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
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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
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Selected Recleaned Farm and Field Seed at Lowest Market Prices.
Special Mixtures for Wet Land Dry Land Burns
' Permanent Hay Crop and Pastures
Cover Crops for Orchards-Dry Land Pasture Mixtures .
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Vault
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Within the stately structures of
steel, concrete and soft-toned
marbles, here built above the riv
er's shore, are resting: places that
will outline centuries.
Vault Entombment gives to our
sleeping ones repose unsullied by
the frank brutalities of earth and
extends protection against dese
cration either by man or the ele
ments. We have a booklet
beautifully illus
trated with views of
the grounds, which
will be mailed to
you upon request.
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and Good Service
We try to combine the three and think we are doing it, as we are waiting
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HOT WATER
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FOUNTAIN
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from
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COMBINATION
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KNUCKLEFIT RUBBER GLOVES
75 Pair
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INVALID CUSHIONS
All sizes, $2 to $3.50
INFANTS' EAR, ULCER AND
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25, 50 and 75
KNICKERBOCKER BATH SPRAYS
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RUBBER SHEETING
36-in., 45-in. and 54-in. widths
$1.50 to $3.50 yd.
Sfoitf-Lnons DrucpCo.
NORTHERN PACIFIC PHARMACY IRVINGTON PHARMACY
3d and Morrison Sts. E. 15th St. and Broadway
PERKINS PHARMACY, 5th and Washington Sts.