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lis, laasssj OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER io, 1899. n R RG ON CITY COURIER OREGON CITY HERALD CONSOLIDATED. A. W. CHENEY Publish 'i n Mamas County IufleueiicLBUt, Canliy AltSORBED MAY, 1899 , Here is x our Uiance We have decided to close out our line of Ladies' Shoes to make room for our full line of Men's Goods, and therefor will sell our Ladies' and CHILDREN'S SHOES , at Manufacturing Cost. Come before sizes ar broken. . - '." ' When You See It In Our Add, It's So. The Star Clothing House legal and Official Newspaper Of Clackamas County. Strictly One Price House Harding Block, Opposite Commercial Bank. Oregon City, Or. A. HKUHTMAN, Manager PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BiiImiy 1 la Orejoa Olty postoflktas 2nd-elase matter DB8CEIPTION RATES. , . Ti in advance, per year 1 gj Sir month . ' L ftreemonlks'lrlal a MB-The date opposite your address on the taper denotes I he time to which yon hate paid. 1 tais u-tice is marked your subscription Is due. APVERTISIXO SATES. etaurttnr business advertisements: Per month -1 Inch l, 2 inches 11.50, Ineb.es 11.76, 4 Inches It 6 Inches (column) S2.25, lOInches(oolumn) t, 20 Inches (column) 8, yearly contracts 10 pr TrVns'ent advertisements! Per week-1 Inch tt, 2 Inches 75c, 8 inches $1.4 lncheB ll.M.S inches Sl.f.0, 10 Inches 2.50, 20 Inches J5 Leeal advertisements: Per in. h first lnser ln$l, each additional Insertion 50c. .Affllavlts ef publication will not be furnished until pub lleallon fees are paid. Local notices; Five cents per line per week ps month 20o, PATRONIZE HOME IJNDUSTRY. OREGON OITY, NOV. 10, 1899. An American- Internal Policy. Time P:iblic ownership of public franchises. H rallies created by the community should be amg to tho oammunity . fiMncwD Destruction of criminal trusts. No wonopfttk'.itl'm of tho national resources by law low private combinations more powerful than the people's government. ThroA graduated luoomotai. Every oltlzon cootribuWto the support of the government ao- oedtrwj to his moans, and not according to his ne- eeasirtes. . Fostkih Eleotlon of senators by the people. tha senate, now beoomlng the private property at eoraosutlons and bosses, to be made truly repre. aentatire, and the state legislatures to be redeemed wm remrring soandals. Fitch National, state and municipal Improve' nt lA the oubllo sohool system . As the duties f Itlaituhtp are both general and local, ovory tpvernaeent, both general and local, should do ta share toward fitting overy individual to per term them. Biii-f!urrency reform. All the nation's Kouy to be Issued by the nation's government Art As supply to be regulatod by the people. and is by the banks. Bktkbth-So proteotlon for oppressive trusts, Organizations powerful enough to oppress the fcopte are no longer "Infant Industries." Direct lhoisiatiok Lawmaking by the voters, Tsr ImTrATiva The proposal of a law by a per e-otag of the voters, which must than go to the n&readnm, Tn BinaiNDUM The vote at the polls of a w proposed through the Initiative, or on any law passed by a lawmaking body, whose refer uc li petitioned for by a percentage of the tfotem. 'tat Impbrativi Mandati Whenever public Cola) ahull be deemed dishonest, Inoompetent hi iimi.H (l.uiuli voters shall have right to retire him and elect one of their ehaiee. The people alone are sovereign. K. B, Niciiols' answer to L. P. Smith's article in last week's Enterprise sill be published next week. TSbbohm readers should not overlook tha ankle signed "A Farmer" on an other pagft. The Courier-Herald would to pleased to hear more on this subject from others, and Invites discussion pro and (eon. Tke president's Btumping tour in the West tins proven to be a flat failure so . far as jutting vitality Into the republi- caa party in concerned. Republicans of the Lincoln stamp have no more use for vMcKlnloy or Hanna. 'iv tssilownrlght cruelty on the prt of the (fonvMrats to challenge the Hanna ites to indorse the utterances of Abra ham Lincoln. The Hsnnaltet consider Lincoln a sickly sentiuiintaliat nearly as ttttteti so as Thomas Jefferson, who wrote time Declaration of Independence. Tme Hunnaitee are going to force their tanking bill through the next congress, ffhea will come the paper money trust. Other trusts are limited to the control of use or more articles each, but the paper toaey trust will hold a cinch on every thing that la bought and told. Tub financial report of Linn county ftVtr the six months ending October 1st is jtrthaml., It shows: Unpaid warrants, aoaet interest accrued, none; Interest said, none ; warrants drawn and unpaid, mene; total liabilities, nonet resources, 4E3.MHl.25. So much for populists, dem gcrata and dehorned republicans. Oapl ttaUeiirual. Tbi war in South Africa demonstrates the Jact that the European powers are jealous of Great Britain, and also dem onstratea the wisdom of John Bull in .getting the United States into a depen dent pun it ion In the Philippines so that me can bo used to pull his South Afri can as wvll as his Chinese chestnuts out of 4he fire. that large com' existed in Eng irt. From the who recently ?narchlal gov good as ours, Trusts being therefore be I am strongly opposed to enforced an nexation of the Philippine islands. We co-operated with the Filipinos in driving the Spanish out, and should help them to form a republican government of their own. The seizure of any part of the Philippines against their will is is a gross violation of the law of nations. John Sherman. The people are sick and tired of Presi dent McKinley's and General Otis' con tinuous performance in the line of fail ure, ruin and abandonment in Luzon, Humanity demands immediate cessation of the murderous bungling around Ma nila, which under the stars and stripes has produced conditions as base as those in Cuba under Weyler, which we inter fered to prevent. "Ruined by Caucasian cheap labor" may be the next cry of the industrious Chinese of San Francisco, for it Is a fact that Lew Hing, a Mongolian fruitpacker, during the season just ended, discharged nearly all his Chinese help and hired white women and white children to do the work, because they, driven to despe ration by poverty, would consent to work for less money. Much discontent is reported to exist among the chiefs of the sultan of Sulu on account of the varied allowances they are to receive from the United States government. They contend that the al lowances are altogether too small. If we would enlarge the allowances they could enlarge their harems bo that in stead of supporting ten or twenty wives each, as they do now, they might main tain thirty or forty each. Wm. J. Bhyan was asked what he thought of the treaty with the sultan of the Sulu Islands, permitting slavery in those Islands with a condition that the slaves might buy their own freedom. "And how long would it take a slave working for nothing to acquire money euough to buy his own freedom?" re plied Mr. Bryan. "And of course the treaty is indefensible, and Abraham Lin coln, the first great republican leader, signed the etnnclptioa proclamation, and now the republican party reestab lishes slavery under the American flag." OUR SULTAN. Article 15 of the treaty between the United States and the sultan of Sulu iayt: The United States government w'll pay the following monthly salaries : To the Sultan $240 ToDato Rajah Muda 75 ToDato Attik..... 60 ToDatoCalbe 75 ToDato Joakanaln 75 ToDatoPuyo 60 To Dato Amir Haissin 60 To Hadji Buter... 50 ToHabibMura 40 To Serif Saguin. 15 Signed in triplicate, In English and Sulu, at Julo, this 20th day of August, A. D. 1899 (18th Arakull Akll 1S17). Tux Sultan Sulu. Dato Rajah Muoa. ' Dato Am. Dato Ojt.b i. Dato Joaxasain. Signed, J. O. Batks, Brigadier General U. S. v. Polygamy is protected by article 3. It Is one of "the rights and dignities of His Highness the Sultan and his Datoa." Polygamy Is a Mohammedan institution, and the agreement that "the Moros shall not be interfered with on account of their religion" is a pledge that they shall not be disturbed in the practice of polygamy. HIS JUNKETING (?) TRIP "COPPERHEADS" It is now in order for such papers as the Oregonian, which ascribe no good or patriotic motives to those who do not coincide with the admirers of the admin istration's Philippine policy, to classify the W. C. T. U. of this country as "copperheads." The national convention of the W. C. T. U., just closed at Seattle, was very outspoken. The Post-Inteliigencer of that city says : "The resolutions of this convention are said to cover a wider scope than those adopted by any pre vious convention in the history of the Union." A delegate, who is reported as expressing the sentiment of a major ity of the delegates, said: "If the men of the nation are too cowardly to de nounce tne war, the women of the na tion, represented by the W. C. T. U., dare to do it." Their resolution on the Philippine question, in which the wom en of America have spoken in no uncer tain sound, is short but pointed and embodies the spirit of the Declaration of Independence. This is the resolu tion: "We deeply deplore the attitude taken by our nation with respect to the Philip pine islands, and since governments can derive their just powers only from the consent of the gov rned, we protest both against the policy which would compel a foreign people to subnvt to the rule of the United States and against the war through which the administration is striving io enforce its policy." The convention passed another resolu tion that has disturbed the imperialistic press and conclusively proves that the women of this organization have made a study of political economy and havo taken a bold stand on the side of the op pressed of our land. This resolution further shows that the increasing Influ ence of women in American politics is surely leading this nation up to a higher moral and social condition and largely through their Influence will come a purer and happier social condition than the world has ever experienced. Then, hrough woman's benign influence, greed will give way to equal and exact justice and re shall more nearly ap proach the highest type of civilization the brotherhood of man. Following is the resolution: "We view with alarm the increasing aggregation of wealth in the bands of the few ; the growth of trusts and mo nopolies; and the constantly widening guff between labor and capital. In a wise adjustment of our present economic difficulties we see the solution of many I of our present problems. We urge ear nest study oi ine laoor question, and also of the fundamental principles of Christian Socialism, believing that 'Only the G. Men Rule of Christ can bring the Golden Age of Man.'" Volomlo Eruptlona. ' Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen't Arnica Salve cures them; also Old, Running and Fe ver Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Beat Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Geo. A, Harding, Druggist. For Over Fifty Vears As Old and Wsll-Tribd Rkvidy. Mrs. Winslow't Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It pleasant to the taste, Sold by Drug gists in every part of the World. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be sure and ask tor Mrs. Winslow't Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind, K. Y. World aid Courier-Herald $1.75 Hops, the Tariff and the Gold Standard. WEDNE PDAY last there gathered at vVoodburn a number of gentle men interestea in tne nop indus try. Though, little had been said or written about the matter, there were quite a number of people who can't for the life of them see why hops are so cheap. Farmers know that the entire crop of last year was cleared np. The shortage in Europe and New York, to gether with the very poor quality, made the market lively and sent hops to the neighborhood ot 15 cents a pound. This year there is no reason why hops should not be as high as last year, they argued, and conseqently, to remedy existing evils of low prices, the meeting at Wood burn was called. It transpired upon the farmers con sulting together that not only are hops below cost of production, but that the only way to revive them into life is to organize the growers into a trust, con trol the hop product and demand all that can be obtained. In fact, the hop growers recognize what has been told them time and again, that neither the gold standard nor the tariff, no matter how high it is piled on, will increase the price to the producer. The London Times, the press repre sentative of the British commercial classes, has said repeatedly that Eng land wants LOW prices for everything imported into the kingdom ; that the gold standard will insure that country low prices ; and as long at gold is the policy of England and the nations trad ing with her, the producers of raw ma terial need expect nothing more than a bare existence. The producers of India, Spain, Turkey and the South American countries where the gold htandard has been recently adopted, have discovered it, and now the producer of the United States are awakening to the fact that the gold standard and good prices can not dwell together. Oil and water may mix, but not high prices and scarce money. , Wheat raisers, those who grow corn, oats, cotton, hops, or any other life sus taining commodity, may as well admit after all these years of disastionsexperi ment that nothing short of a large vol' ume of currency will give the farmers ot this country anything like an adequate return far their labor. England it the market of the United States. The enormous debt the holdt against us the wants paid In agricultural products, and the does not want the principal, only the interest, and that in terest must represent at much of our products at gold-standard prices will make it. That ' this debt and these bonds are 75 per cent fictitious value, that the people who are responsible for their payment have never had nor never will have any benefit, it well known to the holders, but that the holder! will ex act every cent from the people, at much as though we were the slaves ot Eng land iu India or Egypt, can be depend ed upon. I The tariff has been found to be in 1 - I..M i. v v. . t . every wsty SI leuuiq mwy uufa a. paying price. Those like Hanna and his ilk, who have in the past and are now insisting that it is a remedy for present low prices, must admit them- I selves fools or knaves. The Morrill war 1 tariff, the foolish Mctinley tariff, the lower and moderate Wilson tariff, the present Dingley tariff, higher and con sequently more foolish and criminal than any ot the others, have tailed in every respect to improve the price of hops or the condition of the hop growers. They must now, after years of hop grow ing, borrow money to pick, dry and bale their hops. Surely if these various tar iffs impoeed on the "pauper" hops of Europe have so signally failed to influ ence the price, it is time that they were cast aside and some other method tried. The last resort is .the trust organiza ation that modern method Instituted and conducted on so large a scale by those who have control of the country's money. They are in a position to dic tate prices, for they can make conditions to raise or depress prices of all commod ities. Should the hop growerB be fortu nate enough to organize a trust whose officials can be trusted with the crop, and if they can command unlimited cap ital to hold their product, and if they can compel the brewery trust to pay the price eet on the hops, then they will succeed ; but the hop men must remem ber that the brewing trust is not in business for its health. Farmers of Oregon, you have tried the tariff j it has failed. You have tried the gold standaid system of currency; that Iihb failed. You are now entering upon the trust experiment that has made a few men in this country and Europe im mensely rich. Have an eye to your in terests Take care that those whom you have elected as officials wih not ex ploit your labor as those who imposed the humbug tariff and the twin evil, the gold standard. Remember that for years you have worked hard, toiled late and early, paid excessive taxes, fed, clothed and kept in comfort, luxury and often in idleness a horde of officials, and that for every dollar you owed 35 years ago you now owe ten ; that in spite of the fact that you have listened to every political quack whose remedies you have tried (tariff, gold standard, war, expan sion, Imperialism, etc.,) you are hope lessly in debt, and that under the pres ent political system that is your particu lar cost and the nation's general curse, you will go deeper in. If you would improve your condition, you must rid yourselves of your present rulers. To continue the present system is to run deeper into debt. The tariff, taxes, gold standard, trusts, etc., must go or the American farmer will soon find himselt on a level with the Indian and Egyptian natives. J. D. Stbsbns. Canby, Oct. 29. Summary of Elections. The result of Tuesday's elections has not materially changed the political sit uation in the various states, except in Maryland. Nash, republican, is elected governor of Ohio by 50,000 plurality. Jones' vote evidently was drawn largely from the democrats. In Kentucky, W. S. Taylor, repub ican, is elected governor over Goebel, democrat, by a majority estimated from 7,000 to 10,000. The entire republican state ticket is probably elected. - J. . Smith, democrat, is elected gov ernor of Maryland by 3,000 plurality. New Jersey is republican by 20,000. In New York, the republicans Lave 91 members in the next assembly, and the democrats 59. . A republican gain of 14. Tammany succeeded in defeating Mazet in the Nineteenth di-trict. - Massachusetts is republican by 65,000. Barnett, the republican candidate for treasurer in Pennsylvania, has a plural' ity of 125,000. In Iowa, Shaw, republican, has about 60,000 plurality. Kansas republicans claim a gain of 10 percent. . .., South Dakota it republican by about 10,000. . Pbelan, democrat, it re-elected mayer ot San Francisco by 6,000. - Wanted Position in country news paper office by experienced man ot mid dle age, compositor or general work. Reasonable wagea. Printer, this office. If you have anything to sell, advertise In the Couribr-Hkrald and you will be pleased with the results. Money at 7 per cent; $2000 or lest on good city or country property. Inquire at Courier-Herald office. 45 cents round trip from Oregon City to Portland and return via Southern Pacifio trains. One way rate 25 cents. Tickets now on sale at railroad depot. Traint leave Oregon City at 8:40 a.m., and 3:35 p.m., and arrives from Port land at 9 :23 a. m. and 6 :52 p. m. Save time by using the quicker route. It you want the news, read the Coub ieb-Hbrald. Sewing machines from $25 up. Sold on easy payments- Burmeister A An d re sen. " , HUMANE SOCIETY. Report of President McCarver of the Clackamas County Society. This is the first annual meeting of the Clackamas County Humane Society. It is our duty on this occasion to report tothe public what w are doing in the interest of humane work. Article 2 of our constitution is as fol lows : The object of this society is the prevention of cruelty to. every living creature by all proper means including humane education. There are United States laws and also laws in Oregon which are intended to provide penalties for cruelty to animals, to protect useful or harmless birds, etc. Copies or abstracts of these laws are published in the manual of the Oregon Humane Society, This society was organized October 10, 1898. Since that time many important cases have been investigated . and a number of animals humanely I'estroyed. A number of caees of cruelty to chil dren al.co have been brought to our no tice. It is our plan to seek the co-oper ation of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Portland and secure Its valuable aid when such cases are brought to us. Last April the Bociety sent out circu lars to the principals of the public schools of Oregon City and vicinity, in viting competitive compositions from pupils of the schools on subjects per taining to humane work. There were sixty-nine competitors. All the essays submitted, without exception, were meritorious, and the work of writing them must prove beneficial both to the writers and to the cause of humane edu cation . Five prizes were awarded and much credit is due both teachers and pupils for interest taken in the work. The society is much hampered for want of funds. The annial member ship fee is only fifty cents and we have than thirty members on our roll. We earnestly call the attention of all benevolent citizens to the fact that we are obliged to neglect many portions of our work, such as employing an officer designated "the humane officer" whose duty would be to look after cases of cre el ty and report them to the authorities, and also furnishing literature to the school children which we regard as the most important part of our work. Wilt not some generous men and women be come life members, thereby increasing the needed and useful work of humane tducation, a work lying at the base of all other reforms? The society is grateful fur the generos ity of two of its members, Dr. W. E. Oarll and E. J. McKittrick, for special prizes given by them to writers of essays. We are also under special obligations to the press for constant courtesies in their columns, and to the honorable members of the Oregon City Bank for the privi lege of holding our meetings in their rooms.'" r ii. The society does not hold itself above criticism, and we welcome all sugges tions from those who have at heart our cause. Anita McCahveb, President. LdCAL. SUMMARY A few watches tor sale cheap at Younger't. Watches cleaned, $1. Highest cash price paid for second hand household goods at Bellomy dt Busch. Money to loan at 8 percent interest on mortgages. Apply to CD. & D. 0. Latourette. : The Club tonsorial parlors, P. G Shark, proprietor, shaves for 10 cents A full line of cigars and tobacco it kept When in Portland be sure and call at the Royal restaurant where you can get the best 15c meal in the city. 253 First street, corner ot Madison. Wm. Bohlander, proprietor. Weekly Oregonian and Courihb Hbrald for $2 per year. For Sale Small bouse and lot on west side (Windsor) for $75. Inquire at Coubieb-Hbrald office. Rambler, Victor, Stearns, Ideal and Golden Eagle bicycles for tale at Bur ro eister A Andresen. Good pasturage inside city limits. In quire at Courikb-Herald office. P. G. Shark is now prepared to furnish local dealers with all kinds of cigars at wholesale prices. , Very handsome parlor organ for sale cheap at Block's furniture store, op poosite postoffice. j FineFarm 'or Bent. Inquire at Ely ' Bros,' store, Seventh street Money to loan at 8 percent interest on, mortgages. Apply to jL D. & D. 0. Latourette . . S-