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- THE OREGON STATESMAN: WEDNESDAY. fiEPT. 17. 1019. THF ORFHON ST ATFSM A N I school children's eyes A ll-i V11jVJ Vl N kj A iTk X JLavJl f irTLl N should be examined before school be- . Issued Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 216 S. Commercial SC. Salem. Ores on MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for republication t all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credfted In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks .Manager Bteohen A. Stone ..Manaxin Editor Ralph OloTer Cashier Frank Jaakoakl. .. .Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, nerved by carrier In Salem and suburbs. IS cenU a week. SO cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mail, f 6 a year; $3 for six. months; SO cents a month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $S year. fcUNDAY STATESMAN. $1 a year; SO cents tor six months; 2S cents for three months, i ,. WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued In two six-page sections. Tuesdays and gins. Our experience and equipment is at your service. HENRY E. MORRIS & CO. Optometrists Telephone 239 Manufacturing 305 State St. MfKIO An MONEY. Rochester has about four million dollars for a music school and sym phony orchestra thanks to East man of snapshot fame. That amount of money ought to tide a symphony orchestra over a season or two and will keep Roches ter on the musical map for a while. Fridays. $1 a year (If not paid In adrance, S1.2S); SO cents for six! Nothing short of a substantial months; 25 cents for three months. en- TELEPIIONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 513. Job Department, 583. dowment can keep a first-class sym phony orchestra in fine working or der. Entered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, an second class matter. THE SOOTHING SINGER. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH OREGON? - Caruso has a cbntracfvwhich calls for 384.000 for twelve appearances in jMexico, but because of troubled conditions does not care to fulfill It On the theory that music soothes the savage breast he should go to It. , remaps nis voice mignt nave a (By Jesse Huher) i PORTLAND, Sept. 17. One of the surprising things about Ore gon is the extent to which California and Washington supply theldefinittf part in restoring order to a people of this city with vegetables. -t;-. I racked country. ; We are m ine habit of saying that the sou of the Heaver btatej The mere fact that he fears being will produce not only big crops of vegetables, but that these pro- J kidnaped by bandits and held for duets are of many kinds and of the highest quality- 1 185,000 ransom should not stand in This claim is correct, as the record yield secured by individual the way. market gardeners, will evidence- Prices i during the past several And, besides, a contract is a con years have, with a few exceptions, ruled high. Even now, with tract. i . ii 3 t i" me raarseung season at lis ueigui, me ueniauci ior vegeiaoies is a man with a voice like his ought jteen wun no inuicauons ior a urop in price quotations. I to be able to sing the bandits over The assertion, often repeated, that there is no money in growing! the border and deliver them to the vegetables is based on the memory of the low markets due to over-1 American authorities. production Deiore tne late war. v e naa men no large ana nungry .cities to feed. I . Nor did we have such' splendid outlets for the surplus yield of vegetables as is now found in the dehydrating plants and evap orators which are being established m Oregon. - f Now, let us see to what extent farmers in our neighboring states have helped to supply the 300,000 consumers in this city with vege tables. - Portland maintains a Bureau of Markets. i The records of that department show that from May 10th of last year to May 10th of this year there arrived in this city five carloads of asparagus from "Washington and two carloads from Cali fornia. Oregon supplied no straight carlots of this early spring product - .! . . Yet it is certain that under Droner cultivation ssnjwww nf high commercial quality can be grown and certainly we should beq,Iit' awe to market it a little more profitably here than those who must pay higher transportation charges from distant points. Cabbage. California sent us 70 carloads and the Oregon farmers supplied only 21 carloads. What is the matter with the Willamette valley and the lower Columbia sections as cabbage growing regions? fce-ery. The Golden. St-ate supplied us with 13 carloads and far away Florida shipped us one carload. Oregon did not send a single earlot to this market last year. ; ;. Oniona.- Here are the figures: California, 55 cars; Oregon, 63 ears? Washington, 29 ears and Texas, one car. !. Potatoes. This is a spud growing state, but California supplied our metropolis with 63 cars of the Irish favorites. Washington growers shipped in 162 cars and Oregon sold us 149 cars. Even Idaho shipped in 23 cars- Montana came along with two ears, while British Columbia headed us off to the extent of seven cars- . - Mixed vegetables. California shipped us 303 carloads. Seven ears came from Washington, while Oregon also supplied only an equal number of ears. howling against p:ofiteering.vand at the same time engaged In it. Bqy any article In any store and you will be charged an outrageous price, a price having no relation to cost. Xo workman so humble that he does not hold you up for every pos sible cent, and without reference to the value of his ervlce. We are all profiteering, and all denouncing it. And the meanest profiteering Is practiced not by big busines-s, but by little business: by waiters, washer woman, hack drivers. Farmerd. truck gardener, stock growers, shop-keepe: practice It and declaim against it. Early in the present year the De troit Free Press said. "The inequali ties and wrongs which today give the Bolshevists their talking points with which to attract the gullible or down trodden must be corrected. Bolshev ism must be fought by the institu tion of 0 a system of absolnte fair dealing. The profiteer capitalist must stop his profiteering, if for no more worthy reason than as a meas ure of self-protection." This is the popular talk every where: that capitalists only are to blame and that they must reform The truth is that capitalists are no more greedy than the common peo ple. If we hang the capitalists, as is now proposed, we shall not find a remedy. E. W. Howe's Monthly. OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN, GONE AGAIN f DUTY RECUiRfSl YCU To be OW THE JOU I SOME JUMFKIL LOOK PLEASANT. If people would realize that there is happiness in good work there wouldn't be so much discontent and unrest. Contentment should be congenial occupation. The men who have gained success in life are those who 'have really loved their work and have not been continually straining their ears to hear the whistle blow for them to But, in spite of all this uproar, no man is as badly off as he thinks he to- ' if people would cease looking for trouble they, would be surprised to realize how little of it there is. ALL PROFITEERS. V r " " 1 " " " : The one sin which we all say must be stopped before relief is possible is profiteering. I know of almost no one who is not la rcc-ntly published reminis cences of William Jennings Bryan's school days, that vast orator men tions the athletic side of his early training and refers with some prldo to bis ability at Jumping. Especial stress Is lard on the fact that he could jump backward nine feet. People who think this is iary a-e urged to try it. Xo one will care to question. It. The ability to Jump is a most valuable asset In Democratic politics and Mr., Bryan is an adept politician. His ability to jump back ward has enabled him to retrieve h?s position on the 'silver as well a on other questions. No family will need to worry about the future of any boy who can jump backward nine rMt He can even dodge an emo tional and explosive buzz wagon. I Duty re- prr f v SrvTV mm MsiBi ae-rw THE ABC OF THE LF.AOOJ OF NATIONS. By Dr. Frank Crane. What Is .the Jjeagne of Xi . , The above article of Mr. Iluber is timely. . f Mr. Iluber was formerly a newspaper man. Now he is a Marion eounty general farmer and loganberry and fruit grower. - What is the matter with Oreeont And what b the matter with the Willamette valley? ! ' :. The slogan, MORE ACRES AND MORE TO THE ACRE has not been started any too soon ' As long as there is a market for Oregon supplied from outside of Oregon, and as long as there is a de mand for more vegetables from the Salem dehydrating plant the slogan ought to be worked overtime. i,-A ftirtheter s. elbow thinks the love of the limelight that amnwtesMre Wilson is probably responsible for the present terllS, thAt thU Possibly had something to do with the Presidential trips to Paris. ! But perhaps this friend Jt Is now understood that Japan will return Shantung to China be fore the United States restores the Philippines to the Filipinos. Exchange. Several newspapers' In the east say that stranger things have hap pened than to see William Jennings Bryan nominated for preisdenf in 1920. It la understood that the Boy Orator, of the Platte is In the Barkis atakea. 5 per cent are no doubt looking for rewards for captured Americans, or for any kind of criminal exploita tion they think they can get away with. . " ! . , Treaty "reservations, are now the great Indoor sport. Rumania wants to. sign the Austrian peace treaty with a string attached. The cotton growers understand their business. They have organized a cotton pool to buy up all the prod uct in the south to be held until it reaches a price that will he indicat ed as satisfactory to the grower. The cotton men are for themselves, first, no matter what happens to the high price of the thousands of things Into which the commodity enters. Human nature to the core. ' 1 - John J. Pershing, the mortal, has joined the Immortals, Grant. Sher man and Sheridan, as general of the army. And of the four 'tjiree were born In Ohio. It baa been figured out that it Is costing the government as much money to run the railijoads of the country, month by month, as it cost to fight the Civil, war; The clev ernes of Mr. McAdoo in getting out front under apepars day by day. Lowest namser of prisoners In Jhe Oregon .penitentiary for forty years 24 1 And, by the same sign. the lowest average character; and the hardest bunch to keep in order. Hiss Agnes Laut, magazine writ er, on Monday told the senate sub committee Investigating Mexican af fairs.- that 95 per cent cf the people of Mexico are looking for help' front the United States. The othe THE SKIN CAMK. There are over a billion skins of fered in the areat fur sale at SL Louis. ! . . r.. . Looks as if the girls woild con tinue to wear furs to protect thera from next summer's sun. Bnt why can't they drop in price a notch or two? Is:;he price of Russian sables to-continue as a stumbling block to the reduction of the high cost of liv ing? This looks like a akin game. ' CHEERFUL SPENDERS. The Prince of Monaco says that nearly 200,000 American soldiers visited Monte Carlo without a single disgraceful episode. The doughboys ! must . have anted their dough without a single mur mur. . ! - That is the Montex Carlor idea of a J "good time was had by all present Banking Service s . As We Understand It Knowing our Depositors per sonally keeping in close touch with their needs giv ing them prompt, courteous, accurate service and atten tive hearing whenever the oc casion arises. If this sort of treatment . appeals to you, you need us and we need you- SalemBank of Commerce Cor. State and Liberty Sts. SALEM, OREGON B. L. Steeves President S. B. Elliott Vice-President IL V. Com p ton Cashier A. W. Smither Asst. Cashier . " DIRECTORS B.L. Steeves II. O.White W.W.Moore Oeo.F.Viek J. C. Perry II. V. Compton S. B. Elliott (i.) tioats? A. A pnion of the strongest civ iiized nations formed at the conclu slon of the great war. (2.) What is Its object? A. First, to promote the peace of the world by agreeing not to resort to war. Second, to deal openly with irh other, not by secret treaties Thi:d, to Improve international law Fourth, to co-operate In all matters of common concern t?t iiom It n resume to end a war? A. No more than any govera- nA crime. It claim to reduce the liability of war. 14.) What will be don to any natknthat make war? A. It v;Ill be boycouea ana oiu- erwise penalized. (3.) How elw will the probabil ity of war be leenetl- A. By voluntary, mutual ana proportionate disarmament; by ex changing nilltary information, by providing for arbitration, ny pro tecting each nation's territorial in tegrity and by educating public opinion to see the folly of war. (.) What lue doe the league propose to do for mankind? . A. (1) Secure fair treatment for labor. (2) Suppress the white slave traffic, the aale of dangerous drugs and the traffic in war munitions. .(3) Control and prevent disease fit Promote the work of the Red Cross and (5) Establish International bu reaus for other cause that concern the human race. 1 IT A Who are to be charter members of the league? A. The United States of Ameri ca. Belgium. Bolivia. Braxil, British Empire. Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. India. China, Cuba, Cxecho-Slovakia. Ecnador Wane. Greece. Guatemala. Haiti Hedjaz, Honduras. Italy. Japan. Li beria, Nicaragua. Panama, Peru. Po land, Portugal. Rumania. Serbia. Si am. Uruguay and the following states which, are Invited to accede to the covenant: Argentine Repub lic. Chile, Colombia, Denmark. Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay. Persia. Salvador, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Teaesuela. (8.) What, other nation may Join? - . ' A. Any alf-governing state which will agre to the rules of the league, provided the league accepts It, (9.) What agendo win the leagwe nave? . . . .; . . w- - , - ." A. ( 1 ) An asesuibly, composed of representatives of all the member nations. (2) A council of nine. 3) A secretary-general. (4) A mandatory commission to look after, colonies, etc. o) A permanent eommlsion for military questions. (ft) Various international bu reaus, such as the postal union, etc. (7) Mandatories. (lO.) What I a mandatory? great war if we had had thl leagae? A. No. That war cota the world over 7.000,000 lives and 1200.000,- 000.000- ' BITS FOR BREAKFAST ( A. Some one nation designated by the league to attend to the wel fare of "backward peoples residing in colonies of the Central Empires or in territories taken from them." This is to be a "sacred trust." and in selecting a mandatory the' wishes or tne people or tne area in ques tion shall be the principal con side ation. (11.) Ioe the leagwe mean a supernal ion. A. No. It interferes In no way with any 'nation's sovereignty, ex cept to limit Its power to attack other nations. (12.) Can any nation withdraw when it wishes? A. Yes. The league is advisory and co-operative, not coercive. (13.) ltoc not the league put peace above Justice and national honor? A. No. It puts reason iefore vi olence. (14.) Doe not the league take away Un constitutional right of Congrewt to declare war? A. No. The league can advise war; congress alone can declare war. (IS.) Does it destroy the Mon roe doctrine? A. Exactly the contrary. For the first time in history the other nations recognize the Monroe doc trine; and extend it'to all the world. (16.) . Ifcie it not interfere with treaty-making power of the United State? A. No. It is a treaty. We can make any treaty we please. (17.) Would we haVe had the iWanted, Indian summer. "W..,, . The state fair next week will fur nish an additional reason. why we need fair weather. m President Wilson is traveling a long way and getting nowhe-e. The United States senate will ratify, btu with reasonable reservations. 1. And that could have teen accom plished weeks ago. with a mere nod by Mr. Wilson to his Democratic rubber stamps sitting in the upper ,chamber of the national law making body. It is jut one thing after another for Salem. State fair next week, and the Method it conference the following week. Printers in Salem are now receiv ing $ and 16.30 a day for a 44-hour week; the 6 being for day work and the fC.SO for night work. News pare printers will thus have a day of seven hours and twenty minutes; any extra time to be time and a half work. At the state printing office it will mean a Saturday half holi day at full pay. That is hijeher pay than the business of Salem justifies. But perhaps business may Improve. V S A Holstein bull has just been sold for $125,000. which in a way might account for the high price of beef. . Luther Burbank, the plant wizard is working on a new-fashioned dan delion whose thistles will not look s much like golf balls. Our idea of a hard job is that of the farmer figuring how much mon ey he loses with wheat at $2.2( a buhel. Some higher mathematics is that. Exchange. LOYALTY DEMAND INSISTED UPON Public Service Commission Will Not Tolerate Slack- . eri in Employ Chairman Jred C- Bnchtel of the Oregon public esrvice commission, asairrs th American legion or Ore gon, in a leter to J. O. ConviM of rorltand, chairma f the employ ment committee .that the commis sion will not employ any pcrton lit- ed by the legion as disloyal, or any other person who appears diUoyal to the con n try N reps r dies of wheth er he has been so listed. Mr. Bueb tcl encloses a. letter he has sat t J. W. Church, head " of the grain Inspection department of the com mission, .with which most of the employes are connected, directing' Mr. Church to guard against the em ployment of such persons. "It Is probably needless for as to say. say Mr. Huchtel. "that w are in accord with your sentiments and shall very willingly enforce the suggestions contained in your com munication. In his letter to Mr. Chuich Mr. Buchtel says: "Prompted by our love of country and the worthy example of those who cheerfully sacrificed their pergonal ambitions and opportunities upon the altar of patriotism, we wish to most emphatically reiterate and en dorse . the sentiments expressed la the enclosure and to assure yon that In carrying out the spirit and the intent of the request that yo will have the full support of this com miralnn and of every true Ameri can." Mr. Cont ill's letter Is enclosed to Mr. Church. i nunpearhame n you were . to tee the unequalled volume of unim peachable testimony In favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla. yon would up braid yourself for so long delayin to taae tnis effective medicine foi that blood disease from which yon are sunermg. FTitbash They say the mieroboa makea the footsteps of a flea andV Bensonhurst No ue. When flea Is making for you he doesn't walk, he jumps. Tonkera Statesman. The Increase of pay accorded th postal clerks has been received vlt ttamps of approval. " i ' -r el your Gull Apples - AT A PROFIT We will buy them: write us now. HENRY WEIIMHARD PLANT Established 1862 PORTLAND OREGON it