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6ATURDAY.. .'..MARCH. 11.12
J. r nALLOUAA Lilllur.
Our Foreign Tratle.
Among the annual official docu
ments suitable for the guidance of
Congress in its legislation this scs
siontbat of the Treasury Bureau
of -Statistics orVburcommerco with
foreign nations daring the last fis
cal year-is worthy of a prominent
place.
Oar exports of domestic mer
chandise for that year amounted
in value to $833,925,947 the
largest ever known. The two items
of breadstuffs and its manulnc
tures, the former a little exceeding
the latter, made up, in lound num
bers, about 531,G00,000 of this
total, or fully three-fifths. Of the
remaining two-fifths the chief com
ponents were provisions, S151,
528,208, and mineral oils, $40,
315,009. Tobacco, the fifth in
rank of our exports, roaches about
half the value of the petroleum,
and then follow successively wood
and its manufactures, iron and its
manufactures, and live animals.
All the other exports combined
mako less than ninety millions.
But though the aggregate of ex
ports was so large, be ng almost
sixty millions reatcr than that of
the previous year, the chief item,
breadstuffs, had fallen off 17,704,
310, and it will presumably have
fallen off still more at the end of
the fiscal year. The increase, how
ever, -of raw cotton export,
amounting to over thirty-six mil
lion dollars, and of provisions,
amounting to over twenty-four
millions, with many minor in
creases, more than made up for the
falling off in breadstuff values.
Looking back ton years, wo find
that our exports of domestic mer
chandise have, reckoned in specie,
more than doubled an enormous
increase from $428,398,908 'during
the fiscal year ending in 1S71 to
8883,925,947 now. Further ex
amining; the chief items of this
vast growth are found tc be bread
stuffs, provisions, . tallow, live ani-
J,r Ci "? (,.
mate., una, leather. Inese alone,
with wood,andssita,inanufacturcs,
increased 374059,476 in ten
years, -thus, accounting for more
than four-fifths of the entire
growth of this branch of our for
eign'comraercc. Still further in
vestigating the increase, we find it
chiefly ascribabie to the West and
Northwest, and t have been there
produced partly,, by the growth of
the farming population from East"
ern and European immigration,
but chiefly tlnough the extension
ol facilities of transportation by
rail. That this last is really the
maiu source of the growth is clear
from observing that while the ear
lier and later years of tho decide
brought a largo influx of immi
gration, during four ye.irs it
dropped far below the average;
again' it is noticeable that the
financial panic year (1S73) avd the
subsequent ones of depression are
included in the decade, yet the
increase in "exports steadily con
tinued, and even temporary inter
ruptions of railroad extension were
moro than balanced by the rcduetin
of freight charges to the seaboard.
The'inllucnce of the reduction of
the rates from 1870 and 1871 to
1880 and 1881, upon the increase
in exported breadstuffs, is striking
and unquestionable. For the two
items of wheat and corn export
alone have increased in round
numbers 170,000,000; and to the
same sourco may be, traced a more
than five-fold increase in the cxpoi t
w. efcprovisions, and an increase in
that of live animals from a million
dollars' worth in 1870 to nearly
Bixteen and a half millions in the
last fiscal year. Classifying to
gether cotton, breadstuffs, pro
visions, and so on, as products of
agriculture, they amount to $729,
050,010 for the fiscal year, or more
than four-fifths of our aggregate
domestic exports. They have
trebled in. aggregate value since
the year before tiie war.
Turning to the other branch of
our commerce, we find that tho
value of our imported merchandise of stuff, it starts now to the other
for the fiscal year was 8G-12,(G4,- i extreme, and says: "Just as cr
GiS. This was 241,2151,319 less! tain as fato, IVcmi or Si-attln I
tlmu the amount of our experts of,
expn
domestic merchandise for the same
vear. And as our total inerch.ni-
dise exports, including domi-stic
and others, were 8902,377,340, the
real difference in alue between
our exports and imports of mer
chandise was S259,712,71S. This
difference was larger than eei
before known in thehisto'rv'of the
country-; for although the value of
the imports surpassed that of the i
previous fiscal year, that of the ex- j
ports was still mora m excess, i
Nine years before, the difference
had been on the import side, and
had reached $182,417,491.
Finally, the total of merchandise
imports and exports was $1,543,
011,970; and, adding the specie, wo
have an aggregate foreign trade
for the vear of $1,075,024,318.
U. S. BcTennc Ilarinc Service.
A bill has been introduced in
Congress to promote the efficiency
of this Service, the main feature of
which is to make proper provision
for tho retirement of officers who,
by reason of ago or other physical
disabilities contracted in the line
of duty, hae become unfit for the
performance of active servive.
There are also some minor provis
ions deemed esspntial for its bet
ter management. rJy reiernng to
the last annual report of the oper
ations of the service, made, by die
chief of division, it will be seen
that a similar measure .had been
recommended by successive Se
retaries of the Treasury in their
annual report since 1872. In Feb-
ruary, ioi, mo secretary says, in j
..W.! . I .-. -I
a letter recommending a measure
of-the character named: '-The op
erations of the Revenue Cutter
Service are seriously embarrassed,
and its efficiency impaired through
the want of some provision" of the
character proposed, and that 'he
necessity for the relief increases
with time."
Ok
Yet no definite
ac-
tion has Decn taken in this matter
until now, and we trust that Con
gress will not overlook its neees-
shy and importance, but ..will at
once 'paas-jthebUl .aspresented
thus iiBording trie required support
to so valuable a ser.vicv.
"Referring again to the annual
report, says the Commercial Iler
ald, the statistics for the past five
years serve as an illustration of
the work of the Revenue Marine
in the saving of commerce from
destruction and the rescuing of
human life. In that time the
number of vessels in distress and
assisted was S08, and the estimated
value of vessels and cargoes in
distress and assisted amounted to
$13,92G,S20, while the number of
livea saved was 531. The property
repiesentedby these figures, which
lus been wrested from the grasp
of the elements, is no mean contri
bution to tho nation's commerce.
But, while the assistance to com
merce and tho shipping interests
of our country can be approxi
mately estimated in dollars and
cents, to, tho far higher work per
formed in saving human life and
alleviating human suffering no
pecuniary value can be affixed.
The work of revenue vessels in as
sisting the shipwrecked is one of
the noble benefactions of the Gov
ernment, which, taken in connec
tion wifn the woik of the Life
Saving Service, that of the Lio-ht
Houso Board, and that of the
Signal service, gives our country
a pre-eminence among the nations
of the world for humane governmental-
institutions, for hum;tne
considerations alone stimulate
them, and it inspires a gratifying
sense of trust in the usefulness of
.mankind that never in vain i. the
distress signal exhibited in
cf our revenue vessels. This of
itself should be sufficient to stimu
late everv member of the Forty
seventh Congress to favor the bill
as presented.
Too Jlnch tiie Otlioi
Vr'ay
Tub inevitable reaction has
taken place in the Oresronian. and
I instead of sneenngly stating that
O 1
"what is wanted on the bar is
Y,r. , !,,." 1 -1 ft. T "
powerful tugs," una ail that sort
become the shipping point of
tl - .c Northwest, if the Columbia
bar is not improved and the river
channels not d.-epencd." W, here
in Atoii.i. .tru not imbued with
the doctrines of Kismet to any
alarming extent; but it is hardly
consonant with the dignity of a
Portland paper to go in one.week
from a sneer of- defiance., to u
whimper of defeat. Cheer up;
all's not lot that's in danger;
stand in and work with the rest of
the UoiumDia nvcr papers in tue
matter.
"Wiiiskuv legislation is being
carried to a radical extent in New
York. Tho Court of Appoals has
lately decided that the wife of the
owner of a building is liable to
damages for the acts of a man who
may get drunk on liquor sold on
tiie premises. In tho case men
tioned :; husband and wife- owned
a building which was used as a
tivcrn. A thirsty customer got
drunk there, and in -riding home,
being uu ible to manage his horse,
he was (tilled. The widow of the
deceased sued for damages and
has recovered them. While about
it, the principle of indirect damage
might bo extended much further.
The distillers who made, the whis
key, and the city, state and fed
eral gorer.nment3 that issued the
licenses to sell, might also be in
cludedj That kind of a decision
seems to-be going a little too far
to stand in law or equity.
there is a good deal more
trouble in the British Parliament
t!U1 ; the American Congress,
Some of the great safeguards of
English liberty are supposed to be
in danger, tne Jiradlaugli case
involves the right of a constituency
to choose its own representative,
though his religion or want of it
be offensive to the dominant ele
ment. If discontent continue in
Ireland cveri'body seems afraid
that there may bo disastrous eivil
commotion at any time when -foreign
matters arc badly involved.
The scare about the reported pres
ence of Russian agent in London,
shows how public opinion runs.
American statesman are troubled
about prospective profits, or the
probabilities of tho next Presi
dential upmination, but tho Eng
lishmen in high places are worry
ing over matters which reach al
most to the existence of their na
tionality. MISCELLANEOUS.
iDOTHlUM '.
SATU8DAY, MARCH II, II A.M.
Sec(ii:il Iiaml rnrnlturo ami sumlrlcs
At my auction room.
r.r. iioldev. Auctioneer"
sol. sutrrKn. hanks kyek&.
aair Tos?
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
STCAil DYEINCF AND CLEANING.
Shipper & nybko.
Proprietors,
No. 11 Oak fctrcct,
rOUTLAND, - - -
rarcE list :
Pant mr.do to order from
Overman "
suits mulo " " ' -I).es
suits " " "
- OREGON.
- SO CO
- - 15 00
25 00
- - 3500
A large assortment at Puttings always on
li mil.
Kepalrlng done with Neatness and dls-r-attli.
Cutiius done Free tor Purchasers
S-.tlSs iitaiic.to Order from $33 00 aud
L'jmtjimIh.
Pcrfrct Fit Canrantreil or no Snip.
HANSEN BROTHERS,
Architects and Builders,
All lti:u!s ol Kouuc -work done at
shortest uotirc.
Shop Cornrr of Cass and Astor Street.
ASTOKIA, - - - - OREGON
7U. S. . SMITH,
Importer and Wholesale dealer In
Cigars and Tobacco, Smoker's Ar
ticles, Playing Cards, Cut
lery, Etc, Etc.,
The larcct and finest stock of Meerschaum
and Amber Roods In the cit . Particular at
tention p.dd to orders troin the country and
wssels.
Chenaraus street, Astoria, Oregon.
TIIEO. BRACKEK. Manager.
n 1 r . , ..
court Blanks, Justice Court Blank!
I Sluppinj: Blanks, Miscellaneous Blanks,
Defd3.MortjtnKC3,ctc, for Salaat The
astobulx office. .
ti!I he
MISCELLANEOUS.
A. . -Allen,
(SUCSfcteOK TO PAGE AU.EN.)
Wuoiesale and retail ltr!er lu
Glass and Plated Ware,
TUOP1CAL.AKD DOMESTIC
FRUITS AND VHGEfABLES.
Toother with
Wines, Liauors, Toljacco g Cigars
The Isrgfit iinit most eoiniitrt st-.oK of
g'ond'j In their lfne to bo foar.rt In tht city.
Comer of Cass ana SquemopqUc Streets.
J.STOIUA,' OKEGO.S.
B. B. FRANKLIN,
UNDERTAKER,
Corner Cass and Squernoqho streets,
ASTORIA. ... - OREGON
DCU.pc ty
WALI. PAPER
AND
VINPCTW SHADES
AND
UNDERTAKERS GOODS.
Leinenweber & Co.,
C. LF.INKNWXBKIU It. r.COTVTi
ESTAELISnF.D 1SS5.
ASTORIA, -ORKGON,
TAHERS il CURRMS;
Manufacturers andTiapoKeu- ot
4 'IL KINDS OK
XiTf: a ,pb::e::e3.
AND. FINDINGS!
Wholesale Dealcra in
OIL AND TALLOW.
KJTIIIgliest cash price paid for Hides and
Tallow.
Stenhans Varieties !
GRAND OPENING.
A LIVELY ESTDKTAIS5IEST
Have a new bowling alley, tlio largest and
best In town. Admittance free.
w
M. HOWE.
BOAT BUILDER,
AT TIIE OLD STAND. GEA"S BUILDING
FIRST CLASS WORK A SPECIALTY.
BUCKINGHAM
4
HOT'S
-AND-
ARE THE BEST.
And cost no moro than other brands ; and If
the Merchant with whom jou trade docs
not keep our Goods.lt is because it pays
better to sell a pair of Boots or Shoes every
two months than every four or Ave. WE
GUARANTEE EVERY. TAIR WE MAKE.
All Merchants in good credit can procure
these Goods atour Warehouses in Portland
or San Francisco.
Try our "HERCULES" Patent Boots
HECHT BROS. & CO.
MISCELLANEOI'S.
jBeo.W.Hume
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
-IK-
GROCERIES,
" Provisions.Lmnber,
ETC.,
ETC.. ETC.
IFisheriueiis ami Cannery
SUPPLIES
A SPECIALTT.
AGENT l'OR THE
San Jose Fruit Packing Company.
AND THE
Sail Fran cisco. Chemical
WOEES,
ASTOKIA - - - OREGON.
MARTIX TOAKD.
J. J. STOKF.Sr
FOAEB & STOKES,
Wholesale and retail dealers in
Wood and Willow-ware,
GROCERIES,"
Tobacco, Cigars, Wines and Liquors
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Fruits and, Vegetables,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
General Commission Merchants
AHTOIIIA. OKEGOS.
Nc to- Orf?n ISallway & Nav. co's Dock.
KILL'S VARiETIES.
GEO. HILL, -WALTER
PACKS,
- FROPKIETOP.
STAGE JIANAGEH
Oprn all the Tcav, 1'irfonuauce rvry
Msht. Entire Ibautse of rro-
sranimc Once a ITcclt.
Comprtsins all the lattwt
SONGS, OAMCES AND ACTS.
Tho theatro Is crowded nlchtlv, and all
who liae witnessed tiie cntrrtaiument pro
nounce It to be equal to any Rl en elsewhere.
Mr. mil as a caterer for the puble's
amusement can not be exce'led. Ariybod
wiihins to sperm a pleasant evening and
see sparkllne wit and beauty ithout vul
garity, snouw
improve the opportunity and
come.
The company coinprhns tiie followlns well
known Arilsts :
Miss Fannie Walton.
Miss Louise Cooc,
Miss Mollis Ciiristv,
Me. CitAni.ns Koiilkk.
Mn. Tiros. CnutSTY.
Me. John Cook.
Mn. Milton JonssoN,
Mc. Joseph Pettv,
Mr. Walter Packs.
All of w hich will appear nightly In their dif -forcnt
specialties.
Open air concert every evenlne ; perform
ance commencln at 8 ; entrance to theatre
on Benton street ; private boxw on Chena
mus street.
1VAR IS DECLARED TCTLTJIOBT
FI7STHKR SOTICII
And no tcnn3 of peace until
&&rr'Z oorv mji in Astoria liw n now
i.
&?& suit of clothes
Loo!: at the prices :
Panis to order from - - - S3 CO
Pants, Genuine French Cassimcro - 12 50
Suits from - -- - - -2500
The finest line ol samples on the coast to
select from . P. J. MEAXt ,
Main street, opposite Parker Unuse, Astona.
W. SJ. UJSESESSr,
ASTOPJA. OREGON
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
Toilet and Fancy Articles,
PATEBIT HEDICIIMES, ETC.
ayPrescnpUons oarcfully corapoundedjat'
alTEours.
ET-Homeopathlc Tinctures and Pellets,
and Humphrey's Specifics a!o;t:pt.
OTt3T
!4tf
Miw 3IAIB BY HEAM'
Lacking room to store our immense stock
we shall dispose of all
REMNANTS ON HAND.
Worsted Dress Goods,
comprising Plaids, Brocades, etc., etc.,
ranging from 5 to 15 yards.
Nonpareil Bress Goods, at 10 cts. per Yard.
FLANNELS, CLOAKINGS-, SERGES, etc,, etc.,
of all shades and quality. Being impossible to classify
from the fact that our stock is
Beyond in quantity and quality anything ever seen in
Astoria.
We have a large amount of remnants in LACES
and EMBROIBEHY.
5000 Pair of Ladies' White and Colored Hose,
slightly damaged, 10 cts. per pair, usual price 35 cts.
Remember our stock of Gents' ware is unsurpassed in .
quantity, quality and Price in this or any other market.
fjgvgBe sure and call on the old Reliables.
Postoffice Corner, Astoria, Oregon.
TheBossGoflPee and Tea Pot
- tmST
'nB
75S "S 0" M
tU3n rfilS.3 iSS. 23U
TWO TIOOKS EAST OF OCCIDENT,
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOEB & CO.,
jdBssia in
WINES,
LIQUOSS,
AND
CIGARS.
AGENTS TOP. THE
3oet San FranolscD Houses and
Eastern Distilleries.
!57""A!1 goods sold at San Francisco Prices
MAIN STREET.
Opposite Parker IIousc. Astoria, Orecon.
THE OLYMPIC -SAW
Opposite the Parker House.
TIIE FINEST BRANDS OF
LIQUORS and CIGARS
Kept constantly on hand.
No pains w 111 ba spared to give my custo
mers satisfaction.
7Glvo us a call.
E. W. SEHLIN.
A. G. STINSON & CO.,
BLAGKS&HTMNG.
At Capt. Iiogers old stand, corner of Cass
and Court streets.
Shin anil Onnnprv wnrt ITnrcoKhnit,f
Wagons made and repaired. Cood work
biuuiuibvau.
at 20 cts. per Yar4,
MAY DE HAD OF
fE.RHAWES
SOLE AGENT.
Also, Ascent for tno celebrated
Buck's Fntrnt Cook Store,
MEDALLION RANGE,
STEAM riTTINGS A SPECIALTY.
Nono but tho best workmen employed.
All work guaranteed or no charge.
S,
ASTORIA. OREGON
ftnSCELLANEOUS
CITY
BOOK STORE.
Wo are constantly receiving new additions
to our stock and have tho finest and
largest assortment of variety
. goods In tho city.
Combs, Brushes,
Stationery, Frames
Gelluloid Goods.
All nur goods arc marked in plain figures
Call and examine quality and note prices.
CHAS. STEVENS & SON
D. KELMAN,
MARBLE AND STONE WORKER
Monuments and Head Stones,
Or ani thing In the line of Stone.
SLATE CAN SEA5IEBS always on hand.
First class work and satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop opposlto C. L. Parker's residence.
Chenamus Street, - - - Astoria, Oregon.
L. B. ROYAL,
PEMCTICAI. WATCHMAKER
AIVO JEWELER,
Having permanently located
in the city, would solicit tba
general patronage of the
" public-
Repairinq Vatche3, Clocks and Jewelry
A SPECIALTY.
C3-ALL WORK WAEKANTED.-ea
On Squemoeqha street, west of Bell Tower.
raiUE PARTNERSinP HERETOrOEE or
JL btlng between W. W.Taylor, and B.F.
Stevens is this day dissolved by mutual con
sent. The business will ba hereafter eon-
ducted under the firm name of Taylor and
Stutsman to n hom all accounts will e paid.
W.W.TAYLOR,
B. F.STEVENS.
Astoria, March 8, 1SS2.
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