East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-22


judice" or something else because this
paper defends the senators in their at
titude.
There is no occasion for partisan
prejudice in this instance, 1t is suf'
ficient to have prejudice for truth
in preference to buncombe; for facts
instead of fakery and a prejudice for
sincerity in editorial discussion.
'Injuring Eastern Oregon" indeed
II this new tariff Injuries our farmers
what in heavens name did the Payne
Aldrich tariff do to them? What has
the high tariff policy done to them
during the last SO years?
II the oregonian cannot stand 10
per cent duty on grain bags how did
T. stand a Is per cent tariff with a,
Seven eights of a cent a pound
specific duty under the present re-
publican tariff. If the Oregonian is to
criticise our senators for the new
tariff why did it support President
Taft who signed the Payne-Alirich
bin and declared it the best tar!fs law
in historyS
Never Was a newspaper more dema-
gogie than is the oregonian in this
case. The new tariff is beneficial to
the farmers of the northwest, not only
with reference to the grain bag duties
but other features as well. 1t is
known that Senator Jones effort at
free grain bags was a mere political
play without expectation of success.
It is known to everybody that this
country cannot have free trade in
everything or there would be no money
with which to run the government.
Yet so low is the moral tone of the
Oregonian and so lightly does it re-
gard the intelligence of its readers
that it seeks to hoodwink them in cold
blood. No nut shell artist ever at
tempted anything more raw. 1t is
abusing Chamberlain and Lane when
those men are logically entitled to
praise. 1t is trying to palm off lie
upon its readers. 1t would have them
believe the new tariff imposes a great
injustice on wheatraisers when in
stead the new bill reduces the adva-
lorum duty on grain bags from Is to
10 per cent and strikes out the spe-
cific duty entirely, thereby comforting
a decided benefit upon farmers.
II the fact he assisted in reducing
the duty on grain bags places Sena-
tor Chamberlain in a dilemma it is an
enviable dilemma. The senator is al
So to be envied for the manner in
which the Oregonian fights him. When
a newspaper must resort to chicanery
to injure a public man is unconsci-
ously pays that man a great compli-
ment-which in this day and age
voters should have sense enough to
discern.
Is it a fact that the single woman
has better business ability than the
married woman and is it
Women In true that of all women
Business. the widow is most unre-
| liable in businessp
1t would seem to be that such is the
case in England at least. There is an
official report which gives the follow
ing facts:
OF $50 women traders who failed
in business in London during the last
year. 155 were widows. ISL married
and 81 single. But the average am
cunt of liabilities Of the three classes
varied greatly. With fewer than
twice as many failures the widows had
more than three times the debts of
the single women. The married wom-
ems obligations were two and a half
times that of those who never know
husband.
On the face of this report the single
woman has the best of the showing
unless it be that failure with heavy
liabilities is a badge of success in
which case the widow would excel.
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Walla Walla's effort at a frontier
show is plain infringement on the
Roundup and in
Trying TO Spoil view of the proxim-
The Game. ity OF Walla Walla
to Pendleton and the
previous friendly relations between
the towns is inexcusable Walla Walla
has shown a poor spirit in this case
and It Is fair inference that those in
charge OF affairs over there are men
Of small calibre or they would have
acted differently.
From a Roundup standpoint the
worst feature about the Walla Walla
show and other imitation performance
es is that they discredit the game
None OF the numerous shows held