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a THE MORNING ASTOIUAN ASTORIA. OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 lrT'. "Ilotorimi. NOW IN ITS SECOND WEEK I . ., . .... tan Established 1873. argain av y ou re Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year $7-00 Waitiu THE GREATEST .. ... or By carrie-, per month W i - .", WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail per year, in advance............ ........ .......... ..... .,$1.50 ' Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a. the postofiica at As- " toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The B D gF A . Orders for the delivering of The Morning 'Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made by postal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. 1 TELEPHONE MAIN 66L THE WEATHER Oregon Fair, warmer in east por tion. Washington Fair except possibly showers along coast; slightly warmer. BRYAN, THE FREE TRADER. In the record of Mr. Bryan's public career he is officially identified with just one important measure of federal legislation, and that the Wilson-Gorman tariff act of 1894. As a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means during President Cleveland's second administration Mr. Bryan as sisted in preparing that measure, and in its completed form it bore his un qualified approval. His advocacy of the bill drew sharp and clear the div-.j iding line between the Democracy of Bryanism and the Democracy of Gro ver Cleveland. Mr. Bryan pronoun- j ced the measure just and honorable. President Cleveland denounced it as '.'the creature of perfidy and dishon or," refused to sign it, and it became a law without his approval. The dis tinction thus drawn between the Bry an Democracy and the Cleveland De mocracy continues to this day. Inasmuch as Mr. Bryan is posing this year as the special friend and champion of the farmers, it is worth while to point out how their interests were affected by the only important law he ever helped to create. The Wilson-Gorman act repealed the duty on wool. On January 1, 1893, two months after President Cleveland's second election, the sheep in the Uni ted States according to official statis tics, numbered 47,273,553 and were valued at $125,909,254. At the close of Mr. Cleveland's term, thanks to the baleful influence of the free trade act which Mr. Bryan had helped to force upon the statute book, the num ber of sheep in the country had fallen to 36,818,643, having a value of $60, 020,942. In other words, the sheep herds had suffered a loss of more than 10,000,000, or nearly 25 per cent, and the wool clip of the United States had declined in value about $58,000,000, or nearly 50 per cent, all through the op eration of a law which found one of its most ardent supporters in the per son of "the farmers' friend," William J. Bryan. In 1893, under the fostering care of tariff protection, the wool of the coun try amounted to 303,000,000 pounds; in 1895, under the blighting effect of free trade, it fell to 209,000,000 pounds. In 1891, with the traiff restored, it rose to 302,000,000 pounds and to 316, 000,000 pounds in 1902. During the four years of President Cleveland's second term the measure which he denounced as "the creature of perfidy and dis honor," but which Mr. Bryan never theless enthusiastically endorsed, sad dled the American wool growers with losses conservatively estimated at $400,000,000. But the wool, growers were not the only victims of the Wilson-Gorman-Bryan perfidy. Every branch of American industry suffered. It lower ed the duties on imports and manufac tures and theieby forced the closing of important native industries ' and drove their employees into idleness. Wages in every branch of industrial activity declined, the demand for ev ery variety of farm products fell off, and the workingmen of the country were subjected to universal hardships and distress. The operation of Mr. Bryan's pet measure robbed the far mers, brought hunger and misery to the wage-earner and bankrupted the Treasury. It was indeed, as Mr. Cleveland said, "a creature of perfidy and dishonor." William Jennings .Bryan stands to day as he stood in 1894, for free trade and all that it means to American la bor and American enterprise. He cannot get away from the record, and there are no indications that he wants to get away from it. He is commit ted to free trade as distinctly as he is to free silver, and his own words show that he will fasten those twin devil tries upon the country if he gets the chance. A WHOLESALE POINT. The hint set forth in these columns on Sunday morning last as to the prob able establishment of a wholesale grocery in this city at an early date, has aroused considerable interest again; and the hope is abroad that this time there is something to . it. There has been talk of this kind for more years than Astoria cares to en umerate, and the fact and substance are what is wanted. Astoria is an excellent wholesaling point. This is admitted on all sides. It would draw business from scores of towns on both banks of the ' lower Columbia river; it would come nat urally by the trade of the fishing sta tions, seining grounds, canneries, the Alaska fleet, the forts below this city, the logging camps everywhere within reasonable radius, and what is more it would have these outside elements at once; they would flock to the new source of supply as much for the sake of dispatch and expedition as any thing else, while the local trade would be glad to be in instant touch with such a trade center. Of course As-K.rir-.'s would be ghd : set home c.iii:at at th-. base c' the departure but capital is capita', n matter where it comes from, and we want the business and the prestige thereof, no matter who puts up the money. There are ships that might be outfit ted here if the proper pressure were brought to bolster such an enterprise, and the field is certainly prolific of traffic and profit for men who know how to go after trade and keep it. Besides, the retail trade of Astoria might be brought to standards of pri ces that would be far more adaptable and acceptable than they are at pre sent, with such an agency at our own hand to guage the charges; and, from any and all stand-points, the propo sition has large promise and guaranty o: .u'-tss if b': 1; 'nuiihcrl upon a scale that shall mean something be side a mere tentative venture; with capital and stocks and goods that are wholesale in the best sense of the word. CLEAMN C,iL OF - WE ' ...Clothing, Furnishings and Shoes Is Now On... The Workingmen's Store Is the Place Greatest redudion on seasonable goods ever offered in Astoria. Read this li& and come at once while these exceptional bargains last $4.50 Mackinaw Coats $3.50 $4.00 Mackinaw Coats $3.00 $4.50 Mackinaw Pants .' $3.50 $4.00 Wool Pants $3.00 $3.50 Wool Pants $2.50 $2.75 Wool Pants $2.00 $2.50 Wool Pants $1.75 $3.00 Sweaters $2.25 $2.00 Sweaters $1.00 $1.25 Sweaters .75 $3.50 Sweater Coats '..$2.75 $3.00 Sweater Shirts . .$2.25 .50 Woolen Soxs .35 .25 Woolen Soxs .20 $3.00 Flannel Shirts $2.25 $2.50 Flannel Shirts $1.85 $2.00 Flannel Shirts $1.50 $2.00 Dress Shirts $1.50 $1.50 Dress Shirts $1.15 $1.00 Dress Shirts 75 .75 Work Shirts 50 .50 Work Shirts .40 $1.25 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........ $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 1 Men's $6.00 Rubber Boots $5.00 Long Yellow Oil Coats $2.00 Three-fourths Yellow OH Coats.. $1.75 $4.00 Suit, Scotch Wool Under wear No. 17 $3.30 $4.00 Suit, Winsted Under wear , $3.50 Suit, Wool Under., wear , $3.00 Suit, Wool Under. wear $2.50 Suit, Wool Underwear $1.00 Suit, Cotton Underwear... 25 PER CENT OFF ON SUITS, PANTS, HATS, TRUNKS AND SUITCASES .$3.00 .$2.50 .$2.25 .11.75 .80 ALL TEe WorMng'men's Store Chas. Larson, Prop. Next to Ross, Higgins & Co. Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager. Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furaitmr IpPflO. Main Fkoaa Wlnps ttanos Moved, coxed and snipiMd. 433 Conuncrua Street THE THINKING SEASON. COFFEE A middling steak and first-rate coffee are better than middling: coffee and first-rate steak. Con fider the cost. Yw pK ralurni ivu ch M -m itmt CUt4Uiiaf'sBitiswklM. 15 y :he time A..;crv shall have thought out the problem of the Presi dency and has declaredherself upon it, she will have gotten into the think ing habit touching civic affairs, and will do well to keep the process go ing in behalf of the great task that confronts her a month later, towit, the municipal election early in De cember , '. It will take the best thought of which she is capable to put herself in. touch with the demands of that hour and construe her obligations rightly and righteously; not in a poli tical sense, of course, but in the pure ly civic interest of her homes and in stitutions and businesses. She' has no hold-over this year; the slate is a clean one, with wide range of people and projects .to reveiw and arrange and provide for, or against; her eco nomic interests are all to be alligned and chosen, from top to bottom, and aside from the official roster which is to be selected for the coming two years, she must declare herself upon numerous new laws and ventures which will be included in the charter amendments. ' , All these must be weighed carefully and with conscientious eye and heart, as to past, and future; it is no child's play; it all requires manful, honest consideration and sensible adjustment; mistakes must be minimized, and ad vantages over old conditions secured; men must be chosen to ensure these things and who will strive for the best concern of the people, irrespec- I i THE TRENTO 1 First-Class Liquors jandOCigars 102 Commercial Street 1 Cnnutr Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA. flffTROK 4t4 1 SUHEE DKHK tive of politics; there is plenty to en gage the amplest and most devoted conception of one's whole duty as a good citizen, and this is the essential pre-requisite in municipal affairs, square dealing with ones own city and fellows. Set your thinker going and keep it busy until the last obligation inposed by citizenship is discharged: .This will be good for the citizen, the city and ihc civic impulse generally. .. A Healthy Family "Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King's New Life Pills, three years ago, says I A. Bartlet, ot Rural Route 1, Guilford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a gentle way that does you good. 25c at Charles Rogers & Son's drug store. as good for all pulmonary troubles. The genuine Foley's Honey aad Tar contains ao opiates ant is in a yellow package. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Where Bullets Flew David Parker of Fayette, N. Y., a veteran of the civil war, who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says: "The good Electric Bitters have doae is worth more than five haadrsd dollars to me. I spent muck momey doctoriag for a bad case of stomach trouble, to little purpose. I then tried Electric Bit ters, and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic, and they keep me strong and well. 50c at Charles Rog ers V son's drag store. Woman Interrupts Political Speaker A well dressed woman interrupted a political speaker recently by con tinually coughing. If she had taken Foley's Honey and Tar it would have cured her cough quickly and expelled the cold from her system. The gen uine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is in a yellow pack age. Refuse substitutes. T. F. Lau rin, Owl Drug Store. Are You Only Half Alive? People with kidney trouble are so weak and exhausted that they are only half alive. Foley's Kidney Rem edy makes healthy kidneys, restores lost vitality, and weak, delicate peo ple are restored to health. Refuse any but Foley's. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drugstore. Married Man In Trouble A married ma who permits any member of the family to take any thing except Foley's Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds snd lung trouble, is guilty of neglect. Nothing else is A Jeweler's Experience C. R. Kluger, the jeveler, 1060 Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "I was so weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared my complex ion, cured my backache and the ir regularities disappeared, and I can now attend to business , every day, and recommend Foley's Kidney Rem edy to all sufferers, as it cured me after the doctors and other remedies had failed. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Unfermented Grape Juice absolutely non-alcoholic Concord 6oc quart Catawba..: 6oc quart Welch's Grape Juice Nips 10c AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. ,589 Commercial Street j. ft p. jjjjj, s. pm a. T, ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning MachineryMarinc Engines M Boilcis COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED Correspondence Solicited. , - , Foot of Fovtk Stmt Off HKIil BAY BRASS & V A8TORIA, OREGON Iron and Brass Founders, Land and Marine Engineers, Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery Prompt attention riven to all n.i. 18th and Franklin Ave. work. 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