The Santiam news., July 13, 1911, Image 1

F
of the |>»op!v of Oregon «aid it is rig t
to have saloons, it is w rong
DR. WILSON AS ORATOR
He said the church Had a right to «ay .
what was right, tool («oliti« tana and >
Governor o* Now Jerwy In
rum soaked politician* to th«- contrary j
* Characteristic
Alt tude
notwithstanding. The latt« r half of
the morning »• ■«ion wa> d«-v«d | t . th«-
discussion of education
. "The mistak«- of the world la that wo
Check 1$ Rid culed For Its lltunpt lo Slop are spending millions for navica and
armies instewl »f for education,” h-
the Bank Eml By This Means.
said. "Our education Is still crude and
not serving th«- tin !> It -t> >■■;! I, «lit
Dy Po/. 1. L Games
n«ver will until it become* more «ci«-t
tific. The channel of crim«- i* 1« . .-ming
wider and wider all the time, ami 1
indi*-t the ««iucational world today as
Temperance, education and evange­
not having met thia condition as it
lism arc the three subjects receiving
ought or might."
special attention during the last day of
He said until a man coukl be educated
the national Christain convention, which
completely a* a moral being, a physicsl
will close tonight. Every phase of
being and a spiritual living, all th«-
church work has been considered by
benefits will not lie derived from educa­
the great convention during the week
tion as should tie
He deplored the
it has been in session in Portland, and
atmosphere of educational institution*
the leading delegates here aay that the
which prumptixl young men and women
convention has been one of the most
when they had finished their c< ur*«-«.
successful ever held bv the Disciple* of
to seek to change from a scientific
Christ The hospitality and cordiality
stund|H>mt the law« of the Bible.
shown by the Portland churches ha*
He said he was optimistic about the
surprised them and the delegates will
•• IJII. by Amiran
matter, becausd God is not dependent
leave with warm spots in their hearts
in working out gnat »chcm«-« on per­
for the City of Roses.
TRIBUTE TO THE TOILERS.
fect systems of educati-a-; because this
Rev. A. L. Crim, who spoke on the
Is the best day the educational work!
subject. ” rhe Church and the Liquor
Humble Man Wh* Labar Ar* Amarica’a
Traffic," ridiculed the church for its has seen in its educational institutions;
Might. Ss/s W>la*n
tiecause he saw a day in the near future
attempt to suppress the liquor traffic
in one of bl« recent addrreeea Gov
when mother's Bible
ernor tt malrow \\ I ¡«on of New Jersey
by means of local option or any other
unchallenged; when t
luilit an elfHjuriil tribute to the tolling
blow that was aimed at the saloon and
boy or girl who will
million* who«» labor bn* given Amer
not at the source of the evil the manu­
r«>ction of Christ.
ilo
lea It« place among the nailon«
facturers of liquor.
E. C. Sanderson, prenliient of the *a III;
He charged that the liquor interests
"Yon know bow it thrills our bloot!
Christian Bible university of Fugi-ne,
had dominated the government of the
deliver»«! a strong address on "Th« «■fine!Im«*« to «ee bow nil tin* nation«
United States for many years. He
Christian Wealth ai d Christian E .u< .< of die enrlh wnl, lo are wtuil America
said the liquor interests knew no poli­
1« going i«> <hr with her power - her
tics except to protect their traffic lion.” He said Christ 1« • "«.-titial in physical
|e>wer Iler ruorilroue nr-
every principle of progr-
of mankind
"Men withdrawn from politics exrent
«outre*, her mormon« wealth, herjmw
A. L Orcutt of Tndiana|«>!i« i- ad th«- er to le» f in butileni hie nrmle*
to protect their traffic are fit descend
and
re|>ort of th«- treasurer of th«- American build tip arm*meni» which Hitjettt con
ar.ts of Benedict Arnold.” he said.
Four quer the world
i hrlstian temperance
"Local option h nothing more than
on the
lini what tine mnde us strong? The
bringing up the question time and time members were elect« <1 t<
M It !•• of m ion* of na il the loll of men
again and never settling it," he Mid. board three years, a* f<
J. II. who do not tain nt. who are lie-ousplc
"The question will keep coming up Ainsworth of I rw-iklin,
Kirkpatrick.
Kokomo,
bid
,
Jal-«
z
Hall non*, blit who live their livre humbly
until doomsday union* you track the
Indianapolis, Ind., and J I’ yd Jon«-« from duv to de), and title great t»«dy
wolf to his den.
of worker* Itile gr«-nt laelv of toller«
of Anderson. Ira!.
"I stand with Lincoln when he Mid
The closing session tonight will be rnnetlttilre the tuiahi of America
XX tint |e the limnite«! duty of all
The people have no right to rule on a h«-M at th«- White I - Pie. 1 h«- .el
lire*« of th«- evening w ill In- d« llV« r«d etateenienelilp. ttirrvforr? It la to *••»
moral question as a majority vote of
by S. M. Martin of Seattle, a mite«! tini! thia greif body of men w ho cun
the people will never make a known evangelist. Th«- meeting will tn- entire­
■ tlttlie the «irroriti of America are
wrong right ’ I care not if a majority ly evangelistic. Portland Journal
profvrlv drnli with tir dm In «ve and
properly nurtured and taken rare of
by lite |e>licr of the country
"U rli, what hinder* w tint stands
In the way? Why. uni know ibnt ev
erytliiiiK really worth dlertieeln« come*
to the <|iir«t|on of the cvr|ioratlun«
Now I do ion ivnnt voti to rypeci from
lite nnv Invertire agnine! the corpora
Iloti* I wit« tired n lueier but I do
not know how to draw up an Indi- t
meni it aulii«! a whole nntiou
If you
wih gite me the fn< la i can Indict one
tnnn nt a time"
LOCAL OPTION
A FAILURE
Pafraad Reflation Substituted lot Competition
f
It ran not tie Mid that the decision of
the United states circuit court in the
Union-Southern Pacific merger auit
introduces the country to a new aitua.
tion. Rather it is a definito and
authoritative recognition of a situation
that has grown up silently by legal
implication
and interpretation, in­
fluenced by prore»««-» of commercial
evolution.
W dhout any very definite understand­
ing of the position, congres* ami the
courts have come to realize that th«-
business of transportation is in a class
bv itself. The half unconscious reali-
z »tion of this distinction appears from
the fact that congress has enacted
seperate, conflicting and in some re­
specta contradictory
legislation to
govern transportation a* distinguished
from other forms of general trail«- ami
Industry.
Legislation dealing with the subject
of monopoly may lie said lo have begun
with the -herman law against trusts
sum«- twenty year* ago, enacting
sevrre and unlimitetl prohibition of any
ami all combinations in restraint of
trade. The purjs*» of the Sherman
law was to make comfictition the only
legitimate ami |iermis*ible fournis twin
for the rational economic system. By
that law any and all efforts or means
to break down competition were made
criminal. But soon it became evident
that competition was not working in
PORTLAND
NEWS LETTER
the transportation business, and j«er
ha|«s could not be mad«- to work, except
in ways that wer«- positively injurious
to the interests of the whole public.
For example, the most sever«- form
of cornja-titlon in tran»|»>rtati<«n was
at-pliwl by th«- grant of secret rebates.
It was with th«- help of this variety of
competition that the 'tamlanl «ul trust
was enabled to create Its moiu-ply of Oregon s Property is Evidenced Dy Guns in
the oil trade. In recognition of these
Bank Deposits as Reported Dy
facts <-i . r- « m»d> thi« form of c.-m-
State Enk Eianirtr
petition a public offense, punishable by
fine or imprisonment. This was the
first breach in th«- competitive system.
Another form of competition in trans­
Bank« of th«- stat«« show good gains
portation took th«* sh»ta* <*f occasional
in deposits anti resources a* comparml
rate wars. *. h«*»e were not found to
with »imilar figure« compiles! last year.
result in any imimrtant ¡ulvantage to
Stat«- Itank examiner Wright finds
the general public. They were usually
-lep • its have grown over t2,fi<)0,000
of short duration, anti their most im­
atul in practically all de|«artments of
portant effect was to un«ettle the
the banking business there is good
course of business.
advar . <« The latest report sets forth
Recognition of the««* facts, jM'fbAP*
conditions as they existed at the cloae
more or less vaguely in the public mind,
of business July 3.
ltd to a wholly new departure in the
Th«- Central Oregon Devrlupmc! e
way of legislation, inspirwl by the fact
that competition was not effective tn I «-ague is exceedingly active, even
h .1 v •.
Ing organization.
transportation, and in th«- rare instance.« th
where it was applie«! had prove«) more Having been fornnsl about one week
or leas Injurious. Laws were enacted at«-, it is already making plans for the
and bureaus crva!«*«i to regulate rat« « n«-xt meeting of th«- organization early
for transportation, and competition in i in the fall and J. J. Hill will be invited
nt least one form was declared to be a to attend. The date of the meeting
criminal offense
In no other businc«.« will lie arranges! to suit Mr. Hill's
than that of the railroad« is the grant convenience.
lledfonl business men will make a
of rebates declared to tie a crime. It
it a common and legstirnat«- form of four-days excursion through Southern
i-..tnp«titi"n in n..,«| _f..rrt,»
‘-«is«:.. . On-gon some time this month, visiting
• ■ ■ i«l• w d>or
. . ...- » I.. l.akevK-w ami Klamath Fall«, a* well
n- a number of other |>«>inta. Closer
large talr^hnaer*.
Th«- interstate comnp-r«'«- law «-«tab b is !>• « relations with this territory is
fished regulation of rates by the the ol>j. t sought by M«-dford |-«-«>ple.
government as a substitute for com-
Union and Wallowa counties will
ta'tition as th«- rule of railroad business. probably form a two-county develop­
Regulation n ay be s*i«i, in fart, to ment league for mutual help. It is
exclude competition, ami it makes for l»-llevvd that greater lienefit* will come
unifoi mily and looks with th» keenest t«> the northeast corner of the state
•crutiny at all forms of ditf.-r-.-nti.«:.
¡with orgau'zation and that greater
I he r. ».lit«, tn.
' ••
■ ■ -
gnu « will b«- maile in immigration.
Cisions of the courts amount to a
After visiting If« towns of Eastern
recognition of this grutlual evolutionary Or«-gun, J. J. Sayer, field secretary of
changi- of public »<.-ntim<>nt regarding th«- <>reg«in Development l*-ague, is
mono|M>lica. The courts tell us that an bi.-k at th'- Portland office, much Im-
artificial mom«|M>iy creeled by uppr«-s pt« «.«I by his trip through the interior.
mv «- means is criminal, but un th«- otb> r Il<- ia «-nthusimitic about the taw*ibd>*
hand they recognize the fact that th'.« ami th«' future in store fur Eastern
transportation m in most cases a natur­ Oregon. Mr. --ayer starts this week
al monopoly, ami that the mean* em­ for n Mtnilur trip through the covt
ployed to com|>el com ¡Mill lion usually counties.
prove injurious to the |M oplc who ar«-
Umatilla County will have a great
suptaM|e<! to be tM-n«-fit«*<l. To m«-et wheat crop of alwiut 6,000,000. This
this condition th«- system of govern­
- intv ,i--w sl-.iit I percent of the
ment r.-gulatHin was orgoniz«-d and put
cereal produced in the United States.
on a working basis. It is a task of
Th«- Maxamas, th«- mountain-climbing
|M«rt«-nt»u* mag nit nd«- and r.-sult* ar«'
club of Portland, will scale Glacier
slow in «««ming, but the bherman law
l‘e»k, in th' < Ix-lan country, Washing­
a* attempted lo I m - applied t<> railroatls
ton, Uns year. Th«* annual outing ia
has afiord«-«! no result* of any character
achedul«'<l for August 2 to 20. Mount-
ami its purixMta •« >n feet directly in
ainei'rs of 'cattle will join the exjirdi-
conflict with that other Isidy of legisla­
tion ami a large party will attempt the
tion which is administered by the
ascent.
Interstate commerce commission.
After nearly three years' work, the
Judge Hook, in hi* tiiseenting opinion
on the Union-southern Pacific merger, first two miles of the Uclilo canal have
said that the majority decision virtually Iw-en completed by th«- construction
or in effect nulifies the Mherman taw a* firm having th«- contract. This include«
it effects railrua«!*. Thi* may l-e true th«' up|M>r en«l of the canal ami Ohio
in a general way, but the decision ls>ck. It is ex|>ect«-d that bv another
broatlly falls in with the rreent evolu­ three years the canal will !«• <>|>en to
tion of public |x*licv which ha* substi­ ' navigation.
tuted rrgulatkm for competition
transportation. —San Francisco Call
in
Hop Pickers Wanted
Holmes Yard. Salem. 180 Acres
lndeoendence Yard, 50 Acres
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Fine hop*, camping grounds, water, |
I
phone, store, butcher shop, restaurant.
Woo«! saw«-«! ready for stoves.
table gardens aifjoining.
th<< pavilion twice a week, at
introductions are require«!.
nor rowdyism allow«^l.
Vege­
Dancing in
which
No li«|u<r
No show* nor
merry-go-round to eat into vour profits.
We want the class of picker* who want
tn take the money h»mr with them an«!
will help them lo do no.
Free tranapor
tatkin to ami from Salem.
T. A. 1JVE8LEY & CO.
I
E*|>«*r"ntist« of the Northwest will
in« • t in Portland from July 111 to 21
under the auspices of the local Eaper-,
unto club. The meetings will lie h«-l<|
in th«- convention hall of the ('iiinmi r-
'•ml Chit« Spi-cial entertainment will
I m - provided while th«' linguists are in
th«' city.
Th«' ln-st list of early rkising entries
cv« r mad«' for the races scheduled for
the State Fair next September has
Iwien »«-cured ami the m«*«-t will tie full
of interest »« well a» to all who like to
see spirit»«! eonteata of this kind.
While many favorite rarer* are listed,
there are more new entries this year
than ever before.
Th«- con«k'ns«-ry will probably discon­
tinue th» manufacture of condensed
milk sbout th«- first part of August,
owing to shortage of the milk supply,
though the plant will continue its routes
I as cream routes until the flow of milk
again lircomes sufficient to justify the
resumption of the manufacture of con-
denaeil milk.
Past experience has
proved that less than TilXM) or 6000
po inds of milk per day will not pay to
I o|«erate the plant us a condensery.