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LA ORAjITE IIVENIInG ORSERVTlTt.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917.
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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THE POPE'S PEACE PROPOSALS.
The peace proposals of the Pope are entitled to seri
ous consideration and to respectful answers. The Pone
in brief proposes universal disarmament. He proposes
the restoration of conquered territory and the rehabi
tation of countries overrun by war. These are certainly
essential, conditions to a just and lasting peace. There
will be of course great debate over the proposals. The
Allied press has already hailed the Pope's proposals as
pro-German. The Allies feel that the Germans are eager
for peace, that they feel their military power waning and
that they are anxious to make peace before they are de
cisively defeated. This may be true. But the tendency in
certain quarters to criticise the Pope for proposing peace
at this time seems to be unreasonable. Surely there must
be some start toward peace if we are ever going to end
this war, and a sincere effort to bring the belligerents to
gether should not be resented. The Allies and the United
States will do well to answer definitely and positively the
Pope's proposals and should state their terms. If Ger
many assents admits that she is beaten and abandons her
dreams of militarism and world conquest maybe peace
might be' arranged, dubious as the prospects appear at the
present time. We doubt, however, in view of the terrific
cost of the war up to the present time, if Great Britain and
France wjll consent to a peace without victorv.
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SELL YOUR OLD JUNK.
These are good 'times to clean up the old rubbish. Do
something with it. Sell the old junk. See what is in the
cellar and the garret. Get rid of it; You will be surprised
what things of 'value you have concealed about
the premises. Advertise ' it. You will be surprised
how easy it is to sell things through advertising. Thar
is why advertising pays. It is the cheapest way of bring
ing buyer and seller together. A lady sold a mare and
and taxes. It obtains funds from the people, some by
taxation and some by the sale of bonds, and then it goes
into the markets and buys from the people what it needs.
The people supply .the government with money and the
government with this money buys from the people what it
needs for the war. -
There are three sources from which the United States
can draw the sinews of war. First is the fixed property
of the nation. This represents our farms, factories, mines,
savings. From the corpus or bodj' of none of these, ex
savings. Fro rathe corpus or body of none of these, ex
cept the accumulated savings, will -the government obtain
war funds, and even from the accumulated savings it will
draw a relatively small portion. These accumulated sav
ings are invested in industries, and business which are
necessary to the country's welfare and prosperity and
it is only' that portion of these savings which are seeking
investment that the government will receive in exchange
for bonds. ,. .
. The second and the great source from which the govern
ment is to derive its war fund is the wealth produced dur
ing the Avar. Part of this it will obtain by taxation and
paH in exchange for bonds. The annual production of
the United States, from its farms, mines, factories, and
other sources, amounts to fifty billion dollars a year and
out of this fifty billion dollars will come the funds, part
trom taxes and pan from the sale or bonds, with which
the United States will finance itself during this war.
By taxation this generation will pav its portion of the
cost of the war. By the sale of bonds the next generation
is (jailed upon to pay its portion, and this last portion will
be paid from the wealth production after the war..
By this method the capital of the country, its sources of
income and wealth, are unimpaired. It is only the yearly
increment of this property that is called upon to bear
a portion of the cost of the war. Thus despite the waste
of war and the destruction of property involved the coun
try may emerge from the conflict stronger financially,
more efficient and even wealthier than before. What the
government receives it receives from the people without
impairing the sources ot wealth of the country, and passes
it back to the people in exchange for the productions of
the country. It is in a way only a shifting of credits.
The government collects the current taxes and by means
of bonds anticipates taxes of the years to come, and all
the money thus acquired passes back into the hands of
the tax-payers. Tins is why governments . which follow
sound economic methods not only are not impoverished
by wars but sometimes emerge the stronger as England
did after the Napoleonic wars and the United States did
after our great Civil War.
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SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA
I he Observer. It cost her 35 cents and she realized over
$125. How else in the world can you sell things on a
commission of about one-fourth of one per cent? If she
had sent postal cards to all of the readers of The Observer
it would have cost her more than seventy-five dollars.
Surely one .should not have to argue about the value of
advertising ;these days, and the case related is only one of
many. Advertising pays. No wise man denvs it.'
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' . FINANCING THE WAR.
The United States is financing itself in this war by loans
Washington, I). C, August 21. (Special) In response,
to an urgent request from Dr. Frank Billings, head of the
Red Cross Commission to Russia, the American Red Cross
is sending a large quantity of medical and surgical sup
plies to meet the urgent needs' of the Russian military
hospitals. This supplements an earlier consignment
colt and an old buggy through a small advertisement m,w!li('h was forwarded for immediate use when the Com-
luift.siuii siuicu 10 investigate .toe J-vussian situation.
The Commission carried with it $200,000 worth of such
material, including among other supplies over 50 micro
scopes and 45,000. slides; 4600 clinical thermometers, 288
operating knivfs, 23,000 lengths of catgut, 1,700 ice caps,
175,000 morphine sulphate tablets and 200,000 antiseptic
tablets.
Russia lias had j-reat difficult' in securing enough hos
pital equipment and supplies to take proper care" of her
large armies. Both shipments were planned to include
a well-rounded stock of the most useful chemicals and apparatus.
I n the new consignment, for which the War Council ap
propriated $l(i0,000, there are 180,000 tablets of quinine
sulphate, 1000 pounds of chloroform, 10,000 tablets each
of atropin and strychnine for hypodermic injection, 50.
000 doses of anti-typhoid vaccine, also tetanus antitoxin
and diphtheria, smallpox, cholera and plague vaccine, 10,
000 pounds soap, 25 dozen hot water bottles, 10,000 pounds
of gauze, dressings and pads, 10,000 bandages and rolls,
1,000 blankets and 6 dozen stethoscopes, and various labo
ratory supplies.
.Among the other items in the shipment are these: 5000
cc. digitalis, 1000 cocaine tablets, 20 collapsible operating
tables, 14,400 needles, 200 pounds rubber tubing, 20,000
pounds absorbent cotton, 5000 safety pins.
This unit of supplies was purchased in accordance with
a plan carefullv worked out bv Dr. BilliiiP-s mid bis Com
mission, which includes experts in medicine, public health,
dietetics, social service, and transportation. The Commis
sion is receiving the full cooperation of the Russian gov
ernment, and will shortly make a detailed report to the
War Council of the ways in which the Red Cross can most
effectively aid Russia. On its recommendations the entire
Red Cross program for Russian relief will lie based.
Supporting' the
Government
This is a time for every citizen to support the
United States Government nnd mnny nre doing so
at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves.
We hnve joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys
tem established by the Government to give greater
financial stability niul strength 10 the member banks
and protection to their depositors.
You can give your support to this great Govern
ment enterprise anil also olitain its protection for
your money by becoming one of our depositors.
Do Something - Help Production
The country needs your active siipport. To, be
patriotic you must spend your ''money and at the;
same time be productive, , ; , , , . . . - -Do
something you can do so others can do more.
Make your own clothes at home. You will bo
working for your country, for you will allow others
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Cross consignments so that Russian railway men will fa
cilitate their movement, and in spite of the congestion of
the railroads it is hoped that these supplies' will be in the
hands of surgeons and nurses in the Russian army hospit
als in a short time.
The next time YOU have a part' serve SNOW
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SNOW FLAKES are made of the best materials in
our daylight factory. '
Sold in 3 Sizes of Packages, and in Bulk
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Portland, Oregon
WE SELL 'EM .
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Pattison Bros. Mammoth Grocery
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Federal Reserve
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La Grande National Bank
Sananes' Famous
Henry P. Horn, formerly a vice-president of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad, a member of
the Commission, is cooperating with the American Rail
road Commission previously sent to Russia in securing the
quickest possible handling of these and the other relief
shipments which will follow as thev are called for bv Dr.
hillings. He has worked out a plan for identifying Red
SEE! - HEAR!
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AT
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A Wonderful Musical Treat ;
Violin, Vocal, Piano Selections' from Grand
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