r&QE FOUR.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1904.
THE MORNINQ ASTORIA N.
ESTABLISHED 1873
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MANUFACTURED EXPORTS INCREASING
Present indications are that exports of manufac
tures from this country for the current fiscal year
will constitute a record-breaker. For the nine months
that have already expired they amount to $330,600,
000, and, if this ratio is kept up until the close of
June, they will amount to over $440,000,000. The
enly preceding year in which these figures have been
approached was 1900, when our manufactured ex-
pcfrts reached $433,000,000. Up to date, for the cur
rent year, they amount to 250 per cent more than
they did for the corresponding period in 1894.
Probably some of the increase in manufactured
experts for the present year has been due to the
lowing down of trade in this country. It would
lot be strange if some of our manufacture had found
themselves with a surplus of stock on hand for which
they were forced to seek a foreign market on the best
terms they could. It is pretty evident, however,
that this could not have been the case with the great
preponderance of our manufactured exports, for the
bulk of this trade consists of articles that we have
been selling abroad in steadily increasing volume,
In addition, there has been a normal decline of late
in home prices of a variety of our manufactured
articles, and this has made it easier to find a foreign
market for exportable articles of this class.
One thing, however, should be kept firmly in
mind, and that is that our exports of manufactures
cannot go on increasing without competing countries
gooner or later raising their tariff rates against our
products. Nearly all of these countries maintain
tariffs that are expressly designed to protect and pro
mote domestic manufactures, and when they discover
that these tariffs are no longer high enough to accom
plish this purpose, they will promptly proceed to
raise them. This is what we ourselves have repeated
ly done, and what we should do again, in like circum
stances; and in this respect human nature is pretty
much the same the world over.
And, after all, the foreign consumption of Amer
ican manufactured goods is a mere bagatelle com
pared with the home consumption. Of the control of
the tome market our manufacturers, so long as the
protective policy is maintained, are absolutely sure,
while any foothold that they may gain abroad must,
in the nature of things, be more or less precarious
and insecure. Wider markets for American goods are
a thing greatly to be desired, but he would be a fool
ish manufacturer who did not keep constantly be
fore him the fact that almost any day adverse legis
lation might shut him out of foreign markets. In
all these markets the American manufacturer is per
petually at the mercy of hostile conditions and in
fluences.
their total circulation is probably pretty nearly eqtia
to that sum. V
And this movement for the creation of nationa
banks, particularly in the west and the south, is stil
steadily going on. Forty-six of these institutions
were organized in April last, and of this number
all but five were in the west and the south. Througl
the establishment of new national banks $15,000,001!
has been added to the national bank circulation sine
January 1 of this year. At the present time this eir
enlation amounts to $U0,000,000-the largest fig
ure, Ave believe, that it ever reached. Probably this
figure will be greatly surpassed by next fall, for
money rates are usually high during the crop-moving
period, and the incentive to take out national bank
circulation is correspondingly greater.
In addition, the present outflow of gold is not
going to continue indefinitely. Just as soon as money
begins to get a little "tight' in this country, in
flnences will be set in motiou that will arrest gold
exports and attract to our shores the gold of other
countries. In the meantime we are continuing to pro
duce gold to the extent of $80,000,000 or $lO,0K),0Ot!
a year.
In all the circumstances it is pretty hard to get
excited over the possibility of a monetary stringency
next fall.
It matters not that such men as Governor Cham
berlain, T. T. Geer, C. S. Jackson, II. W. Scott and
Senator Mitchell have identified themselves with the
direct primary nominating law, the law is a bad one
just the same. Most persons do not take the time to
read and digest the long-winded document, but con
tent themselves with the favorable brief statements
which appear in the press. The law which the peo
pie of Oregon have been called upon to adopt or re
ject is an abortion, without one feature that would
in itself commend the measure to favorable consider
ation. It seeks to destroy the greatest principal of
our government, the right of a man to keep secret
his political faith, and adds the burden of an ad
ditional election to the candidate for office, thus ex
cluding the poor man. The people of Clatsop and
adjoining counties, and indeed of every county in
Oregon, should vote unanimously against this unjust
and un-American measure. Its warmest supporters
can not defend it ; they content themselves with ask
ing that it be given "fair trial." Let them offer
something better than our present system before de
manding ' ' fair trial. ' '
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY
Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century
PREPARED Y
JU3T FOR INSTANCE.
A man In New York lt.v looked fr a
;a loiik with n innUh. Now tln ga
timiuuvy In looking for the num.
Thnt MU-hlgnn Jiulgf who handed
vir the dominion that ft limn hud. n
inullomihle light to spunk his wlfo
wus never innrritM 10 nn uregon gm.
Extra! Extra!
lterlln, May 23. Kdltor J. V. I 1
hnll be glad to attend the Astoria re-
(nt to, especially as 1 understand thitt
you have a good bur over there. Ho sure
to have plenty of bottles under the bur.
W1LHELM THE MANY.
War!
London, May 24. It la officially an
nounced that Great Ilrltuln la about to
declare war upon Astoria because of
the Indelicate attitude of that city In
Inviting Kmperor Wllhelm to the yearly
regatta and neglecting to Invite King
Edward. King Edward is as enthusi
astic a sport and Just as great a cus
tomer of the bar and feels the Insult
keenly.
(A committee will be selected at once
to see that Edward's official anger Is
appeared. In an Interview granted a
correspondent toduy Her Mann Wise
stated that It would be a pity to leave
such a patron of the bar oft the pro
gram.)
Dr. VAUGIIAN,
Dentist.
Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon.
Dr. T. L. HAI L
DENTIST
Commercial street. Astoria Ore.
JAY TUTTLE, M. D.
I'HYBICIAN AMD HUltOKON
Acting Awl'tant KurgMin
V.H. Marine lUMpltnl Her v lot.
Office hours: 10 to 1! a.m, 1 to 4:10 p.m.
477 Commercial Btroet. 2nd Floor.
Dr. O. 1. 0(5 AN
PKNTIST
9 tommercmi M . inns ban liuihl nir
C. J. TKKNCIIAItD
Insurance, Commission and Shipping
CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER.
Agent Wslls-Fargo and Northern
l'aclflo Express Companies.
Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND BTS.
Dr. IUIODA 0. HICKS
OSTEOPATHY
Mn-1l lildg. 673 Commercial 8t
l'IUiNKItl.AtK
O. W. BAKU, DENTIST
Mittisell iSuiltlinjf
57.1 CmirnorcUl Street, Astoria, Ore
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MATTRESSES
Wool, Curled Hair, Mohair, Spring. All kinds of Mattresses
made to order. Prices the fowest.
L. H. HENNINGiSEN $ CO.
S04 BOND STREET, ASTORIA. OREGON. PMONE. RED 2303
That is It
BAR him!!
would be a mistake to
THE MONETARY OUTLOOK.
The available cash balance that the United States
treasury now has on hand amounts to about $175,-000,000-a
reduction of $55,000,000 since the first
of the year and fear is expressed that if the gov
ernment's revenues continue to run behind its ex
jHmditures, as has been the case recently, the treas
ury may be in- such straits next fall that the admin
istration will be unable to afford relief in the event
of a monetary stringency during the crop-moving
period.
There would seem to be little ground for this ap
prehension. Never before have national banks been
multiplying as fast as they have been of late, and it
ia a fair assumption that nearly all of them have
been taking out circulation to the full limit that the
law permits. The privilege of taking out circulation
constitutes the sole motive for these new banks to
6ecome incorporated under the national rather than
under a state banking act. It is noteworthy, too, that
most of these new institutions are situated in the west
and the south, where most of the country's great
erops are produced.
Since the passage in 1900 of the amendment to
the national banking law permitting the establish
ment of national banks with a capital of $25,000,
nearly 2000 of these institutions, with an aggregate
capital of $115,000,000, have been started. Of this
znnaier all but 366 have been established in that
section of the country south of Maryland and west
cf Pennsylvania. The aggregate capital of these new !
southern and western banks is over $82,000,000, and
The religious statistics of Great Britain are com-
piled annually from the year books of the various
denominations, and, as they are given out by the
church authorities themselves, they may be regarded
as authoritative. The last report for 1903 shows that
the nonconformists have half the churchgoers in
England and more than half the Sunday school
scholars, the last year bringing them an increase of
28,000 communicants and 63,000 scholars. The An-
lican church possesses 7,127,834 church sittings,
ith about 5,000,000 attendants, counting communi
cants and Sunday school scholars together. The free
(lurches have 8,000,000 sittings, with about 500,.
500,000 attendants.
It is difficult to understand that Oregon 's popula
tion is decreasing, but this seems to be the case if
the registration of the various counties of the state is
an indication of population. Only a few of the coun
ties have shown gain, and those are located in the
northwestern portion of the state. Evidently the
people are leaving the farming communities and set
tling in the cities. Many Oregonians have gone to
Washington state to reside, disgusted with commer
cial conditions existing in this state. There is some
thing radically wrong with Oregon 's system of doing
business, else her population would not have fallen
off.
Disclosures as to the misuse in Russia of funds
contributed for hospital purposes in the present war
indicate that the corruption among officeholders
which was exposed in the course of the Russo-Turk-
ish conflict in the 70's has left many an evil legacy,
and the belief is widespread that the empire of the
czar is much injured and plundered by men who oc
cupy important places and fill their own pockets by
peculation, embezzlement and almost every imagin
able form of breach of trust and thievery.
And would be UAH-rowing trouble!
Congressman Hltt says he will.
Wouldn't that make you dodge?
An exchange states that between i
and 4 in the morning the birds warble
sweet songs, sending soft sounds swift
ly sun-ward, seeking to soothe snoring
sons of sin. Wouldn't that cause you
to set the alarm clock another hour
ahead?
if you need the giddy coin to buy
the clothes to gird the loin try to be
Just passing wise and for the lucre ad
vertise! (Police.)
Love's Labor Lost.
A corner snug some cushions there;
A maiden gay with golden hair;
A tiny hand In your rough paw;
A chance to speak and enter MAW!
If you went to call on your best
girl
,
And started to show her a letter from
"Sister May"
And reached in your pocket for the
letter
And took out another one instead
Which you Innocently gave her
read
And It happened to be an enthusi
astic epistle from the girl you used to
know years ago at school
Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works
Manufacturers of
Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronzo Castings.
General Foundry men and Patternmakers.
Absolutely firstdass work. Prices low-eat.
Phone 2451 . Corner Eighteenth and Franklin.
COOPER SHOP
Tierco, Barrels and Kits for Packing
Fish, Butter, Etc., Made to Order at
Lowest Prices by
M. 0. Stanovich, cor, n a Duane sts.
Aftt-roitiA, oh moo
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433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121
Sherman Transfer Co.
HENRY SHERMAN, MMiagw
Hacks, Carriages Baggago Cheeked and Transferred Trucks and
Furniture Wagons-Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH.
Having Installed a KubW Tiring Machine of the
latest pattern I am prepared to do all kinds of work
in that line at reasonable prices. Telephone 11)1.
CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS.
1 DnAC TIIlT IC 1 nnnr TlllVtr ns i irrmn .Tn
a iuvr iiiAi a wvr-inAl a cLAuKIlt. .isTiX:,'
it, Wears better than anything else on the market. Guaranteed to do it '
The price will satisfy you. . So will the roof. Write for information.
mi T"J1 . i av
rne Jciiaterite -ttoonncr en wter bldc
PORTLAND, OREGON
XXXXXXXXXIIX.
The court of the Goldsmith's Company in London
has recently presented the Royal Society with $5000
to be used as a radium research fund. Needless to say
the gift was accepted, and the best application of the
money for research, helping to clear up the present
mystery in which the newest element ( f ) is enshroud
ed, is now under consideration.
The Rock Island railroad recently paid a fine of
$100 and costs for using a freight car in Dakota
which could not be coupled without a man going be
tween cars. r
Vote against the direct primary law, and urge
your friends to do likewise.
And she spoke of your past engage
ment
a
And made overtures toward renew
ing the same
And you didn't discover your mistake
until the girl had finished reading the
letter
And you got the frigid stare
And on the evening, too, when you
intended ta propose
Say
Wouldn't It JAR you?
McCULLET.
DON'T GO TO 8T. LOUI8
'Till you caU at or write to the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Office 134 Thirt street, Portland, Ore
Low rates to all points east, In connec
tion with all transcontinental.
H. S. ROWE, '
General Agent,
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yards." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine
Syrup helps men and women to a
nappy, vigorous old age.
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