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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20. 1920 l)c gjjfrjeflxrn Statesman Issued Daily. Except Monday by .. THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office. 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 111 C) , t MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED I'KKSS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the. local news published herein. II. Ji Hendricks... ...... ........ Manager Stephen A. Stone '.. Managing Editor Ralph GloTer. . Cashier Prank Jaskoskl. . .'. - Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week. 5 cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mail, in advance. $6 a year, S3 for six months, $1.50 for three months, in Marion and Polk counties; 7 a year, 13.50 for six months, $1.75 for three months, out- aide of these counties. When not paid in advance, 50 cents a " year additional.: THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, wt. be sent a year to any one paying- a year in advance to the Dally Statesman. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.50 a year; 75, cents for six months; 40 cents for three months. i 1 WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid in advance, $1.25); 50 cents for. six months; 25 cents for three months. tries. The campaign. is attracting wider and wider attention and. we believe, doing more and more good. If you are an apple fan. please make It known by Mon- day if possible, and not later than Wednesday. Cox is coon to make a trip east, but we have it from good author ity that he will not stop at Ro chester. N. Y.. to place a flower on the grave of Susan B. Anth ony. The campaign Is over. Exchange. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 583. Job Department, 583. Society Editor 106. Entered at the Postoffice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter Since the recent election all ports of reasons have been given for the result. 7 Many things con tributed, but not the least -of the reasons was the determination of the people to get rid of Demo cratic mismanagement of affairs. That seemed to be enough. GENERAL ALVARO OBREGON ON WAR : 'l ' : y i f- "War is savagery broken loose, and if civiliza tion is to endure, it must be eliminated as a meas , ure for composing international quarrels and har- -monizing international interests." I The above are the words of General Alvaro Obregon, . who ha? been elected President of Mexico, and who is to take his seat in a few days. j . , j , - . Tti ho Krht nf thf nasi picrht vears: ves. m the light of the past 50 years and more, they seem strange words, in the mouth of a man who has been a reDel general ana sno nas fnr voars hppn hnnted and has foueht acrainst odds and dan gers innumerable for a principle; for honesty and decency and the aauare deal in srovernment 1 Strange words in the mouth of any Mexican, as Mexicans in general are regarded the world oyer. . But they are weighty words, spoken by the strongest man in Mexico, who is now the popular idol in that country. They are words worthy of the leader of any people, and as well chosen as the words of the greatest statesmen And spoken, too, by a man who?has been accused of ex treme cruelty and the use of the bloodiest and most high ' handed methods; but used in extreme necessity, as it is now seen, in order to restore and maintain order Some bad deeds performed in order to accomplish great and perhaps lasting good, i . Obregon will be the only honest idealist who has ever ruled Mexico, excepting Madero, who was murdered by Huer ta because he was only an idealist. J" Obregon is both an idealist and a man with a strong will and a determination to have order, even though harsh meth ods may be necessary in order to attain that end. Obregon may not succeed, for Mexico is full of jealous fnd treacherous leaders, and honeycombed with desperate outUws without the least spark "of patriotism. But if he does not succeed, if his so far; charmed life is spared, no one can succeed in bringing order and justice and tranquility out of the chaos that has been Mexico. p If there are any objections to a plan of ai Salem port for the purpose of securing a great public cold-storage plant, let us hear it. If not a port, perhaps the city itself may be em powered by a vote of the people to issue the' bonds and con struct the plant. This great fruit district is flying in the face of fate every day that this project is delayed. Flights across the Atlantic in less than 24 hours "within the next five or 10 years" are predicted by Anthony H. G. Fokker, the young Dutch.inventor of Germanjrs famous pur- i suit plane. Who will have the hardihood to say impossible? Work, the square deal and in dustrial peace will bring America through the period of reconstruc tion with all flags flying. There must be a getting back to 'nor malcy." and the high costs of government! must be cut to the standard of efficiency, and s the profiteers of highland low de gree must get theirs; but alt this dees not necessarily mean star vation prices for the products of the farm or starvation wages for the men who do the work of the country. Getting back to nor mal does not mean bread lines and bankruptcy Congress !has its work cut out for it; and there should be fast work in some par ticulars, like the enactment of a protective tariff law. But there are no insurmountable obstacles, with' (the exercise of common sense according to the rules of honesty and fairness, in a land of such abundant Resources as the United States. team work and make morevlgor ous their co-operation, and they will write a record of progresa that will be the admiring wonder of the whole world. EIMtOlt CORRECTED. THE CLEVELAND WAY. There Is an uneasiness In the swivel chairs at Washington. .With a Republican majority of 150 members in the house, con dition there appear to have now reached a stage of normalcy. -There is this to be said about the man who at the steering wheel of an . automobile tries to beat a railway train at the cross ing he usually tries it but once. may be more equably distributed and the load lifted a bit. if it is possible, in view of the misman agement of the Wilson adminis tration. Possibly one of the first tasks of the' new Harding administra tion, when it comes into power next March, will be to reform the tax laws. " This is a thing, very rear to the heart of the people of America. They believe some method ought to be inaugurated by which the burdens of taxation Don't get the idea that Salem has only 52 strings to her bow, because of the Salem slogan cam paign of The Statesman devoted to her 52 most important basic industries, covering a year, a week apart. Yesterday, inquiry was made at this office concern ing information on the currant industry. And. chestnut culture was also up for discussion yes terday. These will be taken up in the present campaign, along with other subjects. Never a day passes without the sale of a nam ber of the Salem slogan issues covering the various basic Indus- Big Event Is on THANKSGIVING FEST of High Grade Merchandise at LOWER PRICES! i The Boston method of handl ing its banking troubles seems to be to "let nature take its course." If a bank or an industry can sur vive the storm, well and good. If not "C'est la guerre!" But in Cleveland they seem to be getting away from the jungle habit. This may be a form of selfishness but it certainly looks better and works better than the Boston scheme of "the devil take the -hindmost." A case in point is the famous Standard Parts company. Recently the company, which if capitalized at 125.000,000. was thrown into "the courts and It seemed that things were shaping for a grand smash. Bat the court promptly cut all legal red tape and appointed a committee of leading citizens to reorganize the company, refinance it and save it to the community. The creditors of the company agreed to extend their claims for a year. .The Cleveland banks. following the big-minded policy which has always distinguished them, came forward with a loan of $4,000,000. Cleveland invest ment bankers agreed to under write an issue of $3,500,000 of debenture stock. And the 3500 stockholders were asked to take $4.500.400 of preferred stock. This means a total new financing of $12,000,000. which will give company working capital. Editor Statesman: I notice in your Issue of 19th today) an error so small In it self as to preclude any possibil ity of detection except by a per son fully conversant with the subject matter, and yet it is an error that will carry a bad In fluence wherever .it a read and not detected. . In the Associated Press account of the testimony given before the committee that is Investigating the conditions in Ireland, one of the witnesses is made to testify that ' the belief that religious prejudice or differences were In volved in Ireland was 'unboun ded,' " when ' it Is very evident he meant to say and did say "un founded." I do not pretend to know where the mistake was made, but it is one that should be corrected and even at that the correction will Sever catch up with the error. Such an error, sown broadcast among a fair-minded people, like the general American citizenry. brings grief to a member of the Irish race who knows the facts and who sees his people misrep resented daily by a well-support-tJi. TO-Rritish propaganda. Such a person. Knows that in all Ire land, out Fide of a Email corner in the northeast, there are prac tically no political or other dif ferences on account of religion, but it is the great aim of the British governing classes to make Americans believe that the trou ble in Ireland Is a religious war fare and that th strong arm of Great Britain is necessary in or der to keep the Catholic majority from, wiping out the Protestant minority, hence you can readily understand the importance at tach to the word "unbounded" substituted for the word "unfounded." Irish-Born American. FAME OH FOAM. the Good Goods. meet, its present needs and assure its future. Bully for Cleveland! Iay its fine example become contagious. Leslie's. The Cleveland way is also the Salem way; the constructive way; the unselfish way. Our bankers and capitalists and business men and property own ers and wage earners generally nave left the jungle habit far behind , Ana there is team work here. for the good of alL T , . icaui wora ana tne square deal will lift any cominunlty or city with resources out of the mire and the rut. They have it in Seattle. There was never a bank failure in Se attle; because there has always been team work there, and the jungle habit has no place in the scheme of things. They have it in Los Angeles; and Los Angeles Is now building more homes than are being built in the city of New York. Salem and the Salem district need only to accentuate their CLEARING SKIES. Milwaukee must be trying to get back into the United States. Anyhow, the old town has re neged on its custom of electing Victor Berger to congress as an "indorsement" and has chosen William II. Stafford. It was the Republican party that preserved Milwaukee to the anion. The Harding vote was so large that even the Socialist representative was landslided out. Berger has not been allowed to have his seat, but the district per sisted In returning him. Now, however. Milwaukee can actually have a representative on the floor of congress. Milwaukee may never be as famous as when Its foam came to the top, but it can at least be respectable. There is such a thing as mistak ing foam for fame. It Is well for Milwaukee that Its Victor is a loser. KITH IS FATE. to overcome this. One l to pro vld? better terminal facility. that vt-Kl may L loaded and unloaded quickly, keeping then at work Instead of tied up at enormous expanse In the ports Ths other way is for the I'nlted States at Its custom houses to give preferential duties to good carried on American bottoms. W cannot compete with Japanese cheap labor on an iual foollnc And we should not have to. under a Republican administration. STEFANSS0N IS UNMARRIED (Continued rm Page 1) kt'i. . rate. There are only two ways' ll'hlng a national organization to them to b I d to do so. ai i. aa m r irarjng nous? lur m-i j tj xniiieaaiag ttaur1 is difficulties of this nature. lih mit values." A Reports tf working rt. art men Among tne what Mr. Carml- ft a I terras unfair propaganda log tth wage delo4ar araint m-at. j Utfe mt eaters Mr. Carcij! aid held tr oalr la mr. "VejtarUnlim Is making xro hfadvay la certain -ctloni. Mr headway la certain stlon-." Mr n' tar nin , t armirhiul said, "but a larre part . . "ff fc I of th- drea:- In meat eatlnj ap- '4f u- jars doe to the of me.t sub- ,l4, la ,h Uj1 5i. through to profiteering fares and f ding American vessels in freight to enl!t all Interested Ic etab- Lot we feel it very poor train service. Nobody really eierts that their c mplaints will have the slight est effect, but they all feel better when they have got theni off tl.eir .chests. The companies are lu receipt of a wealth of sarcam avid facetiousness. plaintive poems, mournful parables, caus tic questions and profound es says, to say nothing of heartfelt pleas, ftern threats and solemn admonitions. In the meantime they will continue to operate very much as before, while the public v'll feel so immeasurably reliev ed that the service will seem bet ter. I tttote. The have la en couraged by advertising. V don't object to popH ulng substitutes Read iLe Ciaiiified Ak A service man who had won the distinguished service medal and croix de gnerre for taking a Ger man machine-gun nest and chas ing a flock of Huns across the Marne was shot for a rabbit while cut hunting with some compan ions the other day. The Germans couldn't kill him by blowing him np with high explosives, but a spoonful' of shot from a friendly gun wound up his career. SAME OLD STORY. "No prospect of a business panic." says a headline. Of course not. The people made sure of that by electing Harding by a thump ing majority and giving him strong backing in the senate and the house. The skies were be ginning to blacken somewhat as Democratic mismanagement of national and world affairs grew worse, but they are rapidly clear ing now that te Republicans have won so notable a victory. There may have to be a shorten ing of sail by some business houses which have not been as csutious as others, but as a gen eral rule readjustment is pro ceeding successfully. It has, in fact, been going on steadily for months without violence. It may be expected to continue in the same way, "soberly and advised ly," as the Chamber of Commerce of the United States puts it. Some people complain that this readjustment has been a long t.'nue coming. They fail to take human na ture into consideration. After the armistice was signed the people found themselves sud denly released from the tension of a great danger. Most of them also had money, ha vine been practically obliged to save by In vesting in Liberty bonds. For a time they indulged in an out burst of overspending, thus hin dering the Natural adjustment. After the first burst of gladness subsided there still remained a tendency not to produce to the maximum. This helped keep up prices. Now, however, the coun try is gradually returning to the old order. "We are over the top and on the down grade in most phases of industrial and commer cial life." meaning to say we are getting back to the proper level. FUTURE DATES. Ctom roll KTmbr 11 to 25 B4 esll. KoTember 20. StBr4ay FstMI. S leaa Sik scbMl . EajMM aifh ekaeL t Eufta. lrm hih school Eafana high -BL as Earca. Xorember 22. Honda? - State Ener It'Tjr board nrrti. XTnbT 2S.. TbarsJa? IWthaa Wil lanrfU ti. Whitmaa eotlefe. at Sales. yovrnber 23. Tharular FaetbaJl. 8a lett high jfaoot t Tba Dalit high school, at Tao bsllea. 4wemhtT 25- Tttrs4r--TliBksfiTBf December 1. Wcdaead'sT Entortsia ajont by Great Shirley Coacert company t armory, aadcr aaapiccs f Asjencaa lepoa. iVcember 6, Monday Special school elect iea . (Ieccrabr 7, Toeaday Jtaoaal slactioa f Chernim. December 8. Wedneaday Acanal elo tioa of Commercial rlnb. December 10. 11 and 12. Wet era Oresoai Older Boys' conference. Ksietn December 14. , Tneadav .a.. i .. tioa Salem Bajibeis Sin's leasva. LETTI XO OFF STEAM. The British railroads, which, like our own. have recently re turned to their owners with a long-pent-up public grouch in herited from government Con trol, recently invited the public to let off steam and get said grouch off their chest. For this purpose they have printed some long forms neatly tabulated for a mnltitude of grievances which they have promised shall receive respectable attention. Now. any one who knows th British weakness for "writing to the papers" and otherwise voic ing complaints with prolific ver bosity will appreciate what a popular safety valve this Inno vation will prove. Rumor hath It that forms poor In by thousands in everv mn voicing every kind of complaint from the ladies' invasion of smoking carriages, the inferior quality of tea and lunch baskets, windows that won't open, guards that are saucy, ' tiding, clear Even Iowa is complaining of a shortage of house?. This seems odd. as It was supposed that most lowans had sold out to move to Salem, and would have to leave their homes behind. Must be some strangers moving In from the east. made Into the arctic before hiv trip had been Zo miles, and that his expedition had coverel three limes that number. Perry, in outfitting for 500 miles, employed ISO sled and 13 doc, as corn pared with Stefansons one sled and six dogs. Perry 4 new to a day when he would return; Stef ansson found it possible to Mop anywhere, remain as long as he liked, and return when he willed. He found it pofsible to live en tirely on the resources of the conn try. "I think." said he. "that the north i fully as fruitful a place as any other, and I so no reaon why it will not eventually be in habited a3 well as any other." 'Meat producing Is the coun try's greatest a?st at present, tut great promise is made in the way of mineral, coal and oil re tources. Reindeer mature more quickly than beef cattle, and as it is a great grans country, this will undoubtedly be th principal line of produce for a long time. More meat is productM to the square mile than in any other semf-arld ranch land In the world." Mr. Stefansson raid that the majority of folk are laboring un der a delusion concerning .the dis covery of Ameilca it really wat discovered by the Norsemen In 987. he elajms. when they set tled on the coast of Greenland, for Greenland geographically is a part ot America. Evplorer Uaraarrie!. When asked how he came to enter upon exploration work. Mr. Stefansson said It all came about through his writing a little his tory of the north countrr during his years at Harvard, which was. later published by the Smlthsoni-I an institution. He was afterwards Invited to Joiri a polar expedition I In 11. and from then on has dated his active Interest In the! great northland. And. by the way, aprono of ; nothing In particular. Mr. Stefan-! sson Is 41. unmarried, with Norse and Irih ancestry, the latter re vealed by his almost-red hair, a Canadian by birth; by residence an American and better looking than his pictures. LADD BUSH BANKERS EiUMiihed 1EC3 General XUxridng Buxizea Office Honrs frcxa 10 a. tau to 3 p. a. i THE LAIY OOP. The municipal administration in Boston has placed eight women on the police force and they will be especially charged with the task of clearing the commons of mashers. Whether the lady cops will use themselves for bait Is not made known. It Is hard to ipi tgine 'a Boston feminine blue- coat doing vampire stuff. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST Some water In the Willamette But not high enough to do much damage. m And. by the same sign, the chances of very high water this season are reduced, for the warm rains have taken the snow out of the foothills, thus Increasing th Jlkelihood of a mild winted in the valley, with little or no snow. We will never have a great flood in the Willamette without a deep snow in the valley, taken off with heavv. warm rains. That was what made the famous floods of 1860 and 1890. American bankers are partici pating In a consortium, loanina China large sums for railroads and other development facilities: and thus helping that country on the way to becoming the great power of the Orient; her mani fest and sure destiny. Jananese ships are underbid- ECONOMY GROCERY a 8 large cans of Shad.. $1.00 S large cans Pink Sal mon fl.OO Potatoes, per 100 lbs. $1.50 Baldwin Apples, fancy per box $1.75 Cape Cod Cranberries, quart 25c No. 1 Sort Shell Walnuts, j pounds SI.OO Wedding Breakfast Syrup. Uncle John Syrup, Qt.i.G'Jc Sunmald Raisins. 15 ox. package jrwr Mince Meat, 8 oz Sue Bread, per loaf. . lOc and l.V Ice Cream packed and de livered to any place In the city Lane Morley 1801 Center SL Phone 14)2 Meat Substitutes Affect Consumption CHICAGO. Nov. 17 Something has reduced the per capita con sumption of meat in this country the past year. W. J. Carmlchael. secretary of the National Swine Growers association said hre. dis cussing the "Eat More Meat- movement h is endeavoring to set underway. He has called a meeting of livestock producers, livestock exchanges and packers for Chicago. Dec. 2. i At this conference he proposes I December Columbia Records On Sale Today Here Are Some Qirntma Selections TJ J73 Holy Nl;ht, peaceful Night. Jeanne Gordon . C1C9 Naxartth Oscar Seagle and Quartette The Voice ot the Chimes Oscar Seagle and Quartette 112 Te Olden Ynletlde Hymns Part ' Ye Olden Yuletide Hymns Part 2 25 Children's Toy March . .Princes Orchestra Children's Symphony. .. Princes Orchestra New. I - Records , 2998 Fair One. Fox Trot.. Ted Lewis Jits Bifid Cypsy Moon. Fox Trot Ted Lewis Jaxx Band 2999 That Moaning Melody Rose of Babylon CMS Hawaiian Twilight Waits - Columbia Orchestra On PensacoU Bay Walts Columbia Orchestra PmfiUr SnC 2203 I Want to Know Where T&sli Went When He Said Good Bye Get Up 2202 Drifting Along on a Blue Lagoon Campbell and Barr ' - - Oa Miami Shore Campbell asd Barr I"! Men's Underwear Have YOU teen NEW Prices oa our Underwear for Men and Boys? Of course, tney are all standard brands, snch as Carter's Close-Weare and Coo per's Closed Crotch. Tbe NEW PRICES are Below Present Factory Costs and are truly values. Carter's reirubr $txS0 Reduced price $U3 Carter's regular $3.00 Reduced price $1.43 Carter's rejjular $3J0 Reduced price 1133 And a good Heary regular $3 Union Suit, now Also a lot of $4 Union Suits to close out at :..$1.9S $2.45 Boys' Underwear " Carter's regular $X93 Reduced to $23 $3.00 regular reduced to 52.30 regular, reduced to $1.30 regular, reduced to $2.43 ..$1.93. -51.23 weaters SALEM SCHOOL COLORS for Roys and 3len All-Wool Ruff neck $15.00, now $1X50 AII-Wool Ruff neck $1130, now $9.93 ' $3.13 regular, now $4,-H $2.93 regular, now $1.93 $2.75 regular, now $13 Also a complete run of sizes In Sleeveless Sweaters to close out Regular $2.50 and $3.50, now 95c ALL LINES of Standard Merchandise GREATLY REDUCED Men's Store 416 State I a "F