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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11
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| Robbed Of their own war profits BY
reason Of the enormous war profits Of
foreign ship-owners. the farmers Of
Umatilla county have direct financial
interest in the administration ship
ping bill. II costs them no more than
formerly TO get their wheat to tide
water, because rail rates are regulated.
1t costs many times as much to get
their wheat to Liverpool because ship
owners have taken advantage Of an
abnormal situation to exact excessively
abnormal profits.
The American merchant marine 10
of such negligible tonnage a. TO be
practically non-existert. All efforts 10
build it up have faiIed--even TO the re-
moval of restrictions a. to American
register. Either government subsidy
or government construction and owner
ship seems now to be the only prscti-
cable means Of restoring our merchant
shipping. Business judgment would
indicate that It Is better for Uncle Sam
to build, operate and control a merch-
ant marine than to subsidize private in
terests TO the same end. There was a
time when he might better have kept
his land grants and built the great
transcoDtinental railroads, although
government ownership Of railroads has
since become almost financial impos-
Esibility. It's far better. we think, that
be should build and purchase ocean car
riers than to open the pork barrel for
postoffice buildings and obscure water
ways.
The proposal then to devote the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of CSC, O0O, 900 Panama
canal bonds TO the nucleus Of federal
merchant marine, and to the creation
Of federal shipping board, is there
fore worthy Of serious consideration on
the part Of UmatiIla county farmers,
who have been gouged out Of million
dollars or more on their 1915 crop by
outrageous ocean freights. This horse
is stolen. but they can help lock the
stable door against further thefts in
future years. They should consider
also that a naval auxiliary win be indis-
pensabIe should ever a time come for
the United States to use its warships.
and that naval auxiliary is impossible
without merchant marine at the beck
and cali Of the government. During
the Spanish war q lot Of old tubs were
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Rankin DO y0u know Professor Tos-
hemup the great jnRglsri
i'hyle- should sny No. We wme
raised together.
How IN the world did ne ever learn
all ~ thnwe wonderful siinisf-
''IIe started % earn biz living %
photographers. and BE- learned all OF
those tricks while trying 20 nuiuse the
babies whose pictures he took
Youngstown Telegram.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

bought BY the government, a. rldleu-
lcusly sxtravAgant prices, ons 81 them
which cost nearly 100000 wac sold
for junk after the war Tor $3.50
We commend 10 the thoashtfal read
sf an article BY Hsrhert Quick esai.
tied ''Shall We Give ~ the Shlpt" 10 q
recent Issue u the Saturday Evening
Peat TIE basic idca % the sAipplng
blli ne sets forth ~ follows.
The administration proposes TO sup
ply that half Of the navy which consists
Of ships Of the merchant type BY build.
Ing them itself. IN view of The fact
that these auxiliary vessels are not
needed except under conditions Of war
the administration proposes 10 have
them used In tine Of peace IN the act
ual carrying of freight and passengers
On commercial bsals''
Secretary McAdoo says;
"a merchant marine naval auxiliary
10 Just a. essential 10 the effectiveness
Of the navy, considered as q complete
fighting machine. az the guns upon tho
decks Of our battleshlps and the sea-
men upon whose skill and valor the ef-
feetiveness Of those guns depends.
Fifty millieas win not 20 far In this
dlrcction. Of course. But with the
principle Of federal marine establish
ed q may BE- expected that morn funds
win be Increasingly devoted 10 lts up
building and less % the pork barvL
In the course Of years the merehan,
aeet Of Uncle Sam viii have such
tremendous controlling influence upon
ocean freights that the high-handed sx-
tortiOn Of which the Umatilla county
farmer is now the helpless victim can
never be repeated.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

but performs 4 Dslaarte tumble on bis
urban.pollshcd back.
"'You may have some city breeding.
eries the genus. h alarm, but yoa'rs
greensr than the greenest on ae'en'
tie farmr
Thus The genus and the species each
4 king IN his own niche, but neither
could With ee@fes, take The ether i-l-
lows pltchT'
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11
The Farmers Bank of Weston
Established 1891
Banlx Account Best Asset

An account with this bank viii help
you to do right, help keep you right
and assist You always, everywhere and
with all people. The larger the ac-
count the more good you can do, but it
is not necessary to have large ac-
count to start with. Open an account
with what you have and we viii as
sist you to make it grow.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

c. P. Strains training, knowledge
and weIl-known integrity equip him adj
mirably for the Eastern Oregon chair
IN the public service commission. If 90
be this post could ever be won by a
Democrat. n
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

.I'm afraid onr new freaenrer VIII
ruin this concern" remnrised tho head
Of the trust.
"Whaf " he doingT'
"why. he tniks ~ paying our Debts
instead Of refnndIng illem."-rhIladeI.
phIa Ledger.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11
Natures Food

for horaea and cattle ID the grass that
grows on meadow and hill. The NEXT
beat thing IL sweet, clean, hay and
feed that comes from onr mill. When
you need rolled grain Of the right sort
Tor keeping your livestock In fine fet-
tie. look for our sign and the gsod
things for for your dumb servants
stored In our bins. We handle Steam
Rolled Barley, Oats and Wheat; Balcd
Hay, Milstuifs and Chicken Feed.
We're local agents for Peaecek Flour
and Blatehford'b Calf Meal. Phone 20l.
D. r. WOOD the Feed Man
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

The news that Bryan is about 10 take
the stump against Wilson andprcpared.
ness brings TO mind as never before
the admirable utility Of stump-pulIer.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

With Democratic eongrcssmen at
taeking his preparedness program, VII
son Is doubtless glad that he has .
Mann behind him among the lower
house minority.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Borah declines to be considered as q
presidential candidate. and win contin.
ne to diligently hoe his own row with
bis little Idaho.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Senator Stone having said impress
sively that the trouble with Germany 10
nearing settlement, we are duly i'm.
pressed BY the senator's tone.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

This poor girl was simply sold 70
rich husband"
"Oh. you're mistaken. ! was there
and saw heT fatI,er give her away."-
Baltimore American.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Nobody In England loves a Zsppelip.
which Is the reason why some British
sailors allowed ones crew to drown BE-.
fore their eyes.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

A San Francisco Judge says that the
average juror ought 70 be shot and
sometimes be Is, we ween. In dissipated
California.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Motor car service 10 nil points. day
or night. Also livery and feed stable
opposite the Licuailen blacksmith
shop. Lafe Mcbride.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

One trouble with Congress- IL that Il
10 neither saying nothing nor saving
wood.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Eggs are dropping In the Portland
market, bat not so that you could no.
tiee Il around local hen yards.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

"For you . rose in Portland froze. /" is
Rex Lampman's frigid version Of the
Rose Festival slogan.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

II snow banks could issue currency.
everyone In Weston would be a mil
lionaire.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Few persons Hive t0day. bBt are pre-
pairing 70 DO 70 tomorrow. -niderot.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-02-11

Friend Seattle 10 still thirsty Ike a
fish -mebbe because Of It's Hi Gill.
The sun., 1916-10-23

Notwithstanding negotiations are UNI
der way for another British loan and
for the establishment OF n large credit
here for France, more gold will come
this way to pay for American products
and TO maintain stability In the foreign
exchange market. a little more than
$40, 900. 900 OF the precious metal was
received last week. with only a small
proportion Of the receipts showing IN
Saturdays bank statement, in which an
addition of more than s2S, 900, 900 was
made to actual cash holdings, with an
increase in excess reserve TO about
500. 000. 900. :,
Gold is moving to the United States
without draining the supplies OF France
and England to q serious degree. a re-
fection OF which is found In the last
statements of the Bank Of England and
the Bank of France. which presents gold
holdings heavily in excess OF those re-
ported'a year ago. And the Imperial
Bank Of Germany. which 10 not called
upon to send gold TO the United states.
shows a notable Increase also. The
people OF England. France and Germany
have turned over their gold to their big
central banking institutions In return
for paper money. while the Bank or
England has been able to offset gold
taken for American account by receipts
of the metal from the British controlled
South African mines.
Gold 10 coming In to pay for the things
which the foreigners need from our
markets. Furthermore the foreigners
are sending their American securities to
help pay the bills and in addition they
are borrowing money from Americans to
buy American grain, cotton and other
products which war necessities compel
them to purchase from American dealers.
The extent OF the foreign buying In
American markets is reflected In the ex-
port movement Of merchandise from our
ports, particularly In September. figures
for which have Just been received. In
| that month the value Of goods sent from
the United States to Europe was greater
than In any other month In the history
of our export trade, amounting to the
total OF $5l2.8+7. 1857. or So
0O0. 900 more than In August, which OK
ceeded all preceding records.
The excess Of exports over imports In
September was 334s.7l9,S5S and the
excess for the twelve months ended Sep
TENDER 30 was &2.66+,l79,3l6. 1t Is no
wonder that tho foreigners are selling
their American securities In this market.
that thsy are sending W sold In record
The sun., 1916-10-23
LAST WEEKS BOND MARKET.

High Low. Clos Net --isis-
Saies- est. est. ins. Oh. High. Low.
5 US 3s COUP. 1904 1914 isek - u io3k 100
t'cor tinted King
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Republic Of
Cuba b II s6H @H NH 4 Il SoK w
7ss Am For Sec
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Ass AnRlo-Pr -. estS ~ NJ - \ ~
. Arg Gov ~. % % u II 80
23e Dom Canada
= io2i. 80. .1ooH 100 iooN + tu Oo1f
i33 Dom Canada
u 1929. ...., 100>f 100 l00s{ - " i0lk e7N
70 Dom Canada
3 isai.. ...ioix 1904 icoN = y ioaH ss,l
II Jap %Its. 80. s'N sh szS - y @H o.
20 Jap AS I'd. 1H s7'l sslt 7SH
Jap ttss Ger
man std. " % - In
- Jap n Ger std sJf SIS - y sGt ssH
! Japanese u. 7of 7oH 1OJf nv -
i3&iC OF Paris -. % eGI eN y ~
"a Tokyo 49,. 70 10 " +ih sok 70
The sun., 1916-10-23

breaking volume ana that they are Dor
rowing money in the American market.
They are buying our goods at high
prices. They are taking our Gotten at
the best prices known since civil wal
days and our wheat at the best QUOTA
lions Of the last eighteen years. It
certainly II an extraordinary situation.
The sun., 1916-10-23
TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.
RAILROAD anA' other shares

ransN Of stocks o. the New York Stock Exchange their dividend Fields al
cnIated on IN closing sale or I'D prices N Friday MINT:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

Iri, hraen, rebich couldn't expect no BET
ter. neither, because you could be so
sorry for Ireland that you could cry
tears in the streets for her, yunder-
stand. and YOU could be so anxious tC
see Ireland independent of England that
YOU could shoot off guns in the streets
for her, understand me- and Just so long
as YOU only TALK about doing 1t ana
WRITE about doing it, you would be
OK. For instance, you take these here
Irishmen and they says months ago al
ready: England's t3Wis is lrelands
simcha.' and when Mr.. Asquith reports
it the English government only smiles
and says they should tell their troubles
to Birrell and that Asquith should
please ask Kitchener has the express
man delivered them 1,689,352 khaki
uniforms yet. A little later these here
Irishmen goes to work and Incorporates
under the style of Sim, Fein & Co.,
Max J. Sinn president, Louis Fem, vice
president and treasurer, and even with
them German names for officers the
English government says what is the
difference; if they want to, let 'em or
ganize under the name of the Dublin
cr AufrUhrerischer GeSelISchGftSUerein
and by printing only one proclamation
in a union shop. they would exhaust
their funds for composition alone. Then
they turned around and got up ON
PAPER the Irish Republic, and the
English government figures that the
Henry George Junior Republic was
ALSO a republic, and let it go at that.
and so you see, Birskt. as long as them
poor fellers' revolution was on paper,
Birsky, or just matter of talk, yum
derStand, the worst that could of hap
pened to 'em was writer's cramp oder
laryngitis. which is two diseases you
couldn't die of, no matter if you hired
a specialist to treat you at a hundred
dollars a visit. But them poor revolu-
tonists felt so strong about Ireland,
Birsky, that they had to give vent to it. "
"Well, their feelings done 'em credit"
Birsky said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Or if That Won't DO, Says Zabb Let the Irish Re0o"f'o"
Organise Under the Name of the D"6l'~er
Auf;Mzrerischev GeSellSchaftSOerein.
Blu MONTAGUE GLASS
fPotsh& Pc1mutu' Aad
Iust Briggs
BIZ MONTAGUE GLASS
illustrations by Briggs

Sure, | know" Zapp agreed, "but
feelings which are credit to man,
Birsky, remains credit to him only so
long as he keeps 'em to himself, and
after that they become debit, Birsky.
A Teller must always pay for showing
his feelings, Birsky. If he shows 'em
by making for somebody blue eye, he's
got to pay a fine to magistrate, and
if he shows 'em by joining in revo-
luton, he's got to pay with his life to
the government he is rebelling against,
and you could no more blame the magis-
trate for collecting the fine as you could
blame the English government for col
Letting the feller's life, which if you
claim otherwise, Birsky, you are acting
like a poor sport"
81 don't claim nothing about the Irish
revolution because don't know nothing
about it." Birsky said, "but | was born
and raised in Russland, Zapp, and if
Teller is a revoIutionist, nebich, he has
got my best wishes up to and including
the funeral"
"Well, I'll tell YOU" Zapp explained,
"a Russian revolutionist is one thing,
and an Irish revoIutionist is something
else again What Russian revolution
list wants is that he should be able to
live in Russia under government con-
ditions a quarter as good as they are in
Ireland, but as he couldn't expect
miracles exactly, he would be satisfied
if he could get one-tenth the liberty the
lrishman has got"
Then what is the Irishman revo-
lutionist for?" Birsky asked.
"He is a revolutionist for old times
sake" Zapp continued. "a hundred
and twenty years ago English soldiers
killed and WOrSe than killed his rela-
lions by the thousands; seventy years
ago the English government allowed his
poor GrOSSmutter OldU hdShOIOm to
starve. and down to twenty years ago
English landlords gave him dispOssess
for not paying rent on property which
wasn't worth no rent at all till he grew
potatoes and raised pigs and COWS on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

it.; which while it is true, Birsky, that
them things is now Uorbei for years al
ready, hard feelings amt like promis-
sorry notes. You couldn't bar them by
a statue of limitations, and if you muir
der a mans great-grandfather, starve
his grandmother and take away his roof
from over the mans own head, you amt
going to make him love you exactly if
you say to him: M, let bygones be
bygones.' And so for Lahochlos' only,
Birsky, the Irishman is making revo-
luton"
81 think you are fooling yourself,
Zapp," Birsky said 81 think you would
find that England has got things fixed
that an Irshman must got to live in
pale of Irish settlement and couldn't
own no real estate, the same like our
people in RuSSIdnd, and also an Irish
man couldn't use the Irish language the
same like the Poles couldn't use no
Polish in their business with Russians"
"OSer a Stick" Zapp declared. "An
Irishman could live where he wants to,
vote, own real estate and act in Ireland
the same like he acts in the United
States, and as for the Irish language,
Birsky, the average Irishman knows
Just so much about it as you do about
Loschen HakOdeSh,f Birsky."
"To my sorrow, Zapp, never had
the time to learn it," Birsky said.
"WeIl if ever you do have the time"
ZaDp retorted, learn instead to play as
good as Paderewski on the piano,
Birsky. It's a whole lot easier, Birsky,
and you'll get more enjoyment out of it,
which you could take it from me,
Birsky, if the English government in
sisted that every Irishman must got to
learn Irish, understand, then with rea-
son there would be an Irish revolution,
and the Kaiser wouldn't got to finance
it neither"
did the Kaiser finance the Irish
revolution?' Birsky asked.
.Spue hatred
iHoly language c. Hebrew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

taken off so quick. 1t was like fairly
good show which is put on while there
are too many attractions in town, Zapp.
Nobody reads the notices, and the con-
sequences is it closes Saturday night"
"Well, of course, if you can talk like
that about the Irish revolution, Birsky,"
Zapp commented. you wouldn't of con-
sidered it out of the way if, instead of
fddlng when Rome was burning the
Emperor Negro would of conducted one
Of them Europe's orchestras with a
drummer ringing COW bells and blowing
a steamboat whistle. To my mind,
Birsky. of all the t2uris that happened
in this war. the Irish revolution is the
worst"
Listen, Zapp," Birsky said, Il am 60
ing now on every kind of theayter for
years acknowledgement, Yiddish and
vaudeville-and one thing | learned it,
Zapp, that if there is anything more
tragical than a comedy which amt
funny, understand, it's a tragedy that
the audience couldn't help laughing at.
And you couldn't blame them people for
laughing at it, Zapp, any more than you
could blame me for eating paprika
chicken NIT KnockerI while them poor
Irish is getting killed by the thousands,
because what would happen me if | did
otherwise, Zapp? Let us say, for exam
pie, that | would go out now into the
streets and sit in the gutter and beat
my chest, and policeman-an Irish
policeman at that-comes along and
asks what is the matter with me, Zapp,
and tell him am carrying on that way
because the revolution gets put down
in Ireland. The chances is he would
take me before magistrate-and an
Irish magistrate at that-and the first
thing you know my relations is paying
hundreds of dollars to a lawyer he
should get me out of the asylum with
a mandamus or an aveous corpus,
whichever the lawyer thinks he could
charge the most for. Am right or
wrong?"
"You are right about the policeman
and the magistrate, Birsky," Zapp said
'but you are wrong about your relations
As a general thing, Birsky, it DOM
make no difference to feller's rela-
tions whether a magistrate sends you
to jail or an asylum, understand, II
only confirms what they've been think
ing about you for years already"
Might your relations would act that
way, Zapp," Birsky said, severely. but
my relations would figure that blood is
redder than water and from a teller in
Jail or an asylum they couldn't get TO
accommodation notes or stick him with
post-dated check. And. anyhow, Zapp,
so far as my relations is concerned. |
give them suckers leave to let me sit
in an asylum the rest of my days if |
would make such an exhibition of my
self in the public streets"
well. you couldn't expect no better,
Birsky." Zapp said, "and them poor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21

ffT THINK" said Louis Birsky, the
real estater, as he looked over
- the bill of fare in Wasserbauer's
Restaurant and Cafe. 81 think | would
have some paprika chicken NIT KnOckerl
and cup coffee
"Wel, why not?" Barnett Zapp. the
waist manufacturer replied. Negro
the Roman Emperor played the fiddle
while Rome was burning
Il don't know what you are talking
about at all" Birsky said.
That's all right" Zapp said; 81 don't
blame you, Birsky. ! just finished big
plateful of geddmpfte Kalbfeisch my
self, and if the waiter would of had any
manliness about him he would of said
Listen, how can you sit there and eat
that stuff when right to-day things is
going on in Europe that in hundreds of
years from now children wouldn't be
promoted in school if they wouldn't
know the date they happened Yes,
Birsky, in two hundred years from now
poets will be getting big reputation
from writing poems about them things;
artists will be painting pictures of 'em
and people will cry when they see them
pictures, and if some one looks up what
you and me was doing at the time the
originals of them pictures was actually
taking place, Birsky, they would find
that you was eating paprika chicken
NIT KnocberI and just got through
with some geddmpfte KalbfeiScb and
was thinking seriously of ordering cup
coffee and a slice of German cheese
cake"
'Well, what do you want me to do?"
Birsky said. GO on a diet because they
are fighting in Europe? When we was
running off the Spanish war, Zapp, the
Leute in Europe oser felt bad enough
over it to go without so much as one
caraway seed in their rye bread"
"Aber what was the Spanish war,
Birsky?" Zapp protested. "a Skin
mish, that's all.
"Never mind" Birsky said. "The
Spanish war was pretty good for its
day"
"Sure, l know" Zapp said, "for its
day, Birsky, but you take the Spanish
war to-day, Birsky, and they would
print it in the newspapers under the
head of Amusement Notes.
That's what l am driving at"
Birsky said. Things like the Irish rev.
olution and the Spanish war has got too
much competition nowadays. Take all
them poor people, nebich, which lost
their lives in the Iroquois fire, the Ii
tanic. the Grand Republic and the East
land, Zapp, and if the same number Of
French and Germans is wiped out in
front of Verdun between 9 and II in
the evening, understand, the next
morning the German War Office sends
out a statement that to the east Of the
Meuse and in the Woevre things have
been comparatively quiet. That's the
reason why the Irish revolution was