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yfrjp y A IPR.ESS I merca 's now ecp'ns pace w'tn Published Every Prlday Morning By J. V. SMITH, Proprietor. J. W.SMITH AND F. B. B3Y0, : : :. EDITORS. Entered at Athena postoffice an second-class mail matter. ' . . Subscription 'Rate: Per year. In advance, - Hlngle copies. In wrappers, 5c, . SUM Advertising Rates: Local reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, Sc. All communications should be addressed to the PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA, AUGUST 25th, 1893. NO SPECIAL SESSION. It is not improbable that Oregon will have an extra session of the legislature this fall. Governor Pen iioyer has sent a letter to the mem bers of the legislature requesting their opinions as to the advisability of calling a special session for the purpose of passing a law to stay execution of judgments. He has been actuated to take this step at the request of numerous farmers, asking that they be protected from their creditors' forcing collections. The excuses put forth for this re quest are that times are hard, money cannot be had on the very best security, and persistency on the part of creditors would have the effect of utterly ruining the farming communities of whole counties. Prices of grain being low, they do not expect to realize for their crops much above the cost of production. Therefore they demand the passage of a law that will dis tinctly stay execution for one year from the date of judgment, thus preventing immediate forced collections. It is difficult to imagine what step could be taken that would be more detrimental to the debtor class than this, or what would pre cipitate more litigation and come nearer bankrupting the farmers of Oregon than the convening of the legislature for the purpose of pass ing such a law. The very day the governor would issue his proclama tion convening the legislature, the extension of credits would 6top and action would be commenced for the collection of every account then duo. The creditor class in Orogon is composed largely of retail mer chants, whose interests are identi cal with the farmers', but they can not wait a year for the settlement of accounts now due and no soon as rthey"saw the possibility of their being forced to do, they would begin forcing collections by suit and at- tachment before the law could be enacted. In view of the acts of the regular session, it isdiflicultto con jecture, what reply the governor may receive from the members. Yet, regardless of what they may auggest, he ought to have enough good sense not to hazard an experi ment that would bankrupt half the population of the state. Review. There is not much danger that American workingmen will be se duced into affiliation with the Emma Goldman rabble. The in telligence, patriotism ard conser vatism of our working classes is equal to that of any other class. Labor has made a noble fight in its own behalf, and the battle is now half won. No really intelligent man now disputes the claim of labor. The stage of ridicule is hap pily past, and the era of reason has taken its place. By organization and firm adherence to just princi ples the workingmen of America have placed themselves in position to hold their own and to compete on something like fairgrounds with their adversaries. It is not pro bable that they will now yield the vantage ground gained after a hard s'truggle to go off after a herd of anarchists in their career of de struction. To dignify the cause of labor and to uphold it by lawful methods should be the prime aim of every workingman. THE ANARCHISTS. The conditions of the times are calculated to develop the spirit of anarchy, so that it is not surpris ing that the disciples of Emma Goldman are marching through the streets of Eastern cities with the black flag raised in token of their destructive purposes. This rabble, however, must not be confoundod with the real workingmen of Amer ica, the members of the various labor organizations, who are actua ted by a higher sense of patriotism and who propose to attain their ob jects by strictly lawful methods. Anarchy is a plant of exotic growth. It has been transplanted here from foreign soil, yet we aro forced to the painful admission that it finds more favorable conditions for expansion here than in some of the countries from which it came. The expansive conditions are not so much in the freedom of our in stitutions as the oppressions which prevail. ' The organization of capi tal and corporate power for the sub. jectlon of labor has brought about a counter organization of labor, and these two organizations stand in a perpetual attitutde of frown rig hostility to each other. There is constant struggle and friction be tween them. The anarchists have taken advantage of these strifes be tween capital and labor to prop agate their idea, and have made f;arful progress. Anarchism in THE FOLLY OF HOARDING MONEY. Of all the absurdities that have had their origin in a financial scare such as the country is pass ing through none can be rated less excusable than the conducts of those who rush to the banks to withdraw their deposits under the idea that their money will be safer in their pocket books or stockings than in the iron vaults of the bank. Much ingenuity hag been displayed in the concealment of currency, but there is always greater likeli hood of catastrophe in the most re mote and apparently most secure hiding places than when the capi tal is in active circulation. Not very long ago a lady now resident in this city sold to an itinerant dealer in old clothing several gar ments for which she supposed her husband could have no further use and was horrified to discover when she casually mentioned the trans action three or four days later that there were bills in the lining of one of tho disposed-of vests to the value of seven hundred dollars! Burglars have taken advantage of the scare and seem to have prospered ex ceedingly ever since this run on the nation's currency commenced; in one cmso following a gold-laden far mer from the bank t- his home and there Kiiccecdeil in transferring to their own persona the disturbing metal and paper. Fire and water have both destroyed vast sums, and we frequently hear of the losses in flicted upon hoarders by rats and mice that have nibbled away the encasing sock and chewed to pulp the bills that had been so carefully rolled up and concealed. The re cords of the redemption division of the Treasury Department, of the Bank of England and the Bank of Franco show conclusively that the losses suffered by individuals through their foolish lack of faith in generally sound institutions ex ceeds by an enormous sum the total of deprivation caused by bank failures. American people are' properly credited with being keen, practical business folk, and yet, during the passing crisis, thousands of ration al and commonly shrewd men and women have senslessly drawn their money from the security of the banks, and, by hoarding it and withdrawing h from circulation, have caused tho present dearth of currency, which is destroying busi ness and making ''hard times." Nothing would bo more potent in breaking up the stagnant condi tions than the prompt return to circulation of the countless rolls of promise to pay now, without rea' son, stuffed in unprofitable holes and corners. Washington Star. breaks in the last fortnight in the J markets for securities and produce have ceased to exert such a posi tive influence, and foreign pur chases of stocks and bonds, as well as of foodstuffs and cotton, though larpe in volume, are no longer on the exaggerated scale which pro duced the recent marked decline of exchange quotations. The latter market, on the contrary, has dis played a rising tendency, and the selling rates for bankers' sight ex change on London, which .were quoted as low as 4.82 last week have risen to 4.88 or more. Nor mally gold-importing operations could not be conducted without loss or risk of loss under present circum stances at a higher rate for demand sterling than about 4.84, and the fact that the heavy gold engage ments of the present week have been arranged with exchange on a basis of from 4.84 to 4.88 indicates that other and exceptional factors have made their influence felt. The epidemic of African lust that has lately taken such hideous fea tures must give pause to the hopes of thoughtful negroes who have set their hearts upon the speedy and universal exaltation of the race. The atavism of ancient bestiality which in greater or less degree was a quality of all races in their primi tive stages seems to have sudden ly developed in a few herculean sons of Ham a fiendish carnality for Caucasian beauty. Sexual vir tue is the proudest accomplishment of civilization. Its deliberate or seductive abandonment provokes contempt or sorrow, but a single step of violent aggression against its sanctity inspires the savage re sentment of every manly human being, and when , brutish passion storms the ciladel of chastity no mortal power has as yet been able to stay the hand of vengeance. De liberation only waits upon identi fication, and then with the cer tainty of time metes out such pun ishment as seems most horrible to the executioners. The motive is well and yet the means is not well. It is well that the most appalling crime be speedily punished for the sake of the assurance to others who may be likewise tempted, but it is not well that the chivalry of man be excited to unlawful acts. Soc iety suffers whenever the due pro cess of law is interrupted. SPECIAL SESSION TALK. One of the most remarkable fea tures of a thoroughly anomalous financial position has been tho con tinuance of the heavy movement of gold from London to this country. Last week's engagements of specie at the center for transfer hither, amounting to some 113,000,000, were jusMfied and explained by the declino in exchange rates to a level which afforded a profit to bankers in' purchasing sight drafts and cable ' transfers on London and ordering the shipment of gold ngainst.them. During the present week, however, an amount of about $10,000,000 has been taken from UortdoN, apparently - under very dissimilar circumstances. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer: "The passage of a law by a special ses sion of the legislature to stay exe cution on judgment would not answer the purpose intended and would undoubtedly work an in jury to the state by making mat ters appear worse then they really are. Oregon is in the same condi tion, during the crisis, that many other states are, and as soon as public confidence is restored will recover lost ground. Aside from the questionable wisdom of such a proceeding, it is very doubtful if the legislature of any state could so far impair the obligation of any contract as to inforce such a meas ure." Representative J. G. Wright said to the Salem Statesman: "fhe legislature might repeal the appro priations for the jute mill, the branch insane asylum and the sol dier's home, and thus relieve the people of the necessity of paying nearly $1,000,000 in taxes. Such action would come right home to the taxpayers, and it would ma terially relieve the financial dis tress. I don't know about the law to stay execution of judg ments. I shall want to find out what laws we already have in the matter before expressing opinion on the subject." ' Senator Matlock said he had not had tim to thoroughly consider the matter, but on first impression he thought a special session would be wise. People who owe could not escape the severest hardship if their property is seized and sold during the. period of depression, since a third of its worth would scarcely be realized. Legislative interference in their behalf he con siders advisable. For Sale. One thousand dollar will buy Ave acre of the best fruit land adjoining the townslteof Milton. Good toll and level ground, well lr ragated and good water privileges. Two acres In strawberries. Will pay for itself In two yenrs. W. T. Gilmas. & ROURKE, Grain Dealers, ARE STILL HERE Do You Want Money? I have lately tasen the agency for the D. S. Baicer estate for loan ing money on real estate in Uma tillacountv. 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CALLS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HIS of Wall P aper I am the only dealer in Athena that buys" direct from the manufacturer, and that manufacturer, Win. Campbell, of New York, is independent of the Nation al wall Paper Combination. I buy my paper to the best advantage to myself and I sell to the best ad vantage of my customers, I have the largest line of wall paper in the county and it ranges in price all the way from 15c double roll, to 65c for the best gilt paper mtfde. A fine line of undertaking goods con stantly on hand, and I am prepared to do embalming. N. A. MILLER, STORE ON MAIN STREET, ATHENA, ORE. N4 r W-.. ,.r': :J5m.g... 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