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4 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 OREGON CITY COURIER C. W. EOBEY, Editor and Business Manager Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter. Subscription Price $1.50. Telephones: Pacific 51; Home A-51. MEMBER OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION MEMBER OP OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN v ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES 1907-1916 RAINBOW HU(GH)ES, MEDICINE MAN . "Woof! woof!" snorted Rainbow Hu(gh)es, the big medicine man of the G. 0. P. "The war policies of Wilson are un-American and coward ly." Then Rainbow Hu(gh)es began daubing himself with rainbow hues to beguile the American people. Un-American and cowardly, eh 7 And so the press, the political rabble, and this hig-minded presidential can didate of the G. 0. P. have been rail ing with bitter vituperation against President Wilson for his policy in dealing with England and Germany in their aggresions upon the rights of America and other neutrals in the war of nations. There might be some justification for this rabid censure if the president and his policy had been cruelly unjust to Germany or England; but no one who is well-informed accuses the pres ident of such injustice. Again, there might be some excuse for this persis tent vilification of our chief magis trate if he had violated his oath of office or the constitution, which re quires he shall "establish justice, in sure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the gen eral welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos terity." But Wilson ty his construct ive legislation has fulfilled these de mands. He has put a stop to lawless submarine warfare. He has checked alien interference with our domestic affairs. He has effected settlement of differences with England and com mands respect in that quarter. And he has accomplished for Mexico a de liverance from her distressing chaotic situation without war and without American intervention a method which never dawned upon the warlike Teddy or-the judicial Willie. When the fire of human pasion was raging over the powder magazine of war in Europe and just a little spark of indiscretion would have involved our country in the universal disaster Wilson was discreet. He did not speak the harsh word. He remem bered " a soft answer turneth away wrath." He did not strike the blow of passion. He remembered "pride go eth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall." Wilson's policies have been within the Ten Commandments. They have exhibited the spirit of the Golden Rule and the divine law of conciliation. He has constantly moved within the Thir teenth chapter of First Corinthians. The president's course lay between di plomacy and war. Now Buppose he had abandoned diplomacy. Suppose he had broken off relations with Ger many a year or two ago what then ? Submarining would have lost all re straint. But suppose that Germany, being deeply incensed, had declared war upon us, or we had declared war upon Germany what then? Little is the damage we could have done Germany. But great damage would have been done us. Her submarines would have harassed our seaports and our com merce. We would have been at war with the foreign sympathizers among us. They would have attacked our public men, destroyed our railroads, public buildings, warehouses, eleva tors, bridges, schools and churches. The dynamiter and assassin would have worked havoc among us. We have never been prepared to cope with such a situation. And yet "deeds" resulting in the destruction of American institutions are the insistent demand of G. 0. P. patriots ( ? ) . Such counsel is un American and diabolical. And the people know it. As a Christian statesman President Wilson is honored by the nations at war Ho is honored by his own coun trymen. . But where is the Christian ity of the horde of republican editors and politicians and leaders like Roos evelt, Taft and Hughes, who slur and slander Christian principles and pol icies and demand policies that are devilish? The peoplo perceive that Christian diplomacy has aceompliuhcd the same results that devilish war would have gained us but without bloodshed, de vastation and hate. The country will judge between Wilson, the Christian statesman, and his hypocritical accus ers in November. "Woof! woof!" sniffs the medicine man in rainbow hu(gh)es. THE CALAMITY HOWLER The calamity howler is abroad in the land. He is like the dismal coy ote on the hilltop his voice is mul titudinous but he is few. He wails about the "times." Not about the present time, when lumbermen and fruitgrowers are wild ly calling for cars to carry their pro ducts to clamorous purchasers in dis tant states. Not about the millions in gold that are steadily pouring into American pockets from our foreign commerce. Not about wages of A merican workmen, which the recenl report of the U. S. department of la bor shows have had an increase in the industries of from five to twenty per cent in the last four years. No, not about present times. But the calamity howler wails a bout the times that are coming. He tells us in doleful tones and woeful in tonations of the dire times that will fall upon us when the European war comes to an end. Then a mighty slump will sweep away all our pros perity. Then our foreign markets will be closed. -Then our furnaces and factories will shut down. Then !? But who is this calamity howler and why does he howl ? His name is G. 0. P. He belongs to the old guard and the stand-pat bunch of patriotic ( ? ) citizens. Why does he howl calamity? Simply be cause it is a part of the G. 0. P. tac tics to create a psychological situa tion. He is endeavoring to undermine public confidence. - He is trying to brew the storm of panic in the clear sky of prosperity. He would make the people believe business stagnation and financial stringency are sure to come. He figures that if the people will but believe this, they will hoard their earings and withhold their hV vestments and so may precipitate a business crash through lack of con fidence. And there is method in this mad ness. There is a subtle purpose here. It is simply to discredit the Wilson administration before the country. It is a strategic move to restore the old- guard and the stand-pat clique to pow er. It is a move to reinstate the in visible government, which so long, un- dor republican administrations, has dictated to congress and the supreme court. But the American citizen has cut his wisdom teeth. He will not be fooled by the dismal howlings of the G. O. P. coyote. Every intelligent citizen knows that when the European war ends and the rehabilitation of devastated France, Belgium, Servia, Montenegro, Bulgar ia and Turkey begins, an unprecedent ed demand will be made for everything turned out by American industries; American forests will bo heavily drawn upon for building materials; mines and mills will find a pressing market for metal work; cotton and woolen mills will work to the limit to clothe the millions and leather indus tries to provide footwear; the farmer, dairyman, fruitgrower and stock rais er will find the best market in history for everything he can produce to feed those famished peoples for those countries must look immediately to foreign markets. It will be a long time before they can enter the mar kets of the world as anything but purchasers. Wilson's policy of economic and in dustrial preparedness and the estab lishment of a government merchant marine will see the vast shipments of munitions of war suddenly changed into a commerce of peace- and those awful times seen by the G. 0. P. ca lamity howler will fail to materialize. This is not the first time that ex traordinary' conditions have necessi tated a resort to extraordinary meas ures, and that it has been necessary for the government to serve private interest in order to protect the public interest. So says the New York World. In the year 1907 the United States experienced one of the most disastrous panics of its history. Years were re quired to liquidate it. In the midst of this panic President Roosevelt placed the resources of the Uuited States Treasury at the dispo sition of J. Pierpont Morgan and a coterie of New York bankers. Some of tthese men were immedi ately, responsible for the panic, in the sense that it began in their determina tion to crush Morse. They did not in tend to have a panic, but they loosed forces that they were unable to con trol. When the panic became a fact, how ever, there was no time to waste in fixing responsibility. The thing to do was stop it. The quickest way to stop it was to turn the treasury over to Mr. Morgan and his associates and let them re-establish the market. This was done. In theory there could be no act of government more reprehensible moral ly, legally and politically than to put a group of Wall street bankers into physical possession of the United States treasury. No sane man would think of defending it as an established policy of government. Nevertheless, there was no other method immediate ly available of meeting the crisis. The United States had an antiquated bank ing and currency law which encour aged panics, and the situation had to be met without an hour's delay. The panic was stopped. Mr. Mor gan and his associates are said to have made fortunes out of their operations, and probably they did. It could not have been ottherwise, but their gains were small in comparison with the losses the country would have sus tained if the panic had continued even a week. Out of this situation, however, came the public sentiment that finally enab led President Wilson to obtain the en actment of the bankink and currency law which has made the United States panic-proof. The country confronted a similar situation of disaster in the threatened railroad strike. The president and congress took the swift and sure way to avert it. The president and congress saved the country from a civil war and gave it time for calm, dispassionate action to prevent a similar crisis in the fu ture. What would be the state of af- airs in the United States today if less prompt and effective measures had been adopted by the government That is the complete reply to all this irresponsible criticism. YOU and US By an Inmate of the Oregon State Penitentiarv in "Lend a Hand." THE BOY T. R, is some political acrobat, but he must yield the palm to Hughes, who has talked across the continent and back and nevor touched an issue. New Business J This bank, the oldest in Clackamas County is gaining new business every day. I New patrons are attracted by the size of the institution, the conservative and safe policies of its management, and its capacity for meeting the require ments of the business public. I Our depositors are always glad to recommend us to those seeking banking accomodations; our off icers are always pleased to confer with those who wish to connect themselves with a progressive bank. German is Spoken Here 4 Per Cent Paid on Time Certificates THE BANK OF OREGON CITY Oldest Bank in Clackamas County In the early stages of a child's life the chief thought of the parents is to keep the little one alive and healthy, Every other member of the family must give way to the baby. It is hu mored in a thousand ways and it be comes aware of this somewhere be tween three and five years of age, and develops a tendency to become a petty tyrant. Then the second Gtage of its life begins. The lessons of in dulgence which the little one has learned must be unlearned. It must submit to family discipline; it must have regard for others and give up the thought that they all exist merely to serve it. In the family the child finds a small social system in which it is prepared for the larger social system of the community and the state, says the knterprise Record-Chieftan. The average boy has a disposition not to submit to this family discipline, There is something truculent and bel ligerent in him, an element of assert- iveness and insistence on having his own way, and an inborn inclination to settle every differece by giving battle The boys kick over chairs, slam doors and throw books at random when they recognize that the person seeking to correct them is stronger than thev. This combativeness is seen in one boy, or group of boys, wantonly attacking others without sticks and stones, with out any pretense of an excuse. When the boy is going through this stage it requires tact to modify his wayward tendencies without aggra vating them. Thus it is a common thing for a boy to face a succession of "don'ts" when he comes into the house in the evening and starts letting off steam. He is apt to think everybody is against him and he says he "can't have any fun." The consequence is he develops a hostility in return and transforms himself into a small out law. Persistent scolding, followed by physical punishment, has made many a boy an oltuaw m fact, have driven him from home and ruined his life. Criminal reports from the cities show young boys the greatest offend ers, and for this the harsh, stupid and unsympathetic treatment of parents is chiefly to blame. A boy whose home atmosphere alternates between harsh repression and sheer neglect has not a real show in life. The little fellows want companionship and con sideration from their elders and gen erally are ready to do the right thing it given half a chance. They will cling to home and prefer it if it is made attractive and if their rights are recognized. R. L. Holman, Leading Undertaker, f ifth and Main St.; Telephones: Pa cific 415-J; Home B-18. Money to Loan We can make any size loan from 100.00 up to $10,000.00 AT 7i Dillman & Howland Eighth & Main St. Oregon City ... Oregon Enlightened people of the present day are rapidly erasing the black line which has for generations been drawn by the selfish and arrogant between themselves and those of their human brothers and sisters who have been too weak or misguided to live up to the standard set up for them. The old saws, "Once a thief, always a thief," and "Give a dog a bad name," etc., have been proven false time without number, yet there are enough people on the outside with skulls too thick or who, for selfish interests, will not ac cede to the appeals of those of our class who are willing to show them these claims as concrete facts, and to them can be traced the efforts to block or deride any movement which spells danger to their purses or polit ical power. " Yet the humane, common-sense element are increasing rapidly, as may be seen by the radical changes being made in states which for years have supported the old brutal, pun itive policies in prison administration and the suspicious, side-stepping at titude toward those who have had the misfortune to be confined within pris on walls. Those who have adhered so tenaciously to the old system have seen the writing on the wall and are either swinging into line with the hu manitarians or being shoved aside by the swiftly-moving machine which is clearing the road to opportunity for the unfortunate. You, on the outside, must see (if you will take the trouble to look) that there is little or no fundamental dif ference between yourselves and us that we should not be eternally con demned because we have failed where you have succeeded; that to be just with yourselves you must of neces sity be just to us. We have not chos en deliberately to do wrong for the love of evil acts we may have com mitted in preference to doing what would have been right, but rather were victims of a disease (lack of will power, if you prefer it), which, lack ing proper attention, grew until became too strong and opportunity or circumstances brot it to the surface in some overt act. This is not a hope less condition, but will respond read ily to proper treatment, and that is what we want what we demand from you. How do you know that some day you may not fall a victim of circumstances which will place you in the position we now occupy? It is not impossible. Men who have occu pied high positions senators, con gressmen, judges, ministers have succumbed to temptation or been caught thru accident and forced to penal servitude. . When you view matters in this light the dividing line between us is extremely faint, do you not think? Then consider our needs from the standpoint of personal sympathy; as tho it were yourself or some one very near and dear to you who was being held back from his birthright of equality by a careless or caloused so cial custom. If you have ever committed an in discretion for which, had you been apprehended, the grated doors would have swung open for you, but which you escaped thru influence financial political or social , or not being-detected, do you consider that you are better than we who were caught and have paid the penalty by servitude? Is the fact that one has been in pris on worn the uniform of degredation the cause of the sharp line drawn so long? I can t believe it, and yet I know of many cases where the victim was, (as Sir Gilbert Parker so aptly remarks) "guilty as hell," and because they escaped prosecution and impris onment society did not hold against them; and other cases where the vic tims had later been proven innocent. yet society in its blindness would not accept them because they had been in prison. Is this justice? If the mere fact of imprisonment is just cause for the condemnation of society then I say that society should condemn Jesus Christ; for was he not in prison? It is high time that you take a sen sible view of things and if you are not in favor of crime for personal reas ons, get busy and help us to get back to honesty and respectability by rub bing out the line; when you look at it in the proper light it is only in the nature of a smoked glass anyway, and distorts the view. . Clear away what ever there is between us which has so long been considered an unsurmount able barrier and get a close look at us. The sight will not blind you; rather will open up to you vistas of which you never dreamed. There is no honor in condemning your fellow man, but no one can be of help to an other without bringing upon them selves honor and esteem. You and we are closer than mere strangers; we are your servants, sub- ect to your every command as to our actions, and what those actions are to be depends very largely upon your at titude toward us now and after we leave here to make new start with a handicap far greater than mere pov erty. With your help we have a good chance to "come back" to respect ability; without it the chances are poor indeed. By using good judgment properly leavened with humanity and under standing you can easily transform us from liabilities to assets, but if we are to be used as pawns upon the po litical chess board there is little hope that wo willver lighten your burden by becoming producers instead of the destructive parasites with which you have so long been cursed. Open your eyes and your hearts to ' these things which are really skele tons in every family closet; co-operate I with us in a work for your benefit as well as ours. Helping us helps you. Co abe a itore of your confidence is the thought with which this store started. It has been the ambjtion of all its years. Encouraged by the progress we have made and the appre ciation we have received through our efforts, we have busily been making use of every facility we could command, to reach a higher level of usefulness to the public, whose generous patronage has made possible this announcement of a Greater purmefeter & gnbresen We have just completed occupation of our enlarged store, occupying 4,000 square feet of floor space, and in equipment the equal of any similar establishment in the state. Our stock has been added to until we have now on display almost every thing imaginable in Jewely, Watches, Silverware, Kodaks, Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs, Etc. Our new establishment will in no way cause us to deviate from our well-known reputation for modest charges. Our guarantee-of-satisfaction selling plan has swept away all skepticism and established us fully in the confidence of the buying public. Our growth is the result of serving our customers with a singleness of purpose giving a maximum of value combined with our unlimited guarantee and we are appreciative of the responsive support. We always want our 'establishment to be known as the "Honor" store. Its an intangible something can't be seen can't put your finger on it but it's there its a very im portant element in buying Jewelry. There are some whose word you accept unchallenged. Others careless in their statements do not stand so high in your estimation. It is character and honor that distinguishes stores as well as men. We want you to realize that here we transact our business with you on the honor plan. This store has always had the privilege of being consid ered first in its line. This has not been a matter of chance, but has come through sincere study and effort. An invitation to you could not be more personal than the one expressed in this announcement, for we are thinking of everyone of our friends and patrons, asking that you favor us with your presence and permit us to show you our new establishment. You will surely enjoy the visit and we will also. purmefeter & gfabretfen Oregon City, Oregon Suspension Bridge Corner IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH MILL WORKS NICELY. Judge Campbell Presented With Many Matrimonial Knots. There is little friction these days in the operation of the divorce mill in the local circuit court. Matrimonial knots that have become sadly hard ened by conjugal infelicity seem to be growing more numerous with the balmy days of harvest and Hymen's harvest doesn't compare just at pres ent with the harvest of that particu lar and peculiar genius whose opera tions on the broad highway of life re sult in divorces. Clara B. Maloney says in a com plaint filed on Monday that Ralph E. to her private expense account after Maloney was cruel to her. Kalph dissolution of their "for better or fnr will suffer for his cruelty because the worse," partnership. According to uivorce mm is sureiy going 10 cui nia matrimonial relationship in twain. There are no children and there is no tells us that Paul is guilty of deser-I Frank Busch, Third tion, and, therefore, a decree is just A nine pound baby boy was born to and proper punishment for Mr. Ry- Mrs. Frank Busch, wife of Frank der i Busch, Jr., on Monday morning. S. Linton will pay his wife $25 each month after he wins a divorce from ! The Courier and the Daily Jour her. That is the inducement he pre- nal $4.75. sents to Judge Campbell in his re quest for a divorce. S. Linton says that Zella. Linton is a "confirmed scandal monger," and that she prys into his private affairs too much. Adline Baxter, whose husband is employed in the local mills, asks for a divorce from Charles E. Baxter on A GOOD POSITION The passage of the' eight hour law by Congress has ere- the grounds of cruelty, she further ;u d Dig uemana ior telegraph requests that Charles e., who is weii operators, both in railway and paid for his labors, remit $50 monthly commercial Service property to enter into the action. The couple was married at Stockton, Cal., on June 23, 1914, and the home is in Portland. Agnes Phillips has been hard to please during the time she has been married to Mr. Phillips, which joyous event dates from September 4, 1912. The marriage took place at Newport, Ore. Phillips gave up many profit able locations and traveled extensive ly up and down the Pacific coast in search of a place that would please his spouse as a home. He gave up the ghost of hope this week and wants to pick out his own home hereafter. Ettie A. Johnson doesn't want long er to be the wife of Clifford D. John son, to whom she was married in this very city on May 26, 1910. Clifford has been cruel to Ettie, says the com plaint filed Tuesday, and Ettie would bring such an unpleasant life to an end. Now comes one Fae B. Ryder, who married Paul Ryder at Salem on Sep tember 12, 1913, and asks the court divorce mill to grind out a decree sep arating her from Paul. Paul, it seems, left home uncermoniously one bright day in fact, the complaint Young men and young wo- al charges against his wife, and these P 5 $oO and $90 per month. were the cause of much mental an guish, to resort to the legal idiom. A decree was signed this week sep arating Mary A. Ainsworth and Tay lor Ainsworth. LAUNDRY SUED. Write at once for full Dar- , ticulars to the Railway Telegraph Ins'f. Panama Bldg., Portland, Ore. M L. Blakeslee Owes State for Fac-' tory Inspection Service. M. L. Blakeslee and the Oregon City laundry are made defendants in an action brougt yesterday by- the state of Oregon through District At torney Gilbert L. Hedges. The state would collect from Blakeslee $65, which represents the costs of several inspections made of the laundry plant by C. H. Gram of the state depart ment of labor. Licenses Issued. Marriage licenses were issued on Wednesday to Charles Bickner of Os wego and Marie Estelle Jarisch; Leo Updike of jjherryville and Katie Odell and to Frederick William Marshal of Mulino and Miss Emma Kleinsmith, of Clarkes. The Courier $1.00 per year. PER CENT MONEY $5,000 to loan on Clack amas County farm secured by 1st mortgage. Dillman & Howland Eigth & Main Sts. Oregon City, Oregon S&H STAMPS GIVEN sraK VALUJES M.miiuiv. r- S&H STA MPS GIVEN SUITS OVERCOATS RAINCOATS 166-ITO third STv' Courier and Daily Journal $4.75. Double S. & H. Green Trading Stamps given when this ad is presented within ten days of date. EQUAL TO CASn DISCOUNT. PORTLAND, OREGON C. F. O. C. Sept. 21
