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s ii 1 5 THE "OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 7, 1921 " - I - 1 Issued Daily Except Monday by THE 8TATESMAX PUBLISH IN fi COMPANY . 215 S. Commercial St., Salem. Oregon yoruana umce, 827 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic I 627-59) It is high time the emergency tariff emerged. Sweet Salem slogan subject next week sugar. What do you know about sugar beets? Tell the slogan editor. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 IIO A iaOCfAtf1 PrOI (a AViiltiilvAltf Anfitlad ika i t9 rftnnK. tlicatloa Ol all newt dlsnatchea Credited to it nr not nthprwi credited 111 thll Paper and also th nral neua niihliahed heroin R. J. Hendricks Manager Stephen. A. Stone.... Managing Editor Ralph ulorer Cashier freak Jaskoski Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 f cents a week. 65 cent a month. DAILY 8TATESMAN. by mail, in adrance. $6 a year, $3 for six aonths, 11.50 for three months. 50 cents a month, in Marion and -Polk counties; outside of these counties, $7 a year, $3.50 for six months, $1.75 for three months, 60 cents a month. When not paid in adrance. 50 cents a' year additional. HE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, will be sent a year to anyone paying a year in adrance to the Daily Statesman. SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1.50 a year; 75 cents for six months; 40 cents lor three months; 2 cents for 2 months; 15 cents for one month. WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued in two six-page sections. Tnesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid in adrance, $1.25); 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. T ELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 583 Job Department, 583 Society Editor, 106 Old Dock Sun Yat Sen has de rided to resign the presidency of hina. He is afraid h doesn"t represent the majority of the peo ple. He would never do to run on the Democratic ticket in this country. An appropriation of $35,000 has been made by congress for army pigeons. The pigeon that saved the Ijost Battalion was alone worth more money than that. A record has been made in a hki jump ct 229 feet. But some; of the pedestrians on Salem s principal streets beot that record v.hen trying to pet "ut of thj way of the automobiles that are n".r f.oing to exceed ten miles an hour when the driver is taken into cus . .ly. Entered at the Postoffiee In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. ' VOTE FOR ALL FIVE MEASURES Ever since Oregon has had the initiative and referen- um, it has been the habit of The Statesman to either sup- rt or oppose every proposed measure submitted to the vot ers of the state. Five proposed amendments and measures are to be voted on at the special election of June 7th And The Statesman believes an affirmative vote ougnt o be given each one of them. First is a proposed amendnment to the Constitution, ex endinz the sessions of the Legislature from 40 to 60 days. And raising the pay of members from $3 to $5 a day. The business of the state of Oregon has grown to such an extent that a 40-day session is not sufficient and, surely, $ 5 a day Is a modest per diem to pay members. The second is also a constitutional amendment allowing the bonding of the state up to 3 per cent of the taxable prop erty, to raise money with which to pay soldiers who fought in hd world war an average of $120 each, less money they have alrjcady had from the state; or to loan them $3000 each at 4 $er cent interest, in order to buy farms or build homes. In tfte case of Maiion county, this would affect 1500 men. Very little bonus money would be called for or paid; but many omes would be built and farms purchased and improved. m i 3 i ?1a t i i lere wouia De several nunarea nomes ouui in aaiem. racn rm thus bought and improved, and each home thus built, yauhl immediately get -onto the tax rolls; and it would pay taxes for. all. time. Each farm or home sold would automati cally pay an Interest rate of 6 per cent. So, in the course of trae, with-a lowering rate .of interest paid by the state on the bond, End a rising rate paid on the individual loans, and the ebctendin r amounts paid in taxes, it may be easily imagined tha the flUt i will not be out a cent in thus placing its credit behind the veterans of the war I 'But a great Rervlce will have been rendered the patriotic raen'.whb offered up their lives for the saving of world d liocracyr - i Tb third is also an amendment allowing the Governor tf veto, the declaration of an emrgncy in any bill without af fjbetingthe bill itself. That is manifestly a good move, i ' Fourth is the. bill requiring both applicants for a mar riage license to pans a medical examination. If this is a good tpihg: toy men, it is equally good for women in the interest of the race of people in Oregon for the future generations. I ; Fifth is the bill allowing women to serve on juries: but providing that women may release themselves from jury services mere are cases wnere women ougnt to d on tne jtirie; for instance in the case of a criminal action involving a! minor under 13 years of age either as defendant or com piaii tog witness, in which case provision is made that at least half the Jurors shall be women. It is the woman who must try to Ftretch the old dollar to cover high prices. Housewives' nerves'" have taken the place of the housemaids' knee." The long strain is telling on hundreds of women who did not reach the cri sis earlier, when prices were at their peak. The women has been earning the brunt of the general tension in the home. counter proposals, but Trance will have none of them. Paris has flatly informed its old enemy that there is no use beginning Qver again discussions already closed. ' Coercion by all means of coercion in our poWer," is the decree of Premier Briand. It has that ring which Wilson gave to the sentence, "force to the ut most." which 'so delighted Ameri ca aftr it had unwillingly been forced to put up with repeated in sults. Marshal Foch, "the. gray n.an of prayer." is ready to carry out the ultimatum that France nlUs( he paid. The French have given the Teutons evory latitude, hut the time has come when for bearance has ceased to be a vir tue. They must either be paid or go in and exact payment and at the same time show the Ger mans that they cannot lay waste their neighbors" lands without suffering the penalty. 1IOOVKK TKKATJj 'KM IlOrC.II. A woman down in California lost ber mind worrying over her income tax return. She was afraid in her ignorance that she had defrauded the government cut of a small amount. Her ex perience was unusual. The gen eraj rule is for those liable for the payment of the Income tax to lie awake o' nights scheming how to defeat the government. It is the collectors of the revenue, mostly, who lose their minds trying to get the money. All these five measures ought to be discussed. The time Ii not long now only a month. The columns of The States man are open and free for their proper discussion by any one. I There is time yet to get seed and plant broccoli ; though great deal more seed cannot be had this year at any price, is to the interest of the whole industry that the acreage , in the Salem district should be as great as the seed to be obtained will admit. It will make for, better marketing, and therefore higher prices for all the growers. A wonderful ad- -I ! t I 1 ILL 1 A. ' -1 tg lLi IJ A YiUnce win nave ueen maue in ims uisinci u mis industry can be put fully on its feet in one year. After one successful l f a. .t. ;a l crop, .ii win iane care oi iiseu. Whether society will be any better for the publicity it has un dergone of late remains to be seen. As long as grave offenses against morality are tolerated as matters of course, certain parts of society will continue to be rot ten. Wrong cannot be condoned without degenerative effects on humanity. Ostracism of the wrongdoers might tend to bulla up a new respect for the too com- rronly sneered at observers of the conventions. Hartford Times To a multitude of Americans the thought of a lady in the cab inet, specially charged with the duty of making us all healthy and tood. will no doubt be alluring Hut congrcn also bns a duty in relation to the public welfare, and it is to make the administra tion as efficient and ecoacmical as possible. Even the grandiose sUome for a department of pub lic welfare ought to be made to give a clear answer to the ques tions: "Will it work? Will it pay?" New York Times. TIMK rX)K ACTION. The $10,000,000 cannery merger is making headway; and there are indications that it will be of great service in mar keting the fruit crops that are now coming on ; some of which Will be ready for the buyers very soon THE MAN WHO SAVES LUCKY CHAP IS A 44T " ADY LUCK" always accompanies the man with determination enough to save, but she shies away from the waster. If you consider the othtr fellow "lucky' spell it "plucky,' and you will have the secret of his success. The first step to Luck is opening an account at the Unintcd States National Bank. Pluck will keen it going. V lEffledSatas KatonnlBanli? &ALCN O8Z0OM The German play. "Policy of Procrastination," which ha had uch a long run because the allies were unwilling to resort to force to end it. will be closed in a very short time. France stands ready backed by Britain and Italy, to ring the curtain down soon, but will allow Merlin to do it volun tarlly by paying in cash a large installment of the' sum due for reparations. The men who de vastated northern France and Belgium and who have sought by every means in their power to evade paying for their scoun drelly work have been told that the time for words is past and that the allies will now revert to acts. "We creditors hold a legal deed." said Premier Hriand in t debate in the French chambe of deputies, referring to the Ver ailles treaty, which is Germany'i promise to pay. "A process-seek er hasj been dispatched to Ger many and it our debtor persists in refusal to pay. the next tim a policeman will accompany him. The Teutons keep talking of ne FtttURt UATES Vf S U 1 inrtnsfr Annas) eanfrr " f r.Tncli'-l AfMX-tatMii. 7. ftataHif Crlrbratioa f raitn4n ij at Oimpo. May 7. AatnHar Marioa Count tr'k at a4 hKn tournament. Ma S. fbinaar Vothrr'a If. Jla 9, MonHir lrforo hr Oil, W. Ktwart of ( bi-a(s at "irt Cbri.tin hnrrfc Mar 10. TlaT Oradaatinr rrital Wtllamrti' I oiTritjr H, hool of Mn.ir WalW hall Mar 1.1. Kridsr Countr Hnndar -hwl hHcinrs m.rtinf at th Kalrm I'oMir llbrar at r(o-k Mar IV Snnaar Kwon-I m-t of th Palrm Kuiflw OrTallia coif tournament ml IHabr Clan link. Mar I1 to 19 -Slate Rebeiah aaaea hlr in JUbanr. Mar 17. Tueqar Dramat" rerital br Keen Mr;r.w nl Martha rr(an. at U aller Hall. Willamette onifrr.nv Mae 1. Werfnetil.r WeU-me frnt rem for newromera at Torn inert iat rlub M 2 57 an4 2 ll.aeb.lt. WilUai tie a. Whitman, at Wan Walla. Jnn 7 Tueadar Vtiriien .ale of ,wMet Jerie at htate fair srounds Jne IS. Tharanar Orrn rieneer aaaoriatMHi eetin( in Portland Jnne 17. FriaaT Hich arhool ..l,. Ma eteeeiaea. J""" 3- Frtdajr Annual aenior play by 17. rrM.r Aanaal low. pick. Stata fair frouada. The president, importuned as t.f is by delegations and repre sentatives and senators in the treat patronage melee which is inaugurated with a new adminis tration, must sigh when he learns of the manner in which Mr. Hoover not only can but is treat ing applicants. There are no strings on Mr. Hoover. A man who wanted the job of director of the census was usher ed into Mr. Hoover's office There was no long talk. There were no delegations to ray that Jones was a good worker for the party and that his appointment would strengthen Mr. Hoover in Podunk. Only the candidate and Mr. Hoover were there. There was quick action. Ten second? after his entrance his mission was known. "Are you an expert statistic ian?" asked Mr. Hoover. "I am not, but began the candidate. "Then you are not the man for the place. Good day," cut in Mr. Hoover. That was all. Ths man was outride the office, with the re fusal, before he could catch his breath. Small wonder the senators and congressmen are "worried at the sudden restrictions placed upon their recommendations and the growing importance of "cabinet heads In dispensing Jobs." Wor cester Telegram. portion of our population, ior they number only about 00.000. There are 10,00.000 civilized, I up-to-date Christian Filipinos. The bill you mention was deemed necessary by the senator who in troduced it because of the many malicious misrepresentations that have been staged in this country by the enemies of Philippine in dependence; these have submitted pictures of our mountain people end have claimed that they REP RESENT the Filipino nation that aspires for independence. As Americans know so very little about the Philippines they have taken these misrepresentations as Biblical truths. - Yon dismiss us with a shrug of your shoulders, saying we are "propogandists." If placing facts and fieures of our progress in education. . culture, physical de velopment of our land, medical and scientific research, agricul tural and financial growth before von in an orderly. gentlemanly fashion, if this be propaganda, then we are propagandists. Hut those also who untiringly write articles against Philippine inde pendence are propagandists; with this difference they know they are maliciously doing an injustice and trampling upon the rights of an entire race of people whose be lief in the principles of the Am erican Declaration of Independ ence is as strong and unsullied as vour own. Enclosed is a cartoon which presents our case, clearly. As your American cartonist says: "We seem to have forgotten something In- the last 150 years." We might add: "It does make ouch a difference whose ox is gored." We hope you will be kind enough to publish this letter for which we assure you we shall be very much obliged. Very sincere ly, J. P. Melencio, Director. Washington. April 23, 1921. finest ever possessed by a clrcua manager. m H The weather man Is finally guessing it; will be easier from now on. You. have just a month to make up your mind on the five meas ures. S S The come-back of wheat is put ting a broad smile across the faces of people up Pendleton and Walla Walla way. S la 'm There a feeling of stability; bul It would do a billion times ilore good if it were used to stabilize the cop merce of the world. ! i Hl'SKAXI) AND WlFE SICK ' BOTH Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Comfr, Shenandoah, Va . we.?e both ill. He writes: "Rheum atism and bladder trouble was ( ur trouble. My wife had rheumat sm In her arms so she could not! use them " . . , i She has had no troubl.i since taK- re a lot of come-backs . . v, ViAnav pm t rlnn't due, as soon as congress gets the hav t t nllt, B0 mut.n since taking Foley Kiiney Pills, nor- have I a weak bad." Back ache, sore, swollen or stiff mus cles or Joints, tired languid feel ing yield quickly to . oley Ki i- nev Pills. Sold everywhere Adv. ' The governor of Vermont sail that high school students are over ' educated. Possibly he is right T But a student who knows the a dresses of all the movie stars aad Mdw many times they have been divorced is not to bt desp.ged. '" r 1 111 Af A A A . main lariir dim on me siaiuie books, and . performs a lot i of other statesman-like acts that are overdue. m m . The over three billions in gold in the government vaults gives a T 07A7AVAV4 VAViVJ Coming MARY MILES MINTER In 51 g i "The Utile Clown" g It's a Circus MR, MELIXCTO AGAIX. Editor Statesman: Dear Sir: Thank you very much for publishing our letter of March 31st, although it took a long time for us to g;t the clip ping. We also thank you for answering our questions as frank 'y as you did. for while your op oosition seems to us laden with ret prejudices against our cause, yet we appreciate the friendli ness of vour spirit and your evi dent wish to play fair. We have not pre-questioned the report to be rendered by Gen oral Wood. To do so would be die. We will have time enough to present our side of the case when the report comes out. What we took exception to was your ittack on the administration of he retiring governor general. That Francis Burton Harrison has left things In a mesit we most ?mpbatically deny. We submit that the test of whether an ad ministration has been successful is whether or not those adminis tered over are satisfied. We Filipinos are satisfied with the results of Governor General Har rison's administration. Why. therefore. anti-Wllsonism should nersist In condemning Mr. Har rison Is something we fail to un derstand. In replacing American office holders by native Filipinos (not by "deserving Democrats from the I'nited States" as you allege), which seems to have been the only fault you find In Mr. Harri son's administration, the retiring governor general was merely com nlylng with the rule originally laid down by Mr. Taft: "The Philippines ar for the Filipinos"; and he was teaching our people 'n the simplest and most effective way the responsibilities of self government, as we would not otherwise have learned in gener ations of "mothering." Compare the results of his eight years' ad ministration , wlt th" progress, made by our people in the preced ing administrations, and you will find that facts and. figures do not lie. In judging us and our pro eress, however, we hope you sre not comparing ns to American, standards of efficiency; for there is hardly a nation in the world hat can com pet- with the I'nited States What we claim is that we are capable of managing our own affairs, thanks to the teach ing we have r-celved from the Greatest self-governing nation in the world. We do not claim ner Wtion. We are doing our best, learning lessons by our mistake, is does everv nation and evrv Individual, willing to learn. But we are not wllline to be guided longer by the leading strings of any nation. You allege. "The recent pro loed legislation in the Philip-pin-? congress attempting to re quire all voters to wear pants gives an idea of our prepared ness to Join the family of civil zed and prorreKsire nations." Herein you are "fumbling, botch ing, butchering and jazzing ' facts. The bill proposed was not aimed at voters at all It was iimd at the handful of mountain people we have. which corre sponds to yonr Indians her They constitute an insignificant (The above has been crowded out for several days for lack of space. Hut we are not wining to be guided longer by the lead ing strings of any nation." says Mr. Melincio. who is the direc tor of the Philippine Press Bu reau, and who in the quoted words represents the sentiments of a lot of politicians in the Phil ippines. They want more power for themselves. The people of the United States are not so ig norant of conditions in the Phil ppines as Mr. Melincio would have it understood. All the Spanish-American war veterans in 'his country know, something bout conditions there; and so do all other Americans who read. And. willingly or unwillingly, the Filipinos are going to be guided by the leading strings of some nation for a long time yet and it would be better for them, and for the rest of the world, if that nation should continue to be the I'nited States. What nation would be holding those leading trlngs now if the United States had not intervened? The fact is, In the opinion of this writer, it arould be much better for th peo ple of the Philippines if they de voted their energies to the de velopment of their country and the betterment of their people, under the government they now have, than to be spending any of the.ir energies seeking for an in dependence that would be dis astrous for them, and which they could not maintain. But The -Statesman will be glad to abide by the conclusions of General Wood. Ed.) BITS FOR BREAKFAST Circus day. s s Everybody will see the ele phant. Circus groiyids on Hth street; usual place. V Al Barnes is a good sport, and he has built up a big circus. He has new winter quarters down near Los Angeles that are the Come On In, The Fun't Fine ARTHUR 8. KANE present CHARL 7JLV3LV3DNf HOLE" A F I RST 'llATIOttAC ATTRACTION Starts Sunday LIBERTY 1 urn' L1V THE JUDGMENT OF; GOD IS ON- It Is Court Week tn Heaven : 1 4. A Wonderful Sermon Stiudy by EVANGELIST BELL, Tomorrow Evening, 2:30, UNION HALL, COURT STREET, Near Higjh The Judgment of the Last Day, and the e:iact time of it told in the Bible. Come and hear about it. "We must all appear before the Judgment Seat1 You have a case pending at the bar of God. -? The greatest crisis in human history. Ace you prepared foi it? ; Come and Hear This Wonderful and Impressive Bible Truth l THE ' r. BIG SHOE SALE IS NOW ON AT The Price Slide Co. i, j & Saturday Is the Second Big Day We want to ask our jriends to come in early as wi will be crowded all day. Watch Sunday's paper for i! I i next week's announcements, hundreds of new bar gains put out each week. j These are some of the bargains thai brought the crowds on opening day. , Men's Brown and Black Elk Work Shoes; $3.50 and $4.00 graces $2.65 Women 'h Bla k and Brown regular $12.00 f grades H, Pumps; $8.95 Boys' Brown and Black Dress Shoes; . $6.00 and $7.00 rf A Q(J grades WttVO Women's Dress Shoes, Brown and Black, $i).oo, $io.oo fri nr -4 M en's Brown Dress Shoes; all sizes; $!.oo K - 4t nr D.W and $12.00 grades Women's Black Lace Comfort Shoes; $6.00 and $7.00 grades $4.95 Women's High Grade Brown Oxfords; all sizes ; QJ $12.00 grades POJD Women's Hifrh Giutje Black Oxfords; all sizes; $10.00 dT Qr grades V 'O Women's Low Heel Brown Oxfords; all sizes; $'J.OO AT grades vDa0 Women's Low Heel Black Oxfords; Kid and Calf; qj $S.OO grades PDaD grades Men's Brown Inglish Dress Shoes; : , rubber In-cls; ? Af H '$14.00 grades 3l .9t) if Men's I(Jack Kangaroo leather lined, rubber Heels; flC 15.00 grades i P0VJ Women Felt House Slippers, all tlzea and colors; $3.00 and QT $3.50 grades .....i J1"D I- ' Men's Leather; House Slippers; all sizes; regular $3.00 grades 'hildrentw Higlj $5.00 j grades ..L Children high sizes; $6.p0 grades 4 $2.95 Grade Shoes; up to $2.95 grade Bumps; all $3.95 -WOMKN S WITCH ELK OCTINO SHOES, BliOW AND SMOKE; $13.00 GRADES t j THEPRICE $9.95 Ber$Mraxt, 3Z6 lt(de& r1rxttDUiMlHiA&biX It