OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, OCT. 4 11)12
OREGON CITY COURIER
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HAWLEY.
What are you Republicans and
Democrats going to do about a
congressman next month?
Jtoen thinking it over any?
It's a choice between Ilepub.
licans you have got to line up
between stand pat Willis llawley
and Progressive John V. Camp
bell. One or the other will be
elected November 5.
Oregon is progressive if noth
ing else. The primaries last
spring, which put Roosevelt in
the lead, Wilson a close second
and Taft almost left at the quar
ter pole, are lale evidence of how
Oregon stands.
Hut this evidence was not
needed. Oregon blazes the way in
progression and other states fol
low. And up until the Roosevelt con
vention at Roseburg two weeks
ago we had the situation of a
Progressive slate having no can
didate standing for progression
no candidate for congress who
stood for what the people wanted.
Nothing but stand-pat, trust-controlled,
interest-favored Willis
Chatham llawley.
The Progressive party at Salem
nominated John V. Campbell of
Roseburg a man who is a Prog
ressive, a man who will play the
game of the Plain People; a man
who stands behind the Oregon
system; who stands out against
the trusts; against the machine
gang Mr. llawley was trained
with for the rule of many.
Mr. Campbell is an Iowa prog
ressive, a brainy, aggressive man,
a fighter for the people.
What are you voters of Clack
amas1 going to do about it?
This paper is going to show
up what Congressman llawley
has been doing back in Congress.
We are a long way from the
seal of government, and then, too,
we sometimes forget.
We aro going to show you that
Mr. llawley has played all the
games but you voters' game
that ho has played the politic
ian's game, the trusts' game
Ilawley's gamo.
We are going to show his voles
and his tlodgings, on the import
ant bills in Congress lake them
down the line and let you see
what our Congressman llawley
has been, and is let you see n
representative who has had a
steel rod for a backbone in the
1 rusts' ganm and a garden hose
when it came to representing (lie
first congressional district of
Oregon.
This record certainly will be
interesting, but it occurs to Ibis
paper thai, any man who asks to
be returned on the record he has
made, hadn't ought to shy at that
record when printed.
Just watch Mr. Ilawley's line
up, and see whether he plays in
YOUR learn or not.
GAINING.
(Portland Journal.)
It is for the people of Oregon to
say whether or not they want
single tax, as proposed in a
pending initiative measure.
In discussing it, they are en
tilled to all the fads that bear
on tho subject. Ell'orls to confuse
(hem by interests that refuse a
fair consideration of the issue
are thrown into the controversy
with more or less success.
Yet, at (iranls Pass is a man
who lived for a number of years
under single tax in Canada, and
who, though formerly against
single tax is now an active sup
porter of Oregon measure. He is
a farmer, ami from a farmer's
viewpoint, maintains that great
progress and widely diffused
prosperity are obtained in Can
ada under the system. He is urg
ing all bis neighbors to vote for
tlic single lax plan in this stale,
II, is natural that there should
be wide disagreement over such a
reform. It is however the aek
nowleged fact that, in the place
of the limited few that formerly
approved single tax, (here are
now multiplying thousands, Like
the Oranls Pass man, many who
were against il, are, after a study
of Hie system, converted lo the
plan.
Save Where Yoa Spend!
You know that an accurate
account of every cent you re
ceive and spend tells you your
financial condition from day
to day.
Do you earn enough and spend
too much?
The check account will remedy
such a condition by pointing
out where every dollar goes
and for what purpose; it will
indicate lo you where to save;
how lo make your daily or
monthly surplus greater.
This system is ONK of (he
benefits (lie bank gives to its
customers without cost.
The Bank of Oregon City
Oldest Bank in The County
Ore., as second class mail matter.
FROST, OWNERS.
Telephones, Main 5-1; Home A 5-1
EDITOR
Oregon is going for Wilson.
Wilson will get more votes
than Taft and Roosevelt combin
ed.
Wilson promises immediate re
vision of the tariff downward if
elected. Elect him.
There are two erstwhile prom
inent men who are not very much
in front of the footlights these
days William Taft and Ben
Selling. But they both have
beautiful, faith ni themselves yet
One of the biggest grafts this
country stands for without mur
muring is the congressional
mileage for hauling. We fork out
$000 to get Congressman llawley
back to Washington and then add
to it $7,500 a year salary. And we
pay for his Turkish baths and
other personal luxuries. Some
day we will come to and refuse to
pay $000 tips and $7,500 salar
ies to $000 dollar congressmen.
Why have the big speculators
and corporations of Oregon got
ten so much sympathy in stock all
at once for the farmer and tho
laboring man? Is it some kind of
religious streak? Did you ever
know of any corporation owning
great tracts of idle land favoring
any law that was good for the
average workman? You could
write a list of the in on your
thumb nail.
Mr. Alexander Philip, vice
president, and manager of the
Kurrard Development Co., North
Vancouver, B. C, writes to a
friend in Portland: "It is not the
business man or farmer that need
fear taxation of land values. It
is (he fellow who holds valuable
land alongside tho farmer who
must pay the same tax as the
farmer." Ho ought to know. He
has lived in that section twenty
years and speaks from experience
all around him.
When tho Sherman anti-trust
law was passed nobody knew
what it meant until the courts
told us. Tho Supreme Court de
cided it was not meant to cover
the cases of corporations, and no
one was punished under tho law
until Eugene V. Debs was sent to
jail in the A. R. U. strike in 1893.
Debs is tho only man sent to jail
for the violation of the Sherman
anli-lrust law, which was passed
to keep corporations from acl
ing in restraint of trade. Clar
ence Harrow.,
The beef trust exports millions
of dollars of meat. We haven't
enough for our own consumpl.
ion, yet wo won't let any come in.
Isn't that a left handed way of
doing business? Isn't it a splendid
business proposition for tho
packers?
DO YOU QET IT?
When asked why the legis
lature and the tax comminssion
ers never have put water power
on the lax rolls in Oregon, altho
worth several times more than
all the live slock, tho advocates of
the present "Equal" Taxation
League of big tax dodgers say
that it should not be taxed be
cause tho graduated single tax
ers do not seem to givo any idea
of what il is worth. There is now
water power in use in Oregon
known to bo worth twenty mil
lions of dollars. Get that? Well,
there is more held out of use, at
least fifty times over, than is
used. Get that? But let us sup
pose that only five times over is
owned by speculators; then we
have $100,000,000. If assessed at
sixty per cent, of its value we
would have sixty millions. All the
improvements on farms in Ore
gon aro assessed on the rolls for
ID 10 at less than twenty-two
millions. Huh! Just figure this
out and see why il is that the op
position lo the graduated single
lax amendment has plenty of
money lo carry on a campaign.
This graduated measure would
put water power on the assess
ment rolls. Get that? Portland
Labor Pres.
KILL THEM.
Creating the office of lieuten
ant governor. Oregon doesn't
need any more offices. It needs
doctors for what we now have.
302, yes 303 no. Vote no.
Providing for uniform rule for
taxation a legislative resolut
ion. It provides for separating
taxation and gives the legislature
a power they should not have. 300
yes; 305 no. Vote no.
Providing for different rates of
taxation on different classes of
property taxation without con
sent of the people. 300 yes; 307
no. Vote no.
Repealing present tax laws, ex.
cept as to poll tax this would
take away the voters' rights to
govern taxation. 308 yes; 309 no.
Vote no.
Requiring majority of all votes
to pass amendments. Needs no
argument, kill it. 310 yes; 311 no.
Vote no.
Referendum on Malarky public
service commission bill, an act
lo give the railroad commission
supervision and regulation over
every public service corporation,
and at a cost, it is said of $20,000
a year. 314 yes; 315 no. Vote no.
. To divide Clackamas county.
Yes 318, no 319. Vote no.
To create board of regents for
slate university and agricultural
college. We have enough boards
and commissions with present
high taxation. 320, yes; 321 no.
Vote no.
The so-called "majority rule"
bill. It would kill the initiative
and take away the people's power.
322 yes; 323 no. Vo,te no.
For bond issue to build roads.
There are nine propositions be
fore the people, and until we can
cret closer to one proposition, net
ter let them all slide. 322 yes;
323 no. Vote no.
Creating state highway depart
ment for roads building. 320 yes;
327 no. Vote no.
Act to create hotel inspecor,
$700 per year. 330 yes; 331 no
Vote no.
Creating slate road board ana
issuing $1,000,000 bonds. Down
it. 340 ves: 341 no. Vote no.
To permit stale lo increase
road debt. Yes 312; no 343. Vote
nn.
To permit counties to issue du
. r . . r I t . r I.K
years Doiuis. les an; no oiu.
Vote no.
To levy taxes in exess or law
limit for road building. Yes 340;
no 347. Vote no.
Providing for taxation of in
comes. Our present law gives us
this right. 350 yes; 351 no. vote
no.
Exempting household furniture
fixtures, jewelry, etc. This is to
draw from the graduated single
tax amendment. Yes 350; no 351.
Vole no.
Act to exempt from taxation
notes, mortgages, stocks, bonds.
Nice scheme for the rich fellow.
Yes 354: no 355. Vote no.
An act to revise the inheritance
tax laws. There aro 15 pages in
the act, and too much room for
jokers. 350 yes; 357 no. Vote no.
Empowering county courts 10
sell bonds for road building, loo
manv road bills now. Wait until
the people can get together. 300
yes; 301 no. voie no.
Act prohibiting noycois.Aimeu
at union labor. Yes 308, no 309.
Vote no.
An act to prevent street speak
ing. A blow at iree speecu. ie
370: no 371. Volo no.
An act appropriating smzh.uku
for university of Oregon. 'I his
referendum was fought to the last
ditch to prevent you voters from
passing on. Yes 372; no dd.
Vole no.
Another to appropriate $175,-
000 for a library and museum for
tate university. Yes 374; no 375
Vote no.
Cut this out and keep it. II
may como handy when you como
to
vote.
Next week we will review the
Vole yes.
BONEHEADS.
iVmerican manufacturers in all
lines, last year, sold products val
ued at $1,021,000,000 to foreign-
er
s. San Francisco Star.
Just look those figures over
again and see if you can compre-
end their enormity.
And then just consider the
proposition of taxing American
onsumers to protect these
infant industries,"
Isn't it to laugh?
Aren't wo the boss bone heads?
I read a report the id her day of
iow some Texans made a demon
I rat ion by showing I wo Americ-
an
mado harvesting machines
ide by side, one purchased in
Illinois for $125; its counterpart
in
Germany for $80.
Don't you guess that American
industries have reached that size
where they can go to school with
out the nurse?
Don't you reckon I hey have
passed out of the kindergarten
and can stand alone?
Just look at the situation of a
tariff wall to protect American
"industries" thai are undersell
ing in foreign countries to the
extent of over a billion dollars.
Wouldn't it seem natural
these (rusts could take care of
themselves at home.
An "industry" that sells to the
Germans cheaper than lo Amer
icans doesn't need any more mon
opoly protection.
The thing for you to do is to
vole for the parly that promises
lo let down this Chinese wall.
Vole for Wilson and give him a
chance. Vole your fireside for a
change.
What's the use of electing a
president pledged to reduce the
tariff, and then send a stand-pat
congressman down to buck him.
Next week will show you how Mr.
llawley has fought and bled and
died for you "dear people" we
will show you his voting record
on the important measures, and
then you think things ove ra little.
THE LAWYERS' AID.
I notice that Governor West
has a committee working on an
employes' compensation law, and
here is hoping they get it in
shape satisfactory to all con
cerned and tho coming legislat
ure will pass it.
Our present system is a Law
yers' Benefit Scheme, and is a
first cousin to blackmail.
Let a man get hurt today and
ho will find a shyster lawyer
waiting for him at his home or
the hospital.
The lawyer will beat the ambu
lance. The lawyer will tell the fellow
to hold out on a settlement. He
will urge the courts and ho will
get half the damages finally
awarded.
The Courier editor has in his
possession today a contract be
tween a prominent law firm in
this city and a poor man who
brought a damage suit against a
railroad company which provides
the law firm should have one
half of the damages awarded.
What kind of a hold up is this?
Washington has a state law
that classifies every injury from
losing a finger nail to losing
one's life, and the injured man
simply gets it without any ex
pense whatever.
"Today, any company that em
ploys men has a dread of what
may follow an accident. The pres
ent scheme of hold up is a night
mare to him. He has to insure all
his men in some indemnity com
pany and pay heavy tribute to
feel safe.
The insurance companies will
fight the lawyers to the last ditch,
roll up big court expenses, and
after months the injured man will
get a few dollars and find he has
lost his job.
In justice to both employer and
employee wo need such a law as
in Washington. Accidents are
bound to happen. The man injur
ed certainly should have compen
sation for damages. But they do
back up on paying a lawyer dam
ages too,
This Is a matter for our legi
slators to help put through at
Salem, and every man should
work for it.
WANT A CHANGE.
If you are not satisfied with the
conduct of tho district attorney's
oflice for he past year, you have
the remedy. There is no use in
simply protesting and kicking
when you have that little secret
ballot in your hands. If you
don't like the way things have run
use the club the law gives you on
November 5 and use it hard.
This oflice is one of the most
important in the state. If the ofj
flcial is not a man who rings true,
you have a dangerous power that
can be used against the ends of
justice rather than in its inter
ests. It isn't a bad idea to changes
these prosecuting officials once in
a while on general principles.
Oregon needs a lot of them
changed just about now and some
men elected to their places who
will stand up and light for con
victions. Tho Democratic nominee for
this district is Gilbert L. Hedges,
of this city. If he is elected he
will not attempt to build up a po
litical machine out of the oflice,
but will be on the job you elect
him for.
And if you don't like the way
things have moved (or haven't
moved) during the past year, try
a change and perhaps things
will move.
CAN THIS BE TRUE?
Judge Dimick mado the supris
ing statement at the Live Wires
luncheon Tuesday that of tho
Ih'st ten men met on the streets
of this city and asked if they had
read the campaign book sent out
by the secretary of state, nine of
them had not looked at it, and the
other had only glanced at it. And
the mayor said that this condi
tion existed pretty generally
throughout the county.
It seems almost incredible that
a fractional part of such an av
erage oi inuitierence or ignor
ance could exist.
What's the matter with Ore
gon?
Are the people dead to the leg
islative powers that have been
given them? Are they utterly in
different to what measures they
are lo vote on?
Don't they want to know, or
ion't they care anything abuot
the government of the state they
must pay taxes for?
lo the writer, coming from a
stale that has until lately been
absolutely controlled by the poli
ticians and tho interests, this
idea of presenting to each voter of
the state an authoritive copy of
every proposition they would be
required to vote on, seemed a
splendid idea.
Under litis means of informa
tion the newspapers could not
present nightmare versions of the
different propositions, for the vo
ter had but to turn to the state
book to prove the assertion, and
it was a study that a man could
take his time to and determine
intelligently the various proposi
tions.
If this average holds true, then
what is the result of editorial
comment and newspaper support
or criticism?
It would seem that the man who
would not take enough interest
to open a state book delivered to
him free by the stale, would not
run more than a mile or two to
get hold of a newspaper and
would not read it if he did.
And again, what's the matter
with Oregon?
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
If you don't like the extrava
gance of the last legislature, try
a Democrat for a change. Noyer
of Molalla will stand.
Six candidates for U. S. senator
and only one Democrat. And Har
ry Lane's stock goes up every
lime a new man jumps in.
Is there a Democratic nominee
in Clackamas county that is not
worthy of your vote? Slip off the
party halter this year and vote
for the Candidate.
Bourne will be in the field
again for U. S. senator, and they
say hundreds of Republicans, who
downed him in the. primaries are
now registered on his petitions.
There are certainly some horrid
flirts in the G. O. P.
Every day things look brighter
and brighter for Democratic suc
cess in Clackamas county, and
the Republicans are scared
dead scared. Voters aren't talking,
they are reading and thinking.
Oregon is going Democratic next
month, and Clackamas county is
going to help carry it. !
No use voting for Wilson un
less you vote for men to back
nim. You want to vote to break
up that Republican ring at Salem
and stop another session of wild
appropriations. Peter Noyer of
Molalla won't burn up your
money. We want state legislat.
ures as well as congress.
Harry Lane stands for the plain
people. His record as mayor of
Portland, proved they could not
buy him nor bribe him. He is the
quality of men we need in the U.
S. senate. He is a progressive
Democrat. He stands for the
things the great middle class
wants. Oregon is a progressive
state. Send a man to the seriate
who will represent her.
HIDE HIM.
Knox is home from the Jap
fueral. He was presented with a
screen by the head guys.
The screen cost the American
taxpayers $95.00 for it required
a war vessel and crew to take our
illustrious secretary over there to
see the Mikado planted and Nogi
disembowel himself.
As a secretary of state Knox
has been a bigger fizzle than Taft
as president.
In dealing with Mexico, Cuba,
Honduras and Nicaragua he has
made a dismal failure. He left
those important matters at a
critical stage and took a yachting
trip to Japan.
He had better take that screen
the Japs gave him and hide be
hind it.
ARE YOU A LOUT?
When a newspaper tells you to
vole down the whole bunch of
amendments presented, it gives
you very bad advice.
Better advice is to tell you to
study carefully each proposition
and act according to their merits.
The stand-pat papers tell you
it is an awful load on you dear
voters to have to put X marks on
fully three dozen different mat
ters, that it is asking too much
of you which is a smooth way
of saying you haven t brains
enough to vote intelligently.
Y'ou will have had three months
to have considered three dozen
propositions. Don't you believe
you aro capable of taking on this
mental load during this time?
I do. The stand pat politicians
don't. They think only the legis
lature has time to take care of
all this and much moro in 60
days.
All this knocking is simply a
means to an end to take away
you voters' power to pass on leg
islation that you have got to live
under and abide by.
It's the old bunch with their
hammers out.
Now show these schemers that
you can vote without a stand
patter making your X for you.
Get into that campaign book
and study it. It isn't too deep for
you that need to call for help.
Show the bunch that would kill
reforms in this state that they
are not the only ones God gave
brains.
Don't go out and try to kill the
ballot because it is big just
kill the bad spots. Use your head.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL
Progressive Party Nominee for
Congress in the First District
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