VOL. XIV
FALLS CITY NEWS
CAMP MEETING
FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY. JULY, J3 1918
JAPAN MAKES HAT
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QtV rofeMor Belleuort, an eminent
Trench student of Eastern affairs,
says that Japan is the only nation
Lhat has benefited by the war,
at she has built up enormous
but,f lextile and chemical industries,
IN
»*• that “ once started in this direc
tion Japan resolved to acquire a
complete indet dence.”
This
French authority merely confirms
the information coming from many
other sources. In maintaining an A large Tabernacle has been erected near the
economic independence,
Japan
Free Methodist church where Evangelistic services
advantages over such a
she United States, the are conducted each evening at 8:00 o’clock.
..hich is the willingness
people to work long hours Rev. Klotzback is preaching the old time gospel,
de#
*„ X>w*irai(es. Our people are
and people have an opportunity to get right with
'wb. n Ur. and should not be willing to do
that. A fte r the war. Japan will God.
turn her largely developed indus-
lnm r cries to competition with
the A number from Salem District are expected next
K.Cf^dustries of Amer.ca, and will
•‘‘“ «»riously invade our markets un- week to help in these meetings.
we do one of two things,— !
Friends and enjoy these
either approximate the Japanese Come and bring vour
wage scale or set up a protective
meetings.
tariff barrier. We shall not do
the first. I f we do not resort to
and that committees see to it that
the latter, we shall buy Japanese WAR MEASURES NOT
they dig up.
goods and pay for them with good
Falls City, Oregon
American money.
WANT DEMOCRATIC POLITICS ONLY
PEACE MEASURES
An exchange says:— “ The na
tional government has
taken
over railroads and express com
panies. The next move o f prog
ress ought to be and will be the
taking over and
government
operation of telegraph and tele
phone companies.
Appointees of the present na
tional administration seem to have
taken a page out of the German
propaganda book and adapted it
to the services of the Democratic
party. A studied effort is made
“ Thus the American people
to convince the people that it the are coming into their own. Thus
war should continue until after by a fundamental reform they
» 1920 Mr. Wilson should succeed are stamping out the greatest
himself as president. This course danger which besets American
ia to be pursued on the ground democracy—control o f our poli
that Mr. Wilson knows the situa tics, corruption and degradation
t
tion and that it is not good public o f every department o f public
policy to “ change horses in the service -executive, judicial and
middle of the stream.” But the legislative branches—by private
n»
propaganda does not stop there. managers o f these
powerful
I
It is used to cover both contingen quasi public corporations.”
r <
cies, that is, the continuance of
It is just such unfounded accu
the war, and in case the war sations as this that breed social
should end.
ism. anarchy and class hatred.
i» t y.H» r>In
event of peace before
As a war measure, we leave it
Mu.. The reeijtsuggested, as the Amer-
to those in charge to say what
experieoco I*
normally averse
industries it is necessary to place
to giving a president three terms,
under government operation and
Mr. McAdoo is so well acquainted
control to meet the present emer
with government affairs he might
gency.
well be chosen as the nominee for
Ion.
president. O f course, in spread-, Socialists, favoring establish
ing this propaganda, “ there is no ment o f European forms o f pa
politics.” Only “ the good of the ternalism in Amenica are using
country” is sought by the patri war measures, adopted by gov
otic Democratic employes of the ( ernment in times o f stress, as
federal government who are so arguments fo r socializing all our
industriously toiling in the vine great industries. To camouflage
yard.—Springfield! Ill) State Jour the public they use such catch
phrases as: “ Thus the American
nal.
people
are coming into their own.
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ENCOURAGE CARELESS BANKING
No. 46.
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Are the American people com
ing into their own, if in peace
times a system is established
that gradually takes away from
the individual the right to carry
on one private enterprise after
another. Instead o f coming into
"th eir own” as the advocates o f
this socialistic system would have
us believe, would we not really
be giving up the dear bought
liberties guaranteed us by our
own constitution which grants
the individual the greatest free
dom and protection o f any docu
ment in the world.
War measures are one thing,
peace measures are another, let
us not confuse the issue and in
so doing kill free American initia
tive with the paralizing hand of
socialism.— I. N. B.
“ That seems to be the purpose
of the bill to have the general
government guarantee bank de
posits.
Bankers are protesting, against
the law as unsound in principle
and calculated to encourage un
sound banking.
They say that
for Uncle Sam to guarantee all
deposits in banks up to $5,000 or
less means to put a premium on
incompetence. Such a law would
be an incentive to reckless paying
of high interest to get deposits,
and so'icit business by claiming
their deposits were guaranteed.
Good banks would have to dig up
out o f their assets to establish and
then support incompetently mana
ged banks that went under.
Socialistic politicians will work
hard to put the bill through Cong
The Fourth Liberty Loan drive
ress and the Farmers-Non-Parti-
is scheduled to start October 1.
san League fathers it in the
Oregon's quote has been estimated
states.-Industrial News Bureau.
at $45,000,000, practically three
times greater than the Third call.
In putting Wilson up for a Third A drastic system for handling
Term the Democrats can "Point slackers has been recommended.
with Pride” to promises of former It has been recommended that
every person be given a rating
campaigns.
The war will never be won by
patriotism that is measured by
dollars. Profiteers are all very
patriotic.
Importing a lot of Chinamen
under contract “ during the w ar”
looks more like a scheme to reduce
wages than to reduce shortage of
labor.
Advocates of Government own
ership o f railroads as a menns of
cheap transportation will probably
change their views after getting
the benefit o f McAdoo’s experi
ments along this line.
The W ar Board has issued some
more regulations for the news
paper publishers. There is noth
ing, however, to prohibit free
advertising.
WHY WE ARE
A T W AR WITH
GERMANY
By
E P H R A IM D O U G L A S S A D A M S
E x e c u tiv e H ead, H ia to ry D epart
m e nt
L a la n d Sta n fo rd J u n io r U n lv a ra lty
“ T h e a b je c t o f t h le w a r la to d a llv e r
the fre e peoplee o f the w o rld f r o m the
m e n a c e a n d th e a c t u a l p o w e r o f a v a a t
m ilit a r y e s t a b lis h m e n t c o n t r o lle d b y a n
Ir r e s p o n e lb le g o v e r n m e n t , w h ic h , h a v in g
e a c r a tly p la n n e d t o d o m in a t e t h o w o rld ,
p ro c e e d e d to c a r r y o u t t h o p la n w it h o u t
r e g a r d a lt h a r to t h o s a c r e d o b lig a t io n s
o f t r e a t y o r t h o lo n g -e e ta b lle h e d p ra c -
t lc a s a n d la n g - c h e r is h e d p r in c ip le s o f I n
t e r n a t io n a l a c t io n a n d h o n o r ; . . . T h la
p o w e r la n ot th e G e r m a n people.
It la
tho ru t h la a a m a s t e r o f t h o G o r m a n p e o
ple. . . .
It It o u r b u t ln e a s to so # t o
It t h a t th a h is t o r y of th e re st o f tho
w o rld la n o lo n g e r le ft to It s h a n d li n g . "
— P r e s id e n t W il t o n . A u g u s t 27. 1f17.
TR A IT O R S
TO
OUR
DEMOCRACY.
O B IT U A R Y
]
Mr«. Margaret Elizabeth Vfelkal
Margaret Elizabeth Travis was
1 born December 12,1840. in Clarion
County, Pa., and died July 4. 1918
at Falls City, Oregon. She was
married to Lafayette Weikal Dec
6, 1872, in Allen County Kansas.
The family came to Falls City in
1890, and settled on the place they
have since made their home.
Mrs. Weikal became a member
n# the Presbyterian Church in her
early youth.
Upon coming to
Falls City she joined the Methodist
Episcopal Church, there being no
Presbyterian church at this place.
Altho practically an invalid for
years, she has been an inspiration
to all who knew her, and always
had a smile and kind word for
everyone.
No children came to this home,
so upon the death of Mrs. Rhoda-
barger they took her baby daugh
ter Abbie, and reared her as their
own child, —now Mrs. J. E. Beezley
of Astoria, Oregon, who with the
bereaved husband, are left to
mourn the loss of their loved one.
war.~ But There are some persons so
feeble-minded or so Incapable of grasp
ing the world Importance of this war.
th a l they talk and write things cal
rotated to weaken our e ffic ie n t in
war. These people are traitore lo our
democracy
.The whole matter Is summed up by
the Single Tax Journal of California
iEveryman, November, 1917): "W il
son'a business now Is to win the war.
and win It soon . . . The ra licai
press should stop knocking him and
attend to It* own business— which Is
to create the democracy that the Allies
are to make the world safe for
To
fight war. after It ts on. Is bootless
To hinder i t i quick, effective prosecu
tion it, of course, traitorous "
But there are other methods than
radical speech which can "hinder the
quick, effective prosecution of Ibe
war." Labor organizations, long en
gaged In a struggle for better labor
conditions, may see In the existence of
war an opportunity to secure their de
mands. I f such demands are unusual
and 1f they would have been unjusti
fled had there been no war— It- labor
seeks to take special advantage of the
existence of war, then such labor is
traitorous. It hinders the successful
prosecution of the war. For the most
part, labor organisations have not
sought such special advantage, but
a few have done so, and In public es
tl mat ion they stand as traitors to our
democracy.
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Business men— men with c a p ita l-
are not free from the imputation of
traitorous conduct
That man who
places his own business Interests
above the interests of the nation In
this war Is traitorously minded.
If
he deliberately seeks profit at the ex
pense of national efficiency (as In the
sale of undergrade materials to the
government) he should be punished,
not simply as a cheat, but as a traitor.
This Is the rare exception. It Is the
almost unconscious exaltation of his
own business Interests, however, thal
makes the average business man dan
gerously liable to traitorous conduct.
There Is no such thing as “ business
as usual" during a war.
Finally, the question of honest tax
returns and of subscribing to war
loans Is directly and positively a ques
tion o f loyalty or treason
There is
no need to argue the point that the
man who conceals his resources, or
makes dishonest tax returns is a
traitor In Intent and deed.
What
about lending to the government?
Such lending means usually a slight
sacrifice.
But the war can not be
won without sacrlflcee—and great sac
rifices. If a man has money which he
cat* lend, and If he does not lend, he
Is traitorous, for he hinders the quirk
and effective prosecution of the war.
8uch traitors may Indeed never be
brought to punishment, even though
they deserve It as much as the radi
cal Pacifist who argues against this
war. or covertly belittles the honesty
of the purposes of our Allies.
But
the radical who sneers, and the man
with money who con lend and does
not. are alike traitorous to our coun
try. to our fdtth (n democracy, and
to our objects in this war. And we.
who do make sacrifices, know them for
the traitors that they are.
The general definition of a traitor
1a one "who glvea aid and comfort to
the enemy ” Thla la usually applied
to direct action, as In tha Oklahoma
movement In oppoaltlon to the draft,
or the encouragement of draft eva
slons. or when an American cltlxen re
veals our war plans to Germany
Such acts constitute direct treason:
but there Is a kind of indirect treason,
much harder to define and combat, yet
often far more dangerous to our coun
try and the success of the war than
direct treason. Before the war there
were In thla country many social,
political, or humanitarian movements
on foot, all of which were radical
(that la to say, advocates of change!
In their programs. Such, for example,
were the Soclaltete. the Land Tax re
formers. the Pacifist*
But all of
these asserted faith In the democratic
principle In government and wlahed to
T h i s I* th# n in th o f a s t r i a s of ten
gain their ends by converting our
a rtic le s b y P r o fe s s o r A d a m s.
democracy.
Moat of the adherents
of these various movements have rec
ognised that this democracy of oura
Don’t forget to bring in news
having entered upon war. muat be
items,
or drop them in our "news
supported— that s p e c i a l
programs
muat, for the moment, be subordinated box” at the postoffice. W e appre
lo the one great object of teM#ii»2 the ciate them.
During this month we go
through stock and select
short ends and broken lines
and reduce from regular
prices. . . . . . .
YOU CAN PICK REAL BARGAINS
DURING OUR JULY CLEARANCE
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Meeting and Beating Competition
The Financial Ladder
What is a ladder? Is it a machine, a tool, a labor saving
device or a —what. We think it is a what. Anyw ay it serves
as a means to get to the top!
I f you want to get to the top in the financial world you
need a financial ladder. Every dollar you save and put to
work*is a round in your financial ladder. You furnish the
“ rounds” and we will furnish the “ uprights” — a Diace to
put vour rounds. The better your ladder the faster you can
climb. Let us help you construct your ladder and to climb.
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W E H A N D LE O IL Y
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o( Clothing
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FALLS CITY MEAT MARKET
C. J. BRUCE, Proprietor.
.R ED U C ED P R IC ES O N B E E F
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are now selling beef at 10c to 22c par pound.
Will buy your B oom , Veals, Hogs and Chloktns.
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