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FACE EIGHT
A WOMAN'S QUESTIONS
A newly enfranchised woman voter
liuH h. .mi avfcpri hv hpr husband to
vote the democratic ticket but she trooPs t0 caPture"
Vera Crui. Whereabouts is that!
Is it some country e are at war
with?"
"No, of course not. that's a city in
Mexico which Wilson ordered the
did not care to exercise her new
given prerogative without kuowing
why she should vote for so and so and
so and so. Following is a part of
the conversation between the two:
"Why should I vote for Wilson in
prefi'ienee to Hughes?"
' Well, for one thing because he has
kept us out of war."
"I didn't know that anyone wanted
to go to war with us. How did he
kejo us out?"
"By the way he handled the situa
tions in Europe and in Mexico."
"Who was tuere in Europe that
wan., d to t to war with us?"
"Why uo i.ae wanted t go to war
with i.s. bat .. e might have gotten in
to war with trem."
"How did . iteep us out of war
with them if they didn't want to go to
war witn us?
"Whv In- nnt hofno- in ha Kelt n-han I
they sank our boats and killed our
citizens."
'T-id Mr. Wilson let them go on
sin! ; g our boats and killing our
citizens?"
. "No, he finally told iiiein they had
toV.op."
"Did they want to fight when he
toldiheni that?"
?"iS'o. thy just stopped."
" Well, why didn't he tell them
that; la the first place, and save a lot
ol our cii'Zens?"
"He thought we might get into
war."
Why did ue want to capture Vera
Cruz if we weren't at war with Mex
ico?" "Why, some of our sailors were ar
rested when they landed at Tampico
on a wharf where folks had been for
bidden to land and we captured Vera
Cruz because Huerta wouldn't do
what we wanted him to."
"Did Huerta do w hat we wanted
him to when we captured Vera
Cruz?"
"No."
"Then were all those boys and
those people at Vera Cruz killed for
nothing?"
"Yes, I suppose so."
"Well, isn't that going to war?"
"O no, we didn't call that war."
"Well, if that isn't war, why don't
we send soldiers down to capture
some of the other cities because of
iour citizens who have been killed?
Isn't it as bad to kill our citizens as
to arrest our sailors?"
"Well, they haven't any business in
Mexico." - .
"But didn't you tell me the sailors
went where they had no business?"
"Yes, I suppose, so."'
" ""Well, the.ny why didn't we say they
had no business there and not sfend
our sailor boys to be killed at Vera
Cruz." ' '
"I don't know."
"Well, weren't some of our soldier
boys killed in northern Mexico?"'
"Yes. a few."
'Why were they there if we were
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But they did not want to light 'not at war with Mexico.
"They were cuasiug oanaus.
Did the bandits kill tneinr
when he did tell them that, did
they?"
"Haven't I already told you so!"
"Well, if ihey didn't want to fight
"No, they were killed by Mexican
soldiers."
Well, if Canada should send soia
us and he finally told them the things iers over here to chase bandits and we
should Kin some ui "i
wouldn't we get into war?"
"Yes, I suppose so.
that he thought might get us into war
how did he keep us out of war?"
"Well, he kept us out of war, any
way," "Well if he kept us out of war what
"Well, why didn't we get into war
with Mexico then?"
"Because she Isn't strong enough
was that war tax you were kicking ..f llen We would have got into war
so much about?" 'if she had been strong enough to fight
"O, well if he didn't keep us out of us?"
war, he will keep us out of w ar."
"Well, if he's going to keep us out
of war why are we spending so many
millions for preparedness?"
"0, 1 don't know, I can't answer all
your foolish questions."
"Well, why was our militia sent
down to Mexico, and why is it kept
there? Are we in war with Mexico?"
"No, of course not, didn't I tell you
we've been kept out of war?"
"Well, my sister wrote that one of
her boys was killed in the battle of
Vos T Rnnnnse SO.
"Then Wilson has kept us out of
war?"
"Y'es, certainly.
"0, I see. But you think Hughes
would get us Into war?"
"Certainly."
"How?"
"Why, he'd tell them they had to
protect our citizens in Mexico or we'd
send an army down there."
"But isn't our army down there
now, and didn't you tell me we would
be in war now if Mexico wasn't too
weak to fight?"
"Oh, shut up!"
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He wanted a warm house and he didn't want
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SHALL WE HAVE SOUP KITCHENS AFTER THE WAR?
A .time has come for careful, fair-minded and just-hearted
examination of the record of the Wilson administration. On
one hand the opponents of that, administration must not bear
false witness against it. ... ..
Upon the opposing hand the supporters of that adhrihisf ra
tion must not trv to cover up or run away from its record.
The democratic party came into power -March 'l&13&inl
the new president promptly convened congress in special ses
sion to enact his party's program. First consideration was
given to the tariff. That was logical, for the democratic party
in the campaign of 1912 had put the tariff issue to the forefront.
It had declared its conviction that tariff protection for Ameri
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can wage-eai nets was uiicuiisuiuuonai. .
So the summer of 1913 was sriven un to the enactment of
the free trade Underwood tariff law, and the new law went into
operation October 3 of that year
Immediately there fell upon the country conditions of acute
distress among the wage-earners and dire ruin in the business
world. Factories shut down or ran with diminished output,
and the land was filled with idle men and women. So recently
as February 17, 1915, as shown by the United States Bureau of
labor statistics see World Almanac, page 127 there were
still unemployed in the single day in New York 14o,591 men
and women workers, and that survey covered only a part of
the city's working population the building trades and a dozen
other lines. In the dreadful winter of 1913-14, as shown by sur
veys of charitable organizations, more than 300,000 workers
were unemployed in New York alone.
To relieve this appalling distress charity had to be or
ganized on a scale previously unknown in the United States.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific bread lines were formed, soup
houses opened and all sorts of vacant buildings' turned into
dormitories for the homeless poor.
Business failures came in unprecedented numbers 1G,03"
in 1913, 18,280 in 1914 and 22, 156 in 1915. In the dreadfu
panic year of 1893 under another democratic administratioi
they were but 15,242. See the reports ot K. (i. Dunn & Uo.
Railroads went bankrupt and thousands of railway em
ployes were out of work. In 1913, 9020 miles ot railroad went
into the receivers' hands; in 1915, 20.143 miles, with a total
mileage in receivership that year of 41.988, as shown by the re
cords of the interstate commerce commission. .
All that distress and ruin followed trre passage of the demo
cratic free trade tariff law, and conditions were passing from
bad to worse on August 1, 1914. The war practically annuilet
ili.-. democratic tariff law. as the withdrawal of millions of
European workers from fields of productive labor so reduced
the output of the belligerent countries that little was lett tor
sale abroad.
At the same time the war brought a quick and unprece
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denied demand ror crawl lung we count promicc ,um ni.uiuic--
ure in the United States, lumber being about the only excep
tion.
It is idle for the democratic leaders to deny these facts, for
thev are known first-hand to all the thouglittul voters ot the
Pacific Northwest. Our farmers know what caused the ex
traordinary demand at rising prices lor the products ot their
farms. Our miners know the cause. Our fisherman know it
Our stockmen.
One of these days the war will end. Nothing is more cer
tain than that; and unless the republicans are in power, we
shall then be back to the normal working of democratic free
trade, and facing an intensified invasion of the markets of the
United States.
If the voters nf the Pacific Northwest, knowing these facts
as they are surely known, vote to bring back the distress and
and ruin that democratic policies brought to this country be
fore the war, they will have only them selves to blame for re
turning bad times. Spokesman Review.
On Wednesday, November, 8th the tax payers of school dis
trict No. 1. will meet in the city hall for the purpose of accept
ing the proposed budget for the" year 1917. The budget as
proposed, contains an appropriation for the installion an main
tenance of a domestic science course. The board is taking a
progressive step in instituting this course in our school. Their
action should receive the approval of every tax payer. Your
disproval now will be more appreciated than kicks at a later
date . Remember, next Wednesday November 8 is the day set
for the meetin.
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The fall rains are improving the roads as nothing else
could do. The rains will also aid the farmer who desires to
begin seeding for next year's crop, but its pretty tough on the
man who has. not yet threshed this yjar'g crop,
New Lumber Yard
Now open in building formerly occupied by Independent
Garage on Main Street.
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: LUMBER IN CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY.
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This is the place to buy
Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Salmon, Halibut, Smelts
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The most highly appreciated gift ia the portrait of one
near and dear. The truth of this statement is so evident
that you will very probably admit it yourself.
The most economical investment for the season Is a
dozen photographs of yourself, of the baby or of the fam
ily group; the same money cannot buy more satisfaction
and pleasure to so many.
Conditions governing the cost of living and conducting
business are such that tliure must be an universal read
justment of values, upward.
On the first of the New Year photographs must go up
ten to twenty-five percent.
Make an early appointment, save the necessary increase
of cost, and pleasingly perpetuate the memory of your
self among your friends.
A premium with each order over $5.00 during Novem
ber, so that the rush will not be at the last moment.
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Your friends can buy anything you can give them
except your photograph.
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