Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-17
W. c. t. L. Work at Chautauoua
Reviewed.


Reviewed.
A series of lectures have been Civ
EN- each morning in the park. These
have been under the leadership of
State President Unruh, who is one
of the best posted citizens on, horal
measures in Oregon. Among the
speakers have been ex-Congressman
Reeder, Mrs. Unruh, DR.. Parsons and
Rev. Mrs. Mccullough.
The immigration problem was ably
handled by Mr.. Reeder. He stated
that avarice was the great curse of
America, and that we are too much
engrossed in making conditions so
that our children will not be com
PEELED to labor, thus pushing them
into the road called failure, mentally
and morally. We are supplying the.
places they should fill with foreign
born children as far as we can, and
they, trained to labor in the fields
in the oil country, make but poor
workmen and lover, not raise, the
scale of highly finished products for
the market. This forcing foreigners
along these lines rather than into
those places for which they are fit
ted, and also congesting them in our
marts of trade where they degener-
ate, is detrimental to them and re-
bounds on ourselves. Rather turn
them out on the deserts of millions
of acres of arid land and let them
reclaim it, where they may build
themselves up as tillers and subduers
of the soil. The scum of Europe, he
stated should not be allowed to set
tie in our land. Already 10 900 fu-
ture immigrants are making their
plans to reach the Pacific coast, and
it is not for us to repeat the mistakes
of the Atlantic states in regard to the
manner of assimilating them.
DR.. Parsons gave very interesting
lecture on the outlook for the future
of Oregon, on moral lines. He insist
ed on the necessity of thinking people
working in the utmost harmony for
the betterment of it's citizens. All
measures, especially those that affect
ed the growing generation, must be
enforced to save them from degrada-
ton or criminality. He considered
liquor their greatest menace. He
said that there was little doubt but
that the state of Washington would
lead the way, and we must line up
with our sister commonwealth in bet
tering moral conditions.
Mrs. Unruh particularly interested
her audience on the moral welfare
of young women. She pointed out
the pitfalls set for them, and declared
she was in harmony with State
School Superintendent Alderman, who
insisted the time was at hand to
teach sex hygiene in the schools. She
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in ignorance because the rapid popu-
lating of the state demands they be
protected from the wrong manner of
imparting knowledge through evil
doers.
Rev. Mrs. Mccullough, a new ac-
QUESTION to our county, made a ia
vorable impression on her audience,
as she discussed very ably the phases
of the white slave trade. She de-
scribed conditions of the Atlantic
states, where it is gripped by those
who have commercialized it, and who,
in broadcloth and white linen, roll
their cigars and drink their wines
paid for by the selling of the charms
of the two, three or more victims they
have ensnared and who hand them
the majority of their ill-gotten gains.
They, in turn, receive a few baubles,
rich gown or so, and reap disease
and death that hurls them in some
awful oblivion. One hundred and
seventy-five thousand of them each
year take the place of those who are
cast aside, no longer able to fill the
demands of their masters and undo
ers.
These talks, so needed throughout
the country, will continue through
Chautauqua at 1O:45 a. m. in the
park
On Monday DR.. Parsons will talk
on Christian citizenship; Tuesday, by
invitation, the w. C. T. U. will at
tend the missionary meeting; We'd
nesday, anti-narcotics will be ably
handled; Thursday is Grants Pass