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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 5. 1020 statesman ': . Issued Daily Except Monday by v .TIfE STATESMAN PUBLISH IXO COMPANY " 215 S. Commercial St., Salein. Oregon ! (Portland Office. 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1116) MKMHKIt OF THE ASSOCIATED PBESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub itloa of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited this paper and also the local news published herein. J. Hendricks . . . . . , ?hen A. Stone. Irh Glover. . . . . ... . . . .. . -nk Jaskoski. 4 this experience; and that it is not our. own minds, but the "Comforter," "the Holy Spirit of truth" which He promised that is to lead Chirstians into all truth. This union brought about, and the field and the power for good of the Protestant churches will be greatly enlarged. - Vote for the school budget. 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K :lephones: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 583. Job Department, 583. Society Editor 106. itered at the Postoffice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. THE EPISCOPAL LAMBETH CONFERENCE If you have any doubts con cerning the need of jour vote in iavor of the school budget, please rcaa over me reasons given uy he members of the school board in this morning's Statesman. There should be no negative votes. But you must not assume that there will not be. Do your duty and go to the polling place and vote. j The Salem Symphony orches; tra is doing better work than ever." This organization is the outstanding agency and exponent la Salem of high class music. There are 48 members of the or ganization, including our most prominent and talented musicians giving up a great deal of ihelr time for the community welfare. The Balem Symphony Reserves (Copyrighted by The San Jose Mercury) One of the most noteworthy gatherings of the present yekr j well of the Salem public, and it should be accorded every possible encouragement by our ' .people. Whenever the organization puts on a concert, as it wilrdo at? the Armory on Monday evening, theje should be no vacant seats. STATEMENT OF THE SCIUKL BOARD IN REFERENCE TO ' SCHOOL BUDGET. s the Lambeth Conference of the Episcopal church which :ccr.tly met in the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury i England. This body meets once in ten years and is com osed of the bishops of the church, not only from Great Iritain and thd colonies, but from every part of the world. it this meeting, besides strictly church, affairs, some of the Teat problems of modern life were also extensively dis ussed and resolutions were passed declaring the position of he church upon them and making suggestions for their se ction. " J ' ' :': ', - , ' ;v ' ; - Among the ; things thus considered was' the world's indus rial problem. A strong stand was taken against communism ad Bolshevism though some of the statement in regard to he industrial situation was not so anti-socialistic as most of he friends of this great church would desire. For example, ie statement declares, in effect, that the wage system is not n ideal system under which to carry on production, lea v ig the inference that some other system must be found and at into operation, although the declaration does not spe- ifically say this. The effect of such a statement will be to omewhat encouracre the advocates of socialism or commun- :m as a cure for our industrial troubles, since that is the nly concrete suggestion that has been seriously proposed to ake tne place oi tne present industrial system. , I Of course the wage system as now in operation is not ideal. Neither it nor any other will be or can be until the men and -omen who must establish and operate it are more nearly crfect than they are today. A system that may be perfectly ieal in theory will be a sorry failure in practice unless it an'take theTiuman material available andmake it efficient nd creative to meet the varying and ever-increasing needs f the world. That industrial system will be best which can iJths greatest productive results from all the humatfele r.cnts comprising society, and at the same time give oppor unity for the greatest individual development, liberty and appiness. ; It is perfectly plain to most thinking people that Bolshevism, or communism does not meet this test, Even ' cnine himself admits that communism is a failure. 1 "lYhatever, new industrial system the future may develop, f any, will depend for success, as the present one does, upon he individuals who organize under it and carry on produc lon. It therefore becomes in the last analysis very largely s. matter of the capacity, efficiency, personal interest and .ttitude of the individual men and women engaged in indus ry. Until human nature is revolutionized, self interest must e the motive for all business effort or activity; Socialism, omrnunism, or any other system which ignores this can not ucceed. Of course, the more enlightened this self interest he'better. V ? . . j , 3 - Bdt the most remarkable thing in the declaration of this hurch conference is the suggestion looking to a practical niort of the Protestant churches of the world. This sugges ion goes very much further, than the Inter-church world movement. Among other things it is proposed that the min ers' of all Protestant denominations be given some kind f joint ordination, so that they would be entitled to fill any 'rotestant pulpit and be eligible as pastors of any Protestant hurch no matter what the particularldenomination. To the laymen such a suggestion seems quite practical, and, ?Jn one particular, no very serious difficulties suggest jjlnselves. 'Differences in beliefs as to baptism, for exam- , could be adjusted by permitting each church, or each : mber for that matter, : to decide what form of baptism I or he would have. Other differences could be harmonized A a similar manner. The form of church government would resent the hardest problem.. But even this should not be mpo3sible of solution. - Every lover of religion should find a, powerful incentive oward euch a union in the splendid and far-reaching results t would produce. The first and most important effect vould be a great increase in toleration, and the elimination of ! quirements of these statutes, but nuch of the narrowness and sectarianism, that have in the ast greatly retarded the growth and interfered with the vork of the Protestant churches of the world. Another most mportant result wxuld be the absorption, in the smaller itie3 and - tojwns especially, of several weak and small hurches, which now find it hard even to exist and maintain heir poorly paid pastors, by one strong, virile organization, nstead of small and weak churches of the Methodist, Pres yterian. Baptist, Congregational and one or two other de nominations in every little town, there would come to be one i'rotestant church with numbers and life and strength, enough lo be a force in the communityand with a pastor capable of timulating and leading the spiritual life of its people. , ' It seems to be one of the peculiarities of human nature to ling to the forms of religion long after the reason for them r the occasion which, called them forth has passed away, 'ten are today Methodists or Presbyterians without1 knowing vhy and with little or no knowledge of the movement out of vhich their particular denomination sprung. .Most men and omen of this day. however, have little or no interest in he doctrinal points which have divided Protestantism into 1mny: sects. They simply will not listen to any lengthy -oSsions of them. The theological disquisitions of one hun- 1 years ago, beginning with "firstly" and proceeding ugh mazes of scripture and logic to ' tenthly would in month empty the biggest church in the land. The people lay insist upon something more vital and substantial these old dojrmas. i ' ' Protestantism forsret these old divisions and unite in tins' the fundamentals of rel iff ion and esDeciallv of thr Testament in the most convincing ano attractive way j'". Istjt remember that "real nHi is "ho matter We, the undersigned members oi the school board of School District No. 24. desire to amplify the reasons, set forth in the pro posed budget to be voted on next Monday, for asking for an in creased levy. These reasons as they appear In the budget, as well as upon the ballot, are as follows: ! 1. Loss of county funds onf ac count of Jory case. 2. Increase in attendance, ap proximately 17 per cent. -- 3. Because of opening. McKin- ley school. , 4. General higher cost of op eration. 5. Taxes to cover bonus voted last year for teachers which was granted this year. Pflvm en t rf nast Indphtpd- rf . T ness. . ' - . ; The above are six concise state ments of the reason why it is necessary to1 make a levy exceed ing more than 6 per cent the levy made last year, and while they are each comprehensive to the members of the school board, yet it Is felt that, without further ex planation, they may be misunder stood by some who have not "giv en school matters careful atten tion, and thereiore our purpose of explaining them more in de 1. Loss of county funds on ac count of Jory case. The history of the Jory case is known to most everybody. The legislature in 1919 amended the law so that school districts should receive on their school census $10 per capita, rather than the tmount theretofore received un der the old law, of $8 per capita. The law pertaining to the high school tuition fund . was also changed so that school districts were entitled to receive tuition from a county fund for all chil dren attending high school In this district who came from another district in the state where a high school was not maintained. The county court of Marion county. Oregon, in making up its budget ia 1919 attempted to provide funds with which to meet the re ciease appears to be approximate ly 1- per ceut. This increase ha necessitated the employment of several new teachers; it necessi tates the opening of more rooms, ieiuiring more wood, more school supplies and more janitor service. While the increased cost is not proportionate to the In-V crease ia attendance, yet because of the fact that the school district was attempting to get along with a minimum number of teachers, on the last year's basis, the in crease in attendance Increases the number of teachers. 3. Opening of McKinley school. The Salem hospital has decided to vacate McKinley school and it will be available for school pur poses about the middle of De cember. 1 Conditions in the Lin coln school are such that relief is demanded. This relief can only be adequately afforded by open ing the McKinley school immedi ately after the holidays. This will necessitate the employment of several new teachers. These new teachers, however, will not be employed simply because Mc Kinley school is being opened. They are necessary to handle the number of children in attendance wherever the schools are con ducted, but in nearly every in stance the classes are overflow ing at Lincoln and demand that divisions be made. The opening of McKinley school will also ne cessitate the employment of an additional janitor, more wood and more school supplies. It will be impossible to open McKinley school without the adoption of the budget providing for this ad ditional expense. It was the be lief last summer that this would not be necessary, but the great increase In attendance has so changed conditions that the open ing of McKinley school is imper ative. 4. Higher cost of operation. This subject Is general and might refer to nearly every item of expenditure In the budget. While It Is true that at the pres ent lime prices are declining, yet tne tact remains that the con tracts for this year's supplies, teachers, janitors and nearly everything else used in the sys tem were made last June ani July when prices were at their highest peak, consequently It has cost the school district" more for fuel, more fo. school supplies. more for janitcr service and mere for teachers than upop- ony for mer year. . - . Some my criticize the ' school board in making these contracts before the money is voted, but this criticism should not be heaped upon the school board.' It is the fault of the law and not of the administration thereof. One other item of importance should be noted under this head. For the last three rear th school board has diligently at tempted to keep doyn the ex penses. This has been done at the expense of many needed re pairs and improvements to the whool buildings in the district. This condition has continued ba long as it Is possible to continue the board has attempted to hold down the levy to the minimum, therefore it has figured the ex act amount of money eeetary a:d levy has ben made, basel rpon that estimate, and each year here has been a shrinkage In tbi taxes paid and a similar loss each saving by such a process. Further jmr which has helped contribute on account of the irreKularity of the manneT in which the levy was made, the collection of the tax for these two purposes was en jcined by Mr. Jory, and there fore every school district in Mar 2 ... m . ion rouniy sunerea a loss m frnds. A consideration of last year's school budget will show that these funds were, counted upon, and therefore the, loss sus tained by virtue of the Jory case cost, this district around $14,000 This is one of the causes contrib uting to. the past indebtedness re f erred to under No. 45v i i 2. Increase in attendance. . me nine oi me maKtng up of the budget to be voted upon next Monday, the school record iuowea mat tne Increase in at tendance this year over last year was approximately 17 per cent Since that time these figures have changed slightly, arid now the in- econotny along this line means serious and permanent injuries to the buildings themselves, and would. 1n the opinion- of the board, be fal?e economy, there fore the board finds Itself con fronted with the necessity of making repairs to the buildings which should have been taken care or. partially, during the last three years, but which have been postponed in the hope that the expense of making them would 1 materially decline. 5. Honus voted school teach ers. It will be remembered that last ear the taxpayers of this district voted to the teachers In this dis trict a bonus of $150', and this was paid by the board. This jear, when it came to making up the salary schedule, the school board believed that the taxpay ers would desire to continue the payment of that same bonus, and lu view of the fact that the cost of living had advanced instead of declining, and in view of the fart that our salary schedule was still lower than that of many of the surrounding districts of smalle population, the school board felt that It was Imperative to add this bonus to the salary schedule an ! this was done, and of course it will take the . same amount of money to pay it this year as it tcok to pay it last year. The board feels that it had a right to make this Increase for the reason that the voters of this district had expressed themselves at the polls last year as being in favor thereof, and we trust that they will not reverse their judgment at this election. 6. Payment cf past indebted ness. Many questions have been asked as to whether or not it Is costing as much more to run the school district for this year as the difference between this year's budget and last year's budget. We desire to answer this ques tion in the negative, and to say that 'last year's budget was In sufficient to pay the expense of running the school system. The actual cost of operating the school district last year was $228,281.80. but this much money, was not ra lsd by . last -erra budget, theocfore the school district finds itself confronted, with a deficit, and notwithstanding the fact that the school board is asking that this deficit be made up. yet the total amount asked' for this year is only $214,810. Now we feel that the taxpay ers are entitled to know jut ex actly what caused tnT"deficit that they are asked to make up. We have already referred to the Jory case above, and shall nou repeat what was said there. In the sec ond place, for the last three years to the deficit which the board i:ow finds itself confronted with. In the third place, last year the Jt-ople voted what was known as the "Elementary School MIL" The school districts throughout the country, acting upon the wording of the law itself, felt that that money would b re ceived, or at least a portion of it for 1920. and School District No. 24 was one of the districts mak ing such an estimate. It now finds that none of the money will be received for 1920 and only half of it for this school , year, which terminates July 1. 1921. And again, as we have already pointed cut. last year it actually cost the district to derate $22S.- 2S4.SO. and yet even if the dis trict had received all the money expected to rect-ive. last year's Ludeet only called for $213,277. making a cost over estimate or $13,007, thus adding to the de ficiency. These are the main causes which have contributed to this de ficiency. We desire to assure every taxpayer that not a dollar of this money has been wafted. It is simply paying it this year when it should have bee a paid before, and ia the long rua will not cost the taxpayer one rn7 mere than though it had bn raised heretofore, and. a a busi ness proposition, the board t-is that the entire deficit shonli Le wiped out at this time, tnsterd of carrying it oer from year to year and paying fnterest thereon. In conclusion, the school board invites the honest criticism of eery taxpayer in this district. We have tried to give real value for the money expended ia all schools, 'ft. after making an honest investigation of the man ner in which the schools hare been conducted, it is ascertained that value is being received for the' money expended, then the school board earnestly solicits the up port of every taxpayer in this district In passing the butlrct to Le voted upon next Monday. This matter has received the very careful attention of every Mem ber of the board, and the board solicits the continued confidence which the taxpayers have sown lu the past. Two years ago the first budget sdbmi;ted was voted down, large ly -because of the purchase cf th9 liolman property, which was not understood by the taxpayers at thrt time. This budget was re submitted to the taxpayers and the purchase of the liolman prop erty was explained. ud when th taxpayers understood It they adopted the budget. Including the iurcbase of the liolman proper ty. At that time the board said to the taxpayers that they, ex pected by the ue ofth lloltuaa property to bring the Salem school system under the Smiln-llughe act and tbertby receive .from the federal government a subsidy amounting to at least $2000. We derir to say at this time that even our own expectations hav? been nrpassed. and in the budg et which is to be voted np n next Monday will be found an item of f000 to ae received this year fiom the Smith-Hughes fund. This item will not be foand by It self in the published budget, but in the detailed Items of the budg et adopted by th board it U! be found, and it ' a part of the Items In the pubtikh-d budget designated as "Ksllmated amount to be received from all other sources during the coming school jear. including tuition. $2C 3 99. 1. We don't mean to ay that this entire Income l derived from the liolman property, hni It was necessary to have the 1M mon property to bring tbo tern under the Sraith-Hui'urs act. and the result of this move will net to the district next year tUi amount. Certainly no one will qurstlou the wisdom of the act of lh board under these circum stances. In addition to this the district receives $7i0 for the tent of the rooms In the upper story of the cottage Trusting tliai Ibe taxpayers will show, by their vote next Mon day, continued confidence la the manner la which the Salem schools are being conducted by the srhool toard. and aiort the Ludget by n overwhelming ma jority, we have the honor to re train, respectfully yours. II. O. WHITE. 11. II. OUNCLIL C. E. HALVORSKN. PAUL U. WALLACE . W. C. WINS LOW. I The voting will take flare la the middle room of Hotel Marlon from 2 to. 7 tomorrow. Ed.) i BITS FOR BREAKFAST I Vote for the schools. S . The schools cannot be main- Uined at their pretest standard without the bsdeet. S The voting will be at Hotel Marion sample room, front 2 to 7. V No one who yesterday Tlsited the Salem stores that advertise has aar doubt that there Is a Santa Clans. V If all the Salem boys and girls rely knew what great loads of thlncs Santa Claus la baying at the Salem stores, they would b awfully good for the next few weeks. . The Welcome EdUioa of The Statesman, to be Issued some time in January. Is com in c along fine. Its solicitors are receiving a royal welcome. S Loyal Sale-mites mast make aa effort to get a cold storage plant built la time for the next straw berry and cherry crop. How can it be done? Saccestioas are in order, if made quickly. A falera woman has found oat why it was such a sweeping vic tory In November: because the women voted, and they bad a Sew broom, and it swept cleaa. Alo. that the Democrats f orn lhed the mud that smoothed the way for the Republican land slide. Good idea, to keep the Salem hospital organization latact. evea partly ia temporary balldlngs. The money ed to boild them nr-ed not b thrown ivir. Thev I will come in handy for special. purposes la the future, aad for overflow when lae mala boiidlag to be ererted becomes crowded. S The Ohio Stat university foot ball team has won the 192 foot ball championship of the western conference with a cleaa score of five victories. The Uackeye state Is not doing so badly this year. Immigrants bow coming to this country are said to be well sap plied with money, but they were too wle to wager aay of It oa the eleetioa of Cox. A P P E A L T," O. O N E I L L ALL EYES DONT SEE ALIKE Most people can see quite dearly, but to do so many of them have to stru??!e. This stnjfffflinjr to see clearly is a severe strain. That is why there are so many headache sufferers. TAKE A LITTLE TROUBLE with your eyes or, sooner or later, they ' will trouble you. 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