! PAGE TWO. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23.1004. I . 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- U V- W M. - fj 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. ' V ;V.iM...'v:i :i A -7 V v I A dj that Is always the ameA 1 in noality and price, 5 ccaa i Y ' I . w v : .Asmoke lor particular iaoken. . 'J i i . h a r wm km r mniaiMHtM mam KttJiu m mm w m m mrm w c a c ,-u : , , a 4 1 . ' hs 'it in si n inr i i i I .' w 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. . . ...... 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 1 't 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. T- ' ''( Tanr order hWd ..... ' FUK8II A KD i ALT 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 . C. W. 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