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OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1901. Oregon City Courier-Herald By A. W CHENEY : ilfrliii Oregon CitTp(iatofncea2nd-claimatter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Pild la advance, per year 1 M c-a.iu i uuvauce, per year i Bjr month . ?M mw manias inai Tha rlatA nnnmiHR vnur address on the mper aonoies 1 ne time to wnicn you nave pw. K this notice is marked yiur subscription Is due. CLUBBING RATES. With Weekly Oregonlan 2 00 Trl.Weeklv N. Y. World J 85 ' '' national Watchman 1 15 Anpeat to Ktasuri 1 6" Weekly Examiner 2 2 " Bryan s Commoner 1 1" advertising rates. Standing business advertisements: Per month professional CH.rdx,4l it i) pel year): I to 10 Inches Mb nor inch, 12 inches for $.r, 20 Inches (column i fS, 30 Inches, $12. Transient advertisements: Per week 1 Inch Via, 2 Inches 7'w, 8 Inches l,4 Inches 1.2o,6 laches Sl.oO, 10 iui'li-s 2-"0, 20 inches ft) Legal adveilisemeiHs: Per in ti first Inser lonfl, each ad lltionul insertion ,0c. AITilavits of publication will not be furnished until pub. ilcHtinn fees arc psid. Local nutiejs; Five cents per line per week xtr month 200, PATRONIZE UOMK IMJIJSTKV OREGON OITY, APRIL 12, 1901. A btatistiumn pl.tros the number of Bheep in the wolJ at, about 703,000,000, which hist year pro.iu -ed 2,685,105.013 jiouwla of won. Is Italy uki ictil'Uie and the wine in duHtty could nut In- in a worse plight. Increase in poverty i keeping pnee with increase in taxes. IIuku is a "slam" on bluck-republican brains: "The republican party of Ore gon will not have reached the acme of its brainial development until Brownell ifl governor and Fulton Senator." Salem J urnal. Jean Berlier, a distinjjuie lied French engineer, has perfected plans for a tun nel under the Mediterranean ' to con nect Sp 'in and VI. irouc). Its cost he places at 123,000,000 francs. The route lie has celected for his proj' ct would make it 25 miles in length. W'uTing F.tni says tint for 4,000 years the Chinese empire has never waged a war for the propagation of re ligion or the enUvttnnnt of the people; and it would seem tlmt Glii'ia is there for oven fnrlher behind the times th.in most people thouurlit.. Tim only argument advanced for making the salaries of the judges in the fhilippines $20,000 a year is that the salary ir.ust be large enough 'o inmire lionesty on the part of the judges. Why not discourage lune stealing by giving everyone sever il horaec? Now thitt the l'or.1 md Savings Bulk swindle has bien wound up, it would give groat s ttisfaction to its victims if to tin 8) of the swindlers who are yet alive Chinese civil bit ion were applied by chopping off their heads. It would nerve them right and pr unite biwi iess lionesty. Tim rampant vice of the wealthy aiiii'uist which the preachersof our gnat cities are railing, and the squalor ami poverty of the overworked and under paid millions ou whom the Indolent rich ara battening, iln tint the United Htatea is more in need of tho Christian iui8iioti:try than any other laid un lor the Hun. A pkw figures reveal the appalling degradation and vice that prevail In Greater New York Manhattan and the lironx. Among the population of 2,050, O00 are 001 Jew ish, Homan Catholic and rrotostant churches, and 7,585 "Haines law hotels," namely siloons, large numbers of which have brolhcl uttmh. moms into which innoemt girls are en ticed with connivance, of tin poli ce. Now that tho prospect cheers us of a speedy end to the Philippine war, comes another and quite different statement of the situation, which, if true, means that the past trouble will bo as nothing com pared to what the future will bring. It is positively stated that the action of the natives is influenced entirely by promises ma lo to thein that if they will take the oath af allegiance they shall hive rtatelioad in the American Union anil share our birthright of American liberty. The Philippines will never bo B'utcs, the Filipinos will never be equal citiziMis of this ountry. When they loarn this therjr will be another indig nant out-break stung into being by w hat they will regard as a breach of pledge and a violation of faith. Aoi is.u.m being a prisoner in our hands, what shall we do with liim? What is his crime? What has Aui naldo done except to fight for the free dom of his country for the rights de clared by our forefathers to bo ''inalien wble:" the rights of life, liberty and imrsuit of happiness? Does not Agui naldo a prisoner bring homo freshly to the American people the blistering truth that for the first timo in their history they are called upon to rejoice it the discomfiture of a mac and people right ing for liberty? Is it a matter for na tional congratulation that wo are ex-' pected to exult piecitely as the San 5 arda v. o il'J have cxu'.U'd (luce years j rgo over the capture of Gomez? Tun co;iibii ation fever has struck tl:e coal mine owners of Illinois. It is now proposed !o plr.ee all tlx- coal mines of tlmt statt- in a trust with a capital ptock of $75 000,000. Mre than 900 mines in Illinois will oe under the control of this coin! ination. Last jphT the total pro duct of 'hesu mi'ies was about 30,000,000 'on-, and they gnve employment lo37, 03) men. The Pioneer Press of St.' Paul under the Ima 1 " Trill in phi-it Pin locmc. " tlevcribes the rise of Mr. Van derlip t' fume and fmtuiie. It points out bow he was bv accident thrown in with Mr. Gage, how Mr. Gage tooi a fiincv to him, and how, when Mr. Gae bc-cimo secr. tar. of the treasury, Mr. Vandeilip wns h pointed private secre tary, riu prwate secretary has been invited tiCHinert him-ell with a Wall street in-ti u'ioii at $10,000 or $20,000 per year. This mho in the m ice of coal in Great R tain, roupl t ) it.h the depression in the ne-tal trades, are m nous of per manent comrm-rcUl decadence. The Eiiinbnrijli KVeidog News says eilito- rially : "The iron an 1 s'e'd trades have gone fr m us. When the lietiti us ptos- perity caused by the exp.-n Ikure of our ovn government an I that oi Mropean nitiotison armaments ceases, half of the ni 'ii employed in iheae industries will be turned in'o the streets. The out- 1 10k is appalling. Wlint suff iring will have to be en lur.id befor i tli.) workers realize lh.U there is n thing left foi them but emigration 1 I r is useless to p etend that this generation o' workmen can ever hope to contend sncceshfully with the Americans under present con ditions. What are thee conditions? They have cheaper coal and ron ore, improved tools, inumerable 1 tbor-saving machines, and, above all. the strenuous efforts of the workmen to increase the output. Hiwisittob txp'cted that our workmen, trained to regard restric tion of output as their i-lieet anchor, can suddenly be mad to understand that it is i fatal heresy, mid that their o'dy sal vation '8 an increase I output at. dimin ii-hed cost?" THE P.A1LWA Y TRUST. J'.eprv udvance in railway rates is an a l'li i dial lux un productive industry, a'nl that tax labs inevitably upon the consumer If by this "community of interest" the few immensely rich men who control the transportation trunican bring I he hundreds of millions of dol lars of water in the railroad capitaliza tion of the country to the point where dividends can be earned and paid upon it, they will have multiplied their al ready vast fortunes din ctly at the ex- pence of the people of the United States. This great railway trust represents, in fact, i nn of the gravest problems before the people of the United States. Some plan must be deviled for a closer and more absolute control of the railways by the iiation than now exists, or gov eminent ownership of the entire rail way system of the United States is not tar distant. The people of the United States will not long consent to be placed at the merry of any little group of men In a word, the near approuch to com pletion of the plans of the great railway trust forces an issue upon the people which grows the more it is studied, and which promises to submerge and over whelm all others Will the railway magnates consent to a close government regulation of rates that will he a genuine protection to the public against extortionate charges, or ill they pursue a policy that will foice t no American people to take the rail ways of the nation under national owner ship and control? The answer to the question cannot long be deferred, Co- liiinbiis,0., State Journal. A iSTUl'ESDOiS WHOLE. Tuuolossal corporation created by the laws of New Jersey, at the request of Banker J, P. Morgan, which Is ab.mt to enter upou active operations that may powerfully affect the trade and commerce of the whole country, if not the entire globe, has been generally spoken of as "The Steel Trust." It is to be borne In mind that it is much more than a corpo ration formed to carry on the manufac ture of steel. The scope of its charter conies very near being universal. It has authority to engage in almost any kind of business. Tiia Chautauquan recently published what is termed "a condensed statement of the grants made" to the corporation, to this effect: "This corporation may manufacture iron, steel, manganese, coke, copper, lumber, and other mater ials, and all articles consisting or partly consisting of iron, steel, copper, wood, or other materials, and nil products thereof. It has the right to acquire and develop any lands yielding these mate rials, and to extract coal, ores, sione, oil, etc., from any lands which it may own or acquire. It may buy and sell these materials and any of their pro ducts, and it may construct bridges, buildings, mi'chineiy, ships, boats, en gines, cars and other equipment ; rail roads, docks, slips, elevators, water works, gas works and electric works; viaducts, canals and other waterways and other means of transportation. These agencies may be bought or sold, maintained or operated, but the corpo ration may not maintain a railroad or canal in New Jersey. This corporation may engage in any other manufactuiing mining, construction, or transportation busine-s of any kind or character what B03ver, hot it may not engage in any business which shall require the exer cise of the right of eminent domain with in the etate of New Jersey. It may con duct Its business in other states an I ter ritories and in foreign countties." CANCER. Thus popular idea is that "cancer" is "soiriethingin the system;" a myster ious entity which, when cut out in one place is certain to show itself sooner or later again, either there or in ome other locality. That impression is by no means limited to the uneducated. Not long Rince I heard a very highly placed dignitary of the established church remark, at a public function : "Every one knows that who once has c mcer always has cancer." Nothingcould well be more remote from the truth. Can cerous disease invariably arises in a single mintit spot, usually a small eronp of C' 1's, and is thus purely loc: 1 in its inception. All the subsequent phenomena follow infection, diffused by simple mechanical agencies from that single soot. Every medical man win at tends a cancer case throughout witnesses thif primary local and limited develop ment, followed by eventual diffusion of cell-fragments unmistakably derived from the cells at the initial center; and proving that origin in many ways which can hardly be pointed out here without unprofitable technicality. "But why, then," it would naturally be asked, "do so many people continually die from nit ...... i . cancer r- --vvny noes tne disease so generally reappear, after an operation which has appeared highly successful? ( Kecurreu is the highly convenient and usual term.) It may be confessed that surgical deal ings with cancer are almost always up hill work. Nevertheless the reasons for the ultimate failure of many of these operations are always painfully appar ent Either (a) the infective cell frag ments have been allowed to diffuse themselves to other parts before the op erating surgeon was called in, or (b) the operator has done his work badly. The first explanation unfortunately accounts for by far the greater number of in stances. Teop'e hardly ever think of consulting an operating surgeon, or even of applying to a medical practitioner at all, until the malady has slovly pro gressed forjmany months. But the sec ond alsj cjyers no small field. London Humanitarian. PEPUBLlU VS. EMPIRE, Love of military power; of forcing the weak to bow to us, the conquerors is stealing into and polluting our pure democratic ideals. Suppose the South African war had ooenn ed ten years ago. The people would have risen np as cne man and de manned tnat Ureat rir.tain lie told to keep her bands off those small republics and it wou'd have been done. We called the Filipinos patriots three years ago when they were seeking free dom from Spain ; today we occupy the Spanish position and they are rebels T! . iigui or wrong we nave reversed our position and are now occupied in the same work as the European monarch 'e it is nut too late yet if the common people to get together and determine what is to be done to get the country honorably out of the mess the politici ans have got u into through the policy parially forced upon them by tho trusts who (eel safer backed by an army of 150,000 men than they would be with only 25,000, and besides colonies may be made good markets for highly pro tected goods. The politicians only need id a little pressure as an excuse for falling in with the trusts, the echeme promised thousands of places for boosters and relatives besides a t'eiter chance to got their hands into the stolen money of the trusts; both fattening off the peo ple. These are facts, and when we forget our party affiliation, are admitted. The great public sentiment for such cancers a i this on the body politic is manufac tured in the otlice of the Associated Press, a trust itself, and controlled by the other trui ts. When a proposition conies up of doubtful honesty, immedi ately a feeler goes out through the As sociated Press, and prominent men financially interested, are quoted as say ing tho people are in favor of it almost to a man. The great newspapers are owned b syndicates or trusts, and from political headquarters are sent out to thousands of party papers, tuade-to-order editorials, with request to publish. Little country papers get these Liberty Colli n Tacks a id publish them as well as the large pnpe.s, and thus is the so called public sentiment made and con trolled. Salem Independent. The New York World claims a circu lation larger than the combined circula tion of the two leading p ipers of that citv. srors the cortui and wouks orr TllK COLD. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure no Tay Price 25 cents. Only Reform from the Ground Can Save Us. Editor Courier-Herald There is a dis position on the part of soma ex populist papers in this state, as an excuse to aid the election of a republican United States senator two years hence to make it appear that nothing short of a lepub lic.iu legislature will make a direct leg is lative amendment to the constitution possible. Some papers who were for merly professing populism aiid took such an interest in forwarding reform meas ures, and are now inclined lo look with favor on the proposition to support out right or not to antagonize the poweis in possession of Oregon's p liiical otlices. A gentle niBiiin Multnomah whose word can be relied on and wl-o was and is in a position wlnn his vote is essential and his support necessary to push the meas ures sought, stated to me that a promi nent republican politician with lots of "stuff" tent his ex-populist enimisaries around to the populist members of the legislature and as an inducement, fur United States senatorial support pledged himseli to put up $2500 for a direct legis lation campaign. Tha gentl man re jected tho offer and bis vote is not re corded in any instance favorable to the party, who tendered the bribe. W e know that tl.e repnbl can conven tion that met in Astoria and nominated T. T. Geer in 1898, passed resolutio: s unfavorshle to direct legislation and stated explicity that the representative system was the proper one to govern the county. At the extra legislative session of 1808, which elected Simon United States senator, that body passed the Portland diart.tr, and in spite of the protests and appo ds of those who wanted the chatter su!)na,U'd to a vo:o of the Portland voterd, the protests and appeals were ignored. The hypocritical pretense that (he republican p.irty I ave the good of the people at bean may fool a few voters tut not many. The last session overwhelmingly republican with its $2,000,003 appropriation is hardly the kind of political management ca'cil' lated io convince the people of this state that that party can be depended on to protect Ihe people's inteiests. The re publican politicians know very well that there is not a populist, democrat or so cialist, who would for a moment or un der any consideration work or vote against direct legislation, but whil the republican official makes a great show ing of loyal feaby to the people and their interests, yet when there is anything of a beneficial nature to be enacted into law, those officiais gfiierally mannge to elu le it, and wild i they kee'i the word of promise to the ear they break it to the hope The Portland charter passed over two year.-, au'i) was never read in eiih. rn mse, the clt-rk, Mr Molter reading only the first four or six and the last (our or nix lines of the sixty pages. It was rushed through both houses without, any pre text at legidit) , and when 1 asked per mission to address the committee in charge of it, I was given to ui.di rstaiid th 'l they wauled dm kin I of a charter and was going to have it. They wanted no foolishness about direct legislad m or any populist nonsense of l hat kind. And I noticed, air. Editor, that thohe who made such a great hurrah about the re publican legislature made no effo tto have the Portland charter suomit el to a vote of those who were to b governed or rather misgoverned under it. The recent election of two re, uldicans national bankers in Neb aska to the United States senate thows about how mudi the republican party cares for the people, direct legislation or any reform that must come helore we can hope for better times. Mark lianfia, v ho domi nated the legislature of that state, ex pressly stated that he did not even ft vor election of senators hy popular Vole. How much would he f.iv r ihs the idea of the people voting on taws. As a so cialist, I, lor one helieye that but little can be gained by the referendum alone, but it is the fir-t and most essential move along the road we must travel. 1 believe, yes, Iknow thai i.o matter what party holds power, nothing short of the absolute and entire owneishio of ad ihe means of production and dittrib lticn i 1 in the least mend social and political matters as thov are. Tho present sys tem musi lie overthrown, the monopo lies must be socialized, and any party that hopes to remedy the condition of the country and its people, are sadly lacking in wisdom. L 't it be understoo i that money will be li ed lavishly in the next two years to elect a legislature fa vorable to another national banker. The Oregonian admits as much, but for the sake of politic decency, don't let it be said that any self respecting p ipulist editor will lend himself to scheme, plot orconspiracy, to work io those whose work and votes made direct legislation in Oregon possible. The factious of both wings of the reuu lican party, that is, the bosses don't waul and wi 1 in have if they can h lp it, government by the people or any semblance of it. They have for years been governed by the (lamia?, and Platts and Quays, na tionally, the Simons, Mitchells, Bon nies, Scotts and Corbotts totally aud with that class of worthies in pow ;r there is littls hope of reform. Our only hope is in a thorugh awakening of the people to thedangers tli t menace them, and drastic means to reform existing evils. The evil is capitalism, the remedy socialism. J. D. Stevens. "Figprune" Children cannot drink coffee or tea ITot mash f:r breakfast, wltli colJ water r.s a beverage, Is not beneficial. The change from hot to cold is too sudden. With each meal give your child a cup cf "Figprune Cereal" and note the chance for th bettor. The child will thrive on such fare, Figprune contains 64 per cent fruit and it rer cent grain. Makes a highly nutritious and pleasant table beverage for both big and little folks. it- ALL GROCEKS SELL It. YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT But the Best Stock of First-Class Goods to be Found at Bottom Prices in Oregon City is at HARRIS' GROCERY You Can Depend Upon t Patent Flour, made from old wheat. It makes the best bread and pastry and always gives satisfaction to the housewife, Be sure and order Patent Flour made by the Port land Flouring Mills at Oregon City and sold by all grocers. Patronize Home Industry ft4M4ft44 FISH, FISH, FISH, FISH. Salt Fish, Smokfi Fish, Dried Fish DEAD FISH AT LIVE PRICES Codfish from New Lnoland Codfish from Alaska Salmon from Columbia River Salmon from Alaska Salmon Bellies Sardines, Findon Haddocks, Soused Mackerel, Etc., in tins Large Assortment to select from.. Prices right. A. ROBERTSON, The 7th Street Grocer IL Betlike's Meat Market Opposite Hnntley's piret-Glass Meats of 11 Ids Satisfaction Guaranteed Give yirrj a (all arjd be Treated ?itjt Foresight Means Good Sight If there ever was a truism it is exemplified in the above headline. Lack ol foresight in attending to the eyes in time means in the end poor sight. We employ the latest most scientific methods in testing the eyes, and charge nothing for the examination. Dr. Phillips, an expert graduate oculist and optican, has charge of oui optical department. A. N. WRIGHT The Iowa Jeweler 293 norrlson Street, PORTLAND, OREGON I For all kinds of CALL l Oregon City F. S. BAKER, Prop. SASH, DOORS, MOULD NG, ETC. ! BECKER'S MILLINERY 220 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON Great Bargains in Trimmed Hats Magnificent Desgn t Also a Consignment of verg Cheay Hats J Hair Switches at Very Lov Figures SH9.9i ..fV-: 'SSfV fciJi S 2 We carry coinpleU line of CoIBds, Csk.t, Babes and Linings. We hr. len In th undor taking buslnew over ten years. W. are nnder small eipense and do sot ask larse prorata. We ha always giren our best efforts to please onr bereaved friends W th oughly understand the prestation of the dead. We destroy contagious germs and often" sue odors heu called upon to prepare the dead for burial. rf t Brown & Welch Proprietors of thk- Seventh Street Meat Market A. O. U. W. Building OREGON CITY, OREGON Mackerel from Norway Mackerel from New England Herring from Alaska Spiced Anchovies from Norway Bloaters "Cromarty" Smoked Building Material AT THE Planing Mill .$jt R - L. Holnian Undertaker Doors SouOj ol Court House