e Suat«. publlabtd Mood«;« and Thundxy • by ADVERTISING AND JOB WORK. TIMES PRINTING COMPANY. Advertisements will be Inserted in T imes at the following rates Ten tin««, one insertion................................... J! so “ each subsequent Inseitlon....... .. i 0 »» Legal advertisements inserted reasonably. A fair reduction from the above rates made to yearly and time advertisers. CRAM. NICKELL. M amaosm . TIMESPRINTINC HOUSE. Corner Third and C Streets. THE TIMES JOB OFFICE acaacMimoB sat »: is more complete by far than any other office n 8outh< rn Oregon, and compares lavorauly with any in the State. Job Printing cf every imaginable deecriptiondone at San Francisco rates, and tn a prompt and first-class and sat. l«ract.it v manner One year.................................................«2 M) Bix usonthe................ 1 Ml Tbre- months........... ........... W > mt ns« paid for within * year............. 3 St’ VOL. XXIV. ---- ---------------------- ' ---' OFFICIAL DIRECTORT. UB1TIUA STATM. President, Gtover Cleveland; ricc-presldeal, Adlsl Mereneon: secretary of state. Walter y. Ureeliani; Btereiary of treasury, John G. Car­ lisle, seer, ¡ary of Interior, Kobe Btnlth, secre­ tary of war, Dau’l b. Lamont; secretary of nary, Hilary A. SeriH-rt; secretary or agricul­ ture, J rtterllns Morton; postmaater-senem., Walter 8. Bissell, attorney-scneral, B. Olney STATE OP OHEUON. U.B. senators. J. H. Mitchell, J. N. Dolph; si.utfreweinen. B. Heinuuu, W. K. Kills; sov- ernor.B. Pennoyer. secretary of Mate, Georice W. McBride; state ticaaurer. Pull. Metacnan; state printer,F. C. Boker;Hupt. public lost ruc­ tion, K. II. McElroy; supreme Judaea, H. B. Beau, chief Justice. F. 8. Moire, C. B. Wolver­ ton; railroad commissioners, I. A. Macruiu. J. B. Kddy. H B. Compsoa; clerk ul com­ mission. Lydell Baker. 0. B. LAMP OrnCBB. Koaeburg-ttece.ver, K. 8. Sheridan, reg­ ister, H. M. Vcatch. Lakeview -Receiver, V. L. Snelling, regis­ ter. W. A. Wilshire. riwrr juuiciau nurraicr. Comprising Jackson, Joaepiilne, Laae and Klamath couutiea; circuit Judges, M. K. Hau­ ns, W.c. Hale: district attorney. H. L. Henson; member board of equalisation, A. C. Auldon. jAcaaoa coubtt . Senator. H. H. Holt, representatives, J. A. Jeffrey, H. M. Nealoti, Geo. W. Dunn; county Judge. J. K. Nell; cc.umissiuners, B. Furry, W. li. Bradshaw;clerk, N. A. Jacobs; sheriff, B. Pslterson; recorder. Grant Rawlings; treas­ urer, D. Linn; aas vsor, J. L. Wooldridge; sehool superintendent, Gua. Newbury; sur­ veyor, K. W Kennedy; oorouer.D. M Brower; stock Inspector Jiu. Helms. JOSEPHIIk OOUMTT. Joint senator, W.B. Vanderburg; represen­ tative R. G. 8mlth; bounty Judge, J. M. Chhea; commlsaiouers, J. K. rteyferlh, T. F. Croxton; clerk. C. K. Hariuon: sheriff, Jiw G HIati; treasurer. A. Bartlett; assessor. C. M Bl ilea; school superintendent.Alice Carson;aurveyor. B. 1». McCulloch; coroner, W. F. Kremer. KLAMATM COUIITY. Joint senator, C. A. Olga well of Lake; repre­ sentative, V. Coon of latke; county Judge, C. 8. Moore, tominlMioners, Jas. T. Henley, John Wells; clerk. A. L. Leavitt; sheriff. A. A. F'li h; treasurer, Alex. Mr.rlir.; assessor.A. T. Wilson; school superintendent, Lucy Gordon; surveyor, A. Caatel; coroner, it. G. Galbreath. LA KB C'OHBTV. Joint senator, 0. A. Cogawellof Lake; repre­ sentative. V. Conn ot Lake; county Judge, K. M. Bratluln: comtiilaaloners, J. Mclllieny. A. V. Laue;clerk, W. A. Maasinglll, sheriff, F. P. Lane; treasurer, J. 8. Field; assessor, V. E. Harris; school superintended!, J. J. Monroe; surveyor. C. K. Moore; ooroller J. W. Howard. rows or JACKSOMVILLB. Trustees. J. Nunan, president, G. M. Love, T. Cameron, J. F White, K. Kubll: recorder. Bliss J. Duy; treasurer, Jas. Cronemiller; street eomuiiHilouer. Wui. Heely; marshal.C. Purcell. The trustees of Jacksonville bold their reg­ ular sesaions on drat Tuesday In each mouth. MKrrittu or collars The supremo oodrt of Oregon meets al Salem, regular terms commencing on the Ural Mondays In March and October; also at Pen­ dleton, commencing on IIret Mouday In May. The circuit court for the first Judicial district alts In Jackson county on iirst Mondays in April, September and December. In Klamath county on second Monday In June and drat Monday In November. u> Lake county on the third Monday in May and the second Monday In IJctober. ill Josephine county on the first Mondays In March and August. For Jackson county the county,probate ano commlaaloier«' courts meet every month, ooiuiuuocing with thetlrsr Mouday, For Jose­ phine county,tue hrst Mguduy In January, Apt II, July and September. For Lake county, ever, alternate mouth, commencing the drat Monday In January. For Klamath county,the drat WoUnewlay In March, June, September and November JACKSONVILLE, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1894. J.:-: NUNAN, General Dealer in ----------------------------------------- R ♦ >-------------------------------------- — OUR FALL STOCK IS NOW OPEN. Wo Offer me Buyer» Exceptionally PRICES THE VERY LOWEST, - sb Men’s Suits, complete, from $5.00 to $20.00. --------------------------------------------------- Cash, or Goods paid for all kinds of Farm Produce. Soliciting your patronage and guaranteeing satisfaction, I am Respectfully, J. NUNAN, Jacksonville. X “ Be thou as chaste as ice and as pure as snow thou shall not escape calumny." ANSWER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK CO. BEST EQUIPPED JOB OFFICE In Xo»itliorn Oregon A.n111 practice »a ill court* of the State. Office !n thcCoMrl House. I mn I (tout un left ul en­ trance. Lionel K. Webster. Austin 8. Hammond. WEBSTER J l HAMMOND. a FTURN E YS-AT- LA W. Kedlord. .... Greffim. E. KIRCHCESSNER, M. D„ PHYSICIAN AND 8UKGKON. Medford, Oregon. i'thee al rldetice, south east Corner <■ and till Slreela. Q. F. DEMOREST RESIDENT dentist . Bedford, Oregsa. DR. CEO. O'*. DE BAR. PHYSICIAN AN D 8U HG EUN, JarkauuvHle, Oregon. l>Mc«' and residence on California Street, l.’aila attended promptly day or ulght DR. J. B. WAIT, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Redford, Oregon. once on Mam street, in Childers' Building. Calla promptly attended to day or night. DR. E. P- CEART PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Redford, Oregon. Oltce In Opera House. Residence oppo­ site Presbyterian church. DR. E. 6. PICKEL physician and surgeon . Medford. Oregon. Calle promptly Attended to day or n g lit. Office on 7th street. DRS. ODCERS A HALL, DENTISTS. Medford, Oregon- Have permanently located In Medford fo> the practice ot dentistry. From a continued practice oi ever fourteen years we are pn- pared to guarantee entire satisfaction. Office over Stover's drug-store. DR. W. S. JONES, PHYSICIAN AND A STATEMENT OF FACTS BY THE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON. A public attack upon thejmethods, mo­ tives, and business interestsvof the Amer- can Book Company, by a. small sub­ committee of the “Committee of One Hundred,” of Portland, Oregon, has re­ cently been published iu the “Oregon­ ian,” a newspaper of that city. The “report” embodying this attack is made up of a mass of misinformation, unsupported charges, baseless rumors, and unjustifiable suspicions. Upon this ex pand sl’owjjpg, with no solid basis of fac^jit P^sMi'atever, upon mere assertionF'Ea, .Iffl^iions, our character and our iusViess are as­ sailed. Under sueb atvutnstances it is but just to ourselves, and to our many friends and patrons in Oregon and on the Pacific Coast, to make a full and ex­ plicit answer to these slanderous mis­ representations. US. Will practice In all eourta of the alate, limée In the Court Houae. AND COUNHKLOH TO ITS DEFAMERS. THE SUB-COMMITTEE’S CHARGES AGAINST Jurlu»Millt, Gregna. riTUHNKY 'Values, Grood 8 U R G|E O N. JfsMTard, Orsgsa. OSes la Hamlin's Block, up-stairs. The box Is ittmly taken off and the gear lengthened out for the use of carpenters an INTELLECTUAL J of th books, nothing that influenced or inter­ Ammow to th ) PHYSICAL ( S tudoti . fered with their publication and regular sale in any particular. There had been a ZSzszcellen-t Tesicliers, “Publishers’ Association,” which at­ tempted to restrain the evils and extrav­ ZBesLVLtifxxl S-a.zroxxn-d.ixxg'S- agances of agency work for the introduc­ SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, tion of school books, but nothing that Address, attempted any restriction of the regulai MRS. SARAH K. WHITE. Princlpsb business as between publishers, or as be­ tween the several publishers and the pub­ lic. The traffic was absolutely open and free, and it has never been otherwise. Nearly every reputable publishing house in the country was represented in this THESE CHARGES WHOLLY LIBELOUS. Publishers’ Association or co-operated Although advised by eminent counsel with it directly or indirectly. 'that the charges made against our com­ Why was the American Book Company pany are clearly libelous, and would formed? The answer is the simplest thing First-class Business ant’ Normal School form the basis of successful suits, both in the world—for economy and efficiency for both Sexes. criminal and civil, if they were made in conducting the school-book business. Eor I’artienlars and Speeiitiens c»f against us as individuals, we shall not It was thought that the combined skill hide behind our corporate organization of the most experienced and sagacious Penmanship, address or wait for the customary slow motion of publishers, the combined judgment of the courts. We do not shrink from the the most accomplished editors, and ju­ broader trial of this issue by that public dicious use of large capital in Stimula­ before whom we have been accused, as ting the best authorship, would bring we have complete confidence in its sense the greatest measure of success; that the of fairness and justice, and therefore bringing together of these forces would make this public answer. tend to utilize the highest educational THE SOURCE OF THESE SLANDEROUS RE- thought and crystallize it into the best | “CUPIDENE*' PORTS. text-books. Besides all this, there -.vere _________ _ _ .. __________ lion of » fai'JOMP F rench physician,^vill quickly cure yoc of all ner­ There is but one reasonable explanation the very obvious economies in consolida- vous or di.si-a.Heji of the gencruuve orKuuu, much ju * Ofc-Manhood Insonu ia. I,.*i.i.3iu ide Buck,Seminal E.ni»r<.iu<, iJebility* as to the source of these attacks. They i ting the agency operations for placing Pimples, L’ntimess to Marry. Kxliautung Drains, Varicocele and Const illation. It atopn all loRses by day or niRhL Prevents quirk- emanate from some competitor in busi­ 1 the books, and the merchandizing opera­ __ ti< ss of disrhatpe, which if not checked leads U» Spcnnatorrhcea and ness who has the skill to make use of tions of distributing them to consumers. WaEFORr Bun AE-rrn all the borro-sof Tmpoiency. A VoL. M LulClM £ CO., I’. O. Box 307«, Sun Francisco, Cai. JV jt .Stxle fiy himself up by defaming the character of can Book Company, by at once increas­ his competitors. These reports, which ing its discount and inaugurating meth­ are copied as news by the various country ods for regulating the retail prices of journals, illustrate the fine art of procur­ middlemen, greatly cheapened the cost ing free advertising. of school books to the people; and by establishing its own depots in different A “HIDDEN MONOPOLY.” It is charged that the American Book sections of the country, enabled the pub­ Company was incorporated in New lic everywhere to readily obtain its pub­ Jersey, with a capital of (5,000, and that lications at the reduced prices. The Annie Wright Seminary. ■ M. E. RIGBY, Principal, Medford, Oregon. MANHOOD RESTORED Sold at City Drug Store, Jacksonville. "under this modest organization was hid den one of the greatest monopolies ever known in this country.” It is true ths*, the American Book Company was legally incorporated January 9, 1890, and with essentials, namery. Power to control production, and Power to establish arbitrary prices for all such production. Without these elements there can be no monopoly, coercion, or oppression. In the publication and sale of school books the exercise of neither of these powers is possible. Authors, and would- be authors, are as numberless as "the sands of the sea,” and capital ami presses are everywhere available to*print a book. There are at the present tim* in the United States, according to the official trade organ, The Publishers' Weekly, more than a hundred corpora­ tions, firms, and houses issuing school publications, and there are nearly teu thousand different volumes in current publication. It is a matter of notoriety, among all teachers and school officers, that competition between different houses publishing school text-books has nevei been more active than since the forma­ tion of the American Book Company, 01 than exists at the present moment. Com petition is even strong enough to stimu late the wildest and basest slanders against a large and successful house like the American Book Company, wherevei and whenever an important adoption is being considered, as is at present the case in the state of Oregon; with the evident purpose of shifting the issue from the merits of the books to a discus­ sion of personalities. Stimulated by the charges of such ever­ present and sometimes virulent competi­ tion, there were brought about two legis­ lative inquiries as to the status of the American Book Company, respectively iu the states of Pennsylvania and Illinois. In these investigations and bearings the testimony of everybody was publicly in­ vited—publishers, booksellers, educators, politicians, and public cranks. Each ol the two reports, to their respective legis­ latures, resulting from these investiga­ tions, completely exonerated the Ameri­ can Book Company from being, in a»y sense or form, a trust or monopoly, a» had been falsely alleged. At the Harris­ burg hearing, all the leading publishers of New York, Philadelphia, and othei cities were present, and, testifying undet oath, each one declared that be knew oi no case where any competitor had been “crushed out” or oppressed by this com­ pany. And we hereby offer this dial lenge to any respectable school-book publisher in this whole country today to come forward and declare under oatb that he has suffered any oppression in kis business from the American Book Company, or that it is within his experi­ ence or personal knowledge that this company has ever, at any time, at­ tempted in the least degree “to crush competing houses and destroy all legiti­ mate competition,” as charged in this “report.” WHAT OF THE POLICY OF BRIBERY AMD CORRUPTION? In this report the old stories are re­ hearsed that the agents of this company, in one instance in the state of Washing­ ton and in another in the state of West Virginia, attempted bribery. Where is the proof that these agents attempted it in either case? Observe, it is tut charged flat bribery was committed, but "at- t:nipted.” The Washington case, after ¿ ragging along in the courts for some t me, with three of the acccused agents and detectives in their Jurisdiction and under bail, was decided in favor of the agents. It was then appealed to a higher court, sent back for re-trial, and finally dismissed for lack of evidence 10 main- tiin it. This “report’’ also states that in tie West Virginia case the agent “was publicly reprimanded and compelled to take back his money.” Is this the usual conclusion when bribery is proved to 4 ave been attempted or committed? These two unfortunate scandals, the results of the sharp practice induced by a very exciting competition between agents (where the "monopoly” does not seem to have "crushed out the competition,”) were the results of palpable tricks set up, one agent upon another; and the Ameri- ci.n Book Company promptly disavowed any responsibility or connection with them. Among the hundreds of thousands of annual transactions of this company, tlese are the only instances ever cited against it, and these are alleged to have U.ken place within a few months after the organization of the company. And though the campaign of abuse and defa­ mation has been actively carried on ever since, its authors and promoters have not teen able to add to these old and false accusations, grown threadbare with use. After citing the above cases, this “re­ port” goes on to say: “These are only specific instances; but the history of this company’s operations in Mississippi, Mis souri, Ohio, New Jersey, and other states gives us the impression that its methods are corrupt, and leads this committee to the almost irresistible conclusion that this is a well-defined policy of the com­ pany itself in the selection of some of its agents and instrumentalities." What does the writer of this villainous attack upon honorable men know of the history of this oompany in the states named? Nothing whatever; and he is challenged to produce any proof of any transaction on our part inconsistent with fair and honorable dealing. This defamatory report continues: “It will also appear that its most reckless aud successful operations have been con­ HAS A TRUST BEEN CREATED AND A fined to what it probably considers the MONOPOLY ESTABLISHED? backwoods states of West Virginia, Mis­ A trust or monopoly, as defined by all sissippi, Missouri, California, Washing­ authorities and by the Urited States and ton, and Oregon, and that in New Eng­ State statue laws, must possess these two land and many other places its success. if any, in monopolizing the school-book business has been short lived.” We have not been accustomed to con­ sider the states named as “backwoods,” in invidious comparison with the more thickly settled and richer portions of the country. It is well known that rural and agricultural communities are quite as in­ telligent, honest, and high minded in their dealings, aud as capable of taking care of themselves and their own inter­ ests, as are manufacturing and trading communities. The facts are that there have been no new introductions or whole­ sale changes in books in West Virgiuia, California, and Oregon since the forma- ation of this company, in which it could have shared. The Washington adoption occurred within a mouth after the com­ pany had commenced business, so that it had little share in that. In Mississippi and Missouri, under new laws, general changes in books have taken place in which this company has shared, after most active competion with many other publishing houses. As to the “backwoods” charge, it is a fact which can be demonstrated by the account books of the company’s sales in New England and the Middle and West­ ern States—the older and more densely populated sections of the country, where public education has longest been estab­ lished—that the text-books of this com­ pany are relatively much more largely in use in these States than in remote and more sparsely settled regions. CHARACTER OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THIS AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. The writer of this “report” has set himself up as a critic and censor of the character and merit of the school books published by the American Book Com­ pany. He says, while this company has many excellent books, “chiefly confined to the academic and higher grades, it is very weak in the lower grades and in mathematics.” He also says “it is cheap­ er for the American Book Company to print and furaish an inferior book than a good one, and its profit is greater ujxm the poorer one, although it may sell it at a much less price.” He instances Har­ rington’s Speller, and says it is a wretch­ ed book, made of “cheap paper and pasteboard,” which "fairly bristles with tr ¡stakes and inaccuracies.” That the paper, printing, binding, in­ troduction, and marketing of a poor book costs less and give a greater profit, al­ though “It is sold a’ a much lower price,” than a correspondingly manufac­ tured book of higher intellectual merit, is a statement which is simply idiotic. Anybody who knows anything about the publishing business, or who has any com­ mon sense, knows that the cost of the printing and binding—that is, the me chanical production—is precisely the same whether the book itself be good, bad, or indifferent. It is also well known that the cost of copyright is so small a share in the cost of production as practi­ cally to make little difference; while the expense of attempting to introduce and place a book poor in merit, with a cer­ tainty that it will not long give satis­ faction and hold its place, would ten times outweigh the additional cost ol copyright. Harrington's Speller is an excellent book, prepared by the late very bright and accomplished superintendent of the New Bedford, Massachusetts, schools, and was first published by the Harpers, a house most careful of its reputation, but which thus indorsed it by its great name. This book is also approved on its merits by leading educators all over the country, and so widely used that its circulation has reached into millions. The relative profit on this book, however, is not larger than the average profit on other school books. If there is one characteristic in the American Book Company’s list more pronounced than another, it is the super­ ior excellence of its elementary books, prepared for common and grammar schools, as all teachers, superintendents and unbiased publishers who know the facts will unanimously testify. If a book is found to be faulty, it is corrected; if it has outlived its purpose and usefulness, it is discontinued. Our uniform and constant instructions to all our agents are to present and urge, in any given section those books of our list whifh are likely to prove most acceptable aud suit­ able to its school work, without regard to the fact that one book is more or less profi’f.ble to us than another. Our agents are not informed as to which books pay copyright and which do not; or of the relative profitableness of different publications. As a sound business policy, our object is to maintain a high reputa­ tion and secure permanency of sale by supplying books of the highest merit, and of the kinds which will be most satis­ factory to our patrons. A contrary policy of forcing poor books that are not wanted upon any state or section is too foolish to merit a moment’s considera­ tion. IS THE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY HOS­ TILE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION? To the charge in the report "that this monopoly is disastrous to our public school system,” and that “the public are cheated of the right to independent teachers, good schools and good books,” we answer that this is a base and mon­ strous accusation not only against us but against the teachers and school authori­ ties of the state of Oregon. It says in effect that your teachers and school (Concluded on Fourth Page.) 1 Dr. Price’s Cretin Baking Powder Most Perfect Made.