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ASTORIA. OREGON:
FRIDAY OCTOBER 11. 18S9.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Ik a work published last year a well
known writer on economic subjects
endeavored to trace some constant law
regulating the divison of profits" ot
industry between the capital and la
bor employed therein. He reasoned
that as labor could produce nothing
without capital, the amount of capital
required to set each individual at work
ought to receive about as large a part
of the profits as the laborer him
self. This, it was rumored would form
a just division, because, while the
laborer has to support himself, capital
also has to make good all waste and
depreciations of property, and to bear
all losses in the business. Some in
teresting examples were given, tend
ing to show an approximate equality
in division of profits in some depart
ments of industry. But the figures
given were not exceedingly convinc
ing, nor were they the best attainable.
The census report on railroads
gives the wages actually paid to all
offices and clerks (12,030) as 12.209,
375, and to all other employes (40G,
929) as $183,U0,63S, making wages
amount to $195,330,013. The net in
terests paid on debt by all the rail
roads was 8108,303,877, and the divi
dends actually declared amounted to
70,550,342, making actual payments
to capital 178,834,219. There were
also net profits not divided amount
ing to about 48,000,000, but certainly
a part of these were retained by the
company to provide for replacement
and repairs not covered by the annual
statements of expenditure, and it may
be fairly presumed that the compan
ies divided alout all they felt at lib
erty to divide. On this basis the ac
tual earnings of labor exclusive of
superintendence were very nearly
equal to those of capital exclusive of
surplus reserved.
Take next the manufacturing re
turns, which show net products
amounting to 1,972,755,642 in the cen
sus year. As this is the gross value
of our products less the actual cost of
materials consumed, there must be
deducted something for annual re
pairs and replacement ot plant and
machinery, which may be reckoned at
3 per cent, on the reported capital
employed. From the remainder de
duct all wages actually paid, 947,933,
795 in the census year, and there re
mains only 941,092,669 as all that
can have gone to capital in every
form. In a great many cases, too, the
personal labor or the supervision of
owners or employers would be enti
tled to wages, though none were paid,
but on the other hand the allowance
for repairs and replacements may be
too large. But the comparison again
indicates a tendency toward an equal
division of the profits between capital
and labor.
Nothing like so accurate an esti
mate can be made as to farming, be
cause a great part of the work is done
by the farmers or their sons who re
ceive no wages. On the other hand
jhe return of value of products sold or
consumed is notoriously deficient sev
eral hundred millions, if not by 1,400
millions as Mr. Dodge, the special
agent of the census on agriculture,
publicly estimated. But taking his
comparison as approximately correct
namely that the net products, in
cluding additions to live stock and on
all products consumed on the farms
were about 3,600,000,000 an equal
division would give 1,800,000,000 for
the wages of labor. Now the official
returns made the average of wages on
farms in 1879 16.16 monthly, and
there was some advance in 1880
toward the much higher average re
ported in 1882. Let it be supposed
that the farmers and the agricultural
laborers were all entitled to 17 per
month as wages for labor, which is
certainly putting the labor of an em
ploying farmer too low, and the wages
due for 7,670,000 persons employed in
agriculture would be at least 1,565,
000,000. But in addition there were
several hundred thousand workers re
ported only as "laborers" who should
have been included in the agricul
tural return, but were not; and, more
over, no small part of the farm work
is done by the wives and daughters.
A reasonable allowance for wages,
therefore, at the rates actually paid
in the census year would approxi
mately cover half, even, of Mr. Dodge's
estimate of the value of farm pro
ducts.
These comparisons serve to show
only this thatihere is nothing gro
tesque or obviously contradictory to
known facts in the supposition that
labor and capital do now work prac
tically on shares, each taking about
half the profits. Out of his part the
worker has to pay his own support
and for lost time and sickness, while
capital out of its part has to bear all
losses in the business, besides replac
ing the wear and deterioration of
property employed. That the bar
gain on the whole is not a very un
equal one may be inferred from the
rapid development of industries on
the one hand and the rapid increase
in the number of persons employed
on the other.
The waters of Scotland were pro
ductive of a large revenue last year.
The value of the cured fish is put
down by the -fishery board at 1,324,-
372, while the fresh fish sold for use
brought 717,057. Shell fish produced
a return of 71,728, making a cross
total of 2,113,157. The value of
salmon is estimated at 240,018,
making the grand total of the sea and
salmon fisheries of Scotland 2,353,-
loi. in the sea fisheries total, cured
herrings are credited with 1,174,815,
and fresh haddock with 333.134-
The number of lives lost was fifty-
nine, against 156 in 1887, and the loss
sustained in boats and fishing mate
rial amounted to 49,826.
Majoe Powell's announcement
that irrigation will bring into the
productive area of the United States
100,000,000 acres of land now ac
counted barren will perhaps help to
still the absurd predictions of certain
English wiseacres, that by the end of
the century America will have no
more laud to be generous with. Prob
ably twice or thrice that area will
eventually be reclaimed.
In a vain attempt to get a bette
account of the Brown hanging than
his contemporaries, Major Edwards of
the Fargo Argus had one of his re
porters arrested and lodged in jail.
The unfortunate wight was made to
scrub floors and perform other menial
services during his incarceration,
and when the hour of execution came
was removed to a distant part of the
jail.
Tite total number of failures in the
United States for niuo mouths past
were 8,334, which is heavier than in
any preceding year for the like period
except 1883, when the aggregate was
greater by ninety-nine than in 18S9.
There have been only thirty-two more
failures from January 1st to October
1st in 18S9 than in 1884, the year of
the financial panic which centered at
New York.
Prince Bismarck is reported to
have said: "The foreign situation is
so peaceful. It has not been always
so. Not long ago England still hesi
tated whether to act the mad bull or
the fat ox chewing his cud. To-day
her resolution is taken, and the main
tenance of peace is certain."
It is stated -that Germany and Italy
will combine their fleet in the Med
iterranean and place the whole under
one commander. This will reduce
France's numerical importance and
be the forerunner of probably an ex
ceedingly angry discussion.
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Complaints of the conduct of the
American consul general at Berlin are
now being issued through English
channels. He does not suit a certain
class of German merchants, and they
are working hard to have him re
moved. . The Russian government has or
dered the completion of a network of
railways to the German frontier, which
will enable the czar to mass froops
there on short notice; 300 locomotives
have been ordered for delivery in
Mav.
One of Utah's inexplicable marvels
is a mountain, thirty-five miles north
east of Salt Lake City, thickly cov
ered with oyster shells. The moun
tain is over 4,000 feet higher than the
city, which is 4,300 feet above the sea
level.
The largest county in the United
States is Custer "county, Montana,
which contains 36,000 square miles,
being larger in extent than the states
of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecti
cut, Delaware and Bhode Island.
The new locomotive works ot the
Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona are
to have a capacity of building 500
engines a year, and are so constructed
that their manufacture can be. in
creased up to 1,500.
Nearly seventeen and a half mill
ions of people have visited the Paris
exhibition, an increase of more than
eight millions over the number in the
corresponding period at the exhibition
in Paris in 1878.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett,
the charming American story writer,
was hurled from a buggy at London,
England, recently, and fell on her
head. Her condition is serious.
t m t
English medical experts are now
making strong arguments in favor of
the corset. Thus little by little evi
dence accumulates to show that the
corset has come to Btay.
Ml
Sunset Cox's last joke was plaved
upon the lawyers in the form of a will
which is declared to be absolutely
incontestible.
AUNTIE PERPLEXED.
"For heaven's sate whnt docs your mot'i
do to you children that makes you so lm:
pry?"
"Please, nuntic, sho give3 us Joy's Vc '
ble Sarsaparllla and its awful good."
T. S. Milton, of 511 Post street, San rrn;
KTite3: "I had boon ailing for wcts .
disorder of the liver and kidneys. Fins;,
wire, becoming frightened, procured o !
of 'The I'alifo-nia Remedy' Joy's Ye,'
Bur'nparilla. It cured me rteM up. '
didMirmohformethatlseut fora na'T
aud pavo It to my children, with the i.io
sfactory results."
A Clever Idra.
Some brilliant woman with a busi
ness head upon her shoulders has in
vented a new feature for church fairs
called the advertising spread. Busi
ness houses and firms are visited and
requested to send in their advertise
ments printed upon a tweive-mcu
square of white cotton cloth. These
are taken in hand by the young ladies
of the church and the printed letter
ing entirely covered with the Ken
sington stitch in colored silks. The
squares are then sewed together after
the manner of a patchwork quilt, the
border 'neatly finished off with lace
and ribbon, and the completed spread
hung up in some conspicuous part of
the fair hall so that he who runs may
read. For this privilege the advertiser
is not taxeu at certain nxeu rates per
word or Hue, but is modestly requested
to contribute whatever amount his
pocket-book and bump of benevolence
may admit of, the result being gener
ally more satisfactory to the fair or
ganizers of the fair than to the con
tributor, who has at least the conso
lation of feeling that he has been
fleeced in a good cause. New York
World.
Hood's Sarsapariila
Js carefully prepared from Sarsapariila,
Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock, l'ipsissewa,
Juniper Rerries, and other ell-known and
valuable egetable lemodics, by a peculiar
combination, proportion, and process, giv"
ingto Hood's Sarsapariila curative power
not possessed by other medicines. It
effects remarkable cures where others fail.
.Hood's Sarsapariila
Is the best blood purifier. It cures Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Boils, Pimples, all Humors,
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache,
Indigestion, General Debility, Catanh,
Rheumatism, Kidney and Lier com
plaints; overcomes That Tired Feeling,
creates an appetite, builds up the system.
Hood's Sarsapariila
Has met unparalled success at home. Such
Is its popularity in Lowell, Mass., where it
is made, that Lowell druggists sell more of
Hood's Sarsapariila than all other sarsapa
rillas or blood purifiers. The same success
is extending all over the country.
Hood's Sarsapariila
Is peculiar in its strength and economy.
It is the only preparation of which can
truly be said " 100 Doses One Dollar." A
bottle of Hood's Sarsapariila taken accord
ing to directions, will last a month.
Hood's Sarsapariila
Is peculiar in the confidence it gains among
all classes of people. "Where it is once used
it becomes a favorite family remedy. Do
not be induced to buy other preparations.
lie sure to get the Peculiar Medicine,
Hood's Sarsapariila
Sold by druggists. SI, -IxforS-'i. Prepared by
C. I. HOOD A CO.. AiHttlnrarles, Lowell, Mas3.
IOO Doses One Dollar
NEW TO-DAY
Notice.
T HEREBY NOTIFY ALL PERSONS THAT
X J. will not be responsible for, nor will I
pay any bills contracted by any person
except those contracted for by me In person.
II. A. SMIDT.
Astoria, October 10th, 1R89.
G. WJXOATK.
(' W. STOXK.
Wingate & Stone.
REAL ESTATE
AND-
General Commission Agents
OIlIcc in Odd Fellows Building.
(Rear ofl. W. Case's Bank)
Mortgages Negotiated.
Money Loaned.
A General Age:;cv Business Transacted
Real Estate Roiwht and Sold for mm indents-.
Correspondence solicited.
Joim 0. Dement.
DRUGGIST.
Successor to W. E. Dement & Co.
Carries Complete Stocks or
Orugs and Druggists' Sundries.
lrrfriitluilH ':irrfill!j ('(WlipoiKiileil.
Agent inr
Mexican Salve and
Norwegian Pile Cure
FOR
SKIN DISEASES
USE
Moore's Celebrated Poison Oak Remedy
It kills all inflammation and iriitatlon.and
is the only sure destroyer of Microbes aud
other Skin Parasites.
use freely. Price, 25 cents a Box.,
J. H. MANSELL,
- REAL ESTATE BROKER, -
NOTARY PUBLIC FOR STATE OF OREGON.
City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water
Froniage for Sale.
investments made for Outside Parties.
Established, 1S83. Correspondence Solicited.
Next "W. TJ. Telegraph Office. Third St. Astoria, Oregon.
P. O. BOX S63.
Ol
GET
SCHOOL
EXCHANGED AT
lira
A1M1
S5.00 Per Month.
Good for One Week only.
B.OSB & FAKESB., Agents.
It Will Pay You to Buy a Lot
in
Laurel Park Addition
-TO-
The
This property is now on tho
On tho Installment Plan for
$30.00 and $40.00 per Lot. $10.00 Cash and $5.00 per Month.
Don't miss this opportunity. The terminus of a transcontinental road will be
located within 15 minutes walk from this beautiful tract.
hj to-day. &0 in ono year, bavo
is yours
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This addition to Astoria is beautifully situated on a gentle slope toward the
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nig, and within easy walking distance of street car line. The railroad survey
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liiuu uk nuu luvennuo. J.no -yregonian" in an editorial of September 1st, says:
IhoO.R.&N.wilI build hneswithma short time from Portland to Puget
Sound and Gray's Harbor and from Portland to Astoria, penetrating tho John
Tho most certain and best paying investments in any country are those made in
good towns when prices aro low and prior to tho full growth of such. towns.
340.00; SlM0d'&8
J. P. HYNES,
DEALER IN-
Groceries Produce.
Water Street,.Astoria, Oregon.
TELEPHONE NO. 7. - P.,0. B0X-822.
YOUR
FOR A LOT
IN-
TO EAST ASTORIA.
City
toria.
market, and is being sold by
tho dollars and buy real estate and wealth
WORSLEY & CARRUTHERS,
Corner 3d and Olney Streets.
from
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re the Rise
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J. H. MANSELL'S or FRANK SPITTLE,
Real Estate Agents, Astoria, Oregon.
H. W. Strickler, M. D:
- DEALER IN
Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles,, Etc.
Prescription Clerk speaks Pour different
Languages.,.
General practice of Medicine attended to
by the Doctor.
Second Street, near Postofflce.
New Yor
ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES
:0l02.l3L Bool3LS, Stationery,
Yourffloneyswortlii
IS WHAT YOU GET AT
Foard & Stokes
IN
Groceries and Provisions.
Everything i a First-class Store
'and at
Extremely Low Figures.
Goods Delivered all over Town.
The Highest Price Paid for Junk.
FOARD & STOKES
Wholesale Wine House.
Fine Wines, Choice Brands.
I have completed arrangements for supplying any brand of Wine in any quantity
at lowest cash figures.
The Trade Supplied,
Families Supplied.
ALL ORDERS DELIVERED FREE IN ASTORIA.
Your patronage in Ci or Country solioited.
A. W. UTZiNGER. Cosmopolitan Saloon.
a
. WHOLESALE AND
Groceries. Provisions and Mill Feed.
o
Crockery, Glass Plated Ware.
o
The Largest and finest assortment of
Fresh. Fruits and" "STeget&bles.
Received fresh every Steamer.
The New Model Range
CAN BE HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF
EL R. HA WES,
Agent, call and Examine It ; You Will he Pleased. E. It. Ilawes Is also Agent for the
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHElt FIKHT CLASS STOVES.
Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand.
Wkl-IU
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6000 doable roll of Wall Paper and Decorations of tho latest styles and Bhades
just received direct from Eastern factories.
Also a large assortment of
Of all grades in beautiful now designs
New Smyrna Rugs, Portiere Curtains, China Matting, Etc., Etc.
Call and examine. CHAS. HEILBORN.
FIRE BRICK
DKALElt IN
Hay, Oats, an! Straw, Line, Brick, Cement, Sanfl anil Plaster
Wood Dellrered to Order. Drajrlng, Teaming aud Express Business,
Sgfetggfia. J I --"jKfSSlI
mM&Ol flLARA
HfWi'' ' ' -ltmU.
IER apply to the Captain, or to
NORTH PACIFIC. INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION !
Opens at PORTLAND, OR., Sept. 20, and Closes Oct. 2T, 1889.
The Building Contains Six and
Which will be covered with Interesting displays of every "description from
every section ol the Northwest.
$250,000 EXPENDED IN GROUNDS AND BOTLDINGS.
Largest and best exhibit of FINE LIVE STOCK ever brought together on Ahe Pacific
coast will be made in the spacious grounds adjacent to the ifxpositlow
Building from October 14 to 19.
LiBERATI, THE FAMOUS CORNETIST,
With fifty of the best musician of New York, has been engaged at an enormous expense to
furnish music during the entire exposition. There lias been nothing left undone to make
this the grandest exposition on the Pacific coast. Reduced rates otlare have been secured
on all transportation lines. Portland extends an invitation to every resident of the north
west to attend tnl37nagnlflcent exposition and enjoy her hospitalities. Hotel accommoda
tions ample, --Forf artner information address
wuvtxuivivr iuuiuxc pACIFIC ufDusiBLu, EXPOSITION PORTLAND, OB.
OET.O F. PARKER. CARL A. HANSON
Parker & Hanson
SUCCESSORS TO
C. L. PARKER,
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
New Goods Arriving Every Steamer
THIS WEEK.
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The Old Stand - Astoria Oregon.
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RETAIL DEALER IN
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FIRE CLAY
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PARKER
Eben P, Parher,U aster.
For TOWING, FREIGHT orCHAK
11. 8. FASUtEB.
One-half Acres of Floor Room,
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