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11.50 TEK YEAR
THURSDAY: DEC. 13, ISM.
MR. CARLISLE'S PLAX.
In the present condition of finance
nil trade any currency avheme cmanat
ln (roiu to authoritative aource aa the
aecreUrv of the treasury U certain to
command general attention. The secre
tary'! plaa la clearly formulated, an J It
ii ubatantinlly the o -called Baltimore
plan with an Important modification.
The prew of the country doea not gener
ally take kindly to it there is a lurking
napiction that the scheme puts too
touch power in the hands of the nation
al banks. Briefly stated, Mr. Carlisle
proposes to give the country an clastic
currency through the medium of the
banks. He - maintains that this
scheme will practically dissolve
the partnership ttetween the govern
mentand the banks. The banks are to
issue paper money or bank notea to the
amount of 75 per cent, of the paid-up
! capital, ana in adaiuon to tiie capital oi
I toe bank 30 per cent, xrf the circulation
Jan. 1. It la an erroneous idea that the
books arc to be selected from one firm or i
that all the booka now in use are to lu.
supereedetl by new books. The voters
are expected to make a Jndicioua telec
tion of the beat booka from among tluve
in present ue and those offered by the
publishers. The changes made, if any,
will not Involve a material expense upon
the people, because provisions are made
in all the bids for exchange of old booka.
It is the concurrent opinion of our beet
edncatora that some of the text books
now in ue are practically worthless,
and all such books should be replaced
with others that afford competent and
intelligent instruction. Our public
schools should I supplied with the
highest clas text books, but care should
bo taken to allow no publishing house a
monopoly.
THE VIRTUE OF SECRECY
i TUc Silent Tonjriie U it llloaslnjr
tu tlic World.
Every Nation, All Oranlitions, Ivsrj
Well Regulated Family and Eaoti
Individual Hats Their Secrets.
1
ft
in legal-tender notes, or in the treasury
notes of ISM shall.be deposited by the
bank in the treasury. Mr. Carlisle
.m, ;, , -
t; uigei mat tins win provioe an awpiv
security to the holdura of the bank
notes. This 30 per cent, additional
I fund is an important improvement on
I the Baltimore plan, besides it will with
draw from circulation a largo amount of
government paper, aggregating from
12,000,000 to 225,000,000. This is con-
sidered the initial feature of the scheme,
for it involves the one thing most de-
sired by the secretary of the treasury,
stffitly, the gradual withdrawal of the
(legal-tender notes from circulation.
The so-called provisions for "helping
I silver" is very meagre and threadbare.
The jecretary proposes fixing the niini-
' mum bank-note issue at (10, and repeal
ing thetax on the state bank circulation.
It is argued that the present aggregate
bank capital of 11,000,000,000 would af-
ford -sufficient currency to meet almost
i financial exigency that might arise.
r There ane now $600,000,000 of gold ile
5 Hi and notes and $207,000,000 of national
bank notes, the laftsr to be withdrawn
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t;uiiiim. xi 11115 uau&s ISSUe
tb maximum amount of currency pos
sible under the provisions of this
scheme, $228,500,000 of this $500,000,000
would be deposited as a guarantee fund.
There would be $435,000,000 of govern-
It ts quite generally understood that
an effort will lie made to have a bill pass
the legislature lowering the legal rule of
interest to mx per cent. That capitalists,
and monev lenders generally will oppose
any such bill is a foregone ijonclnsion,
but Uie masses favor a lessening of the
rate of interest. The farmer claims
that he cannot, at the current price of
farm products, pay ten percent interest,
the usual rate exacted by the money
lender. If six pot cent interest should
be established as the legal rate it is
probable that eight per cent would lie
the special contract limit. While it is
unquestionably true that a low rate of
interest is demanded by a very large
majority of the peopie, and by right and
justice should become a law, it i. im
probable that such a measure will be en
acted at the coming legislature. The
"vested ir.tere9ts" of capital are acainst
it, and a strong pull will be made in the
legislature to keep the present r.ite of
interest upon the statute books. Capital
may not win, but we lelieve it will.
It
t 'ment bank notes retired and $750,000,000
' ? bank notes issued. This would
seduce the present circulation of gold
note to about $271,500,000. On this
baaia it is estimated that the circulation
! provided for by Secretary Carlisle's
Uscheme would be $1,021,500,000, less j
I government redemptions, iu place of
$707,000,000, an actual increase of $314,
J 500.000.
; ( ? There are two central ideas involved
' in Mr. Carlisle's plan . First, to afford
the country an "elastic currency;'
j second, the separation of the govern
j rnent from the banks. It is objected
' 'that the depositors are not afforded suf
1 ficent security against possible loss nn
I der this scheme, that a 75 per cent, ia
f sue in paper currency on the paid-up
I capital of the bank would be invidious
legislation in favor of the banks. There
' is little probability that congress will
adopt Uie secretary's currency scheme.
It la amusing to note w ith what finesse
and alaerityllon. Dinger Hermann places
himself in the hands of his friends, the
members of the legislature. Mr. Her
mann is willing to pose as "a compro
mise candidate" only. In case that Sen
ator Dolph and some others become irre
trievably mixed np in the senatorial
fight the sly Binger is more than willing
to take advantage of the venerable sen
ator's discomfiture and step into his
vacant chair. The seriatori.il bee is evi
dently buzzing quite lively about Mr.
Hermann's ears. Mr. Dolph'e defeat is
decidedly problematical. He is the
legislature's logical nominee, and in our
opinion there is little chance to unhorse
him in the coming contest.
i Amskicak high-pressure life is a trite
phrase among our English cousins.
When Herbert Spencer visited this
( country in 1H82 he was given a farewell
, reception in Xew York city on the eve
of his departure for Europe. Mr.
; "pencer, in a very interesting and com
prehensive speech, spoke of the great
mrry and business push so charaeter
.stie among the American people. He
said it was notable that Americans age:!
, earlier in Hie than the EnglitJi . There
ware relatively more gray haired men
liere than in Eng'andoron the conti-J
mi.1 If- f.;i..,,.i .l.:., .. ... 1
.w.v. ..v aiHiuuim lilts imt itj lile
i sceMir bnsine worry of the irre-
areaaibie Yankee. "Your people," hi id
ri8pewer,-"a-e engaged in a mad-
aolTreJini? mull fnr ifu'ih m.l i '
' We take pleasure in announcing to
the public that the Entebhbi.sb has been
selected as the public school organ of
Polk county. The award was made last
Saturday by the committee appointed at
the recent teachers' meeting held at
Monmouth. We can assure our readers
that this will be a most interesting fea
ture of our paper. The teachers of the
county are assigned a column each week
for school reports and other matter they
may wish to contribute. Prof. T. A.
Hayes, principal of the Iiideiendence
public schools, has the supervision of
this column, and all communications
ehould be addressed to him personally.
Thk president's message contains few,
if any, surprises, but its endorsement of
the labors of the strike commission,
which it says were "well done," is hard
ly what people were looking for who ac-1
cused Mr. Cleveland of strong capital-j
istic leanings. The strike commission's
report was a strong indictment of the
Pullman Car company's treatment of
their employes, and clearly shows that
the men iu Mr. Pullman's employ justly
had cause of complaint.
Thekk is a trilo of blue-eyed Indians
in northern Mexico who are sai l to be a
remnant of the famous Aztec tribe of
Montezuma. They inhabit the liigh
table land which is quite fertile and well
adapted to the raising of both grain and
cattle. Travelers who have visited these
people ppcak in praise of their industri
ous habits, cleanliness and hospitalitv.-
Many object to masonry because
it is a secret institution. Hut is wro
cy a criminal thing? In not every
liuuiau breast a aeeret depository?
Has not the tongue been condemn-
ej ten thousand times for its im-
pTtuleut utterances vt here it hits
once for its silence? Kvery well
regulated family has its secrets,
and does this fact dishonor them?
Why, all men of sense know that
every government has its secrets
which it is hound to keep from the
people, nt least for a time, or it
would fail in its purposes and per
haps in its very being. Surely se
crecy t itsell can oo nocrime.ior as
kuig as a secret is kept p-: Ci reigns,
virtue is protected, truth lives,
cnaracter is preserved ami i lie
whola pulic welfare is safely
guarded.
Even in Masonry there tire no
injurious or vindictive secrets; the
principles of the order are all wt 11
known, nil .public property, and
any man may know them if lie will
read. It is the work of the craft
which the world is ignorant of, ns
indeed it ought to be. What right
has any man to poke his nose into
another man's business? How
mean and contemptible in spirit
and nature must the mau bo who
irauuces. wno slanders a man or
woman he does not know, or who
pours the vials of his vindictive
wrath upon a house or an institu
tion that he lias never bvon in.
Do not all intelligent mechanics
and artists have their secrets of
trade which they wish to keen to
themselves, and on the doors of
their workshops do they not say
just what we of the mysterious
craft gar, viz;. "No admittance
here except on business"? Is not
this their right? Will any sensi
hie man find fault with them? If
such policy should be made uni
versal would not the whole world
hove greater quiet and happiness?
How often does the soft 'tongue of i
hypocrisy tell the secrets which,
though true, lead to envv, hatred,
misery, broils and death. Indued
it is the publication of the secrets cf
human weakness that destroys con
Bdence, makes disturbances, creates
enemies and breaks off the ten
thousand ties which should bind
men together.
Some men appear to think all
evil should he exposed, when, if
they had but a single idea of life's
true philosophy they would know
that the grace of charity, when
properly exercised, would enable
them to save a soul from death and
hide a multitude of Bins. But no,
they must go about and publish
upon the house tops every fault of
their neighbors, making every
imaginary addition in order to
demonstrate how zealous thev are
in the cause of truth and morality
as voluntary policemen to protect
society.
Why, the very world is filled
with traduccrs, slanderers of tbia
sort, who actually make their liv
ing offthe innocent and unsuspect
ing, whom they tear to talters and
destroy in order to get their places.
Such men are moral cut-throats
the meanest banditti with which
the world is cursed.
S. S.
The Prince of India,
In pjioakiiifi of tho writings of vlio Htarn,
shown Ivy astrology, says:
ho everlast-
itucn in loiK
WHAT IS EVERLASTINGLY WRIT
SHALL BE EVERLASTINGLY READ.
We are determined that our reputation for hand
ling tho best of goods, selling them for the least
monev nosMble. and that we well every article for
just what it is represented to be, hull h
ingly writ on tho mind of every oitirc
county, and that by purchasing at
Patterson's Shoe Store
You will save monev, and at the same time get the
latest styles and most comfortabb footwear in tho
market.
Give Us Your .Ear,
and wo will save you
-w fi sffc
$ $ $ $ 5
Have you
soon our-
Electric Soles?
We don't want your ear all winter, nor do wo want
your dollar. We can loll y..u enough in ft nhoil
time to surprise you, and when you
PROF.WINGREN'S ELECTRIC INSOLE
crfVWrth nf ilUftutlon can
t ell' s.ili , wml
ii.tlr lit thinil h It
" "'' 50 CENTS
Tin' lu'lt1il".l, iiuwl tlimil'lw
una hunt fiinrorlnllv ln'U' "tf
mmt,'. KiitiiOiK' them. Try llii in
I".
BUY GOODS FROM US
vott "WILL3
KICK YHHRSEIaF-
because volt have not always traded with lid.
give
such
ami wo
don't
BIG BARGAINS
QM-AT.T. PT?0PTTR
care for rs-'
Anything to please our customer.
DOUTY & LOCKE, Grocers.
Everlastingly for
No Misrepresentation,
W. H. PATTERSON.
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It's Quite a Trick
To write a convincing advertisement almtit harm's and d llery
now-a-dav. All dealer claim much, and most of them too
much, for the ilHcruniiiutiiig na l -r to h"lnv All wo do is to try
and get you to rxuiiiiiut our fbu-k, and compare our prices with
thone of oth'T di-uh rs.
ST
III Many a Kcstanrant
A live ehleken Is mounted on stilts and malp to
v:i.k through a p.t of water .'. nu'it with onions
an. I a little f;ilt nml eier. l-'or chronic g-tut tho
stiits iiif in i'le l"ti ;i-r, iiml tin elileken la ilrlwn
ns lively a ioiol, otherwise the oii wonlil lie
to.) rich' for the bkt.tit. This is not lw case with the
CITY M RESTAURANT
(Main !rt(.'t, Iiulipf mlr litc.i
Thev atwavs serve their pat r.its with the iiioif paUttblesoini
ami viands, auu ineiinrsi iicticueies toe niurei a.ii)io
It's Easy
lir us to si 11 when you have d nw thi. Wo ar convinceil that
we are Bel line a K"K' i'""ds fr little money, a jtiiiMii K11 from
anv other' dealer iu Orroii. luvrrtigatv thi matter and Bave
money.
W. H. CRAVEN CO.
MEALS 25CTS.
31 rs. I,
(On all occasion".)
CA.MlUU:tX. JMop
ft tf
STEW FITaXTCTITRE STOHS.
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS! NEW PRICES''
Jf you want to purrhas,.
any lind of Furniture,
Mattred-es, Window shaded,
t'',trt;iin p !e.s, Oiliee desk,
etc., he Mire mid see us.
We fell tin III Cheaper
tiinii ever lu'lore ilieii d in
J ndeptdidence.
i3?"Uphol.sterinf and Re
pairing a Spiciaity.
E. B. BERG.
THE BANNER CASH GROCERY
HAS
msrszf BEEN
ONE YEAR IN BUSINESS
YET IT .HIJvS TJ-r"H3 DISTINCTION
OF l'-KINC thi:
pi :ni: 11 a hoc t: it y fium
q QO IN THE CITY. G
In addition to calling the atl'-ntion of the puhlic to the I tent and
(.'hrnjM-V Stuck t-f
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS
IN TMK CITY,
-We call Simial Attention to the-
Main St.. Opposite VanduviS
IXDEI'ENDEXCK, - OHKCOX.
Bargains
For
Don't forget that the e.-i.sie.-t way to
t make money is to save money on
jyour purchases. And reiutiiler
talso that when you are in tu-ed of
Clothing, Dress goods
boots & bhoes
T'lCifiTYlTlCiT P''H1 can "1!lke money hy making
J- CO C1II.U CI .j- y0Ur I)Urcha.ses at
fj. M. Vaiuluyifs
IIr;i(l,iiurl rn f',r fljinTiil MiTrliundlno.
Fine Decorated China for Xmas
$15.00 Hanging Lamp, 1 Chance with every 50c
purchase.
Free
Delivery.
J. P. IRVINE,
Whiteaker
Illoek.
OREGON PACIFIC KAII.R0 ID COMPANY.
CIIAS. CI,A IMC, lit reiver
VHAT IS A RACKET STOR?
Citoiorlliie w'lli Hlruuifr "IloMlill" tio
Vuiiont a'kI Hun Krtnn-lKi'o,
MlrHllli-i IritVCtl hull KruPi-t.ro:
M .r-li i, U. JlOi
Hlfanirr li'Ovfn Vaiilii!:
Mnrrh , II, XU!i.
Itlglil rirrvfil lo rlmieo nulling ilutm
WltllOlll IIOtlfA,
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
To My Patrocj.
The New York Racket Stor
completes its first year in Inde
pendence with this iff.sue of the
Enterprise, and desires to thank
its many patrons for their generous
patronage and well wishing. The
Tug people of Cleveland, Oliio, are I proprietor of the racket stor ex
evidently a creditable and decent lot. ! tends congratulations to his pa
One day last week they refused the lease ' Irons and wi.dies them a merry
of a Iin.ll for V. C. V. Breclieiiridgo to ' Christmas. However, he wishes to
lecture in. The lecherous old "cilver ' state, in passing, that he keeps on
tongtied orator" i even becomiitf an-J hand a full line of latest Christmas
r-.uij iiiHjii ins own Htauipiiiir gr,ui;.l . i novelties and Jioliclay presents.
Please call and examine his judi
It is a place to buy goods.
What kind of goods?
Christmas 0io0lHI)ollH, Toys, Celluloid
oases, Plush capes.
Caa you buy anything elaa at & Backet Stor 1
Yes, you can buy the best shoe;-! in Dun
gr;la kid, Vici kid, Kangaroo, cilf, and
Children's iShoea in several styles, at
jtrices that cannot he beat hy anyone.
.consequence of thin m-u, strain jciously selected and well assorted
rtey break down earl in life." IIc;$,JOU C3n t
Kur frdxlil or lun'fnjer rtlim apilr to anv
Ai'i-nl.
CIIA8 I't.AltK. (..lvrr,
l urviOIW, lirun
Ciiu. lli-inlrv, fon 'o ,
-S'lIK a lO II MiiiliLt HI',
Han Fran .'(an ), Cullf,
INIKPEXDKXCK
Dray & Truck Co.
Drayinpof all kindi in and
out of the city will receive
prompt and direful atten
tion if entrusted to
A. W. Docksteader,
iKllrmaaur lo I'liun.HUsU)
Cur jrricea ure tho lowest.
IN IMCPKXDHNCK, - ORKOON
.. t .
-OF ALL KINDS I
r.H MAI.K AT 7 II IM OFKH.'K.
(CHRISTMAS BELiLS I
p; w
?f Invite joyous greet ingM. Their subtlu
charm liiscinales. 'Ihey ihlight und
f4 satisfy as the daintv, delicate perfume
fJ of a
0
Forget-Me-Not.
... ...
yi gen tie reminder from mo to you fei
i-'i uaiii wnen in doubt atout Ci
suitable
VJ.
hought it treat pity that the Ameri-
a people did not cultivate the tonic of
're more than they do. Exjierience ! J
tliu aon and then
A them
j, "Profit by it,
00 ictioo) -MMk qntvtion hai been
I lpm u,,'!! i
r x- U,OUl
And you can,t eat
without bread.
If you want the
bent J
stock. The racket stor continues
t
BREAD
deli vi
diMjr every morn
to eell at hedro;k prices.
'ery sincerely,
J. A. Mills.
PTrrao"t in the newananer pilitnri .1
r r ' j
mind of thif atate for aoiue month. The
teaaty sprinteiIents and atate ex- j
aajloen are to tend iu their vote under
to the etate ttinerintendeDt before I (
i I
Election of WWra.
The annual election ot officer of
I. von lfKltre 'n. 2n A. F. X- A Af
leliveredatyour i. , , . . . . ,
iug buy it at the
NEW BAKERY.
GEO. G. STRONG, p....
J catin, on Dec. 22, All mem-
j bers are requested to attend.
J Jiy order of W. M.
II. R. Patteksox, iec
BUT SAY, 'i3 t one qtiartcr of
the things you can get at a
Kacket Stor, and especially at the
3STEW ITOPLKLiV
RACKET STOR
Go and see u liat there is there.
J. A. MILLS is the Wan.
aft
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at
3d""
Christmas
Presents-
tome to me. There is pleasure in
purjirise at the inexpensive tdegance
of my
JEWELRY.
All worthy iiialily Iu many (yln of the now.t.
ehoieiht noveltkn lo ,,U-RHe the eye, delight the
tiLite aiul fit every iir
Voiira for l)iiMino-n,
0. A. KRAMER,
JEWELER
NO
OPTICIAN
A Ac v Ad. will appear ia thu columa next week.
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