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THE SCIO TRIBUNE asunder.
Dr T. K. Sanderson
ate«! hy the rich slave power of th«* dollars worth onto our markets,
south ami ftouglaa by the northern etc.. etc
wing.
These ¡«-wlmiste must simply talk
DENTIST
MM I 'KP KVKSY TNURMiAY BY
This division made the election of
Lincoln txaslble. which occurred in
November of that year. The Civil
Entered at the txwtoffiee at Scio.
war and the destruction of slavery
Oregon as «scorni class matter.
I followed
r. u ouoan.
kditdk an » proi *
While Mr. Lincoln had a majority
of the electoral vote, he had hut
' two-thirds of the popular vote,
AT BND or YEAR
I
nearly all of which were cast In the
»11 MONTMB
i northern slates.
Had the demo-
! cralic party remained united and
M>v ERTIMI NO KATUN.
. named but <>ne candidate for pres-
6c dent. Mr. Lincoln’s election would,
IxicaJ advertising, per line
loc probably, have l<en Impossible. But
Display advertising, par inch
the south was in the saddle and rule
Display advertising, long Urne,
or
ruin was its policy, It would
manag«* r.
either
dominate the entire nation,
Extended marriage or death noUces
else
net
up a slave «-mpire in the
per line
3c
It was nut the love of the
S|M*cial rates «•» long time display south
slave which cauae<| this ruinous
advertising.
I action, hut the fabulous fortune*
which slave lalmr wan earning, wan
A STRIKING PARALLEL
’ the incentive.
The war was on with the national
Th«* student of the ,M>liti<*al history treasury empty In divining a srherm*
of our country »ml that of the do of tinanev. the greenback currency
minant political |>arties. if hr will was evolved. The financial aid of
make th«* election of |sf>n the «livi- Wall street was solicited and the
ston. canriot h«*lp but remark the greenback with th«* exception Ciauw-
triking |>««rallel aa lietween the resulted. Within a short time the
democratic and republican partu*« national bank law was enacted.
In Ixith |M*ri<>ds, capitalism has While Wall »trwt, ostensibly, came
causixl the defeat of and the m*ar to the nation's rescue under th«*
disinti-gratiun of Ixith ami. reorga guise of tHttriotism. these adroit
nisation along diff«*r«*nt ami mor* financiers were very careful to make
progr«-w*iv«* lin«-M wss and im the only- both th«* gwnback ami the banking
saving cluuw from complete anni laws, sutaervient to their wishes
Also the protective tariff and muni
hilation
When our government was orga ficent land grant to railways, made
nised ami th«* black man was rrcog* Wall street New York, the financial
nixetl in six of th«1 thirteen stat«*» center of our nation ami a strong
which <N>nstiiut«*d th«* new unions. factor in the finances of the world
But slavery um then so unpopular So strung wa* Wall stre«*l's hold on
and unpt<«fltable, that our fathem the republican |>arty. that nlmost
Iwlievixl that its utter extinction was any law that she desired could I m *
a matter of but few years. The obtained. This grip on that parti
invention of the cotton gin a few of capitalism maintained until its
years later, revulutionixtxl all id«*a* national convention of 1912 occur-
of slave labor mm I it «udtirnly !"•- red. Capitalism had disrupted the
came Ixith profitable and popular democrats in I MM by division and
in the staU-s where it exist«*»!. The capitalism r«*|x*al<*d the act for the
cotton plant and cotton raising hsd republicans in 1912. It was airain
lx»c<*me the leading industry of our the policy of capital to rule or ruin
country. Th«* protection and exten Capital had simply trarwferrd the
sion of slavery ««m Ix-cam«* the one saddle from one horse to another in
thought ami the ruling |iu«si>>n of the same team
Woodrow Wilson,
th«* slave owner. Give him land and like Uncoln. had a majority of the
slav«*« enough and the most extrava electoral vote, but a minority of the
gant visions of wealth pr«*dominated popular vote.
It took the |>eople nearly fifty
in hi« mind. Almost any law which
the slave owner desired, was enact - years to find out just how greedily
<*d by congri*«M. Most of the presi- and unfeelingly capital was sapping
dents wer«* taken from the slave the life blood of the nation. But
states and a very large majority of they, at laid. bt*came wise and the
the United States supreme court, south ami weal revolted, aa did the
But thia last revolt
was friendly to the ownership of south in IMHO
slaves.
was peaceful. The people of the
The dt-mocratic party was the Unite«! States have liecome more
m«*dium through which the slave patriotic than they were in IMO.
owner o|M*rat»*d to !««*cut«* protection Now the revolution is |M*aceful and
to his peculiar property, though an all submit to the rule of
the
equal proportion of the whig party majority.
The similarity of the history of
favor«*«! th«* institution. But even
with growth of the wealth of the the two great parties is striking and
south Ix-caum* of the cotton industry, the same power, capitalism, though
the fr«*e *tat«*s of the north grew umler not quite the same guise, has
faster. Soon the far-seeing states iM*en th«* cause in each instance
men of the south Iwcarne alarmed. the encroachment of capital upon
They mul<l wx* a menace to their the rights and liliertiea of the
pot institution which would, in a people.
few years, Ix-come the ruling power
The Wilson administration haa
of congress. They knew that the made grfbt strides in freeing the
time was near at hand when the government from the dominance of
protection law« for slavery would ' Wall street. But the battle is not
becom«* difficult to secure.
The yet fought to a result To complete
many eompromises on the »lavs the cont«*st and to bring it to a suc
question. Itk pie crust, were easily cessful conclusion with th«* victory
broken. Anti-slavery sentiment wa« on the side of the people, is the task
growing rapidly in the north ami of Mr. Wilson and congress. It is
finally the republican party was a Herculean undertaking, but just
ice ami right must prevail in the
born, whom* omtral principal
end.
opposition to the extension
slavery.
AFTER THE WAR. WHAT?
Not until iNtiu did this new party
become dangerous, Also the north-
lUMOumoit, in apvanck
..
■
ern w mg of the democratic party
was lw>coming strongly tmctur«*d
with the free state idea
Many of
them* northern democrats were join
ing the new party and. at the nation
al convent ion of the democrats, at
Charleston, S. C.. the party was split |
Some neopie uesaimistieally inclin
ed. predict that the United State»
will a»on be thrust into a period of
hard times. They nay prices for
food stuff will dmp tn a low margin
and that Europe wilt at once dump
immigranis by thousands and manu-
for political effect, for there mi no
reason for them to form such con
clusions. if one will but sin up
facts as th«-y exist and get his gray
matter busy. he must conclude that
very different comii'^omi will prevail
from what our iHwimlstie friends
predict.
If the war reports are true, about
all of Europr is m>w either lighting
<>n the tattle fronts or is engaged
in th«* manufacture of munition» of
war, Therefore they have neither
the lime nor money to manufacture
good« to dump on our maikcts Be-
«ides. wh«*n th«* gr«*at war cicaws.
there will have b«*m some eight or
t»*n million of the young m«*n of
England, Eramv. Germany. Italy,
ami Ruwmi «a«*h and other smaller
nations, who have been cither kiil«*d
or so maimed a« to lx* unlit for
work. Them* people constitute what
would haw la-en suiplu* population
from which immigrant« to other
nation« would, in time of peac*. I*
taken
But. after th«- »at 1« over
they will all I m * n«*vd«*d in tb«-ir home
lands, to restore the devastations of
war. So we m<ed not fear an influx
of immigrants from ih*w countries.
Indeed, many of the native* of theme
countrics now in the United Stat«*«
anil, when th«* war is over, return
to th«* father land to help biml up
the wounds ami restor«* them to
former condition».
After the Europ«*an war is over
of course the ataormal prices for
commodities, umxl both in «ar and
peaceful pursuits, will drop tn a
lower price level. But ue«iple will
still have to eat and wear clntn«*.
even if they are not fighting. So
th**re will still la* a dcrnaml for ro*d
pr oducts, wool and cotton. Nor will
the price« of th*»«* conn mail ties la*
an extremely low to the producer.
Nearly if m»t one-half of the present
high uric«* for w I teat is rauia*d by
the exci*«adv«> high freight rat«*« on
vesMt-ls to transport it to the Euro
pean market. It m>w takes one
bushel or more of wheat to trans
port another bushel to that market.
In p**acv time« one bushel |wK the
cost of taking three to market
So
it can I m * seen the mam decline in
the price of wheat after the war.
wjll I m * at th«* expense of the «hip
owner. The same can be said of
cotton, wool ami lumber.
Besides th«*««* raw products, there
is hound to I m * a large demand for
our manufacture«! products a* well
ami the demand for ships for freight
is sure to I m * very large
All of
these count ru*« will desire to r«*storv
themselves to a normal |H*ace con
dition a« soon as ¡Mweibk* They are
frugal |M*<>i>l«*w and they are sure to
endeavor to n*stor«* their earning of
money power in all lines as smin as
possible
So The Tribune tali«*ves that the
dose of the great war w ill giveaven
a wider demand for our products
than now. Manufacturers of war
material, of course, will find them
selves out of business, but the people
in general will have a good demand
for their products at profitable
prices
AtteutKHi Farmer»
I want your t«eef. mutton and fat
hogs. I am still in business and
when you have any of the above
mentioned, telephone me at Sep*.
betw«*en t» and 7 a. m. or from 6.30
to 9 p. tn. Thus, large.
Federated Church
MYO. OREGON
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Christian Endeavor
to 7:30 p.m
Song Service
7:30 toN:00p.m.
Prayer Meeting. Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Brother Meik« Ijohn. leader.
H. H. Her. Pastor
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