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the presidential administration will
he free from obligations av t- the
public and a man like Oeorse W.
Pvrklns would have no more influ
ence than Bill Smith. It Is true it
would be difficult for rublic money
to be usei in conducting the cam
paigns for presidential nominations
But for the people themselves to fi
nance the final race between the
candidates of the two great parties
would be a simple matter.
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The East Oregonian has receive-
1 50 j the following statement from Senator
j ' Pourne's office relating to the par-
nl' mist hill that has been introduced
r
fbe Illv Fast Mrejoalan it ept on aale j by Oregon's senior senator:
.UuVoul o"oa.C- ""l "Senator Bourne's parcel post bill
Northwest News i"o . Portland, Oreinn ; introduced a few days ago, is designed
Washington. l C. Bureau. 501
taentb itreet. N. W.
Four
Member Tnlted lYesa AssorlaFlon.
alepbooe Halo )
omcla. City and Cocnu l"pt.
ALL OF THE TIME.
children
the law
first:"
of the
"Women and
This is
sea;
But why not make it the rule
wherever a man may be
Let it become the law where
roisterers quench their
thirst;
Emblazon it over the bar "The
women and children
first."
The man who is staggering
home, having squandered
his weekly wage.
May dream of heroic deeds and
his name on the printed
page;
He may long for the chance to
prove, -where worse has
come to the worst.
That he has the strength to say:
"The women and children
first." .
But why on the sea alone, or
only when dangers arUe?
Why not where the lights are
bright, why not -where
temptation lies?
Does he who is boasting where
he lingers to quench his
thirst
See, shining over the bar: "The
women and children
first?"
S. E. Klser.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD DO IT,
Several days ago the East Oregon
Ian discussed the evil of large trust
contributions to presidential cam
paign funds and suggested that it
would be better for the government
Itself to pay the expenses of the cam
paign after the nominations have
been made rather than to allow the
same to be financed by such men as
Morgan, Guggenheim and Perkins.
The people are foolish to allow
rr.oivv from "any old source" to be ! bj' salnS
used in the presidential campaign be
cause such money can be usffl to
distort the j-ituation and bring about
bad results.
Here is a recent sample of how
the thing goes. Down in the south
the Underwood compaign seems . to
have plenty of money behind it. G.
R. Hutchens of Atlanta Is the cam
paign manager and writing to J. E
Gardener 'of Atlanta, Ga., he gave
the following classic instructions:
"We want you to give them hell
in Morgan county. I enclose you
check tor one hundred ($100) dollars
"I suggest that you use it for bar
becue and that you get out a good
crowd and rattle the opposition. Or
you can ue it in getting the vote
out.
"I leave it entirely to you."
If the same amount of money was
sent to each of the other 140 Georgia
counties then some $14,000 was so
consumed. Where that money came
from is not disclosed, but as Under
wood is a reactionary democrat the
ecurce may be surmised. It is sig
nificant that Underwood is winning
out down south.
It Is not from the spending of the
money that the harm results how
ever. The fault Is in the system of
raising the money. When euch
money mm-n from corporate sources
there Is danger the mn who give it
wi'.l be unduly influential with those
In charge of the government. In
ether words if the people allow their
presidential campaign to be financed
by trust magnates they are liable to
have an administration more or less
i:nd-r the control of the same men.
The people themselves should pro
vide, through congressional appro
priations, the money with hlch to
carry on presidential campaigns. Then
to give the people of the United i
States as low a merchandise rate as J
the actual cost of the service will i
Permit and to base the charge upon
i
the service rendered. His bill in- j
eludes what Is called a "zone" sys
tem, with rates varying according ti
distance. This plan gives the advan
tage to the local merchant, and yet
provides much lower rates for long
hauls than the rates now In force.
"For example the present rate on
merchandise Is one cent an ounce,
or IS cents a pound, regardless of
distance. This is an absolutely un
scientific rate. It now costs a resi
dent of a rural route 16 cents a pound
to have merchandise mailed to him
from his local market, and the limit
Is four pounds which would cost 64
cents. Under the Bourne bill the ru
ral route rate is five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each ad
ditional pound, or 15 cents for 11
pounds, this weight being the limit.
"But the Bourne bill will not be
as favorable to mail order houses as
local merchants have feared. The
proposed rate for a distance such as
that from Chicago or Kansas City to
Oregon is 12 cents for the first pound
and ten cents for each additional
pound or $1.12 for 11 pounds. The
present charge for 11 pounds made
up in four pound packages would be
$1.76, so that there Is a reduction of
61 cents and yet the local merchant
has a rate of 13 cents as compared
with $1.12 charged on the package
from Chicago. This difference of 97
cents because of the greater distance
Is believed to be ample protection to
the local merchant and fully justified
by the cost to the government."
Certainly the bill is right in striv
ing to fix rates on a basis of the cost
of service. But whether it actually
does so seems debatable. If a one
pound package can be brought from
Chicago to Pilot Rock for 12 cents it
should not cost five cents to send that
package from Pendleton to Pilot
Rock. The rate on local business is
still too high as compared with the
rate on packages from a distance.
This may be answered in part no doubt
that the cost of service
comes njt entirely from transporta
tion but from handling also, and that
a package traveling but a short dis
tance calls for as much handling as
one going a long distance in a through
pouch.
If the Bourne bill is given consid
eration by congress it seems prob
able that the question as to whether
or not the rates specified are truly
based on the cost of service will be
the chief bone of contention.
Every Day
Tin Uondof Sterns Irofl
iS0
Growing in favor with buying. public every day as the
enormous values become known. High grade merchan
dise going for a mere fraction of original cost and its
intrinsic value.
Cir'cus Day Specials Tomorrow
Forenoon and afternoon, morning and evening, come in
any hour and your quarters will do the work of dollars
elsewhere.
Ladies' Waists. Gloves. Neckwear, Undermuslins, Lawns, Batistes. Dimities, Poplinst
Men's Suitsi Hats, Gloves, Shirts and Underwear, all going at extra special reductions
Remember the Free Gift
Hundreds of dollars worth of beautiful merchandise being
given away. Investigate This.
Come Every Day Come Direct to
countryman with a worried look, ex
claimed to his wife:
"Mommie, you didn't give Mr. Cot
terill a napkin."
"Oh, yes." said Cotterill quickly,
"here It Is," and he took it out of his
lap an.1 held it up for all to see.
"Oh:" apologized tbe farmer, "I
thought you didn't have one because
you didn't have it on " Popular Magazine.
teddy- hockixg-hoiise.
The Chicago dailies are all tied up
by a strike of the pressmen. Senator
Lorimer won't care if some of the
Chicago dailies are never published
again.
It may be many years before Pen
dleton gets another paving war such
as in on here now. Usually the pav
ing company has only to compete
with itself.
If the present weather keeps' on the
sheep will be very glad to be sheared.
North Yakima must be a Hmall
town somewhere in the foothills.
Taft Is becoming almost as strong
with the verbal punches as is his ex
friend. I . 1 r
ii: eived by his style.
When Charles A. Cotterill was mak
ing an automobi'e tour in northeastern
Ohio not long ago with a member of
congress, the machine got stuck in the
mud and the party invaded a far
mer's house with a request for dinner.
"I don't know you," said the con
gressman to the farmer "and you
don't know me, but you elected me to
congress and now I want you to give
us a dinner."
The farmer and his wife furnished
an elaborate meal and it was when
the repast was half over that the
j Teddy had a rocking-horse,
Its name was (r. u. i.
He loaned tne norse to "Willie Taft
Till he could go to see
The big things out in Africa
And take his gun along
And prove himself a true Nlmrod.
He proved it good and strong.
His gnu, of course, was very large
A regular blunderbuss,
For to be sure it carried a charge
to kill a rhinoceros.
He did not shoot the smaller game,
For Ted's not built that way,
But firmly built his hunter's fame
On mighty beasts of prey.
And when he'd killed them by the
score
Until quite satisfied,
He set out for his native shore
With many a curious hide.
And as he reached his native port
The eagle screamed for Joy
The nation gave the day to sport
In honor of her boy.
For Ted Is not a common lad,
He Is both brave and wise;
His fault Is that undying fad
He'd rule all 'neath the skies.
That great canal now being bullt's
A tribute to his fame;
It should be called "The Roosevelt,"
In honor of his name.
Of late he's made one sad mistake.
Though common to most men;
His friends don't think that he should
take
His pony back again.
He's thrown his hat into the ring
And bids Bill come across.
But Bill will do no such a thing
As give him back his horse.
Joe McQee.
Bryan, Texas. April 23, 1912.
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THE- xMATCII-MAKIXtt KAISER.
On one occasion wTille on a military
round the German emperor came
across a private with a very melan
choly visage, and he asked the rea
son of the troubled face.
"It's like this, sir." said the soldier.
"I've fallen In love with a sergeant's
daughter, and she loves me all right,
but the father won't let her marry
anyone of lower rank than his "
"Oh, that's It," laughed the kaiser.
"Well, trot off and tell him the em
peror has made you a sergeant."
"The Real Kaiser," Oscar fricnei, in
National Magazine for April,
SEVERELY IXJGICAf
It was a Welsh minister who de
scribed the devil to a congregation in
a i-nmot Welsh valley. Said the
minister:
"The devil Is bound round the mid
die with chains, and round the arms
with chains, and round the legs with
chains. But John Jones," pointing to
a man In the front row, "he can reach
you; and you, David Evans," pointing
to one in the middle row, "he can
reach you, and," pointing to one at
the middle row, "he can reach you
the back, "John Williams, he can
reach you."
And then a man in the gallery call
ed out, "Why, he might as well be
loose." London Globe.
EHEXUl SOCIALISM.
llr. Samuel P. Orth, writin
In the May World's AVorTc about
French Socialism says that in spite
of the numbers of those who have em
braced socialism, in spite of its power,
you are Impressed with the vagueness
of it all. There is that eluslveness
about French Socialism, which, to an
Anglo-Saxon, is exasperating. In vain
you try to pin down a French socialist
to something definite. He always slips
away from you with his unctuous
rhetoric. "We French so dearly love
the romantic. We adore triumphant
Insurrection," one of them said to me
after I had tried for half an hour t&
gluo- him down to a definite proposi
tion. The fact remains, however, that
socialism is spreading into every cor
ner of France. Nothing seems to be
able to check it. It is an ever-increasing
current of discontent and protest.
And it will require great genius to
guide it If it can be guided.
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