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Monmouth, Oregon.
FRIDAY. MAY 15, 1914.
WHEX WILL-POWER RULES
Colorado has had its strife be
tween labor and eanitahviiieh de
veloped into ft small war and
President Wilson has had to
call into action troops from the
regular army to stop the strife
between the belligerent parties,
consisting of the miners on one
side and John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., his strike breakers and the
militia on the other.
Some 'JO or more persons have
been killed and others wounded,
some of whom were women and
children, and a degree of bru
tality shown that is or should be
beneath a people who claim
civilization.
Rockefeller is, at least, the
large owner and superintendent
of the Colorado coal fields, hence
his interest anil connection with
the strike trouble in Colorado.
Most persons look upon their
property in the light that it is
their own and that they will do
as they please with it. This
seems to be the disposition and
contention of Mr. Rockefeller,
in the management of his busi
ness in Colorado, and he sought
to carry his contention into
effect by force of arms.
But there is a higher relation
ship, than thjs, existing between
men, or what ought to be the
brotherhood of man. Were
Rockefeller only doing a small
business where but a few men
were needed to carry on his
work he might do as he pleased,
but where hundreds of men are
required to carry on the work
their interests should be con
sulted also. Where only a few
men are concerned, while they
may be inconvenienced in pro
portion just as much as a greater
number, yet they will soon find
employment, but where hun
dreds are congregated together,
when thrown out of work it
causes a condition that should
not be lightly brought about.
Large business undertakings are
fostered and built up under the
laws of the country. Laws are
enacted and put into operation
by the people and for the pro
tection and prosperity of the
whole nation, the laborer as well
as the employer. The laborer's
interests are just as important
to him as the employers' inter
ests are to them, and there should
be a supervision devised where
by differences could be adjusted
without so much loss through
contention and destruction of
property, and if large interests
won't give their employes a
chance to live decently, then let
the government step in, take the
property over through condem
nation proceedings, and run it
for the benefit of humanity.
Companies operating large
fields of industry could be a
blessing to the country in which
they operate but instead, in
many instances, they are taking
all the profit out of labor that
they can, and at the same time
are grinding out all the love for
country there is in those who
i labor for them. Such conditions
kill patriotism in the laboring
classes. Rome did so ami whore
is the Roman Kmpire?
The Colorado affair is a good
sample of unbridled will power
or force and indicates what the
end will be if let go uncon
trolled. Cause of Colorado Troubles
In the Colorado coal fields the
issue is squarely joined on the
question of trade unionism. He
cause the strikers have persisted
for more than seven months in
demanding the right of collective
bargaining with their employ
ers, while the coal operators have
as persistently denied recogni
tion to the United Mine Workers
of America, there have come
shocking conflicts between state
troops and miners armed with
ritles, much blood has been shed
in skirmishes and pitched bat
tles. So it has become necessary
to send federal soldiers into the
district to stop the lighting and
restore order.
In his puhlicdeclarationon the
subject John I). Rockefeller, Jr. a
director of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, says positive
ly that the company does not
purpose to submit to the union
izing of its workers. Mr. Rocke
feller wishes to believe that the
great body of the Colorado coal
miners is being urged against its
will to join the union. He says
that less than 10 per cent of his
employes are union men and he
expresses indignation because a
few men seek by violent means
to coerse many others into join
ing the union.
Mr. Rockefeller's indignant
protests would be more convinc
ing if it were no(for the fact that
the coal operators for years have
attempted to stifle trade unionism
in Colorado. Further, in the
managment of the mines some
elemental rights of citizenship
seem to have been disregarded,
strikers have therefore argued
that, in order to obtain justice, a
strong trade union is essential.
They are virtually helpless, they
say. when they are forced to bar
gain as individuals with the em
ploying companies.
In these circumstances it is not
hard to understand the bitterness
resulting from this long indus
trial war with, its battles and
sieges, its ghastly death and its
other horrors. Almost incredible
mismanagement and intolerable
lawlessness led up to the state of
war that now has developed in
Colorado. The forces of law and
justice are weak indeed if they
fail to bring permanent peace
with little further delay out of
this condition of violent anar
chy. Chicago News.
Great Nitrogen Plants in Oregon
Are Predicted
U. of 0., Eugene, May 4.
The widespread extraction of
nitrogen from the air by means
of electrical currents, and the
use of this nitrogen, in composi
tion with substances like lime,
as the world's principal land re
storative, is predicted by Pro
fessor 0. F. Stafford, head of the
department of chemistry in the
state university. Extraction of
nitrogen for fertilizing purposes
is already on a commercial basis.
Professor Stafford says de
crease in productivity is as peril-
MKKCUANT'S HUUPKN
Take up the Merchant's burden,
Co pay him as agreed,
He stixxl your friend in trouble,
Served you in time of need;
And now to wait forever
On unpaid bills high piled,
Of never-pay-up peoples,
Will starve his wife and child.
Take up the Merchant's bunien,
His patience has lieen great,
Hut he, too, needs some money,
A check Would be first-rate.
lo not by sullen silence
Allow his hopes to wane
To steal another's profit
For your unlawful gain.
Take up the Merchant's burden -
ReniemiHT how lie eame,
And filled your want on credit.
To cheat him is your shame.
Now, when you are obtaining
The funds for which you sought,
Forget not what you promised -
Go, pay him for what you knight.
Take up the Merchant's burden -
It's time that he was paid;
Nor blame him if he asks you
To keep the promise made.
Don't get in crusty humor
When he requests a lift,
Hut calmly then remember
You're not so very swift.
Take up the Merchant's burden -
You need not try again
To call aloud for credit
From other business men;
For you will find they do not
Care whether you exist
As long as you are on
The National Rating League list.
Take up the Merchant's burden
If you are an honest man
No objections you will have
To the league's "Ked Guide" plan.
You make your rating here,
As merchants do in Dun,
So it is up to you, kind sir.
To settle up the sum.
Take up the Merchant's burden -
For no matter where you move
You will find "There's a Rating"
The merchants all approve.
So, why not settle now
And live within your means?
It gives you a smiling face
And stops those awful dreams.
ous to the adequacy of the world's
food supply as the increase of
population. Ultimate exhaustion
of the artificial fertilizers such as
the Chilean nitrates will leave
the future densely populated
planet in danger of famine if the
soil is permitted to become de
pleted. "Most of the available
agricultural land has been taken
up now," says Professor Stafford.
Nitrogen supply in the atmos
pheric belt surrounding the earth
is inexhaustible. "There are
34,000 tons of nitrogen in the at
mosphere for every acre of land
on the earth's surface," says
Professor Stafford, "and it is by
use of this that the earth's pro
ducing power will be kept up."
So much electrical power is
necessary for extraction of this
nitrogen, and for its transforma
tion into usable form, that only a
few countries can hope to become
great nitrogen-extracting cent
ers. One such country is Nor
way, where the process is 'now
being used in several splendidly
equipped plants. Another such
country is Oregon, which is amply
endowed with waterpower suffi
cient to put it beyond competi
tion from most of the world's
geographical divisions in fheap
manufacture of nitrogen fertilizers.
Brown & Sibley, attorneys and
abstractors, 610 Mill Street, Dal
las, Oregon.
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Thos. Boulden
Boost for Monmouth
First National Bank
Monmouth. Oregon
Successor to Polk County Hank
Paid Capital, - $30,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits, $15,000.00
J. H. V. RUTl.Klt, President; IltA C. PoWKl.L, Vice Pres.
and Cashier; W. E. SMITH, Assistant Cashier.
Transacts a General Banking Business
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Bargains In Land
We have concluded to engage in the
Real Estate Business, but different
from others. We propose to bring buy
er and seller together. If they trade
our remuneration to be 2 1-2 per cent.
I am in touch with many prospective
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have lands that can be bought Or traded
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Washington Lands
80 acres, 9 miles north of Goldendale,
12 acres cleared, mostly in apples, 60
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120 acres, 10 mileB north of Golden
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There are 1000 cords of wood standing.
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mortgage of $600. Will trade for im
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The timber soil is volcanic ash and
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of fruit, berries, alfalfa, grain, pota
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Land is easily cleared, as the timber
is scattering, in some cases the timber
will pay for the cost of clearing, and
an average cost is $25 per acre.
Oregon Lands
172 acres, one and one-half miles out
of town.
168 acres, 5 miles out of town.
34 acres, in town, to trade or sell.
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Monmouth,
Oregon, v