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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 17, 1020 Issued Daily Except Monday by ,; TIIK STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 S. Commercial St., Salem. Oregon (Portland Office, 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1118) MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In thla paper and also the .local news published herein. von Kaufmeuren, ambassador of Germany to France, because the United States is still technically at war with Germany. Mr. Wal lace was both right and wrong:' right technically, but he made an ess of himself in order to be technically right. The United States is no more at war 'with Germany than is France or Eng land, excepting technically. R. J. Hendricks..... .Manager Stephen A. Stone , i ... , Managing Editor' Ralph Glover. .Cashier Prank Ja&koaki. .. Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served bv carrier in Salem and suburbs. 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BUT IT OUGHT NOT TO BE The osteopaths are pressing the passage of a bill before the Massa chusetts general assembly which would prevent the manufacture oi high-heeled shoes. There sf-ems to be no way of keeping the women from wearing the things. Any argument about health or comfort cuts no ice. If high-heeled shoes throw the spine cut of plumb, deform the walk and send the wearer to the mad house it makes no difference. If they are still Tashjonable the women will have them, even if they must divide their time be tween the hospital and the bug house. Writing - on this subject, a neighboring editor, who is evi dently of the male persuasion. says: "A tender hearted man is often compelled to burst Into tears on ity of the institution the other day and the sheriff talks of hang ing up a blackboard to . accom modate his waiting list. Possibly it would be better to hang up Mme of his prisoners, but that doesn't seem to be very easy, either. Los Angeles has a delic ious climate and some of the swellest scenery thai was ever grouped out ot doors, but her Jails are positively rotten. Th congestion is distressing, and it looks as if guests would have to be turned away every night. It is a poor recommendation to irnko artists and confidence men to let it be known that our jail isn't half big enough to ireet the demands upon its hospitality. Every now and then people have to stop at the Alens,elii3 wlo uu,'I . to be In jaii. We must have hlgur Jails f w 3r- t. keep step with progress. Lo.t Angeles Times Gehenna is paved with good In tentions. Hut that doesn't make it good traveling. Hut the mid dlemen have left the road full of bum)) and eery now and then there is a detour that seems to wander through the brush and bottoms without any visible pur pose. The road between the producer and consumer need not be so wide, but it should be di rect as possible, even If it Is not paved with concrete. The pro ducer and consumer have been neighbors. et because of no thoroughfare they have lived a though miles apart. THE Dl 'RS IH'W II'I.KS. BORDERLAND. Rifles and shotguns may now be borne across the border into Mexico. If Mexico can keep peace while America Is furnishing guns to anybody wanting them we'll ray that President Obregoa is the real thing. beholding one of these Jazz babies limping down the street like a sandhill crane, her body tilted for ward and her heels knocking against one another like castan ets. It is small wonder that the women are forgetting how to walk. Look at the things they have to walk in! And yet some dames chloroform themselves in to the belief that their shoes are perfectly comfortable. The poor davils have been miserable so long that they have come to look upon deformity as nature. The osteopaths will have a hard time in halting this long and tortured procession, but are trying to get at the source. A very large pro portion of America's shoes are manufactured in Massachusetts and if the factories can be pre vented from making these pipe stem heels It might help some. Rut it is an up-hill fight as long as fashion countenances and en courages freak footwear." OX THE OUTSIDE. "Niek Longworth says Ihe revision of .the tariff is a huge task. Well say it is.' Los Angeles Times. And so it is; but it ought not! to be. I The great trouble Is that the tariff question is a political question, which it ought not to be. By its nature,' it is a business question. The framing of a tariff law ought to be left to experts; among them men experienced in the administration of tariff No tariff law can cover all the matters that must come up in the administration of any tariff law So a large part of a tariff law consists of promulgations of the United States Treasury Department, with or without the advice of the Appraisers of Customs and others engaged in the collection of the tariff revenues, and in the examination, classification and valuation o products of otAer countries offered fpr import t our ports. Under the McKinley tariff law, hides were dutiable, at an ad valorem charge, and skins were on the free list But the law 'did not say what was a hide and what was a skin; or when' a calf became a cow. That was a matter of promulgation. Lyman Gage was Secretary of (he Treasury. The Appraisers of the United States met in New York and recommended a new promulgation taking as a basis a fraction below the average of the classifications of the tanners of the whole country. Gage was absent from Washington at the time, and the Assistant Treasurer made, the promulgation that was recommended. But this lasted only about a month; until Gage got back to his desk after a summer vacation. The new promulgation was costing the New England shoe trust at the rate of $7,000,000 a year, and adding that mueh to the revenues of the United States, besides protecting the f armers of the United States against the importation of the hides of the runted cattle of South and Central America and other coun tries, as skins; for the promulgation was on weight, taking the trade classifications oi wet, wet saitea, ary ana uui ury. Qage raised the weight, the same as it had been before, so as to let in the hides of the runted cattle free, as skins. ; Also, the enactment of a tariff law by Congress is a log rolling proposition j. full of trades-- And full of jokers. M v ' ' . Take the same McKinley tariff law. It made anthracite coal free. But there was a member of Ccngress representing the anthracite coal district of Pennsylvania, and he was a slick pussyfooter. He wormed into the tariff schedule on bituminous coal words like these. "And any other eoal bearing less than 95 per cent of fixed atbon . , So all coal was duUablethroiigh that trick. Congress wrote plainly TrTat. anthracite coal should be free of duty; all the members thought they were making anthracite coal free v ' But the Pennsylvania Congressman knew better. " The list might be extended; drawn out, through a whole shelf of books on decisions made by the General Appraisers and j the courts, clear up to the Supreme Court of the United States. For instance, tomatoes were decided to be a vegetable, then t fruit, then a vegetable, then a fruit, and finally a vegetable, "v.. U htralioet omtrt in the land. There is no good reason why Congress should be burdened jer the attitude of Uncle Sam is with this log-rolling subject -. . . For, the bent they can do, some things are bound to he bungled. . . . " , There should be a tariff commission that is a real, com mission, whose recommendations will be regarded as final, or nCXAnd Ihe tariff law ought to be amended whenever the best interests of the United States demand it a schedule at a time, and an Hem at a time; and always with a view to protecting the producers and manufacturers and capitalists and laborers of the United states in competitive imports, and at the same time protecting the consumers of the United States in non competitive imports from foreign countries. Although nearly a million So-1 cialist votes were polled in the November election, the vote of that party showed a filling off In the important statr: of Illinois, Missouri, California. Pennsylvan ia. Indiana, Kansas and o'be'-s where they have hrreioforo In- Idicated considerable strength. .Fully 20 per cent of the Social ists of America are in the city of New York and there they are not strong enough to be an impiestive factor. They have one congress man, but he Is not a radical, and Is fairly representative of his district. - It can hardly be said that the Socialists are a menace to the country so" long as thev use only peaceful land itersuasivt methods in extending jtheir pror aganda. It is the alien agitator. brought up in thf bontbing trade who is the disciple of danger. America will be able to restrain her home-brewed Socialist with no other weapon but the ballot box. Voting for Debs, which wif once a fever and! then a habit, is becoming a Jest! BITS FOR BREAKFAST that the fact that thla Is the best fruit district In the world with low priced farm lands Is "taking." If all the Salem sloran Issue of The Statesman could be gotten Into Ihe right hand it. or If enotiRh copies, of the forthcoming Wel come edition of The Statesman could be sent lo the pop!e look ing for new locations, t h"re would not be land In all this district to give room and scope to the new people who would come. K 1 1" u r We cannot make too much oi the things we can do better here thaft they can be done elsewhere, and of the things w ran do here that cannot be done at all In any other country or state or district. A lot ot tne vanity tn a man ooies out when he tries to use a safety raior for the first time. Counterfeit $100 federal re serve bank note are tn circula tion. Count your change when yo-.i receive It at the cafeteria. LADD & BUSH BANKERS EctAbikfced IMS General Banktag Buinexi Offlct Hoori from 10 a. xn. to 3 p. za. Christmas Is in the air. All the little boys and girls are good. . " Going to be many new people In the Salem district next year. A real estate firm in Salem I in correspondence with a man who Is coming here to buy a farm and go Into the raising of fruits and nuts. And he Is to be followed by eight families from his neighbor hood. There are manv other signs MISSING. A man who started out with a subpoena for Henry Ford as wit ness. in a government case reports Henry as missing! So Is one of his engines. j . ' ' It Is a bit sad that the United States cannot even be represent ed on a world conference to work out a program ; for the gradual disarmament of the nations of the earth. America was formerly gazed upon as the foremost apos tle and champion of peace, but seems to be now looked upon with suspicion. Her 1 statesmen have been killing time In fighting off any international agreements, while her navy has been striving for the world's greatest 'battle fleet. Her preachers have been proclaiming the blessings ot peace, while her politicians have been acting in a manner to fo ment and encourage, embroilment with two of the world's greatest powers. While the temper and purpose of the American people cannot be doubted or misunder stood at home, there is no assur ance that the rest of the world is so well informed or confident. To the mind of the alien and strang- not as bland and amiable as we at home understand it to be. JAILS AXI HOSPITALITY. LOOKING BACKWARD. If it took fifty barrels of boozs to refresh the Democratic nation al convention under prohibition, what would have happened in a wide-open San "Francisco of other days? The Christmas spirit is in the air. " President Wilson has accepted that Nobel peace prize of 140,000. Woodrow is thrirty. There are many hard wintera ahead. It looks very much as if the League of Nations has saved a seat tor Uncle Same at the inter national council table. He is fully expected to drop in later. parade swing into Pennsylvania avenue on inauguration day. The growers of red and black curants.. 'igooseberries, bla;k raspberries, sour cherries and rhubarb in the Salem district are offered remnuerative prices, .and they may have contracts for five years or less. No doubt the growers of sweet chenies, logan berries and all the other small fruits will also be able to cash in at good prices next year. You cannot prove to the em ployees ot the alem postoffice that there is any lull in the Christmas trade. They are bur ied. - ' A man Is only as old . as he thinks he, is. It Is a wise plan to forget the years and continue hustling. Then a man will not' think of knocking off work until h has reached 100. Franklin D. - Roosevelt, Demo cratic candidate for vice presi dent, conferred with Governor Cox In the executive mansion at Columbus and then left hurriedly tor tne east. He should not have been In such a rush, he will be in llenty of time to see the Harding It may be possible for the peo ple of Salem to assemble in some hall on March 4 and hear President-elect Harding deliver his in augural address just as plainly pi.d dearly as if they were among the multitudes that will pack the Plaza front of the Capitol. Tele phone experts, it is known, have been making an intensive study of a plan to have the Harding in augural address picked up by amplifiers and rent over the long distance telephone wires to every corner of the country. RKAL NKK.HBORS. The secretary of agriculture says that "the road between the producer and the consumer should be kept open and made shorter." It would seem that this road like the highway to MAS Specials AT REDUCED PRICES FOR THE BOY AND MAX I Hamilton 22 ral. Rifle!, regular fc.'t.."0 and fl.OO valued, now.. 2.ttO and I.OO Los Angeles wants only the good and law-abiding people to enter her gates. For the clean acd respectable folk we will try and find room somewhere, but for the bad 4 actors we cannot promise much. The city and coun ty jails are jammed to the limit. The county bastile can entertain S00 boarders In fairly comfort able fashion, but some 368 per sons were claiming the hospital- At an official dinner in Paris on . Wednesday, Hugl Wallace, American ambassador to France, refused to meet Wilhelm Mayer PUTCRK toATES. Pernnher 17, Friday Frdriek Warde lecture at the armory. 8:13 p.m. TVcmh,r 2 V Ha tarda Chrivtmaa December 27. Monday Salem club ot O. A. C. to giva danc at Dreamland rink. January 10, Monday State legislature meat. January 14, Friday Basketball, Wil lamette s. O. A. C. at Salem. January SO and! 21. Tboraday and Fri day Baiketball. Willamette ts. V. of O. at Salem. February 12. Saturday Lincoln's birthday. Febrnary 14. Mondar Bktball Willamette t (.Diversity of Idaho, at Moscow. February 15 and 16. Tdesdar and Wednesday Basketball. Willamette . Whitman, at Walla Walla. February 17. Thurday Basketball. Willamette vs. Walla Walla Y. M. V. A, at Walla Walla. February IS and 1. Frldar, and Sat urday Bsaketball. Willamette . Hon saca, at Sponane. Febrnary 22. Tuesday Bafcketball. Willamette vs. Idaho, at Sa!en. February 22, Tuesday Washington's birthday. . February 24 and 25. Thursday and Fri day basketball. Willamette vs. Whitman at KaJem. March 4 and S. Friday and Saturday Haaketball, Willamette vs. V. ( 0 at En ene. - April 1". Friday Baseball. Willamette vs.i l. or 0 at KalemJ April IS. Katnrday Baseball. WiHam ette vs. V. of 0 at Eucene. May 2ft. 27 and 28 Baseball. W.Jlam etie vs. Whitman, at Walla Walla. Oetober 1. Saturday (tentative) Football. Willamette ta. O. A. C. at Corvallis. November II. Friday (tentative) Knot ha II. Willamette vs. Whitman, at Walla Walla. November 24. Thursday (tentative) Thankagivinr day football. Willamette va. Multnomah, at Salem. Daisy Air Rifle Regular 3 Military ....fl.OO Regular $3.00 Pump . .fl.OO Regular $:lJVO lOOO f.hot .$2.3 W. J. R. Range Kits No. 1 Regular $1H..V), now f 13.23 No. 2 Regular $20..V(, now. ...... ..." 914.73 M-12 A Rem. now cal. regular . . .922USO 51-14 A Rem, regular 938.33. now . ...... 948.00 M--1 1 A Rem. shotgun, regular ' 973.30, now $00.00 Remington 38 cal. Automatic Revolver, regular 928, now 923J0 M-06 Win. 22 cal., regular 928.30, now .922.23 M-OO Win. 22 caL, regular 931.13, boh- 924J.OO M-1012 Win. Shotgun, regular 900.63, now 918.00 All model), of onr Kavage, Rem ington and Winchester (ions carrie big reductions. 20 ner cent discount on all gun inurements. lO Per Cent IMseount on all Am munition. - Eaeser Bros Frederick Warde Will , Lecture Here Tonight i : Frederick Warde. the grand eld roan of the footlights, will lecture at the armory tonight at ;k:15.- He appears a. the third i r umber of the lyceum courne. His subject is -Fifty Yearn of Make lIleTe.". He relates the experi ences of his life in the drama for over i0 ears. by one who was In the midst of the best of it. Mr. Warde presented "Hamlet" in Salem about five year ago. and those) who heard him then are looking forward to bin lec ture tonight, as well as thot who have never had the opportunity to hear him. A P P E A L T O O N E I L L Efficiency And the Eyes Efficiency slips away more easily through faulty vision than from any other rinse. When eyesight suffers all ether dependent sense become Impaired also. Bad vlaioa tells upon us both physically and mentally. Properly fitted glasses will do much to re store normal vision. The virtue of glasses de pends not upon the glass of which they are mad but on the skill with nhlch they are fitted. The exact needs of each eye must be determined to the most minute degree, which calls not only for scientific appliance, but for the most accurate methods skillfully employed. In all cases f eye double APPF.AL TO tTXEllX Dr. C. B. O'Neill Optcmetriit-Optidaa A P P E A L T O O H E I L L L&da and Bush Bisk BoHding , SALF.M KIGEXR CORVALLIS o ALBANY V J Xmas j Candies We have already roM 2.000 immiikU of our 10.(100 II ik. Xmas Caiuly. This Cantly will all ho sold hefore Xmas. we ask that you tlo not wait until the last tlayn to buy this C'ainly Coffee , . . . M. J. B.. " lb. can. Per lb. ; Three pourul can. Per lb. .... One pound fan Per lb. American Club, ." lbs. Per lb. ... Three xuinls. Per lb. One ound, Per lb. ...j '.. Hulk Fancy i'offef. IVr lb ' Three Mtunl For .J 5i ... 42c ... 43c ...46c ... 32c ...33c .... 34c ... 30c ..80c 5 lb Lt. per lb .... 3 lb. Lots, per lb 1 lb. Lots, per lb 23c 24c 25c We guarantee this Candy to be strict ly fresh and pure. We have a large lot of Xavel Oran ges at a special Trice. Flour ana Cereals ; $2.65 sometimes called $2.20 $2.65 : 50c 60c 60c 23c .... 23c 25c 22c 33c :. 28c 29c Lard and Compound $1.10 $2.20 .. 90c $1.75 99c $1.98 ... 87c $1.60 $2.20 Xumber five Valley rkg Co. Lard Xumler ten Iarl . .Xitmler five Compound Xumlwr ten CiiiiMund Four Pound Sin w Drift Kiirht pounds Snow Drifl Three Munds ricrt Six M)iinds Crise Nine (Miunds Criseii VIM Valley Flour, Best HarU Wheat ("hero Patent, 10 lb Sack' (irahnm 10 lb sack Pancake . . , 10 lbs. WheaCi Cereal . Two Post Toast ie Two rveliog s . . . . Three K. C. Qorii Flakes ..j,... Ilalstou'x Bran . Koman Meal . I'uele Sain 'a ' Foxl ...... Two Packages firape Nut Salad OU Mazola Oil, Pint Maznla Oil. tiuart Mazola Oil, Half gallon Maznla Oil, (lallon .... ... 38c ... 75c $1.40 $2.70 We will have a.den onstrator Friday and Saturday. We will show you something new in the way of Sal ad making. New Crop Nuts Fancy Filberts Almonds Brazils and Walnuts We buy all thr nuts in large quan tities and we tre .filing them at price that ean not !e equalled by any one. Walnuts 17e a to 20c. lb. J. L. Busick & Sons Wholesale and Retail Distributors VIM