The Santiam news., May 25, 1911, Image 4

ure of (x rfidy and dishonor.” The republican
party was again given control of the comntry, yet
have failed, so far, to give the consumer relief.
Carefully prepares! by com{»etei)t an I experience«!
At the present time a time of absolute peace and
employes thoroughly familiar with the records of
prosperity. th«* people are paying the highest duty
Lum County. Accuracy, neatness and dispatch is
Politiconi) Independent
im|x»ed u|M>n them since the formulation of the
our motto, We are now abstracting the instruments
government. Now the people are turning to pro­
filed daily and can serve the publie most efficiently.
gressive democrats and insurgent republicans for
We use* the most modern and up to date system of al»-
E>itere.1 at the
t office at Scio, Ore|fon, u »econd . Ia*» relief and with an assurance that the relief will be
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• \ ,■, unlimited amount of money to loan
mail matter.
given in th«- eml.
on 1» per cent, per annum on approved farm security
Nor Will the protective interests lie able to bring
BOTH PHONES 1\ THE. OFFICE
TELEPHONE OR WRITE
on financial disaster liecause of tariff reduction,
PUBI 1SHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
Financial conditions are different now from any
Albany Abstract Co., t m CURL. Manazer
T. !.. HUGO ER
time in the history of our government, We h^ve
Fi>ri«>M ani » pHorMikt«»«.
more money, per capita, in circulation, than ever
less in
Iwfore and the massrs of the jieople are
i
debt Th«- protected interests may be able to make
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times quite uncomfortable for the general con­
li SU' sumer, vet they cannot cause absolute suffering as
One year in inIvanee ....................
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One year, at end of year ...........
in the past.
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One year, at end of 2 yearn ...
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But the demand for a change in our tariff policy a
v
. 2 (ID
One year, at end of 3 year«
Largest
Stock
outside
of
Portland
Our national
|M had to come up from the people.
«»■ u..w.th» In advance...............
5t law makers had to be shown that the interests of
Three month» in advance...........
Samples and Estimates on Request
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the consumer were equally as important as those
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of the manufacturer and. at last, they have Ix-en
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shown. Congress now knows that a continuation
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of
taking money from the pockets of the thousands
Car of thanks...............................
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Expert Truss fitting Camera supplies, etc «
S|wrial obituary notice». per line.......................................................•«. of consumers for the benefit of the few manufact­
Extended wedding comment«, per line
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urers. must cease. Th«* fact that the people have
liiaplay ada, to lie c hanged weekly if deairvd. one column
turned the national house of repreeentatives over
Woodworth Drug Co Albany, Ore
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wide each insertion, |wr inch ... . . ...........
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to
progre-sive democrats ind have increased the
Buainraa linal» per line first insertion
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,. .05 numlier of insurgent republicans in the senate, is
Each ,ubHec|uent insertion |>er line
lxing time standing ad», contracts made on application.
an evidenc«* which s|>eaks louder than words. The
protected nt crests now know that the day is soon
to come when they can no longer expect to receive
the 7.//.'//7 special favors from congress. They now know
:
that the people are aroused to the fact, that they
d i>-cause of injust tariff law-.
HERE IS A DISPOSITION on th«* part of
WHOLESALE DEAL» IN
r
the national house of representatives t<
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/UTTER 1177// THE SWEET
force the senate to vote on the Canadiar
reciprocity measure ami certain reductions on other
and
tariff schedules, els«* the special session will I m -
HEN THE UNITED STATES Supreme
prolonged throughout the summer. The people,
court ordered the dissolution of the Stand­
generullv, will endorse this effort on the part ol
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ard Oil trust, most everyone thought a
th«* democratic house members. The jieople ar«
. ■.<; ■■ ■ ;r<d
the p«<>pl«*.
But. as
extremely tired of a policy which yields but small gr«-;i'
ar. '■ ■■-' u .
- - «»t this court of final resort,
A. G. MAGERS, Prop.
revenue to the government, yet forces the con-
there
was
a
bitter
mmgh-d
w
ith
th«*
sweet.
sumer to pay a heavy tax for the benefit of the
It is supixised that th«* duty of a court, and this
manufacturer.
court
in particular, is to expound and interpret th«*
Of cours«- every Ixxly knows that the primary
law
and
to order its inforcement A mamiatt* of
object of our tariff system is th«* production of
the
Supreme
court of the United States, is fn>m
revenue for the support of the government, To
A. SHANKS
the
highest
authority
in the land. Even th«* presi­
produce a revenue, goods must be imported, If
— Manufacturer and Dealer in—
the tariff is laved t«x> low. the ex (tenses of coi­ dent must obey its dictum. Nevertheless it is
Harness and Saddles
n th«
id al department, it ha- i11
lecting the revenue absorbs the duty and, if to*
1911
CurUfe Trimsinr
Rcwir Work Solicited
high, no goods are imported, So, somewhere be* (lower, under the constitution, to enact or execute
law.
All
Work
Strictly
Gu«r«ntr»J
tween these two extremes, is the point of profit t<
I luring the month» o f May. J une, July,
In
rendering
its
opinion,
in
the
matter
of
th«*
Auguat.
Septemtier,
on
date»
the government.
SFLELBUFN. OREGON
shown below, the
It is a fact, however, that our home manufact­ dissolution of the Standard Oil trust, it usurped a
urers always exact a price for their goods from function w hich lielongs to that of congr«*ss, alone. SOUTHERN PACIFIC
THE ESA5ON0 HOTEL
our citizens, equal the cost of the production of th« It r«*;id into its opinion of the law, words which
Will »ell round trip ticket» from
cangress
had
not
placed
then*
and,
in
so
doing,
Centrally located, good
foreign article, ulus the freight and tariff. So if
Hr>7 Scio via
Portland
rooms, prices moder­
we place a tariff schedule so high that foreign changed th«* entire meaning and scop«* of the law.
ate, courteous
gocwls ar«1, practically, excluded, our home people By interj«*cting a word or two, the court, practi­ To
Karra
treatment
are at the mercy of our home manufacturers. Our cally reenacted or amended a law eminating from Chicago .....
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present tariff schedules are at the prohibitory congress and established a most dangerous prece­ Council Bluff»
Comer NorrUoe «nJ Front Street!
Im» ha
point; so that but few foreign goods are imported dent a precedent which, if adhered to, may < Kanitaa
$62.15 PORTLAND
City
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and th«* revenue derived therefrom is, compara­ change entirely the spirit and jxilicy of our govern­ St. Juwph
st.
Paul
Th«* supreme court has constitutional
tively. small. Yet the American consumer is com­ ment.
authority
to interpret the law and detin«* its -I. Paul, via Council Bluffs .. .$66.06
pelled to pay for our domestic manufactured goods
Mlnneapoli» direct..................... .. 162.15
about what th«* foreign made goods wouId cost, in­ meaning; but it is not authorized to change, in the Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs $66 06
$112.15
cluding th«* freight and tariff duty. It is this most aignificent particular, a word, phrase or
New York
... SI
injustice which congress is attempting to adjust at sentence thereof.
Th«- people were glad to have the Standard Oil St. louis ... ........................................$72.15
th«* present time.
$109.66
octupus
destroy«! but they did not expect. nor Washington. DC..................
Until th«* modern business trust or combine
Sale Dates:
was evolved, the competition of Anu*rican manu­ will they sustain, a precedent in th«* interpretation
of
law,
far
more
dangerous
then
anything
the
May IS, 17. 18. 1» 22. 23. 24 . 25, 27, 2«
facturers wits sufficient to hold a regulatory control
ami 2G.
of prices. But with a prohibitory tariff cam«* the Standard Oil has or can do. They will not sustain
June 5. 7. 9. 10. 12, 16. 17, 21. 22. 2«.
our
supreme
law
authority
when
that
power
at
­
business trust or combine. Since which time th«*
29 and 30.
American consumer has been comjielled to dance tempts to usurp a function of another department July 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6, 19. 30, 26. 27 ami ■»
of government Nor will they obey or lx* guided August 3. 4. 5. 14. 15, 16. 17. 21. 22. 23,
to the music of the American mancfacturer.
28, 29 and 30.
The fact is the principle of protection in tariff by such interpretation or rendering. Of course
September 1. 2, 4. 5, 6 amt 7.
our
supreme
justices
an*
but
human.
They
have,
sch«*«iules is lx>th unjust anti inequitable. To take
An abstract BEFORE
from the pockets of th«* many and give to the few, in the past, made mistakes an«i will, pn>l>ably, stop-overs within limits in either direc­
tion.
Final
return
limit
October
31.
you buy property—its
has resulted in building up fortunes the owners of make them in the future; but to attempt to assume
For far»-» one way through California
the
legislative
as
well
as
the
judicial
function,
is
an absolute necessity
which ar«* said to spent! $400.000,000 annually in
inquire of any S. P. agent or write to
usurping
authority
the
court
does
not
possess.
pleasure jaunts in Europe. And th«* great mass
if von want to Know
WM. M.MI RRAY
of the American people, th«* consumers, are at last Nor will th«* peopl«* stand for it. The authority General Paaaenger Agent, Portland
about the validity of
aroused to the injustice. The system is largely of th«* people, in the end, is supreme to, even.
your
title.
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res|M»nsibl«* for the building up of a class idl«* rich that of the supreme court
Ge». W. Wrifkt
D m lobulo»
Honestly, to buy a
lieople, whose general conduct is neither a credit
piece
of leal estate
to the American nation nor to the European coun­ Governor Woodrow Wilson is sure to be the
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without an abstract is
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tries thev visit annually.
democratic candidate for president, next year, . if
The republican party, of course, is responsible he continues to grow in the estimation of the peo­
taking a blind chance
ATTOFNEYS AT LAW
for th«* pnffective system. It is responsible in that ple until then, as he has for the past y ear.
on being sold an ex­
it has ailowed the manufacturing and other finan­ Furthermore, he will b«* elected. The people are 3 m . 1 * Wrifht BUr
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pensive piece of liti­
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cial interests to, gradually, secun* control an<l hunting for just such men as he.
gation.
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formulate the policies upon which the government
Ol R ab?t racts are
is conducted. Every tariff bill enacted into law
DR. W. R. BILYEIJ
correct and complete
The United States Senate is again taking up the
since the (’ivil war. has seen the growth of the
This time he will be
protective system. Nor «lid th«* democrats, when Lorimer investigation.
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t x*v had control of the government, remedy the invited to "go way Imck and sit down.” The
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evil. Indeed, the Wilson-Gorman tariff was so people, not only of Illinois, but of the whole OVER W00DW0RTH3 DRUG STORE
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notoriously l«ad ami though he allowed it to become United States, are not going to stand for Lorimer
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a law. President Cleveland proclaim«*«! it "A m«*as- methods any longer.
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