Cottage Grove sentinel., August 12, 1914, Image 4

You have ample opportunity thin year to nee the «Unger of t'r«,Hk
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legislation, because you yourself are afteete<l
It won its point.
The representative of tin* proposed competitor, who stimd to win
Remember the lessoii un«t «Ion ‘t forget the other fellow.
PLENTY o T B A O K B O N C
The council was opposed to.« long term contract.
a pot and sei'iued to have a cinch, was so far convinced that the uc
Join hands with him in giving a death blow to freak legislation.
eeptauee of the new hid was best for the city that he w ithdrew his pm
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posal, gave up his contract ami endorsed the action of the eouneil
A Iln i eUis publication entered at Cottage Grove aa second class mail matter.
O f AS an owner of real ratal«' are especially interested in the
Giving a franchise hih I the city lighting contract to an oiit-mle
defeat
of
the
$1500-exempt
ion
Iiieusure,
which
is
pure
single
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
company (thnr'lv milil make an investment m wires, poles ami meters
tax with a $1500 limit.
One Year.......................................$1.60 Three M o n t h s .................................... 40
only) meant bankruptcy for th«> Cottage Grove Kleetrii t o , a Imuie
Six M o n t h * ........................................80 Single-Copies..................................... 6c
Kindly make a note o f the fact that this $1500 exemption measure,
industry, owned by horn«* people who have an investment of b« two ii
No subscription taken unless paid for in advance.
This rule is imperative.
which aims to put all the tax on the land owner, » is fatherc«l hv
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$50,000 and $100,000.
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QUANT
Publishers
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ELBERT BEOE
ADVERTISING
RATES.
I ' ’Ken, th«> Mime one with which the state graug«' has co opi*rat«'»l in
than the proposed competitor offerc«l and at the same time inniutuiuc«!
per line.
While he has been co-operating with you and ingratiating himself
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with you, he has at the same time been devising methods for putting
the tax o f the state upon the landowner.
grudge against the Cottuge Grove Elect rie C«i. Thosi* eouneilme* Ian I
serving the best interests of th«' city.
KOBAHLY the city council has not been more eritieised in
the I'ottag« Grove Electric Company after having award« «1 a
to the regulation of business anti induatry. For that reason
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v. , «‘on tract to a prospective competitor and having called an election to
the farmer has not taken a very deep interest in them. .Not |
vote on n franchise
being directly affect«'«!, it was only natural that he should give them
In the opinion o f The S« ntinel such criticism is hardly fair. W«>
but little thought.
reason it out as follows:
The Oregon farmer this year, however, has go«>d reason to give
The mayor and the councilmcn arc taking valuable time to trans­
serious consideration to freak legislation. I'h«' universal eight-hour-
act the business of the city for which they roceiv«' the munificent
day measure, i f it should by any possibility be enaete«! by the people, I
salaries of $12 per year. They would not give as much time as they do
would probably affect him to a greater tli'gree than it would any other j
except from the most patriotic motives. Therefore it must he taken
factor in the life of the state.
tor granted that they are endeavoring to serve the city to the Imst
i B K D l’CE farm work i o eight hours a day is w ell nigh an o f their ability.
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| impossibility.
But under the eight-hour measure that would have to he
It follows that any mistakes made are mistakes o f judgment only.
Was there a mistake in judgment in awarding the contract to the
Not only that, but the hours must be consecutive, except that Foliage Grove Electric Co.?
L«*t us see.
an hour is actlow«*d for dinner, and mly six such eight-hour «lays
done.
Being personally interested in the tax rate of the city (at least two
would be permitted in one w eek.
I f the universal eight-hour-day measure should beeome a law, the members being themselves among the heaviest taxpayers of the city
farmer would have to work two shifts of employes or «'lse himself ami another employed by one o f th« heaviest taxpayers), it is certain
perform all work that could not be crowded into eight const'cutive
th a t
the council gave the financial inter«sts o f th« city serious
com
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'¡deration.
hours.
I f the farmer should he comjmlled to work two shifts he would
The l»i«l which was accept«'«! was lower than that made by th«' pro*
have to cut the wages of his employes in half, or else double the cost posed competitor.
of labor in production.
The proposed competitor voluntarily w ithdrew for the best in-
Not wishing to «lo either he wonhl be force«! to farm only what he (crests of the city.
coulil care for himself, which would result in decreas**«! production,
The contract under which the service will he given was draw n up
ami decreased production lea«ls to higher prices.
by the city attorney.
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The manager of the Cottage Grove Electric Co. «lo«* not «lispute
^ H A T increased cost of production might mean to the farmer
the claim of the council that the latter dictated rates and conditions.
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g can be guess« «1 from what it lias meant to industry.
The council was making a fight for lower rates for the iininicipal-
When Oregon’s freak laws increase the cost of Oregon-
ity ami for consumers. It got all it asked for.
made articles, the farmer and oth< is not directly interested in Oregon
I.t't us li«> as generous to the memb«'rs of the council.
them for not giving us a chance to confiscate the property of a public
service corporation.
HIS is a likely year for a Republican state to elect a Kcpuhli
can Fnitetl States Senator and a Republican Governor. NV« o-
the candidates o f both parties cipially acceptable, such w ould
naturally 1 ms the result.
With the Republican cnmlidntcM far more
acceptable in many ways than those o f th«- Democratic party, there
should lie not the slightest question of the result
I f the eight-hour law forces up th«' cost of the products of the
Oregon farm, it is to In* expected that the Oregon consumer w ill pur­
chase the products o f other states.
th«*m honestly.
An ulmnnnr predicts the weather n
year uhend. Even the weather man
might hit it if given thnt much time.
Some folks nre willing to follow
that's why others get nn opportunity
Money is one o f the sins that non
to lend.
lie passed dowu to the third nnd fourth
generations.
The woman who is best qualified to
give ndvice at u mothers* meeting
Thu' fellow who brngs about his sue
hasn't time to go there to give it.
ress is something o f n taire, but he's n
gemili companion compared to the fel
It sometimes tukes nwnv the pleasure low who is ninny* whining nnd finding
of rising to the top to think thnt some'fault
As the farmer does not control the price of his products, the nat-
Thing? We Think
Tb'ngs others Chink, and what we
think of the things others think
It is well that we don't nil say what
ural result would be that he coulil not fore«' up the price o f his pro­ we think— nnd still better that we don’t
ducts ami his only recourse would be to app«-al to the pride of Ore­ mean all we say.
gonians ami ask that they pay a higher price for Oregon-grown pro­
ducts in support of the Oregon farm.
It would be as hard to make
that kind of talk go as it would I k - to get farmers to pay home mer­
chants a imit'h higher price than that asked by the catalog house.
I.ove isn't so blind b«it thnt it can
find a girl's lips in the dark.
I f we had u goose that laid golden
eggs we wouldn’t be satisfied unless
they were double-yolked.
With the margin o f profit for products of the farm any lower than
The man who kicks about n newspaper
it now is it is difficult to understand how the Oregon farmer would never getting anything straight is the
first one to ask it to gloss things over a
make a profit sufficient to recompense him for his laltor.
little when be gets into trouble.
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F THE farmer worked but one shift, his employes could only
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A Portland weekly offers to lief klfMMI
help him can* for his live stock either in the morning ami at —nnd no one has yet asked where it got
noon/ or at noon and in the evening. All the chores would it.
have to be done by the farmer alone once daring the «lay, while his
It is to be a titanic struggle of the
Teutons.
employes would sit in their easy chairs or gas with him while he was
doing the work.
Only six «lays’ labor a week being permitted, the employes, no mat­
War may be hell but it stnrts n lot
of people on the way to paradise.
ter how willing to help do something to kill time, could not help the
You will stand audacity from your
sweetheart
that yon wouldn't stand
farmer do his chores on Sunday without making him liable to a fine
from her daughters in after years.
o f $1000 or imprisonment for one year.
If after fifteen minutes’ work
ha«l been done in the morning,
weather conditions should make further work impossible for the re-
mainder of the eight hours, after that time the employes coulil «lo
nothing to make up for lost time.
Even a farmer’s sons ami «laughters and whatever help his wife
might have would be subject to the same conditions.
ills it« probably the most freakish freak law that an attempt
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I f your home life
aren’t really married.
isn’t happy you
Cowardice is reprehensible— but there
is such a thing us using strategy in the
face o f danger.
Give the devil his dues— that’s the
only way most o f us may hope to get
ours.
Liberty is represented by a woman—
has ever been ma<le to foist upon a supposedly intelligent who takes the liberties away from us
electorate.
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A woman donen’t get mad at anyone
No wonder the farmers are up in arms in an effort to defeat the
who knows something thnt she wants
measure.
to find ont.
They should def«*at it.
I t ’s dangerous to write good adviee.
And every fair minded voter in the state w i ll vote against the Your wife rends it nnd asks why you
don’t live up to it.
measure.
But let U S say this to the farm«*r:
A newspaper will win more battles
It is as important to you to protect th«* business an«l industry of ,*"'n ***e
bruiser in the county,
the state as it is to protect your own interests.
Anyway thv giti , roro Mimonri
There will 1 m * freak measures on Ihe ballot «his fail in which you doesn’t have to tie shown. Hhe is ns
may not be directly concerned but which may hamper an«l cripple
any o t htr
inrlnfefrv
industry.
The best lookers may get that way
from looking so persistently for a man.
A id thoKi that are not then- this y« h i m h y be there next time.
November.
Home bachelor* g«'l married to th«* one must be displui-cd to give you room
single life.
A newspaper «nun, when u ruminiate
The ship of stnt«' coulil defend lin­
for office, wishes n large “ \ " list.
eup if nil tb<’ profi-ssioniil w indjnmmers
would get behind.
riolv writ says thnt the sins of the
father shnll be visited U|M>n the rhll
We oft« it believe thnt some w riters
•Iren—-fend the duughters of the preda
reduce literature thnt inspires others
tory rich continue to marry foreign
» better living, while the writers them noblemen.
selves nre so got dinged ornery nnd
mean thnt their wiv«*s can't live iu the
Home times we imagine the office girl
smue house with, them.
marries to bossy employer to gel n
rhnnec to turn the tubles.
A live linr will gather more Inurels
It wouldn't be so bad to gel married
than the d«*nd one who couldn't tell n
if
it wasn't so hard to get unmarried,
fd>.
Hin enemies admire the omn who has
j
hi
industries send Hast for articles made under conditions where the cost
of production is not so high.
I.d ’ h coinpli-
lent them upon what they have accomplished itistea«l of criticising
years than it has he« ti for giving the electric light contract to
MIK M AJO RITY of freak laws of the past have been devoted
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aside their prejmliees heeause they thought by so doing they were
CRITICISING THE COUNCIL.
THE FARM ER AND F R E A K LAW S.
Certain members of the council had greater provocation for «a n y
bcause they have been robbed of an opportunity to work o ff a
, Be Sure to Get Stop Over tion while trying to stiek you between the ribs.
Isn't it about time to cut loose?
at Cottage Grove.
at Cottage Grove.
a home imlustry.
mg thc'fight to a finish than have any of those who are eoiiipiaiuinu
How he must snicker to think of having your friendly enopera
Be Sure to Get Stop Over
Cottdqi
Editor
The eouneil got from the local company all that it expeet«'«! to get
Disnlav 25 cent* per inch; readiug notice nils., 10 emits per line; legal notices,!.
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5 cents per lias; surrounded a d -.5......... ,'er ,ach; rh.smlM ads., 1 cent per
P * “ “ » ' l » ^ operating With this year in at b asi two measur. s from the proposed «‘ompetitor of the local company, got low« r rales
v.'ord. Special discounts on contracts. Cards of Thanks and Resolutions, A cents on the ballot.
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Tell Your Friends
August
Aug.
Administrât
Notice la hcrtdiy
iind<*r*igni>d has b«><>
County Court of l.a
Oregon, administrât
Leroy Barrett, decei
Ail persons hnvi
said estate nre here
si'nt the same duly
before si* months
this mitico.
Dated this lAtii
Administrator of
Barrett, Decena«
J. K. YOUN
Att'irnev for the
Those who ask thi
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tint they are more
than the p«>rs>>n wh
thing.