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THE MORNING ASTOUIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. MONDAY, MARCH j, igotJL PROREST IS KAISED Against Proposed Advance in the Lumber Rates. IMPORTANT MEETING HELD ami the Wt treated cI.im of labor in HWIW'WWMifM -N- I eU break down; it fo-den. whatever Sermons of Yesterday s ' jn t KKKiN-' KH' N Southwestern Washington Manufactui ers Gather and Express Thera j wives VigorouslyHave Ten dency to Restrict Business (lit' United Stiitr "Hut to protect t ti is. standard of wage wo mnt estuWinh n price lit we can maintain nt nil time, ami I don't be lieve we can Jo so at $- jumps. "There are several railroad figuring on building to t lie eoat, One of thee a far n we can learn, ha delink. h decided to do so. The other have not vet declared thetiisehe, and it may le that t hi Tki road. "I for one would rather cut price- if it would Mvnre a railroad or two than to iai-e $- and get it, hut lose the new road." I whv do ve not Miovc me!'1 I5ev. t.il- i ! i uood; it i a foe to pi-en- mil! It . j iin-eltUH; no one pretend to a porfivt ; attainment to It' taiidaid hut it' MaudaiM art right. 1 "Alter all the e, iden.-o of these twenty- j eenturi, surely the burden of proof ,ret with thno who e nv hv their Kev. V, S. tolh, it spoke last .-.piling rie in lumber will m.an at ,h,, v,l,vterian church to lare audience on the subject " t'hrUti.uiiiy' Appeal to Thinking Men," his teM Mng action or by their word that rhri-tiun it v i faNe." ' CKNTRALIA. March -l.-The meeting f the Southwestern Ws-hington Lum ber Manufacturers' Association held in this city yesterday afternoon was the largest that has been held for over a year, nearly every member of the asso ciation being on band. A feature of the meeting was the speech of the president, Harry McCor miek, in which he protested against the j 2 raise in price. Mr. MiConniek said: "I attended the meeting of the Ore gon association and heard them dis cuss the necessity for a raise, but they only wanted a raise of $1 on portion to be raised, and I agreed with them, but I do not think it good business policy to make a general .raise of While I would, as I believe you nil would, like to get 12 more for our lum ber, will we by this raise be able to get this benefit? I doubt it. Question Not Simple. "There are many things we should consider: raie in labor, stunipage, sup plies, etc., but the most serious problem to consider is the eifect it will have on our market extension. On the January I list we are gradually extending our market east, and many of us are ship ping railroad timbers into territory we lave never reached before, and I have good rvason to believe that this raise will drive many of our far Eastern cus- liev. t;nt:ivc K. Iiylipiiit of the l'"iit Lutheran chinch spoke hint night j to an appreciative audience of interest i ed hearer. He Huid: "Ihirinu l.eiit it hoMn from John S:-.t; "If I sav truth, ,. f ,, . , . ... - ... W. -.W,,, V. V' I I 1 tl II I U t 1111(11 flV Ilium tllt iuioiu of our t.oiit nt Knnii.iv the Nmtlnvestern Aviatun finally , w 'F- evening eru.-es, The pasi.m hi-loiy nnincltne a.lvanee ,n the price lis. "i ""u , beyin w it I. the institution ol the Lord' made at the joint price lit committee ,,,"iUs called l'1"11- fishermen ami humble meeting held in T.ieoim. on the 2:lrd. M1'"1 ,0 ' follow eis and wo are which has previously Uvn ratified by the other three associations. N". C. Miles of (Hobe, president and glad he was a friend of the poor and the outcast, but still we are as much interested in the fact that Xicodemu. manager of the (.lobe Mill, who ha rf- j "l PIV41 seholar, and the man of pub eently rvturned from the Fast, reported '' prmineiHv .unit- to him. And Paul that Pacific Coast lumlier was growing j greatest thinker and even Gamaliel in popularity, and that dealers general- l K""'- "eher, was favorable to him. ly were very much iutere-ted in vu.- m- nionyiu the Arwpagite. It is a ing information regarding it use. Mr. j fr""t encouragement to rememlx r that Miles reported that the Minneanoli ev-. ' 'l 'l', d never more than now hibit of the iMat pioducU wa a factor in showing the Kasteiii buyer and con sumers the advantages especially of Douglas tir. cedar and sprm-e lmnlter. COMING TOWARD ASTORIA. lVparation for another railro.il which will ultimately come into Astoria, are now under way. and la-t e.-k two erew of surveyois started from Hills boro, under the direction of chief engi thinking men, great scholars, men f promineui-e and position have been humble followers of our Master. This fact ought to appeal to thinking men. If it's a matter of witnesses sureiy there are enough names of undisputed greatness that ought to satisfy every one. 'Tint Christianity' appeal to thinking men i moie especially in the character of direct evidence. The great argument for Christianity is Christ himself. His neer Ceorge Davis, of the Pacific Pail- way A Navigation Company, to run ehaiaiter, the whole record of his life lines to the coast and northward to Astoria. One party will follow the Nehalem river, commencing at Buxton, twenty miles northwet of Hillsboro and come toward this city. The other party will work We-t to the coast Owing to the dense timber belt to be traversed aero the divide, the sur veyors will work -low I v. Preliminaries are run for two or three miles, and then definite location made of the right of way, so that the work can be completed without the neees-ity of a second trip. The grading ha proceeded to a point eight miles from HillslKiro and four .. w g ,,.rle auu ,ron, wmcii m,M of ,t(H,, is j Sm-cifieations they claim is as cheap as our lumWr at for new nilIin? sto.k to u M jn epresent price. service when a sutlicient amount of "VJa o V. !.. : 1 I ..v Bib me VIII UIIT5 U T Ml,. I ,.l- 1 - , e , track has tn-en laid for regular opera- er in this matter. The buver or con sumer of lumbers must be able to u-e it profitably in his business or he will soon be a non-consumer and we lo? bis trade, without which we cannot Jb business. AVe should tstabli-h a prie that we can maintain, even if we should have a depression or a falling ofr in de mand for a short time, for you all knov that when there is the slightest falling tion, are b. ing compiled, but the deliv ery of the ears and equipment will not be ordered for eight or nine months. IMPORTANT, IP TRCE. The Attorney -General's otlii.e is in re ceipt of a lett-r from ex-State Land Com missioner Callvert, in which it i inti mated that theie i good ground for believing that actual forgery was com- tiff, if we are careful the price of him-i mitted in era-ing the word "five her is the firt to go, and wages and: year-," and substituting th-refor the prices or supplies can never tie reduced ; wonls "thirty years" in naming the Without an entire suspension of bu-i-; terms of the tideland leae at Long nes, or a concerted action of all em- j Reach, in Pacific counfy. Mr. Callvert plovers, which is hard to get. 'explains that the transaction occurred "I do not want to be quoted as a low- before hi term of oflir-e b gun, but ten wage disciple. I want our employes to;ders his a-itane to the Attorney, do well, and they certainly are doin'.' 1 General in the litigation now bejun.--well now. Several of our employes haej WiHapa Harbor Pilot, started in for themselves, and are on velvet today. (ither are lookin? fori Sleeplessness, opportunities for investment, and' are! Dipor(1,,rs of t!' omaeh produce a : i i ii , . . . nervous condition and often prevent buying t mber and good hom-s, which is Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver good evidence of fair treatment by their Tablets stimulate the digestive organs, employers. But I believe the limit has re-tore the system to a healthy "con about been reached, and that the Wash-1 dition ami "lakp s!ppP Pf,ili'b!e. For ington lumber jacks are the be,t paid u. Fra"k Supper. Wc will eonidcr thi evening with what immediately follows, namely Chri-t washing his disciples' feet, A a tlirmo we have selected 'Gri'ittue-. in Net vie.' "Christ stands before us as the high est ideal of gtvatucM. He is great t cause of the service- he rendered human ity. As he took olf hi mantle which he had worn at the feast of the paovor. and put on a more suitable gurmen', he stooped down to Wash his disciple' feet. Hy thi act he s, mbolired hi earthly mission. Ilefor the throne of God the Father he laid aide the robe of his heavenly nutjesty and put on thn garb of a servant, as St. Paul says In hi letter to the I'hilipiaiu: 'Who bo ing in the form of God, thought it not roblieiy to be equal wiith !im1; but made himself of no reputation, and to ik him upon the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man, lie humbled himelf, and became oWdient unto death, even the death of the cross The service which he rendered unto man wa to die in his stead, to shed his blood for his ranom. ' It is therefore the work of redem tion, which make him o great in the eye of fallen man. When he was here in the fleh he went about doing good, helping all without money or reward. Ingratitude was often the return of hi service, ami yet this ingratitude did not sfay him in his course. And when in short, the fact of Christ. 'Yes,' say a thinking man, 'we lielieve in the char acter of Christ and we admire his teaching and hclicte in churches ani their work but we balk at the miraculous element of Christianity.' Hut do not all men in fact lielieve in the miraculous? Take a ecitic instance. l?y the ac cepted Nebular hypothesis the earth was once a rolling molten ball of fliv. Can any man think for a moment that without auv touch from the outside, without anv interference this ball wouid ! h" r"lul!-v Pnve his lif f,,r tt 'rni cool and from it alone could come our j w,,,'ilr,, of ",Bn h rendered the gn-at- consciousness, our life, our conscience, I "it smi,'e tlmt foulJ "rT ' our soul-! If there has ever been anv i AnJ "rvi',e nmk,'i 1,i,n lnrt" miraculous element in the Univer-e, ; "a,,1-v Sat ll, w'10 eontemplate what would be more natural than that, God should for the great special pur-! ""hen God created the world he wa pose of revealing his love to men mani- ' power; when he sought man in fest himself in just such a life as that para li-e after he had wilfully fallen of Christ? ' into sin and openlv defied his creator "Chrit appealed to thinking men up- ' "d prmi-ed him restoration through m the basis of the truth of his words: 'he seed of t he woman, then he w;i 'If I sp-ak truth, why do ye nut be- lf,'lt mercy; Hut when he s nl lieve in. ':' Where is the falsehood in his only begotten son to ave nun Christ'-, words? Hut if he siioke truth ri"- him from hK fall, to restore him his words ought to appeal to thinking to a greater glory, to a more beautiful men. He calls us to an open cf)iifesioii paradise than the original Kden, tie u of God; he calls to reverence, wor- he is great m Love. hip, prayer; he call u- into active s.-r- There j, great nes in a I! seivi- iee and a world w ide mission. Where's prompted by love. We ivfer to sic h the wrong? Where ha he made mi-- -eni,,. of our much used and ahu-ed tike? Christianity ask- no one to be- word charily.' I wi-h to call oiir ,i'- lievc what is not true. Truth is her tention C the fact that this woi I f i EMU Fashions For Young Men Wc have the kind of Clothing that young men prefer to buy. It possesses the snappy style that marks the college men's choice Fabric novelties, unus ual patterns, splendid tailoring. In short, "swell clothes 1 i TOE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IS OUR GREATEST ASSET. i- lo.ing much of its origin il ine.ming in our day. Much work go, ,y the iciuc of charity, which is not cb.ui' at ml. When a man pays hi- due, (,i the fee required for a -eni.e it i- not charity, but a pine Itti -i n -s iirojio-ition. Charity to is a scivice rendered in love gratuitous. appeal to thinking men. Faith is not accepting something we don't believe. It. i- accepting what we really do be lieve. "The gr. at te-t of all things is in the fiiiit. Surely the influence, the re sults oi (. hri-tianity commend it thinking men. Faithful, con-is.ten,., ly and without rcsiiect to peiv.,n. I am piac'jca Chri-tiaiiity is always uplifting not criticising the woil.. hut the u-e of and helpful. It guides men in right the word chaiity for such woik. path-: it comforts men in every time ,f "In washing his ili-ciple,' feet f'ini l need; it gives hope where- everything gave us an example of that sen ice of ASTORIA'S GREATEST STORE hue, which we owe our fellow nil II Christians. The cry Hist requisite for mirh a scnirc i, humility. We have in a former seiinon -k cm of gieutue in hurtiility. A humility and service UN inseperalde, o aie humility and gicul lies. It is not a sign of true greatness win ii one man i able to look down up on unouirr, anu lower anote nun like a mountain nboe the hill. Hut that man i great, who though endow ml with riches, talents or power, is yet one wilh his fellow men, and right among them a an inspiration, and a power for good "No one need to be ashamed of doing ervice, mid humility i ii"t degradation but exhaltatioti. Man, you are great, not ticca ue you accomplish gieat things for yourself, for your ou glory and honor, for the aggrandisement of your own name and fame; but .on are gifat in the ame measure a ymi are of iral cr ice to your fellow man, in the rom- iiiuuitv in which you lite in (he state and the country of whi'h you aie a citizen. "Cod Almighty loves both the rich and poor. Angels are 'spirit servair s' sent out on a iiiiioii of .enne to man. Aie mi and I then too gcnid to ene a fellow man, or are we exempt fiom su. a sei wee. Kery rnoinent cull ii to s4-i ice. There is soiin thing to do to day. 'I here is. some one to serve ! liioiiow. I ih, if men were !e-, nclli -'i . and 1 1 1 . 1 moie of real -ru e to one another this vmi, of oni-, o Uaiitilnl othelu-e. w oiihl not he a l.l!i' of te:lw It'll it would In- nioiv like a .i i .i , i i , and our .ojniiiu ln-ie would be moie ph a-ant. A- it i- one man 1 1 je t i gam su, ,1., In (he downf II of an other. In tumping hi- honor in the d.i-i lobbillg llllll of Ills due. GOLD NUGGET GRANDLATEDBRAND SOUP VEGETABLES Two ounros of mUture for each gslloa of soup. Tut up in lb. and l ib. tins. Ml 10 and 30 cents: call for ssmpU psckage. ST0RI A GROCERY I'hon- Main 6A1 823 Commercisl St, am "lolllle.il p. lilies, organization, ye lountii's tiy to build their nuei-e. an i it : in.- gieaine-s on uc iiiokiu of conti'tilpoctu i, . ( hri-l i.ms, beual r.iiigdoin i our teach. -i I when he i en in- here i.e hall !n ( In s Let. lis learn from him a and guide, .ei e a. he, :n Uolie Willi our to a spirit of antagonism pul! down that intitiilion. Ami t!,ey .11. . ..! . It 1 not iieic-viry for us to go mei the whole plot and relate how the I onf j lust stalled in to contiol tlmt factory, j lor it is fie.h iii the in. iiinry of e.err jdaiinuan ill lainiew. Vet it is well to eiew the past, for the reason that I it is the diiiiwnen who ha.c had to pay t and pay deaily ,,r pulling down on :!',ot..n to luiild op ano'hi-r, -imp: m , -.Hl-lv the spleen ol those who io. ioeted this un-ad-fat. oiy mid uiibiisi. ne - ,l... ,o!,,y. I),,. Headlighf, ,,. M"' at the time was to b-t well enough j alone, but some of (he dainnieti, not l livaining th., was against their own luiiiiuial inteie-ts, w,. innocent'y luins j ,h'lrtl1 'be I'h't to -kin them. Ho icsiiu ,,i winch cail-ed a want of con ,: l .. .. . i i . . . . . . not oi this wo II i""'M" ' oisiriist ainoiigst, t lif men instead ol , per.iiou. The 'ii'iiying motives of the Illiss eh, lied with him in hi. kingdom." KID GLOVES 79 We hare plaoed on sale 300 p air of our $1.25 and $1.50 kid gloves, all colors and Bhades; while they last at 79c a pair. The New Summer Shirtwaist Prices From 65c to $6.25. The new spring and summer shirt-waists are here in marvelous array. A large assortment of lawns, linen, mull, dotted swiss, dimity, and figured mull, the newest and most attractive styles, prices from 65c to $2.25. A Beautiful Line of Jap Silk Waists at $3.25 to $6.25 INFANTS' APPAREL It will pay you to examine this line, as we will save you time, stitches and money, as they are very nicely made, from Bedford cordi silk, serge and pongee, prices reasonable. Buster Brown Stockings All This Week at 15c a Pair. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Soecial Hems lor Leni! OYSTERS, CHOICE COVE, three tins for 250 Codfish, fancy whole Mel rotse i2io lb. Codfish, choice Alaska, bricks or rolls go lb Holland Herring 30c doz. Bloaters, large and fat 45c doz. Anchovies, spiced 10c lb. (smoked Salmon, the Royal Chinook 25c lb. Mackerel, imported, 3 fish for. 250 HARDWARE DEPARTMENT. Eldredge High-Grade Sewing Machines Values from $35.00 to $65.00; our price, $23.00 to $32.00. Harden steel balls and bearings; beautiful designs. Steel Lined CooH Stoves $7.50 to $10.00. Values from $9.00 to $15.00. Gray Granite Stew Pots 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c, etc. Real bargains. Economy Brooms 25c Mascot Range; high closet.... $27.50 Reduced from 32.50 Magnet Stove Range 26.00 FOARD & TOKE Where the New Things Make Their Debut- WILL LEAKN SOMETIME. Tillamook Dairy Men Have Had ThHr " Creamery " Lesson. Thi' (l.iirwni n of 'I i Ha mook cimntv lut vp had 1111 nlijc.-t c.. on tin. ,-,( f(.vv yeiir-i, whh h sumi- of them will lunjr re nii'inlicr iiikJ which .honhl innkc them more fully iilivc to the flmmchil end of their liii"inc-i, for the "iTejiinery Iiohm'h" hnve milked the dairy hiiinesH and Inive milked the dairymen nt th? Hume" time for the purpose (lf working a t'lafl. upon the tent pullem. Mo-t every diiiryinaii in the country will now nj.'1-eo with iih on that point. Not coil- tent to let well enough alow, theie spuing up a spirit of contention amongst those who wanted to control crciuiifiiv companies; and bundle, ther products, ho tlmt they could work a nice "giiift." This was, to some extent, n detriment lo the dairymen, for they hud to pay the fiddler for allowinif the "creamnrv hostscs" to meddle in their business. Not willing to permit, competition to exist between eo-opcnitive und individ ual factories, the "creamery bosses" con cocted plans and loaned money to pull down and cripple, factories which they could not control, nnd, nt range, to relate, some of the dairymen stuck to th "creamery bosses" with as much per sistency as (lies do to thn binder part of n cow in tlx; summer time. Now. wlmt did they get by doing so? Take for instnnce the Tillamook Dairy Asso ciation. For years that was a model industry and the dairymen were doing well and were satisfied that no one was making a rake off. Failing in theli- effort, the "creamery bosses" resortcl I . 1 r v - mi- 'creinierv a- all Hill ii'ivv frcelv admit,. n- to f.'et control and w.rk nt 'Vnift." I here j,, are Knd to note, a b.-lter -I. ile of alf.iim today, Uiauxe the hoo- ilool-s liiu ,. out hoodooed t hciu-.'h e i, and the daiiymen have about rom ti the comliision that they lone had enough of the "ircilllMIV -lock bo-sen" and intend cutting tin in out in lutiiie. 1'ill.nnool. Headlight. Ecjema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Itch, Ring Worm, Hcrrx-s, Barbers' Itch. All of tin-Hp diseanes are attended by intense itching, which is nlmst Instant ly relieved by applying Chamberlain's Salve and by its continued no a per manent euro may be effected. It bns in fact, cured many cases tlmt had re-si-ted all other tretment, Price 25o pep box. For snlo by Frank Hurt and leading druggists. Taken as directed, it becomes the greatest curative agent for the relief of suffering humanity ever devised. Rnch is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Sold by Frank Hart. NOTICE. All volers of Clatsop county, irres pective of parties, aro hereby Invited nnd requested to meet and participate in a niiifs meeting to lie held in " Logan hall " at Astoria, on Roturdny, April 21, l'.Mlfl, nt 10 a. m for the purpose of nominating a full county ticket to be voted for on Monday, June 4, 100(1. C. J. TRENCIIARD, Chairman of the Citizens' Committee of Astoria, Ore. MAX W. rOHL, Secretary. S