ASHLAND TIDINGS
Thursday. October 8. 1912,
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Ashland Tidings
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WHEN THEY MIXED 'EM.
Gilson Gardner has given us an
interesting article on what might
happen should Teddy carry enough
electoral votes to throw the election
of president into congress, and has
even figured out how Hiram John
son or Tom Marshall might become
our next chief executive, but, for
red hot scrambling of things, you
have to turn back to the days when
George Washington refused a third.
term,
In 1796, with George swearing he
"had enough, the federalists picked
There are yet some men in Ore
gon, and in Ashland, who are in fa
vor of urosressing backward. They
see no good in the Oregon system.
They call it wild-eyed populism and
long for the good old times when
the poilitical boss ran the govern
ment and special privilege ran him.
There are but a few of such left and
those are mostly they who have been
a cog in the old machine. These
persons have a cordial hatred for
Jonathan Bourne because he had a
large part in destroying the machine
and putting into force the new code
of the people's rule in Oregon. They
hate the recall, the initiative and
referendum, and the primary system
and corrupt practices act give them
the cold chills.
The world has been moving rapid
ly during the last few years, but
these men have been standing still.
They have failed to note the forward
movement. They resent the en
croachment of the people on their
persimmon patch. They fail to dis
cern harm in the usurpation of the
powers of government by special priv
ilege because they were a part of the
machine through which it was ac
complished, and whatever individual
favor came down from the system
fell on them. To such the untruth
ful poison circulated by big business
against Roosevelt has been a sweet
morsel. They do not care to seek
for truth. It is enough that Roose
velt set the grass afire which has
resulted in toppling over cherished
bosses, and they grasp with avidity
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
PROGRESSIVE PARTY PLATFORM I HI Ml 1 1 1 M II I MM 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 II H I MM 1 1 1
on John Adams for president and
Thomas Pinckney for vice, while the the absurd stories thrown out against
republicans whooped it up for i him and circulate them with fiendish
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. glee.
They fail to comprehend how ut-
Sonie of the federalist electors bolt
ed from Pinckney and Adams was
elected president, with Jefferson
'vice-president. Just think of Taft
president and Hiram Johnson vice
president as the outcome in 1912!
But that was just a starter at mix
ing 'em up. Four years later, the
old tickets of 1796 were again put
up. This time Jefferson and Burr
won out. But these two gents re
ceived the same number of votes and
so the choice went to the house of
representatives. There were sixteen
states, each entitled to one vote. The
federalists held six states, and as the
representatives of two others were
equally 'divided and hence couldn't
vote, the republicans didn't have the
necessary majority of nine to elect.
Talk about a tie-up! Why, those six
federalists could have all the Santa
Cruz rum they could hold, any time,
and it not costing them a cent. Some
of them just sat tight, not saying
much save ordering the drinks, and
some tried to rob history of Thomas
Jefferson, president, by voting for
Burr for president, which made Tom
pretty mad, you can believe, but,
finally, when it got to looking as if
there wasn't going to be any presi
dent at all, a couple ot federalists
weakened and Jefferson went in.
"WILSON, THE CALHOUNIST.
, The old states' rights doctrine has
been very dear to Governor Wilson.
Ai one of Hb few active defenders
and advocates left since the great
Civil War settled it with fire and
sword, the governor has held to it
tightly and fondly as a mother holds
to the child that all the neighbors
hate. Expediency has suggested that
Mr. Wilson keep his beloved doctrine
in the closet during the present cam
paign. But the governor could not
bring himself so to treat a conviction
he has adopted, fed, nourished and
provided with modern raiment. In
his recent New York speech he
brought it forth and exhibited it for
all to see and pass Judgment upon.
The natural thing happened. Mr.
Roosevelt accepted the states' rights
argument as an issue, as a line of
distinction betwen his opponent and
himself. He pointed out that Gov
ernor Wilson "stands for a policy
which necessarily means, if that pol
icy is honestly put into effect, that
he must be against every s'ngle pro
gressive measure."
The humanitarian planks of the
progressive platform call for nation
al recognition and, 60 far as the con
stitution admits, for national action.
Though Mr. Wilson might feel in
sympathy with them, as he has ad
mitted, he could not endorse them
because they conflict with a policy
he is much more in sympathy with.
He could not favor progressive poli
cies and at the same time a system
which would make it impossible for
the government to carry the policies
out.
The line of cleavage between Mr.
"Wilson's friendly interest and his in
tellectual preferences shows more
and more plainly. He takeB the path
his mind finds smoothest and swerves
constantly farther from the path his
heart might prefer.
terly out of touch they are with the
sentiment of their community or how
far out of line they are with the ne
cessity of the times. The influence
of these men, once strong in the esti
mation of the community, has waned
until they have become a negligible
force in public matters, yet they see
if not. They are out of joint with
the times in which they live. They
are sour on the world and look upon
this grand forward movement as a
calamity.
Such are not necessarily bad citi
zens. Some of them are sincere
Christian gentlemen; some of them
honest leaders in business circles and
men of high moral character. They
are just out of step, that is all. They
will soon come to see their error.
The result sure in the coming elec
tion will help to wake them up.
They may not rise to leadership
again, for they have been too slow
in catching the step, but they will be
aroused to the big fact of the times:
that the people are determined that
this government shall be their gov
ernment and that the agencies of
government shall be their agents.
This article is prompted by a re
cent perusal of the record of W. C.
Hawley, congressman from this dis
trict. He has not yet been aroused
to the big fact. Every act of his
in congress has been squarely in line
with the reactionaries, lie support
ed the Cannon machine. He advo
cated the Pttyne-Aldrich tariff. He
voted for the amendment in the post
office appropriation bill allowing the
railroads an increase of some two
million, seven hundred thousand dol
lars per annum for carrying the
mails. He voted for the ocean sub
sidy bill providing an increase of
more than a million dollars a year
for carrying ocean mail. He voted
for the bill to sell the Alaska coal
mines to individuals at $10 per acre.
He voted for the ship subsidy bill.
When the commerce bill was before
the house he voted for the amend
ment allowing combinations and mo
nopolies among railroads. In truth,
every act of Mr. Hawley in congress
has been absolutely out of line with
the progressive sentiment both of
Oregon and the nation.
THE RACE NOT TO THE SWIFT
I returned, and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift, nor
the battle to the strong, neither yet
bread to the wise, nor yet riches to
men of understanding, nor yet favor
to men of skill; but time and chance
happeneth to them all. Eccl. 9:11.
The democratic theory of dealing
with the trusts is to smash them. Yet
there are economies created by con
solidation, as every business man
knows. Why not secure these econ
omies for the people by requiring
the trusts to stop throttling compe
tition? The democratic policy is the
Chinese idea of burning a house to
get rid of the rats.
The way that these political suit
ors are flirting with Miss Suffrag
ette is something awful.
Not a word in any of the party
platforms about giving the people
the kind of weather they want.
You will have time between now
and election day, perhaps, to read all
the political speeches and all the
platforms that have, been put forth
up to date.
According to law, all weeds should
be cut down from the roadsides, but
the law cuts no weeds. A sharp
scythe and a little pride on the part
of the land owner will cut more
weeds than the law ever did or will.
"What makes you think the baby
is going to be a great politician?"
asked the young mother anxiously.
The young father said: "He can say
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more tnings mat sounu wen ami
mean nothing than any kid I ever
saw."
Good times and hard times, it's all
the same with the tramp. He is no
richer or poorer. His story also nev
er changes he has been two days
without a mouthful to eat and wants
a dime or a quarter right quick to fill
up on.
It is said that apples may be kept
two years by wrapping them in news
papers so as to exclude the air. The
newspaper must, however, be one on
which the subscription is paid in full,
or the dampness resulting from the
"due" will cause the fruit to spoil.
Here is a biography in a nutshell:
Born, welcomed, cried, caressed, fed,
grew, amused, reared, studied, ex
amined, graduated, in love, loved,
engaged, married, quarreled, recon
ciled, suffered, deserted, taken ill,
died, mourned, buried. and forgotten.
A cigarette is a roll of paper, to
bacco and drugs, with a small fire at
one end and a big fool at the other.
Some of its chief enjoyments are i
condensed nightmare, fits, cancer of
the lip and stomach, "spinal menin
gitis, softening of the brain, funeral
procession and families enshrouded
in gloom.
You can't build up a town or in
fluence trade or business by whining.
Every citizen owes it to himself to
never allow a discouraging word of
his town to go unchallenged. Every
one has it within his power to con
tribute to his town's prosperity. The
trouble Is we all forget our own re
sponsibilities. You may have the stars in a nail
keg, hang the ocean on a rail fence,
put the sky to soak in a gourd, and
unbuckle the bellyband of eternity
and let the sun and moon out, but
don't think you can escape the place
that lies on the other side of a pur
gatory if you don't pay the editor
for your paper.
Let the young man about town out
of a job try a year on the farm.
Plowing behind a mule will give him
an entirely new constitution, take
the kinks out of his head and the
frog out of his throat, the gas out of
his stomach, the weakness out of his
legs, the corns off his toes and give
him a good appetite, an honest liv
ing and a sight of heaven.
These are the days when the good
wife scrubs, does the washing, feeds
the COW. licks the kids, gets the
meals and does things generally
while her liege lord is to be foun'l
down town on the corner saving his
country, It is a great 6nap, this sav
ing one's country, and it is a great
rittf fr r artma r 9 tVi aca 1 r rlusilro that
it can't be worked oftener than once
in four or more years.
' An exchange gets oft the follow
ing: "Ten cents a line will be
charged for obituary notices of all
business men who do not advertise
while living. Delinquent subscribers
will be charged fifteen cents a line.
Advertisers and cash subscribers will
receive as good a send-off as we are 1
capable of writing, without any
charge whatever. Better send in
your subscription now."
It is claimed on good authority
that next to a monkey-wrench, a
hairpin is the most useful invention.
A woman can open a time lock, bur
glarproof safe with a measley little
hairpin. They use them to scratch
their heads, button their shoes, pick
their teeth, punch bedbugs out of
cracks, run into cakes to see if they
are sufficiently baked, clean finger
nails, fasten up stray bangs, pick out
nuts, lift stove lids, clean their ears
and do many other things.
Here is something that may be of
interest to clog owners here: A re
cent supreme court decision outlines
responsibilities of owners of dogs,
The decision was a case where action
had been brought to recover damages
from the owner of a dog that barked
and frightened the plaintiff's horse.
The plaintiff was thrown and in
jured and brought suit for $1,500
damages. The jury gave him a ver
dict for that amount, and the owner
of the dog appealed to the supreme
court. The supreme court sustained
the verdict and said in strong words
that the owners of barking and
vicious dogs are responsible for all
damage caused by such dogs, and
the owners keep them at their own
peril.
As the corner grocery store de
"bates are beginning, the administra
tion need no longer be in doubt as
to its future course.
Jumping a man from a college to
a one-term governorship, and then
to the presidency, the most formid
able task on the planet, is about like
taking a school teacher to run a re
tall store for a short time, and then
making him head of our biggest railroad.
ROW AT PEACE CONFERENCE
Scoring of Italian Airmen
Trouble.
Brings
Geneva, Switzerland. Another
stormy scene marked the concluding
sessions of the International Peace
Congress. The uproar was caused
by a speech by Dr. Gobat In which
he characterized the Italian airmen
who have been operating in Tripoli
during the war as "brigands of the
air." The congress decided to meet
next year at 'ihe Hague and in 191
at Marienbad.
Remember that the Tidings want
ads bring results.
(Second Installment.)
Business.
We believe that true popular gov
ernment, justice and prosperity go
hand in hand, and, so believing, It is
our purpose to secure that large
measure of general prosperity which
is the fruit of legitimate and honest
business, fostered by equal justice
and by sound progressive laws.
"We demand that the test of true
prosperity shall be the benefits con
ferred thereby on all the citizens not
confined to individuals or classes.
and that the test of corporate effi
ciency shall be the ability better to
serve the public; that those who
profit by control of business affairs
still justify that profit and that con
trol by sharing with the public the
fruits thereof.
' We therefore demand a strong na
tional regulation of Interstate cor
porations. The corporation is an es
sential part of modern business. The
concentration of modern business, in
some degree, is both inevitable and
necessary for national and interna
tional business efficiency. But the
existing concentration of vast wealth
under a corporate system, unguard
ed and uncontrolled by the nation,
has placed In the hands of a few
men enormous, secret, irresponsible
power over the daily life of the citi
zen a power insufferable in a free
government and certain of abuse.
This power has been abused, in
monopoly of national resource's, in
stock watering, in unfair competition
and unfair privileges, and finally in
sinister Influences on the public
agencies of state and nation. We do
not fear commercial power, but we
insist that it shall be exercised open
ly, under publicity, supervision and
regulation of the most efficient sort,
which will preserve its good while
eradicating and preventing its evils.
To that end we urge the establish
ment of a strong federal administra
tive commission of high standing,
which shall maintain permanent ac
tive supervision over industrial cor
porations engaged in interstate com
merce, or such of them as are of pub
lic importance, doing for them what
the government now does for the na
tional banks, and what is now done
for the railroads by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Such a commission must enforce
the complete publicity of those Cor
poration transactions which are of
public interest; must attack unfair
competition, false capitalization and
special privilege, and by continuous
trained watchfulness guard and keep"
open equally to all the highways of
American commerce.
Thus the business man will have
certain knowledge of the law, and
will be able to conduct his business
easily in conformity therewith; the
investor will find security for his
capital, dividends will be rendered
more certain, and the savings of the
people will be drawn naturally and
safely into the channels of trade.
Under such a system of construc
tive regulation, legitimate business,
freed from confusion, uncertainty
and fruitless legislation, will develop
normally in response to the energy
and enterprise of the American busi
ness man.
Commercial Development.
The time has come when the fed
eral government should co-operate
with manufacturers and producers in
extending our foreign commerce. To
this end we demand adequate appro
priations by congress, and the ap
pointment or diplomatic and con
sular officers solely with a view to
their special fitness and worth, and
not In consideration of political ex
pediency.
It Is Imperative to the welfare of j
our people that we enlarge and ex
tend our foreign commerce. We are
preeminently fitted to do this be
cause as a people we have developed
high skill in the art of manufactur
ing; bur business men are strong ex
ecutives, strong organizers. In every
way possible our federal government
should co-operate in this important
matter. Anyone who has had oppor-
unity to study and observe first
hand Germany's course in this re
spect must realize that their policy
of co-operation between government
and business has in comparatively
few years made them a leading com
petitor for the commerce of the
world. It should be remembered that
they are doing this on a national
scale and with large units of busi
ness, while the democrats would have
us believe that we should do it with
small units of business, which would
be controlled not by the national
government but by 49 conflicting
sovereignties. Such a policy is ut
terly out of keeping with the prog
ress of the times and gives our great
commercial rivals in Europe hun
gry for international markets gold
en opportunities of which they are
rapidly taking advantage.
Tariff.
We believe In a protective tariff
which shall equalize conditions of
competition between the United
States and foreign countries, both
for the farmer and the manufacturer,
and which shall maintain for labor
an adequate standard of living.
Primarily the benefit of any tariff
should be disclosed in the pay en
velope ot the laborer. We declare
that no industry deserves protection
which is unfair to labor or which is
operating in violation of federal law.
Wo believe that the presumption is
always in favor of the consuming
public.
We demand tariff revision because
the present tariff is unjust to the
people of the United States. Fair
dealing toward the people requires
an immediate downward revision of
those schedules wherein duties are
shown to be unjust or excessive
We pledge ourselves to the estab
lishment of a non-partisan scientific
tariff commission, reporting both to
the president end to either branch of
congress, which shall report, first, as
to the costs of production, efficiency,
of labor, capitalization, industrial
organization and efficiency, and the
general competitive position In this
country and abroad of industries
seeking protection from congress;
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second, as to the revenue-producing
Dower of the tariff and Us relation
to the resources of government; and,
third, as to the effect of the tariff on
prices, operations of middlemen, and
on the purchasing power of the con
sumer. '
We believe that this commission
should have plenary power to elicit
information, and for this purpose to
prescribe a uniform system of ac
counting for the great protected in
dustries. The work of the commis
sion should not prevent the imniedl-
SELLS STEAMSHIP LINE.
ReMrt of Transfer to Hamburg
American Line Causes Excitement.
San Francisco, Oct. 1. Telegrams
received by several brokerage firms
here stating that the Southern Pa
cific Company had sold the Pacific
Mail Steampship Company to the
Hamburg-American line, caused a
flurry of exe'tement in financial and .
shipping circles here today.
Some of the dispatches state that
ate adoption of acts reducing those jthe purchaser is the Toyo Kisen Kai
schedules generally recognized as ex- jsha, while others claim the Hamburg
cessive. American concern is the buyer.
We condemn the Payne-Aldnch j Confirmation of the rumor, whicft
bill as unjust to the people. The re-: would virtually mean the disappear
publican organization is in the hands jance of the American flag from mer
of those who have broken, and can- i chant vessels on the Pacific ocean,
not again be trusted to keep, the has not yet been obtained.
promise of necessary downward re- I
vision. The democratic party is J i0i
committed to the destruction of the More Pay for Rural Imtter.
protective system through a tariff Washington, D. C, Sept. 30. The
for revenue only a policy which 'second salary advance for rural let
would inevitably produce widespread ter carriers made in the last four
industrial and commercial disaster. ! years went into effect today. Under
We demand the immediate repeal the new schedule the yearly pay or
of the Canadian reciprocity act.
To be continued.
ONE IN TEN
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IS. DEFECTIVE.
Society Carries Heavy Burden, De
clares Speaker.
carriers on standard routes is ad
vanced from $1,000 to $1,100, with
proportionate increases in the salar
ies of carriers on the shorter routes.
Washington. Ten per cent of the
population of the United States is
permanently defective and is an eco
nomic and moral burden on the oth
er 90 per cent and should be elimi
nated from society, asserted Bleeck
er Van Wagen of New York, in
speaking to the International Con
gress on Hygiene and Demography.
Efforts should be made, he said, to
get rid by proper methods of breed
ing of the following nine classes:
Paupers, . feeble-minded, those of
criminal tendencies, epileptics, in
sane except those acute cases not
hereditary, those constitutionally
weak, those predisposed to certain
diseases and those having defective
sense organs.
Professor Maurice A. Bigelow of
Columbia University, New York, said
sex hygiene should be taught In the
schools and that even If an occasion
al mistake was made by this method,
it would do far less harm than to
allow children to get their informa
tion on sexual matters from Impure
sources.
Users of aicohol are more subject
to tuberculosis than others, said Dr.
Jacques Bertlllon, chief of the bu
reau Of municipal statistics, Paris.
Dr. William F. Boos. Boston, said
that alcoholic workmen between the
ages of 2 5 and 4 4 hav more than
three times as many accidents result
ing in injuries as all other workmen
put together.
Ohio women may be Justified In
making sarcastic, replies when they
are in future assured by Ohio men
that they adore them.
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BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION
TICE.
NO-
Notice is hereby given that on the
third Monday in October (21st day).
1912. the Board of Equalization wilt
attend, at the court house in Jackson
county, Oregon, and publicly examine
the assessment rolls, and correct all
errors in valuation, description or
qualities of lands, lots or other prop
erty assessed by me; and it shall be
the duty of persons interested to ap
pear at the time and place appointed.
W. T. GRIEVE, Assessor.
Dated this 25th day of September,
1912, at Jacksonville, Jackson coun
ty, Oregon. 36-3t
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