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I PAYROLL OF 0 MET BY F WANTS NO "DEADFiftDS" ON LIST OF EMPLOYES. A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKER8 TO PREVENT U8ELE88 TAX UPON AGRICULTURE. Oy Peter Radford Lecturer Nnllonnl Kamiem Union Tho tanner la tho paymastor of Industry and an auch ho must meet tho nation's iayroll. When Industry pnys Its bill It must nmko a sight draft upon agriculture for tho amount, which tho fnrmor Is compollcd to honor without protest. This check drawn upon agriculture miy travel to and fro over tho hlghwtya of com morco; may build clttoa; glrdlo tho globo with bands of atcol; may search hidden treasures In the earth or travorao Uio sides, but In tho ond It will rest upon tho solL No dollar will remain suspondod In nldalr; It Is m cortnln to scok tho oarth'a aurfaco m an applo Hint falls from a trco. When a farmer buys a plow ho pays tho man who mined tho metal, tho woodman who felled tho troo, tho manufacturer who nssombled tho raw material and shaped it Into an ar tlclo of usefulness, tho railroad that transported It and tho dealer who sold him the goods, Ho pays tho wages of labor and capital employed In tho transaction an well as pays for tho tools, machinery, buildings, ola, used In tho construction of tho commodity and tho same applies to all articles of uso and dlot of him solf and those engaged In tho sub- nldlary IIiioh of Industry. Thoro In no payroll In civilization that dons not rest upon tho back of tho fannor. lie must pay tho bills all of thorn, Tho total vuluo of tho nation's annual agricultural products Is around J12,000(000,000, nnd It Is safo to estl inuto that 9S cents on every dollar goes to mooting tho oxponscs of sub Idlary Industries, Tho fnrmor does not work moro than thirty minutes per day for himself; tho remaining thirteen houm of tho day's toll ho dovotes to meeting tho payroll of tho hired hands of agriculture, such tin tho manufacturer, railroad, commer cial and other servants. The Farmer's Payroll and How Ha Meets It. Tin annual payroll of ugricultuni approximates 112,000,000,000. A por tlon of tho amouut Is uhlfted to for elgn countries In exports, but tho total payroll of Imlustrlon working for tho farmer illvldoa aubstantmlly uh follows: Itnllroads, 1,252,000,000; manufacturers, 14,305,000,000; mining, SCCS.000,000, banks, 1200,000,000; mercantile JS.GOO.OOO.OOO, nnd u heavy miscellaneous payroll constitute tho remainder. It takes Hid com crop, tho most valuable In agriculture, which sold last year for 1.1,092,000,000, to pay off tho omployes of tho railroads; tho money derived from our annual sales of livestock of approximately 12,000,. 000,000, thu yearly cotton crop, valued at $920,000,000; thu wheat crop, which Is worth $610,000,000, and tho oat crop, that Is worth $140,000,000, arn roqulred to meet tho annual pay roll of tho manufacturers. Tho money derived from tho roiualnlug staple crops Is used In mooting thu payroll of thu bankors, merchants, etc. After thoao obligations aro paid, the farmer has only a few bunches of vogotablcs, some fruit and poultry which ho can soil and call tho pro coeds his own. When tho farmer pays off his help ho has very little loft nnd to moot theto tremoudous payrolls ho has been forced to mortgagu homos, work womon In the Held nnd Increase thu hours of his labor. Wo are, there fore, compelled to call upon all In dustries 'uepemlent upon tho farmers for subsistence to retrench lu their expenditures and to cut off all un necessary expenses, This course Is abiolutoly necessary In order to avoid a reduction In wages, nnd wo want, If possible, to retain tho present wugu scalo paid railroad nnd all other In dustrial employes We will devote this article to a dlicusston of unnecessary expense and whether required by law or per mitted by tho managements of. the concerns, Is wholly immaterial Wo want all waste labor nnd uxtrava gance, of whatever character, cut out W wli) jooutlon thu full crew bill bum MCE IN WOMAN'S BREAST 'ALWAYS BEGINS a SMALL LUMP LIKE THIS and ALWAYS POISONS DEEP GLANDS IN THE ARMPIT AIID KILLS QUICKLY I WILL GIVE $1000 IF I FAIL TO CURE any CAHCEH or TUMOR I TREAT BEFORE it Polconi Bone or Dsep Glands NO KNIrt Of PAIN No Pay Until Cured No X llv or other wladlo. An blind plant makotba euro ABS0LUIE OUARiMIlE Any TUUOfl, LUMP ot Sort oil I Uu lip. (tea or body tang ii C'uoir HNmrPlIni until lut U.. 120 PACE BOOK est (ra; tMtuuwUb u thouiAtvJ cured it bonis HRITiS TO NUMB ANY LUMP IN WOMAN'S BREAST U CANCER, We nliut ihound Dying, Cm Tot Ut, We have curvJ lu.vOO lu 30 yr. Address DR. & MRS, DR. CHAMLEY& CO. A 436 YAIEI1CI1 ST., SIN FRANCISCO. ML Kir:". ..:,!. ....niu-.-i-i lllnstratlnR the character of unneces sary expenses to which wo refer. Union Opposei "'l-'ull Crew" Dill. The Texas Farmers' Union regie terod Uh opposition to this character of legislation at tho last annual meet ing held In Port Worth, Tex., August , 1014, by resolution, which wo quote, as follows: "Tho matter of prime Importance to the farmers of this stato Is an ade quate and efficient marketing syatemj and wo rccognizo that such a system Is ImposBiblo without adequate rail road facilities, embracing tho groatcst amount of service at tho least pos sible cost Wo further rccognizo that tho farmers nnd producers In tho end pay approximately 96 por cent of tho expenses of operating tho railroads, nnd it la thoreforo to tho Interest of tho producers that tho expenses or tho common carriers bo as small ns Is possible, consistent with good ncr vlco and safety. We, therefore, call upon our law-makers, courts nnd Juries to benr tho foregoing factB In mind when dealing with tho common carriers of this state, nnd wo do espe cially rcnlllrm the declarations of tho Inst annual convention of our Btnte Union, opposing tho passagn of the no-called 'full-crow' bill before tho thirty-third legislature of Texan," Tho formers of Missouri In thu last elrctlon, by an overwhelming inn Jorlty, swopt this law oft tho statute book of that state, and It sliouiu como off of nil ntnluto books where It appears nnd no legislature ot this nation should pass such a law or similar legislation which requires tin nccessnry expenditures. Thu same rulo applies to nil regu latory measures which Increase tho uxponscH of Industry without giving corresponding bouellU to thu public Thero Is ofttlmoa a body of mon as .rnblod nt legislatures and they hnvo n right to bo there who, In ihelr xoal for rendering tbolr fellow ansoclatcs n flnrrico, sometimes favor nn IncroiiHo In thu oxpoiisoh of In dUHlry without duo rogard for tho mon who bow their backs to thu summer's huh to moot tho payroll, but these committees, whllo ranking a record for theiuHctvos, rub tho akin off thu Hhouldors of tho fannor by urging thu legislature to lay another burden upon Ills heavy load and under thu ihhIi of "ho It enacted" goad him on lo pull nnd surge at tho traces of civil itutlnu, no matter how ho may iiwont. loam and gall nt tho tnsk. Whon loglslnturoa "cut n melon" for labor they hand tho fnrmor a lemon. Tho fnrmorH of tho United Htnten ure not financially able to curry "dead liendu" on their payrolls. Our own hired hands nro not paid unless wu hnvo something for them to do and we ure not willing to carry tho hired help of dependont Industries unlom there Is work for them. Wo must Iheroforo lusUt upon tho most rigid coiiomy. Legislative House-Cleaning Needed. Whllo tho war la on aud thero la a lull lu business, wo want all leglsla live bodies to tako an Inventory of thu statute books nnd wlpo off nil oxtrnvngnnt nnd usoloss Inwa. A good houMO-eleniilng in needed and econo uileti can bo Instituted horo and there Mint will patch tho clothes of lndlgont children, rest tired mothers nnd lift uiortKiiKca from deapondont homos I'nueeebsary workmon taken off nnd useless expenses choppod down all along tho lino will add to tho pros purity of tho farmer nnd eucourngo him lu his mighty effort to feed nnd clolhu tho world. If any of these Industrloa have sur plus employes wo enn uso thorn on the farm. Wo hnvo no regular achudula ot wngos, but wo pay good farm hands on nn nvorugo of f 1 .CO t r day of thlrtoon hours when thoy board themselves; work usually runs about nine months ot tho year und tho three months dead time, thoy can do the chorea for their board. If thoy prefer to farm on their own Recount, there nro moro than 14,000,000,000 acres of Idlo land on tho earth's ttur race awaiting tho magic touch of tho plow. Tho compensation Is easily ot nilnnblo from Federal Agricultural IVpurtment statistics. Tho total .ivurngu mutual Bales of a farm In (lit continental United States amounts lo $610.00; tho cost of operation Is jaiO.00; loavlog tho farmer $17(1 por annum to llvo on and educate his rumlly, Thero Is no occasion for tho legis latures making n position for surplus employes of Industry, Lot them coma back to tho soil" nnd sbaro with us tho prosperity of tho farm, Whon honesty la moroly a good policy It Is a poor virtue. Lazy farmers nro Just ns useless as dead ones and tako up moro room. When tho soul communes with the spirit of uaturo thu back to the farm movement provulls. Thero aro two kinds ot farmers. One trios to tako all the advlco he hours and the other won't tako any at alL Hewnro of Ointments for Catarrh tlmt Contain Mercury ii mercury wilt auui iimirny (do seine ,f mull ami compMi'tY ilvrmiKP the uh. ilo kisti'iu wlifii murine It throuirli lite muruua surfKi tu Kuril rlli'los sliouM ""'T m ii i-ii viii iiirnvi liiuua ('mil r hut.it,!,- h, mu miu. ui tlioiluinaice Ihi v will ilvt i I' n fold lo lti KOOtl you mi iHuulblv ii.ru (noil thorn. Hull's t'.tt irrli i'uip. mmiufiu lure.l by K J. li ney & i'u , Toledo, O t ontalns no mn-ury, ami is token Intornnlly. acting iinvtiy upon tlio IiIckhI ami mttcoui ur Mi'fi of the system. In buying Hall's lUnrrh Cure tm sura you ctl the genu ine it Ii taken Internally ami made In l'tiledo. Ohio, hv V. J. Chaiiov A Oiv TV. tlnmnlala free. HoM by nruRKlali. rrlee TJo per bottle. Take lUII'e Vumtly lilla (or constipation. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. In order to Insure a change of ad vertisement the copy for such change should reach this office not later than Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. m. Please 'mtmbir this and sava th arlntar Two Trips To The Panama Pacific AUTO TRUCK-Threa ton auto truck for snlo or trado for rail estate. S. C. Cook, 1002 Oswoco itroet, St. Johns. Just think of securing one of these grand trips with a little effort on your part. Your railroad or steamer fare paid to and from San Francisco, where you can give yourself over to ten days' of recreation and enjoyment. You can visit the fair grounds every day and explore the foreign exhibits and hundreds of other interesting sights to your heart's content all at no expense to you. For ten days you will be a guest in San Francisco. You can take three delicrhtful excursion trips that will familiarize you with the wonderful city of San Francisco and its environments without charge to you. Now, after you have read the above and deter- mined that you want to try lor one ot tnese trips, stuuy the conditions carefullv. see how easy and fair it is. Everything is in your favor- -get busy get your friends The Worlds Fair Trips to to the ones who rustle the Most Trade for the store below and subscriptions for The St. Johns Review. Subscription Votes are good for Both Trips. Special for thiu week, HAY The Lauthers Mercantile Co., Inc. 309 W. Uurlinton Street In aannuutloii wltli the ST. JOHNS REVIEW St. Johns, Oregon List of Prizes Two Certificates cood for World's Fair TripB Do Luxo to San Francisco in 1915, describ. cd as follows: Two Hrst class fares from St. Johns to San Francisco and re turn; two standard sleepinj? car berths from St. Johns to ban Francisco nnd return: fourteen ndmisslons into Exposition urounds: two trips via steamer on San Francisco Bay, taking in Vnlloio. and Mare Island Navy Yard: two trips via steamer to Sacramento, tho capital of tho stato of California, seoinn tho beauties of tho greatest farminpr district in tho west; two siKht seoinjr trips via auto, seeing San Francisco and tho beautiful Golden Gnto Park. . 'Four nieco plated silver tea set. German Bilver mesh ban. Nickel nlated nercolater. Twenty-six nieco Rogers & Sons silverwnre set. Mission electric lamp. Nickel plated casserole. Tho goods listed below aro weekly awards to bo given to tho leaders of tho campaign as follows: First week Set knives and forks. Second week Half dozen ornngo spoons. Third week Halt dozen oyster fork 8. Fourth week Gravy ladle. Fifth week Sugar spoon and buttor knife. Sixth week Half dozen boui llon snoons. Seventh week Half dozen dessert snoons. Eighth week Largo berry spoon. Ninth week Loid meat fork. Tenth weok-Jelly spoon. Following six weeks Half dozen teaspoons each week. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Rulo 1 Tho Lauthers Mer cantile Company shall issuo votes aa per following schedule, excepting as hereafter may be mentioned: 100 votes for $1.00 on cash sales. 200 for $1.00 in merchandise paid with due bills. oOO for $1.00 on payments of old accounts. 200 for $1.00 on duo bills sold. 200 for $1.00 on bargain and clearance sales. And votes will bo given at the time sales aro made only. t . . i r . ib rvimiiH 10 issuing votes on old accounts, they may bo is sued for the payment of old ac counts, that were incurred prior to this date. Votes will not bo given on now charge accounts unless this particular account is paid within thirty days, then votes may be issued if tho Lauthers Mcrcantilo Company s w ng nnd so orders. Rulo 2. - Votes will be issued with a time limit of one week. and must be cast in the ballot box. provided for that purpose. boforotho expiration of tho time limit. Ueforo casting votes, make a record for your own guidance. In order to facilitate voting you nro requested to place your votes in an envelope and Ii 111 !i 1.1 tseui lu riciinu wmu uiu iiuiii ber of votes tho Jenvelono con tains and tho namo of tho can didato you desire to vote for on tho outside. Rulo 3. Employes, clerks and relatives of the merchants and newspaper cannot participate as candidates. Rulo 4. Merchants shall in no instance issue votes until such votes have been properly stamped with their lirm name. Customers should refuse them otherwise. Ruo 5. The soliciting of votes in tho store, in front of storo or on premises is prohibited. Kuleb. A vote that is scratch ed or marked in any manner after it leaves the merchant's hands, shall be thrown out. pro viding this defacing should nn pear that a figure had been tampered with. Rule 7. Six weeks from tho opening dato candidates will no longer bo entered, unless by special arrangement with the merchant. Rule 8. Everybody is invited to nominate candidates. All that is necessary is to send in tho name of any young lady in tho community. This will en title her to 2000 nominating votes and she will bo entered ns a candidate. Rulo 9. Votes aro not trans ferable after being cast. Kulo 10. Votes that are not properly stamped with the mer chant's signature, or votes with tho time limit expired, will not bo accepted. Rule 11. A committee select ed by the Lauthers Mercantile Company will count tho votes each week and report the results to tho St. Johns Review. The Review gives 2000 votes for each dollar on new and 1000 votes for each dollar for re newals or back subscriptions. Our Economy Sale Was Good It moved goods that we should have carried all sum mer and some would have passed out of style by next season. There will always be an Economy Sale in our New Bargain Annex; that new light space is to be retained for the marked down good3. Just now there nrc 50 pairs of Ladies' Slioe. nt $1.00 50 Pair of Misses' Shoes at. . 1.00 There are a few House Dresses nt 39C 11 60c 75C $1.00 1.25 2.00 These Shoes nrc odds nnd ends of our regular stock; nil Lace. The Dresses are nil House and School Dresses. Chihlrcus' Underwear Some odd Hues Single Garments Warm, 19c. Remnants The Usuiil Kcmnnuts from n Special Sale. There ore Children's Dresses Re duced. 50c Dresses, . . , 38c 45C 57c ,. 80c . . 08c .$1.65': Bonham & Currier Not tha labsl on your paper. iA.HIUIIA.U tkWTIIC EVERY person in St. Johjis should be interested in building and boosting the community. We should encourage those social, civic and business af fairs that will keep us interested in our ininicdintc com munity. The success of Church, of School, of Business and of City Government depends upon our loyalty to the place in which we live. If there is a lecture at the School for the public, let's all turn out. If there is something worthy at our moving pic ture houses, let us go and sec it. If there is a musical to which wc are invited, let's go. All these things are calling us; the Churches arc call ing us; let's surprise the Preacher by filling the pews. As a business firm wc will do our part, wc surely will make you prices and buy goods for you that will interest you if you will be Interested in your neigh borhood affairs. The Men's Toggery BONHAM & CURRIER, Owners L. E. ROSE, Mgr. JOSEPH McCHnSNEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Dy Night Ofllco In UcChunt; blk. Oregon. THAD, T. PARKER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Rooms 7 and 8 Holbrook Building ST. JOHNS DR. J. VINTON SCOTT DENTIST Office Hours 942 to 1:30-7 Sunday 9.11 Office Phone Columhla un Resident Phone Columbia 274 O. J. GATZMYER ATTORNEY AT LAW McDonald Building ST. JOHNS . . OREGON EDMONDSON CO. 107 S. Jersey Street PERRY C. STROUD LAWYER Firtt National Bank Building ST. JOHNS ... OREGON LAUliCL LODGE No. 186 I. O. O. f ST. JOHNS, ORCGON Meti ach Monday evening la Odd Fal lows halt at 7:30, A cordial welcome to all visiting brothers. Ctan. K. Toolcy, Noble Grand John J Goodman, vice Grand V.C MeNcal, Kec. Sec. Chat. I. Owen, fin. Sec. II, r. Clark, Treat. DORIC LODGE NO. 132 A. I", and A. M, Meets the first and third Wednesday of each month in Biclcner's Hall. Visi tors welcome. Cum. A. Fry, W. M, A. V, Davis, Secretary, DR. RAMBO DENTIST Phone Columbia 61 S3 First National Bank bulldki. ST. JOHNS. OREGON. HOLMES LODGE NO. 101 KNIGHTS Or PVTMIAS Meets every Friday ulght at 7:30 o'clock in I. O. O. F Hall. Visitors always wel come, GEO. W. FORD, C. C. A. CARL-NELSON, K, R. S. Note th labal on your papar. PENINSULA TITLE ABSTRACT 4 REALTY CO. H. HENDERSON, Manager 402 N, Jrsy Strait Abstracts of Title Prepared Titles Examined Phone Columbia 255 Centra! Market! 206 S. Jaraey Street See us for (lie Choicest Cuts of the Best Ments Obtainable. Orsr fHcd and family Trad SHdt4. T. P. WARD. Proprieter. REVIEW'S LEGAL BLANKS The following list of legal blanks are kept for sale at this office and others will be added as the demand arises: Warranty deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort gages, Satisfaction of Mortgages, Contracts for Sale of Realty, Bills of Sale, Leases. MrUg m your Job printing won you think of lu Don't wait until you are entirely out. 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