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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1893)
"L-- 3 CHEAPEST ssoclated Press Daily News paper Published on the Pacific Coasti $3.00 a Year. ONE CENT DAILY! SB eta. moBtk by Mail Prepaid ta Advance, No Papon Sent Whw Tims It Out. CAPITAL JOURNAL. VOL. 6. DAILY EDITION. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1893. DAILY EDITION. NO.J8l. BOOTS, SHOES ISO IDIIAR ! A good assortment from cheap to best grades. Wo buy for CASH and sell for CASH, and . WILL SAVE YOU From 15 to 25 percent, on all your purchases. The New York Racket when you want Oil Clothing, Gpssamers, Macintoshes, Kubber Hat", wool and lur hats, hosiery and notions. E. T. BARNES. State Insurance Block, 333 Com'l St. Ed. C. Cross, Choice feats Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fresli, Salt and SmokedMeat8.of a lUinds 95 Court and 110 State Streets, K. Meeker & Co,, Hop Exporters OFFICE, Oberheirn Block, up stairs, Salem. 4 W. A. TEMPJETON, Gcn'l Agent. - CHURCHILLlPtimps.Piimps.PiiEaP BURROUGHS State Street. POLITICAL rails Opinions of the Great Leaders. ON TOE WILSON TARIFF BILL What Has Become of That In come Tax? MMLEi'S OPINION OF TOE BILL The Government, in Trosblo About the Chinese. NO PAIN Is experienced when you get your teeth extract Tm CONTRIS, as he uses the Hale method. Jold or ror Skin ownTnstrted. All kinds of plate work done. Badge work and fine gold fillings a specialty. Dental Parloiis, Over Gray Bros, eod - Now Here JK. ex. nd More Coming. Holiday Goods Tb? Neufcjst, Most Attractive " u,.. hv oennv's worth, as wo can please See our Mammntn atoca "'""--: yoabtofi.ll,.ndnBurey-vwg & SALISBURY. THE NEW WILLAMETTE .STABLES Completed and ready to waU on cuatomerB Horse. d Express to Barn and residence 2 bloc souw. u. p- Wilflon's Tariff BUI. Washington, Nov. 28. Chairman Wilson of the committee on ways and menus has Issued a statement in regard to toe tarifl bill, the gist ot which It contained in the following Introductory paragraph: "The Democratio members of the committee have fell aa no others could feel the momentous responsibility resting upon them, and the magnitude of the ditllculty and the delicacy of the duty assigned them, of framing a tariff bill for a nation of 70,000,000 people. In the bill tbey are called on to reform is a vast labyrinthine system of class tax ation, culminating thirty years' control of the taxing poWor by a few interests gathering into their train a host of pet ty toll-gathering. It was carefully framed to prevent aa long aa possible what the author calls 'any monkeying with the tariff,' by which he meant -juy successiui euon ui mu peo ple to eradicate the slnecuiei which Us beueflcianea were permitted Uvwrlce-tuereiu in-thelr own words and own figures. It transferred to the free list the proper aud fruitful revenue of articles where most of the taxes paid by the people were received by the gov ernment, and greatly increased the rates on those articles all or most of the taxes on whloh paid by the people went into private coflora, and it was bolstered about bv many defenses, chief among which are a swept and garnish. ed treasury aud a swollen ana coio&sai scale of permanent expenditures. Such are the conditions that confronted us at the outset of our work. The committee htTd welcomed information and coun f e! from every trustworthy source, and, w.iilethey do not expect their bill to escape Just criticism in all Ita details, they do present it to the country as the result of months of patient, anxious fu. nd of an honest desire to dis charge their duty, purged of all taint of local and personal favoritism or prejuu Ice. Ita main features are twe: First The adoption, wherever It seems practi cable, of ad valorem Instead of speclfled duties. Becond-The freeing from taxes of those great materials of industry that lies at the basis of production." THE SYSTEM PBOPOSKD. The statement continue by saying that the speclfled duties were oojecuuo ttblebecauw tbey can be used to con 0i f.n-rouslv large and Inequitable taxation, aud because iney ieau readily to frauds,as weighers and couu ters at the custom houses are cheaper and more easily corrupted labor than those under the ad valorem system. Moreover the ad valorem system has worked well in practice andlsessen- fair. It defends me wus "B materials on tue grouuu on proaucuu" The thin edge of American manufac tures has entered every country, and with free raw materials there is no limit to the growtb)of our foreign trade with incalculable advantage to labor The statement continues by saylnc that in every great line of manufacture we can produce enough for homo con sumption in six to nine months and we can get rid of our Burplus only by ex port; that trado cannot bo built up so lone as raw materials aro taxed, hence the formations of trusts to keep down the production to the great detriment of labor. The statoment then points out the various Items of reductions In the schedule, including sulphurlo acid, to the free list because of Its general use; castor oil from 85 to 35 cents per gallon; Unseed oil from 35 to 15 cents per gallon; pig lead from 2 cents to 1 per pound, thus reducing the price of paints. It declares the increase of the duty on opium to (12 per pound by the McKlnley bill simply put the business into the hands of the smugglers on the Pacific coast. The present bill put It where It Is thought it can bo collected. The duty on common window glass Is reduced more than half, which will stimulate homo production, because it has been produced under trust condi tions. There is also a marked reduc tion In plate glass. SILVER WILL 11 K ItEAKD. Silver will assert its right to a hear ing in connection with the tariff. It will come In the shape of a proposition to put a duty on silver Importations. In the senate, if the plans of those who have the matter in hand do not mlscar ry, au effort to secure this luuovation will be made in connection with the metal schedule, and it will bo coupled with the item concerning lead and sil ver-lead ores. The purpose of this movement is two-fold. It may prepare the way for the free coiuago of the American product of silver, and it la expected to prevent counterfeiting the A uerlcan dollar In other oountii.'S ai d the sending of counterfeit coins to the United States. GOING AFTER DEFAULTERS. Doodling Bankers Indicted in Illinois. CLAN NA GAEL FIXING JURORS. A PromlncHt Cook County Official Implicated. Bask Officers. Jacksonville, Ills., Nov, 28. The grand jury has Indicted tho officers of the Ceutral National bank and Savings association. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report RoYal Baking m& IWfflrtVl ABSOLUTELY PORE ANOTHER STATEMENT. Little Napoleon's Word. Cleveland, Nov. 28. Go vernor Me Ktuley was aske'd his oplulon of the Wilson tariff bill.- He said he had not read the ubstract of tho measure ond bud only glanced through Wilson's re view af It. He bald It wussucu a meas ure as lie nau expeciea, yet a nice more sweeping thau he bad anticipated. It was, however, In line with the ex pressed determination of democracy to ligunre the business Interests and the workiug people of the country. The objectionable feature of the bill was the substitution of ad valorem for specific duties. That alone ought to defeat the entire measure. The ad valorem sys tem, ho says, rests upon foreign valua tion which is bard to deterinluo and It puts a premium upon undervaluation frauds. Chinese Begistration. Washington, Nov. 28. The treas ury department Is somewhat concerned over the prospect of Chinese registra tion under the new law passed upon the eve of an adjournment of the extra session aud uuder which the depart ment has just Issued regulations. Tho supposition is that the Chinese will comply with thelaw.butnoonecan say Tho Oronln Oase. Chicago, Ills., Nov. 28. In the Dan Cougbltn case this morning tho prosecuting attorney stntod that the state would dismiss three jurors sup posedly put on the jury In the Interest ofCougbliu and not prosecute them. A prominent oounty official is reported to be Implicated in fixing the jury. OPIUM SMUGGLING OASES. Trial of William Dunbar in the Federal Oourt. Pohtland, Nov. 28. Tho trial of William Dunbar, on ohargo of smug gling opium, began InthoUnitod (States district court this morning. Tho en tire forenoon was consumed In select ing of jury. William Dunbar was arraigned on the Indiotment roturned against him by the graud jury Saturday, uhargtug with smuggling opium on nine count, and pleaded not scuilty. District At torney Murphy asked that his oaso be consolidated with that sot for trial to day, whloh was done with tho oonsont of the defendant's oounsol aud the cases will bo tried together, beginning this mornlng,and will probably occupy tho attention of the United States dls trlpt court during tho remainder of this week. The oharaotor and .strength, .of.the evidence ofthe government agalust the smugglers will be shown lu tno trial of the 0490 against Djubar, Blum will In all probability bo the most Import ant of the government's witnesses, but it Is understood that his evidence will be corroborated In all particulars. DENOUNCED BY REED. The Ex-Speakor Says It Is About as Bad as Oduld Be. Washington, Nov. 28. Ex-Speaker Tom Reed, of the ways and means o m mlttee, says: "Of course It is very oasy for tho gen llemen who prepared the bill to give their views, since they havo been busi ly engaged lu the wrrk for a number of weeks, while tho first the minority heard of tho bill was at 11 o'clock today. Tho Democraoy has taken the lion's share of the committee. It has done this for a purpose, fur while the North ern Democrats are represented upon the committee, tbey are represented In such a way that the South holds a very utrango and unfortunate predomluu THE OLD RELIABLE NORTH SALEM MEAT MARKET, J. H. ALLEN, Prop. The very best of meats at all times, nd the hest of service. iQrOpposlte wauo-BDw- . CtTSICK. I'rtaldent IT. ALBERT. Catbler. Capital National Bank tlally list of raw that the taxes Steamer fllfona FOR PORTLAND. Leave. BoU doe M&n?r?Und at do Krtdayi 7:J8 a. in., arriving In roruu ThunMlay. and Saturday, at .. rui uroo ior p- - landing rrogru uu ROUND TIUP unlimited) U.W. J DT? SALEM. Prompt atjenil "Sna- Mid on tb vS&s&r E.M. fHOISAl, 7S or UiuTIN JJ.'V. MATTHKWS, HAKTIK, Vf, A CUBIC. J.H.ALBKBT. ' jjirtcUr. E.JLWAITEPBINTLNGCO. nnnimnnn AUD JOB raw wo no One wai -AND Leaal Blank PublMiera. I . I m AAnSlliTl double wrong, cumumuuB """" ers and hurting labor by narrowing the market. They are made fr for be further reason that no other ooan- can no coropeiiuu" wu . ca' .. -..,1 freedom from taxation Ui 10 iu"i - ....,.. .1Mlnn mU8t immente y ,"-,her of ore, cna i lumoer, ' - -tZ in certain parts of the country. "youngwives .. wh mother And eilw. ..MOTHER'S FRIEND" definitely nntll the experiment la tried. tiou As tuer industrial status Is very Officials themselves are as mucn in tue dark aa anyone. It is said the intelli gent Chinamen generally did not ob ject to registration and really looked upon it as a means or personal protec tion, but the bulk of them would be controlled by their employers now as formerly. They do not, as a race take kludly to having their photographs taken for the purpose, but there is no reason to suppose that this objection will long stand In the way of compli ance wltn the law, If the Six Com panles and their attornoys be not ob durate. much different to the average of the whole country, it necessarily follows, and absolutely, In fact, has followed, that the bill Is abo-it as bad as could be reasonably Imagined. This may not be true with regard to every item, but it Is certainly truo with regard to tne most Important matters In the bill." The Bill Explained by Breckinridge, of Arkansas. Washington, Nov. 28. Clifton R. Breckinridge of Arkansas, one of tho prominent majority members of tho committee, explained the mln features of tha bill as follews: "Tno revouuo UlfllcuUy, caused by thereooat panto, la temporary ouly, aud It will doubtlfias bo provided for by u temporary oxpedlent. "W cannot generalize on this, but taking matters at a mora normal state, it may bo bo said that we must provide for $50,000,000 or possibly less, lu wayB not expressed lu tho new tariff. This will follow very soon, in ttmo to he In corporated with tho present bill. But as this is not expeoted to bo of a charac ter to materially u fleet manufacture or trade, and as tho people wore extreme ly anxious to know what wo proposed doing in regard to tho tariff, we con oluded to make tho uow bill public as soon aa It was dually oomptotod. To a very great extent wo have substituted ad valorem for epeolfla dutlos. "This seems Ind spnsablo If we are to equalize tho tariffs and the burdens of the people. Many of the Irregulari ties whloh aro corrected are astonish ing. Tho administrative tarl(! laws have fouud,approval far more than was expeoted, aud it Is believed that the few changes proposed are in accord with exporlonco aud will moot with general support. "We have struck out from tho tarlfr all tbosa features that distinguished it as a 'combine' and placed what Is usu- ally known as 'raw materials,' suoh as wool, coal, Iron oro, wood, and the like, on the free list. "A few chomloals are added to tho free list, and tho cruder forms of manu factures, suoh as pig-Iron aud similar articles are greatly reduced f om their prcoiit;tremely bUi duties. We re fuso tho extraordinary protection tliuf is now given to transportation; thai Is, we do not grant rates that w It enahlo an artlclo, especially a orudo or bulk artlolo, that is produced In ono part of our vast country to overcome tho groat cost of transpirtatiou to romne local ities, beyond the range of Its reasonable or natural market. "The present tarlf! rates makotbo most of suoh artlolos oppressive to both the remote and r asonably noar-by lo calities, while a less rato will relieve both people, and as consumption In creases, when extortion Is prevented, tho trado will be m Intilntd, tf,lndeed, It bo not greatly Improved. "With freo raw materials and the tarifl stripped of Its most odious aud oppressive features, wo give to con sumers and producers alike a larger Hold for the employment of labor, bet ter returns aod a more aoutiuant par. tlclpallon In the rewards aud comforts of life." A CALM RBVIhW. At a session of tho city council to night the question of issuing more, bonds will bo settled. There are not many more warrants afloat now than at the beginning of tho year, unless street ImprovemonV warrants are counted. The question whether the Wurrauts outstanding should be funded or uot Is tho vital one to be settled by the couucil. From tho standpoint of economy there Is only way to do, and tha. Is to fund tho warrauts outstanding, draw ing eight per cent. Into six per cent, bonds. Warrants outstanding repre sent expenditures already incurred. It Is Impossible to retronoh on a debt ex cept to got it to drawing a lower rate of Interest and oreato a sinking fund and pay It (iff. The street Improvements, streetcar systems, city hall lighting system ami waterworks Improvements the last year, aro all that has riven Salem any met ropolitan position and standing. It Is all that has given a Working man or a teamster with a family any obance of employment Wh'le It has cost money the cltlze i and the property owner have had as near valuo received aa any city government under all the cendl-. lions could ensure. The hard times and distress Jelr. so keenly In other cities or tbo Valley nd the Sound, that has about depopulated soma, of them and rondored their property worthless, bas.not boon felt In Balom. There baa been no matorlal oe&sattou of Improve ments and Salem Is today the beat toW't on the c asr. ' Greater economy In the city govern ment Is dealrabto. It la unuy ildible and Imperative that oxpensef be brought within the city's Income unless its revenues are Increased. The tea mill limit of taxation has boon reached slnco many years, and cannot be in creased. But reductions and economy are a romedy only for the future. Funding alone will reduce debt tint la already Incurred. Our city finances should ha put aa a oash basis. Warrants should be at par. As it Is now mouoy Is stored up a year in advanco to pay the coupon clipper Interest oil city boudi. But workisg or business mau w o gets a warrant must suffer a sovere dlscouot. This should not be. Whatever business tl city does It should do it at a par bU. It should not ropudlato or discrim inate. This Is plain to any man. Oarlln'a Successor. Washington, Nov. 28. The pros! dent has annolnted Col. F. S. Otis, of the 20th Infantry, to be brigadier gou sral. to flit vacancy caused by the re tirement of Grueral Carlln. Wilson Not Provided Por. Washington, Nov. 28. -Chairman Wilson says there Is no truth in the re port that the president ofTered to pro vide nlmwl'b a lucrative Judicial ap pointment If he should be defeated for congress In autumn, as a result of plac ing coal on the free list. Wilson has had no cousultatloo with President Cleveland regarding the bill. TUB MARKETS. BAN Fkancibco, Nov, 29. Wheal, Dec. Il.m Ciiicaoo.Nov 29 -Cash, OljMay 68J. PniiTLAM). Nov. 29. Wheat fall. .65; Walla Walla .B5. Paul Plre. OM.01TV, Pa- Nov. 2 A fire this morolog destroywl an entire block con slrtlog of twelve pr fifteen buildings. Isma, hundred tbouumd dollars. Mrs. Shields sad three children are ujUslog. Sugar hasgono down another inlf cont, and now if you want some order at onoo. Clark & Eppley, Court street. Overcoats at cost at tho Woolea M H Btore. 4 J. O. Wright has the genuine SwIm cheese, fresh oranges, lemons, crHbr rles, raisins, nuts, and alleesoBM delicacies, State of Ohio, CUy of Toledo ss Lucas County, Frank J Cheney mattes oatii tnai ne I tho senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In thr city of Toledo, couniy an 1 slate afore stld, and that said firm will nay the nunnrea oonr ior eni uiim nr (ion and evrrycasHof catarrh lhat cannot be cured by tbo use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FiunkJ. Chunky, Sworn to before me aud subscribed In my prenM this 6th dsy of Decem ber, A. D 1886. Lv, A. W. OlbaboN J Seal NoUry Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts directly on me oiooo aou ruu onus surfaces to the system. Send for teatlmnnlsls, ft. F.J CIIB.1HV& Co., Toledo, Ohio, afirdold by drugtclsU, 76 eta. Dtvlson's market lias the flnt drnaMl turkeys In town. See his dis play before buying. PAOIFIO RAILWAY EEOEIVBRB. Fixing Big Salaries for tho Reorgani zation. Omaha, Nov, 28.-Recelycra Clark, Mink, Anderson,- Doane and Coudert, of the Union Pacific, this morning peti tioned tho United States district oourt for au order fixing t lielr salaries at f 1600 each per month. NKW Yokic, rov.28. At yesterday's meeting of Ibe Union Paclflo Railway reorganization committee, It was set tled that reorganization mujt Include tbt whole Union Pacific system. Fears of disintegration may be set at rest. The Oregon Railway & Navigation company lease wilt, h wever, be a puzzle. Hello Gaining Ground. Nkw Youk, Nov. 28, The latest advices from Brazil say Melo Is galn Ing sympathy dally. Schooner Asaoro. Nuw Yoiik, Nov.28.A four-matd schooner is ashore off Fire Island, with tbo crew of nine men and one woman lu the rigging. Jdreyllng at DAvUonU market, 2t dls- Fresh Osh at Davison's market, M 2t I Court St, 2t How's Your Liver? Ia tho Oriental salutation, 1 knowing that gdod health J cannot exist without a healthy Li vor. When tho Liver is torpid tho Bow ols aro sluggish and con- 4 Btipatod, tho food lies in tho stomach undi pasted, poisening: tho blood; frcaucnt hoAuacha ensues; a reeling of lassi tude, despondency and jiorvousncaa Jndicato how tho whole system I de ranged. Simmons liver Itcgulator has hcon the means of restoring mora Iicoplo to health and inppinosa by giving thu a heulthy Liver than any agency Known on earth. . It acta with extraor dinary power and oiHoy. NCVCR BtCN ISANIHT, L ft c tair1 fmllr rtdr for TufpU Uf. OusitlpMlM. ., 1 1 im wirmiD tit, na m ..inl.ut In lh Wt nrulandl It U ftimott a prftt nu tof U le4 at U A ft (' ftmllr rtdr for sjiMSMM, u,ne.,iini i eft pi StvuuUt mi oH. W. J. Mc T, NsftM, Us. 4, nn.h..M.wBtKta.Com1tmt. v, fr,i,ht and UfkrU "WW to,7JC, ell. yftinUl A do, UoUnaa bjn. 11-Hm A.