The Scio tribune., July 20, 1916, Image 2

dear
True he did not wish to
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involve our nation in war and was
It i* an easy matter to see that
while we import but few more go««!*
willing to go to great length* to now than »hen Mr. Taft was prrei-
UMCXb KVKXY THUMPAY BY
avoid war. While It i* now certain «tent. a cut of one-half in the duty
T. L. PUGGXX, KtitTOK aND FMUT
that he has not lost prvatidge. even rate* tru-an* a reduced revenue th«-re-
with the Mexicans, I m ha* maintain­ from
'I hi* is solely du«- t>> the war
Entered at the pwtoflire at Scio, ed the moral honor of the United and is not a fault of the law. The
Oregon aa Meund elaas matter.
States in every way
While it ia a Oregonian should te honest and fair
regrctable fact that American lives enough to state this condition uf
«UIMk-IUmoN. IN ADVANCX
11.26
have been *acnfic»-<l down there, the fact in it* deductions.
AT «Ntl or TKAM
1.60 number is insignificant to what it
This condition of commerce has
All MONTH«
_
.76 would have Iwvn. hail we declared lieen highly «atiafaetory to
our
war and Invaried that country.
American manufacturers.
It ha*
In his diplomatic negotiation* srith «•nabled them to raise live price* to
AI1VKKTUUNU KATKA:
Germany
relative to the use of American consumer* ami has largely
local advertising. per line
5c
undersea boat* again»! neutral and Increased the foreign demand for
Display advertising, par inch
10c
unarmed merchant vessel», there their output
It ha» *hown to the
Display advertising, long time, are
are no grounds to accusr him of American people ju»t what rondilten*
manager.
vacillating. While it is true that would lie with a practically |«r<«hibi>
KxU*nd«*d marriage or death notice*
i the diplomatic eorraapoodan** cover­ t«ry tariff law. the g<*al for whi«-b
per line
Sc
ed a firriod of several month*, dur­ our tariff booster* hav«- tievn striv­
Sfiectal rate* on Iona time diaplay
ing which Germany aasumed quite ing for year* and which <>ur reputdi-
advertising.
a belligerent tone, in the end die ran friend* promise tn bring about
acceded to every demand for which if they are given control of the
the president contended
Nor did government.
IS HE VACILLATING
■ President Wilson vary his poMtion
As steted above, our prem-nt tariff
, and demand*, m hi* a several notes law has not yet had a fair tryout.
One of the chief fault* found to
He accompli*h«-d by peaceful mean*, Evan with Un- |>r«-m-nt 50 per cent
President Wilson by his republican
what another president would bate cut in duty rate*, the rate* are
op|>en<-nta ia vacillation. While they
involveal our nation in war to ob­ higher than at any time during the
rarely attempt t>> fix the particular
tain.
civil war. Our manufacturer* then
feature* of hi* policy in which he i*
President Wilson may have ami »aid give us a tariff to protect our
«aid to vacillate, it ia generally
prolrably has made mistake* in hi* infant industries. That protection
understood to te hia Mexican policy
judgment on *>me nwaxures, ami wa* given and th--sc same infant*
to which the faultfinder* refer.
developing conditions have causrai have grown into lusty'giants. Now
It ia an easy chore to find fault,
him to change his views somewhat they sav give us protection la-cauw
eapeciaily when one demrea to do an.
It ia »aid “wise *men sometime* we need it to pay the differerw-e in
Probably another man if placed in
change their minds, f<»4s never do." the cost of cheap lalxir used in
President Wilson’* place, no matter
Whenever President Wilaon
ha» operating the |4ants over in Europe
what he might do in the Mexican
changed front on a measure, de­ niui higher rost we must nay to the
muddle, or in dealing with the
veloping conditions have !><-en the American laborer.
nation* at war over in Europe, would
cause
He has Is-cn honest enough
Such claims are all bosh. Our
be found fault with? But ia there
and humane enough to modify hi* manufacturer* pay their employe*
reaaonallM' ground* upon which to
views to meet existing conditions. no mor»- than they have to pay
charge the president with vacillation?
ST
This is not an evidenca- of a v wills During busy time* as now they | m >
Ix-t u* ace.
Ung mind, but a fact that he ha* good wage»
But when the dreamt
When Woodrow Wilaon waa inau­
ti
et
the
atrwnuoua
situation»
of
hi*
high
pressure
rate
of manufacturing
gurated m * president. Mexico waa
administration
with
the
wisdom
has
tilled
th«-
warehouse*
with their
engaged in internieme war
Presi­
which the <lay or the hour requires surplus output. Mr. laiborer will
dent Diax had been forced to abdi­
Judge Hugh«-», should he la- elected, have to work for I«-«* money, else
cate. Madero after serving aa presi­
ts sure to follow a similar line uf the mill shuts down
Strange to
dent for a few month*. waa aaaaaai-
conduct. He would te- a dangeroun say, the time for shutting down
naled by or al the instance of
executive it he did otherwise.
almost always occurs when
tte
Huerta
Amlaunador Wilaon, ap­
democratic
party
has
control
of
the
pointed by President Taft. seemed
DELIBERATELY MISLEADING
government ami their tariff subsidy
to lie secretly taking a ham) in
is threatened They d«> this tn make
Mexican politic*.
Yet President
the fool laboring man think that
For
partisan
purpoaes,
of
course,
Taft did nothing whatever towards
with a democrat administration,
the
(Irvgonia
continues
to
in
dead
advising the warring
Mexican*.
hard
time* are sure to follow, to
its
readers
relativ«-
to
the
working
During Mr. Taft's administration,
coerce
him to vote for the republi­
uf
our
present
tariff
law.
It
pro
­
the Mexican* had an abundance of
can
candidate«.
nounce*
the
law
a
failure
te-cauw-
food, conne«|uently there waa no a
President Lincoln «aid "You can
cause for them to make raids on no more revenue, if ae much, is de­
fool
all of the people some of the
riv
«*1
now
from
tariff
duties
than
United States territory.
lime
and some of the |«-nple all of
was
received
when
the
Payne-Aid
rich
President Wilaon soon recalled
the
time;
but you can't fool all of
law
was
in
force
during
the
Taft
Amtauusulor Wilson and. because he
the
j*-ople
all of the time." Thesr
administration.
The
Oregonian's
regarded Huerta as a red-handed
tariff
te-m-ticiarw*
have teen able i
mUrderer. refused to recognise the statement of fact I* right, but its
to
fool
our
American
laborers, here­
Huerta government. A large ship­ willful deductions therefrom are
tofore,
iw-aiuse
of
the
tariff dope
ment of arms and munitions from grossly in error
When our present tariff schedule* they have lieen dealing out. But
Europe caused President Wilaon to
rush naval vessel* to Mexican gulf were enacted, the Ways and Mean* the working man is getting wisej
port* and the occu|>ation of Vera congressional committee reasoned rapWly. He can be fooled no longer I
The European war has playwl our ,
that with a reduction of practically
Crux by United States forces.
When Huerta was forced to skip 50 per cent in duty rates, would republican |>arty false thia time. I
from Mexico and there was some
hope that the Mexican* were on the
road to pacification, the United
State* forces were recalled from
Vera < 'rux. By thia time a bonier
guard Iwcame necessary and thence­
forward condition* grew no tetter
fast.
President Wilaon is accused of
vacillation, principally, because he
recalled our troops from Vera Crux.
If he has made any mistake what­
ever, it was made at this time, He
placed confidence in Carranxa'*
ability to secure control of Mexican
affair* and. ao far, Carranza has
failed
secure such control.
The fact that our troops were re­
called seemed to till Carranza with
a sort of bombastic egotism. He
acted and talked as if thewithdraw-
el indicated an unwillingness on our
part to meet the Mexicans in battle.
Nor did he awaken to the fact that
fear was n<>t th«- cause, until the
order for mobilizing the entire
national guard on the bonier waa
given when, he concluded,
the
gringo* would tight if pressed too
far.
Now wherein President Wilson
should be accused of vacillation, ia
Pendleton.
An appropriation of
SI25.0(h) end's maintainancr fund
of one tw«Mtv-fifth <>f a mill on the
lax al de property of the state i*
««died for.
Saving that th«- stale i* already
uverlowied with th»-* higher institu-
it-«oa of learning, the people should
reject this proposition «emphatically.
At the present time one third of
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tariff buggaboo no longer. They
now form their own conclusions and
next fall they will tell you what
those «»nclusiomi are.
---------------- DEALER in -----------------
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Queensware. Glassware, Etc.
l ielci and Garden Seeds
( aah Paid for Vrai. I log*. I lid« * and C aacara Bark
Prices Right
Z./W anJ Ltl Lvt
Our A/of/o.'
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OREGON
Reduced
Newport
b ares
for
SUMMER TRIPS
hen sutninrr comes and a vacation
is planned, reinenilx-r Newport is
cool.
I he breeze from off the mighty
Pacific never fails. W ith the many
diversions and attractions to |>as* the
hours away, surely you could find no
better place for your vacation
1 he Cost Is 1 _O\V
Round Trip Tickets are on aale daily from
all Southern 1‘acltic »tation* in Western
Oregon. The return, limit is October 31
2
Dnily I rains from AIKmy and Corval­
lis make exce.lcnt connections
Write for iliuxtrated b»>kl«-t "N«-wi»-rt" or u»k local
agent f«>r complete information.
M. NeertU (SdMMtfWl
Orvr»*»»
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
oos Bay Railroad
Celebration
MARSHEIKLD AND NORTH BEND. AUGUST 24 . 25. 26.
Low Round Trip Fare«
greatly stimulate importations and ln»U-ad of making tim«*s hard for!
that the cash thus received from the working man, it has given him
duties on imports would not l«e re­ so much work to do and at big,
duced.
Th«- committee rea*one«l wag«-*, that he ha* ia-en striking for
Ami he get*
further
II expected that liberal still higher wages
im|M>rtalions of foreign made good* ’em ton Our manufacturers eannoi I
would furnish competition sufficu-nt now run «ivrr t<> Europe and import I
to cause our American manufactur­ thouaan«!» of cheap laborer* to take
ers to reduce the prices of their their place*. Bv the way, there j
output and that American consumers never ia any tariff duty to |»ay <>n
would thereby te enabl«-«! to buy as th«-se cheap European laborer* and ,
clwaply a* foreign consumer*. Under thus give protection U> the working
normal conditions this expectation man. Oh.no! Protection ia only i
would undoubtedly have been realiz for the rich manufacturer» who
1 ed That is to say, our tariff revenue*, spend their money largely in Euro- i
would not have l«een depleted ami pean tonra.
The Oregonian may think that it*
American goods would have l<een
sold to American consumers at a effort* to mislead the people on thi*
tariff subject will win. But they1
l«M*er price.
Before the full eff«-cta of the new will not. The people are reading!
' tariff law could te e*tabli*h«-d, the and thinking for themselves th«*«e
great world war was on. which days. They can be fooled by thto|
created
an abnormal condition.
Nearly all,of the foreign nation*
from whence we import the great
bulk of foreign made gmids, became
involved in the war and the activi­
ties of their worskhopa, inste-ad of
making gm*is for the American
market wrre, perforce, required to
turn their attention to manufactur­
ing munitions of war ami supplies
for their armies.
our state tax g<«»w for the support
of the roliege* at Eugene, Corvallis
ami Monmouth and to add further
to thi* burilen when Oregon proper­
ly ia now w> heavily taxed that
capital is te-ing liarred from the
state, would be both unwise and
unjust. Nur will this Ptmdleton
■cheme lie all A-thiaml ia preparing
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You May Pay Less
BUT YOU WILL NOT GET WORK
THAT IS SO GOOD AS WE
You May Pay More
' but YOU WILL NOT GET WORK
THAI S ANY BETTER IF AS GOOD
.
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These »tatement» refer to Job and
Book Printing.
• <>ur faeilitieo are
compl«-te. • We use onlv the l«e«t of
material, and our price* are right for
first ciai* work. We d«> no other kind.
* We al way* «aliafy <»ur customer*.
Should Be Defeated
One of the measures which will
be submitted to the people next fall
is the building of a normal school at.
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