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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-04-25
]. 7. FORD, EValgeIist.

OF Des Moines, Iowa, writes under date of
March 2S, 1898:
S. B. MED. MFG. Co.,
Dufur, Oregon.
Gentlemen :.
On arriving home last week, 1 found
all well and anxiously awaiting. Our
little girl, eight and one-half years old,
who had wasted away to SO pounds, is
now well, strong and vigorous, and we'll
feshed up. S. B. Cough Cure has done
its work well. Both of the children like
it. Your S. 3. Cough Cure has cured
and kept away all hoarseness from me.
So give it to every one, with greetings
for all. Wishing you prosperity, we are
Yours, Mr.. & MRS. j. F. FORD.
Ifyou wish to feel fresh and cheerful, and ready
for the Springs work, cleanse your system with
the Headache and Liver Cure, by taking two or
three doses each week.
Sold under positive guarantee.
so cents per bottle by all druggists.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
THE HEIR APPARENT.

An Eastern Democratic contemporary
says that il is now generally reaIiZsd ina.
II is Mr.. CleTeland's intention 70 make
Secretary Gresham his successor. An af-
fecting scene in oDe of the Elizabeihan
plays represents the aged Queen in the act
Of rejoicing her successor. She put the
choice Of so long that those about her had
70 interpret an inclination Of the head,
which may have been caused by weakness
as sign Of assent. The coUriiers who
stood about her bed named the successor
they wanted. and the Queen was too far
gone to contradict the assertion that she
named him herself. But in those days
rulers had something to transmit. Crowns
went by Inheritance. The people had
nothing to say except when there were two
or more claimants. and then the people,
had some fighting to do. In the United
States President has not heretofore been
considered as having much TO say about
his successor. President Jackson had in
fuence enough with his party TO procure
the nomin alton Of Van Buren,. but PresI-
dent Grant could not turn his following
over 10 Conkliug. 1t is quite possible,
however, that Mr.. Cleveland may take the
Democracy to Judge Gresham. and it is
quite possible that he may not. The Dem
ocratic party since 1858 has not taken
kindly to renegade Republicans. Il pre-
feTs the genuine article.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
A FATAL MISTAKE.

The Rev. Madison C. Peters said in re-
spect to the enforcement Of the Chinese
registration act: There is no reason why
the discretionary power Of the authorities
should n OF be used to extend temporarily
the period of registra ton"
There are several reasons why il should
not. In the first place. the authorities
have no discretionary power as to the en-
forcement of law. They have discre-
tionary powers as TO the ways and means
Of enforcing laws. but not as to their
enforcement. In the second place, the
Chinese Six Companies have made this
law test of strength. They have raised
large sum of money to defeat law OF
the land, and If they succeed in this en-
deavor they viii become more lawless than
ever. 10 the third place, the law is good
one and should be enforced. 1t is time to
turn back the tide Of Chinese laborers that
Is pouring into this country. The most
pressing demand of the day is for employ
ment. municipalities are urged to inaug-
urate enterprises with the main object of
providing work. There are idle people in
every community. in every State and in
every county. The business of govern
ment is to care for its own. The Gov
eminent which divides the substance of
its people among other peoples is as de-
PRAYED as the man who fails To provide for
his own family. The Cleveland admins
tration will make fatal mistake If ii
assumes that it has discretionary powers
as to the enforcement of the Chinese regis
tration law
The morning call., 1893-05-23
THE PROPOSED SUGAR TAX.

Democratic newspapers in all parts OF
the country are trying to show that duty
can be put on sugar without letting the
people know It. A New York paper ar
gued week or two ago that If the duty was
more than l cent a pound the consumer
would find it out A local free-trade journa al
now reduces the duty that can be collected
surreptitiously to Clio of cent pound
It's argument is that as raw sugar is ad-
mitted free and refined sugar charged 6-I0
Of a cent duty, this imposition of duty of
6-10 of a cent on raw sugar would not af-
feet the price to consumers. But there is
weak point in this argument. IL the Clio
duty is imposed on raw sugar the refining
business would be done largely abroad.
Such a result would. of course, be gladly
welcomed by free-traders. The free-tra1e
idea is to get as much work as possible
done abroad that the foreign trade of the
country may be increased. It will be
rather feather in the Democratic cap if
they can transfer the refining business to
England, where labor is at least 80 per cent
cheaper than in this country. But the
thousands of employees of the sugar reiin-
cries who have no other interest In tile
business than their wages might not like
it so well.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
TAXING INHERITANCE.

The Philadelphia Record takes a some
what eoiG-blooded view Of the proposition
70 tax inheritance. The proposition is,
according 10 that journal, that IF a man
die possessed of $50 GOO he shall be fined
$500; if be has been pTOVident enough to
be possessed OF 500, 000 at the time of his
death the fine is raised to 5000; the sim
fulness of having an estate valued at
$500. 600 is punished with fine of SIS, 00O."
To this the reply may be made that in
most cases the half-million estate has
cheated the Government out of more than
$500 in the course Of accumulation.
The man who has few thousand dollars
is generally taxed for all he possesses.
His properly is of such nature that the
Assessor can find it. He has not got
enough to pay him not to End it il the
Assessor were disposed 10 be approach
able to such proposition. 4 house con-
tanning from $500 to $1,000 worth of furni-
ture will be taxed for the full amount, but
one containing from $4,000 to $4,000
would not pay on one-iourth TIE full
amount. The difficulty Of assessing per-
sonal property is so generally admitted
that great many people hold that per-
sonal property tax should be abolished.
Under these conditions charge Of from 2
to ) per cent on large estates does not
seem unjust 1t is the only chance we
have to get even with the Jay Goulds of
the country
The morning call., 1893-05-23

consulate and the successful are probably
eIated at certain proportion Of failures.
on the ground that as drinking is not likely
10 be diminished a larger share Of custom
viii come their way. The license fee in
Philadelphia is $1,000. Out of 60 appli-
cants for wholesale licenses $40 succeeded,
being an increase Of nine The retail ap-
plicants numbered 1890, and 1852 were
granted licenses. All but two of those
who are already In the business were sue
eessfnl. The net increase is pa. Expert
enee in all shapes is being obtained in the
United States on the liquor question. TIE
range lies between prohibition and re-
strictjon by license. and even trade with
out restraint. In Philadelphia very large
revenue is obtained. bat il IS not thought
advisable to issue licenses to all Corners.
In every city the disreputabls and the
criminal should be weeded cut as proprie-
tors Of houses Of refreshmeut or enter
taIlmeQt
The morning call., 1893-05-23
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT,

Ex-Governor Click of Kansas will have
livestock exhibit of his own at the
Worlds Fair.
President Cleveland uses the very tiniest
OF stub pens stuck into a massive holder,
and his handwriting is small and very
distinct. Mrs. Cleveland writes in fine,
large characters.
Yoshi Hoti. the eldest son of the jap
anese Mikado, who is coming to the
Worlds Fair. is only ID years old, but he
is said to be as precocious as most Amer.
can youths of 20.
John Oliver Hobbies, who has lately
jumped into literary reputation in London,
is to her friends Mrs. Craigie, a young
lady who began her professional career
three or four years ago as an art critic.
The Rev. William C. Winslow of Bcs-
ton. the eminent archaologist, has been
elected an honorary fellow of the Society
of Science and Arts of Great Britain, on
account Of his valuable labor as an ORR
entalist.
John Ruskin wrote his first book, Mod
ern Painters" not, as he said, for fame, or
for money, or for conscience sake, but Of
necessity. Yet it brought hin both fame
and money. and helped him to preserve
an easy conscience.
The Duke of Argyll has been making a
special study of the "seven centuries of
English misrule" in Ireland, and has just
completed work in which are TO be
brought to light many new and unD oticed
facts bearing on the subject.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
INCOME TAX IRRITATION.

THE CALLS Washington correspondent
learns that President Cleveland has. de-
cided to recommend an income tax in his
message 10 Congress. For this heroic fiscal
undertaking he is said to have been forth
flying himself by perusal of the iustifica-
tory opinions Of Sir Robert Peel, who re-
imposed this very obnoxious impost in 1912.
Pitt was the first to lead the way in raising
revenue by direct means. but after PeePs
return to II 10 Government In England has
been able to get rid Of 1t, and it has been
as high as 16 English pence in the pound
and as low as 2 pence. To render the tax
more palatable there have always been
exemptions. No income below $3.50 year
pays anything, and incomes below $1,000
have the tax RENTED upon $500. Practi-
cally the mass of working people through
out the country do not fall under the Tax
Collectors survey, but if they had higher
wages they might have no objection to be
included.
Political economists of the free-trade
school are mainly agreed that a direct tax
is preferable theoretically TO an indirect
one. They hold that direct tax Is COL
lected with the least expenditure officially,
and with the least friction or interference
with trade. These mathematical asses
sors and distributors of taxes have yet,
however. to make good their position prac-
ticaly. Friends of a tax upon income
upon the profits Of business, the rental of
an estate, the salary of a clerk-are really
scarce. 1t is also by no means the fact
that 1t is an easy impost to collect aud
VIGOROUSLY it is one habitually evaded.
A business man does not disclose his In
come down to o dollar for the sake Of
paying o percentage for public uses
He fills up his schedule more er
less plausibly or consclentiously accord.
Ing to the current notions of honor in
paying taxes. Ii assessed arbitrarily be-
yond his voluntary return he may submit
rather than appeal and have bis books
exported by an accountant who may not
scrnpie to diyulge secrets of trade. II
under assessed, he is not likely to correct
the official error. Some years ago a firm
In London which had paid upon 100000
year had the amount raised to $50, COO.
No protest was lodged. Next year the
amount was raised to 100000, and still
there was no objection. Finally the in
come tax basis was increased to $500, 0O0.
aud then for the first time came an object
ing groan. During years the firm must
have been paying upon one~fifth of its real
income! Little blunders of this descrip-
ton are inevitable under the offensive,
inqulsitorial methods of direct taxation
applied to incomes that must constantly
fuctuate.
In so petty matter as the poll
tax in this State We see bow numerous are
the evasions. Many thousands of men in
San Francisco escape the tax not by any
connivance or design. but because it is not
demanded. Every householder and owner
OF real estate pays the tax. but large num-
bers Of those who live In hotels and board
ing-houses do not know that they are as
sessable. But in contrast with this loose
ness of practice the success with which
the tax is collected among the Chinese
The morning call., 1893-05-23
CENTENARY FIRMS.

In Philadelphia a banquet Of almost
unique significance has taken place
with thirteen al the table, an ominous
number which presages nothing sinister,
we may say. with regard TO the guests and
their object. This small company repre-
scented firms and corporations OF the
United States who have been in business
continuously for century. An association
composed Of representatives Of such firms
was formed in 1893. How many such
venerable trading or manufacturing con-
Germs there are in the United States it is
well nigh impossible TO ascertain, but it
may be assumed there are a few hundreds.
Only covers were laid for fifteen at this
celebration, and two were absent. Nearly
all belong to Philadelphia. One came from
Wilmington. and one each from Baltimore,
New Cambridge, Mass, and Ian caster.
New York and Boston were not repre-
scented, nor was Pittsburg. Chicago or st.
LOUIS. The three latter could not be IL
eIuded for very good reason. They were
not in 1859 in existence. Bat surely Boston
and New York have many firms with a
centnry's heredity in trade.
The meeting was happy one, ana the
association deserves to De perDetuated.
But in these days of syndicates and trusts
we may well wonder how many old firms
will have their signboards up or their
invoices going out under familiar head
lines century hence. We somehow ex-
pect antiquity and old-fas hioned IN
changeable business habits In old coun-
tries. In Spain, We are not surprised at
Roman remains and Moorish streets. Ii is
still, in many features, the country Of
Cervantes' day. Ia the cities of Italy
the past is c0nspicuously interviewer with
the present. a few centuries are but yes
terday's recolleetions in the history Of a
country which was prominent in history
long before the Christian era dawned.
England, too, trips lightly back to the
middle ages. and has monuments enough
in city and country of bygone times aud
manners. In such countries with staid
ways we look for old firms which have
grown musty in piodding ruts and re-
manned respectable. just as We look for
castles aud cathedrals. and irregular pict-
uresque towns which have grown without
a plan and persist in growing.
In the latter half Of this century the
world is becoming too large for commercial
continuity or development upon one root
The railroad, the telegraph. the ocean
steamer and the postoffice have played
havoc with attachments for one particular
spot and have induced restlessness. Men
roam more than they used to do because
they have the facilities. The earth has
nowhere the aspect Of the wilderness to
the traveller. Commerce has formed such
network Of ramifications that in a
broader sense than could formerly have
been meant the world is the enterprising
mans oyster. 1t is an age Of unrest and
progress. The son is no longer bound to
follow his fathers trade. or to help lin at
his desk. Families are better kept to-
gether by dispersion unless the business
is very comprehensive one. Yet In every
city there are enterprises which make the
fortunes Of families or partners who abide
by them, and who are contented with the
extension Of a small empire already con-
Quered
The morning call., 1893-05-23

Surely the Emperor William of Germany
has enough on his hands TO give him con-
Germ without stories being raked up about
his coDjugal relations. His Majesty's wife
Is the mother of seven children-and an
eighth ACCOMPLISHMENT is expected soon.
Yet this royal matron of IS is represented
as having inspired her lord with frenzy
of jealousy while cOnyersing in low tones
with young military man who was on ax-
ceptional terms Of friendship with the
family. The Emperor suffers from ear
ache, but 1t seems farcical that his ears
should be sensitive to alarms Of this peace
splitting acuteness. The Baron Fedor
Won Rauch. if he exists in New York, must
be astouuded al his portrait as an intriguer
banishfd from conrt But the speech put
in the irate Emperor's mouth Is too STACEY.
Nobody can helm laughing at bathos like
this in high German. "Goi Col from
this house and from Germany forever !
Your life is protected by the curse of a
crown which denies me the poor rights
enjoyed by every other husband in Ger
many, even to the lowest" What would
che militant father of Frederick the Great
have said to nbdieation Of royal functions
to strike? He would have chopped tile
young mans head off.
The admissions to the Worlds Fair go
far beyond the number at the Centennial
Exbi bitioD. but they are much below the
number requisite to secure financial sue
The morning call., 1893-05-23
"pUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE"

The Rev. Edward F. Paysen has de-
clared the Chinese registration law unjust
and unchristian. A good many other
Eastern cergymen have expressed similar
opinions Of the law. Some years ago
Charles Reade wrote powerful novel en-
titled put Yourself in His Place" The
purpose Of the novel was to teach Chris
ltian charity. Mr.. Reade thought that il
the average man should imagine him.
self In the place OF some man whose con-
duct he condemned, he might be more
sparing OF his combinations. There are
several millions Of people in the United
States working for what they can get.
The lower the grade of work the less the
ray and the greater the competition. The
stake is the largest man can play for
something to eat The millions who at
best can only earn a comfortable living
find their work taken from them by
aliens who can live cheaper than them
selves. LaboriDg men of all grades SYM
pathize with those employed in the lowest
grades. Mechanics who can earn from So
to IS day and whose work cannot be
done by Chinese put themselves in the
places of the less fortunate and less CON-
petcnt workers. The Rev. Edward F.
Paysen probably is paid salary of not
less than $4,000 year. Very likely he
has three months vacation at the expense
of his people. But Mr.. Paysen does
not heed Charles Reade's injunction
20 put himself in the wage workers
place. Nothing apparently is further
from his thoughts. lie Is safe from such
competition by set of conditions that
cannot possibly be set aside. 1t will gen.
l1A nAr
other clergymen speak from the fullness
Of their hearts. They believe every word
they say. But they have not put them
selves in the place Of the men who are
crowded out by Chinese contract Dor.
Forty years ago the same class OF religious
teachers saw no especial hardship In the
condition of the African slave. They
failed TO see how slavery was blighting
the prospects of the falrsst half of the
Union. Almost without exception they
counseled moderation In speech and
action. In other words. portion OF the
clergy then as to-day were the defenders
of the oppressor. They were in sympathy
with the class Of people their positions
associated them with rather than with
the masses of the people. In this State,
as rule, the clergy are in sympathy with
the people. They understand the Chinese
question better than their Eastern
brethren. They do not SEQ any gain for
Christianity in the importation OF heathens
who practice their idoatrous rites pub
licly in their so-called places of worship.
AS rule clergymen who have resided
long In the State notice that a Chinese
population drives out a larger white popu-
Iation. and that the Chinese always re-
main alien In instinct and interest For
all other than industrial purposes the
Chinese population has to be subtracted
from the entire census rolls.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
MET AWFUL DEATHS.
Bodies of Mexican Timers found in
Lower California

Advices from La Paz. Lower California.
via Mazatlan per steamer Newbern, report
the nnding of the body of young Henry
Farnsworth, son of Colonel Farnsworth,
well-known mining man of Mexico, who
with party of TWO, consisting Of his son
and guide, started on an exploring expe-
dition along the coast of Baja California,
some months ago.
Colonel Farnsworth's remains were
found in the desert about fifty miles below
La PaZ in the early part of March. He
had Gied Of thirst.
The second victim of the unfortunate
expedition, young Farnsworth, fell about
twelve miles this side of where his father
laid down his life.
Young Farnsworth's remains were in
an unrecognizable condition, but were
identified BY some letters which he carried
in the pockets of his clothing.
The guide is supposed to have met with
the same fate Us the other two of the party.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
LICENSES IN PHILADELPHIA.

Had William Penn cognizance of what
Is passing in the city of brotherly love in
the consumption of liquor be would posi-
bly, be aghast, although teetotalism was
NOS part of his creed. The recent licens-
Ing decisions show that over 20O0 firms. in
wholesale or retail trade, are willing to pay
high license for the privilege of supplying
their fellow-citizeDs with beer, wine and
spirits alcoholic. This year the judges of
the licensing court acted In summary
fashion by refusing to permit appeals, or
to listen to the wrangling OF lawyers on be-
half of clients. They made up their list
and declared they would neither erase nor
add line. Hundreds were sent away dis
The morning call., 1893-05-23
THIS GREAT PAPER

Will not deal with trite subjects in a trite
way, but with bright subjects in a bright
way.
1t will not be boom paper, nor a dry,
thin, long drawn=out rehash, statistical
paper, nor cyClopedia sort of paper, nor a
vegetable paper, nor yet frothy, flppant.
fakey, fluffy, faddy, freaky paper.
1t will be paper of ''tone" and at the
same time it will provide the kind of matter
that all classes of people want to read and
should read.
Artistically it will be novel; original
striking, refreshing and absolutely unap=
preached and unapproacfable by its local
morning contemporaries
You will want a good many copies of
this great paper to send to your friends in
the East and elsewhere. Send in your or
ders at once. Only cents copy.
Advertisements for this mammoth edi-
ton should be in by Wednesday night and
as much sooner as possible
THIS WILL BE THE BEST SPECIAL.
EDITION OF A MORNING NEWSPAPER
EVER ISSUED IN THIS COUNTRY.
1t will go all over the world
This paper will be printed at the rate of
$4,000 copies an hour on THE CALLS"
new quadruplex press, the largest fastest
and most complete piece of printing ma
chlnery used by any newspaper west of
Philadelphia.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
The New internal Revenue Agent

Inc New internal Revenue Agent.
A. c. Mclaughlin will probably resume
his old office Of special internal revenue
agent Tomorrow.
Mr.. Mclaughlin held this position under
Cleveland's former administration. and
proved very efficient officer. He made
pl enty OF friends. and every one was sorry
when the change took place and no had to
go. But Colonel EIdridge, who succeeded
him, ran Mclaughlin close race in public
favor. as during his reign no end of
opium seizures and raids on Illicit, distil-
leries have been made. aud at intervals
the colonel has made things skip in man
Der calculated to strike terror 10 those
burdened with an evil conscience.
Mr.. Mclaughlin arrived in the city on
Saturday night and is staying at the
Grand Hotel.
He was expected to GO down to the
Appraisers building yesterday afternoon
and consult with Colonel Eldridge on the
duties before him, but he did not arrive
He Is ready, however, to take Office at any
moment.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
Ii Will Hold Its Own.

FlsaIIa Times.
The San Francisco CALL has got its
new press, discarded the blanket-sheet
form and is now the most attractive paper
published in the city. THE CALL is the
most reliable morning daily published In
San Francisco, and will hold its own
against its sensational competitors now
that its facilities have been so largely in
creased. Success to THE CALL.
The morning call., 1893-05-23

VISITORS TO THE WORLDS PAIR viii
End TBg GAIL on sale At tts nsHsstands IN the To-.
lowing hotels: Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel,
Briggs House clifton House, On1snerctal House,
r;auIt House Grand f,ac. fe Hotel. Sherman House.
Leland House. Northern Hotel. Kicheieu Hotel,
fremont House. Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel.
At WASHINGTON. D. Che Willard. Airing
TN Ebultt and shOrehzEn Hotels.
The morning call., 1893-05-23
The Fastest Press r1ade.

The San Francisco CALL has a new
press and equipment to compete with any
rival. The press IS one of the most
elaborate and attains the greatest speed
of any manufactured. THE CALL now
issues twelve pages daily, presenting a
very attractive typographical appearance.