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THE SCIO TRIBUNE
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
immibp gvnv T hursday by
t . L. duggk «. Kr>nvB ani » rsor
The project of government own
ership of public utilities aad espec
ially of the railroads, to growing in
the miads of many but to losing
ground in the minds of many other«
who. in the pas* have been advo
cates of the project, and among
them are the railroad« themselves,
who find motor truck competition
trends toward making the operation
of the traneportatioa systems profit-
lea«, it not of direct lorn.
The private operation of the rail
way lines during the war broke
down under the strain and failed Io
function, and thia failure caused the
government to take charge of the
transportation ay »tarns and were
•uccnafully operated, though at a
very heavy loan.
Hut the continued operation of
the lines was imperative regardless
of profit or lorn.
We simply must
transport aoldier« and military equip
ment, food for the soldiers aa well
aa civiliana. regard lea« of coat of
operation. Private owners had fail
ed completely to function and there
wm no other alternative nave gov
ernment operation.
During this period the govern
ment paid the private owners a ren
tal which amounted to 6 per cent
interest on the stock valuations. Hut
now that the roads have l*en re-1
turned to the private owners they
find It impueaible to earn a dividend
of »’> per cent for the stockholder«. ,
Hence the growing desire of these
same stockholders for the roads to,
be turned over to the government
again ami the same dividend of It
per cent i>aid annually.
Unfortunately it to a fact that thr
average American citixm *»>n loam
his efficiency when employed by the
government. He conclude« hi« po
sition is secure, for a time at least. '
whether or not be earn« his salary, i
and he to generally sure to forget to
earn it. They would probably pur
sue the same course if employed by
the government to operate the rail-
roikia. This lack of efficiency of the
people when employed by the public
ia the chief objection to government
ownership of the railroads
Another reason is th« fact that
nearly every railway system haa more
or leas of so-called "watered" stock
upon which interest dividends are I
expected to lie paid. This "water
ed" stock represents no part of the
■tuck sold, the proceed« of which
wan used in construction of the line
or the purchase of equipment. Such
proceeds usually went into the poc
kets of the managers and favored
railway officials.
Should government ownership be
come an established fact the only
way in which it can lie made a suc
cess ia to take the husinea« out of
politics, something after the plan of
the army and navy; ami aa a reward
for efficiency in service arrange a
sy stem of promotion, etc. Unleas
something of this kind i« arranged
the party in power could form such
I
a strong political machine that the
very life of our government would
lie endangered.
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SCIO. OREGON. JULY 7. 1921
GOOD ROADS.
Good roads! Of cou rue. every body
wants them. Everybody ia willing
and does «pend much good money
to get them
Everybody la willing
to submit to a heavy tax to aecom-
plihb that end.
Hut when they are constructed
we think the work is done and act
as if good roads cannot be quickly
destroyed, if the repair man is not
almost constantly on the job. We
neglect the gmul roads which the
heavy traffic noon converts into very
bad roads, full of chucks and ruts,
which could have been prevented in
forming if a little attention had
been given at the proper time.
When a railroad is constructed,
instead of neglecting It until it ba-
eomea almost unusable, a gang of
men ia constantly caring for it and
make repairs when the r«|>air job is
but a «mall chore. These '’section
men" are constantly on the job to
replace a defective tie or raise joints
which have become too low. etc.
Why mav we not have a acct ion
man or men to keep our highways
in order, aorrewhat like the plan
No. we
pursued by thr railroads?
are not as wise aa the railroad peo
ple. We buihl a nice piece of road
over which it i« a joy to travel, but
we totally neglect the same until
one can almost smell the brimstone
created by thr "cu«a" word« in
dulged in by the traveling public.
Then we go to work at great ex
pense and rebuild the roads. Now.
if slight attention hail t>een given
the original road at the proper time
by lilling the chucks with a few
ehovel« of gravel or crushed rock,
or employed the ri>addrag frequent
ly to prevent the formation of ruts,
our highway« could be kept in g<x>d
condition and at a comparatively
small expense.
Another plan to protect road«
should lie employed,
It should be
unlawful for heavy loads to l<e mov
ed oyer the roads in the winter time
or when they are soft.
The user,
in order to make or «avr a few dol
lars will, perhaps, destroy hundreds
of dollar« in road values, or what
will require hundreds of dollars to
make good.
Hence, it is aa important to pro
tect rotuia after they are constructed
aa it ia to build them. No man ha«
a just right to market hi« crop in
winter or do heavy hauling when
such use will deatioy in road value«
more than the crop ia worth, or
more than the user will gain
The
internet» or gain for the individual
ahould give way to the interests of
the great majority.
1« it not Sam Gomjiera fighting
the open ahop and inciting alrikea
agama! wage reduction«?
He ia
making a rough r<>ad to normalcy.
Strikes and lockout«, it haa tievn
estimated, are coating workers nearly
a million dollara daily in wages lost;
and coating employer« approximately
five million« a day. largely as a con
sequence of the refuaal of soma
workers to accept reviaiona of wage
scales
Such resistance tn the oper
ation of economic force« which are
Nature must have been grouchy
governing and compelling the pres
when «he invented poiana Ivy.
ent readjustments in induatry ta only
The gravedigger«' atrike ia one natural, but it la alao futile.
caae where the ultimate consumar
According to the moat reliable
triti Tmtos
four
’» giva a rap
A
million people are without work in
America. Much of the prevailing
idlrnrM ia due to the fact that few
will invest in new enterprise« on a
falling market, or will buy anything
beyond actual need«
When it haa
been felt generally that the bottom
haa twen reached, buying will be re
sumed, prices will begin to rise
again and the whole country will
boom.
Sanitary Meal .Market
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DR. A. G. PRILL
PiTiiciai aid S uini
--------- Dealers ia-——
Calte Attended
Day or Night
Fresh and Cured Meats
Poultry and Veal
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Shelton & Co. Props “II
GIANT TREES* OF AUSTRALIA
SCIO. OREGON
Kaceod In Haight. Though Nat In Clr>
cumfeceoce. the Famova Gran«
Conlfera of California.
Tn the book, “Coder the Southern
Crow»." written by Maturin M Ha 11 ou.
an American traveler. In the Wis of
the last century, we rend of hit r«tl
mate of the great tree« of Australia,
according to the ITirtsUan Mcieuca
Monitor
“U la In thl« colony of An«tralla that
the traveler flatte the giant tree«, eon
alilrrvd to I» one ot the grrnl won
liera of our Unira, and which rsrmt
In 41 menaiooa those grand melfera of
California tn which Americana fret
mi<h pride Three big tree« of Victoria
are called the mountain ash. though
why no named wo do not understand,
an they are not of that family. But
they are certainly the tnllret trees In
the knoam world, often mes au ring 4M
feet and more In bright, and from
fifty to nitty fret tn girth a couple of
yard« from the ground When we «ay
that thme tree« raerwd la dimension«
those of California we refer especial
ly Io their height Inasmuch a« the
American trees equal them. If they
du not In some Instance« surpass them
tn circumference.
The Australian
treaa rise a hundred feet more or 1rs»
from the roots without putting forth a
lateral branch
on beholding them
our la not at first linprrswwi by tbetr
except tonal else or muuarchllke ap
pearance. but they grow upon <■<>« by
further observation A trip of a hun
dr rd miles from klidlKMime due east to
Kale a remarkably pleasant town, of
between S.*««* and 4.000 Inhabitants,
el tun ted on the <ll|ipaland railroad
take« one to the region where the»«
Imtuenae forest giants are to be Bern
ami at the same time Introduce« the
trav.-ler to a*unr of thr finest «emery
In th« mountain range of thia district.“
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THE SCIO STATE BANK
W. A. Ewing.
A. K. Randall,
I “reside nt
Vice Pre«.
E. D. Myers. Cashier
Start a bank account today and
provide for your future.
You will find a checking ac
count very convenient for your
bunmeaa transactions. W <• pay
interest on time deposit«.
Riley Shelton
Real F.dale R roller
and Notar» Public
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DK. H. H HARRIS
Dr. P. T. Tweed. 0. V. M.
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Albany, Oregon
Veterinarian
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OREGON
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Grain
Hay
Potato««
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M. G. REED
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UNDERTAKERS
('alia Attended to Promptly
Dav or Night
OREGON
SCIO
J. I< WESEI A
MAN GIVEN UNIQUE SENTENCE
DEALER IN
Kogiieh Judge an Recar« aa Ordering
Him te Serva th« Preceding
Oay in Jail.
Fancy &. Staple Groceries
One ot thr m>«t fa mona n»«tnt»era of
thr Eng I lab b«-nch war Judge William
llrnry Maule of tbe common pleur
court of Ixxi-hc.
It la told of him.
the Itelroit News recalls, that olio day
«hen a jury yaunrd through a long
aertea of tv«tItiiooy, and Anally when
th» majority of the 12 good men and
true ««-«itH-d <« Iho »urge at going to
sleep ami thr real |n have loal all In
trrrot In the eaaa, hr abruptly closed
the tsatlnMioy and the jury filed out
Although thr rvhlruce pruvrd the pria
o«>»r lnn<H-w>t. and even thr praaei-ul
Ing attorney admitted IL the jury
brought In a venllct of guilty.
Thr judge t*elng thus f<eced Io give
mnlenrr. did so an follows: “I'rtaouer
al the bar, y«ur rvusaal thinks you In
noevnt, the rnunael for tl>e pn-moulI<M|
thinks you iimocent. I think you Inno
rent. Hut a jury ut your countrymen
In the rxervlnr of such cumaxm sene*
as they poanm, which d<»«n not seem
to be much, have found you guilty,
stupidly enough, and It remains for
nw Io | mim upon you the sentence of
the law. The «rntenee In that you be
kept In Imprisonment tar oor day. and
that day to hr vesterday, therefore you
may go a twin t your tiuslnran.**
Garden and Field Seeds
China and Glassware
All m <>I»I at live and let live priera
Roll Kirns developed, pictures
i)rinted and enlargements made
roin your
All work
turned out promptly.
Give us a trial.
J. F. WESEL Y
Scio, Oregon
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Now ia the Time to PtirchaM Your
GREED WORSE THAN POVERTY
FARM L IGHT & POWER OUTFIT
Farmer Always Fruitful af fieli, While
tha Latter I« Often Incanti««
tn Thrift
Ask th.-»«- w.-ll known nu-n why they purchanetl our plant:
I. II. Copeland. Irabtrr.-, Wm. Volk man. Crabtree, Walter Blackburn.
Hew». Itrorgr Srhl.-rih, Crabtree; O. B. KeeUer, Lebanoa; Waller Po
land. Shedd. And many others.
The fear nt poverty la not tn Itself
a had thin«, write« Hr fharlra Ao
hr», Katmi In U-«lle'a It may become
the mother of thrift. It act« a« ■ «pur
to endeavor, and «ome men IIP anme
hora>.« do their best under the spur
Poverty la not always an nntolled
evil. In fact. It la and has been looked
upon aa one of the distinctly Chrlatlan
virtue«. alth>Mirh there «rents to he
rather a feeble <lr«lre Io I •cacti re Ihl«
particular grace
Greed, on th«- Other hand, la always
had
It la plainly the outcropping of
the hog In human nature
ft la the
fenr of {«overty rtin amuck. It la II
Inatrated by the drunkard who often
had too much but never got enough
tlrerd la at the bottom of most «f our
trouble« today and haa been equally
fruitful of evil In every age and among
•very ria a* We rou never come tn
permanrol aortal pea re while the fenr
of poverty embitter* one half the pen
pie and greed drive« the other half to
aelf destruction
Noe will It get n«
anywhere to Infect the whole popula
tlon with the greed germ and turn
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