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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1920)
The Oregon Statesman Issued Dally Except If onday by Tim STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPAJTX 116 S. Commercial SU, Salem. Oregon Marlon Christian lives the next door to the senator. And he Is a Demo crat, too. - MFreER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ths Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication ef all news dispatches credited te it or not otherwise credited in thin paper and also the local news published herein. As we understand the situation. France and England will bold the coat of Greece while the latter thrashes tho unspeakable Turk. R. J. Hendricks..... ......Manager Stephen A. Etone. ...... Managing Editor Ralph Glover. . - Cashier Frank Jaskoski. .......Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, serred by carrier la Balem and suburbs. If cants a week, S0 cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mall. IC a year; S3 for tlx months; SO cents a . month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of li year. 1TUE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great j western weekly farm psper. will be sent a year to any one paying a year la advance to tho Dally Statesman.) SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1 a year; t cent for six months; II cents for three months. WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-pace sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (If not paid in advance, $1.21); U cents for six months; 21 cents for three months. Parley P. Christensen, candidate of the "Farmer-Labor" party for president, was one of the first law yers InMhls country to defend the W. W. He should get all the hobo vote. . . . . . "The greatest need of the nation at the present time is to b-"scued from all the reactions of Qr" says Calvin Coolidge. And the way to . do It is to elect Harding and Cool id ge and give them a full Re publican congress. TELEPHONES:. Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, lit. Job Department, lit. Entered at the Fostoftles la Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH WOOL AND WOOLEN MILLS? The woolen mill situation in the United States is in a peculiar po sition, and so is the wool market of the world. Purine the war. the Democratic administration camouflaged A supposed, wool shortage in the whole world though three years' clips were piling mountain high in, Australia. Cloth was being bought at $4 a yard, and enough of it was accumulated to last the armies for years, and enough to last a peace army a generation. The4arger part of the output of every woolen, mill in the .United States was commandeered, and the scales of wages of woolen mill operatives were forced up to keep the work ers at their jobs. Then the government began selling the $4 eloth at $1.75 a yard, the mountains ot wool in Australia began to be shipped, and prices of wool and sheep went down; orders'of woolen goods by jobbers and manufacturers began to be cancelled and weicnea, ana laere was a crisis on, It is still on. ;-...rjA -r ' : Fifty-one of the fifty-four great mills of the American Woolen Mills Co. are now idle. Fifteen thousand men and women are idle in one citv alone- Lawrence. Mass. Anv one of several of the mills of that company can 'manufacture as much goods as all the woolen mills on the Pacific coast The woolen mills managers of. this whole coun try find themselves holding milHAnn nrl millions f rtnnrwla f vrnnl bought at high prices, representing enormous losses at present prices, and, what is more, they find themselves with high wage scales, and faced with an uncertain market for their output. It is a difficult sit uation.. . ; - v ' It is a dangerous situation, threatenine injury to all industries in the United Statesmaking a difficult situation as to labor: for the wage scales of labor must remain high and ought to remain high, as long as the high eost of living persists. The men behind the woolen mill industry of the United States will have to work out their salvation : and they deserve the sympathy of everybody in'their difficult situation, and the help, too, of all the great financial interests able to help them. ' - Her schools are Salem's greatest asset, as will be shown in the Sa lem slogan pages of The Statesman of tomorrow. There is also a memorandum from the kaiser written on a re port from Vienna, wherein the Am erican ambassador to Austria was warned of the danger of torpedoing any American ships going to Eng land. The kaiser declined to alter the German program and wrote on the margin: "An end must be made once and for all to negotiations with America. It Wilson wants war he can make and hare lt.M It msy be tald that Wilson didn't want war. but the carrying on of the German submarine campaign did compel the American entrance, and now the for mer kaiser Is a pale wreck of roy alty and his youngest son a suicide. The wtiole world has had to pay for a malignant war policy. : What all men concerned in any way in this industry need- U And who is not concerned directly or indirectly f Is a Republican administration at Washington ; a prudent business administration, committed to the doctrine of the protective tariff. ' , "I believe in a protective tariff." ' That is what Mr. Harding said in his'acceptance speech; said it plainly and without equivocation. , ;.' Why isHhe price of wool low? ; - - . Because there is a surplus of wool in the world; the propaganda about its scarcity was a dirty, Democratic lie. ' And there is especially a great surplus in Australia. , Japan is making the raising of sheep an industry under government direction and subsidy. ; The little brown men have an eye on the American mar ket They have been buying all the woolen mill machinery they could get in this country. They want some of the profits of woolen goods manufactured with 40 cents a day labor, against $4 to $8 a day labor n this country. . i Who can blame them! The ' Wilson (Payne-Aldrich) tariff law, under which we are , working, makes all kinds of wools duty free; everything in the wool line, excepting mohair, which is only 15 per cent ad valorem. Wool en manufactures, too, are low, runtfine around 20 to 35 per cent ad valorem; and it must be remembered that the ad valorem is on the value in the country of origin ; and, besides this, under the present ad ministration, on the value of money in the country of origin, as calcu lated in American aouars. i ; FIRE FIRST CUX OP CAMPAIGN AT IJOI.KIIKVISM. Ia an open letter to the young Re publicans of the nation, Harry Swan, acting president of the National toung Men's' Republican league. urges young voters In every commun ity to keep a strict vigilance on Bol shevik . activity and report at once to Herman " TL Henke. secretary of the league, 20S W. Harrison street. Chicago, any individual or organ ized body of Bolsheviks. "There baa been a laxity of law enforcement against these unpatri otic cliques which have been mas querading under the guise of third party movements, says Mr. Swan. "It is the political duty of both the Republican and " the Democratic younger voters of the nation to fer ret out and expose those who would to Russlanixe our republican form of government. Had the rulers of Russia the foresight to encourage political so cieties along constructive lines, through which the young men could direct their political ambitions . for the public service instead of sup pressing and persecuting such ac tivities, the vicious demagogue would have been deprived of this manna which he fed to Russia and would in turn transplant here. "The Information brought to the league's attention will be transmit ted to local and naatlonal prosecut ing, authorities, and. followed np by the league until such 'Red' activities are suppressed and the offenders ailed or deported. TAINTKI MOXEY. A delicate question has arisen as to some of the camalgn funds which figured in the senate investigation. Numerous women's political organi zations which received donations under dubious circumstances, as brought out In the testimony. are embarrassed as to their solemn duty. Should the money be re turned or should it be retained? And if 'already distributed and spent. does It behoove the good sisters to hand around the hat and make it good? : 'It Is carefully explained that the ladies wish to entertain only ''clean", politics, and they are very properly shocked at the discovery that the money Is so sadly tainted "Discovery is. so often at the root of reform. It will be Interesting to see what the ladies finally decide at present there are factions for both return and retention, especially In the St. Louis Women's Republican clab, which is In the throes of a red-hit fight on the subject of a Lowden contribution. One argument for retention of the tainted money Is that. If it Is re turned, the wicked donors will be Just that much better off and they so obviously deserve to lose It. As the wicked money is probably all spent by now, we rather surmise that it won't be returned. Besides, of course, the ladies accepted it In all innocence. Of course. Even if they are the Intellectual equals of the male of the species they could not be eipected to know that money did not flow like water in politics for purely holy purposes. In this case, though. It would certainly seem that Adam handed the apple to Eve and she did eat. BITS FOR BREAKFAST j Flax is reaTfto pall. City Recorder Race Is registering tlax pullers. Men. women, boys snd girls are wanted, and they will be paid by the acre, and good camp grounds and free wood will be furnished. There are 00 acres of flax to pull. including that of the state and that of the Turner flax m Hi lt will be too bad It any of. It has to be eat; If alt or it cannot be pulled. S This year's crop Is as fine as any flax eler grown in any country. .-"' Mr. Hathaway, buyer of raw pro ducts for the Klear Flax Rug com pany of Dulutb. Minn., was here a few days ago. to visit Robt. Crawford superintendent of the penitentiary j (lax mill, and be looaea over me fields, and he said we are producing this year the best fiber. flax he ever saw; and he has seen the beat In the world. There Is about two weeks more of loganberry picking, and It may be dif ficult to get enough nax pullers 10 pull all the flax In the next two of three weeks. . It will be a creat tiling If It can all be pulled In that time, for it will thus put the flax industry rorwara in good shape; It will show the world what we can do and It will help hurry the time when Salem will be come the Belfast o America. That time will surely come, because all the natural conditions are . here, for growing, treating and . spinning the flax. And now the movlng-plctawre workers in New York and vicinity are on a strike. Since the railroad men got a f (00.000.000 slice everybody Is getting on bis high horse. Joachim, the son of the ex-kaiser, killed himself because he was short of money. It Is a good thing that a similar' cause does not have that ef fect on some of the rest of us. What becomes of the pins that are lost dally? Any automoblllst knows what happens to the tacks, but no body knows where the common pins hide themselves when they have dropped out of your bands and been Girls! Radiant Bcruty Can Easily bz Ycrrs There Is awtecrtt about B nor is &ei any dowbt about the maltsIts lost coca, soon, ordinary bwttarmHk la the torn of a wonderful cream. The directteas an simple and It costs so little that any rf or woeaaa can afford tt. Be sore yoa git Howard's liatiermiiJc Urtrra lost. Why has there never been a society for the conservation of used pins? V:V - The government will offer at pab Ile sale a large quantity of eora-bet hash. This is an awful test of kamia credulity. . , , V As a bac man. It Isnt every gtsr- lirr mil cm utmmv nwu. Is there a man in the United States clothed in his right mind who does not now see that the wool growers of this country must have protection; and that the woolen mill owners must have protection? In fact, there must be a Republican administration at "Washing ton, m every department, reaching down to the lowest paid examin ers in the offices of the collectors and appraisers of the ports of the - United Mates : HOW THE PEOPLE PEEL ABOUT IT .? The conference of officials of the Elks and the city at the Gov ernor s office on Saturday would be laughable were it not such a tragedy to the people of Oregon. But what else could be expected o aOovernor who has made himself famous in two particulars never Having an opinion of his own and an overwhelming desire to do the thing that would be popular with the people, regardless of his own opinion (!) oi the right or wrong of the sett The laws of the-nation and the state are so plain that a child can understand. x A complete chest of tools, carefully sharpened by competent au thorities, has been placed in the Governor's hands for use, yet when the eapital eity is overwhelmed by such an orgy of lawlessness as to startle her citizens and cause a stench that permeates the entire state. the Governor waits until it is all over, and then calls a conference to consider ways of abating the nuisanee,,not forgetting to select a press agent for the meeting. r ; - Judge Bale in his lecture at the Chautauqua on Friday night bit terly arraigned the Governor for his neelect of duty, saying: "Ii Oregon had a Governor who was on the job, he would be enforcing the laws of the state and the nation, and such lawbreakmg could not -;,.f ti, . it. n t a i j i . . uc, ojjpjause luai luuuwru iue wonu wuuiu nave con vinced any person of the feelings of the people on the question. . Bela Kua has escaped. Probably coming over here eo enter the Dem ocratic campaign. , ON THE SEAS. Great Britain has regained her eminence as a shipbuilding nation and now surpasses America for the irst time since the war. The total tonnage now under construction tn the British Isles is officially report ed at 3,578.000 tons. This is the greatest amount ever recorded In the history of the empire and ex ceed the present American total by over 1. 00,000 tons. America's shipDuiiamg program was a war measure. ' In times of peace tt is found that vessels can be built and operated eheaper from English or foreign porta and therefore we can not expect to build many ships for foreign buyers. The home market and the home flag will have to 'be maintained In the face of difficul ties, j " THE IXQCEST. Germany la conducting a, sort of post mortem on the war but not with the idea of placing the blame or determining the original respon sibility. All they want la to find out how or why they lost. There is no regret over the program of unre stricted submarine warfare. But they want to know why It wasn't successful. Among the disclosures te a message from Dr. Von Papen, attache of the German embassy at Washington, sent to General Von Falkeahayn, chief of the German staff, carrying these significant words: "It you fail to keep the United States out you have lost the war." With the attitude of this country toward the ruthless tub- marine policy 'the Germans are now able to figure it out. Former Secretary Lane says the country needs more big men in Washington. . The defect will be remedied .next year. FUTURE DATES A u Kit t to 14-oBujriV week con vention is Portland. 8eptmbr 4. t. nd C State conven tion of Artisan tndrea. Salem. September . Monday Labor day. eeetaroper xi lo Uclobr a uraaon tt tmt . November -1, Tueaday Election day. Over In Paris they want the Ave- cue Wilson's name changed show ing that the president has lost some of his popularity. Why not call It Harding avenue? Import figures show that, the United States is purchasing six mil lion dollars worth of diamonds every month. And still there Is in dignant protest about the high price ot bread. . -George B. Christian. 'private sec retary of Senator Harding, fa get- QUIT TOBACCO " -1 " . ' So Ecaxy to Drop Cigarette, Cigar or Chewing Habit .No-To-Bae has helped thonsanda to break the costly, nerve-chattering tobacco habit. Whenever you have a longing for a smoke or chew, jast place a harmless No-To-Bae tablet In you mouth InsQad. All desire stops. Shortly the habit is com pletely broken, and you are better off mentally, physically, financially. It's so easy, so simple. Get a box of No-To Bac and If it doesn't release you from all craving for tobacco In any form. your. druggist will refund your money without question. No-To-Bae la made by the owners of ting his picture in the papers. At reliable. ; ' " .J ..ta r n m n n n m i i i an - v v v ; w in) ef . - : r . I: f en vine back--in1 Select year fire ee eoffdXnJ to thm tomd thmy hMrm to trmwlt In sandy or biSy coun try, wherever the going is apt to be heavy The U. S. Nobby. -. For ordinary country reeds The U. & Chela or Usee. For front wheels The U. 8. Plain. For beat results' ereyaeae-UA Royal Cords. J Y A TEN years ago you might have seen one or two automobiles waiting outside the station, when the weather was pleasant Today the square is crowd ed with them. And most of the cars you generally see there are moderate-price cars. Jl Anybody who tells you that K owners of moderate-price cars are not interested in the ' quality of their tires has never met very many. of them. We come in contact with the small car owner every day and we have found that he is just as much interested as the big car owner. ".. . ' ' ' . . There is one tire, at least, that makes no distinction between small cars and large cars so far as quality is con cerned the U. S. Tire. Every U. S. Tire is just Jike every other in quality the best its builders know how to build. - Whatever the.size of your car, the service you get out of U. S. Tires is rJie same. It isn't the car, but the man who owns the car, that sets the standard to which U. S, tires are made. We feel the same . way about it- That's why we represent U. S. Tires in this community. t JL a.- United States Ti.rss Oicar B. Gingrich Motor & TirefCo. W.lLHnghes ' Ira Jorgensen , Marion Automobile Co r. " "v.i
