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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY
23.1004. I
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j Morning Astorian
' t Established 1873
DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY.
RATES.
By mail, per year
By mail, per month . . ,
By carriers, per month .....
$0 00
50
60
THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAN.
By mail, per year, iu advance' .. ......... f 1 00
ASTOKIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
saloon -f of about twry 280 persons, consorvntiwly
estuimtlHR our population t 12,lHX ; ; ami we Uuvtv
all of the into issues that ro with an opu town. Yet
thore in less crhnt? in Astoria than in any othor city
of Ha sixo in the wwt.; Oeonsionnlly some one
ireaks into Bock's .saloon ami cleans the roistlr of
$5 or $6, ami periodically a tall, pleasant gentlmnn
comes along with his system and takes all of the slot
machine money available. Somo years ago-burjtlars
entered a dry goods store and carried on $800 worth
of loot, but ainee then there have ben no burglaries.
From the theoretical standpoint Astoria is a tuis-
maaaired community. Its revenue comes from the
MrrotiR source We find from tho annual financial
exhibit of Auditor Anderson that our chief reven
areas follows:
Saloon licenses ... ....,.,.......$17,200 00
Slot machine lieViwes. 2,415 00;
Pool licenses '40 00
Fines and forfeitures
10,84:1 50
THE DUTY OF THE LABORING MAN.
In an address to college men at a reception given
by the Brooklyn University Club last week, President
Eliot, of Ilarvard, discussed with much intelligence
the subject of present-day combinations on the part
v of labor and capital. Such combinations, he said
hm o Wii1x1 tpndpnev to menace true liberty. Uis-
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honest labor organizers connive with equally dinhonest
capitalists to exact such prices as they see fit for build
ing, and it was stated by President Eliot in his ad
dress that there is today less real liberty in Boston
than there was in 1775, when the American patriots
rebelled because King George would not grant them
enongh freedom.
"King George never dreamed of such interference
with the colonists as the free citizens of the United
States and the commonwealth of Massachusetts and
of every other commonwealth in the land daily en-
dure at the hands of irresponsible combinations which
have usurped the power of telling them who may
buiJd their houses and at what price, whom they may
employ, and at what wages," says the New York
' Tribune, discussing President Eliot's address. "It
has become a well known fact that in many cities the
workers arid their employers in the building trades
re in a combinaion to defraud and tyrannize over
the citizens. When a house is to be built a corrupt
" circle decided who "is to bid for it an exorbitant
price and what bogus bids are to be put in to support
it. The owner is helpless. If he rebels he can find
no other contractor to do the work, or, if ho dos,
a strike will put a stop to the endeavor."
The warning thus sounded has been previously!
.uttered, but conditions have not been bettered. To
the contrary, there has been increased coercion as a
result of the combinations of combines, and in many
cities thousands of men have lwen thrown out of em
ployment because, of strikes following refusals to
Jfcnbinit to extortion.
I; Labor is confronted by, a grave danger a peril
' far more to be dreaded than the financial combina
tions which brought into existence the labor unions.
This new peril does not threaten the designing capi
talists, who plunder, at the expense of .the misguided
.men who make up "the labor unions. , Such instances
as that cited by President Eliot destroy public- con
fidence in the labor organizations, and, if the coer
cion continues, it will not be long until the unions
"bring upon themselves the lasting hatred of the peo
ple of the entire nation . Within the month the city
council of a town in the middle east actually voted
an appropriation to assist a large corporation in
breaking a strike among the employes.
" Nothing can endure but that which is right. Labor
unions ought to be a blessing to the nation, and, in
deed, will be if their avowed aims are carried out.
They should seek to make their members proficient
workmen, so that there will be no .opposition to their
demand for honest wages. They should strive to
make themselves absolutely indispensible to the .ara
. ployer who desires expert assistance in the conduct
of his business. Unions, instead of destroying in
dividuality," should more fully develop it,' just'as a
republican form of government should and does ele
vate the standard of all its citizenship.
It is to be expected that dishonest men will be
found among the labor unions as well as elsewhere,
but it is certainly not to be expected that dishonest
motives will actuate entire organizations, so that, to,
uphold a plan to rob the middle man, the laboring
strength of a great city will be forced to idleness.
There, is a plain duty before the laboring man, and
if he be alive to his own interests and to the interests
of those who are to follow him he wilt strive with
might and main to weed from his union the element
that is bringing upon it the discredit which will re
duce him to servility."
Total $30,498 50
NThe amount of our city taxes on real and personal
property our legitimate revenues was $1,78:1.84
just about ane half the amount of our illegitimate
revenues. We derive a few thousands of dollars j
from other sources, spend $40,CHX) in the maintenance ;
of the municipal government, and manage to get!
along very nicely, despite the bonded debt of $170,001)!
which hangs over us.
In'other communities the liquor traffic and gam
bling are the great evils around which all dishonesty
centers, but here in Astoria we hear nothing of them
except when the city officials make public our period
ical balance sheets. Even a well-to-do stranger is
safe even in the depths of the bad lands, and may
preambulate the city streets at any hour of tlie night
without fear of molestation at the hands of the thug.
This is pre-eminently a thugless community, with a
surprising absence of crime.
The testimony taken in the investigation 'of the
Clallam disaster on the second day of ite sitting, was
very conflicting, but, like that taken on the first day,
tended to show the utter demoralization that pre
vailed in the engine room, where the highest efficiency
was necessary, says the Ledger. Two of Chief En
gineer Le La unary 's assistants testified positively that
they closed the sea injection valve and took the cover
off the mud box, and each claimed that he alone did
this. All the evideifee given by those on board at
the time of the wreck tend to show that the port light
in the engine room had been out of order for a con
siderable time. ; A board had been nailed over it, but
it had been knocked off at Port Townscnd. -Most of
the witnesses thought that this was only one source of
trouble. There was another damaged light in the
forward part of the vessel, but it was two feet above
water. It seemed to all impossible that water could
come in at both these broken ports as fast as it came
in after the trouble started. The maker of the pumps
and the builde of the ship, together with several ex
perts who had examined her while, building and aft
erwards, testified that she was as staunch a' craft of
her size as was ever built and that her pumps were
of the, best, and' abundantly able to keep, the Iwiti
clear of water "if properly operated. They could
have lifted 400 tons of water per hour, and probably
460 if worked to their full capacity. But they seem
to have been if little or no srvice. Indeed, the tes
timony of some witnesses suggests a possibility-that
the water may have gained fasted when they were at
work than when idle. '
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WIDE-OPEN ASTORIA.
Perhaps no other "wide-open" town in America
is so orderly as this very community of Astoria.
Generally speaking, there is no restriction here.
Cambling goes on every day and night; there is one
The report is cabled from . Berlin that Crown
Prince Wilhelm is again suffring the displeasure of
his emperor-father and has been placed in close con
finement, says the Post-Intellingencer. He is al
leged to have blurted out a declaration of independ
ence which contained the ultimatum that if more
personal liberty were not allowed to him he, would
renounce his royal privileges, or rather restrictions
move vto England and assume the status of a gen
tleman. Why not? Can there be any doubt that
he would be' far happier if he had his own way to
inalce in the world with the privilege of marrying
a woman for love of her rather than for reasons of
state policy, and with the opportunity to make his
own friends from outside the ranks of courtiers, than
in his present station? lie might even better come
to America and grow up in the glorious west. It
is said that he can ride, the art of throwing a lariat
is not difficult to acquire, and he would find, if he
proved himself a good fellow, that he was called
"Billy" with far more genuine affection than 'that
with which he was ever addresses as "your royal
highness." He would find here American girls who
would cause the memories of Berlinese beauties to
fade to. the dimness of ghosts and one of them con
ceivably might agree to make him a really happy
man. ; He could try to raise gold, cattle or wheat,
run for supervisor or councilman, learn play pbker
and generally to enjoy life. The prospective William
Til had better try it. Uncle Sam would suspend the
working of the immigration laws for his benefit,,and
he would certainly never regret the experiment.
Prices TalSt
I have but few expenses and can
sell lower than the lowest.
See These Prices
Overcoats now
Suits
it tt
$15.00
$10.00
15.50
$12.50
$10.00 Young Men's
$ 7.50 " "
$ 5.00 Boy's Suits for
$ 2.00 " 14
only
ti
Suits $
. tt , $
$3 to $
$
$10.90
$ 0.9O
$10.90
$ 8.90
7.25
5.50
3.75
1.45
Shoes Hats, Underwear and all
Furnishing Goods marked down to
the last notch. 0 - -
Charles Larson
CORNER' FIFTEENTH AND COMMERCIAL STREETS
Cut thalaa
and oompar th quality of
Economy
Brand
Evaporated
Croam
I with .any of Its Imitations.
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Not Mi ll!Iornc. 5m how
smooth and appoililiij ourj
proauci u. owinr to Its
I heavy conUtenc, which I
Keep in Duttar rat tquMly 1
owriDutM, in conlrtat with
tho cheap and thin Imita
tion which llow th but
tar (at to Dm and form
unsightly clod.
Dr. T. L. Ball
D B N XT 8 T.
124 Comerclal treet, Aatorla Or.
C. S. Trenchard
Insurance, Commlaslon and- Shipping.
Agent Wei!, Fargo ana Facino
Exprea Companlea. Cuatoma '
Houm Efroker.
Dr. Oswald H. BecKman '
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Kinney Bnlldine. Fbone No. 2481.
Offle bonra. 10 A. M. toll M., to 4 1 U
1t.HUtte. H, Bundftjr t to 1 P M
W. C. Logan
' DENTIST
578 Cammerclat Stritt Shanahan Bulldln
JAY TITTLE, RI. D.
PHISICUN AND 8UKGEON
Acting AulaUat Surgoon U. H. Marine
Hoapltal HerTlce. !
Offlcfl hour: 10 to 12 A. M.,1 to 4 MP. M
477 uommeroml Htreet, 2nd iixir.
OSTE O PATHY
DR. RH0DA C. HICKS
ManiaH Bldg.
Phona Black 2068
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lit Commercial Bt
Aatorla Ora.
PRAEL & COOK
TRANSFER COMPANY.
.f' Tatapbost ttL :":!
DRAY1N0 AND EXPRESSING
All good ablppad t our oar
- Will raoatY apaolal attention.
No. Ill Dvan tb W. X COOK. Mgr
John Fubrman, O, W. Morton.
Central Meat Market
642 COMMERCIAL ST.
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Will b pmmptiy and
il(o'.orlly tuendtid to
Talvplioa No. Ml. 1
RELIANCE
Electrical Works
428 BOND ST.!
W am thoroughly praparad (or
maktnj tlmata and ioutlng
order for all kind of alaotrloai
Installing and
suppiia in atonic we bpII thai
calebratad RHBLBT, LAMP. Call i
up fhon lltt. : i
H. W. CYtlUH. - Mgr
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C. W. Barr-Dentiit
Mnnaoll Building 4
678 Coramerdal Street, ' Agtoria, Ore
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