The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-06-04

man or railroad laborer pershes by accident, one
IS manned every six minutes. Last year Ga per
cent OF all the railway employees in the United
States were injured; thus the chances are that no
man can escape accident for nine years.
In the northwest, the Great Northern has aided
In the injury, manning and death of large part
OF the people. While this road has refused termi-
nal rates into the Inland Empire, it has evidently
made arrangements to furnish terminal rates into
the great hereafter and has speedily delivered
live freight in quantity thereto, without benefit of
return ticket or refrigerator service.
Notwithstanding the many laws the railway
commissions, the ordinances, and the increasing
carefulness of the travelling public the railroads
OF the nation continue to get away with the people
in quantities alarming. All the way from one per-
son to two or three tranloads of people are caught
at time, and notwithstanding the now thorough
ly understood law of mechanics that two trains
can not safely pass on the same track. railroads
will insist on trying it again and again in the evil
dent hope of finally accomplishing the feat.
And yet the railroads, with their friends, are
allowed to control legislation!
The passage of bill absolutely prohibiting the
importation of liquor to the Hawaiian islands
will be asked of congress should the special eec-
ton July 16, called for by congress to determine
the will Of the people as to whether the islands
shall become dry" declare in favor of prohbi-
tion.
An island way out in the Pacific ocean is good
enough in which to adopt prohibition law, but the
great state of Washington, with its advanced civil
ization. it's many schools and churches, is hardly
far enough along for prohibition, for the reason
that the anti-saoon league, which draws its money
from the liquor forces for the purpose Of influence
ing legislation on the liquor question, is not in
favor Of prohibition but announces itself in favor
of local option law which will allow the cities to
sell and ship liquors to the smaller towns and to
the county units!
The Washington STATE Grange will convene in
regular annual session in Pullman where the state
farm school is located on June z. In many re-
spects this will be the greatest Grange meeting
ever held in this state. For years it has been a
proud boast that the Evergreen" state led all the
grange states in number of new oranges organized.
and during the past year Washington has organ
lied more new oranges than ever before. All
these new oranges, as we'll as all Pomonas and all
subordnates are asked to send delegates to the
state meeting, it is very desirable that there be
full representation to consider the many import
ant matters that will come before the session. In
addition to the delegates, it is desirable to have as
many members attend the session as possible, for
it is at the state meeting where all can come to-
gether and get acquainted with the brothers and
sisters from all parts of the state
One hundred and thirty-three millions of dollars!
Try to comprehend the magnitude of this sum if
you can, and then pause and reflect over the fact
that it is the amount the senate has voted to spend
on the navy IN A SINGLE YEAR, and in time of
profound peace Then consider that only IL years
ago. in 1898, the naval appropriation was but
$50, ,0O3 234, or $780, OOO 600 less than the amount
appropriated for the coming year.
A fact in connection with this awful increase
which the public seldom hears is that every penny
of this $780, OO 900 which is to be spent in excess of
the amount used in 1893 comes from the people;
not from the rich, but from the working men and
women.
It is the ultimate consumer that pays the battle
ship bills, who maintains an ever increasing army
of officeholders in Washington and who meets the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. extravagances Of the gov
ernment. He does it by paying excessive prices
for the things he buys.
The government raises practically all of its
funds through the custom houses and the internal
revenue offices, where taxes are levied on things
eaten. worn or used by the people. When the con-
sumer purchases a protected article-and practi-
caly all of the necessaries of life are protectedhe
pays the real or natural value of the article and in
addition thereto the amount of the tariff tax.
The more battleships constructed, the greater
the amount the government must raise through
the tax on consumption, and the greater the cost
Of living.
Thus it is not 80 strange that under the Taft ad.