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Entered at the Postoffice In Salem,
THE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT IS TO GOVERN
I ; Experimentalists in government are the bane of modern
life. We are repeatedly asked not to condemn certain so
called remedies "before they have been tried." People who
resort tp that plea jseem' oblivious of the fact that man has
progressed from an indefinite antiquity and that during his
eons of progress he has accumulated some valuable knowl
edge gained by experience. ' .
One of the fruits of man's experience is the knowledge
that the business of government is to govern arid that when
it passes from that function into the realm of business, con
fusion must follow!. Under the best and most favorable cir
cumstance, government is an expensive institution. Were
economy alone to be considered it were better to fall back
upon autocracy as the more efficient form of government
But liberty is a thousand
, economic considerations can ever be.
This is the everlasting answer to the silly dreams of the
, Socialist. .
Socialists seem oblivious to
They have forgotten, if they ever knew, that their full
program was in actual practice and in perfect working order
under the Incas of ancient Peru, The only distinction be
tween what they had in Peru
was that under the Incas full authority and control lay in the
will of the emperor, who not only enjoyed temporal but spirit
ual dominion over his people. They had no will of their own,
either relative to this world or the next. The will of the em
peror was also the will of God.
; In "an economic sense that sway of the Incas was perfect
No subject ever went hungry to his rest, nor felt otherwise
than to greet the new day with a song. Yet in all the realm
of the Incas the idea of liberty
even the emperor himself enjoyed the freedom known to the
poorest citizen, of . America, ; Though , he wasthehead of a
theocratic despotism; he himself was a slave to the "spirit
of the hive." j ' . '
1 The inevitable result of this system was to utterly de
stroy every initiative among the people and to reduce the
last person, f rdm the emperor down, to the position of a mere
cog in a vast machine. So completely was this the fact that
a mere handful of Spanish brigands only about forty men
not possessed of even the authority of their own government
marched into the heart of the empire, captured the em
peror before the eyes of his army of 50,000 warriors, put him
to death and brought an end to the reign of the, Incas in Peru.
Such has been, and always will be throughout history, the
fate of any people who relied, or who rely, upon the favors ol
government This doing for the citizen what he ought to do
for himself' says Emerson, "is
colossal ugliness in all the governments of the world."
The sole function of government is to govern: to guard
and protect the individual in
the Spirit of Liberty for all,
wings may soar phoenix-like
this task it will" have no time
any line of business. Its activities will be confined to such
functions as experience has shown can be performed only , by
the people as a whole such
system, the police power and
i This principle has made
America, no matter how successful for a time from the stand
point of mass prosperity, finally a failure f
i And many of them have
standpoint named
- The old Aurora colony in
successful of them -all.: -
Future civilization shall
initiative and the sturdy;
izen. To meet this test he
feet and not depend upon the
FRANKNESS WITH YOUR
BANKER
npHE wise man never tries to put any
thing over on his banker. He rec
ognizes the fact that credit standing,
is based not on guesses, but on actuali
ties. Therefore, he is open and above
board about hi3 affairs.
There may be yeak spots in your bus
inessif so let's find them,, and the
remedy for them. The United States
National has helped many a man
V- :
strengthen the weak spots let usas-
sist you.
;SALEM
THE OREGON STATESMAN.
Statesman
Manager
Managing Editor
. . . Cashier
Manager Job Dept.
Oregon, as second class matter.
times more precious than any
'
the lessons of history.
and the plan of the Socialists
had no abiding place. Not
the thing that stands out in
his natural rights ; to preserve
that "civilization on luminous
to Jove." If it performs well
nor inclination to undertake
as the control of the monetary
the public health and protection.
every community settlement m
been very successful from the
'
Marion county among the most
rest alone upon the virility, the
self-reliant individualism of the cit
must stand erect; upon his own
crutch of governmental favors
' '
OREGON
SALEM. OREOON
The past one-months record of the duel's revival in Hun
gary 60o0 chitflenges, 350 combats and three deaths -indicates
that the institution's bark is considerably worse than
its bite. Still it is in the mad dog class.
The" Colonial Council of the Virgin islands protests
against the imposition upon the islands by the United States
Congress of income and other taxes without giving the coun
cil a hearing. Congress hasn't committed the offense yet
but it .'docs no harm to remind it that taxation without rep
resentation is just as much tyranny now as it was in 1776.
Springfield Republican.
It looks as if Japan wanted th
other nations to wait until she
spits on her hands1.
Simply being a Democrat does
not necessarily qualify a man to
be postmaster for life. Los An
geles Times.
An American engineer has been
employed to rebuild China's fam
ous Grand canal that was first
constructed in 486 B.C. China
ought to sue the original contrac
tors for falling to construct a sub
stantial piece of work.
It has been figured out that
President Harding has posed for
the photographers 500 times since
he became the chief executive of
the nation. Being an Ohio man,
he Is very bashful.
If .you will read the Salem slo
gan pages tomorrow you win
learn some of the reasons why
the Salem district is a great sheep
country, and ought to have a mil
lion more sheep and then some.
If you can help prove this is a
good sheep country, please let the 4
Salem slogan editor know; to
day. Tomorrow will be too late.
It Is said four houses would be
going up where there is now but
one If carpenters would ceae
profiteering. The whole country
is a million houses short. The
men who manufacture the lumbe.
are willing to stand a reduction
in wages, but the men who buHd
the houses are stubbornly refus
ing to forget that the war is over.
Harrisburg Bulletin.
Our national Interests now run
from sun to sun, girding the
round earth with tentacles of
trade and commerce. This matter
of disarmament involves many
luestions of superior development
of the nation. 'It may be well
enough ao discuss the matter in
International council, but the Am
e'rican people will demand fullest
publicity In that connection and
Jhe sovereign right to exercise its
will with, reference to the deter
minations of any such council.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
In summer all moral standards
seem tosag. We have to accept
the statements of, the most up
right persons with reservations
As when they tell you what they
are paying at their summer ho
tel. As when they tell you how
much mileage they got out of a
gallon. . As when they tell you
they shot 18 holes in 70. They
will tell you that in summer
knowing that you know their form
is 120. It shows how hot weather
undermines the character. In
hot weather woman washes her
hair and dries it on the front
porch In full sight of the whole
block. . She takes off her hat in
the street car. She goes to the
park and drinks soda pop out of
the' bottle. She rolls her sleeves
up and her stockings down and
doesn't care a rip. She'd rather
let it go than sew it up. 'Kansas
City Star. (This refers, of course,
to the region east of the Rockies
where they have the real thing in
hot weather.)
THE HEATED TERM.
The weather sharps are having.
no trouble at all in convincing the
sufferers In the east that this is
the hottest summer they have
known for 50 years. Of eourse.
this happens every year or two,
but this time there is no mistake
about it. The vote is unanimous.
For a sustained spell ol high tem
peratures the record Is now be
ing reached. It Is much the same
all over the world. 'In Europe
they are burning up. The most
comfortable quarter in the uni
verse is Oregon, and more espe
cially western Oregon! "
THE DOCTOR IS 1IAXDY
Over 200 doctors ; and nurses
are connected with' the conduct
and cpera'tion of the public
schools in Chicago. When ;' a
child ' leaves its mother In the
morning it never knows whether
it is going to the multiplication
or operating table. Many a pupil
goes blithely forth only to return
without any tonsils. It is a fine
thing to have the doctor around,
bnt where there are a couple of
hundred doctors . and nurses In
the schools, what chance has a
pupil to have the nosebleed?
FUTURE DATES
.A"it. St. w'wi4- iir?
PaVm "I McJCinavill. BoUrUm at
I'LACIXG THE BLAME.
One of the magazines is trying
to figure out whether the man or
the woman is to blame in the cas
of a triangle. So far the girl
seems to have the worst of it
If the triangle consists of man
and wife and single woman. Gen
erally each triangle is a case by
itself and will have to be deter
mined upon its own demerits.
Fixing the blame in a three-cornered
love affair is harder than
determining the responsibility for
the war.
FOR MAILS ONLY.
It might be a good idea for
thrifty people to get their corre
spondence out of the way. The
government has seriously in mind
the idea of raising the rate on let
ter postage to three cents. Tha
administration may show its
mailed fist.
HELLO, CENTRAL!
The courts have decided that a
man is entitled to telephone ser
vice, even If he has forgotten to
pay on old bill. The company
refused to Install service for a
subscriber who had once been de
linquent, but the judge holds that
the man is entitled to his "hello"
just as if he were paid two years
ahead. It is a public service not
to be lightly denied. Los Angeles
Times.
GIRAFFES ARE HIGH.
Among other things to worry
about is the high cost of wild ani
mal. A cargo of elephants and
things that recently arrived at
San Francisco was snapped up by
purchasers before some of the
eastern zoos had a chance to bid.
An upstanding giraffe Is now said
to be worth almost $1000 a foot.
Elephants went begging during
the war, but now they are worth
half a dollar a pound on the hoof.
Leopards are worth more than
their weight in silver, and even p the city of a disastrous confla
mangy, shop-worn lion is worth gratlon with such a water short
as much as a set of parlor furni
ture. Unless the price of wild
inimala goes down, even a poor
blind tiger will be at a prohibitive
price by winter. Do your Christ
mas shopping early.
AMERICAN WELCOME.
The sight of high wireless tow
era pointing skyward from above
groves ot green waving palms in
Uncle Sam's for away island pos
sessions of Guam brought joy to
storm-tossed Russian Eeamen who
for seven months had. been battl
ing against wind and water. A
sea yarn which deserves the pen
of a Conrad to do it justice has
just come across the Pacific It
concerns the Russian schooner Di
ana of only 200 tons which sailed
from Vladivostok for the whaling
and fishing grounds of Bering
sea. First of all the auxiliary en
gine gave up the ghost, then a
Btorn carried away the rudde
and the rigging became a tangled
mass. Next, during a heavy gale,
deckhouses and galley were wash
ed away and the cargo shitted
No sooner was the Diana placed
ion an even keel again when an
master was carried overboard and
drowned. Perhaps the unfortu
nate man was a Jonah, tor from
this time on the weather bega.i
to moderate and, although food
was so low that the crew had to
be placed on a ration of flour
porridge and pulverized tea, the
chances of reaching port again be
came more favorable. Without
navigation instruments save one
compass known to be incorrect,
the ship was gnided to Guam and
there the grateful crew was cared
for by the American authorities.
The few details of the voyage sexi
across the sea are sufficient ta
recall to one the great novels of
the gifted Pole who Wrote 'Ty
phoon' and "Lord Jim." He
thoroughly knows the men who
go down to the sea" in ships, for
he was one of them, and he' could
immortalize these Russians who
showed alt the old-time spirit of
the r American whalers who used
to rendezvous at Honolulu and
the memory of whom will never
fade while the Pacific rolls be
tween the beaches along the Ore
gon coast and the precipitous
slopes of Jopon.
TEETH ARK STOLETV
nAVANA,- July sa. Manuel
Diaz Morgado is convinced that al
fresco Blumber, especially with the
mouth open, Is a bad habit. Mor
xando took a nap yesterday in
Central Park. Upon awakening
he discovered that a thief had sto
len his $40. set of false. teeth.
EDITORIALS
OF THE
PEOPLE
TIm Taylor Address
Editor Statesman I note in
yesterday's Statesman that M. S.
Taylor, manager of the Chautau
qua, gave a lecture on ''Psycholo
gy of sex, recenuy. n. ,
Weil, wen: ine iasa mat me
ground so well 'swamped by Have-
lock Ellis, "the, ungodly" and pio
neered by Margaret Sanger,
hounded by New York a un-pure
purity squad, has becom? aecent!
Taylor claims to have- been in
federal employ, according to the
report, in some capacity; akin 1 1
diagnostician in sex matters.
Strange I have never heara or or
bm him in print r person tc-
fore. Can.'t that ne nas irai
little knowledge that is danger
ous?'' is he a mirror of wis
dom,, a scientific quack. Just a
interesting (interesting tome
perverted ignorant) amateur in
fatuated with his own obstruct
prattle? ' ' .
If not why not give credit for
the scheme of sex education so
long expounded in so-called "rad
ical" gatherings oy miis ana
Sanger. They couldn't get a
hearing in "decent " circles; but
Taylor years after, expatriates
their knowledge ana commai.
deers their preachments with the
facility of the imitator and the
non-challance of a piagarm.
T am for ?ex education, not onty
of youth but of adults as well
have been for twenty-odd year?.
hnt nn srrear. eood has ever come
to tnan, o' the mental kind, that
was loosely given by a non-pro-
esK'nnal to a mixed namby-pam
hv audience, and any sex psychoio
rist of note or worm so aunuia u
.- K
restricting his love W propei
He knows that sex indigestion
means perversion, and he is ton
much aware of his sacrea uuiy iu
humanity to discuss such matters
before audiences ot persons nwi
Drepared in the a-b-aus oi eocioi-
ogle development.
Scientists don't try to lift them
selves by" their boot-straps.
i Salem Water System.
Editor Statesman: At the fire
which occurred recently at me
neLonsr residence, corner of Rural
and South Commercial streets, the
fire department found a grossly
inadequate water supply in the
Salem water company s mams,
which shortage caused a long de
lay in getting any wafer to the
tire,: and tbTen the pressure was
so weak that the firemen practi
cally had to climb into the fire
with the hose to get any waier
ta the blaze. The property loss
resulting from this delay and
shortage was heavy. The risk to
age is sucn as lO DC a serious yu""
lie menace,
it may be true that the water
supply Is sufficient for domestic
purposes under normal conditions,
though at the place named, and
all over the higher portions of
South Salem the pressure In win
ter is seldom sufficient for either
fire protection or for domestic
use. During the summer time,
when irrigation is being, carried
on- throughout the city, there. is
practically no water to be had In
these higher portions of the city.
I submit that there is small
incentive to anyone to come here
to Salem to make a home, when
there is not adequate water for
fire protection or for domestic
use. No city can fairly strike
its' stride until it provides water
for every reasonable need of all
its people.
Even if Salem needs Irrigation,
there is small reason for using
the inadequate domestic supply
for this purpose. If the present
system is too smalt. It must be
enlarged before the city can hope
to grow and develop properly.
I believe H should be the first
and fundamental duty of the Com
mercial club and ot the city coun
cil and of every civic organization
and every private individual, to
secure a proper water supply.
There never can be such service
until the city owns and operate
its own water system, charging
every citizen his proportion of
the cost whatever it is, as a mat
ter of health, safety, convenience.
In my plant, at Hoyt and South
Commercial, I have at times dur
ing- the summer, no water, even
from a 2-inch supply pipe. This
is within the city limits, and is
entitled to the protection and ser
vice for which I pay. The trust
one has in these public utilities
is one of the city privileges for
which men come to a city. If
we do not get them, Salem has no
city advantages worth paying for,
and deserves to be branded as a
slacker. The Commercial club
that does not first busy itself with
these vital things that make life
safe has small excuse for. exist
ence.
J. C. Jones,
Proprietor Capital Monument
Works, Salem.
NO "WHITE SLAVES"
GENEVA. Switzerland. July 30
The reply of Haiti to the list ot
questions regarding the white
slave traffic sent to all "members
of the League was to the effect
that such a thing as "white slav
ery" was unknown in that island,
had never existed there and con
sequently Haitian officials had
nothing to offer fh reply to the
questions. :
PRINCE IS SAILOR
COPENHAGEN, July 20.
Prince Axel of Denmark, who is
a captain in the Danish navy, and
a nephew of Oueen Alexandra of
England, has joined the mercan
tile marine for the next three
years and ha tsssauj
years and has just sailed as cap
tain of the big motor ship Asia,
of the East Asiatic company, for
San Francisco. -
WEDNESDAY MORNING
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I
Warm days.
But delightfully cool nlshts.
So our weather is norma!; the
finest summer climate in the
, world.
m
i The Salem bricklayers have re
duced their scale of waes from
$10 to $9 a day. That may s-ra
high to the man who does not re
flect that the work of the brick
layer is seasonal; and that he gets
many lay-offs even in the busiest
part ot the season. So the $9 a
day he receives when he works
mast do him for many days when
ne must , necessarily be Idle, or
find employment in some other
line.
S
God morning, old Yamhill.
The motorcycle service of The
Statesman is now extended to the
farmers of the Oregon county that
is the mother of great men.
V -
The Salem Odd Fellows are to
build immediately a 133.600 addi
tion to their temple, on the south
side. This project is being fi
nanced by Elmo S. White, and he
is getting all the money in Salem.
i hat speaks well for alem.
It woulft pay, (tie leadine Deo-
pje ot feaiem to get behind the lo
cal building and lo&n association,
and to get three times as many
shares taken as are now being
paid on. This would make some
14000 a month available for new
nomes. That would not be
enough. But it would help a lot
It can be done. The shares make
a splendid investment.
G
Writers Recall Passing o
Famous Old Restaurants
And Chop Houses
NKW YORK, July 30. The
umbiquitious soul who does his
rm toward the settlement of
world problems by writing letters
to newspapers has been regaling
wew i orK editors with observa
tions. on changes recent years have
wrought with Broadway and life
along that thoroughfare.
Regard, he says, how the movie
shows have shoved articulate ac
tors into the side streets. See
what has become of the famou
old restaurants. They have gone
and uniinteresting shoe shops and
drug stores have taken thei
places. The table d'hote resorts
where dinner and laughter and
liquor kept patrons happily es
conced around the tables until
bedtime are now closing at 10
o'clock, and even earlier. The
good old crowds -hafe vanished.
he writes. Diners seem to regard
eating as a duty. And it used to
be an experience not without an
occasional thrill.
One hotel has done away with
Its jolly hunting room where the
boys used to get together, and the
space has been rented to bour
geoisie merchants. And those
virile chop houses where banquet
ers robed themselves in huge
white aprons and fraternized over
juicy beef steaks are now admit
ting women to their tables. The
midnight shows have closed, and
the electric signs lure one only
to a white goods' sale, cosmetics
a movie show or chewing gum.
And the clubs; oh, how they
have changed! The cafe is desert
ed, the wags have forgotten how
to jest and make merry. The
stewards say they have as many
diners as before, but only because
men want company at dinner.
Even the new night time traffic
regulations in the theater district
have kept the crowds away.
Meanwhile he men who con
duet business in this great hotel,
shopping and theatrical district,
have banded together "to help
bring about a fair and proper
municipal 'regulation of the dis
trict which will not bo detrimental
to business interests, the life and
happiness ot the New Yorker and
the visitor, and to perpetuate the
name and fame of the world's
greatest money-spending center."
Their organization was incorpor
ated as the Heart of New York
Business Men's Association, and
includes those whose interests are
H OLD TIMES
Ml PAST HI.
BATHING
SUIT
Are in Great Demand These
Hot August Days
You get the satisfactory kind here. Prices range from
' $3.50, $3.95, $40, $4.98, $530 to $7.45
MAIL ORDERS
AH Mail Orders receive
466 State Street
AUGUST 3, 1921
Peter Clark MacFarlane Tells oil
His Work and Makes Interesting
Comment on Conditions in Vorld
Of all the
incredih'e Jewels i tains its poise and strength. v' Am
'interviewers ever erica learned its bloody lesson in
whom the news
found, Peter Ciark MacFarlane is
the brightest and -most delectable.
He himself has cracked some ot
the hardest nuts In the world
when It comes to geltms a. story,
but he didn't do it with a ham
mer he fairly loved it out of
them. He interviewed , fcohiself
for The Statesman's readers while
here with the Chautauqua, in a
way that would be Worth paying
money for the privilege of receiv
ing it. - ' 5
New Story Coming;.
Much of my stuff has been
handled by news syndicates," sal J
Mr. MacFarlane. "but I have done I
much woik for the Saturday Eve-
ning Post. Collier's and The. Red
Hook. My last book, 'Held to An-
Fwer.' was published as a serial
n Collier's. 'The Crack In the
Bell,' a political story, is the story
of a ward in Philadelphia where
the old Liberty ' Bell Ls preserved,
that is believed to be the very
worst governed ward in the United
States. 'The Hell Pavers,' a story
of good intentions that do not
always end well, is to appear In
Hearst's." .
Mr. MacFarlane reported the
World war for several American
papers, spending almost two years
in this semi-military service. His
stories during the war are among
the most wonderful of the whole
struggle. He has become an In
ternationally famous student of
military problems.
Japanese Activity Noted.
Japan Is'building the largest
battleships in the world," he said..
"Japan i s sending ' officers to
special military schools In Italy.
Japan has contracted for cruisers
from England, and submarines
from Germany, The Japanese Im
perial council recently issued an
edict that all general army and
navy expenses be cut in order
that the program. of eight capital
cruisers and eight battleships may
be 'realized.
"Why is. this warlike prepara
tion? Is it for Korea, alady
crushed by Jap domination? Is
it for Si'siom, paralyzed by po
litical apathy? Is it for China,
not yet awakened from the slum
ber of centuries? Only the fu
ture can answer. But this is
known hat Japan knows that
her armies could occupy the 'Pa
cific coast In short order and
could hold on for at least two or
i ..
mr years unaer present con
ditions. ,
1 R. Naval llicy Hit.
"The Jap realizes on r navy pol
icy is suicidal on the point of
dividing our capital fleet, a policy
against which Theodore Roose
velt made the strongest plea up
to tne time or his death
"But we will have no war' with
Japan as long as America main
embraced in the district between
Thirty-fourth . and . Fifty-ninth
streets and from Madison to
Eighth ayenues.
f OLD RECIPE
TO
Hage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Failed Hair Dark
and Glossy
Almost everyone knows that
Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly
compounded; brings back the nat
ural color and lustre to the hair
when faded, streaked or gray
Years ago the .only way to get
this mixture was to make it at
home, which is mussy and trouble
some.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound." - You will
get a large bottle of this old-time
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients, at very little
cost. Everybody uses this prepar
ation now, because no one can pos
sibly tell that you darkened your
hair, as it does so naturally and
evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two,
your hair, becomes beautifully
dark, thick and glossy and you
look years younger. Adv.
DARKEN
1
prompt and careful attention. We pay the postage
or express on alhorders
the recent war, that If is best al
ways to be right, but
wise to be
able to maintain thst position
The real reason why we should
be strong is that no ine! can tell
just when some other nation may
become insane with egotism. Ja
pan, is at that unfortunate stago
at the present time. j-
Disarmament Favored
The hope for thd prevention
of war" lies In disarmament. I
wish to call attention to Japan's
tardiness in entering (nto the dis
crmament. conference! If she is
sincere, as she clainW, she should.
nave Deen me nrst alia most wu-
ling.
"There is the hope that the na
tion may return to sifnity by tax
ing, up its own ecobomic prob
lems. That this is possible, is
indicated by the recent formation
of trades unions In thatj country,
a public protest against the mili
tary program, and fnom humor
ous but just as vitI, Mo wide
spread Japanese interest in the
American game ot bhseball.
France and Italy fako Tour-.;
ists from SwizcrlanaV.
. - Season is Slow- :
GENEVA, Switzerland. July 30.
Switzerland has reached! the acute
stage of economic stringency re
suiting from a too favorable rate
ot exchange. The ton r 1st season,
upon which she depends to such
a great extent, opened with little
prospect of an improvement In the
situation. .
Tourists who
Switzerland during
ususlly. visit
the' summer
are going to French and Italian
resorts
The Swiss themselves,, to a cor
tain extent, are abandoning theli
own country to spend their .out-
ings in France where Swiss money
counts for twice Its jralue at home
or In Italy, where it counts five
times the normal value., .
The crisis shows! hot only In
the absence of tourist trade, but
In Industrial atagnhtion, a good
many workers being already out
of employment. I
A few weeks ago lit looked as it
the delegations to he second as
sembly of the League of Nations,
Sept. 6, would find difficulty in
getting apartments - here, hotel
keepers hesitating to reserve
apartments for thm because Ht
would require themjto refuse tour
ists at the height of the season.
It now appears that the hotels
will welcome the League delega
tions unless there -f
edly radical change In the travel
situation.
IAXY CUBAN
SUICIDES
HAVANA, Cuba July 20.
Hard times and hot weather have
combined with love tragedies to
bring about a 'veritable epidemic
of suicides here, -j I - - ,
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