East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-24
ENTHUSIASM GREETS DR..
SMITH At EVERY PLACE
SINGLE ITEM VETO Is NEEDED
GIVES VIEWS ON OTHER
VITAL QUESTIONS.

(Fred Lockley in Portland Journal.)
INDEPENDENCE, Ore, Oct. "a
why should Jim Hill, the farmer,
pay more interest on what he borrows
than Jim Hill. the railroad man?"
asked c. ]. Smith in an address here
at $3.50 Thursday afternoon.
He was urging a rural credit sys-
TEN for farmers that would give them
lower interest rates and long time
loans. THE farmers security is the
best" he continued. His land which
clothes and feeds the world is the
most precious material thing on the
planet. Jim Hill the railroad man
borrows money at per cent, and on
20 years time. and some OF the great
magnates, not Mr.. Hill, forget to pay
the principal
But Jim Hill, the farmer. who has
the real security, has generally to pay
S per cent on six months time, and
is dubbed a poor BUSINESS man.
Eulogizes Peace Policy.
At independence he eulogized the
peace policy and great constructive
work OF President Wilson. We are
not torn with strife so We have the
opportunity TO advance along the
lines OF peace and progress" he said.
THAT We are not engaged in deadly
warfare as they are in Europe. where
the land is drenched in the blood OF
the men and tears OF the women, is
due TO the wisdom and courage Of
Woodrow Wilson, who stood out
against the shafts of criticism and
the jibes Of newspapers because he
would not send an invading army in
TO Mexico.
There are. in our country, no
homes bereaved by war, no weeping
no dead boys in blue. no
vast expenditure OF money and blood
in the destruction OF men on the bat
tie line.
And we have a new currency law. .
No longer can Wall street manufac-
ture panics at will to take hard earn
ed money away from the people while
growing rich on the distress and help
lessness of those whom they threw
into bankruptcy.
In Oregon We cannot afford TO
go backward. There is a new move
ment TO revive the assembly in this
state. We cannot afford to permit
the professed friends Of the people
10 advise them how to vote. We
should overwhelm the assembly bill
and its hackers with an avalanche OF
votes"
Good Audience at Monmouth.
DR.. Smith spoke TO a good audi .
'nce at Q o'clock in the morning at
Oregon has a right 10 be proud
" her educational system" he said.
1t is one thing TO know thing, but
{ is vastly more important TO be able
o impart YOUR knowledge to others,
You are fitting the young men and
women Of the state 10 90 that very
hing. Did you ever stop to think
hat in the past eleven years our
chools have increased their eff
iency 400 per cent? From 500, we
lave increased the graduates Of our
iigh schools to 1900 year.
1T is an influence felt throuShout
he entire state. Education is merely
preparation for life. We go to
chool that we may be better fitted {
or service as citizens. bett>r prepar
d to take our part as productive 9
nembers of society. and not become ;
rones or drifters. =
81 think we should teach the boys ?
nd girls in the lower grades the
ractical things. Not all OF them can c
o to the higher institutions All G.
uch should be fitted in the most a
ractical way for what they are to o
ncounter in the life struggle
THE people do not begrudge the ST
honey spent on schools II It be h
.isely spent and not rrittered away Ia
r sQuandered. Is
Speaking OF taxes. Or. Smith point Il
: out that in 1910. Polk county paid al
TO the state treasury as state taxes 3,
l9401. and IN 1914. &7461o. an i'm o.
ease in four years OF i55 per cent, lt