The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-02-06

On Plain suSIseI.

Men are but boys grown up. Most oil
the bad habits Of the man are learned
when boy. Ir you would have good
men mako your boys good, THIS lcad.
US to remark that the habit Of gambling
Is often learned by the youths lnduJg-
Ing la snail games Of chance in small
sporting houses. where the loser pays
for the game. IL Is nothing else than
gambling OH small scale, whether pool.
devll-among- -thc.taylors, or wlatDot
Parents Of boys IN Albany attending
any place where such things are tolerat.
ed had better open their eye, and 90
more, put stop 10 IL at once.
The subject Of church attendance Las
been slightly discussed by oorrespon-
dents OF the DEMocnAT, from which IL il
learned that the proportion Of the peo-
pie who attend divine services on Sun
day Ii small In Albany. 1t Is not,
though. confined TO Albany. Go 10 the
Eastern city aud you will find It a.
great II not greater. The fact is due
both 70 the clergy and the people The
sensational, wldO mouthed, political
talking preacher will draw biz house,
because the public taste seems 10 be for
ssnsatioDalism, but the conservative
preacher who talks The doctrines that
have made Christianity what IL II, pos.
Sesses few attractive powers for the
miscellaneous Lody oftbe church mem.
bers. There Is food in the matter over
which TO ponder.
Many people think they always Iel
cheated In weight when they buy sugar,
etc, OF the grocer DO they? We are
informed that II il fact that when the
grocer sells barrel Of sugar by from
two bits TO a dollars worth he falls
short five 20 twenty pounds on the bar
rel, which Is his loss frsm just tipping
the scales down. Remember there are
two sides TO all questions.
Is II not curious anyway that body
Of men who will work several months
like Trojans. and then when they have
gotten their pay, go to some town and
spend IL all In few dLys Ia riotous living
and drunkenness yet they do It, not
Only In Linn county. but everywhere
where there are logging camps and
miners. deplorable As the fact is
Some Portland people canUot see why
the Valley is, TO certain extent. ar
rayed against Il yet the reason is net
obscure 10 Il because everything which
will enure ~ the benefit OF the Valley
Ii opposed by its newspapers aud citi-
zens, or has cold water threwn on II. II
by aay means IL would work against
Portland. o. its monied men, For in-
stance the Oregon Pacific when com
plsted means q detriment o. the traffic
OF our metropolis, as n resui. IL was op-
posed bitterly. The completion Of the
o 4 Cwill injurs the wholesale trade of
Portland. but benefit the Valley, yet
Portland capital has sought to place the
o & q in the hands OF the y p in order
10 prsveat the completion Of the extern
sion. The Mortgage tax-lAw is q big
Institution for the farmers OF Oregon
but mAkos Portland money lenders pay
taxes on what they own yet It Is op-
pesed for that reasoa. Oh. selfish Port
land, need you wonder at the opposi-
ton when you place In every instance
your own good above that Of the rood
OF the whsle state. Ponder over it,
All revenue taEoi ara paid sy the
people. The statute provides for the
putting sfstamps on Insurance policies
In order TO tax the companies. but the
companies wont be taxed. they make
the assured pay IL every time. It is
the same with all such statutes. We
are glad that an effort Is being made In
the present Legislature to do away with
such stamps.