A..." 5 I FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL S, 1921 A rrtTrrt ' nhnnr riminrcriM OUT cur Tl7f"W l)c ODrjcgoii Issued Dallv Kirvnt Xfnnrla hv THE RTATK8MAN I'UILISHIM; CXXMl'AXY 215 8. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1116) MKMBKIl OP THE ANSOCIATKI) PRKKS The Associated P ress is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la this paper and als o the local news publi shed herein. J. Hendricks , Manager Stephen A.' Stone . . Managing Editor Ralph Glover Cashier Frank Jaskoskl. ; Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN. ered'by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, i-e-ii a month. DAILY STATKHM.t.V by mill. n advance. $6 a year, $3 for six months, $1.50 for tlree months. 50 cents a month, in Marion ; and Polk count f: ouu-ide of these counties. 7 a year. $3.50 for tlx months, 11. 73 for three months, 60 cents a month. When DOt paid In advance. io cents a year additional. THE PACIFIC HOMtMh ii, iiie gieji western weekly farm paper. will be sent a year tv o one paying a year In advance to the Daily Statesman. SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1 st; 75 tents for six months; 40 centa for three inoutht; 25 cents for 2 months; 15 cents for one month. . WEEKLY STATESMAN, ;smi(1 hi two six-page sections. Tuesdays , and Fridays. 1 a year (if no' paid in advance, 1.25); 50 cents for alx months; 25 cents lu. thee months. TELEPHONES: Business Office. 23. Circulation Department. 583. Job Department, 683. Society Editor, 106. Entered at the Poetoffice In Salem, ( AMERICA'S CHANCE 'The United States today has an opportunity to build , up an important industry, which hitherto has been neglected here and become the greatest linen manufacturing country in the world. The development of the flax and linen indus try, now. in a chaotic state due to a disorganization of the flax-growing centers, represents America's chance to salvage 1 something of material value from the war. "It is a fact that flax grown by a little community of Bel gians in the state of Oregon has captured five gold medals at expositions, the awards declaring that the Oregon grown flax was the superior of any for length, strength, and lustre. ; The flax plant Is one of the few in .which there is no waste. Every part of it can be utilized. Flax is also one of the easiest crops to grow and makes less demand upon the sdn than' most -plants." The a'oove are paragraphs of an article in the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser of March 30, under the heading; ""America's Chance to Win Flax Supremacy.! The clipping 'was forwarded to The Statesman by Miss E. A. Schultz, 204 Franklin street, who is a Salem girl now in New York;r:''":r.VV; ': :'.! ; The article was. written to exploit a new synthetic pro cess of retting, discovered by a Mr. Robinson; a process that is, said to do the work in two hours that formerly took six weeks or so. . ..: ; . There are a number of short cuts for the treating of flax, some of them of doubtful value, and others with a great deal of merit. ; A modern plant would use some of these; and it might try others before adopting them. ' . But the fact remains, that has been known here since 1876, and before, that the Salem district is the best section blthe world,' outside of a small part of Belgium, for the pro eduction of fiber flax of the best quality and our flax has beaten the Belgian product in several competitions, like the one at' the Philadelphia Centennial. Our 'district is now the leading flax fiber district of the United States ; and the acreage this year, now going out, will be three jtimes the acreage of last year here. , h The only pity is that it might not be this year ten to twenty times as large ; And the time is coming when it will be probably next : year.'. . HARDING ON .;' Tmm Via Wnr1rl' Work VP W - ' No better guide to Anglo-American relations could be asked than the letter which Mr. Harding has recently ad dressed to Jlr. John A. Stewart, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Sulgrave Institute. As definitely commit ting Mr. Harding to a policy of cooperation it is worth quot ing in full: 1 1 "Dear Mr. Stewart: The labor of uniting into still clos- er'nmity and understanding the English-speaking peoples of the world has a significance of good to all Americans and to ; all nations and races of the world. ; . "Destiny has made it a historical fact that the English speaking peoples have been the instrument through which civiliatiori has been flung to the far corners of the globe. I am impressed not so much by the glory that English-speak- - ing peoples may take to themselves as by the profound duties that God. has thrust upon them duties of being restrained, f tolerant, and just. These duties will find their greatest rec ognition Jn a united, unshakable friendship and understand t. AtiMM nf mimow not for the exclusion from broth- erhood of others, but for a ward others. ... .... Tnaf wThpn the wisdom of America is sum moned to assist the world in guished from a bungling agreement or association ior tne prevention of war, unity of English-speaking peoples will play no small part, not to invade the rights or exclude the fellow ship of other nations, but to protect and include them. "Faithfully yours. "WARREN G. HARDING." .Lloyd George It in a deep hole. Bat he has' been In many, and has always crawled out. It has been figured out that there were 61 lyncblngs in the United States during 1920. and FUTURE DATES . 't m v : J 1 xr J L . npriit .ff, f rutay una, " vmtvn a u r na V . W.- K. C. WiMaalvtt. 1 -April's, 0. aM 10 OonntT Sunrtur ' rftonl eeattatton at Flrtt Mthlirt rfaurrk v' - , April' IS. VMnwfUy pm Fernia SMtiat"af CommpTrUI rhih. April 15. rMy r tWball. Villas tit t.. V. f O. at Sl Aaril i. tUUHa.r Baseball. Willaai 9tf (.,(?. . at fnwm-. Attrit lT. (toad?- ninnani ftr. April IS and IT. Satartav at 8nn darIUaavan, Bales Senators t Re (ma. April 2, frMaT ral TMiata b wa Willamvft mi Whitman Mar 4. Apallo rlnb in earertantk, Virsiaia Kaa. aopraaa, at Anaarjr . Hair fc.'la 8 iarlaaiee Annul raafer ' e af Emnceliral . Aaaarietwa. Mf Karar Marion Ceaar tra' meet aa4 haebaU lnvmam.nl ata 5T ana S Baaahall.. Wiltaa etle.ra. MTiimaa. al WaHa Walla. Jane 17.; Friday Annual lova pirair. Stat' fair cfowarfa. aVtaHav J, Kaiaralar (tentative) rentball, WiilametU vtv O. A. C. at Cor vsllta. KaeanW 14. Tkaraiae rinnf-,Wa Tkaakefretnc 4ae. 'aotkall, Willaaaett . lloltaeaiaa, at SaJoaB. ; Statesman Oregon, as second class matter. IS OREGON'S CHANCE ENGLAND for March : better brotherhood flowing to building a workable, as distin the statement Is made that this Is too many. What would be just the right number? In order to show that England is sincerely in favor of disarma ment, she has just ordered the construction of four new battle cruisers. President Harding is about ready to announce a remnant (ale of, the "best mind" sugges tions. Some are almost as good as new never bavins been used tine of the early aels of th Hardinc administration 1a likely t be the recognition of Mexico and the Ohresnn K"vprnment. Everything points in that direc tion. It might not he the bett rhoire of words to call Sarah Bernhardt the grand old woman of Franc. I'ut she i 7 yearn old and a great-grandmother, has only one leg and Is about to fly Trom Paris to London to take the part of a 2 3-yea re-old love-stricken youth in her new play. Sarah Is a wonder. .Still they come the broccoli growers. Another meeting Sat urday evening, same place, Sa lem Commercial club. Legum em, next slopm biibjerl. If you have any knowledge of the nodules in your noodle, the slo gan editor wants to hear from jou. President Harding is naming; a number of Democrat!" for good thinpK in the administration. Did Wood row Wilson appoint any real Republicans to places to which there was a salary attached? He did not. THE STATESMAN IS TAKEN TO TASK BY A FILIPINO. Editor Statesman: Your editorial of March 20th. "A Man's Job." Is before us. May we ask. with all respect. Juft what you meant to convey by your final paragraph: "But the original program has been eo fussed up and emascu lated, and butchered and botched and fumbled and jaized. that per haps General Wood will see that the job would have to be done all over again, under much great er difficulties than In the be ginning." etc. To those who remember the long congressional debates prior to the signing of the treaty of Paris, concluding the war with Spain, "the original program" resulting in the taking over of the Philippine islands by the United States may seem to have been hasy in the minds of many Americans. But the word of President McKInlev could leave no doubt as to the final Intention: "The Philppfnes are ours, not to xnloit. but to educate. TO DE VELOP. AND TO TRAIN IN THE SCIENCE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT." Each succeeding presi dent and each act of congress nertaining to the Philippines since then has sustained that original declaration. The traln 'ng of the Filipinos in the science of self-Kovernment has cone steadily on until today the islands are operating under self-government, self-maintained, self-sustaining, and In every way con forming to the conditions lajd down by the Jones act of 1916. The progress of the Islands In the past eight years alone has been conceded by economists and statisticians as 300 per cent over the previous progress. "In edu cation. Industry, commerce, mn ic, art and statesmanship," said Hon. James A. Frear. Republi can member of congress, "it is a rash man who dares to criticize the wonderful progress of the Philippines." When it Is vmm bered that 22 years ago Admlra'. Dewey declared the Filipinos su perior in intelligence and more capable of self-government than the natives of Cuba, it would seem only reasonable that the Philippine Islands should be in dependent today, when their pro gress has gone steadily forward aad they have established a sta ble government. In accordance with the provisions laid down for their independence. We should appreciate a reply, explaining just how the original program has been butchered and botched, etc. While to the Fili pinos the long wait has seemed without due reason, yet there has been but one goal that has seemed to be borne Ui mind by the Am erican government as well as by the Philippine government the final granting of our free self government. We do not under stand how this has been "fum bled and jazzed" though we know there are many citizens of the United States who seem to have forgotten the original pro gram, and it is for 'he purpose of bringing this to their atten tion, and supplying accurate in formation as to Philippine prog ress and prosperity that this bu reau exists. Yours sincerely, Philippine Press Bureau J. P. Melencio. Director. Washington, D. C, March 31. 1921. The above was sent with a re quest that it be published. The people of the United States will be more ready to give con siderate attention to the conclu sions of General Wood, after he shall have made his report on conditions in 'the Philipnines. than to the special pleadings of the Philippine Pres3 Bureau, which is confessedly in the na ture .of propaganda for the com plete independence of the islands. General Wood is now in the Philippines for the purpose of making an investigation upon which to base his report and his conclusions sent thre at the be hest of President Harding. The conclusions of General Wood are not likely to be largelv influenced by any kind of propacanda. How has the original program lieen "flushed up and emasculated and butchered and botched and fumhlrd and jazzed? It was dono by the Democratic administration in its eight years of misrule in the Islandf. Bur ton Harrison, the Democratic Kovernor general, got rid of moi 61 the efficient men in the pub He service there; largy by mak ing life so unbearable for them that they quit In nauseated dis- He took over as secretary of agriculture for the Philippines a man from Kansas, at t high sal ary, paid out of the Philippine treasury, who thought copra, the chief agricultural product of the islands, was eomethlng to put on your hook to catch fish with; and whose knowledge of tobacco growing, the second agricultural pursuit in the Philippines, was confined mostly to the appear ance of the Indian cij;ar signs in front of the tobacco hhops in the sunflower state. All down the line, the chief of fices in the Philippines were filled with that clas of "deserv-1 ins" Democrats from the United Slates. A prominent woman magazine writer of the United States, well posted from personal observation and experience on the conditions in the Philippines, said enough to justify the statement that the Democratic administration in the Philippines was about the worst excuse for a colonial government history has ever known. The writer referred to Is Eleanor Franklin Egan, and she painted a picture that would justify the terms "fussed up and emasculat ed, and butchered and botched and fumbled and jazy.ed." with several additions that would make the paper containing them un mailable. As to the fitness of the people of the Philippines to be turned loose "on their own" at this time, or in the near future: either for their own good or the good of the world, and the safety and re putation of the United States, there are plenty of doubters. The writer Is among them. The re cent proposed legislation in the Philippine congress attempting to require all voters to wear pants gives an idea of the preparedness of that people to join the family of civilized and progressive na tions. The fact that there are a few officials and politicians in Manila who know how to wear plug bats and sign their names to the payrolls does not argue that the nine or ten million peo ple of those islands, many of them still naked savages or half sav ages, are able to govern them selves In a manner that wouid be safe for themselves and the world Any way. there will be nothing doing, and there ought to be nothing done, along this line, till General Wood is heard from. In the meantime, the man Me lencio, with a name that sound? ajs sweet as honey and as soft as hot butter, would do well to say to his people, as it was wisely written some three thousand years ago, "Tarry at Jericho un til your beards be grown." HELPING OIT. Eggs have been selling as low as 15 cents a dozen in Missouri, which Is the bottom price for ti.ore than ten years. A 5-pound hen seems to be more efficient than a 200-pound man in reduc ing the cost of living. AN AWAKENING. The British lord chancellor tells the English brewers that he does not think it even conceivable that any approach to prohibition can take place in Great Britain. That Is about the way the Ken tucky distillers talked a few short seasons ago. Look at Ken tucky now. So dry that It squeaks when an Ohio man crosses over and steps on it. BITS FOR BREAKFAST Broccoli meeting tomorrow night. V All the broccoli men should attend, and as many new ones as possible. The more the mer rier, and the more profitable for all. . Clean-up and paint-up week In Salem next week. Let the song be, "Everybody's doing it." The Glad Tidings road, down east of Monitor, will be true to Its name, with electric light and nower facilities for 16 more farm homes. With paved roads, rural mail delivery, automobiles, tele phones, etc., Marion county farms are being made more attractive. That is the way to keep the am bitious hoys and girls on the TO HEAL YOUR 51 Broken Out Skin unci He Una Eczema Helped Over Mght Kor unsightly skin eruptions, rash or blotches on fr tumk, arms or body, yo'i do not have to wait for relief from torture or embarrassment, declares a noted skin specialist. Apply a litilo Mentho-Snlphiir and improve ment chows netx day. Herause of Its perm destroy ing propertleH. nothinK has evf been found to take the place of this sulphur preparation. The moment you apply It healing h glns. Only thosn who have un sightly skin troubles can know the delight this Ment hn-Sulphur brings. Fen fiery, itching ec iero Ik dried right up. Oet a small, jar from any good druggist and use it lik cold cream, (adv.) ! use n SI AND GUARD AT irtiitiat nal I 19 i 1 y r - C L. Dalrymple anl E. 11. Seaman, door keepers of the White Ooase, -no bvt been on duty at the Presidential residence for more than went years. farms, and thus add to the solid wealth of the country. "b "b It is no new thing to the peo ple of the "Salem district to be re minded that we can raise the best fiber flax in .the world here. All we need to make Salem the Bel test of the United States is a few men who understand the manu facturing of twines and linens, backed by ample capital. And at the same time, the Salem district will take away from Italy the dis tinction of being the great hemp country. Flax and hemp grow ing and manufacturing will go well together, and they can go together here, as in no other sec tion of the world. PI BEETLES Tremendous Damage Done By Pest in Klamath Forest Area Pine licrtir.i that arc . causing serious destruction to the forests of Klamath county will be fought with fire, according to II. K. Kb erley of the state Torestry depart ment who has returned after at tending a meeting at Klamatb Falls where the problem was d:? ussed by torentry men ant! tim ber owners. Action will be tak n under an act of the 1921 legisla ture, which, however, made r.o appropriation for the purjHse. The method is to fall the infect ed trees, peel off the bark, heap i; n a row under the tree and burn it. This destroys the eggs which are now in the larva statp. Timber on the Klamath Indian reservation, in the national for est and in private holdings in ser iously infected and the destruc tion by beetles is said to be great er each season than by fire. Fruit Not Injured, is Opinion of Orchardist Growers in the vicinity fX Sa lem do not believe the frost of Wednesday night or fther frosts have damaged ruit lfiere to anv appreciable extent if at all. The reason is that cool weather of re cent weeks has kept back the nlooms. Prune and other trees EMMETKOIMC eyes iiu-m ing those that arc nor mal in youth are rare. Most eyes have not th- prop er focusing accommodation. When thpse defects inakf themselves apparent uo timo should be lost in onsultiui; a competent authority. Ot.r optometrisi will s arch out for you in sr:eniifi: fashion the eye troubles that are in tfrferin;; with your i.-inr, aiid vp il uiiike glai-si's to correct thetn. ON Mm I jg&h .few I ft $J Normal ; 1 V JLtY5 HI RNNTHE WHITE HOUSE DOORS. o o o in the bills are not yet in bloon and those in the lowlands are on ly beginning to blossom. Reports from Stayton and Turner section.-, Indicate there is some fear of damage there. Lawyer t would like .more time for my elien. your honor. Judce Certainly. I was giofng to give him five years, but. I'll raise it to 10. Baltimore Ameri can. "GETS-IT" THE CORN ADD CALLUS PEELER . Thi Uoni Krmover Is iuarotcel Kflii'f from rorn miffrrin; follow th ali''atiin of "(irto it" almost aa quirk!- a pain follow the tlimul of a iin or Vnife into the flcOi. Sot only hrd (miiis or aoft corint but tvrry kinil of orn or i-ailiis Mirrcmli-ra lo "(rots It" and pfeli right off. It taken jut a frw s-nl to tip the pain with two or three drop, (in to jour dregvt today, li.t a h-.ltle of '-(iets-lt." Costa Imt a trfl every wliere. Your roonejr bark if not atufid Mf.l. by K. il-awrene k Co.. Chiraeo. Mold in Haieiu by J. C. I'erry and I. J. Fry. (ad.) ' 'J y'Cata-lt- aJV?":- .cv"" ' EjmK Pai VMaa ; 7 fuICallaa i. i rtiV ndCoraai Tomorrow Ends One of The Biggest Events In Our History The Just to show the range of low prices we quote the fol lowing. You can't afford to miss this opportunity Ladies' Pumps and Oxfords .... 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Corsets. Popular Numbers. New Low Prices 8 oz. Duck, yard 28c New Voiles,, beautiful colors, per fyardi,i.,.47c to 60c Black Sateen Petti coats... $1.30 and $1.00 Men's Furnishing Department Stocked with the best merchalidise. Full lines of union made furnishings, including socks, suspenders a'nd underwear. Not how cheap, but how good, is our motto. Khaki, whipcord and cordiiroy clothing. The best quality to be had. ' 240 and 246 Commercial St A. WANT AD. IN Tilt: STATESMAN VlLL BIUNG RESULTS hoe Electric Sign "SHOES" Oregon Sunday D Outing Flannel, yd. 15c. Children's Play Suits ."..-...75e .. $2.23 to $8.35 .-$3.6. to $9.95 ...$1.(5 (o $9..'J5 .$2.8. to $ 1.1.20 .. $3.19 to $1.60 83c to $4.85 grain leather insole, rubber i ' $5.95 Don't Miss This Sale Sale T I