The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-08-12


number in patent medicines. 1t was Wiley who
started the war on the use of narcotics and other
poisons in soda fountain drinks. And he stubborn
ly fought the whisky trust until he was at last
overrued by President Taft These facts tell
better than long article could why it is up to the
food dopers to get Wiley's goat. Also why it is
up to the people to see that they don't get it!
Since Taft has been in the White House he has
invariably opposed DR.. Wiley instead of having
co-operated with him in the interests of pure food
In his decision against DR.. Wiley, in the inter-
ests of aduterated whisky the president reversed
the findings of ex-President Roosevelt, former At
torney General Bonaparte, Chief Government
Chemist DR.. H. W. Wiley, Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson, the Remssen board, the United States
Pharmacopoea, the internal revenue bureau of the
treasury, the standards adopted by .twenty-six
states, fifteen of the United States courts, and
President Taft's father, the former attorney gen.
eral of the United States.
When your horse is stolen and you can prove it,
you get the horse back; when you are swindled
out of your property by false means you can re-
cover your property. But when your officials are
bribed and pass law that RODS you and by which
the brbers make millions out of you, that law
stands, even if the bribery is proven Funny.
isn't it?
If you bet thousands of dollars on the rise or
fall in the price of wheat, you are prominent
business man. If you bet few dollars on the
same thing, using other than regular member of
the board, you are horn, bucket-shop dealer.
If you bet on any thing, being poor, you are
criminal and on information can be punished.
Betting by the rich is never punished but is her.
aided by the daily press. And the poor people are
majority and could make the laws if they would.
Revision of the Payne -Aldrich tariff is demanded
by the west This is demonstrated by the re-
sponses of more than 1000 editors in 22 states.
from Ohio to California, to questions sent out by
the Chicago Tribune. An overwhelming majority
of those who answered expressed themselves in
favor of general revision" of the tariff. Many
more went on record as favoring a revision
schedule by schedule" or 'by tariff commits
sion" and another group objected to general
revision" or to any revision at this time," but
pointed out specific things they felt should be
changed in the tariff. Less than one-sxth of
those who answered stood pat'' on the present
law. The questions were sent out in the shape of
printed ballot.
The republican party of this state keeps receiving
so many jolts from day to day that the public is
beginning to wonder if there really isn't some
thing rotten in it's makeup and in it's actions.
The demand for commissions in every form of
law making and law execution is growing so strong
now days that unless the people use some other
political party in this state, the republicans are
likely to lose out anyway.
For instance: Commission form Of city govern
ment is now supercedng republican rule in the
cities of this state.
Another step: Last week the state bar assoca-
ton recommended permanent code commission to
pass on all laws for this state practically taking
the place of the legislature which hasn't partic
ularly good record for rational law making.
And again: The Pomona oranges of the west
side are now asking for permanent high school
commission to formulate laws for the schools of
the state, changing present laws in rational
manner.
The public service commission now has in charge
many of the things which the state officials and
the legislature formerly handled.
The state board of control, the commission which
handles the public institutions, will probably be
given more power by the people to handle matters
irrespective of the wishes of the republican
legislature
Other public commissions in the state are dele
gated powers which were formerly used by politi-
cal parties for political purposes.
What will be the result? Well, the first thing
you know the grangers and the taxpayers and the
general public will demand commission form of
state government. This will be opposed by the
republican politicians, just as have the various
commissions been opposed by them.
But things are moving in Washington and they
are not moving in manner liked by the profess
sional republican politicians.
The women vote of the state is going to decide
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