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The advocate., 1897-05-19
THE SUGAR TRUST AND THE PEOPLE.

The New York World asserts a we'll
known fact when it says "the sugar trust
is bent on shutting out all competitors,
and to this end is now absorbing the
beet sugar factories"
Is II matter OK wonder that we have
socialists among usP What meant the
Patrons Of Husbandry, the Knights Of
Labor, the Farmers Alliance and kin
dred organizations? The sugar trust is
a corporation with a capital OF s75,0OO,-
600, paying quarterly dividends larger
than the annual dividends of most other
great business enterprises; and now,
like the Standard Oil Company, it is
trying to crush all opposition by buying
up the bset sugar factories to stop them
or to continue them as may best suit the
purposes Of the trust.
ADVOCATE readers, many of them,
have been of opinion that the sugar
trust was the owner Of the beet sugar
establishments, or that it controlled
them, and that to favor the American
beet sugar industry was to be friend
Of the sugar trust.
This was error. The only beet sugar
factory owned by ''sugar king" is the
Watsonvil.e (Cal.) plant of Claus
Sprsckels. The Nebraska factories and
those OF Utah and Of California were
erected and operated by private conpa-
nies for the sole purpose Of maBsgac-
The advocate., 1897-05-19
THE REVENUE EXCUSE.

In q published interview, Senator
Baker is reported as saying;
The Senate committee was thoroughly i'm
pressed with the idea that we must have more
revenue with which to pay the current sx-
penses OK the government, and prepared tho
amendments to the bill in accordance with
such view.
Republicans have been so long singing
that song that they appear to believe the
Government is really in need Of more
revenue, and nothing is farther from the
truth. The available funds now in the
Treasury amount to nearly $230,0OO,0O0.
The net cash balance on hand the first
day Of the present month, as reported in
the usual monthly statement, was $685.
090,5l7, and every dollar Of it is subject
to warrant or draft in the usual way.
It is charged that bonds were sold to
raise money for current expenses. The
bonds were sold to accommodate the
gold speculators Of New York and Lon.
don, and every Government officer par
ticipating in the infamous transaction
ought to be now in the penitentiary.
The bonds we're sold to got gold for re.
demption purposes. The President did
The advocate., 1897-05-19

SENATOR HARRIS Of Kansas claims to have
found q solution to the Union Pacific Railroad
riddle, in the discovery Of law passed in
1861 which makes II not only constitutional
but obligatory for the Government to take
charge Of that road.
This paragraph is going the rounds Of
the press, and is not complimentary to
either Senator Harris or to the editors
who give it currency. 1t will hardly do
to say thing has just been discovered
to-day, when it has been frequently
talked about in past days. The law re-
ferred to is the original Union Pacific
Railway act of 1862, which reserved the
Governments right to take possession of
the road in default Of payment of bonds
due.
The advocate., 1897-05-19

anywhere applied in practice to the ex-
clusion Of other and imperfect methods,
the people are not aware of it.
With our present light, the ADVOCATE
believes, with the Single Taxer, that in
stead of buying and selling lands, as we
now do, it would be better that the State
or Nation hold them for the use OF the
people and that the rental should be paid
into the public treasury. From what is
known in many isolated instances, such
rental would amply supply the treasury
with funds for all public purposes.
Such a plan, however, does not yet meet
with sufficient encouragement to secure
its adoption by any Of the great parties.
The advocate., 1897-05-19

IT is reported Of John Wanamaker,
Postmaster General in the Harrison Ad-
ministration, that he proclaimed in a
speech at q banquet Of the Business
Mems League in Philadelphia a few
days ago, after commenting on the fail
ure Of prosperity to appear following
MCKinley's election, that the low state
to which the political religion OF the Ma
tion was brought by unsCrupulous bosses
must eventually result in a new party.
John would look odd in POpulist ranks
but that is where he'll be il he keeps ON
talking that way.
The advocate., 1897-05-19

not attempt to conceal the object in
view He was bold and straightforward
in the nefarious business. He told Con-
gress and the country that there was
plenty Of money, "such as it is, in the
treasury FOR current use; "but it is not
GOLD, and therefore does not meet the
difficulty"
The difficulty" was, that New York
speculators, business being dull with
them, wanted to invest a hundred mil
lion or so in Government bonds, and,
knowing the treasury was in the habit
Of redeeming greenbscks and treasury
notes in gold and then reissuing them to
be again and again redeemed, organized
raid on the gold in the Governments
possession. This they did by presenting
notes for redemption, and when they got
the gold they sold it back to the Govern
ment for bonds, then drew it out again
in redemption Of the reissued notes; and
this they repeated four timesin less than
twenty-four months. These four trans.
actions cost the people $262,3l5,4 400 in
bonds running from ten to thirty years.
The President, in his annual message,
December 2, 1895, reviewed the bond
sales and was emphatic in his declara-
tion that it was for redemption purposes,
and not for revenue, that gold was re-
quired. He showed that there was a
Comfortable surplus" on hand at every
time when the bonds were disposed Of.
He charged the sales to the redemption
account and to that only.
And now, with an overAowing treas
ury, the people are told the revenues are
deficient and therefore additional taxes
must be levied. A cent pound must
be added to sugar, 10 cents pound on
tea, and clothing, shoes and other neces-
saries must be increased in cost in order
to avoid the necessity for again resorting
TO bond sales. Gold exports are begin
ming just at the right time to assist the
people in cOmprehending the Importance
Of the situation.
II the Administration is sincere in it's
revenue scheme, why not add dollar a
barrel to the tax on beer and stop there?
That would yield about $35,0O0,O0O a |
year without cents additional expense
in collection; nobody would feel the in
crease Of tax burdens, and besides, this
amount, added to the receipts from
other sources, would amply supply all
The public necessities
The advocate., 1897-05-19

The temperance revival in Topeka is a
good thing. It has reminded the people
Of their carelessness on this subject. 1t
required the announcement of the pres
enCe Of an open saloon on Kansas Av-
enue to arouse them from their slumber.
But they made short work Of it. Amass
meeting was at once called, committee
appointed to confer with the law Off
GERS, and now the legal machinery is in
good working order and the saloon is
vacant.
The advocate., 1897-05-19

The Senate amendment adding 30
cents barrel tax on beer is right. II it
is made law the treasury will get about
$l7,0O000O revenue, and nobody will be
injured. Nor will anyone feel the
weight Of the tax. A thimbleful less In
glass will make up the difference, and
the brewers will take care Of that part
OF the business.
The advocate., 1897-05-19
POPULIsM AND TAXATION.

A correspondent suggests that moth
ing in the platform of the Peoples party
indicates a specific or definite policy on
the subject Of taxation. That is to say,
that the party has not adopted any par
ticular plan Of taxation, as tariff, excise,
land, income, etc.
The ADVOCATE thinks the party policy
wise in that respect, because the mem
bership is divided as to methods. A very
large majority have never thought Of
any system or mode of taxation other
than that with which we are all ac-
quainted, though nothing could well be
more homogeneous in plan or unjust in
operation than the present way Of taxing
or proposing to tax for local purposes all
kinds Of real and personal property
owned by the people in their private Ca
pacity, and for National purposes by
laying customs duties on foreign goods
imported and excise taxes on certain
articles Of domestic manufacture.
The men who have made q study Of
taxation are mostly members of the Peo.
ple's party, but Populists generally are
no further advanced on this line than
are Democrats and Republicans But
on the general proposition that taxation
ought to be as nearly as possible just in
it's operation, that it should be only for
public purposes, and that moneys not
necessarily needed for public revenues
ought to be left in the hands Of the peo-
ple-on these we are all agreed.
Any attempt to particularize would
arouse antagonisms that could not be- sue
cessfully dealt with in any other manner
than to drop the subject and fall back
on general principles. Let every person
study the subject Of taxation from the
dual standpoint Of citizen and commu-
nifty. Taxation affects public and pri-
vate interests, and in this connection it
ought to be remembered that some
things which are claimed and enjoyed by
individual persons, belong Of right to the
public. What better right, for example,
has one person than another to coal
mine, to river or Ia lake2 Who owns
the earth? What better right has the
father than the SON to the homestead
where the child was bornH
It will be found that taxation involves
the most sacred rights Of men. Itcovers
. wide range Of inquiry. If there has
ever been d perfect system Of taxation
The advocate., 1897-05-19

The ADVOCATE is asked by the capt
tai whether the treasury notes issued in
payment for silver bullion are "primRry
money" We answer, no.
The advocate., 1897-05-19
COINAGE AND CIRCULATION OF GOLD
AND SILVER
AND SILVER.

The gold standard people do not APP
pear to understand the subject of bimet-
allism in any sense except that one of
the metals must be subsidiary to the
other. They seem to be- utterly unable
to see it in any other light. And yet
that is not bimetallism at all as defined
by any economist Of recognized ability or
learning, nor is it in accord with the
views or understanding of the great body
Of the people. John Sherman says we
now have bimetallism in this country
and that no other bimetallic system is
practicable. And that Is the view taken
by most Of the writer's and speakers who
oppose the equal coinage of silver and
gold.
The argument urged in support of this
position is, that under the old system Of
unlimited coinage Of both metals on,
equal terms they did not always main
tain steady circulation in the same
proportions, that at one time gold led, at
another time silver led in the same
country; that Notwithstanding ratios
were established by law, they were often
crossed by ratios fixed by commerce,
And from these facts they conclude that
practical bimetRllism is impossible.
1t must be evident to all observers
that this argument is made in order to
evade the real issue. The history Of the
last National Republican Convention
shows that particular class of men de-
manded the insertion of the word 'gold"
in the platform, and that, after days
struggle, the word was inserted. 1t
then became necessary, in order to de-.
fend the platform, to show that we never
did have such thing as practical bimet-
allism in the United States, that the
only real bimetallism we ever had was
that which we have now; that we have
always been on q silver basis or a gold
basis, but never on double or bimetal-
lie basis; and these things they prove by
showing that our silver dollar coins were
exported, and 80 on, and so on, They
then show that the same thing occurred
in other so-called bimetallic countries,
aud their case is made.
Nobody denies these we'll known facts
Of history. No bimetallist, worthy of
quoting, wishes to in any respect dispute
either the facts or their force in argu-
ment. The bimetallist maintains that
the history Of the coinage and circuia-
ton Of gold and silver proves that these
metals have been universally regarded
as money metals, that in coins they have
circulated as the money of the world,
flowing and ebbing with the pulses Of,
trade, The ocean, though geographic.
ally divided into five great bodies, is i'm
fact only one. Storms and wind cur
rents move its surface and beat it into
waves In one part while calm prevails in
another, and these calms and storms
frequently change and exchange places.
But the ocean maintains q general level
and floats the worlds commerce, and
though every ship meets its storms and
ita calms, trade never ceases.
Soitis with the coinage and circulation
of these twometRls. On them the worlds
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In that neither man struck a danger
ouH blow,
For The first ton rounds Dixon WIS the
nRgrtssof aud did most Of the leading
Keeping hiH bigger antasonls, constantly
on the move. About the twelfth round,
however iinwknf, who had apparently
gained confidence, went after the doisrcd
midget, and to tho end 81 the fgbt rnorr
than held his own.
Hawkins weight ana strength were
TOO much for tho little champion. and,
although Dixon landed several wicked
lostr, he could not bur, tho Californian.
Hawkins also got IN some vicious let's.
hul as general thing Dixon managed
TO block them or duck out Of dnngcr.
Dixon. while he had all ~ hls oid-tlinc
speed. lacked accuracy when ho would
swing his left he invariably fell short
on over.reachcd himself piAon via Y'ty
quick on his test, bat Hawkins kept
well ouI of danger Dixon gave brau'
uful exhibition against the Californian,
There was little work for tue referee 10
do AZ any stage Of the nRht. ana his
decision Of draw was received ~ith
wuiyerpal applause
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THE CONFLICT ~ BRAZIL.

New Yo'k. July "A dispatch 10 the
Herald from Rio Dc Janclro naysi
The ciy of Canudos has bosn again
captured bay government troops. after
the city had been totally destroyed ~
the heavy guns Of the army The re-
c,ature ef the ei,y Was the result or
q hayonot charge on the fanatics, after
practically every building In the city
had been laid Low by heavy shells The
fanatics resisted tho fright,ul bayonet
charge for only few minutes. and fed
ia all directions. leaving scores of dead
and wounded brhind The hand-to.hand
hghiing was terrible Tor few minutrH
After their aighi from canudos the reb-
els took refuge in the forests several
miloa away. whore they viii probably
bo again attacked by the government,
forces
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BOND STREET IMPROVEMENT
NOTICE.


Notice is hereby given that the Com
mon Council proposes to Improve Bond
street from the west side of Ninth street
to the west line of blocks 10 and II in
the city OF Astoria as laid out and re-
corded by John Mcclure. Said improve
ment to consist of grading said street to
the established grade and planking the
same to It's full width and established
grade with new and sound fir plank 6x6
in., laid grain edge up. and by building
sidewalks ON both sides thereof feet
Wide, in accordance with the plans and
specifications to be prepared and depos-
tied by the City Surveyor In the Office
of the Auditor and Police judge, and in
conformity TO the ordinances In relation
to the improvement Of streets.
Said Improvement 10 be made at the ex-
pense of the property benefited thereby
as required by the Charter of the City
Of Astoria. The lands and premises upon
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Notice is hereby given, that by virtue
OF a warrant Issued by the Auditor and
Police Judge Of the City of Astoria, by
order OF the comon council of said city.
and to me directed. dated the eth day
of June. 1897. and against
W. W. PARKER.
Commanding me TO levy on south 90 feet
lot No. S. block No. a. in the City of AS
toria as laid out and recorded by John Nc
clure. for delinquent street assessment
due thereon and against said described
real estate for the improvement OF Ex-
change street in the City of Astoria, from
the west line Of 10th street to the claim
between Shively's and Mcclure's. which
assessment amounts to the sum Of Sl25.94.
l did on the 2ith day of July. 1897. levy
upon all of said south 90 feet of lot No.
s. block No A, in the City Of Astoria as
laid out and recorded by John Mcclure
and on the 2Srd day Of August, 1897, at the
hour Of o'clock p. m. of said day. in
front of the court house door in said City
of Astoria, Clatsop county, Oregon, l
viii proceed to sell at public auction, to
TIE highest bidder. the above described
real property to satisfy said assessment
for the Improvement Of Exchange street,
together with the costs and expenses OF
said sale. Said sale to be for United States
gold aud silver coin.
f. HALLOCK,
Chief OF Police.
Dated. Astoria Or, July q. 1897.
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CHIEF OF poLIcg SALE.


Notice is hereby given. that by virtue
OF a warrant issued by the Auditor and
Police Judge OF the City Of Astoria. by
order Of the comon council OF said city.
and to me directed, dated the 9i.h day
of June 1897, and against
TRUSTEES FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
Commanding me to levy on lot No. 4.
block No. 65 in the City of Astoria as
laid out and recorded by John Nc
clure, for a delinquent street assessment
due thereon and against said described
real estate for the Improvement OF Ex-
change street in the City Of Astoria, from
the west line of 10th street to the claim
between Shively's and McClure's. which
assessment amounts to the sum Of sl2s.7s.
did on the 24th day of July. 1897 levy
upon all Of said lot No, 4. block No.
sS in the City of Astoria as laid out and
recorded by John Mcclure. and on the
23rd day OF August. 1897. at the hour Of
? O'Clock p. m. of said day, in front Of the
court house door in said City OF Astoria
Clatsop county. Oregon, 1 will proceed to
sell at public auction. to the highest bid
der. the above described real property
to satisfy said assessment for the i'm
provement of Exchange street, together
with the costs and expense of such
sale. Said sale to be for United States
gold or silver coin.
E. HALLocK.
Chief of Police.
Dated, Astoria, Or, July "a. 1897.
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The United States Lends the World
Ia Wheat This Year.
CONFIDENCE rs WIDESPREAD
July the Busiest lastead Of Dullsst Month
Because oi the Large Orders oi Goods
ior the KlOadyks,

Now York. July q Bmdsireots TO.
morrow viii nayl
The wldeaprcad confidence that there
would be- marked revival In general
trade In tho fall eontinus 20 grow, and
Il material evidence that II Ia well
founded The demand FOR supplies for
shipment 10 the Klondyke gold region
has made July tho busiest instead of
the dulleut month OF the commercial
year NJ Rnattie, ana has had an influence
on the salsa Of staples at Tacoma, Port.
land and Han Francisco
Tho worlds wheat crop outlook con,
llnues To favor the United States, much
as Il iid n years uRo. The outlook Ia
that tuhsia aione OF ali the other
whra,.eKporting countries. viii be able
TO compete with the United States. Tho
advance of more than - cents per bushel
compared with year ago. In face NJ
q domestic wheat erup probably 1000,
pco buAhsls larger than lanl year. nnd
tho prosp-ct for higher loyci from
tNfF"f fHth N"NNNNFf tAFMHlN WY hNf
American farmer Ia sure of his proper.
ton Of the advance and tbo coming Cfa
Of prosperity That he Is alive 10 tho
situation is indicated by the tendency
90 hold back wheat ALREADY harvested.
notwithstanding the higher quotations.
Tho unOsyorabie features include
continuance Of the strike Of the btu.
uinous coal miners In Western aud
southen states, which now begins 10
threaten tho continued ACTIVITY OF IN.
dus'rtca dspvndent upon tho coal IN.
dustry
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ORIGINAL. AND GENUINE"
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.

We notice In the columns OF recent
English papers that a motIorSxas made
IN the suit OF Lea & Perrins against
Courtney, before Mr.. Justice Romer in
May. seeking an injunction restraining
the defendants from holding themselves
out as "the only original makers" or as
"the original makers Of worcestershire
Sauce; the advertisement complained Of
reading that the Messrs. Courtney were
the only producers OF the original and
genuine Worcestershire Sauce at a rea-
sonable price, and manufactured from
the original recipe"
Upon the argument the Judge at once
held that this advertisement could not
so on,
The defendants council admitted that
It was lndefenslble, and the defendants
gave an undertaking TO discontinue its
use.
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which special assessment shall be levied
and the district embraced therein and the
lots blocks and premises to be assessed,
shah be known as Bond Street Assess
mont District No 20 Said district en-
hracing said lots. blocks and premises
to be assessed for said Improvement are
designated as follows:
Beginning on the west line of Ninth
street at the center OF block q. running
thence west through the center of
blocks 81, g. %, q, 20. 10, IS and Il to the
west line OF block IL; thence nirth along
the west line OF blocks II and 16 to the
center OF block l6; thence east through
the center Of blocks l6, 10, IA, Is, 12 II.
10 and to the west line of Ninth street;
thence south along the west line of Ninth
street TO the place of beginning, contain
ing lots /. ., s. 4, block %; the north half
OF block %; lots l, . 8, 4, block %; lots
!. ., 3. 4, block 2l; lots l. q 3, {, block
20; lots l. 2. 8, L. block l9; lots !. 2,
3, 1. block IS; lots /, 2, s. l. block II;
lots 8. 9, - S, block II; lots 5; G;
{, S. block Is; lots 8. 6, Z, S. block
le; lots 8 6. !, S, block IS; lots 5.
c, I, S. block u; lots 8, 6, T.
s. block II; lots 5, 6, I, S, block 10;
lots 3. 6, I. s. block s-all in the City
of Astoria as laid out and recorded by
John Mcclure,
Estimates OF the expense Of such i'm
provement and plans and specifications
OF such work or Improvement, and OF
the locality to be improved have been
deposited by the City Surveyor with
the Auditor and Police Judge for public
and may be inspected at the
Office of such officer.
At the next regular meeting of the
Common Council following the final pub
lication OF this notice which meeting will
he held on Friday August 6, 1897, at the
hour OF 7;so p M, at the city Hail. any
objections that may be made to such
Improvement will be considered by the
and II at the time of
said meeting remonsranee against
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NEW DISCOVERY

Springfield ~. July .1.-Charles "
Bates. a chemist. and Edward Jerry. a
surveyor. of this city. have discovered
q secret solution by which thyy coat
ivaden cartridges, rendering them su.
pcror 10 sIocl cartridges. The ordinary
lcasirn cartrtdgea when used In the
KraE. .Jorgcuson rho. have been found
10 b. too soft. and tho lead has cin.g
TO tho barrel OF the ride until the barrel
was nualiy clogEcd. and the steel cart.
ridges which have succeeded the lrad
ones have eventually torn the barrel
Therc cartridges do neither. They viii
now orcr TO sell the government the
bulle,s coated with the secret prepara-
ilon