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FRIDAY. JULY 3. 1914.
The Submerged Eighty Per Cent
The world is beginning to
know about Mexico. And the
Mexico we begin to know about
in quite different from the Mexi
co we thought we knew about.
On that memorable occasion
when President Taft and Presi
lentDiaz exchanged internation
al felicitations at the boundary
line between El Paso and Ciu
dad Juarez, most of us who
thought anything of the matter
at all were firm in the belief that
Mexico was a prosperous country,
that its civilization was on the
up grade; that the people were
content with the form and erlica
cy of their government, and that
the future of the nation was
nothing if not roseate. In less
than a year that belief was shat
tered. The cause of the shatter
ing did not originate in that
lapse of time. So apparent is
this that to state it is to iudulge
in a platitude.
Samuel Blythe interviewed
President Wilson on the Mexi
can situation, and Mr. Blythe
says that in the course of that
interview the President stated in
effect and with much emphasis,
even with the clenched fist
brought down on the arm of the
chair in which he sat, that his
one earnest and engrossing con
cern was for the "submerged (SO
per cent." VVe talk of the "sub
merged tenth." When we speak
the truth of Mexico the designa
tion of impoverishment and
misery thus expressed is to be
multiplied eight times. There
was a fact or a force, whichever
we may see fit to call it, that the
masterful genius of Porfirio Diaz
was able to keep in repression
for a time; but all the while it
was potential for trouble. In
the shadow of that trouble re
sponsibility has fallen upon us;
and the President insists that
properly to discharge that re
sponsibility we must keep con
stantly in mind the source of the
trouble itself.
Frederick Palmer in the June
Everybody's helps illumine this
conglomerate mass in Mexico
which the President designated
as the submerged 80 per cent.
He says that fourteen out of the
sixteen millions of Mexican pop
ulation are of pure, or practically
pure Indian blood. He goes on
to say further that "the peon is
the masses, the proletariat. . .
He is the ultimate power and
he dislikes all foreigners." Di
az, half Indian, was the hero of
the peon. He fought and whip
ped the French at Pueblo and
the fame he won there thrilled
the people. He was a triumph
ant leader as against the foreign
er. With the power that ac
crued to him partially through
this hero worship Diaz lent him
self and his government to the
lure of expanding industrialism
at the expense of the peon. His
business and the business of his
government was fortune-making
for the capitalistic few and not
promoting the welfare of the
fourteen million mass. The
peon found that his sole status
in industry was that of a serf:
and worse than that he realized
that his lantl was given away in
vast grants to foreigners by the
leader lionized because of his
victory over them. The land of
his nativity was no longer his.
It was the property of a foreign
master who had at his back all
the prestige and power of the
Diaz adminstration.
There were conditions which
inevitably breed revolution.
The pendulum of exploitation
swings just so far along the arc
of human events. The oppor
tune moment arrives, the leader
is at hand, and with the an
nouncement that a revolution is
on the pendulum begins to
swing the other way. The sub
merged SO per cent never be
comes wholly impotent. It may
not have reason; it may be be
reft of order and precision, but
it has power. It has power to
destroy if not to correct; and
that power is used ruthlessly
because there is the realization
that what it destroys is not its
own. Those who have built
their fortunes out of the process
of submerging must suffer. As
for the submerged, there is noth
ing to lose and everything to
gain.
The promised betterment of
the condition of the peon under
the victorious idealism of Made
ro, and the weakness of the men
that could not bring that prom
ise to fulfillment, are matters of
history. The reactionary schem
ing of Huerta to re-establish the
old order and the failure of that
effort because of the attitude of
stern discountenance on the part
of this government and the de
velopment of purposeful revolu
tion as the peon enlisted under
the banner of new leaders, are
also matters of record. Whether
the peon himself realizes it or
not the time has struck when
the consideration of his case and
his claims must be uppermost
and foremost in the solution of
the Mexican problem. President
Wilson realizes that, and his
policy is fashioned after the ne
cessity which this realization
imposes. More than that, it is
becoming more and more ap
parent that the American peo
ple have a deep and abiding
concern for the welfare of the
Mexican people rather than that
of their masters. Portland Tel
egram.
The indiscriminate slaughter
of fur-bearing animals is begin
ning to come to an end. Breed
ing fur animals has commenced
and has proved profitable. It
may be of interest to our read
ers to learn that the pelt of the
inuskrat is the most valuable of
all our United States furs, and
that the skunk comes second.
In 1911 we shipped over 2,000,
000 skunk pelts to London. They
came back to us labeled "Alaska
Sable" and "Black Martin."
Rural Spirit.
A Chicago doctor says that eat
ing onions will restore lost hair,
but he does not prescribe the
size of the dose nor the strength
of the article to be used, hence,
if strength is the efficacious qual
ity garlic should recover a lost
waterfall.
NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT
Court House Notes.
REAL ESTATE
United States to Jesse L
Boinds, patent 820 acres, t 10 b,
r 5 w.
Olive Francis Howe to Jennie
Odell Howe, lot in Dallas, $10.
E P Woolsey and wife to Henry
M Johnson, 12 acres, t 7 s, r 5
w. $10.
Frank Neal and wife to F M
and Mattie E Neal. 4.97 acres,
t 7 and 8 s. r 5 w, $10.
F M Neal and wife to Frank
and Ida M Neal, 4.97 acres, t 7 8,
r 5 w, $10.
James Miller to Greenberry
Smith, 134.65 acres, 1 10 s, r 5
w, $103.
J H Ray et al to A R South
wick, 20 acres, 1 7 s. r 3 w. $10.
A J Barham and wife to John
McBee. lot in Dallas. $10.
Lois A Green et al to G A and
Oka Larson, lots in Lincoln,
$0000.
Mary E Brown to Clement A
Ramsey, lot in Dallas. $10.
John Ritner and wife to Valley
& Siletz Ry Co right of way, t 10
s, r 6 w. $1.
George Farrier and wife to M
W and Celia E Black, 8 acres, 1 8
s, r f w, $10.
Morris Hughes and wife to
John T Hughes, lot in Dallas,
$10.
Isaac Hughes and wife to John
T and Rosa Hughes, 30-100 acre,
t 8 s. r 6 w. $100.
United States to John Hughes,
160 acres, t 7 s. r 8 w.
Wm Dawes to L Currier, lot in
Independence, $900.
Alfred Werth and wife to Fred
Werth, Jr, 100 acres, t 6 s, r 7
w, $2860.
Fred E Werth to Alfred and
Edna Werth, 100 acres, t 6 s, r 7
w, $2860.
George W Siefarth and wife
to Arinata B Smith, lot in Dallas,
$10.
TWO GULF STREAMS.
Th On of Air It What Crtatta th
D.iartt of th Eatt.
The gulf Htrenni. ax every one known,
1m a broad river of warm WHter which
Blurts In the Kulf of Mexico, wanders
across the i-old Atlantic ocean and
Immpn into the British isles, giving
them a warm climate and no end of fog
and rain. But few people know that In
the atmosphere above there Is a second
gulf stream of wurm, moist air.
This slow, damp breeze strikes the
British Isles and does not carom off
like the gulf stream, but continues over
Europe. As it pusses over Sweden. Fin
land and northern Itussla these cold
lands chill the wind and cause It to
drop its moisture In the form of rain.
The lakes and rivers of these northern
countries are all supplied by the mois
ture taken up from the gulf stream.
The rotation of the earth makes this
wind veer gradually to the southward
about the time It hns given up the last
of its moisture and warmth. As a
mighty draft of dry. cold sir. the gulf
stream wind moves on across the plains
of Russia. As It approaches the equa
tor the wind warms again, but becomes
ever drier.
At last, as it sweeps over Turkestan,
Arabia and Sahara, it evaporates lllte
a great sheet of blotting paper all water
It meets, forming the deserts of Turke
stan, Sahara and Arabia. Fortunately
this devastating wind now leaves the
continent, becomes the trade winds and
returns to its starting point at the gulf
of Mexico.
Several somewhat visionary schemes
have been suggested for altering the
course of the gulf stream. One of the
Immediate results of any such change
would be the shifting of the present
deserts to other parts of the world.
New York American.
An Inch of Rain.
An inch of rainfall is equivalent to
600 barrels of forty-five gallons each to
the acre. This amount of water weighs
over 113 tons. Think of hauling it to
the farms In wagons holding a ton
each! That seemingly light air and
clouds are capable of handling this
enormous amount of water is one of
the marvels of meteorology. One inch
of rain is not such a heavy rainfall.
elther.-Farm and Fireside.
City Meat Market
JOHN GRIMES. PuonuKTOR
We niin to carry everything in
Fresh and Smoked Meats,
such HS
Bologna, Minced Hams, Boiled Hams, and Hams
and Bacon.
Fish in Season.
Hair Switches made from
combings. Enquire at this office.
FREE
Special for May and June
An extra pair of trousers
made to order from same
goods or goods of same price
with every suit of tailor-made
garments sold during May
and June. Suits sold at same
low list as before this offer.
P. H. Johnson.
MONMOUTH, - - OREGON
0
301
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If You Buy Before Getting
Our Prices We Both Lose
We are in position to furnish you first
class material as follows:
Lumber, Shingles, Doors and
Windows, Mouldings, Lath,
Lime, Plaster, Cement, Brick,
Sawed and Split Cedar Posts,
Slabwood, Wall Board.
Also a large assortment of
Screen Doors, Window
Screens, Window Weights
and Cord. '
Willamette Valley Lumber Co..
Phone Main 202.
Monmouth, Oregon
Mi
C. G. GRIFFA,
Plumber and Steam Fitter.
Carries In Stook
Bath Tubs, Toilet Fixtures, and all kinds of Plumb
ers' Supplies, nickel-plated or otherwise.
All orders attended to promptly and work guaranteed.
MONMOUTH. - - OREGON
Bargains In Land
v 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
buyers and traders. Consult me. I
have lands that can be bought or traded
almost anywhere you desire it.
Washington Lands
80 acres, 9 miles north of Goklendale,
12 acres cleared, mostly in apples, 60
acres good land, balance rocky; good
house and barn.
320 acres. 3 miles from Centerville,
prairie land, 225 acres under plow, part
of land is second swale, part of unculti
vated land can be plowed, the balance
is pasture land; hog-tight fences, most
ly new; well, springs, windmill and
tank, house, new barn and other build
ings. Owner does not need cash and
has farm machinery to sell on reason
able terms.
120 acres, 10 miles north of Golden
dale. 8 acres under plow, 16 acres
slashed and burned. 200 to 225 bearing
fruit trees. 300 more two year old
apples. All good land and lies nearly
level. Irrigating ditch and good creek.
There are 1000 cords of wood standing,
Large 7 room house, barn. Price $0,000.
mortgage of $600. Will trade for im
proved ranch of equul value.
The timber soil is volcanic anh and
red shot, and it is suitable for all kinds
of fruit, berries, alfalfa, grain, pota
toes, etc.
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.
If I haven't got what you want I'll
get it for you.
Call and see me or write to
S. H. HINKLE,
Monmouth,
Oregon.
Himeg Engineering Co.
Surveying and Platting
Estimates furnished on Drainage
and Irrigation Work.
Phone 502. Dallas, Ore.