TIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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"PARADISE IN HARD LUCK"
I "The socialistic exDeriment of North Dakota is less
tragic than the communistic experiment in Russia, but it is
no more successful. Russia is begging 23 capitalistic coun
tries to save its starving people, and 73,000 voters in North
Dakota have signed a petition for an election to which the
recall of Governor Frazier is to be submitted.
t "The Non-Partisan League has been in control of North
Dakota for five years. The league is the invention of A. C.
Townley, socialist and pacifist, and, naturally, a German sym
pathizer. Most of the pacifists have a very, kindly feeling
for the most bellicose of nations. Townjey's objections to
the war against Germany got him, into trouble with the fed
eral government. His faction's management of the finances
and 'industries of the state have got the state into serious
-trouble.' '""'.? !.', , . J ' ,
tDf course, the primary object of a bank in North Da
kota is to make things pleasant for the fanners. The banks
did it. They made advances to the farmers, and the farmers
could not, or' would not, sell their "crops and take up their
note&JHore. than 30 banks had to close their doors. The
State Bank had been in trouble before. It had disposed of,
or tied up, its capital, and the farmers rallied to the support
of their friend and put in a lot more money, but this did
not prevent the banks of the state from going down like a
ibwof tenpins when their money was gone and they couldn't
raise any more., ; ' ." ' ; ' , '
; "The state tried ta borrow money in Wall street, which
is a good deal like the appeal of the, Russian soviet for the
charity of the capitalistic countries. AVall street didn't like
the security, and the state didn't get the money. The Non
partisan administration of the state was unable to carry out
its program of building grain elevators and mills and giving
the, farmers the value of the flour undiminished by middle
men who are sordid enough to seek profits in their business.
Well street always . wants to 1 have ita'Uoans repaid. ; This
shows the unprincipled mercenariness of the den of thieves,
as the Non-PaHisan League regards it. . It was not disposed
to advance $6,000,000 to the state unless it was quite certain
it would get the money back. " If the state got' the money and
used.it in makinsr things pleasant and-prosperous for the
farmers it might not have the means of repaying the loan,
and Wall street, having no soul,, would not feel compensated
for the loss of its filthy lucre by the happy consciousness of
having relieved the farmers of North Dakota.
- "So on October 28 there will be an election to decide
whether Governor Frazier. Attorney General Lemke and Ag
ricultural Commissioner Hagan shall be recalled from their
offices. These three men constitute the Industrial Commis
sion which manages the state's industries. ,A good many of
the people of the 'state do not like the commission s man
agement of the public Industries, and they are opposed to the
Non-Partisan -League, anyway." f - . - ? ; ; .
?: The above (s front the Philadelphia Record of last Sun-
day.- v-:-;.' ',;; H.'M4r 'Vi'-.Uy-h v. -
. Tho Mnv4h Tl1rr& tiiinrW nf liucraneers LT iust TlOW try
ing to organize thevfanrjers of Oregon into the same'kind of
a state-wrecking outfit, at $18 a" throw. They , will not get
far, of courser; But they ought nor to " be allowed to filch
a solitary $.18 membership fee from a single deluded Oregon
farmer.
Ford aspires to be an nncom
nion carrier. Wall Street Jour
nai. ..4- .-.v.--
The German 'imark : has now
reached the lowest price la' his
tory, less than i cent. "That la al
most as depressed' an Democratic
hopes In this country. - "
It has been rdctcryiincd., that
the American troops5 will nol.be
withdrawn from.. '.the. Rhino prov
inces until after the ratification
of the treaty of peaco. with Ger
many and possibly hot thcA. So
It will be impossible to get the
boys out ot the trenches by Christ
mas. . :;:-'. f'':
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The stato ' supreme court of
California has 'declared 'th tate
alien poll tax' unconstitutional.
The judgment aslgiyeEu in . the
case of a Japanese appellantr The
court holds that, under the exist
ing treaty between Hhe United
States and Japan, the, tax la "inef
fective for any4purp980N In other
words,1 the treaty . is paramount
to a state law. ; Thcrcia but'one
way to changetho status of tho
Japanese and that "fs to ;cbanpe
tho treaty. Ptato sovereignty lis
r. . Ai ..... '.',..,!
FUTURfepATESy-i
MwibM SX ii Md 21, rendition
Ronnd , - '. ,. -
Knntrmber SA. Wdnfitr Sut sot-
? rnu,7,lo U pen bid
1 5,000.000 tMtnilb. . .' .,
(Vtolwr 1. HtoHy M.rbs County
, hnnl plan 4rf y
(Mohrr 5. WdnMJ,y World 1 SerW
biill etafn brgn.
n.rn.lrfir St, 22 and 2 Uri --
thus 'given another blow on the
point of the chin. The proposed
tax' was 510 a head annually.
The ' Democratic press is In a
quandry over the coming disarm
ament conference,' They dare not
oppose it(as that would be poor
politics and they cannot afford to
go on record as not favoring any
plan; by which, the dangers ot fu-
4uro wars ' might - be minimised
On the other hand they are afraid
to ipprovo'of tho meeting, be
cause," it "Is a Harding arrange
ment all .through. ; Such are the
exigencies of Democratic politics
when MIh Jeanette Kankin Beeni-
ed bo completely to justify their
conviction.
But there Is now a Miss Alice.
Robertson of Oklahoma, who is
not exactly popular with the fem
inists. She appears to have ex
actly that masculine point of view
which the anils found so desirable
but were assured no woman could
ever attain. So when the dared
to oppose the Towner bill and
follow it up by opposing the ap
pointment of a woman for the
disarmament conference, the fem
inists, who hoped po mnch from
a congresswoman, were astonish
ed and disgusted. While the "an
tls" find themselves called upon
to defend her valiantly.
Miss Robertson, who admits
she was formerly an antl-suffrag-1st
herself and strongly disap
prored of women In politics and
obviously still retains many of
her "anti" leanings, is neverthe
less the one woman elected and
receives only the support of those
mem"bera of her sex who once felt
so urgently that neither she nor
any other female should be al
lowed to sully the sacred pre
cincts of a house of congress. And
the feminists who waged the long
fight which made her election
possible stand aghast at her te
merity in opposing everything
they stood for and hold vital.
Yet In coming out so decisive
ly In support of Miss Robertson
the "antis"' are having to swal
low their most preeiou? argument
against women In politics that
they were incapable t-f any but
the sex point of view, that thsy
were incapable of unbiased judg
ment and that they would vote
for; anything indiscriminately in
favor of women. While the suf
fragists are equally embarrassed
to discover that this lone female
representative in congress is doing
what they always maintained wo
men would do express individual
opinions and .be Just as indepen
dent and divided in politics as the
men. Exactly what they consider
she has no right to do in the
stands she has taken on their pet
measures.
One can understand the disap
pointment of the suffragists in
Miss Alice's peculiar independence
of mind, but it is difficult to see
how the National Association Op
posed to Woman's Suffrage can
r.ring itself to exult so ecstati
cally over what they regard as a
successful congresswoman after
the column they have written
proving there could be no such
animal. Their current Issue ot
the Woman Fatrftt teems with
eulogy of the lady whose political
sagacity they so admire. They
take credit to themselves that
their 42,000 members are work
ing assiduously for just the con
dition she l. Is upholding admit
ting thereby that the association
which is against women in poli
tics has 42,000 women ardently
busy in politics; not just passive
ly busy, but very actively busy
the only difference between them,
the League of Women Voters and
the National Woman's party be
ing a Virulent opposition to any
thing either advocates. Even as
the men in their purely masculine
political organizations.
They are all up to their necks
in'politlcsl the ' fan Ms" wha be
Heve in keeping out being strictly
for the purpose of keeping out
the feminists who believe in be
ing in. Which, of course, is
thoroughly feminine on the part
, of the anti-feminists, who are the
most " intense feminists of theni
all If there is anything in a name.
- HOPE AND FKAR
Pilgrims set foot on the inhospi
table Plymouth Rock, never
doubting the glorious outcome of
their desperate venture, the spirit
of hope has always animated th
heart and directed the reet of the
American people. This spirit of
hope was the spirit of 76 the
spirit of Gettysburg the spirit of
the Yankee doughboy at Chateau
Thierry.
Thoughtful foreigners who have
visited the United States have
been amazed at the invincible op
timism, the almost incredible con
fidence, that, in spite ofall dif
ficulties and mistakes and set
backs, permeates a!! classes in
this country. There is nothing
like it in Europe or Asia or Af
rica, it is tne outcome or years
of hopeful vision, of steady un
ccqualntance with fear. It is the
warm heart opposed to the cold
feet. It is the secret of Ameri
ca's greatness.
With radicalism, unrest and
quiet desperation prevailing
among so many of the men and
women in foreign countries from
their ancient strengths and be
liefs, it is more than ever incum
bent on the American people to
keep the light of hope burning
brightly in statesmanship, in
home life, in religion.
And that our country may not
fail in its new world mission it
is equally Imperative for every
loyal American citizen to trim
anew the old lamp, to put hope
into his business deals, into his
social doings, into the life of him
self, his friends and his city.
The fear born of czarlsm has
plunged Russia into the terror
consummated In anarchy; the
Lope bred of freedom has raised
America to the prosperity realiz
ed in world leadership.
Hope and fear always work In
evitably to these definite endj
They are not like good and bad,
inextricably tangled as silk and
cotton threads in a woven tex
ture. The greatest epochs In history
have, been those in which hope
predominated. The darkest eras
have been those where fear was
the controlling factor.
Sir Walter Raleigh, while still
obscure and doubtful of himself,
wrote on the window of a palace:
"Fain would I-climb but that
I fear to fall."
And that virile lady, good
Queen Bess, reading the inscrip
tion, scratched under it with a
diamond ring:
"If thy heart fail thee, do not
climb at all."
-She expressed the hopeful spir
it1 of the mighty age in which
she lived. Raleigh took the les
son to heart and new worlds were
unfolded. Maybe from that dis
tant doggerel sprang the spiri'
of modern America that has never
reared to cjimb to any Height,
however hard and unpromising
was the rugged aspect of the
trail. For Raleigh was the first
of a host of pioneers who cen
turies later conquered a conti
nent and became in the after
math of the most terrific of in
ternational struggles the hope and
the inspiration for a, whole world
iu the birth travail of a new civil
ization.
. a ha wo another capl-
wst coasi
tal at Seattle. -Francis
or Los Angles while
the British take charge of a.
fairs' t Washington. That ap
pears to be the P
termined by the secret eitf--Z
rUe known by the aforesaid
-well informed American. W
the time we are all working as
slaves for the mikado some Hi
ram Johnson will stand P long
enough to say:
-I told you bo.
BEDTIME STORIES.
After the harvest was gathered
Capital and Labor fell to disput
ing.
When King Bori ot Bulgaria
TisiU th United .States,; he will
pro to the little jlilage of Lexing
ton, Ohio, to, hobor the grave ot
the man for the reposo' of whose
soul 'prayers" aff offered once a
year- in every Bulgarian church.
Januarlus Aloysius1- MacGahan,
born; and raised; la "'Terry county.
Ohiot " revealed ? the' Bulgarian
atrocities in 187e, npset a British
ministry; and 'jmade possible the
freedom' of; Bulgaria f. from - the
Unspeakable .Turk; ! ' " '
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;:.i:CI10 OP A LOST CAUSE
A rather ilbertlan -situation
has ariscrr In 'the anti-suffrage
camp for there la still an or-
., . . . ...-.. i . - -ga
nutation extant opposed to wo
man's suffrage. which, supports an
'anti" publication and boasts sev
eral thousand members. And they
once held that women in congress
must Inevitably prove a ghastly
failure"" and" 'rejoiced" exceedingly
(Los Angeles Times.)
Single-track moralist: often at
tempt to divide all human actions
into two distinct categories they
say this is good and that Is bad.
"which (as our old friend, Eu
clid, would say) is absurd." There
is no absolute good and no abso
lute bad in the world.
" is not a standing pond,
but a swift, rushing stream, bub
bles and froth, grit and rubbish
mixed and mingled with clear,
sparkling-' waters.
But while good and bad are
only relative valuc3. there are
two compelling forces in life that
re -- unconfused and( opposite
the dash of hope and the drag
of fear. Timidity that fails to
take the current when It serves
wiu lose its -venturer the tide of
hope, taken at the flood, leads on
to fortune, ;; ; ' '4
. .Never, perhaps, in the affairs
of, men was the quality of hope
bo requisite for the. future of man
kind a3 In 'tho critical period
through which civilization is at
rreseuLVasfing. The man, the
community, the nation, buoyed by
this roseate spirit, will reach the
Poit in safety. But allow the
germ - of ; fear to inoculate the
blood and" the outlook becomes
dark enough to hush the most
determined pessimist into silence.
Why Is America today the most
I fortunate, the happiest, the least
j harassed of all jhe nations upon
earth? M Because ever since the
You would not have been able
to reap without me." saia ir.
"so I think I should have all the
harvest.
There would have been no
harvest to reap without my fore
sight, my iand and my machin
ery" replied Capital. "I took
the' risk, and when I have paid
you for your work I am through."
Being unable to agree, they
consulted a Lawyer.
Labor has the most votes,"
remarked this worthy, "and so
deserves the harvest; but Labor
cannot be trusted with the seed
oorn in these days of silk shirts."
Accordingly, he divided the
rrain into three piles. "There,"
id he, pointing to the smallest
.. ., 1 TV, i
pile, is capnais mime.
indicating the middle-sized pile,
is Labor's wages."
"What is the big pile?" asked
Capital and Labor together.
That," replied the Learned
J a.
Man. is economic loss oue io
friction in the relations of men."
And be began to shovel the large
pile into his wagon. George Mar
tin, in "Life."
THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
this way without anv return. It
is presumed that it is work tho
men want and not charity. Here
after the attention cf the gov
ernment will be directed toward
providing employment, either in
private or the public service. No
administration can long stand the
strain of huge payments where
there is no return, either direct
ly or indirectly. If the payments
are made in the name of charity
the recipient in time becomes not
enly accustomed to them, but in
sistent upon their maintenance or
increase. The British govern
ment is about to retrace Us steps.
13 tlllJXA CRACKING?
There is a chance for a north
China and south China as a re-
Isult of the rival governments at
Peking and Canton. If the two
sections could refrain from fight
ing one another and go in for
rivalry along commercial and in
dustrial lines it would be a fine
thing for both, but if they are
to carry on a stabbing affray it
would be mighty unfortunate. If
the diplomatic efforts of the
League of Nations or the ap
approaching conference can be
of any assistance ia the crisis
'jthey might well be extended. Two
splendid pieces of China would
be fine, but nobody wants broken
China.
HUGE. SOORriOX FOCXD.
YEXTUR9, Cal., Sept 25. A
scorpion measuring approximately
four inches from the tip of the
claws to the poison horn at the
end ot the tail and said to be
one of the largest of the specie
ever captured,- has been present-,
ed to, th Tioneer museum here
by Charles Rea. an employe of an
oil company here. ; Rea captured
the aeorf jon on a lease where'he
was working. - "
ROTH'S
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Groceries 0 Quality"
"A Safe Place to Trade"
The revenue office says that a
raraily may indulge in 200 gal
lons of Tiome-brewed wine in a
year, while the prohibition en
forcement official says that home
brewing must be stopped. On'y
a man who Is deaf, dumb and
blind can cope with the manifold
rulings of the various depart
ments. Meanwhile most folk are
leaving it to the bootlegger. He
takes all the necessary chancer.
Los Angeles Times.
ALABAMA REPORTS PROGRESS
An Alabama negro had a due
and proper trial and a legal exe
cution for the murder of a white
girl. This is not often accorded
in that state, but it must be ad
mitted that there was no delay
at any stage of the proceedings.
It was a rush order, but it was
carried out with full recognition
of the forms of law and justice.
The government still lives.
MATRIMONUL RISKS.
THE NEED OF EMPLOYMENT.
England Is beginning to regard
tbel folly of its policy of doling
eut financial relief to the unem
ployed. Within recent months
tie government has expended
something like 1200,000,000 in
A Boston bridegroom obtained
a policy of Insurance for $500
against the chance of rain on his
wedding day. Wouldn't it be fine
if husbands could carry Insurance
aganist matrimonial storms? That
is one of the risks that Lloyds de
cline to take. How often the re
port is hung up in the divorce,
court: "Total loss; no insurance.'
CLEANING HOUSE.
Even the screen journals are
saying that the screen performers
must cut out the rough stuff in
their private lives. That makes
it unanimous.
FISHER'S BLEND FLOUR
Be sure to see the exhibit and demonstration of Fish
er's Blend Flour at the State Fair. ! As far as we know,
there is no. better family flour made than Fisher's
Blend. It cost a few cents more pet sack than ordinary
flour but when you consider that ytjiu get more and bet
ter loaves per sack you will gladly! pay the. price. .The
flour we now have is made from, old wheat and we
would advise supplying your wants for the next three
months. -1 f ,
Fisher's Blend, per sack. ....,$2.40
.Fisher's Blend, four sacks..! 9.20
CLEANUP ON FRUIT JARS :
Rather than carry over any fruit j'ars we are making';
special prices on two kinds of quarts.
Kerr Wide Mouth Mason Quarts, regular Price $1.55;"
Special Price .....$10
Kerr Self Sealing Mason Quarts, regular price $1.25;
Special Price i . .. $1.10
CANNED PINEAPPLE
New Crop Pineapple at prices that are in reach of ev-,
erybody. Buy them by the case of dozen and make a
saving. . j; " .. "
No better pineapple packed than. J)d Monte. Large
cans per case of 24 cans $6.50; doz. $3.33; each 30c
Mission Brand Pineapple, large cans, per case of 24
cans, $5.75; dozen, $2.90; each 25e, ? V
Solar Brand Broken Slices, No. 2 cans, per case of 24
cans, $1.50; dozen, $2.25; each 20c -r. .
CANNED TOMATOES
As many people, failed to can theirj tomatoes this year
we are making a special price on ;a high grade solid
pack tomatoes. Preferred Stock Tomatoes, large cans,
24 to case, $3.90 per case; per dozen $2.00.
As there has been only a one-third of normal pack of
tomatoes ia California thi3 year tomatoes are sure to
be scarce and high. .ia-vf-.-vx.-x.;.-..- "
CAKE AND PASTRY
Home Made Mince Pies
We are making delicious mince pies of our own home
made mince meat. We bake them every morning. Try,
one, each 35c. Mince meat at 25c per pound, .
THIRTY DAYACCOUNT SERVICE
Many people are coming to the city If or the winter and
we are glad to open 30 day charge accounts when
. proper credentials are presented, i
DELIVERY SERVICE x-U- r
We have taken over our own delivery system and are
now in a position to give the best possible delivery serv
ice to all parts of the city. -"J't '-; ; J"y
FAIR GROUNDS SERVICE J..
During Fair Week we will hpve two deliveries a day to
the Fair Grounds. Leave your orders at the 'More.
ROTH GROCERY CO.
Phones 1885-6-7. ?. No charge for delivery
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SKCBET TREATIES.
Details of the "secret agree
ment" between England and Ja
pan are furnished by the Berlin
Deutsches Zeitung. The German
paper got its "facts" from a well
Informed American a writer in
the Los Angeles Times thinks pos
sibly from a postal card from ex
Senator Phelan. After thus proud
iy guaranteeing the source of its
information the Zeitung declares
that in the event of a war between
Japan and America the obligation
of Great Britain is well defined.
She does not have to support
Japan with armed troops, but she
is expected to blow up the Pan
ama canal and start revolution in
Mexico, Colombia and Panama,
directed at the United States gov
ernment. She is also to carry on
a heavy anti-war and anti-preparedness
propaganda in the
states themselves. At the same
time England is to co-operate
with Germany in a commercial
program to control the markets
of South America and China and
to drive American :trade from
these countries, as well as Rus
sia.' That is the "secret" treaty
as disclosed by a' Uerlin paper
from an anonymous, American
source. That would appear al
most a reliable and accurate as
some of the grape-vine dispatches
sent 'put from the Berlin wireless
station during the war. Anyhow,
we know what to expect. The min
ute we ' have hot words with the
mikado the kin- or Eugland will
land at Panama with a couple of
sticks of dynamite and blow up
Iho canal. Then ho will Jump in
to Mexico and prod .Villa into
starting a disturbance and march
ing on El Paso. By that time
Uncle Sara will be so rattled that
the mikado can shell the Pacific
coast ports and land hU artnis.
He will take possession of the
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