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About The Daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1902)
1 lZin of AN INDEPENDENT DAILY PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. t m DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOP MENT OF GREATER SALEM. 4 -1, ' " - JEbitorial tbe Journal I What Should Be Done With the State Printing Office? CCOUD1NG to figures printed in this paper tho total ap. proprlntiora for state printing nnd binding for four jean ending rlth 1002 wore $130,405.31, not Including deflrita that may appear nt tho end of this period. Beside this thoro were other printing bills and estimated ex penses for water, fuel, light and contitigont expenses amounting to $ 10,744.82. This would make an annual expense of $38,400 for this purpose. The expense of atato printing and binding haa constantly in creased nnd tho abovo does not includo expenses for printing and blank booke dono iu aomo of the depattmonts of tho atate govern moiit, Tho ofllco of jtata printer is created by the constitution and tho printer is elected at the coming Juno election for the next four years. HIb compensation is fixed by tho legislaturo and it is pro vided that it shall not bo ratiod or lowered during tho period for which he Ib olected. TuIb clause haa always been usod to provont any chango in tho pay of tliis ofllcer and tho pay is computed under mi old law that was passed whon bond presses were iu uso and printing was counted by tho tokon. It ia tho most lucrativo ofllco in the stato. Slate printers have aublot the state printing for 40 per cent of tho proceeds and got rich ' out of tho proceeds. At present the state printing ofllco is owned by Frank Baker, tho ox Ftato printer It in kept rent free in tho stato house. Whoever ia elected ntato printer u ill havo to rent tho plant of Mr. Baker and pay hi In about 25 per rent of tho proceeds for tho use of tho same. Tho Secretary of State ia custodian of tho Btato house and su pervises tho printing and binding and buying of paper. Tho print ing ofllco was nevor located iu the atato lioueo until Mr Baker was elected atato printer. Under a business administration of the atato printing and binding tho work really' rMptiru1. by the etato could, in tho opinion of competent Judges, bo done for $16,0C0 to$20,000 a year. Tons ol printing are sold for old junk and tho cilice in conducted more from tlio Mamlroiiit ol spelling tho volume of bualnoaa to the largest possible amount thun liom tho standpoint of printing actually needod. An active state printer can swell tho business ton thousand dol lars ut each tession of tho legislature, because the olllce Ib ono of feea instead of fixed salary. Tho printing olflcu la a menuco to tho stato houso iu othor ways than financially. Tho presses shako the walla and tho largo stores of paper And wast saturated with oil and ink are a source of tiro danger. Tho stato prtntor 'should bo put on a flat salary and tho ofllco should be removed from tl.o atato houso. At $2500 a year a com petent man could bo secured by tho people no candidate, would refuse the ofllco, Theu thero would bo Eeverol large printing establishments In tho city of Salem employing labor and paying rent and tux-a The ofllco would not bo used to corrupt atato politics and influence the legislature. At present printcra como from all over tho statu and with a littlo political pull uro employed during tho legislature and becomo part of tho lobby that extends its pernicious influence to all de partments of jBtato.. .. .. ... Tho stato printer and tho ex-state printer and the prospective state printer are always at Salem when the legislature ia in session and opposo all efforts to put this ofllco on a salary. Thoro is not a newspaper iu tho state will tell tbe people the truth and tbe whole tiuth ubout this graft in tho name of the ait protervatlvo. Thore haa been great progross in tho inventions connected with printing, such aa fast presses, type setting machinery, stereotyping processes, but tho state has no benefit from these inventions. There is not n particle of doubt that thb state is paying twice as much as should bn paid for stato printing. Labor is not getting this compensation. It goes to maintain a corrupt aud unjust system. This system should be changed and a uioro just and business liko plan adopted. The county and stale conventions should de clare for putting tlio atato printer on a salary and namo tho amount, The nomineea should accept nomination on a written agreement to take that salary and tho legislature should onnct the same. The constitution will bo relied upon to prevent this but aa tbe people elect the atato printer tboy have the first right through thoir representatives to say what lie shall receivo, No citizen has a vested Tight in a condition of things which has srown to be a colossal abuse and which can bo corrected in no othor way. An Appeal to the State Grange. jB'HI8 edition of Tub Jouiwal goes to all the members of tho Jttata grange about throe hundred officials of that oldest fanner 'a organization tho Patrons of Husbandry. Thk Journal makes an appeal to them to take a still more active part in shaping up a good policy for our state government' a better policy than haa prevailed. It is very much needed. The officers of the state grange, if they will take the facta we publish and digest them, will see tbe urgent necessity for a great chango in tho policies of our state government. The three hundred officers of the atate and subordinate granges can take the facta here presented from a non-partisan standpoint and make good uso of them with tbolr patrons and secure a change of policy. Under the present system tho state officials are compelled to stand in with other grafts to hold their own againat a legislature that haa all sorts of clubs to wield over them. A flat salary system with all fees and earnings of each office covered into the treasury would relieve our state officials of this pressure and make them free to serve tbe people better. The grange should not be deceived by the theory that the in itiative aud referendum will cure all the abuses. It might bo of some use and we are in favor of it as a help to good government. But it is not a cure-all. The boodle politicians and grafters who besiege a legislature would find many ways to promote their schemes in spite of It. Direct Legislation will not furnish good administration nor make men honest. Grangers, do not bo deceived by the cry, "Adopt the initiative and referendum and all will be well." Business administration and ' xecntlve ability must still como from man of character and intelli gence. Sustain direct legislation but keep your ponder dry for good business administration. Study what has been done in Marion county, with twice the wealth of Clackamas, and run for f H.0QO as sainst $00,000 in Clackamas. Plans for City Improvement UK FORMATlTlN nt Imnrmrnmont lnaEFUM in OAOii ward of the oily has been undertaken by the Balem Tush emu on the plana advocated by tbe Springfield, Ohio, Mun tPl lue a naUonal organiiaUon. Ur Tl o purpo'u is to hnvn nn organization of ladles and gentle men in each Feetion of the city who c6mo together and confer about beautifying their own properly aud tho public streets and pleasure grounds. Resolutions were adopted and will como beforo tho council as a basis of action for a thorough cleaning nnd Improvomont of the nlloysin tho business parts of tho city. Private ontorprtso candoagrcatdo.il toward Improvement of the Capital of the stato. Removal of largo and unsightly trees will lot in ho sunlight. Better lawns and more shrubbery and rosea will follow. Tho Oregon Wholesale Nursory Co. havo generously offered to help this movoment. They havo beautified tho premisosabout thoir o'llcos and In this paper present ono of their attractions in shrub bery. Several parts of the city aro to be troatcd to tho skill of the landscape gardener nnd ornamented with drives and granito sand walks. Iu thia mnnnor the elovatod residonco parts of the city cojld bo mado very attractive. The Salem Woman's club; ia b.'on honored with the appoint ment of a member to tho federation of clubs iu their civic leaatuo work-Mrs. Dr. Calbroath having been named. Tho beautification of the city is vory important in view of the roming Lewis and Olarko Centennial in 1905, when tho visitors from tho wholo world will be drawn to '.Oregon and will seo tho Capital of course. elections on measures referred to tho pooplo of tho atato shall bo had at tho biennial regular genornl elections, except when tho log islattvo anambly shall ord-n a special o'ection. Any moasuro re ferred to tho peoplo shall tako effect and become tho law whon it ia approved by a majority of tho votos cast thoraon, and not othor wiso. Tho aiylo of all bills shall be: "Be it enacted by tho pooplo of tho Stato of Oregon." This section shall not be conBtrued to de prlvo any member of tho legislative asBombly of the right to intro duco any measure. The whole number of votes cast for justice of tho supremo court at tho rrgular olection last preceding tho filing of any potltiou for tho Inltlatlvo or for tho referendum shall bo tho basla on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such potltlon shall bo counted. Petitions and orders for tho iultl. tlntlvo and for tho refereuduin shall bo filed with tho eocrotary of atate, and In submitting tho same to tho peoplo ho nnd all other officers shall be guided by tho generol laws and tho oct submitting this nmondmont until legislation si all bo especially provided thore-for. An Old Iowa Newspaper. 'HE JOURNAL is in receipt of an old Iowa nowspapor re produced In a current number of tho Elkador, Iowa, Argus, a paper published at tho county seat of ono of the oldest aud richest counties iu that stato. 7T girrPMfinininn iflD nnnnnnnnnniinniinn! ftDDe. A TPfnMiwn al fo Tbe State Grange I 'HE JOURNAL lms devoted a pago a week in its daily and weokly Issues aud has sent out thousands of samplo copies to educate tho peoplo of this state to demand n luiincBB administration of state affairs. Tills is not saying that our present stato officials limo not done the beat they could undor a bad system nnd with a reckless legislaturo debauched by senatorial politic?. In spite of catoful attention to their duties and closu management of tho atato departmenta they aro compelled to levy and collect atato royonuo of $1,110,000 for 1002. Whllo Marlon county has shown what can bo done by n business program, lias wiped out $100,000 dobt, has reduced tho county lovy, atato levies aro higher than ovor before. Thia edition of Thk Journal goes to all tho officers of the atate Grango and to tho officers of the fifty odd subordinate grants. Thoeo organfzitlons nro nsked to tako up and ditcues the situation. With its powerful educational organization, tho etato grange, the ponmia grangos, aud the subordinate granges of this stato control thousands of voters. They should master tho facta and Insist on a business program in our stato uffairs and in the legislaturo, As well try to build u house without a plun and specifications as to run a state without a doflnite program. What ia the program' It is just auch bnainoas principles aa would bo omployod in the management of any good factory, bank or corporation in tho interest of its stockholders, How con thia bo dono? By putting all Btato officials on il salary, and covering nil fees and perquisites into the statu treasury u saving equal U $50,000 a year can bo effected. By placing a limit on tho total amount that shall bu appropriated (or educational purposes abovo tho common schools, and limiting tho extravagance of the legislaturo In othor ways, $250,000 can bo aaved. By extending tho tax on tho groan earnings of corporations, that is now collected on Insuinnce corporations alono, on Income from indirect taxation can bo derived ol about $200,000 a year. Saving $50,000 a year on stato offices, saving $250,000 on tho loglahituro, adding $200,000 a year to the rovonuoa, moans a total of $500,000 to tho good pile of tho ledger. A bitsinoss program such as tho Republican party ol Morion county put into operation whon It was driven to do so by a vlgor our opposition, would reduce tho atato taxes one-half tho vory flrat yean It would moanlu four years a saving to tho pooplo who. pay taxes of two million dollars fa not this worth fighting for nt tlio beginning of a four years term of atato administration? Then put this business program into tho stuto and county platforms nnd mako those who sook ollicea at the hands of tho peoplo nccopt nominations on thoeo terms and enact tlioso tortus into law. BUSINESSLIKE RECORD OF MARION COUNTY. 1899 Total State and County tax . 5178,384 County expenses fnr year 8o,17o County debt on April 1bt 1o2,7o3 Tax levy in mills for year v 22.35 1902 1 10,000 44,682 00,000 20.00 ANNUAL EXPENSE OF FIVE OFFICES. Governor $ 6.950 State Treasurer 8.212 State Superintendent of Schools 7,827 Secretaryof State 22,352 State Printer and Binder 45.989 Total $91,330 LEGISLATIVE EXTRAVAGANCE EXPOSED, Present Expense Salaries, Fees and Perquisites for two years 122,ooo Clerkship graft by legislature of 19o1 22,ooo Higher Education, Normal Schools, Universities, etc 351,409 Scalp bounty for two years 115,ooo Total Saving Possible on Four Items 671,o69 The appropriations mado by the legislature of 1001 approximate nearly two millions, disbursement. UNBUSINESSLIKE RECORD LAST LEGISLATURE. Total State Revenue Required for 1902 $1,100,7 18 Increased State Revenue Required for 1902 . 460,543 All Bills to raise revenue were pigeonholed. State tax levy hleher than for many years, On Fslr Allowance 80,000 12,ooo 15o,ooo 000,000 242,000 Reduction Possible lo2,66o 10,000 2ol,4o9 1l5,ooo 429,069 1 Tlio abovo ero only sample items ol reckless IM Initiative and Referendum Amendment m THK coming Juno election tho peoplo of tho State of Oregon are to decldo a very important matter. Thoy will by their votes either adopt or reject a Constitutional Amendment ombodylng the initiative and referendum, in wlint may be termed a "mild form." The two last Legislatures voted to submit the proposed amend ment to tbe suffrages of the people at tho polls. Thero haa b-on organized the Direct legislation Loague of Ore egon, whoso avow object is ' tho adoption by the pooplo of the in itiative and referendum amendment to the Constitution of tho state of Oregon at the general eleotlon in June, 1002," The proposed amendment is short and cattily understood. It id printed below, in full: Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Oregon Pectlon 1 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Oregon shall be and hereby is amended to read aa follews: Section 1. The legislative authority of the atate shall be ves ted in a legislative assembly, consisting of a senate and house of rep reientativss, but tbe people reterveto themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution, and to enaot or re ject the same at the polls, independent of the Initiative alterably, and also reserve power at their own option to approve or rejeot at the polla any act of the legislative assembly, Ibe first powar re served by the people is the iniliat.ve, and not more than eight per cent of the legal voters shall be required to propose any measure by such petition, aud every such petition thall Inelailo the. full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with tbe secretary of stato not lets Utan few mouths before the election at which they are to bo voted upon. The tmm newer la tbe referendum, and it may be ordered (exeept asto laws noeat sry for the immediate preservation of the public peaee, health or safety,) either by petition, signed by Ave iter ewt of the le gal voters, or by tbe legislative aieembjy, a other bills are en acted. Referendum petitions shall be Ilwl wiih the secretary U state sot more than niaety days after the trial atHoNrHMeHt of tho seesiou of the Initiative assembly which patted the bill on which Uu reft ren lam is demoded. The veto power of the Gov ernor shall not extend to measures referred to the people, All Clayton county, Iowa, ia veritably tho bluo'grasa paradise of the finest part of Iowa tho northeastern corner, u land of One pastures, (lowing springs and streams, fine building stone, grand timber, rich soil. Thin part of Orogon ia full of people from northeastorn Iowa and they aro all doing well and happy in their new homes in thn west. One of tho latest arrivals ia L, Y, Khrlich, formerly the Elkader miller, who la investing in a flouring mill In western Oregon, Mr, Khrlich ia a successful man of soino means, and seeks our milder and more i quabio olimato as many others havo to get rid o.' catarrh, lie speaks In the highest terms of the Willamette valley, Mr. Ehrlleh la impressed with our cattle industry, wool and ti o. hair products, flax industry, dairy and stock Industry, grain and fruit farms, hops and canneries, mining, (liberies, lumbering and other money crops. The old paper above referred to has a characteristic itemit was printed Jan. 28, W3 relating to Oregon as follews: In a letter from Dr, 8. Taylor, of Fayette onunty, in crossing thn plains to Portland, Oregon, lie tells of tho fatigue, trouble and danger, both from tho Indians and starvation which he experienced. OnreachlngdbHtlnatlon hail all his horses stolen, and set up a board ing Itou o, board ) 00 per week, labor worth 12,00 to $1 00 per day. Hern are soma other items that show how we havo made history bk a pooplo in thn past fifty years: Territory of Washington oreatod by act of Congress. Quick Timk Ookan Skuvicx: The steamer Atlantic made her last trip to and from Liverpool to New York iu just 30 days, IhsokMabcii -Irit, 1858' Revolution at Washington, M. Fll moro will become President ex-offloio and Franklin Pierce Presidetit de-facto, Going out holdr. Whig ofliee holders. Coming luDemocratle oflleo There am six public schools In Chicago with an aggregate at tendance of 2,061 pupils. John P. Krleht A Co., dealers in gennral merchandise, state no shin-plasters will he receHed In payment for goods, and In enoiher enlumnof this Issue is a lla of banks known aa issuing "Wild Cat Currency." Humanity and Christianity triumphed over barbarism in the Virginia Legislature The house of delegates refused to past tbo bill compelling free blacks to remove from the atate or be sold into slav ery, and adopted 4S a substitute a bill appropriating (30,000 annually for colonisation of Africans, Salem As the Center of a Great Shipping Jrade V a T THK heart ol tlio Willamette valley, Salem is already tlio center ol n great fruit shipping businisa Hundroda of carloads ol apples, prunes, cherries, and strawberries nre ami out from hero annually. Thoro has been organized a fruit growers union that will mako a specialty of handling tho strawberry crop Over ono hundred acres aro hold by members of tho union and will bd handled by' the organisation. Tho buiiniss will bo dono by n board of flva diroatora who will employ an agent during tho bony season which lasts about ' six months. The Union will doal directly with tho groat distributing factors. Tho Salem fruitgrowers' Union lias not beon heard from much of lato. But thoso who aro Interested in making it a success have not boon Idle. Arrangements havo boen'.mr de,'so that the growers oljtho country round Salem can hao tlio privilege of putting 200 rratea of straw-, borrica onto refrigerator cars here aud shipping thorn through to Great Falls, St. Paul and othor points in that region, at car loud' rates. Arrangotnenta havo also been mado fo1 handling car loads of strawberries at Butto, Montana, for the Union. A deal has been closed with a brokor who will handle thorn thore. Willamette valley borrleB will go on tho same terms as thoeo grown at' Hood River. Tho gron ing and shipping of small fruits from this point la going to bn a big thing for thia country and city. Tho buatnesa will row rapidly, once it ia under full headway, and it will bo put in flno shape this year, by tho work of tbo Salem Fruit Growers' Union, Hnlein strawborrles can bo grown in unlimited quantity and (pialily socond to nono but havo nover buon handled through an or ganization to eecuro ro ornrnthn In pir-klnc and distribution. Tho fight of tho Salem borry growers union this coming soason will bo to mako a reputation for quality and firmness of product, Hint will ntand slilpmont and stand up in tho retail market along side tbo Hood River borrios, The Salem Union brand must mean certain things. Our product will bo at a promium or a discount in proportion to our succoss in making that reputation. - V a Strawberry Industry at Newberg "rHE KDITOR of Thk Journal and tbo Industrial Agent ol tho , 8. P, Co,, aro al Newberg today to talk to tlio fruit grower's of that town and vicinity on tho possibilities of establishing the strawberry Industry Ihoro. Newberg has a favorablo location to grow strawberries to per fection for shipping aud for thn cannery. Fifty to ono hundred acres of this most popular ol all hsrriesoould just as well bo grown thero as not. With tho Lewis and Olarko exposition coming on in a few years, a number of localities in western Orogon can bo profitably employed growing thin fruit for tho next fow yours. Any town located on the rlvor or by rail within a (ow hours of Portland can don great big trade in strawberries if tho pooplo will only tako hold and organize tlio industry. Newberg should put In fitly or ono hundred acres ol Btrawbor les nnd grow varieties that will stand slilpmont and ba good for canning, then pick an uniform product and can thoir surplus and rofusu stock. Tlio Industry can buostablishod with llttloor no capital and be a profitable business for tho community by tho end of tho first first, year, ltwill employ all tho surplus labor of the town during tho berry soitson. Tlio strawburrv comes boforo othor fruits and whon mon, wo mon, and children want employment. It ii tbo natural coucom mltant of a town or city, m tho labor employed at making the urop can live at home. Tho atrawberry helps the dairy business bocauso more cioani and buttor uro used with strawberries than with any other one fruit; Kjudi gallon of borrios tako til least a pint of cream. Kach aoro of strawborrles usee tho oruam nt five to ten cowh. Straw berries mako nn lncreusiul demand fr cream nnd butter at '' the time whon the meadows aro lush, when tho flow of milk ia lar gest, and if it wero not for tho tho atrawborry tho butter market ' would bo brokuu nt that snnson. This part of western Oregon will yet feed tho world on canned, . struwberries. The fruit o.in bu grown bore In tho greatest per fection and uheuper than unywlisroelso iu tho world. Now. only M t to refuso of tho crop Is ciumod. When properly put up mid (inn fruit Is used tlio canned siraw borry will be tho most popular oatined fruit sold, as thu fresh' '" ottnwborry Is now tho most popular frosh fruit. ' - ' Tho location of Newberg Is favorabluto thostrawburry Industry. ' It Is naturally as good a plitao lo establish tho iudustr as Hood Riyor. Its proximity to tho Nuhalom mountains and to Iflo rtyei; h aro natural advantages. M I ii - , V Tho RosuburgPialndualer, a Itopublloun poptr, hits the'uall on ' tho head: " "A boodler is a brigand and can nluim no protection in any honest party. Ills exposure Is publtu boon, hihJ Ills puulshtuenttaa necessity for the common good." t Mi , . Tho people havo lost faith In tho promising pollUebin, They. aro, looking for the man who saya littlo and doeusoiiiathlm:. Wo have to have (oinu rain in Oregon, but thank God, wijjlQn't luvoto pray lor il, O m Thero are no morn pearl handled pen-knife admijilsUaitpna needod in Oregon, Asterlan: The Salem Journal Is trying to bring about Jho dufeat' of Congressman Tongue. Tho Woodburu Imlopumluut thinks Claud Gatqh of ialttfii. sou Id wrest the nomination from thy IlUjejJofi man. as 1 Albany I) meerat: "Progrti a vo Malum will grow frtjiejf Jian any Interior town in Oregon this year," optluiltttleally saya tlio. Jour nal fu lliy right kind of spirit. May it nnd all tho towns In Oregon grow to beat tho band this year. Wo must all grow together If Oregon is to havo a permanent Improvement; hut thfijgoajhgr towns will have to get up and tighun their holta If tliy g' ajteid ol Albany, It Is going to do sorno growing itself, 6 Another nQtiue should be printed and atuok tp In the theaters brides one requesting ladlas to remove their bata-von, to request peQplu not to lft up aud V0 to potting on their wrap up til the play la ovsr. A S The. (lag up over the Udd A Hash bank was as hard to do n as tho one in the Philippines. O le Qnoa mere the Itiver ilglegtu w(U organic to gat help trout this government. Haw rtlHeuloojl When wo havo twig ceased to asiist struggling Republics and have entered upon aoareerofon Empire. '4 va fi - if 2 Mfi. 1 I". 3 , '::