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TliLTBAY, SEPTEMBER 231911. p.:-::. j-rz: i reasonable. . u .. .. n - v Ml THEM1E "A Geranium" . Vitagraph Through Its sweet influence a humble home is turned into a garden of paradise. It's a Vita graph and a good one, . , "Out From the Shadow" ... . . ..'.."...''' Blograph Told wherein a wife after suffering the loss of her baby becomes morbid, and In conse quence loses some affection of her huBband. How she recovers and regains the love of her hus band Is very graphically shown. "Elephant Hunting in Victor ia Nyanza"-........... Pathe A wonderful series of pic tures taksn In Central Africa. "Max's Divorce Case" , . . Pathe ". Our old friend Max Is back again and has alt kinds of trou ble setting a divorce. It's a great comedy. ; ? -v Illustrated Song "You're; All -' Right, Kid.". Bung oy 7 Miss Garrlck Matinees Mr. Ferrin Evenings WE'YE ALWAYS GQT IT. COME IX , LOCALS & H. T. Love, Jeweler, 121214 Adams av., 9-27-tf Those who held lecture course tick ets last year and hav lost them can be supplied the missing tickets by go ing to the Silverthorn drug store to night and explaining the matter. Next Friday com to the K. of P, mil and get what you want for your linner. (Cafeteria style). 9-27-2t Victor Murdock addressed the stu dents of the high school today, speak ing briefly at 1:15 this afternoon. The menu for the cafeteria dinner in K. of P. hall Friday includes chick en pot pie, roast beer, hot mashed po tatoes, brown gravy, Boston baked b:ans, various salads, home made bread, your favorite pie or cake; tea, coffee, milk. , 9-27-2t ' Attention Is again called to tb-: bench show wWch opens tomorrow and continues until Saturday. Liberal prizes will be given to the winners. Register with John Dordan. Northwest IFug Co. of Portland agent Is here. If you have any old old carpets notify S. A. Dobner, city. -tf V v ed by those who understand the oper ation of the present law that the reg ulative power of the Interstate com merce commission la sufficiently grt"2t to remedy generally the Injustices to shippers which gave rise to the de mand for legislation. .v. 1 ' Second. "With respect to' the trusts. I have elsewher. given my view of what the decision of the supreme court Is. It In effect declares that the an';l-trust statute punishes every com bination or restraint of Interstate trade that Is intended and has the necessary effect to control prices, ex clude competition, and establish a par tial or complete monopoly of any In terstate trade In any merchandise, and that a bill of equity may bs filed against the offendiny combination or corporation which will lead to disin tegration of that combination, if found unlawful, and a division of It into a sufficient number of parts under sep arate ownership to Insure competition and to mairftaln it by the continuing force of perpetual Injunction against the resumption of the unlawful bond . : , PERSONALS. .-; and purpose of? the combiners TVeth er it will be possible to secure a na tional Incorporation act for the colser supErvislon of those corporations en gaged In interstate trade, and for their greater security when ;they pursue i business in accoruanee witu , m ' unable to say, because the constitu tional views of the present majority in the lower house are presumably - , j against (he Increase of ths federal Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lun were Injunction with respect to corporations, ths city from North Powder today. $ Be that as It may, the business' com Cora Newcomb and daughter of munlty now knows, or ought to know, Cove were guests at the Savoy last where it stands. The court declines to eight. hold, that competition Is impossible D. R. Zweffel and wife were up from under mdern business conditions, but Elgin this afternoonstopping at the It Insists that .it must be given full Savoy while Tiers. .Attorney John S opportunity for operation, and that Hodgin has re- i combined effort affecting inter- t Dr. Posej, Specialist for ), 'tar, Fuse,' Throat diseases and fatarrli. iirer Selder's store. . Etc g 'fitted .titu iuU. lioir. B (a llrtni -1,90 fn Union yesterday, I Mid, ? fo 8 P. Wt,,j ; ... Ty, Electric and sb?&m twthi, ' Mrs. 0, C. Combs, 1820 Sixth street, , . , Myrie&Positively no h'uutfhS oil the land be'ldnjging t& Waiter M.' Pierce. i Please do hot ask tor.. permission By k. 8. Johnson.., k - 9-ll-3wk Dbhvt trust your eyesight . to some one making, the fitting of glasses ft sideline Heacock does nothing but fit glasses. 9-25-tf turned' from a professional visit to,rte trade looking to Its suppression j country was entitled to better t . ndleten th! week. : - ' is 'contrary to law." In othfr words,, ment than the slipshod framing T wi i Dusiness must race me necebsuy ui : uasijr ';r.uJvM v mawiv? w Geo:ge Ferguso as over Jj.. j crutcn of combln. i-;rious effect of which upon thi :; S; e S' rio.b'.t. fur- dustrU of the Cu.iry uld not be "rl ' , '"T,: fcui ' tl9f progress. tWhen this rule is rec- calculated. .- . . Of LrtiOB: ; I ' . I -.i-,- --.i,.'--. mrnnrat'eyni that Fourth.' and finally, we have a very business, and must lead to business depression and at least temporary bns- lness disaster. But there are many. snd I am among thoBe, who believe that protection,, in the past bas been too hig3, and that it is ' possible to lower the tariff so as not to Interfere withb uslness, give a living rata of protection to existing enterprise-and yet prevent excessive prices growing out of excessive rats. In carrying out such a policy and maintaining such an attitude, it is essential that the Inter ests of business should be guarded by close Investigation Into their needs as to a protective tariff, and; this empha sizes the lmportanec and vital neces sity of the maintenance of a tariff com mission and of Its ascertainment of the facts with respect to business and the difference between the cost of pro duction here and the cost of produc tion abroad before tariff changes are made. '! ' . '-' :. AVe have had In the past two yearr since the agitation and the excitement growing but of the passage of the Payn? bill, a strong movement towan'. the establishment of a tariff board or commission which, by furnishing ac curate Information as to tariff matters and the comparative costs of foreign and home production In - respect to manufactures and products should en- - ., ' . ward the existing Industrie a of the country and to save them as far as possible in any changes that might bi made. Under circumstances which it is not now necessary for me to recount and by appropriations furnished by congress, I have been able to establish a tariff "board, and I have declined to promote the passage of tariff mea sures framed without the knowledge that within a few, months this tariff board can furn'vh; and I have done bo b cause I thought the business of the treat- ami of j hasty isnectipent of measures tne lu.- ,i';rious effect of which upon tho'ltt Yes and we have the famous "ALL FUEL" heaters for coal cr wood. I nearly perfection in a heater. Keep fire perfectly. Trade me your old stove on one of these and keep your house warm this winter. I sell second hand heaters I s to 7 .50 trra FCD, HAISTEN FURNITURE ON EASY PAYMENTS chants have confidence that It will be or Improper; but we ought not to al "'"""IW' ; with . a -view . low our -fear that something of that only to the public 'interest. -.1 have considered these points with a view to an appeal to the public in behalf of reasonable, moderate action and treatment for the punpose of en couraging the investment of capital and of promoting prosperity. ,. I de precate vindictive feeling against the railway corporations, against the com peting parta of trusts after they have complied with decrees of courts dis integrating them, against a reasonable sortmay happen to lead usou "to a general attitude of enmity toward the accumulation, of money by thrift and foresight and to its lawful invest ment in great enterprise or reason able profit. ' We have reached a point where we can call a halt, not in the progressive movement to keep business free from these abuses, but wjiere we can call a halt against appeals to a spirit of pure hostility td prosperity .on the treatment of the businesses depend-1 theory that no one can be prosperous noTiI'.rt whpn ho'cnrnnratlon" that ' George Wytbff or Portland stopped ' have offended the. law are diBin,tegrat at iWe Foley yesterday and thir morn-, ..lfflr,ent,v t0 enable comDetltion Tig- while transacting buslntss for the t0 have m play( then the r no r9a. Warreti Construction company. son why business should not go on un- r. I - . t-A Mrs. jonn uonniiey, accuiupouicu hampered by Mrs. Dan Nee of Tacoma ien : . CrlIcls(n hR) uit,rd in , na; terday for Peruana wnere ey ... mpnaiirft, tnnB ,.. ,he Rptlvlti Call Main 70 .for fresk eas':?rn oy sters. .., 9-19-tf Youll see all right If Heacock flU your glasses. 9-25-tf . Wood, any quantity Phone Main 706. Water-Stanchflt Id' Produce Co. " 9-25-tf ; Heacock glasses fit ask anyone ".. . . 9-25-tf Heacock does nothing but test eyes and fit glasses. , ; . ' 92tr.W . Inter State Audit Co ,r t,.Pa)-n4, Ore., are, not-authorized, & visit friends a few days. : ; ' James Ireland, formerly In the real estate business here, passed through tbe city today en route to North Da kqta .on . business matters. He Is lo cated at Portlaid.' ( ; Mr. and Mrs. Holley N. Harris, went I this morning to ostlne for a couple ot months where' Mr." Harris will be looking after the harvesting of the beet crop for the Sugar company. j ; L. E. Welster of Portland, Roy rr Mar.hnl Knrt.h Dakota. P. W. xvciti ui the department of Justice In the Insti tution of prosecutions and bills ' of equity under the anti-trust law, on the ground that It la hurting business.' It j is the sworn duty or tne executive to enforce the law, and as long as such combination exist and are known to exist to the law officers ot the govern ment in any way they would be lack-1 Ing In their duty if they did not prose Fourth,' and finally, we have a very lame banking and currency system. The theory' of the Issue of bank note3. based on the deposit of government bonds by each national bank, Is that this will increase and decrease accord ing; to the needs'of the money market; ; that these national banks will deposit bonds and float thel motes when mon ey Is needed, and will withdraw the bonds which were issued for the pur pose of enabling them to be used as deposits paid only 2 per cent, a rate which Is about 1 per cent below the regular market for government bonds in this country, and therefore pre vents the disposition and use of the bonds for any other purpose, than the This gives a ent on the tariff, or against solution of the monetary question, which ap peals to all reasonable and experl en'Hd nun.""' 'iv.- What makes men happy t What fur nlshts Blioes and clothes and good, wholesome food to the family of fath er and mother and children but pros perous times, in which labor is in high demand, wages are. good, sales are plenty, prices are normal, and every body Is sharing in the general pros perity? i ; ,"')'? In attempting to rid ourselves of the evils that were growing in busi ness bo as to put dangerous power In to the hands of concentrated wealth, we had to do many things that savor without being dishonest or a violator of law In securing the profits of hid business. ' ' ' ; - 1 ' ' ' ' Let us put our shoulders' together In a movement fo promote the buslnesa prosperity f th country by frowning down' those attacks that are engender ed nt by a real desire to ellmituatei , abuses, but by a wish to arouse ia the people an unjust -prejudice, and take away from their their clear per , ceptlon as to their real hiterest t& en couraging the Investment of capital in commending Its thrifty wise and lawful use to secure good and reason-! able profit, and to enjoy the wide spread Influence of the prosperity that business- thus encouraged Is bound to sd of hostility to capital, at Lust to .shower upon the people at lurgtf. cute them. They are under my orders . securing of bank notes. to treat the prosecution of trusts like stiffness to the" deposit and withdraw like the bringing of any other suits uuiien or Miu - " : - . whCh are within the Bcope'and duty and wife of Imbler were Savo guests th , depRrtment of ju8tlcf, and j last nigbt and today. mut decline to admit. that tl3re Is Rev. John H. Rudd, whose field ot dIgcretlon wWct would enable the operation Includes Island City. -tttotmf neral and his assistants, to Canyon and Hilgard has been Bpend-.. government ,n ing the week thus far Inspect! ngbls , , v,olaUong of law , campaign. e is . r ,7' do not think It need he long continued. . , T ,. . V..l.... G A. Williams of Baker, Thornton of Eclio, J..M.: Stevens . Thornton or mbu, --. - , community Itself Is rapidly taking In -he effect; Of th.decUlon.f the su- y'-niaeoolctlQa Joe ,JAP I nrm court, end that We may expert a '-ri -vi' iT - wa.uJv 1V : Ti v--revolution or reeun? onjne nuuuu' saAj'Tw "j."7s: i r urn riiyi I'iwvi m-o - . unninaaa man trttuorri tnta nrpn. 1 III IHIQkUVOU UJVU tv t V"" " v " Heacock grinds all h'.s glasS'.S, Vf TiileV hotel visitors last night. Prof. F. i. FrekoIftnic healer. Not hypllbUslmt or mental wotk. SlUve bfeWnfeeBt results from first trhjjhtlli: Adams areaue. Phono Matef&' , ' 1-mo ;. ; 7-. A pair of Heacock'B glasses glva instant relief from headache. 9-25-tt The auild ot the St Peters , church will conduct a cooked food sale next Saturday at the Russell meat.marex; The Catholic . ladles will serve chicken dinner next' Saturday at tb h O. 0. F. halL ' ' - V ! t . ' ;-. .- r - J. Frink Magulre of Boston, Mass will M.fint winils in piano, )rganv xnt. ,.,T.-Mft,w anil, theory, k R&tek - v(u uf UUl ui rnj mm - , - - .This Is the time ot yt ev" eryohs should .' consider retKodellng lIEATIn ASB PLtMBiyfl JtB8. Bradley A Co. has a crew of first elass plumbers, steam au'd "hot water Utters at all tlms resiry to dowk atlBlactorWy.: Coft fh nd unload "Dur troubles to .. B2tABLWtt, Fbon Vtuc "9Y1. El Street. ( rwmiert from Page 4.) One was a- recommendation that t I have heard the gevere'st crWfcliKl, from some men engaften in tushuss, -. Of the anti-trust iawi i U difficult for don can b , Of me anu-irust iawi i uiu.cuj me tojrgue wlln them, because 1 1 I unde'rsiani n&w their, position ca to ifiVnk that there ought to bo. iome fteasure making legal the control of competition- 'and limited monopoly, some statute 'enacted which shall es . w .unwed ta ft'e- lui allvcao cou.yu, - - ,-.t ... . l iisvja v ...... T1 ,.6m , ti,fk In a compeuBBHin"11"?-1 ""Vf""01 " "w company, with sucn provisto&s ( . -.MncemenU SS would obviate (bouMstou, and'tW 6econ4ecpmrhe-- I ihe rplcayn4e ur-, tabllsh a lin between those monopol I ' "redftteBSor, wafl les that are reasonable and those that v,. --n'mnetlnVt' railroads Bnouta d r nui-iuu. ft COmpep it j va fV .r nrnnrlori(iMe. No v.. oVotumnararv arrauKou"tii. vwc r . jo.e w j - mn i 1ln. i nnaoiMa. and lhe sunreme .-.... miK' npiwiscu tuuiuiwi , omv-1. .... - rV?tr Without giving them any bind- court has expressly so decided. Mourn ffS.32Sf contract.. it J was, Ing over a condition ,w;h.ch Is Inevlt- however. that able Is useless, and until iney realise log character as th?uSht. by congr ... "Z,',: tMl rJ mV AV ' ...u .ArIAll1V UTOCl U ucib-,iui v.. . - , Z It the anti-trust act. and it was be radically cbanged their complaint ..a - x : 7 1 V- must tall upon deaf ears. notheV rommendaUon ' which 1 1 f Third. With respect to tariff lawk. - Ano -i sMaa mt.rstate.Th' business of the country ' today lT bond, and rest upon the protective U cwu ' ".,-.trt f h in-! Everyone know.' this, and everyone .tocka " m ust be .wara thst.. changi of tariff. 'uted a sec in such a way that those busTnes e, PnS d,ng a commission to be that are dependent upon; pro ectioa tlon . provia.ng . rr- - ;.for tneir existence sliall lole ltust of sucU a provision, and. that report .ness, whetner qepenaen on u.- -r.u il btsubiSttad to congress at the or not. The change therefore, from a will De auDiu.iicu " o , .,.. ...iw in ta tariff for revenne al of such bond, and a rigidity to the amount of currency, dependent on them that deprives the system of the elasticity whlcfh la desired, More than, that, the Indepeendf tit action of each bank when money grows tight. In reaching out for cash and increasing Its reserve, accentu ate, the original cause for the con traction of the currency and doubles Its forced The control by each one of the banks IB a control by none of them, and wjj find a monlni1"? frowlng, by the very fact o lis exlst- feltce, mors nd, Biore pressing" and !RUlO-'f(roduclng. 'V.i:,..iUU----' Theye ought to be aouie central au thority tha"t could take over the quick assets of the banks in the form of bus iness paper and Issue bank notes on the faith of It to meet the exigency arising at any time ttt k demand for money. . If vested In one person or set of persons, the bustaeee can be Intel ligently done, panics - avoided, and money 'sufnctetit: for the : purpose of business constantly kept on hand.' The present proposition Of the mon etary commission, 'which befleve Vwl'll be recommended to "congress, is that this, authority' shall be provided by a'aomblnatioa of 'ah baliks' of the country,' 'reiaerving Hb -the s smaller bnks a power. of selection' greater tnan tne ratio -oetween tneir .capuai and the'capital of'tne larger banks, in which board 'or 'agency the govern- lifeHt abairvd'fa'A representattvVnot so 'that it may control, but so that It may'hav'e a' voice In the management rdo"not'go Into the detail, excepi lo say' that these must be carefully worked out for the purpose of prevent- the' political control of the moneUry situation, or control by the large bank, of Wall .treet. , Such a .ystem the capital which was engaged in those things that it was thought necessary to enact statutes to condemn.- I am no defender of those evils. On the con trary, I have been as strongly In fa vor of their suppression by, statutes made effective as anyone; but I think we have arrived at a time' when the We must have Investments front which to secure a large wages fund, which is needed to support the wag earners. We must Inspire in the busi ness men wno control tnose invest ments the confidence that they wifl' not be driven out 6f busihe ss. II rail roads are unjustly legislated aga(ot - people themselves ought to , acquire by state legislation to the potnt wnere sufficient parceptlon Into the operation of economic forces to realize that a sectional prejudice leading to legisla tion against the interests ot one part ot the country will as certainly re dound to the detriment of another as night will fellow day. We are In the same boat. We are all tossed by the same waveB. , wny, men, snouia we they cannot do a profitable business. . the Injury is more direct to the wage earners of the railway than It Is to the shareholder, because the share holder, presumably are people who have .ome other mean of livelihood than the dlvld:nds from the stock. while the wage earners are entirely dependent on a continuance of condl- allow the nolltlcal fortunes of any inanitions 'which, 'make; the wages fund MmMMn ia Into ft large anJ '" .""J pr.oet ot men Vostiilty towards parts of th court1' i try which Is certain to work, injpry to. It 1 not a progressive policy In fthy true sense to be hostile to prosperity of any part of the country, it "T " . . wnpk CHI HDDWiaUD. J-V i.vs in the community. Let U8 have leg- "TJTt. n. .tBer.lly conced- only 1. necessarily hostile to existing and his famlt.v 1; 5 i - - . LetUS rvgether, Let us bd Charitable and kind, bet us not be sex suspicious and ascribe corrupt mo tives to everyone in the community progressive to be against a ranway corporation because U i a railway corpor&ttoft.'. il Vs prosresslve to take m'sasttreB by statuteB which shall reg ulate railway, and prevent their re- lsfatlon that helps, or an absence of i legislation If It be unnecessary. And let u. approve and praise the great . I kns naia sntcmrtBA ntlll genius inav ctirrftig to evil, of which tney nave -r ' . . beeftgullty.ln the past; l'ZJ Z Z Tlto ing'them to be engaged la lawful bus- cu - he ines. it is of the hlg-hestinterest that Pruu-. ; '.. we should secure to them Teasonable l - "'-- , rates, so that their shareholder, may profit; have a profit.. and that we should not enact legislation in a spirit of hostility enterprise. , , v -J and think that merely because , we This Is the hope I have for the fu- have hit a -railway corporation. , and ture. Business is naiuoff now. iu Injured it we JhaVe dohe something for is doubt and: distrust among laves- the public good. Any other view is tors, aue io a w u. . - lacking In, .anity, and it Is that spirit ward successful enterprise. bat ..-..iw ,,naBonable an- the remedy I It i me resioruuu.. uV- .tagonlsm .which political ' exigency confidence between the classes, of "per- seem, to develop and against wnicD aon. wno n.v. w..," - .v. lair,- f h,,lnes men ma other in- time ( past, who now. after -.Mt. . reason be di- ! e reforms are Initiated and are in " ' " . . " " , - , , nrooess of being efteSted. ought . Of course, we are all anxious to pre- come together In amity and make the vent the acquisition of undue profits best a 61 the enormous; resources wii by anybody whether in the form of die- hare -In thl. Country for the pro.no- y.!l.:.., .a r.nBt nr bv a lion of general probperlty and the e- crim.niiu . 7- . - inrtlvU- curing ana eIlMl'6c"c", w. tor l absolutely necessary for the pro gress of business In this country. We combination in restraint of trade, or must nave a system In which the mer-1 by any other means which I. unlawful oral happiness. J i I 1 IUIUS l- "v" . ,