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VOL. G. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1872. NO. 26.
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Don't Let Mother Jo It.Daughter, don't let mother do it!
Do not let her slave and toil ;While yon sit a useless idler.
Fearing jour Pol'i hands to soil.Don't you se the heavy bunleria
Daily aha is wont to bearBring the lines upon her forehead
Spinkle silver in her hair?Panghter, don't let mother do it!
Do not let ber t ake o boilThrough the long, bright summer hoars.
with her the heavy toil ;See. her eye has lost its brightness.
Faded from her cheek the g'ow,And the step that once wa.s buoyant
Now is feeble, weak and slow.
Daughter, don't let mother do it!She has cared for you so long ;
Is it right the weak and feebleShould be toiling for the strong ?
Waken from your listless languor,Set-- her side to cheer and bless,
And your grief will be less bitterWhen the sods above her press.
Daughter, don't let mother do it!You will never, never know
What was homo without a motherTill that mother lieth low-L- ow
beneath the budding daisies,Ftee from earthly care or p.in
To the home so sad without her,Never to return igain.
Jt is an easy matter to make upa case and bring the points hereintouched on before the proper tri-bunals, and we hope the presentyear will witness their adjudica-tion.
The news from Rhode Island ischeering. The election of a Dem-ocratic Lieutenant Governor wasa noble achievement. Like Con-necticut and Xew Hampshire,Rhode Island holds a State electionevery year. In 1870 the Republic-an candidate for Governor had 4,-19- 8
majority in a total vole of lessthan 17,000. In 1871 the samecandidate had a majority of 3,573in a total vote of only 14f000.Sow the same candidate lias only1,175 majority, while the Demo-crats elect their Lieutenant Gov-ernor and make gains in the Leg-islature. We have been gettinggood news of late. The littleState of Rhode Island and thegreat cities of Cincinnati and St.Louis furnish fresh and shining ev-
idences of the inextinguishable vi-
tality of the Democratic party.
burden of tariff taxation more thanany other class. They feel it asconsumers of the necessary articlesof life ; they feel it as producers 8fstaples, the value of which is incTeased by the exchanges of reciprocal commerce. An importantduty to them is, reality, an exportduty on their productions. Theyalso feel the high tariff more thanany other class, because it taxesthem so heavily on the implementsrequired in their struggle with thetoil. The sickle, the scythe, thomowing blade and tho plow, arataxed for the benefit of the iron-masters, and that art the most an-cient of all, in a country wherethe farmer has in his hand thecontrol of the nation, is condemnedto use inferior instruments, becausethe improved reaping and mowingmachine are taxed beyond themeans of the farmer to purchase.
There will be an unrising of tbwpeople against the iniquities ot thepresent tariff in the next campaignand we recognize the abilityof the leaders of the Cjn
could be effected so that the opera-tors in wool in this citv could im-port directly to Philadelphia,there would be a great increase inthe receipts of wool at tins port,and duties paid here which go toincrease the business of Xew York.There is a vast amount of wool,and oils and other stock importedby Piladelphia merchants to XewYork and then shipped here, theduties and other expenses beingpaid in Xew York. Philadelphiadocs not stand first in the woolbusiness simply because of meansto bring the product here.
There has been a steady im-provement in the price of woollast year. The Chicago lire, and atight money market following, fora short time interrupted this ad-vance. In fact it softened pricesa little, but to men taking a closerview of the case at the time, itshowed that this demand was nota speculative one, inasmuch as theconsequent depression followingthe fire did not effect the price soslightly. It was really caused forlegitimate purposes. As soon asmoney grew a little easier pricesagain took an upward turn.
Yool has been higher duringthe war than it is now, but thengold was very much higher also.The. highest prices for wool everriding in this country were in 1804,in July, when some stocks brought81 25 per pound. Gold stood thenabout 224, and wool is really high-er now than it was in that year. Itis a fact that wool is really bring-ing a higher price to-da- y in goldthan it ever brought before. Evenin the most speculative times woolnever advanced to the figures towhich supply and demand haveraised it. In other cases it wassimply speculation. Now it is oneof wool. It must be had or themachines will have to be stopped.
With all the efforts made it isbelievel that a considerable pro-portion of the machinery of thiscountry must stand idle from thefirst of May to the first of July,Mills that have confined themselvesto woolen fabrics will have to stop.All the efforts to buy a sufficientamount here at reasonable rateswill prove insufficient in supplyingall the mills. Wool is now simplybeing sold to manufacturers whogreatly need it. The great fearamong wool operators is that therewill not be sufficient advance ingoods soon enough to prevent agreat many of smaller manufactur-ers from succumbing and perhapscrippling seriously some of thelarger establishments.
Tub-wool- , which opened in In-
diana in June at 09c per pound, isnow worth 00c, I fence woolswhich to-da- y are Toe, cost in Ohio,it) June, 5gc. Pulled wools worthto-da- y 0 5c, in September startedselling at 00c. . - .
Card from E. V, Love rid go, Esq.
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Rhode Island Strange Xews and A.Strange Condition of Things.
From the Sacramento Reporter.;
The unexpected news fromRhode Island is just such as wouldcome from that State every yearif the laws and Constitution ofthe United States were not openlydefied in the little commonwealth.The Fourteenth and FifteenthAmendments, and the Act cf Con-gress of May 31, 1870 (to whichwe will hereinafter more particu-larly refer), were adopted as Rad-ical measures to prolong the swayof the Radical party. Whateverthey may have accomplished inother States for their inventorsthey can certainly be made toplague them in Rhode Island.The dominant party prates muchof obedience to the laws of theland (which they have framed),but the Rhode Island Radicalsclaim to be exempted from obedi-ence to such enactments as maymilitate against their supremacyat home. The recent constitution-al amendments and the Act ofMay 31, 18?0, are therefore prac-tically in operative in that State.
The Fourteenth Amendmentsays that all persons born or nat-uralized in the United States, andsubject to their jmisdictioa, arecitizens of the United States, andof the State wherein they reside.The Fifteenth Amendment saysthat the right of citizens of theUnited States to vote, shall notbe denied or abridged by the Uni-ted States, or by any State on ac-
count of race color or previouscondition of servitude. The StateConstitution of Rhode Island is atwar with these amendments.That instrument requires the naturalized citizen to own unencum-bered real estate to the value ofat least 13 4 as a condition pre-cedent to voting. One year ago aproposition to rtmove this condi-tion was submitted to a vote ofthe people (not all the people whowere entitled to vote under theFederal Constitution, but only tothose who Rhode Island said couldvote,) and was defeated by a largemai'ority, the Democrats of course,voting to remove and the Repub-licans voting to retain the propeivty qualification. As it was madea party question, the result was aplain confession by the Republic-ans that their lease of power wouldterminate upn the adoption of theproposed amendment. It is care-fully estimated that this propertyqualification denies the right ofsuffrage to nearly eight thousandpersons. Ail of these personsare under the Federal Constitu-tion citizens of the United Statesand of Rhode Island. They would,if allowed to exercise the rightwhich is ckarly theirs, give theirsupport, it is fair to presume, forthe party that has zealously la-
bored todifranchise them againstthe party of proscription that spitsupon their manhood. With theirhelp the Democrats would regainanl retain the State.
The Rhode Island Republicanspretend that the property qualifi-cation to which they so tenaciously cling, does not deny or abridgethe right of citizens to vote on ac-
count of ruee or color or previouscondition of servitude. We ad-
mit there is a chance for contro-versy on this point, but we thinkthe Supremo Court, if a case weremade up, would certainly declarethat naturalized citizens are asmuch entitled to vote in RhodeIsland as in any other State, andthat the Rhode Island Constitutionis in conflict with that of the UnitedStates. The Xew York ConstiUwtion still contains a requirementthat citizens of the African racemust own at least 250 in real es-
tate, to entitle themto vote. Thiprovision js treated by every bodyas a dead letter, and jnstl' so be-
cause it is in conflict with the Fif-teenth Amendment. The eminentpublicist, William Beach Lawrence,holds that the Rhode Island prop-erty qualification is as directlyagainst t!;e Fifteenth Amendmentas the Xew York provision is.
But there is a sure way to bringRhode Island to her senses speedi-ly. The second section of theFourteenth Amendment providesthat Representatives shall be ap-
portioned among the several Statesaccording to their respective num-
bers, etc!; but that, when the rightto vote at any election for nation-al or State officers is denied toanv of the nure inhabitantsof "any State, being twenty-on- e
years" of age and citixms of the'United States, or in any trayabridged, except for rebellion orother crime, the basu of represent-ation in such State shal be reduc-ed in proportion. Now if Con-
gress, which proposed and rejoicedover this amendment, will see thatit is duly enforced in Rhode Islandas elsewhere, that State will eitherhave to treat its naturalized citi-
zens as other States treat them, orelse loose a member of Congress.If it should loose oae it would! havepnly one left,
From the S. F. ExaminerThe leaders of the Cincinnati
Convention indicated in a recentletter that a platform will beadopted favoring a tariff for reve-nue only. It aims, by foreshadow-ing this policy to obtain the sup-port of the Western States, byhaving trade as free as it can beby raising a portion of the revenueby low duties. Some who are ex-pect- ed
to act with the Conventionare willing to leave the tariff' ques-tion untouched, by allowing thevarious Congressional districts todecide it for themselves. The de-
bates in Congress in the House,during the month of March, exhib-it how unequally the burden ofprotection falls on the agriculturalStates. The membeis of thoserealize the tact that they pay morein enhanced prices to home manu-facturers than they continue induties to the Government. Taxa-tion for the latter, if rendered inany degree equal, may be tolerat-ed, but to pay a greater sum tomanufacturers in the shape ofbounties or tribute is intolerable.
The annual value of agriculturalproductions is nearly live-fol- d
greater than the value ot manufac-tures. Our imports during theIMit year, including free goods,
etc., amounted to 518,-759,51- 8;
on the duty-payin- g arti-cles 202,450,073 were collected ingold. On similar articles producedunder the productive duties, theconsumers paid a tax nearly, ifnot fully, as great as to the Gov-ernment. The foreign articles en-hanced in cost by the duty, enablethe home manufacturer to sell hisgoods at the same price. On salt,iron, steel, leather and hides, cottonand woolen goods, the wholeamount of woolen goods, thewhole amount of revenue collectedwas 71 ,2 1 9,904. Salt pays a dutyot 139 per cent; iron, fioai 43to 101; steel, from 31 to 53; cot-ton goods, 50 per cent, and up-wards; woolen goods cloth, G8;blankets, 100; flannels, 113, etc.Annual vaue cotton manufactures, $170,000,000
" " woolen " 1 TO.OOO.OOO" " iron " 202, :.).( KM )
" " leathar " l.S0,l)O0,000
Total ..738,335,000
The total value of agriculturalproductions is 3,580,904,000.
With the restrictions imposed ontrade by high duties the farmersare shut out from purchasing wherethey can purchase cheaply; theyare also obliged to sell their pro-duce in the limited borne market,diminished in importance by re-
strictive laws. This high taxationhas destroyed our shipping, and hasrendered what was once our mostimportant industry almost a lostart among our people, We havehedged around our immense seacoast a species of blockade moreeffectual than if enforced by iron-clads. We have denied entry toforeign merchandise except at ex-
orbitant duties, and what nowreaches our shores comes tinder for-
eign flags, for so inexorable havebeen the demands of protectioniststhat they have laid their palsyingtouch eveji on shipping, make itmore costly for an American vesselto sail on the great highway of na-
tions than ships under any otherHag.
This high protective system isthe principal cause of the extrava-gant expenditures of government.The greater-- the annual disburse-ments and the greater the forcedeffort to pay off more of the X"a-tion- al
debt than is necessary forthe best interests of the country,the stronger becomes the plea ofthe manufacturer for high duties.We imported last year cottongoods to the value of '$20,588,000,t he duty on which was 10,774,000;but this formed a small portion ofthe cotton fabrics consumed by ourpeople. This quantity, however,while it did not prevent highprices to the consumer preventedan absolute monopoly on the partof the manufacturers. The mo-ment the prices exceeded the costof the foreign artjple with theduty, imports to a certain extentcame in competition and benefittedthe consumer. Of manufacturesof wool the total importations lastyear were 52,700,008, which paidof 33,529,475, an average of 08per cent., and up to this high scalethe home manufacturer was secureof his market, for in addition tothe duties, freight and insuranceoperated also in his favor.
The tariff question will be themost important in the coming cam-paign for on the reduction of du-ties depends the economical admin-istration of the Government, Wenow collect revenue on nearly fourthousand articles of merchandise;the duties on some of which do notpay the cost of collection.
The reduction of duties on leath-er and w oolen goods is more impor-tant to the people than on tea andcoffee, but as the latter do notcome in competition with homemanufactures, their free admittance......;... t,. 1, keot u on somerthi-els- e, The farmers fee thej
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cinnati movement who have fore-shadowed their probable programme in adopting thermcipltx)so long maintained by the Democratic party a tariff for revenueonly, o o
ThQ Mighty West.
Xo longer, says an exchange, isit a dubious proposition that thoexpression of Bishop Berkely wascorrect when he declared : "West-ward the course of empire takesits way." The discovery of goldin California gave the first impetusto the tide of immigration whichever since rolled towards thoPacific coast ; but once set thither-ward, that tide has swept over ad-jacent interior regions and devel-oped astounding resources of min-eral and agricultural wealth. Onthis western marge of the Ainer-ica- n
continent, we predict, will beultimately manifested the highestintelligence of the coming cen-turies. Here will be concreted tnoconcentrated essence of theXJnental,physical and moral powerof allthe nations of the earth. In tlioocitv of San Francisco or in itsthreatened rival municipality,"The Central City" of the PacificRailroad Company, will be congre-gated, in less than twenty years,exemplars and illustrations of ajlthat is eminent in mechanical invention, all that is superalative inpoetic production, all that is sur-passing in practical judgment allthe attributes, faculties and capacioties which determine intellectualsupremacy. In short we are agreat people; or likely to be. Inproof of thi! proposition thatgthePacific Coast is progressing rapidlyon the road to future grandeur, W03reproduce the following from thellural lress : g
Xo longer that out of the wayplace on the globe, Oregon, fioirPthe indomitable energy of herpeople and the grand system ofrailroads now being inauguratedand rapidly pushed from point topoint in her wide domain, is, as aState, assuming oil important thatcannot but attract the attention, ifnot the envy, of some oP her oldersister States. Her cities and townshave awakened to renewed life andactivity, her population is rapidlyincreasing, and other evidences ofa progressive and prosperous fu-
ture, from this day onward, arapparent on every hand.
A similar spiritQ of enterprise8with like results, seems also tohave seized upon the people ofWashington Territory, where newand vast improvements are alreadyin progress, that will have no re-laps- e
till a developed country anda mjghty people be fouii where,and of which, but a few yeanssince we knew but little more ofthan as the great North Wpst.
Belikvkp ix His WiFEj2-Dur- ving the trial of a case,a witness persisted in testifying to what his wifetold him. To this, of course, theattorney objected. Re would pro?ceed again to tell how itvas," when the attorney wQtijd singout: 'IIowr do you know that?"
My wife told me," was the an? oswer. This was repeated severaltimes. Presently the judge be-
coming unable to contain himselflonger, interrupted; ''Suppose yourwife were to tell you that theheav?pns had fallen, what would yoithink?" "Yell, I dial: dey wasdownj"
. oWoman J still more interesting
when we contemplate her, nightand day, watching by the pdlp,of a friend, administering the heal:in '"balm, sustaining the droppinghead on her sympathizing boSom,and wiping the clamniy dews of,lc.ath from the sunken cheeks itis in such a scene lovely womanshriiied unrivalled, and constrains'man to pay Jiomage due to anglesot hunianity.
oA ohotoorranher advertised!
"Babies taken and finisfied in fivao
Cause and IKh'cct ol" the Prceiit ShortSupply in wool.
The Pilatlelphia Tyntirer of Feb-ruary 0th Pays: lor ssoine timent there has been great excite-
ment in the wool market, owing tothe steady increase in the price ofthis commodity. This has beenoccasioned by a wool famine allover the world. Prices have ad-
vanced in England and on theContinent, in all the wool marketscorresponding to the advance hereand in some instances the advanceon the other side has been largerthan here. This wool famine willlast, probably, (ill through the pres-ent year. The clip of 187-- 3 willno doubt be the largest in theworld's history, Every one willmake an effort to increase it. Thereason the clip of 1872 will notbe much in excess of 1871 is be-
cause the irreat advance did nottake place until after the lambingseason was over.
The advance in woolen goodshas not corresponded at all withthe advance in wool, and this is in ameasure, caused by there being ano less number of yards of goodsproduced than there has been pre-viously. A great many manufac-turers who have heretofore madeup woolen goods are now using inthe place of wool, other materialswhich cheapen the cost of goodsper yard, but do not lessen theproduction of yards, o, whilethere has been a famine in thewool market, there is scarcely anydecreased production of yards ofgoods.
From the present appearancpofthings it is highly probable theywill make the manufacturing busi-ness one of the most profitablethat can be carried on in a shorttime. The reason is that soonthere will be an enormous amountof wool to find a market, withscarcely any increase in the ma-chinery to use it. This will, ofcourse, diminirdi prices and proba-bly in 1873 we shall see woolsbring lesd than half the amountthey now bring, and goods at al-
most the same figures. This is be-
cause the number of yards will bekept about the same, and the de-
mand for goods will be about aslarge, while the production ofwool will be double what it is atpresent.
The small supply of wool inport has been owing to the factthat a great many farmers thoughtthe growth of beef and porlv, aswell us other agricultural products,would pay them better than thegrowth of wool. In the yearsI860, 1S70 and 187J the slaughterof sheep in ihU country wasi verygreat. As a consequence the sup-ply of wool in 1871 was not overtwo-third- s of the product of 1807,In other parts of the world, as thewool tariff in those countries wasdifferent for wool off the skins andwool on the skins, it created a de-termination to kill sheep so as tobring the wool here on the skin,trusting to reproduction to replen-ish their Hocks. Now the wooltariff is the same for wool on theskin as the wool oil the skin andreproduction has not been so rapidin the countries where they slaugh-tered so heavily, as was anticipated.C puscquently the supply from allthose quarters is greatly diminish-ed, and the fact stands'boldly outthat a wool famine is being felt theworld over.
In 1870 there arrived in thiscountry the skins of over five mil-lion sheep. Last year the receiptsof skins were much Jess, becausethe duty is now the same oji woolon the fckin as off. Everywherethe loss is felt of the number ofsheep slaughtered to supply themarket in this country. The woolbusiness in this city is extensivelycarried on. In domestic wool Bos-ton is first, Philadelphia secondNew York third.. In foreign woolsXew York eel's the most, Phila-delphia comes second and Bostonranks third, If arrangements
Protection is Driving oiTOur Trade.
The opening of rivers and smallports of China, and the develop-ment of the India and Japan tradehave created during the last fewyears, in these waters an immensedemand for light and swift steam-ers. Xo one could build thesesteamers like our American me-chanics, for American light draftsteamers, like American clippers,are the lightest, the most graceful,and the best, in the world. Andprevious to the enactment of theMorill tariff, m 1801, all the ordersfor the steamers for which such animmense demand is now springingup in the East, came to the UnitedStates. But when, under the pre-tence of "protecting American Me-
chanics," the duties on timber andiron, copper, cordage, and every-thing which enters into the con-
struction of vessels, were so enor-mously laised, the orders went toEngland, for there they could befilled for little more than half theprice which the "protection" tariffwould permit our ship and enginebuilders to do the work for. Butdeft workers in iron, as the Eng-lish mechanics are, they could notbuild boats to take the AmericanSteamers, and the first vessels sentout to China from the Clyde andThames were too heavy and con-tracted in their accommodations.To get over their difficulty Ameri-can mechanics, whom the tariffhad robbed of employment, weresent for to come to England andhundreds of them now are therebuilding the upper works for theEnglish hulls, and teaching theircunning to English apprentices.Out of 231 screw ctcumers built puthe Clyde, last year, 125 were forthe Eastern trade, and their upperworks were constructed.!)' Ameri-can mechanics. A 11 of these vesselswould have been built in the Unit-ed States wepe it not for the tariff,
j ;uid probably I lie greatest part ofthem m an Francisco or oil theSound. And this i.s "protection'what our stupid Mechanics' Insti-tute declares in its report necessaryto encourage! California industry !
-- S. F. Post.
Fixoku Marks. A short timeano a gentleman employed a masonto do some work for him, andamong other things to 'thin whiten'the walls of one of his chambers.This thin whitening is almost col-
orless until dried. The gentlemanwas much surprised on the nextmorning after the chamber wasfinished, to find on the drawer of abureau standing in his room whitefinger marks. Opening the drawerhe found the same on the articlesin it, and on a pocket book. Anexamination revealed the same onthe contents of a bag. This prov-ed clearly that the mason with hiwet hands had opened the drawerami searched the bag, which con-
tained no money, and then closedthe drawer without once thinkingany one would know it. Thelthin-whiteu'm- g' which happened tobe on his hands did not show atfirst, and probably he had no ideathat twelve hours' drying wouldreveal his weakness! Beware ofevil thoughts ami deeds. Theywill leave then finger marks whichyill one day be revealed. Theymay be almost, if not cpiile, invisi-ble at first. But even if theyshould not be seen during any ofyour days on earth, yet there is aday coming in which all will bemade manifest.
Ought to. A knowing travelerwho had chartered halt a bed at acrowded hotel, and who was de-termined to have the best half,buckled a spur on his heel beforeturning in. His unfortunate part-ner bore the infliction as long ashe could, and at last roared out :
"Say, stranger, if you're a gentle-man, vou ought to cut your toenails,
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Men slip on water when it is fro-zv- n
and on whisky when it isn't,
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We have received from E. TLoveridge, Esq , late editor of theOlyinpia Courier, the followingcard, to which we assign a placein the columns of the JLirahl withmuch pleasure. 3Ir. Loveridge, afew months since, took editorialcharge of the Courier a new Re-publican paper, understood to havebeen established in the interest ofI Ion. Selucius Qarfjelde, the pres-ent Delegate in Congress fromWashington Territory. But, as3Ir. Loveridge fult that he couldno longer coneientiously act withthe Republican party, of coursehe retired from editorial charge ofthe Coiiticr, He shows himself,in this card, to be an honest, frank,outspoken man:
Olympia, W. T., April 11, 1872.To TjiK Eofioii of the IIkuald:
My conscience compels me toavow, both on the score of expe-diency, principle and thought, myfull faith and' sympathy with theDemocratic party of the Gotjntry.
I cannot longer juggle with facts.To deny my political convictionswould be dishonest. I believethat only through the Democraticpartr is there hope of redeemingour fair land from ruinous misrule.I fully realize all that obloquy Imust receive from those who donot comprehend the political purit yof my motives. This administra-tion io alike false to the people andthe age. I confess I had hoped,until very recently, that there wassufficient pure life in the Republic-an party to support the Republic-an movement." I amnow reluctantly satisfied that it issolel)-- by union with the Democra-cy of the con ii try that we have ahope of defeating Grant. Meanwhile we can afford to, and should,take "back seat: To tie featGrant and his crowd should beour first business.
E. F. LovEimxjE.A servant girl told her master
the other morning that she wasabout to give his wife warning andquit the house. " Happy girl J
would that I could give her warn-ing and quit the house tool" wasthe brutal response,
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