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order to accomplish their aemiih ends. And. finally, they are almost wholly responsible fur the present financial crisis, which disrupts and arrests I the business pn*s|M*rity a crisis wholly unneces- Ling Distinct YtitHstt C miwüiwiîm fv i sary and uncalled-for. Sclo and ficmitj Witl Ail Pointj II On the other hand, the people are willing the Politically Independent railroad should earn sufficient money to operate tM mua Slatts iM Canada and keep up the road in first-class shaj»e. and to Enterad at th» <• al ~ -, < jiay a reasonable interest on the legitimate cost of On ia»t Twalajr atl*rrv*»n. Mr W. K mail mattar. [the ro«Mi, operation, betterment», etc.; but they Merrill, uf the P m * it! r*l*|»b«'n* A i** a t*rir lec are opposed to over-capitalization or watered stock <raph <’o , tor* hi W s ^ mp I v A ('oio hall a* ?*<!*>, ilia»- I anti the ¡»ayment of interest thereon. They de I rat** I with «t*r*opti<*i>>n vie*», r*ialin/ mand that the railroads shall bear their just por- to the "Growth, PnjgrwMi a«xl I m *hi I ! lion of the burden of taxation in the various states n«-a» <4 1h* T»*i«H>hoii*, nn-l the HeOvflta where they are located. And. finally, they de- U> !»«• (K«rhr>| hr C M>p*rati>«l> " : ma nd that the ■ railroads shall be amenable to and Hr apuk* of the *x**«*ll«*r»t •»•rvir* • »! P«« ifl« <J*«.,n*»w »pemliug tar** * ini* obey the law, just the same as the ordinary cit- tlx in (hftfwii it» rebuilding a h I repairing On« v«-»r In •ilvarir« : izen. tii«***p>ip unit. f*h* growth t»f th* tm»i On* »»«r, at »iwl <>l »••ar <>■>« year, st «ixl • << 2 vrara Because of these demand* of the people, the iiwMi ha» la* n rrmar k a*»l*. «1**11 13 p r On» y«M»r. nt eiul <>( .1 y«-ar» railroads and other predatory corporations are now <x*m »in* la*t Jatioar , nut hating Sil tnonllia in a>ha>» >- Th fro month* III a.I van« «. endeavoring to discipline the i>eople through a • *V*r £7*.(Ml »ulaar |l«*r». Hinglw copy in wrap|H>r .. h* Uu4<»i th«* an<i tnanv m venseless anti needless financial crisis. The effort t r« Thon irtl>t4 h4Bt<« th«* iLilinr«« Gr«WM will prove fruitless, however. The country ha« »*•1 •taurr ha< I**«* i rvnUerwwi l»y th«* THE RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE. tieen on a cash basis t x> long, and is too free »artu«*r» nf the o»«ititrv, an I now th«* of debt, fur a wildcat speculators* panic to affect III»«*« «»v»’ii gt> l*it<« tin* rr* »ft« »»( tliw htt« I «r ar well, an>l on* nlni«»«t anywlarfv HE’ CONTEST that is now on Imtwoon th»* it to any considerable extent. ♦ an cofiim mh-a’* will» th«*ir h«»tnt u*rr The ptsiple will simply smile at this tempest in a th* P«< itir rrlrphun* < o '•lilt**. Th* railroads and the rieople, in the end, will be teajiot. ami press steadilv forward to the end con »«Irpliour ti«r*l h»r th* farinrr i" »* im ’ won by the people; Iwcaust* justice, right which is to compel the railroads and mi i table lor I hr •itn«it;oii th«* aani* a and power is on their side of the question. templated. The that for tb* city «••ra|«*r. contest is sure to Ire bitter anti, of c" ir ••. will b< ••very other corporation to live up to and obey the t h rm ¡t» hl>' ha t<| i«» an itnpolant carried to the court of last r< >rt. I • r. <l> t . requirements of the law. If the promoters of such tiltr «4 thr •uiain*««» Tl»»’O’ »rr «Utni -*.rt«. ***>nte <»t lb *r in th«* big ♦ ilir- and block to the wheels of justice, which tl • icfnrious deals as Mr. Harriman's Alton fiasco, ir* b’ih'lf <!•» !«*♦'t In «*ii|fth but in not 4 i. shrewdest and most capable lawyer in the nation ire made to suffer for their misdeeds, they have ♦ I m their work an» b*ttor thmn the «tnall » | o«i*a, Tl*«* obj«vl now I* to tnak* it » can invent, will hie employed in theintert-tsof the >nly themselves to bl one. The railroads, the same ♦’«♦tnfart t ‘JM Im* trhboani »• •* » railroads. If, in the end. the conditions are made is individuals, must understand, once for all. w hen Rtiiall it may I* la»l*tio«l to thr wall in 4 ■ farm h<>ii«*** kt ch«* tt and » ■ •nnpl«* 4 - ri’.ad'T m a th* severe to the offending railroads, they can comfort .h 1 >n-- >! I»'' -I i! d. i.l- th* iafin*r ■ all* may act a* I«'.••phon«* a » themselves, if it will lie a comfort, with the assur property, the property must be increased prupor- <>p«Mator. dorr ami timro thr farm«’?** Im*t ar* 4 4 1 lionately in its ability to pay the interest. ance that they themselves only uro to blame. laniiuinK Mt* imp riant |«a t in th* conn« » When the railroads are content to serve the peo Ity*» i<r«*at talking avat*m. I lir<lr*rb 44 President Roosevelt has rightfully said, “I am ««pinent <>( tin«, l>v th* larmerw thmi responsible for the light, but not for what the I pie to the best of their ability, and are satisfied •«•I «-w putting up their own >•••♦««». a*« 4 »? light discloses. ’’ If the railroads and other cor with a reasonable financial return, considensl up- r I hi « ti, ami h«»a lh«*y have co «»p-*r«ie*l 4 4 m .th th« t'oinpany. porations had been complying with the letter and jon a legitimate basis; when they abandon exploit In futiiie pl a* « mi , cr*«*A-<vniiit rv tr«ill*% 4 i spirit of the law, they would have exjierienced no ation, ÍMIMUM..... f watered atoek, ete.. then will ayatrin* um* tin? t*l«*plioii- air*a, with 4 m <I<I« n | Mpp'iaiKv« l«»r avoiding miMhaiw. I harmful (to them) effects from having the light I they find the people their fnentls instead of ene tine* (rt*qu*nl. 4 mies. If they wrould have what they denominate U hat « t'hangw* in «flair» Wh*n»«»m* ■■ turned on. ? ' ' • tarn»*’?« ni»<bm«*r« ak* J< * u When a company of men obtains a charter from ■•persecution’’ cease, they mustobey the mandates th* «iMiiixg'Ni |»*«rt can I m * r« pbo ♦• I in m 4 » Full line of Glassware, Stoneware and China a -tale government to build a railroad, it in eff<n-t of the law. just the same us ordinary people are lav by |«*i*ph<»niu< a »upply houe* in* ■ > ware, at Living Prices, »trad ul their bet«»* a a« rk a delay aa 4 enters into a contract to do certain things, mid for compelled to do. thrrr was in th* old mail «lay 4 Tin* tolrpho«»* mar mveiitrd alwm! 4 which it is granted certain s|iecific privileges. Thus thirty vrar» ago ami itw «pr«*ad ir won* 4 the people or State government l>ecom< s th.- grant dorftil. Therv art? un»rt* lh*li phmira • à fO i HL I ai TS, BROTHER Yours to “Live and Let Live,” u«a*«| t’-iay in thia «'-♦•untrv than ll *r* or and the railroads the grantee. In order to note ar»« pin»r.ra in Euglai «1, Ireland and just wherein and how far either party has wan Ncotb ml. and all toniin«* tai Earop«* HE OREGONIAN is so prejudiced against thrown in. dered from the contract, it is well to examine the Mr. Bryan and the free coinage of silver, Thia ma*t ia up with the tiim ». M «• S requirements of the ordinary railway charter. than )A*r cent ol th* wlmi* p ■pulAtion r> that it neglects to be fair and just, which •»I (>r«*iC”U, H aahi>igt*in and Cali-oruta û in order to build a railway, a right-of-way is can no* a%ail thonnudv«^» ol th«* Pa« h< it is in the discussion of most other questions. H necessary. The state grants the comimny the I rlephuh* Co.‘a a*t vic*. I mm mu •«• I on* Tt»e I er a I garbrla. right over public pro|>erty ami protect* it from ex even goes so far in its screeds upon Mr. Bryan ba» not oh* htiiifM'll, ib*r* i* aiwav» a pto atathm ncArbi. A p* ' * •'» ♦ an inuk«* “We profMM*» t«> them to «-«tabiiah tri tnd silver, that it makes jtositive misstatements as Thr follow in« are prior» quoted ,.n Tt.ur»<tey horbitant charge for the use of private projierty. a tri| t«> Portland« San Framdeco and up t • late exchange, ai d run all line» of »well wee» l>y our draler»: Wheat, pet hiiabwl .......... , The state also grants the <*<>m|>any the right to is to facts. In speaking of the financial jianicof ’93, *M*atllr in a abort timr by lb«- uar of th* 11 w < filing into H chi , mm ami ronnwl Oata, t Ml per ;m»h»t Pa< itic <’o ’• bn«*!». them w tli our -w itch b> ard ; do all their lays the entire blame on Mr. Bryan and the free it sue hinds in order to build and equip its line, im Th* tolapbono ha« become a irr< at fac I« m ul rw itching, at a «»»at of om dollar ¡»er riour. per «ack i» Hren. per ton ...... •e pliedly, the company has no authority to issui coinage of silver. Now. as the free coinage of sil tor in all bn », ill* politi tan lak*’ ad- 4ear to e u h *»ub*< ril>er The our dollar abort-, per on tanlag* <4 ll hi h<a <ani|Mitfiiw. U ilham n* h«‘ wh »1* amoont that ar will receive r'bop, per ton ____ other than what are necessary to construct and ver did not become a national issue until three Jrimintf» Bryan <»i«cr ia IU« m | to (»mpl«* fur I« m -4| exchange and aw lung from Sutler, ¡Country per roll years later, nor was Bryan a national figure until •CBtl*r*d uv«*r hiimir**i« of mil*». Pr«*»i* tto* variooa 1 horn* holder» on thr •'-«<». per doaen equip its line. The company, on its part, statedly dent lt<MMi«*v«*lt 0«*a it c«»n»tantiv, a Mutual or I ndr|»endocl line» that now < hlt krn«, per pound or impliedly, agree« to construct its line w ithin a ne made his celebrated “Cross of Gold’’ speech at mark**! rlampl* t»*Hi|( that of tin* | m *M» r run can-ken*, per pound, young into Hcto. ••We aiii maintain the central, par Oeraa. per pound ...... stated period, to ¡H“rform the duties of public car Chicago in lKf*»>, it is difficult to see wherein free conference. A ^**111 development <»f th* avatrm the l < al o|»rratur, rant the building and Turkey», p-r pound ................. rier, promptly, at reasonable rates and without coinage and the Nebraskan were responsible for it the nae ol th* telephone throughout «1 -liter tie« «-aaa^y axpenaea to main Dwcka, per pound »ret. per pound, lire weight partiality. Now it certainly is not difficult for the financial condition that had existed three years the foreal ro**rv*a, «here flr* 1» a mew* tain an up to-date central eichange, Hog», pwr pound.lira weight a< «*, ami a prompt Miarin m ini r«*Ar\. th'ia leaving the farmer limui only th* V«al. pe pound, to, «hipping vT either ¡iarty to the contract to conform to the let prior thereto. Th«* len'phen* I* even <w tin* <«»*411 etpenaeof maintaining th*ir individual Bbeep I«r pound, «to kera u* In tvioi of the threat of free coinage of silver •teainer, and am m »« oii aa tie*I up to a company line* ............. And we pledge ou • Kelton.per pound ter and spirit of the provisions of the instrument. aharl connection I" m«4«* with the »ya- aelv *-a to give th* I »eat aervire to Scio being the cause of the '93 panic, just the reverse Had this been done, the railroads would not now tern of th«* city. ami her radiating llnea that thr Paciflc I m * entangled in the meshes of the law ; nor would was true. Silver was demonetized, or, more cor The n 11 m I a* r who are not familiar telephon- A Telegraph Co la competent aith the u*e of the telephone i* «hunt <• give, with the aid of the American the financial crisis now existing be vexing the rectly speaking, the gold standard was created in a* few «« alio have nwer ndden Bell Co. to draw upon for the acknowl- ■‘.»3. if we are not mistaken. This fact, couplet! n railrtMni trama fvlgi-d lw*»t *1 «rtrical e*pnpinetit and business world. Th* fet'iur** and illu»trati iiR gave on* *lr<*tr < al appliancaa known to human with the >niall i»er capita of money in circulation, There is not nn instance on record « herein tl e Ship all your a aplrndhi lli»ight into the burim*«»* of ii.rcharii»m. A ih I then by court**» ta people, or the state, have not fullv ami completely made it possible for Wall street to bring on the t«-lrph «unig. Mr. .Meriil ia a pleasing treatment, fair dealing and watchful talker ami harnil«** (lie »iihject well t are of otir c«>-ojM*rativ* intermla, we lived up to the letter and spirit of the provisions collapse w hich rocked the financial condition of the To a Nawa r«*i»>rter, alter th»* bitur*, hope to gam, and retain, that con country from center to circumference. The |>eo- ♦n IwiiiK atkt-'i what war the aim and fidence which ha» t***n obta n*d by the of the contract w ith the railroad. On the cor obj«*ct »»f the i« ture and hiavrait to**cio, uutirt g efl >rt» of <»ur wh anta, a ho are trary, there is not a case on record w herein the ple, «Iso, were largely in debt at that time, which Mr. Merrill «aid: n«»w lal»*ring among vou, ami. tn trie To the largest and oldest railroad has not violated its part of the agreement. enabled Wall street banks, acting through the **<>ur prime object ia flrat to deiimn end. overcome thr pr«-)udl<*a that have established produce house atrate. be photographic Him», ami the I nm nine »•♦ pie« airtit by th* neglige fire lx*t us see. Impliedly, the railroad hus authority country banks, to make the people dance to Wall aldol tfie h)dr<M xvgeti lanlrru, the of v>*ur iiitere*t» by <» her corporati«>n» in Portland, to obtain high est market prices; to contract a bonded debt sufficient only to con «treet music. Wheat, at that time, was sold in phy»i«*al fa« ta and, »ul»*taiitialed ny eta in tiir j»a«t W* (eel that your mterrwta li lict ami titfiire», the niaanilmi*, aro|»»« are *»ur i»itrre*»ta *’ struct and equip its line in first-class condition. Albany at from 35 to 4<> cents per bushel. Good ami Hitieaof the Pacific Telephone Mr. E B Johnson, on* of our aprria) Market today on A i rie^raph ( *>tnjMi»n , a condition made agent», will r*mam among yon lor «wv- Invariably this condition has been violated, and in team* of horses were sold at $50 jmt span. Chickens. 14c to 15c per lb. Coni|iare the present farvial financial panic with |HMiMil>le b* the brain», untiring energy era! day* to r«plain hi ly our d*air*a Ducks, 15c per lb. most cases, viciously so. To illustrate: A few and capital of the American Bell l«*b* ami thr mutual te-nr til a accruing therv- Veal, 9 to 10c per lb. years ago, the Harriman people acquired control the<disastrious’93 collapse. Now. the people are phone |»*ople, of which the Pa« 1 tic T«*!*- 1 Irnm to any ami all that are ml*ir»l*l phot»* A l ei* graph t o. ia an integral m tin» important »object. Pork, 8 to 9c per lb. not in debt, and the banks assure us if the ¡ample of the Chicago X- Alton railway, The line was en- jart, ami that the oppoitumty to fully tirely completed, had a splendid equipment, and will only leave their deposits in the (tanks all will eitioy a jart in thia great »yalem could TO 1>I 51*05*1 55 IIMBl.it B SKONS. Writ« now f.,r our free folder, "How Mile t.e axjuir d by becoming |«art of it, : was, probably, the best paying pnqierty in the 1 I m » well. Wheat now sells for just about double a Inch eaa within th* ea>* reach of ali.l to Brea. Poultry.» yui k report» .ud A apneial iii»p»U-li to th» Portland Mississippi Valley. There was not the slightest what it did in '93. Horses now command alxiut a bather you reaid«*d m tlie great met- i Journal from Albany. datoi Nov»tn bar qukk return» on all conaigniiirnt». ropolia, the »mailer village, at tb* c«*un- ; necessity to increase the bonded indebtedness of six times the price they did at that time. There try »t<>r* or way ataltoii, on the farm, 01 2, «ay« “ Th» valuable tnutwr land* lo the property. But this is just what the Harriman is now three times as much money in circulation in th* mountain*» faatneMi cated in the Crabtrw and Thoma* creak PAGE & SOM *’A»»d, **c«*t»d, to tell til* people how | people did. They increased the debt some $90,- as there was then. Wall street has made a might- they van t>*comea partuf >ur great avttrm | < diatnct* a ill tw cuntraivd and f poaaiM* OREGON 000,000, yet did not add one dollar to the physical ier effort to bring on the financial crisis than she with the ira»l | mwr il»le coat, cotiaiatent 'the pateiita cancelled. L'»nt«-ala tiaie PORTLAND with »mind buaine*» prim iplea and with* | been filed, oilier* are in e<>iir*e of pre- value of the property. They converted a large did in '93. Note the difference. The people can >ut aa< rificing a*rv t * to maintain the ¡.»mtini againat the entire area, and th» dividend-paying pnqierty into one that can j ay but just snap their fingers at Wall street and say: “Go luiniiiium coat of <»p* rat>oii And when . preaent owner* will tie lorced to tigl t I ap«-ak of service, I mean th* l»e»l, a« a very small one. Without increasing the earning ahead with your little old tinhorn ¡>anic just as *r pmj***ae l«> »ta< dardiae our aerviceon for laud* pnrehaaed from th» original long as it pleases you to do so, and when you get thi» meat; ami that ineatia that one of entrymen. It i* claimed that title to power of the road, they doubled the interest • •ur pboiiee m the iioua* on th* laolated 1 *aa obtained through fraud. charges against it. What became of the money fired you will probably quit.’’ The people, and farm, »hail render that »ame rfli lent the The land* department i* »ipvvtad to render used by the new bond issue? The Alton w ill for the farmers in particular, now have money to wen ice that 1» mainlaii ed m the real a decision in the near future to the »f- GEORGES denceof the prr«ud*niof our corporation tecl that lands < btained from the public ever have to pay interest upon th< •• .S’.«>, i ** i . i * ih ..f loan. and. mayhap. Wall street will be the bor- or th«- wealthiest and mo*t 1* dneotial dom«iu through fraud in perfecting eu- K0ENEKE pure, unadulterated water, the pnx-eeds of which, rower. It does make a difference whose ox is atreme of lit* metr* p**iilan eitiea both aa try or otlierwiao, even if |<ate, I* have to Um* of i..0trumeiil «mi promptn«*«*eol iMiied. will be aiibject to cunteet and gored, don ’ t it? ♦ we hope, Mr. Harriman will have to account for. •erve*. cancellation On the atrvngth of ¿tu» The grievances of the people against the rail ■ No, brother, drop your prejudice against Mr. *'AI»o, to uproot tb* ermneoua but many are ruahing to the*» lairie and prevalent belief that we ar* In uppoai- preparing to tight lor tit.e on the ground» »CIO. OREGON roads may be summed up as follow•• Knowing Bryan and silver. Every public act that makes iion to the ao-called Mutual and I nd* of fraud ami bad lailh on th» purl of the Mr. Roosevelt's administration popular, has been "*? n-'-bw -1 <b» .bore - „.mod pend* nt, Farmer» or Rural bn*», with originrl eiitrvmen. that the earnings of a railroad must pay o|M*rating M*vk'¿¿rr>'? ,,'r“*r Preprint, ou, which thi» atat* it v>>bw*bia*ti; but t< Ma v <>l tlie-e chlm* will crinae I«,- advocated by Mr. Bryan for the ¡mst fifteen years. h' 1 *"'«’« ’»•* M.<rxmw» .M lb. expenses, for betterments of ihe line, keeping up • eop* rat* with them, by brtngmg then. OOO.itO ' to 20. it i «»i f^et to the claim aiwi MUk . will «•on.ln.M, tb, ,M,.n 1H) Ih, and increasing of rolling stock as ne.-ded, paying To have coined all the gold and silver there was in ♦ lueer toffe(her ami eitemimg lh**ir u»«- «•e »allied all the way from «5(00 |< "Wd on ibe .ou.ra ratabltah.,1 and-.nppl) fulnea« ami wope. lit *1 tliev may b* • ll.’.l»» cm. a. rraw abla prkwa wuh a of interest on bonds, the railroads have increased the country in '93, would not have given the peo 00 n* more of a bl«*a«ittg to th«*ee »pare- 14 The pal»> la were ireued in many ii>- citóle» .l**. r* ,o ,,,r’n 1 h- ncMUat lane ot »very ple as much money ¡>er capita as is in circulation «••tllet cninmuniti*»—where mail ami at me* aeveral year» ago, lull |«rtie» ’■tdy and a datarmi nation to irmi ava, y. the ndebtednesa thereby adding to the interest •n» rleht, 1 aa J trlegiaph la<'ilili«*a are mad quat- t<* tht who have made investigation ray the charges, without increasing the earning ¡wiw er nor today. Mr. Bryan’s quantitive theory of money ¿rawing d«*mand <>i thia greai ami bout*- nam e* are favorable to contestant* T'.ur. Mr traalnma. '• an<|>ly <i«mot>»ttat«>i byr th« o>ii<lttiotii of th» prearnt day. tiful region, w I mmw natural resource* Landa *o obtained have pa-aed from adding to the physical value of the roads They Th« Mall »treat «ill, to bring on a diraatn na tioanri» wotihi aupph h me» f«»r more than a lo oiigitial entrymen to large timm-t GEORGE KOENEKE have arbitrarily fixed tariff sheets on the ba . - of <-H»i», ia even »trong'-r at the prrarnt tint« than it waa in nilliou happv and pio«|)emua people. In ind Inmbe mnrvrnt. The Wright- ul«iition to thoae alreuh h- re—a» d at a dhalg.-tt company, trie Hammond Lum- w hat the traffic will bear. They have s ipplied I't»M. Hliv Mould gladly parah w the entire ii doatnea of thr •e*a coat l»> th* mdl vi«lual ail I mam i tier •er cotni>any and the Curtis Lumber •■••iintry, if h» au doing »lie could diecradil Mr Kunaevah'» cara for the transportation of freight <>> l> w lie it Aith**ut destroying tt»ei. legrity ol thei It you want itoUHal work don«, a ■ iinpanv ail h«v immenae holding* «orphan na. C mahl.-riiig the preaent «amity m l-«L inortaaim <>r l».e» written, or' a pleased the railroad company to do so, thus con administration and th« trend to r-el <re the money to the local •‘They would »till, if «»ur pmp»«it»oni people. T'de littl- tinaoeial fla»co, that will hurt nobody but iul»r, tlie Agni for the land* in que>- AIM .,ut, v«»u vau sulting their own convenience and never that of the Wall »trr»t gambler», 1» the la»t <fee|«irtng effort of th» accepted, maintain th* ir rvepevt re «xn i" will N-a atnhborn one, nd ahoiihl t -lot.» at vourhar T h * Niwiuffic, upon abort n. and ihroogb them rendu* i‘dire. i appear that I lie sonteelant ha* evei the shippers. They have debauched and <|e- terieat kind of grafter» and Ananeial bpraneera that have ever pnralk their bttaineaa with m|l~rfh elv. '<• r m-rr* chance of wiin.ing, a fle'e moral'ted many of o'»r state governments in di-gra.ed out country to regain th* ir waning ¡« '*Uur piMp» aitiuu I lite |<*vp e *»f Sa ■ urn la »-.re to lake plate. Hh- for tl>* bon,, X« w > INTERESTING NEWS T J. F. WESELY’S GROCERY Headquarters For SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK a »' ' r «* j J. F. WESELY, WANTED! Poultry, Eggs, Veal and Pork *