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THE INDEPENDENCE MONITOR AN IMH.PBNimNT M.WSI'API-K Published Weekly at Independence, Polk County Oregon, on Friday. Entered as Second Class Mutter August 1, 1912 at the Post Office at Inde pendence, Polk County, Oregon, Undur the Act of March 3, 1879. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor NINA IJ. ECKER, Associate Subscription Rates: One Year $1.50 Strictly In Advance Independence, Oregon, Friday, July 10, 1914 NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Japan's Protests Against Cali fornia Alien Land Laws Is Absorbing Topic. 'J une fur th county canli!ate8 to get liuny. Parker in not inclined to he what he callti tiie "denial trust ''Painle-FH" when he treats Former President Taft in very utill. lie ing or finding fault with hi BiicceHor. yearn in the presidential chair liiniHelf, in not cnliciB lie had four It seems that wlien we took the Panama Canal Zone we were not very particular how we done it. Now whether to pay damages for our indiscretion is the question. Humor Inn it, and iiimor Houietimes is reliable, that Portland will noon have another morning paper. People have been accustomed for many year to have, the Oregon ian for breakfast and they will be slow in accepting a subs titute. Candidate Withycombe does not take kindly to Candid ate U'Kcn's attempt to force him into the "dry" and "wet" fight. Whet nr Mr. W'ithvcombe can maintain a neutral position on tli prohibition question until the November election remains to be seen. John Jl. Scott, general pasvnger agent of the Southern Pacific railroad, lias a very pie using habit of visiting the government town where celebrations are being held and mingling with the people. Mr. Scott is to be commended for showing the people that all railroad olliciaU do not have horns. Washington. Japan' protests against the California alien land law, brought oorikjiii uouhly before the pub lic again by publication of the corre spondence between the Washington and Toklo governments, was discuss ed with absorbing interest In official and diplomatic circles. One phan of the negotiations dls clohud lu the correnponilen.ee which at tracted particular Interest In official circlet waa said to suggest the possi bility of an issue entirely new in the history of the United States. In italic! In connection with the promise by the Jnpani-se government to grant land ownemlilp to Americans, Rppeared the words, "reserving for the future, how ever, th right of maintaining the con dition of reciprocity with respect to the separate states." This, it wbh pointed out, appeared to be a distinct reservation by the Japanese government of the right to retaliate directly upon the Cnlifornl ans by singling them out among Amer ican citizens for exclusion from the right to possess real property in Jay pan. May Rush Railroad Land Survey. Surveying lands embraced within railroad grunts will be pushed rapidly If the senate sustains an approprla tlon of 1100,000 made by the house, The western members, with Secre tary Laue, want to make sufficient ap proprlntlons each year to carry the work to a speedy termination. It was pointed out to the house that as long as tho railroad lands remained unsur veyod they were virtually the property of the railroads, while title could not pass and the lands could not be taxed There Is a demand in most of the western states to have the railroad lands iruveyed so that thoy can be taxod hy the states and made to bear their proportion of the cobt of local The congressman who has done bis duty at Wash ington does not have to hurry home to look after his fences. His constituents will keep out stray stock if he does their work at Washington properly. Salem Capital-Journal. Don't the Capital-Journal think that Congressman J law ley ought to hurry homer The Seaside Itund, having met with great success in tooting their own horns, concluded to do a little boosting for the town ani community and have issued a 1(! page paper, the Flashlight, winch is a very creditable effort. After leading it from covt r to cover and looking at the handsome pictures, one is tempted to nnne to Seaside and live in peace and contentment until further notice, The saying that "great minds run in tho same chan nel" is more forcefully impressed upon us as we peruse the editorial columns of our exchanges. There are altogether too many self-constituted "commissions" working the country press. Dallas Observer. An editor wrote us rec nlly that he lets the "State Bu reau of Industries and Statistics" edit his paper because he hasn't the brains to do it himself, and in our reply we com mended him highly for being frank enough to say what others were thinking. In a Fourth of July oration at Lents, Congressman Latt erly declared: "The snme blood that conned hot through the veins of American patriots ill m, is now ticfiiiniine in to boil in Hie Americans of today A new declaration of independence is loiitf overdue. Multnomah County has sound ed the battle oiy in this new revolution. The eve of t'oii;rij ,! Uie Nation are upon the (wilding struggle in this district. The issues involved are lieur cut. I.el the battle of Concord be refought and won in Multno mah County, November ;id, next, and vutury will follow in the entire Nation iiisiile ol live yens." Evidently the fate of the whole nation depends upon Multnomah County, but we have good reason t(, believe that Multnomah County will respond nobly and save the natio.i. Iikl li I 1 1 tr llt-4 . Y t t tli't U fe.Wi, nl . 1 . . .1 ..,.. iv.. . ..v.... i-ntiirK mane on inr name day ut the same place by Speaker Chirk and President Wilson: CLAUK WILSON 11 is written, luesae.i are urn i-eare I can never sneak in ,. r ladles and getleineii; vou would not de- Hut there is this . makers tun alter ly centum k of Christian endeavor we are prone to j sire me to do so. smiie mo sinner. The d:iy baa not jet arrived when swords are beaten into plowshare or Scni s inlo pruning hooks; and, judging from fa U which can tie neither blink- uni uiswnciion hel. in ,., ,i. I i ... i Pi"' .V Hie soldier, that he goes into an enterprise out ol which he himself cannot gvt f lu re are lixtfl. v. I; ..k ... .. ed nor denied, that era of perfect peace bard to go into d just a, hard lv is out of sight l, the , ,Mt future in as the battles of arms; and fh. - ' . ; '', mere will come limit suite lunmvitiii nrai wiiisoii in glalet'i r,vi ,.,.ii,w a blacksinitti stiop. 1 lie corporations of captains troin .Nni.rodto Ccneral Wood occupy mere space in t annals of munkind than do all the statesmen, philosophers, poem, preachers, writers and artisans that aver lie I. All history is but one unending story of huniaii "butchery. All our bouaicil and multiplied acts of civiinatmn are but preparations for the sacrmce of war the festival uf death. a time of when ...II speak of him not only Willi admiration uui .ui auection and with reverence I hat is their achievement, uno.itialcd anywh. re else in the snnsls of man Kind, that the verv men w hom thev overcame in battle join in praise and gratitude that the I'mon was saved. 'lhis ting calls umn us dailv for seirv ice, and the more quiet and ' self .deny ing the service the greater the glory i.f the i!;,g. We ure dedicated to freedom and ihxt freedom means the ftvedoin ot tlie human spirit. Senate Secret Qet Out. Stirred to action by the apparent freedom with which the proceedings of the foreign relations committe in consideration of the Nlcaraguan and Colombian treaties have been publish ed from duy to day, several senators agreed on a resolution asking for au thority to siibpenti senators and Wash ington correspondents to an Inquiry to determine how the proceedings of the committee which are supposed to be especially secret get out. Evidence that not all senators en tlrely approve the Idea that the com mlttee's proceedings shall be secret was given by Senator NorriB, who is not a momber of the foreign relations oornmlttee. lie offered a resolution that all senators be furnished with ooples of the dally testimony before the committee on the treaties, that senators who were to vote on the mat ter should have the benefit of It. House Insists on Mileage Cut. Amid a maze of parliamentary tan gles that kept members guessing, the house sent back to conference the question of mileage of representatives in congress. The body voted in favor of 6 cents a mile each way for senators, and the defeat, 184 to 59, of a motion to re cede from disagreement to the senate proposition of continuing the present 20 cents a mile, sent the whole ques tion back to be threshed out again by the conferees. National Capital Brevities. Despite the opposition of Turkey the house agreed to the senate amend ment providing for the sale of the ' Mtleahlps Idaho and Mississippi to -co. C tilted States supreme court ruled that retail lumber dealers who black list wholesalers for selling direct to the oonsumer violate the Sherman ant I trust' act. 'The Interstate commerce commls alon suspended until January 10, pro posed increased rates on melons from California to Oregon and Washington Railroads are not liable for damages for persons! Injuries to interstate em ployes or their families who are hurt while riding ou passua. according to a ruling of tlie I'nlted States supreme court. It has beou proposed to President Wilson that the name Culabra cut In the al'nama canal be chauged to the Oallliird cut In honor of the late Unit ed States engineer, w ho harnessed the mountain at t hat point. Kor fe.tr that the interests of the fall campaign would be affected, house leaders time decided not to force a vote now on the proposed Hobsoa amendment providing for nation-wide prohibition. The new federal reserve banking system will not get tn operation until some weeks hence, It Is thought, as result of the delay of the senate ii confirming the president's nomluei--on the hoard. The bank was to star August 1. NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois Lead in Income and Corporation Excise. Washington. New York, Pennsyl vania and Illinois paid more than half of the $71,38.lt'l turned into the na tional treasury in income and corpora tion taxes during the fiscal year Just closed. A detailed statement of col lections made public showed that these three states contributed $37, 931,717. New York alone paid $12,528,247.03 in individual income tax, while the entire amount paid by individuals throughout the country was $28,306, S3C.C9. The empire state paid $9,766, 248.57 of the $4.1,079,810.44 paid as corporation tax by all states. Pennsylvania ranked second in both Individual and corporation taxes. Its corporations paid $6,096,305.28 and Its Individual Income tax collections amounted to $3,176,095.28. Illinois was third in the list, with corporation taxes amounting to $4,293,649.68 and Individual Incomes aggregating $2, 076,171.11. Will Prosecute Income Tax Dodger. Nation wide investigation of the re turns in the income tax filed by cor porations and Individuals has been be gun by agents and Inspectors working at the direction of Commissioner Os borne of the Internal revenue, to as certain the correctness of each pay ment into the treasury. Fraudulent statements In attempts to evade or defeat the assessment re quired by the law are held to be a misdemeanor and the person or of ficer of any corporation rendering false return is liable to a fine not ex ceedlng $2000 or Imprisonment not ex ceeding one year, or both, at the dis cretion of the court. Officials of the treasury declare the Pursuit will fee relentless and those caught In the dragnet which is being thrown out will he required to pay the additional amount of their tax or face suits of prosecution. Borah Continues to Fight Harbor Bill There Is little likelihood that the fight being made against the river and harbor bill In the senate will ac complish its defeat, though it is be lieved that the bill cannot go into ef fect much before August and may not become operative until a later dat, Senator Month, of Idaho, who Is holding up the bill, Intends to hold up the conference report later, unless congress grants some of the legisla tion asked by the west. As a means of accomplishing his purpose, he has offered an amendment to the bill au thorizing a loan of $50,000,000 to the reclamation fund, and Is demanding that that amendment be accepted by the senate. His contention is that the river and harbor bill, with few excep tions, carries no direct benefit to the slates, where the government is build ing Irrigation works. Colombian Treaty Is Likely to Fall." The administration by a party vote will be able to secure a favorable re port from the foreign relations oorn mlttee of the senate on the Bryan treaty with Colombia, but senators op posed to that document assert posi tively that the administration will not be able to force ratification by the senate. It requires a two-thirds vote to ratify and more than a third of the senate are said to be opposed to the treaty. National Capital Brevities. Major General Wood, former chief of staff of the United States army, has been ordered In command of the eastern department of the army. In a wordy altercation over the Nic aragua treaty before the foreign rela tions committee, Senators Root of New York and Smith of Michigan nearly came to blows. It Is siiid that lenders are hoping that a vote on th Hobaon prohibition amendment to the constitution will be had in the house about August 1. The I'nited States has been asked by Consul General Cheshire of Can ton. China, to send aid for the 2,000,- 000 people who are said to have been rendered destitute by the recent floods in two southern provinces of China. The house passed the bill repealing the provision that anyone who was In any way active on the side of the rebels during the civil war should not be eligible for the collection of claims from the government. Claims total ing $165,000,000 will thus be revived, It Is said President Wilson will fill all va cancies where negroes are now em ployed by other negroes, In accord biico w ith a promise which he made about the time of his Inauguration White men will not Wike the places of the Macks. The San Ouminican situation con timies to be a punier for President Wilson. He admits having recetved a report that the American gunboat ! Maclu.is had fired on one of the war ring fiicttons because they had vio lated an agreement bot to bombard the rebel city. THE PROFESSIONS Dr. R. T. 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