THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SATURDAY vnRNTXG. NOVEMBER 19. 121
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THE RADICAL IN THE LABOR WORLD
The radical in the labor world says, in effect, that if the
jnrr ora will nn 1 r rt-n A (nnrnthor gnH rllrw t Hoi r" lend pre im.
taplicitly they can have the good things of the world without
-stint. i
' jj ' What are the actual economic facts bearing upon such a
Contention
J' - What is there in this implied or open promise?
Prof. W. I. King of the University of Wisconsin, a recog
nized authority, utilising government statistics as to the
fwealth and wages of the people of this country, has shown
t'jthat if all of the interest, dividend and replacement charges
p (that is, the amount paid-for the use and maintenance of
capital), were divided among all the workers in all of our
rndustries' the average wage per 'year would be increased
'Jf Andeven ;tha& he is quick to add, would only result,
tPROVIDED there was no'decrease in the output of industry
aas a result of such confiscation and distribution of capital.
"5 Bui every oneknows that there would be a tremendous
j decrease in prpdiicion vtere the incentive to additional re
dwards'for axceptfonal activity removed.
cf look at Kussia.. .
There is a very definite and near at hand limit, therefore,
to the spoils which sovietism could divide among all the peo-
ble, if they ever seriously intended such a thing. The exist
ing margin is maintained by the spur of individual owner
ship, and energy would vanish utterly if the rewards of merit
nd accomplishment were done away with,
il There -is an indication that the hold of the radical leader
ship of labor in this country is slipping. In 1915 there were
:701 strikes in this country; in 1916, 1025; in 1917, 1741; in
rl918, 1942; in 1919, 2687; in 1920, 2826; in 1921, if the ratio
pot the first three-quarters continues through the last, 1740.
3 The recession from 2826 to 1740 is quite a marked one.
It gives a ray of hope that war in the labor world for the
strike is a form of war is growing unpopular along with
ethe disfavor in which all civilized people hold the horrors
"andr utilities of armed conflicts.
But there is a long road yet to travel in this country to
wincf capital and labor into such a mutual community of
interest, where they belong, as will outlaw strikes entirely,
nrtA coflooll TnlciinrTiratanrliiicre ftnH Ar awnv with'flll forma
lVB WfcMV nil AAKAftJ M.AM W MMf MW MITM ...
cof Injustice, by arbitrations and mutual concessions.
because t'jey enjoy 'Cigarettes, but
because lien smoke them, and a
woman is; endowed now with ail
the obligations, as well as all the
privileges and rights of men; She
might losfe some of her rights by
non user therefore she will ex
ercise hejr rights ev?n if she
doesn't ike them, lest i they
should lase, and she might want
them in he future.
Out is! it customary for the
person wjio performs a marriage
ceremonylto kiss the bride? These
days the custom is rather hon
ored in he breach than in the
observande. Kissing is less com
mon than! it was, not only in the
time of tfie susceptible Mr. Pepys,
but at a bnuch more recent date.
One of ofur French- guests about
the Revolutionary period found
that kissing the inn keeper's wile
secured Mm better accomtnoda
tions thajn he would otherwise
have hadj and the tpremonyicould
take placje in the presence1 of the
woman's husband without caus
ing him any distress.
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Secretary Hughe has not de
livered a single public address de
moted to foreign policy since he
entered the cabinet. Ambassador
lUrrey is doing the talking.
Springfield. Republican.' .
A woman robber has been treat
d br the medical attendant of
Jhe Brooklyn district attorney
rith a fluid from the thyroid
felands of sheep, with the reported
Result' of curing her of her pre
fatory r propensity. The. sheep,
lhat is, has driven, the wolf from
he door., . ;T'V
A famous connoisseur and deal
er la paintings is being sued" for
4500,00 for libel because of his
Expressed, opinion that a painting
known as "La Belle Ferromere '
and-reputed to be by Leonardo da
wincl Is really by some other art-
st.'v The plaintiff a -elaim to have
llngerprlatproOf.fv-it.'authen-
icltyt The controversy somehow
recalls Mark Twaina comment, on
Watching' the copiers in the Lou-
kre, to the effect that the copies
Were all , better than, the origin-
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English, or rather American.
an -Associated fress start corre
spondent writes, has become the
predominating language in all
Russian government departments
and in Moscow generally. In all
ha high schools of Japan, 'the
English language is taught. In
China the English language is be
ing studied and employed by mora
and more millions. English !s
the language of tho Washington
peace (conference. English is be
coming more and more the lan
guage of commerce all around
the world. It Is to be the uai-
versal language.
KISSING THE GKOOM
A woman who has been elected
justice of the peace in New Jer
sey, and la therefore endowed by
law with the power of binding
until la divorce court shall act
two souls with but a gingl?
thought, two hearts that beat as
one, announces in advance of
taking office that she shall kisa
the groom.
Of course, the traditional right
is hers. If the clergyman or thi
magistrate, being of the mascu
line persuasion, has a right to
kiss the bride, it is quite evident
that if the bonds of matrimony
shall be forged by a woman she
has the corresponding right to
kiss the groom. She' may not
care to kiss the groom, but very
likely she will feel that she is
under some sort of moral obliga
tion to do so. It cannot possibly
be as pleasant to kiss the groom
as it is to. kiss the bride; it might
even be distinctly repulsive. But
there are women who smoke, not
The cjistom of osculation jl
decidedlyf much less common now
than it tfas then. Indeed. '' there
have beeji cases in recent -times
where the bridegroom resented
the clain of his traditional priv
ilege by jhe preacher. Some cases
to the cpntrary are cited. It is
not veryflong since a bridegroom
threatened to lick the minister
who didj not kiss the bride; it
seemed jo be a reflection upon
her char his. But there is a gen
eral impression that owing to the
exclu8ivehess of the bride, or the
jealousy of the male member of
the combination, kissing the bride
Is not scj safe as it was once,' and
is now ifarely practiced except In
some off the rural districts. V
This Ipw Jersey justice of th
peace dught the writer to say
justess 6f the peace? is said to
have several weddings listed for
her offifial acltion. But the ar
rangements wete made before she
announced hepdetermination to
kiss thej groom. Will some of
these couples take a change of
venue tj a magistrate who will
not kiss! the groom? And if so,
is it onf account of the attitude
of the bride or the groom? Are
the youig men of New, Jersey, un
willing jto be kissed by the juar'
tess, or fare the young women d-a-
their bridegrooms
Ana is tne per
sonal pudchritude of the magis
trate aq element in the case? If
the magistrates are young and
beautifdl, one can imagine that
the young Jerseymen may be
eager to be married by them, but
by the pame token the young Jer
seywomen might do something
tnat would be construed to be
contempt of court.
bom good friend ought to ad.
vise Her Honor not to kiss the
groom unless her purpose 13 dis
tlnctly understood by both par
tLes; ahd yet, since she has an
nounced her purpose, she might
be justified in assuming that all
applicants, for her official serv
ices understand and accept the
osculatbry premium which, 6he of
fers.
termine
shall
a that
nit be?
UXCOXSCIOrt DIPLOMACY
fered her mite to the giant Am
erica. All that we had done for
that little- nation was repaid when
her few soldiers and millions were
added to our millions and bil
lions. The debt of gratitude'was
thoroughly paid. Cuba owes us
nothing.
Some day Russia will not have
forgotten. That country will r
member the ships that sailed from
these shores laden with food and
raiment, the gift unsolicited of a 1
great people to another great
g3opIein deep distress. The peo
ple who gave the world such men
as Tolstoi, Turgenieff, Dostoye-
sky. Chekhov and a host of oth
rs of their kind cannot be for
getful or ungrateful. It is wrong
to measure the Russian peopla ly
the character of the men ho
have brought her face to face
with ruin.
Verily, indeed, the bread you
cast upon the waters will return
to you after 'many days.
Is it unconscious diplomacy that
sending American reliet shlj.s
and gold and forces to distribute
food and clothing and medicines
o starving and naked and sick
Russia?
There is no motive excepting
the one of service; the motive of
t.he Good Samaritan. Russia is
our "neighbor" because she needs
help and we can help her.
But there will undoubtedly
grow in the hearts of a stricken
people thus helped a sympathy
and understanding that will in
good time spread over the whole
nation, the ideals of Amerncaa
democracy and the idealisms ot
thi people brought to a position
ofr power to help under our form
ot government and our habits of
thought and our impulses of ac
tion.
In good time," Russia will
ike America.
is still held to be the sport of part of the landless-poor; as has
kings, and to take a flier on one's been the case in the history of
favorite is a virtue rather thaTj,every other country in the world.
a vice. The Louisiana lottery died i f a"yone b3L And
. . . . . , the history of land monopoly. And
fcard, and turf speculation is still j e wm g0 OQ makin, a goal ui
more tenacious of life. In New j one man tor the sini ot the many
Orleans it is still possible to dig ' in enacting surh mockery of j'.i
up a crap game. All the sport-i tice as are found iuj existing land
taws. i
Cbl. E. Hofer.
ing blood has not been mopped
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The biggest and best musical comedy of the season
r O A lI PI THEATRE OO
K A IM U Tuesday, November C-
Nat Goldstein producing company pi ents the original New
York cast and proavciion 01
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INDIRECT INVESTORS
EVERYBODY who deposits his funds
in a bank is an indirect investor,
delegating the actual investment to the
bank. His money helps build construct
ive projects and business enterprises.
The United States National errs on
side of safety and conversatism alway
feeling keenly the responsibility of U
investment. Accordingly, the con
dence of the public in this bank is
placed.
Unssia is not dead. That vast
empire of the SIavs covering as
it does one-eighth of the earth's
surface;, possessing riches and re
sources that have hardly been
touches by the industry of 150,
000,000 virile men and women,
will be born anew. It will not
alwaysj languish under the blight
ing nightmare of the brutes now
in power. Great nations may be
staggej-ed by calamity; but they
do nojt die;; like eternal truth,
crushe to the earth, they will
rise again. ,
Rusjda is sick, mentally, mor
ally aaid physically si?k. The
brains! of the country have abdi
cated the throne of reason. The
moral code of the world has been
repudiated. The body ot the na
tion is( weltering in a quagmire of
filth and disease. Russia needs
to Tee the great arm of friend
ship thrown about her while sho
is wansdering in this twilight hour
between night and day.
The only nation in-the world
and the only people in the world
who Save shown any sympathy
for Rhssia are America' and her
citizerjs. Ve are looking over
beyonti the primes of Lenin and
his gabs of Assassins to the help
less millions who are starving and
dying and the humanity or this
nation will be true to itEelf now
as it las been in alt the years of
its na ional existence.
We are not looking for a re
ward ow, and neither were we
lor any in 189S when
Amerita struck the shackles from
little Cuba and gave her an inde
pendent place among the nations
world. We all remember
The court has decided in an Il
linois case that music and danc
ing cannot of themselves be pro
hibited. They may not even be
restricted as to time. The Bible
aays that tUere is a time to dance.
but the law says that it is any
time. The Chicago council passed
an ordinance requiring caharet
performances and dancing in res
taurants to shut off at 1 a. m.
several of the larger places kept
open as long as the patrons re
mained. They defied the ordi
nance and the police raided them.
Now the court holds that the raid
was an unlawful one unless the
dancing was immodest and the
music disorderly. There is no
time limit on music and the
dance. They may be regulated, if
they disturb the peace of an in
dividual or tlte community they
may be halted, but the police of
ficers may not pull the watch on
them and command them to halt
at any definite hour. Unless it
cad be shown that they are act
ually disturbing the peace or be
having immorally the man and
maid may jazz themselves on for
3ver. A city may not even call
time ton a restaurant for having
music and dancing in the middle
of the night unless it be that
(he objection be for some other
reason than that it is music and
dancing. Whether this is the
judgment of the supreme court
ot the United States remains to
be demonstrated. That august
body might not be so liberal.
They might object to toddling in
the shimmy at daybreak.
MiT-moria! Favored
Kditor Statesman:
I notice it is suggested that an
election be held to provide for
a tax for the purpose of building
in Salem a memorial temple hon
oring the American legion.
This appeals to me as the fin
est plan for a memorial that has
been advanced, but why not make
it a broader memorial?
Build a handsome structure,
with an audience room of good
proortions, and halls suitable for
meetings of organizations, and let
the plans provide suitable loca
tions for memorials to be placed
by the several organizations of
veterans.
Perhaps the Daughters of the
American Revolution would erect
a statue of a soldier of that war.
Surely the O. A. R. and its allied
organizations would place a fig
ure of a Civil war soldier, and
the Spanish-American veterans
would take pride in placing a me
morial of their time and strug
gle, and we would all poin in pro
viding a figure in memory of our
wonderful army of the World
war.
It would seem that such a plan
would secure the very active sup
port of the greater portion of the
community and would materialize
Into a building that would be a
worthy memorial.
A Daughter of a Veteran.
roads lead toi. Eugene. ;
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Troi-pccts for a 1 muddy game
there. ; !
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The IS 23 fair is UP to Tortlaml
at thf polls todav. j
m fm j
If the proposition; carries' there j
today, it is said there is a general :
understanding that there will be 1
a special session of the legislature j
to put the proposition up to the
people oi the state.;
Friends of the proposition say
the vote in Portland! is likeiy to te
all but unanimous m favor of the
fair. If the vote should fail then1
today, however, it lis likely that
the fair proposition would be
dropped. The promoters would
be up against a hard tak in get
tla,g enough money from private
sources to put it ovfcr.
mm
Chas. M. Sch wabisu rely hocd
at a banquet to Marshal Foch la.t
night that He has the courage of
his convictions. Sayins that, his
company, the Bethlehem Steel
orporation. is the? largest maker
of war engines and materials un
der one management in the wot Id,
he declared that he would gladly
see the war making; machinery of
that great plant sunk to the bot
tom of the ocean in: order to bring
about the abolition; of war.
Professor Paul Miliukov, now in
this couontry, expresses the opin.
on that a monarchist military raid
nto Russia like that of Charles of
Hapsburg into Hun-gary is one of
ho dangers of . the-immediate fu
ture. Although bitterly hostile to
the Bolshevist government, he op
poses strongly a monarchical res
toration. t X
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All fun, frolic, melody and magnificence
V,,to tho nrcial prices i.ov .pi.vw
Seats on sale Monday. 10 a. m
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Mail Orders Now
$3.84 Round Trip
Plus S
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Federal War Tax
To
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OREGON
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of thd
that
April In 1917 when this
country entered the World war.
Cuba,
est o
the youngest and thfj Btnall
independent nations, of-
FUTURE DATES
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Berlin is to have the first gen
uine sky-scraper of Europe. Tho
building will be 22 stories high
and will combine a railway ter
minal, an office building, a thea
ter and a restaurant. That would
be a pretentious combination, even
for an American city. In Europe
it marks an epoch. It is doubt
ful if there is a ID-story' building
on the continent. Paris is a city
of fine buildings, but they seldom
go beyond six or seven stories in
height. London is mueJi the
same. The new Berlin will fur-!a home
-.-I. . . (the sail
uiou uiuuei u curope lis Iirsi nu-
man-made cloud-piercer.
WORLD'S UKST IJTERATURK
The Nobel prize for literature
this year goes to Anatole France,
the brilliant son of the land which
bears his pame. France has won
the literature prize four times
since the Nobel awards were
founded. America has not yet
been recognized. It 'seems that
the stuff they are writing for the
movies is not literature.
BIXG RANG!
Lord Byng of Vimy. new gov
ernor general of Canada, in his
greeting Fays that the best way
to honor the dead is to help th
living. What Byng says goes
with a bang.
SOUTHERN SPORTS
A Word for Mr,
Editor Statesman:
By the time this is in print
John W". Todd may or may not
be under conviction for his con
nection with public land frauds.
It may bs necessary in the evolu
tion of things that there be a
scapegoat cast out into the wil
derness that the rest of us may
enjoy immunity for the sins com
mitted in connection with tha
alienation of public lands. But
me question, win still remain
whether all of us who have sought
to get lands which we coul "f
legally acquire by any other
means, are not aiso guiltv of
frauds on the public domain? It
Is a notorious fact that the pub
lic lands in our state and all
western states have been taken
up and then disposed of to mon
opolistic holdings, by more or less
fraudulent methods. All the pow
wow over the O. & C. land grant
lands on which men have rod"
into congress and into state of
fices, have not gone into the
hands of settlers. They have
bsen taken off the tax rolls and
are ,held there, costing the state
and counties millions of dollars
that must be wrung out of the
rest of the taxpayers. The school
lands of th state were alienated
and "absquatulated" by the nril
lions of acres and converted into
baronial holding of cattle kings,
The same with timber lands
Enough lands have been stolen
in violation of laws to have made
homes for millions of peopl
wnicn we are now taxing our
selves to get through chambers o
commerce, commercial ciuds. an
expositions. -If Oregon had the
lands that have been acquired
through processes far more shady
than those practiced by John W
Todd, the state would need t
levy no taxes for a thousan
years. If these stolen lands
could be recovered by the state
there would be revenues enough
to run our state and schoo
without the highest millace tax
in the west, and on top of tha
trying to enact a state income
tax. Laying aside our sympathy
for John W. Todd and the neei
less regret, that those who sought
to share profits with him. ar
also made to share his losses
what is an honest, righteou-,
man-to-man and before-God pub
lic land policy? Is it not that th
stat? and the nation shall not
part with public lands but to per
sons or families who propose to
live upon and till the same fo'
and as producers from
A. single man or wo
man who would go and make a
home on land in the sage brush,
in the forest, or on the moun
tain side any stay with it and
cultivate and beautify it. would
not remain single very long.
Some other human being with
hunger fdr the soil would join
that homesteader. The family
and the home have the first
rights to land, and those who wish
to live in the cities where the
bright lights blaze and the mov
ies move have no rtght. morally
or legally, to become instrumen
talities for taking up public lan Is
of any kind merely to turn them
over to land monopolists. That
has been the Outcome of nine
tenths of the public land trans
fers made in the last half century.
While that may possibly not bi
undone, land monopoly is "the
greatest obstacle and greafest in
dustrial curse of the west. Lands
unfit for human habitation and
cultivation should be held as th
forest reserves are held, in trust
for industrial and development
purposes. 1 know that no atten
tion will be paid to this matter.
We will go through the same slow
process of undoing the wrongs
done to' the people in the fraudu
lent alienation of public lands, by
BOISE HEATS WALLA WALLA
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Nov.
18. Boise high : school today
rounced Walla Walla high 1 4 to
I in a football game played o;i
a field covered with snow. Snow
fell during the game and some
of the spectators ; built fires om
the sidelines to kepp warm.
Eugene
Account
U. of O. - O. A; C.
Annual Football Game
And
. oi O. Alumni Meeting
Saturday, November 19tk
sale Friday and Saturday return1
. 1 ' ':::('
limit
Tickets on
Monday.
, TRAIN SERVICE s
Going: Leave Salem 10:05 a. m., 11:00 a. m., 4:08 p. m.,
5:46 p. m., 9:04 p. m.
Returning: Leave Eugene 11:00 a. m., 3:35, p.
4:29 p. m., 5:30 p. m. ! . '
For further particulars, ask Agents
m.,
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES .
JOHN M. SCOTT, s
, General Passenger Agent.
The Louisiana legislature voted
down a tlll which was calculated
to stop betting on horse races.
Down, in that section a horse race eufferincs and revolutions on tug
ri
Of Interest to
All Good Cooks
Every good cook realizes that the actual cooking
is just as important to good cookery as is the prep
aration of the ingredients. Isn't it fair, therefore
to say that tetter ranges will make better cooks '
KtoSJts&r better rangcs for more th-c-
They are the only ranges with practical automatic control.
They can be trusted to start and stop cooking without attend
fiV a tK?SC, thu minimum ?f current. They heat the
food and not the kitchen.
Lfar?? cookjnS be done conveniently and
comfortably? and just why Westinghouse Range, make Eood
cooks better. Talk to any of the following dealers:
Portland Railway, Light
& Power Co.
Salem Electric Co.
Welch Electric Fixture Co.
SALEM, ORE.
Fobes Supply Co.
Wholesale Distributors
PORTLAND,- OKE.
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