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TITE. SIORNIKG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBETI 8, 1020
LET US DARE TO DO OUR DUTY, SAYS CHIEF
-EXECUTIVE IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Democracy Is an Assertion of Right of Individual to Live and Be Treated Justly, Declares President Wilson.
United States Cannot, He Asserts, Refuse Role of Champion Without Putting Stigma of
Rejection Upon Devoted Men Who Established Government.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Presi
dent Wilson's annual message
to. congTess follows:
When I addressed myself to per
forming the duty laid upon the presi
dent by the constitution to present, to
you an annual report on the state of
tha union, 1 found my thought domi
nated by an Immortal sentence of
Abraham Lincoln's: "Let us have
faith that right makes might and In
that faith let us dare to do our duty
as vye understand it" a sentence im
mortal because it embodies in a form
of utter simplicity and purity the es
sential faith of the nation, the faith
In which it was conceived and th
faith In which it has grown to glory
and power. With that faith and th
birth of a nation founded upon It
came the hope into the world that a
new order would prevail throughout '
the affairs of mankind, an order in
which reason and right would take
precedence of covetoueness and force.
I believe that I express the wish
and purpose of every thoughtful
American when I say that this sen
tence marks for us in the plainest
manner the part we should play alike
In the arrangement of our domestic
affairs and In our exercise of Influ
ence upon the affairs of the world.
By this faith, and by this faith alone,
can the world be lifted out of its
present confusion and despair. It was
this faith which prevailed over the
wicked force of Germany. Tou will
remember that the beginning of the
end of the war came when the Ger
man people found themselves face to
face with the conscience of the world
and realized that right was every
where arrayed against the wrong that
their government was attempting to
perpetrate. I think, therefore, that
It is true to say that this was the
faith which won the war. Certainly
this la the faith with which our gal
lant men went Into the field and out
upon the seas to make sure of victory.
Democracy Belns Tested.
This Is the mission upon which
democracy came Into the world. De
mocracy Is an assertion of the right
of the Individual to live and to be
treated -justly as against any attempt
on the part of any combination of In
dividuals to make laws which will
overburden him or which will destroy
his equality among his fellows In the
matter of right or privilege, and I
think we all realize that the day has
come when democracy is being put
upon Its final test. The old world Is
Just now suffering from a wanton re- I
Jeetion of the principle of democracy
and a substitution of the principle of
autocracy as asserted In the name,
but without the authority, and sanc
tion of the multitude. This Is the
time of all others when democracy j
stiould prove Its purity and Its spir
itual power to prevail. It Is surely !
the manifest destiny of the United
States to lead In the attempt to make
this spirit prevail.
There are two ways In which the
United States can assist to accomplish
this great object:
First, by offering the example
within her own borders of the will
and power of democracy to make and
enforce laws which are unquestion
ably just and which are equal in their
administration, laws which secure its
full right to labor and yet at the same
time safeguard the integrity of prop
erty and particularly of that property
which is devoted to the 'development
of industry and the Increase of the
necessary wealth of the world.
Wtnk Need Protection.
Second, by standing for right and
Justice as toward Individual nations.
The law of democracy Is for the pro
tection of the weak; and the In
fluence of every democracy In the
world should be for the protection
of the weak nation, the nation
which is struggling towards Its right
and towards its proper recognition
and privilege In the family of na
tions. The United States cannot refuse
this role of champion without putting
the stigma of rejection upon the
great and devoted men who brought
its government into existence and es
tablished it in the face of almost uni
versal opposition and intrigue, even
in the face of wanton force, as, for
example, against the orders in coun
cil of Great Britain and the arbitrary
Napoleonic decrees which involved us
in what we know as the warof 1812.
1 urge you to consider that the dis
play of an Immediate disposition on
the part of congress to remedy any
Injustices or evils that may have
shown themselves in our national life
will afford the most effectual offset
to the forces of chaos and tyranny
which are playing so disastrous a part
In the fortunes of the free peoples of
more than one part of theVworld. The
United States is of necessity the sam
ple democracy of the world, and the
triumph of democracy depends upon
its success.
Nntlons' Recovery Slow.
Recovery from the disturbing and
eometlmes disastrous effects of the
late war has been exceedingly Blow
on the other side of the water and
has given promise, I venture to say
f early completion only in our own
fortunate country, but even with us
the recovery halts and is Impeded at
times and there are immediately serv
iceable acts of legislation which ,lt
eeems to me we ought V attempt,
to assist that recovery and prove tne
indestructible recuperative force of a
great government of the people.
One of these is to prove that a great
democracy can keep house as suc
cessfully and In as businesslike a
fashion as any other government. It
eeems to me that the first step
towards proving this Is to supply our
selves with a systematic method of
handling our estimates and expendi
tures and: bringing them to the point
where they will not be an unneces
sary strain upon our income or neces
sitate unreasonable taxation: in other
words a workable budget system, and
I respectfully suggest that two ele
ments are essential to such a system,
namely, not only that the proposal
of appropriations should be in the
bands of a single body, such as a
single appropriations committee in
each house of the congress, but also
that this body should be brought into
such co-operation with the depart
ments of the government and with
the treasury of the United States as
-would enable it to act upon a com
plete conspectus of&the needs of the
government and the resources from
which it must draw its Income.
Budget Veto Recalled.
I reluctantly vetoed the budget bill
passed by the last session of the
congress because of a constitutional
objection. The house of representa
tives subsequently modified the bill
in order to meet this objection. In
the revised form I believe that the
bill, coupled with action already taken
by the congress to revise its rules
and procedure, furnishes the founda
tions for an effective national budget
system. I earnestly hope, therefore,
that one of the first steps taken by
the present session of the congress
will be to pass the buJget bill.
The nation's finances have shown
marked improvement during the past
year. The total ordinary receipts of
IG. 694. 000. 000 for the fiscal year 1920
exceeded those for 1919 by Jl. 5.42,000.
000, while the total net ordinary ex
penditures decreased from $18,514,
000,000 to ?6, 403. 000. 000. The gross
public debt, which reached Its high-
, est point August 31. 1919, when It
BRIEF MESSAGES OF FAITH AND HOPE CONVEYED IN
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
Lincoln's immortal sentence, "Let us have faith that right makes
might, and In that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand
It," recalled.
"The beginning of the end of the war came when the German
people found themselves face to face with the conscience of the
world and realized that right waa everywhere arrayed against the
wrong their government waa attempting to perpetrate."
"This la the time of all others when democracy should prove its
purity and Hs spiritual power to prevail. It Is the manifest destiny
of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit
prevail." v
"The law of democracy is for the protection of the weak, and
the Influence of every democracy in the world should be for the
: protection of weak nations."
"Immediate disposition on the part of congress to remedy evils in
our national life will afford effectual offset .to the forces of chaos
and tyranny which are playing so disastrous a part in the fortunes
of the free peoples of more than one part of the world."
"A great democracy can keep house as successfully and in as
' businesslike a fashion as any other government."
"I earnestly hope that one of the first step taken by the present
session of the congress will be to pass the budget bill."
"The fundamental fact which at present dominates the govern
ment's financial situation is that serven and a half billions of its war
Indebtedness mature within the next two and a half years."
I cannot overemphasize the necessity of economy In government
appropriations and expenditures."
"Closely connected with this, it seems to me, is the necessity
for an. Immediate consideration of revision of cmr tax laws. Elmpll-
flcatlon of the Income and profits taxes has become an Immediate
necessity."
The nation's gratitude (to disabled ex-service men) must be
effectively revealed to them by the most ample provision for their
medical care and treatment, as well as for their vocational train
ing and placement."
"Pernjit me to emphasize once more . . . the importance of
doing everything possible to promote agricultural production along
economic lines, to improve agricultural marketing; and to make
rural life more attractive and healthful."
"In response to .what I believe to be the Impulse of sympathy
and opinion throughout the United States. I earnestly suggest that
the congress authorize ... to the struggling government of
Armenia such a loan as was made to several of the allied govern
ments during the war."
"It Is now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to the
people of the (Philippine) islands by granting them the independ
ence which they so honorably covet."
was J!6, 596. 000, 000, had dropped on
November 30. 1920. to 124,175.000,000.
There also has been a marked de
crease in holdings of government war
securities by the banking institu
tions of the country as well as in the
amount of bill3 held by the federal
reserve banks secured by govern
ment war obligations.
This fortunate result has relieved
the banks and left them free to
finance the needs of agriculture, in
dustry and commerce.' It has been
due in large part to the reduction of
the public debt, specially of the float
ing debt, but more particularly to
the improved distribution of govern
ment securities among permanent
investors. The cessation of the gov
ernment's borrowings except through
short terms certificates of indebted
ness has been a matter of great con
sequence. to the people of the country
at large, as well as to the "holders of
liberty bonds and victory notes and
has had an important bearing on the
matter of effective credit control.
Nation's Debts Maturing.
The year has been characterized by
the progressive withdrawal of the
treasury from the domestic credit
market and from a position of domi
nant influence in that market. The
future course will necessarily depend
upon the extent to which economies
are practiced and upon the burdens
placed upon the treasury, as well as
upon industrial developments and the
maintenance of tax receipts at a suf
ficiently high level.
- The fundamental fact which at pres
ent dominates .the government's
rinancial situation is that seven and
a half billions of its war Indebtedness
mature within "the next two and a
half years. Of this amount two and a
half billions are floating debt unrt
five billroxL3 victory notes and war
savings certificates. The fiscal pro
gramme of the government must be
determined with reference to these
maturities. Sound policy demands
that the government expenditures be
reduced to tne lowest amount which
will permit the various services to
operate efficiently and that govern
ment receipts from taxes and salvage
be maintained sufficiently high to
provide for current requirements, in
cluding interest and sinking fund
charges on the public debt, and at the
same time retire the floating debt and
part of the victory loan before ma
turity. With rigid economy, vigorous
salvage operations and adequate
revenues from taxation, a surplus of
current receipts over current expen
ditures can be realized and should be
applied to the floating debt. All
branches of the government should
co-operate to see that this programmed
is realized.
Need of Economy Urged.
I cannot over-emphasize the neces
sity of economy in government ap
propriations and expenditures and
the , avoidance by the congress of
practices which take money from the
treasury by indefinite or revolving
fund appropriations. The estimates
for the present year show that over
a billion dollars of expenditures were
authorized by the last congress, in
addition to the amounts shown in
the usual compiled statements of ap
propriations. - This strikingly illustrates the im
portance of making direct and spe
cific appropriations. The relation
between the current receipts and
current expenditures of the govern
ment during the present fiscal year,
as well as during the last half of
the last fiscal year, has been dis
turbed by the extraordinary burdens
thrown upon the treasury by the
transportation act in connection with
the return of the railroads to private
control. Over 1600,000,000 has already
been paid to the railroads under this
act $350,000,000 during the present
fiscal year; and it is estimated that
further payments aggregating pos
sibly $650,000,000 must still be made
to the railroads during the current,
year. It. is obvious that these large
payments have already seriously lim
ited the government's progress in re
tiring the floating debt.
Tax Revision Xecrasary,
Closely connected with this, it
seems to me, is the necessity for an
Immediate consideration of the revi
sion of our tax laws. Simplification
of the income and profits taxes has
become an immediate necessity. These
taxes performed an indispensable
service during the war. The need
for their simplification, however, is
very great. In order to save the tax
payer inconvenience and expense and
in order to make his liability more
certain and definite. Other and more
detailed recommendations with re
gard to taxes will no doubt be laid
before you by the secretary of the
treasury and the commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
It is my privilege to draw to the
attention of congress for very sym
pathetic consideration, the problem
of providing adequate facilities for
the care and treatment of former
members of the military and naval
forces who are sick or disabled as the
result ol their participation in the
war. These heroic men can never be
paid In money for. the service- they
patriotically rendered the nation.
Their reward win lie rather in real
ization of the fact that they vindi
cated the rights of their country and
aided in safeguarding civilization.
The nation's gratitude must be ef
fectively revealed to them by the
most ample provision for their medi
cal care and treatment as well as for
their vocational training and place
ment, - . .
Needs Will Be Shown.
The time has come - when a more
complete programme can be formu
lated and more satisfactorily admin
istered for their treatment and train
ing and I earnestly urge that the
oxingress give the matter its early
consideration. The secretary of the
treasury and the board for vocational
education will outline in their annua
reports proposals covering medical
care and rehabilitation which I m
sure will engage your earnest study
and command your most generous
support. i
Permit me to emphasize once more
the need for action upon certain mat
ters upon which I dwelt at some
length in my message to the second
session of the 66th congress: The
necessity, for example, of encourag
ing the manufacture of dyestuffs and
related chemicals; the importance of
doing everything possible to promote
agricultural production along eco
nomic lines, to Improve agricultural
marketing and to make rural Ufa
more attractive and healthful; the
uoeu. ior a law regulating cold stor
age to limit the time diurlng which
goods may be kept in storage,
prescribing the method of dispos
ing of them if kept beyond the per
mitted period, and requiring goods
released from storage in all cases to
bear the date of their receipt.
It would also be most serviceable
if it were provided that all goods re
leased from cold storage for inter
state shipment should have plainly
marked upon each package the sell
ing or market price at which they
went into storage, in order that the
purchaser might be able to learn what
profits stood between him and the
producer or the wholesale dealer. In
deed, it would be very serviceable to
the public If all goods destined for
Interstate commerce were made to
carry upon every packing case whose
form made it possible a plain state-
"''' i i" price at which they left
the hands of th
fully call your attention also to the
- . - ix u or tne message re
ferred to with regard to a federal
I lf n H f nr all a. t
in Interstate commerce, 6 6
J unties a ah nnij
rJS J, k t J, lnMne"te legislative
rod of the time is the removal of
all obstacles to the realization of
tne best ftmhltlnn ,
inVrt,?6re,ral ClS8ees of ""Ploymen?
and the strengthening of all instru
mentalities by which difficulties are
m. nd remved and justice
dealt out, whether by law or by some
form of mediation and conciliation!
I do not feel It tn
irL1"'"!!?. J BUSest the detallfd
71 ""i lv- 4r metnoas by which
these obiecL. k
, . . o-iiitiuea. Due
I have faith that the inquiries of your
. vv..,umce0 wiu discover the
In resDonsA to u-ho- r tii . .
the Impulse of sympathy and opinion
throughout the United States I
earnestly suggest that the congress
authorize the treasury of the United
States to make to the struggling gov
ernment of Armpnla
vt..u a man as
was made to several of the allied
eu.cnimcius ouritg tne war, and I
would also suggest that it would be
. - mam liitj iee lsia-
tlon itself that the expenditure of the
money thus loaned should be under
the supervision of a commission or
at least a commissioner from th
United States, in order that revol-u-tionarv
tendenrUs -nrftt.1..
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itself might not be afforded by the
loan a further tempting opportunity.
Free Philippines Urged.
Allow Tn A tSl "nil vnii .t
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the fact that the people of the Phil
ippine islands " have succeeded in
maintaining a stable government
since the last action of the con
gress in their behalf and have thus
flllfillAfl tha KnnUlA. . 1 - l .
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congress as precedent to a consider
ation ut granting independence to the
Islands. I respectfully submit that
this condition precedent having been
lutiuicu it is now our UDerty and
our duty to keep our promise to the
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them the Independence which they
bu uunuraoiy covet.
1 have not so much laid before
you a series of recommendations.
gentlemen,., sought to utter a con-
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I was bred and which it is my solemn
purpose to stand by until my last
fighting day. I believe this to be
the faith of America, the faith of
the future, and of all the victories
which await national action in the
days to come, whether in America or
elsewhere."
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EVIDENCE SOUGHT TO SIIOW
SAXD, GILWEL OOMBrVE.
Head of $2,00,000 Corporation
Testifies Firm Meets WitU Very
Little" Co repetition. -
NEW YORK, Dec 7. Evidence to
show that the sand, gravel and
crushed stone trade in the metropoli
tan district Is cornered by a few pro
ducers and dealers harnessed by
agreements, was sought today by the
Joint legislative committee Investi
gating the "building--trust.
Henry Steers, head of a J2, 000,000
corporation dealing in sand and
gravel, testified tney nai -very little
competition" and that they hoped to
keep this market virtually to tnem
selves for many years.
. 'Well, we will see about 'that," said
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
Investigating body.
Mortimer D. Wandell, vice-president
of the New York Traprock corpora
tion, testified that his concern was
the only one on the Hudson river pro
ducing traprock. He admitted having
an agreement with all but two dealers
of crushed stone in New York city by
which they take their entire supply
from his company.
Mr. Untermyer charged that the
Band business in New York is ex
clusively handled by three concerns,
but was unable to get hold of many
of the witnesses he had subpenaed to
bear out this allegation.
. John T. Hettrick, the lawyer who
operated the clearing house of bids
fer various groups of contractors, ar
bitrarily boosted their estimates on
several school buildings, "fleecing the
city of New York out of thousands ot
dollars," according to the testimony
of one of the employes in his office,
John Eisenberg.
At the criminal courts building
John A. Phlljbrick and Joseph Penny,
dealers is masons' building materials.
THE- GENIUS OF WALTHAM
yVJLNGS ! "What a poetic word that
Y is ! Winga for the mind to climb
the ethereal heights of thought. Wings
for th inventor to fly over the ob
structing laws of nature. "Wings for
the dreamer who would take flight
over the vastnesses of Time and reach
his paradise of Heart's Desire. Man
has always desired Wings
Wings symbolize his ambition, bis
immortal powers, his desire for mas
tery even over the elements and the
tvish has come true.-
When the powerful aeroplane hur
tles through the airways above us, we
scarce lift our heads to look, so ordi
nary is the occasion that was once a
seeming miracle beyond mortal at
tainment, -ra.
ANS mastery of the air is but one
. of those wizardries which have
made the age we live in appear like a
chapter from the "Arabian Nights.'
After all, it is but an achievement con
temporary with the X-ray, wireless te
legraphy and other wonders of science
and invention.
The motor mechanism of a Waltham
Watch or Clock involves just as won-
droits principles and scientific applica
tions as the more dramatic demonstra
tion of an aeroplane performing its
evolutions in the sky.
Indeed, if we examined, part by part
. if we probed the surface of the ap
pearance, the tangible thing, called a
Waltham Watch or Clock, and under- '
stood the tiny inventions placed hero
and there in the mechanism we could
recite a story ofgenius of amazing,
concentratea effort that great men
gave their very life-blood to provide
during the past seventy years from the
Waltham laboratories.
- We could relate a story which would
make the blood of every true Ameri
. can run a little faster . and the lips
frame words of commendation and
honor unto these werk-a-day heroes
who had one purpose, one determina
tion to place America First in Time
keeping in producing watches and
clocks that would most accurately
and dependably register Time's flying
moments. " r
THEN, is it not a natural sequence
of events based upon long years
of preparation that when war laid
the mailed hand upon the genius of
our manufacturing ability, our Gov
' eminent sho-Jd demand of Waltham
an Aeroplane Clock to meet tests of
time-registering almost ecrual unto
the marvelous Waltham Time-Fuse
created to govern the explosion of
American shells?
And that American bird-men should
carry with them. " up there " a de
THE WORLD'S WATCH OVER TIME
btautiful Booklet for yu ttlSng hm tht Waltham Watch is made. Write for it today to the Waltham. Watch Company, Waltbam, Mass,
pleaded not guilty to indictments
charging them with wilfully refusing
to testify before the Joint committee.
They were continued in $1000 bail
each.
STILL SEIZED NEAR LAMAR
A. Y. Fish. Arrested on Charge ot
Manufacturing Moonshine.
"WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec 7.
Special.) Deputy sheriffs today
raided a small store owned by A. W.
Fish, near Lamar, and seized a moon
shine still of 20-gallon capacity, 76
gallons of mash and one gallon of
moonshine. Fish posted $250 bonds to
answer to a charge of making moon
shine. The officers found a string tied to
a tack on the wall and followed it to
a squirrel hole outside in which was
a bottle of moonshine. They inves
tigated further and declared they
found in a badger hole nearby a tin
can containing several hundred dol
lars in bills.
WILSON ADVISES ECONOMY
(Continued From First Pare.)
avoid "further temptioopporruni
tles" to revolutionary tendencies in
that oountry and for granting Inde
pendence to the Phillipplnes "to keep
our promise to the people ot those
Islands.' -
Wilson's Decision Delayed.
It was not until within a few hours
of the convening of congress that
President Wilson announced his de
cision not to deliver his message In
person.
To .his personal physician, Rear
Admlral Grayson, the president de
clared that he had decided to abide
by the advice of Dr. Grayson and Mrs.
Wilson.
"I am vor patient." the president
was repdrted to have" told . Admiral
Grayson, "and will, therefore, follow
your advice."
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pendable "timepiece, Waltham pro
duced an Aeroplane Clock - 65,000
of them (see illustration) a small
instrument, yet a work of supreme
attainment, for it was specified and
created to withstand conditions en
tirely at variance with that environ
ment attributed as necessary for pre
cision performance.
There it is upon the instrument
board just nine ounces in weight
' and never before was such impervious
motor energy encased in such stanch
yet finely wrought strength.
THE aviator is in his seat. He
waves a hand nonchalantly. The
mechanician gives a half turn to the
slim propeller the blade whirls with
a roar, the motor crackles like mus
ketry and man's beautiful winged bird,
vibrating like a huge taut steel string
struck by a giant hand, climbs in great
spirals into the sky.
Up and up; five thousand feet,
seventy-five hundred, ten thousand
higher, higher yet, until the huge
wings are but black specks in the
blue.
Up there in the icy cold a drop of
50, 60, 70, 80 degrees in temperature.
What a test in metal contraction!
This is where metallurgical science
proves the genius of man ! But amid
the vibration and the biting cold
The little Waltham Clock ticks on.
And now, with bated breath, we
watch the1 daring air-man defy the
laws of gravity. With a swoop he
loops a circle. Then, as if that were
but an introduction, the machine
begins a death-defying dive. Down,
swifter than a stricken eagle, it falls.
We catch our breath ; we almost see
the huddled, mangled mass of wreck
age covering a tale of destruction
and then, as if in mockery of our
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FIREMEN UNDER INQUIRY
DISTRICT REPORTS FORCE IG
NORANT. OP ITYDRASTS.
Commissioner Bigelow and Chief
Young Investigating-; Pings
Close Gerber Home.
Reports made by residents of Ala
meda. Park "lietrict that firemen dis
patched to answer the alarm sent in
when the home of Joseph R. Gerber
was burning, were unable to locate
fire hydrants is being investigated
by City Commissioner Bigelow, in
charge of the fire bureau, and Fire
Chief Young.
Residents said that fire apparatus
was driven up one street and down
another before connections were made
at the hydrant.
Maps In the office of Chief Engi
neer Randlett of the water bureau
show that four fire hydrants are lo
cated, within. 600 feet of the Gerber
home.
Records in the t.water bureau also
show that although the district, as a
whole, is without adequate fire pro
tection, the area in which the Gerber
home was located is within access of
two lines of eight-inch pipes which
furnish at least a 65-pound water
pressure. .
When the district was platted and
Improved the water bureau made an
unsuccessful effort to force home
owners in the district to Install ade
quate water mains.
Until "the district has developed to
such an extent that a return can be
paid on llnea laid . by the ity, no
steps can be taken by the water
bureau to improve the present situ
ation, it waa announced by Engineer
Randlett.
Italy Eyes Oregon Water Laws.
SALE5J,' Or.. Dec. 7. (Special.)
Percy Cupper, state engineer, has re
ceived, letters roia Processor Gan-
fears, the winged beauty sweeps on
level path to once more climb, sky
ward. And the tiny Waltham Clock ticks
on.
Defiant trick after trick of human
hand and nerve conjoined to human
-daring is displayed to our enthralled
sight the vrille, the dizzying fall as
a whirling leaf, the side slip, the tail
spin
And there on the instrument board
no matter what the position, what
the temperature, what the racking
vibration proof against these, the
wetness of cloud, the cloying damp
ness of fog, the beat of rain, any
weather
The little Waltham Clock ticks on.
And hundreds of thousands of Wal
tham Clocks and Watches ever tick
on
In every climatic zone in the air,
in the submarine under the sea, in
the warship that goes out upon the
great waters, m countless automobiles,
in myriads of pockets, upon wrists
strong or fair
Waltham keeps the time o' day; and,
like an old saying, the sun never sets
upon this American dominion this
Waltham Watch Over Time.
AND let us remember that Waltham
is something more than the name
of a Qlock or atch.
Waltham represents a growth, an
advancement in the art of producing
time-keeping instruments beyond the
dream oi foreign makers. .
Waltham represents the concen
trated faculty of American determina
tion to improve upon old methods, to
overcome the complacency of foreign
watch and clock makers ; to add to
the watch, to the, clock
Marvelous machines for performing
certain labors in gold, in steel, in
brass, that the human hand could
never approximate ; to give the world
a clock or watch that should repre
sent American supremacy in the field
of applied mechanics related to the
art of horology. That this is so Wal
tham has proved by competition against
the best horological products the world
has pitted against Ameriea.
And just as Waltham was the pioneer
of American watchmaking during
nearly three-quarters of a century un
der tne eagle of peace so, when war
came, the long preparation reaped its
triumphant harvest in the Waltham
Time-Fuse, the Waltham Chronometer,
the Waltham Aeroplane Clock and
last, but not least, the superb achieve
ment and world challenge of the Wal
tham Watch.
denzlo Fantoli of the Italian govern
ment with headquarters at Milan, and
the Russian embassy with offices at
Washington, asking for copies of the
water laws now in effect in Oregon.
Similar requests have been received
recently from representatives of many
other foreign countries. The Oregon
water code has been declared to be
among the best in the United States
and -its provisions have been copied
widely by other states.
LIBERTY NOT UNDERSTOOD
Average Allen Found to Have Crude
Ideas on Subject.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec 7. (Spe
cial.) As a result of obtaining in
formation through schooling foreign
ers for American 'citizenship, C. E.
Mulkey, superintendent of the Coos
county public schools, is instituting
what he terms "personal liberty"
classes in the county schools.
In teaching the foreigners Mr. Mul
key made the discovery that liberty
with them Indicates almost anything
they choose to do. According to his
observations the average foreigner is
Incompetent to Judge the limits of
personal liberty and has very crude
ideas on the subject.
At e. recent examination in the cir
cuit court for American citizenship,
only four men In 20 were admitted,
and it was said a considerable item
weighing against those who were
placed on further proBation was the
matter of poor Judgment relative to
the meaning of liberty.
Coos Cox CInb Spends $250.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 7. (Special.)
R. T. Kaufman, treasurer of the
Coos-Cox club of Marshfield, expend
ed $256.68 in -the interest of the dem
ocratic candidate for president pre
ceding the November election, accord
ing to a statement filed with the sec
retary of state here today.
Xew Bergdoll Probe Looms.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. An investi
gation by the house military com
lMllllllll
mittee to fix the responsibility for
the escape of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, draft evader, is proposed In s.
resolution Introduced today by Rep
resentative Blanton of Texas.
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