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4 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON (.'idTTTtrnv irrmxrrvr!' r APfTT 11 1Q92 ljc 0tMon Statesman ' ' ' lMn4 Dallr Except Monday by I J TIIE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPA5Y 21S S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, C27 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic -. ; v S27-5 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 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 also the local news publl shed herein. R. J. Hendricks Stephen A. Stone.. ...1,..., Ralph Glover ...., Frank Jaskoskl .Manager Managing Editor . .....Cashier Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 22. Circulation Department. ESI. Job Department, 822. Socletj Editor, 10 e. Entered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. A4'i 4 , TRADE BALANCES AND THE TARIFF In 1918 we exported $3,000,000,000 worth of American goods more than we imported; in 1919, $4,000,000,000; in 1920, $3,000,000,000 1 and in 1921, with trade getting back to normal, $2,000,000,000. During the three years following the armistice our favorable trade balance aggregated about $9,000,000,000 ; Yet a lot of alleged economic experts are telling us that if we do not fling wide the doors to our domestic market arid let foreign goods pour in unrestricted, we can not hope to .sell abroad. ; Our balance of trade was greater by $82,000,000, in 1921 than our total imports in 1914. Fortunately for us the industrial demoralizations in Eu rope and Japan, and in other quarters of the globe, have pre vented our competitors "from taking that advantage of our unguardod markets which they otherwise would have done- But with a protective tariff law in force we can go on selling more -than buy. The reason is. that Europe and Latin America need our products Some they can not well do without. But; if they should be wiped off the map, we could still . manage to exist- Most of the goods taken from Europe and the Orient can be bought here, and those who choose to im port because low wages abroad make cheaper goods, ought to be compelled to pay, the duties on those imports in order that American living standards may be maintained. j. t i "... - i i The soviet government hat abandoned its monoply of the salt industry. This will! make Le nin fresher than ever. ' Taxes must come down. Bui which taxes? That will be the j Important question In the comini i primary and general elections. ;t Sixteen years continuously a 1, cabinet minister it Mr. Lloyc George's phenomenal, record. Per naps, the British empire can beat It but America cannot. Frof. Lambert, whoever he 1s -says hint the poles . bjave never been; more tha'n 60 feet out of position. Therefore, all's right wi!i the world. Now that woman! has beer admitted to a seat in the house of lords Its name seems a little one-slded, or unilateral ; as the diplomatists say. Whjr i not th bouse of lords and ladies? The single' tax proposition is t be on the ballot again in the No vember election in Oregon. In other words, the voters' are to be once' more insulted by this expen sive I nuisance which they have turned ' down every time when and in every form iu which it has been presented to them, i The payment of the fifth repa ration ' sum by Germany U. France, just announced. Is a sign that it is becoming fashionable for foreign countries to pay theii war debts. . It is hoped the ex ample may become catching. Cne Democratic leader, a.rgu!n; against a protective tariff, re minded his hearers that the con stitution of the Confederacy ex pressly prohibited,,,, protective tariff Well, that, is as strong at argument as any we have ever heard. Exchange. OBLIGATIONS SHOULD NOT Bf REDUCED Many an unsound argument seems plausible until it is careful ly analyzed. Here, for instance, is a debt cancellation ist who ap proaches the subject from a some what new viewpoint. Apparent!; seeing no hope of securing cancel lation entirely, he proposes that the debt be reduced in proportior to the change In monetary values He asserts that when we loaned money to the allies. It was depre elated in buying power we loan ed them 40-cent dollars, to state the matter in a general way, but( now we call upon them to paj back in appreciated money, not 100-cent dollars but much bettei than 40-cent dollars. He says 'therefore the refunding of this indebtedness bliould be on the ba sis of the relative purchasini power of the dollar." 1 The fatal weakness of this ar gument lies in the fact that the American people borrowed tht money which they loaned to thet allies and they must repay the money they borrowed. They bor rowed 40-cent dollars but they must pay off the L'berty bonds in mousy of appreciated buying pow er. If wc relinquish any part of the debt due us from Europe, our own people must tax themselves to raise money to pay the differ ence, and it must bs raised in ap preciated currency. If the United States treasury were a bottomless barrel of mon ey, and we could shovel out anj quantity at any time, there migh; be some force to the plea for a partial reduction of the debt. But the supply of money in our trea sury department is measured by the supply in the pockets of thi taxpayers. If it be true that we have, say a "0-cent dollar today as compared with a 40-cent rlollai during war times, speaking in general terms for the purposes ol illustration of the principle in volved, then the American taxpay er must dig up a 7 0-cent dollar tc pay off every dollar's worth oi Liberty bonds. beyond any question, th'e man who incurred debts during the war which h3 must iiquidate long after the war, is unfortunate, for he incurred the debt in a period of deflation. If there could be a universal reduction of debts in accordance with the change in the buying power of the dollar, there would be some basis for a propos al to reduce our claims upon Eur opean borrowers as a part of a general reduction scheme, but oi course that is Impracticable. The only practicable plan is foi every debtor to ' pay bis debt in accordance with the termi cf his agreement, and, as" th money passes from one debtor tc another, going to one creditor af ter another, there will be In the very nature of the transactloni an equalization more equitable than can be attained by any arbl irary effort to reduce some debti without reducing all. There k no more sense in ask tng the United States to reduce the obligations of our European lebtors because of the apprecia tion in the buying power of the dollar than there would be in asking any individual creditor tc ma He a similar reduction in hi: private claim against a private borrower for ordinary commercia purposes. . tion is the essential basis of oui personal well-being and financia. prosperity. There is no occasion tor alarm, therefore, if con great gives special attention to the pro blems which confront the Ameri can farm 37. You cannot help tn farmer without helping th vhoh nation; you cannot hurt t-e far an r without ; ultimately hnrtini the whole ration. FACTS ARE IX THE TREATIES THE BASE OK THE TRIAXGL1 This is primarily an agricultur al nation. Agricultural produc Prsident Harding's reply to the Hitchcock resolution asking for details of the negotiation of the four-power pact Is, as expected, that many of ths rital conversa t'ons end discussions took place outside the formal conference and that these are naturally without record. They, of course, would be unless stenographers had follow ed the delegates around to take down every word they said while in Washington, and in that case probably there would have been io words to record and possibly no treaties to consider. This va3 pointed out when the esolution was offered in the sen ate, but it was persisted in, pre sumably because it was designed to produce un impression rather han facts. The disclosures re garding the negotiations of the Versailles treaty and the evident difficulties attending tn Wash ington conference have familiar ized the public with the oblique processes of diplomacy. It Is not always what is said in the open that paves the way for , negotia tions, but these informal conver sations in private. Yet where America is concerned it is onlj the agreements openly announced that count. The president assures congress and the country tha' there were no concealed under standings and no secret exchange of notes; that the entire agree ments are before the senate and th nation. These are what have to be considered not the maneuv ering that led to their adoption. What one country or "anothei wanted or proposed is one thing; the treaties themselves are wha' was decided and what is to be passed on. The facts to be judg ed ant in the treaties. MISS MCCORMICK, 16, TO WED MAN 4S. f BITS FOR BREAKFAST All out but three- H Candidates for the Salem post office. World's bowling record settled at Cleveland last night. Now, that is off the people's chest. Ping pong next, S S Oh. yes, man in a Main Street American town the other day died of excitement over a game of pitching horseshoes; another be cause he had drawn a royal flush in a same of cards, and another when he learned the amount of his taxes. There was some ex cuse for the last named man. Steinmets., the electrical wiz ard, has succeeded in producing thunder and lightning. Some one may yet produce rain. Poland has made Herbert Hoo ver an honorary citizen. He al- s f o ; i -t , rr83 acres In flax and bis net retain was $2240. In 1920 Mr. Denham pat in 115 acres of flax and this brought him a net profit of $3300. In 1931 his acreage was 110 and from this his returns were 14,120. One special tract has been planted in flax tor three years by Mr. Denham and last year from the one and one-quarter acres, there was grown five tons and 975 pounds. Assist Nature. There are times when yon should assist nature. It is now undertaking to cleanso your system if you will take Hood's Sarsaparilla the undertak ing will be successful. This great medicine purifies and builds up as nothing else does. Adv. TTum Sttxfflll t?i efi Ad Cherrjngo Proceeds May 1 Be Used for Hospital.' " . : . - . : v v Amonhr i:nerrlans who are In terested In the glrlng of an oldl ttma rhrr1nra Mm tlfn this' spring or summer. It has been snreested. that it be riven for'' some wotrthy cause and that the ' canse that is nearest the hearts of all people in Salem Is the Sa ' lent hospital, on which work has stopped on account of a shortage of funds.' At tha meeting of the Cher Hans to ae held at 6:15 o'clock Tuesday evening at the auditor, ium of the Commercial dob, the. committee appointed to report on a Cherrinjfo will tell of its plans and the Cherrians will go on rec ord as for or against giving a Cherringo. t Miss Mathilda McCormick, lS-year-old daughter of Harold P. McCormick, whose engagement to Mr. Max Oser of Zurich, Switzer land, has just been confirmed by Mr. McCormick. Mr. Oser is a Swiss riding master and is three times her senior. Miss McCormick is a granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. ready held that distinction ia the hearts of millions of European children. It's a backward spring; but it is not seriously affecting the crop of candidates. S It is hard to realize that the Inventor of the telephone cele brated his 75th birthday on March 3; and that the greatest inventor of them all is only 20 days older. Was ever an age so wonderful as the one that has just begjfn? S The first Irish postage stamps have appeared bearing the Gaelic inscription "Nealtas Sealdic na H'Eireann, 1922" (Provisional government 1 of Ireland. 1922.) They represent the stubborn fact against which the De Valcraites are contending. Wishes He Had Known It Sooner "I only wish I had, discovered Foley's Houey and Tar 00 years igo, as I have, been the victim of attacks of influenza and bad colds antil I fouud this wonderful re lief," writes V. H. Gray, S54 No rita PI., Venice. Cal. Foley's Honey and Tar helps coughs and colds, bronchial and la grippe -oughs. tickling throat and hoarseness. It is good for croup ind whooping cough. Mr. Gray idds: "Worth its weight in told. Marvelously effective." Sold jverywhere. -Adv. t ' acmooti STUDY troxxg IP HT7M0 FLAT WORK Copyright, 1822,-. Associated Editors The Biggest Little Paper In the World Edited by John H. Millar - - i UNCORKING A BARREL OF FUN Ht Sr.$ i . ' - I 1 I- II mother will let you have some of the old corks she has been ; saving, you can make! all sorts of doll furniture and toys. All you need for tools is a knife and some glUe. , -.f.- . - The easiest thing to make Is a chair:. Take a flat cork and stick f our long pins into it for legs. Then put a row of pins In ' the back, half way round. Take some yarn or rags and weave back and , forth between the pins; to form the back of the chair. i . : , Cork Stove 1: i You can make a stote by glu ing one of the larger flat corks to a mlddtostzcd one. : The stove pipe Is mnd by gluing three long sthaight corks together and then fastening' them on the back of the stove. .; . . Now you must bav somebodv , o live In your, cork-furnished , house. -A nice ' old !cork grand mother t would .be Just the thing. Find a mlddleslzcd flat cork, to male the head, and with a soft lead; pencil mark Granny's eyes, nose and mouth,: and some hair. Miape the head a llttl- mnrt 1 rounded, by. using a.knire. .Then take a big flat cork for the body. . whtttllnr H down to; vti r !;apo. Bore a hole in the body nnd in the head and fasten them tcttcr with a - toothpick. Tor the arms and legs yon might stick in two meat skewers or little pointed sticks. The Doll's aothes Dressing the doll is easy, be cause you can stick, pins right in to ner to hold on her full nettl- coat, dark dress, white apron and wide.; frilly cap. You might try mating a baby doll with a lone dress j and, whits bonnett. These cork dolls aren't a bit afraid of water and love to float around in a basin or bathtub. , . Next try making some cork ani mals. A dog can be made by tak 'nr a barrel-shaped cork for jthe body. The head is cut out of Card, board and painted. Then a ! slit' Is made in the cork body, and the head is stuck on. A tail is made by gluing on crepe paper, and the legs are four toothpicks. A horse Is made in the same way. Dobbin can be hitched up to a neat little cart, which Is sumply a! matchbox with cardboard wheels. The shafts are two mat ches glued along tnuter the cart. The bone Js hitched up by gluing a piece of paper on his back and then gluing, the shafts , into ! the loops formed by the ends of the strip of- paper, just as shown In the pictnre. ' f i - Sailboeits of Cork . . If yon -would like to try Bomc- thing a little harder in the cork toy. line, make a trim little sail boat. Take three large corks and shaape them as shoown in the ill ustration, joining them together by pieces of wire passing through the middle. For the keel cut a narrow strip of lead (not more than 1-4 inch wide). Point both ends, bend them up at right an gles, make slits in the cork, and push in the pointed ends of the lead. To make it more secure, drive pins through the lead and the corks. The sail can best be made of glazed lining. The frame work Is of very thin wood. The main sail, D, is sewn to the gaff, A, and the boom, B, which are tied with thread to th-e mast. The end of the boom. B, is tied to a piece of wire at the end, shaaped as shown in the little figure. Now your boat is ready for a long voyage avrosa the bathtub or fountain in the park. Oh, yes, and you must make a little cork seal to float along beside it. ONE REEL YARNS THE REMEMBERER "I'm the poorest rememberer," sighed Connie. "You'd better not trust me to remember to bring spoonR to our club party. Miss Eads." "Tie a string around your fin ger," laughed Miss Eads. "Here is a bit of red string. Walt and I'll tie it on for you." Constance went home from the meeting say ing "spoons" to herself. Next morning she awoke and I looked In wonder at the string on her finger. "Now, I wonder what tht rn hp for." he considered. "Oh. I know! T remember that f promised to get down eirty todav and make noma biscuits for break fast. T.nckT I had this"' on.' Sh hurried Into her riot hen d rn downUr in time to make the prnmlsod biscuits. ; ; . When ehe Waa ready for school, however, she began to think that the string had not been put there to make her remember the bis cuits, after ail. She had a feeling it was for something else. She thought a long time. Then her face cleared. She had almost for gotten to take the teacher a book she had promised to bring her some time. She went off to school happily, but not quite sure that was what the string had been for. All day the string bothered her. She remembered to call up a friend she had neglected. She re membered to leave her watch to be fixed. She remembered to take home her crayons to work on a map. She ieven remembered, to her mother's astonishment, to stop at the grocery for a loaf of bread. She remembered to stop for Alice to go to the club partty. "Where are the spoons, Con nie?" asked Miss Eads. Connie Wilted. "I forgot," she said. I'll go after them. But I think I'll put a string on everv finger." TODAY'S PUZZLE Behead a word meaning terror and leave a part of the head. Put a letter 1 nfront of the beheaded word and have what one does with part of the head. Answer to yesterday's: Beth. Anne. Ruth, Oline, Nina. Initials spell "Clara Barton." H OPCN1NO- FOR ABRtG-HT D fux win nr Sirs BSTBH President of Aumsviile Bank Tells His Experience With Product quarters Mr. Eastburn netted $140 and he said there was plenty of land in hts neighborhood just as good. This tract grew an aver age of three and three-fourth tons of flax to the acre. W. Jay Denham, member of the executive board of the Willamette Valley Flax and Hemp Growers' association, said that on his farm southeast of Turner, he had been in the flax growing industry for several years. His worst year was in 1917 when on 75 acres, he re alized only $317. Not discourared by this inade quate return, iu 19 1ST he planted 35 acres and that year netted 11715. In 1919 he planted 50 ROTH'S "Groceries of Quality" Canned Goods We are continuing the Kale of Canned Goods as advertised for a few days longer. The sales of canned goods have, been, larger in the past ten days than at any similar period In our history, it proves to us that the public wants the best and are willing t pay a fair price for the best canned goods. 7UST to remind J you OLYMPIC flour is an old, old favorite: 30 years to be exact . .-w FLOUR CEREALS FEED; I). F. Eastburn. prosidnt of the Aumsviile Stata bank, i3 of the opinion that frax growing will pay in the Willamette valley, especial ly since ha has been a f!ax grow er for a number of years. Telling bf his experience of the past two years in addressing members of the Marlon County Realtors association, Mr. East bum said that in 1920 he put in five acres of flax and hid reccipU gross were fo52. In 1921 Mr. Eastburn planted 11 acres of flax and his gross re ceipts were $1161.8 5. On oiip spe cial tract of one acre and three- FUTURE DATES March 11.. Saturday Coavpntion of Marion county Tax IleJmtion league. March 11. Saturday El Karaa Grot to dance at Armory for all ataavcr Uaa on and familimt. March 13. Tuesday Open house of Latin club of the high ariool in the achool auditorium. Mareh 14. Tu- 'ay Cherrians meet. March 14, Tuesday Coxpany F. Smo ker at arirory, featuring Fred Hall and Cart Snyder, middleweif hu. March 14, Tuesday Knichtt of Py thiaa lodges f Willamette Valley to convene in Salem. March 13. Wednesday Grand jury meets. March 16. 1? and IS. Stat basket ball tournament. Salem. April 7. Krida" 'Ian! ReTtrc" to W presented by Salem high a.-hool music department. March 17, Friday St. Patrick'! day March 17-19 Meeting of eonnty Baa day school con ren tion in Salem. March 17, IS and 19 Marion county Sunday achool conTcotion. 8alem. March 20, Monday Sprinj tertn of -ircuit court opens. XI arch ;!0. Monday State convention Ore eon Tax Reduction 1-afua ia l'ortIanl March '11 to 25. Mary Oar!n and -ompany in crand npera. Tortland March "1". Monday First day of March term Marion rountr circuit court March 31. Fri'lay "Mm. Temn1"s Telegram " Snikpoh Dramatic aocity plav at the hi eni April 16 to 2V "Better Music" week in Salem. April It. Sunday Easter. May 13. Saturday Junior week-end entertainment at O. A. C. May 19, Friday Primary election. May 19, Friday Open house, science deTrtiri"nt of hich school May 20 and 27. Friday and Saturday May Festival. Oratorio Creation Friday in armory; living picture Saturday night. Jane 14. Wrilnnilar, Fl ly. June lfi, Friday High school gradua tion. June 29 30. July 1 Coaventio f neuron Fir Chiefs' association at Marsh field. . inly and 4 Monday and Taesdav. St to coavntmn of Arttaaas at Wood Kara. Sevtenibor 21, 23 and 23 Pendleton rwaad-aa. November 7, Tiietdir Ceaeral !eo twa.'- : -. - . u 10 IVr Vnt Discount Deal. AH canned goods in the store Including vegetable, fruit, fish, olives, soups and standard brand of milk can be assorted in dozen lots and 10 per cent discount will be deducted. ,. FISHER'S ItLEXD FLOUR . ' : .1 xU . -Fisher's Blend Is the Ideal bread flour being allied of wheats grown in eastern Washington and the Dakota which gives the right amount of gluten to make the perfect loaf of bread. Prices of flour are advancing every day '.and we are obliged to follow the market. Our price will be higher Monday: Per Sack $2.50;. Four Back f 0.6O ? it , t Clcnn-t'p Sale on Crown Flour, $ZjSO per sack; $8.0O per barrel 1K VOI US HKAIiTH DREAD We have the Salem Agency for tbls real whole wheat bread. The bakers grind .their own wheat and guarantee that nothing Is taken out so this bread can rightly be called whole wheat bread. lcr loaf 20c. RED ROCK COTTAGE CHEESE A perfect blended cottage cheese with the rich cream In It 25c Pound " OUR BAKING DEPARTMENT We take pride In producing cakes and pastry of equal qual ity to that made by the best home cook. We ue the best ma terials our store affords, have the service of experienced wo men and the very best equipment' for quick and good work. HAVE OXE OF OUR CAKES FOR SUNDAY Angel, Sunshine, Prune, Chocolate, Cocoamit. Nut, Mocha, Jelly Roll, Lady Fingers, Cup Cakes Sugar and Oat Cookies, Doughnut, Rolls. - VEGETABLES . , Head and Leaf Lettuce, Brussel Sprouts, Spinach, Cabbage, Celery Cauliflower, Sweet Potatoes FRUIT Large Newtown Apples,. dozen. .40c Bananas, 2 pounds 25c Florida Grape Fruit 15c Florida Grape Fruit, me dium, 2 for. ....... .25c Oranges ..30c, 50c, C5c FRESH RANCH EGGS 20c DOZ. Roth Grocery Co. Phone 1885-0.7 No Charge for Delivery i t pedal Sale On Linoleum and Congoleum Floor Coverings Oar present stock includes some of the most attractive patterns we have ever shown and you'll have to hurry to beat these prices. i $2.50 Best Grade Inlaid Linoleum, Special sale at a - v -sr w o n - " i.d in tan a Linoleum, special sale at. $1.65 Inlaid Linoleum, Special . sale at. Regular Regular Regular Rejrular Regular $1.25 8-4 Print Linoleum, Special sale at... Regular Regular $1-35 16-4 Print Linoleum. Sneeial sale at $1.00 8-4 Congoleum, Special . sale at ZZ..Z . buc -4 t loortex, special sale at..., $215 $L57tf .-.$15 ....$1.08 98c 79c .. 43c Bring in your floor measures no floor should he neglected when you can cover an ordinary kitchen for from $4.50 up. C. Hamilton GOODFVRNITURE v. .." -w Jr t