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OREGON CITY COURIER OREGON CITY HERALD CONSOLIDATED. ' A. W.CHENEY.; Publisher Mamas County Menenflent Canliy AHSOBBED MAT, 1899 j Legal and Official Newspaper Of Clackamas County. ."" ; PUBLISHED, WEEKLY., elr I ia Oregon Oltr pottofflce as 2ad-oUM natter SUBSCRIPTION RATE8. M In advance, per rear 1 50 r months ..... .., , 75 kit momhs'trial 28 lThe date opposite your address on the psr douoles t he time to which you hate paid, f I this notics Is marked yonr subscription It dua. " ' ADVERTISING BATES. Btaadinn business advertisements: Per month -1 inch 1, 2 inches 11.60, 3 Inches 11.75, 4 inches S 8 inches Oioolumn) '2.26, lulnohes(column) 4, 20 Inches (column) 8, yearly contracts 10 par cent lass. Transient advertisements: Per week 1 inch We, 2 Inches 76c, 8 inches $1.4 inches 81. 16,6 I nches 11.60, 10 inches 12.50, 20 inches 15 Legal advancements: Per inch first Inser 'Monti, each additional insertion 50c. AffllavHs of publication will not be furnished until pub lic atlon fees are paid. Local notices; ive cents per line per week per month 20o, 1PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. OREGON PITY, AUGUST 25, 1899. .Art American, Internal Policy. TJibsi Public owoewhfp of publia franoliises. ' "IChe values nrea'-ed by the community should be long to the caminunlty. fiiooNO Destruction of criminal trusts. No aaxjnopollzfttion of the national resources by law ess private comminutions more powerful than ' tie people's government, Thikd A graduated luoome tax. Every citision 1 1 contribute to the support of the government so rdlng to his means, anil nol according to his ne cessities. OToukth Klootion of senators by the people. Tie senate, now becoming the private property Ot corporations and bossos, to be made truly repre sentative, and the state legislatures to be redeemed romTeourringscandals. ' iCiFTH National, state and municipal Improve ment of the public school system. As the duties f eitlzjiishlp are both general and local , every vernmont, both general and looal, should do its share toward fitting every Individual to per f arm them, Sixia Currency reform. All the nation's money to be issued by the nation's government, And Its supply to be regulated by the people and Dot by the banks. Kvmta No protection for oppressive trusts, irganlzatloas powerful enough to oppress the people are no longer "Infant Industries." Birkot LaiBLTion Lawmaking by the voters. Taa Ihitiative The proposal of a law by a per centage of the voters, which must then go to the referendum. Tun Bbfcrsndum Tho vote at the polls of a law propose through the initiative, or on any law passed by a lawmaking body, whoBa refer ence Is petitioned fur by a perccutago of the voters, Th fMPsjfUTivjE Mandate Whencvor a pnbllo official shall be deemed dishonest, inooinpetcnt Ji)iii 111 1 ls cuius lie vote is el.all have the right to retire him and elect one of their Choloo. The people alone aro sovereign, Tub republican party at the present (time ia in about the same predicament s the email boy who came home with Ids ahirt on wrong Hide out and told his another that the change occurred while lie was crawling through a' barbed wire lunco. There seems to be no prospect of an early adjournment of the senate finance committee which is considering the pro posed bill to fasten tha gold standard on die country at the coming session of congress. The reason is beca me the (sessions are held at Narragunsett Pier and the government Days the bills. "While there is some talk of annexing Ilayti and San Domingo, for expansion iias run mad in some circles of Washing toa, the administration is evidently waiting to fetl the pulse of people before lulling a stand in the matter. The Ne jgro problem in this country is perplex ing enough without adding to its per plexity. At this time, whon there seems to be A disposition on the part ot the republi can party to force gold monometallism on the people, the report of the director of the mints showing that the United States has fallen to the third position among the nations in gold producing power offers food for reflection to those vho would take this rash step. Tub reported attempt by a certain clique in the democratic party to shelve Bryan and nominate some one cite will .1)0 fruitless, for the hold that the bril lliiint leader of tSDt) bus on the masses of the people is too strong to bo shaken. .Mr. Bryan will be nominated, despite the wishes of the self-constituted lead ers, just as MeKinloy was in 18!'6. As kuh the Philippines, there is do doubt that an entirely new deal in the matter of leadership and policy must take place soon. General Otis clearly does not grasp the situation, or doesn't Jtnow how to deal with it. He has not men enough under his command, and Jie to responsible for it, for the presi dent has accepted his advice and judg ment in the premises. Unfortunately, flie seems to coutinue to do so. General Otis should be mt aside at once. Mr. JMcKlnley will have to be forced to the .step by public pressure. There is plenty of better material in our army to take lie pUce of the incapable Otis. "Thkhe is only one -Alger" was dis played on two inimensH, banners at the reception Riven to ex-Secretary Alger ufu" it-mni 10 lAtroip. 1 ins Inscrip tion slated the situation in a nutshell If there has been more the past eighteen months, it is painful to contemplate wnat might have become of the country Que Alger demoralized thS: armvYsev eral of 'them would have ' shaken the foundations of the' government and re duced the country to a state of chaos The people outside of Detroit regard the existence of "only one Alger" as a mer ciful dispensation of providence. Ttyis republic has to carry many burdens, but heavily weighted as it is, it has still managed to keep above water. Wijh the tribe of official Algers increased, however, its burden would become greater than it could sustain. There, is national rejoicing over the fact that "there is only one Alger Now that he has retired to private life, let ns hope his species will become extinct as a fac tor of American government." The re ception accorded to General Alger in De troit was also remarkable for the utter ances of Governor Pingree. The gov ernor has been acting as mouth piece of General Alger and saying what the lat ter thinks but refrains from uttering. Through Pingree's receptive and agile mouth he can anathmetize Mr. McKin ley and hold him up in contempt. Gen eral Alger will find Governor Pingree a valuable medium for expressing his views of those who have relegated him to the dullness of provincial existence at Detroit after allowing him to taste the joys of official power at Washington. Mr. Alger will have an excellent oppor tunity to git even with the administra tion which made a scapegoat of him. He has not. had his monev's worth, if he was, as it is asserted, a heavy contribu tor to the purchase of the republican election in 189G. AN'TI-IMPERIALISTS. Following is a list of some of the noted Americans who are opposed to imper ialism : George S. Boutwell, Charles Francis Adams, Felix Adler, , Edward Atkinson, L. W. Bacon, Samuel Bowles, Gamaliel Bradford, John C. Bullitt, Donelson Caffery, John G. Carlisle, Andrew Carnegie, James C. Carter, Grover Cleveland, W. Bouike Cochran, Patrick A. Collins, Theodore L. Cuyler, Georgb F. Edmunds, William H. Fleming, Patrick Ford, Austen G. Fox, Samuel Gorapers, Thomas Wentworth Iligginson, Henry U. Johnson, David 8. Jordan, W. Larrabee, Charlton T. Lewis, George G. Mercer, Herbert Myrick, Patrick O'Farroll, II. 8. Pingree, Henry Codman Potter, E. Preetorius, Henry Wade Rogers, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, Edwin Burritt Smith, W. G. Sumner, Benjamin R. Tillman, Hermann Von Hoist, Herbert Welsh, John J. Valentine, Francis A. Osborn, Erving Winslow, Winslow Warren, David Greene Haskins, Jr., J. P. Munroe, Albert S. Parsons. Argus is Hopeful. Okbuon City, Auk. 19. 1899. Editor CouuiKR-HERAt,n: Your space is too valuable and your readers' time too precious, to have it wasted in bombastic flourish, and 1 shall only attempt to reply to Socrates, where he tuiB a hue of argument that affects our true conception of the nature of money and its functions. He asks "How can you measure the length of a house, if not by face and figures?" He then partly concedes my argument by admitting that "You can not measure by figures alone. You must have a rule with the face and figures on it. By this rule you can measure the length of your house exactly." He has found out in considering measures of length, that face ami figures are not all. You must have a rule with those things marked on it. further consideration should lead him to understand that it is lsngth in the rule required to measure length, and tluit the marks and figures indicate only quantities of length . He further sav n "So with values, tho only difference be- tug, that in measuring value with mon ey, we have cents and dollars marked on the face of our measure, etc." Socrates has changed ground. On June 23, ho wrcte, "Remember the metal or paper is not $1, but the figures on its face is Il ia your last issue he says that the cents and dollars are the marks on the measure. What measure? He is get ting nearer. Our measure of values on OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 1899. the gold standard is gold, and dollars and cents are only indications of the quantity. Give him time and he will find our real money or basis of values is a commodity as well as money, liable to nuctuations of supply and demand, and not as he and the great 8cott, of the Oregonian, state thai it never goes to a premium. ; He denies that dollars ever vary-' in value and defies the sophists of the whole world to prove it, but from the ..progress he is. making, if ha has space for a few more letters, he is likely to prove it himself. There is no credit in arguing with a man who denies there is any value in gold. ' Such a man lives in an ideal world of his own creation, and is too Impractical for the ordinary concern! of life. , ., ,.;.. Common Sense Suggestions. Editor Courier-Herald : , , ,-t , . ; In your issue of Aug. 4. was an article from J. 0. 0. on the money question. While I agree with him substantially on ine mam issues, yet I th nk he conld have made different statements in re gard to redemption and been nearer the true position. When the London Times made the statement quoted in his article, it saw the danger that threatened the monev power, and of course anything that could be done to avert this must be resorted to, and the exception clause in the greenback was the first successful move. Ihe next move was to make the Amer ican people believe that to be rood, the greenbacks must be redeemed in some thing a little better. There was no class of people in the world who knew better what real redemption was than these money lords of England and Amer ica, but what they knew to be fact bore no resemblance at all to what they bent all their energy to make the American people believe. They knew that all there was to redemption was that when a paper waa issued by either a govern ment or an individual it should be hon ored by that government or individual according to the specifications of the pa per, lo illustrate: 1 give my note to H. B. Lamb for a horse : Lamb trades the note to Thomas Charman for goods j Charman passes the note over to S. H. Carter in payment for oats: Carter brings the note to me and presents it in payment for a cow and labor nerformed. The note was not redeemed until I re ceived it, I being the one who issued it. A greenback is not redeemed until it is received back by the government upon some claim due from the individual to the government. Should the govern ment issue greenbacks based upon stat utes declaring that they should be full legal tender between individuals in their business transactions, also for all taxes due either county, state or nation, and that they would be received at their face for any claim the government micrht have against the individual, gold could perform no greater or better service among the people, and when the gov ernment receives it back upon claims due, it would have just as much right to burn it up and declare it redeemed as I had to tear up my note after I had re deemed it. The question is often asked. "But how would you get the greenbacks out among the people in the first nlace?" If a Der- son is able now to purchase $50,000 in bonds, the government furnishes him with money to the amount of 90 per cent of it. Well, suppose the government was to get the idea that there are other things that might be security to it be sides its own bonds, or whisky. That which is good security for a bank to loan money on would be just as good for the government. There is no class of peo ple that I know of who are foolish enough to expect to borrow money with out giving security. A farmer or a busi ness man could secure the government just as well as he secures the banker or any other money loaner, and upon the amount specified being paid back to the government, that amount is redeemed. Thomas Buckhan. Marshfield, Ore , Aug. 12. Our Money System. Every one who has investigated the whys and wherefores of human life re lating to the influence for good or for evil that association with good or bad company has on the character of the child, and in fact on adults as well, can see the reason of the diversity of opin ions in regard to the finances. We may say in truth that up to 18G1 the Ameri can people had little or no idea that pa per, independent of gold and silver, could be made a real money. Although in several instances in Europe paper has been made legal tender fir many years in succession notably in England from 1793 to 1823. During that time Napoleon Bonaparte was conquered almost wholly by the use of inconvertible paper money. Sir Archibaid Allison, an English his torian, says: "That inconvertible paper money carried England to the highest titdi of powor and prosperity ever kuown to any nation since the begin ning of time." These inconvertible notes constituted th-i entire circulating medium of the country from 1797 to 1823. They were made a legal tender. John Stuart Mill, In his political econo my, says they never depreciated a par ticle. Agaiu, during the slaveholders' rebellion, the United States used no other than legal tender paper money which, by its great abundance, caused an extraordinary prosperity among all producers of wealth . And the extraor dinary prosperous times continued to bless the people as long as the abundant currency remained in circulation. The two happy experiences cited abovq, when the very lives of the two nations were in peril, ought to convince the most skeptical that paper money, when sanctioned by a strong government, is just as good aa metal money. ; And when properly managed, legal tender paper always baa been' noted for pro moting thrift and substantial prosperity among the masses, faper is better than coin inasmuch as it .can .furnish the number, of dollars required in, transact ing business, (which coin from its scarc ity can not do.) , Herein is the fallacy of the attempt to furnish, enough, primary money with coin, when the quantity of coin is less than one-fourth enough to satisfy the wants of trade. Therefore when business men and speculators re quire large sums, of money, the paper based on specie redemption can not safely much exceed the number of dol lars, it, it does, all the paper can not be redeemed, then for a panic 1 The fallacy of using anything for money that needs redemption! Whatever material is used for money should be made legal tender, which would need no redemption. Un der the present system of finance, the advocates of the gold standard virtually acknowledge that the yellow metal is too scarce and can not fully supply the wants of trade, hence they adyocate pa per token currency redeemable in gold. Such paper tokens add little or nothing to the volume of real money, but serve to mislead the unwary into the belief that the promise-to-pay paper adds its volume to real money a great fallacy 1 Everybody ought to know that anything called money, that has to be redeemed, is a deception, not real, a snare. In the beginning of this article we stated that people were greatly influenced by their environment. Relating to finance, the teaching has been done almost whol ly by moneyed men, who have taught the system that favored their interest. Consequently, they always have taught the erroneous doctrine that a currency restricted to the supply of the precious metals would best serve the people, to make them prosperous and happy. What marvel, ' with such teaching, if the honest toilers should be misled and vote themselves into slavery to the money power? It is self-evident, if ev ery working man was posted correctly in regard to the money question, mo nopolies, trusts and Bharpers in general would vanish like dew exposed to the morning sun I And then all the earn ings of the laborer could be enjoyed by himself and family 1 Salem, Ore. Sands Brownell. Fowl for Thought. Editor Courier-Herald : When you are right in theory and ar gument on a great vital economic prin ciple, it affords you great satisfaction ; but when those who have oppoeed your views with argument, contempt and rid icule, when they not only acknowledged your position to have been and to be the correct one, it is doubly pleasant for you. I am reminded of this by reading from the Youth's Companion, a paper having probably the largest circulation in this country, that goea to nearly every postoffice in the United States and is read by at least three millions of people. It is carefully conservative so straight, in fact, in that way, that it leans a very little towards tho gold stan dard, as its proprietor receives an in come of $200,000 per annum, of course all in sound money. The green backers first, the populists later, and now the democrats, that large Bryan contingent, hold the view presented below, and the present Bank-of-England republicans before the domination of the party by the Rothschilds held the same view. It was the accepted doctrine till a com bined effort on the part of the plutocrats turned the tide at St. Louis in 1896 by the pooling of McKinley's votes among the political brokers, the contribution of $16,000,000 on the part of corporations, ranging in size and extent from the banks and Standard Oil to the cracker trust. The hotels of that city and their bars (in a liquid sense, of course,) were not palatial enough in appointments to satisfy the tastes or appetites of these disciples of Elagabalus, so thirty private palace cars were side tracked, each con taining the attorneys of a trustor cor poration. The money contributed by them was unanswerable argument, and the great party was pursuaded that the views of Lombard and Wall streets on financial economy were those of the American people. Following is the article in question : SMALL CHANGE. The old adage "Take care of the cents and the dollars will take care of them selves" finds peculiar illustration in the coinage operations of the United States government. The every-day bronze one cent piece, made of ninety-five parts of copper to five parts of tin and zinc, costs the government aoout one-tentn ot s cent. Uncle Sam's profit in the one' cent and five-cent pieces coined last year was more than a million dollars. The treasury department coins just enough one-cent pieces to meet the de mands of trade. In the fiscal year which ended June 30th these demands were extraordinary, a condition probably due to reviving business, the gradual intro duction of pennies into Pacific coast cities and the prevalence of "penny-in-the-slot machines." So far so good. If this periodical was I Our Fall Stock.... A . .,! Is coming in Rapidly. S of HATS and , LADIES and GENTS' SHOES S .....:.'' S Our Motto is "Onr Price1. Trt Air." T.mir nriirn. -j - - - - - w A MM. T, IVV.O lJl III C best quality ", is increasing. . our", trade and adds new customers to our list everv rlav. 3 The Star Clothing House Harding Block, Opposite t ; Commercial Bank, Oregon City, Or Big Cut in Tan Shoes Ladies Tan Gents' Tan Balmorals - 11 Boys' and Misses' Tan Shoes cut proportionately. A beautiful Souvenir given with each pair of Shoes purchased . McKITTAlCK, "Tiis Shoe as honest as it pretends to be moral, it would tell its readers in the same article that the United States government is coining millions of silver dollars every month from material the market value of which is less than one-half its coin value ; that Uncle Sam takes less than 60 cents worth of silver bullion and coins it into 100 cents, and none are complaining that they are getting less than one dollar "sound" and "honest" : and that furihermore the United States government can coin all the silver brought to its mints into dollars and they will be received, paid out and ex changed for any and ail commodities at their lace if Uncle Bam will only put his legal tender fiat on them. ltisthecreed.it has been, and will continue to be, as it has been from the time of Aristotle to General Francis A. Walker, that it is the law, and not the substance or material that makea money. The money of a country is as good as its credit, power and authority, and no bet ter. Whether it is the one-cent piece containing but one-tenth material value, the silver dollar with but 50 cents intrin sic worth, the "demand note" of the $00,000,000 issued the first year of the war, which, though utterly worthless in "intrinsic value." nevertheless floated and kept at par with gold, while the pur posely depreciated greenback went to 40 cents on the dollar, it matters not, If Uncle Sam's fiat or law says they are one cent, one dollar or fifty or a thou sand dollars, that is what they are, and all the gold bug, national bank, Wall street high-salaried sophists can make them no more nor no leBS. Papers like the Youth's Companion would confer a favor on the country generally and their readers in particular if they would continue the money object- lessons of which the one we quote is a fair sample. From cents and nickels they could go to silver, to greenbacks, the demand notes, and they could then explain why the bankers don't want silver coined, how much better it would be for the banker of course as all financial legislation is for his benefit and not the people's ; how much better that he should have the sole management of the country's finances and re.ieve the people of a vast amount of labor and vexation. However, should the hank. controlled press conclude that a little financial learning is a dangerous thing, we will have to content ourselves with what we know and learn the lesson of money by bitter experience, for though it's a dear school to learn in, people and nations seldom learn in any other. J. D. Stevens. Canby, Ore., Aug. 19. That Throbbing- Headache Would quickly leave vou if von used Dr King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by Geo. A. Harding druggist. ' Spain's lOreateat Meed. Mr. R.'.P. Oiivia, of Barcelona, Spains spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bit ters, America's greatest blood and nerve remedy, all pain soon "left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, puri lies the blood, tones up the stomach strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the bodv. If weak, tired or ailing, you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50c. For sale'by Geo A. Harding, druggist. Call and examine our new line 5 ' a 2 A . If pthtu a r "-v -" .! A naaagsr 2 Balmorals was $3.50 now $2.50 3.00 2.2s Oxfords 2.50 2.150 2.00 S,oo 4.50 3-So 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.50 4.00 3-50 3-oo 2.00 Man," Next Daor to 0. C. B. REALTY TRANSERS. Furnished Every Week by Clacka mas Abstract & Trust Co. T P Randall to T F Ryan, part of lots 1 and 2, blk 130, lots 3, 4, and part of 5 and 6, blk 129, lota 1 and 2, blk 13, Oregon City, lot 17, blk 3, Mt. Pleasant, also acres S M Vance claim, 3 s, 2 e. .$3,000 E E Slsen to M A North, block 3, Milwaukie 150 W J Robinson to S T Edmiston, part of 51.60 acres sec 19, 3s, 1 w 65 Bolton Land Co to W H Boerner, lots 1, 2, 3, blk 30. Bolton 385 L Townsend to J S Smith, lots 1, 2, blk 2, Parkerhill. M E Bratton to U S Smith, ne of neJi sec 29, 2 8, 4 e 500 O M Ramsby to J S Smith, lot 1, blk 13, Barlow 400 OR Mack to Clackamas county, . acre sec 33, 3 s, 1 e 1 O R Mack to O W Butterfield, .86 acre sec 33, 1 s, 3 e 200 W O Mack to 0 R Mack, 4 acres sec 33, la, 3e... 5a J G Porter to A Zimmerman, bw bit 168, Oregon City 600 H A Vorpahl to E J Saunders, lot 3, 6)3, blk 10, Canby......... 500 A Sechtem to E Sechtem, of s of e of eal4 sec 9 and 9 of w X of swj sec 10, 4 s, 3 e, also 50 acres sec 34, 1 s, 2 e, and sec 3. 2 s, 2e I...... 2.3Sfi J. Imel to A Imel, 4.06 acres of E Usher claim, 2s. 2 e aso The Astoria Co to United States, si uwj sec 24, swj nw, nw X swj sec 25, lots 3, 4 and e seJi sec 23, 3 s. 8 6 . . . . Act of ftnnffroaa State to The Astoria Co, same as above 503 O&ORRtoST Edmiston, ne 1-4 of se 1-4 sec 19, 3 s, 1 w 280, ' 1 : An Enterprising- Firm. Them n ru fan, man m. : i , and enterprising than Geo. A. Harding, who spares no pains to secure the best of evervthinop in i;n 1 1.: customers. He now has the agency for Dr. King 8 New Discovery, which surely cures constipation, coughs and colds. lIllH 1.1 t.hu u-nn,laF..l . i. . t - - uuvuui icuieuy umt IB now nrnmir-lntt an i .1, s tJiiuiiement an over the country, by its many startling RlirPH. If Qlonl,,tl.. .. .1' .. 1 0 ------- -unuKjr uuies asuiuia, Dron CllltiH. TIAllHpa an, I all n.: . , ,. oll auauuuus 01 ins throat, chest and lungs. You can test it jiMs uy caning ac tne above drug store and get a trial bottle free, or regular size for 50c and 1. Guaranteed to cure, or price refunded. A Thousand Tongues I'ould not express the rapture of Annie K. bpingler, of 1125 Howard street, Phil adelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King s Isew Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a hiinian ill ,. , , v"- ""ier remeuies ana doctors could give her no help, but Bhe says of this royal cure: "It soon re- mnvorf tha n . .' - i , , , j,lu lu my cnesi, and 1 can now B.eep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praise throughout the Dr KW. 0W.v ev"y one who tries lii-m .?8 .. 6W D'8C0Ver7 for any trou ble of the throat, chest or lungs. Price, a. it 1 TrJAl b0ttltt e at George A. Harding s drug store. Every bottle guaranteed. ' A Frightful Blunder Ken Cau9eT,a horr'ble burn, scald, cut or bruise Bucklen's Arnica Salve and u' wU1 kil1 the Pai fi,P mpt!y, heal il- Cure old W M P0'68, " er8' b0il8 felons. corns. earth ni"0"8- Be8t Pile care on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guar- anteed. Sold by Geo. A. Harding, drug-