Weekly Oregon statesman., October 21, 1904, Page 2, Image 2

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STATESMAN PtTBU3HISQ CO UP AST
T. T. G&. dltor.
f 'J 2,0 TIMS TO BALS.
In the matter of deciding whether
Marion eonnty should hare an exhibit
jat the Lewis and Clark Fair the eonnty
court should not hesitate as to what to
do for one minute. The very fact that
a public meeting is to be called for the
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;. J speak well for the seeond county in the
Tle fMaieana bu been established aw aesrlT : state j ' 4 'f
ftr-two years, and it baa aome sabaerlben who j ) ' '
have received it nearly that loofc. and many i There cannot be any doubt as to the
who bar read it for a ganarauoa. Some tn I . , ,
taeae oojee u aanaf taa paper oia-XMiunoed , "t-numnu ox iuc people oi Clarion eons
at io hm ot cipirauea at tn
For
Ue Uma of expiration of their snheenpUona. J f : .1 , e
t tba benefit ot these. nd for other reason 'tr ln the . matter- of providing
ui a mm ,
Oil; 0
re hare concluded toHaeoatinae ub.eripilonj
mr warn n.rtoei to ao so. ah persons paylnr
her
do not pay I -r montba, tba rat will be 11.25
when enbacribnf , or payfaf ia advance, wil
aara ta oeneflt of tba dollar rare. Bat if tb
a year. Hereafter wa will aead tba paper to ail
raspoDSibie peron who ordr. it, tnoojrh they
tay net aena tne money, wita ua aaoerataaov
in ( tbattbey are to pay 9133 a year, ia eaae tbey
tat tba nbacriptloa account ran ever six
sooths. Ia order that there may be no catena
demanding, we will keep this notice standing
at tbU place in the paper.
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
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The Corvalns Times asks "What is
Wart" We are not certain, but Wil
liam T. Sherman said it was" h .
i Let every voter in Oregon east his
ballot for somebody for President on
the 8th of November. We want a full
. vote. . -, -
A Southern Oregon exehange says
"Oregon is hopelessly Republican.'
Not at all, brother. It is hopefully Be
publican.
The Mikado, it is said, has just eom
. pleted a new poem, but the lines he has
sent to the front are not at all popula
with the Russians.
- Of course the Marion County court
will provide for a Marion county exhib
it at .the Lewis and Clark Fair. It is
that kind of a court.
In his speech at Marion, Indiana, Mr,
Bryan said he "did not come out of
tbej St. Louis convention all cut up.'
Hut in the oninion of moat Eastern
.Democrats he baa been cutting up ever
since. '
Old Oregon is gradually giving way
to the new, but the pioneers will always
take the front rank among the heroes
who make empires out of the raw ma
terial and furnish their own warp and
woof. ;
Just why Col. Bryan is not making
a whirlwind tour of "the enemy's
country" is not clear. Certainly the
Democrats consider New York as doubt
ful as Indiana, and far more valuable
in the electoral eollenv
' Tom Watson sai-s the Demm-ratic
party is a. balky animal "that raises a
big dust in the road but never gets
anywhere." Still, it is entitled to the
benefit of the extenuating circumstance
that-the middle of the road is already
occupied by Watson and bib friends,
which, in a measure, has a tendenev to
seriously impede locomotion.
As a signal victory over that, sort of
marhirfb politics which depends nMn
the "shrewdness" .f four or five men
to manipulate and' "hand out" . pro
grams already fixed" to the waiting
dummies on the outside, the triumoh oi
Governor - LaKollette, of Wisconsin,
will appeal to every lover of fair play
.in politics. LaFoIlette legan his eon
test against the bouses twenty years
ago, and his fight has been aVl is in
behalf of the people. He deserves the
success which it is now admitted will
be his in November.
The St. Petersburg official who said
"international . law is a myth." was
not far wrong. Nothing can bind an in
dependent nation. Even its own agree
ments are not binding, unless the other
parties to the.n are willing to resort to
force for the purpose of enforcing them.
Along the same line, and for the same
reason it may belaid that international
or national arbitration is a myth. It
involves a splendid and verv humani
tarian principle, but if anv nation is
disinclined to submit to t he results of
arbitration or to'entcr an agreement to
ar tit rate in the -first place, there is; no
power can force it to tlo so or, if it is
forced to, then there is no arbitration.
The principle, is a good one but is not
always a dependable one. ' - !
an ex
hibit at the Fair. To doubt that they
are in favor of an exhibit of the coun-
ty a resources is to question their ap
preciation of one of the best opportun
ities ever offered to make known the
many excellent advantages with' which
it ha been so riehly blest by Nature.
The Lewis and Clark Fair without an
exhibition of the varied resource' of
the state, county by county, would; be
a miserable failure, doomed 'from the
start, and Marion should be among
the first to declare its intention of mak
ing the finest display it la possible to
arrange. ; ' ;T j , .
The j Fair Commissioners have offer
ed to '-defray one half the, expense of
each county exhibit; that is, if an ex
hibit may eost $1,000 the Commissioners
wilt pay $500 of it. This is certainly
liberal, and should easily secure the co
operation of every county in the state.
In fart I. these exhibits should be made
even without this outside assistance.
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. trur county court auouiu taae an
affirmative actionem the matter without
a quqeston. The proposition to consult
the people ia nnobjectionable, of course,
but no meet big of that character can
at all hope to speak, for the entire
county.
Thestand for the court to take is to
assume that much responsibility as
sume that we are a progressive people,
fully emerged from the log-cabin state
of primeval environments, alive to the
necessity of "getting a move on our
selves", realizing the necessity of let
ting people with means, and those with
out, but with industry and intelligence,
know j that we want our country de
veloped, that we want more railroads,
electrie lines, manufactories and
harnessed water nowers that are now
roceediog aimlessly to the sea, iu the
same unutilized state as when Colum
bus first sighted the Atlantic coast.
If there is any serious question as ,to
whether Marion county is to have .an
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair,
then let us move bodily to the abandon
ed tundras of t'a "Nonif, take to seal
hunting and give a quit claim deed to
our possessions here to some other peo
ple any other people who would jump
at -the opportunity to make a magnifi
cent 'display of one of the best coun
ties on the Pacific coast.
PHI
n
MdlioirsCoiiiloil
I has marked out for himself. Bat the
shame which these methods in political
affaira carry- with them ia illustrated by
the fact that if Ileinze was entirely
; without property, though possessing all
the qualities that are now his, he would
not for a moment - be considered as a
candidate for the United States Senate.
The consolation to be found ia such
an absurd contest as this is furnished
by the reflection that in most of the
states men are chosen for this high
and honorable position without refer
ence to the condition of their bank ac
counts. There are exemptions, but they'
serve tb emphasize, by contrast, the oe-
i raaional outeroppinga "of that which
eontnbntes to the K worat
politicaf life.
Women should
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they caul I a oa lo
inffi r frvm asaa
tbty Irrccolaeiea
Tba Bitters Is tba
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way CM" 1
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faiatHiK tpV$.
Slsfpteucets,'
latflgcst'tatr
Dyspeasia.
Trj out buttle
NIOOABDLT WAGES.
WASTED. ENERGY.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is de
voting a large amount of its "valuable
space" to the publication of a series
of letters from Senator John T. Morgan
of Alabama, on the Isthmian Question
under the title of "The Panama In
iquity." '
Senator Morgan is one of the great
est statesmen of this generation and
has given a large amount of his time
to; a careful study of the problem of
f retiring a' canal . across the Isthmus,
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AndCU 11CURA Ointment,
the great Skin Cure.
Not only are they tba purca sweetest, and
moat effective for prtierving, purifying,
and beautifying the Skin Scalp, rlair, and
Hands of infanta and children, but they
afford instant relief and refreshing sleep for
akin-tortured babies, and rest for tired
mothers, ia the severest cases of torturing,
disfiguring, ' itching, burning, bleeding,
scaly, crusted, and pimply skin and scalp
humors, eczemas, rashes, and irritations,
with loss of hair, and arc sure to succeed
when all else fails. 4
SoM thraoftwat ttt worM., CaMcara Snap. JV- Otat
arnit, 40e RmoIvcM. W. ( la torwi at rbaeoiat Coatr
Pilta, 2c rr ial of 60). IfesoMi jemim, 27 Chartcr
aomtXq.; Pari, f Radrh)Paia BoatM, 1ST Cohtmau
4t. Tattt Drug Chrai. Conk. Kola Prop.
S-Scbd tor - AUAbuttt Babjagkia, Scalp, aae Hak."
My Lungs
L grippe left me wirtt a bad
cough. Mririendt said consump
tioo. I then tried Ayer'i Cbenr
Pectoral and was promptly cured."
A.K. Randies, Nokomis, 111.
You forgot to buy z bot
tle of Aycr's Cherry Pec
toral when your cold first
came on, so you let it run
along.- Even now, with
all your hard coughing, it
will not disappoint you.
There's a record of sixty
yCare.V TbrauwS ,!.
."'yrenr. If be aara U. it.
take it. tbcw loa t taka iu Ha anow.
ut his petty and incessant opposition
o the Panama -roject in its present
phase is as devoid of point oryalue as
f he were discussing the just iftrat ion
of re-chartering the old National Bank
under Jackson Vi administration.
The last letter of tbw Senator in the
'oiirier-Jonrnal occupies some four col
umns, ami though presented in the
(Senator's usual interesting style, will
probably not be read by twenty people
of those amoug whom the paper may
fall.! The subject matter is as stale as
would be a discussion at this time of
the "Crime of '73."
Tint the writing of these letters by
the jSenator and their publication by
Cot.f Watterson serves to verify the re
mark of the late Governor Morton of
Indiana, that the Demoeratie party,
likej a man riding on the rear platform
of n railway train, never sees anvthins
until after it has passed it. The Panama
caaal feature of Kooaevelt's adminis
tration ia a closed inridvnt. It appear
ed, j the situation was accepted, the
President acted, and at once, the ques
tion that had vexed'tbe statesmen of
the country for a full century, was set
tle.1 by a man "who does things," and
that ia all there Is to it.
The Panama Canal wilt now be con
structed for the reason that we had a
man in the Presidential chair who was
not , asleep and who saw the opportunity
yre had wasted for a hundred years was
at hand ami that the time to accept It
was while it was passing. Nobody was
hurt, it will prove an advantage all
around, and the vigorous statesmanship
I displayed by President Roosevelt at an
i opportune moment in this single in-
stance will adl one million votes to his
: popular an pport on the eeonl Tuesdav
of next month. , ?
On of Ayer, Pills at bedtime
aids the Cherry Pectoral crettlr in
breaking op a cold. t
J.CATEK CO.i Lowell, SUaa.
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THE CAMPAIGN Iff BCXSSOTJBJU
man in the United State ball a
better reputation as prosecutor of
thieves,, boodrera and all-round scouad
rrta than Joseph W. Folk, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of -Missouri.,.
His, record las' the city attorney
of St. Louis is one of vigilant atten
tion to the prosecution of the thieves
who ; were . robbing the public treasury
of that city, and the results of his
work have won . for himself a re
putation that is.as wide as the nation.
Naturally, the Democratic machine in
Missouri which was at the head of the
boodling gang iu St. Louis, was bitter
ly opposed to the nomination of Folk
tor Governor, as. he promised to carry
hi, methods of mnishing thieves in the
public service into the management of
state affairs, and his triumph in the
state convention, though won only after
a hard struggle,! was a distinct victorv
tor honest government and cleaner polk
tics. It was a very creditable step for
the Democratic party in that state to
take. . i
But the remainder of the state ticket
represents the old machine and regime,
and decidedly weakens Folk's chances
for election, though, since Missouri ie
a Democratic state under normal , con
ditions, there can be? little hope for the
success of the Republican candidate for
Governor. The nomination of Folk was
but a half victory for honest govern
ment and smport from the defeated
forces within bis own party is admit
tedly lukewarm where it should be out
spokenly ganuiae. . I l
Cyrus P. Walbridge the Republican
candidate for (Governor, is a man who,
for many years has been prominent in
state affairs in Missouri, and his elec
tion, it i generallv conceded, would
mean as much for cleaner metbola in
politics and honesty in the public ser
vice, -as well as for the punishment of
boodling officials, as would that of Folk,
but the peculiar fight against the Defn
oeratie candidate by many of the lead
ers of his own party, together with his
excellent record, will bring to his
standard the support of many Repub
lican voters. .
There is a great battle on in Missouri,
a struggle of the better class ,of its
people, against thievery in the public
service, from which few states have
suffered as much in reputation as the
Empire State of the Southwest, and no
matter where the victory lights, a much
needed improvement in its domestic af
fairs ia one of the guaranteed results.
The boodler and grafter will Iv compell
ed to. move on or into the penitentiary.
The present difficulty between the
telephone girls in Portland and their
employers baa served to bring to pub
lie attention'the fact, not necessarily a
new one, however, that they are grossly
underpaid for their services. The wages
paid them is niggardly. The otter in-,
defensible principle underlying the
wage question in all its. phases is the
idea entertained by moat if not all em
ployers that if the laborer can pay-ex
penses, that is, can jive, it i enough.
This is wrong. It is pernieious. The
employer always figures on his profits.
He expects them. He is in bis business
for what profit it will afford. But
the employees are expected to '''live"
on their wages, and if it is decided
that they ran do this, what more should
they expect f ' r '.
It has been shown ' oyer , and over
again that the school teachers of the
country can barely live upon their
wages provided that sickness or other
unusual, but not altogether improbable
expense does not interfere. In that
ease, of course, a 'deficit at one ap
pears. But profits are never thought
of. The profits are only expected to
belong to the employers. But' is a life
time to be given to laboring without
profit, and old age met with no pro
The state should willingly do better
than this by its servants,' and Urge cor
porations, making money and declaring
dividends, should .be more considerate
of their employees. We have often been
annoyed by the . neilo gins, Mesa 'em,
but they should have: better pay for the
very annoying work they are called up
on to do.
MIGHTY GOOD BACKING
and hard work in storm as well a iu
element of "unhine, with early hours as well as
late, is a step which fails to appeal
favorably to the graduate, who is apt
to conclude that if his education will
not enable him to live by the ue of his
Drain, it is somebow in a measure a
failure. ' . ): ' . . '
. This is -the tendency, but it is not
always a wise one. In fact in most
instances it is not. Unless special op-
Jportunities'are offered and about whose
success there can be little doubt, the
young man or woman who has , been
raised on the farm bad better return
there and expend his or bcreueriis in
making one blade of grass gTow whersj
but one grew before than to rush to
the city with uncertain prosects mere
ly because " it is lonesome on the
farm." There is no place on the p-een
earth so lonesome or unpromising as
the city in which to find yoursif
among the unemployed.'
On this subject, the Boston Advertis
er, to which we have already-referred,
has this sensible commentary: " .
"The stories of suffering at Fall
River are real enough; and there is no
question that the men who stand in tb
bread line at Flieschmann's in New
York are hungry, i Here -in Boston tb
associated charities are dealing with
cases of absolute destitution and plen
ty of them. But anybody who argues
from this that the country is in a bad
way tamas so because he cannot see
much further than the bridge of his
spectacles. In the United States todav
there is m;e work to be done tha
there arc hands to do it.
Of course, out West, as we all know.
the big farms have been trying all sorts
of schemes to get workers. The cotton
planters have had their trouble
and have been complaining because .
part of. the crop could not be picked.
so many negroes having gone into the
milts. But theme sections are too far
away from Boston : for Massachusetts
workmen to think of going out there
Right around New England, however,
there has been a labor famine. Farm
help, house blp, all sorts of help out
PARK AND WASHINGTON STREETS
- PORTLAND, OREGON-
Established in 1866. , Open all the year. Private or
class instruction. Thousands of graduates in posi
tions; opportunities constantly occurring. It toy to
attend our school. Catalogue, specimens, etc., free.
A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL.DJ, PRINCIPAL
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to unwelcome places for the mere love
of being meddlesome and autocratic.,
The grYevances which our friends, the
Democrats, think they entertain, but of
which they seem not to' be certain,
furnish the amusing asfM-ct of an other
wise monotonous campaign.
TUB FACTS IN THE CASE.
We clip the following from the East
Oregonian: ,
lt From the standpoint of the Morn
ing Tribune, on the prohioition ques
tion, a man who pays no taxes has no
right to "citizenship. If its doctrine
were heeded, the laborers would be
finally disfranchised and only the rich
would take part in niakin" the laws.
This is in direct keeping, however, with
the polities advocated by the Tribune."
But our 'Pendleton "contemporary is
reminded that Thomas Jefferson was a
stron" believer in a propertv qualifica
tion for voters. On- page 292 of the
life of Jefferson . by William Eleroy
Curtis, it' is said that "although the
great apostle of democracy and the
doctrine of equality,' Jefferson was in
favor of restricted suffrage based upon
I educational and property qualifications.
He commends the constitution1 of Kpain
in this rect." Speaking of the lat
ter ne sait there is one provision
which will immortalize its inventors.
It is that which, after a certain epoch,
disfranchises everv citizen who eannot
read and write."
It is also recorded that "In the con
stitution which he prepared for Vir
ginia, and which was not adopted be
cause it came to the convention too
late, he prescribed a propertr qualifi
cation for voters, one fourth of n acre
in towns or twenty-five acres of farm
ing land."
And sinee Jefferson was never wrong
upon these great matters involving the.
propositon that "all men were created
equal," the East Oregonian should b
charitable enough to admit that its
neighbor is perhaps not wandering far
from the footsteps of some very illus
trious statesmen, after all. j
side oi mill help, has been as hard to
get. There are plenty of people who will
bear witness to that in Brooklme, New
ton, Weston;: Wellesley and" along the
?orth shore, as well as in Middlesex
and fcssex.
At tne iest empityinnt agencies
in this city every Monday mav be seen
crowds of well known people whose
houses are in. the sub.urls. Perhaps
lint or !. women have to , patient!
wait until the few girls who were pos
sibly willing to work in the countrv
should interview the waiting crowd and
UecKle.ae to the bett offer. A for get
ting rami neip in this citv, it is even
harder. It is a fact that most of the
people who ask for charitv . w.ml
rather live upon the edge .of starvation
than leave the city with its bright shop
windows, its cheap amusements, its
brightly lighted streets and its big
crowds. They probablv think it bet
ter to starve in company than .to Varn
a good living in loneliness."
DISGUSTING LENGTHS OF INORDI
NATE AMBITION. ; .t
The sjectacle of Augustus Ileinze,
presilent of the United Coprr Com
pany of MontaRa,"stumping" his
state asa candidate for United States
Senator, : is - one , to make the angels
weep, save that. in maamg his light
pnblicl and lefore the people,
be at least throws aside the osnal pro-
CTTY AND COUNTRY
In a very sensible editorial the Bos
ton Advertiser considers the labor sit
uation in the United Wtates, "admitting
that in many of the large cities there
are hundreds of unemployed men anil
women, but calls attention to the well
known fact that it is the direct result
of 4tbe foolish desire of to many eo
ple to "live in town", no matter to
what extent sacrifices , are-- necessary
..'.- . . .
inai me wish may be granted.
But this is a peculiar feature of hu
man nature that has been . noticeable,
and the subject for frequent comment,
for ages past. The desire for compan-
AT BIGHT ANGLES.
I -" m . t ...
cess of forming dishonest and corrupt- ""-I', lur exciiemenr mat can
ing combinations after the Legislature ewme ""'T easy assoeiation with
is elected. In his state this is a new
departure.
But as capable material for a Sen
ator ot the. United States, Ileinze pre
sents all the elements of a fully devel
oped, travesty. Without ability save as
a money-maker, with no experience in
other people and t be found only in the
eities and towns, accounts for the pre-
pendermting tendency of young people
to leave the farm when possible and
drift into the supposedly more fascinat
ing surroundings of city life.
wcwuiiii largely, solely, it may
public affairs and without study efb said, .for the complaint 'frequently
questions of general concern, he aspires madethat majoriy of the students
to a seat in the Uaite-l States Senate attending onr agricultural colleges, af
solely because of. bis. immense wealth, ter being educated ia the basic princi
' In Montana, however; this may count pies of agricultural life, upon gradua
for tangible, results. It does, indeed, t ion take np some business or prof ej
in some other states, but, especially, sion that enables Them to live in the
where Senator William A. Clark has city and earn a livlihood without man
paved the way, Heinle has good res- ual labor. From college life with alt Its
sons to hope for success in the line he pleasurable associations, to the farm
( . In . a seech at Butte, Montana, the
other day, Senator Patterson roundly
abused President Roosevelt for not in
terfering in the domestic troubles
which have disgraced his state during
the past year. Senator Patterson is an
eloquent speaker but as narrow' in bin
partisianship as he "is eloquent. On
other occasions he indulges in the usual
Democratic complaint that RoosevelUi
a dangerous man to have ia the Presi
dential chair principally because of his
disposition to "butt in" where' h
should keep his hands off; but in this
instance he is made the subject of; a
severe attack for the reason that he re
fused to interfere, uninvited, iu a pbre
ly domestic trouble confined to the af
fairs of a ''sovereign state."
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in i ne case or Illinois n few years
ago, the strikers obstructed the regular
delivery- of the United States mails and
President Cleveland promptly and prop
erly quelled the disturbance by order
ing out United Slates tr"P- But even
for this he was censured by prominent
men of his own lart as "transcend
ing his powers." He was taking ides
with "Capital"- as against the dowu-
tnxlden por, etc.
In Colorado, however, though the sit
uation has been deplorable, and both
aides 'to the difficulty have gone to dis
graceful extremes, the United State
mails have In n? instance been inter
fered with and no request has been
made by the state authorities for. fed
eral intervention. There has been no
occasion lor President Roosevelt to
exercise any authority in the premises
and his course will not ,bIv appeal
favorably to all erous not prejudic
ed by blind partisanship, but directly
contradicts that other campaign iuvea
tion of the ppoitioti that his natural
disposition is to thrust bis autborty in-
From the Daily Statesman, Septem
ber 6, 1893: "A letter from a Boston
firm shows that on August -tth sales
of prime hos were made there at 8
cents, f. o. b. Some buyers in Salem
yesterday were offering 3 and 3
cents." . The difference '-- between the
urchaeing"owipr of a pound of hops
beu and now, as applied to the pnxluct
f the worst trust in the country will
form the basis for one of the easiest
nathematical problems one ever tack
led.
Try it, or substitute any other article
of farm produce for hops, and you will
discover why the Democratic campaign
against "the trust-ridden, imperialized,
octopus-burdened, plutocracy-enslaved
militarized sons of guns who constitute
the blasted, measly, centralized and
capitalized Rvpublican administration
is not progressing with that degree of
encouragement as to results that was
anticipated when Parker was nominat
ed, as Bryan said, by methods that par
took of "trickery and crookedness.'
If the gold standard Is "irrevocably
established," and is not to be inter
fered with, then, of course, it was a
good thing to establish it. All this be
ing admitted and proclaimed by a cer
tain distinguished Democrat through
telegraphie communication to the Dem
ocratic national convention it necessar
ily followed that tire fight "was pract
cally abandoned before it was begun.
An ounce of facts that are ''irrevoc
ably fixed," is worth a whole pound of
threadbare theories that won't hold
WAGEANDHOURS
SOMETHING ABOUT RAILWAY EM-1-LOTES
OF OREGON WHAT
THEY EARN.
Number of Employes, Class of Employ
ment In Wbich They Are Occupied,
Nationalities of Employes, Hospital
Fees, and Other Charges.
their ownyin the wash.
TWEEDLEDUM AND
'"'"" DEE."
TWEED LE
cmc oi .ir. iryan s epigrams ' in
his Indiann campaign are almost equal
to the hifalutin' balderdaah that
haracterized his hop-skip-and-Jumi
speeches four and eight years ago. Here
h is reported as'saying that "if we
can defend the purchase of the Fili
pinos1 we can almi defend the sale of
American citizens."
Ami it is one of the lest known facts
in history that if, Bryan had not gone
to Washington, and by his all-per
suasive iowers inducol the Democratic
Senators to wuprrt the treaty with
Spain, by which we purchased the Phil
ippines anl the Filipino - that
transaction would never have been con
suminatel. The assurance ot this man
is without precedence in the political
hmtory of the countrv.
And, besiiles, why was it le.M d
fensilde to "purchase the Filipinos"
than it was to imrcliaae the Indiana l.v
v -
ir "umin-in in iiiousanos wuen we
eeured "the liui.'dana , countrv from
Fiance during Jefferson's admini
tration for the sum of .1..000HHI?
"If we can defend the purchase of
he Indian in the Louisiana country
ry Jeffers.ii, tli'en we can alo defend
the wile of American citizens."
And B'yan says this is the '
nrnt is.-me. " Oreat anak -!
' para-
Bcst Remedy for Constltpation.
"The finest remedy for constipation
ever ue. i Uhamberlaia's Stomach
and Liver Tablets," savs Mr. Kli But
ler, of Frankville, N. Y. "The act
Fently iinu without any unpleasant ef
fect, and Unvc the lowols in a erfcct
ly natural t-oadition." Sold by all
truggists.
CORRESPONDENCE
Edtior Htatefinan:
Do the rules of the Salem public
sebofds require a teacher to use the
siang expression "cut it out" 4o her
pupils! Jt has come to my hearing
that one of our high school pedagague
is guilty -if m addressing a student.
How dignified she must have appeared
when doine ev. .
. - ? ENQUIREK.
Salem, Oregon, Oct. 19, 11HI4.
The " Labor CommlsMoncr ha Ik'cb
working up data covering the labor sta
tistics of the railway lines of thi utate,
and has. art of hem compiled. Thiv
show the number of men employed,
their hours of labor, wages, and other
matter of interest.
Beginning with the Southern Pacific
company, nis re port says. .
Southern Pacific Company (Line in
Oregon) Kmplovs 13 pasotenger nn
ductors, "J" 'J7 davs tier month. i-r
day at $1 13J30- KU1.30 jkt inont h, (4cKi
io .ooou mnes per monini; to comlnr
tors (mixed), 2d days, hourH, at $lts..
75-li2."0; (13lH miles per month); It
freight conductors, 2ti .)0 days, f z
hours, 18?, - eents per hour r
timet; -"23 passenger, brakeiiun. ( Mi
days, 77,90-S3.r0 (20 rents M-r li..ur
overtime); 12 brakemen. (mixed),
days, m.si.S3.75; 1H yard switi hmen, '."to
days, 10-12 hours, at ' 2!m .'U 0 p-r
day; 13 pasM-nger engineers, ;?0 daya,
8-9 hours, 3'i cents Kr niile (4hmi
miles jer month. ti2 cents per mile over
time); 6 engineers (mixed), SO dav.
8-9 hours, 3 -i cents ier mile f 4m
miles tier month; t2 cents allowed ffr
overtime); 14 freight engineers,."!')
davs. 8-R hours. 4 '-V cents ir .mile
(4KKJ miles month, SO cents overtime);
to" engineers, swith. 30 days. ,1o honr,
3 per day; 3 stationary ' t'ligiiieers, 2s-
3? davs. 10 hours, $3..V i.er dav time
and a half for overtime); 34 maVliinitt
2H-30 .lays. JO hours, 3.10 -5 wr dav:
20 boiler-makers, 28-30 davs. ill liourx.
$34; 41 blacksmiths, 28-30 davs. 10
hours. 2.73 3: IS hehver-. 28 30 davs.
1 lllionra. 1.80 -2..i: 43 -ar reitaireVs.
8-30 days. 10 hours, 2.20-3; 8 car
cleaners. 2H-330 ilavs. lo li.tiim. sl.so-
2.23; 12 ear oder. 28-30 .lavs, M
hours, 2-2.30 Kr day; 3H B. 'and B.
foremen, 28 30 davs, 10 hours, at 4 .';
3(18 H. and B. cannters, 28-30 'davs. 10
honrs. "2.75-3; 28 B. ami B. Iielrwrs.
28-30-days,, lo hours, 2-$2.30; !wi fre-
men of section and extra iranir.-28 30
days, 10 hours. sr0-s)I2? p-r month; T.S.!
section men, 28-30 da 10 hour. waii',-
white, $130-tl.33 -Chinese, fLlOil.33;
(ireeks, 1.2o-1.30: . J'apaiiese.N l,.r,-
I.3H; tH freight liouxe men. 2H-30 dv.
10 IWmrs, 2-2.lO; 6 train dispatcbcri,
30 days. A hours. 133-per month: 137
elegraph operators, 3o ilavs. 8-12 linur
50-18.i ('25-50. cents tier hour nwr-
timej: 32 agents fstation). 3 davs. H
12 hours, :i3-30; 48 office - i-b-rks,. 2h-
30 davs. 8-12 hours. 30 1 lo: 1d3 rail
road firemen. 28-30 davs. 8 10 hHir.,
fi3-$M0. Total, white, (irfck
203; Jajanr-se, 103; Chine-, 30; 20.VI.
Aote all emploves charged 30 cents
per month hospital fees.
Xtimpter Valley Kailway (Vnnpany
Employs 1 passenger ohdn-tor, 2H davs.
per month, 10 hours jht dav, at 3.L'3
er day; . 3 freight condiHfors, 25.
lays, 10 hours, at 3: 1 Mnwncrr
brakeman, -26 davs. 10 hours, at 2; i
freight brakemau, 2ft davs, lo hour,
at $2: 2 vard swit.-hmen. 2fi days, 1
hours, 2.30; 1 panftenger engineer, 25
days, lo hours, at $3.23; 3 paHm-nei
engineers, 26 days. "10 hours, at $3: 1
engineer (switch), 26 davs. 10 hours, t
2.30; 2 engine hostlers'. 26 davs.- 1"
hours,' at $2.23: 3 macliiniwls, .26 days.
10 hours, at $3.43; 1 lK.iler niakr, '-'
days, 10 hours, $3.30; 1 blacksmith, 2'
days, lO hours, at $33; 1 hler, 26
lays, HI hours, at 2.2-; . section-rore-men,
30 days, 10 hours. t ,-.23; ?H
fection men (Japanese), 26 days, 10..
hours, at $1.30; 3 freight house tm-n,
26 days. 10 hour, at $2.30: 6 ofli'-e li-lp-
ers, 26days, 10 hours, at 2."0. Total,
white. 41; Japanese 38; 7J.
fc-alern. rails itv & Western Kail
way Company Kmidovs 1 passenger
and freight conIuctor. 26 davs, 10
hmirs, at $.3 per month; 1 passenger
and freight brakeman, 26 days, 10 hours
at er day; .1 passenger and freinht ,
engineer, 26 days, 10 hours, at $!0 per
month; 1 -section foreman, 30 das, l'
iHiurs, at $0O pT month; 6 section men
26 davs, 10 hours, at $1.73 per day; I
station agent, 26 days, 10 hours, at M'1
1 fireman and engineer. 26 days, J
hours, at $2. --Total, 12.
Oregon Southwestern Ih'w
Company Kmplovs 1 passenger
freight conductor, 26 days jwr nwntt.
lo hours er day, at $o jwr nionto;
pasaenger and freight brakeman. -
days, 10 hours, at $00; 1 pawwenger si
freight engineer, 26 ilaTs 10 hours, at
$100; 1 fireman, 26 days. P hours, a ,
$00; 1 blacksmith. 26 davs. 10 hours, st
3 er day; 2 ear repairers and clean
ers, 26 days, ., hours, at $2.75 per day;
2 weetion foremen, 30 days, 10 hours.
$60 $63 per month: H section men, 28
days, 10 bourn, at $2 j-er day; 1 freight
hots man. 26 davs, JO li.nirs, $"0 per
month; 1 office helper. 26 days, 10 hour
at 473. TotaL 19.
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