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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1907. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. ' Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By nun, per year. F-to By earner, per mania. WEEKLY ASTORIAH. ' By H per year, to advance... H0 Kntena m su- ..Art, (ir. Inu auetj DV U Win' vj - - offlototpublicMton. ; TELEPHONIC MAIN Wu- . Official naoer of Clatsoy Oountj and Ota City of Astoria. 4) . WEATHER. Western Oregon and Washing- ton Rain; high southerly winds in interiorj strong southerly gale along coast. Eastern Oregon and Washing- ton, Northern Idaho Rain or Bdow; .wanner; high southeaster- ly 'winds. THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Congress is in session. It has its hank lull, and is, we hope, equal to the tasi of discharging its great and manifold obligation to the country. Uncle Joe Cannon is in the saddle and that means something in the way of expedition. It is to be a Presidential year and the usual significance will attach to all que tions, bills, resolutions and procedure senerallr, in conformity with the align ment, political, and otherwise, of the members; and the color of all action had well be merged into the "blue" of doubt and dubious contention, along party lines. The present Congress has some vastly important business before it in which the neoDle are vituallv interested, and in which tie banks, the railways, the trusts, and all corporate-establishments figure prominently and not, for the main part, with any great degree of credit, considering the lines upon which they have 'done business and tie heartless advantages they have taken of the too ''elastic" laws that govern them. We do not agree with the generality of people who are attempting to solve the banking and currency issues of the tour through the newspapers and maga zinea, that we are in sore need of more elastic laws; we contend that we are desperately in need of laws infinitely more rigid, and what is more, the stronger code. The country is cor poration-ridden almost to the "last ditch" of popular forbearance and is wise to the stress; therefore it behooves Congress and. the officers of the nation to get in, for once, and do something that shall restore confidence, not in the . banks and the money-market generally, but in the laws and the agents of the people charged with their exact and just administration. THE DOLLAR MEASURE. All men have use for the dollar in the common adjustment of life, its duties, its pleasures, its aspirations, its exactions; it is used, and abused, accord' ing to the gumption, spirit, habit and necessities of the man in whose hand it 'lea. It has attained to the chief plaes in the calculation of the ordinary mortal, and it will buy anything, from the com monest commodity to human life and character; the scale of values it stands for is found in the standards of human cupidity, safety, ambition and prodigal ity. The human has become dollarized, and the dollar humanized, insofar as the relation of the two are concerned and ifihe mpossibilitvV of aepayatiiur them goes. Law, religion, social ethics, love, fraternity, fellow-faith, and hope itself, am warped into toe disc and paper-leaf' let of commerce, until man dare not espouse even the gentler elements of life, without first reckoning the reflected in fluenoe of the dollar, because, sooner or later the dollar is going to assert itself in the chain of circumstance that follows the act of inspired commit. It has cheapened existence, morally; and made it intolerable in a physical sense; and lias become the "touch-stone" of all endeavor to the utter exclusion of the once boasted bases of individual ac tion and judgment. This, of course, out side the rare noble use that is made of it. Bond and bargain and. ba'e are the slogan Of money and tlie want of it; and yet we go on cultivating it and .forcing it into the last crevice of our exietance and put it above and beyond almost every .virtue and grace that makes for the fullness and sweetness of life. A WILLING WORKER Money is always ready to earn you more money when given the opportu nity, We furnish the opportunity. ASK US ABOUT 11 ' Scandinavian-American Savgs. Bank ASTORIA, OREGON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1907. It will pay any citizen of this city to carefully review the record and work of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce for the past year. It is replete with ac complished fact and suggestive interest lor all men who have the good of the city and section at heart, and is calcu lated to furnish happy inspiration for the conquests of the coming yean Its officers hare been faithful to the big trust confided to them lat January and Secretary John H. Whyte and hi corps of assistants have done everything conceivable for the enhancement of the community interest and have made the name of Astoria a signal of energy and attraction in all corners of the country as well as abroad. There iinoehumenor cause for discour agement or disaffection and every reason on earth for continuing the good work and expanding it to such a limit in 1903 as will fix the claim of this city and county in the consideration of every man every where who is looking for borne, business and investment. Stand by a good thing and make it better and stronger and use it rightfully when you know it has be come a power for real accomplishment, EDITORIAL SALAD. In saving for a rainy dav don't pro duce it by hoarding. f 'Alliteratively speaking, frenzied fin ance ted to a fictitious flurry. ' A favorite iword awaits the meeting of of the Sixtieth Congress. It is "elastic." St. Louis eqrnea nearer than any other city to being the center 01 population, the center of business and the center of American geography. Oklahoma's entrance into the Union was long deferred, but she is making np tor lost time au rignt. uov. nasneui friend are already booming him for pre sident. Another of the reports hard to under stand is that the railroads are reducing their activities, and vet suffer from a shortage of cars to handle the freight offered. THE SUN WILL SHINR AGAIN. Cold production in the United States is aDwoachine tlOO.000,000 a year, of which nine-tenths is mined in he trans Mlmissippi region. This is a good time to dig pay dirt in increasing quantities, The American people never show the slightest lack of confidence in the fin ancial stability and soundness of the national government, congress can work along this line and know that it is on 'solid ground. Rehearsals have begun for the new Ziegfeld review, "A Dancer's Tour of the World," which will present Adeline Ce nee, the wonderful Danish dancer, to the New York public early in January. Kebearsals nave also begun tor frank McKee and William 118X1188 production of "The Waltt Dream,'' which will re ceive its metropolitan premiere shortly after the opening of the New Year. Mr. Harry Lauder, the Scottish come dian wiiom Klaw & Erlanger imported for their vaudeville bill at the New York Theatre, will not appear in any other theatre in this countrv and will sail for England on Saturday, December 7th. No individual player in vaudeville baa ever made such a suceess as this artist has at the New York Theatre. Be holds the audience for an hour at every perform ance and keeps everybody in a continu-1 oua roar of laughter. He returns to England under the compulsion of con tracts with leading vaudeville mangers there, which have six years more to run. RIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Delegates began arriving in Washington today to attend the national rivers and harbors congress whkih convenes tomorrow for three days' session, p wards of three thousand delegates are expected repre senting every section of the country. The movement' hag a national scope an has the object of securing from Con gress larger appropriations (for improve ments for the inland waterways of the United States. "Not less than fifty mil lions a year for waterways development,1' is the slogan of the delegates, After (he Civil War, 1 "ij'and in "03 pessimists could twe nothiug but dis aster ahead. These wriods of tlenret- sion. however, were quickly followed by abounding prosperity. And so will the "pinch" of HKJ7. We have been going ahead so fast that we have uned up, for the time being, all available capital. And then we have beeu frighteued, and foivet the enor mou power of growth poestd by a TOimiry 01 vu.uuu.uuu people Willi fuuul our naturale8ourees at their command ifVotintry nth seven times as murh coal as all Kurope, that control the world's cotton trade, produces $7,000,000,000 year on its faruis. arid $18,000,000,000, year in its factories. Horaee Greeley, at the cloe of the Cieil War, showed the way to resume specie payment in the simple formula "The may to reunie is to resume." Re sumption speedily followed. Todny the way to do business Is to do business No body can make any money by topping work and hoarding")! capital. That this is realized to a very large extent is shown by tbe fact that the rennsyivania, Aew York, Central, Harri man lines, and other great railroads re port thi the transfers of small lots of stocks have in the past few weeks in created by hundred every day. Kxtra clerks have been put to work in the Union Pacific offices to parcel out the stocKDoiuings or the (investors who show in this very practical way their faith in me future ot tnese properties. Jp mill help toward a restoration of confidence 11 people remeuber that wealth is not production of engravers ana printers, and that it is not produc ed in Wall Street. While counting up the looses in the market values of se curities, it is well to remenbei that tbe value of farm products in the last seven years has increased some o,000,000,000, or enough to counterbalance the paper iwtwi 01 a gooa manv miniature panics. Tbe situation of the railroads is tvnl cal of the general status of American business, only perhaps the railroad's pro blem is a little more aggravating. They are not suffering from a dearth of busi ness, but from a necessity for more faci lities at a time when they are unable 10 nnance improvements. This is o-ie of the most serious fea tures of the present situation, for the reason that the railroads are literally the arteries of commerce. To the extent that they adequately serve the needs of manufacturer, merchant, and farmer, each will prosper. If either the arteries or the blood fails, both will suffer. Pro duction without transportation is use less. . It is because railroad managers believe that these facts are being mure and more generally realized that they are ton 1 ment, as one Of Uiem puts, that I he sun will shine now. When the asri tation against the railroads shall have passed away, the money that they so SHOW LIFE Of ARMY. COFFEE Poor coffee has to be sold in bulk, it isn't worth packing. ( " four grocer fttunu your mosey tf jn Isn't Ukt SchUUnr'l Best; we pr bin Uncle Sam Retorts to Moving Pictures to Cain Recruits. NEW YORK, Dec 3. Although it is not possible to move a military post about the country for the purpose of showing to possible recruits the actual wrk of tbe army, the recruiting service u determined not to be outdone by the navy, which has sent the gunboat Wasp to the Hudson River and Long Island Sound points i an effort to induce young men to join the navy. The army I about to use, moving pictures a a means of showing to young men who may be induced to enlist, all about life in the army, A large number: of films have been made ar.d these will be sent through the country and turned over to moving picture shows. The proprietors of such shows will be asked to used as many of these pictures as possible and after they have been shown for a few days a recruiting party will move into the town. It is expected that many recruits will be obtained in this man ner.' The pictures show the life of the soldier in garrison, in camp and in field, and exhibit him at play as well an at work. 'Recruiting in New York is prov ing unusually successful just now.,; At one station 180 men were enlistee in a month. There must be a great deal cj busi ness when the chief complaint it! a, lack of currency to carry It on to fie beat au vantage. : ' . BINMI0II1 FIGHT Comments on the Scrap by English Papers. SPECTATORS HOOT VICTOR Burnt Undoubtedly the Best Man Molr Badly Rattled From Beginnlug to End of Fight English Press Not Pleased With Burnt' Victory. NEW YOKK, lVc. aAlthough giving him all credit for lwtlng " tanner Moir in the heavy weight battle In Ioudon Ian wght, the Kugllsh pre Is not well pleased with the victory won by Tommy turns, according to the extracts from the KugUtih paper cabled here early this morning. The Kngliith believe Burns to be au American as a matter or fact lie u a Canadian and it it evident that much of his unpopularity it due to that fact. Hum attempted to make a tpeecn when he entered tlie ring at the National Sporting Club for the purws of explain ing his nationality but he was hissed down. Kven his victory aftei a fltfht whirh all admit was hit from the third round, lie was hooted. that Hums had all the best of tbe fight from the beginning Is admitted by the Sportsman, which says that Mofr we badly umhI up while '"'Hums on the otjier nana, uad not turned a hair and nut only left off without a mark, but even the parting of hit hair was not dis arranged. : Onunuing. the same paper sayst "It was not tlie fault of Bums that the splendid crowd that packed the Na tional Club in every pa it had to sit out uch a disappointing show, Moir is the one to blame. It Is not to policy to go Mick on loser, but ilorr was absolutely painful. "He went into the ring a model, well trained man, evidently as hard as a board, and with a pull of over a stone in weight and the advantage of two and one half im-lie in lieight. Yet hit blows lacked the powerful of a featherweight. "lie was uncertain and III at ease from the outset. Indued, hit nervousness was so appaivnt tHat even Burns could not help smiling. . Though outclassed and outgenenillii Moir seemed incap able of altering his methods. He was thrown off his guard by the wily man in front and so worried bv his seconds that at times he appeared altogether at a loss as to what to do. We on this side did not jee the best of Bums for the single reason that Moir could not extend himself and inch. The winner lias a nasty habit of beating in with bis bead on the neck or checck of his opponent. Moir was hampered a bit this way and looked to be holding more than he really was. Under the most favorable circum stances, however, Molr could never none to make any show with Burns), who will, despite the disappointing display given by hi opponent loot night, exeprience very little,, if any, trouble in heating whoever may be put up against him on this side of tlie Atlantic." TAKES IMPURITIES FROM BLOOD MAXES THE KIDNEYS FILTER - THIS SPLENDID PRESCRIPTION TO MAKE HOME MADE REMEDY SHOULD BE GIVEN A TRIAL. A leading health journal, in answering the question, "What is the best pre scription to clean and purify the blood,' prints in a recent issue the following: Fluid Extract of Dandelion one-half ounce, Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound Syruu Sttrsaparilla three ounces. Shake well and uw in teanpoon ful after ea;h meal and at 'bedtime. It clean the blood of all impurities and nourishes the blood. In jiutt a few lays tbe skin begins to clear of sores, boile and pimples. . Jt puts vigor and energy into run-down, debilitated men and women, For many year Sartapa rilla alone, has been considered a good blood medicine. But while it built up and mode new blood, the impurities re muined within ami tbe good accomplish' ed iwae only temporary. , Sarsaparllla, however, when used in combination with Compound Kargon and Extract Dande lion works wonders. This combination puts the kidneys to work to filter and sift out the waste matter, urio acid and other impurities that cause disease. It make new blood and relieves rheuma tism and lame back and bladder troubles. This prescription is better than the usual patent medicines, which, are in the mont part alcoholic concoctions. The in- iedients cost but little ami are easily inked at home. Every man and woman here should make some up and try it if they feel their system requires a good blood medicine and tonic. 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AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 589 Commercial Street; ' . Q. a. BOWLBY, President. tHAHX PATTON. Chanter. t L PETERSON, Vlce-Prssldsnl' J. W. QAR.VER, A-ajstant Casktat. Astoria Savings Bank Capital raid in IIOOJOO, lurpiM and Undivided fronts 10,000 TrstuatU a OwsnU (uklnf BtuLntu, Xatersat raid on Tims ImikmIU FOUR PER CENT FEB ANNUM Etrtnta and Dune, streets. ASTORIA, 0UG0X. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore, ESTAIILISUEO 18(H). Capital $100,000 FORD IS ACQUITTED. SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 3 The second trial of Tirey L. Ford went to the jury 6 0 clock. Judge Lsvwlord instruc tions and charge are considered fair to both sides. The feature ofo the day was the clsing arguments by Francis J. Honey. In expectation of hearing Honey epenk, the attendance was the Inrgcut of any day .during ..the trial. THE GEM I C.F.WISE, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Ctgara Hot Lusefc at 0 Hein Comet Elrrtntk 1 ASTORIA 1 Merchant- Laict Proa It.'JOt, B. tO IIJOIJD, ' . aiCoata Commercial 0REOOI Sherman Transler Co. HENRY BHER MAN. Manager Hacks. Carriages Baggage Checked iul Transferred Truckt and fvMm Wagons jTaaoe Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433Comnurclal Street Main FbftM tai JOHN FOX Prss. F. L. BISHOP. See. ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK. Trea. ' . ajuoun -imfxm, vm-jraaa. aaa Bupt.' : .'..'1 ', J .' '.'., ,..7 . . . 'V :'"?;. k ASTORIA IRON WORKS 1 .,'. , ., .'; ' J DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ,; ., , , Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. Foot of Fourth Street. V