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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10, 1922 Iuned Dally Except Monday by V , ': THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' 215 8. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 127 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic ' : f, . 627-59 '..J, ,,. ... ....... MEMBKIl OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ; The Aaeoclated Preas la exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all oewa dispatcher credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and ala o the local newa publl shed herein. Meharaa to Eikhorn, in a small measure recognizing the value of the expensive road work of the mining companies above there. It would be entirely proper to go ahead this year and put rock on that road in the places that need it in order to make it usable the year through. we will have no partnerships or communion with other natiohs. We w 11 not be their "official" companions ia the business of the earth. Thtre is a League of Nations in frank co-operation. Fifty- bly in every way but that of re-'three governments arc participat- sponsibility. They hare no offic- j mp. The L nitea s.aies impairs There is a broodine dullness in i al standing, and America recog-! Us potency and value by remain- Are you observing BoJiPOJt week? have been parties to each assem- t. 3. Hendricks. . . . Stephen A. -Stone. . Ralph Glover...... Frank Jaskoakl. ... , Manager j . . .Managing Editor , Cashier .Manager Job Dept. ing aloof. We have "observers," no representatives. All this be- TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 683. Job Department, 683. Society Editor, 106. Entered at the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. EXPLODING A TARIFF BUGABOO Oregon polit'cs. Some of taa j nize3 no obligation for their pres candidates will hare to hurry. ,ence or utterances. The United 'states will have an ambassador ! cause a worthy gentleman named The day of miracles is not oast. ' or two at the Genoa conference. George Washington once remark- if it is demonstrated that the j They will be called -observers." north and south of Ireland can j They will speak when spoken to. live together in comity. land they will attempt to halt any - 'action that might impair the in- The footprints of an iguanodon j terests of America. Cut if the have been discovered In England. : group of senatorial obstruction That is enough to precipitate an-ists has its way. these observe; s other crisis in the French minis- j will have no credentials nor of- try.; jficial standing. The United States will be officially unrepresented. P. W. Wilson, Washington correspondent of the London Daily News and a former member of the British Parliament, writes to his paper that Canada is deeply stirred by the campaign in this country to pass a protective tariff bill. ; So deeply stirred that where formerly a feeling of friend ship existed throughout the Dominion for the United States, now there is a feeling of irritation,' which is developing into actual hostility as a result of which Canada is very likely to pass a tariff law which will give England very decided pref erences as to duties on imports, which pronounced favoritism would have a decidedly bad effect upon business in the Unit ed States. This is a fair sample of the British propaganda which is going on in this country against the enactment of a pro tective tariff law. ? The record shows that Canada's tariff laws have given preferential tariff rates to British imports since 1898. In 1900 another Canadian tariff was enacted in which the im port duties on goods from the United Kingdom were one third Jess than duties on like goods imported from the United States. Canada has enacted two tariff laws since then one in 1904 and one in 1915, but the departures from the rate of preference, as above stated, were not wide. In addition to giving preferential rates to imports from the United Kingdom over imports from the United States, Canada, by her tariff law of 1904, extended these preferen tial rates to imports from New Zealand and South Africa and in her last tariff law she extended the preferential rates to imports from other British crownlands. ""This record effectually disposes of the claim that the tariff bill pending in the United States Senate is causing so much resentment in Canada that it is likely to arouse that nation to enact a tariff that will discriminate against Amer ican imports In favor of those of England. Canada has made such discrimination for a quarter of a century. --Incidentally, all of the British colonies discriminate against imports from the United States by giving those from England preferential rates of from 25 to 35 per cent, and -England's new tariff, effective October 1, 1921, discriminates against imports from the United States by giving preferen tial rates to imports from her various Dominions. "" Under the administration of President Taft, the United States offered to Canada a reciprocal tariff arrangement T. ' And Canada turned it down. , - "TTm There are evidences now that a great many people in Canada would like to consider a repetition of this offer; and perhaps the time will come when such an opportunity will be again offered But the present duty of Congress is to give' to the people of the United States an adequate protective tariff law ; the 'instant duty," as President Harding expressed it in one of his first messages ,;' And after being just to her own people our government may properly take up the matter of being generous to other peoples in tariff matters. i ; War is not a success, for the world is tired of it. The day when a man must go out and die like a dog in the mud to prove he is not a coward is past. Anything of which we grow tired is a failure and therefore war is so classed. Sir Harry Lauder, - i - " Marion county last year did same work on the road from The poultry mausiry is boom-jSome time America sent an ing all over the country. But it other vnofficial crusader named ; cQ. ! Johnson across the water. He lem district, where it should have the greatest boom of ail. Miss Alice E. Cranfield has re tired as a teac&er in New York city schools, after a continuous Bervice of 54 years, six months and 16 days. She ought to have a halo. They have so many strikes in Chicago that the bulletin board at labor headquarters is not big enough to list them. They had 28 new ones on one day recently. Striking is not usually considered a winter pastime,' but they are certainly giving It a great run in Chicago this season. Eight different treaties, in seven of which the United States 's a party, were arranged by the Washington conference. That is doing fairly well for a nation that was going to Keep Its hands out or world politics. However, the isolation bloc in the senate has not yet been smitten with dumb ness. There will be a few brittle and snappy words before this th'.ng is all over. purposed to reform Europe and banish strong drink from the British empire. He was going to take the American prohibition .amendment and spread It over the map of Europe. This was a righteous and worthy endeavo', but nevertheless it was offensive to many Britons. Thf United States disclaimed any official re sponsibility for his mission, and so the English called him 'Pussy foot." Xow that we have uncredea tialed watchmen at the meetings of the council and League, and ! irresponsible "observers" at econ omic and other international con ferences, .the d'plomats of the old world are beginning to lab-l us as a pussyfoot governmeht. W-5 have a deep and abiding in terest in world afrairs. We do not hesitate at advice and recom mendations. We aim to be keep ers of the world's conscience, yet ed that as a nation we should avoid entangling alliances. But that was more than 100 years years ago and it took six months to havo communication with Eu rope. Are we to pussyfoot forever? THE NATIONAL SLUMP The population of Russia was increasing at the rate of four or five millions a year in the days of the czar, but now It is found that the population of the pres ent Russia is IS, 000, 000 less than in the old regime. Instead of growing that figure as it should have done it has shruhk that amount. There have be?n a wastage of human life to the ex tent of nearly 40 000,000 souls from what might have been. Rus sia was the greatest, potential force in Europe. It may yet come back when the rule of reason returns. satisfaction of the national court cf honor 21 of these subjects. In the 12 years that the Scout movement has been in America, the national court of honor has awarded S1.".000 Merit Hadge. and many thousands of boys are d'ligently seeking these little, but significant, round, colored . em blems, which you will see upon the right sleeve of a Scout's coat Over 400 men. experts in their different lines, gave volunteer service to the 1-oy Scouts of Am erica in preparing 71 illustrated pamphlets as test books upon these Merit Badge subjects. There ar 4200 Star. 4300 Life, and 2000 Eagle Scouts today. NOTHING PKKFKCT A CLASS IVITH 71 TEXT BOOKS PUSSYFOOT GOVERNMENT (Los Angeles Times.) Some of the senators say that the -United States will not send any representatives to the econ omic conference to be held at Genoa. The conference has to do with the f'.nahcial rehabilita tion of Europe a matter in which America is more deeply concerned than any single Euro pean country. Yet there is a group of senators who would keep Uncle Sam away from this or any ether conference of natiohs. At the same time, at this Gen'oa con ference, as at the meetings of the supreme council and the League, the United States will have offic'al "observers." At the gatherings of the council and League these observers have been Ambassadors Harvey and Ilerrick. They have not hesitated to give advica wheh it was asked, nor have they failed to make remon strance when the interests of America w-ere threatened. They FUTURE DATES Boy S-out Week February 8 to 14. "Wear the tqmar knot and do good torn daily." February 9, Thoreday Flax and hemp grower cooperatiTe aaaociatioa to meet at Commercial club. February 9. Thnrtday Contest at Cor- allia between drill teamt of Salem and Eurens Woodmen of the World. February 10. Friday Meeting of taxi rah operatora with city officials at city hall. February 10. Friday Boy Scout pro gram at state fair grounds. February 10. Friday Arhnr Day. February 1 1, Saturday Divan of Al Kader temple to be entertained by Sa lem Shrine patrol. February 12, Sunday Lincoln's birth day. February 14, Tuesday Chern'ans meet February 14, Tuesday St. Yalentine'a day. February 15. Wednesday Company F smoker at Armory. February 16 to 19 UelaaJve 8tate Christian Endeavor ecu Tent ion February 20. 21 and 22 Convention cf State Retail Dealers association at Ronebnrg. February 21, Tuesday Convention of Oregon Retail Clothiers' association in Salem. February 21, Tuesday John D. Mirkle to address South Salem Parent-teacher association at Leslie Methodist church. February 21 and 22 Tuesday and Wednesday, Apollo rlnb in eoncwrt with Gideon Hicks and Gertruf HunUley Green, pianist. February 22, Wednesday Washing ton's birthdsy. March 2, Thursday Annual Elks Elec tion. March 17-19 Meeting of rounty Sun day school convention in Salem. March 17. 18 and 19 Marion eouuty Sunday school convention, Salem. April 16, Runday Easter. May 19. Friday Primary election. June 29-30. July 1 -Convention of Oreron Fire Chiefs' association at Marsh field. July 3 and 4 Monday and Tuesday. State convention of Artisans at Woodbnrn. September 21, 22 and 23 Pendleton wnni CCTROOTi TtTDT trove HTJMO, PLAT WORK Not all of us know that tho Boy Scout program includes what is called Merit Badge work, a series of definite stuules in 71 practical subjects, most of them ot a vocational character, and all of them educational. Thesa studies include carpentry, art. ag riculture, personal health, survey ing, civics, several handcrafts, dairying, safety-first, wireless and s'milar topics. Ohly first class scouts can take up this Merit Badge work, and as they advance they become Life, Star, and fin ally Eagle Scouts, the latter being the highest attainable rank in Scouting, awarded to first class scouts who have mastered to the A STATEMENT FROM II. F. BOX KSTEELK Helena, Mont., February 5, 192 To the Editor of the Oregon Statesman On January 3rd the following editorial appeared In the Captiai JUrnSalehi is famed as one of the most beautiful cities of re"The chief feature in Salem's attractiveness is the beautiful civic center, with its stately public buildings and its parte grounds, its shaded avenues, bounded on all sides by fine resi dences, well kept homes with spacious lawns and ornamental shrubbery- . . L It is now proposed to destroy the symetry and harmony ot this civic center by sandwiching in a garage and salesroom between fine residences and palatial apartment house. The need of restrictive toning laws was never more appar ent to protect residence property against unnecessary business invasion and to maintain the desirability and beauty of the i city against those who would commercialise for private profit a community asset and in the process work injury to the city. "The property in question is in no sense a business location. There are a hundred more suitable sites for garages without invading the choicest residence sections and marring the charm ot the civic center sites better adapted to business and the uUI- -ization of which would increase adjacent property values in-.-stead of depreciate them. .... "The city council should, on the grounds of public policy, refuse building permits for such structures.. There is said to be an old statute, formerly utiliied to prevent the erection or livery stables and saloons in residence quarters as public nuis ances, and the same law should be Invoked against garages amidst dwellings on the civic center. If this statute proves Inadequate, and the owners and builders persist in defying public sentiment, a proper goning law should be rushed through the council to safeguard our scenic assets and protect property values." And in reply to this, permit me to say, we dislike very much being accused of anything ot this kind and think you are unneces sarily alarmed. In hte first place, the Bonesteele Motor Co. (con sisting of H. F. Bonesteele and Sons) is permanently located In Salem and expect to be in business there for a great many years, and we would not consider erecting a $30,000 building In any location in Salem against the wishes of any number of people living In the immediate vicinity. . .. We did not go after this lot on Court street tor our location; the. proposition was put up to us by the representative of he owner when he learned that we were looking for a location, and as we con sidered this a favorable location for our business, we bought It. We had no idea of their being any objection to the kind of business which we are conducting, but when we asked for a building nermit we were informed that there was an ordinance passed ten Thev are ruttin? the nrlcrs nr v.m ntrn nmhihitlnr this rlans of business in that district .Without .. ,..,, ,., I the rnnni of th nronertv owners within 1 0 feet of the proposed very fw people can afford to, walk. The psychoanalyst says that up to date civilization has failed to produce a man who was 100 per cent perfect and efficient. This will seem like a harsh and cruel assertion to a number of self conscious statesmeh we a'.l know. ON 1K1WNY BEDS The other day a youth was killed in a pillow fight in Wyo ming. Life must be growing soft er in the west. In the old days it took more than a pillow fight to kill a Wyoming man. DOWN TO HA III) PAX FIGHT l TOOLS f The Washington treaty limits ordinary warships to eight-inch guns. We wouldh't mind if the admirals were pinned down to the bow and arrow. Exchange. TAMMAXV S1D1LS The Tammany administration of New York has paid Hiram Johhson $25,000 as a part of his fee for getting licked in the street car litigation in the big city. The Tammany organization looked upon Hiram as one of their own I building. So wheher we build here or not will be entirety up to im ! residents of this district. r I As to your charge that we are trying to destroy an asset and com ! mercialize the residence district, I should say you are charging ns with trying to do something. that has already been done. When me Court apartments were builr the district wu commercialtaed and the lot adjoining this apartment building never will.be used for anything except commercial purposes, for no one would ever consider building a residence (ot the class that would naturally be built there) under the shadow of an apartment house. Several days ago I talked with Senator McNary In Washington, D. c. about this proposition, and. while he seemed to realize that this would be used for some commercial purpose and said he would have no objection to an ordinary store or apartment house, he did have decided objections to an automobile salesroom and service station. , ,.w As soon as I return to Salem I will take the matter up with those most concerned and it will rest with them whether the Bonesteele Motor Co. build on Court street, or elsewhere. H. P. BONESTEELE kind, but it Is found that, unless the law nappens to be cn his side, the Californian is as impo tent as the rest. The money may come in handy, however.' Lx4 at Angeles Times. ,.,..-. - - . ., ..... '3 An Investment in a I Public Utility Is Ani Investment in Nec- essary Public Service Copyrlsntf Associated Editors The Biggest Little Paper in the World Edited by John H. Millar C7T? -v - LA VaLla a A KOY'S DREAM (Note This one-act" play is base1 upon an incident in the early lire of Abraham Lincoln.) Scene: Interior ot the poverty stricken Lincoln cabin. Several pioneer women are sitting about sewing carpet rags. Some child ren are sitting on the floor. One ?ot them is a tall. rlou"-f"J boyj wearing out-grown, patched . trouners and a faded shirt. SUSAN WALTERS (one ot the pioneer women)): Speaking of dreams, never tell bad ones before breakfast. ; You know I dreamed Aunt Mary Kastor was dead told it before breakfast, and within week we burled .her. I wouldn t tell another bad "dream before breakfast for anything. " MRS. KEITH: And you're just right. One night I bad .r . rirnwnlnar ' in me Rolling Fork river. I woke Jona , than and told him about it. u !lSemed so real. And JM three weeks after that they found- ;tnan. body on the bank of the ? AURAUAM Then ; drenn do rome true, don t they . - MRS. LINCOLN: Don't be so sernn about It? Abraham. ; M RS. OOLLAIfER: Oh. let him be. MrsL'ncoln. He's enr ouf boy for finding out anything once he rets st on it. MRS. 110DGEN: So he Is. He' a smart boy.' and It doesn't take him lone to catch, onto anything. (Abe who is bur himself at thr opnoVte slde of the room, does not- har the oooveraatlon.) - -; MRS. LINCOLN: Of course I m kind or amai. i guew. can't5 heln think'ng you're right. I'm ftfra'd .I spoil the boy. keep Inr hi ni from ' punishing him, snrt letting him spend so much tint learn'ng to read, instead or ' jntnj or hoelntr. vns. HODGEN: I guess Abe rir-, for n biinter. He ; yt!;lnT-Or see any animal suffer. I never saw the like. AUSTIN GOLLAHER: (impa tiently): Ma. tell 'em about that dream you had. SEVERAL: Yes. do. MRS. GOLLAHER: Well. it was sort of queer. I dreamed that gold had been found by the wagon-load back in the hills. Piles and plies of it! Folks was rushing from everywhere witn nicks and shovels, and they kept hauling the yellow stuff past my place all day. And then It seem ed to me that President Madison came from Wash'ngton City to oversee the job of hauling out the gold. Then (lau thing) a loud c'ao of thunder woke me up " Abraham (who has joined tlift eronp again): Do you really be lieve ther U anvtnlns in dream? MRS. GOLLAHER: Yes. I do. Cut you and Austin mustn't look for gold In the hills, because you might get lost. ABRAHAM: I don't want aiy old. The reason I asked yo i wm because I once had a dran that I've been thinking about a bean MRS. GOLLAHER: Then we"3 iVe to hear your dream. A16. That was It about? ABRAHAM (he Is standing at h? center of the Ptajre. and be -i'ses his head and looks orr 1rmlly "as he speaks slowly V. Well, my dream was about mak nc a sneech o a lot of people in V big town . . . (The lights o Vfr suddenly, and when a dim "ght comes on. only the front of the stage Is seen. Some one dres d to represent Lincoln, the presl 1ent In a characteristic pose, is tand'hg In the same position. fr .h bn Lincoln.) ' LINCOLN: Fourwore pnd sev m years aro cir fathers brought 'orth on this ront'nent a new na: Hon. conceived in liberty and ded icated to the proposition that all men are created equaL(A-lond scream is heard. The light fades, and when the full number of lights go on again, the stage is set with the Lincolnrtabin scene. Abe stands in the same place.) AUSTIN (in doorway): Abe, your sister Sarah has found a bis water snake out by the shed! C'mon! (All the children rush out, Abe with them.) ! ONE REEL YARNS I 4 GOOD ENOUGH "Oh. that's good enough." said Russell, as he leaned back and looked at a drawing he was do ing. "It looks sort of unfinished to me," his father remarked. . "Well, it will do for that class. None of them are very pood at drawing. Of course. I could do better. I suppose, but this isn't half bad." "I know a man who is a sculp tor and is becom'ng quite fam ous for h's beautiful workman sh'p." said Mr. Simons slowly. "He was telling me how he first started really working at his art. "As a boy h? was always inter ested In modelling as a sort of hobby. On day- his father brought'h'm a lot of clay which ffn artist friejid had given him. The boy was .pleased and thought he wonld model a beautiful fig- nr He decided to make a dog, a fine Collie, like his own Shep. "So he worked on the rtatue until he finally had completed a dog. It was, really a fairly good dog. The bov was pleased and proud. His father suggested a few Improvements, but the 1"V was afra'd of spoiling it if he changed it. e went to bed that night., leaving the statue on a stand In the . kitchen, where he bad been work'ng with it. "When he came down the next morning he found it sinashed Somehow the figure had fatten off the stand and was Just a lump of clay. -Sheo had .evidently run against the stand and jarrei the etatn-Dffir.rtrrzrrrr' "So the boy set to work to make andother dog. This one was much better than the first. And when, a few days later, it was finished, he was very proud. But next morning he was in de spair. A basket on a hook above the statue had fallen down and' smashed it. "Once more he determined to make the collie's likeness. i his time it was as good a piece or work as a boy of his age could he expected to make, thoueh he wasn't as well satisfied with as he had been with th"f'rst figure. His father decided the boy was in earnest about learning to model, so he bought him more clav ani the right sort of tools". And then he told his son that it had oeen he who had smashed the clay fig ures." Russell said nothing. He quiet ly picked up his drawing and tore it across. TODAY'S PUZZLE Take one-half of "bear." one half of "cent." and one-half ot "quit" and make the name of a Canadian city. Answer to yesterday's: Words that form the chain are last, tent, tire, east. tail. "Why do Freshmen resemble real estate?" 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