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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-07-09
THE CURSE OF TRADE.
The Credit System the Balm OF Society,
and Ruinous to Many.

The Credit System the Balm OF SOctety,
and Ruinous to Many.
East Oregonian. "The farmers are
kicking" said storekeeper the other
day. as he wrapped up a couple of
pounds OF Goldfish, "bnt they have no
greater reason for it than the merchants
have. The credit system is the curse of
trade. and the ruin of many a man that
deserves better fate. Nearly half of
what sell over my counters goes on my
books. The interest on the amount /
have on my books is greater than the
profit on the goods am selling. There
are too many people ont of money
who seem to think that the storekeeper
owes them living"
The storekeeper is right. The credit
system is the curse of trade, and one of
the shackles which hangs like a great
weight on the necks of the producers.
1t increases the price of products with
out comforting benefits. 1t takes from
Mr.. Good Pay to meet the debts of Mr..
Bad Pay.
There is II remedy for the accursed
credit system and that remedy is, abolish
all laws for the collection of debts.
With these laws abolished it would not
be safe to trust, and if a man should
another he would do it from personal
grounds and with his eyes wide open.
+ By abolishing these laws the expense
of the courts and the fees of the legal
servants would be much decreased and
labor would be released of burden
which is depressing it at present, The
whole world would be better for it.
We would like to know what right the
state has, anyhow, for stepping in and
making Tom pay Harry when Harry
| trusted Tom voluntarily? Let every
man take the consequences of his own
voluntary acts. Let the state keep its
hands off of individual rights. This is
what is meant by good government
economically administered. Paternal
government means that the state should
look out for and protect the individual.
| That is the form of government which
soon runs down at the heel. It aims
to keep up the individual when in the
order of things the individual must keep
the government up. At present the
people. are oppressed by too much
paternalism and they must arise to the
occasion and eradicate it. Simplifcation
should be the cry! Our greatest need is
tsimpler forms of taxation; simpler sis.
TENS simpler laws, simpler government
and we would then have better times
better conditions, better meE. It car
come in no other way The law for the
collection of debts is one of the compli
cations which must be exterminated
Common sense dictates it; intelligence
demands it; twenty-century civilization
insures it. The new democracy is the
implement with which it will be. accom-.
plished.
The credit system is the system
handed down. to us from the ages of the
masters and slaves.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-07-09

CHARACTER OF TRAMPS
Some DiSagrseably Cogent Statistics by
Prot. McCook.
APPARENTLY NO PHYSICAL STATUS.
In Intellect The Tramp is Decidedly Be-
low The Average.
NO PHYSICAL STATUS.
low The Average.
HIS RIGHT TO VOTE ouEsrI~ NED.
The Investigator Seems to Think

CnIcAGo, July 9.-Prof. John McCook
of New York has issued paper giving
the results of some painstaking research
es into the character and habits of the
tramp. The papers is not compliment
tary to trampkind. And the absence of
anything fiattering is enforced by some
disagreeably cogent statistics. The in
to be decidedly below the average. The
statistics as to his physical status are
even less pleasing. Apparently he has
no physical status. But the important
part of Prof. McCook's discoveries re-
lates to the tramp citizen. Exactly
,349 tramps, casual dodgers and vag-
rants were questioned and Il considerable
fraction of them stated that they had
voted, and mentioned the places where
their last ballot had been cast. '.Noth-
ing," continues Prof. McCooE, ought TO
blind us to the fact that those people
have no proper right to vote in 4 country
which depends SO Immediately upon the
general intelligence and decency of the
individual elector." The average voting
Citizen would not care to dispute this.
But whether or not the tramp, as an
| adult male native of America, has the
right to exercise suffrage would be fine
point for ethical discussion. The min
ute he ceases to be a tramp he should
have the right, of course. But before
that tramping is his profession, and who
ever heard of a mans profession disqual--
| flying him as Il citizen? Probably the
menace is not SO serious as the investi-
gator seems TO think. The adoption by
many states of the Australian ballot will
be one of the means of preventing the
confirmed tramp from voting. Presum
ably he has heretofore voted just for the
'fun of the thing. And there would be no
fun in having to take slip of paper into
a closet and work over it with no pros
pect of future payment in beer or silver
dollars.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-07-09
On the Fourth.

Western Democrat. As the American
eagle scared over this great country on
the glorious Fourth, it paused on out
stretched pinions over the Omaha con
vention and was distinctly heard to
shriek-Great Caesar.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-07-09
western Humor.

Seattle Telegraph. The Oregon crowd
and their confederates in this state sue
ceeded in postponing the canal by
weighing it down with the boat railway
scheme, which had no chance of passage.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
BALTIMORE 4 ONO TIME TABLE,
In Eject Sunday, Nov. Is, 1902,
WEST BOUND,

- No. 5. Vestibuled Limited "Dc W.. leave,
Sew YORK l2:l5 q, m, Phila, S15; BALTIC. I0.sI
WASH ll:O arrive at Martinsburg 1,4O n. m
~ lineage 100 O. m, connects at HaneocE
t b,r Berkeley Springs and at Cunt erland Tor
No. I. yestibuled Express "pailv !. ls.va.
New York 1;3O p. m, Phila. 4O5 RaIta s.,s
Wash; s:i5 arrives atMartinsbnre i1.sS n mo m
and Chicago 990p. m. = ~
=, No. J. Vestibuled Limited DAILY IS lesy.s
new YORK, 300 a. m, Phila l1;35 Balto 0.an s
m.,: wash $40 arrives at Martinsburv 5.s6 n
m; Cincinnati 745 4. M, ST. Louis 6.S5 \ l, ~
connects at4llancock for berkeley Sprinespt az -.
=, NO. 3. vestibuled Express ssDaily." Ieavas
I MeW u rk 3DO p, m, Phila1 722; Baltic l0.si
~ ~ ash. ll:so arrives at Martinsburg I:45 a m
CINCINNATI 5:l5p. m; and st. Louis us n m Y
No y PittsburE Express DAILY. . leaves Na,y
York las0 p. m, Phila 4.05 BALTIC IN M
wash SaS arrives at Martinsburg i1:O6 n mn ~
and Pittsburg go a. m. --'0O y Hi''
no. ID baltimore and Cumberland Acco,ro
dation Daily" leaves baltimore 4.(l 4 N VI
old line, arrives at Martnsbure S:25 m 1, ~.
DerlaAd ll:l5 p. m. Stops at an stafions ara
connects con, az Hancock for Berkeley Springs, 81.
No. is. baltimore and Piedmon, Accomr,,,
aation Dali" except Sunday, leaves Balti.
more wa old line at $40 a. M. and arrives q,
sMArtlnsburg ia p. m, and Piedmont AZ b2s 4 n,
Stops az all stations and copnects N Uancc.,oE
t ~ berkeley Springs and at Green Spring Run
No. %. Brunswick and Martinsbure Accom-.
noaation, daily, " leaves Brunswick 9. II = ~
arrives ~ Martinsbnrg lilo p. m.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
ON THE DECLINE
That Is the State Of Ex-Secre
tary BlaIns's Health.
ii, Family Fully Realize the Serious
ness Of His Condition.
-. p.,,,,t n.ai,.ss Thas IIs y striekss
vr,sn 4 Dl.sase That Must sooner
- kst.r Teriainnte Fatally. Apa
= s..aks Freely q Death

wAsutxaroS. Dec l7.-lnquiry a.
" plnlpe's residence eiicits simply
she response through nm attendant thai
s.ss- Rlaine,s condition Is about tho
same" = =, 49,
FROM another source u y learned
,hnt IA condition Is less favorable than
= - Thursday morning. Although
shere Il no danger. apparently. OF ar
l,rmedlate fatal termination OF his III
800 there Is no doubt that Mr.. blaine
/. ! verv sick man, and his present con-
dition excites tho gravest fears
IL IL In fact. 90 serious that there y
sald % be only possibility Of his re-
covering sufficiently 70 admit Of his
removal 70 milder climate.
A person qualified 70 speak BY reason
Of relationship with the family says;
81 a only within tho past four days
thas Nj. Blaine's family has fully real
lied that tho sands 81 his life are
rapldly running out At no period OF
hls declining health for some tiInc past
has Mr.. Blaine failed 70 appreciate
that he was stricken with disense
chat must sooner or lately terminate
fatally; but with . splendid cour-
are. characteristic Of the man,
BE has carefully guarded the secret from
his family and performed his duties,
public and private Mr.. Blaine's dis
ease Is OF the Kidneys Those organs
being the weakest. become congested
whenever he takes cold. Mr.. Blaine Il
81 present suffering from Q cold con-
tractod while out driving few days
aro His throat and lungs are inces-
sanity affected. That which alarms his
family and friends most Is that upon the
occurrence Of every relapse. such as the
one from which he Is now suffering, his
vital powers show less and less recupcr-
alive energy.
.'As : matter OF fact. Mr.. Blaine Is
growing weaker and weaker rs the days
20 by. He Is much cmaciated rs com
pared with his condition six days ago.
Until quite recently Mr. Blaine has not
felt inclined TO discuss the subject Of
death. Now he speaks upon the subject
freely. d preparing for the end and Is
becoming reconclled TO the common lot
Of man. A loving father, the death Of
three children within comparatively
hRlef period has sorely stricken him,
and his grief has fastened the progress
Of the malady with which he Is af-
6ioAeA -
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no. q Ve.fi<6ief Ii.i,s1 t.n.,,, :
cnleng9 =. - - .<r'.e. 4 N1ltissbs'-- /, :.
s s",e a t,.'n a g 's c'rns' rI M
N.e yesiIbuied ExpFl.s DAILY ls.v.. =.
cago 1910 :: N, arrives = NaFflnsbrys :. 4.
81 "A w. ~ W 5,;.; s a, Bate LOB = ~
go D. m, arrives IL Msrtinsb1rr s..t...oafga.
Wash; 10; BALTIC ssfs; Phila. iEi6 a =
10. 4 Festibnied Limited i..p.,,v .
81 Louis e1Q e n, Cincinnati 7aD D. m Z. 4. e
rives e MartinsbnrE l111 .. n. wash. ~ 4.
5. n. stops Il skensiidosh 5nnd reM lork ~
ct HarperA Ferry for Lexington. va. AMI 49,
mediate stations. Connects AZ Weverten.n MET
nagerst9Wn. and a Washington junction ~ ~
No 4. Nestibuled Express .DaIlv = -.
-. Louis SOS p: M; Cincinnati SIS 4. X y. ~
rives g Msrtinsbarg 91e 9 M, wash. ~. is
No is Cumberland and Balfi1noov.zs n p n
mediation, Daily leaves Cumberland "a ~
arrives ~ MartinsbuEg s'2p p m; Washinss;ooee
81 B "a Ns lo2e p M, Philadelphia s6s
stations west OF Washington Junction. y ~
At Harper's Ferry for Winchester Al Wer...s.eu
for Hagerstown, and Washington Junction ~, ~.
No. "a. Piedmont q baltimore accom,,..
ton, daily, except Sunday, leaves Piedmont :.
71e O. m, arrives ct Martinsburg al iI.ia 4 !.
arrives at Baltimore. Via. old line AZ 80 n y
for iIagerstown and at Frederick Junction ~ n,
No. %. Martinshurg and Brunswick Accom-
a. m. arrives at Brunswick af g:Ss 4. q Z. Nv sas
connects at Harper's Ferry for Lexinrtop : ~ W
Baltimore, and at Weyerton for HagerstoWnI -
&C. o. sCUhL. CIV. sANTMAN
Gen; Pass'r A'gJ. Ticket Agen,
Raitiu,c.. ~.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
s,ate control Of I,aiiroa a.

CoLuMnIA, s. e., Dec l7.-The house
Of Representatives Thursday night
passed the railroad coercion bill. which
has already passed the senate Its pro
yisions era radical In the extreme, Civ.
ing the state railroad commission abso-
lutte powers In regard TO freight pas
aenger and joint rates, schedules, dam
ages, contracts with connecting roads
without the right Of appeal Railroad
men predict dlreful consequences 70 the
roads . the result Of the operations Of
this hIil
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
; detective ssmmers Confessea.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec l7.-Thursday
Charles Q. Sommers, q detec tive, who
was prominent In the capture Of Rubt
Burrows and Eugene Bunch, the motor.
ious train-rvbbers, pleaded guilty 70
ehstraOting the q. 900 package from the
Southern Express office here December
o Sommers had . key made in Chicago,
which fitted the lock Of the safe. and,
after breaking into the Office, had no
trouble In abstracting the money.
sommers' pal was arrested thursday,
Kiths4, 900 ON his person.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
Tho Pope n Good Hnaith.

ROME, Dec l7.-Absurd rumors are
Again spread abroad about the pope be-
ing III d.. cecarelli his physician,
states that his illustrious patient Is in
good health, free from any and every
chronic indisposition, that he ought to
Iive q Least another ten years, thatFif
There Is anything to be feared il would
DC the effect Of some strong and sudden
emotion. but evan against this eventu-
any the pope's elastic temperament is
A.sAfeguard.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
Doctor and wlfs Charged with R obbery,

READING. Pa, Dec 1.-THE store Of
Oscar Stul. Of Beaver Creek, Luzerne
county, was robbed last May of SIS, 900
worth OF jewelry. Thursday DIR. Her
man Weber and wife, Of this city, were
arrested and brought into court by De
tective Math Five hundred dollars
worth Of the stolen goods was found in
Meber's possession and identified
Three-fourths Of the balance was sc.
cured In Philadelphia Mr.. and Mrs.
Weber gave bail for court.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
Died for His Mule.

COLUMBIA. s. C., Dec. 17.--Lorne Arm
strong, son OF prominent farmer in
Greenyiile county, committed suicide
Thursday BY hanging with pillow line.
= new days ago his father sold q mule,
ofwhich the boy was very fond. He
grieved over the loss of his fayorite
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
Ten lIurdets In ST. sIonth..

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. l7.-Eyans-
niie's tenth murder in less than half a
year was recorded Thursday morning,
when James Mcguire, a sewer con-
tractor, provoked Frank Mcguire, a
RIVAL In business, beyond endurance,
ana had his head split open with Q hoe
In the hands Of the latter.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19
2 AUGUST
Flower

Hon. does he feel2-He feels
cranky, and is constantly cx-
perimenting, dieting himself,
adopting strange notions, and
changing the cooking, the
dishes, the hours, and manner
'of his eating-August FoUer
the remedy.
Hon. does he feel 2--He feels
at times a gnawing, voracious,-
Unsuitable appetite, wholly UNI
accountable, unnatural and UNI
healthy. august FotCer the
remedy.
Hon. does he feeI?--He feels
no desire to 90 to the table and
a grumbling, fault-finding,
over-nicety about what is set
before him when he is there
august Floicer the remedy.
HoaU does he feeL2--He feels
after a spell Of this abnormal
appetite an utter adherence,
loathing, and detestation of
food ; as If a mouthful would
kill him-Angust Fioarer the
remedy.
Hon. does he feel?-He has
irregular bowels and peculiar
stools Angust F7oner The rem
cay. ioiely
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4 Negro Hanged as,d Cremated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 1.-THE
shAse After the Negro who outraged
Emma OBryan. an ls-year-old white
girl. west Of this city. Is said 10 have
endsd A report came that the brute
wae captured and hanged to q tree in q
ehareA-yArd, and his body eremated
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Nevspaper E..abll.hmsn, nurnsd.

WABASH. Ind, Dec. l7.-Fire broke
oas Lhursday morning in the Office of
we wabash Times, and the Office was
eassed BY the time the fire department
arrived The material not ruined by
ARE was destroyed by water, and the
To- on presses, type, etc. will be q. 900.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-19

passengers.
Additional trains will leave Carlisle daily ex.
cept Sunday at 5 80 a. M, II. 30 D. M, 4ib B. M
stopping at all intermediate stations, arriving al
harrisburg at $40 and lis q. m and $50 D. m.
and Chambersburg.
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One Do11arI
It is the LARGEST Paper
COMING INro THE STATE.

1t contains more choice, varied and attractive
reading matter than any half dozen ordinary
newspapers.
Its entertaining, chaste and delightful contin-
ned stories by the best authors are among the
desirable features.
The WHEELING REGISTER live stock, produce
wool and grain markets, from Philadelphia
New York, Baltimore and Chicago are full, ae.
curate and complete.
Every town, city and county seat in the State
Is Q center Of news which the REGISTER publish
es with weekly regularity, so that every citizen
In the State must take the REGISTER to keep
thoroughly posted In State matters.
The Democratic Party will shortly come into
power, and the RfGIsTER will be faithful
chronicler Of events occurring under the CIeve-
land Administration. Everybody will want to
know what Is going on in Washington. The
REGisTER's Special Correspondent will keep
themposted.
The Legislature will shortly assemble 1t will
be a very important session. No citizen OF tile
State can afford to be without the REGISTER Its
Legislative reports, and in fact all news mat
tiers from the State Capital are recognized
throughout the State as the most elaborate and
complete.
Remember, One Dollar buys the WEEKLY
REGISTER from now till January /, 1894.
~ All remittances should be either by postal
order, registered letter or check. Thenthere is
no DANCE OF loss or delay.
Address,
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Additional trains win leave Harrisburg, daily
except Sunday at SEE and 1035 q. M, and 5,D
and sos D. m, stopping at all intermediate sta
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between Hag-
erstown and New York ON Atlantic Expressapa
Night Express east and on Memphis Express anu
New Orleans Express west.
PULLMAN Sleeping Cars on Night Express and
New Orleans.
Connections for all stations on Cumberland
tenn. TT.5T
il. A. RIDDLE, WA. GAM, J. r. BOYD,
Gen. Pass. Agt. Agent. sup
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MAIN LINE AND CONNECTIONs.
Schedule taking effect October ooh, 1892
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New York. 80 - = y
:, Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion Of cod.
liver OIL all druggists everywhere do. 81.
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD TIME
Y TABLE-July, IA, 1901
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-30
THE PINkERlONS

The examination OF the Pinkerton
Brothers before the congressional inves-
tigation committee does not relieve
them or Mr.. Carnegie from censure. Ac-
cording to their own testimony they
were employed by the Carnegie company
to perform certain duties the discharge
OF which properly belonged to the civil
authorities at Homestead. The fact
that their men did not make their ap-
pearance with fife and drum and gleam-
ing %bayonets cuts no figure in the princi.
pie involved, nor does it matter who
fired the first shot. The question which
the American people are asking is: Why
should the Pinkertons be at Homestead
at all! Why should men be picked up
in New York and Chicago and Philadel-
phia and sent with arms to Homestead
or to any other place npon contract
with private parties to shoot and kill at
the command of other mem? The testi-
mony Of the brothers failed to elicit "a
satisfactory answer.
1t may be conceded that as trained de-
t~ectives the Pinkertons find a legitimate
field in which to act. They have hunted
and unearthed many criminals whose
careers of crime have been cut short
through their agencies. AS sleuth
hounds they are a success. They should
draw the line right there. The elder
Pinkerton confined his operations to de-
tective work. The Pinkertons of to-
day have extended their operations to
the extent of u%surping the functions of
civil authorities. The Homestead affair
has attracted public attention and the
people are inquiring where they obtain
their license to shoot down men. The
investigating committee did not learn.
The upshot of the Homestead massa-
ere and the congressional investigation
will be to confine the Pipkertons to pri-
vate detective work. Their employ
ment by corporations during labor
troubles will no longer be permitted.
opinion has decreed the practice
must be discontinued. If civil authori-
ties are unable to cope with unlawful
outbreaks the state and national troops
may be summoned to their all. 1t is to
perform such duties they are brought
into existence. The Pinkertons must
stop where the responsibilities Of
the civil authorities begin.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-30
McKINLEYISM AND STRIK rs.

Quite recently the New York World
published a list Of the strikes which
have occurred in the country since the
Mckinley bill went into operation. 1t
took ten columns OF space in that paper
to srecapitulate all Of them. 1t fairly
takes ones breath away to look them
over, TO one who has. believed that
"protection" increases wages and helps
the laboring man the wat may
be termed a 'corker.'' Concerning these
strikes the st. Paul Globe gathering it's
data from the World says that: Sixteen
days after the act went effect loo iron
miners at Dayton, Tenn, struck against
a reduction of wages. That vas the first
and it has been followed by no fewer
than 473 strikes against reductions Of
wages under the operation Of the McKin-
ley tariff iniquity. AS the World ex-
presses it. there "has been no instant of
time since the Mckinley tariff act went
into effect that there has not been in
progress, somewhere within the United
States, a strike against Il proposed re-
duction Of wages in some protected in
dustry."
The list includes the s~hoemakers. st.
Paul; silk ribbon weavers in New York;
spoilers and drawing-In girls in the
Merritime mills in Lowell, Mass; cotton
weavcrs at Lonsdalc, Ashton and Valley
Falls, Il. J.: trimming girls in the hat
factories in Danbury, Conn; pottery
workers throughout the country; weav-
ers in Arlington mills. Lawrence, Mass;
5000 men employed in the coke region
of Western Pennsylvania; and so on until
the eye wearies and the heart sickens at
the apparent endlessness Of this tale Of
sorrow and suffering, Of violence, blood
shed and starvation. And it must be re-
membcred that every n Of these Alb
strikes occurred in an industry protected
by the Mckinley tariff. There have
been strikes in other industries also, OF
course, but thew are not included in this
list.
In the light or the shadow-of this
appalling record what becomes of the
republican pretension that the higher
the tariff the higher the wages OF the
workingman? In the Mckinley law the
high tariff principle reaches its climax.
Under that law labor troubles have also
reached a most distressing and alarming
climax. McKinleyism has failed utterly
either to advance the wages Of working
men and women, or to hold them where
they were"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-30

WHY would not it be a good plan to
levy "A poll tax Of, say, ) cents a head on
the G2,OOO,OOO people OF this country and
take the 100000 per year thus pro-
duced, without hardship to anybody,
and present it to some man like Carnegie
who would contract in advance to give,
say, 100000 a year for the endowment
of free libraries, spend, say. about So.
600 a year in writing and ~lecturing on
the glories Of American freedom, and use
the remaining s2,55O,0OO per year in
diving like a lord and building up an
enormous fortune? This would be a
permanent object lesson to the down
trOdden masses OF the old world" show
ing them what al be accomplished by
industry, economy, and taxation for pri-
vatc benefit in the United States. st,
Louis Republic.