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t ccjon " I I lined Dally Except Monday by ,-' . TOE STATESMAN PUBLISH I XO COMPACT 116 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland OMce, 62? Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic -.v - . S27-S9) M3fBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The ssociated Presa la exclnsirely entitled to the use for repub lication oC all newa dlapatchea credited to it or not otherwise credited la thia paper and also the local newa published herein. It. J. Hendricks Manager Stephen A. Stone Managing Editor Ralph Olorer Frank Jaakoakl DAILY- STATESMAN, serred by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, CS cents a month. DAILY 8TATESMAN, by mail. In adrance, ft a year. $3 for six months, 11.(0 for three months, SO cents a month. In Marlon and Polk .counties; outside of these counties, 17 a year, $3.60 for six months, $1.75 for three months, 60 cents a month. When not paid In adrance. 50 cents a year additional. THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, will be sent a year to anyone paying a year in adrance to the Dally Statesman. SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1.50 a year; 75 cents for six months; 40 cents for three months; 25 cents for 2 months; 15 cents for one month. - WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued in two slx-paga section!, Tuesdays ' ' and Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid In adrance, $1.25); 50 centa for aix months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 22. Circulation Department, 58$ Job Department, 633 Society Editor, 10$ Entered at the Postoffice in Salem, THE DATA OF AGRICULTURE THE FACTS ABOUT . THE FARMER Editor Statesman: . - The other day, in an office in Salem, I heard a young social uplifter (city born and city nurtured) abusing the farmers for their conservatism and upbraiding them for their stiff-necked opposition to what he called "economic social and ethical progress." It did not seem to occur to this young man of the city that there must be some fundamental fi nancial reason why the farmer objects to high priced goods, high wage scales, high salaries, big bond issues and extra va- j gant programs of social and educational betterment. But there really is a reason, and it is so big, and so loaded with the dynamite of economic discontent, as to fairly threaten the peace and harmony of our national life today. The mani fest fact is that the present financial status of the Ameri can farmer is so perilous as to be a matter of grave con cern to every far-sighted and patriotic citizen in the land In a recent address before a conference of farm organ izations In Washington City, Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, asserted that, "for more than seventy years our grain and stock farmers have been selling their products be low the actual cost of production, if we include all items of .cost that business methods require." Many persons imagine that the farmers made big prof its, during the war, but the income tax returns in the United States for 19J9 show that only one in every 400 farmers earned enough to pay an income tax, while one of every 200 teachers, one doctor in every 14, and one lawyer out of five paid income taxes. . ' - Statistics collected by the Missouri and Kansas State Ag- ricultural Colleges and recently published in the Kansas City Weekly Star, edited by Dr. H. J. Waters, ex-president of the Kansas Agricultural College, show that from the year 1909 to the year 1918, inclusive, the grain farmers of the Middle West received a labor incomeof about $3.50 per day for each" day spent in producing and marketing their crops. This wage was considerably lower than 'the average wage of the hod car riers of the Middle West during the same period. The5 October 20th issue of the Weekly News Letter of the United States Department of Agriculture gives a report of a farm-profits survey conducted by specialists of that de partment and covering twenty-five farms in Ohio from 1912 to 1919; one hundred farms in Indiana, 1912 to 1919, and sixty farms in Wisconsin, 1912 'to 1919. The average yearly farm , labor income for the . twenty-five Ohio farmers was $276; for the one hundred Indiana farmers, $556; for the sixty -Wisconsin farmers, $408. When we remember that this labor income represents not simply the labor of the f arm- er himself but of his entire family, the return seems patheti cally smalL 'V - The writer has, during the past four months, made a ' careful, and somewhat exhaustive study of the financial sta tus ox, the farmers of Marion 1920. This study was conducted mostly as a means of mak ing a comparison between the er and the earning capacity classes during the same period. parison at all it was found from consideration several large sections of farm territory devoted to special crops, where, owing to extremely unfa vorable climatic conditions, the farmer not only failed to , make any wages but sustained For legitimate comparison I have therefore taken my figures - from a number of the best farms in the best farming sec tions of the county, where the farmers are engaged in gen 1 era! agriculture, growing grain, hay, potatoes, livestock and , dairy products. A number of the best farmers in these fa- yored sections have assured me that their labor incomes for the past year were less than 50 cents per day for each day spent in growing, harvesting and marketing their crops, and their figures allowed nothing t Other overhead expenses. I have in mind one case in an ideal farming section, a school district valued at above the average. Three of the best one hundred acre farms in the county are operated here ; each farm requiring the constant ; labor 'of two strong and efficient young farmers. I do not ' know of three farms conducted more wisely, scientifically or economically. The gross labor income of these six farmers was exactly one-third that of - teachers who taught that district school. According to these returns one teacher is worth three times as much to the state as three farmers, or nine times as much as one farnier. I ; .The figures we have collected of farm labor incomes in Marion county in 1920 show that it took the farmer 16 to 20 days to earn enough money . chanic one day; forty days to one trip twelve miles oat; one earn enough to employ a lawyer one day ; from six t 12 days to earn enough to pay the taxes on one acre of land. Some ; cases reported of what the farmer had to sell and what he had to buy revealed a disparity of prices so incongruous aa to be absolutely astounding: sold a large cow hide for, $1.40 harness lines ; another farmer ( and paid $12.00 for a, pair of of Salerp. was delivering potatoes at 60 cents per cwt. and ? was priced a pair of harness tugs at $32.00. if. When economic conditions such as these prevail is it anv ; wonder that the fanners are everywhere organizing for coop j erative selling and buying, and are "holding conference after conference" in all the big cities of the East? Many present economic facts, national in source and persistent in character, pun w me fiuuauuiijr mat aawn oi a day or fierce political and economic conflict. vi -There is a new economic crranel that ha hen-n nHnnroH by all the farm organizations THE! OREGO& STATESiIAMV.aALE3f OREGON T'" Statesman Cashier Manager Job Dept. Oregon, aa second class matter. county dunncr the year of earning capacity of the farm of other essential professional In order to make such a com necessary to eliminate entirely large financial losses to boot for interest on investment or the incomes of the two school to employ an automobile me earn enough to call a doctor hundred and twenty days to One farmer near Scotts Mills and paid $11.00 for a pair of near Shaw sold a hide for $1.40 lines. Still another farmer east me larmer is standing at me in the United States, and is being proclaimed from thousands of platforms in every slate through the nation. The fundamental doctrines of this gos pel are: (1) That the American farmer is now an educated man, that he performs his professional duties as wisely and scien tifically, as efficiently and economically, as any other pro fessional expert, and is entitled to just as good pay for his (2) That the farmer is a business man, and is entitled to interest on his investment and all other overhead claimed by legitimate business. . (3) That the farmer is entitled to the use of the na tion's credit, as much as the banker or any other business corporation. ' (4) That he has the same right to political representa tion in the councils of state and nation as any other profes sional class. (5 That he has the same right to the rewards of in telligent industry, to the enjoyment of leisure, and the fruits of culture as the most favored professional class. There was a time when the American farmer need worry but little about the cost of overhead. Those were the days of cheap land, when, according to the words of the old song, "Uncle Sam has got enough to give us each a farm. But those bounteous times are long since past, and today "re quires as much capital to own a good sized farm as to start a bank in a country town. . , . . There will be war in the United States during the next four years. It will be an economic war? a forensic war; a gentlemen's war, fought by gentlemen. It wiU be fought by the American farmer along the lines indicated in the above gospel. And it will be won by the American farmer won with affluence and ease. TRUMp (Mr. Van Trump, writer of the above, is Marion county horticulturist. Perhaps it may be new to some readers ; but he does not exaggerate concerning the movement among farm organizations, wnicn is one oi spread ever seen in tne unitea It is costing the government a lot of roon3y to enforce the na tional prohibition law. Mit it is costing the yiolators much more to break it. It Is now officially reported that manna still falls in Asia Minor, but what the Republican war horses just now are inter ested most in is the exreyted IV 1 of manna at Washington. Charlie Paddock, the world nremier sprinter, will desert the cinder path for the rocky road of Journalism. He should be a suc cess at scoring beats. The combined American fleet wiU find plenty of sea room to do its maneuvering when it comes to the Pacific this summer. And. then, it is not so all-fired far from Yap. Nearly 200.000 acres additional will be devoted to growing wine grapes In California tha coming season. Doesn't look very much as if prohibition bad killed the grape industry. That was another thing that was largely exagger ated. , "That the end of the deflation period has been reached and that more courage and constructive ness. accompanied by large bank accommodation Is needed. Is the statement of Governor Harding of the federal reserve board. The market during the past weeH has been active and strong wltj prices advancing daring most of the time and an nnusually large turnover has resulted. There has been very satisfactory strength In practically the entire list The outlook for business is much more encouraging." The above are excerpts from the current weekly financial letter of Henry Clews, the Wall Street authority. The financial skies are clearing all over the world and more es pecially in the United States; and still more especially on the Pacific coast and In Orgon. BIT OF FOOLISHNESS. An organisation of women pasfted a resolution protesting against the retention by the French of any colored troops in the army of occupation In Ger many. The presumption was that the German women should be spared the presence of negro sol diers in their communities. The resolution was given to the wife of a Chicago congressman for personal transmission to Marshal Foch. Some publicity resulted and a semi-official correspond ence showed that the French have no colored forces in Germany nor any Intention of sending them. Nevertheless, the lady messenger proceeded on her Journey and sought an official engagement with the - French marshal and staff for the purpose of present ing her , cause. Some of the French colonials are decided bra- FUlURt DATES May 13. Friday r.ntrtalnmnt far lil.t-.rr brarfit. Highland arhoal, S 'rlork. Mar 13, Fridar Con Mr SaaUr rhol Iraaiaraa ainr at tha Salem Public library at 8 a'rloek. Mar 15. floMay Hron4 vrl of thr Ralria Earone Corralli, colf toaraamrat, at lllb Club link. ., Mr 1 X IS 8tat Kabckaa aaaan bty ia Alhaar. .2y T",U' DrtK- rrrilal y FrH MKir and Martha rtrmn. at Wailn- Hall. Wiliaat uvxrmitV. Mar 1. Wnlmdi; Wrlrmn proc ram for nrwrmrr at ranmmriat rlub May 3. 7 ai4 28 Raaahall. WiUaai atu re. Watfmaa. at Walla Walla. .J"." 1- TawUy Aartma aafa of MemM Jmc at atat fair nat. Jai 16, TkcrwU? Or ran Pieaaor atrial bni iHtm( in Portland H."W,rk,''--A"M,,to h s..Jtrr.i7,X-A', w me nettes. but they are good soldiers and made an excellent record. Neither the French nor Belgians objected to the presence of negro fighters in the American expe ditionary forces and there Is no call for the color line now. Cer tainly, if America is to remain outside of the League of Nations, it is not our business to find fault with the complexion of the French soldiers. RELATIVITY IS HARMLESS. One nice thing about the theory of relativity Dr. Einstein explain ed to the New York reporters. Asked what he would advise the layman to do about the theory be replied, "Nothing at all; ten him not to worry; it won't hurt him." That is not only reassur ing, but it Is one of the most transparent statements so far made concerning the theory. To our mind, in times like these anything that we should do noth ing about, that we should not worry over and that won't hurt as Is entitled to the highest place In human estimation. There are so many of 'the other kind of things that the theory of relativity shines out like a beacon light in an unusually dirk night If Dr. Einstein could now find something else we did not have to do anything about, then there would be two of them, and rela tivity might not be so lonesome. Springfield Union. MADE IX GERMANY. The Germans are selling etruc tu rsl steel in Europe for $20 a ton less than the English can make It. The Germans are sell ing pneumatic tools in Detroit the same line of tools that De troit was shipping to Germany be fore and after the war and are underselling the Ametrican manu facturer at bis door. Even with a stiff export tax on German wares levied by the allies the Germans would still be able to undersell Americans in most of the markets of the world. Ger many is already producing heav ily in certain lines and industry will ' enable, her to maintain her balance against the call of the Red. But for the harden she must carry she wpuld be wonder fully prosperous. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST Spring dayB at last. . Germany haa finally agreed S V She has agreed to begin to, do the things she agreed to do at the peace conference. W This will work a wonderful change for the better in Europe and all over the world; and it will be better when Germany goes ahead to perform her agreements without the necessity of holding a club over her head. H Plant your broccoli seed. b If you are a member of the Salem Broccoli association, your seed is ready, at 267 South Church street, the home of the. secretary, V. J. Lehman. V "V And the association has a little extra seed. But it you want some of It, you would better go and get It. or send for it at once. Before the end of the month, there will not be an ounce of Valentine broc coli seed left anywhere. S Now there will be rushing days on the paved road work, till the rains of the fall put a stop to It. ' ' t V . In a little bit longer, there will not be an Idle man. woman or child la the Salem district, who wants to work or is able to per form labor. THE GENERAL AND (Charles W. Duke in Philadel phia Ledger.) Over at Camp Dlx, New Jerroy. the other day the crack Sixteenth infantry of the famous First di vision, one of the units of the first American forces sent to France under the leadership of General Pershing, "first to fight and last to quit.' swept across the parade grounds in a regimen tal review. Overseas' veterans evtryone of them faces bronzed, guns lying back In vnn, wind rows, not a foot oat of alignment what a spectacle for the mili tary man! The regimental band was play ing. Grouped about the parade grounds were the wives and sweet hearts of the doughboys. It was a holiday setting, a gala affair that a Rudyard Kipling ronld have set to the music of, poetry. It was the first review of the Sixteenth since it moved into Camp Dlx, just home from the Rhine valley, six months ago. Wonderful old regiment and grand old First division! Tbefe were the boys who slipped quietly out of New York harbor three years ago bound for tha western front. One morning the Ameri can people were toll the first of the American expeditionary forc es were "over there" and in bat tle array. ' It was all true. This was the division that accompanied Persh ing when he went acroe to Jo'n hands with Foch and Haig in theS new allied triumvirate. They went in first on the Sommervlller front in the Lorraine sector near Luenville. They were the first American troops under fire. Some of the First division were at Can tigny in the first engagement fought by American troops. The first American troops killed by the Huns in combat were of this callant old First. You remember the circumstances how three Yankee lads, reconnoitering the German position at night were captured and ruthlessly pot to death, their throats cut from ear to ear. Later the French erected a monument on the spot at Bethelmont to commemorate the sacrifice. Wonderful record has this First division; glorious traditions stand back of them. No wonder these khaki clans hold their heads so proudly as they swing now across the parade field at Camp Dix. But why the parade? Reviews of this kind are usually pat on in honor of some dignitary visiting the camp. Presidents, cabinet officers, generals, foreign ambas sadors or royal visitors are some times honored in this way. Per haps In this case It Is the new secretary of war in the Harding eabinet, who may have slipped into Camp Dix unheralded; or. perhaps, a titled visitor from abroad. It might be General Per- hing himself, for it has been re orted he is shortly to visit the new .M. frith ! ion c New jersey camp. close column of masses Major Smith's second battal on the right. Major Jones' first battalion In the center, and Major Davidson's third battalion on th left, the Sixteenth Infan try falls into line, right dresses, nd stands motionless awaiting developments. What is coming? There Is Colonel Lacey In com rA of b's regiment. There also It Major General C. P. Rr-', all. veteran leader of the First t-Mon. Surely something spe cial Is up. While the troops stand at at tention, eyes front, eara alert to a- what Is said. Lieutenant O. T. Phipps' Hps begin to move. He is reading general orders No. 6. And what do you suppose general orders No. 5 is all about? Noth ing about a new president or a new general or a distinguished foreign visitor or a new assign ment for service. These general orders are announcing the retire ment from the United States army after a long period of ser vice of a solitary sergeant major a non-commiajioned officer who has toiled away down In the ranks for more than 23 years! Shades of democracy! Can It be possible that all this fuss and feathers is in honor of a single oujuit-r oi me une a non-commissioned officer? True enough; there he stands by the side of Colonel Lacey. He I . 8errea.pt Major William F. ( 'Jack") Brannan, of regimental headquarters, 49 years and four months old, a sturdy son of the western plains and a. solder in the United States army in almost continuous service since 1898. From the beginning of the Spanish-American war until well after the wind-up of the world war this taciturn, grizzled old veteran has stuck to his Job true to his ideal of service. And this ceremony is all In honor of Sergeant Major (Jack) Brannan. They are telling the story of his life to all this great assembly on the parade grounds. r ,7?,er. te,,,n th worl how faithful thia man Brannan has been. Never once has he flinch ed. On all his honorable dis charges he has received character "excellent." From the day his regiment was thrown into the ad rance against the Hindenburg line at Chemln-des-Dames on through the Argonne campaign until the Germans were given re,fuge In armistice Just as the doughboys were prepared for the last grand assault on the last line of Hun fortifications around Metz and Redan. Sergeant Maior Brannan was In the thick of the fighting. ,; For conspicuous bravery in bat tle he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palms. Hlg Ufa. was. continually endangered, but. he escaped It all with nary scratch. Now he has reached the end of his contract of service ana is frotne to T?tlre." He has serred in all., including double time ror Torelgn service. 23 Jrs with the army of Uncle "ro.r wow be is leaving for the inNETrftoftKim ti At Hi T 1921 THE "NON-COM" sister back home in Cherokee, Iowa, and take them with him out to California, where be is to Invest his nest egg in a farm "and live happily ever after ward." One of the things they are say ing about him now as he stands there modestly, with aa honest aversion for all this pomp and heraldry, is that, although be Is close to the half-century mark in point of age, "he has never been grouchy on account of age." Thinking of all the toil; of the long hours on the trail; of the monotony of camp life! of the perils and tribulations of service abroad; of the years piling up on his shoulders not a poor encom ium for honest "Jack" Brannan. "We are here -honoring ser vice." says General Summerall. "No army is stronger than Its non-commissioned officers," says General Edwards, late commander of the Twenty-sixth division, now commanding a brigade of tho First division, and lately mention ed in Washington dispatches as a likely candidate for the position of chief of staff of the United States army, to succeed General March. "In his humble capacity this man Brannan has served through all these years. None of the glit ter and glory has been his Just plain every-day, old fashioned bard work. All honor to the non coms! They are the chaps who build patriotism, who uphold morale, the very sinew of the army. That's why they are, hon oring Brannan in this way." A sergeant major! Here Is a veteran who has never risen above that rank. He started as a private in the ranks. Next he was a corporal and then a ser geant. For the last 12 years be has been a regimental sergeant major. What a lesson for all that army of plain workers In civilian life, the toilers in the mills and shops, the mothers in the homes, the millions of humble artisans who contribute to the mainte nance of the material world. Ser geant Major Brannan has never grumbled or complained; "he was never grouchy." "We are honoring service says General SummeraM. The lieutenant has stopped reading general orders No. 5. He tarns to Sergeant Major ("Jack") Brannan. From his pocket the commissioned officer extracts a wallet which he in torn hands to the humble "non-com." It Is a parse of gold some hundreds of dollars In all. Every man In the gallant Sixteenth and many more friends through the First division have contributed out of their pay. It is their way of expressing es teem and friendship for "Jack" Brannan. The hand of the vete ran trembles a bit as he accepts. The moisture of the eye Is more eloquent than the words that fall from his lips for be is not given to speaking. His long suit is ser vice. "Attention!" the cry swings out over the review field. A word of command, the band be gins to play and at the call of BIG REDUCTIONS ON ALL SHOES THE PRIGEHOElV(M. -Men's Brown and Black Shoes; $3.50 and $4.00 grades - Boys' Brown and Black $6.00 and $7.00 Women's Dress Shoes, Black, $9.00, $10.00 'and $12.00 grades Women's Black Lace $6.00 and $7.00 grades Women's High Grade all sizes; ...... $12.00 grades Women's High Grade Black Oxfords; all sizes ; $10.00 Qf--: grades .... vl t3L r Women's Low Heel Brown Oxfords; . all sizes; $9.00 ? fr grades .. Women's Low Heel Kid and Calf; $8.00 grades WOMEN'S WITCH ELK OUTING SHOES, BB0WN omuku;; ?13.00 GRADES. Rubber Heels Put On Half Price Welhday Only 25c "houlder - arms." hundreds or rifles swing into positional In an other moment the Sixteenth regi ment is on the march, ifhey are passing in review before Sergeant Major ("Jack") Brannib. He who has serred unoetentJktlously in the ranks all these rears is standing by the side of his' colonel watching his comrades ); of the world war swing by in; Review! These boys who helped hurl back the minions of German autocracy and then passed in revi-w before the crowned heads of Europe are now passing in review before a "non-com" sergeant major! Company after company they are coming. They givelfcim the "eyes right" as they pass, before him. But Sergeant Majff Bran nan's eyes are not "right" He who has laughed at the whine of a Heinle's shell or stood impas sive . before the spectacle of his pals struck down in cold; blood or stolidly served on the: j lonely watch through all these years without the flicker of an eyelash, now stands , with great tears coursing down his cheeks Soon It is over and then comes the flood. As though be if pre one lone "enemy" against thousands, these doughboys of the Sixteenth swarm about him. ThQjrf salute him, they grasp his hand, they wish him good-bye and godd luck. The good right arm is pumped un til it is sore and achingi The general comes himself td! salute, this veteran "non-com.": j-lt was the general himself who ordered the demonstration "We are honoring service," said General Summerall. I d "For it is as when a man, go ing into another country, called his own rervants, and delivered unto them his goods. Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometb, and maketh a I 5i THE MAN $H0 SAVES PROVIDES FOR DEPENDENTS IF the wage-earner's salary should stop, many -homes would experience, actual want; But never where there is bank book representing regular de- posits. f .,. - -n J The rainy day may BUT if it does, a good umbrelUJ Are YOU providing for YOUR family by an account at CAUEM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Elk Work . $2.65 Women's Black and regular $12.00 grades Dress Shoes; . $4.95 grades .. t ! Men V: Brown English V? rubber heels; 5: $14.00 grades ........... Brown- and .$4.95 Comfort 'Shoes ; Q J QC tyaaD $15.00; grades Brown Oxfords; 1 m 'Women's $8.95 and; colors; $3.50 grades Men's' Leather House sizes ; aregular $5.00 grades Children's $5.00 g grades; Children's size; 16.00 grades ou.so Black Oxfords ; $5.95 '...aU. aaaaaatMh; JHE PRICE! SHOE ca A fcer$aio4, varaNv frlftttiaoaC fact Affivm fu fsaps 326 t&r1WlDUjsuA reckoning with themf ' lord 5 said unto him. ! Weirdoce good , and faithful servant;, then hast been faithful over - a f thinga, I will set thee over natty . things; enter into Jbe joy. ot thr lord." 7 When Tou F l lUnc ' See TToby". Adv. Why "blue" laws or "re laws? Why not the red. whit and blue laws? Are they , not satisfactory? ... r STARTIKG SUNDAY GRAND V: Where The Biig Shows ; Ray never come to you savings account . the United States 4 :- OBCOG3 Brown Pumps;" . $8.95 (T'l ft torn wp fejg? 19 S an jn K 1TT1 K 4 ... . I 1 ! I r ' . J ;" -Men's Brown Dress Shoes; all sizes; $9.00 ' ti? ni? 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