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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1909)
The Herald W. T. FOGLE, Editor. Entered u aecond-clan matter September 8, 190B, at the post office mt Monmouth. Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY, BY The Acorn Press, Publishers Monmouth, Oregon. Subscription Rates One year Six months $1 50 cts FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1909. Between now and the next campaign in this state a mighty effort is to be made by the old ring politicians to overthrow the initiative anil bring back old conditions in Oregon, when the political boss was "it". Along with this condition we must ac cept the domination of the sa loon. Will the people submit to it? If we judge the future by the past we must of necessity answer in the affirmative. Every campaign there are large num bers of voters, who for the sake of being called staunch repub licans and being patted on the back by the spellbinders sent out from headquarters for that , purpose, would swallow a chunk of skunk cabbage and call it line. This is the class upon which the ring relies to carry them to victory next election. They are playing the vituous act now and will be good until they get the people under their thumbs again and then look out. For all that they have suffered the people will pay and pay dearlv. About one third of the voters in this state ought not to be allowed to vote, for if thev do not sell out bodily, they do not know enough to vote intelligently: They ai'e like h bunch of sheep bein driven to the dipping corral the bell wether goes ahead and the rest follow. Whatever party they have been brought up to believe is the best, that is the party that will receive their vote, no matter what the consequences may be. Then if they have hard times they lay it onto the other party, no matter whether it is in power or not. If it is in ollice then it is surely to blame, but if it is out, then it is the fear that it may get in that is causing the monied men to withhold the funds to run the government. It is nothing but confidence of the people that makes times good or bad. If the people let the money gamblers make them believe that money is scarce and thus waken their confidence, then money at once becomes scarce and hard times ensue If people would demand their money from the banks and put it away in the ground or else where and not invest it there would not be enough to pay one fifth of the indebtedness of the country. The business of the country is not done with money, but with credit and once you destroy credit then there is noth ing doing. Nearly all the busi ness of the United States is done at present with checks on banks, which is nothing more or less than a system of credit and is one of the best wavs of doing business. We believe that if all the gold in the country were re tired from use and melted into bars und placed into vaults in the different banks and nothing but greenbacks and silver allow ed to circulate as money, that the country would be much bet ter off. Then every one that had a few dollars would deposit it in some bank and do his business with checks. A check is double acting, it pays the bill ami at the same time is a receipt that cannot be denied or evaded. More than that it makes every one know something of business methods. Stop and consider be fore you put the country in the bands of those who manipulate the financial end for their per sonal gain. Knock out the old ring and let the people ami com mon sense run the government for a time and see if we don't have good times all the time. Stop stock gambling by placing such a heavy tax on it that wil l . i i . maKe n pron native, uo awav with the saloon and its evi effects on politics and then w will soon be able to say in truth "this is the land of the free." . f . - By Buying Your Don't get an idea that thi state is going dry next vear. It isn't and there seems to be evi dence that some parts that have gone dry will go wet. This is cer tain to be the case it persistent efforts are not made to keep them in the dry column. We notice a lot of talk being made by some that it is a dead certaiutv that the state will go dry. This re minds us of the talk we used to hear from the prohibition party people. Thev would certainly carry the election. Oh yes, cer A A . 1 T -V ' 1 I lain 10 no so. uw vou ever near of a prohibition candidate being elected by the prohibitionists There wouldn't be a dry spot in this state as big as a man's thumb, if it had been left to the prohibition party to nnike it so. It's the independent voters who desire better conditions, that have made it possible to eliini nate tne saloon irom pontics in a portion of this state and it is that element that will keep con ditions as they are and extend them, provided harmony pre vails and they are kept together. 'I his will not be done by letting a lot of overconfident blather skites talk foolishness to the pub lic. It is going to take work and lots of it. Persistent, hard "work; work mat must ue done at the proper time and in the proper placesto make it effective. Thor ough organization must be had at the earliest opportunity and everything should be done to make conditions harmonious. Teaching the Royal Salute. Crossing the deck of the Kaiser Wll helm II. royal yacht with a large mug of iK'er In his hand, one of the sailors was startled by the sudden appearance of his royal master. He made a most clumsy attempt to salute with Ills free band, while his anxiety to prevent the beer spilling amused his majesty. "I.ook here." snld the latter, "you didn't do that right. Let me show you how It ought to lie done." Telling the man to fancy that he was the em peror, who was to be saluted, the kai ser took the mug and retreated a few paces. Then, coming forward again, stopping opposite to the sailor, he held the mug to bis Hps, drained It. put it down ou the deck and gave the salute with military precision. "That's the way to do It," be remarked to the as tonished seaman. "Now go down stairs and tell them to fill the mug up again and give you one for yourself. Say It was I who drank It." Not Neaoea. Frank Lincoln, an entertainer and humorist, had been appearing in London for a time in a mono logue. One afternoon he had just made his bow and was about to be gin when a cat walked in and sat down on the Fta?e. "You get out!" said Mr. Lincoln severe Iv. "This is a monologue, not a catalogue!" Success Magazine. Of BOGERT & SON Monmouth Oregon Phone 331 You will be satisfied with tho products of Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" Shall we mail you our New Complete Catalog? - W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Burpee Building, Philadelphia. V. O. Boots FIRE LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID A. N. Poole Contractor and Builder. Blue prints made to scale from original drawings. General Carpenter Work Phone 187 A. B. WESTFALL Painter and Paper Hanger Monmouth Oregon J. W. HOWELL Contractor and Builder Carpenter shop and General Repair Work. Moulding and Finishing Material Cor. Knox and Jackson Sts. Perkins Pharmacy Is Selling Pme Paint $1.50 per Gallon ii mo Busy Selling Candy and Soft Drinks ... to Write an Ad P. E. CHASE
