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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY MARCH 13, 1903, . Oregon On Enterprise. CUT AM) I'Ol'M Y 01THHL l'.U'KU. Published Every Friday. Subscription Rates. One vear 1 m Six months ' 1 ,- lYial subscript ion, two months A discount of 50 cents on all subscriptions for one year, cents for six months, if paid in advance. AMVKHTISIXtl KATKS ON AIT1IC ATIOX. Subscribers will find the date of expiration stamped on their papers following their name. If this is not changed within two weeks after a payment kindly no tify us and the matter will receive our attention. Entered at the postoftiee at Oregon City, Oregon, as second class matter. J Railway Taxation. The demand of Governor La Follette, of Wisconsin for higher taxation and lower freight rates in tha state suggests a reference to the utter confusion which exists as between states regarding the method of tax ing railway properties. Higher taxation as repre sented by the ad valorem system has been recently urged in" the messages of several governors, has been adopted by the state of Michigan, and has become an important issue in the Wisconsin legislature. In view of the amazing diversity, not only in the taxing methods of the various states, but in the an nual taxing rate in each state, it is not surprising that the National Taxation Conference at Buffalo last year recommended to the states the "recognition and enforcement of the principles of interstate comity in taxation." Statistics show that railroad taxation va ries in the different states from I3M per mile of road in Massachusetts to 1 1 in the Indian Tenitory. Here are some of the theories underlying railroad taxation ih various states: Ad valorem tax; on the value of real and personal property; oil property owned, not used in railway operation; on the value ot siocks or bonds; on valuation based on earnings, dividends or or other results of operation; special tax on stocks bonds, loans, etc.; on gross or net earnings, revenue or dividends; on traffic or some physical quality of prop erty operated, and on franchise or privilege. Railroads having their ines in different states are taxed bv as man different methods, and. further more, their lines in a single state are sometimes con sidered as an entirety and more frequently divided bv state, countv. citv, village and township, each hav ing its own peculiar interest Wt of sympathy with ihp interest of the other. In every state now agitat ing charges in the method of railway taxation the nrr.m.sed ehauire means increased taxation, in v l consin it would mean an addition of about .tl,(XHt,(H)0 after fifty years of taxation by a license fee based on gross earnings. Minnesota is calling for a 4 per ont gross earnings tax; Washington, Missouri, Nebraska and West Virginia are favoring gross income taxes; Oregon and Virginia are proposing a 1 per cent or ganization tax on capital stock, a franchise tax on foreign corporations, a tax on, dividends, and a tax when no dividends are i.aid; Georgia is calling for a franchise tax, and Kansas proposes the ad valorem i.lnn recently adonted bv Michigan, which railroad management claims amounts .to confiscation. The Kansas ,.an will increase the railway valuation irom -jOJXX.)-0 to 2?4,0fK,0j or more in a state where it is claimed that the railroads pay I . per cent ot all taxes, when only 10 per cent of the state's wealth is rptnri.ed for" taxation. In view ot the fact that big rnilwav svstems have larjre interests in many states, it would seem that some uniformity in the metlLods of taxin" them would result in benefit both to the rail roads ai.d the states. the same tfnw a good business proposition. Th last assertion receives confirmation in the jealousy that the treaty has aroused among foreign nations, but it is suff.cientlv evident from the very literal conces sions that are made tothe United Slates in the treaty rates. The obstruction comes from a wnjslo selfish interest and consists of a barricade of beets. Tho treaties with tireat Britain, France and Argen tina and other unratified reciprocity agreements are of equal concern to the party because they aflord a c.i .. .r;ta Kineeritv. It has kept the word of promise to the ear for a d'ecade. but only to prove that j the utterances of Republican piauornis I en Presidents were a mockery. If these treaties are not ratified reciprocity may be considered to be defi- nitely discharged as the handmaiden of protection, and I in all docencv it should W banished from the plat forms and stump speeches. The Fifty-Seventh Congress Ends. The Fifty-Seventh Congress has adjourned sine die with large questions looming up in the future. The .wwb .f Sneaker-to-be Cannon, delivered in the house during the last few moments of the session, suggested, if it did not threaten, -a House revou ..,.;.. l,t. f!.mon called the '-legislative black mail" of the Senate. '"In impassioned tones," say the dispatches, ' he prayed that his Hie nt.gul i spar ,. until a righteous public sentiment should lash the Semite into majority rule. He declared that the House must force the issue, or become the recorder ot .i :n ,f ,,,.. i the Senate." And the motn- .liu v in vi i... ..i, 1 Li... to the echo. Hvidently, when Con gress meets in lVcember, with Cannon in the chair, there is to be a battle royal. n.w.,ii tl freat statehood filibuster in the enate. the list of bills made laws at this congressional ses sion is a long one. Foremost among them is the cre ation of a new executive department the Depart ment of Commerce-to which the President has ap pointed.C.eorge 1. Cortelyou as secretary. Three bills relating to trusts, whose ettectiveness mis yei . tested, were passed-the Elkins, the Knox appropria tion, and the publicity clause of the Department of Commerce act. 'Memorable, toe was the speedy re moval of the duty on coal, in the face of a great fuel famine in the East. Besides these measures, there were the army staff corps bill, the militia bill, the immigration bill, ami the naval appropriation ..., ..r.ivi.limr for increase in the personnel ot the navy to meet the growing demand for men. Tliough the Phil ippine tariff bill failed. o.000,uou w:l apprjpnai.-u to relieve distress and famine, and a currency system was provided. The anarchy bill was passed, ami me Alaskan boundary treaty was ratitie.i. ,s io ,,..- priations, the amount aggregates ? ,...,im,wi as against fSOt,G21,4 for the last long session. The total for the Fifty-Seventh Congress it, therefore, in round numbers, a billion and a half, or, to be exact 1 554 I0-S.5I4. as against l,HO,4SH,4:i9 for the Fifty Sixth Congress. HOW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ESCAPED mi "; J SPB1HUATABRH BY USE OF PE-RU-NA. Nothing Robs OnoZa-6aUltlb, . of KrL. county. N.-w York, rm. ji.lmW-.N.Tr, l,.r.-mtl..ii..rwrtii.n .. v.. Y..rk. ulntoill I V W III lull im, r . . , by a M..I..I l try !" y..uri!r.,.tn..rvo loulo. " l, r.iilM w-ro KrtlfylK ni..r limn .W..1 U riHiiiiii A Spring Tonic. Hi.rlnu. Hom.-llili.uUi t.rm o tl... i.rr 1,'vlKoruU. tho l.rln an ,l" I.I.hkI. Tlint I'.-niim will ' " i .ii .......tloii. lOv. ryoiio wl.ii I " trl.,llt!.M hud tl. M,'I''''' ' Mr-. P. W. TlmtTll., or l-y"""" V.. who. mar it I-iter, mlo iuw ihoMli.wii.KWor.lHi 1 lwy ,l...n of lVn.n nfi'-r l-ulnrt hour,., 11 U nr.-iit till" f-r Hi'' "'rv-. 1 U no iH-U.-r HrliiK U.ulo, aud 1 li iii-i-it kUiut nil of tli.'m." Catarrh in Spring. V .. . ..I l lw. Tim uprlnil 1 llm "W" ' ' uliirrh. Nutiiro r-nw u-r.-lf -v- V KlirlnR. Tl..' rv't. iu I r.-jiiv.-.m.'-. t HprliiK w.-ulliiT. '1 in r.-iiii- r- niv - - morn .-rf-ellv.-. A l.orl eourM. of V - rui.a, lsU-l t-y ' '"'''"V lr"r "I'rl" " will euro ..1.1. ultitilHirn n.-' -f i-tfU that lmvo r.-Ui"l tr-ntm-nt f.-r yn.ru. Kvi-ryl-ty i-h..uhl liv a "i-.v ' r lUrliimu'M lttt.-t l,koii-!'irrli. A.I-iln.M-n.o l'ruii .Mcdl.-luo Co., C'olum. Inn., Ohio. Mr. I.ulu Urm.-r, Ntouulitoii, WU., rnivi"! "Kor two y.-sr I miff.'r.-l wllh norT- iiim iroiinio siiu i jmmmm KISS HELEN WIIITMAS. j; .. .... :x iin.inl avi-ntiM. Mllwnukf.-, Vln., wrll.-it: jblum ii.-it-u m .- i u There Is nothing like Peruna tor tint tire J feeling. which gives " a . r..f,ntrf Illness, about vou no ambition for worn orpiay. ..rr-..-- L','n, v a year ago I felt unable to regain my health but four bottles ot l e rinamade a wonderful change and restored ma to perfect health Z"iong as you keep your bl and Peruna seems tow, tnc rem. 0tmah. thoroughly endorse it i V5I - k T jllri. Lulu Ijinurj i'v n v.mr l.an.l tn-inlil. T Vou ro livlnR !. last 1'h ll, ttrt ""lu'r Bl l",""'T You li i-l t-omr mil a 1ml t. Aineri. tttu. t. .. fasU Tli-y crowd t.-. uiu. h Into aiulo day. Tlo y luivo Uk. llltlu M gur. The iioHi.itnU nml Iii-hol- asylum ur- lining up. Th.'iii-1, :iM..nil w.-ii'-H of v..ro an- mtoih!iik r:ir"- tlme tl.at we fiult tl.l ortol lawiiK-. how to Get Strong Serves. Flr-t, r..)lr tli- inlury nlr.-u.ly done to yoi.r m-rvi-it. S!.-iii, llonton, Mas, tilm uld lu a r- i i iitl..tt. ri " I u(T..rl I..ror.-r a yrr wllh (j.-iicrttl wrukiu-Hnaiid d.-lilllty mini lf('tp.lln -v..r.( li.-iMln.'li'-inid ia.-ka'li. I took four tiottli.ii of IVrutia, and for two month liavn la -uUroly irct froin Uivo liialadloH." Servous Prostration. Timiixuml of cuh.. mlcht ho qnoUnl In whl.:h r. runu Iw-rn ud to r.-neu.-.......I., from lllO IMTllllloll of dTatK'l ...a .id nut thnu on I In' K,H,. I , tl.'l U. Ui 1 fouiiaaliou ol l.rttltlu '1 Uo Couuty AuU- Dtoiiiaih dliMirdi-r until It kihmihhI thai tln-ru wa iiothli to inn hut a Imndltf of li.-rv... I w yrry Irrttahl', coul.l not ilcop, rnt ;r eompo jnym lf, and w a I (iTtttlnljr unfit l- tako car of a luium-hold. I took nt-rvo Uinle and pll! i without ln'ni-111. Whi n I U ijail lklu lVruna I Kr. w nt. adlly Ix-tl.-r, my nnrw J Kruw aironiti-r, my r. at wa no loiici-r lu ful, and t.nlay I eonld. r mY..lf In in r. f,H-t h..ilth and mr..ntli. iy r- ov..r wahw hut ur.', hut 1 pc-r-fViTctt n" I wa reward...! hy K.rfjot hialth." Mr. Lulu lrii).r. If you do not il.-rlvo jiroinpt and int!. fai'lory r.-BUltH from thu ui of I'liruna, U rii., ut fiiii-i, to Ir. llartuiun, rIvIuk i full utttU ni.-ntof yourc ami h wnl U. pl..iu...l to ,-lvo you l.U vaiualiio uu vli'.i KrutU. Addrrti lr. Hartman, I'n-aldDlit t ( TUu llurimuu hamtarium, Culuinhu. i Reciorocity at the Extra Session. Mr. W'ellman's dispatch of March 2 shows that it was the intention of the Republican leaders of the Spi.Mte to wtthrouL'h with everything but the Cuban treaty, everything, that is, that was considered of first-class importance. The other reciprocity treaties we-e net in the list because they have been steadfastly ignored and almost forgotten. But it was thought that the l'anama canal treaty might be got out of the way, and that ihe President would not call an extra session of the Senate to pass upon Cuba alone. However, the President did not wait upon contin gencies, and if he has offended Congress by presum ing to anticipate its course he haB done a public ser vice in preparing the way for a concentration of at tention upon the few great measures .that the Senate may dispose of. One of these, the canal treaty, has no effective op position except that which proceed-Jfrom a long winded octogenarian who is possessed by the spirit o Nicaragua to such an extent that it would require a miracle to rid him of it. If the flesh were equal to ft,, mint, Senator Moruan might win, but he is en gaged in a physically impossible task, and the ratifi r.f til treat. v is apured. VailVll wa j - With the Cuban and the other reciprocity schemes the case is very different, and they bring up a really for the Republican party. The Cuban lratv not only conforms to the general principles t -0 nnrtv has enunciated but it is strongly ap proved by the moral sense of the country, and is at Th h.st few da'vs of the session in the House were marked by a determined filibuster on the part of the Democrats, excessively irritating to contemplate, and, apparently, barren of results. Its ostensible purpose t I . i,.n. .rlK' to ri'SI'lllll IIS llI'llOII ill H. Was 10 I'M l.' in ij-" 'v - - ciding a contested election ease adversely to James J- U,,tW a Democrat, from .Missouri. Knil cans were con stantly demanded by the minority leaders, and, as it re.iuins.more than half an hour in eiu-n ease, t-usiness moved at a snail's pace, and legislative tempers were sadly rullled. It is dithcult to sec what was gained by the action of the Democrats. The Costly "Senatorial Courtesy." Senatorial courtesy, that ancient form of pallia- Toentirv sufferance bv which members of the most dignified legislate body in the world are permitted to talk measures to death, has proved a most expen sive luxury for the Tnited States on more than one occasion.' As a "hold-up" device nothing in the way of parliamentary rules of procedure or custom could surpass its effectiveness. It is the stuiieu ciuimh ui legislative highwayman. Senatorial courtesy permits a legislative filibuster in, blofk legislation by reading the poems of Lord Byron or selections from "Mrs. W'iggs of the Cabbage! Batch" until his appropriation tor the deepening ot Skunk Creek or his claim for damages sustained in the Seminole war is allowed. In the seventeenth century the freebooters and buc caneers who infested the West Indian and Spanish American coasts were called "filibusters." The ad vancing march of civilization lias driven the old-time Spanish freebooter out of business. In his place we i.. tV,o HPnnt.inal buccaneer, whose methods, wnne not so dashing and blood-curdling, are none the less reckless and destructive. His weapon is talk, and when he runs out of talk he can start in on "Dooley" or Mary McBane and read them until the hour lor adjournment arrives. When will the '-most dignified deliberative noay in the world" become dignified, deliberative and sensible? started in to talk each other to death while the legislative machinery was moving along the country might raise no serious objection. But the senators can easily escape to cloakrooms, committee- rooms and lobbies, henatorisl courtesy is one ol the most burdensome and costly assets of the government. Enterprise and V. Oretjonian $2 oocco o o o :C000O o o V AhhKK.n'8 bill isn't popular with the bankers. It is evident that the gentleman didn't get it just as he wanted it. Kipling's latest poem is all right, except that some -.. ... .a. j 1 critics may decline to believe that even ouin Airican cattle kraal. 7 7 4 'V ' 7- READ THIS Good Laundry Soap, H lars flood Table Syrup, gallon can Washing Towder, 1 pound ;K!- Good Roast Codec, "1 pounds -'K!- Joof Green Coflee, 2 " 2t,c- Yosemite CoTee, per pkge ('- Soperla-sanie as Sapolio, bars 2'M!. EngliHh J'.reakfast Tea, 1 pound '') Lemon and Vinallo Extracts, (Hring I'.oUle) i . ;:a- Pex Lye, 2 cans : Ground Spices (Bulk) 1 pound 2.u;. Liquid Bluing, 1 bottle Wlieat Flake, 7 pounds 2'f Gocd Maple Syrup, I quart 2i,c- Wo Trade for Farm Produce and Shingles. 7 7 OREGON CITY, tWB I 'V f 4 . OREGON. The Red pront COURT HOUSE BLOCK o o O o o coo