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OREGON CITY COURIER.I.FRIDaY JULY 2 6, 1912. 2 I ID it "DEADLY PARALLEL-CIRCULAR JUST SLIPPED THROUGH. SHIELDS RIP, ROARING MAD. Confesses and then Says the Ar tide "Scurrilous" and a Lie. Last week there was sent to this office an unsigned circular headed "The Deadly Parallel," an attack on the graduated single tax proposition. The corrupt practice law em phatically states that such mat ters shall NOT be sent out with oui tne name or tne person so sending it being attached. The Courier asked Mr. Shields, that gentleman imported from another state to manage the fight against single lax, if HE knew anything about it. And we sure got his angora to bleating proper. Here's the bleat: Portland, July 18. M. J. Brown, dear sir: ' In your isuc of Friday, July 12, on your editorial page headed "Mr. Shields?" you have a brief article suggesting that the send ing out of the circular "The Deadly Parallel" by this office is in violation of the corrupt prac tice act. In common with the misrepre sentations of most single taxcrs you endeavor to intimate to your readers that this circular was sent out with no identillcation of its origin. As you well know such is not and was not the case. This cir cular was enclosed with a batch of material from this ofllce, in eluding a letter from Governor West in which he pointblank went on record against single lax. lhereforo you know you lie when you ask the question "Was someone afraid to father it?" You ask the question "Why was it sent out unsigned?" This cir cular was sent out unsigned ei ther through an ommission at this office or at the printers. We have not been able to determine which. The very fact that this was sent out with printed stationery from this office, in an envelop bearing the name and address of this of llce and my own name proved that mere was no attempt to mako this piece or matter llligitimate. I will say for your own in for mation that very few of these cir culars got out in tho state men tioned, as Mr. U'Ren kindly called our attention to the matter at an early date. While it is of no in terest to you, I may inform you that all printed matter leaving tins office, as well as tho balance of the circulars in question, will have the name of this organiza tion on. I would just like to ask one thing moro that you knew and your informant knew that this circular eniinnted from this of llce, and I believe tho writing of tho article was as scurrilous a piece of newspaper work as it has ever been my misfortune lo en counter. I should ho glad to see this let ter in tho columns of your news paper, although Judging from I he remarks in your editorial col umn I scarcely expect to have thai pleasure Yours very truly, Charles 11. Shields. Sootingly, soolingly, Mr.Shiclds. Only too glad to extend to you tho pleasure, and add to it a few comments. Hut first, if you would take a little advice from the Courier ed itor, let me advise you lo calm down a little. If you gel. thus ex cited in tho middle of July, the bug ward at Salem will sure get you before Novemtier. And MISTER Shields, don't you know it is naughty to get. mad and call such horrid names as "liar?" You won't go to heaven some of these days when Iho country has nothing but single tax and you want to die. Don't, please don't get mad and call bud names any more. "Not guilty, but I won't do it. again" that is the way I con strue your letter. Violating the corrupt practice act, hut felling just how it all happened. That's what most of the fellows do when tliey get caught. You say this unsigned circular was enclosed with a batch of ma terial from your office. 1 ho "hatch" must have secured a divorce in this case and 1 don't blame if. What this ofllce received was the one, lonesome, little pink circular, "The -Deadly Parallel, and there was nothing on earth to indicate from whence it came. It was a ineverick, a stray. Hon i you Know itini such a circular as this is SO APT lo get away ironi l no oaten ami go chasing around the country all alone? iou should bo more care ful, Mr. Shields. "Therefore you know you lie when you ask tho question "Was someone afraid to father it?" Is asking a question u lie? It grieves me to have you use such a lino of rough stulT, Mr. Shields. I'll bet your early Sunday school education was neglected. You say the "circular was sent out unsigned cither through an omission at this oilico or at tho printers. We havo not been aide lo determino which." How unfortunate! Are you still investigating the matter? About how much longer do you think ill EXPLAINS will take to determine whether it Bros, Co. was your office or the horrid prin ter that was guilty of this viola tion of the corrupt practice act? But lay it onto the printer he is used to it and can stand it. Isn't it strange that this matter was so badly mussed up and you can't find the musser? Am plesed to near that you state that but few of these circu lars got out in the state men tioned after Mr. U'Ren called your attention to it. I did not know that he had done so, hence my doing the same thing. For I thought if you DID NOT know it was a violation of tho law you would want to. And I see from your letter my kindness was ap predated. You say that my informant knew the circular eniiiiated from your office. llow'd you guess so closely? You must have a mind readers license. But what of it? You now own up to it, and I wanted to be sure of it, so I asked you the questions. And when you do own up, and confess, and say you have slopped sending out tho circulars unsigned, HOW do you figure it that it was a "scurrilous piece of newspaper work" to ask you to explain? You did it, was caught at it and was compelled lo stop. That's all. You see, Mr. Shields, the fel lows down in Clackamas county have got to ho shown these days, and when such a circular as thai comes out, they want lo know all about it, who the man is who gels it out, if he is a taxpayer, and if ho has any further interest In them than drawing a salary. And (this is just a suggestion) we believe your effort would be more potent in the light against the graduated income tax if you would tell tho people whether or not you are a resident of Ore gon, whether you are a taxpayer and whether you are a voter. I believe I called your attention to these in a former letter, but you must have overlooked the mailer in the press of sending out cir culars. And by the way, if you are ev er able to determine whether it was YOU or the printer who so carlessly left off tho brand from that circular, kindly let me know. A VIEW FROM CHINA. A Single Tax Argument About on Level with Those Here. Ilong Kong, China, June 1. Courier Editor: 1 got a new argument against singlo tax. I heard it from aGer man feller in Shanghai the other day. I made up my mind it ought to he sent back to Oregon right away. "They're peslerd most to death with singlo taxcrs back there," thinks I, "more than with whilo ants in Hong Kong, and this argument is just tho camphor lo lion thai will tlx em." 1 wanted to send it to the Ore gonian, 'cause it's suoh a big pa per and I knowed it is always in a great sweat lo llnd nnli-singlo tax bombs. But. then I was afraid they'd recognize my writin' us be ing that of Ivrobs or Eggleston anu pernaps gel mo langlou up with tho Fels' fund. Anyhow 1 didn't want the Oregonian a-look ing up my argument, 'cause I hoped it would count for some thing willi tho people. "Well," I says, "there's the Courier, that'll reach most of the voters in Clackamas county, right where the single taxcrs is making inemseives most onnoxious, so here is tho argument: This German feller (ho was one ol yer cultured, educated kind) no was a seuiu nt, a lanio ox- plainin' lo three yankees about tho defects of tho American gov eminent. By and by ono of the Yankees got an opening and ho says somelhin' about geltin' sin gle tax out west. "Ah, single tax said the German, "I have heard of it. It is not a good thing. It is unjust. Take the case of Shang hai fur instance. We haf three wluto men for every white wo man and most of the women are married. Would it then be riglrt io tax a man lor remaining sin gle? Would not single tux be a great, wrong? Now Mr. Editor. I have been thinking the mutter over con siderable and soil o' stinlyin' on it, and I believe I lie German's right. Of course I'm dead agin race suicide and that, sort of do ins, but this single lax is loo harsh. Why, right in Oregon there's a heap more men than wiimnen. S'pose the singlo tax men did go out and round up all tlie grass wnlders and school mar'nis and old maids and marry 'em. Tbere'd still he a bunch of ugly ugly old hairpins hanging around single and helpless, and those single taxcrs 'ud make the poor, forlorn creatures work ami pay all the tuxes lo run the gov ernment. Now, Mr. Editor, wouldn't that be culliu a little too close to human slavery? Now wouldn't it? I say down with single taxi An Oregonian. CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of Au increasing number of peo ple report regularly of the satis factory results of taking Foley Kidney Pills and commend their healing and curative qualities. Foley Kidney Pills nro a carefully prepared medicine, guaranteed to contain no harmful or habit-forming drugs. They can have only a henellcial effect when used for kidi ey and bladder troubles, for backache, rheumatism, weak back lumbago. For sale by Huntley c I THE GRADUATED SINGLE TAX Brief Outline of the Provisions of the Bill now Before the People Stated in few words, the pro posed graduated single tax and ex emption measure means this: Every-nublic service corpora tion must pay a graduated tax if its franchise and right of way are assessed at $10,100 or more Every person or corporation owning land, water power or oth er natural resources assessed at $10,100 or moYo, on the unim proved value, must pay a gradu ated tax. The graduated taxes collected in each county must bo applied to the following purposes, in the order named: 1 The county's share of state taxes. 2 The county general school and library fund, a The county road and bridge fund. 4 The other expen ses of the county. 5 Any pub lic purpose approved by the vot ers of the county. The graduated taxes collected from owners do not exempt the franchises, rights of way, water powers or unimproved land values from regular and special tax lev ies. Water powers are to be asses sed in the counties where they are situated, on the horse-power value of tho waters claimed or ap propriated. This does not in clude water power appropriated for irrigation. Assessors must list personal property and improvements sep arately from the value of the land. The board of state tax com missioners win assess tne iran- chises and rights of way of cor porations. Tho state tax commis mower value; These are the Points: 1. YOKE. 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"If any person or corporation shall at any time in any manner transfer any franchise or any land or other properly or any in terest therein or anv part there of to any natural person or trus tee, agent or dummy, with intent lo evade or hinder the levy or col lection of such lax, said trustee. agent or dummy shall thereby be come owner of said franchise or property; Provided that if any person or corporation shall con vey any franchise or any laud or other properly or interest therein or any part thereof to any cor poration or fictitious person for the purpose of evading any pro vision of this section, the same shall he thereby forfeited to the slate of Oregon for the benefit of the irreducible school fund." fhe word "person" as used in this amendment includes natur al persons, trustees, receivers, oinpaiues, partnerships and oth r associations for profit, estate, joint tenants, corporations and ollective assessments to the heirs of deceased persons. QUESTIONS FOR SOCIALIST WANTS TO KNOW IF HE IS HELPING LABOR. . Asks how the Republican or Dem ocratic Party Can Aid Them. Edil.or'Courier: The great Chautauqua for 1912 at Gladstone has passed and will go into history,- and now what will the harvest be? What we would like would be to have a printed copy of each speech in phamplet form, show ing word for word what each said. I would readily pay a five dollar bill for ono to circulate among the reading public. We think that Mr. Russell's and Mr. Mitchell's would lead the demand, rather than Mr. Beauchamp's funny sories. Some say that Mr. Russell gave facts and a scholarly address, but gave no remedy. Well, he was not on the platform lo tell you the re medy, but you all understood that Mr. Mitchell is a socialist, and you will llnd the remedy in t lie social ist platform. Mr. Mitchell also made a fine address, gave facts as far as the federated trades are concerned, but his remedy is bosh. When- ever you get capital and labor to agree without political action back of it, show me. Can't do it., If You are looking in the Mower you NOTE THE Ion. Seattle and i4 Ganby Hardware & Implement Go. eaxBY, OREGON and Mr. Mitchell is in position to know that first, labor has got to have the law-making power.al so judiciary to back it up. Say, Mr. Mitchell, when you serve six months in jail, as Dobs did, an idea will strike you. You said in your address that the only organization that stood for the emancipation of the wage slave and women having tho ballot box and equal pay for equal work and against child slavery, was the fra ternal trades. Well, John, you are not well posted. If you had read the Socialist, platform you certainly would not have said this unless you regard tho Socialists as unorganized. We, the Social ists, have a dues-paying nioinber. ship off over 120,000,' standing squarely for industrial unionism and political action, always giving our dimes and niekles to help you in your troubles, and some that are not found out wlieu too late to remedy. But what are you doing, John, to help your people politically? Do you expect to help them by voting your enemies into power? Are not the Democrats just as op pressive to labor in the south as are the Republicans of the north and west?. I am glad that you came to our statae and let the good church people see and hear, you. We knew all the time you were a perfect gentleman, did not have horns, did not carry dyna mite, did not want to kill anybody, but the very good people who nev er saw you before said "show mo" and you did show them, and that's what pleases me. But how, let me ask any union man, can he expect to gain by increase in wag es, when every article of con sumption is controlled by the trusts, having full power to put the prico equal to or down the in. crease in wages? And do not the statistics show this to be a fact? Now in conclusion let me ask if the Socialist is not the best friend organized labor has? If you don't think so, read our platform. In regard to the little misun. derstanding about Mr. Russell, would say that the Courier's last week's account was a correct one. The fault was entirely chargable to the platform manager not mak ing any mention of Mr. Russell in the program for tho evening.whon in fact ho mentioned all others, and even went so for as to tell what. would occur for the follow ing week. As to my own feelings would say that I am used to being ignored, hence I expect it would be asurprise if such did not. oc. cur. Even we are not recognized as the third parly. The strenu ous one is supposed io organize that party the fifth of next month. But looking back over history we llnd the socialist about as strong as Lincolu when he went into the fight in 1800, also that Roosevelt is the Breckinridge of 1860, with Debs the Lincoln of the hour. One standing for the abolition of the chattle slave, the other for the wage slave, but there are some i people who have found out that (there is such a party, for instance Judge Crossip, Judge Hanford, etc. Also this great split in the capitol ranks is the fact that such a party does exist and is for the purnose of headincr the movement. off. In conclusion let me say that for More Value buy this year, SIX CHAMPION FEATURES described in this ad. Fix them in your mind and before you buy any machine step into the nearest Champion agency and see for yourself. Then in selecting your mower watch these points. Note the difference of construction in general in the Champion Mower and others and you will appreciate that The Champion offers you Mower Value Implements Vehicles we are sorry that a misunderstand ing happened and was unavoid able as far as the members of the Chautauqua are concerned, except the blunder of the platform man ager. The offer of giving back the 25c gate money is concerned was considered as an insult, while not intended as such. When men came from 20 miles back of Van couver, Washington, McMinnville costing thorn $5.00 or $6.00 to get there, 25 cents was no object to them. The speech was what they wanted and were entitled to it. W. W. MYERS How's This? We oaer One Hundred Dollar Reward tor any ease ol Catarrn Inat cannot be eural ey Hall's Catarrh Cure. T. 1. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, nare known F. 1. 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July 20 aid. tor Courier: in the Courier of the I PLl insl my worthy opponent (Alfred D Cridge) tries to give me a knock out lick, but in his flurry he uses foul tactics, and strikes below the belt. Now in a sparring match of this kind I think we should be fair with each other and not mis quote or misrepresent each other That kind of a game will not do either of us any good, for the readers of the articles will notice the misstatements and unfair tactics just as quickly as they see them. Mr. Cridge says: "The propos ition seems to be that all land in excess of 160 acres, if improved is to be taxed double, and all over 640 acres triple." Now, my friend, you know that statement is not true, and that my statement cannot bo considered in that way. My proposition was plain and was this : "That we impose a specific tax equal to the regular county tax each year, on all holdings of un improved land in the state in ex cess of 160 acres, and not in ex cess of 640 acres, by one man company or corporation. The im pose a specific tax of double the regular county tax, each year, on all holdings of unimproved land in excess of 640 acres, by one man or company or corporation." Then all improved land, and all wild land not in excess of 160 acres, would only have the regu lar county tax to pay. The graduated single tax and the exemption measure is very good in some respects, but it' just like tin old cow that gives a great big bucket of milk, and then just as you get through milking she whales away and kicks the whole thing all over you. The ex emptnon clause that you have in corporated in the bill makes the whole thing objectionable and shows plainly to every man in the state that sees it that it is a bill directly in the interests of the employer of the league that got it up (Mr. Fels, the millionaire soap maker. In Canada, where they are trying out this principle for their own satisfaction, they llnd that as they exempt one thing after another that their taxes steadily increase and the assess- sessment of the land keeps get ting higher and higher every year-. And that is just exactly the way the thing would work . out here. Nobody would want any land unless they just had to have it to live on, the rich would get richer and the poor poorer. ' If the people of the state of Or egon would consent to let Mr. Fels dictate their taax laws, they de serve to take what they get. think the people of Oregon will show you in November that they don t want the millionaire soap maker and his league for dicta tors over them. Wishing you a clear defeat in all your measures, I am very re spectfully yours, George Hicinbotham GLAD TIDINGS Born on July 16 to the wife of John A. Ridings, a bouncing boy Mother and child doing well, and John wears a smile that comes to one only on like occasions. Farmers have been very busy the past week hauling in their hay and many tons have been sold in the held at $5 per ton. Dolph Myers disposed of some thing like fifty tons in the field Mrs. O. L. Hammond spent part of the past week in Oregon City, and in the meantime getting some dental work done. Orin Hammond has finished painting his barn which now pre sents a very attractive appearance A number of people living in Marquam went to Wilhoit Springs last week calculating to camp for some time. But few people passed going to the Springs last Sunday owing to ram. The parties starting a lumber yard in Marquam are hauling and stacking lumber almost daily, and proposing as they do to sell lum ber at a reasonable figure, there is little doubt but that they will establish a god business. Ed Skirvin is working on Alfred Olsen's place. It is said that Fred Myers has planted fifty acres of potatoes Unless an active demand from from other states is forthcoming, this fall, calling on Oregon for po tatoes, there will surely be a large surplus. Ruben Beer sold his driving horse to J. C.Marquam and bought beautiful two-year-old colt of C. A. Bengli, which will prove a clipper when broken. Callie Jackson has gone home for a short visit, when she will again return to Marquam to as sist Mrs. Myers, proprietress of the Hotel Myers. Aunt Katie Jones spent three or four days in Oregon City last week visiting her daughter, Mrs. Quinn, and in the meantime at tended the Chautauqua encamp ment. The exercises and enter tainments she considered as first class in every respect. If you are a housewife you can not reasonably hope to be healthy or beautiful by washing dishes, sweeping and doing housework all day, and crawling into bed dead tired at night. You must get out into the tpen air and sunlight. If you do this every day and keeq your stomach and bowels in good order by taking Chamberlains Tablets when needed, you should become both healthy and beauti ful. For sale by Huntley Bros. Company. TWILIGHT The expansion of ranch land at seeding time and its contraction at harvest time is especially no ticably to the casual observer. . Our school board has secured the services of Miss Ramsey of Molalla, as teacher for the seven months term. The schedule as outlined will open the school early in September. C. A. Buckner had the misforl tune to lose a valuable horse one day last week, the result of a run away, caused by an approaching Southern Pacific train. A broken leg necessitated its killing. An auto going down the South End Road at a rate of fifteen miles an hour is of frequent oe curance, and is a continual men ace to othec users of said tho roughfare. A serious accident asa result is sure to occur, unless the proper authorities take im mediate acjjon to cut out recless driving , Either these items are not per used by those desired, or the sug gestions offered from timo to time are with out merit, as we still llnd a congested market with an average of but two crates of ber ries to the grocer, a brace of dead porkers in the hands of each butcher and the commission house swamped, with scarcely enough grain in their possession to feed the Oregon City hens over night. This is the market our Oregon City Commercial Club and Publicity Manager is offering the prospective settler, through their various . advertising med iums. Some day a bunch of these misled ranchmen will domand an accounting for this practical dec eption. Mr. Moore, the recent purchas er of a ten acre tract from Bert McArthur, is receiving lumber necessary for the erection of a cottage. Meantime, with his family he will occupy a tent on the premises this summer. The prospect of a large crop of potatoes in this vicinity is very promising. George Lazello, with enough work on his own ranch for two men, is exhibiting the true spirit, by assisting his neighbors with his machine, in gathering in their harvest. As with everything else this season, the ripening of grain has been rapid, and tho number of machines in the neighborhood for hire insufficient to garner the crop when ready. James Howell of Alaska, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. E.Black last week. Mrs. Frank Black entertained W. H. Current and daughter, Lois, from Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Roe becker of Mt. Pleasant, and their son, Cluet and wife of Canemah, Friday last, in honor of her hus band's birthday. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE This great institution opens its doors for tho fall semester on Septemebr 20th. Courses of in struction include: General . Ag riculture, Agronomy, Animal In dustry, Dairy Husbandry, Bacter iology, Botony and Plant Patho logy, Poultry Husbandry, Horti culture, Entomology, Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering, Elec trical Engineering, . Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Domestic Science, Highway Engin eering, Domestic Art, Commerce, Forestry, Pharmacy, Zoology,, Chemistry, Physics, Mathemat. ics, English Language and Liter ature, Public Speaking, Modern Language, History, Art, Architec ture, Pedagogy, Physical Educa tion, Military Science and Tactics and Music. Catalogue and literature mailed free on application. Address: Register, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Oregon. School year opens September 20 Insect Bite Costs Leg. A Boston man lost his leg from the bite of an insect two years be fore. 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