La Grande evening observer., May 25, 1932, Page 4, Image 4

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
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BIG DAYS
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God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for
he shall receive me. Psalm 49 : 15.
INVESTIGATING THE '-BULLS"
Under the recent impetus given by the fiery Congressman
LaGuardia, the senate's inquiry into the operations of the
stock market seems to have become more an investigation
of the bulls than of the bears.
Since the bull market is now more than two years in the
background, such an investigation might appear to be a
waste of time and money. Actually, however, it is not a
bad idea. It might be just as good for us to find out how
we got to the top of the toboggan slide as to learn why we
went skidding down it. . -'
After all, this lamentable bear market, with its accompani
ment of unemployniient, red ink, and general business stagna
tion, is only the reverse side of the bull market. What goes
up in this world must come down, and if it goes up beyond
all reason it is apt to come down in the same manner.
We bargained for all this in those hectic days of 1928
and 1929 when it Wjs popular to talk about a new economic
era, and the more light we can get on those unseen forces
that led us to the brink, the better off we shall be.
So far, we haven't shown much interest in getting that
'kind of information. We have tried to tell ourselves that we
were. ft virtuous and well-meaning people foully victimized
by a-few financial schemers who have taken us for a , ride.
We have spent two years looking for a scapegoat, and 'the
present effort to lay the blame on short sellers in the stock
market is merely the latest development in our hunt. "j
Sooner or later, though, we'll have to admit that no one
betrayed us except by our own consent. We lost all sense
of values during the boom. We pretended it was no longer
a sin to gamble (provided we won) and we surrendered to
one of the most dismal orgies of dollar-worship that our
country has ever experienced.
We have been paying for it during the past two years or
so. Now there are indications that general conditions are
starting up-grade again, and the senate is accusing the bears'
of holding the stock market down through their short sell
ing operations.
It might be a great deal better to follow Mr. LaGuardia's
suggestion and throw the spotlight on what was happening
when all prices were sky-rfccketing. We might be able
to learn Rome method of preventing a repetition of the act. I
SPRING
You'll Be Proud to Own
At Big Price Reductions ,
ALL $10. DRESSES
$15. TO $18. DRESSES
All are brand new spring dresses; the materials are
print, cli If foils ami crepes; the styles arc somi
fonmils, Jacket dresses and sport dresses; be sure
to see them,
FRISCO WASH FROCKS
Regularly Priced at $3.75
SI.9S
Tailored styles with long sleeves Ideal for slrect
or sports wear.
Manufactured by the
World's Best Coat Makers
ROTHMOOR, REDFERN
LERNER BROS, and CALGER
$25.
DRESS AND SPORT
COATS
All in Wanted Colors and Fabrics
THURSDAY - FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Your Choice of Any
Other Coat in the
Store at
o
PERCALE
Entire stock of regular Qrt
12c quality; yard tV
DAMASK
85c Quality, colored border, JQ.
linen finish, yard uv
SPREADS
74x108 Crinkled,
formerly $3.95 ...
$195
Buy Pillows Now!
$1.95
$1.00
Regular $3.50 Emmerich Pillows, new
feather filling, soft and Huffy, only....
Regular $1.05 pillows with new
feather filling, now
, Cotton filled patchwork quilts,
rTTTT fFCJ oblh square pattern. CO I ft
VUlljJLO regular $3.50, each tfjUtU
Y(TT TT7CJ Fancy Linen J
IJVJ JLAjUjkJ Embr. Trimmed Jj PRICE
Here's Real Value!
Size 72x84 Part Wool
BLANKETS
eight fancy plaids
ir selling price Is 2.85
$1.69
Extra heavy weight fancy plaids sntecn hound
edges .regular .selling price Is $2.85 buy for next
whiter at only
RAG RUGS
Size 24 x 48,
Pretty Colors
49c
WASTE BASKETS
. SplitBamboo
Asst. Sizes....
JHLATTS
PRICED RIDICULOUSLY LOW
FOR SUCH SMART STYLES
Entire Stock -of new pattern Hats
formerly priced from
$7.50 to $11.75
BEAUTIFUL NEW HATS THAT HAVE BEEN
SELLING REGULARLY FROM $4.95 TO $7.50
$2.95
$3.95 HATS Now Priced at $1
EAGLE
SHIRTS
At .the Lowest Prices
- - in Years
Finest broadcloth, muilras nnd liiesll
weaves -plain colors and stripes
all sizes. '
Regular $1.95 Shirts Are
$1.49
$2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 Shirts
$1.89
10c
RUBBER APRONS
Full cut and extra heavy a nice assortment
or pretty colors each.
Buy Your Summer's Supply
, PHOENIX
Chiffpti Hose
Every pair perfect chiffon " Your choice of all new
spring and .summer shinies an extra value.
79 ! pair;
T(U VT CO A D Polgates
Reg. 10c
6 for 49c
C'olgalcs Dental Cream
Colgales Rapid Shave Cream -Collates
Shaving Tablets
Palmolive Shaving Cream
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SOCKS l"c"w Plr. W jF'w
u ':,!, 185 Pairs of
Spring
SHOES
GROUPED IN TWO
LOW PRICE LOTS
96 Pairs at
PAIRS FOR
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Short lines and discon
tinued styles of $4.95 to
$6.50 shoes.
89 Pairs at
PAIR
Regular $7.50 to $10. shoes
all heels oxfords,
straps and pumps.
ABUSE OF THE FRANK
n The limitations, if any, surrounding the use of the con
gressional frank have never been sharply drawn. Recent dis
closures have emphasized the use to which it may be put.
It has been shown that hundreds of thousands of speeches,
or what passed for them, have been sent from Washington
for campaign purposes at the expense of the taxpayers.
The only statutory requirement is that the matter appear
first in the Congressional Record or be a government pam
phlet. This is no brake, for the rules governing that publi
cation have been so loosely interpreted that it is possible to
get anything, no matter how extraneous, within its columns.
It is not necessary that the matter to be printed be a speech
of a member. It may be, and often is, the utterance of some
private individual, a letter or a magazine article.
That members of congress want to increase rather than
limit the field of distribution under the frank is indicated
by proposals made in every session of that body. The schemes
to bring this about arc many and ingenious.
The entire matter of congressional printing and the use
of the frank needs investigation and regulation. The tax
payers should not be called upon to share the costs of fur
thering the personal or political ambitions of members of
congress. No gixid reason exists why the flood of govern
ment publications should inundate those who have not re
quested them. And it is unethical to the extreme for a
congressman to make taxpayers finance his campaign for
reelection.
The actress who fell from her horse is now in the hospital
-"surrounded by a strong supporting cast."
HENRY BLACKMER
PAYS TAX, FINE
(Continued from Pago One)
preme court In his behalf today and
later made arrangements to get the
money to pay the fine.
It developed also that Biackmcr's
S8.49R.935 Income lax penalties anil
Interest assessed aitnlnst him lor
failure to pay Income taxes In the
1U18-23 period hud bi-en settled by
compromise for 1016. lun and ll)l
ond payment for the other years.
A stipulation filed before the
United States board of tax appeals
showed that Blackmer had paid
049.264 deficiency Income tax for
OUT OUR WAY
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By J. R. Williams
rM nv dumb
THERE. SHELE.P 7 t XZ- MILE.. ANIMftLS
ISR AMWWAVS? -TOO ,-THAT
os - tve read EM' Jie FER gittki'em all V vW.
Vthewre ve.rv A A A scAnr am1 y
-rMID SWEEP - XNERVrS FEF? )
-".MEARTC, ARE HARD O,',.,,
latlon, moro than 700.000 families
who ore living on charity."
A o
Other Papers
j Say:
1020. 1031, 1933 and 1033 nnd ion
altlrs Amounting to 9525.716.
Officials did nut innkc public the
amount of the compromise but It
wns ludlcntrd thut the total payment
amounted to approximately $4,000,-
000.
RELIEF BILL
LuII) BEFORE
THE SENATE
(Continued From Page One)
Wagnes said the bill offered "as
Lt'CE HANK RIM j APPKOVKD
WASHINGTON. May .25 The
last of tho administration's emerg
ency proposals the Luce home loan
discount bank bill was advanced a
step today by approval of the house
banking committee.
The measure provides for a federal
home loan batik system with a total
capital of S1U5.000.000. It was re
drafted by a sub-commttteo headed
by Representative Rellly (D., Wis.)
He goes before the rules committee
tomorrow to ask for legislative right
of way for the legislation.
The measure provides that not
more than 12 banks shall be created
each with a capitalization or not less
than $5,000,000. The purpose of the
legislation Is to aid home builders to
meet obligations through the banks, i
SKItlOVS THINKINO
The Lindbergh case Is putting seri
ous thoughts Into people's heads.
They are realizing that things can't
go on as they have been going.
They are turning their thoughts to
ward our methods of law-enforcement,
our court procedure. One Inter
esting example of the lengths to
which this thinking 'is going was
voiced by the Astorlan-Budget a day
or so ago. It seemed to tlie Astorlan- j
Budget editor that the criminal was;
getting all the "breaks." He asks a
few pointed questions: j
wny is xnai mis country, wnicn
boasts of Its superior government and
enlightenment, still leads almost all
conservative a program of legislation
as the severclty of the present emer
gency wlU permit." and added:
"We cannot overlook the fact that.
according to the department of labortof the other nations In murder, kid
there ore in 123 cities, holding lessjnaping and other crimesof violence?
than one-third of the nation's popu- Why lsit that gangsters and rack-j
etcerS' can carry on- their outlawry
with seeming Impunity, flaunting
their banners of crime almost under
the shadows of our halls of Justice.?
Why ,is-it that the chances of a
criminal paying the full penalty of
his lawlessness, even if apprehended,
are all. In his favor?
Why Is It that we must shamefully
recognizw the truth of the indict
ment of the French newspaper which
said, "Such things as the Lindbergh
kidnaping can easily happen In a land
that produces an Al Capone?"
There will be many answers to the
questions! Lawyers, criminologists,
students of social problems will all
have their explanations but none of
them can deny that our criminal
record Is a disgrace to a civilized
country and that the situation de
mands drastic reforms in our wTWrs
system of dealing with those who
defy our laws and prey upon society.
Them the editor outlines the vari
ous "breaks' the criminal gets In the i
courts. 'And the theme of his dis
course Is that all the way the burden 1
of proof is on tho prosecution, that
the prisoner Is presumed Innocent
until proved guilty beyond a reason
able doubt.
Even after conviction, the prisoner
has the right of appeal and may Jret
escape. The editorial concludes: 1
The criminal, when pitted against
the law as an adversary, has all the
"breaks." It almost seems that our
law-makers have tried to see how dif
ficult they can make it for the forces
of government to convict a felon and
have extended "themselves to give a
criminal every opportunity to escape
the legal penalties of his crime.
Perhaps all of these safeguards
against a miscarriage of Justice were
Justified when first they were writ
ten Into our statutes, for our found
ing fathers came to ihts country for
the mo.t pirt to escape depression.
But the component elements of our
society have changed markedly since
that long-gone day and our system
of procedure has become a fortified
castle In which our criminals find
sanctuary, refuge and protection.
This is serious talk. The presumed
Innocence- of the prisoner is one ot
tho bases of our personal liberty.
Must; we forego that liberty to stamp
out a rising menace? Eugene Morn
ing News.
KAIMiOM) MOTOR CARS
France, which pioneered in auto
mobiles PnnilCrh -tn V-nnnV
D" vi iiiijjucir; riviibu
terminology on the Industry, awcr
uul iiiiuiiunn inventors had given a
few practical hints. Is pioneering now
In automobile rnllrnnri .in A M.h.
elin car that Is being tried out on
an American railroad system seems
on inc rignt track, so to speak.
The sample car rims hn mMn witt.
pneumatic tires of a new type, which
ui' vioraiion. avoid the roar
Of iron rails, and Rnir art .,,hn..
deflated that a puncture or blow-out
Is not serious. Each car is a com
plete unit in Itself. Innklnt. mi.h
I an ordinary motor bus except lor Its
multiple- wheels. The motor burns
gasoline. It is said that this equip
age can haul 30 passengers for 15
cents a mile half a cent per mile
per person. Here Is very cheap trans
portation, even when the cost of the
track and general overhead, outside
of the rolling stock, is not reckoned.
Somo experimental
of comparable capacity are said to
uu tcuu a mile, .
Rapid develODmentft .inn. v.ia nna
may be expected. The idea Is obvi
ously adapted to making railroad ser
vice more flexible, and to preserve
branch lines on whlnh
equipment has become too expensive
for the shrunken patronage. Such
cars. too. might be the salvation of
many an Interurban trolley line.
Coos Bay Times.
Ask Someone Who's Seen It!
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