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a THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1920 HARDING CO!f LEIES CANAL INSPECTION President - Elect Sails United States. for MRS. HARDING FLIES ALOFT Expressions of Comity Between U. S. and Panama Renewed at Dinner in Honor. CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone. Nov. 28. President-elect Harding left the canal lone for the United States this after noon on the steamer Pastores after a week's visit. The steamer will reach Norfolk Saturday. Senator Harding will pro ceed to Washington before his re turn to Marion. President-elect Hardins completed his inspection of thevPanama canal yesterday with a visit to the forti fications at its eastern entrance and calls on several military and naval stations in the vicinity of Cristobal. As in the examination of the de fenses at the Pacific end of the canal yesterday the president-elect took great interest In small details, ask ing many questions to familiarize himself with the strategic situation. During a visit to the naval air sta tion at Cocosolo, Mrs. Harding ac cepted an invitation to make a flight in a seaplane, spending .15 minutes over Limon Bay in one of the largest N. C. type planes used by the navy. The plane attained a height of about 1000 feet and though it was her first experience at flying, Mrs. Harding seemed to enjoy it immensely. Last night the president-elect was a guest of honor at a dinner tendered him by the merchants of Colon and Cristobal. The affair was the occa sion for renewal of expressions of comity between the United States and Panama and pledges of co-operation to promote the commercial value of the canal. Senator Harding gave assurances of his interest in the development of Central and South American trade and expressed belief that the canal forms an influential factor In de velopment of world commerce. of nations, and has some advantages over Knox. One of these advantages Is, as 1 have already said, that there is come question about Senator Knox's health while there is none about Mr. Hill's Also Knox is now a member of the senate and his term does not expire lor two years. It is held to be unde sirable to take so strong a member out of the senate or In any way to - disturb - the present republican strength of leadership within that body, if an equally acceptable man can be found outside the senate. In scholarship and experience, Mr. Hill la almost the equal of Mr. Root. While he never was secretary of state, he did serve as assistant secretary under Mr. Root himself. In foreign' experience Mr. Hill ex cels Mr. Root. He has been minister to Switzerland, to Holland and to Germany, and has participated. like Mr. Root in some of the peace con' ferences at The Hague. There is not room here to speak at any 'leigth of the other sugges tions. Also, let it be repeated and emphasized that what Is said here is merely the gossip of republican sena tors and leaders, and has no relation to what may be In Mr. Harding's mind. Mr. Harding necessarily will take into account consideration of the per sonal relation to him, consideration of tempermental capacity for har monious teamwork on the part of individual cabinet members and other considerations that do not figure in the less responsible discussions of the party leaders. CHINESE PROGRESS SLOW OFFICIAL DECLARES RfiPTJB LIC FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. HIGH TARIFF SEEN ; AS BLOW TO FRANCE Reduction of Output Abroad Predicted by Macy Head. (Paid Advertisement.) CO-OPERATION IS ASKED! 8 MENTIONED FOR CABINET (Continued from Pase l. lng considerations in Senator Har ding's mind, these three are undoubt edly to the front In the discussion of party leaders and senators. Of these three. Senator Root is con ceded by everybody, including those who are working against him, to have the largest equipment of experience. It is true that Senator Knox matches bim in the fact that he, like Mr. Root, has already filled a term as secretary of state. Root Leads In Experience. But apart from the lact that both men have already held the office, it still remains true that Mr. Root has had very much the greater experience in International affairs. Especially has Mr. Root had experience in what is, or ought to be, the chief duty of the next secretary of state the business of bringing about inter national relations looking toward the maintenance of peace and the reduc tion of armaments. In the field of arbitration and ad judication of international disputes Mr. Root has been for more than SO years the foremost figure in the United States and probably in the world. As everybody knows, the institu tion for preserving peace which Mr. Root has long wotked to bring about differs markedly from the league of nations in form, although Identical with It In purpose. The objections put forward by those who are avowedly doing what they can to prevent the choice of M. Root are two one, when expressed in private conversation is entirely frank. It comes from the more deter mined opponents of the league of na tions, from the extreme "lrreconoil ables." League Association Hurt. They say that Mr. Root has recently been too close to the league of na tlonsN thathe has, in fact, within the last six months, acted as an agent of the league of nations and that this fact would disqualify him as see retary of state, from acting as strong ly as these "irreconcilables" want the United States to act in their dealings with the league of nations that the Immediate future .holds out. They don't want a secretary of btate who Is sympathetic to the league or to the purposes of the league; they want a secretary of state, to put it baldly, who will do what he can to kill the league. The other objection put forward to Mr. Root is that he Is too old. This objection is not based on good faith. Everybody who has had any contact with Mr. Root recently knows that far from showing the impairment of af?e, he Is in extraordinary good con dition physically and Intellectually. Most of those who make this ob jection to Senator Root say in the next breath that Knox would be an ideal secretary of state, but persons who have had contact with both men know that Knox at 68 is fully as old a man as Root at 75. In fact Senator Knox Is known not to have the best of health and even those who would ardently prefer Knox because of his opposition to the league of nations admit that bis health is a handicap. Propagandists at Work. The truth is. this objection to Root is not put forward in good faith. It comes from the same leaders- who object to Mr. Root because of his sus pected sympathy with preserving the league with modifications. A third thing frequently said in these dis cussions is that Mr. 'Root doesn' want the post nor wouldn't take it. This also is unfriendly propaganda, camouflaged as solicitude for Mr. Root's comfort and desire. J It is true that Mr. Root needs no further public honors to make his career exceptionally new. It is alsoj true that when Mr. Root quit public affairs in Washington a few years ago one of the governing factors was his wife's disinclination for some as pects of public life. Nevertheless it can hardly be presumed that Mr. Root would step aside rrom the opportun ity to put the finishing touch on the work of SO years in behalf of world peace. If that opportunity were pre sented to him in the right way. While Senator Knox is most fre quently mentioned as the choice of those who want a secretary of state who will be aggressively anti-league It seems to me in talking with these leaders, that the more substantial and far-seeing ones talk little more about Iavid Jayne Hill than about Senator Knox. - Hill Has Advantages. David Jayne Hill seems to be equally as acceptable as Senator Knox to those who want a secretary cf state witti a strongly American nationalistic' isw. toward the league Dr. Quan- Says Future Will Show What Factors Will Play in Development. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) Although China has made very little progress in the last nine years she will never return to a monarchy, was the statement made by Ki Tsong Quang. newly appointed ambassador to Mexico and Cuba, who arrived here yesterday from Pekin en route to his new post. Dr. Quang is the first envoy ever appointed to the two countries to leave China to take up active duty. In discussing conditions In general in his country. Dr. Quang said: Although we have apparently made little progress in the last nine years, I can positively say that China will remain a republic. Progress in China seems very slow, and in con sequence many young men of our country seem to be disappointed. It is only nine years since we estab lished the republic and progress must be made gradually. -Rome , was not built in a day. 'A most unfortunate condition now prevails in my country. In the north ern part of China, millions are facing starvation, but we hope for the best, as all classes of people are aiding the starving populace in this section of the country, foreign residents ana missionaries are doing all in their power to alleviate the hunger situa tion in the devastated districts," said Dr. Quang. There are two Important factors now in existence in China, the devel opment of new ideas and the ten dency of each province to govern it self, according to Dr. Quang. Dr. Quang stated that the future will show what part these two fac tors will play in the development of China. This Is Dr. Quang's first visit to the United States, although he spent ten years in Europe for his country. have the greatest admiration for the United States, as have all the people of China." he said. Accompanying Dr. Quang were I. T. Chow, secretary; T. T. Kao, at tache to Mexico, and P. N. Chan, at tache and vice-consul for China to Cuba. The party during their stay here will be the guests of local cninese so cieties and other civic bodies. PAY TO BE SEATTLE STREET-CAR SYSTEM OVERDRAFT $435,000. Decrease In Sam by December Is Predicted by Official In Charge of Treasury. 24 SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 28. (Spe clal.) Seattle's municipal street rail way system will go on a warrant basis uecember z, it was announced today by Ed L. Terry, city treasurer. This step win be taken, Mr. Terry said, as .the result of a letter in which his surety, the National Surety company of New York, asKs mat some action be taken to take care of the system's overdraft in addition to his nersonal responsibility. The streetcar system will De tne second city utility to go on a war rant basis, joining the lighting ue- nartment. which has "been on that basis for. some time. The third city utility, the wateat department, nas always been on a cash basis. The municlnal street railways over draft yesterday. Mr. Terry announced was $435,000. This amount is largei than usual, he explained, because navroll had just been authorized. H estimates that the overdraft by De cember 24 will be less than the pres ent sum NEGLECT JS REBUKED Amos Benson Declares Hood River Highway Poorly Maintained - HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 28 (Spe clal.) A- letter from Amos Benson, son of S. Benson, ex-chairman of th state highway commission, to C. A. Bell, local hotel man, has aroused Hood River to action In improvin stretches of the Columbia river high way within the city limits. Mr. Ben son called attention to the fact that both the east and west approaches to the city were in poor condition. He frankly declared that the poorly maintained pieces -of road evidenced a- lack of civic pride. Mr. Benson called attention to the fact that Hood River had received no email consider' ation at the hands of the state and federal government in the matter of highway construction. "It is discouraging," he declared. "to try to aid people who will not help themselves. Winlock'a Debt Increases. CENTRAL! A. Wash.. Nov. 28 (Spe cial.) Winlock a outstanding warran indebtedness has increased from $4,658.27 to 86.929.75, according to report made Saturday to the Btate board of accountancy following a re cent audit of the town's books by a state examiner. The Increase was caused, however, by advances made for engineering and advertising in connection with local Improvements, which will be refunded to the city from local Improvement district funds. The town s records were found In excellent condHion.- Im position of High Duties oi French Prod.ncts Believed to Be Boomerang In Making. - (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) PARIS, Nov. 28. "Given the oppor tunity to do business with America ithout artificial hindrances and to realize speedily the reparatlonal in- emnlty owed to her by Germany, France will emerge from her present ordeal with flying colors. Thus Jesse Isidor Straus, .head of the R. H. Macy company, summarized for the World correspondent the im pressions of the situation in this country he has received from numer ous conversations with French po litical, financial, industrial and com mercial leaders. "By artificial hin- rances"Mr. Straus referred to the high protective tariff with which, he fears, the incoming republican admin istration will block the channel of 1 ormal commercial Intercourse be tween the two countries. Fears High Duty Plan.' The imposition of high duties on French products, he observed, would. in the long run. harm America as uch as France. For any reduction in French sales in American markets ould, through accentuation of the adverse exchange. Inevitably" tend to reduce French purchases there. the . slump in industrial activity that is only beginning to make itself felt at home,"' Mr. Straus affirmed. is obviously due to ovemroduction. Lacking European purchases we are bound to have a chronic surplus of production. And We certainly can not expect Europe to buy from us, if we reiuse to buy from her. tsven without the reparation pay ments which she has a right to expect irom Germany," "lr Straus said. France is recovering from the eco nomic convulsion of war with ex traordinary rapidity. Of course, the people rely on the Germans to com plete the reconstruction process by making good the damage done in the orth of France; but meanwhile they are not standing idly by. - The speed with which many 'n- dustrial plants, apparently seriously damaged, have been restored to al most normal productlv'ty is little hort " of miraculous. Asks Close Co-operation. An important phase of the Indus trial situation is the refusal of French manufacturers to countenance any sued over-expansion of industries as causes so much trouble in the United States. A French industry may not be flourishing, but it is usually sound at the core. Another French charac terlstic is Insistence upon a high tanaara or quality." Mr. Straus is hopeful that an en during commercial entente will be es tablished between individual French and American business men through the medium of commercial organiza- tions In the United States. "We ought to invite French mer chants and manufacturers to America and show them how our system of commerce and Industry works," he observed. "There have been plenty of French official missions and they have served a purpose, but it would be even more useful, in my opinion, if delegations of the smaller pro ducers of all kinds, newspaper men and other representatives of French ndustries were to be ' given an i sight into American life." ' - 15 WAREHOUSES ARE FIRED (Continued from Page 1.) They included the Blackthorn house, which had been twice previously bombed and partially wrecked. The fire started in this structure and eventually involved stores on either side. Are ' You" Concerned in Your Telephone Service? Telephone; service is :now Universally recognized as a necessity in -business' and "social life. In -your own business every , day a hundred details are disposed of by telephone which would require weeks of time and " cost you many times over your present expense if they had to await the slow and antiquated methods of a few " years ago. In your home-the convenience and adapta bility of i telephone service make the day's duties easy, . which, if the telephone were absent, would prove to be a slow and cumbersome task. t In other words, the tele phone is indispensable in ypur office and your home. This being true, you are concerned, in whether of -not the company which furnishes your "Service can con tinue and improve and " extend that service. You are 'f interested in whether or not money can be obtained to maintain arid build up the system -which is trying to. keep pace with Oregon growth and progress. Neither the telephone company nor any other pub lic service company can gof ahead if its revenues are not sufficient to maintain and operate its property and pay a fair earning, on the money necessary do extend its business to meet the public demand. , ;; :'v- You are interested it is your service. ' ..: Machine- Made Citizens By Tax-Eating Gourmands THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY SUGAR COMPANY ACCUSED UTAH-IDAHO COXCERX INDICT ED IX MOXXAXA. having- be'en returned' against It in Sioux Falls. S. D. ! Milwaukee. Med ford. Or.; Pocatello, Idaho, and Salt Lake City. Utah. CARDINAL RAPS BOTH SIDES Primate of Ireland Says Forces of Crown Are Most to Blame.. DUBLIN. Nov. 28. Cardinal Logrue, the primate of Ireland, in a pastoral letter read today in all the' churches of the archdiocese, denounced me murders In Ireland and declared that if a balance were struck between last Sunday's assassinations af officers and the shooting; by the .police in Croke park, he believed it ''should be given against tne forces - or tne crown. The cardinal's letter scathingly ar raigned the methods the government is pursuing;, but warned the people against any associations, secret or open, which would ieaa tnem into any disorder or crime." The pastor condemned In the strongest terms Sundays tragedies, declaring the belief that every man and woman in Ireland deplored and detested these "cold-blooded mur ders." which, he said, "no object could excuse and no motive justify," add ing: ' , . .' The perpetrators -of such crimes are not real patriots, but enemies of their country." Turning to the Croke park affair, the cardinal said the forces of the crown were bound by their offices to protect and not to destroy the peo ple. "The assassination of Individuals Is a detestable crime and a terrible outrage against God s law," he con tinued, "but it is a greater shock to humanity, a graver outrage against tne divine orainance wnereoy numan life is protected, to turn lethal weap ons against defenseless, unarmed. closely packed multitudes." POPE GRIEVES AT BLOODSHED I Pontiff Told That Griffith and MacNeilLTVere Moderators. ROME, Nov. 28. The., pope is fol lowing with Interest the development of the situation in Ireland, and Is deeply grieved at the daily reports of bloodshed. Learning of t$e arrest of Arthur Griffith and Professor MacN'etll of the Sinn tela, he inquired what the ef fect would be and was told by prominent Irishman' that both men exercised a moderating effect on their followers and therefore their abseifce would probably have .a bad rather than a good effect. Sales of Product at Profit In Ex cess of 18 Cents Ponnd In State. Are Charged."' BUTTE. Mont., Nov. 28 The Utahi Idaho Sugar company was indicted by a federal grand jury here Saturday for alleged violation of the Lever act. Six instances of alleged selling of sugar at an average profit of 13.421 cents a pound are set forth In the indictment- The defendants have been indicted on a similar charge In Utah,' Idaho and South Dakota. Three separate indictments were re turned by the grand jury, the first against the corporation, the second against the members of the corpora tion, directors and officers, and the third against the directors. The charge is conspiracy to evade pro visions of the Lever act. . . According to S. W. Kelly, chief spe cial agent of the department of Jus tice, the excess profits of the com pany in Montana alone during the pe riod covered by the indictments are estimated at $50,000. The tnd'etments charge that the cost and distribution price of sugar totaled approximately $10.44 a sack, which was sold to wholesalers at $23.88 a hundred. Direct conspiracy to evade provis ions of the Lever act is charged in the first indictment. It is alleged that between February 1 and April the comoany sold its sugar at $13.33 hundred pounds to wholesalers and jobbers. This price was based on a cost of production of $9.44 a hundred, with-about $1 additional for sales and delivery. Butte Is the sixth city in wnicn tne company and its subsidiary branches have been Workers Start Glove Factory, CHICAGO, Nov. 28 A co-operative glove factory, owned, operated and managed by the Chicago glove mak ers' union and said to be the firar ,d to be such venture in America, will begin I I operations Monday. WOMAN iS APPOINTED Mrs. Penrose Xamed Member of r .;' Jtelief Committee. ; WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 28 (Special.) --Mrs. Stephen B. Li-Penrose, wife of Presi dent Penrose of Whitman, has been appointed to the joint stafi commit tee - of national, collection' for desti tute children in -Europe, according to telegrams received from Mrs. R. E. Spear, president tf the national board of the Young Women's Christian as sociation, and Herbert Hoover of the general committee of . the European relief council. -The aim of the organization is to obtain . combined and . concentrated effort toward the raising of a fund of $33,000,000 between December 19 and January 1. : .. '.' Centralla Cbnrch Burns Mortgage. CENTRAL! A. Wash- -Nov. 28. (Special.) Mortgage burning services were held this, morning at the First Christian " church, -- which recently waged a successful drive, to retire its indebtedness. The sermon was de livered by Rev, . A. M. Williams of Chehalis and a history of .-the church was given by J- C. Watson and R. E. Cosgray.- A surplus, was raised- in the drive, which will be used In te- decorating the interior and extrlor of the church--''. " FARMERS' TRUST VALID MOVEMENT TO WITHHOLD CROPS XOT UXJLAWFUI.. ' Anti-Bomb Bill Introduced. ROME, Nov. -28. Premier Giolittl today- Introduced a bill in the cham ber of deputies which would make, any person found - with bombs or other explosives In his possession, liable to severe penalties. A prison term -ranging from two to five years, besides five years' police surveillance. indicted, similar charges wouM be imposed- off first offenders. Department of . Justice Declares Campaign Under Way Does Kot ? Come Under Clayton Act. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 8 Because farmers' co-operative organizations are. exempt from application of anti trust laws, the department of justice has given' no consideration to - the campaign to withhold crops from the markets until prices advance. It wa saia. last mgnt oy is.. JNebeker, spe cial assistant to tne attorney general, Mr. INebeker's explanation of the department's attitude followed statement by C. S.-Barrett, president of Xhe National' Farmers union, that he understood federal agents were attempting: -to obtain evidence for prosecutions, in ikansas, Iowa i&nd other states. The Clayton anti-trust act, Mr. Nebeker .said, provides that agrlcul ttiral organisations, not having cap! tai stock nor being conducted for profit, cannot be construed as con spiracies in restraint of trade. With. holding of crops for personal profit. he asserted, probably would not be held a- organization profits. Mr. Nebeker also alleged that the limitations on the appropriation act for the enforcement of the anti-trust law would Beei to preclude action The recent .u.ti j ..tAi wrrm.a Tr Power and BiilaYrtni nn.itinm on public payroll, at. the exoene of the taxpayer aWmlng in its results in us effects. .I!-lp th- most xtenslTft and rys- Irfi7 rmand are found in the "higher a!onM yem." This is forcibly out lined by the late Harvey Scott, the ablest 1 : uroioqna writer that ever rur nianotl editorial matter for The OrcEonlan. Vt ".Ta"Aial of February 11. 1905. under IV t. "L .-Mac nine -Made Citizens,' x which la here given In full: t Jn.on the heaviest burdens of the state is the extravagance of our educa tional system. The system constitutes a "machine which has no interest in .oduetry or business nr ta.Yi-.air K.vn f"1 t et the raoet it can. It besiege r. UI w "I every session ror 'more'; ft raises its nrmnn w clamor before the county and municlDal authorities and before school boards. It Is brother, or sister, or both, to the horse laech and ta th A devil of a Taxpayer the man or woman 7 y laborious industry and life-ions seir-denial has made a little accumulation. Xhe SChOOl marhin rhlcf rf michlnM wants-it, and sets up Its claim to It as a sacred right. We must not only have common schools, but high schools and nor mal schools and academies and colleges and universities and municipal libraries ana circulating libraries and 'institutes of all Imaginable kinds, and klnderzar tens and schools for manual training all Carried on the bsrlr rt tht nation mil laborious plodder, who is believed to have reward enough if he still can manage to exist on the husks that are left htm. In the opinion of the machine he has no right to have property except for the purposes m. m.uon ior support or tne machine. The. political machine waa heavy enough, wui lais is xar neavier. "People are going crazy on public edu- vatiiun; inu tne eaucationai machine, tax lng advantarn nf thl rolBUnsi nf Into). lect or prostration of judgment, rides the dumb beast under whip and spur. The result Is not merely the extravagance of n syoiem. measured in money; the worst of It is the consequence of endeavoring to rear the whole of pur youth of both sexes to the point or stage where they may live by their wits, without personal exertion and especially without manual labor. For they who have relied on the state for education, and indirectly for support, up to manhood and womanhood. will be very much disposed to lean on the state all their lives.- But these alone would not be able to force the svstem for ward. The cnlef agent in the work is the educational machine. It is composed of persons who live by and through it. and wno make it the business of their lives to work for Its extension because It Is the vocation thev live bv. Their days and nights are devoted to the study or means to extend the system, to devise new expe dients tor enlargement of 1., to work up mors departments, more kinds of schools and libraries and Institutes, through which members of the machine may obtain place on a public payroll. For it Is irksome to attempt to do things and to support one self through private initiative and enter prise, and on persona", endeavor. The consequence is reflected in the character of the pupils of the system: who. having been carried so fur by the state, are scarcely to be blamed if they expect the state to carry them, one way or another. tnrougn tne remainder or tneir Jives, ana their children after them. There la nothing in this world not even any good thing that may not be carried to excess. So it is now with the aystem of public education In many of our states. This extravagant system did not produce the strong, energetic ana sen reliant men and women who laid the foundations of our national life. Time was when young persons were supposed to e able to do something for themselves, on ihlr nwn trahunt Our Tire sent svstem is fast making them caterpillars or other parasites of the state. If anyone finds life difficult the first thing he or she is encouraged to do is to turn to the state In one way or another for relief. Tour machine-made citizen knowa no other re source. And our educational, system la at the bottom of it. It forms character on thia inntuis this habit of thought and action, cuta individuality, independ ence and self-reliance out or personal rvavi-a-t t- The lower tone witnessed in our nubile and in our private life, and constantly growing, -Is a direct consequence It "may be added this machine bordered close on the " corrupt practice ti m Tata nrim-irv elentinn. as indicated in the proposed grand Jury investigation in Lane county. In this campaign the public press was subsidised as far aa possible ; even The Oregonlan and the Oregon Journal declined to republish the above editorial k UauAv rn formal reauest. TheVhole machine waa agog. Presidents and students from every department were on the alert. Speeches, talks, lectures, res olutions and circulars, posters and election devises of every kind were called In serv io i) for the adontion of "the mlllage tax act" to the constitution, which was adopted by a plurality vote of less than 70 nar cent of the registered vote of the state This, with two other amendments, aHnnto hv a small plurality, at a primary election at which many voters failed to attend, under the Impression that a primary election is simpy a nominat ing convention for the purpose of choosing between "would-be" candidates, knowing that the final test would be at the gen- This action was accomplished by the boosters of the "machine", as stated, thus departing on a down grade from the prec edents established by the wisdom of the f a har f nur country in holding that the adoption of constitutions and amendments a train st farmers. Inasmuch th- f ouiring at least a clear majority and in nm that Tin nrt nf (ha . most cases a two-t nrlatlons shall be exDended fnp th. prosecution of farmers who co-opervr a.-c w vwbs sa. inn auu a caOUUdUif price for their products. 8. & R. green Holman Fuel Co. Adv. - stamps cor cash. Malts 53. DC0-2L THE "UPBUILDING" OF:THE WESTK JS s tew liiiis'ilifct 'has taken place largely during the' history of this bank and has been . " assisted by its farsighted ;,"and practical banking "service,. ; -. Through having co s operated for many years ' with Western business arid institutions we are V thoroughly familiar with . 'their" spirit and reauire- ments. OUR commercial Bankings service is - given strength and ; effectiveness through the long experience upon which it is based. ' - -A' NATIONAL BANK : Mem&er Federal Reserve System Third at Stark Streets . PORTLAND - OREGON quarryinar aa a stnn mmmnn 4n tha nirt red sandstones; the late Professor Condon, by delving in the hills and mountains among the rocks and fossil relics; Luther Bur bank by intensive gardening, and Mors. Edison and Marconi by the development of electrical devices. Ail by self-enterprise, none as dump from the tax roll. a statement furnished bv the honorable secretary of state shows the amdunts of money paid to the University of Oregon, the Agricultural college and the State formal, biannually, amounting to $3,178. 037.17; to this must be a tided, under the "educational tax art " 11 240.000. annually. making the biennial amounts to be paid "Eicaiioi fa d i I . l . wiin axn annum increase on the percentage of Increase as sessment of values. The so-called normal Bhnnla aa now . conducted, are about as valuable adjuncts w or eaucationai system as a fifth wheel to a wagon, expensive, cumbersome an en tangling, without any compensating value. Simply a machine-made scheme to union ise the teaching force; requiring the rub ber stamp of an examining board to per mit the employment of kindergarten and graded teachers in our common schools. Presidents and professors In our colleges and universities are not graded by normal rubber stamps. I am quite sure the presi dent of our State Normal school is minus a normal stamp diploma. In the main it is largely of college work, but principally a system to devise more kinds oC schools, through which its members may obtain place on a public payroll. Tact, with devotion and r --" Vilr-h school education, furnish ample capacity for competent teachers in the graded schools, and these are not the product of normal rubber stamps. The machine-made plan is, "Once on the payroll always on it." - i normal stamp opens the way ana dictates terms, without regard to worth or capacity But alas! the machine programme is as Harvey Scott termed it. "a brother or sis ter or both the horse leech and the grave." nasea on oia Mother Means' Injunction. While you are rltten ret all vou ran git." For their real nlnira r Ths. nra. gon Teachers Monthly for June. 1020. page Avty iu-wh: e must get wnue tne get ting is good We have the taxpayers where we want them. "We will force them to pay a great deal more than they are willing to pay." Judging from the tentative hude-eta be ing prepared for submission to the next egislature for large additional annronria-" tions, it is evident that the tax-eater maw Is not sated. Heavy pressure will be brought by the tax-eating gourmands for special appropriations ; more commissions, more departments and higher salaries. The query arises: "wm the legislature forget their pre-election promises for economic .egislation and yielding, as in the past, to the demands of selfish a-reed ?" Pra.piac.t tion pledges are made to get In and cot to atand on. 2 have no desire or nnrmtx tn rrlnnU nr belittle the Growth and work at n v nf the state Institutions of learning. On the contrary. I desire to see them largely en dowed and ably conducted. My contention. nowever, tm: rnoy snouid be taken out of politics and firmly established bv liberal endowment funds provided by those who j i Kici patronize sucn scnoois. xnese schools-do not maintain any higher stand ards of learning than do the leading col- leges and universities under Independent or special control. The special Plea set nn bv those who patronize the state schools is that they are "non-sectarian. This is made, however. -by a very numerous sect of so-called "non sectarians"; a sect quite as intolerant and vindictive as are the so-called sectarian sect. While this is true in the main, yet there Is a very larsre Per cent liberal and charitable in both classes; with thia dif ference, the so-called sectarians liberally endow schools, hosnttals and benevolent organizations after their liking, white the so-called non-sectarian sect demanda sun- port from the burdened taxpayers. li inese tax-eating spellbinders would devote .their time and talents in boosting subscriptions to substantial endowment runds- they would manifest their 4ovaltv to justice and self-respect for Individual be neficence and renerositv. and enlnv all the liberty and privilege wanted on lines suit- ea to tneir lilting. The means are not lacking to endow these schools, if the millionaires and well- rest even mediocre generosity. The late Stephen Oirard set an example by liberally enaowing a college arter his liking In Phil adelphia, but alas, tax-eating generosity. on this line, is almost as scarce as hen's teeth.' A sane and true "slogan for the state educational system should be: "Well-conducted common schools, from the primary up to and including what is now termed hign scnooi, on lines of practical utility and economic restrictions, devoid of fur- -belows and surplusages; leaving normal. collegiate and university Institutions to ' independent organizations, with liberal en dowment funds, contributed and managed by their numerous patrons according to their liberality and liking." The taxpaying public should not be called on to educate professors, specialists or scientific engineers any more than for the hod carrier, rail splitter or mechanic: me lowiy in service are as much entitled to support as the highbrows. Class distinc tions and special privileges are un-Amer ican. The future destiny of civil Iibertv and free government is centered in the educa tion of the risins:. and each succeeding. generation of children borrr? or brought by immigration, tn this country, and the responsibility rests largely with the com mon schools, and the crucial test is not in the degree or Quantity, but in the char acter. Hence the Importance of standardizing the common schools on lines of moral cul ture embracing elementary Instructions to develop thought and modes of action lead ing up to nobility of character and indus trial activities on lines of honest endeavor. Thoughts and impressions leave a last ing imprint on future life. Any education that has not In its foundation the basio tenets of the decalogue Is worse than no education, since it servesvas added force to pernicious activities. - While the schools are the main con trolling force, yet education is not con fined to schools of learning; it begins in the homea, it is on the streets and high ways. In business activities, amusement centers, and in dena of Infamy. That 7 y ear-old boy In Portland recently that - H.nt m W I 9 -uaa -.1,S) brother to throw up his hands, and fired a shot through his heart got his educa tion, doubtless. In some picture show, or soma thrilling hold-up story. It has been said: "The hand that rocks the cradle rulea the world." Lessons taught. Includ ing associates and environment, are the governing forces In future life, "As the twig Is bent the tree inclines." Hence the necessity for the utmost pos sible restrictions in the training of the youths of the country, including the home, associates, environment and schools. . &1 y contention, therefore, is: The next legislature should (if the members have the"stamina to withstand the Influence of the machine) repeal all acts of the legis lative appropriations for the support of the University of Oregon, the Agricultural college and the State Normal school to take effect after 1921. and to submit a constitutional amendment repealing all acts, constitutionally provided, to take ef fect within two years after adoption; thus giving the frienda and supporters of these state schools time and opportunity to raise ample endowment funds for schools after their liking. All professional schools, such as law and medicine, should be tabooed from the taxpaying roll, aa well aa colleges and universities. Taxation of the many for rhn fnw in unlust and ineauitable. - cqum ana exact a taiA.th mi maiornv. Thus exempiuying mo " Oisv Tou may tool an me ieupm aumc T l 1 Thua Si without trn'ns Into a discussion f the impracticability and futile effort to give collegiate eaucaiion .w rfv nf that fallacy is self-evident, witn Under the "tax-eater act, me is the burden-bearer, while the youth, with snap and ability, are not charity seekers: thv tnii nave ktll win i uiu iuc m.y the finding of the way is the better part of their education. i -The puouo bc nooin, up w isw.i.n l. la nnw tarmail thn hich BChOOla. Pro- vide all that ia necessary to develop abil ity. These snoura oe wen cgnouuieu. that thn ex oense of establish' ment and maintenance should be at the STnansa nr tn DairOHI O-11 U uuiiHiuuiuiiiv friends of higher education. Collegiate ed- jna not create aenius. or instill enternrise. Stuff a duck and you get quacks; stuff a dullard and you get twad largely in the development or professional quacks and "soap-box"", orators, ana Bn,Ir fill but will not, and seeking: positions they would fill but cannot. it. nA- tmpA the bounaanes oi apaco. u tm i health permitting) de- n.nria iirwtn abilitv and enterprise, on lines h,nn.af onHKavnr. The way la open to the humbleat toner, n no .i... co- enterprise and thrift; but if he watches the sun dial and seeks repose of shade, or .,.amnt tn revel in the allurements of i iivino- the exit is a failure. Hiifcesa aeoenas wbci uuu i i nrivnr- Sir Isaac Newton, aa philoaopner, oy i v- . i 11 A . annle: James W att by noting l-Z A nt.am f rom the snout of a tea I True Americanism At resulting in the development of steam I justice, to all; special privileges to none. cower:- nuga aluo, . v-v W. H. ODELL. Why the Milk Cure? 'to. Safest;.! 828 Hawthorae at Twenty-seTeatsi It cures -disease of extreme chronic nature. 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