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ASTORIA. OREGON:
TUESDAY- FEB.
1SS1
,C. IRELAND Editor.
Dangerous Men.
Editorial Oorr. Astokian.
Editorial Correspondence.
Paoikr HorK, Ciiia;o, Feb.
7th. 1SS1 - When our old friond A.
Booth awoko this merning: to find
the snow disappeared and fast dis
appearing, as though a veritable
chinook wind had crossed the con
tinent, rains descending leisurely
"as at Astoria," he wendered: and
musing to himself he said: "What
ivebfoot has come amongst us to
dav' At half past ten v.e were
in his cos office corner of Lake
-and State streets, smoking the pipe
of peace and thanking Providence
for such fortuitous changes in the
weather. Tt is o surprising! Yes
terday at this hour the weather was
booooming cold, business para
lyzed, men and women stunned, to;
day "iney gracious" no better
-weather could be picked out, and
as a consequence all trains leave
on time, and your humble corres
pondent sails away for the national
capital in time to be there by the
time set to sail yesterday. We
hare not accepted the invitation to
take a sleigh ride to-day for the
Tory simple reason that there is.
.jjot any sleiging. However unac
ceptable the word Faith, may
become to naturalists, and to sci
entists generally, one thing is cer
tain we have to-day more faith in
an unobstructed run to Washing
ton than we had last night when
ire turned into the arms of morphe
us for sweet repose. But 3'ou will
say we write only of the weather
weather it be proper or not,
ivcather is all there is to write
about here iut now. If time
-would admit of it we should go
over to the chamber of commerce
and interview our old purser friend
of the Cowlitz, Williams; but we
anticipate his answer, as we do our
ride to Washington to-night, "dull
and uninteresting" so long,
The Search for the Jeammette.
It is no time, when human lives
sre in peril, to stand by and count
the cost of saving them. Acting
on this principle, the people will
ot object to the passage of the
bill under consideration in the
house, to appropriate $100,000 to
a search for the Jeannette. J5ut
tke inquiry will naturally arise as
to the number of expeditions of
this kind that are to be searched
for. The Jeannette herself went
in search of some whalers, and we
Lave had one search already for
the Jeannette. It is possible that
whatever vessel congress may send
after the Jeannette will, in turn be
-searched for. The Arctic ocean
has held many victims, and remorse
lessly starved them to death. If
the reports of some of the surri
Tors are true, speculators, who
fitted out at least one of the expe
ditions," were in league with the
ocean to inflict upon these unfortu
nate explorers the pangs of hunger)
and, finally, of death. The Jean
nette was supposed to be fitted aad
provisioned for the voyage, with
out regard to cost. She was said
to be supplied with everything
that money would buy to insure
the health and comfort of her
crew. But there is a doubt if a
wise oversight has directed all her
subsequent movements. At least
the following, from a "Washington
special to the Chicago Times, in
dicates that a fatal incapacity has
imperilled the success of the voy
age:
"it is known that when the Jean
nette touched at the port Michae
levski, in Alaska, some time in the
summer of 1870, her people were
in a demoralized condition. The
naval officers had been unable to
preserve the discipline so necessary
to the success of a desperate un
dertaking. They were not judici-.
ous in the choice of supplies, and
liad actually the temerity to dare
the gloomy prospects ot the pole
without having secured native
doa:-drivers, an omission calcula
ted, beyond question, to destroy
all hopes of their success, if not of
their safe return. Tbey were
furnished with sledges constructed
in London, and, taken altogether,
"went about their business in a
-crude shape.
Chicago, Feb. 7. An article on
political science, written by Henry
George for the Christmas number
f the Sacramento Bee, contains
some thoughts on political quacks
that are very suggestive. The
very striking and original work of
political economy by Mr. George,
entitled Progress and Poverty, en
titles him to speak on this subject
with a certain authority. After
discussing the changes that are go
ing on in tlie mouern worm icmuiig
to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer, and the need for some
counteracting influences, the vrrii
er says: "The men of whom 1 am
most afraid, are not the men who
think the existing state of things
all right, and set their fares against
any change. Jt is the men who
want to proceed to action as soon
as they get an idea half way into
their heads: the men who jump to
conclusions without making sure
of the intermediate steps; the men
who, feeling that something is
wrong, are for anything for a
change." It is true. In all fields
of American politics, especially
those that touch commerce, manu
factures and finance, the men of
half ideas have been most danger
ous. The democratic party abounds
in reformers in tariff protection
and finance, whose clanger lie in
a certain ability in advocating half
ideas and whole fallacies. The
public health is more endangered
by zealous ignorance than preju
dice, passion, or even corrup
tion. The rapid changes that
are jroimr on in the business
world follow one another so swift
ly that it is not easy to see
their full significance. It is an
a"c of combinations ami consolida
tions, in which the number of con
trolling powers is decreasing, the
number of the controlled is in
creasing. Railroad conibinations
are going so rapidly that in a few
years at this rate there will be only
a few great consolidated lines and
their ramifications. One corpora
tion controls the. petroleum trade;
auother is not far from controlling
the anthracite coal trade. The
sugar refining "trade is following
the same path, and so on through
other fields of industry. The large
concerns swallow up the smaller.
Middle men and jobbers are at an
ever-increasing disadvantage, and
the manufacturer and importer,
operating through agencies, come
more and more in contact with
the customer. The tendency is to
concentrate wealth and power
more in the hands of a few great
corporations and to reduce the
small traders and manufacturers to
the condition of employes. Some
may consider this an advantage,
others a disadvantage; but there
can be no question of the fact, and
very little question that the pro
cess will go much further during
the decade which we have recently
entered. It is equally undeniable
that the concentration of wealth
jroes hand in hand with the deffu
sion of poverty and wretchedness.
Wherever the most enormous for
tunes are found, side by side with
them will be found the extremist
destitution. The greater the power
of wealth, the greater the depend
ence and helplessness of the ope
rative. In some parts of Eu
rope the process of consolida
tion has entered the ownership of
lands. The number of land-own
ers in Great Britain, particularly
in Scotland and part of Ireland.
is decreasing. Small farms disap
pear, swallowed up in enormous
estates. The condition of the
agricultural population is more and
more hopeless; the rent may be so
apportionatod as to swallow up
all the profits. The laud troubles
in Ireland have their source in this,
and there will be trouble in Scot
land and England tiwt may be more
troublesome sail. Our vast ex
panse of unoccupied lauds has
thus far prevented land consolida
tion in America, but the process
ma3' begin before loeg. This re
public is better fitted than any
other form of government to deal
with great problems of this sort.
The free discussion uf all public
(affairs brings common sense to the
surface m the long run, though
society, in adjusting itself, to the
changes going on with acceleiated
rapidity, must undergo some modi
fications. The danger is from
quacks from men who are ready
to act on half-ideas, and who, feel
ing that siHiiething is wrong, are
realy foranythig AVh change."
11. . 1.
Tlere is one feature of the ap
pointment scheme before congress
that puzzles people; and that is,
why the southern states should
gain four or six or any other num
ber of members relatively to the
north in the new house. The
lopulatiAn of the sixteen southern
states and the twentv-two northern
states in JS70 ami J5U ami the
gains of each section in the decade
compare as follews:
mi. is-. ;.
ol1ll 2U1WM .-MVJUiW iLt5U
South 1XS7X.-J."-, is-vs.4.ai -uesuen
Exee" tif northern gain UiSCUiM
Why shwuld the north, which
has sained absolutely nearly 2.000,
000 moic in population than the
south, be given but two or six
more members under the new ap
pointment, while the south is given
six or twelve? The explanation
of the phenomenon is that the
south has increased in population
relatively a trine more tnau ui
north, and also that small states
gain relatively over large states in
a small house, and the south h; s
more of the former comparatively
than the north has.
.MISCELLANEOUS
G. W. HUME
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS, LAMER.
KTC. ETC., ETC.,
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
ASTORIA
l-r-l-r
TIN PLATE
BLOCKS TIN, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPERS,
SOLDERING COPPERS,
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES,
.MANILLA ROPE,
SAIL CLOTH,
ANCHORS,
OAKS, FLOATS,
MAUI J?, HANDLES,
MURIATIC ACID,
LACtjrEK, VARNISH,
TURPENTINE. BENZINE.
COAL OIL,
GUM ROOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC.,
IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
ASTORIA. - - ORE(;U.
MRS. DERBY
pESPECTED AND COMMENDED;BY ALL FOR ITS
Impartiality, Ability, Fairness and Reliability.
THE PAPER FOR THE COMMERCIAL MAN,
FOR THE FARMER, FOR THE MECHANIC,
FOR THE MERCHANT. FOR EVERY PERSON.
TKR.1IS: BY 31 A IT..
fl'0T.i:K KHKK TO ALL SLlbritIi:KIL.)
DAILY. ONE COPY ONE YEAR
DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS-
S9 00
.. 3 00
3T There i.-nol now any better news
lHier, nor one inure ooiiii-toiitly de
voted to the huiliiiimtipof the country
thfiiiTiiK Astoimax. At the price of
Two Dollar-, per year it Is the elieajKM.
as well x the let. Willi your aid and
encouragement we shall be able to make
further improvements to enhance it.
field of uetuhie-..
."UAUKIKO.
Ill upper Atuna. February V.Hh. by
Rev. .1. larMn. XeiK Nelson and Maria
IVlervm.
SELLING
1
HER ENTIRE
STOCK
MILLINERY GOODS
AX COST.
Dr. Warner's Health
CORSET
tJHo
"fc
NEW TO-DAY.
Wanted.
ASITIATION KY A WOMAN TO COOK
r dtHuinx room work, wi mid undertake
to eook finra jart of men HiroHsli the fili
Ihji Atkm. has a" boy twelve esits of age
I hat hmhi rmtiim-iHCHi. Ajirdv at
! Tills OFFICE.
j
School Taxes.
A ! TAXES l)lE SCHOOL DISTINCT
No. Ik Ctnwui county, nh( netfdNtricO
iHHt he ititt U'lorc Fwnury 2th. to avoid
exiKriiic.
-(4-11
A P.' D.
siEVAjmi.
Clrrk 1 1 to net No. is.
1 w -
Hren's Grani Dress M,
Under the an.pie- of ihe AMorki' Fire De-
.... .-.. 01 '
1
LIBERTYHAL
Tuesday Ev'ng; Feb22. 1881.
Li,
"l
itf.T':itf Ma-urn-1 1 all 15
'Vt P uerof Main and
VSt I A -streets.
only be )Hrtvliaed m
"Astoria at
MRS. ii:rbys.
biildiiig.eor-
jMfUeilHMllif
S. C. lieMMer.
It. F. SteVMi.
FIJIO): MANAOkl:.-.
It.. 'Wor'.lrv.
f.A.Mav
AH are !f-fQc!fiitly hivited.
No dlsrviHjtald elmraeters admitted.
TICKETS.
Special Auction Sale
THIS DAY AT
1 )tni iiiMni
LINE
7 P.
cted to -vsll a
OF DRY
cti
61 .VI
M.
GOODS
INSISTING OF
I
Table Linen 'of all Kinds
PAISLEY SHAWLS, HOSIERY,
Silk Handkerchiefs, Ladies
and Gents Fine Underwear. Towel-
ling. Etc.
A! IwlaiH-e tif -UiM-k if
Cutlery and Silver Ware,
And Toilet Articles.
Hm-ktKT-. will And it ! lltir athstnt
mrc tt auettd iklsc I .
;-. mi enhiMlfftH all dV. Call in and
exMHthH.'. K.C. HOI.DEX.
AnetHiiu-er.
Barbour's
IRISH FLAX THREADS
Salmon Net Twine.
Cotton Seine Twine,
Cork and Lead Lines,
Cotton Netting, all sizes.
Seines Made to Order,
Flax and Cotton Twine,
Fishing Tackle, etc.
BARBOUR BROTHERS,
311 Market Street. Han FranriKro!
HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Manaser,.
Ghas. Stevens & Son,
CITY BOOK STORK.
BROWN'S BUILDING
opixiMtr the
BELL. TOWER,
In room Iatrly occupied by
Sobnieer's Confectionery.
Largest anil Best Assortment
Of novelties in the stationary line usually
found in a first-class book tore. consisting of
BOOKS. FIXE STATIOXEKY,
(JOI.U I'EN OOODS. ALHU.UX
CHKOMOS. FKA3IES.
STEKKOSCOPES. DIAKIES.
All of which will be sold at prices which
DEFY COMPETITION.
P. S. The latest Eastern and California
iieriiKlicals constantly on hand.
CH AS. STEVENS & SON .
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Corner Main and Cbenamus Street?,
ASTOKIA OREGON.
vr.KLT.r. a
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
AND THE GENUINE VOSTENHOLM
and other English Cutlery.
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Bleershaum Pipes, etc,
A line Muck of
IVntfhe and .lewelrr. Slnzzle mid
Ureorh Londlnr Shot ;un and
Klllc., Itpvnlverx. lI.toIs.
and Ammunition.
MAHIXK
S&3,
;ii.N!SK.
I--0 A KINK
Assortment of PElTAt LES and EYE
CLASSES.
WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR IX ADVANCE 2 00
WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 1 00
rtrPoMnuisters are authorized to art as agents for Thk AsroxiAX
" THE ASTORIAN '
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE
HAS THE
FASTEST AfJ) IiEST PRESSES,
AND TYPE OF THE LATES1 STYLES.
cr Vi-iHirch:iM- Taper, I'arcN. Ink. and other materials of tht manufacturers
AT I.OWILST r,IVI.G RATES,
And can therefore afford to iwr. a r always do. tlir Lest articles, while charging
OnsrX"5r 3VE3IEIDEL-A.a?E! PRICES.
Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads.
THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING ROOM AND IHE
WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN-
NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL.
E.R.HAWES,
Dealer in
Cannery Supplies of all Kinds.
Au'ent for the celebrated
1 MEDALLION RAXGE,
Ilish 'loMft. Imi Closets, anil
Plain IJnnsrcH.
IKON PIPES AND FITTINGS OF
ALL KINDS.
Brass Goods, Hose, Etc.,
Water Closets. Bath Tubs, Etc.
ALL WORK AVARKANTED
I2 Hi HE jcL TaT j3 S5
two noons east of Occident, - - astoria. Oregon,
! TKtKilzz!fl&ffi .
nSCELLAEOUS.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TRESCHARD&DPSHllRiRMBSMDJlPMS
DEALERS IN
SHIP CM AMBLE
PROAaSlONS,
IROjY,
STEEL.
GOAL,
THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOB
sale on hand and In arrie direct from
.sew lorK
English Lustre Black Varnish,
IN HARKKI.S.
Turpentine Aspheltum Varnish,
IN BARRELS.
Benzine Aspheltum Varnish,
IX BARRELS
No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels,
Brown Japan, in Barrels,
No. 1 Coach, in Barrels,
White Damar. in Barrels,
Coach Varnishes, in Cases.
I I ii
t -ALSO-
Builders General jSiicie Alnllijiate Pai,lt
HARDWARE,
BILL HEAD PAPER,
OF EVERY GRADE AND COLOR. PRIN
cd c plain, at luwt rate;, at
rfZ5?Eh yJpiSw
The Astorux office
SHIPPING TAGS
rrilE REST QUALITY. WILL RESOLD
JL by the hundred, er by tho box, printed or
plain, to luit custemer?. at
Tuk Astorux office.
3".A.XXjS,
PAINTS. OILS, ETC.
FOR IRON AND WOOD WORK,
JAMES LAIDLAW & CO.,
Hi X Front Street, Portland.
AGENCY OK THE
Imperial Mills Flour and
Chenamus Street, Near Olney,
ASTORIA. OREGON
AENDT & FERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
The Only Machine Shop
And the I est. JrtttJ
I BLACKSMITH
I
Feed.lSHOP
Inttiecin. j
All kinds of
F'EXERl JaTJTTETSr.
AsTORIV. ORECON.
s.
BRICK
TTirfTiiB,,
LAYER
tmmv
mMBn;
iHtS-
r. J3KEXtiii& .-Mi
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
Onlrs U'ft at the Oechlviit Hotel, or at my i
W"relMHte, fiMt of Henton Street, pruiHjitly
atteiHleil to. . j
PLASTER. LATH, t
ami an material m imv line.
fiirnitluMi loonier.
eBSleeIal attention jiuid to KHrmtee work
anil Raiise-. Cttem work warranted ood
ih: no imy.
ewAsjwit San Juan and NmvTacoma Lime.
S
ENGINE, CANNERY,
STEAMBOAT WORK
Pri'll.J t, TrJuW o.
A speeialt in.u f x j . nn
CANNERY DIES,
MACHINE SHOP. NEAR KINNEY'S AS
TORIA FISHERY
T IME. SAND. RRICK.
f enieiit.
J. H. D. GRAY,
Wlw)leale and r-tail dealer in.
ALL KIXDS OF FEED,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
General storage d Wharfage on reason
able tt-rm-i. Foot of BeatOH street. Astoria,
Oregon.