Old papers S3 ccnU pr hundrod.
, A nlc little ruin CislneUy mowing.
Head tho gunning proposition in an
other rolump,
"Want! A girl to wah diiltet at the
Varment hotel.
Tattfo desiring old newspapers should
.call at this office.
Mn, ('surge l'rry, of Houltop.-viitiwod
1'ortland Monday.
Ujwihtib and Journal (semi weekly)
fotfl."5 per year.
MJss Hraoks, o( Aberdeen, In visiting
Iwr brother at this place.
Mines given away free at tho New
Ymk-ttfto In Ft. Helen..
MiM draco Adams, of Rainier, visited
Xolallvos l.ere Haturday.
J.U. Puncan.of ficappoosc, called at
,our new quarter, Saturday.
iMlM Mule Farley, of Vernon ia, was
a Portland vUltor Monday.
Mis Jackson, of Rainier, spent . the
tilrat of the week in lloultuti.
lUln stops the fighting in Manchuria.
,'It wouldn't atop a picnic in Oregon.
Mm. Downing, of Portland, ia visiting
,Iicr father, 8. A. Miles, of 8t. Helen.
Mm. Tinkham, of Warren, was a
t pleasant caller at our X) like, Saturday.
Phillip llertrandt Portland, was in
jUlnier, Tuesday, cauvuiuilng for Ufa
. insurance.
Oto. W, (irantrjroad.iiip. of district
No. 1, won a pleasant caller at our office
, Saturday.
Mr. NVkley, of Kalama, was ft Rain
ier vlmtor over Sunday. Ho waa the
,;gucrt of M. Kllis.
We aro ideaecd to learn that MIhh
.It one Hatfield hn l; n digged for. an
mother year's i1iuol in Rainier.
Chas. dark, of Rainier, u8.socurcd
.quite an cxteiulvo contract at Uuk Point
"Wash., building a flume and a house.
At Bailey A lb-inn's you find a good
..quolity.of goneral merchandise, at tho
right prloc. New goods arriving daily.
It, F. Harmann, of Uninier, Iiaa pur
, chased the house belonging to- G. W.
Kiser. and formerly . occupied by O.
Dutcher.
Morgui of the New York store tt-8t.
.'Helena If offering special inducements
I Jor caah tirade. Hco him for fine prcinl
iVtn dishes.
We ore pleased to note that Road Sup.
0. N. Gable Is, yjnying travel on the
i road the weet sido-cf the dppot in Houl-
flon ; a much needed improvement.
!. II. Oopcland and family returned
: -Sunday niirht from Gladstone, whore
cthcy have been attending tho Ghautaa
,qua. They report a very pleasant time
t U. W. Chirk lion tho frame pp for Dr;
! Robs' new businoss block In Kt. Jlolens.
'(The upper story -of the building ban been
itaued by the Odd Fellows who will lit
tit op as a civic bulk
Mr. Welch, of ClaUkanie, has christ
encd his gasoline launch "Littlo Klva.'
Bhe is a beauty. She is modeled after
tho Columbia. She has a screw propel 1
tr and makes fifteen miles per hour.
, George Reed, the corpcnlcr, Is rcmod
. eling tho barn Just across Milton creek
-ad is converting itdnto a.cozy residence
for Mrs. Wilkerson. AVben finished it
will present a very nico arpearance.
.J. J Schmidt, who was well known In
Rainier as Jack Schmidt V'tho logger,'
y-writcs a frlond in Rainier that ho lost
everything he possessed a short time
ainco in a fire at Victoria, British Coluin
liA.
'In tho ball game between Sellwood
; and St. Helena Sunday, Uie score stood
13 to 5 in favor.ot the former. However
,wbon the St. Uwis lwyB go to Sellwood
Jor their rovengo, the score will lo very
dlifferent.
'. Sunday, while working on tho flume
lUcar Houltou. J. K. Black had the mis
Jortuno to stick a pickowxm into his in
step,, inflicting a overo flesh wound
vwbich willjirobably laAim up for eov
rraVdft'a.
"We understand that 0. E. Elliott,
, logger at Marshland, has failed, and the
i laborers havo tied everything fast until
Ahey got their money. We are in sym
pathy with Oscar as be is a first class,'
JbattWorking man.
''Tit la rumored that our vertital One
IJIyed Riley, of Scappooso, bus accepted
a position with tho new :soap firm at
Rainier, at a 'princely salary, to write
original poetry and advertisements de-
scriptive of the merits of their goods.
; Rev. Thorpe and family,- cf Rainier,
t after a two weeks outing at tho Chau
"tauqna, returned home Monday. They
-voted Gladstone Park a pleasont place,
, . and the Chautauqua the best evor bold
i- in the State. Mr. Thorpe'B brother r-e-v
turned jvith them.' ,
- Simms, the carpenter of Rainier, has
Commonced the erection of a fine two
t story framoiiouse for" Felix Debast, a
r low miles back (bfcRatnier. The foundft-1
.4ion is 20 feet square. It will be remwn
i tiered that a short time ago Mr. Dobast's
r.vresidcncewas bunned while there was
,i4io one home but tho aged couple. They
'were unable to save anything from the
.bouse, but as they had some insurance
i they will be enabled to rebuild a very
trood house and will still . have a nice
jiomo for thoirdecjining yonrs,
That portion of Peer Inland just below
the seining grounds baa been dubbed
'Sing King" camp. There are thousands
of mosquitoes that sing sing thcrenigbU
y, anJ m tUa deniuns have to work In
tho water wairt deep, nearly all the
time it IssuppoNod that oouie wag has
given the ramp this name. The boys
ad caught but very few fish up to last
Monday scarcely enough to pay for op
erating the seine. They are looking for
ward to a bo'.U'r run in a tew days. Hut
as the close MNuton Is only two wwks off
thero is little hope of doing any buninexs
before the full fishing begins. Sing Sing
is likely to gain a reputation as a seining
ground as well as a good camp for duck
shooters.
(Uorgo Grant4he efficient road sup
ervisor oi district rvo. l, and J. l.
Duncan, Henry White, Robert Grant,
red Knnimjer, A. Newman, M. Mar-
wert and I). Cooper all of the vicinity of
KcappooKo imtuicd through Houlton en
route for Clatskanlno lost Saturday,
whero they have a contract of building
a considerable amount of road, provided
for by HjKciftl tax levy, about a month
will be required to do tho work. Mr.
Stout l'.ryant is the supervisor of Cluts
kanine district could not find time to do
tho work. It was tno party of wisdom
to hire the work done by the day in as
much as no one cared to bid to da tho
work (or what the commissioners thought
it could be done.
uno night last week a brawl and a
sort of free for all melee occured in the
old Health Oflko building. A girl waa
(truck over tho head with a crutch. A
amp or two was upset and. tho oil . ran
out on the carpet and .was noun in a
blaze. Fortunately for tho town tho
quarrel stopped and tho inmates at once
organized themselves into a fire brigade
and had tho flames extinguished before
the town marshal vrrived. Had the fire
got the better, of them, atiout all that
would bo lefUd 'lUiniur would be a lot
of ashes and bnrnt piling. Too much
caro to prevent fires at this time of year
cannot be ued.
Last Monday morninc a lady from
Portland whose namo we did not learn,
w ith her four lUtle children had Ix-en
spending Sunday in Marlins I'.luff and
came down to take tho morning boat for
home. While standing on tho rickety
old dock, a plank on which two of tho
children woro standing gave way and
.precipitated tho littlo fellows into the
water.. Tho mother had hold of their
hands and it was only. by great effort on
her part that she prevcuted them from
lieing submerged. OH docks should be
fixed up so aa to be safe.
"Whatahall wo cat?" is the all ab
sorbing question with tl.o housekeeper.
W have fork and beans, lunch tongue,
ham loaf, Vienna sausage, roast; corned,
mustard, pickles of all kinds, honey
in pound combsbesides salmon, oysters
clams and. fruit to help solvo the prob
lem theso hot days. We alo keep fresh
fruit ond vegetables whenever possible
and pay the beet price for produce. II.
O. Oliver, dealer in groceries, dry goods,
furniture, etc., Houlton, Oregon.
A gentleman of St. Helens, who is
thoroughly acquainted with tho lay of
tho country says that pcoplo desiring to
get.into St. Helens, and who are now
shutout by reason of tho "Crushed
Razor" road, may yet find, ingress into
the city by coming through the Sister'i
field to Houlton and then drive down on
tho Houlton-St. Helens road. Thero is
nothing like knowing all the crooks and
turns in tho road when your go down to
"Jerico."
The Rainier base ball team is getting
up quite a reputation this season. The
Astoria crack nine was to ..come up to
Rainier last Sunday, but for some
reason they declined and sent the boys
an invito down. The Rainier club went
down and put it all over the Astorians.
Tho score stood six to four in favor of
Rainier. It has been suggested that a
tournament be held in Rainier this year
and all amaturo clubs oi the state in
vited to participate.
.Two engineers of considerable note in
Columbia County met by chance in ono
of the resorts in the south end of the
county. After partaking of one or two
glasses of Adams ale(?) they began
boasting of their prowess as engineers.
One declared that he "yarded 200' logs
in nine hours." the other that ho had
run "200 lbs. of ensilage through an iui
proved rock crusher in 18 hours." . Call
the editor down.ftgain, will you?
'Commencing June 8th and continu
ing untilregular summer schedulo is m
augurated, the regular train of A.' & O.
R. R. arriving at Astoria t 11 :30 A. M.
will run through to Seaside direct in
stead of via Ft. Stevens, arriving at Sea
side at 12.30 p. in., returning loave goa
side at 4:30 p. m. instead of 2 :3Q p.. in,,
allowing iour hours at the beach."
The Register man has houses to -rent
and houses, to sell in the town of Rainier
tho best eohool town in the' county. A
honsoand ono block, two houses and
one block, and .also a house and lot for
good business location. He has also two
tor three good locations . for small . fruit
farms.or chicken ranches.
Wjoi. Roberts, a Iivery-manof Rain
ier is reported to be among tho missing.
Having-receivcd a check in favor of his
wife for a considerable sum of money, he
went to Portland to get the check cashed
and forgot to como back. Moral : .Wives
should keep hold ot thoir own puree
strings,
A lady, from tho vicinity of Warren,
called at our office Saturday and request
ed us to advertise forW men. She ia
not narticular In selection, but aha
want a of them to work with her hus
band inohoYeling the "crue-t razors"
from the Torlland-St. Helena macadam
highway.
McMcra W. II. Dolman and 8. A.
Miles, of St. Helena, wereeen to board
theateanwr Iralda, MonJay morning.
each carrying a gun and a grip. It waa
surmised that they were going to Join
the volunteer army to ajrniat the wape.
However they both returped on the
afternoon boat.
Tho Indies of the Woodcraft gave a
luwn social Tuesday night. The grounds
were illujued by Chinese lanterns and
bon-flrca built along Milton creek. A
nicer evening could not have been chos
en, llirougn some misumiereianuing
tho ice cream, did not arrive,' bui the!
Indies served niolaus to the largo crowd
in attendance.
We acknowledgo an Invitation to at
tend a two daya aession of an Oregon
Development League, the official call of
which lias been published heretofore.
Hon. R. S. Hattan has appointed ten
delegates Xq repretent Columbia, county
in tho league. A list of the delegates
thus appointed aro published in another
column.
Messcrs N. A. Terry, of Houlton and
Superintendent McGuire of the A- & O.
R. R., and several other gentlemen have
leased large duck preserve on Deer
Island, where they and their mends
expect to have some fine shooting this
flcatson. They havo already commenced
feeding for wood duck and teal which
are generally plentiful here.
Working Night And Day. .'.
The busiest arid mightiest little thing
that ever wa made is Dr. Kings New
Life Villi. These pills change weakness
Into strength, listlessncss into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. ' They're
wonderful in building up the heaivh.
Only 2oc per box. ,old by Ferry- &
Graham.
Sunday night a fire broke out in tho
woods bock of Goble and burned nearly
2000 cords of wood which had been cut
and ricked up ready for hauling out.
The wood belonged to tho Columbia
Timber Co. and to the Cold Storage Co.
of Goble. We have been unable-to Icarn
whether the county bridges were damag
ed, or if any buildings were burned.
Thero were several good buildings .in
close proximity to tho fire, and the
county had two pretty good bridges
near there.
. No rity Shown,
"For years fato was after roe contin,u-
uousiy" writes r. A.uiuieuge, verbena,
Ala.' "I had a terrible case -ol'.PUca
causing 24 ' tumors. When all' failed
Hucklen s Arnica baive cured me.
Fqually good for Burns and all aches
and pains. Only 25c. at Ferry 4t . Gra
ham's, : j
For sale or trade, a house and lot- in
Rainier, Good location for residence or
business. Call on or address R, II.
UUtckoU, Rainier, Oregon,
NIghtWa9 HerTorture. ,
"I would cough nearly all night long,"
writes Mrs. Ohas. A&plegate. of Alex
andria, Ind., "and could hardly get any
sleep, I had consumption so bad that
if I walked a block I would cough fright
fully and spit blood, but, when all other
medicines failed, thrte $1.00 bottles of
Dr. King's New Discovery wholly cured
me and I gained 58 pounds." It's abeo-
lutei suaranteed to cure Uouciis, uouin,
LaGftppe, Bronchitis and all Throat and
Lung Troubles.' j Price fiOc and $1.00.
Trial bottles freo at Perry & Graham's.
A few weeks ago wo made mention of
the fact that certain political bosses of
Columbia county had set about to effect
the removal of certain postmasters in
this county. Since then a certain gen
tleman writing from Washington to a
friend in this county gives the reason
assigned for asking the removal of these
postmasters as "Pernicious Political Ac
tivity," and by way of explanation he
gives in detail the names of tho gentle
menwho signed tbo letters and petition
asking -for removal. This list will be
filed away for future reference and will
bo drawn upon as occasion may require.
However we are freo to state that it is
possible that a change in postmasters in
one or two instances might not be amiss,
yet it is safe to say that the postmasters
of Columbia county had but very littlo
to say or do relative to politics, and the
most "pernicious political activity" was
shown by. the men whoso names' com
prise the aforesaid Let. '-'
Brutally Tortured.
A case came to light that for persistent
and unmerciful torture- has perhaps
never been equalled., JoeGoIobick of
Colusa, Calif., writes: "Forl.Vvears I
endured insufferable pain from Rheuma
tism and nothing releived me though 1
:tried everything known. I came across
JMectric isitters and it's .the greatest
medicine on earth ior that trouble. A
few bottles of it completely releived and
cured me." Just as good for Liver and
Kidney trouble And general . debility.
Only 50c. . Satisfaction guaranteed by
Perry & Graham. t .
.JIad the crushed rock in Union pre
cinct been placed upon the road between
Houlton and Yankton where the road is
already graded, instead of oa-ihe basalt
ic rock-road bed, where tho -road never
becomes muddy, there would have been
no kick. Tho fact is, there was an at
tempt 4q make a big showing;, with tho
money. When work ia well fld proper
ly done, the people do not grumble
about their taxes. It is only when tho
money is improperly used, that there is
ground" for complaint.
. .'"V V..-' A v . VM ..-v
The Rainier first nine went to AUri
to play ball Sunday.
Contraband of war is stuff shijjed by
a nation with a small nary.
Horn, to tli wife of II. U, Oliver o;
Houlton, July 2i, a danghter.
Ono Eyed Riley, of Scappooso, was a
(descant caller at our sanctum, ToecJay.
The first of the week fire destroyed
C'-ve-al rods of fence" for Mr. Lanjbrrson.
Portland's Chinese have new jos,
u-t s lauch at them and continue to
pray for tho kind of weather we want.
Mr. John Van Warworn and family, of
Mt. Tabor, went to Yernonia, Tuesday,
t visit Mrs. Van's mother, Mrs. C. L.
Parker.
Orin Able shipped three One shepherd
do-,- on tho steamer Iralda yesterday
ono toll. Rnnks, Readers, and two to
t'alvin Johhson, of Scappooe.
A 13-year-old girl of Deer l'ark, Wash
a m
nas ucen married, ller parents may
have thought that a husband would be a
nice addition to her stock of dolls.
A young man writes to iwk the best
way of spending his week's vacation
with the view of obtaining rest. About
tliu only way that we know he could
sjKtnd a restful vacation would be to
have the Warden of the penitentiary
lock him up in a dark cell.
SCAPPOOSE.
The hum of the steam thrasher ia here
in the land.
J. Zeisman, of the canyon, has the
banner oat crop of this section.
Crops of all kinds aro yielding well,
notwithstanding this is presidential
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newman received
a present of a bouncing baby boy last
week.
A" number of dwellings aro being
erected In the town , of Scappooso at
present.
Otto Miller has a contract for several
car loads of cedar posts for Portland
parties.
A. Hrnirtnl recently completed a
handsome addition to the residence of
Asa Holliday.
P. Mayer w ears a
these days over his
for a bountiful crop
sweet milk smile
brilliant prospects
Leota Lowe, of Houlton, completed a
highly successful term of school in the
canyon lost Frid ay.
inere is more rejoicing over the one
office that was saved (the School Supt's)
than the ninety and nine that went not
astray.
Scappooso . now has - k ;first class
batchershop, whkh.is.much appreciat
ed and is receiving a liberal patronage
Bob McKay is the founder.
Dairymen in this vicinity complain of
a fly about the size ot a goat, .with a bill
like a lawyer's, which telescopes and is
used to draw both blood and milk.
No town in Columbia county has ex
ceeded Scappooose in increase of popu
lation and permanent improvements,
during the past year. It is probable
that this place will be incorporated at
the next meeting of our State Legisla
ture. "
Our genial, wide awake friends Messcrs
G. Lang, W, Tetz.and Henry Bartel, of
the Canyon, have secured the contract
of delivering lumber from Nelson &
Reid's mill in -Wash. Co., to Scappoose,
where it will he loaded on cars and ship
ped to Oofttes & Powell, of Portland, Or.
who are building a town of considerable
dimensions on the east side.
Deer hnnters must be somewhat
troublesome in this vicinity as the fol
lowing notice posted on a farmer a gate
would indicate'. :.
" " "Notice to Hunters." .
"Please shut the gate as my wife is
sick and unable to chase Stock out of the
field. Don't shoot the calves, they are
all docs. The hired man may be distin
guished from a bear by these traits
Jear has, long brown, hair. The hired
man is bald. A bear will move rapidly
in open ground ; but the hired man nev
er makes a quick move. The bear also
has sharp teeth and claws ; there is noth
ing sharp about the hired man except
hia appetite. Ono swallow doesn
make a summer, neither docs one swal
low from a pocket flask permit a hunter
to . wallow down ten acres of grain
Therefore beware of the dog and a law
suit."
' One Eyed Riley.
Vernonla Grange.
Last Saturday I went to Yernonia to
visit the Grange, of that lively city and
to assist in conferring degrees. There
should have been several candidates but
only two appeared, one for the 1st & 2nd
decrees and one for the 3rd & 4th de
grees.. Tho Grangait Yernonia is in
prosperous condition and receiving new
members continually. ' We are glad to
seethe farmers uniting, as it is their
only mode of defence. Individually they
are weak, united they are powerful, so
brother and Bister farmers let us al
unite.
From Yernonia! hurried home and
niado haste to Natal to attend the basket
social, which provec to be a grand suc
cess both socially and financially, tho
net proceeds being oyer. fifty dollars, for
which the Grange extends its thanks to
one and all. The date 'of the social was
altered because of another social event
that was Bet for the last Saturday of
July. . ....,., ...
Let all Patrons remember that Satur
day, August 8ch, tho Pomona Grange
of Columbia county meets at Goble.
J. W. AavTaoa, Ih-puty,
PITTSDUnC.
News la rather scarce this wek. the
only event of much importance being
the bctket social ami dance at Natal.
Ik'ing as curious m a woman, I tried to
find out what I could, but didn't learn
much; not even whether the widow,
whoobjecU to whiskers, lives up or
down the river.
There was a joke on Squire T.allard at
Natal. After buying a pretty flower
bedecked basket, he started a hunt for
its original owner but, alas, no one
would claim it and in disgust he finally
old it for the beneSt of the Grange.
Better luck next time neighbor.
' Inquiries among the participants in
thegayetics elicited the fact that all
had a good time, and the morning
dawned with a cold grey light away in
the distant east before many of them
sought the arms of Morpheus. The
average guess as to amount cleared for
the new hall is about $10.
O. Mellinger is doing a Cn3 job of
work on the road below A. Klliot's.
Good for you Charlie; now when I go to
see the future Aunt Sal lie, she won't be
frightened about my being lost in U e
mud coming home.
Lon Emmons has begun work on the
road below tho Powell baidge. We have
hopes of decent traveling between here
and Mist soon, Emory Mills already
having lots of puncheon ready for his
end of the road.
G. W. Armstrong went down tho river
Thursday to work a few weeks for Der
rick & Waen.
Mrs. W. D. Case expects a visit from
her daughter soon.
Miss Grace Powell and brother, Ora,
were among the gay dancers at Natal on
Saturdav.
The little rain we had helped the
gardens, but wasn't half enough to suit.
Uncle Joe.
GRANGE TOPICS FOR 1904.
Tbeae Are the Subjects Soarcested
br the Nmtloaal Lecturer.
May. What are the relative merlta from
cultivation and fertilization derived by
growing crops?
junc can improvement oe maae in uie
present method of marketing crops?
July. What la the duty of the rarmer
i the management of the affairs of his
political party?
August What la the duty ot the farmer
In the management o;tbe affairs of state
or nation?
September. What la the duty of ttw
farmer In the management of local af-
falrs. Including churches, schools aad
roads? .' . . ......
October. What constitutes the essential
features Inside the Ideal home?
November. What are required as the
outside attractions of the Ideal home?
December. What should the different
members of the family contribute to. an
ideal home?
There are many ways of developing
an interest In the grange in these top
ics, but we know of none better than
to have a short paper assigned to .be
read as an introduction to the discus
6lon, and let this be followed by a
"question box," the questions having
been carefully prepared beforehand
and' assigned and to be of such n na
ture as to bring out all phases of tho
subject under consideration.
'The Dominion G ranee.
Dominion grange, Canada, at the an
nnal session held recently, elected as
master for 1904 Henry Grose. A fea
ture of the session was the address of
Master Jabel Robinson, M. P., who re
tires after twenty-one years of service.
He dealt chiefly with the tariff and
trusf and spoke strongly in favor of
rural free mall delivery and the tax
atlon of railways.
. Strong; Grange County
The Androscoggin county Tomona
grange of Maine has a largo member
ship. At the annual meeting this year
the membership was reported to be
2.C3C Maine ranks -third in member-
ship in" the United States, and over
one-tenth of Its membership Is located
in AndroscoRzin county. There are
nearly 4,fj00.Patrons In that county.
The New York state grange began
May 1 to Issue a monthly lecturers'
bulletin for the benefit of subordinate,
grange lecturers. It is edited by Frank,
Shepard of Lawrenceville, N. Y., lec
turer of the state grange.
Has your grange ever had a fair? If
not why not? You will be surprised
at the amount of stuff one little grange
can get together If it tries hard.
Grange headquarters at the St Louis
exposition will be open from Sept 1 to
Dec. 1 and will probably be in the Ad
ministration building.
Where you And a well organized and
efficient degree team there you will,
find the degree work rendered most
Impressively. -''
A poor line
neighbors.
fence often makes bad
Build a good road, and yon will want
another.
The total receipts of the Michigan
-state grange for the last fiscal year
was $19,856.52, of which over $14,000
were from subordinate grange fees and-
dues. '
The real purpose of the grange ia ed
ncation. r-,
..JpelUt dlmit, not demit ..
"AVERTWEAK PRETENSE
1
Republican Desire For RedproeJ
jty Is a Hollow Mockery.
50 EUL EEPUCTI03 SOUGHT.
rreteetlenJsts Will Redae the Tar
IS Only Xoaeoatpetlaa Mate
rials. Which D Net Ex tat-"Let
.Well Eneagh Alone la the Cry.
Reciprocity la doomed as fnr as tba
Republican party Is concerned, for tho
leaders hare determined to "stand
pat" Senator Lodge, the bead of iVes-
Ideut Roosevelt's "kitchen cabinet,". la
ts much opposed to reciprocity as Con
gressman Llttaucr, be of glove scandal
fa aw, whom the president described as
his personal friend and closo political
adviser. Senator Dolllver, who not
long ago was defending the ".Iowa
Idea," has just made a speech In tho
senate renouncing his former heresy
and urging that the tarll does not
shelter the trusts, but rather hurts
them by helping their small competi
tors. And so the list of those Republic
ans who flirted with tariff reform and
courted reciprocity, Including Presi
dent Roosevelt, may nearly all be 8ld
to hare decided to do nothing, go homo
and tell tho people, "We must let well
enough alone." Ex-Congressman Foss
of Massachusetts says be Is still fight
ing for reciprocity with Canada, and
Governor Cummins of Iowa may con
tinue to declare ho has not surren
dered, but it Is only with a faint heart
and a knowledge that reciprocity has
been put to sleep with trust medicine
In allopathic and not homeopathic
doses. If McKInley were alive he
would be forced to recant his last
speech, in which he declared for reci
procity, or be read out of the Repub
lican party by those who now control
It
But If the politicians hare surren
dered to the threats of the trust mog
nates and have abandoned their efforts
for reciprocity or the reform of those
schedules of the tariff law that glvo
the trusts their monopoly there aro
more people demanding tariff legisla
tion than ever before. Democrats aro
united for a reasonable reform of tho
tariff, and Republican business men,
farmers and others all over the coun
try have organized reciprocity lengues,
the object of which Is to promote busi
ness with other countries by mutually
reforming the tariffs that now bar tho
way. To Bhow how extensive this
movement has become here is a llstof
these organizations:
New England Reciprocity League
William E. Brlghnm, secretary, 803
Board of Trade buildins. Boston. Mass.
Minnesota Branch of National Reci
procity League Benjamin F. Beards-
ley, secretary?- C40 Endicott building,
St Paul, Minn.
Lower Lakes 'Reciprocity League-
Campbell Shaw, secretary, 730 EJ1I
cott square, Buffalo.
Trl-CIty Reciprocity League Nathan
iel French, secretary, Davenport, Ia.
National Reciprocity League Adams
Express building, Chicago.
It is hardly probable that these
leagues will be able to convert the. Re
publican party to the kind of reciproci
ty they demand, although they jiaro
thousands of members, for Congress
man Dalzell, who Is the recognized
mouthpiece of the protectionists, de
clared fn the house of representatives
that "Republican reciprocity Is reci
procity iu noncompeting articles and
in nothing else." Tha,t means that the
protectionists refuse to lqwer the tar
iff barriers to any product of a for
eign country that is produced in the
United States. '
Since the United States has included
In her territory tropical .and semltrop-ical-couptries
there is hardly a produc
tion of any foreign country that will
not compete with our products, so that
reciprocity of . tho Republican.. pjaad
under those circumstances Is Impossi
ble or would be so iufinitesinial that it
would amount to nothing. The Repub
licans at great expense made reciproci
ty treaties with 6&veral countries, hut
the Republican leaders in the senate
-refused to ratify them because some-ot
the articles included in those treaties
were products of the United States.
Any declaration for reciprocity by.
the coming Republican national con
vention will-Jse for reciprocity In non-
competing articles and not for the reci
procity that the reciprocity, leagues aro
striving for. Such a declaration V(
not lead to any increased trado wjth
foreign countries because true t'ecl-
procity means that both 8ldes..jtnust
.give and take or there can' be no trade.
The Republicans are so wedded to pro
tection, that they fear real reciprocity
as an opening wedge to break down
the protection walls. The protected
Interests mostly the- trusts control
the leaders and by furnishing them
money for Republican campaigns de
mand In return full protection, and
iwlth that real reciprocity would inter
fere.
Cettlnar he Worst of . the Bargain.
The Protective Tariff j league, whjch
Is a league of trusts and protected
monopolists, Is of course interested, in
making the taxpayer believe that, be,
too, is protected, but the palpable mass
ing of the wealth of the country lrr,the
hands of a few and the continued strug
gle for existence of the many is an, un
answerable argument to the farmer, the
storekeeper, 'thfirolerk. tlie artisan, and
the laborer that they have the worst-ot
the bargain.- As the protectionists havo
acknowledged that , the sugar trust, is
the worst trust, because it dictates the
price of its product and who shall -dpal
with it and bears hardly on tho sugar
- , .'planter, why are not the other trusts
.. that protection pampers equally hurt
ful to tho American people? Tariff, re-
,,l f,orm, ja the only way to reach them.