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The oasis., 1909-05-29
GALES, ARIZONA, U. s. A.
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doubled, and on secured wool of that class it is trehed. The Ding ley and Payne bill both provide that second class wool unwashed shall pay eleven cents per pound, and secured shall pay trebled duty. The joker lies in the fact that there is no provision for doubling up the duty on washed wool of the second class, and the act has let in to compete with American washed wool of the second class the foreign wools at the unwashtd rate of duty. The wool growers have voted consistently tariff as high as 609o on wooIen manufactures, under the belief that they were receiving equal protection; hut as showed bl Senator Dolliver, they have been subject to d competition from foreign wool growers that they fell but could not understand-through operation of the joker" in the 0ingley bill exposed now hy Sena- l tor Deliver.
 To present all the different phases of the situation would pro- tract this article to fill an entire issue of THE OASIS; but the forego- ing is sufficient to show that many nf the statesmen of the present day have come to a parting of the
 ways.
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MADE TO pAY A PART.

But a week or two ago the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Company, which is the legal name of the sugar trust, walked up to the cap iain's office and settled" a fine that had been imposed in case where in the trust was convicted of under weighing imports of sugar received at it's dock in Brooklyn. The greater porlion of the fine consisted of back duties of which the govern ment has been defrauded since the enactment of the Dingley tariff act in 1897. Under the decision of the court the government could have claimed in duties and penalties the handsome sum of $9,000,000 but through compromise the sum cxacted Was $2, l36, 486. It Is stated however that the compromise does not include any agreement of i'm. munity from criminal prosecution of those responsible for the under weighing, and those guilty will be compelled to face criminal charges in the federal courts.
 In commenting upon the matter one of the New York newspapers makes this statement:
 "Considered from the standpoint of financial returns to the govern. ment, as well as of the political and money power of the interests in- volved, the punishment of the sugar trust is the most important legal triumph of the Roosevelt campaign against business i'm.
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q PARTING OF THE WAYS.

The attitude of a portion of the democratic majority in the lower house of Congress upon adoption of the rules under which Congress had worked through several ses- sions, and the debates in both branches of the National Legisla- ture upon the pending tariff bill with votes upon some of the schedules therein, go to show that there is taking place in that body breaking up of party lines which at this point of view seems destined to accomplish a new alignment of parties such as has not been seen since the momentous years of the civil war.
 In the organization of the new Congress there was strong and influential body of republican members of the House who took positive ground against readoption of the former rules under which the power of the Speaker has heen too autocratic; and the rules by which much of that power of the gavel would have been shorn Had the entire democratic minor. ity in the House voted with the ''insurgent" republicans the rules would have been modified, and the House would have been placed upon a working basis such as haC been advocated long by every de mocratic newspaper and periodiCa in the land. But when a vote was taken there went from the demo cratic ranks a sufficient number 0 members to readopt the so called Cannon rules of procedure; and i is charged openly that had ther, been more ''insurgent" republican, there would have been more demo cratic votes to offset them.
 Fully as significant are some o the votes and speeches upon tn tariff bill now pending. The de mocratic national platform pre- sented most vociferous deman,
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TURKISH atrocities continue to burden the press despatches from Europe. Suppose MohamendanIam should send throughout the United States a cloud of missionaries preaching that religion and p'o' selyting among our people. Would not there be sent broadcast all over the world vivid accounts ol Christian atrocities in American
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morality. The underweighing of sugar imports was accomplished by a simple piece of trickery-the insertion of bit of steel into the weighing machines, by which the company's weigher produced false balance. The same sugar was correctly weighed for the pay. ment of the planters from whom 1t was bought, and the two sets oi weights were daily reported to the offices of the company. Theso re. cords supplied convincing evidence of the fraud and equally conyin. cing evidence that the company officials were aware of it and know. ingly profted by it. But so also were a number of government em- ployes, in all probability, and, what is worse, their superiors also, at least during a portion of the time the frauds were being prac. tlced. For whenever an honest government weigher discovered what was going on and reported 1t he was transferred to some other job, thus showing that the trust had friends higher up. Not until 1907 was the underweighing, which had been going on for len years under the noses of government em. ployes, discovered by officials who could not be corrupted, though the attempt to corrupt them was made. It is sad commentary on business immortality and it's blighting in. huence over the conduct of the |
 public business"
 The newspaper quoted is correct in an eminent degree. Such oc.
 curences are a sad commentary in.
 deed on "husiness immortality and
 it's blighting influence over the
 conduct of public business" But
 instance such as that set forth with
 regard to the sugar trust occurred
 all over the United States, and but
 few of the culprits were eyer
 brought to book. The secret of the
 great and abiding popularity ot President Roosevelt lies in the fact that he called a halt upon such
 gross immortality in business cir cles. And the reform that he
 started will have to continue. Unless the predatory interests" wish to see Roosevelt return to the White House with a whooplng majority in 1912 the reform will
 come frnm the inside
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congressmen voted for duty upon lumber and timber products direct ly in the face of their national party declaration. Of the North Carolina delegation, solidly demo cratic, there was but one Congress- [ man who voted in accordance with the party platform; and Texas, Louisi ma, Georgia, Alabama, Flor ida, Arkansas, all supplied demo- cratic votes against free lumber.
 In the Senate Bacon of Georgia re- fused openly to be bound by the
 behest of his party declaration.
 Upon the republican side of the
 Senate chamber there was open and vociferous assertion that the party'S national platform declara- tion means revision of the tariff downward, but that the Payne bill is revision upward instead. In an impassioned speech running through two days of the session Senator Deliver of Iowa tore to tatters the wool schedule in the
 new bill, assailed the tin plate i monopoly and warned the Eastern
 leaders of the republican party
 that they are paving the way to
 the election of democratic con
 gress in 1910; and voicing the same
 warning Senator Cummins, from
 the same state, paid his respects to
 the iron and steel schedule in the bill as framed. The two Iowa
 senators were supported in their
 attitude by Senator Bevelid5e of
 Indiana, who declared significantly
 that he twas expected by the party
 to go before the people and deiend
 the tariff bill and wanted one
 adopted that he can defend;" and
 several other republican senators
 stood with Beveridge in his suppnrt
 of the two Iowa senators. The
 signi ticant feature of Dulllver's :
 position Is that he was d nlemher
 of the ways and means Commllee
 of the House when 1t framed the Dingley bill, twelve years ago; and
 he is recognized widely as d tariff expert. His arraignment of the
 wool schedule in the Payne bill which Is repetition of that in the DingIey bill that he had d hand in making, was particularly severe and scatchlng; and he exposed d joker" under which the woo grower has been hoodwinked il l favor of the manufacturer througI | twelve years past. Under .he woo schedule foreign wools are dividec 5 into three classes. American wooIr . fall almoa. invariably in the sec
 ond class. The Dingley bill pro f vides-as does also the Payne bil g that unwashed wool of the frs . class shall pay duty of twelv, : cents per pound, upon washed WOO ] of the same class the duty i
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

uninterrupted sway as President Of
that country, and at the age Of 90, is
anxious to retire to private life and
enjoy what Of life remains to him free
from the enormous burden OF govern
ment, 1t is perfectly natural and
wholly reasonable; but the people oi
Mexico, so long injured to the capa.
Die, saving strengthening touch of
this mans hand, refuse to hear Of his
plans or to see them fulfilled, and are
just now throwing a national spasm
by way demonstration against il. This
is natural, too He has done a marvel
Gus work in Mexico; brought her
up out of the slough Of her lethargy
and "latinity" and put her on a ped
estal of her own among the enlight-
ened nations OF the earth, commerc-
tally, politically, socially, industriallv
and governmentally He has wrought
with a hard hand; fought his way
through the muck and rut of tradition,
superstition, ignorance, fierce rival
ries, and the hot uncertainties OF the
Mexican temperament, to plane Of
sense. honesty and reality that has
transmogrifed useless. inert. ignor-
ant and unstable people. into a nation
that is distinct credit to the great
family of governments; and his work
is appreciated at home and abroad,
He is the Roosevelt OF that cline and
the people have warm liking for the
Roosevelts.
We do not know what the issue of
it all viii be, down there, but we
hope that if Mexico must pass from
the hands of Diaz it will be to others
capable, resolute and inspired,
hands trained in his school of ethics
and principles, which viii uphold and
upbuild as he has upheld and upbuiit
the southern empire.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
NEWS FORECAST

/ WASHINGTON D. C., April s.
News happenings Of the week prom
ise to be both numerous and interest
ing, so far as the country at large is
concerned. In the national capital
the Lenten dulness seems to have ex'
tended itself to official circles and
there will be little doing Of public in
terest aside from the continued de-
bates in Congress over the tariff bill.
Early in the week ex-President
Roosevelt and his party will leave
Naples on the second stage of the
journey to East Africa, travelling to
Mombasa on the German East African
liner Admiral The distance from Ma
pies to Mombasa is 1900 miles, and
the trip will consume sixteen days.
Court proceedings Of one kind or
another will have a prominent place
in the news of the week. At St. Louis
the suit of the Government to dissolve
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey will come up for final hearing
Monday before the full bench of the
United States Circuit Court.
Another case Of a somewhat similar
nature will be called for trial a Port
land Or. This is the suit of the Gov
ernment against the Oregon and Cal
ifornia Railroad Company to recover
title to 100000 acres Of land which
was ceded by the Government to the
railroad company many years ago.
The suit was brought on the ground
that the company has violated the
terms Of the cession in disposing 3t
the lands to others than actual se;-
tiers.
A criminal case that will attract at
tention is docketed for trial in the
town Of Lyons, N. Y. The case it
that in which Mrs. Georgia Allya
Sampson is charged with the murder
Of her husband, Harry Sampson, who
was a nephew Of the late Admiral
Sampson. Sampson was shot and Kill
ed at his home November / last, fol-
owing a quarrel with his wife.
The local option question gives ad-
led interest to the city and town elec.
lions to be held during the week IL
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and sew
,ral other States,
One Of the interesting events
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
THE WORLD THROWS AWAY

"A Chinaman will live on what a
Frenchman throws away; French
man will live on what German
throws away; a German will live on
what an Englishman throws away; an
Englishman will live on what an
American throws away" We are the
most wasteful people in the world
This, is so much the better for those
who deal in our waste, The humble
Junk business, the trade OF unconsid-
cred trines, has prospered in America
more than in all other countries. In
Boston lives a dealer who has accum,
ulated more than a million dollars;
several of his competitors could sign
checks in six figures. The leading
dealer in Providence, who handles
nothing but scrap-iron, is worth half
a million. Philadelphia has two junk
millionairs and a cluster Of near-mil-
lionaires. One of these Philadelphia
dealers has half million invested in
building and equipment alone.
Ground in New York is too costly
for many large warehouses or iron
yards, and most Of them are located
in New Jersey. Scattered over that
State are a dozen dealers who have
made fifty, one hundred, two hundred,
five hundred thousand dollars from
that which the metropolis throws
away. One Of these New Jersey deal.
ers recently bought the greatest lot
OF junk ever handled in the worlds
history-the old iron and refuse which
the French abandoned at Panama.
The original cost Of this material was
about twenty million dollars What
was the tune of the mere song he
paid for it, or how much he has made
selling off the scrap iron and metal,
no one has ever dared to estimate -
(Succcss).
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
HILL AND ASTORIA

We wonder, at times, if Astoria is
to be the final solution OF the trans
portation problems over which Hill
and Hartman have ''locked horns 50
long: If at last, she is TO come into
her own. despite the traditional lev
erage that has operated against her
for the last half century, The ques-
ton is as big and as fascinating as it
ever was; it is always alive. charged
with abunding interest to the man at
this end Of the Columbia; the logic,
the reasonablness Of it, as perfect to-
day as they have always been. and
immense as the advantage would be-
it would cause hardly ripple OF sur
prise down here, on account Of the
simple justihablness Of the even;
Probably Mr.. Hill knows this better
than we ourselves do.
The elimination Of the Cascades,
and the straight-away, down grade,
water-level haul from the Rockies to
Pacific tide-way, with every conceive
able terminal facility at hand for al
most instant despatch to sea. are quail
ities that men like Hill are wont to
conserve. and their conservation is
inevitable in the economy OF the traf-
fc he controls.
1t is no small task to redirect the
current of a mighty railway system
once it has settled down to fixed lines
along which great communities have
sprung up under the impetus Of the
company and its vast influences of
development; but commerce frequent
" commands these radical variations,
and they are imperative when they
spring into existance. The building
Of the North Bank line was the first
departure in the transition, and ac-
cording to accepted theory of rail
commerce heading always for the sea
there was no other outlet for that
splendid route than down the Colum-
bia. This is its unacceptable point Of
contact with the ocean; this, coupled
with the fact that Mr. Hill owns the
rights-ofway on both banks of the
Columbia. to this harbor, lends addi-
tional confirmation of the ultimate
purpose to make this his great gate
way. These are the facts that keep
us wondering and hoping; and We
have as much time to devote to the
agreeable proposition, as anyone else
has, and as much as we ever had, so
we continue to indulge it; and always
with the comfortable assurance that
it will answer itself affirmatively in
good time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
CONFESSION OF SECOND WIFE

Since this is confession, it may as
we'll be frank and truthful one. |
am not jealous OF my husbands first
wife-at least hope am not. But
when he looks depressed, or when !
see that he is not as happy as | would
like him to be, am conscious OF an
uncomfortable doubt. | have tried II
bring my sense Of humor to bear upon
this pain, too, and sometimes have
succeeded fairly well-sometmes I
have failed dismally. A trying trick
that my dear husband has it that Of
sinking into an abscnt-minded reverie
or abstraction; and he sometimes 50
far forgets himself as to call me
MARY" instead Of Sarah" Once
when he had been particularly forget-
iu1 and dreamy he did this three times
in one evening At last my resent
mcnt and appreciation of the ridicul-
GUS sprang to arms With the fourth
Mary" answered sweetly-- "In
heaven. dear! Won't | do?"
had heard Of another wife who
had done this, and it had sounded
funny to me when / heard the story;
but when | uttered the unseemly and
speech was overcome
with shame, my anger fed, and,
bursting into tears, / begged my hus-
bands pardon. knew that had
hurt him, and ! told him so.
81 am hurt" he said; II had no idea
that the memory Of my poor girl or
that my thought Of her, distressed you
Since it does, shall be more careful
in the future, my dear wife, and trv
not to talk Of her"-Success
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
THE AUDUBON CRUSADE

We desire to go on record as heart
lily endorsing the Audubon crusade
that is agitating the country and
which has just found practical demon
stration at Portland in the arrest Ct
a big group of milleners. Is is high
time the insane frivolities Of fashion
were yielding to the common sense
doctrines of mercy and utility and
the scientific care and propagation Of
the helpless birds of the country.
We do not care how often the law
finds its way into the Golfers of the
wholesale and retail milliners nor how
deeply it delves there. They are the pri-
mary offenders and it will not be amiss
If the fashionable woman who insists
on this means Of decoration, is mulct-
ed for her share of the righteous
bounty. The cupidity of the one and
the absurd vanity of the other, may
as well be traded upon as the inof-
fensive lives of the beautiful, helpless
little birds; and both may we'll con-
clude that the day Of this ofense IS
passing swiftly 1t has been preached
for years, this crusade; and its pract-
ical application has been far too long
delayed. We are glad to herald the
direct intervention now at hand, and
to hope that the fight will be sharp
and decisive.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
NEWS AND NOTES OF SPORT

In Quessier and Emerson Memphis
looks to have a pair OF classy pitch,
'ers,
Young Otto will meet Jimmy Rri,t
in N.round bout at Paris April II
St Paul will have Dick padden and
several other veterans in its lineup
this year,
Three Connecticut leaguerS, Powell
Soifell and O'Connor are with the
Pittsburg team,
Manager Carr of indianapolis
thinks he has another MarQuard in
Pitcher Janecki
II is expected that Harry Pulliam
will return to New York in time fo'
the National league opening,
Germany" Schaefer OF the Detroi,
Tigers is up and about after rather
bad attack OF grippe
A number Of minor league clubs
are hot after Out6elder Mattricks
now with the Chicago White Sox.
Jack chesbro has a young spithall
understudy in Quinn, who is making
a nice showing with the Highlanders,
There is no denying tina, Young
'Corbett and his oxygen tank have
beat out Ponce de Leon and his
fountain OF youth.
John |, Taylor, owner of the Bos'
ton Americans, says that his team
will finish one, two, three. That's
what they all say,
Tom Hughes is managing the
Washington Yannigans and likes his
Job so well that he is willing to re-
sign.
II can be seen right now where the
Newark team will finish if Owner Me
Ginnity and Manager Wolverton con
tinue to sass" one another.
Albert Exendine, captain OF the
Carlisle eleven in 1907, has been en-
gagged to coach the Otterbein Univer-
sity football squad.
When an old stager like Frank
Vancroft falls from the top OF q bus
it means that the Cincinnati Reds, in
icluding the business manager, will
bear watching.
Hugh s. Fullerton, war correspond
ent with the Chicago Nationals, says
that a majority of the Cubs are broke
and longing for a piece Of that $lO,-
900 that Charlie Murphy mislaid.
Peter Maher knocked out another
aspirant for pugilistic honors recent
ly. You never hear OF them until
Peter gets to 'em and you never hear
of them after Peter gets through with
EN-
Even il St. Jacob Beckley has been
chased by Kansas City he is still
strong enough to play in the four re-
naming classes A B c and D. Jak'
most likely will reach D about the
spring of 1873.
The Missouri general assembly will
adjourn April IA in order to attend
the opening game Of the baseball sea-
son at Jefferson City The solons ap-
preciate good sport even il they do
put over some ISIS Hopkins" legisla-
ton now and then.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

without first crossing herself to insure
good luck. Some OF our greatest
stars would perhaps retire from the
stage Of they should lose the horse.
shoe which is nailed to the lid of one
Of their trunks, and could not get an
other. Mrs. Leslie Carter always raps
three times on the wings before walk.
ing on the stage, and she thinks this
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

abroad will be the celebration Satur'
day OF the S0th birthday of General
William Booth, founder and head cf
the Salvation Army. Salvation Army
branches throughout the world are
preparing to unite in paying tribute
to the venerable head OF the organiza-
ton, which was first started in 1865
and under the personal direction Of
General Booth has extended its opera
tions into "a countries and colonies.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
WING SHOTS.

When the interested searcher has oc-
casion to revert to the ancient public
records of his city, county and state,
he is moved to grateful admiration f
the wonderful precision and clarity Of
the present-day methods and to
mourn over the stupidity and ignor-
ance of the olden time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

precaution will Danish all evil iuau
cnces When Mary Anderson was
on the stage she never dared to peep
through the curtain while the house
was filling Many theatrical people
constantly carry around with them
for luck the left hind foot Of a
graveyard rabbit killed by the light
OF the moon. Success.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
ETHE WEATHER

Oregon-Showers in west followed
BY clearing weather; showers in east
portion; probable frost in early morn
ing in exposed places in west portion,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

What a bowling farce the Sunday
closing Of saloons is, in Astoria. It
is becoming the joke Of the day here,
and they who laugh loudest are they
who determinedly and constantly
break the law; though the trainers Of
some Of the laws have been heard to
litter, some.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
SUPERsTITIOUS

Theatrical people, are proverbialIy
supcrstitious. | know of one great
actress who never goes on the stage