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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1902)
ggfcngii PTi M t - t) cii"-i --i i.jL'i'iHLjxi i ijt--..,Vvr21 jLv H COAST MAIL. SATURDAY, NOV 8. 1003 Published Every Saturday by the Mai ;, Publishing Co. i SUBSCRIPTION RATE6 One ) ear, (In aJnn)..... $1.50 Sit months, ..,,., ,... i.oo Three months. ..... , ,jo 8.00 lll br charged when pot paid in nilran I iw.p-j.t.iji., 1 1 1 ir-i t-pM- at-m-aa MR. cevelland aid tariff re FORM (Oregonian) Mr. Cleveland can etrlko tho causo of Qtlfl "reform no more deadly blow than 'Yo ndrccato it. Tbo tnorb bo folks about it, tho moro perilous becomes its path. This is not a pleasant thins to "7 of a man of Mr. Cloretand'a high cha meter ncd eminent eervico to bis country, but it is true. Tho country bus n measur able interest in tariff reform would "that it had more! Rut a concern much greater than that is to keep tho Gov ernment out of tho bands of Mr. Cleve land's party. Thorois tho mistaken but persistent notion that tho penic of 1893 was due to frco trade. Its votaries aro le gion. Thero ia tbo moro pertinent fact that tho democratic idea of tariff reform bad its frco course in tho Wilson law, and that tho country got rid of it at the first opportunity. Thero ts tho crown- i in fact that Mr. Cleveland's party has t , not yet purged itself of tbo fatal . opprobrium ot Bryaniam. If Mr. Cleveland bad not b?cn donicd tho sense of humor he would hardly havo asked what tho Republicans have dono to jus tify confidence in them, when tho op. plicability of his query to his own party is so patent. Trusts bavo grown amax ingly in this country tbo past tour ad ministrations, it ia true, but two of them were Democratic. All that is needed to perpetrate tariff abuses ia for Mr. Cleveland to persuade tbo country fbat tarifl reform is a Democratic enter prise. That will beat it. Fortunately, the country knows better, for tariff reform is in Republican bands. East and West. Thero is no better ovldenco of it than Mr. Cleveland's frantic efforts to identify the cauep with his own party. Ho implores his comrades to lock the stablo door. But tho boreo has already .one. THE PRESIDENT AS A POLITICIAN President Roosevelt made a seriouB mistake in trying to settle tbo great coal strike as he did. So aetato a politician as President McKinley, would 'never have dono such a thing. McKinley, who was the shrewdest diplomat in the country, would have sounded both sides fijrst, and found out whether there was u chance, of a settlement. Roosevelt, who is a fearless and honest, but an im politic, man, calls tho warring parties together first, and theu finds out that his good intentions were hopeless. Tho Presidents move will hurt him with the politicians of hia party, who have always been dubious of him, S. F, Wasp, The above comment, which appeared In the S. F. Wasp on Oct. 11th, shows the chances an editor takea when he comments too positively on on incident not yet closed. It was tho view taken of tho president's action, however, by j yiry iarny who havd little laltb in cdr-' ago and honesty on tho part of A public ofllclnl. ' Aa n matter of (act, Prcitdent Roose velt did not makon political mistake, and did not find that his pood Intentions woro hor-olcjii. On tho contrary, ho brought about resumption of'worVntfd a eolutiou of tho nlriko difticulty hi tho best ponlblo way aud ns no other man on earth could have dono it for he acted as a man and not ns President. Ho has not only performed an act of Incalculable valuo to tho country, but ho has raised himself in tho estimation of every right-thinking perron. Even from tho standpoint of political expediency ho has scored n victory nnd helped Ills party. Tho effect on.tho con gressional election could not bo other wise than good, (or it effectually spiked tho guns of thoso who were pointing to tho strike as an object lesson in Republi can friendliness to capital in Its oppres sion of labor. It has helped tho party, nnd In a way that no mere netute poli tician would have had the courage to do. That It will hurt blm with the politic ians of his party mny bo true, but for tunatcly tho politicians cometlmoa have to bow to an overwhelming popular sen timent, nnd it in safe to sav that Tlieo doro Roosovolt is more otrongly In trenched in the admiration of the Ameri can people toJay than any man who has appeared on tho stage of American life in a generation. A KNOCKOUT FOR THE KNOCK ERS Tho article given below was handed in by a gontleman wbo has becomo im patient at tho spectaclo presented by the Coos Bay pcoplo who are knocking tho Great Central project, even whilo reap ing the bencfif of the nJcjctj prosperity already brought to tho Bay by tho work under way, and being in a position to reap still more from the consummation of tho project. Tho Mail can heartily endorse tbo gentleman's remarks, which run as follows: A "Knocker" is generally understood to bo person who is ever nuxioua to advance his unsolicited opinions de rogatory of any projected enterprise. As there are no actions without their impelling motives, it might bo well, be fore giving to the knocker too much credit, to inquire into the motivo which thus thrusts him forward uninvited to forco upon a prospective investor in our community hia unwelcomo opinions, For if the motive be bad, tho opinion should have nowekjht. In respect to motives tho knockors di vide themsolyea into two classes: 1st Those who justify thero course upon tho high moral ground of exposing a fraud to prevent theunsuspecting from being fleeced. 2nd, Thoso who discountenance a ptopoeod enterprise became- thoy dcorn it bad for tho community. To thoEe we add two others, which are not acknowledged by the Uaockois, viz, 3rd, Thoso wbo knock to satisfy eoraa purcjy personal gruugo. 4th, Tlidco chronic coinplalnante, who kick because" It Is tlielr nature so to do, and would kick because their was uothtuK to complain oi. Wo rati umlursUml why a man, whoso actions aro stayed by tho htgh moral motive of protecting tho tiiuua poet log, should vxpao a fraud when ho has actual kiiowlodgo that It in eueh hut that man Is likewise swayed by tho equally high moral consideration that td tlonounco a tiling at n fraud, without knowledge that It 1s so, Is as dishonest as tho fraud would bo. This innn will never tako the chance that the thing may, for all hn knovtr, bogonulno. Il ls too honoat to attempt to deprlvo the Investor of what might turn out to bo n good Investment. Wo thoroloro hold that tho ngroietvo knocker with his winks, his nod, his shrewd guesses and all his knocking para pharalta, is n)t moved upon his course by the first motivo, If you tnko Ids nd vleo, refrain from Investing and thereby loso n great deal you might otherwise havo gained, ho will not consider him self a fraud or fake, but will assure you that you accepted his judgctuonl, over looking the (net that hia judgment un forced upon you in such a manner as to pcrsiiadovou that your knocking friend had eomo actnal knowledge on tho sub ject. We aro forced to conclude that such is not tho method of the man act lug with on honest purpose. Tho second class can be argued with if they assault tbo cntorpriso upon the ground that it will be a dutrimont to tho comunlty, This matter is confessedly a conclusion and oreryone la entitled to draw bis ovn. And tho investor will dotermiuo that for himiolf, What ho wants to hear aro facts. But this class of knockers asserta that tho thing is a fako and assigns aa the reason for exposing it, that a fako ia a bad thing for the community's prosperi If tho concern advertises your country without expense to yourselves; if it ex pends large sumo of money in your midst; if it employe men; if it buys your property and your produce at your own prices; if it attracts a largo number of investors to vour community ; if it brings peoplo hero; If it nska nothing of you either as n subsidy or bonus, you who even as you talk can hear tbo rattlo of their money In'yotu pockets, perjure yoursolvcs when you place tho reason for your knocking upon tho ground that it is a bad thing for tho community. Bo it a (aire or not tho ono certain thing is that it la increasing tho prosperity of tho wholo county, Tho third class fa too contemptablo and tho fourth too unworthy to bo given any credftneo whatever. Had wo knowledge that any entorprieo started hero was a fako or was anything less than it profosscd to be, wo would be the first to make public that fact. In so doing wo would bo dealing with facts. But inasmuch as wo havo no porsonnl grudges to satisfy and have nolthor tltno nor tasto for complaint for tho moro pleasure of it; and inasmuch aa It ia not our biitlness td dissuade persons from Investments ythoro wo do not-knorV they will loso, ntni bocauoo wo fool that any concern which ts attracting attention (0 our resourced la doing 11a good, wo aro not disposed to oprond the wot blanket, ami heartily 'condemn such notion In others. Wo aro conllilont of tho vast resource o( our county nnd resent any nttompt, either direst or indirect, to belittle thorn. Therefore If you have naught to ad vance why peoplo with money should not Invest upon this Hay, exeunt your unfounded opinion thntOtno coneorn or other li n fuko, bo honest with yourself, bo fair to your county and to the Invest ors, be less anxious to air your deroga tory views, but retain thorn to yourself until thoy nro asked for. mmwwi SMOKED OUT A four-lino item In our last Initio .intuit thu Itituuor townsito iuvestom vnked the -.rntli ol tlm Const Midi ami u column of typo hi replv In handed tin; tho Item In ctiarartorlxed tin "painfully silly", thoGmill'imtrnl Railroad and ll of I'm allied corporations nro dragged in in defence of It.tugor, mid tlm wholo shooting match, to enp tho cllinnx. 1H hernial with u any lug in Gorman just to chow tlint tlm tdtlor has a high fore head. Thu .Mail mini evidently ipenko with untlmrlty on milroad mnttcrs, which .o do not prolceti to know any thing about, and vi Inch do not cut any ico with roioronco to Tho Hun's item. We con HUUNtnutlntu what wo linvo said i t ,. ... .1 .... . .1 "dli un" or r etoff thu land. What'. the tiso ol all this Infernal lying? Do logtitiuiato enterprise thrive nnd bavo to to uouritiieti on mlareprceentallon. Or would it bn Imtlur to "tell tho truth and shame thu devil." Lot thu boosters shout. Tho Hun. Thu predominant feeling in this ofllco is gratification thatono knopkor, at leant, hna ))cen smoked-out of his hole. And wo can not but commond tho Sun for 1 hnvlng norvo enoueh to put its kick Into cold typo. An open scrapper ia always moro worthy of respect than a back biter. If, hoHcver, tho Hun had taken to heart that heading in Gorman to which it objects, It never would havo made thu ship it did nt tho Bangor investors, not would it say now, in effect, that thu Bangor townsito proposition has nothing to do with railroad matter. Evpry ono knows that tho valuo of Investment!) in the Bangor townsito depends alto- ( gothor on tho railroad. If a transcon tinental roud makes its terminus nt. Bangor, thu investor will mnko a big thing; other wieo thoy lose. It la very simple, aud thoso who havo invested in Bangor surely understand it. Tho Maii, wob perfectly aware of tho status of tho townsito, but uo ono nowe paper can, from day to day, namo all tho things that haye novor boon done, If any ono has been in ignoranco it was his own fault ; tho invastora certain ly know that thoy haven't received their doeds. Thero has boon no secret at all about it nnd no mliropresantainr, ho for aa tho Maii. has boon Informed. If tho Sun aud eomo of tho other knockers had ''boon nrotind" n little moro thoy would not spring such n simple and common proposition with audi a grand flourish; TbeBua (alia to In- ill IDIITUIICU III 1110 COIUIirniCU niUiatl ',l,l. rnlrv .Invnlmil nti.t M.I. I...l.n. toHii.ilaol Bangor. U our -jatpriiicirl","colln,ryUo0,OH,Una ""' ,m"'or contemporary nwuro that thero never inado thoocononf tho actlvltloa towhlc'i has bten n tlnglu deod recorded for a lot In Bangor; thai thu plat of raid town ' It" excellence nnd It position entitles It. has never seen the elcrk'a olllcejand .. ,.,,, ., . . , last hut not least tlm Intended ptirchas- lho ot Hint the Oroat Central peoplo V..!li'BinS: SuSflS o paying neither "hush money" nor than llvo days n?t that they had to eulnldlr- tn (Tnn- llnv iw,r-imnt.r- nt. form itu rundtro,' however, that tho monoy dopoiltud 011 Ilnngor lots is tied tip In ouoh a vyny that' If t dend cannot he glyph when tho proper time coutoa the money will be returned. 1 As for tho "dig "tip" mnttor, tho Maii, will conlosa Ignoruiioo ami doubt, Wo nro happy to note that thu last six lines of tho Unn'it article nro In it re llrctlvo yulii, Truly, what'u tho tiso of lying? And what Is tho tuo of misrep resenting any legltlmntn pntorprlio In the uudoavnr to ourry favor with eomo liter tugltlmato otttorprlou? Thoy al( helpaach other. ' Tho Maii, In perfectly imtlrllwl with 1(3 position In thin matter. Wo have glvrn our renders all thu news that hn. coma to our knowledge nnd roomed to havuH bearing on tint mnlii question of whether or not the Great Central ia likely to ac complish lln avowed object of making Coos Way tho turmluiia of n trans continental railroad. That in n mutlor ol the tttmott Importance tonll,nud our retdern are untitled to all tho light wo can glvo tliain. That Is what wo are hero for. ' In our remarks tbqtit knocking wo havo been elating our conviction-. Wo want to see thu road built ;uo want to seo I ' .-.-..-, 'no figure with tho Mail. It ia not tho , policy of this paper to jump onto any one In thu hope of making IiIiii'MIk u." nor have wo ever announce, l that we woro "out for thu dust," The Great Central pooplu nro cor talnly cutltlad to decent treatment, and our rt adots are entitled to tho navis, II tho a 11, fall In either respect it will not bo intcntlounlly. KlBIMBMHH2BBZUH0!anBaRaa I ''USED piifiOS'! QWS. Taken in exchange ns part payment for our new Kimball, Weber, Chicheriiif,', ilin.c aud otlicr.s of our fine pinups CIIA5. CiRISSEN MUSIC CO. 1 0. 0. F. Hid. s J .'icazsiseeuB-'daaeuKQiiKi Boots, Shoos and Harness Ropairod. John Harding the shoomakor la urn ployed at HnskeH'o Hitrnusn shop, Wealso koop all kinds of loath or. TiarncsH J.onthor,Hol(i Leather, I.nro Leather, Lutlgn Limthor. All klndj ol Hprlitg Leggliiga, If you want to buy nuy kind of hnr nosBbuo llaskeli .,.... IIARNI2SS & SADDLKS .MARK'S CORffER : : Kroiit Htroot rMiionnii, roxhoiiniln nro extnioidlnmlly nvlfr, iiu Ih proved by tho fuel that 11 ilor nf tliid breed oneo bent n thoroughbred J horrto, covering four iiiIIoh In hIx iiiiiI.' oiifhnlf mliiutcH, which wiih nt thej rate of MJarJy eighteen yurila u i.econd, w -"rs-