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ASTORIA. OREGON:
D. C. IBELAXD Editor.
"WEDNESDAY Oct. 10, 1877
Bails for "Workingmen.
To judge hy the number and eager
ness of the bids -which are put in for
the workingman's vote, it must be the
most valuable asset that a political!0110
parky can possess, and if the promises
that are made shall be kept, every
workingman in the country will be a
capitalist within about a month after
Congress meets. It is pretty -well set
tled that he is to have a share in the
dividends and profits of the corpora
tions -which employ him; he is to be
relieved from any competition which he
does not like; he is going to fix his
own hours of labor; he will soon be
able to borrow money at a merely
nominal rate of interest, if, indeed, he
is not raised above the need of paying
interest by having an unlimited supply
of greenbacks, and it all of these ad
vantages do not succeed in electing the
highest bidder to ollice, why Uncle
Sam will turn in and give everybody
easy work at high wages, with short
hours, and for an indefinite period of
time.
"With all this bright future only
waiting for an act of Congress to bring
it about; it would be criminal cruelty
in the President to postpone the ses
sion, and if Congress meets on the loth
of October, we may expect the mil
lennium to begin about the 1st of De
cember if it begins at all. But before
counting on it, it would be well to
count the chances of its coining, as
politicians have before this been known
to make promises which were not ful
filled afterwards. We would not doubt
the good will of Congress, nor its firm
intention to do everything for the
workingman that could be done at the
expense of somebody else, but it may
happen that some of its good inten
tions may be beyond the reach of an
act of Congress. Capital, for instance,
is very mulish, and if, as a conse
quence of Congressional interference
with its profits, it should withdraw
from employing labor altogether, it is
hard to see how Congress could com
2el it to stark to work again. The
chief caust why labor needs so much
Congressional dry-nursing is the with
drawal of capital, and Congress has
not found any means of compelling a
resumption of business on the part of
those who have abandoned it; it is not
likely to better the situation by com
pelling a further abandonment by those
who still remain.
As for the eight-hour law, the
trouble is that there are too many men
who can not get even eight hours'
work in a day; that men who would
be glad to work ten hours a day can
not get work for six hours. An eight
hour law would be a poor consolation
for a man who could not obtain work
for any hours at all, and would do him
:is much good as reducing the rate of
interest when there is no one who pro
pose to lend him money at any rate of
interest. There must be something
wondei fully fascinating in the pros
pect of borrowing money at the rate
of exactly 3 G5-100 per cent., or it
would not be held up so temptinslv
before the Workingmaii's party; but
we do not believe that tho working-
men aro generally borrowers of money;
when a bank breaks there are precious
few workingmen's notes among the
doubtful assets, although there may be
lmndreds of workingmen whose sav
ings go in a single failure. As far as
the workingman is concerned, it makes
little dili'erence whether the current
rate of interest is 3 per cent, or 30.
His experience has been that wages
have been highest when interest has
been highest, but his reason teaches
him that a low rate of interest may
tempt those investments on which he
depends for steady and remunerative
employment.
But if the workingman can not be
made a sharer in the profits of capital,
and can hot be helped by an eight
hour law nor by an interest law, if he
may not hope to get even hi3 share of
an issfue of greenbacks, there is one
thing which.Congress can-do for him;
it caii build railroads, straigliten rivers,
dig canals, and thus give him employ
ment. Does anybody really suppose
that Congress ought to do it, or would
do it? The Philadelphia Times, which
puts this forward as a panacea, esti
mates that there are 10,000 men idle
in Philadelphia, and 30,000 in tire rest
of Pennsylvania. At the low rate of
$30 a month for each man, it would
take $2-4,000,000 to satisfy Pennsylva
nia for one year. Now, it is very cer
tain that the State of Pennsylvania
never would vote to add $24,000,000
to its debt to pay for works which no
else would pay for, and it is
equally certain that no Pennsylvanian
in the United States Congress would
l vote for work to be done at the ex
pense of Pennsylvania, the cost of
which was not disbursed in Pennsyl
vania, and it is foolish to suppose that
Penns3lvania, or any other State, is
going to be relieved at the expense of
the rest of the community. If we
spend $24,000,000 for Pennsylvania,
we must spend $300,000,000 for the
rest of the country, and at the end of
the year be just where we were when
we started.
Any honest attempt to follow out
any of these schemes of relieving labor
at the public expense ends in an ab
surdity. If it is the park of sound
wisdom for the Federal government to
come directly to the relief of labor, it
must be sounder wisdom for local au
thority to do it, but from what source
can tho means be obtained excex)t from
the resources of private citizens? A
state or city has no money except what
it takes from the people, and in a free
country and under a free government
it can not take their money from the
people to employ it in a way in which
they would not employ it. What
government can do is to keep its hands
oft", to cease interfering with the nat
ural laws of industry, of trade and of
finance, to lop off its excrescences, di
minish its exj)enses, withdraw into its
sphere, and cease to meddle where it
can only mar. If all the evils which
trouble the country were resolved into
their constituent elements, they would
be found to spring one half from bad
laws and the other half from high
taxes, and the man who proposes to
lessen the evils by making more bad
laws and adding on more taxes, ought
to be shut up, like Polonius, that he
may play the fool no where save in his
own house, and the less of such bait
that is taken by the workingmen the
better for them and all others.
A Balky Horse. It is a very pro
voking thing to have a horse balk. No
man realizes how helpless he is until
he has used up a firstclass whip and
broken all the clubs in the neigh
borhood on the stubborn back of a
balky horse. There is nothing to fall
back upon but the driver's own store
of invective, and, as a general thing,
the animal is utterly indifferent to all
the scathing epithets which arc heaped
on his head, Any man who brings
forward a plan to circumvent a balky
horse may be regarded as a benefactor
to humanity in general. Such a man
resides in Broomfield, Mass. His
horse balked, and in a few minutes
there was the usual dearth of missiles
in the vicinity. The wagon was loaded
with hay, and so a happy thought
struck the Broomfield man. He placed
a bundle of hay under the animal and
set the dry material on fire. The ex
cessive stability of the horse instantly
JiM,,,i o, o,i,ii.r a,, a
locomotive force displayed itself with
the most remarkable rapidity. Even
the neighbors who were opposed to
this Pittsburg method of promoting a
horse's ambition, admit that the cure
was complete, but unfortunately the
hay load took fire and the horse ran
into the barn and the experiment cost
the owner $10,000.
The atmosphere of Oregon is pure and
cheerful, warm and balmy; life i longer,
health is better and more enjoyable, when
the ordinary law of such are attended to,
than in any state in the Union, or in anjT
country in Europe.
There is a good market in Oregon for
agricultural products, owing to tshort
tranhportation to the Pacific Ocean, and
direct exportation to nil parts of the
world, Railroad facilities. Navigable
rivers, including the great Columbia.
Newspaper advertising compels
inquiry, and when the article offered is of
good quality ana at a fair price, the naut.
ral result is increased sales.
The N. P. R. Co. in Olympia.
On the 5th inst, in the Olympia As
sembly, afier reading of the journal, Mr.
Ringer presented House Memorial No. 1
relative to extending the time for build
ing the Northern Pacific ralroad. The
memorial recommends an extension of
time on ihe following conditions enly:
1. The X. P. R. Co. shall not charge
more than $2 ,"0 per acre for their lands.
2. All sales or transfers of lands shall
Like place through the land office, such
sales to be made only to acmal settlers.
3. Time of said building shall be limi
ted by law.
4. In case of failure to build, all lands
shall revert to tlie territory.
o. The railroad shall pay taxes on all
earned lauds.
The memorial was referred to the com
iniitce on memorials, with insirueiions
to report at 10 o'clock, a. m., on Satur
day. A memorial was also introduced by
Mr. Hanford asking Coogress to restore
all unearned lands withdrawn by the
main line of the Northern Pacific rail
road north of Tacoma, and to transfer
the grant of the Northern Pacific rail
road branch line acroes the mountains
to the Seattle and A Valla AValla railroad
company. They were made the special
order for 2 p. m., next day, and no doubt
an interesting debate would be had at
that time.
The Oregonian says: "Referring to
the memorial introduced in the legi:la
tive assembly of AArashington territory
asking the transfer of the land grant of
the northern branch of the Pacific rail
road to the Seattle and AValla AValla
railroad company, the Tacoma Herald
says: The question is simply a local one
and the memorial is offered simply to
gratify individual and selfish interests.
Any bill designed to defeat the early
completion of the Northern Pacific rail
road bears with itself positive opposi
tion to progress in the Northwest.' The
memorial and this statement regarding
it are outcroppings of the rivalry exist
ing between Seattle and Tacoma.'' Now,
Bro. don't you suppose that Portland's
board of trade had a hand in this mat
ter? The Prick of Wheat. Wheat
ought to be one dollar and fifty cents per
bushel all over the Wallamet valley.
San Francisco pays from $2 to S2 25 per
cental. A cental of wheat is a bushel
and two-thirds of a bushel. Wheat
afloat at Astoria is always worth as
much as wheat atloat at San Francisco.
Ordinance No. 223.
J
An Ordin
authorizing the Chief of To-
lice to ;
hie; for
Wll
it thed
delimit
speeial deputy and nruvid-
ensation.
le Charter of the city make
&t!ft? Chief of Police to collect the
- ot the city, adding thereto the
perccnKgctsiixed by the general law, all of
which Anso l)$ paid into the Treasury, and
wncruns.fuc pamormanee ot tuc duty in per
son by tlif Chief of Police is calculated to in
terfere with his other duties : Therefore,
The city of Astoria does ordain as follews:
Skc. 1. That the Chief of Police be. and he
is hereby authorized and empowered to ap
point a special deputy for the purpose of col
lecting the delinquent taxes due on the tax
roll of 1S77.
Skc, 2. That said deputv shall be entitled
to receive out of the Treasury on a claim au
dited in the usual manner as, and by wav of
compensation for the services a sum equal to
live per cent, on the amount of all delinquent
taxes collected by him.
Passed the Council, Oct. 1, 1877.
PPtANK J. TAYLOR,
Auditor and Clerk.
Approved, Oct. 3, 1877.
1). C. IRELAND, Mayor.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
is nionev in the treasury of Clat-
to pay ail orders presented prior
mn. anvil orders win cease to
t from and after this loth day of
J. W. OEAHHAItT.
re:isurcr of Clatsop countv.
10, 1S77. dst-wlt
For Tillamook.
THE STEAMER
GEX. CA3H3Y,
xxsm
jiTBg
"Will be dispatched from Astoria to Tilla
mook on
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1S77.
For freight or passage apply at Astoria to
W. S. KINNEY.
Great Bedtjctioint
IN
PRICES!!
THE PIONEER
Boot & sioE
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Astoria, uct
STORE
Corner of Cass and Squemocqha streets.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
FOR THE IJEXT THIRTY DAYS
I WILL SELL ALL MY
LARGE STOCK OF
Mens', Boys', Ladies', Miss
es and Children's
BOOTS AND SHOES
At a considerable reduction from
previous prices, many kinds
AT COST!
C. J- SMITH, Prop.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PACIFIC MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company
OF CALIFORNIA.
J. C. CA1SROIL
Geo. A. 3IOttJ:E....
President
..Vice President
ASSETS GOLD COM BASIS - $1,800,000
Tola! Death claims paid, over - - 700 000
HOME OrFICE, 41 SECOND STREET.
SACRA3I ESTO. CALIFORNIA.
BRANCH OFFICE
ASTORIA, OREGON,
OFFICERS:
I. W. CASE President
C.S. WRIGHT Vice President
C. BROWN Secretary
.1. Q. A. 1JO WL15Y Attoruev
M. D. JENNINGS... Medical Examiner
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :
R. SPEDDEX, C. J. TRENCIIARD.
K. WARREN. J.W. OEARIIART,
11. ALEXANDER.
DIRECTORS:
I. W. CASE, C S. WRIGII T,
C. BROWN. J. W.GEARKART,
It. ALEXANDER, It. It. SPEDDEN,
C.J. TRENCH ARD M. D. JENNINGS.
C. P. LT PSI I lR, W. 1 1. T WIL iGI IT,
D. K. WAR REN, J. Q. A. RO WLDY.
F. D. WINTON. II. L'.GEARilART,
C.A. McGUIRE,
Applications for Insurance may be made to
auy member of tbe Board.
All receipts of this oflice loaned in Astoria.
No provision for our bcirs is adequate that
is not immediate, for death may be imme
diate. Life Insurance tends to reduce taxation by
its reduction of paunerism and possibility of
crime. It is a national blessing and will at
no distant day be universally adopted.
The Life Insurance companies of the coun
try disbursed over .$7G,OOO.ooo to their patrons
in 187(. Death Claims, Dividends and Ma
tured Endowments.
Policies issued by the Pacific Mutual.
are fiee from the usual rertrictions on travel.
C. BROWX, Resident Agent.
G. MY. CAREY, General Agent, Salem, Ogn.
A. 15. C'OYALT, Portland. Oregon, General
Manager Northwestern Department.
Astoria, October 2, 1877.
3m
NEW GOODS! NEW PRICES!
GEORGE W. C0RNART,
Is constantly receiving the finest assortment
OF
BLANK HOOKS. STATIONERY. OFFICE
FIXTURES AND NOTIONS.
ALL TJ IE LATEST PUBLICATIONS
OF
SHEET MUSIC AND MUSICAL
IXSTItUaiKSTS.
Agent for Sherman it Hyde's Pianos and
Organs sold on Installments.
ALSO FIXE IMrOUTED AND DOMESTIC
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
North side of Chenamus street, between Cass
and Mam - - - Astoria, Oregon.
J. H. D. GRAY,
"Wholesale and retail dealerrin.
FLOUR, FEED, OATS, HAY,
STRAW, WOOI, etc.,
Also wholesale dealer in
Shoalwater Bay OYSTERS,
lteceivcd fresh from the bed four times a
week. On the wharf foot of Uenton street,
Astoria, Oregon.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
JUST AltltlVED:
40,000 BRICK ;
100 WINDOWS;
AND-
200 DOORS;
WHICH WILL TJE SOLD AS LOW
AS
ANY HOUSE IN OREGON.
LAIN & FERGUSON,
Astoria. Oreson
ARNDT & FERCHEN,
BLACKSMITHS AXD MACHINISTS
jtc3- Foot of Washington Streot, jr
wJ&t. near Kinne s' 1 ihery. k?$$
"2 ASrUKlA.UUEGON.-saSie
HAVING SECURED AN ENGINE AND
Latho. and tho best of workmanship, we
aro now prepared to do
ALL KIN US OF CASNEEY WORK.
ENGINE AND STEAMBOAT
WORK OF ANY DES
CRIPTION. 13 Horse-shoeing, repairing, and all kinds
of blacksmithing promptly attended to at rea
sonable rates.
E.
S. AIELIR1LL & CO.,
Blacksmiths and Machinists.
All work in our line, heavy or lijrht, done with
neatness nnd dispatch.
HORSESHOEING, AVAGON, AND
Farm "Work a Special!-.
HAVING SECURED TI1E SERVICES OF
Mr. S. A. Gaines of Ky., an experienced
Farrier of 25 years in tho business, and woll
known to Astoria horsemen, we aro prepared to
do shoeing in a manner to euro lameness or pre
vent it in Ijorscs entrusted to our care.
R55-A11 woV wan-anted and. at reasonable
rncs.
A Capt-IIOGEKS' OLD STAND
& Near Express Office. V&A
W ASTOlilA. - OREGON. C
AUCTION SALES.
E.
C. HOLDEN,
AUCTIONEER and COMMISSION AGENT
CHEXAMUS ST. ASTORIA. OREGON.
Corsipnments respectfully solicited, bills col
lected and return- promptly made.
Kejrnlnr Sales Day. Saturday,
Refer by permission to
CS. WRIGHT,
WAliltEX & MrGUfRE
J Ion-. J. Q. A. DOW LB Y
A. VAN 1USEN.
J.W.tJEAUHART.
T.. C. 2IOIj12-:3. Auctioneer.
B.
S. "WOKSLEY.
AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Office, on Main street opposite Washingto
Market.
SA"L5S IAIJ.Y
From 7 to 9 o'clock P. M.
Regular Sales Bay,
Sat izrdny. at 10 OX'Iock A. HI.
Will purchase anl sell real e.tatc, merchan
dise, furniture, etc.
Consignment- respectfully "olicitcd.
Diasrams and terms to be had on application
to the Auctioneer. L S. WOKSLEY
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
R. II. CAKDWKLL. C. II. PERKINS
Parker House Hotel,
Corner Main and Coneomly streets,
ASI'ORIA, OREGON.
Cardwcll & Perkins, Proprietors.
rpiIIS IS THE LARGEST HOTEL IN AS
A toria. new ami now furniture, furnished
in first cla8 style.
The table will be supplied with the best tho
market afford-. Accomodations to suit tho
times, from 1 2" to S2.".U per day.
Steamer? and sail boat? leave the wharves
and slips near tho Hotel, daily for Fort Ste
vens, Fort Canby, Skipanon, Fort CIntson
Sen Side, Ocean Ucach, Knappton, Chinook,
Unity, Oystervil'o and other p!aces of resort
in this vicinity.
itij'Thcro aro now five largo salmon can
neries in Astoria, which employ over 12U0 per
sons in the various branches of tho business,
making Astoria a it now is, pointof interest
to visitors, independent of its cool invigorating
summer climate.
UNION HOUSE.
Cor. Squemoeqlui and Lni'iu ette Streets,
ASTORIA, OREUON.
rjlHIS HOUSE HAYING BEEN"
JL newly re-painted and furnished
throughout is now open to the accommoda
tion of the public.
fcBfThe house being in new hands now
can guarantee satisfaction.
Io:ird and Lodging per "Week $." OO
Hoard per Weelc 4 Ol
MItS. M. E. TUltNEK, Proprietress.
QCCIDENT HOTEL,
A. J. MEGLER, C. S. "WRIGHT,
Proprietors.
Astoria , Oregon.
Tho Proprietors are happy to announce tha
tho above Hotel has been
Repainted and Refurnished,
Adding greatly to tho comfort of its guest3
AND
IS NOW THE BEST HOTEL NORTH
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
OYSTERS I
OYSTERS !
SERVED IN EVERY STYLE AT
SCHJIEERS CONFECTIONERY
AND
Refreshment Saloon.
All kinds of French, German and American
Candies constantly on hand, wholesale
and retail at the lowest cash price.
ALSO
"Wedding cakes made to order on short notice.
The patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited.
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT.
"WATER STREET ROADWAY.
Opposite Oregon Steam Navigation Company's
Wharf
ASTORIA OREGON.
Tho above now Restaurant will bo open
from and after to-morrow, Sunday. January
7th, lS7o, D. UUSAN1C1I & CO.
Proprietors.
) EQT'ALTOTIIEBEST,ANI
-Chcap as tho Cheapest, at
J Tiik AsrouiAN Ofkire.
E. C. HOLDEN.
L. LAUGHERY..
HOLDEN & LAUGHERY,
UPItOIiSTEKERS AXI) FITRXI
TVIU3 1EATjEKS,
At tho old stnnd-IIOLDEN'S AUCTION:
ROOMS on Chenaraua street.
All kinds, of upholbteiy and cabinet work done
to ordej. .Manufacturers of
Lounges, Spring Beds,
AND
Ofanysizo and quality.
Picture Frames and Furniture Manufac
tured, or Repaired by Experienced
Workmen.
ESrSecond band Kurnituro bought and sold;
OREGOI BAKERY,
Holladay's Whaif. Main Streot, -storia, Ogn.
, BREAD, CAKES, PLEfcv '
PASTRY! CRACKERS,E1C,
TO1LL RESERVED TO PATRONS
V Y of the Oregon Bakery of which C.
Binder deceased, was proprietor, tho same as.
usual, by Mrs. CHARLES 1UNDLU.
First Chus Laker employed, and perfect;
satisfaction guaranteed. AU orders, largo 00
small, promptly filled on short notice. i'at-
ronage of tho public is respectfully solicited.
MRS C1IAS. BIN JJER..
"D ATHS, BATHS,
Hot, Cold. Shower, g
Steam and s
SULPHUR Baths-
Occident Hotel Shaving Saloon.
NlEDERAUKi: tfc UlILEXHART,
Proprietors.
CB" Special attention paid to LADIES' and
CHILDREN'S HAIR CUTTING -
0" Private Entranccfor LadiesJfc
g(y
'T