The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1912. .8. year, and the quality being also lm jtrentj Is toward propagation of the THE JOURNAL -iXiNDEFENHENT KDWSPAPKB. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF Farming and tte TarifF he has no other, and is monogamist by both practice and conviction.

They have three boys. The present empress was a devoted tennis SMALL CHANGE The farmers have cheered up again. Even the Portland cltr oounrll waned ud. a. utile: tn douca next, miv one good-little hole in the high tariff tlflVAmrtll 'Want ma IhA V.

but ofielally lie ia a man Of practical iiHumuuBnuaa. -at j.L'.:-;,: Mortan fjr. V.l ran effbM to Hire and own a president, money will accomplish that end. At ft Chlneae feant, fKMB 2001) rears eld i i Should be well done. The time of most of th Inna vim.

tlonera is nearly up; may be many of them are glad of it. ThOllirh. VnnrnnvT- tsr, Km number of its saloons la gradually diminishing. Good elgna. Of $2000 appropriated for Klokapoo Indians, thev cot tit, nfflntaia th rt That's one way to Klclc-a-poo(r) Indlant President Taft la still eourageoiiely or fatuously.

Vetolne the Dsonla'a wilt and Interests, 'and, Incidentally, himself out of votes. Chickens will trample on and pick atl one or tne not mat in sick or crippled; some people are ln this respect just like President Taft Is to be commended for not to go campaigning; Thus ha wil be mora respected, llnstdes, when he opens his mouth he Is apt to put his boot in it. Any one of a million youths in' colleges or lesser schools could have said quite as much and said it quite as well, on the currency, a Roosevelt did at Providence; many of them much better. a "Chewing the rag" about the Republican Chicago convention will accomplish nothing. It is curious that that convention was not representative of the pcopl, or of the rank and file of Republicans; that Is enoueh for them to know.

Puhiiiiiwt wt 'paMayT a4 Sanrtny nwrntng Hi Th tmrmtl Bull IriK, 7t mwV IIMUI raruaun Entftf at the mttnffj at Portland for trinmliilon fbruuga tin mall aa i second elfts nut ifr. 1E1.K PHONES Main 71711 Home. A-WM. All dppartniKnta rectit by te numlMTj. 7V1I the oparator what Jopartmtnt yon fOBEJOW ADVERTISING RKtfKEsBNTATI VIS, 228 Fifth atmM, Ke iork 1218 People tiaa Building, Chicago.

in tfie unites state or aiejtioo. One ytr.v...',..$5.m) One 1 BCNDAT. On $2.50 I One month 25 AND SUNDAY, "bnt I One month 't 1 Adversity Is the trial of Without ft a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. fielding. ANOTHER STILETTO A NOTHER attempt is on to Btab the Initiative and referendum.

It will appear on the November ballot, and is what is known as the majority amendment Its ren tirrenipnt 1b that initiative UHtfasue can pass uuieso iuwiuucu by' a majority of all who vote at an election. Its effect Is to record as voting against the measure, every person who votes no as well as every person who does not vote at all. It registers as voting against the meas-. are, whether bill or constitutional amendment, every voter who does not cafe enough about the bill to express' his choice. It arrays against the proposition all the forces of unconcern, apathy, non-patriotism and discontent.

It would set up a process, that would make it extremely difficult to pass an initiative measure at all. The proposal should be beaten. Its passage would be a knife plunge Into- the vitals of direct legislation. It Is the most serious attack yet made on the system. are changes that should be made, but this is not one of them.

When We amend tne system the aim should be to improve, not destroy. THE LA FOLLICTTE CHARGE R' kOBERT LA FOLLETTE, a sen ator of the United States, has openly charged on the floor of thfe chamber that his mail has been opened and Inspected while in course of transmission. He submits proof that is said to be convincing. The New York World supplements the charge with statements that its mail was opened by spies In the postoffice department during the bitter controversy over, the Panama canal strip. Senator La Follette and the World are high authority, and their statements challenge public at- "testTOH, It seems Incredible that the mails of the United States have ceased to be inviolable.

It seems past belief. thata spy system, inaugurate several years ago in the land fraud been continued as a regular order in the postoffice department. It seems impossible that there could have been Introduced in the public service of the United States an espionage with methods akin to the processes of absolutism in Russia. SEVEN ODD SECTS Babists. proved How Is the trade in cattle and sheep provided for? The growth of it has now, added to previously existing shipping fire new.

steamships; 456 feet long, 69 feet broad, and 88 feet, in molded depth. with a ser vice speed of 15 to 18 fcnote. The first of theao great boats-has ar rived Ja port, according to the American consul. 1,1 The British and Argentine Steam Navigation company supply the Bhip ping because the freight, In chilled. and froien -meat, is there.

Each ship can take in 150,000 carcasses of mutton or about 9,000,001 pounds of. fresh This Is. an illustration of what is going on the world over. As fast as the freight Is, or may be expected to be on hand the rivalry of various lines stimulates the shipbuilding and provides the ships. With an eye chiefly to the neighboring state of Uruguay, but to ply between New Orleans and the Atlantic ports of HOuth America, an American line has been organized in New Orleans, with capital raised there and in St Louis.

The service was begun in June last, but fOur 12,000 ton new steamships are to be built by the CrauipirTn Plxiladet- phiar giving a speed xil 18. miles per capital of $3,000,000 was raised at first, and the increasing of it to $15,000,000 is In early, contemplation. HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING? ON oath, before a senate committee, Mr. Schwerin testified, March 10, 1910: I want to aay in regard to thla that the Pacific Mall Steamship company haft for 80 years been absolutely a San Francisco orKanUatlon. Thnre ia not any question on this; there ahould not be any mistake about It.

It it not a Taromja, Seattle, Portland, Log Angeles or San DlPgo institution it la San Francisco, lock, 'stock and barrel. As stated, the Pacific Mall has worked for the interests of San Francisco. 1 am frank to aay that I did my level best and Just bb long as 1 am in this hn.ini.ii, am en I tier to do level best to 'keep San Francisco the queen of the Pacific. The Pacific Mall "works to the in terests of San Francisco. As its manager, Mr.

Schwerin does "his level best to keep San Francesco the queen of the Pacific." At the rate of downhill ocean pro gress she has made In the past 25 years, how long will it take Portland to be "queen of the Pacific?" How many ships now carry the flag of Portland on the high seas? After 25 years of failure through reliance on others to give ua steam ship lines, are we still going to de pend on others for success? Have we learned nothing from 25 years of experience? MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS IN Rowan county, Kentucky, moonlight schools have been installed with surprising success. Classes in reading writing, geography and history were organized. Two or three schools were started, and almost at once were crowded with pupils of all ages. Forty-five schools followed, within two weeks, with at- tendance ranging between ten and a onrfmtw iiLLj I eigniy-6ix sai Blue uy siue wun a lass of twenty, a grandfather in the same class with his grandson, farmer and lumbermen, brWes and grooms, all rivaled each other In the desire to learn. To save the embarrassment of using primers, a little newspaper was prepared and printed specially for beginners.

This and Bible Btudy is said to be specially popular with the pupils, many of whom learned to read in two weeks' time. The effect on the social life of the association in the moonlight schools is altogether admirable, as a spirit of good fellowship and friendliness is in evidence. Demand for books and magazines ln the com munity has increased. It Is Baid that in one reading class of twenty-1 flvo pupils not one Is under eeventy-five years old. THE PAWNBROKERS' THREAT player in her college days.

At 16, Joshlhlto was taught ml Itary 'tactics, by. General Oku and then Jbecam a Colonel Jn the Jap anese army.r He takes much inter' est in the army, and may be trusted to give it as much attention and pa tronage aVhls i fatfier, or more. He Is well read and, Informed lit general literature, and, unlllte his father, la not' averse to conversa-tion. He has the reputation of modern and somewhat democratic tastes. It remains to be seen if the young will adapt himself to the life of seclusion traditional with the great office that he has inherited.

Or, if he will brave Oriental habits, be seen and heard both In public and private, and become an active and visible force in the lives of his people. A CARPENTER'S VIEW "I looks to me like a money fight between Roosevelt and Taf and therefore I am for Wilson," was the statement of a Portland carpenter as he stood at registration I the Multnomah county court house He was last registered as a Republican. There never was such a countrywide realization of what Is meant by crooked money in corrupt politics. Never before has there been such a deep conviction among the masses that a purchased presidency" costs the plain people enormously in toll, sweat and self denial. Nobody knows how many times the presidency has been actually bought.

Nobody knows how many presidents have entered the White House, bound hand and foot through campaign contributions to the great Interests who pout out millions with which to prrchase presidential elections. How else but in governmental favors and special privileges at Washington can the rich givers get their money back? At whose expense do they get their money back but from the Portland carpenter and the other millions of his type? Why is the cost of living so high? Why did it increase 10 per cent in 1911? Hew Joes It happen that with the criminal section of the antitrust law in the statute books at the White House, no trust brigadier has ever been sent to the penitenti ary? The Portland carpenter Is right. Woodrow Wilson is right. Plain people cannot afford to permit Wall street money to purchase the presi dency. It is better for men like the Port land carpenter to finance presidential campaigns with clean money than for Wall street to finance presidential campaigns with crooked money.

That is why The Journal is asking plain Americans to help finance Wood row Wilson 'a campaign. CANCER MICROBE FOUND A PARIS scientist claims he has discovered the cancer microbe. The statement Is vouched for by Dr. Matruchot, head of one of the departments in Sorbonne university, and by Professor Lannois of the School of Medicine. The discovery was made by Dr.

Odin, and is reported In a cablegram to the New York World. Dr. Odin hlB di8C0Very makes possible the detection of cancer in the blood; even before cancer lesions or tu- mors appear, lis also claims to have discovered a way to kill the microbe when, not too far developed. He further asserts that cancer is highly infectious and that contact with infected persons is to be avoid- Many so-called cancer cures have been announced. Others have claimed to have discovered the cancer microbe.

But cancer remains one of the most serious maladies with which man has to contend. It has so far baffled all the efforts of science and the investigations of man. If Dr. Odin has really discovered the. cancer microbe he has written his name jn imperishable characters on the scroll of fame.

If he has not succeeded, another will. Cancer will sometime be conquered. AN OBJECT LESSON unfit. Who denies it? How; About the Eugene atrocity? How about the Hill murder, the Barbara Holt man murder, the Ha Griffith' mur der, the Coble murder and the Daisy Wehrman murder? Senator Penrose ought to kaowt He says Standard Oil contributed $125,000 for the Roosevelt campaign fund of 1904, and that later Cornelius Bliss, treasurer of: the national committee asked Standard Oil for an additional $150,000. WoodrowWIlBoaia -rights Jf -plain Americans cannot finance their own presidential elections, I i should be run without finances; The way to beat commission gov ernment is to mystify the voters with several charter propositions.

Mayor Rushlight is right in urging that but one-he The plain people should finance their own presidential elections and not have Wall street do it for them. Then they would get more from governmcri andWall stfecrp get less. Letters From tke People 4 Communications sent to Th Journal for publication In tms aepariment should be written on only one side of the paper, should-not exceed Jwu woraa in length and must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender. If the writer does not desire to have the name published, he should so State.) The Promised Land. Est'acada.

Or. Aue. 20. 1912. To the Editor of The Journal Individual titles to land should be conditioned on actual residence and personal use and should ssue from the community and not rrom the federal government.

All unoccupied ands and lots should be at once thrown open to actual settlers, subject to municipal regulations. This is the way to settle the land question effectually. The people could th.cn all have homes and homesteads free, without paying any tribute to landlords. This would reduce the cost of living a third or a half, or be equivalent to a corresponding raise in wages. But the tribute of rent is only one of the factors in the cost of living.

There are other means parasitism There should bo no taxes at all, not even a single tax. The single tax will not settle the land or labor question, even if carried which Is improbable. It will only make the muddle worse and precipitate the inevitable dissolution, because it Is an attempt to patch up an out-grown garment instead of preparing a new one. The whole of the plumsy and complicated machinery of present law and government must be abolished and a new order or dispensation instituted. We have no order now, and soon we will have no authority.

We will be ln a state of universal anarchy. Confusion grows worse confounded as the old party organisations break up. All old Institutions must be swept away to clear the earth for a new and better arrangement. Dispensation means a method of distributing. Production of material supplies goes on comparatively well even ln the present dlorder, but the wealth is dissipated and wasted in distribution.

It slips from the producers and eludes them. They forever pursue and ars always behind. "Ye toll, ye toil, Jbut ye enter not In, Like the tribes which the desert devoured ln their sin. From the land of promise ye fade and die- Ere Its verdure gleams on your weary eye." J. S.

JONES. Portland's Rose Gardens. Portland, Aug. 22. I have read o.

l. comments on the rose gardens of the Hose City and I agree In every particular. The way the grounds show up, and the way tne roses are planted and butchered, do not add much to the beauty of the most beautiful city ln America. The city has run away with the Idea that a "Rose City" must have nothing but roses, and these truly kept in the worst of order with exceptions, of course. To my mind there is nothing more bt-aullful than beds of flowers.

Wrhat were, they created for but to make garden, with its glorious colors, la to my mind the most beautiful thing the eye can behold, saying nothing of the effect in connection with a fine looking residence. Roses are all right, but there are flowers far more beautiful. Roses are a fad, just as tulips were to Holland, whose people went almost Insane over them. And thpre are flowers more beautiful than tulips, and all coming in their season, adding to the charms of the out of doors, by their continual changes as the seasons change. Look at thousands of residence here in th.e clty, and what do you Roses planted "every which way." Nine tenths of them take care of themselves find all because we choose to call the place "Rose "City." McMinnville is called the Walnut City.

Just take a i neu, iuuiv i uie juLiiies ox tne streets. There are Pine street, without the sign Of a pine; Cedar street without a cedar, others the same. Somehow people run away with the Idea that a name" is all that's wanting. wholo van(vy. i some cities they have the- unslKhtly fences a rello of olden days.

Some of them are very pretty, but in the main they are unsightly and destroy the effect of a pretty place, besides being an extra expense. With stock laws and chicken laws, fences are not needed at all, and It Is certain thoy wont keep out burglars nor cats. A FLOWER LOVER. Open Letter to President Taft. Glendalo, Aug.

19. To the Editor of The Journal Below you. will find a copy of letter mailed President Taft, which may be of interest to some of your readers. F. C.

L. William II. Taft, Washington, D. We, who from our earliest recollection have been surrounded with the'envlron-ments of Lincoln Republicanism, and as victims of those environments, read the press dispatches of a few weeks since, clapped our hands and shouted hurrah when we grasped, as we-thought, the fult purport of W. H.

TaftV "Primary Campaign" warning; "we must, get back to competition." We thought we wore then about to realizes some practical relief from the ever tightening grip of the trust octopus, "as we imagined we could see you, Mr. Taft, letting down the tariff bars to admit the only competition from which the producing class can even hop for rBiUf Jrom the tariff protected Republican trusi ociupuB uii i sapping trie life blood from 90 per cent of the American people Mr. Taft, did you falj to read the, warning th ui trust, which was not Intended for tiiA general public, but, like your Teddy's platform, was "stolen," and published to thA world, wherela.be warns capital that the inly way io prevent the shedding of blood, Is by capital relaxing to By the census of 1000 there were irt the United States 29,073,233 persons 10 years of age or over engaged in gainful occupations. Of this number 10,381,705 were engaged tn, agricultural pursuits, wi)l J.6I2M62 were- reported labor ere. Without specifying at what kind of labor, they were considerable proportion of them were doubtless working on farms.

we take the proportion as only one fifth, or 825,853, the total number of persons employed In some kind of agricultural work H00 was 10,907,617. It is conservative to estimate the, number of persons 10 years or age and over engaged gainful occupations in 1909 at ths number engaged In some kind of agricultural; work; in 1909 at approtu mately ,13,240,783, or about one third, 32.7 per emt, of the total, s- How amen Aoes.the fanner get ou of tbe protection pool? Production 1909. Value. Corn $1,477,123,000 Wheat bit. Oals bu.

405,130,000 889194.965 bu. 210,067,000 Cotton 1ba. (188,880.000 Hay $4,938,000 tons 689.MS.U00 Total value. 6 The total value of farm products In 1909 Was $8,790,000. These six farm products represent about half the value of farm, products tit th unnntrv.

tn Th lit ft, nn v. these, however, la practically ineffective and has little relation to the price peld tbe farmer for them. The department of commerce end la uvi if iuna mn luwu value or proaucie manufactured ln the Country In 1909 to be $20,672,052,000. The total value of domestic manufactures exported In 1909 was That Is the value of products manufactured ln the country for use here, was $19,692,080,645, but to be conservative, we may deduct 000,000 for duplication of material making the value of manufactured prod ucts $13,602,080,645. The average ad valorem duty on dutiable imports In 1909 was 43.15 per cent.

If the prio of domestio manufactures were ln-1 creased by only one third of this, 14 per cent, the extra cost that users of these products paid ln 1909, because they were "protected," was 290. At least a flth of this amount must be added to cover the profits ofj the dealers, that Is Ths1 total duties collected In 1909, must be added to find the total eost to the consumers of the country of be ing protected, and a fifth profit to deal ers on this sum, or $58,876,492. Tbe price American consumers paid for tbe privilege -of being "protected'' ln 19091 Extra cost of American manufactures $1, $41,891, 190, Dealers' profits on this cost (20 per $69,878,268 Duty on Imports added to price 194,377,860 Dealers! profits on 58,875,492 Total 404 (Only a small and negligible part of the value of the Imports was agricultural products.) Substantially this figure Is arrived at by another calculation, taking the value of. domestic products separately and ln detail. Those engaged ln agriculture naturally buy their share of the manufactures of the country, and pay their share of the cost of being "protected." They wore 33.7 per cent of the population, thev paid about an equal proportion of or $840,233,824.

The four chief farm products upon which the tariff is operative and the Increased value due to the tariff are stiown in the following table for 1909: Wool Total quantity produced in the United States, 328,083,273 pounds; tariff duty, total In value because of duty, $36,089,061. Barley Total quantity produced In -Hw-tTwItrd -tariff a bushel; total Increase in value because of duty, $48,052,000. Sugar Total quantity produced In the United States, 1,680,568,000 pounds; tariff duty, a pound; total increase in value because of duty, Rice Total quantity produced ln the United States, 676,888,889 pounds; tariff duty, a pound; total increase ln value because of duty, $13,537,777. Grand total Increase ln value because of duty, on wool, barley, sugar and rice, $125,996,408. In making this calculation, the most liberal allowance for any possible benefit to the farmer has bsett made.

Thus only part of the duty on wool la actually operative, while the Increase In the value of barley, because of the duty'of 30c a bushel Is very small, nor Is the value of rloe Increased even approximately 2a a pound, the amount of the duty on the cleaned rice In 1909. Can farmers see any profit la putting' $10 Into protection's pool and taking out 917 Farmers don't sow 10 grains of Wheat to get one back. The sum of more than covers the profit of pro tection to farmers through Increasing the price 6f their products. But farmers don't get all this profit. They eat and consume as weil as produce farm products.

We jnust deduct a third of the $125,996,408 that Is, $41,998,805 and that leaves the miserable pittance of $83,997,660 that farmers are to the good by protection, as against the they are to the bad through protec-. ion that is, they put about $10 Into protection's pool and got out $1, Protectionists can convince farmers that protection pays them only when they can convince them that It pays to swap a 910 bill with manufacturers tot a 91 bill. Pointer! Paragraph All the capital Jokes do not originate ln Washington. a irtrl with a sour disposition is near ly always ln a pickle. When fortune emiles on you, don't wait for a formal Introduction.

Many a man who has hope for breakfast has disappointment for supper. Many a man's g6od reputation has been fatally bitten by the political bug. Occasionally you meet a married woman who looks sorry that she isn't a spinster. a Most of a man's mistakes are due either to a lack of knowledge or a lack of sense. a Men who know how to be happy though married have Solomon beaten to a frazxle for wisdom.

After a man has been married a few weeks he makes the startling discovery that his wife has a lot of relations he never heard of before. You are right, Alanzo. It Is perfectly proper for a young man to wear a business suit when he calls on a girl that is, If he means way a-Tellr From tha Washington Star When a man says that he hasn't an unkind thought for anybody It Is not an Indication that things are going his OREGON SIDELIGHTS hfarshfleld Record! The 'people of this county have not been educated to tiling their lands, but when they have tried this method of drainage out fully, they will wonder why they have never taken It Up before. Baker Democrat! With the electric power development. Baker should ii become a manufacturing and factory Centerthe one thing that would do more to make Baker a city of 200,000 population than anythlngelse.

Gresham Outlook! An Important business deal will mean the location here of a large bottling works. The company will dev a general bottling bust- They will also bottle vinegar, bluing and ammonia, HUlshoro' Argus! Louis Hols, it the John Kamna ranch, In 41. hours baled 170 730 pounds of timothy and clover. This means over 48 tons per day, and It Is supposed to be one of the best records ever made ln the county with a baling jputflt. Oren CItv Courier: The big fair at Canny Is going to be some fair this year.

It Is always some but every year It irowi better. Secretary Eby says things never looked half so bright and they propose to have the biggest kind of a Weak vt spore Shanlka Start Plenty of Wasco nnA Sherman county land is producing $28 to $80 worth of grain per acre this year. Much of this land can be bought for from 115 to 130 ter-aere. Do -sum ktiow any other locality where land will more tha pay tor itself in-ona year? Euaene Reirlster: The rainfall for the recent wet spell aggregates .78 of an It was not enough to hurt anything tn the way of crops, and has done a great deal to make traveling more comfortable, helping out corn and potato crops and the gardens, effectually squelching all chance of timber fires and doing much good. McMinnville NewS-Raiorter: Waoftto lake, at Oaston.

has been reclaimed and nearly 100 acres has been planted ln potatoes ana tne timers are growing luxuriantly. The swamD grass In some sections of the lake not brought under cultivation this year Is to be cut and sold. This "hay" is used by concern for wrapping purposes ln shipments of crockery and glassware. In 1843 the Bab made the pilgrimage to Mecca, returning confirmed in his opposition to the mullahs or clergy. He attacked them in his preachings and when they sent their ablest debaters to confute him and his claims, these partisans were either silenced or convinced.

They then secured his arrest and -attempted to assassinate him, but were prevented, since he was under the protection of the governor. Finally when the governor died ln and 'a new governor took his place, Bab was cast Into prison and the prime minister ordered his execution, which took place on July 8, 1850. Mln All, the martyred Bab, had nominated Mirza Tahya his successor and head of the 19 councilors and continuity was secured. The execution of the Bab exasperated his followers and some of them attempted to assassinate the shah. The Babl doctrines are essentially a system of Pantheism, with additions from gnostic and other sources.

All individual existence is regarded as emanating from the Huproma Deity, by whom it will be ultimately absorbed. Great Importance is attached to the! nu bet-- a Indicating the at tributes supposed to be displayed In the act of creation; and to the number 19, which mys tically expr esaea the tha deity himself, and is, moreover, the sum of the prophets among whom the latest incarnation of the divine nature is conceived to be distributed In the present dispensation, and of whom the Bab himself Is the chief. Moses, Christ and Mohamnied are considered to be prophets, but merely precursors of the Bab and Inferior to him. The morals of the sect are good. The faith of the Bab has found a few adherents in America, like other oriental religions, which have sent their apostles to thla country.

Tomorrow Labadists. a chance to get a start, who would be willing to take the land, either on a lease for a term of years or operate It on shares. If I can find four or five men such as mentioned Jnthat article I will be glad to an arrangement which will put them in possession of a garden patch which will maka them independent. What do you know about it? C. W.

IIODSON. TTiiie Fight ricturea. Portland, Aug. 20. To the Editor of The JournalOf late we have hBxA a lot of protest against the showing of prizerignt pictures lu a certain moving picture house in thla city.

It seems to me that the whole problem resolves itself to this question: Are to hand Over the moral training of the children of the city of Portland to a man of the class of a prizefight promoter to bo exploited at a dime apiece by allowing him to show the pictures of a prizefight that are barred in all respectable communities; or shall we leave the moral training of the children of Portland to the home, the public school and the Sunday School? In answer I will say that it Is time that this class of moral outcasts who have charge of those pictures and who demand the right 'to educate the children by them, were given to understand that, as far as Portland is concerned, tMj child will receive its moral training at home, in the school, and in the Sunday school. TEACH IS Roosevelt at San Juan. Aug. 20.To the Editor of The Journal A news item states that RooBevelt is to pose for moving pic-tures of his career for campaign use, And that ln the miles of films win be the charge on San Juan Hill It has been stated on What aem authority that he was not in the fla-ht mr ma. Lin xno Journal give us some information on the sub Ject? L.

D. R. Rldpath's "History of the World in describing the battle of San Juan Hill "The Rough Riders, under the immediate command of Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, distinguished themselves by their valor." Also, "The American infantry, now rising again from Its protected positions and following In the wake of Roosevelt's regiment of Rough Riders and a regiment oft brave colored soldiers who (had jtone fbrward with 'them over some of the lines lying flat in the graSB, renewed the, charge and rushed on to the' crest without further A Sure Sign. Frorri the Houston Post. "So he took you out auto riding the othec evening "Yes, what Of itr "Do you think he IS in lov with your "I think so.

I knew, that every time spoke to Mm the auto tried to 'climb a tree or Jump a Yet, here is the public charge oftBavfl be has succeeded in isolating Senator Robert La Follette, and the and cultivating the microbe. It is words of Senator Robert La Fol-ja blood microbe and is a parasitical lette are sacred to millions of plain organism which transforms, devel-Americans. No man in public life: ops and reproduces Itself In a variety stands more for truth and patriot-1 of forms. Ism. In its primitive form it is flat and No man in public life more exem- gelatinous with Irregular torn edges pllfles courageous and unpurchasa-1 surrounding the central kernel, ble citizenship.

When given a chance to develop, It What is the public order whenjBUoQt8 forth ln a11 dirctins. such man stands on the floor 'of The dls('overer is confident that theAmcrtran senate and. with the la rPnim fte has produced will proofs in his hand, declares that hisido for cancer wnat Jenner's vaccine private mail has been opened mn- lias-done for emallpox. He avers The followers of Babism today more than 1,000,000 people, and It Is still spreading and offers In its history some striking parallels to the origin and early development of Christianity. This system of a mystic Mo- lilfmmedan sect originated In Persia about the middle of the nineteenth century.

The roots of the sect lie in the early doctrine known as Shiah, which has flourished most prolifically and almost solely on Persian soil. The Immediate precursors of the Babls were the ghaikhls, followers of Shaikh Ahmed (1753-1826), a Shllte mystic, ascetic and thinker. His special teaching was that the Imans were personifications of divine attributes and that of these personifications All was chief. He gathered around him a great company of believers, the leadership of whom passed after his death to HaJJl Bayyid Kazim. When the latter died ln 1843 ho appointed no successor.

Among his disciples had been a certain Mlrsa All Mohammed, a native of Bhiruz, 23 years of. age at the death of Bayyid. Mirza All was met by Mullah Hurain, one of the searchers for a successor to the dead leader, and claimed to be the sought one, the "true ona wha. was the.JBah-or. "Gate." He also claimed inspiration, established his right to the place of leader -fey ings irf the Koran, and convinced the searchers that their quest was ended.

Adherents oame in by the hundreds when the news that the Bab had appeared was spread abroad, as It soon was, tn the manner peculiar to the east. To the personal attractiveness of the young leader and the agreement of his panthelstio teachings with the mysticism held by most Shlltes there was added to a compelling force driving to association with his followers the great evil of a tyrannous, civil and religious administration, so that the Babls soon became a large and important body. crlo on the producer. Why have you ignored, the warning of Judge Gary? Did you think yourself more competent predict future events than the4uuge7 Or were you attempting to forestall Teddy in disrupting the Republican party? Perhaps you thougnt tne better wav to rid the country of the trust octopus is by drowning him ln the blood of his victims? Mr. Taft, do you realize how cruel the blow, and how it shattered the hopes of thousands of Republicans throughout this the grandest of God's gifts te whan the nw was flashed from ocean to ocean, wool mn vetoed' "Steel bill vetoed?" It was then, and not till then, that a great many of the Republican patriarcns wno had followed you through all the vicissitudes of fortune, and could even worship you as the protege of the Cincinnati Inquirer or when ispuing injunctions to protect capital from the violence of its "slaves." realized how they had been betrayed when you ve toed.

H1 passed oy congress ior me reduction" of tariff duties. It was then you struck a blow at every producer in our land. Your veto was an aid ln perpetuating a protective tariff that has fostered to maturity a graft system by the side of which stage and train rob bery is a virtue. If It was worth $30 for Judas to be tray one man into tne nanus or tne man's enemies. It should be worth 000,000 to the one man who betrays 90,000,000 people into the.

hands of their enemies, the "goldmongenv anrt the "enldmongers will collect the billions. and if you don't get them it will be your fault. You hava certainly done vour rart for the Republican tarlfflzed trust octopus1, to which every citizen of this republic is 'paying tribute, and out of these tributes of the producers you should be well, rewarded for the dis grace you have shouldered by your veto' of the reiier measures nanaea you ny congress. C. LADD A Neglected Opportunity.

Portland, Aug. 20. To the Editor of The Journal, I was very much interested ln the article in your Sunday issue detailing how one man had solved the problem of reclaiming logged off lands. The query which presents Itself to me is, how did he get ln touch with men who were willing to do such work? I have a piece Of land which is not stump land, but every Inch cleared, and which has been in cultivation ior a numoer or years; la supplied with plenty of iyerries. grapes and several bearing fruit trees; has a completely equipped greenhouse, so winter production can be carried on as well as summer work; an irrigation, plant which covers every foot of the land; horses, wagon, barn, chicken house, and everything needful to properly conduct the place and pro- cated close to the city so markets ars available, on an electric rail line with half hourly service.

I have advertised and made numerous Inquiries at employment aganclee ln an effort te find some capable men who werejjoklng for tilated and inspected by ppies in the postoffice department? i. It is time for a change in the management of affairs at Washing- YOSIIIIIITO, EMPEROR YHE new emperor of Japan Is iw wnere are tne avenues or walnuts? All 'you will see are Some crub trees that tak0 care of them selves. 131 years old. He is the third of the late emperor, and I Cancer is seventh In the list of by one of his lesser wives, not diseases responsible for the annual the 6on of the dowager empress, it mortality. Of 75.423 deaths in New is Japanese custom for the em- Yorlc in 3S73 d'ed from can-peror to nominate his successor lim- cor- lted in choice only to royal blood.

The deaths of two older brothers opened the to Yoshihito, who in 1887, was named heir apparent, and proclaimed crown prince in lssn. His education was very thorough, and has been modern ami western in ways. He was sent ta the College of Peers, designoi'for princes and nobles but nominally opert to all. He was given no special privileges, diligence ami punctuality were required. School dav8 being over General Oku was appointed his tutor, with a linguist, Adachi, as an assistant! I .7 ngnsn.

German and trench. He Kirnr! also verso making, the usual ae wnii.fcm. Tal ORTLAND pawnbrokers are quoted as saying they will case to aid the police ln catching thieves if the new revolver ordinance is enforced. It will a suicidal policy. The pawnbrokers canriot afford to ally themselves with crime and crimi- nals.

They cannot afford, to become side partners and defenders of the crooks and crookedness. Yet that is exactly what they would be doing in carrying out their threat. However, pawnbrokers or no pawnbrokers, the pistol ordinance is deBtlny working out. It is the beginning of a national reform, long postponed. It is sign of the discovery by race of its own over tolif erated folly.

It Is the first step in a sweeping movement that is going to surge its'1 way, throughout Christendom. The pistol ordinance of today will be the state law of tomorrow. It will be the national Jaw of the next day. It is omen of the tramp, tramp of all the states and all the great municipalities toward a destruction the revolver habit. pit is going to be a tide that can be stemmed, and the pawnbrok ers might as well accommodate! themselves to it.

The sooner they get in line and support the "law, the less worry they will have Over the new and coming order. The world moves, and before many years' the armed crook will br a 'irrgmtr- 111 An English sociologist says Is alarmingly on the increase, and thatt the Whole present PORTLAND pawnbrokers minted aa savin thev will quotea as saying tney Willi case to aid the police ln catch- 1 RGENTINA, of all states on the A a I A "V.J fontlnent" makes fastest strides. Her of not i mhZl th i Ja' 'anese, population in 1911 is estl-u I Welle(J- mated at 7.250.C00. Of these peo- naimtJ' Mar' 3.100.000 are in the cities, SJSCi hf 0f 1" the rural districts. From lnlL 1 1885 to 19H her cultivated land in-bowjing alley, and archer- nrt frm irooaa aaa 00 acres.

That Is from one aere acres. Cattle ln Argentina at the end of 1910 are estimated to have been rise of a million in a courts, stables, riding pavilion, fish Ms outdoor tastes were culm arul" exeruine nurt open air amusements brought him bealth. rfa mariid a merely noble wife 43 i iajj-j mivkmMpvv-'.