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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1920)
The Oregon Statesman Issued Dally Except Monday by HIE STATESMAN PCBUSHINQ COMPACT - J1S s. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon MEMBER OP TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press li exclusively entitled to the hm for republication f all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper and also the local news published herein, ; R. J. Hendricks.. Stephen A. Stone Ralph Olorer... rrank Jaskoski Manager ................... Managing Editor , . . j, Cashier .Manager Job Dept. A NEW DOCTOR BUT THE SAME OLD REMEDIES DAILY STATESMAN, serred by carrier in Salem and suburbs, IS cents a week, SO cents a montn. - niitr STiTPsuiN. hr mill. tS a Tear; 11 tar six months: 60 cents a I nmitk vnr thrM months or more. nald In advance, at rate of SB year. (THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, will be sent a year to any one paying a year la advance to the Dally Statesman.) SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1 a year; 16 cent lor six months i 21 cents foi thr month. ftEJCKLT STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and v, Fridays. II a year (It not paid In adrance, $1.16): 10 cents for six months; H cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Entered at Bnalness Office, 21. Circulation Department. 1X1. - Job Department, ESS. the Postofflee In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. Advance SOME HOPE FOB GASOLINE .USERS m . . rf-VS T-fc It A m 1 " T "l " it1 pages pi tne stanuara uu uuuetin, puuusneu moiuniy from the Sanl Francisco office of the Standard Oil Company of Cal ifornia, have been sent to The Statesman. ; The whole issue, almost, is devoted to the gasoline shortage. In brief, here is the story : ; In the Pacific Coast states California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Arizona in 1915 there were-239,000 motor vehicles, in 1920 there are more than 180,000. In 1915, 3000 tractors, now at least 25,000. There are many thousands more gas engines an opera tion for pumping and doing hundreds of other kinds of work. The Standard Oil Co. sold in: these states in' 1918, 152,000,000 gallons of gasoline. The sales will be more than 300,000,000 gallons this year. So there you are. Gasoline comes from only one source the earth. There is no other source ; there is no substitute, yet. . There were 6116 crude oil wells on this coast in 1915. There are 9273 now; an increase of 3157; and there is a frantic hunt for more wells. However, the old wells flow less and less crude oil. Millions of gallons of gasoline are being brought from further east, and from Mexico: And still the cry is for more. The crops must be taken care of first; the tractors and farm trucks must be supplied, and the irrigation pumps, etc., etc. But there are, several notes of hope. agaroses- llll 1111 ' .-r.-r 1 Pi , , if i ;' ' :' JSf Lonz Snffering Patient " You can't fool me again. 1 want a new deal all around." COX FINDS MORE THAN HE CAN EXPLAIN IN EDITOR IALS OF HIS NEWSPAPER RELATIVE TO THE WAR Copies of editorials published in the Dayton (Ohio) News, of which Governor Cox Is editor and owner. Following is 'one paragraph from the Bulletin's advance pages I declaring what should be America's mentioned above: , atutuae in tne worm war are at- ' The gasoline shortage will grow less acute as summer wanes; trading, attention and comment all precisely when conditions will be bck to normal, and supply and OTer tne country. These uphold the demand equalized, is difficult to foretell. With the lessening of de- U-boat raids on American ships, op .mand at the end of summer and the supply of crude oil constant Pse tne ending of troops to France, and there is every reason to believe that this supply will remain con- nd advocate combination of this itant for some time, with possibilities of increase the shortage country with the Cerman navy to should not be of great duration, and a steady improvement should be manifest shortly. ' Teutonic control of the establish seas. The attitude of the newspaper of Governor Cox on the sinking of the Tlirj mnct.Yia TYirvrA rracnl inn tittiIti a1 aw erilietitnttxi rniist 1w ;fonni"o"r. there" must bV a rah to hydro-el'ectrie power; the water u"u hae" M V" powers must be harnessed. r . That, is the ultimate solution, any way, and the permanent so lutionfor electricity will never run out, as long as the sun shines 'and water runs;. and, as Mr. Edison said, electricity is the only thing in the world that is constantly growing cheaper. supporters .a distinct shock. That editorial" appeared in the Dayton News on October 16, 1916. and had this paragraph: Submarine Cbmmitted Xo Crime. "We have not heard or many Am- "The Oregon Motorist says traffic must be taken care of during ericans ouing weir linger nans ai new road construction; that 4? the cost of providing a safe, serviceable j ine m 01 me suomanne acuvi route around a section of a road beincr improved is as much -a part I iles- AH oi us feel sorry for a mer of the cost of the improvement as is the actual cost of construction, chant vessel that Is sent to the bot It should be included in the engineer's estimate, and the detour be torn, of the sea., whether armed or made 'a nart of the contract, unless undertaken bv state or count v unarmed. We, feel sorry also for forces. Surveys and plans should include the location of detours I man-oi-war mat is suns immeai- which will be safe and passable." 5 at,T fter an encounter. We sym- pamize wun tne soiaiers wno are In spite of the high cost of cloth ing, we see no tramps anywhere. Where are the travelers? Possibly gone east to Join the third party. America - needs something of a humorist for a president. ' We hava pulled a platitulinous face too long. Senator Harding Is a dandy kelly , pool player. A colored citizen in Memphis Is reputed to be able to burn a hole in a handkerchief by breathing on It. What a fellow he would be to open the Cox campaign! ' y - -' - "Let the sugar bowl and the flour bin be the high spots in the cam paign and there will be no trouble in getting the women to march to the polls In November. : When a storm comes along and wrecks or "grounds", any part of the great web of telephone or telegraph wires -which enmesh the United States the "trouble shooter" is sent for. He runs down the "trouble," locates it at its source and the re pair gang loses no time hunting for its. Job and getting to work. What the United States wants In its next president Is an A No. 1 trouble shooter. Capper's Weekly. The third party bunco of slackers and slickers and simps say they are going to sweep the country this tall. Looking at that bunch, the country does appear to need sweeping. Salem Beautiful la the Salem slo gan subject for The' Statesman of tomorrow. .Going to prove that this la the' most beautiful city In the world, and has all kinds of chances of becoming very much more so.' Looks like old times to see the Bug River, Brest-Litovsk. VUna and Pinsk in the dally dispatches from overseas. The aitua;Jcn In Poland looks as if the war. supposed to be over, bad begun where it left off when the armistice was signed. losing their lives in the trenches. with miserable humanity In general But our skirts are clear as regards the activities of the German U-boats. They have committed no crime against us. They have played the part of combatants, and respected our borders. We feel sorry for the men who have lost their lives in the war and for the women and children who have been made to suffer through no fault of their own; but it Is not our war; it is the war of Great Britain and Germany, and we are not going to interfere with either side so long as our rights are respected." 'Another editorial from the col umns of the newspaper of the Demo cratic candidate for president Just five days before the entry of the United States in the war said: Allies Do Not Need Men. "ine oesi way to injure our enemy, if Germany should become our enemy, through a declaration of thinking before It conceives of war." On November 7. .1915. six months after the Lusitania was sunk with its toll of women and children, Mr. Cox's News said editorially: Nor is victory by Germany the worst thing that can happen. If the allies were to win, and their winning meant a great increase of Russian aggressiveness on the one side and of Japanese self-assertive-ness upon the other, America might live to be very sorry that Germany had not won." "The United States Is to have the second navy in the world, and it will not be many years till It is ac tually engaged. 'Germany would have remained ahead ot us but for the war. Her losses put her backv 'As for the navy of Great Britain, it so far outranks' all others that no nation can hope to catch up with It. "And hero's a thing to remember when the world is talking war. The navy of Germany and of the United States .combined, would be much more powerful than Great Britain's. In, other words, ti combination of these two navies would have nothing to fear from the powerful fleets of the (mighty Britain, and In war time, as hal been demonstrated, no body can guess what combination will take place." . Calls Wilson an Aid to Germany. It will be recalled by this time, September 3, -1916, there was a widespread and ' almost overwhelm ing sentiment against Germany, since the German submarine activi ties had resulted In much loss of American life and German fostered conspiracy in the United States had blown np numerous factories, set fire to merchant ships and In other ways had offended the honor of the country. It Is said to have been surprising that an editorial suggest ing the possible co-operation of the American and German fleets at the time did not attract more attention Justice Hughes are Elihu Hoot of New York and Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay. -In his first speeches Mr. Root declared that the preaident should have Intervened when the Germans went Into Belgium. "Theodore Roosevelt said this government should have seized every ship In American bajrborav Both have criticised the president for not doing the things which would have embroiled us In a war with Germany. 'The Germans are getting their eyes opened, and about one more speech from Teddy and the German- Americans will Join In a triumphal victory for Wood row Wilson In No vember." In the steel mills last winter, and to various railroad strikes, and to a lark ot cars, due fb the government operation of the' roads. "li "W A lady came to The Statesman of fice yesterday. to complain ot some boys on wheels who ran ahead. of her auto and kept looking back and defying her to run over them. She thinks they were Impudent. They were. i "Bankers who have been predict ing serious commercial difficulty have about given up that idea. That Is an outstanding paragraph of the current weekly financial letter of Henry Clews, the Wall Street authority. He mays Great Britain will take over France'ji share of tile payment of the Anglo-French loan, in case Prance is not able to do so. So the United States will -get the gold. VI r. Clews sees encourage ment In this and many other things, including the good crops of nearly all kinds in this country. S S Work equal to the pay receded would be a good slogan but so many folks would be throwing rocks at lt. A dealer reports that he is selling 9 ouija boards to one washboard. And that Is one of the many -things that ails us. ' S The fact that an astronomer hss predicted the election ot Harding by what he sees In the stars shows that the Ohio man ought to get the aria tion vote. ' U 'We quite agree with Senor Ibanez, he of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." In relation to his "care man" stuff. We know a lot ot men who are looking for caves when the missus gets on her high horse. iEx- change. London reports that wives cost more in Central Africa.' Ana, ai that, they don't have It any over he wives who live here. They are high er than ever. Exchange. "li S At Tale college rifle shooting Is recognized as among the "minor ports." Those who served In the BITS FOR BREAKFAST I This was the position taken by Governor Cox during the campaign of 1916, when he was running for war. or because of a state of war, I governor on the ticket with Wood is io suppiy ine aeuciencies oi me row Wilson, stated both on the LAST DAY James Olver Curwood's "Courajre of Marge ODoone" Ye LIBERTY i - JThey lynched a colored man up in Duluth. and then a special grand Jury found he was innocent. The Joke is on the lynchers. But any one wha would livi in Dnluth ought to be lynched, anyway. allies. These deficiencies sens 1st of I food and clothing and munitions ot war. Instead of diverting our re sources to raising an army of a couple of million men; instead of sending men abroad for sentimental purposes, we ought to go to work to supply the allies with everything they need, and they do not need men. We can best serve our own Harding has tackled the hardest I purposes by furnishing other mat- job of his life. He is trying to set ter than men." Jimmy Cox and the Democratic, party down to the brass tacks of definite declarations. It cannot be dld- XIZSlwTt 5 Just before an overwhelming na tional demand compelled President Wilson to .ask congress to declare war on the "Beast of Berlin,", Gov ernor Cox in an editorial felt this way about It: The war has vrelri tva wai-m rJ?or. atREEt tHnd thlng tor either juijr . so ana ii wuimtt valley I uermany has gained nothing toraat. .tat. ho.pitalLnd lo8t much. FUTURE DATES t. v.... " ayaxt--iaban, Salem gainea nothing and lost much. The VAiuril pars,, f July it, 11 aa 14 8 tat Elk eon- ertIn of the ages has accom- ft'fE-Buyers- week eon- bhAi:d n0th,nK MTe the necking vn tion in Portland. of a smiling world. God grant that September u Oetob rnm . . . rl tt ft t " uvxi a i it uuea 10 wield a sword tt sptemDr 4. 5. and State conven- so riwin loairea. saim. September S, Monday Labor day. .iso xoousniy may be paralyzed and that the brain may be stopped from stump and editorially: "Every Indication now Is that tens of thousands of these splendid peo ple (Germans), still sympathizing with the fatherland, still believing in the righteousness of the German cause, still hopeful that Germany wm win there Is, every evidence that they will vote for President Wilson for re-election as the BEST MEANS OF AIDfNG GERMANY, as well as because the re-election of President Wilson will be an aid to the United States. "Our German friends are coming to understand that it does not 'Just happen' that most of the rabid ant! German people in this country are Tor Hughes. From Theodore Roose velt down, the enemies f Germany are in the Hughes band wagon. Sj it is evident in this instance, as In all others, Woodtrow Wilson has been the real friend of the American citizen who sympathizes wth Ger In a speech in Cincinnati In Oc tober. 19 1C. Governor Cox said: "Twojpf the leading sponsors for Big doings tomorrow " And for three following days. W , Salem Is ready; all tricked out in holiday attire. The Elks will feel at home In Sa lem, when they arrive. They must be made to retain the feeling. There Is not enough baling wire for the bay balers ot this section. and there may be a good deal of loss on tnls account; In fact, has been already. m m This lack harks back 'to the strike I war una an iaea mai u was a mx-' lor eyurw Of cours. Shantung Is one tk!B. and Siberia is something els as says the honorable Jsp. ' She Henry, If we were both fp- again would you choose me to your utue wirer : " He jsow, wnat do yon waji start a quarrel for Jut as evermi. ts going pleasantly? I tell you. Jim." said ku tatw. n-law. "your-wife Is a wosua i. -. i. .. , - " a thousand l know It.' said Jim, feellnrt "but you needen't rub lt.ln." Xew Voik Globe. TODAY Mary MacLaren In "THE AMAZING WIFE'V . . , . 0THEE3T00 4 Unocal Comedf . 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