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THE MORNING AiTOIUAK. ASTOItIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, OCTBER 4
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THE WEATHER
Oregon Fair, warmer in east por
tion. , ,
Washington Fair except possibly
showers along coast; slightly warmer.
PORTLAND'S PROBLEM.
It would seem that the Oregon me
tropolis has raised an insoluble prob
lem in the issuance of its drastic flat
against the demi-monde; has "bitten
off" a moral mouthful it may neither
masticate, nor digest; and most, even
tually, recall the signal, yet manifest
ly inoperative point of its sweeping
order.
In th light of all municipal history
in this relation the country is given
to wondering where the Portland
people draw their assurance from in
this grave premise; it has been dem
onstrated so often, and so logically,
that these wholesale . "purifications"
are farcial and inadequate, that the
extraordinary terms of the Portland
police-order seem ridiculous and the
outcome primarily fatuous and futile.
Where are these women to turn
for shelter and sustenance and the
common essentials of existance?. It
must be conceded that they are alive,
and human, and amenable to the nec
essities and exactions of ordinary
subsistence. They must clothe and
feed themselves, must rest, and sleep
and strive and struggle to maintain
the wretched life all have not the
courage to lay down at the tentative
behest of the puritanical moralists
behind such movements.
There is a rational philosophy that
is always adequate for the handling
of these grave issues. If it be not
the gentle and inspiring patience of
the Divine Master with the "woman
of Samaria," it may be the wise and
-orderly ministration of police regula
tion that fixes the limitations of hab
itat, and commerce and social deal
ing; both of which doctrines seem to
have been ignored in the Portland
premise.
For a great city to be deliberately
cut upen one of its own foulest fes
ters and distribute contagious eman
ations over its municipal body; force
them abroad upon other communities,
and infect even the country-side about
it, is a criminal and idiotic thing to
do; and, in the light of all the human
experience teaches, in this relation,
reacts with vastly increased ratio of
evil upon the place and people re
sponsible, for it.
This case amounts to an open con
fession that Portland is without a
police force or program adequate to
take care of an inevitable and insep
arable element of police interest and
ministration) that it must shake off
its own responsibilities in this re
gard and pass them on to other pla-,
ces and people to bear and regulate;
that the sum of its civic duty is done
when it has spread its own infection
farther and deeper at home, and in
noculated, or added to, the range of
wretchedness in sister-towns.'
It is the same old story; but the
Portland telling of it is a shade stu
pider thas any we recall just at the
moment; and for her sake and the
sake of all who must share in the
mess, we hope the administrative
gumption up there will nntervene ov
er, and against, ' the irresponsibiles
chargeable with this extreme and im
practicable policy.
by young and old to whom these
things are essential and attractive.
The A. A., A. A. has a new and beau
tiful home almost completed and
which will be quite on a par with any
other of this size in the Northwest.
With a strong and interested asso
ciation, a well equipped habitat and
generous range of apparatus and ap
pljcances; there would seem to be
no good reason for anything save
marked success and some fine records
in the near future, all if which is cor
dially hoped for by the last citizen.
CHEAP LABOR AND LIVING.
ASTORIA ATHLETICS.
The prospects for very genuine
success in athletic culture and
amusement in Astoria are bright, and
will no doubt be made the most ,of
COFFEE
Good grocers like Schil
ling's Best, for it makes
good-will and not trouble ;
in case of complaint, the
money is ready. .
Tear pcw return in matt U r foil
EalfciwpiybiM.
, The pessamist still complains about
the high prices in food products and
tries to make it appear that the ad
vance in wages in the last ten years
has not been commensurate with the
increase in the cost of living. There
has been only one careful investiga
tion of this subject made, and that
has been by the Bureau of Labor,
which is composed of careful and
conservative investigators year by
year ever since the Bureau was ere
ated under the administration of Gro
ver Cleveland, and their figures have
been made public in the labor bulle
tins every year, so while they are ap
plicable in, this. discussion they were
in no way intended for use in a pol
itical, campaign, and they would not
be except to show the mistakes of
those who assume that the increase
in the cost of living has been greater
than the average increase in the ear
nings of the people.
Take the figures any way one pleas
es to look at them, they show the er
ror of this assumption. Comparing
the last year of 1905 with that of 1894,
there was an increase of 42 per cent,
in the average earnings per hour;
there was an increase of 16.7 pef cent
in the average weekly earnings per
employee, and there was an average
increase in the weekly earnings of
all employees. On the other hand
there was an increase of 12.7 per cent
in the retail prices of food.
.AH the percentages on wages are
greater than the percentages of in
crease in the cost of food, and only
the reckless assertion of pessimists
stand against the careful investiga
tion of a large number of trained ex
perts who have no other purpose than
to carry on the work for which the
Bureau of Labor was created. It is
all very well to complain of high
prices and to demand cheap food and
cheap clothing. But we had ote era
of cheapness in this generation and
the cheapest commodity in that time
was labor. President Harrison snid
a "cheap coat makes a cheap man,"
and the conditions' thaf 'prevailed un
der the last Democratic administra
tion came pretty near demonstrating
that as sin absolute truth. Labor was
then so cheap that men could not ex
change it for enough to give them a
living. It was carnival of soup and
rags. -To-day labor is the. dearest
product in the market. It is these
things . we should consider when we
are going to the polls to determine
the policy of the Government for the
next four years. Do we want cheap
jlabor or high priced labor? That is
the question.
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...Clothing, Furnishings and Shoes Has Begun.,.
The Worldngmen's Store
Is the Place
Greatest reduction on seasonable goods ever offered in A&oria.
come at once while the &ock remains unbroken,
Read this M and
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$4.50
$4.00
$4.50
$4.00
$3.50
$2.75
$2.50
$3.00
$2.00
$U5
$3.50
$3.00
.50
2S
$3.00
$2.50
$2.00
Mackinaw' Coats $3.50
Mackinaw Coats $3.00
Mackinaw Pants $3.50
Wool Pants ......$3.00
Wool Pants $2.50
Wool Pants $2.00
Wool Pants $1.75
Sweaters ...$2.25
Sweaters . . $1.00
Sweaters .75
Sweater Coats ...$2.75
Sweater Shirts $2.25
Woolen Soxs .35
Woolen Soxs .20
Flannel Shirts $2.25
Flannel Shirts $1.85
Flannel Shirts ....... .$1.50
$2.00 Dress Shirts $1.50
$1.50 Dress Shirts $1.15
$1.00 Dress Shirts .75
.75 Work Shirts 1. .. 50
.50 Work Shirts 40
$U5 Silk Front Shirts 75
.75 Shirts 40
Men's $5.00 Dress Shoes $3.50
Men's $4.50 Dress Shoes $3.25
Men's $4.00 Dress Shoes $3.00
Men's $3.50 Dress Shoes $2.65
Men's $3.00 Dress Shoes ...$2.25
$7.00 Logger's Shoes . . . . ...... .$5.50
$6.50 Logger's Shoes ...$5.00
$6.00 Logger's Shoes ..........-$4.75
$4.00 Working Shoes .......... .$3.00
$3.00 Working Shoes $2.25
Men's $6.00 Rubber Boots.. ..,.$5.00
Long Yellow Oil Coats $2.00
Three-fourths Yellow Oil Coats.. $1.75
$4.00 Suit, Scotch Wool Under
wear No. 17 $3.30
$4.00 Suit, Winsted Under
wear . . .....$3.00
$3.50 Suit, Wool Under.
wear ....$2.50
$3.00 Suit, Wool Under
wear . . ..' ..,.$2.25
$2.50 Suit, Wool Under-
wear
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$1.00 Suit, Cotton Underwear..
25 PER CENT OFF ON
SUITS, PANTS, HATS,
TRUNKS AND SUITCASES
.$1.75
.80
ALL
Ttie Wof Wurmen's Store
Chas. Larson, Prop.
Next to Ross, Higgins & Co.
04001
CATHOLICS WILL MEET.
Are Planning For An Imposing Dem
onstration In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3 Preporations
for the greatest demonstration of the
Catholics of the United States since
the plenary council of Baltimore of
two decades ago, were begun at a
meeting of leading Roman Catholic
laymen of Chicago last night.
The event will be the Catholic mis
sionary congress of the United
States and Canada. It will begin in
Chicago on Sunday, Nov. 15, and end
on the following Wednesday. More
than sixty archbishops, bishops and
mitred abbots of the United States,
Canada and Mexico already have
pledged themselves to be present.
The meeting last night was presided
over by Archbishop Quigley, who, as
chairman of the board of governors
of the Catholic Church extension so
ciety and Archbishop of the city in
which the congress is to be held, will
be the leading spirit throughout. He
will be assisted by the Rev. Francis
Clement Kelly, president of the Cath
olic Church Extension society, as per
manent vice chairman. ,
In answer to a petition by Father
Kelly, indorsed by Bishop Quigley
and sent to Rome, a short time ago,
word was received yesterday that the
Most Rev. Diomed Falconio, Apos
tolic delegate at Washington, has
been appointed to attend the congress
as the representative of Rome and
confer the papal blessing.
The congress becomes possible only
by virtue of the recent decree of Pope
Pius, which on Nov. 1 takes the Uni
ted States and Canada out of the
ranks of missionary countries, as they
have been hitherto considered and
placed them on the same footing as
the distinctively Catholic nations in
the old world. The aim of the con
gress is id take up the burden and to
stir the Catholics of the United
States upo their new obligations.
The conV-ess will be composed of
both laymeAand eclestiastics from all
parts of thevountry;
kitchen and dining room service are
of the positive best. Private ' dining
looms for ladies. One call inspires
regular custom. Try it Commercial
street, opposite Page building.
NEMO-DAY
COAL AM) WOOD
If you want a gVd load of fir or
boxwood, or of coalVing up Kelly the
COAL AND WOD DEALER
Good houshold and sam coal deliv
ered at $7.50.
Phone Main 2191, Barn,2th & Duane
The very best board toe obtained
in the city is at Th Occident
Hotel." Rates very reasonable.
AH Things Modern.
"The Modern," the beautiful ton-
sorial establishment or Arthur E
Petersen, at 572 Commercial street in
this city, is unquestionably the real
resort for the most perfect treatment
in this behalf, and the most critical
finds nothing to criticize there, how
soever often he visits the place.
The Clean Han.
The man who delights in personal
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets tbem at their best.
' Notice.
All persons indebted to the Acme
Dairy Co. are requested to call and
settle their account at once. Those
having claims against the company
will please present them for payment
New Grocery Store
Try our own mixture of co
I. P. B. Fresh fruit and veg'
Badollet 8c Co., grocers. Phon
1281.
,e the
ibles.
lai-
For Sale.
Twelve shares Northern Oyi
- . . .
companies stocK, one nunarca . b
thirtv dollars C13C oer share. Appi
-' . ' i , ' , O ft t
Imoerial Restaurant. 8-9-tl
Why Colds Are Dangerous.
Because you have contracted ordi
nary colds and recovered from them
without treatment of any kind, do
not for a moment imagine that colds
are not dangerous. Everyone knows
that pneumonia and chronic catarrh
have their origin in a common cold.
Consumption is not caused by a cold
but the cold prepares the system for
the reception and development of
the germs that would not otherwise
have found lodgment. It is the same
with all infectious diseases. Diph
theria, scarlet fever, measles and
whooping cough are much more like
ly to be contracted when the child
has a cold. You will see from this
that more real danger lurks in a cold
than in any other of the common ail
ments. The easiest and quickest way
to cure a cold is to take Chamber
lain's Cough Reemdy. The many re
markable cures effected by this prep
aration have made it a staple article
f trade over a large part of the
rid. For sale by Frank Hart and
the Palace Restaurant
Any phase of hunger can be daintily ing druggists.
gratified at any hour of the day or
night at the Palace Restaurant The SuWribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month by carrier.
..Big Cut in Wall Paper..
Must close out our line of Wall Paper. All the
latest designs, 1-5 Off Until Oct lO Only.
If ycu are contemplating any work of this kind,
call and inspect our stock before purchasing else
where and you can save money.
Eastern Painting & Decorating Co.
Wall Paper, Paints, Oil and Glass
365 COMMERCIAL PHONE 8821 MAIN
STATEMENT OP
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
At the clow of Builnui, September 23, 1908.
RESOURCE
Loam and Discount .., 1598,619.
City and County Warrant and
Ailorla Water Bond.. 80,783.
Bank Building 64,009.
Furniture and Fixture , 10,927.
Beat Estate.. 10,000.
Due from Bank I 40.S57.SS
Cart on Band 103,433 49- 161,200.
Total 1878,498.
UASJILITICS)
73 Capital Paid In 1119,600.00
Burplu 107,(00.00
08 Undivided Front 612.01
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DEPOSITS
M Subject to Check mAUM
00 Time CortMcato 228,822.02
Demand Certificate 16,974.28 ,
18 Caiblor Cbeck, 1.18.00 .
Letter of Credit JOO.00-850,482.87
Due Other Bankv 478.58
M Total f7B,4U8.M
For Chapped Skin.
Chapped skin whether on the hands
or face may be cured in one night by
applying Chamberlain's Salve. It is
also unequalled for sore nipples,
burns and scalds. For sale by Frank
Hart and leading druggists. .
Mors Than Enough Zi Too Muck
To maintain health, a mature man
or woman needs just enough food to
repair the waste and supply energy
and body heat. The habitual con
sumption of more food than is neces
sary for these purposes is the prime
cause of stomach troubles, rheuma
tism and disorders of the kidneys. If
troubled with indigestion, revise your
diet, let reason and not appetite con
trol and take a few doses of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tiblets
and you will soon be all right again.
For sale by Frank Hart and leading
druggists.
Subscribe to The Morning Astorian.
... MILLINERY
III
Fine Fall and winter
fiats f '.
The nicest assortment
in Astoria to select' from
at the
Most Reasonable
Prices
You will be interested in
..." the , display. We invite
you to call.
Mrs. R. Ingleton
Welch Block: '
Opposite Budget Office