The Scio tribune., February 11, 1915, Image 2

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InL OVlU 1 MDUNL fnr
t,,r our ,,wn pr«*t«wti<m. u I h »«»)
|-4w|Vlor -ngj rapM ,^„,1.
latioft to American ideals should I m »
required Th«* vetoed literacy meas­
ure
wa» a step in the right directwa
T. L. tMJUUKR, KUITOg BMP HU*
and. for this reaaon. should have rw-
Enteret! at the rxaitottire at Scio, j «*etve«l l*re*ident Wil*»»n'» a«»»-tit.
IHHItgp KVUtY THUM8UAY BY
Oregon as sreon«! claa* matter
MAIL ORDER HOUSES AND
SIJBBCIlirnoN. IN AUVANt'K
AT BNP I* YKAM
11.25
THE COUNTRY MERCHANT
1.50
The country merchant is up agarnat
a pretty stiff proposition these days.
He ace* catalogue* from marl order
AllVKRTtMIN«; KATE*.
houses. quoting price* which he can­
6c
txical advertising, per lim*
not meet, uni«** he change* hi*
Display advertising, per Inch
10c method of doing buninc*»
lie can­
Display advertising, long lini«*, mm * not do a credit business and com­
manager.
pete with mail order price*.
Extern!«*! marriage or death notices
Some of our merchant* in thi»
per line
3c
am! other town* have adopted the
Sp«*eial rates on long time display
«pot cash system. thu* avoiding all
advertising
risk ami reducing business exptoua*
MIX MONTH*
.75
LITERACY TEST FOR
IMMIGRANTS DEFFATED
For many years, effort* have I m - sni
made by th«* Fedoral i*ongre*s to
limit or rule out obj«*ctionable Euro­
pean immigration. We have laws
prohibiting tli«* importation of con­
tract labor, of paupara, crippled,
diseased or others who are likely to
become public chaig«**. Yet. with
th«*»*.* reatricti« ns. undesirable immi­
grant* conltnu«* to come to our
■boro*
i
/
(«mgre** ha» endrevored to eX-
tern! the restrictions to include illi-
teratee and |>a*»vd a measure to
carry this pur|M>m- into ex«wution.
I’reMih-nt Wilson v<*t«»ed the measure
and Congr«*** could not
muster
enough vote*, last week, to override
the veto. Th«* Tribune believes the
prudent made a mistak«* In impos­
ing th«» veto upon this measure.
While it is true that a few Illiterates
who would become worthy cittxen«.
may I m * excluded by thia restriction,
th«* vast majority of the pr««plc. •<>
excluded, would never bscome d«»-
sirabl«* Americans. Ia*cau*«* they do
not nor wouhl not have the ability
to become familiar with <>ur custom*
and laws, at first hands.
In the early day* of our republic,
when the population was soar«* and
raw land plentiful, we
wanted
|M*opl«> and our laws were so sha|a*d
that alm«ait any foreigner who <-ame
to our «borre tn become a citixcn.
wa» given a cordial welcome. Now
eooditions are different.
W'e tv»
longer have vast vista* of wiki land*
to provide horn«** for them. They
congregate in our dtire. overstock
the labor market* and furnish three-
fourths of th«* labor d«*»turl»anre«.
A literacy requirement from th«*
Incoming immigrant wouhl not bar
out all of the umlemrablre and
woul<! l»ar some who are desirable,
but w«»ul<i shut out the great major­
ity of th«* people whom we would
exclude Perhaps any exclusfr»n law
Ws may enact, will lie open to this
objection.
The Tribune tielievra
that if all people coming to <>ur lami
should lie required to deposit a cash
bond a« a guaranty of g«»>«l liehavior
ami olM«di«*nre to law, with the
Federal treasury, the same to tie re­
turned when the final naturalisation
pa|M*m are issue«I. almost all un­
desirables would lie rule«! out.
The Unite«! States no longer necls
to encourage immigration. In fact,
we mre«l to look out for the people
we now have rather than for tho«e
of other lamia Public land, which
will furnish desirable homes I ia
largely exhausted am! what yet re-
mains «h«»ul<l lie retained for our
Amerit*an ln>rn or naturalise»! < citi-
tens.
American citiscnship is now
a boon to the laboring claasrs of
Europe who desire to come tn <»ur
shores U» reside and the present de­
vastating ami
destructive
war
raging over there, will make Ameri­
can ritixenship m«>r* diwirable, to
them, than ever. For thia reason.
By •«> doing they can compete with
the mail order houses. Under th«*
credit *y«lem. which ha* maintained
since Oregon ha* Iwen pi-opME
every country mer«-hanl figure* the
percentage of lore of account* a« a
|»art of hi« bu*im-«* exuenre and
mark* up th«* price* of hl* goo«!»
accordingly. But. with the coming
of the mail order establishment,
which doe* a spot cash busim-ss, h«
sees hi* customer*. wh<i*e name*,
mayhap, are on the > Irbit aid«- of th«’
ledger, sending away their muh
When they are short of cash they,
a* of old, go to their home mer-
chant.
Hence, to meet th«-*e condition*.
th«* country merchant is forced to
adopt th«* cash syst«*tn. else go out
of busine*.
No doubt in tnani
instance*, this will work a hard «hip
upon th«* fanner or other*, who an*
unfortunate and wh>me situations
are such that thev are forced to a»k
for credit. Th«-'«* people are not
mail order natron», of course They
could not lie if they would.
Now We do not msuiii «* that the
country merchant can or will keep
a* larg«* an assortment of g«Mals as
th«* mail or«ler iieople Yet h«* keeps
the goods. as a rule, which hi«
patron« demand
If our local dealers meet mail
order price«, which they aay thev
they will, our people should certain­
ly give them their patronage. They
pay taxes to our school district. Io
our tow n, help buil«l our roads, help
support the poor ami unfortunate
and are factor* in everything which
goe* t«> build up the town and com­
munity. .Mail order houses do not
do thi*. You semi them your mom-y
ami m * much is taken out of circula­
tion in the community. Spend it
with the local merchant and. at
least, a part of it stay* in the home
circulation
Then the home mer­
chant buy* your produce, your
wood. etc. You nevet sell the mail
order house anything.
VOLUNTEER ROAD WORK
Judge McKnight. in hi* < orvalli*
address. strongly advocate* volun
teer road work, holding out thi»
DMtbod as the list ter plan to im­
prove our road*. He did not favor
doing awav with road tax«*, but <»m-
infer* from the temw of hi* a«idr«w
that he favors a low romi tax. trust­
ing to volunterr labor to do the
rest.
The tribune due* not lielicve vol-
unteer lalxir to hr an ««quitaMc plan
Some men will lw liberal in their
volunteer labor while other* will
work m>t at all. All would wish to
work when they had nothing else to
d<> and thi* convenient time would
I«« at just not th«* proper tins* to do
the work, to secure th* best result*.
Then our rail r< »ad*, telephone am!
teb*gr»ph «-ompamre am! timber
baron» would never volunteer a
in the Oregonian on Tueaday. We
wiidi every farmer in I*nn county
could read it. It i* practical inevery
way and *houl«l stimulate every
voter to iuad«t in help doing away
with our present liauhazxar«! method
of road building ami the substitution
go t«> Ihr
t»KAtXRM IN
Fanners Meat
Market
Flour, Mill Feed
Grain, Flay and
Poultry Supplies
lliichrot market price paid for
Beel. I at I log*.
Mutton. Etc.
We are installing a Roller
and Grinder, which will
enable ua to du Custom
work on very short notice
.Meat* soldat ihr lowr»t price
cummen*uratc with good »tuff
t'ail anti give us a trial.
Cash pan! for Hide
SCIO FEED CO.
FRANK MdXJNALD
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SCIO. ORE.
Phone Ind X‘W>
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SCIO.
day'* labor.
A baiter plan. Judge, would be to
O O
levy about a 5-mdl tax ami place
the »tin in a general road fund, to
lw expended in an c«iuitat>le manner
am! under the direction of a c«»m*
is*t«-nt road builder
Do away with
th« special district tax. for to highly C-
improve the roads in «me district
while those of an adjoining oistrict
are m-glected, doe» nut give satim
faction to th«* traveling public. If.
Pi thi* should I«* a«ld«*<l a vehicle
tax. thus placing the principal bur­
den on the people who use and wear
out th«* roads, our thoroughfares
would ««Xi be in first-class condi­
tion. Ami then if heavy teaming,
etc. should be prohibited when the
roada are soft, the r«»ad problem
would be solved.
Volunteer work will Is* found all
right in certain iM*ighl»»rh<»«»d«. In
others it will he found all wrong.
Unless you compel some people to
do so. they will work not at all.
Also, it would be a good plan to re­
store the ol«l r«»ad poll tax system,
for many of our ci t tarns' nanow can­
mil I m * found <m our tax rolls ami.
yet. they use th«* roads u» liberally
as anybody
A most commendable editorial on
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E. C. PEERY, DRUGGIST
7T/ic Istilli Store
Our city council should get bu»y
and ap|M»int ami early "clean up
SCIO
OREGON
dav. At th«- same time a rigid In-
H|M<cti<»n of <>ur aide and cross walks
should be ma«!«* and repairs or m*w
walks ordcreil. where nee«* iry.
Father Flinn, the oldest minuter
Merchant*, pay the best price in < >regun anil probaMy <if the Pari
you can for produce and «ell your tic «-oast. wa* a witncwi in a Port
goods a* ch«*aply a* you can and. in land trial court, thia week.
the end. you will get the business.
We have been accusuimed. for
year«, to have railway and other
•tcck* "watered.” to have various
food product* watered with the
aquc«»u» lluid and other
foreign
•utwlance*. to have our augar mixed
with »and. oui drug* am! all kind*
of condiment* adulturated. our John
D. Rockefeller mixed with water,
etc. Hut the latest »rheme i* to
mix water and other foreign sub­
stance* with the »at*, which are be­
ing «hipped over to Europe with
which to feed the war hor*r* with.
Truly, trick* that are peculiar, are
unlimited in the »rheme* of the
proverbial Yankee
('upper i* *o •carer in Germany
that a premium ia offered the civi­
lian* to gather up the empty copper
caning* of ahell* and »mail arm«, on
the grouiui where (tattle« hav«* tw»-n
fought.
Money can’t buy Glasses
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