OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, MAY .28, 1909
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President Taft, outlining his views
regadlng the tariff recently, remark
ed that he hoped to see, In so far
as possible, raw materials on the free
- list. He said he had no patients with
the disposition of the republicans to
put iron ore on the dutlble list. He
appreciated there was a chance that
with free ore a small amount would
be imported from Cuba and manufac
tured in the states bordering on the
Gulf of Mexico. It would be impos
sible to bring Cuban ore north to
manufacture because of the transpor
tation charges. In so far as the Cuban
ore supplied the demands of the South
ern manufacturers it would diminish
the proflls of the Steel Trust, but Mr.
Taft has no objection whatever to
that, especially as the manufacture of
Cuban ore In the Southern states
would increase the demand for skilled
labor in that section. The president
did not seek to impress these views
on congress, although he will do so
when the tarifT bill goes to confer
ence, hut he assumed, and naturally.
that when the subject came to a vote
in the senate the democratic sena
tors would vote solidly with the pro
gressive republicans for free Iron ore.
His surprise and disappointment when
he learned that eighteen democratic
senators had voted with the organi
zation for a duty of 40 cents a ton
on iron ore can he Imagined. It Is
as lementable as it Is Indisputable
that had the democratic members of
the senate stood solidly for lower
duties, voting their entire strength
with the republican progressives, they
could have compelled a tremendous
reduction of the duties. Instead they
have been divided on every vote and
"the High Prie.st of Protection," Sen
ator Aldrich, now boasts that he can
not be defeated for no matter how
many republicans may go over to the
progressive faction, he will always
have a sufficient number of democrats
in his pocket to control the situation
Arrogant as this boast may seem, the
democrats have, on every vote, done
their best to demonstrate Its correctness.
There two schedules In the tariff
bill which will precipitate a bitter
fight when they come up in the Sen
ate and again in the House when the
conference report is brought In. One
of these deals with lumber and the
other with sugar. The duly on refin
ed sugar Is Inexcusable. It means
increased expense to every family In
the United States and the solo ben
eficiary Is the Sugar Trust, which
controls the entire Industry of re
fining Biigar in the United States.
Great saving could be effected for the
benefit of the entire people by re
moving the differential, that provision
which taxes refined sugar more than
the raw product, , and only the influ
ence of the Trust prevents this be
ing done. Unfortunately the Demo
cratic Senators from Louisiana and
other states which produce sugar, so
greatly fear the result of so doing to
their homo Industry that they can
hardly be counted on to help the pro
gressive Republicans although as long
ns they maintained the present fluty
on raw sugar the planters of the
South would not suffer In the least.
The high duty on finished lumber
is also Inexcusable and merely adds
to the profits of the Lumber Trust,
and yet It is doubtful all the Demo
crats can be induced to vote for an
. amendment lowering -It. The present
duly was Imposed at a time when it
was necessary to handle finished lum
ber over and over because the plan
ing machines could smooth only one
side of a stick at a tlmo, whereas now
(hoy plane all four sides at onco nnd
tongue and groove It too without ad
ditional labor but only increases the
profits of the manufacturers. It Is
deeply to ho regretted that the South
ern Senators cannot see that the only
protection their Industry rocolves
comes from the duly on unmanufac
tured lumber and bo vote with tho
progressives for lower rates on tho
finished produce. It looks now as
though tho rate on rough lumber
would bo fixed at $1 a thousand feet,
instead of $2, the Dlngley rate. Pres
ident Taft Is anxious to have lumber
admitted free of duty.
Signs of Progress
S? NEWS FROM THE
The Wright brothers hnvo given In
disputable evldeuco of their desire to
go down In history as invonlors nnd
not public exhibitors, by the offers
t hey have rejected.
Who would over suspect, on read
ing the Iron ore voto hi tho sennte
recently, that free raw materials was
once a cardinal Democratic doctrine?
Money to loan at current rates C. II.
DYE, S. W. corner, Nth & Main Sts.,
Oregon City, Oregon.
The arrival of - a private car in
Grant's Pass, containing three rail
road men, has caused no small amount
of talk in that town.
Saturday was Clean Up Day In Cor-
vallis.
As a result of a. Booster meeting
held in Silverton last week, a great
deal of interest Is being taken in the
work of the schools.
The Columbia Agricultural Com
pany have begun In earnest the work
of reclaiming 10,000 acres of swamp
land near Clatskanie. When the work
is finished, the tract will be divide
into farms,
So great an interest has Albany
taken Jn the efforts of Evangelist
Johnson that the business houses
closed from 3 to 4 o'clock Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday afternoons
of this week to allow the clerks to
attend the services.
Lebanon residents are working In
unison for the success of tbelr Straw
berry Fair, which will be held June
4th and Gth, and as a result it is
one of the most talked of events of
the summer. Nothing like pulling to
gether for your own town
The United States National Bank is
to erect a five story steel building 1
Salem this summer, and the Masonic
lodge of that city is planning to fol
low It with a seven story temple, us
ing the two upper floors for lodge
purposes and renting the remainue
of the building for a modern hotel.
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Mrs. L. E. Gardner of Beaver Cree
was an Oregon City visitor Monday,
Lloyd Riches of this city spent Sun
day in Kstacada, where he participat
ed In a concert given by the Journal
Hand of Portland.
Mrs. J. Krlssinger of Canemah spent
Monday afternoon with Portland
friends.
Portland people are delighted over
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion's decision this week opening the
Portland gateway. This is a ruling
Portland has long contended for and
the victory is regarded as an Import
ant one. Its chief significance will
mean a free Interchange of passenger
traffic at Portland between the Hill
and Harrlman lines. This is bound to
Increase the travel of Eastern visitors
to the Coast through this city for
at present travelers coming through
Portland bound either to or from the
Sound, must re-check their baggage
and buy new tickets here. This is
Inconvenient and has often deterred
passengers from coming to this city,
The decision means that through tick
ets must be sold via Portland, a thing
that the Hill lines have hitherto main
taiued should not be required as it
would give the long haul to the Har-
imiin roads. The Hill roads are ex
peeled to appeal the case to the
Supreme Court.
Portland merchants met at the Com
mercial Club this week and took steps
to decorate the city thoroughly In
honor of the many visitors who will
attend the Rose . Festival early in
June. The retailers Intend to make
their stores highly attractive for the
out of town guests and tourists who
will soon be here for Festival week.
'laces of business will be transformed
Into perfect bowers of beauty for the
delight of visitors. The work of em
blazoning floral designs on shop win
dows about town Is now coming on.
Flags and festival colors will bo put
up next week. Rose decorations of
the business houses will be delayed
until the festival opens on June 7th,
supreme about the city,
Showing much interest in Oregon
timber, a party of 18 Michigan capi
talists Npeut a day in Portland during
the week. They represent a capital
of over $50,000,000, and their visit
here shows an Interest in Oregon tim
ber that will mean the Investment of
large sums here In the future. They
said somo of their number Intended
to secure some of the remaining big
trees of tills state shortly. Two of the
party will return to Portland within
a few days to receive reports on Ore
gon properties they are now looking
up. Tho visitors are mostly officials
of the Michigan-Pacific Lumber Com
pany.
A new member, the Brownsville
Commercial Club has Just been added
to tho Oregon Development League.
Brownsville, one of tho most favor
ably located cities of the Willamette
Valley, has joined with the other 89
progressive, cities of the state com
posing the League, making a round
!H) of Oregon communities now In
line for all the benefits to be derived
fiom co-operation and Intellegent pub
licity work.
New and improved train service
throughout on the Southern Pacific
lines in this state will bo Inaugurat
ed on June 1st. At that tlmo tho
Shasta Limited, the new fast train to
California, will bo put in commission,
improving the Wlllametto Valley ser
vice to a great extent.
Civil War veterans are completing
arrangements for the annuad state
encampment which will be held at
Curvallls Juno 2, 3 and 4.
$1000, JfiOOO. and other sums to loan
on farm land. C. H. DYE, corner
8th nnd Main Sts., Oregon City, Ore.
NATION'S
I AFT ISSl'ES PKOCLAMATIO.N
OPENING 4-10,000 ACKKS.
CHANCE TO GET INDIAN LAND
Flathead, (,'oeur d'Alene and- Spo
kane Reservations to Be Thrown
Open for Settlement.
Washington President Taft has
issued a proclamation providing for
opening up for settlement and entry
of about 440,000 acres of land In
the Flathead, Mont., 200,000 in the
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and between
60,000 and 100,000 In the' Spokane,
Wash., reservations.
Registration which will commence
on July 15 and close August 5, must
be executed and sworn to at either
Kalispell or Missoula, Mont.', for the
Flathead lands; at Spokane for the
Spokane land and at Coeur d'Alene
for the lands in the Coeur d'Alene
reservation. Applications for regis
tration must be delivered through
the malls only to the superintendent
at Coeur d'Alene which will be the
principal drawing for all three res
ervations. The drawing will begin
at 10 a. m., August 9, and continue
until completed. The time for mak
ing the entries has been fixed as
April 10, 1910, for all reservations
In order to make personal investiga
tion of the landB which will be sub
ject' to entry.
Regulations regarding the open
ing of the lauds will be available
about June 1.
Governor C. N. Haskell and other
defendants In the various townsite
cases in Oklahoma have filed their
formal charges In tho department of
Justice against W. J. Gregg, district
attorney for the eastern district of
Oklahoma; Sylvester Rush, assistant
attorney-general, and M. L. Mott,
special attorney for the Creek In
dians, who has also assisted a3 spe
cial counsel In the town lot cases
of Oklahoma.
The charges allege that these at
torneys were combined in an at
tempt to procure unlawfully and by
Improper means an indictment of C.
N. Haskell and other defendants in
the town lot cases. They are charged
with attempting to prejudice and In
timidate witnesses in Muskogee and
Tulsa and with attempting to dis
credit Haskell and other defendants.
Flashing around the world by
wireless telegraphy warnings of ap
proaching storms and other disturb
ances of the elements Is one of the
latest International projects, accord-
ng to an announcement made here.
Still another of perhaps little less
mportance Is the proposition to
equip the vessels of all nations with
uniform storm signals. These are
the leading problems to he threshed
out at a conference of distinguished
meteorologists of the principal na
tions to be held in London June 21.
- A concerted movement will be In
augurated to Induce the principal
governments ' to adopt a uniform
system of wlreleBB marine weather
reports. , ,
The second National Good Roads
Congress at Its closing session adopt
ed resolutions favoring the active co
operation of state and nation in the
construction of post roads and tho
mployment of convict labor In the
building and maintenance of pub
lic roads.
With practical unanimity the con
fess asks that the government ap
propriate at least 10 per cent of the
Internal revenue for building and
maintaining public roads, provided
that any particular state using such
an appropriation shall expend an
qual amount for the purposes of
public roads.
See V. Harris about Berry Crates
and Boxes, $3.75 to $4.25 per 100.
! 909 Nearly Half Gone
The United States supreme court
ns decided the case of the Adams
Express Company vs. the Common-
ealth of Kentucky, Involving the
right of the express company to ship
liquor into a local option county,
contrary to the law of the state, In
favor of the ocmpany. The opinion
says that the transaction was Inter
state commerce, and therefore not
subject to Interference by the Ken
tucky authorities.
And you have not yet opened that Bank account
that you hove been promising yourself that you
would. You have been neglecting one of the es
sentials to your life's happiness and success In this
delay, Do not put off this Important matter any
lor.gr, but NOW, RIGHT NOW, take the step
that will surely lead to success in life. You will
never save unless you make a stat and if you wait
until you have a large sum the time may never
come and the start never be made. Remember
that a small beginning sometimes makes large
ending. Do not put it off any longer but make
your first deposit today and we will help you save
President Taft has sent back to
the war department the estimates
submitted to him for the Support of
the military establishment for tho
fiscal year and Indicated his desire
that they should be cut approximate
ly $36,000,000.
Secretary of War Dickinson, who
has Just returned from a 20-day in
spection of the Panama Canal, says
that all the engineering problems
advanced in the construction of a
lock type of canal were successfully
worked out by the canal commission.
Lived 152 Years.
The Bank of Oregon City
SALOON QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
Oregon City Oregon May 23, '09
Mr. Editor:
- I beg you to allow you me a little
space in your valuable paper in re
gard to the' problem of confronting
the. society in respect to the liquor
traffic. Present conditions are en
tirely unwarranted, and although I
am not a prohibtionlst myself, yet
it is evident to any common-sensed
man that reforms in this line are ab
solutely . necessary.
There are many different opinions
and methods advanced and proposed
whose advocates claim would remedy
present conditions and its subsequent
evils. Among them are remedies for
which their promoters have been
struggling for years and years and
yet without any apparant headway,
and in places where they did succeed
in establishing their particular reform
in local communities the result was
not that which was anticipated.
The demand for reform in the liquor
traffic, however, is so great that al
most any kind of a propositon stands
a show to gain a parcel of it at least.
nor instance there are those who
would eliminate the evils of drunk
eness by 'reducing the number of sa
loons, imposing upon them a very
high fine or license. It must be ad
mitted that they have succeeded in
raising the license to an almost pro
hibitive point, and a saloon man who
wants to make a margin of profit for
himself, certainly must be a rustler.
He must put his whole energy to
catering to the public in order to ob
tain trade and spare no means to
employ, devices which serve to attract
the attention of a certain easily con
tiollable portion of society.
Besides his license there is competi
tion he has to look out for. When
the saloon man notices that a certain
man has enough '"booze" to do him,
he dares not tell this man to go hom
to his wife and children, save his
money and be good, for should he do
chls he would lose a customer and the
other saloon across the street would
get him. Besides this he needs every
nickle to meet the demand of the
nigh license.
It is the duty of every city, town or
state to see that all commercial as
s ell as social affairs are conducted
In a manner that will be beniflcial to
Its society, and it is entirely incom
prehensible to me how any city, town
or state can impose high license on
any institution for the sake of reve
nue obtained thereby and thus permit
ting that institution to conduct a busi
ness In a manner detrimental to so
ciety. Just think of licenseing indi
viduals to make drunkards and then
arrest the latter or make him pay a
fine and thereby obtain another reve
nue. Verily I say unto you that the Al
mighty Dollar seems to be the object
not only of the Individual of the day,
but also of the city, town and state
as well, in preference to the welfare
of society.
Then there is another element who
see reform possible only in compelling
each and every one to become total
abstainers. This reminds me of King
Herod who, in order to be f.uro and
get the infant Jetus iillled, ord"red
a multitude of infants to be slaugh
tered, thus making sure that the Holy
Infant could not escape. They reason
that there are many men who once
get the habit of drinking whiskey,
it becomes a disease, which Is uncou
trolable, and while the effect is not
so bad on one as it is on another, yet
to make sure of it they make all be
"tee-totalers". They would do away
with a commodity which is very of
ten a necessity, because unfortunate
ly It happens to be abused by some,
who as a matter of fact are usually
almost entirely devlod of any moral
training whatsoever.
They would suffer about nine tenths
of the population of Oregon City to
do without a commodity for the sake
of the other tenth who may perhaps
not be able to control themselves. Is
this fair? I think not.
Here the question arises; "Is It
right or is it wrong to partake of
alcoholic beverages in any (inanity?"
Holy Scripture tells us that Chris: was
invited to a wedding at Kana, and
while there they ran short of wine.
Seeing this he performed a miracle
changing water into wine, thereby
sanctioning the moderate use of it.
In the earliest days of man s creation,
wine, which Is an elaborate beverage,
has been used as a necessity, and wine
the product of a plant or vine which
God allows to grow here upon earth
for the benefit of mankind.
Therefore the moderate use of al-.
cononc iK'veiages cannoi ue wrong
or else Cod would not have manifest
ed this to lils people already in an
cient times. ,
The fundamental principle under
lying the use of alchoholic beverages
and the remedy for its abuses would
be, moral training of man's characur.
But we must allow that man has
free will, and in his free will he Is
subject to do wrong.
Therefore admit that it is not
satisfactory, for society to deal with
the situations such as it should be, but
It must be dealt with such as it is. It
Is the duty of society to protect its
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members from becoming a slave to
this bad habit of getting drunk, and
means must be adopted to control
those who cannot control themselves.
But can this not be accomplished by
any other means, outside of compell
ing all the people to go without this
commodity entirely? Is there no
other remedy? We will see!
In these days of progress, we hear
and read much about government
ownership of railroads, municipal own
ership of street cars, munlcpal owner
ship of water systems, municipal own
ership of telegraph and telephone
systems, municipal ownership of light
ing systems; all of which are calcu
lated to benefit society and protect it
from the avariclousness of the individ
ual corporations.
Why Is It that we hear nothing of
the municipal ownership of the liquor
traffic?
What are the evil consequences
i caused by the extortion of excessive
rates in public utilities by individual
corporations in comparison with the
evil consequences caused by the pres
ent day method of conducting the sa
loon? Why, in the name of common sense
will not a city, in order that it may
maintain its integrity and honor as a
ruler and protector of its society, man
ifest an ambition to make reforms
where most needed first? It seems
that there is something wrong some
where, and it's getting high time that
the people wake up in this line also,
or else it won't be very long till the
more radical changes' will be brought
about. High license, competition and
greed for money are the three princi
pal factors which are almost wholly
responsible for le deplorable condi
tions which exist in our cities today,
and it is my firm conviction that
municipal ownership of the saloon
'would elevate the respectlbility of any
city to where it belongs.
Let the city conduct its saloons in
a manner so that anybody, man or
woman, boy or girl, doctor or milli
ter, can enter just like any other place
of business without reason to consider
It a disgrace. Let the fronts be wide
open just like drug stores or other
places of business and have every
thing just as clean and respectable
looking. There will be no drunkards
to soil the interior and things can be
kept clean. Then make the position
of bar-tender a good paying one, and
set rules which he must obey, and
should he break some of the rules of
restriction, discharge him at once.
Among other rules such as are nec
essary, require of him to refuse any
drink to anybody who manifests in the
least that he has already enough and
order him to leave at once. There will
be no competition, and let him find
drink somewhere else if he can. Also
nobody will care If he comes back
some other time or not. The bar-tender
gets his salary, does his duty and
that's all he cares for. There is no
owner who tells him to make as much
money for him as possible and instead
of catering he gets orders to the op
posite. The revenue obtained by the
city would In this way be perhaps
just as great as under the present sys
tem, and even If it should not be,
would that be any reason for allowing
present methods to corrupt society?
Oregon has made immense strides
toward reform in the political arena,
and It must be admitted by every state
in the Union, that the people of Ore
gon mean what they say. Past elec
tions prove this and even if there are
a few "loaders" who would call her
the "Fool of the Family," we don't
care for Uiat bit of ridicule, and know
that we are only "fools" because we
do not accept the dictates of the
"bosses" and therefore are credible
fools at least.
The father of the reform known as
the initiative and referendum with
its Statement No. 1 is an Oregou City
man, so let Oregon City again lead
the way in a reform which means
vastly more to its own citizens than
any amount of state wide political re
forms could possible do.
It means the elevation of the stand
ard of society and citizenship to a
point from which it can look with
pride and glory upon its achievements
in t hat line.
In conclusion I will say that I hope
that some champion of better society
will consider these notes and perhaps
draw up details, as myself being only
a little "back-o-the-woods" farmer,
have no time for such work. Perhaps
someone can supplement and improve
this. Lets hear from them. I am
willing to learn.
Yours truly,
A. J. KELNHOFER.
R. D. No. 3, Oregon City, Or.
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Tulsa, Okla., May 1 Upon mo
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circuit, court here dismissed tho
grand Jury empaneled to reinvest!-
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government's contention that the
Jury had been subjected to Improper
Influences.
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