THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
MONDAY, MARCH CI,
U. S. WILL HAVE
BALANCE VHEN ALL
BILLS ARE PAID
' By John M. Glelssner ' ' -United
Kwa SUff Corrwpoodent
Washington, March 21. The fed
eral government will round out it
year's financial operations Juno 30
with money In the bank,
. All bills will bo paid, with some
thing; over, but the surplus will' be
small, because nearly $5,000,000,000
will have been paid. '; "
Cash paid out of the treasury to date.
In the eight and a halt, months of the
fiscal year, is close to $5,500,000,000. Ex
penditures in recent months have been
declining, but heary payments to be
made to the railroads and other obliga
tions, are expected to add nearly $1,600,-
000,000 to the year's total.
JkRMT EXPENSE GBEATEST
So far, the greatest drain on the treas
ury has ben the war department. It
absorb $750,000,000, compared - with
$450,000,000 for the navy. Payments to
railroads have been nearly $500,000,000,
while the public debt took, $050,000,000
as interest. ':
The expenditure of $5,04)0.000.000 dar
ing the current fiscal year contrasts
with $6,403,000,000 last year. The sav
ing was due mainly to the discontinu
ance of war activities.
: While the financial condition of the
government in light of these figures Is
considered sound by Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, : Senator B. Penrose,
chairman of the finance committee of
the upper house, and others, no effort is
msde to minimize the staggering bur
dens the treasury must meet in the next
two years or so."
RIGID ECONOMY NEEDED f
' President Harding, it is known, be
lieves that while rigid economy can ef
fect material - reductions, with conse
quent lower taxes, this condition cannot
be expected immediately.
Congress failed to make appreciable
- reductions In the annual appropriations
for the next fiscal year, which begins
June 30, in spite of slashed estimates
and every effort at economy. The 12
regular annual supply bills, to meet the
executive expenses totalled $2,174,897,
281. compared with $2,254,544,018 for the
current fiscal year. If the increases
added by the senate to the army and
navy bills which did not pass are in
cluded, the total la $2,304,997,281, an
amount annually In excess of appropria
tions for the current year. -
. "The permanent and definite" appro
priations for the coming year are
$1,330,776,560. a reduction of $126,950,000.
'The reduction is due to the smaller
. amount required for Interest on the pub
lic debt and to the fact that last year
$100,000,000 was carried for federal high
way aid, while for the next year $1,000,
000 only was authorized.
. RAILROAD EXPENSE BIO
For the current fiscal year, as well,
$800,000,000 was carried for payment to
the railroads, an item absent from the
coming year.
But of this $800,000,000 and the $1,00,
000,000 for highways, more than $300.-
000,000 will be paid out during the next
fiscal year. The money will have to
be brought into the treasury in some
way. Added to this will be another de
ficiency bill. Its else yet to be deter-
t mined. -The use of millions of unexpend
ed balances existing on paper, since the
' money is not actually In the treasury,
and the expenditure of other millions
from receipts. t
These items do not figure In the total
of appropriations. It Is 'for this reason
that the appropriations are not a true
. index of what the government will
- spend.
FLOATING DEBT IS WORBT
The burdens of the treasury are com.
t plicated by maturing obligations. Most
worrisome of these is the floating debt
of. $2,500,000,000. These are certificates
J-of Indebtedness" short time paper. The
treasury retires them when its vaults
are full as the result of tax payments,
.to meet current operations.- This debt,
it was said at the treasury, can only be
retired when government receipts ex
ceed expenditures by a much . greater
amount than they do now. When this
time will be responsible officials decline
to predict. k ' ' .
On January 1, 1923, war savings cer-
tifioates to the amount of $800,000,000
-fall due. - On May 20, 1923, Victory
notes amounting to $4,250,000,000 ma
ture. These obligations, with the float-
BURGOMASTER
TELLS; KAISER
WHO'S BOSS
: ' (Br United Newt) ..
- Paris, March 2 1. Tbe burgo
master at Doorn has Just set tbe
former kaiser light mm to who Is
tbe boss around Doom, according
to reports from tbe Dutch retreat
of tbe ex-war; lord. And It isn't
WUbelra, even though tbe latter
may have " formerly bossed tbe
German empire,. ;...
- Natives of Doom and those who
may visit tbe town are able to
peek through tbe fence surround
ing the kaiser's palate, as they
walk by, and a number have been
pecking of late. As the story
goes, . Wllhclm ordered his aide
to tell loiters; to move on. The
burgomaster beard of It and went
straightway to the palace. He
demanded to see tbe kaiser, and
was admitted. Then be proceeded
to say: - j J"
"I 'have come to Inform yon
that I, alone, am tbe burgomaster
of Doom. Therefore, I solely con
trol the regulation of my townsmen-'
: . I
ing debt bring the total : maturing in a
little more than two years to $7,600,000,
000. a sum which must be provided In
addition to . the amounts necessary for
current operations..
Internal ' revenue receipts during the
current year will be nearly a billion
dollars leas than i last, year, when they
totalled $5,400,000,000. ; This - year they
will not exceed $4,500,000,000. , This is
because of smaller income and excess
profits taxes, primarily. The figures are
being used to show need for a complete i
overhauling of the tax system. - " " J
IXTktlA .V. - r t 1m ma.. .A 1
congress the problem is to keep the in-
come at its pnesent level, at the same
time relieving business and keeping bur
densome levies off the small taxpayer.
Members of congress are frankly-in a
quandary as to what methods of taxa
tion can be employed. They have failed,
so far, to reach anything approximat
ing agreement, except that the tariff
should be at least doubled, with the idea
of making it yield $700,000,000 annually
or more-- . j .. . :. .
5 Chinese Killed
In Tong Warfare;
Warrants Issued
- i ' - ,
San Francisco, March 2L Open war
fare between the Bing Kong and Hop
Sing tongs here and in the Sacramento
valley has resulted in the deaths of three
Chinese within tbe last 38 hours.
Police forces patrolling the Chinese
settlements here and In Sacramento have
been doubled as a result of the out
break of hostilities.
A tong war between the Suy Dongs
and the Jung Tings looms as the result
of the murder of Tom Jew Tee, a Suy
Dong man here, by an unknown Chinese
highbinder, who Is said to have come
from the Northwest. Another Suy Dong
was murdered by a Jung man on Thurs
day night. Yuen Tam is now under ar
rest on a charge of murder. . ,
Warrants for the arrest of five Jung
Tings for the murder of Tom Jew Yea
were Issued last night by Police Judge
Laxarus here. : Gee Kee, a Suy Dong
man, swore to them. This is said to
be the first time that warrants have
been sworn to by any Chinese' tong man
for tbe murder committed by members
of a rival tong. Heretofore, the Orien
tals have settled the matter themselves.
Bulgarian King to
Visit United States
IioAdon, March 21. L N. S.) King
Boris of Bulgaria plans to visit the
United States next Autumn.1 The Bul
garian parliament has adopted a resolu
tion authorizing Premier Stambulisky to
accompany him. : Queen Marie of Rou
mania will be another royal visitor from
the Balkans in the United States this
year. , ':-
FIGHT TO BLOCK
ESCH WILL FAIL
WRITER DECLARES
By Norman Hapgood
' Tai renal Service Editorial Correspondent. ;
Washington," March 21. The fight
of Senator Lafollette to prevent i
Representative J. J. Each from be
coming a member of the Interstate
commerce commission will be una
vailing. A- i . ; ; " i i
-Esch Is satisfactory to the conserva
tives . In congress and on the commis
sion, but also, which is much to his
credit, he Is equally satisfactory to the
more patient liberals, f V
It would be absurd to expect radicals
or even advanced liberals to be appoint
ed to office by the present administra
tion. , It would be unfair to ask it. -
ABLE HEK SEISED ' f
' What ought to be hoped Is that on
the whole the men appointed to impor
tant positions shall be able and honest,
with the kind of conservatism that is
not incapable of dealing with questions
which are in a constant state of flux. -
Our job, as far as the national gov
ernment is concerned, is to make the
best results come out of conservatism,
not to mourn because we' are not at the
moment governed by liberalism.
Esch has naturally been attacked a lot
because his name is on the Esch-Cum-mins
act. That law Is one grand fiasco.
It was passed to suit the railroads and
the roads are now wailing bitterly and
wanting something much more powerful
in the way of a crutch. It -was passed
.Inri tti nretift nrotntta of labor.
and labor naturally U aggrieved at
everybody who helped to pass it. as iar
as .can be discovered by a reasonaoie
search. It has not a friend in this broad
land. - I : I. A
BIO BOOM EXPECTED
But it must be remembered that Wil-
mrTi miii-li h AntntttnA th. bilL siraed
it- xn ratiroaas naa ouui op m. nation-wide
: psychological complex to the
effect that, if they could get this law
through, and thus get back to all the
joys and efficiencies and miracles of
private ownership, they would actually
wallow in, affluence and a general boom
would invade the nation. As the thing
was settled as we were obviously going
back to private ownership, and obviously
going back to it In a delirium of prop
aganda about how . badly McAdoo and
Hinerf had run the roads, 4 and how
grandly they would be run by private
ownership, it was necessary to get some
kind of legislation through, and the
Each-Cummins bill was the result of
the compromises between the different
Republican schools of opinion. f
BIIX CALLED A CBIMB 3 ' i
I do not expect to startle anybody
when I say that in their, hearts both
Esch and Senator Cummins now know
the act is a bad law. The reasons that
made the outgoing administration acqui
esce in it may be surmised when it is
known that McAdoo, the person most
concerned, has called it a crime. In
some of the forms it took before it
was passed, it was much- worse, though
more satisfactory to the roads f as a
bludgeon with which to break down
labors-, SM -4 r.i -.vh-
The bill that Esch Introduced In the
house was a better bill than the Cum
mins .bilf and better than the compro
mise that finally emerged. Moreover,
Esch is a hard worker, man who is
willing to learn, and one of the few
men concerned who know anything
about railroads. In the days to come
we need a few men at least who will
not merely throw laws together, over
look or introduce jokers and spend ; all
their time on gossip and patronage.
Senator Cummins' . healh is none too
good. If we lost Esch from public life,
the loss would be serious.
OPPOSITION 19 LOGICAL
Esch realizes that Senator Lafollette's
opposition to his confirmation is logical.
The senator opposed him in their home
vale of Wisconsin and was responsible
for his not coming back to the house.
Politics in Wisconsin are complex, bit
ten and personal, and the good men are
not all on one side. Senator Lafollette
it an indefatigable fighter for his lead
ing : progressive measures, high among
which now is government control of the
essential and limited necessities of life,
such as transportation, and his is not a
nature that will compromise or deal with
the opposition, . . i . : ,
As the two men come from the same
state, the senator has a powerful ante
deluvlan club that he can swing if he
chooses to venture it, but X scarcely ex
pect to sea it come out of; Its, resting
place. The club Is known as senatorial
courtesy.:. '-.'r;:r.- ftv: ;; ;i;A;f
-Oceans of earnest breath have flowed
In the senate to get the outlines of this
right distinctly fixed, and it remains as
vagus as the legal doctrine of due pro
cess of law. John Sharp Williams Is the
greatest living historian of the subject,
and a large part of the senate disagrees
with his definition.
For the ordinary man It may suffice to
say that senatorial courtesy la the right
of any senator to be discourteous to his
president by forbidding the appointment
to federal office of any man from his
own state, provided he bears no personal
ill will toward that man. ;i r
LODGE OPPOSED BBAJTDEIS
Cereral political bile is not " enough.'
Senator Lodge fought bitterly- the con
firmation of Justice Brandeis, but,; al
though both are from Massachusetts,
Liodge did not call in senatorial courtesy
because he could not pretend there had
been anything personal to him in the de
structive onslaught of Brandeis on mis
management of railways, insurance com
panies and city utilities. . f t :
The late Senator Gallagher of New
Hampshire made the last application of
the rule. He maintained that George
Rubles of his state, appointed to the
federal trade commission, was persona
non grata, otherwise obnoxious, to him.'
because Rubles' had spoken disrespect ully
of the senator's intellect, although in
highly parliamentary language. By a tie
vote he prevented the confirmation.
v Demand 120 Wages
Spokane, Wash., March 2L Steam and
operating - engineers of Spokane have
voted to demand $5.50 and $6.50 a day
wages for 1981, beginning May 1, it was
announced by James McCowan, secretary
of the engineers' union. This is the same
wage as paid in 1920.
AD
HARDING PLEDGES'
TO WOUNDED
VETERANS OF WAR
(By'Tnivanal Sarvie .
Washington, March 21. President
Harding Sunday assured an audience
of wounded soldiers that: the govern
ment "will take, care of them, even
as they took care of the govern
ment," ' !
The veterans were given this pledge
after; the president and Mrs. Harding
had made a tour of Inspection of Walter
Reed hospital here. They were conduct
ed through th Institution by Colonel
Glennan. the commandant, after which
all of the men who were able to walk
filed by and shook hands with the presi
dent. A." - , ! r - -i
SOLDIEBS HAKE GIFT OE BOX f
The soldiers presented the president
and Mrs. Harding with a handsome
hammered sliver box. the handiwork of
veterans in the vocational training de
partment.! - ' ;
It was in a brief talk expressing his
appreciation of the gift that the presi
dent assured the men they would not
be forgotten. '.: i :
" Merritt - W., Ireland, surgeon general
of the army, and ranking officers of the
medical ' corps were in the reception
party at the hospital for the president
and Mrs. Harding. Assembled on the
large oval in the center of the hospital
grounds were hundreds of ambulance
patients. with many wounded veterans
in wheel chairs. i
The president went down the long
lines of wounded men; shook hands and
conversed for a few moments with each,
asking his nam and address, and had
a cheering word for everybody.
The reception concluded, the president
mounted the steps in front of the big
Administration building," took off his hat
and delivered a short address, He said :
"X did not know I was to have the
opportunity of talking to you. But if
X can avail myself of this privilege I
would like you to know, and through
you, all others In this great hospital to
know, of the great Interest In your af
fairs of one who, by his office, becomes
your commander In chief. -E
I21D9 THEM IK8PIKATIOX
"I would like you to know thit X am
very much interested in you. I like to
come here to greet you, for In doing so
I have been helping myself. - X wish I
could give to you what you have given
to me. To see men vln hospital chairs
smiling is helpfuL X Wish I knew what
to say to add to your comfort and
cheer." ..,
Says Wife; and Son
Take Home by Fraud
" Yakima, Wash., March 2L- Charging
his wife and son with fraud in handling
his property Farmer D. Estes, age 69,
has filed suit to recover $4500 and a
deed to his home. In 1916 he alleges.
Importuned by his wife and son, he
deeded property to the son, Arthur D.
Estes, that the latter might borrow
money and pay off ! a mortgage. 1 He
learned, he alleges, that the mortgage
had previously been paid and that the
son has sold the home and refuses to
account for the proceeds. His wife, he
alleges, refuses to live with him.
Two Charge Desertion
Oregon City. March 21. William E.
Conly filed suit for divorce from Ina
E. Conly Saturday, charging desertion.
He asks that he be allowed to visit their
child, Anna Hosner is seeking freedom
from John Hosner, charging desertion.
AND PANAMA V
ARMIES OF HAWAII
ALL
BE REINFORCED
(Bj UalTeml Serrioe)
Washington, March. 21. -Army re
inforcements aggregating 125 per
cent for the defenses of Hawaii and
nearly 300 per cent for the Panama
canal sone are being quietly mobil
ized by the war department. It was
learned from the highest officials
today. . -
Although this step is being taken,
army officials insist, without reference
to any one nation as a probable or pos
sible enemy. It developed that thewsr
department started its plans when it be
came apparent that negotiations between
Ambassador Morris and Japanese Am
bassador Shldehara were being attended
with little progress and when Jingoism
became rampant in Japan.
iMOt FOR TWO AREAS j y
-There are now 12,000 officers and men
at Hawaii and 7000 at Panama. These
forces will be increased to 27,000 at each
place.
SUff officers read with Interest today
a preliminary article by Joseph Tlm
mons. - .
In addition to' these developments it
was cited that as the island of Yap lies
just southwest of the American outpost
at Guam, neither the military' nor the
diplomatic relations of Japan and the
United States can be made any more
cordial by Japan's Insistence of her right
to fortify Tap. . . ' .:
: The sending. of reinforcements to Ha
waii and Panama will continue unless
congress interferes. There are no inti
mations that congress will Intervene,"
however, especially In the light of news
from all quarters as to the activities" of
Japan. ,.
OAHU IS HELD KEY
TheHawailan island of Oahuc It was
explained today by army, strategists, is
the immediate key of the situation. As
they put It. "whoever holds Oahu can
hold the Islands". None of the other
Islands is important In the event of w ar.
- It was admitted that a weakness had
been found In the former theory as to
the safety of Oahu from external at
tack. The defenses at Pearl Harbor have
long been regarded as lmaregoable
against sea attack. It was al.to thought
that the little hill' or mmjntaln range on
the sides of the island opposite to Pearl
Harbor could , not be crossed by any
force to take the rortitications n rear
and flank.
That theory has been exploded, ac
cording to a report at the war depart
ment, whlch'shows that when the Ameri
can army held maneuvers to determine
that point. It was demonstrated that the
hills could be crossed.
WEAKNESS IS EOUSD
American soldiers crossed them easily.
An attack from one direction, it is ad
mitted, would be fatal to a land forti
fication whose 12 and 14 Inch guns are
fixed to fire seaward. One suggestion
which will probably be carried out Is
that the reinforcements shall consist
certainly of mobile artillery for coast
defense In Oahu.
The army chiefs believe that a full '
division oh the island of Oahu and in
Panama, with the necessary auxiliaries
of aircraft and submarines will b suf
ficient to guard against "sudden at
tack." Some officers of the department do
not hesitate to express the opinion that
Japan would not wait to declare war
were she ready to attack the Philippines,
Hawaii and Panama.
7 WMF : '
It's the Service
A FTER ali ; 'doesn't the service
V play a big part in banking sat-
isf action? ;
We have tried to make it equally as attract
ive a feature at the United States National
-as other necessities pf banking.
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"One of the Northwest Great Banks"
Thisms tSie Fiicst Day of Spring
Today, March 21st, is the first day of
Spring the day that everybody has agreed
upon as the time when business will open
up." Business is here, It starts from now.
t should be greater every day. i
Industry is awakening. On all sides you
see the evidences of this. In every news
paper you read of resumption of work.
Back to normal! It is a cheering thought.
Employer, employee, dealer and customer are
glad of it. :'. i
Out in the country the crops are; being
put in as of old. Mother Nature never .takes .
a vacation. She is swinging into her spring
work, making the seeds sprout and the crops
grow The food of the world is going to be
produced. The foundation of all prosperity
exists as it always did. j " ' !
Business is here. It is ready at your hand.
It is not something to be waited for, not
something to be wished lor. It is.
The first day of spring is a splendid start
ing pomt. Winter, with all its handicaps
and disappointments, is behind, and can be
forgotten. Ahead of us all are days that grow
better and better, days when work will
count more and more, when mutual under-
standing and helpfulness will bring their
lasting benefits. The roads are getting better,
the shops are showing the new things,
people are putting money into circulation.
Your dollar, paid out for a necessity, does
not stop working. It keeps going on and on
increasing the volume of business, j
"Good times" are coming, back with the
sunshine" and the flowers, with the hum
ming of machinery and the song of the
whisdes. The hour for moping and com
plaining has gone; the timerfor hustling and
prospering is with us. ,
In the automotive industry the news is
encouraging. Passenger car and truck manu
facturers are welcoming the first day of
spring with increased activities to satisfy
the coming demand.
And here in the Goodrich plant the open
ing of spring finds us ready to serve our old
and new customers through the Goodrich
dealers in the efficient manner that has char
acterized our organization for fifty years.
:. It is the first day of spring the dawn
of the good business era for us alL
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