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Destructive Pol icies Decried Cure for industrial evils lie in sane nnd rational investiga tion, and the application of just and humane law, says Attorney J. 0. Stearns, Jr., in address before Advocates of Bonvillo 99-Year System. Continued'from last week. In the days before machinery came so generally into use there' was true competition among in dividuals, and the laws of eco nomy, unhampered by artful contrivance of ingenious minds, very largely directed the demand and production of manufactured goods, and likewise a more equi table distribution of wealth. Hut with the machinery came the need of large capital, for ma chinery cost money, and the poor artisan could rarely afford to buy it. It was utterly impracticable that ho should have, for every machine was able to do the work of many mon.and if every work man had become a factory owner the factories would have become as numerous as the homes, and over production would have known no bounds. Such a con dition of nf lairs would bo impos sible, to say the least; so let us dismiss the thought. And so capital very naturally became the owner of the machinery of pro duction, and mt of the former independent workers became mere wage earners, industrial slaves who turn the wheel and move the lever, while men called Capitalists guide the affairs of big business, and each Saturday night pay to their employes the wage it HiiiLs them to pay a living wage, no more. Don't blame the employers they could not have prevented all this had they cared to, and tried never so hard. Can ta s an impersonal thing, without a body.and utter ly without a soul. It must grow. or it must perish. And so it has grown, and reckoned not the cost in human lives and human mis ery. And today it stands, huge and overgrown, a menace to our freedom, darkly threatening that sacred institution, the family, by come home to us when we use the word "learning" to designate political wisdom: for it is most dangerous to rush to this conclu sion or that conclusion when we deal with the destinies of a na tion. As I said before, my friends. there must be a sane solution for stock. I have been acquainted with this 99-Year System ever since it started, and have spent consid erable time and money in helping promote it. and am still doing it. and only wish that I could do more. I believo Mr. A. Porter is right when he says that this the industrial evils that beset us system is"a gift to the nations." today. Perhaps it is with us I have been in the business fif- now. I do not desire to draw teen years for myself, being at any comparisons that might pos- the present time connected with sibly give offence to any one the Portland Fireproofing Corn- present, and no more do I seek pany, and am a propert; to have it said of me that I have of this city. -J.K. Seine been guilty of uttering empty compliments for the purpose of tickling the ears of my listeners. But it occurs to mo that men have a queer habit of looking for genius only among those who have attained eminence in the world, never pausing to consider that these same geniuses were once hummc and unknown. Christ, the divine Evangelist, whose sacred word is destined to lve throughout the ages, who fashioned material for the great est book ever written, was but a humble workman, a carpenter, who, if he walked to earth to morrow unknown would doubt less be treated with amused scorn by the average man, were ho to propound in modern lan guage the message of brother hood he taught so many centu ries ago. Mohammed, the foun der of a religion that claims half the civilized world, could neither read nor write, dictating his thoughts to one who inscribed them upon the whitened shoul der blades of sheep, and yet he had within him that divine spark that kindles great truths and in flames tho hearts of men to ac tion. You men and women aro with ered here tonight to listen to one who brings you a message. A message that may in the fu ture cleave (Icon into the his tory of this nation tho history of the world. I would admonish you to listen carefully to what he lias to say, and if, after ma ture thought and careful delibor taion you reach the conclusion that his message is a message of truth, then I say to you: Work for the idea that it embodies, make it a part of your daily lives. Larry iw message to your neighbor and insist that ho ex amine it. This system, as I un derstand it, is fashioned to work ty owner ck, Build er's Exchange, Portland, Oregon. ORDINANCE NO. 514 An Ordinance Declaring; the Cost of Improving Central avenue from the Northwes terly Side Line of St. Johns avenue to the Southeasterly bide Line of Bruce Avenue. in the City of St. Johns, Or egon, and Assessing the Property benefited There by, Declaring Such As sessment and Directing the bntry of the Same in the Docket of City Liens. The city of St. Johns (toes ortlalu ns follow: Tlinl the council has considered (lie nroio9C(l assessment for Improving Central avenue from the northwesterly side line ot Mt.joiinsnvc. to tne southeast erly side line of Ilrucc nvc.lu the city of St. Johns. Orccou. nnd nil obicctlons mndc thereto, nnd hereby nsccrtnins.dctcrinincs nun declares (lie whole cost ol said im provement in manner provided by Ordi nance No. 480 to be the sum of H.772.C7 nnd that the special nnd cculiar benefits accruing to encu 101 or part lucre- oi or parcel ol inuil within the as sessment district, by reason of said Im provement and in justprotiortlon to such benefits, nrc In the rcsiiectlve amounts set ontosltc the number or dcHcrlntlon of each lot or part thereof or parcel of mini in mc loiiowiiiK annexed anient-1 tnent rull.nud said assessment roll.whlcli Is numbered 87, Is hereby adopted nnd approved as the Assessment for said Im provement, and the recorder of the city of St. Johns Is directed (o enter n state, incut of the assessment hereby made In the docket of city Ileus, nnd cause notice (hereof (o bo published ns provided by charter, which nssessmcut is ns follows: Lot Mock Addition Amt, 12 27.... Ilolbrook's S57.CU Our stores are equipped to supply you. with comfortable wearing apparel for the winter winds and rain. Our Toggery has a larger line of Men's warm underwear, flannel overshirts and l i : j-i rij. ti . i i 7 wuuien nosiery wian jonns stores nave carried before. We supply a rain coat for w men who work outside that is guaranteed to keep a man dry if he is out in the rain for a whole day. We have rubber boots and rubber shoes and leather high tops that are made as water proof as leather can be made. In our ladies' and children's department are warm union suits and hos iery, golf gloves and toques and aviation caps: a line of school girls rain qapes and a new shipment of those high top shoes that all the girls want. In this department are all the requisites for making comforters: , wool bats and cotton bats and anything you want for covering. If it is comfort you are seeking come in and we will supply your every need. theHtimdard or which all nations no bloody revolution, nor disturb must ultimately grow and thrive the irrand nrincinlcH of miitv or fall into ruin and decay. Hut and righteousness one iota, but let us not idly long for the con- rather to nreservo and imlnrirn unions mat existed neiore mod- them, by ir v mir to every in ern machinery came into use. virtual citizen his due. and bv Were wo to find ourselves in such liftinir from olf tho InndthiH tnr. a predlcamont, realizing what we riblo menace of abject industrial had lost, wo would bewail it as slavery which today invades the a most terrible evil and so it mills ami factor es where our would be. Let us seek rather a workmen toil, am 1 at niuht fol ,)w,l8' 2o.::::: WIIV. tml. ti HftUfmV imnltnl IIIW I lnuu hum uimn t IIkiIh liiwlu I la. 11. IB. 10. 17. IK. 111. 20. 21. 22. 211. 12 :ui 111.. 11., ir... 10., 17.. 18.. iiwk i.w uvniiwj wiimkii linn iinvn IIIUIII IIIJHIU HI UlCII IJL'un, 1 oil machinery, or ether of them, but where in slumbers thov live nimhi Si to make the giant subservient to through the nightmare drudirerv 22... our, the peonies, will, l or to of the la v. u us no righiiuiiy ueiongH, when ever wo can into iigentiy control TESTIMONIALS. mill iiiiuci 111 iiugiiiy HimiKii . Tl.iu u ,, nf iiwl .,. M.!.,u Hut again I nay, be carefuL V ,V"GT " mtv tM'iritv lliv I'WIII IIIV '" ear System: If every one went the limit and purchased all the stock that the "System" allows 111 the last sixty per cent using llllll, Willi, WIIIIO WIM KIHK III 1110 milllnn ilnllm-i.nmn.mi. ,iu n I... Sii ' l ' ? i"K I"ti'rct, or tal sixty per 1 nun tt 1 iwi iiAittii,ii,f.i . 1.. i" ii. 1 v v- 1 1 v wa visv vwiiii'tui 1 iiiiii.n. in 1 IIUUUP 111 UIU UU UIKILJ., ,)!,,!- lw ' ..I,. I Ml Ily . Binoe we make " " . ' tt"T .Y " "m"w:" 2 . to meet certain contli- 'V" "''"."WV" " ' need nieiuling. but only 5 ?.iy ' , '.. I,u HI'?: int'u iiiiiiuiuii inuiiiioiiuu Nothing is eaHier than to diwtroy otirxolvew while we tteeK to in slave the mauter. capital. Let u not do like the Irish man. who, while working in the gar potat suits, rushed into the house and drank a pint of pan's green. lie killed the bug. and nUo himself. We aro too impatient of the men who administer our laws, who direct the all'aiiu of government. Why do we not eek the reason of our diutimtu of the laws an they itand. rather than blindly condemn the men who administer them? Tho laws aro ever bo hind the nocoMmr tho law ions that nftur thorn? conditions have be come facU. WelogUlHte for the protiunt, seldom for the future. And oven then we are loath to change exiatlnir laws. for we nat umlly cling to outworn ideau and outgrown customa. decidedly diu liking them, but hating to uirt wltli thorn, possibly for the sake of the intimate relations they hmv to the iMut, but more likely Uscmige man, taken collectively, is mituraiiy coiiKervittiveaud slow to move and xet. 1 hit is exem pliflod in every walk of life, ov- ory day nnd all about us, so that it need no foix'eful illustititiou or striking homo to to many enough w, hen they were enacted fifty or n hundred years ago, and we must continue to cling to them until we make better, but many of them no longor lit us. and other should bo inshion ed in their stead; the relations of havo 11 11 cent, or six hundred thousand shares, would be in the hands of nNcastsix hundred people; be cause a one thousand dollar in vestment is the largest that can be made by any one person after the llitit forty per cent has been disposed of under the above ba sis of calculation, in all cases. after sale of the first forty per 1... 1:1.. ii.. in.. 10.. 17.. 18.. in.. 20.. 21.. 2a. 11. 10. i. 8.. 7.. 0.. fl. J. l,,,, . . - ..... . .. ... 1 above) of the largest possible in vestment that can be made in the same: only one nut-chase be ing obtainable in the last sixty percent, and stockholders in the first forty per cent of a conumnv shall be strictly prohibited from investing in this aforesaid last sixty per cont. 1 am a staunch believer in the irineiples of this System, and 1.. 12. tl. 10. 9 8 7 6 4 a II II II . .09.02 ,07.87 C2.08 Civil 01.32 75.00 75.7a OO.t.'I G7.07 00.85 :i5.ai (U.ll 00.-15 61.78 41.00 50.01 81.70 07.85 lOO.SU 01.80 00.70 57.11 111.27 17.51 ......4G.lt 52.1 a 72.81 .87.80 1)0.81 88.2a in. aa 07.21 100.28 77.04 88.00 00.10 07.07 87.08 75.85 51.06 50.00 53.68 30.24 08.45 01.33 107.44 109.68 105.05 92.00 S0.30 60.01 45.07 48.02 38.04 61.00 70.44 73.42 07.71 67.77 70.97 91.08 80.29 74.80 07.23 63.08 44.17 Notice the toothsome things in our grocery window and remember we are headquarters for all that is good to eat at Thanksgiving time. ; BONHAM & CURRIER ST. JOHNS GARAGE 114 1!. llurllniton Street Automobile KcmImiik nd VulcnultiuK Wc can j-ct you Auto Tires of nil kinds lllcyclo and General Uepnlrlnc New mill second liiinil bicycles for side Auto to Hire by Day or Hour Big Wlnton Six TriiH to nr from miy city botpltul, 2.60 J. M. and V. I. WkAY, Prop. I'lionc Culuiubla 587, CAMf 773 W. O. W. Moot ev cry Vtl 11 e d y evening I n Ulck nsr's Usll EDMONDSON CO. f. 203 S. Jersey Street 132 CtllllC, DORIC DODGC NO. A. P. and A. M. KrKular comuiunlcatiou 011 first WcdncMlays eucli month in Odd 1'el lows' Hall, Visitors we S. Clms. Davis. W. M. C. O. Kocrs, .Secretary ORDER EASTERN STAR Minerva Chapter Meets livery l'irst and Third Tuesday llveiiint; of llach Mouth in Odd l'ellow Hull Mrs, husie Hojjcrs, Secretary HOLMES LODGE NO. 101 KN ChlS Or I'YIIIIAS Meets every l'riday iil;ht at 7:30 o ciock 111 1, u. u, r, Hall. Visitors always wel come, V. W, MASON, C. C. I). I'. HOKSMAN, K. R. S LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. O. O. T. ST. JOHNS, ORCGON Meets each Monday evening in Odd FeV to llUVO KIVOIl COIlSKlontblo tllllO .mmve.i by the mayor this 12th il niul finnnenu aid to pcomotiiiK of Nov- -tho same. 1 havo boon in bust- A A- muck, Total f4,772.G7 l'lisaed bv the council this 12th dav of Ions hall at T:o. A cordial welcome Nov., 1012. ali vuitim; brothers. i i nay nosrt tor inysoif lioro in I'ort and tor ovor sovon years, benur nro- A(test: Mayor. 1. A. KICK, Recorder. IS o S Urk,t0l f tl10 Crlso' I'rllltlnir 1WW.1 i the St. John, uVvicw oSUtili1, as1; g!jni a tax payor.- .. Ihwi that wore well A,tlim LMlim' To whom it may concorn: Mv advice to tho readers of this let ter is to bo sure to compare tho Honvillot)l)-Yoar System with tho old system ot organizing corpor ations before having anything to do with stock buying, and ask Daniel O. Webster, A. B. M. D Residence, 097 Dawson Streak OHlce, i'llter Block. UnKcrsfty Pri, Portland, Oregon. num Havo cliangod so radically ainuo tho advont of modern in- yoursolf the following questions: (biatrial machinery and the con- Why is this new system the dition which are its complo- greatost move of to(fay before mom, mac we nave not been the civilized wor d? nl.lA In I I tt . i rt Muio iw ion i bhu I? iaw, iimjiur (tore aro iwo oi uie many rea laws, lait onom;li to moot those sons: It will stop wealth from changed conditions. centering in a few people's ou iwt us nm uu iuo impatient, iiantts. it win do away with out let us proceed deiiDerately, stock gambling and fake promo using investigation and thought tors. Surely a promoter will not lor our guiuos. six hundred promote a fake corporation when years uoiore ounsi uoniucus, i no will receive stock only in said tiio groat Clunoso )hilosophor, corporation in return for his mid jo say, rotorring to tiie po- services, and is allowed only tho litical situation of his country: earning capacity of his stock as iiiougui wunoui learning is a recompense tor said services, dangerous." Undoubtedly there Ten per cont is all the promoters is a great deal of truth in those is allowed for signing up tho words, and especially do they first sixty per cent of the capital R. A. JAYNE, Al. D. Office over First National Dank Office Phone Columbia 262 Res, Phone Columbia 196 PERRY C. STROUD LAWYER Pint National Bank BuilJing ST. JOHNS . . . OREGON O. J. (1ATZAIYER ATTORNEY AT LAW McDonald BuilJing ST. JOHNS . . OREGON NEST NO. 1151 Meets 2nd and 4th Weil ties' days of each month iu M. W. A. Hall. 1', B. URANGHR, Sec. Colonial Rag Rugs and Carpet Weaving PlttiT Rugs from Ingrain Carpets J. KDWIN GAGK 733 Kdison St. St. Johns, Oregon Office Phone Columbia 24 Residence Phone Columbia 198 St. Johns Express, Transfer and Storage Co. Piano Moving a Specialty. Haul ing done to aud from Portland Residence 400 Kast Richmoud Office 103 North Jersey Street J. R. WEIMER Transfer and Storage We deliver your Roods to and from all part of Portland, Vancouver. Linn ton, Portland and Suburban Kzpresa Co,, city dock and all points accessible fey wc?ft. Ha ri rwrnltur Mtksg Vsmbmbbmbwb IN Plumbing, Tinning AND Furnace Installing Call up Columbia 92 I WANTED Men, Women and Children AT THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST To assist in the winning of souls to Christ and in training them for His service, Sunday Services Bible School: 10 a. in. Morning Service: it a, til. Junior C. R.: 3 p. iu. Y, V. S. C. K..-7 p. in. Kvaucelistic Services: 8 p. m; Wednesday-- Training Clan, 8 p, m. Thursday Praycruieetitig-8 p.m. J. R. Johnson, Pastor The Best Light At The Lowest Cost ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes, offices, shops nnd other places needing light. Electricity can be used in any quantity, large or small, thereby furnishing any required amount of light. Furthermore, electric lamps can be located in anyplace, thus affording any desired distribution or light. No other lamps possess these qualifications, there fore it is not surprising that electric lamps 'are rapidly replacing all others in modern estab lishments. Portland Railway, Light & Power Company lumber: Corner New York SI. and Willis Boulevard EL Successors to St. Johns Sand and Gravel Company L. D. JACKSON, Prop. General Contractor We are prepared to do any and all kinds of excavating for street work and other purposes. We also handle sidewalk aud build ing material. 1 Newton and Fesseuden Streets St. Johus, Oregon Phoue Columbia 236 f l 4-4- -t- 4-4.-m-t. m.4.4.4.4 Rough, Dressed, Flooriug, Fiuish. Prompt Deliveries. Quality Guaranteed. Slabwood I Dry, Greeu, Blocks, Trimmings ST. JOHNS LUMBER CO. Phone Richmond 131 f f H. HENDERSON McDonald Bldg.,208 Jersey St : Real Estate, Loans, Insurance I Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed. ! BLACKBURN, CHAMBERS & LOWRY Funeral Directors and Embalmers Tortland Office aud Chapel St. Johus Office and Chapel Cor. Killint-sworth Ave. & Kirby St. 418 North Jersey St, Phones: C 1 133 Woodlawn 3306 Fhoue Col. 283,Res.I,hone Col. 559 We buy or sell St. Irluts Property McKlNNEY & ' AVIS Real Estate I,ist your property XvMi us if you desire to sell quickly 202 N. Jersey St. St. Johus The Largest Dividends Are received from the moue' iuvested in Advertising, The place for you to Advertise, storemen, is iu the ST. JOHNS REVIEW