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ni win u nWV mnaiBR.' MIDAY, KBBRUARY 14, 100g YEAR ROUND. Oregon Gity Courier Whuam A. Shswman, Jr., Editor Published Every Friday by Oregon City Courier Publishing' Co. Entered In Oregon City Fostoffice as Second-Class Mall. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Six Mntts..........f 71 Palw In adranee, per year $1 SI SWIFT & CO. THE WHOLE Use Pc-m-na Women 4 1 , 4f Everywhere L. F. Swift, bead of the great Chi cago meat-packing concern, came to Portland last week. With him were half a dozen men who are the leading factors In the business concern that Is known in every village in the world. This visit calls up the already known fact that In Portland, Oregon, is to be established a meat-packing industry that is to rival at the outset, and that in the end is to eclipse, the immense establishments of the Swifts and the Armours of the Middle West. Plans of a gigantic nature are al ready laid. In considering the antici pated outlay these men think in mil lions instead of thousands. Their eye is not fixed on American territory, but Its keen business conception has reached the Orient, and there among the Asiatics it has beheld the possi bilities of an immense traffic. This Is a trust. Shall we apply to it our general doctrine of trust antago nism, or shall ,we conclude that the question can not be intelligently dis cussed in generalization and that each Individual case stands alone? Are there, sure enough, good and bad trusts? Should we choose to look almaJ n iranuiaHin If la Tint nnaoiKll to form an intelligent opinion as to whether any trust or combination of this nature will ultimately be benefi cial. But, considering the present, this concern is in the van of the Pacific Coast's triumphant march toward the world's commercial supremacy. One of tho chief products of the West Is livestock. Heretofore our market has been East of the Rocky Mountains. Within a year it will be on tide water at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette. Heretofore our product went to the corn fields of the Middle West and thence as a finished product Into the Chicago market This is to say, almost, that we have had no live stock market. There is no such thing as a market for the man who must transport bis product over a railroad that lias no competition for a dis tance of a thousand miles. But there will now be a market and a livestock industry on an established basis. Portland Is to be the distributing point of the prepared product. To this central point will be gathered the product of the farms and ranges from California to the prairie of Canada, and from the Coast to beyond the crest of the Rockies. The millions of acres of rocky hills and mountain gorges will become lands of substantial val ues. Nature made this the meat cen ter of the world and man's effort eventually falls in line with nature's plan. As to prices, we can only conjec ture. But we know that good prices nearly always prevail where there is an unlimited market. When T. B. Wilcoxifcpened up the Asiatio market to Oregon and Washington flour, he dispelled the farmer's nightmare of 40-cent wheat. Since Oregon has sold hor surplus potato crop in California, New Mexico and Utah she has been able to count on a fair price for this product. As long as the West was able to get into the East with her lum- hef aa a rnnannnlilo traffic rnfp Wfiet. em forests were making millionaires. When the territory west of the Rock ies getB into the markets of the world with its livestock there is no fear but that a remunerative price will prevail. It Is a recognized fact that the waste of the slaughter house such as we have here would constitute an im mense profit as the great packing house handles it. The hoofs, horns, hair and hides, when utilized, will be a sufficient saving to pay a fair re turn on the millions invested by a modern packing concern. We but half conceive the possibili ties in the Industry that a packing plant will place on a stable basis. If it be a trust, we will forget the name because of the benefits that are bound to accrue. We may poslbly accept the doctrine that there are good and bad trusts, and pray that this be a good one. At all events, we await with eager anticipation the day that all the Btock on this Western slope shall find a ready and remunerative market. .w .... . mmmm DIAZES MrsJohnIJnderwoop Suffered With Stomach. Mrs. John Underwood, 620 W. WaT nut St.. Colnmbns, Ohio, writei t iTT.iHnir hmA catarrh and itomach trouble and having suffered very much, I, after being doctored a long while, aa a last resort took Parana. The remit was wonderful. I would hlirhlv recommend it aa a eood rem- edy. I till ub6 Parana and would not be without It. I always have It in the bouse." Catarrh and Stomach Trouble. Mrs. T. Freeh, R. R. Ho. 1, Hickory Point, Tenn., writei : "I am happy to tell yon that I am eared of catarrh. I have followed your good and kind advice faithfully, I bless the day when I wrote you of my condition, and I will always praise Peruna. I think It is one of the grandest medicine on earth. "Having been afflloted with catarrh and stomach trouble for seven years and after having tried four different doctors they only relieved me for a little while. 1 gave up all hope of being cured. I only weighed 180 pounds, and was ao weak I could hardly gat aronnd the room. "I was induced to try Peruna, and to my great surprise I am now entirely well. My weight is now 188 pounds, my health never waa better in my life. "I shall always praise Dr. Eartman and his remedies." Thousands of families have learned the use of Peruna and its value in the treatment of catarrhal ailments Tired, Worn-Out Mother. Mrs. Lydia H. Josselyn, 801 Westminster St., Providence ft. I., is Treasurer of the Ed Hom League of Rhode Island, char tered InProvidenoe.sne writes: 'My experience with Peruna has been most gratifying. Last winter I contracted a severe cold, and for several day s coughed until my voice failed me. When other remedies did me no good, I deoided to try Peruna, and within four days the eold waa broken up, and the cough abated. 'Within another week an increase in my usual strength and vitality told me that Peruna waa doing all that It prom ised, and more. Ialsoconsiderit verysu perior for tired, worn-out mothers, and have advised several to try It, and have seen most gratifying results from its use. "I give it highest praise." Bowel Trouble. Mrs. Maggie Durbln, 1332 North St., Little Rock, Ark., writes: "I was troubled for five years with a chronlo disease. I tried everything I heard of, bat nothing did me any good. Some doctors said my trouble was ca tarrh ot the bowels, and some said con sumption of the bowels. 'One doctor said he could cure me. I took his medicine two months. But it did me no good. "A friend of mine advised me to try Peruna and I did so. . After I had taken two bottles Iyfmind it was helping me, so I continued its nee, and it has cured me sound and well. "I con recommend Peruna to any one, and If any one wants to know what Pe runa did for me if they will write to mo I will answer promptly." Pernna is a household remedy of great merit, and is useful in many climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds, sure throat, bronchitis end catarrhal diseases generally 0 Miss Bessie fifARREU Biliousness, Indigestion. Mrs. Lena R. Moudy, 556 Cay wood St., Portland, Oregon, Sec'y Royal Tribe of Joseph, writes: "Por the past six years biliousness and pains in my back and limbs made life miserable to me. My skin was sallow and dry, and indigestion was added to my troubles. 1 was wake ful at night and would get a weak, faint feeling during the day so that I was not fitted to attend to my reg ular duties. This caused me serious annoyance and trouble, and I nat urally tried many remedies, hoping to get relief. Peruna came as a Mend In need. It toned up the system, relieved the blood of the poisons and induced a healthy action of the stomach, a fine appetite and restful sleep. "Within three months I was a changed porson.and for nearly a year now I have enjoyed splendid health." A Grateful Patient. Mrs. Eliza J. Casec, R. F. D. 3, Bedford, Ind., writes: "I have boen cured by using Peruna and Manalin. I thank yon for your advice." Restorer of Lost Strength. Miss Bessie Parrell, 1011 Third Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., is President of the Young People's Christian Temperance Association. She writes: 'Peruna Is certainly a valuable nerve and blood remedy, calculated to build up the broken-down health ot worn-out women. 1 have found by personal experience thatit acts as a wonderful restorer of lost strength, assisting the stomach to assimilate and digest tho food, and building up worn-oat tissues. In my work I have had occasion to recommend it fre quently, especially to sick women. "I know of nothing which is better to build up the strength of a young mother.ln fact all the ailments pecul iar to women, so I am pleased to give it my hearty endorsement." Pe-ru-nii a Woman's Friend. Mrs. Ella Embree, Clark, Mo., writes : "I am feeling belter than I have felt for years. I can truthfully say that reruna is a woman's friend. I have no more terrible pains and am, stronger than I have been. Yourncdlcine has worked like a charm." "MILY Bilious Headache. Mrs. Emily Kellogg, 5819 S. Lawrence St., South Tacoma, Wash., member of Ladles of the Miuvmhees. wrltos: "Three months ago I bad an attack ot biliousness which threatened to undermine my health and strength. Luckily for mo, 1 tried Peru naat the suggestion of my friends before it was too late. "I found in a fow days time that I did not have the usual sick headache, nollh sr did food nauseate me auy longor. In two weeks' time Poruno had completely rid my system ot the poison and bile, audi was in a much better condition. My skin assumed its normal color, I had splendid arpetlte, and I was in evory way improved in health. I used Peruna for a month longer, and it wrought a wondrous change in my entire system. I consider It a mosf wonderful medicine." Nervous Dyspepsia. Mrs. J. C. Jamison, 01 Marchant St., Watsonvllle, Cal., writes: I was troubled with cramps in tho stomach for six years. I tried many kinds of medicine, also was treated by three doctors. They said that I had nervous dyspepsia. I was put on a liquid diet for three months. I Im proved under the treatment, but as soon as I stopped taking tho medicine, I got bad again. I touk the medicine for two years, then I got sick again and gave up all hopes of getting cured. "I saw a testimonial of a man whose easo was similar to mine lining cured by Peruna, so I thought 1 would give it a trial. I procured a bottle at once and commenced taking it. I liavo takon uinetcon bottles and am entirely cured. Have pained in strength and ilesh and feel like a different person. "I believe Peruna Is all that is claimed for it." i V", mrs Joseph Vittur Catarrh of Head. jvirs. johuii v uiur, 6709 Ft Austin Sta., Chicago, 111,, t,t "lour mouiolno, Peruna great benefit to me. I suti.,, I catarrh of the nose and head for I years. Three bottles of Pcrtnul mo, aftor I bad considered It J slble to ever bo oured again, "I now always lieop I'orum bouso, and recommend it to I one suffering from catarrh. A as one of my children comn cough 1 give them l'erunt,m "! cough is soon gone, t "This medicine is surely P- K- boon to suffering humanity," "" Mlss Gi Pe-ru-na the Family Doctt Pi111"' Mrs. M. E. Seymour, E. J l,Pnim man, Ga., writes: IMlss Cc "I am ready to speak I fewas ,n 01 favor of Peruna and Manillj, Mlas 1 trlod them fornearly everylllol; A. P. I mysolf and family, and flni tfcmver, A all the doctor claims them to be, ltor UI na cured me of Internal troublttiR D. doctor could not. is 'been "My advice to all sufferlsgiwvere at consult Dr. Hartman. whathihs 3. A. prlngwa for mo ho will do for you." Pe-ru-na In Tablet fori For two years Dr. Hartmuajtch assistants nave Incessantly lib create Peruna In tablet fotm,iiia" strenuouslaborahave juBtbeenw' with success. People who o4fc yanco' liquid medicines can now mwt rst part sec W. R tablets, which represent th msL, ingredients of Peruna. Ewhti. Seven ft with 'K, attu equivalent to one averagedoMol&jdg 0r PE-RU-NA IS A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY IN OVER ONE MILLION HOMES THE TARiFF COMMISSION. The president of the National Man ufacturers' Association has been In Washington urging the passage of the Boverldge bill for the appointment of a "non-partlzan tariff commission. This sounds well enough, but there Is no likelihood of such an Ideal com mission ever bolng appointed. Sena tor Beveridge and the president of the Manufacturers' Association and every one else interested in the subject know that such a commission if ap pointed will have the balanco of pow er, Inclining toward the party that ap points it. There is some hope for the passage of the bill at the present ses sion, but this Is only because it will be a good stalking horse for further tariff delay. Every time the Republi can party has been elected to power it has had a pledge for tariff revision In its platform, and when once well elected it has put off the evil day of revision till Just before the next elec tion and then explained that It was im possible to revise the tariff on the eve of an election. The Manufacturers' Association is frankly protectionist. It says that it believes in the revision of the tariff, which in its case means the tariff on raw materials, but on all manufac tured products It wants to leave a good safe margin on the side of the manufacturer as against foreign manu factured products. The association claims to represent 2,000,000 employers and leaves entirely out of considera tion the 78,000,000 consumers. How ever, the commission probably will be appointed and It will not only draw good salaries while it is deliberating but will be sure to deliberate for two or three years before it makes an en tirely non-committal recommendation The tariff game is a great game and the non-partlzan commission la only one of Its many manifestations. it simply permit the Oregon business man to destroy the outside competitor? Will it rest content while seeing Its manufacturing and commercial inter ests fall into certain decay? The Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat MORE THAN A LOCAL FIGHT. Coughs of Children Especially night coughs. Na cure needs a little help to quiet the irritation, control the in flammation, check the progress of the disease. Our advice is give the children Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Ask your aoctor if this Is his advice also. He knows best. Do as he says. A W publikh our formuUa 9 yers W bvUh 1oohol from our tuedloiuM Wo urv you to oouoult your dootor If you think constipation it of triftin? consequence, just fsk your doctor. He will disabuse you of that notion in short order. "Correct it, at once I" he will sty. Then ask him about Ayer's Pills. A mild liver pill, nil vegetable. Ukd by lb J. C. Ayer Co., Lowill, Uui,-. The Oregon movement for an amend ment to the Constitution providing for the exemption of all personal prop erty and improvements from taxation has turned Into a plain, straightfor ward Bingle tax fight. The amend ment, which is to be voted on in June, is aB follows: "Exseptlng that all dwelling houses, barns, sheds, outhouses, and all other appurtenances thereto, all machinery and buildings UBedt exclusively for manufacturing purposes, and the ap purtenances thereto, all fences, farm machinery and appliances used as such, all fruit trees, vines, Bhrubs and all other improvements on farms, all live Btock, all household furniture in use, and all tools owned by workmen and in use, shall be exempt from tax ation." On the face of It this movement looking to the establishment of the single tax on land values in Oregon may not seem Important to people outside that State except as an inter- esting manifestation of current' eco nomic tendencies. But on examina tion it will be found to concern prac tically the whole country and espe cially the States adjacent to Oregon whose manufactures and business are of a similar character. Let us assume for a moment that the amendment will be adopted and that under It the Legislature of Ore gon will enact a law exempting from taxation everything except the unim proved value of land. On reflection it will be seen that this would give Ore gon manufacturers a distinct and very important advantage over the manu facturers of California, Washington, Idaho and other States which may con tinue to tax manufacturing plants. A tax is a burden. It adds to the cost I of doing business. If A has to pay It and B doesn't, it Is certain that A cannot compete on equal terms against B the latter can and will undersell A in the markets to the ex tent of the tax; and if this should equal 2 per cent, B can sell 2 per cent I below A and still have the original margin of profit. In the long run B will drive A out of business. This Illustrates what may certainly be looked for in the event that Ore gon shall cease to tax labor and the products of labor. It will make Ore gon more attractive to manufacturers. It will infallibly draw capital in that direction. It will enable the Ore gon business man to escape a burden which still rests upon his outside com petitor in tho open market by an amount equivalent to the exemption. What will the outside business man do? will he go to Oregon or will he appeal to his Legislature for similar exemption? And what will the Lecis lature do? Will it refuse to act? will The foregoing extracts are taken from a long editorial In the Johnstown Democrat, a Western Pennsylvania daily of large circulation. Oregon has been for some time in the limelight. The eyes of the Nation are on us. No other State has ever taken such a leap in the dark in the way of experi mental legislation. While the Initia tive and referendum are new and still In their experimental stage they are not a circumstance in the way of nov elty as compared with newly proposed measures such as the Imperative man date, proportional representation and the single tax amendments which are to be voted on In Oregon next June. The Democrat seems to have al ready measured Oregon's propensity for "novelty," and to have assumed the probable passage of the single tax or land tax amendment. The prophecy is not well founded. The paper em phasizes the fact (In a paragraph not quoted) that more than 9500 electors within two weeks signed the petition to submit this matter to the voters of Oregon. This is true, but it is also very probable that 8000 of these did not know the nature of the document they were signing. They will know through the medium of the press be fore they go to the polls to vote. Tho amendment will not receive the sup port of even a majority of those who signed the petiton. Oregon Is an agricultural State. While the law adroitly exempts from taxation the farmers' machinery and implements, the Oregon farmer is not the sort of a fish to be caught on a pin hook. Ho Is cosmopolitan, well post ed and much better versed in current the expenditure of money by candi dates for office. Should it pass, the most it could accomplish would be to handicap and make almost impossible the nomination or election of a clean man who would conform to the law. The unscrupulous politician, provided he had it, would spend whatever mon ey he felt was necessary to get his candidate before the people. If the law forbade him he would do so in directly nevertheless. He would make whatever promises of office he thought would aid his cause. The proposed measure forbids this, so the unscrupu lous politician would do It covertly. The conscientious office-seeker, handi capped by a law that the crooked poli tician would not observe, would be defeated. It is claimed that the law is draught ed and proposed in behalf of. the poor man who may desire to become a can didate for office. No matter what the intent of those back of the measure may be, the law is, in fact, a boon to ( the crook in politics. It is worth while , to take a practical rather than a theo- j retlcal view of this as well as other proposed measures. Does a condi tion prevail in Oregon that demands such legislation? We think there Is not a man holding a State office in Oregon who is a wealthy man. The State Treasurer, who came from this county, is said to be a poor man, and : so is the Governor. As far as we i have obsorved, there has been no purchasing of offices in the State. j The law provides for the issuance by the State of a book to which each j candidate may contribute a few pages ' of "hot air," extolling hi own partlcu-' lar merit and ability. The candidates contribute a part of the expense of is-' suing this book, but the cost would fall mainly on the taxpayers. Every voter ! gets one of these books through the I mail before election, and he Is ex- i pected to devour Its contents with the act Is, on its face, intended to prevent long to labor unions, but it is undoubt edly wrong for any employer to take such a position. The right of a man to belong to a union and .to earn his i velt policies, what a mix-up, living by labor are certainly unques- i tionable. Roosevelt for his policy of war on plu tocrats and trust robbers, and at the same time making a weak endeavor to support Tuft, ami with that opulent warrior chief supporting the Itaise- With seventy-five per cent of the papers of the country condemning It is a strange fact of human na ture, but true beyond a question, that ptoplo are most afraid when there is the least danger, and least afraid' where the most danger lies. This char- W. R. ied his Canon with Obi xs&r y y q 0 We have fceen to I. Tolpolar and bought oar Farnitore and saved 25 percent by so doing. f Yoo will never know how moch yoa can save tintit van raff a4 c f. yottrself. All kinds of Fornitere, Car pets, Stoves, and Ranges, and yoa can save from 25 to 50 per cent at this big Store. actoriKtic is, no doubt, an tt . lioin me in i n ill-y ui uio rot. men, out of the blackness ottt Clacka of Ignorance, looked with wr., will the vast unknown. Men will strange Iho cyclone cellar duriafi a bruary storm, yet fraternize with M who w it Ii the demons of the Bupposnslc fc niercial bodies that Infest outhed b: places and tunnel the 'dark regon ground pussages to the ck,tflonrl,. graft, rank with mould and fc-e dark as the abode of earthly alp -f office il prac healt msideri lonths, if. Mrs. I ... ,.t feldes i ton Clt Hood tsiness rs. Ho ,irous ( onth i er $1, ry mi -the i i You ate sum to to get political questions than the average same rapacity that he wades through ; 4) X what yoti want hee voter of the large city. He will know in a minute that to exempt everything except land from taxation is a move to appropriate a good-sized piece of his farm for the purpose of defraying the expenses of government. He feels that he is already called upon to con tribute more than his share for this purpose. No, the vote in Oregon is largely , agricultural, and the Demo crat need not fear that this State will take the lead in vitalizing the vagar ies of Henry George s vision of a phantom state. If Oregon concludes to subsidize manufacturing concerns, she will simply vote an appropriation for their benefit, just as the govern ment proposes to vote a subsidy for the multi-millionaire corporations -that own the steamship lines. She will not do this by indirection, either, aa the single tax amendment pro poses, but when she thinks it would be to the advantage of the common wealth to grant special privileges to some particular class of enterprises she will vote these special privileges by their right name. The Democrat will learn, when the vote on this amendment Is counted in June, that out West a spade is a spade, and a hoe is a hoe. We call them by their right names. The Oregonian does not like the measure to be submitted to the voters next June under the alluring title of "Corrupt Practices Act" The edi torial in Thursday's issue calls atten tion to the limitation the act would place on the freedom of speech and on the liberty of the press. Neither does the Courier approve the measure, and this paper will later endeavor to point out in detail the many features that are objectionable and greatly out weigh the few provisions that are to be approved. In general it may be said that the the great volumes distributed by the various departments In Washington Congressional reports, labor statistics, Weather Bureau reports, etc. The proposed measure died a quick death in the Legislature. Its catchy title will get it many thoughtless votes few will take the trouble to wade through the mazes of its many provisons; fewer still will re-read un til they comprehend the full meaning of the act. With this, as with many other measures to be submitted, Its proper disposal will depend on the electors acting negatively on It when they have not had time to investigate it. cheapl At tie present time, In the various large cities throughout the land, and especially in the great East, there are thousands of men, women and children actually starving, because of the shut ting down of so many Industries, and the general curtailing of business in general. This matter is having its ef fect on the coming political campaign, and the unions In some cities are mak ing an endeavor to work those features to the detriment of platform leaders. What a hue and cry would Drevail if such conditions existed during a Dem ocratic administration. Some difference between the pres ent campaign and those of four and eight years ago. All expenses were paid to and from political gatherings, from the Republican grab-bag that is, if you would just Btand pat. It's somewhat different this year; it cost the few who attended at Kansas City Monday over threfl thousand dollars. You nay as von p-n. It may be that the SunreniA Court was technically right in fipninrtiiir un constitutional the law forbidding the 1 I k WM&Hf , S : t I Glass Disks? Such beauties-ai t -i i. vnt! cannot believe it'unff you see them and ask. -r Now is the time J..: To buy your t TOVE! a KAN'lIK "GarW is the marky perfection in Stoves, ges and Heaters. , TOLPOLAP: THE SECOND HAND MAN AAA A a VAt,VJVALl U1I) 1
