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OREGON CITY COURIER By A. W. CHENEY. City and County Offlolal Paper. at-rM la Oregon City poatol-ee M Mcond-clais matter, SUBSCRIPTION RATES. u year ? Ml mouths I 00 Wiree month M ttfald iu dvnce, per year 1 M rPThe date opposite your address on the taiwr donate lh time to which you have paid. ADVERTISING BATES. (Handing business advertisement: Per month 1 inch 11,2 Inches II 60, Inches $1.76,4 Inched , Inohesf column! ..r.lu Inches (Heoliimn) a, 20 inches (column) W; yearly contract! 10 per ecu l Ivm. . . , Transient advertisement: Per week I Inch . i Inches Tin, Inches f 1, 4 Inches il.tt, ch. f UKL 10 Inches I ' AO. Ml lnohea fA egal advertisements: I'cr Inch first In linn tt. each additional Insertion 60c. AID rJtn of puiilication will not be furii Intied until Miration ices are paiu. ,cal notices: Five ceuti per line per week, f momn uc. AS TO STABILITY. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. OREGON CITY, 8E1TEMEH 4, 1890, DEMOCRATIC TICKET. for President W. J. BRYAN, of Nebraska. for Vlca President ARTHUR SEWELL, of Maine. For President Electom W. W. OGLESBY o( Linn. E. KILFKTHEIt o( Multnomah J. M. CARROLL nll'nlon. J, J. WHITNEY of Linn. TUE SITU A TIOS, The advocates of gold monometallism elaim thut the restoration of silver to the currency basis means the pitrtiul repudiation of debts by the cheapening t the monetary unit the dollar and is therefore dinhoneat. If the luw of 1873 hud demonetized gold, leaving silver the sole measure of values in litis country, what would, be the price of gold bullion to-day? The hit-f difficulty in understanding the money question lies in the fact that, as fculd is used as the sole measure of value, we unthinkingly claim all other property lias depreciated. The familiar illustra tion of the rising balloon is most apropos: The aeronaut, as his car is lifted in the air, experiences no motion of rising-. So we, standing upon the gold basis, imagine all other cotnmodatics are drop ping' in values. Hut the producers iliould exercise the Hume' judgment the 'iroiuiul does, Ho should stand upon be baBis of his wealth, production, when coking upward, he would see the gold aalloon rimiiL'nboveliim. llemiiHtlmv0 louey, ai:d buy it With every ad dition to the list of gold-standard nations gold ien und production fulls. The ystem is inequitable and dishonest. It orevents the iiroiwr distribution of wealth by permitting its absorption by non-producers, the money-changers whom Christ drove from the, temple Any dollar the United States makes in good for a dollar the world over, but the Bitme amount of metal as bullion Is emmlly gooi'.. The value of a dollar is just the value of the metal it contains kths the cost of transportation and ex change. This value varies as the world 's supply of the metal varies in relation io the demand upon it.tho only ficti tious value arising from the ability to "corner" it. Gold may be cornered, ia cornered, more easily than wheat or any other commodity unless it lie coal Wo grow desH'rate when a hull'-dozen coUl-barons raise tho price a quarter of dollar per ton, but prate about lion sty when a trust of money burons double the value of the unit of measure UimetulIIem does not mean the use of two metals as currency, where one is imply tho representative of the other. i it did our currency to-duy would not kij bimetallism, but multimetiillisiu, for , i) use gold, silver, copper, nickel, and paper. Hut all the forms of currency arc bused upon the one metal gold tutu system is monometallic. Bi- nictoUism melius the concurrent use of two- Bietulp as a Imsis for currency issue, at a legalized, ratio of parity. That is, the government establishes a money b.isi's of goM and silver, recognizing their uat) us money on equal terms at a given ratio. In doing this it docs not attempt to adjust a c muiuwiul value, leaving Unit for natural law of supply u'ld de mand to do. Neither does it agree to to give one metal in exchange for the other at thut or any other proportion. It simple declare what nluill be undcr- khnxI as iU money terms, and leaves the J d where it is now in the banking and achunga business. The government is Vide it proper function in becoming bank ol issue, whether directly or trough the national Utnking system, tts only trie sphere being that of arbiter between its citizens in deciding what Money is. Money, like grain, is private roporty, and it U w rung for legislation, if altering the Nisis, to increase its tjitue in otlicr private property. In the great struggle for the financial iiependence of our country, where the toirmion puojile are arrayed against the combined forces of the money power of th.i world, the trusts, corporations and ati Unit tend to make the lalor of this autmtry on the plane of the serfdom of tfuroid country, we, as the skilled and skilled labor of the country, should giva time, strength and vote nn the side ai tie people by indorsing anil working fur the S'liwof the free silver advocate, Uryan. It is common charge in the mouth of the advocates of the single gold standard that it furnishes tho most ituhlo measure of value, and they like to add the poetic phrase that this country is entitled to the "best money in the world." We will not quarrel about the phrase, which is merely a little outbreak of political ex- uberunce signifying nothing in particu lar; but tho statement that gold is of more stable value than silver does not accord with the fact facts. Represents tive Mugtiire of California, in a recent speech, made this fact very clear when ho said : Take any thirty of the staple com moditics of commerce. A dollar of silver to-duy will buy as much of any of them as it would forty years ago. Silver bears the same relation to them that it did then. Huve all these things fallen and gold ulone among the commodities of general commerce remained stationary? The gold men say silver has fallen be cause of its overproduction, and that if these other commodities have fallen in the last forty years it is because inven tions and improved methods of produc tion have cheapened the product and that accounts for the full of all with silver, while gold has remained station ary. 1 say to you Unit in nouepartment of wealth or production have inventions and improved methods done more to reduce the cost of production than in the production of gold. AMiy has it not fallen? It has not fullen becuuse of the luw of supply und demand, the supply being mude more and more insufficient to meet the demand for it ; as many of the nations huve made it an exclusive standard, the demand for it bus increased enormously beyond its supply. These are facts of common knowledge, but they appear to need continual re statement in view of the persistent effort to create the impression that the silver men seek to put the country on an un certain currency basis. Hut even if it were true that silver fluctuates, us every product must rise or falLJif value to greater or less degree, it is obvious that the double standard will tend to correct those variations and maintain the balance. The silver men do not ask for a single standard and the exclusive use of that metul. They do object to harnessing the business of the country to a fluctuating measure of value so easily controlled as gold. MEXICO ASD SILVER. A. V. Temple, manager of the Mexi can Central Railway, sufficiently dis proves the lies being heralded aboard by such unreliable papers as the Ore ganiin, in the following letter. We give it in full. . , Olice of Mexican Central R'y Co., City of Mexico, Mex., June 20. 'DO. Frank H. Forrest, esq., Jewell City, Kansas. Dear Sir: Answering your favor of the lrlth instant, I enclose you a copy of an article which I have pre pared in answer to many inquiries which we receive in reference to our silver staudurd. However, as this ar ticle does not answer all the questions you ask iu your letter, I will answer tho others as follows : I would like to cull your attention to these facts : Thut business failures in Mexico are almost unknown, We have no strikes such usttre constantly disturb- ig commerce in the United States. Such a thing as Coxey's army is never dreamed of. There is work for every one who wants it at wages to enable them to supply all necessary wants.. Our banks are paying from 14 to 17 per cent dividends per annum. Manufac turing enterprises whose profits are known are paying from 10 to 20 per cent and private concerns who do not publish the per cent of their profits are known to be prosperous. I think as a rule land owners here are of a more intelligent clues than the farmers of the United States As a rule the laliorers are of a less intelligence, except where Americans employe ignor ant foreigners, in which case the Mex ican laborer is of a better class and higher intelligence. Passenger conductors are paid a sal ary ot 111) per month. Freight con ductors are jwid by the mile anil their salaries run as high as $200 per month. Engineers are also paid by the mile and are rami irom fit. to SltR) cr month, in a few cases a little more. Firemen re paid nlxmt $100 per month. The salaries of depot agents vary greatly, ranging from fiO to $250 per month. Clerks in the general ottievs receive from $25 to $250. The smaller salaries are paid to Itoys and the la rgest to the chief clerks. Division superintendents receive $350 cr month, division train nutxtrg $175. Carienter8 and joiners from $1 to $4 per day. Itrick masons from $1 to $3 per day. Street cur conductors $1 and drivers 75 cents . The wages indicated above are given to both native and foreign artizans. The less experienced receive the lowest figures, the largest amounts King paid to the skilled work men. Wheat is worth $11 per 350 pounds, (or $1.85 per bushel). Cotton 18 cents per pound ; wool from $0 to $7 a ami of 25 pound, (or 25 to 35 cents per pound). Jlay is not used. In it stead we utilize green fodder mixed with wheat and barley straw. Corn $1.80 per hundred pounds. The normal price of corn is lout 1 cent jht pound but owing to drouths in various parts of the I country the present price is unusually liiKl). White sugar 12 cents per pound, na tive brown about 4 cents. . Butter 75 cents per pound, eggs 25 cents per dozen bacon, imported, aout w cents per pound, nutive 60 cents, beefsteak 18 cents per pound. Beef cattle from alwut $30 to $35 per head. Beef cattle are not sold by the pound. Hogs, tho price is regulated by the Kansas City price. Horses, fine carriage horses, are worth per pair about $1,000 or $000 to $1,300, Common horses about $150 per pair. Common mules from $40 to $00 per head. Cows, imported milch cows, from $150 to $250. Good native milch cows from from imported stock from $00 to $90, and ordinary range cows $10. Farm laborers receive from 35 cents to 45 cents per day and found. On the large haciendus(furms or ranches) of the country it is customary to give each laborer a small tract of land for his own use. No charge is made for this, the owner can well afford to do this, as it enables him to secure his labor at a less figure and renders it certain that they will not leave the place. Owing to the climatic conditions from $0 to $10 a year will supply all the wants of the ordinary farm labores in the way of clothing, huts and shoes. As the food ration is largely made up of fruits and vegetables, and due to the fact thut meats and fats arc detrimental to health in this climate, the expense of living is greatly reduced Those who speak scornfully in relation to the condition of the Mexican laboring class do so in exemplification of their own gross ignorance. There is no country on the face of the earth where energy, ability and capital will produce as great results as in Mexico, and her prosperity is to a very great extent due to the fact that we are on a silver basis. A. V. Tkmi-le, Mgr. For His Wife's Sake. A Vermonter said 'the other day: "Waal, I allers bin a dimercrut, but I aint goin ter votefer no silver pupplei-t. I'm goin' ter votefer McKinley. Dunno much about him, but his wife, Hanna, is er damned smart woman." The 0. O. P. Prayer. Please, Your Royal Highness (Eng land), ullow us 70,000,00!) free-lwrn Americun citizens to coin up a lit le sil ver bullion. For Bill McKinley's sake, Amen. Bug Cochran Earns His Fee. Bug Oochrun packed his grip and sailed across the raging muin ; He told his friends thut never more would he come buck again ; But Ilnnim called, and Buk came back as clad s Kind could lie. To be a patriot once more and take a rlanna Ice ; , For Oochrun is a bug of irold, with richly gilded wins. Whoso chiefest joy it is to pose, and, when well paid to sine : And every sound that issues from this yellow insect s throat Means some one pays the price in coin, or cnecK, or laree-sizea note. Bug Cochran being billed to charm the liDonle. with his voice. The other bugs they flew to hear a uiel oily so choice ; But, having listened, all declared thut Bug had lost his imp ; They'd thought he'd tear the foe to rags, but didn't hear a rip. But Bug he did his finest for to make . the country throb ; He tore his hair, and from his breast yanked iiunv a tearful sob. He said he loved the workingman God bless a horny hand. But workmen ought to know their place ouey ana not command ; He didn't want the toiler paid in dol lars worth a half. (Right here he had to pause awhile and let the tollers laugh ) According to his point of view, young Bryan was a traitor, Whom Wall street scorned and justly termed a very small pertuter J He thought thut Bryan went about a torch in eitherclutch, Ana pockets big with dynamite most dangerous to touch ; Also, the whiskers worn out West were shocking to tho taste. And through them zephyrs soughing went with frequency und haste. The country to be saved must give to Wall street freest sway ; Let farmers tend to feeding pigs and getting in their hay, And let them plow the dollars up from every fertile field ; The East is competent to take and even Keep me yieiu. S. Examiner. ORDINANCE NO. . Providing for the lime and manner of improv ing Seventh atreet in Oregon City, Oregon, from the easterly line of Main atreel to the stone wall kuown aa the westerly line of right of way of Southern i'ncltlc Railway. Oregon City does ordain aa follows: That Seventh atreet, from the easterly line of Main to to the atone wall known aa the wcaterly line of right of way of Southern PactfC Railway, be Improved iu accordance with the following pertlieatione: No. 1 pecitlcatlone for tin Improvement of Seventh ttrt-et In Oregon City, Oregon, from the eaaterly line of Main atreet to the atone wail known aa the weaterly Hue of right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad L'omrany, with crushed rock. 2 -The work to be done under these specifi cations consists of Improving Seventh street with crushed rock, laying curia, corner blocks, sidewalks, together with nece sary drains, grading, etc. S The grading will consist In grading said Seventh atreet sixty (60) feet In width to the established grade of street and to such croaa SH'tion as the kind of improvcsxiil may require: aa shown on plaa and croaii section on file with city surveyor. When the street Is excavated to j sub-grade, the surface will. If deemed necessary by the city surveyor, be thoroughly rolled with, a road roller weighing not leas than Ore (6-1 tana All soft or spongy spots that may appear shall be filled with dry earth or rock and rolled ; until solid. The earth taken from excavation! Ill be osed In embankment or in bringing! mewais neos 10 grade. All exceai excavation will be the property of the contractor and must oe removea ana disposed of by him. , The grad ln will be meat urad and estimated In sic. ration only, and no allowance will be made for wees, roots, logs, planks or any other substance, " "cavauon will be classified aa earth. No auuiiionai pnoe win be allowed for overhaul. 4-Ou the tub-grade between the curb Hues will be spread three t8) layers of crushed rock of the following dlmeaslons and Ihtcknett. The Doitom or nrst layer to be Ave (8) Inches In thickness, after being thoroughly rolled, and tn consist of crushed rock In pieces measuring not to exceed two and and one half 134) Inches.largcst dimension. The middle or second layer to be iour in incites ln thickness after rolling, and tn consist of crushed rock In pieces measuring not to exceed one and one-half tVAt lnehea. l.,...t dimension. The top or third laver ts nn. n Inch in thickness after rolling, and to con.ut f ciean snarp screenings, entirely free from dust or other impurities. o-Each layer of crushed rock shall be well and thoroughly rolled with a road rollsr weigh! Ing not less than five (5) tons, and ih ,.,n, h.ll .... j. . . ...... i unui eacn layer and the iMiumeus'iriaceare mushed to the satlar.ciinn of the committee on streets and public property 0-The crushed rock when rolled shall h.. total thickness of ten (10) luchos. 7-The crushed rock portion of lmDrnvm.n( shall be forty (40) feet (a width, betwecu curb lines, ana snail oe nil lulled to auch cioas-tectlon as anown on plan. o-u crusnea rock shall be thorough). screened and free from all dust and other iiupu rules. 9-Sldewlki will be laid truly to line and grade and all space beneath same shall bo filled aim pnipeny lamped with earth. ui-ine sidewalks aud curb aha be laid and set before the crushed rook la Dlacd an ... grade. The curbj shall be set on a solid bearing uiruugiiuui wieir enure length and SI oeninu ana thoroughly Umped . Throe (31 silts 4xo, snan tie placed underneath sidewalk parallel to curb line, and have a solid bearing' iiiruuKi.nu! meir icngia. The sidewalk plank shall be spiked with four Inch apt. es to a bear ing. All rubbish which may accumulate during the performance of (he work, or by reason of the work herein provided for. must be removed by the contractor at hta own expense. 11- The sub-grado must be graded to such grade and cross section as shown on plan Iu office elty surveyor. No plowing will be sllowed within six () inches of sub-grade. 12- Sidewalk will bo constructed of two (2) Inch plank, planed on one aide, ten (10) feet wide, on each side of the street in accordance with plans ou file hi office of city surveyor. 13- Thero will be a line of wood curb, live menes wiaeauu sixteen inches deep, placed on each side of the atreet, twenty feet from tha center line of same, and laid to line and estab lished grade of street. 14 -The concrete curb-ends on Jfaln street. turning up Seventh street, will be changed to a distance of twenty feet from the center of seventh, allowing for a ten root sidewalk, lustead of six. The new concrete curb and corner blocks, will be constructed of auch size ana dimensions as shown on plan on file In ofllce of oily surveyor. . The concrete will be of the best quality. lo-Any work not coming under this contract which niuy develop during the progress of the work aud uot dcsjrlbed imrlleularlv hemli.. may, If deemed necessary, be done, by older of city surveyor, for which the contraetor will be allowed actual cost of material und ten per cent proflton labor accouutfoi'such work pc-rlormed. 10 -The contractor, while linproriug said street under these plans and specifications, shall durliiglhe night time, put up and maintain such harriers and lights, as will effectually pre vent the happening of nny accidont in conse quence of his work, and the contractor shall be liable for all damage occasioned In any way by his act, or neglect or that of his agents, em ployees or workmen, 17 All setllcn.cul8 In any Dortlon of the work which may appear beoro til final ac ceptance of the same, shall bo repaired and ninde good at the expense of the contractor. lfr-The work to be done under those specifi cations will be staked out by tho city surveyor and the contractor will be required to preserve all of said stakes. 1 The city surveyor is to make all measure ments and to deoide astothcatnmntorquantlty of the several kinds of work. All work and all materials shall be satisfactory to him and sub ject to his rejection, and his decision shall be tlnal as to the meaning and Intent of these specifications. iO All lumber and timber used In the work must be sound, square-edged and free from large, loose or unsound knots. .. . 31 All rubbish of whatever nature which may accumulate during the performance of the work, or by reaaon of tho work herein provided for. must be removed by the contractor at bis own expense. Read Drat time and ordered published by city council at regular meeting held September 2d, and toeome ap for second reading and final pas sage at special meeting of said city council to be held on September l'uh at 7:90 p. m. TH08. F. RYAN, City Recorder. STANDARD VALUES AND STANDARD GOODS GREAT MIDSUMMER SALE All of our French Organdies and Fancy Dimities, plain and figured, the 15candl2ctoar5cyard THE GREATEST VALUE ON EARTH. . 3500 Yards of 38 and 40-Inch All-Wool Fancy Suitinps, ' 50c quality, closing at Half Price25c yard We are orTerinir the createst bareins of the age in Fine Black Dress Goods, Mohair Alpacas and Fancy Sicillians, Heavy Serges and Novelty Suitings. A heavy stock of Dressmaker's findings in Taffetas, Watered Moreen, Moire Antique and heavy Canvases. The Largest stock of Linings ever placed on the market. Special inducements to dressmakers. lylcller) & jVcPoqqcII, CORNER THIRIr AND M9RKIHON STKKEIS, PORTLAND, ORE. SurrjrQei? Press Goods. PIONEER STORE 1 Latest Styles. Just received at the AAA DIMITIES, DUCKS, NAINSOOKS, PERCALE, PIQUE, SATINES. The Very Latest Styles of Silk for Waists at Prices beyond competition. Shirt Waits at prices to suit the buyer. T GENERAL MERCHANTS. jCHARMAN I & SON, Hi ORECON INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION, SEPT. 19 to OCT. 17. PORTLAND, OKKUON. The Great Resources of the Pacific Northwest AGRICUL TURE. HORTICULTURE. FISHERIES. MINES, MACHINERY, TRANSPORTATION, TRADE, and COMMERCE will be represented more completely than ever beiore. I I j GRAND BAND CONCERT EVERY AFTEKNuuN & EVENING t ...Special Attractions livery Nijjht. I ...Lowest Kates Ever Made on all Transportation Lines. ADMISSION 83 CENTS. t AD! For CHILDREN 10 CENTS. Exhibit Spuee Apply to GEO, I. BAKER, Superintendent, at the Building.. E. C. MASTEN, Secretary. J We Can Do It The Courier has just added several hundred dollars' worth of new material to its plant, and is now better prepared than ever to do any iob of printing of whatever description at Portland prices. Call and see samples. CITY TREASURER'S NOTICE. VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THERE are aufflclen. fundson hand ln the General Fund of Oregon City to pay all outstanding warrants endorsed ptlor to October 4tli, 18!M. Interest ceases with the date of this notice. H. E. STRAIGHT, Oregon City, August 27, 1896. ,j City Treasurer. Notice to Taxpayers. Aa assessors or deputies will not go out tlirou.h the country this year, you are requested when in Oregon City to come in the assessor's office and give in a statement of your taxable property, or "end ln a list. You will be lurntuhed with suitable blanks. J. C. Bradley, Assessor of Clackamas County DR. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. MOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVES TH T I SHALL apply to the cfty council of Oregon City, Orp gon, for a saloon license to continue my saloon located on lot 7 of blot k 24 ln Oregon City, License to date from October l.'uh, 18!. A. KXAPP. The Best Is None Too Good in anything that concerns the future of your family. The best life insurance company is the Equitable. The best policy is the new Guaranteed Cash Value Policy of THE EQITT-BLE LIFK ASSURAXCI SOCIETY I. Sa-riL, General Manager, Orrgonlan Building. Portland, Oregon. KESSLER, This old one armed specialist. ofSt. Louis. well known by his long residence mid sue eeMfiilly practice In this city, continue to sncresiftilly treat all kinds of cliroute auu private dlxeama TDDl? TDriTWPVP for the poor who call laliSi IftliAlJllblU ln person at the otBc every afternoon BLOOD AND SKIN n'mp".'. ilino Talma, Tumors. Tetters. Ecaema and other Impurities of the blood thoroughly rriuncHwu, leaving tne avstem in pure and healthful state. strong. old- German Thla .mn.lv tn KeaseW by a friend la tiuijuiuuiiuiil remeav. presented to Dr. Keaselp Berlin, lthaa never failed. fll Tl OflPTJC! t'leera, Cancers. etc treated, no UiiLI OUnilO difference how long affected. KIDNEY AND URINARY COMPLAINTS, pulnful, dlllicult, too ircquent, milky or bloouv urine, unalural discharges, earelully treated, files, rheumatism and neuralgia treated by our new remecies. Take a clear bottle at bedtime and urinate in the bottle, set aside and loon at It In the morning. If it is cloudy, or has a c1imi.Iv set tling in it, you have some kidney or bladder disease. TiPP WriPW removed in twenty-four houre lfll 1J If UrUll 8en woriua iu window at of fice 15 to& reel long. RRPHTrT TTWIf? We met Prsona every Dllijfllll OUMO day whose breath smells bml It Is disguallng. This cornea from Ca tarrh ot either the nose or att.mach. On and be examined. It can be cured before the nasal bones becomes involved. YflTTUf. IfrrW ,r 'ou are troubled with night I UUHU JIlJjll emissions. exhaustlngdratns. pimples, baahrulnesa, aversion to society, am pul new, despondency, loss of energy, am bition and aeir-oonBdence, which deprive you "I your manhood and absolutely until you for study, business or marriage If you are thus urilicted you may know the cause. Go Mid be treated. MIDDLE-AGED MENKuW?,! weak, aching back and kidneys; frequent, painful urination and sediment In urlnmlm. potency or weakness of sexual organs, and other unmistakable aigna or nervous deblllty aud premature decay. Many die of this difficulty. Ignorant of the cause. The moat obstinate easea of this character treated. PPT7ITP diseases. Gleet, Gonorrhea, In I nil fllll (tarnations. Dischargee, Strtcturea. eakoesa of Organa, Sypbilla, Hydroeela, V aricocele and kindred trou blea treated. Consultation Free to AH. Office Hours: From 9 A. M. to 8 P.M. Call or address J. Henri Kessler M. D. At St. Louis Dispensary, - 3301 YAMHILL STREET. 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