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BAIMT CAIHTAI, JOUlUMb, SALEM, OKEOOX, aPIBDAY, DEOISMIIEIt i, 1P07.
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
E. IIOFEIt, Ed. nnd Prop.
tn.Xndo pendent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles-nnd
Ubd 1'roRroHi and Devolopemcnt of All Oregon.
Tubllolied Kvcrjr livening Uxccpt Sunday, Salem, Ore.
SUI1SG1UPTION KATES.
(Invariably In Advance.)
E)Jly, "bycarrlor. per year W.00. Per month 600
tneHr, byraall, per year. -1.00 l'cr month 35a
Weekly, 'by mall, per year- 1.00 Six months 60c
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carorully nrrango 16 spend earnings received in Docombor for thotr
Christmas gifts nnd that class must of necessity purchase late.
To tho wealthy, however, and th oso who carry accounts at the Btoros
they patronize, thoro Is no reason why Christmas purchases should not
bo mado by them not later than cho 16th of Docombor, thereby making
tho next ten days comparatively easy for those who must do tho work.
SPECIAL DELIVERl.
STor .convenience of BUbscrlberB branch delivery offices aro estab
OlBliea at jUuj following placos at 35 cents por month, $1.00 for threo
ODcnt' i. t,
Asylum Store, F. G. Do Voo & Son, Asylum Avonuo Junction.
Carllnc, Seventeenth street o A. V. Lane, Garden Road storo.
LDaue-a Storo, Alox, Dauo, South Commercial streot.
ZSloctric Store, C. M. Eppley, East Stato Btroot.
: JPnlr Grounds Storo, Harrison Dee, Pair Grounds Road.
5 "Howell's Corner, Twelfth and Cross Btroots.
0. K. Grocery, A. A. Englobart, Twolfth Btrect.
TVVheolor's Storo, W. D. Whcolar, Highland nvonuo.
TYow Park Storo, F. G. Bower ox. Twelfth nnd Loallo.
PRESIDENT
DELIVERS
MESSAGE
A VBUV VOLUMINOUS DOCU
MENT, TOUCHING ON EVERY'
THING CONNECTED XITII THE
GOVERNMENT, CONDITIONS'
AND POLICIES.
To tho Senate and House of Representatives:
AT THE FORD.
Wnon tho roso moans nothing but a rose;
When storms aro storms not clouds on blue,
Jng rain means naught but cold and chill,
"Not tears of angels drifting through;
"When grief meanB grief nnd nothing moro,
When sorrow's klBS is llko a blow,
And when thero Is no hopo of spring
Bonoath tho earth's baptism of snow
Xt will bo ago not faithlessness",
.That stills 'tho music In my throat.
ZForgct not how, when I was young,
1 know my song nnd trilled each noto.
Smart Set
nnd this tho natlonnl government nt
once proceeded to rogulato In. thor
oughgoing and offectlvo fashion.
Conditions havo npw bo wholly
changed that tho Intorstnto com-'
,nerco by watpr Is Inslgnlflcnnt com
pared with tho nnicmit that goes by
lind, and nir.cst all big buBlnosB
concerns aro new engaged In Into.--state
commerce As a result, It can
bo but pnrtlally and Imporfoctly con
trolled or rogulnted by the. action of
any ono of tho sovornl states; such
action Inovltnbly tondlng to bo olther
too drastic or olso too lax, and In
olther enso Ineffective for purposes
of justice. Only the NATIONAL
uuvijiiAiHi'jiST CAN IN THnn-
MEN'S
No nntlon has greater rosourc3SiniTniinr.t-., ,.". -itut-
ours, and I think It can nTSSlnL110180
ifully said that tho citizens of 1,IL ' ,C?V01-,
at!on posesscs greater energy a Activity.
than
truthfully
no natlo
and Industrial ability. In no na
tion are tho fundamental business
conditions sounder than In ours tit
this vory moment; and It Is foollsn,
. I , In0n,l f Irnnnlnif UUt ,l dCS C that tllOrO BllOtlld
It In sound banks; for It Is 8uch;,b nu, extension of federal activity.
hoarding that Is tho Immediate oc
hub noes not moan tlmr Mm
should bo nny extension of fcdoral
authority, for yuch authority already
oxlsts undor Hie constitution In
amplest and most far-reaching form;
SMART
SUITS
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(Tills Is not advocating contrnllza-
'EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING."
caslon of monoy Btrlngoncy. More
over, as a rulo, tho business of our
peoplo Is conducted with honesty and
probity, and this Biippllos nllko to
forms and factories, to railroads and
banks, to all legitimate commercial
ontorprlses.
In nny largo body of men, how
nvnn. thoro aro ccrtnln to bo somo
Thoro 1s n nnllonnl movement on foot being conductod by good poo- . ,iiBhonost. and If tho condi
gn tho Interests of employes who hnvo to bear tho bairdon nnd brunt thnt'flnn nro .,. Mlnf ,,, mon nro,.
crowded aloroa heap upon thorn during tho weok boforo Christmas" )0r op commr their misdeeds with
ana In fact up to midnight of that very day boforo. 'Impunity, their 'oxamplo Is a very
Tho organization has its origin In Now York nnd Is being directed by'ov1 th,lg fop tho community,
tho Now York Charity Organization Bocloty. Kvhoro thoso mon aro business mon
Tho -work is cnrrlod on in tho form of n publication called "A Nation- lQf gr0ftt Bngncty nmi 0f tompora
sil Journal of Philanthropy, Social, Civil nnd Industrial Advnnco" mont both un8cn,I)Uiou8 and roek
aind tho editor Is Mr. Etlwnrd T. Dovlno of that city. 1(J8g nnd whoro tho conditions aro
This yenr tho society named nboVb Is Bonding out strong appeals to , thnt thov nct wm10ut suncrvl-
... .. .. . I . ! .. . - --- - W m
tChrltftnms Bhoppors nBking tuem to commonco to nny enny mai inoy may
hn toIIovo to somo extent tho aovoro duties placed upon clerks, mca
onRcrs and wngon drlvorB during tho last week boforo Christmas.
... ... ........... I ... ... II .M...1I
we uuum mo inauwr oi duuiuiuui. ..i.-....w i . u..t.w,, iu u i,,t0 making Investments or ont-
spolntH which tho Bocloty mnkes In bohalf of early Christmas Bhopplng. i)Iirj(nK n it,1(i8 0f business thnt
jAb tho holidays como around yonr nftor yoar thoro Is n growlng,nro roay unE0Und. Whon tho ml3-
wcalizatlon that tho Christmas happiness In ono mnn's homo Is tho Christ- l0C(,8 of tho BuccoBSfully dishonor
wins hardship In many another homo. discovered, wiffoting comos
"OhrlBtinns shopping Is qulto gonornlly loft until tho last weok, often t ony ,pon thom but upon tho
Innocent mon whom they havo mis
slon or control nnd nt drat without
oftectlvo check from public opinion,
Mon.
National Incorporation Act.
Tho most vital need Is In connec
tion with tho rnllronds. As to thoso,
In my Judgment thoro should now bo
either n national Incorporation nct
or a law llconalng railway compnnlos
to cngngo In Intorstnto commorco
upon ccrtnln conditions. Tho law
BhouM bo so frnmed aa to glvo to
tho lutorstato commorco commission
power to pass upon tho futttro Ibbuo
of securities, whllo nmplo monna
should bo provided to onnblo tho
commission, whonover In Its Judg
ment It Is nocossary, to mnko a physi
cal valuation of any rnllrond.
Slieniian AntKniHt Iauv.
Moroovor, In my Judgmont thore
should bo additional legislation
louklng to tho propor control of tho
they doludo many lnnocont peoplo ,sroat JUSlnoB8 concerns ongnged In
iiuurauuo nnsincus, lain control to
ho oxorolsod for tholr own bonoflt
and prosporlty no loss than for tho
protoctlon of Investors nnd of tho
gonornl public. As I havo ropoatod
ly said la mossngos to tho congrons
nnd olsowhoro, oxporionco hns dod
nltoly shown not moroly tho unwis
dom but tho futility of ondeavorlng
wntll tho last day, boforo Chrlstmus.
"What this moans to tho dorks hohlnd tho co-.tntorB, to tho cash glrte 0(1 It ,8 n ,mnfU awakening, when
runnlnK linck and forth with heavy parcols, to tho drlvora and tall' ' ,f n11Pa. nn, nnitrniiv. whon
lioys on tho dollvory carta, to tho packers and Bhlppoftr, oxproHS moB-jjt (008 occur ti,080 wlo 8Uffor nro,to l,ut ft 8tol to all buslnoss comblnn
aongorH, nnd bohlnd thoBO to tho gtont army of womon and girls who'npt to forgot tunt tj)0 Jongor It w.iBitIon8' Modern Industrial conditions
tnnnufaottiro ChrlstmaB toyB and cnndlos and klckknncks In factory and ,j0forroij til0 moro pnlnful It would
nhop and Bwoatshlp, Is Utuo roniizou uy inoso wno gainor rounu tno l)0 In tJl0 offort to punBi, tho gull-
Sllttorlng Christmas trees. ty'It la botIl wlso nnil propor, to ou-
"For Kovoral yonrs tho MorohanU nssoolatlon of Clovolnnd hns con-lloavor 80 t(r ft8 ,,088lblo to mlnl-
uotod a successful onmpnign ror punning uncK nouuny auoppiug inio ., .ijgfroBB of. thoso who hnvo
NovomVor and early Docombor.
'TpHlors In tho tttroot car and on billboards, nnd tho widest nows-
paper publicity havo nccompHshod lnuoh.
aro Bitch thnt comblnntlott Is not only
nocossary but Inovltnblo. It Is so in
tho world of buslnoss JiiHt a'u It Is so
In tho world of labor, .nnd It Is ns
Idlo to dCRlro to put nn ond to nil
boon mlslod by tho guilty. Yot It.corporatlonn, to nil big combltm
y YOU WILL WANT TO MUSS IT A UTILE mJ
I IDAYS? AT LEAST YOU OUGHT Tn .1
DOES. PERHAPS YOU DO WANT TO, llUr th.vT
WITH ALL THE CHRISTMAS IIUVIXO. Ynir ?
A NE WSUIT JUST NOW. YOU'ItB WU0N0! COMPkS
WHAT AVE CAN OlWKIl FOR, SAY,. HWF 5
SURELY YOU NVOULDXT CO SIIAI1I1V AT TllSnJS
Among low-prlccd Bults you will
And a splendid showing of tho latest
styles In th0 now browns und mix
turosJust tho swell things that
. nro now bolng sold In Jow YorK
Those gnnnontB nro cut over tha
samo pnttorns ns our moro expensive
garments all tho dlheronco Is la
tho cloth and finish. Como and sea
thoso hully good bnrgalns at H5 anl
up.
G. W; JOHNSON &
The Clothiers
la In n most satisfactory condition.
For tho six fiscal years ending with
tho 1st of July last, tho total oxpcmli-
turofj nnd rovonuos of tho natlonnl
govomm'ont, cxcluslvo of tho postal
revenues nnd expenditures, woro, In
round nnmbors, rovonuos, 13,405,-
000,000, nnd expenditures, 3,275,-l
000,000. Tho nct excoss of Inconio cltos to brutal Tlotectt '
ovor oxpondlturos, Including In thoi Cnpltal hJ Uy
latter tho fifty mllllona oxpondod for n Is certain thittei
tho Pnnanm canal, was, ono hmndrod'eomo thoro will U
no mnn stands tbora 0
no corporation it to vn
ran not bo held to iocs
pnrtmont of Joittct
prompt to proctdl
wealthiest malefutor tii
wns ono of greed it4 (
proceed against the i
nnd ninety million dollars for tin
croaso absolutely, uD
tlvoly, of those swiM
who dwoll Incltluai
slzo nnd who workl'
moans that there itlj
Is not posslblo to rofrnln bocnusQ of
Huoh dlBtross frqm striving to mit nn
Tho bonollt Ib roally on both sldw, for tho Christians shoppor hnaoml to tho mjJ(i00,i8 that nro tho
lioltor opportunity nnd wldor solootlon In onrly shopping, whllo tho dlf
Soronco to tho elork Is most mnrkud.
"OhBorvntlon might show many of us that Ohrlstmns Is a time of
hardship for thoso who havo to do with supplying tho noods of OhrlBtnuts
whoppora.
"Authontlo records from tho llvs of dorks, dollvory boys nnd drlvora
of wngoua show that, whllo wo aro kooplng tho Ohrlstmns fostlval, whllo
wo nro foodlng tho lamo and hnlt, tho blind and frlondloss, wo nro
lightly rduolng to lUnoss nnd oxhnustlon tho young nnd strong nnd
Snltlifcil who sorvo us, sooji nnd unseen. ,
"Every years tho celebration of Ohrlstmns grows moro elaborate
"Moro prcaonta nro bought; tho crowds aro greater; tho decorations
?ro moro splondld.
Tho problems of 4ho morolmnts nro corrospondllngly moro complox;
tho supply li ' increased; tho proasuro nt every point Intensi
fies. "On tho ono hand, public opinion disapproves long ltour3 nnd Into
work, particularly for young womon, girls and children.
"Qu the othor hand, moroly through thoughtlessness, many shoppers
dolor itholr purchasoa until tho laat possible momont at tho cost of un
necessary Btraln upon salespeople and dollvory forcoa."
Mrs. Florence Kolloy, 8ecrotnry of tho National Consumers' lengue,
which haa a momborahlp of womon In every city In tho country pledged
to work for tho safeguarding of womon and children in industry, says of
early Christmas shepping:
"Never boforo In nny month of November has so largo a number of
morchanta notified their customers that tho Christmas goods are at hand
ready for inspection nnd purohaBO. '
"Novor hnvo so many consumers' leagues mailed to their mombers
anp'enlB to shop early In tho Benson, onrly In tho weok nnd early in the
tiny.
"It Is an astonishing number of peoplo who profit by this vast con
cqrtqd effort to abolish tho Christmns cruelties. -
"The. shoppora thsmsolves find now In tho stores good air and good
will awaiting them whloh will grow loss every day as, Christmas ap
proaches. "The, clerks nro still unwoarled by tho Jostling orowds, nnd can ex
ou4 qourtosy whlqh will grow day by day moro difficult If not more
eant,
",'Slnqq tto last holiday soason tho neod for voluntary offort to dls
Qourtigo olovonth hour shopping has groatly Increased,
"For fho Ijlghost court In tho stato of Now York has pronounced un
cpnstltiutioual the stntuto which for twenty yonrs had forbidden tho em
vplaymont lu tha statu , of boys unde 18 and of women after 10 o'clock
i& Wght' in anr factory; i
"It is, thoroforo, tho most oheoWng to hnvo Items like tho following
in numbers far top largo to quote.
"From MlssqijirLj loading merchant writes, 'Wo gave publicity to this
Idea Itfour regular advertisements, aiuV wo fool that this year (1906)
cspecfSly, wo ha.boon successful fn getting tho peoplo of Kansas City
4o liokla buying earlier In the season, as our holiday trado opened up
earllor-Ti Docombe?.,'"
Yo cheerfully publish tho forogolng and glvo It seml-edltorlal en
l9re8jamqnt on tho ground that whero it is possible becauBo of financial
conditions, tthe. poopo certainly ought to do what thoy can to mako the
vspri); Iho shop girls, tho clerks, tho measo'ngors and all who havo to
via -wltix Christmas gifts as ligh,t as possible. ,
Tjheiro Is a class of coJurso, who pay casn for,tUelr purchases and who
ultlmnto cauaa of tho sufforlng, nnd
ns a moans to this ond, whoro pob
Blblo to punish thoso responslblo for
thorn. Thoro mny bo honest dlffor
oncos of opinion na to many govern
mental policies; but surely thoro
can bo no such dlffovoncoa as to tho
need of unflinching porsovornnco In
tho war ngnlnst successful dlshon-
osty.
Interstate Commerce.
No small part of the troublothat
wo havo comes from carrying to nn
extreme tho national virtue of solf-
rollanco, of Independence In Initia
tive and notion, It Is wlso to con
serve this virtue and to provide for
its fullest oxeroiso, compatiblo with,
wjolng that liberty does not bocomo
a llborty to wrong others. Unfor
tunately, this is tho kind of llborty
that tho laok of all effoctlvo regula
tion Inevitably breeds. Tho foaind-
tloiiB of onpltaf, as to doslro to put
an ond to combinations of labor.
Corporation nnd labor union nllko
havo como to stay. Eaoh If propor
ly mnnngod Is a Borneo of good and
not evil.
Currency.
I ngaln, urgo on tho congress tho
nood of Immediate attention to
monoy matters, Wo nood a groater
olnstlolty In our curoncy; provided,
of courso, that wo recognize tho ov.m
groater neod of a snfo and scouro
currency.
mo.-t rigid examination by tho na
tional authorities. Provision BhouM
bo mado for an omorgoncy currency.
Tho omorgoncy Issue should, of
courso, bo mado with an effective
guaranty, and upon conditions care
fully proscribed by tho government.
'Such emorgency Issue must bo based
on ndoquato securities approved by
tho government, nnd must bo issued
under a heavy tax. This would per
mit currency being issued whon tho
liwXl
bIx yonrB, nn avorngo of about thirty
ono millions a year.
Tho Tariff.
This countrv la definitely commit-
tod to thoprotoctlvo system nnd any .Increasing need to
effort tn imrnnt It could not nut loins Inseparable
causo wldosproad Industrial disaster, duitrlnl clvllluUoi
t .!. ..!. tun. .itmiKin nf hrf tnotiso and conpiei
ill ULIIU1 UIU, Hill .....v.,.. , ,1 ... kHuUI
present tariff law could not with wis- dally In those brujei
uom bo ennngeu. nut m " , " v. . iw
of such phenomena, growth ZTJotlLZ
It la probably well that ovory nozuu,-. -.:,..
..-.. .... .! i .i.n.it.1 tut laicor number ot "P
years or bo iiio uuiu i"o - , !
,..., ii,.i un ., tn soo formor tend more w
uuiuiuu; nui uiiiiiniu ' .
that no oxcosslvo or Impropor bono-
fits nro conforrod thoroby, that prop
blno Into corpontlouW
into Mnlons. TM n
oanltallst and wii
another, and oleum
....hi I nrfl not IW
just; and to pot th
a satisfactory
which will nt least make VXSwhT
dlfferonco In cobI of production hora,J leole tula
?yjrrs'"
jn tn inuor toot " ,
lor rovonuo Is provided, nnd that our
l !.. ..1 In nnnvl.rnf'Oll. TllOTC
Thero must nlwnys bo the V "A1V .--T.ni, tariff
inuai aiwuyu uu na i
which will not only allow for tho
collection of an amplo rovonuo but
ers of tho constitution provided that demand for It was urgont, whllo bo-
the national government should have curmS lls re"" as mo aomana
complote nr.d fcolo control of intor
stnto commerce. There was then
practically no interstate business
save such ns was conduotod by water,
Capital National
Bank
J. II. ALBERT, President.
E. M. CROISAN,, Vice. Pros.
3TOS, II. ALRERT, Cnlilcr.
TWENTY-TWO YEARS
OF SyCOESSFUL
UANKINQ BUSINESS
VX SALEM.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT!
Pays' 3 per cent interest on sav
ings accounts.
fell off. It is worth investigating to
determine whether officers and direc
tors pf national banks Bhould over
bo allowed to loan to themselves.
Trust companies should be subject
to tho samo supervision as banks;
legislation to this effect should be
onactod for tho District of Columbia
and tho torritorles,
Revenue.
Tho Income account of tho nation
We Sell
Yvffol
on the positive guarantee
that if it does, not give satis
faction yret will return the
entire amount of money paid
us for it. We mean this
and ask all those who are
sick and need strength to try
it with this understanding.
g; w, PUTNAM CO.
for tho woll-bolng of tho wttgo-work-
er niuat over bo a cardinal point m
American policy.
Inconio Tnx ami lnlicrltuni'0 To.
SVlion our tax lawa are rovlsod tho
quostlon of nn income tax and an
inheritance tax should receive tha
careful attention of our legislator.
In my Judgmont both of these taxes
should bo part of our system or
federal taction. I speak diffidently
about tho Income .tax because ono
Bchemo for an Income tnx was de
clared uriconstltutlonnl by tho su
premo court; whllo In addition it
a difficult tax to administer In U
practical working, and great cars
would have to bo exercised to see
.... . nvndmi by the verv
limit it u "v - ' , . , .-
men whom It was most desirable to
i.. .nv.,1 fnr if so evaded
lwou.,l.o,corS?.r
,tax at all; as tne iov "
all taxes la'the tax which boars he av
lly upon tho honest as compared Itn
tho dishonest man. 0e" 'er
graduated income tax of the proper
typo would be a durable feature ,ol
federal taxation, aud It Is to be bopel
that one may bo devised which tM
supremo court will declare coastltu
tlonal, , T
Enforcement ot the fcivr.
A few years ago there waj ua
complaint that tho law couM I ot
Invoked against wealthy oderi
Thero is no such complaint a
Tho course of tho department
iustlco during the last few year ha
i- . .-.. t ovideui
been, such -as Jm"' v' '
sltion which cm b
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