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INDEPENDENCE T h ' h "TT TTT TO !T ESTABLISHED 186 J. INDEPENDENCE OREGON, FRiOAY, OCTOBER 14, 1910. NUMBER 20 nn rn ap. iimiv w AFTER BOURNE SHOWS THAT BOURNE OUTRAQ- ES STATE OF OREGON. BY FAILURE TO DO HIS DUTV BOURNE ALLOWS $60,000,000 IN SUGAR DUTIES TO BE WRUNO FROM COMMON PEOPLE. To Jonathan Bourne, Jr.: In toe Portland evening papers of September 30 there appeared an interview, cred ited to you. la which you Indulged In great many generalities nd mean ingless phtlitade. la 1UU phrased Of y you p rename to iaane a command to the Deoole f Oregon to vou Against many candidates rn the com Ing election nominated by the recent primary. Since your election to the United Ctatea aenat you have not taken suf ficient Interest in ttia State of Oregon to spend any considerable part of your time here. You have tteaoted your lime and such enterprise and energy as you posse to juutUntes and asso ciations more agnosia to jwu while you were able to find la other parts oi this and foreign coantrloa. You have visited this staw but taioe during t!u last four years, and then devoted very little time to nsceru-n.ag the rlahe of the people of Oregon, or their .need or requirements; but you have it , voted your time to Urn Ing mandate i to the people of tuis stats dAwat ri ,; them .how they should Tola. Tc. claim to be a friend of 1'he pintle io Oregon. I presume yci tmsgjie (Unit by repetttedly telUug tuo .peopte wnu ere their (friend, someone will heJls.ve you. Fonunately, howev-er., some mi your sing of commission and onilsBlon ,are mattens of public record, which you are obUgod to face laid ran uud (avoid, excuai or deny. Bourne Work's With Aldrich. .It la a matter of public recand that sniu. 'at the special session J con ta;BS in 1909, .in a harratigw, bf courtesy called speech, delivered toy you., when the tariff bill was ixa&rl consideration, referred to that Ur "fxlejid" of the pwple, Senator Ald Hcby aa an authort$y upon tariff leg islation. It is a wetl known fact thai during your terra in .the senate yoa have labored in complete harmony with Swiiator Aldrtch, In this so called epeech you stated that you knew nothing of the tar.tff, but that ...... ...,Uuln. t.in .1 n nilUn. o ml your iiai uviui n iuu, iwi boon companion. Senator AJdrich, was master of rwtes and that yva would ibe content to abide by his decisions. You voted against Senator Bristow's jpmjposed amendment, which would hav taken the "Joker" out of ie pugar schedule. By this vote 60,0(K O00 a yeas' is wrung from the people of this country and given to the sugar trust. You further outraged the peo ple of Oregon and of this country on tbls occasion by assisting In placing ft fluty or 16 per ceui no yaiurein oa ,'lron ore. Of course you knew the steel trust owned the iron ore in the United States and that by your vote you were taking this money from the people of this country and from your own constituents and giving it to the many millionaires who control this, the greatest truat in the world. No doubt you expect the householder, when he purchases a cook stove and pays this unnecessary tribute to your colleagues to be blinded to your neg lect of duty by the platitudes you Indulge in concerning myself and the other candidate who are not favored wltn your support, or with the ac .uaintanoes and associations of your millionaire chums and friends who are the beneficiaries of your misrepre uu ml sentation of flJU lUU fu the sonata. Duty on Wool ant j Silk Fraa. Tou votod to admit to this country raw silk fr and to place a duty of S3 per cent Ujxm the manufactured article. At tha ftauie time you voted to plaoo a duty of 133 per cent (av erage) on wM)en and wormed cloth, valued at nut mon thsn 40 rents per pound. Was ttila sr on your psrt In bUc-ad by your fr'en Vj "or tU peo ple? Was it in t:e lir.arwst of Ilia common people? Did you vote t place this exorbitant duty upon good uawl by "u, of common piiile," lor the benefit of jnyooe eicept your coupon-clipping rbume and associate? Your chief leg tlmate Income Is said to be from a Urge cotton print mill, owned by yourself and relatives, in New England. You voted to place a duty of 12V cents a square yard (see paragraph US, schedule 1) on the ;.ui of goods manufactured by your mill. When the mechanic, farmer or other cltlsen ia compelled to purchase this class of goods and pay tribute to you and your plutocratic intimates and asaoclate. on account of tha of ficial position given to yoa by the peo ple of Oregon, they an calm their outraged feelings by the hapn) thought that you secured this position and opportunity to plunder them and hope to continue In your present of fice by the um of resounding plati tude and windy oommonpl-tces and the assertion that you are a irlend ot the poopla. How does 12 Vi cents a square yard tariif on goods manufac tured In your nton print mill, which are used cleil by poor people, com pare with a duty of 25 per cent to 50 per cent on champagne? Did you make this great diilerence In orcei to encourage the u. e of champagne by your constituents and to Induce theui to dispense wivh the clothing cus.ora arliy worn In this coumryT Probably you assume they will believe In your pretended friendship; pay you tbia ex orbitant duty, and then sing a sweet refrain in honor of their allegej friend. Aristocratic Friends Favored. Instances almost without nd can be cited In which you voted to place low duty on articles which are worn by men of your aristocratic claas or plaoed upon your tables, and in which you voted to place a high duty on Bimilar articles used by people in mod erate or straightened circumstances. It twould be a matter of more practical hitenost to the people of the state to recede from you a, communication j stating how much money this tariff bill iplaces In your pocket each year aim m natotner way you nave ue.. .benefits by your term in uie sonata I tne !L"Biiea ouues iuu i .ot yur arauconu in.uw.-uuu. w mbom they should cast their vote for. How many citizens of Oregon who j "euro their iread by the aweat or their brow" ihonor you with their ao-1 qualMMice? What effort have you ever made to acquaint yourself with , the desires, hope or requirements the peofle who make Oregon great,; namely, the produoersT . During the four years since you were elected Portland and the state of Oregon have suffered Immense ' loss in commercial ways on account of your neglect of official duties. With-, In the test few months you etood by I and without protest permitted, the re- clamation acts to be so amended that tola state lost over $5,000,000 which was due it, and should have been In vested in irrigation projects in Ore gon. This loss is only a small per cent of the actual damage we have In curred by reason of your dereliction in duty. By reason of your careless ness In this particular our desert lands will continue to be inhabited by the coyotes, jackrabblts and : other creatures of the desert, when by the exercise of any reasonable diligence on your part these deserts would have been reclaimed and happy families would be inhabiting these lands, pro ducing large crops which would have supplied th needs oi other portions of the state. Even when the Board of Army Engineers was here last month to examine the Umatilla pro " (Continued on page eight) IS PROHIBITION REALLY A CISEjE PACTS IN THE CASE PROVE IT IS A GREAT BLESSING. THE 8AL00N IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO TRUE ECONOMY EITHER PRI VATELV OR PUBLICLY AND CAN, NOT BE CONDONED. It is a well known fact that prohi bition is the most vltkl issue of this fairscampalgn. It narka a period of transition by far too tmpotrant to pass by unnoticed. It will determine the fate of hundreds and even thous ands who either owo property Invest ed In the liquor business or who are employed lu Its prosecution. It will decide whether or not cities shall reap the harvest that comes by sa loon licenses or whether they will have to look to another source for revenue. Many who are greatly in terested declare that prohibition. Is a curse. Tbey claim it lessen the rev enue, puts many owners of therew- eries, saloons, etc., out. of , employ ment, stifles business and causes many other undesirable conditions. Now some of these objections, no doubt, have weight with many people and therefor it is necessary to give them proper tfonsideratloai Prohibition Does Prohibit Is prohibition really a curse? That it will drive out of the liquor busi ness, hundreds of nica in this state is amitted by those desiring the sa loon. They forget that this admission. ia proof positive that prohibition does prohibit. But while it will drive a few hundreds or perhaps a few thous ands out of this questionable business it will aave to the homes of bur state the wages of tens of thousands or our citizens, (which wquld, under the license system, be spent , in the saloons,) and give the money to their wives and children. The loss on the one hand will be greatly offset by the gain on the other and it is our busi ness as citizens of Oregon to consid er the welfare of the entire popula tion and not that of the few which Ril8ist udou money made by th(j 1,ro8et,utlon of R trafric that takes more money from the people than any other occupation for the value re- celved a DU8lnM, that is willing to . ke f th dol. KH,,Bti fhat hleflds men most fl trugt8 them ,east of a the en. terprises known to man, For every doiiar lost Dy those engaged in the business, the men of the state wIIJ eaye ten ,j0iiars. ve can afford t ha few i08e their positions, if thereb manv more others are profit- e(j - v Liquor Business Losing Proposition , , , ,i '- Again, tbe favoring the liquor business y it will mean a loss in revenue This seems rue only o the surface. While there is a small Income to a city from license and to e U. b. fojernment - it is an established fact that for ev ery dollar income in our country, there is an outlay of from three to five dollars in meeting the bills occa sioned by the traffic. ,In other words, we give. the Jiquor business, by way of protection,' billions of dollars to permit ' them to do their tnefarious work. Study . the facts' and- you will be convinced thai from the financial point of view, the liquor business is a losing proposition. This being true, prohibition surely is not a curse. But the claim is made that prohibi tion stifles business. This is true if they mean the liquor business and Its allied interests. But that it stifles any legitimate business is an absurd- ity. Their claim is that the saloon makes the city. ' This is absolutely untrue There is not one intrinsic i thing about the saloon business that will encourage lh cliliwis to buy more groceries, dry goods, furniture, hardware, or purchase farms or cl:y lota or build il-Kaiit homes or devi l- (mill ry. The saloon Is not run bat purpoNH. It Is nothing more lixi, tl that set-kii to get all It pohsibly can from the p-opl and give In return the li;int possible worth. It ia the arch grafter of our civilization. The saloon goes where the money Is and It seeks to make the money come where It is but that money comes not to the legitimate channels of bust juets but to the saloons, the brothels and gambling d m allied with the business. 1 in support ox uie iari mat me sa loon does not stifle business note the following: Proof From Other Towns From Ashland: 1. "To whom it may concern: I have had experience selling goods both in a 'wet' a.id 'dry' town and say w.thout hesitation, that I prefer a "dry" town. People use more and better goods, ask less credit and pay their bills more promptly. It's a big job for the ordinary man to support the saloon business and bis family- at the same time. V. W. Hevener, Manager C. C. C Store." Ashland, Ore., Feb. 23. 1909. 2. From McMinnville: . "Dear Sir Replying to yonrs ask ing how prohibition has worked in our town, I beg to say we have been in the merchandise business here Just four years. During the first year and a half of this time we had the sa- loons running. The last two and a half years has been under . prohibl- tlon. The general appearance of the; town and people is better, and leaves a better impression on strangers, of our morality and intelligence. Our house has sold under prohibition 40 per cent more goods than, in former years. This disproves the theory that business success depends on the sa loon. Prohibition , has been an lncal culable benefit to our town and coun try. Nott & Soik Dry Goods, etc." McMinnviHe, Ore. Feb. 27, 1909. 3. From Albany: "The building activity has been much greater since our city went dry The closing of the saloons has not re tarded In the least the growth or de velopment of our city. We have paved with bitulithlc pavement fourteen blocks of our street, and have under contract nine more. We have also laid about eight or ten miles of "ce ment waiks since we went dry. The tax rate before the closing of the sa loons was eight mills. We were then receiving $5000 for salooai license, but the municipality was then running be hind and our public debt was increas ing. Since the saloons are closed we have raised our assessment values and have put our tax rate at six, sev en and eight mills respectively each year, but we have also all running expenses and applied $5000 to .the re duction of our public debt, and this year we will spend at least $IQ,Q00 in public improvements. . , ' (Signed) Dr. J. P. Wallace, Mayor of Albany." Many other statements are on file showing similar testimony. This county is no exception. Dal las has done more business and more building during the past two years when under dry regime than ever before. Men are coming from wet cities to work In the Dallas mills in order to get the protection, from liq uor, afforded them in dry towns. Bus iness men of Dallas and vicinity say they have profited so much by being dry that they will leave no stone un turned to make the state dry.. Independence has benefitted equal ly. During the past two years we have done more Improving than the ten years prior to the dry regime. Two new churches, an excellent high school building, a sewer system and a number of fine cottages, all these Im one year. Business Is better this year than last,and in general we have prospered. Surely prohibition is a stimulus to legitimate business and does not stifle it. Prohibition Divide People That prohibition divides the people (Continued on page eight) CHALLENGES TO JOINT DEBATE PUBLIC PROCLAMATION MADE THROUGH ENTERPRISE. REV. WEBER WOULD UNDER TAKE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT SOME OF THE FALLACIES OF ARGUMENT OF HON. RUTH. Rev. W. J. Weber, pastor of the M. E. church of this city, has Issued a challenge to debate with Hon. A. 6. Ruth the subject of prohibition In this city tonight or on any other night that the Hon. Mr. Ruth may choose. Mr. Ruth is the Washington senat or who claims to have resided in a prohibition state for years and who will undertake to prove to the peo ple of this city that prohibition doe3 not prohibit. If Mr. Ruth is conscien tious lii- bis conviction on the sub ject of prohibition he will ' not hesi tate to enter into arrangements for the Joint -debate. The public wil , therefore, look forward eagerly to early arrangements for the debate, Following Is the official challenge of Rev. Mr. Weber: Hon. A. S. Ruth, Portland, Ore. My Dear Sir According to the ar- nouncements you are to address our people on coming Friday night on the subject, "Prohibition a Curse to Good Government." Having for years llvetl In a prohibition state, I hereby chal lenge you for U debate on said nigbt or any other night "that" you mar choose. I shall take the negative. I shall make knowm publicly that 1 have challenged you for a debate Should you feel disposed to accept, the challenge, wire me at my ex pense, Independence, Oregon. Hoping to meet you in debate, I am, yours truly, W. X WEBER. , Oregon's Crop Wealth Oregon's agricultural products this year will amount to no less than $115,000,000 according to the estimate of Dr. James Withycombe, director of the government experiment station at Corvallis. Add to this figure the many millions derived from its tim-. ber manufactures, mining and com merce, and it is not surprising that Oregon is such a prosperous state. Dr. Wlthycombe's estimate of the year'st crops and their values follows: Livestock .... $25,000,000 Dairy products .... .... ..$14,000,000 Wheat, 17,000,000 bu. ....$13,750,000 Hay, 900,000 tons ...$10,000,000. Oats, 11,000,000 bu ..$ 6,000,000 Potatoes, 6,000,000 bu. $ 5,000,000 Fruit .... ....$ 6,000.000 Poultry products ...'.. . .. .$ 5,000,000 Wool 20000,000 lbs. 4,000,000 Hops, 90,000 bajes, 3,000,000 Miscellaneous products V. .".'$23250,000 Total . i: .... w,f 115,00,0,000- CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS United Evangelical. Church. There will be no preaching services in the Evangelical church oh Sunday as the pastor will be away. - , Calvary Presbyterian Church Owing to the absence of the pastor - at the meeting of Synodthere will be no preaching service in Calvary Pres byterian church next Sunday. Sun day school will be held at the usual hour, 10 a. m. Baptist Church ". There will be regular preaching service at the Baptist church next Sunday morning at 11. Sunday schooSl at 10 a. m. and B. T. P. TJ. at 7 p- m. In the evening the congregation will join in the union meeting at ttuat Methodist church. - "Notice to Trespassers Notice is hereby glverr that no- huntlng will be allowed oh my farm. - formerly the Iliff farm. JOHN W. KELLY