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O.eson Historic! Society ftodebttrg Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1904 No. 74 ST. REGIS HOTEL J. J, Astor's $4,000,000 Hotel is Opened to the Public. LOW kATE OF $15 A DAY. Clarence Mackey Engages a Suite at $35,000 Per Year. hi York, Sept. 1- The first rush of trade at the new St. Keis, the high Mi ptieai haul in the 1'nited States, appeare.l last nuht when 4'.' guests reg istered in John Jacob Astor's new f4, 000,000 hotel. Clarence H. Mackay, it is reorted. has leased a suite of apart -n en ts at ti e hotel for fSBjIM a year. This is merely the price for the rooms and includes no meals. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould yesterday -took a s'tite but at a lower vice. The famous 1 10,000 bed has not been slep'. in yet. It is situated in the high est priced suite in the hotel, which rents for f :25 a day. without meals. Tl e first meal was served in the St. Regis September 4. The gr.at public went to the hotel in droves, gaped, wondered and then care fully sauntered out into the street again, where tiie astonished men and women caught their breath ami marveled at the Sybaritic luxury that has suddenly burst upon Fifth avenue. THE $4,000,000 HOTEL. The men stared ind the women chat tered. They knew the hotel c flat John Jacob later f4,COO,000 and that Mrs. Astor devoted so:ne time to aiding him in making it the most luxarieaa anaaat in the world at from $S a day to f IS, without me.ds. Ten thousand applications ha! been made since New York realized what a stunner the new place was to lie. bet tin proprietor, not being able to facets on any met'.ioJ of awarding the various tables thel w ere asked for hundreds of times over, had declined to reserve any with the result that the ft5,000 dinner room was not crowded. Early in the day the hotel was offi cially opened, a lone siglrseer went to one of the dining rooms and sat at a table in lonesome state, while a waiter and two aistants brought bn break fast. His check was (3.30. Until last night, however, the popu lation of the IS story hotel counted of only five families. Many of the pl.iia New Yorkers, w ho only looked timidly around the hotel and then went out, tried to figure just how long they would live at the St. Ueis. They tried the problem n various ways By rooming there and going out to their meals they found they could live rs cheaply as (8 a day a. d what they might spend in restaurants. By having a room in the neighb rhoo i and dining at the St. Regis, taking care to avoid tl I higher-priced di-dies, they found th:. three ordinary meals, without win . R. W. FENN . . IL S. Deputy . . j . 3 Mineral Surveyor Civil Engineer 9 Lately with the govern- V office over Postofflce. Kent geographical and BncERfTB noamm geologieal survey of bra- ROKLCRO, OREGON, ail, South America . . . Correspondence solicited J BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME ! Nothing will add so much to the appearuuee and at tractiveness of your home as a new coat of Paint, and the COST will be SMALL if you buy your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MASTERS' RANGES AND STOVES STEEL RANCES THE BEST ON EARTH $35.00 to $50.00 Htating Stoves FROii We are showing au URunense line of Fur niture, Carpets and Wall Paper and cau make you prices better than you can get in Portland. Call and be convinced : : B e W THE FURNITURE .MAN would approximate $18 a day, plus the per diem of their furnished rooms. Then the New Yorkers shook their heads i adly and wondered where all the money came from. It totaled something j like (4,000 a year by dining out, and (3.300 a year by rooming out. And they ever get any further than the living cist for one person. Their on.1 comfort was khet OCSeeioe ally they mijht drop in ami have a well selected excellently cooked and tasteful ly fervid meal for about (7. If they wanted to get right down to bedrock for the sole purpose of having the satisfac i ion of eating in the finest hotel, they conld, by avoiJing a tip to the waiter, get off for 0 ce-its, the size of the smallest check paid yesterday morning for break ra st by a mm w ho w a" satis led with coffee and rolls. A California Play. "The Hills of California, ,: which is to be presented at the Opera House on Tuesday Sept. 20th, is the most success ful .omedv written of rural life, and is pesentel by the delightfully droll come li in, VI r. Frank liacon in a most elaborate manner. Country and city life are represented in the "Hills of Cal ifornia" in fact it is a rural play, such as all pi v-goers like when well pre sented, lliereisno loreeil comely in I this drama, laughs come at fre.jucat in tervals and there is not a tear drawing situation that is not followed by a langh- able one Realism is rampart in the farm scene, when the stag I is made to look like, a Calafornia farm Tl is is without doubt the greatest tt age pi -ture yet attempted, as ISay Ianforth savs ' it is real" there is a horse, a cow, chickens. ducks, and two warrior reoctete, whose jealousy ior historic honors lead them into battle every night Mr llacon as l"n cle Amos Hiil, lias reaehed.the triumph of his career and he has snrronn led himself with a company of unu-ual ex cellence, imlu iii Mr. Vih"red I. Kog ers and He5si- S n.irt Bacon. This engagement is for one night onlv. State Fair Opens. Stat Fair Ge a xDs, Salem, Or., Sept. 12. The 44th annual Oregon State Fair opened this morning under most favorable auspices and promises to le one of the successful events of the kind in the history of the state. From the moment that the gates were thrown open at S o'clock peopie bagM to pour in, and by noon the crowd wases' hn.it.il at not less than 30 '0, comparing most favora !y with the at'endance o:i the opening lay 1 st year The smoky con dition of th" atmosp'iere has a tendency to shield th" throng of pop'e from tiie hot sun. and weither ctiiitions fjeejM not have leen better. If theeeeeadi tions contiaue a record-breaking at tendance is predicted for the wi k. The ever popular "Sweet Ciover" th- -atrica! company with Otis B Thayer, the versatile character actor, and Ger trude B ndhill in the leading Kalaa, will ap;ear in wholesome comedy at the Roseburg theatre earlv in tX-t ober. DRUG STORE in Large Variety $2.50 UP STRONG PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'SJfTTER OF ACCEPTANCE He Speaks for the Republicans and Leaves No Doubt as to His PolicyHe Also Shows up Democratic Misrepresentation. ROOSEVELT STANDS FOR a i.irt v nh -nv it-tiou . fcawaad fcaieleB poller; Hbecal peeeiaea;eal ataaaadaam: eqeal rights i" rwirttal anl IhIm-t: cu aim lernel "I laws ciiii tftaaate; -rsa rtvtl service unteaa; piotuctiM; army lor times M Bated. Oyster Bay, N. Y.. Sept. U.-Presi dent Koosev pit's letter accepting tin Kepehttcee nomination for the presl '.ency has been made public. It is ii pail as follows: 1 1 is ditficult to find out from the ut teraliees of our opponents what are the real issues upon which they propose tc wage this campaign. It is set unfaii to say that, having abandoned most ol the p: in aph s upon which they have in sislcvl Aaejas the last eight years, they now se.-.ii .11 a loan both as to what il is that tfaejr really believe and as tc how firmly they shall nssert their be lief in aqyl lag. In fact, it is doubt ful if they enture resolutely to pceM a single issue. As soon as they raisi one they shrink from it and Beak tc explain it away. The party now In control of the gov ernment is troubled by m each dittV ret rim We de ii t Jheee to guess at our own otnii'.i us and then correct the gues if it BeaaBS unpopular. UK principles which we profeei arc theai in which we believe with heart and Ml and etteaarth. Men may ibtTet from us. but tliey t-:lliii t an use i:s triajinee or hailei i Hj The iM!i.-is we have pursiietl are those wl,'. h we euvjeetb hold as eaeeBtfeJ to the na tional w-i!.:re ead repate. Our ats tions seak even leader than ear w ords for the faith that is iu us. V. Last our appeal ayea what we have done and ar" d epoa our revord of ail Ministration end legbdetlM during tlic l: st eecaa yean, iu erUeh we have ke l c eaplete ntrol of the government. We intend iu the future to carry ou tiie fover:i:i:eut in the same way that ve hae . Ml ted it on i:i tiie ea -t. So well heat the evetfc been done that eur eaaeaeaei de eet venture to recite beta at "Ut our D lic.es or acts and (hee o; peae theea, Tiicy attack theiu o ily erhta they have first lelai e peceeat ed them, f r a tarathfal recital would leave no rooai for a tieree eoanueut. Panama. PaaauM etTem aa r.stain-e in point. Our appoaentl can criticise what we did in ran. 1 1:1 only oa on tit ion of t ii tatiic: hat was .Jor.e. The ailuiiu isiration 1 ve. I t'.iroiTghoitt not only with eaod faith, but with Mil OBjh Dary patfeaee and l..rge generosity to- ward those w ith whom it dealt. It was a!-. fiadfal of American ititerests. It j acted ill sli .ot c i.iplia:ici arttk the law 1 p. -ej by cigress. Hud not l'an:ima bo-n romptty ree'ii:zel and the transit :.: - the istimms kept open iu jeceeieaee with our treaty rights a 1 oblig. oaa there would have eu- j B 1 end.: -s guerrilla warfare and ;.ly foieigu complications, while id eturaee f haBeseg the canal would ! have been tlc:'oTsl o . tainly f ir years, ! perhaaa for u geaeiatl m or more. CaTlUel of the acttaa in th;s matter ; is eimpty criticism of the only p issibk' ! action which could have aatatad the baildlag of the canal as well as the peace and Ijeh I which we were by baity beaad to preserve ill : the line of transit across the isthmus. The service lea ere 1 this country iu secur tac the pa i luteal rhrM to construct. Htiatala, ra n te ual defeaal the -hhmI an s ao yjreat that our oajeaaaeaca do not .e iture to raiae the issr.c in straight forward f Mon, for if so raised tbere would lie BO issue. 'i'he dec bllte action which brought iii cit this baaettneal trsult was the r' is.- by the preMeut of the tkiw "i s vested in Ui:u. a id in him alone, by the -institution, ti e power to r-'oog-olze foreicn ajovernmeata by aarterhag ni dtplon iii- relations with them ami tie- po .er to make treat lea which art en rattn ' by the iaaate becoaae un der the cor . it if t i -i rf of the supreme law of the laoA Neither in this nor In any other ..it e- has there lieeu the slibte t f. Here to live up to the con attatfM i:- letter and in spirit. Bat he eaaatab ion must Ik oheervaa pos tivdy as ardl as negatively. The pres dl t'a daty i- to serve the country in erjeordaace with the const ii ;it ion. and I should I ! derelict in my duty if I - ' a f :' -c c ia- tnietion of the consti Cntkm as a shlel 1 for w-.iknes- mid tl Itj or an exeaae for goveru nentel hup enee. Foreign Policy. FlmilaT r. presentation i the one ve'; on of o ca u:s in regard to nil- ford I oliey ::n I the way the iavy baa been m-ule useful in caery . ..at t:. ; policy. Hera again nil hat we aak is that they bmtbfnlly tate What has been done and then ay whether or not they object to it, ;or if continued in power we shall eon- Inne our 1 taiga policy mi l our ban ning of 1! e navy on exactly the aume luea in the fetore as in the past. To what phaae of our forefara policy and i w hat use jf ti.e navy do our po- eata abject! ay in ahii h Ilo they object to the the .Monroe doctrine has en stroii .1 betted and upheld': Do ) :: rppoaeuta object to what was done 1 referaace to the petition of Ameri 1 an etUneua ajl. ileal the Kishlneff uaaaai le. or to the protest agalnat the reatiacnt of the Jews in Koiiuianlii. or to ti e e 1' irts that have been made :i behalf of the Anpealana in Turkey? N'o other : uii.iijlstrnlion in our Mb t WJ, 11 1 oilier government in the world, has pg ire consistently stood for ihe broadest spirit of brotherhood iu MT common humanity or has held a more resolute attitude of protest against every wrong that outraged the civilization of the age at home or abroad. Io our opponents object to the fact that the international tribunal at The Hague was rescued from Im potence and turned into a potent In atruuieut for peace among the nations? Do our opponents object to the aet- tieneeat of the Al-ka boaadary line' Pa tiny object to the fact that aflff fre oing Cuba we g..w her reciproca trade advantages with the L'nitee Slates. "while at tlae fame time keep ing naval stations in tl e Island am ptavMing ncaiust its sink ng Into chain or being toaunered by any foreigi pearerl Do they object t tiie fact tha oar Bag now gha over Parte Btcal IK t ej object t the acoajlatttoa f Ha : i i i V I i'.hv they "haeM liown' out lag there We have hoisted it again l'o they intend oiee more to haul it down'; DO they object to the part w tayeil in China) I'o they not know that the v ace of th- Darted Bteaet t .mill aaa eoaal for nothing in th 1 ir east if we had abandoned the 1'hii i. i, .ii.es and refused to do what was Cone in China' Do they object tc the fact that this government securcc a peaeefal ettlcaaent of the trouble hi Venezuela two years ago': I'o they object to the fact that gwtcih an w arships appeared promptly at the port of Iteirut when an effort had been m ole to assassinate an Aiuer It . nBchU, and iu the port of Taligiet arhen an Aawilcaa cticn had beeu abducted, and that in each case the arraeg complained of ana righted and cv iated, auii that witiiin the last few ! da;. ' run the visit of an American Sijuad t i Snnrtia was followed by the lol". rlgl hi the ilelayt .1 concession of s to ft mrrlc laa their Just i a. om. oiaed toeafJoata work in Turkey: Oo objed to the trade treaty with China, ao full of advantage for the Americau people in the future'.- IKi the object t" the fact that the shia Carrytag the national flag now have a his r atandard than ever befata iu aairkxaiaaahap and in aeaaaaaaaap as In U daal onita and as component parts of squadrons and fleets": E.in.l "Encroahmentl." Vhea ,n opponents speak of "eu t lam hmeata" by the aaaaatfta u(ou I ( i'iiiiL'rtss or 111,' tll.li cat v. appareatly the act they ordina- rfiy have in view is ,.niou order No. 7s' baaed uu.b r the authoritv of exist- Ul law. Thai order dins ted that here ; ;-:..r .. v.c. r ,n .. li e civil war who i. . i i ,i... .f tinro i mmbM be piWptllllj entitled to the , ;.. oaten "f f8 a lannth. given under the b I i ndent iensiou I w te those w hose apactty to earu their livelihood by ::. oii.ii bUfae has liecii devreas'I B0 per en: and that by the time the age of ve. v was reached the ptaaaaaptfea hoi'.l'l ! that the physical disability aaa complete-, tiie age lK'ing treated as an evidential fact in each case. This j ord. r was made in the performance of 1 a duty hapoeed upon the praaaaaal iy t of consrcss which recjuires the execattta to make regulations to gov ern the subordinates of the pension of lee in determitiiug who are entitled to p'n!ons I'n'sident Cleveland had al ready I H 1 1 ie this p.wer by a regu lation which declared that seventy-tlve should lie set as the age at which total disability should W conclusively pre aaaaed. similarly PreaMeal HcKlaiey e tablisheil sixty five as the ace at arllich half disability should ha con clusively preaaaaed. The regulation now in question in the exerdac of the s. e power BOppleaMated these regu lations made under lYcsidenls Cieve lan ! mid MeKinley. it is ea ay to ti-st our appeaaatta1 sin- BBlMj in this matter. The order in question is revocable at the pleasure of the aaacattra If our oppeaeata ranae into poorer they can rev ike this icder and BBaeaaca that they .v. 11 treat the rrtrrane of sixty two to seventy as peeaaaaabry in full kodsty vigor ami not entitled to pensions. Will they now authoritatively state that they iu tend to do this: if so, we aocpt the Issue. The Currency. 80 much fir what our opponents openly or covertly advance in the way of an attack on the ads of the admin istration. When we come to consider the policies fur which they proiess to ataad are are met arlth the ditiii ntty always arisinu w hen statements of pol icy are so made that they can be inter- prated in ififf 1 nl araya, on some of the vital questions that have '.unfroiq ed the American people in tie last decade our opponents take the posi tion that aOeaea Is the best possible way to convey their views. They con tend that their lukewarm attitude of partial aacuuiesu-ence in what others have eCCOOBpHehed entitles them to be made tin- enatodtana f the financial I. .1: 11 mid commercial interests which they have but recently sought to ruin. Being unable to agree among them selves 11s to whether the goid standard is a curse or a blessing and as to whether we ought or oaght not to have free and unlimited eaiaage of silver, they have apparently thouulit it ex pedient to avoid any committal on these subjects an. I individually each to follow- his particular beat Their near- 1 est approach to a majority Judgment seems to lie that it is now inexpedient , to Baaed their convictions one way or ' the other Bad that the establishment ; of ihe gold standard by the tttpnbHc an party should not lie distill Led tin 1 less there Is 1111 alteration in the rela I tic qwanttty of production of silver J ami gold. ; Wo. 011 the contrary. Itelieve In the ! gol 1 standard lis lixed by the usage ami verdict of the business w orhl ami ! in 11 aoond monetary system as matters of principle as mattei's not of mone : tnry political expei'ieucy. but of per j aaaneal organic policy. The record of the last seven years proves that the party now In p iwer can be trusted to , take additional action necessary to bit , prove mid strengthen our monetary aystem mid that our opponents rami t lie so trusted. The fundamental fact Is that in a popular government such ns Otirs 110 policy Is Irrevocably sell led by law unless the people keep In control of ihe government man who believe in that policy as n matter of deep rooted conviction. Lawa can always be re raked. It Is the spirit mid the purr-wc PRESIDENTS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE CONTINUED ON PAGE POUR tt lh se responsible for their enact Oieiit and administration which must be xed and nnchaageaMa It is ldb to say that the monetary staadard ot the hal ion is irrevocably fixed so lout au the party which at the last electioi Cast approximately -P". per cent of tbi to'al vote refuses to put In lta plat form any eta te meat that the gnestioi. is set i led. A determination to remalc Beat cannot be accepted as equivaleUI to a recantation. As for what our opponents say ir, refen ace to capital and labor. In livld ual r corporate, here again all we Deed by way of answer is to point ti. w! at we have actually done and to saj that if raatJaaad in power we sh n eontiana to carry out the policy ant bare I een pursuing ami to execute the laws as reOOinteiy and fearlessly in the future as we have executed theiu in the past. The Trust. The action of the attorney general In Ciifor.-iii the antitrust and interstate I online ft r laws and the action of the last ceagraaa in enlarging the coe of the Intentata commerce law and in Creating the department of commerce and labor, with a bureau of eorpora - l ave for the first time opened a IBM a f"r the national government to de.d Intelligently and adequately with the Questions affecting sM-ietv. wheth- er for g'i or for evil, because of the armmaiatiea of capital in great torpo- r his .! teaiise of the new rela tions caaaed thereby. Theaa lawa are aa I lag adllllllialaml vith entire ef 1 y. and a in their working insl Is ahoara for .miendmeut or addition to them, whither better to secure the pr ; r publicity or lettT to guarantee the rigfata of shippers or in any other direction, thia need arm he aaet It is now : -crled "that the oiinninn "W as develop,,! law as developed affords a complete legal remedy against ui nop..! es " Jtnt t! ere is no common law of the l"nitsi ! States. Its rules can he enforced on'.y t' ,ur,!, aml " No '"" ,uIJ ,ako Hnv ' '"" whatever under them. It was ,'- aWai with the Inability of tl " l tcs to control trust and monop- o!..-s. which lcl to the passage of the federal statuies known as the Sher man antitrust act and the interstate o mie n a. t. and it Is only through Ihe exen - of the owers inferred by Iheae acts and by the statutes of the last ismgress supplementing them that the national government acquires any iu ! Cttea over the subject. To say that BCtloa against trust and monopo lies should be limited to the appllca ti"n of the oaaaai law is aaafitaJaafi to saying that the nitional government aM tvke no action whatever to reg ulate them. I'ndo'ihtedly the multiplication of :r - s and their increase in p iwer have ban largely due to the "failure of ofll , charged with the duty of enforc ing the law to take the necessary pro ed.ne" Bach stricture uon the fail-un- of the officials of the national gov ernment to do their duty in thus mat ter is 1 1 1 lalnlj not wholly undeserved as far as the administration pre.-c lag pTl - 'cat Ml ITIllhj'B Is c in.e:nevl. but It lias no application at all to Bapab Dcaa administration It is also un duo'otiliy ttue that what is most need ed :s "ollicials having lnth the dispro sitioti and the courage to enforce exist .:il- law." This is precisely the need that has been met by the consistent and steadily continued action of the department of jusih nn-ler the pres ent administration , Capital and Labor. 80 far as the rights of the individual wane worker and the Individual cap talist are C on-crned. bath as regards one 111 ther. as retards the public and as retards organized capital and la tie position of the administration baa been so clear that then is no ex ense for misrepresenting it and no ground for opposim: it unless tuisrep reeented. Within the limits delined by the national constitution the national Htntnlst ration has Bought to sectir.- to eai h man the full enjoyment of his right to live his life and dispose of bis property Bad his labor as he deems bc-t so long as he w rongs no one else. It has shown in effective faihion that in endeavoring to make good this guar antee it treats all men. rich or poor, whatever their creed, their color or their birthplace, as standing alike be fore the law. l'mler am form of coverr nent the sphere in which the nation us distin ii 0...1 from the state can act Is nar- mirii circumscribed, but within that sphere all that could le done has been done. All thinking men are aware of the restriction upon the Mwer of ac tion of the national government In such matters. Being ourselves mind fill of thetn, we have been scrupulously careful on the one livid to lie mod erate iu our promises mid on the othet hand to keep these promises in letter and In aplrit. Our opponents him been hampered by no such eonsidera Oons. They have promised and many of them now promise action which they could by no possibility take In the exercise of constitutional power and which if attempted would bring busl ncss to a standstill. They have used and often now use language or trial invivtive and appeal to all the baset passions which tend to excite one set of Americans against their fellow Americana, and vet whenever they have Imd power they have fittingly supplemented this extravagance of promise by absolute nullity iu per formance. Tha Tariff. When we take up the great question Of the tariff we are at once confronted by the donbt as to whether our appo nents do or do not mean what they aay. They say that "protection is robbery" and promise to carry them aelves accordingly If they are given power. Yet prominent persons among them assert that they do not really mean this and that if they come Into power they will adopt our policy aa Mgl ids the tariff, while others seen BBfiooa to prove that it is safe to give them partial power because the powei would be only partial, and therefor Uiey would not lie able to do mischief The last is eertajaiy a curious plea tc adv. nice on behalf of a party seeking to ..Si -tin control of the government. At ihe outset It is worth while te aa a word as to the attempt to Iden tify the question of tariff revision 01 tar.ff rcducliot: with a solution of the trust question. This is alwnys a sign Of di-sire to avoid any real effort to ateal adequately with the trust ques tion, in sH-aklng on this point at iiiuneapolis on April 4. lirfK!. I said: "The question of tariff revision, apeokiiig broadly, stands wholly apart from the qm-stiou of dealing with the traata No ihange in tariff duties tan have any substantial effect in solving the so called trust problem. Certain gre.it trusts or great corporations are wholly unaffected by the tariff. Al BMMti all the others that are of any im port. 1 m-e nave aa a matter of fact num bera ( smaller American competitors, am! of course a change in the tariff ui rh areaM work injury to the large ran aattaa would work not merelv :i bat destruction to Its smaller t.tors. and equally of i-ourse such change would mean disaster to all the w.i.;e workers conuei-ted with either the large or the small corporations." The Wdeon Tariff Law. There is BttJa for me to add to thia. It is but ten years since the last at tempt was made by means of lower .: BJ the tariff to prevent some people from .prospering too much. The at tempt was entirely successful. The tariff law of that vear was among the Banatu which in that year and for some t.: afterward effectually prevented in;, b sly from prospering too much and lab .r from pr.si.ering at all. The juestam of what tariff is best for our people is primarily one of ex-.-ncy. to be determined not on ab stract academic grounds, but in the light of experience. It is a matter of toi .uess. i'rom time to time schedules uiu.t undoubtedly be rearranged and readjusted to meet the shifting needs of the country, but this can with safe ty 1 e done ouly by those who are com- ni 'ed to the cause of the protective sjsiem. To uproot and oetroy tual ti ui would 1 to insure the prostra tion of business, the closing of facto ra a, the imp verlsh:nent of the farmer, tie- ruin of the capitalist and the at:!' 1 b of the wageworker. Yet if tetton is iudeed "robbery." and if our :ents really believe what they then it is precisely to the destruc- 1:011 ana unrooting 01 me tarin. an ti fore of our business and iudustry. '.hat they are pledged. Reciprocity. Our opponents assert that they be- heve in reciprocity. Their action on the most important reciprocity treaty tvcetitlv negotiated, that with Cuba. ibe- not l'.!r out this assertion. More over, there can be no reciprocity unless there is a substantial tariff. Free trade ami reciprocity are not compatible. We arc on record as favoring arrange ments for reciprocal trade relations with other countries, these arrange ments to be ou an equitable basis of I eueflt to bth the contracting partiek The Republican party stands pled.-ed to every wise and consistent method of increasing the foreign commerce of the country. That it has kept its pledge is proved by the fact that, while the do mestic trade of this country exceeds in volume the entire exinirt and import trade of all the nations of the world, the Hatted States has in addition se cured more than an eighth of the ex port trade of the world, standing first among the nations in this respect. It is a matter of regret that the pro te live tariff policy, which during the last forty odd years has Ihsmuic part of the very fiber of the country, is not no v .n-cepted us definitely established. These forty odd years have leen the most prosperous years this nation has ever seen: more prosperous years than any other nation has ever seen. 1U yond question this prosperity could not have conic if the American people had not possessed the necessary thrift, energy and business intelligence to turn their vast material resources to 1... unit. Hut it is no less true that it is our Beaaaaak policy us regards the tar.ff mid finance which has enabled us as a natiou to make such good u of the individual capacities of our citi tens and the natural resources of out countrv. Kvery class of our people is benefited bv the protective tariff. The farmer has licneuted quite as much us the manufacturer, the mcr chant and the wageworker. The Farmer and the Tariff. The future of Aniertcau agriculture la bound up In the future of American manufactures. The two iudustrles have bee pane under the economic policy of our government so closely iutervvoveu. so mutually interdependent, that uel ther can hope to maintain Itself at tha high water mark of progress without the other. Whatever makes to the ad vantage of one is equally to the advan tage of the other So It Is as between the capitalist and the wageworker. Here mid there there may In- mi unequal stianug ns be tween the two In the benefits that have come by protection, but benefits have come to both, and a reversal lu policy would mean damage to both, mid while the damage would be heavy to all it would he heaviest mid it would fall soonest upon those w ho are paid in the form of wages each week or each rnmuh for that week's or that mouth's work. Conditions change, and the laws must be modified from time to time to lit new exigencies, lb.it the geniliue underlying principle of protection as it has been embodied in all but one of the American tariff 1 m fat the last forty years has w o; 1 I out results so beOCflcfTit. so evenly .and widely apread, so advantageous alike to farm ers and capitalists and workingmen, to Fairbanks Coming West. Caataao, Sept. 10. Senator Fairbanks will go on a speaking tour to the Pacific Coast the latter part of September. He will go over the Northern Pacific by special train and return by a special over the Union Pacific, landing in Oma ha not latter than September 12. Rear platform speeches will mark the trip, through several stops will be made for large evening meetings. Senator Fair banks will arrive in Chicago September ii, and that night will go to St. Paul. He will pass the following day as the guest of the Rooaevelt Republican Club j of the Twin Cities. That evening he 1 will seak in Minneapolis or St. Paul. Departing that night, the Senator will go to North Dakota. Rear-platform speaking will mark the first day and the fore part of the second in Mon'ana. He win then go through Idaho and Wash ington, stopping for an evening speech at 1 acorna. Traveling southward through Oregon to Northern California, the people will have to rest content with addresses made from the train. Stopping only a day in San Francisco, the Eastern trip will be undertaken. that the Farmers Say. The past week was dry with the tem perature slightly Mow the seasonable average. A light shower occurred in the lower portion of the Willamette va -ley and in the northern coast counties last week, but the amount was insuffi cient to do any gool. Threshing is com pleted, except in the Orand Ronde val ley. The yields in Wes'ern Oregon were light, while in the Co imbia River valley they are excellent. D p picking is progressing rapidly and will be complet ed in about a week or ten days ; the yield continues below the average, but the quality is good Some fail plowing has been done in the Willamette valley, and several tiel Is of fall grain have been sown. In the Columbia River valley work on summer fallow is progressing nicely. Corn continues in fairly good condi tion, and some catting, mostly for feeding purposes, has been done in Southern i regon. Pastures are very dry and afford very little feed for stock Applee contiaue to dr p, but there i? sutEcient fruit still on the trees to insure tliandant yields. Prunes are ripening and drying will commence this week: the yield will be below average. Peach es and blackberries are plentiful. Po taUws aredoing poorly, and a light crop is indicated. Shoatiag Affray a AshUad. Ashum). Ore.. Sept affray at the St. Elmo deot. in this city, created considerable exiitement Iat' yesterday The principals were Hotel Ou. rnell ami Will Cottrell, The latter in the fight got Guernell down and was stamping him in the face when Guernell drew a pistol and began firing, hitting Cottrell twice in the legs. The wounds are not serious. This is the first shooting affray in Ashland in IS vears. FULLERTON & SECISUKD Every ingredient dispensed in our prescription department is weighed and measured with that care which should characterize so important an operation . Exactness and scrupulous attention are given to the details of compound ing : We promise fidelity to formula THE DRUG STORE OF QUALITY DOWN NEAR THE DEPOT : ROSEBURG, OREGON DOUGLAS COUNTY BANK List HAVE EASTERN AND CAN CUSTOMERS SELL THE CONTRACT LET For the New Elks Temple to be Erected in Roseburg. HUNTER LOWEST BIDDER Work to Begin at Once Contract Price is $14,925. Koseburg is soon to have another building to which she can point to with pardonable pride, the contract for the new F.Iks Temple having been opened and awarded Wednesday afternoon, on which work will commence at an early date. The bids were as foailowB: F. F. Patterson, Rosehurg H. Snook. Salem. . . . ' H J. Clark, Grants Pass . John Hunter, Rose burg . . ..15.785 .. 15,500 15,335 14,925 ihe contract was awarded to Mr. Hunter and he will begin active work at once on this elegant new structure, wl ich, when completed, will be one of j the finest lodge buildings in the state. It will be a two story brick structure, the first floor to be fitted up for an armory, the palatial lodge room to oc cupy the second floor. Mr. Hunter having a saw mill in operation at Wildwood on the new Bo hemia railroad east of Cottage Grove en abled him to nil the order for lumber required in this fi-.e new temple to bet ter advantage than any of the other bidders. Roeeburg Lodge No. 326, B. i P. O. K. is to be heartily congratulated . upon its enterprise and public - writ. thuuway lays Aaarrhraard. Monday Policeman Jaarvial apprehend ed two lads in this city who, he sus picioned, had lately taken an uncere monious departure from the parental roof. D pon taking the lads into custody they admitted that they were out to see the world wit hoot their parents knowl edge of their whereabouts. Policeman Jarvis then 'phoned to their parents . stating that he hid the lads in custody. One lad aged ab at 14 gave his name as St. John and bis home as Eugene. His mother, Mrs. A. E. St John, who had been searching the Lane county hop ' fields for the boy, came down on Tuee- .l,v mArninn fv,m mJ ,w.V k. wayward boy home with her, the meet ing here being very effecting. 13. A shooting ; The other lad gave his name as Scan hotel, near the Ion and said his home was in Portland. H is iather and mother, who were greatlv afternoon. : agitated over his disappearance. tele Proprietor graphed a ticket and ordered their boy a barber, sent home Tuesday morning also. In stead of sacrificing the fatted calf these parents should treat those youngsters to a hickory sprout dressing Somewhat protected by the baa, elks are increasing quite rapidly in Southern Oregon, both quadruped and biped. RICHARDSON MUCOSTS Incorporated 1901 Capital Stock $5o,ooo 1. BUN j S. PrdMent. C. X1RSTKR3 Vice President. BXIB.9 OP DIRECT JK r. W. BSSSON, 8... BUOTU J. h. b )OTH, j. r Batata, icw ltoss, a.c. saksrs K. L MILLER. A QENER VL B A N KINO BUSINESS TVNSCrED Your Ranches and Timber Lands with me. 2 : : R. R. JOHNSON, OFFICE IN MARKS BLOCK, ROSEBURG, OR. ti