they
ing in dividends, and the result Is npprared thev were sent out under the
a terrible cheapening of flesh and franking privilege to susceptible con
blood with its corollary of mounting stituentts, and the yokel marveled at
dividends, fff American mines, the the brilliancy of their representative In
, . , , , , . . ', .. congress. It was a simple but effective
aunual average of Industrial fatall- me(hod of reaching the public, and one
ties is 4.4b per KJOO; In European of its great attraction waa that it
mines It is onlv 1.45. The differ- didn't cost the member of congress a
THE BUSINESS SIDE OF FARM
ING
T
HE BULLETIN published by the
state agricultural college of
Oregon under the title of "The
Business Side of Farming,"
written by Professor Bexell of the
School of Commerce of the college,
is received by farmers as a most im
portant aid. . .
In an enlarged form it has been
published by the Home Correspond
ence school of Springfield, Massachu
setts, as a book of 160 pages, and
with the book is issued a text book
and loose leaf binder of ruled and
printed forms. It has received tho
endorsement of the experts, includ
ing Dr. True, the director of experi
ment stations of the United States.
This was to be expected, since in
the process of converting farming
Into a science no principle needed
clearer proof than that scientific
farming pays.
Professor Bexell deals with the
modern farmer not only as a pro
ducer, who must know the cost to
him of what bis farm yields, but
as a business man, to whom It is all
important that his accounts of sales!
and purchases and expenses should
demonstrate whether -he Is going up
Or down as the result of the opera
tions of the year. Moreover, 6lnce
the entky of the farmer Into the bus
iness jjrld he may, and he should,
ence is the tribute In limbs and lost
lives American workmen pay to swell
the profits of those who love the ex
panding dividend. It is a case of
playing the dollar against human
flesh and blood.
DOLLAR WATER
B
cent. Uncle Sam kindly footing the bill
The threatened privilege was aluo of
great value ln national' campaigns.
General Grosvenor of Ohio once had an
undelivered speech that, made 28 pages
of type printed ln the Congressional
Record. Soon thereafter it was sent out
under the government frank to serve
asi one of the principal pamphlets of a
Republican presidential campaign. This
was rather expensive for Uncle Sam.
but It was a great thing for Intrenched
politicians and for the railroads, which
were paid by the pound for carrying
dy, the master passion of his soul.
and he frankly Informed his father,
"that he should die If he were not per
mitted to become a player."
The darling passion of a darling son
wa gratified; young Betty wa Intro
duced to Mr. Atkins, the manager of
the theatre at Belfast, and on the 1st
of August, 1803, when yet a child of 11
years and 11 months old, he appeared,
for the first time. In the character of
"Zara." He next sustained the parts
of "Rolla," "Young Norval" and "Ro
meo."
From Belfast young Betty went to
Cork, where he received one-fourth of
the receipt of the house and a clear
benefit He next visited Glasgow In
1804, where he ployed with great suc
cess for fourteen nights, and then vl
lted Edinburgh. Here he received a
highly flattering letter from the late
Ingenious Lord Meadowbrook on hi tal
ents, and ln his personation of Young
Norval di"ew from the venerable author
of the tragedy a declaration that he
was "the genuine offspring and son Of
Douglas."
From Edinburgh the "Young Rosclua"
proceeded to the country which had
given him hi birth, and after appear
ing at Worcester, Sheffield, Liverpool,
Chester, Blrmlngnam, etc., he waa en
gaged at Covent Garden theatre for
twelve nights, at fifty guinea a night,
and a clear benefit, while he agreed to
perform at Drury Lane during the In
tervening nights, an aA arrangement
unprecedented ln the history of th
stage.
Here he continued to perform for
some time In hi favorite character.
which he gradually extended, until they
amounted to no less than fourteen.
It would be Impossible to describe the
enthusiasm which he excited; It seemed
an epidemic mania. At the door of
the theatre where he wa to perform
for the evening, th people crowded aa
early a one o'clock and when the hour
of admittance came, the rush wa so
dreadful, that numbers were nightly In-
lured by the prepsure. One hundred i
pound per night were now given to
Toung Betty; and he soon quitted tho
stage with a large fortune, accumulated
at a period ln life when other boys are
only on th point of entering a public
school.
When "Young Rosclua" played at Ed
inburgh dignitaries of the church and of
the university, as well as Lord of the
Court of Session, vied with each other
In
Cotton textile.
Th economy investigation.
It waa only on Tuesday last that tha
house had completed Its organisation
and committee assignments of both pol
itical parties. And hire before tho sun-
t of Friday direct elect Ion and cam
paign publicity are afcly and swiftly
and sanely settled and the third gnnt
measure actively under consideration.
Great work thla.
There 1 nothing more effective In the
congressional history of these two de
cades. But with a majority reinlfl r.
solved to fight out all It difference
In caucus and to come with a united
front to th general assist all thing
are possible.
Th splendid legislative dnsh of tho
lat three day haa given birth to th
flrt faint, far hop of adjournment by
the ltth of June. That hope grow In'
the ember, but It doe not yet dare
to blase.
Six hour' debate on direct election,
two and a half hour' on campaign pub
licity. They wer-j enough. The countrv
rejoice In th conclusion that th?y
brought Would that all discus. ion
might end so well
Now, then, for reclnroeltv. naa ttn.
derwood estimate that th debate will
be over and th house ready for the
uurning queation Dy Tuesday afternoon
or Wednesday at the furthest.
And this hopeful forecast rarrle In
It no majority purpose to stifle debate
en th Issue that called th extra .
Ion. It I reached by reasonable line.
The Democratic leader ha received
many request from his aide for a olace
and time In the debate; Republican LeaJ-
er Mann ba received a many from th
inlrorlty. And. putting these two lists
together, th hour they ar to spend
In speech, my countrymen, ar In th
leader' hand.
The debate wa a matter of form. Th
Democrat were ln favor of th bill be
came It wa a Democratic measure fath-
ered by a Democratlo candldete. Th
Republican will vot for th bill, ft
they did for direct election yesterday,
because they i Imply dared not vi t
against It In the last congrea when
the bill wa In committee of the whol
the Republican took their hat in thetr
shifty hand and left the committee
rathti than bring It to a vote.
What unspeakable memorle of th
era of dollar-bought election ar re
vived by the measure of today. How the
alush fund were wont to well In th
campaign of 10 or 20 year ago!
"Pocket boroughs" on I "district of
the dollar" congressmen of cash and
states swayed by contributions up to
that high tide of money politics when
Mark Hanna emptied tho ci!ofi cam
paign fund of all the Democratlo age
upon th Issue of 1898.
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
BROTHER ED.
My brother Ed ortce found a man who
talked with hla 10 toes. You see, he'd
lost his hands and arms to add unto his
woe. Ed said: "Hullo." with his two
thumbs, the stranger answered back.
Ed said: "It looks as If you'd Blept
upon a railroad track."
ine man repnea: "I lost mv arms
TlV tfllklnflr with mv harwta" VI a ..l,4.
offering presents and adulation. U -j U8ed to CUM( you know to be;,t tw;
wa declared by more than one Scotch
critic that he completely eclipsed John
Kemble. When he appeared at Opvent
Garden on December 1, 1804, In "Bnr
barossa" the military had to be called
out to preserve order.
The young actor was presented to
the queen and the princesses by the
king himself. Upon one occasion Mr.
Pitt adjourned the house of common In
order that members might be ln tlm
to witness his presentation of "Hamlet."
Ople, the historic painter. Idealized him
as having drawn Inspiration from the
tomb of Shakespoare.
Tha final appearance of 'Toung Ros- J "
rtl.to" d n n Kiv Oftitr rwflirf'Ail fit TOfith :
on March 26. MQ8, when he was IT
years old. After hi retirement from
the stage he lived for 60 year In th
quiet enjoyment of th large fortune he
so early amassed.
Tomorrow Morart
Y AN OVERWHELMING major
ity Baker haa voted for an
improved water sunoll- and for the pamphlet
Ana now victor Muraocit wouia
wreck this thriving Industry by Insist
ing on a label that would end Its power
to delude. What was once accepted as
pure dairy butter would become oleo
margarine ln name as well as in fact.
Therft would he nn nrttsnnlnfi nf m-
There is no better asset in any city piause and laughter to make tho
than pure water. The noHcv has Product palatable. ,The pure food
been so many times confirmed that f'andard would be applied to campaign
,. . , , literature, and the dealers ln buncombe
Its soundness Is no longer ques- would Da compelled to tell consumers
tioned. the truth. And Victor Murdock, Mur-
Private ownership of the water Mock of Kansas, would bring that awful
main j l n uiiin. iini n nav iiio iliac-
a municipal lighting plant.
fenaieton is snortiy to vote on a
bond issue for a mountain water
system, and is likely to follow the
course of Baker.
1909. In 1907 systematlo vaccination
was completed In the six provinces near
Manila. These provinces have a pop
ulation of, .approximately, 1.000,000,
and from time Immemorial until a few
years ago. the annual mortality from
smallpox was at least (000. Since 1907
not one person .ha died of smallpox
who had been successfully vaccinated,
and only a few case have occurred. In
these few ease not a death ocourred
among vaccinated persons. This has
been the experience ln other provinces
throughout the Islands since the Amer
ican occupation, and only In Instances
In which vaccination has been relaxed
have cases of smallpox occurred, and
then almost entirely among unvac-
clnated Infants or among immigrants.
supply is out of harmony with mod
cm knowledge. No Individual or
corporation has a right to levy a toll
on water for domestic use. It is
criminal for the draughts of Hfe-sus-tainlng
water we drink to be stamped
with a dollar mark.
Impure or doubtful water Is equal
ly out of joint with modern Infor
mation. Excepting for domestic use
water carrying anything and every
thing from Impurities to poisons is
a crime against the race. To re
main content with Impure water
when pure water can bp secured, and
to do so ln order to save expense. Is
not economy but wastefulness. The
contaminated water will sooner or
later cost the more ln doctors fees,
caskets, funerals, burial lots and
marble slabs.
Torefuse to provide pure water is
to play dollars against lives, a game
against which manhood and woman
hood everywhere protests. Dollars
spent for good water are a better-
The Lone Socialist Congressman.
From the New York Evening Post.
WThether Victor L. Berger is Justified
In boasting that lie represents all the
600,000 Socialist voters ln the United
States, we leave it to the mathematl'
clans to decide. What seems nearly cer
l.l,, 1o Hiat In Xfi- R.rr (hn Snelnllntn
A ioiaoie jucaicai xriampn. have been fortunate enough to elect
From the Journal of. the American i probably the best qualified jnan In their
Medical Association. party tor the pioneer role ho Is bound
The ' opposition ignorantly raised to play. As the man .who has recently
ter with Kansa?
against vaccination has received an
other conclusive answer ln a report on
smallpox and -vaccination ln the Phil
ippine Islands by Passed Assistant Sur
geon Victor G. Helser, director of
health ln the Philippines, and Assistant
Surgeon Robert Olefin of the U. 8. P.
H. and M.-H. service. They say that
at probably no time ln the world'
history has the efficiency of vaccina
tion as a preventive for smallpox been
so conclusively and effectively demon
strated as in the Philippine Islands
since American occupation. The evi
dence of its value 1 incontestable.
During Spanish times It wa necejsaary
each year, d urine th dry season, to
erect lav Manila a large temporary ho-
pital, to whlcn the many hundred vic
tim of smallpox could ho taken. The
great majority of them ; died. During
tho past five years not one person has
died In Manila from smallpox who had
been successfully vaccinated during; the
five previous year; nor has anyone
died of smallpox la Manila inc June,
made Milwaukee famous for something
else than the reason usually advanced,
tho new Socialist congressman will
speak with that authority which no
true-hearted American will deny to the
man. Republican or Democrat, Socialist
or SIhgle-Taxer, who has "delivered the
goods." Mr. Berger, though an uncom
promising exponent of Socialistic doc
trine, and ono who can bo depended
upon to speak out forcibly when the oc
casion demands, Is ln temper and., meth
ods far from a fire-brand. It might be
that a volcanic revolutionary In con
gress would give the Socialists . more
lurid publicity, but the Berger type Is
sure to tnako a .better propaganda ln the
end.
Repaying John Bull. A
With salted mines and watered stocks,
Wre led you. John, to many alaughters;
Now, tender grown to conscience's
knock.
W hand it back and through our
daughter.
--Puck,
The End of the Ball and Chain.
From World's Work.
Within ten years the elimination of
every extraneous Influence In the ad
ministration of the state prisons of
New York, together with the Introduc
tion of scholastics and Industrial train
ing, ha produced complete change In
the Interior routine. A well-fitting
gray uniform has been substituted for
the convict's former striped suit and
the military step has replaced the lock
step. Hla hair Is trimmed neatly with
shears. Instead of being cut close to
the acalp with clippers. Crockery ha
replaced the old tin cups and nana In
I he prlFons of the state. Ap oculist and
a dentist look after tho eyes and
teeth of the prisoner. An electric
light In each cell has replaced the old
lallow candlts. Infraction of rules ln
the Hew York prisons today merely
consigns the convict to solitary con
finement until he reaches a normal
condition of mind and signifies his will
ingness to conform to discipline. The
paddle, th rack, the ducking stool and
all other form of corporal punishment
have been abolished in New York's pen
al Institution.
German bands. One1 time." tin mild. In
musing tones, "I grew quite mean anl
ore at she who Is my other half and
then, of course, I swore. Believe me,
friends, my words were rough; I hurled
"em right and left; I cut out all diplo
macy, I talked ln manner deft.
"Just then a big policeman, who per
formed upon that beat with star eight
sizes large for him, came hiking down
the street. Now he was also deaf and
dumb, and when he saw me cuss, he
laid hla coat and club aside, all ready
for a fuss.
"Ah well, we called each other name
In fierce and fiery tones; why, friend.
even ald to him: 'You look 11k
Casey Jones!' .
"Word led to words, our hand grew
warm, although we failed to atop, be
cause, believe me, Christian friend, I
urely hate a cop.
"We talked so fast, so hard and lons;
our hands - at last caught fire from
talking in such rapid gait and also
from our lr. And so they dropped off
one by one, the left hand, then the
right, and that's the only thing that
stopped a fierce and bitter fight. That'
why I talk with my 10 toe and that'B
why I declare that no more, bo, will I
cuss copa, nor will I ever swear."
Ed looked the stranger over, then he
aid ln accent weet: "I wonder could
I learn to talk like you with my two
feet. If I could talk with my toe I
think I'd ahed my arms alonar with
other thing I've shed, which ort o
nuns my cnarms."
Just then a sweet young maiden
tripped so gaily down th street and
wnen sne saw tne armies man . and
gazed at hie two feet she promptly
fainted on the spot Ed caught her ere
she fell, and when she grew all right
again Ed softly murmured: "Well, I
gueas I'll keep my arms awhile) they're
better than my head." That's why there
are two arms today ipon my brother '
Ed.
The Baseball Language
(Contributed lh Journal liy Walt Maaoa.
tbt famoua Kauaaa puet. Ilia proaa-poema ara a
regular faatura at this euluuiu - lu Xlia Dalit
Journal).
Screen Against Files.
From the Seattle P.-I.
Atlanta Is rejoicing over the pass
age of an ordinance requiring that all
foodstuffs and other' article exposed
for sale and consumption shall be
1. . M J , M II
oLit-T Ti '... Jber with a gipsy ln a tongue that sound
same subject, enacted and hitherto ! lpy: h ? ,aco"ver.8atl?"
He waa srnooth as silk or satin when
It came to speaking Latin, all . tna
tongues of, Asia Minor he with fluency
could apeak; ho could talk a streak tu
German and in Gaelic without squlrmln',
and he had professors faded when It
came to ancient Greek. He could lah.
enforced for precisely the same pur
pose, it is a part of the campaign
against the fly. The screen law Is a
wise law. Its enforcement In Seattle ;
has Often beneficial. - It has meant
fewer cases of "typhoid. .
It Is now about time to begin to
think of the acreen law and tt-en
forcement In this city during the
with the Mongol and tho Turks: ha
could talk you to a shadow In the tongu1
of the mikado, and iitli Russian nd
with Sanskrit ho could Jar your Inner
vurka. H oould re?.J the legend
rummy on the ancient tomb and mum
my, he could swear In modern Spanish,
he could kick liu Cherokee; he eould talk
the slang of Cadi to his friend among-
when exposed for sale and consumption
should be screened before the fly quits
bis unclean habitat '
summer. Food. ennf(ptlon nrf twnttm the ladies SttCh a gift Of tongue waa
T . . .. .. ' hla'W thai hla tllf. ,,,. Ml ...
" '- acriuuni Bed.
To America he traveled, and at last this
man was, graveled; her ne ran across
a language that he never (aw before'
An nnriitinn of Frnih r, t,.rn.t In the Pally Morning IIotv ho betlel.l
has discovered a new specie of elephant ! ba8eba11 ftor,y' an1 we found j.im -hort-
lln Africa; amaUer than th known types ' . " upon ine lioor.
and with shorter trunks, jonger necks j
I ana no tusxs.
I eeonr Matthew Adaon. 1 11 fl (lmtt a
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