THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 10, 1921
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"THERE WOULD BE NO WAR"
, ' A correspondent writes to an exchange as follows :
" Tbre must be,-there shall be a commanding voice.'
"It may be that the Washington conference has tackled
the wrong end of the problem. H. G. Wells, world historian,
holds to the view that the best way, if not the only way, to
reach disarmament is by first abolishing', war. He may be
right. Abolish jwar, and disarmament would follow as nat
urally as a man takes off his coat upon entering a warm room.
So long as war is probable nations must arm to the limit of
their funds and fears, and there is no way to prevent it.
War, not armament, "is the cause of all the trouble, the de
stroyer of civilization.
Y "The whole world cries out against war. It is the black
cloud that-hangs' like a pail over every country, great and
small. War is the keynote of every diplomatic move, and is
the skeleton in every national closet. To end war we fought
on the fialds of France and to end war is the prayer of every
woman in the "world An aged woman of Japan, 90 years old,
appears at Washington with the petition of 10,000 of her
fellow country-women asking that war be abolished. This
from tb most warlike nation of all. To prevent war is the
burden of every speech of the conference, and the fear of war
makes disarmament impossible.
"Then scrap war. To scrap a few battleships will indeed
lighten taxation, but it will not lessen the chances of war, for
under the Hughes proposals the several naval powers reserve
a sufficient number of war craft to fight a big war.
"Scrap war. But how? Just quit fighting. If the na
tions represented at Washington would enter into a solemn
agreement not to engage in "war of any kind without first
submitting the question to a vote of the people there would
be no war. This is the democratic way. A conference of
premiers and diplomatists cannot stop war. This is the com
manding voice that President Harding appealed to at
Arlington."
g'rls of his own country and ours.
New Yjrk Herald.
It seems like getting Into the
past to hear that the leading po-J
liUciana of France are for the
first time taking an activa inter
est in the question of woman
suffrage. Former President Poin
care, who is skillful in hitching
h's wagon to a star, preside!'
over a mass meeting of suffrage
advocates at th? Trocadero palae
one day last week.
THE GOHUXS IX ANfiKK
The grand goblin has sued the
imperial kleagle for $". 000 dam
ages in an action for slander. The
kleagles should be mighty dia
creet. The goblins will get them
if they don't watch out. They
are taking tho klan out of the Ku
Klux.
1XV.IIN(J WASHINGTON
The Nonpartisan League an
nounces its purpose to invade the
state of Washington as its next
ambitious venture. That bunch
proposes to put a complete state
ticket in the field next fall.
What have the people of Wash
ington done to have this thing
wished on them?
The outfit had its scouts in
Oregon for several months; but
they evidently found the picking
poor in this state, and so per
haps have decided that Washing
ton offers better opportunities for
the meal tickets of the men work
ing the workers; for that is all
there is to it any more. No great
number, to say nothing of a ma
jortiy of people in any state are
going to vote themselves into the
bankruptcy that is North Dakoa
after the Nonpartisan Leagse cor
sairs have wrecked that former
staunch ship of state.
Perhaps we shall hear little
more of the Nonpartisan League
in Oregon. In which case, let in
give thanks.
FEDERATION IS
FOR NEW LIS
Marion County Club Declares
Truck Evil on Roads
Must be Stopped
way could be arranged to deter
mine the tonnage. The judse re- t
rerred to some stretches of roads
that had been ruined as trucks
had been loaded beyond ail legil
limit, and this damase was es
pecially to fe2drs which are
mainta-'ned by loal taxes
The idea or Mr. Kay of taxing
trucks on tho tonnage hauled met
with favor from a-number of
j timer veieatos. Many coin-
plained of lateral roads bein-:
damaged by trucks hauling heavy
iloads of wood. Mr. Keber of Mt
.Angel spoke of damage done to
' roads in his district,
i Senator I. L. P.itterson refer-
M IS I T.
! SUIT IS BEGUN
i
Borchers and Hess Claim
Leedy Caused Damage
to Their Property
Can the owner or property
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TONNAGE TAX FAVORED retl t0 the Krcat damage done by I,,"," 1 '1 .f " f "r k
IUNNHUC I HA rMVUntU ;i trucks and (hat drainage ditch which has been
, thought a road bill would be suh- USed "! ,coi"n,0ja 30 years by
!tt?d at the mcriiii session Th I a nPh'rhw.d. thereby damag-
Citizens Observing Violation rp"atT thousllt t,h,at trmk3 n
... J auto busies should come unde
urged to Report Same
To Officials
er
the public service comm'ssion. Hp
i was especially strong for build
ing lateral roads with the surplus
money in years to romp, instead
of building more highways.
- The above sounds authoritative and conclusiv
But is it? -:
' Is that the commanding voice that President Harding
appealed to inhis address at Arlington?
Would a vote of the people prevent war of any kind?
Would have the voters of Germany in 1914 in a plebiscite
declared against war? There is no woman suffrage in Ger
many. Would have the people of the United States, in J917,
even .with woman suffrage, voted aga&ist war jwith Ger
manV? Would the Japanese people, with the samurai caste
and manhood suffrage, vote against war, if called upon for
a plebiscite, with what they regarded as a good chance tc
extend their dominion substantially?
With a campaign of education over the entire 'world foi
neace: with, an universal propaganda for peace such as Ger
many kept up in preparation for war, with gradual disarma
ment and international agreements and courts for settling
the differences and, disputes between nations according to
the rules of justice
And with universal suffrage, the time would come when
'no nation would vote for war or at least a war of conquest.
But the "commanding voice" win be a voice backed with
the sanction of all the civilized nations of the worm, witn
noliee powers and eauinment adequate to enforce its decrees
It'mav not be called the Leatrue of Nations. But it will be a
leasrue of the nations, and it will usher in an everlasting
peace and good will among men.
Th wide world hopes the set
tlement of the Irish question wilt
stay poC! Everybody wants peace.
out of its problems, blnce tho
war many radical cure alls have
been tested, and they have all
failed.
The first touch ot real winter
back oast Is bringing the tourists
to southern v California pell-mell.
Our only wonder is that they did
nht start long before. Los Ange
les Times. .;.. ;
; Tho too rapid "FUipluUatlon"
ot the Philippines is to be guard
ed against, according to theAVood
Forbe report. No native of thia
country, however, feels that Am
erican can be Americanized too
fast. .
Emma' Goldman has left Mos
cow and is seeking permission
to return to tho United States.
If she could be trusted to be
good, she might serve as a horri
hle example. Bui her past antics
indicate that the is not built that
way. -"Tr '"' . '
- -The events of the past few
years have simply shown anew
tho eternal need ot righteousness
of work. The only way the world
can save itself is to woik itself
-:, v FUTURE DATES
rrrmiT 13 ni 1 Tueadaf and
WVdneaiUr Apollo flub , conrrrt with
Yireinia Ra. eotaraturn aonrana.
.!. H. Wednesday Open forum Com
wr!al -lnb
. Iwcwnbr 19. t Monday Special aaaaioB
tfnl.pr- 2. MoiiilT-l.fl holiday.
January 2, Monday holiday
It is now claimed that a Wels'.t-
A --. J" 1 .1
man, Madoc ap uwen uwjueuu
discovered America. This leaves
but six nations who claim tho
honor Iceland, Norway, Spain,
Italy, Ireland and Poland. Who
ever it was, he discovered some
thing.
Less than 1 per cent of all the
steel made in .Amernca goes into
naval construction, therefore ttw
etcel makers are not worried
about the naval holiday. The 30
ships which we . would acrap un
der the Hughes program represent
582,703 net tons of steel of all
descriptions, including armor
plate. Our finished steel output
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
It is the big four-
If members of the Marlon Coun-!
ty' Community federation, who!
met last night, have their way j
about it, heavy trucks and auto- j
mobile bus lines that use the I
highways for profit, are in for
some legislation beginning De
cember 19.
The feeling was especially
strong against truck drivers who
damage lateral roads by carrying
lads beyond the legal limit.
Member after member arose an 1
told of lateral roads being put in
bad condition, especially durine
wet weather, by heavily loaded
trucks.
Tonnage Tax Favored
T. B. Kay, Marion county rep
resentative, struck a popular idea
when he proposed that trucks
should pay a tonnage tax. That
is, the owner of a truck that car
ries heavy loads six days in the
week should pay on the tonnage
carried and not merely on the
weight of the truck. It is the
tonnage that counts in doing dam
age to the road. Mr. Kay thouRht
that if such a tax could be worked
out, it would be just and equit
able.
Ivan G. Martin thought that a
reasonable regulation of trucks
was necessary. He also thought
that carrying companies should be
placed under bond.
J. W. Mayo of Stay ton declared
the gasoline tax was unjust to
the average farmer. He was in
favor of taxing heavily the man
who uses the highway for profit
Bushoy in Accord
Judge Bushey rather favored
Mr. Kay's idea of taxing accord
ing to tonnage, especially if some
IleHitimj rjr.sl
C. A. Park called attention to
the fact that overloading was tin
neat trouble in the road situa
tion. George P. Griff'th. president
of the federation, said it would
be a great aid if all w?re encour
aged to report violations of tho
law in retranl to overloading. He
also suggested that if violators
or the law had their driving
licenses suspended, it might have
a good effect.
T. K, McCroskey referred to
the way Stayton does things. In
that village, the man who violates
the law in overloading is looked i
on with disfavor. He suggested '
that if each community stood out
against those who v.olat? the law, j
it would aid wonderfully in solv
ing the overloading problem.
Committee Named
A special committee to report
to the legislators at the special
session was appointed, consisting
of George Hubbs of Silverton a3
chairman. andthe following: V.
P. Heistegen of Silverton. J. J.
Keber of Mt. Angel. .1. V. Mayo
of Stayton. R. V. Miller of Mon
itor, S. J. Smith of St. Poul, KeUh
Powell of Woodburn. T. T!. Mc
Croskey of Salem and C. J. Espy
of Donald.
This question will be put up to
the circuit court in the; suit
biought by Peter Borchers and
X. J. Hess against Clyde L. LtJedy.
The p!aint:ffs state in their
complaint that they are the own
ers of 10 lots or tracts of land
in what is known as La Fleinme
acres. Part of this land Is what
13 commonly known as beaver
dam land adjacent to like La
bish. The land is especially valu
able for growing onions, potatoes
i and garden produce.
J It is necessary, the plaintiffs
state, to drain ths land by menas
(of a drainage - ditch wh'rh ha?
' been maintained for the past GO
! years and the right to the ditch
recognized by all property own
ers through which it passes. Als
hat when the ditch was built,
there was this understanding
among owners of property.
But on November 17. 1921,
Clyde L. Leedy. the defendant,
constructed a dam acrossi the
ditch at a point below property
owned by the complainants, it is
alleged, thereby caus"ng water to
back up on the property of the
! plaintiffs. This, they claim, caused
jan overflow on tht-.T land, making
I it impossible to work and causing
them serious damage.
The plaintiffs askthe court for
a temporary restraining order to
j restrict the defendant from; con
tinuing to oostruct the water in
the drainage ditch and also a per
manent injunction preventing
them from building a dam that
shall restrain the waters of the
ditch.
j counting for ore alleged to have
! been taken from Star ground near
! Mulan. Ida., was approved in
; I nited States district court here
today. Under its terms the Fed-
eral company is required to pay
the Star $350,000 cash for ore re
moved.
I i ne t euerat is yivcn n :'t'-u.i
j option for a consideration of
$100,000 on certain claims of the
Star company. The ore bodies be
neath other claims are held to be
the property of the Star, and Fed
eral is enjoined from removing
any more ore.
The Star in its suit, maintained
that the Federal had removed ore
to the value of $1,5 00,000 from
its properties. A former decision
of the United States district court
here held for the Federal, but this
was reversed by the United States
court of appeals.
The mayor of Detroit has a
queer way of settling the problem
of the unemployed. He wants the
women to resign their jobs in or
der to make room for the men.
Does he think the female ar
holding their Joobs for their
health?
Pure Cane-Beny
i
Sugar. 100-Ib. Bag
Skaggs United
Store
If Joe Tumulty had written a
book about the Wilson adminis
tration it would have been gladly
received. But the current install
ments being printed of the Tu
mnlty output have to do with Tu
multy for the most part. Joe must
have been a wonderful man in his
day. -Exchange.
England, France, Japan and the
united States are to guard the
peace of the Pacific.
mm
So all will be pacific on the Pa
cific.
"De Valera probably does not ex
pect to accomplish any thing by
his protest; excepting to show his
consistency." There is encourag
ing prospect of the agreement be
ing carried out, resulting in peace
in Ireland.
V
H. G. Wells says the British
Empire will be a pile of dust in
100 years. But he will not be here
to see. , It is more likely to be a
federation of free republics.
There are few better comedians
than a little man who has just
been equipped with an oversize
job.
'm
Mr. Briand fought for his polit
ical life just before coming to Am
erica, and, having reached home
again, he faces another battle of
the same desperate character. His
enemies In France think his pol
icy as stated in Washington is too
pacific and pro-German. A French
premier has more than troubles;
he Is at war on all fronts.
Mining Company Settlement
Approved by Federal Court
COUER D'ALEXE. Ida., Dec. 9.
A settlement in the ; suit
brought by the Star Mining com
pany against the Federal Mining
& Smelting company for an ac-
What Settled the Argument
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Wehaye Fwcnch mirrors." .
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Opposition Registered By
Intermoimtain Territory
At San Francisco
in 1920
gross.
was 32,347,860 tons
The vanquished nations of EuJ
rope have no delegate at the
Wash'ngton, gathering, but from
one of thorn comes to this coun
try of his own volition an envoy
extraordinary who is attracting
as much attention as any states'
man of the victorious powers. This,
is Dr. Lorenz, who presides ovef
his own conference for the dis
armament of pain. He is the chil"
dren's ambassador, with full pow
ers to show the way of making
happy many unfortunate,, boys and
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SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 3. Op
position of intermountain terri
tory and interior California busi
ness Interests to a proposed re
duction of westbound transconti
nental freight rates to Pacific
coast . terminals to meet Panama
canal competition was shown at
an interstate commerce commis
sion hearing here today.
The carriers, acting throug-i
the trans-continental freight bur
eau, are seeking reductions rang
ing reductions ranging from 2ft to
0 per cent on Iron and steel.
building material, cotton piece
goods, canned good? and other
commodities effective from points
east of the Missouri river.
Such reductions would be dis
advantageous to intermountain
territory, according to J. V
Shaughnessy of Reno, member of
the Nevada public service com
mission and vice president of th?
intermediate rate association
which is opposing the carrier's
application.
Hal M. Remington, represent
ing the traffic bureau of the San
Francisco chamber of commerce.
said his organization favored the
reductions because they would in
crease railroad tonnage, make the
carriers more prosperous and en
able them to distribute Califor-
nia'products in the east more ef
ficiently-
Asked by Examiner W. .
Disnue ff-Bomething should not
ha done to compensate the inter
mediate territory 'for the propo--ed
preference to be given tho ter
minal points.' attorneys for th
carriers declared that : the inter
mediate & points mnt fuffer the
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