OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914.
OREGON CITY COURIER
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Official Paper for the Farmers Society of Equity of Clackamas Co
M. J. BR.OWN,
EDITOR
WHAT THE FOORTH OF JULY REALLY MEANS
v We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal; that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness. . Thos. Jcffenon
On the Fourth of July, one hundred and thirty-eight years
ago, the country known to the world as the United States of
America entered upon its epoch-making career. A ever in his
tory has any country made such wonderful progress in so short
a time. Looking back to Revolutionary days it seems to us
that the nation has lived Jong; George Washington and his
associates fade into the dim past; yet the years of one man of
ripe age, such as we meet every day, oined with the years of
another equally old are sufficient to span the lifetime of Ameri
ca. A man of seventy odd years, now living, might have spoken
in early youth with some old man whose childish eyes had wit
nessed some of the battles of the Kev61ution. Yet in this brief
time tremendous progress has been made, civilization has ad
vanced by leaps and bounds aud" the wealth of America has come
to surpass all possibility of calculation. Perhaps neither the
Father of Ilia Country nor any one of the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence had the faintest notion of what the coun
try of their dreams would come to be in the space of less than a
century and a half. They builded better than they thought.
Yet, we of today, although we cannot but feel proud of the
achievements of our countrymen, have much to regret for the
history of our country. The high ideals of the founders of this
nation have been too often lost sight of in the struggle of the all
absorbing conquest for gold. Those who gave their fortunes
end their lives to establish a new commonwealth in America
must have been encouraged in the trials of the great struggle
for liberty with the thought that we whoAvere to come after them
and enjoy the blessings of a land in which me nand women were
to be free and equal would appreciate aud value their heroic sac
rifices and never allow the high standard of patriotism and citi
zenship which they had exemplified for us to be debased. "
only regret that I have hut one life to lose for my country," said
Nathan Hale, (Sept. 22, 1770) ; yet it was not of the laud and
its wealth that the hero was thinking when he uttered these im
mortal words, but of the happiness and well-being of his coun
trymen. July the Fourth should mean more to us than a day of cele
bration and noise; it should be a day for renewing our patriot
ism and for reasserting our reverence for the ideals of our fore
fathers and the traditions of the past; it should' cause us to re
flect that, whatever our selfish ambitious may be, the one object
worthy of supreme effort is patriotism not necessarily the pa
triotism of the battle field, but the patriotism that enables one
to live and labor for the good and honor and glory of his coun
try as heroically and unselfishly as the Revolutionary heroes
Struggled and died for their country and ours.
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OREGON POLITICS '
Some twenty-two centuries ago AmsToMtlie wise man of
Greece, said that politics was the greatest of the sciences". This
being true, it seems strange that we should cling to the fallacy
of believing that we shall secure competent statesmen by electing
untrained men to office. It would be as ridiculous to suppose
that we should produce a Miciiakl Angelo by placing a mallet,
cnisel and block ot marble in the hands of a bootblack.
It requires long years of specialized training to fit a man
gon as West's successor is W. S. U'Ren. He is a master of po
Mtical science, and a man whom the honest folk of the state can
trust to look after their best interests thoroughly and well.
A SIXSHOOTER SERMON
Once again the sound of the funeral dirge, echoes the report
of the sixshooter, and once again wre have, in the suicide of a
school boy 17 years old, a demonstration of the folly of keeping
a loaded gun about the house for "protection," as so many per
sons do. . For every out-law slain at least a hundred innocent
lives are sacrificed. Does it pay? It is the. purpose of the
pistol to kill and it kills without discrimination or choice. The
professional bad man has little or nothing to fear from such a
weapon in the hands of a novice; it is the owner or his relatives
or friends who are most in danger; and especially is the revol
ver dangerous to young children or those who have not reached
the age of mature reason and self control,' (and we believe there
are few persons who ever reach this age, no matter how long
they may live.) In a moment of passion, despondency or care
lessness the possessor of a pistol destroys his own or another's
life. Keeping such a relic of savagery about for use in a pos
sible emergency (which is about as remote as the possibility of
being struck by lightning) is just as sensible as would be the
keeping of a rattlesnake for a watch dog it is more dangerous
to its owner than anyone else, and is, besides, a perpetual tempta
tion to the morally weak to commit crime.
The revolver has no useful place in any civilized'community
or household. It is the tool of the barbarian, and the recourse
of the assassin, the coward and the fool. Speed the day when
we shall banish it forever.
'
MR. GILL
It would be easy to criticize Mr. Gill upon his speech at
the Methodist church last Sunday evening, but we shall not do
so. it would pe contemptible for the courier to make war
medicine against a, man whose possibilities of election are nil.
We reserve our guns for more formidable game.
Mu. Gill has impressed us as an honest man, standing on an
honest platform, and, we trust, supported by honest people
with such we have no quarrel. We are after the corruptionists
and exploiters who will presently line up behind Withycombe
or Smith, or both. Of these and for these we shall neither ask
nor grant mercy.
Mr. Gill - blundered when he put through the Permanent
Registration law a blunder which cost the state many thou
sands of dollars, and which, we are very much afraid, the taxpay
ers will find it impossible to forget when it comes time to mark
the ballots November third.
GREAT SCOTT!
It is not often now-a-days one finds occasion to compliment
the editorial writer of a daily paper upon the artistic merit of
his work. The matter-of-fact modern world has made its in
fiuence felt even in the highest circles of literary endeavor, and
for the most part, idealism in literature has taken its place
perforce in the category of things past.
i.ut nere is a real gem irom the Oregon Daily Jorunal. The
hand that penned the following lines is worthy to grasp that
of Homer, in the house of Hades, or wherever it is the beloved
idealist of long ago may now be singing his immortal lays:
BUSINESS DEPRESSION
Is It 'Real or Imaginary or Do the
Big Interests Wish an Imaginary
One to Become Ral?
Somewhere there is waiting a Dumas, a Steven-,
son or a Scott who is again to guide the currrent
of literature into the channel of romanticism out of
the sordid real into the noble ideal.
I'l-ay tell us, brother, where it is we shall find him;
that we may lay our tribute at his feet, as we now lay this at
yours.
Were you thinking of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when you
sandwiched Stevenson between the creators of Lc Comtc de
Monte Christo and Ivunhoe?
WHERE WITHYCOMBE STANDS
There is still much doubt as to where Withycombe stands
for such an office as, let us say, the irovemor of a State. No 011 the prohibition question. He holds that this is a moral and
matter how thoroughly a man may be educated for. a profession- not a Politi(-'al issue. This, might be taken to imply that moral
al or business career, that, apparently, does not suffice. The lie is a Prohibitionist but politically an anti; which would fur
writer remembers a man who, having been successively a areat nisl1 two llooliy for llis lilie oue for the U0P growers and another
preacher, a great lecturer, the bishop of a great church aud the 101 U1C vv- 1' u-
president of a great college, was elected governor of his state
because of his brilliant intellectual attainments and upright mor
at cuaracter ; rnic as au ol final he was an absolute failure. This
example shows that for success in polities a peculiar geuius is
required the genius of statesmanship.
inose who are without special qualifications, but seek of
fice for the purpose of a personal aggrandizement, or to serve
tne interests of any but the majority of the people, are a detri
ment to the state. Again the individual elector who will vote
for the dishonest candidate and every candidate tacitly pledg
ed to serve special interests is dishonest is not a good citizen.
The really good citizen is he'who is willing to sacrifice small
personal benefits for the good of the coiiiniunilv
l)u. WmiYcoMBK would doubtless like to receive the wet
Vote (some one has to get it you know) and Ave cannot blame
hi in, as he will probably need it. If the man from Oorvallis can
hop lis way into office with the Bartenders' Union band leading
me procession and tne anti-saloonists singing hosannas in the
rear, lie will have accomplished a piece of political emrineerin
which wouiu cause a Chicago alderman to sit up and take notice
President Wilson says there is
psychological business depression in
this country. This word "psycholog'
ical" 'has thrown the dissenting press
Knto a frenzy of agitation. Just when
the Big Interests had completed
their "wooden horse of Troy," Presi
dent Wilson comes along, gives, the
animal a vigorous kick in the ribs
and, after carefully noting results,
gives out. the decision that it is com
posed of a very poor quality of decep
tion and inflated with hot air.
What is psychological business de
pression? Let us analyze:
The word "psychlogical" is from
the Greek words so-and-so and means
in plain English "imaginary" or
"created by (or within) the mind.
It has nothing formidable about .it
except its impression upon the ear.
Its actual literal equivalent in our
language is the time-honored Chris.
tian Science phrase "you only think
so."
Those who do not like the present
administration have been trying
mightly to get a real panic going;
but no one seems to take fright ex
cept that aggregation known as cor
rupt big business, including the "in.
sidious lobby" referred to by Pres
ident Wilson, and also the West Vir
ginia and Colorado mine owners with
their firing squads of machine gun
artists. This gentry who already pos
sesses more wealth than 'they, know
how to estimate, are lying, awake
nights, (when they are not lying in
some other way) haunted by the fear
that they may have to give up a dol
lar without getting its equivalent in
human flesh.
Following hard upon the Big In
terests in their efforts to frighten
people into turning from reform to
reactionary legislation comes the ca
lamity howling newspapers, big and
little. These dissenting voices con
stitute the Punch and Judy feature of
this interesting political sideshow.
In contra-distinction to the "yellows"
and jingoes these publications might
be designated as the blue-green press
blue with dissappointment and
green with envy at being crowded
away from the public crib, as a result
of the recent political earthquake.
One of the most pathetic notes
tolled out by this doleful crowd is
voiced by the Morning Enterprise in
a recent editorial as follows:
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mu resuns oi trust legislation and tariff revisions seem to
be falling short of expectations and the convicition is beginning
ix soak into certain intellects that the trusts are a breed of
boasts not easily scared to death, and that they are likely to live
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u ami nourisn ior some time to come. However, it is honed
i
The most successful man in private life may prove absolute- ,liat 801,10 lut'ky t'xpi'rimeuter will soon hit upon the right rem-
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ly unlit when placed in oil ice. Indeed, placing the man who is 1 01 ' 111(3 l,ms auu tImt Uiev Wl11 tn speedily relegated
untrained in statesmanship in au office of great responsibility k) t,10l)ast ttlonS witu knights-errant, witches aud other terrors
would be like putting a locomotive in charge of an oriran rind- ""'dievalism; and that, metaphorically speaking, we shall
tr, or the novice nt cards in the hands of a uan- of nmfVKxim.,.1 lulvu ""thiug left of them but the stuffed skins, dried bones mid
gamblers. It requires a man thoroughly familiar with all the a linpvl'in stench in the nostrils of honest men to remind us of
ms and outs of the political game to avoid the clever snares
certain to be set for him by the professional lobbyist
Oregon has already paid a sufficiently high price for the
lolly or electing to oil ice incompetent or dishonest men. This
state has been fleeced of its wealth until taxation has bee
an intolerable burden
their once existence.
mu
Since the early da wu of. civilization mere man has tried
htily to govern the affairs of his home and of his nation, in
ome ,1S uwn wav 5 luul it swis he has made a sorry mess of it. But
now comes tne new woman purposing to help us solve the weigh
Contrast the conditions in Oregon with those iu Minnesota: Kv problems of life. Over in England the suffragettes are mer-
Hritish Lion, and in America-
TItt fow ci.in.. LM..I 1.!.. jl. Ii.ll.. ..1
xjj iiu-on-jug uiuvMiiitiiMnp me governors , of that fortunate "v numKoy or me
commonwealth have conserved its great natural resources prac- wt'" if future generations do not sing the praises of the New
tically intact, while millions of dollars in royalties, revenues. Aim-i-icaii Woman of this day and srrant her the rrmvn nf
and incomes from various sources have been steadily accuniula- ll,stillS fame as the great moral force in twentieth century civil
ting, which have in turn been loaned to other states at a rood izilti' indeed humanity must be uuseeiii" nnnnniwintiv
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late uj. iun-irai., mini jniiiiesoia now lias u trust, linn f iniunm.
30 million dollars. Tu.irs have hecn reduced to a minimum.
iiiu imsiiihi's oi i.ne past in ureu'on r:innir .. mi.lmn i.,f m. natihv fiiro t-...;i .
t oui -------.. .v a i v. ' i Liii- n i fill, .ii'u imi. i in nitinnn ri i t it
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"About a year ago President Wil
son, addressing-congress on the sub
ject of currency legislation, said:
" 'It is not enough to strike the
shackles from business. The duty of
statesmanship is not negative merely.
It is constructive also. We must show
that we understand what business
needs and that we know how to sup
ply it."
"In the twelvemonth which has
elapsed since he said these words.
what conviction of this knowledge
has been' produced and how is it
shown? It is shown in the army of
unemployed labor, in the loner strings
of railway equipment lying idle in
ireigut yarus, in me recora-DreaKing
importations of merchandise, in the
decrease in the volume of orders at
mills and factories, in the lessening
oi DanK clearances, ana in the gener
al feeling of unrest and dissatisfac
tion. It must be that the president
was mistaken in his confidence of a
year ago.
"The latest challenge of the admin.
istration is taken un bv the Simmon.?
Hardware company, ot St. Louis, one
of the greatest business concerns in
the country. In a letter which this
company sent to the trade it ex
uresseu me oenei that ii congress
would "shut up shop and go home"
Dusiness recovery would come much
quicker. The veteran merchant who
heads the company confessed that he
was the author of the letter and also
acknowledges that he wrote the fol
lowing to a certain New York paper:
So far as the administration poll
cies are concerned I am one of the
warmest supporters of the president,
dui i Know a tnousand times more
about business and business condi.
tions than the president does.' "
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E. L. SWOPE, Agt. Western Oreg.
823 Main Street, Corner 9th
what we read in the majority of our
exchanges:
"Not satisfied with misrepresenta
tion, exaggeration and insinuation,
those men and interests who are seek
ing to discredit President Wilson by
claiming his policies are responsible
for the business depression are now
resorting to distortion and prevari
cation. "Business has nothing to fear from
Wilson's policies. His currency and
tariff legislation were sound and con
servative and an analysis of the man
and his actions dissipates the idea
that his anti-trust legislation will
either be conceived in radicalism or
pushed through the national congress
because of prejudice towards men,
interests or conditions."
The "divine right" of Big Business
to have its own sweet way in all it
desired, even to wrecking banks and
railroads, promoting financial panics,
conducting political campaigns and
controlling trade, has had its day in
America. The handwriting is on the
wall and everyone can read it plainly
except the aforesaid Big Business.
There will be no return to the con
ditions of the palmy days before the
awakening of public conscience, when
"The Interests" elaborated their fine
system for "Silencing Competition,"
as they politely called it (suffocat
ing competitors would probably be a
more appropriate phrase.) By the
same means they als succeeded in
silencing legislators and everything
else that stood in their way. They
were so successful, in fact, that they
overdid their work, were detected in
the act of pilfering from the people,
and publicly condemned. In his bit
ter fight with the Special Privilege
people the president has been remark
ably successful, and the best his ene
mies have been able to do in re
taliation is their attempt to put a
pseudo business depression into ac
tion. How the conspiracy worked is
told by the Hubbard Enterprise as
follows:
"About a year ago Big Business
tried to create a panic and bring
about a national calamitv. aa a result.
of the Democratic administration hav
ing been elected to power and that ad
ministration's proclamation that it
was going to pass some laws having
u wim d. b. ana lis antics; but
Big Business at once bumped its head
against tne leader of the adminis
tration and the plan failed. The laws
were passed. Big Business has since
had part of its system of crookeHnpss
opened up and exposed to the light
of the world in a way it had not
dreamed of before."
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A Peculiar Case
Now that women may vote for all
other public officials why should they
not vote at elections for school offic-;1
ers ? Usually a woman takes a deep
er interest in school affairs than does
her husband and there is no good
reason why she should not have a
voice in selecting the officers who
will shape the policy of the schools.
The property qualification provision
is all right so far as elections invol
ving the expenditure of money are
concerned and should be retained, but
if a woman may vote for a county
superintendent of schools at a general
election it is folly to say she shall
not vote for the director and clerk of
her own district. Amend the law.
Hillsboro Independent.
SEVERE BRONCHIAL COUGH
Doctors Feared Lung Trouble
Restored to Health by VinoL .
The medical profession does not be-'
lieve that lung troubles are inherited,
but a person may inherit a weakness -or
tendency to them.
Mrs. Kate Heckman, Springfield,
Ohio, says: "A few years ago I was
In a Tery bad run-down condition, and
the physician told me I had consump-,
tion. I tried another physician, and,'
he told me I had ulcers on my right '
lung. ' I quit the physicians and
started on 'Vlnol.' Today I am
perfectly healthy, and that la why I
recommend 'Vinol'."
Vlnol soothes and heals the Inflam
ed surfaces and allays the cough,
Vlnol creates an appetite, strengthens
the digestive organs and gives tha
patient Strength to throw off In
cipient pulmonary diseases.
Try a bottle of Vlnol with the un
derstanding that your money,, will be
returned If It does not help you.
Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City.
Spring Chickens Wanted
All the time. Will pay Oregonian
market price. Clackamas Hotel.
(A. Erickson.) Oregon City, Rt. 2.
Box 175; Phono Main 3051.-
A MISTAKEN IDEA
There are some people who still resort
to drugged pills or alcoholic svruos to
overcome colds, nervousness or general
debility, and who know that the pure,
unadulterated nourishment In Scott's
Emulsion is eminently better, but refrain
Irom taking it because the fear it mav
lead to excessive fat or obesity.
This is a mistaken idea, because Scott's
Emulsion first strengthens the body before
making flesh. Its blood-formine Drooer-
ties aid nature to throw off sickness by
building health from its very source, and
flesh is formed onlv bv its continued use.
Avoid alcoholic substitutes for SCOTT'S.
it is high time the voters of this State should awaken to the no- thropiut has saved the lives of ten per cent of the babies born
New York city, within the past year, by establishing nnsrenriz
ins plants to treat the milk fed the babies. We mention this
for the benefit of our millionaire readers, who want tr, rtn aom.
thing really worth while. And also for those nnrenr wlm rln
uot realize that a large part of the ills of childhood are caused
vi unm.iijj .-iiMii.ii UIUIIUIT9 in nun; id come, ii we are
to have far-seeing statesmanship we must have far-scvhig states
men, and we must not place in office those who are the mere
tools of the corrupt interests which have exploited Oregon for
their own benefit in the past.
It is a matter of history that the older political parties have l.v impure or improperly handled milk.
nearly always shielded corruption, while the newer have stood
for morality, progress and the good of the majority, therefore the
people will always be wise in listening to those who preach new
political doctrines. (let away from the old corrupt parties.
, The Courier believes that the man w ho can do most for Ore-
The deadly revolver, the deadly aeronlane. tl.o -lnlv n,,f.
"mi l,UJ Kieaiusnip are nerebv given notice that
they may have a one-day respite while the deadly Fourth of July
explosive gets in its work.
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OREGON CITY, ORC, ROUTE NO. 3.
The American people voted "thumbs
down," at the last general election,
for that class of Big Business which
has persistently and perniciously
meddled with politics. No mercy will
be shown toward those who have pro
ven themselves merciless toward their
competitors and their patrons. In
his campaign against Corrupt Big
Business President Wilson is merely
fulfilling the trust reposed in him by
a large majority of American citizens,
He is aware of the determined and
persistent efforts of his enemies to
break his popularity with the people
and his hold upon congress, but, says
the Albany Daily Democrat
'President Wilson has indicated
very positively that so far as his in
fluence is potent and no one will
question its weight the anti-trust
legislation will be put through at this
session of congress. The country at
large will applaud this determination.
The anti-trust bills are the crystalli
zation of public demand, lone- unheed
ed by Republican administrations and
congresses, isuch legislation is inevi
table, and, so far as legitimate busi
ness is concerned, it will be less dis
turbed by the immediate enactment
of the needed laws than by the con
tinuance of a state of uncertainty
pending their passage."
With the excention of the Enter-
prise, ana a few others of its persua-' ?blH"fcw''n'','1,uu,'o",o',ir",'i'''''iinie".
.vi., nv UCIIOVC IllUOb Ul 1116 IltJWS-
papers published in Oregon are favor
able to President Wilson and his re
form policies; at any rate they are
nearly all outspoken in their condem
nation of the cowardly attacks made
upon the president b'y those who
would stand in the way of progressive
legislation. The following from the
Eugene Daily Guard is a sample of
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