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FIRE RELIEF
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Chat. Gregory. Jtgt., Dallas. Or.
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dandrult, lowvt tliii nl polsoo
MrS. J. W. Richardson, Sr.
Agent.
Monmouth 8U, independence Or. '
Launch Independence
PI.T be I wee u JuileMii(lcure nd Sal-
eui daily except Minday. raweoger
Dd freight bDHiDewaolicltea.
teave Independence : 9:30 a.m.
Leave Halem . ; 3:15 p.m.
Geo. Skinner - Skipper
Farmers Feed
and Hitching Shed
Jones Big New Bar
Teams 10c, Saddle Horse fx
Rigs aa well aa tea ma kept it
the dry. Hones boarded b
day, week or month.
J. N. JONES. IWEPEMDHiCE
GL Hawkins
Dallas, Ore.
garble and
Granite
ionumente and Head'
(tones Cfctnetery
work etc.
I will sell
Real Estate
But I will list only property
that can be sold at a reasona
bly low price. Don't ask me
to list yours if you want the
earth for it. It will move if
your price is right.
Chas. E. Hicks
D. TAYLOR
BARBER
Bath Room in Con
nection
C STREET
Independence,
Ore.
CASH
PAID
FOR FARM PRODUCE
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PRODUCE CO.
i . a prophet Willi mi Jriihitiira Itr.r-
ill Kna net it lm .1 iiiv. Tl' -1
liullli' vvlili-li lie tiaa furrlulit won)
.me (irniiuht tmllinltt-il illMtcr to tin'
tun try If th.')' (mil ever t.ti rvalUrV
Hut thej" l ever i'ain to ana. Hie Imr
-i,i!n pliinnn which hi. painted were
merely hyiiii-nla of hla lmliitl'ii.
Ihiaett on ahilutely m fouinlaituu
lntever.
It Is will t have Anierloana reinem
iH-r that pmihtvlea ullereil by the ura
tur of the I'lalte miiat be dlaeitiiut.'.!
fully ii per cent, for all alt! ImM
mte that be fwla the fatea onee nure
itnd la about to N'tla pn.pheK.Tlnj
rpilu. X male Cansamlra. Mr. Pryon
iiilk'ht b tbla time have learned tint
the furemat of evil will never N be
lieved by thiwe who have found that
lu the pant bis vaticinations have be-n
but empty air.
"Driving Country to Buia.
for Inatanoe, when Mr. Bryan was a
member of the House of Reprinteiita
Uvea In lft2 he was absolutely certain
that protection waa driving the coun
Iry headlong to rack and ruin, and In
his speech delivered March 16 of that
rear be drew the followlug agouUlng
plot urea:
"Protection has been our cannibal
tree, and as-one after another of ur
farmers bns been driven by the force
of circumstances npon that tree aud
has been crushed within Its folds bis
(vitnnaiilnna hare stood around and
shouted, 'Great Is protection 1'
Tbue In every State, so far aa these
atatiatlcs have been collected, the pro
portion of home owning farmers is de
creasing and that of tenant farmers
increasing. This means but one thing.
It means a land of landlords and ten
ants, and, backed by tbe nistory or
every cation thut has gone down, I say
to you that no people can continue
a free reopIe under a free government
when the great majority of Its citizens
are tenants of a small minority. Your
system (protective tariff) baa driven
tht farm owner from his land and
substituted the farm tenant."
How far this picture portrays the
America of to-day or the America of
any year since be made that spon-h
ny American can answer. Even in
Mr. Bryan's own State he can find an
answer right at his doors, for the far:n
loi.db of Nebraska have doubled in
value.
"Murdsrott- Sold Standard.'
Bui during the four years succeeding
thrt speech Mr. Bryan's agitation grew
no less nor did the demon which he
had raised In his own imagination bide
with diminished head, for In 1896 be
again saw destitution threatening the
country. He bad a remedy for it, a
panacea, a fetich which he held up for
worship free silver. Here are some
of the things Mr. Bryan said would
happen If the gold standard were con
tinued :
"1 reply that If protection has slain
its thousands the gold standard has
slain Us tens of thousands." From
speech at Democratic National Conven
tion, July, 1896.
"Do not let the Republicans beguile
yon about the future. Tbe future' Is
written In blood crushed out of you by
gold." From speech at Erie, Pa., Au
gust, 1890.
"Ah, my friends, there Is another
reason why people have gone into the
cities and left the farms. . It is be
cause your legislation has been caus
ing the foreclosure of mortgages upon
the farms. Mark my words!
If the gold standard goes on and peo
ple continue to complain, the gold stan
dard advocates instead of trying to Im
prove the condition of the people will
be recommending that you close your
schools so that the people will not real
lze how much they are suffering."
From speech at Monmouth, 111., Octo
ber, 1896.
But whom has the gold standard
slain? What future did it write in
blood? What district schools did it
close? Again the condition of the
country makes a calm reply confuting
the impassioned orator.
Campaigning again in 1000 Mr. Bry
an decidea tnat imperialism was an
other danger to the country. , If It were
continued the Fourth of July would be
forgotten by all Americans and the
"apirit of '76" would hwome a thing
of the past. Speaking at Lincoln, Mr.
Rryan said:
Sees Death of Patriotism.
"The fight this yeur will he to onrrj
out the seiitiincut of tluit song we have
so often repeated, 'My Country. "J'is "I
Thee.' If we lose, our children ni:l
our children's children will not succeed
to the spirit of that song, and celebra
tions of the Fourth of July will pass
awny, for the spirit of the empire will
Itc upon us."
Is there any spot in these United
States whare the spirit of 1776 la dead
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
r.sull of Victory Indicates Cnilt-
mlniahed Mtjarlllaa for lUpubll
cans In November.
IU.vni.iiHl. the WantilngtiMi corre
spondent of tlia tliicag Tribune. wh.
la regarded one of the nnwt rellnbln
il!iiial wrliura In the country, regards
tl.e result of the Vermont elm'tlou aa
prruMglng aloltite victory for Mr. Taft.
Id a recent apodal dlniwUh to the
Tribune Itayinond wald:
Practically eaklii(. the remilt of
Tuesday's elrvtluu la more favorable to
te lUputillcana than they bad any
rUbt to exevt, because there baa been
u determined campaign for the purpoae
of '.nakliig a good allowing In Vermont
and few of the big guns of the iarty
have been put on the stump there this
year.
"There is, of eoume. a slight falling
off In the vote of both Itcpuhllcana and
I Imuran, aa couiiMired with four
jturs ago, but this waa entirely to be
eiievted, because at that time Kooae-
Tll was the nominee of bis party for
I resident, and the result In Vermont In
that year waa merely a forerunner of
tie tremendous landslide which took
pliic l! over tbe country.
As It Is, tbe plurality of over 29.000
at ytaterday'a election Is taken to be
an Indication that, while tbe campaign
this year Is not to be a sensational one.
the tlectlon of Mr. Taft la foreshadowed
by a eafe majority.
"If Vermont ran be taken as an In
dex of the condition of public opinion
throughout tbe country. It means that
In the November election, whatever
strength the Independence League de
velops In the other States will come
liuoat exclusively from Bryan and not
from Taft
The Vermont Democrats, while few i
la number, are extremely roekrlbbed In
their sentiments. They make a point of
going to the polls year after year and
carry on a hopeless light merely, be
cause they want to set a good example
to tbe Democrats In other States. In
1806 they repudiated Bryau and tbe free
silver heresy, and they did It largely
by staying at home on election day.
Tbe result was a plurality of a little
over 40,000 for McKlnley, which baa
been a record In Vermont elections. In
the State elections of 1000 aud 1004
the Democratic vote waa practically
stationary."
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nt Labor.
TAFT'S RELIGION.
A Consistent Christian with Ho Spot
Upon His Record of Private Con
duct and Publio Service.
To dispose of questions which should
not he asked as speedily as possible let
us say that Mr. Taft is a member of
the Unitarian church. Thut was the
church of his parents, and be has never
separated himself from It. His wife,
however, is an Episcopalian, and he
worships more often beside her In ber
church.
These are the facts, which are utter
ly and absolutely unimportant. The
matter of a man's religion has no right
ful place In consideration of his fitness
for the presidency. The constitution
of the nation, ordained and established
"to secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity," expressly
places the very suggestion of such
thought outside the pale of patriotism.
No Words can be clearer than these
from our country's fundamental law,
"No religious test ever shall be re
quired as a qualification to any office
or public trust under the United
States."
The numerous queries about Mr.
Taft's religious belief shows simply the
extent to which his enemies have gone
to rouse some prejudice against him.
Since there was no spot upon his whole
clean record of private conduct and
public service to which they could
point to Taft's detriment they display
ed their willingness to descend to any
depth of petty,. cowardly, contemptible
attack that, might ,Ao him harm.
Philadelphia North American.
Union labor Vote.
Hon. William H. Buchanan is one of
the leading union men of western New
York and in 1907 was the Democratic
candidate for assemblyman In Chau
tauqua county. This is what he has to
say of the effort of Mr, Gompers to
turn the labor vote over to Mr. Bryan:
"I am a union labor man, and I want
to say further that no man can carry
the labor vote Into the Democratic
camp. I Know now uuion laoor men
feel in this city, and three-fourths of
them will stand by the Republican
party because only In that way have
they the assurance of freedom from
the business disturbance that Mr. Bry
an promises for at least four years If
he can be elected. We worklngmea
can't earn wages if statesmen are put
In office to disturb buslnws and make
trouble."
(Wini.mi . Tift In l.i ..e,h of a
.!iiimv 1
We iiMiie li,. to the iti-(lill of lit- j
bor, 1'ne lniuiltaiit plmw of the i
Clen of Hie pn-M'iit ii.hnliiMrtit l"il tin a
tni'il ail an. lei y to aivure fr the iiuo
oarucr an eipiiillly of opnii luiiliy and
mi. Ii poalllvo Hlntuiory irol llii aa
ahull place him on a level lu dialing
v.ltli bla employer.
'I lie Itepiihlli'iiii party haa mnwil an
ciui'toyeiV lliililllly act for luterlalo
r.il'ruada, and hna efabiLlifd nu eUlit
'tour law for government employe and
. ii government ennm ruction. The in-
in of he reform effected hy the fi r
uier, In ttiii abolition of the fellow acr
tant rule and tbe Introduction of tbe
comparative negligence theory by
blih an etiiplo)e Injured In the wrvtce
of hla employer d.ica not Iom all bla
right to recover becauae of slight negli
gence on hla part.
Then there la the act providing for
oomieiiintloti for Injury to government
employes, together with (lie varhma
statute requiring safety appliance
uiwn Interstate commerce ml I roads for
the protection of their employe and
limiting the hours of their employment.
These are all Inatancefl of the dealr
of the Republican party to do Justice to
the w site earner.
Itoubtleiia a more comprehensive
measure for rotiiiwnsatlou of govern
ment employe will be adopted lu the
future; the principle In such ruse ha
been recognlxed and In the neceasarllj
wimewbat slow course of legislation
111 be more fully embodied In definite
tatutra.
The Intercut of the employer and the
employe never differ except when It
come to a division of the Joint profit
of labor and capital Into dividends and
wages. Tbla must be a conatant source
of ierlodlcal discussion between the
emp'oyer and the employe, aa Indeed
re the other tenua of the employment.
I To give to employes their proper po
sition In such a controversy, to enable
them to maintain themselves against
employers having great capital, they
may well unite, because In uuion there
I strength, and without It, each Indi
vidual laborer and employe would be
helpless. The promotion of the Indus
trial peace through tbe Instrumentality
of tbe trade agreement I often one of
tbe results of such union when Intelli
gently conducted.
There Is a large body of laborers.
however, skilled and unskilled, who are
not organized Into unions. Their rights
before the law are exactly the same as
those of the union men, aud are to be
protected wltk the same care and
watchfulness.
In order to induce their employer
Into a compliance with their request
for changed terms of employment,
workmen have the right to strike In a
body.
They have a right to use such per
suasion as they may, provided It does
not reaoh the point of duress, to lead
their reluctant co-laborers to Join them
in their union against their employer.
and they have a right, If they choose,
to accumulate funds to support those
engaged In n strike, to delegate to of
ficers the power to direct the action of
the union, and to withdraw themselves
and their associates fron dealings with
or. giving custom to those with whom
they are In controversy.
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LONG'S MEAT MARKET
V. il. I UNO, Proprietor
All Kinds of Frcfh and Cured Meats
Game and Fish in Season
INDEPENDENCE OREGON
TAFT'S KINDNESS TO BLIND.
Overrules Washington Monument
Regulation for Benefit of. the
Sightless.
The kind heartedness of Mr. Taft
and his sincere, common sense sym
pathy with the unfortunates In thin
world has Just been brought to the at
tention of the blind In a peculiar way.
Away up in the top of the Washing
ton monument, where thousands go to
behold the beauties of the nation's
capital, the Columbia Polytechnic in
stitute, which seeks to make It possi
ble for the adult blind of the United
States to rise above conditions of de
pendence by becoming self sustaining,
placed on sale souvenir post cards
manufactured by its blind. Some sen
timental persons took the view that
this was undignified and succeeded In
having tbe superintendent or public
buildings and grounds order the cards
removed. F. B. Cleaveland, principal
of the Institute, appealed to Mr. Taft,
then secretary of war and within
whose Jurisdiction came the office of
public buildings and grounds. It took
only a few words to convince the sec
retary that the blind should have tho
benefit of this privilege, and the cards
were again placed on sale In the monument.
'For this action," said Prinoipal
Cleaveland in discussing the Incident,
Mr. Taft deserves the gratitude or
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every Dlinu person, imiiiraniij iu
progressive blind, who are striving to
heJp their less fortunate fallows."
In Georgia the electors must have a
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majority, ana wun wuisou, u.sbu "
Chafln pulling away from them the
Bryauites are becoming anDrehenaiv
She Court Resort ai?d
Gcpran hupch Place
Fit A NIC II IOI.IJNS, Proprietor
357 State St. Salem, Oregon Pbor; 117
a UNDERTAKING
Day or Klgbt Calls Promptly attend
ed to. Fine Parlor In Connection.
An Experienced Ladv Assistant.
Phone, main 273 Res. 7J
W. Li. HICK, Emoainier and Funeral Director.
Licensed by Oregon Btate Board of Hualt i.
JNDB.PENDBNCK
BKE ZALDRZATn
OKEOOM
MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS Bf USING
SK1DOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS
Cruth and mix In feed or salt. Proper dote In tablets
Makes Your Stock Look Like the Top Price
Foi Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Fowls. They are made from the actlvs principle or th
condensed euence of the drug. They don't contain Sawdust, Ashes, Chop Feed or Bran. Are just
ss good when 10 years old as when 10 days old. They comply with all pure Urufl laws. Ask for
snd try once SKIDOO Condition Tablets, or SKIDOO Worm, Kidney, Chicken Coolers,
Blister, Cathartic, Heave. Fever, Hog Cholera, Distemper, Pink Eye, Colic tabletsor Louse Powder,
Spavin Cure or Barb Wire Liniment. Distributed by fHE BLUE BELL MEDICINE OO..
Incorporated! Capital Stock $300,000.00; Watertown, South Dakota. U. S. A.
For sale 'by HANNA & IRVINE, Independence, Oregon
I PALACE MEAT MARKET I
LONG & CHAMBERLIN, Proprietors.
AH Kinds of fresh and cured Meats. Game
and fish in season.
I Independence Oregon
A GOOD WELili OF WATER
Is indispensable to every farm We have had
splendid success in obtaining water in all our
boring operations.
We are prepared to do water and oil well drill
ing and all kinds of prospecting.
SliOPER BROTHERS,
Telephone 49x2
INDEPENDENCE, OR.
J. A. PATTERSON
House Furaishinga, Wall Paper
A line of Hardware, Tools and Kitchen Utensils, Stoves and Kutiges
Telephone 947 Main 285 N. Commercial Street, SALEM, OREGON
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