Daily Democrat
STKUNULY STATtD.
The New Ycrk Times puts the case very
well when it invites the attention of the
farmer to the proposition that the price of
what he buys is just as important to him
as the price of what lie sells. The Timet
restates a familiar law of trade.whlch can
lot be too often repeated, in these words :
The difference between a comfortable
prosperity and a slowly grinding Impover
ishment for the farmer maybe mule by
the simple fact that he necessarily sells his
products in competition with all the world
and at the lowest prices that competition
can produce,whilc the cost of nearly every
tiling that he must buy is enhanced by a
system of indirect taxation, the gveatei
part of which is intended to strangle com
petition and increase the profits of fivarcd
interests. When the farmer has worked
out this simple problem hp will find that
the relief he most needs is in his own
hands and that the taxation from hi;h he
suffers most is that which he has been
llindly helping to fasten upon himself.
The competition of the great agricultur
al west does lessen the profits of the east
ern farmer's corn and wheat, but there is
another way in which the western fanner
helps his eastern cousin. It is the west
which affords a market for the surplus
manufactures of the east and by contribut
ing ta the growth of manufacturing towns
gives the eastern land owner a chance at
fruits, vegetables,poultry and other similar
products. The western farmer suffers in
the end the greater disadvantage because
usually he can grow only staple crops or
, stock.
The manufactures of the country can
not grow much more and still live upon
our own population. They have been
stimulated now much beyond our consum
ing capacities. We are paying for a great
deal of idle time and spasmodically used
capital. The farmer does most of the pay
ing. The home market is wurked to death.
Manufacturers in Pennsylvania thrive well
enough to keep private hikes for their
amusement and by their supercilious neg
ligence let the water sweep to destruction
4,000 human beings and millions in prop
erty. They tlni.'e bylaws which give
them power to make artificial prices. Prob
ably Kansas and Missouri fanners in buy
ing their nails and hardware helped the
Pittsburg plutocrats to build the Johnstown
dam. Certainly the ability of wealthy
Pittsburgcrs to own the lake is due direct
ly to the tax laid upon the country by the
tariff laws.
If the average price of articles a farmer
buys is 40 per cent higher than the level of
the world's markets and the price of what
he sells cannot rise a cent above the level,
it is not hard to see how a great part of
agricultural depression 'is derived. If his
crops sell for $1,000 and he pays for arti
cles of consumption $1,300 he must come
out $200 in debt each year. If art'cle of
consumption cost him but $800 he would
be $200 ahead.
A republican administration has four
years in which its sweet promises to farm
ers may be redeemed. So far it has not
changed a single law of trad3 and it it so
safe to predict that none will be changed
Unless the party repudiates Its platform of
iSSS and reforms the tariff the farmer will
be worse in debt in 1S92 than he is now.
Will the western farmer have common
sense enough to refuse to follow the blcody
shirt orators and vote in a moment of
factitious enthusiasm for his own enslave
ment ?
WATKlt r'Olt EXl'KESS TRAINS.
One of the must ingenious of modern
railway inventions is that which allows
the engine of a fast express to pick up water,
without stopping,from water troughs con
structed between th rails. The driver
lowers the scoop down from the tender be
tween the rails ; the fireman stands ready
to turn on the tap ln'.o the water tank ; we
hear a hollow sound as the Iron of the
trough rings beneath our feet, then a uish
of water ; ten seconds more the water is
splashing up against the top of the tank,
the tap is turned of! even more hastily than
t was turned on,the scoop is drawn up,and
we are speeding on our w ay with the wuter
troughs lying far behind us. The fireman
does well to be prompt ; rates have been
kno,vn where he has neglected or failed to
lift up the scoop in time, and the water has
overflowed the tank, ficodec1 the tendcr,set
pick and shovel and coals all afloat, and
surging up against the firebox door, gone
near to putting the fire out altogether. At
the point where the troughs begin and
terminate the lines rise slightly. By this
means both the water is prevented from
running out of the troughs, which cannot
have ordinary ends lest a scoop should
strike against them, and also the scoop is
automatically pushed up and the pipe
closed, If the driver fails to lift It hefoie
the engine reaches the end of the trough.
The cat's eye stone Is found in Ceylon.
It is also cut in a highly convex form, and
has a remarkable play of light in a certain
direction, resembling a drop of water or the
pupil of an eye miving about Inside of It,
or a band of light floating on Its surface,
ever shifting, like a restless spirit.from side
la side as the stone is turned. The people
regard it with aw e and wonder,and,bclicy
ing It to he the abode of some genie, dedi -catc
It to their gads as a sacred stone.
The surplus in the trpasnrv is not as large as
the Cleveland administration led the people to
believe, and, as a consequence, the pension
bureau has to be economically administered,
Afouittaineer. So, then, you mean to say that
the reason why the pension bureau is to be ad
ministered economically is because the money
in the treisury is not plenty. Thus the cat is
let out of the bag, yet most every one was
already prepared to believe that this state of
the treasury, (if true which it is not, as every
sensible man well knows,) would be the only
restraint that could keep Tanner within reason
able liounds.
The helianthus, or sunflower, of w hich there
are thirty-five known species, is a native of
America, whence it was fust brought to Kurope
in the year 1 597. The common garden veget
able, the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus
tubeious,) is one of the same genus.
Kvery plate of steel which goes to make up
the boilei of a steamship has a strip cut from it
to be tested in the presence of a representative
of I-lyod's if the steamer is to be classed there,
and in the presence of a board of trade surveyors
if she is to have a p s'enger certificate.
There are rumors that Corporal Tanner
is already viewed with alarm that he is
in danger of being fired. And yet he
seemi to be doing his best. Certainly no
man could reduce the surplus any faster.
Still they come. Russell Harrison's
wife' cousin has been appointed law clerk
in the postoffice department. This makes
nine of the family (so far as heard from)n
the government payrolls.
NEW ADVERTISEME.VIS.
(JEALED BIDS WILL bi KtSOE VKI
O by the clerk ofScuooi District No 5
f.inn .rtlintn rioiimn tt ..! .
... , ... ....... unv , v u 1 J UIJ loop, lit III illlNII
said District with 60 cords ol (-rub oak
wood, said woo to he 4 foot lone and nn
MtinU tit ha aua tl.an'l in.l... 1 I
v.w u w 1.1.10 vua.i iuv;iici. Ill !llillllMltr
also to furulsu said District with 8 cords
split tir wood (from large trees) free ot
knnta All winil tn 1,a .....1 1. ... ..
Cen tr.il School building in Albany, Tin
Board reserves Din riirht tn r.w .
all bids.
By order cf the Board of Directors.
C. (jr. BUKKII VKT, C'iorfc.
June 21st, ISS9,
s
AND, AC Persons desiring sand,
loam or uravol fr.im the nrmii,a ni
F. L. Such in Benton couiltv. nun nropiim
tickets tor the same at my ofHoe, Craw
ford's block, Al bny, Oregon.
UHA9. JS. WOLVE-JTON.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE. - Notloe is
hereby riven that the co.nartnnrahin
heretofore existing between C, A, Chess
man and W. W. Chessman, doing busi
ness under the Arm name of Chessman
Bros., has this day been dissolved, C. A
Chessman haying sold hisintereal to P
B Beatty. iLe business will continue
under the name of Ci...3gman A Beatty
who will oolleot all accounts and pav all
debts of the heretofore existing firm ol
unessman rros.
Peoria, Linn Co., Or., June 11th, 1889,
W. W. CHKSSMiN,
C. , Cat SHU AN.
CITY TAXEl,.-Notlce is hereby given
that the tax roll of the city of Albany
Oregon, for the year IK89, bas been placed
In my bauds for collection, and that 1
will be at toe Council Chambers of raid
city to receive and iceipt for the taxes
charged in said roll, for tbe period or Su
days from date of tnls notii-a, All taxei
remaining unpaid at tbe expiration cl
thirty days thereafter will be returned to
the Common Council of the city of A) ban-,
as delingquent, and, costs and expense's
for collecting bucu taxes be added thereto.
Dated at Albany, Or., this 10th day al
June, 18-.
Job N. IIoFifMiN.
City Marshal.
FOSHAY & MASON,
AND KE7AII
Druggists and Booksellers,
Agents for John B, Alden's publications,
which we sell at publisher's prions with
postageaddrid.
ALBANY,
OKUtlN.
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SPECIALTIES.
CLOTHING
Fashionable and Stylish Suits, Business Suits, Light weight
Summer Suits. Boys, youth's and child 'en's suits.
Furnishing Goods
Fine line of light weight underwear balbriggan and woolen ; Hosiery, shirts
neckwear, fine wire suspenders, guaranteed for two years, in
all the latest novelties.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A lre line in this department of the best in the market.
HATS
Staple and Fashionable lines, among others a fine stock of the
John B. Stotson hats.
Tailoring
Merchant tailoung. under expert tailor. Suits made to order undor short
otice at remarkable low figures. More goods tinned out than ever before.
1889 SPRING AND SUMMER 1889
LADIES' DRESS GOODS Hi TRIMMINGS,
The largest stock and gre est variety in price ana ...a I have eve.
county.
carried, and as gjod value as ever oucre.. vu ..v.u. .
Special Bargains In Cashmeres,
Iu
colors and blacks, l't
&l mo nuvmiuo .
L. E. MAIN.
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SK Ihavoth'tng fu,W to say about tbbse in, f
days.
EMBROIDERIES, SKIRTINGS
Flouncing, and all overs on cambric, Sis and J;
have just opened the larest invoice ol novelties iu this line ever
hibited in this city, and at greatly reduced prices.
Piques, Lawns, India Linens,
Nansooks in white, ecru and colors, a" at prices very much cheaper
than ever before offered in this city.
TABLE LINEN,
In brown and bleached. This stock I bought in New York at less
than importers' price, and am able to give gocd bargains. 58 inch all
linen bleached at 50 cents per yard and others in proportion.
Stick a Pin
JOHN BRIGGS,
FLOEIST,
ALBANY 0P.EC
Boses a Specialty.
i n tiny ;cts ;Itr.nd SDc'atlended to
rJOR SALE, The undersized has for
sale a horse pjwer and separa' jr.
newaud in f?ood running order for sale
cheap. Inquire of H, Bryant. Adminis
trator of tne estate of James Shields,
deceased.
J7(JRSALH, The underlined will sell
a McUormlok twine binder cheap.
Inquire at my plane one mile south east
ofAilmny, Tu is Isa bargain.
V. Ci. JlUHKHAHT.
XTOTI(;K ls hereby Riven that nronertv
11 owners are required by ordinance to
cut down and remove all thistles and ob
noxious weeds growing upon their
premises ami upon the streets adjoining
niBitnu, me uny ninas ni Ainsny.
Those t'Hillng to do so will bo liable to a
tl lie cf5.
Albany, June 25.il:, ISM.
J, N. JIokksian,
City Marshal.
University of Oregon.
EUGENE, OREGON.
Kent sossion begins on Monday, tin
16th of Septeinbor, 18811,
Free scholarships from every county In
the State. Apply to your County Superln
tondenl. Free tuition after January 1st
ISIK).
Four courses : Classical, Scientific, I II
erary and a short English Course in
whiJi there Is no I.slin, Greek, French
or (lorninn, The Kuglish Is pie-eminently
a Business Course, For catalogues ot
other information, address
J. JOHNSON,
President.
in the fact that I atn offering better bargains than any one else in Albany
Bought at bankrupt sales I can sell
First-Class Goods
t or below CO&T.
FOR
General mercbundise of all kinds call on me, Particular bargains'in a eam -
f shoes. '
Cash for Goods ov Country prdttfe
W. SIMPSON
Albany, Oregos.
hUh THE REST FURNITURE
-CALL ON THE
Albany Furniture Company
OPPOS1TK STEWART SOX'S,
h lib ) I'.ul i i ii l : tie lire if
BED ROOM SETS, TABLES, CHAIRS, UPHOLSTERED
IGOODS. WALL PAPERS, BABY CARRIAGES,
ETC., ETC..ET
IIAAVlvIiNS & FAHI112LL,
OWELINGS, CRASHES, ETC.
All these goods I buy direct from importers by the bale, and can sell
them much cheaper than if bought oi jobbors towels I buy in quan
tities in New York, and am offering tbem at priced that are sure to
sell the goods.
Y-
Ladies Cotton Hose-.
Are cheaper this year than ever before. I hava succeeded in set
ting some good bargains, all cl which I m offering to mycustomers
the same in
-Y
MISSES AND CHILDREN'S,
The above is an outline of the policy I am going to do busines
and will endeavor to do my pari towards securing the trace in aa
and adjoining cownties to Albany, and to keep up with the PiD
of the lively and growing city of Albany. I will have something
say about
Carpets, Boots and Shoes, Groceries,
SAMUEL E. YOUNG
FOE
Drugs, Paints. Oils, Brushes, AMbas
(iius Artists Materials, Etc.,
CITY DRUG STORE
Guiss & Son.