Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-28

amount Of capital necessary to give en-
ploy ment to one wage Garner, $2,377.
Capital Invested 10 breweries, 81, 1873,
842. The wage earners that should te
employed by the breweries in proper.
ton to the capital invested in the State
is 900, but they actually employ but Isl
or 749 persons less than they should az
compared to other industries.
The wages gsid bv the manufacturing
industries of Oregon in 1905 was SILL
443,5l2. Average paid to individual
worker, $6l8. The amount paid by the
brewerles in propo! ton to the capital
invested should have been $3.50, ,OOc.
Yet they paid the insignificant sum OF
$136.965. In fact they employ but two
per cent OF the labor of this country.
My wouldn't the lsboring man miss
them il that capital were invested in
some legitimate line Of industry.
suppose 1t were saw mills. Oregon
has only five times as much capital in
sawmills and vet employ 48 times as
many wage earners and pay 10 times IS
much for raw material as the ''gln mill"
brewery. Our -four mills with less than
twice the capital give employment to
21a times as many wage esrners and
expend II Zines az much for raw mater
ial as do the breweries. With half a
million less capital the planning mills of
Oregon employ N times as many wage
earners and pay three times as much for
raw material as the breweries. Our
creameries pay each year three times
the amount as to invested capital for
raw material and our meat packing es-
tablishments pay twice the amount OF
invested capital. But our breweries, 80
necessary to thrift and prosperity, pay
only little more than half the amount
of invested capital for raw material.
Yes. Mr.. Farmer, you would miss this
glorious institution - the all important
and all-necessary institution, without
which you and the state and the nation
would "bust." Oh think what it does
for you, not counting the loss of labor
and vexation that comes to you IN ha'-
vest when your men come to town and |
get on "whiz' and let yo sweat for
few days while your crop is bein dam
aged That is a small thing when We
consider the great privilege yon he We OF
selling the enormous amount OF 5 tenths
of one per cent of your crops to the
breweries, besides the comfort you have
in the knowledge that that glorious in
stitution is responsible cor the 10. OF
| 1873, 900 lives because Of drink.
Yes, you need the saloon and the
brewery more than the labor. You
must have the money for that five tenths
of one per cent of your crop even If you
lose the honor and manhood of your boys
and the virtue of your girls; and half
of the remainder of your crop Is lost be-
cause of the "whiz" your men insist on
getting on on Saturday nights, Sundays,
Mondays and half of the week, Oh it is
glorious "ain't ?"
In fact we would all miss it. The
The laborer who would oplv have 900
chances for work instead of I5l. The
,a'mar would miss his five tenths of ore
per cent of crop sold. The manufacturer !
would mis- four tenths of one per cent
ii sales. We would all miss the lovely
smell as we pass the places whore it
lsed to be. We would miss the greater
Der cent OF al the suicides and 90 per
,ent OF the 10, 900 murders annually; IS
Der cent OF all the crime. We would
Miss 65 COO fallen girls, l00 coo tramps,
md 100000 deaths from drink, the
geo 600 drunkafds, oceans Of sor,o~.
woes and tears every year, besiJ Je- the
privilege of paying cut 81 Gas 0O0, 900 io'
lripk besides the boon of paying oct
.reat chunks Of money fol the prosecu-
ion of crime. Oh what would we do
Without the saloon.
CHAs. ii. PORTER. I