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Ashland Tidings
By
THE ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
(Incorporated)
ESTABLISHED 1870
SEMMVEEKLV
Rett R. Greer, Editor and Manager
Harvey R. Ling, Advertising Manager
Lynn Mowat, - City Editor
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PAPER TRUST'S GREED RUIXIXG
LITTLE PAPERS.
Secretary Houston has published a
report on the shortage and high price
of print paper. Boiled down to its
meaning, this sapient report finds
that there Is a shortage of paper and
that excessive prices are demanded
and expresses a hope that the short
age will end when the war ends.
When he comes to the Paper
Trust's lair, the secretary roars as
gently as a Buckling dove.
This Is an attitude very character
istic of the present democratic ad
ministration. But it ought not to be.
Because it means ruin to hundreds of
useful little newspapers all the
more useful because they are little,
and therefore out of the horizon of
corrupting corporations.
.These weaker newspapers of the
country are being strangled out of
existence by the grip of the most ex
tortionate and outrageous trust that
this country has ever seen.
The strong papers, of course, can
take care of themselves under any
conditions, and in addition most of
the strong papers have long-term
contracts to protect them.
. One would think that the little pa
pers would be the concern of a party
which calls Itself democratic. But
the country had to watt for the lead
er of the republican party in the
house, Mr. Mann, to introduce a reso
lution Investigating this offensive
and oppressive trust. Now the beBt
the democratic administration can do
in this critical situation is to offer a
report by Secretary Houston which
declares that it Is possible that the
paper shortage may not continue af
ter the war.
No one knows how long the war
will last, and by that time half the
little papers In the United States will
he out of business; so that even If
Secretary Houston's optimistic atti
tude were Justified, the suppression
of about half the papers In the United
States and those the independent
small papers and country papers,
which do the most good and are the
least controlled by corporation influ
ences would be put out of business.
A fine prospect for a democratic
administration, supposed to be op
posed to trusts and interested in the
mass of the people, to contemplate
wiih equanimity!
As a matter of fact, there is no par
ticular, genuine paper shortage.
There is a corrupt and illegal com
bination among paper manufactur
ers, a largely artificial shortage of
paper and a selfish and sordid de
termination to extract the last dollar
out of this situation, no matter what
calamity may befall the press or the
public.
With an election impending, the
democratic administration, however,
can not be expected to offend the
powerful print paper corporations
and to endanger the possible cam
paign contributions from that source.
On the contrary, we may even ex
pect to see the more liberal of these
campaign contributors appointed to
ambassadorships abroad or to other
positions of honor and dignity In case
the democratic administration Is suc
cessful. Examiner.
There may be such a thing as
holding a woman "Incommunicado,"
tut do you believe it?
Villa has no reason to envy the
storied cat with its miserable quota
of only nine lives.
It still seems that if the dove shall
try to return to Europe It will do so
at its own risk.
The British blacklist should be rel
egated to the scrap of paper class.
Talks With Scrccn-Slruck Girls
Mixed In with
the hundreds
of letters I re
ceived from
"screen struck
girls" have
been a consid
erable number
from mothers
who are anx
ioustoget their kiddies
XmLjl
Beatrix Mlchelena
into pictures.
While this is scarcely in line with
my declared purpose of giving my
bits of advice to the "screen struck"
directly, I think I may this once al
low myself to neglect my "girls" to
the extent of chatting more particu
larly with the mothers about the de
mand for child actors and actresses.
There are a few companies which
make a specialty of youngster plays,
but they are so few that they are but
a drop In a bucket as compared to the
multitude of kiddies whose parents
would like to see them in pictures.
All companies, however, have more
or less call for child performers, the
extent of the demand depending, of
course, on the particular plays under
production. It is never as great as
the applications on file.
The large concerns, which operate
a number of producing companies at
a time, often find It advisable to
keep two or three children perma
nently engaged. Naturally they se
lect from the large number they have
used at various times, those who are
the most apt and easily directed.
The way to first "break in" is to
TRUSTS MULCT PEOPLE MORE
THAN WAR.
The war Is now costing Great
Britain $30,000,000 a day, or, say,
$10,000,000,000 a year.
That is astounding enough. But a
more astounding thing is that the
war Is costing the American people as
much per week and per year as It Is
costing the British people.
The trusts and monopolies have
used the war as a pretext for charg
ing the American people considerably
over a billion dollars more for the
necessities of life than they were
charged in 1915.
Now, when Great Britain borrows
and spends $10,000,000,000 in a year,
she never expects to pay the principal
of the loan. She will pay interest
only, and that at not over 5 per cent
in the long run. So we may say that
th war is costing the British people
this year the Interest on her total
borrowing for war purposes, which
interest may be roughly set down as
about $800,000,000.
And this huge sum is actually not
so large by $200,000,000 as the in
creased taxes the trusts and monopo
lies have levied on the sugar, meat,
flour, coffee, milk, butter, vegetables,
rents, coal, gasoline and other actual
necessaries of life this year.
The country consumed 35,000,000
barrels of gasoline in 1915, and will
consume more this year. As part of
the war tax levied on the American
people, the gasoline trust alone has
laid a surtax on indutsry amounting
to over $150,000,000 since war was
declared in Europe.
In the year ending June 30, 1915,
8,625,793,328 pounds of sugar were
consumed in this country. At this
rate, the Sugar Trust has laid a war
tax of $120,762,106 on the American
people In the past year.
The- Meat Trust has Increased the
wholesale price of meats about 25
per cent on the average.
The fluctuations in meat prices
make It impossible to estimate accur
ately the Increased war tax put on
the American people by the Meat
Trust, but an estimate of $200,000,
000 would not be far out of the way.
There are about 8,000,000,000 gal
lons of milk consumed yearly In this
country In different terms. A direct
and indirect Increase of 1 cent a
quart means a war tax of $320,000,
000 on those who UBe milk, butter
and cheese.
When we add to these, taxes on
American consumers the extortions
of the Flour Trust, the Coal TruBt,
the Paper Trust, and the increased
rents and transportation charges due
to these extortions, you see, do you
not, that we Americans, though at
peace, are paying more for this in
fernal European war than the richest
of the nitlons who are keeping up
this wicked and hellish struggle?
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make personal application with as
many different producing firms as
possible. Let the party who has
charge of the employing Bee the child,
and be sure to leave a good photo
graph with the child's name and the
telephone number plainly written on
the back. These photographs are
most useful when a director is hurry
ing through his flies to find a kiddie
for some small part that has suddenly
developed. I believe that he finds a
naturally posed picture always the
most instructive. Consequently it is
the most liable to bring employment.
There are many considerations
that enter into the selecting of chil
dren for motion picture roles. For
Instance, the last youngster, a little
girl, who appeared in a cast with me,
had to play with my Russian wolf
hound. While the soul of amiability,
the dog is monstrous and a bit terri
fying to the average four-and-a-half-year-old.
As a result we had five
tots over to the studio before we
found one with the courage for the
role. i
Beside being bright and attractive,
a child performer must be obedient;
This is most important, since other
wise there would be no possibility of
getting the scenes rightly done. Good
home training will, go a long way to
ward getting a child a chance in pic
tures. If the impreslson it first
makes Is one of meddlesomeness or
disobedience to you, if it seems rude
or unruly, the director will want to
keep it as far away from the stage as
possible.
And yet, four years ago, we were
asked to elect the'present democratic
administration on the ground that
the democratic party was opposed to
trust extortion and would curb the
power and end the extortions of the
trusts if given the reins of govern
ment. We are quite sure that the history
of the country shows no Buch extraor
dinary and amazing difference be
tween promises and performance as
this huge difference between the
democratic candidates' promises in
1912 to curb trust extortion and the
democratic administration's com
plaisant toleration of all these trust
extortions In this year 1916.
If that is the way the democratic
administration believes the people
should be protected from the trusts,
then God save the people from their
protectors'. S. F. Examiner.
FAILURE TO SUPPORT PACIFIC
COAST STOXE INDUSTRY.
Portland has put up a feeble fight
for the development of the languish
ing stone Industry of Oregon.
The new million-dollar postofflce
will be built of Bedford, Ind., lime
stone, as matters stand at present.
Portland might at least have been
loyal to Pacific coast stone industries
and have made a stand for coast
states.
California, Washington, Idaho,
Utah and Montana have enormous
resources in this line and could have
supplied the stone.
Utah and Idaho and, Washington
do not let state and federal buildings
go up without a redhot fight for the
home building materials.
They have many beautiful public
buildings erected of the domestic
granites, sandstones and tufas, and
they are as prosperous as Oregon.
Most of the architects at Portland
say the coast building stones are bet
ter than the eastern stone, and give
the reasons for it.
Portland has of late years used
the Bedford, Ind., stone and seems
to like it. The transcontinental rail
roads like it.
But the sounder judgment of the
railroads is that the development of
the home industries would be better
for the west.
Hauling coals to Newcastle is not
a circumstance to hauling stone
across the continent to states rich in
building stones.
American volunteer soldiers ought
to use as little hysteria as possible.
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Running distilled
Management
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PREPARE FOR THIS.
"When we contemplate Indus
trial and commercial conditions
we seo that we are living In a
fool's paradise. The temporary
prosperity to which our oppo
nents point has been created by
tho abnormal conditions inci
dent to the wur. With the end
of tho war there will be the
new conditions determined by
new Europe. Millions of men
in the trenches will then return
to work. The energies of each
of the now belligerent nations,
J highly trained, will then be turn-
ed Ho production." Charles E.
Hughes.
FLASHES FROM HUGHES'
DETROIT TALKS.
AMERICAN RIGHTS,
"No one could successfully present
to an American audience that an Amer
ican citizen's rights stopped with the
coast line."
"There Is not a particle of militarism
In my composition, but there Is Amer
icanism In Its place, and If elected I
am going to see that American rights
are protected."
LABOR.
"The worklngman is not asking any
thing he should not have. All he wants
Is a square deal."
"No such thlusTis prosperity exists
for Just one class In America, unless
It exists for all."
"The Republican party does not
stand for the prosperity produced by
thj war, but for a prosperity produced
by sound American policies, and these
are what we propose to have."
PREPAREDNESS.
"Do not let us get this country Into
a low patriotic plane so that we are
content with disesleem, with the scoff
of the world."
'I am an American citizen,' ought
to bo the proudest title In the world."
CIVIL SERVICE.
"We had In the coast and geodetic
survey an eminent scientist He was
displaced to make room for an excel
lent stock breeder."
"It is the most unworthy thing an
administration can do to take public
business and pay political debts with
It" .
NO PROTECTIVE MEASURE
FROM DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS.
"You couldn't get a protective
measure out of Demooratio
congress tectionally organized
any more than you could get
revival meeting out of a disorder
ly house." From Mr. Hughes'
Speech at Chicago.
BURSTING A BUBBLE.
The Democrats who sought a crit
icism from Dr. Charles W. Eliot of
Mr. Hughes' acceptance of the presi
dential nomination got one, but not
the kind they wanted. Dr. Eliot was
heartless. Instead of helping the Dem
ocrats keep the supreme court bubble
in the air he pricked It with a pin
when in his letter he said of Mr.
Hughes' action:
"Most Americans will think that,
having tried the life of a governor and
the life of a Justice of the supreme
court, he had a right to give effect to
bis preference for political service."
Mr. Lansing is credited with the be
lief that the case against Great Britain
on account of the blacklist is so weak
that it ought not to be pressed. What,
then, did Mr. Polk mean when he
called the attention of the British gov
ernment, "in the gravest terms," to
"the many serious consequences" to
be apprehended if It were not with
drawn? President Wilson is now anxious to
have It thought that there was no
withdrawal of troops from Mexico at
the request of Carranza. Why not go
one better and declare that we never
had any troops in Mexico to withdraw?
It was stated that the president
would work on his acceptance speech
during his week end trip on the May
flower. Among the salt billows there
should be some Inspiration for ringing
sentiments on naval preparedness.
Now that Mr. nughes knows he has
been nominated for president we may
wait patiently a few days longer to
hear what Mr. Wilson has to say
about It.
The psychologist who said that any
body can be hypnotized offers the most
encouragement that Carranfa has yet
found for bis hopes of borrowing
money.
MR. HUGHES OPPOSED TO
FOOLISH GOVERNMENT.
"I bnve no respect for the idea
that because democratic govern
ment is a government of the peo
ple," by the people and for the
people it is a government of the
foolish, for the foolish and by
the foolish." From Mr. Hughes'
Speech at Chicago.
Twenty-Five Years
Ago in Ashland
(Taken from the flies of the Tid
ings of September 4, 1891.)
' The Siskiyou Stone Company will
furnish sandstone' trimmings for
three new buildings in Salem.
William Patterson took over to
Grouse creek this week a complete
set of irons for a big derrick to be
put in the hydraulic mines of Patter
son Brothers for moving the boul
ders.
John Anderson, Ad Graham, S. D.
Taylor and I. W. Burriss have locat
ed quartz claims on a lead recently
discovered by them across the Siskl
yous in the, Beaver creek mining dis
trict. The croppings prospect very
well in free gold, and Johnson and
Graham are over there at work this
week. Burriss went over Wednes
day. FiBh lake ha3 been visited this
year by more campers than ever be
fore, and E. V. Carter, who was out
there with a party three weeks ago,
reports that Messrs. Farlow and
Wright of upper Butte creek had
made a good dugout canoe and were
spearing the lake trout at night.
There are some fine fish in the lake,
but they are very shy and hard to
get
The militia boys will have a grand
hall next Thursday evening, Pioneer
day, at Granite hall supper to be
served at the Oregon. Fine music
will be had and a good attendance
is assured.
Panthers are getting very thick
and bold, says the Mount Shasta Her
ald. One day last week Mr Sullivan
saw two in the rear of the Del Coron
ado in broad day, parties reporting
seeing one near the college building,
and as we were returning from Sis
son lake one evening last week we
heard one screaming at some dis
tance from us. Mothers should look
after their little ones, as they are
most liable to fall a prey to these an
imals. Mrs. George G. Eubanks and Mrs.
F.' Newman are at the Wagner soda
springs this week.
Mayor Grainger, H. C. Myer and
Irv Vinlng are over at the Tyler soda
springs this week. ,
Miss Ida Tolman went to Portland
by last Sunday's train, for a visit of
several weeks in the city.
Mrs. James Thornton returned
home last Tuesday from Salem,
where she had been for several
weeks.
Mrs. Charles Hosley and children,
who have been at the mill in the Sls
klyous all summer, have returned to
their home in town.
Mrs. E. V Carter and Mrs. George
C. Eddlngs went over to Klamath
Hot Springs Wednesday, Intending to
remain about two weeks.
E. V. Mils reached home last Mon
day evening from his Chicago trip.
He bought a fine line of fall and
winter goods for D. R. and E. V.
Mills.
James Thornton, president of the
Ashland Woolen Mills, returned
Wednesday evening from a tour of
several weeks through northern Cal
ifornia in the interest of the mills.
The Ashland public schools will
open on Monday, September 14, for
the fall term. The teachers thus far
engaged are Professor Getz, princi
pal; 1 Misses Frlnk, Fobes, Chase,
Ewan (who taught in the schools last
eyar), Miss Latham, who comes from
San Francisco, and Misses Lora Col
ton, Emma Ewan and Emma Cole
man of this place.
The Ganiard Opera House has been
secured for the annual reunion of
the Pioneer Society of Southern Ore
gon next Thursday, and the dinner
will be at Granite hall.
Double barreled shotgun and 30-30
Winchester rifle for sale cheap. No
use for them. 115 Granite street.
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IXTERURBAN AUTOCAR CO.
Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix daily except Sunday at
9:00 a. m. and 1:00, 2:00, 4:00
and 5:15 p. m. Also on Saturday
nlglit at 6 : 3 0 and 12:20. Sundays
leave at 9:00 and 1:00, 4:30, 6:30
and 10:30 p. m.
Leave Medford tor Ashland dally ex
cept Sunday at 8:00 a. m., 1:00,
2:00, 4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on
Saturday at 11:15 p. m. On Sun
days at 8:00 and 10:30 a.-m., and
1:00, 2:00, 6:30 and 9:30 p. m.
Fare between Medford and Ash
land, 20 cents. Round trip, 35 cent.
ASHLAND LUMBER
COMPANY
Dealers in
LUMBER
Shingles, Loth, Sash, Doors,
Roofing Papers, Cordwood,
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People's Forum
Appreciation.
Dear Mr. Greer: This letter is to
thank you very heartily for myself
and for the other newt paper men on
the San Francisco special for your
most kindly treatment of us in Ash
land the other day. I am saying not
a word too much when I tell you it
was the most enjoyable day we spent
on the entire trip, and I remember
yet the pleasure we all felt in the
sulphur dip to which you so kindly
conducted us. ' All the boys were
loud in your praise on leaving Ash
land and all agreed that you "had!
something" and surely have done
something.
I hope when you come to San
Francisco you will look us up at the
office here without delay, and I as
sure you it will give me the very
greatest pleasure to return your
kindness in part by doing anything;
we can assist you in a business way
or to make your visit pleasant from
a social standpoint.
With best regards. I am,
Very sincerely,
FRED J. WILSON,
General Manager Pacific News Serv
ice. Mrs. Mary L. Newland, who has
taken personal instruction under Dr.
Montessori of Rome, has opened an
open air Montessori school for child
ren from three to six years of age.
Chautauqua hall, phone 441-R 28-4t
Halsey, Ore., has renewed its con
tract for electric lighting with the
Oregon Tower Company for a five
year term.
Turner, Ore., will get a flax fibr
plant as a private enterprise.
Astoria is planning for a model
central grade school. .
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NATURE TELLS TOD
As Many an Ashland Reader Knows
xoo neii.
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Nature tells you about it
The urine is nature's index.
Infrequent or too frequent pass
age,
Other disorders suggest kidney ills.
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Ashland Deonle testify tn fhnlr
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J. S. Herrln. retired farmer, fits
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neys and I have trouble retaining the
kidney secretions. Occasionally my
back feels weak and lame. Doan's
Kidney Pills always regulate the kid
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my back."
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Mr. Herrin had. Foster-Mllburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Yes, that is a very burning Ques
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NOW is the time to. attend to It.
Don't put off until tomorrow what
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home, merchandise, automobile, etc.?
Did you ever stop to think Just
how little it will cost you to carry
your insurance compared to the ben
efits which you receive? A few dol
lars Invested today may save you a
thousand tonight.
Billing's Agency
Real Estate and Real Insurance
41 East Main Phone 211