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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1910.
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A connoltdatlon of tho Mcdfonl Mall,
tabllfched 1889; tho Southern Oregon
tan, cfflAbltnliod 1002: tlto Deomcrntlc
Times, established 1872; tho Ashland
Tribune, established 1900, nnd the Med
ford Tribune. stnbllshcd 1906.
'KOnQnPUTNAM. Editor and Manager
Entered n second-class matter No-
embcr i, 1909, at tho post office at
ledford, Oregon, undor tho net of
larch 3. 1879. ,
ffflclnl l'npcr of tho City of Medford
' BUBSCkxPTION BATES
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and Contral Point SO
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. Weekly, nor year 1.50
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SWOBN CXROtniATIOW,
Averago dally for
November, 1908
December, 1909
January, 1910
March. 1910 ,
April, 1010
May, 1910
June, 1910
July, 1910
-August, 1910
,1.700
1.S42
3,123
3,303
3.301
3,450
2,503
3,534
2,527
2535
epumocr mrcuiauoiu
1.. 2476
16
18
3 276
2575
2576
2575
2175
4
6
2535
19
20
21
aZ
25
26
27
30
2475
2475
2475
3475
2476
2500
3475
3475
2450
2525
7....
2375
2575
2650
2850
2675
2700
2710
2710
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11...
IS...
II...
II...
IS...
Total.
.66.245
Average dally 2.661
STATE OF OREGON. County of Jack-
on, ss :
On tha 1st day of October, 1910, per
ona'ly appeared before me, George Pat
Bam, manager of tho Medford Mall Tri
bune, who upon oath, acknowledges that
ue aoove ngures are true ana correct.
H. N. YOCKBY,
(Seal) Notary Public for Oregon.
MEOrOBJ, OKXSOV.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
norinern uaiiiornia. ana me rasiesi
Crnwlng city In Oregon.
Population. 1910, 9,000.
Bank deposits S2.750.000.
Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity
Vater System completed in July, 1910,
riving finest supply pure mountain
rater.
Sixteen ..illes of street belne caved
X a cost exceeding 31,000,000, making a
tal of twenty miles of pavement.
Postofflce receipts for year ending
june av, niu, jhow a gain or 36 per
vent. '
Banner fruit city In Oregon Rogue
River apples won sweepstakes prize and
ltl of
"AppU JCUta of tha -World"
at the National Apple Show, Spokane,
1909. Roguo River pears brought high
est prices In all markets of the world
during the paat five years.
Write Commercial Club, enclosing 6
cents for postage of the finest commu
nity pamphlet ever written.
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ARE III SESSION
INeaiiy Every School Board In Jack
son County Represented at Meeting
Called by School Superintendent
Many topics Discussed.
Representatives from nearly every
school board In Jnckson county met
Monday morning In this city at a
call from the county school superin
tendent for a convention of the school
officials of the county.
L. R. Alderman of Eugene spoke
on the question of the high school
'fund, a measure Intended to provide
high school Instruction In rural dis
tricts and to eliminate the necessity
of either sending the boys and girls
away for education above the grade
schools or the moving of tho family
to where the school was located. The
plan had been found to work woll In
Lane and Linn counties and the cost
-was not great.
One-half of one mill Is estimated
'to bo tho necessary assessment for
Jnckson county.
Following the program of topics
suggested for discussion this after
noon; 1. County high school fund.
2 Purchase of school supplies
" .how nnd what to purchase.
Schoolhouso building (a) The
negotiable interest-bearing warrant
plan of raising funds, (b) School
houso plans and specifications.
4 Employment of teachers and
t teachers' salaries.
i5 Normal schools and training of
teachers.
6 Rural school supervision.
7 School sanitation.
Other topics may bo suggested by
anyone desiring to do so.
CHARGES AGAINST
On tho lUBtructlon of District At
torney Mulkey the charge against
Conductor Sllsby of tho Pacific '&
Eastern railway In relation to the
death of Walter Gardnor was dis
missed. Mrs. Gardner, who was alleged to
liavo Initiated the prosocutlon, dls-
claimed any such intention.
NOTICE.
All membora of OHvo Robokahs,
lodge, No. 28, are requested to be
present Tuesday evonlng, Octobor
18, The regular lodge meeting will
"be followed by a banquet, Come and
miioy a good social evening,
CONDUCTOR
PORTLAND OFF
FOR SOUTH ONE
GAME IN LEAD
Both Games of Double Header Is
Lost to Los Angeles Sunday Oak
land Wins Ono and Loses One-
Oakland and San Francisco Play
Today.
By loshic both piuios in Sunday's
double "header nftor winning nmo
straight shut-out games, Portland
is traveling south today to mix it
away from home. Although nt tho
one game to tho good nnd who knows
whnt wilt happen down south.
Yestecrday's Results.
Angeles.
Oakland G; San Francisco, 3.
San Francisco, 2; Oakland, 0; (11
innings.)
Los Angeles, 3; Portland, 2.
Los Angeles, 1; Portland. 0.
Sacramento, 2; Vernou, 1.
Vernon, 2; Sacramento, 0.
Games Today.
San Francisco nt Oakland.
Vernon and Sacramento nt
Angeles.
Standing of the Clubs.
Los
Club. Won.
Portland 102
Oakland Ill
San Francisco ....103
Vernon 99
Los xVugeles 9G
Sacramento 72
Lost. Pet
7S .507
S7 .501
93 520
98 .503
107 .473
110 .375
HOOD RIVER TO MAKE
TWO CARLOAD EXHIBITS
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 17 Grow
ers in the famed Hood River district
in Oregon will have cornnrplieiisivi)
exhibits nt the third National Apph
show in Spokane, November 14 " to
19, the displays including a car of
Spitzenburg nnd a oar of Yellow
Newtown, also entries in the various
contests on Arkansas Black, Bald
win, O'rtley, Yellow Newtown and
Spitzenburg. Much interest centers
in the contest for tho Portland Com
mercial club's Jtrophy for- the winner
of the best 10 box display grown in!
uregon.
See somo of the real estate adver
tised today atd whethor you buy or
not you will h.ive learned things that
In future "stopping for real estate"
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Roe Speaks to Large
Outlines His Views and Speaks
and What
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David S. Rose, the distinguished
ex-mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., and
political economist of national re
pute, spoke to a house that was
packed to the doors Sunday night at
the Medford theater on the "Falla
cies of Prohibition."
The greater portion of Mayor
Rose's life has been given up to the
practical side of political economy.
For ten years he has been the chief
executive of tho city ot Milwaukee,
a city that stands absolutely at the
forefront of American cities In point
of obedience to law, order and moral
ity. Tho speaker called attention to the
search and seizure clause that is
sought to be Injected Into tho con
stitution of Oregon, whereby any
constable, city marshal or other pro
cess server may upon a more suspic
ion seize or search the home or ef
fects of any citizen for intoxicants.
He called attention to the disgrace
ful and outrngeous Bcenes that were
enacted in Alabama undor a similar
enactment when the suit cases and
bocKage of respectable women were
publicly seized and searched by cheap j
and irresponsible minions or tne law.
At this point an over-zealous prohi
bitionist In tho audience attempted
to voice an annroval of tho law, but
the big Milwp.ukeoan smothered him I
in a storm of scathing oratory tnat
mado the zealot hang his head In
shame and brought vociferous ap-
plauso from tho audience.
Mr. U030's speecn in pari ioiiewb:
"Tho prohllbtlon question is much
too important to be treated from a
sontimontal viewpoint. It tot only
affects social o-nultlons, but i elates
closely to tho industrial, commercial
and business interests of tho ration.
Tho difficulty Is that too many con
fuse prohibition with temperance.
That Is to cay, when prohibition is
mentioned 'hey begin to think of
temperance. It it not that t am op
posed to tomperauco that I nm op
posed to prohibition, but it is be
cause I am I . favor of temperance
that I oppoo prohllbtlon.
Reasons for OpiM.sltlon.
"I am opposed to prohibition for
several reasons, which I deem suffi
cient. Namol;, first, because pro
hibition in Its every relation has
proved to havo boen a completo and
abject failure That Is to spy, pro
hibition has never prohibited. Sec
ond, I am opposed to prohlbltlpp be
cause it Inspires hypocrisy, engen
ders bitterness, ngltateB communities
and frequently converts friends Into
onoraiOB. Third, I am opposed to
prohibition because it slrikos clown
important rovonues, national, city
nnd municipal, without returning any
Just consideration. Fourth, I am op
posed to prohibition bocauso It nar
rows tho market of tho farmer by
shortening tho demand for his prod
uct. Fifth, I am opposed to pro-'
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INMATE OF PHOENIX
JAIL DIES
After spending the night in a room
In tho Phoenix city hall, James
O'Brien, as his poll tax receipt reads,
was found dead Monday morning.
The evening beforo O'Brien apopared
in Phoenix and asked for directions
as to how to reach tho county hos
pital. His condition led tho town
marshal to take him In charge- and
ho was placed In a room and made
as comfortable as possible He re
fused to accept anything oltLcr to
eat or drink, and claimed to be rest
ing easily. Ho was visited at differ
ent times during the night by tho
marshal and seemed to bo in good
shape. This morning, however, he
was dead.
Coroner Kellogg will hold an In
vestigation hero this afternoon.
Andrew Mntlierson Saturday clos
ed n denl whereby he disposed oC
his twenty-ncre orchard tract in the
Ross tract two and a half miles west
of eMdford to W. C. Haynes of Seat
tle for $15,000.
The tract is set to three year old
apples nnd pears and lies in one of
the most desirable orchard sections
of the valley.
JIr. Haynes has returned to Scnttlo
to settle up his business affairs and
intends returning here nnd- erecting
a modern home on his orchard tract.
SUDOELY
M
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on the Fallacies of Prohibition Tells
Her Record Is In Regard to Crime and
hibltlon because it narrows tho field
of labor endeavor. Sixth, I am op
posed to prohllbtlon because It strikes
at the basic principles of InsV utlons
of our free government and des
troys tho right of tho Individual to
exercise his personal liberty In re
spect to his natural rights.
It Is an old nnd trlto aylng that
experience Is a wise teacher. In tho
ordinary affairs of life, cautious men,
fair minded men and sucressful men
do not hesitate to study the experi
ence of others In respect to matters
which they tliemsolvon are called
upon to decide, and I shall ask you
to go with mo through a brief ro
vlew of tho history of prohibition In
this country, In ordor that wo may
determino by tho experience of those
who havo tried prohibition whether
or not It would bo a good thing for
tho state of Oregon.
I stated that prohllbtlon has never
accomplished tho purposes claimed
for It and hoped to bo secured from
Its practical application. Lot ub see
whethor or not thnt claim may bo
sustained by ibo facts.
Fifty Yeurs Aro.
Fifty years ago In tho decade from
I860 to 18C0, 17 of tho American
states were under prohibition, name
ly: all of fo New England Btates,
New York, Now Jersey, Pennsylva
nia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon
sin, Michigan, Virginia : nd North
Carolina 'l.id partial prohibition. It
Is true that tho prohibitory law of
the stato of Wisconsin novor became
operative, for tho reason that It was
vetced by tho governo", nnd It Is
likewise truo that tho prohibitory
lawB of tho states of Indlr.na and
Illinois were hold to bo unconstitu
tional by tho supromo courts of those
states. Dut it U further truo tl.nt all
of the other states I havo named,
nftor having tried prohibition In a
practical manucr, nnd In a conscien
tious manner, and In an Intelligent
manner, abantlonod prohibition ad
wont to locr.l option, and, mind you,
by the term "locnl option" I. do not
mean county option, because there Is
a distinction that Is as wldo as the
horizons.
Tho only exception 'to tho stato
mont I havo m:.do, tho only stnto
that has rotalned oven tho protonso
of prohibition, Is the state of Maine.
I proposo to toll you prccholy tho
diameter of prohibition tint has
maintained In that state, It Is truo
that Malrto In hot- constitution pro
hibits tho salo and manufacture- of
Intoxicating bevornges, but thoro aro
exceptions. First, tho constitution of
Malno excepts th- manufacture, sale
nnd use of cldor, and ovory person
who Is at nil ncqunlnted with tho
character of Intoxicating hoverages
will bear cheerful witness to tho fact
that hard cldc Is ono of tho most
seductive as woll ns ono of tho most
dangerous of our Intoxicants,
SMITH OPENS
CAMPAIGN
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Candidate for Cnnnrcss Wires Clint
lengo to W. C. Hnwlcy Askinii Him
for a Meeting on the Stump to Dis
cuss the Issues of the Comlnn
Campaign.
GRANTS PASS, Oct. 17. R. G.
Smith, dt'inocintio candidate for con
gress from this district loft Grants
Pass for the north, where ho will be
gin a whirlwind speaking campaign,
opening up this evening at Mo Min
mcvillc. Mr. Smith will attack HawloyN
record nnd will make n campaign on
the Oregon pjan of electing servants
of the people.
lie promises to inject n litlo gin
ger into the enmpaign and tho first
'tcp in this Hue is the hciulii; Stitui
dnv evening of the following chal
lenge to Mr, tluwley:
"GRANTS PASS. Ore.. Oct ,",
a'.UO. To tho Uon. Willis C Hnwtor.
Salem, Ore ' a bil'ed to spoak in
Yamhill county for throe days, com
mencing Monday i MeMiunievill..
Would bo pleased to Imve you join me
in a joint discussion (here or any
place you suggest. (Signed.) R. G.
Smith."
Resolutions of Condolence.
Resolved, That we, the Degree of
Pocahontas, have lost all esteemed
and beloved member in the death ot
Brother Wnlter C. Gardener,
And bo it further resolded, That
we extend to our sister and family
our heartfelt sympathy in their sad
hour of their irreparable loss of their
loving husband nnd father.
And be it further resolved, That
we direct them to look to Kishe
'Mnnitoti, the Great Spirit, in their
time of sorrow and trouble for He
doeth nil things well.
And be it further resolved, that
we cause theso resolutions to be
.spread on our minutes and u copy be
sent to our city newspapers and aiso
to the family, and our charter he
dmped for thirty days.
(Signed) :
ELLA SHOULTS,
BELLE BENNETT,
EDITH HARRINGTON,
v , Committee.
Audience
of His City's Part In the Battle
Liquor.
Maine n SnIoonkeoer.
The constitution of Maino also ex
cepts as well all intoxicants for me
chanical, mccMdnal nnd art purposes
and clothes tho legislature with the
power to enact laws provld'ng for
the salo of Intoxicants for those pur
poses. Tho leglslaturo of Mnlno en
acted such laws and by legislation
established what Is known as tho
stato liquor agency, and Mr.lno has
now and for many years past haB
maintained a stnto liquor 'agency,
and from this it will bo seen that,
notwithstanding thnt prohibition is
written in her constitution, Mnine. in
fact Is tho most colossal saloonkeeper
upon the contlnect. Tho legislature
also conferred powor upon tho cities
and municipalities of tho stato to es
tablish city liquor agonclcs, and ns a
result ovory cit In tho stnto of Maino
excepting only tho city of Bangor,
has Its city liquor agency. In nangor
saloons aro conducted as openly and
as notoriously as are tho saloons In
nny cltl In tho stato of Oregon undor
license I romembor distinctly of a
dispatch that went out from tho city
of Portland, Maino, on tho Cth day
of May last, nnd It was published in
all of tho newspapers of tho country
that employ tho Associated Press
sorvico. This dispatch contained an
Interview with Judgo Wholdon, Judgo
of the criminal court of tho city of
Portland, Maine. It will bo conceded
that no man in that city nnd oppor
tunity to become more familiar with
tho criminality of Portland than did
tho Judgo who presided ovor tho
criminal court In that dispatch ho
stated that thoro wero moro than 400
confirmed drunkards In tint city
with a population of loss than 00,000
who camo before him regularly, and
ho recommended tho establishment
of a now kind of chnrltcblo Institu
tion, Do you know, my pro! lbltlon
friends, tho character of tro Insti
tution that ho recommondod should
bo established for tho county of Cum
berland? Ho recommended tho es
tablishment of a drunkards' farm.
Malno has hor whisky euros, and
thoro Is ono at tho city of Portland.
Maine People Revolt,
Tho peoplo of Malno h?.vo tlrod
of tho horesy and havo woarlod of
being referred to as men of hypocrisy
nnd at tho last stato election, hold
on tho 12th day of Soptombor, tho
qlectorato of tho old prohibition stnto
of Maine rovolulonlzod political con
ditions In that state by forsaking tho
political party with which It has boon
affiliated by groat majorities for
many yenra gone by, nnd by elect
ing stato offlcors and mombers of
tho legislature constituting a major
ity of booth houses of tho opposlto
political party.
I am hero to mako tljo assertion
in tho light of full porsonal knowl
edge, that tho result of tho. election
In Malno had absolutely no political
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significance oxcoptlng In co far as
tho re-subinlttlng tl o constitutional
prohibition to n vote of uio people
was made a political Issue. It was
nn uprising of tho people of thnt stato
ncvnlnnt nrrtlilhlt Inn nn,1 fnr n rntinnl
of tho so-called Sturgls law. I)y the
terms of thr.t law tho governor of
tho stato was Invested with author
ity to appoint as tunny deputy sher
iffs In each county ns he saw fit, for
thq purposo of ferreting out ami
prosecuting violators of tho prohibi
tory law. In tho oxorclso of thnt
powor ho hnd appointed a largo num
ber of deputies, nnd thoy hnd been
cxtromoly active nnd hnd mnd many
arrests, but attempts to obtain con
viction proved futllo and resulted In
Immense feel bills to bo paid from
tho public treasury.
Forsook tho Old Party.
Peoplo saw tho Ineffectiveness of
tho effort, nnd to rollovo thomsolvei
from tho tax burden Imposod by tho
Sturgls law, thoy forsook tl o party
wun wcicn uioy nan ncien bo mnny
years. and throw tholr ballots to tho
opposing party. Now. It Ib a- abso
lute cortalnty tfcnt tho qestlon of
prohibition will ho re-submtttcd to n
vote ot tho peoplo ot tho stnto and
o thoso who have oven suportlclnl
knowledge ot conditions In thnt stato
the prediction will not bo nt all
startling when I nay that whon tho
peoplo nro given expression at tho
ballot box upon tho question of pro
hibition that thoy will repudlato pro
hllbtlon by nn overwhelming ma
jority. So It miiBt bo 6ccn that tho offortB
to enforco prohibitory lawB put forth
In so many stntcs of tho federal
Union and we must romembor that
thoro wero not so many Btates Uton
ns wo havo now havo resulted In
failure.
Down to tho year 1907 thoro wero
only three prohibitory states In tho
Union, namely: tho states pf Malno,
Wnna-iu ntiil VrirHi nnkntn. Kansas
has had prohibition for 30 years. Tt
Is my prlvllego to ropresont tho Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
and Dusiness Men In tho cnpaclty of
gonoral counsel, and I am familiar
with tho work done by that organiza
tion. It seems to mo that It Is suffi
cient to establish tho fact that pro
hibition Ib not satisfactory to tho
peoplo of tho state of Kansrs when
I any that branch No. 1 of UiIh na
tlnnnl nflsnrlntlnn Is organized at tlio
city of Topoka, tho metropolitan and
tho capital city or tlio staio or Kan
sas, with a membership of moro than
7nn nf thn vnlnm (if thnt HttltP. and
with a momborshJp constantly grow
ing. Mayor J. u. uuiarii or mm cuy
la Mm nrnalilnnf nf thnt branch. If
prohibition wero successful In Knn-
sns It is reasonnmo 10 nonovo wmi u
would ho nn r.bsoluto Impossibility
In nttont nn nrirnnlzntlon of thnt
charactor, and that Bhould bo a suf
ficient nnswor to tno cinim inni pro
hibition la a good thing for Knnsns.
within tii (i lnnt Hi roo vonrs flvo
other states havo como In undor pro
hibition.
.Prohibition In South.
rilrlnVinmn tnnlr nrohlllltlon With
her constitution Icbh than thrco yoars
ago, and today a campnlcn Is on In
tlmf ulnln tnr nn nlnrtlon to 1)0 hold
on tho 8th day of noxt Novombor In
volving tho re-submission or 1110
question of constitutional prohibition
to a voto of tho peoplo of that Btato.
I can flay in tlio ligni or porminai
knowlodgo that rohlbltlon In Okla
immn hnn iinnn wnrn than a farco.
and I think I may Bnfoly' vonturo the
prediction that whon tno election
Bhall bo hold ro-submr.8lon will bo
adopted by an overwhelming major
ity.
Alabama took on prohibition by
legislative onnctmont on January 1,
1909. On tho 29th dny of Novom
bor tho peoplo of tho stato of Ala
bama voted ot tho ballot box upon
,!, m.nuMnn nf POIlHt It 11 tloillll DrOlll-
bltlon and constitutional prohibition
wns defeated by a majority or ,
000. Now tho nominations for stnto
...i i,rlu1nHvn rifflrnrH llllVO 1)0011
mndo In Alabama, nnd nomination Is
oqulvalont to oloctlon, and nn ovor-
...i.nlml,,f mnlnrllv nf tho inOIllljOlH
of both branches of tho legislature
as woll as tno governor wiiuouiico
oponly that thoy will voto at tho first
opportunity for a ropoal of tho pro
hibitory law in uiai hhib.
Qoorgla took on prohibition on tho
i..o ,inv nt Tfiminrv. 1907. nnd a
.... ....n. nml mmnlmrtt nf tllO lotdslu-
turo havo boon nomlnatod who aro
oponly plodgod to ropcai tno prom i-iw.-.,
in, v.f tm Btnto of Goorgln
whon tho leglBlaturo noxt convonos In
lino of noxt yoar,
Inmi'H Kxpcilence.
t,x,., i.mi nrnlillilllon. from 188b
to 1889, Tho people woarlod of It
do a Larger Business in Oregon than
Other Life Insurance Company.
L. Samuel,
General Manager
land became disgusted with It, and
in the year IXH9 reversed tno politi
cal mnjorlty thnt usually provnlled
In tho state, and elected Horace
Rolso to the, office of governor. Un
der his itdiululstratlon thoro was
passed what Is known ns tho "mulct
law," and undor thnt law tho tate
of Iowa Is now bedotted with sa
loons throughout Its length and
brondth.
Many of tho cities of Massachu
setts hnd prohibition but rejected It
nnd among them I mny mention Wor
destor, New Red ford. Fltchburg, Fall
River, Gloucester, Haverhill, Marl
borough and a uunibor of others.
Many of the Important cities of tho
state ot Illinois hnd prohibition, and
nftor having tried tt abandoned It,
"and among Hiobo cltlcm wore Rock-
ford Decatur, ulxon, sterling, uo
Knlb nnd Effingham. In fnct. ovory
city In tho states of MnHHacltUHottK
and Illinois of nny importance thnt'
had trlod prohibition abandoned pro
hibition after n trial.
Prohibition In Army.
A lew yoars ago tho United Stntes
rnnoTPHH nlmllHhnd what wns known
ns tho army ennteen. Tho nrmy enn-
lium la thn unlfinn nf llu nrmv r run n
and tho saloon ot tho soldier's homo.
Tho effect was to establish prohibi
tion In thnflo Institutions, nnd after
a test qt a numbor of years ovory
departmental commander ot tho
United States army and all of tho
governors of tho soldiers' homos
without oxcoptlon have rccomniond
ed tho ro-estubllshmcnt of tho enn
teen,
I 1invo given you tho rocord of
prohibition In tho United Stntes Just
nn It in. nini frnin It thorn Is only one
conclusion to bo doductod, nnd thnt
is prohibition nns provon 10 uo u com
plete failure.
in thn llirht of this history, tho
prohibitionists nnd nntl-snlnonlnts of
tho Btnto of Oregon nsk ror tho peo
niii nt thin Htnto to oncrnvo unon Its
constitution n norosy mni una noon
repudiated an often an It hns boon
trlod.
Destroying Revenue.
In support of nnothor proposition
ndvunccd, I deal ro to clto tho fnct
thnt tho liquor traffic In tho United
States Inst yoar paid Into tho federal
treasury approximately two hundred
millions of dollnrs In revenue. Now
tho prohibitionists propose to destroy
the business thnt gnvo that vast trcas
tiro of rovonuo to tho nation. Whnt
do thoy offer as a BiibHtltuto? In
whnt innnnor will thoy mako good
tho deficit? You know thnt tho
government hns only two wources of
rovonuo, ono tho Intornnl rovonuo
tax. which Is tho tax upon Intoxl
cntlng bovorageB, cigars nnd tobne
m nn,) unnin citlior llotno. and tho
tnrlff tax. Tho Internal rovonuo tnx
pays moro thnn ono-flfth of tho totnl
cost of carrying on tho government.
If thnt aliall ho Btrlckon down, thon
tho only nltornntl" - ','nf will bo left
will bo to Incroaso '' irlff tav, and
ngnlnst thnt wo already havo loud
protosts going up from ovory section
of our common country.
Lnst yenr this buslnosa paid Into
tho tronfliirlon of tho cities of this
country olghty-Blx millions of dollars
for llconso fees. I do not know how
much wns paid Into tho treaBiirlos
of tho cltloa In tho Btnto of Orogon,
but It must havo amounted to n tidy
num. You will ngroo, as you must
ugreo, that If our cities nro deprived!
o fthat rovonuo which thoy hnvo horo
toforo enjoyed, only ono of two re
sults mny onsuo. Either public Im
proyomonlB, and nooded public lm
provomentB, must bo nbandonod, or
tho direct tax upon real and porsonal
proporty must bo Incroascd to mako
good tho deficit.
Niiitowh Farmers' Market.
I statod that prohibition narrowfl
tho market of tho fnrmor. TIiIb Ih nb
Bolutoly ntul literally truo, becnuso
inut vi.nr mnrn thnn J109. 000.000
worth of farm products wero unod In j
tho manufacturo or inioxicaung uov
oragoB, If tho manufacturo of thoso
bovorngcB Is to bo discontinued
through prohibition, thon you aro
simply striking down tho domnnds
fnr thn titndllctB Of tllO flirill to tllO
oxtont of that onormous emu, This
business consumes ua l-a por ,coni or
tho ryo crop, 42 por cont or tho bar
ley crop, 89 por cont of tho ontlro
hop crop nnd othor products of tho
farm running far up Into tho mil
lions. I wns oducntod to tho school
of political economy which tonchoB
thnt whon you strlko down tho de
mand for ono barrol or ono pound of
any glvon product, you doproolnto tho
vnlnn nt thnt Iirmllict 111 COlTOHDOlUl-
Ing dogrco, nnd It certainly must hold
good in Its application in huh in-stanco,
S. B. Cornell,
iatrlct Manar, Medford
I slated that prohibition would rfo
rlousty affect tho labor Interests of
tho country. Lnnt yonr tho luminous
paid to Inbor JUG, 000,000 nnd fed
2,000,000 mouths, It Is not only the
man who Ih employed In tho brew
ery or In Iho distillery who would bo
affected by prohibitory lobulation,
but It Is that great army of men who
are employed in tho cooper shop, In
tho paint hop, tho carpenter Hhop,
tho blacksmith Hhop, In tho mniiiifiic
turo of tho Ire machine, tho station
ary engine, tho glasH bottle, nnd In
fuel almoin ovory lirnnch of lnbor
endeavor would bo InJiirloiiHly affect
oil, Men who hnvo employment, ny
In truth, men who hnd omployuumt
hnvo lost that employment by tho
enactment of prohibitory Iuwh In the
iiovornl Htntes thnt havo hnd prohibi
tion. OpMHl by Ijlxr.
It is n Hlgnlflcnnt face, n potential
fnct, and one thnt should I m prows It
self most deeply In tho coiihcIoiico ot
overyt thinking voter In the Htnto ot
Oregon, thnt every organization of
labor In tho United States thnt hnn
taken action in respect to tho ques
tion ot prohibition hns declared its
opposition to prohibition. There Is
ono man wIioho head licit closely to
moro henrtM than does tho head of
nny other man In this country, n man
who hns proved his loyalty to those
ho has served so long, n man who
spcnkH tor the welfare or the lnbor
Ing classes, I refer to Hniuiiel Gom
pers, who not only hnvo the lovo ot
his men, but tho confidence or the
employers ot men nnd who upon n
number or occasions has glvon out
IntervlowH In which ho Iiiih ndvlHod a
IiIh men to oppose prohibition as be
ing Inimical to tholr boot interests,
Erfert In Oregon.
That prohibition does not prohibit
Is manifest from the further fact,
which Is nliHolutuly Indisputable, that
while tho urea of prohibition hns
been widely extended tho consump
tion or Intoxicants hns Increased. Re
ports of tho Intornnl rovenuo do
pnrtment show thnt for the fluent
year ending Juno 30, 1910, , tho re
ceipts of tho Intornnl rovonuo de
partment rrom tho Htnto or Oregon
woro lnrgor by $7,000 than In nny
previous year In tc liltttory of the
Htnto, nntwlthstniidlng the fact thnt
21 out ot .14 counties or that stato
nro dry.
Tho increnso In tho tnx pnld with
drawnls from bond ror tho uses, or ,
consumption was 12,007,011 tax gal
lons In tho your ending 1010 ns
compared with tho year ending 1909.
Tho Increase in tho consumption ot
beer, nle, porter, during tho hiuho
time was 3,1 81,020 barrels, equal to
98,030,220 gallons. It Is truo In tho
yenr 1908 thoro was u decronHO In
consumption, hut with practically tho
hiiiiiu amount or territory undor pro
hibition In 1909 thoro wns thin Im
moiifio Incroaso In consumption,"
Theso nro not tho worst rentures
or prohibition, tor tho tact Ib that
whonovor Intoxicating beverages may
not bo sold legally, thoy aro Hold In- ,
vast quantities Illegally.
fjiw Enforcement tlio Remedy.
The licensed wilonn may bo rogu
lated nnd held under control If tho
votors ho decroo. I nm horo to mnko
tho assertion that It tho laws now
upon tho statute books of tho stato
or Oregon woro onforend us thoy may
ho nnd iib or right thoy Bhould bo,
thoro would bo no call tor prohibi
tion In this stnto. ir tho oxcIbo laws
havo not been enrorcod iib thoy
should hnvo been, It Ih the rnult not
only ot tho public offllcnln whoso
duty It Is to onro.xo thorn, hut It Is
primarily tho fault of tho pooplo who
elect thoso public ofriclnls, becnuso
U tho public orriclnl does not dis
charge tho dutlos or IiIh otrico, tho
powor Ib reserved to tlio pooplo by
tholr bnllots to chango tholr public
HorvnntH bh ottbii ns thoy may cIioobo
to change thorn. Instead or tho 11- k
conBod nloon that ylolds rovonue
which tondu Co llghton tho burden ot
luxation which onablett cUIob to prnB
ocuto public improvomonts nnd main
tain (lonnrtmonti of govoriunont, vo
hnvo tho bootlegger, tho blind pig,
tho kitchen bar mid tlio club locker,
nil of them criminal contilvnncos nnd
Iniquitous In tholr oporntlon. It may
bo stated to bo tho truth thnt whoro
prohibition roob, tho bootloggor, tho
blind pig mid the club lockor follow.
And thoso who conduct thoso unlaw
ful Institutions nro tho political co
partners or tho prohibitionists,
(Pnld advoftlsomont by tho Orogon
Home Rulo Association,)
You'll occasionally find Boraothlng
ndvrtlsod In tho "For S.ilo" column
tor which yon would choorrully pny