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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1913)
DAILT CAPITAL JOtraMAL, RAIXM, OBEOOJt, MONDAY, KOVEMBEB 3, 1913. 1 i in r " ' T"'" t -"" "" " -i-" - - ri.,j-Ti w h.,..i,.t ft.i jj. MM n,,.,,, imHiimiad fas i.ilrtm inm aj iwl Mm WWi MiM M Midi Wild Ml lllilitt d Mn MM WW IfcO EMI' aim MialM Ml hi ijlinlliaal tMHHiS llSMM fr mim hai asifr anmahi I t Appeal to tlie Men anc Mr auemni o V V vii li ii hub (AOk-IMW AMM m I! I J II M H M M I J II n ii M M 11 II II 11 n t! 1 1 li li II li 1 1 li ti tf N n M 1 1 n M H it u i-j n ii ii i u M Si ii ti H ii n a u H I! II 11 II -II II U y M ii El M U t: ri M ,:. . M II II M SI M WE have shown you that Prohibi tion did not prohibit in Albany, Eugene and other cities throughout the state and country at large. That crimes and violations of liquor laws were more prevalent in these places than in Salem: Our figures, ords have not been successfully dis proved. We have shown you that a "dry" town in "wet" territory means much higher taxes. The tax levies of Albany, 13.3 mills; Eugene, 15 mills; Roseburg, 10 mills, Occupation taxes and $20,000 unpaid general fund war rants, as against Salem's levy, of 8.2 mills, is so clear a showing that it should not leave a question of doubt in the mind of any voter. The weak and questionable attempt of W. H. Trindle, Sec'y, to doctor the Salem levy by adding on the sewer bond levies, is an admission of our con tention and the reliability of our fig ures, for they were taken from the of ficial records in every case. We will repeat what we said at the beginning of this campaign: It is essential that our people clearly understand the issues which are presented in this campign and determine them sensibly and without emotion or hysteria. You will not decide by your votes as to whether or not the use of intoxicating liquors is to be continued in this city, but merely as to whether or not saloon shall be licensed for the sale of same, because . the history of this question has proven that voting a town dry leaves it wet, and generally just a little wetter than it was before, and at the same time it deprives the community of one of its principal sources of income without producing the slightest moral improvement. If voting the town dry would destroy the desire for intoxi cants, much might be accomplished, but that desire remains, and,remaining there are hundreds of ways of satisfying it. Under present conditions we know where the article comes from, who sells it and to whom it is sold, and such safeguards and restrictions have been thrown about the traffic, and if the laws are enforced there will be little complaint against the present method of conducting this business, but if the saloons are closed the sale of liquor will continue in lodging houses, back rooms, cellars and blind pigs, and temptation in its most insidious and vicious form will take the place of the open and restricted sale. Years of attempted prohibition have proven this, and will prove it again if Salem votes dry. We wish to urge you, men and women both, not to confuse the issue nor permit anybody else to confuse it; not to permit your emotions to overcome your good common sense. The peo ple who are advocating tht Salem vote dry are probably sin- mlkimtt.ii.iim.Mmmm,mA hMiuiMMmWtauWiddiUiJlWMHMUuUUlJuUWlUMwl I Mai. 11 II u 14 II II II El II M n ci 13 CI n n n ii ii u ii m ri 11 II ti II II II II II 11 II II II U 13 II II II II II II ii II II 13 11 11 El 61 11 D1 II II ii 11 11 ti ii 13 11 11 tJ n n n ii u n ti ii n M rmmmmm m - ' mm ww m mm .m. .... M cere in their belief that the city will be morally benefitted, but in our judgment they are wrong, and many of them will them selves be brought to see it if their efforts succeed. i Salem is today the most prosperous city in the state. Its business houses today enjoy a credit and standing un equaled by any city in the state. The spirit of progress,enterprise and boosting is at its very height, and the future of Salem is bright and filled with great expectations. Why should we change it or take any chances in adopting Prohibition, when almost universally it has been a failure in cities where it was tried, The very fact that the citizens of Albany are so anxious for Salem to be a "dry" city ought to convince any voter of Sa lem that Salem does not want it. The shoe pinches badly, and Albany naturally resents Sale em getting such a large share of the trade that formerly belonged to it. It is therefore the duty of every voter of Salem, men and women both, to go to the polls tomorrow and cast a vote. We have advised you honestly and sincerely, and firmly believe that the results will bear out our position and our statements. Salem Welfare League W. H. ELDRIDGE. F. W. STEUSLOFF E. P. M'CORNACK RUSSELL CATLIN REUBEN P. BOISE SQUIRE FARRAR LOT L. PEARCE RAY L. FARMER H. W. MEYERS A. N. GILBET R. CARTWRIGHT JOHN J. ROBERTS HAL D. PATTON J. C. THOMPSON HENRY B. THIELSEN S. A. MANNING JAMES M'EVOY EDW. ROSTEIN W. H. BYRD W. T. SLATER F. A. SPENCER DAN J. FRY F. N. DERBY C. S. HAMILTON J. R. LINN W. H. ELDRIDGE. Chairman JOHN D. TURNER, Secretary Executive Committee. (Paid. Adv) (Continued from page one.) bop Industry that annually puts Into circulation in and about Suloin from s million dollar, upward., and which thin yoar wan nearly throo million dollars. Fifty thousand men, women and chil dren annually participate In tlio distri tuition of a part of those vast, funis. Kill-in'. bu.iiiiM.tt house get another largo share; in fact no other Industry distributes dlroctly or indirectly among tlia luinim. houses and people of Sa limi as much money is does tho hop business. Mr. Homan would olso dost roy tho market of the farmers and business bouses of Salem for tho niIo of Itoynl Ann chorrios and browors' barloy. All those things ho would do, because, in bis estimation, the Willamette univer sity In being injured and Its growth re tarded on account of tho existence of the saloons in Balcm. Ground Not Tenable. There Is .very reason to bellov. that tho reasons givru by Mr. Human are fallacious and that his ground is not tenable. The greatest college of this coun ter are located In cities containing 1. etwsed saloons. It Is also a well known fact that the student, onn got liquor as easily In "dry" places as they can iu cities that have licensed saloons. In fact tlio temptation to drink secretly is much KraUex mid tho nbuso thereof is more prevalent, a condition that is well recognised by the most prominent edu cators of this country. Among thoso who oppose prohibition are President Kliot, of Harvard; Presi dent Stewart, of Princeton; Prosidont Lo.v, of Columbia; President lladloy, of Yale; President Bchurman, of Cornell; Presideut Jordan, of Loliintl Stanford. If a "dry" town is such a wonderful help to a university, and saloons are a just causo In retarding its growth, why is it then that Pacific university, which is located In Forest Orovo, a city that Ivns been prohibition for many years, has not mndo greater progress! It Is al most as old an Institution as Wlllamotto having been founded. In 1840. At tho close of tho your of 1D12 It had Wi student. This institution has back of it tho Congregational denomination, a church organlr.ntiou tint ranks almost equal In importanco to that which Mr. Homan represents. In the light of re- "suit at Forest Orovo, It Is vory ques tionable if N illainet.te university would have fnrod better without saloons In Bnloin. Is It not quite probable that it would have fared worse had Salem, been "dry" during all the past years of Its loxistoucet Refused Aid. I Mr. Homan lays Kros,t stress upon his SymmmmvwmmmmmKmmmum VOTERS! Remember Always That if you vota Salem dr y you cannot buy from a drug store Alcohol, Brandy, Whiskey, Gin, Wine, Rock and Ry or Rum for sickness or otherwise, unless you get a prescription from a physician each time you wish to make purchase. It makes no difference how urgent the citse may be a druggist who would let you have it with out a, prescription would lay himself liable to a fine of from $50 to $300. Read Section 2, Chapter 2 of the Lo cal Option Act, General Laws of Oregon, 1905. (Paid Adv.) assortlon that tho liquor men refused to aid Willamette university in becoming tho gieatest business asset of Bnlom. Was it fair to expect tho liquor peoplo to subscribe to tho university whou he and some othors connected with the in 'stitution have boon doing their utmost for tho past several years to destroy their business f No doubt ovory ono of thoso engaged in the liquor business would have helped the university just s frooly as they have helped tho Com nierccial Club, tho Cherry Fair, and other public enterprises, if they had an assurance that those at tho head of the university would devoto their time and talents towards carrying out the ob jects which are naturally and funda mentally the truo underlying principles I of a practical educational institution, I Mr. Ifoman states the liquor people refused to aid the university. Then they must havo been solicited for aid either by Mr, Homan or some ono rep resenting htm. Would it have been con sistent or In fact honest for Mr. Homnn to have accepted their money, holding tho opinions that ha dldt Money Accepted. Docs Mr. Homan know that In past years thousands of dollars havo been ac cepted by the unlvorsity from thoso en gage directly and indirectly In the li quor business, for he must remember that tho brewing of boor and the raising anil selling of hops are just as insepara ble, and mora so, than the raising of wheat and the grinding of flour. We, the undersigned dealers and rais ers of hops, respectfully request the publication of the abovo article In an swer to tho communications of President Human In the Statesman. We greatly deplore the fact that he has made It necessary for ns to take such action, as wo have always had and still have the greatest of regard for the welfare and growth of the university. Heme of us, In th post have demonstrated Hint faith in financial contributions and would he glad to continue doing so If Its officers will show the same disposi tion In regard to the business which had enabled us to make the money that went to the university. Prohibition would destroy our business and our means of providing for those dependent upon us for mpimrt. Catliu tt Mnn, Kola Xeis Hop Co., by O. O. McClelland, Vice-President; Win. Hrewn Co., Julius Plncna, Otto Han sen, A. (1. Cruasaii, Oeo, W. Iwls, Jos, Harris, J. A, Krebs, Ceo. I(. Hose, Squln Farrar, Chss. l.lvesley, H. O. Hchuching, John J. Huberts, T. A. Uvesley, Purbin k Cornoyer. MUSICAL NOTES. (Continued from page 3.) uity upon devising now effects within tho original key before leaving it for another. "Of haunting loveliness, and a most exceptional bit of musical beauty is the setting of Ezra round's verses, 'My Homo Is Lovelier Than tho Sprays." The composer has been very sure of his touch in this song, both in preserving it upon a high piano of beauty and in the management of some unusual har monic, effects. ' Within the Convent Close," en a poem irom 'Dnmion of Molokni,' by Wilbur 1'ndorwood, shows tho composer at his inodernmost, rovcl ing iu consecutive seconds and sevenths with, it must bo said, a true intuition, for their possibilities of beauty. The feeing of tho song is most remarkable in its deep spirituality. Very interesting harmonically is "You Call Me, Then, Poor Maiden," though les satisfying thnn the other songs. The qualities of imagination and poetic color in these song will romKd tho attention of very musician, though, like all progressive songs they will have to be driven into the heads of singers with a sledge-hammer. Mr. Hull Is prone to write the 'tone poem' song rather thnn the 'tune' song, but not always. There are timet when his following out of the literary phrases seems not altogether happy vo cally and his extraordinary modulations will test seme singer beyond their ca pacity. The main thing is that hero is a creative spirit at work, with much to say." Since his publications, Mr. Hull has had many reviews in other journals, and letters from every one of onr fore most American composers, Tho article In the Musical American is from the pen of Mr. Arhtur Parwoll, who was for years editor of the paper, and the Wa-Wau publishing house, director of New York City's mnnicil concert system ( with more than forty conduc tors, and bands knd orchestras under him) and a composer, himself of great promise and much leputation among the cognoscenti." Mr. Hull has many fine let.tem from him, and also from fleorgo W. Chad J wick (head of the New England Con servatory) siul one of onr best known ! writers, Arthur Finite, Horntis Turker (winner of last year's ten thousand dollar pire offered by the Metropolitan (ym company dirccora with his "Mo na," a grand opoira; Sidney Homer, Artie, William K Haesohe, Hugh A. Clark, Harvey Wortliingtoa Loomis, a musical educationist whose public school system has just boon od-iptcd in Chi cago, and a composer of sterling qual ities, and from Frodoric S. Converse, whoso operas and symphonic poems are performed by the Metropolitan Opera company, tho Boston Opera company and the Boston Symphony orchestra. Numerous others have written most en thusiastically about these songs. In fact, nearly every ono of our big men, every ono who has seen them, has done so. Among those who havo commended them arc David Bispham, Marion Green, .Florence Ilinklo, Charles W. Clark, and I many othors. I Mr. Cecil Fanning, a fine baritone of ! international reputation, and theso oth 'ers, write Mr. Hull that they will fca jturo some of his songs, on their pro grams. Orders have come in for copies from as far away as England and i Fra nee. Meanwhile Mr. Hull has been intro duced by Mr. Converse to the American representative of tho largest English publishing firm (Novclls and company) and is negotiating with them, expecting to release a large number of his com positions to them for publication.. Mr. Hull is taking few pupils in tho college at Newberg, Oregon, where ho rosides, and is direcing a large chorus and a . small orchestra. His Bummer was spent in the Klam ath mountains (Curry county) a few miles up from tho coast, whoro ho pass ed the days fishing and hunting and be tween times wns engaged in literary work, poems and short storios. (To be continued.) i. 4 IPC fa&k TfciH ; llfep! II '., T'T "!"""" TV"" Tr-ir-7r --,-.m.m-.m,mrmr-J l'id Advartismueut by W. It Trtndio, .Secretary