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COAST MAIL.
SATURDAY,
NOV 8. 1003
Published Every Saturday by the
Mai ;, Publishing Co.
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MR. cevelland aid tariff re
FORM
(Oregonian)
Mr. Cleveland can etrlko tho causo of
Qtlfl "reform no more deadly blow than
'Yo ndrccato it. Tbo tnorb bo folks about
it, tho moro perilous becomes its path.
This is not a pleasant thins to "7 of a
man of Mr. Cloretand'a high cha meter
ncd eminent eervico to bis country, but
it is true. Tho country bus n measur
able interest in tariff reform would
"that it had more! Rut a concern much
greater than that is to keep tho Gov
ernment out of tho bands of Mr. Cleve
land's party. Thorois tho mistaken but
persistent notion that tho penic of 1893
was due to frco trade. Its votaries aro le
gion. Thero ia tbo moro pertinent fact
that tho democratic idea of tariff reform
bad its frco course in tho Wilson law,
and that tho country got rid of it at the
first opportunity. Thero ts tho crown-
i
in fact that Mr. Cleveland's party has
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not yet purged itself of tbo fatal
.
opprobrium ot Bryaniam. If Mr.
Cleveland bad not b?cn donicd tho sense
of humor he would hardly havo asked
what tho Republicans have dono to jus
tify confidence in them, when tho op.
plicability of his query to his own party
is so patent. Trusts bavo grown amax
ingly in this country tbo past tour ad
ministrations, it ia true, but two of
them were Democratic. All that is
needed to perpetrate tariff abuses ia for
Mr. Cleveland to persuade tbo country
fbat tarifl reform is a Democratic enter
prise. That will beat it. Fortunately,
the country knows better, for tariff
reform is in Republican bands. East
and West. Thero is no better ovldenco
of it than Mr. Cleveland's frantic efforts
to identify the cauep with his own
party. Ho implores his comrades to
lock the stablo door. But tho boreo has
already .one.
THE PRESIDENT AS A POLITICIAN
President Roosevelt made a seriouB
mistake in trying to settle tbo great coal
strike as he did. So aetato a politician
as President McKinley, would 'never
have dono such a thing. McKinley, who
was the shrewdest diplomat in the
country, would have sounded both sides
fijrst, and found out whether there was
u chance, of a settlement. Roosevelt,
who is a fearless and honest, but an im
politic, man, calls tho warring parties
together first, and theu finds out that
his good intentions were hopeless.
Tho Presidents move will hurt him
with the politicians of hia party, who
have always been dubious of him, S. F,
Wasp,
The above comment, which appeared
In the S. F. Wasp on Oct. 11th, shows
the chances an editor takea when he
comments too positively on on incident
not yet closed. It was tho view taken
of tho president's action, however, by j
yiry iarny who havd little laltb in cdr-'
ago and honesty on tho part of A public
ofllclnl. '
Aa n matter of (act, Prcitdent Roose
velt did not makon political mistake,
and did not find that his pood Intentions
woro hor-olcjii. On tho contrary, ho
brought about resumption of'worVntfd
a eolutiou of tho nlriko difticulty hi tho
best ponlblo way aud ns no other man
on earth could have dono it for he acted
as a man and not ns President.
Ho has not only performed an act of
Incalculable valuo to tho country, but ho
has raised himself in tho estimation of
every right-thinking perron.
Even from tho standpoint of political
expediency ho has scored n victory nnd
helped Ills party. Tho effect on.tho con
gressional election could not bo other
wise than good, (or it effectually spiked
tho guns of thoso who were pointing to
tho strike as an object lesson in Republi
can friendliness to capital in Its oppres
sion of labor. It has helped tho party,
nnd In a way that no mere netute poli
tician would have had the courage to do.
That It will hurt blm with the politic
ians of his party mny bo true, but for
tunatcly tho politicians cometlmoa have
to bow to an overwhelming popular sen
timent, nnd it in safe to sav that Tlieo
doro Roosovolt is more otrongly In
trenched in the admiration of the Ameri
can people toJay than any man who has
appeared on tho stage of American life
in a generation.
A KNOCKOUT FOR THE KNOCK
ERS Tho article given below was handed
in by a gontleman wbo has becomo im
patient at tho spectaclo presented by the
Coos Bay pcoplo who are knocking tho
Great Central project, even whilo reap
ing the bencfif of the nJcjctj prosperity
already brought to tho Bay by tho work
under way, and being in a position to
reap still more from the consummation
of tho project. Tho Mail can heartily
endorse tbo gentleman's remarks, which
run as follows:
A "Knocker" is generally understood
to bo person who is ever nuxioua to
advance his unsolicited opinions de
rogatory of any projected enterprise.
As there are no actions without their
impelling motives, it might bo well, be
fore giving to the knocker too much
credit, to inquire into the motivo which
thus thrusts him forward uninvited to
forco upon a prospective investor in our
community hia unwelcomo opinions,
For if the motive be bad, tho opinion
should have nowekjht.
In respect to motives tho knockors di
vide themsolyea into two classes:
1st Those who justify thero course
upon tho high moral ground of exposing
a fraud to prevent theunsuspecting from
being fleeced.
2nd, Thoso who discountenance a
ptopoeod enterprise became- thoy dcorn
it bad for tho community.
To thoEe we add two others, which are
not acknowledged by the Uaockois, viz,
3rd, Thoso wbo knock to satisfy eoraa
purcjy personal gruugo.
4th, Tlidco chronic coinplalnante,
who kick because" It Is tlielr nature so to
do, and would kick because their was
uothtuK to complain oi.
Wo rati umlursUml why a man,
whoso actions aro stayed by tho htgh
moral motive of protecting tho tiiuua
poet log, should vxpao a fraud when ho
has actual kiiowlodgo that It in eueh
hut that man Is likewise swayed by tho
equally high moral consideration that
td tlonounco a tiling at n fraud, without
knowledge that It 1s so, Is as dishonest
as tho fraud would bo. This innn will
never tako the chance that the thing
may, for all hn knovtr, bogonulno. Il
ls too honoat to attempt to deprlvo the
Investor of what might turn out to bo n
good Investment.
Wo thoroloro hold that tho ngroietvo
knocker with his winks, his nod, his
shrewd guesses and all his knocking para
pharalta, is n)t moved upon his course
by the first motivo, If you tnko Ids nd
vleo, refrain from Investing and thereby
loso n great deal you might otherwise
havo gained, ho will not consider him
self a fraud or fake, but will assure you
that you accepted his judgctuonl, over
looking the (net that hia judgment un
forced upon you in such a manner as to
pcrsiiadovou that your knocking friend
had eomo actnal knowledge on tho sub
ject. We aro forced to conclude that
such is not tho method of the man act
lug with on honest purpose.
Tho second class can be argued with
if they assault tbo cntorpriso upon the
ground that it will be a dutrimont to tho
comunlty, This matter is confessedly
a conclusion and oreryone la entitled to
draw bis ovn. And tho investor will
dotermiuo that for himiolf, What ho
wants to hear aro facts.
But this class of knockers asserta that
tho thing is a fako and assigns aa the
reason for exposing it, that a fako ia a
bad thing for the community's prosperi
If tho concern advertises your country
without expense to yourselves; if it ex
pends large sumo of money in your
midst; if it employe men; if it buys your
property and your produce at your own
prices; if it attracts a largo number of
investors to vour community ; if it brings
peoplo hero; If it nska nothing of you
either as n subsidy or bonus, you who
even as you talk can hear tbo rattlo of
their money In'yotu pockets, perjure
yoursolvcs when you place tho reason
for your knocking upon tho ground that
it is a bad thing for tho community. Bo
it a (aire or not tho ono certain thing is
that it la increasing tho prosperity of tho
wholo county,
Tho third class fa too contemptablo
and tho fourth too unworthy to bo given
any credftneo whatever.
Had wo knowledge that any entorprieo
started hero was a fako or was anything
less than it profosscd to be, wo would be
the first to make public that fact. In so
doing wo would bo dealing with facts.
But inasmuch as wo havo no porsonnl
grudges to satisfy and have nolthor tltno
nor tasto for complaint for tho moro
pleasure of it; and inasmuch aa It ia not
our biitlness td dissuade persons from
Investments ythoro wo do not-knorV they
will loso, ntni bocauoo wo fool that any
concern which ts attracting attention (0
our resourced la doing 11a good, wo aro
not disposed to oprond the wot blanket,
ami heartily 'condemn such notion In
others.
Wo aro conllilont of tho vast resource
o( our county nnd resent any nttompt,
either direst or indirect, to belittle thorn.
Therefore If you have naught to ad
vance why peoplo with money should
not Invest upon this Hay, exeunt your
unfounded opinion thntOtno coneorn or
other li n fuko, bo honest with yourself,
bo fair to your county and to the Invest
ors, be less anxious to air your deroga
tory views, but retain thorn to yourself
until thoy nro asked for.
mmwwi
SMOKED OUT
A four-lino item In our last Initio
.intuit thu Itituuor townsito iuvestom
vnked the -.rntli ol tlm Const Midi ami
u column of typo hi replv In handed tin;
tho Item In ctiarartorlxed tin "painfully
silly", thoGmill'imtrnl Railroad and
ll of I'm allied corporations nro dragged
in in defence of It.tugor, mid tlm wholo
shooting match, to enp tho cllinnx. 1H
hernial with u any lug in Gorman just
to chow tlint tlm tdtlor has a high fore
head. Thu .Mail mini evidently ipenko
with untlmrlty on milroad mnttcrs,
which .o do not prolceti to know any
thing about, and vi Inch do not cut any
ico with roioronco to Tho Hun's item.
We con HUUNtnutlntu what wo linvo said
i t ,. ... .1 .... . .1
"dli un" or
r etoff thu land. What'.
the tiso ol all this Infernal lying? Do
logtitiuiato enterprise thrive nnd bavo
to to uouritiieti on mlareprceentallon.
Or would it bn Imtlur to "tell tho truth
and shame thu devil." Lot thu boosters
shout. Tho Hun.
Thu predominant feeling in this ofllco
is gratification thatono knopkor, at leant,
hna ))cen smoked-out of his hole. And
wo can not but commond tho Sun for
1
hnvlng norvo enoueh to put its kick Into
cold typo. An open scrapper ia always
moro worthy of respect than a back
biter.
If, hoHcver, tho Hun had taken to
heart that heading in Gorman to which
it objects, It never would havo made thu
ship it did nt tho Bangor investors, not
would it say now, in effect, that thu
Bangor townsito proposition has nothing
to do with railroad matter. Evpry ono
knows that tho valuo of Investment!)
in the Bangor townsito depends alto- (
gothor on tho railroad. If a transcon
tinental roud makes its terminus nt.
Bangor, thu investor will mnko a big
thing; other wieo thoy lose. It la very
simple, aud thoso who havo invested in
Bangor surely understand it.
Tho Maii, wob perfectly aware of tho
status of tho townsito, but uo ono nowe
paper can, from day to day, namo all
tho things that haye novor boon done,
If any ono has been in ignoranco it
was his own fault ; tho invastora certain
ly know that thoy haven't received their
doeds. Thero has boon no secret at all
about it nnd no mliropresantainr, ho for
aa tho Maii. has boon Informed. If tho
Sun aud eomo of tho other knockers had
''boon nrotind" n little moro thoy
would not spring such n simple
and common proposition with audi
a grand flourish; TbeBua (alia to In-
ill IDIITUIICU III 1110 COIUIirniCU niUiatl ',l,l. rnlrv .Invnlmil nti.t M.I. I...l.n.
toHii.ilaol Bangor. U our -jatpriiicirl","colln,ryUo0,OH,Una ""' ,m"'or
contemporary nwuro that thero never inado thoocononf tho actlvltloa towhlc'i
has bten n tlnglu deod recorded for a lot
In Bangor; thai thu plat of raid town ' It" excellence nnd It position entitles It.
has never seen the elcrk'a olllcejand .. ,.,,, ., . . ,
last hut not least tlm Intended ptirchas- lho ot Hint the Oroat Central peoplo
V..!li'BinS: SuSflS o paying neither "hush money" nor
than llvo days n?t that they had to eulnldlr- tn (Tnn- llnv iw,r-imnt.r- nt.
form itu rundtro,' however, that tho
monoy dopoiltud 011 Ilnngor lots is tied
tip In ouoh a vyny that' If t dend cannot
he glyph when tho proper time coutoa
the money will be returned.
1
As for tho "dig "tip" mnttor, tho Maii,
will conlosa Ignoruiioo ami doubt,
Wo nro happy to note that thu last
six lines of tho Unn'it article nro In it re
llrctlvo yulii, Truly, what'u tho tiso of
lying? And what Is tho tuo of misrep
resenting any legltlmntn pntorprlio In
the uudoavnr to ourry favor with eomo
liter tugltlmato otttorprlou? Thoy al(
helpaach other. '
Tho Maii, In perfectly imtlrllwl with 1(3
position In thin matter. Wo have glvrn
our renders all thu news that hn. coma
to our knowledge nnd roomed to havuH
bearing on tint mnlii question of whether
or not the Great Central ia likely to ac
complish lln avowed object of making
Coos Way tho turmluiia of n trans
continental railroad. That in n mutlor
ol the tttmott Importance tonll,nud our
retdern are untitled to all tho light wo
can glvo tliain. That Is what wo are
hero for. '
In our remarks tbqtit knocking wo
havo been elating our conviction-. Wo
want to see thu road built ;uo want to seo
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'no figure with tho Mail.
It ia not tho
,
policy of this paper to jump onto any
one In thu hope of making IiIiii'MIk u."
nor have wo ever announce, l that we
woro "out for thu dust,"
The Great Central pooplu nro cor
talnly cutltlad to decent treatment, and
our rt adots are entitled to tho navis, II
tho a 11, fall In either respect it will not
bo intcntlounlly.
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