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are reH;»onsible for our national prosperity, is
Ut snnew.iat similar to tlie claim tnat a high protect-
i.e tariff enabled manufacturers to pay a higher
price fur labor. Both claims are. absolutely, falx ;
a ,d the i>euuie. generally, ure becoming convinced
Politiculhj Independent
of this fact A political party may hamper and
r. .
harass tne businemj conditions, or it may encour
>u, «« •e» uti«l'A J«»
tat *ClM ,
age and foster tnem; but it cannot prevent ;,ruc
perils when there is such an abundance of money
I* HI 1 »A Y
Il /
1’1 III I - 11 » I • > L \ 1- H Y
i i circulation as al the present lime.
Tlie Republican ¡«arty is responsible for some
T. I.. I 11 < • < » IK.
1« »Ü.
very meritorious legislation during the many years
F n< • ■ h « K •» I*»»«
i. has co t*x»ll«ni the government. It is. also, re-
r ohsib e for much legislation that is bid. Viewed
PROSPERITY AND ITS CAUSES.
from anv standpoint. But it is no wise responsi
ble for the exlraordinsr. amount of gold that has
OccaTonally, our Republican cotemporarieF, in b.'cn auded to the money of the world and which
alluding to our uuprcc • «,• ited National prosperity, is the one great factor that contributes to the
y
i ,
great prosperity of the present day.
cal |sjlicies. 1‘artisanism is the ea is«-this assump-
soir. for these Republican editor» well know that
A GRA VE SITUATION.
pn»si>erit . in due, entirely, to different causes and
would exnl. no mutter what political i>arty was in
The tnins|>ortatiun question is attracting a very
coni roll of governmental machinery.
Wide spreuU attention tnruughout the entire
Hiring the nanl time |*ri< <1 in the early nine nation. Not only b«*ca is • of freight rate regula
ties, our cofem|s,nirie-> will remember t iattue bal tion that has »ngaged tne attention of congress
ance of trale wa again st our nation, year after and the various state legislatures during tne past
year. Tni» baianc? nadlo be made up with hard cash winter, but the utter inadequacy of tne railr ads
and al the end of men financial year, as a nation. to perform the work required of them, is causing
We were .»me mdn m** of dollars p orer. Hud the t te matter to asurne a gravity, tnat is nut al Uli
■ .■>>■!11><,ti>. ti.iii then exisl<*d continut'd. Il would e. icuui ug ing lo iiiv buoiiivxS nvF*u.
have 1» en oulv a matt r of lime when we would
A condition of prusoerity. ail over the nation fur
have Income bankrupt.
tne ¡»ast dticade, has resulted in doubling the
I luring this j»criod, according to the U. S. a nount of freight to be trans|M»rt*si from point to
fr asur.* rep»rt , there was less than $14 per point. Had the ruilruads kept pace with ttys in
< .tp.la <>f money. m «<<I to im - in circulation. As u crease of trufic. in the way of double tracking and
mailer of fact, there was not more than one-half equipment, no material difficulty would have re
taut amount in actual circulation. Ab a result the sulted. But the railroads have failed to do this.
pr.»«-v of C u .'IIIIK h I i I h ' W'-fv I m .-I o W the CO.’t of pr< - While traffic has increased more .han lut) ¡»ercent,
duction and, us individuals and Nation, we were the railroads hav<- not ineHMtaed tnvir capacity -t<»
getting mln debt Now. the people were just UM handle the ratic more limn 25 per cent.
As a
industrious at this time as at any tunc previous result, our national prusperily is in danger of
.•* I.-, 1.1,
ilil
and phsiuced, practically,
being retarded. On tne Facific coast, this check
.'..itu-v
u x ,i,.- a .i-tii,-. eouid not dia- to prosperity is becoming quite manifest Nor is
p iu-of their surplus al a profitable price.
The the immediate presp^st of relief «1 ail encourag
in »re they Wild the po irer t icy became. As be- ing. If tne raiir-mU facilities of Oregon couki be
fore stat<*d. the balance ol trad«* was against us. iloubhnl at once, the ubility of roads, even then
\\e were buying more tnan we sold. This differ would be taxed.
«*iic<* bad l<> be met w ith com. ami. consequent!),
Within u very short time the lumber supply for
uur stuck of inoney was rapuliv leaving us. Some the United Sla es, must come from the Pacific
thing ha<l Io l>e done Mime change had to I h * NortnweaL Unless tne r iilnmds prepare to irans-
made, or national ruin was only a question of ¡urt tins lumber to tin* points whence it is needed,
tune. An increased supply of money with which progress, in a measure, will tie |>arai>zcd. We
to «io buainese iiecaiiie » mss-ssily. How to supply nave the lumb -r to sell and the people have the
t is ii < m -«|, was a problem that our wisest financiers ability and desire to buy ; trms|M»rlation alone is
seem« d ii 'aule or unwilling to solve. During the lacking. Now tills condition must not. nor will
civil war, wnen gold and silver had entirely dis- not I m - allowed to tong exist file railroads must
ap|>earvd from circulation, the Government sup increase their anility to handle tms increase ol
plied tne peopled with pajier money; under Which traffic, or els«'give way to some method or plan
condition tho pooplo pccaponid greuily. Bui tne which w ill. Tney must either shoot or give up
flminciers were unwil nig tu allow a repetition of the gun.
Ims method of iqci-' asing our slock of money.
Mr. Harriman, who is the controlling genius of
Because of th«- demoneytizutiuii of silver, men Oregon ami California railroads, haa a very
s< arched for gold in the bowels of tne earth as serious problem to solve. And solve it he must or
never Iwforv ami the success Inal cr*»wned their give way to man or men that are capable of meet
«fl'orts was unpreceilent. S mjii toe volume of our ing the rv«jmrementa. Tne day has about ¡»assed
Stock of money began to grow. Tne striking when the people will alow any ono man or coterie
down uf silver as a standard money and winch of men, to bollie up and hamper tn«: progress and
w.ui viewed as a uisa.sier al llie time by many development of a state or section of the country.
persons, proved a blessing in disguise.
Il had If he cannot now, nor will ¡irepare Ins gn at rail
stimulated the s«,*arch for goid ami wan causing way svslcm to iiandle tne trallic offered, lie ought
tlie greatly ne<*<l<s| i >crease of money.
As our to, and must be w illing for other hues to be built,
money volume na,grown, the price of commodities if even by rival systems. Il makes but little differ
has kept puce with tiieincrea.se. Commodities ence to the people wnat transportation company
soon could la* produced at a profit again, anil in carries their freight, so tnat it is carried with
stead of gelling iieep<T into debt, we commenced reasonable dispatch an«l al reasonable rules.
to work out. I’r-nper:t v S'M>n displaced financial
Railroads complain of wnat they deem is drastic
dis.i.ster. Treasury rejiorts showed an increase o’ legislation in many of the stales. For this, they
money ¡»er camta, year after year, until at the Should ..old no one rvs|»onsiule but themselves.
present lime it is Him it $.31 nearly three times Had they provided freight facilities to take care o!
wlmt it was when Cleveland was inaugurated toe increrseol trallic. the people would have been so
president. Instead of the balance of trade being busily engaged in producing the trallic, that they
a sinsl us n is in uur favor and is increasing year would have no lime to Inina of drastic legislation.
aller year.
But when a man, wno at great tabor ami expense,
No unprejudiced observer will say that this nas produced a car load of freight, wmen finds a
result has tn ■ ii brought ubout through Republican market at a distant point, is met with a refusal
¡■olicies. lie is more apt io say, ’Prosperity lias to move tne freight at all; or al a rate that ab
come regardless of Republican policies.
True a sorbs ail the profit Inal ne hoped to realize on hm
Republicai....... re
lacled a law authorizing the shipment, then he begins to think of drastic legis
increase of national bank currency ten per cent; lation. Ik* hus plenty of tune al his disposal to
and ordered the coming of silver bullion lying idle think about and devize some motiaxi by which the
in the treasury vault. However, this increased railroads can in some way be coni|»eiled to do their
our volume of money but a comparative trifle. duty as public carriers. T.iese men elect legisla
The gold miners of the J‘a uftc Coast and /Maska tors that have been thinking about the wrongs
are tne almost entire cause of the increase in our the trallic producers are suffering, and drastic
stuck <>f money ami to their industry, rather than legislation is a logical consequence.
Whereas,
to Republican ¡Hilicies. is our remarkable national had their attention been required to be given to
i msiu rity attributable. In more than doubling their farms, herds, sawmills, etc., they would
our vol mi • of mo i y, we have more thin doubled have eleet«*d conservative men to the legislature
I ,«• price of commodities and lal»or. More than ami conservative laws, only. woyki have been en
this, it has quadrupled the demand for I <bor in acted
every field of industry.
The people, as a rulne. prefer that railroads
It was a Populist content-on. that the volume of should remain in private hands, providing, of
money in a country, nicasur<sl the pri -e of the conreo, that the roads shall keep ¡»ace with the
Inhnr «ed mrnmodit'es of n country. A small pogos* <»f the country. Rut if private manage
volume of money m a it a low price for commodities ment. utterly fails to ¡»erform the work of trans
and labor, and an oversupply of lals*r and two portation required, or becomes too extortionate in I
or more men for every job. A large volume of freight c-arges. the people will force government
n»nn.»v nvant higher pric«»s for commodities and ownershii»« and operation. The railnmd ¡»eonlei
By
labor and two or more jobs for every man. Has can controll this s*«ntimeiit. if thev will.
nut our bistort for the past fifteen years furnished aunplving the t*ople with railroad facilities
capable of handling the country’s grewing trafic
abundant proof of the truth of t'da contention? ami reasonable rat« s and saf-tv to the tr»v«>lirig|
P m il’ats agreed that MO per capita was necessary public, the government owrnership idea will soon
to inaugurate pnwperitv and enable the business d'e out. The peonle will then h»* mo nnsv pro-
of the countrv to Is- conduct^! oh a cash basis. dneing rreight and traveling about to think «nd
If <34 per capita has given us »he prosperity we talk al»out it. But the railroad people must
snpnlv the transportation n«*ed *d for moving the
n >w e ii v. 3’iO wo ild, . ,n>lv. place everybody on productions of the countrv and thus satisfy the
Easy street.
neonle or a revolution in transportation is inev-
The partisan contention that Republican policies ¡table.
a lie ^aiitiam Jilnvo
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Pap’« Coffee House
Oregon
Al W«wt End of tbe Mort iwon Shrvtt HH4<«
CHARLES J. JUJUta
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Notary Public
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REAL ESTATE BROKER
1««»»I) )«wra ri|*rle«>cw hr Notar) work
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TOTAL RESTAURANT
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ut Pai «nia and I «I, luna.
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Jaat 2 Oc Meal In th* Vallar
Open
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Vlbany
Oregon
THE
DAILY HERALD
C. C. Br)aut
Attorneys-at-LaiD
Paper
Offer*
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Dally
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Albany Hardware Comp’y
»3.00.
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Thg Aibgny Daily Harald can
The Albany Hardware Ct»,
lias the best stuck in town,
and is the cheupest place tu
trade. Sule ugents fur Valv-
aline Oil. Nos. 21» and 221.
E irst Street, Albany, <Aregun.
b* bag for S3 00 a year by aub-
acribing
It contains 6 to
now.
8 page* covering th* nawa field
completely.
well poeted
You can keep ae
county
on
court
matters and doing* at the coun
ty eeat from the Herald aa
you lived In Albany,
gon legielatur*
if
T*e l«e*l »nek**..
The Or*
handled
fear-
leealy
Th* Harald'* offer of
S3 00 I* only the actual coat af
whit* paper,
II will soon be
put back to Ila former price,
Th* Weekly Harald, 12 pages.
• 150.
Sand
In
your
money order or chock
♦
with
or
ecHt* through your poet
tub-
mas
ter.
Addree*. The Harald, Al
bany, Oregon.
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oRBGO«
For
Year
One
ALBAVY. ORCOON
Attorneys-at-Lau?
Mikii Unusual Cut and Ntw
Management
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ALBANY
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HMYÀNT A SUN
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H. Bryant
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u u TO IME
WOMEN «-—*•«
If
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Il p»u »aot io mil jour la m. i an wll H if
if «un twad«'. If >o»u w-»»t tu buy. « cwn ntol
the f*i«Ar you «uni.
THE SCIO STATE RANK
1 will make the season ui
11MJ7, with mv tine IIainbieto
man und .Morgui» atulllul
Robertlne glees what every wvmen
must Jvelree—a perfwrt compleslun
Il brine* that euft. a mouth, freeh
■ lear tint to the cheek that »twin
routbfuineM
It will bring beauty
to three who lack it. It will retain
It for those who already ;->,•••< it
It will enable you to eu. eaetolly
coaebat the ravages of weather and
time
Don't doubt—don't argue, duet
try Buberline
Tour druggist will
give you a free Mm pie
Ail drug*
keep Robertine.
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bo I »xr cul» a rw**< «Ute |u <«*• *uh a
hait» t«• l«»rui ihr attuai iam» «st rvrr)
a*l) ata »• -trruittiat l«»l« tu Irrat cïeij
11«bl. Ì atu
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Dentist
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TO HORSE BREEDERS
or.oRor. DAVie
:
U. WILL, D
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An
to p*«u«iOrt of « Nine»*
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lUfttitii » bins Mr tMf’IXlM«*« tu ail. Ihw unici
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tulid MI»Wl, Vail), Mtrgo*.
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.It inv farm near West Scio
>ciifun opens April 1
Season closes July 1
My i irice to insure is
II«
All possible care will be use.
to pi event accidents, but
will be responsible fur liolie
Will meet anv calls require«
ill Scio, Cail me up un tin
W. M P hillips
phone.
io.
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Th* foll-,*ln* ar* t>rk>m <|U,rt«l m * Tl LutMay
Ofeaell vr«> U, oat <1e*l*r*;
Wh«al. rei bn«h*l ....
Oat-, per u**»-*l ___
Tkrur, per *Kk ..
Mran. per ion
-bort'. per >on
< hop, per toe ,,r
huiivr. (Country! per rou
» »1«. pe. -loten
....... .........
' hKken*, pet pound
< hk kene. per pound, young
><ee*a. per pound ___ _
lurkay*. per pound
t'«U. per pound .......... ......
»ret. per pou»,». lire *el*ht
Ho*’. >*r P>mnd.l,«a*el«l»t
Vanl p*. pound.»* »hlppln*
abrt-p per pound, rto ket*
Mallon, pet pvuud
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