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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1908)
f (page ftnrn y liVENEVG 0t.sinVKK,XA URAXDE. OREGO.1, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1908.' ' ' ;"1 Published Dally Evxpt Sunday. CURREY BROTHERS, ; EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. United Press Telegraph Service. , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dal!?, single copy . 5c Pally, per month . . 65c Dally, six months, in advance. . .$3.50 Dally, one year. In advance..... 1 5.60 Weekly, six months, inadvance.. 75c Weekly, one year,' in adyance. . .$1.00 Entered at the poBtoffice at La Grande as second-class matter.' : This paper will not public any arti cle appearing over a nom de plume. Signed articles will be received sub ject to the discretion of the editors. Please sign your articles and save di , appointment. Advertising Rates. Display ad. rates furnished upon application. Local reading notices 10c per lint first insertion; 6c per line for each sub sequent insertion. '. Resolutions of condolence, 5c a line. Cards of thanks, 6c a line. ; We often neglect to credit commer cialism to the extent that Is, its due, in the so-called moral reforms that are and have been spreading and ex tending to all portions of the United States. The exacting requirements of the commercial conditions were the large factors that brought about ttu- t ?.T!C Jro. Y,Uv-v.cii iuwii lu cloned and dry towns. It was not 'many y!ars ago when it . was no uncommon thing to see clerks and proprietors sitting, around the gambling table after busi ness hours. The boys know about which saloon they would meet theW fellow associates. This has all been . changed, and so effectively that It re quires a suggestion to recall the fact that such were the conditions. A few years ago the bright call boys on the western railroads knew which saloon, as a rule, to expect to find the men he desired to take out the next pas enger and freight train. Business could not tolerate these conditions and the business men who for years held the balance of power In conflicts for the abolishment of the gambling table and the saloi-n finally begun to ee that for purely commercial reason these things should be legislated out, and wherever they gave their support It was easily accomplished. Much has been and is being printed at present regarding th' recent action of Mayor Lane of Poitl.ind, regarding his order to remove Hie inmates of the redllght district, n.lw, according to the may or's stat'in. nt a few days ago, was be cause the business interests of that sec tion of the city so roqusoted him to do. Thi? I" reuHonablo to all who know the ondllims of Portland. The Rod Lands At situated In the northern portion of. the city, nar the large union depot, covering a large terri tory which for legitimate business pur poses would be valuable. Portland In growing rapidly in All directions ex cept In this vicinity. The .wiping out of this element of vice means a rapid Increase In land values. Thus-Commercial demands demanded that this part of the city be cleaned up. About two-thirds of the stuff that has been printed, presumably cm moral; lines, had underneath It ulterior motives. Those who wanted to clean It up so the ground would become more valua ble shouted morality, and some of those who wept tears of sympathy for the poor girls who were belnn so ruth lessly driven out Into the cold world know very well that while tlie Had Lands were being rebuilt and occupied that their property might not increase In rental value no they tried to form . a public sentiment, tho object. If pos sible, to prevent the mayor's order be. Ing effective. It In true, ss Is always the case where there Is a ceitnln mor al element that stands pruely on what It conceives to be right, hut beyond laying the foundation end educating the public generally until the com tnerclal Interests are aligned along with the moral, little Is seldom accom plished. JOHX 1. AR(1IIM)I.I. Cut all the while, what shall be though of John 1). Archbold, the slimy officer of the Standard Oil company, who apparently has been Its chief pur chasing agent In buying politicians and p-bllc officials? Forakvr and the rest are getting It from all sides. The man Who bought Is neglected. Tor his deeds Archbold should be wearing stripes. Decent men should net speak to him. Clubs should ex pel him. Society should regard him a an enemy. Patriot should hold him a traitor. Self-respecting burglars should have nothing to do with him. Louisville Courier-Jotjmal. : - ' Ttain is badly needed by the farmers of the "Willamette valley. The ground Is yet too hard to permit full plow ing. The Idea that the -Willamette valley should ever need rain at this season of the year. The facts are that this section of our state never does have the rainfall that is commonly ac credited; this is evidenced by the fact that irrigation Is a live question there as elsewhere, wherever it is possible to secure water. ' , ' ' . " ' '. V "V.i A dispatch from the Willamette val ley tells of the killing of a wild deer within four miles ot the city of Al bany. Those who reside In the east and entertain the idea that the west comprises little but wild beasts and savage Indians, of which there are many, would believe this news item if they read It. mar or tabifz Labor World Sees Danger in Bryan Plan, of Tariff for Revenue Only. (From the Labor World.) Wor'.:ln' inen and producers, generally should not delude themselves with the "ellef that, If Mr. Bryan shall be eleet .d President; his plana for revision of the tariff will present no menace to the country, Mr. Bryan Is the professed enemy of the tariff system. He would Impose duties, If at all, for revenue purposes only. On articles competing with what he chooses to call trust-made goods he would hv n w 11. Any apparent deficit In Import duties arising from revised schedules he esti mates would be more than mnde up by Incrpased lihports. Of course, bis hope Is to strike at the great protection States, which bnpiwn to be Republican in politics, like Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Vir ginia, etc. It does not. seem to matter to him that every dollar's worth, of for eign got;ds In the competitive class coin ing into the United Stutes on a revenue or free trade bnf !s necessarily by so lunch reduces the demand for home goods, thus displticliig Just that much American labor. What lie wants to do Is to rebuke and avenge himself upon protected manufacturers who do not ngree woth liliu In polltb-a and who will have none of him at the polls, says an exchange. But while Mr. Bryan Is gnnnlng for protects Industries and Republican States, once his proposed tariff law should be In force It would full alike uiKin all sections of the country, th only differences between one State and a not lit r being In the degree of haruVulj Imposed. ( .3 We hear of worklnemen snyln th-it this time they Intend to vote for Mr Bryan, lxvnue for the past ten months we have had hard times. But wlir food will that do? How Is a tariff for revenue. Ignoring the protection Idei' UlloL'ctlier. going to open the shops niu" mills? How will the leetlon or sena tors by direct vote start the wheels of nYJtiHtry? or the ptiMien'lon of cam palgn contributions? Or the further harassment 0f the rnilroado? Or the reorganisation of the House, so that the Speaker may he powerless? Why open this country now to the markets of the worll when we have not suli ( lent demand to consume what we our selves manufacture? Under Repuhli can rule we harejust hnd ten years o unparalleled pn sjierlty. Under Dcin own tie administrations we hHve nevef had 'prosperity for any period, lone or euort. .. , Can't DJsaffect tba Farmers. The failure of Bryan's desperate at tempts to curry frtvor with the farmer Is Illustrated by th.. manner In which he whs received at Orookston, Minn. According to Congrcssinaii Ilalvor Ster ensjn thp event went off as follows: "Bryan's siepch at Orookston was $ great disappointment. Hp nctusfly lost u-round there for Democracy. Thous ands of people were there to hear him nnd waited till ten o'clock In the even ing before hp appeared The address was a narrow appeal to farmers, a harangue, trying to prejudice them ngnlust Republicanism. It didn't tak At all. only one was there the slight est symptom of applause. He spoke to a silent, disappointed audience.'' CsmpDlci ot Krfaratlna. In the great battle of 1S!M5 the lie puhllmn party sgalu stood for the maintenance of thp integrity of the na tion. The fljit was ugaluxt odds pro iluced by a grent Industrial depression. nd sg.iinst the most sophistical argu ments. The V.i piil.'luiu party main tained a campaign of education among the wsRP-eainers and the farmers, which ultimately led to the complete defeat of this second flnauclnl heresy which has threatened the Integrity of our business siructnrr. Ilea Win. 11 Tan, at Kansas City. Ma Mr. Cryta enstes himself, and Itr. Tart patronlsea only unlou barbers. la th meantime BJr. Kern apparcutly thinks that It Is easier to wis whisk era than It Is to raise the pric of a i hat. GE COLISEUM SKATING RINK Open every afternoon from 2:30 to 5. Every night from 7:30 to 10. Will open from 7:30 Saturday evening until ii o'clock. Those desiring to learn to skate will be taught by an able In structor Gratis every evening from 5 to 6. NOTICE: Rights reserved to refuse all objectionable persons d mis sic n to this Rink. JACK D. O'BRIEN LAUNDRY Done ' The Way You PHONE a r -v rt. D. Ks. 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