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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1918)
w * •*T r v • -w* » ? « * 1 f THE SCIO TRIBUNE can soldier. There is no doubt about that. Th« American buy who is on the draft list think* about bow *oon IMMCKtl KVKKY TH UMBO AT BY h«- may 1» called to the color», and T. U l»VG<iKB. KtMTll* ANP PBoP | hia parents, brother* and asters view with sorrow the approaching I day of parting which may be th«- Entered at the i« at*, flic* at Scio. last upon the land of the living. Oregon as aae»md dass matter. The very frequent drive t* raise funds for the Red Cross. the Y. M •UBNi'IUmoN. IN ADVANCB SI 60 C. A. and numerous other purposes, 1.76 to aav nothing about the sale <>f war AT KNt» or YKAk .75 stamps, baby bonds and liberty «II MONTH* loan*, all serve to direct our thoughts to the ultimate purpose the Amer- ADVKKT1AING MATCH ican soldier and hi* health ami com !>x-al advertising, per line 6c fort. Dur Federal government has done much to banish car* from the mind Display advertising, long lime, see of the soldier and to assure him manager. that hi* loved ones will not be al Extended marriage or death notice* lowed to suffer for the necessities of i*r line 3c life during hi* absence, and the *<»l- Special rat«** rm long time display dier insurance is a guar ante«- that advertising. they will be provide«) for should he t«c so unfortunate as to furnish f«w<d HER SUPREME EFFORT for an enemy bullet. All of thia car* on the part of the It may I m * saf«*ly assume»! that Governm«nt and of the love«! ones Germany i* now making her »up- at h<»me is moat worthy. f«»r the rrmi' effort to br«- ik through the American soldier ia most willingly British line* and «pen a n>ad to I'aria I offering all fur hi* country und the There is *<»< k I reason to conclude protection of liberty. that such i» the ca~- < a rmany haa. No man can give more than these doubtl« «*, her full man power on American boy* are offering fr«*ely the western front and also her div and without fear on the battlefield« isions which were heretofore etn- In Franc*. Many people may not ployed on the Kiomian front In reaiiM the fact, but American liber man power and gun* th«- lluna were ty and th«* American home is th«* largely superior to the English, and stake our boys are fighting for over if it were possible to break through there Hence we expect our boy* now is the timo to make the try. to stand firm at the battle front. Germany als«> know* that th«* man Nor will w«* t* disappoint«*»!, for the power of her etn-tv.-n is continually American soldiers and sailor* have growing, «-«pecially on th«* American never ffukaoi in the face -<f an enemy sector. and that an early movement and our boya in France and th«** to before heavy artillery could be go will n»t prove an exception. movtxi easily was th«* tini<* to strike. Therefore, we people who are k«*ep- Also it should not Iv forgotten ’.hat ing the home fires burning cannot Hindenburg haa promised to capture do too much for the men who have Faria about April I taken on th«* defense of <«ur lives Moreover, if Germany ia to ever and liberties. If we can from our make a preten* of offensive action abundance make the condition of our and strike her enemy at a time boys at the battle front ur in the when hr is weaker than he will prob hospitals more comfortable, it is an ably I m * again, and when she (Ger obligatory duty which we must not many I ia at her strongest. now is shirk. the propitious time. It can there Our boy* over there must I* pro fore lie assumed that th«* Kaiser is vided with arm* and munitions, and making hia supreme effort of the with food and medicines Ships are war an«i to that end h>* is at the r<*<|uir«*«l to carry them- auptdiea to front ami in supreme command of them and the more troop* w«* aend his troop" over the more ship* will I m * re»)Uir«*«i. Should Germany fail to gain an It is therefore dialoval on th«- (»art important victory at this time she of men who are building them* shifM will have lost the war and the end to in any way hamper their rapid thereof i-. not many months away conatructi«»n They r«quire f«xxi. On th«- other hand, a reverse to the Therefore it ia disloyal for the fan Allies does not mean the end but mer not to grow as much food pro ■imply a prolongation of the war ducts as he can that our country'* with fresh levies of troops and their defenders may have an abundance rapid rush to the front. There never waa a tune in the his Germany now knowa that her un tory of our country when team dersea blockade is a failure so far as work on the part of the people was starving Englnn«! and the prevention ao essential as now; nor wh«’n the of taking American troops over is people, to the man or woman, should concern«*«! Her «»nly hot*, there get l*hind the Government with his fore. of winning the war ia a crush or her support in every way possible. ing victory on the land. She ia evi There is no room for the «lacker dently attempting to secure that anywhere. * victory at thia time There i* no doubt whatever that Unless Germany can make head we will win the war in the end The way now when she haa a large pre only question i* the coat in lives and ponderant* of troop* in front of the treasure. But whatever thecuet or English. It would seem her chances how long It will take we must pay for winning the war or a peace the price. There is no other alter which would save th«* abolishment native. We know that we are fight of Kaiaerism. the opportunity is at ing an inhuman and dastardly en Display advertising, per Inch ¿7 I 16c hand. Even the heat! way she seems to have made in driving back the Eng lish is sure to result in the rushing of reinforcements to the English, and uleas she (Germany) can bring other like new levies the present gain ia not likely to be permanent. The colossal battle of the world'a hietorv t* now on and if it does not result in decisive gains for the Ger man arm* the great contest will have been, practically, decided. emv and the «lormoui price we would I* compelled to pay should he be the victor. The few dollar* vou may have or will contribute to the Red Crosa or invest in Liberty lM>nd* ia but a drop in the bucket compared to the tribute you would be compelled to pay with Kaiaerism the victor. Our one line of defense and pro tection i* our American soldiers and sailors. They offer their lives while we at homo are simply aaked to loan our money to the Government with THE AMERICAN SOLDIER , which to maintain our boys on the firing line. I* there any doubt in what will bo your duty The rentrai figure of the Amen- your thaught of today to Ute ally, kicking themaelv««* for trotini for the measure. It ia difficult fur us who are au Of course th,- p*-«»i»l«• «-xpectMi far from th«- theater of war to real ..IJI Wollin ise that we are up against th* mo that a Uxird of commix’i* mentous war of all history. The I«* appotnl«*d to Itandl»* lin* fumi, thr> cause« of lh>- wars of tie* seem which would be fair. <>'•• »•( petty when compared with the great we*r hutnbuggeil m**» of th«« csum * of the present Human liberty is world struggle, Drmocracy must in the tialance. win and th«* bur«l«m of U m * contest in the «ad must I* borne by Ameri ca. We must furnish the principal man power, the money and I he food. ■ Wc cannot avoid it if we would. It is ■ condition for which we are in no way responsible. Yet it must I m * met and it is infinitely better that the slruggk* shall be decided in Eu-. rope than for it to be brought to our own land. I So let us build ships with the greatest speed, produce fisxj iffisi- ucta as abundantly as possible and buy bonds whenever n«-c«-sAary, day* to buy liberty bonds? th»* o inonissmn is said to be loo closely I’l*11ritified with the irit«-rests of Ike W a rrrnite |*>>pleand another - if an uncertain >h»tM>at- riM’inl« ' tmn. T im t events which have trane- Min-d «nnI- th«* law (■•came opera- »ntinu«**l < hi paire 3) These are the duties of we people at home, l«et us do them promptly and cheerfully and the American aul-i • • • drer» on the battlefields in Europe will do the rest. “WE TOLD YOU SO When th«* issue of state bonds was before th«* people The Tribune was on«- of the very few new»oa|>«-r» of th«- »tat«* which i>|«p*>m*«i the Port land program. This writer thought hr could see th«- w*crvl purpose of. th«- intrigu«- to Commit th«* stat«* to the l><>n«iing system to secure r<«ad paving We thought then ami. in th«* light of went» mnee th«* Port land votes enacted the measure into law. that th«* w-errt purpose was twofold, via.: To furnish gilt edge I mhx I n for the bond buyer* and to incr«*aM* th«* lovalties of the Warren Construction Company'* pat«nt r«ad material. Th«* bond buyers wanted the state bonds In their hearts they did not. nor do not now, care a tig whether or not the state road», other than th«* Columbia highway, were paved. Tliey just wanted the bonds for a safe and profitable investment ami they intemied to buy them as cheap ly as they could As ls«th I h XI* I IS- sues which hate l*evn sold brought les* than their par value, their in trigue or scheme has w««n out. The recent sale of $5< hi .< mmi was trimmed n«-arly ten per cent Now there is no reason why <)r«-g**n bond* should not sell at tlie.r full fa«* value. The stat«* has never injur«*d its ci«*dit in any way and at that time was not in debt. At that tun«- there was much idle money ami the state presente«! a very inviting field for exploita tion. As we now know, th«* people were caught napping ami fell into the trap which had t<«*n baited so invitingly with automobile license money. Now th«* auto owner who cannot take his joy ti«ir over th«* Co lumbia highway nlust I* content to travel over an ordinary crushed rock or gravel road and will probably do so for many y«*ars to come. The bait of a paved Pacific highway has gone glimmering. With th«* Warren < <>n*truction Co. the bond issue was simply a Cold-blooded busin«MW prop««siti<in. That company km-w its natent on road material was *oon toexpireand it simplv wanted to increase its roy alties l*fore the patent expired. The promise to build section» of paved roads on various parts of the Pacific highway was certainly a very smooth piece of work on th* part of the t«>nd advocates. Hut we h«*ar nothing about paving now. It ia intimated by the alate commission that paving will he laid only on the Columbia highway and that any por tion of the fund used on the Pacific highway will I m » for gravel and crush«-«! r»ck They do not say so. but it ia safe tn asaume that auto owners in the Willamette Valley are. American People There ia no foundation for the alleged violations of law attributed to our Com pany by agents of the Federal Trade Commission and 1 u ant to say emphatic ally that Swift ¿fc Company is not a party to any conspiracy to defraud the Govern ment. Nor has Swift & Company been guilty of improperly storing fraxis or of making false entries or reports. Conference* of packer*, where prices have been discus ed. have been held at the urgent request and in the presence of representatives of either the Food Administration or the Council of National Defense. And yet the packers have been accused of committing a felony by acting in collusion on Government bids I We have done our best, with other packer*, large mid small, to comply with the directions of tlie United States Food Administration in all particulars, including the fori ashing otfixxl supplies kir the U. S. Army pn<l Navy and the Al^< s, now be ing handled through the Food Adminis tration. We will continue to do our utmoil.un- der Government direction, to increase our production and assist the Food Adminis tration. Wc consider that the opportunity to co-operate whoic-heartedly and to our fullest powers with this branch of the Govemrpent is our plain and must press ing duty. The Trade Commission Attorney ha*, by false inference and misplaced empha sis, given to disconnected portions of the correspondence taken from our private files and read into the Record, a false and sinister meaning with the plain purpose of creating antagoniUic public opinion. The service* of the packer* of the United States are most urgently needed, and 1 regTet exceedingly that wc should at this time have to spend our etiorts in defending ourselves against unfounded, unproved, and unfair assertions such as are being daily made public. ofunffc President Swift & Company, U.S. A.
