The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
News Of all Sorts.

A. G. Tillinghast, the La Conner
scotsman, has just completed ship
ment to the East of twenty tons OF
cabbage seed, valued at $4,000.
THE Kingston ran into tow of logs
in charge of Capt. Miller's tug Biz on
the Sound last week, and scattered
four sections over the waters to en-
danger navigation. The tug blew
danger whistles, but the big boat paid
no attention to her.
NOTHING has yet been heard of tho
ship Ivanhoe which left Seattle thirty
days ago bound for San Francisco,
with Editor Fred Grant, of the Post
Intelligencer, and two lady passengers,
who hoped to enjoy a short sailing
voyage. 1t is almost certain that the
ship went down in the equinoxial
storm of last month, as some wreck
age has been found.
The reduction in the duty on pota-
toes under the Wilson German free
trade bill will cost the American far
mer in 1894 $12, SIS, 1924, under the
democratic theory that the farmer
must compete with the foreign crop
This is hard blow to those farmers
in eastern Washington who had con-
cluded to convert their wheat fields
into potato crops. 1t looks very much
as if the democrats and populists who
voted for the new tariff bill were labor
ing unitedly to wipe out every oppor-
tunity for the farmer to support his
family.
AS if the times were not hard enough
already for the workingmen of this
State, Nanaimo and Comax Goals,
mined by Chinese coolie labor, are now
coming into the Washington market
under the fostering care of democratic
free trade. Does any one suppose that
the wages Of the Washington miner
can be left at the old rate when cheap
contract labor coal is brought in under
the fostering care of democracy to
compete with their output? And
while speaking of democratic free
trade and its effects, it is we'll to recall
the fact that the populists' boosted
Omaha platform contains not one
word on this important subject of the
tariff, which democratic legislation
has proven to the people is so vital to
the American laborer. But the votes
of the populists in congress on the
Wilson, German bill shows where the
leaders of the third party stand, and
it is side by side with the democrats.
There is no hope for the people under
either democratic Or populst control.
WHEN we hire a man to work for
us, We always want the best man we
can secur for the position. if we want
the work done In a wOrkmanlike man
ner. When we want a man to do orr
business for us, we always engage
man upon whose judgment, honesty
and business ability we can safely de-
pend. When we want a clerk or
book-keeper in our store or Office. we
look for man who is neat, quick, ac
curate, courteous and obliging. When
We select men to fill our county Offices
we are hiring men to work for us and
do our business for us. We should he
careful that we get men who are com
petent and worthy. We want the hest
men we can get for the positions. We
want men with whom we would he
willing to trust our own individual
business. Such men were selected at
the Republican County Convention
and placed upon the Republican
County Ticket. They are not only
worthy of your vote, but thew are
worthy of your earnest and undivided
support as well.-Chronicle.