The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902, February 21, 1884, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextiXP UdSAtf, .J)fcJJfcS ; HI a uE Sh IF ':,' tip 1 Si j . ' " i ; . i I j i 7 R . t f ' m llfyV. E The Coast Mail. MARSHFIELD. OREGON : Thunday, n : t : t : February a, 1884 How docs the Coot tUy New sund on Mop- roon s horlioMM tariff bill for. mralasl or Mm,l tile of It? We would HVe to hear from the Cur- , tj County Recorder, too, on the am subject. Speak up, centlenien; the lower bouse or con gress needs light. Senator John Sherman says congress thould ktthe, tariff question atone ot present. In his opinion, the matter should only be handled when one or the other party has a majority In both houses, so that the people may hoU one or the other party responsible for the effect of whatevcr legislation occurs. He thinks party lines will be more strictly drawn hereafter, nhen public-opln-Ion may fairly decide for or against protective duties. In Sherman's Tie, the country needs protective duties, moderate In a. degree, but stable and certain, and commercial Law which will encourage American ship building and com nterce on the high sens. 1 i The Ohio State Journal does not agree with ex-Governor Foster in the opinion that Arthur could not carry Ohio. Nor do any of the re publican congressmen from that state. The Journal says: "The electoral vote of Ohio will be given to any nun who Is fairly nominated at Chicago, whether it be Arthur, Edmunds, Lo gan. Blaine, Sherman, or any other of a doren good men that might be named." That is a sensible WTiy In which to put It. The words are applicable to Oregon, loo. Arthur would not carry California and Nevada, but any other s publican would. The next republican presiden tial nominee will be the man that can carry New York. If Arthur be the nominee, he will do it, and become his own successor. Most people suppose that Gen. Sheridan has succeeded to the office of Gen. Sherman. This Is not the case. When Gen. Grant became president, Lieut. Gen. Shiftman was promoted 16 the office of general and Maj. Gen. Sheridan became lieutenant general, and these two high est military offices have been held by thee two gentlemen for 14 years. These offices, however, are not permanent. In 1870, when provision Was made for the reduction of the highest offi cers of the army as vacancies should occur, it Was provided that these offices should continue "until a vacancy should occur in the same, and no ton-er;" therefore the office vacated by Gen. Sherman no longer exists. Sheridan Is still lieu tenant general, but ns soon as he vacates his office it will be abolished too. A frightful flood has again swept otcr the cities and settlements along the Ohio nver. At Cincinnati List week the nver rose more than 71 feet above low-water mark and wtthm less than 30 feet of the suspension bridge. There was fite feet more water this year than during the great flood a year ago, and of course nil the lower part of the city was deluged. All the towns along the river below suffered the same fate. At tawrenceburg and Madison many thousands of people were washed from their homes and ren dered penniless. While the destruction of prop erty has been almost incalculable, the loss of life has been remarkably light, but cold weather and great destitution now prevail. Many relief committees are in the field, succoring the needy, and a government appropriation of $700,000 is being disbursed in the same way. One day last week a house went floating by Middleport, O., wtth a woman clinging to the gable end. Men rowed out and appealed to her to get off. She refused, saying she had four babies below. The glass was broken, and the children were seen floating, dead. . Another Coast Collier Wrecked. Near Cape Flattery, on the morning of the 9U1 !nst., during a heavy gale and a blinding snow storm, the steam collier Umatilla struck a reef of rocks and crushed in her foremost port. Cap tain Frank Worth, finding the vessel sinking, gave orders to launch the boats. He went in one boat witb 16 men, the second officer took the second boat with 13 men. and the first officer. John O'Brien, witb four men, lar -died the life raft and made for land. After O'Brien had gone a short distance from the steamer he looked back and saw her still afloat, when be turned bis raft about, returned to the disabled vessel, boarded her with his men and set sail for the Columbia river. Subsequent ly the steamer Wellington hove in sight and towed the Umatilla into Esquimalt bay, where she sank in 43 feet of water. A Victoria dis patch says the official surveyors recommend that she be sold where she lies. When she went down she had on board about 200 tons of general merchandise for Puget sound ports. CapL Worth and the crew succeeded in reach ing a village near Neali bay, from which place a tug took them to Port Tow nsend. Worth had been in command of the Umatilla from the time she was launched until she was wrecked. The Umatilla was the property of the Oregon Improvement company; valued at over $300,000, and was fully insured at London. She was one of the three large steamers built by Roach for this company and was designed for the coal trade She was bunched In April, 1881, and came to this coast the following fall, since which time she has been carrying coal from Seattle to San Fran dsco or Portland, besides sometimes carrying cargoes of freight to Portland. Her carrying capacity was 3200 tons of coal. This is the fourth collier lost on this coast since the agtb of January, 1883, at which time the Tacoma went ashore south of the Umpqua. Next the Mississippi was destroyed by fire at Seattle; then the Victoria ran on a reef near Port Orford, in which harbor she subsequently went to pieces, ami now comes the Umatilla, another victim of running too close to shore. A land lubber would fear the rocks that seem to hold no terrors for the average collier captain. It is believed that the Umatilla can be raised and repaired at small expense. Three Paper for : 25 1 We have received and accepted a propositio to club the Coast Mail with the San Francisco Weekly CalL The Call Is an eight-page paper of 64 columns, printed on a sheet 40 by 52 inches In sire. We consider it by far the oest weekly publislted on the Pacific coast, and the price at which it lias been offered to us enables us to offer it and the MAIL to advance-paying subscribers at $3 75 cents per annum. This In cludes the Call's splendid lithographed "Bird's Eye View of California." Those of our sub scribers who want an excellent San Francisco paper should at once improve this opportunity to secure tle Call, This arrangement with the Call doe not fn any way affect our clubbing arrangement with the Chicago Weekly News, except we give our subscribers their choice between the two papers and charge them 35 cents extra when they se lect the Call We will furnish the Mail and the News for J3 tfi, or the MAIL and Hie Call for $3 75, or II three papers for $3 35 per year in advance. Few people need more good reading matter than these three paper will furnish. Subscribers who baye paid (or the MAlf, and the News, and desire the Call, can have h ly paying us 75 cent extras Over-Production la Kajrhtntl, It would Bscm th At oommcrcirtl depression lms not After nil been entirely restricted to America during tho msI year, ns tho Advocates ot the frc c-trtuio rystem would linvc us be hove. Tlmy have boon vigorously no sating Unit to our iniquitous protec tive system was directly trncncbto nil tho stngnntion which Has pervaded tho channels of commerce of this country during tho past ycuror two. If nil tho dntios which enhance tho cost of tho manufactured product wcro removed, they lmvo said, there would bo none of this crylif over pro duction, for our merchants And ninii ufiicturcrs would not bo compelled to depend entirely upon homo consump tion, but would bo nblo to compete wtth England for tho trado of tho world, mid would thus always have an outlet through which nil surplus goods could readily find a market Such n thing as manufacturing be yond tho wants of tho world was scouted nt, or at least never consid ered. During 18S3, howovcr, strange as it may appear, there has been a great depression pervading nil the manufacturing and commercial in dustries of Great JJritnin, the practical exponent of free trade, and hor econ omic writers are tracing tho cnuso to over-production. A correspondent of tho New York Financial Chronicle, in reviewing tho trade of Great Urltnin for that year, says that tho past year has been 0110 of disappointment in most circles of business ; that business has been carried on with vtsry little prolit and tlie balance sheets nro said to bo discouraging. The iron business, which is generally considered the best indicator of the commercial sit uation, has fared the worst. That over-production is tho cause of this stato of nlTairs'is shown by the fact that toward the close of tho year a movement to curtail production was in progress, and since tho 1st of Jan uary several furnaces have been damped down. The total production during tho year amounted to 8,500, 000 against S,493,2S7 tons for 1882. mere was exported uuring the year 4,014,273 tons, against 4.3o3,552 tons for 1SS2. Tho ship building industry of Great Britain is also in a xcry bad condition, and is a victim too to over production. During tho last three years 2024 steamers, with an aggro gate of 3,010,7(12 tons, liavo .been con structed. Under a very sharp com petition freights have been reduced to a point that admits or but little margin for profit, and the present prospects of this great industry are pronounced very gloomy. The wants of the ship builders are a prominent factor in tlje iron industry, and the depression in tho former business must opcrato very ilptrirnentally to the latter. After reviewing Iho. sitU' ution very carefully the correspond ent of the Chronicle concludes by saying: "Altogether, therefore, there seems to be no present cure for tho iron industry except by reducing pio duction." The cotton manufacturing industry is, according to the represen tation of the manufacturers, oven less favorably situated. Says tho Chroni cle: "It is two years or more, it is claimed, since a good portion of the mills have made much money, nnd they have long been hoping for better times." In Lancashire they have re cently made nn effort to, reduce the wages of employes 5 per cent, which has resulted .in a strike. Production is also being reduced. Thus wo see that England, in spito of her free trade, has been laboring under the bane of over-production ns well ns the United States. How it is possible to think that permitting England to pour into our already glutted markets her large surplus of manufactured goods would result in creating com mercial prosperity in this country none but a lunatic or free trader'can understand. Railroads and Land Grants. While we believe that railroad com pnnies liavo certain rights that should be respected, wo are not of the opin ion that such corporations should be excused from the obligations thoy Tjwe to .the public. While they arc entitled to just treatment at the hands of congress and state legisla tures, they must also recollect that their patronb have rights as well. When tho government granted cer tain hinds to tho various rncific and other railroads, conditioned upon the completion of the ronds within a giv en time, there was no qualification in tho contratts for such they really were that, if unable to complete tho roads by tho fimo named therein, from any cause whatever, the title to tho lands should remain valid. It is unquestionably within tho power of congress to changn tho conditions of the contracts nnd extend tho period of time within which the roada hlinll be finished, nnd tiiero may bo cases where such l-xtonsion would bo rca sonablo; ns, for example, when the companies hnvo used nil dilfgenco to complete the roads according to con tract, h-t when unforeseen difficul ties bnvo arisen difficulties and ob stacles not only unforeseen, but bo yond tho power of tho company to control or ovorcomo that mako it impossible for them to fulfill tho con ditions of the grant or contract. Hut tiiero aro few of the roads holding lands wliitli lire profitable which can successfully set up such a plciu Thoy havo simply not earned the lands, nnd it is not onlv right, but to tho public interest, that tlio government should resume possession of such lands, and hold thorn subject to publlo entry. Tho conduct of many of tho great railroad corporations toward tho gov ernment, which has not only bounti fully endowed them with lands, but loaned its credit liberally to tlmm, has not boon such as to entitle them to popular sympathy. This is notoriously thecasu with tho Un ion Pitcifio road. It never made an honest ciTort to fulfill its obligations to tho govoriimout, nnd tiiero is n welt grounded belief that tho maim gcrs intend to mako all they can out of it, and then wreck it let it go to sale nnd buy it in for n small sum Tho Texas Pacific, now owned by tho Central Pacific, is nnothcr road that docs not deservo much consideration at the hands of congress. Tho mil lionaires who own tho Texas Pacific have been robbing tho public through their extortionate charges for years, and should bo held strictly to tho per forma nco of overy obligation which they took upon themselves toward 1110 government and tile public. The Unsettled Question, Some of tho so-called Independent papers nro making a great show of political wisdom by taking both sides of tho outrago question in tho south. Tho Boston Herald attempts to take a position far above cither party in regard to tho subjuct in the following manner: "Neither party approaches tho question of a free and fair ballot at tho south in the proper spirit. The republicans suggest no policy or measures to remedy tho conceded wrongs which exist there in conncc tion with the sufTrngo. They sim ply howl nbout tho 'outrages' in order to mako votes for their party at the north. They would be willing that the south should bo kept solid for the democracy forover, even by intimida tion, fraud nnd occasional violence, if thereby they could bold tho north solid for their own party, and so ro tain control of tho general govern mcul. A canvas of the southern states was deliberately abandoned by tho re publican malingers in 1880, on the falso plea that it would not bo safe, for the purpose of 'firing the .northern heart by an appeal to tho old sec tional feeling. If Couklitig, Blaine, Sherman, Hoar, Logan nnd a score of tho other welt-known republicans had mado a stumping tour through the south, appealing to tho voters of both races upon high national grounds, and presenting tho tariff or any other new and nou-scctional issue, tho re publican organization in those states would not now bo dead, and the coun try would havoccneed to hear of polit ical crime due to the rsco issue." In vtetvof-.the events in 1870 it is the merest folly to talk about sending ro publicans on stumping tours through the southern states. Tho trouble in the south does not arise from a lack of republican votes or majorities. The voters aro there, they aro anxious to exercise their political rights, but they are generally unable to gel their votes in the ballot boxes, and when they do they are deliberately counted out. The stumping theory was acted upon in 187Caud itru&ulled in a crisis that endangered tho peace of tho country. The situation in the south cannot bo remedied by stump speeches, for stump speeches will not enable men to get their rights nt the polls. It has become a serious qucs tion whether even white voters of the d6miuaiit party can vote if they aro not in accord with autocrats who have resolved to rulo the nation by such means as aro uccessary to obtain their ends. It is only a short timo since democrats, oven, were killed nt tho primaries in New Orleans because they had tho assurance to belong to an opposition clement. An infamous system lias been inaugurated in the south. It is only a variation of the spitit that prohibited frco discussion in tho south before tho war. iho vlo lalion of political rights has simply been transformed to the ballot box. It is not truo that tho republicans de liberately abandoned tho canvass In tho southern states. They made a ro remarkablo struggle, and contested the field so lonjr that they wore ac cubed of using tho military power of tho nation in support of partisan politics. Tho Horald concedes than suffrage is not freo In tho south. Jlow ridiculous, then, to say that the re publicans suggest no remedy. Thoy do suggest a remedy, and that is n frco ballot. Let a freo ballot once bo conceded in tho south, lot it ouco bo uudorstood that men would bo al lowed to voto their opinions, and that their votes would bo honestly count ed, and republican orators would bo found in every southern state from the very opening of the next canvass What is there for tho republicans to do but investigate and appeal to pub he sentiment? Where is tho remedy except by laws which if passed and executed would bo denounced as op pressive of sovereign states by the clo tuoeraey and such independent pa jiers ns tho Herald? Tho outrages aro conceded. Is thatu reason for stifling investigation? Should ropub hcaus bo accused of howling about outrage! which are known to exist? A democratic lowor house of congress stands united In opposition to reme dial legislation nnd determined to oven provonl investigation. Iho Hor aid concedes tho outrages, 1ml the doniocrnts in Uiosennto voto nsa unit in opposition to investigation. As stntcsmon. what excuse hnvo demo cratic senators for upholding political outrages by their votes? Thoy refuse remedial legislation, nnd Attombt lu denv that tiiero nro causes for Invcsti cation. There U no exouso for such policy, and Iho silence of tho demn crnls condemns them. Tho solid south affords nmplo reason for this al legod republican hunt, mid it will be continued until men in tho south enn voto nnd lmvo their votes count td, tho samo ns they do in the north. Thoroctiubo no other outcome. States that gain nnd hold power by fraud nnd outrages nro not fit to govern the nation, nnd will not. One to. 111 of presidential democracy as now con trolled would mako tho north forover solid. There is but one thing for the future, the nortlfwil! control tho gen era! government until tho south learns to govern itself according to tho laws of tho United States. That is tho only solution of tho unsottled question, and is ample oxplnnation of tho "howl." Miscellaneous Adfcrtttcmenti. ,w.,.ilM.'V-"'' i-i NKW ADVERTISKM BN'TS. 0". Z. HOLCOMB, C1UKOICAI. AND MECHANICAL ID ZEJ 3ST 1? I S 1" - Offices: Above Sengstacken's Drug Store, In the Holland Building, Front street, Marshficld, Oregon. feat FOR EVERYBODY! TTENRY IIUOEN OK Till. MARbll XX FIELD Soda Works In accepted an agency for all kinds of musical initruiiienti and It now SELLING PIANOS and ORGANS ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN. Music for all kinds of instruments furnished at short notice. 0C4 MARSIIFIEM) LTOCH HOUSE AND RESTAURANT! (formerly IWhrlc's.) & LACKSTROM & STORAj Proprietor MEALS AT ALf. HOURS! jtYomi JK Ccntn to $J OO, Till after Midnight, when they will bt From GO Cents to $1 OO. t3T Board by the Day, Week or Month A variety of tho best brands of San Francisco llcur nlwnya on linjul. A No, choice Wines and Cigars. tW Fresh Eastern Oysters by everj steamer served in any desired style. SXM-inl attention paid to Ladles and Families 1..1V0 us n can. oci5 LACKSTItOM ft STOIt.l. NORTH PACIFIC S OYSTER HOUSE B AND RESTAURANT, North Front Street, Marshfield, In old Msnhfield hotel building, CHAS. ANDERSON; : : : : Proprietor X71ASTERN OYSTERS, FRESH AND l'i FA T, received liy every Heamer and kerved at nil hoiira, in true Uiltimorc style. Choice itrnkf, chop, etc, nlwavs on hand and meaW nt all hours from .1. m, till 11 p. 111 , prepared by tlie only vttilte cook in toun. UT llonrd liv the d.v. week or month. T Also IXjDUINGS, by the day, wek or montn. i,wxi rooms, excellent tprms twos ano reasonable prices, noaa CHAS. ANDERSON. NORMAN'S HALL RESTAURANT Under New Management. THIS COMMODIOUS, CON- L Jl, Vl..ii.,l MIH4 jiuur (nJui. n resort for epicure has recently un-V. dergone a thorough renoratlon, refitting And en largement, nnd l now under tlie personal super vision of MRS. E. W. SI'RAUUE. Tills restaurant now hat two commodious din Ing rooms snd four smaller, cosy rooms for prl rate and select parties. There are two entrances to the restaurant rn lirely separate from that of the Palace saloon tor the convenience of persons attending par ties, a stairway leads directly from the hall to tlie dining rooms, and there is Knottier entrance from II street, convenient and easy of access nt all times. Special preparations made for and atten tion given to guests from the lull. 1 he tables will always contain tho choicest ed ibles the iiurktt affords. Fresh Eastern Oysters received by every steam er and served to suit the most fastidious. Meals served at nil hours. Single Meals, 35 cents. Hoard by the day, week or month, A share of public pntronage will be duly ap preciated by MRS. E. VV. Sl'RAOUE, deao Proprietress. FOR SALE, Boats and Skiffs! AT TUB MARSHFIELD DRUG STORE, S5 to S75 1 Or to Let by the Day, Week or Month. J4 ss m m m st. saa people are always on the look. Ill I f ET out fur chance to Incrrase their WW I u EL earn,nei nml "i lime become WW! W Mi wealthy) those who do not Im prove their opportunities remain In poverty. We offer a great chance 10 make money. Wo want many men, women, boys and girls to work for us right In their own localities. Any ono can do the work properly from the first start. Tho business will pay more than ten times ordinary wages Expensive outfit furnished free. No tine who en. gages fails to make money rapidly. You cm de vote your wiKMc time 10 tnt worK, or only your spare moments. Full Information and all that Is needed sent free. Addicss STINSON & CO., I'otlUnd, Maine. layaa ly THE GENERAL VERDICT It THAT THE x L jsr t CASH STORE SKLLS (100US CHKAMM THAN ANY l'LAOK ON TIIK HAY. Tho X L N T CASH 8T0UK lias tlio InrRCKt nml boil nitortmnl of Dry llootlo nniT latest styles of ClotliliiK on tlio Hay. Tlio X L N T CASH HT0UK lin tlio Wnt nml olicnpoit assort ment o( Hoots ami Slioiu nml Iluta ami Caps 011 tlio Jlny. For Oroccrle, Provisions, Tolincco, Cl(,itis, Wlnca nml Million, (10 TO TUB XIT CASH STORE AS YOU CANNOT HKAT Til Kill PUICKtf. Tltov liavo nn liaml it full tf.'ortmont of Crockery, PalnU ami 0il, Oil ClothiiiK ""' Hntlur GootN, Ami otliur nrtiiloa too mimorou to inonlloii. Kvorybo'ily wivoa money wlio luy ut the X L N T CASH BTOUK. J. LAKDO & SOiVS, Vropriotorg. W. ". WEBSTER'S MBoot & Shoe TORE! A. ITLIi LINK OF CTSTOM H00TH OK HANI) ANO MAWI to order. Repairing ilono on short noticu. New HUIJHKU HOOTS nml n full ll.ie of OIL COATd ami PANTS. A full lino of (IKNTS FUKNIBIIINO U00DS. A full lino of GHOCKHIKS, SUQAUS, T0HACC0 ami CI0AKS, CH0C1CKUY nml 01.ASSWAKK, TRUNKS nml VALISKH, HAHN1WS nml SADDLES, LEATHER nml SHOE F1NDINUS. Call ami tteo me, one mil, all. "W. C3-. "WEBSTER, Mnpnuiu Huiltiiii;, Front hlrret, Mnrnlilleltl, Oregon. Al OBI TBI Marsh Held, Oregon Henry Sengstacken, - - -Proprietor, HKSUtlt IX Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, lJainis, Oils, CaiuU'tv, ToW niid Ciptrs, .Slntioniry nml Pnm-v Toilet Artielea, Pure WIqm ami I.liiiiort for Medicinal ne, I'reseriiitbtit skillfully roiiipoitiii!e. Aeeiit for Wellf , Fnrj.o ft Oo'a Kxprr. N. H The Empire Ot Drue "Ion1 will c-'iuinuo umlcr Iho uniue innnageinejil nml ownership na lieretefure Orrfei left al either Moro will receive iirtmuit intention. HENRY HENOhTAOKEN. IBllLTirSTl Front street, opposite tlio Central Hotel, Mnmlifiold, Oregon, Dr. O. B. OOLDKJST - Proprietor CoiiHtuiiily oh lutiitl all Norfw of BllUGS & CHEMICALS WinoH for infdif innl purpose?, Dyo StuflH, TriiHMjF, Sponges, Toilet Article, Perfumery. Stntionory utul .School Hookil. AIho. choice CJOAUS nnd TOBACCO, ml everything iniui.i.y kepi k a medical difponsiiry. gtf Proscription's- eniefully compounded. B A V 1 1 W BREWERY CliEMMENSEW & CO., PROPRIETORS, Keeps ooiiHlmitly on lnind nnd oMorB for tmlo t miporior article o LAGER BEER, ALE AND PORTER, '.VHOLEHALE anii RETAIL. MY HA 11 IS HUl'VUFD WITH Tllli CHOICEST ltUANDS OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. L-A-IETO-'S LIVERY STABLE MAUHitriLD, onuaoy, TJOR8E8 TO LET AT ALL H0URB. Hmiliiu; done nt xliort uotleo. WOOD nnd COAL ulwiiyn on liand, which will ho delivered tinywhcro ut tho lowwt rnle. A. LANU, E. A. ANDERSON, SCSSK--JIHHfet LIVERY AND FEED 8TAILE, MARSHFIELD, OREGON. 0 ADDLE H0RHEH AND DU0QT TEAMS to lot nt nil honrs. HAULING dono nt tho BhortOHt tlco and ut very rctiNOiinblo rate, COAL nnd WOOD nlwnyfl on Unl and dollveivd nt Iho lowetd rate. 'ill1 MWtWJMWuOlMrtW't'iiWtHrT t"