temple! in which to glorify and wor­
ship the Father!
MOVING
The highest worship of God exists
PICTURES
T»
•»cig
in the consec rat <. h 1 service of man; in
Pubiighad «vary Friday momin* at Silverton.
the fulfilling of the holiest hopes of
Oregon. by
life, by serving its best interests!
J. E. HOSMER, Editor.
What are these best interests? The
higher hopes and the higher possibili­ Common Carrier« WIH Cooperata In
ENJOYED BY ALI. CHILDREN AND GROWN FOLKS
ties of the people collectively! Not of
Marketing F inn Products—Mlddl«
Instructive and Educative.
any one class; not of a few elect (?)
Me» Chaige Higher Rate«
THE PULPIT WARNED AGAINST
and chosen ( ?); not of a few divinely
for Handtlng Farm Than
THE YELLOW PERIL OF
Factory Produci«.
(?) chosen kings and priests—but the
POLITICS.
common people together (without re­
A Consecrated Ministry Needed t»r
ject of person or station, or race or
By Peter Radford.
th« Rural Church««.
color).
Lecturer National Eariaare* Union.
We are building a great temple of
The leading railroad systetua of tbe
By Peter Radford.
living humanity, not a mausoleum for nation will establish market bureaus
Lecturer National Farmers' Union
dead gods and their priestly servants. to assist the farmers along their
We are building a great temple of Un«e in marketing their products,
The farmers of this nation have on
Many rouda have acceded to the ro­ their payroll Dn.OOU preachers aud this
life, not a tomb.
The light of reason and of faith are quest of the Farmers' Unlou and an- number applying thotnselves diligent­
ly and exclusively to the religious
Thia |MMpcr «UK. fur freedom uí
tree- our inspiration. The light of truth and Bounced their willingness to enter
work at hand Is sadly Inadequate to
4 mb M Uh« pms, frueg«MB uf HMBCfc, «Muanvy of the power of love are our guide along into active co-operation with the far­
a«4 Uie religion ul rig;hlaxni.neaa. H
properly
serve their respective com
mers
iu
marketing
their
products
is radicali*
10 «very torni oí »upemuuou “the Royal Highway of Progressive:
triunities.
■a« tyramay. ar ixeoaui« or perii* lung any form
Tho
express
eoinix'iilce
have
sur
­
Evolution,” which leads out of shadow
ol «rii.
Those who put on ecclesiastical
into the light; out of bondage into’ veyed the field and the Federal Gov­ robes are in a measure free to unlock
ernment.
t
!
i
ui;li
the
parcel
po»t,
liberty; out of death into life!
every door to the human heart and
Let each seek and find this precious | has demons.ruled the possibilities of »uter tbe secret chambers of reason
the common • i > .er as a useful agvu. •
light within their own highest and nob in marketing tarui commodities.
••rd every person should submit their
lest self, remembering that the highest
vuduet
to review uud seek the couu-
I consider the action of these giant
expression of love is Service! Service business c i n . ;ns tn determining to »1 of those divinely appointed mes­
(Io be continued)
to humanity!
co-operate with tue farmers in mar­ sengers of lite, but the moment the
keting their crops, to be the greatest minister closes the lilble and opens
itiernai 1 rug re»», or progzesaive-
product
of hunuin thought on the the law book. he becomes a menace to
WE MUST GROW OR DIE!
nesa, is nature » rnvuit anu uuiuuvuuie
Western heruis; here during the past society.
law. r rugrcaaive evuiuuuu 1» me pro­
The
difficulty
of
keeping
tbe
preach-
year, and It demonstrates that the
The Siherton Journal must keep its Subscription list
cess, uy woicn mat iaw lururis it»eu.
educational work of the Farmers' er In the pulpit Is as old as religion.
Flora A. Foreman
growing
or it will surely die. We need your help, but we
uisiury is uruy a recuru or cnaiiguig
Union has brought tbe natlou to a Christ encountered It In tbe temple
want
to
give
even more than value received.
when
he
drove
tbe
priests
from
th«
eveaia upon me sunace ol me, ui me
lhe very first thing a baby is ever clearer und. rst tiding of the real
Get us one or more at fifty cents a year.
Use < •
barguin counter back to the pulpit.
experiences ox nuiuauity. neueatn uus taught is to "mind.”
problem of the farmer.
the
following
blank:
Our
pilgrim
fathers
met
it
wheu,
aurrace or euu anu How we must nnu
ne is not treated as a rational be­
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To give information on marketing through the Influence of the clergy, a
me process ana me iaw, wmcn are tne ing susceptible to reasoning. His fin­ is far more valuable than to give
A
FREE
PRESS
witch court wiu established at Salem.
real cause-side.
gers are slapped for "meuuung"—that advice on production. There Is a mu­ Maes.. In 1692, that precipitated a legal
tual
interest
between
the
railroads
Inu» History becomes a most vital is for trying to find out things, He
holocaust threatening to reduce the
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and valuaoie study to all students oX is told— bsDy mustn t, no, no.” He and tbe farmer which cannot exist population to ashes and which was ex­
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lives in a world of negatives, wnere he between any ether lines of industry. tinguished by the laymen uniting and
man, uumamty and me.
The NubNcription price has been changed from 1100 to
From earnest beginning of the most is denied all things and whatever his The railroads are the teamsters of forcing the preachers buck to tbe pul­
agriculture, and they are employed
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primitive crudeness we may trace the hands succeed in grasping is taken only when there Is something to haul pit.
50 cent« per year.
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'llie
greatest
peril
to
the
church
to
­
eot> and How of the evolutionary pro­ Irom them by force, lhe little, eager Good prices will do more to increase
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day
Is
politics.
Tbe
temptation
of
the
questioning mind is reoufied at every tonnage than any other factor, and
cess.
EDITOR OF SILVERTON JOURNAL
ministry to throw down the cross of
beginmg with primitive man, we extort it makes to obtain knowledge, railroads want tonnage.
SILVERTON, OREGON.
Christ and pick up the club of the
travel I ram individualism represented anu is driven back into itself until the
Agriculture has many inherent dis policeman; to substitute the penalties
, for which »end THE JOURNAL to
Enclosed find S
by the pair (or even by the one) to­ wonder of it all is that he can rise advantages which require combined of tbe iaw for the power of tbe altar
the following:
ward collectivism. lint the family, aDove it ail and educate himself suf­ effort to overcome in marketing. and to legislate religion into human
uie class, the tribe, the nation. me»e ficiently to get along in this topsy There are millions of producing units hearts, never was greater.
Name ...
are Uie steps of development.
turvy old world of ours the first ten working independently and selling
The world uever needed a i religious
without knowledge of market conili- mtuietry more nor political preachers
Addreaa ....
|
l nuer me old forms of pagan civili­ years of his life.
tlone
The harvest is once a year, • less than it does today. We need
i
tula-
He imitates ail he sees. How proud
zation state or cnurcn, or do tn, oecame
Nara«
while consumption is pretty even­
tne symool of power and grandure. we are when he apes our better ac­ ly distributed throughout the entire fitters to teach us how to live; we
know
how
to
vote.
Address
rung or Hignpnest (Hope) Detains me tions—and how ready we are to pun­ year, and most of tbe farmers.
Tbe religious preacher is the most
embodiment either m person, or in ish him for copying our rude and un­ through custom and necessity, dump
Name
callable servant and the politica)
oince, of ail the hope, inspiration, pow­ kind acts.
their entire crop on the market as ! preacher the sorriest master tbe
world
When he adopts our own tactics, to soon as it is gathered. The problem j bus ever known. Wherever power Is
er and wealth of a nation.
Address ...
ine sole purpose ol these ancient obtain what he desires, then we punish of organising and systematizing tbe { placed in tbe hands of tbe latter they
glorification of deity (gous and gou- him and make him reoellious because markets is one in which tbe farmers invariably become intolerant, bigoted < ► Name
he KNOWS we are assuming privi­ Invite assistance of all lines of in- and vicious and resort to the whip and
uesses).
leges
that are demed to him. 1 he sense duetry friendly to their interests.
tbe faggot to enforce their opinion.
theocracy was th« dominant form
Farmers Bsar th« Burden.
Name
of government. A sort of god-rule of justice is large in the child mind.
Civilization has many times been
The business of the manufacturer compelled to drive incorrigible preach­
through tne highpnest and priesthood. Note his indignant exclamation, "That
Address
It was a government ol tne hierar­ isn’t fair!” When we outrage that sen­ lends itself more readily to organiza­ ers back to the pulpit at the point of
tion
and
the
facilities
for
studying
the
the
bayonet.
Many
of
the
pages
ol
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chy, o y and for the hierarchy. It was timent and then cram it down him “by
markets are more easily available. The
tne age of absolute priestcraft! (Ec-1 main strength and awkwardness,” we result is that the merchants are com­ ; history are wet with blood shed at tbe
’ bends of political prea< hers who wrot«
ciesiaatical monarchism, established are guilty of greater crimes than we pelled to handle most staple manufac­ I laws on tbe statute books that com
have ever mentioned to ourselves.
upon divine right of the priest.)
tured articles at very little profit, and mitted arson upon mankind, maimed
By and by the child goes to public as a consequence the merchant must human beings with the hatebet and
Next came Kingcraft, A sort of in­
voluntary division, when the sword be­ school, that treadmill of social equali­ look to products which be buys di­ sent helpless women to tbe torture
came mightier than sacrifice and zation, where he learns all over again rect from the farm for hie profits.
rack, ail because they disagreed with
the lesson of how to mind what is told
Tbe reports of the Federal Depart­ i their views When iu control of gov-
prayer.
Inus political monarchism grew out him. He is started out from home ment of Agriculture show som« very ; ernment, the pulpit politicians Invarl
of theocracy, and in the process of with his admonition ringing in his ears Interesting information and enable | ably undertake to perform legislative
time, in our owa days, is changing in­ and the female who takes charge of a comparison between the cost of | miracles such as casting out witches
him at the school house door is usually marketing products of tbe farm and with the flame of a torch, suborning
to Democracy.
those of the factory. A few Items conscience with shackles and enforc­
What were the conditions of the mas­ a person who sets “order and govern­ will serve to illustrate the general ing opinions with tbe guillotine.
ses of the people? What was the es­ ment above all other essentials.” In run Tbe cost of getting sugar from
Mixing Politics and Religion.
timate and value of the individual fact he is fequently told—if he dares tbe refinery to the consumer 1« •
Politics and religion will not blend
(man) under these old standards 7 question her decree—“Because 1 said cents on the dollar; the coat of get­ No free government can long exist or
(Politically, morally, economically, so. That’s reason enough for YOU.” ting tobacco from factory to con­ the church perform its mission to
And then the weary years go on. sumer is 14 cents on tbe dollar. In society when preachers and politicians
socially.) What was the hope and in­
centive of life? What was the purpose The ruler in his small world is an selling a dollar's worth of eggs the temporarily exchange callings, and a
autocrat that would put Czar Nicho­ middleman gets a profit of BO cents civilization that will countenance
and object of life?
Superstition, ignorance, idolatry a,, las to shame. He is “required”—com­ on the dollar. In selling a dollar’s auch conduct will soon decay. Such a
fear led to lowest degradation aim pelled—urged—punished—and wheedl­ worth of potatoes, the middleman traffic In occupations ie as unsound in
makes 70 cents on the dollar; in sell-
bondage. Slavery was then the basis ed into doing all sorts of tasks that he Ing a dollar's worth of fruit, the principle as the white slave trade 1«
of society. Even among the progres­ never can see any sense in doing. No middleman gets 84 cents on the do) Immoral tn practice.
The hand that passes the sacrament
sive Greeks slavery formed the foun­ one ever takes the trouble to explain lar, and on cantaloupes 82 cents.
should
not collect slush funds for po-
dation of the surface splendor, which why these things must be done, and he
Farmers' Bulletin No. 570, published | litical purposes. Tbe gentle voice that
is
passed
along
through
school
life
in
later caused the ruin of the one sided
by tbe United States Department of I comforts us in sorrow and pronounces
this unhappy and resentful frame of Agriculture, in discussing this subject, I the last sad rites upon our departed
splendor.
And so we come to our own time mind until he finally rebels, or econ­ said:
loved ones should not rave and rant on
"The high price paid by consumers the hustings. I do not believe a
omic conditions drive him out of
and to Christian (?) civilization.
I am not discussing whether present school life into life’s school to solve the ranging from 5 to 500 per cent, in preacher can manipulate political ma-
civilization is Christian in vital reality problem of “fried holes and flops” for some cases, more than the farmer re­ I chinery and be righteous any more
<
(in spirit and in fact of truth) or mere­ himself. Here the spur to effort is ceives. indicates that there is plenty than he could become a burglar and
of room for lowering the cost of be honest. I think It as immoral
of little different nature. He strives
ly in name and profession.
farm products to consumers and at
However, 1 am willing to grant that to please the boss and to hold his job. the same time largely increasing the for a preacher to seek to lobby while
the gospel of the great Carpenter- He remembers his early training in cash Income per farm, without in­ he prays as it would be for him to
gamble while he preaches.
Prophet is a gospel of life and love, how to “mind” and puts it into prac­ creasing farm production. This condi­
A preacher can no more preacb a
which, when conscientiously applied to tice as faithfully as he can. He is tion is undoubtedly a marketing prob­
political
sermon without converting bls
the needs of man and society will lead cringing and servile. He comes early lem which will have to be solved by pulpit into a political rostrum than
better
organization
of
farmers
and
to life, liberty and happiness (the and works late, and always he strives
he could sell intoxicating liquor tjrom
to please by subjecting his will to improved methods of marketing."
abundant life).
the altar without converting tbe
Large Shippers Influence Rates.
I am also convinced that this great others, by acknowledging authority.
church into a bar room. He can no
In railroad rates the inequalities more purify politics by playing the
And over all this bossism of home
gospel of the truths of life cause a
If Elected, the most Careful, Conscientious and Talented Legal
great light into the existing darkness and school and business, is set the are equally as glaring. Rate making game than be can sanctify gambling
Service will be given to the People of the State.
church to scare him into a panic by In its primitive stages was largely by running a lottery.
of his day.
influenced by demands and arguments
threats
of
eternal
punishment;
and
the
I
join
in
the
oft-repeated
suggestion
I am aso equally convinced that the
of large shippers, but the farmers
Study the Principles he Advocates.
organized darkness silenced the voice law to deprive him of his much vaunt­ were unorganized and seldom ap­ that a preacher has as much right tn
of deliverance and extinguished the ed “liberty.” Even as a child he is told peared before rate-making bodies, and political brawls as a saloon keeper and
precious light of Salvation, in order that if he doesn’t mind, God won’t love the burden of ^xpense in transporta­ we also admit that he has as much
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to maintain its power of authority him; and Santa Claus won’t bring him tion lies largely against the raw right to get drunk as anyone else,
but we would rather he would not do
(hierarchy) and to perpetuate the ex­ any Christmas gift; and the police products of the farm.
so
for the “greater the saint tne great­
In banking, our securities are dis­
isting order. (Self-preservation was man will lock him up in jail; and the
er the sin.” I think a political bishop
criminated
against,
as
compared
with
bogie man will get him; and the bad
then, as now, a first law.)
Political Prayer Meetings
can turkey trot In the name of Chris­ politics and muRtT them carryiiauners
the
products
of
the
factories
and
man
will
cut
off
his
ears;
and
a
lot
Thus Jerusalem of old put to death
tianity as consistently as he can enter in political processions. They have
mines. The farmer Is entitled to a
the prophets of deliverance, and, the more such senseless trash calculated square deal. The farmer is more In­ Into a mud slinging political contest taken the ministry to the mountain-
top of power and offered to make them
old spirit is still active, even in Chris to send shivers of fright chasing each terested In good prices and efficient to the disgrace of his church.
It is a Had nay for Christianity when
monarch of all they surveyed, and
It
Is
my
opinion
that
when
this
the church bulla call the communicants
other
down
his
spine.
tendom!
serviceUianhr^Hiurateic^^^^^^
while
most
of
them
have
said,
"get
world Is saved It will be through re­
together for a political prayer meet­
1 say again—home and school and
The entire system of Paganism re­
thee behind me Satan," a few have
volves around, god3, gods, gods, with­ church and business and state all com- j respond, and we bow our heads and ligious sermons and not through poli­ fallen with a crash that has shaken ing. Such gatherings mark tbs high
tical speeches Salvation must come
tide of religious political fanaticism,
out numbers, each having their own bine to teach us servility and fear, pass on and—perhaps we fear and re­ to us from the Bible and not from every pulpit in Christendom.
put bitterness Into the Ilves of men;
from cradle to grave. Is it any won­ vile the "agitator.”
priesthood.
The
ministry,
unsophisticated
and
the statute book; It will come through
fan the flume of class hatred and de­
der
that
as
a
nation
we
are
a
lot
of
If
parents
and
teachers
had
half
as
Th« cornerstone of the gospel of
holy councils of consecrated ministers confiding, Is no match for th« poli­ stroy Christian Influence in the com­
slaves and cowards? Slaves to public! much understanding as they expect and not from caucuses of political tician versed in artful persuasion and munity. 'I he spirit actuating such
Jesus is Man!
skilled in deceit, and It Is the duty of
Man the son of the Father! Man opinion, to superstition, to the boss, from children—if any of them would preachers.
meetings Is anarchic, un-Cbrlstllks
the laymen to proUct the ministry
to
any
and
every
old
thing
that
asserts
ever
say
to
childhood
—
‘
‘
Come,
let
us
will only and ever know the Father
The Problem of the Laymen.
and dangerous to both church and
against
the
onslaught
of
these
wolves
state.
through knowing himself! Man is the authority over our actions. And then | reason together; let us do right and
There never was a time when
in sheep's clothing and drive the poll
key to the mystery of God! The road when comes the time that we hear | be fair because we know and choose preachers and politicians formed an
It must be said to the credit of ths
tlclans from the pulpit with the lash
Liberty preacehd to us from the street to do it; let us govern ourselves and unholy alliance that civilization did
to God is through Man!
church that the political preacher is
of
public
«corn.
It
la
the
laymen
’
s
“I am come that ‘Man’ shall have corner or the press—the place where I live generously.”—0, if we could only not shriek out and Christianity cry problem to keep the ministry free fast disappearing and may his In­
love of liberty should have grown see that our future is in the hands of aloud. Since the beginning of gov­ from unholy alliances, for it Is said fluence ever wane and his shadow over
‘Life’—Joy—Happiness—Freedom.’’
The gospel of Jesus is a gospel of strong in our lives is all overgrown these children—then perhaps wo could ernment, politicians have sought to on divine authority that we are our grow lees Is the prayer of the farmers
decoy tbe piinislry Jnto the mgsbes of
of this nation-.
Humanism! Man, Humanity, is the with weeds, and nothing is there to wake up and DO something!
brother's keeper.
THE GEM THEATRE,
Never Gets Old
THE WORSHIP OF SER
Hit"
WHY WE ARE SLAVES
THE SILVERTON JOURNAL
J. E. HOSMER
Has been Nominated by the Socialist Party
of Oregon for
ATTORNEY GENERAL