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OREGON GOES
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Oregon went over the top
er loyalty to the ideals for
way to defend civilization
- And recorded the redemption of her pledges to stand by
hem should they return home.
And Salem, trip ritv with the romrwinv which rpwmndpd
Jirst to the colors wnen tne war alarms sounded, was in line,
as was expected she would be.
... The decision of the voters of this state to stand by the
ideals of patriotism and gratitude will redound to her credit,
Jail down the years.
( It was a little thing for this great state to put her credit
behind the boys who offered their all, in order that they may
borrow money with which to build homes and improve their
.farms .
A little thing in comparison to what these men did and
were ready to do.
I r ' It was the spirit of the doing that will count for the glory
and the good of this state in future years.
-It is reported that the army
seeds, several thousand second
lieutenants. Possibly (or the
dancing Season.
This Is getting to be a country
of per cents. We have a 3 per
cent Immigration, nd a one-bait
ot 1 per cent Velstead act.
, Emma Goldman says she wants
lo come back to the United States
ind diet "Don't know; but we
would favor letting ber return it
the will enter Into au agreement
to die. Eichange.
; ' There 'were 91,000 - snakes
killed la India last year. But with
j the coming of prohibition, as pre
dicted by Pussyfoot Johnson,
there should be quite a reduction
15 the number hereafter.
Ev Mont Itellly, a 'well known
Kansas man, has been appointed
governor of, Porto Rico. Is that
the same Itellly they spoke of so
highly and kept the hotel in the
bid song? i
- T1t seems to, be admitted that
our export trade must be revived
and maintained, but a friend at
the writer's elbow thinks the time
will be dlstapt if it ever comes
when the shower bath trade with
Russia will amount to much.
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' Former Postmaster General
.Burleson is In Europe trying to
dispose of the Texas cotton crop,
but be Is finding that conditions
j there are not conducive to large
sales at a satisfactory price. The
.question ot credits Is the stumbl
ing block.' - "
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President Harding is holding a
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series oi coherences wun repre-
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"IF WE HAD ONLY SAVED"
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THERE are some folks in Marion and
Polk Counties who are sighing be
cause they didn't acquire the saving
habit some years ago when times were
more prosperous.
However, it is never too late io start
And a verv small amount, makns vnn i
depositor at the United States National
UnltedSfatesH
. SALEM
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON
Statesman
Manager
Managing Editor
, Cashier
Manager Job Dept.
carrier In Salem and auburbs. 15
Oregon, as second class matter.
OVER THE TOP
again yesterday ; reaffirmed
which her 34,500 men marched
tentative bankers and business
men on the financial situation,
llq does not claim to know It all
and Is seeking advice from those
In a position to give it. Which
I.4 another difference between the
present occupant of the White
House and his predecessor.
When- President Hsrding re
turned from, Nw York his first
Inquiry was not about congress,
the League of Nations or whether
the blgh cost or living bad been
reduced during his absence, but
In relation to the baseball scores.
It Is not generally known, but
at one time President Harding
backed a ball team in Marion.
PAYIXU THE PRICE.
The good old V. S. A. is an al
most unattainable paradise for
some yearning peoples and when
we read ttafe awful prlce some
Chinamen are prepared to pay to
gain an entrance to the land of
freedom, we must realize our
happy fortune.
Five Chinamen, denied legal en
try Into this country, recently
took fearful chances. They came
across the sea. smuggled under
the most crowded and wretched
conditions, landed in Mexico just
below the border more dead than
alive, and then proceeded to un
dertake a dreadful march across
the desert, avoiding the high
ways. Two, of their number were
found near death, while three just
managed tq get to help help
which must! inevitably mean that
all their privations will have been
In vain, siftce they will be re
turned to China under our immi
gration laws.
The story; of their sufferings Is
pitiful, and; many others are said
to have died in the desert. And
OREGON
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it isn't a new story; men barred
under our laws have been taking
th se ghastly chances for many
years now, risking certain suffer
ing and almost certain death for
the chance to start life anew In
the land of their dreams. And
men, American men, have been
convicted time and again for en
gaging in this nefarious contra
band trade, profiting cruelly at
the expense of simple-minded
alien, who rarely realize the hM
eous price they may be called'
upon to pay. There can be no
punishment too severe for the
contraband traders who profit at
so bitter a price to their victims.
IlltVAN AMI FLORIDA.
Col. Hryan says that between
his voting in the stale of Nebras
ka and living In the state of Flor
ida he has been in a state of sus
pended animation That is the
titate where the Democrats be
long, but Col. Hryan has hardly
given us a chance to suspect it
concerning himself. Now, how
ever, he is going to consolidate
himself. Instead of making a
home in Hollywood, as threatened
Mr. Hryan will declare his legal
residence In Florida, where he al
teady has something cf a palace.
He may yet close bis career as a
Democratic senator from the
Fouth. As a prohibitionist also
he would be the recognized cham
pion of Florida water. Anyhow,
he will be no longer in a state of
suspended animation. If you ask
what state he hails from, our an
swer It shall be: He hails from
Me-o-me-o-ml. in the state of
Flor-l-dee.
THE IU'KK'S PRIDE.
The Duke of Hamilton is quot
ed as declaring that he is more
proud of the prowess of his son
and beir. Lord Clydesdale, as an
amateur boxer than of any of his
possessions. The young ' peer, not
yet 18, is by way of becoming one
of the finest amateur boxers of
the day and has a particularly fine
physique not in the least like
our traditional cartoons f the
effete aristocrat.
And another athletic boxing ex
pert is young Lord Knebworth.
son of the Earl of Lytton. So In
crisis neither of these young
scions of the peerage will have to
depend upon an American mar
riage to salvage bis fortune
tbey will come over and flgbt
lack Dempsey instead and then
they will know what popularity
really means.
But things are coming to a
pretty pass if these young aristo
crats compete in the field against
pugilists. Is there to be no ex
clusive field left in which the
man of modest origin may shine?
FOUR SOCIAL POISON'S."
Sir James Cantlie. a surgeon of
distinction In England, has been
amusing himself and disturbing
his audiences with a series of pub
lic lectures.
His latest talk at the Tobacco
Trades exhibition in London only
partly pleased Its promoters . To
bacco, he said, was perhaps the
least harmful of the four social
poisons alcohol, tea, coffee and
tobacco. He told people If they
must smoke, to systematize It
especially women and "never
vary your quantity of tobacco, and
never go to bed for an hour after
your last smoke. It's the bed
time cigarette that is deadly."
His greater condemnation of al
cohol, tea and coffee has left the
Britisher indignant. Alcohol may
be a trifle poisonous, especially
the stuff they are profiteering on
nowadays. Coffee, well possibly
just a coupcon, since few British
ers know how to make the stuff.
But tea the great national bev
erage ye gods, what have they
left?
Then again the Britisher has
taken much unction to his soul
because the Americans have rot
ten teeth from eating too much
Ice cream, drinking too much ice
water, freezing their digestive pro
cesses. But now comes Sir James
to assure them that British teeth
are rotten through taking their
food too hot. Dyspepsia, he says,
is a disgrace to any family, but
the only difference between the
Americans end the English Is that
the former admit their dyspepsia
and the British deny It.
And again the Britishers' na
tional claims as fresh air disci
ples. "Pshaw! There has never
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SpanUh war rrtrran at Aotnna
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ix-nrj.in.nu at Camp Uwh aad Fert
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Orrn Pwawr aasoriatino.
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IWT'viatinn Bf.lij in FrtlaBt
Ji 17. riiajr High arhool craia
Hirh Rrknet
J IT, FrHav Aannal lwa pfc-aie.
mat fair KronnHa
Jnaa so, Mn4v StsmI allien
JtilT 5J ftalarsar -Marl rotint
MAn arhnnl rl,. mtm jr frnnaHa
Jnljr 25 to 31 Salea Chantrtqua.
been any fresh air In this hall for
20 years," snorted Sir James, who
proceeded to assure them that
they did not know the first thing
about proper ventilation.
But perhaps his worst affront
to British susceptibilities was on
the subject of female clothes. He
said: "The fewer clothes you
wear, the higher your tempera
ture. Those younx women you
claim to be insufficiently clad are
not cold, they are hot. Men wear
too much clothing. Babies are
wrapped up too much."
On the whole Sir James Cant
lie is not as popular as he was.
riNAMKS IMPROVING.
Following Is a paragraph from
the current weekly financial letter
of Henry Clews, the Wall Street
authority:
Not only has the federal re
serve system continued to develop
increasing strength, additions of
gold as compared with last year's
holdings at the corresponding
rate showing an increase of f 448,
000.000. but there has been a
steady liquidation of paper se
cured by long term obligations.
Governor Harding of the federal
reserve board, who has recently
made a visit to the agricultural
regions of the southern and west
ern states, reports a better con
dition of farm financing. Re
duction of acreage of cotton and
gradual Increase in demand for
the staple promises higher prices
and consequently greater ability
to liquidate the obligations In
curred by owners of cotton at
banks. Recovery of wheat by
about 20 per cent on the cash
market above low figures shows
that the agricultural situation
with respect to this product is
rapidly being stabilized and the
effect has been to improve quite
materially the position of those
banks which have made advances
with wheat as security. Never
theless, it is true that there will
continue to be large drafts upon
bank resources as the season con
tinues, the resources of financial
centers being necessarily used to
assist institutions in other parts
of the country which are in need
ot funds for raising and market
ing the current crop."
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
Salem went over the top
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Went over the top, as she al
ways does.
Our boys who marched away to
oirer their lives for the defence
of civilisation will feel that a
great majority of the people of
Oregon means what they said.
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The soldier loan bill goes
through with flying colors but
all the rest, probably, have fallen
by the wayside.
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Now there will be 1000 new
bouses in the towns and new Im
provements on the farms of Mar
lon county.
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H. H. Lots, of the Lotz-Larsen
Mining company, in the Santlam
district, was In Salem on Monday.
He reports that the bridge his
company has built across Gold
creek Is finished. It is 80 feet
hlgb above the water. The road,
clear up to the mine. Is all finished
but 400 to 500 feet. Now, if the
county will renulld the bridge
across Stack creek, and put their
part of the road In repair, this
company will very soon be ready
for ore shipments.
S S
There are still four ounces of
broccoli seed left in Oregon; and
it is in Salem enough to plant
two more acres. It is at 267
South Church street, and It may
be bad for two simoleons. Get it
and plant it. today. It may make
you $500 to $800.
Dead Fish Cause Painter
To Call Help of Police
To be working up in the air on
a bridge in the glare of the mid
day sun is not the most pleasant
place in the world to be at best,
but when one is not' a vulture and
is forced to hover over a pile of
dead fish wU, it doesn't smell
lire roses, that's all.
That Is the way A. J. Ander
son. 1475 North Commercial
street, felt about it oMnday when
he sent word to the police. He
was explicit in stating the fish
were dad ones. Now, if who
ever put them there had been
thoughtful and seen to it that the
fish were alive, how much more
considerate it would have been.
The police did not say whether
they had gathered up the fish or
not: they at least showed a sym
pathetic understanding of the sit
uation by making it a matter of
history on their records.
No, the Police Didn't Go
In Water, But Wanted to
The day van hot. The water
In the creek sent out a challenge
which three small boys on South
Twelfth street could not resist,
yesterday. Fo they shed thir
garments and plunged in. min'n
the regulation adornment. Th'
police were notified, and went 'o
Investigate. Though they did not
do likewise, there was a sympa
thetic note in their tones as thev
rently remonstrated with the
boys urging them to be a little
more discreet In the future.
We never could understand wh7
as the Indians had no rnt to
pay. they were so wild. Ex
change. ,
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JOKER SEEN
IN NEW RATE
Lewis Declares Reduction
By Railroads in Reality
Only 3 Cents
ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY
Former Attempt to With
draw Privilege Halted by
Federal Commission
In making a reduction of S
cents a box on apples shipped to
the Atlantic seaboard, and then
withdrawing the privilege of stor
ing while in transit, the railroad?
have Included a fine Joker in their
announcement of a reduction on
apple rates of from $1.66 to the
new rate of $1.50 a hundred, ac
cording to C. I. Lewis, assistant
manager of the Oregon Growers
Cooperative association.
smrinr while in transit means
the privilege of shipping on a
through rate car lots of apples and
storing them at such points as
Tulsa, omana, tjunaio or .
ara Falls. The fruit 4 then held
In storage awaiting the consum
ing market and then lorwaraeu
are
New Gray
PUMPS
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WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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with a through rate charge, and
not a local rate.
Storage 3i-rMiu-y.
Lazge shippers of fruit have
found it nect-ssary to store at con
venient points In the east, and
there hold ready for quick ship
ments to the consuming market.
In the new rate offered, railroads
withdraw this privilege of stor
ing, or make an additional charge
of 5 cents a box If placed In stor-
About one year azo, railroads
attempted to withdraw this priv
ilege of storage in transit, but
th.e growers were unstained by the
interstate commerce commission.
During the past yar the Ore
gon Growers Cooperative associa
tion held fruit in storage at Sev
eral cities In the east and at ch
point, as Tulsa and Omaha. When
conditions justified, the fruU was
rushed to the market.
Problem Not Solved.
While the new rate on ship
ments or apples to the Atlantic
seaboard Is a reduction of 8 cent3
a box, yet with the charge of"&
cents a box for the privilege of
storing in transit, there la really
a reduction of only 3 cents a box.
and this does not by any means
solve the problem of apple ship
ments to the Atlantic coast, ac
cording to Mr. Lewis.
Is President Harding retting
rcaoy to sweep the country again
In 1924 as did In 1920? It 1p
given out at the White House that
he Is fond of chicken pie.
Chesterton, the English lectur
er, says he ia coming back to dear
old America. Certainly the jingle
of the American dollar helps the
hurt that Chesterton feels In ex
uding Information to an Ameri
can audience.
White
Rainskin
HI.
rumps
here. These Pumps were bought at a ridiculously low price. All
dealers are asking from $12 to $15 for the same styles.
close this entire lot out at the unheard of price of
Come in now and see this line of wonderfbul Pumps as they can
not last long at this price. Our Entire Stock on Sale Excepting
Hanan Shoes. Thousands of Pairs Going Out Each Day ;
Rubber Heel Day Each
" Put On Half Price, 25c
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SHOE
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326 Httt St -
JUNE 8. 1921
PACKERS
NEW WAGE CUT
Further Reduction of Five
Cents an Hour Plea in
Petition to Arbiter
60,000 WORKERS HIT
Operators Declare That De
spite Retrenchment They
Suffer Losses
CHICAGO, June 7. A further
wage reduction of 5 cents an hour
for all packing houfo employes
paid on an hourly basis and pro
portionate cute for piece workers
were asked today by the Lhlcagoi
packers in a petitioji filed with
Federal Judge Samuel Alshuier,
federal arbitrator.
The reductions. If granted,
would afiect approximately 60,
000 workers in all pans of the
country. The petition asked that
a full hearing be held before June
19 and requested that the reduc
tion be made retroactive to that
date.
Penalty Ilellef Askea.
Belief from the penalties im
posed on th packers in the form
of working hour restrictions also
was asked. With the eight-hour
Strap
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y in force, it was explained, the
puckers were guaranteeing 4 0
hours of work per week and pay
tng overtime after eight hours.
It was suggested that this be
changed to a guarantee of 4 8
hours work, and the agreement
obliging them to pay overtime af
ter eight hours be abolished. Thu.i
Overtime would only be paid alter
48 hours work a week.
i Firtrt Cut in March.
Y The minimum rate now paid Is
1.5 cents per hour, to which it
was cut from .53 cents in March
following the abrogation by the
packers in February of a war
time agreement under which
Judge Alscbuler was the media
tor. At that time the packers,
ftfter conference with President
Harding and Secretary Davis
agreed to continue tbe arbitra
tion agreement until September
J and the employes agreed to
accept wage reductions averaging
about 15 per cent.
;r.Tbe packers declare that de
lit&itfi the last wage cut and re
ductions of their forces, they have
continued to operate at a loss,
and that they cannot continue to
wtiBt under present conditions.
They declared that while- labor
continued to receive from two o
two and one-half times as mucfi
piy as It did before the war. far
rners and livestock growers are
getting lesa for their product and
STe being forced to operate on a
basis ruinous to the producer,
i-The German foreign office de
clares that the feature of the
treaty requiring the nation to re
slbre the skull of the late Sultan
Mlkawa cannot be fulfilled, be
cause the skull cannot be found.
T:hi was a bit of persiflage that
David Lloyd George put into the
document in order to create a
bod impression among the ne
groea of South Africa.
Hetis