Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-27

cent cattle raisers, the amount that
has been lost by the noisome noto-
riety Of the exposures. OF course the
cattle men will not get any of their
losses back. But 1t is to be strongly
suspected that the packers will. They
are not used to pocketing losses so
long as there Is consumer on the hOr-
lion to shoulder them.
Pipe Line Amendment.
The rate bill is still in conference
and with little prospect of coming to
vote before the very last days Of
the session. It is said that of the sew
eral amendments still pending the
most serious difficulty lies in the
pipeline amendment which would de-
clare the pipe line common carriers.
Naturally this is being fought by the
oil interests. which simply means the
Standard Oil company. 1t Is hard to
get around the pipe line amendment
without hitting some of the other in
dustries that there Is no wish to dis
turb. For instance. there are num-
Der Of small roads that were built
the railroads were forbidden to deal
in the commodities they transport.
this would put these roads entirely
out Of a perfectly legitimate business,
for they are simply engaged in bring
ing lumber to the main lines. The
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framed as to cover the case Of oil In
the pipe lines, but it would be rather
hard on the small roads mentioned II
1t were framed.
We'll Known Educator.
There is quite a great deal of nat
ural regret at the resignation In
Washington this week of Dr. William
r. Harris, United States commissioners
of education, one of the best known
educators in the world. He has re-
tired entirely of his own volition, hav-
ing reached his list year. He is to be
succeeded by DR.. Elmer f. Brown
who was not only Dr. Harris own
/ choice for the place. but had the in
dorsement Of Nicholas Murray Butler
Of Columbia, President Wheeler Of
California and a number of othel
noted educators of the country.
The record of DR.. Harris in office
has been a remarkable one. He hal
been commissioner of education FOL
+, IT years and has in that time In.
creased the educational standard O
the county IS per cent. When HI
came into office there were just abou
1000 high schools in the country. Nov
there are 1900. 1t has been SO lont
ago that many people will have for
gotten 1t, but DIR. Harris, though HI
was educated in New England, began
his educational work in ST. Louis
where he was teacher principal, ant
finally superintendent Of publi
schools. He was sent abroad for tn
government otter he resigned from
ST. Louis and has been twice decor
ated by the French academy. He ha
been a tireless worker, a contribute
to encyclopedias, a writer of pamph
let's and magazine articles, one Of tn
revision editors of Webster's diction
airy anu d IouIlueT Vi Tie IHiIOSOpuACo
, society. Although his life has bee
exceedingly productive, and as h
considers that he has some year
more of good hard work left in h'r
he will go at once to work with til
National Educational society. wher
his services are in great demand.
Hale and Hearty At S2.
ii Another Of the hale old men of til
government service is Senator MOI
gan of Alabama who this week cele
/! brated his S2d birthday. He we
warmly congratulated by all of h
associates in the senate and went 9
promptly to have another fight viii
I william Nelson Cromwell before II
committee on the Panama canal. NJ
Cromwell has been batting him pei
sistently for weeks. He may not g
. anything out Of him in the end. IL
the avidity with which the old sent
\ tor takes to the exercises shows tn
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