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jr 12 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDKmD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1010. Clarence Darrow on Prohibition in Oregon (fly Olaronco Dnrrow.) Poverty, not rum, Is rcsponslblo "for crlmo not rur.i but monopoly van J tlio unoqunl struRRlo of tlio poor tin competition with tlio rich Is re- spoiifllblo for poverty. Prohibitionists nro bout on helping "Tvhother tlio world wants to bo helped oV not. Thoy nro bound to Improvo us If thoy lmvo to kill ub. Thoy nro nw fully good too good If thoy wore not so good thoy would bo bettor. When a bad mnn gets to doing things -wo can catch him nnd lock him up and bo rid of him, but a nnrrow mlndcd, fnnntlcnl good person breaks loose, look out. A lot of pcoplo nro not wlso enough to rulo themselves, but all of them are perfectly cnpablo of ruling others. It's a flno theory. It Is strango how soma people think government is so wonderful. 'It took ages of oxporlcnco to chnngo men's skulls nnd men'8 brains. What If wo had only known that It could 'linvo been dono by on election. Laws to restrict our liberty nnd our hnblts nro not needed. All phil osophers agree thnt tho race has nev er suffered from too much liberty; You nro going to bo called upon to vote tho Btate "dry.".. You enn prob ably voto tho state "dry;" but can you voto tho peoplo "dry?" Somehow tho Lord, when ho fashioned tho unl verso and created man, didn't under stand tho Job ns well ns tho prohibi tionists understand It, nnd ho loft mankind to stumblo along nnd do tho best ho may. If the Lord hnd boon given the ndvlco of tho prohibition ists It would hnvo been much easier and saved us a lot of trouble. There wouldn't have been any wickedness In tho world excepting prohibition. If anything went wrong, all thnt would bo needed would bo to mnko another law nnd then you would mnko poopio rignt. If men drnnk too much, mnko n law and thon men won't drink too much. If they nto too much, mnke a lnw nnd then they won't eat too much. If they don't go to church, mnke n law and they will fill tho churches. If thoy don't go to tho right church, make n lnw nnd head them In tho direction of tho right church. If a boy wants to have any fun on Sunday, or n man who works nard nil tho week wnnts to go to a It hnB over been too little. Men drink ncnic on Sunday, mako a law, then too much, eat too much nnd work i10 won't go to tho picnic but will go too mucn, uui many more aro ruin- t0 church. od and killed from over-eating and over-working than from ovor-drlnk-Ing. Is whisky responsible for tho crime of tho world T Intoxicating liquor nos practically nothing to do with crime. When I Bpeak of crime, I mean crlmo murder, robbery, arson, larceny, real crime. Getting drunk Is not a crlmo; It Is only an orror. Laws, the edicts of state, do not educate and develop men. The only graduates tho state ever produces nro -graduates in crime. Crime, very large ly, begins with boys; poor ooys in tho cities hedged nbout and restrict ed; their nature demands freedom and fresh air; they struggle against and finally repudiate their bonds. Then tho state locks them up and after a few terms In Jail they aro graduates In crime. It Is not because tho boys are bad, but because tho state Is too brutal, cruel, Ignorant and Indifferent to understand boys. Do they burglarize because they drink? No; they get caught because they drink. I concede tho honesty of theso peo ple. They aro honest, they aro high minded, they havo ueen willing to preach their doctrine In and out of season and aro working for tho good of the world. Thoy ought to bo heard nnd they ought to bo listened to. Every mnn thnt hns a theory, no mntter how fanatical, ought to bo allowed to air It nnd present It. All I object to Is being nut In Jail If I don't ngree with the other fellow's theory. I don't bellevo In prohibi tion, but I am not a fanatic. If I had a chance to make the law, I wouldn't compel prohibitionists to drink. It is possiblo men would get along better If they decide for themselves what is good for them. They may sometimes decide wrong; they may eat or drink something that does not agreo with their stomachs. But, aft er all, human tastes are not nil the same. And, as a general rule, It Is a pretty good rule to mind your own business. That Is. If you have any. I don't propose tonight to glvo sta tistics. I could give you statistics by tho bushel, and so could tho other fellow. You can got statistics on both sides of any question, no mntter what the question Is, and generally they don't prove what they protend, ex cept some broad generalisations. I don't believe for a moment thnt tho humnu system needs alcohol In any form. Hut what of It? Wo lmvo n great many things that wo don't need. The fact Is that none of us nro Interested In the thing wo need. Any body enn get tho things ho needs, you can get them nt tho poorhouso and not work at nil. It Is tho theaters nnd tho good food nnd tho good drink nnd tho nutomobnes nnd the vaca tions, tho (.hlngs wo don't need, that wo nro nil looking for, which mnko llfo worth living. Load your stomach up with plo nnd enke and liver nnd ten and coffee nnd whnt Is going to happen to you? You nro shortening your llfc nnd you only eat because It tastes good going down. You don't need butter on your bread; your ancestors didn't have it. and your children won't havo It either If you follow tho prohibitionists In their theories. You wnsto money on your clothes; you don't need collars nnd neckties; they nro purely ornamental. Women don't need fur nnd fenthors nnd silks. Thoy nro ornnmentnl. You can live In a cheaper house; you can save three-fourths of your money. Suppose you cut out meat nnd save half of your food bill. Thoro Is ono rulo of life. If you glvo men opportunity, glvo them food and clothing nnd drink and sunlight and homes, they can look nfter their own morals and they can't do It any other way. Tho whole theory of pro hibition Is wrong. If thoy got ono thing they will want anothor.' To day It Is rum. Tomorrow It will bo tobacco; next day It will be coffee. The theory Is wrong; man can only progress by liberty. It hns been n long and painful, battlo thnt tho hu man race hns fought. Every stop hns been lnsnlred by tho spirit of liberty. Take tho dream and Ideal of freedom from the humnn race nnd slowly nnd painfully It will go back to tho bruto creation from whence It came. (Paid Advertisement, Oregon Home Rulo Association.) 1 n ' ' ' : : hn The Fruit Growing World 'MMMinMiMiiitttmt""""""""" .... ..f.......t.. ... ....... . To Members and Friends: The past week we have beeu busy shipping Newtowns and Spitz. Ship ments have been delayed somewhut on account of the scarcity of cars, -and while we are well supplied this moraine, there have been days when we had no cars at all. We., have made sales of fifteen cars of Newtowns, which are being delivered to the buyer as fast as loaded. As far as Ben Davis are concerned wo are not in position to take in any of them, and it is not advisable to pack them at this time. You should do nothing with your Ben Davis un til you take it up with this office, as wc have no place to ship at this time. Shook. There is still some delay in filling orders promptly for shook, but the majority of the growers have been accommodated without much delay. At the same time, orders have not been filled as promptly as they should have been. We have two cars of shook today and will have more to deliver by Wednesday or Thurs day. Markets. 'On account of unseasonable warm - weather on all large eastem mnrkets, the anple market has declined very materially, nnd this tends to weaken tho buyers, who at best have been very timid this season. We herewith reproduce a summary of the general conditions October 15. The source of this information is us reliable as any obtainable in the United States nnd compiled after a very thorough investigation. We will have to take it for what it is werth: "It is interesting to note the extent to which the crop seems to be making up, and the deal shaping itself in ac cordance with the estimates already sent out. "The situntion in New York state appears somewhat modified since our lost advices of a month or six weeks ago. As a whole, it does not seem that the quality will be up to the anticipated standard. This is not uniformly true, as the crop seems to be, at different points, both good nnd indifferent, the trouble principally being that botli the good and bad brought practically the same long prices. Latest advices from our cor respondents in that section are thnt the qunntity of the fruit will not be of the volume anticipated, and that the 80 or 00 per cent' of last year's crop, which estimate we originally advocated, appears to more nearly apply. This, however, is the only section from which advices, showing any substantial difference, have been received. "Virginia and West Virginia fruit, which is nn important factor in this year's deal, is holding out very well as to the quantity reported, but weather conditions for a good finish of the fruit, especially ns to color, have not been the best, except in tii2 very best cared for orchards. "New England states and tjie mid dle west are developing no markeu changes, although the hitter is har vesting fntit of only very medioce quality. No change to report in the box apple districts. "There are several points to be noted, however, which, taken ns n whole, improve the general outlook of the apple deal. Fall fruit, in inniij sections, was murketed utmost . month before its usual time. Follow ing this precedent n very grent deal of winter fruit wns prematurely pick ed and marketed, so that a good per centage of the entire output has al ready gone into consumption con siderably earlier than usual. "The purchases which have been made throughout the country indicate a very general and equal distribution. Middle western buyers have bought heavily throughout the east, taking the fruit westward for storage. Ex porters have also bought heavily and slapped early from the Virginia dis trict and an unusual heavy export movement from New York state and New Englnnd is nlso anticipated. "These facts, as a whole, further considering thnt there is n lnrge per cent of only mediocre fruit to be marketed, would indicate thnt the denl for good fruit should he n good one. mere nlso seems to bo innny indications thnt even mediocre fruit should find a ready market." C. W. WILMEROTII. MAKE AN OFFER FOR THIS 6 -Room Bungalow Corner Dakota avenue and. Park street. One of tho nicest finished houses in town. Decorated under direction of Shorwin William Paint Co.js professional decorator, in flat-tone il colors, with stenciled borders. Maple floor. Colored leaded glass win dows. Two bay windows, with window seats. Large porches. Heanied coiling. Fire place. Built-in buffet. Plumbing and electric fixtures complete. Septic tank. Large woodshed. Nothing was left undone to make (his the most complete and artistic house in towu. $1500 can remain for nearly a year. No Reasonable Offer Will Be Refused C c Box 104c, Route 2 San Diego, California NEW CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE IS OPEN; WEST SIDE Great Throng of People Flock Through Ahrens' Establishment Decorations Splendid Splendid Line of Goods Shown. CAPTIAH EVANS .ONCE AGAIN IN THE L 1 G T Promoter of Interurban Line Through Valley Figures In Deal Up North Only Financial Panic Pre vented Formation Stung Club. Captain T. It. Evans, who camo t Medford throo years ago and inter ested a number of leading citizens of Medford and Jacksonville in the pro motion of an interurban trolley line, organized a corporation for con structing the lino, and then, unable apparently to finance it, left South- orn Oregon, is in the limelight in connection with the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook railroad which he pro moted, to which $1,145,480 is said to have been subscribed in stocks and bonds, aud only $5000 legitimately spent. Captain Evans camo here in tho fall of 1007 and made his home ill Jacksonville, where the newly organ ized Commercial club indorsed his project. It was looked upon with favor by business men of tho valley and a sum for promotion subscribed. On account of the financial string cnoy following tho panlo of 1007, it was found impossible to finance tho project, and it was droppod. Captain Evans has sinco visited the valley .. jj .l atmnnna in nromotillL' nu (" . r "I .tka Seaside road.. He is now en- gaged in promoting a trolley line from Salem to Stnyton. The Oregoninn prints the following account of the Seaside railroad mud dle: "What has become of J. Rufus Wnllingsford? Or, to be more ex act, the railroad promoters who op erated along lines n la Wallingsford in the scheme of the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Railroad company? "Residents of Astoria, Portland and other cities in Oregon would really like to know, vet they nro not nearly as much interested in the pec ulations of the promoters as some 000 or 1000 bondholders nnd stock holders who have contributed in the aggregate the modest sum of $1,145, 480 to the coffers of the National Public Utilities Corporation, tho par ent corporation, of which tho Astonn, Seaside & Tillamook Railroad com pany is one of several promotions nnd of which John K. Toner, repub lican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, is president. "Of the amount that has been gen erously subscribed to the stock of tho corporation, only nbout $5000 is snid to have been legitimately ex pended in surveys nnd preliminary work. What hns become of the re mainder of tho sum so secured has not been explained to those who in vested in tho securities, "Tho company was organized tlio latter part of last year by 'Cnptnin' T. R. Evans, who cumo to Oregon jn tho possession of credentials pur porting to bo genuine and calculated to inspire confidence in tho peoplo. That tho 'captain' hnd unlimited financial backing from Philadelphia capitalists thoro was no question. "Just now publicity by tho column is being given tho methods followod by tho National Public tilitics corpo ration in tho Philadelphia press. Six other promotions of n smilar mag nitude were being exploited nt the same time as the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Railroad company was be ing advanced and each is alleged to be a part of the gigantic swindle. "Tho complete list of stockholders in the company has just been publish ed in tho North American. In tho list aro included Hie names of Astoria aud Portland subscribers as follews: J. M. Andorson, Astorin, 1000 shares; A. W. Rudolph, Portland, 25 shares: Harvey Heckwith, Portland, 5958 shares; F. L. Evans, Astoria, ; II. A. Eraser, Portland, 7 shares; W. 1. Hood. Portland, 9 shares; C. II. Me Oirr. Portland, 5 shares; C. N. Math ews. Portland, 10 shares; A. W. Ru dolph, Portland, 25 shares; John II. Velis, Portland, 958 shares. ORATORIA SOCIETY IS NOIiAT WORK The Oratorio society, which was formed a few weeks ago, began ac tual work last Tuesday night, when rehearsing Rossiui's "Stabat Mator" was begun under the direction of Gerard Taillandier. Tho society now numbers about 00, aud nt tho last meeting it was voted to keep the charter list open for n short timo longer. Initiation fee to charter members will bo $1 only, annd nil who intend to join nro requested to bo present noxt Tuesday nt 7:30 p. in. Those who havo not yot paid their dues can pay them then, or send tho amount to tho secretary, Mr. Whetsol. Rehearsals take placo regularly on Tuesday at 7:30 in tho small hull u the Natatorium. The west side has a new cloak and suit house. Friday night was the formal opening of Ahrens', nnd from 8 to 10 p. m. n throng of people passed through the store. At first tho crowd was so dense that it was almost impossible to get in or out of the store. The decorations, which showed a touch of tho autumn effect, with palms and wild ivy, were very ef fective. Tho fixtures and appoint ments of tho new store certainly be speaks good taste. The ready-to- wear garments showed most con clusively thnt this new store will find favor in the minds of most Medford folk. Mr. Alireils snid that, although thev were a little late in getting open, that they would show a very fine lino of the most up-to-dnte popular pric ed as well as the finer grades of goods. Tho goods shown Friday night surely demonstrated tho fuct that tho now Colore will be a factor in the trade of this city. Millinery will bo n strong depart ment, and the styles shown by Ahrens are certainly nil that can bo oxpected even of the largest stores of the largest cities. Mrs. F. M. Starr, recently of Phil adelphia, is the trimmc.1' nnd will have full charge of the millinery depart ment. Mrs. St it rr certainly made many friends Friday night, nnd wo feel sure that she will merit the pnt roungo of tho ladies of this city. Mr. Ahrens was seemingly in hl element and showed most conclus ively that ho has had largo expon enco in tho, cloak and suit business. Coming ns ho docs, from ono of tho largest cities on the coast, he will bo able to show Medford peoplo some new wrinkles' in tho business in which he has engaged. M4- EDEN PRECINCT ITEMS. f f t Fred Rnpp of Talent wns in Med ford last Thursday. J. S. Spitzer, our Talent grocor, wns in Medford nfter supplios Insl Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gruffos of North Phoenix was in Ashland last Thurs day. Frank Oatman of Talent was a Medford business caller last Thursday. rvi J ft -' Grit Beauty For the sako of Beauty alone how much wiser to get a slender attractive shoe fitted to measure. The dull Mat Kid Boot is as soft as any Glove can bo, conspicuous by its genteel tailored appear ance; the perfectly plain toe of this Boot gives it i one mo neei is miner high, but in perfect keep ing with the smart effect. And the Edmoades price $3.50 The Slender Foot h the Attractive Foot We cannot emphasize this too strongly. Glance at the, feet of your friends, and you will see how true this is. You will find the LESS attractive feet fitted short and wide, tho most attractive fitted a little longer and narrower. To those who know, the reason is obvious. There is only ONE Walk-Over Boot Shop in Medford in the iMoore Building. We save you money on your footwear. Give us a trial. fMJwoKf JmeadeSA What the Home Rule Bill 3281 Really Is It gives cities and towns the right to have saloons or no saloons. It gives tho people who live in cities tho right to vote on and decide this question them selves. It puts tho control of the liquor traffic into tho hands of the voters of each precinct, so that every residential district in a city or town is protected It means real local option. All state criminal laws are maintained. Under it the farmer has the same protection ho now enjoys. It is a law fitted to local conditions as they exist in ovory section of tho state. It gives absolute con trol of the liquor traffic, particularly in towns and cities, where it is most need ed. It will prevent the county from wiping out tho city voto on city measures It is a law which makes prohibition possible whore wanted, and impossible whore not wanted. It means regulation which regulates. Harry Laflin of Molford wns out in North Talent lust Wednesday to linvn W. T). Pnnlclinm. Mm (milliliter. figuro on u bungalow for him to build' :.. r,, .1 p -,i 111 illVMLUlU. Ono of tho finest piocos of commit work thnt I havo ovor soon in this part of tho valloy is tho comont onps and finishing of tho stono coninc on Too Rndor'w bungalow. It was dono i by Wilson. Also n comont walk for A. S. Furry. Mr. Wilson is a oomout workor from Wichita, Kansas. Haaklna for health, ktWwtAMt.I H -! (-WJ' -