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HORSE SENSE: GET RID OF THE SPENDERS
rout ocean' to ocean. It is be
lieved that the canal will goon cay
Interest on its original cost. Now
the 'surplus is eaten up by an ac
cumulated deficit In operating
costs. It will require several yearn
to wipe that out.', " ' ,
Provisional ., President D la
Huerta of Mexico has been oper
ated on by the surgeons, h's" ap
pendicitis having . ben removed.
Pancho Villa need,s something of
that sort, but" the Biajor operation
ought to extend to his gall sac.
Exchange. It ought to extend to
his goqzle string, or a straight
amputation below his ears.
Tom Watson, who .has been
named for- United States senator
by 'the Democrats of. Georgia, is
the bad boy of polities', a man of
erratic ideas and uncontrollable
prejudices, as well a a rebellious
Democrat. He" will be a Tarda
inan 6ort of senator, tor he- will
represent 'the passjons and the
prejudices of the south of th3
earlier (lays. -
was a Serbian exile and Trotzky
was yet a German Socialist. In
a treatise entitled - "Reform and
the-Social Revolution;" published
in 1905, Labriola wrote:
"The revolutionary method
consists in preparing the
'Working class organizations'
to take control of the units
of industry, both manual -and
managerial, by means' of dis
solution of all authority of
state, political party, etc.,
which lies outside the' work
ers' organizations.
With all the means of pro
duction, in their hands and
being prepared to take care
of them, he government
would fall into Uveir hands
like ripened fruit."
Minister Labriola, aj the above
indicates, was syiupathet!cwith
towards 'increasing genuine Am
ericanizat'on than any series of
llowery lectures on the subject.
-It -might help in the. general
intelligence of democracy, and th3
rsonal rcspontii ility of govern
ment "for the people and by the
people" if others than aliens Trero
required to fit themselvei for
citizenship' and produce' Vrtiti
CLles of .character before being
allowed to vote. The movement
the League of Women voters
toUnstitute political study clashes
In Levery community and fit wo
rrier, for citizenship with rLen. ral
information and enlightenment is
surely a mark 'of genuine prog
ress which would not be a in If If
emulated by masculinity.- Male
voters have no monopoly of
knowledge and discrimination In
governmental affairs and there I.?
the soviet movement of the -ualpleuty of room for Improvement
With' Jtiis, analytical ability, which is unsurpassed in this
country. Judge. Charles jE. Hughes, speaking; at Trenton! a
few days ago, mercilessly laid bare the weaknesses, inca
pacities and downright, wrongdoings of the administrative
crovernment. which, on the heels of peace itself, has brought
to the American people such vexations, dangers' and all but
calamities. '. r . ';;' ' , L
Ju'dcre Hughes knows his subject he was asked by Pre?
dent Wilson to investigate the squanderings of the airplane
department, and he had to report hundreds of millions
wasted; much of it wantonly; much of it by mea wno ougnt
to have been in jail; hundreds of millions spent and ijevfer
a fighting plane of American; make on the, battle iront tn
France. , .-- , ; -"; . " . ' .: !
Judge Hughes said in his speech at Trenton :
"The result of our unpreparedness was grievous extrav
agance in outlay in the hurried effort to make amends. The
result or lack of competence m organization was an un
fortunate and avoidable wastefulness. Our people paid will
inglyr but' they paid far more ithan they ought to have paid.
"We are now under a heavy burden of taxation and this
is largely responsible for Jiigh costs. There is endeavor I o
recoup through enhanced prices for the tremendous levies
made upon, business and the effort to transfer taxes to others
results in pyramiding costs. ' I
"Domestically, the first issue is economy and reduction! of
taxation! How are we to achieve this? Assuredly, we must
have improvement in method. Proper budget making4is es
sential, but method is not enough. I j
"The Republicans in Congress have made an excellent be
ginning in cutting upward of two billions out of the depart
mental estimates. But the only way to secure the necessary
.retrenchment , is through the co-operation of department
heads. It is a sound instinct of the people at this time to de
mand a change in administration. . '
"We need the pruning knife used by those who take office
intent urxm usine it. - This is a matter which4 affects every
farm, every shop, every industry, 'e very one who works and
feels the pinch of high prices. We1 can expand governmental
functions as necessity t may demand later. Now is the time
to cut aff.all expenses not absolutely necessary and reduce
. the taxes. - ' .. ' ' . - . . - -. " . ' !
- "It Is idle ta trust those who have been in power during
the war period, with its lavi3h outlays, its indifference to
expense, its teckoning in billions as we formerly reckoned in
millions, with this duty of economy and retrenchment. Their
experience unfits them for it . It is equally idle to expect
adequate results from those who would follow the same tra
ditions and haVe the same fealties. " . - H-
"The clearest call of the day is to put out the party which
is responsible for this extravagance and install the party
pledged to economy, competent to secure economy by its re
spect, for. business organizations and with every reason in
party ambition to make good, its promise." , t ,
There is' no American of horse sensewho does not know
as he knows his alphabet that squander of any, kind, and
particularly squander of other people's money, becomes a
habit which races -into a disease.' " , u -
No matter jvhat promises political platforms, make
No matter what principels political parties hold
No matter what results political voters want
They Siever can get good government and economical gov
crnment by keeoinjr the old wreckers on the jobi
When the United States government's department headsK
and subordinates need to be brought back to economic sanity
and normal spending, the American way of good judgment
,; and horse sense is not to let the disease run its course to the
ruin of the government and the misery of the nation.! The
American way, is to stop the thing that is working the mis
chief and danger. There .is one way to make sure of stop
ping it. It is to use the axe on the men who are doing it
Get rid of the spenders!
Inventions enabling us to con
verse and communicate with
friends at a distance are coming
on so rapidly, that the next logi
cal step Will be connection with
every ship at sea T and 'planes in
the air. Ten years hence we will
carry our pocket telephone in our
vest, like a watch, and be able to
talk half around the world to
anyone else provided with a simi
lar instrument. ' .
If Cox will, say jthe word Pres
ident Wilson will begin his note
writing campaign im favor or his
election. But Cox is not likely
to say the word. ylle recalls the
note ojir noble president wrote In
October. 1918, Just before the
congressional election
It is time to clear up the charg
es 'of crookedness in baseball: It
will be a sad blow to American
sportdom to have the great na
tional pastime follow in the foot
steps of horse racing, prize fight
ing and wrestling and become a
vehicle for the promotion of gam
bling, enterprises. - .) !
i The Democratic press and the
newspaper men detailed for duty
at Marion have been taken by sur
prise fby the capabilities of Sena
tor Harding.; The situation bears
out the prediction made by 'his
friends that Senator Harding
would prove to be one of the; most
efficient campaigners on, account
of his compelling personality. lie
is one of the most affable and ap
proachable of men, and when on
the speaking platform is at home
with his audience from his open
ing werds. His trips away from
Marion have been veritable tri
umphs. He . will Jmpress the
conntry more and more as the
campaign progresses., ,. ,j
AXOTIIEIt SOVIET
LUKE.
We ought tcj have .shine on
Khrine day. '
We have the shank of our In
dian summer still coming to -us.
on the unamended covenant of
nations, but it will likely remain
in the Cox column. It is mostly
fbard-boiled in the unterrified
Democratic column.
This is also consolation day at
the state fair., lias the weather
clerk been-notified?
- Really, General Wrangle ought
to be placed In command of the
Democratic .national campaign. ,
lit. Clarence True Wilson says
Cox is low, loose and liquid. That
The drive for funds for the
Democratic national campaign , is
on. A Santa Fe train bas been
beld up and robbed. Los Ange
les Times. v- .
If Henry Ford had announced
that cut in the price of his ma
rines earlier there would have
been nothing to that fight for
I giving nun "i" in gool om ai- ulc senatorship rrom Michigan.
literative Methodist style.
There Is. not enough money in
the United States to buy the pres
idency and nobody knows that any
better than Cox. ' '-'
It lopks( more every day; that
the Democrats nominated Frank
lin D- floosevelt for vice president
for his name and not for the man.
Georgia has turned Us back on
President Wilson end incidentally
FITCRK DATKS. !
The-center or this country's
population has traveled only six
miles In ten years. A cynic sug
gests that . Postmaster General
Burleson may have charge of it. :
Atex Millerand has been chosen
president of France. Ovrbr in that
1 republic when the chiefexecii-
tive becomes incapacitated they'
choose his successor. Los An
ge'les Tillies.
Ocfnhr 3. (iii!tar ChritiB Since
llur at rnwrr.
. Ortnhr 4. Xlondi j- Salem mmiMunity
trcininr -K'm1 Utr rrlijtiftns. n'rin ,t
Vhl' Ulimrj- vprn fr 12 rrk' cnnti.
Ortr . Uoadsr - Sl-m srhvoli
-n v ' . p .
Ortw is. rriday CoomtT V.M.CJe. commercial vessels, betiides num-
iMbu i, TBedijEJeia W. " erous DaTal t"ts which passed
The Panama ian& has finally
begun to pay. During the last
fiscal year the Waterway earned
a sutplus over expenses of more
than ..$'2,000,000. with. totat In
rome of more than $8,000,000. in
the handling of moje than ,2300
, While the method employed by
Premier Giolitti in dealing with
the Italian industrial Soviets ' is
cot one that appeals to the Anglo
Saxon - sense of justice, . the re
sults which he has thus far at
tained 'indicate that he -understands
the psychology of the Ital
ian working classes and that the
very, freedom which he has giveu
them to violate the law .has awak
ened them to a sense of their
folly. Four weeks ago the Italian
labor unions attempted a new
kind of general strike. In place
of refusing in a. body to report
for work they formed mobs in
thebig industrial plants, drove
out the owners and their repre
sentatives and took possession.
In the flush of first victory
they thought they had reached the
millenium at a single bound. ;
They were in possession of the
machinery of production; the only
thing necessary was to produce.
In1 the Fiat automobile works
alone 40,000. workingmeW were
employed. They organized a so
viet and began, turning out ma
chines, just as they had done be
fore, and expected to collect from
the sales enough to pay them
their own wages and the owner's
profit.
According to he Communist
theory that is what should have
happened. The owners of the
plants appealed to th. minister oi
labor and to the prime minister
ifor help. They said they were
!eing robbed. As the workmen
tjlew open the cafes la the plants,
appropriated all the cash they
found and divided it among them
selves, and. as they were . using
the material and machinery pf the
Owners without paying for it. the
(riaim Of the owners was incon
testable. .
j Uut Premier Giolitti declined to
iall cyit the state troops to rescue
be property from the Soviets;
and the minister of labor, Artti ro
Labriola, took the side or the
Workmen and against the owners.
Labriola is one or .the early Ital
ian syndicalists. V As farback as
1903 he advocated mass action by
the proletariat -similar; to that
which was manifested in the re
rent 'Italian Communist strike.
He advocated that the work men
should seize the fact 6rle and op
erate them, id the exclusion of t he
owners, mt a time when Letiine
ian labor unions; and, as Prime
Minister Giolitti was noncommit
tal, conditions Were propitious for
he Italian soviet experiment. v
Late -.cables from Italy, how
ever,; indicate that the experiment
has been working badly, although
there has been practically no gov
ernment ' interference. One em
ployer of labor, Signor , llautferl.
doffed his hat to his wdrklngmen
with as much .aplomb as though
it were to his king when they
came to commandeer bis limou
sine, and clambered aboard a pass
ing street car. 'Other employers
assumed a similar attitude. The
Phiployes were iq possession of the
works; and Oiey were confronted
With the question. '"What shail
we do with, them?" The money
taken j from the rifled safes was
not sufficient' to fill the first
week's envelopes.'
When the second Saturday came
it was found that there had been
practically no sales. Duyers held
aloof, because they knew that the
workmen did not possess title (o
the. products they offerei for sale.
The banks would extend no credit,
and agencies would not send in
to tlre workmen1 the money due
to the owners of the plants. "All
shipments of material were stop
ped until cash should be paid in
advance. " . ;
Millions of workmen were ready
r.nd willing to work: ' but there
was no raw material and no
money for the pay envelopes.
While possessing the plants . the
workmen found themselves help
less. They had, thrown me great
machine of modern industry out
of gear and its separate parts
would not function.' '''.-
Premier Giolitti smiled and
waited. ' "' '
. The spviets declared that they
would resist the whole Italian
army; but the. army didn t move.
They were assailed, however, from
an unexpected source. Wives and
children clamored for money to
buy macaroni and polenta, -and
when the husband returned Sat
urday night without hi pay en
velope the life-of the Italian in I
dusti ial communities was wholly
disorganized. The butcher, the
grocer and' the spaghetti maker
were dependent on the pay from
the factories to replenish their
stocks. When that pay stopped
their shelves and stalls were Eoon
bare.
Minister Labriola expressed sin
cere regrets.
Prime Minister Giolitti shrug
ged his shoulders, and waited.
Dy the end of the thud week
a majority ot the -workmen be
gan to view- the industrial prob
lem in a new light.- They had
discovered that there are unalter
pl le economic laws never dreamed
Of in the Communist philosophy.
Reports rrom northern Italy last
Saturday were to the effect that
the workmen bad voluntarily
turned back the great majority
of the plants and factories to their
owners. , The gaunt wolf of hun
ger had stalked before too many
doors. They began to view their
employers" and their pay envel
opes in a new light. Part of thel
metal-workers are still- holding
out, but the other industries are
beginning to function ai;ain las
they did before the soviet strike
occurred.
Prime Minister Giolitti is still
waiting. 1
To a correspondent of tl 9 As
sociated Press he said in Turin
that neither the government nor
the workmen Of Italy would coun
tenance any form of. Holslievism.
lie said that the' workmen were
hot inclined t6 rvvolution. u de
stroy property ;or to rob the own-1
ers; but agitators bad., per?:aded
them that tf they woulj but seize
the plants they wouid'tind their
cm pay doubled and te cost or
iving reduced. He paid that the
siltration is improving without
government, interference and in
timated that the lesson whfc'i the
werkmea had learned In three
weeks would not be jiulckly for
gotten. : '
in the ''unintelligent male vote.
SOMK- HAHY.
Babe Ruth made his oOththome
run for the season and then, to
thow the mint ws flill running,
he- followed up the same after
noon with his 51st. Whenever
(bat man gets his eye on a ball
he wants to swat it out of sight.
It was once thought that" there
were hardly 50 home runs in the
world, but Babe manages to. dig
up two or tnree iresn ones every
week. As, has been said: Ha
counts that day lost whose low
descending sun i finds, him not
hammering out one more home
run. There are lots of sweet
children in the world, but only
one Babe.
oil c'.ty, and Jimmy Is an oily fel
low. ;
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This Is a great day when every
body goes to the fair who has nc
yet attsnded; and all the rest f
the Salem people should gj too
just to show that they appreciata
the' benefits to this city of the
great institution.
CRATER LAKE
PARK DEBATED
National Director Meets
Special Committee in Of
fice of Governor
Accommodation at Crater Lake
l'Hlfe. tb hotel at Crater Lake
National park are Inadequate and
below the standard of other na
tional park hotels, according to
testimony offered by Stephen T.
.Mather, -director of national
carks. and B. O. McCorniick. vice
president of the South "?rn Paciric
rompanv. at a conference yester
day in the office of Governor Ol
cott. The special ommlttc appoint
ed by the -governor to investigate
ronditionR at Crater Ijike con
ferred with Mr. Mather and Sir.
MrCormick. Scott Leavitt of Great
Falls. Mont... presldant of the
Montana Good Roads association;
O. Van Wyck. Washington repre
sentative, of the director of the
national park service, and Cap
tain Sparrow.. uierintendcnt of
Crater Lake National park.
Second J'-eetinjc 4llel
The members of the special
committee are R. W. Chllds. Port,
land. Pat Folv ot Th Dalles.
Captain Si?mans of Klamath
Falls.,Aeru Yawter cf Medford
nd S. It. Vincent of Portland.
Mr. Vincent was made chairman
of the rommittej. -
The conferees decided that be--forp
mak'ng a final report to hold
a meeting at Crater Lake next
Monday night 1n conf?rence with
A. J. Parkhurst, manager -of the
hotel concession.
?l .f, peopl of California
raised $2,000,000 for imorove
ments at Yoscmite National nark
and declared that a si railr am
ount of money in this state for
Crater Lata park would bs a tet
ter investment thaa that in Call
forn a. After the Crater Laks
conference the committee will rfe.
port to Governor Olcott. -
The party will lav-- Portland
oauuaj mgni vj train ior Med-
Mr. Mather and Mr. McCormick
said that the interior of th ho- I ford and Crater lak.
tdl needs remodel. ng and refurn
ishing and installation of a bet
ter water and sewerage system.
Money I eccary t
Mr. Mathtr called the atten-
tlon of the conference to tha fact tcrsitv of Iome.-,tic Economy.
The Brooklyn man wao offered
his wife a job at $22 a week In
stead of $20 a week alimony de-
I 0 jj - YE LIBERTY
PIJCXTY OF HOOM.
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The new stadium at the Ohio
university will be built to seat
65,000 people and will be the
largest ampitheater in the world.
It 13 even big enough for a round
up of all the Ohio men who are
looking for the presidency.
OX TUB BIG TIMB.
Senator Harding remarks that
there' are issues in this' campaign
too. big to be obscured by - any
sort of, a vaudeville performance
onjthe part, of anyone. Is this to
be 'understood as a delicate knock
on the Cox manner of campaign?
Maybe so.
tHifs
FOR BREAKFAST !
1
Another record broken ....
.''
-"Record attendance for a rainy
day. .
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: There were over 13,000 paople
on the state fair grounds yes
terday, and the gate "receipts
were over $6000. ?
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So the state fair will go ont in
blazs of glory, rain or shine. fA
blaze of glory has no regard fOr
the weather.)
V
.While there -is lira there, is
hope-even for' the prune3; and
hope springs eternal in the
breasts even of people full of
prunes.
, V
. Any way. tha late potatoes and
other gferden sass keen right on
Lgrowing. -
No true Oregon optimist will
let a little thing dampen his ar
dor. "U
The wife of Mr. Cox (his sec
ond and present wife) has beau
tiful auburn hair; but this can
hardly be. considered an appeal
for the red-headed vote.
QVAIJKY FOR CITIZBXSHIIV
(Los Angeles Times.")
. Circuit Judge Eakih of the na
turalization court injOregon has
ruled that bo.th ayn aspirants
and their wives ippt learn to
Kpak. read and fito Bnslish
rnd nt themselves for citizenship
lerore final naturaUjalon papers
can be graned. This Is much
needed reform and will aid more
Cox was at home In Tulsa.
Oklahoma. y.?tcrday. I That Is an
Ml'PiC
This instrument is so miraculous and so amazing that words are
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has not. , '' '
Hear it at the State" Fair. :IfriT amazing in its perfection
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0 to 13V'S, from $5.00 to $2.05
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1 to 2 $5.50 to $3.35
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Brown or Smoke Elk, leather or Neolin foles,
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