The Scio tribune., March 22, 1917, Image 2

to the staves. resulted in
THE SCIO TRIBUNE liberty
freeing 4,000,000 of men and women
from Inindage
The Spanish war
was
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for
the
purpose of free­
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ing Cuba from Spanish opr i asi o n
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and, if we shall engage in war with
Germany, it will be for the purpose
Entered at th« postoffice at Scio.
of protecting the rights of American
Oregon as «•cuoci dass
ships. sailors and citizen*. tn travel
unmolested on the water highways
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of the world. In fact a majority
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of the wars of the world have re­
m months
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.75 sulted in giving the people more
liberty, more justice and right to
the pursuit of happiness.
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MORE LIBERTY
RESULT OF WAR
The prv»ent greatrst of all wars,
while involving each nation in debt
in amounts hitherto uni bought or
dreamed of« is sura tn result in
broader liberty for the people The
price in blood and treasurer, while
fearful to contemplate, may I m ?
necessary to overthrow the falacy
‘of "Ths divine right of kings to
rule.” There will not I* a crowned
bead in Europe left, which will have
as much power as our president
when he is supported bv the con­
gress. It will result in a mure gener­
The Russian government has been al education of the lower clasees and
overthrown by the people, with the when this lower strata is educated
aid of th«* spldiers at Petrograd. to think and to make themselves
The overthrow was quickly accom­ heard in an intelligent manner, the
plished and a new Czar. backed by growth of liberty will be maintain­
the Duma or congress and the army ed
These European nations should
now occupies the thron«* of the be pitied because of the fearful price
"Little father."
they are paying to emerge from the
There were two reasons for the idea that some men are born u> rule
revoltion. The (catling and most and others to serve. We. here in
vital, was the inefficiency of the America. learned the falacy of this
government to get food to the large superstition early. We ».»on learned
cities. Russia has an abundance of that when a man win capable of
food of all kinds and to »¡»are. Yet defending his home, wife and child­
tweause of the inefficiency of the ren from the savage Indians, he was
government« transportation system quite competent to help administer
to distribute food products, people government or to assist in selecting
in the large cili«*s were starving who should du so.
while those in the country would
War is the most deplorable meth-
gladly sell their supplies
' ud of settling disputes, nearly all of
Another important reason was the
which originate in countries which
too great German influence in the
recognize "The divine nghtof kings
affairs of government. The Czar's
to rule." When the people rule and
wife, prior to her marriage to th«?
; where the voice of the people is
Cur, was a German
princess.
heard, there is no war. The people,
Through her influence, German par­
while demanding their rights, re­
tisans have secured a strong hold on
cognize that other peoples have
the government. As a result of this
rights as well. Eor this reason, the
Influence the army on the firing lines
i United States has never made war
have been illy suppli«*d with arms
except in defense or for the liberty
ami mumtians. causing the Russian
of our neighbors. Again we must
army to retire In many instance»
except our war with Mexico, which
wh«*n. If proper supplies had been
was not for liberty nor for the
on hand, lines would have been held
amelioration of humanity.
and. mavhap, the big German drive
Rut in the main, the United States
of last year, prevented.
has been right. She is setting an
These causes brought on the revo­
example in enlightened civilization
lution which was quickly settled,
which european nations are compell­
and the present government is anti­
ed to follow . Aye, they are follow­
German and pro-Russian. There is
ing us now and while they an* pay­
now no danger of Russia making a
ing a fearful ptice. the liberation of
separate peace. Her armies will be
Europe from kingly dinaaties is
supplied with al! the requiaites of
richly worth it.
war and the |**ople will be fed. In
fact RuMia has Imn rimcued from
absolutism and t)>e people will secure
LET US LOOK
more liberty and power.
As a matter of fact, the people
of all countrii» have never obtained
anv great amount of liberty and
power except through the arbitra­
ment of the sword, bach of the
nations now engaged in war will
give their peoples more privileges
and a larger voice in their govern­
ment when the war ia over. The
German chancellor indicates that
such will be the case in Germany.
The placing of Uoyd George at the
head of ths English government
would never have occurred, had not
conditions forced the nobility to ac­
cept the little Welshman fur a leader
because of hie ability as a leader of
the great maaws of the English
people.
The history of our own wars, if
we except the war with Mexico in
1846. have all been to extend the
liberty of the people. Thue the war
of our revolution was to secure the
liberty and independence of the
American people. The war of 1812
was to secure the liberty of Ameri­
can sailors to travel without molesta­
tion on the high seas. The Civil
BEFORE WE LEAP
Present indications are that th«*
It).000.000 road bond bill will win
at the polls on June 4. This «rill be
because the people to lie benehtted
by the proposed r<>ad Improvenwnt,
constitute our most populous centers
and they can deliver the votes at
the polls.
But when these proposed roads
are hard surfaced, will th«se popu-
lous centers refuse to extend the
improved system to the outside
localities? If so. It will be a very
undesirable dog-in-the-manger poli­
cy. On the other hand if these
population centers shall prove liber­
al and broad-minded ami vote to
extend the hard surface road system
to other sections of the state. |6.-
000,000 bond issues will occur just
as rapidly as can be expended or
demanded.
they must be graded and drained at
county expense, the cost of which
will I« quite as much or more than
the paving float. Where is the m<>nev
to come from to pay this cost’ If
we attempt to raise it by increased
taxation, the six per cent tax limita­
tion law will prohibit. Then our
only lecoursr will tie to issue county
bonds, else allow our portion of the
|i’<,(M»o.noo to l»e expended in other
counties which are willing to bond
themselves. To grade and properly
drain the Pacific highway io Linn
county, will not at least 1200.out)
and os much or more than this sum
will be r«*quired if the W V. & C.
M wagon road is included, prnhabhr
a total of 8500,000 or more. If we
s»U bonds to raise this money, for
that ia the only lawful method in
which it can be raiard. the taxpayers
of Linn county must calculate that
lh«*tr already heavy tax burden will
be increased from 1200.000 to 1250.«
fMHl annually. Thia wtll be the
interest charge, to say nothing about
paying the principal.
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ENFORCED PATRIOTISM
The railroad strike has lawn recall-
<-d because the railroad manager«
capitulated unconditionally surren
dered. Of course these manager« j
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Fresh Meats of All Kinds
Reasonable Prices
are making a virtue of na*cc«Mty up - 1
Scio. Ore.
<>n patriotic grounds. Hut had not Main Street
the employe« issued an imprrtive
NsUr,
order which could only be answered Nart(M'
by "yea” or "no” the aforesaid,
patriotism would not have I mwo
thought of
Attorney st law
The Adamson law was enacted
last fall The railway employes were
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willing to obey the law. but the rail­
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way manager» were not. The law LMBANON
l«*cam«-in force January I. MUtr\
N. M. Newport
waiting over two months for the
railways to comply with the law the
strike was ordered to go into effect
last Saturday night. Note te result: I
Ths employes were asked to post
pone the walkout for -IM hours. Ihev
granted the request. (>n Monday
the railway managers tilexl notice
DR. A. G. PRILL
Physician
and
Surgeon
(alls Attended
I »ay or Night
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This is what our state will be up
against if a general bonding plan
for building hard surface roads wins
out. It is nonsense to suppose that
this If?.000.000 issue, which the
automobiles are to pay- principal
and interest -will he the end.
Paved roads arc very desirable
and when one or more sections of
the state have them, other sections
are sure tn demrnd them. Further­
more. automobiles are property,
subject to taxation the same as anv
other property. There is no more
justice in placing a double or thrib­
ble tax upon them because thev de­
stroy our roads rapidly, than there
is on the heavy freight wagon which
destroy our roads as well. It will
lie only necessary for auto owners
to apneal to the state supreme court
to have the law knocked out and
this ia sure to be done as soon as
the law ia ratified by the people and
is well under way. Then Mr. Tax­
payer. you can walk up to the tax
collector's counter and settle.
"These bonds will never be paid"
said a friend srith whom we were
discussing the measure a few days
ago. That is to say, a perpetual
heavy interest charge is to be sad­
dle? I upon the people. Thia interest
charge will be no hardship on rich
people, for they will buv the bonds.
Nor upon those fairly well situated
for they can afford to own a few
hundred dollars of bonds to recoup
from tm- increased tax. it ia the
little home owner, who cannot afford
to own an auto nor a road bond
tvho will suffer.
While The Tnbuhe is and always
has been an advocate of gdod roads
and would gladly see our roads
throughout the state hard surfaced
if we could afford it. An enormous
annual interest debt is something
which should be well considered be­
fore the state Iwcomes involved.
After the debt is once incuied. it
cannot be recalled. It will be an
incubus on the people of Oregon
for all time. The present proposed
bond issue can be handled without
any great hardship on the people,
for the debt, principal and interest
could be paid in a few years. But
this issue will be but a starter. It
will be followed by issue after issue
until the debt is so heavy that prop­
erty in Oregon will be undesirable.
R> waiting for a little more than
two wars, the state could do hard-
surfacing for half the present price.
The state would then nave time to
establish state owned cement plants
and the patents on several classes of
pavement will then have expired.
It is a good plan when such great
enterprises are undertaken, to make
haste slowly. Both Albany and Leb­
anon paid a much higher price for
their paving than they would now
have to pay. So if we go into this
The hard surfacing of the propos­
ed plan, which will be submitted to
the people in June, will be scarcely
one-half the cost; for in order that
•ven these selected roads may re­ thing, let us not do so blindly.
war. while not promulgated to give ceive the hard surtacs treatasaaU I « b teak bafaan w 1 bm >
Let
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