ORJEGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JUNE 6 1913 II 1 4P3 MS 17 11 i 1 1 I U7 SOME HORSE SENSE : John Stark's Little Sermons on Some of Our Big Topics Hereafter there will beVio room for anyone to complain because of failure I have seen a positive illustration that it is all in the effort of the individual . Every man can have an auto and a "shofer;" employ an individual barb er and bootblack. Every man over twenty-five years old can go to Con gress and have h!3 speeches on sche- dule K. printed, by leave, in the rec ord. All he needs to do is to have the ability to get a hump on himself. Every woman can employ a half dozen dressing maids and go encased in one of those beauty corsets, which squeezes her gastranomic organs , clear up to her chin. All anyone needs is get up and get there! " The illustration is convincing. A four-horse team was left standing on Ninth street. The off side nearest the curb. You may all have noticed what fine grass and clover is now growing in the parkings. What would be more natural than that the hors es should help themselves to such tempting fodder. Strange as it may seem, only one of the four availed it self of the opportunity, the other three very much like the two-footed brother of the ox, permitted this splendid chance of luscious morsel to go to waste. This one horse was the leader; mark that, leaders are al ways in front, because they possess; the quality to lead and by some means, was not checked up. The nigh horse, the horse just spoken of,, was checked up, as was the off horse on the wheel, while the nigh horse was unchecked. Be sure you get the picture correctly, then you will understand the quality that makes for success in human affairs as well as this four horse team. The nigh leader made pretense of wanting the feed but did not get any. No, it is not true to say, because he was checked up, for the horse just behind him was not checked up, and he did not eat. Neither is it true that being on the nigh side was the cause for the off horse on the wheel failed to help himself altho these three pre tended to want the feed, only one had the gumption to get it. Seeing the impatience of the three and no driver about, I proceeded to lecture t'.'ese creatures on the unreas onableness of their attitude by tell ing them that they were unjustly en vious of the successful one, that it was wrong to find fault with the onef eating his fill. They each would do the I governing the most enlightened peo ple on earth. The press informs us that hpsom salts are being used by working into leather to add to the weight. A gov ernment estimate has it at twelve million pounds per year. A neighbor informs me that marble dust was worked into the leather at the tan nery where he worked. Hist! don't say a word, or you will start the "in fant industry" a cryin'. Besides that you will be an enemy of prosperity, protection, patriotism and the grand old flag of the smartest people on earth. JOHN F. STARK A SOCIALISTIC VIEW Some Matters for Thinkers to Think of and Act On REDLAND ' v -Mr. Bradley gave a social and en tertainment, from which there was realized $22.80. Mr. Bradley certainly taught a successful school, ever one of the 7th grade pupils graduating, with the highest per cent of any of the schools in the county. Everygreen school closed with a pie social, the highest pie sold brought $2.50, possibly because some one step ped onto it. Mr. Ripley has purchased an auto. Mrs. Howard has moved to live with her folks Mrs. Powers entertained a truck load of people from Portland Sunday, L. Frick has been treating poles for the C. C. M. Tel. Co. and will re build line out from Oregon City. Shearing is about completed and the fleeces are generally good. Vaugh Chadwick has purchased a trotting horse from Emery Powers. Quite a crowd turned out at the cemetery and helped clean up the grounds. Among those present were: DON'T BE A HOG Give same if they were in his place an that they could be in his place, if they only kept their eyes open to the op portunities about them; if they had only managed correctly they could not only have been on the right side but it was quite evident they need not have been checked up It all depended upon looking ahead, besides it was very wicked to find fault with the sphere with which it had pleased God to put them in, if they would only be content to look on the bright side of things, af ter which perhps, they would see it was1' all for their own good. A lot more of that philosophy which I learn ed out of the newspapers and college professors, I put to them, but it did not seem to impress the stubborn, unreasoning brutes who kept pawing in impatient manner. Presently I observed two of the number had been "sterilized" so a bright idea struck me. I proceeded to show them that they had perhaps transgressed some luw, humun or di vine, or both, that they were or had been, a menace to society; that they had only got what was coming to them or they would not be in pres ent condition; that they were of a low order and were unfit for full citizen ship; that no doubt but their inheri ting traits of character were bad, anil such traits must be eradicated by all means to prove the theory of the survival of the fittest, and also, above all things, it might be a punishment inflicted upon them for tho acts of some remote ancestor, eating the grass that had been reserved for An gus Dio, which was growing in the shude of the old apple tree. About this time tho driver came up and heard him say some people lacked horse sense and as ho drove away he muttered something about the need of more asylums and wondered why in Texas there should not huve been one on every corner, The inability of the average educat or to get a clear view of the modern labor movement makes itself so ap oarent when one makes a critical study of literature emanating from Mrs. Stone, of Oregon City, Mrs. Ses this class. It seems a rare occasion, son of Portland; Mr. Chase of Silver- when one out of touch with every ton. day industrial life, is able to get the Mr. Babbler is fixing the Fischer proper perspective of this important mill road, patching up all but one subject. It is amazing what superf ic- half mile which will be planked anew. ial views the averge college profes- The Redland band recently gave sor takes of the labor problem. In the two fine band concerts, one at the Labor Journal of May 5th, appears an Grange picnic and one at Evergreen, article entitled "Dangers of the mm- This band has been engaged to imum wage," written by Professor play at Logan the Fourth. Saeger of Columbia University. The professor herein points out very graphically the necessary interrelat ion, and interdependence of society. He states the minimum wage pnnci pie, if properly applied would better conditions, but by itself is not likely to bring the good results expected courteous and rrom it. He states the majority of employers in this country pay living wages. I think if the professor would inter view our government statistics he would find it a little difficult to be compelled to live on what the average industrial worker receives, me not these necessary workers in society equally entitled to the good things of life as our professor? And is society not as much indebted to this portion of workers as to our educators? He attributes wages paid below the minimum to an over supply, or con gestion of labor in particular places, and, infficiency, or lack of practical training. He says "these inefficients are swollen every year by those leav ing the public schools, and that they are the cannon food for of our Indus trial army." He pictures the fierce struggles LOGAN The Childrens' Day Picnic on May 24th was very successful considering that so many older ones were too busy to come. The Redland band fur nished music for the occasion and there was a good programme. The proceeds from the stand were $38 and the work of the womens' committee of the Grange deserves much credit. Logan should get bottom prices on groceries with three stoics in the field, two of them delivering. Mr. Rie- bhorr delivers once a week now. Mr. Gronlund went on an auto ex cursion down the Columbia last Sun day. Frank Whiteman had his family and Uncle Sam's load in his new auto last Saturday. We will have to hustle to catch him when he comes that way. Logan has been badly plagued with rats, and guns, traps and poison have been thinning them out. They killed many little chickens. Henry Kohl has a motorcycle and is breaking it in to ride fans. The Logan team defeated Damas cus on the 25th, 14 to 2, but last Sun day. seemed to be an off day for the team for lost to Clackamas 10 to 0. Hurrah for the Logan Fourth of July celebration! There will be music by the Redland band, a ball game, and an address by G. B. Dimick and other attractions too numerous1 to mention. 2 Autoes are so thick on the road now that there is almost a continual cloud of dust on the road, especially on Sundays. ABOLISH THE BEATINGGS Half the Road, Whether Driv ing Horse or Auto Drivers of automobiles and of hor ses will both find that it pays to be gentlemanly on the Died at the Oregon City Hospital road. Those who show no considerat- ( Saturday May 31, Elmer E. Miller, ELMER E. MILLER No Person has Moral or Legal Right to Strike a Child Should parents and teachers be al lowed to exercise unlimited control over children ? We have but little law on the subject. I believe the courts have decided that toleration is the rule to go by in such cases. But who is to judge? Cer tainly not the courts, for lack of jur isdiction, not having passed examin ation in the nursery grades. Certainly not the teachers, and to some extent for the same reasons. Eager to have their pupils pass examinations pre maturely, they sometimes resort to cruel punishments for that purpose, Certainly not the parents on the plain of today's unfolding, who some times deal cruelly with their children. We heed a law to close the door di rectly against punishment of children for if the door for punishment of chil dren is left ajar ever so slightly someone will abuse it. I have known parents to beat their children and' make the blood flow thru their tender skin with from 30 to 100 strokes of a green hazel rod. I saw a teacher with a green maple rod in his hand give 100 counted strokes on the shoulders of a 12-year old girl. These are but samples of many oth er such acts of cruelty which I have seen and have evidence of. Yet the cruel practice continues to the shame of this enlightened age. But I over hear the question: "Have I not the right to make my children obey?" My answer No! No right to make or drive into obedience. But rather re strain and educate your children in way they should go. Lead them both by precept and example in the the I see that an aggregation of her etic huntors, in a recent meeting, by a majority vote, decided that holl was no place for infants. Men and women havo been tortured and burned at the stake m times gone by, for disput ing the idea of infant damnation, but our men of God and avowed Christ ians persisted in piciihing that rub bish up to this late dty. A change is Burely on if the Calvinists are being jarred loose. The world does move, but tho pro pelling force is tho dissenter; the persons who dispute that all topics f.re closed questions upon being an ounced by solemn faces. The sneaking trick the English ministry played upon the women, bus , intensified the fight for equal suf frage rights. What power is it thai refuses the vote to women? Is it the breweries? What ever it is, I say bravo, my English sisters. Keep up a'hanimerin' and lay the island in waste. Make it a barren wildenies-!, if those human wretches refuse to give to you your just rights. "God said, I am tired of Kings, I suffer them no more.. Up to my ear, tho morning brings The outrage of the poor." That is about the suffrage situat ion as it seems to me. these must encounter and the hope lessness of their struggles. He says the important thing to do is to stop the production of these, and make all efficient by training in school; He further says "The necessity of put ting this into practice is one of the most urgent tasks now confronting society." We heartily agree with the professor that all should be educated and trained for an equal opportunity in life s struggles. It is a crimo against society to per mit children to enter life's struggles handicapped for want of training as they must face in our present inhum an social system; The struggle is cer tainly fierce enough for the best trained who have nothing but their labor power to sell. However, if it were possible to train every child to its utmost capacity in productive ab ility, it would fall short of solving the problem so long as we adhere to the present system whereby the great mass of humanity are the servants of those who own and control the ma chinery of production nd distribution of life's necessities. Where would these efficient workers find renumer- ative employment under an employ ing system that must necessarily look for the cheapest? Would not these trained workers meet the same condi tion of an over supply of workers? A matter of efficiency could not make positions where none existed, and it logically follows that if the inefficient were made more efficient thereby in creasing their productive power they would but intensify tho struggle for the better positions which would but tend to bring down the wages of those who were receiving more than tho untrained. The fact that tho effic ient nro better paid than the ineffic ient, is not so much due to their in efficiency as it is to the advantage they havo over the inefficient by be ing smaller in numbers. So long as we retain the profit sys tem in our social arrangement, try as we may, we cannot esoapo the re sult. Our learned professors may the orize as to how practical education is going to solve our economic problem, but so long as they ignore the social co-operative plan, their efforts will prove of little value. This tendency to an increasing number of unemploy ed, is inherent in our economic sys tem, and you cannot escape by edu ction, until you educate the people to change the system. When Society s forced (as soon it must be) to rec- ogmzo tins fact, then will we have legun a rational and practical meth od of solving these problems. It seems to mo that it should be nppnr- nt to even a superficial observer, hat the producing of a greater num ber of efficient workers, as well as the production of a larger amount of products than society can consume. only aggravate the condition under ho present system, and ( this ba true, why insist on dealing with an effect without going to tha o'.use, as the average professor is wont to do. F. CRABTREE, Chairman 'Press Comm. Socialist "arty of Portland, Ore. There is a gentleman by the name of Golf who represents the coal com panies of West Viginia in the upper house of lords. He is drawing a sal ary as a retired federal judge, also as senator $14500 and perquisites of office. At the same time men and women are jailed and illegally held prisoners; newspapers are suppres sed for asking for a living wage for coal mines in that state. It's a snap MYERS jT pumps jr COMPLETE SYSTEM LIFE IS TOO SHORT To spend in discomfort Running water in the home brings manv conveniences and comforts theBath Sanitary Toilets the Wash Room- Hot and Cold Water, Etc., Etc. City people wouldn't be without them and rhev are now within the reach or all rural or suburban residents. Every dollar invested in a W COMPTESS mw mm ' mm Ctf m-.ttr EEADER Water System will return you eventually $10 worth of comfort to say nothing of fire protection. i ne mitcnell-Leaaer System turnishes you cool Water anywhere you want it, under any pressure you want, up to 125 lbs. Hundreds of home owners right here l .P l.l i . , 1 nave round the solution or their water supply.problem in this system. Let us send you our Book, "The Question of Water" with circular containing cuts of homes and letters of Northwestern partieswho 1 .!. ... nave installed them. It will surprise you how reasonably you can secure a Mitchell Water System that will satisfactorily take care of your requirements.' Write Us At Once. STOVERS GOOD ENGINE 3411 East Morrison Street PORTLAND Spokane Boise Giiiuanleed Eczema Kemody Tho constant itching, burning, red ness, rash and disagreable effects of cr.cma, tetter, salt rheum, itch, niles. and irritating skin eruptions can be eaihly cured and the skin maflo clear nd smooth with Dr . Ilobson's Ec zema Ointment. Mr. J. C. Evcland, of Hath, 111., says: "I had eczema twenty five years and had tried everything. All failed. When I found Dr. Ilobson's ion lor others are likely to receive none, while kindness and generosity on the part of one will inspire the same sentiments in the other. There are some automobile drivers who act as though their vehicle was a licensed Juggernaut, authorized to run down and crush anything that appeared in his path, and seeming to have no concern for the rights of others. But such drivers are rare. The majority of them exhibit the keenest concern for peoplo m rigs, who may have scary horses. They are always willing to yield more than half the road, to slow up when approaching a rig, and to lead a nervous horse past the auto. There are, on the other hand, driv ers of horses who appear to delight in being discourteous to automobile drivers, nd who will go to extremes to exasperate them , They hear an auto coming behind and make no ef fort to get out of its way. Instead they will keep the middle of the road and continue to obstruct the highway for a period of time exceeding all bounds of decency. They seem to for get that legally and morally the fas ter vehicle has the right of way and that it is just as much their duty to give half tho road to an auto coming behind as to one approaching in the front. It is all a matter of common sense and courtesy, doing as you would be done by. To be a road hog is to in vite trouble. It pays to be a gentle man all the time. Many of your neighbors use the D Laval cream separator. Why not vou? See the ad on this page. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy Every family without exception should keep this preparation at hand during the hot weather of the sum mer fonths. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is worth many times its cost when needed and is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over. It has no superior for the purposes for which it is intended. Buy it now. For sale by Huntley Bros. Co. youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Miller of Central Point aged 7 years 7 months and 22 days. The diseased was a very popular scholar of Brown District School and a member of Central Point Sunday School and by his industrious studies and winning way?, made many frien ds in this community, who sympa thize with the bereaved family and mourn the loss of this promising brief life, so early ended. Interment took place Sunday at 10 o'clock from the parent's residence at the Ev. Lutheran St. John's Chur ch near New Era. Rev. Dr. R. W. Mor enz, Oeser, Pastor conducting! the services. The pall-bearers were: Mas ters Willie Dietz, Freddie Dietz, Will ie Gutperlet, Willie Allen, Benny Rev erman and Richard Radatz, scholars of the Brown District School. Card of Thanks paths of refinement and taste. Parents are often times to blame for the missteps their children make than the children themselves, conse quently perhaps we need a law re stricting the parents : for wrongs against their offspring. If a boy or girl is unrly fine the parents for bringing such a boy or girl into the world because a child's education should begin three generations before it is born. Fear of the rod is a curse to the world and those who use it on the tender flesh of children commit a crime against society's most cherish ed plains of life, The effects of the use of the rod in school or around the sacred hearth are degrading and iritating to teacher parents and children, but more es pecially to the children. Several years ago the Prussian government made the startling dis- We wish to thank our many friends covery tllat ln tne ,ast 21 years e1' and neighbors for the kindness and evm hundred children had commit- attention shown during the sickness i lea sulclde within the kingdom. A and death of our beloved son and , lu""nu'le waa appointea Dy me gov- brother. Elmer. We also thank Cen. ! ernment to find the cause of such de- tral Point Sunday School for its flor-' stru;tion of their youth. This com al design and schoolmates who bore 1 m'"ee's rePrt was: Fear of the and him to his last resting place. These 1 had caused four-fifths of this eleven kind deeds are hiehlv annreciated as ' hundred to commit suicide. But no they lighten to some extent the sor-; ?use of tne other fifth was Ported. row in our bereavement. A. O. MILLER and Family Fear of the rod in the hands of teach ers, guardians and parents. Children are far more sensitive than they yet have been given credit Katherine L. Norton. New Bedford. Mass., savs: "I had a terrible Dain for- across my back, with a burning and n 8 cm'u 8 judgement about every scalding feeling. I took Foley's Kid- thing he does is right, and here be ney Pills as advised, with results cer- fHns the parent's duty. Tq'ach the tain and sure. The pain and, burning cn''d the difference between , right feeling left me, I felt toned up and ani wrong, remembering all the while invigorated. I recommend Foley Kid-flna1, example is the mam power in a ney Pills." For backache, rheumatism, lumbago, and all kidney and bladder ailments, use Foley Kidney Pills. 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But in 9 times out of 10 there is no trial in the case but walk up here and take your med icine" when the poor child know ing its innocence perhaps, or could give strong mitigating circumstanc es in his favor, is cruelly beaten and feels thereafter the degradation of such treatment. It is claimed by some philosophers that punishment is a vengeful instinct inherited from our forefathers when on the more ani mal plain of life. Be that as it may, we should have fully outgrown the instinct long ages ago and instead should have estab lished the custom of fair dealing with our children. It is not man's province to punish but to educate. WM. PHILLIPS West Texas Style. 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