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4 rWK POST - IJfTKI.LIOEKCEB. TBRMS OF itrMCRIPT! 0 *: Delivered by City Carrier Kfy and Sunday. V? month • •; 'Jim ily and Sunday. »'* months. » •"** In advance -• •• • ~-,'m V*Uy and Sueday, cn« y«?ar. !i P* 1 ® ? a In advance Sunday ed.?;on. r**~ month j «0 Scnday edi'Jon, one T«*r ■-• *,•»«* Person* d**tr»ng the Pc«t-1 l;T . served at their bom'* or chAr f^ r «vje«t ery ran era re it by r*3«t*l caf" c - Whan •r ord*r fbrour*-. tot-phone Ma-n - SniCl# . delHery }n please c dUtt complaint to thi* sSic*. RT MAIL. PAYABLE TS AU^AKCR P*Hy and Sunday, par month 4 lis Dally and Sunday. *'* month" f » Daily and Sunday. one year Sunday edition, one month j % Sunday «d:*.J«n. tlx months f M Sunday edition one year St Suriday ard Weekly, ore year j Weekly edition, one year .. W Weekly edition, six months OFFICES. _,,. rL Seattie. Second avenue and CSjJJ|Y _ Sow York. Room? 13. 14, 13 Tribune C.oa Chicago. V" Chamber of CoebM«- Tacoma. 120S Pacific avenue. Give ponfoffw address ta full, tncludlng county «nd state. . sr R»mit by express, money order, <"* In re««*tered letter, at our rtaa. • Telephone*— Bj»!n«t* Office. *sm Editors! Rooms. Main 382. Addreas all communications an* tancaa to the POST-fNTELM<3B >,c,!,J * PUBLISHING CO.. Seattle. Wash. CITf OFFICIAL PAPER. SEATTLE, WEDSIKIDAT, DEC. IS. I.FT ALL ACT AT ©*CE. The unauth«>nticated report from Ot tawa that It hi the purpose of the Can** dian government "to make customs regulations to foreigners entering the Klondike as liberal as possible," Is no doubt the result of the ablation for abolishment of the sub-ports at Dyea and Skaguay. It Is a vain and idle promise. There Li no possible prospect that the Canadians, even if they are so disposed, can offer to the United Suites any concessions or privileges that will even measurably compensate for the surrender by us of an Immense commer cial advantage. When sub-ports were established at Dyea and Skaguay. a great and profitable trade opportunity was deliberately thrown away. It Is astonishing that the effects of that action were not foreseen. They might easily have been avoided. It is said that Secretary Gage made the order upon request of the Washing ton delegation. This may or may not be so; but it is now plain that it Is the duty of our congressional delegation to employ every practicable and available efTort to have the order revoked. The Chamber of Commerce meets to day. There should be a large attend ance and the sub-port matter should be taken up and a vigorous polity decided up«»n. I>et the Chamber address itself to the Washington congressional dele gation and request in strong and ur gent terms that the bonding privileges to Canadians and other foreigners be withdrawn. Meanwhile, the merchants and citi zens of the city have a duty to perform. They should act without delay upon the Post-Intelligencer's suggestions of yesterday. The interest and attention ••f representatives, senators and all In fluential men In Washington should be solicited. The necessity for Immediate and united action is upon us. (•OMI'KKr VIEW or THINGS. President Gompers, of the National Federation of JLabcr. In his annual ad dress, outlines the policy he recommends to worklngmen who form the member ship of his organisation. It is Interest ing a* showing the line of thought up on which such organisations are based, l iilons perform a great service to labor, and If they were conducted strictly within the bounds which originally formed their limits. It would be the bet ter. not only for labor—as It Is meant within such bodies—but to society gen erally. Referring to the recent decision of the Federal court that the boycott la il legal. for Instance. Gompers makes the suggestion that upon any letter or cir cular Issued upon such a matter of th'a character, after stating the name of th* "unfair firm" and the grievances complained of. the words "we have been enjoined by the courts from boy cotting this Jlrm" could be added. That l«? Mr. Gompers' idea of honor and of obedience to the law. We would like to know whst his opinion would be if railroad companies and other employers should send a list of nanus to every other employer In th** country with t*\e remark, "we have not blacklisted th «e m»n.*' The chances are that he would declare It a rascally evasion and de nounce the courts which woul 1 not In tervene to prevent It. liven if i! were not illegal, there is no doubt that It would be all that Mr. Gompers could say of It. Mr. Gompers has another grievance, and he hss nat the tact to conceal his r«al He deman !s that "we, as workers and citizens, shall r.ot tx' restrain- 1 in the exercise of our law ful and natural rights; courts canr..->t issue injunctions restraining p. rs n< from committing crimes." Indeed. a:~ 1 if they v*nnot. they should have that power. If Mr. Gompers should go be fore a court and »«y Ms r.f* was In danger, what would he think of th» court which should reply: "Go on about your business; we rarr >{ restrain persons from committing crimes; hat if you are killed we will see that the crim inal is punished." Fortunately. Mr. Gompers Is wror.cr. and from time immemorial, the statut-s have provided not only for the preven tion of er:me, but hsre Imposed a pun ishment u* i*n those *ho threaten to commit one It Is not c«KV**ary to re * >rt to actual TSol<*r..-e in ord< r to con stitute an offense against the if It were, communities might be kept in a constant state of turmoil. ? ar and anticipated danger frvtn language and conduct destructive not or.ly of the pea e of the c:t:xrn. but <. f public morals, without the commission of the offense. If Mr. Gompers wants to protect from assault by deputy sheriffs, he should tell them that upon the appearan-e of any per»on carrying a gun the peaceable citizen has only to go to the Justice of the peace and he can have all the protection nec essary. If a deputy sheriff shall fire at him while he is at a distance and not throwing rocks or doing #omething el«e to put the deputy sheriff on the de fensive. the deputy will be punished. But why should honest, hard-working citizens, going about business peaceably, worry "courts Ibsj# Injunctions restraining persons from committing crimes?" Every honest man and peaceable citizen ought to re joice that crime can be stopped. Of course, "it is but Just," as he says, "that th« workers should be regarded as equals before the law." but what worker in the ranks of the Federation of Labor considers himself the equal of a criminal? On another subject Mr. Gompers lays down a doctrine which will hardly be regarded as honorable even by work ingmen—not that they are as a body loss honorable than any other class, but they might be presumed to sympathise to some extent with Gompers' views. He denounces the decision of the court which sustains the claim that when a seaman has contracted to make a round voyage with a ship he shall not be per mitted to desert that ship before the voyage is completed and the contract fulfilled. He likens seamen who want to desert, but who are compiled to keep fafth, to the return of a fugitive slave. If Mr. Gompers had his own way a contract would never be worth the paper it would be written on, except to the "workingman." A seaman could enter into a contract at New York, for instance, to travel with the captain and aid him in the navigation of the ship to a foreign port and home again, but when he reached that port, if he could get higher wages there, he could break the contract and leave the captain to shift for himself. That would be the act of a free and honorable man. But if the captain agreed to hire a man for the round journey, and discharged him at some port where he could get cheaper labor, and so broke his contract, he would be a scoundrel. No organization can live on such principles as these; no permanent union of men can exist which is not upon the doctrine of one ryle and that applied equally to all. ORE ASPECT OF VICTORIAS SUP PLIES. Not long ago the Victoria Colonist said that only a very small part of a miner's outfit Is purchased in the United States by Canadians, meaning Vic toria merchants. This statement is on a par with others from the same source. Canadian merchants at Victoria do buy a large part of their supplies in the United States because the supplies are not produced in British Columbia, but are either imported and pay duty, or are brought from Eastern Canada and pay heavy freights. The British Columbia Board of Trade, in its annual report for 1597, pages :><>- 52, gives the following list of imports of such products of agriculture and its branches, packed meats, cereals, etc., as can be produced in that province, but are not, for three years ending June 30, 18V6: Bacon. 2.41* OW pounds. Canned meats, 906,810 pounds. t'ornmeal. I .M barrel*. Oatmeal, 88.540 pounds. Wheat Hour. S2 0!«s barrels. Beans, S OU bushels. Outs, 237.40? bushels. Peas. 1,051 bushels Wheat. 78.508 bushels. Apples, dried, 1&.&& poorsds. Plums and prune? 1(8.* * pounls. finned fruits and vegetables. 1.605 Sll pounds. Potatoes, TV?"?# bushels. Butter. 2.59 , >.6R3 pounds. Condensed milk, 8,333 cases. The bulk of th- s se goods enters into a miner's provision outtit, the bulk of them ».re Imported into British Colum bia from I'ufCft sound; so it appears that more than a f*>w lines of (roods are imported Into Vict- ria. and it is diffi cult to how it it even "possible" to outfit a miner completely with Canadian goods in Victoria as low or lower than in Seattle, for Victoria Roods have either paid duty already, or they are Imported all the way across the conti nent from Montreal, Toronto and Ham ilton at rates which precl ;de successful competition with American foods bought In Seattle, «ven ;f the latter shall have to pay a?l the duty on the Tshole outfit, and ther do not now, and may never do, In spite of the Victi rian bugbear. (HIl mini? U ITII AI>TK\I.M. There ha.-* beon a jrreat outcry from Europe ab- rut the e\t sit to t\hich Am- rs *an manufacturer* ar# ftndlnr their way into every markvL Even Gnat HritaJn, which i< sr-nora'ly «k> c- n- TVV-nt of it? own ir.vvjln«»rable p. stti n in the Industrial w >rld has become agi tated. Th* colonial secretary, as well as th- ministers of the various *»loEirs, baa he»*n trying t"> devis* tv wh'.ch the trail# between th-m and t e tTr.:ted Stats could be diverted into a trade between the mother country and the colony. It v. ttl take sowthiTif n?<*re than sentiment t"> do It; It will re.j':'.r-» that the excellence of Quality, wrkmar.s' Ip ar.d shipment shall be ?urpa*.-- l. Why it is that Arneri an manufactured fw»ds are f.rsdirjr their way «n competi tion to those cf Germany end Ilnslar.d is ascertained by the expeflen< v « of our manufacturer* in AuttraJas; t. with which there has been a steady growth of business. A few ■* cars aro we bad ro trade in d -or*. window sashes cr blinds with THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGEXCEK. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897. Australia. but it last year amounted to ' 1571.*60. The traffic in bicycles reached 1530 339. "We exported s+>s 493 worth of agricultural implements, which is SIOV 090 more than six years ago. The in crease in cotton manufactures since ISS9 was from $2<.9*2 up to 1202.195. This is not altogether newly created busi ness. Until quite recently the English makers of bicycles have had the Aus tralian markets practically to them selves, Just in the same way as they had the machinery and farm implement trade in their hands. In IS>S the value of agricultural machinery sent from Great Britain to Australia was of the value of 1235.000, but two years later, notwithstanding the increased popula tion, the total had fallen to $150,000. These figures come from American sources, but they are amply confirmed by the report of a British agent as to the rise of the American trade in Syd ney and Melbourne. Our goods are gaining ground in tools, especially in axes, saws, shovels and files, and in fencing wire and ammunition. This agent says: "Take an American hammer, brace, saw, ax or hatchet, and its equal cannot be bought outside of America for any money. What English maker will turn out electro plated ware, such as cruets, butter dishes, etc., anything like the American goods? In spite of years of endeavor to turn out the right article by British makers, all our hammers and carpenters' tools are still from America, while their plows sre stead ily ousting the old long-breast imple ments." Only a short time ago a letter ap peared In the London Times, written by one of the leading Australian mer chants, in which he warned England not only of those facts, but also that the trade in watches had passed to the United States. He did not lay so much stress upon the superiority of the arti cle as upon the American method of doing business. One very notable dif ference will be of interest. The English manufacturers are still holding to or dinary writing In correspondence. The letters are frequently almost Illiterate, and as often written by subordinates. He contrasts the American manufac turer's way by which all letters are dic tated by the principal of the firm or head of a department, and written on the typewriter. Incidentally, he notes that prices are always quoted in the currency of the country to which the letter is going. The supplying of in voices In triplicate is a minor, but Im portant, matter. But, beyond all, the Australian merchant praises the enter prise of the elaborate catalogue upon which the American exporter will print the importer's name, and also give the importer's selling prices Instead of his own, so that the catalogue can be wide ly distributed. It will not interest the general reader to go into the details, but the sugges tions thrown out in a general way by the Australian for -the benefit of his English shippers will be valuable to American exporters with limited ex perience. Why is Mexico hysterical over Mr. Bryan? Why does the whole nation hail liim as savior and deliverer? Ia it anxious to take him behind the scenes and show him the beauties of free silver in actu tl working order? Or will it merely give him a front seat, in the orchestra, and offer for his entertainment a front view of the gor geous silver spectacle we have heard so much about, and have had sense enough to stay away from? We shall be grca'ly en tertained by Mr. Bryan's beautiful and elo quent description when he returns, and we shall be almost willing to forgive him when he tells us that It is the real thing, with no paint, or tinsel, or spangles, or false faces, or padded legs. or calcium light effects. We shall forgive him because we know ar.d more or less admire Mr. Bryan and his amas;nc facility for making the false appear true, the unreal the real, and the bad the gocd. It's a way Mr. Bryan has, and we understand it—3nd him. So W-. say we shall be pleased to hear and laugh and appiaud, and go on our plodding and substantial way. with our backs stead ily to free silver and our faces toward f-ound and real money So the Canadian government Is going to recommend a change in the si«e of all claims and grouping of alternate claims on the Ki mdike? This is a vague and Indeft- r.ite promise, and binds the government to nothing. It has looked well after its inter- ests- too well—and th« re is danger of re taliatory action b> the United States be cause of discriminaii n aaainst its citizens in the matter of customs, as well as dis crimination against ail miners as to choice, and sixe, and location of claims. Some time ago the authorities mads an order ex empting 1?0 pounds of a miner's outfit from duty md it is true that thts order has been liberally Interpreted. But tt is not enough. Not realising its w ik position. and I** en- tire dependence on the T*rdt'd States for opportunity to trade through Dy.a and Skaguay. the governmnt F me time snce threatened to withdraw this exemption January I. The situation is different now. ar.d the Canadijns are mighty silent abcot that exemption clause The new«pap« r* which made the moJ! no!«e because tho P t-late!i!gen er ar.J n<".r'.y every other reputable journal in the United Spates m!<l that famine was threatened at Dawson tz'\* curious evl <S * r « o? mental obliquity. Here U a specimen from an exchange: "N"*! is bejfinntr.*: to wm* in r' a*-in to the effect that the ind <*:■■» of st*rv«»l r whieh hive he-*n *• nt out from the Klondike capital tv the corree;K>nd r.ts of yellow n there are tf i«. ly exaggerated. The latent arrival from Dawson la KJ Heurr>, an rid Colorado rMmt Pmu'W Axes the date when s:*rva t' n may begin at the m.ddle of February. If rrovlrl-rts do not arrive hv *ha" t'jr.e lie believes that there is a possibility of itar. va:ion." Of CO-ir-se this is "ontp'e'e exact COn frrrV<-n of all that his been said about The publte n.-e,5 not concern itself great ly about the assault of •pcilstnen aga.nst the civil service law. It will pot be re rei'ed, nor Jt» purpose and pel;- v de feat i. It must be admitted that at 2 **t one of tha pcln'.a made by the ad v.-cau-s cf rtpeal is w« ii tak-. :i, and that is as to the complete responsibility cf government officers, like postmasters and coilec-ora of revenue, for the acts of their subordinates. No postmaster should he held accountable for a defalcation or em bexxlemen: by a clerk wiih whose ap pointment he had nothing to do and ov»r whom he has no authority of removal. If subordinates who handle money are required to give bonds, &r.d if the heads of departments can be freed from liabil ity, unless complicity or criminal negli gence is shown, a righteous amendment will have been made. It will be interesting to know what ef fect the change of route by the Northern Pacific between Puget sound and Port land will have on the much-ta-ked-of and never-comp.eted Astoria railroad. It wis the purpose of the promoters of the pres ent project to connect with the Northern Pacific at Goble, opposite Kalama. If the transcontinental route is deflected so as to go by way of Vancouver, about forty miles of track on the south bank of the river will be abandoned or dis posed of in some way by the Northern Pacific. These forty miles, or a parallel forty, must be acquired by the Astoria people, or their project will be left in the air. where, by the way, it has already been for many years. One serious defect in Councilman Chap man's proposed board of public works Is that it would place the city engineer un der the superintendent of streets. This i« altogether illogical. The office of super intendent of streets is an Important one, but a man competent to be city engineer ehduld have attained a much higher grade of professional training than Is usually re quired for the superintendence of work which has been designed and passed upon by the engineer. The creation of a governmental depart ment of commerce and Industries is bet ter than that of navigation and statistics. The title is more comprehensive and the association of the two branches of all trade unites all that would come under the head of navigation and statistics. It Is better than having a separate bureau of labor and board of trade, aud smoothes out all Inequalities and class distinctions. The act of the board of aldermen of Chi cago in raising their salaries from $3 a week to about {3O, is about as bold a pro ceeding as a legislative body ever under took. Three dollars a week is absurdly small for an nonest man. Perhaps S3O a week is too much, but if the increase is accompanied by hones'y, Chicago can af ford it. Still, tt is a most astounding act. Now the busy foreign correspondent comes forward with the startling story that China is to be broken up among the powers, each taking a piece. It is not a movement to be very seriously" deplored, because It would result In opening up and developing a splendid field for enterprise. But meantime there would be some high handed grabbing of lands. It Is interesting to learn that the North ern Pacific Intends abandoning the ferry at Kalama, but It will be no less gratify ing to Seattle to know that a short dis tance in King county is to be covered by rail so as to avoid a long detour by way of Tacoma to reach Seattle. SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY. All reports agree that the people of Daw son have not yet reached the point of call ing on the undertakers. ❖ + 4* We violate no confidence in stating that when Mr. Bryan returns from Mexico he will venture to make a few remarks on silver. + + 4 1 The Canadian authorities will make the customs laws as liberal as possible. The size of the duty will depend on the stae of the piie of the victim. + + + Any old amendment to the civil service law that will furnish nice soft berths for the candldate-for-re-election's friends w;ll be acceptable to the clamorous spoilsmen In congress. Having established a fixed rate to Daw* son, San Francisco may be said to be fairly in the scramble for Klondike busi ness. provided somebody establishes a steamer line. In Kansas a Journal has started the fad In its marriage notices of publishing the list of yoons men refused by the bride. Lack of spare prevents introduction of the s-chema in S» itt'e papers. A STATEMENT. Several state papers have directed in quiry toward the Vo-t-Intellig- ncer as to th*» contents of a circular sent out by the circulation deparimint and bearing the signature of the business manager. For some time the Post-lntellljtencer has been leaving sample copies at the hou*»« of persons in Seattle who were not reg ular readers. At the en 1 of three or four days the paper w accompanied by a circular Inviting t!. • to subscribe, n stated among other things: "You will observe !t (the Post-lntellt gencer) is progressive, enterpriseg Hn d up-to-date In all particular*, it is neither hide-bound nor ring-bound; it is thor oughly in.iej -rub nt and aims *o represent the entire people. Its mission today i«: First, thv good of Seattle and her p»:o;<>. Seoond, the good of The state and her reo p\. Th<-i ' e good of the Northwest »i.d her peopla." Another similar handbill contained this statement: "V <u have perhaps noticed that it Is in every » live, energetic, up-to-dve, independent newspaper. We desire to hav* >" ou »* 9 regular reader, and oar agent w:!l c.tli t >m .-* «, and take your order.'* The«<» are self-explanatory. I; will he nottced that in neither of thrse circulars was reference mvle to politics; r.or it so Intended; nor doe? it either in anv way refer to the pol., y of the paper except in the broadest ard most general s. nse. Tite policy of this paper, genera! and pollt: <l, was clearly outlined n th» announcem* nt made ia its editorial columns when the present management assumed control. September 1. All Interested persons are referred to that announcement and to the course of the paper since that tuna. California liunv to >rnulr, 811 Francisco Re;ert. The Klondike rush ?s commencing In eame»t. Already more than f.fte»n ves ts l* have left New Y rk for Alaska ar.d every one of th-.-m wi'.l stop and fit out at this port. Letter* are received ahno*t daily from people who ara organizing for the tr:p to the gold fields, sr.d the exp - iltionists are ail yolr.* to make the.r final start from this p->rr. All this is g:-o<3 new-; t it it ;s quite certain that a great many "Klondikers" are gang by way of S».-att *e r Victoria, and eapec'ally Seattle. t>f course Sl3 Fran Ms.; o will »«t rnu :h Alaska trade this coaiinr s* >r n; but it wii. not cet as much as it wnuid have had had it advertised like Seattle^ DOSA!! 19 mix TALK I*©. He Soar* Aw»r Into Realm* of lna agination Akost Klondike. Pat Donan's soart-.g imagination ts still in business at the old stand; but, since his rebuke by the president of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Comrar.y he has been significantly silent about Seattle, so far as observation from this city has ex tended. In the Walla Walla Statesman, December ?. appears a characteristic Do ran article from an unnamed Eastern newspaper. It is largely devoted to a criticism of the newspapers of the United States for lying. Its conclusion is as fol lows: "With all their lyir.sr ability and inclina tion. there is one thing the great journals ar.d journalists can not do. They cannot magnify the magnificent realities of the new gold fields. Their araasing richness cannot be exaggerated as their extent cannot yet be estimated. The truth in re gard to them surpasses all fiction. Hu man genius cannot gild the gcrgecus facts. Claims of froxen mos« and mud paying from *I,OOO to *12.000 a day for each > man sluicing. One man on Aleck McDon ald's Kldorado creek claim shoveling in 00© in twelve hours. McDonald him self. a big. rough, hard-working pros- j pector and m'ner, paying over H50.9W at one tim* to the agent of the Alaska Trad- ; ing & Transportation Company, and say ing to Mrs. Henderson, a little newspaper woman, as he handed her a huge bowl containing *12.000. 'Help yourself to some of these nuggets. Take some of the big ger ones, as many as you please; they're nothing to me.' Frank Phiscater. a poor prospector of a year ago, returning to Michigan last month with *IOO.OOO in his moose-skin bags, and selling a one-third interest in his Klondike claims for *1.333.- 353. or at the rate of $5,000,000 for four months' work. All the golden stories of j the Arabian Nights dwindle to comra m- j place beside such simple facta of record." It is not probable that any newspaper has dared on its own account to dissem inate such exaggerated rot about the Klondike. Donan does not know what he is talking about, nor doe* he care. He it paid to talk, and he Just opens his mouth and superlatives roll out. Fact and false hoil are indiscriminately mixed. A pail i hireling like Donan does great harm to the I real Interests of the Northwest and Alas- : ka. It is shameful that such deception is permitted to be practiced without ex posure. The truth about Alaska is enough. GET KEAUV FOR THE RUSH. A Minneapolis Man Sara 1 .V), 000 Are Coming to Seattle. Minneapolis, M;nn.. Dec. 5. 1897. To the Editor: I am taking great inter est In your valued paper, which comes here regular, except the last few days, caused perhaps by the floods interfering with tha mails. We will be sixteen in our party, and we have decided to go from here about January 18 and leave Seattle later for Juneau and Dyea. If the weather permits we will then get over all the lakes before the Ice breaks up. Have you any Idea of what crowds you will have In Seattle botwe» n February 15 and June 1? Of course many will go by the way of San Francisco and direct to St. Michael. Large numbers will go by Tort land. Tacoma and Victoria; but the bulk of the travel will be by Seattle. There is no doubt about that. I have watched the current and drift of the public pulse, not only in this country, but in foreign lands, and am fully convinced that no ltss than 200.000 people will try to get Into the Yukon basin in the next nine months, and 150,000 of these will come through Seattle. Are you prepared to handle such enormous crowds? Will your merchants have facili ties to take care of this sudden increase in their business? Will your hotels and boarding houses be able to cope with the Immense throngs, and will the transporta tion facilities northward be able to carry the crowd away? I see in your Issue of November 20 you suggest that 10.000 might be accommodated in private houses outside the hotels and lodging houses. You can be sure your capacity will be tested as It never has been before. Why. from Minneapolis alone there will be at least SOO persons, and Chi cago, I think, will send several thousand. They will not all find gold mines, either. There will be bitter disappointments in the Yukon next fall, and thousands will wish they had never heard that magic word "Klondike." On the other hand, there will be many new strikes and many men made rich, but perhaps the majority of those going will be disappointed. There will be too many going snd not sufficiently equipped with provisions, clothing and money. LARS GUNDERSON. THE COMMOS-SnSSE Dlt ESS. Seattle, Dec. 14. IKI7. To th« Editor: The writer wishes to add her endorsement of the "common sense'* dress. While I certainly do not approve of the skirt reaching to the knee only, I do strongly advocate that it be worn from six to eisrht i.iches (which Is only shoe-top, or slightly above, from the ground) to en able th« wearer to walk down our numer ous hills without being obliged to carry her skirt; and also to avoid the splashing from rain, which even the s'x-lneh length (which the writer wears) does not suffi ciently protect. The ankle length, or front three to four inches, as has been sug gested, does not answer the purpose, be sides. it is an unbecoming leneth. Surely there is no undue exposure in th* shoe-top 1> n«rth. unless It be in the minds of a f-w narrow-minded persons, whos* opinions are not worth considering. H. R. E. The Situation In it \nlnhrll. Salt Lak» Herald. But why there scarcity of food in the Klondike and why does famine threaten? Be*-*'t«e men ar« improvident, trusting to luck when they kn< T w there ran bt» no lurk In the matter of fond «aprd i.s Tt is the «ame old story in the Klondike w »h whi< h the world everywhere i« so fatnllittr. only •he condltior* are harder •" ere than al most anywhere else. Tt is but a repetition of the c*nry of the thrif'v and the thrift less Th«> thr ;, »v r* to th" Klotj. I?ike were Weil aw»re of the conditions wo';M confront ''"em and made amide prr»v's'on to meet «*>f»rn The th»"!f'lets wre eftailv w 11 • » :re of the condit'ons • t-it would e•••■front them hut th'v mdo ''vie or no j>r vl«!' n tn rrv t •; <• rrt That Is the whole trouble in the K'.T.-i'k# today. THE ST*TK PRK««. phrr.ey Fent'nel* Pre=!dent M"** K l ' ifv wro'e in hi* meessae that condl •lor.s In Cuba do not Justify interference l,y emmets' h i'ndorhtedly knew That he was n«t striking a popuHr chord as »he people of the l.'rdted States are iverwhelmlpirly In favor of extending a h»lpln* h-tnd to the «tr»jgrllßjr patriot-. But m< re sentiment -arnot h- allowed »o rui«» in Intrr- \ tlon.il affair* an i one c* i not but admit* the president'* firmness in announctng in the face of adv. r»»* pub. lle or -inlon. tha* thl« r untrv will not In t'rferw- in the Cuban maMer un*il it .'o o with <::<|ee a!»k•- 'o Cuba, to B,"a:n and •;> all tlie world Clallam Pay Fec->rd: T v «> question as to what w!H be d tv- about 'he *t re**-r'« * aft -r ni» t M 'rch is oir- thine of a conun drum One tble«r 1* certain ar-- one want. Ir.g a timber claim should get lt before next March, as there 'nr. be no doubt that 'here ran be r •> more purely timber claims to be ha< ! after next March, of any value, as the main purpose of the government is to reserve the timber. A timber e.'a'.m % in «*fe-t simply a purchase of timber bv an individual fr m the government and •he * vowed indention of the reserve law is to k-*-p *»e»pifrer all unsold timber. There fore now ?s the time for a man to use his "tirn >r right," t? the opportunity will t-* rone &f*er next March. THAT AIT 4IR l\ THE KHVIJFH. Mad Mullah on a r rnmer'* day To the KbyVr took his way. And when J. Bull came rid in* by He up and smote him in the eye Of ail tad wor>ls of tongue cr pen The htddest were tho«? that John sa l then. —Clev tUzd. r*ua Dealer. i &IJS LINEN WINDOW, IT MAY CONTAIN JUST THE SUGGESTION YOB '#[ Table linen. Frlmfcd Sets. 1 If contemplating buying Lin- Pott# -sp-eially m . •I *ns for Christmas. you II save 2 yards i ng, one i 990 yourself time and worry by ex- lie?. UTS set. f ;*j am.ning ours. - - >" a J-* s on* ( | Our values will cause you to lie.-, 13..*) set. j j#! Beached Pur* Irish H6lllStltCh€(| Lhto Linen Damask. choice designs. o • 60c yard. vJvISi ' j 1 sr-a-inoh German Linen Satin We can't buy them '-■ i | Damask. recommend d for Mil at these sane * i bard wear, full bleached, fee, 2 J j yards Ung, one dose* GJ# 75c yard. kins, :• Unusual values, 90c, 11.00, 3 yards long, one ■»-»„ * j J1.25 yard. kins, VS-.'d. „ S>* y.irds long, one -*— 4 # Pattern Cloths* kin * ** ** Bordered Cloths are one of the NflftltlilV strong lines of this deportment, i> ' as we sell them aa cheap as by prices ** at tit* oltthfc ; 4f ** H j I Ty.rd. bn». B.SO. ! | & #, Napkins to match. $2.50, JS.TS All linen, stamped, i doztn. stitched. 23c each. ' u —- We have much In this line that will laterest yea, I JBAILLARGEON'S 1 liii ttfl Will 1 GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR Ca H 906 to 910 First Ave. N || Toys In Endless Quantity, Dinner and Toilet Set* I! Fancy lamps, silver Platedware, 1| Five O'Clock Teas, j! Albums, Dressing Cases, Clocks, Pictures, Etc. The oldest tirm of Its kind la the Stete. Largest stock It the IX Northwest. * • v* j . ............ .. BONMARCHi : | ifll 142?. I® second Airenus and lis. IIT Pike M I FAIR WEATHER I IS PREDICTED. ;:*• lM ; N _ T WAIT UNTIL, THE 1 -AST TWO DATS FOR TOT 7* . CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. BUT NOW AND HERE FOR TWO REA •• SONS. FIRST. THE VARIETY IS LARGER. SECOND, OUR PRICEf ... ARE SMALLER THAN ELSEWHERE. Some Mints • Useful Articles for Any Season of the ynf. ** fran . n - r T ***** of En sH»h CHorla Silk, with a strong Pan** " Jf 'vi?. any * ,M P e of a handle, worth $1.23. onlv SI.OO cbcH. ■ • iMk 1,7. W v!l l to ,, mak '" a of a dress and are partial to bUek, • Ca ,ei Armu ™». »tyl:»h q <LTg s ?£\id *eaSy'wtJth oiy 1 *™a rwT : : ,„„ , G,oves for Street Wear, • - lo - r c\*> *. a pair, mad* of good kid and In almost any V co.or. < ar. t beat this Glove, even at 11.*5. a h <! n * to Hjn * Betwe,i n Parlor and Sittln* Room. the n. w f> ■ ' ip, . 8, 7 Portieres m armure and riMxd weave*, la all . . the n,w eoiors and designs, worth 15.00. only $3.25 a pair. ' j n I fai ' f ? ® ur ■•WiT Uie tf Handkerchiefs • • R**i iM-h i* bHdren's sizes In «l!k. camhrlc and linen. y' t each. Handkerchief*, hand embroidered initiate, ooif M* He Are Offering Special Inducements Just Now In 0«r | Shoe Department. i! ss • - Womi ,C< < n liei^K ; V* lh " abOT * w * will off. r Pint's Real Cork W« ; ; wet weather, worth orTyfe.s **** '* w . v,s ' l ® ur Toy Department. •* Northw e C A. rr J 'lir^ng 1 th*' Ti J!' 1 11 on of «ny depmment housa l» <*• e lutl« ones aJorg and see Sar.'.a CUus. it OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL XHAS. * t !! "" '1 I**l • i nam