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THE COEVALLIS GAZETTE, FIUDAY, AUGUST 2iJ, 1502. dtorballis dieffe. ISSCRD KVV.r.T raiDAT M0R1M3 T CONOVEB. 3U33C.1IPTION RATE3 PerVv, S X Months Tinw Mnth tS n:?le Copies ,4 - Ona Tear (wHin nt mid in IvanvaV.. . (2 (K. 1 Of THE ERA OF STRIKES. In New York the switchmen's strike appears to be strong ar.d well organized. It would have been stronger had the men re frained from acts of violence and intimidation at the outset. That misconduct aroused public indig nation. Governor Flower was compelled to order out part of the state muitia. This was done so promptly that there are 8,000 men under arms in Buffalo today. The number will be increased still more when the troops from New York city and the river counties arrive. Governor Flower's alac rity contrasts favorably with Gov ernor Pattison's tardiness in send ing troops to Homestead, where there had been much greater dis turbance than at Buffalo. This strike began in a dispute about the hours of labor, but it is regarded by the railroad companies as a-de maud ior an advance ot ten per cent, on the present wages. The state of New York has a board of arbitration for conflicts of this kind, but it has not been able to avert this strike nor to prevent . it from extending after it had he gun. In selecting Buffalo as the scene of the outbreak the strikers have acted shrewdly. In that city the Erie, Lehigh Valley, New York Central and Lake Shore lines all meet The traffic is large, for the great lake port retains its hold ou New York commerce and has be come the distributing point for western grain and Pennsylvania coal, as well as lor much of the merchandise that is sent from New York to the west. The traffic of the Erie canal alone imparts im portance to Buffalo, which is like wise one of the seats of the milling business. By stopping traffic at this point the strikers expect to bring the roads to terms more readily than they might elsewhere. Besides, Buffalo served best for a concerted movement, embracing the switchmen on strong trunk lines. The warfare in Tennessee is of a . different character from that in New York. The Tennessee miners strive to abolish the use of convict labor in the mines. The strikers had everything very much their own way until they attacked the stockade at Coal Creek, where they were three times repulsed with heavy loss. Troops and citizens are now rallying to the defense of law and order. The strikers are overmatched and must submit. They might have abolished convict labor in mines if they had acted peaceably and prudently, but the moment they took the law into their own hands, they aroused the spirit of conservatism and re spect for authority which are still strong in the southern states. In Idaho the onslaught on the non-union miners has ended in disaster. . The valleys, gulches and mining camps of the Coeur d'Alenes are all under martial taw. Even some of the saloons are clos ed. The independent miners aTe at work and over a hundred of the union men are to be placed on trial for various crimes. In view of such widespread failure to ac complish their purpose the union men may well inquire: '-"Will it pay ? " Astorian. Captain John T. Apperson, register of the land office at Ore gon City, makes a statement that will be ot- special interest ' to all settlers. He says that settlers who have filed homestead claims and desire to make proof and pay for the land, must prove at least 14 months' actual residence since the date of entry to 'entitle them to commute and pay cash for the land. The time they have lived on the land before filing will net . be allowed when they seek to commute. It will be allowed where they continue residence and make five years residence on their - homesteads. HEA VY TIMBERS. The slate ot Washington is mak ing preparations for au attractive exhibit at the world's fair of some of her great resources. A dispatch from Tacoma says that ten im mense logs have been brought from Port Blakely for shipment to Chi cago, to go into the Washington state building atthe exposition. Each is 122 feet long, and 42 inches in diameter at the little end. Every two logs required 7 cars, 37 cars in all being reauired for 10 logs; 126 logs in all are required for the foundation of the Washing ton building. Thirty-two log?, nearly as large, besides a flag-pole 250 feet long goes into the centre of the building. Train loads are to be shipped from Tacoma every few days. Over 120 carloads of m iteral for building have already gone. The many friends of Hon. W. J. McConnell will feel gratified at his nomination for governor of Idaho, by the republican convention. Mr. McConnell is an old Oregon ian, and was once a member of the state senate, representing Yamhill county. As president of the senate he was presiding officer of the convention in 1882, during the protracted effort to elect a 1 United States senator that year, when J. N. Dolph was chosen a few minutes before the final ad journment of the legislature. For the past eight yeaas Mr. McCon nell has been a resident of Idaho, and was one of the first United States senators elected. His career in the national senate lasted only a few weeks, however, as he drew the short term. He will be elected governor without doubt. States man. The world's fair buildings will be dedicated the 21st of October instead of the 12th, congress having passed a bill to that effect. Oc tober 21st is the exact anniversary of Columbus' landing, allowance being made for the correction in the calendar made by Pope Greg ory. The change of date of dedi cation was made in the interest of chronological accuracy, and also to oblige New York citjr, which will have a Columbian celebration on October 12th. Speaking of the diabolical way in which the republican party has ' squandered the surplus," it is im portant to note that the interest bearing debt of the United States has been reduced Bince the inau guration of President Harrison in the sum of $275,000,000, and that the annual interest charge, which when he was inaugurated, amounted to $34,578,469.80 was, on June 30, 1892, only $22,892, S81.20, a decrease of $11,685, 588. 60, or about one-third. One of the ward politicians of the people's party was asked the other day, says the Mercury, ''How does your party stand in respect to the Mills bill and the McKinley bill?" He scratched his head, looking thoughful a moment, and said: "Well, we are in favor of paying off the Mills bill first, as it is the oldest." A politician of a statistical frame of mind has figured out that the legitimate campaign expenses of each of the two great parties this year will amount to $1,425,- 000, and that when the expenses of all the different polling places are added to it, the aggregate cost of all will be not les3 than $10, 000,000. In spite of croakers, there are more tourists in Newport this year than ever before. Postmaster Hampton reports more mail Tues day than was ever sent from this office in one mail before. New port is the resort of Oregon and no amount of talk or adverse advertising can make it otherwise Newport Times. Accorbding to the careful inves tigations of the New York Tribune there are only 4047 millionaires in the United States. This leaves plenty of room in the country for the ordinary man to get around in. It is permissible for railroad men to strike while the iron is hot, but they shouldn't make it hot by satting fire to freight cars. Our new stock is just in never had any finer. Tests over 94 per cent. Why run any risk by planting seeds that have not been tested? If your dealer does not carry our "TESTED SEED, " send to us and tell us his name. You will get your seeds cheap. Catalogue free English or German. LIGHT AND WA TEIt - Q UL'S riON. Corvallis, Or., Aug. 23. Editor Gazette: It is im potrant that the question of city improvements, to be voted on Aucust 29, should be discussed "and understood and I venture a few remarks on the sub ject, you can spare me necessary space. There are some considerations why it seems impracticable, un-business-like and not to the best interests of any city to own its public works. Some persons ad vance good reasons showing that the centralization of power in the hands of government has a demor alizing tendency. Then there are various other reasons along this line which are all more or less good and sensible. On the other side of the question there are con siderations, which seem to me at this time to make it more import ant to Corvallis and her immedi ate future to own and control her electric light and water plants and operate them in unison, and to have a sufficient system of sewer age which, once constructed, will be easily kept in proper condition at no additional expense, if the city owns its own water. I don't think we are yet ready lor a bridge, or at least do not think the city should issue any bonds lor that purpose. The very first thing to be taken into consideration m regard to water and liaht plants, it seems to me, is the relations existing be tween the present proprietors of the plants established here and the city. By the city I mean the citizens of Corvallis.. It is all very welT'to say the city did this or that or the other, but as a matter of fact it is the citizens, those who vote and whose duty it is to vote on these questions, who occupy the relation to these corporations Avhich is expressed by the word "City." To be plainer and more explicit, when I say "city" I mean every citizen whose duty it is to vote on these questions. The elec tric light company and the water company have both obtained fran chises from the city, have invest ed capital in these enterprises and there is an implied compact be tween the city and the persons who have thus invested their cap ital to protect that capital. Whether the franchises be exclu sive or not does not alter tlie case so far as an implied protection of that capital is concerned. The persons who invested in these en terprises could not expect any pro tection from the city more than their franchises give, but taking into consideration the size and prospective growth of Corvallis, there could have 1 been no "great apprehension in the minds of in vestors that rival private enter prises of similar nature could seri ously jeapordize their capital after being invested. The laws ot sup ply and demand, and the well known rules which govern the in vestment of capital put'the danger of any private rivalry out of the question. But that the city should conceive the idea ot owning audi controlling its own works of a pub lic nature probably never entered the minds of "the persons who have developed these enterprises to their present value. If I am cor rect in this position, . do hot the persons 'who have their capital in vested in these works have a sub stantial right to be considered in an election, which, if it results one way, will give persons, having no substantial rights involved, the power to seriously jeapordize the value of their security? If the voters should say, . 'in the event that they should desire the city to own these plants, first give the present companies a chance to save their capital by selling to the -city at the reasonable value of their works, for instance, at its actual cost value, then I do not see where 208 and 210 they could ' iiave reasonable grounds for complaint. It is true that reasoning from some other and different kinds of investments there might be a right violated in compelling a sale, for to carry this question at the polls virtually compels a sale to save themselves, as any one-eyed man can see, of the works in question. But view ing the case from my knowledge, and furl her belief in the unremu nerative quality of the property known, and the water plant and electric light plant, I do not be lieve that any very substantial right would be violated if the per- sous interested got their money back, and I think they would be glad to do so. As two separate and distinct companies I do not believe that either will pay ex penses and the current interest on the amount invested. Certainly not more at the present time. I have good reasons to believe this. But as one enterprise under one management, at one expense, I am not sure but that, carefully han dled, it might be remuenrative enough to pay all expenses, inter est on the investment (at 6), and admit of a considerable de crease in the price of water and light to the consumer. - Self interest is generally at the bottom of the interest men take in matters linancial, and 1 am no exception to the rule in this case, I should like to get water and light -considerably cheaper than the rates I now pay, and I con sume a commraiively respectable amount of each. If this movement will afford light and water at reduced rates, and not impair our protection from fire, or violate the rights of those having capital involved, then I want the city to own its own works. It has been suggested that a steam fire-engine would afford a better protection from fire than can be economically had from water works. That question is not under discussion. But if the city owns its own water it is cer tain that by no very considerable expense any amount of water necessary could be made available at any point in the city, remote or near, at slight additional running expense. If a supply of water be kept constantly on hand the con venient hydrant would become a very great help, to say the least, in case of a fire. Then for purposes of sewerage, water is absolutely indispensable, and if there be no great additional current expense, that seems to me to be a good reason for the city to own its own water. With its own plant the city could afford a great many times the incandescent lights now used on the streets at no perceptible addition to the ex pense. If desired,ifr lights could be used on streets and the current expenses not to be materially in creased. It is not the original coi&iST the appliance which furnishthe com modities that make it wise or not wise to own the plants, it is the current expenses which make it profitable or unprofitable, and if by combining the two they can be run nearly as-cheap as either one, and admit of cheaper water and light to the city and to the indi vidual consumer, it seems plain, that, from a financial point of view, it would be a good move to vote in favor of them, always with the proviso that existing invest ments be not forced to thereby shrink in value. Then there is the almost certain increase in the num ber of consumers for both water and light if the rates be reduced. This is worthy of consideration, and were private capital seeking the investment, it would be care fully estimated in the future pros pects of the business. Citizen. Children Cry for Pitcher's .Castoria. TAQTTXNA BAY yW HJ&T& - Second Street, PORTLAND, OR. All the signs point to the ap proach of that time when there must be a final trial of strength between organized labor on the one side and the people of the United States on the other. It is certain to come, and to have its beginning in troubles like those at Homestead. It may not come this year nor next, but that it will be here there is little room for doubt. What will be the out come no one can predict, but that the country will witness vio lent and stirring scenes, that the demagogue will be abroad in the land, both on the stump and in the public press, and that the arm of the law will have tobe strong to prevail there is but little question. The spark that starts it may be small, but the bl-.ize of the confla gration will reach from one end of the country to the other. Chroiii cle. The Alaska Herald says that if the -seals were all destroyed, the Pnbyloff islands would still be valuable by reason of the bone de posits. On these islands seals have hen killed in almost count less numbers for more lhan a cen- turv. and the accumulation of bones is correspondingly large. To give an idea of this deposit it is onlv necessary to consider that a y S single year, under present circum stances, would yield a hundred thousand carfjisses, . each contain ing at least twenty pounds of bone, or a total of one thousand tons. Tiirc San Jose Mercury has the following comment upon the pro posed exhibition wedding in Port l.ind: Portland proposes to have a christening and a weddi among the attractions at her in dustrial exhibition, and Bishop Morris has protested against it on the srround that it is sacrilegious "to make a vulgar display of relig ious rites." It would seem, how ever, that ihese particular ceremo nies might be fairly classed as ex hibits of "infant industries." The world is beginning to turn its eyes toward New Orleans, where, in the near future, laurel wreaths will be placed on the bloody brows of a trio of pugilists and another trio will explain to broke. i l ackers how it all hap pened. It is not every city that can have the proud distinction of being a municipal circus with three rings. Examiner. The oddest freak of midsummer madness this year has occured at Zanesville. Oiiio, where river mer chants have set the women crazy by giving corsets away; and now Jeness Miller has a right to ask, "Where was If ' Ex Ox Wednesday last, sixty-five carloads of fruit were shipped from Sacramento. This is said to have been the largest single shipment of fruit ever made from the Pacific coast. Russia is suffering severely from the cholera, but the dread of a continuance of the -famine .is about over as the growing crops promise a heavy harvest; - The Statesman say's a history of John L. Sullivan's life could very appropriately be called a scrapbook. 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