THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10, 1922
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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,
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" 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
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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
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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?"
"Because they're such a vacant
lot.."
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output of electric energy of this Company in the last eight years.
Year Kilowatt Hour Production
1921 297,950,100
19M 181,765,919
Increase 1113,181,151
This h An Increase of Over 61'
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