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FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 4, 1921 - THE UKKUUN STATESMAN. BALJvM. UKUUUlM : ; M"MWaweTaMaTTTaTTTaTTTaT . aaa . I n,.LIMM.l f a U'arln IS ft m mrA I f Tt' : r r- a a ,1 w t . jj ii ii mi i .1 i.H-i. i i. i i i i i ' i t. i k . m1 1 1 1 i i uiiii m i in laini. mm i sued Dally Except Monday by 1 THR STATESMAN PIUMSHIXQ COMPANY 215 8. Commercial St.. Salem. Oregon (Portland Office. 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 111!) MEMBEK OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The" AitoHated Presi la 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. . Stephen A, 8tone. Ralph G lover... . Frank Jaakoski ............. .Manager Managlns Editor ..... Caahler . .Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier 1a Salem ind suburbs. Is f cents a week, 66 cents a monlO. , . , DAILY STATESMAN, by mail, fa advance, Ha year, $3 for six I months, $1.60 for three months. In Marlon and Polk counties; 17 a year, 13.50 for six months. $1.76 for three months, out side of theae counties. When not paid In advance, 60 cents a 1 ' ar aiiltlnnal. . THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper. ; wli be rent a year to any one paying jr ' Daily Statesman. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.60 a year; 76 cents for six months, 40 cents for three months. . , WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page C,V, an n?! and Fridays. $1 a year (if not paid In advance, $1.26); 60 cents for six months; 26 cents for three months. And the measure ef protection It kave was fairly eatlsfactory for tbe time when it was the law. But it will be only a month or two more till the new tariff law will be on the statute book; and it hould be a much better law for the present times. There nave been great changes in the world. An emergency tariff law we tbould have; should have bad long before tbia. Hut the neces sity for it is growing less every day, by the near approach of tbe time when the law now being framed by the house ways and means committee win oe in iorce TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 613. . Job Department, 683. Society Editor 106. Entered at the Postofflce la Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. THE GLORIOUS DAY IS HERE This" is the day on which the Republican party again as sumes full charge at Washington . . . ,nna. The party of progress ; the party of optimism and hope , , the party of vision and with the leadership and ability to car ry out its visions x , ... v Headed by Warren G Harding, a man who will demand team work all down the line; who will trust his subordinates ! and will work with them and see to it that they work with each other .... . . Inspired with an Americanism that is not provincial, that look to its own household, but does not forget that ev ery man and every nation needing our help and encourage- . . ii it. rA Comovifon tiro a a rtoifrn- rneni is our neignuor -une iue uuw uouwimn Knt tn ih man who needed his aid- : And thus the United States of America will take its place as the leading power of the world, in things material and in things that are higher than material, for which, destiny this Tlpntihlieiwiis net anart in the divine orHer of thinp-n. ! "Let the heavens be glad, find let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations. 'The Lord reigneth. ' f T z I WILSON AND HARDING A CONTRAST I Thomas W. Lamont, who went to the Paris peace confer ence with President Wilson, is reported by The Spokane Spokesman-Review to have recently confessed in an address at Philadelohia that the president "did not have a well organ ized secretarial staff that "he did far too much of the work himself ! In execution, Mr. Lamont added, "we all have a blind spot. President Wilson's was his inability to use men an inability, mind you, not a refusal. When any of us vol unteered or insisted upon taking responsibility off his show ders he was delighted.' Mr. Lamont touches there, albeit with a kindly and gen tie hand, the fatal weakness of Woodrow Wilson, his "inabili ty to use men," in blunter words, his lack of generalship, whether, that -failure sprang from mere incapacity, as Mr. Lamont would have us believe, or had its roots in an mordin tte vanity and petty desire to hold the stage to himself, as nany others think,- the -consequences were all the -same and 'Might have been cut from the same bolt of cloth. Mr. Wilson attempted the impossible - And broke down. ; ' - . . : : It was as though a general should attempt to conduct a stupendous campaign 'without the assistance of a general Stair; s: -v VY The nation sensed that fatal defect in Mr. Wilson and re- acted last November by electing by 7,000,000 plurality a Pres ident of diametrically different type. Mr. Wilson's weakness as Mr. Lamont says; was' his inability " to use men " " a Mt. Harding's forte is his unwavering attachment to teamwork . : :-, ' 1 His clear comprehension of the fact that his administra tion can hot succeed unless it uses other men and chooses the right kind of other' men. " That purpose is constantly in his mind and finds frequent expression in his public utterances. He Is steering wide of the rock on which President Wilson's boat went down. A COMMISSION STATE GOV- KRXMEXT. "It is astonishing bow many people admit that the time baa come when we need a change in the form of our state goTernment. Tbe legislature has outlived its usefulness. We need a. commis sion form of government. Per haps a commission something af ter the rorin oi tne new coae adopted in the state of Washing ton, with the entire state govern ment divided into perhaps ten departments, one of which would be a department of agriculture. "But we would want the beads of those departments elected by tbe people, and - answerable to the people for the work of their de partments, and their expenditures. The ten department beads.' with tbe governor presiding, would form the commission or council that would become the law mak ing body of the state. Each bill proposed, must first be adopted by the commission, then either published in a newspaper of each county, or in a state official pa per, a copy of which Is mailed to each registered voter, and 60 days' notice be given before any law or . appropriation be passed During this time those Interested could appear before the corarals rion and give arguments far or against the measure.- Tbe usual time abould then be allowed the people to invoke the referendum on any law. and an annual elec tion held for voting on referended and initiated measures. "Perhaps a. legislature or con stitutional convention ahould be fceld once in four or six years for the revision of the code and con stitution, all measures to be passed on by tbe people before be coming effective. "ThisMs only a rough outline of such a change in our form of government, and would no doubt be subject to a great many chang es and revisions bef or?. being sub mitted to the people for their ap proval but. it "Seema to that each a change would 'bring our state government near to the peo ple, and by the people. It wonid Co away .with the present system of legislating by log rolling, and would turn the different branch es of the state government into a business administration instead of a political one, and save the people who pay the taxes millions of dollars a year by avoiding du plication, inefficiency, waste and extravagance." r of business driving straigui io the" point In the highest possible forms of efficiency and economy: cutting out all red tape and cir cumlocution and dilatory and perfunctory performance of Ihe public business Just as any man of affairs or any private concern or company in this country does in getting the things done that ought to he done end must be done. from Us predecessor which foiipht he world war is Incomparably tetter than the couilltiuii of tbe mme govrnmenfs finance Inheri ted by the two Or throe admin istrations following Lincoln. For there is bequeathed to PresidMt Harding a loO-cent dollar of solid fcold and a cotintry which affords the only credit market in ihe world. SOLID AS THE ROCK OP C;I1V IIAI.TAK. PRESIDENTIAL FACTS ' Warren G. Harding, who takes office today, as the twenty-ninth President of the United States, is the first President to be elected to that high office on his birthday. He was 55 years old November 2, 1S20. He is the first U. S. Senator elected to the Presidency. ! President Harding is the seventh President contributed to the country by the state of Ohio. Only Virginia, with a to tal of eight Presidents born within her borders, outranks Ohio-in 'this regard. No President has been born west of Ohio. No President has resided west of Illinois. , President Harding is the seventh. President of ScotcV Irish paternal ancestry. Fifteen of our Presidents, over the period of 133 yeart, have been of English decent, three of Scotch, one of Welsh and two of Dutch. $ The average age of our Presidents at inauguration is 54 vears, approximately, while the approximate average at death has been 66 years. . President Harding exemplifies the rapid rise possible in American life better than any of his predecessors. He was not included in the 1914-15 "Who's Who." t Like many of his predecessors also, his parents were not wealthy and he bas risen to the highest office within the gift of the American people through frugality, industry and thrift; of which he is a warm exponent. Thia Is the big day in Wash ington, and for the whole coun try and the whole world. : Now inters' the great ; period of team ; work; right down the line, 'from Harding to the hod carrier. The classified advertising man ager of The Statesman is going to make everybody read the classi fied ads t and It will be & good thing for everybody. ) Coatsj that's the Salem slogan subject for next week. If you can kelp in proving that there should be morej goala. do It; It is your duty. Don't wait to be asked. : r I :- . , If the railroad rates were re duced thjere would not be so many people doing, their traveling in their minds. Increasing the pas senger and freight rates has not increased the revenues.- What is the matter with trying something else? S: v It is claimed that President elect Harding is committed to the re-enactment of the' Payne-Ald-rich tariff law in all of. Its essen tials. That was a protection meas ure "with the bark on" th old saying used to go. Los An geles Times. The American Tar iff League, aa The Statesman has said several times. Is advocating the enactment of that law as an emergency measure. There are a number of excellent arguments one of tbe most powerful being the Uit that Its interpretation was established by thousands of de cisions of appraisers, general ap praisers nd courts of -appeal. Of all the presidents who Suc ceeded war presidents. Mr. Har- dr.g will face the most appalling mess." The above words were used by the New York Herald a few days apo, making reference especially to the financial condition of the government. On several other counts, the average reader will be quick to agree with the summing up of tbe great New York paper But not in reference to tbe fin ancial condition; though It would have been In far better shape af ter a business administration in tbe place of the profligacy and tear idiocy of a large share of the goings-on at and. from Washing ton in the past eight years, and more especially tbe last four. But in spite of all this, the average careful American citizen will reflect and conclude about like this: Tbe present situation In tbis country compared with the situ atlon at the end of the civil war is not sc grave as It might be made to appear. The public debt is left by the outgoing administration at about 24 billions, whereas the civil war left It at about 2 billions. That is to say, the debt is now about 10 times what it was in 1865. It looks ' appalling until one disco v ers that the total wealth of tb United States is today approxi mately 10 times-what it was in lies;- But that Is putting the worst aspect of the case foremost. The public debt today Is figured - at 24 billions; but. aa a matter of fact, the United States govern ment owns securities amounting to 11 billions, of which about 10 billions are the obligations of foreign governments on account of the war loans to them by the United States treasury. Over four billions of' these represent the British debt to the United States and the British debt at least is as good as gold. Ncno of these war debts has been conceled. If the whole 11 billions in securities held in the 'federal-treasury were deducted from the gross public debt, we should have left but about 13 billions. Tbe economic complexities of tbe present situation undoubted ly far exceed those following the civil war as regards world rela tions. world trade, and foreign exchange. Europe was not bank rupt in 1S6S, or in 1S70, as It Is today. But there Is a most important dilference In favor of the United States; for whereas. alter the civil war the United States was for years on a depreciated paper money basis, thisr country alone among tbe western powers has emerged from the recent war on a gold basis- And with the strongest bank ing system In tbe world. There were "black Fridays" af ter the civil war when New York j speculators brought on panics by 1 cornering what little so.d there was In the country. No "tlaek Fridays' are. possible today in America, for the United States treasury alone controls over two billions of dollars in gold, and the government con la smash a corner so quickly that tbe specu lators would be fit only for the madhouse. Our federal reserve banking syttem. wliicb has Just brought tbe country through th most violent and precipitous deflation of prices on record without a fin ancial panic a performance Im possible In any previous period tf our history reported recentl a ratio of reserves to liabilities of lully SO per Cent And it has been steadily rising during what At any former pi, tod in our history would btve bct-n panic times. Tbe Bank of Englanl is doing business on a reserve ratio of no more than 11 per cent In brief. Mr. Harding will Inherit a bank lag system vb'ch is a very Rock of Gibraltar upon which to baso the nation's finances in the com ing administration. This banking system got but one Republican vote in the Unitcl States senate when the tedenl reserve act was passed by that body In Mr. Wilson's fim im. but it Is pleasant to observe that John W. Weeks of Massachusetts. the Republican senator who east CAITAIX IIAHDINCJ. America! This nation great From Maine unto the Golden Gate Has chosen Warren G. Harding to Be captain of the Ship of State. With colors floating royally They sail today, the captain new Will have a very gallant trip With faithful mate and loyal crew. While out upon life's ocean vast Should fierce storms this boat as sail. Here's hoping that the captain brave Will weather every howling gale. Sail on! Oh Captain Harding then. He blue or gray the changing skies; E'en though the tempest rages wild This mighty ship will not capsize. America will loyal be; America is ever true; And she renews allegiance now To dear old Stars and Stripes and you. Eunice Knox Howard. Salem, Or., March 4. 1921. o. V.I. ril-ir- will 1k ITj.000 a ear It Is .runel Le will bo able" to Indulge In tbe luxury of what wn oiic nv--rt-nt "se fcar." Remember 'em? A Nurseryman Studies Conditions in Fruit OUK !XKW PILOT. America's great bids adieu to Oh Ship of State! pride. Today, thy pilot thee; He, who through eight long years hath guided thee. Out on life's vast, uncertain bil lowy sea; And mourned at heart when be beheld war's waves Threaten thy niarveloas beauty. to deface. Now his responsibility is o'er. May his recompense bf 'peace. sweet peace. Tha ' deep, soul-satisfying peace that crowns The highest thoughts and alms of noble men. And thou. Oh strong, time-honored. Ship of State! Thou art not left adrift without a- guide, America gives unto thee this day Warren G. Harding of Ohio State. Sail out upon life's future sea. O ship! And prove to every nation of the world That thou will never fall America. Thy pilot, new, stands ready at thy wheel. We entrust tbee, now. to him and to that Great Pilot, who hath ever guid ed thee. v.- Eunice Knox Howard.' Salem. Or., March 4. 1921. J. I). Warring, the vell known nnrsery man, Is in town for a few days on bis return from a trip of eight months through Califor nia selling and delivering trees and Investlcatlng the nursery bus iness In general. He . traveled through southern California and as far as Los Angeles by auto mobile. In speaking of tbe trip h said: "In the Rogue River valley there I- a large per cent of pears grown. After leaving this locality the fruit growing as a business prac tically stops until you reach Red ding. California. From there on through tbe Sacranien,to valley an abundance of fruit of all kinds is grown except Italian prunes, which are scarcely ever found. Around Ookland. Alameda coun ty, seems to be th home of the spricot which Is raised extensively as are also several other varie ties of fruit. Farther south, in Santa Clara county, the main frnlt Industry Is the French rpune. "Farther, Into tha Interior, around Fresno and llakersfield. are the big vineyards and pear orchards. North and east of Los Angeles tbe olive industry is prominent, and her the largest olive orchard in th- world Is round. Then back, north along the coast are vast orchards of fruit of all description. "As the season advanced. th demand exceeded the supply of trees, and by the middle of Sep tember practically all the cher ries, peaches, apricots and French prunes were sold." in Ookland. Mr. Waring has sold trees for th 1'upitsl City nursery of Salerii.. whos. office Is at 103t Chemeketa street, all over Cali fornia. He now expects to take up tli tale of Italian prune trees In western Oregon. He says he saw no riner look ing fruit district In ail California than one nny see In the Rosedale and Liberty districts south of Sa lem. While Fan Francisco and Oak land ar" great, bustling business citlen. Mr. Waring says that both ..Sim, buu UMUM-ir r-.. tbat there- are no people hi t7 world like the Salem people fj they often long for tbe 'B0 hearted neigbborliness whicktw enjoyed when they resided her. VMy father occupied the tij of applied physics at Camlridrt "Dafs potbln'; mine occspj the seat of applied electricity u Sing Sing." The first hundred years ef -v hibition. are the wettest. The above is from the Eugen? Register of a couple of days ago. Mr. Waring has arrived in -Salem. He left on 'June 9 for Oak land. Cat.. ' by t automobile, and Mrs. Waring ii at their new home BITS FOR BREAKFAST The above quoted article Is an editorial in the Pacific Home stead of this week,, ' ' , It carries the idea that was sug gested on this page of The States man a few weeks afo That some strong man In the next suite campaign could prob ably sweep the state on a platform demanding changes in the Oregon stata government conforming to tbe plajti of Governor Lowden of Illinois Or' the" plan tbat has just been adopted in Washington, un der which there will be ten de partments;, the heads of the ten departments forming, a cabinet or commission Thnst'giving Vhat' is virtually a commission form of government for the. state. Oregon must do something. There must be a - change in Oregon, from the bungleonie and expensive and inefficient ways In which the. commonwealth busi ness is being 'carried on And an approach -to the com mission form of government In all our states and in all our cities is suggested , by American ideals FUTURE DATES -Basketball, Willat t. L ( O. a k. win!!10.- 11 ,2 lt-holatie baakethall tMrnamvnt. H'r.'- 6alrtay -TrUntU bat "hwmwm. t cm in a Till and Pa .M"7h HVrbm Lob Cape. leeUrer anwi Anvorj. March IS a 19. Friday and Saturday maie ravBtioa ef . A, R, kail mi rpreitatTa. March 20. Wedneadar Daal aVHale tw MraiarHle Clle( ( M.ax . h, ivwa. aaa it tiiaajet t. Varrh 17. RnaHav F . TV.. Marrh 3L Tharaday WiJUmette" Cl v"t. unit I Br air. Marrh 81. Tharmdar 4...l arert hjr Willaaanta Gl Club, Grand Tbeatr. , , April, a Frtda-Iaal Waaaen'a debate w . n. aad Willaraett. Pnl 15, Friday Baaebalt, Willi ette w. :. f O. ai Balm April IS, Saturday Baaebalt, TVilUa- l. i u. ai carrne. April 51. Friday Dr.. I Dbatt twwi Willamette, aad Wait ma a May 5 tm S taelaaive Aaaaal reafer- May Jl. 27 aad S Baaeball. WUUavl111 O1. wf ter Mr. Harding Ortaher 1 fluJ.. . Cabinet. Feat ball, Willamette, tb.' O. X. C. at Cr vallta. Kaeeaaber 14. Tharadav (tentative) w TbaakaciTtnc day. iWtbaU, WUUawtW va. Multnomah, at Salem. summed np. the condition of the government's finances Inheri ted by the Harding administration This is March 4 th. It seemed a long time coming. Mr. Harding will be president: but. like Lincoln, he will not be chesty or overbearing about It. S "And there arose un a Irlne- in Egypt who knew not Joseph" or his descendant, Samuel Gom pers. Of course, there will be many, many men lined up at the pie counter who will get no pie and very many more who do not de serve any. A n nmbr of Salem people who read the Salem slogan pages of yesterday's Statesman thought the news of early doings in tbe Santlam mining country almost too good to be. true. Any way. the time of actual development is closer than It has ever been. . . It 1 announced that the Hard- tngs will take their first meal in the White House alone, with the exception of the members ot the immediate family. Pass the waf fles. Missus! Mr. Harding, will be the first president since MeKiaiey to smoke in the White House. Rut ii 1 is. K 4 i First Stops All Pain Then Peels the Com Off. ftoa't try ta fas trot oa rara tnrtored feet. Get rid e( year coma. If yea hare TODAY OPPORTUNITY DAY 3 BIG SPECIALS " NEW DRESS GINGHAMS 19C MEN'S CHENEY SILK TIES . 75C LADIES' SILK DRESS SKIRTS $10.95 MILLE&r TODAY TOMORROW "SNOOKY" THE HUMANZEE t In "You'll Be Surprijcd" F. W. .W00LW0RTH CO. 10-13c Store One day Sale, Saturday. March 5th List of Hourly Sales 9 a. m. Gold Band Dishes, each 11 a. m. House Brooms, eachJ 2 p. m. Palm Olive Soap, each 4 p. m Crystal White Soap, 4 bars... : -Specials To Be Sold All Day , "2 in 1" Shoe Polish, all colors Wax Paper, 14 sheet roll Shoe Strings, 3 pairs 1 ; Percolator Tops, each: - . Safety Pins, 2 cards.- : .13c J5c c --5c ,10c 5c White Squadron Toilet Paper, 2 rolls. Jun Brite Cleanser-.: . Mouse Traps, 2 for . J Ladies Hosiery, rdjular 30c value, pair! L. Men s Hosiery, regular 30c value, pair. Children's Hosiery, regular 30c value, pair. Darning Cotton, 3 spools .15c 5c -5c Ate .15c .10c Do not pass up this chance to save money V F. W. W00LW0RTH CO. - 5-HM5C Store aever seea a eara t irk led tm death iaat aoyly a few drops f .'Geta-It" ta yawra. The watra- taat eara die peaeefally a if H had faaa ta eleep. Soaa it ia aota ia( bat a looe piere af 4ead akia that 7a eaa Uft richt a(f with year fiarera. Oet after theaa aaar. Year draniat hat Geta-It." Casta hat a tilfle or aethiaa at all if it faila. Mrd hr F I ... I C, Chiear. 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