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' 4 HIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON . , ' FRIDAY 'MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1922 a mmm asaaaaSBaa. -i asaaaBaaas-. mmmm aaai m i-m m a- 1 f - . Issued Dally Except Monday by -.y-v - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . 215 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 1X7 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic 511-93 MEMBEB OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively enUtled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. II. J. Hendricks .......... Stephen A. Stone .................... Ralph Glover ;.... ................ Frank Jaskoskl ................ , .....Manager .... .Managing; Editor ......Cashier Manager Job Dept. TSXEPHONES: Business Office. SI Circulation Department, til Job Department, SSS ' ' Society Editor, 101 Cntrrt at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter A LEADING QUESTION The following is quoted from the American Economist of August 11:, , ; f 1 V "In a recent civil service examination held by the Department of Commerce for positions known as rade Commissioners to promote foreign trade, the Very -first question asked was 'State what effect a high protective tariff has on foreign trade.' No one who answered ( this question from a protection, poirit of view 'got by.' Free traders and internationalists alone were wanted. The first question asked is all the more inexplicable since the Department of Commerce, in ' its preliminary instructions to applicants stated that the Civil Service and the Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce is 'non-partisan and no reference should be made by the applicant as to his politics." administration is hardly sufficient to warrant the statement that, he "frames" questions for examinations And if the American Economist is correct, he should be kicked out. , To hell with him, or the Civil Service fornmission, or any one else or any other body standing in the way of giving a sympathetic administration of the proposed protective tariff law! To enact a protective tariff law, and then leave its ad ministration in the hands of men who do not believe in the principle of the protective tariff ; in the spirit of the law, would be sheer idiocy ' For, no matter what inexperienced persons in such mat ters may think, the men who administer a protective tariff law have a great deal to do with making it effective. The prunes must be Bared all of them if possible. The new tariff bill places foot wear on the free list. Now quit your kicking. Hi Johnson won iu the Cali fornia primaries, but his machine was smashed. He may not be able to build up a new one. It is insisted that neither Ger many nor Austria has collapsed, but the price of marks and kronen was never so small. What Von stitutes collapse and when does It come? I The Economist charges that this was a political and parti- jsan question and "obviously it was framed in order to bring out an answer that 'a high 'tariff retards and restricts for- tre;. .! .;v V ," It must be admitted that the question referred to was if unhappily framed. It would have been fairer had it read "state what effect a protective tariff has on foreign trade." The aim of the Republican party has been to protect, not pro i! hibit, as the use of the word "high" in the question would " connote. Had the question been framed without that word n there could have been but one answer based on fifty years 4 experience under the protective policy, namely, that it re i stricts imports, giving our industries an opportunity to de velop and that development results in increased exports. The official trade statistics for protective years prove this be yon 4 question, and those for free trade years prove that im t' ports are greatly increased, home industries are thereby t stifled, and exportation falls of f as a consequence. - ' Naturally, if tariff rates were inordinately high our im- ports would be severely restricted 1 "- f The rate3 mighty be sufficiently high to absolutely pro- hibit them , , l And the reaction would be decreased purchases abroad ?; of our own products. The fact that such a condition has never obtained under Republican tariff laws is the best proof 1 that those laws were wisely drawn and evenly balancedTake : for example, the decade 1904-1913, inclusive; we imported nearly $14,000,000,000 worth of goods, and exported nearly :) $19,000,000,000 worth; which meant a favorable balance of trade each year of almost $500,000,000 on the average. The , first year of that decade recorded exports of. '$1,461,000,000 and imports of $991,000,000; the last year,: exports $2,466,- 2 000,000 and imports $1,813,000,000. The entire decade, which was under protection; shows steadily expanding exports and relatively increasing imports. Of course the decade we have - had .under the Democratic tariff law cannot be accepted as a criterion because "of the abnormal conditions which pre vailed throughout its entire existence, but we do know that for every month of the six immediately preceding the time I when the European war began to. influence our foreign trade the balance of trade was against us i . I ; : - And the war saved American indiistriesi ; ij r The fact that the present director of the bureau "of for- eign and domestic commerce was an official under the Wilson The conference of the Metho dist chjurch to be in session in Salem all next week will be the most important gathering of the forces of that great church, ever convened in this section. The fate of Greater Willamette will be decided. If the prune crop of the Salem district cannot be raved this year. what is going to be done to save the crop when it is seven times as large, which it will be within a few; yearo? This is a problem that must engage the beet thought and the most vigorous action of the men engaged in the industry. The English government an nounces that it will provide a home defense force of 500 airplanes- known as the flying Da vids. The Washington conference sounded dramatically the knell of the great warship. .Admiral. Sir Percy Scott "..seems almost Justi fied in his emphatic remark that the capital ship b "of no damned use at all." The poultry building at the Oregon state fair is one of the finest and largest in the country; end yet it win not be half big enough for the ' exhibits offered for the fair the last week of this month. There is a poultry boom on in Oregon, and Salem is going to be the center of it, and of. the poultry Industry of the north west, i Nothing, at any rate, contrib utes more to a peaceful under standing between two nations than a growing commerce satis factory to both. Did not Thomas Jefferson declare that "peace and commerce go together" and when that '-commerce Is based on the give-and-take principle, Jef ferson's contention is beyond cavil. Peace on the. Pacific looked brighter' after, the Washington conference. Now there seems to be a still further clearing of the atmosphere. For our commercial relations with Japan- are more favorable today than with any other coun try in the world. In fact, it is the only country with which, during the last fiscal year, both our im port trade and our, export trade have shown an increase. This result is the best answer to those who "view .with alarm" the i thorny questions along the diplomatic paths the two nations must travel. Japan is not going to quarrel with her best custo mer Uncle Sam Is not going to shut off a growing market, for. his wares. Barring a radical change in world financial conditions, we should jog peacefully along for a while with out neighbors la the Far East. For, during the last twelve months, there has been a continu ous trade falling off with every country except one. The average decrease all the world over has been 38 per cent. Instead of this deficiency, our exports to Japan showed an increase of 30 per cent and our imports an increase of 18 per cent, V Thus our total commerce with Japan increased from $422,000,- 000 in 1920-1921 to $545,000,000 in 1921-1922. This at the very time, ! too, when the figures were lighter in every other direction1 In fact, sine 1913 there hs been a continuous growth in the trading done between this country and Japan. In nine years our JSpanee commerce has grown more than 263 per cent, and though the figure nine years ago was very email compared with our trade with other leading na tions, still, considering the na ture of the last nine years, the record ia very remarkable. At the present time Japan is buying from us and celling to us nearly as much as she is buying and selling in her trade with all the other nations of the world put together. Japan would have to ree some better world prize than U at present In sight to dis turb these peaceful commercial relations. Every new steamship line started across the Pacific to link the Occident and the .Orient is an additional agent in the growth of the Pacific coast states. May our trade withJapan in crease and multiply arid help to fin" the) Pacific with steamship routes fed by even larger termin als on either side of the newest "big pond." v JAPAN'S BKST CUSTOMER Alarmists who scent perpetual danger In the Overemphasized rivalries j of the; American and Japanese people can take heart of grace from a perusal of the Import and export figures of the last fiscal year V Tho two. coun tries appear to be drifting into peace, rather than Into war. FUTURE DATES September 1, 2 and 4 Bound up'- at Suyton. September S, S aad f Lakarlaw Ronod-BD. Lakrvlrw. Or. ; 8ptwnWr 4, Monday Marios eoant; uun reiiowa pterin- at ttiiverton. 8epten)!.)r 5, Tuesday 'afayHtc M.rne dar. . ' September S, Wednesday Ors joe aipinoaiat oniereacs. eaiftm. September 7. 8 and 9 Stat Elki convention, Besatda. September 81. 22 and 2 P.mdl.tOD roana-up. September 25 t 20 lnclusiva Oral Steto fair. October 5, B and 7 Polk Count? fair. Lrauai. i Koraato T. Tiesdiy General !- S3CHOOV ; J " BTTJDT wonts PI HTJVOB PLAT WORK Copyright, 1022, Amociated Editors The Blggtvt LdUle Paper In the World Edited by John H. Millar THE FUN BOX Open the Lid and Laugh :In the lUrdvlUe Restaurant Angry Mr. Robin: "This Is an outrage! Here we've ordered a nice dish of caterpillars and "be fore that , slow . old waiter gets them 'here they all turn into but terflies and' fly away. . ,i ; i - V -Well. I Wonder Pup (Joking at rat in ; wire trsp) "Gee, I wonder why they put such a big mnzzle on him!' lJtttf- VTT ' How Pad Knew ; Blll'e; "My Cad must have been a regular, terror when he was a boy." ' 'X v ;:- Bob: "Why!" " ;1 Billie: "Because he? knows so exactly what questions to ask me when he wants to know what 1 have' been doing." ' A Riddle, Perhaps : v f'Why is cartridge silk used for clothes?" ' " . . " "Because it makos good duds.! - ' The Slotorfot's View ; Motorist: "That's a fine row you've gtt."r - Farmer: "Yes, you bet she s Motorist: "How. ' many v miles will she do on n gallon of milk?" ' 'A. Freight Problem ' In shipping baby elephants - . They can, I understand. . Be sent at rates at trunks, or else. "Be -shipped-iH "baby.: grand." id Yon Know , Thera's "a movement; to; rneke the year consist of 13 month? of four weeks each In the year, hut It Is suggested that each New xears Day shall be an independ ent day, and not Included in the days of the week The extra day in leap year would have to be an Independent day also. A calendar like this would In many ways be much simpler. The backers of this plan want to call the extra month "Liberty." ' A Better Plan Clown: "What became of the ventriloquist?" Circus Manager: "Oh, he found he could make more monar sell ing 'talking parrots." Boy (with dog): "Sure, this dog's for sale all right. Just run along and bring me seven billion dollars and he's yours.'1 ? : f THE SHORT STORY. JR. BIJTZEX TAKES THE REINS - "Get back - there, you - kids. Want to be run over ', . ' The little circle of l boys that bung around the riding academy backed away. Two horees - were led out A couple of young . fel lows mounted them, and away they went. - - "There's "TUitzen, exclaimed one of the boys In the group. "Watch hiux! He's the" slickest little horse of them all. Some times the man here lets me hold him for somebody. He's got so he knows me." Harley watched the horse wistfully. He was a country boy who had always rid den hoiTes and loved them. Now that he lived in the suburb of the big city, he hadn't a chance to ridev'-for he never had enough money to rent one of the horses In the riding academy. Away down the road went BHtzen. He was cross, for he dtdn't like his rider, a -young smarty who wanted to ride fast. As soon as they were In the open country the rider struck him to make him gallop. Away they went, out of sight. Blitzen felt he had stood for enough. He sud denly stopped and quietly but neatly dropped Ills rided by the roadside. Then he calmly started back to the stables. Harley -was- walking home down an alley when he Saw a riderless 'horse' approaching. His heart beat, fast. It was Blttxen! As the horse ambled up. he called to him and sf Ized the reins. Then he swung Into the mddte, mean ing to ride him to the. barn. . But Blitzen had other, ideas. He liked, this quiet boy; it was a nice night. Anyway, he'd prob ably be punished If he came back without a rider ahead of the oth ers.: So he turned about, and Harley realized with a thrill of delight that he was in for a jide. It was a lovely ride They took it slowly, and the horse enjoyed it as much" as the boy. Harley patted him and talked to him. gen tly. It , was dark, -when they tjirned toward home. Harley was afraid he might got Into trouble If they knew be had been riding solonsC" He slipped off the horse near the stables, knwing he'd get In all" right. - Blitzen wasn't scolded, after all, for his owner disliked the fel low he had thrown. He thought the horse had been wandering about,; and waa glad to see him come back. . Blitzen never told him of. the frfee;rtde he had given Harley. I PICTURE PUZZLE BOTII MISTAKES films will be expensive to 'produce on account of the necessity of ab solute fidelity in the scenery and costumes and staging of the pic tures. Constant inspection of the films In the making by historical experts will be another device to insure accuracy. It will take two years to complete the 100 reels. which will be divided into four series, ' The Winning of independ ence," "The Young Republic." ' Tho Vision of the. West" and "The Ago of Power." The his tory study period for the coming. generation will be a very pleasant time. WOMEN'S RIGHTS (In a more than usual gener ous mood, a writer in the Los Angeles Times, under the above heading, writes as follows: ) The traveler from southern Cal fornia visiting the northwest sees in the summer time a beautiful country. The mountains are well wooded; there are many moun tains, .streams aad lakes. Now and then In the lowlands, but not too low to have a timbered shore line, one finds a lake of large pro portions. In southern Canada, in seasons of good rain, the prairies are as grassy and as full of flow ers as a southern California mesa In April. Where the lauds have been pnt into grain at the right lime. the crops seem at the same stage a near Los Angeles in May. The vffsitor frdm the south, look ing the country hastily over and hearing a few residents talk about the climate, draws the conclusion: fit's a nice country in the sum mer time, but it must be cold In the winter time." The resident of the northwest visiting southern California ' dur ing the winter months finds a country that In vegetation and crops except the emi-tropical and a few special crops corre sponds to his northwest in sum mer time. He draws the conclu sion: "it a a nice country in the winter, but, if it's warm now, what must it be in the summer time?" -As a. matter of fact, the Pacific coast and western highland sec tion of the United States is highly favored as to climate. The nor thern state; of this region do haive some cold days each winter, but ia a rule the cold does not last long and what is of great im portance to a stock growing re gion the snows as a rule do not fall so deeply and lie on the ground so tangos they do In the northeastern states. Southern Arizona and the interior part of southern California do have some warm days each summer, but as a rule the period of extreme heat does not last long. The Pacific coast is a regiipn of cool summers and warm winters. The region of sweltering summer nights is confined almost altogether to the Mississippi valley and east coast section of the UnUited States. A country may have a good climate and yet not be an especially de sirable section to live in because of a lack of topographic relief to make it attractive. In addition to favorable climate western United States has every variety of landscape known to mankind. Policemen stopped a lady in knickerbockers from smoking on the streets of New York, and the commissioners are about to cen sure the olf Icious cops. Now that we have a free country and all men and women are alike, a wo man can wear pants and smoke a pipe on the streets of any town In America. Make no mistake about that. She may not be able to get s drink, but nobody is going to deny her her tobacco. Exchange. GETTING TOGETHER DRESSING VP a. "five -word chain out oj" objects and action f pictured nere, starting with tramp N0Tt-Avrd ch loeKs IlKethi un-im-tT-Tau. . -tiie last letter t '. Anawer t yeeterday'a r Bred, 'rota, tin, deal, nakiBf a word ' aqaara. More than twice as much money is spent every year in apparelling our ladies than in garbing our men. In New York city there are garment factories and other in dustrics working on women's wear whaie output is valued at $1. 300,000,000. Taere is nothing tike it in the world. The same city is the headquarters for the production of men's apparel. The total value of the manufactures in this class is almost $600,000,- 000. This one city draws nearly $2,000,000,000 a year for dress ing up America. Now they are trying to divert $100,000,000 of American capital, to Russia for the purpose of establishing gar ment factories. In Russia they can hire help for about one-quar- ter of What is paid, in this coun try and the Russians will also work for longer hours. HISTORY IS A FEW WORDS A great deal has been said late ly on the subject of rewriting our school histories, always, of courre, in the interest of the higher education. But the Yale University Press has a better po gram that will give us history in a form made easy for the teach er and attractive to the school children. , A It has just finished the first unit of ,a motion picture history of Xmerjca which. When complet ed, -will be 100 reels long. The Cerurany and France are to have a rapprochement and accord of tBeir own. If both peoples would lay their cards on the table this understanding would not be so difficult of attainment. As it is, the French have been un able to believe the Germans when they were speaking the truth, while the Germans have been in competent to consider the French viewpoint. There is hope for a day when France and Germany will be more closely knit in in dustrial communion than any other two nations on earth. It la quite possible that they could reach an understanding through one another easier than by truss ing the stiff formalities of an in ternational conference around Chemawa, and out Silver ton way, will have to perk up in of der to keep ahead of the Au burn bunch. They axe as hot chicken cranks as the name of their district would indicate. S The latest don't consider mar riage till you know how much you can afford for a radio set. S - The inventor of the safety pin left an estate valued at $4,000.- 000. He deserved', it all. and more bachers, from birth on, simply can't get any comiori oui of the other sort. S Uncle Johnny Shell of Kentucky is dead at 134 years. About all he did was to get old. but he be came famous because he did that better than any other man. '. r The healing processes of peaco have gone so fat : that tt Is no longer considered good form ta ' talk about cooties. . ' ' ' Voliva says he would like to i run on a presidential ticket wlthj Bryan. Let ns "write the plat- form: The world la flat and man descended from mud. - Toledo1, Blade. ' It is a gamble to select the place to spend one's vacation. Noy matter, Jn most cases, where we' go, we wish we had gone ome- where else, Th average IndlvlO--iral is never satisfied.' ' ' "Tastes better Goes further." Hi CHI DErEXliARLK g o o A n es s lasts to the final ounce In the ' tin the " last drop In the cup. You will like DEPENDABLE Coffee. Willamette Grocery Co Salem " N Distributors BITS FOR BREAKFAST I September first. H This Is the big prune month. S S A million or two or three mil lion pounds of walnuts will be to pick this month, too, in the Sa lem district, and a lot of filberts. But there. will be no such feverish haste necessary as with the prunes. ' -An exchange thinks the tariff law will be on the federal statute hooks before the November elec tion. What November? Tho patience of the country has been frazzled to the fading point by the delays. H , The Auburn district, out east of the asylum, is becoming a big poultry section. Aumsville and SXayton and Hubbard and Wood burn, and the sections out be yond the fair grounds and down J. A. Donaghiie Veterinary Surgeon 545 Ferry Street,. Salem,' Oregon Phone 1360 Good Used Marshall & Wendall Piano Only $112 This is a fine practice piano and you can exchange It any time here for a new piano and get full allowance. This piano is a snap and will go quickly. Term $5 down, $5 a month. GEO C. WILL MUSIC HOUSE 432 STATE ST. BE A DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC The Orecon State College of Chiropractic Bast In the Ierthwe Enroll any time. FaU terms Sept. 11. A itata recognized college. X ry Dissection and Diagnosis Post Oridnite Courses Best Instructors Best Conrse. Tnltlon within tho means of all. Ton receive Chiroprac tic from the very beglnnlnf at this school... Supervisors always in charge. Soma of Onr Staff: W. B. Chandloe, D.C.. Ph. C. E. O. Wiese. DC, Fh.C J. P. LaValley. DC, Ph.C. C. K. Iw, M.D., Surgeon and head of P. o. eouraea. S. E. Wolfe, DC. Ph,C W. P. Evans, D.C., Ph.C. W. O. Woodward. XRay Specialist. P. O. Kiley, Ph.D., L.L.D.. Presi dent and instructor ta Psychology and Terminology. Acorn Building, Birth and Oak Sts. PORTwuiD. can. Do Not get this Standard School eon , fused with any other This 4a tho Bast NEW VICTOR RECORD for September on Sale Today POPULAR SONGS (Klcky-Koo Klcky-Koo Billy Murray-Ed Smalle (A Sleepy Little Village. .... .Billy Murray-Ed Smalle (Sweet Indiana Home .Alleen Stanley (Why Should I Cry Over You, ... 0 :v. .Victor Uoberts 18918 75c 18922 75c DANCE RECORDS 18917 (Oogie Oogie Wa Wa Fox trot . The Benson Orchestra of Chlcr go - (Deedlo Doodle Dum Fox ' trot .) . : The Benson" Orchestra of. Chicago j 75c 18919 -7Cc 18920 75c 18921 75c 18923 75c 18924 75c (Who'll Take my Place (When I'm Gone) Fox trot " Club Royal Orchestra. 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