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Jtfffcrnouian Principles Jefferson not only announced great fundamental principles, but he applied them to so many different questions that he can be read as an authority on all questions of today. He was op posed to imperialism and believed in self-government; he was for a republic composed of equal and self-governing stites and entirely opposed to the cobnial idea. He was opposed to a large army and believed that a government was strong er when resting upon the love of the people than when tolerated only be cause of fear. He was so opposed to the principles of monopoly that he only e.vcepted copyrights and pat tuts. Here is the amendment he suggested to the con stitution: "Monopolies may be al lowed to persons for their own produc tion in literature, and their own inven tions in the arts, for ,a term not ex caading years, but for no longer term, and for no other purpose." At another time he suggested fourteen years as the limit for patents. His hostility to monopoly was exem plified in 1787 in a communication to John Jay, in which he said: "A com pany had silently and by unfair means obtained a monopoly for the making and selling of sepermaceti candles (in France). As soon as' we (Lafayette assisted him) discovered it, we solicit ed its suppression which is effected by a clause in the Arret." He denounced as a fatal fallacy the doctrine that a national debt is a bles- sing, Ho was the relentless enemy of banks of issue. 'J At one time, he declared that banks of issue wore more danger-' ous thjuTstiindinir armies. At another . time ho said: "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which daro al-1 ready to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.' In 1819 ho said: "Interdict forever to both tho state and the national gov- ernment the power of establishing any paper bank; for without this interdic- tion wo shall have the same ebbs and flows of medium, and tho same revolu- ' tion of property to go through every twenty 2or thirty years." Ho warned his countrymen against the dangers of an appointive judiciary holding oflice for life. ' Of the freedom of speech he said: "The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties." Of tho freedom of the press he wrote: "Our liberty depends on tho freedom of without be""11 h'st1"""0' b limit0d WHe0waS'the author of the statute of Virginia guaranteeing religious liberty, and was also tho father of tho Uni versity of Virginia. Ho favored a free school system which would bring to every childjan opportunity to sacuro an education. He was an advocate of tho jury svs teni; and he argued in favor of freaiir; the slaves three quarters of a Century beforo Lincoln issued his emancipation proclamation. His writings fill many volumes and cover almost every conceivable sub ject, hut through all that ho said thare runs the evidence of a great heart as well as a great intellect. There is need today of a revival of Joffersonian principles. He was not an enemy of honestly ucquired wealth, but he believed that the government had no right to exaggerate by favorit ism tho differences between individuals. Ho believed that all should stand equal beforo the law and that every depart- mcnt ol government, executive, legis- liitivo and judicial, should recognizo and protect the rights of tho humblest citizen as carefully as it would the vi.rhia .r ihp irn-nlreit and nwwt inllu.-n- ti.,1 Jefl'erson's-principlos, applied to tho ' .... . problems . of tho Twentieth century 1 I v .( tin, f.ittiilili,. ilu tt I . ... j, ,i, ,,,., nionil factor in tho world's progress. The application of his principles today would restore industrial independence and annihilate trusts. The application of his principles today would drive the money changers out oi cue icnipie, in sure to tho people n stable currency mil harmonize labor anil capital by compelling justice to both. Society today has its aristocratic and its democratic elements; whether Jef ferson's principles are applied depends upon which element controls the gov- O.llllU'llt. - r.x. Kuene (iuurifV J. S. l.uckey, tVe jew J. S. l.uckey, the jeweler, has on ex hibition in his show window an eld book which has a record of the first watjhes ever repaired in Eugene. C. H. Moses was tho fust repairer ever here, and he worked in Mr. l.uckey's store fur sev eral years beginning in 1S5S. The first watch repaired was that of Dr. Dan forth on August 2-i, 1S5S. -It was an K. G. liimtley of Liverpool make, an opt'n face with a silvorcase. The book does not state what repairs wore made, but tho charge was $1. Ebon Stewart, the ol 1 pioneer who died several years ago, was the owner of the third watch repaired by Moses, and several other familiar names can be found on the b.-ok. ; Speaking to a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Democrat, a Louisianan said that there is a comical side to the war in the far oast. This gentleman added: "Do you read the stories? If you like comedy, read them. You will find all the funny stuff you want right in the reports which are coming out of the far east today, tomorrow, or any other old day you may select. The way Russian reports begin, or the way they began for a while at least, has passed into the current humor of the day. We all remember that I 'regret to re port' which has been going into St. Petersburg since the war began, and we can not have failed to remark the humor resulting from the consistency with which this statement has been used. But the funniest thing I have seen yet was the statement made the other day that the Russian soldiers were complaining of being tired on ac count of the retreats they have been forced to make under orders. The way the statement was put left no room to doubt that the Russian soldiers meant that they were tired running from the Japs that the Japs, in fact, in their efforts to catch them, wore simply about to run them to death. their country, suddenly decline inalue Yet Russia was going to sign peace and contract to prices representing a terms in Tokio. Funny, isn't it? If Ioss to tnem of billions of dollars, this thing keeps up, and the Russians Throughout the misery and suffering keep on retiring 'in order,' as a result this terrible collapse occasioned, 'Stand of Japanese aggression, it may happen, ard Oil' remained undisturbad as be in the course of human events, that fore anl amid all the confusion kept peace terms will be signed at Harbin sternly on its dollar-'making' way. In instead of Tokio, or it might be that deed, it seemed to gain in bulk as they will be signed at some point still ther institutions diminished or disap further toward the Russian capital, peared. Then it was that the people War nlavs curious tricks on the iudg- besan to demand, and are now fiercely I . r? i meiii, oi men, anu you can never mil just how the dice are going to roll until after the throw has been made, and even then it is wiser to wait till the bones (luit rolling." i The New York court of appeals has held the guessing contest illegal. In the case before the court the United states lobacco Journal printed an aa- I vertisement for a firm which offered cash pnze3 for guosse3 on the amount of revenue taxes paid on various brands of cigars. The court held that the "dominating' and controlling factor in the award was chance" and that it was therefore a violation of the anti-lottery law. It is to be hoped that the same ogic will be applied to the demoraliz- nB newspaper guessing contests which some of the large dailies are running, The Louisiana lottery in its worst days was a virtuous institution compared with these newspaper lotteries and it is as- tonisnmg that the postouice department permits them to use the mails.-hx. Thi3 W00k'S Svement CTP rePrt: The past week has been dry, Willi cool nights and warm afternoons. Pasture age, potatoes and gardens need rain badly, but corn and hops are standing the dry weather better than expected. The grain harvest is drawing to a close, and most of the wheat in the Willam ette valley and in southern Oregon has been cut and threshed. Fall wheat and barley yields are generally above Hip nvoiMim Rnrintr wlipfit nnrl nuts are below the average in quantity, but above the average in quality. rt te, I The tallest inhabited building in the world is tho Park Row building in Now ! York. It covers 15,000 square feet of ground and is 30 stories high. Tho dis- tanco from the curbing to the cornice is 330 feet; to tho top of tho tower 390 ! feet; to the top of tho flagstaff 417 ; feet; the depth of the foundations be- low tho curbing is 75 feet, making a to- tal distanco from tho foundations to t10 t0p 0f t,i10 nngsUiir of 552 feet. Even in this day of divorce mania. ,,BW l'lta Iul release iro.n me inatn- nianml yoke has been entered by a Kan- sas City woman-her husband was too Rood to her. Heiv "Mi, Miiulmnl linil o is her statement: 'My husband had no backbone. When- ever i hskuu un miyiiiiiiK x uiwiiya uk it without question, mere is no satis- faction in that kind of humdrum exist ence for me." Tho divorco was granted. President Roosevelt's Administration for four years has added $18,000,000 a month, or $ti00,000 a day, or $2,500 an hour, more to the cost of Government than was paid during tho last four years of President Cleveland's Adiuin iitration? Is it not true that "reform ii necessary?" HOME AND ABROAD. Rev. I. D. Driver, the famousdivine, of Eugene, was SO years of age last week, and continues as vigorous as ever. Mr. John P. Wallace, chief engineer of the I'aniimn canal is a cousin of Mr. Paul Wallace of Salem, a nephew of Rev. Wallace, a former Portland U. V. minister. The contract for the building of the bridge across Crooked River, at Forest, has noon let to Mr. J. H. Tillotson, of I'tii'tliinil. Tho bridge to be constructed will In- a Howe truss twenty feet wide anil one hundred and sixty-five feet long, twill be started at once anil pushed to completion as fast ns possible. The Nugget and Leader of Cottage f.ravo have formed a trust and consoli J :te.i. Frenzied Financa s The secret method of multiplying millions by which the enormous for tunes of Standard Oil and other big fi nancial institutions were created verit ably out of nothing is the text of the September instalment of "Frenzied Fi nance," by Thomas W. Lawson, in Everybody s Magazine. The article is of the most sensational interest and importance. The story of how Standard Oil set about getting control of banks and trust and insurance companies; how it juggled their funds so as to ex tend its operations, the process of the "trustification" of corporations as they practise it, and the upbuilding of the greatest financial power in America to day, makes a revelation of the most startling significance. Here are some extracts: "About the time that the world had begun mistily to take in the tremcm dous force3 which radiated from the 'Standard Oil, ' there occurred a finan cial crash, and the people saw their savings, irivested in what they sup posed were the legal and absolute titles i of .ownership in the material things of rlnmnnrltniT 'What, iu triia "Grnnrlnrrl o Oil"?' 'What is its secret?' 'Whence came it?' and, 'Can our Republic en- dure if it, too, endures?' " 1 believe that 'Standard Oil was the first to practically apprehend that, a large proportion of all the moneys in circulation which belong to the people or the Government being in custody of tne national anu savings banks anu trust and insurance companies, it would only be necessary for principal nation- al and savings banks and trust and in- surance companies to control practically unlimited amounts of such funds, and thus be able to absolutely 'make' dol- lars at will by using the moneys in these institutions to acquire properties on an inflated basis, and then to sail them to the people (who, in' fact, al- ready owned them, because they owned the funds with !which they had been purchased), and then by stock-market trickery to scare their owners into re- selling them at enormous shrinkage from the puke they had paid. To com prehend with 'Standard oil' is to act, and twenty years ago it besan to' weave the net to se2ure control of tho four classes of institutions I have named." During tho past thirty years the American people have become so used to enormous figures in connection with corporations and trusts that they' have not stopped to discriminate between the different classes of fortunes, nor to figure out that fortunes of certain kinds are absolute self-evidence that they were acquired by illegal method. i . . , i.- i. ii. ,i 11 w "'""up'y ' mu, tho Pco!'le wl" SLU0'y bo onslavod and the Republic destroyed. For instance, there are in New York City alone hun dreds of national and savings banks and insurance and trust companies which control money enough to make them practically omnipotent in what ever direction their controllers exert their power. I will name but seven to show what enormous amounts their managers control, for it must be borne in mind that they are all bound to gether by the "system" as firmly and as surely as any human things can be linked. The Equitable, Mutual, and New York Life Insurance Companies nave coniumeu c;.puu. oi i,",vw, OJU ot assets, a yearly income ot u, 000,000, and $4,500,000,000 of insurance force; the National City Bank United States Trust, Mercantile Jiuai, uuu uinun xiui, uui'omvo i Q'in nun nnn .utii-ii .,mi .t nnn mm am plus, and they have tho vast sum of $450,000,000 of the people's money to juggle with. Today "Standard Oil," the "Private Thing," is the greatest power in the land, more powerful than the people individually or a whole, and its secret is the knowledge of the trick of finance by which dollars are "made from nothing in unlimited quantities subject to no laws of man or nature. The dol lars that "Standard Oil" makes are the exact equivalent of the dollars of the people made by tho Government, which we know can only be coined and put into circulation in accordance with law and for the benefit of tho people. Thoso "made dollars," it must be re membered, are really "made" for all purposes of use as surely as if they had the Government's stamp, yet they are not made in the sense of tho known volume of the people's money being added to. So, however many of these "made dollars" are brought in'.o ex istence by this trick of finance, only the men who "made" them can know and profit by their existence. The peo ple are no wiser nor can they adjust themselves to the change of conditions brought about by the creation of nil this now money, yet if "unmade" or lost, the entire volume of the nation's wealth would be contracted. MISFITS A Newberg drug clerk is named Coffin. The Chicago strike is becoming more turbulent. The eye3 of the mining world are now turned on Portland, The President and Judge Parker went in swimming yesterday. It is a good idea not to tount Port Arthur chickens until they are out. A forest fire is a pretty serious affair when one's own claim is being ruined. J. F. Wilson, president of the new Eugene-Corvallis railroad, is in Eugene. Hooray. The President is writing another let ter of acceptance. More modern grand stand politics. The wheat market in Chicago is now being manipulated on the worst kind of gambling plan. The republicans are getting desper ate. They are now attacking Mr. Da vis's middle name. A deputy game warden would need to be uoiquitous to catch the law vio laters these days. The papers generally have decided that the new Russian kid is just a mor tal like the rest of us. The Democrat hopes the Eugene Corvallis electric line will be a go and all other proposed lines. Something doing all the time. An- other pugilistic bout of one hit each be- tween prominent citizens. A Washington state man says Turner will undoubtedly be elected. He is the man tne people tnere want. i Red Pepper is the name of a school district in eastern Oregon. The teacher is entitled to general sympathy. Port Arthur, according to the Demo crat's view of it isn't worth the pow der and thousands of lives being sacri ficed. More Salem people pass through Al bany for seashore and mountains on ! their annual outing trips than from any J other place. , When President Rooseveltl really wants to get after the trusts he'will at tack the father of them all the Stand ard Oil Co. i Some big paper corporations are be-j mg organized by men without money, SrlSerlXK1cS!LS,the commercial development ot Oiegon. balem will continue to be the hog stands at 15, while it is known one per tnurn of Hip sintn Tho linnst- ia nmrlp sonlis fatally injured. In addition. that four Salem boys camping at New port recently ate three hundred pan cakes for breakfast. An exchange has a young man cross the ocean to claim his bride in this county. As a matter of fact they first met after he had crossed the ocean, while in the very pleasant occupation of peeling chittnn bark. The Great Northern DevelopmhntCo. has been organized at Eugene with W. b. fatanclisn, tl. Manon anu A. U. Waller as incorporators, and the canital stock $1,000,000. The object covers the whole list from telegraph poles to mines. bomething ought to be doing. The very good suggestion is made ' that during the state fair a train be run irom Amany at aoout atter tne arrival of the trains on the Corvallis & Eastern from the west and east and the the races. Now they reach there late in the afternoon. Such a train would be very popular. Everybody's Mngazine for Septemler has amieared with the second rrreat ar- naj appeal tu witn iiu. seconu gi eat ar - ticio on rrenzieu finance by r. w. Lawson. It is a masterpiece of attack, as tierce as that ot tne Japs upon rort Arthur, ,:n, Uf.,,,,1,,,-,1 Ail no ti,o rio. fenso. After reading it one is almost I i l.-i: . . lean to ucitevu Liuii. ill me I'leseiiL lime the country is being run by the Stand - ard Oil Co., whose tentacles reach out in all directions financial. Oregon Lands Washington, Aug. 24. A Prelimin- nry report issued by the General Land Ol ice today shows that Oregon for the second time, leads all other Itntes in its sccoil.l ume, ivittis nil uuier suiit's in us contribution to the reclamation fund.by UtWoO ,utoM.37toM 0? us public : lands during the fiscal year end- ed June 30, 1U04. Letter List. Tho following letters remain in the Aii n .. pani(Tio,ir,r.r,iio fr Albany, Oregon Post Office uncalled for Augusts!, ran. i ersons uesiriiig any ot .1 1... 1..,U -oil fp- nrltrai.ti.orl llieSe IlllllO ailVUIll tun .v. ..v..i,. v.wu i ... .1 letters giving int.- ti.tiu. Prof. E. A. Anderson, Mr. Jas. Aar- ons, Miss May Bogart, O. A. Dearmy, Mrs. G. W. Fisher, Harry C. Holmes, Mrs. A. I. Hogue, Mr. Albert Powell, Mrs. A. B. Porter, Miss Ada Rhoads, Mrs. H. A. Ross. S. S. Train. P. M. TELEGRAPHIC. A Fatal Iori.ado St. Paul. Aug. 21. A scorching gale tore d wn upon the valley of the Miss issippi aocuc o clock last nignt. The fury of the elements divided, and with a roar, descended on the Twin Cities and their environs. Fifteen people were killed and the aggregate property loss is estimated at $3.oCi;,00'J. Of this amount St. Paul suffered to the extant of about $1,000, OtO. Minneapolis damage is estimated at $1,500,(.0J, vhile in the outside dis tricts it is feared that $500,000 will not cover the damage. Holulng Out St. Petersburg, Aug. 22. The lat est reports from Port Arthur indicate that the garrison there is holding out with wonderful tenacity in the face of persistent desperate assaults. The only question is bow. "long any body of troops can withstand such awful punishment. Russian Cruiser Sunk. Tokio, Aug. 21. After a severe en gagement with the protected cruisers Chitose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novik has been -vanquished. The fight occurred today. After it, the Novik, in a sinking condition, was run ashore. Modern Gambling.' Chicago, Aug. 21. Hunteraof black rust, who have put the wheat bears ut terly to rout in the last two weeks, and in that time have sent the September option up 14 cents, the December up 18 cents and the Mav un 20 cents, are now scouring rhe fields of Manitoba for more damage signs. Killed Four. Glencoe, Minn., Aug. 21. A tornado struck the township of Rich Valley and Bergen Saturday night about 8 o'clock, killing four persons, and destroying thousands of acres of grain and many bams, houses and sheds. At Port Aithur, Liao Yang, Aug. 22. The following io aiinrtliarl Yiir o T?iioaiar jinrraonnnflonf 0f the Associated Press: With each additional report from I Port Arthur wonder increases, both at the persistence of the Japanese attack fenders of the fortress. The Japanese verily are throwing away thousands of lives in tne nope ot snaking tne cour- age of the Russian troops. ot Petersburg Version. St. Petersburg, Aug. 22. A dis- patch from Chefoo dated August 22 says that according to Chinese reports i the .Tananese vesterdav bombarded from ! Port Arthur trom 6 o'clock in the morn-' ine- until 1 in the afternoon. nourine- in a heavy fire, but that the Russians sue- I - ceeded in silencing the Japanese bat- teries. Prompt Justice. runADTnivw Ann- 99 Tim Glover, a negro, was shot to death to- night near the home of the white girl he had assaulted and his body dragged a distance of about a mile into th s city., and burned on the public square. A mob estimated at 500 composed the ' shooting and burning party.; The Minne3ota Tornado. g p . 22. -The property loss asX'resulfof S-tarWtK wiU reach $2,550,000. divided as stated i heretofore. The number of dead still nearly zuu persons sustained injuries ot a minor character. The city govern ment today had a force of 300 men at work cleinng the debris with which. they had been strewn. Deserves Hanging. San Francisco. Aug. 22. Mrs. Cor- rlolio Rprlrin woo sonlonnol tprlmr Vir Superior Judge Cook to life imprison - men in the State Prisyn at San Quentin for the murder of Mrs, John P. Dun- ning, in Dover, Del., by means of poi- suneu canuy, inuiieu iioiu mis city. In nassino- sentence on the condemned woman. JudVe Cook exDressed recrret that he could not impose the death pen alty, as the jury in its verdict had fixed the punishment. Hand Off. o,,8"! "5;" i. "i insist upon the neutrality of China. It does not inrena to insist tnat tne Kuss- j?" warships now in the harbor at ' SwStt ii shlPs- '-nlntnn (iron I'd. Chefoo, Aug. 24. A junk which left T ton Ti Pmrnnntpvirtlipnin-Vif of A ,,) 21 has just aniVed here. She reports thrt the Japanese have succeeded in oe- . A r h gnti,., frt .. nmhnhlv Etseshnn. nhnnfc b mils ' from Antszslian. They have driven the . Russians irom the parade-ground, i ,i,;v, n., ahnr t,p tniipo r,rir f i- .A iium ine uaraue-irrounn. harbor; they have destroyed two forts I t ri 1 1. ...u:..u I. h. hl iiiiuucuaiitiu, which 13 wiinm tne ' eastern fortifications, and thev have ad- vanced to a point near Uhaochanko. d..i.. ..,. . St. Petersburg, Aug. 24 The man- rATSTTa'SSl A"tw?rP.. was H. , J'"""1 V'" 'c?. "le Sf"?n ;n u U, 'S 2f hefd VSiZSh 1(. . rtjT i i:u "i u c ' Tptp5,LhValVteabenefit8 0ne of th,e mos? inTnt P' ! "rpr - J "J " " ' ' r j and its curtailment in the army and navy. BnttleslifV Sunn. Tokio, Aug. 24. Admiral-Kataoka reports that as the (Russian battleship 1 Savastopol was emerging from Port Arthur yesteixlny she struck a mine, and (lft(frwan, w'as seen t0 be listed to' starboard. She was itowed bacn into tlin VinrW ..... ..uuv.. 1 Mr. William Nenly has rented the big stables of W. B. Gilson, known as the - Senders Stables and will run a club FOR RENT. Room for light hcuse stable in connection with his delivery keeping also one furnished room. In business, furnishing board and care for : quirj at 231 Calapooia and 3rd ft, nil ripi-apa Ipft. with Viim. Tripv will Kp ' u.. . - "-J "... taken care of. Of the Skin and Scalp Speedily Cured by Baths with Soap to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thick ened cuticle, gentle applications of CUTICURA Ointment to instant ly allay itching', irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and mild doses of CUTICURA Pills to cool and cleanse the blood. A single Set, costing but One Dollar, is often sufficient to cure. aA M...t n. u-nrTil Pittlr-nrn Sr.an. 2Sc. Oint ment, flflc, ltL'solvent, Sh.'. (in form ol Chocolate Coated Fill, 2.1c. per viol ol tin). Depots: London. U7 Charter home St.;F.ir!0r5itiiedc!a!'ulx; Bonton, 137 Columbui Ave. Potter Drue it Clu-in. Corp., Sole Propi. OJT Send tor "The Great Humor Cure." MISFITS. . .... , . . . . . A Mixture Of Things and ThoUtihts 1 he west has its grip on the mines. The Democrat's guess: Jeffries will win. The f orest fires liave been pretty well .... , vt-lllUc-tea- Uneasy lies the head of the timber cia;m owner. Brother Jim Finch is having a dog- gone live time down in Salem ' i Tom Parker's running mate looks like an old man, but no one is kicking. Poundmaster Catlin will now have to make it lively for the cows and dogs. Surveyor A. D. Barker and gang have been doing some important work in the yards at the depot. 1 I If Nebraska will send Bryan to the U. S. senate there will be something doing in that sleepy body. The Salem Journal is now strictly in it with a $5000 dog libel suit on hand. Salem continues to get metropolitan. One of the humors of the campaign are the remarks of ' republican papers associating democrats with tho trusts. Prof. Raymond, a dancing master caught a 81 pound halibut offtheRoscoe andsold 5t for ?5' Swin yur Partners. ?efple ?f city be willing o i for it .-..w.,,,,.,,., i The new postmaster of Roseburg, C. W. Parks, is a grocer. What's the matter r U nr,i,i;n.n .j;tn. jm mere. t t.. . . ' u pn t morgan s aun suDDortinrr Roosevelt is full of significance, and Rnnwa whom tkn l.nn ff 1. i ., - wig ocaii ui wie trusts reI'y is. Foniom Mrs Mavrrlck. New York, Ang. 23. -On board the Red Star liner Vaderland. whicJ ar- Florence Chandler Maybriek, recently released from prison in England. Mrs. ' Sbr was entered on tie passenger ".."iv- "" cuici eu un uie passenger , lis P Rose (Ingraham,P a naW Peu" s lK n'm Kreatani1' 1 p - WANTED. A woman to do general I nouse work- Call at 221 Montgomery Strcet- ; LOST. A purse containing'a $5 gold piece, SI in silver, some pennies and 1 a bt. Charles check, somewhere be- I tween the bt. Charles and Albany lron Works on First street prw i k C Ult &AL.S.. iseVen room ii. !.. m il one acre of ground, with a variety of e :. .t 11 n .. iiuiv, in rtiuanv. rnce szoiiu. can at 937 West Fifth street. rpn DtTVTrp. A C. r m . . v iicpi. t niiy acre iarm I miles I from town. Inquire at Democrat oflice. t i