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THE WEST SHORE.
, . iw rannmmniu or me enun or men earner wuu mTe
mnie7 to tl truth tUt, eterj in the moot favoring condition, the law of the
Infinite nnmrf Ls a.........! .L. : :. i.. i - .
.i.muTI wim iuituuii. u 11 mn, euouicu w array bkhijihi
tint mil the nm, tli moral mwm anil the prnclinil eflort of eerr riiihu
""''" " " mia lanu r iniirhl them not to he arratl aK'iinxt it u pulilic
ntiment '"U in it wholeneea, inrlnilee the top and bottom and middle of
-x-irtjt There anxlit no to be an; oompromiae; there mnut lie ntilinilixin
l. it i
Now. H few Words to the neonle of Ornrrnn nn1 fianA
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cmlly to the intelligent and moral portion of the citizens
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iu orciauu. lou nave in your midst a paper breathing
weekly upon this city fumes as foul and poisonous as the
worst of those which have aroused the parents of the
East to an effort to protect their children from the im-
moral contagion. Like a deadly miasma, it penetrates
through every barrier erected against it and defies all
effort to quarantine or disinfect it Though a measure
of protection" can bo thus secured, there is no effective
safeguard but a complete removal of the cause of the
contagion itself. That such a moral cancer should exist
in our midst, and thrive upon the destruction of purity
and morality, is a disgrace to the city of Portland.
Lacking the gaudy and suggestive pictures of the Police
Qazrlte and other wealthier, but no more corrupt or
uegraumg, publications, its printed contents are suffi
ciently more nasty and impure to bring it down to the
depths occupied by tho lowest of them. Emanating
from the brains of ?uen who live in public and notorious
immorality, it sketches pen pictures of the most revolting
scenes, the greater portion of them purely imaginary,
couched in repulsive and ungraramatical language, and
then, with a hyxcritical sigh, draws such a moral as
piiiswijiieies might upon the fall of Marguerite. It
even mockingly calls uxu tho ministers of the gospel to
aid it in suppressing tho groat immorality of the city of
tho existence of which it certainly has the most direct
..u jiuve imorinaiion, ami is m itself the most con
racing evidence. Of the tendency of such publications
w" oi niicii publishers, Mr. Carlisle says:
W am tirin.fiwl lit? Ik. ...
fro u ...r f T:rr wor,u h-ew k-
i . -.-i.uii I'jramiu we eiulllliii r watrli thi.
PTTrZh "-'!. , .... Hal. UwoVhXwnthe
who li h.T . T " , " pr"Tu Umt mk"" wrrender to Uia men
no live to hunlina tirtiuaiul k,... ..j k .. j . . .
ehUUre. .fc U weiKht rf temporal and eternal calamity? WW if w. 7
n. defend th. wUo fiU M( wi,n .LJJ
i4erl.TuT w . . l",l'u" P""' boam, and den of infamy. The
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For the existence of such a sin. t..n K:
, - uumui-ra men
aro alone rtponHihk Without the financial support
derived frtun it n.1v..rt;u;.... ..t f '
, . , :.'7 k .imuiis us career would be
. brief ,.. ,th ,u circulation chiefly in the slums of
the cty sought after by gamblers and scarlet women,
devoured by loafers and men who work only when com'
pelled by the decree of neceasity, and read hastily on Uie
ly by the youth of both sexes, who fear to be Observed
5 f " d,ffi0UU. 10 DCeive how n ertise-
ment in U columns can be of the slightest value to a
mitUng that it La. value, our busineas men owe it as a
duty to themselves, their children and the commnuity t
large, to withhold from it the patronage which enables it
to Hto nnd tflint the nir vith its impuiili. Fear
invented scandalous stories, often threHteiifd mid hhi
at to procure business, should not lead then, t,, ion
suffer this evil to exist What possible inm ,.,. Z
vilest slander of such a sheet do to the character of
man who has lived an upright life and gained a reputa.
tion for integrity and morality during years nf .:i
intercourse and business dealings with his neighbors?
It cannot have the slightest weight, and considerations of
that character should not lead our business men
mit the crime for it is a crime against their families
and against civilization of sustaining it in its degrading
career. What will vou do abont. it?
Thebe is no denying the fact that National
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campaigns are of vast injury to the general prosperity of
the country. They encourage idleness; stir up strife and
discontent; compel the expenditure of vast nnm. f
money in utterly useless and unprofitable ways; encour
age the corruption of a large class of people already
possessing too low a standard of morals: dull thn
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of the people to the heinousness of many offences, both
political ana moral; and by slanders manufactured by
unscrupulous men, and reDeated bv better.
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less, citizens, destroy our confidence in the men who ad
minister our public affairs and stand in the front rank of
our representative statesmen. For six months the Deoole
are consumed by a raging fever, whose effects linger
long after the cause of excitement has died away, and are
never fully eradicated from "the national system. The
millions of dollars wasted for political purposes, if
invested in needed and useful enterprises, or added to
the savings of the thousands of comparatively poor men
who are led by contadous enthusiasm into fixeossiva and
needless expenditures, would add greatly to the material
wealth and prosperity of the country, increase the sum
total of happiness and contentment and thus do much to
guarantee the safety and perpetuity of our National Gov
ernment The easiest and most natural remedy, which
is by no means a cure, but a partial alleviation, is a less
frequent occurrence of thnaA Avtmrr nAn'nln- nnd to
this measure of relief we will be ultimately impelled by
iuivhj oi circumstances.
The Knights of Labor in British Columbia are criti
cising very severely tho conduct of the Commission sp-
pointed by the Dominion Government to investigate the
Chinese question. Thev clmr that when the Commis
sion visited Nanaimo th AV rofnul fr. Yinlfl A fii til Tiff fit
that place, the Knights being prepared to give strong'
anti-Chinese testimony; that they only sat a few hours in
New Westminster: that in Vint limned to full
pro-Chinese testimony, but when the Knights offered to
give evidence on the other aide they were told to "put it
in writing"- and send it to Ottawa. They have "put
in writing" in the hru. . v?!. t th Thine
m British Columbia, which document will be laid before
we lAiminion Parliament