INDEPENDENCE
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ESTABLISHED 186 J.
INDEPENDENCE OREGON, FRiOAY, OCTOBER 14, 1910.
NUMBER 20
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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
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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