THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON.
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WEDNESDAY M0RN1N(;, DECEMBER 20. 1020
issued Daily Except Monday by
TIIR STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
215 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon
(Portland Office, 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main .1116)
to the public. Salem is going to
1-eeo on growing. This Is officii:!.
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Stephen A. Stone
Ralph Glorer. . . .
Prank Jaskoski. .
Manager
. .Managing Editor
..... .Cashier
Manager Job Dept.
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Entered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, a second class matter.
THE FARMER IS GETTING THE SHORT END
December 21 was the -shortest
"sy of the year. The Democrats
are keen to swear that November
2 was the longest.
PAXTS AXI CIVILIKA TIOX.
What the Irish question is to
the l'ritish empire the Philippine
problem may be to the I'nited
Static. The Filipino agitator is
clamoring for big independence,
although it is not preUndcd that
the islands will thrive and pros
per as well as they would under
the suzerainty ofjl'ncle SainT'
Of course, if the Philippine.
were given unlimited freedom the
I'nited States would still be ex
pected to tronif to their aid if
some other foreign power attemp
ted their conquect. America has
gone too far into tlm islands lo
escape the ultimate responsibility
for their government.
Like the Irish, the Filipinos arc
divided among themselves. One
faction of Sons of Liberty is quite
capable of naming a dummy pres
ident alter the manner of the
Sinn Fein.' The day may shortly
ecme when delegations cf pep-,
pery Filipinos will labor with the
Britishers .to make demand upon
advertisements are now appear
ing in the great eastern newspa
pers calling attention to the de
lights of Switzerland in winter,
of cruises de luxe to the Mediter
ranean, of tours in Egypt and of
sunny days in the south of
France. Itnt thousands of those
ho knew Europe well before
the war and who have since be
come acquainted with California
unite in saying that the charms
of the golden rtate" outclass those
of even the- fairylands beyond the
sea. and it is not necessary to
make an uncomfortable ocean
oyage to get here. The tourist
can travel to Los Angeles leisur
ely by auto or swiftly by luxuri
ous fast trains, and If he has a
mind to do o be ran
ing lime, nut it is tough that
Aconcagua should, los 60. feet of
its once impresve feature and
(brink to a mereVt ripiing or 22.
363 feet. I
If the mountains are- to Jo a
cur surplus fruits and te;etabhs.
So Falem will decidedly in
crease her importance as the de
hydration center of the world.
or tho world; the thing thit will
lHMikue the f-ilftllment of th?
4 ream of Maltr.u inue limlt-ly
.
For. even t.ii prett produc
tion, the sating ef.t'ie world'.
nails for the
thipuicut.
out -.id? boxes for
Cbrrrie. the Joras aiblect to
morrow Help the sloiaa editor
! prove that i-alrm U the n,,,..
This means big thin.s. for de- waste will allow of a population City of the world: which it I
fade-away, what is to become of i Lylration is the greatest ron-wr- t t,-eral rimes the pr-t-ent number
!..:.... . II - . i ' . n.l I. t I ...
mis. ; w. - , Annr-te KilWruaa imoivr.
and it i destined t.i raw billionj , !"... i, , .. . . .
upon b.lllons annually. t Th- deal thins in U hdition 'UniXr Ml ta-
!for Salem is that it eae all H.. a,,1"- vhr vAt Jw kT s,Ua
Iehdratic!i is the :;iat;ic thing money here at hour all te ' i'nmioc act on the ttase la reil
that will largely pate the watc ' money excepting that raid tor lh-' Mte. iht t,sat to Llp.
the rest of us? Mavbc some Jay
Mount Hood wilkbe nothing b it
a hole in the ground.
c;ooi WORK.
tiii; monkoi: imktrim:
OIKS.
IS
l "Tnrlav the farmer receives only 14 cents for the calf
,-hide which enters in a $12 pair of Shoes, and the skilled I un.le Sara for lheIr treedon,
. - . . i a i it . i.1 a. ; I
workman gets $l.bU lor making mem, so max, me cosi m Filipino bonds will be offered for
reaching the consumer is over $10.
- "A big strong man cannot pack enough steer hides into
i a shoe shop today, to pay for one pair of shoes.
, "An ordinary bag of wool weighs 200 pounds and one
man cannot handle it. If he could the entire lot would not
buy a suit of tailored clothes weighing 3V--pounds.
" "It takes four bushels of my corn at present country prices
r to half-sole my shoes, and half a wagon load to pay my hotel
" bill here for two days. " n
r ! ' "I could not carry into one of your thirst parlors enough
cabbage to purchase a glass of soda water. '
-- "Thousands of bushels of apples are rotting in Ohio or
chards this minute, while apples are sold at ten cents apiece
It-by your Chicago fruit vendors. i
"Dark Virginia tobacco of a good grade is down as low
lvjEts.A cent a. pound, as testified before the Senate Agricul
tural Committee:
"Two thousand sheep sold recently in a Chicago stock
. vard. anrl netted the shirmer onlv 34 cents a head.
H 1 . ;"The average farmer in America has not made as much
this entire season as the average coal miner has in one day."
Wilbur, farmer, of Marysville, Ohio, last Wednesday, to a
croup of Chicago business men at a luncheon at Hotel La
Salle. He talked, on "Country Economy vs. City Extra va
I gance." ' v 1
But Mr. Wilbur insisted that the ' farmer is not a
4. quitter - , - ,
V That he is going ahead with his work, taking his losses
V cheerfully, and willing to risk the future.
"By the time the-violets bloom in the spring, you will be
H back'in'the swings of comitterclal'activityantlrdasonible
earnings which will make the next few years ones of hap-iment. He says that a miliioa or
piness and success for all" . : ? . 1 of FiliptnLs . are training for
. . Said Mr. Wilbur '; ; ; independence
h v,"If we produce more, sell at a narrower margin, recog- without -any
-w nize that certain losses are inevitable, and therefore the
h sooner accepted the sooner mended." . ' j
. , That is the message of cheer of a representative farmer
& to the business world '5 . I '
And he added this message: "Labor, too must swing
li into line, avoid useless expenditures and be willing to work
for wages that employers can afford to pay." , j
is It is the old message of work. , I -
fi And Mr. Wilbur should have added the necessity of am-
pie protective tariff duties, which, as an Ohio man,' he must
H know are assured. I
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" It iiTpiece of cheerincr news, that th f&lem iloiivriri.
j . . ' V- M
sale on the Paris bourse the
proceeds to be used to finance the
revolut'on against the fiendish
oppressors from Xew York, Los
Angeles, Salem, Chicago and Cu-
camonga.
There 13 the making of a situ
ation quite as complicated as the
tangled web created by the Em
erald Isle. The Filipinos have
taken to quarreling in the family
about it. There are hundreds of
Islands in the Philippine t group
and the inhabitants of many of
them have only a vague concep
tion of Cucle Sam. They recog
nize no duty or obligation and
the difference between Spanish
ahd American rule means noth
ing in their young lives.
Even the Filipino politicians
are full of argument. One fac
tion finds its nest feathered and
bread buttered the bttter under
the friendly eye of Cncle Sam.
while another cxpecta prestige
?i:d riches through its yawps for
liberty and independence.
In the Philippine assembly one
Senator Sentos expressed the feel
'ngs of those who prerer Ameri
can rule. The senator thinks that
rviUzatKm fiiallifests'ttseir in ral-
ir nil the republics of South
America and Central America
veiled unanimously auin.t the
Monroe Doctrine their action
vould not atfect the validity or
the policy. For tho Monroe Doc
tiine Is not a "regional under
standing." as Mr. Wilson was con
tent to have It described. In hi
covenant. ; It is a national pelicy
of the I'nited States. It Is a
national determination that the
western hemisphere shall not be
subject to European political in
trigue. ,
i
The people of this republic
have long been glad that the peo
ple of the i southern republics ap
l: roved thJ Monroe policy. They
would regret to see any change
in the sprit of their neighbors
in this respect. But this wall.
wbJeh hasj stood between South
America and Europe lor nearly
a century:! i3 our wall; and al
though other republics may en
list protection, nobody can
Herbert Hoover's re-Kef machine j
fur Europe has a distributive or-j
Kanizatfou at Hoou different j
points In the war-tossvd country, j
but euily 46 salaried representa-!
tives. That Is what might be'
called benevolent efficiency. Other
charity organ i.atious may aspire
and iiniile. huj they muuot
rchleve.
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I
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Hail to dehydration!
Salem will dehydrate In 1921
thtee times as much as In 1930.
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And there will be a big co'd
storage plant to help take care of
U VJlrl 2ationavictc Institution j
joy
remove a stone of it except our-sc-lves.
Xw York Herald.
WHAT IS A
LKA;iK?
r,tion plant is to send to the markets next year three times
the amount of; prepared fruits and vegetables put up this
.. , itu vnai. uic is e,u ut ereciea in connection with the
r,Salem factory in time for the next crop year a large cold
-storage plant. Dehydration has come to stay, as the most im
Jj portant conservation process known to the world; and Salem
w the dehydration center of the whole earth. -i t "X
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by running around
jautd on. He- cays
It is the closed season for Dem-
( ccratic "lame ducks" in Wash in 5
- toni
. Slogan subject tomorrow, cher
1! ries." If you have a suggestion,
rit is your duty to tell the. slogan
e'di'.or. .
vantages of Salem and the Salem
district are covered. It will be
done better than ever before.
1
. It will , be some moons efore
another Englishman gets by in
this part of the world on interim
certificates. . 1 ' ;
li You will be surprised, when
ji jou see the forthcoming Welcome
i edition- of The Statesman, at the
comprehensive way In which all
the important industries "and ad-
I
There are. a number oZ, good
things coining to Salem in 1321;
including important developments
in the flax industry, and in other
lir.es not yet ready to be given
that a freedom which demands
the right to run around with even
an undershirt is not the freedom
rhlch ipnriches. The patriotism
which exacts tho right to bear
arms it not the sort to wander
about iu bare anus and bare legs.
CulctjS the natives of Luzon can
os trapped and put in trousers.
Senator Sentos thinks they arc
tot fit for. national and lexal In
dependence. No League of Na
tions would .welcome a country
that comes to it with nothing on
tut a oneside' belly-band and a
nose ring. The sports and cock
fighters of Manila look swell in
their duck suits and Panama hats,
but there are millions distributed
over the other islands who never
heard of a pants-pressing parlor
and whose limbs have never been
incumbered bya union suit.
- Unless a man- can tie a four-in-hand
and grasp the mysteries
of a silk shirt he has no place in
be Temple ofj Freedom.
So says a Filipino senator.
Pants are the sign and symbol
of civilization.
That is where the Irishman has
the edge on the Filipino.
There are wide differences o
r pinion as to what a League of
Nations really ought to be. A
good manyy.people think that Pre.
Ident HarJing can wave his arms
and call a new League into be
ing. u spite or the raet that 46
countries find the one they have
working fairly well. Some folki
have the idea that a League ought
t.- be a. card index jaml others
think it should be a telephone
number. In the one ca't- It would
be a filing cabinet for treaties
end agreements and in the other
it would be a rort of a police sta
tion to receive hurry-tip' tails.
Tnen there are some folks who
figure the Leasu? as the grand
ledge or the Ancient Order of
Politicians a sort of r federation
of diplomats and poreh-climbers.
It will be necessary for the
League to have a couit with teeth
in its judgment in order to show
the world what it really Is.
WELL WOltTII IT.
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Advices from Washington are
that the cost or inaugurating
presidents has risen utmost lo')
per cent in four yearb. Pretty
near all the items or ex pen Fe that
marked the induction or Wood
row Wilson Into his high orrice
have doubled since the war. It
is going to cost like the dickens
10. inaugurate President Harding,
but the sentiment ot the average
American is that it Is well worth
it and there is 110 disposition to
kick at the price. , It Is a good
e'eal like buying a wedding ring-
THE SIIUINKINO Illl.l.sl
H your chimney settles an inch
don't jn-orry. Geologists tell us
that the Andes mountains have
fettled fiO reet recently. The
first of the year is always settl-
ALL OUT FOH THE TOlltlST.
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THE NEW YEAR AND A NEW
START -
PENDING has played a big part in
the uncertain financial condition of
the country during, the past several
years.
LetV rcvcr.se the order of things
make SAVING the watchword for 11
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT at the Uni
States National is a 4jood beginning,
anii
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SAL ELM
ORCOON
(Los Angeles Times.)
Hotel men say that there will
be the usual rush to Southern
California from the east as soon j
as the Christmas and New Year
holidays are ended. Railroad men ;.
confirm the statement and de-
dare that they have the rcser-,
vations to prove ft. The news is
welcome because it proves that
large numbers of people beyond
the Kockies who got the Cali
fornia 'habit during the war are
content to retain it. There are
many other resort districts pull
ing againct this state at the pres
ent time; more so than at any
other period tincc the war was
informally declared .of The old
world with its battlefields. Can
ada with its winter sports, Ber
muda, a fairyland two days from
Xew York, aud Florida. Califor
nia's crcat but friendly rival, all
re proclaiming their spc!al fit
ness to win the American tourist
this winter. Europe Is making
a special effort now to get the
traffic which it lost during the
great conflict. It realizes more
than ever the importance of the
American tourist who travels
swirtiy and far and spends liber
ally. Many temptingly written
l EFECTIVE vision eclips
es the sun-happiness of
our lives. When the
danger signals of eye-weariness
and strain and eye
headaches warn you visit our
optometrist and have your
eyes tested. We won't make
glasses for you unless you
need them. The slightest
eye-trouble should be looked
after. ' Eyeglass-comfort U
not expensive.
AVOI0
THIS
ECUPcSE!
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of RUGS and LIW0LEUIV1
4 y.jr ' ' 1 "T5
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We sold a great many rugs yesterday to careful buyers who were wise
enough totake advantage of our low prices. Many more will be sold
today. It will pay you to come early this morning to make your
selection.
t All kinds ami eol"is. from Art Squares to Fine Vilt--n. A i'imI to liie sr--MM. nr U Ihe.ii1y ay iwull
Ie aide lo fully -;r.ii viluil Sliff In- l-.ttiiueiit n-al!y :i-nis. An almost rt'Iiiuttt wt. rtmcnt -iHait ynur
inspect ion.
!xl2 Seamcl nn.l Seamless Axiniiitrrs ,.?44E5, 551X3. SOCIO. $2.75
!xl'J SrainlrsH Tapestry Urnssels $34.75, $33.50, S43.E5, and $43.75
y.:xl(M siml Wool ami Kiln is ; $15.85 and $16.75
Here is tin owrtuiiitv for ytm to llyiii sitlrwelively new Kloir t'oi-ri:nr at privet that are almost nnln IlcvaMy
low. Hujrs of every kiml ami every sie. Hn-rt to Miit any r-M.m nml at any pric yoti rare to iar. . For cxample:
S)IcmliiV -Quality Iag Kiifpi. Vh1 'ami Ficr llu-js, llcatitifnl Axniintrr IJtrjt, I.nxnriout Velvet Hnj. I2rav
Kgs All 25" OFF
New Lower Prices on
Fine Wilton Rugs
Linoleum
f2(HI x12 Inieria.l Anlel.il Wiltons.
sfl.V) fxl2
f17." 0x12 Whiltal Wiltons
$120 !x12 Whittal Wiltons
G0 !x!2 ralisuelc Velvels
.$150.00
.$112.00
.$161.50
..$C0.00
..$45.00
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CARPET SWEEPER SPECIAL
A first -class Sueen'r. wortli .l.7-". for
$1.75
lul.ii.l Liiioleuiiis. j er vju.nr jar.l. .$135, $2-25 ud Z75
Uiiil.ip Lack Print I.imN 11m. -r arl $1X3 & $1.45
( Vriiolrtitn. llitt-jrvt alt & IaU-..!in. ju t yi 73cacd SC
Liitl Ircc by Expert Liaeum Larcn
We firmly believe these values to be the best in the city and feel
that we are offering a real opportunity for you to save money.