OCTOBER, 1924
THE UNITED AMERICAN
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Do Your Part
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THE individual citizen who
I F bitterly
assails men in public
life, branding them grafters,
traitors and misfits, would care-
fully check up on himself and see
how far he has tried to prevent
conditions of which he is com-
plaining, he probably would not
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
be so sweeping in his denounce-
ments. Talk to this citizen be-
The Recognized Americanization Journal For Oregon and the
Pacific Northwest
tween each election period and
find out how much time he
Published Monthly By
gives to the study of political
The Northman Publishing Company
questions involving men, parties
(Incorporated)
and principles, and you will likely
Officers
get the astonishing answer that
H.
J.
Langoe,
President
B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer
he is too busy, has no time, is
not interested and is not think-
Phone Broadway 6600
ing of running for office. Ask
Offices and Publishing House
him if he registers and votes
Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
regularly, and you learn, if he
tells the truth, that he hasn’t
H. J. LANGOE, Editor
done either for many years. He
will justify his actions by saying '
it would not make any difference
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October, 1924
Number 1
whether he voted or not. He will
go on with his speech, blaming
men and God for the things he
in his fancy considers wrong.
The man who fails to vote is a
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
misfit in citizenship. His “kicks”
Unassimilated Standards of Moral; The Toll of the Grade
are plain treason. Bad govern-
Crossing; The Folly of Wrangling; Surety for Voters; Never
ment is possible only through the
- Give Up; The Patriot........
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consent of the badly governed.
AMERICA
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S
SAFETY
LIES
IN
REPUTIATION
OF
MEN
WITH
The man who is so absorbed
OUT PARTY PRINCIPLES.................................
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in chasing dollars and pleasures
DO YOUR PART......... ...........
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that he forgets to vote on elec-
tion day is not entitled to
ALIEN GROUPS AND AMERICAN POLITICS...........
7-9
Liberty Equality or Justice,
THE STATE INCOME TAX AND ITS EFFECT ON OREGON’S
whether he is native bom or
DEVELOPMENT ..........................................
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foreign boro. His lack of ap-
priciation and proper valuation
VIEWING THE IMMIGRANTS’ AMERICANIZATION FROM ELLIS
of a freeborn citizens’ franchise
ISLAND ......................,........................... 11-18
proves conclusively that he be-
A SOUND PLEA FOR THE TWO AND TWO-TENTHS MILLS LEVY
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longs to the age of slavery and
THE COMMON CITIZEN’S VIEW OF MAYOR BAKER AND HIS JOB 19-20
is a fit subject for a state of
absolute autocracy where a
GETTING ACGUAINTED WITH THE CANDIDATES............. 23-25
cruel despot has all the say in
matters of political government.
A STATE WITH OVER ONE MILLION AUTOMOBILES...........
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On November fourth the
citizens of America will go to
the polls to decide issues of the
Subscriptions, twelve issues, Two Dollars yearly; single copies, twenty
most vital importance to the
cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express Money Order or
nation’s life and to the happiness
Check. In Canada and other .foreign countries, belonging to the Postal
Union, fifty cents additional should be added.
of its people. The citizens who
Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more
have been led astray into the
than three months, One Dollar each.
political by-ways who embrace
Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad
socialism, I.W.W.ism and Com-
vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and al
munism, or follow the foreign
ways write plainly.
group leaders, are sure to cast
The Editor will be glad to consider contributions; but a stamped and
their ballot. The balance of
addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu
scripts is desired.
power is in the hands of those
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland,
who are politically sound if they
Oregon under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879.
do THEIR FULL DUTY.
AMERICAN
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