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
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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.
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Exactness and scrupulous attention
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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.
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