rifVrtM.
Cinwir,, "T
L xn.
$2.00 Fter Year
INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, lt!94
Five Cents Per Copy.
19
)EPENDENCE
t CLASSIFIED
Iness Directory.
jfrvt-it) I iwriti tti stout', oJ
,iivfirMiml mwkiiHt id torh
ir wv.fii 'iH ' eiliW'ie tf
ro- miniTO slrr .j.rV.tf wl(Hf,
jl.niwd lu miaiitniiV M "
p sHf .m ho tie h ii nam or imfc-
f BANKS.
Joiml.lVr. Maluiuitt MonmowtliMt.
HMml, 0r. Main and CHI",
Biy, OrtW Klrt National Bunk.
BILLIARD HALL.
l'wtu-rii, Main Mrwl,
T BLACKSMITHS
ulW'M' !".
800 KS f ST ATIO N IE R
lWl!ri.MUlrwt.
BRICK.
L1
mlr, corner V street.
CENTERS. CONTRACTORS.
A UmtKult. nmee n "''
11 A Souird r l !ouI)f rsddmk's
CITY OFFICIALS.
Burl.'', Mayor.
. Kml. lUwrder.
'upiwr, Mnrnhnl.
jhurches AJPJsjrRS.
t,J. KrJ Jfnklu.
lirtuii. J. A.Towuiwitd.
igHtlmml, II. V. IS'Uhu.
sn.ai.s a. Copley.
IKl. 1'. W. IVller.
n. Su rwldimt pastor.
DAIRIES
SiiOmdel. ledetMUtewe.
DENTISTS.
uWy.O IHH iiell UrUk, upstair.
'tiiis.iii,l'ur, lUllK'md Monmouth. Ms
I DOCTORS.
ISmUMU, lint. Nat l lk, up stain,
fevtehuui, Monmouth Hi., near It. It.
lller, ri tiou., up utr.
f" DRAY COM PANI ES"
rd 4 StwiU, Itnllroad Htr.
Ukliii. kHve order nt Hotel.
DRESSMAKERS
pUlu Unit, nl nwlji'iiff. Unllroiid t.
DRUGGISTS.
lcian Iit A Co., Main Htr.
Hi llnM., nprra honae.
I r LOUR MOLS
fl (., . stklum-r A Co,
U, l. W.Krars A Co.
I' rrr . .
I FORM ITU RE.
trii, eor. (' iimt Mnln street.
ik, WtiltinkiTbrU-k.
f GEN'L M DSE
kirf A ItlrHClitwr, Main strwt,
fan luyit, Cor Mulii and C elnirl.
illN Wliltnito'r brick.
i
GROCERIES.
. r.m A MiiiKti riiK k, ( orwr in
I A Vit l t u k, Wimi. nli Mam um t.
liiH'-WliltikT brlk.
ARDWARE 4 AGL. I MPTS.
f D.iimll.Oir, Mulii M')niiumttl Kt.
tt u ! ,t Co.. Miilu unit Moiimmitli Ht.
f J03 PRINTER.
Hili Oil! Main tni!t.
t
LAUNDRY.
Jt.'ftin l.mnlry, A J. Achlnon.
LAWYERS.
Hurley, Mnln utreet.
V Kmllh. I ml. Xiifl ll"k. up Htnlru.
LIVERY STABLES.
C'xilt, M tin mriwt.
tni'um. Mnln lr,'t.
LUMBER.
hilt A Vi'iunH, miw inllt.
MARBLE WORKS.
illiiwklnx, cor. luilruud and Kutrrct.
MEAT MARKETS.
MIII'T. cmrwl.
rlhiK linm., Mnln Ktrect.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
, wlmriniin, C utrcot.
I PHOTOGRAPHER.
Icrnvi n, C ulrw.'t, north nl'1e.
RESTAURANTS.
. Hitmintiil, C. II. CiimplM'll, I'rop.
I SECRET SOCIETIES.
JjileN-iW,A.U. V. W.
y No. 12, 1.O. O. V.
0 Ih1! No. '."J, A. K, , A. M.'
cr lHgt- No. 12, K.ofl.
drtMU'tl.
li. .
Icnh Ih-KW) I OOF, dovor luf No, l.
SALOONS.
n -J, ll. (JnnH:r, prop.
;uxll M. K. Owcnn, prop.
SASH 4 DOORS.
SidII & llolimnion, Mnln itruut,
'.Crow, war depot.
GEO. E. BREY,
DKA I.Kit IN
lit, Eipi, W, W&i, k
A Little Daughter
(.if a CUnit-U of KuglanU iitinlstcr
itml of. a ili.itrckeing rnh, tiy
Aynt'm F!ir.sttinrillii, Mr, Kit n.tt'
liiitKs, Uiowt'll-ktitivvn InipKlNt, SWT
McUill St., Moiitrt'siJ, r. (,., wiyfi:
I lmvtt Mild Ayer'n t'tuiilly Mn.ll.'iiiM
for W j'vnm, ntul liavo limnl luMli'it jlmt
ool Ul ij lln m. 1 luiuw u( tiMi.y
Wonderful Cures
performtnl liy A)ti, r-:i i ;: r:;!n, in
Jit puriiftil,ir In in ; r A tf i l ; t
laufititwr o( f !mr !t f lt 1'ri lv -tr,
Tim rJilM ni l ''tl'y mvim.I
from hiil to f'it ltl nri'it nn ! i t.
reillnifly trtiiilili-imno rash, fn-m v Mi tt
li had stiffi'tri'il for two or tl.ri,
Ill pU lt tin Iimt liirtlli'iil tivntiii-t.t
ttrnlluliln, IItr futhi-r w In (tmtt
lUtit'M nlioiit tlii mus mill, , iny
nvmimmniUiHmi, "t -xt l-.'iiti In nd-lriliiliti-r
Aer R'irpittlll:i, two Imu
tli of wild h 'ff.w !etl u ,iniplttrti'-o,
wuob In lii'f ti'llff I'tnl lur fii1i r'.l
tti'lljit. I Ain mtfi., wi'r hi) I iri lmi!'y,
lie would ti'-itlfy iullni nt i tinin-it trrtun
o tlm ini ritt ft
Ayer'sSaropaH!a
Prrpnil ti Jr,4. C A fr ('., l.i",M ,
Cures othcrc,w!!l cure u
CHAS. STAATS,
(Miieor Ui UUlUIAnf) Ji TTA.
rUOI'UIKTOH UK
CityTruck and Transfer Co.
Hauling of nil Kind Duiio nt
Agents for the 0. P. Boats.
All IiIIIm iiitmt IwiM'ltUtl by the 10th 01
each mouth.
Independence, Oregon.
Steamer Altona !
Salem and . Independence
To Portland
IiiVft IiKli'tK-iiili-ni iiinl Snli'in
Mcitiiltiy, WiHlui-Hiliiy iiinl l'rlluy, Iniv
IttK Indi'iiviiilfiiw nl 0:4"), Huli'iii ut
7:Mn. in., utul urrivinir nt I'urlland at
. in.
Li'iivii rurtliiuil Tu- wlny, Tluirwluy
and Haturdny ut 0:45 in.., rttilfiii lor
lllll-K llllflHt' ut 4 1 1, in.
Kxet'lltmt uii'itlii Hi'ml mi linut ul
25 cents ier meal.
J'ujwt'iiKtTii save tliiia and money hy
taking tlii linu to I'uriluitd.
HtMintcr wilt curry fust through
frvlKht and oIIcm HpiK-lul ruti's on liirt'
IoIh.
Uiii'xcelled pnHHt'tixt'r iii'coniinodii
lloni. Mltclifll, Vrli;lil t Co , tlcuiT
al iigcutH, Holmaii liliK k, KhIimii, Or. ,
GREATLY
REDUCED
RATES
Mad
by th
FOR THE
CALIFORNIA
MIDWINTER FAIR
ROUND TRIP TICKETS
GOOD FOR 30 DAYS
Portland to San. Francisco
AND RETURN.
$27.50
Including FIVE Gate Tickets
TO THE FAIR.
'i
EXCURSION TRIPS - '
From Han FranrlMnotootlinr point" In Ciil.
focrlii will tin allowed purdmicrii or Kpochil
Mldwlntiir Fair tlckuUmt ttio following round
trip nitons
To Stations undnrlBO till Ian from Hun Fran.
oIhoo, tJne and OiiB-TIilid one-way turn,
To Klr.tlona 150 mllnr more from Han
Franidiwio, one aiKionif-flHIi onu-way faro,
Kor exiuft raU)H and full Information, Inquire
of J. B. KIRK LAND, OlKtrlct l'lisnengnr
Afnt, I'M FlratHt., Portland, Or., or addroH
tho lindiTMlKiKid. T. H. GOODMAN,
KICI1AKD OIUY, Uon. 1'anHengor Agt,
tien. TialBo Manager, Han Francliioo, Cal,
Aug. St
OUR CONTINUED STORY.
A HKrOKTUU'f ROMANCE.
A Thrlllltiir Talo Wlili h Illiiott atoM tlm
I'tile of Vllllunj.
It'uldUdird only tu ttl Wtotf rtimt)
ciurrnn it. ,
BCIIKMKa IN TDK l.Ki.tHI.ATI'ltR.
"AnnthiT strokt mid tho lirrltnufl tf
I.iklx'l I,e Clair In initio, and itotailuglt)
oul iu tho world ahall cvtr know it,
Tlia govnrtiov of tlm aluht tif Now Ymk
lKti the Mil, ml I lifconio a million
aire! A iiiillioimltet Wluit am 1 nay
Ingt A iiiultlmllliuiuilro I will l.o 1
And aim wilt never ilnuni Hint tny mll
Hoim r lu r by right,"
Ho ajKVe Franeia Itayimnnl, lawyer
and iKilitli inti, luidiT tif hi iarty In
the county of K1iih, whkh euibrui't
Urouklyu.
W tlud til m a viiiitor at Alhany, the
CHpittil (if tlm etatu, lie in not tlu'M
many houra lnforu he It tirr:nunhHl iu
kia milt of room lit the IMuvmi )y
oiiutorM, awuiiuhlyttii'u and othurit wiioee
luflin'tu'o a iMitout fur kuihI or hud iu
atato and iininlclpal guveriuiicnt. lie
seldom finite Albany, xciit when
nioro thtiii UHttnlly liitrrcnt.'il in aotue
IHiUtioii, and hie word t!"" t Rreat
way, for ha te a man of ihiwv r. lli me
the nunilxT aud the chiuiu Ur of hie
gmata.
. A man alamt 40 year of uz, hi
cominmiditiK iioeitJon bun In-i-n won hy
lirvwt!n that he nllnwod him to
aa a juihlio npirltrtl t'ltUu, while
eulflahnuea him rt'ttlly doiiiliiatod all hie
at'tiott. lit in tlm controlling jH)w.r
bvhliid imo of the leadiutt daily newe
Iiajiera Iu hin city The TnnniH t and
bo aocnml for It, through mK't Ul lcgl.
latioii, a large lncoiiip for jmlllrtloii of
(Hir(Hiratlou and other legal not iii that
gunrnntotHl it eopt oit fn.in theeturt.
- The rival iMHre (here went three
of them could find no fault with tbU,
for lie very Knerotnly Included thorn
In hie echonie at the expense of the tax
payer. This wtw a trick learned from
tho Twcwl ring iu New York, wttluh
paid over fa.ooo.otto fi work that 70,.
000 covcre now In the publication ol
the Tho t'ity Hecurd, In thie way pub
llo opinion, n repreneuted Iu the preea,
wa at a low ebb aud, aa a rvvult, the
people were not dinllhiaiooiHl of the
Idea that the new order of things whn
auythinit hut an botirat, aye--iiiHgiuiin-InotM
d'd of public oShcia who
weiitiHl to keep their conelitueuta puet
el on their action!
"Our city bin grown rapidly, " eald
Raymond to tbo leinlntore brotind
btui. "Our biilidinga are ecntterfd
over an area of U'J juiireniilea aud our
jHipulatlon I clone to hoo.OoO. Wo
have neglected the creation of park,
'the 1uiih of tiie city mime one turn
etylad them, and the people deiuHint
tbB iuiprov'Dient, I am up here to
have a bill preni tited appointing a ooiu
miaeion of three to outline a nyMeni of
park comiectevl by a tiotilevard, to up
praine ami condemn property, with
another imiaioro giving the city ofikiaU
authority to ineuo hoiula to meet the
exonditurri. 1 have here tho report of
publlo iMH'Uiiitt!tiKKettinK aud approv
inn thin, and ui our county alouo Iuih to
otund tho coot there eliotild lie no objeo
tione."
He knew there would ho none, A
atate convention of umiKUHl luiiMutniice
wotibl meet elmrtly alter tho clone ot
the lcglnimive aeeelou. His own dele
giition, by virtue of It numerical
BtcetiKtli, would lie much eought after
and courted. Francie ltaymotid wan
known to be very inodeet ut cotivcn
tione. Ho never wniKlit a statu tmnilna
tion for hiinwlf or hie county, except
when it wiih expedient to bnve a can
didate for other puriwe than noininut
iiiK. In other wu ile, he would invari
ably withdraw hia mini on nurnm'c
of leKielutive favor that would increime
bis patruiiiiKe in his own district Htid
stretiKtheii his hold upon the local gov
ernment and the party machino.
TIhih are dictiitorn intide, clothinjf
theiiiHelvea with powers that ouly a
revolution can set (initio.
Next morning tho bills were Intro-,
dttoed In tho senate and uetembly. They
wero reported from the cities cointnit-
tco ut tbo evening fHwdon, again read
and pawed, and were well on their wny
to tho executive chamber to reci-ivo the
aiguattiro that would muke them the
law of tho hind, before Fraii(,laHuy.
nioinl thought of leaving Albany.
What wonder that ho looked in tho
mirror and surveyed himself with pride?
,t vfmder that he looked In the wirrot
and Hurwyed Mmtdf vtUh jrrUlet
van not a bad looking man either.
exterior dark features, with
lght huir and Imperial mustaohe
id evos alnuwt coul black might
have siiiriresied the nature of the man.
Bat his suuvity, his aiplomcy, mi
-oo - - I
erect carriage and general bearing re
pelted the auHplchui that lie was any
thing but a prim e of good fellows.
"And Ims Mortimer," ho mused,
"expects mo tu make her my wife,
What iiimHonsel I have millions in my
lunula, , I limn! aMUiue nu burdens and
throw unldii the udmlrstlou and regard
of many pretty girls for the love of
one, I will not do it either! Her
brother 1'htl I have made registrar of
arrears, where he ran enrich himself
under my counsel. He will not com
tiluln, and 1 guess will reconcile bor.
ought to make love to Isabel LaUlalr,
though, and marry her, Just to ease my
coimclcnool My conscience, I'm afraid
its gone! Ha! Hal That fellow, Man
gnu, confound him, is favored in that
quarter I Hut time will tell whether be
stands a show with mef '
lie laughed. It was a hearty out
burst, so sudden that It stai tied him
self. He stood silent a few minutes,
thinking whether or not his utterances
had btH'U us clear as hit musical cachln
nation - It was musical, for hia vocal
chords had bwu tuned by elocutionary
art, and they sounded in hsruiony t
all times, even in moment of greatest
excitement.
"It is all rlebt." he said to himself
reassuringly. "Noone will over oatch
me telling how I know Isabel's history
and lieu u I red wealth that should lie
hers, All the papers am deatroyed, she
has not a living relative, and her prop
erty Is all mine, and all mine by law,
Jttnt to think that her father's $30,000
investment in farm Umls HI year ago
Is worth millions today! Well, maybe
I ought to mniry Iulal, after all."
There are inuuy uu u Iu public life
today who think nothing of appropriat
ing publlo funds to their owu uses, and
yet iu private matters they are acrupu
Jointly honest. They would put their
arms, metaphorically nnklng, elbow
deep Into the city treasury, but wrong
au individual they would not.
Kuyuioiid was not so sensitive as
this, but tho enormity of his injustice
to the girl hud touched bint. He wss
never likely to relinquish his design,
but he was moved by the beauty, the
aiieomptiiibmeiits and the utter helpless
ness of his victim. Ho lied unconscious
ly lieeii driven Into n new field of philo
sophical ie-ii!utloii. Money, In hi
eyes, atoned for everything. Other
could have place he sought profit. As
h himself lived, ho judged his neigh
bors, and gold was to him a magio tal
Inman to sotitho awsy all pain, It must
lie such to otheis! Would he share his
Wealth with Jioibcl and In this way
uiako atonement? Knch a thought, pos
sibly, prompted him to conclude bis so
liloquy with the reuiaik:
"I'll think it over."
CHAPTER III.
a mit I a NKwsiuroi orrxcru
The loud Yiilcixl uoiiu that rnmr the
alaruisof fire in theoflleeot thellrook-
lyu Dully Huglo had struck 18 the
hour of midnight. The office Is not
what the readers of Hie paper have pic
tured it tho traditional title of sanc
tum sanctorum lifting It to a dignity
Iu public imagination thut It could not
claim even under tho hit it millions li
cense of journalistic pretention.
Hit! plate glass wlndowsof the build
ing facing the city ball sre covered
with gilt letters. The bundles on the
massive front doors sr oxidised. The
counters in tho business ofllce are of
poltHhcd mahogany, and the railings
from the cashier's dk to that of the
advertising clerk are of heavy brass, of
beautiful di-Hign, and shining almost
like gold. Hound the walls are elegant
lithographs, so artistically framed and
so neatly arranged that they seem to lie
the original manlerpiecesof which they
are but copies.
Let us look lichind the pint It ion, run
ning from floor to ceiling, that sepa
rates the tidily decorated business ofjlce
from the editorial and reportarinl
rooms, uiul stints out from them light
and air. Tho rb h dress of the newspa
per Cinderella turns into rags; not even
tho nibbing of Aladdin's lump could
Work a stranger metainorphieds. The
entrance is by u narrow hallway, audi
a hallway as you would find in n tene
ment where travel has worn the softer
wood mid the knots, refusing to sink
beneath sole leather, stand up in gnarl
ed determination to upset the unwary.
Entering u side door, the uninitiated is
staggered by the sudden transition from
the business palace to a miserable,
stuffy, dingy apartment, where tho in
tellectual force of the paper is lioth an
nnliiug und analyzing the history of a
day and molding tho policy of decades,
as the great presses In tho basuinont bo
low aro about to nwiikon to breakfast
on tons of pupcr while all tho world is
asleep,
Away oft iu tho farther comer of the
room is a boxliko urrangement formed
by running two sides of a half partition
up aguinst tho wuIIh, completing tho
quadrangle that makes a private office
for the mitnnglng editor. At a desk
near tho door of this little office is seat
td the night city editor. Two gas jets
light n long table in the center of the
room, where n number of reporters are
seated, turning out stories of mm dor,
suicide, lire, romance mid intrigue that,
after a few touches of the blno pencil,
will read tomorrow like the classic pro
ductions of a feuilletonist who, unlike
(he reporter, is not hampered by facts
nor hastened by time,
Against the walls are a few common
tlenks of rude construction, nnd each
lias u gas jet to itself. At one sits the
telegraph editor. Tho others are re
served for those who have risen to the
distinction of department men, or spe
cialists, to whom some particular fea
ture of tho paper, from religion to sport
and politics, has been assigned. At one
of these is Laurence Maiignn. There has
been a rush of big stories, tho finishing
paragraphs are awaited in the compos
ing room, some articles must be cut
down, the facts compressed into lesser
space, for newspaper columns are not
uliiHtlc. Mangun is pressed into duty
as a copy reader.
"Whut do you think of that, Man-
gan?' asked the night editor, t b
A t
banded him a tulegram from Albany1
announcing the passage at the evening
etslon of the legislature of ttit bill
appointing a oomuilsslou to plan a iy
tern of oity parks for llrooklyn and
another to boud tho city for the amount
required. i,
"Think of it, "be replied t" why, it i
a conspiracy. It can t converted into
a public beueflt, but it is most likely Ic
become a publlo swindle, These com
missioner ara Francis Raymond's men,
aud you ran depend titaui it he owm
mine property bo wants to dispose of al
a big price, or bo know people win
own ucb and will pay him bnudMuudj
to get rid of it, if they themselves car
get au advance alaive the current rcalt
value. However, it will not do to uj
that now."
"Let ua bava a good story," ho aahl
for every article la called a st uy it
newoaair circles.
i "Matigan," railed out the mmmgluii
editor, who had overheard Luuroueu'i
criticism, "when you finish that, I
want to ace you."
"All right," bo responded,
Muugan went to his desk, and the
paragraph of tvlcgraphlo matter in
ies than half an hour was an article
oo reader of Th Bugle would over
look. It reviewed the origin of the
movement, in which The Uuglo played
a promlneut part, suggested tho prob
able features of the new parks, outline
the prostHH-t of pleasure and enumerat
ed many little detail of the vysteiu that
would atlr young and old into blissful
anticipation of enjoyment, until, a
Goldsmith nld:
TboMgentU hour ttiat ptontr bade U bloom
TbuM ra'in dxlrwi llml suksd but IU t to room,
Tbowbekllliful iporUtliat griuml tilt pMc
I ul Kon,
Uvsd In each look tnd brigliUiued all the
grren.
- The article wa finished, tho bead
written, and after he bad placed it on
the desk of the night editor Siangan
stepped into theofiks of the editorial
chief, whose desk was covered with
proof which bo had been reading.
"I beard your criticism of Ray
mond," the managing editor begun,
"I thlnka you have not libeled him.
now, i want you to roiiow up tins mat
ter, go to tbo bottom of it, hunt up all
tho record, and whether or not your
suspicion about ltaymoiid are continu
ed give s a page story, and I'll have
su artist illustrate it. It is a subject In
which there I great interest, and we'll
run it on a Hunday, just aa soon a you
can get It ready."
"I don't care to doit, (aid Mangnn.
"Why?
"I waa going to ask leave of absence
tomorrow for an Indefinite period, and
failing to receive It to tender my resig
nation." If Laurence Mangan bad had the
least idea of ltaymoiid' design and its
inspiration, that assignment would have
been accepted with alacrity. As it wan,
be knew nothing of its ioisibilities t'
him.
"What's tho mutter" ho w:is asked,
"I'm going West Oil private l.'isiness.
ft Is imperative."
"VNe vo always treated you fquure-
ly," said tho minnijlng editor. "It
was due you, of course, but here, iu 8
matter of great , importance, right in
"WhuVi Ihe mntttr, oUl mant" auhtd tin
fiioiwioino fdr (or.
your department, you leave lis just
when we want you most. It isn't fuir."
"Not fair?"
"No."
"May I go when I turn in thli
atoryf"
"Yes," was the reply, "and your
position is always open to you while I
am here."
"Then I'll do it, just to leave no rea
son for any one to say Laurence Man
gan ever went buck on his paper or his
friendships."
" What s tho matter, old man? anked
tho managing editor, observing that
Mangnn acted like a man who whs tak
ing a long farewell of old scenes and
old friends.
Msngan was certainly affected. He
had decided to inquire into Isabel's an
tecedents, go west to discover, If possi
ble, her father or some account of him
that would clear tip the mystery. Ho
felt that If he failod he might never
return, unless Isabel relented. A num
ber of weird thoughts went whirling
through his mind.
"I'm all right," he said to his chief.
"I was r little put out to think that
you accused mo of not being fair."
'Fair! Everybody Knows you're
fair," was the editor's conciliatory an
iwor. "Now, I'll Bhow yon I'm fair,
too. I'll put another man on your de
partment, and yon just stick to this
story nntil yon have it all in hand."
"Thank you; good night, "said Lau
rence. .
'Good night. Take care of your
self," was the parting salutation.
"No fear of thnt."
Mangan Bteppod out Into the' dimly
lighted hall and made his way to the
street, bound for his lodgings, Ha
looked np at tho city hall clock. It
was after 1. The morning wua cold
and a biting breeze was sweeping the
thoroughfares. He buttoned his over
coat about him and glancing aguin at
the timo rem arked ,
'Well. I'll got up early, and if I
don't give Raymond a shakeup bofors
I leave town it is because, be is a mors
Highest of all In Leavening
" ' ' ' "'" "
ABSQUftELY FUHQ
honest man than I glvo him credit for,
ven If he Is not as high minded and
pure a citixon as tho ring organ paints
him!"
(To lieconllniied.)
I'lie Price of Wool.
The Caunoitsburg Herald of Washing
ton county, I 'a., states that "one of our
lu uiers recently sold his unwashed wool
It 14 ceuls per pound. Unwashed wool
was then quoted ut 13 cent per pound
Iu the London market. The duty on
wool was II cents, Add a cent for car
riage, and foreign wool would cost 87
cents laid down lit New York. Our
friend got 14 cent. We would like to
know where the protection come in,"
buch wool as brings 13 cent in the
London market is twice aa valuable as
the 14 cent unwashed Pennsyvanla
wool. The former Is skirted Australian
and is so clean that iu any market It
would command a higher price than the
eleauest fleece waalied wools of Wash
ington county, to say nothing of un
washed. We might as well comnars
gold and silver, because they are pre
cious metals, a to compare Washington
couuty nu washed with Australian nn-
wasbiHi. They are neither in the some
condition, Tbo wool which thl Wash
ington county firmer sold In Washing
ton county at 14 cents is worth onlyW
cents in Loudon, and with free wool tho
London price would be the American
price in New York, and on the farm it
would be ut least 3 cents per pound less
than tho price in New York, or 84. cents,
liecauxo it would cost over 9 cent per
pound to get wool from the farm In
aslilngton county to th eastern mar
ket.
In confirmation of the free trade value
of Waidiingtou county wool we refer to
the following table procured by the Na
tional AswK'iution of Woolen Manufac
turers, giving the cost in Loudon of cer
tain lots of Auntrulian nuwaahed wool
eoiii'tiiig with Washington county
wools. The avenige price was 10 cents
in London for unwashed skirted wool,
the average shrinkage of which was 48
per cent, and llie average clean coured
cost was 8tl) cents:
OONT I MINIMIS or A CUTS 14 AD CNWASIIXO
oouemsu with riswT ambkicam woou.
ClMD
Soournu.
Price. Shrink. Curt.
lUli'l. Cents, per nut. frnu.
cuts, I'e
IU
TCIn square,,., 44
47
Tl In iKjunro. .. a
TCIn jur II, 47
18
7
47
48
48
48
48
CJ
48
48
47
47
40
4(1
48
CO
47
47
4.1
47
47
47
47
48
48
41
40
40
4S
4'J
40
48
84
89
88
881
UUa
&4t
M
40
Wi
a
ar4
no
mi
iw
its
l!J
84
H
40
84
it
&;?(
s.
IJu'li
8;"j
814
Ei'4
87M
Imported Jor
rlu Nrrrln...
0
to
10
IS
18
1
W
S3
fl
VI
ID
19
IU
1!
18
10
i'l
18
1
CO
17
19
17
18
17
10
17
IU
"la
WaraMlnJnli.
Ware MIi.JhIi,
Ware Mm jut),
Hslt t'rwk....
All Mill trlmiKlc 10
A HH In triangle (Ul
NnriiilKil. ...... W
Karmhool. IN
Laruudel a)
truinli-l 0
Ynrrnlumli...... IS
(IixmIwihmI 18
Weui bra murrs. U
Weinlirauiurrs, 80
fcSwIiiton.. ,, !i
Ouuis 17
Onm IS
Nnrlnaal II
NitrliiKiti........ 41
Wando id
Diilainvron.. .. 81
Delniueron 10
TVS' II liidlain'd !
TWlIln dlaniMHO
TWHInrilaui'd 81
Woodland 20
Woodland...... 11
Average
Thus you will see that first class Ans
traliun wool, although unwashed ami
free from skirts, is so clean that the
shrinkage is only 48 per cent as ngaint a
shrinkage of 65 per cent for Washington
county unwashed wool with tho skirti
on. Washington county washed fleeces,
with the skirts on, will shrink S5 per
cent. If we hud free wool, the London
price would be the American price, for
tho freight from London to New York is
only ono-fourth cent per pound, which is
less than the freight on wool from Wash
ington county farms to the same uinrket.
Therefore, with free wool, the Washing
ton county farmer will have to sell scour
ed morino wool free from skirts at DOj
cents.
It is estimated that tho loss ou the
skirts, tug locks, legs nnd belly wool is
from 0 to 7 cents per pound on American
wools to uiaxo them equal to Australian
skirted wools. Assuming that CJ cents
would be tho average loss on skirls on
Pennsylvania unwashed wool, the Atnor-
ican farmer with free trade would have
to sell Bcoured wool, including the Bkirts,
at 30 cents in order to make it cost not
over 80 J cents with tho skirts off. Wash
ington county unwashed wool shrinks
05 per cent, yielding 85 pounds of clean
scoured wool at 80 cents; the free trade
price would mako the nn washed fleece
worth 8J cents iu tho New York mar
ket. It cost nt least 3 cents per pound to
AWARDED HIGHEST
mm
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of y,;nes4o Years the Standard
Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
' ' .- i... n -.-I -.. ..... ,
got it to the eastern murket wittiout any
profit to local middlemen. The outside ,
free trade price ou the farm for unwash
ed fleece would be not over 6 cent for
such wool as our friend sold there re
cently at 14 cents, and this wool that
was worth 14 cent under the free wool
administration of O rover Cleveland was
worth 20 ceut on the day that General
Harrison loft the White House, March,
1808. 1
Now, tbere has been no change in the
tariff law since then, but the reason that
this Pennsylvania farmer got 14 cents
this year Instead of 20 cents last year
was because it free trade value is only
8) cents, aud the full from 20 cents to 14
cents wo discounting the effect of a free
wool bill. The nearer we come to the
passage of that bill the nearer will be
the price on the farm in Washington
county to the London price of 8 cent
for such unwashed a wo worth 20 cent
last March.
On page 200 of The American Econo
mist of Nov. 8 is a table showing th
price in London and also in the United
States for the same grade of Ohio wool
aud Australian wool from the time of
the passage of the tariff law of 1807 up
to 1MU1, The average difference in the
price of wool of the same shrinkage, of
the same blood and of the same diame
ter of fiber was over 51 per ceut lower
in free trade London than in the United
States under protection, aud but for this
American protection the London price
would have been the American price,
aud the American woolgrower would
have received less than half of the price
which he did receive undT 21 years of
protection. Or, in other words, if the
American farmer had sold bis wool in
London instead of iu America, be would
have received less than U.t of the price
actually obtained here.
Justice Batekas & Co.
Philadelphia, Jan. 27.
rrotect au er sono.
It is proposed by the advocates of free
trade to reduce the revenue of the gov
ernment by $75,000,000 by lowering the
barriers between the cheap labor of Eu
rope and the well paid labor of the United
States. Labor bas made America and
owns it. Any changes in our fiscal pol
icy should be made with a view to pro
tecting and stimulating the labor of this
country.
The removal of 175,000,000 of customs
duties would have an opposite effect. It
cannot tie done without reducing the
wages of lalnir to the low level of foreign
wages, nnd without the destruction of
flourishing industries, which now give
plenty aud comfort to millions of house
holds. It would make the millions of
men now employed in the manufactories
competing producers instead of buyers
of food and thus bring ruin upon our
farmers.
The American policy of protection
must either bo sustained or abolished.
There can be no compromise. A part of
the protective labor of the country can
not be selected for destruction and a part
left. The policy which has protected our
metal industries and given ns cheap iron
and steel and thus established textile
mills aud given ns cheap clothing has
likewise developed our mines and in
creased our flocks. It has also, in the
words of Jefferson, "placed manufac
ture by the side of our farmers and given
them the incalculable benefits of home
markets."
Transfer the mining of coal to Nova
Scotia and of iron away to Spain and
Cuba, and hundreds of thousands of
American miners would be compelled to
crowd into other occupations or starve.
Under protection the output of all our
products has largely increased, and the
price of our product has been greatly
cheapened. Springfield (Mass.) Union.
Where Is th Screw Applied?
Tariff Tinkor Wilson has insinuated
that wage earners are being "forced" to
sign tho petitions that are pouring into
congress against his bill of destruction,
We are afraid that the coercion screw
applied from the White House to the
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee must have affected that gentle
man's ideas of fair play. This is a free
country, and people are not generally
"forced" to do things against their will.
There are more than 60,000,000 of peo
ple who now see things differently to the
smaller number of less than 5,000,000
with whom the worthy chairman is in
the minority. But there are exceptions
to every rule, as the president has fully
proved during the lust nine months,
when he "forced" congress and bis ex
ecutive officials to do his bidding. These
are the only instances of "force" thtt
have been used under the present ad
ministration, except in the later effort
to thrust upon the oonntry a "force" bill
HONORS WORLD a FAIR.
Bakin
Powder:
Independence,
Oregon. 43