TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT JULY 6, 1Ö17. îllll’t* A , 1 to our ports despite the war. Mr meat on it to satisfy the hunger of an McAdoo is on record a’ saying that ordinary kitten and out of which the • 5-or. 000 000 a year could be added to poor people of this country mage their soups." It used to sell at t^ to a ------ o------ the articles which we now admit free cents a pound, but is now not far he. “How dry I am,’’ doesn t even get Doubtless more than that could be low rib roast, which retails for « an echo in Oregon. Business along raised in addition by .'"^easing he cents. There may be some relation be­ the “wet” line is done on a very quiet duties upon other articles where the scale. A sort of slow and easy plan rates are" too low to be either protec tween this advance in the cost of the worked strictly on the quiet. Lup- . tive or revenue producing.—Lmpqua poor man’s soupbone and the charge of 10 cents for use of the tablecloth qua Valley News. | Valley News. which, Maude Redford Warren says ■ in the Outlook, is made in a Paris The Kaiser calls it an “infamous One American State. restaurant with the explanation- outrage” to deprive King Constantine “C’est la guerre.” (It is the war.) of his throne, but he can see nothing By count of the people who paid for wrong in what Germany did to King I Oregon has furnished its use, that tablecloth paid for itself Albert and the people of Belgium, the regular Army since April , every day. Evidently it makes a diiference outbreak of the war, than any That explanation was given in dif­ whose ox is gored.—Observer. state, with a single exception, tn pro ------ o------ I portion to population ferent form by an Indian who sud­ The food speculator who charges Oregon ^JX’v anT'leads the denly raised his blackberries from 75 one-third for his risk and trouble may quota to the! na >, cn|jstinc.nts. cents to $1,25 a gallon. He gathered be a pirate, but what of the big land Western Dep marine them in the.same place as ever and speculator, who does nothing and Oregon has provide for, the marine they were as plentiful as ever, but lie raises prices as his community labors con>s far more 1 - { found ample justification by saying: and plans to increase production?- Oregon subsenbed $¡2,2050» to "There’s a hell of a war in Europe.’’ Mt Scott Herald the liberty loan with an allotment That may explain a large part of Mt. Scott Hi raid. i of $8,500,ooo-the heaviest oversub­ the $50,000,000 a month which Mr. Hoover says the speculators have ad­ On the heels of an election at which scription among the 'acific states. Oregon gave $1,000,000 and more, ded to the cost of grain this year. only about half of the registered vot­ ers cast their ballots the state grange to the Red Cross, with an allotment War and high prices are so intimately adopts resolutions in favor of abolish­ of $600,000. Portland, to which was associated in the people's minds that ing the state senate. Abolishing a assigned $200,000 gave $400,000, and speculators trade on the fact. A large part of Mr. Hoover’s job thing is all right if you have some­ thus takes rank among the most lib­ thing better to substitute, but if we eral of givers among American cities. will be to cut this psychology out of The Oregon National Guard was prices and get them down to the point are to substitute direct legislation for representative it might be well to first in all the states to be recruited which the present cost of production plus a fair profit justifies. It is sig­ make sure that the substitutes will at­ to war strength. It is a proud record of militant and nificant that the war advance in Eng­ tend to their business.—Independent. I efficient patriotism. Oregon will not land, which buys much food from this C. W. Spence, master of the Oregon only do its bit—no little bit, as some country but which controls prices, do—but more than its part. has been only 66 per cent against 85 State Grange, was the idol of the may Good old Oregon! Loyal Oregon! per cent in the United States. With state convention at Astoria. His op­ position to the road bonding act and Noble Oregon! True Oregon! Your like control, American prices should his campaign was endorsed. In fact, fathers founded here a state—the first be less than English prices by the and insurance his opposition to that “piece of con­ American state in the Far West—con­ amount of freight structive legislation” appears to have ceived in liberty, dedicated to free­ across the ocean, which are no small made him stronger than ever with the dom, consecrated to human rights. items in these days, when ships pay grangers. It must be admitted that Your sons will keep the fires of for themselves in six months.—Ore­ whatever it may stand for, the equality, opportunity and fraternity gonian. Grange is fond of radical doctrine. It burning, the flag of democracy for- 1 ever waving.—Oregonian. likes new frills.—News-Reporter. Women Workers in Japan. ------ o------ There is only one argument in this Leave This To Germany. The women of Japan are coming to war, now that we are in it, and that I ------ o------ play a more and more important part argument is that our own safety and Thus far in the war the Germans future happiness depends upon the and their allies have had a practical in the nation’s activities, even so defeat of Germany and the other cen­ monopoly on practices of ruthlessness much so as to be now encroaching on tral powers of this war. The people and wantonness, and it is better to let the domain of man. Many positions of this country cannot afford to give them keep this monopoly than try to once occupied by men are now filled a thought of anything else. Germany meet it with practices of similar kind. by women in almost every section of must be crushed or democracy and Just now’ the British authorities are industrial and business activity.—Ja­ treedom of the world's republics must being urged to adopt a policy of re­ pan Magazine, Tokyo, June, 1917. perish. That is why every American prisals for a cruel slaughter of non- The magazine then goes on to spec­ citizen's heart and soul should be in combatants by German airships, it be­ ify some of the lines of employment tins war.—Itemizer. ing argued that if Germany resorts to and wage-earning that are attracting -------- O— ~ such barbaric methods her enemies the women of Japan by many thou­ Don't think for a moment that the are justified in following the same sands. From this may be learned the newspaper man isn't hit by the war. plan. It sincerely is to be hoped, • extent to which that enterprising How far do you think the govern­ however, that none of the allies will I country is enlarging and speeding up ment would have got with the liberty yield to such arguments. Germany _ I its industrial productivity; also the „... : increase —— ¡n successful trade loan subscription or the suppression and Turkey have brought infamy on — great of tile anti-draft sentiment if it hadn’t themselves by the lawless and revolt- competition, which must menace the called upon the newspapers for free ing character of their war policies, domestic markets of the Western advertising in large chunks? And now and practices. But this does not alter . world. having got millions of dollars worth basic principals of right and wrong Every woman who enters the field of free advertising from generous and their enemies cannot afford to ! of lighter labor, for which women are publishers, the government proposes place themselves in the same cate-1 fitted, releases one man for emplov- to lax the profits of advertising to gory.. ’ment in the heavier branches of in- pay for the bonds which the free ad­ It was very largely in protest • dustry. For example, the four thou- vertising sold. With the increased against the inhuman war policies of sand women now employed as ticket cost ot paper the publishers are the Prussian militarists that the Unit- sellers, cashiers and accountants in caught at both ends and in the middle ed States decided to enter the war. : the Japanese Imperial Railway Bu- —'telephone Register. The German military masters have I reau,’ and who w’ork from 8 a.m. to 10 shown by the slaughter of innocents p.m. at 20 cents a day, make available Some rich Americans have adopted on the high seas and on land, by the four '__ thousand more men for the _."L mills ruined town and villages in the sec­ deportation and enslaving of Belgians and factories that turn out low priced tion of France which has been evac­ by the bombarding of hospitals and goods for shipment to the United uated by the Germans and have un­ sinking of hospital ships and by other (States. Girls between the ages of 13 dertaken to rebuild them, to restore ruthless methods that they will balk and 20 in the Japanese cigarette and the people to their homes and to at nothing to achieve their ends, to j cigar factories are paid 10 to 15 cents bring the land again into cultivation. keep their skins whole and to pre­ a day. Girls working in Japanese There are about 250 such ruined serve their power. There is no telling hanks get from $5 to $10 a month, places, and the number promises to of what future degrees of barbarity while Japanese newspaper women increase as the Germans are driven they might go if allied retribution receive $to to $25 a month, “accord­ back. Here is an opportunity for the should take the form proposed to the ing to experience.” Story writers may overflowing generosity of the Amer­ British authorities.. I possibly make as much as $75 a ican people. Each city and town Thus far the enemies of Germany month. The Japanese ._____ women ... physi­ might adopt a town or village of pro­ have kept themselves singularly free cians employed in hospitals receive portionate size in France and under­ from the inhumanities. They could the princely compensation of $25 to take its reconstruction. By this plan not do otherwise and remain true to $50 a month. What would our Ameri- a tie might be established between the ideals for which they are fighting. con medicos, male or female think of die two places which would never be Let them not profane the age by such reward for their scientific ser­ severed.—Oregonian. sinking to the brute level, whatever vices? ------ n----- the provocation. The women and In addition to the new women ar­ It's the home in a city which index children of Germany are not to blame its progressiveness. The business dis­ for German frightfulness. If the forc­ rivals in the domain of Japanese in­ trict soon looses its freshness and at­ es of righteousness are not strong dustrialism, numbered by thousands, tractiveness in the discriminating enough to prevail with worthy weap­ there are now employed in cotton and mass of brick and mortar, glaring ons against the forces of malignancy, and other factories more than a quar­ signs and noisy automobiles, a sight there is no hope of preserving what ter of a million workers who are paid anywhere from 10 to 20 cents a day. tiresome to the eyes and wearisome civilization has gained.—Observer. If there be any one who doubts that io the nerves. But, in the resident a protective tariff is going to be need­ section is where one forms the opin­ The Psychology of War Prices. ed as against the invasion of cheap ion whether they would like to live i 1 ------ o------ labor products from the Orient, let in this city or not. Modern homes A few facts which were cited portray characters and individuality, . by them read the article from the Japan ‘ Magazine for June. radiating cheerfulness and content­ Representative Lever in t submitting ment—a standing invitation to be­ the food-control bill to the House go I come a member of that community ui to show that war is accompanied by Tax and Luxuries. city; an assurance of neighborly an advance in prices, whether there 1 ------ o neighbors, for who would like to live is sufficient justification in market i in a city where they would not have conditions or not. A state of war has I If a great revenue is required, why effect in causing not get it through taxing luxuries? good neighbors? Cities with modern a psychological homes are cities with high standards every person who has anything to sell Imports of luxuries, or articles in the of morals, so modern homes better a to raise prices and to give war as the nature of. luxuries in time of war, cause. 1 hough we may conceed that showed an increase of nearly 50 per city morally—Mt. Scott Herald. conditions have changed to a degree cent, for the calendar year ¡916 over A new Oregon law suspends the which warrant an advance in most that of 1915. A list of twenty-five ar­ statute of limitations on foreclosures staples, there is some reason to doubt ticles complied from the official re­ during the period of the war where whether the price of every article port gives a total value in importa­ title to real property is held by men should have risen and whether the tion for 1916 of $454,400.000. compar­ who enlist in the nation's military price ot many things should have ed with $311.900,000 for 1915. service. The chief objection is to the risen as high as it has. Skepticism is A Republican member of the Ways opportunity given to mortgagors by strengthened when we find that the and Means Committee has said re­ deeding property to uk . i enlisting in rise in wages has not nearly kept pace gardless of the duty levied on im- the war to defer indefinitely the in­ with rising prices. 1 ported luxuries there would always The Bureau of Labor Statistics be a- healthy demand for them from fliction of penalties for non-payment shows that while wages have risen of principal and interest, but the be­ the American public. If an increased lief is that there would be few who tv per cent by the hour and t6 per rate on luxuries should curtail im­ cult by the week between 1907 and would take advantage of the situation ports, then American manufacturers to the detriment of money lenders. 916, retail prices of food have risen will profit thereby, and so will the Some attorneys contend the law is 3V per cent and in February, 1917 had government in the way of increased unconstitutional because of its re­ !"'illans for the production of war rev­ Twenty-Five Cents is the Price of enue, the democratic financiers in -L'alers discreetly said nothin/ War Peace. Mr. Lever quoted > 1... , ; congress have resolutely refused to woman in Pbiladelnhi* *,,e.r ,TOTu a TJ1' *err’I)le itching and smarting, pay any attention to suggestions that •he »••in of beef i, n„ say,ni that additional duties shall be laid upon incident certain skin . —-. to wi.ain sxin diseases, > • ’ pound and explained u c * n,s 4 the foreign goods which are coming •»ref i< “a’bone wh h' “ lhe shi" »'most instantly allayed by applying °ne which has not enough Chamberlain’s Salve. Price 25 cents. or sale by Lamar’s Drug Store. I What the Editors Say a,a"»*eDI to ” »lsh have ,n „ Ul °Ur «"Oui •«»lea th«t Zar. »»to, * '*n »otor for ’• rear, ’ltb •‘••U.nt ■vita’• «"4 do not f‘,00'»«ond II tai V "•XW»l 1 1 to ’•»•r«. ruljr your. Ceri proven enih Oil r .satisfactory Zcrolene, "a most satisfactory motor oil"—that is the testimony of the leading automobile distributors of the Coast. 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