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C3 'Til-Weekly Astorian ASTORIA, OREGO N: I. C. IREfcAXD .... Editor. ASTORIA xx....Jas. 24, 1S74 THE ITEM OF WHEAT SACKS. The Pacific coast is properly much interested in the expense of sacks in -which to send off its surplus grain, awl -steps have been taken to have the duty on bagging removed. Recent dispatches indicate some doubt about the matter being accom plished, on the ground of the govern ment's indebtedness, and consequent need of the present duties on all im ports, as well as this particular article. There are two theories of levying taxes on imx)orts one for the purpose of revenue, and the other as a pro jection, or encouragement, of home ;ndustry. Both are applicable to im ported bagging. The revenue is needed and, probably, jute can be cultivated profitably in California, if once started. If, however, it should be deemed impracticable to produce the raw materials, then the manufac ture of bagging should still be encour : aged, as this coast is as near some of the ; countries producing jute as are i-Jie 'present foreign manufactories, .-anti. "Yankee machinery should be -able' to compete with the world. Iltiis no part of the policy of the ! United States to levy a tax upon the : surplus products of the country when raent:dbread, but a duty on the neces ryary aCk, or case, containing the product, is virtually an export duty, ;and.-&3cld be relieved. Under pres ent Llvks and regulations, bagging imamtdctured in the United States, sand sent foreign, is relieved of most of the duty on the raw material im ported and used in its manufacture. .At present, on foreign articles im ;ported, duty paid and then shipped foreign before passing out of the gov ernment warehouse, there is allowed ,-ii drawback equal to the duties; less me per cent. On the shipment (for eign), of articles manufactured in the United States, from imported materi als, there is allowed a drawback equal to the duty on the imported material, Jess ten per cent. Under this latter provision, the fish packers on the Co lumbia river are allowed a drawback .on the fish cans sent foreign. Under the same provision, bagging, manu factured here from the imported ma terial, would be e.-.titled to a draw back on being exported. Rut there is no provision for drawback on the imported manufactured article, when scattered through the country and again collected for export. A very little modification of present laws, 'however, would admit of drawback on the aiticle of bagging, at least. A .shipper could be allowed to export wjth a drawback nearly equal to the duties, the same number of bags withdrawn from the warehouse. For instance: a shipper has the bags brought to the Custom House direct, or in bond, where they remain until lie wishes to fill them, when they could be withdrawn, by paying the duties or giving bonds, to export hem, After being filled, a. certificate .of ijjfi proper of Rears, of their Jading wn 3- vessel for export, and proper re turns from the port of destination, would cancel the bonds, or allow the jexporter his drawback, as the case might be, Tim applicants for drawback might be limited to the amount taken from the warehouse at that port. We can Sep no particular difficulty in the iwrkiiig of the law, so modified. The proposition to bring bags in return, fre.e of duty, wilj not amount to much unless there .should be imposition, 11 the return of new bags for old ones, Very often the bags scarcely hold to gether long enough to carry away wheat once let alone returning for the second filling. Again, large numbers of the bags Are destroyed by bieedingj as the sacks are stowed away in the vessel main' are cut open, without reference to any future use, fur the purpose of letting the grain run out, and fill the interstices be tween sacks, so s to make the cargo solid hence, wg jean see but little ad- vantage in returning the sacks, free of duty, as there would be but few Worth returning. the item: of coax.. California, on account of the scar city of wood in some parts, and the growing business of the State, has steadily increased the importation of coal within her borders for several years. During the yearlS73 she im ported 283,630 tons of coal in addition to 170,000 tons furnished from the California mines. Of the amount imported 105,719 tons were from the beds of the Pacific coast, mostly Van couver, Bellingham bay, Seattle and Coos bay. The latter mines, in South ern Oregon, being first among the above four mentioned places. The remainder of the importation, 177,911 tons, was brought from across the ocean. More than half of the import ed coal to California, last year, was carried long distances, at a heavy ex pense of freight. This importation could be lessened very materially by the encourage ment of home industry; by the devel opment of the mines on the Pacific coast. Xot less than two million, (perhaps three million) dollars, were sent abroad from California in the year 1873, for the one article of coal a good sized debit, certainty, against the wheat shipped from this coast. The people, and the State of Oregon, should put forth some effort to check this drain upon the wealth of the coast, and should add to our own riches, especially in those respects in which we are peculiarly fitted by na ture for so doing. From Seattle on the North, to Coos bay on the South, coal crops out in many places in the coast' range, and only await capital and enterprise to carry it to the needy furnaces. At Seattle and Coos bay the mines are worked to a limited ex tent, but they should be opened on the Columbia river. On the Neha lem, and at other places where coal is known to exist, and is accessible. It would be money wisely expended, if the next legislative Assembly of Oregon would make a special appro priation for an examination of coal ledges in this State, and provide that the State Geologist, (Mr. Condon), have charge of it and report theon. "We all rejoice in our ability to pro duce wheat for sale, but a dollar saved to the State by disembowelling of the smutty coal, is more valuable than a dollar received in exchange for golden grain, and a State or com munity is not in a prosperous condi tion when the imports equal the ex ports no matter how great the latter mav be. EDITORIAL XOTES. A Chicago lawyer sues a newspa- of that city for damages for being called a shyster. Webster forgot to mention the word, and now the law- ers are puzzled to know just what it means, The death of J. P. Hale brought to light the fact that it was a daugh ter of Mr. Hale who was engaged to Wilkes Booth, thp man who shot President Lincoln. In Booth's diary, which was taken from his body, there wa.s a picture of the lady. -The New York World is not overburdened with reverence, whaN ever its weakness may be, A recent issue of that paper has a review of a sermon by Rev, Dr. Hepworth, under the head of " An Ass on the Cuban Question." Dr. Hepworth, the World says, " has for sometime past conducted a sort of theological circus somewhere in the upper part" of that city. It is stated that there is now being constructed at Constadt a sub marine vessel of enormous dimen sions. In it 2,000 tons of iron and steel have been employed, It is armed with a formidable ram and will parry ejl thp means for fixing to thp hulls of vessels large cylinders of powder which it can afterwards ex plode by electricity. Two glass eyes will enable the crew to find their way about, and they may choose their course at what depth they please below water. The fault of the collision of the Yille du Tfarvre and Loch Earn is I clearly with, the former. It seemed certain from the first that this must be the fact, and the official report of the Captain of the sailing vessel set tles it. Each ship was clearly seen in time from the other. They "were very close, and the officer in charge the fated steamer started under the stern of the sailing ship, but in a mo ment of panic, or through some ter rible mistake of observation or judg ment he changed his course, and the crash that sent two hundred and twenty-two persons to the bottom came in a moment. The chief engineer of the Bio Grande Bailway finds another argu ment in favor of narrow gauge lines in the fact that the broader the gauge greater the dfficulty in passing around curves and the greater the li ability of the inner wheels to " crawl over the rails." Colonel Greenwood is perhaps not aware that Mr Brunei was convinced of this fact years ago, though that is no reason why it should not be brought up again when narrow gauge lines meet with so much opposition. Already there have been presen ted in the House this session over one hundred and twenty-five bills looking to the granting of pensions to widows and orphans of soldiers of the late war. This class of claims comes directly from Congress on ac count of the law which prescibes a limitation of time for filing the same, as this branch of the Government, under existing regulations, can only be applied to under this contingency for relief. A bill will be introduced in a few days in the House, looking to an extension of the time for the filing of such claims before the Pension office. M. E. Waite, of Toledo, O., has been nominated for Chief Justice. The nomination of Waite appeared to be a surprise, but it was referred to the Judiciary Committee and will doubtless be confirmed. All parties appear to agree that it is a fit one. Mr. Waite is 5S years of age, is a son of the late Chief-Justice Waite of Connecticut, and is a lawyer of 3S years standing. He was one of the counsel for the United States in the Geneva arbitration. He has been a resident of Toledo, Ohio, since 1S3S, and is at present President of the Ohio Constitutional Convention. He was admitted to practice in the Su preme Court of the United States, on motion of Caleb Cushing. Both Evarts and Cushing, who served with him at Geneva, endorse him cordial ly. He is personally well know to the present Associate Justices, and was the friend, and possessed the confidence of, Chief Justice Chase. In politics he is a moderate Republi can, with strong convictions, but slight partisan predilection, Jonah's whale has been the cause of a very lively incident in the Acad emy of Sciences of Brussels, which has greatly excerised the political press of Belgium. M. Yon Bpnendei), the eminent zoologist, has pojnted out in the course of an address to the academy that .the tradition which des cribes the dolphin, as bringing to the shore human bodjes with which it meets, is very ancient and widely spread, and that it bore a resemblance to " the fcibje of Jonah." The inad vertent intimation on the part of the eminent zoologist, that he doubted whether a human being swallowed by a whale would be in a. good con dition three days afterward, has rajse4 a theological storm. Two Professors of the Catholic Universi ty of Lou vain, demanded, jn a vio lent letter, that the acadamy should formally censure M, Yon Benenden, and the academy having, with one dissentient, refused to do so, the two Professors of Lovain have senj jn their resignations. The Philadelphia managers of Ehe proposed Centennial Exhibition are said to be somewhat despondent. It's going to take a heap of spondu licks, and they can't tell whether it's alj forthcoming or not. Congess Ins stipulated that the guarantee fund should be 810,000,000, Of this amount 3,000,000 has beeu pledged in Pennsylvania; but some Sjtate and municipal jealousy has arisen in Xew York and elsewhere which is work ing discouragement .to thp subscrip - M1K. " - I W tion business. The main Centennial building will cost $4,000,000, the memorial hall $1,500,000, the agricul tural hall $500,000, the horticultural hall $400,000. Eor the construction of such gigantic buildings much time will be needed, and the managers, as might be suppose, are anxious to get the work fairly started by the first of Eebruary. " MARRIED. At Graco (Episcopal) Church, in this city, hy tho Hector, Rev. T. A. IJyland, Wednesday ovening, Jan. 21st, 1S74, Mr. W. I. Wadloigh, of Seattlo, W. T.t and Miss Florence L., eldest daughter of A. YanDusen, esq., of Astoria. DIED. In Alameda, California, January 3d, 1S7.1, William 13., son of Captain John and 3Irs. II. M. Wiggin, aged 23 years. SUKW ADVERTISEMENTS. W ELL ASSORTED Pnrc Drags, Chemical?, Perfumery, and Toilet Articles, at the New Drusr Sin ml Apothecary Shop of illiam kFUffDER. Cor. FIRST and OAK 'Streets, Portland, O. Prescriptions a Specialty. Orders from tho Country at tended to with caio and dispatch. j24 tf Try Your Luck. The GREAT PRIZE STATIONER Y Package: TRIUMPH! Contains 10 sheets Writing Paper.10 Eavclopes IPen Holder, 1 Lead Pencil, 2 Pens, 1 Blank Book, 1 Blotter, Photographs of 100 Beautiful Women, and a piece of Ladies' or Gents' Jew elry. Samplo package sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of price 3 certs; 2 packagos for JO cents, or 4 fur $1. Send for a package; it will bo the most goods you over bought for tho money. Tho pruo is ofton worth more than tho prico paid for tho cntiro package, and tho other articles would bring at retail not less than 75 cents. Don't pass this; try one pack age, and you will nover buy stationery any other way. Address, J. C. BURROW, (Look Box 151), Baltimore, Md. 12- Agents wanted overvwhoro.to sell Pack ages, Books, etc. Catalogues free. j24 -it Fry, Practical Boot and Shoe Maker, Chenamuss Street, Astoria. Perfect Fits Guaranteed! All work Warranted. Give me Trial. ttd-Shop, noxtdoor to tho Summers Storo, where orders aro promptly filled. i20tf G-l 0 be Hotel, Corner of Main and Concomloy Strocts, Astoria, Oregon, Ir EPT OX THE EUROPEAN RESTAU V. rant Plan, by N, KO$FQJ3D, Proprietor. Board by tho day ., ,., ,... 1 00 Board anil Lodging. fl ff f u 00 Singlo Meals ,.,2o to'50 cents Lodging....... 2o to 50 cents jj. tf JACKOS & Co,, Corner of jIiin and Jefferson Streets, Astoria, Oregon. TEALERS IN ALL KINDS OE STOVES, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware! "&FQ. Jobbing, of every style, done to order. Qive us atrjal. jGtf Fruit Trees, THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED to furnish, from this Vancouver Nursery of S, W. Brown, Actually one of tho Bost Nurseries on tfre Pacific Coabt, All lvimlrf nP "Frnifr. TriHW. Ornnninrifnl Trnrw Vines, Berry Shrub, ec., ctp at Kcduccd (Catalogue) Prices. Orders may bo loft at tho A o-fsiiw . (ir..... ir o r i.v Astorian Olfice. jlOtf Astoria, Oregon. 3.1RANK FABHE, at tho Central Market, . Portland, has enlarged his COEFEE stall. and added such improvements as will enable hhn to provhlo Epicures with tho best jn tho Murkejt. Parties furnished with Hot Cotfeo on short notice. Give tho Central Market Coffee Stand a trjal ocltf Established 1859, O'CONNOR ,fc MALAItKEY HAVE RE njoved to SO Front street, corner of Wash ington, Portlarul, where, wjth inorcaseil facili? ties, we shall endeavjor to rctafn ourohlcusr tomers and obtain now one by selling goods that are reliable, anu; full yjiju.o fny tjjo luupoy are rename, anu; 11111 yjiju.o fr tjjo nuinoy J. Wholedijje .an$ roaJJ (Jrocors, Shin is, foreign anjl domestic Fruits. (5ardpn tfrofs Seed. JUlIN O'CONNOH, asked. Stores and Ura? DAN. J. MALAItKEY, Portlaml, Jan. 1, 1S74. tf The New Marlret. CITY MARKET COFFEE STAND,- You aro wanted to calj and try .Qr Coffee, Chocolato, and Tea. Wo can provide you with Soups, Moats, Paujfry, Ctf.nip, Fish, ejtc, .jlutf M, li.SUEL'PARD. Sparlding Oregon Cider. HARRINGTON'S SPARKLING Oregon Cjdcr, is now ready and forsalo hy V, F. HARRINGTON, Sixth St., between D pnd E strcote, jlOff Portland, Oregon. Bo oli Binding. J FRED, MILLER, BULLETIN BUILD-; ing, Portland, Book-Binder, Paper-Ruling . urn jjiantv-iJUUK ..uumuumurer. iJinjuing uunu in overy style. Tho placo to get your County Records. All work receives my personal at tention. Orders solicited. jlutf Oregon Livery and Hack Stables. T?PsTEST STOCK IN THE CITY, HORSES X Boughi and Sold and Boarded, at Reason able fates. Hacks tin call, day and night. 1. A. GODARI). Propiietor, jll tf Cor Morrison and 'id sts, Portland. T7 .'"f.'n JIJ" "1. ! Il.l'. '!f GENERAL :MEPiCIFA:SD3SF- GOODS F0RTHE SEASON I IB I Selling Less tnan Cost TIE IHTTBE STOCK! OP GOODS A T THE STORE OFTIIE LATE GEORGE ou.uji.&ua, deceased, Astoria Oregon, S T E SOLD; And in order to settle up tho affairs of tho es tate, the undersigned, administrator, is now ottering the ontiro line, embracing a vory de sirable quality of goods at prices below actual cost. KS" Call anil Examine for Yourselves.-SXi XTSTAll persons having bills against the cs tato will pleaso presont tho samo, with proper vouchers for payment. And all persons owins the estato will please come forward and settle, or make arrangements to settle the same, and save costs. C. S. "WIUC.llT, 11- tf Administrator. Established in Astoria in lS-19w 2TETv GOODS. CHEAP GOODS. A. VAH BUSEH, "Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 6ENEBAL AtEECHADISE , Corner of Main and Chenamus streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. IS NOW OFFERING FOR SALE ONE OF the largest and most complete assortment of General Merchandise ever before brought to the cuuntry, and to buyers For Cash will offer the Most Flattering Inducemeats In the line of DRY-GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, A3ST5 CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES FANCY GOODS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, A Complete Stoclc of Every Article. TOO NUMEROUS TO MEXTI02F. B3"Givo mo aoall, anil bo convinced that my goods aro of tio bet quality, and as cheap as can bo bought of any hpiwo Jn tho State. A. VAN UUSEN. Headquarters ! Headquarters Z I. W.CASE, Chenamus Street, Abtorin, Oregon, AVh.opsalo and ltetail Doaler in Dry Goads, Clothing Groceries. Provisions, Notions As & General SIbkcjiaxdjbe, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, HATS AND CAPS, ROOTS AND SHOES, RLANKETS, TLASXELS, &ctt Whjph is being pfferod Cheap TOR CASH or PRODUCE 5 -All the New School Rooks, tlmt can be liad, unc) a great variety of JStntionory just received. y jyltf Millinery and Fancy Goods. "WrE TnSIT T0 C-XLL THE ATTENTION IT of the Ladies of Astoria and ricinity to our now stock ot Millinery and Fancy Goods! Vhjch wo offer at reasonable prices. Ladies living at a, distance, favoring us with their or ders, will find them promptly attended to. Miss H.M. MORRISON, Propr. Majn street, Astoria, Oregon. s3 TIIE ONLY Manufacturing-House J' ORIvGOX. Fiskel & Eoberts, Corner Firt and "Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON, FASHIONABLE CLOTHES, A3fD JIAXrFACTl'BEBS. THE BEST VALVE FOB THE LEAST MOMEY.