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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 25, 1922 Issued Dally Except Monday by 1 TIIE STATESMAN PUBLISHIN G OCHUPAXY 215 S. Commercial 8t., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office. 27 Board of Trade Bulldiag:. Phone Automatic : 627-69 - - MEMBER OP TIIE ASSOCIATED TRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and als o the local newt publl shed herein. R. J. Hendricks, . . . . , Manager Stephen JL Eton- Managing Editor Ralph OloTer. :. : Cashier Frank JaskoskJ. Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 6S2. Job Department, 883. Society Editor, 106. Entered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. AMERICAN WORKINGMEN SHOULD ACT 9.43 4.68 The Literary Digest for last week has an article, headed, "American Manufacturers Asked to 'Help Germany Come Back, Which article takes excerpts from the New York Herald concerning the activities of a $20,000,000 company operating in the United States, organized with the object of securing the transfer of ; American industries to Ger many .; , In order .to take advantage of the extremely low wage scales in that country, figured in American dollars. The real plan is to get the best of our products in the United States and manufacture them in, Germany on a con tract. Then, when the contract has been filled, to manufac ture the articles themselves, enter into competition with us and later flood the world with iheir goods. The United States government published, in February, 1921, Us tariff information bulletin entitled t "Wages in the United States and Foreign countries," and on page 6 sum marizes the wages then paid in the ten leading key indus tries in the United States and in the leading competitor na tions of this country, in the markets of the world. The total average weekly earnings of industrial labor in all these key industries, average exchange rates of that month considered, were as follows: T J; United States; $30.32 'i Gemany... 5.17 . .. I Japan ..... 6.68 J , England 15.68 , T i France . 8.69 Belgium P Italy. When the above figures were gathered the exchange val ue of the German mark in American dollars was about .Oli cents. The value of the mark today is about one-half cent, thus reducing the average German wages below $2 a week in American dollars. Are you a wage earner? (Nearly all Americans are.) Do you want to compete with these foreign wage earners especially those of Germany, who labor efficiently long hours, and who are paid in marks that bring their average nay down tor one-fifteenth of your pay, on the average, for every purpose; of compet'tion with you in the markets of the world : Including1 American markets . Plus only low ocean' freight charges, also" figured in marks, and tariff charges that, under the present Under wood law. amount practically to free trade? Well, you are competing with this $2 a week labor now for the stream of goods and wares from the German mills is large now and constantly growing in volume -And thus every German laborer who is busy and there is no unemployment in Germany they are all busy means an idle man in the united States. ' What la the remedy? . There is only one remedy, and that is an American protective tariff law, providing adequate du ties, and payable in American j dollars. There is no other thing under heaven whereby the interests of American la ' borers lmay be saved; under which their, families may be saved from want; under which the great army of unem ployed people in this country may be set to work and kept 1 It would eem that this s so plain that there should not be a dissenting voice in the whole of the United States. But, right now, in the lobbies of the Capitol at Washington, there are many voices raised and whispered against this proposed law And especially against the American valuation feature of it. These are largely the voices of paid lobbyists; paid through importing firms dealing in foreign good3 in this country. The forward looking manufacturers of the United States have been obliged to form an association, which they call the American Valuation Association, with headquarters at 304 Madison avenue, New York, to combat the propaganda of the fore'grt manufacturers and shippers and importing firms, and this association is now asking the wage earners of the United States to sign petitions to Congress in favor of the pending protective tariff law, with its American val uation feature. Mrs. W. P. Lord of Salem, whose name is identified with the flax industry in Oregon, is being appealed to by this as sociation to secure petitions numerously signed asking for immediate enactment of the pending tariff la, with its American valuation provisions. This ought by all means to be done, here in Salem. Mrs. Lord has a, copy of the petition beinir used throughout the country. The people of the Salem district are surely in favor of the protective tariff, and rep resentatives of capital and labor here ought to attend to the circulation of these pet'tions, calling upon Congress for im mediate action. England (free trade England) has enacted tariff duties hat average about 33 per cent ad valorem, in order to pro tect her capital and labor against foreign competition es pecially German competition. And this is not enongh. bull higher duties are being advocated and proposed. The writer believes that most of the tariff charges in the pending law before Congress are too low; that even after that law is spread on the federal statute dooks, wun us American valuation features, there will have to be a fur ther revision upward ; especially if the foreign exchange sit uation remains anything like it is now. But the proposed law wUl give partial relief, and that will be infinitely better than the present situation under the Underwood law and valuations largely based on the costs of goods in the countries of their origin. The state bonus checks are be ing made out. About ready to go." THE Col. Bryan says he would ac cept the senatorship from Florida If urged. The bashiul boy! Japan Is getting ready to scrap her ships; to carry out her agree ment to the letter. She has sur prised the world. Col. Bryan says that the Demo crats will win at the general elec tion of 1924. That means he will not be a candidate. Ex change. Census bureau figures disclose that the most favorable mortality showing in the country is among women who live in rural districts. Apparently, then, women could save themselves in particular as well as the country in general by leading a new back-to-the-farni movement. Mr. Rawson, who has been ap pointed to fill out the term of Senator Kenyon of Iowa is i brick manufacturer, but it ap pears that he will throw no bricks at the farm bloc. He says: "I irtend to cooperate with the sen atorial forces which have for the past year been active for agricul tural relief." His announcement that he will not be a candidate for the full term has started i swarm of political bees a-buzz ing. PRESIDENT'S TIOX VIXDICA- (Los Angeles Times.) The Times feels constrained to extend its condolence to those Democratic editors who are now grudgingly admitting that Pres ident Harding Is just as good a leaguer as was President Wilson, although he calls some things by different names. The New York World, the Prcoklyn Daily Eagle, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Galveston Nows and a num ber of other leading Democratic dailies hlgh'y commend the treatnes and agreements negoti ated by the disarmament confer ence and confess that they are agreeably surprised at the atti tude of the present Republican administration. These newspapers took the stand during the campaign of 1920 that a "soimen referendum" was being held on the question of whether the United States should unite with other nations in an association to promote and preserve international peace. They prophesied that, if the wick ed Republicans won, the policy of the next administration would be armed isolation. They find them selves now in the unenviable po sition of false prophets and they are having some difficulty In ex plaining to their readers how it came to pass that they should have been so badly deceived. Tn an editorial captioned "The Con ference and the League," the New York World says editori ally: "Now that tin president has SCROOXi STUDY i SrOKTS HTJMOB PLAT WOKX Copyright, 1022, Associated Editor The Biggest little Paper in the World Edited by John H. Millar PAINTING THE SPLASH PICTURE j "Oh, dear," sighed Alice, who was making a map for r.ext day's fJORraphy lesson. "I spilled some paint I was mixing right onto a clean sheet of paper." "Fold It -across and make a splash picture; suggested Elea nor, who was studying at the oth or end of the table. t'What do you mean?" asked Alice. "See. like this." said Eleanor. coming over beside Alice- "That blot's spread i too much now. I'll fix another one. Just watch.' She . picknd up a Hean sheet of scratch paper and folded tt across (fig. l. Then she took the brush, dip- V H In thi ittnnd dabbed the color on one' side of the fold hav ing opened the paper out (fig. 2.) Mm quickly ; folded ,: the paner , strain. pressin r on the blot ( f 1 w. 3.T Then, while. AHc- looked on wonderingln she nnfoldcd tha pa per. 5 showing a lone, fantastic f Icur ,whi-h had been formed; by th spreading of the naint. fit looks sort of like a butter fly." .td Alice. ' Wtt. let's make it ' one." " re pllod Eleanor, She picked np botha r.f Alice's crayons and made a few line, nflt she had waited for the : t tfry a little.' When the mix the colors again. When I get this finished we'll have to have a "painting party and see how many different pictures we can make." ONE REEL YARNS had finished, a bright butterfly lay spread out on the paper. "Oh. that's fun!" exclaimed Alice. "Let's make some more." " "Yon can make all sorts of strange figures," said Eieanor. "You never know just what they are going to be. You can also use more than one color. Walt until the, first color you put on dries, then put on another a little above it, and then fold the paper again. In this way you can make a sym metrical, queer-looking 'skeleton picture. Look at it and decide what tt suggests, and then take your crayons and draw in some lines to sort of bring the figure out, and you have a splash pic ture." "Do you have to use any spe cial paper?" Alice asked. "Well, any sort of paper with a fairly soft surface will do. And remember you can put the color on only one side of the crease, in order to work it right." Alice picked up a not eh r sheet of paper, and, under Eleanor's direction,-made a figure that look ed like a queer little man. They both laughed as they decided on a name for their "portrait." "Gracious!' sad- Alee. I'Ths has been so much fun I've forgot ten all about my map. I'll hare to A CAXDLELUJHT PARTY The Fulton family had drifted nervously into the living room, a the stom grew steadily worse. Lida, who had been painting up in hr own room, had come down at tha first crash of thunder Ralph, who had been intending to go to the movies, but had been held back by the threatening rtorm. roamed about restlessly. Mr. Fulton was reding commer cial news and Mrs. Fulton was fix ing over a dress for Lida. "Oh. I think that dreadful lirhtnn wfli strike here any minute," shuddered Lida. She hsH hardly finisti'-d speak'ng when there was a blinding flash which brought then all to their feet. It was f llowei by r orpine dark ... T.;l electric 'Az-rt had gone out. L,iaa Dan to cry a nttie. as flickering light, or to work, either Lida sat down on the floor with her head in her mother's lap and Ralph pulled up a footstool Tell us a story. Mother, like you used to when Lida aand I were Just little kids. Won't you?" "Please do," begged Lida. and even Mr. Fulton joined their coax ing. So their mother told them story, and then followed with an oiner. i ney rorgot tne storm, as they draw cozily together, and were surprised when the lights suddenly flashed on again. "Tim has been tm nice, Mam sey." said Lida. "I'm glad the lights went out. We're so busy we dont get together much. "I don't mind missing a movie a bit." said Ralph. Father Fulton reached over and patted Mother Fulton on the shoulder, "I for onV lie said, "voto for a candlelight partj every week." declared himself a convert to the doctrine that 'justice is better served in a conference of peace than in conflicts of arms' it may be said that, on first principles at least, there is agreement between the leaders of the tvo parties. To day Mr. Harding, as much as Mr. Wilson before him. repudi ated the notion that justice or even security can he attained with bristling- ornaments di rected by spokesmen who have no better idea in the'r heads than that each nation should look out for itself and that the devil should take the hind most." In the eyes of the New York World the conterence was in re ality a continuance of the delib erations of the five governments, that drafted the treaty of Ver sailles. They were all repre sented ard their actions were in perfect consonance with those ot the encference that wrote the treaty whteh ended the World war. And the World marvels that the president should have' so soon been brought to the Demo cratic point of view. Other Democratic papers that supported the League of Nations idea speak in a like vein. Their rejoicing at what has been ac complished is tempered oy a re gret that it should have been done through the medium of a Repub lican administration. If these editors had been unprejudiced enough two years ago to have taken note of what Mr.' Harding and the other Republican leaders were saying, in place of listening to the interpretations made by their Democratic opponents, they would have discovered that "oh first principles" there was no material difference between Mie attitudes of Mr. Harding and Mr. Wilson. They chose to form their opinion of the "Republican po sition from the utterances of Johnson, Borah and other "bit ter-enders;" and they are nov reluctantly confessing their mis take. Repeatedly during the 1920 campaign the Times asserted that t was supporting Mr. Harding because it believed him to be just as good a leaguer as Mr. Wilson, that the question at issue was not one of purpose, but of meth od. The Times then said that if tne rtepuDiican party pursued a policy of armed isolation it would not support the Republican can didates, for the issue was greater tlan tire party. Assured, not oply by the utterances of Mr, Harding, but by those of Mr Taft, Mr. Reot, Mr. Hughes and other Republican leaders In whom it reposed confidence, that the policy of the Republican admin istration would be one of inter national conterence and co-operation, the Times advocated the ejection of Harding and a Re publican congress. r.venis navj proven tnat our confidence w is ' notl misplaced. The president surroiutded, him self with men in whojm the coun try reposed confidence. ' Ha ap proached the question of inter national agreements and disarma ment in a national I and not party spirit. He selected Repub lican and Democratic leaders in the senate as members of his dls armament commission. He com mirted none of the partisan mis takes that caused the defeat of the Versailles treaty in the sen ate. It has been often said tha there is a right and a wrong way to do all things. President Hard ing listened to good advice and selected the right way. That Is why the leading Democratic pa pers of the country are now sup porting the treaties negotiated at Washington. When the disarmament confer ence was preparing to assemble in Norember the Democratic na tional committee issued a state ment to th? effect that it could accomplish . nothing worth while and Warning Democratic leaders ; to have nothing to do with it. A movement was started to read Senator Underwood out of the i party, because he had accepted; a place on the American delega tion. Today Senator Underwood is the most commanding figure in Democratic politics, because h,e dared place country above party. The Times does not regard the success of the Conference as a Republican victory. It is a na tional victory, a fulfillment of the pledges given to those who made the heroic sacrifice in the World war. It reflects credit on a num ber of Republican leaders, not because they have done something tor their party, but because they have done something for th? na tion and for humanity. President Harding and Secretary Hughe.n will henceforth take prominent places in American, history be cause, like Lincoln, they are not merely great Republicans, but great Americans. the Japs insist on preserving their own counsel. They think tt la American propagsnda for the pur pose of shutting off the visible supply of Japs. f BITS FOR BREAKFAST OBITUARY ! STUMBLING BIX)CKS Lenin and Trotzky are makins every effort to conciliate capital and restore industry. They are j requiring laborers to work longer hours for less pay measured by the purchasing power of the money than Russia had ever be fore known. From their own point of vievr their administration has been a complete and abject failure. They have claimed to be Russian patriots, yet they still cling to power. What is wanted n Russia is the about-face. Le nin and Trotzky are admitting this by their actions and conces sions, but they will not make it possible by stepping from under and giving some other atfmlnis- tration a chance. They are the stumbling block3 to the redemp tion of Russia. JAZZ AS AX ANESTHETIC Weather shark says showers V S And that will be getting back to normalcy. A week from today the Harding administration will be a year old. Salem is prond of her debaters. They are bringing home the bays of victory. s v'v Two women have resigned from the citv council of Three Oaks. M'.ch., because, as one of them explained. "We find ourselves at everybody's beck and call, unable to satisfy anybody, and always the objects of unjust criticism." Just the same as in Salem, only the men who are councilmen here are patient and long suffering. S Edward K. Bok offers to con tribute f50,000 a year for five years to tha salary of Herbert Hoover. It Mr. Hoover can be se cured to head the proposed ses au'.centennial exposition in Phila delphia as its director general. Mr. Hoover has directed some of the biggest- things in the world, with and without salary. S The wedding of Princess Mary will be one of the most brilliant in the recent history of the royal family of England. Wonder .f the princess knows hov to make bed? The chances aie against it. The mystery why hides are to heap and shoes so high, has been discovered by a Massachus etts paper published where the shoes come. from. The . retailer resists the consumer's plea for lower prices; the wholesaler re sists the retailer's efforts to get lower prices; finally the manu facturer resists the wholesaler's effort to obtain reductions, be cause with him lahcr is an im portant item and labor unions re sist his efforts to bring wages down to a lower level. And no the high cost of living does not come down, except by slow de grees, with every inch of the way battleground. The doctor wa3 unable to sup ply an anesthetic for a hasty op eration and so a jazz record wa3 put on the phonograph while the surgeon used his knife. It worked very well. The groans of tha saxophones drowned the moans ct the patient and the stormy tem per of the music made him care less of consequences. The doctor tox-trotted through his victim, and his saws answered easily to the syncopated measures. If patient has a fractured limb tlra surgeon ought to be able to set it while the jazzers are spieling "Bright Eyes." It spares some of the hazards of ether. If a man has his appendix removed wlile th Dixie Trotters are plajing "The Alcoholic Blues" ha will rot mind it much if he has to croak Exchange. POVERTY AXI RICHES An oil gusher has been de veloped at the poor farm of an Oklahoma county and now the inmates of the institution are all trying to behave like millionaires Seems as if it was a poor farm in Oklahoma that did not have its oil well and now even the poor farms have them. MISSIONARY MOODS if It seems that our foreign mis sionaries cannot invade Japan they expect to preach birth con trol. That Is one matter in which Margaret Jane Savage was born March H. 152, in Monroe coun ty. Tenn . and died at Salem. Or.. February 12, 1922. She was the eldest child ot Lewis and Mary E. Ray. The same year ot her birth the family crossed the plains to Ore gon, and took a donation claim in Jordan valley, east or Sclo. in Linn county. Here she grew to womanhood, and on April i 1872. she was married to J. r Savage, who survives her. They began their home eat of Mad" in Marion coonty, nnd she naa lived in this county ever since, ex cept a tew years the mily- ," sided near Brownsville, L.nn county. She was the mother of ? children, sir ot whom are lir ng. as follows? Mrs. Elvs M. Martin, Ernest Savage. Mrs. Ruth Pou"; and Miss Grace Savage or Salem, John I. Savage of Portland, an Mrs. Lucille Smith, of Camas. Wash. Also there are 25 grand children and one great grand child. Also surviving her aro four brothers and two sisters, a follows: Jessie and John Ray of Lebanon; George Ray and Mrs. Roxanna Shank, of Jordan vaiiey; Mrs. L!ly Nadstanek, of Salfm. and Albert Ray of Winloek. Wash., bes'des many other rela tives. Had she l!ved until April 21. U was the'r intention to have cele brated their golden wedding. Endowed by nature with super ior intelligence and high Ideals, tempered with a sunny disposi tion and Christian tenderness. she was a faithful wife and fond mother. Uncomplaining, cheerful. loving, thoughtful, watchful and unpretentious, she was ever an In spiration and guide to her family and friends. . , t . , Had That Tired, Worn -Out Feci Do you know that "awful tired feeling," languid aess, lame of weak back, sore muscles, stiff or swoolen joints, or rheumatic pains usually t indicate kidney trouble? Foley Kidney Pills act promptly and effectively. Mrs; Roberta Lilly. 709 Alton street, Alton, 111., writes: "For three years I had a tired, worn-out feel ing. Various treatments failed. I began to improve on the second dose of Foley Kidney Pills, nd today I feel like new." Sold everywhere. -Adv. Matinee TV T XX TV Tff f TIT Evenin;? 2 p. m. 25c and 50c MONDAY VAUDEVILLE A VAUOtVI Ll.E'3 LATEST NOVELTy 7 and 9 25c and 75c S ' WITH mLLI CJK.rE.It. 4AIU.IANT CPflCPr tLtCXHKM. ocnefirrMTMN 1 r 1 Jjl ANGTON. SniTH ANO LANGTON , . j r LAZAR AND DALE TMC BACOONA MUNTCH6 L I - .4 CDYTHE AND 1 ELD DIE AOAIR ' ItSCMVtNe'lNTHC OTaM0 J THE AERIAL R00NEYS OAIN TftAPLZft ARTISTS THE PATR0VM5 IN A NOVELTY VARIETY SURPRISE. Bring The Kiddies GRAND THEATRE Special Orchestra $ T-oafrs, sleepers. Flunkers, weepers. TOD.Vrs VVZ7AM The following is a pi-ed quota- Vswv - Jmnv Brother wiu she cropped her way toward her! Hon: mother. .v1 J "Lai orkw nda on layp kema "Here! Here:" said her father. ck ja a ludl jbo." heartily. "It'll be all ripht in just j Answer to yesterday's: Show, a minute. Steadv ther Haven't hou. boot, flee. Diagnols spell we a lamp or something around snoe. here?" " Not a lamp," ramc Mrs. Ful ton's voice out or the da-kness, "but there are some randies on the lowest shelf in the nan try. I bought them the time there was something the matter with the lipht In the furnace room. I'll get them." "Never mind." called Raloh. cheerily. "I think I can find them." - "He was back in a few minutes, carrying a lighted candle in each hand, - bavin stuck thin In couplo of saucers. He set them down on the table, around which the family fathered thank fnlly. It was too dark: to read by the FUTURE DATES February 25. Satordar Traffic Offie ?r of ktate meet in Salem. Feb??V7 2i- Saturday Marion conn ty JioIt.(n cattle club meets at Com-m'-rcial ck-l. Kebrtiary 27, Monday Profeator .Tame Matthewa, WalW ha'.l lector. "Lofe. CoTtkhip 11H Marriage." March 2, Thursday Annua! Elki Elec tion. March 3. Kridy Carnival at th hiffh school prevented by Chemistry club. March 10. Friday -Mrev I'oint," Girls' .--kerrr club plv at hich school. March to. Friday Interco!!eiate or atorical conffct at Pacific coUee, New March 11. Saturday K! Knraa Urol ' to dance at Armory for all .Master Man I on am families. I March 13. TiipkUt Onen hnnta of i Latin club of the high acliool in the scnofli aufiit-orn'ra. March H. Tuesday Knichta of Py thias Jodjtcg f Willamette Valley to convene in Salem. March 16. 17 and 18. State basket ball tournament, Salem. -March 17. Friday St. Patrick's day. March 17 19 Meeting of county Sun day school convention in Bslem. March 17. IS and 19 Marion county Sunday school convention. Salem. March 20. Monday jiprin; term of circuit court oncri. March 20. Monday State convention Oregon Tax Reduction leacue in Portland Marrh 31, Friday "Mr. Temple Telegram." S-iikioti Oramatic society plav at the hich chn!. April 16 to 2V "Better Music" week in &alm. Anrit IS, Sunday Esster. May 19, Friday Primary election. Mav 19. Friday Open bouse, science cepartmrnt of hich orhoo! Jnne 1, Wednesday Fli Ir. Jene Friday Hijh school gradua tion. Jan 29-30. Jaly 1 Convent i..n of Orecon Fire Chiefs' association at Marsh field. July 3 and 4 Monday and Tnearia Stats ravntkn f Artissas at Woodbnrn. . . Smtembec 21, 23 and 23 PeadlcUn reaaaVaa. . November V, Tuesday General elee- tia.. ;.. . ... . v . . ....... i - i2X ' - - "' - NOW 05 NEVER Pony Candidates ! Cash Every Promised Subscription That Has Been M ade You Contest closes at 8 p. m. tonight (Saturday) February 23th. Make this last day of the competition your record breaker. Hustle as you never hustled before for subscriptions. It will be too late to make up for lost time when the prize winners arc announced. WOW OP N EVER