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. ,',oi ' ' : ! ' THE OREGON STATESMAN, ; SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY MfiKNINtt. ULTiUur.! iu. " t Issued Daily Except Monday by j j THE STATESMAN PUBLISH IXCJ COMPANY i 215 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon j"; (Portland Office, 27 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic 627-59) , ! MEMBER OP THK ASSOCIATED PRESS j ! ' ' The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all new dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. j ; It. J. Hendricks Manager Stephen A. Stone . Managing Editor Ralph GloTer Cashier Frank Jaakotkt . , Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: 1 Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 683 Job Department, 683 Society Editor, 106 Entered at the Postoffiee in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. THE MONGERS AND THE CARPERS j Some rriorob or misfit or man with a warped brain and crooked conscience, made abnormal through his wrong- train ing in his wrong environment, commits an offense against the rules of decency in Salem, and the news columns are f ull of the particulars . ; And this is no criticism of the newspapers, for they are printed primarily to give the news; though very many of them might; of course, be somewhat more discriminating as to what is news wanted by the great majority of decent peo ple in this country; "and it is admitted that there is also a class of pandering newspapers playing to the prejudiced and . jaundiced minority looking for the salacious and sensational - and filthy things. M i ' But for the one moron or misfit in Salem, there are oyer 20,000 normal and decent people whose names and activities are either not heralued or at least not mentioned excepting in connection, with good works . . . j Hi' Men and women who work honestly day by day to.sup pbrt themselves and their families; to send their children to the schools; to support the churches and the lodges and the I societies devoted to the uplifting of humanity and the making of a better city in which to live, and a better county, district, state ant nation . ! 4 Men who try to pay their debts and to be fair and de cent and upright in all the walks and ways of life. I . This article is dedicated to the 20,000. From many of them you hear nothing or little from day to day; though they are worthy of all the space in any news paper for; the worjc they 'perform and the good they do. They pay the taxes. They make the Values of property that taxes may be paid. They uphold the hands of the officers of the law. They rush to the colors as one man when a world crisis comes, as they did only a short while ago. They make possible orderly government and prevent red anarchy. They he notes given by the accredited rep resentatives of the debtor govern ments.' There Is no thought that any debtor government will con test, much less repudiate, the ob ligations which it has incurred, but it Is obviously desirable if not necessary that these vast transac tions, which, under the pressure of war necessity were conducted la an off-hand manner, should now be regularized and that the loans which were so lavishly and informally made should be placed oa a normal basis. To this end it is important and indeed indispensable that the sec retary of the treasury should be invested with an authority com mensurate with the occasion, and that he should be empowered to negotiate for the repayment of the advances which have ieen made! upon the best terms of which in his judgment thej con ditions permit. : There are wide divergences in the paying ability of our several European debtors. No one of them is in a position, or is, likely for many years to come to be in a position, to make a full repayment of what it owes us. Apart from what is due by them! to the United States, they are all staggering under a bur den of indebtedness which they are unable or barely able to bear. and even Great Britain, whose fin ancial status is of all of them the strongest, is having a severe struggle to maintain Its solvency. In these circumstances it wUl be understood that the immediate or early collection of the billions owing us is an absolute impossi bility, and that do more can be done 'now or within any measur able period than to arrange, so far as such an arrangement Is practicablej for the payment of in terest on he outstanding princi pal; and this is what the enact ment of the pending bill will en able Secretary Mellon to do. It is obvious ithat whatever measure AMERICAN VALUATION PLAN. make it safe -to . walk the streets. They make safe all values and enjoyments of all the people. Considerable confusion exists in the public mind as to what is meant by the American valuation plan in connection with the pend ing tariff bill. It can best be ex plained by one or two illustra tions: An American manufacturer, re cently returning from Germany, brought with him a small pack age consisting of a nail file, a knlf and scissors, made of first class material and of good work manship. He purchased this pack age in Germany at the retail price of three; marks, which, at the present rate of exchange, is a lit tle less than threa, cents Ameri can money. He also brought with him a small package of handy tools, consisting of a screw driver, nippers, a puncher and a cork screw. The retail priee he paid in Germany for this package was four marks, or a little less than four cents American money. When previous tariff bills were written, , foreign exchange was normal and tariff could be as sessed upon foreign valuation of goods without injury to American Industries. If this plan were used at present in the above two in stances, and a tariff of 100 per cent ad valorem wre assessed on the German articles mention ed, on the basis of their German valuation, it would increase their cuoi io six ana eigm cents, re spectively. Inasmuch as, under' the scale ol wages paid in tho United States ami the cost of material in this country, dupli cates of these articles could not be produced at the factorv fn mt v less than 35 to 50 cents; the re tail price would, of course, be considerably higher. In view of this, a tariff of even 100 per cent cn -such imports, based on foreign valuation, would be useless as a measure of protection. The same mem," but It is understood the treasury department, wik the as sistance of the state and war de partments, is in possession of ac curate information upon this loint. .eedles to say, the experts of the war and navy departments are assembling a vast amount of very important information upon the subjects of naval, land and air armaments. The government is not relying wholly upon those connected with it in an official capacity. Already the services of those who are re cognized as authority npon Far Eastern problems and other sub jects that will come before the conference have been summoned to Washington for the pnrpose of Advising those who will have an official part In the approaching conference. Several of these ex perts have been employed to re main in Washington In an advis ory capacity until the conference completes its deliberations. ILL EXPENSES BE HELD Agreed Limit of $4,034, 000,000 Sufficient for Year, Says Mellon D01 BITS FOR BREAKFAST NO DEFICIENCY ASKED Congress Advised That It May Proceed With Fram ing of Revenue Laws Republicanr West "olttW,; The'Repub. Ul cumt'H'-rr . . tho .nh. uca a paius"- r sililty t.nd to dl3Cflrge U success, fully - ita meinour t ibould be called in io help ritli as Jtc" . Seasonable weather-S -rain. luusirauon coma be applied to of success he may achieve in that hundred"8 other articles made direction, no matter how small, iln Germany, as well as in other will be so fnuch gain. The money European countries where cur lent to the European countries j rency is greatly depreciated, ex was obtained through the Issue of I Pressed in terms of American the There is too much of the spirit of the mongers and earners. ; - ; " '' " 1 ; Here is a case of a oman who says she secured employ ment at the state institution for the feeble minded in order to find the faults she says She had heard about in that insti tution where are kept the unfortunate people of Oregon with low mentality; the grown up children of the state, and, large ly, the small children of those grown up children. j i !r This woman says she worked there two weeks, and then she called -unon the board of control and laid bare all the terrible faults and, riot satisfied with this, she got a Port land newspaper, the Evening Telegram, to print her report nf the conditions- v ' v-;' ' ' KT i Mi And what isr the km total? H 1 !F ; Principally this: -The roof over: a porch leaked and was not repaired promptly r and some plumbing was out of order. : - That is the worst of the horrible tale. I r . .Yes besides this, the clothing for the children in one of the cottages was not maae up as iast as 11 was in ine rather eottacres: nd: so these noon simple minded children did riot have1 new clothes to wear to Sunday school, as the others liad And so oh, id genus omne. Clear on down to; ad nauseum. - i : But oualified visitors say. the state institution for the feeble minded is a model institution of its kind; that iti yrill compare more than favorably with such institutions through out the country. And the people of Salem know Dr. J.jN. Smith, the superintendent, ana tney Know nis wue, me m iari troiu They know that they, are honest and faithful andjef " 1 f icierit, and always on the job. They give their best tq the rnnrlnrr. of the institution, and to the training and keeping fin! of iiiA unfortunates under their charee : ; night and dayi and every day, including Sundays and holidays. They conceal nothing, nor attempt to conceal anything. J 1 I This same lady might, possibly, find a leaky porch; roof Wri taomeefecHve nlumbinor in anv one of a thousands homes in fiim Pprhana the caroenter has -t not arrivedj or the plumber is tardy: But that does not condemn the homef or ho home owner. Perhana there is a child in a private home in Salem whose Sunday school clothes' are not yet made .up. And there are many children in this city who have no better food, no better care, no better medical attention wnen sick, no greater solicitation for their welfare 365 days in the year, than these same feeble minded children out at the edge of Salem. ' If it were not for the danger of : starting something we might inquire what has become of, Col." Harvey. Exchange. The ' flying; time by alrplana, from rPWladelphla i io New York has been reduced to 31 minutes. Pretty swift for a Philadelphia i, but 'a New Yorker will want ' to cut off the odd minute. Bearing S60 passengers from Hamburg, the German steamship Payern reached New York a few days ago. This U the first Ger man passenger ship to enter an American por since 1914. i .Chief Justice Taft wonders how our underpaid teachers live. Now,, if somebody ' nearer homo would only feel similar sympathy, living could be made. easier .and pleas anter for these faithful , public servants! ?,:-v "- : ' . : -- a?" '' ' . ' I' ' held in Wyoming. Over 5000; ex service men and women applied for drawings. Several other for- mer nurses were lucky In sccur ing farms. ; X Liberty and Victory bonds to which the ; American people sub scribed anji the interest on which is being paid by them. When the non-interest bearing notes now n the possession of the United States shall have been exchanged for bonds of the debt or governments, the revenue therefrom derived will to that extenjt lighten the burden of the American axpayer. That Is why I the Mellon bill has been Intro money. After studying the situation very carefully, it was decided the only, safe, as well as the only economic method of assessinz tariff on imports would be to value the imports according to American standards of produc tion costs. This is what the. American val uation plan is. and all that il . But sunshine is also seasonable now; though it would be hard to convince the new comers who have been here only a year. S There are many ; ra'ny days. Why not have a speak well of one another day? You can find something good in your neighbor, and he can find something good in you, if he will look for it. Pity the poor pheasants. How would you liko to be a pheasant in the open season? Some men refuse to invest in a wash'ng machine, arguing that they thought they had married one. i k-'k Then the people of this section ought to have a patronize your own heme town week, and run it every week In the year, and every year. S . There are a lot of new teach ers in the Salem schools; some of the finest people' on earth, and they have a large part in training your boys and girls. How would it be for Salem people to give a little more attent'on to the teach ers? Make them feel that this is the best town on earth, and. that you appreciate them. V In spite of the tumult and the shouting throughout the world, the average man appears to be getting along in an average way. He has always been able to do so. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. Fed eral expenditures for the current fiscal year will be kept within the agreed limit 1 of M 034,000,000. Secretary Mellon declared tonight in a statement denying reports that additional deficiency appro priations of $870,000,000 would be asked. The program limiting expenditures to the above figure. which has the sanction of the president ana tne nouse way " means committee, is being car ried out satisfactorily, according to the statement. AJJowanoflf Made The original program made al lowance for teatimated deficiency appropriations, which "it was realized would be necessary in connection with certain govern ment activities." Mr. Mellon ex plained, i These included particularly tne settlements witb. the railroads growing out; of federal control and vocational training forth,e former service men but Mr. Mel lon added that his information in d cated the revenue requirements of the government still would be amply provided in the $4,034, 000,000. . ' Tax Frojrram Stands Congress has been advised, the Bcrptarv said, that it could pro ceed with the framing of revenue laws on that' basis and there now appeared no - reason to alter me niin The t&x program, there fore, was not affected, he added every member of the cabinet and later; presented his views in an in terview; with rresidens itaramg. Tri the president n.ns clared that the Republican, ol : his state were -expressing Impit MM and disappointment that so little progress has been maa w past eight months in fa"tnf ,io th support of the administration raen i loyal to It ana m nathy with it." ! A large majority of the Imoor-i cortant positions in the govern ment, the West Virginia senatoj said, still are held by "deserving Democrats" whose party members he charged vrith having -laid a thoroughly oriranixed ana adroit ly handled plan" to keep their ap pointees In power. "In the campaign-." said Senator Elkins. In a statement issued at the White House, "the Republi cans charged, and believed and convinced the American people to the effect that these men were in eiiicient. The llepublicaa party It's Grand Old Ilemcdy Yoj can't keep string and well without sleep. Whether your rest is broken by a painful hacking cough or Just aa untying tick I-; ing in the throat, th system bo ccmes weakened and run down. Mrs. K. M. Drake, f Childs, Md.. writes: -"After an attack of tho 'flu' I was left wlta ta. severe cough. : Nothing relieved the till I used" Foley'a - Honey aad Tar. which I can highly recommend." It covers Irritated j membranes with a healing and "soothing coat ing, loosens phlegm and clears air pasages. oia everjwnere; Aay. . "How old are you!. MarJorie? . "I'm five., and mother i says It I'm good and eat lots of oatmeal. I'll be six next birthday." Balti more Sun,, duced and! it constitutes the best of reasons; why It should without any avoidable delay he enacted. t GKTTIXG READY FOR THE Bia CONFERENCE. SELLING GERMAN GOODS ! "Tne' announcement that the American ;Wooien: company ,"aas, through-a subsidiary, taken an option on the output of 35 tex tile mills In Germany and Austria for , the purpose of selllne the products to foreign trade hither-jest possible moment. Although the conference for the limitation of armaments is yet some weeks distant, every depart ment of the government which can contribute any data that will be of benefit to America'e official representatives In that conference is working day and night in or der to have all of the available information at hand at the earli- It is hoped to supplied by exports from their to have this data collected and own mills in this country, has compiled within a week or two. as it Is very important that not causea a sensation in tne textile only "the big four," who will re industry, present the United Statesxat the "While this is the first known I conference, but also the advisory instance of an American manu- committee, which Is yet to be facturing concern pursuing this I named, have all this information policy! business men and manu facturers who have returned from Europe, say that British, French and other European interests, de spairing of competing with the Germans in foreign fields at the in their possession long enough aneaa or the actual sessions of the conference to enable them to formulate sonw very definite plans.' In the state department, this ifGabbleton tells a funny story of how he short changed a taxi cab driver." "The infernal liar!" "Ah! You know Gabbleton?" .120, but I know taxicab. driv ers." Kansas City Star. OUST DliCl 13, AUCTION SALE SATURDAY; OCTOBER 15, 1 o'CIock A Lot of Furniture out of storage Something for i everybody . SATTERLEE AUCTION HOUSE 404 Ferry Street . " ' Pi Phone 1177 -I . . a ' i! 77. m m i it. I Al URGES SENT Elkins of West Virginia is Chafing lat Slowness of Administration WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Speeding up 6f,the replacement of Democratic federal office holders with Republican appointees, was urged todays by Senator Elkins. MAKE THEM CLIMB rANY of you made some good re.10- t 1 7 A lutions ! on January , first, 192 about the size of your bank balances oh ? December ?lst, 1921. And how .seme of you have fallen down on them. There are still two months left. Why not make a special effort to have thoss balances climb up before this syear Of inniirsA if vnn hnvo 1flnvPr1 rnrn?Tir ?i ' an account, there's always a welcome 'at the United States National. - SALEM OR tO OKI preserit cost of production in I preliminary preparation is In the hands of experts upon interna tional law and treaties, and au thorities upon all sorts of diplo matic questions and intimate de tails of the history of the Far East for the past 25 years. This information must, of necessity, include every phase of the econ omic and military history of the Orient. In order tnat the in- Germany are organising compan ies to act as distributing agents of German goods throughout the world They defend their action upon the ground that if they do not thus maintain their foreign agencies, they will lose out alto gether. l "It is said by travelers return- ng from Germany that very few Americans are seen there, but the I formation may be. complete and hotels are crowded with. English, . French and other European mer chant! who are entering into ne gotiations with German manufac turers to handle their goods, According to an announcement by the war department the sale o surplus war supplies since ; the je,thei: outright or on a commIs. compiling the data as to the mill accurate, officers who hawe served as military and naval attaches with our foreign embassies and legations have been ordered to return to Washington to assist in - Miss Jennie B. Fuller of Gresh am. Neb., an ex-army nurse, won the prize farm In the land draw ing for ex-service men and women FUTURE DATES . . 21, Friday Ootid ' daac signing of the armistice has now reached over Si. 436.800,000. There are still on hand wa( amu nltlons and other goods worth between one and two billfons. which it would like ta sell, but it faces the, same proposition that commercial houses do markets are hard to' find. This Is ! espe cially so when It comes to dispos ing oM600,000,000 worth of am munition, and Secretary of par Weeks admits he does not know what to do with it. Latin Ameri can revolutionists might be ready purchasers but they are outlawed as customers 0-ioW ArrmrT. Xovomber St, 21 and tS Vartoa on- rwnnhw 4, 8undy tiVt Memorial : -1 MELLON TL.N IS PHOPEIt Advances made by the United States to its associates in the, late war aggregate the enormous aum of nearly nine billion i doflars. upon; which interest to thef ex tent ot ; some $0Oi-p0,o6S is owing. All this money was -bor rowed on tbe pole socirlty ; r! sion basis. The above, under a Boston date line confirms the statements made In the editorial columns of The Statesman of yesterday morning. All industrial Germany is busy, tnd she Is getting her manufac tured ; articles to the markets of ury and naval strength of the various countries which will par ticipate in the conference; other attaches i with our embassies abroad having special knowledge of subjects to be discusses at the conference are being recalled for the purpose of consultation. The department of commerce is the fworld either directly or collecting and compiling economic through ber neighboring nations, or through the United States I All of which makes up a still more damaging indictment against our congress for still further der statistics. The treasury deDart- jment is preparing information which may well be the most Im portant of all. This information, when completed, will show the iay l A getting the new tariff bill amount of money whicl other na on the statute books; and in a t,ona haTe been spending on their Shape! to protect, the capital and rmles and navies; the ratio this laboro this country. ' expenditure bears to the entire President Harding.; in address budget oT the nations concerned; ing congress at the beginning of the Increase in ratio of expendi- bi -administration, ttreed 4 "in- tBre 'or ; army and navy in all of tant! action" in enactinga pro-H tn nations since the Spanish, tective tariff bill. 1 . ) V: American war. .'' 4 Now the word roes out . from I Some j of the nations ; Ijaye mt- Wasbington that this will likely tempted to camoaflage the arma off tin Februarv nearly i expenditures tinder such a year lor "instant" action. headings aa "industrial develop I at ao Wish for m coffee - (flavoir- ustrength? HE popularity and goodness f I of Hills Bros. Coffee is prov en by the fact that it has been consistently the best seller for over thirty years. ; Hills Bros. Coffeej has all the qualities that could be wished for in good coffee. Just mention Hills Bros. Red Can to your grocer he will know you wish the best p.- l' ' - ' i '( - M L. a m M K.. a m mm mmm - ,:. .ma j . : . To). Mil iJlie recognize siandfwA Uiliemaitonfltccaii ; 7 andyouwill J ! be sure ofme bestj 1 r , i . "