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MAKE NITRATES
The writer believes the government ought to let Henry
Ford have the Muscle Shoals project on the terms he offers,
or on some other terms
Or let some one else have it who will take it and develop
it and run it.
The United States, with all
for years been surpassed and
many, Norway, Canada, France and even Japan in the pro
duction of nitrogen fertilizers.
- Our country has paid Chili to date nearly 850 million dol
lars for nitrates and has contributed vast fortunes each year
to the German potash syndicate, although we have a wealth
of water power
Nearly half of it here in the Columbia basin
And a host of electric furnaces.
VWith this country one of the greatest users of commer
cial fertilizers, not until lately have we made a single pound
of air nitrates for our own soil.
It will be a red letter day when the Musde Shoals project
is developed to maximum capacity
. . And even then it can hardly produce one-fifth of our ac
tual needs.
It will lead to the development of the great water power
projects in the Columbia basin ; throughout western Oregon,
throughout eastern Oregon
To the use of the more than 130.000 horsepower of hydro
electric energy, of "white coal," running to waste in the vi
cinity of Salem.
? r If great plants are assembled for making nitrates in Ala
bama, we will get great plants of the same kind here; and
a million attendant benefits contributing to the development
and the increase of the wealth of our part of the country.
, . ..
. THE SOVIETS AND THE CHURCHES
From Moscow the correspondent there of the Associated
Press sends the sensational news that the All Russian cen
tral committee has decided to take over immediately the
valuables in all the churches of all creeds in Russia and sell
them for the benefit of the famine sufferers. It is not stat
ed that seizures have already begun, and the decision may
be reconsidered, but action of this kind could hardly fail to
make a tremendous stir, both in Russia and in the outside
world. The early reports of the confiscation of church prop
erty proved as unfounded as most of the early news from
revolutionary Russia, and of late, and specially since the Po
lish invasion of 1920 reawakened nationalism in Russia to
some extent, there has been a partial reconciliation between
the government and the church, with a spirit of live and let
live on both sides. But such wholesale confiscation as the
central committee is said to' be planning would be likely to
provoke great bitterness in a nation where religion has so
great a-place.
-t The churches of Russia are famous for their wealth of
ornamentation, not in art merely but in precious metals. The
gold and silver thus dedicated to sacred use must amount to
a great value as bullion, and no doubt there are famous pieces
for which collectors would pay immense sums. That they
have been spared by the government so long shows that some
regard has been paid to the sentiments of the people. Is the
crisis brought about by the famine sufficiently acute and
general to reconcile the Russian people to such a spoliation?
It Is possible that popular feeling will be tested to some ex
acKOOl,
STUDY
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Copyright, 1023, Associated Editors
REAL WRESTLING
7 By FRED METER
ITS and Heavyweight Champion Amateur Wrestler of the United
' States
t There are . a number of way
of getting your opponent off his
hands and knees and among these
Is the hold known as the "further
arm," executed In this manner:
Ton, who are the man on the
defense let ns suppose, are on
your hands and knees at the side
of your opponent and facing him.
'The position la shown on the left
side of the above picture. Slip
your left arm nnder yonr oppon
ent's ehe st. get a firm hold on hip
left "arm the "further .arm"
near the elbow Thrust your right
rrm under h's chin and Krasp
his further arm with your right
. hand. ' - .- , 1
Pull, your opponent's further
arm toward you. As you do so,
bear against his side with your
body. As a result of having one
arm-brace pulled from tinder him
and your weight bearing against
him, your man should topple over
If you should happen to be the
. mn on . the defense, and your
opponent attempts a further arm
on you. be quicker than he and
do not allow him to secure a firm
rr'.p. Keep your hands spread
f r rrnrt to make it more dif
THE OREGON STATESMAN,
THERE AND HERE
its wealth and resources, has
is now being surpassed by Ger
The Biggest Little
LESSON 4
ficult for your opponent to get a
strong grip. There is no regular
break for the further arm once
it has been secured.
Now let us suppose that by use
of the further arm or some other
hold you do roll your opponent
over on his side. The next thing
to do is to get his shoulders
tquare on the mat. The "Jack
nife" hold is one good way of
doing th s.
Tour opponent is lying on his
i!de. Quickly thrust your left arm
mder his right leg at the knee.
Place your right arm about nis
ieck backwards: that is. insteau
of your right hand being on the
left side of his head when your
arm Is around his neck, it will be
on the right aide. 1
This position is illustrated by
the right-hand of the picture
printed here!
Lock, your two hands togeth
er. ' Bear down on your oppon
ent's head and pull his knee np
as though you were attempting
to make head and knee meet. If
the man is not quick enough t j
get his head from nnder your
arm. before you get a firm, bold,
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tent before the order for confiscation -is issued. But it i3
perhaps true that in the parts of Russia where the famine is
worst the stripping of the churches to raise money for feed
ing the hungry would be regarded not as vandalism but as
humane solicitude for the people. None the less if the con
fiscation begins the sensation will be immense and the reac
tions may be incalculable.
The price of wheat is making
sensational advances. This will
bring Joy to Umatilla county.
President Harding's valentine
to the country was an order car
rying out the agreement reached
at the arms parley.
The question of providing the
money for the proposed federal
bonus law is back again before
ibe house committee. They are
ready to go, if they can decide
cn how to provide the money.
The authorities all over the
United States are saying the bus
iness outlook is better. Better
business will make better demand
and prices for what the Salem
district has to sell, and Salem
should soon be a very white spot
on the business map.
President Harding has come
out for the old convention plan
of nominating candidates for of
fice. The primary system has
proven a fraud. There is nothing
but individual responsibility, and
too many lame ducks are able to
fool the jljople. Los Angeles
Times.
De Valera is stirring up strife
in Ireland and civil war seems to
be in evidence in parts of the
country. Now we are able to see
why De Valera was not honored
with an invitation to the arms
parley. He is not a good sport.
Exchange.
MORE GERMAN STRATEGY
Germany's professed inability
FUTURE DATES
February 20. 21 and 22 Convention
of State Retail Dealer aasociatioa at
Rotebarg.
February 21, Tuesday Cooventioa of
Oregon Retail Clothiera' aaioeiation ia
Salem.
February 21. Tuesday John D. Vickie
to addreaa South Salem Parent-teacher
auoriation at Leslie Methodiit ehoreh.
February 21 and 22 Tuesday and
Wedneadar. Apollo elnb in concert with
Gideon i Hicks and Gertrnf Hnnteley
Green, pianist.
February 22. Wednesday Charles Hall,
candidate for governor, to addresa Ro
tariana at Mirioi hotel in evening.
February 22, Wednesday Seventeenth
anniversary prorram by Rotariana at
Marion hotel.
February 22. Wednesday Washing
ton's birthday.
February 22, Saturday Wrestling
bouts between Oregon City high school
and Cbemawa Indian school trappier, at
Chcmawa.
February 25, Saturday Marion coun
ty Holstein cattle club meets at Com
mercial club.
February 27, Monday Professor James
Matthews, Waller hall lecture. "Lore,
Covrtahip and Marriage."
March 2, Thondar Annual Elks Elec
tion. March 10. Friday Intercollegiate or
atorical conteat at Pacific college, Xew
berg. I March 17-19 Meeting of county Son-
uav acnooi con rent ion in Salem.
March 17, 18 and 19 Marion county
Sunday school convention, Salem.
March 20, Monday State convention
Oregon Tax Reduction league in Portland.
April IS to 25 "Better Music" week
ia Salem.
April IS, Sunday Easter.
May 19. Friday Primary election.
Juno 29-30, July 1 Convention of
Oregon Fir Chiefs' association at Marsh
field. July S and 4 Monday and Tuesday.
State convention of Artisans at Woodbura.
September 21, 22 and 23 Pendleton
ronnd-np.
November 7. Tuesday General elec-
Paper In the World
nine chances out of ten he will
have to twist over on his should
ers because of the strain placed
upon his back by your hold.
ONE REEL YARNS I
41
THE RED TITTMB PRINT
"I'm so upset!" exclaimed
Mrs. Reese. "The strangest thing
has happened!"
Kenton, who had been think
ing about basketball practice,
while he absentmindedly de
voured hot biscuits, looked up.
I discovered a bloody fingej
print."
"Good gracious!" exclaimed
Aunt Margaret, who was always
afraid of being murdered while
she slept. "What on earth!"
"I came home tonight," Mrs.
Reese continued, gravely, "and
found the house locked as usual,
for Kenton was out playing some
where about the school, and did
not get in until later. I came
around to the back door, as my
arms were full of groceries. And
there, on the door JamH. as 1
went to open the door, I saw a
red thumb print."
"You haven't heard any excite
ment in the neighborhood, have
you?" said Aunt Margaret. "No
bod v been murdered, has there?"
"Not that I know of. I don't
think it's as bad as that. Some
one probably got into the Meyers
chicken coop and stole some of
their chickens and wrung" their
necks maybe, and then tried to
break In here, and steal some
thing. At least that's the way
I've figured it out."
"It's lucky we weren't here."
said Aunt Margaret. "He might
have killed us all.
"I m'ght call In a finger print
expert," mused Mrs. Reese. "It
might be the print of some rogue.
What do you think, Kenton?"
Kenton looked rather queer.
"Aw, I I," he stammerd. "I
eame home early and I was hun
gry and got some ot that new red
to make the reparation payments
stipulated in the Treaty of Ver
sailles has naturally attracted the
attention of the outside worid to
industrial and economic condi
tions inside the German republic.
The German government is deeply
in debt and its currency is almost
worthless. But there seems to
be a marked difference between
the condition of the government
and that of the people.
If the American government
were to collect In taxes for the
next ten years only about one
fifth the cost of administration
and were to Issue paper currency
to cover the deficit it would be
in a situation somewhat analogous
to that of the German government
at the present time. The people
would be no poorer, in fact, the
average taxpayer would be money
ahead; hut the government would
be unable to meet Its obligation
in case3 where it could not forte
the acceptance of its paper cur
rency. What are private interests do
ing in Germany while the gov
ernment is in such desperate fin
ancial straits, a government that
cannot meet its foreign obliga
tions because it will not tax its
people heavily enough?
Industrial Germany seems to
be bearing up fairly well. There
is money for opening new mar
kets in foreign countries and re
gaining its foieign trade. There
is money to keep 'ts great indus
trial plants running and to flood
other countries with German
goods. But there is no money
available to pay Germany's debts.
Its government officials assert
that if they attempted to levy a
higher taxation the people would
rise in rebellion; that Germany
would turn red. Stable govern
ment can be maintained only on
condition that thj people are not
compelled to pay for the property
destroyed by the German army
and navy during the war.
So devious are the ways cf
the German strategists that they
must 'not be surprised If somo cf
Germany's suspicious creditors In
sist on looking at her cards. A
people who have m.llions in gold
for private investment' brit noth
ing with which to pay the public
debt are assuming a position that
smacks of the arrogant "Mil
lions for investment, but not a
dollar for payment of Just lebts"
is a slogan that will not awaken
enthusiasm among creditors.
At the very moment when the
German government Is making a
parade of its poverty a colossal
consortium is being organized by
German capitalists to exploit Rus
sia, As explained in the German
press, it has lfor Its intent cou
v?rting Russia, industrially and
economically, into a German col
ony. It is proposed to cover the
former empire of the czars with
an intricate system of German
organizations, staffed by "thou-
HUMOR
PLAT
WOKS
Edited by John H. Hfllar
raspberry Jam and " He looked
up and caught a twinkle in his
mother's eye. "Mother! You
knew it all the time!"
TODAY'S PUZZLK
Begin at a certain letter in the
following line, and by skipping a
certain number of letter each
time you will find a familiar ques
tion: SARPLETNANEYOSfcADV
OELDFIGSTATPSEONRNEYAEK
ANRUNS9E'D. Solution to-morrow.
The Magic'an was producing
eggs from a top-hat. "I bet," he
said to the boy on the front row,
"you never saw any one get eggs
without hens."
"Sure," said the boy. "My
mother can do that. She keeps
ducks."
Teacher: "In what course do
you expect to graduate?"
Student: "In the course Of
time. I guess.
"Say, Pete, why do you always
have hofcs in your shoes when
your father's a cobbler?"
"Well, why has your little
brother only one tooth when your
father's a dentist?"
owe ahx
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sands of Teutons, under the guise
of "the economic reconstruction
of Russia."
Here are a few things that K.
J. Muller, German capitalist and
one of the directors of the trust,
had to say about, it recently in
Ituhl. a German publication:
Our organization comprises
the banking world, industry,
science and technical experi-'
ence, supported by the leading
German trade union organiza
tions. Among the members of
our trust are prominent repre
sentatives of German industri
al capital. Our trust
is divided into three groups, a
group for intellectual and cul
tural relations with the Rus
sian people, a labor group and
a banking, industrial and trade
group. At a congress
convoked by the third "group in
Berlin on October 18, 1921.
18 representatives of Germany's
heavy industry from different
parts of Germany were present
.and arrived at the unanimous
decision to form the above
jnamed trust.
i Our first task will be to re
construct and revive railway
communications in Russia and
organize motor transport on a
gigantic scale. At present e
are in negotiation with the
American firm of "Morgan" re
garding the establishment of
an American-German fund for
the purposes of our consorti
um, amounting to $250,000,
000. This is but one of the indus
trial activities of the German
banking and trade groups. Con
trast it with the bankrupt con
dition of the German federal
treasury and one gets a clearer
understanding of the spirit In
which the German people are
keeping he pledges made In the
treaty of Versailles.
At the time when tbp French
and the Belgians are denying
themselves the barest necessities
of life in order to rebuild the in
dustries destroyed by German
arms, the German capitalists are
going ahead with their ambitious
plans for exploiting Russia.
And the Russian people have
been so enfeebled and impover
SOLID AS THE STATE
TUESDAY MORNING.. FEBRUARY 21, 1922
ished by Communrsm that they
must accept this aid from their
late enjmles. Russian capital has
been dissipated and the men who
once managed her great industrial
enterprises are fugitives or dead.
The Russians must submit to an
exploitation, pronounced by an
American writer as vastly worse
than that ot any period under the
czars. Russia's extremity is Ger
many's opportunity. But it is
not surprising that the French
and Belgians are asking why the
millions that are available for
Russian exploitation cannot be,
made available for the payment
of Germany's debts. For it must
be remembered that the govern
ment of Germany is the people
of Germany and that making that
government a paupter when so
many of the people are well to
do is only camouflage. A peo
ple cannot be rich and poor at
the same time.
It is the devious practice on
the part of the Germans that en
rapes the French and causes
them to make demands on Ger
many which, in some cases, are
themselves unreasonable. When
the Germans go to one extreme
they drive the French to the
other, with the result that the
European situation becomes more
deeply involved in place of clear
ing. It is perhaps true that the
Germans must be permitted to
maice money before than can pay
money; but the difference be
tween their public purse and pri
vate purse is too marked to pass
unnoticed.
THE UNMASKING
Although they have been re
lieved from the necessity of wear
ing veils, the Turkish women are
already weary of their freedom
and are returning to their gossa
mer wrappings. They have found
that a Turkish lady is far more
alluring with a veil than without
one. It hints of delicious possi
bilities that are discounted by
actual disclosure. Nobody want
ed to flirt with the Turkish maid
ens when they ran around un
muzzled, but when they are mask
ed in chiffon, with only an occa
sional gleam of dark eyes to be
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seen, they are mighty attractive.
At a costume ball many ot the
romances are spoiled when the
hour comies to unmask. Some
girls are charming for what they
hide; not so much for what they
repeal.
THE DOG-STAR
Speaking of salaries in the
films, there is at least one dog
that draws down his little old
$1000 every month. For being
able to find the right- pair of
boots or chase a bum actor up a
tree he gets mora money than a
United States senator. At that,
a lot of "people who have seen
him perform feel that he earns
more of his dough than do some
J of the senators; like the ones who
iare gumming the tariff game and
threatening to stall the progress
of ratifying the peace treaties.
He goes about his work with a
gr'm emphasis that is convincing.
Being a dog star is a Sirius mat
ter. THE CONVENTION PLAN
In his Lincoln day utterances
President Harding expressed his
abiding faith in party government.
He found that a nation had its
ktest and most perfect expression
through the medium df its po
litical organizations. He urged a
return to the days of the party
conventions. Said he: "I have
faith in the collective vision of
the convention; I believe in the
collective judgment of the party."
The preferential primary is the
most cumbersome, costly and un
satisfactory method of nominat
ing candidates that has been de
vised and has 'few real defenders
left. When a candidate is digni
fied with a nomination made by
the chosen representatives of a
party as assembled in their selec
tive convention he has something
behind him.
A WANING INDUSTRY
- One of the big New Jersey cor
porations handling malt mixtures,
yeast and other home-brewing
products has gone into bankrupt
cy. It was thought at one time
that this cellar industry was about
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the fourth or fifth industry ot the ,
nation. It ranked somewhere be- ,
tween automobiles and noting
pictures. But it now appears to
be slumping rapidly and hardly .
one family in ten Is ma'.ntatniag
its own brewing department. Ia1
another ten or twenty or hundred t
or thousand years home brewing .
will be numbered among the lost .
arts. f
JUICK OP THE VINE
They are setting out S300 fresh
acres to grapes in the Fontana
district alone. Yet it is not so
very long ago that a lot ot vlne-
yardists were talking of plowing
up their Tines because the blight
cf prohibition had come upon the
state. Now the few who did are
sobbing in their sleep. The fes
tive grape is worth fire times as
much as it was when the winery
was doing the buying. Los An
geles Times.
IN LARGE CHECKS
Henry Ford gave his check for
$8,000,009 the other day In con-'
section with the purchase of an-,
other industrial plant. Any man
can write an $8,000,000 check,
but to get It cashed at the bank
is another matter. That is where
Henry's efforts count. He must
have been reading the report from
the merchant tailors' convention
that large checks were going to
be fashionable this season.
WILL ANTS ANSWER?
On his 75th birthday Thomas
A. Edison Is quoted as saying,
among other things, that we will
soon be able to hear ants talk.
That will be fine. When we get
so we can pick up an lnsecto
phone and listen to a column of
ants cheering for Uncle Sam we
will realise that the world has
made some progress since 'Davy
Crockett shot his first coon.' The
conversation ot a flock of gnts
might be a great improvement
over some ot the chatter we hear
in the barber shop.
A New York woman aged -110
had her hair bobbed. She says
that we girls are all doing it.
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