THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27. 1920
. Issued Daily Except Monday by j
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annals of the crimes of big business in the whole history of
the United States. '
If the prohibition authorities screw the lid down a little
more we shall be inclined to think that prohibition is not a
sentiment, but a law. Which makes all of the difference in
the world.
The new building of the Salem
Dc-aconess hospital will be ready
tor occupancy by Christmas. That
will be an acceptable Christmas
present for this city.
If there i3 demanded 15.000
acres of flax next year, our far
mers will be ready to suj ply it.
All they want Is a sure market at
remunerative prices.
Entered at the Postoffice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter.
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HELP FOR THE HELPLESS, HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS
There is no caste in blood - - !
No sense of rank in tears " .
No barriers of race or religion or creed or nationality in
VinnoroT f '
! 1 And there is completeness in the democracy of death.
The American Quakers have decided to give help to the
i'1 helpless and hopeless millions of Russia.
They will begin with a vast store' of medical and hos
I j pital supplies. They will furnish ether for operations, where
,. there has been none for four years; where the horrors of the
,, Spanish Inquisition have been outdone under the most merci
ful manipulation of the surgeon's knife and saw.
r. They will have the needful things to provide the means
v of saving life and curing disease. . '
U All this from a people of a nation professing a religion
t and holding ideals which are hated and cursed by the over
i lords "of the sufferers thus to be relieved, and helped and
r healed and nursed back to life and health
'-. Made stronger, perhaps,-some of them, to curse louder
' ; and hate harder the only people willing and able to give them
' succor. - " .'!;! - - t " :"' " " ' ' 1 ; :-
, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love
thy neighbor and hate thine enemy:
J : "But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that
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There is to be a meeiing of
the people interested in the flax
industry at the Salem Commerciat
club rooms at 10 o'clock this
morning. It should be a large
meeting. The Salem district is
on the edge of big things in the
fber. flax industry. And the hemp
industry ought to be taken on,
too. Both industries provide all
the year around employment.
Small chance would the Royal
Ann cherry growers have had
against the Italian growers send
ing over small white cherries In
barrels for maraschino manufac
ture, had Cox been elected. Even
with an honcst administration of
the present Democratic free trade
law, our Royal Ann growers
would be protected to the tune of
1 cent a pound. Under the for-c-er
tariff law they were protect
ed to the extent of 2 cents a
pound with an honest adminis
tration in the appraising offices
of the United States. After March
4th there will be an honest ad
ministration. And the rate ought
to 2 cents a pound.
How much
higher, it will be the duty of con
gress to Inquire. And our Royal
Ann growers will be sure of this
protection, If they will go at it
in a two-fisted, straightforward
manner; if they will let their sen
ators and representatives in con
gress know they are expectins
from them a square deal.
that despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Thus the lowly Nazarene instructed his apostles as He
sent them forth. -! j
, It has taken the world some two thousand years to be
' : gin to come up to this strange teaching most strange in the
1 cruel times when it was uttered. 1
i; The American Quakers must have been reading their
v: Bibles. . ;!:'. W.'-
L And perhaps.the bread they are casting on the waters in
, the dark land under Bolshevik rule may come back after many
It days, in the form of a nation lifted from its miseries and ha
r treds and wrongs, with the bloody and brute force of Bol
i ' shevism one of the bitterest of its memories ; recorded in its
r history as the greatest of iu'wrongs, th5ugh it has suffered
many great wrongs throughout all the generations of its ex
f istence as a nation.
s "Drastic legislationto meet the housing condition in the
M United States is recommended in a statement by Senator
Kenyon of Iowa, a member Of the Senate committee which
investigated the housing problem throughout the country.
The Senator says the United States is 1,000,000 homes short
, today and that the problem is acute in every section of the
r. country. He would have government aid directly in solving
,the problem. Among other things Senator Kenyon recom
,raenda the establishment of a federal home loan1 bank, sim
j ilur in its operations to the federal farm loan bank, as a means
jiof enabling the American people to have roofs over their
: heads. He called attention to the fact that the states of New
- York and New Jersey have tackled the housing problem, that
v Great Britain and France are taking action, and he can see no
treason why the American government should not do the same
Uhing," r
i. : So reads a dispatch from Washington. It is a great idea.
l It Aa the building and loan association idea applied to the
k whole) nation. And, while he is at it. Senator Kenyon might
V get busy breaking loose the federal farm loan banks from the
grip of the corsairs of finance who have held them up for
months on end in the Supreme Court of the United States
u making a record that is orie of the most disgraceful in all the
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from Washington that the Hrilish
government has suddenly changed
it3 policy and has entered into a
trade agreement with Russia that
is tantamount to a recognition of
the de ficto soviet government.
This agreement was brought
forth ly lliifsia as soon as the
Wrangel forces in the Crimea
were beaten. Great Kritain was
asked to sign on a dotted line
and was coolly informed that a
itfuxal would be followed by so
viet attacks upon the ltritJsh por?
stssions in Asia. Apparently
without consulting any of her
late associates the Uritish gov
ernment signed this agreement.
It is a compromise with the So
viets that may bring temporary
repose to the Uritish dominions;
but it is a repose purchased at
a price that lew Independent gov
ernments would care to pay.
France has declined to follow
Britain's lead. -'ue will not have
any official rotations with Rus
sia until the crimes of the soviet.?
against humanity have been' expi
ated and until there is a renewed
pledge on the part of the Soviets
to repay the loan made by the
French people to the .former Rus
sian government.
Intimation haa come from
Washington that this sudden
weakening on the part of the
British government will not cause
any change in the American pol
ity towards Russia. Italy may
follow the lead of Great Itritain,
but France and the United States
wyj stand nrm. Trade agree-
nients are desirable; but national
henor is of more worth to the
French and the American people
than international trade.
A-WOniJLY POLICY.
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WANT AD. IN THE STATESMAN WILL BKLN'G RESULTS
Ever since the armistice was
signed the British government has
been running with a swaying and
jerking motion that gives an un
mistakable impression of insta
bility. Lloyd George and his min
isters seem to have acquired a
habit of giving ground when hard
pressed ' and their government
rests on a system of balances and
compromises. The Rock of Gib
raltar no longer symbolizes the
British parliament, which is now
weak where it once was strong
est. If Palmerston and Welling
ton were to return it would be
for them a sorry awakening.
, Viewing the record from a dis
tance it is not surprising that the
French fcre'gn office frequently
becomes disgusted wilh the for
eign policy of the Lloyd George
government. When the Poles were
apparently about to lose their
capital city Lloyd George said, in
the, course of an addiess to par
liament, that the Russian govern
ment was within Us rights in in
vading Polish' territory; that the
Poles had opened hostilities, and
must make peace the best they
could. A trade agreement with
the soviet government was pre
pared and ready for presentation
to parliament when the Poles
made their final stand, broke the
soviet front and cleared their ter
ritory of the Reds.
Several British ministers and
statesmen promptly., censured the
Russians, congratulated the Poles
and asserted that Great Britain
would never, never enter into any
economic or political agreements
with the soviet government of
Russia. : .France had taken thi3
attitude ever since the Soviets
signed a dishonorable peace with
Germany. Her opinion did not
vary, like a weather vane, with
the changing fortunes of the so
viet armies. When the Iiolshe
vikl were the strongest France
was the most uncompromising.
President Wilson . had assured
Great Britain. France and Italy
that this country would support
them by making no trade nor po
litical agreement with Russia. He
said that a resumption of diplo
matic relations was Impossible un
til a government truly representa
tive of the Russian people was
established; that no self-respecting
nation could ! sign a contract
with a government that ImasteJ
of breaking its i pledges. That
was three months ago. British.
French and Italian ,.slatPst"en
joined in indorsing that policy
But the information now comes'
bai) and permitted to run wild
until 'their transportation is ar
ranged. It U represented that the
government Is nnable to make the
necessary arrangements for their
removal, but that Is a mighty slim
excuse for an administration to
clfer. Meanwhile many of them
ire publicly preaching their re
volutionary doctrine. Speaking
of Democratic administrations,
there was a Grover Cleveland
once who would not have permit
ted dangerous and' irresponsible
aliens to build bonfires on his
fiont porch.
WORTHY OF HIS IIIKI".
Herbert Hoover Is urging or
ganized labor to accept the Idea
or having two or three wage l-vels
in c?ch trade. This would enable
the skilled worker to be rewarded
above the deadly average. There
is no justice in requiring the em
ployer to pay top scale to bottom
workmen and the rule could not
long apply. Mr. Homer also
urges the larger use of the shop
committee In the adjustment of
local grievances. A shop com
mittee can understand condition
that are beyond the pale of a full-
, cized union. The shop commit-
tee can work as efficiently with
a union as without, although It
must be admitted that the Hoover
prescriptions are more In accord
with the American or open-shop
Idea. The laborer Is worthy of
his hire, but the union doesn't
recognize the fact in a practical
way: It penalizes the ' efficient
workman for the benefit of the
ircompetent. Los Angeles Times.
biggest he has ever known, lie
began his public life at a state's
attorney in 161 and has been In
the game ever since, with a coupl
of brief interruptions. Ilia pres
ent term will oreak the nation's
record for leglflatUe service. At
H4 he Is still gocd for another
sesioa.
TIIK WAY OIT.
Congressman Volstead says that
his celebrated ait ran be easily
amended and he thinks it ougnt
to be.. There are a lot cf uit-n
who feel the same way about a.
but they do not seem able to get
together. In the meanwhile the
law should be enforced in a thor
ough and efficient way and with-
ut playing favorites. That Is !$
onlr way In which Injustices of
the law may be broucht to light
and their correction uradc po v-sible.
Ml" IK ltlltlt.
KUXXIXti VILI.
Over 500 Russian Communists,
who have Ion? since been ordered
deported, are still in this coun
try and most of them are under
A IOKTS OATH;
A 40-pound turkey fotlowed
President-elect Harding to Pana
ma fqr his Thanksgiving dinner.
A 40-pound tnrkey coull give
even the American eagle 'a run
for his money.
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SHOP BY CHECK
TIIK month of Dei-ember is usually a
heavy shopping month. In addition
to the household and personal nwdt
which have to be fulfilled, there's the
Christmas shopping to be done.
rn
the
Indies are invited to eliminate the
cf carrying: cah by obtaining th
pocket size CHECKBOOKS from
United States National.
K UnitedStntes IfoUgnalOaiiir,
SALLM
ORtGON
ANOTHER SUPER SPECIAL
"KENTUCKY COLONEL"
Gabriele d'Annunzio says he
cannot recognize the treaty of
Rapallo. He remembers only his
own oath. The word of a poet
has been as good as some treaties
we have had, but it Is usually a
hard thing to cash at the bank.
OLIKTI.MKR.
Starting
Today
Same
Prices
The
Featuring
JOSEPH DOWLING
Miracle Man of the Screen
Also
-GREAT MCKLK ROBDERT"
With
CHESTER and SLIM
CONKLIN SUMMER VILLE
It's Full of Giggles. Laughs
and Yells
Coming Tuedy
"THE OANDOX
Special
Iu&ic
Continuous
Show Sunday
Uncle Joe cannon his been
nominated for congress 25 times,
but the majority he received in
the election this month was the
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PRE-INVE-NTORY
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SHOP
AT OUR MEN'S STORE
SHOP
FUTCRK PATES.
lntir t. tV43dT Entertain
ment fcy Ufa! Hhirr Concert company
t armory, Matter n spires of American
ljcinn. -
Uerember C, Mondaj Special arhotil
leetion .
rwemher 7, Tuelajr Aonual ertia
of flierrtani. !
IWrniher 8, Wrn"igy Annual elea- j
lion of Commerrial rmh.
Iermler 1I. II n4 12. Western
Oregon Older B' ronferenre, Salem.
tee.tr, n, Tomlae Annnl alee
tiua Salem Busineta Uea'a leafna.
iereaibr 15. Wedarwlay War Sloth-f
ar'a hataar in armor.
lcfuil)fT C 3. btttuitj, Christum,
EARLY Begins 7 a. m. Saturday, Nov. 27 EARLY
In starting this SALE before the Christmas Holidays we are giving our Patrons the opportunity of securing their Christmas Gifts at
a big reduction You will find here only Quality Merchandise at prices you can well afford, and remember not an article in the house
Reserved. Below arc listed a few of the many Bargains we have to offer:
Arrow Starch Collars -
Any Style, 2 for. 1.33c
AH Hats 20 Off
$5.50 cut to... $4.40
$6.00 cut to $4.80
$7.00 cut to . .. ....$3.60
AH Caps 20 percent off
$ 1.00 cut to ..$.TJZ0
$3.50 cut to $20
$3.00 cut to $2.10
$2.50 cut to.! $2X0
All Dress Shirts 20 - Off
$5.00,cut to $3.93
$G.OO cut to $IJs0
?4.00 cut to $2.93
$3.50 cut to.. . $20
Special lot $1.93
20 per cent off
UNDERWEAR
$5.00 cut to $3.95
$4.00 cut to I $.L2o
$3.00 cut to L $2.40
Haynes' Union Suits.. .1..... $1.73
ALL NECKWEAR GREATLY REDUCED 20'i OFF
20 per cent off
Work Clothes
Levi Strauss Overalls, waist or bib....$l J)3
Dark or Light Cord Pants $1.93
20 per cent off
Flannel Shirts
$8.00 cut to
$G.50 cut to
$G.00 cut. to
fo.00 cut to
$2.50 cut to
$6,10
.$3.20
$l0
..$1.00
-$1.93
MACKINAWS
20 per cent off
$18.00 cut to.
$15.00 cut to.
$12.50 cut to.
$7.50 cut to...
.$14.10
$11.93
...$9.93
..$6.00
OIL CLOTHING
20 per cent off
$5.00 cut to
18.00 cut to
f 10.00 cut to
$3.95
$7.95
OVERCOATS
$10.50 cut to $1.33
$27.50 cut to $233
Outing Flannel Night
Gowns, $3.45, $;I5, now
$1.93
Pajamas, $3.93 cut to $2.93
$1.50 cut to ... $3.93
BOYS' AND MEN'S
. SWEATERS
20 per cent off
Tom Wye, 4 pocket... $11.50
515.00 cut to $12.(0
$13JV) cut to .. $Uj;o
S1.00 cut to $.30
$2.50 cut to $!Ji3
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Boys' Underwear
$3.95 now .;...$2.93
$3.00 now $2.15
$2.50 now $1.13
$1.50 now ; ..95c
Boys Night Gowns, special.... $1.23
5 pairs Sox $1.00
3 pairs Buster Brown Fine Lisle Hose $1.23
Regular 75c.
60 dozen, while they last, wool hose .......75c
Dress Cassimcrc, regular 85c, now 3 fairs
for . .... .. $1.23
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