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.
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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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