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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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if.
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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
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Glass Disks?
Such beauties-ai
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cannot believe it'unff
you see them and ask.
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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
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