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'4 THE OREGON STATESMANj SaLEM, OREGON. SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4. 1920 , Issued Daily Except Monday by ' x TIIR STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 S. fcommrcia.l St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 74 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1116) f MEM1JKK OF TIIK ASSOCIATED PKRSS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited ' la this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks. ..... ....... Manager Stephen A. Stone .Managing Editor Ralph Glover i Cashier Frank Jaskoski Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by earrier-Jn Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, in advance, S6 a year, S3 for six months, $1.50 for three months, In Marion and Polk counties; $7 a year, $3.50 for six months, $1.75 for three months, out side of these counties. When not paid in advance, 60 cents a year additional. THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, w be ent a year to any one paying a year In advance to the Dally Statesman. i " ' SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.50 a year; 75 cents for six months; 40 cents for three months. -" WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued in two six-page sections. Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year "(if not paid in advance, $1.25); 60 cents for six months; 25"cents for. three months. least furnishes a basis for the ex change of conversation,. The sit uation In Australia in the -matter of industrial Invasion by the Jap tntie is described as being as acute as in California. Yet Aus tralia has millions of acres of un cultivated lands and would seem to owe a welcome to the thrifty and '- industrious son of Nippon. Senator Lodge holds that no na tion should be able to find war rant fo war because of restraints upon immigration raised by an other country. The first sovereign r?ght of any nation or government must be the right to say who may come into the country. As a man has the right to determine his own household so has a nation the right to decide who shall be come its guests and upon what terms. These matters however, may and should be interpreted -y international agreements rath er than restrictive laws. TELEPHONES: Business Office,-23. Circulation Department, 583. Job Department, 583. Society Editor 106. Entered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. OUGHT TO GET TO WORK and proves that the native Amer ican Is the finest animal In exist ence for taking care of his mate and his young. He doe-m't de pend upon the government or his' relative?, but arranges for it him self. If he Uu't always thilftyli ii still provident. COLLEGE GIRLS. There are aver 10,000 girl Etu ucnts enrolled at the University ot Pennsylvania this term. And they are not learning cooking an l (lain sewing, at . thas;. Within another decade the number of women college students In Amer ica wui be greater than young men. Whether the country' will be the better off for it will be up to the next genertaion to trove. WOitK ft-Olt TIIK MANES. V 1 Congressman Willis C. Hawley of Oregon's First district is a member of the Was and Means Committee of the House of Representatives-- 1 , , I And this committee has! to do with tariff matters. ! Mr. Hawley knows the needs of his constituents in the way of a protective tariff for1 their products and their capital rrl thpir labor i And, indeed, he knows the needs of the whole country in this respect, and he is a Republican and holds with that party in favor of the principle of protection to American industry. ' This committee should get to work at once, and will no doubt get to work, framing up a new tariff law along protect ive lines , And one that will, produce some revenue and thus help the overburdened taxpayers of the country. Perhaps it may not be possible to definitely accomplish a irreat deal until after the Democratic administration goes out on March 4th a date that will drag along all too slowly. But the groundwork may be laid, and many investiga tions may be held 1 So that quick action may, be had after March 4th;, for that is the way Congress will act. (The writer does not be lieve it is the best way ; he believes the best way would be for Congress Jto leave the matter to experts.) - 9 And some relief work may be possible, even before March .4th. - v. w 7:-'-; . - "t: ;.V" : ' . For, behold, the Democratic South has changed over com pletely in six months, in favor of protection Miracle of miracles! Six months ago, the South had been lulled to repose with the idea that the protective tariff issue was dead; that this country would never have need of a protective tariff. Now mass meetings are being held in all parts of the South,' demanding protection for Southern products ; even for cotton and the by-products of cotton and cotton seed. ' - A Southern Tariff Congress was recnetly held at New Orleans, attended by all the leaders of that section. j It makes a difference whose ox is gored. r So the committees of both branches of Congress, the Finance Committee in , the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee in theHouse, ought to be busy; ought to make haste; ought to work hard, providing relief for the whole country at the earliest possible dates- k . And Oregon is foftunate in having such a man as Con gressman Hawley, sent from our First district, in such a place of authority as his membership on the latter committee gives him. The Springfield Republican fears that the civil service reform "sentiment of the country" may be in danger of dis appointment through the action of the new Republican ad ministration. Where" is there such a sentiment? It is likely rather strong just now among the Democratic seat warmers. The civil service is all right, if it does not go too far. And it has been going much too far in many departments of the public service of late Wherever the civil service cloak is used to cover the shortcomings and inefficiency of clace holders under government pay, in high places or low places, it should be kicked out. There are places where the ancient Demo cratic rule of Andrew Jackson, embodied in his laconic state ment, To the victors belong the spoils." mieht aDnronriatelv be applied after March 4th; a good many . thousands of them. Not COine too' far. Of Course: hut iust far PTinntrVi tn crnafarv- tee good and Efficient public service. This application of the ancient Democratic rule, with the services of a firing squad commissioned) go the limit, till about 100,000 useless place holders are bumped off of the federal payrolls, would be a very good start towards giving a great majority of the votprs one of the things they had in mind when they went to the pons tasi monin. Sealskin coat, pearl necklace and diamond stud ripflatinn j) set in. In September this country imported only $6,- gw,wy,wonn oi iurss ana gems, as compared with $18,700, 000 in the same month of the preceding year. There is a report that Denmark win have the mandate over Ar menia, wbicn both France aud Jreat DrUam would nave gladly assumed, but which the Lmted States' cautiously declined. . Tne immediate business in Armenia .s the mediation of the armed strife between tne Armenians and Me Turkish nationalists under an assassin named Mustapha Kemal. The Turks have been massacring the Armenians for so many years that it has become a nationa nabit. . . They only desist long enough to raise a tresh supply of Armen ians. Otherwise they would run out of victims. The present war fare seems to have' no warrant beyond the ancient score, and if Denmark be given . authority it may be possible to placate the warring hosts. It would be a fine job for Hamlet's father's ghost. Had America accepted the man date it might have been turned over to Jack Dempsey who is too proud to fight except for a half- miilion-dollar purse and might have taught .his tactics to the Turks. INSIDE AXI OUT. IX PKHPETUITV. Vice President-elect Coolidge, In the course of a speech in, New York, declared that the great test of an institution is the ability to perpetuate Itself. In the recent elections Uncle Sam Indicated bis purpose to keep on going along sanely established lines. There is perpetual motion lubri cated by common cense. Your uqcle not only reproduces, but keeps himself a-hnmming.l , THE SCHOOL HOUSH. - 1 I Tae aaiem postouire is aireaay In Its, grand Christmas rush, and there will be no rest for the weary and overworked employes there till the New Year Is several days old. m President Wilson Is anxlom to to before congress wih his last message. m tA If he would make It snappy, and tell them to get busy and give the country the relief It voted lor. he would be doing a real service. Any otner sort of a message from Mr. Wilson would not am ount, to half as much as a last year's bird nest struck with a club. S The local building ana lean as sociation has some mony on hand I . i r v. i.ii i u i h IU iud.l IUIIU C UUIlUfUS Ml homes. And the bnylng of new shares goes on apace. - Just keep on keeping on. and Salem will have enough homes Tor all the people who want to live here and that will be a good many and a steady stream as long as most of the people now extant remain in this vale of tears. for Oregon, Joseph il i and j. Artiip nr InrnrTf.rnt In.i wer i filed bv the Thornton Investment i by and Herman Un-ller. I Henolutlons , showing an l ' rrei In capitalisation were fl4 it following: f om pan v of Portland.. capMalixvd at lo.uOO The Incorporators are C. A. Hell. William L. Brewster Davidson Km It company. Hood IUvr; from Slfa.0ij to $1-0.- 000. WilUmett Valley Arm, company. Hood River; front fjj.. 000 to STS.boe. Hood River Frnlt eotajMT, Hood River; rrom $!. to 120.00. The great national need of Mexico Is education and it Is con ceded that 60,000 schools and compulsory education would make Mexico one ot the greatest countries in the world. Its re sources could make It independ ent and rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Education is the great empire builder and wUl be neces sary for the salvation ot the Rus sian peasantry. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST ! . 4 Three Foreign Concerns Get Operating Permits Permits to operate In Oregon were granted by T. B. Handley, state corporation commissioner, to three foreign corporations; Thy were: Attalla Oil company. Kenne wlck. Wash., capitalization. $250.- 000; attorney-in-fact for Oreron, Rogers MacVeagh of Portland. Northwest Battery Service com pany, Seattle. Wash.; capitaliza tion, $150,000; attorney-in-fact for Oregon, Lynn D. Johnson of Portland. Pacific Co-operative Learue, San Francisco: attorney-in-fact Today j m And two more Saturdays They will be buying 'em In Sa lem. i RECOMMENDED TO SCHOOL CHILDRE.V This is the season- when chil dren are subject to croup, colds and coughs. Rena C. Marchard. 36 Lawrence St.. Salem. Mass.. writes: "I used Foley's Honey and Tar with good results. I bad a very bad cold and It gave me re lief at onee, so I recommend It to. every child that goes to school." This standard, law priced medi cine loosens and clears mucus and phlegm, checks strangling cough ing, makes easy breathing, soothes and heals raw, in named mem branes, and stops tickling In throat. Sold everywhere. The Telephoie Company Desires- To give good telephone serrice. To keep its property in good repair and expand it to meet tne require ments of the public To pay wages sufficient to maintain an efficient and contented organiza tion. To earn a revenue that will enable it to borrow the money absolutely nec essary in its operations and to afford a reasonable profit to its owners. In the State of Oregon today our earnings are insufficient to accom plish these results and we have asked the Public Serrice Commission of the State to approve a schedule of rates which we believe will provide the added revenue required. No question of stocks, bonds or capitalization is Involved. The Com mission will base its decision upon a fair value of our property for rate mak ing purposes and our earnings and expenses. We believe that the public, realizing the benefits of adequate telephone service, will support this effort on our part to insure the maintenance and development of a high standard of telephone communication. - . The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Unless the United States is of the League of Nations why should it concern Itself with the prob lems raised by and fbr the league?.. Why should Uncle Sam worry about who bores for oil In Mesopotamia or who ships wheat to the Caspian sea? That'j what the other countries of the world want to know. Uncle Sam appears o be anxious to wade and paddle in the big waters, but doesn't want to learn to swim. Even the Peruvians and the Costa Ricans look rather compassion ately upon their big uncle.- Jjos Angeles Times. . ; PICKING COMPANION'S. Senator Lodge's proposition to deal with the problems of Asiatic immigration through mutual i . - ,, - agreement with Canada, Aus- i. -tralia and . New Zealand may not be thoroughly practical, but It at - BUY ' I J XMAS GIFTS I n mow Our Stocks Are Complete Shop Morning, if Possible WASTING THE DOUGH. Incidents in the shipping board inquiry show that under the cost plus system the government paid $48 for fastening a 50-cent hinge to a cabin door. On another oc casion 12 carpenters were sup posed to be at work at one time in a wireless room that was less than six feet square. It wasn't even large enough' for a decent crap game, and yet a dozen high- priced workmen were presumed to be slaving away within its nar row bounds. As has been said before, the shipping board sim ply opened the windows and doors and shoveled the nation's money out into the wide, wide world. They seem to have used steam shovels at that. ; PUBLIC JOIW. i In some of the new countries of . Europe as spun on the web of war one person in every 50 is a civilian government employe. Un der, like terms there would be over two million persons In the public service in America. . Even wUh Democrtaic excesses and ex travagance, the public service 13 not burdened to the extent It Is in Europe. ROBBING THE DECK. There Is talk of Bavaria want ing a king, but what the country oeeas is not a king but a joker and a few ten-spots. LOOKING AHEAD. The American people took out nine billion dollars' worth of life insurance last year and there Is naw more of this form of family protection in this country than In all the rest of the world put together. mis is a remarkable showing FUTCFK bATWt. ..T"' 7 T.etiUy AbbmI lectio. tetptr . WMnMdaj un f nminercial rlnh. - aJtZZmXl ? I1 12. W,tm Malm, Rmiu,, V i -AbbvsI W American Club v Coffee, 1 lb.. 34c 3 pounds zZc 5 pounds .U...'.31c' ' Milk 2 Carnation ' 27c 6 Carnation 1 75c 12 Carnalon : $10 2 Ubbj ............25c Eagle Brand ..29c Syrup Small Uncle John's 40c . Medium 70c Vi gallon $15 Gallbn $2.55 Amber Karo, 5 lbs .43c 10 lbs. ....78c Crystal White, 10 lbs.. 88c 5 lbs 48c Maple Karo, 5 lbs 70c 10 lbs. $1.40 VIM Flour $2.65 No. 10 Pancake 55c No. 10 Graham 50c Cream of Wheat 28c Lard and Com pound No. 5 Valley Packing Lard .$1.13 No. 10 Valley Packing Lard $235 Cream Cheese, lb .35c 6 lbr. Crjsco $1.60 9 lbs. Crisco ...$2.53 10 lb3. Sogr $1.00 10 lbs. Fancy Jap Head Rice 80c Folgefs Tea Yz pound 30c 1 pound ...55c Tree Tea, Vi lb. 30c 1 pound 60c 3 lbs. Macaroni .......... ,25c KtUogg'g Corn Flakes, 3 packages ..20c 3 E-C Corn Flakes '.25c 3 lb. Nucoa $1.00 Peanut Bntter, lb. ....... .12c 5 lbs. j..... 60c sBUSICK'S ALBANY f Retailer and Wholesale Distributors Phone C. O. D. Orders 198-186 For Best Service Order Early si fiS) XV A 2 Large Cans Yellow Cling Peochea.45c 10 lbs. Fancy Navy Beans 40c 10 lbs. Fancy Cream Rolled Oats.. 65c Salad Oil Pt. Wesson's CU '. 34c Qt. Wesson's Oil 63c Vi Oil. Wjwson's Oil.: $1.24 1 Gal. Wesson's Oil.... $2.43 PtMarolaOil " 33c Qt. Ma2ola Oil 62c Vi Gal. Mizola Oil $13 1 GaL Mazola OQ .. . . .$2.40 , Soap 3 Cream Oil Boan .23c 3 Palm Olive Soan .23c 5 Royal White Soap. 25c 5 WHte Nary Eoap . .23c 5 Cascade Soan - .3QC 5 Ivory Boan f. 45c .5 Fell's Naptha Soap j. ... .45c .f . . c ." . , 2 Cans Tomatoes ze 2 Cans Peas 32c 2 Cans Clams j 35c 2 Cans Oysters; 37c Royal Club Coffee 50c Large Fancy Entih Walnuts, lb.. 27c Sun Maid Raitirn ..2Sc Not a Seed Raisins, 2Sc 40cslxe' Royal Baking Powder 3Cc 35c sixe Calumet Bakia Powder :20s 50c size Instant Postum 42c 30c size Instant Postum 25c Jell-O, pkg. 4 14c Jiffy Jell, pkg. ,....14c $155 Broom s $L13 VIM Flour ...... $2X3 Bulk Coffee, lb. 2J: Crisp oda Crackers, lb. lSe Salted Peanuts, lb. . 20c No. 10 Ytllow Corn Weal .' 47c No. 10 White Meal 45c it The Quality Coffee of America!' There is no better coffee than MJ3. Coffee regard less of priceerWHY? 5-lb. tin per lb. 43c 3 -lb. tin per lb. 45 C Single Pound Tin 46C Wo Recommend That You Buy tLo 5 -IK Size - " You Save More Money Its the Life of Wheat. Call 18G or 193 Say VIM We will deliver C. O. D. Valley Flour, sometimes called best hard-wheat flour, sack $113 Homes In Salem are Uilsg VIM FLOUR.. When Better Flour is made VIM will make it. --' "Vi , . . I - Horn t ml n W Simmtt Btkimdlt. Xto W is. .WrfaMdijWM Mtifc.