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About Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1898-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1899)
irnn Published every Friday by tha STATESMAN FCBUCSSNO CO, 26 Commercial SC. aJm, Or. R. J. HENDRICKS. Manager. feUBSCRIPTION RATES: fins vear. in advance .-..H 80 ix months, In advance 7 TEE ViIEKLY OSIMluO IfiW ME Wfim m SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING THE AD- diets of their paper changed must tat the name of their former postoface, as well as of the office to Which they wish the paper changed. Don't plow up your hop vines. But prepare to raise better hops. The growers who had .a choice quality are not complaining very bitterly, even this year. . The managers of the Salem Flour ing Mills Co. are planning to re build the burned mill, or at "least to erect In Us place a better and more modern mill. It Is officially stated that bank de positors In this country number 13.153,- 874, or more than doubled the total of ten year ago. The Idea that the mass es are growing poorer Is not borne out by the figures. A Kentucky farmer has sold the to bacco raised this year on eighty acres for 19,712.66, an average of 111.14 a nun- UICU i "JUUlUS. A I1C Willi fUBl Xie has the call, this year, on Oregon hop growers. But their turn may come yet. . . ) If the Hop Growers' Association Is strong enough, and vigorous enough, to carry out Its plans, it will no doubt ease up the hop situation a great deal. And It wi:i put the association in position to do very effective work In the future. It would seem that nqw is the time for the hop growers of Oregon to stand together, if they a're ever -going to do so. A new American wrinkle is the cult ure of rice in artificial swamps, the Invention 'of some Northwestern Yan kee farmers settled in Louisiana. They build a bank around a section of prai rie and pump water Into the inclosure from artesan, wella. When r the crop matures the water Is let "out the ground dried off and reapers and bind ers secure the harvest at greatly re el u-c eel cost. The land Is easily pre pared, for the next season, and there is no danger from drouths. The paper for the educators of Ore gon, the Oregon Teachers Monthly, Is published In Salem, Profs. Geo. W. and .uub. n, Junes utiug ine eauors. XI has caught the spirit of expansion, too. It has doubled Its circulation since last May, nd theftrospects are that It will double the original list of last May again before that month of next year. This Is the first teachers' paper thit nas ever "made a live of if In Oregon. This. one Is not only living, but It Is on a solid and thrifty foundation, with "u"" cucugij uii ; ii9 ooou io war rant the prediction that It will soon-be one of the biggest things of the kind on the coast. It has gained its busi ness by keeping a high standard. There are no better journals of the class in -the whole country, in point of matters of value and Interest to teachers ap pearing In their columns. The people o fthe Pacific coast have right to feel iomeun.it disappointed over the' report of the preslletit In his message on the progress of the N'icarague canal project. It reems the latest commission, authorised by con gress for the purpose of delay, was (riven an assignment of work Involv ing vast details and consuming a great deal Of time.; (This was for the further purposed delay.) So the final report will not be" forthcoming for sometime how long a time no one can say. This is a national disgrace, f c r which .the Influenced members pf both houses, of all political parties, are to blame. The Influence was and la from the railroad lobby kept constantly at (Washington. The republican party Is thus prevented from fulfilling its plat form pledge, made j In good faith, 'or co Intended by a large majority of the delegates to the St. Louis convention. The other pledges have, in the . main, been kept. This one remains unful filled. The retained members of the two houses ought to be "smoked out. They should be obliged to show their hands. Will some one of our Pacific coast members undertake the task? Here is an opportunity for, some brave and brainy man to make a record for himself. This Is the most Important question before the! country more im portant than the Philippine r.uestlon, -which will settle itself. TpHE woman who went to her grocer for legal advice lost her case. The value of advice depends upon the JL qualifications of the adviser. Medical advice from one who is not a doctor is as worthless as legal advice from one who is not a lawyer -and it is far more dangerous. St9wrr f ': XPSt'sVQn the skilled advice of a qualified physician is offered free by Dr. R. V. Pierce. sWfciLTaWfcr kl ViUJFmZ-n, jt s vu-e advice because it is the advice of a competent physician. It is advice of extraordinary value, because it is the advice of an extraordinary physician, a m specialist, one who has given- more in an tnxrty years to ine treatment ana cure oi wuuidu & uicuc9. , Any doctor can give you medical advice. The benefit of his advice depends" on his experience in treating the particular disease from which you suffer. ' . rnmw 1fAmrn consult Dr. Pierce after all the available k.JliMJJ ViUiMSMJ local" doctors -"have failed to give any help. Ninety-eight in every hundred such cases are cured by him. This is the experience of more than half a million women. Offers of advice that look like Dr. Pierce's offer, are made in the press. These offers look like Dr. Pierce's because they are mode to looke like it. No other offer is supported by arecord or reputation equal to that of Dr. Pierce. Investi gation will-prove these statements. We send pamphfet free. Siolr Women aro tnxriiod -Jf-J Each letter is read and answered in private. Its statements are guarded as a sacred confidence. The answer is mailed in a plain envelope without 'advertising of other printing on it. Address, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, ETEPTTt? JT On receipt of stamps to defray expense of mailing only " we will send Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, containing 1008 large pages and over 700 illustrations. This book will prove a constant friend and wise counselor to every woman. Send 2 1 . one-cent stamps for book in paper covers, or 31 stamps if you wish cloth binding. Address as above. lift 9 !Vv Tho Woman Who Was and tho Woman Who Is Mrs. M. F. Long, of XeLoup, Franklin County, Kans., writes: ''Words cannot express how grateful I am for your kind advice and. good medicines. I have been in poor health more or less 'all my life. In the past nine years grew worse, and two years ago was so poorly could hardly drag around. I consulted a Specialist, and he said I had ulceration, and that an operation would have to be performed. At last I wrote to Dr. Pierce, asking advice. I soon got a helpful answer, advising me to try his medicines, the ' Favorite Prescription,' ' Golden Medical Discovery, and . also-his " Pleasant Pellets. I bought two bottles of the 'Favorite Prescription, two of the 'Discovery,' and two vials of the ' Pellets,' and I. began taking 'Favorite Prescription' and the other medicines, as advised, i-When commencing I weighed H9j4 pounds, and after taking one! 'bottle of each I was like a new woman. In one month I gained eight pounds. After taking two bottles oC each of the medicines named, I began to look like a woman and not like a wasted skeleton. ' That weary, tired feeling all left me, and it did seem as though life was worth living, and tfpit I had been snatched from the grave, and would live to a good old age." Hot Friends Woro Surprised "Two years ago, I had a miscarriage,'' writes Mrs. Mattle F Enloe, of . Lexington, Lafaj-ette County, Missouri. w I was in bed nearly three months afterward, and was treated by three different . physicians. " Had nervous prostration, indigestion, and sinking spells, and suffered a great deal with my head. In-fact, I can't tell all I did suffer. Came near having convulsions, when my husband sent for another doctor, Under his treatment I got so I could be up most of the time and assist a little in the housework. I continued in this way for some time, suffering all the time with my back and a misery low down across me till I was induced by a friend to write to you for advice. You pronounced my trouble to be congestion of the internal organs, and told me what course to pursue. I did as directed, and also took two bottles of your ' Favorite Prescription and one of 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and one bottle of ' Pellets,' when I felt' like another person. Of course after being sick so long, it was some time before I felt altogether well. .But I have been very strong the present summer. Some of my friends were surprised that I ever got up." Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription rJJsCxeo VJomen Stironvgj smell Scott XTJomsmi VJoffff U IT IS UNLIKE GIAflY HEDICINES OFFERED FOR THE USE OF H0HEII,,l THAT IT COHTAM3 RO ALCOHOL, WHISKY, Oil OTHER IZITOXICAHT, AHD IS FREE FROH OPIUH, COCAKIE, OR OTHER HARCOTICS. y Beamy 0 51 "I WROTE TO mm TlSOOM COT A fy wl BtCAM TAKING I nff1 'T" (f T ffik D.HtCZ"fZZ vlA " HCLPfUL AN3VVRH6 jd FAVORITE FRtSCWPTIOMjl. WoLJ service largely perfunctory and use less. Many of ' the state department officials In various parts of the world were doine; little more than to draw their salaries and attend to the social functions devolving- upon them. But President McKlnley, fortunately, se lected Wilbur F. Wakeman, editor ' of the American Economist, the tariff paper, for appraiser of the port of New Torlc, where over seventy per cent, of the a-oods offered for entry In this ( country are Imported. Mr. Wakeman , soon discovered that the consuls In foreign countries could be made , of service In the. extension of trade..-and The part of the president's message referring to the work of th facer in various paru of the : world I mriping iraae expansion Is worthy of especial note. The present dmin lstrstion found ttl part of the public . ' ' -"I 1 ' - . !. - i -. i :' - a ' ' 1 .' !: . - i In the protection of the treatriry ' de partment against frauds of Importers. He began work with the state depart ment, with a view to making his Ideas effective. He was successful. Cfew ln- structlons were sent out, and soon the vast machinery was In working order. the officials of the one department i di recting their labors in harmony - with those of the other. .The consular of fleers of this government have ac cordingly become the advance agents of prosperity ansl expansion, in addi tion to their other duties. They are the International drummers, of trade, or rather the "advance managers point ing out the places' and methods- for the real drummers. Mr. Wakeman's efforts have been worth" millions of dollars tc this country, not only In checking fraudulent undervaluations and classifications of goods offered for entry, but In, getting all. these consu lar officers, scattered .throughout the whole earth, to working-along practi cal lines. They are now earning their salaries. They are doing good to their country, directly and Indirectly." In many cases, they have been selected (the new ones appointed) with refer ence to their Special knowledge In certain lines. This system should be pursued throughout the service. It is good business policy for this great busi ness concern the United States gov ernmentto make all of its employees earn their salaries. This is. the way other business- concerns are directed, or at least the successful one. There is plenty of time left for the purely social and diplomatic duties; which need not be negleeted, while conslier- lnr the business side. No man for feiis his social standing by decent thrift and industry. Nor does any na tion. ' A LABOR WAR. Ntw York May See a Contest After j : the Holidays, . j New York. Dec. t A report has been 'published that a big war between the HMAVKja VU VU11U1U5 WU tractors would begin at the first of the new year, which would extend over the greater part of: this, country, hav ing' for its active centers Chicago. St. Louis, Pittsburg. Philadelphia and Bos ton. Inquiries among builders in this city show that no such trouble is an ticipated here, and some are skeptical as to a war breaking out at all at the other points mentioned. It is true that the granite-cutters Intend to demand a minimum wage of 13, and an eight-hour day all over the country, beginning on March 1st next, but they axe already getting $4 a day in this city and the general opinion seems to be that their demand will be granted without any more vigorous opposition than little grumbling. The granite-cutters have served notice of their coming demand upon the con tractors so far In advance that It would be easy to make new contracts, based on the increased cost of labor, and all will end peacefully. , If there is any other movement brew ing which can give color to the expec tation of a general labor war in the building trades, it has not yet made itself known in this city. brought ninety report that .the ex periment had .been most successful. Other evidence In Its favor has. been collected from forty normal school in various ' parts of tha co-untry. GEORGE GOULD'S BIO SALARY. Sneslclnr af Lin" salaries, tho Merest FAVORS VERTICIAL WRITING. one on record was paid to George luooia. -ro? ten years '-work Jus tamer 'gave him 15.000,000. The accounts went After experimenting for . year or more In the Philadelphia schools with the vertical system of penmanship the superintendent of education in that city la prepared to recommend that the syetem , be required to be taught in all tbeiower grade schools. It has been tried: In 192 of the city schools, and theT principals of 1S3 of these schools reported that the pen- f manship had Improved In their school i since its Introduction. No one stated .or Intimated that the penmanship had deteriorated. It is ,t he opinion of the primary teachers . that vertical writ ing is easier to teifW more readily . learned by the pupil, te more legible than the oblique hand, and that the experiment baa improved the penman ship in their schools. The only crit icism that they make, and that is not universal, is that It cannot be written aa rapidly as the oblique system. In quiry snade in 100 cities where the ver- tical system has, been Introduced down as for "services rendered. That was at the rate of a half million dol lars a year. The highest salary ever paid a railroad president was the t?5, 000 a year that went to Sir William C. tYfjf Horn when The Was president of thp Canadian Pacific. FIR FENCE POST. - coated with. vCarbolineum Avenarius.. j Will out wear -Cedar - . It is also a . - 'Radical Remedy Against Chicken Lice. Its application, to the in-side 'walls of I poultry. houses will permanentiy 1 i exterminate all LICE. ResulU: dleaithy Chickens Plenty j . Eggs. Write for circulars . and -prices T,v I ; mention this paper.. I XL. XL. .WADE at JCOu Ageats. - - SALEM, QREGON.