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THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON
"' WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 26, 1922
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ftgnterodfat,tht .Fostofllos.in Ealem. Oregon, as second class matter
RIGHT THEN AND RIGHT NOW
There is no occasion for radical labor leaders to express
surprise over what they choose to call a "sudden display of
4 . ' v... f i i r ' rm a. - a T"fc- ;j .
DaCKOOne, in tne WlUte House, aiuh. reierence o x-rtiuexii
Harding's declaration that the decisions of the Kailroad La
bor Board wilt have the full backing of the government shows
a failure to keep in mind Mr.1 Harding s public utterances in
the past (. I -
Mr. Harding is taking no new position.
' J( In 1919, when the transportation act was before the Sen
ate; it contamed tw.v provisions relating to labor and wages
One provision crratfci a board for adjudication of disputes
oven wages and ' nd fon3 of labor and" the other made it
' """"unlawful to enter itt i conspiracy to interrupt interstate
7 traffic - on railroad" ihia "was- known:-as -the-anti-strike
I- clause. Senator . Tax lg supported both provisions and was
- taken.tQ tasfcjl y . Vhio federation of railroad! employees,
"i f wha .asked why ha oted for, the.nti-rike-' jclansc. In an
extended rrply wide. circulated in his pre-Convention cam
paign, Mr. Harding said, In part; ; .
jTt. '"In my nrivato pursuits as S publisher. I am an
employer, jrf .organized labor, having never known a
the provision for adjudication of disputes, but the ariWtrike
clause was eliminated leaving railroad employees legally free
to strike, provided they violate no other laws. Nevertheless,
Mr. Harding's letter clearly set forth his views that it is
the duty of the government to guarantee both due consid
eration to the employee and continuous transportation. When
the question was put up to Mr. Harding, the candidate, he
did not dodge or equivocate. He does not put the case in
any stronger terms now than he did when he was seeking
votes. He manifests the same quality of backbone now that
he did then. A3 a candidate, he spoke deliberately, courage
ously, and wisely, and he speaks the same language now.
It would have been better for the public generally, for
the railroads, and for the railroad employees themselves, if
the anti-strike clause had been included
As the sequel shows s
For there has been some loss to the general public, a great
deal of expense and loss to the railroads, and vast loss to
the present group of striking employees. Indeed, the latter
have asked' to be taken back under the terms of the award
of the Railroad Labor Board, against which they struck, with
the understanding that they shall have their old positions
back and be allowed to retain all their priority rights..
That i3 they are willing now to go back to the places they
gave up but on conditions that are impossible without bad
faith on the part of the railroad managers, who filled their
places with large numbers of men whom they .promised
steady work and the rights attached thereto. .
Senator Harding was right in 1919. and President Hard
ing is -right how; and he was a friend then of the laboring
men and of the railroads and of the general public, and he
is a friend of them all now.
II somebody would kidnap
Hugo Stlnnes it might be easier
to collect that reparation money.
The new queen ot Serbia is f aid
tc be a Democrat and there are
not many of the breed extant in
the world!,. '
. The clouds floating by and
dropping no moisture are tantaliz
ing to the dry gardens of the Sa
lem district.
coniro rny. i nd I believe most" cordially in rational
unionism.. Organization and collective bargaining, un
: dor v sV leadership, have done more to advance the
cause o' jabof than all other agencies combined, and "
any one v ho thinks to destroy sane unionism, by leg
islation otherwise, is blind to conditions firmly es-.
tatli.01 'lj and is insensible to a public sentiment which
is del Ik fair and abiding. But the advancement of
f unionifwti ' thing and the domination of organ
ized labfiH : quite another. I subscribe to j the first
r and oppose the latter. I do not -believe in any class
domination, am! .the long fight to remove theddmina
r tion of capitil. tvw fairly, won, is lost if labor domi
- nation is substituted hrits-stead nv.v-W-; t
: H TT favored the anti-strike clause because it applies
to,ak public service : under , government regulation v in
t . which'.Cbngresi exercises its power to limit therettrrn
'bn capital invested, fixes rates at which the public
k service must be rendered, and finally, in I the anti-
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t.jr fcurfliriKe. clause, proviae3 a capaoie inounai ior me aa-
s justmerit of all labor grievances so that no interrup
L . iUioniril transportation need.be apprehended . . : 4
m believe jit. not only consistent but a distinct advance
i ..j a 'i in behalf ot tho public and the workmen alike. If the
fc-fSVprnrnof'. i-ptirpspntino' nll trie rtpnnlp ran nnf mior.
antec ' tranr xt.ition service under any and all con-
rditiors it fai. ' utterly. If that same government can
not' provide ju-it ' consideration of the workmen oper-
rvT.tinff ri transportation system, it Iau3
The Pep and Progress pages
of tomorrow's Statesman will be.
designed to help the poultry boom
that is' coming to the Salem dis
trict. It is orerdue now.
Whether the railway strike
fails or succeeds, the Democratic
preps will see in either result a
terrific rebuke to the Harding
administration.
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again. - It
7 As pals-d by Congress,' the transportation, act contained
As to the mining strike. Pres
ident Harding is ot the opinion
that the way to resume' operations
is to resume. Thit's what John
Sherman said about the resump
tion of specie payments.'
- The nary department announc
es its intention to make a map
ot the floor of the sea. That is
all Tery well, but if Uncle Sam
furnished the ships .that floated
on the 'surface of the sea" we
should worry who made the maps.
Immlgrat ion Commissioner
White at San Francisco has been
asked to resign, so that ids place
can be fined by a Republican.'
Whereat Mr. White gets red in
the face and angrily protests. But
he was no doubt appointed be
cause he was a follower 'of the
Wilson administration. ' Mr.
White is evidently not a dead
game sport. He probably got to
thinking he owned the office
That is not at all uncommon. 1
NEW XATIOXAL AXTHE3I
Changing old lamps for new has
become almost a popular craze
wCth ladies and gentlemen of leis
ure. While it is true that things
in general are being done better
today, than they ever were before.
nevertheless a substitute seldom
proves as satisfactory as an orjgi
nal. ". ...
So, in this quite modern, spirit.
s grana oiiensive nas oeen
launched against our national an
them, "The Star, Spangled Ban
ner.'! Many of the objections ' to
it are cogent, many of the criti
cisms plausible.
No doubt to cultured ears the
poetry sounds crude.- No doubt
the sentiment' expressed is mar
tial. No doubt one stania -at
least, Is objectionable to. all who
desire International harmony In
world affairs.' No doubt, the air
of a drinking sons in a bone-dry
nation seems sadly out of tune.
But, after all. the real question
Is not whether it is possible to
write an anthem more truly re
flecting the present spirit of the
nation. We may take that for
granted. Nor is It ; material to
inquire . whether , sonorous music
in the grand mode of Mozart
would be more suitable for a na
tional anthem than the syncopat
ed measures of a bar-room ballad.
The important question is:
Does popular sentiment demand
this change? Is even a minority
of the plain people clamoring tor
more stately music and more
classical words?
It is not likely that our people
in general are eager to abolish
"The Star Spangled, Banner."
For. after all. it isn't the music
and it isn't the words that give
to a national song Its stirring ap
peol to the hearts of those who
hear it. It is the associations and
memories clustering around the
music and the words that have
Immortalized "The Star Spangled
Banner" till it . has obtained . a
grip on the affections of the na
tion not to be shaken off by criti
cal analysis of its manifest im
perfections. ' "
Scholars may write a new an
them for ' us in heroic meter;
they may fill It with the breath
of brotherly Jove; they may set
it to majestic music. -
- But will the people sing' it
Songs that have aroused pa
triotic terror at times of national
stress have never bo been cre
ated.
What was the great song ot the
Spanish-American ,war?- Was It
bno of sublime idealism? "A Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight
was the unheroic measure that
inspired a nation.
And in the World war what
songs caught the popular fancy?
;OTer There" and "Tipperary
led all the rest
' Therefore we-, may conclude
that, though "The Star Spangled
Banner" is decidedly open to
criticism as a molder of peace
sentiment and. though the origin
of the air could, with advantage,
be forgotten and though it may be
as crude as its critics declare,
since into the heart of tbe an
them has been wpven the patrio
tism of a generation ot Ameri
cans, ft will hot be easily dis
lodged from ltd high place of
honor.
Switzerland, the home of expatri
ates, did not want her. Poor Aus
tria gave her no welcome. She
was a woman without a country.
She promised to do anything
even to entering a deaf mute's
home it permitted tc return to
America, bat Uncle Sam was stony
to her pleadings. She woald do
anything to recall her tempestu
ous past, but It la not to be ac
complished. So sbe'i trying, to
bury herself under another name.
CHALLENGE OF THE
TAIN
MOUX
,y FUTURE VDATES ',.fK
t July ST, - Thardy Americmn ' Lactos
conTeDtioa begins at The Dalle.
July 38 and 29, Friday and Satrday--t'tllii
Bound-up. . . .. f, ;
July S9, Satarday Marl ' enaty
Snaday aeboel pieaie at fair Ktonada.
Aagast 1 to 16 Bey . SoouU" Sajamet
camp en the Santiam titer.
September .3, S and 4 Lakerlew
Ronad-np, - Lakeview, Or.
September 13, Wednesday Oregon
Method ist conference meets ia Salem
September 21, 23 and SS Pendleton
ronnd-cp. - - .
September 25 to SO UeluaiTe-Oragea
flt at a fair. .:
November T, Tuesday . General sle-rj
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SPOON-DOLL ADVENTURES
"Uns is the vtay Iiaqqk mskg ho, toileliz ,
SUSIE SPOON JVIEETS CHARMING SQUASIIVILLE GIRL
I Friends 6t (Miss Susie Spoon;
who left, this1 city last week to
; spend the remainder of the sunt
j mer a t Ca m p i Teach f u zz, . w 1 11 . be
interested to know r that she has
' for her ' room-mate there M las
Maggie Rustlck. of Squashvtlle.
: . Mlsi ' Itu stick , has been a fre
quent visitor to this city and has
proved !a great ; favorite at the
barn '.dances and-other ' social
: etent3 which she attended during
the past winter!
Miss Spoon reports that Miss
Maggie's favorite costume for af
ternoons in camp is a simple lit
tle red crepe paper r dress with
colored crepe paper.
Next week you will meet an
other of Susie SpoonV friends.
FLORENCE WINE.
THE SHORT STORY, JR.
V , THE OLD STUFF
."Arabella! Arabella," called
Mrs. Stoner one day. "Ton come
ight in ' and dry these dishes.
They're all stacked. up for you to
dry and there's no use trying to
get out ot them either, young
lady." :
Arabella climbed down out of
the storeroom over the barn,
where she spent most of her time.
In it the Stoners had put a lot of
old stuff belonging to the old Sto
ner homestead. They bad done
things over and bought lots of
new dishes and furniture.
It" was. a lovely misty morning
when she liked to be-by herself
and Just think. She started list
lessly to work, looking dreamily
out of the window and. the cup
In her hand fell to the floor with
a crash. v .r,'- -
Arabella Jumpfed and looked all
about- her, badly " frightened. It
was . tho second she'd broken that
week. Her mother would be fur
ious: Then she band an Idea. In
the storeroom over the barn were
some old cups which' looked much
like the new ones. If anything,
the old ones were daintier, and
prettier even though they were
Picture Puzzle
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white polka dots made ot gummed
signal markg, j ivith this 2 she
wears a Jarge sash of white crepe
paper. S: H !, f .f :t -. 1
Make SlagRie This AVay -Maggie
is the - second of the
ppoondolla a number of which will
be described in this series.5 To
make her use a paper picnic spoon
oalntlng her face on the rounded
bowl. Her black hair is 'crush
ed paper pasted down tight, -and
her braids are narrow strips that
have been braided, ami tied with
ribbons. Her arms are made of
tine wire, with ends bent hack to
form hands,! covered; wUh flesh
VhaV famfcu awrjera
are these ?. ,
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OryHrxira,
Aniwtr to Ttstcrdvt; Fojictmaa.
all chipped and seamed. Maybe
she could bring one in and her
mother, being a . busy woman
wouldn't notice the difference. So
she slipped out to the barn and
brought in the cup.
She was lust finishing up the
dishes when her mother, came ot.
followed by three strangers.' They
were automobile tourists who had
a breakdown In front of the house
and bad come in to get something
to eat. Mrs. Stoner kutckly set
places for them. She was putting
on the food, when she glanced at
one of the cups. She grabbed it
up, "This ain't one of my new
cups," she said suspiciously.; -
One of the ladies in the group
looked : at , the cup. too. "Oh,"
she said, "what lovely thing! A
real antique. Have you any more
like that?" And so they persuad
edrMrs. Stoner to show them the
"old stufH in the barn and offer
ed her." prices for some of the
things - that made her ' eyes bulge
Ther would send for them right
awayV1"-'- v" - ; v'rv1-'-1:1
After they were gone.-Mrs. Sto
ner looked at the sad-eyed Ara
bella. I'll buy you some new
But Arabella looked 'Woebegone
"That's just what I get for being
deceUfaljT she raid glumly.
Will the time ever arrive when
there will be no more worlds to
conquer for the sighing Alexan
ders?
The mystery has already been
taken out ot the two poles. No
more Stanleys or Livingstones will
again win everlasting glory in
darkest Africa. Romance is stale
in South Sea Islands.
All the lost rivers have been
found and. all the uncharted seas
duly mapped and blue-printed
Kilauea's hidden fires are to be
tapped to run steam engines,
Man seems to have weighed and
balanced this whole earth of his
in he hollow of his hand.
Yet nature has one stronghold
left, invincible so far to the -as
sault of man. Coldly hostile,
above the ferried flanks of the
wild Himalayas, Mt. Everest
flings back its challenge to all
who care to take it up. They
come, they see, but so far none
has conquered. i
Another party of British climb
ers, the last contenders for cham
pionship honors, has Just taken
the count. Though they broke the
altitude record, Mt. Everest itself
is still an unconquered peak. -
Of course - man, proud man.
will never admit final defeat at
the hands of any inanimate ob
ject. Not even the biggest moun
tain In the world. And naturally
he will assign reasons-for each
failure and. point out the con
ditions under which victory will
be won.
From the last disastrous attack
on tbe big bill we learn that,
given favorable weather, the next
attack on the summit will be
crowned with success.
Man. at any rate, has discov
ered the sole, obstacle left to ever
come. And the big mountain
may be laughing in its sleeve with
the additional knowledge that
"there ain't goln to be no Sich
favorable weather." .'
GOIXG TO THE DOGS
Senator La Follette has begun
his campaign for re-election. In
his first speech to his constituents
he persisted in repeating that the
country is being exploited by cap!
tal and that we are all slaves.
That Is. all but Hurricane Bob,
He said that the government
should take brer all natural re
sources and economic necessities
and then lease their operation to
the highest bidder. After a few
months this system would - be
quite a snap to some ot our Na
poleons. La Follette does not be
lieve what he is telling his Wis
consin constituents; be merely
thinks that is what they them
selves believe, or want to belieTe.
So La Follette strives to please
and to catch rotes. ,
He has sense enough to know
that what he proposes would be
an approach to the conditions in
Russia, which are intolerable to
the wage earners and every one
else In that country but a few
overlords and office holders and
political favorites of theirs, and
to the army of 1,600,000 men.
La Follette talks merely for
votes; and he would declare that
the moon is made of green cheese.
if he thought this would help him
In his campaign.
bile association the prize name
describing reckless and careless
drivers was suggested by F, B.
Simpson, of Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
who got $2 in gold for his gen
ius. "FUrvverboob" la whatiyou
will be tailed It yon don't look
where you are driving.
.
The first unit ot the new Sal
em hospital should by- all means
be finished as soon as possible.
AH the units could be filled right
now, and kept full. 1
Railroad worsen are strik
ing because they are asked to
work for wages that are only two
or three times as much as school
teachers get," remarks an' educa
tional journal in a spirit of sinic
ism.
In a "History of the Lost Bat
talion about to be ; issued! by
Capt. Miles, the statement is made
that Maj. Whittlesey made no an
swer, verbally or written," when
he received the German officer's
note suggesting surrender. That
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST i
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Loganberries still come
Some growers will be picking
all next week. It is wonderful
how the berries in some yards are
holding out, despite, the long con
tinued dry spell.
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It Is la the air. It is reported
that an Illinois man couldn't
sleep because his bedsprings pick,
ed up radio messages. -
Salem man in Chicago, when he
got off the train gathered the Idea
that Chicago was being sold out.
A taxi driver was yelling. "Fifty
cents for any part of Chicago!"
The Salem, man was tempted to
Invest at least a quarter. to
"Jay-Walker" meet "Flivver
boob!" In a recent contest con-
ducted by the American Automo
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$550 Kimball Piano $135
: . $3 Down $1.00 a Week
. It you want a genuine snap in
a good used piano of standard
make see this bargain. This piano
will not last long at this price.
Geo. C Will Music House
432 State Street.
confirms Maj. Whittlesey, but
what becomes of the legend that
he made a curt end popular replj?
Is all history a myth? Soon ther
will hare us believe that there
was no such person as William
Tell or such a tyrant as Gesslcr.
rst fustssua taasstfitd .
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THE UXWKLOOME GUEST
Emma Goldman is now living
in Berlin under an assumed
name and keeping away from the
limelight. ; Once she : went forth
with a fiery tongue and an ex
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blow up( the world' and didn't
care who knew it. Now she only
asks to be let alone. She is
afraid to have it known that she
is; In Berlin; even Germany will
not furnish a harbor for women
of - her stripe unless they keep
under cover. :- Russia would not
have her except on . terms of soviet
making. Sweden ordered her oat
of that country. She was thought
(ole too rotten for j Denmark.
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