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THE DAILY A8T0KIAX. Tl'KSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1, gaily Sifttovtan. JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Telephone No. M. terms or si'Bsi-KirrioN. DAILT. Pont by mall, per yecr Bent liy mall, per month Delivered by carrier, per month... t.00 .M .46 WEEKLY, ant by mall per year, t In advance, posts- free, to subscribers. All communication Intended for publi cation should be directed to the editor. Buslneaa communication of all kinds and remittance mut be addressed to The Aatortan. ; The Astorlan guarantee to Us tub torlbers the largest circulation of any lewspaper published on the Columbia Ivor. Advertising rates can be bad on appli cation to the business manager. The Weekly Astorlan, the second oldest weekly In the state of Oreron, baa. next to the Portland Oregonlan, the largest weekly clreulaUon In the state. Jno. T. Handler Co.. are our Port land agents, and copies of The Astorlan can be bad every morn In at their stand. IK Third street A NEW IDEA. Mr. Bryan Informed the people of a town In New York that "what we want Is a dollar that will maintain its parity with the property which that dollar Is to buy." This la a new proposition. As the San Francisco Call observes. It give money a function It was never supposed to possess. In fact, air. Bry an Is the Inventor of the newest and latest thin- under the sun. Either Mr. Bryan knom-s more about the science of money than was ever known by any other man In any age of the world, or be knows less than the most Ignorant man on earth. According to Mr. Bryan's new discov ery In the science of money, a dollar should always maintain Its parity with the thing It buys. This means that the dollar and the thing it buys should be on a parity because they are Inter changeable commodities. If. then. bushel of wheat and a dollar are on a parity today and not on a parity to morrow, the one or the other has lost In value., and whichever has lost must add to Its quantity so as to maintain the parity, but as the dollar must maintain Its parity, according to Bryan. with the thing It buys, the dollar neces sarily becomes the thing that fluctu ates, while the thing it buys remains stationary, hence It and not the dollar Is the unit of value. Hitherto commerce has ruled that the dollar possessed the unit of value, and that If it takes more wheat, corn, cloth or other commodity to get a dollar to day than it did yesterday it is because the commodity Is of less value; that the dollar has not changed in value because a "unit" does not change, and It is the relative value of the commodity that has changed. A unit of value thing Is necessarily Immovable. There are times, however, when It takes more corn. wheat, cloth or other commodity to get the "unit of value" than at other times, and commerce has always supposed that value fluctuations of commodities are attributable to the operation of the law of supply and demand; also that the volume of the article exchang ed for a dollar Is governed entirely by the necessity for the exchange on the part of the article for a dollar that reg ulates the purchasing power of the dol lar. Mr. Bryan says the dollar and the commodity should be kept at a par ity, and so they are for the moment the exchange Is consummated, but the philosophy of his argument is that 53 cents' worth of wheat should be kept at a parity with a dollar. Well, it can't be done with or without "the aid or consent of any other nations," SOME ALARMING SYMPTOMS. Everybody Is aware of the fact that there Is greater depression in the gen eral business of the country than there was before the Chicago convention. There is less industrial activity, more idle labor and the movement of com merce is more sluggish. Everybody ex cept the least Intelligent of the free silver people know why this is so. Its explanation is in the widespread dis trust which the free silver agitation has created and which may be expected to increase In intensity throughout the campaign. There are some rather alarming symptoms of the apprehension that ex ists. The dlBpatches report that the eastern banks are rapidly losing de posits, which shows that their deposit ors are preparing to protect themselves against the danger that menaces the monetary system of the country. It Is understood that remittances to a con siderable amount have been made to Europe, and to Canada, and this move ment is likely to be largely expanded, unless there should be a very marked subsidence of the silver craze. It is not the banks that are doing this, but the creditors of the banks the people who put their money in those institu tions and who do not want to run the risk of having It returned to them In the near future In a depreciated curren cy. Of course In these circumstances the banks are compelled to curtail loans, and to advance rates of interest, which operates to the serious embar rassment of the business community. Bankers loan other people's money and when depositors withdraw it the banks have no alternative but to stop loan ing. It is perfectly obvious that If this sort of thing keeps on for the next two months we shall have before the end of that time a very serious situation, from which all classes of people will suffer. The free silver agitation has cost the country a pretty generous sum In the few weeks since the Chicago con vention. It threatens to be vastly more expensive in the time before the day of election and if the result should be favorable to that policy who that has any intelligent Idea of practical affairs can doubt that there would be the se verest financial disturbance this ooun try has ever known? What Is already being manifested should Indicate to sensible people what would inevitably take place If .Mr. I try an and a free silver congress annul' be- elected. Disorder and disaster woul not wait uHin their induct Ion Into of tie. These would break upon the eoun try with terrible violence within twen ty-four hours after the election. The treasury would low Its gold as rapidly as It could be drawn out and as would undoubtedly be Impossible to sell bonds to replenish the reserve the government would In a short time be forced to suspend gold payments. The retirement of gold would be In elToc a contraction of the currency to the extent to which gld Is now performing the function of money, hlle all the cir culation would be depreciated. Just how- much It Is Impossible to foresee. A the same time maturing loans and mortgages would be called In. foreign Investments would be thrown on the market and credit would be destroyed In such a situation the greatest suffer- eres would be the producers and wage earners. A convulsion of this kin would hit the farmer and the working- man harder than any other classes of people, because they are the least able to protect themselves from Its effects. The Intelligent and prudent man wl! look at existing facts and study their meaning. Whoever shall do this with a mind open to conviction cannot fail to conclude that these portend grave disaster In the event of free sliver suc cees. An Interesting compilation has been made by the Railroad Oasette, show"' ing that In the decline In prices In the last twenty years the railroads have borne a larger share of the reduction than the farmers. The fall In railway rates from 1ST3 to ISM ss 5.7 per cent. If the freight of ISM bad been carried at the rates of 1S73 the railroads would have earned J9O6.0O0.00O more than they did. The average rate per ton per mile on the New York Central has fallen in twenty-two years 53 per cent. and on the Lake Shore 5fi per cent. The fall in lake and rail rates on wheat from Chicago to New York since 1S73 has been 74 per cent and by all-rail S3 per cent. The average price of wheat at the New York Produce Exchange In 1S73 was $1.53; in ISSa, 6$ cents, a fall of 56 per cent, against a fall In freight charges from Chicago averaging about per cent. The rail rate on corn has fallen from IS73 to the present time CS per cent. The rate on provisions from Chicago to New York has fallen 50 per cent. 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The first steamer crossed lantic in 1S19. the At ROYAL Baking Powder has been awarded highest honors at every world's fair where exhibited. Coffee was first brought Into tireul Britain in 1641. If you have ever seen a little child In the agony of summer complaint you can realize the danger of the trou ble and appreciate the value of Instan taneous relief always afforded by De Wltt's Colic and Cholera Cuie. For dysentery and diarrhoea It Is a relia ble remedy. We could not afford to recommend this as a cure unless It were a cure. Chas. Rogers, Druggist. Bells were Introduced into churches A. D. 400. OASTOniA. Paris burns the timber of 50,000 acres yearly. Theories of cure may be discussed at length by physicians, but the suf ferers want quick relief; and One Min ute Cough Cure will give It to them. A safe cure for children. It Is "the old harmless remedy that produces Imme- dite results." Chas. Rogers, druggist The first Atlantic cable was opcrati-d n 1S58. 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Adil to this that the Bur lington Is the shortest line and offers the best service to Omaha, Kan sas tily and St. Louis, und you will realize why it is the lilKKKKKKI route to the caxl and south. A. C. BIIELDON, G. A.. Portland, Oregon. FOR. TILLAMOOK NEHALEM AND OTHER COAST POINTS STEAMERS R. P. Elmore W. H. Harrison Aupsta.... ...ALL... OPEN FOR SPECIAL CHARTER Sailing datu to and lrom;Tillamuok and Nehalem depend upon the weather. For Frelxht and Psuenger Rates Apply To ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. AUBINTN K .0. AN. CO., Agents, Portland. IB Declaration of Principles Tha Republicans of the United gtittea, assembled by their representatives In National Convention, appealing f r the popular and historical justlllcntlon or their clulms to (ha matchless achieve ments of thirty years of Republican rule, earnestly and confidently address themselves to the awakened Intelll genco, experience and ronmience of their countrymen lit th following ibv larallon of facta ami principles: For the first time since th.i Civil War the American people havo wit ncaacd the calamitous conamjuences of full and unrestrained lVinoerstlo con trol of the Government. It has been a record of unparalted Incapacity, dis honor and disaster. In administrative management It has ruthliaaly sacrific ed Indlspcnalble revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current rlpensea with borrowed money, piled up the public debt by l.-sJ.OOO.CHK) In time of peace, forced an adverse bal ance of trade, to a periwtual menace hanging over the redemption fund, pawned American credit to alien syn dicates and reversed all the measures nod results of successful Republican rule. In the broad effect of Us policy It has precipitated panic, blighted In dustry and trade with prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and crip pled American production while stimu lating foreign production for the Amer ican market. K.very consideration of publlo safety and Individual Interest demands that the government shall be rescued from tho hands of those who have shown themselves Incapable of conducting It without disaster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall he re stored to the party which for thirty years administered It with unetiualed success and prosperity. A I'rutt-rilvf Tarill. We renew and emphasise our allegi ance to the policy of protection as th bulwark of American Industrial Inde pendence and the foundation of Amer ican development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign pro ducts and encourages home Industry it puts the burden of revenue on for elgn goods, It secures th American market for tho American producer; It upholds the American standard of wages for the American worklngman It puts the factory by the side of the farm, and makes tho American farmer b ra dependent on foreign demand and price; it diffuse general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of ach. In Its reasonable ap plication It Is Just, fair, and Impartial, equally opposed to foreign control and domestic monopoly, to sectional dis crimination and Individual favoritism. We denounce the present Democratic tariff as sectional. Injurious to the pub lic credit and destructive to business enterprise. We demand such equitable tariff on foreign Imports which come Into competition with American pro ducts as will not only furnish adequate revenue for the necessary expense of the government, but will protect Amer ican labor from degredatlon to the wage level of other lands, We are not pledged to any particular schedule, The questlun of rate I a practical question, to be governed by th condl lions of the time and production; the ruling and uncompromising principle Is the protection and development of American labor and Industry. The country demands a right settlement and then It wants rest. KecipriH'ily With Oilier Nations. We believe the repeal of the reel rocity arrangement negotiated by the aht Republican administration was a national calamity, and wo demand tloir renewal and extension on such terms as will equallxe our trade with other nations, remove the restrictions which now obstruct the sale of Amer ican product In the ports of other countries and secure the enlarged mar kets of our farms, forest and factorlea. Protection and reciprocity are twin measure of Republican policy, and go hand In hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck down both, and both must be re-established. Protection for what we produce, free admission for the necessaries of life which we don't produce, reciprocal agreement of mu tual Interest which gain open market for us In return for our open market to others. Protection builds up domestic industry and trade and secure our own market for ourselves. Reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. Protection to Suar Producers. We condemn tho present administra tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country. The Republican party favor such protec tion as will lead to the production on American soil of all the sugar the American people use, and for which they pay other countries more than 1100,000,000 annually. Wool and Woolens. To all our products to those of the mine and the field, as well ns to those of the shop and the factory to hemp to wool, the product of the great Indus try of sheep husbandry, a well a to the finished woolens of the mill we promise the most ample protection. Merchant Marine. We favor restoring the early Ameri OK TIIIC REPUBLICAN PARTY. can policy of discriminating duties for tho iip-lHilldlng of our merchant marine and Ihn protection of our shipping In the fou l, to carrying trade, so that A merlin ii ships -the product ot Anur- linn labor, employed In American bl v o ls, .lolling under the Slurs and Snipe, mid manned, officered and i'md ly Americana limy legalu the carry, n f of our foreign commerce. The Financial Issue. "Th" Republican party I unreserv idly for sound mouuy. It caused the riuti iimi nt of the law providing fur the recui'ipilou of specie payment In WD Mbico llicn every dollar has been as good as gold. We are unalterably op poaod to every measure calculated to de base our currency or Impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, op posed to the free coinage of silver, ex eept by International ngreoinent with th leading commercial nations of tin world, which wo pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained wu bellwe the existing Kold standard must bo preserved. All our silver and paper ruireiicy now In circulation must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to maintain Invlola bin tho obligations of Hie United States, and all our money, whether oolu or paper, at the present stuiidanl, the standard of the moat enlightened na Hons uf the earth." Pensions for Veterans. The veterans of the Union armle de serve and should receive fair treatment and generous recognition. Whenever practicable they should be given th preference In the matter of employ incut, and they are rntltlcd to the en actment of such laws as Ih-sI calculat ed to secure the fulfillment of the pledge made to them In the durk days of the country's peril. We denounce the practice of the pension bureau so recklessly and unjustly carried on by tho present administration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping names from the rolls, as di-si-rvlug the severest condemnation of Hie American people. Foretell Relations. Our foreign policy aboiild be at all time Arm, vigorous and dlgnliled, ami ull our Interests In the western hemis phere carefully watchi-d and guuided The Hawaiian IkIiiiiiIh should be eon trolled by the United States and no for eign M.cr should le permit. Id to In lerfcre with them. The Nicaragua Canal should be built, owned and op erated by the United State, ami by the purchase of Hie Danish Islands we should secure a proper ami much-need ill naval Million In the Went Indies. Armenian Massacres. The maasacres In Armenia have aroused the deep sympathy and Just Indignation of the American pie. and we believe that the United Slate should exercise all the tnlliii'iica It can properly exert to bring these atrocities to an end. In Turkey, American resl denls have been exposed to the gravest dungera and American property de stroyed. There and everywhere Amcr lean rltlxen and American property must be absolutely protected at all huxard and at any cost. Monroe Poclrine. We reassert the Monroe doctrine In Us full extent and realtlrm the right of the t'nulti'd States to give the doctrine effect by responding to tho appeals of any American state for friendly Inter volition In case of European encroach ment. We have not Interfered, and shall not Interfere, with the existing possession of any European power In this hemisphere, but those possession must not, on any pretext, be extended. We hopefully look forward to tho eventual withdrawal of the European power from this hemisphere, and the ultimate union of all the Kngllsh speaking part of the continent by the free consent of Its Inhabitants. Inilejii'iidence. of Culia. From the hour of achieving their own Independence the people of the United States have regarded with symputhy tho struggles of other American peoples to free themsulveg from European dom ination. We watch with deep and abid ing Interest the heroic battle of the Cu ban patriots against cruelty and op pression, and our best hopes go out for the full iuccch of their determined con test for liberty. The government of Spain, having lost control of Cuba, and being unable to protect the property or lives of resi dent American citizens or to comply with Its treaty obllgatloncs, wo believe that the government of the United States should actively use Its Influence and good olllccs to restore pence and give Independence to the Island. Enlargement of llic iNavy. The peace and security of tho repub lic and the maintcnanco of Us rightful Influence among tho nation of the earth demand a naval power commen surate with its position and responsi bility. Wo therefore favor the contin ued enlargement of the navy and a complete system of harbor and sea coast defenses. limntenitlon Laws. Kor the iwolmdlon of tho equality of our American rltlietishlp and of th wage of our woiklnmni'ti against th fatal competition of low-priced labor, we demand that the Immigration law be thoroughly enforced, ami so extend ed as to exclude from entrance to III United Stale those who ran neither read tiur write. Civil Servlff. Tim livll Service law Was placed on the statute book by th Republican parly, which has always sustained It, and wo renew our repeated declara tions that It shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced ami extended wher ever practicable, ' Free llallol. We demand that every clllsen of the United Stales shall lis allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot ahull be counted and returned as cast. I.jticliln rumlcmtifd. We proclaim our unqualified ouudsm nntlon of the uncivilised and barbarous practice, well known a lynching or killing of human being. usveeted or charged with crime, without process of law. National Arbitration. We favor the creation of a national board of arbitration to settle and ad just differences which may arl.-ie be tween employer and employed engaged In Interstate cumiiieree. Free Homesteads. We believe In an Immediate return to the free homestead policy of ths Republican party and urge th paasage by con t;re of th satisfactory free homestead measure Which has already pitsscd the house and la now pending In Hi" seiiale. Admission of Territories. We fuvor Hie ail mission of the re maining territories at the earliest prac ticable date, having due regard to th Interest of the people uf the territo ries and of the United Slates. All th federal officers appointed fur tho terri tories shall be selected from bona fids residents thereof, and Hi right of self government shall lie acorded as far as practicable. Alaska Reire.senlaiion. We believe the cltlsonof Alaska should have representation In Hie con gress of the United Statns.to the end that needful legislation may be Intelll. gently enacted. Sumptuary Legislation.' We sympathise with all wise and ln gltln ate efforts to lessen and prevent the evil of Intemperance and promote morality. Rights of Women. Tho Republican party Is mindful of the right and Interest of women. Pro tection of American Industrie Include equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work and protection to the home. We favor the admission of women to wider sphere of usefulness, and welcome their co-operation In rescuing th coun try from Democratic and Populist mis management and mlsrulo. Such are th principle and policies of th Republi can party. Ily these principle we will abide and theso principles we will put Into execution. Wo ask for them th considerate Judgment of th American pcoplu. Confident alike In the history of our great party and In the Justice or our cause, we present our platform and our considerations, In the full assurance that the election will bring victory to the Republican party and prosperity to the people of the United States. Job Printing The Astorlan fnvites attention to its Job Printing Department TRY US