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OREGON CITY COURIER- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1902. OREGON CITY COURIER Published by ORieCN CITY COURIER PUBLISHING CO ' J. H. 'Wkstoteb, Editor and Business Manager. R. Lee Wsstoveb, Local Editor. entered in Oregon City Poetoftoe as 2nd-cla matter SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Paid In advance, per year 1 50 91 x monthi " tUree monlha'trlal 25 gWThe date opposite your address on tbe paper denotes I he time to which you hae paid, f this notice is marked your subscription is due. OREGON PITY, NOV. 14, 1902. TRUSTS AND THEIR ENPLOYEES. Tub Hon. Charles Emery Smith told a Baltimore audience the other night that there were only 185 trusts or com binations, employing altogether only about 400.00J wage earners. His au thority was the census of 1900, taken two years and a half ago. So alert a news paper man as Mr. Smith does not often use figures thai in no way cover the facts of to-day. Mr. John Moody, publisher of the Manual of Corporation Securities, a standard reference book with no politi cal bias, gives a list of 287 industrial trusts actually incorporated. This list does not include unincorporated combines, many of which are among the largest and most oppressive monop olies. The Anthracite Coal Trust, for example, is not in Mr. Moody's list, though it employs 150,000 men and ab solutely controls the supply and price of hard coal. Neither are the great rail road mergers and pools, though they fix ( reight rates, and by discriminating charges are really the most potent com bines and partners of other combines. Mr. Smith's 400,000 wage-earners de pendent upon tiusts, combines and mo nopolies of one kind or another may be eafely multiplied by ten, and still be well within the mark. The great rail road and steel mergers, tbe anthracite coal combine and the Beef Trust alone employ not less than 1,500,000 persons. A fact also worth noting about the 287 incorporated industrial trusts listed by Mr. Moody is that 200 of them are un der the sheltering wings of the tariff. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL. BRED IN THE BONE. Attorney-General Knox has reported to tbe governor. ant that there are no le gal difficulties in the way of acquiring title to the Panama canal. The Co lombian government h '8 raised its ante and now wants $7,500,000 for the con cession through its territory, inetead of $5,000 000 formerly asked. The build ing of an isthmian canal, connecting the two oceans, across the Isthmus of Pana ma, is the one great work of the begin ning years of the twentieln century. It ought lo be put under way by this gov ernment t an early date and pushed to completion as soon as practical. For more than fifty years it has been a much-mooted question. All phases of the question have been discussed in congress and out, and the people are ready for the work to begin under the control and direction of this govern ment. It is a great work, should be honestly and well done, and when com pleted should forever remain a monu ment to the materialistic spirit of the Americans of the twentieth century. There is now, it seems, some prospect that the wo k will be under way within the next half dozen years. THANKS, BRETHREN OF THE PRESS. The Oregon City Courier-Herald has been sold by A. VV. Cheney to J. II. Westover, late of Kentucky. It is a good property and a little Kentucky vim will doubtless improve the paper. We have great hopes as to the future of the Courier and appreciate the good words of our brethren of the Oregon press. We have dedicated our best en ergies to this enterprise, and would like to see the circle of the Courier's influence extended and make it even more suc cessful in the future than it has been in the past. other hand v e suppose the able Senator from the "Badger" would state suggest that in the event a Democratic President and Congress should be elected that it should be for the term of thirty days. So radical a suggestion from so eminent a Republican statesman deserves more than a passing notice and shows the drift of the Republican party towards Monarchists and away from tbe rule of the mass of people. One thing was 'aettled definitely and for all by the elections of last week. President Roosevelt will be the nominee of his party lor President to succeed himself. The Democratic party could wish for no better antagonist. He stands for his parties creeds and isms. He is loyal to all its Shibaloths and stands as a defender of all its policies. He has two more years to serve before he goes before the people in Novernb er 1904. He is standing full in the light that "beats upon the throne." No Vice President who came to his office by in heritance has ever succeeded to the Presidency. Can Roosevelt establish a new historical percident. Labor organizations should incorpo rate and attain a legal entity. They would thus destroy the claim that they cannot be dealt with because they are irresponsible and cannot be made to keep their pledges, they would accumu late capital of great service in time of need and the responsibility would serve to prevent strikes without good cause. TiiKKE is a difference of one-half in the price charged the American retailer for lead pencils and that charged the foreigner for the same pencil . The price to the American retailer is $4.50 per gross; to the foreign retailer $2.25. This is one of the beauties of the pres ent tariff. Some of the Northern newspapers have made very siliy deductions from the fact that Tom Johnson, of Ohio, struck a man in the face who had called him a liar. They assume that Tom resorted to his fist in Bheer desperation over the dread of a coming defeat of his campaign and candidates. Some of them ven argue that he became a bully by the act, and forfeited the name of gentle man by not inviting his accuser to sub mit the issue to the strike commission the Hague tribunal, or a board of arbi trators chosen by mutual friends I But Torn Johnson was born south of Mason and Dixon's line, and that fact is alone suflicient to explain his act. One of the most amusing and amazing things a Southern man sees in the North is two men standing faeo to face and heap- i tig all manner of filthy and dishonora ble f pithets upon each other and then parting to pursue their ways without a blow passing between, or even offered. Tom Johnson punched his accuser in spontaneous obedience to the principle bred in the bone through his boutheru parentage and his education in South ern piinciples that deal with personal honor. With us, even by the terms of the law, "the lie given is equivalent to a blow," and juBtilies an assault and bat tery of the "molitor manus imposuit" order. We bolieve the man who will not rcHent promptly and pugnaciously a denial of his veracity probably suspects his own truthfulness. Tom Johnson took the manly and honestly impulsive view and consequently Mr. Mylechrane a wearing a sore mo-ith ! OUR TIMBER LANDS. A great part of tha native wealth of Clackamas county and all ol the Wil lamette valley is its superb timber re sources. Tub tires of the last summer, denuding the land of its forest in cer tain parts of this couuty and in many other localities in the state and adjacent territory, calls attention to the fact that more strenuous and rigorous laws should bo enacted for the preservation of our lorest and its protection from annual summer fires. Coast and valley people ,.,,iv ncit now fully appreciate the value uf their Umbel resources. Nearly all of the Eastern states have been swept bare of their wealth of timber, in many in btances tbe destruction has been wanton and careless in the extreme. Pioneers have too often looked upon the fotestas an incumbrance to the soil, and have burned and destroyed it without any ap preciation of its future viae to the coun try and the wealth its maintenance 'e stows on prosperity. By all means legisla tion sucking to more effectively cre for and preserve the forests of this county and the coast in goneral.should be encour- .,..,..1 T!i crentest danger t ) the tim tier standing to-day is the forest fire, by which this comity alone lost a?prsi nuuely $100,000 during the past sum mer. . A new census of China shows a popu lation of 400,000,000 souls an increase of human beings in the Celestial Empire of 10,000,000 in twenty year?. It is well tuat tin door of the United States is locked and barred to this constantly in creasing horde o! mongo'.s. It is exceedingly easy at times to write learnedly about things of which we know but little. The Oregonian in writing of the "Solid South" speaks disparagingly of the colored race, refer ing to them as "rape fiends" and dis courteously of the young men of the Soath as 'gilded youths" who "neither toil nor spin." The South is Democratic Its history and its traditions are Demo-' cratic and its people are wedded to the spirit of a broad and liberal selt govern ment. All of the negroes of the South are not rape fiends. The great majority of them are honest laborers, building for themselves homes for the future. They vote the Republican ticket when they vote at all. They are not competant to vote nor qualified for government. With the help of the white people of the South, they are working out their destiny as beBt they can. Thbir sur roundings will improve and conditions become better as the years go by . Their future and its betterment is in th 1 hands of the white people of the South. There is no more of the "gilded youth" in the South then there is in the North. The young man of the South has learned to work. He is taking his place and per forming his part, in all of the walks and callings of life. He is honest, he is studious, he is laborious and he is win' ning his way in the world by honest labor. Many of the editorial writers ot the North in writing of the South, and the conditions that prevail in that glorl ous country, are in precisly the same condition as the negro preacher who opened his sermon on Sunday morning with the following verse, statement of the sermon he was going to preach: "Brethern," began the minister, "we have assembled hereon the sacred Sab bath Day to discuss great and Bacred quostions. In 'the first place, I will pro ceed to discuss some matters about which I know a little and you know nothing. In the seconJ place, I will proceed to dischss mattters concerning which you know a little and I know nothing. We will then conclude with elaborate dissertations on questions about which none of us know anything." It has been discovered that the rock with which Cripple Creek, Col., is paved, is a gold-bearing quartz which will yield $20 per ton. Thus literally the streets are paved with gold. This will of course be ascribed to "republican prosperity." C, D. & D. C. LATOURETTE ATTORNEYS AT LAW Commercial, BealCEstate and Probate Lav Specialties Office In Commercial Bank Building OREGON CITY OREGON COMMERCIAL BANK of OREGON CITY capital $100,000 Transacts a general banking business Makes loans and collections, discounts llis buys and sella domestio and foreign exchange, and receives deposits subject to check. Open from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. 0. O. liiTOUBETTE, President F. J. Meyeb Cashie e. N. GREENMAN THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN (Established 1865) Prompt delivery to all parts of the elty OREGON CITY OREGON J)R. GEO. HOEYE DENTIST All work warranted and satisfaction guaranteed Crown and Bridge work a specialty Caufleld Building OREGON CITY OREGON DR. FRANCIS FREEMAN DENTIST Graduate of Northwestern University Dental School, also of American College of Dental Surgery, Chicago Willamette. Block OREGON CITY ' OREGON E H. COOPER, Notary Public. Real Estate and Insurance, Titles Exam ined, Abstracts Made, Deeds, Mort gages, Etc., Drawn. With J. W. Loder, Stevens Building, Oregon City, Ore. The war department has just ordered, for experimentation, 500 shells at a cost of $00 each, or $30,000 for the lot. It costs money to be a military power, but so long as the people can be bled by an indirect tariff tax therfi will be few com plaints . E. HAYES ATTORNEY Brunswick He use and Restaurant NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS Heals at All Honrs Prices Only First Class Restaurant in the City CHAS CATTA, Prop. Opposite Suspension Bridge - OREGON CITY, ORE. . ' Open Day and Night Reasonable POPE & CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR Hardware. Stoves. Syracuse Chilled and Steel Plows, S ' Harrows and Cultivators, Planet Jr., Drills and Hoes, Spray Pumps, Imperial Bicycles. PLUMBING A SPECIALTY Cor. Fourth and Main Sts. OREGON CITY GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Money we're so often told is the root of all evil, ye; who of us have not wished at times we micht nave a lew cords of the root. But instead of the idle wishing prudent people look closer after their expenditures. Right here we can help you. We covet confidence and challenge com petition. A. Robertson, 7th St. Grocer. AT LAW Stevens Building, OREGON CITY opp. Bank of Oregon City OREGON QEO. T. HOWARD NOTARY PUBLIC REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE At Red Front. Court House Block OREGON CITY OREGON ReTenged. It was apparent that the barber was highly pleased. "What has happened?" asked the man with the towel round his neck. "I dislocated my shoulder In the spring," he answered. "Well?" "The doctor who set it got out of this chair just before you came In. If his wife recognizes him when he gets home, It'll t)nly be by his voice." The I4uroieun 1'lan. Landlord (after fair guest has faint ed at 6ight of her bill) Jean, I have sent the boy for n glass of water for the lady, and I want you to see that 10 cents Is added to her bill. Under stand? Fllogoudu r.laltor. Tun overwhelming; defeat of Tom Johnson's Democratic ticket in Ohio is The Popnlnr Length. Artist Do you wish me to paint you a full length portrait? Mr. Saplu'ddo Will. I want It as long'ns your customers usually buy. Ohio State Journal. QRANT B. DIMICK Attorney and Counselor at Law will nmcllee In all Courts In lhe State, Circuit and District Courts ol the United Btates. Insolvent debtors taken through bankruptcy, Office In btevens Building, Oregon City, Or. The Flour of the Family Mi M The flour of all the Oregon City families is "Patent" flour. .The intelligent house wife always gets "Patent" flour because, it is better and more ecomonical to use Made in Oregon City by the Portland ' Flouring Mills Co. J. W. Norbib, M. D. J. W. Poweix. M. D. JjfORRIS & POWELL, Physicians and Surgeons. Calls in city or country promptly attended Office: 1,2,17, Charman Bros. Block, Oregon City. A,A,A,A,A'A,A'A'A,A"AfA,A'A,A"Ay-.,A',A',A,,ig JS?W!rt W!"frt taWlrtHIW iWIBiB ft m JJOBERT A. MILLER ATTORNEY AT LAW O. D. EBY, NOTARY rUDLIC. Real Estate bought and sold, money loaned titles examined and abstracts made oash paid lor county warrants. Probate and commissioners court business and insurance). ROOM 3, WEINHARD BUILDING OREGON CITY, - - - - OREGON, A DUcitmin. Doctor (who !-. not fooling well, to hImself)-Wli:it .-lull I do? I haven't any confidence In any of those other doctors, and. as for lnysolf, my charges are too high! Twenty rHiTeront languages are spo ken by mining population of tha anthracite region in Pennsylvania. If yon desire good complexion use Mokl Tea, a pure herb drink. It acts on the liver and makes theskin smooth and dear. Cures sick headaches; 'Jfio and "sw. Money refunded if It does nut satisly you, Writo to W. II. Hooker A I'd., Iluttiilo, N. Y , lor lice sample or Howell A Jones, druggists. evidence of the fact that the country is not yet ready to undertake the owner ship of public utilities. Johnson is a good Democrat, he is a useful and able citizen, lie swings too far away from conservative Democratic doctrines at times, to make him a safe leadei . The ownership of public utilities such as railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, street car and electric lines, mines and canals, is not now Hn issue in American politics. The government ought not to be burdened to much with business responsibilities. "The people are govenr.ned best who are governed least.' Combinations of capital, the remorseless grind of corporate wealth under the name of trusts and commanitiei of interest may in the e.ul force these questions more prominently into the front of American politics. It is better for the people as citizens and individuals to manage the business affairs of the country and government only to furnish the machinery of govenment. Smith's Dandruff, H'omade stops itching scalp upon application, three to six removes all dandruff and will Btop falling hair. Price 50c, at all druggists. V. C tP O. liif. Co. !5e is the regular Sunday round trip rate between Oregon City and Portland. Oct your tickets at Harding s drug store. Sksator Spooxer of Wisconsin advo cites the election of Republican a Presi dent and a Republican Congress for f term of twenty years and says it would be better for the American people and the stability of our government. No doubt. Why not make it fifty years or better still make it perpetual. On the We sell the greatest of blood lmrlfiers, Aeker s Itlood Kllvir, under positive unar- anloe. It will cine all chrome aut oilier oiooa poisons. If yoci have eruptions or sores on your timlv. or are pale, weak or run clown, it is lust whsl vou need. 0 retnnd money It you are not satisfied; 30c and Kl. 11c. well Jones, druggists. 0. BCHUSBEL W. S. U'REN JJREN & SCI1UEBEL ATTORNEYS AT LAW SJcutfdiet 5ft&o!at Will practioe 'In all courts, make collections and settlements ot estates, furninh abstracts of title, lend you money and lend your money on first mortgage. Office in Enterprise building. OREGON CITY ORKGON J) I. SIAS PEALEB IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Silverware and Spectacles CANDY OREGON W. 11. YOUXM'S Livery & feed StabSa , FinestJTurnouts inj City OHEGON CITY. OREGON S. J. VAUGHAN'S liverv, Feed anil ale t ables Nearly opposite Suspension bridge Firt-Class Rigs of All Kinds OREGON CITY, OREGON rfi iiiAmA iiiiiifliiiiiiiiti ill tn lyhiiniaiiiMiiiiii ammiiiiiiii 4 We carry the onlycompleteline of Caskets, Coffins, RobeB and Linings in Clackamas County. We have the only First-Class Hearse in the County, which we will furnish for less than can be had elsewhere. Embalming a Specialty. Our prices always reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. SHANK & BISSELL, Undertakers Phones 411 and 304 1 IIJ! Ji',r'f 'ipilllllljllll'llf III"!-iiiiisjsiiiiiiiii'iijiii'iiiijji Lower 7th St., Bet. Bridge and Depot. 7 ' i a. mm Brown & Welch Proprietors op the Seventh Street Meat Market A. O. OREGON U. W. CITY, Building OREGON JL JLVJLJL 0 To introduce our "TOOTH FOOD" wo give a box FREE with each Tooth Brush. For One Week Only ACKER'S ej 8 vi5 DYSPEPSIA TABLETS A new 11 jval and a new Queen draw head sewing machines will be given a way to customers of Park place Cash Store on Christmas. Oregon City Second-Hani! & Junk Store HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SECOND-HAND GOOD, HIDES, JUNK METALS OF ALL KINDS, ETC. Large lot of Sai'ks for sale cheap. Second-Hand doods Bought and Sold RING PHONE 416 FOR JUNK. Scgarman & C o. cures dyspersto snd nil disorders ariln from Ind g.'Stlon. Endorsed by physicians evcrvwhoro 1 Said by all drnirgists. No cure no py; cents j Trlftlpscksijs fre by writing to W. 11. Hooker & 0., IJulIMo, .n. 1. I CHARMAN & CO. DR. KING'S try NEW DISCOVERY FOR THAT .COLD. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Cures Consumptiori,Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, .Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. KO PAY. Hr50c. and 51. T8'4L BOTTLES FRES g. Cut Price Druggists. 8 -Mail Orders Solicited PHONE 13 7