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MORNING ENTERPRISE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1912.
FARMER'S FRIEND
IS
RECORD OF MORE THAN A CEN
TURY PROVES THIS BEYCND
ALL POSSIBLE DOUBT.
A HOME MARKET ASSURED
Fallacies of Professor Wilson's Argu
ment and of Democratic Free
Trade Exposed by Facts
American Farmers Have
Always Benefited by a
Protectee. Tariff.
The Democratic Tariff bill,
courageously vetoed by President
Taft, PLACED CEREALS ON
THE FREE LIST.
A vote for President Taft and
the Republican ticket is the safe
guard of the farmer against the
entry into the United States, duty
free, of the products of the great
fields of Canada and other grain
growing countries.
Professor Wilson Is telling the far
mers over and over again, that they
have never been protected that they
do not need protection. Then in this
connection the professor adds: "But
everything you use on the farm, ev
erything that you wear, and a great
deal of what you eat, but do not pro
, duce yourself, including meats, bears
a heavy duty, which brings. about the
interesting result that you are paying
for the wealth of the United States
and getting nothing, or equivalent to
'nothing, so far as the tariff is con
cerned. Now that hasn't just begun
to be true. It has always been true."
It is not true. The protective tariff
does benefit the farmers. American
farmers know this fact, and by their
Totes have helped to maintain the
policy of protection. Without their
votes the party of protection could
not have won a single presidential
election in the last forty years. Have
the farmers been mistaken through
all these years? They have not. Has
protection been of no value to them?
It certainly has.
All history and all fact dispute the
academic free trade contention that
the farmer has no share in the bene
fits of protection. In every period of
industrial depression, resulting from
the destruction of the tariff duties be
low the protective point, the farmers
of this country have been heavy
losers, because of diminished demand
and lower prices for their products.
Ia the most recent period of Demo
cratie free trade legislation 1M4-97
the fanners of the United States lost
fully five billion dollars in reduced
price of farm products, and dimin
ished value of farm property. Ia
every period of restored protection
the farmers have reaped the benefits
of a greater demand sad increased
prices. There has been aa exeeptiea
to the rule of prosperity for American
farmers, when Americas labor is fully
employed.
Here are some roefs ef that fact.
In a recent statement by Seaatoi
Smoot printed in the Congressional
Record of August tt, 191 J, it is shown
that ia December, 189, after two
years of free trade tariff revisiea un
der the Wilson law of 1S94, the pric
of corn was twenty-three cents a
bushel, while in December, 1011, aftei
fourteen years of restored , protection
the price of corn was sixty-nine centt
a bushel; or an advance over 1896 ot
200 per cent.
Using 1896 as the basis of com
parison with December, 1911, it it
found that under a protective tariff:
Corn advanced 200 per cent.
Wheat advanced 67 per cent.
Cotton advanced 28 per cent.
Oats advanced 166 per cent.
Rye advanced 137 per cent.
Barley advanced 308 per cent. "
Hay advanced 138 per cent.
Hops advanced 288 per cent.
Potatoes advanced 282 per cent.
Flaxseed advanced 149 per cent.
Fat cattle advanced 62 per cent.
I Fat hogs advanced 96 per cent.
Dairy Butter advanced 86 per cent
Eggs advanced 90 per cent
While the price of farm products
has increased, the price of article
which the farmer purchases has not
Increased in proportion. He can buj
more today with the products of his
farm than he could in 189S. For m
ample:
Ten bushels of corn in 1911 paid for
125 pounds of sugar, and only 58
pounds in 1896.
Ten t-hels of corn paid for 31
yards of bleached sheeting In 1S11
anr! only 13 yards in 1896.
Ten b-.-shels of corn In 1911 paid for
two pairs of shoes, and only one pair
In 18?6.
Professor Wilson and other Demo
cratic speakers and writers assert
what ia abolutely untrue when ther
say, that the protective tariff robs
and in no way benefits the American
farmer. As a matter of fact, ther
is probably no class of American pro
ducers whose share i the benefits oi
protection in the past ifteea years,
has been so great m tke share ef tks
American farmer.
If the farmers rlgktiy naderetaad
their iatereets, they will vets agelaat
the party f free trade. They will east
Biz Millien retet fer rVeetteat Taft
and Yice PreaMeatt Iherata aed a
conttaaatioa of the Raoriee. peHer
cf pieteetieeu
Literally l ranalated.
On TisidBg Irelaad the treat traveler
Livingstone was ajecfc f?ted. ia Dub
lin at a diaaer party he happened te be
placed aext te a Hterary lady wfce was
a very eteut wewaa. Iha werrie him
sreatly about the laaguage ef the say
age caanibals ameag wheat ha had
managed to live and wanted ta knew
the sound of their language. He spoke
a sentence of it to satisfy her. and aha
answered. "Being translated, ' what
does that mean!" "It means." he re
plied, "there ia great cutting on you."
PROTECTIO
What Does a Change
Mean For YOU?
With our abundant crops and prosperity in all lines of busi
ness in the country, our farmers, our laborers, and our business
men are going to think twice before voting for a change in the
republican management of our national affairs. The following
wise words of Chairman Hilles, of the national republican commit
tee, are worth pondering over by the voter :
Two groups of zealous politicians are crying to the country
for a change in our national administration. :
They want to take charge
sr,
is.
is serious business, and you should weigh the consequences with a
serious mind. Don't take mere words. Seek facts.
Out of this whirlwind of language which the "spellbinders" send
beating about your ears, what is it that stands out, first and all
the time?
"We want a change in Washington."
A change for what? To what?
The present administration, after nearly four years' hard work,
has finally succeeded in restoring the country's business to a pros
perous basis. '
The mills are running full time. Mines are operating all their
shifts. Factories are working to capacity. Commerce is thriving.
The country is free of labor troubles and financial troubles.
The working man is steadily gaining better wages. The farmer
is growing steadily more prosperous. The market for farm prod
ucts'has never been so broad and generous.
The railroads report the heaviest freight and passenger traffic
in their existence. Shipping is everywhere active. Public warks
on a great scale are everywhere under way. Trade is moving
smoothly, in ever-increasing volume. The savings banks are over
flowing with money.
The United States is on the threshold of the greatest boom in
its history. Within six" months, under present conditions, we will
dwarf the great period that followed the Spanish war.
And our prosperity will be here to stay, for we are on sotnader
jround than we were in '98.
The trust problem has been settled and settled right. "Big
Business" has been put in its proper place, and this wrthemt halt
ing industry or disorganizing affairs. The currency ajuestiw is
understood as it never h'as been, and will be solved along saund
lines as sown as the heat of partisan political controversy dies down.
The tariff is gradually being placed on a business basis, and sen
will Be out ef palitics, as it shwuld.
Everything is shaping to give the American people a laag , -broken,
unparalleled period of peace and plenty.
And at this time of all others, along come these political geartla
men shouting for a change.
Do you want a change? Do yu want to check prasseHy just
as you are about to pluck its choicest fruits?
Would yeu, the workers who must pay, commit the mad folly
of taking your government out af tried and proven hands and
rurning it over to the self-seekers who are clamoring for its control?
When President Taft took over the government the country was
prostrate. Industry was paralyzed. Business was chaotic, uncer
tain, suspicious. Millions were out of employment. Investors,
wherever possible, had withdrawn their capital. Enterprise was
dead.
All this was the result of the panic of 1907, the "talking panic."
The "Rich Man's" Panic, it was called. But do you remember any
poor man who was not hurt?
It took the Taft administration over three years to repair the
damage of this panic. It required infinite patience, skillful man
agement at home and abroad, unflinching enterprise, good judg
ment and vast prudence to bring the country out of that black pit.
And now that the pit is covered, and the country is basking
once more in the level sunshine of prosperity, do yau want to take
a chance on being thrown back? Do you want to take a chance
on being talked into another and a needless panic?
The question is not to be settled by talk, no matter how smart.
The huzzahs of the hustings may make sweet music, but m the
background of the future you may hear the mutterings of a people
unemployed.
Your family stands with you at the dividing line, which has
happiness and prosperity on one side and unhappineas and even
want on the other.
If you are a tramp, without kindred and without responsibility,
by all means follow the adventurers. But if you own a stain in
the country, if you have kith or kin dependent on the job yen held,
weigh carefully the words and deeds of those who woaW lead yaw
in a mad gallop to the precipica of experimemtal garernnsaart.
Remember, a change at Washington would meam evrytHk Ser
them. But what would it mean for you? i
. Would Mr. Taft's defeat help ymuf
Would the theories, untried and unpraven, on wkkh the poli
ticians are seeking to ride hrto office, benefit yew wife and fn nifty ?
Brush aside all the fine language of tke orators long aaoaifk
to dig out answers to these quoatiow. You will tke laava a rea
sonably safe guide on electiaa day, for, hVe troe ebairkjr, taea
politic begins at home. Tht hrtofligawt anas vote for that taitkh
is best for himself d thtse defeniemt mt, him, and ut imr that
which is best only for the affcar feUmxf. Be is not aaiolod by the
shadow of the bone ia the water.
The American fetple, for the first time m yets, hwae mt hme
ef prosperity firmly between their teeth. Are they prefmrei, like
tne f -H rue je&ie, t& rmf it, rw
TV. Risk Per a Car.
A asaa eliabea akeard a Cliataa are
ant ear witk a laixe bnndle in hts
ansa. Ha Ished ia his pocketa for
rkaaaw aad fanari Mae. From his
eaekatbonk ke tank a ten rieUnr bill.
. "It's the smallent I hare. Can ymi
ehaejre It?"
The mnclnetr m-orafnlly pulled the
bell "nrd m-e. '
"Ten don't want a afreet Mr." b
said, "you wnnt n raxicnh "
And he opened the rar tn let thi
plutorrat nff. Newark New.
of the nation. They want to
administer public affairs.
And they promise wildly,
eagerly what they will do in
return if only they are
granted control.
From Maine to California,
their words fill the air.
And have you, the work
ers and taxpayers, whose af
fairs these gentlemen would
control, stopped to analyze
their proffers and promises ?
You should.
To the politicians them
selves these proffers and
promises are of no special
importance. They have
nothing to lose. They have
everything to gain. Even
if they lose, they win; for
the contest will keep them
in the limelight.
But for you, the workers
and taxpayers, this contest
cmms nusrve sttwwsr a
' Tk ft he law Nerth
Tke Nartk m it m skattaw tkat a
reel a sail tnm Iaadea ta -bnrx
ia water as saara tka 19a ft
deep exeept far akart stpearfc. If
rkia iepfk renll ha Mrsas4. ay -kalf-fhat
ta. tka kattaat af tka Martk
sea raised sixty faet-4ka hdaatfa af tke
Friaiaa share wanld ka Haka4 tsjatksr
is an erea eeast Iiaa, a bait ef last taa
miles bread wanld bt addee! ta tka
Danish eaast. a molrirnda af iw is
lands waald spring np eff the BagTIsk
and Belgian eeeara and a great laland
weald rise up ia tke Dogger bank.
For the Children
Sailor, the Famous Dog Col
. lector of Money For Orphans.
by American Press Association.
There died recently at Southampton.
Ensland. a dog known to many trans
atlantic travelers. Those young folks
who nave crossed the ocean on liners
landing at Southampton in recent yeara
must surely have seen him and if so
will recognize his portrait This dog
was a Newfoundland, and his name
was very appropriately Sailor. With his
collecting box strapped across his
shoulders Suilor used to watch the com
ing and going of all steamers at South
ampton. His mute appeal for funds to
aid the Seamen's orphanage was rery
effective, and during his career he col
lected nearly $2,500 for that institu
tion. Sailor was eight years old when
death ended his life of usefulness.
Game of Minerals.
Tou elder boys and girls will enjoy
playing the following game. It la call
ed the game of minerals:
Prepare beforehand a sheet of paper
for every player with tea qneatteus
written ea It and a space left aftes
each one for the aaswer.
The tea e.uetlefls are:
1. Whlek ailneral kas aiwaya haa
tke greatest vaiwe?
I. Wktek artaera.1 hi the aseot eeefel
t BMBkt4?
8. Weal asiaaral waa a TeejoeaWa
prevtens ta tta arwreat fevaar
4. Wkat atrawat la aiisaaarf ta wmt
erfstaaeet
B. Wkat. ta ear paaetta, ia eseaweaaa
ly eanac -laadr . ,
6. Tke pesss tea ef wat artaewrt Si
nappes ta k ffl tea ta Ike
T. Wkat aHaaeal hara;a Mart
ts eft-en fnm4 ta the etsaaslr at?
kefsT
tt Wkat arreeeal aosetred tke l
ef a mrtaefeajaal isttrf
. Wkat aitaeealB eatter kit ke
peaftlea ef tTatft Maaaa eeaaaT
lt aaawasa aae:
1. OelC
S. Tea.
Oeal.
alt.
Orapkite. .
Opal
retrelenm.
Mereary.
Geli. atlTer. alekel. eepper.
. Columbus ana the Ef g.
Tke true stery ef Cernaibns 4 tkl
egg in Ilk this: After Celnmkna re
tnrae4 frem his perilnes reynge nasaj
of tke cenrtlers. wke were jealeus ei
him. taunted him witk the words
"Anybody rents' hare teae what yoc
did jnst by aaillag steadily westward."
"Te be sure." sale" tke aavigator
"bnt I'll shew yea aeatetkiag yen eaa'l
dn." Calllag far aa egg. ke asked
them te naka ft staad steady en It?
nmalleat end. They all Med la rain
Then Cnlnmbns teek a katfe and wltt
a stroke Rstteaed the eat ae that th
egg atesd nmly en tke takte.
"Ok." erled tke eenrtiera. "we did aei
knew yen in east t de it tkat way
That's easy '
"Anrthlag f essy If yen kaew hew."
answered Columbns; "so it (a with tht
diwnTn-Tpf the aew werhj " Phila
delphiN Ledger
Conundrums.
Have yen heard the tery a bent th
rg "i 'he reW N: Well, that
settles it
Whes did the lohater htneh? TThes
he bsw the ld drwwiag Philadel
phia ldrer
Ths Braam Ship.
Bister i I hnvw tht- arondaM Mtae
At mt wt wr m ta hod.
Wr kap mm am 44 aaa k,
B aorar ware ia mtd.
am we ptor tarn am- had Is a eaaMlfal
haat.
Aad mm aad fa faraiaja aaaraa.
Shar ae la aha aaaat r laa ! aftaat.
Wleh aavar a aaaa af aaaa
We rtaOt earaaaa raada. aad wa aaa man
eating the Walter.
ae ef the regalar eaeteateaa af a
arty reacaetaat eheerr-ed. far eereral
aaeniaajs that whea earring tke dishes
a aaw wetter wan Id Isvariahly get his
taacas ia tke ateat aad vegetable
dtekae. Wkea tke aforesaid waiter
eaaie aaaa ad to tke takla eae morning
the oqeteaaew gave the fetiewiag order,
anpaleneated with seme sarcastic
aaeaateett:
"Otre aaa twe hard hailed egge with
Mm sheila aa. s eeceaant and a pet ef
tea. New. get year lagers be 'an, will
yeur-Llfe.
!v J
L 4 m ")
4
ataavoa
ayhsis aajaa aaa" iimaa pal tr.
Aed Bhajr waar aaa leeeakaat stadhsa el
8"
Aad waadaaaal tatao akav tag.
aeaa we aa aaava-dsaaaa fciiai aataart
Vae leaar aSa aa aaa.
a haak a oar h we eaahMhr aadl
Waaa ma aeaej aar beast ahaa
Aad saaha far aha aaa aOjaia nitHeiil
aaa.
wa he ateae- state a ibb ta seeee,
Aed acta hi the ateae adiaae we eaep the
h
Ta lead aa MmH Baaaajsa afeeaa.
GANDERBONE'S FORECAST
8
NOVEMBER
"Who is the candidate ahead,
And gaining rapidly?" they said,
"The one who dasheS down the track
With the others howling at his back?
"Why, that,'' said Hillis,
Hopeful still
"Why, that's our man,
I reckon, Bill.'
"The one is running tights,-"they said
"With a smelling bottle at his side,
His backers greeting him with cheers,
And his knee-caps fanning at his ears"
"Wrhy, that," said Mr.
Bryan. "Yes;
Why, thatls our JerseymaTi,
I guess,"
"The fast man raising all the dust?"
They said in evident distrust.
"The fehows showing tEem his heels
Like farmhand going to his .meals?"
"Why, that,"the
Roosevelters said,
"Why, that's our lion hunter,
Ted."
"The front one galloping?"they whined
"With his coat-taTTs standing out be
hind, His brogans putting up the dirt,
And a sandbur working in his shirt?"
"That's him," they
Separately said.
"That's Bill!" "The Jerseyman!"
And Ted!"
November is from the Latin novem,
nine. , It was formerly the ninth month
of the year, but Nuina, who was run
nig for a third term, refuse! to issue
tluj regular Thanksgiving proclama
tion until he knew how he was coming
out, and pushed it along to eleventh
place. He was defeated and did not
claim any Thanksgiving at all, but the
one and two-termers got togetTTer,'and
the day was celebrated over his head.
A fond farewell, tho lovely fall, the
winter days are coming. The ivy rat
tles on the wall, and the flowers are
succumbing. The wild goose wedges
down the sky, with Boreas to bite him,
and the bull moose sounds his thrill
ing cry for all who care to fight him.
Adieu to peace, the tender sky, the
beauties of the season, the candid
ate's untrouble eye and the mere ap
peals to reason. The battle rushes to
its close, the bull begins to bellow,
and the last man with a bloody nose
The Parisian Aristocrat of Toay.
1 enre heard a mischierous EngltKb-
miya Mhts Maude Annesley ia
her irnnk. "My I'arisidn Tear."' "aek a
d-neheese of the old wheel if she were
geiag t a garden party at the pt9i
Oat's palai-e. Her head went tip late
tke air and she aaswered haujrkrlly. 'I
aaa sending my jaaitorP " The writer
adds tkat nearly all these Fanbeoraeoiti
are ReyaHetu and nearly alt religious;
tkat rkey live In a world ef their ewa.
tgatere the republic aa much es pea
aikle tad keep np as well aa they eaa
tke eld peaip. "It aiwaya Frem te ase
that tfcey are waiting. They aad rketr
aaesetera kave sees republics eosse and
ge. Will H test foeever?" they aeeai te
aak."
Tho Fifth Nerve.
Saeeelag la averted by premiBg the
npper tip. beeanse hr deing eo we
deedea the inpremrian Bande aa a irer
taia hranrh af the Bfth nerve, sseoa
lag keiag a reflex action excited by
aeate slight impreawion on that serve.
Rneeaiag doee ant take pUf-e whea the
iftk servo le paralyzed, even though
the eense of smell is retained.
A Monster Organ,
ariag sixty stops and 8.000 pie.
tke organ at Haarlem, north Flollnnd
Is one of the largest in Km rune.
O
will be a lucky fellow.
The field at Armageddon throbs
with the heat of the battle on it, and
the red bandanna blithely bobs
above the royal bonffeu The golf
club raises on the air from each new
spattered noggin, and the Jersey man
is everywhere with his bloody poga
moggan. Lay on, thou warriors athrist,
With neither let nor comma
And fie upon the one who first
Shall bellow for his mamma.
The country will survive the row,
However it's decided,
And it can't much matter, anyhow,
The way we are divided.
The hunter s horn will rouse the
morn with mellow music of the chase,
and waking day will look the worn
anu cold auckshooter in the face. The
pneumococcus will devise a few wet
inlets in his boot and at the end he
will arise and calmly massacre a coot
Meanwhile, the farmer will pursue
the bould quail hunter on his manse
and having deftly worked him through
a few wire fences, get his pants. The
chilled trespasser, with his kSees in
rapid contact in the blast, wITl hurry
homeward while disease pursues him
hotly to the last.
j The freightened men, this last time
j , out,
! Will cast thetr votes for President
And tha women, loitering about,
Will voice their growing discontent
They'll get the men in such a state
Before the voting has commenced,
They'll sometimes help the candidate
That like as not they bet against.
"What women's rights can haply be
occasion many grave disputes, but
once the women folks agree, thsy'll
get them, you can bet your boots. As
like as not another Fall or such a m"at
ter will suffice, and in the new arrang
ment all the men can ever be is vice.
At any rate, we'll vote this time,
and till that imminent event, the won-
I drous beauties of the clime will not
occasion much comment. The sassa-
fras will waste its frail and fragile
beauty on the blind, and the sweet ca
denzas of the quail will perish on the
Autumn wind.
Old King Corn and all his men
Will tent upon the fields again,
And in a few contested states
Will succor all the candidates.
EDWARDS TO MAKE
LECTURE Oil SCOTLAND
'An illustrated lecture on Scotland
will be given next Friday evening at
the Congregational Church at 8
o clock. Rev. G. N. Edwarda will be
the principal speaker and will present
a large number of atereoptican pic
tures illustrative of Scotland's history
and present greatness, especially
bringing out ite picturesque lakes and
castles and tne homes of its famous
men of letters. In addition there will
be several entertaining lectures con
tributed by members of the Robbie
Burns Society. Mrs. Matheson will
aing Scotch ballads. Mr. Mc Larty
will recite "To a Mouse". Rev. Milll
ken will illustrate the religious life
of Scotland by a story from "Beside
the Bonnie Briar Bush". Members of
the Telford family will render some
r eal Scotch music. Parts of the Cot
ter's Saturday Night will be read by
Mr. Noble, accompanying pictures on
the screen. The Apple Cross girls
and "Sammie" McLarty will illustrate
Scotch songs in costume.
IT tt ha.ee oat od tt la ta the Datar-
THESE NUMBERS
BAR SIMPLE TAX IN OREGON
36 5xNoAsSEft
lJ77vM Against SingleTaK
IOaackpmasCo.
rritr-wMf-i imiiw ri mm n
They'll make their military round
Whenever hungry people sit
And see that credit will redound
To everybody claiming it.
The doughty little Balkan states
will measure courage with the Turks,
and keep the harvesters of Ates at
tending strictly to his works. They'll
make nim pile his blooming rugs as
high as Hanfan for defense, and we'll
be picking out the slugs a year or
sucn a matteV hence.
The only damage to accrue will be
to fill the rugs with lumps, and buy
ing them," as we will do, we'll wonder
if they have had the mumps. The
baby every now and then will dig a
bullet from the nap, and having paid
the doctor ten, we'll all excoriate the
Scrap.
' The calf will show a reddef plush,
and take a tail nolu in the stack. The
end will meet the center rush, and
springe the hinges In his bacK. The
hired man will bawl for more and
thicker blankets in the night and
the wind will pry around the door to
see if everything is tight.
For the first twenty-two days No
vember will be under the influence of
Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac.
Any boy born in this period can ba
President without the usual "ormali
ties. Scorpio people are the rulers of
the earth. They always have a good
toe-hold at the kick-off, and if they
once get the ball it is impossible to
it away from them. Luther, Von Molt
ke and Bwana Tumbo are typical Scor
pio people, all of them having been
born under this sign.
The last seven days of November
will be under the influence o" Sagit
tarius the Archer. The best anyone
born in this period can hope for is the
vice-presidency. Still, these folks
have tremendous foresights, and can
usually see where they aren t going to
jail, which is a great help to big busi
ness man. Carnegie and Croker are
typical Sagittarians, and were both
born under thiB sign.
The President's regular Thanksgtv
about ten cents a pound, will be issu
ed right after the election.
And then December's winds will rout
The last leaf clinging to the tree,
And tne cider will become about
What apple cider ought fo Be.
MRS. SAUHDERS AliD
JOHN CAH WED
The marriage of Mrs. William Sann
dera and John Cameron of this city,
was solemnized at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. H. Samson Saturday
evening at 6:30 o'clock, Mr. Samsoa
performing the ceremony. The bride
was; becomingly attired In a trevrel
ing suit Only a few intimate friends
of tha contracting parties attended
the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Cameroa
will make their home in this city an
til spring when they will leave for tha
east, Mr. Cameron's former home.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of Mrs. S. M. Surfus, and has lived la
this city most of her life coming te
Oregon City when a child,
from Kansas. She is well known in
this city, where she has many friends.
"The bridegroom came to Oregoa
City about two years ago from Pitta
burg, Kansas.
Husband Gets Decree.
Edwin S. Thomas, suing Ella 8.
Thomas, for divorce, alleges thar the
defendane .deserted him October M,
1911. They were married in Portland
June 22, 1910.
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