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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1917)
The Herald RICHARD B. SWENSON Editor & Publisher r Knterad u Mcond-tlui matter September S. IK), t the puai office at Monmouth. Orqrun. under the Aclof Mirchl. l7k. ISKirKD KVKKV FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year $1.50 Six months - 75 cU Three months 50 eta MONMOUTH, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917. JOE Monmouth Meditations In other words, the country school patrons want more of Supervisor Moore. When you have the moles and gophers attended to there are a few worms and bugs to begin war on. Many an ambitious bean has seen the bright hopes of youth smitten by that inevitable late frost Many a man is carried out feet first because he plunged head first into something that did not con cern him. ' It takes a lot of personal sac rifice to become a member of the army or navy but it only takes a dollar to join the Red Cross. It looks as if the kiting process in the cost of living has reached the crest of its highest average and every tiling that goes up must come down. As for Teddy it can not be said of him that he is the sort of man who when smitten on one cheek meekly turns the other for a sec ond slap. The Normal graduate who has a contract for next year signed, sealed and delivered is the one who thinks June is going to be a pretty fine month. It was a notable feast that Monmouth church goers enjoyed (last week at the Evangelical con ferences. Speaking and singing jwhich featured it were of high grade. The most serious fight against the road bonds has been made by people who would have favored it if they themselves could have directed the work. Not being able to rule, they would ruin. What between road bonds, Lib erty loan, selective conscripting, and other activities of war and peace, if the conscientious editor printed everything sent to him 1 there would be no space left for anything else. A letter, two cents shy of the proper postage is being held in the post oflice. It is addressed to "Aesop", Monmouth, Oregon. The communication is from Pow der river and doubtless is from some gentleman who has heard of the genial man of fables for the first time and thinks Mon mouth a good enough place to address him in order to extend congratulations. The weight of the letter however, suggests manuscript and it is possible that all which prevents the addition of several charming fables-to the original collection is the two cents necessary to get the letter Is out of the post office. There is one way in which the blockade of Germany works in her favor; it prevents money from going out of that country. Since she must buy everything at home the money all stays at home and Germany now is exem plifying the wisdom of that trite old saw "Trade at Home". It is a sort of endless chain. The gov ernment buys of its citizens, the citizens put their money in the bank, the government borrows or confiscates it and buys again, and so it goes, the wealth, the money being indestructible and all that is lost is the actual metal used in war. If the proposed raise in the rates of postage goes into effect it will affect every publication with a national circulation. The proposal is that the reading mat ter is to have first rate and the advertising matter the parcel post zone rate. This would make the postage on some of the single copies of the Saturday Evening Post ten cents instead of one cent as is now the case. Should this rate be long continued it will require a radical readjust ment of the scheme of putting out this and similar publications. It would be considerably cheaper y put out a publication at close range than to give it a national circulation. This might then make it possible for the west to have periodicals of its own as these would a have big advan tage in the cost of circulation. On the other hand it might be possible to ship the plates to dis tributing centers and have the publishing done sectionally. This would not be difficult as such a publication as the Saturday Evening Post has dozens of pres ses printing duplicates of the same form. It must be so to turn out a million copies a week. It would require some readjust ing of the organization of the publication, but such is among the possibilities of the result of the new revenue law. The adage that every tub must stand on its own bottom is espe cially true in the stress of war time. When each nerve and mus cle is being strained in the might y struggle merit counts and must be recognized. We have seen abroad how the assumed classifi cations of society bave broken down and in many ways society has had to adopt ideas that are distinctly socialistic. Govern ments have regulated prices and have taken over private enter prises and operated them for the general good. Selective conscrip tion is decidedly socialistic. It selects soldiers from the period when man is physically at his best. An athlete, a ball player, a prize fighter who is thirty has reached old age. His height of physical maturity was passed some time before. We recognize that in our union the right of the individual must bow to the ben: efit of the whole and that no one has a right to share in the pro tection of our national organiza tion unless he is willing to sacri fice for it if the occasion demands. In the same way as we take our physically best and push them forward to the battle line, we should take our financially strong est and conscript them for the financial part of the battle. We should set aside a general day for wealth conscription. Just ! as we exempt the immature un der twenty one and the has beens who have passed thirty, so should there be financial exemptions. Only in this case it would be simpler as experience has told us that there is no age limit to fin ancial possessions. A thousand dollars will draw just as steady interest for an old man as it will for a young man. The physical examination should be financial. Instead of measuring a man's blood pressure they should meas ure his account in the bank. In stead of counting his pulse beats they should count his stocks and bonds. Instead of examining his teeth they should examine his record of excess profits. Instead of testing his heart and lungs they should test his securities. This, with the same broad ex emptions that prevail in the physical conscription, would be the scientific way to raise the money to pay war expenses and we look to see the authorities act as soon as the suggestion is made to them. " ' ' John D.'s Tax When John D. pays his income tax He'll heep gold eagles into stacks And call his teamster off the road To shovel on a wagon load And dump it in a heep before The insolent collector's door. "Count it, my jolly blade" says he, "If you dispute my probity." When John D. pays his income tax Your Uncle Sam must take his axe And hew big timbers by the score To prop his treasur-ary floor: Likewise he need have iron bands To warrant that the place withstands The mighty pressure, don't you see And bulging of the treasur-ee. When John D. pays his income tax Columbia will take some whacks At luxury and may recruit Her wardrobe with a Summer suit: And Uncle Sam can give his boys Neglected gastronomic joys; And buy himself, Oh happy chance, Another pair of striped pants. When John D. pays his income tax The earth will shine like polished wax, And gentle zephyrs breathe a tune Of Winter merging into June; While fleecy clouds reflect a haze Of benediction on our days: Such is the scene that oniy lacks John D. to pay his income tax. Speaking of war prices, D. C. Walker brought in this week to the Herald office a diary kept by his father in Wastenaw count Michigan. Under date of 18G2 the old gentleman makes the following record in part: "Sold 17 lbs. butter $2.20; 2 doz. eggs 20 cts; 3 lbs. crackers and 2 cof fee beans 60 cts; received for one day's work in harvesting $1.25; paid for 1 lb. candles 20 cts; for 2bu. oats 60 cts; for 6 lbs. codfish 38 cts; for beef shank 13 cts; for 52 lbs. wool $22; bushel potatoes in June, 50 cts; for oats in April, 50 cts per bu.; in May, 40 cts. per bu.; In August, 30 cts. per bu.; sausage 10 cts. lb; paid for a horse $75; for a cow $25." Which shows snie variation from present prices. By the way, Mr. Walke, is a direct descendant of one of the passengers in the Mayflower which landed at Plymouth in 1619. In connection with the road bond discussion It is noted that the state highway commission at Its last meet ing Instructed Its engineer to collect data relative to the cost of paving plants with a view of being Independ ent of paving contractors. It Is also noted that the commission has prac tically decided to lay a section of ce ment concrete on the road near Sheri dan. obtain!! through th oid established I ft,l SUIIIT A rn.MMWnaniiukl bought by Manufacturers. Jnd m mouei or SKVu-ne: ami uwi iim -n ; .n . rocr EBlbru ents or no ft Writ fur our free book I D. SWIFT & CO. Patent Lawyer. t$to.is. ,307 Seventh St.. Washington. 0. C, Monmouth Feed All kinds of transferring done promptly and on short notice FRANK SKEEN, Proprietor. Monmouth, Oregon MONMOUTH DAIRY J. M. 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