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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913. PAGB FJVB. TO Coffee Not Good for People, and Yet No One Passes Law to Keep Them From Using It, Says Woman. MAJORITY OF SUCCESSFUL MEN TEMPERATE DRINKERS As Many Broken Homes Result From Indiscriminate Use of Tongue as 'From Use of Intoxicants. The Salem Welfare League has re ceived numerous communications for publication from all kinds of people giving their reason why the people should vote against prohibition, many of the correspondents have lived in dry towns and Btatos. We have refused to publish any communication attacking in the Binallcst way the personal character of any one. The writer of the following article is a woman of prominence and high social standing, and one of those "Good Wo men." She is not ashamed of her ideas nor is she afraid of a boycott from thoso may differ with her, but her fine sense of modesty abhors notoriety, hence the secretary is permitted to give her name and address to any one who may desire the same for any reason except curios ity. The article follows: "Prohibition is tho question of the hour in Salem; the business men are publishing pertinent statistics, tho min isters are advocating theories; the W, C. T. U. is presenting tales of darkened homes. Will you publish a few ideas from the standpoint of nn old-fashioned nowly-enf ranchised woman ? "We are agreed that intemperance and drunkenness are evils that menace the welfare of our homes and city. Is prohibition the most logical, practical remedy f Has it been unquestionably successful whore it has been tried? Ob viously not. So why not enact other remedial lawB which might prove more practical and yet which would Dot in fringe upon any citizen's personal lib; ertyf Legislation against the drinking of liquors over the bar would eliminate tho unlimited drinking and tho system of treating now in vogue, which result in the drunkenness1 we deplore. The soiling of labeled bottled goods in their original jrickages, not to bo opened at tho pluee of selling, would eliminate tho bar and the adultoration of drinks, n lrcognized evil. Regulation of this sort would . bo practicable and fuir; liraetiiinblo because it could be enforc ed, because it would almost eliminate drunkenness and fair because it would iermit tho moderate, self-contained in dividual to eat and drink as he might wish surely his right! "In all ages nnd in all countries there have been intoxicating stimulants which tho best people have used in modera tion. In our own country todny the ma jority of our successful men are tem perate drinkers, so old that there is lit tle probability oftheir becoming intem perate before their allotted years are spent, or so evenly bulanced that their appetites do not lend them to any ex tremes. "Wo do not prohibit the selling of books becniiHo some corrupt their minds by reading immoral publications; we do not prohibit the manufacture of corsets because some women ruin health and temper by unhygienic dressing; we do not prohibit the aBociation of our young men and women, though white slavery exists; we do not prohibit the gossip or nagging of women, though 1 aver there are as many broken homes and hearts resulting from the indiscrim inate use of the tongue as from the use of intoxicants! We try to regulate these other factors of life to lessen their evil element; why not so regulate tho selling of stimulnntsf " In a general way we are accustom ed to consider drinking a masculine vice nnd gossip a feminine vice. One may be as detrimental ns the other, ami both result, from unrestrained or misdirected sociability; yet sociability is the human trait upon which aret built our best or giini.ations. "The nloon meets a drnuind or it would not exist; it niiM'ts a legitimate tleninnd, else you would find only unde sirable citizens in front of its bar; it has an evil side, or phuhibitiou would not 1 before us to decide upon, ('nn we nut legislate to eliminate ns much ns is possible the evil, ami retain those feature which renind to a legitimate demand! The wealthy mnn linn his club for ex cluslvely masculine society, but the ma jority of our citizens enn not take nd vantage of club life. For women there nre provided rest rooms over the city and at home we have our own system of social life. Hut where shall the farmer refresh himself after a long, cold drivrf Where shnl) the busy man find just tho sort of lunch he wantf served without wnitingf And whoever heard of a vigorous man craving float ing isliind ami I 'in It lemonade f. The saloons am not so wholly bad. They recognize, with laudable enterprise, s very practical ned, and even in out city of churches, they are the only oncf who have provided an exclusively mcn'f resort, the democratic spirit of which appeals to the stranger within our Kates, to th workman in hit everyday Time It! "Papo'g Diapepsin" Makes Your Upset, Bloated Stomach Feel Fine In Five Minutes. "Really does" put bad stomachs in order " really does" overcome indiges tion, dyspepsia, ' gas, heartburn and sourness in five minutes that just that makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar gest selling stomach regulator in the world. If what you eat ferments into stubborn lumps, you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food and acid: head is dizzy and aches; breath foul; tongue coated; your insides filled with bile and digestible waste, remember the moment "Pape's Diapepsin" comes in contact with the stomach all such dis tress vanishes. It's truly astonishing almost marvelous, and the iov is its harmlessness. A large fifty-cent case of Pane's Diapepsin will give you a hundred dol lars' worth of satisfaction or vnnr druggist hands your money back. It s worth its weight in gold to men and women who can't get their stom achs regulated. It belongs in your home should always be kept handv in case of a sick, sour, upset stomach (luring the day or night. It's the quickest, surest and most harmless stomach doctor In the world. BUSINESS MANAGER FOR CITY IS PLAN PROPOSED Commission Committee to Draft Plan Which Includes Council to Legis late for City. That tho people who nre assessed for improvements, such us paving and grad ing of streets, nro themselves responsi ble if the work is not properly perform ed, was the contention last night of Mayor Steeves at the meeting of the barter committee, tie explained that tho people residing on the streets usu ally employ some old chap as inspector, who is inconiieteut, but is out of a job, garb, to ttte man who daro not invite his guests home to dinner on impulse. 'In other lands beer or wine is con sidered as correct a home beverage ai coffee. In our home we prefer coffee, yet I do not fancy the idea of being compelled to pay a dollar for a prescrip tion any time I might consider that we need a bottle of aloohol. About six years a very old lady lay dying in our neighboring city of Albany. The death hill was creeping upon heT. She asked that her feet be rubbed with alcohol. Her son-in-law, himself an elderly man, want to the nearest drug store to pro cure it, and then he, a stranger in the city, had to find a physician and pro cure a prescription before he could ob tain the simple remedy. I am confident that he, one of Salem's best citizens, will vote wet at the coming election. "A very wish God left to us our choice of good rind evil; a very wise mnn said: 'Ho that controlled! his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city.' A very wise government will not leprive it citizens of their choice of meat ami drink." SALKM WELFARE LKAOUE. MAYOR SAYS PEOPLE E RESPONSI Sidesteps All Responsibility on Part of Administration for Poor Jobs of Paving. CHILDREN HATE OIL, They Love to Take it and it Doesn't Harm tho Tender Little Stomach Liver and Bowels. If your little one's tongue is coated it s a sore sign the etoinm-h, liver ami bowels need a gentle, thorough cleans ing at once. When your child is cross, peevish, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, eat or act naturally; if breath is bad, stom ach sour, system full of cold, throat ore, or if feverish, give a tcuspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all the cloggcd-up, con stipated wnste, sour bile and undigest ed food will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful -hild again. Sick children needn't be coaxed to Inko this harmless "fruit laxative." Millions of mothers keep it handy be auso they know its att'.on on the stom ich, liver and bowels is prompt and uire. They also know a little given to day saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a SO-cent hot In of "(ulifoiiiia Syrup of Figs," which contains directions for babies, hiblren of ill ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. I'.eware of coun terfeits sold her, flet the genuine, iiade by 'California Fig Hyrup com lny. ' ' Don 't be fooled I Do You Prefer an Electric Iron To the old. Sad Irons. We know you do, and yet when you first bought an Electric Iron you felt it was a luxury. Now jou wonder how you ever did your work without it. ELECTRICITY has done the same for Washday that it did for Ironing and in the Thor Electric Washer You have a machine that will do the washing for a family of six in about two hours a week, and at a cost of about TWO CENTS per hour. It will wash the finest fabrics or the heaviest woolen blankets without injury. Attaches to any socket and so simple a child can ran it. The best way to believe its wonflor is to see it in our window. We will gladly demonstrate it at any time and anBwer your questions. THE ELECTRIC COMPANY State and Commercial. Phone 85 and the result is an unsatisfactory st root. satisfactory job. hi the discussion of the kind of com mission form desired the majority train ers of the charter were in favor of a single business manager, with a legisla tive body consisting of 9 or 11 men. Selection of Business Manager. The question whether the council should elect the business manager was discussed, some favoring his election by the people and others by tho council. One argument advanced was that if he was bad the council would throw him out promptly, while otherwise, he would hang on for mouths before the people could recall him. Turner said the argu ment was all right in theory, but the A VOID IMPURE MILK for Infants and Invalids Get HORLICK'S It means the Original and Genuine MALTED MILK The Food-Drink for all Ages Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form. For infants, invalids nd growing children. Purenutrition, upbuilding the whole body. Invigorates nursing mothers and the aged. More healthful than tea or coffee. Take no subatttuta. Ask for HORLICK'S HORLICK'S Contains Pure Milk council would be more likely to keep him on the job if he was bad, and fire him if he was good. Turner contended that it was not crookedness, but ignorance or incompe tence was responsible for most of the unsatisfactory work of councils. He thought there was very little crooked work going on in councils over the country. He rapped the present ap pointees of the council and this brought Mayor Steeves into the arena. With out cracking a smile, he wanted to know where a better man than City En gineer Tillman or Street Commissioner Cornelius could be secured. The mayor contended that everything was all right just now, except that he did not have control of the police department. Would Abolish Titles. County C'lork Oehlhar favored the one-man government, like in Gorman cities, where the burgomaster is mayor, magistrate and hend of affairs general ly. He would abolish titlos, such as re corder, chief of tho fire department, be cause it made the owners pompouB with their own importance and dotracted from their efficiency. Dr. Deutch, Dr. J. N. Smith, II. D, Tliielsen and Andrew Leo participated in tho discussion. Mrs. William K. Kirk and Mrs. William Fleming wero also presont for the first time. Miss Cor nelia Marvin and Mrs. Perry liaymond accepted, but could not bo presont last night. A resolution to have a sub-committee ( submit a draft of a charter amendment to cover ideas advocated by Mr. Oehl har, was adopted. GOVERNOR WEST WANTS ADVICE FROM EDITOR Governor West today made public a caustic letter he had written to the edi tor of the Marshfield Times. The gov ernor refers to the advice volunteered by the Times editor and Bays, in return, ho would like to know the proper courso to pursue Bhould it be fouud that thou sands of acres of school lands have been fraudulently secured by a lumbor com pany of the Marshfield district. Ho puts it up to the editor to say whether tho school children or lumber company should get tho benefit of the doubt. MME. ALDA. A youthful instrumentalist who cro ated something of a sensation in tho United States and Canada last season his first appearance on this side of tho Atlantic is (lutin Cassini, a 17-year-old Rusisnn 'cellist, whoso ap pearances in every city ho visitod wore attended by unrestrained enthusiasm. His winning personality, his musical efficiency promise much nnd tho American public is to bo the gainer. No concert pianist and accompanist, with whom the American music-going public is familiar, has secured so wide an endorsement for exceptional ability as Frank La Forge, whoso co-operation Pea Nut Butter Icing Cake As we have previously advertised we ara carrying on a campaign of education as to the great food value of Peanut Butter. We have shown hundreds of women what good confection can be made with this excellent substitute. Today We will show the ladies how to make a real delicious cake with Peanut Butter icing and filling. We will be delighted to have you call and let us serve you with what we think the best cake that was ever thought of Nut and Olive Sandwich This also is a very delicious combination for lunch eon. Come and have one. DONT FORGET Beurre Bosc Pears 25c Basket, $1.25 Box ROTH GROCERY COMPANY PHONE 188S-1886. 410 STATE STREET has also boon obtained for concerts in which Mine. Frances Alda is also to ap pear. All three will bo in Salem to morrow night at the armory. MR. ROBERTSON RELIEVED. "Undo" Ben Robertson, one of Ore gou's first citizens, has decided to leavo his farm near Turner and make his home in the city hereafter. Mr. Kobertson will dispose of his property at auction, the salo to take place Tues day, October 23, at 10 a. m. Mr. Rob ertson has been one of the most on ,thiisiastic. politicians and boosters in tho south end of tho county, and he now intends to take things easy. Lincoln. Taft and Roosevelt Absolu n u ti ii n 11 n n ii n ii u H II II El II 11 11 II 11 1E.3C a fl II . 1 $ There is a law in Oregon requiring the truth to appear in advertising. Let this sink in. to Prohibition There is more intemperance in a half page of recent Prohi advertising than in a barrel of booze. ' FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES With a disregard for authenticated historical facts, some of the frenzied zealots in the "anti" campaign now on here, have gone to quot ing some prominent people as expressing views that justify their attitude. Among these incidents of juggling with he truth the names and alleged views of Lincoln, Taft and Roosevelt appear. The two latter have been officially do declared enemies of the "Idea." Let the record speak for itself. II IJ 11 II 11 II H (3 ii 13 El n El n ii ii ii n u n ii n M II a ii ti ii n n ti ti ii u ta ii M U u 11 I" 11 In n ii n in ii ii in M ..-.n.ainxraiiNaiTnwvsiniiKinnnnn Prohibition Party Platform Denounces Local Option The platform of the Prohibition Party of the State of Oregon, as adopted by tho Pro hibitionists of this state last year, when in session at Portlund, has the following ar ticle: "Recognizing the failure of the Local Option law to bring satisfactory results, and believing that the fallacy of the non partisan method of promoting administra tive reforms has been fully demonstrated, we call upon all men to join us in build ing up a party which stands for the de struction of the liquor traffic as its domi nant issue." At this convention both President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt were denounced as the enemies of prohibition. In fact some of the statements were thoso which caused Colonel Koosevelt to bring his libel suit. 'Austere invective is hurled at us by the NA TIONAL PROHIBITIONISTS because we ac cused the prohibition party of practical forue.ru in circulating what purports to be a verbatim account of Abraham Lincoln's stand in favor of Prohibition. "Their only He feme is that one old man al leges that Lincoln made this statement to him just before he died a flimsy enough foundation even If we did not have REAL KNOWLEDGE on the subject : "FROM BOYHOOD TO AGE LINCOLN WAS INTERESTED IN TEMPERANCE, AND YET HE IS NOWHERE ON RECORD, EITH ER IN HIS OWN WRITING OR IN ANY AU THENTIC HISTORY, AS SPEAKING ONE WORD FAVORABLE TO PROHIBITION. "Look, moreover at what actual evidence we have: There is his famous speech in Illinois, explaining how much bettor than violence are EDUCATION and PERSUASION. THE TALE TOLD ON TAFT Ex-president Taft has always been a consist ent speaker in behalf of temperance, but has em phasized his opposition to the fanatical furies which would obliterate and destroy every ves tige of personal liberty. For this 'he has been maligned by partisans of Prohibition all over the country, and yet there are some of the advocates with so little regard of veracity that they employ his name to bolster up their untenable positions. The following remarks appearing in his ad dress, "Four Effects of Civic Duty," are very much to tho point, and a proof that he has not made a prohibition preachment: THERE IS THE LIQUOR LICENSE HIS OWN STORE TOOK OUT. which LYING ON LINCOLN Collier's Weekly charged tho Prohibitionists with forgery in connection with their assertion that Lincoln had endorsed the principles of their platform. The controversy warmed, and here is the response of that publication to the Hilling-ate that was made in reply. "There is tho ill-concealed impatience of his reply to the clergymen who boherod him about the drinking habits of General Grant. "There is also something much more conclu sive: Our sweet friends of the National Pro hibitionists, WHO CALL US UGLY NAMES, have only to examine the records of the legisla ture of Ilinois: "On December 19, 1810, it was moved to enact by amendment that 'no person shall bo licensed to sell vinous or spirilous liquor in this state.' Abraham Lincoln moved to lay this amendment on the table. A week later an attempt was made to pass a provision that a liquor license could be refused if a majority of the voters in the town, district or ward protested. ABRAHAM LIN COLN VOTED AGAINST THIS RESTRIC TION. On January 13 he voted again to the same effect. "We shall await calmly the National Prohibi tionists' reply, The present is not Imund by our dead statesman's views. It is bound, however, NOT TO STATE THOSE VIEWS FALSELY; and we hope, therefore, never to see circulated by the Prohibitionists another document citing Abraham Lincoln as an upholder of tho creed." Nothing is more foolish, nothing more uterly at variance with sound policy than to enact a law which, by reason of condi tions surrounding a community is incap able of enforcement. Such instances are sometimes presented by sumptuary laws, by which the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited under penalties in locations where public sentiment of the immediate community docs not and will not sustain the enforcement of the law. The constant violation or neglect of anv law leads to a demoralization of all laws. Ex-President Taft's position with regard to the army canteen has been the occasion for many assaults upon him by the radicals of Prohibition. Vote X Against Prohibition This space has been purchased by the SALEM WELFARE LEAGUE Its purpose is to give the voters of Salem unbiased statements 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. 11 11 11 M El It M II 1.1 11 II ti II ta ri m u ii ri ri ii ii ii w r II 14 II S3 II 13 11 11 11 M II 11 M ii ii ii M II m ta ti n li lt 13 M II ti 11 n tt n ii ii I! tm HMNiMINIIiMMIHIillUI M