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6 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 26, 1921 ' DEMOCRATS UI FOR TARIFF FRAY Leaders Plan Policy for At tack on Republicans. NEW BILL POSSIBLE IDEA Political Chiefs Predict Counter Move in Effort to Discredit Xew Administration of Harding. BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Evening Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement) WASHINGTON, D. C. June 25. (Special.) The democratic leaders are getting ready to decide among themselves on matters of policy, and to begin aggressive public action on the tariff. They may have some dif ficulty in formulating a policy with regard to the tariff which will com mand the complete loyalty of all democrats. But this difficulty does not trouble them much. Tbey rather count on a few democrats In the senate and house, from Louisiana, from Florida and elsewhere acting with the republicans on the tariff Issue. The novelty of the form of the present tariff bill as It will ulti mately appear, and the changed con ditiong otherwise, will cause demo cratic leaders some delay In working out their policy. If they find It In expedient to present to the country an alternative tariff programme, they will do what it is always possible and easy for an opposition party to do, namely, confine themselves to criticising the republican measure. Things are generally easy for the democrats in a republican tariff ses sion. Tariff-making, even at its best, even when it is done according to scientific principles, is full of oppor tunities for criticism. This is in herent in the nature of the case. A protective tariff frankly includes government paternalism toward some sections of the community, and an alert opposition is always able to make the most of the unpopularity of this' sort of thing. The democratic leaders are full of hope and confl dence. They believe that an ener getic programme, adopted now and pushed vigorously for a year, will enable them to regain congress in the election next year. Phrases Rap Party. That sounds like a large order. It Is a fact, however, that the republican leaders who came here recently to attend the meeting of the national committee brought disturbing re ports of disaffection. It was lmme diately after the meeting of the re publican national committee that the town became full of phrases like "The joy ride is over," "The honeymoon is over." It can always be taken for granted that at a period a few months after the inauguration into office of a political party such phrases as these will begin to float about, and there will be the beginning of one degree or another of disaffection. It may or may not be associated with merit. Fundamentally, It Is part of the tidal ebb and flow of popular mood, which forms an essental part of politics. The phrases about the "end of the honeymoon" which float about Wash ington are not commonly applied to Harding personally, nor to his cabi net. It is generally agreed that Harding's growth in the affections of the people continues. But as re spects the republican party generally, some of the disaffection is undoubt edly real. It is reported not only by democratic leaders but by republican leaders also. That disaffection has gone a long way, for example, in one of the pivotal middle western states. It is said if the congressional elec tions, which are to be held next year, were held now, so far as this state is concerned, it would go democratic This condition is said to be due not wholly to reaction on the part of the public, but, to a certain extent, is due to politics in the state In question A good many of the appointments made by the present administration seem to have been distributed in such a way as to renew and inflame the always more or less Intense faction alism within the republican party In the state. Sentiment on Wane. But if the condition is worse In some states than in others, it is a fact that politics throughout the country has reached a point where the republicans can no longer rely on the warm enthusiasm of last No vember, but must be judged in a colder light by performance or non performance. It is on non-performance on the part of the new adminis tration that the democrats, for the immediate future, are going to rely for the principal weight of their as , saults. other day had an amusing session. The democrats in the senate the They took one or two hours off for a purely political demonstration. The occasion for It was the appearance of an article about republican achieve ments in a local newspaper, to which one of the democratic senators, Harri son of Mississippi, referred, with such accuracy as may be. as "the mouth piece of the party that now controls the government." The newspaper re counted the things which the new administration had done during the first 14 weeks of its existence, and the democrats devoted their after noon of war-dancing to countering with a list of what the republican party ought to have done but hadn't. Democrats Offer Battle. It wasn t really a debate or a fight, because none of the republcan senators replied or took part in it. It was wholly an example of parlia mentary "shadow boxing," so to speak. The democrats were eager to drag the republicans Into it. Repeatedly one democratic senator or another would say, "if what I am saying Is not true, I Invite an interruption from distin guished senators on the other side of .the aisle." but the distinguished senators on the other side of the aisle did not interrupt. Whether it was a case of that exalted dignity which ignores assaults, or whether it was a more portentous hesitancy to get into the fight no one can tell. It was more probably the latter, for the republicans realize very well that the indictment of dilatoriness has merit. Not only that, but the republicans realize their dilatoriness is not mere ly temperamental and not merely a lack of leadership, but is due to a real fear on their part of the consequences of what they have to face, and the lack of a thought-out programme for doing what they have promsed to do. Taxation worries the republicans probably more than anything else. The republicans did not promise in their platform to reduce taxation, but during the campaign everybody took it for granted that the republicans would reduce taxation. The republicans hesitate to break the disagreeable news that taxes aren't likely to be reduced. But those of the republican leaders who have really looked into the subject know it is true. One day In May during the hearings of the finance committee, Senator Smoot remarked to a wit ness: "You do not believe for a mo j ment that taxes are groins to be less than yiey are this year or for many years to come. Let me say to you frankly that I think they will be in creased." The only way that taxes can be decreased is by reducing: ex penditures for armanent- The only way at least the only sound way of reducing expenditures for arma ment is by agreement with Great Britain and Japan. And the common feeling of Washing-ton about the ad ministration's efforts In behalf o disarmament is that they do not progress fast enough to give us any hope for reducing taxation . in the near future. EUGENE PASTOR RESIGNS Rev. A. M. Spangier Closes Work With Congregational Church. EUGENE. Or., June 25. (Special.) Rev. A. M. Spangier, for the past ten years pastor of the First Con gregatlonal church of Eugene, yes terday handed his resignation to Robert JleMurphey, moderator, of the church. He said he desired the res ignation to take effect August 1. Ac tion will be taken by the congrega tion after tomorrow forenoon's regu lar services. Rev. Mr. Spangier came here from Springfield, Mass., where he served a church for 20 years. He is a member of the Eugene city council, having served in that capacity for three years. APPEAL HALTED BY COURT Washington Attorney Loses in Case Before High Tribunal. SALEM, Or., June 25. (Special.) An attorney residing in another state cannot legally perfect an appeal of an action to the Oregon supreme court, unless the lawyer is a member of the Oregon bar. according to an opinion handed down here this week by the supreme court. The question cams before the su preme court from Portland in the form of an appealed case handled by a Washington attorney. When it was found that the lawyer was not a member of the Oregon bar, further hearing of the case was halted. Paving Suits Vp Monday. ALBANY, Or., June 25. (Speo'al.) Seven suits now pending to enjoin the paving of streets in Brownsville will be tried before Judge Bingham in the state circuit court here Mon day. Since the cases are all practi cally alike it is probable that one case will be tried and the others will be determined by the decision. The plaintiffs alleged that there were ir regularities in the procedure through which the paving was ordered. Diatomite Concern Files. SALEM. Or.. June 25. (Soecial.t The Western Diatomite company of Portland has filed with the state en gineer application to appropriate 200 second-feet of water from the Des chutes river for the development of 454 horse power. The cost of the pro posed development was estimated at 115,000 in the application. Insurance Man to Speak. - f SALEM, Or., June 25. (Special.) Harry Cunningham, president of the Montana State Life Insurance com pany, will be the speaker at the regu lar weekly luncheon of the Salem business men to be held here Monday. Mr. Cunningham resides in Helena and will stop off in Salem on his way north from Klamath Falls. Xew License Proposed. SALEM, Or., June 25. (Special.) An amended ordinance providing for a tax on soft-drink establishments of he city is being considered by the council and may be introduced at a meeting to be held next week. This license was declared necessary in or der to insure adequate regulation of many of these places. S. & IT. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co.. coal and wooo. Main 868: 660-tl. Adv. IsswartiS.Ti'itsiyrTBro Starts Today I I Like Many Women' fy Jane Reynolds thought her j-?'CSNia,,? repentance of a mistake whi Ksf , ranted release from an trawue j ,f g i ( bargain. She found It didn't, J , J ' I j that hut Bee Jane'a story, in . " 1 IH Ktvi t I nil B I II v if i i l -v a fume KfiMtoeib1 SAVING DEPOSITORS RICHER THAN EVER Nation Tightens Belt, Guards Reserves. but BUSINESS BALANCE LESS 817 Banks Report Savings of $2, 942,901,000, or 9100,000,000 . More Than Tear Ago. BT HARDEN COLFAX. (Copyright. 1921. by The Oreitonlan.) WASHINGTON, D. C. June 25. (Special.) America has not touched her savings bank account during the period of industrial stress, except to increase it. The business man's bank balance is reduced somewhat from the fat figures of last year and the farmer cannot sign his check for what he used to, but the man who has money in the savings bank has more there today than he ever had before. All of which goes to show, according to the federal reserve board's presentation of the facta, that while we've been tightening our belt and consuming less during the last six months, we have not drawn on our reserves, but bave strengthened them. The figures upon which this anal ysis is made are admittedly incom plete, but they form the soundest sort of premise upon which to base the above conclusion. Some time within the coming week there will begin the collection throughout the country of data to show just where the savings bank depositor stands compared with where he stood a year ago. As fast as the information is collected it will be forwarded to the controller of the currency here and when it is com pleted perhaps three months hence it will be In shape for publication. ' Saving Deposits Mount. In the meantime, the federal reserve board has a good line on the situation through the figures submitted to It each week by large national banks and trust companies in more than 100 of the chief cities of the coujitry. In nearly all of these instances sav- ines departments pay interest on time deposits. " Steadily the amount of money on deposit comparable with savings bank deposits has been mounting during the past year, until at the close of business this week, the volume of savings in the S17 banks reporting to the board stands at 1238, 000.000 more than it stood a Jar ago, which was then a record. The board's report shows that the S17 banks had on deposit this week the sum of 12,942,901.000 in savings. Six months ago. Just before last Christmas, the same banks had on de posit $2,790,197,000 in savings. A year ago thtr savings deposits totaled $3,842,497,000. During the same period the business man's bank balance has dropped. A year ago these banks had on deposit $11,600,000,000 belonging to individuals, firms and corporations in business. More than $1,000,000,000 has been clipped from the balance during the year. Depositors Estimated at 15.000,000. There have been setbacks to the savings here and there, notably in the south and west, where land values dropped and those who purchased on the crest of the wave lost a part of their savings, but the country as a whole has gone forward. Labor dis orders, economic readjustment, en forced idleness on the part of many workers these haven t made a dent In the balance. The family sock has no hole In It. There are. perhaps T5, 000,000 sav ings bank depositors in the United States and the number is growing every month, according to all reports received here, nowithstandmg the temptation and often the necessity to spend. The bulk of the savings is stored in mutual savings banks, which last year numbered more than S,500, 000 depositors. Stock savings banks had on their books nearly 2,000,000 more names. The other 3,500,000, it is thought, are depositors in the na tional banks and trust companies re porting to the reserve board. Approximately one-tblrd of all the time deposits in the country were on the books of reserve bank system members cited above. The steady growth in the amount of their de posits leads to the belief that the other two-thirds have acted similarly and that when the controller gets his figures as of next Thursday the sav ings bank deposits will be the single item of expansion in a year, compared with drastic contraction in every other respect. DUNN ISSUE OF ELECTION Cascade Locks Voters Carry Row Over Principal to Polls. HOOD RIVER. Or.. June 25. (Spe cial.) A factional row, precipitated as a result of the retention of J. H. Dunn last spring as principal of the Cascade Locks school, resulted in a record attendance at the school elec tion of the highway town, 'according to reports of citizens there. Professor Dunn resigned the prln- clpalship last winter when arrested on a statutory charge involving a girl student. He was re-elected fol lowing a verdict of acquittal by a jury In the circuit court here. The voting was reported to be close, indicating that the Dunn and anti-Dunn factions remain nearly equal in numbers. W. M. Lane and William Sundsten, Dunn candidates, according to the report, were defeat ed. Successful candidates were Frank Hall, director, and S. S. Hill, clerk. Boy Scouts Weed Beets. PRINEVILLE. Or., June 25. (Spe cial) The boy scouts of .this city, headed by M. R. Gallaher. scout master, have been weeding several acres of experimental sugar beets. located on the E. T. Slayton ranch. As no one else was available the boy scouts 'offered their services. Qearae First Because Clothes for Fall are going to be better in quality of fabric and workmanship than we have been able to get for five years. Second Because they are going to be slightly lower in price than they were this spring. Third Because we have always made it a prac tice to show nothing but new styles at the begin ning of each season. For the above reasons we are going to dispose of our, present stock of suits and overcoats hence these reductions. Corbett Building Iprnui Tn nriiiiu. nrnr!thaa 300 ? p.u?ds w'u "e"d TM..UI III nHJIUliU Mh UbUllb U llkllllllll llbllkl i n ill in i iii ACTIXG GOVERXOR REFCSES TO HOXOR EXTRADITION". Accused Man Is Under Arrest in Portland and Faces Trial for Bigamy. SALEM, Or., June 25. (Special.) Roy Rltner, governor of Oregon dur ing the temporary absence of Gov ernor Olcott from the state, today denied application for the extradition of Sam Segal, wanted in Boston on a charge of nonsupport preferred by his wife. Segal is now in Jail in Port land. ' Testimony introduced at the extra dition hearing held in the governor's chambers showed that Segal haa a wife and three children residing in Boston; also that Mrs. Segal is a semi-invalid and had been compelled to seek financial assistance from the city. After leaving Boston, following his return from overseas, where he par ticipated in a number of major en gagements. Segal came to Oregon, and later married a Portland woman. This marriage was explained by Segal's attorney, who said his client said that be was served with divorce papers by his first wife prior to the time he enlisted. Several weeks ago Segal was ar rested in Portland on a charge of bigamy. Segal is now being held in Portland pending a hearing before the grand Jury on this charge. Be cause of this. Governor Rltner was advised by the attorney-general that he was not authorized to issue an extradition removing Segal from the Jurisdiction of Oregon. Condon to Hold Wool Sale. CONDON, Or.. June 25. (Special.) The second 1921 Condon wool sale will be held at the A. B. Robertson ware house here June 29. Probably more ArA w CD To Be Frank With You, Here Are the Reasons: REMEMBER: That a 20 reduction from the present market price is a tremendous cut in the price of clothes. This sale includes our light and heavyweight suits, blue serges, Palm Beaches, both light and heavyweight overcoats; also full dress and tuxedos. I ana a numDer oi nuyers win De pre- ent. The first sale in Condon was held on June 10, when 20Vi cents was the top price, it is estimated tnat a million and a half pounds of wool will pass through the Condon warehouses this season. LOOP ROAD UNIT STARTED Stretch Xear Oregon Xational For est Shows Progress in Grading. HOOD FJlVER, Or.. June 25. (Spe ciaL) T. H. Sheppard, state super Visor of national forests, accompanied by W. A. Langille, Hood River county right-of-way agent, and Stanley C. Walters, district forest ranger, re turned from an' inspection of the Mount Hood loop highway in the vi cinity of the bounds of the Oregon national forest, at the east base of Mount Hood. He reported gratify ing progress on a link of the grade under construction. C. R. Short of the office of public roads of the United States depart ment of agriculture, was engaged with a crew of engineers making final locations of sections of the road on the east side of the mountain, pre paratory to letting further contracts. Mutes Are Married. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 25. (Special.) Frank A. Bucey of Pitts burg, Kan.. 34 years of age,, and Mrs. Mamie A. Stalker, S3, of Sher wood, Or., were married here today. The contracting parties were mutes, as was the witness. The marriage ceremony was translated to them by a little girl, who attended the couple. Attorneys Hold Picnic. VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 25. (Special. The attorneys of Vancou ver held their annual picnio at the North Coast Power company's grounds near Image this afternoon. There was a large attendance and the most notable thing about the outing was the absencj of oratory. The wives of the attorneys brought the lunch. Tomorrow ! ce i .lotlie $25 $30 $35 $40 $45 $50 $55 $60 MEN S WEAR BAPTISTS THIXK MORAL LIFE OF XATIOX EXDAXGERED. United Strike Against Motion Pic tures by Church People Advo cated by Convention. DES MOINES. Ia.. June 25. Sup pression of dance halls as a menace to the moral life of the nation and a "united strike on moving pictures by church people," was advocated by the social service committee in Its annual report to the Northern Baptist convention today. A social reform programme out lined by the committee Included rec ommendations tor a continuance of temperance education; amendment of the Volstead act to make enforce ment easy; vigorous supervision of moving pictures and dance halls, and, if necessary, elimination of the lat ter; extension of social service work among Baptist churcnes to Include amusement features for young peo ple; reduction of taxation included in the programme of armaments; declaration of a naval holiday be tween the -United States, England and Japan, and formal action by the United Slates to limit sale of liquor by American citizens In Chlrfa and other Christian countries. Rev. E. R. Currie of Bozeman. Mont., was chosen to serve during the coming term as a member of the Northern Baptists' board of educa tion. Still Fonnd on Farm Raided. VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 25. (Special.) M. O. Boyd. 35 years old. was arrested at the White Rock farm on the Lewis river last night by Sheriff Thompson and deputies on a charge of operating a still, which, with a barrel of syrup, was confis cated. The officers went to make the arrest without a search warrant. Mens Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits and and and and and and and and Coats Coats Coats Coats Coats Coats Coats Coats Fifth This necessitated a trip back to tbls city to get the warrant, while depu ties kept watch to keep Boyd from leaving the place. It was thought the still was brought from Cowliti county. CHEESE MENGIVE PICNIC 1500 Persons Attend Celebration at Toledo, Wash. CHEHALI3. Wssh.. June . (Spe cial.) Fifteen hundred persons at tended the third annual picnic of the Cowliti Valley Cheese association, held today at Toledo. It was vote.l to amalgamate the organization with the Lewis Pacific Dairymen's associ ation. At the afternoon session Grant Packard, president, presided S;ea!; ers were Professor George S. JiuiK ley of Mount Vernon and J. C. Uuth of Chehalis. Free lunch at nooa. with Cowliti cheese as a feature, a ball came In the afternoon and a grand ball to night were features whicn attracted people from all parts of Lewis county. Xlne Alleged I. W. W. Released. CHEHALIS. Wash.. June !5. (Spe cial.) Nine alleged I. W. W. were to day released from the Lewis county jail, it being concluded that the evi dence against the men was not suf ficient on which to convict them. They were Albert B. Rick. Thomas O'Mara, John Finn, Enoch Plnet. W. C. Goldsmith. Oscar Peterson. Chester Davis, James Lee and E. 8. Sullivan. They bad been charged with criminal syndicalism. Ten-Mile Flame Is Proposed. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, June 25. (Special.) There is a possibility that there will be erected here one or the longest flumes in use In the mill busi ness in the west. A survey has been made for the erection of a flume to bring the lumber here from the Woodard mill at London, ten miles. The water right also has been filed upon but the right of way has not yet been obtained. $20 $24 $32 $36 $40 $44 $48 and Morrison