•t tft Again, wo must build up our inert Irnut marine. It will uot uId to put (lie Koverimieut Into coiupotlliuii wltb private own. ora. That, it seems to uio, la a counsel o f fo il;. A aurcr way o f destroying the promise of our foroliiii trade could hardly be de­ viat'd. It ha* well boon asked, “ Does the tfovcmment Intend to operate at a profit or at a lost? We need the encouragement and protection o f government fo f our shipping luduMtry, but it cannot alTord to have the government a* a competitor. — From Mr. I lug ties' Speech o f Acceptance. •I- • by rad i Oros. CHARLES EVANS HUQHE8. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ F ♦ ♦ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + + ♦ ♦ ♦ + DECRYING INTERFERENCE. WE INTERFERED IN MEX­ ICO EX A SPE R A TIN G LY. P R E PA R E Mr. Hughe* ha* unequivocally taken the right position. and a* rrgard* all other jiosltlona he, and not hta opponent, I* entitled to the support o f both men and women, and therefore the wom­ en In the enfranchised state* who do not tn this elecUon sup­ port him forfeit the right to say they have done their utmost for Ibelr sisters In the non enfran­ chised states."—From a le tte r o f Theodore Roosevelt to Miss Alice Carpenter. ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 FOR THIS. "When we contemplate Indus­ trial and commercial conditions we see that we are living In s fool's iisradise The temporary prosperity to which our oppo­ nents point has been created by the abnormal conditions inci­ dent to the war. With the end o f the war there will he the new condition* determined by * new Europe. Million* o f men In the tranche* will then return to work The energies o f each of the now l>ell!gerent nation*, highly trained, w ill then tie turn­ ed to production."—Charles E. Hughes. ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 44 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MR. HUGHES ANSWERS. These Who Clamored For Hie Views Are Hearing Them. Those friends o f Democracy who clamored so loudly for Mr. Hughes’ opinions upon current issues while he still held the high office of Justice of the supreme court are now fully an­ swered by the private citizen. ’ ho sur­ rendered his Judicial position to accede to the wishes o f a majority o f the people as expressed through tbelr in­ structions to their delegates to the Re publican national convention. Mr. Hugbe* has not disappointed those who have reposed confidence In his character and Judgment. In bis speech of acceptance he has clearly set forth the vital Issues u|ion which the Republican party proposec to conduct the campaign this fall On the flat form he Is tolling the nation wherein the present administration has lieen at fault and what 1* necessary to be done to restore the United States to tbo place of respect and honor to which It Is entitled In the eyes o f the world. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ADDRESS IN CHICAGO. ♦ 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 FLASHES FROM DETROIT HUGHES' TALKS. AMERICAN RIGHTS. "N o one could successfully present to an American audience ttint tu Amer lean citizen’s right* stupped wltb the coast line." "There Is not a particle o f inllltflrlain In my composition, but there la Am er­ icanism In Its pluce, nnd If elected I am going to see that American rights are protected." LABOR. "Th e workingman Is not nsklng any tlilug be should not have. All he wants Is a square deal." "N o sin h thing ns prosperity exists for Just one elass In America, unless It exists for all." "The Republican party doe* 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 »0 that we are "ontent vRh dlsesteem, with the scoff of the world.” " ‘I am an American citizen.' ought to be the proudest title In the world.” 4 4 HIGH LIG HTS OF HUGHES’ "A * I was 100 psr cant judge I became 100 per cent candidate." “ Tbs moet sarioue charge against th* present administra­ tion is putting incompetent men into important position*.’’ "I propose that when a men goat to represent the American peopi« he ehell be looked upon with respect and setssm." "Nobody hat ths right to pay political debts with the good name and th* honor of ths Unit­ ed States.’’ *‘ l propose to have no mors ‘kiss me and I’ll kiss you’ ap­ propriations in Congress.*’ CIVIL SERVICE. "W e had in the coast nnd geodetic survey an eminent scientist. He was displaced to make room for an excel­ lent stock breeder." " I t Is the most unworthy thing an administration can do to take public business nnd pay political debts with It." ___________________ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 NO PROTECTIVE MEASURE 4 FROM DEMOCRATIC 4 CONGRESS. 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ Those Canadian sentries who search­ ed the ear o f Mr. Hughe* for explo­ sive* missed the bomb* he lis* ready to drop into the Democratic campf— Philadelphia Public ledger. The N ew York Sun saya that Dan­ iels I* the Isaiie, hut our opinion la that the Demócrata will, in company with several other so called Issues, duck this one. Daniels is too difficult a proposition to defend. Instead of getting those Danish Is­ olds st a bargain, "marked down rom $25,000,000 to $5,000,000," w e’re olng to pay a twenty million bonua u a $5,000,000 value. « 4 .4 .4 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ ♦ "W ORDS OR DEEDS?" “ If anything in this campaign Is real it is that w* are new facing the question whether we went words or whether w* want dsedsi whether wo want that which is written and spoken, or whether w* want American so- tion in th* interests of th* Am ir- lean people, worthy of the Amar- ican name, maintaining th* American honor and buttressing th* prosperity of the United States.” — From Mr. Hughes’ Speech at Chicago. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 444444444444444444 Baltimore American—Twenty- five tons o f note paper have been sent to the Mexican border for the use o f the National Guardsmen. Many will be surprised to learn there is that much left in the + + + -I* + + + + + + + + + ¡country. CHARLES W A R R E N FAIRBANKS. ♦ WOMEN SHOULD BE FOR CHARLES C. HUGHES, 8AVS ROOSEVELT. -i* + “ You couldn’t gst ■ protective measure out of a Democratic congrats sectionally organized any more than you could get a revival meeting out of a disorder­ ly hou»e."— From Mr. Hugh**' Speech at Chicago. ♦ 4 4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ F 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 The dcallnga of the adminis­ tration with Mexico constitute a confused ebupter o f blunders. We have not helped Mexico. Kite lies prostrate. Impoverished, famine stricken, overwhelmed with the woes nnd outrages of Internecine strife, the helpless victim o f a condition o f anarchy wUI'-h the course If the admlu- latrutlou only served to promote. For ourselves, we have wlt- uesaed the murder o f our cltl- zena and the destruction of tbelr property. W e have made ene­ mies, not friends. Instead of commanding respect and deserv­ ing good will by sincerity, firmness and consistency, we provoked misapprehension and deep resentment. In the light o f the conduct o f the admin­ istration no one could under­ stand Its professions. Decrying Interference, we interfered most exas|>eratlngly. W e have not even kept ont of active con­ flict, and the soil o f Mexico Is stained with the blood o f our soldiers. W e have resorted to physical invasion only to retire without gaining the professed object. It Is a record which cannot he examined without a profound sense o f humiliation.— + From Mr. Hughes’ Speech of + Acceptance. The announcement o f the Wil aon Independent League that the Bull Mooee have stampeded to the Democratic fold recalls the con­ versation o f an old Dutchman with 1 his small boy along about sun­ down: “ Jakey, have you got de irooses all in?” “ Yes, fader!” “ How many was dey?” “ Vun.” “ Dot’s r-ridght.” An exchange attempts to excuse the Democrats for their failure to reduce the high coat o f living, as they pledged themselves to do, by laying it to the European war and not to any peculiarity o f the W il­ son administration. On another page the same exchange boasts of the higher prices paid for labor under the Wilson administration giving credit to good judgment and business acumen o f the Pres­ ident and not, as in the high cost of living, to the European war. Funny. New Fall G' oods Are Now Begim Arrive. B y p r o t e c t i n g o u r s e lv e s w e h a v e in a la rg e w a y b e e n a ble to s e c u r e g o o d s a t old p ric e s . R e ­ c e n t l y t h e r e ha s be e n s o m e sharp advances. F IG U R E F O R Y O U R F A L L R E ­ Q U IR E M E N TS FROM US TH IS YEAR. SELIG’S, Cash Price Store, “ Meeting and Beating Competition” . Dallas, Ore., Sept. 2, 1916. 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + How Much Is Now Loft of tho Bal­ timore Platform 7 The president had boldly signed the fo rk river and harbor bill, and bis facile pen Is dripping with Ink eager to attach Itself to a pork public build­ ings bill. The friendliest apologists of the pres- Id -ut'a part tn the profligate waste of money wrung from the people by op presslve taxation have nothing better to say for btm than that It la hardly fair to expect a man to say ” 1 forbid!" In his presidential year when be is a candidate. The foregoing words describing the profligate waste o f the people's money with executive approval are taken without change from a plank of the platform on which Woodrow Wilson was elected In 1012: “ W e denounce the profligate waste of money wrung from the people by oppressive taxation through the lavish appropriations o f recent Republican congresses, which have kept taxes high and reduced the purchasing power of the people’s toll. W e demand a return so that simplicity and economy which beflts a democratic government.” How much Is now left o f the prin­ ciples declared and the promises reg­ istered at Raltlmore as Inducements to citizens to vote for Wilson. Possibly It is because he and bis party have been such reckless, such wholesale repudlators o f the pledges of 1012 that few people remember or care to remember what pledges were made In bis behalf about forty days ago at 8 t Louis.—New York Sun. 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W e must apply that principle fntrly. without abusea, In as sci­ entific a manner ns possible; nnd congresa should be aided by the Investigations o f an expert body. + W e stand for the safeguarding + o f our economic Independence, + for the development o f American + Industry, for the maintenance o f + American standarda of living. + W e propose that In the competi­ 4 tive struggle that Is about to + come the American working­ + man nhall not suffer.—From Mr. I + Hughes' Speech o f Acceptance. in use this county. enabled to save you this money as our plant is modern When the present fiscal year was only six weeks old the deficit in the United States Treasury was more than $23,000,000 and only a few hundred thousand dollars less than it was for the same period i of last year. Y e t the revenue re­ ceipts for this year’s period were more than ten millions above those of last year. W hat’s the answer? It would appear that the more + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + money the Democrats can get or 14 4 TH E AMERICAN WORKING i plan for, the more they spend. BURSTING A BUBBLE. The Democrats who sought a crit­ icism from Dr. Charles W. Eliot o f Mr. Hughes’ acceptance o f the presl lentlal nomination got one, but not the kind they wanted Dr. Kllot was heartless. Instead o f helping the Detn- ocrata keep the supreme court bubble I 4 In the air he pricked ft with a pin I 4 when tn his letter he said o f Mr. + Hughes' action: + "Moat Americans will think that, 4 having tried the life of a governor nnd 4 the life o f a Justice of the supreme + court, he had a right to give effect to 4 his preference for political service." + Mr. I.anstng is credited with the be- lef that the ense against <5rent Britain )n account o f the blacklist Is so weak that It ought not to be pressed. What, ihen, (lid Mr. Polk mean when he •ailed the attention o f the British gov- •rnment, "In the grnvest terms," to “the many aerlotts consequences" to be apprehended If It were not wlth- Irawn? Prague (Okla) Record -The only instance in which the Demo­ cratic party has subscribed to the doctrine. “ America first” is in the j levying o f higher taxes on the fo>ks at home. 1 © FOR A M ERCH ANT MARINE W ITH O U T FEDERAL COM PETITION. Twenty million dollars per year is the amount presented to Canada by the Democratic party through the lumber schedule o f the Under­ wood tariff act. i + + + + + + + + 4 + + + + + 4 4 4 4 ♦ No. 1. FALLS CITY OREGON. SATURDAY. SKITEMBKK 2. 191« mmm • VOL. XIII FALLS CITY NEWS TOUGH ON THE MARINES “ Men with long, tapering ‘piano’ fingers are apt to desert after short service, while those having stubby digits, denoting stability of character and utter lack o f the artistic temperament, usually stand by their oaths and make the best marines," says the publicity department of the Navy. To say the least this is not very compli­ mentary to the marines. It would appear that only those with stolid indifference and lack o f ambition make good sea soldiers. WHO IS TO BLAME? free newspaper publicity so the patient public may have missed The railroad official are endeav­ their version o f the controversy. oring to create public sentiment against the strikers because of effect it will have on all kinds o f business, which is true. Y e t it must not be forgotten that the power to avert this strike lies Uniting Learning and Labor THE OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE In its Six Schools and Forty-eight De­ within the power o f either party. partments it engaged in the great work ol uniting Learning and Labor. The railway by acceding to the Forty-eighth School Year Open* demands o f labor or the men by backing down. The average lay­ man is not sufficiently informed on the merits or demerits o f the question to condemn the one or commend the other. It is alleged that, as a rule, trainmen draw princely salaries and merely ex ­ ercise sufficient for good health. It has also been hinted that the railroad magnates are arrayed in "purple an fine linen, they toil not neither do they spin,” yet, their salary is written in eight figures. So far the Brotherhood has had no press agents seeking SEPTEMBER 18 , 1916 . 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