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Thursday, October 19, 1916 AOT TWO ASHLAND TIDINGS Ashland Tidings' ! THE ASHLAND PRIXT1XG 00. (Incorporated) j ESTABLISHED 1878 SEMMVKEKLY 1 Bert R. Greer. Editor and Manager Harvey R. Ling. Advertising Manager rjnn Mowat, . . City Editor Offical City and County Paper, Issued Mondayjnd Thursday TELEPHONE 39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear 12 00 filr Months 1-00 Three MoDths 50 PayaMe in Advance Advertising rates on application. First-class job printing facilities. Equipments second to none In the Interior. No subscriptions for less than three months. All subscriptions dropped at iplratlon unless renewal Is received. In ordering changes of the paper always give the old street address or postoffice as well as the new. Entered at the Ashland. Oregon, Postoffice as second-class mall mat Ur. Ashland, Ore., Thursday. Oct, 19, '16 THE ISSl ES OF NOVEMBER. The first duty of the national gov ernment Is to so make and adminis ter laws as to promote and facilitate the work of the people. Therefore j the relations of the government to ' the business community become per- haps the most vital issue that the roters have to determine at presi dential elections. ! The so-called "prosperity argu- i menf Is often attacked as an appeal 1 to sordid motives. But less stiperfl-; cial thought shows that "prosperity" is most vitally related to the ad-1 vance of the people. All progress j stands on a bread and butter basis. Industry Is fundamental In any com- j munity. If the factories are closed or idle part of the. time, there can j be no social or economic gain. It becomes, then, the first duty of . government to encourage enterprise. ! The very foundation of all business prosperity is confidence. If business men feel that the government is hos- J tile, or oppressive, or Ignorant of commercial conditions, they become fearful of the future. They become too alarmed to risk their money in the ordinary ventures of trade, and they curtail operations. When any considerable number of producers do that, the result Is a panic or indus trial depression such as character ized the first eighteen months of the Wilson administration. At this time of disaster unemploy ment reached the highest level for j years. The sufferings of the poor were pitiful. Conditions were re-1 lieved only by the breaking out of i the war, bringing a flood of orders j for munitions and all kinds of stip-1 plies. Not merely was there ma- i. terlal loss from this prostration of i business, but all kinds of public and I philanthropic enterprises suffer In ( such times. ; Vices due to Idleness appear. One I of the. worst phases of the depres sions is the harm done to child life. Parents depend more than usual on j the earnings of their children, who are taken out of school to help pre-j maturely In family support. ) In these and many other ways a j hard blow was dealt to social prog- j ress by the business chaos that pre-. ailed during the first part of the. democratic administration. goods Into the Japanese market after paying a high tariff. Japfn brought all her goods to us, and then some, in her own ships; she took about all our goods to her ports in her own ships. The natty little tailors and the niniMe little shirtmakers of Japan send tht'ir salesmen to this country and they measure all of us for suits and shirts. Secretary Redfield preens his oriole whiskers and brags about our increased exports of textile machinery to Japan or China: the salesmen mail their measurements and orders to Japan, and the natty little tailors and the nimble little shirtmakers make up the suits and shirts from cloths woven on ma chines copied from these purchased in America. Eighty per cent of the employes working on the .apanese looms are wcnier:, receiving from 12 to 2 4 cents a day. The suits and the shirts are shipped to the United States and pay the ridiculously low duties required by the Wibon-l'nder-wood tariff law, and some more American labor Is denied Its wage. We don't miss it now, of course. We are making up uniforms, overcoats, socks, blankets and shirts for blood crazed Europe. But what is going to check the everlncreaslng volume of Japanese Imports if the end of the war finds us still operating under a tariff policy which even the demo crats would like to repudiate, if Wil son would permit them? Hughes and protection, .Mr. Voter! It is the only way if we want the "Made in America" label on our merchandise. 1 Heard and Overheard (By Lynn D. Mowat) Strictly Nonpartisan. Won't the junk men reap a fortune when they gather up and sell the tin buttons from both sides after elec- tlon! i After hearing P. J. Neff and E. E. Kelly call each other names during the bootlegging trial in this city and now observing how the two of them are hobnobbing around the country together boosting for Wilson, we have come to the conclusion that lawyers have awful forgiving natures. Or. Jarvis likes dogs. He has some of his own, but apparently likes other people's dogs as well. Anyway, he invited Jack Beagle's big hound to go riding with him. The dog sat up In the front seat beside the doctor as dignified as could be until Mr. Jar" vis stopped the car In front of a pa tient's house. When the doctor re turned after a brief visit he found the cushions and upholstering on the front seats all chewed to bits. If we could talk dog language we would ask that hound If Jack feeds him enough. Dr. Jarvis's faith in strange , dogs Is ruined. So are the cushions, j Now Doc has bought a baseball . mask, or some 'kind of wire contrlv- ance that he puts on the face of the ! dogs he invites to ride with him. ' Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy Combined to Make the Eagle Meat Market Popular INSPECT our marhet and your confi dence will be behind the pleasure of eating oar meats. The knowledge of cleanliness and a sanitary work shop will aid your digestion. I L. Schwein 81 N. Main Phone 107 --.- . . . -.......t.j.Ja.,. T 4. Local democrats are muchly peev ed because through somebody's mis take they had to listen to some la-. dies w ho were real talkers, tell them ' a thing or two about national con ditions. They paid the visitors the( compliment of hearing them out at ; any rate even after they found they j were going to hear some red-blooded . DEMANDS FOR FEWER LAWS. Many candidates for legislative of fices are promising to enact no new laws, but to repeal some. Public sentfment and business In terests nre demanding more and more a 'et-up in the volume of legis lation. Still many political conventions adopted platforms pledging candi dates to enact new laws if elected. If all the measures promised are brought before the state law-making bodies, there will be a perfect deluge of new 'egislatlon, and lawyers and courts will have the time of their lives in giving It logical Interpreta tion. The statute book of every state In the Union is burdened already with more laws than are needed, and amendment of existing statutes, with a view to avoiding contradiction and promoting unifomlty, is most essen tial of all. Business Is throttled or hampered on all sides by conflicting and contradictory laws and regulat ing commissions, In the languuge of Thomas Jeffer son, that community which Is "gov erned" least is governed best. It is the fashion with the thoughtless to judge of a legislator's value by the number of bills that he introduces, and with too many legislators to think they are neglecting their duty and not earning their salary unless they propose a new act every day. The truth Is that the country would In many Instances be better served and would save, money If its law makers were paid for doing nothing at all. JAPAX FIRST. The same old tale, Issuing from j the Department of Commerce, makes 1 Its monthly appearance with respect ( to July: Importations from Japan continue to increase; July, 1815, j they totaled $9,000,000; July. 1916, ; the totaled $53,000,000; for the ; seven months period ended July, . 1916, they totaled $95,000,000. Our ! exports to Japan for the two periods, respectively, were valued at $23,-' 'f'0,000 aud $".7,500,000. We gained ; $22,000,000 on the Japanese mar-j ket; Japan gained $42,000,000 in. ours. A lartre percentage of our ex ports to Japan consisted of war ma terial for manufacture and sale to Russia; Japan's exports to us con-! sisted wholly of peace products. Japan got ber goods into our market ; practically duty free; we got our People's Forum Pickens Boosts. Greensboro, Ala., Oct. 6, 1916. Ashland Tidings, Ashland, Ore. Dear Sirs: Pleast find enclosed check for $2.50, for which renew my subscription and send the attached club offer No. 6. The Tidings beats Whittle as a cor respondent just a little, so for that "little" I must have It to keep in touch with the wonderful improve ments transpiring there. I rap these sleepy-heads on their lack of enterprise and quote Ashland, what it has done, Is doing and will do. They hear so much from me about Ashland that I hope some of them will go out to see for them selves that will suffice. W. C. PICKEN3. The lumber company at Brookings is erecting twenty additional cot tages. It has $1,500,000 invested in Its plant. Everybody at Brookings Is looking forward to the completion of the Southern Pacific coast line railroad between Coos Bay and Eureka. Jlshby-vi- Lexicon mm 1 S eta. each, 6 for SO efv J Mortgage Property Sale One Bay Work Mare 9 years old. weight 1300; 1 Bay Work Horse 8 yefcrs old, weight 1200; 2 s--ts Work Harness, 3 Farm Wagons, Plows, Cultivators, Spud Digger and Planter. See them at 115 Granite Street it-: talk instead of hearing Mrs. Vander 'hilt tell what kind of perfume sh used on her lap dog, Mrs. Gould te! the shade of pink hich best be- j comes her, and other like subjects j of tremendous national interest, asi they had been led to expect. A group of Ashland's young ladies j journeyed to Central Point not long I ago to participate In a "slumber par- I ty" at the home of a certain Miss 1 Stratton, which Is as near as we dare come to telling who was in the party. ! All went well at the party until someone suggested a flashlight pic ture. There were sixteen of the girls. The camera's focus demanded that they all get on one bed. There was not room. Four got under, twelve on top. Just as the camera snapped the bed broke down, precipitating twelve upon four. The pictures are not for sale." , We'd Seek a Divorce. Roscburg Review: G. W. Ryan, a 1 well-known resident of this city, called at the office of Dr. E. .V. Hoo ver late Wednesday afternoon suffer ing from pair.s produced by a pin which had lodged In his throat. Af-', ter making a careful examination of : the patient the doctor dclied that it j was not necessary to extract the pin I at the present time. Mr. Ryan in-' formed Dr. Hoover that he was eat-! ing some biscuits prepared by his wife when he discoveied a pin which penetrated the roof of his mouth. This pin he threw to the floor, but continued to partake of the delicacy. Another pin which he overlooked lodged In his throat and caused him to seek medical attention.' O. F. Carson says: "By the time you have ran a Ford as long as I have you will carry a pair of pliers too." 4 A noted scientist of th-? University of California announces his belief that Mars' inhabitants have large areas of that globe under cultivation and that Irrigation is extensively practiced. The way these district men are going after irrigation, the Rogue River valley will catch up with Mars yet. During a recent suffrage parade a man carried one of the banners for his wife, who was not able to march. She sat in the grandstand and watch ed the parade go by. When they reached home the husband said: "Well, Mary, how did I march? Did I do the job right?" "You carried that banner In the most disgraceful manner I ever saw," replied the angry spouse. "You dragged It In the dust all the way. What did you mean by doing that?" "Did you see what was printed on that banner?" he asked. "No, what was it?" , "Well, on that banner was printed this sign: '.Men can vote. Why can't I?' " Perhaps you read the news stories in the big city papers about the lynching in Kentucky last Monday. Howard Barrett was reading the ac count the other day at 'luncheon. When he came to the description of how the negro was fastened onto a rope thrown over a limb and at tached to an automobile he re marked: "Well, It wouldn't be so bad if it was a Packard, but I'd hate like thunder to be lynched by a Ford." 1 Republican Ticket jj NATIONAL. For President CHARLES EVANS HUGHES For Vice-President CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS For Representative, First District W. C. HAWLEY STATE. For Secretary of State B. W. OLCOTT For Justices of Supreme Court GF.ORCE H. BURNETT FRANK A. MOORE For Dairy and Food Commissioner I. D. MICKLE For Public Service Commissioner FRED G. BUCHTEL For Judge First District FRANK M. CALKINS For Representatives Eighth District BENJ. C. SHELDON C. M. THOMAS Tor Representative Ninth District WILLIAM H. GORE COUNTY. For District Attorney G. M. I.OBERTS For County Clerk G. A. GARDNER Tor County Recorder CIAUNCEY FLORE Y For Sheriff E. W. WILSON For County Treasurer . MYRTLE BLAKELEY For County Surveyor A. T. BROWN For Coroner JOHN A. PERL For County Assessor JAMES B. COLEMAN For County School Superintendent- G. W. AGER For County Commissioner GEO. V. OWEN t GILLETTE Means just as much on an Insurance Policy as on a Safety Rasor. See me when you want any kind ot insurance C. II. Gillette . i j i . i j 1 1 1 1 , j 1. 1 1 1 j . i 1 1 . . TTTTTTTTTTTITrrTTrrTfTTTTT J INTERIRBAN AUTOCAR CO. Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent and Phoenix dally except Sunday at 9:00 a. in. and 1:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:li p. m. A so on Saturday night at 6:30 and 12:20. Sundays leave at 9:00'and 1:00, 4:30, 6:30 and 10:30 p. m. ; Leave Medford for Ashland dally ei- 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 S:00 and 10:30 a. m., and 1:00, 2:00. 6:30 and 9:30 p. m. Fare between Medford and Ab. , land, 20 cents. Round trip, 35 ceuU. HSHLRND Storage and Transfer Co, C. F. BATES Proprietor. Two warehouses near Depot. Goods of all kinds stored at reasons able rates. A General Transfer Bnhit. , Wood and Rock Springs Coat. Phone 117. Office, 99 Oak Street, ASH LA VP. ORIXJO. October Bargains-Good for Month oi October Only Money-Saving Magazine Otters After reading sixteen columns of jokes in about twice as many papers, we pass these three on to you as the best of the bunch: A penitent-looking man was on trial for vagrancy and disturbance of the peace. The judge seemed In clined to be lenient with him. "What was the prisoner doing when you airested him?" he said to the policeman. "He was having a very heated ar gument with a cab driver, your hon or." "But that doesn't prove that he was the worse for liquor." the judge said. "Many sober people have ar guments with cab drivers." ."So they do, your honor," said the policeman, "but in this case there was no cab driver." I Select Your Favorite Club of "Look Pa, How 'Gets-IP Works!" 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