ORJEGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JUNE 6 1913
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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
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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.
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Every family without exception
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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
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results, some of which I could men
tion here.
But parents and teachers ought to
know that a sense of injustice lingers
in the child's make-up, often for
years and sometimes for life. The re
sults of which it to corrupt the fin
er sensibilities of the human make-up.
Prom whence came the custom of
corporal punishment in the training
of children? Such a custom isn t law,
but is assumed as a right on the part
of supenor manhood. Every child is
entitled to a fair trial for every
wrong it is accused of. 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.
From an exchange down on the Rio
Grande, we clip the wind-up of a mar
riage notice; and then wonder why
editors live as long as they do down
there:
"The minister kept his head all
through the performance, and he was
about the onlv one whn Hid nnrl Vio
said she was ninety-nine hundredths
of the best looking couple he had ev
er married. And we ourself, without
either minister or eroom. will nHmit
that most of her good looks are nat
ural, and she doesn't have to rub on
lots of Mme. Somebody-or-other's
face cream in order to make herself
appear less than forty years old.
"The groom wore the conventional
black, that is, he wore a dark rig
out and a frightened expression. The
expression was his own property. In
addition to the aforesaid and above
mentioned, he had on a white tie,
and a pair of patent leather shoes on
which the patent was about to expire.
For this one great day he was dressed
up within a quarter of an inch of his
life, and duting the ceremony he
shrank so much that he looked like a
boy wearing papa's clothes."
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