THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SErTE3IBER 19, 1920- 15 HARDING 'S LEAGUE STAND IS AFFIRMED Bay State Convention Casts Unanimous Vote. LODGE IS COMMENDED SMALL LAND OWNERS INSURE STABLE GOVERNMENT IN U. S. Co-operative Marketing Plan Considered in Contrast With Methods Advocated by the Non-Partisan League. Senator Says Maine Answers Wil son's Request for Solemn Referendum on- League. BOSTON, Sept. 18. The republican state convention today adopted, by unanimous vote, a platform which ac cepted "with full approval" the dec lnrat!ons of the national platform on the league of nations, Indorsed Hard ing and Coolidge and favored a pro tective tariff. A separate resolution commended the record of Senator Lodge, particularly specifying; hia senatorial activities in the last two years. Amon? those who addressed the convention were Governor Coolidge, Senator Lodge, Frederick H. Glllett, speaker of the national house of rep resentatives; Channing II. Cox. lieu-! tenant-Kovernor, nominated by the republicans for governor at the pri maries last week, and Representative John Jacob Rogers, who served as permanent chairman. Maine Answers Wilson. Senator Lodfre. In his address, re marked that President Wilson's re quest for a solemn referendum on the league of nations had been answered In Maine. He said that human nature misht be considered much the same throughout the country and asserted that "the sentiment shown in the Maine election will be found fairly general throughout the United States." "The senate, In its consideration of the league of nations," he continued, "has been misrepresented; it has been abused. But the results in the pri maries held so far have been a 3 to Vt majority in support of the sen ate's position. "I regard the treaty almost as a be trayal of the rights of America. I am a good party man, but If my party had sought to make me accept the treaty as Mr. Wilson brought it back from Pa. Is I would never have voted for it, party or no party. Not Hostile. Says Ledce. "They talk of my personal hostility to President Wilson. I have none; he has never crossed my path. But 1 regarded him with that treaty In his hands as endangering the country and I did all in my power to stop It. When we elect Harding and Coolidge we shall have men at Washington who will not endanger our sovereignty and Independence. "The republican party Is to be Con gratulated on its choice of candi dates; not so much with the demo crats. When 1 read in the morning what the democrats have said I be come prouder of our candidates, who discuss issues with sobriety, while their opponents vaporize, boast and resort to personal abuse, which Is never an . argument and always de grading." Women Take Part. The convention was the first In winch women took an active part. The league plank said to be accept able alike to Senator Lodge, Governor Coolidge and representatives of other viewe on United States participation In a world league said: "We stand with our candidates. Warren G. Harding and Calvin Cool ldje, for such agreement with other nations as will preserve the peace of the world and prevent future wars; for such agreement as will measure up tc the full duty of America to civ ilization and humanity and shall in sure that 'the heritage of American nationality shall be unimpaired and unsurrendered.' "' ICRS IX COX'S TACTICS SEEN First Idealist, Then Ward Foliti clan, Says Coolidge. BOSTON, Sept. 18. Assertion that . Governor Cox, after attempting the role of an idealist, had turned to the coarse methods of ward politics, re sorting to wilder and wilder charges, was made today by Governor Coolidge, the republican vice-presidential can- dldate. The governor, addressing the repub lican state convention, said the demo- vention in which "idealists had very little influence." . "Yet." he added, "after receiving a " baptism of Idealism at the White House, he attempted for a time the ; role of an idealist. He was to be the . apostle of the 'great and solemn ref ; erendum.' His address of acceptance started that way. "But the success has not been marked. Soon the methods of ward - politics prevailed. To that eminent valetudinarian in the White House, master of logical expression, correct of style, always dignified, as he has beheld his exponent resorting to coarser and coarser methods, wilder . and wilder charges, the referendum ; roust for him become solemn and more - solemn." "The republican party has rot been. Is not lacking In idealism either in its history, purposes or leaders," he continued. "Who can name an es tablished ideal they have not cher- " ished? There ts none. It has now but furnished four-fifths of the states necessary to enroll the Idealism of the nation in the public service through equal suffrage. . Through the - ages women had been natural coun- eelors of man. In her solicitude for ; tho welfare of her children she is the idealist of the world. She is destined to walk hand In hand with republican purposes to the glory of our nation." " 1 Speakers to Address Club. At the regular meeting of the For . etgn Commerce olub of Portland lion- ' day evening, the subject -of the part which the club should play in th rivers and harbors congreas in this ' city October 4 and 5 will be discussed The programme will include talks by . T-T T. HurlRnn. traffic m n n n tro r f thA Port of. Portland, whose -subject will be. "Co-operation With the Port of Portland." and Lieutenant-Colonel .' Wells, who will discuss, "Impressions " of the Possibilities of Trade Between ' France and the United States." BY AARON SAPIRO. ' Oounsel for the Co-operative Fruit Grow ers of Cailfornia. THERE are three chief things that the community expects from the farmer. First: The community wants the farmer to keep on produc ing; wants him to Increase production of foodstuffs. Second: Jt wants the farmer to stay on the farm. It doea not want all the farmer to move Into the cities, but it wants to be sure that there are enough men left to carry on the work of production. And, third: the community expects of the farmer that somehow or other the farmer will develop into a land owner, and that the United States will be dotted literally by millions of email farm owners, living on their own farms and owning them and working them and producing. The community wants the first thing because they want production, so that they can have something to eat. They want the second thing that Is, the farmer to stay on the farm to insure production. They want the third thing the creation of a large class of small land owners as an Insurance against a wild revo lution in the country, because every body knows that If you have 10.000, 000 small land owners In America you will have stable government. Tou will have government that respects the right of property. If property- has rights to respect. In short, the com munity expects the farmer to do a whole lot that will mean something to the men In the cftles. They expect the farmers to feed the cities, and they expect the farmers to keep down the revolution that might wipe out the banks and tho commercial pros perity of the cities. Farmer Wise Enough to See. Well, the farmer agrees with you In those things. The farmer wants those things just the same as you do, but the farmer is wise enough to see that he can accomplish those three things only If he makes profits. He will increase production where he makes money on production and he will stay on the farm as long as those profits from his production are enough to enable him to live on the same standard as the man who lives in the city. You cannot expect the young men and the young women on the farm to stick to the standard of 1860. where they know the standards of the city dweller of 120. So the farmer says If you want me to stay on the farm and Increase production you must not only help me make a profit on re production, but It must be such : profit as will enable me to have run nine; water In my house, electric power In my house; as will enable me to keep my wife off the field and let her do Just simply the work in the house; as will enable me to send my boys and girls through nign scnooi; as will enable me to get recreation; as will enable me to keep up life Insurance policies, and to live on the 120 standards instead ol the standards. Then the farmer says: If you ex- oect me to own my place, you must not only make It possiDie ior me w make Drofits and to make substan tial nroflts. but you must make it possible for me to make a stabilized profit, so that I do not make a profit the year 1917 and then lose tnat and more besides in the years 1918 and 11. In short, the farmers of the country have an absolute unit oi vlewooint with the communities tne eitv communities of the United States, but they know what tney want ana how they can get it, and the men in the communities are interested oniy in the results. Tin BIje Ideas at Work, That ts why in this country today the farmers who have any principle are nlanning to two great, big ideas. One is the North Dakota Idea and the other is California's Idea. Ho not for a moment, think that the North Dakota farmers are a bunch of pro Germans, disloyal men or stupid men Those farmers there have real griev- annes. They saw that they were pe ine- cheated, literally cheated, on an kinds of sales of wheat and flax. They saw that the mills were sending out at least ten times more or wo. wheat than they bought Irom tne farmers. They saw tremendous ait ferentiations In the prices of wheat, which Dr. Ladd of the North Dakota Agricultural college proved absolutely were unwarranted by any commercial rra.tice. They appealed xo xne D&nKers; iney annealed to the business men, was no way over It. Minneapoli laughed at them; Duluth laughed at them; Chicago laugnea at tnem. Ana the result was that you got a gang of sullen men men who felt tney naa ricrhts and could not express them. They were absolutely an ideal ground for men like Townley and Mills and those clever organizers. They said "You farmers are discontented. You know you are cheated. You know Minneapolis and Duluth are closin the banks against you. What are you going to do?" " North Daluta Farmers Not Slow. They said further; "What are you E-olne to do ? These fellows run th state. Take the state away from them. Grab the political reins In North Dakota; use the credit of your state and fight these bankers and merchants with the political stake. Well, the farmers in North Dakota were not slow. It was the only thin that had been presented to them from, the standpoint of doing some thing for the farmer, so they grabbed at It and they now control .North Dakota. They control not only North Dakota but they are gradually kicking out every single Interest in North Da- ota that is not primarily farm In- erest. North Dakota is dominated by a one-class government the farm class. The banker class is the enemy of the government: the merchant class the enemy of the government; even the paper class Is the enemy of the government. North Dakota, today. Is the non-partisan league farming class gainst the rest of the community. That movement is spreading like fire. When I think of It I try to say who caused It. I do not say Townley or Mills caused It. although those men are wonderfully clever In the work they do wonderful distorters f the truth. The non-partisan league was both caused and erected by the bankers, the merchants of Minneap- lis, Duluth and Chicago men who saw what was coming; men who would get together among themselves nd say: These fellows are dlssatls- led: we ought to do something. But men who stood back and did noth- ng. If you want to find out what the real cause of the non-partisan league is, look to the Intelligence of he community that sat back and forgot to give the right way to these growers who are now taking the wrong way out. I860 Newcomers to Speak. "A Newcomer's Impression of Port land and Its People" will be the sub ject for discussion at the regular luncheon meeting of the Portland Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon. Three residents of the city will be called upon to speak and to tell their frank impressions, favor able or otherwise, of the city. The speakers will be w. A. frost, new president of A. Rupert & Co.; W. I Hartman. president of J. U. Steeb & Co.. and Wilson Brown, new manager of the Owl Drug store here. Phone your want ads to The Orego. nlao. Ha in 70(0, Automatic 560-35. League Will Come to Oregon. The non-partisan league will come nto Oregon, with a perfect system of organization, trained men on every Ine no amateurs and sign up men that are amateurs; no amateur rpeak- rs. I will wager you that every man that steps on a platform for the non partisan league In the state of Oregon will be one of the best platform men you will have ever met In all your lives: men who are loaded with all kinds of class facts; men who are loaded with all the methods of twlst- ng real facts; men who can give a black and white subject the prettiest gray that you ever saw. They do not use amateurs and they make j progress. The non-partisan league dea is today making more progress I than any other single Idea In the United States, save one. California the one. The greatest product of California not Hiram Johnson. The greatest product of California Is not Its fruits and vegetables. The greatest prod uct of California today Is an Idea. That Idea is co-operative marketing on an industrial or commercial scale. The California idea is the only thing n this country that is growing faster than the non-partisan league. Commiialtlei Behind Movement. We give you the answer to the three things you ask of the farmer. He Increases production, that he stay on the farm, that -he become a Bmall farm owner. We are doing It there, but we are not doing it as I am talk- ng here. We do not do it that way. We have done It by getting the com munity behind our co-operative mar keting associations. You go to Fresno, to San Jose and other places and ask practically any of the bankers, ask any of the merchants, ask any of the public men how they feel towards the co-operative association, and they will tell you that these co-operative associations have translated Califor nia from a dumpy group of towns into towns of real prosperity. You should have seen San Jose arid Fresno and those other towns in 1911, and then go there today. Ask the bankers and the real interpreters of commercial movements how they feel. Whenever we go - out to sign up these men the bankers would come and talk on our platforms and urge their men to sign. They put signs in their windows: "We believe In the Poultry Producers of California; we urge you to sign." The bankers do It, the merchants do it and the newspa pers. We have the community with us. Politics Held Unnecessary. Co-operative marketing js the one constructive answer to the non-parti san league with all of Its class war fare. If you men want to fight the league, as I feel It must oe fought, do not throw bricks; do not think you can do it by circulating pamphlets abusing Townley and Mills. You can not kill an idea by swearing at It. You can only kill an idea if you can find out what the proponents of that Idea are aiming at and then show how you can satisfy that aim in legit imate fashion. The California co-operative mark eting movement has nothing to do with politics. It uses the existing economic system: it helps to eliminate the speculator where It can, but we believe the speculator has no func tion in real industrial life. We do not fight the distributing man. We believe that the distributing man Js necessary to a system. We do not fight anybody. We fight for the farmer and we get results. Movement la Spreading. All over California this co-opera tive marketing movement is spreading and in spite of these attacks on us the co-operative movement is there to stay. Wherever the government, or any Individual, shows us an error we are wildly anxious to correct it. We do not think we know it all. We are willing to learn and not only willing but wildly anxious to learn. That is why we have moved forward. That is why the California Prune Growers' association in three and a half years has accomplished more In organization than the orange growers did In 85; because we learned through their blunders. They had the ex perience and we profited by It. That same experience is now being fur nished to Oregon and all the other states. Get busy. Put your communities behind co-operative marketing. I do not say merely because It Is the way to fight the league. That would be a rotten reason. I say: Put your com munities behind co-operative mark eting because it Is fundamentally right. It is a community fight and not the farmer's fight. You take your choice here between making five of six millionaires who deposit their money In your banks and may influence the bankers here, or making 100,000 prosperous farmers throughout the country who fit Into local units, and who feed local units and communities and through them the metropolitan banks. Difficulties to Be Met. Now I am thoroughly aware of the difficulties of co-operative marketing I know how difficult It is to organize egg men and to organize milk men and all the things that are produced all over the country. But what would you think of a poultry producers as sociation In central California that handled in the first six months of 1920 over 9,000.000 dozen eggs? They stored for themselves about a million dozen eggs and they have patent rights for a process and this process will take care of thousands of cases waiting for them, to cover a period of small production of eggs in the winter. That association Id It In less than three years. We have transferred the egg market: we have moved the dom inating market ffom Chicago to New York. One association did it, and that was California and California pro duces less than S per cent of the eggs of the United States. There Is not a single problem concerning the farm that cannot be handled better through co-operative marketing as sociations than any other way that I know of and, remember. It is simply a case of the farmers getting to gether. No outsiders, other than their hired servants. They are substituting In telligence for blindness. The farmer Is realizing more every day that he does not know anvthinsr about mark eting; that he may be the best pro-! ducer In the world but that marketing is a science, .so he find brains to do It, and he has reached prosperity through that course. pililllilllii'NIIHIT COSTS YOU LESS to buy here because it costs us less TO SELLillilllllHlHHIIHJi I Still at the "Top Notch" of Values- I Great Stock Reducing Sale! To every family where there is' a need to watch carefully the family budget of expense, this sale offers s the best and biggest opportunities of this season for buying the necessities of winter at real savings. An Extensive Showing of SAMPLE DRESSES of Serge, Tricotine and WoolJersey $15 Attractive dresses for afternoon and fall street wear that are new in style and at a price that is about wholesale. These dresses have been purchased especially for this sale, which ac counts for the extremely low price- placed upon them. Many models with knife or accordion pleated skirts. PETTICOATS $3.95 of Silk Jersey and Messaline These skirts are tailored along slender lines and are finished with a deep ruffled or pleated flounce and come in a wide range of colors. Long Black Silk Gloves 98c Unusually good value and much in demand are these Ion; black silk gloves. Shop early in the day for this special bargain. Advice Given to Portland. Now, men of Portland: If you think I am telling you 50 per cent of the truth, do me the honor of looking further in the subject, and studying co-operative marketing. If you think I am telling you the real truth, get behind the movement. Go tell the small bankers; tell the leaders in the small communities; tell the farmers that you are with them; tell them they do not have to listen to North Dakota in order to find a way out. All they need to do is to listen to you. that you are and will help them get the leadership which will give them co-operative marketing and tnrough co-operative marketing real prosperity In Oregon. Tell them that you are going to make them work not for the purpose of creating four or live millionaires in Oregon; tell them you are going to help them work to create rich communities and happy communities throughout your state. men oi i-ortiana: xou take your choice between the non-partisan leadership or your own leadershln. but remember that the non-partisan league leadership Is active and Is at your doors, and If you really repre sent leadership, go do your duty. BILL WOULD AID DISABLED Washington Labor and Legion Back Rehabilitation Measure. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 18. draft of a measure to be lntroducew In the next legislature providing for the state care of needy industrial work ers, outlined at a meeting of repre sentatives of the local post of the American Legion and of the Spokane central labor council, was made pub lic here Friday. It was declared that the support of the- state federation of labor and the state American Legion organization has been assured for the measure. The measure would provide for vo cational rehabilitation of disabled workers. Girls' Sweaters $3.95 Attractively knit sweaters made in coat style with belt and handy pockets are these sweaters for school and play wear in shades of Kelly green, turquoise, copen, red and peacock. Boys' Hose 50c Pr. Buster Brown hose for boys in heavy rib styles, in black only; sizes 6 to 10; an excellent hose for the active schoolboy. t r Men's Overalls $2.50 Men's blue denim overalls, splendidly made and triple stitched; reinforced where necessary; the ideal garment for the working man. Gingham and Percales 35c Yd., 3 Yds. $1.00 In bright and attractive plaids, stripes and checks. Sheeting 75c Yd. Very special is this 81-inch bleached sheeting; thrifty housewives will look to their winter needs and buy heavily of this material. A Wonderful Value Serge 98c Yd. 36-inch' half-wool serge in all colors; a material that makes up beautifully and will give you service and satisfaction for the coming months. POLITICAL JCLUBS MERGE Republicans In Jackson County Organize at Rally, MKDFOKD, Or., Sept. 1J. (Special.) After the republican men and wom en of Medford and the section of Jackson eounty north of Phoenix at the first enthusiastic rally of the cam paign here last night had organized a Harding and Coolidge club, on mo tion of Ralph Cowgill, president of the Leonard Wood club in the presidential primary campaign. It was unani mously voted to have that club merged with the new organization. Officers are as follows: President, Lieutenant Frank P. Farrell; vice presidents, Mrs. A. J. Hamby. Mrs. L. Van Cornish and Treve Lumsden of Medford, Herbert- K. Hanna of Jack NEW BARGAINS AND VALUES EVERY DAY COME ONCE AND THEN COME AGAIN 7ffj?D&ktosAfGroArS73. HENRY J. DITTER, Manager EE illll!lll!llll!lllIIlllilli!lllllIlllll""IIlllll"iilllll"llNo Phone Orders-No C. O. D.sNo und. Jl H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 II ! 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II II M 1 1 1 1 1 1 il -M- Ttnwera of Gold Hill, El mer Hull of Table Rock. Daniel Her ring of Central Point and H. H- Cor liss of Phoenix; secretary. J. H. Wake field: treasurer, samuei iju.i... ecutlve committee. Glenn O. Taylor chairman. II. A. Canady. Misses Alice Hanley and Fern Hutcninson. Anderson and Mrs. Will Vawter. aH of j Medford. , , . , Mrs. A. J. Klocker was chairman of the meeting and the principal speanci was Colonel R, C. Washburn. $1000 REWARD OFFERED Stagg's AVile Seeks His Capture or Return of Baby Boy. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) Reward of $1000 has been of fered by Mrs. IL A. Cunningham of Tacoma for the capture of George T. gtagg. former Seattle newspaper man, or the return of his 22-months-old baby, whom Stagg is accused of kid naping in Tacoma Tuesday night. Mrs. Cunningham Is Stagg's mother- in-law. Police of both Tacoma and Seattle are at work on the case. Ktagg and his wife are separated Tuesday night he called up his wife and said he wanted to see the baby. Mrs. Stagg told him to come out to the house if he wished. He seised the child and fled. It Is said. Express Rates to Rise. American Railway Express company was Friday authorized by the state railroad commission to Increase its intrastate rates by 12 M per cent. In the dectslon the commission explained that the operating losses of the com pany were $22,000,000 for the year 191 and ware 13.000.000 dnrinr the SAN FR A NOT SCO, fiept. lg. The first six months of 1920: alito that the wage award of the railroad labor board Increased expenses $44,000,000 a year. The young king of Slam speaks English, French and German, and has written books In all these languages, a well as In Siamese. NEW CROP Vetches, Alfalfa, Clovers, Grains, Grasses Selected Recleaned Farm and Field Seed at Lowest Market Prices. 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