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TUESDAY, SEPTEMDEIl 21, 1D12 TWO -I v t FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER Polk County Observer Published Semi-Weekly at. Dallas, Oregon, by the OBSERVER PRINTING COMPANY Office riiones. Business office Main 19 Press room Main 19-2 EUGENE FOSTER. W. II. TOTTEN. Subscription Rates: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 40 Strictly in advance. Entered as second-class matter March 1. 1907, at the post office at Dallas, Oregon, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. The way to build up Dallas is to pat ronhe Dallas people. WHY THEY FAVOR IT. Occasionally Bump one naks why is the .Salem coterie of printers so anx ious to fasten a flat salary law upon Oregon. The reason is plain. The present state printer has refused to sIkii a contract with the Internation al Typographical Union for a closed shop, (ieclarintf, rightly, that a state plant, doing pnhlie work, should lie open to every citizen of Oregon who is competent to do the work required in the shop regardless of his labor affiliations. This has aroused the ire of the Kalem printers who w;ould greatly prolit it' the shop was closed to all but union members. Jn order to show to what extent the men would profit and thereby greatly in crease the expenses of the office, The Observer herewith prints the follow ing interview recently had with i union printer of Portland as to the benelits to accrue to the members of the printer's union in case the closed shop bill drawn by a bunch of Salem printers shall become a law. We ask ed him to lie absolutely square with us, as we had always been with him, anil tell us honestly whether the law was to benefit the state or the union; and then his attention was called to a statement printed in a Salem news paper by one of the most rabid sup porters of the law In which he de ckiipil that he would favor "the very highest scale" which he could "get the state printing board to stand for" and that he ""favors a very dif ferent division of the legitimate pro ceeds of the state printing than that favored by Mr. Duniway, the present state printer." This union printer llnally spoke as follows, anil his reasons for favoring the closed shop law are such as are In Id, without doubt, by others of his union, lie said substantially the fol lowing (we try to quote him cor rectly): "Well, the new law would Increase the salaries of employes from $21 per week as a minimum to $2 7 per week and make room for nearly three times as many printers as at present. OP course those paid above the scale would be increased in like propor tion. The employees are to be paid by the month under the proposed law; therefore there would lie no lost time, as holidays and lay-offs would be paid for as full time. Also, as state employees, we would have two weeks' vacation each year on full pay, and Saturday afternoons off during the summer. The pay roll would easily run to $50,000 or IBB, 000 a year, which means that instead of the present force we would have at least forty men at the Increased scale. Can you blame us for favoring the Hat salary bill? "The new law provides that only union men wiill lie benelltteil, as the State Printer will have to contract with union men only, other state owned plants do not have contracts and can therefore employ any print er who applies, union or non-union. It is expected that under the con tract clause In the law non-union men need not apply for work at the Oregon State Printing Department. "In printing ollices there Is usually a fund colletced Iroin employes to pay for towels, soap, laundry, etc. Tills fund is replenished bv an assess ment of from 25 cents to $1 per month for each member. When the new law goes into effect the state will pay this bill. Added to this will be free postage, letterheads and en velopes to all employes, which I un derstand was tile case until the year 1 !0 7. "The Secretary of the new Print ing I Son ril is a member of the I T. I'., and is under oath to aid his fel low members, so we can look to him lor all kinds of favors and assistance. His oath ol olllce to the state io oil no have been taken, for he cannot keep It. (This printer Is in error here; the Secretary of the Hoard is not re quired to take an oath to the state.) "In case the state Printer should get May and require nn emplote to do a day's work, the employee can ap peal to the Secretary, whoso obliga tion and duty it is to uphold his fel low member. The officials who com prise the State Printing Hoard know nothing about printing, and we can easily connive to hoodwink them, with the assistance of the Secretary of the Hoard, who is bound to help us. "The Secretary of the Board is to designate all materials to be used, so It is a foregone conclusion that the office will be supplied with large quantities of type and materials needed. It is not likely that much machine composition will be used, as each shift on a machine does the work of four or five men, and ma chines would deprive a great many members of the union of positions. The Secretary of the Hoard will cer tainly work in the Interest of mvm bers of the union. The new law promises so much financial benefit to us that we naturally will work and vote for it." So far as the efforts of the union men are concerned, The onserver does not blame them from their standpoint in their efforts to better their condition, and If we were to view the matter from the narrow viewpoint of the I. T. U. we could only say, support the bill. We do not have a fight on the union. The writ er has been a member of It for years, and believes in union organizations, and the right of men to band to gether for mutual protection. P.ut When the organization interposes Its rules and its purposes between the people and thfir rightsr then we do object. The writer believes he is compe tent to discuss this subject for he has spent 30 years In a printing office. Our fight in opposition to the flat salary printing law is based upon honest motives, and from the convic tion that the law would greatly in crease the burden of the taxpayers. Vice President Sherman And His Cheery Helpmeet AX IMPORTANT ELECTION. CONSTIPATION Indigestion. Pad Prrath. DlttU ness, Vertigo (blind staggers). Headache, Sallow Complexion, a Tired. Dtaroumged Feeling ar. all symptoms ut a Torpid Llrer. HERBINE la KtoetlT. Uver T.ale aaa Bowrl Recalatsr. It powerful rerlvlns: Influ ence In the torpid liv.r brings on an Immediate Improvement. You feel better at once. The boweia move freely ao that the Impurities which have clogged io the dig-estive organs find an outlet. When the system ha been thus purified, (he bilious, half all k feeling; disappear, the complexion clear, the breath become! iveet, the mind alert and cheerful and there is a fine feeling cf eihllarallun all through the body. rrtee 69 prr lWttle. JameeF. Ballard. Prop- SL Lou la. Mo. Us. ! Ere Katve tore svyee. Il buras. for It is the duty of every voter to thoroughly understand the issues in volved in this campaign, for, upon the settlement of those issues, much depends. Kvery workingman, every farmer, every professional man, ev ery merchant should post himself be fore he casts his ballot, and thus be certain that he is not voting for something that he does not want. The country is facing a struggle this year which is vastly similar to others In the past. It is a fight between the protective tariff and a tariff for revenue. We have heard this conten tion before. The issue is squarely drawn. The Republican platform de clares for a protective tariff, and the Democratic platform provides for a tariff for revenue only. Everybody does not understand ex actly what this means, hut they should, for failure to understand the difference in 1892 when the struggle between the old parties was waged along similar lines, resulted in the closing of a great many American manufacturing institutions, a substan tial cut In wages all along the line, the stopping of the wheels of indus try and the creation of "Coxey's Armies" and the opening of a good many soup houses. The tariff of 1893 was the Wilson tariff, fathered by a Virginia college professor. The tariff supported by the Democratic plat form this year Is advocated by anoth er abb; and eminent college professor also, coming from New Jersey. Ex perience has shown that the college professor isn't a success in tariff making, and history shows no In stance where a tariff promulgated by such an Individual and constructed upon theories, has been of benefit to tills country. Knther have they prov ed failures and ruin and financial disturbances have followed in their wake. The difference between a protective tariff and a tariff for revenue is rad ical: The former, as Its name Im plies, is a law which protects Amer ican Industries and enables American j workingmen to labor tor a remuner ative wage and protects them from the cheap foreign labor, or the pro ducts of the cheaper foreign shop. President Mclvinley explained this, and the voters of the country under stood and supported him. lie was elected, his policies and those advo cated by the Republican party were placed in force, and Immediately the country emerged from a long period of depression tinder Democratic rule and entered upon an era of prosperity such as no country ever before ex perienced. The Democratic platform declares In effect that the government has no right to protect the American wage earner the American shop or per petuate tlie prosperity of the Amer ican home, by putting a tax on the products of foreign labor. The difference between these two contentions Is plain. Those of us whose memory Is long enough to en compass the dreary years following the election of Mr. Cleveland in 1892. recall vividly our last experience with bi'inm ratio theories. Those four years appear in strong contrast to the last 17 years under Republi can rule. Will the country vote in November to place in power a politic al organi'.at ion responsible for the panic of '9:1. with Its attendant pov erty and Ireo soup houses? Will the voters register their disapproval of their present unprecedented pros perity and decide to try another cosily experiment? We do not believe it. T , HOUGH her health has not always permitted her to take an active part In the social life of Washington. Mrs. Sherman, the wife of the vice president, Is one of the most popular women In the capital. While tier husband was still a representative in congress she waa mainly Instrumental in forming the Congressional club,-.whlch Is made up of the wives of senators and representatives. She Is small in stature, has gray hair and, like her husband, has a youthful face, which usually -wears a smile. Mrs Sherman through ber many years spent In Washington has obtained an in sight Into politics that few of her sex possess. She is abreast, of the times and Is an interesting conversationalist on events of a public character. Mrs Sherman was the daughter of General Hllakim Babcock and was married In 1881. Mr and Mrs. Sherman have three sons. County Fair and Festival this year a grand success. Independence Enterprise. A "lt(K)li" CONVENTION. The Hull Moose state convention at Salem this week has not helped the cause in Oregon. Instead it comes dangerously near making the move ment a joke. Theodore Roosevelt received 22,000 votes in the Republican primaries. There have been no primaries, not even the soap box variety, held since to legally organize a Roosevelt party in Oregon. Instead a few self-elected delegates have constituted an assem bly of their own and by practicing all the political tricks of the discard ed conventions, named a ticket that has no endorsement outside of their own number, declares the Medford Mail-Tribune. There were 125 delegates at the convention, mostly from Portland Sixteen out of thirty-four counties wrre represented by small delega tions. The other counties were not represented. Most of the nominees are Portland men. As a whole the ticket is decidedly weak and will injure, rather than help, Roosevelt's chances. The entire affair was a mistake, from a Roose velt point of view, hut highly satis factory from a Taft and Silling standpoint. No wonder a delegate pronounced the convention controlled by "boobs." I bit what could anyone expect from a gathering of the self-anointed captained by such a "progressive" mossback as L. II. McMahon who thinks Crater Lake a "local affair" and unworthy of being made accessi ble by the state of Oregon? Commercial Club Meets. The Dallas Commercial club will meet with the Independence Commer cial club on Tuesday evening, Sep tember 2 4, to urge co-operation in making the Polk County Fair and Harvest Festival Oct. 3, 4 and 5, a grand success. Let every member of the local club be present. There is no reason why Independ ence should hot be well represented at the fair this year. Harvest and the rush of work will be over, and the farmer and business man owes it to himself and his family to take a day or two off and enjoy the fair. Independence Enterprise. III I.PS l'OI.K COFXTV. It is the fashion In some quarttrs of this county to decr.x Independence, to regard this town as an enemy in some way to the county seat and to the country districts. This enmity is fid and fostered by some persons in neighborimc towns and by the jealous and ignorant. IVsianlng politicians j play upon the supposed prejudices of j other sections. There Is no excuse lor this prejudice and It tlics not exist nearly so generally as the dem agogue would have people to tlicvo. Independence In helpful in many way to Polk county and to Pullus. j This tow n affords every protkicer a home market. Its school give edu-1 cational advantage unequaled in the state. It pays large proportion of the taxes which support the county, government. Its business m n buy! the farmer's produce and furnish him j the necessities and luxuries of life, j The relation Ixtwten the county 'Ht and Indi M ndence is really one of mutual helpfulness. And the same , is true with the entire county . j Whatever helps Polk county help j Independence and whatever helps In-jJ ilrix-nd-n e helps all the county. The , t Let's sei what was that about Senator liourne and the Oregon sys tem? If our memory serves, it was Oregon's senior senator who claimed all responsibility for the system and was loudest In proclaiming the pri mary which made It possible for "all the people" to have a voice in govern ment, among which was the right to say whom they wanted for I'nited States senator. That primary appeal ed to Jonathan, so long as he was able to manipulate matters to split the Republican vote and secure his own nomination. The people emphat ically said, in the April primaries that they didn't want Jonathan but, in place of bowing to the great and wonderful primary, he now announces that he will still be a candidate at the November elections, and will run as an "Independent Progressive" whatever that is. This decision conns after his llirtation with the RooKeveltians tailed, and another was selected as the Hull Moose candidate for the senate. Like a certain stren uous individual w ho wants to be elected president for a third term, it appears that the will of the people is all right so long as he is their choice. When the opposite result comes then it's the "bosses and thf interests" that have spoken. To Deepen Channel. Salem alicr Albany are interested in the movement on foot to have the government deepen the channel of thiei Williamette river from Portland to Eugene. The commercial bodies will bring the matter to, the attention of congress and it is hoped to in crease the depth of the channel six feet by proper management of the water by building wing dams and dredging. Invest in Orciimi Timlx'r. Eastern capital is seeking invest ment in Oregon timber. It is stated on good authority that over $12,000, 000 has been invested in Oregon tim ber bonds since January 1. These bonds are now said to be, in favor with Eastern Investors and the abil ity to realize on standing timber by the bonding method has proved of benefit to the Pacific Northwest. Club Chorus Meeting. Mrs. Gilbert MacGregor desires a full attendance of the Euterpean Chorus on Friday, September 27, at 4 o'clock. A new chorus is being or ganized for the coming srasnn and all the old members as well as the new who have been invited to be come members are urged to be present. Rig Walnut Orchard. The planting of a 250 acre walnut farm will be begun In Yamhill coun ty. The culture of walnuts has prov ed one of the most profitable indus tries for the farmers of Yamhill and a company proposes to go into it on a big scale. Legal blanks for sale at this office. "Iiffirtv to Oct Moose Support." says a headline in a Portland news paper. Wouldn't it have been funny if the compositor had grabbed a "I!" instead of "M". Of course "z" should also lie siibstitued for "s" but. In any event. It would have been quite near j enough to be apparent. Wonnn are serving as conductor on pay-H-you-enter cars in Philadel phia according to press reports. This should be a aatisfactoiy arrangement It conies natural tor some of us to dig when the lady meets us at the door. I tew are of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescription from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by K. J. Cheney & Co., Toltdo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you pet the genuine. It is taken In ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 1 - - I fr y A Mm Y i-".l'Pi V! f I '- jntatft fimmij in'iniiiiiiiiiiir-iim mi- immiil H Photo by American Press Association. H ' Blue Serge Suits We have just received a new line of Blue Serge Ladies' Tailored Suits They Sell at $20.00 and $25.00 But the material, .workmanship, linings, and the general fit of the garments make them exceptional values at the very moderate price we ask for them. See the new Mackinaw Suits, Norfolk 'Jacket and Skirt for $20.00 For The Men HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX Overcoats and Suits, $18 to $32.50 David Marks & Sons Line $15.00 The best Overcoats and Suits at the price. You will be sur prised at material and workmanship we give in this line. Medium Priced Lines, Men's and Young Men's $6.00, $8.00, $10.00. Boys' Overcoats and Suits $2.00 to $8.00 Regular Double-Breasted, Mannish, Russian Blouse, Blue and Red VelvetsThe largest line in town. We Keep The Best 1 We will Help You with Your Ads Just Phone to The Observer And we'll send a man. No trouble to you. We'll write your ads-just say the word and we'll do the rest. Ad writing is our business. LET US HELP YOU SELL GOODS WE'RE ANXIOUS TO TRY We Compete Willi Portland. Salem I leer $9.00 M'r hhl. 72 qts. Cellar liruok InXIUhI in lsmil, 4 qts. or one gal $1.00 Fine Mcinleii Kye and Hour, lions $2.75 and up 4 ! j gals, five year old ricli Port Wine $2.50 KiH k and Kye 70c; Lashes Hit ters (; IIostetter'H Hitters 90c Homer's (linger Iirandy 85c; Full Measure, all lieer, 3 for 50c line ;lns and Brandies, gal, $3.00 Gilka Kiiiiuncl $1.00; Cream de Month 75c. OLYMPIA WIXF. CO. Dallas. Oreeon. Treaapaaa noticea, weather proof, for aale at OUacrver Job office. interest of the several torn na county are intirtwne.l In aui h a ay.Salxe IVrM In lite World . W. Hyatt, merchant of Warren, .. wrltea: I'leaae anj enclosed or- and: !er by mall, uthcrlanti a Kaple Fve CONRAD STAFRIN that he who Mrikea at one injure world mI The low-ttunK tli tnaeocue who would treat tli onl" b t ween them ileire. and will in the end reevlte. the contempt of all rmht-thinkinK people whereter they may reside. Throw aide any prejudice, trat may have heretofore' mt-d and co co, rate with lli.n in makinc the is the t-est lie. Sold fye remedy In the ly Conrad Stafrin. Joseph Herald: Mil Scott, eight miles at of town, has a J-acr held of re n a dry hill that looks like a world btater. It will gn more than four tona of hay to the acre and most of It stands sen feet and four int he high. Special Offer. To introduce the Sunset Magazine into new- homes we will make the following special ofTer: For 11.00 we will send Sunset Magazine for ( months and will send post paid either of the followlnr: Hammond's Latest Atlas containing new ma pi of each State and Ttrritorv in the United States, aa wt II' as maps of every country In the sorld; est census figures and statistics, or a Standard Wei.ster Pocket Diction ary, bound In leather, indexed, and containing 20.000 Trordn. State which premium you want and send jour order to Fred ockley. North west Manager. Sunr.t Magaz'ne. Portland. Oregon. 7-tf Dallas Iron Works Machinists Foumlrymen Pattern Makers. SAWMILL, WORK A SPECIALTT We are prepared to dc any kind of Iron and Bras. work. Lumber trucks and Stock work on hand. W. make the best and cheapest Stump Puller on the market Price reasonable. Legal blanks for sale at this office. PROFESSION! ".ii CARDS. LEAVE Your Orders With Craven Bros. FOR- IHop and I an Fran mace Pope d Stoves DENTIST M. IIAYTER Dallas National Bank BuiMing Dallas Orego also !a- Thone I1SJ-J It. L. CHAPMAN FTXKRAL niRFCTOR AND LM HALM Kit Calls promptly answered day or night Dallas, Oregon. We Guarantee Best of Workmanship What to lwt In t'ar of Actitlrnt If sk n is tnken apr'T Pr. lull's Anti-Tain at one and the wound will heal qutk'r and never gvt sore. l"s ed lnternl!r and extrfia!!y. S-ld by t'er raj Stafrin. Hours: f a. m. to 5 p. m.; other hoin ly arp'n'mnt. Phone 1414. DR. D. G. REMPEL CHIROPRACTOR crtr Spe-tali- isl Spinal Adjo-tcr 114 Court St . Oallam. Or. gon. DR. B. E. NEVEL VETERINARY SUEGEON Phone. 2t Dallas, Orero. DENTIST B. F. BUTLER Offlc over ' 1 1 er Fna.rm.cy. Office hour, from I U II L m.; 1 to i pi m. rtollaa Oregoa Modern Store Fronts Ara a specialty at COAD'S PLANING MILL Olive Smith-Bicknell Teacher of PIANO AD OROAN Studio. T1J Oak St. , ItoHas) OrefTMl MODERN FLANT-SKILLFD WORK. MEN CP-TO-DATE IDEAS. . fUiop Work of AH Kind, at ReonaMe Price. Soehren Warehouse Co. CZXEXT CTTEBniGS AXE WALKS W handle a full line of Cedar and Oak Fence Posts, Brick. Lima, Sand and Cement. Land Plaster. Drain Tile. Shingle. Fir. Brick. Hair. Wan Plast er and Hop Snpplle Dae block sooth of depot Ptwae 141