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4 ' THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON ; ! WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER19. 1921 , n j , iMued Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN I'l IlLISM COMPANY t 215 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office. 627Doard of Trade Building. Phone Automatic 627-59) : MK.MItKIt OK TIIK ASKOCIATKO PKKKH i The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited llcatlon of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited Id this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks .. Stephen A. Stone Ralph Clover Frank Jaskosk! TELEPHONES: Business Office. 23. Circulation Department, 583 Job Department, 683 Society Editor, 106 Entered at the Postoffice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. PANAMA CANAL TOLLS The question of free tolls for American coastwise vessels passing through the Panama canal is purely domestic in character. No provision of the Hay-Pauncefoote treaty would conceivably affect it. The pledge of that treaty to give equal treatment to the shipping of all nations has' nothing to do with the treatment given American coastwise shipping, because under our laws and practices, as od as the republic, only American ships may engage in our coastwise trade. If a land owner at his own expense builds a road connecting two of his farms, under a franchise to let it be used by trav . elers on terms of equality, it certainly would not prevent him from running his own wagons over his own road without charging himself toll in order that people who had contrib uted nothing to the development of the enterprise might not be put to a purely imaginary competitive disadvantage. The only prospect of competition in freight rates be tween the two coasts that gives .promise of assured benefit to the great 'producing and consuming classes is that fur nished by water carriage. That competition should be fos tered and not discouraged by the federal government. ..'The federal government has wisely spent billions of dol lars on the improvement of rivers and harbors in order to foster American shipping: It wisely voted many millions of acres of land to transcontinental railway lines in order to increase the transportation facilities of the nation. The Panama canal was built for the purpose of bringing the Pa cific and Atlantic coasts of the United States nearer together. The Republican party has promised the elimination of canal tolls in American coastwise vessels. The Democratic party made the same promise and repudiated it ; the example is not one which commends itself to Republican emulation. , The point is made that this is not the opportune time for passipg the canal tolls repeal act on the eve of an armament conference, the success of which may be endangered by any governmental decision that may create international ill will. There may be some force in this; the mere suggestion is enough to cause hesitation. The element of time in this mat ter is hot vital, but of the ultimate fulfillment of a pledge which has been deliberately made by both political parties there should be no question, j - m. A writer in the Los Angeles Times says those who have been following closely the deliberations of Congress place the blame for the delay 'in enacting the proposed remedial tax legislation and the protective tariff bill on the incapacity and the penchant tcjfio politics pt the majority of; the new mem , bers of the House of Representatives. He says there are about 200 of them, probably, the greatest number in the his tory of the House ; that they "know nothing of the necessity for team work, for following intelligent leadership," etc. But this writer, forgets that the House passed the new tariff bill months ago. It is held up in the Senate. These delays are a national disgrace ; a shameful violation of Republican pledges ; an inexcusable betrayal of the commission given by the people at the polls to their chosen representatives at the last national election. But the blame is not on the new mem bers of the House; not all of it, any way. j I All the pictures and busts of the Kaiser in the public buildings and institutions of moved from the eyes of the eral clean-up has been fixed third anniversary of the flight His picture is not merely to be turned to the wall, but de stroyed. There can be no comeback as far as the Kaiser is concerned. Lloyd George . Bald yesterday that he hoped to attend some 'of the) sessions of th disarmament conference at Washington. . He will be welcome, i ' - The victim of a Portland boot Jegger, made blind by the hooch sold him, is suing the bootlegger for $3000 damages. That is cer tainly cheap enough. But has a man who buys bootleg booze any legal rights in the premises? Henry Ford plans a campaign In behalf of more pay for Justices of the ' United States supreme court and for other federal Judg BETTER IN THE BANK ITS astonishing how many street rob beries tnere have been recently all over the country- And it's equally as tonishing what large sums many of the victims lost. It is unwise to carry much cash on your person, and utterly unnecessary. A com mercial account at the United States National obviates the chance of having to hand over hard-earned money to a thief. We'll gladly give opening such an J! saixm. . Manager Managing Editor . Cashier Manager Job Dept. A DOMESTIC PROBLEM Prussia have been ordered re populace. The limit for the gen for November 8, which is the of the Emperor into Holland es on the ground, it is reported, "that this will make them Inde pendent of all outside influences and insure probity in their handl ing of all cases brought before them." Meanwhile they will hardly thank their well-wisher for his insinuation. There has been " some natural suspicion that the official dismis sal of Mrs. O'Leary's cow from the history of the Chicago fire was a case of unjustified ieono- clasm. Now comes, however, Michael Ahearn, a newspaper re porter of 50 years ago, who Is said to have confessed that he you further details of account. oatoou AS and his fellow craftsman agreed grandmother is In the asylum for to blame the fire onto the cow. ithe insane. There are relatives The accepted version now isjhat Jin tome of the other Btate insti the fire started in the hayloft of (tutlons. the O'Leary cow barn as the re sult of a drinking party of cele brating neighbors. THK STATE IXSTITL TIOX FOIt THE KEEUl i: MIMKD. If any one has Uen impressed by the criticisms of a former tem porary employe of the state institution for the feeble minded, and can take the time to do so, he should visit that insti tution and inspect it carefully, and inform hiaie!f thoroughly concerning the workings of the .various departments and the man agement as a whole. It is quite an institution. There are some 620 feeble minded charges "there now, slightly more males than females, and there are some seventy-five employes. A new building Is now being constructed, and nearing comple tion, that will raise the capacity to 750. And still they come. No doubt even that capacity will be fore long be insufficient. Th farm in connection with the institution contains about 735 acres of land, nearly all of it now in a high state of cultivation, though a good deal of it had to be cleared by the present super intendent. This farm has turned thousands of dollars into the bet- terment fund tne moue, used in part in the construction . ii now buildings ana iurnisuuis tb noDulatlon has grown, a large surplus of potatoes has been sold every year but this; io not been a favorable year for a large potato crop in this district The farm produces an m a i 111. and butter used at me .. .. 1, n ,1 TWlllltrV tion, and an me iui. - . 11.. nil tVkA and eggs; ahd pracucawj a.. rults and vegetables. Tf any one has doubt as to the matter of the food furnished the wards of the state in that insti tution, let him look at ne Doyn and girls there. The two first buildings erected at the institution, one for noys and the other for girls, were not planned and constructed along the right lines for the uses to which they must be put. However, they are kept clean and sanitary, and they serve very well. But the buildings constructed later are better suited for their uses; : and all those that have been built since Dr. J. N. Smith has been superintendent are thor oughly up to date. Take, for Instance, the first building for little girls built un der the direction of Dr. Smith There are no stairways in it. The children go from floor to floor on gently inclining walks. There is every convenience found in the most modern hospital building. As to cleanliness, and the ease of keeping clean and sanitary, there is nothing anywhere tha,t can sur nass this new building, or the others that! have been constructed under the present administration Dr. Smith gives all of his time, night .and day, to the welfare of his charges and the conduct of the institution. He thinks he has a model institution. He aims to have. Those who visit the insti tution, who are familiar with sim .lar institutions, tell him he has a- model institution. Mrs. Smith, the matron, is as tireless cs her husband in look ing : after her part of the work and she takes a pride in the lawns and flowers and the many touch es of home life that are found everywhere. There is a splendid spirit of co-operation among au the em ployes of the institution. They work in harmony in trying to make the State institution for the feeble minded the model estab lishment which Dr. mith wants to have it. They feel that they are succeeding. They do not claim perfection They do not object to kindly helpful criticism. If any one has suggestions that will enable them to improve the service in any way. they would like to hear them. That Is the feeling all down the line, i The mothers and fathers and other; relatives of "these unfor tunate children feel ery tender towards them; very solicitous to wards! their welfare. Some of them are little babies; blind ba bies; babies that will never real ize responsible manhood and wo manhood, i But the attendants there feel the- Barae solicitude. They guard them night and day, 365 days in the year guard and feed and bathe and care for them, and entertain them; mother them and father them. That ia the spirit; throughout. Some of the charges there are In pitiable states. One of the children has a mother and grand mother there, and the great- M FUTURE DATES ' October tl, Friday Guild anp t Arforv. i ; October 80, Sntidy-!-LTing corner stone, of new Salem hospital. .. K"m Wj tlv tt and Karloa eon br Tie)ira Taatttnfa 'v... . . . mi r ..i ervica, Qrsail Theater. . But this is another story. :Some of the unfortunate men and women in the institution nwd ; He mentioned a certain newsa constant supervision. Some are pQr and said: "That is tho nnt- epileptic. Some have filthy hab- ts. They cannot help them selves. Hut even these have the solicitous and constant and kind ly care of the efficient and un selfish attendants of the institu tion. There should be no carping criticism of the state msmuiioa for the feeble minded, or of the forces, from thie superintendent and matron to the last attendant ; and employe. They are unselfish- y and whole Iheartedly doing their best; giving tneir oet-u They are devoted to their work. They Invite inspection, weicom suggestions, and have nothing whatever to conceal. THE LAHY TRAMP Advices from the railroad yards are that there were never so many ady hobos as right now. Women tre learning to ride tn dox cars on on the braKe Deams. mej ar taking to the long road It to be a reflection of the spirit of unrest that prevails in it t the world. If a woman wants to bes a tramp there seems to be now way of stopping her. She s liable to bob her hair, don a pair of overalls ana Deai n iur the yards. She may find em ployment in the next town and stay for a week or so ana men go on when the next call comes from the wild. It is quite likely that the female tramp will be a problem in this country before he winter is over. XEWKPA lKH 1 :i )L C AT ION Say what we will of newspa pers and their shortcomings, tney furnish the greater part of the reading of the greater part of the American people. The responsi bility that this places on news paper publishers I need not em- ihasize here. Those who buy and read newspapers have also their responsibility. It is pleas- J ant to think that many of them live up to it. I one knew a rail way conductor who impressed every one by his intelligence ani n-finement. Someone asked him ouce where he hid been educate.!. university I ever attended." Tak. a paper like the Kansas City Star. It has lone made a practice of printing much more than the news. It gave up space to se lections from magazine articles, book reviews and authoritative accounts of scientific progress. isuch matter going into the farri houses of Kansas and Missouri has in many instances been' the cause of intellectual aw akening in young men and women. They certainly found their newspaper reading worth while. Hollo Ov den in Youth"s Companion. BUSINESS BLOCKS Detroit claims to have the larg est office building in the world. It has just been put up by Durant, the motor magnate. There is al ways room for au argument with New York in any competition for the world's biggest beehive. They run 'era higher up in Gotham, anyhow. LADY BARRISTERS Since the ladies have been ad mitted to practice at the bar in England there is considerable sar torial consternation. The Eng lish male barrister wears a wig and black silk gown, which adds considerable to his impressive ness. Hence the question arises, will the ladies wear the curled, gray wig and the double-tailed, white ribbon at the throat, or will precedent bo biown to the winds and the ladies permitted to plead in their own unashamed, hirsute adornment? The advent of Por tia is confusing. The vital matter is now up to the lord chancellor and it is to oe hoped that it will be settled along with the Irish question and the disarmament conference. The cream puff Is succeeding the cocktail. Where is this woman business going to end? 'V-'- ' i i BITS FOR BREAKFAST l ; Eeautiful sunshine again. 1 S . i F.oih s:Jes and all sides claim j to bo-trying to stttltj the proposed! 'strike, if thy arej half sincere i th.ra will X . . r . f r! V ii k w.. i n m u i ia vf rit inc. The Boy Scout painins headway movement s i in Oregon. i Every boy a Boy Scout is the s!o- ; gan. It is an ambitions program, i The Statesman of tomorrow will have a symposium oil the mint in ilu -try. Tnis :s inT response to J..f;,: I - - - j the Salem district. ; Yesterday was Lljoyd George's day for thinking he would appear at the Washington iconftrence. If before sailing he solves the Irish question, he will be -hailed here as tne mail who can '.establish uni versal peace and diiarmament. Reports to government bureaus indicate that a new fecord number of marriages will be reached this jear somewhere between 1.000. and 1,500,000. The old idea that to can live as cheaply as one seems not entirely to have lost its potency. Radium taken internally will nrolong human life according to 1 Dr. E. Stillman Bailey of Chicago. ! ami reusing a convention of thera peutists in Chicago. JOf course the recce starts with '".First get your radium." President Harding, whose sis ter is a tormer Vasaor student, in dorses the college! drive lor a $3,000,000 endowment to increase salaries. Not intending, of course, to discriminate against the drives of other colleges sror the same worthy purpose. Middle-State Governors Discuss Heavy Problems DES MOINKS, tL. Oct. 18. Attention was concentrated on the fre:ght rate conference of the m ddiewestern states' governor and public officialvwho m"t here todnv at the ca'l of Governor X. E. Kendall of Iowa to consider means of reviving apricultuie and business, and diminishing unem ployment. ; It was agreed ithat present transportation charges made prof itable farming imposs ble. A question on which the con ference showed wafm feeling was that of interest charges vvd the so-called deflation policy followed alorie as when partaken with ones food.; Hills Bros. Red Can brand repr resents in the highest degree that which stands for fine coffee. mm . ... . s . . V. l-l-O A . DV ire ieaerai rr-n uanr.. i - - i . K which hnvohot rinHnr tha month, on wnicn ncuiiure urviicu - Wn unduly penalized by jexces sive pressure for liquidation un der peculiarly difficult conditions. The necessity for lower interest rates and longer terms lor farm credit was emphasized. (t was nnnnnnrH that the conference i probably would put itelf 4n rec- ! ord to this effect. A peacock, ornithologists f ih.ij.11v lives about 24 yearp. 1 ay. We i have seni some of 'em alokig the canvons of 1 r.iadway that were 2 4 before the war of th? lion. Los Angeles T mes. rebel- Standard and Shell File Statements of Business The Standard Oil company has filpd with the secretary of state !a report showing tlie sale; of 3,- 13s.r.S9.9 gallons of gasoline and 147.13S.5 gallons of distillate 5n Oregon during the month of Sep tember, on vihich a tax of $65, 12S.S1 was raid. The Shell company reports the sale of 258,388.5 gallons of gas- Tonight at 8 L. Carlos Meier in Concert on Our Wurlitzcr "Light Cavalry" Overture. Suppe 1. 2. 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