MATERIALIST COLUMN Had by ïliza Muwry Uliveti, Brook lyn, Coun. When people become Materialist», they uro «uro that alter death all plants, aiiimu1 2 3» and miunund uihu H u - 4 rale er become us filelexs ax a ruck, ury »lick or old bone. 1 hero 1» no . uiuro ute except tnu chemical lite ui «.lie alotnu, neither I uaven nor hell, ae.Uier enjoyment nor euiiurmg, lor *e will anew noUung. Uur sense» and ail br«ui activities atop when uut physical machinery give» uut. All nature prove» mere 1» no God; ui1 me »civi.ce.. leach it, evolution, ge- <>lugy , aatronemy, botany, mineralogy, chenualry, pby»iolugy, ail leacn tnu doing» ul u.uinii, not the doing» ul a *l • upermuui' »pint God. iruying amount» to not.ung, because there 1» «io Gou to pray to: and it there win, no couiu not change the Law» ul Na ture, l..e duinga ul the eternal un- di G'jyub'e lurce» ul lac alum», that inuMe and unniuke everything in the universe. Since we can have only thi» uno hie, ail want to make the mu»t >1 it. no waste nu lime nor ca»ti on pre paring lor ueatn, ur teeing priests or preacuer» tu ncip u» escape lt.eir im aginary heli and »ecure u place in their imaginary neaveiu we are inter- e»u<d in ail the anair» ul tin» me. we strive to avuiu tne lieu» ur evil» ul t,.i> me ami tu secu.e a lung tile, lately, health and all the enjoyment» w-> can. Will »eil-graluicaLiun» that oidig nurm tu uurseive» ur tu ulnera, do tliia ? Harming other» brings en- m.ly and trouble». We demand lib erty, »0 we can make tne moat ul our <11 e. uut wnat xinu ul liberty »nuuiu we claim ur strive lor ? Could we be »fppy if surrounded aiwuys with arvtng children, crying mother», everybody terribly diseased, every body »uttering m some way, many in- <ane, many Uueves, murderers, liber tine», thousands of men drunken, quarreling and lighting.' No! no! We want tu I've in a cumin unity where everybody is healthy, intelligent, good, natured, iiappy, each doing their share of work to procure the necessities ol ule, ail friendly, just and helpful. We are all mutually dependent and the general welfare makes our own op portunities. Iluw can we make such a communi ty ? By each contruiing themselves irom whatever prevents it, and by banding together to »lop those who will not control themselves from^whaK ever harms. W hat must we slop and how ? Some claim that we have no business to stop anybody's doing any thing they choose, even though their •eif-gralii|catiuns or greed deprive many others of liberty and cause pov erty and suffering. The liquor traffic does thia, yet many denounce pruhibi- Km as in the following selections from Iters: 1 cannot agree with you and the editor of Silverton Journal in support ing prohibition. This country claims to be a land of the free. It is a shame a d disgrace to try to force the people to something they don't like. 1 ain an abstainer from spirituous liquors and tobacco: but woman ur man support ing prohibition or compulsion of any kind never can be called adherents of liberty; consequently 1 never will fa vor that slavish and immoral move ment. Take my name out of the list of Materialist Association. Joseph Bunata, Ter»». ♦ • • • 1 am a total abstainer and friend tu temperance, but an absulutc enemy tu prohibition. The principle is wrong. Intoxicants in themselves arc nut an evil, it is only when wrongfully used that they become an evil. When an evil is pr «hibited, and the prohibition is right, it does not apply to the tem perate use uf an article, because that article is sometimes used intemper- Jlely and the evil use works harm to Pthers as well as to himself. My in valid brother needs and has tu have i quor all the time. In Oklahoma the prohibition laws have been made so stringent that if one gets a gallon brought from another state, he cannot carry it anywhere, even from one room to another or give any person a drink, no matter how bad it is needed. The result is that four fifths of the citizens of Oklahoma have become criminals. Charles F. Randall. The people of Oklahoma ought to have been thoroughly taught what harm liquor does as a medicine, and why the moderate use creates the ap petite that makes and ruins drunk ards, before they made such stringent laws that they cannot be enforced. • • • I disagree with ynu as to the cause of poverty, drunkenness and crime. The large majority of crimes are against pove ty. The capitalist sys tem of production is the cause of pov erty; and poverty breeds those crimes and drunkenness. I have been in ^lining camps, mills and factories and found there too long hours for human endurance, and the speeding-up that saps vitality. The laborer dares not slow-up, for he sees the army of un employed, the boss’ club and poverty, so to keep his job he resorts to stimu lants and narcotic», in the camps 1 found inferior, adulterated food, ver min over cruwded bunk house», mo »an. itatiun, »0 the miners become easy prey fur the »alouris. The wurlung class receive less than lb per cent of the wealth produced, which allow» only a bare •■xislance fur the man and family; hence the system make» pov erty. Laws are made by and for the cap italists who will nut abolish the liquor ir illlc as lung as there ’» private profit and government revenue» in it. The <u. calk'd middle class, th# »mall property holder» pay most of the taxes and they would howl their head» off, if they had to make up what is re ceived irom the liquur traffic. Poverty breads drunkenness, instead uf striving fur futile prohibition laws, aoolish the cause uf puverty by edu cating and urganizing the forking class to abolish capitalism. 1 myself am very sorry that the working class c: allot see the nece»sity of sobriety in their every day struggle with the cap. it all t class, for it lessens their econ omic power. T. L. Rhoda, Tacoma, Wush. • • • What the working class pays for liquur und tobacco makes them paup ers, and instead of stimulating them, lhe»e reduce their vitality and endur ance. The huge reveuue that the guv. ernment gets from the liquor and to bacco traffic and the immense profits that »aloon keeper» and the owner» of breweries and distilleries and the to bacco trust get, all comes mainly out of the wages uf the laboring class, who pa'runize the saloons and use tobacc" every day. Educate the laborers to see the folly of using their scant wages thus, and the advantages of us. ing thu whole fur necessities and being free from the appetites that enslave, lur king dull brain», tliird class work men and incapable «1 planning to stop tne capitalist’s profits. Prohibition and Liberty 1 understand that Joseph Bunata has denounced The Silverton Journal and Mrs. Bliven fur advocating prohibition, tic thinks that prohibition is destruc tive of liberty, etc. Mr. Bunata mis takes, like »0 many others, the prin ciple uf prohibition as applied to strong drink. He thinks that the pro hibitionists are trying to furbid the drinking of intoxicating liquors and tl at will prevent men from exercising las right to drinks. The prohibitionists are not trying to make it criminal to drink, in no state, so far as 1 know, io they undertake to say it shall be "cFiminal to drink. The prohibitionists try do make it criminal to manufac ture, sell, transport, import or store for selling intoxicating drinks for bev. ■rage purposes. The state of Ohio has a laiw which forbids the sale of spoilt meat or dil uted or impure milk. No man can en gage in the business of selling bad meat and bad milk, but there is no law to prevent a man from eating spoilt meat or drinking bad milk, if he wants to do so. The consumer’s liberty is unimpaired. The state has said that the public ic'dth is affected by the use of spoilt meat, and therefore the business of ruining the public health shall be made criminal. In just the same way the prohibitionists say that the use of itrong drinks not only affects the pub. lie health, but the public morals, per sonal security and the public mind, and because of these ruinous effects the business of producing these shall be made criminal. Already in every state of the Union and in some other civilized nations, it is made criminal to sell strong drink to minors, to persons intoxicated or in the habit of getting intoxicaed, on Sunday, rn election day, and within certain distances of colleges, etc. Many agree to this kind of legislation. What is the difference in principle be- ween selling strong drink to persons under twenty-one years of age and those over that age, between selling it on election day and Sunday or any other day? So far as Mr. Bunata's argument of liberty is concerned, he should get out and howl against the tyranny of preventing a saloon keeper from selling to a person twenty years old, or five years old, or to a person I'ready drunk, and call these deadly usurpations of power, to destroy our boasted liberty. The only difference between the prohibitionists and those who are in favor of the law which for. bids selling to minors, is that the for mer believes that if the reason is rood for making it criminal to sell to 1 man under twenty-one years of age, it is likewise good to prevent the sale under severe penalties to those over twenty-one years. The loss on the personal liberty side is made up by the gains as to th® other rights, as for instance personal security. Every other right we have is the gainer by the loss on this one, even to the little child to go better fed and clothed. Neither the prohibition party, the W. C. T. U., the Anti-Saloon League, nor any of the other temperance organi zations, so far as I know, has ever attempted to make the drinking of intoxicating 'iquor a crime or mis demeanor. They have all aimed to stop drinking, but not by making it a crime to drink. All they have attempt, ed on the drinker, as a diTect agency, DRY COLUMN. WEST VIRGINIA PROSPERS UN DER URY POLICY What Happened to the Biggest Brew ery in the Stat»—Now a Packing House By Fred O. Blue, Tax CommisMioner of West Virginia W hen the question of prohibition was lirat submitted in West Virginia in 1888, it carried only throe counties, uut wnen the same proposition ws« »uumitled in 191Z it lust in omy Uirei con.lies. Although the population 01 the »lute I ad duuuled, there were .M jov U» m wet vo.es the secund timj Ilian the .. . <us vust cnange ui sentiment wa» attributed tu education. Ine ef fect» uf alcuhul have been taught in the public schools since 1880. The lirat thing we did after the amendment liad carried was to pa»» a real prohibition ia,w One uf the wet» described it a» having horns. We the away with the club» and we did away with the drug »lures. No physician in West Virginia can give you a prescrip, tiun lor wine or whisky. 1 hey say you can’t enforce it. 1 want tu »ay tnai yuu can. Our police courts are practi cally idle. Last week, fur the first time in the history of the state, a gran ljury adjourned without finding a »ingle offense worthy of indictment. 1 want to say that prohibition hat not hurt buxine»». Wheeling, which was the wete»t town in Uie slate, hat turned her brewery into a packing Louse, and it employ» three times a» many men »4 it did. In Charleston, the brewery has be come an ice plant, and we are to have cheaper ice, »0 that the poor uf the city can afford it. in W'—eling, where there were 14 »aloon» in one block, every place ha» been rented to another form of in dustry, some at advanced rents. A shoe dealer located in that block writes that i.is business has increased 35 pet cent since the city has been dry, ovei a corresponding period when it wa» wet. at tne puhee court reconu and you will SM til« »ante old offender» coming up timo alter Ume lor sentence. AH Ou» cost» money, accumpliane» nothing and i» asxininu. i'erso.ialiy, 1 hope the state goes ury »0 we will have nu neeu of a drunkards’ home. If it stay» wet, we should see tiiat a drunkard»' home 1» established, supported enti.eiy by the Lquur traffic. Our »tale, through legislation, naa adopted a policy whicii proclaims to the world tiiat eucn in dustry »nuuid latte care of its uwn silleu ami manned. lhe owner ul tne s-v/nuil, me uncx yard, tne powder laclory, all contribute a staled amount in order tiiat the families 01 tnoae silled or injuruu while in their empr>y should oe property taken care cl. can yuu ceil me any guud reason why tni» provision of the taw »nuuid nut ue ex tended tu the liquur business ? if it 1* legitimate uu»inc»s thu»e engaged in it iinould oe proud to maintaui a home which would be a monument to tneii handiwork. Here all old battle-scarred ur bulile-»carred veteran» could ipenu t.-eir la» *, days recounting their lights with Juhn barleycorn, they would rot feel that they were supported by the bounty uf the stale, fur they would realize tnat the industry tnat made them helplee»» and hopeless wrecks was »uppurting them «nd paying the mils. “Prohibiliun i» very injurious tu thè ausine».. 01 police ju^ges, a ce rioni eia»» of lqwyers, jail», calabuo»e», and a.l uM-cr busuiess depending un vice or crime."—F. E. Muriseli, president First N allunai Bank, Henngtun, Kansas. JUST THINK OF IT I A burning theme uf lung ago Still flaunts my suul with gnashing bit. it tens about a human foe, Who causes must of all uie woe. Just think of it, and think of it! rY\\e *Greater With »«w iMiildiogL »«ttar «<|uip rii»ol, »nlarged grouad« m«ay •»- di' -xu <0 iu l»cukr, * • UMiv»r»ity goa will l* ita tkirty ni»th y»« Tusaday. S« plato bar 0 SpKMl tralnln» fnr BuaistM. J»,,. oaliam. I.aw Medicia», T»a< Un» Li- * r)' £l Muaic Arrhrta^ur», rnyaical Training and F»g» Arta. > 1 arga *t and aoongra« dapartoiama i 01 liberal edueafion. Librar/ of atora iban 59 fiM «oluaic» i«o f •pl«n<fi4 t/mnMlMata. »laven buililiMf» fM||y I •«viperff New «IM Cafi Ada>.ni»te »«>•■ I Butl<l>ng la coura« of r»n»(rn^li< n ' TulHon Frra i*orauto, ir» for m«n and | for womaa Eaganaaa Inwaat I Wrlt« for ratalog and llluafratad booblai. I AdMrfwtng Rrgéafraw, 1 ONIVERSITY OF 0k£60N tuarnt ‘You shall, fai? youth, m st surely stay; Do one of three things you see tit, Imbibe this cup of w; •«, or slay Your pa, or sister, any way.” Just think of it, and think of it! No sooner had he drained the cup, He heard a laugh and falling lid. The fiend went down and left him up, And dazed, he had his eyes to rub. Just tldr.k uf it, and think of it! With tipsy gait he raved about, And right and left he fiercely hit. Scared pa and sister, ceased to shout, For dead they were, without a doubt. Just think of it, and think of it' If this be ghastly to your mind, Then ask the convicts what they did. But I am sure that you will find Ti<at crime frornwine.putthembehind. Just think of it, and think of it! I ask the man who came afar, And told this nightmare tale with vim: ‘Who was this burning man of tar?” ‘It is the keeper of the bar; Young man,” said he, “bewarecf him!” (Continuation from Page 2, Col. 4) to hell. (Remember, materialists be lieve they can go to hell before they leave.) You see the thoughts and views of infidels are set to the terms of Bible truth in spite of them. Questions : 1. Where diif man get his idea of right and wrong? 2. Who told man that h® is a moral creature ? 3. Can right and wrong exist if there is no God? 1 I Brokerage Phone Green 991 | CASCADE REAL Estate Co. MR. and MRS. G. H. DEDR1CK, General Managers OFFICE IN HOSMER BUILDING Room formerly occupied by H. E. Brown SILVERTON, OREGON A BIG BARGAIN. One acre, half in clover, an 8-room house, city water in the yard, good well, 40 young fruit trees, 15 old ones, chicken house, fine Jersey £ow, 35 chickens, grapes, good barn—everything for only $3250. Easy terms. No better bargain in Silverton! See us over the Journal office. Notary Public Money to Loan ye < > Phone Black 1242. Coolidge Street, e ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ < • BEN HOFSTETTER General Contractor for Commercial and lndastrial Building EXPERT ENGINEER In the Design and Construction ofbeaut- iful homes, business houses, schools and churches. SILVERTON, OREGON. The boy repaired to make his choice. Said he, “1 never shall commit A murder; it’s against the voice OREGON SOCIALIST Jf God, whose mandates are no toys.” PARTY TICKET lust think of it, and think of it! There was then left the least of crime, By means of which he might outwit The evil one’s well planned design. So not to kill, he drank the wine. Just think of it, and think of it! •»acón Conveyancing i love to pass about the street, To see some thing» of benefit. But hall the time my eyes will ."• *»;t Enticing signs where toper.-: greet, it’s then, my child, 1 think of it^ Perchance 1 see some door ajar, 1 peep within a little bit. DRUNKARDS* * * HOMES NEEDED Uncouth they stand about the bar, i .hear them talk as if ill war. Such Institutions Needed if Oregon it’s then, my child, 1 think of it! Should Vote Wet i see them later start for home By Gov. Went in The Orogon Journal With swaggy gait and loss of wit. 1 aey houk tneir arms and on they I'tsvn But later on they fail like foam. I would like to establish a drunk 1. s then, my child, 1 think of it! ard’s heme if the stale remains wet at the coming election. Our ctate insti And as 1 read the daily news, ti tions are filled with old drunks. Look W liich tells about the wrongs, to wit: Divorce and theft and empty pews, And murderers who get their dues; has been moral suasion, education, it's then, my child, 1 think of it! etc. If we made it criminal for a man A thirsty boy went to a well, to drink, how many people would it From which he gently raised the lid. strike? Probably half the population A roar much like a thunder fell, of the United States drink This would Jut came a demon with a yell. make fifty million criminals in the Jut think of it, and think uf it! United States, counting in the children ‘My lad,” said l.e, “you are to die; of the parents who drink. The difference between legal prohi Yet from such death you may be rid; bition and moral suasion is mora1 t’cu »imply with my w sh comply, suasion undertakes to reach the drink, An earnest wish 1 ne’er deny.” er as well as the maker, seller and Just think of it, and think of it! importer, but legal prohibition wisely With frightened face he dropped his pail lets the drinker alone, that is, it does When told he was his soul to quit, not seek to make him a criminal. .And mournfully began to wail. Olin J. Ross, Attorney, The stranger smiled, resumed his tale. Columbus, Ohio. Just think of it, and think of it! • • • By physiology in schools and moral suasion everywhere we should educate everybody to know what harm intoxi cants do to the urer, his family, busi ness and society, also its harm as a medicine, and how moderate drinking creates the drunkard’s appetite, des troys his will power to let it alone, in. jures his brain, empties his purse, ruins the home, makes him a nuisance, makes criminals, paupers, insane and diseases too numerous to mention. Total abstinence frees the man from the drink habit, saloon expenses, loss of his job, misery in his home, etc. Every drinker is the slave of the sal oon and helps to swel' the income of the capitalists in Europe and America who own the breweries and distilleries. Prohibiting a” saloons, brqweries, dis tilleries and liquor selling everywhere wou'd wipe out all their profits and keep all that money in the laborer’s possession for home necessities, give him better brains, health and ski ', both to earn and to learn how to thwart injustice and secure their share of the blessings of life. Prohibition of th« saloon, enforced, frees the weak a-d the young from temptations and st^ps making drunkards out of mod erate drinkers. As long as they waste their money and brains on intoxicants and tobacco, the Socia’ists and I.W.W. will never get anywhere. Their leaders must teach them this and stop their supporting all liquor and tobacco cap italists and all religious capitalists. Priests, preachers, evangelists and missionaries are religious capitalists. Prohibiting the liquor traffic i.nd en- foreng it by heavy fines and by moral suasion making total abstinence pop ular everywhere, will free the working classes from a thousand evils and bring beneficial liberty in place of harmful slavery. Many physicians have given up the use of alcoholics as a medicine and their number ù rapidly increasing, be cause they have found out that it does re La.i»» then good. Eliza Mowry B'.iven. ♦ ♦♦♦♦ MARION COUNTY SOCIALIST TICKET Representatives: E. W. Ross, S'- United States Senater—B. F. Ramp verton; Fred Haa k, Marion; L. D Governor—W. J. Smith. Ratiiff, Salem; Allea Hutcheon, Sa State Treasurer—B. F. Sloope lem, F. J. Von Behrea, Aumsville. Attorney General of Oregon—J. E. Sheriff—J. E. Blazer, Silverton. Hosmer Clerk —T. Y. McClellen, Turner. R- State Labor Commission — August corde’-—Ly':th M. Cannon, Salem, Nikula i Treasurer—R. R. Rjtan, Salem. Com State Supt. of Public Instruction— missioner,—F. C. Ramp, Brooks. Cor. Mrs. Flora Foreman oner—Bernard Pehr, Salem. Survey State Railroad Commissioner—1. 0. or—Jean B. Hess, ^alem Fuerola Justices of Supreme Court—D. W. Robinson, N. Rannells, A. G. Hotch A BIG BARGAIN in a business kiss, Chas. H. Otten. building and a small lot with go d building s'ready for business can be Do yeu believe in dream»? Your had by applying at the off ee of the dream of a home will come true if you Cascade Beal Batate Company. Price will let the CASCADE REAL ES only $5M. The location is on a prin TATE COMPANY tell you how to buy cipal street and the terms are easy— a home on the installment plan. just like paying rent. Buy a lot in Geiser’s Addition— best buy in Silverton—must sell and you get the advantage of the forced SILVERTON TIME TABLE sa'e. Y’ou can pay for this lot and * ♦ the CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO. will bui'd you a bunglow—pay for it * Arrive from Portland 8.25 A.M. « « ll ll in tead of paying rent to the other « 11.05 A.M. * tl ll ll « 4.30 P.M. • fellow. ll 44 11 * 8.15 P.M. « 44 ll « Salem 10.59 A.M. • LOOK RERE FRIENDS! The Sil- 44 ll ll * 5.05 P.M. * « verton Journal wants to live, and w« “ Brownsville 9.15 A.M. * want to hammer this fact into the • _ ___ minds of our friends until they will e « Depart for Portland 7.30 A.M. * help make it impossible for the hier 44 44 ll « 9.15 A.M. ♦ archy to “get our goat”. Fifty Cents Il U ll « 2.90 P.M. « a year for subscriptions will not pay ll ll ll « .r>.(»5 P.M. ♦ the expenses unless we get a larger ll « “ Salem 8.25 A.M. « number of subscribers, and therefore, 44 44 ll « 3.00 P.M. in order to live, our subscribers must 44 "Brownsville 4.30 P.M act as our agents and get us other • ! subscribers. Hurry! Hurry! Hu ry! • —