TH E
W EST.
T*raci«HM> creer rgin.tr
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FtnecMcc,
L ax « C ocxtt ,
• - - »V
(9” *onl*n-
The coalminyr's strike is not a lul>or
movement in the usual narrow sense. It
OkKOOK'
in a hioader convulsion of general so-
ciety, in which capital and labor, cin-
F k OM OI'B ««GULAK CoKMUSPONDgNT.
W ash ., D. O„ July 12, 1897.
Still sugar! There lias been a con-
tinual light from the beginning of the
II ’ 5VjtjATIII'RS()N
Iplo>er,f#n<1
i,1Hr8 that
alike' the
11' tariff bill over sugar,
1
'cannot
have e,,,pl<,y4*1
eo<H|>ed ’ notice
V uq U i '« Companion.
I
(ORIGINAJ. AND SELECTED.
At a recent meeting in Chicago, the
leader in an agitation which aims at
To be understoo is to be twice ones
the overturn of the existing order .of
self.
“ Nalure ha8 P™vided
The greatest firmness is the greatest
an abundance for every creature, and it
mercy.
is stored mountains high in Chicago •
before the very eyes of tlie people who , Fear is the tax that conscience pays
are suffering. Why do they not Help j to g“*l*
Tlie jest loses its point when the wit
themselves? Man is tiie only animal
I know of that lias not sense enough to is the first to laugh.
feed himself.”
Ill fortune never crushed that man
and It is being
continued
in
the
conference
committee,
miue otwratora take the strike calmly,
which
was
in
session
all
day
Sunday.
and anticipate tlie raise of wages de­
,
Every
republican
member
of
the
con-
manded
witli
confidence
that
it
will
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
bring them gain rather tbnn loss. This ference committee has been pledged to
A more active demand for unuiufitetured goods ■ »at
..„t pn,i
L ondon , July 15.—A joint proposal of altitude on their part deprives the strike set re y concerning the conference, and
bimetalism was presented to day on be­ of the usual bitterness, and eliminates I the democratic members will not be
of the farm is reported and at advanced rates. An
Nature lias provided an abundance J W|IOI1, good fortune deceived not
half of the United States and France at the deplorable feature of violence. Op­ , adowed to know what is going on until for every creature? Y e .; hut she yields J Many have lived on a p ^ t a l who
along the line will socn be realized.
a conference held at a foreign office erators and operatives seek a common I an agreement is reached, which will
her abundance In response to human |
neyer haye a 8tatue whe„ dead>
end
through
a
movement
forced
upon
**’
801,10
l‘“
e
1,118
week>
probably
will
ne
between Baron DeCourcelle, the French
toil. It was not unassisted nature,
In order to keep pace w ith th e tim e s our STOCK n
" *'“ ne8da>' or Thursday. The secrets
Hunan foresight often leaves
ambassador, representing France; Am­ them by conditions which neither could j ! Wednesday
but
human industry making a wise
endure
longer.
The
strike
is
a
natural
I
tl,e
conferenh‘!
•*»*«
far
been
well
choice
i
proudest
possessor
only
i
w ill be increased to conform therewith ]
bassador Hay, Senator Wolcott, former
use of tlie forces of nature, which heap­
in which employers and ..... .loved k<*P‘’ b?t U 1,88 Ieaked out tliat
Vice-President Stevenson and General one,
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I sides are mailinw « «.,!,» » . .u •
W
liicli I e' ilS‘
ed high
high the
the desirable
desirable things
things to
to w
which
J « l.onL
this orator invited his listeners to help ! Though flattery blossoms like friend-
Paine, representing the United States; ..nite to resist and overcome conditions
0 1 ’ 1 t e 1,OUBe conferr.es are 1
Lord Salisbury, Sir Michael Hicks-Beuch of low prices for product, which deprive |
! ship, yet there is a great difference in
themselves
chancellor of the exchequer and J. A. tlie one of a fair profit and the other of I expected to win, not only because the
This doctrine amounts to saying that the fruit.
Balfour, first lord of tl e treasury, rep­ a fair living wage. Tlie strike is an , original Dingley sugar schedule is more
Thofirst fault is the child of sim­
whoever
wants anything lias a right to
resenting England, and Lord George automatic convulsion of industrial so- satisfactory to the republican press and
plicity, but every other the offspring of
seize
it
wherever
lie
finds
it,
provided
Hamilton, secretary of state for India, ciety, a reaction against an excessive I the rank and file of the party, but be-
that lie is strong enough to overcome guilt.
representing India. The proposals after tendency to low prices for product. cause .Speaker Reed has said tliat tlie
the
resistance of its possessor. Of
Fanaticism is the child of false
some discussion were taken under ad Labor and capital united are striking house would never, under any circum­
course,
all
law,
government
and
society
zeal
and superstition, the father of in­
viseuient, and tlie British cabinet will for higher prices from the consumers. stances, accept the senate sugar sched­
itself
must
go
down
before
the
carrying
tolerance
and of persecution.
give its answer at a subsequent con­
That is, the striko is a revolt against ule. There is talk of attempting to
out
of
such
a
monstrous
theory
ns
this.
It is more from carelessness about
ference.
the present low price of coal, which de­ act upon President McKinley’s currency
Ostensibly this agitation is directed the truth, than from intentional lying,
It is ■ eported this evening that an in­ nies mine owners a reasonable profit, commission recommendation, but it is
against tlie rich. In reality, it is war that there is so much falsehood in the
ternational conference will bo summon­ even with wages of miners pushed be­ likely that immediate adjournment will
on thrift. It is a menace to every one world.
follow
the
disposal
of
the
tariff
bill.
ed probably to meet in the United low tlie point of a decent living. Ils
who lias made any prudent provision
Although it was stated when $20,000
You pity a man who is lame or blind,
States, with Great Britain participating. object is to stop production until prices
for future needs. The old adage en­
but you never pity him for being a fool,
All the delegates will be uninstructcd rise through scarcity, and then to was appropriated by congress for the
joined men to lay aside Btores against a
which is often a much greater mis­
with regard to ratio, although It is well facilitate combination of niineowners relief of destitute American citizens in
rainy day. The new theory tells them
fortune.
known that the United States favors 16 to maintain a higher price, wliicli will Cuba, tliat the amount would not be a
that the better way is to lay violent
and Fiance 15>£ to one.
enable them to pay fuir wages and still drop in tlie bucket, it has turned out
There should always be some founda­ OUR TERM S are CASH or something conn
hands on the stores which other men
to
lie
much
more
than
was
needed.
make
a
fair
profit.
According to today's report England’s
tion of fact for most any fabric, and
.............into C A S H .............
have laid aside.
participation would mean the reopening
This strike is u sign of the times; is Just as soon as the appropriation was
pure
invention
is
but
the
talent
of
a
A large part of the accumulated
of the Indian mints, and there is a tlie first conspicuous evidence of tlie re­ available, Consul General Ixie was
A CONTINUANCE OF YOUR VALUED PATRONAGE IS SOLIC?
wealth of this country is the product deceiver.
prospect of some concessions as to the action from tlie era of low pri.es to con­ notified to go ahead with the necessary
The
use
we
make
of
our
fortune
de­
and savings of industry. So far as it is
bank of England’s reserve and silver sumers and excessive economies in pro­ expenditures, up to tliat amount. Re­
represented in goods, it is found in the termines its sulficency. A little is
duction, which has been tlie plainest so- ports from General I-ee were submitted
certificates.
crops which hard-working farmers have enough ¡fused wisely, and too much
ial feature of the last few years. Tlie to tlie last cabinet meeting, and much
drawn from the soil; or in merchandise if expended foolishly.
HAWAII.
necessary conditions of a period of to the surprise and gratification of the
tlie ownership of which is the
Fame, as a river, is narrowest where
.quidation of enormously inflated debt president and his advisers, they showed
result of toil and self-denial by it is bred, and broadest afar off; so ex­
have pressed all prices downward. In that although General Lej had rendered
X. F. CJiroatele.
men, almost all who started in life emplary writers depend not upon the
The senate coinmitte on foreign order tliat consumers might satisfy their substantial aid to every distressed
with no better opportunities than those the gratitude of the world.
W ill Continue to Carry a W e ll Selected Stock
relations will lose no time in preparing necessities with diminished income, in­ American citizen who needed it and
of the men who would now despoil
Foppery is never cured; it is tlie bad
its report ujfon Hawaiian annexation, dustry sacrificed its reward, Inlior was would accept, mid shipped a number of
them.'
stamina of the mind, which, like those
the nature of which is sure to be favora­ obliged to accept the barest support of them hack to tlie United States, he had
So far as it is in money, it consists i of the body are never ratified; once
ble. It is not expected Iiowevcr, that life, and rapital to go without interest only expended $6,000.
largely in hundreds of millions of dol­ a coxcomb and always a coxcomb.
the senate will act in tlie premises until and enterprise without profit. That is,
Which will bo handled on the closest possible mai;
Tlie pressure is so great tliat Presi
lars of oBvmg-uHUK
saving-bank deposits; in tlie
i
.
....ou.
The eyes of a man are of no use with­
the regular session opens in December, industry lias been compelled to supply
Consistent with the original cost and transportation
out tlie observing power. Telescopes
unless perchance, tlie Japanese issue consumers with products at cost or a President Cleveland’s extension of tiie
tions; and in the investment of life and microscopes are cunning contriv­
should at once take on an acute phase. trifle more or lose its market.
civil service rules, and the order is
Insurance companies which enables ances, but they cannot see of themselves.
This could not go on for long, and a liable to he issued any day.
Thia is not probable, tlmugh a belief is
them to keep their promises to policy­
field in some quarters that Japan means reaction was sure to come soon or late.
The coin that is most current among
It is much easier to liateh up a con­ holders. The new doctrine invites tlie
WILL BE TH E BA SIS; T his w e in ten d shall™
more mischief then slie confesses to. Bo fur us the pressure for cheapness hag gressional scheme than it is to carry it
mankind
is flattery; the only benefit of
the idle, the shiftless, the brutal
no hardship on our patrons; LO W ER R A T E S MORI
However, the senate will not wait for been met by improvement of the meth­ through, even when working for what
which is that by hearing what we are
to “help themselves” to theee accumu­
that to develop, as the United fttates ods of production and exchange, by the is favored by a majority. I.aBt week,
not we may be instructed what we
CO M PENSATING FOR P R O M P T SETTLEME1
lations.
minister to Hawaii lias power in case use of labor-saving machinery and the tlie friends of the Hawaiian treaty con­
ought to be.
When the lower aminals “help them-
of emergency, to declare a temporary economical organization of department cluded that it was advisable to get the
Falsehood, like a dawning in per­
selves” by seizure from each other, the
protectora.e over tlie islnnds. This was stores and industrial trusts; so far as treaty favorably reported to the senate
spective, will not bear to be examined
process means violence and murder.
done by Minister Stevens in 1893, and prices have been made lower without de­ at this session, and voted upon, if pos­
The Chicago agitator would have men in every point of view, because it is a
iio doubt bis friend and successor, Min­ stroying the profit of capital or the nec­ sible. As eight out of eleven members
forfeit all tlie higher qualities which good imitation of truth, as perspective
ister Bewail, would only lie too glad to essary maintenance of labor, the low of tiie committee of foreign relations
is of the reality.
make them men, and sink to tho level
prices will be permanent and the condi­ •re known to favor the treaty, it looked
follow suit.
Experience has taught me that the
of the brutes in the struggle for life.
As to the course tlie senate will finally tions which produced them have brought like an eaBy matter to get tlie treaty
Such counsel is as degrading as it is only friends we can call our own, who
take tlie friends of annexation have enduring lienefit. But so far as they favorably reported, but it wasn’t as
DEALERS, IN AND MANUFACRURERS OF
can have no change, are those over
dangerous.
much ground for hopefulness. No at- were made at expense of tlie return of easy as it looked to be. A special
whom the grave has closed; the seal of
(xtrent irroads have been made upon capital or the necessary, living wages of meeting of tlie committee was called,
Doa't Toharro Spit and Smoke Toar Life Away.
death is tlie only seal of friendship.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
the friendly sentiments of tits annexa­ labor, they could last only until the im­ but less than a quorum attended, and
Our admiration of a famous man
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, lake No-To
tionist body in tlie upper imuse, while mediate emergency that caused them at a second meeting there was only a Mac. the wonder worker, that makes weak men
lessens upon our nearer acquaintance
strong.
All
druggists,
M
lc
or
»1.
Cureguarun-
some of tlie doubtful senators, includ had passed. Soon therefore, must ap­ hare quorum present. The committee toed. Booklet and sample free. Address
with him ; and we seldom hear of a
lug Mr. l’erkins, are showing signs thnt pear u tendency to reaction of liotli will hold an other meeting this week, sterling itemedV Co,. Chicago or New York
celebrated person without a catalogue
Alley will fall in at the proper time with prices of products and wages of lalior, but it is fur from certain that it will
of some notorious weakness nnd ¡in­
SUNDAY SERVICES.
tlie ruling sentiment of the party. For which would carry both above the low­ decide Io report the treaty.
firmities.
ourselves we see much reason to believe est point of depression, but not to the
10 a. m. Sabbath school, 11 a. m.
The report, by way of Europe, that
What a desolate place would be a
I leaching, Subject: The Preserving
that tlie senate’s margin in favor of old level of extravagant production and
O- C CUSHMAN.
Spain and Japan are trying to coax Quality. 4 p. m. An address oil the world without a (lower I It would be a
E. P WAIT!
PRESIDENT.
adding Hawaii Io the Union will b« as reckless living.
TUB
England to enter with them into a National Christian Endeavor Work.
face without a smile, a feast without a I
CYRUS3CUSHMAN.
wide ns that which stood between suc­
Tlie miner’s strike was the first lurge,
triple alliance for the puqiose of wliip-
All are invited to these services.
I. B CUSH
welcome! Are not the flowers stars of
vic e p r e s id e n t .
cess and a possible failure of the tariff plain sign of this reaction. It will carry
SEC
I. G. K notts , pastor.
ping the United States into keeping its
the
earth?
And
are
not
our
stars
the
up tlie price of coal, first by creating a hands off of islands in both the Pacific
bill.
flowers of heaven ?
T o C a r e C o n a tlp a tlo n F o r e e rr .
The chief peril to the cause of the scarcity and then by combination
Candy Cathartic. ]0c orSSe.
and Atlantic oceans, has not caused if T '1*."
Foolish men imagine that because'
if C. c . G. fall to cure, druggists refund money.
islanders is not in democratic and among niineowners to pay higher wages
anybody in Washington to lose any
judgement for an evil thing is delayed, I
mugwump hostility to tlie treaty, lait and exact higher prices. Goal is tlie
sleep, and it would not even if it were
j there is no justice but an accident alone,
T A R IF F B IL L P A S S E D .
in the plots and intrigues which will foundation of all manufacturing and
known to be true, instead of a hit of
¡here below. Judgement for an evil
now he started among themselves to transportation, and rise in its price un­
midsummer silliness on the part of its
The conference report on the tariff thing is many times delayed some day
overthrow the Dole government. Roy­ doubtedly will send up that of some iron originators.
hill passed the house the 19th inst. An
alists see tliat their uniise is desperate, and steel products and of railroH.1 rates.
analysis of the vote shows that 180 or two, some century or two, - but
— it is as
No member of the senate enjoyed tiie republicans and five democrat« voted 8,,re 88 ■•k', it is as sure as death,
and they will do anything which their For a certain distance along the line,
respect of tlie newspaper men to a for the lull and 106 democrats and 12
—
resources will permit to ssvo it, and in this will propagate the wave of higher
Every day of my life makes me feel
greater extent than did tlie late Senator populists Against it.
this have the sympathy of resident prices and better limes, but the wave
more and more, how seldom a fact is
Iihaai Q. Harris, of Tenn., whose
Japanese. A revolution would lw awk­ will break helplessly against those
ANTED—FAITHFUL
MEN accurately stated; how almost invari-
funeral services were conducted in the
ably when a story has passed through)
ward just now, and Mr. Dole and his products whose price is dependent on
or
women
to
travel
for
re­
senate chamber Srturday, although he
friends need to concern themselves local conditions, liecauge it is made in
sponsible established house in Oregon. tho mind of third person it becomes, so
always professed to desire to have Salary $780 and expenses. Posidon ( far as regards the' impression that it I
chiefly during tlie summer and fall in the markets of the world. I.uckilv,
every newspaper man drawn and permanent. References. Enclose se„- makes in further repetitions, L i e '
guarding agaiust it.
then1 are Indian famines, and possibly
The ' ^ 7 ' . J" T " " rt‘pet,tionSl ’¡‘He
quartered. Nevertheless
they
got a.hlresse.l stamped envelope.
European wars, to help out here.
d. Star Insurance Bldg., Chicago
"
“ f",8ehood i "nJ this, too,
National,
much useful information out of the old
— -
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’ I t though
h o i l i z h f the
lir t n
o s e o t ^ . tie A.
narrator
the most truth-’
I n 1891 tlm state of Oregon brought
gentleman—at least, those did who
suit against Baker county for hack tuxes
seeking person in existence.
K veryhorty Kays So.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
knew how to interpret his burst of an­
amounting to alout f i t , 000. After five u.9?*í’ar<’tí ' i”'1' U*UiarUc, the m ost won
aei rul metileni diseovrrv o f the age. tiesa- ger when lie was asked shout any secret
years of litigation, Referee B. F. Bon­ •J'1. *"'* " ’freabm c 1,1 the Lisle, aei gently
A house and lot in Glenada. The
ami iMisItlvely on k iilnets. liver mid tiñuela, action of the senate or of a committee house is 16 by 34 feet and one story and
ham appointed by the supreme court clean sin g the entire sta tu ii, dH,.el «dits,
benditeli«, lever, luihitual constipât imi upon which lie served, A page, who a half in height. Also a good woodshed
hns rendered his findings to the effect curo
■"‘•" h tou sness P lea se buy and trv a Imx
particulars
C LHln.’ : 'U. *•>. M» cent». Suiti und had grown a little familiar in his inter on premises. For further
thnt Baker county must pay all but guaranteed
nqui.-e at this office.
to cure by nil dim gists.
course with senators, approached Sen­
about $3000, barred by the statute of
This is the complaint of
ator Harris one day and asked him in a
R E C IS T E R E O IN D E B TE D N E S S .
thousands at this season.
limitation. This is a costly result lor
tux TRVit standing of an editor is free and easy manner if the senate l.gd i
They have no appetite; food _
«
Baker county, when the expense of the
Treasurer Patterson informed a Gnard does not relish. They need the toning upof
appreciated after death if not before. decided to adjourn until noon the
next reporter that I-tnr rountv’s indebted
lengthy litigation is taken into consider, A lawyer sent the following words
• nd.di^ tiTc
™
day. Turning upon tlie boy with
r ........... ..
...
ntion, ami further a lien the amount of
of consolation to tlie widow of an feroeiotw look, the irate senator sa id :
Not
many
counties
of
the
state
make
,hcm-
«Iso
purifie,
and
enrich™
the
interest tliat will accrue to tbs state
a . .
* --- -
l ie
editor:
1 cannot tell you how pained “ Yes; and immediately after we adjourn so good a showing.
1 tll"~’
— - that ■
■ -
blood, —
cure,
distress
after eating and
twfore this judgement is finally paid ofl
Internal misery only . dyspeptic can
I was to hear (hat your husband had today, we shall proceed to hang every
ENC IN E PUR C H A SED .
is figured in. Baker county would gone to heaven. We were bosom
.1
“ *PP*’tlt«. overcomes that
-----impertinent page on this floor.”
tired feeling and builds up and su sf.ln «
better have paid without all this trouble friends, hut we can never meet again."—
Register
The
wnnty court hns the whole physical syatem.
Tlie page was said to have been nearly
mid expense,—(iuont.
Luu clI Sua.
mg an affected gruffness of manner, j county’s rot k crusher power for the tom. and cures nervous headaches, thnt R
m e engine is a •cerna to have almoet “ a magic touch.”
Tlie
Ns»-To-IU»<» for F ifty Cents.
S chilling's Best
Senator Harris was personally popular ’”'’‘”"»1 hand machine, and was bought
Guam nt red tobacco habit cure niixlu'e w o k
belt inf powder
-„ .I -------------
..
mvoatrontf. blood pui-a. We | l AU druffgiftU. and
no uinn stood higher . in the
politi of B F. Howard for $660. It has iw n
»vori’.f e«ilactt
»d »pien
-
I cal councils of bis party. Bad health pronounced in first class condition by an
1'iiK ntii.v Register now cmmo to our prevent«! bis taking any part in tins expert, and the county is thought to
hsve sei ured a bargain when they made
tuhle. It is a five column pniwr (trim
non of cougrt'se.
the purchase Refore buying an engine
full of news and is published at Eugene
the county hired one. psymg $5 per day , - - S a. r-s 2
t ± Z
C o o d s a s
I by Condon A Etlwards the new pro- ■ '• • r u le T anr n e w e l s W ith ('« •s a r e te . I tor tlie ---------------
use of it " and
engineer.
The
’™ an vim
in ei
co,"” y • ' * ’
• 'en,’* r * ith t>ie
ijtrivtursof lltc weekly Register,
*
Editor
and
Proprietor.
R ates T h r o u g h o u t W ill be
..........A T B E D ROCK
Fresh Groceries and P
sions by Each Boat. Im¡
tant Reductions Will
Noticed in Footwear, N|
Hats and Suits.
HURD & D A V E N POR
THE SEATON STOI
GENERAL 4 - MERCHA1
C ash or A n y t h in g M ark etab le1
HURD & DAVENPORT
The Siuslaw Jiiver Lumber
^LUMBER and BUILDING MATERI.ll
a r g o e s S a w e d to
i
-A -o m e ,
O re l
ENTERPRISING
leading
8. H. FRIENDLY
S. H. FRIENDLY
w
PROGRES!
merchi
Can’t CARMAN
Eat
1-
CHEAP CASH STOKE
Dry Goods,
★ Groceries ★ and A
FLORENCE MEAT MARKET.
Just Opened.
R
Hood’s
»«
taas ewaey. rng.ne purchased front Mr, Ifow
Howard.
Hood’» Pills
Represen
w . CA RM AN .