DAILY CAPITAL JOTXtHAL, IALZM, OKSOOK, THT7BSOAT. OCTOBEB 23, 1913. kWMXMiiiiMMfrMMioMlMimiiMriini' "-' MaiMUMi mi MUrtM i nr iM uriwO -1 11 J m t M rH gi im mi r m Ml Ml Mi -l Ml Ml -tr - FrolhiitonitnoBii TTTi Prom: pagb roua Granite as off 11 II If II II II ti n II ri ii si in ti ti ii ii 13 ii n w n M n n n ii a M II 11 11 n in ii ii u If 11 14 11 II 11 11 II 11 II 14 11 Vice and Crime Flour ished as Never Before Ii 11 11 II II II la 11 II II 11 II 11 11 11 II 11 u u II 11 II t! II y n 11 n II 13 II a II II 13 II II n 13 II II II 11 El ! It El n II and Failure in Perform aiice Factories Closed and Business Houses Failed A year ago Grants Pass, after four years of continuous community perjury and prevarication under a Prohibition regime, threw off the yoke that had throttled its commercial activities and returned to the licensed system through the votes of a heavy percentage of its people. In the ensuing year there has been a gradual resumption of business and en terprises are once more coming to life. In the campaign which led to the overthrow of the dreamers, Ralph Orme, in the Grants Pass Observer, presented some pertinent facts of the situation as it had been, as the fervent Prohis had promised to make it and as it really was. The excerpts following fit the present situation in Salem, and add to the cumulative evidence of Prohibition fallaciousness: OUR YEARS ago promises of all kinds were made to the unread voter. The Prohibitionists made declara- tions which were on the whole contrary to the rights of man, upon which the Constitution of the United States is built. They prophesied that the general morals would be at a higher standard; that more work and in dustry would be at our doors; that people would pay their debts better than they had been paying them; that money would be an actual burden to those of our town ; that the younger people would be better taught and cared for; that our court house would become a place of enjoyment; that crime and vice would be total strangers to our doors and, last of all, that taxes would be lower than ever before known. Oh! how changed and altered is this beautiful dream of hap piness. Instead, the idea that morals would be advanced to a higher plane has been to the contrary had to say : Some of the wrong doing has been among the high-toned "Prohibition class," and their cases were brought before the courts, to be ex cused. The thought that work and industry has been introduced in to our city is in a way true. The paving was a help, but did the city realize the money paid out to the laborers? No, Wood ville and Medford emptied the boys' pockets and filled their stomachs. Four years ago there were two large box factories in operation, but within the past two years they have closed their doors to the caloused son s of toil. crime still come and will continue to come until the heavens and the earth shall pass away. Taxes are almost three times what they were four years ago, and still the people have their booze. Can anyone explain why this enormpus increase has taken place! Men were flayed, burned, hanged and massacred because they would not subfit to a certain doctrine, but did they submit? No! they were educated to the laws. In the same way will the sa loon be fought. And, last of all, that the painted figures of taxes would be far, far below those that had been before known, but, alas, the figures have transposed themselves much higher than any tax levy along the line. The Terrible Tale in Taxes When the people become educated to the belief that the saloon is no more wanted, new ideas will be advanced and the evil saloon will vanish forev er and the rights, liberties and justice of mankind will not be affected. This revelation will not come as long as force is used to make man lay down what he calls his rights. The tax levy in Ashland, the other city where the same vision was seen, is 48 mills, but Medford, with all her fine improvements, has only a levy of 27 mills, while in Grants Pass the figures show at 37 1-2 mills. To bring you more closely to the statement the writer just made, will quote the figures received from Mr. G. W. Wood, proprietor of the Palace Hotel. In 1902 his building was taxed for $91.88; in 1904, for $155.01; 1906, for $205.02; 1908, the year the city voted dry, his taxes were $230.37; 1910, they were $362.74; and in the glorious year of our Lord 1912, Mr. Wood paid $502.46 Has the value of his property increased with his taxes? Mr. Wood stated: "I was offered in 1908, $20,000 for my property. I cannot realize that much for it The Courier speaks of it being a bad habit of always seeing things on the dark side. It spoke of it always being darkest be fore dawn. It has just reversed the theory in accordance with the present conditions. Before the general election in 1908 the financial sun was shining its brightest, but the Prohibition eclipse has slowly enveloped over its bright spot, and at the present date it is almost total. Let us raise this political eclipse by voting a wet ballot in November, 1912. It is a great pleasure for a Prohi to stand on the street cor ner and point out undesirable citizens. But what is an undesir able citizen? An undesirable, in the writer's estimation is a man who always has his nose in somebody else's business, be cause he has no business of his own, and who would run a mile after a "bootlegger" or to a "blind pig" to get a "morning's morning," and then sit upon a dry goods box, with open jack knife and cologned breath howling "Vote 'er dry, fellers," while his wife, whose face is wrinkled with worry and an guish.and is looking into a steaming washtub, while in a cradle is an innocent babe with rosy cheeks and dimpled hands, wait ing for a crust. Prohibition is an old serpent, which seeks to wind its slimy coils about the freedom of the American people. Tho version that people would piiy their debts, lias been dashed to the ground within tho past mouth by four stores going into the hands of receivers. The inspiration that the younger generations will be in bet ter condition has vanished. It is no uncommon thing on Sat urday night to see some boys in a tipsy condition, and young girls prowling the streets at midnight. The theory that our courts would become banquet halls has been exploded with a re port that sounds to the farthest corner of the Pacific coast. In stead of this dream the proceedings of the courts have been prosecutions to satisfy the wishes of the Prohis. Tho dream that crime and vice would bo ostracised has disappeared. Vice and Before we go further into this mixed-up affair let us find out what prohibition is. Let me tell you: It is a law which is used to take away the liberties of one man and give to anoth er. Suppose we turn the prohibitory ruling around and make it a crime for a Prohi to go to church on Sunday or to go to prayer meeting, or make it against the law for a man to take his family out in an auto because people sometimes get killed in auto accidents. Suppose we say it is against the wishes of the wets for a dry to be out on the street after sundown, or pro hibit him from kissing his wife or children or even forbid him to drink tea or coffee, postum or cocoa at meal time, and punish him for eating ice cream and drinking soda pop on a holiday. A poor rule that will not work both ways. Man cannot be made to submit to a rule by force, he must be educated to the idea. We have prisons and dungeons for rob bers and thieves, some times murderers and whipping post for wife beaters, but does this punishment bring the individual un der any reform; rarely he comes out a new man. Generally he is more uncontrolable, more stubborn and more detrmined. Vote X Against Prohibition This space has been purchased by the SLEM WELFARE LEAGUE Its purpose is to give the voters of Salem unbiased sttatements and facts regarding the effects of Prohibition, free from emo tional surroundings. We have no interest at stake, other than the general welfare of Salem and its people. JOHN D. TURNER, Secretary. ri n ti ii n w ti 1 11 11 H II n a n it ii it ii ti IS 13 II El El M H U 11 El II El 13 11 I! II tl El 13 It E!I II Et II B If n U 11 n ii ii 13 II 13 11 13 11 II II II 11 II ia ia ia El II N 11 Eft II 13 13 13 13 13 El 13 13 II E3 13 13 II 11 II 13 11 13 II II 13 13 13 11 If THE LUKE" TttEATS THEMES LONG DISCUSSED IN TRESS It Is mi uiiepix ted new de ehipmoiit uf the dnuna which luis given birth, thin season, to wliii h n bold and during el thoroughly true mid timely pliiy on a grent soeilil theme lis "The l.ure," which is to be seen here r'ridny night, October Dt nt the liiuml Opera lluiio, by playgoer of this eily, line might readily have predicted this ultimate 1nuii from the steady prngres which the stage lias been miiUng of recent years toward the larger ami mure dnr Jug treatment of model n problems. George Scarborough was the fiit to etartle New York plnygoors with a white slave ilrnmn nod Ins true dramatic power made "The Lure" the pro nounced bit of the prevent season. Such lira inns as Ibsen's "(Miosis," (ioorge llernnnt Khnw'it "Mrs. Warren ' Pro fession," Kugenn Walter's "The Kim iml Way," and above all, llriem's "Pamagod Goods" hail already eslab lishctl tho stage M A fonim for the open lim'ossion of those already much-read-bout and much talker about themes. It Willi lake more than polite leusurship ami srbitniry eourt deelsion to deter Diiii where the line of the drains should J, pVXJ h.? 'i -; 1 J W, : if v I A,,-' f lice eourt at Uoseliurg yesterday. The .are still guarding the house. Vaughn THE ROUND-UP. , couple were arrested on complaint of i is apparently recovering from the fit TT TTT TT -M rs, ( oat es, Uctolior 11. The Stefan! sawmill was dostroved ' ,1 of temporary insanity which caused him to barricade himself in his home, Mon- by fire at Candy yesterday entailing a1 Having held officers nt buy for 2i 111,1 11 ' l,n t'ffor' was imnlo to over loss of $10.0(10. ; hours, threatening their lives' if they I ''""ll, lllm wi,h liberated through a i entered his house, at Walla Walla, f"""1" lu,l, 1,1 ("u of lM, windows. The Tho statutory charge against Robert lu i.l Vaught, president of the Wash-1 ""'"'"I " uuMiecossful. ( nates, wealthy liimbermnn, of Aber- iugton Loan and Trust company, yes-1 . ileen, Washington, and Lillian H. Car- terdny called a physician and asked Cost-of-living note in Vale Enter tor, of Portland, were dismissed in jus- that he be given medl-nl aid. Officers prise: "Mrs. W. S. Lawrence was in twn Saturday, procuring butter pa,,er. Mrs. Lawerence states that thev now have over 100 hogs and ho 'event "nll.v to ehnnge over from dairving to pork, ' Sinai exports ndont nine million dol lars' worth of teak a vear. TRY JOURNAL WANT ADS FOR THEY niUNO RESULTS iiionn from "Tlu Liir" Which Comes to the Grand Tomorrow Night bo drawn, for the stngo Is today one of the great instruments of jublie ag itation and socio! eulightnieut. It is fulfilling the purpose which it lias long been accused of neglecting. Like the dramntisti already mentioned George Scarborough In "The Lure" is attack iug present vital world problem. Call for Bids For Straw. The undersigned will revolve bids up to S o'clock p. m., on Monday, October 7, 1913, for 3 ton of straw. The city reserve! tho right to re joe t any sod all bids. C1IA9. E. EL01N, City lieeordor. We have just received a LARGE SHIPMENT OF Ladies Patent, Suede, Gun Metal and Velvet Shoes PRICED $2.50 to $4.00 Special on Children's Shoesall Leath ersin Button or Lace. Prices 50c to $2 JACOB VOGT 220 N. Commercial St, Salem, Oregon Huie Wing Sang Co. Big Stock Furnishings and Dry Goods 75c silk hose, sale, 50c $1.25 silk scarfs, sale, 75c $1.75 union suits, sale, $1.25 $4.00 fancy waist, sale, $2.75. $10.00 coats, sale, $6.50 $3.75 fancy dress, sale, $2.75. House dress and wrappers, big line. Kimona. $1.25, $1.45, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and up lents and ladies' underwear, all kinds Pants, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and up ALL GOODS ON SALE 325 North Commercial St., Salem. Oregon X 4-