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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1895.
The Weekly Chronicle.
THK DAIXK8
OBGOOM
Entered at the postofnce at The Dalles, Oregon,
s second-cies nui matter.
BTATB OFFICIALS.
Sjvernoi W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kincaid
Treasurer -Phillip Metschan
Bupt. ot roDUO instruction u. M. irwin
Attornev-General. .'CM. Idleman
J J. H. Mitchell
, iu. nermann
"'","' - j W. K. Ellis
State Printer. . . .............. . .... W. H. Leeds
Borjatora..
County
Sheriff..
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissioners .
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Judge.
Geo. C. Blakoley
T. J. Driver
A. M. Kelts
....Wm. Michel
Frank Kincaid
Assessor..
Bnrreyor. ,
erinl
(Frank Kincai
J A. j. Blowers
........ F.H. Wakefiel
. Wakefield
. F. Sharp
Superintendent of FubUe Bcnoois. . .Troy bneuey
uoroner w. tx. duiu
. GOOD NIGHT.
With ibis issue, onr connection ' with
Tbk Chkokiolk ceases. We commenced
poshing the lead pencil one year ago
yesterday, under contract for a year, and
that year expired Tuesday night. How
ever, owing to the fact that Mr. Fred
Wilson, who will . take charge of the
- paper tomorrow, was a delegate to the
state convention of republican clubs, we
held oyer, so to speak, until tonight.
With the best wishes for' the many
readers of Taz Chkonicle who have
perased the oft-times airy products of
our prosaic pen, and have refrained from
acts of violence on account thereof, and
bespeaking for our successor a continu
ance of like favors, we bid you good bye
and join the lilent majority.
' J. H. Cradlebaugh
gentleman, having been found guilty of
robbing the United States' out of $100.
000 at least, was let go on bonds in the
um of $3000. Of course while waiting
for the supreme court to decide the
matter Mr. Dunbar, witti commendable
wisdom,, removed his non-astral' body
from the jurisdiction of the courts, so
that after all the only question for the
supreme court to! decide was whether
the $3000 should be forfeited to the
United States, or not. The money was
all the court had jurisdiction over.' The
decision of the court makes the bond
forfeitable and U. S. District Attorney
Murphy has begun proceedings to corral'.
it. -By the way the ca6e of Cy. Mnlkey,
who was also convicted, seems to have
been lost sight of. Will Mr. Murphy
please explain why . nothing is being
done with that light' fingered gentle
man?
ALL INCOME TAXES.
THE INCOME TAX.
The income tax question is settied, the
supreme court of the United States hav'
ing declared it unconstitutional, Dy a
vote of five to four. While this decision
interferes seriously with the revenues of
the government, that matter can be
easily remedied. ' Congress can easily
provide for more revenue when it meets,
but it can never restore confidence in
the supreme court of the United States.
z or more than a hundred years onr
supreme court has been looked upon by
the entire civilized world as the most in-
" dependent, the most upright and the
most perfect judicial body in the world.
The recent . decision besmirches that
' grand reputation. It is not that the de
cision was against the income tax that
. does this, but the manner in which that
decision was reached. It will be re
membered that Justice Shiras, at the
first trial of the case, was in favor of the
constitutionality of the tax, but upon
the second hearing of the matter, when
it was certain that Justice Jackson
would throw the weight of his opinion
in favor of the law. Justice Shiras sud
denly reversed himself, thus making the
court five to four against the law, in
stead of five to four in favor of it, as the
decision would have been had he stood
by his expressed convictions. Un
charitable people; people who are ac
quainted with the ways of politicians,
people who know how the great aggrega
tions of wealth accomplish their pur
poses, will find but one explanation of
Justice Shira's sudden flop, and that is
undue influence exerted in such a man
ner as to increase Justice Shiras' in
come. The decision is but another step
towards anarchy and strange as it may
seem that step is deliberately taken by
the highest tribunal in the land. The
ioommon every day man will find some
difficulty in following the niceties of dis
tinction made by the learned legal lights
who ornament the supreme bench. ' The
common every day mind is incapable of
grasping the intangible ' essence of the
law, that finds it constitutional to levy
a tax under the name of internal rev-1
enoe on the direct product of the soil, as
it does in the case of tobacco, and in the
same breath finds it unconstitutional to
levy a tax under the name of income
when the income is derived from the
rents and profits of the lands upon which
the tobacco is grown. The common
every day citizen cannot recognize the
distinction between a tax levied directly
on incomes, and a tax levied indirectly
as it is in the tariff.
The United States raises $600,000,000
annually by a tax. How? By customs
duties she taxes articles of consumption,
and the higher duty the greater Jax she
levies on the incomes of the consumers.
The result is the same as a direct tax on
incomes, only the tax is levied in pro
portion to the amount consumed.
The supreme court decision is, how
ever, final and must be submitted to.
The proper thing now to be done is to at
once take the initial steps for submitting
an amendment to the constitution," pro-
yiding for the taxing of incomes. , The
system by which the government raises
Its revenue is a bad one, in that it taxes
a man not according to his ability to pay,
nut in proportion to the benefits he de
rives from the government, but just in
proportion to the amount he consumes.
Jit is a per capita tax, pure and simple.
Now that the income-tax question is
settled it is quite probable that some
knotty propositions arising therefrom,
may spring 'up to. bother the supreme
court. That court decided that it is un
constitutional to tax incomes because it
is indirectly taxing property. Admit
that proposition and is there any tax
that the government can collect?" The
government's principal source of revenue
is from customs duties.
A tax is nominally levied upon the
articles imported. For instance a duty
is said to be levied on sugar, la it?
most assuredly not. The duty is imposed
on the article and the man who im
ports the sugar pays the govern
ment the tax for. the privilege of
importing it. The man who uses the
sugar pays the tax. Mow is that not a
tax upon the income of the person who
consumes the sugar? Most assuredly.
The law simply says whoever eats im
ported sugar must pay' the government
for the privilege, and the sugar is only
the article by which the amount of the
tax is fixed. As a matter of fact there is
not a tax levied in the United States
either by the general government, state,
county, citv or school districts that is
not a tax on incomes. The tax on real
property is an income tax, the value of
the property being taken as the basis
upon which to calculate the amount of
income that should be charged against
it, and as this basis must in the very
nature of things be an incorject one, the
tax is unjust in that it is not equally
divided and cannot be from the ery
nature of things.
There can be no tax levied upon any
thing but incomes, for you can't collect
taxes on what a man has already ex
pended. ' His taxes must be paid from
the money he receives, consequently
every tax is a tax on incomes. The in
corporeal subtleties which the judicial
mind deals in, are beyond the ken of
common every day people. A prim
rose on the river's brim, a yellow prim'
rose is to them ; 'tis that and nothing
more." A tax that comes out of their
incomes is an income tax to them, and
it is nothing more. 1 They cannot see
those microscopical distinctions, those
niceties of longitudinal hair parting by
which the learned and be-gowned jus
tices of the supreme court distinguish
between a tax levied upon the rents of
land, which is inquisitorial, and the tax
upon the products of the land, which is
all right. Suppose the manufacturer of
cigars should object to paying the in
ternal revenue, claiming it was a tax on
inceinos and therefore unconstitutional,
could the icourt or would it, compel the
tax to be paid? We think it would be
cause we think that it is not unconstitu
tional for common, every day people" to
pay any kind of a tax.
SALUTATORY.
to the best interests of
which its light is shed.
. Under a temporary arrangement Thb
Chboxicle today passes under a new
management .' -.The policy of the paper
will rematn aa it always has been true
the section over
In national and
state politics Tire Ciironicl'k will be
consistently republican ; in municipal
affairs it will be absolutely fearless and
independent, holding the welfare of the
citizens of this city and county dear
above all things else. There is a space
to be filled in the journalistic field of
Eastern Oregon and the management
intends that this paper shall occupy this
position. -The high standard set by Mr.
Cradlebaugb, the able and talented gen-
tleman, who last night laid down his
quill for a short time only, we hope it
will be the aim of his successor to emu
late; Coming after such a man, the
position is not an easy, one.' With
malice towards none and charity to
all," the writer signs himself .
Feed. W. Wilson.
Considerable interest is aroused by
the report that negotiations are pending
regarding the purchase of the Times
Mountaineer. 'No definite result , has
been determined upon, but it is possible
the future may see one announced. Mr.
Douthitt, formerly of Frineville, is here
seeing if the purchase can be made. . He
has the support of a number of influential
democrats who are anxious to see a paper
of their political faith in the county.
Mr. Michell, the present editor of the
Mountaineer, has been 15 years in the
harness and expressed himself, today
that a rest would be very agreeable to
him. ' '. '
Closing
Out Sale
of DRY GOODS:
' P ' CLOTHING-, FINISHING GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and GAPS.
'y: Past or present yalues cut 'no- figure, as goods
MUST be SOLD LESS than COST.
DEMAND FOR OREGON WOOLS:
Oregonian contains the
Sen From 11 afar.
'Yesterday's
following: .
'A local firm has mailed the following
circular to ' woolgrowers in Eastern
Oregon:" .
'It has been clearly demonstrated this
spring that stapled wjols are and will be
utl. . U . ft rrt J . . 1
growth in ' California haa met with I uuwu U'BU "lra
quicker sale
Court street is now in a deplorable
condition, the old wooden sewer having I
fallen in and carried with it a large por
tion of the street ; money spent in patch-1
ing with lumber . that rotten box -is I
worse inan inrown away, it tiie city Vo, ' tt-uu r, i:' 't T ' .
can not afford to lay a tile sewer the en- 1 cl iC.?.lw' V"""e, rencn MOCiei ana Otner mate.
tire length of the street, it can not afford 01 Corsets will be closed out at extreme! v low nrices. - Call
to replace .the . broken places in the and be Convinced. You will be SUrnrispH at. n'nr lnw Trio(a
.i : . ...
we re i
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The C. P. and P. D., Trench Woven, Hand-Made, Dr.
sewer with anything but tile; if
pairs are maae wito me it will De out a
very short time w.hen the entire sewer
from the schoolhouse to the river will be
replaced. ' -.
J. P. McINERNY.
' The Chicago wheat market has heard
of Oregon's republican enthusiasm and 1 1-J j ' 1 "l f Vfv J
wheat has started upward farther than 111 C I tJ
the bears can run. ' All this country
needs is a good price for wheat and the
silver question will take care of itself.
Those who have homesteads will find
the following instructions from the in
terior department of importance:
"Timber land embraced in a homestead,
or other entry not consummated, may
be cleared in order to cultivate the land
and improve the premises, but for no
other purpose. - If, after clearing the
land for cultivation, there reraainB more
timber than is required for improvement,
there is no objection to the settler dis
posing of the same. But the question
whether land is being cleared of its tim
ber for legitimate purposes is a question
of fact which is liable to be raised at any
time. If the timber is cut and removed
for any other purpose it will subject the
entry to cancellation, and the person
who cut it will be liable to civil suit for
the recovery of the value of said timber,
and also to criminal prosecution .under
section 2461 of the revised statutes."
Baker Democrat.
than for years, one local
firm takine over 2,000,000 pounds. Dailv
inquiries are made by local and Eastern
Duvers lor Ureeon and .Nevada wools.
Being long staple, tbey are alone adapted
to mix with foreign wools, and compete
with . them. California dealers and
scourers must have Oregon wools to mix
with the fall and short spring California
wools, to make the latter marketable.
"Freights from San Francisco to the
East are very much lower than from
Oregon to the East. Freight on scoured
wool is even lower from San Francisco to
the East than on grease wools from Ore
gon. Ban trancisco has been this enure
spring, and is today, the highest market
in the United btatea, prices being be
yond Boston's highest quotations. It
would be well, therefore, for growers in
Oregon to be slow in selling their wools
at home. Buyers from San Francisco
and the East go to Oregon to buy wools
because they cannot compete with the
scourers in San Francisco. Tbey go to
Oregon to buy cheaper, and if they have
higher freights to pay, they must take
thia into consideration when offering on
wools. . Do not be in a hurry to sell at
borne."
This sounds much like the democratic
oratory of three years ago. The demand
for. Oregon wools, which was to. have
been created by the free importation of
foreign wools, has not shown up and
never will. This "local firm" above re
ferred to had best save its money spent
in printing and mailing these circulars
to the wool growers of Eastern Oregon.
Before the demand referred to was
created, wool at The Dalles was selling
from 13 to20 cents; now 8 cents is a
high price. Web ave beard quite enough
of the demand to be created by free
foreign wool. It makes the sheep herder
of Eastern Oregon quite tirrd.
The convention of republican clubs,
which met in Portland on the 22d, in no
respect settled or attempted to settle for
the republican party of the state any
financial qoestion. " It simply did what
all sensible people of both wings of the
party have been recommending, viz:
lett the whole matter alone. A resolu
tion opposing free coiuage of silver
would have met the same reception as
did that offered by Mr. Eggleston ot
Ashlan j. If the party believes the blow
is over it will be disappointed ; advocates
of dollar for dollar money have not
heard the last of 16 to 1, and will not
until after the next national convention.
The tide will not turn until a greater
storm than the pleasant zephyr which
stirred the buds and flowers of the party
in Portland has blown itself out.
Uat. Blum has arrived in Portland
and is ready to testify in the cases
against James Lotan and others, charged
with smuggling. He will not testify
against Dunbar because that very shrewd
The dispatches yesterday state that
Secretary Carlisle opened the discussion
of the money question at Covington,
Kentucky. The Pendleton Tribune in
its head line to the " dispatch says :
"Tremendous rush to hear Carlisle talk
sense." We should think that down in
Kentucky where Carlisle is best known
that such a proceeding on his part would
indeed cause a rush. It is probable that
had the fact been advertised properly,
the transcontinental roads, would have
been running excursion trains, for there
are lots of people on this coast .that
would travel along ways to hear Carlisle
"talk sense."
The justices of the United States
supreme court who voted against the in
come tax law were, Chief Justice Fuller
and Justices Gray, Field, Brewer and
Shiras. '.For the law were. Justices Har
lan, White, Brown and Jackson,
One would think that the Oregonian
would profit, by its experience last
winter, and hesitate before again dis
turbing a sleeping lion. At the meeting
of republican clubs the silver question
was kept out, largely thioueh the con
servative action of many leading silver
men who did not believe - the question
should be brought up. ' Instead of ap
preciating this the Oregonian today rubs
salt in their sores, and uses their votes
to Bhow that they had no standing. It
has started out to again hammer the
silver faction of the party into solidity,
and has made a wonderfully good start
in that direction. The Oregonian has
one thing in common with the dem
ocracy, and that is it invariably does the
wrong thing at the right time. '
The little son of Sq aire W. E. Menefee
was severely injured yesterday by falling
The boy struck
on his hand dislocating his wrist.' Dr.
Dietrich attended to the sufferer.
Mrs. E. C. Warren, wife of our promi
nent merchant here, has been quite ill
with rheumatic fever. She ia now re
ported better.
A populist, Crane by name; has been
interviewing our citizens regarding the
establishing of a paper here at Dufur.
tie wants a suDsidy ot fiou but aa no
warranty is made for the permanency of
the publication his proposition ia not
looked upon with favor. ;
Millionaire's Wife Forfeits a Bond.
Chicago, May 21. A capias was is
sued thia afternoon for Mrs. Warren
Springer, the wife of a Chicago million
aire. Several months ago, Mrs. Sprin
ger was indicted for an alleged attempt
to bribe a juror in a property-condem
nation suit in which her husband was
interested. " When the case was called
for trial today, the defendant was iiot in
court.. The capias was issued, and a
bond of $5,000, signed by her husband,
was declared forfeited. It is said Mrs.
Springer ia visiting friends somewhere
in Ohio. .
' DIKD. "'
At his home near Mosier, Tuesday
atternoon, May Zist, at a o'clock, William
J. Mculure, aged 78 years;
Mr. McClure came to Oregon in 1852
and has been an honored resident of
Wasco county for many years. He has
been in poor health for a long time and
his passing away was not unexpected.
The fnneral will take place at Mosier to
morrow. -
BOBM.
At Fairfield, May 21, 1895, to the wire
of E. I. Young, a son ; weight 11 pounds.
At Colfax, Wash. Wednesday, May
'ina to the wile ot W.J. Koberta a son.
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Men's Straw Hats,
Boys' Straw Hats,
Misses' Straw Hats,
Ladies': Straw Hats.
Largest Assortment in th,e City.
ROBERT E. WILLIAMS,
Blue Front Store, Opposite Diamond Mills.
Blakeley & Houghton,
175 Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon
German Protestmnts Attention,
All German Protestants of Dufur and
vicinity are invited to meet Sunday, June
2 at 3 p. m. at the farm bouse of Paul
Limmeroth near Dufur. Steps will be
taken to organize a Lutheran church.
Thia will be anniversary of the Penticos-
tal. ; - ' V. " ' " ' '
' For Sale Cheap.
A full line of all the Standard' Patent Medicines, '.
Drugs, Chemicals, Etc.
V .'.-ARTISTS Mr-A.TEI2.i-A.rjS. .V
5y Country and Mail Orders will receive prompt attention
New - Umatilla- House,-
THE DALLES. OREGON. . s; ''
SINNOTT & FISH, PROP'S. - '
Ticket and Baggage Office of the U. P. B. B. Company, and office of the Western
. Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel. .'"""'
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
LARGEST : AND : FINEST : HOTEL : IN : OREGON
. One Jersey cow ; one Jersey bull ; also
household furniture. ' Enquire of. W. A.
Hunt, Lair Hill place on Mill creek, two
miles from town. ' m24-lw
illipery.
Having secured the services of
. a first-class trimmer from the city,
I can assure my patrons perfect sat
isfaction as to style and finish.
Call and see the large variety
. of Hats on display in window.
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
Bound Over to Keep the Peace. I K f ' t , f . , . -
Loano. May 22.At the M.rlbor- ltyfatyCS FUrtylSDIDG QOOdS iP lOaKS.
icrh-street nolice court todav the Mar- . ' ' "
ough-street police court today the Mar
quis of Queensberry and his son, Lord
Douglas, of Hawick, .were bound over
each in 50, to keep the peace.
MRS. M. E. BRIGGS,
Successor to Anna Peter k Co.,
112 Second Street.
New England Marble f Granite Works,
Calvin H. Weeks,' Proprietor.
-WHOLESALE AND HETAIL DKALEB IN-
Salem wants a condensed milk factory.
We had always supposed that all the
milk down that way was used otherwise
and that between state officials, the
legislature and the clerks that milk was
one of the. things heard of but never
seen. However if they go to condensing
it, there is evidence of an over supply.
Wonder if this fact hail anything to do
with the ruling of the supreme court
that caused it to refuse to take the teat
out of the railroad commissioners'
mouths. "
Wheat is steady and advancing in the
markets of the world. It is good news
to growers who have been selling on a
very narrow margin or at a loss.
For Xniantsj and Children.
Castoria promotes Dlgeetton, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and ' Feverishneas.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Caatoria contains no
Jlorphine or other narcotic property. ; '
" C&ztoris, la ko well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Abohkb. M. D.,
- Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
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PORTLAND, OR.
720 Front Street, opp. the Failing School,
For weraral years I hare rerCTtimwrtwrl yoat
' C&storiV and shall always continue to do so,
as it has invariably produced beneficial remits."
Eowia F. Fardcb, Ji. D
KBlh Street and 7th Atbh New York City.
The use of 'Caatoria is so nnitcnal and
its merits so well known that it seams a work of
supererogation to endorse it. Few are the in
teUifrent families who do not keep Oastoria
within easy reach."
Hew York City.
Tjts Cmstaub OosDPAJrr, TT Hurray Street, If. Y.
Wool Growers,
Attention.
I will be in The Dalles during the Wool Season of, this
year, prepared to buy all kinds of Wool in any quantities at
the highest market price. See me before selling or ship
ping your Wool. .
, ; CHARLES S. MOSES. :.