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, COMTROJTISK ON THE TAX LIT.
The senate compromise on the tax
bill Is the only rational way out of
situation where legislation Is Imper
ative, where the party In power will
Justly be held responsible for failure
to enact It and -where action la pos
sible only by reconciling; two eie
merits which take different points of
view. The most serious criticism to
be made of the compromise Is that
it was not reached sooner. The de
lay Is due to the obsolete rules of
the senate, which permitted lndi
vldual senators to divert attention to
bills without regard to the pro
gramme of the majority and to frit
ter away time on discussion of dis
armament; to the unwisdom of the
house leaders in giving- the tariff
precedence over the tax bill; and to
the reluctance of President Harding
to act in accordance with his re
sponsibillty as leader of the majority
party by insisting' that congress deal
first with the measures for consid
eration of which the special session
was called.
Pandering to prejudice that has
no basis in economic fact Is the mo
tive behind the changes in proposed
taxes on incomes that were extorted
by the self-styled progressives as the
price of their support. That preju
dice assumes that a corporation is
an evil in itself or is an exceptional
privileged institution which, through
being incorporated, Immediately be
comes automatically endowed with
great wealth. Yet everybody srrhuid
know that practically every business,
bg or little, owned by three or more
persons is incorporated, though all
the stockholders be members of one
family and pledged not to sell their
stock outside the family. Taxes on
corporations are levied on the tens
of thousands of small businesses as
well as the few hundred big ones, on
those whose officers do hard manual
work and ride in flivvers and whose
Income may be only ,10,000 a year
to be divided among several persons,
as well as those whose officers do
business in sumptuous offices and
ride in limousines and whose in
come runs Into millions.
' Gross deception is practiced by
-democratic senators and by that as
sistant democrat calling himself a
republican, Senator La Follette,
when they condemn proposed cor
poration taxes as too moderate and
- attack the exemption of $2000.
1 They exploit popular prejudice
against big corporations for point
eale purposes by fastening attention
on them alone, and extend taxes to
the small as well as the large. As
'.-.-practically all business is done, by
corporations, these taxes must be
,. paid by all business. The smaller
z. the unit, the greater the burden,
though the rate of tax may be the
same. As the whole population lives
.by business in one way or another.
sit' bears this burden, the extent of
which limits the prosperity of all.
The same kind of deception is at
tempted with regard to surtaxes on
p large incomes. The democratic re
w port on the tax bill starts with the
theory that all the government
needs to do in order to appropriate a
! .certain proportion of a man's in-
j'torae is to enact a tax. It evades
the fact that the real job is to col
lect the tax. The purpose of tax
laws is, or ought to be, to bring
revenue into the treasury; if they
..-fail in this, all the money spent on
Km .enactment and attempted collection
" Is wasted. The democrats also ig
nore the fact that wealth is almost
as elusive as quicksilver. If taxation
renders unprofitable its retention in
one form, it is changed into another
:r" that is not taxable, and the govern-
"Bient gets no revenue from that
source: the tax has dried it up It is
one thing to enact a tax, but quite
another thing to collect it. If any
body doubts that, let him ask the
bolshevists.
In accusing the republicans of
having centered attention "upon the
exemption of millionaires from the
higher surtaxes" and of "solicitude
for wealth" in proposing to reduce
the higher surtaxes the democratic
senators blind themselves to the real
purpose for the sake of making po-
Mtical capital. Results prove that
the bulk of that part of large in
comes that !s subject to high surtax
.has escaped into nontaxable form.
'The purpose of reducing surtaxes is
to tempt it back into taxable form
and thereby to bring some of It Into
the treasury. What remained to the
owners would then remain part of
the liquid capital of the country. By
Increasing the supply of such capl
. ; tal, it would keep interest rates low,
thus reducing the cost of production.
'- Increasing its volume and with it
2T-emPloyment tor labor, and stlmulat
"ing enterprise. The only question
as to the maximum rate of surtax is
how high can it be placed and keep
the largest amount of income sub
ject to taxation, thus producing the
largest amount of revenue.
' The tax controversy arises from a
'"conflict between two views of tax
atlon. A statesman who under
stands economics regards taxes as a
, means of procuring money to run
fjljthe government. He knows that
they must come from the earnings
of the people, whether taken from
the poor man's thousands earned
or, with his hands or from the rich
I -man's Income from industry and in
vestment, for taxes on the latter in
!i vltably add to the price of the
product which the poor man buys.
Therefore he aims to impose taxes so
revenue with the least effect in rais
ing prices and in restricting produc
tion. He is quite willing to tax the
rich more heavily than the poor pro
vided he attains these ends revenue
and the least ill effect on gerferal
prosperity. The politician and dem
agogue regard taxes as a club with
which to swat somebody and win
the applause of the crowd. The fav
orite target is the rich, for there are
few of them and everybody else is
jealous of them. They know what
to expect and. being the ablest busi
ness men of the country and experi
enced in dodging swats from various
directions, they know how to doUge
tax awats. Hence when the dema
gogue looks for the cash result of
his punitive taxes, he often finds a
vacuum.
CLEANING VT THE MOVIES.
The Oregonlan ha received.
Ls through the enterprise of a Los An.
geles moving picture publication, the
text of an article by Gouverneu
Morris, the novelist, who writes on
the engaging subject of the "Ar
buckle case." Permission is given
to print the Morris offering gratis.
which, !n view of the wide repute of
the author, is remarkably generous;
but it is declined with thanks an
without needless hesitation. For we
discover, In this little plan of free
publicity, that it Is nothing but prop
aganda to restore Arbuckle to th
public favor which he has so grossly
and wantonly forfeited.
"Before jumping so hard on Ar.
buckle," cries this inspired advocate
of fair play, decent-minded people,
not carried away by hysteria, would
like to know a little more about th
woman who is said to be the victim
of his crime, and the drunken
woman who alleges that the crime
was committed.
The public knows enough about
all of them. It Is strange that the
film-maker or the particular pro
ducer responsible for the Arbuckle
pictures do not understand better
the public psychology. The public
is not on trial for Its opinion of
Arbuckle, but Arbuckle Is on trial
before the people and he has been
found guilty not for the murder of
Miss Rappe, but for deliberate vio
lation of the decencies, for vulgarity,
for rowdyism, for drunkenness, for
lechery, for the wicked assassination
of his own prestige as a kindly,
hearty, lovable, honest and whole
some comedian, given to amusing
antics and Innocent pranks. The
public feels that its faith has been
shamefully violated; it knows that
the beaming humor and unctuous
spirit of the fat actor are a mock
and a lie. It has been robbed of
something by him through his ter
rible misbehavior, and that Is its
sympathy for and trust In the gen
uineness of his fun.
That is the real essence of the
public condemnation of Arbuckle.
The film-makers would better let it
rest there. We have heard much
lately about renovating the motion
pictures from the inside. The pro
ducers were going to do it. Let them
begin with Arbuckle.
and 89 are negroes. By counties the
percentage of illiteracy ranges from
3.7 in Jefferson county to 0.3 In
Gilliam county. v
VTHT PORTLAND LEADS IN EMPLOY
MENT.
How fortunate Is Portland In com
parlson with other cities appears in
the fact that it ranks second among
the cities of the United States in ,he
increase of employment for its peo
ple during cepiemoer. vvniie tne
average increase of employes in 1428
Industrial establishments was only
1.2 per cent, for Portland the in
crease was 21.7 per cent. Other
cities have just started upward,
some are still losing ground, but
Portland is far along the road to
normal prosperity.
Essentials to stability are inherent
In Portland. It produces the prime
necessaries of life in the way of raw
materials for food, clothing and
shelter and makes many of them
into finished shape.' Its Industries
and buildings are owned to a larger
degree by its own people than is the
case with any other western city,
and the same statement is true of
mortgages on its property, which are
lighter than in many like communi
ties. Hence there is no great out
flow of rent, profits and interest to
drain away the city's business blood.
A high degree of thrift prevails, as
evidenced by the high proportion of
home-owners and of savings and by
the large local investments in home
industries. Portland Is financially
self-reliant and self - contained,
therefore is able to keep Its people
employed.
The great territory which. Port
land serves as a mercantile center
and as market, manufacturing point
and export center has been blessed
with unusually good crops of wheat
and fruit in a season of short crops
in other sections of the country, and
derives the benefit of prices influ
enced by low productiop in the rest
of the country. Hence comes a great
stream of these products for ship
ment to the east or abroad from our
docks, its size being swollen by the
recent reduction of railroad rates
from the Columbia basin. - Methods
of marketing grain, fruit and wool
have been Improved to the advant
age of the producer, which makes
them better customers of our mer
chants. New industries, financed at
home, are being established and ex
tended, adding to the number of em
ployes and to both imports and ex
ports. Lumber, the premier indus
try of the state, is experiencing a
notable revival. A great increase in
the shipping business of the port is
the result of these conditions and of
the large expenditures on docks,
harbor and channel.
When such is the situation, with
other communities Just beginning to
climb the hlU from the depths of de
pression, Portland has every reason
to- look to the future with confi
dence. Industry, enterprise, self-re
liance, thrift, characterize the city,
and they cannot but win.
That the patient Is slightly im
proved is the substance of the 1920
census report on Illiteracy in Ore
gon. In the total populatiqn, ten
years of age and over, the percent
age of illiteracy Is 1.6, which shows
a slight diminution since 1910, when
it was 19. Yet the improvement
may not be traced to native whites
of native parentage, for the per
centage of illiteracy in this Instance
remains at 0.4, as it was in 1910. The
report shows that there are 4317
illiterate persons te"n years of age
and over within the boundaries of
Oregon. That is to say, they are un
able to write in any language. Of
this number 1529 are native whites
of native parentage, 461 are or for
eign or mixed parentages, 6L72 are
of foreign birth, 847 are Indians.
as to produce the largest amount of I 782 are Chinese, 409 are Japanese
THE SELF-RELIANCE OF PORTLAND
POST.
There is an old adage to the ef.
feet that those who heTp themselves
adopt the wisest course. Portland
post, of the Americas Legion, find
Ing itself several thousand dollars In
debt has resolutely set about the bus
iness of self extrication. In , this
project it should have the support of
all members for the future welfare
of the post and its efficiency are at
stake.
The singular thing about the
post's plans for financial rehabilita
tion is that it prefers to pay its own
debts, and raise its own fund from
among its members. A campaign
now is on to sell $10,000 worth of
promissory notes to members, the
paper bearing 4 per cent interest and
running from one to five years. Dues
are to be slightly Increased and
sinking fund established to retire
portion of the note issue annually.
It would seem that the spirit of
the Portland post IS a self-respect.
Ing and pugnacious one. It meets
its problems with a punch. Unless
the money is raised the post must
close its ciubrooms. But the spirit
with which the new financial plan is
launched indicates that the doors
will remain open.
THE BISK TS LIBERTY BONDS.
Of all the signs that business is
recovering its health, none points
stralghter or more clearly than the
rise in price of liberty bonds. United
States government securities are the
best in the world, for all the wealth
of the nation is behind them through
the taxing power, leaving practically
no doubt that both principal and
interest will be paid. For this rea
son and because they are usually
issued for long terms, they bear the
lowest rate of interest. They are
favored by people who prefer a sure,
moderate income with freedom from
worry to a high return on their in
vestment with its inevitable risk and
fear of loss; also by those who de
sire a security on which they can
quickly borrow the largest percent
age of its value or which they can
readily sell with little or no loss.
The former low price of liberty
bonds was due to the high profits
made in business, to the fever of
speculation thus engendered and to
the prevailing high rates for money
on call or commercial paper. The
disparity between) government and
other interest rates and profits thus
created drove liberty bonds below
par. Also many persons subscribed
for liberty bonds which they could
not afford to hold as investments,
needing or desiring their money to
live on or pay debts, and many cor.
porations subscribed with working
capital, which they had to recover
promptly for use in their business.
When deflation began over a year
ago, profits shrank and losses ac
crued from fall in prices. Many per
sons and corporations had to throw
liberty bonds on the market in order
to obtain money to pay debts, meet
osses and keep their business going.
Ordinarily the most liberal buyers
of government bonds are men of
arge income wno inus invest a large
part of their surplus, but they were
only partly exempt from war taxes
and turned rather to wholly exempt
securities, of which states, cities and
counties poured out large volumes.
Thus the market was restricted and
the supply was excessive.
The present steady advance indi
cates that the process of deflation
and liquidation is about completed.
and that about all who were forced
to sell have sold. It indicates recov
ery from the fever of speculation
and the passing of high speculative
profits, so that people cannot get
high interest and are disposed to
prefer safety at a low rate. Liberty
bonds are gradually coming into the
hands of people who are able and
wish to hold. Hence the amount
thrown on the market has -diminished,
while the demand has in
creased. The fall in prices and the
shrinkage in volume of business have
shrunk the amount of money needed
to carry on business, and here again
the law of supply and demand has
depressed rates of interest on com
mercial loans and on other securi
ties than those of the government.
Early prospect of tax revision has
made these bonds desirable to many
who turned aside from them. The
certainty that victory notes will be
refunded for a long term has made
them attractive and has raised them
close to par. Confidence grows that
business will revive In response to
healthy demand, that expenses of
government will be reduced and that
the allies will make a settlement of
their debts to this country under
which they will begin paying inter-
all raising the , government's
credit.
The rise in prices of liberty bonds
a sure sign of return to normalcyj
All accompanying conditions Justify
hope that it will continue until par
value is reached and possibly passed.
Those subscribers who have held
their bonds since war days should
suffer no loss and those who buy at
present prices should profit. The
millions whom patriotism made
bond buyers will complete their edu
cation in dealing with the best secu
rity in the world, and the govern
ment will be stronger for the direct
financial Interest of these millions
In its stability.
"did it figure as an international
quantity."
The days of adventure, as in
Philip's time and the many centu
ries that approached the present, are
not to be recalled. The lure of the
sea is no longer one of armed corf.
quest, nor of bickerings with pirate
crews and privateers, nor of an un
discovered coastline. But it has lost
little save the tragic, and the potency
of its spell is undisturbed. There,
indeed, rest "the sprinkled isles, lily
on lily, that o'erlace the seas." There
the "dawn comes up like thunder,'
and strange foreign lands await the
adventurer. That the adventures of
today are those of commerce, and
the conquest that of trade, does not
belittle the game. One must re.
member that those livelier days of
yore, when guns boomed over the
waters and landing parties swarmed
up the beaches, were inspired not by
love of battle but by desire for com
mercial expansion. The world has
gone far since then. He who wishes
it may travel anywhere for trade
without invalidating his Insurance
The future of America is insepa
rably linked with maritime enter
prise. Two oceans form our coast
line, and the continents are before
us. To the lad who is wishful of
variety, who would explore the
world, the opportunities of the pres
ent transcend any the past could
offer. Granted the usual educa.
tional equipment of an American
youth, he may find for himself, make
for himself, a place as foreign com.
mercial representative. He may
dicker with dons and lamas, he may
sign contracts with those preposter
ously wealthy old mandarins who
dwell in innermost China. He may
adventure splendidly in commercial
expansion, until American ships are
everywhere in port, and American
goods are everywhere extolled. The
6ea is his lane to fortune.
Not so many years ago there lived
in Portland a woman whose lot was
circumscribed by dinners1 and bridge
and theater parties. A healthful
restlessness possessed her and she
sailed for China, to discover the
orient. The opportunities there
were so apparent that she remained,
and is today the commercial agent
of a dozen great American exporting
firms. It does not follow, of course,
that the success she achieved is
usual or ordinary, but there Is at
least proof that the obstacles are not
Insuperable to one of vision and en
terprise. The sea was her lane to
fortune, and many great ships have
sailed it, heavily laden with export
cargoes, because she answered the
call.
THUNDERSTORMS AND MILK.
The truth will out. Grandmother
everywhere Europe, Asia, Africa
and America have always believed
that thunderstorms soured milk.
Along came the storm, booming and
bombarding, and cellarward one
went to discover that the full pans
were a trifle under par. They tast
ed as if they were just a little bit
sour. They were. Hence the thun
derstorm theory became firmly en
trenched. -"-
But the weather bureau boys
wouldn't leave this riddle unread.
They were forced to admit the fact
as seemingly coincidental with thun
derstorms, yet they yearned to know
why. They found, it seems, that re
duced air pressure, high tempera
ture and humidity, all precedent to
the storm, were the fatal factors and
not the storm itself. Whereupon
they led the old wives' tale out . to
the ash heap and left It amid the
debris of superstition.
But Just what did they prove that
those astute old grandmothers had
not discovered beforehand? To one
way of thinking it appears that
thunderstorms do sour milk, and
that the findings of the scientists
sustain the contention. The agent
Is not -thunder, of course, but it is
the condition which precedes and
heralds such a storm. The savants
ought not to quibble over trifles.
If it were not for the gossip of the
grandmothers more of these erudite
investigators would have known that
milk sours under just such condi
tions, or why.
BT- PRODUCTS OF THE PRESS
Generous Patrons Pay Hnsr Interest
t Street Cam.
In many cities where- street-car
companies have been permitted to in
crease fares to 7 cents, they also have
been given the right to limit that rate
to purchasers of tickets or checks,
sold at S for 35 cents; the fare other
wise is 8 cents flat.
The difference between a 7 and an
8-cent fare is only 1 cent, but that 1
cent means 14 per cent on the invest
ment. Pretty fair interest.
For the average family, without
flivver, the difference average about
$30 a year, or 6 per cent interest on
SSOO. which would buy a flivver in
these times.
But the average family does not
think In these terms. Which is doubt
less the reason one sees worklngmen
and women and boys and girls, in the
big cities all over the country, drop
piner the extra penny in the cash box
instead of the cheaper tickets.
In Cincinnati, where the fare has
been Increased one-half cent at a
time, there have been persons who
have neglected to save a half cent on
each ride by purchase of tickets.
They generally have tendered the
cash in an even amount and riven
the traction comDanr half pennies It
was not entitled to.
The highest building in the world
is the product of 5 and 10-eent sales.
Th most costly and beautiful etruc-
tur In Chicago was built from the
proceeds of chewing gum sold in t-
cent package. Pennies do count)
Cincinnati Post.
PaatoraL
It is? October in onr hearts);
The vineyards of the years are
rioe:
From thinning forests Pan departs.
And we shall never hear hl pipe
playing across the hill.
O it was well to drln-k our fill
Of nleasure when the sun was nign.
And It is well beneath the still
Suspense of twiHght-laden sky
To drink our fill of sleep.
The hush that follows song is deep
Far deeper than the song was gay;
And autumn pasturing ghostly sheep
Among the fields of yesterday
Is shepherd of our dreams.
. I
Heap the dead leaves beside tne
streams
Where youth has heard the summer
song;
Heap the bonfrre that redeems
The dead who wake in ugnt, ana
throng
The shadows where it darts. . . .
It is October In our hearts.
Robert Hillyer in the New
public
Be-
A Delaware minister who split
even on marriage fees with a chauf
feur who rustled business has been
dismissed from the church. They
were doing a business of a hundred
couples a month and probably
caused envy instead of approbation
The Salem minister who went
wrong with a young member of his
flock has been dropped by the
church. If the federal hand of the
law smite him be will feel some
thing real drop.
A man who had been police judge
in a town up in Bunchgrass is
freshman at the university. He Is
lucky. All men need to go to school
some more, but few are able to
make it.
The most elaborate still and equip
ment ever made has been uncovered
southern ' California. California
is a state where law Is broken in the
most elaborate manner.
Senator Kenyon of Ifwa, who is
ready to quit official life, declines
federal judgeship. On the whole,
the remarkable men are within the
grand old party.
THE SEA REPAYS.
In a scrap of unforgotten verse
Longfellow voiced the inarticulate
yearning of boyhood toward the sea
the beauty and mystery of ships.
My Lost Youth," he called the
poem. It stirs us today, not merely
because it is poignant poetry, but for
the reason that he there expressed
the universal longing for the first
mother. The urge it speaks is that
same impulse which created the
great nations of history and of the
present. An odd contrast, it may be
held, this portrayal of an inherited
passion, distinctly of the spirit, be
side the work of commercial expan
sion. Tet the two have gone hand
in hand since the time of the Phoe
nicians.""
"They that go down to the sea in
ships, that do business in great
waters," have ever been the heralds
of civilization and of national prog
ress. Philip of Macedonia ruled an
inland state, the least of the Greek
ations. He fought his way through
to the sea, with sword and spear,
and Macedonia under his illustrious
son became the heart of the Hellenic
empire and the source of world
progress. "Not until it acquired a
sea coast," remarKs an Historian,
The man who would lose himself
would better lose his memories, too.
It shows a bit of egotism to desire
to learn what "they" are saying
about blm.
Seattle can cut 10 mills on its next
year's taxes. More of "the "Seattle
spirit," perhaps, but how they can
do it is a wonder.
One. associates Hermlston with
alfalfa and its hog and dairy exhib
its are but developments of the al
falfa ideas.
Men who persistently "buck"
everything need an operation be
tween the ears and just a little
above.
A semaphore cop in police blue is
barely noticeable. Are the hand
some fellows at the dry cleaner's?
Ruth walked and Kelly walked.
Pitchers are not taking chances on
the home-run swatters.
The press report says "the Giants
emerged" yesterday. The Giants are
great emergers.
Justice McBrlde fits in as Oregon's
grandest old man.
This Is the age of advertising. New
Tork papers are carrying full page
ads announcing the opening of a
barbershop. It is entitled "The Passing
of the Bar and the Coming of the
Barbers." or the exit of the shaker
and the entrance of the shave. All
the family can come here: Dad for
his shave, mother for her wave and
the children to get bobbed.
The ad mentions 5300 square feet
of floor space, 42 barber chairs. BZ
manicure tables, 15 dairdressing
booths, three separate dressing rooms
for women, three chiropodists, and
the price for a shave is 20 cents.
Looks count, and even the haggard
can have a few wrinkles rolled away
by skillful fingers.
The saying "When In Rome," used
most often as an admonition to peo
ple who seem unable to accommodate
themselves to the ways and manners
of those they associate with, is one
of the most ancient anecdotes known
to literature. It refers to a witty
conversation between St. Augustine
and St. Ambrose.
St. Augustine was somewhat pux-
xled about the regulations concern
ing abstinence from high feasting,
because, in some parts of Italy Satur
day was observed as a fast day and
in others Sunday was set aside for
abnegation. He consulted St. Am
brose, calling his attention to the
fact that in Rome Saturday was a
fast day, while In Milan no such re
striction prevailed.
St. Ambrose answered: "When I
am In Milan I do not fast on Satur
days. When in Rome I do fast on
Saturday." Detroit News.
The valleys which cut the flanks
of Chimborazo, giant mountain of the
Andes, are narrower and deeper than
those of the Alps, and Into 'many no
man has ever descended, says the
New York Evening Post. Only the
peering condor knows what they
hold. The deepest valley In Europe
that of the Ordesa in the Pyrenees
pierces 3200 feet into the earth, but
there are dark chasms in the siae
of Chimboraro In which Vesuvius
might van-lsh.
An oceanographer says that if a
diver were to be lowered to the floor
of the greatest ocean depth in a heavy
steel shell with thick glass windows
and the windows were to break under
the pressure of six tons to the square
inch, "a jet of water harder than the
hardest steeL with a pressure behind
it greater than the largest guns exert,
would spread the diver over hie shell
like butter over bread." At last!
There's the pressure to be applied
to congressional appropriation com
mittees to obtain economy In the pub
lic expenditures. New York Herald.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ef Folk at the Hotels.
Contrary to the general opinion In
America, the English people like the
small apple, running from 150 to 215
to the box. Instead of the large fancy
apples, according to S. Birch of Lon
don, registered a: the Multnomah.
"Few people," said he "know of the
great demand in England for the
apples grown in the Pacific northwest
and British Columbia, and very few
ever have knowledge of what becomes
of an apple after It is loaded Into
the freight car. The history of the
apple from the grower to the con
sumer would make an Interesting
book and would be closely Interwoven
with the traits and peculiarities of
nations. We have contracted to ship
15.000 boxes of apples on the steamer
Cardiganshire from Hood River,
Wenatchee, Yakima and British Co
lumbia by way of the Panama canal.
It is estimated that Yakima and Wen
atchee will each ship about 14.000
cars of apples this year. Canada Is
taking an important place in the
apple Industry and the outut is
steadily increasing. The reason so
many growers are combining to ship
direct to foreign ports is that they
save the profits made by middlemen
and lay their apples down in Eng
land at abofit $1.16 a box. All apples
In England are sold by the pound and
the middle class housewife prefers
small apples because she can divide
them better among the children and
have one left for father's dinner pail.
The red rosy aoDle la in imiMt
demand. The housewife who thinks
she pays hlgrh nrlces for veratablea
in America should take her market
basket to England . to learn other
wise. She would find neachea for 11
cents apiece wholesale; green prunes,
34 cents a pound; apples. $3.74 a box;
pears, $5 a box; cauliflower. 30 cents
a head and cantaloupes, $1.44 each. A
new competitor of the American:
orange in the English market has ap
peared from South Africa. Each year
the South African product is getting
a firmer hold on the London market."
"I m one out of 20 ooo or so ooo
American boys who are journeymen
tailors.- declared A w. Palmer r
aan Francisco, at the Benson. "Al-
tnough I have been on the road sell
ing clothing- since 1913. I was tauc-h
the trade thoroughly and I can make
a suit now as well as anvon The
wages are from $45 to $60 a week
wore paying mat wblch is more
than many nubile officials or nrofea-
slonal men receive. Notwithstanding
the good nay. It is hard to eet Amer
ican boys to become apprentices, for
it takes four or five years to be
come expert yes, a couple of years
atone to Know now to use that little
needle efficiently. The trade Isn't
half as arduous as some others
where the compensation is less, yet
H isn t tne kind of trade an Amer-
ican boy would take to naturally
I wouldn't pick it out myself, but was
apprenticed through stress of clr
enmstances. No, American boys Dre-
ter to mix up with machinery."
When his $15,000 bond as receiver
and his $5000 bond as disbursing of
ficer are approved at Washington.
J. H. Peare of La Grande will be
ready to take up the duties of the
land office in his town. Mr. Peare,
who is registered at the Hotel Port
land, was confirmed In his appoint
ment a few days ago. The. La
Grande land office is a maximum
office, which means that the fees
amount to $3000 a year. It. has al
ways been a maximum office and will
continue to be for years to come
The government recently added about
90,000 acres to this office and when
this land is gone the government will
probably release more acreage. Dur
ing the war, although far beyond
the military service age, Mr. Teare
took the training course under Colo
nel Leader at Eugene and came
through with flying colors.
According to the Outlook, the first
bathtub In the United States was In
stalled in Cincinnati, Ohio, December
20, 1842, by Adam Thompson, accord
ing to the records of the manufac
turers of plumbers' materials. "At a
Christmas party." It is said, "Thomp
son exhibited his tub, lined with ma
hogany and sheet lead, to his guests;
later, fouf of them took a plunge."
The incident and the new invention
aroused considerable criticism. Some
papers called the Innovation an
epicurean luxury; others thought it
undemocratic. President Fillmore,
however, after seeing the original
bathtub, Is said to have had one in
stalled in the White House.
Boulevardiera claim, according to
the Atlanta Constitution, that pro
hibition and the resultant small tip
have driven all the good waiters out
of New York hotels. They claim that
the only requirement for the average
cafe waiter these days Is stupidity.
This following story almost bears
them out ,
Jimmy Allison, the newspaper cor
respondent, went into a cafe near the
Forties and said to the waiter: "Bring
me coffee without cream."
After a time the waiter returned.
You'll have to take it without milk.
We haven't any cream." Jimmy
missed him with his plate." '
'Near Newberg," states H. J. Moore.
manager of the Tualatin Light. &
Power company, "there is one of our
poles which wild motor drivers have
a grudge against. One Saturday night
some fellows filled up on moonshine
at McMinnville or thereabouts, and
then decided to drive to Portland.
The machine crashed Into the pole
and jarred loose the 11.000-volt wire.
If the wire had fallen to the ground
the coroner instead of the sheriff's
office would have had to gather them
up. Then the following Saturday
night another chap, running wild,
crashed into the self-same pole.
Wild drivers appear to have either
a grudge against that particular pole
or else the pole exercises an Irre
sistible fascination for drivers who
are not 'at themselves.' However,
the company- has no intention of re
moving the pole. The strange feature
about it is that this one pole should
be singled out of the score along the
highway."
"If there is a special session," ob
served I. L. Patterson, state senator
for Polk and Benton counties, who
drove down from his ranch at Eola
yesterday, "I, for one, will not bind
myself to act exclusively on a taxa
tion measure for the 1925 exposition.
There certainly will have to be a
measure to regulate the trucks on
the highways and regulation of the
Jitneys, too, and I suppose- every
member will have a bill of his own."
The tall, white-haired chairman of
the senate ways and means commit
tee, who looks like a banker, but
swears in his income-tax statement
that be is an honest-to-goodness
farmer, says that he will soon be
ready for plowing-, and that he hopes
the present good weather continues
until he Is shaped up for the plow.
"Of course," he explained, "everyone
wants the weather to suit his own
purposes. There are farmers cleaned
up and ready to plow now, and they
want rain, but I don't want rain for
at least another week."
R. J. Brown of Spokane was busily
engaged In scanning the city direc
tory at the Hotel Portland. "Leak
ing for someone?" he was asked.
Well, yes,' was the reply. I reed a
communication in The Oregonian this
morning from a wife who says her
husband told her that there Is booze
In the offices of architects and con
tractors and so I thought I d compile
a list of such as I know In fortiana
and make a personal investigation to
ascertain whether the statement was
correct. And I'm hoping it is. It Is
a tip worth looking into, and at best
I can only lose a little time." "
Rice, uncooked, was showered over
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Binder at the Mult
nomah yesterday. Mr. Binder was for
merly assistant manager and Mrs.
Binder was for several years cashier
in the front office. They were mar
ried last week in Seattle and came
to Portland yesterday, taking rooms
at the Multnomah.
"I'm checking out of the Hotel Ore
con for the last .time," explained
Charles A. Johns yesterday. "Soon
I'll me on my way to the Philippines.
When I get over there, every time I
get a chance I'm going to Australia,
Ceylon, New Zealand, Tasmania.
China, India, or wherever there Is a
steamer trip convenient. S'long-.'
Alex Manning of Pendleton is In
the olty, attending the labor conven
tion as a carpenter delegate. Mr.
Manning- received the rudiments of
carpentry under the tutelage at Will
Moore, now collector of custc"- for
Oregon.
G. W. Ford, connected with the
light and power company at Toledo,
Or., Is an arrival at the Hotel Oregon.
APPEAL FOR NEEDY JOBLESS
Way Should Wmea Who Hare Work
and Husbands Keep Botht
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct 8. (To
j the Editor.) Commenting on the h!r
i ing of married women, the article In
The Oregonian last Tuesday is juit a
little unjust. If I understand It right
ly, the idea is not to employ married
women whose husbands are capable
of supporting their wives and 'little
ones. There are many single women
who must eat and who are just as
capable of filling those places. The
single man must also eat, even if he
.has no one dependent on him.
Do you not think the ones who have
husbands able to feed and clothe them
should be the first to give way to
those less fortunate who have no help
from anyone except perhaps an old
father who may have other children
to care for? Are we not all entitled
to some eats and a place to sleep?
Why should a man and wife be draw
ing two salaries, living luxuriously.
While otherJ are absolutely hungry?
There la imicum whatever for those
who havsomeone to provide for
them keeping those out of work who
must support themselves and their de
pendent ones.
The Oregonlan's editorial article
seems to Insinuate that this ruling
out of married women applies to all
women workers. Considering the aw
ful' condition of affairs at the present
time, in regard to Jobless people, do
you not think we should find out the
needy ones when employing help. If
it does give us a little trouble for a
while, in his name? Why cannot we
be humane in our treatment of each
other? Selfishness is an ugly beast.
I heard a married woman once say
to a girl friend: "Come to the office
and I will teach you my work. I
have a good provider; you have no
one."
Justice and consideration would
save much suffering. For instance
here in Vancouver retired soldiers are
still being employed by the govern
ment. These men are drawing a good
salary from the government as well
as their retired pay. Think of this
injustice, while many who have gone
through the war, equally as capable
and Intelligent, are in need. Those
men were hired during the war emer
gency, yet are still retained, simply
because it would cause a little trouble
and Inconvenience to fill their places
by the needy ones. The injustice of
it all! Live and let live. The good
book tells us to love our neighbors.
How different the conditions did we
but consider our fellow men and be
less Belfish. JUSTICE.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
REAL ENDURANCE.
(A Britten dally quotes Amundsea as
saying that since the Introduction of the
phonograph Jn the Polar regions, the Es
kimos dance and sing from sunrlae to
sunset.)
How doth the little Eskimo,
Whose night Is six months long.
Keep tripping the fantastic toe
And pouring forth his song?
How can he ever keep his pep
While raucous jass tunes play.
And he's expected to keep step
Until the break of day?
We've known some maidens who pos
sessed Rare saltatorial powers.
But they were glad to take a rest
Inside of seven hours.
We've known a few slim-legged chaps
On whom we might depend
To dance a week or two, perhaps,
But not six months on end!
And yet the hardy Eskimos,
Their dally labor done.
Dance on the white December snows
Until the morning sun.
And if their feet they nightly fling,
As Amundsen has said.
It must be well along toward spring
Before they get to bed.
We like to dance we even like
To stick around the floor
Until we hear the old clock strike
The witching hour of tour.
But though we fancied that we had
A husky pair of feet.
We've got to own this Polar lad
Has really got us beat.
We Can't Help Wondering.
Where do you auppoae they will
hold the rehearsals for next year's
post-season baseball series?
Something Else Again.
New York's dock scandal hasn't
anything to do with members of the
medical profession writing prescrip
tions for pints.
A Good Start.
Mr. Harding said in a campaign
speech that he meant to keep his
promises up to par. He does far bet
ter than that with his golf scores.
(Copyright by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
THE HUMAN CURE-ALL.
Old Heseklah Tottle
Totes wisdom all about
Like whisky In a bottle,
For toothache or for gout.
With wondrous ostentation
He offers you a drink.
Discoursing with elation
On people who can't think.
You see, old Heseklah
Came out from Tennessee
When he was not much higher
Than a grasshopper's knee.
His parents brought him over
The plains and prairies wide
To browse In western clover
And all hia days abide.
But Tottle still remembers
How folks "did thlnRs" back home
And mem'ry's dying embers
Still glimmer In his dome;
And daily he harangues us.
This critic of renown,
Belabors us and bangs us
And cries our city down.
"You people make me tirrd."
Sex he. "Your council punk
Should get some good all-fired
Horse sense and back-woods spunk.
Tour mayor Is a rotter,
A nincompoop your cop.
Your commerce chamber ought'er
Just fold its tents and stop.
"Now If I were you people,
I'd do it so-and-so;
The bells up In the steeple "
Would Just get up and go.
Tou haven't no ambitlon,x
And do not care a dern.
You might as well go fishln'
And let the hull town burn.
"Why don't you folks awaken
And buckle down to work
And take to heart this rakin'
tor those who rt and shirk?"
And all the time old Tottle,
(The shav ners flvlnnr thi-u
Pours wisdom from his bottle.
And whittles on a stick.
EVERETT EARLE STANARD.
Brownsville. Or.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Age.
From; The Oregonian of October 8. 18f.
At an enthusiastic meeting of young
men last night organization of the
McKlnlpy and Hobart Zouaves was
effected.
Chief Justice Sullivan of the su
preme court of Idaho visited In the
city yesterday, meeting the circuit
Judges.
Fairmont, Minn. Two masked and
bicycle-mounted robbers murdered
the cashier of the Bank of Sher
bourne and a bystander yesterday,
obtained $1000 from the cash tray
and fled on their wheels.
The sixth annual convention of the
Orea-on State Pharmaceutical asso
ciation will open today in the Golden
Rule liaiaar building.
Flrat Try the Company.
PORTLAND, Oct. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly advise me whether any
thing can he done about the out
rageous quality of Khs we are being
furnished. Half the time we can't
get the oven hot, the pressure Is so
poor.
There must be some city depart
ment to look Into such things.
CONSTANT HEADER.
Probably the trouble Is local to
your premises. If It Is only a matter
of condensation In the pipes, as Is
likely, a telephone call to the gas
company office will bring a man who
will blow th,-m out in short order. If
the troiihle is actually one of Quality
of service which the company refuses
to remedy, take up the matter with
the utilities department of the public
service commission at the courthouse.
The Way of the Maid.
Wayside Tales.
Blake It's a beautiful sight to
watch a voung girl growing into
womanhood.
Lake That's right. So many of
them nowadays seem to want to grow
info mrnhond. '
Study Your Job and Youll
Surely Get the Rises.
It's remarkable how many clever fellows complain of never
having a chance, when the records, of successful men are open
to them. The chaps who are on the top of the pile made their
own opportunities. If you doubt this read William Athcrton
Du Puy's interview witn Congressman Madden, as related in
the Sunday magazine section. Mr. Du J?uy has interviewed many
of the nation's most prominent men for The Sunday Oregonian
but this time he excells himself in the presentation of a graphic
lesson from life. Illustrated. '
The Eternal Triangle. The title but partly explains the plot
of this unusually well told story by Inez Haynes Irwin, which
appears in the Sunday issue. You have heard of the "new free
dom," as expounded by our little circle-of superior thinkers?
Of course you have. Well, Inez Irwin has in this clever short
story written the veracious chronicle of two Greenwich villagers
who discovered that even the new freedom has its limitations.
You must read it. It is an exceptional bit of portraiture, even
among the many excellent short stories which the Sunday editor
has reserved for the magazine paees.
Rough Logger's Life But a Memory. Time was when the
life of a logger was not an enviable one. The great camps were
places where men worked not where they lived. But a cleanly,
wonderful change has come to the woods. The logging camp
of today is a well-ordered, pleasant little village, with the cul
tural conveniences that many a town would envy. In the Sun
day issue, illustrated, De Witt Harry writes of the transforma
tion and incidentally gives us much valued information regard
ing this great northwestern industry.
Who Looted the Newlyweds' Love-Xest? Jealous rival or
jilt6d swain, whoever it may have been, a thorough job was made
of it. Home came Mrs. Ralph Lee White of Long Island to find
that her new nest had been invaded during the honeymoon ab-
sence, her wedding presents mutilated, her trousseau stolen,
and a scene of ruinous devastation prepared for her return.
Did the happy home-comers gloom about it? Not they! You
must read Joseph H. Applegate's account in the Sunday issue
to learn how they mastered the situation and rebuked the spiteful. '
What Makes Us Laugh and Cry? That's an easy one, you
say. Joy and sorrow. Yet suh is only the superficial answer.
There are plenty of folk who can laugh whether they feel like
it or not. Terhaps you are one of them. And there are others
who can weep at will, without a single pang of sadness; just
turn on the tap, as it were, and register a great sorrow. There
are some very curious scientific emotional discoveries, all recent
and revolutionary. The Sunday magazine section has a story
regarding these disclosures of the principles that control our
emotions.
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