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There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain
the spirit; neither hath lie power in the day of death: and
there is no discharge in that war. Keclesiastes 8:8.
I WINKING AT GRAFT
Newspapers frequently have been accused of making
heroes out of crooks' and criminals, but most of the blame
should be shouldered by the public, it scorns. Newspapers
present the facts and the public does 'the rest.
The majority of people lead rather dull, drab lives devoid
of adventure and romance. They long to pull themselves
nut of the deadeninir routine of life, but cannot; so they
worship the men wlio can. ' ' , -
For that 'reason, and because ho is a super showman, the
people of New York idolize Jimmy Walker, their mayor, in
spite of good evidence to prove he is a grafter just like many
of his predecessors.
The other day when Mayor Walker appeared in court
and was charged with numerous shady deals a' worshipping
public gloried in the clever retorts which' he showered upon
the examiners, and cheered his defiant speech delivered just
before leaving the stand.
The people are willing to wink at graft and other forms
of corruption in public office as long as the grafters are
clever. A Tammany leader declared that if Walker were
removed from office he would be re-elected by the largest
majority he ever received. And suchi a result would not be
surprising. The New Yorkers havevxe-elected incompetent
and dislronest men before.
In the face of such evidence can the people complain about
high taxes) inefficient government, and general lawlessness?
If enough people wanted to clean up this country they could
do it, but as long as they insist upon idolizing criminals and
corrupt officials it will never bo cleaned up. '
accordance with eound buslnese prac
tice but Its . effect aa a stabilizer
would bo of ineatlmablo value. High
er taxation would chock - proeperlty
excuses and lower Imposts relieve the
depressing effect of adversity. But.
no gDvornment for any length of
(Ime can contlnuo to enend more and
more as the people obtain less aim
less.
Tuxes must full aa the people's
cupoclty to pay falle; and rise only
as tlio cupuclty to puy rises. How
could this bo done?
Let ui suppose that tho federal
government abolished all indirect
luxation consumption tuxes of
every kind, Inheritance , taxes and
capital gains taxes. Tlioro would bo
one tux only - an Incomo tax. It
would be paid by everyone and tlio
actual paying would do an additional
good In making every individual tux
conscious. The federal government
would then fix a ecilca of graduating
rates which, when applied In "nor
mal" times, would yield sufficient
revenue say 4. 000,000,000 a year.
Should buslnexs rise AO per cent
above "normal" the rates automatical
ly would be Incrcuued 20 per cent.
On tho other liund, should it fall 20
por cent below "normal" they would
be cut 20 per cent.
The trend of business could be
tiiken, perhupB.' from the fedorul re
serve board's Index of manufactur
ing, or some other Index thought
better to reflect all conditions. But
the calculation of "normal" bUHlness,
depressed buslne.w or prosperous
business need not bo particularly ac
curate, for It is an essential part of
procedure thut errors made In one
year ho adjusted In tho next. There
might bo a surchurgo to covor the
amount by which tho previous year's
revenue fell below tho anticipated
amount, or in depression thoro might
not only bo a reduction In tax rates
to correspond with tho more difficult
business conditions, but also a tem
porary reduction offsetting the pre
vious year's oxcesa collections or ac
tual economies, on tho part of the
government.
It Is not difficult to Imagine that
such a plan as had been outlined
would be an Immense force working
towards business stability. No longer
would wo have the unhealthy booms
of a 1020 nor the equally unhealthy
duplhs of a 1032. . .
While It Is obvious that nbout the
most tho government can do at tho
present time Is to retrench firmly so
that again there may bo somo reason
able prospect of tux revenues In ex
cess of outgo, It Is only at times llko
tho present whon adversity , bears
heavily on overyono'that thoro exists
tho necessary desire to plan for tho
future. Now Is tho tlmo to lay tho
groundwork for obtaining a business
stublllwr whoso operation
tlio" onus 1)fwad'veralTy''"wuT'iec1(i
tho oxceas of nrosperity.-r-Henry JUch,
mond Jr., In. the Magazine,,; ,Wejl
Street.
HOUSES IN TQWN
, MOSTLY OCCUPIED
(Continued Prom Page One)
tlvlty, howover, In this county la
not confined to the man with the
gold pan and shovel. A , few large
outside companies are roported to
havo representatives here at the
present tlmo muklng Investigations
and engaging In actual development
work.- .' i , . . . f . . ! -
Durlnir May the local bank han
dled approximately 3200 worth of
IsWiders "pilglitet Vrolhs' 'In 'death." " j
The volcano Is upt now In active
eruption. i, . v.; v '
There- is no record of any other
deaths In Hulemaumau. and whether
Hawaiian once offered human socfl
lloee to Pele by burling the victims
Into the first pit la a. moot question.
The fire goddess was unquestion
ably the mfiet feared of all the Is
land dtetles.and In olden times none
dared approach the pit without first
making offerings of Ohelo berries.
Hulemauynaui .commonly preferred
to as the house of everlasting fire,
means ."house .of .jerns.v so named
because ferns were thrown Into the
crater to appease Pele'a wrath. :
, MAY HKOOVKK 1IOIIIKH
WASHINGTON, June 3 Ml The
n.tixKY mTnimr.B.omxATrRT.
, . WASHINGTON, -June 3 ( Repre
sentative Raluey, , the - Democratic
floor leader., was revealed .today to
have withheld his signature from the
conference report adjusting . .differ?
enccs between the house and aenato
on the billion dollar tax bill.
He opposed the tartlla on lumber
and copper, voted into the measure
by the senate after the house had
approved Import levies on oil and
coal. . '. t - , '
Arrangements were made this
morning to get copies of the final
version of the bill printed, and to
seek house and possibly senate sanc
tion tomorrow. . : - 1
gold In quantities .amounting to national park service today autnor-
moro than" tnreo .ounces., uunvr n&eu . oupennienueut ta. . jjeuvii.v, w
the Hawaiian national pant, to try to
recover the bodies of William Hunes
and Margaret Enos from Kilauea cra
ter. .!'.--. V ..... ' it .- ,! I ,
i Nuncs, after shooting the Enos girl,
tossed hor body Into the crater and
Jumped In himself. The tragedy was
tho result of a family quarrel. '
The bodies are about 900 feet be
low the surfaco of the rim. Loavltt
outlined n plan to lower rangers In
to tho pit. ,. : . . if ! ll(
An ultimate plan was to bury tne
bodies yhere . they are by dropping
dynamite closo to them.
Brothers purchased a consineranie
quantity of gold during the month.
, C, C Palmer .stated itlwt . he
bought smell quantities of gold from,
ao person- Tuesdoy. The. smallest
purchuse that -lie has made was for
40 cents. Other purchases amount
ed to as high as $120.
ARITHMETIC IN THE SCHOOLS
If . any school children could have'Tibard "Dr. Robert K.
Spear of New York University deliver a little speech , the
other night, they would have decided that thei were listen
ing to a doctrine almost too good to be true.
Dr. Speer, to the surprise of all, declared that at least 85
per cent of the arithmetic taught to school children nowadays
is dead wood and might as well be abandoned. Teaching
children how to extract cube roots and how to handle com
plex fractions, he believes, is a waste of time; and he said:
"If we teach all the children the arithmetic necessary in
(he following actions buying at a store, making change,
leading, writing letters and IravePing we will have covered
a large percentage of their total use or arithmetic."
This is all true enough. The1 youngster who ever has to
use the more complicated arithmetical exercises, after he is
out in the world, is the exception. Most of us can go through
life quite happily without that sort of knowledge.'
Dull this very quickly brings us up against that perennial
problem of the schoolmaster; is the pupil to lie taught only
those things which will be of direct benefit to him later in
life, or is ho to bo put through ii'stiff course of sprouts with
tho idea that tho mental discipline involved is going to make
his mind more capable?
During the last decade or two the tendency in this country
has been to emphasize the strictly utilitarian side. Latin,
Creek and higher mathematics are declining, to be replaced
by courses in economics and business administration; if the
schoolboy is to get less arithmetic, that will 'only be in line
with the current trend.
Hut there is much to be said for the "mental discipline"
idea. After all, one of the prime objects of any educational
system is to teach pupils how to use their gray matter to
tl'ie best advantage; and if sweating away at the intricacies
of cube root or Caesar's Commentaries helps do that, the
job may not be quite as useless as it looks.
Baker, La Grande
Junior Leaguers
Play Here Sunday
t The American Legion Jun-
lor league teams of Baker and
La Grande will ploy a practice
gomo In La Grande at the L.
H. 8. field Sunday, beginning 8
at noon, according to an- Q
nounccmcnt hero today. The
game originally was scheduled 8
to be played in Boner ouy
conflicting events caused its
removal to La Grande.
Tho gamo will be ended In
time for tlio Eaglcs-Mlsslons
game scheduled for later In the
uftoruoon on tho same field.
It will be tho first intercity
game for either team and a
close contest Is anticipated,
1!I,HTKH OKOWS TKMI'KKATK
BELFAST OT Drinking In -northern
' Ireland shrank one-half In 10
years, said Hugh M. Pollock, finance
minister, announcing that revenue
from liquor taxes fell from $13,450,-
000 in 1022 to $0,171,000 last year,
Q, W1 $$
FIRE GODDESS OF
HAWAII CLAIMS
HUMAN SACRIFICE
" i
(Continued From Page One)
to reach the spot where the two fell,
only 60 feet from tho ever-bolllng
lavo. Is by climbing down a. rope.
The girl's parents said they might
profer to leave tho two where they
had fallen u" there was some means
of covering them, up. Their attitude
was In deforenco to tho legend that
relieves Kilauea was the scene where ancient
JICONFEREES MAKE
! TAX BILL REPORT
i rVint.lmiiwT Wmm PnrA rinnV
and eight per cent on income over
(4.000 with , a surtax schedule grad
ufttlng.to a maximum of 56 per cent
Income In excess of $1,000,000.
Tho corporation tax voted by the
senate Is 14 per cent.
Complete details of the new reve
nue wei'fl withheld pending prep
aration of the report to bo submit'
ted to the house; ,
. Experts said the pill pnssed by the
senate . raised . $1 .1 17,000,000 In new
revenue. They' reported the compro'
mlso measure provides within i
couple of millions of dollars tho sum
the administration has declared will
balance the budget with the aid of
the, national economy bill pending in
the senate.
It waa authoritatively learned that
the house conferees surrendered on
virtually every provision Inserted in
to the revenue' bill by the senate.
In Washington
; By llerlirrt Plummer
WASHINGTON In a small of
fice in a occluded part or the senate
office building on cnpitol hill a sen
ator from Kentucky 4s engaged in a
task which he believes ts the hardest
single job ho has tackled In his whole
career. , ...
He is Senator Barkley and he te
writing the keynote Bpeech he Is to
deliver nt the Democratic national
convention next month at Chicago.
."I feel, exactly as. I did the, few
days before I got married years ago,"
he admitted. "I can't get the .subject
off my mind. I tiling about it while
I ara .eating, while . am sitting w
the senate chamber listening to the
tax debates, ,when I am .walking .home
in fact it is, on my mind practically
every one of my waking ,miuute3."
Already he has spent more than 200
hours In compiling, reading and writ
ing the speech. And he believes that
befor-a he gets through he will have
spent at least 600 hoMrs-.in its prep
aration, .,-v (.., -
Seeks Swlnslon
, Barkley.' obtained this-secludea spot
because he .didn't wlsh to be dlsr
turbed. Almost 'the retveree of what
he had wanted has happened. He no
sooner gets settled ;dowq; for work
when a long, raucous sound of a bell
sends him scurrying,' across the hill
for ,a vote on -some item Un , the tax
bill. -. , ; , v
And when it is remembered that
the senate has been In session day
at
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oJid' nlhf 6f lote,""hls troubles may
be readily understood.
"But wait. until we get. through
with the tax bill." ho said. "Then I'm
going into seclusion. : Nothing will
bother me then." '
An Hour Speech
His Keynote address will bo as near
to one hour long as he can make it..
He is striving to have it' as brief a3
hi nossiblv can to cover the subject,
believing' that the shorter It Is the
more effective it will be. ' , ' ' ,
nn im nn ffnr of the mlcroDhone
Dn.IUan,lnnain hllVfi told lllm lie hOS
an excellent voice lor Droaucasung.
it- ,irwnt. iia ins oniv one conueiu; -
"I've got -to have enough time . to
fix this speech line 1 want n.
Other Papers
Say:
l i, i:imi i; tax Minium
to i;.sk ST II A IX
The farmer's income vuniiihon;
taxc rise. The businessman find.
profits harder to oMhIii tunn ever;
Ills tuxes double. No sooner tins tho
Hfi!nrle,1 worker received notice o a
reduction In his wws than he l
laced with a hirgcr tax bill. Bach a
ntute of HfiulrH li ridiculous yet.
at leu.H purl or the U.000,000.000 a
year collected anil upont by federal.
Hlaio ii ud Um'hI hov eminent bodln
might well bo collected and spent
upon a sum; hatt.
Suppose that the federal govern
ment woi run an tho lnrnwa corpora
tion In the world whtch it in often
said to be. In aeeord with sound
corporate practice, In times of pros
Verity a surplvii would be laid up.
whloh In times of depression could
be drawn upon, Furthrrmoro, In
creases In expenditure would take
place for the mowt part In times ot
prosperity and there would be firm
re in nehment in times or dllllculty.
Not only would such a ntem be in
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abov, ia only on of th many Stat Fair
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vrlll iitnk not una
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CHAMPION IOWA JELLY MAKER
"TN the last 5 years my jams and
' 1 jellies have won 83 prizes at the
Iowa State Fair. And the Certo
short-boil jelly making method de
serves most of the credit.
"Certo, first of all, reduces boiling
time, to one minute for crushed
strawberry jam, for instance. And
this fact explains both the speed
and economy of the Certo method
of making jam or jelly, as well as
the quahty- of the product that
results. .,
"Fot with only 1 minute's hard
boiling needed, 12 minutes is ample
time to make a full batch of prize
winning jam or jelly. And since no
fruit juice has time to boil away, I
often save as much as 2 '4 ft per glass
over jam or jelly made the old long
boil way. - . : ;
"And my Certo-made jam tastes
better, too .-. . simply because the
short boil keeps the ripe, delicate
flavor of the fruit itself from boiling
away in wasteful steam."
Why don't you do at Mrt. Osborne suggest
nd order a supply of Certo today with
your strawberries? You will be delighted
, at the time and money it will save you.
And the axtra flavor it will give your jama
and jellies, too ... if you will follow care
fully the Certo recipes that come in trio
booklet attached to every Certo bottle.
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E. O. Experiment vBeet
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Cube Steaks
Each . 10c
Butter
2 Pounds 41c
Pork Loins
V4 or .whole -.
Pound L 10c
Beef Boil
Experiment Station Beef
Pound .............. 8c-
Pork Shoulders
:, ' Very Lean ' '
Pound 7c
Bacon Backs
Extra nice nnc! ' lean
Pound 10c
Pork Legs
' '2 or whole
Pound He
Steaks
fery tender
Pound 17c
Pork Roast ,
2 Pounds .. ...... 25c
Hams
12 to -14 11).
Pound 15c
Pork Shanks
' Meaty .
Pound 6c
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Certo Sperry's Oats Grape Fruit ;.
For makinp; Quick' Cooking Preferred Stock
Jain & Jellies ' or Monarch
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Crab Meat Pineapple Chocolate
Yacht Club Matched Slices Ghirardelli's Sweet
Fancy Claw Meat Dole No. 3 ' Ground
'a Tins 2i2 Tins A meal in a minute.:
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Each 29C 2 for . 25C 1 T.'nS 33C
Tomatoes Fresh Milk Bayo Beans '
Utah Solid Tack From our own dairy Union County
2' i Tins Strictly Grade A Product
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Strawberries, 4 cups - 25c Crate 24 . . . . . . . . $1.35
Carrots, fancy large bunches, each ...... 5c