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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1903)
i'M Vr i i . , . ' . .COAST MAIL.' SATURDAY, : : : jan io. iwa Published Kvcry Saturday by the Mail Puulishino Co. SUHSCRIPTION RATtte One )car, (In nJvnnco),. Si.jo blx months...... if Three months 5 h.oj will ts chutfc t when not p it 1 in a If i - TWO TRUST MEASURES: Tho slncoro and impartial obJorver will havo littlo difficulty in cetimftling ihe trust proposals o( Attorney-General Knox ns Infinitely seporior, both in 'principio nnd feasibility, to tho of Sen tor Hoar. Ot the correctness of the Scnator'a purpoao there ia no doubt whatever; but ho ia not n constructive statesman, and bis ntuiablo qualities of 'head and heart nro simply not thoro of tbo keen and equipped business ncurucn rcquisito'lor this important problem. Mr. Hoar's view of the trusts and his contemplated measures preecnt an ex hibit in conflicting ccntitnenta and emo tions. Ho grieves at absentee tnanngo ment an d abtcntco landlordism phc nomena which laws nro powerless to! reach and which havo decided merits, 'especially in localities of limited capital. He deprecates corruption of elections i and courts, '.ho rule of mortmain and tho decay of local public spirit none 'of which burs on trusts moro than on individutis and partnerships. In ten- ertl, as to his remedies, wo should say that they partako in part, sb with pub licity and forfeiture of interstato privi leges, of tho nntl-trust procedure that is common to all remedial proposals, and where they differ, as in wider provision for imprisoment of offending officials, they are likely to prove n dead letter. Tbo AtVorney-Gcneral, on tho other hand, justifies in his specific recommend ations all that has been expected of him in his admirable speeches and papers that have gone beforo. Every business man must be instantly prepossessed in favor of tho Knoz measures by their frank recognition, for almost tho first lirao in public discussion in tiic United States, of tho equal culpability of the shipper with the railroad, of tho con signee with tho trust, In the whole realm it of iniquitous discrimination. It is time to put the claimorouB beneficiary ol illegal favors on the tamo disreputable plans where the benower has long been pilloried. Secret freight rebates arc as often tho product of tho bulldozing ship per as the carrier. Tho Attornoy-Gen-eral proposes that each party to thesi- lawlees undertakings shall suffer alike f nnd he is right. ' Tho thoroughness tilth which Mr Knox has probed the trust problem U I displayed In on aetouithing multiplicity of detail. Ilia designation of the exact ' points viher'o tho Sherman law nnd the interstate commereo act aro weak and need amendment; his firm reliance upon competition where special privil eges nredonied; IiIb tribute to Independ ent energy and acumen; his apprccia. tion of the advantages of tho small deal er, too often overlooked byourdepait-mont-storo flghtora; his corroct arraign ment of the unfair advantages made po--tiblo through secret rebates; his recogni tion of iv.'ut cortain largo-minded roll road presidents havo dono in tho direc tion of fairness; his bhrewd djagnos gf tho promoter; hla apprehonBion of the v. nnturo and conditions, of water trans portation; hla urgent wypjeacy of Con ijreflslonal action to furtlejjecisione on ponding caBea all teatlfy not only to hie sreful efudy of the quostlonB atliiueJl but demonstrate most unmlatflksibly tbo man's Sincerity nnd earnestness in tho enuso ho professes to serve. Orogonlnn. THE OREGON LEGISLATURE. (Portland Telegram) Tho members of tho Leglslnturo nro np'pnrenlon tho whole anther nbove tho average in tenets for tho ditties to be pertormed. Though tho newspaper men havo to havo tho'r littlo tllngo at tho legislators, wo' don't mean to bo tkcn too seriously ' nlways. While among 00 men whomnko up the body theronrc nhvnys sonio of infurior char rcter, mentally morally, or both, most of themaro honest, intelligent, ami an imntod by h desire to do tho right 1 1 1 i n k b and tho Oregon Legislatures havo as a rule made, n pretty fair record, as com pared with tLo LcsisUtnrea of other ttatf . Our legislators havo been pan- rous of economy nnd other virtues in comparison with some Legislatures of California and other states. Somo bills t':nt would hotter bo not pased4'will doubtless become laws, whilo tome better bills will fait ; thero will be some ut.ntcessary expenditure, and perhaps selfiisb motive rather than the public weal will triumph in some minor matters but on the whole we may expect fairly goo, wotk, end beneficial recultf, from litis body of lawmakers. As a rule, they aro no doubt honeet and capablo, nnd it is better to have confidence in their it tegrity and ability than to re gard them with suspicion nnd bestow censure upon them that is poisioly for the most part undesorved. juUR DWINDLING TIMBER SUPPLY I New York Journal of Commerce, Ths most competent authority on ques- tions of the timber supply has just de clarcd that tho total wood consumption ol tho United States ia i'S,000,000,OCO cubic feet, of which oyer 7,000,000,000 is loj-size material, per annum, He added that an estimate of the present stand of virgin timber in tho United States ready to supply' the demand for lumber brings out tbo improbability, If not impossibili ty, of meeting the increasing demand for another 30 veara under present meth ods of utilization. Even if the entire forest area of 500,000,000 acres was sup posed to bo still fully stocked witii tho average eland per cere, wh'ich is, of course, abjured, tlfc stock on hand would be exhausted within that porIod." Unfortunately, no efforts (o aecuro bet- tcr forest management or greater ccon-' omy in the use of timber can greatly de lay the impending exhaustion of our wood supply, anil in the light of these facts the folly of permitting (ho opposi tion of a fow lumbermen to operate as one of the roisons against tho conclusion of n reciprocity treaty with Canada bc- come monumental. MORALITY OF THE THEATER. Sarah Rornhardt, in Cornhill Magazine. There are minds distorted enough to think the theater iniraornl-rjt nothing is more untiuo. Tho .thcator, on tho contrary, as I havo tried .to ehqw, la a moral Influence. It makes ub reallzo tho roada of virtue and vice, although there aro some who even think it ivrong to take young girls to eeo certain pjeceE "Cimllle," for c-xarnp'.o. Ono day when I mentioned this to a charming lady of our Faubourg Saint Gorinaiu, elio said: "Oh! hut my djtighter knows tho piece" "How madamo?" I abked, "hna sho read it?" "Oh, nol" waa llio reply, in a shocked tone, "but she haB heard "LaTravlatn.l' "But," I returned, "it scome to mo that juat the same." "Ind-Vd, tt la not,' waa tho rcjointler, for tho music so cor rects tho realism of tho pleco that my daughter did not roallxo that what slio heard eung could raally tnko place" Could anything bo more mistaken than this lady's notion? If tho young girl had been prevented by tho music front taking count of tho story of "Lo Tra inta," so much tho worse for hot, nud it would. havo been well to tnko her to sev ''Camillr," where this would not bo tho cise, for tho tragedy of tbo sufferings and the death of tho heroine ia n lecsou by whiuh any young girl uhould profit, I have been asked if 1 do not thiuk that tho glliuior of tho stage And tho acting might blind n young girl to tho instruc tion of tho piece, nnd I reply, "No.1 cuuhaticnlly "No" Tho moro power Jul tho picco is represented tho more potent is tho lesson. Tho Salem Statesman hits Charley Fulton on the caput with tho remark; thnt tho latter has eouio atoning to do' as well ns Mr. Gccr. The, Statesman cites tho fact that Clatsop Countp. Mr. Fulton's homo, gave tho Republican st&to ticket COO majority last Juno, ex cepting to Furnieh, who got only 100. J Mr. Fulton recoived 150 popular votes J in Juno for United States Senator whilo Mr. Gcer received -jri.OCO. Ergo, according to tho logic of tho Staterman, Mr. Gccr's claims upon tho ollico aro exactly 300 (tmoj moro forceful than tho clams of Mr. Fulton ; quoderat do mouotrandum. . WILL IT WORK? CmgrcsB has pat all tho daly on co.tl to s.'oep for one year. Good! Now tho people who believe tho trust ovil can bo solved by manipulation of the tariff schedulo will havo a chance to ico where thoy arc nt. And those who havo been using tariff talk to blind tho eyes of tho peopio to tho only possiblo eolutionof tho trust problem will havo a chance to do some difficult sxplainlg. Want ua to tell you what that "oaly possible solution" is? No, thank you. You nil1 never believe it until you havo studied it out for yoursalf ; then you wont havo to bo told. OUR AGURB&SIVfi M03SBACK. Tho following ia reprinted from an old number ol tho Randon Recorder. It is from the pen of that virulent writer J. M. Upton, and though it was written veare ago, it hits off tho prosent situation in tuch good ehapo that it is worth reproduction, He ia a purely natural product that ia to say, his aggressivenosa re sults naturally from an inhoront an tagonism which i.i aroused into expres sion only when the atmosphere is charged with the spirit of progress when there are everywhere visible evi dences of the country's enduring growth and development. Normally ho ia pas sive tud quiescent, exhaling Btagnntion an tho upaa troo ita poison. Like tho sunning ratlter ho ia heard and felt only when disturbed. Tho ring of tho car penters htinmcr, for inatanco, impro' hlrn to resentful activity; and, instinc tiioly negative in hi) mak: up, ho coila for a blow at thotadvnnco guard pf the now dhpenation. A chronic obBtruc tionlut, lto yiella 'o nowor and bettor conditions) nnder vigorous protest, and i in peach js tho Integrity of a projected enterprise with tbo virulence of a toa drunk gossip blasting a sistor'a reputa tion. He's usually an old-timer and knows tho county ; haB been over cveryi( foot of it after deer. It hna ro resources, an,d to the town rosident he propounds the stunning conundrum, ' What's going to lunitnrt tho pliico?', Tlioro U no witter on our bars, and tho Jolty system was dovlecd to mine tho surpluB. Tho railroad will kill tho towns and its matingora nro thieve. Legit linruclt' correspondence should bo 8Upbrcs6td by law. Comstuck should add it to his index ixpurgnlorlou, nnd Wnnnnmnkor should deny It tho mails, it la littlo short of criminal thus t ftvluco tttu Kansas, Nebraska nud D.tkot (armor from tils happy nnd prosperous homo and lure him to our Uotk uitl barren shores. Editors aro all liars nud renders dupes. iioomer ia only another word (or scoun drel. All ndvnuco ic grit in his oil, nnd ho strikes, n high koy with tho doleful strain thnt our coil is sterile, our coal in ferior nud our timber gouo. A now townsito adds n wrinkle to his horn, nud the sight of n blue-print gives him the hlindstaggcrs, Whoa onr moback tcrlbblea and It sometimes happens that ho docs, ho nxka for spncu in n Douglua county paper to warn the uususpectitig immi grant that Coojis tho best county in tho st.ito to steer clear of. Tho last lecuo of tho Koicburg Review contains n philan thropic effort of this sort, signed by ono "rioneur," nnd tho which tuggosttn tho foregoulg. r (jTATKAND GENERAL NEWJ) The City council of Iiakor City hat uthorizsd the construction of n sewer ystom. Portland collectcxl $23,GS0.Su licence tho uuartcr ending Uec. 'M. The Lano County tax lovy In two mills llwcr this year nnd tho valuation h 'JO per cent higher. An organization known ns the Oroeon Information liureau was formed in Port land recently. They have 10,000 nt their disposal. Raker City is to havo a now city hall, to cost 130,000. Medford has out aUudinc warrants of 30,52o.CU. ' And a total debt nf J 70, 133. 'JO. This wis reduced tho past year tl, 07.07, Tho Rosburg city ccuiicil levied n flvo mj tax to defray city oxponeos. The tax law for Douglas county is 23 mills. Tho vacancy caused by tho death of Congressman Tonguu will require u special election to fill It. Tho S. P. Co., has isftucd a new map of Oregon. eaooss3&3e?ffiS3oowoeoo3eo3ocwc 2! I An Invitation !.u7ZcKS Note these price Wesell at cost Mens' Wm VAAvvv aavvvvaVh UwwtMKiiaatau4tiiiMtaxyrMt Tho Now tucnin ovnporntor nt llll!s born started nud tho lliat batch la n n superior nrticlo, ThotnnH 1-V Knno, n writer on tho Pnclr.u Minor nud who la known iu Mnrshlleld hna mysteriously dlanppctir ud nt Lowiaton Idaho. Ills whurenhouta la not known nnd foul piny ia suspected, Adolph tho 8-yo.tr old con ol llonry Wolf, tho Southern Pacillo vection foto mnu nt Dilley, hml both logs crushed by being run over by it freight car last Saturday. Roth will ho amputated, A V8M mill tax has been lelved In Ronton county. Tho Tillnmook tax levy ia 27 milla, A baby engln Is oil exhibition in Portland which moisuroi U foot 3 Inches from tip to tip. Tho bird will ho moun ted and In ;lven no nu emblem to ouu of thulodgonof Eagles in Portland, Tito Tillnmook county court hna order ed thu clerk to refuse to tnko any moro ecnlpt. Tho opening of Hchool nt Astoria lias nguin boon postponed. (inbrilowitach, tho greatotit living pianist Ih to visit OiOrfon, Grondtnn Munrn, who for mrny yrnrs managud thu Leg Cabin entiiig-houio nt Mcnchnm hns nrriuirjtxl to tnku chnrgo of thueating-houaenud hotel nt Hunt ington. Tho womon'a clubs 'of McMInnvllc havo united for tho purpouo of nldittg nnd encouraging civic nud public im provements nud for promo'lng tho I.owls nnd Clark Exposition. Thn women of McMluuvillo trill do nil In their power to keep tho incrlta nud benefits of tho Vnlr beforo thu people. LEGISLATIVE NEWS NOTES Ropresontatlvo of Adams Umatilla county ia seriously ill nt his homo. Thero Is n county icai wnr on agnin iu Union County, nnd it ia tnid LnGraud it trying for thu county scat. Sonatur M. A. Miller, of Linn County, proposes to reduce tho rate of iutrroit on lonua from thu Kchool funds from 0 per cent tot per cent. Tho new city charter for Salem will take in property which will mako it thu second city in Oregon on thu convua books, aa well as iu reality. Tho town which havo been poking fun at Salem'a small population havo dono n grunt work in rubbing in thli littlo defect nnd havo spoiled their omi dhow of ever pMilng in second city hi Oregon. Ra!ley, of Multnomnh, introduced tho first labor tin loo hill of thu h'bjIoii. Ita tltlo ia "A bill for nn act regulating tho una of trndu union Inbola upon printed mattor furnished by or for thn Statu of Oregon." It provldos that nil printing dono by or for thostnta ehnll hear thu imprint of tho Allied Printing Trudoa i Council label, Bavo and excupt cortiflc- i enlo BlMer Bargains I IO i r 100 palrri Lrtdlea flno bIioob, usual prleo $20 and 13.00. Halo prion, l.fX) n pnlr CO nulra Lhildrona ' " " jl.Sfli to J2(jt). Halo prion hnuilH n pair A 1 nu ot Chlldreli'n Tan and (J-oy t locking. Salo prlco H ccntH u pnlr 0 pk'cesstripo Scotch ilnnuols, iiHiinl nrlco 2.") conta. Kulu prlcn 10 ut'.-itu n yard 8 plecoa fancy drtau gooda, usunl prico 75 v.hut. Halo prim .'. runtii n yard Ul odds in corsetd, usual price 70 conta rud f.1.00. Halo prico no centa u pair few JctkelB wo hr.vo I ure and ltulnj-I'ay suits, few odds, 25 per N ashu T ntoaol appoint ment anil idcetlbit toolllcu itittl that no ttutu cftlcer slinll nci'opt nity printing oxcopt thnt hurelnbeloru ox copied, which dons not honr tho union Inbcl. Violation of this Inw Ih to bo puitlsht'dlv Into ot not loss than' 1 100 nor moro Ihuu VW. Tho llouso resolved to mumoilallx) Cougreaa In thu lutiuoitt of thu National not now pending (or relief o( tieltlera hIoiir Tho Dallna military tortil. Tho net wna Introduced March II. U0'- by .Senator Milehull. According to tho net thu 5.iTfolnry of thu Interior la directed to ntcertttln thu icihunnblo I vnluu of tho laud ruttlcd upon by home- uteailura nud claimed by Tito D.tllou Mllltury Road Compnuy or ilnaticcuesor, thu Knsturn Oregon Laud Coiiip.tny. Tho Secretary U futher directed to ua certain when thu rettleta went tlidpor. sensed of tholr Inuda. In nil unset whuro nuy of such rottlura aru snlll lit poecua nlon of tho Inuda tc claimed by thorn, thu flecrutnry ia directed to ascertain thu vnluu ol tho improvumcutn on tho IniulH. When this informittluii la ob tained, thu Secretary is instructed to inatii) to tho nuttier cortlllcntea of ludcbt oil u oaa for thu nmouut of thulr claims. Professional Cards. R. H. Waltor, D. D. S. ijentalfurgkon'anh mkchan- icai. dentikt. Ollico Naxburk' I'.ldg. A. Kt., Phono. 21 MA1WI1FIEI.I). : : ORIUiUN. E. E. Straw, M. D. PHYSICIAN ANI SPRdEON. ' hpcinl uttontliilt to illKCdm-M nf tin Ryu Ear, Nr i.ttd Thnmt. dlu- ( ilttl. Olncc ui HitiRstnckcn iv J?:ttilh .Jitiildiu. A. G. Gross, M. D. PIIVJMCIAN AND SURGEON. Ofllcu. Nnhurg Rulldiiig, Phono I2.' MARKIIJ'IEL. : : OltEGON W. U. DougiaK, .t'iTORNEY AT LAW AND U. CO.MMIHHIONER. Front Ufl. Mntihfirlil, Oron, S. S.A. D. Eaton,' -LAtVYER- Wlll prnriieu in nil court'. EMPIRE CI IV oiir.aoN J. W. Bounoit, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. MAPHIPII'.L!) ORE John F. Hall, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Olfi'f in l.ldotailu fotU, Kiunt strict il.cilificlil, Oiv')fi IJ. St., MARSIIHIKU3, OR12 O. F. McKnigiit. ATfORNEY AT LAW Office in the hwinc' cH: Walter Iluildiiiij. MARMIIEIELD, OREGON Wold & Daniels ENGINEERS and SLRVEYOJtH Map work :t apucl tlty. Phonu. 47rt Mnrthfii'ld, : : Oregon' S than over before loll, iilic, u:r il it tu cent off. I M fixr O VvV MMIIMMNtHM