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.