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, 1890-11-27
4 PERPETUAL EXPOSITION.

A bright Idea is that suggested In
this mornings REVIEW by "Lady
Albion" and feasible and practical
bic. The coming legislature, 1t is
believed, will appropriate II large
sum for the worlds fair at Chicago.
The money could well be turned to
better advantage. Why not divide
II between Eastern aud Western
Washington, and let IT be expended
upon proposition like this? Ev-
cry county in Eastern Washington
could afford to maintain cvmmis-
sloner here to take charge of its dis
play and to explain Its resource and
advantages to hone.seekers.
In the state of Washington are
thirty-four counties. An uppro-
priation of $34 900 would enable
each county to make perpetual ex-
hibit at the Spokane exposition for
one year, and the people OF Spokane,
with the assistance of outside towns
and counties, could maintain COM
Portable quarters for deserving i'm
migrants who could not afford the
expense of stopping at the regular
hotels. There would have to lie no
bands of music, no extraordinary
methods of entertainment. The
home-seekers would gather here
from all parts of the globe, find ao.
curate maps of the state and its
counties, and gather reliable infor-
nation from responsible commits
sioners from the various counties.
To make conspicuous display at
the worlds fair will require the ex-
penditure of an immense su m, prob
ably five times as great as would he
the cost of maintaining an enter
prise like that outlined above, and
the benefits would not compare with
those of perpetual exposition and
home for immigrants maintained in
our midst. If both could be main
tained ii would 10 all tho better.
But as between the two we believe
that Washington could better lorego
the display at the worlds fair, where
people, as II rule, go to be enter
tanned and astonished, and not to
seek practical information about
new homes. The magnitude of the
worlds fair may daze, but hardly
instruct.
The REVIEW believes that the leg
islature could take the amount pro-
posed for the Chicago exhibit, and
by adding it to the contributions of
towns and counties, maintain for
two years two such displays and
homes--one in Eastern Washington,
the other upon Puget Sound-and
could double the population of the
state and OF all its towns and cities
within the next two years, A few
thousand dollars could he profitably
expended in judicious advertising I'm
the Eastern states aud In the British
isles, France, Germany and the
northern countries of Europe,
An exhibit at Chicago would add
at the utmost Il few thousands, per-
haps hundreds, to our population.
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cigners become alarmed and will
sell to the wreckers at suitable
prices.
Now that the consplrators have
about come to the limit Of their
wrecking profits, the West may
reasonably expect immediate relief;
rolling stock will pour into the Pa
cific Northwest, the wheat, lumber
and coal will be gaily hauled to
market by the thousands of train
loads, the monthly statements of
the companies will show enormous
earnings, and stocks now as fat as
q pancake will sail sky high.
And the world will stand by and
exclaim, "What wonderful finan-
cier Is that man Gould! He can
take bankrupt railroad and give
1t enormous earnings" But the
farmers down in the Palouse will
wish that the roads had been per-
mitted to earn profits few weeks
before Mr.. Gould relaxed his grasp
upon their throats.
The entire scheme Is startlingly
clear and slmple-so simple aud
transparent that there is reason to
hope that 1t will not be repeated for
two or three years,
, 1890-11-27
" VOX POPULLn

When the last of the Plantagenet,
had swept aside all obstacles betweer
himself and the throne of England
1t was arranged that one OF his crea'
lures Of the church should preach {
sermon urging the amounting and
coronation of the "true heir to the
crown" 1t was planned that upon
the kings entrance to the church
the prelate should so time his utter
ances as to give to his call an APP
pearance of divine interposition.
But Richard failed to appear at the
right moment, and the high flight
of eloguence fell fiat. The preacher
repeated the passage when the am
bilious tyrant finally CAME into the
church, but the audience sat through
the affair as silent AS If the occasion
had been n funeral.
1t was then arranged that Rich,
ards udherents should harangue
the rabble; but 80 detested was the
protector" that not a cry was
heard. Fuming with rage, one OF
the speakers bluntly asked the Gro wd
to cry "Long live King Richard"
when faint cheer arose from the
throats of the meaner apprentices.
That was enough. The voice OF
the people was the voice of God, and
Richard Ill assembled the throne of
England.
This bit of history is recalled by
the efforts of in terested corporations
and sellers of the tide lands ut
Seattle to work up a small wave of
public sentiment in favor of the
resistance of the harbor line COM
mission In its execution OF the man
dates OF the constitution. The
whole affair Is absurdly audaclous,
particularly the contention of two
or three railroads to whom the city
of Seattle years ago gave u valuable
strip of the tide lands. The city
council had no more authority to
give away the states tide lands
than would have the city ofSpokane
to give. to the railroads the school
sections adjoining this city. There
is not particle of difference, with
the exception that the states
ownership of the tide lands is even
more absolute than of the school
lands.
When the original states came
into the Union they retained their
sovereign ownership of the Tide
lands, and the supreme court of the
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SPOKANE FANS. nor. "a. 1880
AT LAST,

At last the railroads have shown
q disposition to "render unto Cesar
the things that are Cnsar's." Spo-
kane merchants henceforth will
command the trade of the rich
region of which this city is the nat.
ural metropolis.
Now that the change has been
made, we can more clearly compre-
hend the injustice of the past, and
can only wonder at the pluck and
enterprise of merchants who have
entered into competition with
powerful rivals against dishearten.
ing odds.
Here was young city, the natu-
raj trade center of Eastern Wash
ington and Northern Idaho, reeling
from terrible blow of flame, and
needing every resource that rightly
was hers. Yet In the past, trade
rightly belonging to this stricken
city mas gone to distant cities, over
broad plains, deep rivers and lofty
mountains, and all the while Spo-
kane sat 500 miles nearer the
worlds manufactures, and from
800 to 400 miles nearer the con-
sumers, and all the time In posses
sion of un extensive and magnificent
system of branch lines of railroad.
or course these anomalous con-
ditions could not endure forever,
because they were perversion of
the natural laws of supply and de-
mand, and entailed an extravagant
waste of energy and capital.
We could have wished that rates
had been reduced here and not
advanced at the seaports, but that,
1t appears, was asking too much of
the railroads, who have preferred
to give US relief in another way.
1t Is not necessary to dilate upon
the Importance of this change. That
point will be quickly comprehended
by every man who understands the
apparent proposition that cities are
merely the result of trade, and that
an important addition to the trade
OF a commercial center means an
immediate enlargement of the city
itse1f
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IANiGRi TION.

Hand in hand with the economic
problem goes the question of inn
migration. The problem now con-
fronting the people is the line OF
dcmarcation To be drawn against
/ foreign manufactures and products
and foreign toilers. 1t has taken
congress II long while to reach the
conclusion that the United States
/ should not be made the dumping
ground of the scum of Europe, n
sanitarium for the worlds mental
and physical wcaklings, and II
anctuary for men who have be-
come cmbittered against all govern
mental restraint. At last, how
ever, that conclusion has been
reached; but the immigration
problem is not yet solved, as Is
evidenced by the appearance here
Of a joint commission of congress,
although their presence in this
/ state IL more for the collection of in
formation us to the enforcement of
existing laws restricting Chinese
immigration than for the gathering
of data looking to new legislation.
The Chinese question is practically
settled. The present influx must
be attributed to non-enforcement of
existing laws, and not to the need
OF additional statutes. This diff
Guilty will never cease until our
long border is patrolled more
efficiently.
As n matter of fact demogogic rant
against the Chinese has attributed
too much Importance to the smaller
evils of that class of immigration.
and has thrown the real danger in
the background. The Chinese are
kept here by two classes of employ
ers-railway contractors who en-
ploy them in large numbers, and
the middle and poorer classes who
employ them rs gardeners, house
servants and laundrymen. The
Weather classes, rs n rule, prefer to
employ skilled white labor, which is
more satisfactory, but beyond the
means of the masses.
The real menace of Chinese immi-
grafton is the presence in our midst
of n large element of people whose
religion, heredity, mode of life and
customs are in direct contrast with
those of the Anglo.Saxon race. We
can not assimilate them, and should
not II we could. The negro adopts
our religion, language, mode of life
aud lines of thought, but the China
man clings to the customs of his ma
tive land and regards tho United
States merely as IA temporary abid-
Ing place. If the Chinaman had
come to stay, If he had brought his
family with him, the question
would. indeed, assume alarming
proportions, but as it stands, the
, 1890-11-27
Chinese question, under the prono
enforcement of the existing laws
will bring its own solution.

1t is to Europe, and not TO As,.
that we must look for danger, andy
is upon the shores Of tho AtlanliS
that the greatest barriers must h,
erected. The United States cos
easily receive aud asslmilate all th.
thrifty, industrious immigrants tha,
the British isles, France, Germanv
Sweden, Norway and Denmark car
send across the Atlantic, and cnr
turn them into channels of useful
ness both TO themselves and thai,
adopted country. But the bars will
have to be closed against objection.
able immigrants, from whatevo,
lands they may hail.
1t Is quite clear that the railroads
coal mines, etc, of the country ara
giving employment to hundreds Of
thousands of Foreigners who should
never have been welcomed to thc,o
shores. They debase American cit.
izenship, often defy the enforcement
of the laws, take unkindly to our
language and customs, and are n
constant source of injury to the real
American workingman and men.
ace to the future peace of the land.
The present contract labor act In
some respects Is worse than useless.
II excludes the skilled artisan and
mechanic who may refuse to come
In by pcruring himself, and is a
weak barrier against the dangerous
elements which we are seeking TO
exclude. Whether or not foreign.
er comes here under contract is not
the point for determination of his
fitness. The remedy should be con.
entrated upon an attempt to bar
the Objectionable conner, of what.
ever nationality or creed. Indus.
try and love of freedom should never
I've driven from these shores. Under
the existing law they frequently are
rcpelled, while tho stream that
threatens the purity and safety Of
onr institutions rolls steadily along.
Immigration of the right character
has made this nation. Surely we
have not yet attained the full glory
Of our destiny.
, 1890-11-27
SPOKANE RESI.A LRA NTS.

One can find an in teresting study
In the quick sympathy that exists
between the human brain and the
stomach. The correspondent who
dilates in another column upon the
"horrible hasheries" of the Pacific
coast is evidently suffering from
chronic dyspepsia, and wants a
bottle of pepsin wine and not an Ink
bottle and pen.
In this city, as In all others, there
are restaurants and restaurants
good, bad and Indifferent; but to
the dyspeptic all are alike, and all
are inferior and horrible.
A dyspeptic's opinions upon this
subject are about as valuable as
would be the views of one who is
color blind upon the changing hues
of glorious sunset. No matter
how excellent the cuisine or how
admirable the service, he can find
nothing to his taste, nothing suf-
ficiently palatable to put into his
stomach, for the simple reason that
his taste has become vitiated and
his stomach incapable of appreciat-
ing the good things and delicacies
of the market. Let us speak in pity
OF such unfortunates. They suffer
and know not what they do.
Immediately after the great fire
1t required not an epicure, nor yet
dyspeptic, TO sit in adverse judg-
ment upon the Spokane restaurants.
They were all bad, but some We're
worse than the others. In those
days of tent life and free and easy
gambling, of poodling and general
excitement, tough waffles and imi-
tation honey were good enough for
the millionaire, and IL the waiter
dropped your waffle upon the dirty
floor, and you were proud and par
ticular enough to reproach him bit
terly for not wiping it Off upon his
dirty trouser legs and got kicked out
Of the place for your pains, you got
no sympathy from the bystanders,
who merely remarked that it served
the dude right for being 30 particu.
lar and dainty.
In those days Dutch Jake ran
about the best eating house in the
,lty. There were no flies about
Dutch Jake's place. The tobacco
smoke and beer fumes killed them
leader than door nail. 1t was
eal interesting to dine in the big |
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! gambling tent then. The buzz OF
the wheels of fortune, the click OF
ivory chips and the loud calls of tho
gamblers made a lively nccompani-
Inent to the rattle aud clntter Of
knives and forks. II you were
sportivcly inclined, perhaps Dutch
Jake would give YOU your supper
for nothing, aud possibly II ticket to
the thcater beside. But this was
uncertain, and occasions were fire.
qucnt when patrons had to pay $40
or 500 for plate OF ham and eggs.
a great many men complained In
those days of the heavy cost Of liv-
ing In Spokane Falls.
But those horrible conditions have
passed away, and good restaurants
and hotels arc numerous In Spo-
kane Falls, nor are the prices
charged unreasonable. In num-
Der of eating houses the food Is of
the best, the cookery Is excellent
and the service satisfactory 10 any
reasonable man. "a LOCKER Oh in
Venice" evidently has avoided these
places or he is terrible sufferer
from dyspepsia.
During the session of tho immi-
ton committee this question OF the
cost of living came up and was
briefly discussed. A representative
Of the knights of Labor complained
of the high cost of living.
"Tbat Is strange" observed Rep
resentative Stump OF Maryland. II
came up the street n few moments
ago and observed II Sign in front of u
restaurant announcing that square
meals would be served for 10
cents. Now, thought that was re-
markably cheap. How do you ac.
count for that? Does the proprietor
lose money!"
mo" was the reply of the labor
man. ''It's the fellow who eats
who loses"
II don't know about that,n re-
joined the congressman. "The
display in front was just such food
as j eat. 1t might have been n
decoy."
Every city is filed with men
who are forever seeking On object
as elusive and fascinating as the
alchemists stone or the wonderful
fountain of youth which Ponce de
Leon sought in the wilds of
Florida-a first-class restaurant
where they charge second-cass
prices. Many of them blossom
brightly for n day, only to vanish
and add fresh disappointment to
the hopes of hundreds. sit is n
consunmation devoutly to be
wished" but unattainable and inn
possible.
, 1890-11-27
COL. JVINSTON'.S SC.HEJfE.

Colonel Patrick II. Winston's
state railway proposition certainly
possesses the merit of being start
lingly novel. More than that, it
will probably become quite popular
down in the Palouse and all through
Eastern Washington, because the
farmers are smarting under their
grievances, and many of them will
hail with eagerness any proposition
smacking ut the same time of retail
iatory tactics and measures of relief.
The railroads have brought this
upon themselves, and if they were
to be the only sufferers by the enact.
ment of such dangerous aud heroic
remedies, no fault could be found
with the scheme. Unfortunately,
the state and the people would ulti-
mately pay dearly for very ex-
pensive piece of paternalism, for the
road would become a football for
the politicians, and would end in
bankruptcy OF the states finances
and the ruin of the farmer stock
holders. Then one OF the trans
continental lines would step in and
buy the line for less than the price
of the steel rails.
Our oratorical friend, Colonel
Winston, has argued so ably against
his own proposition that anything
the REVIEW might say would neces-
sarily be more or less of IA supple
mentary nature. The obstacles
are great and numerous. For one,
the work probably transcends the
powers of the state. For another,
the cost of building such line, after
the Northern Pacific, the Great
Northern and the Seattle, Lake
Shore u Eastern have secured the
most available passes through the
rugged Cascade mountains, would be
enormous, and the time required to
remove constitutional limitations,
realize upon the bonds, select the
route, locate the road, and build
through the mountains and bridge
the Columbia river would he so great
that the people would despair before
relief came.
In other words, Mr.. Winston pro-
poses to bring the patient distant
relief by prescribing u desperate
remedy, when the people already
hold within their hands a safe, GER
tain and speedy cure, costing little
and Immediately applicable. The
patient Is suffering from severe
cold. and Colonel Winston proposes
to expend $l2,000,OO0 In order to
treat it four or five years hence for
the last stages of consumption.
Mr.. Winston admits that the road
would probably not pay. Is not
that an admission that the present
roads are not charging exorbitant
rates? If the road could not be
made to earn operating expenses at
lower rates than those charged by
the present lines, the people would
have to pay the difference. The
state Is not in duty bound to do the
business of the people ut less than
cost.
Very likely the roads are charg-
ing too much. The legislature has
ample powers 10 remedy that, aud
, 1890-11-27
GOULD THE WRECK-ER.

Just as wreckers thrive in wild
storms which dash dismantled ships
upon cruel coast, or as camp fol-
lowers find their richest reward in
the dark night that follows a battle,
Jay Gould prospers and triumphs
when other financlers are In dire
distress.
There never yet blew wind of
panic and distress that failed to
bring him renewed wealth. Recent
developments indicate that the
leopard has not changed his spots.
Gould's patience is wonderful.
He bides his time, though it be
years in coming, and he is always
prepared to strike. A combination
of adverse circumstances brought
him the present opportunity He
beheld the rising storm cloud when
IL broke over the Argentine Repub-
lie, and at once began to prepare for
the stress of wild weather that was
to carry the broken barks of fortune
| to his control. His schemes were
furthered by the mismanagement of
at least two of the roads that are
now reported to have passed into
his control. In the minds of many
suspicion will ever lurk that Mr..
Gould himself had somewhat to do
with the decreased earnings of the
systems upon which he had set his
covetous gaze. A knowledge of the
methods of the man strengthens
this suspicion.
For months the earnings Of the
Union Pacific have been cut down
by reason of n lack of rolling stock.
The lumber trade of the North west
has been paralyzed. The crops have
not been moved, and the road has
failed 10 earn money because it
could not handle n tithe of the busi-
ness that the country offered it, and
not by reason Of natural causes.
The Northern Pacific Is in nearly
the same position. IL can not sup
ply the people with coal from its
own mines. 1t can not carry away
the lumber of Puget sound and the
wheat of Eastern Washington for
the reason that 1t has no rolling
stock. In other words, the COM
pany has no railroad. Wrecks and
accidents have been frightfully fire.
qucnt upon both systems during the
past year-not because Mr.. Gould or
his tools in the old management
employed men to wreck trains, but
because it was probably part
of the policy of the wreckers to per-
init these great systems to 'run
down" in efficiency.
If the Northern and the Union
Pacific had been hauling away the
mighty crops OF the Northwest dur
ing the last two months instead of
permitting accidents to happen here
and there, they could have been
earning such phenomenal profits
that their stocks would have with
stood tho assaults of the bears, the
Western country would now be up
on the topmost wave of prosperity,
and the panic would have been
nothing more than n furry.
But wreckers thrive not by such |
admirable methods. 1t is n part of
their cunning plan TO alarm the
foreign bond ana stock kholders by |
them that the United |
States is going to the devil, and its
railroads are upon the verge Of
because they can not
pay operating expenses, The for
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Is gone and the evil effects are be-
ginning to pinch the people, would
be both short-sirhtcl and childish.
, 1890-11-27

The greater part OF tho ocean bed 10
pitch dark.
, 1890-11-27

cigners become alarmed and will
sell to the wreckers at suitable
, 1890-11-27
METAL QUOTATIONS.

Bar silver--New York, tL02is.
Bar silver London, 47d.
Copper Nominal,
Lead-Easy; domestic. $3.50
Tin--Dull and nominal
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1890-11-14

"A great many Of our citizens are
ont in the woods on The annual hunt
of the Pascagoula Gun Club. The
big hunt came of yesterday. The
hunters are not in yet, and we are not
able to give the result, consequently
we do moi know at whose expense we
will he called upon 70 take game
supper.
MIR. A. G. Proctor, Of the Chicago
Graphic, Frank I. Bennett and Mr.. s.
Z. Gross have been in our town for a
few davs this week. While here they
were the guests of our tOwnsman,
Mr.. Thos. S. Clarke. As they dipped
line IN the Pascagoula while here
their fate is sealed-they will have TO
come back.
GRADED JERSEY MILK Cow FOR
SALE.-Oue Sevcnth-Eighth Jersey
Milk Cow, without calf, three years
old. Has been in milk since March
last and yields over a gallon of rich
milk. Also yields five pounds of but
ter per week. Will he in milk again
this winter. Price $50.
Apply TO
DEMocRAT-STAR OFFICE.
Howard Il. Stewart, d. ID. s.. (of
w. D. Stewart & Sous, Dcutists,) will
be in Scranton on the 18th of each
month, to remain until the 1sI. Spe-
cial attention given TO crown aud
bridge work and correction Of irregu-
lsrilies. Gas administered. Patients
visited at their homes along the coast
when requested. Will be IN Pass
Christian from the lst TO tic Sth OF
each month.
DoN'T borrow your neighbor S
DEyocRAT-STAR; get one of your
own.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1890-11-14
THE ICE FACTORY.

There was 10 have been full meet
ing Tuesday lasi of those who have or
may take stock ~ the ice factory al
this placr, hut we were sorry to see
that so few were present, out those
that did report talked straight busi-
ness. Mr.. A. q. Proctor, represent
ing the Chicago capital, made most
liberal offer, in fact, more liberal
than we had right to expect. He
proposes, on his own behalf and of
those he represents, 10 take at least
two-ilirds of the entire amount nee
esSary 10 put the factory in successful
operation within sixty days if our cit
izens will only take the balance.
This balance is not wanted simply to
raise money, but TO get each and
every Que who holds a share to feel
an Interest in its welfare. The great
est probabilities are that stockholders
will never have TO reach down into
lheir pockets for more than fifty per
cent. of the amount subscribed. For,
by the liberal time given, the factory
will nearly ifnot quite pay its own in
debtcdncss 10y the time the payments
fall due. Gentlemen, 'Ihere's mill
lions in it," Come up aud subscribe
al once.