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r. V i . i SATURDAY JANUARY 1, 1621 4 V THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. ' &ije (!jeg0tii statesman V i sued Daily Except Monday by - THIS STATESMAN Ul RUSHINO COM PANT" " 16 S. Cuft&nierclal St.. Sale-m. Orreon (Portland Oflice, 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1116) MKMHKIt OP TUB ASJiOCIATKD PRESM The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise eredlted In this paper and also the local news published herein. Hendricks. . . , Stephen. A. Stone . . Ralph Clover. .... , Frank Jaskoskl. . . . Mil" I , s i . ... .Manager ......Managing; Editor ............. , Cashier , . . . .Manager Job Dept. DAILY . STATESMAN, served by carrier la Salem and auburbs. IS cents a week, 65 cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mail. In!; advance, f 6 a year, f 3 for six months, 11.50 for three months. In Marion and Polk counties; 7 a year. 13.60 for six months. 11.75 for three months, out ; . aide of these counties. Whenlnot paid In advance, 60 cents a v-year additional. l THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the et western weekly farm paper, , wi'. be sent a year to any one: paying a year in advance to the Dally Statesman . ! ' V 8UNDAY STATESMAN. $1.60 a year; 7$ cents for tlx months; 40 ' cents for three months. if ' WEEKLY STATESMAN. Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, SI a year (if not paid In advance, $1.26); 60 cents for alx months; 26 cents tor jaree months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 683. Job Department, 683. Society Editor 106. Conjtrwman Ilawley is too buy to say much these days, but it goes without, flaying that he 1 .working In the ways and mean- committee of the house, of which h is a member, to secure for his constituents the tariff protection .they need, including the produc ers of flax, cherrlies, wooj and the many other products coming Into competition wfth the prod ucts of low, paid foreign labor. Entered at the. Postof flee In Salem Oregon, as second class matter 4 A PUBLIC COLD STORAGE fLANT AND WAREHOUSE r ' As stated in the news colurfans of The Statesman of Wed nesday. King's Food Products Company is to build this year V n rnM stnraire rlant in Connection with their Salem factory. But this cjold storage plant and warehouse is to be for the use or that company omy; in oraeru conserve me Bupply of raW materials and extend their season of operations : on fruits and vegetables needed to fill their orders taken in advance by their selling departments. ' . This will stabilize theifown business and enable them to make sure the filling of orders - fc ' ; " And it will help in taking care of surplus fruit and vege table crops in the Salem district. . The same will be true of the proposed cold storage plant to be erected at some future time at the Hunt cannery in Salem t-i-V.-" ' ! . ' " ' And of any other private fold storage plant. ... . But that will not be enough. ; ' It will not take care of such a cherry crop as we had last ...year r..,;Yv- : V'.?. 'i - Or of the 10 per cent increased crop every year m the - future. L ! U ;'v : . ! . And it will not take care of the vegetable crops such .as the ope that suffered such loss by freezing in December, 1919. ,. ." f ('; '-.f li ,: '' . Salem should by all means have a public cold-storage plant and warehouse -! ! v -Where any one may store his products ; of whatever kind 'j -''-'') rr i-' ' . - And wherp he may leave them as long as he pays the : storage charges ! '" f. . : . Aril borrow money on the .warehouse receipts for them, if he may desire to do so -4 ?' And where he may ' absolutely control his products, and sell them to any one at any time he may please. I ,y.;t'Y'. v '..- . . , ,.. ,. ; : . y- ir . i T - " . It is whispered by; some persons who ought' to have knowledge that it is quite likely that none of the; interim certificate holders of .'the Morris Bros, bond house will lose any thing; that assets enough Mil be found to supply them all with the bonds they bought-f-and that the total loss will . fail on the buyers of the preferred stock of the wrecked bond house; if there is any loss if Morris Bros, themselves do not come to the rescue voluntarily, or cannot be made to ;do' so in case they fail to act willingly The suggestion makes a cheering New Year note to a lot of unsecured interim certifi cate holders, any way.i I i , . f ' r- 'iT- lt - ' f Congressman Joseph, W. Fordney of Michigan, chairman of the Wavs and Means Committee of the House of ReDresen- j yatives,- which committee has in charge the proposed new Vr, tariff hill. i in favor of annlvirfir sncific instpad nfiad val orem rates of duty wherever practicable. . There is certainly a great advantage which' specific rates would have oyer ad valorem .' rates at the present ime, and . that is that the amount of duties collected would not be affected by the de preciation in foreign currencies!. When the duty is based upon quantity, that is so muchfper pound or so much per yard, it would not matter what njight be the value of the cur rency of the country of production. Quantity and-American dollars worth 100 cents only woifld be considered. you can help the Salem slogan editor jprove this, for next Thurs day's Statesman, It is your duty, tc do so. ' It will hef prosperous. - New Year t the $xient that all the worlciofi! force in the (IThlled States work. And there is ample work for every worker, with th,e co-operation of the administra tion at Washington and all the i iterests, lare and small, that phould pull together for the genr eral good. And there ; will be complete functioning soon afiei' March 4ih. if not before. I RK-P.ISS THE DI.VOXKY "Oil PAYXE-ALIRIClf ACT; Happy New Year! , Really it is but a finall per ctntage of the people who make a police department necessary. And the majority pay the bill. What has beennie of the gestion of . Col- DryaP tha siig- t we make a present to Ku rope of what the various United States ey? Bryan - fa nations owe; the as borrowed hion a" good, deal like Artemus Ward, wfe3 relations. who favored his going to war. SAs the year closes we jnjnark of Carlyle that cquid g neatest ywr 1921? r ; IThe Salem. 'district Is the pear paladise. We should produce recall the no age produce more than one man. Who is it in the Came him. more pears, vef ieties in of rh'. the :h commerci.il If we excel . ... - i . ' : : v If 8 '1 I PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR THREE hundred andj sixty-five nice new days are ahead! of you to make or mar prosperity. Chance will play! a small part, yes acci dent some, but DETERMINATION, PERSEVERENCE and 1 GRIT, are the factors meaning 99 of success;. If banking will help ypu, the United States National will be gfad to furnish it. V It will be in' the neighborhood of a year before the congress can normally pass an adequate pro tective tariff act which' will meet the present needs of the country. Conditions have changed since the passage of the Underwood tariff, the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the Dingley tariff, but eithei one of the two latter is by far su perior to the present free, trade Underwood tariff, .i Under It w.- derive an entirely inadequate amount of revenue ini proportion toj the imports, whlie.it affords no protection to domestic produc tive industry. So far as its pro active features are concerned. It might as well provide for free trade in 'all commodities. Our imports for the fiscal year 1920 reached the astounding figure of 15,238,000,000, upon which thf duties collected amounted to only $322,902,649. or four million dol lars less than was collected In 1910, under tRV (PayneUldrlch tariff, when theMniports amount ed to only $1,547,109,136. ' Since the present tariff; I con ceded iy a failure from all polnte of view, and since it will require nearly a year before a new' tarifl act can be passed, we recommend to the congress the repeal of thf Underwood tariff act and all am endments thereto, and the le-en-alment f the Payne-Aldrich or the Dingley tariff, as' an emerg ency, measure, pending the enact nient of an up-to-date, adequate protective tariff. f j In this way only can the influx of foreign products be checked In this way only can we increase our revenues to figure commen surate with the imports. In this way only can important ' indus tries be kept in partial operation. in this way only can many Im portant, industries survive. By next spring industries hich weie afforded, j protection under the Payne-Aldjrich tariff and the Dingley tariff, but on which the duty has been entirely removed or lowered below the s protective point, will be entirely wiped out of existence." There s:a, enough Republican votes in both branches of the con gress to pass one or the other of the tariffs, in question and I v do so at the present session o? con gress. It should be done 'and the matter ;u up to the president. If he shal veto the measure, then the .congress will hays done it3 1ut in the matter,; while the president U1 have placed him self. ,on record as opposing the will of the people, as plainly ex pressed at the polls on the 2nd of November last. We should fcardlyj think that even a free trade president woujd ga so far as to disregard the mandate deliv ered by a majority of over i,ix million) voters. He must know that theie will be tariff revision on protective lines ani who, can predict that h$ w"! not havi, greatness to !ow to the expressed will of the M-ople and hasten th relier for which they ha -e asked? The re-enactment of either one of the - tariffs mentioned would stabilize business, ror such re enactment would carry with It a tevival of the couit and treasury decisions heretofore rendere-J while the law wa Un operation. The result would be tLe immedi ate restoration of confidence, the re-opening of mines and mills now closed, jhe reemployment of thousands upon thousands of workers who are now Idle and facing the rigors of winter With hopeless hearU. It I congress and the president extend the help ing hand and earn the gratitude of those who. must otherwise fall t-y the wayside. ; stabilizing effect that the re-enactment of either ot the old prH tecllve tariff laws named would brinp; for the new law would hKVe.to be tested lii the apprais ing offices; by the general ap praisers; by the courts, clear up to the supreme jeourt of the United States '. And it would have to go through Its seasoning period of promulgations by the United States treasury departmept -''. For, the .way tariff laws are i..w framed t which hi', not the right way but i. ti only way that may be had now , tliey must depend largely u,pon promulga tions for their binding force and interpretation In the process of administering them at the ports For they must be, as made up now in the ways and moans com mittee of congress and on the floor of the two houses, and In various log-rojling processes they must be more or less uncer tain in the meaning of the words used in them, when applied to hundreds, of thousands aud mil lions of shipments of goods from roreign parts, 'accompanied, by manifests made out largely by foreigners in their language and accompanied with duplicates in terpreted Into English. There are always about 3 cases on appeal in the New York ct fctom house alone; hinging on disputes about valuations, classi fications, interpretations, et., etc. In administering the. ane Aldrlch tariff law and the Ding ley tariff law, the most important questions that cpuld be ried weije raided -'and ' fought out -to decisions that became precedent"! and would again be precedents If either of the laws were re-enact ed. ;- i . However, it would 'be too much to expert President Wilson to sign the re-enacted protective tariff law ' Though "practically all the mem bers of his own party are now in favor of a protective tariff; at tesst on southern products.! (The Southern Tariff congress. which met in October in New Or ieati, is to meet again, at Atlan ta. Ga.; January 374 28 and 29, The call states the object as fol lows; . ;v '. ' .y.,' "To recommend to the United states tariff commission and to congress, such tariff schedules oh cu4herri products us will equal ize the cost of production in this jonntry and that of foreign coun tries, so tar as may be consistent vlth the public welfare. Such TChedules to be so 'placed as to fairly distribute the burdens and benefits among all industries, without ' discrimination against any section, class or product, to the end that there may bo main tained American standards of liv ing in every 'line of effort." Every southern state will be represented at that meeting. . - The south "will get nothing from the United States tariff commis sion, as at present constituted for that body Is nothing but a free trade debating rociety, whose vaporings amount to just as much a the Laying of a yellow ldg at the moon, and no more.. K. Rut the southern brethren "li . .1' ;i would no doubt join m helping to re-enact one of the old pro tective tariff laws as a temporary measure, immediately after March 4 !' And this should by all neans be done, if there is at that lime any prospect at an or aeiay in getting the p-:iposed tiw tariff I,aw onto the statute books And the American Economist ought to . have a vot.? of thanks from till the people of the United States foi makinp the suggestion. BITS FOR BfLEAKFAlf) Write It 1921. y i . tlwas a pretty goou r.ld for Salem. Vs. ' - fit 1 ..l.AA. Ihit iyzi win wuprtae from; present Indications. i ; - " i j There will lixeiy ls a gt.at deal more building. In Salens in j 2 J for one thing, In numba20j new constructions and likely so ,tt total cost. v a , The local building and loan8--ociation is supplying funds 6r new buildings now at the rattof could be iloubled, and perb,p8 trebled, if enough new sharehd efs would supply the innds. Ajd there are indications that tijs .will b" done in much larger m. ure than heretofore. l; : There are number or prospef ive large constructions iii Salek tjhouah it will take several come up to the new paper rn which must be credited to 193 v -w This is the year when there aft sure to be substantial develow A li .1 ments in me naji jmuusiry, anf ptf riitt'0 iiu unit j 9 the Salem, district, f . It is said that they Rarbaurt, e twine and thread k(ngs nf the i-ld, have more wealth thantto Rockefellers, though they are vejry quiet about their great hold ings and profits. Therfe is w of the finest "tfuality except. , . ; Willamette valley. TheieV Lantl trouble everyvhere i;, u-Niriris inui uav sv. E! ana prorirs. i nere is - i ,,.. ,.' .i , , . . . . ... nai i ir r-j & i inrr . mi u. i iire place in the world tor iur""' . ! : -f- Krfat ent I it interests, and the great lin-Mt have grown the l:em nterel;ts. to turn for flax flher'tll twines. Matrimonial Agent This! Is thef I only other lady I can offer .yon. ' But I must , tell i fen thatshej squints aud limps and has falsi? ' teeth. i . ' ' k Client-Fatse teeth! ' Are they gold? Yes? I'll take her! -1 f 8 1913.o121 This is our 8th anniversary of successful manuring of flour cerezU and mill feed in SaJcn s ... v "'. We wish to thank the people of Salem and surrc:rding country for their liberal patroiiaje. Wishing you health, weal.!, ,nd happiness for 8 CHERRY CITY WIILLUG CO. 8 ... - F7i n LTU mmm r 1000 YEARS IN NO MAN'S LAND ' '' ' ' 1 ' ' HEAR .i to ELL EVANGELIST ! ' 1. - . , .. - . - .- . . Tomorrow Evening 7.30 . , ? ' j union" hall, court street, near high Niheteen-Twenty-One j ; A Happy New Year to our friends 4 r . i' . i and customers C. A. j d Prl j f O. The abova from th American Economist Is splendid Advice. If It were concelvablethat ,( new tariffs law cowldl be framed and enacted so as to come into immediate force, it would not and could not have the Immediate FUTURE UATKS. January 1. 2 nd 3 Lclurim in SoJmh nd at slate iiutilut ion by Dr. John Steele. Jannarr . Tu?dlT Coronation of Kin j Bind, armory. , January 12. WrdnnulaT- Onin Forum mrrtinc of Cjinmrciat rlub. January 14. Friday BaahrtbalL VVU- timrtte ti. O. A. O. at Salem. January 19 and SO, Wednesday and I nt i . : , - . ... January SO and 21. Thursday aad day Basketball. WillametU vs. -V si 8alem. Janaary 28. Friday. Triangular inter rbolaktie debate, Malem. btayton and Oregon City hih arvooli rompetirffe. ' January 28 to :;0 Interstate tonren Hon of r. M. C. A. in Salem. ( f February 3. Thursday Duroe day, show aod aale. state fair grounds. February 12, Saturday Lincoln's birthday, February 14, Moodar RaiVetball. Willamette ts fpireraity of lifibtt, at Morow. . ' "., - -vFebrnary ;15 and IB. ..Tuesday and Wedueadar Basketball.' Willamette . Whitman, at Walls Walla. February 17, Thursda 1 Basketball, Willamette Walla Walta Y. II. C. A, at Walla Walla. VI February IS and Iff. (Friday and Sat- urday Ranketball, Willamette vs. Con- zaca. at Sponsne. February Tuesday : Basketball. Willamette ya. Idaho, at Hatern. ' February 2i. Tuesday -f- Waah'incton'a birthday. i ' . rebruary 24 and 35. Thuraday and FVi- day Basketball, Willamette va. Whitman ai Kal. m. Mar,h 4 and S. Friday and Saturday Basketball. Willamette vs. V. sf 0 at bagene. April ir,, FndaT Baseball. Willamette s. U. of O, at Salem. . April 1ft. Saturday Baseball, WlHam- ette a. V. of U at Fucene. ) May 2ti. 27 and 2 Baseball. Willam- etle vs. Whitman, at Walla Walla Oetober 1. Haturday ftehtatiyeV Football. Willamette . 4). A. O, at Carraliia. November 11, .Friday tentative) Football. Willamette va. Whitman, at Walla Walla. . ' November 24. Tbnrad. liMininl i Thanksgiving day football. WiIlaiSuT i f fC S. HAR11LT0N, HOUSE FIRNISHER, wishes to thank you for your generoos patronage, as wj find at the close of our 26th year in brines! in Salem, that thisyear sKows an increase of 30 s pe cent over any previous year. iis is due to the fact that our customers have found our business nethodi, quality of Merchandise IS : . - - i " I ? ' ana prices right : I For some turie past we have betn reducing prices all over the itore from to 15 lo!25 per cent, shall continue to do so as fast is the market conditions willpemifl The discounU we will offer toil on our entire stock beginninf Janiary 3, 1921, are much greater I. ' ' ..I '. t .-:- . T1 1 wTei than we could let from our taci3c at ims time. inamviuS again for i I season. n o yourl t support and wising (you, the compliments, of the C. S-IHN 1 JLTOW r s r A HOUSE FUKNI HER i i Nil M: 1.- vs. MaltDomaa, at Salem.
