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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOHIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1907. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Establish 1173. Published Dally Except Monday by tlk J. & DELLUTGEK COMPART. SUBSCSIPTIOIf RATES. By mill, per year... ,.7.00 9y earrier. per monti.. JO WEEKLY ASTORIA!, mail, per year, la advance. .11.00 Entered a seoonAelaai matter July .lWwkt tbe poatoflloe at Antorl. ore s' tke set of Congress ot March t, VTOrAtn for the detttenac ot Thi Mow neteroaua toUaar rwideoo or piaca ot bmtaaw ear be " r poatal oard or through tatof&ono. Any k-mruUrtty la do Bery should bo uadkteiy reported to the meeotpabUoatkw. mipBONi maih t. Official tPr of Clatsop county and UaCliyof Attori. The "Speed Limit" In Reform. c WEASSXS. e . ' . Oregon, Washington, Idaho, e Fair. INEXCUSABLE IGNORANCE. Yesterday's despatches tell us that the George Washington University situated at the nalona capital. Is to be made a very distinctive and dls tlngulaheJ temple of learning, and to preserve, and make manifest, a pecu liar racial and temperermental quali ty of erudition that shall mark Its scholars as typically American; and Incidentally, that the regents are cast ing about for an extra $400,000 to help this adaption along. With even the fear of ridicule be fore us, and the charge of inexcusable ignorance, we are compelled to confess we never knew of the existence of such an institution, save for a vague end remote recollection of the incipi ent steps taken long leara ago to found Just such an establishment. And we cannot relinquish the matter without suggesting that we are not alone In our hopeless uninstructlon, but that it is pretty nearly universal in the country where it should be best known. However, there being such a col lege, and such a purpose, we endorse the idea, and trust the good men In charge may be overwhemllngly suc cessful in their quest, and that some day the great school will be as well known as any of the universities of America, If not far better. Now, we feel better! By WADE M. ELLIS. Attorney Ctnrml of Ohio. UE tell us that all the reforms nwM:ipli.!ul dtirinr the Inst a J three or four years will he UN DUNK. 1 ilonYbefiovo tliu pendulum will ever swing fur enough back to male insurance steals a virtue or adulterated foods n favorite prnK-ription for the sickroom or railway rebates and discriminations a sacred right OK CORPORATE GREED "AM) LAWLESSNESS A PROTECTED INSTITUTION OF SOCIETY. But if anything is going to make the pendulum swing back it will be the mistaken real of some of t!iote who are trying to make it swing TOO FAR FORWARD. The pendulum of public opinion is just like any other pendulum the farther you shove it in one direction the farther it will go in the other WHEN YOU LET GO. I say, there fore, let us beware of the ultra radicals who would right all the wrongs at once. Let us rather see to it that some of them STAY RIGHTED. Let us bag the game we have down before we shoot again. A BREAKNECK OAIT IS JUST AS FATAL TO VIRTUE AS IT IS TO VICE. I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SPEED LIMIT RESPECTED ON THE RACE COURSE OF REFORM. Men's Wages and Dividends 1 By J. C PHELPS STOKES. Million tiro New York SocUIUt. NVESTMENTS are not, as a rule, made to protect property ALREADY POSSESSED, but to add to that property through appropriation of some portion of the wealth PRO DUCED BY OTHERS. Stockholders receive dividends produced by the labor of others without so much as lifting a finger to render reciprocal service. Divi dends do not simply fall from heaven or materialize from thin air. They consist in every case of WEALTH CREATED BY HUMAN' LABOR, and there is no justification in taking them from those who have produced them unless fair compensation is given in return. The position of nearly every stockholder is analogous to that of AX AUTOCRATIC SOVEREIGN who levies taxes upon his peo ple regardless of consideration of the relation which his income bears to the burden sustained by his people. FOR MANY YEARS THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF DIVIDENDS AND. CTHCF! UNEARNED PR0IT3 APPROPRIATED WITHOUT RE GARD TO RECIPROCAL SERVICE HAS APPROXIMATELY EQUALCD THE ENTIRE WAGE PAID FOR SERVICE TO THI PARTICIPANT' IN INDUS" RY- a plain statement In which the public is interested and expects to see It ad hered to, It is very bad policy for the man making it to forget it, or neglect It, or transcend it. It not only brings him into disrepute, but it re acts upon the paper that heralded il at his request and suggestion. There Is nothing like keeping faith. To do less fractures the best character In the community and, oftener than not. utterly discredits It for all time. A man way say things privately and lg nore them and their significance af terward; but when he tells the public anything. In the public prints, he Is bound to make good. Unless he does it, he has made a sacrifice he cannot retrieve In many a long year. It Is not only wrong; It la absolutely silly! YARROW'S DECLARATION. Organizer Yarrow, of the World's Workers, declares that the mill hands . In the lumber industry of the whole Pacific coast are closely knit In the present tie-up at Portland; that there is a voluminous program laid out in this behalf that means total paralysis of the lumbering ' Interests 0 the coast, from Victoria to the Mexican line. This sounds big enough in all conscience, and there may be some truth in it: but we are Inclined to be Meve there is some hot-air about it When a champion getg to the front with a dare and a claim, he generally makes the things as vast as he knows how, and that is the present attitude of Mr. Tarrow. He is a new cham pion in this particular field, and the organization behind him is an un known quantity here. It has been re- j pudiated by the American Federation of Labor, and kindred associations in this country and is of purely English origlon and purpose; and the Amer ican workingman generally desires to be led by"!hls compatriots, rather than by a foreigner. Arid, another thing that shall con tribute to the failure of the present movement, is that it floes not come at a time when labor Is suffering in any sense of tbe world; there la an abund ance of work in the field subject to agitation, - and a month's deprivation upon the mere hypothesis of striking Just because he can strike, Is wholly un-American and does not last long. We believe an agreement will be reached In this big premise and that Mr. Tarrow will be cooly, but per emptorlly, set aside when tha hour comes for its application and obser-, vance. '" a KEEP BUSINESS FAITH. .-.?' ; : " ; Mi '.lv ! ', When a man In business gives out, through the medium of the local press EDITORIAL SALAD. Suggestions to Mr. Shonts for Im proving the New York Subway ser vice: More straps; compel passen gers seated to keep their feet under the seats; oxygen bags for weak pas sengers when the air gets crowded; armour suits to protect the rlbs In a cruch; charge fat men two fares. We could think of more cars, but what's the use! 1 o The Fifty-Ninth Congress spent a billion eight hundred million and some dollars. All right! What do we care for a little thing like a billion! If we get used to spending such sums we won't mind It so muchj when the government owns the railroads and everything. covered from the smallpox and re sumed, the members are vaccinating each other with bowle knives. o - .. For every senator that resigns to make a living ten thousand patriots arise who are certain they can do It in Congress. The value of teaching the children In the schools the fire drill before the Ore breaks out has again been demonstrated. THE SPANISH ESCURIAL II Is Marvelous Spcelmsn of Anolent Architecture, Tho Kscurlal. the palace of the Spun lah king, nn architectural marvel, for merly tUwrltuHl as the "olglitu wonder of the world," Is now seldom spoken Jf even by those who are ready to go wild over much less pretentious struc tures. Iho cornerstone of this "Span Isti ft. Fetor's" was laid by Philip II. la l.VW, but It whs Ml years UN5) be fore the monstrous building, was pro uouinjiHl llnUhtHl. It was built by Phil ip lu fulfllmient of a vow to "erect the finest monastery In tho world" should his forces be successful In their great battle with the French. That battle was fought at St. Quontln on Aug. 10, 1W7, St. Lawrence day, and In order to honor that salut as well as to fulfill bis vow the king had the foundation of his great memorial laid off In tho sbapo of a gridiron, tbe Implement of torture umu which the goodly Law rence. Is reputed to have suffered martyrdom. To those who hare uever visited tho Esourlal the site of the gigantic struc ture is beyond comprehension. It Is 740 feet from norlh to south and BfWti feet from east to west, the square tow ers at each corner rising to s height of over 200 feet. Within this monstrous building see tho king's palace, a cathe dral, a monastery of 200 cells, two col leges, three chapter houses, three li brary buildings, firs large balls, six dormitories, three hospitals and over 8,000 other rooms. In order to make St. Lawrence's gridiron complete, the building Is built In quadrangular form, with seventeen rows or ranges of mon strous stone structures crossing each other at right angles, these forming the gridiron's ribs, the handle being a wing 470 feet lu length. The church. which Is a part of this vast pile of ma sonry, Is 304 feet long, 230 feet wkl. with a dome 330 feet In height It Is estimated that the building cost $S0, 000,000. COMPLYING WITH THE PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW. W. C. LAWS a CO. HEATING AND PLUMBINF ENGINEERS Plans nnd estimates furnished ou application. All work done by First-Class Mechanics. Sheet-Iron, Copper and Tin Work done in a first class manner, as wc do no other work in out shop. SCOff BAY IRBi. & BRASS ffMS AHTOltlA. OUi:OON IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS 1 Up-to Fete Raw Mill Mirblnrryt rrwt.pt ttotiou.'lD Ufrl. try wort 18th and Franklin Ave, Tel. Msln MM. of in If steel Is still the barometer trade the big orJers now flowing show that spring is Just beginning to open. If the police will not stop gambling they might at least close up the dyn.i mite Joints in New York. There is a new magazine for the blind. These careless dynamite mag azines are only for the deaf. 0 If General Booth had his way and had the money we would all be per fectly happy. Reading went up so fast that the friction burned up several short ac counts. - Of course we don't care particular ly and we're not at all Jealous, but we'd like to .inquire casually how Pittsburg got Into such direct com munication with the sun that It has a brain storm every time the sun has a new spot Lawyer Kaffenburgh has the conso lation of knowing that the New York supreme court is not working in con junction with the bartenders' union and that all the bars are not closed to him. It would be a great boost for the woman's hotel to call it Blenheim Castle . 0 The czar d?je't have t oeat a Welsh rarebit to dream these nights. Don't Complain. , If your chest pains and you are un able to sleep because of a cough. Buy a bottle of Ballard's Hoarhound Syrup, and you won't have any cough. Get a bottle now and that cough wwon't last long. A cure for all pul monary diseases. MrMs. J, Galves ton, Texas, writes: "I can't say enough for Ballard's Hoarhound Syr up. The relief It has given me Is all that It Is necessary for me to say." For sale at Hart's drug store. CON8IDER NEW PLANT. The " RuHBiang have brought their shillelahg to the Duma and they're in viting the czar to "tread on the tall 0' me coatV" They're apparently a healthy lot and yet they're clamoring 1 Corey, president of the Steel Trust, NEW TOFK, March 12. No decis ion, it Is said, has been reached by the United States Bteel corporation, re gardlng the plan to construct a steel plant at the head of he great lakes. The plant,' it wag learned yesterday, Is simply being Investigated. W. T. We are pleased to Inform our pa trons that among tho muny advot tl sers In the columns of our paper, none have shown so -arnont an altitude to ward carrying out strictly the provis ions of the Pure Food and Drug Act of June 30, 1908, which goes into ef fect January 1st, 1907 ,as the Plneule Medicine Company of Chicago. The preparations of their manufacture contain no opiates or poisons of any kind. They arc simple household rem edles prepared b them from pure drugs and with absolute uniformity. Among other ready selllog articles of their manufacture are to be found the well known cough syrup, Hco's Laxltlve, containing Honey and Tar, Dude's Little Liver Pills, Pine 8alve. Plncules for the kidneys, Ring's Dys- P lnia Tablets utid Mun Z.in Pile Rem We commend the attitude of this concern and believu that th public will appreciate their early announce ment regarding the preparation of their manufacture. STEEL & EWART ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS In Business forBuslness and Your Satisfaction. We make it our aim to do first class work at reasonable prices. 222 Twelfth Street. Next to the Astoria Theatre. fet44tisst 1 1 MttMttftittttttMMMMtj IL B. PARKER. Proprietor. B. P. PARKER, Manager, PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN. First Class In Every Respect Free Coach to the House. Bar and Billiard Room, Good Check Restaurant Astoria, Oregon t T . r ! 1 Nl ' , I a a 1" ' r. ? Good Bample Rooms on Ground Floor for Commercial Men. Thero's naught so sweet at love's young dream. And It would sweeter be, If lover's would only take A little Rocky Mountain Tea. . Frank Hart J. A. KILItATCII V CO , Undertakers unl EinlialiiMjrH. lS.trl-iieMl Lady Assistant When Drslrrd. mm CallH Promptly Attended Day or Night. Putton Bdg. 12th and PinmeHt. ASTORIA, OKE.GON Phone Main 2111 THE TRENTON First Class Liquors and Cigars. 602 Commercial Street. Corner Commercial and 14th Astoria, Oregon. Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY 8HERMAN, Manager Jacks, Carriages Baggage Cheeked and Transferred Trucks ard Furniture Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street! Main Phone 121 loudly for a strong constitution. The 'dissatisfied and defeated man does one of two things founds a new church or a new political party. Mr, Hearst has chosen the last of two evils. As far as we can see the Canadian Sunday has only one thing to com riend it. American yellow Journals are barred from sale. The Missouri legislature having re- has appointed a corps of men to In vestigate and report to him. The fi nance committee will consider the pro posal In a few weeks. , Piles are dangerous, but do not sub mit to an4 operation until you have first tried Man Zanthe Great Pile Rem edy. It is put up in collaplsible tubes with a nozzle that allows It to be ap plied exactly where it Is needed. If you have itching, bleeding, or pro truding piles and Man Zanthe Joes not relieve, money refunded. Soothes and cools. Relieves at once. Prank Hart's Drug Store. Our Doors Are Open 4 . m 7 We are anticipating y our natronage and will appreciate it, We will do business on the basis of "A Dollar in Value for a Dollar m Cash' We offer nothing but the best and genuine" Liquors and Wines Our reputation'' going with the goods as they are sold. y Drop in and look over the stock we are handling. We dispose of our wares only in bulk,' bottle and package, , A wholesale line on, wholesale terms. American'- - Impbftitig - Co. Successors to Foard & Stokes, 589 Commercial Street, Phone Main 1883.