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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1895)
The Sunset Route. F orest G rove to T illamook by Q uickest , C heapest , and B est T he W ilson R iver R oad . R oute to P ortland . rhe best mountain road, the nioai magnificent Mel,cry OU the Pacific coast. Cheapest rates of loll lu the stale. Four horse team, fi oo Round trip, >3.25 Two....................... -So ’’ a.50 Horse and buggy, 1.00 '■ 1.50 ” eart, 1.00 " ,.50 Saddle or pack horaeso " 75 iawse horae or cow 11% Sheep or swine 05 I .. ........................ .. lr.ln )n , days aud ' ialt Sunday«, Tues- ’'-'day,. Wedncla,-., ,,U11 Fridajr telephone fro,,, I'orllan.i " reached by Take the Sunset Route for Tillamook. Hew Wagons, New Stock, Safe Driving. A. W. S everance , Receiver. most P opular B each SORT ON THE COAST. Good aecomiuodadous en route. A Mechanic who was trying to invent Mecca of all Address i>. j. Best Road Coast Tourists. a Machine which would run without haui . ev , Tillumook. Best Beach The Alderman Prices to Suit the Times: Leading Hotel of Tillamock— BOOT? Headquarter* for Commercial men and the traveling public. Sample rooms. Kleetrie lights throughout. Stage and boat of fice,. K ites, |i oo to p.oo per day, American plan. Made lo order. —H-- Repairing done ns cheap as the cheapest. Come and be convinced. Advocate Building. NEW MANAGEMENT P. F. BROWNE Especial attention to the cuisine depa riment. H A. WOODFORD, Prop r. KNOCKED HiM uul. How One Alan Felt the Influence of Free Silver Agitation. Beach! The finest coast resort in Oregon. Pleasure seekers, when on the beach should cal j on J. 0. Campbell, or at the Netarts Store fishing excur sions or boating- Excursions to the sea lion rocks whi r ■ thousand* of sea lions can be seen, and birds too numerous to mention, eggs can be gathered. Mr. Campbell being a skilful seaman insures you a safe and pleasant trip. “The Sea Lion ’ NETARTS. OR is the fastest anil safest l>o»t on the Netarts Lay. "Hotel äno RESTAURANT First class in every particular, anil special attention to coast tourists. ßlamft Figh, and tag ¡Served A la Mode. J. O. CAMPBELL,. N ETAR I S, OK, Noted for its Fine Cuisine Department. NEW H0USE-:-NEW FURNITURE Best Meals in the C ty. TILLAMOOK, OREGON ............. I I i I I I.............. I ' ' • ' ' 1 M. H. LARSEN, Proprietor. I ARSEN A little local story has come to light bowing how this free silver agitation has hurt business for one man in the city of Jackson. Some months ago a lo cal life insurance num went to one of the rich men of the city with a view to get ting him to insure his life. By dint of frequent visits anil much talk the agent got the gentleman to promise to take out a policy in his company, the premiums uii which would have been something like *1,000 j>er year. The day was set to close the contract and sign the papers. Now it is well known that this agent isagreat free sil ver man and talks it wherever ho goes When he went to close the bargain, the rich man said to him: “1 have been thinking about this tree silver business .mil I dislike to take out such a large policy. I don’t know but that this free silver will carry, mid then my people will be paid off in cheap money. It is too much of a risk at this time. ” The agent, who had had visions of a big fat commission looming up before him, be gan to get uneasy mid talked with might and main mid told the rich man that this free silver business was all talk and there was not the slightest danger in the world of its ever becoming a law. He put up a mighty pretty talk, mid tried all persuasions at his commandon the prospective policy holder, but all to no avail. The gentleman was firm and said miller the condition of things now existing he could not afford to have his family paid off in depreciated currency mid refused to take out the policy. This is only a sample of what rhe free silver agitation is doing for the country — Jackson Evening News. HOUSE UMesr house ....... . ................................................................................... Headlight and ©regoijian $2.00 L. W GL/5SER The Barrel Maker,...»« .bop *. »«»in, ¿11 work warranted first <****. Firkins, Kits, Tube, etc., at modern prices. A- Tillamook, Or. any Motive Power announced one day that lie had Solved the Problem. "It is Evident," he said, “that if a Siphon will draw Water out of one Cask into another, it will also draw it back again. All that is Necessary, therefore, is to Utilize this continually flowing water to run a Motor, which will, in turn, drive Machinery. Moral.—When farmers can make wa ter run up hill, they will lie able to add to their wealth by increasing the quantity of the material by which wealth is measured. The Wise Sage, Har Vee, advertised that for Eight Shekels a lesson he would teach Everybody how to get rich. There came to hint a young man called El Bunkoed, or the Soft One, to whom the Sage said, “The true way to become Wealthy is to Borrow all you can, and then Repudiate one-half of your Debts. " “Alas,” said the Soft One, “I have no Debts, nor will men lend to me. Thou hast taught me Nothing.” “Not so," replied the Sage. “Have I not Shown thee how to Do a Chump out of Eight Shekels?” Moral.—Even though the Silverites do nothing to help the people of this country they will at least get offices for themselves. Confidence, Net Money. During the panic of 18113, when cur rency was at a premium, there was practically just as much money in the country as there is now, when banks are complaining of being unable to invest their surplus funds. The real difficulty two years ago was not so much the lack of money as lack of confidence. What the cheap money faddists should do is to agitate for an issue by the govern ment of $50 worth of confidence per capita. Bflbe*. T Free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 would, under existing conditions, put into circulation silver dollars intrin sically worth about 50 cents each, while the gold dollar would continue to be worth here and everywhere else in the markets 100 cents, or the equivalent of 100 cents, in the purchase of property and in effecting foreign exchanges; but here at home the debt paying power of the gold dollar would be no greater than the debt paying power of the depreciated silver dollar, and consequently every body would pay in silver, and gold would cease to be used as money. This is what has happened in every part of the world when the difference between I the intrinsic or commercial values of the two metals and their legal tender values was large enough to make it profitable for bullion brokers and speculators to deal in the undervalued coin as a com modity. A small percentage of difference has always been sufficient for this pur pose, as our own experience proves. From 1792 to 1834 the legal ratio be tween the two metals in this country was 15 to 1, which was anovervaluation of silver, and dining all that period the difference between the commercial ratio and the legal ratio never amounted to more than a very few cents on the dol lar, anil yet all our gold left us, and wo had practically silver monometallism, but in 1834 Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Thomas II. Benton and other Democratic statesmen of that day de termined that tho people of the United States should have gold for use in their business, and congress changed the ratio, making it 16 to 1. This was a very small undervaluation of silver in tho coins, and the result was that, although there were times when the commercial and legal ratio were very nearly the same, legal tender silver went out of cir culation, and we had practically gold monometallism. If these results follow ed the establishment of legal ratios, which conformed very nearly to the ac tual commercial ratio, call there be a shadow of a doubt as to what would be tho effect of authorizing the free and unlimited coinage of legal tender silver at the legal ratio, which won Id overvalue that metal about 100 percent? In other words, can there lie a doubt as to the ef fect of a law which would enable every holder of gold coins or gold bullion to exchange each dollar’s worth of his metal for two legal silver dollars and pay his debts with them?—From Secre tary Carlisle's Receut Speech at Louis ville CHEATING THE WORKERS. How the Silver Men Propose to Fine the Workingmen MAO,000,000. J. P. ALLEN. Prop'r. Patient Toil, gathered a large store of Food for the winter, was urged by a Slippery Eel to allow the latter to bore a Hole through the Dam which protect ed the Beaver’s supplies. “By doing this," said the Eel, “you will be able to Double the Quantity of your food by the addition to it of a Circulating Me dium. ” The Unfortunate Beaver con sented, and his entire Store was ruined by the water. Moral—Breaking down our financial standard may Hood the country with cheap money, but it will not increase our wealth. Vuole Sam—Gosh all Hemlock! I'll kill myself tot in sfvill for this new howl To the query how unlimited silver coinage would affect the working men GOOD MONEY MUST HAVE VALUE. MORTON ON SILVER COINAGE. and women who make up the great laxly of depositors in the savings banks, Pres When 50 Cent Wheat Make« Dollar Flour, Scarcity of Hold Make» It tlio Iiest Me dium of Exchange. ident James MacMuhon of the Emigrant We Can Have Free Silver. Industrial Savings bank of this city has But what does Mr. Harvey mean by Secretary of Agriculture Marton re made a plain answer. The loans made cently wrote thiscanstio letter to a buai- saying there is not gold enough in the by the savings banks for their depositors nesa mail in New York: world? It is simply because gold is not would be repaid in “silver dollars actu as abundant as iron or copper that it W ashington , June fl, 1W5. ally worth 50 cents. ” They would be D ear K ir —I haste«*' to acknowledge the re has been chosen us a medium of ex compelled to give these to their deposit ceipt of your communication of June 6 and change, and a small bulk of it is suffi ors. In this city alone these loans (not would be pleased to have you explain to me cient for the world's business on ac including United States bonds) amount the “principle» of binn taliism” about which count of its great value. Should lie lie to the enormous sum of $527,813,700. you write. It will be gratifying also if you able to make gold as cheap tut iron, The loss on them would be $263,906,- will illustrate to me how the farmer in to bo then gold would be us inconvenient us benefited by having 60 cents’ worth of silver iron for purposes of currency. 895. pass for a dollar in the purchase of hi» This is money lent by the working bullion Again, if the contention of onr silver wheat and other farm products. Tell me like people of New York. They are to this wise why the farmer should advocate a mone friends be true that by “demonetizating vast extent members of that hated "cred tary system which will compel the gold miner silver" half the money of the world has itor class” whom the silver orators de to labor until he produces 100 cents’ worth of been extinguished and therefore prices nounce. These are their “hoards," and gold bullion before he may have it coined into cut in two, will somebody explain why, a dollar and at the r;an»e time will permit the the interest on them is a part of the silver miner to stop w »rk and demand the free with prices at that basis, the one-half "cancer” that these cranks say is “eat coinage of every 50 cents' worth of silver bul of the money remaining is not just as adequate for the piirjsiHcH of business as ing the heart of industry” in our un lion which he digs into a dollar. Inform me at the same time, if you please, would be twice that amount if each happy bind. And the silver men pro why you uw; the phrase “16 to 1” unless you pose, if they can, to fine these working desire to acknowledge yourself a gold mono piece were worth half as much as meas men $250,000,000. Can there be any metallist. Is not the unit “one " which you ured in the price of goods? And how is possible justice in a policy which inflicts mention gold, and by your phraseology do you the effective volume of circulation— declare against two units? such monstrous and irreparable wrong not When the silver miner and bullion owner that is, the amount of money availa on multitudes of men and women whose shall have established by legislation govern ble in proportion to the business to be only fault is that they work hard and ment grist mills which shall convert every 50 done—to be increased by any process cents’ worth of farmers’ wheat into a dollar which proposes to increase the amount save their money?—New York Times. of flour, it will be time enough for the farmer to advocate laws which shall convert every 50 of currency in order that prices may be Mexico on a Silver IU m I h . cents’ worth of silver bullion into a dollar of increased in proportion? Will not the A prominent professor in one of the coin. Respect fully yours, then volume of currency be equally a* J. S terling M orton . big universities of New England writes restricted as is the present volume in proportion to the amount of transactions the Chamber of Commerce regarding the Not For the South. to lx, settled thereby? silver question as follows: The Huntsvillo Mercury does not be If Mr. Harvey changes the figures in “Tl.i- present free coinage craze is as us to make each one dou old as the days of Jack Carle, when his lieve that the people of the south will his liilger illowcra la ped to bring on the milieu commit themselves to the unlimited ble what it is now and then doubles the nominal amount of his money as ex :iium by making ‘the pint measure hold coinage of silver. It says: "Our people are honest if not wealthy pressed in dollars, will he have any two pints, and the twopenny loaf sell for a penny.’ His descendants today and want every dollar paid to them to more currency for his business on the want 50 cents’worth of silver to pass for be worth 100cents. They have no silver new basis than he had mi the old? Or L dollar. The sophistry is all the more to coin and cannot possibly feel an inter dtx-s bo claim that the denominations app:u lit when it is remembered that free est in the western silver mines. If the into which money is coined make any silver rloee not mean an unlimited de government is to go into the wholesale difference? If so, he and the rest of us mand for that metal, but only an unlim business of guaranteeing prices, the can be made happy at once by getting farmers of the south had far better work nmre 10 cent pieces, quarters and half iterl supply. for cotton than silver. This government dollars in exchange for onr fiat silver ■■’a cico has fr<e or,inage of silver. has the same right to say thnt a pound dollars, eagles and half eagles.—Hou. “Mexico is oil a silver basis. “Tip' wag'M in Mexico in mining and of cotton shall be worth 10 cents that it John De Witt’Warner in Forum. agriculture t ary from 10 to 30 cents a has to say that 871 % grains of silver Cnn«pleaoa* by Al>..nr.. dav in Mexican money, which is from 3 shall be worth *1. ” The press of the south is overwhelm iff the makeup of the Memphis free to'15 e dits in Unitrd States money. “The average f ir far u lalmr a day tn ingly against unconditional silver coin silver convention the Memphis Evening Jfexieo i* 20 cents in Mexican money or age because it would be silver mono Scimitar says: "There was not a single metallism,and southern new,¡«per« have representat ive of the eastern states on 10 cents in United Ststes money. “If free silver can raise prices, why sense enough to realize the disastrous hand. Tho middle states were them does it not raise the prices of wages in results that would bring upon us.—At only in the dual person of Sibley and hi* txxim ” lanta Journal- Mexico?" firsturiN 1SHÉSI tivrewun ia ? CURRENCY QUESTION. Silas Upham Side« With Deacon Grigg«. Wants Notes Bas«‘<l on Stones—Squire Crane Explains the True Inwardness of the Free Coinage Humbug. IL That the question whether Deacon Abner Griggs is an inspired financial genius or a muddled ignoramus contin ues to agitate the people of Squantum township, is shown in the latest issue of the North ^quiuitum Gazette. From that paper we copy the following ac count of a discussion at Hopkins’ store nt Squantum Center on last Saturday evening: “Public interest in the interference by Mrs. Abner Griggs with her husband’s attempt to put his new financial theories into practice has increased during the past week. The farmers and villagers who were in Hopkins’store on Saturday evening spent most of the time arguing for and against the deacon’s financial experiment. Among those who favored the deacon was Silas Upham, who said: ‘ ’Pears to me there’s a good deal in these new money schemes, and I’m kinder sorry Deacon Griggs wan’t let go on till we see how the thing would work. There’s no use talking, we farmers are in a bad way. Times is mighty hard, wheat a-going down, wool lower than ever, and so many men out of work in the towns and cities that we can’t sell half the stuff we raise What wo need is more money. We want free coinage», so that all the silver in the world can bo used as money If that wouldn’t give us $50 per capita, the government ought to print enough greenbacks to makeup the difference. Then we want the subtreas- ury system, so as to let us farmers put our wheat, corn, wool or pork in govern ment warehouses, and get treasury cer tificates for 75 per cent of their value «And the government ought to lend mon ey to the farmers at 2 per cent on the security of their land If all that won’t give us enough money, 1 don’t see why we mightn't try the deacon’s plan and issue notes on labor products, ’specially stones, which won’t rust, and which is abundant round here “ ‘Some of what you say about hard times may be true,’ spoke up Squire Crane, ‘but more money ain’t going to help matters Price's is low, but it^ lie cause the cost of producing things has been lessoned. Stands to reason that wheat coining from rich prairie farms, which cost about $1.25 an. acre, would he cheaper than that grown on our farms, which cost from $30 to $50 an acre to clear Wheat grown in India and Russia competes with ours in the markets of the world. Then freight rates has gone down, and that helped lower prices Wool comes now from Australia, and the great states out west, where it can be raised far cheaper than here. The fact is, tisn’t lack of money which has made prices low, but new’ ways of mak ing things, new places to get ’em from and handier ways of hauling them than we used to have. “ ‘Besides, this thing’s as broad as it’s long Everything we farmers buy has gone down in price, and wo can get far more for our money than we did 20 years ago So if we do get less money for onr crops, and while Home of them is lower there's a good many which fetches as much as they ever did, we can buy more goods of all kinds with what we sell off onr farms. “ ‘Anyhow, making more money out of silver or paper won’t help us, but would leave uh far worse off This talk about tlm need of free coinage is all humbug, stirred up by the owners of silver mines and other people in a few states who want to fool the farmers and the rest of the people into doubling the price of silver The rag baby plan of the greenbackers is played out long ago. It's the greenbacks we’ve got now that’s making all the trouble about onr gold reserve. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have to borrow hundreds of millions of gold at 4 per cent, and we wouldn’t be threatened with another panic. “ ‘The rest of them cheap money schemes is all alike They mean trying to make something out of nothing And Deacon Griggs’ idea of getting rich by basiug money on stones is just as Benni* ble or as crazy as the rest of them. ’ “.Joe Leffert, the old wheelwright, thought the squire went a little t<x> far in putting the people who wanted free coinage down with the other cheap mon ey faddists ‘ ’Tisn’t only the farmer who needx more money,’ he said. *My business ain ’t half what it was 20 years ago These big factories <»nt in Ohio und Illinois can make buggies, farm wagons and carts and sell them here far cheaper than 1 can build them. I get enough repairing to keep me going, but 1 haven’t a third of the hands I used to have. Seems to me if wo had free coin age the prices of wagons would go up, the farmers would have so much money they could buy more of them, and I would do a bigger business. “ ‘1 see this all argued out in a little U jo I c called "Coin’s Financial School," which one of then. Ixx/k agents give me for mending a split whiffletree a few weeks ago I’ll bring the book round to the store next Saturday, and we’ll see if you can answer that fellow’ “Coin’s" arguments. ’ “Hero Storekeeper Hopkins began t< blow out the lights, and with a promise to bo on bund next Suturday evening the crowd dispersed. A lively time is expected, as Squire Crane and his side will undertake to expose the fallacies and foolishness of ‘Coin’s Financial School.’ " It’s proof positive a silver crank ha* wheels in his head when he point* to the pneumatic tire as evidence of the benefit« of inflation. — Philadelphia Time«.
