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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1888)
THE OREGON SJSOUT ' l' AMOS K. JONKS EDITOR, City and County Official Paper. Friday, g August 10, 18S8. EDITORIAL XOTkS. is for tlic people."- "Tm: land Cu:v;i.a:;j. Tin: democrats and grcenbaekers of Michican havo "fused," or in other word? have doubled teams against tlie republicans, at The Valley Record, rmblitlieil Ashland, Oregon, is our latest ox change. It is a bright and newsy sheet, and on the side of the people. Tun J'alotise Gazelle, published at Colfax, W. 'I'., issued, last week, a magnificent number. There are few better papers on the coast than tlu3 Gazette. EvnitY day we become more and more aware of the need of a greater amount of energy and enterprise by the people of tin's county, if they would havo it prosper in accordance with its capacity. Wi: acknowledge receipt of a com plimentary ticket and invitation to attend the State Fair which will lie held on the fair grounds near Salem, commencing Sept. 17th. The fair promises to be a greater success this year than ever before. Tin: Scon is willing to wager that if Levi 1. lets hit idea of "protection" include his own bar'l during the cam paign, there will bo trouble in the camp of the faithful. His friends ex pect a "free" use of that and are al ready howling for a bung-starter. Tin: Portland World has been bought by Mr. .7. A. Newall, and Mr. MeColl of the Kust Portland Packet. The J'ackrt will be merged into the World, which under the management of the abovo named gentlemen will no doubt soon become one of the leading papers of the State. Tin-: Mill's bill purposes making wool and lumber free and all the re publicans rise 1 1 and yell, "Krce Trade." The republicans propose making sugar, rice, whiskey and tobac co, free, and the same individuals rise np and yell, "wo are for protection." Consistent very. Ki.oiTixii an ink laden goosu-quill over a page of paper is not as satisfy ing or "lilling," to a man, so to speak, as flopping his lip over the yellow leg of a fried chicken. At least tltat is our judgment, but, wo may be in error. Our contemporary's opinion on the subject, three mouths henco, will bo taken as authority. Tin-: American Protective Tarill' League is a republican organization of New York with one Mr. Aminidown as president. His at present Hooding the country -with its campaign docu ments and assumes to be the champi on of American labor, at the same time its worthy president is employing 200 Hungarians in his woolen mills at starvation wages. Think of this, voters, when you receive an invoice of their tracts. HoNr.ST competition wo are ever ready to welcome, hut a competition that must owe its success, if it suc ceeds at all, to the downfall of its com petitor, a competition born of purse proud arrogance, spite, and bigoted intolerance, a competition that can hope for no unsolicited support from the people, but only through fear of being boycotted if they withhold it, is a competition wo most heartily de spise and do not fear. Our republican contemporary in its first ibsuooiitnhis nil article purport ing to be an iiilc vicw with Col. Mos by whiclf has been going the rounds of the press, in which the Col. is made to say that "in plainvords, Cleveland's proposition (o mo was. ship all the Chinamen you want to the. United States on (he ground Hint they belong to the exempt elans and charge them what you like for that privi lege." Further on the Col. says in explanation, that: "Just a few months before the close of Arthur's administration Secretary McCullough issued an order to rol leclors ol customs, directing them to permit CIiiiiom; to land in (he United States on the certificate of tho consul as the port of departure, stating that the Chinamen desiring a lauding be longed to tho exempt class. "This order made the coii.mi1 the sole and exclusive judge of the right, of a Chi naman to come into the United Slates. As nearly all Chinamen come to California on the Hong Kong steamers, tho order simply turned over the whole business to the United Slates consul at Hong Kong. The amount of the tee that the consul coiihl charge lor his certificate was left to his discretion . and under the regulations this would have bcni hi own personal perquisite. This busi ness would have been ajperl'ect bon nnza, and all the coolies in f'hina could havo been sent on Midi certifi cates lo California. Col. Jiec, the consul for China at San Francisco, wrote me a letter iiie!oniir a fouv of the circular and requesting me to go into the business. I compared the circular with the law, and came to the conclusion that it was in conllict with the restriction act. So I declined to have anything to do with the v biiiese business, and instead of coinplving i with Col. Ilee's request I forwarded Ins letter to the state departmeu , with a despatch giving my reasons lor not taking cognizance of tho McCul lough circular. It was u pertectly re spectful legal arguments When" my dispatch reached Washington, Cleve land had been inaugurated with Ihiy ard secretary of slate. ' ' It will he roineii'bered that Col. Mosby was United States consul at Hong Kong under (.rant, Hayes and Arthur and that upon the inaugurs tion of Cleveland he was removed from ofiiee,Jand he is made to say in tins article that his removal from office was partly to further a scheme of Chinese immigration. I'.ut let us look at the reasons he gives for know ing and asserting that, this was the purpose of his removal. In the first place he talks about President Cleveland making the prop osition to ship Chinese and about his instructions to him as his consul, when in the article itself ho admits that no proposition ever came to him from Cleveland and that he received no instructions from him while consul other than the kick out of officii ho re ceived "immediately" upon the In aiururalion of Cleveland as president, l'urtlier on the interview shows that the instructions ho referred to and which he understood to be in conllict with the restriction act wrrc insitrtl by Secretary JlrCttttonyh under Prvxi dfiit Art hut' u few months, but. how many ho fails to say. before the expi ration of Arthur's term of ollicc, and that "when my dispatch reached Washington, Cleveland had been in augurated with llayard secretiry of state." He says further: "Afler the Chinese- began (o land hereon consular certificates, 1 went myself to the custom house and called . I udgo Hagcr's attention to the fact that Hayard's instructions nulli fied the restriction act: ' ' ( JIfXESi; ( I.. 17.- portion furnished by our home mills .I.V7." 1 ' ''"'' " Hud mat we navcoccn m error. The exact pprccnlat'$' of our home consumption of woolens now furnished by our home mills and labor is 52 1-2 . ... i , iur cum, .iiiii mi! giruuuctiuil irom . torci'Mi mills and lubnr U 17 l-'J him- cent, according to the exact figures furnished by the latest authentic in quiry. The Times was in error to the ex tent of 1-y per cent in the proportion of our woolens supplied by our home mills and labor; and as its' statements have been disputed, even to the ex tent of claiming from 80 to 00 per cent as maiiuiaeturou here, we give the exact truth, as any intelligent and honest woolen manufacturer will test ify. llyjlho high tax upon wool and raw materials, our woolen mills and wool en workinginen are at the time de prived of exactly 17 1-2 per cent of the woolen product consumed by our own people, and foreign mills and labor arc thus favored while our people arc taxed about sixty per cent for their woolen goods. Free wool and reduced taxes on the necessaries of life would double our woolen products; would double home labor in the woolen industries; would cheapen woolens over $100, 000,000 to home consumers and would give our whole home market to our home industry. In the present universally depressed condition of our woolen industries, the war tarilf tax upon wool and raw materials is simply midsummer mad ness; and if woolen manufacturers I coma dare to no trutlitul to the coun try and honest with themselves, they would declare for tree wool with one accord, as all of them have done at one time or another. ' ' Tho Times tells the whole truth and (ells it, from a protection .standpoint. American labor wants the whole mar ket. Taxed raw material gives 47 1-2 por cent of it. lo England. Mr. Cleve land wants it for our home wage workers and when he says so the an swer is a shriek about Hritish free trade. irermrwiflMriflTOMuinnw KniToit Cuddy, of The Allan, n spicy paper published at Ontario, Malheur county, is trying to orcato some fun by taking a vote on "Who is tho biggest fool in town?" Tho votes aro to be sent to his offieo on postal cards. Wo are rather of tho opinion that tho edi tor is monkeying with an infernal machine, of bin own construction, which is liable to explode on him at any moment. What if nil thoso postal cards should lwar your own liunio, Cuddy? "Hayard's instructions" indeed! when tho instructive circular was is sued by Secretary McCullough and he had never had a word of ins) ruction from tho new administration, only to stand aside. As the champion liar Mosby should bo accorded the belt. Comment is as useless as to undertake to besmear the hog wallow, but ot such literature our contemporary seems to take quito freely, although its salutatory says: "Uillings-gato, or tho vernacular of tho fish market, does not become the columns of the publics newspaper." Tin: republican party has aban doned its presidential cumpaigu for tho present and is engaged in a frantic attempt to pull itself in twain. Near ly all tho republican senators and a portion of tho party press are declar ing that the former must prepare and pass a hill revising the tarilf and re ducing tho surplus, while a few other republican senators, tho leading party organs and some lessor lights, declare that a Bonnto tarill' bill will bo a bill for huncoinho and prooholy tho thing which thb wii'Uti tlVmuVratfc want. A COUll ECT VIEW. The Philadelphia Times , an inde pendent paper, but strongly Protect ionist in principle, published in tho centre of the wool manufacturing in terests of Pennsylvania, supports free raw material, because it is for tho beat interests of American manufactures and labor. Tho Time has perfect facilicles for information upon the subject, and It unhesitatingly sup ports free wool, Wo commend this statement made by the Times to the "Hritish free trade" hhouters in Oregon and California. Will they stop yelling long enough to answer it? "Tho Times Ims staled in several recent articles on the tariff, llml our home woolen mill and lubor supply only fti per cent of tho woolons now consumed in this country, whllo for olgu mills and labor kiipply IK w cent . Tho Times purposes to ho strictly accurate in tariff discussions; and us party organs have disputed the statu moms of this journal as to tho homo production of woolons, wo have made a tiuruful Inijuhy into thu uxucl pro- A XT A GOXIST1C IXFLUEXCES. Our reverend opponent, of the Eastern Oreyon Whanydoodlc, has two stove-pipe hats, one a black silk for Sabbath wear, and the other a light colored Ilallison hat, for week da) service: Under tho inlluencc of the black hat ho preaches temperance and portrays the evils of rum , to the women and children. Under the in fluence of the white hat he howls for free whisky and tobacco and preaches republicanism to the men. It was under the inlluencc of the white hat that (he following, which appeared in his first issue, was written: "Mr. SI. .lohu is awfully worried about this free whisky tendency of republicanism Have "not republi cans, or any other body, a right to say free whiskey, as well as I bird parly folks? A few years ago when this free whiskv business was agita ted, Con. liOgau was opposed to free whiskey, but he was in.lavor of taking those millions of revenue, and there by educating the millions of pauper children made so by the whiskey bus iness; but, shades of the martyrs, what, a howl went up from all the land of prohibitionists and third party ites! Xo such sacriligious prac tice shoujd desecrate their escutcheon. They wanted no blood money with which to educate the poor children. Let them go in ignorance rather than that. Hut then its the old saw over again: 1 i on II bo damned it you do, and vou'll bo damned if voudont.' " KEEP TO 'I HE TRUTH. Our contemporary across the way goes lor the administration tor a too free use of the veto power, and says hard words in that connection. Will it please publish the pension statistics showing increaso of pension payments under the present administration over that of my other prior to this t and also tho increase of private pension ers. You may uso our last issue if convenient, which is from the records. The naked statement is not quite so satisfactory as the record itself. Cive your readers the figures and facts and lot them jndgo toi theinoives. You are not in tho pulpit now, brother Ir win, but talking to a congregation in which might be some over inquisitive individual who would liko to know the why and the whereore, and whero you get your authority. There is not one otllei.il act of tho president that can be cited showing other than a deep and friendly intcrost toward the union soldier, and any statement to tho contrary is niado knowing the same to bo false. Tho effort to torco tho CJ. A. I?, into a po litical organization will prove as fur tilo as it is disreputable. EMRAR ASHING. Quite a number of republicans nrc attempting to deny that there is a free whisky plank in their platform,' In the face of facts they have rather a difficult task. Let us quote: " Wc favor the entire icpcal of in ternal taxes, rather than surrender any part of our protective system." That seems cxplicitaud to the point. Rather than surrender "any part" of the protective system, rather than re duce the sugar tariff from 8i per cent, to C8 per cent. ; rather than reduce li e tax on steel rails from S17 to $11 per ton; rather than lower the tax on pig iron from SG.75 to $G per ton; rather than add salt, lumber, flax or jntc to the free list; rather than re duce tho cost of cotton tics, cotton bagging, or twine for hemp binding all of which arc provided for in the Mills bill the republicans declare: "Wo favor the entire repeal of the internal taxes . ' ' Such is the situation the republicans are in, and while the belter portion of them arc inclined to retreat, some, like our reverend con temporary, attempt to brazen it out, and ask: "Havo not the republicans or any other body a right to say free whisky?" VERY COXSITEXT. Tho Wallowa Chieftain says: "It is said that, several thousand head of sheep from Washington Tci ritory arc now on the range in the eastern portion of the countv. Thev will be taken home in the fall, and then Wallowa county will have noth nig by which they can be remembered except a few more hills bare of feca. isn't it about, time sucit business was stopped?' ' This may be all right, but it comes with bad grace from a paper that has been howling itself hoarse for pro lection to sheep men. brother Me Cully is willing to tax himself several hundred dollars a year for the "pro tection' ' of these men but is unwilling to allow them a little grass on tho ranges of Wallowa. Consistcncv is a jewel not to be looked for in a man wedded body and soul to party. Tin-: Seattlo Weekly Press contains eighteen columns of sheriffs notices of delinquent tax sales of town lots located in and about Seattle. This is an evidence that the real estate boom in that city has surpassed the demand; for, when city property is no longer worth tho tax levied thereon, then and only then will people allow the sheriff to sell it for them to collect the taxes duo. Such an enormous advertising by a sheriff of city lots does not speak very advantageously for a city. There must bo something rotten in the real estate market of that city. The grand sale will commence August 6th, and will probably continue until the slier ilf's strength fails him. J. L. ALBERSON, -DEALER IN COHNUCOPIA. OREGON. Carries a complete stock of everything re quired by the Miner, Farmer and Stockman. Call and examine goods and prices, and be convinced that you can savo moncv, and time by trading at home. GIVE ME A TRIAL ! In connection will be found a GOOD FEED AND LIVERY STABLE Where all will find excellent accomodations for their teams. Xgdjg5 Rigs at Reasonable Rates. s4g2$2 J. L. ALRERSON, Cornucopia. Union County, Or. RATI I EE EXOW1XG. In last weeks Issuo of his paper our reverend opponent says: "Prof. M. V. Kook, a prohibition apostle from Michigan, has arrived at Salem, and is to stump Oregon in tho Interests of that party. Democratic boodlo will reward his efforts." Not bolngacipminted with Mr. Itook wo refrain from expressing our opin ion on tho subject, but as tho revorend gentleman who makos thoso charges agNiiist him lui!piad considerable ox porlouuo In tlio "stumping" lino him self, he probably knows what ho Is talking about. Tin: Eastern Oreyon Whanydoodle. made its appearance last week and the work of pumping politics and religion into its uniortumuo readers nas com menced. Tho politics will be cut bias, after tho most approved Chinese pat tern, and tho theology will have a brimstone lingo about it, grimly sug gestive of what tho futuro has in store for all who aro not republicans. Just what efleot this mixture will have on its victims we cannot say, but imagine it will be somewhat similar to that produced on Sut Luvingood when his best girl persuaded him to take a seidlitz powder, and mixing the contents of the blue paper in the water of ono glass, and the conteuts of the white paper in another glass, told him the proper way was to drink the contents of one and in about five min utes swallow tho contents of the other. Sut followed directions and sat down in happy contentment, but soon be camo conscious that there was a most extraordinary commotion going on in side of him. A yearning for tho soli tude of his own home, where he could sit down and think, seized him, and he lit out, depositing as he went, on tho parlor lloor, veranda, and pathway down to tho front gate, a stream of foam, which ho afterward declared waB a yard wide and at least a foot deep. Rev. Thos. MaeGuirc will preach at the Presbyterian church every Sunday at U o'clock, i'. M. FUR N ITUR Wilson & Miller, 1! -Manufacturers of and Dealers in- M. Doors and Parlor ai Bed- 101 ins, room Sols Keeps Constantly on hand a Large .Supply of Bedding, Desks, Office Furniture, etc. All kinds of l'urnituru Made, and Upholstering done to order. WILSON it MILLUlt, - Main St., Union, Or. I 1 H ill1, W. D. BEIDLEMAN, Proprietor. Keeps constantly on hnnil a full assortment of everything in his line, manufactured of the bust innterial obtainable. He is now offering for sale thu Best lot of saddles, at lower prices than were ever offered in Eastern Oregon, LEAD HARNESS, HOUSE BLANKETS, CURRY COMBS, Also a FULL ASSORTMENT of SPl'llS, WHIPS, AX LB O UKASE, HARNESS OIL, Etc., Ete., Etc., In fact everything usually kept in a First Class EstabSishmesit. !K3rCall and examine goods. O Main Street, Union, Oregon. 1 LIVERY and ffl SlffiE. (OPPOSITE CENTENNIAL HOTEL.) J. S- ELLflOTT- Proprietor. Everything First Class. Terms Very Reasonable. Buss to and Fiom the Depot Making; Connection with all Trains. BROTH Dealers In hi: GROCER Tobaccos and Cigars, Met; and Fancy Ms, IES School Books and Station Orders from all parts of the country promptly attended to. For Sale at a Bargain! The Half Way House ou the Pine Creek roail. This place has many ndrantajres. It Is Mhutod just half waj between Union ami Cormu'oyia ami about ttie sumo dis tance f.om Raker City, North l'owiler and Telocrtiot, ami Is well worththe price asked, as a stoimlng place for travelers. It is sur rounded by one of tho best summer ranees in Castcrn Oregon, and it is only 30 minutes drive to an open range, whero stock often winter. For dairying purposes it cannot be beat. It is well watered, contains Kit acres, 100 acres of which is the richest kind of bottom laud, which, when nil cleared, will procdee S50 tons of hay, worth frem ftstofW per ton, in the mines near by, This is a rare bargain for sonic one. Tho place has other advantages which will Ihj shown to inirchaber. Moro money can bo made on this place than any other place of It.s Mze In Eastern Oregon. Must be nold immediately. Satisfactory reasons given for Melius. ' Enquire of run at my plase. 7-SMf 11. A. EATON, University of Oregon. EUGENE CITY. Next session begins on Mondnv tho I7th day of September, 1888. Free hcholarxhips from every countv in the state. Apply to your County Superin tendent. Four Courses: Classical. Scientific, Lit erary and a short Knglish Course in which there Is no Latin, Greek, French or German. The Knglish is pre eminently a Humiicss Course. For catalogues or other Informa tion, nddress: J. W JOHNSON, 6-7-m2. President. Line to Cove. Leaves Union daily at 2ji. m, arrives at Cove at 3;30 p. m. Leaves Cove at 8 a. m., arrives at Union at0;30 a. m. Connections made witli Klliott's coaches running to the depot, carrying passenger for east and west bound trains. A. L. SAY LOR, M. 1)., Physician and Surgeon, North l'owiler, Oregon. Has permanently located and will attend all professional calls day or night. Otlicc: Drug store building: residence, one door west of Kodgers' hotol. KentiiCKj Lioiior Store UATKS for lSSKNOi:itS. I,l!0(!AOi: nuil I'KKinilT, KIUSONAIIU:. KOIJINSON fc LAYli, . . . rropricture. AND SODA FACTORY, Cor. Main and II Sts. - - Union. Oregon, SHi:u.MA.V& UAI.KY, Props. Manufacturers and dealers in Soda Wa ter. SarMipunlla. (linger Ale, Cream Soda and t hainpagno Cider, Svrups, etc, Or der promptly tilled. ALPINE H0TEL, Cornucopia, Union county, Or. R. C WARINxNER, I'rop'r.. The only first class house, in thu camp. oYe "S klar'Hl to m"ko Kito&t coinforta- Chareres Reasonable Coruucopiu Letter.