The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated., February 13, 1919, Image 2

have been curtailed
THE SCIO TRIBUNE completely.
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If the emergency clause shall be
attached to the $ 10,000.000 road
The government has simply about bonding lull The Tribune will be dis­
run out of work along these lines appointed some more.
A legisla­
■nd is closing out the business. It ture which is so blind as to prohibit
is simply up to the jobless ship work­ the people of Oregon from passing
er to look for a job in some other upon a measure of such great im­
line of work. Uncle Sam is rather portance as thia bill, certainly have
a difficult proposition to undertake no expectation of a political future.
to force, lie is the law. and has They arc bolshevista of the first wa
just about 100,000,000 t«ehind him ter. they are afraid to trust the
ready, when called upon, to enforce ' people and by such action assert
the law. He goes about his bust themselves to be masters rather
Mas very lcisun-h. too leisurely than servant» of the people.
The Tribune Is well aware that
many think; but when he gel» go­
ing there is something doing. Old Oregon legislatures are and have
Kaiser Bill ascertained this fact to l>een for many years unpopular. The
hi» chagrin and Borrow.
|Mi«ople have come to think and they
A labor organisation which un­ have just cause for ao thinking, that
dertakes to correct a disagreement a bunch of enemies or freebooter»
by the strike, ought to have at least mwembie every two years down at
some prospect of winning out. These Salem for legalized robbery in a
Seattle Rolsheviki. I. W W„ or «mall way. When the session ends
whatsoever they may be. have n<> the people draw daep breaths of
They feel that the agony
prospect whatever of winning their relief
contention. Their strike was lost him ended and that they are reason­
before it commenced.
It simply ably financially »afe for another two
mean» disaster to the ship workers years.
Nor do we have reason to hope
an«l those who strike in sy mpathy.
The Tribune believes that lal«or is for the use of more horse sense on
or shut down
I pleJge allegiance Io my flag and fully justifie'l m organizing
If by
the Republic {or u hkh U ilandt. one united action labor can better its
Wallon.
in Jit-table.
*ilh liberty and condition, well and good.
lutlke for all.
THE STRIKE AT SEATTLE
- such
and
then
| It is
But when
action involves violation of law
the rights of other citizens,
such organised action is wrong.
un-American, and un-patriotic
Seattle is now in n slate of labor It is the opening wedge to anarchy
paralysis. Ship workers who were
receiving from 14.50 to $25 per day
GOODBYE ECONOMY
thought their pay insufficient and
the strike for higher wage was
The Tribune early in the year wa»
voted.
hopeful
that the thirtieth legislate.-
Other labor organizations in the
■iwcmbly
would establish a record
sound city, in Sympathy with the
for
economy
and good common horse
■hip worker* but who had no griev­
sense.
We
thought
that the six-
ance whatever, quit their jobs as
per-centdncreaae-of-appropriations
well. So far there has been no dis­
order or attempts to violate law. A
few day» hence, however, the law
breaking will liegin and then the
real trouble will commence.
Soldiers from Camp Lewis have
been ordered to the strike city and
them* khaki cia«l boya, whose stipend
is but a dollar i day, will have but
little sympathy for men who are
paid from five to twenty-five times
more than they. When these boys
are ordered to shoot, they obey or­
ders. Moreover, they »hoot to kill.
The Tribune thinks the Seattle
■trike the h. ighth of unwisdom. It
is a strike against !>v government,
and a »trike against Uncle Sam never
has won out. In fact alaiut eleven
states tried the project at one lime
and failed; and they thought they
ha«i a real grievance, which this Se­
attle tiunch has not.
The ship workers are foolish, the
government is closing down ship­
yards everywhere. The emergency
which forced the government to
build ship« has ceased. The Seattle
strikers will simply doac the Seattle
yard» which will result in no jobs
for the strikers when they want to
go to work again.
Workers who have so little judg­
ment as to Itecome involved in a
■trike do not, as a rule, have very
long purae»
Eats will soon lie come
scarce. followed by unlawful acts,
and then real trouble begins.
The great American public is in
lympathy with the wage earner. It
knows the wage earner is short
sighted and is largely controlled by
designing men. But there is a limit
to thia sympathy.
So long as the
strike does not directly interfere
with general busmeas the public
seems disposed to remain dormant,
hoping the trouble will be simply
local and controllable by the ordin­
ary machinery of the law. But let
the strike become general, resulting
in business paralysis, and the gen­
eral public says:
"Thia thing ha»
gone far enough, settle your die­
agreement in »«me way or we will
Mttie it for you.’*
The Seattle ship workers may
have a grievance, so have thouMndf
of other ship workers where yardej
a league or society of nations, has
written the declaration of independ­
ence for the world.
The principle
of self government planted <«n the
American »hore of the Atlantic
ocean in 1776 has grown until all
nations in the Old World a« well aa
the New, have thrown off the yoke
of autocracy
It requited 1' • y»ar for tl • \m-
erican colonists to educate them­
selves up to the point of declaring
their nght of »elf government. It
has taken 143 year» for the peoples
if all the great nations of the civil-
lied world to awaken to the same
thought our revolutionary sires gave
to the world. Are not these two
periods of the world’s history more
than a mere coincidence?
When mankind was governed by
feudal lords th«- rule of force was
the only recognized principle of gov­
i ernment
Then a little reason was
i awakened in the minds of men and
feudal government was merged into
i stat«*» and nati
tli>.k->, the rule
of force or might »till maintained.
Then came the birth of »elf govern­
ment which ha» finally placed the
the part of our law makers in the ^y ilize«! world on a higher plane,
future.
Every recurring session The great war, which was the final
w-t ma to H*«*mble a bunch seeming­ struggle f ir the rule of might, has
ly detei mined to establish a record made the league or society of all
for »pending the people’s money. nations possible and which will spell,
The »1» )M-r cent limit «eems to vex let us hope, the «-nd of wars between
and make them angry. New scheme» nations
are evolved at each session to pre-
lhi>t>.a« I«'!.-I»..«,
to.- instru­
vide more money to appropriate.
ment only thr ugh which the first
Our various state «1« mmoavnary declaration of self government was
institutes and reformatories are made. He epitomized the thought
never satisfied.
Every new supe and spirit of his lime into the im­
DR. R J. Nh OL
(•rsdusle »nd Ivmird
V E T E l< I N A K I A N
Cattle Tested
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LEBANON. OREGON
Railroad Time Table
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains
Woodburn-Springfield Branch
WEST SCIO
North
South
7:55 am.
5:09 p.m.
Corvallis & Eastern
MUN KERS
To Albany
8:11 u ni
To Detroit
1:44 l> m
•Motor service discontinued.
U m .
H. B. CHESS
Attorney ai Law
Olfw. M ihniii $|
LA««
THE Si'll) STATE l;l\k
W A- Bwing.
Pendent
A. R. Randall
Vice
I'-. D. Myers, (’a hivr
I MX-» » general banking basin icaa,
receives deposits subject tocheck.
I’“J »
interest on time dejioMts.
»eh»
travelers checks and drafts, ■nd
has some new »cheme to filch money mortal Declaration of Independence.
makes collections.
from the taxpayer and the extrava- President Wilson ha» written the
garicv» of legislatures »erm to gen- thought and »pint of the world to-
erate these demands,
jday into the 14 peace propositions
Now the people arc more than which avni to be aUiut to be adopt­
willing to l»c taxed to build good ed at Paris as a declaration of In­
law would be a bar to extravagance, roads, support our «tate institutions dependence of the world. That is
Walter Bilveu, Prop
especially when the emergency board w,’h rea*>nable economy and to pay to »ay. independence of autocracy
Phone 6.515
taking advantage of w«r c<>n<lition». our state and county officials.rea»- by all nations which will mark the
STAGE
MEETS Al l. TRAINS
had authorized overdrafts on the <>nal>le salaries, But the people are end of war between nations.
leave»
Scio Foetoftlce
state treasury to the tune of nearly down on graft and salary boosting;
Of course, it cannot l«e expected
■t 7:10 a a» arxl 5.00 p m for West Sen.
a million dollars.
Knowing that ■«<! wherever a large amount of I that this constitution for the world,
and 12:45p in for Munkvrs
this overdraft must be coftsiderrd money i» to be expended they want now being written at Pari», will tie
in the estimate of expenditures b> and demand the privilege of passing perfect, for it will n«>t tie. Amend­
the present legialative body we, up«in the same if they so desire,
ments will I m - added later on as the
thought financial caution would! Tha Tribune fat glad to state that wisdom of experience will dictate,
Heal Eitate Broker
mark every legislative step.
Unn county member* do not seem but the great beginning has tx-en
and <\otar<j I'ublK
Well, The Tribune is being com to I m - line«) up with the Bunlick« made; the seed is living planted
pel led to revise that hope. It ha» They seem to l>e in closer touch which will culminatr into the tree
^dbitralh Obtained. Examined
now concluded that if the legiaia with the people and want to do the of "Peace on I Earth and G« hm I Will
ture has ever known the meaning of people’s buaincM with wisdom and Among Men."
KTO
OREGON
But the Burdick» and
the word "economy" It forgot it economy.
early in the session. We »»in con­ Portland Bolshevists are too many
The Mann Load.
Morrison & Lowe
cluded that the much talked of con­ for them. In fact, the »tale might
solidation of commission» and office* as well turn the legislature over to
The three repregi ntatives of Ore­
would go a glimmering and that all Portland and the few Buidicka the
UNDERTAKERS
gon in Congr« -» will, it is announced,
hope of economy in this direction cow counties elect. They run the
| hold a conference among themselves
Calls Attended to Promptly
business anyway and i«esid«i smirch
should lie abandoned.
Dav or Night
and endeavor to unite on a candi­
Then Representative Benton Bur­ the good name of the few memliers
date for speaker in the forthcoming
BUIO
dick began to get busy with his sal­ who would lie decent if they could.
OREGON
cong rm«
It may or it may not be
ary grabbing bills and we gave up
important that they agree, except
in despair.
as to p single candidate; and his
Declaration ol Independence.
By the way. what manner of man
name is James R Mann of Illinois.
is this misrrprenenlative, Benton
auctioneer
Mr. Mann is a republican, but he
When the immortal Thomas Jeff­
Burdick, anyway?
We know he
has no deserts at all from the party.!
wanted to be speaker of the house erson penned the Declaration of In­ What can Mr. Hawley, or Mr. Sin- W
a TKKU
WATBBl
® n 0 »
O hegon
but did not suppose his defeat for dependence in Philadelphia nearly
a. r. a N& I
nott. or Mr. McArthur «ay to their
h .«.
that place would make him an ene­ 143 year» ago he wrought vastly
loyal constituency if they join in a
dates arranged for at The Scio
my of the taxpavers of Oregon. In bigger then he knew. He thought
plan to deliver the congressional
Tribune Office. Scio. Ore.
his make uo and legislative activities that the great principle of self gov-1
leadeish p of the party to a fifty­
he seems Bolshevist in his tendencies. eminent he wa» promulgating con-
fifty American like Mann? It is in-
(’. C. I»RVA.X I’
He wants to get something for noth- cernrd hut the 13 colonies which
conceivable that th«-v will do it. A wtaorfv _
ing for office holders and that, we frii.ged the Atlantic coast.
He
They know Mann and his record.
r.l
understand, is the basic orinciple of thought he was declaring the right
Mann <>pp«»ed prepare in«-s» for
New First .'-alMNiaj Bai . Bldg,
the Ruasian bolshevisl,
of »elf government for but three
war during the fateful days of 19)4-1
Certainly Representative Burdick million« of people. He could not
OREGf.X
15-16. He proclaimed his neutra -
is rapidly earning, has earned, the then c «nceive that the declaration
itv and sael "we ought to maintain
iispleasurs of the taxpayers of Ore- he there gave birth, which made
peace at all hazard».’’ He nevtr
gon by hie numerous salsry grab-1 but three million of ;>cople freemen,
mi <1 a word in criticism of Germany
ning bills. If his constituency doe» was to become the ruling principle
for the Lmitania atrocity.
not consign him to oblivion when he of government throughout the entire
The best that can lie said of Mann
«lands for office in the future, he eivlliaed world. He probably then
is that he failed in his duty because
will be saved by the non-tax paying thought he was writing the death!
he did not see it; the worst is that Our twenty year rural credit plan
«lement
Mr. Burdick is an enemy warrant of autocracy in the new
he saw it an«l delit>erately refused of loaning money to farmers hel|w
if the legislature of Oregon. He is w«'r'd
Aa a matter of fact he was
to do it in a craven desire to placate you to get out of debt. Under our
doing more to drive the people to consigning the heredity of kings and
form of loan the TOTAL amount
pacifist and pro-G* rman opinion.
resorting to some other method of em;- rors to rule the people, to ob-
of interest (mid during its ENTIRE
The republican party cannot carry
period of twenty year», is actually
government than any other legiaia- livion for all time,
the Mann load
It means a repudi­ less than
per cent interest.
tor. Certainly Speaker Jones ami
Th hum Jefferson wrote the Dec-
ation of all the party’s professions Write us for booklet.
:he other 58 members of the house lara ioo «f Independence to declare
of a sincere, practical, exclusive ami
if representatives will make the the right of self government for
forward-lookir g Americanism. - Or­ HECKER A BEAM. Agent.
people of Oregon rejoice if they will 13 cu.uoiis.
Woodrow wilson. his
egonian.
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133 Ijmn St
dt down on Burdick until be is as succersor in writing hta fourteen
lat m the proverbial pancake
, pru riptes as a l>a.<oe foundation fori The Scio TnbuM $1.56 ths year
Albany, Oregon
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