business men, bear this in mind, any man that
conducts a newspaper in Scio, must have the con
tinued support of every merchant, in order to win
out. Also, every bit of patronage you give your
, newspaper, if he is truly a newspaper man, over
Politically Independent
and above expenses, is devoted to miking your
paper better. The N ews has lurxwd this policy
and. we feel sure, any n an who is our successi r
Entered at the [xjatoffiee at Scio, Oregon, aa aecond-claaa will do the same. Remember, however, that the
mail matter.
value of your newspaper depends utx»n the patro
na '■ you give t'. This is rot a mere matter of
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or scio, do you desire
newspaper published in your town? Do
you want a job equipment kept here, s»
that you can get any class of work which can
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turned out by an ordinary’ printerv? If you do should give an occasio al thougnt to the matt» i
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you must give it a reasonable patronage in adver and endeavor to name a candidate for each ticket
tising and job work upon which to subsist.
who favors reforms the people want and who is.
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I a the same time, likely to gather in the vote o:
measures which will cause your town and com
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munity to grow and expand and. in so doing, ycu
A. G. MAGERS, Prop.
Salem, Oregon
help youcselves. You expect it to d'scourage thus ,
Many of our farm th . we ar ■ told, are constant ••
who should be your customers, from patronizing
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other towns anti mail order houses. You expect i> patrons of mail order houses. While it is true that
to advocate and push forward all public enterprise s , men will nnd do buy where they can buy cheapest,
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that will enhance the value of your prop Tty and. is it always p. icy to do -o? Is it a good plan to
incidentally, build up your business.
You expect send money to help build Up other towns and
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the | isi | h T t<> do this without cost l>> .vu. |i
words, you expect your newspaper to b<? a sort of pays one fat mer to send to the mail order house
mouth piece for your town. This is the duty of a for his goods, wares, etc., it will pav all to do so.
newspaper. On the other hand, it is the duty of Then what will bee.>me of your local stores, of
the business men of a town to give its newspaper your local town ami the value of your farm? If
land is worth more as a h »me because it is close b
a reasonable support.
The editor of the N ews has tried to publish a a town, to schools, churches, etc., whenever you
newspaper which would command the respect of patronize th«* merchants of other towns or cities,
other newspapers throughout the state as well as you are injuring yo irown town, your schools, your
the people tributary to Scio and other portions of churches, etc., and finally, the values of your
the county. Possibly we may not have taken the land. If Scio, for instance, had a population of
view of a public question now and then, which 5000 (»eople, th»« land your land mayhap adjoin
a »me of our patrons would like.
This, probably, ing town, would be worth two or thre»« times what
cannot l»e avoided; for the editor of this paper is a it is now. Hence, if you help in every reasonable
citizen as well as editor and. as such, has the same manner possible to build up your own town, you
right of opinion and to express the same that any arc aiding to help yourself in the end. But if you
other citizen has. Nor do we think it just nor are helping some other tow n by patronizing its
right to boycot the N ews because it dares to ex merchants, thus h» Iping to build up those commu
press an opinion at variance with your own. Nor nities. you injure your own town and yourself
do we thir k the business men of Scio act fairly proportionately.
when they send to other towns to get their print
ing when they can get it equally as cheaply at
I’res’dent Taft is more largely indebted to the
home.
democrats than to his own party, for the passage
Scio is but a small town and when every busi of his Canadian reciprocity measure. Just where
ness man here gives the N ews a liberal patronage, in the republican party can claim credit, which it
the support is meager. In fact, if the paper did will do next campaign, is not quite prominent at
not accept outside advertising, it could not exist. the pre- nt time. As a matter of fact, democratic
No man will continue a business which is losing eongressm >n have shown, in recent years, that
money. He must make a profit, else go out of they are more patriotic, nearer the people and
b isineig. The farmer must have a profit over and less under the influence of the interests, than
a' ove the coit of producing a crop. The merchant their republican associates. Nor will the |»eople
must receive from his customers, a price sufficient forget them for their disinterested action, one year
to pay his expenses and a reasonable profit Insides. from next November.
The newsjmper man must have a sufficient patro-
nage to pay office expenses and a moderate living
Then* is something pathetic and sorrowful in th»1
b •side*.
SCIO ROLLER MILLS
Sc, Scio busin >ss men, it is up to you. Not story of the Alameda county (Cal. I assessor, who
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half of the business of Scio is represented in our
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columns. The business showing for the town, is name and raised an honorable family to become a
not good. If Scio should be judged abroad from grafter in his old age. His guilt is beyond dispute
W. do a General Cu.iom Milling Bu.lne...
Flour end
the showing made in our columns, people will and he, knowing his guilt, is willing to take his
Feed en Sale. &
Wheel Bou«hl end
Eachenged for
think we have a snide town, else our business m uicine. Yet, all th • same, such a conclusion to
Flour.
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Wo ere In the Field for Bu.lno.. .nd Will
to an hon Table life brings a feeling of sadness to
men are asleep.
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every
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law-abiding
American
Some of our business friends seem to regard
citizen.
newspaper advertising, as a sort of charity for the
editor. This is a grave mistake. The prese* t
Presiilent Taft has succeeded in having his
editor, at least, is not yet a subject for iharity.
0. PRILL. M. D.
DR. T. K. SANDERSON
Should that time ever c»me. with us. there is Canadian r. <- procity measure enacted into law.
always other means of obtaining a livelihood B i’ to whom or what party is he indebted for
Phqsician
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besides editing a newspa jer. However, the N ews enacting his pet measure into law? .More demo
DENTIST
man has offered his plant for sale and. perhaps, crats than republicans gave the measure their
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someone will follow us who will cater to the p o >le support For this reason, though a Taft victory,
of Scio more successf illy than we have.
But, the republican party can claim no credit for it.
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of Presi-
dent Taft being nominated to succeed him Q
Largest Stock outside of Portland
self. In fact no other republican is talked
of for the office. So we can assume, with surety,
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that Taft will I t the nominee. The fact that he
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has forc'd congr s to er.act into law his Canadian
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reciprocity treaty, nevi rthi’■ as he had io appea
to the democrats t> pa-'i the m isure, makes him
no less popular. Taft. th< refore, will be the
Expert Truss fitting Camera supplies, etc +
republican nominee. But who will lead the demo
era Is?
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of New Jersey, seems to be th • man. But there
are Champ Clark and e> Governor Folk, of Mis
souri. to reckon with, to say nothing of other met
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