Œh ^ilbfrton «Journal
Published every Friday morning at Silverton, Oregon, by
J. E. HOSMER, Editor.
in the lead of real progressive states and make it more like a land
ot the free and a home of the brave than any other spot of Uncle
Sam’s domain.
Look up the law and study it. Take no man’s word but think,
and we know you will vote for it. It’s name is, “A I .aw for the
Establishment of a Department of Industry and Public Works.”
Solid as a Rock.
HENRY SCHROEDER
SILVERTON, OREGON
Is the Agent of Columbia Life and Trust Company. 1 his
is the Oldest Life Insurance Co. on the Pacific Coast.
Assets, Jan. 1st,$522,808.94
Policyholders Satisfied.
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This paper stands for freedom of thought. free­
dom of the press, freedom of s|»eech. equality of
opportunity and the reliirion of righteousness. It
is radically opposed to every form of superstition
and tyranny, or licensing or permitting any form
of evil.
THE DEVIL’S OUTFIT.
The throne of the Devil is a three-legged stool;
His fork is a sharp, trident sticker;
His imps are all taught in a three sided school,
And his dope is a three colored liquor.
When Saten takes stock of his outfit of Hell,
You’ll find there three marks on each item;
He’s used them since first from high heaven he fell,
And you’re gone if you don’t help us fight ’em.
Let us look for ’be marks on the legs of the stool—
There is “ruia • e ’ ju- as true’s I’m a sinner;
And look! There is “priest”, or by Jove I’m a fool—
And the other?—"A Capitalist Skinner”.
STRIKE FOR LIBERTY!
REAL THINKING.
E, THE PEOPLE, know more than we used to, thank the
Lord, and we are beginning to think. This thinking will
certainly lead to something good and the good thing
that it will certainly lead to, ’s the final enjoyment of the
blessings of lilierty for ourselves and our posterity. But
there are still many things that keep people from really thinking
and therefore many people have just a sort of brain action that
doesn’t do much good, neither for themselves nor for their fellow
men.
There are natural born fools, and the reader Is certainly one
if he thinks without a purpose. One who has no aim in life is to
lie pitied and is to lie taken care of as any other non compos mentis.
But such a one may do less harm than the idi< t who thinks of
nothing but himself. Such a one may not wish to harm anyone
else but he is like a monkey, who, having learned how to start a
blaze, sets the ship on fire to warm his hands.
But perhaps the most thoughtless human after all is the one
who believes that the proper thing to do is to build up himself at
the expense of others. He is a vicious, animal fool who harks back
beyond the animal man, back, farther back than the wild wolfish
hyenas of the most ferocious poc, back to the devouring, crawling
snake creatures of the reptilian age, back, back to the Devil him­
self. O, you monstrocity, you viper! Two thousand years have
passed since Jesus used that word viper in speaking of these
thoughtless, human exploiters, and yet to day Scribes and Phar-
asees are doing the very things he condemned. Thinkers, real
thinkers, you understand the causes of things and will unselfishly
work for the salvation of all. Ye are the salt of the earth indeed
—a city that is set on a hill. You have written books; you have
preached the real unselfish gospel of humanity; you have studied
the great book of nature; you have labored to get a true concep­
tion of human history; you love your fellow men; you are for­
getful of self—you really think—you need no priest and no mat­
ter what the non thinking world may say of you, your name will
be written in the real “Lamb’s Book of Life.”
W. M. Ladd, President.
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It will not coat you so much aa yor may think, if you employ
UT SIDE OF IGNORANCE, the love of money or what
that expression seems to stand for—selfishness is the
cause of all, or at least nearly all, the sorrow, misery and
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shame in the world. But there seems to be three channels
Contractor and Builder.
through which this ignorant selfishness manifests itself, or three
Silverton, Oregon,
main pillors on which it stands, or three causes for its existance
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in this late, enlightened age. These three great factors in the
hell o£ poverty and degradation and in the fool’s heaven of glutted
desire and idle luxury are the use of thought destroying, health­
destroying stimulant narcatic poisons, taught in the evil schools
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called saloons; the enslaving and stultifiying superstitions of a
dark, ignorant age, taught to the fullest and upheld with force
TO THOSE ON THE FIRING LINE.
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and fraud in the evil schools of Romanism; and the exploiting,
poverty-creating, profit system of industry which already gives
E ARE STILL AT LARGE. Neither the authorities nor the
to one hundred little families in this great, wonderful, resourceful
“Cats” seem to want to put us behind the bars. We are
country of ours over one half of all the wealth.
so
frightfully busy that we have scarcely time to eat or
We believe that when the good honest American citizens under­
This we regret for there are many good letters
1 handle Mueller Brass Goods, Standard Enamelware
stand these enemies they will arise in their might and restroy we should sleep.
have
answered
that
are
still
neglected.
But
let
this
Hydraulic Rams, Pneumatic Water Systems. 1 can
them root and branch. It matters not which is the worst, nor hastily written editorial answer many at one shot, and perhaps
make
it worth your while to see me alsait your
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which is the father or mother of the others. But as far as de­ we can get time to answer some time soon—when we are all by
stroying them is concerned, it can not be done too quickly. Some our-self in a little jail-room. We have heard nothing and do not
HOP DRYER PIPES
may say, and truly say, that the settlement of the economic evil know what is to be done with us. We will not pay one cent of the
will solve all the others, but the economic problem will be a long
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time in being solved by a lot of “half shot” crazies. And the fine no matter what happens and so we work and wonder what
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next. This week we had much work and our machinery broke
same can be said of the Roman evil As long as our people shut down
twice,
which
caused
us
some
delay,
and
so
we
are
not
doing
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their eyes and open their mouths like young robins to take in any
dope the harlot mother of Rome drops into it, just so long will all we wished to but are doing our best. Investigation is needed
several important lines, the results of which we had hoped to
it be impossible for them to think for themselves and become fit along
give
to
our readers before this, but this fight is no child’s play and
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for self government. If there are three wild, devouring brutes
we
all
need
a
very
great
stock
of
patience.
Let
me
thank
those
tiyu.v to destroy your home you will not stop to philosophize as who sent in their much needed help. If it were not for your work
WE MUST GROW OR DIE!
to which one of the devils is the worst, but you will shoot the we cculd not have survived but we begin to think that the real
The Silverton Journal must keep its Subscription list
first one that sticks his head in sight and you will keep shooting patriots of America are going to see to it that our paper will live
growing or it will surely die. We need your help, but we
until you and your loved ones are out of danger.
in spite of Rome, their proscutions, their fines or their imprison­
Let’s be practical: The lawless element in America uses ments.
want to give even more than value received.
Get us a club of live or more at fifty cents a year. Use Î
every fair and foul means to prevent the people from removing
We are indeed working in a noble cause and though our work
their costly crime-producing saloon system. And when laws are
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may be unsatisfactory at times yet we must ever keep the main
made in some localities, they defy and break them in every way object
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in view, and, in the broad sense of our country ultimately
possible. The Roman Church is exactly the same. It does not
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being
the
world,
let
us
keep
Daniel
Webster
’
s
noble
words
ever
in
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believe in the principles on which our government was established
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mind:
“
Let
our
object
be
our
country,
our
whole
country,
and
and it violates these principles in every way, and even now con­
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trols our largest cities, our highest officials, and very largely, the nothing but our country. And, may that country itself become a
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government itself.. Then the few wealthy families are united as vast and splendid monument,not of apprehension and terror, but of
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of peace and of liberty, upon which the world may gaze
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to their wealth producing interests, but woe to the wolf who gets wisdom,
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hurt. These trained, soft haired, blood-thirsty human carnivora with admiration forever.”
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will devour one of their own kind without remorse at the first
EDITOR OF SILVERTON JOURNAL,
opportunity. Thus their number grows less and less as their
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
SILVERTON, OREGON.
power of great wealth grows more and more and the workers’
struggle becomes harder and harder.
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Y, DEAR BROTHER, how do you reconcile the awful
Americans, it is time to act. These three enemies, Rum,
activity
of
that
human
enemy,
the
papacy,
with
the
prom
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the following:
Romanism and the “Rockies” are the three main camps of the
ise that all things work together for good to those who
Devil’s Army. They are even now really and actually storing up
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serve the Lord? Is it not true that this old beast’s threat­
guns and ammunition to shoot the lives out of the liberty loving ening attitude
is
just
the
thing
that
is
driving
you
out
of
your
nar
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workers of America; and the time will come, unless we unite and row, selfish, theologic attitude and making you think of joining
prepare to fight, that the Devil himself will be turned loose for the ranks of the broader creedits of righteousness against the com­
Name
a thousand years.
mon
enemy
?
Whether
it
is
the
Lord
’
s
doings
or
not,
you
will
be
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We have one advantage which gives us courage. Our enemies
to come out or be devoured with the rest of mankind by the
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kill each other and thus help us. Even now the wealthy and the obliged
beast.
And
suppose
that
your
theological
idea
is
correct,
and
that
Name
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Roman camps may consider the saloon system a weak wolf and turn the other fellow is in darkness, didn’t the master choose even the
against it. If they do it’s a goner. But Big Business and Rotten publicans
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sinners as his disciples? The most orthodox of his
Rome respect each other and will mainly fight side by side till the time were and
too
theological
to
suit
him.
They
were
not
broad
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victory is lost or won. Get together! Get ready! Strike for enough to see the need of a real, practical salvation, and you are
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surely no better than your master. Therefore join yourself with
all those who oppose the union of church and state and the other
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Roman idea of government for revenue, as did the disciples of that
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earlier time of rotten, Roman usurpation and cruel, slavish rule,
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HE “INDUSTDIAL NEWS BUREAU and Publicity De­ and make Rome’s modern aggression the sign of her death.
“And when a man can live apart from work on theologic trust,
partment of the Pacific Coast Manufacturer” seems to be
straining every nerve and muscle to prevent the people of I know the blood about his heart is dry as dust”.
THE GREATEST SYSTEM OF
To the Chain Gang:
Oregon from providing a means to give everybody work.
CULTIVATION ON EARTH
Send
in
as
many
names
of
friends
The “Bureau” seems to be more like that other piece of furniture,
Progress is slow because people do not want to know the truth, of freedom as you can. We want to
formerly used in back-woods schools, called the "dunce block.”
It, the “bureau,” seems to fear that putting the people to work and or at least there are so many who do not want to hear, or haven’t send them sample copies and sub. The price of the Gravity Ha d Cul­
giving them fair pay for it will destroy “all incentive to economy, the mental strength to grasp the thoughts of others, if these blanks. Do it now!
tivator is |8.
all intiative and private enterprise and all inducement for capital thoughts happen to be new ones, and to weigh them, and to select
The price of the Gravity Junior is
to invest in this state.” Perhaps if we had a little less capital in­
15.
In his very able lecture, “The Passing
vested for a short time and put the unemployed to work, they, the the truth from the error.
The price of the Gravity attachment
unemployed and their children would become wealth producers to of the Devil’’, last Tuesday evening Edward Adams Cantrell very
is $2.60.
such an extent that we would save some taxes and other expenses nicely showed the cause of this lack to be the arrested growth of
These inventions are beyond ques­
from the criminality that is arising. If billions of capital comes many of our workers by the over work and under feeding of their Guaranteed Wear-Ever Hoaiery For tion the greatest that were ever used
Men
and
Women.
to a state that has been exploited to a point where all are tramps, parents. This seems to be the main cause for the process of evo­
in a garden.
thieves and the confiscators of the wealth which really belongs to lution being so slow. Mr. Cantrell also unintentionally showed
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the producers, what good will the capital do? There never was why his audience was so much smaller than it would have been if
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a greater freak than this “bureau” which is afraid that the Oregon he had advertised that he would black up and dance a jig or that
splendid deep work. The Gravity Ju­
State University, the Socialist party, the central Labor Council he was able to create a great revival in the churches of Silverton. For Limited Time Only—
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and other factors at work against unprincipled Capitalists’ ex­
No one is to blame for the lack of his own inherited weak­ Six pair of our finest 36c value cially adapted for women and children
ploiting game of manufacturing armies of unemployed and then nesses, but as we begin to leave the old superstitions and begin to ladies’ guaranteed hose in black, tan with small gardens. The Gravity at­
adding insult to injury by asking these same exploited workers to understand the modern biological and psychological truths the or white colors with written guarantee, tachment works on the same principle
vote against the only remedy in sight. The worst I. W. W. on whole world begins to change and and we begin to nave a mighty for $1.00 and *0c for postage, etc.
but is attached to other tools, such as
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a pointed hoe or rake, and it is one of
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six
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of
who is doing all he can to give aid and comfort to those old world of ours.
If the Silverton father whose son is now in our finest 35c value Guaranteed Hose the finest things any gardener ever
who do not need it, and who is helping to rob the homes of Oregon, disgrace had paid more attention in his home to the lessons of self-
color with written guarantee and used. With any one of these machines
sending the fathers and brothers out on the road as tramps, and respect and self control and had not advocated tar and feathers for any
a pair of our well known Men’s Para­ the worker can do the work of five or
the mothers and sisters into unmentionable depths of degrada­ those who were trying to help the boys to become real men, he dise Garters for one dollar, and 10c six men and do it much better than
tion and despair, just to induce capital to come to our state and would have received greater dividens on his investment than he for postage, etc.
a hoe or with the old style push
keep workers out. Give us men, real men who know how to work ever can on his “first class merchandise at very reasonable prices’’. You know these hose; they stood with
machines. The Gravity cultivates deep
the
test
when
all
others
failed.
They
and Oregon will become the wealthiest country in the world. The
The young people should not be suppressed but helped to have
real foot comfort. They have no or shallow; it works vrry rapidly; it
voters will soon have a chance to vote for a law that will put a good time which is due every child bom into the world, but in give
seams to rip. They never become loose does the work better than any other
every man to work who wants work. If it is passed there never order to do this work properly the parents must understand the and baggy as the shape ts knit in, not hand cultivator in the world and it
in. They are Guaranteed for
again, in Oregon, will be an excuse for an able bodied man to be idle great laws of life.
Better posted parents is one of the essential pressed
fineness, for style, for superiority of does it so easy that gardening becomes
nor for his children to cry for bread. Vote for it. It may not factors in building a better civilization, and, as commercialism material
workmanship, absolutely a pleasure. Write for information or
please some of the hard hearted exploiters but it will solve a gives way to a higher and better mode of existence, the fathers stainless and
and to wear six months with­ send the price and we will ship a ma-
mighty big problem and make Oregon in the Union what America and mothers will have more opportunity and more desire to know out holes, or anew pair free.
chin’’ at once.
has been to the oppressed of all nations. Vote/or It! It will in­ the great truths of good old Mother Nature which means so much
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