Thursday, March 8, 1931
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STIFLING AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY
When the government's own statistics show that less than
four per cent of the coconut oil imported into this country
is used for food purposes, it becomes rather difficult to un
derstand the 200 per cent increase in excise tax upon that
product included in the revenue bill of 1934 now before con
gress. An excise tax of 5c a pound is placed upon importa
tion of coconut oil and sesame
excuse that such heavy tax is
the farmer" from the designs
margarine, in which coconut oil
It is not suiprising that soap
try, using over !)() per cent
manufacture of their product
in the revenue bill, have set up complaint. And it seems a
natural complaint, particularly in these times when success
of American industry of all kinds needs every support for
the continuance of payrolls and relief of workers employment.
That the makers of the bill, In their ever oonsclous effort to bold and
encourage farm vote and support, should have overlooked consideration of a
great American Industry Is not. so surprising as their continued passlveness
in the house of congress after tho matter had been called to their attention.
Inclusion of the present plan of heavy excise tax on coconut oil will, It is
contended, result In 60 per cent curtailment of American soap production,
an Industry that has grown in this country to where It la one of the out
standing manufacturtcs. A 60 er cent curtailment In Its operations could
not fail but throw from employment thousands of men and women and
out of circulation their psy checks of hundrcda of thousands of dollars.
Coconut oil is ttie Ingredient In soap which loosens dirt. There la no
suitable fat or oil at the present time produced In this country from which
soap may be manufactured that will contain such satisfactory properties.
Without the coconut oil present In tho soaps she now us the American
housewife may find herself returning to the old wash boiler and scrubbing
board methods. Unless and there's the funny thing about this coconut
oil tax because on the opposite there la no increase In duty on Importation
of foreign made soaps. The foreign manufacturer can then sell soaps with
coconut oil content in tills country at a price not greatly in excess of the
present market price.
Can thle coconut oil Item in the revenue hill be a "nigger In the woodpile"
to aid and assist foreign soap manufacturers to rcpluce an American In
dustry that lately has grown and Is continuing to grow and prosper to the
advantuge of thousands of American workers and millions of American
housewives? Somehow it has that appearance and it la to bo hoped the
senate, In It forthcoming consideration, will give heed to this small
among-numbcrs but highly Important Item In the 1U3 revenue bill.
CARELESSNESS' TREMENDOUS TOLL
Elsewhere in today's Olweiver is printed a news story
concerning automobile accidents. It points out that car
wrecks in 1933 brought death to 29,900 persons and injuries
to 850,700 more, bringing the death toll from this cause to
nearly 125,000 for the last four years, and injuries to around
4,000,000.
These figures are staggering to visualize, terrific to con
template, amazing in every respect. And they serve as the
greatest indictment in the world today against human care
lessness. After the accidents are analyzed, it is found in
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS by Blosser
Tough Sledding!
AW, Mom, DON'T
WORRY.-. WE'LL
D WINGS
AREN'T
OOING SO
WEXU,
IN THE
COOK
HOME ...
COME OUT ON
TOP,
LIKE VESUVIUS V.
SOMETHING WILL
TURM UP.. .WE'LL
GET A BREAK !
W7A
ism
V
JUST A
MINUTE...
I'LL CALL
OH, A WISE GUY,
EH ? AIN'T THAT
A LAUGH... HAVE
MV MnTliPD!
A CHAIR, HAHA1.!
WONT You
were Gonna
COME IN
AND HAVE
TAkE TH' WHOLE
BUNCH OF 'EM.'
A CHAIR?
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t I l iTr II V .tea, II W -' . il , I
I p ( WE KNOW IT, BUDDY... F ( KEEP YOUR J
B t' SOMF OF ITS PRETTY CHIN UP MOM...
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of God. whereby ye are sealed
Ephesians 4: 30.
oil in the revenue bill on the
necessary in order to "protect
of the butter substitute oleo
is a principal ingredient.
manufacturers of this coun
of coconut oil iiiqwrted in the
and who, discovering this joker
! THERE GOES THE BELL,
) SYLVESTER ...ANSWER IT
A AND TELL WHOEVER IT
J IS, THAT WE'LL TRY To j
PAY THEM NEXT
V. WEEK f SJ
HEY1 YOU CAN'T DO ?
( THAT.... YOU CAN'T CARRY 3,
--"S OUT ALL OP OUR JJ
i4. furniture rf
I HATS FORYtMJ TO
HAVE SO MOCH
RESPtofJSIBlLITY
BUT WHEN YOU WERE
YOUNG, YOU ALWAYS
a TROUSERS.. TROUBLE IS,
LONGER
THAN )
-ANYONE J. . f. l J
.,
nearly every year that mechanical trouble caused 10 per
cent or less of the total toll the human element -was re
sponsible for 90 per cent of the deaths. Because John Citi
zen was too busy doing something else besides driving care
fully, thousands Of pei-sons died premature deaths. Possibly
he was thinking of business interests, possibly looking at
some object through the side window, possibly he was in too
frolicksome a mood to pay attention to safe conduct of his
car through the traffic. These and many more reasons for
accidents exist, but all in all, they may be summed up in
one word carelessness.
When the driver is prone to ease up on his task at the
wheel the most important one he has at that time regard
less of circumstances he should give thought to this:
In a California city there is a large sign by the road side.
It says: "Drive Carefully; We Love Our Children". And it
was erected through a donation by a man whose own little
daughter was killed when inn over by an automobile.
AT TUB LIBERTY
lUCO-Radlo picture' dramatization
ol Louisa M. Alcott'a 65-year-old clas
tic best-seller, "Little Women." now
showing at tue Liberty, brings to ac
curate and authentic life all the be
loved characters made famous by the '
author. j
Louisa Alcott, who Included her-1
self In the story as Jo, one of thej
Little Women, Is Interpreted by thei
brilliant new star, 'Katharine Hep
BLOND flgi
A rtw Serial Jf(iC
BYNVPSIH: Utnlh bh drown.
tnomt to b tl9 ittla ot i cnriflu
nnaorttd Qnnrttt. caiuiht in 1 ml
tru n interior Ywctitun that in
rmiiflhi tilHiui with u-nter. Frnnlc
flrahamt. li ej-'rer ha taken
fw or&nt rhnnca at hi Ule rn nrilrr
to tvt this others, Janice Kent, th
?r.tvit Btnr xnhrtm Frank loves t
Jlill l.nnoton. th nvbitor. rripnlr
truina to ott out ot tha vnllav.
the iniurrd hijh orient ot a Mnrntia
tribe that han tried to kill the olhrr
three. Frank ts ftonUna tlown nit
underornuud river. 0'iinij to reach
tho coast.
Chapter 43
DARK HORROR
rKSPITifl btmsuir, Frank's teeth
began to chatter. Ke had esti
mated eight to ten hours Immer
sion; would his resistance bear It?
Then suddenly the phosphores
cent glow disappeared. The water
seemed quieter; then apparently
the current became a scarcely per
ceived flow.
Ho touched the aide-wall. Ills
senses bad not deceived him. The
current had Indeed diminished.
A sudden fear contracted hla
heart. He believed that he was at
least halfway to the coast perhaps
a little more. Dcsplto tho probable
Inaccuracy of his estimate of time
olapaed, he was sure that he had
been adrift at least flro hours.
Supposing thaL from litis point on,
tho current flowed sluggishly 1 A
chill that was nut from tho water j
swept hi in,
As bo splashed forward, hoping,
to assist with tho effort Ills down
stream progress, he began to be
aware that ahead of him there
glowed a light that was not the
greenish fellow of phosphorus.
Ho could not lot himself believe
that grayish dimness that suffused
tho blackness ahead of him was Hie
end of the cavern. Ills disappoint
muni, he knew, would be too keen.
The clumsy llfo belt Impeded his
progress; yet be darod not dispense
with ll Icat some weuknass over
come him. or some nilnl:np occur.
A vagrant eddy caught him nnd
hurried h.m forward. He was
whirled dfLzyhigly for an Instant.
Ho bumped againct a buttress of
rock projecting Into the channcd.
The stream made a twl' to the left;
then to the right.
Suddenly he floated Into day
light! Sudden pain stabbed his eyes.
Ho shut them lightly for an Instant;
then slllted thorn against the unac
customed ItghL
He wan In a ceuoto. It was uot so
large as tho one below the pyramid.
nor so hlgh-wallcd as ihc extensive
one where he had left I.angton and
Janice Kent.
It seemed, however, deeper. The
water Hooded wlthlu I' to a tilKh
level on tho cliffs. At otio edge the
cliff had broken down; shrubbery
and creepers grew ujou U- With an
I'juculailon of hope tio raddled to
ward It. Perhaps from hero he could
rim u the level above.
I nsiniiiuneuiisly the It ought came
to him that could he somehow gel
wunl to llllty and Janice Hint thcy
cnuld drift down to here on the rnfi
and oure o.JOve ground, could chop
ll. rough Hie Jungle to Hit coast.
I IK snuiHlifd Into the shallows A
' tie did so there was a shuglsh
n.ovfm.-nl (lie tiitu'e of water
plan is thirteen him ai.d itie slop
nhrml (lolilrn. lilai'k-sllitrd eye oh
furvtil turn; a wide tooth fringed
ninur itnpt-4.
AlttiMlor! He stood n'lll. The rop
tltf did not attack. Instead ll slid
. tu one side-and awar from him. A
burn, who heads the cast- ot 20 prin
cipals. The other Little Women, Meg, Amy
and Beth, are Interpreted by ftrances
Dee, Joan Bennett end Jean Parker
respectively.
All the delightful, lovable charac
ters of the novel walk out of the
pages and re-enact this beautiful
story about all that is simple, power
ful and good In American home life.
Orumpy old Aunt March storms
and utreeses and crabs as of yore in
the person of Edna May Oliver; hon
orable, lovable Fritz Baher, who fl-
GODDESS
IY IlerLerl Jensen
boiling of muddy water marked Us
disappearance Into the ccnote.
Grahame repressed a slight shud
der. He knew alligators: sometimes
they attacked a man, but usually
not. Although his knowledge was
practical and Jungle-bred and did
not conform to popular belief, never
theless the sight of the reptiles al
ways gave him that atavistic sensa
tion of skin crawling upon his back.
With the footlug 11 rm beneath him
he left the water and climbed up
ward to the edge of the cenote.
It was then that be reatlzedVtliar
It was raining. Raining with. the In
b latent steady downpour that told
him that tho rainy season was In
deed upon them. It would bo only a
matter of days now perhaps hours
before tho caverns and cenotes
would be flooded.
Ho looked about him. The dim
jungle pressed upon him from all
sides. Only vaguely could be esti
mate the points of the compass.
Swiftly he analyzed the alternatives
confronting hi in.
He could attempt a return to Jan
ice and Hilly. Hut even with com
pass, supplies, machete, and fire
arms It would take him days to
reach thorn even supposing ho might
II nd their cenote valley readily a
chanco as remote as finding the pro
verbial needle.
To attempt the coast or. foot would
doubtless end wltli mote success
for himself, ll might tdke him days
to accomplish that; H Mould be loo
late, then, to rescue hid companions
supposing the rain continued and
they were unable to get out of the
valley.
A sudden thought struck him at
this point: Langton hinted that the
high-prlcst knew a way to get out.
Perhaps the ahktn had been but
biding his lima until he had but a
crippled man and a helpless girl to
put some Blnlstcr plan of his own
Into operation, ,
IRANK wiped tho dripping rain
from hU lace. Ho thought wHh
a slight bitterness that It was a
trick of llfo lo give a man not two
alternatives, but three or more. It
Increased tho odds against his be
ing right In the one be chose.
Ho looked down at tho pool of the
ccnote. Ho saw the break In the
wall from whence he had floated. On
tho other side he observed that the
roof or the continuing cavern ras
a scant three feet above the watkj
level.
Doubtless driftwood bad damned
that exit causing the water Id the
pool to rise. However it would uot
bo long before that dam would crack
ihrouiih and the whole system of
the underground river would be
gorged with a turmoil of floating
brush, logs and debris.
Ho descended to the pool and
waded In. Ho gavo no thought to
the reptiles that might be lurking In
Its depths, nor to the possibility that
the cavern might be choked at the
further end In which cise he would
never see daylight again.
He hud taken those chances de
llhoratoly that morning whet he
had left Janice: the situation had
not hcen altered. He splashed to
ward the exit where the water
swirled under the three font arcb.
Just before he made the plunge
tHMieiuli the arcb hi ar.w ths alli
gator axain He was lying on the
bank, his malevolent little eyes
fUod on Frank.
Then there was only darkness.
Frnn tatts tomorrow. Int ths
nuw of death.
The Weather
O re son: Fair tonight and Friday;)
freezing temperatures In the east and
local irusis in ine west portion to
night; gnstle to moderate change
able nind offshore.
LOCAL WEATHER
Wednesday: Maximum 53, mini
mum 36 above. Clear. (
Today: Minimum 37, 7 a. m. 37 j
above. Clear. I
nally wins Jo's heart, is enacted by !
Paul Lukas; Laurie, the irrepressible,
Impressionable boy next door who;
wooed Jo, but married Amy, is in-1
terpreted by Douglass Montgomery, j
stage and screen favorite; Marine , ;
the mother of the Little Women and j
the epitome of charity, understand
ing and kindness. Is Spring Byington
of the New York stage; Brooke, the
tutor in love with Meg, Is John Davis j
Ledge. All the rest make their ap- 1
pearance, too. George Cukor directed.
Three Sisters Have
First Reunion in Yrs,
ELGIN Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lappln
of Council, Idaho, brought to Elgin;
Mrs. Margaret Vandcrmuelen, who!
had been visiting there and spent :
Saturday and Sunday at the E. E. j
Hai man home. Mrs. Harman, Mrs.
Lappin and Mrs. Vandermuelen, sis
ters, were together for the first time
In 27 years.
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KKOM TIIK 1)1 VMOM IIOKSE-SIIOK
(r TUB MKTHOI'OI.ITAV
OI'KKA IIOI'SE
Saturday at 1:50 p. m . Eastern stan
dard Time, over Red and Blue Net
works of NBC. LUCKY STRIKE will
broadcast the Metropolitan Opera
company ol New York
plete opera. "Pasllaccr.
r ' fiti I i fsaWastsfc . TiTiTTWTaanTnmi'i i-' skm sttrmA SKSSetW' -t tvf mm. " t
I A Iways the ttnest I obacco Hi ,,7, .Ln r . r I m Crcam of the Crop r1
dfcvaaii(rea r. mil the lotion
RADIO TALKS
FOR FOUR -H
CLUBS MAR. 12
Two member-j of the Oregon State
college faculty will talk tq the 20.000
4-H club boys and girls of the state
Monday night, March 12, at 7:30
o'clock, via radio station KOAC. Miss
Lucy A. Case, extension specialist In
nutrition, will discuss "Keeping Well
in Winter and Spring,' and O. M.
Nelson, professor of animal husban
dry, will 'talk on "Growing the
Lamb."
Camp fire Groups Of
La Grande and Union
Have Joint Meeting
UNION The Ml-kan-wee girls of
the La Grande first and second wards
ami Union met here Tuesday after
noon at the L, D. 8. church, with the
Union girls to hostesses. The quarterly
ceremonials were given by Mesdames
Lloyd Welch, Pearl Thompson and
Ezma Baxter as counsellors. Awards
were made to the girls. Games were
played and refreshments were fierved.
Mrs. David Stoddard, Mrs. Pearl
Thomp-jon and Mrs, Ray Williams
brought the La Grande girls to Un
ion. American minnows Introduced In
Istiia province, Italy, have entirely
freed the area of malaria by eating
mosquito larvae.
And good taste is one great pleasure
you find in every Lucky Strike, for
only the finest Turkish and Domestic
tobaccos are used in Lucky Strike . . .
la the com
.
I
TOO AY IN BKIEF, IN AND
A;LD orego:
AB CHRONICLED BT TUB DAILY LEASED WIHI
OF TUB ASSOCIATED PBESS
INDIAN CHIEFS OATHEB
SALEM. Ore., Mar. 8 W) Indian
chieftains and counselors who lei
their people in war during the early j
days gathered at the Chemwa In- j
dian school here today to lead ineir
people in peace.
Tlie representatives of northwest
ern Indian tribes will be toCd the
government' latest plans for themj
under the proposed Wheeler-Howard
Indian bill. Organization for self
government' and collective farming
and the establishment of a federal
court of Indian affairs are promin
ent features of the measure.
TO SETTLE C. W. A. 1VAOE SCALE
PORTLAND, Mar. 8 tP Action,
toward establishing a permanent
scale for CWA labor in Multnomah!
county was being undertaken today)
by a special committee appointed by
the county relief committee, acting ,
under orders from Harry L. Hopkins, ;
national CWA administrator. j
MEIER ISSUES PARDON I
SALEM, Mar. 8 iff) Governor Ju-
11 us L. Meier today granted a par
don to W. H. Fisher, sentenced to 30
THE JOY OF GOOD TASTE
and only the center leaves. They arc the
mildest leaves, the most tender. Every
Lucky Stnke is fully packed . . . always
so round, so firm no loose ends.
iW.y
days in the Douglas county Jail at
Rose burg on conviction of driving
while Intoxicated. Illness of Fisher
was given as the reason for the par-uon.
T;ie fine of 10Q was not waived
nor was the revocation of his driv
er's license.
IT, HADE I-O-N 1IIC.IHVAY
SALEM, Mar. 8 (fit Grading of
5.2 miles of the Idaho-Oregon -Nevada
highway in Malheur county will
be Included In the project awards to
be let by the state highway commis
sion March 22, it was announced last
night. The eight projects will ap
proximate expenditure of $500,000.
and will also include about 20 miles
of other road Improvement and con
struction of two bridges and one un
dercrosslng. Wage scales for labor In confor
mity with the federal scale was an
nounced as 55 cents for common and
65 centi for much skilled labor, with
the following exceptions: carpenters
90 cents; electrical workers SI. 10;
shovel runners $1.20; concrete fin
ishers 90 cents; painters 90 cents;
drivers operating three-ton trucks or
over. 83 cents; concrete mixers $1.
NOJ top IcTtwAw-r.